State of the Center
Hank Revercomb
SSEC Director
Preparation for
Holiday Party
19 December 2002
SSEC Status Summary
Congratulation on another Great Year!
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Strong Programs in all 4 Major Science Areas*
(major new programs are happening & continuing
programs are showing significant scientific & operational
achievements)
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General Support Groups Working Admirably
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Financially Sound (high % of labor billable, positive
cash balance, growing assets (on paper))
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Staff Growth Continues (265 on phone list,
including students, 179 non-students)
*Observing, Analytical, Computer/Visualization, & Campus Science Support
Labor Percentage Billable
90%
80%
Break Even (73%)
70%
60%
50%
Nov-98
Nov-99
Nov-00
Nov-01
Nov-02
Millions
SSEC Finances
$4.0
$4.0
$3.0
$3.0
$2.0
$2.0
Net Cash Assets
$1.0
$1.0
$0.0
$0.0
Cash Balance
-$1.0
-$1.0
-$2.0
-$2.0
Nov-98
Nov-99
Nov-00
Nov-01
Nov-02
Greatly Increased Purchasing Activity
Handled expertly thanks to
Dave Allen & Co (Gretchen Fitzgerald, Amanda Szalewski)
Largest # orders ever exceeded in both of last 2 years
In 2 years, the number of orders increased 67%, and
the dollar volume increased 467% !
Purchasing Activity - CY 00 through CY02
CY 00
# of Orders
Reqs
ProCard
Total
$
92 902,832
893 405,112
985 1,307,944
CY 01
# of Orders % Incr.
110
1,445
1,555
$
20% 1,681,688
64% 756,257
58% 2,437,945
% Incr.
86%
87%
86%
CY 02 (Projected)
# of Orders % Incr.
124
1,524
1,648
$
% Incr.
13% 6,652,894 296%
5% 761,054 1%
6% 7,413,948 204%
Human Relations handling Rapid Growth well:
Many Thanks to Sally Loy & Jean Stover
Hires
Academic Hires
Classified & LTS's
Grad. Students
Research Interns /Assoc
Students
Misc./Hon. Fellows, etc
Total
2000
21
6
8
4
34
4
2001
44
8
9
7
46
5
2002
46
5
9
8
46
7
77
119
121
1/wk!
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Processed 25 Rate and Title changes, and 5 retirements
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Helped process J, F, H1B, TN visas for 25 in 2002 alone,
plus paperwork involved in Perm. Residency or the EAC
(Employment Authorization Card)
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Plus normal handling of staff leave of absences, % changes,
& benefits when staff start, leave, have babies, etc.
The Space Crunch is
being Addressed
UW Space Management,
found a great location to
expand into:
333 N Randall, 3rd Floor
-about 20 offices,
-6 baths complete with tubs
Has its own Milans
Only 4 minute walk to
W Dayton, for John
Project support from Executive Directors &
NOAA Lead continues a tradition of excellence
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ExecDirs Share their Administrative Roles with
continued detailed involvement in programs
– Exec. Director, Admin:
John Roberts
– Exec. Director, Science:
Tom Achtor
– Exec.Director, Technology: Fred Best
Thank you for your impressive commitment
to the success of all Center Projects
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Also, we thank our in-house NOAA Team
Leader, Jeff Key, for his leadership and
participation in the SSEC Council Meetings
Exec Dir-Science: Doing Science at IHOP
Also,
elected Co-Chair
International TOVS
Working Group
Select UW/SDL GIFTS Sensor Team:
with final test chamber at SDL, Dec ‘02
John Roberts, Exec Dir - Administration:
an Incredible Problem Solver
Meet our beloved
Icing
“Icing the Puck”
that is
MODIS Polar Winds to ECMWF
& NASA DAO
No MODIS, 5-Day Forecast
Produce more accurate
snowfall forecasts!
