CIMSS-NOAA Weekly Report [ Archive ]

CIMSS AND ASPB WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK ENDING AUGUST 28, 2020

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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) CIMSS scientist Leigh Orf has been on the leading edge of efforts to create virtual tornadoes using powerful supercomputers. NSF Public Affairs published this research news story, "Scientists create world's most detailed tornado simulations." Read more: https://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=301102. 2) WSMV in Nashville, TN interviewed CIMSS scientist Derrick Herndon about the outlook for the second half of the Atlantic hurricane season. Read more: https://go.wisc.edu/zex45x. 2) CIMSS Satellite Blog contributors Scott Bachmeier and Scott Lindstrom published posts on "Category 4 Hurricane Laura makes landfall in Louisiana" (Aug. 27), "Laura becomes a hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico" (Aug. 25), "True-color imagery from the CIMSS Direct Broadcast site" (Aug. 25), "Long-range transport of California wildfire smoke across the Upper Midwest" (Aug. 24), "Tropical Storm Laura south of Cuba" (Aug. 24), "Marco is sheared apart in the northern Gulf of Mexico" (Aug. 24), "Castle Fire pyrocumulonimbus cloud in California" (Aug. 23), "Marco becomes a hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico" (Aug. 23), and "NUCAPS diagnoses of stable air near Tropical Storm Marco" (Aug. 22). Read more: https://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-blog/. (J. Phillips, SSEC, 608-262-8164, L. Orf, CIMSS, 608-890-1983, D. Herndon, CIMSS, 608-262-6741, S. Bachmeier, CIMSS, 608-263-3958, S. Lindstrom, CIMSS)

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Figure: A MIMIC-TC animation (Morphed Integrated Microwave Imagery at CIMSS) for Aug. 26-27, 2020 showed the deterioration of Hurricane Laura's eyewall after landfall. (From CIMSS Satellite Blog: https://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-blog/archives/38100). Credit: CIMSS. 

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Figure: NOAA-20 true-color image of Hurricane Laura on Aug. 25, 2020 from the CIMSS Direct Broadcast site. Credit: CIMSS. 

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