[ Archive ]
|
CIMSS-NOAA Weekly Report
[ Archive ] |
|
IN THE PRESS:
ITEMS FOR THE ADMINISTRATOR:
ITEMS FOR THE ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR:
ITEMS FOR THE OFFICE DIRECTOR, ORA:
SSEC Supplies Data for Aircraft Incidents Near Afghanistan: The Space Science and Engineering Center (SSEC) Data Center supplied Meteosat-5 satellite imagery to a staff meteorologist assigned to Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Combined Air Operations Center for Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation Iraqi Freedom, and Horn of Africa. The meteorologist is investigating several incidents in which civilian aircraft violated military airspace in Afghanistan. (D. Wade, CIMSS, 608-263-0527, T. Schmit, E/RA2, 608-263-0291)
Workshop on High Spectral Resolution Infrared Observations: A three day workshop on "Sounding from High Spectral Resolution Infrared Observations" was hosted by the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The workshop brought together forty national and international experts. Topics covered ranged from radiative transfer, validation, statistical and physical retrievals and future strategies. T. Schmit gave a talk entitled "Infrared Sounders on the Geostationary Hyper-spectral Environmental Suite (HES)". (T. Schmit, E/RA2, 608-263-0291)
ITEMS FOR THE DIVISION CHIEF, ARAD:
Raymond Papers Submitted: Two
manuscripts were submitted this week to the Journal of Applied
Meteorology based on work done by the late Dr. W. Raymond of the
Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS).
Both papers deal with the assimilation of Geostationary Operational
Environmental Satellite (GOES) brightness temperatures. Part 1, on
upper tropospheric moisture, was a revised manuscript addressing
reviewers' concerns. Part 2, on assigning water vapor wind heights
directly from weighting functions, was an initial submission.
Co-authors are G.S. Wade and T. Zapotocny. (G.S. Wade, E/RA2,
608-263-4743, T. Zapotocny,
CIMSS, 608-262-0800)
GOES-R Fire and Cloud Product Specifications: Required mapping accuracy and measurement ranges were determined for fire and cloud products produced with the next generation Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES)-R at various spatial resolutions. In addition, current GOES refresh rates and optimal fire and cloud product data latency times were used in conjunction with user requirements to extrapolate reasonable threshold and objective specifications for GOES-R. This information was provided for input to the GOES-R Satellite Observations Requirements Document. (E. Prins, E/RA2, 530-271-2256, A. Heidinger, E/RA2, 608-263-6757, J. Key, E/RA2, 608-263-2605)
Review of Journal of Geophysical Research
Comment Paper: E. Prins reviewed a comment paper submitted
to the Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres. The
manuscript titled "Comment on seasonal, intraseasonal, and interannual
variability of global land fires and their effects on atmospheric
aerosol distribution" presents a number of issues that were not
addressed in the original manuscript and significantly impact the
published conclusions. The statistical time series analyses
presented in the original manuscript did not take into consideration
the biases introduced by the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission
(TRMM) Visible and Infrared Spectrometer (VIRS) spatial and diurnal
sampling. This comment paper shows the importance of
understanding and accounting for instrument sensing characteristics in
statistical analyses. (E.
Prins, E/RA2, 530-271-2256)