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ASPB AND CIMSS WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK ENDING JANUARY 31, 2009

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Visit by NWS Management Regarding Transfer of Research to Operations: On Tuesday, 27 January 2009, five representatives from the National Weather Service (NWS) Sullivan (Milwaukee) forecast office visited the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS). The visitors were S. Brueske, the new Meteorologist in Charge, and J. Weidenfeld, the new Information Technology Officer, B. Borghoff, J. Craven, and S. Davis. The theme was "Catering to the satellite needs of operational meteorology". Oral presentations were given by a number of CIMSS personnel, as well as T. Schmit, G. Wade, R. Aune, and B. Pierce of the Advanced Satellite Products Branch (ASPB). J. Gerth and K. Bah (CIMSS) gave demonstrations of CIMSS' satellite product developments within the legacy Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System (AWIPS) and the migrated beta version. More information and the presentations are available at: ftp://ftp.ssec.wisc.edu/pub/jordang/talkpost/others/27jan2009/index.html. (J. Gerth, CIMSS, 608-263-4942; T. Schmit, E/RA2, 608-263-0291, tim.j.schmit@noaa.gov)

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Figure caption: Simulated Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) bands are shown in the legacy Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System (AWIPS). The small panels on the left show each of the 16 spectral bands. The large panel shows the simulated 0.6 micron band. The insert is part of the post-demonstration discussions.

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