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ASPB AND CIMSS WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK ENDING APRIL 2, 2004

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Biomass Burning Emissions Data Assimilation and Modeling Effort Published:  A manuscript titled "Real-time monitoring of South American smoke particle emissions and transport using a coupled remote sensing/box-model approach" was published in volume 31 of Geophysical Research Letters.  The paper by J. Reid (Naval Research Laboratory  Monterey), E. Prins, et al., provides an overview of assimilation of Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) Wildfire Automated Biomass Burning Algorithm (WF_ABBA) fire products into the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) Aerosol Analysis and Prediction System (NAAPS) in near-real-time to diagnose and predict aerosol transport.  The paper focuses on results for South America and demonstrates that remote sensing hot-spot analyses are adequate for generating real-time smoke source functions for aerosol transport models.  Correlation of modeled optical depth with surface AERONET observations show good agreement.  (E. Prins, E/RA2, 530-271-2256, C. Schmidt, CIMSS, 608-262-7973)

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WF_ABBA Imagery Used to Monitor Brazilian Hurricane:  On March 28 an advisory from the Brazilian Meteorological agency cited a Wildfire Automated Biomass Burning Algorithm (WF_ABBA) webpage as a site for monitoring the progress of the hurricane as it made landfall.  The WF_ABBA webpages at the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies provide modified alphablended imagery of the western hemisphere to allow for easy visual monitoring of fires.  Modified alphablended imagery combines visible and infrared GOES Imager data with an ecosystem map derived from Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer data and detected fires, thus providing at a glance information of fire locations, cloud cover, and land surface type.  The sector for southern Brazil, http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/burn/wfabba/wfabba_sbrazil_.html, was fortuitously centered upon the path of the hurricane as it made landfall.  The loop is now online, along with other imagery, at the CIMSS Tropical Cyclone group's case study webpage at http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/tropic/brazil/brazil.html.  (C. Schmidt, CIMSS, 608-262-7973, E. Prins, E/RA2, 530-271-2256)

Request for Information on Geostationary Fire Detection for South Africa:  P. Frost of the South African Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) Satellite Application Centre (SAC) requested information on fire detection from geostationary satellites.  The CSIR SAC plans to utilize Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) to detect fires throughout South Africa and integrate with other polar orbiting derived fire products in their Advanced Fire Information System (AFIS).  The Geostationary Biomass Burning Monitoring Team at the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) provided a summary of the Wildfire Automated Biomass Burning Algorithm (WF_ABBA) and suggested that in the near-term they should consider implementing a form of the reflectivity product for the upcoming fire season.  (E. Prins, E/RA2, 530-271-2256, C. Schmidt, CIMSS, 608-262-7973)

Abstracts Submitted to AMS 13th Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography Conference: The following abstracts were submitted to the American Meteorology Society's 13th Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography Conference, to be held September 20-24, 2004 in Norfolk, Virginia:

"Addressing spectral gaps when using AIRS for intercalibration of operational geostationary imagers" by Mathew Gunshor, Tim Schmit, Paul Menzel, and David Tobin.

"Improvements to the GOES–12 Imager Cloud Product" by James A. Jung, Anthony J. Schreiner, Timothy J. Schmit, Jaime Daniels.

"The Hyperspectral Environmental Suite (HES) simulation study using MM5 data" by Chian-Yi Liu, Jun Li, and Timothy J. Schmit.

"Can upper-level Sulfur Dioxide be monitored using the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) Sounder?" by Anthony J. Schreiner, Timothy J. Schmit, Gary P. Ellrod, and Fred Prata.

"Addressing spectral gaps when using AIRS for intercalibration of operational geostationary imagers" by Mathew M. Gunshor, Timothy J. Schmit, W. P. Menzel, David Tobin.

"The Hyperspectral Environmental Suite (HES) simulation study using MM5 data" by Chian-Yi Liu, Jun Li, Timothy, J. Schmit.

"Initial Trends in Cloud Amount from the AVHRR Pathfinder Atmospheres Extended Data-set" by Andrew Heidinger, Mitch Goldberg, Dan Tarpley, Aleksandar Jelenak and Michael Pavolonis.

"Polar Winds From Current and Future Satellite Imagers and Sounders" by Jeff Key, Dave Santek, Chris Velden, Jaime Daniels, Wayne Bresky, and Paul Menzel.

"Polar winds from MODIS: Algorithm and processing improvements" by David A. Santek, Christopher S. Velden, Jeffrey R. Key, Jaime Daniels, and Wayne Bresky.

"A new approach to improve GOES Sounder retrievals of temperature and moisture" by Jun Li, James P. Nelson III, Christopher C. Schmidt, Timothy J. Schmit, and W. Paul Menzel.

"Studies on the Hyperspectral Environmental Suite (HES) on the GOES-R and beyond" by Jun Li, Timothy, J. Schmit, Chian-Yi Liu, W. Paul Menzel, and James Gurka.

"An Integrated System for Studying the effect of Central American smoke aerosols on air quality and climate over the Southeastern United States" by Jun Wang, U.S.Nair, Sundar A Christopher, Richard T. McNider, Jeff Reid, Elaine M. Prins, and Jim Sykzman.

"Global Geostationary Fire Monitoring System" by Elaine Prins, Donna McNamara, and Chris Schmidt.

"Spatial and Temporal Characteristics of Satellite-derived Clear-sky Atmospheric Temperature Inversions in the Polar Regions" by Yinghui Liu and Jeff Key.

"Satellite-Derived Arctic Climate Characteristics and Recent Trends" by Xuanji Wang and Jeff Key.

Midterm ASPT Reviews Completed: Midterm performance reviews for the Advanced Satellite Products Team were completed this week. (J. Key, E/RA2, 608-263-2605)

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