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ASPB AND CIMSS WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK ENDING NOVEMBER 10, 2012

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ITEMS FOR THE ADMINISTRATOR:

ITEMS FOR THE ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR:

TEMPO Chosen by NASA's Earth Venture Instrument Program: The Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution (TEMPO) instrument was selected from 14 proposals submitted to the NASA Earth Venture Instrument program (http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2012/nov/HQ_12-390_TEMPO_Instrument.html). Earth Venture missions are small, targeted science investigations that complement NASA's larger research missions. TEMPO will observe Earth's atmosphere from geostationary orbit in ultraviolet and visible wavelengths to determine concentrations of ozone, nitrogen dioxide, sulfur dioxide, formaldehyde, and aerosols with high resolution and frequency over North America. TEMPO is led by principal investigator Kelly Chance of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory and includes partnerships with NASA Langley Research Center, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, Ball Aerospace, as well as several U.S. universities and research organizations. Brad Pierce (NOAA/NESDIS/STAR) is a TEMPO Co-Investigator and will be responsible for Air Quality modeling and data assimilation using TEMPO measurements. (R.B. Pierce, E/RA2, 608-890-1892, brad.pierce@noaa.gov)

Significance: TEMPO will provide policy-makers and resource managers with new information to support the development of effective policies and air quality management programs.

NOAA Mission Goals:  Serve society’s needs for weather and water information with respect to a Weather-Ready Nation.

NOAA Cross-Cutting Priorities: Integrating Global Environmental Observations and Data Management; Ensuring Sound, Reliable, State-of-the-Art Research


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Figure caption: Overview of TEMPO science objectives, science team, and unique capabilitie.

ITEMS FOR THE OFFICE DIRECTOR, STAR:

CIMSS EarthNow Project takes NOAA SOS Conference by Storm: The 2012 NOAA Science On a Sphere (SOS) Collaborative Network Workshop took place at the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach, California on November 6-8 with over 120 members in attendance. Patrick Rowley, from the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS), led several sessions demonstrating how to implement near real-time weather and climate datasets from the CIMSS EarthNow blog (http://sphere.ssec.wisc.edu) onto SOS exhibits. Rowley also worked with EarthNow partners from the Cooperative Institute for Climate and Satellites (CICS-MD) at the University of Maryland and the NOAA Visualization Lab to serve on an evaluation panel and a panel on real-time data. With nearly 90 SOS installations around the world and 20 more planned for 2013, EarthNow spherical renditions of NOAA imagery and data visualizations have the potential to engage millions. Mobile technologies and the Internet extend this potential even further thanks in part to the intuitive way that people comprehend global datasets displayed spherically via annotated videos (with audio!) on the EarthNow site. (P. Rowley, CIMSS/SSEC, 608-263-1336, S. Ackerman, CIMSS, 608-263-3647, M. Mooney, CIMSS/SSEC, 608-265-2123)

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Figure caption: EarthNow screen-shot featuring the 2012 hurricane season.

ITEMS FOR THE DIVISION CHIEF, CoRP:

GOES-R Training Provided to NWS Sullivan: On November 6, 2012 R. Aune and J. Gerth (CIMSS) spent the day at the National Weather Service Office, Sullivan, WI (MKX) as part of the GOES-R Local Area Testbed being conducted by the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS). While there, they trained forecasters on the use of the GOES-R Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) using simulated infrared and visible imagery generated by CIMSS using forecasts from the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model . They also presented updates regarding the GOES Sounder near-casting products also generated by CIMSS (http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/model/nrc/). (R. Aune, E/RA2, 608-262-1071, J. Gerth, CIMSS, 608-263-4942)

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