CIMSS-NOAA Weekly Report [ Archive ]

CIMSS AND ASPB WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK ENDING MAY 21, 2021

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49th Coordination Group for Meteorological Satellites Plenary Meeting: The 49th Coordination Group for Meteorological Satellites (CGMS) Plenary meeting was held virtually 19-21 May 2021. Steve Wanzong presented four recommendations from the International Winds Working Group (IWWG) to the CGMS Plenary. The recommendations, which were approved, were: 1) New Terms of Reference for the IWWG, 2) The adoption of a new Ocean Surface Winds Task Group underneath the IWWG, 3) For NOAA to continue to produce polar AMVs from NOAA-15, 18, 19 and MODIS, and 4) for space agencies to consider to address the gap of 3D AMV profiles based on a combination of lidar and IR sounder missions. Andrew Heidinger and Jaime Daniels attended. (S. Wanzong, CIMSS, 608-263-1950; A. Heidinger, E/RA2, 608-263-6757, andrew.heidinger@noaa.gov)

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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. This week: 1) NCEI scientist Jim Kossin was interviewed by NBC Miami for a story on "The Link Between Climate Change and Hurricanes," and another, by The New York Times, "Scientists Predict an ‘Above Normal’ Atlantic Hurricane Season." Read more: https://go.wisc.edu/t2ie2v, https://go.wisc.edu/le9u8b. 2) CIMSS Satellite Blog contributor Scott Bachmeier published case studies on "Wildfires in southern Canada" (May 18-19), "Cyclone Tauktae in the Arabian Sea" (May 16-17), and "Palisades Fire in southern California" (May 15). Read more: https://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-blog/. (J. Phillips, SSEC, 608-262-8164, J. Kossin, NCEI, S. Bachmeier, CIMSS) 

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Figure: GOES-16 true color images showed the growth of smoke plumes, as well as a "pyrocumulus jump," created by wildfires across parts of Manitoba and Ontario on May 18, 2021. Read more: https://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-blog/archives/40918. Credit: CIMSS, Geo2Grid

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