CIMSS-NOAA Weekly Report [ Archive ]

CIMSS-NOAA WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK ENDING JANUARY 31, 2025

DATA, INFORMATION, AND USE-INSPIRED SCIENCE:

Advanced Dvorak Technique Version 10 to become operational: The Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CMISS) Advanced Dvorak Technique (ADT) Version 10 passed the final Algorithm Readiness Review (ARR) and Operational Readiness Review (ORR) for operational implementation at NOAA within the National Common Cloud Framework (NCCF). The ADT Version 10, otherwise known as the AI-Enhanced ADT (AiDT), is a machine learning extension of the original ADT Version 9, which is already operational within the NOAA NCCF, providing improved tropical cyclone maximum wind speed estimates globally. The ADT Version 10 is scheduled to become fully operational on February 12, 2025, and will provide intensity estimates to stakeholders such as the NOAA/National Hurricane Center, NWS/Central Pacific Hurricane Center, the Department of Defense/Joint Typhoon Warning Center, and NESDIS Satellite Analysis Branch. (T. Olander, CIMSS, 608-265-8005, C. Velden, CIMSS, 608-262-9168)

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AWARDS AND RECOGNITION:

Paper Receives 4th Greatest Amount of Media Attention of All Climate Papers in 2024: A paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) has been listed as the 4th most cited of all climate-change-related papers published in 2024 in the news and in social media. The paper, which discusses how the open-ended Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale becomes increasingly inadequate as the world warms and storms become increasingly intense, was published by Michael Wehner (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) and James Kossin (SSEC and First Street Foundation). The paper is found here and the report on the top climate papers of 2024 is available at https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-the-climate-papers-most-featured-in-the-media-in-2024/). (J. Kossin, SSEC)

TRAVEL AND MEETINGS:

Satellite Book Club presentation on GREMLIN at the WSO in Pago Pago: Scott Lindstrom from the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) and Kyle Hilburn from the Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA) jointly presented a Satellite Book Club presentation on the use of GOES Radar Estimation via Machine Learning to Inform NWP (GREMLIN) product at the forecast office in Pago Pago, American Samoa. The presentation included a brief discussion on how the product is created, and showed how the product is used in the office to issue Flash Flood Warnings, and used to communicate with the public about rain and flood threats. The presentation was followed by discussion, and was recorded, available at YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DxRSJQLH40&t=1s. (S. Lindstrom, CIMSS, 608 263 4425) 

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SOCIAL MEDIA AND BLOG Posts:

This week on the CIMSS Satellite Blog: Each week, case studies that highlight how Satellite Data (that are so beneficial to society) can be created, used, and admired are placed on the CIMSS Satellite Blog. This week's entries include: Wet Weather in Alaska (https://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-blog/archives/62759), Ice in Lake Erie (https://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-blog/archives/62775), Assessing rain chances over the Samoan Islands (https://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-blog/archives/62798), Dense fog over the southern United States (https://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-blog/archives/62833), Snow squalls in New York and Pennsylvania (https://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-blog/archives/62839), Using geo2grid with FCI data from Meteosat-12 (https://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-blog/archives/62871), and Severe thunderstorms across Hawaii (https://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-blog/archives/62877). (T. Wagner, S. Bachmeier, S. Lindstrom, CIMSS ; 608 263 4425) 

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Figure: GOES-16 Visible imagery showing ice over Lake Erie, 1601 UTC on 27 January 2025.

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