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ITEMS FOR THE ADMINISTRATOR:
ITEMS FOR THE ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR:
ITEMS FOR THE OFFICE DIRECTOR, ORA:
Input Provided for Talk to Congressional Staffers: On May 19, Rick Anthes of the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) will give a talk to Congressional staffers from the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation and the House Committee on Science. The Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) provided specialized data loops showing progressive image averaging for Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) Imager infrared images. The idea is to show the need for high spatial resolution images. A sample loop is available at http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/cloud/loop/imgproc_example_color_redu.html (T. Schmit, E/RA2, 608-263-0291, T. Whittaker, CIMSS, 608-262-2759)
ITEMS FOR THE DIVISION CHIEF, ARAD:
GOES-R Product Specifications: Required attributes for a range of products from the next generation Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES)-R was provided for input to the GOES-R Satellite Observations Requirements Document. The products include satellite derived winds, cloud information, and certain trace gases. (T. Schmit, E/RA2, 608-263-0291, C. Velden, CIMSS, 608-262-9168, A. Heidinger, E/RA2, 608-263-6757)
GOES-9 Sounder data over the far Pacific:
All Sounder bands from the Geostationary Operational Environmental
Satellite (GOES)-9, positioned at 155 East longitude and serving in
place of Japan's Geostationary Meteorological Satellite (GMS), are
available in near real-time as day-long animations on the Cooperative
Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) web page at http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/realtime/grtmain.html#gsall.
The hourly schedule for the GOES-9 Sounder provides for three sectors,
with the central (including Papua New Guinea) and southern (including
eastern Australia) coverage being available every six hours while the
northern (including Japan) coverage is available for the remaining 16
hours. Retrieved atmospheric products such as precipitable water will
be posted on the web in the near future. (G.S. Wade, E/RA2,
608-263-4743)
GOES-9 Replaces GMS-5 in Routine Intercalibration: The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) -9 Imager replaced Geostationary Meteorological Satellite (GMS) -5 in routine intercalibration processing at the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) beginning April 26, 2003. The intercalibration program at CIMSS compares the infrared window channel (11 micron) and water vapor channel (6.7 micron) on operational geostationary satellites using a polar orbiting satellite such as National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)-15 High-resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder (HIRS) and Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) as an intermediary. To date there have been 9 cases collected for the infrared window channel and 7 cases collected for the water vapor channel with an average brightness temperature difference less than 0.5 K for both channels. This puts the GOES-9 Imager in line with other currently operational geostationary instruments. (M. Gunshor, CIMSS, 608-263-1146)
Discussions on Collaborative Research in
Boreal Forest Ecology: Members of the Cooperative Institute for
Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) Biomass Burning Monitoring
Team attended a special forestry seminar on "The Role of Fire in Carbon
Cycling in the Boreal Forest Region" given by N. French of the Altarum
Institue (Ann Arbor, Michigan) and sponsored by the Department of
Forest Ecology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. N. French and
V. Radeloff (Department of Forest Ecology, UW-Madison) met with C.
Schmidt and J. Feltz to discuss current research being conducted by the
CIMSS research group and possible collaborative research with the
Altarum Institute in forest ecology. The Geostationary Operational
Environmental Satellite (GOES-8) Wildfire Automated Biomass Burning
Algorithm (WF_ABBA) high temporal resolution fire product may be able
to provide valuable information such as fire intensity and diurnal
variability to be used for forest ecology assessments in some areas of
the boreal forest. (C.
Schmidt, CIMSS, 608-262-7973, J. Feltz, E/RA2,
608-263-3434, E. Prins,
E/RA2, 530-271-2256)
Paper Submitted on HES Cloud Characterization: A paper on Hyperspectral Environmental Suite (HES) sub-pixel cloud characterization using Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) data was submitted to the Journal of Applied Meteorology. The co-authors are Jun Li, W. Paul Menzel, Fengying Sun, Timothy J. Schmit, and James Gurka. Atmospheric InfraRed Sounder (AIRS)/ MODerate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) data was used as a proxy for HES/ABI data. This is the first part of research on the synergistic use of ABI/HES data for better atmospheric and cloud retrievals. (J. Li, CIMSS, 608-262-3755)
NCEP Data Acquisition Backup: A person has been trained to perform backup duties for the National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) data acquisition system. If the primary data acquisition person, G. Callan, is not available, J. Feltz can maintain the system, correcting any problems that may occur. This system is quite robust but still needs a human to handle occasional unexpected events. (J. Feltz, E/RA2, 608-263-3434, G. Callan, E/RA2, 608-263-3951)
AMS Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography: The American Meteorological Society's Seventh Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography was held in Hyannis, Massachusetts, May 12-16. J. Key gave an invited talk titled "A New View of the Polar Regions from Space", which summarized new products from "old" satellite sensors, new products from new sensors, and potential products from future sensors. He also gave presentation on estimating low-level atmospheric temperature inversion characteristics from the Moderate resolution imaging spectroradiometer (MODIS), was co-author on a presentation on recent Arctic climate trends as observed from space, and chaired a session on new observations of the atmosphere. (J. Key, E/RA2, 608-263-2605)
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