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IN THE PRESS:
ITEMS FOR THE ADMINISTRATOR:
ITEMS FOR THE ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR:
ITEMS FOR THE OFFICE DIRECTOR, ORA:
Cooperative Institute Directors' Meeting: The Second Annual Cooperative Institute Directors' Meeting was hosted by the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus May 1-2. Directors and program managers from five NOAA cooperative institutes attended: CIMSS, the Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA), the Cooperative Institute for Climate Studies (CICS), the Cooperative Remote Sensing Science and Technology Center (CREST), and the new Cooperative Institute for Oceanographic Satellite Studies (CIOSS). Also in attendance were Frances Holt, Marie Colton, Paul Menzel, Eric Baylor, Arnold Gruber, Mark DeMaria, and Jeff Key of the Office of Research and Applications. Topics included research activities, satellite receiving and processing capabilities, and remote sensing curricula at each of the cooperative institutes. (J. Key, E/RA2, 608-263-2605, S. Ackerman, CIMSS, 608-263-3647)
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Velden Receives Hagemeyer Award: Christopher
Velden, Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies
(CIMSS) researcher who leads the Tropical Cyclones group, received the
Hagemeyer Award sponsored by the Office of the Federal Coordinator for
Meteorology within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Robert DuMont, director of the Interdepartmental Hurricane Conference in
(IHC) said that the Award honors Dick Hagemeyer, the patriarch of the
IHC and the long-time Director of the National Weather Service (NWS)
Pacific Region. Velden is the second recipient, presented for his
service to the international hurricane research community. Velden has
actively sought to improve hurricane forecasts through weather satellite
research since 1980. (T.
Gregory, SSEC, 608-263-3373)
ITEMS FOR THE DIVISION CHIEF, ARAD:
VISIT Activities During April: The "Introducing Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES-12)" Virtual Institute for Satellite Integration Training (VISIT) lesson was offered 7 times during the month of April, with 30 National Weather Service (NWS) offices attending (156 forecasters participating). The "Trough of Warm Air Aloft (TROWAL) Identification" VISIT lesson was offered 2 times, with 4 NWS offices attending (12 forecasters participating). (S. Bachmeier, CIMSS, 608-263-3958, S. Lindstrom, CIMSS, 608-263-4425)
CSBT from GOES-9, -10, and -12: With the
recent move of the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite
(GOES) -9 satellite to the western Pacific (satellite sub-point of the
Equator and 155 West longitude), the Cooperative Institute for
Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) is now producing hourly Clear
Sky Brightness Temperature (CSBT) information for three GOES Imager
instruments. An example of the areal coverage is shown in the figure
below. These additional data, along with the GOES-10 and GOES-12 CSBT
data currently generated, will be utilized by global forecast models at
the European Centre for Medium-range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) and the
National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP). (T. Schreiner , CIMSS,
608-263-6754, T. Schmit,
E/RA2, 608-263-0291)
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GOES-9 Sounder Data Received and Archived:
GOES-9 Sounder data are being received from the Geostationary
Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) -9 sounder over the western
Pacific (satellite sub-point of the Equator and 155 West longitude).
The data are being archived. A sample loop of the GOES-9 Sounder data
can be found at: http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/realtime/gpac/anigfall.html
( (D. Wade, CIMSS,
608-263-0527, G. Wade,
E/RA2, 608-263-4743, T.
Schmit, E/RA2, 608-263-0291))
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Applications of FLAMBE Project for Regional
Air Quality Monitoring: For the past three years the
Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) and
the Advanced Satellite Products Team (ASPT) have been collaborating
with the Navy on the Fire Locating and Modeling of Burning Emissions
(FLAMBE) Project funded by the NASA Earth System Science Enterprise
Interdisciplinary Science program. FLAMBE represents one of the
first efforts to track and predict biomass burning aerosol loading and
transport in real-time using the Geostationary Operational Environmental
Satellite (GOES) Wildfire Automated Biomasss Burning Algorithm
(WF_ABBA) fire products as input to the Navy Aerosol Analysis and
Prediction System (NAAPS). The NAAPS aerosol products are
providing valuable insight to the air quality community in the U.S. as
they attempt to diagnose and forecast PM-2.5 (particulate matter with
mass median aerodynamic diameter less than 2.5 microns) in real time
and perform case study analyses to determine the source of high
aerosol pollution events. WF_ABBA fire products and aerosol flux
estimates were provided to the Biomass Monitoring Operations Division
of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to investigate an
aerosol pollution event that occurred in August of 2002. (E. Prins, E/RA2,
530-271-2256, C. Schmidt, CIMSS, 608-262-7973)