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December 2011


Director's Note

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This is an exciting time for those who build, deploy, operate and provide scientific support for our environmental satellites...more


Department News

Web Team

Earlier this year the SSEC Web Team released a set of SSEC Web guidelines that our Web sites should follow...more

Human Resources

With political activity intensifying around the state, students, faculty and staff of all affiliations are engaged in expressing their views...more


Comings and Goings

Birthdays

 

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Spectacular Image from VIIRS First Light

The Visible Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) onboard NASA’s newest Earth-observing satellite acquired its first measurements...more

 
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CIMSS Partners with Aldo Leopold Nature Center

The Aldo Leopold Nature Center (ALNC) in Monona recently acquired a NOAA Science On a Sphere (SOS) exhibit in their state of the art new facility...more

 

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CIMSS Satellite Blog Updates

The CIMSS Satellite Blog was updated with posts showing Meteosat-9 InfraRed (IR) and visible images of the development of an unusual tropical cyclone...more

 

"Mecca of Satellite Meteorology" Makes WSJ Front Page

"Using cutting-edge technology, UW leads the way in weather forecasting," by Ron Seely, was featured in the Sunday, 27 November 2011, issue of the Wisconsin State Journal.

 

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Solar Panel Update

The MG&E solar panel installed on the roof of AOSS this past June produced 155 kWh electricity in October...more

 

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The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds the most discoveries, is not "Eureka!" (I found it!), but "That's funny..."

Isaac Asimov