2010 - SSEC - University of Wisconsin–Madison

14 September 2010
State of SSEC 2010
Hank Revercomb, Director
University of Wisconsin - Madison
Space Science and Engineering
Center (SSEC)
9 December 2010
Topics
A. “Big Picture” Items
B. SSEC, the Center
C. Education & Public
Outreach
D. Our Science &
Engineering
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A. “Big Picture” Items
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Satellite Meteorology: Commercial venture
offers a new way of doing business! (?)
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NASA Budget: Promise for 2011
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International Connections: Strengthening
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UW-Madison: Chancellor proposes a new
way of doing business to the State! (?)
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Summary: Outlook for SSEC/CIMSS
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Space News, 25 October 2010
Go to GeoMetWatch.com
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Privately owned commercial data provider
leveraging GIFTS technology development
Licensed for hyperspectral data collection
under the Remote Sensing Act of 2003
(NASA & NOAA cannot compete)
Will restore critical data for severe weather
forecasting cancelled from GOES-R
at a fraction of the cost, in record time!
Customers: US, top sovereign governments
world-wide, and & commercial enterprises
SSEC has entered into a partnership to be
the prime contractor for all work related to
processing of Hyperspectral data collected
from GeoMetWatch‘s constellation
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AMS 2010
This marks the end
of our long effort to
get NOAA and NASA
to fly an Advanced
Sounder, but hopefully
the beginning of a
new success story
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This agreement could revive all of our
original GIFTS Program activities under
a new name: “STORM” with 2014 launch!
Utah State, Space Dynamics Lab, GIFTS
instrument builder, prime for 1st instrument
This endeavor could become a really new
way of doing business for satellite meteorology:
$4-5 B benefit, costing NOAA $0.1 B/year
It does still depend on GeoMetWatch
being able to raise the required resources!!!
But, it is already happening in the Spy Satellite
world via GeoEye and DigitalGlobe
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Hopefully STORM will help
solve this problem
This turkey is like the satellite system vendors, whose
huge costs for new systems are eating up our future advances
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NASA Presidential Budget Request:
Looks good for Earth and Planetary Science in 2011
NASA Adm. Bolton, 1 Feb 2010
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Million $
Annual increase
+27%
+8%
+8%
+6%
+3%
CLARREO, ACE
HS3
Consistent with NASA Authorization Act of 2010, 11 October 2010
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Million $
Annual increase
+11%
+4%
+3%
+2%
+1%
But what will the recent elections mean for NASA Science??
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China
Zhenglong Li, Hong Zhang, Elisabeth Weisz,
Allen Huang, Paul Menzel attend conference
and give talks
China launches FY 3B with a suite of imager and
sounders successfully into leo orbit on 4 Nov 2010
Interferometer sounders planned for both
leo and geo orbits for 2014
Jun Li is providing sounding expertise to NSMC
(National Satellite Meteorological Center)
CIMSS continues strong collaborations with
China Meteorological Administration
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India
SSEC–ISRO–IMD joint efforts in preparing for INSAT 3D
begin in earnest in 2010
Ten Indian Scientists come to Madison for 4 to 6 months
working on navigation, winds, soundings, data visualization
Ghansham Sangar (ISRO), R. K. Giri (IMD),
Ashim Kumar Mitra (IMD), Munn Shukla (ISRO),
Puviarasan Narayanasamy (IMD), Nitesh Kaushik (ISRO),
Sanjib Deb (ISRO), Narayan Padmanabhan (ISRO),
Mata Mahakur (Pune), Indira Ranipillai (IMD)
Training courses planned for next year in Delhi
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Europe
Artist Impression, Phase A
EUMETSAT/ESA plan for
advanced IR Sounder
(IRS) to fly on
Meteosat 3rd Generation
(MTG) in 2019
2008
Stephen Tjemkes,2 December
1 Dec 2010
Slide: 14 EUM/PPS/08/VWG/0152 -
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"The New Badger Partnership“: Martin has been lobbying for a dramatic
change in the way the State does business with the university
A new business model would distinguish UW–Madison from other state
agencies, acknowledging that it operates in a very different environment—one
that is increasingly market-driven.
Martin envisions a new system that will offer the university the freedom to do its
business more efficiently. That means greater flexibility in how the university
pays and rewards faculty and staff, purchases goods and materials, spends private
and corporate donations and oversees campus construction projects.
"The state stands to benefit with a different arrangement with the university.
It is the university (that is) the driver of a knowledge-based economy in a world
that is increasingly globally connected, not only by the education we provide but
the research,"
Reminder: UW Research needs operational freedom too
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SSEC/CIMSS Outlook
Positive
 Revived
Negative
Geo
Sounder hopes
 Pres. NASA budget
 International
Connections
 CIMSS renewal!
 Currently healthy
 Stimulus
$ ending
 Economy
 Continuing
Resolution
State/UW politics ??
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B. SSEC, the Center
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General Health
Tributes
Administrative Support & Facilities
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SSEC General
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Your commitment to excellence, innovation &
adaptation is working well
Our scientific, technological, and support
capabilities all remain sound
We are deeply involved in important continuing
efforts and in exciting new programs too
The diversity of our endeavors and our growing
number of leaders give us strength in an ever
changing world
Our financial picture is strong
(Healthy spending growth; positive cash balance)
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SSEC spending: Growth Continues
(and we are not running a deficit!)
Dollars (M$)
SSEC Annual Spending (SFY)
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1985
8.6% up,
compared to
7.5% average
increase/year,
over last
11 years
1990
1995
2000
2005
2010
Year
Your contribution to our continuing successes is very much appreciated!
SSEC is healthy
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2010 Spending by Source: ~ $27.7 M
DOD
WARF
DOE
1.9%
3.9%
Other 1.4%
10%
NASA
27.9%
NSF
22.7%
DOD 1.9%
DOE 3.9%
NASA 27.9
NOAA 32.3
NSF 22.7%
OTHER 10
WARF1.4%
NOAA
32.2%
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Steve Ack: an
exceptional year
 NASA's
Exceptional
Public Service Medal
for contributions to
NASA’s mission
 CIMSS
Re-compete
Successful
 New
Textbook
Edition
NASA Deputy
Administrator,
Lori Garver
Presents award in
Washington
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Satellites See Wisconsin
An exhibit for the Dane County Airport
January 2011 through Summer
Opening February 4, 2011
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Jeff Key
Cryosphere and satellites get High level attention
 Met with President of Iceland at residence: Briefed him on
WMO Global Cryosphere Watch initiative and the Arctic Council’s Snow,
Water, Ice, and Permafrost in the Arctic (SWIPA) project
 Developed cryoshere gap analysis thread: for Committee on
Earth Observation Satellites (CEOS) Strategic Implementation Team
 Interviewed
for
WisconsinEye about
weather satellites
& CIMSS re-compete
with Steve
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Many ASPB Accomplishments…
(Advanced Systems Products Branch)
e.g.
 GOES 12
Imagery &
Products
for South
America
 Supports
GEOSS
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Donald R. Johnson
receives prestigious AGU
Excellence in Geophysical Education Award
The award acknowledges a
sustained commitment to
excellence in geophysical
education and goes to educators
who have had a major impact on
geophysical education at any
level, who have been outstanding
teachers and trainers for a
number of years, or
who have made a
long-lasting, positive
impact on geophysical
education through
professional service.”
To be awarded at Fall Meeting 15 December
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Earth Systems Science Education
• Involving Colleges/Universities, NASA & USRA
• From 1993–2008,
enabled 63 teams
to develop >130
courses
• Reached >100,000
undergraduates
Don wants to thank a lot of people
in SSEC who made this happen
The Interdisciplinary Dimensions of Earth System Science Education
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Tributes
 Hal
Woolf
 Chuck Stearns
 Jim Hedrick
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Memorial Sessions held in honor of Hal Woolf
ATOVS Conference in Monterey in Apr 2010
and AMS Sat Met Conference in Annapolis Sep 2010
He is thanked for his significant contributions here & elsewhere
Harold M. Woolf
1940 –
15 December 2009
Hal was our science data steward;
he monitored the calibration,
provided the RT coefficients,
and transitioned each new sensor
into operations
B(vm,T) = FK1/[exp(FK2/(tc1+tc2*T)-1]
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Antarctic Times: UW-Madison professor was
polar pioneer in meteorology…
(and) the father of the U.S. Antarctic Program’s
Automatic Weather Station system
His association with the University of Wisconsin spanned 64 years
Including Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science, Professor,
Space Science and Engineering Center, Senior Scientist.
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Chuck Stearns, a friend and
source of sage wisdom
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Matthew: I checked with George on this too –
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Upon hearing you might be named director,
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He first informed you that:
"SSEC was losing (destroying?) a good scientist"
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... and then he noted:
"They made me platoon leader because all of the good guys were
dead!” (U.S. Army infantryman in World War II, 1943-1946,
during which he participated in the invasions of Leyte and
Okinawa)
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Classic Chuck....
Thanks to Matthew & George
for remembering this one
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Jim Hedrick
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SSEC Administrative
Services and Facilities
Thanks!
We get such great support for
all of our projects!
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Infrastructure: The people
Personnel Update through Nov:
42 New Hires (incl 18 Students)
27 Left (21 graduating students)
13 New Honorary Fellows (extended visitors)
18 Academic Position Vacancy Listings
54 Mods (Title change, Pay increase…)
13 Visas (J1 and H1B)
2 Retirements
[Dave Allen and Tom Achtor (stealth)]
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Jenny, Denny & Teddy: Yesterday!
