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ITEMS FOR THE ADMINISTRATOR:
ITEMS FOR THE ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR:
ITEMS FOR THE OFFICE DIRECTOR, STAR:
CI Directors Meeting: Steve Ackerman, Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) Director, attended the OAR and NESDIS cooperative institute (CI) directors meeting in Silver Spring, MD. Notes and
action items from the meeting include: Capabilities Fair - We found this process useful for both the
interaction with NOAA and amongst the different CIs. We would like to
hear from the NOAA participants on how useful they found the Fair and how
we can increase participation from the NOAA side, in particular the
program managers.
We recommend repeating the Fair every other year during our CI meeting
in Washington. NOAA Budget Presentation
- We suggest that the CI's be informed of upcoming initiatives; the future budget and the impact on CI's be discussed; the CI budgets should not be restricted during continuing resolution. NOAA’s Future Workforce - Suggestions include increasing core funding for graduate students working at the interface of CI-NOAA research labs; facilitating undergraduate summer schools; encouraging NOAA staff involvement in the university community (i.e., exchange program); increasing the funding for the Visiting Fellows and Postdoc program to strengthen this excellent program; actively promoting graduate education support for CI’s researchers.
CI’s Policy Update - We are encouraged that progress has been made
on the use of the NOAA logo, as a significant amount of NOAA research is done
by the CI’s and NOAA should take credit; the time frame for open CI competition should be increased from 8 to 12
weeks to be less disruptive for ongoing projects (field, etc.).
Future CI Meeting - We suggest that the next 2-day CI meeting be held in Washington, D.C. in April 2009.
(S. Ackerman, CIMSS, 608-263-3647)
Manuscript Published on the Interaction of Arctic Cloud and Surface Temperature Trends: A
manuscript entitled "The Influence of Changes in Cloud Cover on Recent
Surface Temperature Trends in the Arctic" has been published in Journal
of Climate (vol. 21, 2008). Co-authors are Yinghui Liu (Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies, CIMSS), Jeffrey R. Key (STAR/ASPB),
and Xuanji Wang (CIMSS). The paper presents a method to assess the
influence of changes in Arctic cloud cover on the surface temperature
trend, allowing for a more robust diagnosis of causes for surface
warming or cooling. (Y. Liu, CIMSS, 608-265-8620; J. Key, E/RA2, 608-263-2605, jkey@ssec.wisc.edu; Y. Wang, CIMSS, 608-261-1390)
Operational Status Given to Advanced Dvorak Technique (ADT): The Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) Advanced Dvorak Technique (ADT) was approved for NESDIS operations during the Satellite Products and Services Review Board (SPSRB) Decision Brief held on 20
February. NESDIS/SAB has served as the main testbed for ADT evaluation
since the late 1990's. Since then, SAB forecasters have provided
important qualitative and quantitative analysis of ADT performance to
CIMSS scientists which have aided in algorithm advancement. The ADT
provides global tropical cyclone intensity estimates using
geostationary, infrared satellite imagery. (T. Olander, CIMSS, 608-265-8005; C. Velden, CIMSS, 608-262-9168)
ITEMS FOR THE DIVISION CHIEF, CoRP:
Presentation at Intercalibration meeting: Mat Gunshor of the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) was invited to give a presentation at the Third Global Space-Based Inter-Calibration System (GSICS) Research Working Group (GRWG) meeting, held at the NOAA Science Center in Camp Springs, Maryland. This three-day meeting (19-21 February 2008) was a gathering of international scientists to improve the use of space-based global observations for weather, climate and environmental applications through inter-calibration of the space component of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) World Weather Watch (WWW) Global Observing System (GOS) and Global Earth Observing System of Systems (GEOSS). Gunshor gave a presentation entitled "Recent AIRS/GEO Inter-calibration Activities at CIMSS", describing results from January 2006 through October 2007 comparing AIRS to the imagers on Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES)-10, -11, -12, METEOSAT-8, -9, MTSAT-1R, and FY-2C. Gunshor's presentation also addressed the effects of GOES-12 decontamination in July 2007, the dependence of inter-calibration on scan time differences, the effects of FY-2C "stray light" issues, the GOES-13 post-launch checkout results (especially concerning the 13.3 micrometer band results), and raised the question of what satellite operators should be doing to protect their users from poorly calibrated data. (M. Gunshor, CIMSS, 608-263-1146).Other Meetings and Telecons:
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