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Key and Santek visit the Met Office: Through a GOES-R and JPSS Visiting Scientist opportunity, Jeff Key (NOAA) and David Santek (Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies, CIMSS) visited the Met Office in Exeter, UK, 13-15 July 2015. The discussions focused on the latest research findings from CIMSS/NOAA and the Met Office for high-latitude satellite-derived winds and GOES-R simulated winds in terms of quality and forecast impact. A representative from the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) came from Reading to Exeter to participate in the discussions. (D. Santek, CIMSS, 608-263-7410; J. Key, E/RA2, 608-263-2605, jkey@ssec.wisc.edu)

CIMSS Participation in Plains Elevated Convection at Night (PECAN) Experiment: Funded by the NSF, NASA, NOAA, and the U.S. Department of Energy, the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) participated in the Plains Elevated Convection At Night (PECAN) campaign, which was conducted from June 1-July 15, 2015. CIMSS’s field team for PECAN included Wayne Feltz, Chris Rozoff, Tim Wagner, Erik Olson, Lee Cronce, Nadia Smith, John Lalande, Andrew Wagner, David Loveless, Michelle Feltz, Coda Phillips, and Sarah Witman, as well as off-site support. The SSEC Portable Atmospheric Research Center (SPARC), a specially modified vehicle carrying instruments to study the atmosphere and make surface emissivity measurements, was one of four mobile units deployed at PECAN. Each mobile unit, as well as six fixed units across Kansas and Nebraska, was equipped with various radars, lidars, radiosondes, and other sensors. Three aircraft were also deployed to collect mesoscale data before convection began. The SPARC is equipped with an Atmospheric Emitted Radiance Interferometer (AERI) to measure radiant energy from the Earth’s atmosphere, and a High Spectral Resolution Lidar (HSRL) for detecting aerosols. SSEC launched radiosondes from the ground, using weather balloons, which transmit data back to an onboard receiving station. The science focus for these measurements included observational development of Mesoscale Convective Complexes (MCCs), bore, low level jet, and convective initiation events. For more information visit https://www.ssec.wisc.edu/sparc/experiments/pecan-2015/ and http://catalog.eol.ucar.edu/pecan. (W. Feltz, CIMSS, 608-265-6283)

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