CIMSS-NOAA Weekly Report
[ Archive ]
ASPB AND CIMSS WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 22, 2004

IN THE PRESS:

ITEMS FOR THE ADMINISTRATOR:

ITEMS FOR THE ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR:

ITEMS FOR THE OFFICE DIRECTOR, ORA

ITEMS FOR THE DIVISION CHIEF, ARAD

Satellite Data Utilization Forum at the NWA Annual Meeting: G. Wade and R. Aune conducted a two-hour forum on Better Utilization of Satellite Information at the annual meeting of the National Weather Association (NWA).  The forum, designed to stimulate the exchange of ideas through open discussion amongst providers and users with the objective of promoting increased utilization of satellite data in operational weather forecasting, was presented on Tuesday afternoon, and again on Wednesday afternoon to attendees which included many operational forecasters from government and the private sector.  Discussions ranged from efficient use of forecaster time, improving warning lead times, conveying information to the average person, fog detection, scheduled outages, and improving the quality of NWP forecasts.  Examples of new satellite products were presented, along with examples of how satellite observations can be used to improve numerical forecasts of clouds and precipitation. (R. Aune, E/24, 608-262-1071, and G. Wade, E/24, 608-263-4743)

National Weather Service Mesoscale Analysis Committee (MAC): R. Aune has been appointed a member of the Mesoscale Analysis Committee (MAC), sponsored by the National Weather Service, which is tasked with designing a realtime surface analysis system that will be used to validate forecast grids from the National Digital Forecast Database (NDFD).  At the first meeting, held in Silver Spring last week, a plan was formulated to implement a pilot system within the next six months that will use existing software modules from the Rapid Update Cycle (RUC) analysis, the Eta Data Assimilation System, and insitu surface data to generate hourly, 5-kilometer grids of temperature, dew point, surface pressure and winds.  Precipitation amounts will come from the a gridded radar product and sky cover will be retrieved using the GOES imager and sounder. (R. Aune, E/RA2, 608-262-1071)

Presentations at the annual NWA meeting: T. Schmit gave an invited presentation at the annual National Weather Association (NWA) meeting. The title was "Operational benefits of the Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) on Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES)-R". T. Schmit also presented "The GOES-12 Imager Cloud Product" by A. Schreiner. The NWA meeting was held in Portland, OR. (T. Schmit, E/RA2, 608-263-0291)

Poster on GOES-R presented at the Climate Diagnostics and Prediction Workshop: The 29th Annual National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Climate Diagnostics and Prediction Workshop was held at the Monona Terrace Convention Center in Madison, WI. T. Schmit presented a poster on  "Improvements of the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES)-R series for climate applications".  The authors were Timothy J. Schmit, W. P. Menzel James J. Gurka, Elaine M. Prins and Mathew M. Gunshor. (T. Schmit, E/RA2, 608-263-0291)

Posters on AVHRR Cloud Climatologies presented at the Climate Diagnostics and Prediction Workshop: Two posters covering recent work to derive a new AVHRR (Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer) cloud climatology were presented at the 29th Annual National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Climate Diagnostics and Prediction Workshop.  One poster presented an overview of the AVHRR Pathfinder Atmospheres Extended (PATMOS-x) project while the other showed preliminary results from the PATMOS-x cloud climatology  (1982-2004). (A. Heidinger, E/RA2, 608-263-6757, M. Pavolonis, CIMSS, 608-263-9597)

Poster on GOES Cloud Products presented at the Climate Diagnostics and Prediction Workshop: The 29th Annual National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Climate Diagnostics and Prediction Workshop was held on 18-22 October, 2004 at the Monona Terrace Convention Center in Madison, WI. A.J. Schreiner presented a poster entitled "GOES Cloud Products and Cloud Studies." The co-authors are A.J. Schreiner, T.J. Schmit, W.P. Menzel, J. Li, J.A. Jung, S.A. Ackerman, W.F. Feltz and R.M. Aune. (T. Schreiner, CIMSS, 608-263-6754)



VISITORS:

NEXT WEEK:

LOOKING AHEAD:

Archived Weeklies Page