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GOFC/GOLD Fire Workshop at EUMETSAT:  On December 4-6, E. Prins co-chaired the Global Observation of Forest and Land Cover Dynamics (GOFC/GOLD) 2nd Workshop on Global Geostationary Fire Monitoring and Applications at the EUropean Organization for the exploitation of METeorological SATellites (EUMETSAT) in Darmstadt, Germany.  Over 45 representatives from 18 different countries in Europe, Africa, Asia and the Americas participated in the workshop. The primary goals of the workshop were to assess progress made since the last workshop and discuss ongoing activities and plans for the development, implementation, validation and application of regional and global geostationary fire products.  The number of countries and research groups involved in geostationary fire monitoring has significantly grown in the last 2 years with applications in a variety of areas (hazards, air quality monitoring, climate change, and industrial applications). The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) Biomass Burning Monitoring Team at the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) gave four presentations at the workshop.  (E. Prins, E/RA2, 530-271-2256, C. Schmidt, CIMSS, 608-262-7973, J. Hoffman, CIMSS)

40th Anniversary of Geostationary Satellites: The Space Science and Engineering Center (SSEC)/Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) celebrated the 40th Anniversary of the launch of ATS-1, the first U.S. geostationary weather satellite, on December 6.  An afternoon symposium was hosted by SSEC Director Hank Revercomb and included presentations by Paul Menzel, NESDIS Chief Scientist, and Steve Ackerman, CIMSS Director.  A reception followed where the achievements of SSEC and CIMSS founder Verner Suomi were discussed.  Suomi, known as the Father of Satellite Meteorology, led the team that put the first weather experiment into earth orbit in 1958 and developed the concept of the spin scan camera for geostationary orbit so "the clouds moved and not the earth". (T. Achtor, CIMSS, 608-263-4206)

First Day of GOES-13 Science Test - Observing Lake Effect Snow: With data from the first day (December 7, 2006) of the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES)-13 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Science Test, nearly continuous 5-min animations of Lake Effect Snow (LES) were observed. The imager was placed into Rapid Scan Operations mode, to monitor the development of lake-effect snow (LES) bands across the Great Lakes region. Extensive LES bands were noted over Lake Huron and Georgian Bay. More information can be found at: http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/blog/2006/12/07/goes-13-first-day-of-post-launch-science-test/ or http://rammb.cira.colostate.edu/projects/goes%5Fn/. 5-min imager data emulates the expected coverage rate of Continental U.S. (CONUS) with Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) data from GOES-R. (S. Bachmeier, CIMSS, 608-263-3958, G.S. Wade, E/RA2, 608-263-4743, gary.s.wade@noaa.gov, T. Schmit, E/RA2, 608-263-0291, tim.j.schmit@noaa.gov).

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Caption: This GOES-13 Imager visible band animation shows extensive Lake Effect Snow (LES) bands moving inland over southeastern Ontario during the day. These data were supplied by the Space Science and Engineering Center (SSEC) Data Center.

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