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April 2013


Director's Note

fred bestFred Best

News about the SSEC Mobile Atmospheric Measurement System and the latest on the Hawk Cam...more


Department News

Library

Four years after its debut in 1973, a revolutionary visualization software package known as the Man computer Interactive Data Access System (McIDAS) had its first public demonstration at....more

Human Resources

The deadline for submitting 2012 medical and dependent care claims incurred on or before March 15th, 2013, is April 15, 2013...more

Academic Staff

There were three informational sessions on the HR Design implementation held in March. The PowerPoint presentation and video stream of these sessions can be found...more


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Landsat Launch

Sam Batzli, the director of WisconsinView, was one of about 1,000 guests invited by the U. S. Geological Survey to witness the 11 February 2013 launch of Landsat 8 at Vandenburg Air Force Base...more

 
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Interview with Dr. Louis Uccellini

“Go, Badgers!”

In just two words Dr. Louis Uccellini, the recently appointed Director of the National Weather Service (NWS), conveyed his longstanding connections and affection for his alma mater....more

 

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South African Telescope to Sport UW-Madison Eyewear

SSEC engineers are constructing an innovative upgrade to the Robert Stobie Spectrograph (RSS), the primary optical instrument on the Southern African Large Telescope (SALT)...more

 

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AOSS Open House on 6 April 2013

The Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences (AOSS) building opens its doors to the public on Saturday, April 6, 2013 from 10am to 2pm...more

 

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WisconsinView Offers Digital Elevation Models of Wisconsin Counties

With the cooperation and leadership of the Wisconsin State Cartographer's Office and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, >WisconsinView is now offering downloads of Light Detection And Ranging (LiDAR) digital elevation models...more

 

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Replicate Grilling Success in Antarctica

01 April 2013 - The Ice Grilling Design and Operations (IGDO) team from SSEC, a subset of the ICDS Team, faced an interesting challenge this past season...more

 

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One had to be a Newton to notice that the moon is falling, when everyone sees that it doesn't fall.

Paul Valéry