CIMSS-NOAA Weekly Report [ Archive ]

ASPB AND CIMSS WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK ENDING JUNE 1, 2018

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Media Mentions: Some mentions regarding the 2018 Atlantic hurricane season, based on interviews given by Jim Kossin (NCEI/CWC), are in the Tampa Bay Times (http://www.tampabay.com/hurricane-guide/Hurricane-debate-Will-we-see-intense-seasons-or-quieter-ones-_168096556) and Aleteia (https://aleteia.org/2018/05/11/some-fear-2018-hurricane-season-could-rival-last-summers-devastation/). (J. Kossin, NCEI/CWC, 608-265-5356)

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Paper Published on Multisensor Surface Albedo: A paper titled "A multisensor approach to global retrievals of land surface albedo", by A. Riihelä, T. Manninen, J. Key, Q. Sun, M. Sütterlin, A. Lattanzio, and C. Schaaf, was published in the journal Remote Sensing (2018, 10(6), https://doi.org/10.3390/rs10060848). The paper introduces a novel processing framework that combines the data from two polar-orbiting optical imager families, the Advanced Very High-Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) and Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS). The goal of the paper is to demonstrate that multisensor albedo retrievals can provide a significant reduction in the sampling time required for a robust and comprehensive surface albedo retrieval, without a major degradation in retrieval accuracy, as compared to state-of-the-art single-sensor retrievals. The results show that global land surface albedo retrievals with a sampling period of 10 days can offer near-complete spatial coverage, with a retrieval bias mostly comparable to existing single sensor datasets except for bright surfaces (deserts and snow), where the retrieval framework shows degraded performance because of atmospheric correction design compromises. (J. Key, E/RA2, 608-263-2605, jeff.key@noaa.gov)

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Figure caption: The multi-sensor albedo product for day-of-year 190. 

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Hurricane Article in RealClimate: An article, "Does global warming make tropical cyclones stronger?", by Stefan Rahmstorf, Kerry Emanuel, Mike Mann and Jim Kossin (NCEI/CWC), appears in RealClimate this week (http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2018/05/does-global-warming-make-tropical-cyclones-stronger/). (J. Kossin, NCEI/CWC, 608-265-5356)

Data Used By The Bank Of England: The Bank of England used data provided to them to explore Atlantic hurricane behavior as it pertains to financial risk. Their analysis is based on the 2010 paper Kossin, J. P., S. J. Camargo, and M. Sitkowski, 2010: Climate modulation of North Atlantic hurricane tracks, J. Climate, 23, 3057-3076. They present their results at https://bankunderground.co.uk/2018/05/22/us-hurricane-clustering-a-new-reality/. (J. Kossin, NCEI/CWC, 608-265-5356)

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