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ASPB AND CIMSS WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK ENDING MARCH 31, 2006

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GOES-10 Readiness Panel Meeting: T. Schmit gave a presentation via telecon at the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES)-10 Readiness Panel which was convened to discuss changes to the location and operation to support South America observations from 60 W Longitude. The presentation (available upon request) summarized GOES-10 possible schedules and potential imager and sounder products. At this time it seems that no product generation is planned by NOAA, although the issue of capacity building was raised.  E. Maturi also participated in this meeting to understand if there were requirements for processing various products from the GOES-10 data. The meeting was held March 29, 2006 and lead by Michael Hales (International Affairs) and Kevin Schrab (National Weather Service). (T. Schmit, E/RA2, 608-263-0291, tim.j.schmit@noaa.gov)

NOAA Office of Education Proposal Review Panel: G. S. Wade served on a review panel for the NOAA Office of Education (OE).  The panel met in Silver Spring, MD on March 27, 2006, to review proposals submitted to the OE. (G.S. Wade, E/RA2, 608-263-4743, gary.s.wade@noaa.gov)

Release of DSP-based 3D Wavelet-RVLC Data Compression Software for GOES-R Hyperspectral Environmental Suite: The DSP-based 3D Wavelet-Reversible Variable-Length Coding (DSP-based 3D Wavelet-RVLC) software version 1.0 is released for lossless compression of ultraspectral sounder data in support of the NOAA Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-R (GOES-R) Hyperspectral Environmental Suite (HES) data compression project. NOAA co-leads are Roger Heymann of OSD and Timothy Schimt of STAR. The software, developed by the satellite data compression team at the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS), can be obtained at http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/compression/software. (Bormin Huang, CIMSS, 608-265-2231, bormin@ssec.wisc.edu)

ITEMS FOR THE DIVISION CHIEF, CoRP

VISIT Activities: Fourteen National Weather Service (NWS) forecast offices participated in Virtual Institute for Satellite Integration Training (VISIT) distance learning lessons that were conducted during the month of March 2006: "Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) Sounder Data and Products" (March 8 and 14), "GOES High Density Winds" (March 3), and "The Enhanced-V: A Satellite Signature of Severe Weather" (March 31). (S. Bachmeier, CIMSS, 608-263-3958)

Extremely Hot Fires Seen as Cold Pixels in 3.9 Micrometer GOES-12 Imager Data: While observing the large fires in Texas during March 2006, Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) scientists discovered that the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES-12) was seeing extremely hot fires as cold pixels in the 3.9 micrometer band.  Because of this anomaly, such hot pixels were not flagged as active fires by the Wildfire Automated Biomass Burning Algorithm (WF_ABBA) that produces half-hourly fire detection and characterization data for NOAA.  The NESDIS Office of Satellite Data Processing and Distribution (OSDPD) and the NOAA Office of Satellite Operations (OSO) were notified of the issue and the plan of action is being discussed.  (C. Schmidt, CIMSS, 608-262-7973, chris.schmidt@ssec.wisc.edu; T. Schmit, E/RA2; S. Bachmeier, CIMSS)

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ICESat Product Review: J. Key participated on a review panel via telecon for ICESat products distributed by the National Snow and Ice Data Center.  This was a continuation of the Distributed Active Archive Center (DAAC) product workshops that NASA Headquarters is sponsoring. (J. Key, E/RA2, 608-263-2605, jeff.key@noaa.gov)

Abstracts Submitted for the GOES-R Users' Conference: The following abstracts were submitted for the Fourth Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES)-R Users' Conference: "GOES-N Sounder and Imager Data and Products", "GOES-R and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)’s Mission Goals", "Lossless Compression Studies of Grating Spectrometer Data for NOAA GOES-R Hyperspectral Environmental Suite", and "Lossless Compression Studies of Interferometer Data for NOAA GOES-R Hyperspectral Environmental Suite". An abstract on the Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) was also submitted. This conference will be May 1-3 in Broomfield, CO. (T. Schmit, E/RA2, 608-263-0291, tim.j.schmit@noaa.gov, Bormin Huang, CIMSS, 608-265-2231)

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