Equity & Diversity Committee
E&D Members:
Eva Borbas
Tom Demke (Chair)
Mat Gunshor
Linda Hedges
Jay Heinzelman
Mark Mulligan (outgoing)
Claire Pettersen
Pat O’Connell
Eric Thompson (rep to Grad School Committee)
E&D Initiatives
Rev. -, 11/23/10, TAD
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Promoted yearly employee reviews
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Updates to monthly SSEC newsletter
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Climate survey
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Conducted in Oct.
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Results planned for Jan.
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SSEC mentoring program
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New staff orientation
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McIDAS Users’ Group 2010 Highlights
Software & Documentation
McIDAS-V
• Version 1.0 released in September!!!
• 743 downloads so far
• 3,000+ start-ups weekly (up from 800+ last year)
New Methods for McIDAS-V Support
• Support Forums
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Allow users to communicate with each other
Give users access to the help desk
Very successful - currently 632 members
• Video Tutorials now online
• New McIDAS-V website with auto-updating content
McIDAS-X & -XCD releases
• New radar products available via NOAAPORT
• Server updates for GVAR, netCDF, MSG, and radar
SDI GVAR and MTSAT releases for GOES-15 and MTSAT-2
Becky Schaffer
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McIDAS Users’ Group 2010 Highlights
Training and Outreach
Demonstrations
• AMS Meeting, Atlanta GA (January)
• ITOVS, Monterey CA (April)
Jessica Staude
• EUMETSAT Meteorological Satellite
Conference, Córdoba Spain (September)
• McIDAS Users’ Group Meeting (October)
Training Workshop
• McIDAS Users’ Group Meeting (October)
Attended by 50 MUG members from 15 sites
McIDAS-V being used in AOS classes & in the CAVE
…plus countless demonstrations, talks, and training
sessions conducted at SSEC, at various professional
conferences, and at other research institutions
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McIDAS Users’ Group 2010 Highlights
MUG Membership
Three new members:
• Bandan Meteorologi Klimatologi dan Geofisika
(Jakarta Indonesia)
• Clean Power Research, LLC (Napa CA)
• Harris Corporation (Melbourne FL)
MUG membership stable at 41 sites from 10 countries
• their MUG Membership fees (not overhead) provide
the majority of MUG funding
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MUG Staff – Bob Carp:
Joined the MUG Staff in November
Recent graduate of Millersville University
Primarily will be working with McIDAS-V
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McIDAS Users’ Group 2010 Highlights
2010 MUG Meeting, 25 October
THANK YOU to everyone at SSEC for using &
promoting the McIDAS software packages to
colleagues around the world.
We really appreciate it!
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 New Heated Antenna
 Upgraded Cooling
 First GOES-15 image
 2 new hawks
Jerry Robaidek
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New 6.3 meter c-band antenna installed March 2010.
Heated to provide data even when we get heavy wet snow.
Photo provided by Fred Best
Photo provided by Fred Best
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Photo provided by Fred Best
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Heaters Work!
6 December
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Photo provided by Fred Best
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First GOES-15 Visible Image
NASA press release uses data pulled in by SSEC Data Center.
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/GOES-P/news/first-image.html
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Upgraded Infrastructure
 Continuing to upgrade
Data Center
Infrastructure
 Added 4 APC inline
coolers to double inline
cooling capabilities to
~140 KW.
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NOAA Supercomputer at SSEC 2011
1. $1M in funding from NOAA STAR
2. System to be used for demonstrating impact of new data
assimilation sources and techniques on NCEP operational
model forecasts
3. SSEC will procure, install, and operate the system for NOAA
4. SSEC receives 10% of system resources, plus shares 90% of
resources with researchers designated by NOAA STAR
3072 CPU cores, 8 Terabytes RAM
320 Terabytes disk
serenity: 32 CPU cores, 192 GB RAM
zara:
120 CPU cores, 240 GB RAM
peate:
250 CPU cores, 500 GB RAM
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2 new hawks!
Photo provided by Douglas Ratcliff
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16 March
A 4-Month Story of the Red-tailed Hawks family
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Female
Male
16 March
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Beginnings of Nest on Weeks Hall
16 March
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5 days later, non-stop sitting has begun
21 March
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Male, showing off
22 March
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Two Eggs Visible: after 2 weeks sitting
3 April
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Caught by the Webcam
15 April
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Caught by the Webcam, again
17 April
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2 Busy Adults
2 Hatched
after 4 weeks
29 April
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1 May
Growing Fast
4 May
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3 Weeks Old
And already thinking about escape
18 May
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Protection from Memorial Weekend Heat
29 May
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You first, 12 June
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Test Flight, 17 June
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Practice on a flat roof, 18 June
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Fred’s
Masterpiece
19 June
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Fred’s
Masterpiece
19 June
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Camp Randall, On its own
20 July
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Birds adapting to man’s climate
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2010 Schwerdtfeger Library Highlights
Jean Phillips
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Chancellor Biddy Martin and staff from
Wisconsin’s Federal Congressional offices
attended briefings at SSEC in August to learn
about our research and history
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Suomi Science Museum
Congressional
Staffers
and Chancellor Martin
briefed on
UW pioneering role in
Sat Met History
New funding
opportunities
are being
explored
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New library blog released
http://libcomm.blogspot.com/
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Remembering Verner Edward Suomi
The Father of Satellite Meteorology:
an Oral History
Final edited and transcribed oral history is available on the Library’s web site.
Developed by Jean Phillips and Paul Menzel, filmed by WPR and transcribed by
Linda Hedges.
Featuring Suomi’s colleagues : Larry Sromovsky, Don Johnson, Tom Haig, Bob Fox,
Chuck Stearns, Tom Vonder Haar, and Bill Smith
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First SSEC
Photo Contest
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Your questions,
and there were more than 3500 of them in 2010,
ranged from:
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How do I begin to find scholarly resources about the California current?
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Will you translate a chapter of this dissertation from French to English?
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How come I can't access this article online?
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Can you track ASPB and AMRC publications the same way you track those of CIMSS?
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I'm submitting a proposal and need to find this obscure reference asap. Can you get it?
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Are daily climactic data for northern France and the Alsace-Lorraine in the period August 1944 to March
1945 available anywhere?
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Can you develop a history of spending on polar orbiting satellites?
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Can I get a PDF of this article?
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I need the original data tables from the British Antarctic Expedition of 1910-13. Can you get them?
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An editor of a journal wants me to change the units throughout my paper to an SI unit that no one in my
field actually uses. Can you help me gather some usage data ?
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To all AOS students: Attend the AMS Student
Conference in Seattle and join the Quest
• Our team is planning exciting
events around the conference
theme of “Communicating
Weather and Science”
• Quest Team Members:
Steve Ackerman (UW)
Jean Phillips (UW)
Matt Sitkowski (UW)
Anita Colby (UCLA)
Kark Kozak (U-Iowa)
Stephanie Wright (U-Wash)
Heather Dinon (NCSU)
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SSEC QA & Safety Program
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Staff: Tom Demke, Krissy Dahnert & Laila Borokhim w/ Fred Best, Mark Mulligan, Paul
Nipko & Will Robus
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New Quality & Safety Coordinator: Laila Borokhim
Projects Supported
• IDDO (Ice Drilling Design and Ops)
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General
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Blue Ice Drill
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Replicate Coring System
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DISC/WAIS Divide
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WISSARD
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Near Infrared Spectrograph
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LiDARs
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GV HSRL
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DOE HSRL
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Bago HSRL
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GOES-R
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CLARREO
AERI
Rev. -, 11/23/10, TAD
Safety & Planning
• Continuation Of Operations Plan
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Describes how we restore functionality
to SSEC after an emergency has
occurred
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Plan to be complete by end of Dec.
Regulatory
• Registered UW-Madison w/ U.S.State
Dept. for export licensing
• Submitted/received 4 ITAR licenses
• Demke - 40% assignment to develop
campus export control plan, including:
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Project assessment
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Training
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Monitoring
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Technical Computing Highlights
Things you may have noticed
• About 3200 resolved requests in our tracking system
• Center FTP server upgrade from 10TB to 30TB
• New forum product (forums.ssec.wisc.edu)
• Windows 7 Migration (75% complete)
• RedHat 3 Retirement
• New Atempo backup system for Windows and Mac
(and power saving)
• > 1 Gbps for all: Wiring upgrade ongoing, currently on
10th floor and working down.
• Will add or replace approximately 470 network ports in 88 out of 158 rooms.
• TC plus Nancy Troxel-Hoehn, Dave Jones, Jim Sinclair, Paul Schnettler, JoAnn Banks
• Have had a request in to campus since 2007 - this summer we surveyed every room
and made detailed plan for completing with or without campus help. Identified a
campus upgrade project via DoIT and were able to be added to it.
• Our planning allowed us to easily get into this project and move to the head of the
line for the upgrades. We received positive feedback from the project planners on
our preparation.
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Technical Computing Highlights
Work Behind the Scenes
• New Archive Servers for the Datacenter - geoarc06-09, 440 TB of raw disk space
• Continued migrating center servers to virtual machines (DNS server and license server
migrated in 2010). Developed custom snapshot scripts
• Many new linux servers purchased and installed this year – for example, we have about
27 Dell R510’s installed (and ~4 on order). We started ordering those in April.
• IPv6 Preparations – SSEC has address block, firewall upgraded to support, name service
infrastructure programs rewritten for ipv6, and basic testing done.
• Name Service infrastructure also extended to support 802.1x vlan assignment
• Datacenter Network Wiring – Lots of work rewiring and moving patch panels in 649
(with Jim Sinclair and others)
• Datacenter Cooling work with Mark Werner
• Work on centralized authentication with the Windows Active Directory Domain
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Bricks and Mortar
New Digs For TC
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Bricks and
Mortar
No Free Lunch,
but New Options!
