CIMSS-NOAA Weekly Report [ Archive ]

CIMSS AND ASPB WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK ENDING AUGUST 5, 2022

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ADT uses GOES-18 data during interleave period: The Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) Advanced Dvorak Technique (ADT)-Version 9.0 successfully transitioned from GOES-17 to GOES-18 during the planned interleave period starting on 1 August 2022 at 1700UTC. The ADT uses GOES-17/18 infrared (IR) imagery to estimate tropical cyclone (TC) intensity and uses the IR data to analyze TCs within the East and Central North Pacific basin. At the time of the transition, the ADT was providing TC intensity estimates on two East Pacific storms, Tropical Storm Frank (07E) and Tropical Depression Georgette (08E), to the NOAA National Hurricane Center in Miami, FL and the Joint Typhoon Warning Center in Honolulu, HI, so a seamless transition between satellites was essential to these operational TC forecast centers which rely on the ADT for providing these intensity estimates. (T. Olander, CIMSS, 608-265-8005, C. Velden, CIMSS, 608-262-9168)

JASON Wave Height website created for NWS forecast offices in Hawai'i, Guam and American Samoa: Scott Lindstrom from the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies has created a website (https://www.ssec.wisc.edu/~scottl/Waveheight/PacificRegionWaves.html) that presents JASON Waveheight data available at this NOAA/STAR website (https://manati.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/datasets/SGWHData.php) in a more accessible format. It shows weekly animations of the observed waveheights in domains that surround the Hawai'ian Islands, Guam, and American Samoa. The website is updated daily. (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) Two high school seniors were awarded the CIMSS Verner E. Suomi Scholarship for the 2022-2023 academic year in recognition of their academic excellence as well as service, mentorship and extracurricular activities. SSEC news published this story about the recipients by communications intern Callyn Bloch: https://www.ssec.wisc.edu/news/articles/14594. 2) CIMSS scientist Scott Bachmeier talked with Discover about the McKinney fire in California, its intensity and why it produced fire clouds, known as pyrocumulonimbus, or pyroCbs. Read more: https://www.discovermagazine.com/environment/california-wildfire-first-it-was-fire-clouds-erupting-high-into-the. 3) CIMSS Satellite Blog contributors Scott Lindstrom and Scott Bachmeier published these case studies: "Improvements to the CSPP Geosphere website" (Aug. 4), "30-second imagery of severe thunderstorms across the Upper Midwest" (Aug. 3), "GOES-18 is currently serving as GOES-West" (Aug. 1) and "McKinney Fire in California produces multiple pyrocumulonimbus clouds" (July 30). Read more at the CIMSS Satellite Blog: https://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-blog/. (C. Bloch, CIMSS, S. Bachmeier, CIMSS, S. Lindstrom CIMSS, J. Phillips, SSEC, 608-262-8164)

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Figure: CSPP Geosphere rendering of true-color imagery over New York City on Aug. 4, 2022. Read more about improvements to the CSPP Geosphere website: https://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-blog/archives/47446. Credit: CIMSS, NOAA.

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Figure: GOES-16, 30-second imagery of an outbreak of severe thunderstorms across the Upper Midwest on Aug. 3, 2022. Read more at the CIMSS Satellite Blog: https://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-blog/archives/47438. Credit: CIMSS, NOAA.

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