CIMSS-NOAA Weekly Report [ Archive ]

CIMSS AND ASPB WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK ENDING MARCH 31, 2023

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Presentation at NOAA Satellite Book Club: The Total Operational Weather Readiness - Satellites (TOWR-S) Satellite Book Club is a weekly seminar is an opportunity for scientists from NESDIS and other satellite users/algorithm developers can share satellite data applications or other satellite related topics to a wide range of National Weather other users. William Straka was asked present on "Examining Remotely Sensed Products Used in Operational Decision Support Services During the 2022 Spring Flood Event Within the Red River of the North Basin". This was a timely presentation as flood season for CONUS starts in the next several months and several NWS Weather Forecast offices are currently testing the operational NOAA VIIRS flood product. (W. Straka III, CIMSS)

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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. Discover Magazine picked up CIMSS scientist Scott Bachmeier's blog post on dust over the Gobi Desert that blew into Eastern China and was captured on satellite images. Read more: https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/science-meets-art-stunning-satellite-imagery-reveals-massive-asian-dust.
2. CIMSS Satellite Blog contributors Scott Lindstrom, Alexa Ross and Scott Bachmeier published these case studies: "Bore features in the Day Night Band over Minnesota and Iowa" (March 31), "SAR Winds over Cyclone Herman in the south Indian Ocean" (March 30), "Tropical Cyclone Herman" (March 29), "Heavy snowfall in the Upper Midwest" (March 25), "Observing 2023-03-24 Mississippi Tornadic Weather with ProbSevere" (March 25) and "Severe thunderstorms in the Deep South" (March 24). Read more at the CIMSS Satellite Blog: https://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-blog/.

(S. Lindstrom, CIMSS, A. Ross, SSEC, S. Bachmeier, CIMSS, J. Phillips, SSEC, 608-262-8164)

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Figure: The Morphed Integrated Microwave Imagery at CIMSS - Total Precipitable Water (MIMIC-TPW) product provided a view of Tropical Cyclone Herman's water content on March 28-29, 2023 as it developed over the Indian Ocean. Read more at the CIMSS Satellite Blog: https://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-blog/archives/51331. Credit: CIMSS.

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Figure: Day Night Band imagery from NOAA-20 (mislabeled as Suomi NPP) showed two bore-like features with very different orientations over Minnesota and Iowa on March 31, 2023. Read more at the CIMSS Satellite Blog: https://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-blog/archives/51392. Credit: CIMSS, NOAA.

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