Weekly Report for the Week Ending January 30, 2009
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GSFC Laboratory for Atmospheres, Code 613
Noteworthy science achievements/awards
- Dr. William Lau (613.0) was appointed a member of the World Climate Research Organization, Global Water and Energy Budget (WCRP/GEWEX) Science Steering Group (SSG), which provides science oversight and organization of international programs on a wide range of water and energy cycles studies and applications. The SSG consists of 12 international members. Dr. Lau is one of the three US representative on the SSG.
- Dr. George J. Huffman (SSAI; 613.1) received the AMS Journal of Hydrometeorology Editor’s Award for 2009, "for prompt, rigorous, detailed, and constructive reviews, and also adjuidication of conflicting reviews."
Noteworthy personnel awards and staff changes
Projects/missions
Significant planned events
Proposals
- “Coupling NASA Advanced Multi-scale Modeling and Concurrent Visualization Systems for Improving Predictions of Tropical High-impact Weather,” PI: B.-W. Shen (UMDCP/613.1), Co-PI: Wei-Kuo Tao (613.1), selected for ROSES AIST
- “Instrument Simulator Suite for Atmospheric Remote Sensing” PI: Simone Tanelli (JPL) Co-I: Toshi Matsui (UMBC/613.1), Wei-Kuo Tao (613.1), selected for ROSES AIST
Highlights of inter-Directorate teaming
External interactions (HQ, universities, other Gov't organizations, etc.)
Accepted papers
- Huffman (SSAI; 613.1), G.J., R.F. Adler (UMCP/ESSIC; 613.1), D.T. Bolvin (SSAI; 613.1), E.J. Nelkin (SSAI; 613.1), 2009: Improvements to Reduce Bias in the Real-Time TMPA. EGU 2009, 19-24 April 2009, Vienna, Austria, abstract submitted.
- Huffman (SSAI; 613.1), G.J., R.F. Adler (ESSIC; 613.1), D.T. Bolvin (SSAI; 613.1), E.J. Nelkin (SSAI; 613.1), 2008: Validation and Analysis of Precipitation Extremes in the TMPA. 4th Workshop of the IPWG, 13-17 October 2008, Beijing, China, proceedings manuscript submitted.
Noteworthy talks/presentations
- Jim Irons (613.0), LDCM Project Scientist, gave a talk on “Extending the Landsat Legacy, Progress Towards the Launch of the Landsat Data Continuity Mission” to the the Washington / Northern Virginia Chapter of the IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society at the Goddard Visitors’ Center on January 21.
- Code 613.1 personnel giving the following presentations at the 89th American Meterological Society's Annual Meeting:
- Adler (UMCP/ESSIC; 613.1), R.F., G. Gu (UMBC/GEST; 613.1), G.J. Huffman (SSAI; 613.1), 2009: Observed Relationships between Global Precipitation and Surface Temperature on Interannual and Longer Time Scales. 21st Conf. on Cli. Variability and Change, 11-15 January 2009, Phoenix, AZ.
- Bolvin (SSAI; 613.1), D.T., R.F. Adler (UMCP/ESSIC; 613.1), G.J. Huffman (SSAI; 613.1), E.J. Nelkin (SSAI; 613.1), J. Poutiainen (FMI), 2009: Comparison of High Latitude GPCP Monthly and Daily Satellite-Based Precipitation Estimates with High Latitude Gauge Observations. 23rd Conf. on Hydrology, 11-15 January 2009, Phoenix, AZ.
- Huffman (SSAI; 613.1), G.J., R.F. Adler (UMCP/ESSIC; 613.1), D.T. Bolvin (SSAI; 613.1), E.J. Nelkin (SSAI; 613.1), 2009: Precipitation Extremes in the TMPA. 23rd Conf. on Hydrology, 11-15 January 2009, Phoenix, AZ.
- Huffman (SSAI; 613.1), G.J., R.F. Adler (UMCP/ESSIC; 613.1), D.T. Bolvin (SSAI; 613.1), E.J. Nelkin (SSAI; 613.1), 2009: Reducing Bias in the TMPA. 16th Conf. on Sat. Meteor. and Oceanog., 11-15 January 2009, Phoenix, AZ.
- Nelkin (SSAI; 613.1), E.J., G.J. Huffman (SSAI; 613.1), R.F. Adler (UMCP/ESSIC; 613.1), D.T. Bolvin (SSAI; 613.1), 2009: Prospects for High-Latitude Precipitation Estimation with A-Train Satellites. 16th Conf. on Sat. Meteor. and Oceanog., 11-15 January 2009, Phoenix, AZ.
- Wang (GEST; 613.1), J.J., R.F. Adler (UMCP/ESSIC; 613.1), G. Gu (GEST; 613.1), G.J. Huffman (SSAI; 613.1), 2009: Tropical Rainfall-Surface Temperature Relations and 10-Year Composite Rainfall Climatology from TRMM. 23rd Conf. on Hydrology, 11-15 January 2009, Phoenix, AZ.
- Wolff (SSAI; 613.1), B., D. and B. L. Fisher 2009:/Assessing the Relative Performance of Microwave-Based Satellite Rain Rate. 23rd Conf. on Hydrology: AMS Annual Meeting, 11-15 January 2009, Phoenix, AZ.
- Wei-Kuo Tao (613.1) was invited to present a talk by the special symposium on Aerosol-cloud interactions at AMS 2009 annual meeting. He presented a 30-min talk on the impact of the aerosol on precipitation processes. In his talk, he gave a review on the status of numerical modeling research on the aerosol impact on deep convective systems. He also gave a review on the lessons we learn from those model simulations.
Tao also asked to be the chair of the 1st session on the special symposium on Aerosol-cloud interactions. - Wei-Kuo Tao (613.1) gave a talk on the resolution dependency of tropical convection in Goddard Cumulus Ensemble model. In this talk, he presented the results from a Ph. D. student, Mr. Ildae Choi, of Seoul National University. The objective s of Mr. Choi's research are (1) to examine the characteristics of equilibrium thermodynamic states between runs with different resolution (1, 5, 10 and 20 km) and (2) to apply the statistic from 1 km simulated result to 10 km grid run.
- Nelkin (SSAI; 613.1), E.J., G.J. Huffman (SSAI; 613.1), R.F. Adler (UMCP/ESSIC; 613.1), D.T. Bolvin (SSAI; 613.1), 2009: Prospects for High-Latitude Precipitation Estimation with A-Train Satellites. SED Poster Party Blowout, 21 January 2009, Greenbelt, MD.
Major events in the coming week
- A system requirements review (SRR) will be held for the proposed Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) Thermal Infra-Red Sensor (TIRS) next Monday and Tuesday, February 02 – 03 in Building 26, Room 205.
Issues and Concerns
Status of any major actions
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