Coming Soon: South Union & Discovery Inst.
New SSEC Break Room (448)
New Picnic Table
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Thanks JoAnn & Dave Jones
-JoAnnWe all hope you
are fully
recovered soon
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UW-GAMIS: Ground-based Atmospheric
Meteorological Instrument Suite
Atmospheric Emitted Radiance Interferometer (AERI)
High-spectral-resolution lidar (HSRL)
14-channel microwave radiometer (22-30 and 50-60 GHz)
2-channel microwave radiometer (90 and 150 GHz)
Vaisala Ceilometer
Total sky imager (TSI)
Multi-filter rotating shadowband radiometer (MFRSR)
Vaisala radiosonde ground station
GPS antenna (for precipitable water vapor)
Basic meteorology on tower (P/T/U/wind/precip)
Broadband shortwave radiometer
Broadband radiometers (Engineering)
Rooftop cameras
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Website accomplishments
AMRC website redesign
SSEC Registration System developed
JSani: lightweight, simple, mobile-friendly
animation tool
Coming soon:
online timesheets
and more
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Getting the Word Out
Mark Hobson
Spotlight Topics Covered in 2010:
Volcano ash clouds
New satellite
dish
GOES images Meteor burst
Gulf Oil slick CIMSS re-compete
McIDAS-V 1.0 release
Hurricanes
Through the Atmosphere
3D Globe goes to
Experimental Aircraft
Association Museum
in Oshkosh for the
2010 AirVenture and
to the Grand
Opening of the WID.
Through the Atmosphere
covers McIDAS-V release,
LIDAR, Hazardous Weather
Testbed, and Blue Ice drilling.
Media Exposure:
• ABC World News with Diane Sawyer and the Weather Channel
featured GOES-15 animated imagery of Hurricane Igor
compiled by Scott Bachmeier.
• NBC-15 Weekend Live interviewed Matthew Lazzara.
• WGN-TV/Tom Skilling interviewed Tom Achtor, Jessica
Staude, Chris Velden, Tim Olander, Justin Sieglaff, Jordan
Gerth, Tim Schmit, and Steve Ackerman.
• Fox News covered meteor sky-burst and broadcast an
interview with Mark Hobson.
• UW Public Television new program Wisconsin Research
Profiles covered Steve Ackerman.
• Wisconsin Eye interviewed Steve Ackerman and Jeff Key.
• New York's National Public Radio station WNYC
interviewed Jim Kossin.
• Wall Street Journal covered WAIS
Divide project.
• Weatherwise magazine interviewed
Matthew Lazzara.
• UW Press Release on Pavolonis and
Iceland ash cloud.
• UW Press Release on Climate
Literacy Ambassadors.
Over 600 students and VIPs (including
Chancellor Martin and Staff for Senators
Kohl and Feingold and Representative
Baldwin) tour the building.
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C. Education and Public
Outreach (EPO)
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Office of Space Science Education
(OSSE)
Outreach
Earth Science EPO
VISITview TeleTraining
CIMSS Satellite Blog
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OSSE: International Venus Workshop
• STEM Careers Workshop for Girls 2010
• Attended by over 100(!!) educators from upper Midwest
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Jointly sponsored by NASA, WI DPI & Nat’l Girls’ Collaborative (NSF)
• Free Public Program Sponsored by NASA
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Jan Smit, David Grinspoon & Bill Nye gave public talks to over 500!!
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STEM Careers Workshop for Girls 2010
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STEM = Science, Technology
Engineering, Mathematics
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Featured “Women of Venus”
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Venus Cloud Tracking
Workshop:
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Panel discussion with
women scientists
Hands-on curriculum using
VEX data (Hsuan-Yun Pi)
Venus Science Presentations
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Kevin Baines
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Sanjay Limaye
Featured Keynote Speaker
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Bill Nye “The Science Guy”
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Next with OSSE: Summer of Innovation
NASA (Education Directorate) Managed Program to sustain STEM
learning for middle school students in summer using NASA resources
with earth and space science content themes
• 16 seed proposals funded to develop full Implementation Plan
for Summers of 2011 through 2013
– Wisconsin “Gateway to Space” Proposal Partners:
• Engineers & Scientists of Milwaukee (Van Walling, PI)
• SSEC’s Office of Space Science Education (Rose Pertzborn, Co-PI)
• UW Extension’s 4-H Summer Academy (Joanna Skluzacek, Co-I)
•“Gateway to Space” Program will:
– Introduce GLOBE &
Venus Cloud Tracking activities
– Six WI regions (workshops) Summer 2011
– Twelve WI workshops Summer 2012
– Expand to other Midwest States (2013)
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2010 Outreach Highlights
First, the usual suspects:
• AMS WeatherFest
• AOSS Open House (Science Expeditions)
• CIMSS student workshop (18th one!)
• Teacher workshops
• School tours (thanks Mark!)
• Grandparents University
Margaret Mooney re-elected Chair of the
ESIP
Education
committee
Traveling
3D GLOBE
! for 2010
Atlanta for WeatherFest
(Federation
of Earth Science
EAA AirVenture Museum Exhibit
Edgewater for MUG Meeting
Partners)
WisconsinInformation
Institutes for Discovery Grand
Opening!
NOAA-CIMSS-ESIP Teacher Workshop in Tennessee
For 2011: The SSEC Globe will be on display at the Dane
County Regional Airport in a 6 month “Satellites See
Wisconsin” exhibit, but not to worry, NOAA is lending us a
similar (yet smaller) spherical display system.
Additionally, CIMSS/SSEC will be providing daily briefings
to all NOAA Science on a Sphere (SOS) sites
thanks to Steve Ackerman's successful 4-year NOAA OED proposal!
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2010 Outreach Highlights
First, the usual suspects:
• AMS WeatherFest
• AOSS Open House (Science Expeditions)
• CIMSS student workshop (18th one!)
• Teacher workshops
• School tours (thanks Mark!)
• Grandparents University
NOAA-CIMSS-ESIP Teacher Workshop in Tennessee
Traveling 3D GLOBE !
Atlanta for WeatherFest
EAA AirVenture Museum Exhibit
Edgewater for MUG Meeting
Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery Grand Opening!
For 2011: The SSEC Globe will be on display at the Dane
County Regional Airport in a 6 month “Satellites See
Wisconsin” exhibit, but not to worry, NOAA is lending us a
similar (yet smaller) spherical display system.
Additionally, CIMSS/SSEC will be providing daily briefings
to all NOAA Science on a Sphere (SOS) sites
thanks to Steve Ackerman's successful 4-year NOAA OED proposal!
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3D Globe
at AMS
SSEC Booth
Rick
Kohrs
Education Lecture
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VISITview Teletraining 2010
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SCOTT LINDSTROM AND SCOTT BACHMEIER
• Live sessions given to NWS Forecasters and
Management
– 8 different modules offered (UW CONVECTIVE INITIATION
PRODUCT, TROWAL IDENTIFICATION, CRAS FORECAST IMAGERY, BEGINNING
SATELLITE PRINCIPLES, INTERPRETING SATELLITE SIGNATURES, MESOSCALE
CONVECTIVE VORTICES, NEARCASTING CONVECTION, POES/AVHRR DATA)
– 28 training sessions offered
– 40 different NWS Forecast Offices participated
– ~150 forecasters participated
• Recorded versions available via the National
Weather Service Learning Management System
(LMS, an on-line learning tool)
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New VISITview Teletraining Lessons
TM
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CIMSS Satellite
Blog
 Scott
Bachmeier
 NESDIS
Team
Member of the
Month (October)
for his efforts to
improve public
awareness of NOAA
satellite applications,
both for the general
public and for
NOAA
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CIMSS Satellite Blog (Scott Bachmeier)
Hurricane Danielle imaged by GOES-15 at 1-minute intervals (vis, 1 km)
96
CIMSS Satellite Blog (Scott Bachmeier)
Hurricane Igor imaged by GOES-15 at 1-minute intervals (vis, 1 km)
97
D. Our Science & Engineering
Again, I’m following the SSEC Booklet
What we do is divided into:



Observe
Analyze
Apply
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To Observe
1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
6)
7)
8)
9)
CLimate Absolute Radiance and REfractivity
Observatory (CLARREO)
Antarctic Meteorology Research
Ice Coring & Drilling
NIR Instrument for SALT Telescope
High Spectral Resolution Lidar
Commercial AERI Certification
Preparations for NPP Launch, Oct 2011
PREDICT: Hurricane Field experiment
New Venture Class hurricane mission
99
CLARREO at UW-SSEC:
Absolute Radiance Interferometer (ARI) Test Bed-1
ABB Bomem Interferometer
AERI Front-End
With Blackbodies
First Sky
8 Dec.
10
CLARREO at UW-SSEC:
Absolute Radiance Interferometer (ARI)
Test Bed-2
New Fore Optics
provide interface to
small GIFTS-like
Blackbodies
10
On-orbit Absolute Radiance Standard (OARS):
Design Based on GIFTS Blackbody with Additions
Outer Enclosure
(MLI not shown)
Phase Change Cells
(Ga, H2O, & Hg)
Temperature
Controlled Shroud
(MLI not shown)
Cold Plate
Conductive
Bridge
Thermal
Isolator
Thermistors
Temperature
Controlled
Cavity
Heated Halo
(see next section)
10
Heated Halo: Fred’s new plant warmer
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CLARREO UW-SSEC: Summary of
Phase Change Material Status
ISS
Original IIP
Material
Melt Point
Liq. >>Solid LME Possible
[°C]
Signatures
(TEC)
A ccelerated A ccelerated
Signatures
Life Test Life Test (Blackbody)
Unsealed
Welded
Gallium
29.7
Expa nds
Yes
X
X
X
X
Water
0.0
Expa nds
No
X
X
X
X
Mercury
-38.9
Co ntracts
Yes
X
X
X
X
Gallium-Indium
16.5
Expa nds
Yes
X
Gallium-Tin
20.5
Expa nds
Yes
X
Blackbody Configuration
TEC Configuration
Accelerated Life Configuration
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Conducted Full Accelerated Life Test For Ga, H2O,
and Hg Packaged in Welded Housings
Pre and Post Signatures Are within ±2mK of
Characteristic Curve for Ga & Hg (±5mK for H2O).
