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BreakingUpisHardtoDo:TheUseofImageryfromWeatherSatellites
toAn=cipateandObserveBreakupFloodinginAlaskaEricStevens1andJessicaCherry2
1GeographicInforma;onNetworkofAlaska(GINA),UniversityofAlaskaFairbanks(UAF)2AlaskaPacificRiverForecastCenter(APRFC),Na;onalWeatherService(NWS)
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Today’sJourney
1. TheChallenge2. Alaska’sadvantage:polar-orbi=ngweathersatellites3. Howweathersatelliteshelpan=cipatebreakupflooding4. Howweathersatelliteshelpmonitorbreakupflooding5. Referencesandcontactinforma=on
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TheChallenge:Galena,May,2013
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RecipeforaBreakupFlood1. Amoderateorheavysnowpackaccumulatesoverthelandscapeby
theendofwinter.2. TemperaturesinAprilarecoolerthannormal,thusdelayingthe
mel=ngofthesnowpackandmaintainingthesolidityoftheiceontherivers.
3. TemperaturesinMayrisesuddenly,thusmel=ngthesnowpackquickly.
4. Theresul=ngmeltwaterrushesintotherivers,liVstheriverice,andtherivericebeginstoflowdownstream.
5. Chunksoficemayjamata=ghtspotinariver,suchasBishopRockontheYukonRivernearGalena.Withtheriverthusblocked,waterlevelsupstreamofthejamwillriseandcauseflooding.
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HowDoWeatherSatellitesHelp?• Satellitescanshowtheloca=onofthesnowpack• Inhorizontalspace…maybeoneregionofAlaskahaslesssnow,butanotherregionhaslotsofsnow.Also,thesnowtendstomeltintheInteriorfirst,andthenmeltlaterinwesternAlaskaandontheNorthSlope• Inver=calspace…duringbreakupthesnowmeltsatthelowereleva=onsfirst,andthenthemel=ngprogressesuphillastemperaturescon=nuetowarm• Somesatellitedataevenindicatestheamountofwaterheldwithinthesnowpack
• Oncefloodinghasbegun,satelliteimagerycandepictthehorizontalextentoftheflooding,asthewaterleavestheriverbedandspreadsacrossthelandscapeandintovillages
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Alaska’sAdvantage:Polar-Orbi=ngWeatherSatellites
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TheProsandConsofPolarOrbiterDataAvailabletoMeteorologistsPros
• Satelliteiscompara=velyclosetotheearth…thusfinerspa=alresolu=onofimagerythangeosta=onary• SatellitefliesdirectlyoverAlaska:no(oratleastless)problemwithparallax• Largenumberofpassesperday,thankstoAlaska’shighla=tude• Asmallconstella=onofsatellitesincreasestheamountofcoverage
Cons• Gapsin=mebetweenimages• Coverageislimitedto“stripes,”andsome=mestheareaofinterestliesjustoutsideofastripe• Eachsatellitehasitsown“personality”
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RemoteSensingofAlaskaFloodFactors:
• Snow• Groundwater• Breakupphysicsinresponsetospringweatherandicethickness
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FloodFactor#1:GriddedEs=matesofSnowWaterLoads
ProductsusedinCONUS/CanadanotavailableforAlaska
• NOHRSCSNODASAnalysisSWE
• EnvtCanadaSSMISSWE
ProductsthatexistforAKbutaren’tusedatAPRFC
• AMSR2SWE,depth• MIRSSWE(SNPP/ATMS,DMSP/SSMIS,MetOp/AMSU)
ProductsinAPRFCWorksta=ons
• LSMsSWE,depth• Snow-17model
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FloodFactor#1:ExampleofMicrowaveProductChallenges
• AMSR-2isthesuccessortoJAXA’sAMSR-E(AdvancedMicrowaveScanningRadiometer)onGCOM-W1
• Microwavebasedes=matesofSWEandSnowDepth,signalaoenuatesquicklyindeepsnow
• ShowntohavesomeskillinveryshallowsnowpackinopenareaslikeGreatPlains
• DepthhoarisanotherproblemthatwouldbiasmeasurementsinaplacelikeNorthSlope,AK
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NIPRFundedWork:BorealAMSR-2SWEAlgorithmImprovement
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NIPRFundedWork:BorealAMSR-2SWEAlgorithmImprovement
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NIPRFundedWork:BorealAMSR-2SWEAlgorithmImprovement
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EvenSnowCoverProductshaveBiases:MODISvs.AirborneImagery
BenneoandCherry,forthcomingMarch15,2017
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NOHRSCSnowAnalysis
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NOHRSC’sAirborneGammaSurveys
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NOHRSCAlaska2016
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NOHRSCAKInterior2016
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MunsonRidgeNOHRSCLine,April6,2016
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MunsonRidgeNOHRSCLine,April21,2016
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MunsonRidgeNOHRSCLine,May8,2016
CherryMarch15,2017 21
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FloodFactor#2:GroundwaterSagRiverFloodingDaltonHighway
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JPSS/GMUFloodProduct
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JPSS/GMUFloodProduct
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SenGnelSARdifferencing:EarlyMarch-LateFebruary
ASFMarch15,2017 25
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FloodFactor#3:icephysics
YukonRiveratCircle,May7,2015
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May3,2015
May5,2015
YukonatDawson
FloodFactor#3:icephysicsCherry,2015
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Valida=onofJPSS/CCNYProducts
May3,YukonnearEagle
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JPSS/GMUAlgorithmImprovement:Dr.SanmeiLivisitstheYukonRiver
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IceJamatCalicoBluffs(YukonRivernearEagle,AK)
Cherry,2016March15,2017 30
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New(ish)RiverIceandFloodingProduct
• Goalistoclearlyhighlightoverlandfloodingviaa“derived”product• Usesthiscombina=onofwavelengths:• 0.64µm,theclassicvisiblechannelthat’sbeenused…forever• 0.86µm,the“veggieband”• 1.61µm,the“snow/iceband”• 11.5µm,theclassiclongwaveinfraredchannelthat’sbeenused…forever
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ThereareAlwaysSomeGotchas…
• Withrelianceonshorterwavelengths,thesunmustbeup• …happily,duringspringbreakupandsummerthereisamplesunshine
• Cannotseethroughclouds• …happily,breakupfloodingoVenoccursunderclearskies
• At375mspa=alresolu=on,productnotsuitedforcomplexterrain• …happily,well-suitedforflaoerterrain
• BasedonVIIRSdata,thusjustahandfulofpassesperday
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FindThisProducton“RealEarth”
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ContactInfo
• JessicaCherry• Hydrologist,NWSAnchorage• [email protected]
• EricStevens• ScienceLiaison,UAF-GINA• [email protected]
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References
• Alaska-PacificRiverForecastCenterhop://www.weather.gov/aprfc/• Trainingmodule,“JPSSRiverIceandFloodProducts”hops://www.meted.ucar.edu/satmet/river_ice_flooding/• RiverFloodProduct:hop://realearth.ssec.wisc.edu/• NewsstoriesfromGalenafloodof2013• hops://www.adn.com/rural-alaska/slideshow/photos-city-galena-underwater-yukon-river-floods/2013/06/01/• hop://news.sky.com/story/alaska-town-floods-as-ice-jam-clogs-river-10444442
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