CIMSS-NOAA Weekly Report [ Archive ]

CIMSS-NOAA WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK ENDING NOVEMBER 1, 2024

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CIMSS AiDT achieves milestone at NOAA: The Advanced Dvorak Technique (ADT)-Version 10.0, a.k.a. the AI-enhanced ADT (AiDT), was successfully implemented into the AWS cloud in the NESDIS Common Cloud Framework (NCCF) for pre-operational checkout. The AiDT is a machine-learning enhancement to the ADT, which provide tropical cyclone (TC) intensity estimates using multi-platform satellite imagery for operational TC forecast centers around the globe, including NOAA National Hurricane Center, NOAA Central Pacific Hurricane Center, NESDIS Satellite Analysis Branch, and the DoD Joint Typhoon Warning Center. Once the ADT-Version 10.0 passes its Algorithm and Operational Readiness Reviews later this month, it is slated to be released into NCCF Operations in early December. T. Olander, CIMSS, 608-265-8005, C. Velden, CIMSS, 608-262-9168)

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CIMSS Provides Training to Bureau of Meteorology Australia: Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) scientist Derrick Herndon was invited to give a remote presentation for the Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) Australia Operational Forecasters Workshop on October 30, 2024 (October 31 BoM time). The BoM requested focused training on the CIMSS Microwave Probability of Eyewall Replace Cycle (M-PERC) and SATellite CONsensus (SATCON) algorithms. Recent upgrades for both algorithms were presented with a focus on applications of the algorithms to Southern Hemisphere tropical cyclones. Attendance included forecasters from the three BoM Tropical Warning Centers as well as New Zealand and Fiji. (D. Herndon, CIMSS, 608-262-6741)

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CIMSS Satellite Blog: Scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW-Madison) Space Science and Engineering Center (SSEC) and the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) provide expert case studies to promote science and satellite imagery. This week: 1) CIMSS Satellite Blog contributors Scott Lindstrom and Scott Bachmeier published the following case studies: "Prolonged eruption of Popocatépetl in Mexico" (30 Oct. 30), "Using Polar2Grid to create MIRS imagery" (Oct. 30), "Using an augmented Hydra within McIDAS-V to view CrIS fields" (Oct. 29), "When a sounding isn’t available" (Oct. 29), "NGFS detections over Logan County OK on 28 October 2024" (Oct. 28), "Light snow moves across central Alaska" (Oct. 28), "Flooding on Maui and Oahu" (Oct. 26), "Strong winds south of a low pressure system in the Beaufort Sea" (Oct. 26). Read more at the CIMSS Satellite Blog. (S. Lindstrom, CIMSS, S. Bachmeier, CIMSS, 608-263-3958)

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Figure: Sequence of Suomi-NPP VIIRS Day/Night Band (0.7 µm) and Infrared Window (11.45 µm) images, with an overlay of METAR site surface winds (white) and Peak Wind gusts (cyan/red) on 25 October.

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