Bill Line
earned a B.S. (2011) and an M.S. (2013) in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences from the
University of Wisconsin - Madison. In 2013, he began working at the University of Oklahoma
and the Storm Prediction Center in Norman, OK, as a Satellite Liaison. He then transitioned
to the National Weather Service in Pueblo, CO, as a forecaster in 2016. In 2019, Bill joined
the Regional and Mesoscale Meteorology (RAMM) Branch of NOAA/NESDIS/STAR as a research
meteorologist and has been the STAR Imagery Science Team Lead since 2022.
Bill's expertise and interests lie in developing innovative techniques and sharing
best practices for the application and validation of geostationary and polar-orbiting
satellite imagery. Among his research and technical developments are techniques for
detecting sea spray, blowing dust, and blowing snow, as well as the development of a
climatology of blowing dust, all leveraging NOAA satellite imagery. He has also
developed numerous technical updates and satellite procedures for the Advanced
Weather Interactive Processing System (AWIPS) that have been implemented in NWS
operations. Recently, Bill led validation activities resulting in the successful
checkout of NOAA-21 VIIRS Imagery, a NOAA Key Performance Parameter. This achievement
contributed to his team receiving the 2023 Robert H Goddard Science award.
Bill's contributions extend to knowledge sharing through numerous presentations
at scientific meetings and publications in scientific journals, technical reports,
and blog posts. In 2024, he was
honored with the NOAA David Johnson Award,
acknowledging his leadership in developing, demonstrating, and training forecasters
in new products employing GOES-R and JPSS satellite imagery.
Bill Line
earned a B.S. (2011) and an M.S. (2013) in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences from the
University of Wisconsin - Madison. In 2013, he began working at the University of Oklahoma
and the Storm Prediction Center in Norman, OK, as a Satellite Liaison. He then transitioned
to the National Weather Service in Pueblo, CO, as a forecaster in 2016. In 2019, Bill joined
the Regional and Mesoscale Meteorology (RAMM) Branch of NOAA/NESDIS/STAR as a research
meteorologist and has been the STAR Imagery Science Team Lead since 2022.