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ASPB AND CIMSS WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK ENDING NOVEMBER 28, 2010

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ITEMS FOR THE ADMINISTRATOR:

ITEMS FOR THE ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR:

ITEMS FOR THE OFFICE DIRECTOR, STAR:

CIMSS Participation at National Weather Association Meeting: A poster presentation titled "Working with the National Weather Service (NWS) Forecasters in Preparation for use of the GOES-R Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI)", by Kaba Bah of the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS), was recently announced as the best graduate student poster presentation at the National Weather Association (NWA) Annual Meeting in Tucson, Arizona, which took place 2-7 October 2010. His poster had numerous coauthors from CIMSS and the NESDIS/STAR Advanced Satellite Products Branch (ASPB). In addition to his presentation, Bah and Jordan Gerth, also of CIMSS, staffed a booth at NWA to introduce operational meteorologists to the coming capabilities of the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite R-Series (GOES-R). CIMSS continues to work with the National Weather Service to transition research to operations ahead of the launch of GOES-R. (K. Bah, CIMSS, 608-262-4462; J. Gerth, CIMSS, 608-263-4942)

ITEMS FOR THE DIVISION CHIEF, CoRP:

Algorithm Development Executive Board Presentation on Surface Emissivity: Tim Schmit, Advanced Satellite Products Branch (ASPB), remotely presented the Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) Land Surface Emissivity algorithm at the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES)-R Algorithm Development Executive Board (ADEB) meeting on November 23, 2010. (T. J. Schmit, E/RA2, 608-263-0291, tim.j.schmit@noaa.gov)

Software for Utilizing 0.5-degree GFS Model Data Provided to NESDIS/STAR: The latest version of software used at the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) to generate upper air and surface guess data for Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) temperature and moisture retrievals and cloud products was provided to NESDIS scientists. This software makes use of 0.5-degree resolution Global Forecast System (GFS) model data. The software is now more amenable to future generations of guess data from other numerical models. (J. Nelson, CIMSS, 608-263-6013, jim.nelson@ssec.wisc.edu; T. Schreiner, CIMSS, 608-263-6754, tony.schreiner@ssec.wisc.edu; T. J. Schmit, E/RA2, 608-263-0291, tim.j.schmit@noaa.gov; G. S. Wade, E/RA2, 608-263-4743, gary.s.wade@noaa.gov)

CIMSS VISIT Activities: The Virtual Institute for Satellite Integration Training (VISIT) distance learning module "Polar Operational Environmental Satellite (POES) and Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) Satellite Products in Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System (AWIPS)" (http://rammb.cira.colostate.edu/training/visit/training_sessions/poes_and_avhrr_satellite_products_in_awips/) was led by S. Bachmeier on November 22, 2010. Staff from the National Weather Service forecast office at Sioux Falls, South Dakota participated in the VISIT lesson. (S. Bachmeier, CIMSS, 608-263-3958, S. Lindstrom, CIMSS, 608-263-4425)

VISITORS:

ISRO Visitors: On 22-23 November, Drs. Ranganath Navalgund (Director of the Space Applications Centre/Indian Space Research Organisation, SAC/ISRO) and Devi Prasad Karnik (attache at Indian Embassy) visited the Space Science and Engineering Center (SSEC) to hear from SSEC's current Indian visitors (Mssrs. Kaushik, Padmanabhan, Deb, and Mahakur) on their work progress (on preparations for INSAT-3D navigation, soundings, winds, and visulization) and to discuss future collaborative projects with SSEC scientists and Director Hank Revercomb. It was noted that INSAT-3D will be launched in July 2011. (W.P. Menzel, CIMSS, 608-263-4930)

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