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ASPB AND CIMSS WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 15, 2012
IN THE PRESS:
ITEMS FOR THE ADMINISTRATOR:
ITEMS FOR THE ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR:
ITEMS FOR THE OFFICE DIRECTOR, STAR:
ITEMS FOR THE DIVISION CHIEF, CoRP:
AVHRR Polar Pathfinder Near Real-Time Processing: The Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) Polar Pathfinder (APP) product is now being generated in near real-time at the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS). APP is a 5-km, twice daily composite of AVHRR data for both polar regions. It is used by the science community and is the critical first step in the generation of the CIMSS/ASPB extended APP (APP-x) suite, which includes cloud, surface, and radiation properties. The APP project was started in the early 1990s at the University of Colorado-Boulder with funding from NASA. It was updated infrequently, so CIMSS took over the processing in order to keep it up to date. It will be distributed by the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC, Boulder). (Y. Liu, CIMSS, 608-265-8620; J. Key, E/RA2, 608-263-2605, jkey@ssec.wisc.edu)
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Figure caption: Composite of AVHRR imagery over the Antarctic as an example of the AVHRR Polar Pathfinder product.
VISITORS:
Director of WCRP Climate and Cryosphere Project Office Visit: Dr.
Jenny Baeseman, Director of the World Climate Research Programme's
(WCRP) Climate and Cryosphere (CliC) project International Project
Office, visited J. Key (STAR) on 11 December 2011. Dr. Baseman is also
the Founding Director of the Association of Polar Early Career
Scientists (APECS). Both offices are located in Tromsø, Norway. The
purpose of the visit was to discuss interactions between CliC and the
Global Cryosphere Watch initiative. (J. Key, E/RA2, 608-263-2605,
jkey@ssec.wisc.edu)
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