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ASPB AND CIMSS WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK ENDING JANUARY 14, 2005

IN THE PRESS:

Polar Winds Featured on NASA Site: NASA's Earth Observatory web site has a feature story on the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) polar winds project and the impact of the winds on weather forecasts.  The article is titled "Polar Wind Data Blow New Life Into Forecasts", and is available at http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Study/PolarWinds/.  The product was developed at the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) in collaboration with NOAA scientists.  (J. Key, E/RA2, 608-263-2605, D. Santek, CIMSS, 608-263-7410, C. Velden, CIMSS, 608-262-9168, J. Daniels, E/RA2)

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ITEMS FOR THE OFFICE DIRECTOR, ORA

American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting: T. Schmit and J. Key attended the annual AMS (American Meteorological Society) meeting in San Diego, CA.  Schmit gave talks on the Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) at both the Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) and the Symposium on Future National Operational Environmental Satellites. At the IIPS symposium, Schmit also gave a summary of the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES)-R related posters. For a short period on Wednesday, Schmit manned the GOES-R section of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) booth. J. Key gave a talk on polar winds at the Polar Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography Conference.  He also chaired a session on clouds and radiation. (T. Schmit, E/RA2, 608-263-0291, J. Key, E/RA2, 608-263-2605)

ITEMS FOR THE DIVISION CHIEF, ARAD

Monitoring Improvements to GOES Sounder DPI Algorithms:  Versions of Derived Product Imagery (DPI) from the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) Sounder are routinely generated in real-time, as modifications to vertical profile and cloud retrieval algorithms are continuing to be implemented and tested within NESDIS.  For a “quick look” easy visual assessment, the last 24 hours worth of the DPI from the different sources are provided on a Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) web page, with animation and toggling comparison capabilities.  See http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/realtime/compare/anilatestdpicomp.html.  The varied total precipitable water (TPW) and cloud top pressure (CTP) DPI are currently obtained from (1) NESDIS “operations” (Interactive Processing Branch (IPB)), (2) NESDIS “research implementation” (Operational Products Development Branch (OPDB)), and (3) NESDIS “research” (Advanced Satellite Products Branch (ASPB) and CIMSS).  (G.S. Wade, E/RA, 608-263-4743)

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