Director's Note

Hank Revercomb

“Suomi NPP” is the first Earth science or weather satellite named for an individual. This name is such a befitting honor for the Father of Meteorological Satellites...more

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Human Resources

For tax filing, employees should use their W-2 form now available under the Tax Statements tab in the Payroll Information module in the My UW Work Record tab...more

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	NASA and NOAA Honor Suomi in Renaming the NPP Satellite NASA and NOAA renamed their newest Earth-observing satellite after Verner Suomi, the longtime University of Wisconsin-Madison professor often called the father of satellite meteorology...more
	More Images and Data from the Suomi NPP (National Polar-orbiting Partnership) Although it's very early in the activation process, thermal infrared imagery is now available from VIIRS on board the Suomi NPP...more
	SSEC and CIMSS Shine in the Big Easy New Orleans welcomed the 92nd Annual American Meteorological (AMS) Conference on 23 - 27 January 2012 with...more
	SSEC/CIMSS Wows at WeatherFest On Sunday, 22 January 2012, the day before the official opening of the AMS Convention, the 11th Annual WeatherFest science fair drew an excited crowd...more
UW-Madison Plays Prominent Role in 2012 ESIP Meetings The Federation of Earth Science Information Partners (ESIP) meets twice a year, in January and July. CIMSS/SSEC has had an active presence at ESIP meetings for several years...more
	Satellite Images of Major Dust Storm Over New Mexico, Texas, and Oklahoma Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES-13 and GOES-15) and Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradimeter (MODIS) images were captured during a major dust storm...more
	Through the Atmosphere Published The Fall 2011 issue of Through the Atmosphere, the biannual SSEC/CIMSS magazine highlighting important work done at the Center, has been published...more
	The Why Files Announces Its 2012 UW-Madison Cool Science Images Contest We are soliciting interesting, beautiful and meaningful science and science-related images from the University community...more
	The SSEC Bowling League Returns! It's been almost three years since Union South closed and left the SSEC Bowling League without a home. With the all new Union South now up and running across the street, we're ready to get the SSEC Bowling League up and running again...more