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ASPB AND CIMSS WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK ENDING APRIL 16, 2011

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Manuscript on Advanced IR Soundings for Pre-convection Warning Published: A manuscript titled "Warning Information in a Pre-convection Environment from the Geostationary Advanced Infrared Sounding System — A Simulation Study Using the IHOP Case" was published in the Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climate (Vol 50, 776 - 783). Co-authors are Jun Li, Jinlong Li, Jason Otkin (CIMSS), Tim Schmit (STAR), and Chian-Yi Liu (CIMSS). (Jun Li, CIMSS, Jun.Li@ssec.wisc.edu, 608-262-3755, Jun.Li@ssec.wisc.edu)

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Presentations at 34th International Symposium for Remote Sensing of Environment: Steve Ackerman gave talks at the 34th International Symposium for Remote Sensing of Environment, both on NOAA related projects. The first, titled "Trends in Satellite Observations of the Great Lakes" was done in collaboration A. Heidinger and B. Maddux and explored trends in cloud cover as seen by MODIS and AVHRR (PATMOS-x). There are interesting spatial patterns in cloud cover. For example, the Great Lakes are more cloudy than the land regions during winter, while in summer the cloud amounts are similar. No long-term trend in cloud cover over the Great Lakes was detected in the PATMOS-x product. The second talk, "A Global Perspective of Scientific Visualization: Developing Impacting and Understandable Imagery to Engage Audiences" was presented in the session "12.3 Thrilling Imagery and the Science of Design: Engaging the Public with Remote Sensing". The talk was co-authored with D. Pisut and discussed our collaborative NOAA project on how best to incorporate real-time and climate data sets on the sphere, while providing appropriate docent training. (S. Ackerman, CIMSS, 608-263-3647)

NSF/NCAR/UCAR/NOAA Tropospheric Profiling Workshop: A joint NSF/NCAR/UCAR/NOAA sponsored Tropospheric Profiling Workshop was conducted in response to National Research Council (NRC) Network of Network report in Boulder, Colorado, April 12-14, 2011. The goals of the workshop were to provide recommendations to NRC and NOAA regarding a path forward to better measurement of lower tropospheric thermodynamic state. Wayne Feltz chaired a Passive Profiling synergy techniques section and presented a talk titled "Ground-based Spectral Infrared Radiometers for Profiling Temperature and Water Vapor". Ralph Petersen discussed new enhancements in commercial aircraft water vapor measurements and future contributions they could make to the U.S. mesoscale observation system. Other topics of discussion were observational system simulation experiments and the use of other agency testbed to evaluate the optimal mix of active and passive profiling capabilities. A formal report and peer reviewed article will be published in very near future. (W. Feltz, CIMSS, 608-265-6283 and Ralph Petersen, CIMSS)

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