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ITEMS FOR THE ADMINISTRATOR:
ITEMS FOR THE ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR:
ITEMS FOR THE OFFICE DIRECTOR, ORA:
ITEMS FOR THE DIVISION CHIEF, ARAD:
GOES-9 Temperature/Moisture Retrievals Over
the Western Pacific: The Cooperative Institute for Meteorological
Satellite Studies (CIMSS) is now producing Geostationary Operational
Environmental Satellite (GOES)-9 Sounder retrievals (vertical profiles)
of temperature and moisture over the western Pacific Ocean. Currently,
Derived Product Images (DPI) of Lifted Index (LI), Total Precipitable
Water (TPW) vapor and surface skin temperature are also being generated;
TPW imagery can be seen at http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/realtime/grtmain.html#g3pw.
The GOES-9 Sounder retrieval data can also be accessed via Man computer
Interactive Data Access System (McIDAS) Abstract Data Distribution
Environment (ADDE) software, and will soon be available via anonymous
file transfer protocol (ftp) in Binary Universal ForM (BUFR) files. (J. Nelson, CIMSS,
608-263-6013, G.S. Wade, E/RA2, 608-263-4743, T. Schmit,
E/RA-2,608-263-0291, T. Schreiner, CIMSS, 608-263-6754)
Great Western Storm Symposium: S.
Bachmeier attended a symposium on the Great Western Storm of March
16-20, 2003 in Boulder, Colorado on May 29, giving a presentation on the
satellite perspective of the storm. Moderate resolution Imaging
Spectroradiometer (MODIS) imagery from the Terra and Aqua satellites was
particularly useful in showing the resulting snowfall pattern, which
included curious regions of snowfall minima between Boulder and
Fort Collins, Colorado. (S. Bachmeier, CIMSS,
608-263-3958)
SHyMet Course Planning Meeting: S. Bachmeier
attended a planning meeting for the proposed Satellite and Hydrological
Meteorology (SHyMet) course in Fort Collins, Colorado on May 28. A
general outline of the course was discussed, including the range of
topics to be included for the distance learning and residence classroom
portions of the course. (S. Bachmeier, CIMSS,
608-263-3958)
GOES-R HES Talk at MURI Workshop: T.
Schmit gave a talk entitled "Geostationary Operational Environmental
Satellite (GOES)-R Sounder: Hyper-spectral Environmental Suite" at the
3rd Workshop on Hyperspectral Meteorological Science of the University
of Wisconsin-Madison (UW) Multidisciplinary University Research
Initiative (MURI) and Beyond. The talk summarized the current
requirements for the next generation operational geostationary sounder.
The workshop was held at the Pyle Center, 28-29 May 2003. (T. Schmit, E/RA2,
608-263-0291)
Prins Meets with Colleagues in Madison:
E. Prins returned to Madison to confer with the Advanced Satellite
Products Team (ASPT) and Cooperative Institute for Meteorological
Satellite Studies (CIMSS) colleagues. For the past 6 months she
has been collaborating with her colleagues remotely from
California. During her visit discussions focused on implementing
improvements in the Wildfire ABBA for hazards applications, validation
activities, conference submissions, and publication plans. Steps
were also taken to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of
electronic collaborations with the CIMSS biomass burning monitoring
team. (E. Prins,
E/RA2, 530-271-2256)
Visiting CREST Scientist: Ana Picon, a
graduate student from the University of Puerto Rico, arrived in Madison
this week. The University of Puerto Rico is part of the new NOAA
Cooperative Remote Sensing Science and Technology (CREST) Center.
Ms. Picon will be visiting the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological
Satellite Studies (CIMSS) for approximately two months, comparing cloud
height retrievals from different satellite sensors. (J. Key, E/RA2, 608-263-2605)
Journal Paper Accepted: A paper titled "Detection and analysis of clear sky, low-level atmospheric temperature inversions with MODIS", by Y. Liu and J. Key, was accepted for publication in the Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology. The paper presents a method for estimating low-level atmospheric temperature inversion strength, defined as the temperature difference across the inversion, and height using the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS). Inversion strength can be estimated with an uncertainty of 2-3 degrees C; the uncertainty in inversion height is 130-250 m. (J. Key, E/RA2, 608-263-2605)
Meeting on GOES-12 Striping Issues: T. Schmit co-convened a meeting on the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES)-12 imager striping issues on May 23 in Washington, D.C. While all the GOES imagers have had striping, GOES-12 seems to be the worse, especially on the cold-end. Products impacted include, but are not limited to, rainfall estimations, cloud-top pressure, and the fog product. Options were explored on methods for reducing the striping via optional post-processing. Participants included scientists from the Office of Research and Applications, the Office of Satellite Data Processing and Distribution, and contractors. (T. Schmit, E/RA2, 608-263-0291)
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