GOES Surface Dryness Products

Based on daytime heating rate of land surface

Robert Rabin1,2

NOAA/NSSL1, UW-Madison/CIMSS2

BACKGROUND

Flash based applications used for interactive animations were developed by Tom Whittaker of the Space Science and Engineering Center  SSEC, University of Wisconsin-Madison. 
Table 1.

Latest heating rates (previous day)

GOES-EAST
GOES-WEST
Compare GOES EAST & WEST

Table 2.

Latest NOAH Land-Surface model from NCEP (18 UTC, t-4 days)

Soil moisture (kg/m**2): 0-10 cm
 Moisture availabilty (% )0-100cm
 Bowen ratio
Leaf Area Index
 Vegetation Fraction


Table 3.

14-day composites
NDVI
 NDVI change
 Heating rate (GOES-east)
 Heating rate (GOES-west)
Compare GOES EAST & WEST



Bias corrected (adjusted to GOES-E mean)
 Compare with bias corrected GOES-W


Anomaly (compared to 5-yr monthly mean) Anomaly (compared to 5-yr GOES-E monthly mean)
 Compare GOES East & West Anomalies


Anomaly normalized by standard deviation
 Anomaly normalized by standard deviation
 Compare GOES East & West normalized Anomalies

Table 4.

7-day composites
NDVI
 NDVI change
 Heating rate (GOES-east)
 Heating rate (GOES-west)
Compare GOES EAST & WEST



Bias corrected (adjusted to GOES-E mean)
 Compare with bias corrected GOES-W


Anomaly (compared to 5-yr monthly mean) Anomaly (compared to 5-yr GOES-E monthly mean)
 Compare GOES East & West Anomalies


Anomaly normalized by standard deviation
 Anomaly normalized by standard deviation
 Compare GOES East & West normalized Anomalies

Table 5.

Comparison of latest heating rates with 1) latest composite 14-day NDVI, 2) change in NDVI (from previous 14-day period), 3) latest AMSR soil moisture  and Vegetation Water Content
GOES-EAST
 GOES-WEST

Table 6.
Comparison of latest average heating rate (14 days) with 1) latest composite 14-day NDVI, 2) change in NDVI (from previous 14-day period), 3) latest AMSR soil moisture  and Vegetation Water Content
GOES-EAST
 GOES-WEST

Table 7.
5-yr mean heating rates from GOES-east (GCIP/SRP University of Maryland) 1996-2000
March
 June
 September
 December


Table 8.
Comparison of Noah Bowen ratio with GOES heating rates, and NDVI

Movie: 14-day averages


      
 

Disclaimer. The products from GOES or other satellites shown here are experimental. These have been generated within a research environment and are not intended to be considered operational. Timeliness, availability, and accuracy are sought but not guaranteed.

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