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ASPB AND CIMSS WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK ENDING AUGUST 19, 2005
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THE PRESS:
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FOR THE ADMINISTRATOR:
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FOR THE ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR:
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FOR THE OFFICE DIRECTOR, STAR
Paper on Advanced Baseline Imager
Published: A manuscript titled "Introducing the
next-generation advanced baseline imager (ABI) on
GOES-R" was published in the August 2005 Bulletin of the
American Meteorological Society
(BAMS). The authors are T.
J.
Schmit, M. M. Gunshor, W. P. Menzel, Jun Li, S. Bachmeier,
and J. J. Gurka. The paper, which is available upon request,
summarizes how the Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) will begin a new era
in geostationary
environmental remote sensing with more spectral bands, faster
imaging, and higher spatial resolution than the current
imager. Many products that will be derived from
the ABI data are discussed. Sample images showing the improved spatial
resolution are available at
http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/abi/animation1_may_2000s.gif (animated
gif, shown below) or
http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/abi/goes_abi_irw.html (java applet).
(T. Schmit, E/RA2,
608-263-0291, tim.j.schmit@noaa.gov)
(Click image to enlarge)
Figure caption: Improved spatial resolution of the infrared window
bands of the ABI demonstrated from MODIS data (a) for a convective
cloud case. Note the colder cloud-top brightness temperatures and the
sharper “Enhanced V” signature located over central
Tennessee on 25 May 2000. Also of interest are the concentric
anvil-layer waves observable in the higher spatial resolution infrared
(IR) data, associated with rapidly intensifying convection. These waves
are not evident in (b), the current GOES imager data.
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FOR THE DIVISION CHIEF, CoRP
Manuscript on Atmospheric
Infrared Sounder Cloud Properties Submitted: A
manuscript entitled "Evaluation of AIRS cloud properties using MPACE
data" was submitted to Geophysical
Research Letters. The co-authors are Xuebao Wu,
Jun Li (Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite
Studies; CIMSS), W. Paul Menzel (ORA), Allen Huang, Kevin Baggett,
and Henery Recovercomb (CIMSS). (J. Li, CIMSS,
608-262-3755)
Other Meetings and Telecons:
(None)
VISITORS:
NEXT WEEK:
The
annual review of the GOES Improved Measurements and Product Assurance
Plan (GIMPAP) program will be held in Camp Springs, MD, August 23.
The GOES Product System Development and Implementation (PSDI)
review meeting will be held in Camp Springs August 24.
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