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ASPB AND CIMSS WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK ENDING MARCH 27, 2010

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WGN TV Visits CIMSS: Tom Skilling of WGN TV in Chicago, IL visited the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) with his production team on Friday, 26 March to discuss new technologies and applications of weather satellite data. Mr. Skilling was briefed by several CIMSS and ASPB scientists (Data Center - T. Achtor, McIDAS - J. Staude, Tropical Cyclones - C. Velden and T. Olander, Convective Initiation - J. Sieglaff, Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Lake Michigan products - J. Gerth and Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES)-R - T. Schmit). Mr. Skilling also interviewed CIMSS Director Steve Ackerman on the role of cooperative institutes in research to operations. The interviews and filming are part of a series WSN is creating on improvements in weather forecasting. Mr. Skilling has also visited the NOAA Science Center and will visit the National Severe Storms Center as part of this series. (T. Achtor, CIMSS, 608-263-4206; T. Schmit, E/RA2, 608-263-0291).

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CIMSS VISIT Activities: The Virtual Institute for Satellite Integration Training (VISIT) distance learning module "Interpreting Satellite Signatures" was led by staff from the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) on February 23, 2010. Forecasters from the National Weather Service forecast office at Blacksburg, Virginia participated in the lesson. In addition, a number of new cases were added to the CIMSS Satellite Blog, including Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) and Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) images showing evidence of lava flows from a volcanic eruption in Iceland (http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/blog/archives/4872), MODIS, AVHRR, and Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES-12) images of a large fire burning in northern Minnesota (http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/blog/archives/4893), and GOES-12 and GOES-11 imagery showing a major plume of blowing dust across parts of New Mexico and Texas (http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/blog/archives/4920). (S. Lindstrom, CIMSS, 608-263-4425, S. Bachmeier, CIMSS, 608-263-3958)

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Figure caption: MODIS true color image (left) and the corresponding MODIS false color image (right) showing a large fire that was burning just west of the still-frozen Upper Red Lake and Lower Red Lake in northern Minnesota on March 26, 2010. The hazy smoke plume can be seen drifting northward on the true color image, while the fire "hot spot" appears as a large cluster of bright red pixels on the false color image.

Manuscript on Infrared Land Surface Emissivity Submitted: A manuscript entitled "An objective methodology for infrared land surface emissivity evaluation", has been submitted for publication in the Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres. The paper describes the development of an algorithm for quantitatively evaluating infrared land surface emissivity from atmospheric infrared sounders and imagers. Co-authors are Zhenglong Li, Jun Li, Xin Jin, Eva Borbas (CIMSS), Timothy J. Schmit, and Mitch Goldberg (STAR). (Zhenglong Li, Zhenglong.Li@ssec.wisc.edu, 608-890-1982, and Jun Li, Jun.Li@ssec.wisc.edu, 608-262-3755)

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