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Presentation Preference:Oral Presentation:?Poster Presentation:?Title:SLIDER: A website for viewing global, full-resolution satellite imagery in realtime Authors:Seaman,C.1; Micke, K.1; Lindsey, D.2; Miller, S.1; Noh, Y.J.1,Tourville, N.1; Hillger, D.2; Dostalek, J.1; and Finley, S.1 Author Affiliations:1Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA), Colorado State University, Fort Collins, USA2NOAA/NESDIS/Satellite Applications and Research - Regional and Mesoscale Meteorology Branch, Fort Collins, USAe-mail address of the corresponding author:Curtis.Seaman@colostate.eduKeywords:Geostationary satellite; polar-orbiting satellite; image processing and displayAbstract (500 words max):The Satellite Loop Interactive Data Explorer in Realtime (SLIDER) website () was originally developed at the Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA) for the display of full resolution geostationary satellite imagery in realtime. To date, SLIDER offers single-band and multispectral imagery products from GOES-16, GOES-17 and Himawari-8 on the full disk, regional and mesoscale sectors. In addition, SLIDER displays ABI- and AHI-derived cloud products, lightning data from the Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM) onboard GOES-16 and GOES-17, and radar products from the Multi-Radar/Multi-Sensor (MRMS) product suite over the continental United States. Beginning in October 2018, the SLIDER website was expanded to include global imagery from polar-orbiting satellites, beginning with the Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) constellation (Suomi-NPP and NOAA-20). This new capability, referred to as “Polar SLIDER”, offers a unique capability to monitor the polar environment in near-realtime. Polar SLIDER provides hemispheric composite imagery (both Northern and Southern Hemispheres) from the JPSS satellites. By default, these hemispheric composites combine data from both Suomi-NPP and NOAA-20 to provide the most recently available data for every location on the globe. The combination of satellites, with a ~50 min temporal separation between overpasses, provide quasi-geostationary coverage of the polar regions. Imagery is produced at varying zoom levels to provide not only a broad-scale view of the Poles, but also the full resolution of the Imagery bands onboard the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS), which is 375 m. To date, Polar SLIDER provides imagery from all 22 bands on VIIRS, plus a selection of VIIRS-derived cloud products. A variety of multispectral imagery products and RGB composites are currently under development, as are derived products from the NOAA Unique Combined Atmospheric Processing System (NUCAPS). This presentation will discuss the unique capabilities of SLIDER and highlight the value of having quasi-geostationary satellite images and products covering the polar regions. ................
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