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ASPB AND CIMSS WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK ENDING SEPTEMBER 16, 2005
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THE PRESS:
Polar Winds in Earth Observatory Article on Antarctica: An article titled "Operation Antarctica" on NASA's Earth Observatory web site describes the use of satellite data in supply operations for U.S. bases in Antarctica (http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Study/OperationAntarctica/operationantarctica.html). The
Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) polar winds
product that is generated using the National Science Foundation's
direct broadcast system at McMurdo is mentioned (pg. 7), as is the
involvement of Matthew Lazzara (Space Science and Engineering Center,
University of Wisconsin-Madison) and Jeff Key (NOAA/NESDIS) in
"installing" the direct broadcast system (pg. 5). (J. Key, E/RA2,
608-263-2605, jeff.key@noaa.gov, M. Lazzara, SSEC)
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FOR THE ADMINISTRATOR:
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FOR THE ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR:
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FOR THE OFFICE DIRECTOR, STAR
National Climatic Data Center Scientific Data Stewardship Meeting:
Andy Heidinger and other Office of Research and Applications (ORA)
personnel attended a meeting held at the National Climatic Data
Center (NCDC) in Asheville, NC, to foster collaboration between
the ORA and NCDC Scientific Data Stewardship (SDS) activities. A.
Heidinger briefed the group on ORA's reprocessing of the Advanced Very
High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) data and the AVHRR Pathfinder
Extended (PATMOS-x) product. Jeff Key, participating by phone, reported
on the use of AVHRR for deriving a new polar winds climatology. (A.
Heidinger, E/RA2,
608-263-6757, andrew.heidinger@noaa.gov, J. Key, E/RA2,
608-263-2605, jeff.key@noaa.gov)
New Products Generated On-Site at McMurdo:
New products have been added to the real-time direct broadcast (DB)
system product suite in McMurdo, Antarctica. In addition to the
polar wind product, cloud amount, cloud top pressure, cloud particle
phase, clear-sky, low-level atmospheric temperature inversion strength
and depth, ice surface temperature, and ice surface albedo are now
generated with Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
(MODIS) data received by the National Science Foundation's DB
system. All the processing is done in McMurdo, and only the wind data
and plots are transferred back to the Cooperative Institute for
Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) in Madison, Wisconsin.
The goals for the system are to provide forecasters in McMurdo
with real-time products and reduce the time it takes to generate wind
information so more can be assimilated in numerical weather prediction
systems. Real-time plots are available at http://stratus.ssec.wisc.edu/products/db/mcmurdo.
Potential Arctic DB sites are being investigated. (J. Key, E/RA2,
608-263-2605, M. Lazzara, SSEC, W. Straka III, CIMSS, L. Gumley, CIMSS,
K. Strabala, CIMSS)
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FOR THE DIVISION CHIEF, CoRP
Seminar on GOES-R:
An overview of the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite
(GOES)-R series was given by T. Schmit in the University of
Wisconsin-Madison department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (AOS)
907 research seminar series. This included an overview of the baseline
instruments and various sample simulations. The presentation is
available upon request. (T. Schmit, E/RA2,
608-263-0291, tim.j.schmit@noaa.gov)
Other Meetings and Telecons:
(None)
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