10 mK
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UW-SSEC Phase Change Cell Demo on ISS
Demonstration in Micro-gravity (2011)
Heated Case
Phase Change Cell
Aluminum Shield Cap
Melt Block
Tuned Insulation
Top TEC Plate
TECs
Bottom TEC Plate
Heat Sink
SDL Experiment Support Package for ISS
UW-SSEC Multiple Phase
Change Experiment
• Three phase change materials to be used: Gallium, Gallium Eutectic, and Water
• Demonstration will use the Utah State SDL Experiment Support Package
• Signatures of different durations will be obtained and compared with those
obtained in one-G
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New AMRC – AWS Web Site!
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Composite Atmospheric Motion Vectors
Arctic
&
Antarctic
Improved composites
for making AMVs
Identifying vectors from
multiple satellites
RMSE on par
with LEO and
GEO AMVs
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Recognizing the early years with Chuck in the field
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2009-2010 AWS
Field Team
Dr. Charlie Bentley
Dr. Matthew Lazzara
Nicole Schroeder
Lee Welhouse
~17 AWS sites visited!
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IDDO Ice Drilling & Operations
• 2nd Year of 5-Year NSF Co-operative Agreement
($3.2M FFY 2011)
ICDS Ice Coring & Drilling Services
• Non-CA activities ($0.5M FFY 2010)
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2010 IDDO Projects
• WAIS Divide Project (DISC Drill)
– Cored 1050 meters through brittle ice to
2564 meter depth – Outstanding quality
core!
– Total days at WAIS - 65
– Modified drill for 2010-2011 season
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2010 IDDO Projects
(cont’d)
•
•
•
•
•
Completed 1st season – Allan Hills Cores
Completed 1st season – WAIS Shallow Cores
Completed seismic work in Amundsen Basin
Completed Beacon Valley Cores
Began:
- Lake Vida Access
- Taylor Glacier Cores
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2010 IDDO Projects
(cont’d)
• Replicate Coring System to allow
additional cores to be retrieved
from existing borehole
- Finished Mechanical Design
- Started Electrical/Electronic
Design
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2010 ICDS ARRA Project
• Blue Ice Drill – Designed, built, tested
– 9.5-inch diameter core
– Transportable by helicopter
– Funded by NSF through University of
California at San Diego
– Deployed to Taylor Glacier
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Robert S. Stobie – Near Infrared Spectrograph, NIR
for the South African Large Telescope (SALT)
Major part of 1 ton instrument package mounted at the
focus of 11 m telescope (15 m up) that moves to scan elevation
Fabry-Perot
Etalon
Pre-dewar Enclosure -40ºC
Grating
Polarizing
Beamsplitter
F-P Order Blocking Filter
Fold Mirror
RSS-NIR
Doublet
Dichroic
Balancing the
Baryon Budget:
Star formation,
Gas accretion, &
Feedback
Dewar 120K
SALT
Detector &
Field Flattener
L6: Dewar Window
Slit
Camera: L1 to L5
Ambient T Collimator
Polarizing Optics
RSS-VIS
Doublet
Field Lens
PI: Andrew Sheinis, Dept of Astronomy
SSEC lead: Mark Mulligan
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Near Infrared Spectrograph, NIR
PI: Andrew Sheinis, Dept of Astronomy
• Complementary instrument to a visible instrument developed by
Dept of Astro / SAL for the Southern African Large Telescope
(SALT).
• Partners include
– Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics in India
– Rutgers University
– SSEC
• SSEC is providing systems engineering, quality assurance &
safety, electrical engineering, business services, and project
management support.
• Secured funding support from WARF, NSF, and SALT: ~$6.2M
• In early year 3 of a 4+ year project.
• Passed Critical Design Review in October 2010 and are now
in a fabrication phase.
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Near Infrared Spectrograph, NIR
PI: Andrew Sheinis, Dept of Astronomy
•
•
•
Designed and assembled a functioning test bed with two of the system mechanisms.
Provided a fit and functional test of the mechanical, electrical and software systems.
Worked flawlessly during the CDR panel tour.
Have conducted 500 cycles at room temperature. Planning additional cycles at room
temperature followed by testing at operating temperature, -40C.
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New HSRL’s (High Spectral Resolution Lidar)
•Two new HSR LIDARS for DOE ARM Program, 1 for SSEC
•Simpler and more efficient package.
•1st system assigned to the AMF program (mobile) and will be installed in Steamboat,
Colorado later this month.
•2nd system will be installed in Barrow, Alaska in January 2011.
•HSRL for AERI-BAGO will be installed in Spring 2011.
ARM AMF, CO
ARM Barrow, AK
AERI-Bago
HSRL Team and contributors: Ed Eloranta (PI), Igor Razenkov, Joe Garcia, Marty Lawson, Jim Hedrick, Don Thielman,
Illya Razenkov, Nick Ciganovich, Mark Werner, Paul Sendelbach, Scott Ellington, Paul Schnettler, Tom Demke, Will
Robus, Mark Mulligan, Bit 7 (Istavan Bocsi, Dave Smith, Al Rogers, Greg Falendyez).
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Slide by Igor Razenkov
NCAR
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Next Generation AERI:
Licensing of UW Technology
to ABB/Bomem of Quebec,
Canada is a success in 2010 !
UW-SSEC Certification
Denny Hackel has led the certification and testing of 10 E-AERI systems!
Many thanks
to all who
contributed to
this effort!!!
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AERI
Blackbody
FAB
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Orbit: 1:30 pm
Altitude: 824 km
Polar Sun-Synch
Launch: Fall 2011
•
•
•
NPP VIIRS F1
NASA climate follow-on mission to MODIS
Changes from MODIS
Participants: Moeller, LaPorte, Menzel
UW Goals: Assess SDR performance based upon
prelaunch testing. Support postlaunch Cal/Val.
Funding agents: NASA, IPO (morphing into JPSS)
VIIRS Data Products
Name of Product
Group
Type
Imagery *
Precipitable Water
Suspended Matter
Aerosol Optical Thickness
Aerosol Particle Size
Cloud Base Height
Cloud Cover/Layers
Cloud Effective Particle Size
Cloud Optical Thickness/Transmittance
Cloud Top Height
Cloud Top Pressure
Cloud Top Temperature
Active Fires
Albedo (Surface)
Land Surface Temperature
Soil Moisture
Surface Type
Vegetation Index
Sea Surface Temperature *
Ocean Color and Chlorophyll
Net Heat Flux
Sea Ice Characterization
Ice Surface Temperature
Snow Cover and Depth
Imagery
Atmosphere
Atmosphere
Aerosol
Aerosol
Cloud
Cloud
Cloud
Cloud
Cloud
Cloud
Cloud
Land
Land
Land
Land
Land
Land
Ocean
Ocean
Ocean
Snow and Ice
Snow and Ice
Snow and Ice
EDR
EDR
EDR
EDR
EDR
EDR
EDR
EDR
EDR
EDR
EDR
EDR
Application
EDR
EDR
EDR
EDR
EDR
EDR
EDR
EDR
EDR
EDR
EDR
* Key Product Performance attribute
• Rotating telescope instead of rotating mirror
• Use of dual gain bands
• Removed CO2 and H2O bands
• Deleted Spectro-Radiometric Assembly
• Added pixel aggregation
• Guaranteed End-Of-Life Performance Spec
• Solar Diffuser Screen with Earthshine shade
F1 Status
•
•
VIIRS integrated on spacecraft at Ball Aerospace
Spacecraft (S/C) level testing underway.
F1 Accomplishments in 2010
•
•
•
LUTs being finalized for F1 calibration algorithm.
SRFs released into the public domain.
Special spectral response test completed at Ball
Activities Planned for 2011
•
•
•
Post Launch Cal/Val program planning and
implementation (incl. ER-2 activity in fall 2011)
Complete S/C level tests and final preparations for
launch of NPP
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F2 test program ramping up
Eagerly Planning for Cal/Val
NASA climate follow-on to AIRS
CrIS In-flight Radiometric Uncertainty:
versus scene temperature for all FOVs for ~mid-band spectral channels
Final inflight uncertainty will be < 0.2K brightness T !
(3-sigma, for all scene temperatures, after inflight non-linearity refinement)
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October 2011: current date
for NPP launch.
July 2010: McIDAS-V becomes
the first major scientific data
visualization package to
support this complicated data
format.
Tommy Jasmin
CIMSS PREDICT Support
Pre-Depression Investigation of Cloud-systems in the
Tropics (PREDICT) August - September 2010
•
•
•
•
Why do some disturbances develop while others do not ?
