{"id":1398,"date":"2011-02-21T14:30:36","date_gmt":"2011-02-21T20:30:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/?p=1398"},"modified":"2013-02-13T14:13:55","modified_gmt":"2013-02-13T20:13:55","slug":"monthly-news-summary-february-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/articles\/1398","title":{"rendered":"Monthly News Summary &#8211; February 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><span class=\"heading2\"><span class=\"heading2\"> <a class=\"heading2\" href=\"#h2\">DISC Drill Breaks Record at WAIS Divide<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"heading2\"><span class=\"heading2\"> <a class=\"heading2\" href=\"#h3\">SSEC and CIMSS Take AMS Conference by Storm<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"heading2\"><span class=\"heading2\"> <a class=\"heading2\" href=\"#h4\">SSEC Wows at WeatherFest<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"heading2\"><span class=\"heading2\"> <a class=\"heading2\" href=\"#h5\">Science Inspires Art at the AMS Conference<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"heading2\"><span class=\"heading2\"> <a class=\"heading2\" href=\"#h6\">CIMSS\/SSEC participates in NOAA\/NESDIS Constituent Meeting<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"heading2\"><span class=\"heading2\"> <a class=\"heading2\" href=\"#h7\">Heidinger and Pavolonis Receive NOAA Bronze Medals<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"heading2\"><span class=\"heading2\"> <a class=\"heading2\" href=\"#h8\">Schmit Interviewed by <em>Space News<\/em> about the GOES-R ABI<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"heading1\"><a id=\"h2\" name=\"h2\"><\/a><strong>DISC Drill Breaks Record at WAIS Divide<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Developed by engineers of the UW-Madison Space Science and Engineering Center Ice Drilling Design and Operations (IDDO) group, the Deep Ice Sheet Coring (DISC) drill has passed the previous record depth for US ice drilling. On 28 January 2011 the drill reached a depth of 3331 meters (10,928 feet), breaking the previous record of 3053 meters set in 1993 in Greenland.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/?attachment_id=1400\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1400\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1400\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2011\/02\/teamcelebrating_cropped-300x126.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"126\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2011\/02\/teamcelebrating_cropped-300x126.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2011\/02\/teamcelebrating_cropped-500x211.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2011\/02\/teamcelebrating_cropped.jpg 592w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><em>The drilling and core handling crews celebrate record-breaking effort. Photo: Mark Twickler<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The DISC drill is a \u201ctethered\u201d electro-mechanical drill that consists of a 16-meter down-hole portion (sonde) raised and lowered in the fluid-filled borehole by a winch via a cable approximately 15 mm in diameter.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/articles\/1398\/discsonde\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1401\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1401\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2011\/02\/discsonde.gif\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/articles\/1398\/drill_sonde\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1402\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1402\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2011\/02\/drill_sonde-225x300.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2011\/02\/drill_sonde-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2011\/02\/drill_sonde.jpg 266w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><em>The DISC Drill sonde<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The sonde consists of six distinct and separable sections:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>the cutter head assembly that actually cuts the ice,<\/li>\n<li>the core barrel in which up to 4 meters of core is collected,<\/li>\n<li>the screen section in which chips of ice resulting from the cutting operation are separated from the drilling fluid and stored,<\/li>\n<li>the motor\/pump section that houses a pump to circulate the drilling fluid and motors to drive the pump and rotate the lower portions of the drill that cut the ice,<\/li>\n<li>the instrumentation section that contains controls for the pump and cutting motors as well as numerous sensors to monitor the drilling operation, and<\/li>\n<li>the upper section that provides for the termination of the cable and \u201canti-torques\u201d that center the drill and provide a torque reaction point to prevent the entire sonde from rotating.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>The cutter head, core barrel and screen section rotate while the sections above are restrained.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/articles\/1398\/drillcable\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1403\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1403\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2011\/02\/drillcable.jpg\" width=\"266\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><em>Cross-section of DISC Drill cable<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The cable used at WAIS Divide is 3800 meters long and has multiple functions. First, it provides the support for lowering and raising the sonde. Second, the cable provides the electrical conductors to transmit power from the surface to the motors and instruments in the sonde. Finally, the cable houses optical fibers through which data are sent between the sonde and the surface control system.