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ASPB AND CIMSS WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK ENDING JANUARY 24, 2020

IN THE PRESS:

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 and participate in events to promote science. In the news this week: 1) SSEC News announced the Verner E. Suomi Scholarship that is awarded annually by CIMSS to a high school senior who plans to attend a University of Wisconsin System school: https://www.ssec.wisc.edu/news/articles/11716/. 2) UW News interviewed CIMSS Honorary Fellow Jordan Gerth and Assistant State Climatologist Ed Hopkins for a story titled, "New weather ‘normals’ show how Madison’s climate has changed over 40 years": https://news.wisc.edu/new-weather-normals-show-how-madisons-climate-has-changed-over-40-years/. 3) CIMSS Satellite Blog contributor Scott Bachmeier published posts on "Gravity waves over the Gulf of Mexico and Florida" (Jan. 22) and "Eruption of Mount Shishaldin in Alaska" (Jan. 19). Read more at the CIMSS Satellite Blog: https://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-blog/. (E. Verbeten, SSEC, J. Gerth, S. Bachmeier, CIMSS, J. Phillips, SSEC, 608-262-8164)

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Figure: The annual duration and five-year moving averages of ice on Lake Mendota since 1852. The average duration of ice on the lake has dropped about three weeks since the mid-19th century. Credit: Wisconsin State Climatology Office. 

ITEMS FOR THE ADMINISTRATOR:

ITEMS FOR THE ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR:

ITEMS FOR THE OFFICE DIRECTOR, STAR:

Manuscript on impact of satellite sounder data latency on NWP published: Manuscript titled "The Impact of Low Latency Satellite Sounder Observations on Local Severe Storm Forecasts in Regional NWP" has been published in Sensors as part of the Special Issue Advances in Remote Sensors for Earth Observation and Modeling of Earth Processes and is available online at https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/20/3/650/pdf. Coauthors are Pei Wang (CIMSS), Jun Li (CIMSS), and Timothy J. Schmit (STAR). (Jun Li, CIMSS, Jun.Li@ssec.wisc.edu, 608-262-3755)

CIMSS provides ATMS-derived Lake Ice Concentration Fields for AWIPS: The Community Satellite Processing Package (CSPP) for Direct Broadcast (DB) sites includes a Microwave Integrated Retrieval System (MIRS) algorithm for Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder (ATMS, present on both Suomi-NPP and NOAA-20) estimates of Lake Ice concentrations. The Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) is now producing these fields and making them available to National Weather Service forecast offices via a Local Data Manager (LDM) request. A CIMSS Satellite Blog entry this week detailed the fields and described some of its strengths and limitations (https://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-blog/archives/35444) (S. Lindstrom, CIMSS, 608 263 4425; K. Strabala, CIMSS; L. Cronce, CIMSS)

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Figure: MIRS estimates of Lake Ice Concentration, 0717 UTC on 20 January 2020. 

ITEMS FOR THE DIVISION CHIEF, CoRP:

Training video on Night Time Microphysics RGB created for SHyMet: Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) scientists Scott Bachmeier and Scott Lindstrom have created a short training video on the use of the Nighttime Microphysics Red-Green-Blue (RGB) composite image product for the Satellite Hydrology and Meteorology (SHyMet) course (link to SHyMet is here: http://rammb.cira.colostate.edu/training/shymet/). SHyMet courses are being updated to bring them into the GOES-R Era. The video is available on YouTube at this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vw8BkBcvR3c. (S. Bachmeier, CIMSS; S. Lindstrom, CIMSS, 608 263 4425)

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