CIMSS-NOAA Weekly Report [ Archive ]

CIMSS AND ASPB WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK ENDING SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

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EUMETSAT 2023: NOAA's Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellites (CIMSS) and the Space Science and Engineering Center (SSEC) were proud to be part of the NOAA team representing the U.S. at the annual EUMETSAT conference, which was held in Malmo Sweden 11-15 September 2023. Along with promoting the science and successes of the GOES-R and JPSS series of satellites (and those of our European counterparts), there were many robust discussions around the GeoXO mission scheduled for the 2030s. (M. Mooney, CIMSS, margaret.mooney@ssec.wisc.edu, M. Foster, CIMSS)

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CIMSS at the Annual Meeting of the National Weather Association: Scott Lindstrom from the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) gave an oral presentation at the Annual Meeting of the National Weather Association held 9-13 September 2023 in Kansas City, Missouri. The presentation discussed Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data available from NOAA/STAR, and how it can be used to assess winds, ice coverage and flooding. The presentation is available at https://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/training/NWA2023/NWA2023_Lindstrom_SARData.pptx. (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) Yale Climate Connections featured CIMSS imagery in a news story about floodwaters in Libya – “The Libya floods: a climate and infrastructure catastrophe” (https://bityl.co/L8Pl).  2) SSEC Honorary Fellow Jordan Gerth spoke with BBC Future to discuss record breaking hurricanes (https://bityl.co/L8Pm). 3) CIMSS Satellite Blog contributors Scott Lindstrom and Scott Bachmeier published these case studies: " Sunglint-enabled views of internal waves in the Celebes Sea" (September 12), " Storm Daniel moves inland across northeastern Libya" (September 11), " Eruption of Kilauea on the Big Island of Hawaii" (September 10). Read more at the CIMSS Satellite Blog: https://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-blog/. (S. Lindstrom, CIMSS, S. Bachmeier, CIMSS, E. Verbeten, SSEC)

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Figure: As has been noted before, sunglint can occasionally show the parallel lines of internal waves within the ocean. On 4 September, this occurred again north of Sulawesi in the Celebes Sea. Different sets of internal waves are apparent, propagating mostly to the southeast towards Sulawesi. However, intersecting sets of internal waves moving in different directions are also visible.

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