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The NOAA Unique Combined Atmospheric Processing System (NUCAPS) retrieves vertical profiles of temperature, water vapor, trace gases, and cloud properties derived from infrared and microwave sounder measurements. A new, optimized method for deriving NUCAPS level 2 horizontally and vertically gridded products is described here. This work represents the development of approaches to better synthesize remote sensing observations that ultimately increase the availability and usability of NUCAPS observations. This approach, known as \u201cGridded NUCAPS\u201d, was developed to more effectively visualize NUCAPS observations to aid in the quick identification of thermodynamic spatial gradients. Gridded NUCAPS development was based on operations-to-research feedback and is now part of the operational National Weather Service display system. In this paper, we discuss how Gridded NUCAPS was designed, how relevant atmospheric fields are derived, its operational application in pre-convective weather forecasting, and several emerging applications that expand the utility of NUCAPS for monitoring phenomena such as fire weather, the Saharan Air Layer, and stratospheric air intrusions.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs12203311","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,10,14]],"date-time":"2020-10-14T21:24:39Z","timestamp":1602710679000},"page":"3311","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":24,"title":["Gridded Satellite Sounding Retrievals in Operational Weather Forecasting: Product Description and Emerging Applications"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"12","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9370-7504","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Emily","family":"Berndt","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"NASA Marshall Space Flight Center\/Short-Term Prediction Research and Transition Center, Huntsville, AL 35805, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1952-2776","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Nadia","family":"Smith","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Science and Technology Corporation\/National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Joint Polar Satellite System Proving Ground and Risk Reduction Program, Columbia, MD 21046, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Jason","family":"Burks","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"National Weather Service\/Cooperative Institute for Research of the Atmosphere\/Meteorological Development Lab, Silver Spring, MD 20910, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Kris","family":"White","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"National Weather Service\/Short-Term Prediction Research and Transition Center, Huntsville, AL 35805, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-3575-8597","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Rebekah","family":"Esmaili","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Science and Technology Corporation\/National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Joint Polar Satellite System Proving Ground and Risk Reduction Program, Columbia, MD 21046, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Arunas","family":"Kuciauskas","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"United States Naval Research Laboratory, Marine Meteorology Division, Monterey, CA 93943, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1780-530X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Erika","family":"Duran","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Atmospheric Science Department, Earth System Science Center\/Short-Term Prediction Research and Transition Center, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL 35805, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Roger","family":"Allen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Jacobs Space Exploration Group\/Engineering Services and Science Capability Augmentation\/Short-Term Prediction Research and Transition Center, Huntsville, AL 35805, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Frank","family":"LaFontaine","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Jacobs Space Exploration Group\/Engineering Services and Science Capability Augmentation\/Short-Term Prediction Research and Transition Center, Huntsville, AL 35805, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Jeff","family":"Szkodzinski","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Science and Technology Corporation\/National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Joint Polar Satellite System Proving Ground and Risk Reduction Program, Columbia, MD 21046, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,10,12]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"62","DOI":"10.1109\/MGRS.2013.2244704","article-title":"Transitioning Research Satellite Data to the Operational Weather Community: The SPoRT Paradigm [Organization Profiles]","volume":"1","author":"Jedlovec","year":"2013","journal-title":"IEEE Geosci. 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