CIMSS-NOAA Weekly Report [ Archive ]

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

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National Weather Service Training oin Above-Anvil Cirrus Plumes: Scott Lindstrom from the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) presented two Virtual Institute for Satellite Integration Training (VISIT) teletraining sessions on Above-Anvil Cirrus Plumes AACPs; these features of strong thunderstorms herald the appearance of very strong updrafts and are well-correlated with severe weather. The first occurred on 31 March 2020 at 16 UTC. Five forecasters from three different National Weather Service Forecast Offices (Tulsa, OK; Lubbock, TX; Buffalo, NY) attended. A second training on 2 April at 15 UTC was attended by three forecasters from three other NWS Offices (Wakefield, VA; State College, PA; and Mount Holly, NJ) (Scott Lindstrom, CIMSS, 608 263 4425)

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) Thomas O. Haig, former executive director of SSEC, and pioneer in remote sensing, died on Mar. 15, 2020. SSEC News published this story: https://www.ssec.wisc.edu/news/articles/12605. 2) CIMSS Satellite Blog contributors Scott Bachmeier and Tim Schmit published posts on the "Hurricane Force low pressure system off the US East Coast" (Apr. 1), "What has the Large Iceberg (A68) been up to this year?" (Mar. 31), "Contrails over Wisconsin, and a mesovortex moving across Indiana" (Mar. 31), "Severe weather outbreak across the central US" (Mar. 28), and "High-altitude waves over the Arctic" (Mar. 27). Read more at the CIMSS Satellite Blog (https://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-blog/). (S. Bachmeier, CIMSS, T. Schmit, E/RA2, 608-263-0291, tim.j.schmit@noaa.gov, J. Phillips, SSEC, 608-262-8164)

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Figure: Interim CIMSS Director Paul Menzel shares remarks and thanks Tom Haig for his pioneering contributions to the field of satellite meteorology at a ceremony August 2017. Credit: Eric Verbeten, SSEC. 

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Figure: Early in 2020, GOES-16 ABI sensors picked up the location of a large iceberg that broke off the Larsen-C Ice Shelf on the Antarctic Peninsula in July 2017. Credit: SSEC, NOAA. 

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