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ASPB AND CIMSS WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK ENDING JANUARY 17, 2010

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Arctic Council Cryosphere Project Cross-Fertilization Meeting: A meeting of the Arctic Council's "Snow, Water, Ice and Permafrost in the Arctic (SWIPA)" project was held in Potsdam, Germany, January 12-15, 2010. It was hosted by the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research located in the Albert Einstein Research Park. This was a "cross-fertilization" meeting, where lead authors of each SWIPA component met separately with each of the other SWIPA components. Jeff Key is one of two U.S. co-leads on the sea ice component of SWIPA. For more information on SWIPA, visit http://amap.no/swipa. (J. Key, E/RA2, 608-263-2605, jkey@ssec.wisc.edu)

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GOES-R Algorithm Working Group Land Surface Emissivity CDR: The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES)-R Algorithm Working Group (AWG) Sounding Team Critical Design Review (CDR) on Land Surface Emissivity (LSE) was held on January 14, 2010. The LSE algorithm uses the unique feature of GOES-R high temporal information to separate land surface emissivity from land surface temperature contained in the infrared radiances. (T. Schmit, E/RA2, 608-263-0291, tim.j.schmit@noaa.gov, J. Li, CIMSS, 608-262-3755, and Z. Li, CIMSS).

MODIS Processing Capability Added to GEOCAT: The Geostationary Cloud Algorithm Testbed (GEOCAT) was updated to allow algorithms designed for the next generation Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES-R) to be tested on the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MODIS). The new MODIS capability will result in many additional test cases for algorithms such as volcanic ash, and provide an additional mechanism for demonstrating GOES-R capabilities to end users. In addition to MODIS, GEOCAT can process the current generation of GOES satellites, the Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infrared Imager (SEVIRI), and the Multifunctional Transport Satellites (MTSAT). (M. Pavolonis, E/RA2, 608-263-9597, Mike.Pavolonis@noaa.gov)

Proposal submitted to FY2010 JCSDA JSDI call for proposals: A proposal entitled “Implementation of GOES and OMI Total Column Ozone Assimilation within NAM-CMAQ to improve Operational Air Quality Forecasting capabilities” was submitted to the FY2010 NOAA Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation (JCSDA) Science Development and Implementation (JSDI) internal call for proposals. The proposed effort will involve partnership with the NOAA Air Resources Laboratory to develop capabilities to utilize the NCEP Gridpoint Statistical Interpolation assimilation system in the North American Meso-scale Community Multi-scale Air Quality Modeling System (NAM-CMAQ). Data denial studies assessing assimilation of Total Column Ozone from the GOES Sounder and Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) retrievals will be conducted (R.B. Pierce, E/RA2, 608-890-1892, brad.pierce@ssec.wisc.edu).

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