CIMSS-NOAA Weekly Report [ Archive ]

CIMSS AND ASPB WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK ENDING JUNE 17, 2023

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CIMSS Participation at the Third week of the Hazardous Weather Testbed: The third and final week at the Hazardous Weather Testbed occurred the week of 12-16 June 2023. This remotely-held event was led by SPC staff and included eight National Weather Service forecasters working from their home offices. The Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) provided products and subject matter experts for three of the products demonstrated. ProbSevere version 3 and LightningCast Probability products were guided by John Cintineo and Justin Sieglaff. Feedback from HWT helps to guide future directions of ProbSevere and LightningCast development for these two products that give real-time guidance on the severity and evolution of convective clouds. Polar Hyperspectral Sounding with Microwave and ABI WRF (4-km) model output (PHSnMWnABI, PHS for short) was guided by Bill Smith, Sr. and Scott Lindstrom. PHS model output was used to help forecasters focus on locations where convection might be occurring in the next 2-6 hours. Forecaster reactions/evaluations on these (and other products) can be read at this blog: https://inside.nssl.noaa.gov/ewp/. (J. Cintineo, J. Sieglaff, W. Smith Sr., S. Lindstrom, CIMSS, 608 263 4425)

CIMSS participation Webinar at BMKG Online Group Discussion: William Straka presented at the Badan Meteorologi, Klimatologi, dan Geofisika (BMKG), the Indonesian National Meteorological and Hydrological Service, Online Group discussion on 15 June 2023 (UTC time). The topic was "Satellite Derived Flood Products and its implementation on impact-based forecast and warning services", which had three presentations, including the one from the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) on "Overview of Satellite based flood monitoring". This presentation gave an overview of satellite based products that can aid before, during and after flood events, such as MIMIC-TWP to help identify if a "river" of moisture is heading to a region as well as the NOAA flood products, which can aid in not only large scale events, but also potentially help aid in decisions to warn people about road conditions. This webinar is an introduction to training that will be conducted remotely with BMKG and other agencies next week (W. Straka III, CIMSS)

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TRAINING AND EDUCATION:

Virtual Science Fair Winner visits CIMSS: Akshay Kapur, an 11th grade student from Texas whose project placed first in the 2023 GOES Virtual Science Fair (http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/education/goesr/1stPlace2023.html) toured NOAA's Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) and the UW-Madison Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (AOS) this week. Akshay plans to study meteorology and apply to the UW. He met with Margaret Mooney from CIMSS and AOS Professor Jonathon Martin and was very enthusiastic about his future research and career prospects. This visit is just one example of how NOAA's Virtual Science Fair helps maintain a pipeline to our future workforce. (M. Mooney, CIMSS, margaret.mooney@ssec.wisc.edu)

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Figure: Akshay (and father) and his VSF poster.

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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: CIMSS Satellite Blog contributors Scott Lindstrom, Scott Bachmeier, and Alexa Ross published these case studies: “Satellite estimates of instability on a moderate risk day” (June 15, 2023), "Severe thunderstorms in the Southern Plains (with examples of “warm trench” cloud-top signatures)" (June 11, 2023), "Cyclone Biparjoy in the Arabian Sea" (June 10, 2023). Read more at the CIMSS Satellite Blog: https://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-blog/. (S. Lindstrom, CIMSS, S. Bachmeier, CIMSS, A. Ross, CIMSS, 608-263-6765, E. Verbeten, SSEC)

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Figure: EUMETSAT Meteosat-9 Visible (0.64 µm, left) and Infrared Window (10.8 µm, right) images, 0100-1330 UTC on 10 June.

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