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GOES-10 Ends its Long Service: Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES)-10, which was located at 60W longitude, provided information for South American and other users after its operational years of service as the western GOES. GOES-10 has reached its end-of-fuel life and required decommissioning on December 1, 2009. GOES-10 was launched on April 25, 1997, far exceeding its expected lifetime. GOES-10 supplied images to the end, including a Mesocale Convective Complex in South America (http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/blog/archives/3879). A "Farewell to GOES-10" is on the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) Satellite blog at http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/blog/archives/3990, covering some of the many uses of the GOES-10 imager and sounder data. (S. Lindstrom, CIMSS, 608-263-4425, S. Bachmeier, CIMSS, 608-263-3958, J. Nelson, CIMSS, 608-263-6013, G.S. Wade, E/RA2, 608-263-4743, gary.s.wade@noaa.gov, T. Schmit, E/RA2, 608-263-0291, tim.j.schmit@noaa.gov)

Significance: The move of the GOES-10 to 60 West was a key achievement for GEOSS (Global Earth Observation System of Systems).

NOAA Mission Goal: Serve society's needs for weather and water information

NOAA Cross-Cutting Priorities: Sound, Reliable State-of-the-Art Research; Integrating Global Environmental Observations and Data Management; Leading International Activities

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GOES-14 Processing at CIMSS: The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES)-14 Science Test period began this week (30 November 2009). Routine GOES-14 Sounder products are being generated at the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) including derived product imagery (DPI) of total precipitable water, lifted index (stability), and cloud-top pressure. The DPI are available at http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/rt/sounder-dpi.php; this website allows for easy comparison of DPI from GOES-14 with that from GOES-11 and -12. In addition, the CIMSS Satellite Blog was updated this week with examples of a 30-minute full disk GOES-14 animation (http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/blog/archives/4036), improved GOES-14 Imager Image Navigation and Registration (INR) (http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/blog/archives/4010), and fire hotspot detection (http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/blog/archives/4053). (S. Bachmeier, CIMSS, 608-263-3958, scott.bachmeier@ssec.wisc.edu; T. J. Schmit, E/RA2, 608-263-0291, tim.j.schmit@noaa.gov; J. Nelson, CIMSS, 608-263-6013, jim.nelson@ssec.wisc.edu; G. S. Wade, E/RA2, 608-263-4743, gary.s.wade@noaa.gov)

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Figure caption: Top: Derived product image (DPI) of total precipitable water (TPW) vapor derived from the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES)-14 Sounder (at 105W), nominally at 00 UTC on 04 Dec 2009. Bottom: DPI of TPW from GOES-11 (at 135 W) and GOES-12 (at 75W) at 00 UTC on 04 Dec 2009, with radiosonde values of TPW and 850 hPA winds overlaid. Good agreement is seen between GOES-14 and the operational GOES Sounders; the contrasting pattern of very moist air over the Caribbean and very dry air over the west and central US is clearly evident in both DPI.

International Workshop on Air Quality Forecasting Research: Brad Pierce presented a talk entitled “Real-time Air Quality Modeling System aerosol and ozone assimilation and forecasting experiments during the NOAA ARCPAC field mission” at the International Workshop on Air Quality Forecasting Research, December 2-3 in Boulder, CO. The talk summarized results from global ozone and aerosol assimilation and forecasting experiments conducted following the NOAA Aerosol, Radiation, and Cloud Processes affecting Arctic Climate (ARCPAC) mission in April 2008. Assimilation of real-time ozone measurements from the Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) and Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) and aerosol optical depth (AOD) measurements from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) were found to have positive impact on Northern Hemisphere forecast skill for both ozone and aerosol extinction. These studies provide risk-mitigation for utilization of ozone and aerosol measurements from Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite (OMPS) and Visible/Infrared Imager/Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) on future National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) within operational air quality prediction systems under development at the National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP). (R.B. Pierce, E/RA2, 608-890-1892, brad.pierce@noaa.gov)

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Figure caption: RAQMS 2.0x2.0 degree global geopotential height (black), water vapor (blue), O3 (green), and aerosol extinction (red) forecast skill with (solid) and without (dashed) ozone and aerosol assimilation during April, 2008. The largest impacts are found for aerosol predictions which show useful skill out to 1.5 days with MODIS AOD assimilation and no skill without MODIS AOD assimilation. Assimilation of OMI ozone column improves Northern Hemisphere 850mb ozone forecasts with useful skill beyond 3.5 days. The 850mb ozone forecast skill is found to be better than water vapor but less then geopotential height forecast skill.

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