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13th International Winds Workshop: The 13th International Winds Workshop (IWW) was held in Monterey, CA, 27 June - 1 July 2016. The Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) was the local organizer. The IWWs are an ideal forum for interacting with the numerical weather prediction (NWP) community on product developments, forecast impacts, and problems. Scientists from the international satellite and numerical weather prediction communities participated in the workshop, with representatives from the U.S., U.K., France, Germany, Spain, The Netherlands, Japan, Korea, China, and Australia. NOAA personnel in attendance included Jeff Key and Jaime Daniels (co-chair). Participating Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) scientists included Dave Santek (feature-tracked 3D winds from sounders), Steve Wanzong (intercomparison of cloud heights), Dave Stettner (GOES-R winds), Sharon Nebula (assimilation of GOES clear air water vapor winds), and Agnes Lim. (J. Key, E/RA2, 608-263-2605, jkey@ssec.wisc.edu; D. Santek, CIMSS, 608-263-7410) 

CIMSS/ASPB Participation in 2016 OCONUS Technical Interchange Meeting: Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) and Advanced Satellite Products Branch (ASPB) scientists participated in the 2016 OCONUS (Outside Continental United States) Technical Interchange Meeting (TIM). The primary purpose of the meeting, which was held in Honolulu, HI June 28-30, 2016, was to discuss and document the status of user readiness for the next generation of operational geostationary and low earth orbit satellites within the National Weather Service (NWS) Alaska and Pacific Regions. Jordan Gerth (CIMSS), Wayne Felz (CIMSS), Amanda Terborg (CIMSS), Liam Gumley (CIMSS), and Mike Pavolonis (NOAA/NESDIS/STAR) gave oral presentations on a variety of topics relevant to OCONUS users and were assigned actions aimed at improving user readiness. Jordan Gerth served as the meeting co-chair. (M. Pavolonis, E/RA2, 608-263-9597, Mike.Pavolonis@noaa.gov) 

Appointments to SPRWG: Steve Ackerman and Chris Velden from the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) have been formally reappointed to the NOAA/NESDIS Space Platform Requirements Working Group (SPRWG). The 15-member working group has been tasked by The Office of System Architecture and Advanced Planning to serve as an important advisory committee to the NOAA Satellite Observing System Architecture (NSOSA) study. NSOSA is exploring options for the U.S. operational satellite observing system beyond the GOES-R and JPSS series. The SPRWG will meet again in mid-July in Boulder to begin cycle 2 of their study. (C. Velden, CIMSS, 608-262-9168; S. Ackerman, CIMSS, 608-263-3647) 

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Forest County Potawatomi Community Climate Change Adaptation Workshop: Brad Pierce attended the Forest County Potawatomi (FCP) Community Climate Change Adaptation Workshop in Crandon, WI on June 28, 2016. The objective of the workshop was to identify projected climate change impacts specific to the FCP Tribe and develop adaptation strategies mitigate the impacts of climate change to the community and take advantage of the potential opportunities. Pierce presented a summary of our current understanding of the link between air quality and climate change and served as a facilitator of the Air Quality and Human Health Concerns Working Group along with Jeff Phillips, director of the Bureau of Environmental and Occupational Health (BEOH) of the Wisconsin Division of Public Health, Department of Health Services(R.B. Pierce, E/RA2, 608-890-1892, brad.pierce@noaa.gov)

Aune Delivers Invited Lecture at the Annual Civil Air Patrol Encampment: R. Aune delivered a lecture at the 2016 Wisconsin Civil Air Patrol (CAP) Encampment at the Wisconsin Air National Guard's Volk Field on Tuesday June 28. Approximately 75 cadets and CAP personnel attended. Aune covered topics including career paths for the atmospheric sciences, opportunities available at the Space Science and Engineering Center for pursuing undergraduate and graduate degrees, and a summary of the extensive research and applications development conducted by NOAA's Advanced Satellite Products Branch (ASPB) at the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Studies (CIMSS). Emphasis was placed on those applications that directly affect aircraft operations. (R. Aune, E/RA2, 608-262-1071)

CIMSS Science Camp for High School Students (June 26-30) : The Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) offered it's 24th Earth Science workshop for high school students from June 26 through June 30, 2016. Eleven students from five different states stayed in University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW) campus dorms to experience hands-on activities in satellite remote sensing, meteorology, geology, limnology, astronomy and more. This is a campus-wide endeavor with many instructors from the UW Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences Department (AOS), the Space Science and Engineering Center (SSEC), the Antarctic Meteorological Research Center (AMRC), and several others pitching in to maintain this important pipeline to college and careers in STEM-related majors (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math). The students also took several field trips, including a visit to NOAA's National Weather Service Office in Milwaukee/Sullivan. The full agenda can be accessed at http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/studentworkshop/schedule.html and photos can be viewed on the CIMSS Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/CIMSS.UW.Madison. (Samantha Tushaus, CIMSS, 608-263-7434, Margaret Mooney, CIMSS, 608-265-2123, Derrick Herndon, CIMSS, 608-6741, Jay Heinzelman, SSEC, 608 263-4629, Bob Carp, SSEC, 265-3149, William Straka, SSEC, (608)262-5128, Kaba Bah, CIMSS, 608-262-4462)

CIMSS Investigates GOES-R ABI DO3 Sample Data: Researchers at the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) obtained a subset of the imagery and derived product output files from the most recent patch update. These simulated Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES)-R data are generated to mimic the future capabilities and test the ground system and product validation tools. The ground system test used simulated Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) data that had originally been generated at CIMSS in 2005 under the AWG Proxy Data project. The teams that reported, covering over a dozen baseline products, were the Imagery, Soundings, Clouds, Aviation, Winds, Fire, and Algorithm Integration teams. CIMSS researchers confirmed that there were issues with both imagery and derived products, though for many products these files were an improvement from previous tests. For imagery, these comparisons were done by generating files at CIMSS using the Level-1b radiance files as input and the conversion coefficients provided in the files by the ground system and then comparing the outputs, the results of which can be found online at http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/grafiir/ABI_DOE/CMIPF_GRE_DO3/CMIPC_GRE_DO30b_20160602/. (M. Gunshor, CIMSS, 608-263-1146, matg@ssec.wisc.edu, K. Bah, CIMSS, W. Straka III, CIMSS, H. Zhang, CIMSS, T. Schmit, E/RA2, 608-263-0291, tim.j.schmit@noaa.gov)

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