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DB CRAS Software Beta Version Released: The Direct Broadcast (DB) Beta version of the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) Regional Assimilation System (CRAS) Numerical Weather Prediction model software was released on Monday, October 6 to four users located in Pretoria, South Africa, Taipei, Taiwan, Perth, Australia and San Diego, California. This special version uses the MODIS total precipitable water vapor parameter found MOD07 product (atmospheric profiles) and the Cloud Top Pressure and Cloud Effective Emissivity parameters from the MOD06 product (Cloud Product) to adjust the depiction of atmospheric moisture and clouds in the initial model conditions. This software is being distributed as part of the free International MODIS/AIRS Processing Package (IMAPP) and will allow global X-band stations the ability to create MODIS level-2 products, and then use these products as part of the CRAS assimilation to create 72 hours forecasts centered on their antenna. The official release is expected in December, and will include software that will allow the users to automatically create animations of standard meteorological fields from the output CRAS grids. An example page containing DB CRAS animation examples can be found at: http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/~scottl/cras/dbcras.html. (K. Strabala, CIMSS, 608-263-8752, R. Aune, E/RA2, 608-262-1071, robert.aune@noaa.gov, S. Lindstrom, CIMSS, 608-263-4425, A. Huang, CIMSS, 608-263-5283)
CIMSS VISIT Activities: The Virtual Institute for Satellite Integration Training (VISIT) distance learning lesson "Basic Satellite Principles" (http://rammb.cira.colostate.edu/visit/basic.html) was led by S. Lindstrom from the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) on October 8, 2008. Forecasters from the National Weather Service office at Glasgow, Montana participated in the VISIT lesson. In addition, three new examples of Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES-13) imagery were added to the CIMSS Satellite Blog ( http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/blog/archives/category/goes-13 ) to help evaluate the performance of GOES-13 during the recent operational testing period. (S. Lindstrom, CIMSS, 608-263-4425, S. Bachmeier, CIMSS, 608-263-3958)
Manuscript on Intercalibration Accepted: A manuscript on the Geostationary Simultaneous Nadir Observations (GSNOs) between the Earth Observing System (EOS) Atmospheric InfraRed Sounder (AIRS) onboard Aqua and a global array of geostationary imagers was accepted by the Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology. The title is “Intercalibration of broadband geostationary imagers using AIRS” by M. M. Gunshor, T. J. Schmit, W. P. Menzel, and D. C. Tobin. (M. Gunshor, CIMSS, 608-263-1146, T. Schmit, E/RA2, 608-263-0291, W.P. Menzel, CIMSS, 608-263-4930, D. Tobin, CIMSS, 608-265-6281)VISITORS:
Min M. Oo Visit: Min Oo, Cooperative Remote Sensing and Technology Center (CREST), visited the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) and discussed his research with CIMSS scientists. He also gave a seminar titled "Development of High-resolution surface albedo correlation maps for improved resolution and retrieval of aerosols over urban scenes." (S. Ackerman, CIMSS, 608-263-3647)
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