NOAA’s Joint Polar Satellite System new improve weather forecasts

NOAA’s Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) provides global observations that serve as the backbone of both short- and long-term forecasts, including those that help us predict and prepare for severe weather events.

Each satellite carries five state-of-the-art instruments, including the Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder (ATMS), the Cross-Track Infrared Sounder (CrIS), the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS), the Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite (OMPS) and an instrument to measure the Earth’s energy budget.

JPSS satellites circle the Earth from pole-to-pole and cross the equator about 14 times daily in the afternoon orbit to provide full global coverage twice a day. In doing so, they provide the majority of data that informs numerical weather forecasting in the U.S. and deliver critical observations during severe weather events like hurricanes, tornadoes and blizzards.

Join us as we discuss this new Satellite that will help us with our forecasting abilites into the future!

About our Guest: Dr. Goldberg earned his B.S. from Rutgers University, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Maryland. Dr. Goldberg joined NOAA in 1990 and has had held a number of positions of increasing responsibility. He is the JPSS Program Scientist and former Chief of the NESDIS Satellite Meteorology and Climatology Division. His scientific expertise is in developing algorithms to derive atmospheric soundings of temperature and water vapor from microwave and infrared sounders. At JPSS, Dr. Goldberg serves as independent expert and representative of the science and user communities that are responsible for ensuring the scientific integrity at all stages of satellite development. Dr. Goldberg served as the chair of the World Meteorological Organization’s Global Space-based InterCalibration System (GSICS). He is currently the co-chair of the International TOVS (TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder) Working Group, and the NESDIS science representative to the Coordination Group on Meteorological Satellites (CGMS).

Dr. Goldberg has received three Gold Medals, one Silver Medal, and three Bronze Medals from the Department of Commerce and the NOAA Administrator’s Award for leadership in developing the international Global Space-based Inter-Calibration System (GSICS). He is also a recipient of the University of Maryland Most Distinguished Alumnus Award from the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science.