GOES Virtual Science Fair - 2023 1st Place Projects

 

HIGH SCHOOL 1st PLACE PROJECT: Verifying Flash Flood Advisory Boundary Locations using GOES-16 ABI Imagery: A Case Study of Tropical Storm Beta (2020)
Akshay Kapur, 11th grade
High School: Bellaire HS, Bellaire, Texas
COACH: Jimmy Newland


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ABSTRACT:

With an increasing amount of severe flash floods worldwide, meteorologists are seeking more efficient and accurate ways to issue warnings to populations. Despite the increasing coverage of Doppler radar networks, large parts of the world still lack these valuable instruments to track storms and measure precipitation rates. Although satellite products to calculate precipitation rates in these areas including the GOES Rainfall Rate/Quantitative Precipitation Estimation product do somewhat assist meteorologists in determining flash flood advisory boundaries, this study focuses on an extrapolation-based method to determine relative rainfall amounts. This is fueled by the growing presence of weather stations on the ASOS network worldwide. Based on satellite data at an ASOS station with a known amount of rainfall, we can determine whether flash flood conditions are occurring at a nearby location. In this study, we explored the correlations of GOES ABI data with rainfall totals over a one-hour period. This can compound and serve as verification for traditional radar-based estimates. Using imagery from GOES-16 ABI bands, I examined a situation in the Houston metropolitan area with two nearby ASOS stations with a significant difference in one hour rainfall.

High School Honorable Mention Projects

Using GOES-16 Products to Analyze Convective Turbulence: A Case Study of the March 2023 Lufthansa Event

by Jesse Zhong
Gilman School in Baltimore, Maryland
COACH: Dr. Ken Pryor


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Buffalo Bomb Cyclone

by Poyraz Ozer, Ziqin Chen, Christopher Samuels & Rishi Amaravadi
Friends' Central School STEM Club, Wynnewood, PA
COACH: Christopher Guides


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MIDDLE SCHOOL 1st PLACE PROJECT: GOES-16 ABI Band 2 and 13 and Product Sandwich RGB Useful in Analyzing Thunderstorms
by Lucas Perrone
Medford Memorial Middle School, Medford New Jersey
COACH: Vicky Gorman


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Honorable Mentions:

Hurricanes and Their Past Destructiveness Compared to the Recent Past
by Carsten Drury, Maximillian Meyer & Benjaman Gurch
Beacon Hill Middle School, Decatur, Georgia
COACHES: Beverly Beyer and Jessica Nicks

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GOES-17 ABI Bands 1 and 2 (RGB) Useful in Analyzing Atmospheric Weather Patterns and Precipitation
by Elise Preston
Medford Memorial Middle School / Medford New Jersey
COACH: Vicky Gorman

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