(Jeff Key does a lot of
Science too)
MODIS, 5-Day Forecast
Truth, 12-hour Forecast
SSEC Council Membership, January 2001
Faculty
Science Area
1. Prof. Steve A. Ackerman, AOS, CIMSS Dir
2. Dr. W. Paul Menzel, AOS Adjunct Professor
& Senior Scientist of NOAA/NESDIS/ORA
3. Prof. John A. Young, Chair AOS
Radiation/Clouds/Climate
Operational Weather/
Climate
Atmospheric Dynamics
4. Prof. Francis Halzen, Physics
Ice Cube -Neutrinos
5. Prof. Mike Corradini, Eng Assoc Dean,
Eng Physics, Mechanical Eng,
Inst Environmental Studies
SSEC Senior Academic Staff
Energy Policy,
Nuclear safety
Science Area
1. Dr. Henry E. Revercomb, SSEC Dir,
Council Chair
Remote Sensing, Earth &
Other Planets
2. Dr. Lawrence A. Sromovsky, Senior Sci
Planetary Atmospheres
3. Dr. William L. Hibbard, Senior Sci
Visualization (VisAD,5D)
4. Dr. George R. Diak, Senior Sci
Agriculture/Surface/PBL
5. Dr. Edwin W. Eloranta, Senior Sci
LIDAR Clouds/Aerosols
Blue = Observational Science
Purple = Analytical Science
Green = Computational & Visualization Science
Red = Campus Science Support
Antarctic & Arctic Science/Eng
IceCube Program
X Ice Coring and Drilling Services (ICDS)
X
– Enhanced Hot Water Drill for IceCube
– Other Drilling Services
Educational Activities
X Antarctic Meteorology Research Ctr (AMRC)
X Arctic LIDAR
X Polar AERIs
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IceCube, the Neutrino telescope
Francis Halzen, Physics, PI
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1 km3 detector buried up to
2.5 km in the South Pole ice
observes neutrinos from astrophysical
sources & Earth’s atmosphere
AMANDA* (Bob Morse, PI) Proved Feasibility
SSEC has the lead management role
(Bob Paulos, PM) & other technical roles
Biggest single project EVER undertaken by the
University of Wisconsin ($240 M among all players)
Second largest NSF project ever run by a University
in this country
*Antarctic Muon and Neutrino Detector Array
The IceCube Collaboration
10 European, 1 Japanese, 1 South American and 11 US Institutions
(many of them are also AMANDA member institutions)
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Bartol Research Institute, University of Delaware, Newark, USA
BUGH Wuppertal, Germany
Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
Dept. of Physics, Chiba University, Japan
CTSPS, Clark-Atlanta University, Atlanta USA
DESY-Zeuthen, Zeuthen, Germany
Imperial College, London, UK
Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, USA
Dept. of Technology, Kalmar University, Kalmar, Sweden
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, USA
Dept. of Physics, Southern University and A\&M College, Baton Rouge, LA, USA
Dept. of Physics, UC Berkeley, USA
Institute of Physics, University of Mainz, Mainz, Germany
Dept. of Physics, University of Maryland, USA
University of Mons-Hainaut, Mons, Belgium
Dept. of Physics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA
Dept. of Physics, Simon Bolivar University, Caracas, Venezuela
Dept. of Astronomy, Dept. of Physics, SSEC, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA
Physics Dept., University of Wisconsin, River Falls, USA
Division of High Energy Physics, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
Fysikum, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
Dept. of Physics, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, USA
Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussel, Belgium
IceCube Science:
Gigantic Window of Opportunity!
•Infrequently, a cosmic neutrino is
captured in the ice, i.e. the neutrino
interacts with an ice nucleus
•In the crash a muon (or electron,
or tau) is produced
Cherenkov
muon
light cone
Detector
interaction
neutrino
•The muon radiates blue light in its wake
•Optical sensors capture (and map) the light from accelerated
•Direction from signature of detection
nucleon /exotic decays
Muon Events
Eµ= 6 PeV
Eµ= 10 TeV
Measure energy by counting the number of fired PMT.
(This is a very simple but robust method)
IceTop
IceCube
AMANDA
South Pole
Runway
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80 Strings
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4800 PMT
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Instrumented volume: 1
km3 (1 Gton)
1400 m
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IceCube is designed to
detect neutrinos of all
flavors at energies from
107 eV (SN) to 1020 eV
2400 m
South Pole
Dark sector
Skiway
AMANDA
Dome
Ice“Cube”
Building AMANDA
AMANDA
Building
Set stage
stage for
for IceCube
IceCube
Set
Drilling Holes with Hot Water
The Optical Module
Ice Coring and Drilling Services (ICDS)
Charlie Bentley, Geology, PI
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Included with IceCube under the
Antarctic Astronomy & Astrophysics Research
Institute (A3RI), Jay Gallagher, Director
Bob Paulos, Exec Director
Services
– Shot-hole Drills: Compressed air driven bit for seismic work
– 4'' coring Drills: 4 systems with tubing & electrically driven
teeth
– Enhanced Hot-water Drill for IceCube:
Ships from UW 2003
IceCube Enhanced Hot Water Drill (EHWD)
Tower Operations Site
Mobile Drilling Structures (MDS):
Serve as operations centers & house pumps, heaters,
motors, & electrical utility closets
Pre-heater System
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Fuel at pole costs $20 / gal
8,000 gal/hole ⇒ $160 K/hole
$1.3 M/ all 80 holes for fuel alone!