51 disturbances, 26 missions with the NSF G-V
Coincident with NASA GRIP and NOAA IFEX
PI Chris Velden. Forecast support provided by Derrick
Herndon, John Sears and Sarah Monette (AOS)
CIMSS TC group developed special web page and
products for the campaign
Theory tested: Marsupial Paradigm where the “Pouch”
of incipient disturbances represents protected regions
that are more likely to undergo cyclone genesis
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CIMSS PREDICT Support
“Pouch”
analyses
over
MIMIC TPW
CIMSS IR image
with overshooting
tops in pouch
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CIMSS PREDICT Support
Predict Web Page
Overshooting Tops
“pouch” overlayed on winds/clouds/…
Inertial Available Kinetic Energy
Chris contemplates pouch
dynamics
Derrick, John and Sarah aboard the GV
Hurricane Earl passes by
129
The St Croix OPS Center
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Venture Class: Hurricane and Severe Storms
Sentinel (HS3)
S-HIS, Global Hawk, & Hurricanes
S-HIS Objectives:
•Environment impact on Hurricane
formation & intensification (e.g. SAL).
•Vertical profiling of air temperature and
humidity above cloud.
•Campaigns in 2012, 2013, and 2014.
S-HIS Time-Height Cross-section
T
RH
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To Analyze
1)
Cryosphere
2)
Clouds, clouds, clouds
3)
GOES-R Product Algorithms (AWG)
4)
WRF Model Simulation Validation
5)
GOSAT Validation
6)
Outer Planets
7)
Venus
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ABI
North American
Xwanji Wang
Jeff Key
ABI
133133
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Pure
ice
Ice concentration
Reflectance
Pure water
Temperature
Ice Motion
Lake Erie, Cleveland from Cnes Spot
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Ice Age Classification:
1: Free of ice (white)
2: New ice
3: Grey ice
4: Grey-white ice
5: Thin first-year ice
6: Median first-year
ice
7: Thick first-year ice
, APP-x
Seasonal Change
8: Old ice
, APP-x
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Ice thickness
-5 %/decade
Ice concentration
-1.4 %/decade
Ice extent
-8 %/decade
Ice volume
-15 %/ decade
Latitude > 60 N
136
Arctic Sea Ice: Even more dramatic
AVHRR trends for 2005-2010 portended
• ICESat lidar
altimetry
• Especially note
dramatic multiyear ice effect
• But, beware of
conclusions
from short
records!
Physics Today, Sept 2009
Ron Kwok, JPL
Total
Multi-year
1st Year
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73%
Multi-year ice
58%
42%
27%
First-year ice
Open water
138
Blog: AVHRR shows Unusual polynva
in Candian Arctic, 25 February 2009
• Open area
surrounded
by sea ice
• Entire length
of Nares
Strait region
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Errors in Cloud Detection over the Arctic for Observing
Feedback Mechanisms
Winter Spring
Summer Autumn
Frequency distributions of daily mean
cloud amount difference from MODIS and
GEOPROF-lidar (%) vs AMSR-E sea ice
concentration (%). Median values are
overlaid as thick black line.
Anomalous cloud radiative forcing decadal
trend caused by anomalous cloud amount
trend associated with trends in SIC, that
lead to low bias in cloud amount over ice
surface.
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El Nino years
Stratus Cloud
Trend from
HIRS ITCZ
compared with
Nino 3.4 SSTs
Decreasing strat clouds align with warmer SSTs
Kolat and Menzel
141
Hourly Diurnal
Cloud Climatology
June 2009
June 2010
Monthly Means
from GOES Sounder
25%
50%
All Clouds
75%
100%
High Clouds
Some Background:
• “June 2009” consists of GOES Sounder data from 9 – 30 June (GOES-11 & -12).
• “June 2010” consists of GOES Sounder data from 1 – 30 June (GOES-11 & -13).
• Resolution of the Images is 1° lat/lon (Sounder pixel is 12 km).
• Each “lat/lon” box contains about 40 (extreme N) to 100 (extreme S) obs/hr/day
Tony Schreiner
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CrIS will help VIIRS place cirrus clouds at
night – Borbas and Weisz
Getting ready for JPSS
143
AIRS cloud-top height retrieval improved with physical algorithm (PHY)
(Zhigang Yao, Jun Li, Elisabeth Weisz and Chian-Yi Liu)
144
MODIS, HIRS, &
AVHRR cloud data
sets delivered to
GEWEX for
1980s-2009
Maddux, Olson, Heidinger
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Observation Error Characterization for Radiance
Assimilation of Clouds and Precipitation
Joint Center for Satellite Data
Assimilation (JCSDA)
Research
Ralf Bennartz Tom Greenwald
Mark Kulie
Andy Heidinger
• UW SOI forward/adjoint RT solvers
were integrated into CRTM (to
become part of V2.1 release)
• Collaborative study with JCSDA
scientists to quantify uncertainties in
microwave ice single-scattering
properties (Kulie et al. 2010; JAS)
― Combined active/passive modeling
system (includes CloudSat CPR)
― Uncertainties smallest for
nonspherical calculations (DDA)
― Error covariances depend strongly
on precipitation type, ice mass
amount, and channel frequency
CloudSat CPR reflectivity
(Microwave
Humidity Sounder)
DDA produces
realistic results
DDA: Discrete Dipole Approximation
Unrealistic
results for
spheres
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Nighttime Cloud Optical & Microphysical Properties (NCOMP) for GOES-R
In support of the GOES-R Cloud Algorithm Working
Group, Pat Heck @ CIMSS has adapted NASA Langley’s
nighttime retrieval algorithm for GOES-R usage (GEOCAT
or NOAA AIT frameworks).
Cloud Optical Depth
1 Oct 2007 00:00 UTC
Validation of NCOMP
Comparison of NCOMP to independent sources
• LWP: AMSR-E provides excellent validation opportunities
• Cloud Optical Depth (COD): CALIPSO is best source
NCOMP Product
Examples Using SEVIRI
as ABI Proxy Data
For single layer water
clouds, nighttime accuracy
and precision specifications
are met.
NCOMP is responsible for
low optical depth depth
clouds, hence only for low
LWP.
Cloud Effective Particle Size
1 Oct 2007 00:00 UTC
For GOES-R
Cloud Type = cirrus
(purple), COD specs
are also met.
2010 Highlights
• delivered 100% version (v5.0) of algorithm to AIT
• 100% algorithm passed CUTR, ARR and ADEB review
• delivered 100% ATBD (v2.0)
• products with validation sources meet or exceed spec
Many thanks to the rest of the CIMSS GOES-R Cloud Group
Again, NCOMP is
used only for optically
thin clouds, also
CALIPSO’s strength.
Findings
•LWP & COD specifications are met
•IWP & Cloud Particle Size (CPS) validation
datasets at night are limited, but the search
continues. NCOMP applied to MODIS and GOES
will help.
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CIMSS Participation in the GOES-R
Algorithm Working Group (AWG)
Allen Huang (PI), Wayne Feltz (PM)
Task Leads:
Tom G., Allen H., Ray G., Graeme M., Bob H., Jinlong L., Corey C., Chris S., Jun L.,
Chris V., Tony W., Justin S., Kris B., Wayne F., Xuanji W., Tom R., Todd S. Jason O.,
Mat G., and David T.
NOAA Collaborators:
Jeff K., Andy H., Tim S., Michael P., and Brad P.
2011 Tasks:
1) Proxy
2) GRAFIIR
3) AIT/GEOCAT
4) Ozone
5) Clouds
6) FIRE
7) Sounding
8) Winds
9) Hurricane Intensity
10) Aviation
11) Snow and Ice
12) Imagery/Visualization
13) Air Quality
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Validation of Simulated Proxy Data Sets
for GOES-R AWG activities
Tom Greenwald Yong-Keun Lee
Three-fold strategy:
Jason Otkin Eva Borbas
Jim Davies Allen Huang
 Validate simulated IR radiances (Otkin et al. 2009)
 Evaluate vertical characteristics of WRF modelsimulated clouds (Greenwald et al. 2010)
 Verify components of forward RT model
Thicker cirrus
Evaluation of simulated clouds
•Cluster analysis used to objectively classify
midlatitude clouds for collocated CloudSat
data and large-scale high-resolution WRF
model simulation (MSG domain; 16 Aug
2006)
•4 unique cloud regimes identified in both
observations and simulation
Thin cirrus
& low
clouds
Less
organized
systems
Frontal
precipitation
•Ice Water Content shows very
good Agreement - WRF to Cloudsat
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Validation of Simulated Proxy Data Sets
for GOES-R AWG activities
Verify Components of Forward RT Model
IR surface emissivity:
Cirrus scattering properties:
•Validation of latest UW Global IR Land
Surface Emissivity Database using SEVIRI
data at 00 UTC 15 July 2008
•Results (below) show improvement over
assuming a constant emissivity of 0.98
(black curve) for all 8 SEVIRI IR bands
•1-yr of collocated CloudSat IWC profiles and
MODIS observations
•Limited to single-layer cirrus with  < 5
•Early results for CRTM V2.0.2 (below) show
a bias against observations
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GOSAT: UW & JAXA On-orbit Validation
GOSAT TANSO FTS – CO2 measurements from space
UW Objectives:
• Inter-calibration with AIRS & IASI
2010
• IR Calibration algorithm improvements
(Nonlinearity, polarization, spectral calibration)
• Retrieval of CO2 from Thermal Infrared Band4
CO2
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Research on Outer-Planet Atmospheres at SSEC
Science Team:
Larry Sromovsky, Pat Fry, Joo Hyeon Kim, Kevin Baines
Planets: Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, Uranus
Research:
Atmospheric circulation
Seasonal response
Dynamics of circulation features
Vertical cloud structure and composition
Techniques:
Data Sources:
Spectroscopy, Imaging, in situ observations, cloud
tracking, radiation transfer modeling
Hubble Space Telescope, Cassini, New Horizons
Ground based telescopes (Keck, IRTF, Gemini).
