CIMSS-NOAA Weekly Report [ Archive ]

CIMSS AND ASPB WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK ENDING JANUARY 21, 2022

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Advanced Dvorak Technique (ADT) ready for NOAA operations: The Advanced Dvorak Technique (ADT) Version 9.0 passed its Operational Readiness Review (ORR) and has now been approved for operational use at NOAA. The ADT has been successfully integrated into the NOAA NPP Data Exploitation (NDE) Version 2,0 and will become operational in February of 2022 for use in estimating tropical cyclone intensity globally. The ADT has been used in operations at the NOAA/NESDIS Satellite Analysis Branch (SAB) since 2007. However, previous versions were locally installed and controlled by NOAA/SAB. The latest upgrade of the ADT will primarily benefit NOAA/NESDIS/SAB in Washington, DC and the NOAA/National Hurricane Center (NHC) in Miami as well as NOAA/Central Pacific Hurricane Center (CPHC) and Joint Typhoon Warning Center in Hawaii. (T. Olander, CIMSS, 608-265-8005, C. Velden, CIMSS, 608-262-9168)

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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) CIMSS is now accepting applications for the 2022 Verner E. Suomi Scholarship for high school students interested in pursuing studies in the physical sciences. More from SSEC News: https://www.ssec.wisc.edu/news/articles/14181/. 2) CIMSS Scientist Scott Bachmeier provided images and comments to AP and Reuters on the eruption of the Hunga Tonga volcano on Jan. 15, 2022. The AP and Reuters stories were picked up by PBS Newshour, ABC News, among others: https://www.ssec.wisc.edu/news/articles/category/ssec-in-the-news. 3) CIMSS Satellite Blog contributors Scott Bachmeier, Scott Lindstrom and Alexa Ross published these case studies: "Using CSPP Software to view Level 2 GOES-R Products" (Jan. 20), "Standing wave clouds over northeastern Minnesota" (Jan. 19), "Blowing snow in North Dakota and Minnesota" (Jan. 18), "Three days of Saharan Dust" (Jan. 18), "Explosive eruption of the Hunga Tonga volcano" (Jan. 15), and "Hunga Tonga erupts again" (Jan. 13). Read more at the CIMSS Satellite Blog: https://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-blog/. (Jean Phillips, SSEC, 608-262-8164, E. Verbeten, SSEC, S. Bachmeier, CIMSS, S. Lindstrom, CIMSS, A. Ross, SSEC)

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Figure: Images from the Japan Meteorological Agency's Himawari-8 satellite showed the rapid expansion of a volcanic cloud following an explosive eruption of Hunga Tonga on Jan. 15, 2022. Read more at the CIMSS Satellite Blog: https://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-blog/archives/44252. Credit: JMA, CIMSS, Geo2Grid.

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Figure: Applications are now being accepted for the 2022 Verner E. Suomi Scholarship for high school students. Details from SSEC News: https://www.ssec.wisc.edu/news/articles/14181/. Credit: SSEC, UW-Madison Archives.

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