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IN THE PRESS:
ITEMS FOR THE ADMINISTRATOR:
ITEMS FOR THE ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR:
ITEMS FOR THE OFFICE DIRECTOR, ORA:
ITEMS FOR THE DIVISION CHIEF, ARAD:
Participation in Spring AGU Meeting: E.
Prins, J. Feltz, and C. Schmidt attended the Spring American Geophysical
Union (AGU) meeting in Washington D.C. from May 28-31. The members of the
Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) biomass burning
monitoring team were authors/co-authors on 6 papers and presentations that
focused on applications of GOES in fire and aerosol detection and monitoring
and linkages with other ground truth and remote sensing systems. E.
Prins gave an invited talk and served as a co-chair in the session on Fires,
Scars, and Smoke. (E. Prins,
E/RA2, 608-263-6607, J. Feltz, CIMSS, 608-263-3434, C. Schmidt, CIMSS, 608-262-7973)
Meeting with SSD Regarding GOES Wildfire ABBA Processing
System: E. Prins, C. Schmidt, and J. Feltz met with D. McNamara
and M. Ruminski of the Satellite Services Division (SSD) on Thursday, May
30 to discuss the final steps in making the Geostationary Operational Environmental
Satellite (GOES) Wildfire Automated Biomass Burning Algorithm (WF_ABBA)
operational. Discussions focused on an overview of the WF_ABBA processing
system, including a review of the software inputs and outputs and processing
scripts. SSD is still currently accessing the WF_ABBA fire products
via the anonymous ftp site at the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological
Satellite Studies (CIMSS), but will be switching to the WF_ABBA fire products
being generated within SSD as part of the pre-operational phase. The
meeting was very productive and the transition is expected to occur in June
sometime. (E. Prins,
E/RA2, 608-263-6607, C. Schmidt, CIMSS, 608-262-7973, J. Feltz, CIMSS, 608-263-3434)
Paper Submitted to Scientific Journal: A paper titled "Antarctic cloud radiative forcing at the surface estimated from the AVHRR Polar Pathfinder and ISCCP D1 data sets, 1985-1993" was submitted to the Journal of Applied Meteorology. The authors are M. Pavolonis (Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies, CIMSS) and J. Key (Office of Research and Applications). The paper describes the radiative effect of clouds on the surface of Antarctica as determined from two satellite data sets. It is shown that on a monthly time scale, clouds over the interior of the continent warm the surface at all times of the year. (J. Key, E/RA2, 608-263-2605)
Extended Abstract Submitted for AMS NWP Conference: An extended abstract titled "Impact of polar cloud track winds from MODIS on ECMWF analyses and forecasts" was submitted for inclusion in the proceedings of the upcoming American Meteorological Society's 15th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction, August 12-16, in San Antonio, Texas. The authors are N. Bormann (European Centre for Medium-range Weather Forecasts, ECMWF), J.-N. Thepaut (ECMWF), J. Key (Office of Research and Applications), D. Santek (Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies, CIMSS), and C. Velden (CIMSS). (J. Key, E/RA2, 608-263-2605)
VISITORS:
NEXT WEEK:
NOAA Leadership Training: J. Key will
be in Silver Spring, Maryland taking part in a National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration Leadership Training course, June 3-7. (J. Key, E/RA2, 608-263-2605)
LOOKING AHEAD:
IN THE PRESS:
ITEMS FOR THE ADMINISTRATOR:
ITEMS FOR THE ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR:
ITEMS FOR THE OFFICE DIRECTOR, ORA:
CIMSS Scientist Awarded NOAA Team Member of the Month: Anthony ("Tony") Schreiner, from the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has been selected as the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Team Member of the Month for June 2002. The award recognizes him for the development and implementation of a clear-sky radiance product from the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) Imager. In addition, he has also been instrumental in the generation of cloud top pressure products from the GOES Sounder. Watch for official notification in the upcoming issue of "Access NOAA" (at http://www.accessnoaa.noaa.gov/). (G. Wade, E/RA2, 608-263-4743)
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GOES-11 Data Ingested and Processed at SSEC:
The University of Wisconsin Space Science and Engineering Center (SSEC) is
now ingesting both imager and sounder data from Geostationary Operational
Environmental Satellite (GOES)-11, which resumed normal imaging operations
on May 31, 2002. Single field-of-view retrievals of temperature
and moisture are being generated from GOES-11 Sounder data covering the region
in Oklahoma and Kansas involved with the International H2O Project (IHOP)
field experiment (http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/ihop/).
The location of GOES-11 over the central U.S. provides excellent viewing of
the IHOP domain; furthermore, GOES-11 sounder radiance performance is superior
to that of GOES-8. (J.
Nelson, CIMSS, 608-263-6013)
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ITEMS FOR THE DIVISION CHIEF, ARAD:
New Fast Forward Model Coefficients Calculated and Tested: Improvements made in the Line By Line Radiative Transfer Model (LBLRTM) have led to new coefficient files in the Pressure Layer Optical Depth (PLOD)/Pressure layer Fast Algorithm for AtmoSpheric Transmittances (PFAAST) fast forward model. The coefficient files allow fast computation of radiances and brightness temperatures for a satellite instrument given an atmospheric profile and are used in various applications such as weighting functions and the spectral response correction in comparisons for intercalibration of geostationary instruments using a common polar orbiting instrument. Coefficient files taking advantage of the improvements have been created for the following instruments: Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES) 8 through 12 imagers and sounders, Meteorological Satellite (METEOSAT) 5 through 7, Geostationary Meteorological Satellite (GMS) 5, Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on Aqua and Terra, High-resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder (HIRS) 2 and 3, and Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) 2 and 3. Comparisons using the United States Standard Atmosphere were made with the fast forward model using the new and old (2001) versions of the coefficient files for all instruments (except HIRS-3, AVHRR-3, GOES-12 Imager and Sounder, and MODIS on Aqua) and the results show a very small maximum (less than 0.1 K) difference in the calculated brightness temperatures for these broad channels. (M. Gunshor, CIMSS, 608-263-1146, H. Woolf, CIMSS, 608-262-0986, T. Schmit, E/RA2, 608-263-0291).
New Data Format Available for GOES Retrievals During
IHOP: ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchane) text files
of data from Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES)-8
Sounder single field-of-view retrievals of temperature and moisture are
being generated at several sites in Oklahoma and Kansas during the International
H2O Project (IHOP) field experiment. IHOP will continue through
June 25, 2002. It is anticipated that the wealth of high quality
moisture observations from IHOP, both in space and time, will be useful
later for validation and research into improving the GOES retrieval algorithm.
The official IHOP web site can be found at: http://www.atd.ucar.edu/dir_off/projects/2002/IHOP.html.
(J. Nelson, CIMSS,
608-263-6013)
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