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ASPB AND CIMSS WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK ENDING SEPTEMBER 8, 2012

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CIMSS Participation at EUMETSAT Meteorological Satellite Conference: The EUMETSAT Meteorological Satellite Conference was held in Sopot, Poland on 3-7 September. There was a strong science presence from the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS). Oral and Poster presentations were made by Tom Achtor, Steve Ackerman, Ralf Bennartz, Jim Davies, Dan Deslover, Wayne Feltz, Mike Foster, Allen Huang, Brent Maddox, Ralph Petersen, Dave Santek, Bill Smith Sr, William Straka, Andi Walther, Xuanji Wang, and Tom Whittaker. Major scientific sessions included Current and Future Satellites, Monitoring Climate and Understanding Climate Processes, Atmospheric Composition, Hydrological Cycle, Sensor Calibration for Climate Data Records, Satellite-based Observation of the Oceans, Forecasting and Nowcasting, Data Access for Easy Utilization and Training. The conference had over 300 attendees from 40 countries. (T. Achtor, CIMSS, 608-263-4206), (S. Ackerman, CIMSS, 608-263-3647), (W. Feltz, CIMSS, 608-265-6283)

Keynote Presentation at EUMETSAT Conference: A. Heidinger presented a keynote talk at the 2012 EUMETSAT Satellite Conference. The EUMETSAT (EUropean organization for the exploitation of METeorological SATellites) Conference was held this year in Sopot, Poland. The talk focused on the intercomparison of the recently released EUMETSAT cloud climatology with the existing NESDIS cloud climatology from the Pathfinder Atmospheres Extended (PATMOS-x) project. Side meetings were also held on the planning on an upcoming EUMETSAT cloud retrieval workshop and development of a work-plan for a World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Sustained, Co-Ordinated Processing of Environmental Satellite Data for Climate Monitoring (SCOPE-CM) project led by A. Heidinger. (A. Heidinger, E/RA2, 608-263-6757, andrew.heidinger@noaa.gov)

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Paper on Secondary Eyewall Formation in Tropical Cyclones Published: A paper on secondary eyewall formation (SEF) in a simulated tropical cyclone and the analysis of SEF mechanisms was published in the September 2012 issue of the Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. The paper, titled "The Roles of an Expanding Wind Field and Inertial Stability in Tropical Cyclone Secondary Eyewall Formation.", was co-authored by Christopher M. Rozoff, David S. Nolan, James P. Kossin, Fuqing Zhang, and Juan Fang (J. Atmos. Sci., Volume 69, p. 2621-2643, doi:10.1175/JAS-D-11-0326.1). (Christopher Rozoff, SSEC/CIMSS, chris.rozoff@ssec.wisc.edu)

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Figure caption: The low-level (z = 1 km) synthetic radar reflectivity (dBZ) at (a) 102, (b) 107, (c) 112, (d) 117, (e) 122, (f) 127, (g) 132, (h) 137, and (i) 142 h from the simulation studied in Rozoff et al. (2012).

Manuscript on Infrared Radiance Assimilation Accepted for Publication: A manuscript entitled “Assimilation of water vapor sensitive infrared brightness temperature observations during a high impact weather event” was accepted for publication in Journal of Geophysical Research. The paper by Jason Otkin (CIMSS) presented results from a regional-scale Observing System Simulation Experiment (OSSE) that was used to examine the impact of the water vapor sensitive infrared bands on the Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) on the analysis and forecasting accuracy of a high impact weather event that affected the central U.S on 24 December 2009. The data assimilation experiments were performed using an Ensemble Kalman Filter (EnKF) assimilation system. (J. Otkin, CIMSS, 608-265-2476)

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