Status of the NPP and J1 NOAA Unique Combined Atmospheric Processing System (NUCAPS): recent algorithm enhancements geared toward validation and near real time users applications.
Antonia Gambacorta1, Nicholas R Nalli2, Flavio Iturbide-Sanchez2, Changyi Tan2, Michael Wilson3, Kexin Zhang2, Xiaozhen Xiong4, Christopher D Barnet5, Bomin Sun6, Ashley Wheeler7, Lihang Zhou8, Anthony Reale2 and Mitch Goldberg9, (1)I.M. & Systems Group, Inc., NOAA/NESDIS/STAR, College Park, MD, United States, (2)IMSG, College Park, MD, United States, (3)GAMA-1 Technologies at National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), College Park MD, United States, (4)NOAA College Park, College Park, United States, (5)Science and Technology Corporation (STC), Columbia, MD, United States, (6)IMSG at NOAA/NESDIS/STAR, College Park, MD, United States, (7)Science and Technology Corporation, Columbia, MD, United States, (8)NOAA NESDIS Office of LEO Observations, Lanham, United States, (9)NOAA NESDIS Senior Scientist, Silver Spring, United States