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34'x8'x8' Shipping
Containers to fit
C-130 aircraft
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16 Total Needed +
2-10,000 gallon
Water Tanks
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System includes
2 generators+spare
delivering 340 kW
(110 kW waste heat
recovered)
Hose & Reel for IceCube EHWD
(EHWD = Enhanced Hot Water Drill)
8' diameter Hose Reel at PSL
24'
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Hose: 3 ¾''
Almost 2 miles for
1½ mile holes
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Kevlar reinforced,
to support
5.5 ton load,
200 atmospheres P
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Hose & Reel with
water weighs
50 tons
Antarctic Drilling with Shot-Hole Drill
near McMurdo, February 2002
New Development
used for seismic
exploration of
glacial motions
ICDS, also
supports four
4” Coring Drills
Shot-Hole Drill Milestone Reached 7 Dec:
Proved capability to drill to >75 m!!
Website: icecube.wisc.edu
Ice Cube Education Resource Center Presents:
Course on the science of AMANDA and
(Antarctic Muon and Neutrino Array)
IceCube for Secondary School Teachers
Aerial photo of AMANDA Teacher
Exploring Antarctica at the Pole-taken by a camera on his own kite!
Antarctic Meteorological
Research Center
•Funded for next 3 years
•10 Year Birthday
•Improved Composites
5 km & better coverage
• New Staff
• Hunting for fog
Automatic Weather Station Project & Iceberg Tracking:
C-16 AWS: ‘Mark II’
Camping on C-16 iceberg
Andy Bliss
Tracking C-16 iceberg
Andy Bliss
• AWS on C-16
• C-19 Iceberg
• Decoding
– Italian AWS
– USAP AGO
Arctic HSRL Makes it to the Roof
(High Spectral Resolution Lidar)
December 12, 2002
Electronics & chiller
1st Data, 9 Nov 2001
Combined Channels
Laser & Optics
Molecular Channel
Award given for HSRL at SPIE AsiaPacific International Symposium in China
Do you recognize the
guy in the red tie?
Ed’s early X-mas present arrived yesterday
1-m, $100 K
Telescope
primary for
new eye-safe
Volume-Imaging
LIDAR
AERIs in the Arctic
Spectral Range
Extended to 26 µm
Antarctic
Polar AERI
[Von Walden,
U. Idaho]
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Measure downwelling and upwelling
infrared radiance at South Pole Station
(1999 - 2001)
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Compare with line-by-line RT models
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Derive Antarctic cloud properties
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Use Antarctic Plateau as a calibration and
validation site for satellite instruments
(MODIS, AIRS, IASI)
Neptune, Another Cool Place
Hubble Space Telescope Imaging
Rotational averages show that Neptune’s brightness
increased significantly since 1996, possibly a seasonal
variation.
