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ASPB AND CIMSS WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK ENDING JULY 26, 2008

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GEWEX Cloud Climatology Meeting: The third Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment (GEWEX) workshop of assessing the available global cloud climatologies was held at the City College of New York (CCNY). A. Heidinger, M. Pavolonis and A. Walther presented briefings on the validation and characteristics of the NESDIS Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) Pathfinder Atmosphere Extended (PATMOS-x) cloud climatology. A report is being written to summarize the results of the workshop and will be submitted to GEWEX by the end of the year. (A. Heidinger, E/RA2, 608-263-6757, M. Pavolonis, E/RA2, 608-263-9597, A. Walther, CIMSS, 608-263-7435)

Two-Year Anniversary of MODIS in AWIPS: July 2008 marks the two-year anniversary of the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) effort to provide Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) satellite data and products in a format for display on Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System (AWIPS) workstations used at National Weather Service (NWS) forecast offices. A selection of thirteen MODIS products are made available in AWIPS, at either 1-km or 4-km spatial resolution (http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/blog/archives/692). To date, 10 NWS forecast offices have chosen to add the CIMSS MODIS package to their local AWIPS, and MODIS has been mentioned in 55 separate NWS Area Forecast Discussions. In addition, 49 NWS offices have participated in the "MODIS Products in AWIPS" Virtual Institute for Satellite Integration Training (VISIT) lesson (see: http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/visit/modis.html ) that has been offered on the VISIT training calendar since November 2006. (J. Gerth, CIMSS, 608-263-4942, S. Bachmeier, CIMSS, 608-263-3958)

ITEMS FOR THE DIVISION CHIEF, CoRP:

Co-located AVHRR and CALIPSO Data Provided to EUMETSAT CM-SAF: A. Heidinger generated a dataset of spatially and temporally co-located observations from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) on NOAA-18 and the CALIPSO (Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations) mission for a period a two months. This dataset was requested by and provided to colleagues in the Climate-Monitoring Satellite Application Facility(CM-SAF) of EUMETSAT (EUropean organization for the exploitation of METeorological SATellites). The exchange was one of many between the CM-SAF and the NESDIS/ AVHRR Pathfinder Atmospheres Extended (PATMOS-x) project. These data provide a very direct and quantitative evaluation of NOAA's and EUMETSAT's AVHRR cloud products. (A. Heidinger, E/RA2, 608-263-6757, andrew.heidinger@noaa.gov)

Kick-off Meeting of the GOES-R AWG Imagery and Visualization Team: On July 23, a kick-off meeting was held for the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES)-R Algorithm Working Group (AWG) Imagery and Visualization Team. The main tasks were outlined and the schedule was presented. A draft Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document (ATBD) will be delivered by September 15. The co-chairs are T. Schmit and L. Zhou. (T. Schmit, E/RA2, 608-263-0291, tim.j.schmit@noaa.gov)

First Version of GOES-R Legacy Sounding ATBD Submitted: The Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) legacy sounding Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document (ATBD) was submitted to the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES)-R Algorithm Working Group (AWG) this week. This draft ATBD is the first version delivered to the AWG and it will be optimized in the future. (Tim Schmit, STAR/NESDIS, 608-263-0291, tim.schmit@noaa.gov; Jun Li, CIMSS, 608-262-3755, Jun.Li@ssec.wisc.edu)

Simulated ABI visible and near Infrared Data in AWIPS: As part of the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES)-R Proving Ground, simulated Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) visible (VIS) and near infrared (near IR) data (from the AWG Proxy Team) has now been implemented in Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System (AWIPS). These will be used along with the Infrared (IR) bands for case studies, for example a Weather Event Simulator so that forecasters can become familiar with band number versus wavelength. These images are just the first of many, the complete ABI WES still needs to be developed. A number of CIMSS and SSEC personal helped in this task. (K. Bah, CIMSS, 608-262-4462, J. Gerth, CIMSS, 608-263-4942, J. Sieglaff, CIMSS, 608-265-5357, T. Schmit, E/RA2, 608-263-0291, tim.j.schmit@noaa.gov)

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Figure caption: Bands 1 through 6 of the simulated ABI vis/near IR bands are displayed in the AWIPS (i.e 0.46 um, 0.64 um, 0.865 um, 1.37 um,1.61 um, and 2.25 um).

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