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ASPB AND CIMSS WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK ENDING AUGUST 16, 2008

IN THE PRESS:

Wisconsin Journal Sentinel article on improved satellites: An article titled "Improved satellites bring better weather forecasts to Earth" in the Wisconsin Journal Sentinel touches on satellite improvements from Explorer to Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES)-R. The article, written by H. Black, is on-line at http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=781188. Scientists from the NESDIS Advanced Satellite Products Branch, the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies, and the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, were interviewed. (T. Schmit, E/RA2, 608-263-0291, tim.j.schmit@noaa.gov).

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Satellite Imagery of Kasatochi Volcanic Plume: The Kasatochi Volcano in the Aleutian Islands of Alaska erupted on August 7, 2008, and the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) Satellite Blog (http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/blog/archives/709) was updated with Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) and Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) images showing parts of the volcanic plume that had drifted over the northwestern and north-central United States several days later. In particular, sounder imagery from the GOES-13 satellite (which had recently been re-activated from on-orbit storage for operations testing) was used to locate parts of the volcanic plume that were rich in sulfur dioxode. The presence of the volcanic plume over Wisconsin was confirmed by ground-based lidar measurements from the University of Wisconsin - Madison. (S. Bachmeier, CIMSS, 608-263-3958, T. Schreiner, CIMSS, 608-263-6754)

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Figure caption: GOES-13 Sounder IR difference product showing a portion of the Kasatochi volcanic plume that was rich in sulfur dioxide (darker black enhancement) that had drifted over parts of Montana, Wyoming, and Nebraska on August 11, 2008.

CoRP Symposium: Steve Ackerman attended the Cooperative Research Program (CoRP) Symposium hosted by the Cooperative Institute for Oceanographic Satellite Studies (CIOSS), Oregon Statue University, along with four Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) students: Zhenglong Li, Erin Wagner, Ken Vinson and Tim Wagner. Zhenglong gave a talk on his research on GOES sounder retrieval. Tim Wagner was one of four recipients of the best student papers award. (S. Ackerman, CIMSS, 608-263-3647)

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