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ASPB AND CIMSS WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 21, 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
National Academy of Sciences Study on the Future of Rainfall Measuring Missions:
This week, the National Resource Council (NRC) hosted an inaugural
meeting of a committee commissioned by NOAA to study the future of
space-based rainfall measuring missions, with a focus on readiness and
applications for the upcoming Global Precipitation Mission (GPM). This
is the same committee that published an NAS/NRC report on
recommendations for the Tropicap Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM). In
this phase the committee is tasked to recommend to NOAA the potential
applications of GPM data for operations, and to suggest pre-launch
preparations for the early exploitation of GPM data when it becomes
available. Both NASA and NOAA representatives were invited and gave
their perspectives on GPM and the NRC study objectives. The committee's
final report is due next summer. (C.Velden, CIMSS, 608 262-9168)
Paper on AIRS Sounding Retrieval Published:
A manuscript titled "Atmospheric profile retrieval with AIRS
data and validation at the ARM cart site" has been published in the
October issue (No.5) of Advances in Atmospheric Sciences. Co-authors are X. Wu, Jun Li and F. Wang (Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies, CIMSS).
(J. Li, CIMSS, 608-262-3755)
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