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ASPB AND CIMSS WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK ENDING NOVEMBER 12, 2004
IN THE PRESS:
Polar Winds in the Antarctic Sun: An
article on weather forecasting in Antarctica, including the potential
impact of the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS)
polar winds product, was published in the Antarctic Sun, the
local "newspaper" at McMurdo Station, Antarctica on November 7,
2004. The article, titled "How's the weather? AMPS will tell
you", is available at http://www.polar.org/antsun/.
(J. Key, E/RA2, 608-263-2605)
ITEMS FOR THE ADMINISTRATOR:
ITEMS FOR THE ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR:
ITEMS FOR THE OFFICE DIRECTOR, ORA
ITEMS FOR THE DIVISION CHIEF, ARAD
Science Talk on Polar Winds at McMurdo Station:
M. Lazzara (Space Science and Engineering Center, SSEC) and J. Key gave
a joint presentation for the Wednesday Science Lecture series at
McMurdo Station, Antarctica. The talk was titled "Unlocking the
Secrets of Antarctic Meteorology: Clouds, Fog, and Polar Winds".
J.
Key spoke on satellite-derived polar winds. The lecture was very
well
attended. (J. Key, E/RA2, 608-263-2605)
SPIE 4th International Asia-Pacific Environmental
Remote Sensing Symposium: Jun Li attended the SPIE 4th
International Asia-Pacific Environmental Remote Sensing Symposium held
November 8-11 2004 in Honolulu, Hawaii and gave a talk entitled
"Vertical resolution study on the GOES-R Hyperspectral Environmental
Suite (HES)". (Jun Li, CIMSS, 608-262-3755)
Extended abstracts Submitted to the American
Meteorological Society 85th Annual meeting: Three extended
abstracts entitled "Retrieval of cloud microphysics from blended MODIS
cloud products and AIRS radiance measurements", "Trade-off study
on vertical resolution for high spectral resolution sounder", and
"Current and future imager capability on cloud classification using
MODIS", were submitted to the AMS 85th annual meeting to be held from
January 9-13, 2005 in San Diego, California. The co-authors are
Fang Wang, Jun Li, Timothy J. Schmit, Zhenglong Li, Chian-Yi Liu, W.
Paul Menzel, and James J. Gurka. (Jun Li, CIMSS, 608-262-3755)
Other Meetings and Telecons:
(None)
VISITORS:
NEXT WEEK:
T. Schmit will participate in the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration (NASA) Short-term Prediction Research and Transition
(SPoRT) Center (SPoRT) Science Advisory Committee annual meeting on
November 18, 2004 in Huntsville, AL.
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