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CIMSS Overview. Relation to SSEC and AOS Mission Statement Research themes in the CA Relation to ASPB. CIMSS/SSEC/AOS. CIMSS Mission. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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CIMSS Overview

Relation to SSEC and AOS Mission StatementResearch themes in the CARelation to ASPB

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CIMSS/SSEC/AOS

CIMSSSSEC AOS

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CIMSS MissionFoster collaborative research among NOAA, NASA, and the University in those aspects of atmospheric and earth system science which exploit the use of satellite technology.

Serve as a center at which scientists and engineers working on problems of mutual interest may focus on satellite related research in atmospheric studies and earth system science.

Stimulate the training of scientists and engineers in the disciplines involved in the atmospheric and earth sciences.

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CA Research Themes

Weather Nowcasting and ForecastingClouds and RadiationGlobal Hydrological CycleEnvironmental TrendsClimate

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Weather and Forecasting

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Weather and Forecasting

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Corresponding NOAA/NESDIS CLAVR cloud fraction product derived from AVHRR data

16 Oct 2003

NOAA-16 AMSU-B 150 GHz 1o gridded brightness temperature product (ascending passes only)

Simulated 150 GHz brightness temperatures (gas + cloud water only)

Prepare for the assimilation of observed radiance of current and future passive microwave satellite sensors in the framework of NCEP’s Global Data Assimilation System under cloudy and precipitating conditions.

Clear sky 89 GHz comparisonbetween Eddington model and NCEP’s operational absorption-only RT model (both models used OPTRAN & FASTEM as input)

15 Oct 2003

15 Oct 2003

Simulated 150 GHz brightness temperatures including gas, cloud water and precipitation

Clouds and Radiation

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Global Hydrological Cycle

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Environmental Trends

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N11 and N14 show gradual increase of cloud detection

in tropics in part due to orbit drift from 14 to 18 LST

Frequency of Clouds in the Tropics (20 South - 20 North)Land and Water Combined

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Frequency of Clouds

NOAA 5 - 2 pm/am NOAA 7 - 2 pm/am NOAA 9 - 2 pm/am NOAA 11 - 2 pm/am

NOAA 14 - 2 pm/am NOAA 16 - 2 pm/am NOAA 6 - 8 pm/am NOAA 8 - 8 pm/am

NOAA 10 - 8 pm/am NOAA 12 - 8 pm/am NOAA 15 - 8 pm/am

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Winter 1998/99Summer 1999

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•Central Plains includes 31N to 45N and 92W to 107W.

•High Cloud is defined as layer from 300 to 100 hPa

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Climate

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MAS and SHIS data sets collected on the NASA ER-2 aircraft have been key for directly assessing MODIS L1B accuracy.

MODIS spec. given by box,comparison is star symbol.

Along Track Profile

Campaigns include SAFARI-2000, TX-2001, TX-2002, and THORpex PTOST.

Climate

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CIMSS & NOAA Strategic Plan

Protect, Restore and Manage Coastal and Ocean Resources (#1)  Understanding Climate Variability and Change (#2)  Needs for Weather and Water Information (#3)  Support the Nation’s Commerce with Information (#4)  Provide Organizational Excellence (#5).

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Water motion and sediment transport vectors depict the fine scale transport processes in the sediment-rich Atchafalaya Bay region of Louisiana. Sediment is transported primarily by wind-driven currents and deposited either in coastal bays (shown here in weak post-frontal conditions), along shore, or offshore, depending on wind direction.

Protect, Restore, Manage Coastal and Ocean Resources

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Results show that the Arctic has warmed and become more cloudy in spring and summer, but has cooled and become less cloudy in winter.

Climate Variability and Change

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Weather and Water Information

The TC program at CIMSS is a good example of how a successful research program can evolve, maintaining a vigorous research program. A chronology of CIMSS research on tropical cyclone, including

student involvement.

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Support Nation’s Comm. With InfoDetection of volcanic plumes is important for air traffic safety. The GOES Sounder is capable of detecting some upper-level SO2. Spatial resolution of the instrument is 10 km at the satellite sub-point.

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Provide Organizational Excellence

CIMSS provides NOAA with a strong link to the university research environment. The NOAA ASPB located at CIMSS provides continuous communication of issues important to NOAA.

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Measures of Success…collaborative research among NOAA, NASA, and the University…

•Baum on site

•ITOVS, IMAPP algorithms

•AODT to TPC

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Measures of Success…center at which scientists and engineers working on problems of mutual interest…

•Workshops

•International visitors

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Measures of Success

Publications

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Measures of Success

…training of scientists..

•VISITView

•Undergraduates

•Education workshops

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GraduateFormer Students Working within NOAA (1988)

Elaine Prins (now back with CIMSS)Daphne ZarasYanni QuLan GeFred WuRhett Grauman

Jason DunionNick NalliGreg Gallina

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High profile research programs

High profile programsGOES – current and ABS/HES

• Biomass Burning, Winds, Sounding

Retrieval Science and ApplicationsTropical CyclonesHigh-spectral resolution program (a/c, ground-based, satellite)Calibration and ValidationPolar Satellites – AVHRR, TOVS, MODIS

• Clouds, Polar winds

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Science

What research areas are we growing?

Processing of polar orbiter dataRetrieval Science CenterMicrowave observationsData assimilation Air quality

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Education and Outreach

GraduateUndergraduateK-12Professional TrainingPublic outreach

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Undergraduate

http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/goes8/

Kris Karnauskas NWAS Met-Sat award

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K-12

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CIMSS 25th Anniversary

July 11-13; satellite meteorology symposiumJuly 13-14 NOAA CoRP Cal/Val Symposium

http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/cimss25thhttp://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/corp

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CIMSS Funding by AgencyFY2003

NSF1%

NOAA37%

NASA31%

DOE4%

DOD11%

INTNL1%

IPO15%

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