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ASPB AND CIMSS WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK ENDING SEPTEMBER 9, 2005

IN THE PRESS:

ITEMS FOR THE ADMINISTRATOR:

ITEMS FOR THE ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR:

ITEMS FOR THE OFFICE DIRECTOR, STAR

New Employee in the Advanced Satellite Products Branch: Michael Pavolonis joined the Advanced Satellite Products Branch (ASPB) as a NOAA/NESDIS employee in Madison, Wisconsin, on September 6, 2005.  Mr. Pavolonis has been a scientist with the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) since 2002.  With ASPB he will focus on developing retrieval algorithms to infer atmospheric profiles of temperature, water vapor, and other tropospheric constituents from high spectral resolution, infrared sensors.  (J. Key, E/RA2, 608-263-2605, jeff.key@noaa.gov)

ITEMS FOR THE DIVISION CHIEF, CoRP

Paper on Volcanic Ash Detection Submitted: A paper titled "A daytime complement to the reverse absorption technique for improved automated detection of volcanic ash" was submitted to the Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology.  The paper by M. Pavolonis, W. Feltz (Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies, CIMSS), A. Heidinger, and G. Gallina (NOAA/Washington Volcanic Ash Advisory Center, VAAC - Satellite Analysis Branch, SAB) describes a new satellite-based method for detecting volcanic ash that is globally applicable and improves upon current automated methods.  (M. Pavolonis, E/RA2, 608-263-9597, mpav@ssec.wisc.edu, W. Feltz, CIMSS, 608-265-6283, A. Heidinger, E/RA2, 608-263-6757, andrew.heidinger@noaa.gov)

Paper on Hyperspectral Environmental Suite (HES) Detector Optical Ensquared Energy (DOEE) Submitted:  A manuscript entitled "Impact of point spread function on infrared radiances from geostationary satellites" has been submitted to IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing.   Coauthors are Peng Zhang (CIMSS visiting scientist), Jun Li, Erik Olson (CIMSS), Timothy J. Schmit and W. Paul Menzel (NESDIS/ORA).  The manuscript is available upon request. (J. Li, CIMSS, 608-262-3755)

Historical AVHRR Polar Winds Generation Begins: R. Dworak (Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies) has begun generating polar wind information from historical Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) Global Area Coverage (GAC) data.  The plan is to produce a data set of wind speed, height, and direction over both polar regions for the period 1982-2004 that can be used for climate studies and in future versions of the National Centers for Environmental Prediction/National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCEP/NCAR) and European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) Reanalysis projects.  The project was started as part of the STAR AVHRR reprocessing effort, and will hopefully continue under the new Scientific Data Stewardship program.   (R. Dworak, CIMSS, 608-265-8620, J. Key, E/RA2, 608-263-2605, jeff.key@noaa.gov, D. Santek, CIMSS, 608-263-7410)


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Figure caption: Winds derived from AVHRR GAC data over the Arctic on January 16, 2001.  (The METEOSAT7 label is incorrect.)

Other Meetings and Telecons:
(None)

VISITORS:

D. Zhou Visits CIMSS: Dan Zhou of NASA's Langley Research Center visited the Advanced Satellite Products Branch (ASPB) and the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) to help establish the capability of generating temperature and moisture retrievals from high-spectral resolution aircraft data collected by the NPOESS Atmospheric Sounder Testbed-Interferometer (NAST-I). These software he provided will be used for Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES)-R Hyperspectral Environmental Suite (HES) sounder trade-off studies with actual data to complement earlier model simulations.  (M. Pavolonis, E/RA2, 608-263-9597, mpav@ssec.wisc.edu, J. Li, CIMSS, 608-262-3755)
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