CIMSS-NOAA Weekly Report [ Archive ]

CIMSS AND ASPB WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK ENDING MAY 29, 2020

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AWARDS AND RECOGNITION:

PUBLICATIONS:

Paper Publication and Media Mentions: The paper "Global Increase in Major Tropical Cyclone Exceedance Probability Over the Past Four Decades" was published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1920849117), and has been discussed in over 200 news stories (https://pnas.altmetric.com/details/82270512), including stories in the New York Times, The Washington Post, The Times of London, CNN, Popular Science, and AGU's Eos. The SSEC and NOAA press releases are available, respectively, at https://news.wisc.edu/long-term-data-show-hurricanes-are-getting-stronger/ and https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/news/link-between-heat-and-hurricanes. (J. Kossin, NCEI, 608-265-5356, Tim Olander, CIMSS, Chris Velden, CIMSS, Eric Verbeten, SSEC, Jean Phillips, SSEC)

WORKSHOPS, CONFERENCES, AND MEETINGS:

CGMS-48 WGII Meeting Presentations on ICWG and ISCCP-NG: In preparation for the 48th Annual Meeting of Coordination Group for Meteorological Satellites (CGMS-48) in August 2020, the CGMS Working Groups met this week via videoconference. Andy Heidinger gave two presentations for the CGMS WGII. The first was the status of the International Cloud Working Group (ICWG). ICWG, along with many of the CGMS Working Groups, has had its 2020 meeting postponed. ICWG will meet remotely over the summer and plan for its next meeting in the Spring of 2021. A. Heidinger made a status report on the recently conceived Next Generation of the International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP-NG). An ISCCP-NG workshop was organized by Heidinger on ISCCP-NG in the Fall of 2019 and the presentation reported on that workshop and the progress since then to form a project. ISCCP-NG is trying to form a partnership with the Global Space-based Inter-Calibration System (GSICS) and to coordinate with the Sustained and COordinated Processing of Environmental satellite data for Climate Monitoring (SCOPE-CM) and the new Joint Committee for Earth Observation Satellites (CEOS) and CGMS Working Group for Climate (JWGClimate). ISCCP-NG is trying to capture as much of the capabilities as it can from the advanced imager geo-ring while making data suitable in size and scope for the cloud climate community.(A. Heidinger, E/RA2, 608-263-6757, andrew.heidinger@noaa.gov)

TRAINING AND EDUCATION:

GOES-16/17 Virtual Science Fair 1st Place Projects Announced: NOAA's Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) announced the 1st Place projects in the 2020 GOES-16/17 Virtual Science Fair this week. Both were solo projects, reflecting stay-at-home practices during a global pandemic. Placing 1st among high school submissions was Hannah Mayer from Mission Viejo High School in California on "Weather Impacting COVID-19 Management Strategies". The top middle school project was submitted by Raechel Nelson from the American Fork Junior High School in Utah who used Advanced Baseline Imager data to research "Does Barometric Pressure have a Correlation with Cloud Composition and Quantity?". The scientific posters and student presentations can be viewed at http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/education/goesr/1stPlace2020.html. (M. Mooney, CIMSS, margaret.mooney@ssec.wisc.edu)

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MEDIA AND OUTREACH:

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) NOAA announced this month that CIMSS, led by Tristan L'Ecuyer, will continue at UW–Madison for the next five years, in recognition of the strength and value of the decades-long collaboration. UW News and SSEC News published this story: https://go.wisc.edu/t8vl28, https://www.ssec.wisc.edu/news/articles/12910/. 2) SSEC scientific programmer Dave Hoese was awarded a grant from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative for a VisPy data visualization project. UW News and SSEC News published this story: https://www.ssec.wisc.edu/news/articles/12956, https://go.wisc.edu/33o520. 3) CIMSS Satellite Blog contributors Scott Bachmeier, Tim Schmit, and Scott Lindstrom published posts on "Occluded low in the Gulf of Alaska" (May 28), "Tropical Cyclone Bertha" (May 27), "Heavy rainfall and flash flooding in South Florida" (May 26), "1985 (May 31st) Tornado Outbreak as seen from GOES-6" (May 26), "Using NUCAPS to help nowcast Midwest convection" (May 23), "Pier 45 Fire in San Francisco" (May 23), and "Severe thunderstorms in Texas and Oklahoma" (May 23). Read more at the CIMSS Satellite Blog: https://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-blog/. (T. L'Ecuyer, CIMSS, L. Avila, CIMSS, D. Hoese, SSEC, E. Verbeten, SSEC, S. Bachmeier, CIMSS, T. Schmit, E/RA2, S. Lindstrom, CIMSS, J. Phillips, SSEC, 608-262-8164)

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Figure: Rooftop of the UW–Madison Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences building that is home to the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies. Credit: UW News. 

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Figure: One-minute, mesoscale domain sector GOES-16 (GOES-East) images showed Tropical Storm Bertha as it moved inland across South Carolina on May 27, 2020. Credit: CIMSS. 

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