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ASPB AND CIMSS WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK ENDING JULY 30, 2004
IN THE PRESS:
ITEMS FOR THE ADMINISTRATOR:
ITEMS FOR THE ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR:
Sino-U.S. Joint Arctic Climate Workshop: NOAA
Satellite and Information Service participated in a joint workshop on
Arctic climate hosted by the Institute of Atmospheric Physics of the
Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and the Chinese State Ocean
Administration (SOA) in Beijing, China from July 25-29, 2004. The
workshop was held under the auspices of the U.S.-China Marine and
Fisheries Science and Technology Protocol administered by NOAA.
Jeff Key, NESDIS, was an invited participant and spoke on the potential
use of satellite data in an Arctic System Reanalysis. NOAA
Research was represented by Richard Rosen, its Assistant Administrator,
John Calder, the director of Arctic Research Office, and Rene Eppi of
the International Activities Office. The themes of the
workshop were the impact of the Arctic on midlatitude climate regimes,
long-range transport, and an Arctic system reanalysis. The first
U.S.-China polar science workshop was held in May 2002. (J. Key, E/RA2,
608-263-2605)
Significance: NOAA and the Chinese Academy of Sciences
administer the U.S.-PRC Protocol for Cooperation in Atmospheric
Sciences. China is a member of the ad hoc group on Earth
Observations, and NOAA’s strong continued relationship with China will
support shorter-term scientific and operational goals as well as
longer-term mission goals.
Supports the following NOAA Mission Goals:
- Understand climate variability and change to enhance society’s
ability to plan and respond.
- Serve society's needs for weather and water information.
Supports the following NOAA Cross-Cutting Priorities:
- Environmental Literacy, Outreach, and Education
- Sound, Reliable State-of-the-Art Research
- International Cooperation and Collaboration
ITEMS FOR THE OFFICE DIRECTOR, ORA:
Annual Summer Workshop for High School
Students Held at
CIMSS: The 12th Workshop on
Atmospheric, Earth, and Space Science was hosted at the Space Science
and
Engineering Center (SSEC) on the University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW)
campus
from July 26-29, 2004 by the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological
Satellite Studies (CIMSS). The four
days were filled with activities for the ten student participants,
ranging from lectures and discussions with UW experts and
hands-on time
with McIDAS (Man computer Interactive Data Access System) to visits to
the
National Weather Service (NWS) Sullivan office, a local
television
station in Madison (WISC), a geological field trip to Devil’s
Lake, and an evening at the Washburn Observatory on campus.
The students came from four states as well
as Puerto Rico and stayed in a campus dormitory on Lake Mendota. (M. Mooney, SSEC, 608-265-2123;
G.S.
Wade, E/RA2, 608-263-4743)
Chinese National Meterological Center to
Test
Impact of Polar Winds: J. Key gave an invited talk on the polar
winds
project at the National Satellite Meteorology Center (NSMC) in Beijing,
China, on July 29. Afterward he met with scientists in the
Numerical
Weather Prediction (NWP) Division of the
National
Meterological Center (NMC), who are interested in testing the impact of
the
Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) polar winds
product on forecasts in their experimental assimilation system.
They expect to have results in the next 6-9 months. (J. Key, E/RA2,
608-263-2605)
ITEMS FOR THE DIVISION CHIEF, ARAD
Seminar Given at the Office of Satellite Data
Processing and Distribution (OSDPD) on CLAVR-x: The Clouds
from AVHRR extended (CLAVR-x) project is transitioning to operational
status within OSDPD. A seminar was given on the functionality and
capability of CLAVR-x and on its potential application to many NESDIS
product generation systems. The seminar presented examples from
the full suite products that OSDPD is currently producting from its
pre-operational system and demonstrated the validity of some key
parameters.
(A. Heidinger, E/RA2,
608-263-6757)
Workshop on Great Lakes Observing Held at the
Environmental Remote Sensing Center: The
University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW)
Environmental Remote Sensing Center (ERSC) held a Great Lakes Observing
System
(GLOS) Remote Sensing Workshop on July 28-29, 2004.
The
goal was to consider remote sensing principles in the
establishment of the strategy and priorities for improving observations
of the
Great Lakes. This effort is in response
to the U.S. national Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS)
initiative,
which is to be funded in part by NOAA. [For
more information on GLOS, see - http://www.glc.org/glos/]. (S. Batzli, ERSC, 608-263-3126;
G.S.
Wade, E/RA2, 608-263-4743)
Manuscript Review: R. Aune completed a
review of a manuscript on the use of satellite data in a numerical
prediction model for the journal Weather and Forecasting which
is published by the American Meteorological Society.
(R. Aune, E/RA2,
608-262-1071)
VISITORS:
NEXT WEEK:
LOOKING AHEAD:
Upcoming CIMSS 5-year Review: The
Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) will
be hosting the NOAA 5-year review of the Cooperative Agreement August
10-12, 2004.
(S. Ackerman, CIMSS,
608-263-3647)
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