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ASPB AND CIMSS WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 23, 2016

IN THE PRESS:

NOAA’s GOES-7 Visible Animation and the 1988 Fogbowl: The National Football League (NFL)’s Timeline program (http://www.nfl.com/network/shows/the-timeline) on December 21 focused on the 1988 Fog Bowl between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Chicago Bears. The show included NOAA Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES)-7 satellite imagery, as well as a short interview with Tom Skilling, WGN, Chicago, who stated “Satellite imagery gives you a great view of this [fog bank]”. The GOES-7 animation was courtesy of T. Schmit and the SSEC Data Center. The portion of the show with the satellite animation is in this clip at http://www.nfl.com/videos/the-timeline/0ap3000000761270/The-Timeline-The-Fog-Bowl-on-the-verge-of-being-suspended. (T. Schmit, E/RA2, 608-263-0291, tim.j.schmit@noaa.gov)

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Figure caption: GOES-7 Visible imagery from December 31, 1988 at 18 UTC. The fog over Lake Michigan advected over parts of Chicago near the lake. 

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ASPB Contributions to GOES-R NOAT Product CDR: A Critical Design Review (CDR) was passed last week for the five GOES-R products requested by the National Weather Service Operational Advisory Team (NOAT). The CDR described the algorithm theoretical basis for Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) products, algorithm requirements, operations concept, software architecture, and quality assurance. Andrew Heidinger presented on the Cloud Cover Layers (CCL) products and Jeff Key presented on the Lake Ice Concentration/Cover, Sea and Lake Ice Age/Thickness, and Sea and Lake Ice Motion products. Both presentations were done remotely. The CDR was successful and represents a critical step in the transition of these products to operations. (A. Heidinger, E/RA2, 608-263-6757, andrew.heidinger@noaa.gov, J. Key, E/RA2, 608-263-2605, jkey@ssec.wisc.edu)

ITEMS FOR THE DIVISION CHIEF, CoRP:

Training of Environment Canada Personnel on GOES-R IFR Probability: As part of VISIT (Virtual Institute for Sattelite Integration Training), Scott Lindstrom trained Environment Canada personnel (in the Training and Career Development Division) on the use of GOES-R IFR Probability. GOES-R IFR Probability fields are available to Canada via the geocat website (http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/geocat/) and via SSEC's RealEarth (http://RealEarth.ssec.wisc.edu, under the 'GEO' tab). (S. Lindstrom, CIMSS, 608-263-4425; M. Pavolonis, E/RA2, 608-263-9597, mpav@ssec.wisc.edu)

2016 Highlights from SSEC and CIMSS: As 2016 nears its end, SSEC Communications has selected a dozen stories across a range of topics that highlight important research, education, and outreach at the Space Science and Engineering Center (SSEC) and its Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) — along with our ongoing commitment to the Wisconsin Idea and to sharing our knowledge as broadly as possible: http://www.ssec.wisc.ed/news/articles/9486. (J. Phillips, SSEC, 608-262-8164, L. Avila, CIMSS, B. Bellon, SSEC, E. Verbeten, SSEC)

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Figure caption: GOES-R launch. Credit: NOAA.

Moderte to Severe Turbulence Over the International Date Line: At the request of J. Gerth, Himawari-8 water vapor images for an event of moderate to severe turbulence over the International Date Line on 14 December 2016 were added to the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) Satellite Blog (http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/blog/archives/22803). A subtle upper-tropospheric gravity wave feature was detected on water vapor imagery, which appeared to be the cause of the turbulence (which caused at least one injury to a flight attendant). A comparison of 8-bit vs. 11-bit displays of Himawari-8 water vapor imagery was also shown. (S. Bachmeier, CIMSS, 608-263-3958, S. Lindstrom, CIMSS, 608-263-4425, J. Gerth, CIMSSS, 608-263-4942)

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Figure caption: Himawari-8 Water Vapor (6.2 µm) image at 1730 UTC on 14 December 2016, showing pilot reports of moderate to severe turbulence and a gravity wave feature that was the likely cause of the turbulence. 

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