<br \/>\nThe cable winch is electrically driven and is designed to have the smallest \u201cfootprint\u201d possible.<\/p>\n<p>As the borehole becomes deeper, a substantial amount of time is required to raise and lower the sonde. Consequently, ICDS engineers designed the winch to be operated at the fastest practical speeds. The DISC drill winch is capable of raising the sonde at a speed of 3 meters per second.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe DISC drill is revolutionary technology,\u201d said Alexander Shturmakov, director of engineering and research for IDDO. \u201cIts electronic brain makes this drill more complex than any comparable device.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ice cores collected by the DISC Drill play an important role in the study of the history of Earth\u2019s climate. By analyzing the gases, dust, ash, and other substances trapped in the layers of ice formed from annual snowfall in the Earth\u2019s cold regions such as Greenland and Antarctica, scientists can reconstruct Earth\u2019s climate thousands of years into the past. At the 3,300 meter mark, the ice (and the air trapped within it) is approximately 100,000 years old.<\/p>\n<p>The ice cores produced by the DISC drill are 12.2 cm (4.8 inches) in diameter and up to three and one-half meters long. Deep inside the glacier, the pressure of the incredible weight of the overlying ice pushes on the borehole at all times, threatening to collapse it and trap the drill. Consequently, the shaft is filled with a fluid which provides the hydrostatic compensation necessary to prevent closure.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThink of these cores as a giant library of ancient weather reports,\u201d said Principle Investigator and Professor Emeritus Charles Bentley. \u201cThe scientific community decided what they needed for a new drill. They wanted lots of new capabilities. Their requests drove our design team and the result was the DISC drill.\u201d<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/articles\/1398\/bentley\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1404\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1404\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2011\/02\/bentley-300x260.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2011\/02\/bentley-300x260.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2011\/02\/bentley-345x300.jpg 345w, https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2011\/02\/bentley.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><em>Professor emeritus Charles Bentley inspects the barrel of the Blue Ice Drill, another drill designed and built by the UW-Madison IDDO team.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The core is carefully preserved until it gets back to a laboratory in the US, where the ice is crushed in a vacuum to release the bubbles from their icy stasis. That yields a sample of air that was fresh tens of thousands of years ago. Climatologists can study the chemical composition of the atmosphere that existed during and before the last Ice Age.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/articles\/1398\/waisdivide_maparea-2\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1405\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1405\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2011\/02\/WAISDivide_maparea-300x210.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2011\/02\/WAISDivide_maparea-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2011\/02\/WAISDivide_maparea-428x300.jpg 428w, https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2011\/02\/WAISDivide_maparea.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><em>The location of the WAIS Divide drilling site.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The most significant characteristic of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) Divide <a href=\"http:\/\/waisdivide.unh.edu\/ProjectUpdates\/ViewProject.shtml?ID=1346\" target=\"_blank\">project<\/a> is the development of climate records with an absolute, annual-layer-counted chronology for the most recent 40,000 years. Lower temporal resolution records will extend back for approximately 100,000 years.<\/p>\n<p>These records will enable comparison of environmental conditions between the northern and southern hemispheres, and the study of greenhouse gas concentrations in the ancient atmosphere, with a greater level of detail than previously possible. While similar projects have collected data from Arctic ice in Greenland, the WAIS project is the first Southern Hemisphere project to gather climate records of comparable time resolution and duration.<\/p>\n<p>At 3331 meters, the drill designed and built at the UW-Madison set the new US record as the deepest US ice core drilled.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Antarctic Sun<\/em>, the publication of the National Science Foundation&#8217;s U.S. Antarctic Program, has published an in-depth <a href=\"http:\/\/antarcticsun.usap.gov\/science\/contenthandler.cfm?id=2349\" target=\"_blank\">article<\/a> about the drilling achievement at the WAIS Divide.