Profile:

Vaculik earned her undergraduate degree in Geology and Geography from Mount Holyoke College. Her research interests were in remote sensing, remediation efforts, and STEM outreach.

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NERTO Research Project Title:

Downscaling GOES-R LST Product Urban Regions for CSC Students

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NERTO Project Details :

The primary goal of this research is to improve and further develop the NOAA GOES-16 satellite products for land surface temperatures for urban areas, and eventually increase the accuracy of weather prediction models for metropolitan areas.

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NERTO Outcomes:

Oral Presentation at the AMS International Conference on Urban Climate hosted by CCNY on August 6.

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Value of NERTO to the Line Office:

NESDIS gained information on how the NOAA GOES-16 Land surface temperature product performs over urban and non-urban areas. Downscaling the land surface temperature measurements to urban areas ill improve weather prediction models and the accuracy of urban head island studies in cities.

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NERTO Skills:

I became more confident in my work with Matlab and QGIS.