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ASPB AND CIMSS WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK ENDING JULY 9, 2011

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ITEMS FOR THE ADMINISTRATOR:

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ITEMS FOR THE OFFICE DIRECTOR, STAR:

Five Years of Research to NWS Operations: On July 7, 2011, the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) reached the five-year mark in a successful research-to-operations exercise with National Weather Service (NWS) field offices across the country. CIMSS started providing MODerate resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) imagery displayable in the Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System (AWIPS) to the NWS Weather Forecast Office (WFO) forecast office near Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on July 7, 2006 (http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/blog/archives/8453). Since then, the real-time distribution of CIMSS and STAR Advanced Satellite Products Branch (ASPB) experimental satellite imagery and products has grown to 70 NWS WFOs, Headquarters, and Centers. The imagery and products have contributed toward more than 440 forecast decisions, based on unique Area Forecast Discussion (AFD) references. This activity has been furthered in recent years as a result of the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite R-Series (GOES-R) Proving Ground program, which closely pairs the research and operational communities to demonstrate the capabilities of our nation's next-generation geostationary satellites. (J. Gerth, CIMSS, 608-263-4942, S. Bachmeier, CIMSS, 608-263-3958)

GOES derived products demonstrated at NWS Sullivan: On July 5, R. Aune and J. Gerth (Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies) spent the day at the National Weather Service Office, Sullivan, WI (MKX) as part of the GOES-R Local Area Testbed being conducted by CIMSS. While there, they trained forecasters on the use of GOES fog detection products and GOES Sounder near-casting products (http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/model/nrc/). On this day the near-casting products were found useful for estimating locations where convective storms were most likely to form in Central Wisconsin. The strongest storms tended to form along horizontal gradients of instability that were near-casted 3 to 5 hours in advance by the GOES Sounder Near-casting model. (R. Aune, E/RA2, 608-262-1071, J. Gerth, CIMSS, 608-263-4942).

ITEMS FOR THE DIVISION CHIEF, CoRP:

GOES-R Overshooting Top and Enhanced-V Detection 100% Maturity ATBD Submitted: The 100% maturity Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES)-R Overshooting Top and Enhanced-V Detection Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document (ATBD) was submitted to the GOES-R Algorithm Integration Team (AIT). The ATBD contains a complete description of the algorithm, which utilizes state-of-the-art remote sensing techniques to detect overshooting tops and enhanced-V features. (Jason Brunner, CIMSS, jasonb@ssec.wisc.edu; 608-265-2115; Kristopher Bedka, SSAI at NASA Langley Research Center, kristopher.m.bedka@nasa.gov; 757-951-1920; Wayne Feltz, CIMSS, waynef@ssec.wisc.edu; 608-265-6283)

GOES-R Tropopause Fold Turbulence Prediction (TFTP) 100% Maturity ATBD Submitted: The 100% maturity GOES-R Tropopause Fold Turbulence Prediction (TFTP) Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document (ATBD) was submitted to the GOES-R Algorithm Integration Team (AIT). The ATBD contains a root-level description of the algorithm, which is designed to utilize the high precision of the ABI water vapor channels to estimate the location of clear-air turbulence caused by strong tropopause folding. (Anthony Wimmers, CIMSS; wimmers@ssec.wisc.edu; 608-263-3294; Wayne Feltz, CIMSS; waynef@ssec.wisc.edu; 608-265-6283)

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