CIMSS-NOAA Weekly Report [ Archive ]

ASPB AND CIMSS WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK ENDING FEBRUARY 22, 2019

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SSEC Receiving Data From Four GOES Simultaneously: Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES)-13, currently located at 60 West, was brought out of storage on February 13, 2019 for an approximate two week testing period. Space Science and Engineering Center (SSEC) Satellite and Data Services (SDS) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison was notified on the morning of February 13, and repositioned a spare antenna to begin receiving that afternoon the GOES VARiable (GVAR) data from the GOES-13 Imager instrument. The image quality is as expected. Four-panel GOES animations are available on the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) Satellite Blog (http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/blog/archives/31795 or https://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/blog/archives/31896). (S. Bachmeier, CIMSS, 608-263-3958; J. Robaidek, SSEC; T. Schmit, E/RA2, 608-263-0291; M. Gunshor, CIMSS, 608-263-1146)

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Figure: From left to right (or from west to east), GOES-17, GOES-15, GOES-16 and GOES-13 Visible images centered over Las Vegas, Nevada on February 18, 2019, highlighting four GOES imagers being operated and broadcasting imagery simultaneously. 

ITEMS FOR THE DIVISION CHIEF, CoRP:

New NOAA Employee at CIMSS: Dr. Yinghui Liu joined the NOAA Advanced Satellite Products Branch (ASPB) at the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) on February 19, 2019. Yinghui received his Bachelor of Science and Masters degrees in atmospheric sciences from Peking (Beijing) University, Beijing, China in 1997 and 2000. He came to the U.S. in 2000 to continue his academic studies in the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He received his PhD in 2006 and has been a research scientist with CIMSS since then. As a NOAA employee he will continue snow and ice product development and validation with VIIRS and ABI, will expand that work to include non-NOAA satellites, and will explore the assimilation of ice products in numerical models. (J. Key, E/RA2, 608-263-2605, jeff.key@noaa.gov)

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