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CIMSS AND ASPB WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK ENDING JUNE 5, 2015

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Top 10 List in Weather and Forecasting: The paper "Hurricane Wind–Pressure Relationship and Eyewall Replacement Cycles" (http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/WAF-D-14-00121.1), which appeared on February 2015 and is authored by Jim Kossin (NCEI's Center for Weather and Climate), has been listed on the top 10 most read papers (in the last 12 months) in the AMS journal Weather and Forecasting. The article uses aircraft flight-level data to identify changes in the minimum pressure and maximum wind that are unique to hurricane eyewall cycles. The information will help improve wind-speed estimates for forecasters relying on satellite-estimates and for post-mortem damage assessment teams in the case of landfalling storms. (Jim Kossin, NCEI/CWC, 608-265-5356) 

Paper on GOES-14 1-minute Imagery Published: A paper was published in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society (BAMS) on GOES (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite) Super Rapid Scan Operations for GOES-R (SRSOR) from the Imager on GOES-14. The title is “Rapid Refresh Information of Significant Events: Preparing Users for the Next Generation of Geostationary Operational Satellites”. The authors are Timothy J. Schmit, Steven J. Goodman, Mathew M. Gunshor, Justin Sieglaff, Andrew K. Heidinger, A. Scott Bachmeier, Scott S. Lindstrom, Amanda Terborg, Joleen Feltz, Kaba Bah, Scott Rudlosky, Daniel T. Lindsey, Robert M. Rabin, and Christopher C. Schmidt. The GOES-14 imager collected experimental rapid-scan 1-min data that emulated the high temporal resolution possible from the imager on the next-generation GOES-R series. Supplemental material (animations) are also included. More information is available at http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/abs/10.1175/BAMS-D-13-00210.1. (T. Schmit, E/RA2, 608-263-0291) 

ITEMS FOR THE DIVISION CHIEF, CoRP:

GOES-R RIMP Interviews: The GOES-R Program has hired Aerospace Inc. to conduct a series of interviews with GOES-R Algorithm Leads to generate RIMPs (Resource, Management, and Implementation Plan). The purpose of this exercise is to gather information on the plans, tools and data access during the GOES-R post launch validation period. Tom Kopp (Aerospace) visited the Advanced Satellite Product Branch (ASPB) and conducted interviews with the Cloud Team (Heidinger), the Imagery Team (Schmit) and the Volcanic Ash Team (Pavolonis). Andrew Mollner (Aerospace) also conducted a RIMP interview via telephone with the Soundings Team (Schmit). Wayne MacKenzie (OSPO) also attended. He is the GOES-R Program representative who will receive the final RIMPs from Aerospace. Jaime Daniels (STAR) participated via telephone. (A. Heidinger, E/RA2, 608-263-6757, andrew.heidinger@noaa.gov, T. Schmit, E/RA2, 608-263-0291, tim.j.schmit@noaa.gov, M. Pavolonis, E/RA2, 608-263-9597, mpav@ssec.wisc.edu)

RUA/Nowcasting Workshop: Andrew Heidinger participated remotely in a workshop held in Boulder, Colorado on the National Weather Service's (NWS) plans for a new Rapidly Updated Analysis (RUA) which will provide sub-hourly fields for model verification. The RUA will be an extension of the current Real-Time Mesoscale Analysis (RTMA). A. Heidinger presented material about the GOES-R applications and capabilities that may be most relevant to the RUA. The plans for a global RUA are highly dependent on satellite observations. (A. Heidinger, E/RA2, 608-263-6757, andrew.heidinger@noaa.gov)

NASA Air Quality Applied Science Team Meeting: Brad Pierce attended the attended the 9th NASA Air Quality Applied Science Team (AQAST) Meeting at the University of St Louis, St Louis, MO, June 1-4, 2015. He led a session on Air Quality Science and Applications and presented a talk entitled “High resolution OMI NO2 retrievals for urban scale AQ monitoring using VIIRS day-night-band radiances”. AQAST is a NASA Applied Sciences Team of atmospheric scientists working in partnership with US air quality managers to exploit the power of Earth Science tools to address air quality issues. The 9th AQAST Meeting focused on partnerships with Midwestern Regional Planning Offices (RPO) such as the Central States Air Resource Agencies (CenSARA) and Lake Michigan Air Directors Consortium (LADCO) as well as state air quality agencies including the Missouri and Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) (R.B. Pierce, E/RA2, 608-890-1892, brad.pierce@noaa.gov) 

CREST-NOAA Brown Bag Seminar on Arctic Climate: Jeff Key gave a CREST Brown Bag seminar on June 3, 2015. His presentation, titled "Observing Arctic Climate Change from Space", illustrated how satellite data are used for measuring and monitoring the Arctic climate system and interactions within it, and demonstrated the critical role of satellite products in an region where in situ measurements are sparse or nonexistent. (J. Key, E/RA2, 608-263-2605, jkey@ssec.wisc.edu) 

GOES-14 1-minute Imagery : The third week of the 2015 Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES)-14 Super Rapid Scan Operations for GOES-R (SRSOR) imagery data collection campaign has been completed, which captured convection over the central U.S. These 1-minute data are being used to better prepare for the mesoscale mode on the Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) and were used by several locations, including the Storm Prediction Center (SPC), the Hazardous Weather Testbed (HWT) and the PECAN (Plains Elevated Convection at Night) field experiment. Feedback included “1 min satellite data was vital…” and “EXTREMELY useful…”. More information on the daily schedules and image center points:http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/srsor2015/GOES-14_SRSOR.html and animations, including the severe convection over Kansas and Oklahoma: http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/blog/archives/category/goes-14. (T. Schmit, E/RA2, 608-263-0291, tim.j.schmit@noaa.gov; S. Bachmeier, CIMSS, 608-263-3958; S. Lindstrom, CIMSS) 

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