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CIMSS AND ASPB WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 2, 2022
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TRAINING AND EDUCATION:
Anheuser PhD Defense on Sea Ice Thickness in Observations and Models: James Anheuser, a graduate student in the University of Wisconsin-Madison Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences Department (AOS) and the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS), successfully defended his PhD dissertation on November 29, 2022. The title of his dissertation is, "Thermodynamic Versus Dynamic Sea Ice Thickness Effects in Observations and Models". James developed a cold-season thermodynamic sea ice thickness growth retrieval using snow-ice interface temperatures derived from AMSR2, and presented the first long-term, sub-seasonal temporal resolution, basin-wide climatology of dynamically and thermodynamically driven wintertime sea ice thickness changes across the Arctic. The climatology was then compared to three common global climate models and a sea ice model reanalysis. The work was supported by the JPSS program. Jeff Key and Yinghui Liu (STAR) are James' scientific advisors; Tristan L'Ecuyer (AOS and CIMSS) is his academic advisor. (J. Key, E/RA2, 608-263-2605, jeff.key@noaa.gov)
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Figure: Wintertime mean sea ice thickness changes from late 2010 through early 2021 due to a) dynamic effects, b) thermodynamic effects, c) advection effects and d) deformation effects. Mean sea ice motion vectors from the same period are also plotted with a), c) and d).
Weekly Satellite Training Telecon for WSO Pago Pago Started: As a follow-on to in-person training at the office in Pago Pago, Scott Lindstrom from the Cooperative Institute of Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) has started a once-a-week satellite training telecon for the Pago Pago forecast office. The half-hour telecon (Tuesdays at 2100 UTC, the link is on the NOAA Google Calendar) deals with recent and near-future events in and around American Samoa and helps reinforce the in-person satellite training that was given in mid-November. (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:
(C. Bloch, CIMSS, T. L'Ecuyer, CIMSS, B. Pierce, SSEC, M. Pavolonis, E/RA2, 608-263-9597, mpav@ssec.wisc.edu, L. Avila, CIMSS, S. Bachmeier, CIMSS, S. Lindstrom, CIMSS, J. Phillips, SSEC, 608-262-8164)
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Figure: This animation of GOES-17 imagery shows the eruption of Mauna Loa on the Island of Hawai‘i on Nov. 28, 2022. Read more at the CIMSS Satellite Blog: https://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-blog/archives/48881. Credit: CIMSS, NOAA.
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Figure: Improvements in spatial resolution of GOES-16 infrared imagery -- from 6 km to the native 2 km -- were activated on Dec. 1, 2022 for AWIPS users. Those improvements are reflected in this animation around a low-pressure system over Northern Quebec, Canada. Read more at the CIMSS Satellite Blog: https://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-blog/archives/48952. Credit: CIMSS, NOAA.
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