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ASPB AND CIMSS WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 6, 2012

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ITEMS FOR THE ADMINISTRATOR:

ITEMS FOR THE ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR:

ITEMS FOR THE OFFICE DIRECTOR, STAR:

Heidinger Visits KMA: A. Heidinger visited the Korean Meteorological Agency (KMA) as part of a STAR delegation. The other STAR members included Jamie Daniels, Fuzhong Weng, Changyong Cao and Bob Kuligowski. The purpose of this meeting was to discuss the GOES-R algorithms and opportunities for future collaboration. KMA is considering the purchase a satellite imager similar to that on GOES-R. (A. Heidinger, E/RA2, 608-263-6757, andrew.heidinger@noaa.gov)

ITEMS FOR THE DIVISION CHIEF, CoRP:

Ongoing Support as GOES-14 becomes Operational 'East' Satellite: In continuing support of mitigating the recent anomalies seen with the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES)-13 Imager and Sounder (http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/SATS/bulletins.html), CIMSS instituted several new loops of GOES-12 Imager data to provide support for National Weather Service (NWS) personnel in Puerto Rico (http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/realtime/latamer/anigicar.html). (J. Nelson, CIMSS, 608-263-6013, G.S. Wade, E/RA2, 608-263-4743, gary.s.wade@noaa.gov, T. Schmit, E/RA2, 608-263-0291, tim.j.schmit@noaa.gov).

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Figure caption: GOES-12 Imager band-4 (10.7um, enhanced) image centered at 20N, 60W at nominal time 11:45UTC 28 September 2012.

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