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ASPB AND CIMSS WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK ENDING APRIL 7, 2006
IN
THE PRESS:
ITEMS
FOR THE ADMINISTRATOR:
ITEMS FOR THE ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR:
ITEMS FOR THE OFFICE DIRECTOR, STAR:
New SHyMet Distance Learning
Course: The first lessons of the newly launched
Satellite and
Hydrology Meteorology (SHyMet) Course were conducted during the first
week of April 2006. SHyMet is a
collaborative effort between the Cooperative Institute for
Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) and the Cooperative Institute
for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA), with the initial goal of
developing distance learning material for National Weather Service
(NWS) interns. (S. Bachmeier,
CIMSS, 608-263-3958, scott.bachmeier@ssec.wisc.edu)
ITEMS
FOR THE DIVISION CHIEF, CoRP
Daily IDEA Air Quality Forecasts
Resumed: After
a winter season hiatus, daily forecast discussions were resumed on
April 2, 2006 on the Infusing satellite Data into Environmental
Applications (IDEA) web site hosted at the Cooperative Institute for
Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS). The IDEA team integrates
MODerate resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Aerosol Optical
Depth products with satellite detected fire activity, Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) surface pollution data, and numerical model
wind fields to generate products for air quality assessment and
prediction across the U.S. (S. Bachmeier,
CIMSS, 608-263-3958 scott.bachmeier@ssec.wisc.edu, T. Wimmers,
CIMSS, 608-263-3294)
Abstracts submitted to SPIE
Remote Sensing & Optics/Photonics in Security and Defense:
Two abstracts were submitted for the SPIE Remote Sensing &
Optics/Photonics in Security & Defense 2006 conference. The
titles
are "Lossless Compression of Hyperspectral Imagery via Lookup Tables
with Predictor Selection", and "MST-Embedded JPEG-LS: Application to
Lossless Compression of Ultraspectral Sounder Data". This joint
conference will be September 11-16 in Stockholm,
Sweden.
(Bormin Huang, CIMSS, 608-265-2231, bormin@ssec.wisc.edu)
Manuscript on Hyperspectral
Sounder Submitted:
An manuscript entitled "Trade studies of hyperspectral infrared sounder
on geostationary satellite" has been submitted to the journal Applied Optics.
Co-authors are Fang Wang, Jun Li (CIMSS), Timothy J. Schmit (STAR) and
Steve Ackerman (CIMSS). (Jun Li, 608 / 262-3755,
Jun.Li@ssec.wisc.edu)
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