1996
1998
2002
Neptune
Hubble Space Telescope Imaging
9-10 August 2002
The International H2O Program (IHOP):
Returning to Earth
Touches a wide range of our expertise in Atmospheric Science
GOES: 5-minute Imagery from GOES-11
X AERI Boundary Layer Remote Sensing
X Aircraft-based Sounding from S-HIS & NAST
X Modeling: MM5 used to simulate 18 hours of
convective initiation on 12 June 2002
X GIFTS & future GOES-R Sounder Simulations
X Visualization of future products and models
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GOES-11 Visible 5 minute sequence: IHOP
International H2O Program (IHOP)
When: 13 May 2002 - 25 June 2002
Where: Oklahoma, Texas & Kansas
Research Objectives:
• Atmospheric Boundary Layer
• Convective Initiation
• Quantitative Precipitation Forecasting
Instrumentation:
• Ground-based (DOE ARM, mobile
armada, Oklahoma panhandle site)
• Aircraft - Oklahoma City
AERI Standard ARM Locations
12 June 2002
2200 UTC
AERIplus Compared to Radiosonde
Hillsboro
Vici
Lamont
Purcell
2 June 0230 UTC
Morris
AERI-Bago at IHOP Homestead Site
AERI Retrieved IHOP water vapor cross sections from 12 June 2002:
Note rapid water vapor oscillations,
also sensed by GPS integrated water vapor
Total
Precipitable
Water
SSEC S-HIS & LaRC Aircraft Instruments
NASA DC-8
S-HIS
NASA PROTEUS
NAST-I
IHOP/GIFTS MM5 model Simulation
8 hour MM5 animation of 12 June 2002 convective
initiation with simulated clouds (white), water vapor
(colored haze), & wind vectors at 2 km height
GOES 10.7 µm Tb Simulation with MM5
GIFTS-type Water Vapor Wind Retrievals
from MM5 Q Fields
(10,942 quality winds every 50 mb from 350-1000 mb)
300 mb
850 mb
VisAD Display of Water Vapor Winds
Next Generation GOES
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GIFTS (Geosynchronous Imaging FTS) Status
– 5/2002: Approval to proceed to Implementation Phase
– UW contract to NASA & NOAA grant almost in place
MURI (Multi-disciplinary University
Research Initiative) for Navy GIFTS-IOMI
X GOES-R Cost Benefit Study
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GIFTS: The Next Major Advance in
Observing from Geostationary Orbit
SSEC Role for NASA:
- Calibration hardware subsystem
- Onboard Super-channel algorithm
- Imaging FTS payload support
- TOA Radiance Data Sets
- NMP Imaging FTS Validation
- NMP Concept Validation
SSEC Role for NOAA Demo:
- Ground System development
with backup X-band downlink
- Level 0-1 Processing algorithm
- Level 1-2 Met Product
algorithms & processing
- Data Archive preparation
GIFTS Summary:
16,000 Temperature, Humidity
& Trace Gas Profiles in 10 sec
Global Sounding in < 10 min
High resolution Sounding of
6000 x 6000 km in < 30 min
Dense Wind Observations,
tracked from Water Vapor Sdgs
MURI: Simulated GIFTS Radiances
from MM5 for IHOP
Atmospheric fields are processed
through the GIFTS forward
radiative transfer model, producing
simulated TOA radiances
MURI: Retrievals from NWP Fields
Retrieved Temperatures:
Comparison
Winds From
Water Vapor Structure
Retrieval
Truth
Difference
Surface Skin Temperature
Wind and RH at 9 km
Derived from MM5
GOES R Sounder (HES, after GIFTS)
and Imager (ABI) Cost-Benefit Analysis
Invaluable input was given by CIMSS for the GOES-R imager and
sounder Cost-Benefit Analysis by MITRE Corporation.
Phase I (dealing with some aviation and limited agricultural interests)
reported a direct benefit of over $3B over the life of the instruments.
New Results from the NASA
Earth Observing System (EOS)
Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on Terra and Aqua
X Atmospheric IR Sounder (AIRS) on Aqua,
Launched 4 May 2002
X High Spectral Resolution Validation
X
Automated processing
and display of MODIS
Direct Broadcast
products began 2002
Products displayed
include:
• Total precipitable water
• High/low TPW
• Lifted index
• Total ozone
• Water Vapor Mixing
ratio and temperature
at 850, 700, 500, 300 hPa
Hurricane Lili, 2 October 2002
Terra MODIS direct broadcast
Terra MODIS true color image
Terra MODIS total precipitable water vapor
TPW (mm):
MODIS Clear Sky Brightness Temp
July 2002 Daytime Monthly-Mean
Band 31
(11 µm)
Brightness
Temperature
Global Total Precipitable Water Comparison 22 May 2002
Terra MODIS TPW
(5 km from 1 km)
TPW (mm):
0
SSM/I f-14 TPW
(12.5 km footprint)
Ascending and descending
passes were averaged
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12
18
24
30
36
42
48
54
60
66
72
MODIS 500 m resolution:
Snow in the Southeast, 4 Jan 2002
New Era: Spaceborne High-resolution IR
AIRS (LEO) to GIFTS (GEO)
CrIS
IASI
AIRS/CrIS
GIFTSCO
CH4
GOES Sounder
CO2
N2O
N2O
H2O
CO2
CO2
O3
H2O
AIRS
4 May 2002 Launch
AIRS
14 June 2002
Calculated
NASA Aqua
AIRS Global Coverage
20 July 2002 Ascending, LW Window
Mt Etna eruption
28 October 2002
ISS photo
28 October 2002
MODIS Aqua
UW
CIMSS
UW Scanning HIS: 1998-Present
(HIS: High-resolution Interferometer Sounder, 1985-1998)
Characteristics
Spectral Coverage: 3-17 microns
Spectral Resolution: 0.5 cm-1
Resolving power:
1000-6000
Footprint Diam: 1.5 km @ 15 km
Cross-Track Scan: Programmable
including uplooking zenith view
CO2
Midwave
CH4/N2O
O3
H2O
Longwave
H2O
Shortwave
N2O
CO2
CO
Applications:
Radiances for
Radiative Transfer
X Temp & Water Vapor
Retrievals
X Cloud Radiative Prop.