Archived data from Voyager & Galileo missions.
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SSEC 2010 Outer Planet Peer-Reviewed Publications:
Sromovsky, L.A., and P.M. Fry. 2010. The source of 3-um absorption in
Jupiter’s clouds: Reanalysis of ISO observations using new NH3 absorption
models. Icarus 210, 211-229.
Sromovsky, L.A., and P.M. Fry. 2010. The source of widespread 3-um
absorption in Jupiter’s clouds: Constraints from 2000 Cassini VIMS
observations. Icarus 210, 230-257.
SSEC 2009 Outer Planet DPS Presentations:
Baines, K.H., T. W. Momary, L.N. Fletcher, B.J. Buratti, R. H. Brown, R. N. Clark, P. D. Nicholson. 2010.
Saturn’s “String of Pearls” After Five Years: Still There, Moving Backwards Faster in the Voyager System. .
Bull. Am. Astron. Soc. 42, 1039.
Fry, P.M., and Sromovsky, L.A., 2010. Detection and Tracking of Subtle Cloud Features on Uranus. Bull. Am.
Astron. Soc. 42, 1022.
Kim, J.H., L.A. Sromovsky and P.M. Fry. 2010. Radiative Transfer Modeling on the Atmosphere of Uranus.
Bull. Am. Astron. Soc. 42, 1022.
Sromovsky, L.A., and Fry, P. M. 2010. Evidence for NH4SH as the primary 3-micron absorber in Jupiter’s
clouds. Bull. Am. Astron. Soc. 42, 1010.
de Pater, I., D. Dunn, H. Hammel, M. Showalter, S. Gibbard, K. Matthews, M. van Dam, L. Sromovsky, and
P. Fry. 2010, Progress on Analysis of Keck AO Observations of the Uranian Rings around the Time of the
2007 Ring Plane Crossings.
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New Observations in 2010:
18 Sept
Gemini, Mauna Kea, 8 m
iPhone
NASA IRTF Spectra
HST (Snaps)
New Analysis Capabilities:
Implemented Levenberg-Marquardt non-linear algorithm for automated fitting of cloud
structure models to observed spectra.
Implemented thermal source function in polarized multiple scattering calculations to handle
simultaneous effects of reflected sunlight and thermal emission (used for Jupiter and Saturn).
Adapted radiation transfer modeling to Saturn’s atmosphere, including thermal source function
and correlated-k models for overlapping absorption by methane, ammonia, and phosphine.
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Saturn’s Sooty Clouds
The Thunderstorm-Related Clouds of Saturn Observed
with Cassini/VIMS Spectral Imagery
Dark Clouds:
Carbon is the only
Material Identified
That is Consistently Dark
Across all Spectral
Continua 0.6- 4.1 mm
Carbon-Impregnated Ice
- Provides more uniform
darkening, as observed
- H2O: No. Too dark at
1.5, 2.7-3 mm
(Clark et al., 2008)
- NH3: Possibly
- NH4SH: Possibly
Double-Bubble Model
Bright Clouds:
- Upwelled, First
- Possible Fresh NH3 Cloud
Dark Clouds:
- Formed Second
- Shows Possible
Processed Materials
Upwelled from Depth
Soot Produced by Lightning
in Thunderstorms
K. H. Baines, J. H. Kim,
M. L. Delitsky, T. W. Momary,
and the
Cassini/VIMS Science Team
- T > 8000 K
- CH4 pyrolysis
- Carbon is a major
product of CH4
photolysis in a H2-laden
atmosphere
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Venus Leadership!: Sanjay Limaye
 Japan’s AKATSUKI (JAXA) Mission
– NASA Senior Participating Scientist-in-Residence
for Venus Climate Orbiter mission launched by JAXA
– OSSE to lead NASA EPO Effort
 Other Venus Research Activities (Sanjay)
• Co-Chair of Venus Exploration Analysis Group (VEXAG)
• Member, NASA Planetary Science Subcommittee of the NASA
Advisory Council
• Completed two terms as the DPS Press Officer
• Lead US Investigator for European Venus Explorer Mission Proposal
to ESA Cosmic Vision
• Guest Editor, ICARUS Special Issue on Venus Science
• Ongoing ISRO Collaborations
• ISSI Book Chapter
• 2011 Internat. Conference on Venus Atmosphere in Madison
• Venus Express Extended thru 2014 (NASA participating Scientist)
157
Akatsuki: Venus Climate Orbiter ” Daybreak”
• Great promise, but
failed to acquire Venus Orbit on Monday.
• Might have another opportunity, but 6-7 years from now!
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To Apply
1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
6)
7)
8)
9)
10)
11)
12)
13)
14)
Gulf Oil Spill
AIRS Retrieval Impacts
Surface Emissivity Data Base
Chemical Model Assimilation
Aviation Hazard Warnings from Satellite Data
Hurricane Model transitioned to NHC
Rapid Intensification of Tropical Cyclones
Nearcasting Severe Storms from GEO Sounder
Direct Broadcast Processing & App. System
GOES 15 Testing-Last before GOES-R
Animated Radar Display for NWS
America View Geospatial Scientists meet in Madison
Wider Data Access with Geospatial Web Services
Benefits of Ground-based Networks
159
MODIS helps assess
Deep Water Horizon Oil Spill in Gulf
29 April, 9 days after explosion
160
MODIS helps assess
Deep Water Horizon Oil Spill in Gulf
Praying
Mantis
on
Indiana
BP Pump
BP Enlisted help anywhere it could get it
161
Tracks of 96 h forecasts on Hurricane IKE (2008)
(WRF/DART assimilation and forecast system is used)
AIRS
Without AIRS
With AIRS
AIRS full spatial resolution soundings (CIMSS research products) improve hurricane forecast
(Jun Li, Hui Liu, Tim Schmit, Jinlong Li)
(Red is observation, green is forecast)
Forecasts start at 00 UTC 8 September 2008
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A collaboration
between CIMSS (Jun Li)
and Institute of
Atmospheric Physics
(Beijing)
24-hour precipitation
(00 UTC 22 – 00 UTC
23 July 2009)
No
data
AIRS clear sky
soundings used
Precipitation forecast is
improved when the AIRS
full spatial resolution
water vapor soundings are
assimilated.
Jun Li
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SSEC AIRS Temperature Retrieval Assimilation Experiments
Proposed FY11 GOES-R Risk Reduction effort to improve the first guess used for
ABI legacy sounder retrievals by assimilating advanced LEO IR soundings.
•Forecast system: NCEP Operational Global Forecast System (GFS)
•Analysis system: NCEP Operational Gridpoint Statistical Interpolation (GSI)
•Retrieval: Operational AIRS V5 AIRX2SUP (100level AIRS & AMSU)
Preliminary experiments run on Jet and NOAA Earth Systems Research Laboratory (ESRL)
•“Control” (Operational GSI with current observations) GFS 6hr forecast vs Radiosonde
•“AIRS” (Control+AIRS retrieval) GFS 6hr forecast vs Radiosonde
CONUS Control
Radiosonde Validation
December , 2009
CONUS AIRS
•Significant reduction in mean
high biases between 200850mb over CONUS.
•Increased positive biases near
the surface
The strength of boundary layer
inversions is underestimated in
both the control and AIRS
retrieval assimilation
experiments.
Allen Lenzen, Brad Pierce, Bill Smith, Ralph Petersen
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At ECMWF, High Resolution IR contribution equals Microwave now,
Even though current approaches use only small % of total IR data
Slide
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A-Train Symposium, New Orleans
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Current status of the UW Global Infrared Land
Surface Emissivity Database (UWiremis)
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Time coverage: Monthly: Oct 2002 - Dec 2006 - 4.2 years (based on MYD11 V4.0)
Jan 2007 – Jul 2010 - 3.5 years (based on MYD11 V4.1)
Spatial Resolution: 0.05 degree ~ 5 km; 10 hinge points (3.7 and 14.3 mm)
Available: http:/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/iremis
Users: more than 140 ; UW HSR Algorithm: more than 20 + RTTOV
Many Users! (now including RTTOV 10)
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The UWiremis module for RTTOV 10.0
EUMETSAT NWP-SAF AS mission
•Objective: To provide an improved estimate and associated error of land surface emissivity for
infrared radiometers for input to RTTOV (v9.3 and later)
•Place: SSEC, and NRL, California
•Participants: Eva Borbas (SSEC) , Ben Ruston (NRL, USA), Roger Saunders (Met Office, UK
•Support personals: Robert Knuteson (SSEC) Andrew Collard (NCEP), James Hocking (Met
Office, UK)
•Technical support (SSEC): TC, Ray Garcia, Graeme Martin, William Straka
• Reference: Borbas & Ruston, 2010, EUM-NWPSAF-MO-VS-042
Very large error reduction over Sahara Desert (up to 12 C)
8.3 μm
---- Emis=0.98 ---- Emis=UW
Statistics of IASI dBTs (Calc –Obs) over Sahara on July 15 2008 at night time
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The RTTOV Uwiremis module
The variances of the UW IR emissivity DB
•The mean and the variance for each month has also been created on 0.5x0.5 degree
resolution between 2003 and 2006 data.
