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IN THE PRESS:
CIMSS/SSEC Plays an Important Role in Forecasting Sandy: There were numerous press reports this week referencing the use of satellite imagery for monitoring and forecasting Hurricane Sandy at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW). Articles include:
ITEMS FOR THE ADMINISTRATOR:
ITEMS FOR THE ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR:
Special Rapid Scan GOES-14 imagery of Hurricane Sandy: Unique rapid (1-minute interval) scans from the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES)-14 imager of Hurricane Sandy
were collected and made available by the Space Science and Engineering Center (SSEC) and the NESDIS Advanced Satellite Products
Branch (ASPB) at the
University of Wisconsin-Madison. The experimental data were collected
from October 25 to October 31. Each day, based
in part on information from the National Hurricane Center, the forecast
center point was relayed to satellite operations. Animations were shown on the Weather Channel, CNN, NBC,
Reuters, WGN, and elsewhere. The animations went "viral", especially when the
images were re-cast and posted on the NASA Earth Observatory page, where
the videos were watched approximately a million times. A YouTube
animation of the entire 6 day period during the daylight hours was
posted at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2tPHiMAB5U. More information, including
daily coverage maps, can be found at http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/srsor/GOES-14_SRSOR.html. Other
animations can be found at
http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/blog/archives/category/goes-14. (T. Schmit, E/RA2, 608-263-0291,
tim.j.schmit@noaa.gov; C. Velden, CIMSS, 608-262-9168; S. Bachmeier,
CIMSS, 608-263-3958; S. Lindstrom, CIMSS)
Significance: STAR staff, working along with Cooperative Institute for
Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) and others, were able to
showcase in near real-time the benefits of rapid scan geostationary data.
These data offer a glimpse into the capabilities of the next generation
GOES-R Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI).
NOAA Mission Goals: Understand climate variability and change to enhance society’s ability to plan and respond; Serve society’s needs for weather and water information with respect to a Weather-Ready Nation.
NOAA Cross-Cutting Priorities: Integrating Global Environmental Observations and Data Management; Ensuring Sound, Reliable, State-of-the-Art Research
ITEMS FOR THE OFFICE DIRECTOR, STAR:
Manuscript on Arctic Ozone Depletion Events Published: A manuscript entitled "Characteristics of tropospheric ozone depletion events in the Arctic spring: analysis of the ARCTAS, ARCPAC, and ARCIONS measurements and satellite BrO observations" by J.-H. Koo et al. (B. Pierce is a co-author) was published in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. The article discusses ozone depletion events (ODE) observed during April 2008 using combined set of surface, ozonesonde, and aircraft in situ measurements of ozone and bromine compounds during the Arctic Research of the Composition of the Troposphere from Aircraft and Satellites (ARCTAS), the Aerosol, Radiation, and Cloud Processes affecting Arctic Climate (ARCPAC), and the Arctic Intensive Ozonesonde Network Study (ARCIONS) experiments. (R.B. Pierce, E/RA2, 608-890-1892, brad.pierce@noaa.gov)
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