X Surface Emissivity & T
X Trace Gas Retrievals
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SSEC Scanning HIS on 1st ARM-UAV
Mission with Proteus, October 2002
S-HIS scans crosstrack downward &
looks upward
TX-2002 Aqua Validation Flight on ER-2, 21 November 2002
895.4-905.5 cm-1
AIRS Overpass
19:40 UTC
Nadir Tb
(mean of 56)
(∆νAIRS/∆ν
SHIS
~ 1)
AIRS and S-HIS
data over Gulf of
Mexico on 11/21
@19:40:30 UTC.
(AIRS and SHIS each at
their original spectral
resolution.)
(∆νAIRS/∆ν
SHIS
~ 2)
(∆νAIRS/∆ν
AIRS and S-HIS
data over Gulf of
Mexico on 11/21
@19:40:30 UTC.
(AIRS and SHIS each at
their original spectral
resolution.)
SHIS
~ 4)
Ozone
MODIS Product
X Chemical Model to Assimilate O3 observations
and define tropospheric ozone
X
360
340
320
240 260
280
300
TOMS (dob)
380
400
420
440
Total Ozone from MODIS (top) and TOMS (bottom)
May 22, 2002
240
260
280
300
320
340
360
380
400
420
440
MODIS (dob)
80
Mean difference MODIS - TOMS = 4.388 dob
RMS = 27.4 dob
mean abs % error: abs(M-T)/T = 5.9%
N = 10,614
- 40 - 20
0
20
40
60
% Error (M-T)/T
- 60
- 40
- 20
0
Latitude (o)
20
40
60
80
Regional Air Quality Modeling System (RAQMS)
UW - NASA LaRC/GSFC Teaming
RAQMS is a meteorological and chemical modeling system
for assimilating remote and in-situ observations of atmospheric
chemical composition and predicting the distribution of
atmospheric trace gases (air quality).
Key Goal: Get Tropospheric Ozone from Model
•UW Hybrid Global Model (UW θ-η)
•Non Hydrostatic Modeling System (UW-NMS)
•NASA Langley - LaRC Interactive Modeling Project
for Atmospheric Chemistry and Transport Model
Met Reinitialization- ECMWF meteorological fields
Ozone assimilation- HALOE, POAMS, SAGE Solar Occultation
very 6 hours
ozone observations
Global Ozone Assimilation by RAQMS
A
C
B
12Z February 27, 2001
Total Column Ozone
Day 12 of Integration
A.) TOMS - observed
B.) RAQMS - assimilated
C.) RAQMS - 12 day forecast
Potpourri of Key 2002 Results
Better Tropical Cyclone Intensity tracking
X CIMSS Regional Assimilation System (CRAS)
Model makes good use of GOES & MODIS
X New Aviation Weather Program
X VisAD visualization invaluable role continues
X Wetzel Ingredient make their mark on forecasts
X Impact of satellite data from UK Met Office
X McIDAS-lite adds to successful product array
X Biomass Burning observations operational
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MSLP (hPa)
Tropical Cyclone Intensity Tracking:
Significant Improvement from multi-channel AMSU
Super Typhoon Faxai (31W)
1010
1005
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980
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970
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960
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950
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940
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905
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JTWC
Current AMSU Algorithm
Multi-channel Algorithm
DTG (UTC)
Polar CRAS uses MODIS Clouds & TPW
AVHRR
Composite IR window channel image from
AVHRR valid 07 Dec 2000.
24 hour CRAS spinnup forecast with mixing
ratio and cloud adjustments using cloud-top
pressure and total precipitable water retrieved
from MODIS valid 07 Dec 2000.
