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CIMSS on BIG 10 Network: Steve Ackerman and four students, Jordan Gerth, Sarah Monnett, John Sears and Andrea Lang, were featured on a Big Ten Network show called Friday Night Tailgate. Two hosts travel to each Big Ten school and feature traditions, history and anything that makes that school unique. They visited the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) and learned about weather and CIMSS' relationship with NOAA. The filming occurred in our newly renovated weather debriefing room, fondly called the "CAVE". Part of the broadcast can be seen at: http://www.bigtennetwork.com/videos/fridaynighttailgate.asp?bcpid=35214794001&bclid=38536222001&bctid=39647572001. (S. Ackerman, CIMSS, 608-263-3647)

UW-Madison Press Release on the GOES-R Proving Ground Project: On September 17, 2009 a University of Wisconsin-Madison press release on the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES)-R Proving Ground project was posted at http://www.news.wisc.edu/17091 and http://www.wisbusiness.com/index.iml?Article=170510.  The release ("Capturing tomorrow's satellite data with today's instruments") outlines ways that GOES-R research is being applied to current GOES observations to better determine areas of subsequent convection. (T. Schmit, E/RA2, 608-263-0291; W. Feltz, CIMSS, 608-265-6283)

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Second Workshop on Satellite Imaging of the Arctic: The Second Workshop on Satellite Imaging of the Arctic was held at the Canadian Space Agency headquarters in Montreal, September 14-15, 2009, and sponsored by the Canadian Space Agency and Environment Canada. The first workshop was held in Copenhagen, August 2008, where current and potential satellite systems for imaging the high latitudes were discussed. The second workshop focused on the Canadian Polar Communications and Weather (PCW) satellite mission, a concept for a “pseudo-geostationary” satellite in a Molniya orbit over the Arctic. Still in the feasibility study phase, PCW is currently planned to have an imager similar to the GOES-R Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI). NOAA will be involved in PCW, though its role is yet to be determined. Four NOAA/NESDIS personnel attended the workshop: Mike Kalb (STAR), Eric Madsen (NESDIS IIA), John Pereira (OSD), and Jeff Key (STAR).

Significance: An entirely new meteorological satellite system is being proposed by the Canadian Space Agency and Environment Canada. NOAA has a unique opportunity to participate in its planning and implementation.

NOAA Mission Goals: Serve Society's Needs for Weather and Water Information; Understand Climate Variability and Change; Support the Nation's Commerce

NOAA Cross-Cutting Priorities: Sound, Reliable State-of-the-Art Research

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Third THORPEX International Science Symposium (TTISS): About 150 scientists from the international community met in Monterey, CA this past week to discuss issues related to advanced data assimilation, targeting methods, new observing techniques, process studies, and ensemble numerical model approaches on a global scale. Chris Velden and Howard Berger from the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) attended and presented a paper on "Recent Advances in the Processing, Targeting, and Data Assimilation of Atmospheric Motion Vectors". Velden is also a member of the THORPEX Data Assimilation and Observing System (DAOS) working group which met to discuss issues directed at data and methods related to targeting approaches, and other issues in regards to optimizing the information content of observations within the framework of the evolving new data assimilation methods. (C. Velden, CIMSS, 608-262-9168)

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