Standard deviation of the UW HSR emissivity data base on 0.5 degree resolution
For August (2003-2006)
8.6 μm
4 μm
Standard Deviations: Green 1% , Red 1.5-2%
Ignoring Emissivity Variability will often give large errors over land
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Evaluation of UW emissivity database
(Zhenglong Li et al, 2010, JGR)
• SEVIRI observations used to objectively
evaluate precision of 6 data sets
• UW-HSR is best
UW-HSR
AIRS-D L2
IASI LaRC
MODIS/Terra
AIRS-A L2
MODIS/ Aqua
1 August 2006
6 UTC
Zhenglong Li, J. Li, X. Jin, T.J. Schmit, E. Borbas and M. Goldberg
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Participation in the 2010 NOAA CalNex field mission
Collaboration with scientists from the California Air Resources Board (ARB) and NOAA/ESRL Chemical
Sciences Division (CSD) on utilization and validation of real-time satellite retrievals during the field phase of
the 2010 CalNex field mission.
In situ Aircraft Flights
Test of assimilation into RAQMS
(Real-time Air Quality Monitoring System)
CalNex Chemical Data Assimilation
O3
CO
NO2
SO4
BC
OC
CalNex flights and RAQMS vs P3 O3, NO2 (Tom Ryerson), CO (John Holloway), and SO4,
Organic Carbon (Anne Middlebrook), Black Carbon (Ryan Spackman) aerosols
Brad Pierce
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Satellite-based Aviation
University of Wisconsin Convective Initiation (UWCI)
J. Sieglaff, L. Cronce, W. Feltz, K. Bedka, M. Pavolonois, A. Heidinger
• UWCI algorithm uses box-averaged
cloud-top cooling rate and GOES-R
Cloud mask/type products to make
convective initiation decisions
UWCI Lead-time for First CG Lightning Strike
•Processing GOES-EAST and GOES-WEST
• GOES-EAST evaluated at NWS
Milwaukee-Sullivan and SPC Hazardous
Weather Testbed as part of GOES-R
Proving Ground
• GOES-WEST will be supplied to
western US NWSFOs and Hawaii
• Object based radar/satellite validation
toolkit nearing completion
Validation Journal Article Accepted to JAMC:
Sieglaff et al., Nowcasting Convective Storm
Initiation Using Satellite Based Box-Averaged
Cloud Top Cooling and Cloud Type Trends
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Overshooting Top Detection
CloudSat Validation Example
CloudSat Radar Reflectivity Cross Section
True OT Location
• The CloudSat-observed overshooting
top has a diameter of 11 km and has a
peak height 1.5 km above the GDAS
tropopause
GDAS Tropopause Height
Co-Located MODIS Data: 20080509 at 2315 UTC
True OT
Location
True OT Location
Detected By ABI
Algorithm
MODIS 250 m Visible
With OT Detections
CloudSat
Overpass
• The ABI detection algorithm
accurately identifies this feature (lowerleft panel) in addition to several other
probable overshooting tops not directly
observed by CloudSat
True OT
Location
Proxy ABI 2 km IR Window BT
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Overshoot Detection Research
Probability of Detection
81% of all OT detections
have maximum composite
reflectivity of >= 50 dBZ
Severe Weather
Type
# Matching
Overshooting Tops
Number of
Occurrences
Match Percentage
Tornado
2,633
4,684
56.21%
Severe Wind
30,804
52,743
58.40%
Large Hail
28,787
56,114
51.30%
62,224
113,541
54.80%
ANY Type
Parkersburg Tornado
OT
OT
Hook Echo
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The Tropopause Folds Turbulence Algorithm goes global
Tony Wimmers, Wayne Feltz
GOES-R Algorithm working group
GOES-10 WV Full Disk
Derived specific humidity
(Blue = dry, red = wet)
Tropopause folding turbulence product
- Colored areas indicate tropopause folds
that lead to aviation hazards
- Latest algorithm can operate on GOES-R
and all geostationary WV imagery
- Accuracy of 50% compared to aircraft obs
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GOES-R Fog/Low Cloud Detection Algorithm
Corey Calvert and Michael Pavolonis
• The GOES-R fog/low cloud algorithm
utilizes a probabilistic approach
during both day and night
• The algorithm has been ingested
into AWIPS (image below) and will
be evaluated by the NWS in Alaska
during the GOES-R Proving Ground
• In collaboration with Environment
Canada, the fog/low cloud product
will also be used to support the
FRAM-ICE field project located in
Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
in Northern Canada this winter.
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Tracking Iceland’s
Eyjafjallajökull Volcanic Ash
Iceland
Detection
Height
Loading
The GOES-R
volcanic ash
products were
provided to the
UK Met Office in
real-time to
assist with
decision making
Particle Size
Pavolonis and Sieglaff
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Volcanic Ash Over Europe
Height
Loading
Pavolonis and Sieglaff
Detection
Particle Size
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Understanding Dangerous “Volcanic Thunderstorms”
Volcanically forced
convection from Santa
Ana
Severe
Thunderstorm
Volcanic
Eruptions
The cloud tops of volcanically
forced convection cool far more
rapidly than meteorological
convection, even if the volcanic
eruption is weak.
Mike Pavolonis and Justin Sieglaff
Cloud Top Cooling Time Series
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New Model Transitioned to
National Hurricane Center
Predicting eyewall replacement cycles is crucial for minimizing
loss of life and property, but no objective guidance was available
to forecasters.
In response, we developed a new probabilistic forecast model.
Jim Kossin and Matt Sitkowski
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Hurricane Wind Structure and Secondary
Eyewall Formation
Chris Rozoff (CIMSS), Jim Kossin (NOAA/CIMSS), Dave Nolan (U-Miami), Fuqing Zhang (PSU), Juan Fang
WRF modeling has been used to examine mechanisms initiating eyewall replacement in
hurricanes, a process that temporarily weakens a storm but spreads out hurricane-force winds
Outer eyewall begins to form
Inner eyewall weakens as outer eyewall
solidifies
Outer eyewall contracts/intensifies inward
and takes over as primary eyewall.
Synthetic ABI
IR imagery
from the WRF
simulation
(Thanks to
Jason Otkin
and Justin
Sieglaff
for running
the forward
radiative
transfer
model to
produce this
imagery.)
Synthetic radar
reflectivity at z
= 0.5 km
(zoomed In)
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Hurricane size, structure, & intensity changes
caused by eyewall replacement cycles
Concentric Eyewalls
Primary
eyewall
Secondary eyewall
Hurricane Gilbert
from airborne Radar
Typhoon Chaba from Microwave
Hurricane Charley
made landfall as a
small Category 4:
Hurricane Katrina
made landfall as a
large Category 3:
Compact, but strong-Comparatively benign
Huge and weaker-Devastating
Cat4
Jim Kossin and Matt Sitkowski
Howard 24-hour eyewall
replacement from IR
Cat3
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Tropical cyclone Rapid Intensification:
ImproveD Forecast Models developed
Chris Rozoff (CIMSS) and Jim Kossin (NOAA/CIMSS)
Logistic regression-based and naïve Bayes classifier-based probabilistic models trained on environmental
and GOES-IR data near Atlantic and eastern Pacific tropical cyclones (1995-2009) have been developed to
forecast rapid intensification in tropical cyclones. Forecasting when intensification rates of 25 kt per 24 h or
greater may occur in tropical cyclones has been an major challenge.
Results: The logistic and Bayesian probabilistic models produce competitive skill with, if not better forecast
skill (Brier skill score) than the operational “SHIPS-RI” probabilistic scheme used at the NHC. A consensus
(“ensemble”) of all three models produces superior forecast skill. Skill is shown below for rapid
intensification thresholds defined as 25, 30, or 35 kt per 24 h or greater.
Publication: Rozoff, C. M., and J. P. Kossin, 2010: New probabilistic forecast models for the prediction of tropical cyclone rapid intensification. Wea. Forecasting.
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Microwave Data Added
AS PredictOR of Rapid Intensification
Chris Rozoff (CIMSS), Chris Velden (CIMSS), Anthony Wimmers, Margie Kieper, John Kaplan (HRD),
John Knaff (CIRA), Mark DeMaria (CIRA), and Jim Kossin (NOAA/CIMSS)
Forecasting when intensification rates of 25 kt per 24 h or greater (i.e., “rapid intensification”) may occur in
tropical cyclones has been a major challenge. We have developed probabilistic models that use
environmental reanalysis data and GOES-IR features (1995-2008) to forecast RI (in the Atlantic and Eastern
Pacific). We show here the impacts of adding additional predictors we have developed from passive, 37-GHz
microwave data sensed from low-earth orbiting satellites (i.e., SSMI, AMSR-E, TMI, and WINDSAT). These
data can see through overlying cirrus outflow to describe the latent heating structure.
The Predictors: Based on tropical cyclone-centered microwave imagery. Automated center fixing, eye, and
eyewall detection (see ring in figure below for eyewall) is accomplished through an objective algorithm
known as “ARCHER” (Wimmers and Velden 2010). The optimal predictors used are shown below (right).
Feature Description
Preference for RI
Eye/Eyewall Average Tb
Higher
Eye Radius
Smaller
Eyewall Width
Smaller
Eyewall Average Tb
Higher
Radius of minimum Average Tb (r = 30 – 130 km)
Smaller
Standard Deviation of Average Tb (r = 0 – 100 km)
Lower
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Microwave Data Improves Skill
For the Prediction of Rapid Intensification
Chris Rozoff (CIMSS), Chris Velden (CIMSS), Anthony Wimmers, Margie Kieper, John Kaplan (HRD),
John Knaff (CIRA), Mark DeMaria (CIRA), and Jim Kossin (NOAA/CIMSS)
Improvements of adding microwave predictors to a logistic regression-based probabilistic scheme for
forecasting RI are shown below using both Brier skill score and probability of detection as skill metrics. A
logistic scheme that incorporates microwave data, GOES-IR data, and environmental data performs better
than the same scheme using only GOES and environmental data. Results are shown for tropical cyclones of
at least 25 kts intensity and then again for storms at least 45 kts in intensity.
