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ASPB AND CIMSS WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK ENDING MARCH 3, 2006
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FOR THE ADMINISTRATOR:
ITEMS FOR THE ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR:
ITEMS FOR THE OFFICE DIRECTOR, STAR:
MODIS Product Workshop in Norway:
Personnel from the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite
Studies (CIMSS; P. Antonelli, L. Gumley, K. Strabala, A. Huang)
and the Advanced Satellite Products Team (J. Key) gave a 3-day
training workshop on Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
(MODIS) data products at the Andoya Rocket Range in Norway.
Participants came from institutions across Norway, including
Kongsberg Satellite Services, Kongsberg Spacetec, the University of
Oslo, the University of Svalbard, the University of Tromso, the
Norwegian Institute for Air Research, the Norwegian Institute for Water
Research, the Norwegian Computing Center, the Norwegian Water Resources
and Energy Directorate, and the Norwegian Space Center. The workshop
was initiated by John Overton of the Integrated Program Office (IPO),
who also attended. (J. Key, E/RA2,
608-263-2605, jeff.key@noaa.gov)
Cloud Data Provided for European Intercomparison Effort:
Data from NOAA's Clouds from AVHRR Extended (CLAVR-x) System was
provided to the European Organisation for the Exploitation of
Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT) for a cloud product comparison
effort. The goal of this effort to compare all available cloud
products over Europe on two days where intensive in-situ observations
were taken. The analysis will be presented and discussed at a
workshop to be held in May in Norrkoping, Sweden. The CLAVR-x
data was generated using the observations from the NOAA-18 Advanced
Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) and the products provided
include cloud mask, cloud type, cloud height and cloud
emissivity. (A. Heidinger, E/RA2,
608-263-6757, andrew.heidinger@noaa.gov)
ITEMS
FOR THE DIVISION CHIEF, CoRP
Invited Lecture at University of Wisconsin:
R. Aune gave a lecture at the Chaos and Complex Systems Seminar, a
weekly,
campus-wide, interdisciplinary seminar series at the University of
Wisconsin, Madison, on the new sciences of chaos and complexity.
His
talk, titled " Improving short-term numerical weather forecasts
using
observations from satellites", focused on how observations from the
GOES satellites can be used to guide the development of physics and
dynamics in a regional numerical prediction model. The
presentation
included a summary of numerical weather prediction concepts, focusing
on limitations set by non-linearity, error growth and
predictability,
and concluded with a brief history of the Cooperative Institute for
Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) Regional Assimilation
System (CRAS) forecast model and how GOES products were used to improve
its accuracy. (R.Aune, E/RA2,
608-262-1071, robert.aune@noaa.gov)
GOES-12 Imager Calibration of the 4 Micrometer Band Near Satellite Eclipse:
A Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) -12 imager 4
micrometer spectral band was affected by several poor space look
values. These images were limited to one time period per day near 06
Universal Time Coordinated (UTC). The affected radiances near the
equator did affect the experimental GOES Cloud-Top Pressure (CTP)
derived image. A GOES Incident Report (GIR) was generated by D. Han to
address this issue via additional quality control of the space look
data. (T. Schmit, E/RA2,
608-263-0291, tim.j.schmit@noaa.gov; D. Han, OSO; M. Gunshor, CIMSS; X.
Wu, STAR)
(Click image to enlarge)
Integrated Program Office Cloud Research Review Meeting:
The NOAA Integrated Program Office (IPO) held a review of all projects
it funds that deal with cloud remote sensing from NPOESS. A.
Heidinger presented the results from his project dealing with cloud
remote sensing using the data from the Visible Infrared Imaging
Radiometer Suite (VIIRS). The meeting provided a forum for
multi-instrument discussion of the strengths and weaknesses of the
NPOESS platform as a cloud observing system. (A. Heidinger, E/RA2,
608-263-6757, andrew.heidinger@noaa.gov)
Other Meetings and Telecons:
(None)
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