GOES-R and JPSS Proving Ground Demonstration at the Hazardous Weather Testbed 2016 Spring Experiment Final Evaluation

This report summarizes the activities and results from the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite R-Series (GOES-R) and Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) Proving Ground demonstration at the 2016 Spring Experiment, which took place at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Hazardous Weather Testbed (HWT) in Norman, OK from 18 April to 13 May 2016. The Satellite Proving Ground activities were focused in the Experimental Warning Program (EWP). A total of 12 National Weather Service (NWS) forecasters representing four NWS regions and an additional four broadcast meteorologists participated in the EWP experiment. They evaluated eight (Table 1) baseline, future capability, and experimental GOES-R and JPSS products in the real-time simulated short-term forecast and warning environment of the EWP using the second generation Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System (AWIPS-II).