CIMSS-NOAA Weekly Report [ Archive ]

CIMSS-NOAA WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK ENDING JANUARY 9, 2026

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TRAVEL AND MEETINGS:

The GOES-R Cryosphere Team Presents at the 2025 AGU Fall Meeting: The GOES-R Cryosphere Team participated in the 2025 American Geophysical Union fall meeting, held in New Orleans, LA from 15-19 December. The team gave a presentation entitled “Improving Ice Surface Temperature Retrieval from GOES-18 and GOES-19 ABI Data through Angular Emissivity Correction” that highlighted the application of a novel physically based thermal infrared snow/ice surface emissivity model that contributes to the development of more accurate and reliable tools for estimating and monitoring sea ice. (F. He, CCR, 608-263-3973)

TRAINING AND EDUCATION:

CIMSS Researcher Presents on GOES 50th Anniversary at Satellite Book Club (SBC): Mat Gunshor from the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) presented a Satellite Book Club (SBC) presentation celebrating the 50th anniversary of the GOES mission. GOES-1 launched on October 16, 1975 and Gunshor's presentation (on January 8, 2026) covered the beginnings of the space program through the present day, and with an eye on future developments. The SBC is organized by the National Weather Service (NWS) Total Operational Weather Readiness - Satellites (TOWR-S) team and primarily attended by NWS personnel. Presentations are recorded and can be viewed here: https://www.youtube.com/@GeoTOWRVLab-NOAAServiceAcc or at the NOAA Virtual Laboratory (VLab). (M. Gunshor, CIMSS, 608-263-1146)

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Figure: The first full disk image from GOES-1 on October 25, 1975 (left) and the GOES 50th Anniversary celebration logo (right).

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CIMSS Satellite Blog Updates: The Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) Satellite Blog (https://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-blog/) was updated with the following posts: "Mountain wave turbulence over the Front Range of Colorado" (Dec. 19), "Long-duration Tule fog event in the Central Valley of California" (Dec. 19), "Strong Gap Winds Near Alaska’s Alexander Archipelago" (Dec. 22) and "Long-duration offshore transport of glacial silt from the Copper River Delta in southern Alaska" (Dec. 23), "Tehuano gap wind event" (Dec. 30), "There GOES 2025!" (Dec. 31), "Blowing dust in the northern Patagonia region of Argentina" (Jan. 1), "Urban Heat Island Inhibiting Fog in Atlanta" (Jan. 5), "Mountain wave turbulence across eastern Colorado" (Jan. 5) and "Ice leads in the Chukchi Sea" (Jan. 8). (S. Bachmeier, T. Wagner, CIMSS, 608-890-1980) 

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Figure: GOES-19 Day Cloud Phase Distinction RGB image showing that Atlanta's urban heat island was inhibiting fog development over the city center at 1526 UTC on January 5, 2026.

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Figure: Suomi-NPP VIIRS Infrared image showing widespread ice leads across the Chukchi Sea at 1243 UTC on January 6, 2026.

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