Emily Berndt (ST11) led the development of an interactive web-based tool to visualize and analyze NASA AQUA AIRS satellite sounding retrievals. NASA SPoRT, Space Science Engineering System (SSEC), and JPL collaborated on a project to process AIRS temperature and moisture soundings in near real-time through the NOAA Unique Atmospheric Processing System (NUCAPS) for use within SPoRT partner NOAA NWS offices. As part of the project, an interactive web tool was developed by Michael Antia (Jacobs/ESSCA) for stakeholders beyond the NWS. The new tool was funded by the JPL AIRS Science Team and is called the NUCAPS Satellite sounding analysis and visualization system or NUCAPS Savvy.
On 9/1/22 Berndt and Antia presented the Beta release and demonstration of the tool to the AIRS Science Team. The tool will be presented to SPoRT partner stakeholders this fall for use in weather forecasting applications such as diagnosing the pre-convective environment or hurricane forecasting. Partners external to the NWS such as the Caribbean Meteorological Organization with complex forecasting hazards over data sparse regions will benefit from the accessibility and usability of NUCAPS Savvy. As a result of this project, NASA AQUA AIRS satellite sounding retrievals are available within less than 1 hours of the satellite overpass for a wide array of stakeholders to use in weather forecasting applications.
