Satellite team tasks

[rrbuchholz]

Running list of things the Satellite team are working on:

Features

• [DONE] Satellite Readers added to MONETIO -- pull request open May 4 2023: https://github.com/noaa-oar-arl/monetio/pull/112
• [DONE] MOPITT CO comparisons, level 3 with AK application -- pull request open Mar 4, 2024: https://github.com/NOAA-CSL/MELODIES-MONET/pull/251
• Evaluate xarray versus PANDAS pairing, and determine when to use either
• TROPOMI NO2 -- pull request open Jan 7 2024: https://github.com/NOAA-CSL/MELODIES-MONET/pull/225
• WRF forecast plots for the ACOM site
• OMI or TROPOMI ozone
• TROPOMI HCHO and CO
• GEMS comparisons (compare with MUSICA ASIA-AQ RR/ CONUSRR simulation)
• TEMPO comparisons (compare with MUSICA ASIA-AQ RR/ CONUSRR simulations)
• Look into uxarray for unstructured grids
• Add flag for whether want/need to account for AK

Documentation and Communication

• ReadTheDocs -- Current satellite comparison availability (are there instructions somewhere on how to contribute to ReadTheDocs?)
• ReadTheDocs -- how to add in new satellite comparisons
• Satellite obs comparison paper: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1a8DNsC_qbnXMAVrKfLwZjsIXn-BBUOHJCQIoZedP4Zo/edit#gid=1467146190 a) describe readers: TROPOMI, MOPITT, OMPS, MODIS b) describe pairing c) pairing over multiple days d) describe what variables are required for satellite pairing
• MELODIES MONET internal tutorial at NCAR (TBD 2024)
• MELODIES MONET workshop at NCAR (October 2024)
• [DONE] NASA Proposal (submitted June 2024)

[zmoon]

@rrbuchholz there's some info here about how to contribute to the docs. Let me know if there are issues or if more info is needed.