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ASPB AND CIMSS WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 16, 2005

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Polar Winds in the Press: The positive impact of new satellite data products, including the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) polar winds, on weather forecasts is described in an article in the magazine Aviation Week and Space Technology titled "Spaceborne Scientific Sensors Add Valuable Weather Forecast Data" (http://www.aviationweek.com/avnow/news/channel_awst_story.jsp?id=news/12125p1.xml). (J. Key, E/RA2, 608-263-2605, jeff.key@noaa.gov)

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Paper on Variability of Arctic Ice Extent Published: A paper titled "Clues to variability in Arctic minimum sea ice extent" was published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters (Vol. 32, 2005). The paper, co-authored by Jennifer Francis, Elias Hunter (Rutgers University), Jeffrey Key (NESDIS), and Xuanji Wang (Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies), presents an analysis of new satellite-derived fields of winds, radiative forcing, and advected heat that reveals distinct regional differences in the relative roles of these parameters in explaining variability in the northernmost ice edge position. In all six peripheral seas studied, downwelling longwave flux anomalies explain the most variability – approximately 40% – while northward wind anomalies are important in areas north of Siberia, particularly earlier in the melt season. (J. Key, E/RA2, 608-263-2605, jeff.key@noaa.gov)

Advanced Baseline Sounder System Preliminary Design Review: T. Schmit attended, as a independent review team member, the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES)-R series Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) System Preliminary Design Review (PDR) on December 13 -15, 2005 in  Fort Wayne, IN.  ITT Industries is designing and building the ABI. The PDR is needed before detailed design work can begin in preparation for the Critical Design Review (CDR).  (T. Schmit, E/RA2, 608-263-0291, tim.j.schmit@noaa.gov)

Book on Hyperspectral Data Compression Published: A new book titled "Hyperspectral Data Compression" (ISBN: 0387285792, edited by G. Motta and J. Storer) was published by Springer-Verlag. An invited chapter titled "lossless compression of ultraspectral sounder data" was contributed by B. Huang, A. Ahuja and H.-L. Huang of the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) in support of the NOAA Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-R (GOES-R) Hyperspectral Environmental Suite (HES) data compression project. (B. Huang, CIMSS, 608-265-2231, bormin@ssec.wisc.edu)

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