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Presentation on Space to Kindergarten Classes: T. Schmit talked about space to two Kindergarten classes at Blessed Sacrament School in Madison, Wisconsin. While most of the focus was on the Sun and the Earth, all the planets of the solar system were discussed. The children even simulated a geostationary orbit by walking in two concentric circles. Most interest was shown in the movie loops of the GOES rocket launch and x-ray image loops of the Sun. A Powerpoint poster is available upon request. (T. Schmit, E/RA2, 608-263-0291)
New BUFR Encoder: A Binary Universal Form for Representation (BUFR) encoder of meterological data has been written and tested. It uses standard National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) software, as requested by NCEP, and also uses a new BUFR "common sequence" that will be made standard by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) later this year. The routine converts a Man Computer Interactive Data Acquisitoin System (McIDAS) file to BUFR and can be adapted to use other McIDAS input files and BUFR output files. (G. Callan, E/RA2, 608-263-3951)
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NASA GISS Seminar: J. Key will give a seminar on the polar winds project at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) in New York City on Friday, March 8. (J. Key, E/RA2, 608-263-2605)
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CIMSS Generates GOES CSBT Data at NESDIS Operations: CIMSS replicated the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) Imager Clear-Sky Brightness Temperature (CSBT) cloud-mask product at both the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) and the Office of Satellite Data Processing and Distribution (OSDPD). The duplicated product is based on input data (combined radiance images, surface analysis, etc.) generated at CIMSS. Problems encountered consisted of the incorrect version of subroutines being accessed and an incorrect version of the code optimization level. The next step is for OSDPD to generate the CSBT product routinely with ancillary data originating in Washington, D.C. The CSBT product will be used by global modelers. For a loop of the cloud mask products and the corresponding satellite images see http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/goes8/csbt/goes8_imager_csbt_loop.html. (T. Schreiner , CIMSS, 608-263-6754, T. Schmit, E/RA2, 608-263-0291)
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