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CIMSS AND ASPB WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK ENDING APRIL 22, 2016

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Arctic Composite Imagery Approved for Operations: On April 20, 2016, the NOAA/NESDIS Satellite Products and Services Review Board (SPSRB) approved the Arctic Composite Imagery product for operations. The product provides an hourly mosaic of geostationary and polar-orbiting satellite data over the Arctic region, which can be used to examine the evolution of weather phenomena through time series of images animations. It will be officially operational in May. (M. Lazzara, SSEC; J. Key, E/RA2, 608-263-2605, jkey@ssec.wisc.edu) 

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Figure caption: An example of the Arctic composite imagery product. 


CIMSS Participation at IASI 2016 Conference: Dave Santek, Ralph Petersen, Liam Gumley, and Jessica Gartzke of the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) attended the 4th IASI (Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer) Conference in Juan-les-Pins, France from 11 – 15 April 2016. This conference is a forum to share and review the latest results from the operational and scientific use of nearly a decade of hyperspectral observations with IASI instruments on the Metop satellites. R. Petersen presented “Increasing the utility of real-time IASI moisture and temperature soundings In very-short-range forecasting”, L. Gumley “Real-Time Access to Advanced Sounder Data over North America from the NOAA Direct Broadcast Network”, J. Gartzke “Convective Available Potential Energy (CAPE) derived from Hyperspectral Infrared Satellite Sounders”, and D. Santek’s poster “Satellite-derived 3D Winds: Global Model Impact Studies for Current and Future Observing Systems” was awarded second place in the poster competition for a novel use of IASI data. (D. Santek, CIMSS/SSEC, 608-263-7410; R. Petersen, ralph.petersen@ssec.wisc.edu) 

International Radiation Symposium 2016: Yinghui Liu attended the International Radiation Symposium 2016 in Auckland, New Zealand April 16-22, 2016. The International Radiation Symposium provides a forum for the presentation of the best and latest research in Atmospheric Radiation in its many forms. Yinghui Liu presented a talk titled “Assessment of Capability of Depicting Cloud Amount Anomalies from ERA-Interim and MERRA Using MODIS”. (Y. Liu, CIMSS, 608-265-8620)

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Manucript on 6.7 μm band water vapor information analysis accepted for publication: A manuscript titled "Geostationary satellite-based 6.7 μm band best water vapor information layer analysis over the Tibetan Plateau", has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres. This paper shows that surface characteristics over the Tibetan Plateau have a significant influence on the best water vapor information layer (BWIL) of 6.7 μm. For example, topographic elevation, colder skin temperature and lower surface emissivity tend to lift the altitude of the BWIL, decrease its magnitude, and narrow the half-width range. The study also indicates that the altitude of the BWIL reaches the highest in summer and the lowest in winter. The authors are Di Di (China Meteorological Administration - CMA), Yufei Ai (Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies - CIMSS, and Peking University - PKU), and Jun Li (CIMSS). (Jun Li, Jun.Li@ssec.wisc.edu, 608-262-3755).

Special GOES-14 1-minute data captures storms over Texas : The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES)-14 imager will be operating in the special 1-minute rapid scan mode until May 15, 2016. This week covered the massive rains over Texas. To better showcase the rapid scan imagery, the Space Science and Engineering Center (SSEC) programmed a "twitter bot" to automatically post recent 1-minute imagery. More details are available at https://twitter.com/SRSORbot. Several Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) Satellite Blog posts were generated using the GOES-14 imagery: http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/blog/archives/category/goes-14. One on-line comment from a private sector meteorologist included that the GOES-14 1-mintue imagery was “*jaw to the floor* Incredible”. The daily schedule information is at http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/srsor2016/GOES-14_SRSOR.html. (T. Schmit, E/RA2, 608-263-0291, tim.j.schmit@noaa.gov)

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Figure caption: GOES-14 Visible image over Texas on April 20, 2016 at 18 UTC.

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