Exciting New Aviation-weather Program
ASAP: Advanced Satellite Aviation-weather Products
ASAP: A NASA partnership with FAA, NOAA, & U’s
to infuse satellite data into aviation weather products
(Icing, Convection, Turbulence, Wind, Volcanic dust)
VisAD-based multi-aircraft viewer
Wetzel Ingredients for Winter Precip
used by Forecasters (trained with VisitView by
Scott Bachmeier)
e.g. AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
LA CROSSE WI ...THU JAN 31 2002
THE QPV AREA…
WETZEL ET. AL…
IS REALLY
NAILING THIS &
HAS SINCE TUE.
Impact of satellite data on Met
Office model
Percentage increase in RMS error in 24-hour
forecast of wind when data removed (tropics)
250mb
850mb
Satellite
Sonde
Aircraft
Surface
Winds have greatest impact at 850 mb
Radiances greatest at 250 mb
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20
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10
5
0
New McIDAS-lite Image Viewer released Jan’02
McIDAS Area or MODIS HDF formats
Main GUI
Very Popular:
200 downloads
1300 data requests
over the summer
Added to GSFC's
HDF-EOS Tools page
Also, McIDAS-X,
XCD, XRD upgraded
in May
GOES-8 Wildfire ABBA
Filtered Fire Pixel
Difference Composite
For the Western Hemisphere
(System declared operational
within NOAA in September 2002)
Yellow indicates fire pixels only
detected in the first year:
September 2000 – August 2001
Red indicates fire pixels only
detected in the second year:
September 2001 – August 2002
NOAA/NESDIS/ORA ASPT
UW-Madison CIMSS
Other Key 2002 Results (2)
Planetary Imaging FTS (PIFTS) /AERI compare
X New Adiabatic Demagnetization Refrigerator
Coming together for Japanese ASTRO-E2
X BEST X-Ray/UW Proposal didn’t win, but
reviews should be a good omen for SMEX
X SSEC Office of Space Science Education
(OSSE) has another successful year
X International Relationships continue to grow
X New Convective Initiation Program
X
Adiabatic Demagnetization Refrigerator:
“Salt Pill” for GSFC X-ray Spectrometer, ASTRO-E2
1,600 8 mil gold wires!
Half of the wires terminate into a
copper heat switch mount that is
thermally connected to a liquid
helium bath. The remaining wires
terminate into copper rods that attach
to the XRS detectors
Detector T = 45-60 mK
Maintainable for 30 hours,
by careful magnetic field control
BEST Review:
Fundamental importance
to cosmology: Direct
detection of Missing
Baryons in the Universe
Can’t be done by any other
existing or planned mission
Strong Team/
Highly experienced/
Demonstrated competence
No Major Weaknesses
Wilt Sanders, PI, $196 M
26 Co-I’s
Combined Observations of UW/
GSFC/LM Soft X-ray Calorimeter &
Johns Hopkins UV Spectrometers &
Imager
OSSE-2000
(Off of Space Science Ed)
~ WINNERS Poster
{ NASA Connects
| Workshop for HS
Astronomy Teachers
 People at Space Place
(Pre-College Enrichment Opportunity
Program for Learning Excellence)
} Globe Program
Workshops
(pictures)
WMO - OMM
SSEC on the International Scene
* Chairing Expert Team that is influencing
WMO vision of Global Observing
System of 2015
* Supporting International MODIS and
AIRS Processing Package
used in over 15 countries
GOS
* Conducting remote sensing seminars
Perth
Antenna
Classroom in China
Shanghai Institute of
Technical Physics (SITP)
GEO Imager in Clean Room
Chinese HIRS
under test
STIP builds all of China’s
earth sensing satellite
instruments built
NASA New Investigator Program in Earth Science
2002 Award: Convective Initiation, John Mecikalski
Red: small, immature
cumulus clouds
Green: mature, rain
probable - based
on Tb(time of day)Blue: actively growing
cumulus-heavy precip
(6.7-10.7 µm near 0)
Events to mention
1. Jun Li: 2002 recipient of the prestigious David S. Johnson Award
2. Von Karman Award nomination: Chris Velden & Kurt Brueske
work with AMSU was included in this nomination package
3. Rob Gutro, NASA GSFC on Terri’s material Wonderful - Loved the Aqua stuff and forwarded it to the project
scientist here and outreach folks - also, adding your links to the
IHOP experiment pictures on the "field experiments" section of
the Earth Observatory website. - I liked the snowflake catalog
short story, too. Interesting! Keep the great stuff coming!!
