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ASPB AND CIMSS WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 17, 2014

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The Climate Syposium 2014: The Climate Symposium 2014 was held October 13-17, 2014, in Darmstadt, Germany. This symposium brought together international experts in climate observations, research, analysis and modelling to present and discuss results from their studies, with a particular emphasis on the role of space-based Earth observations in improving our knowledge of the current climate at global and regional scales, and in the assessment of models used for climate projections. Jeff Key (STAR) spoke on the use of NOAA and other satellite sensors for measuring and monitoring the sea-ice thickness. Andrew Heidinger (STAR) presented on his recent delivery of cloud climate records to the NOAA Climatic Data Center. Eva Borbas and Hank Revercomb (Space Science and Engineering Center/University of Wisconsin-Madison) presented posters on their research. More information on the Symposium is available at http://www.theclimatesymposium2014.com. (J. Key, E/RA2, 608-263-2605, jkey@ssec.wisc.edu; A. Heidinger, E/RA2, 608-263-6757, andrew.heidinger@noaa.gov) 

Significance: The Symposium is an important step towards defining requirements and the further development of an efficient and sustained international space-based Earth observing system, particularly in the context of climate monitoring. NOAA's satellites have played an important role in studies of recent climate change.

NOAA Mission Goal: Understand Climate Variability and Change to Enhance Society's Ability to Plan and Respond; Serve Society's Needs for Weather and Water Information

NOAA Cross-Cutting Priorities: Sound, Reliable State-of-the-Art Research; Integrating Global Environmental Observations and Data Management 

ITEMS FOR THE OFFICE DIRECTOR, STAR:

Community Satellite Processing Package (CSPP) Team Collaborations with EUMETSAT: The EUropean organization for the exploitation of METeorological SATellites (EUMETSAT) issued a EUMETSAT Retransmission Service-Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (EARS-VIIRS) product validation report which included exhaustive comparisons of CSPP V2.0 Sensor Data Records (SDRs) with coincident SDRs archived at NOAA Comprehensive Large-Array data Stewardship System (CLASS). The conclusions of this 481 page report were that "The data of local and global products match nearly perfectly", and a recommendation was made they proceed to "Distribute the EARS-VIIRS product in operational status to the end users." A telecon was held between CIMSS CSPP personnel and the EUMETSAT EARS-VIIRS team to resolve any outstanding questions they had regarding the CSPP SDR software. In addition, EUMETSAT offered to host the next direct broadcast CSPP/International MODIS/AIRS Processing Package (CSPP/IMAPP) meeting in Darmstadt, Germany, April 2015. (K. Strabala, CIMSS, 608-263-8752, L. Gumley, CIMSS, 608-265-5358) 

CIMSS and NESDIS Support of TCI 2014: The Tropical Cyclone Intensity (TCI) field campaign began on October 1, 2014. Researchers from the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) are providing mission science, flight planning, hazard avoidance and forecast support for the campaign which continues through the end of the month. Science objectives include 1) understanding the structure of the outflow layer of tropical cyclones and how the outflow interacts with the surrounding environment. 2) How diurnal fluctuations of convection impact tropical cyclone intensity and structure. A NASA WB-57 fitted with a dropsonde deployment system along with NASA remote sensing instruments will provide the observation data for TCI. Successful back to back missions have been flown into Category 4 Hurricane Gonzalo October 15-16 while the system was east of the Bahamas. GOES Rapid Scan imagery from NESDIS provided valuable support for storm center location and dropsonde placement.(C. Velden, CIMSS, 608-262-9168, D. Herndon, CIMSS, 608-262-6741, S. Griffin, CIMSS, 608-262-0986, W. Lewis, CIMSS, 608-262-8954) 

Support for the GOES-15 Imager Rapid Scan testing: Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) and the Advanced Satellite Products Branch (ASPB) supported the critical Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES)-15 Imager Rapid Scan Operations (RSO) test. Prior to and during the test, CIMSS and ASPB participated in several teleconferences with the Office of Satellite and Product Operations (OSPO) and National Weather Service (NWS), and monitored the data flow into Man computer Interactive Data Access System (McIDAS) and Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System (AWIPS). Immediately after the successful test for the Hawaiian sector on October 15, 2014, the NWS requested the new RSO schedule for operational support of Tropical Storm Ana. According to the Central Pacific Hurricane Center (CPHC) "... the higher temporal resolution of the GOES rapid scan has helped to determine the shift in forward motion [of tropical storm Ana]." An animation is on the CIMSS Satellite blog, http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/blog/archives/16856, and RSO animations can be found on the Real Earth page at http://re.ssec.wisc.edu/s/719y1.  (T. Schmit, E/RA2, 608-263-0291, tim.j.schmit@noaa.gov; J. Gerth, CIMSS, 608-263-4942; S. Lindstrom, CIMSS; S. Bachmeier, CIMSS, 608-263-3958) 

ITEMS FOR THE DIVISION CHIEF, CoRP:

BAMS articles accepted: Two manuscripts were accepted for publication in the Bulletin of the American Meteorology Society: "Hurricanes and climate: the U. S. CLIVAR working group on hurricanes" with co-authors Jim Kossin (NCDC/RSAD) and Anne Sophie Daloz (SSEC/AOS), and "Validating atmospheric reanalysis data using tropical cyclones as thermometers" by Jim Kossin (NCDC/RSAD). (J. Kossin, NCDC/RSAD, 608-265-5356) 

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