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ASPB AND CIMSS WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK ENDING SEPTEMBER 1, 2007

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EUMETSAT Polar System Program Scientist Visit: Dr. K. Dieter Klaes, the Program Scientist for the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT) Polar System (EPS), visited the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) August 30-31. The primary purpose of his visit was to discuss the development of a polar wind product using Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) data from EUMETSAT's recently launched Metop-A (Meteorological operational Satellite) platform. Dr. Klaes gave a seminar on the status and first results of the EUMETSAT Polar System. (J. Key, E/RA2, 608-263-2605, jkey@ssec.wisc.edu)

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Intercalibration Results Presented at SPIE: Results on intercalibration using high spectral resolution Atmospheric InfraRed Sounder (AIRS) data to monitor geostationary imagers on Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES)-12 and Meteorological Satellite (METEOSAT)-8 were presented as a poster (with an accompanying paper) at a Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) conference in San Diego, California 27-28, August 30, 2007. The poster presentation focused on methods of compensating for AIRS spectral gaps in the intercalibration process as well as on the results, which were generally positive for both GOES and METEOSAT. Researchers at the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) have been carefully developing the method for intercalibration for approximately ten years and began applying it to AIRS data approximately four years ago. Results have been presented in a variety of conference formats using AIRS to intercalibrate the world's geostationary imagers (from the United States, Europe, China, and Japan), and highlighting improvements to the algorithm such as recent advances in the AIRS gap-filling method. (M. Gunshor, CIMSS, 608-263-1146, T. Schmit, E/RA2, 608-263-0291, tim.j.schmit@noaa.gov, W.P. Menzel, CIMSS, 608-263-4930, D. Tobin, CIMSS, 608-265-6281)

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Figure caption: Example of the AIRS spectral gap filling technique where an AIRS spectrum (red) is filled with calculated spectral data (blue) adjusted to fit the AIRS observations.

MODIS Images Show Flooding in Wisconsin: Parts of Minnesota and Wisconsin received over 20 inches of rainfall in a 30-day period during August 2007. A comparison of Moderate resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) true color images before the heavy rains (on August 12) and after the heavy rains (on August 25) show that much of the Mississippi River flood plains had become covered with sediment-laden water, and significant changes could also be seen in the width of the Wisconsin River (and its tributary the Kickapoo River). These MODIS images were posted on the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) Satellite Blog (http://tinyurl.com/34j497). (S. Bachmeier, CIMSS, 608-263-3958, J. Gerth, CIMSS, 608-263-4942).

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Figure caption: A comparison of MODIS true color images on August 12, 2007 (before the period of heavy rains) and August 25, 2007 (after the period of heavy rains), revealing flood-induced changes to the Mississippi River, the Wisconsin River, and the Kickapoo River in southwestern Wisconsin.

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