CIMSS-NOAA Weekly Report [ Archive ]

CIMSS AND ASPB WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK ENDING APRIL 29, 2022

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TRAVEL AND MEETINGS:

2022 AMS Washington Forum: John Cintineo of the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) served as a panelist for the "AI Nexus" session at the 2022 American Meteorological Society (AMS) Washington Forum. The AMS Washington Forum provides a platform to examine public policy issues across the weather, water, and climate enterprise. The panel discussed topics and answered questions related to Machine Learning (ML) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) methods and their intersection with physics-based modeling, NOAA operations, social science, and public policy. The other three panelists were Dr. Amy McGovern (University of Oklahoma), Dr. Paul Roebber (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee), and Dr. Karthik Kashinath (NVIDIA). (J. Cintineo, CIMSS, 608-860-0619)

TRAINING AND EDUCATION:

VISIT Training on Above-Anvil Cirrus Plumes (AACPs): Scott Lindstrom from the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) gave a Virtual Institute for Satellite Integration Training (VISIT) presentation on Above-Anvil Cirrus Plumes (AACPs) and how their presence should help a National Weather Service (NWS) forecaster be more confident in issuing a warning, given AACPs strong association with severe storms. The presentation was given to a forecaster at the Tulsa OK forecast office. (S. Lindstrom, CIMSS, 608 263 4425)

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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 Satellite Blog contributors Scott Lindstrom and Scott Bachmeier published these case studies: "The Day Convection RGB and Cloud Particle Size" (April 28), "Flooding along the Red River of the North" (April 27), "Space-X launch of the NASA Crew-4 Mission" (April 27), "Prescribed burns in the Flint Hills of Eastern Kansas" (April 26), "Calf Canyon Fire produces a pyrocumulonimbus cloud" (April 22), "Hail swath in South Dakota" (April 22), and "Monitoring the dryline with GOES-16 and NOAA-20" (April 22). Read more at the CIMSS Satellite Blog: https://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-blog/. (S. Bachmeier, CIMSS, S. Lindstrom, CIMSS, J. Phillips, SSEC, 608-262-8164)

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Figure: The ABI/VIIRS Flood Inundation Product shows flooding along the Red River of the North on the North Dakota/Minnesota border. Read more at the CIMSS Satellite Blog: https://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-blog/archives/45947. Credit: CIMSS, NOAA.

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Figure: GOES-16 images showed that the Calf Canyon Fire in New Mexico produced a pyrocumulonimbus (pyroCb) cloud on April 22, 2022. Read more at the CIMSS Satellite Blog: https://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-blog/archives/45931. Credit: CIMSS, NOAA.

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