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AVHRR/HIRS Climate Workshop: Andrew Heidinger, Fred Wu and Changyong Cao co-chaired a three-day workshop held at NESDIS/STAR on the generation of climate records from the NOAA's Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) and High Resolution Infrared Sounder (HIRS). The workshop included participants from NASA, Europe and academia. The focus of the meeting was on the state of the radiometric calibration and on planned improvements in data quality. A workshop report is being drafted will be made available. Workshop presentations are also available on-line. (A. Heidinger, E/RA2, 608-263-6757)

Navy Begins Operational Use of Fairbanks Direct Broadcast Polar Winds: On November 19, 2008, the U.S. Navy's Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center began using Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) polar wind information generated in Fairbanks, Alaska, in their operational numerical weather forecast system. Winds, cloud, and surface products are now being generated with direct broadcast Terra MODIS data acquired at the University of Alaska-Fairbanks and processed at the NOAA/NESDIS Fairbanks Command & Data Acquisition Station (FCDAS) at Gilmore Creek. (J. Key, E/RA2, 608-263-2605, jkey@ssec.wisc.edu)

Arctic Council Cryosphere Project Integration Team Meeting: A meeting of the Arctic Council's “Snow, Water, Ice and Permafrost in the Arctic (SWIPA)” project Integration Team was held in Oslo, Norway November 17-18, at the Norwegian Pollution Control Authority (SFT). It was hosted by the Arctic Council’s Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Project (AMAP) secretariat. SWIPA was originally proposed as a component of the Norwegian Chairmanship of the Arctic Council. The US will chair the Arctic Council in 2015. Jeff Key is one of the two US co-leads on the sea ice component of SWIPA. The SWIPA Integration Team includes all the component leads and some representatives of the Arctic Council. (J. Key, E/RA2, 608-263-2605, jkey@ssec.wisc.edu)

NASA Program Review: Several scientists from the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) as well as M. Pavolonis (NOAA/NESDIS) attended the NASA Applied Sciences Weather Program Review in Boulder, CO (November 18 -19, 2008). Briefings on convective weather (K. Bedka, CIMSS), turbulence (W. Feltz and T. Wimmers, CIMSS), and volcanic ash (M. Pavolonis, NOAA/NESDIS) were among the presentations given. The main goal of this meeting was to assess progress made on the development of products for aviation decision support. (M. Pavolonis, E/RA2, 608-263-9597, Mike.Pavolonis@noaa.gov, W. Feltz, CIMSS, 608-265-6283)

NOAA Climate Change Workshop Attended: James Kossin attended a special by-invitation-only two-day workshop, organized jointly by the Wharton School and the University of Maryland, "Insurance and Climate Change, Oct.30-31, at College Park, Maryland. The workshop was funded by the NOAA Climate Program Office and comprised an interactive discussion between senior experts from the public and private sectors together with senior staffers from the Congress and experts in academia specializing in risk analysis, risk management, and climate science. (J. Kossin, CIMSS, 608-265-5356)

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CIMSS VISIT Activities: The Virtual Institute for Satellite Integration Training (VISIT) distance learning lessons "Interpreting Satellite Signatures" (http://rammb.cira.colostate.edu/visit/sat_signatures.html) and "Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Products in Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System (AWIPS)" (http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/visit/modis.html) were led by staff from the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) on November 18 and 19, 2008. Forecasters from the National Weather Service office at Greenville/Spartanburg, South Carolina, Jackson, Kentucky, Huntsville, Alabama, Green Bay, Wisconsin, and Midland, Texas participated in the VISIT lessons. (S. Bachmeier, CIMSS, 608-263-3958, S. Lindstrom, CIMSS, 608-263-4425)

Cloud and Moisture Imagery Flowcharts Delivered: On November 20, the cloud and moisture imagery flowcharts were delivered to the Algorithm Implementation Team (AIT) of the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES)-R Algorithm Working Group (AWG). These flowcharts cover the steps such as converting from radiance to brightness temperature, or from brightness temperature to the brightness value. The presentation file is available upon request. (T. Schmit, E/RA2, 608-263-0291, tim.j.schmit@noaa.gov, M. Gunshor, CIMSS, 608-263-1146)

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