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CIMSS AND ASPB WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK ENDING MAY 27, 2016

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ITEMS FOR THE OFFICE DIRECTOR, STAR:

CIMSS Participation at the Living Planet Symposium 2016: The Living Planet Symposium (LPS) 2016 was held 6-10 May 2016 in Prague, Czech Republic. This event was organized in cooperation with the Ministry of Transport, Ministry of Environment and Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic with local support from Charles University in Prague. The current and future planned Earth Observation missions were introduced and the development of Earth Observation (EO) applications were reviewed. Progress and plans were presented for the implementation of European Space Agency (ESA) Earth Observation strategy and the relevance of ESA's EO Programme to societal challenges, science and economy. Yong-Keun Lee and Yinghui Liu, Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS), attended the meeting in the cryosphere session, presenting their studies of "Snow products from the Global Change Observation Mission (GCOM) AMSR2 instrument" and "Understanding the Interactions Between Arctic Sea Ice and Clouds Using Satellite Data". (Y-K., Lee, CIMSS, 608-265-0866)

CIMSS presentation at NOAA Climate Stewards Workshop: Margaret Mooney from NOAA’s Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) participated and presented at the Detroit NOAA Climate Stewards meeting May 13-14, 2016. Mooney demonstrated new on-line activities to explore climate change in the Great Lakes Region (http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/education/gl/), as well as the NOAA Data Snapshots tool, resources from NOAA’s Great Lakes Regional Integrated Sciences (GLISA) and regional findings from the 2014 National Climate Assessment (NCA) to over 50 educators. (M. Mooney, CIMSS, 608-265-2123) 

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Elementary School Tour Groups Visit CIMSS: Over the past two weeks, scientist Tim Olander from the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) served as a contact person and tour guide for seven separate elementary school groups participating in their "Urban Adventure" field trips. The field trip provides an opportunity for the students to navigate their way around sections of Madison and the University of Wisconsin-Madison on their own (while being chaperoned by an adult) through a tour of several landmarks around the city. Tim provided the groups with a brief history and overview of satellite meteorology conducted at CIMSS and assisted the groups in finding the required information within the Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Space Science Building to complete their scavenger hunt. This is the third year Tim has participated in the Urban Adventure field trips conducted currently by two Madison Metropolitan School District elementary schools. (T. Olander, CIMSS, 608-265-8005)

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