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ASPB AND CIMSS WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 9, 2005
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THE PRESS:
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FOR THE ADMINISTRATOR:
ITEMS FOR THE ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR:
ITEMS FOR THE OFFICE DIRECTOR, STAR:
Paper on Arctic Land Surface
Changes Published: A paper titled "Role of land surface
changes in Arctic summer warming" was published in the journal Science (October
28, 2005). The paper, co-authored by F. S. Chapin (University
of Alaska), M. Sturm, M.C. Serreze, J.P. McFadden, J.R. Key,
A.H.
Lloyd, A.D. McGuire, T.S. Rupp, A.H. Lynch, J.P. Schimel, J. Beringer,
H.E. Epstein, L.D. Hinzman, G. Jia, C.-L. Ping, K. Tape, W.L. Chapman,
E. Euskirchen, C.D.C. Thompson, J.M. Welker, and D.A. Walker, shows
that terrestrial changes in summer albedo contribute
substantially to recent high-latitude warming trends. Pronounced
terrestrial summer warming in arctic Alaska correlates with a
lengthening of the snow-free season that has increased atmospheric
heating locally by about 3 watts per square meter per
decade, similar in magnitude to the regional heating expected
over multiple decades from a doubling of atmospheric CO2. The
continuation of current trends in shrub and tree expansion could
further amplify this atmospheric heating by two to seven times. (J. Key, E/RA2,
608-263-2605, jeff.key@noaa.gov)
Sample Imager and Sounder
Scenarios from a GOES Positioned at 60 W: After its
operational mission is complete, the Geostationary Operational
Environmental Satellite (GOES)-10 may be repositioned to 60 West
longitude to provide scans covering Central and South America. As a
member of the Earth Observation Partnership for the Americas (EOPA)
team, T. Schmit produced a memo that demonstrated sample GOES imager
and sounder scan scenarios. These proposed scan scenarios were
suggested as a starting point for further discussions with the various
regions. The schedules were based on requests made at the Direct
Readout Conferences, the current coverage from GOES-East,
and an effort to keep the schedules simple.
(T. Schmit, E/RA2,
608-263-0291, tim.j.schmit@noaa.gov)
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ITEMS
FOR THE DIVISION CHIEF, CoRP
COMET Presentation:
S. Bachmeier gave a presentation titled "The GOES Program: Past,
Present, and Future" at the Meteorological Service of Canada (MSC) /
Cooperative Program for Operational Meteorology Education and Training
(COMET) Winter Weather Forecasting Course in Boulder, Colorado on
December 7, 2005. (S. Bachmeier,
CIMSS, 608-263-3958)
Other Meetings and Telecons:
(None)
VISITORS:
NEXT WEEK:
T. Schmit will attend the Geostationary Operational Environmental
Satellite (GOES)-R series Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) System
Preliminary Design Review (PDR) on December 13 -15, 2005 in
Fort Wayne, IN. The PDR is needed before detailed design work can begin.
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