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CIMSS and NCEP Assimilate GOES-12 Sounder
Products in EDAS: In a collaborative effort, Cooperative Institute
for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) scientists worked with
National Center for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) personnel to
assimilate Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES)-12
Sounder products in the Eta Data Assimilation System (EDAS).
CIMSS helped to verify data distribution, timing, quality and quantity
of GOES-12 Sounder 3-layer Precipitable Water and the single field of
view cloud product to ensure a smooth transition from GOES-8 to
GOES-12. The GOES-12 Sounder 3-layer Precipitable Water product
is now in the operational EDAS. The GOES-12 Sounder
cloud product is currently in the parallel EDAS and will be in the next
version of the operational EDAS. ( T. Zapotocny, CIMSS,
608-262-0800, J. Jung, CIMSS,
301-763-8204)
GOES-12 Replaces GOES-8: On April 1, 2003,
Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES)-12 replaced
GOES-8 as the Eastern geostationary satellite. This meant a host of
changes were needed to support product generation from the new
instruments. The Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite
Studies (CIMSS) has switched to GOES-12 for the following products:
Clear Sky Brightness Temperature (CSBT), information from the GOES
sounder radiances (both separate and multiple bands), cloud-top
information from the sounder, retrievals and associated Derived Product
Imagery (DPI). Example products are at: http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/realtime/realtime.html.
(J. Nelson, CIMSS,
608-263-6013, T.
Schreiner , CIMSS, 608-263-6754, G. Wade, E/RA2,
608-263-4743, T. Schmit,
E/RA2, 608-263-0291)
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Application of GOES Wildfire ABBA to GOES-12:
The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) Wildfire
Automated Biomass Burning Algorithm (WF_ABBA) was successfully
transitioned from GOES-8 to GOES-12 on April 1, 2003 at National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) / National Environmental
Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS) Operations as well as
at the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies
(CIMSS). The WF_ABBA product is being distributed to users from
NOAA/NESDIS Operations as part of the Hazard Mapping System (HMS).
Current WF_ABBA imagery and animations are available from CIMSS at http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/burn/wfabba.html.
(C. Schmidt, CIMSS,
608-262-7973, E. Prins,
E/RA2, 530-271-2256)
Beta-test for new GOES-12 VISIT Lesson: A beta-test for the newly developed Virtual Institute for Satellite Integration Training (VISIT) tele-training lesson "Introducing GOES-12" was conducted on March 31, with reviewers from the National Weather Service (NWS) and the VISIT program. This training material will be offered to the NWS beginning in April, when the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES-12) replaces GOES-8 as the operational GOES-East satellite. (S. Bachmeier, CIMSS, 608-263-3958)
Simple AIRS Fast Forward Model:
Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS)
researchers have created a simple version of the Atmospheric InfraRed
Sounder (AIRS) fast forward model based on the University of Maryland,
Baltimore County (UMBC) Stand Alone Radiative Transfer Algorithm.
This simple version does not need to run the K-layer package required by
the original version, and thus is very practical for processing AIRS
data using both regression and physical retrieval algorithms. It
has been used for Hyperspectral Environmental Suite (HES) studies using
AIRS data, and was also delivered to National Aeronautics and Space
Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center (LaRC) for an AIRS versus
aircraft retrieval comparison study. (J. Li, CIMSS, 608-262-3755)
VISIT Meeting in Fort Collins: S. Bachmeier
attended a Virtual Institute for Satellite Integration Training (VISIT)
/ Integrated Sensor Training (IST) team meeting in Fort Collins,
Colorado on April 2. Plans were finalized to begin the rollout of a new
Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES-12) VISIT
training module in April, and other training activities for the upcoming
year were discussed. (S.
Bachmeier, CIMSS, 608-263-3958)
Eleventh Brazilian Remote Sensing Symposium:
Material was prepared for presentation at the special session on
"Satellite-derived fire and burn scar products throughout the Amazon" at
the 11th Brazilian Remote Sensing Symposium to be held April 5-10 in
Belo Horizonte, Brazil. An invited oral presentation titled "GOES
Wildfire ABBA Fire Detection and Applications" provides an overview of
Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) fire detection
in South America using the Wildfire Automated Biomass Burning Algorithm
(ABBA). The poster titled "A Comparison of the GOES-8 ABBA and
INPE AVHRR Fire Products for South America from 1995-2002" gives a
multi-year in-depth comparison of the GOES-ABBA fire product and the
Brazil Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE) Advanced Very
High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) fire product for Brazil. Due to
restrictions on international travel within NOAA, these presentations
will be given by colleagues and collaborators attending the
symposium. (E. Prins,
E/RA2, 530-271-2256, J. Feltz, CIMSS, 608-263-3434)
Intercalibration Paper Resubmitted:
A paper co-authored by Mat Gunshor of the Cooperative Institute for
Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS), Tim Schmit of National
Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS), and
Paul Menzel of NESDIS and titled "Intercalibration of the infrared
window and water vapor channels on operational geostationary
environmental satellites using a single polar orbiting satellite" has
been resubmitted to the Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology.
Originally submitted in December 2002, this paper has undergone recent
revisions in response to reviewers' comments. The paper outlines
the results and methodology used at CIMSS to inter-compare geostationary
instruments using National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
(NOAA)-14 High-resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder (HIRS) and Advanced
Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR). The study includes
Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) -8, -10,
METEOrological SATellite (Meteosat)-5, -7, and Geostationary
Meteorological Satellite (GMS)-5. (M.
Gunshor, CIMSS, 608-263-1146, T. Schmit, E/RA2,
608-263-0291, W. P. Menzel, E/RA2, 608-263-4930)
ASPT Midterm Reviews Completed: The
midterm personnel reviews for the Advanced Satellite Product Team have
been completed. (J. Key,
E/RA2, 608-263-2605)
Proposals Funded: A proposal to the National Science Foundation titled "Interactions Among Observations of Laterally Advected Heat and Moisture, Cloud Properties, Surface Temperature, Surface Radiation Fluxes, and Net Precipitation in the Arctic" was accepted for funding. The proposal investigators are J. Francis (Rutgers University) and J. Key. It will support a graduate student at the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) to study the relationships between cloud properties and large-scale advection. A proposal to the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation titled “Polar winds data assimilation experiments” was also accepted for funding. The project investigators, J. Key and C. Velden, will work closely with the NASA Data Assimilation Office on the assimilation of polar winds from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS). (J. Key, E/RA2, 608-263-2605)
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