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CIMSS AND ASPB WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK ENDING AUGUST 7, 2015

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NOAA Climate Data Record Annual Meeting: The NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) Climate Data Record Program held its NOAA Climate Data Record Annual Meeting, August 4-6, 2015, in Asheville, NC. Yinghui Liu and Mike Hiley, Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS), both attended and represented polar and cloud CDR projects. The focus of this year's meeting was to: (1) Provide insight and status on NOAA’s CDR Program and it’s supported scientists. (2) Discuss the latest updates from the NCEI user engagement team, as well as others from the U.S. Government and International agencies that coordinate or partner with the NOAA CDR Program. (3) Share the increased priority for CDR user engagement and high-value applications of CDRs, beyond traditional climate science research, in various sectors such as agriculture, forestry, energy, health, tourism, transportation, water, fisheries, etc. (Y. Liu, CIMSS, 608-265-8620) 

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NOAA Webinar: Jim Kossin (Center for Weather and Climate, National Centers for Environmental Information) participated in the NOAA webinar “Ten Years Since Hurricane Katrina: Progress in Hurricane Modeling, Prediction, Decision Support, and Coastal Resilience” on 28 July. The panelists/presenters were Rick Knabb (NOAA National Hurricane Center), Gerry Bell (NOAA Climate Prediction Center), Robert Atlas (NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory), Steven Goodman (NOAA National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service), Vijay Tallapragada (NOAA Environmental Modeling Center), Jeff Payne (NOAA National Ocean Service), Tom Knutson (NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory), Jim Kossin (NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information), and Mel Landry (NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service Habitat Restoration Division). More details, and the presentations, are available at http://cpo.noaa.gov/ClimatePrograms/ModelingAnalysisPredictionsandProjections/MAPPNewsEvents/TabId/506/artmid/1256/articleid/309639/. (Jim Kossin, NCEI/CWC, 608-265-5356)

National Hurricane Center Briefing: Jim Kossin (NCEI/CWC) provided slides to Mark DeMaria (NOAA/NHC) for a briefing given to forecasters and specialists at the National Hurricane Center. Kossin's slides introduce a new model that is designed to improve intensity forecast skill during hurricane eyewall replacement cycles, and is presently being transitioned into NHC operations. The transition to operations is expected to take place in August. (Jim Kossin, NCEI/CWC, 608-265-5356)

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