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ASPB AND CIMSS WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK ENDING SEPTEMBER 11, 2011
IN THE PRESS:
ITEMS FOR THE ADMINISTRATOR:
ITEMS FOR THE ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR:
ITEMS FOR THE OFFICE DIRECTOR, STAR:
EUMETSAT Meteorological Satellite Conference 2011:
Many scientists from the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological
Satellite Studies (CIMSS) and the Advanced Satellite Products Branch
(ASPB) attended the 2011 European Organisation for the Exploitation of
Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT) Meteorological Satellite Conference
held in Oslo, Norway, 5-9 September. The themes of the conference were
current and future satellites, instruments, and applications;
assimilation of satellite data into numerical weather prediction models;
monitoring climate and understanding climate processes based on
satellite data; satellite-based observations of the oceans, with an
emphsis on the Arctic; nowcasting; atmospheric composition; and
facilitating data access and utilization. Chris Velden (CIMSS) served on
the Program Committee. The presentations from ASPB and CIMSS personnel
were (co-authors are not listed):
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Steven Ackerman (given by Bret Maddux) - Boundary layer height and boundary layer clouds over the Great Lakes
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Thomas Achtor - Supporting GEO/GEOSS goals with McIDAS-V
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Paolo Antonelli - Sensitivity of temperature and humidity retrievals to A-priori and Error covariance matrices
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Ralf Bennartz - A sharper view of fuzzy objects: Clouds and their role in the climate system as seen by satellite
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Wayne Feltz - A new satellite object-based convective storm validation methodology
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Mike Foster - Climatological record of 3D cloud effect trends as
measured by AVHRR and the consequences for Earth’s energy budget
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Andrew Heidinger - NOAA's cloud product suite for JPSS VIIRS
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Hung Lung Allen Huang - Towards building a high-performance and low-cost
GPU-based satellite remote sensing processing and application
infrastructure
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Tommy Jasmin - Using the McIDAS-V scientific data software system to visualize and analyze NPP data
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Jeff Key - Understanding the interactions and feedbacks between Arctic
sea ice, clouds, and the atmosphere from satellite observations
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Brent Maddux - The MODIS cloud 10-year data record and uncertainty analysis
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Ralph Peterson - Enhancing objective short-range forecasts of the pre-convective environment using SEVIRI data
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Tom Rink - McIDAS-V: Analysis and visualization for Nowcasting validation and utilization
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David Santek - Delivery of real-time satellite products through a Web Map Service and event notification to mobile devices
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David Santek - Using the expected error in the quality control of satellite-derived polar winds
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Xuanji Wang - Arctic sea ice properties and changes from satellite data over the period 1982~2007
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Tony WImmers - Identifying hazardous turbulence within satellite mountain wave signatures
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Hong Zhang - Analysis and characterization of the synergistic AIRS and MODIS cloud-cleared radiances
(A. Heidinger, E/RA2, 608-263-6757, andrew.heidinger@noaa.gov; J. Key, E/RA2, 608-263-2605, jkey@ssec.wisc.edu)
ITEMS FOR THE DIVISION CHIEF, CoRP:
GOES-15 Sounder Processing: In preparation for the subsequent operational implementation of GOES (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite) -15 for western US coverage, GOES-15 Sounder products are being generated by the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS). Sample derived product images (DPI), generated in near-real time, are available at http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/rt/sounder-dpi.php. Qualitative comparisons show the GOES DPI of fair quality, similar to that at the end of the NOAA GOES-15 check-out science test. (J. Nelson, CIMSS, 608-263-6013, jim.nelson@ssec.wisc.edu; T. Schreiner, CIMSS, 608-263-6754, tony.schreiner@ssec.wisc.edu; T. Schmit, E/RA2, 608-263-0291, tim.j.schmit@noaa.gov)
(Click image to enlarge)
Figure caption: GOES-15 Sounder Cloud-top Pressure and Total Precipitable Water (TPW) Derived Product Images from September 9, 2011 at 13 UTC.
CIMSS VISIT Activities: The Virtual Institute for Satellite Integration Training (VISIT) session "Basic Satellite Principles" was led by S. Lindstrom on September 6, 2011. Staff from the National Weather Service forecast office at Shreveport, Louisiana participated in the VISIT lesson. In addition, the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) Satellite Blog was updated with posts covering the recent historic wildfires in eastern Texas (http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/blog/archives/8828) and the upwelling of cold water along the eastern shore of Lake Michigan (http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/blog/archives/8834). (S. Lindstrom, CIMSS, 608-263-4425, S. Bachmeier, CIMSS, 608-263-3958)
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