CIMSS-NOAA Weekly Report [ Archive ]

ASPB AND CIMSS WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK ENDING AUGUST 11, 2017

IN THE PRESS:

LMOS 2017 in Chicago Tribune: The Chicago Tribune published and article entitled "Smog follows Chicagoans on vacation to Wisconsin, Michigan" (http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-lake-michigan-vacation-areas-smog-20170803-story.html) on the 2017 Lake Michigan Ozone Study (LMOS 2017) (R.B. Pierce, E/RA2, 608-890-1892, brad.pierce@noaa.gov)

Wisconsin Public Radio Lake Michigan Ozone Study On-Air Interview: Brad Pierce was invited to an on-air interview at the Wisconsin Public Radio (WPR) studios in Madison, Wisconsin on August 10, 2017 to discuss the 2017 Lake Michigan Ozone Study (LMOS 2017) with the hosts of WPRs Central Times (http://www.wpr.org/programs/central-time). (R.B. Pierce, E/RA2, 608-890-1892, brad.pierce@noaa.gov)

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ITEMS FOR THE ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR:

ITEMS FOR THE OFFICE DIRECTOR, STAR:

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Wildfire Burning In Greenland: Imagery from Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES)-16 Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI), Terra/Aqua Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS), Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (NPP) Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) and Landsat-8 Operational Land Imager (OLI) showed the thermal signature and smoke plume from an unusually large wildfire that began burning in southwestern Greenland in late July 2017. The event is documented on the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) Satellite Blog (http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/blog/archives/24645). (S. Bachmeier, CIMSS, 608-263-3958).

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Figure caption: Landsat-8 false-color Red/Green/Blue (RGB) image showing a large wildfire that was burning in southwestern Greenland on August 3, 2017.

VISITORS:

Visitor from Finnish Meteorological Institute: Dr. Aku Riihelä from the Finnish Meteorological Institute visited the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) on August 10, 2017. Aku leads an albedo project for the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Sustained and coordinated processing of Environmental Satellite data for Climate Monitoring (SCOPE-CM) program. Jeff Key (STAR) is part of that project. Dr. Riihelä met with Key, Yinghui Liu, Aaron Letterly, Rich Dworak, and Xuanji Wang to discuss Arctic surface radiation and feedback processes. (J. Key, E/RA2, 608-263-2605, jkey@ssec.wisc.edu)

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