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ITEMS FOR THE ADMINISTRATOR:
ITEMS FOR THE ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR:
ITEMS FOR THE OFFICE DIRECTOR, STAR:
CEOS Atmospheric Composition Constellation Meeting: Brad Pierce attended the Committee on Earth Observation Satellites (CEOS) Atmospheric Composition Constellation (ACC-5) meeting in Montreal, Quebec on March 30-31, 2010. Pierce gave three presentations, including two reporting on the finalization of NO2 retrieval (led by Shobha Kondragunta, NESDIS/STAR) and Smoke/Aerosol Forecasting (led by Brad Pierce, NESDIS/STAR) demonstrations and one providing an overview of NASA/NOAA Climate Change Programmes provided by Mitch Goldberg (STAR) (R.B. Pierce, E/RA2, 608-890-1892, brad.pierce@noaa.gov)
International Workshop on Volcanic Ash: M. Pavolonis (STAR) attended the 5th International Workshop on Volcanic Ash in Santiago, Chile, March 22-26, 2010. The goals of the workshop, which was convened by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) in collaboration with the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), were to highlight scientific progress in characterizing volcanic ash hazards to aviation and apply research results to the practical issue of ash avoidance. M. Pavolonis gave an invited presentation entitled “Advances in Automated Satellite Remote Sensing of Volcanic Ash” and served on the “Detection and Tracking of Volcanic Ash & Gas Clouds” discussion panel. The quantitative volcanic ash products developed by NOAA/NESDIS/STAR and the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Studies (CIMSS) were recognized as being mature and innovative, and Volcanic Ash Advisory Centers (VAACs) and modeling groups are interested in them. (M. Pavolonis, E/RA2, 608-263-9597, Mike.Pavolonis@noaa.gov
WCRP Observations and Assimilation Panel Meeting: The
fourth World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) Observations and
Assimilation Panel (WOAP) meeting was held at the KlimaCampus of the
University of Hamburg (Germany), March 28-31, 2010. WOAP is comprised of
representatives from each of the major WCRP projects. Jeff Key
represents the Climate and Cryosphere (CliC) project. The objectives of
WOAP are to define observational requirements for climate system
analysis and prediction, assist in optimization of observational
strategies for sustained observation, act as a focal point for WCRP
interactions with other groups and programs, promote and coordinate the
synthesis of global observations from the atmosphere, oceans, land and
cryosphere, and promote and coordinate WCRP information and data
management activities. This meeting addressed near-term and long-term
plans of each of the WCRP projects, reanalysis (including cryosphere
reanalyses), and interactions with the Global Climate Observing System
(GCOS) and the Group on Earth Observations (GEO)/Global Earth
Observation System of Systems (GEOSS). (J. Key, E/RA2, 608-263-2605,
jkey@ssec.wisc.edu)
CIMSS Participation at the Chicago Aviation Weather Workshop: The National Weather Service in Chicago recently held its first annual Chicago Aviation Weather Workshop at Lewis University on 26-27 March 2010. The parcitipants included many agencies and commercial companies (Federal Aviation Administration, National Weather Service, Lockheed Martin, United Airlines, Southwest Airlines, JetBlue Airlines, O'Hare and Midway Airport representatives, etc.) along with general aviators. This platform provided Lee Cronce (Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies) the opportunity to give two presentations on products being developed by the Satellite-Based Nowcasting and Aviation Application Program (SNAAP) at the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS). The products presented were the University of Wisconsin Convective Initiation Nowcast (UWCI), and the University of Wisconsin Overshooting Top/Thermal Couplet Detection (http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/snaap/). (L. Cronce, CIMSS, 608-265-6282; W. Feltz, CIMSS, 608-265-6283)
ITEMS FOR THE DIVISION CHIEF, CoRP:
Manuscript on Infrared Radiance Assimilation Accepted for Publication: A manuscript entitled “Clear and Cloudy Sky Infrared Brightness Temperature Assimilation Using an Ensemble Kalman Filter” was accepted for publication in the Journal of Geophysical Research. The paper by Jason Otkin (Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies, CIMSS) presents results from a regional-scale Observation System Simulation Experiment (OSSE) that examined how the assimilation of 8.5 μm brightness temperatures for both clear and cloudy-sky conditions impacts the accuracy of atmospheric analyses when using an Ensemble Kalman Filter data assimilation system. (J. Otkin, CIMSS, 608-265-2476)VISITORS:
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