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ASPB AND CIMSS WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2005
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THE PRESS:
Arctic Climate Change in the Press: The paper
"Arctic system on trajectory to new, seasonally ice-free state" that
was published in the American Geophysical Union's newsletter EOS
(August
23, 2005) was the subject of articles and news items that
appeared in over 150 newspaper and television reports worldwide,
including USA Today, the Seattle Times, the Philadelphia Inquirer, the
Miami Herald, the Washington Post, Newsday, CNN International,CBC News
(Canada), News24 South Africa, and the Sydney Morning Herald.
The paper describes the trend in Arctic climate
where dramatically less
permanent ice may exist in the future than at present, with an
ice-free summer possible within the next century.(J. Key, E/RA2,
608-263-2605, jeff.key@noaa.gov)
ITEMS
FOR THE ADMINISTRATOR:
ITEMS
FOR THE ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR:
ITEMS
FOR THE OFFICE DIRECTOR, STAR
VIIRS Operational Algorithm Meeting: A.
Heidinger, the chairman of the VIIRS Operational Algorithm Team
(VOAT), hosted the semi-annual meeting of the VOAT on
September 26-27, 2005 at the University of Wisconsin's Pyle
Center. The Visible and Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite
(VIIRS) is the imager on NPOESS. The meeting is a forum
that allows the government team to interact with the NPOESS prime
contractor who is developing both the sensor and the algorithms.
In addition, to the VOAT meeting, a meeting of all OAT chairs was held
on September 28. (A. Heidinger, E/RA2,
608-263-6757, andrew.heidinger@noaa.gov)
Paper on Arctic Climate Change Published:
A paper titled "Arctic system on trajectory to new, seasonally ice-free
state" was published in the American Geophysical Union's newsletter EOS
(vol. 86, no. 34, pp. 309-314). It describes the trend in
Arctic climate where dramatically less permanent ice may exist in the
future than at present, with an ice-free summer possible within the
next century. The paper is an outcome of a 2004 workshop on
Arctic climate sponsored by the National Science Foundation. The
authors, from a broad spectrum of universities and government agencies,
are J. Overpeck, M. Sturm, J. Francis, D. Perovich, M. Serreze, R.
Benner, E. Carmack, F. Chapin III, S. Gerlach, L. Hamilton, L. Hinzman,
M. Holland, H. Huntington, J. Key, A. Lloyd, G. MacDonald, J. McFadden,
D. Noone, T. Prowse, P. Schlosser, and C. Vörösmarty. (J.
Key, E/RA2,
608-263-2605, jeff.key@noaa.gov)
ITEMS
FOR THE DIVISION CHIEF, CoRP
WRF-NMM Tutorial:
R. Aune attended the first Weather Research and Forecasting, Non-linear
Mesoscale Model (WRF-NMM) tutorial held at the Foothills Laboratory,
Boulder, Colorado. The WRF-NMM is scheduled to become the
operational regional mesoscale model for the National Weather Service
sometime in 2006. The tutorial included lectures on the
pre-processing, forecast model and post-processing modules of WRF, and
actual hands-on instruction on installing the software and running it.
The data assimilation group at the Cooperative Institute for
Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS), Madison, WI, plans to install
the WRF-NMM on their new 32-cpu sgi Altix system and conduct satellite
data assimilation experiments. (R.Aune, E/RA2,
608-262-1071, robert.aune@noaa.gov)
GOES-R Telecons:
On September 28, T. Schmit participated in the bi-weekly Atmosphere,
Ocean, Land (AOL) Technical Advisory Panel (TAP) meeting via telecon.
Issues were discussed regarding the Geostationary Environmental
Operational Satellite (GOES)-R Hyperspectral Environmental Suite (HES).
As a member of the program committee, T. Schmit also took part on
September 29 in a telecon preparing for the Fourth GOES-R Users'
Conference to be held May 1-3, 2006 in Broomfield, Colorado. (T.
Schmit, E/RA2,
608-263-0291, tim.j.schmit@noaa.gov)
Other Meetings and Telecons:
(None)
VISITORS:
NEXT WEEK:
International Direct Readout Meeting:
The International EOS/NPP Direct Readout Meeting 2005 will be held in
Benevento, Italy October 3-6, hosted by the Mediterranean Agency for
Remote Sensing and Environmental Control (MARSec). The meeting
will focus on three primary areas relevant to the Earth Observing
System (EOS) satellite and the NPOESS Preparatory Project
(NPP): direct readout application algorithms, direct readout
systems, and upcoming continuity missions. It is sponsored
by NASA, the Integrated Program Office, NOAA, MARSec, and the
University of Wisconsin. J. Key (NESDIS), L. Gumly, K. Strabala,
A. Huang, J. Li, and T. Achtor (Cooperative Institute for
Meteorological Satellite Studies, CIMSS) will attend. (J. Key, E/RA2,
608-263-2605, jeff.key@noaa.gov)
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