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ASPB AND CIMSS WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK ENDING JUNE 13, 2009

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CalNex Meeting with Western Regional Air Partnership: Brad Pierce participated (via telecom) in a meeting at the NOAA David Skaggs Research Center in Boulder, CO, on June 9, 2009 to discuss opportunities to expand the 2010 California Research at the Nexus of Air Quality and Climate Change (CalNex) Field Study to the downwind Western Regional Air Partnership (WRAP) region. WRAP is interested in determining the impact of California pollution on regional haze in the western U.S. WRAP is one of five regional partnerships responsible for addressing regional haze under the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Regional Haze Rule. The Ruling is designed to improve visibility in national parks and wilderness areas. Participants included CalNex mission scientists, representatives from WRAP, the National Park Service, NASA Tropospheric Chemistry Program, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, and NESDIS/STAR. (R.B. Pierce, E/RA2, 608-890-1892, brad.pierce@noaa.gov)

ABI Presentation to Aviation Group: On June 12, 2009, T. Schmit gave a (remote) presentation to the Joint Planning and Development Office (JPDO) Weather Working Group Environmental Information sub-team of the NextGen Net-enabled Weather (NNEW) committee. This team is lead by C. Miner, NOAA. The topic was the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES)-R Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI). Many of the GOES-R products will address aviation concerns. S. Goodman gave a presentation on the Geostationary Lightning Mapper. (T. Schmit, E/RA2, 608-263-0291, tim.j.schmit@noaa.gov)

GOES-R Surface Emissivity Algorithm Design Review: The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES)-R Algorithm Working Group (AWG) Sounding Team Algorithm Design Review was held on June 9, 2009. T. Schmit (NOAA/NESDIS) and J. Li (Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies) presented. This product leverages the unique temporal aspects of the geostationary perspective to retrieve the surface emissivity. (J. Li, CIMSS, 608-262-3755, T. Schmit, E/RA2, 608-263-0291, tim.j.schmit@noaa.gov)

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