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IN THE PRESS:
ITEMS FOR THE ADMINISTRATOR:
ITEMS FOR THE ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR:
ITEMS FOR THE OFFICE DIRECTOR, ORA:
Cloud
Product from the GOES-12 Sounder: In anticipation of the switch
from the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) -8 to
GOES-12, the GOES-12 Sounder Cloud Product is now being generated at
the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS)
on a routine basis. Comparisons of the GOES-12 and GOES-8 Sounder Cloud
Product show that they are similar, but that in regions of high clouds
the GOES-12 Sounder Cloud Product is less noisy and is slightly more
sensitive to lower clouds. The switch from GOES-8 to GOES-12 is
expected to take place on April 1 around 18:00 Universal Time
Coordinated (UTC). (T.
Schreiner , CIMSS, 608-263-6754, T. Schmit, E/RA2,
608-263-0291, J. Nelson,
CIMSS, 608-263-6013)
(Click on
image to enlarge)
Figure caption: Comparison of GOES-12 (top) and GOES-8 (bottom) cloud top pressure. Overall they are similar, but in regions of high clouds the GOES-12 Sounder Cloud Product is less noisy (note high clouds off the East Coast of the United States and southern Indiana) and is slightly more sensitive to lower clouds (note clouds in Louisiana).
ITEMS FOR THE DIVISION CHIEF, ARAD:
New GOES-12 Transmittance Files: The Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) investigated and supplied (to J. Daniels) new Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES)-12 Sounder and Imager transmittance files. The Sounder data were based on recent spectral response functions (SRF) and an improved version of the line-by-line radiative transfer model, while the Imager data were based on previous SRFs with the improved line-by-line model. Forward model calculations, temperature and moisture retrievals and cloud products were compared. A new Sounder radiance bias correction file was also supplied. (T. Schmit, E/RA-2,608-263-0291, J. Nelson, CIMSS, 608-263-6013, M. Gunshor, CIMSS, 608-263-1146, A. Schreiner, CIMSS, 608-263-6754)
(Click
image to enlarge)GOES Telecons:
T. Schmit participated in teleconferences related to the current and
future Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES)
systems. One telecon dealt with GOES-R linkages to fishery
management, with N. Nalli (Cooperative Institute for Research in the
Atmosphere, CIRA), R. Reining (MITRE), and L. Sterling (MITRE).
Examples of applications from both current and future GOES were
discussed. It is thought that the sea surface temperature product will
be improved with data from GOES-R due to higher spatial resolution,
more frequent images, better cloud and aerosol detection, better
signal-to-noise ratio, better volcanic ash detection, better
atmospheric correction, and better surface emissivity. Another
teleconference dealt with the Hyperspectral Environmental Suite (HES)
Performance and Operation Requirements Document (PORD). A GOES
Operational Requirements Working Group (GORWG) meeting was also
attended via teleconference. (T.
Schmit, E/RA2, 608-263-0291)
Review of Proposal
Submitted to NASA's Land Cover Land Use Change Program:
E. Prins reviewed a proposal submitted to the National Aeronautics and
Space Administration's (NASA) Land Cover Land Use Change Program in
support of the Northern Eurasian Earth Science Partnership Initiative
(NEESPI). The proposal focuses on the development of a wildfire
monitoring system for Northern Eurasia. The proposed system
provides an innovative mechanism for integrating surface,
aircraft, and satellite observations of fire activity throughout the
region. (E. Prins,
E/RA2, 530-271-2256)