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ASPB AND CIMSS WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK ENDING SEPTEMBER 1, 2012

IN THE PRESS:

NCDC/CIMSS Research Highlighted in Washington Post: Tom Fox of the Partnership for Public Service highlighted new research performed across the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) and the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) in the August 28, 2012 Metro Section of the Washington Post (http://tinyurl.com/borvv3q). The article singles out a number of "exemplary federal moments", among them the transitioning of new hurricane forecast models into National Hurricane Center operations. The new models were created as part of a collaborative effort lead by Jim Kossin (NCDC) between NCDC, CIMSS, and the National Hurricane Center. (J. Kossin, NCDC/RSAD, 608-265-5356)

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Paper on Arctic Climate Variability and Trends: A paper on Arctic climate variability and trends from satellite observations was published in the Journal of Advances in Meteorology. The paper, titled "Arctic Climate Variability and Trends from Satellite Observations", was co-authored by Xuanji Wang, Jeffrey Key, Yinghui Liu, Charles Fowler, James Maslanik,and Mark Tschudi (Advances in Meteorology, Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 505613, 22 pages, doi:10.1155/2012/505613). (X.Wang, UWM/SSEC/CIMSS, xuanjiw@ssec.wisc.edu)

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NOAA NDE-EUMETSAT Meeting: On August 29, 2012, NOAA held a joint meeting with the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellite (EUMETSAT) on the topic of NPP (Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership) Data Exploitation (NDE). The meeting was hosted by Tom Schott (Office of Systems Development) in Suitland, MD. Jeff Key gave a brief, remote presentation on the Visible Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) polar winds product. (J. Key, E/RA2, 608-263-2605, jkey@ssec.wisc.edu)

GOES-14 Sounder and Imager products at CIMSS: As part of a special schedule providing experimental 1-minute Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES)-14 Imager data (http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/srsor/GOES-14_SRSOR.html), twice-hourly Sounder and (other limited) Imager data are also being received at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Space Science and Engineering Center (SSEC), and processed on Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) computers to produce products such as Cloud Top Pressure (CTP) and Total Precipitable Water (TPW) (http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/rt/sounder-dpi.php). The GOES-14 Sounder and Imager products should remain in production at CIMSS until the end of the experimental GOES-14 imagery, currently slated for October 31, 2012. (J. Nelson, CIMSS, 608-263-6013, T. Schreiner, CIMSS, 608-263-6754, T. Schmit, E/RA2, 608-263-0291, tim.j.schmit@noaa.gov).

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Figure caption: GOES-14 Sounder Total Precipitable Water (TPW) image from 2000UTC 28 August 2012.

CIMSS VISIT Activities: S. Lindstrom led the Virtual Institute for Satellite Integration Training (VISIT) lesson "Trough of Warm Air Aloft (TROWAL) Identification" (http://rammb.cira.colostate.edu/training/visit/training_sessions/trowal_identification/) on August 30, with forecasters from the National Weather Service Forecast Office at State College, Pennsylvania participating in the training. In addition, the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) Satellite Blog was updated with four new posts highlighting Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES-14) Super Rapid Scan Operations for GOES-R (SRSOR) 1-minute interval imagery of Tropical Storm and Hurricane Isaac (http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/blog/?s=Isaac). (S. Lindstrom, CIMSS, 608-263-4425, S. Bachmeier, CIMSS, 608-263-3958, T. Schmit, E/RA2, 608-263-0291, tim.j.schmit@noaa.gov)

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Figure caption: GOES-14 0.63 µm visible channel image showing the overshooting tops of convective elements within the central dense overcast of Hurricane Isaac as it made landfall along the southeastern Louisiana coast late in the day on August 28, 2012.

Columbia University Visit: J. Kossin (NCDC/RSAD) visited Columbia University in New York during 20-23 August to work with co-investigators on a NOAA grant. The collaborative research between the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC), Columbia University, MIT, NASA/Goddard Institute for Space Studies, and the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) focuses on past and projected tropical cyclone track variability. Anne-Sophie Daloz, a postdoctoral fellow recently hired by Kossin and co-investigator at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, visited Columbia with Kossin and gave an invited talk on past tropical cyclone changes in the ARPEGE model. (J. Kossin, NCDC/RSAD, 608-265-5356)

VISITORS:

Visitor from Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology: Rod Potts from the Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research (CAWCR) in the Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) visited the Advanced Satellite Products Branch (ASPB) and the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) August 30-31, 2012. The primary purpose of the visit was to facilitate continued collaboration between ASPB and BoM on volcanic cloud remote sensing. Potential collaborations on meteorological cloud remote sensing and geostationary satellite processing were also discussed. (M. Pavolonis, E/RA2, 608-263-9597, Mike.Pavolonis@noaa.gov, J. Key, E/RA2, 608-263-2605, jkey@ssec.wisc.edu, T. Schmit, E/RA2, 608-263-0291, tim.j.schmit@noaa.gov)

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