Director's Note

Hank Revercomb

Many of you will remember the advanced GEO sounding instrument named the Geosynchronous Imaging Fourier Transform Spectrometer (GIFTS) that we worked on from 1999 to 2006...more

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Department News

Library

The Schwerdtfeger Library team is pleased to release the SSEC Satellite Meteorology Timeline, the most recent addition to our collection of digital resources...more

Human Resources

The Human Resources Department has gone through a number of changes over the past couple months...more

Equity & Diversity

The Equity and Diversity Committee has seen a lot of great suggestions from the "Suggestion Box" on 4th floor outside the Break Room...more

Academic Staff

The Academic Staff Executive Committee (ASEC) has spent a number of hours in the last couple weeks reviewing and writing the attached response to the HR Design Phase 2 Work Team Draft Recommendations...more

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Comings and Goings

Birthdays

 

	Ackerman New Associate Dean for Physical Sciences Steve Ackerman has been named the new Associate Dean for the Physical Sciences after serving in this position on an interim basis since January 2012...more
	The Second Annual AOSS Community Poster Reception With over 200 attendees and 90+ posters and displays, the 2nd Annual AOSS Community Poster Reception on 14 May 2012 was a great event!...more
	“Nearcasting” Provides More Accurate Forecasts For the past three weeks, Robert Aune and Jordan Gerth (both of UW-Madison CIMSS) have been participating in the National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center's (SPC) Hazardous Weather Testbed...more
	SSEC/CIMSS Supports Deep Convective Clouds and Chemistry (DC3) Field Campaign Science flights for the National Science Foundation (NSF) Deep Convective Clouds and Chemistry (DC3) field campaign investigating the impact of deep, midlatitude continental convective clouds are now underway...more
Awards and Honors Several researchers at SSEC/CIMSS were honored this month...more
	The Federation of Earth Science Information Partners Summer Meeting The Federation of Earth Science Information Partners (ESIP) Summer Meeting will be held 17-20 July 2012 in Madison, WI...more
	National Weather Association Meeting in Madison The 37th Annual Meeting of the National Weather Association, which will be held at the Monona Terrace Convention Center in Madison, Wisconsin, 06 - 11 October 2012...more
	The New SSEC Web Site is Live Help us create and maintain the best web site possible...more
	Hawk Update At 6:59:09 am CDT Wednesday 30 May 2012, the first hawk chick to take wing left the nest. This image was captured...more