CIMSS-NOAA Weekly Report [ Archive ]

CIMSS AND ASPB WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK ENDING NOVEMBER 6, 2020

PRODUCTS AND APPLICATIONS:

Image of the Day: The Great Lakes from NOAA-20: The Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) Direct Broadcast group produced the beautiful true-color image of the Great Lakes on 4 November 2020 from VIIRS on NOAA-20. See https://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-blog/archives/38837 for more information and a higher-resolution version (https://bit.ly/3etiF39). The Great Lakes images are being made in response to a request from the NOAA CoastWatch Great Lakes Node. They intend to begin posting them to their website. (K. Strabala, CIMSS; S. Lindstrom, CIMSS)

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Figure: VIIRS True Color Imagery from NOAA-20 (1818 UTC) on 4 November 2020 over the pre-defined Great Lakes domain. 

CIMSS/ASPB provide GOES-17 imagery to support the NWS: The National Weather Service (NWS), with support from the NOAA Office of Satellite and Product Operations (OSPO), is reviewing the possible need to use Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES)-15 to supplement GOES-17 Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) operations during the upcoming peak GOES-17 heating seasons. An analysis comparing August 29, 2019 to August 29, 2020 to show the year-to-year improvement of GOES-17 data was requested and provided to OSPO. The Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) provided GOES-17 Focal Plane Module temperature plots along with GOES-17/GOES-16 brightness temperature comparisons from their realtime GOES-17 monitoring website: http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes-r/abi-/band_statistics_imagery.html. CIMSS/ASPB also provided a side-by-side animation comparing August 29, 2019 to August 29, 2020 for Band 13 (the 10.7 micrometer window channel: https://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-blog/images/2020/11/CTL_2019_2020_loop_13-15utc_Band13.mp4), as well as links to full day 16 panel animations showing all bands of the full-disk ABI for those two days. (M. Gunshor, CIMSS, 608-263-1146; T. Schmit, E/RA2, 608-263-0291)

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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 interviews, imagery and case studies to promote science. 1) CIMSS Satellite Blog contributors Scott Lindstrom and Scott Bachmeier published case studies on "Individual Great Lake true-color sectors available at the CIMSS Direct Broadcast site" (Nov. 4), "Melting of lake effect snow cover in Pennsylvania" (Nov. 4), "Hurricane Eta in the Caribbean Sea" (Nov. 2-3), "Re-suspended ash from the Novarupta eruption in Alaska" (Nov. 2), "Goni in the South China Sea" (Nov. 2), and "Orographically-induced waves over Minnesota and Lake Superior" (Nov. 1). Read more: https://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-blog/archives/38484. (J. Phillips, SSEC, 608-262-8164, S. Lindstrom, CIMSS, S. Bachmeier, CIMSS)

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