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ASPB AND CIMSS WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK ENDING MAY 20, 2005

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ITEMS FOR THE OFFICE DIRECTOR, ORA

Visitor from EUMETSAT: Dr. Stephen Tjemkes from the EUropean organization for the exploitation for METeorological SATellites (EUMETSAT) in Darmstadt, Germany visited the Advanced Satellite Products Branch (ASPB) during May 9-18, 2005.  He learned about the high infrared spectral resolution studies conducted at the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite.  Simulation capabilities and the associated software will be demonstrated and transferred to Dr. Tjemkes for use at EUMETSAT to assist in their trade studies for Meteosat Third Generation.  Software and data transferred include temperature/moisture/ozone sounding training data sets, information content of spectral measurements, high-spectral resolution radiative transfer, and atmospheric motion vectors tracked in sounding retrievals.  This activity is part of the NESDIS ongoing scientific collaboration with the Met Division of EUMETSAT. (T. Schmit, E/RA2, 608-263-0291, tim.j.schmit@noaa.gov, J. Li, CIMSS, 608-262-3755, W. P. Menzel, E/RA2, 608-263-4930)

ITEMS FOR THE DIVISION CHIEF, ARAD

Elementary School Talk on Space and Space Weather: T. Schmit talked to the fourth grade class at Blessed Sacrament School in Madison, Wisconsin on Friday, May 20. The talk covered the visible and infrared parts of the electromagnetic spectrum, the planets and space weather. Animations were shown from the Solar X-ray Imager (SXI) on Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES)-12 and from version 5 of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) "The Dynamic Sun" Compact Disk. (T. Schmit, E/RA2, 608-263-0291, tim.j.schmit@noaa.gov)

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