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ASPB AND CIMSS WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 12, 2018

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SSEC and CIMSS Scientists in the News: Scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW) Space Science and Engineering Center (SSEC) and the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) provide expert commentary, interviews, and imagery to news media. In the news this week: 1) Media Mentions, published by UW Communications each month and shared with a broad audience, highlighted SSEC and CIMSS "weather-related media coverage" during September (https://go.wisc.edu/14ty5b). 2) CIMSS Satellite blog contributors Scott Bachmeier and Scott Lindstrom published posts on "Tropical Storm Michael (Oct. 7-8), "Stereoscopic views of Michael (Oct. 8), "Hurricane Michael reaches Category 3" (Oct. 9), "Category 4 Hurricane Michael makes landfall along the Florida coast" (Oct. 10), "Power Outages in the wake of Hurricane Michael" (Oct. 12). Read more at the CIMSS Satellite Blog (http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/blog/). 3) NASA picked up Suomi NPP images processed by CIMSS scientist William Straka for its analysis of Hurricane Michael (https://go.wisc.edu/357ayw). (J. Phillips, SSEC, 608-262-8164, S. Bachmeier, CIMSS, S. Lindstrom, CIMSS, W. Straka III, CIMSS, J. Gerth, CIMSS)

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Figure caption: NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite obtained an infrared view of Hurricane Michael in the Gulf of Mexico on Oct. 10 at 0732 UTC (2:32 a.m. CDT). At the time, Michael was a Category 4 hurricane and the image revealed strong thunderstorms and tropospheric gravity waves in the northwest and western and eastern edges of the hurricane. Credit:NASA/NOAA/UW,SSEC,CIMSS, William Straka III. 

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Participation at AOMSUC-9: Jessica Braun, Jordan Gerth, Allen Huang and Kathleen Strabala participated in the 9th Asia/Oceania Meteorological Satellite User's Conference (AOMSUC-9) held in Jakarta, Indonesia on 6-10 October 2018. The conference brings together satellite data providers and users of the most satellite rich sector of the world. More than 400 people from 40 countries were in attendance. University of Wisconsin-Madison Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellites Studies (CIMSS) personnel also taught two sections of the “Satellite Training for the Trainer” workshop that preceded the conference. (K. Strabala, CIMSS, 608-263-8752).

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Figure caption: Jordan Gerth presents his work during the AOMSUC-9 conference in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Essay on wireless frequency sharing in AGU Eos: Jordan Gerth, of the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS), wrote an opinion essay that appeared in Eos, the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Earth and space science news magazine. The essay, "Wireless frequency sharing may impede weather satellite signals", was published online (https://go.wisc.edu/sxqk5b) on 8 October 2018. It explains the current and prospective value of radio frequencies in the 'L' band for transmitting geostationary satellite imagery for scientific and operational uses, including how a proposal to share radio frequencies currently reserved exclusively for the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite R-Series (GOES-R) is problematic for future disaster monitoring and response activities. (J. Gerth, CIMSS, 608-263-4942) 

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Hawaii School Visit for Student Assembly on Weather: On 2 October 2018, Jordan Gerth, of the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS), visited Helemano Elementary School in Whitmore Village, Oahu, Hawaii, to discuss and demonstrate different forms of weather observations in a school assembly of third grade students. Eric Lau, of the National Weather Service (NWS) Pacific Region Headquarters (PRH), who coordinated the visit, and Guy Hagi, a Honolulu television weather broadcaster, were also part of the program. Helemano Elementary has a diverse multi-cultural student population and, as one of Hawaii's highest performing public schools, was a United States Department of Education National Blue Ribbon School award winner in 2016. J. Gerth had previously scheduled a visit to Honolulu, Hawaii, to enhance satellite user readiness within NWS PRH. (J. Gerth, CIMSS, 608-263-4942)

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