(a) Brier skill score and (b) probability of detection (based on probability of RI of at least 50 %) values for RI thresholds
of 25-, 30-, and 35-kt (24 h)-1 for the logistic scheme using no MW predictors (light blue for all TCs; orange for TCs with
vmax of at least 45 kt) and including MW predictors (dark blue for all TCs; red for TCs with vmax of at least 45 kt).
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Using Simulated Hyperspectral Environmental Soundings (HES)
in the CIMSS NearCasting model to Predict Severe Storms
Weak gradients of low-level theta-E
are indicated by ABI which has only
two water vapor channels.
Simulated ABI
A WRF model simulation of the June 12, 2002
IHOP case was used to generate simulated
radiances from an Advanced Baseline Imager
(ABI), a geostationary Hyper-spectral
Environmental Sounder (HES), and simulated
radar reflectivity.
Strong low-level theta-E gradients
are indicated by HES which has the
ability to detect low-level moisture.
Simulated HES
Potential temperature (theta-E) profiles were
retrieved from the simulated radiances and
used to initialize the CIMSS NearCasting Model.
5-hour nearcasts of theta-E lapse rates were
generated.
5-hour NearCast of low level theta-E
valid 2000 UTC
Simulated ABI
5-hour NearCast of theta-E lapse rates
valid 2000 UTC
Simulated composite reflectivity from
nature run indicates the formation of
convection.
Rapid Development of Convection over Texas and
Nebraska between 2000 and 2100 UTC 12 June 2002
Bob Aune
5-hour NearCast of low level theta-E valid
2000 UTC
Simulated HES
5-hour NearCast of theta-E lapse rates
valid 2000 UTC
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Direct Broadcast Processing and Application System (DBPAS):
A Real-Time Operational End-To-End System in ECNU
Liam Gumley, Kathy Strabala, Allen Huang; Elisabeth Weisz, Brad Pierce; and Bob Aune
East China Normal
University System:
All data & products
available online:
http://dbps.ecnu.e
du.cn/data/
An End-To-End DB Satellite Data Acquisition and Processing and Application System was
installed on 24 of May 2010 and was operational 24 hours later and operating seamlessly
since then:
 Autonomously tracking Terra/Aqua and producing MODIS atmosphere, land, ocean,
AIRS soundings, AMSR-E products
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 Producing real-time Short-term regional weather and air quality forecast
International MODIS and AIRS Processing Package (IMAPP)
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Supporting more than 900 registered users in 61 countries
Supporting 11 Real-Time government and academic institutes
Providing more than 50 NWS offices Real-Time MODIS images and products
Conducted 8 DB training workshops at 5 different continents so far
Providing 1st Real-Time DB Data Assimilation System (DBCRAS) and Air Quality
forecast system (IDEA-I) to users
 Received more than 10 years of funding from NASA
Allen Huang, PI; Kathy Strabala, PM
Liam Gumley; Elisabeth Weisz, Brad Pierce; Bob Aune
 IMAPP provides L1 & L2 algorithms that can produce MODIS;
AIRS; AMUS; & AMSR-E radiances and >18 MODIS; 3 AMSR-E; &
2 AIRS/AMSU products.
 IMAPP also provides tools & utilities such as MODIS in Google
Earth & virtual appliance
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Last GOES Post-launch Science
Test before GOES-R!
Scott Bachmeier, Mat Gunshor, James P. Nelson III, Tim Schmit, Tony Schreiner, Gary Wade
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The Science Test part
of Post Launch Testing
for GOES-15 occurred
in the summer of 2010.
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Comparisons with AIRS
and IASI have found a
bias in Imager bands 3
and 6.
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Unique 1-minute rapid
scan imagery acquired
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GOES-15 data analysis
will continue. All the
GVAR data archived at
SSEC’s Data Center.
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Many products
generated in near realtime.
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A NOAA Technical
Report will be GOES-15 Imager Super Rapid Scan Visible data from the CIMSS Satellite blog
forthcoming.
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NWS Animated Radar
Display
Changed from Java
applet to Flash
Both developed at
SSEC under the
VISIT project
Being used by NCEP,
NSSL, NESDIS
Also in use world-wide
Tom Whitaker
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SSEC / WisconsinView Hosts
2010 AmericaView Fall Technical Meeting
• 70 Geospatial Scientists
and Educators from
around the country.
• Oct 11-13: Three days of
meetings and fieldtrips.
• Best attended and most
highly praised AV
meeting to date.
• Special Thanks to:
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SSEC Directors
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Maria Vasys
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Dan Pasowicz
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Ben Spaier
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Mark Hobson
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Gary Wade
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Liam Gumley
Steve Ackerman
Margaret Mooney
Jordan Gerth
Tim Schmit
Bob Aune
Jerry Robaidek
Bob Holz
Debbie Schroeder
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Sam Batzli, Dave Parker, Russ Dengle, Nick Bearson,
Tim Olander, Dave Santek, Bill Bellon
iPad
Geospatial Web Services:
SSEC Center Project to Facilitate Wider Data Access
iPhone
Goals:
• Develop extensible map server and tools.
• Allow SSEC scientists to upload and easily
share their data in web-based geospatial
formats.
Browser
Features:
• Standards-based (WMS, WFS, WCS).
• Visualization of same data for multiple
clients (GIS, web browsers, Google
Earth, Bing, mobile devices, and more).
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Observing Weather and Climate from the Ground Up:
A Nationwide ‘Network of Networks’ (NRC 2009)
Atmospheric Emitted Radiance
Interferometer (AERI)
Microwave Radiometer (MWR)
Doppler Wind Lidar (DWL)
SSEC was tasked to write cost benefit
Analysis the for NRC of optimal mix of
boundary layer temperature/moisture/wind
profiling at >200 sites outfitted across US
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A Nationwide ‘Network of Networks’: Case Study
Truth
Conv+DWL
Conventional
Conv+MWR+AERI+DWL
Substantial Precip pattern improvement from adding T, WV, and Wind
using AERI, Microwave and Doppler wind profiler
Wisconsin Meteorite caught on SSEC Webcam
14 April 22:06 local
22:06:01 local time (corrected)
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22:06:11 local time (corrected)
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Fireball and Sonic Boom Reports
Maps of fireball sightings (yellow) and sonic boom reports (red) for the April 15 Wisconsin
fireball. The blue square denotes most likely point of meteorite landings.
Credit: Carl Hergenrother
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This picture was taken by Ace Waters in Lake Geneva, WI.
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Howard County, Elma, Iowa
Sheriff’s Department Dash Cam
Video-Frame 14
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Video-Frame 16
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Video-Frame 17
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Sheriff’s Video Summary
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Frame 14
Frame 15
Frame 16
Frame 17
AZ at intersection of horizon = 59°
Frame
Azimuth
Elevation
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23.7°
40.4°
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30.1°
33.1°
16
34.7°
27.6°
17
39.0°
23.0°
Video-Frame 14-17
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Lacrosse NWS Radar Showed Debris Field
Map vector
for aligning to
Google Map
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Fred & Hank’s Field Trip
1 mi
Mineral Point
Meteorite found here,
but not by us (Iron from the Sky)
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Eye Witness Account
…I was planting prairie grass seed last night at 10 pm when the meteor come
over. It was the most amazing sight. It past right over my farm. Huge white
bright ball with a huge long reddish orange tail. Moved incredibly slow and
seemed incredibly close. The whole sky was lit up. 15 seconds later the
most enormous boom and vibration. I called Wade and they did not see it –
they were in the shop. They thought they saw lightning and then heard hail
hit the steel roof. I told Wade, Dude that was not hail, that was a piece of
meteor. Sure enough we found a piece this morning!!! We drove it into UW
Geology Museum and they confirmed… Tom Gower
Wade’s Farm
8320 W Mineral Point Rd.
Cross Plains, WI 53528-8808
Wade
Tom
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Strewn Field Map – UW Geoscience
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Suggestion of
an interesting
Mystery:
An inconsistent
Radar Sighting
Doppler Radar from
Davenport, Iowa
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Image Name
Day Nominal Time Scan Time Band--------------- ------- ------------ --------- ----A.9996
15 Apr
10105 03:00:00 03:03:46
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File Nominal Im
age RAW ALB BRIT MODB
Lat/Lon Line/Element Line/Element
R 43:16:44 / 90:52:01
%
METEO
474/ 430 3881/20477 1184
1.1 27 224IMGPROBE:
Done Image Name
Day Nominal Time Scan
Time Band---------------- ------- ------------ --------- ---A.9996
15 Apr
10105 03:00:00 03:03:49
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File Nominal Im
age RAW ALB BRIT MODB
Lat/Lon Line/Element Line/Element
R43:05:23 / 90:40:24
488/ 464 3895/20511
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0.7
%
METEO
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Amazingly, it was also detected by GOES
identified and studied by Scott Bachmeier,
Chris Schmidt, Matt Gunshor
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The Puzzle: What geological information can be gleaned
from our meteorological instruments? e.g. entrance altitude,
velocity, and subsequent trajectory or trajectories
Conceptual implication
of our analyses
to date
Elma
SSEC
flash
Davenport
Doppler
Radar
Wisconsin
Illinois
Think main mass actually went somewhere in IL
Fred & Hank
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Roses in our Future
20 November 2010!
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A Very Exciting Year!
Thanks for That
Now let’s enjoy
our holiday party
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