4. TC completed new, faster SSEC network upgrade in April
5. Joanne Bank’s alert actions prevented us from being all wet
SSEC close calls with H2O: Fortunately,
Joanne was able to get these changed
Events to mention (2)
6. Chuck Stearns, George Weidner and Matthew Lazzara were
recognized for their help with Antarctic weather forecasts for an
evacuation
7. Wilt Sanders awarded Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in
Service to the University
8. Tony Schreiner: NESDIS Team Member of the Month award, for
June 2002
9. Student Zero-G Aerogel Team, led by Stephen Steiner & Nick Kho
successfully made a very light, nearly transparent, highly insulating
material aboard the NASA “vomit commit”
(SSEC supported their activities with lab space & some travel)
Events to mention (3)
10. Jim Kossin paper, “Daily Hurricane Variability Inferred from
GOES Infrared Imagery”, selected as AMS “paper of note”
11. Dave Wark, was one of the great pioneers of satellite
atmospheric soundings passed away
12. Dave Martin, as one of four field editors for the Journal of
Applied Meteorology, handled 19 manuscripts this year
13. Weather Support provided to UW-Madison football by an SSEC
team led by Tom Achtor at Chancellor’s request
14. SSEC/AOS Met Tower became operational on the penthouse
roof
SSEC/AOS Meteorological Tower
Wind & Pyranometer
15 m
T & RH
6.3 m
Electronics Box
1.4 m
0 m = Penthouse Roof
A joint venture between AOS and SSEC
Measured Parameters
Temperature (6.3 m)
Humidity (6.3 m)
Pressure (-2.5 m)
Wind speed & Dir (15 m)
Precipitation (0 m)
Solar Flux (15 m).
Planned Measurements
Dew Point (chilled mirror)
Planned Instruments
AERI
Total Column WV GPS
Microwave
Chilled Mirror
• Data is archived and retrievable on-line
• All parameters measured every 5 sec.
• System can easily expand to measure more parameters
AIR Temperature °C
7 days
Noon Sunday (12-15) Through Noon Wednesday (12-18)
Air Temperature
Absolute Pressure
Relative Humidity
Solar Flux
Wind Speed
Wind Direction
Mammatus panorama from Roof
Chris Schmidt 4-18-02
Events to mention (4)
15. The annual McIDAS Users' Group (MUG) Meeting was held at
Union South in October. The 44 attendees included users from
many U.S. sites, as well as the Australian Bureau of Meteorology,
Eumetsat (Darmstadt, Germany) and Kwajalein Island.
Marianne Koenig of Eumetsat said "I found this MUG Meeting
extremely interesting and probably the best I ever attended.”
16. Chris Velden elected Chair of the AMS Satellite Committee for
a 3-yr term starting in 2003
17. Tom Achtor elected Co-Chair of International TOVS Working
Group
18. Shaima Nasiri received the first Suomi-Simpson Graduate
Fellowship to work with NASA GSFC Scientists
Events to mention (5)
19. Allen Huang appointed Chair, National Academy of Sciences
Committee on Environmental Satellite Data Utilization &
received adjunct Professorship at Nanjing Institute of Meteorology,
Nanjing, China
20. Tremendous development of Cluster Computer capability
21. Amazing triple Water Spouts from Lili
Amazing triple water spouts from Lili:
Don’t believe everything you see
Next few years
Stay the Course
X Continue new emphasis on getting
positive model impact
(data assimilation techniques)
X Add climate emphasis to make use of
growing data sets and new tools
X
Please participate in revising our
Strategic Plan in 2003
Cloudiness, 1978 - Present, from 11 HIRS instruments
0.9
All Clouds, 20°S-20°N over water
0.8
0.7
Frequency of Clouds
0.6
0.5
High Clouds (<400 hPa)
0.4
0.3
0.2
0.1
0
Jul-78
Jul-80
NOAA 5 - 2 pm/am
NOAA 7 - 2 pm/am
NOAA 9 - 2 pm/am
NOAA 11 - 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
NOAA 14 - 2 pm/am
NOAA 16 - 2 pm/am
Jul-82
Jul-84
Jul-86
Jul-88
Jul-90
Jul-92
Jul-94
Jul-96
Jul-98
Jul-00
Jul-02
* All cloud cover is very stable
* Clouds are detected in 75% of HIRS observations