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STAR and CIMSS Scientists Featured in Popular Mechanics Story: The online version of Popular Mechanics Magazine ran a story about the work by Amato Evan using almost thirty years of dust data to study variability in hurricanes. Andrew Heidinger was interviewed about the science and techniques used to construct the dataset, the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) Pathfinder Atmospheres Extended (PATMOS-x). The story can be viewed at http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/earth/4278856.html. (A. Heidinger, E/RA2, 608-263-6757, andrew.heidinger@noaa.gov; A. Evan, CIMSS, 608-263-3951)

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Paper Published on Combination of GPS RO and AIRS Data :  A paper titled "Deriving Atmospheric Temperature of the Tropopause Region–Upper Troposphere by Combining Information from GPS Radio Occultation Refractivity and High-Spectral-Resolution Infrared Radiance Measurements" was publised in Journal of Applied Meteorolgy and Climatology (vol.47, pp. 2300–2310). The authors are Eva E. Borbas (CIMSS), W. Paul Menzel (NOAA/NESDIS), Elisabeth Weisz (CIMSS), and Dezso Devenyi (NOAA/CIRES).

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GOES-R AWG ABI IR Surface Emissivity Draft ATBD Delivered: The draft version of Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES)-R Algorithm Working Group (AWG) Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) Infrared (IR) surface emissivity Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document (ATBD) was delivered. The IR surface emissivity product provides emissivity from clear sky radiances within each ABI field-of-regard (FOR) processing box area. (Jun Li, CIMSS, 608-262-3755, Jun.Li@ssec.wisc.edu; Tim Schmit, STAR, 608-263-0291, Tim.Schmit@ssec.wisc.edu)

GOES-R AWG Visibility ATBD Delivered: The draft Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES)-R Algorithm Working Group (AWG) Visibility Product Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document (ATBD) was delivered to the Algorithm Implementation Team (AIT). (W. Feltz, CIMSS, 608-265-6283,T. Schmit, E/RA2, 608-263-0291, tim.j.schmit@noaa.gov,R.B. Pierce, E/RA2, 608-890-1892, brad.pierce@ssec.wisc.edu)

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VISITORS:

CIMSS Hosts INPE Guests: The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) Wildfire Automated Biomass Burning Algorithm (WF_ABBA) team at the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) hosted Dr. Alberto Setzer and Marcos Cezar Yoshida of Brazil's Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE) September 15-19, 2008. Their visit was part of three year old ongoing work on a Large-Scale Biosphere-Atmosphere Eco III (LBA-ECO III) fire detection and emissions project in which GOES-8 data from 1995-1999 will be reprocessed for fire detection using both version 6.5 of the CIMSS WF_ABBA and INPE's own fire detection algorithm. Dr. Setzer and Mr. Yoshida collaborated with CIMSS scientists on making adjustments to the INPE algorithm, and learned about the WF_ABBA in greater detail in preparation for an upcoming series of presentations at the November LBA Conference in Manaus, Brazil. The resulting database of INPE fire detections and WF_ABBA fire detections and characterizations will be available through LBA's database service. (C. Schmidt, CIMSS, 608-262-7973)

NWS Visitor at CIMSS: On September 17, as part of an effort to maintain and improve collaboration with the National Weather Service (NWS) forecast office in Sullivan, Wisconsin, the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) hosted Marcia Cronce. M. Cronce is a new general forecaster who will serve as the de facto liaison between NWS Sullivan and CIMSS to increase dialogue between the two institutions. As part of the visit, M. Cronce met with three NESDIS Advanced Satellite Products Branch (ASPB) scientists to discuss operational implications of current and future Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES), as well as the background and impetus of the GOES-R Proving Ground. She also visited with several CIMSS scientists, particularly those whose work relates to an ongoing research to operations effort at CIMSS. (J. Gerth, CIMSS, 608-263-4942; T. Schmit, E/RA2, 608-263-0291, tim.j.schmit@noaa.gov)

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