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ASPB AND CIMSS WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK ENDING JUNE 11, 2004
IN THE PRESS:
ITEMS FOR THE ADMINISTRATOR:
ITEMS FOR THE ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR:
ITEMS FOR THE OFFICE DIRECTOR, ORA:
EPA, NOAA, NASA, WRAP Fire Emission Joint Forum
Meeting: On June 3, E. Prins participated in an EPA
(Environmental Protection Agency), NOAA (National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration), NASA (National Aeronautics and Space
Administration), and WRAP (Western Regional Air Partnership) Fire
Emission Joint Forum Meeting telecon regarding the utilization of
remote sensing and GIS for fire emissions information needed by
WRAP. The WRAP is administered jointly by the Western Governors'
Association and the National Tribal Environmental Council and "is a
collaborative effort of tribal governments, state governments and
various federal agencies to implement the Grand Canyon Visibility
Transport Commission's recommendations and to develop the technical and
policy tools needed by western states and tribes to comply with the
U.S. EPA's regional haze regulations." P. Lahm (WRAP) provided an
overview of WRAP user needs and goals and E. Prins gave an overview of
the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) Wildfire
Automated Biomass Burning Algorithm (WF_ABBA) and applications in air
quality modeling. Follow-on email discussions indicate that a
combination of GOES WF_ABBA and MODerate-resolution Imaging
Spectroradiometer (MODIS) fire product would be best suited for the
WRAP activities focusing on fire emissions during 2002. GOES
WF_ABBA fire products for 2002 will be made available for WRAP fire
emissions analysis efforts. (E.
Prins, E/RA2,
530-271-2256)
Second AVHRR Reprocessing
Workshop: A. Heidinger chaired and
presented at the second Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer
(AVHRR) Reprocessing Workshop held in the NOAA Science Center.
The workshop was a chance for all involved to meet and to discuss their
progress and the expected shortfalls. The attendance included
many from the Office of Research and Applications and Dr. Nazmi Saleous
from NASA. The AVHRR reprocessing system is not fully functional yet
but it appears it will soon allow for a preliminary reprocessing of the
data. The next workshop will be held in the fall. (A. Heidinger, E/RA2,
608-263-6757)
Cooperative Institute Directors Meetings:
Cooperative Institute
for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) personnel Steve
Ackerman (Director)
and Thomas Achtor (Executive Director), Wenhua Wu, and Jenny Stepp
attended the Third Annual Cooperative Institute Directors and
Administrators meetings June 7-9 hosted by the Cooperative Institute
for
Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA) in Fort Collins, Colorado. J.
Key attended the Directors meeting. (S. Ackerman, CIMSS,
608-263-3647, T. Achtor,
CIMSS,
608-263-4206, J. Key,
E/RA2,
608-263-2605)
ITEMS FOR THE DIVISION CHIEF, ARAD
CIMSS Hyperspectral Environmental Suite Web
Pages Updated: The Hyperspectral Environmental Suite (HES) web
pages at the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies
(CIMSS) have been updated to include new pages on HES simulations with
Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) and National Polar-orbiting
Operational Environmental Satellite System
Airborne Sounder Testbed - Interferometer (NAST-I) data, HES trade-off
studies, Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) and HES synergism, HES temporal
resolution, and more. The web page is http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/HES/.
(C.-Y. Liu, CIMSS,
608-262-1023)
Seminar Given on the
Clouds from AVHRR Extended (CLAVR-x) System:
A. Heidinger presented a seminar on the CLAVR-x system to a group at
the NOAA Science Center. The seminar focused on the capabilities
of CLAVR-x and on the cloud mask performance. This seminar was
given to promote the usage of CLAVR-x data as it begins to be produced
operationally. The results presented showed that CLAVR-x cloud mask was
superior in several ways to its predecessor (CLAVR-1). (A. Heidinger, E/RA2,
608-263-6757)
Manuscript on MODIS/AIRS Cloud Retrieval Accepted
for Publication: The manuscript on Moderate Resolution
Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS)/Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS)
cloud retrieval study entitled "Synergistic use of MODIS and AIRS in a
variational retrieval of cloud parameters" has been accepted for
publication in the Journal of Applied Meteorology. This
study is relevant to ABI and HES systems on GOES-R. The
co-authors are Jun Li, W. Paul. Menzel, Fengying Sun, Timothy J.
Schmit, James J. Gurka, and Elisabeth Weisz . The final version
is available at ftp://ftp.ssec.wisc.edu/ABS/JAM_AIRS_CLDRTV_Li_2004.pdf.
(J. Li, CIMSS, 608-262-3755)
GOES-N Planck Function Coefficients for McIDAS:
Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES)-N Planck
Function Coefficients are used to quickly and conveniently convert
radiance to brightness temperature for the Imager and Sounder.
These coefficients were calculated by scientists at the Cooperative
Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) using GOES-N
imager and sounder spectral response functions. The coefficients
have been given to Man computer Interactive Data Access System (McIDAS)
programmers and should be included in a McIDAS upgrade later this year,
in time for GOES-N launch. Note that the Office of Satellite
Operations (OSO) and CIMSS use slightly different coefficient dependent
equations to make the conversion from radiance to brightness
temperature and McIDAS uses the same method as CIMSS. (M. Gunshor, CIMSS,
608-263-1146, T. Schmit,
E/RA2,
608-263-0291)
MODIS Winds Update: Improvements to the
Moderate Resolution
Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) polar winds
processing were implemented on June 7, 2004. Experiments run over the
last several months at both the Cooperative Institute for
Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) and NESDIS, in cooperation
with
several numerical weather prediction sites, resulted in suggested
changes to the processing.
These changes include: targetting using the middle image instead of
first image, use of the GFS model as the background instead of
NOGAPS, use of model runs every 6 hours with forecasts out to 12 hours,
replacing model runs every 12 hours with forecasts out to 18
hours, time averaging between model forecasts to match the middle image
target
time, replacing the use of the closest forecast time. (D. Santek, CIMSS,
608-263-7410, J. Daniels, E/RA2, W. Bresky, E/RA2, C. Velden, CIMSS, J.
Key, E/RA2)
VISITORS:
J. Jung Visit: J. Jung of the Cooperative Institute for
Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) but stationed in Camp Springs,
MD, visited CIMSS on June 7 and 8, 2004. Discussions were held on a
variety of topics: Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite
(GOES)-12 imager clouds, GOES Sounder clouds, validations, Clear Sky
Brightness Temperature (CSBT), Atmospheric InfraRed Sounder (AIRS),
MODerate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) winds and GOES-N,
and NCEP impact studies with MODIS polar winds.
NEXT WEEK:
International Winds Workshop in Helsinki: The Seventh
International Winds Workshop will be held in Helsinki, Finland, June
14-18. Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies
(CIMSS) scientists Chris Velden and Dave Santek will attend (Velden is
a co-organizer). Office of Research and Applications scientists
Paul Menzel and Jeff Key will also attend and give presentations. (J. Key, E/RA2,
608-263-2605)
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