CIMSS-NOAA Weekly Report [ Archive ]

ASPB AND CIMSS WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK ENDING JANUARY 3, 2020

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Climate Education at AGU: Margaret Mooney from NOAA's Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) gave an invited presentation at the Centennial meeting of the American Geophysical Union (AGU), December 2019. She shared new chapters on climate change and carbon footprint. More information is available at http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/education/MCA/. (M. Mooney, CIMSS/SSEC, 608-265-2123)

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VISIT TROWAL training for the NWS Cleveland Forecast Office: Scott Lindstrom, Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS), provided training on Troughs of Warm Air Aloft (TROWALs) to three staff forecasters at the Cleveland National Weather Service Forecast Office on Monday 30 December 2019. This VISIT (Virtual Institute for Satellite Integration Training) session was 30 minutes in length and reminded forecasters of how TROWAL identification can enhance Decision Support during storms. TROWALs are often associated with persistent and heavy precipitation. The TROWAL module, first developed in 2002, was revised and updated in late 2019 by Scott Bachmeier, CIMSS. (S. Lindstrom, CIMSS, 608 263 4425; S. Bachmeier, CIMSS)

CIMSS Satellite Blog Updates: The Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) Satellite Blog (https://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-blog/) was updated with the posts "Annular solar eclipse shadow" (Dec. 26), "Orographic banner cloud over Southern California" (Dec. 22), "Solstice images of Antarctica and Alaska" (Dec. 21), "Multi-day outbreak of pyrocumulonimbus clouds across southeastern Australia" (Dec. 29, 30, 31), and "Smoke from Australian fires over the South Pacific Ocean" (Jan. 2). (S. Bachmeier, CIMSS, T. Schmit, E/RA2, 608-263-0291, tim.j.schmit@noaa.gov, J.Nelson, CIMSS) 

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Figure: Himawari-8 True Color RGB image showing the solar eclipse shadow centered over Indonesia at 0600 UTC on December 26, 2019. 

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Figure: GOES-17 True Color RGB image showing smoke from Australian bushfires becoming entrained into the circulation of a deep low pressure system over the South Pacific Ocean on January 2, 2020.

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