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ASPB AND CIMSS WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK ENDING NOVEMBER 12, 2004
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THE PRESS:
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FOR THE ADMINISTRATOR:
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FOR THE ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR:
National
Research Council Panel Formed to Discuss Fate of TRMM Satellite:
A National Academy of Sciences National Research Council (NRC) panel
was formed to evaluate the issue of maintaining and extending the
lifetime of NASA's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM)
satellite. The panel met in Washington, D.C. with the task of compiling
evidence on current applications of TRMM data, focusing on both
research and operational uses. The committee will file an interim
report to NASA by the end of the year with findings and recommendations
on the issue of extending TRMM operations to the point of controlled
re-entry (approximately one year), or up to the point of total fuel
loss and uncontrolled reentry (approximately five years). (C. Velden,
CIMSS, 608 262 9168)
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FOR THE OFFICE DIRECTOR, ORA
ITEMS FOR THE DIVISION CHIEF,
ARAD
Invited
Talk presented at Fourth SPIE Asia-Pacific Remote Sensing Conference in
Hawaii: A.
Heidinger presented a talk on the new cloud climatology from the
Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) Pathfinder Atmospheres
Extended (PATMOS-x). The results indicate that the
PATMOS-x cloud climatology agrees well in many ways with existing
climatologies. One important result from this analysis is the lack of
consensus in the trends in cloud amount over the past twenty years in
many regions from the existing global satellite-derived cloud
climatologies. Further analysis using new advanced sensors
are being undertaken to explain this lack of consensus. (A. Heidinger,
E/RA2, 608-263-6757)
Short-term
Prediction Research and Transition (SPoRT) Center (SPoRT) Meeting:
T. Schmit participated 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. The meeting included a discussion
of accomplishments and future plans. (T. Schmit, E/RA2,
608-263-0291)
Other Meetings and Telecons:
(None)
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