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ASPB AND CIMSS WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK ENDING JANUARY 21, 2005
IN
THE PRESS:
ITEMS
FOR THE ADMINISTRATOR:
ITEMS
FOR THE ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR:
ITEMS
FOR THE OFFICE DIRECTOR, ORA
International
Polar Year Expressions of Intent Submitted:
J. Key submitted two Expressions of Intent (EoI) to the International
Polar Year (IPY) International Planning Group (IPG). The IPY
will be an intense, internationally coordinated campaign of research in
the 2007-2008 time frame. It was formally established by the
International Council for Science (ICSU). IPY activities are
being coordinated internationally by the IPY IPG (http://www.ipy.org)
and nationally by the U.S. IPY Committee
(http://www.us-ipy.org). One of the two EoIs was for
satellite product development and satellite data
assimilation. It was one of a dozen or so EoIs from
NOAA. The other EoI was on behalf of the World Climate
Research Programme's (WCRP) Climate and Cryosphere (CliC) project to
assess the state of the cryosphere. (J. Key, E/RA2, 608-263-2605)
MODIS
Imagery Shows Sediment Off Coastal California:
A comparison of Aqua Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
(MODIS) natural color images from December 2, 2004 versus January 12,
2005 showed the offshore flow of sediment from the Los Angeles basin
into the adjacent Pacific Ocean, after that portion of California
experienced record rainfall, flooding, and landslides during early
January 2005: http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/misc/modis/autumn/lax_aqua_anim.html.
(S. Bachmeier,
CIMSS, 608-263-3958)
GOES
Sounder Cloud Top Pressure Data to Assist Defense Tests over Hawaii:
Missile tests using airborne optical sensors are sensitive to high
altitude cirrus, which degrades their "viewing" capabilities. As the
Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) Sounder Cloud
Top Pressure (CTP) information is routinely generated over Hawaii, it
will be used to help detect high altitude cirrus and assist Missile
Defense program tests scheduled to take place in March 2005. (T.
Schreiner,
CIMSS,
608-263-6754)
ITEMS
FOR THE DIVISION CHIEF, ARAD
ABI
Manuscript
Resubmitted: The manuscript
"Introducing the
next-generation advanced baseline imager (ABI) on Geostationary
Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES)-R" was re-submitted. The
manuscript is available upon request. (T. Schmit, E/RA2, 608-263-0291)
GOES-R
Telecons:
On January 21, T. Schmit participated in the bi-weekly
Atmosphere, Ocean, Land (AOL) Technical Advisory Panel (TAP) meeting
via telecon. A
host of issues were discussed, including the pro's and con's of a
distributed system architecture Geostationary Environmental Operational
Satellite (GOES)-R system. T. Schmit also took part in a short telecon
with NOAA/NESDIS/OSD to clarify the need to archive level 0 data in the
GOES-R era. (T. Schmit, E/RA2, 608-263-0291)
Other Meetings and Telecons:
(None)
VISITORS:
NEXT WEEK:
LOOKING AHEAD:
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ASPB:
(R. Aune, E/RA2,
608-262-1071)
(A. Heidinger, E/RA2,
608-263-6757)
(J. Key, E/RA2,
608-263-2605)
(E. Prins, E/RA2,
530-271-2256)
(T. Schmit, E/RA2,
608-263-0291)
(G.S. Wade, E/RA2,
608-263-4743)
STAR:
(W. P. Menzel, E/RA2,
608-263-4930)
CIMSS:
(T. Achtor, CIMSS,
608-263-4206)
(S. Ackerman, CIMSS,
608-263-3647)
(L. Avila, CIMSS,
608-262-0783)
(S. Bachmeier,
CIMSS, 608-263-3958)
(G. Bayler, CIMSS,
608-265-5356)
(G. Dengel, CIMSS,
608-265-2322)
(W. Feltz, CIMSS,
608-265-6283)
(J. Feltz, E/RA2,
608-263-3434)
(M. Gunshor, CIMSS,
608-263-1146)
(A. Huang, CIMSS,
608-263-5283
(B. Huang, CIMSS,
608-265-2231)
(J. Jung, CIMSS, 301-763-8204)
(J. Li, CIMSS, 608-262-3755)
(C.-Y. Liu, CIMSS,
608-262-1023)
(J. Nelson, CIMSS,
608-263-6013)
(T. Olander, CIMSS, 608-265-8005)
(M. Pavolonis, CIMSS,
608-263-9597)
(R. Rabin, NOAA/NSSL and
CIMSS, 608-264-5325/405-366-0583)
(D. Santek, CIMSS,
608-263-7410)
(C. Schmidt, CIMSS,
608-262-7973)
(T. Schreiner,
CIMSS,
608-263-6754)
(D. Stettner, CIMSS,
608-262-8850)
(K. Strabala, CIMSS,
608-263-8752)
(P. van Delst, CIMSS,
301-763-8000)
(C. Velden, CIMSS,
608-262-9168)
(D. Wade, CIMSS,
608-263-0527)
(T. Whittaker, CIMSS)
(T. Zapotocny, CIMSS,
608-262-0800)
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