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ASPB AND CIMSS WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 3, 2010

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ITEMS FOR THE ADMINISTRATOR:

ITEMS FOR THE ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR:

ITEMS FOR THE OFFICE DIRECTOR, STAR:

PATMOS-x delivered to NCDC: The entire Pathfinder Atmospheres Extended (PATMOS-x) Data Set was delivered to the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) for archiving. The PATMOS-x processing was done by the Space Science and Engineering Center (SSEC) Product Evaluation and Algorithm Test Element (PEATE) group. This delivery is listed as part of a FY2010 NESDIS milestone. The size of the PATMOS-x data is roughly 4 Tb compressed and includes the full suite of observations, cloud, surface and radiative flux products from 1978 to 2009. (A. Heidinger, E/RA2, 608-263-6757, andrew.heidinger@noaa.gov, M. Foster, CIMSS, mfoster@aos.wisc.edu)

IDEA-International Selected for GEO Health Societal Benefit Area: Infusing satellite Data into Environmental air quality Applications (IDEA) International was selected as an "Earth Observation In Decision Support Project" under the Group on Earth Observations (GEO) Health Societal Benefit Area. IDEA International is an open source satellite based aerosol forecasting, visualization, and data synthesis tool for use by the international air quality forecasting community. IDEA-I will be released as part of the International Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) Processing Package (IMAPP), and its operational follow-on the International Polar Orbiter Processing Package (IPOPP). (R.B. Pierce, E/RA2, 608-890-1892, brad.pierce@noaa.gov)

ITEMS FOR THE DIVISION CHIEF, CoRP:

ASPB Participates in the 17th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography: T. Schmit and M. Pavolonis, both of the Advanced Satellite Products Branch (ASPB), participated in the 17th American Meteorological Society (AMS) Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography which was held in Annapolis, MD. T. Schmit gave an oral presentation on “The ABI (Advanced Baseline Imager) on the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES)-R series” and a poster on the “NOAA Science Test Results from the GOES-14 and -15 Imager and Sounder”. M. Pavolonis gave an oral presentation on monitoring Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull Volcano with GOES-R volcanic ash physical property retrievals, presented a poster on volcanically forced deep convection, and chaired a session on aerosol and volcanic ash remote sensing. T. Schmit also participated in a GOES-R Proving Ground Executive Board meeting. (M. Pavolonis, E/RA2, 608-263-9597, mpav@ssec.wisc.edu; T. Schmit, E/RA2, 608-263-0291, tim.j.schmit@noaa.gov)

CIMSS VISIT Activities and CIMSS Satellite Blog Updates: The Virtual Institute for Satellite Integration Training (VISIT) distance learning module "Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) Regional Assimilation System (CRAS) Forecast Imagery in Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System (AWIPS)" (http://rammb.cira.colostate.edu/visit/CRAS_AWIPS.html) was led by S. Lindstrom on September 28, 2010. Staff from the National Weather Service forecast office at Rapid City, South Dakota participated in the VISIT lesson. In addition, a number of posts were added to the CIMSS Satellite Blog, including Total Precipitable Water products that showed the persistent plume of tropical moisture that contributed to the prolonged and historic rainfall event along the East Coast of the United States (http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/blog/archives/6909). (S. Lindstrom, CIMSS, 608-263-4425, S. Bachmeier, CIMSS, 608-263-3958)

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Figure caption: AWIPS image of the Morphed Integrated Microwave Imagery at CIMSS (MIMIC) Total Precipitable Water product, showing the large plume of moisture with a tropical connection that was feeding northward along the East Coast of the United States on September 30, 2010.

VISITORS:

Visitors from India Meteorological Department and India Space Research Organisation: Beginning October, five visitors from India ended their four month stay at University of Wisconsin-Madison's Space Science and Engineering Center (SSEC). They are Ghansham Sangar (India Space Research Organisation, ISRO) and R. K. Giri (India Meteorological Department, IMD) who worked with SSEC scientists on data visualization, Ashim Kumar Mitra (IMD) and Munn Shukla (ISRO) who worked on soundings, and Puviarasan Narayanasamy (IMD) who worked on navigation. Their efforts will assist in preparations for utilization of INSAT-3D upon launch. Another group of visitors from India is arriving later in October. (W.P. Menzel, CIMSS, 608-263-4930)

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