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ASPB AND CIMSS WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 15, 2006

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ITEMS FOR THE OFFICE DIRECTOR, STAR

Presentation on GOES Sounder Applications at Chinese Academy of Meteorological Science:  Jun Li was invited to visit Institute of Atmospheric Physics (IAP) and Chinese Academy of Meteorological Science (CAMS) December 4-8, 2006.  He collaborated with scientists at IAP on applying AIRS/MODIS cloud-clearing soundings developed at CIMSS in a regional forecast model.  He also gave a talk on December 8 at CAMS entitled "Applications of GOES Sounder data on severe weather forecasts".  Jun Li's travel was supported by IAP.  (Jun Li, CIMSS, 608 - 262 -3755, Jun.Li@ssec.wisc.edu)

ITEMS FOR THE DIVISION CHIEF, CoRP

Redesign of CIMSS GOES Derived Product Imagery Web Page: Although numerous additions and enhancements had been added to the CIMSS (Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies) Realtime GOES (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite) Page over the last ten years, the overall page architecture had not changed since its inception, until now. The redesigned CIMSS GOES Realtime Derived Product Imagery (DPI) Page has a fresh compact look, flexibility to more easily compare user-selected DPI, and a coding framework to permit much easier management of the page. See http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/rt/. (B. Bellon, CIMSS, 608-263-6726; G.S. Wade, E/RA2, 608-263-4743; T.J. Schmit, E/RA2, 608-263-0291)

Preliminary Quantification of GOES-13 Sounder Noise:  Scientists at the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) have preliminary noise numbers for the sounder using special space-look data taken during the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES)-13 science test.  Overall, GOES-13 sounder noise appears to be well within the specifications for GOES 8-12 and either better than, or comparable to, those of the current operational sounders on GOES-11 and GOES-12. Hourly space-look data provided a day-long sampling of such standard deviations and the average over the day was used for GOES-13.  (M. Gunshor, CIMSS, 608-263-1146; T. Schmit, E/RA2, 608-263-0291, tim.j.schmit@noaa.gov).

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Caption:  The ratio of GOES sounder noise calculations (from space-looks) to the GOES I-M specification for noise.

Second Week of GOES-13 Science Test - Many Unique Observations: Several unique schedules were run during the second week of the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES)-13 NOAA Science Test. These include full disk images every 30 minutes, the longest duration ever of 30-second imager data, hot spots due to fires and space-views with the sounder for noise determinations and enumlating the GOES-East and -West schedules.  More information can be found at http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/blog/category/goes-13/ or http://rammb.cira.colostate.edu/projects/goes_n/.  (T. Schmit, E/RA2, 608-263-0291, tim.j.schmit@noaa.gov, S. Bachmeier, CIMSS, 608-263-3958, G.S. Wade, E/RA2, 608-263-4743, gary.s.wade@noaa.gov).

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Caption: This GOES-13 Imager "water vapor" band animation shows full disk images every 30 minutes. Due to the need for regional and meso-scale scanning, the operational GOES Imagers routinely scan the full disk only every 3 hours.

Second Meeting of NOAA International Affairs Council Polar Committee: The Polar Committee of the NOAA International Affairs Council (IAC) held its second meeting on December 15. The committee was established to serve as a policy coordinating forum, to maintain awareness of NOAA’s work in the polar regions and, as appropriate, to address crosscutting program issues. Jeff Key is the NESDIS representative on the Polar Committee. He participated by phone.  Topics discussed at the meeting included the National Science Foundation congressional testimony on the International Polar Year (with NOAA input), Antarctic policy discussions with the State Department, impacts of the continung resolution on polar acitivities, and recent meetings of the Arctic Council. (J. Key, E/RA2, 608-263-2605, jeff.key@noaa.gov)

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