CIMSS-NOAA Weekly Report [ Archive ]

CIMSS-NOAA WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK ENDING FEBRUARY 9, 2024

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University of Wisconsin-Madison CIMSS and SSEC Participation at the 2024 AMS Annual Meeting: Representatives from the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS), Space Science and Engineering Center (SSEC), and locally stationed NOAA/NESDIS scientists participated in the 104th Annual American Meteorological Society (AMS) Meeting held the week of January 28 – February 1, 2024 in Baltimore, MD. There were over 60 session chairing/co-chairing duties, oral presentations and posters by CIMSS/SSEC staff as part of the 23rd Annual Student Conference, 33rd Conference on Education, 26th Conference on Satellite Meteorology, Oceanography, and Climatology and 20th Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems, 22nd Symposium on the Coastal Environment, 22nd History Symposium, 24th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology, 28th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS), 28th Conference on Applied Climatology, 15th Conference on Environment and Health, 28th Conference on Probability and Statistics, 14th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations, 14th Annual Conference on Research to Operations, 23rd Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science, 16th Symposium on Aerosol Cloud Climate Interactions, 15th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy, 37th Conference on Climate Variability and Change. Many participated in board, committee, and other side meetings including with NOAA OAR and NESDIS/STAR upper management on a host of topics. Several were judges for student presentations. Chelsea Dahmen was present at the AMS Student conference UW-Madison AOS booth to represent SSEC/CIMSS science and provide student career information. The SSEC booth in the exhibit hall highlighted advances with the SSEC Portable Atmospheric Research Center (SPARC) facilities, Community Satellite Processing Package (CSPP) GeoSphere, McIDAS, and SSEC RealEarth visualization along with other hardware/software support. (W. Feltz, CIMSS/SSEC, 608-265-6283, wayne.feltz@ssec.wisc.edu; C. Dahmen 608-263-9293, SSEC, B. Carp, SSEC, 608-265-3149; M. Gunshor, CIMSS/SSEC, 608-263-1146; T. Schmit, E/RA2, 608-263-0291, tim.j.schmit@noaa.gov)

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Figure: UW-Madison SSEC/CIMSS 2024 AMS Annual Conference Exhibit Booth in Baltimore, Maryland.

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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 and satellite imagery. This week: 1) CIMSS Satellite Blog contributors Scott Bachmeier, Scott Lindstrom, and Margaret Mooney published the following case studies: "Early-February thunder (and tornados!) over the Upper Midwest" (February 08); "New fissure eruption from Sundhnúkagígar on Iceland’s Reykjanes Peninsula" (February 08); "Thunderstorms across Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands" (February 06); "Ongoing tropical activity in the SPCZ near American Samoa" (February 06); "Atmospheric Rivers Drench California" (February 06); "Blowing snow signature over northern Hudson Bay" (Feburary 06); "Tropical Cyclone Nat in the South Pacific Ocean" (February 05); "Microwave observations of heavy rain over southern California" (February 05); "1-minute imagery to monitor convection across the Samoan Islands" (February 04); "Wildfires in Chile" (February 04). Read more at the CIMSS Satellite Blog: https://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-blog/. (S. Lindstrom, CIMSS, 608-263-4425; S. Bachmeier, CIMSS; M. Mooney, CIMSS, 608-265-2123; E. Verbeten, SSEC, 608-263-4206)

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Figure: Total Precipitable Water imagery (MIMIC TPW) conveying data acquired by microwave sensors on polar-orbiting satellites is a key tool for meteorologists tracking atmospheric rivers associated with these storm systems, as seen in this loop from 30 January to 6 February.

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