<\/p>\n<p class=\"small_italic_text\" align=\"center\"><a href=\"#top\">Back to top <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"heading1\"><a id=\"h3\" name=\"h3\"><\/a><strong>SSEC and CIMSS Take AMS Conference by Storm<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/?attachment_id=1406\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1406\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1406\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2011\/02\/amsbanner_500-300x35.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"35\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2011\/02\/amsbanner_500-300x35.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2011\/02\/amsbanner_500.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Seattle welcomed the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ametsoc.org\/meet\/annual\/\" target=\"_blank\">91st Annual American Meteorological (AMS) Conference<\/a> on 24 &#8211; 28 January 2011 with open arms and mostly cloudy skies. The sun peeked through a few times, but for the most part, there was plenty of weather for the visiting meteorologists.<\/p>\n<p>CIMSS Director Steve Ackerman, with Raj Pandya, was the co-director of this year\u2019s conference, whose theme, \u201cCommunicating Weather and Climate,\u201d emphasized the idea that two-way communication is essential for scientific research, education and serving the public.<\/p>\n<p>Ackerman and Panya contributed video entries to the AMS blog, with <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.ametsoc.org\/uncategorized\/the-raj-and-steve-show-episodes-2-and-3\/\" target=\"_blank\">discussions<\/a> on how to use scientific data wisely and how to communicate the results effectively. Another <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.ametsoc.org\/columnists\/raj-i-think-we-learned-something-steve\/\" target=\"_blank\">set of videos<\/a> explores effective communication with conference attendees.<\/p>\n<p>Tom Whittaker co-chaired the Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) 27th annual Conference, held during the AMS gathering. The IIPS Conference is the longest running conference at the annual meeting, and this year attracted more than 190 presenters in nearly 40 sessions.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/articles\/1398\/ams_crowd\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1407\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1407\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2011\/02\/ams_crowd-300x203.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2011\/02\/ams_crowd-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2011\/02\/ams_crowd-443x300.jpg 443w, https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2011\/02\/ams_crowd.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/articles\/1398\/ams_entrance\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1408\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1408\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2011\/02\/ams_entrance-300x108.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"108\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2011\/02\/ams_entrance-300x108.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2011\/02\/ams_entrance-500x180.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2011\/02\/ams_entrance.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><em>Crowds eagerly awaited the opening of the Exhibit Hall.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>SSEC maintained an exhibit booth during the meeting demonstrating some of the Center\u2019s latest research, providing close-up looks at the 3-D globe, and allowing visitors to sample the full release version of McIDAS-V\u2019s visualization tools.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/articles\/1398\/ams_booth1\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1409\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1409\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2011\/02\/ams_booth1-300x122.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"122\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2011\/02\/ams_booth1-300x122.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2011\/02\/ams_booth1-500x204.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2011\/02\/ams_booth1.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><em>Margaret Mooney (center) demonstrates McIDAS-V visualization tools.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/articles\/1398\/ams_rick_globe\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1410\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1410\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2011\/02\/ams_rick_globe-300x217.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2011\/02\/ams_rick_globe-300x217.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2011\/02\/ams_rick_globe-413x300.jpg 413w, https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2011\/02\/ams_rick_globe.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><em>Rick Kohrs (left) takes the next generation of climatologists on a 3-D tour of the globe.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/articles\/1398\/ams_uccellini\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1411\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1411\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2011\/02\/ams_uccellini-300x253.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2011\/02\/ams_uccellini-300x253.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2011\/02\/ams_uccellini-355x300.jpg 355w, https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2011\/02\/ams_uccellini.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><em>Dr. Louis W. Uccellini, Director of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nws.noaa.gov\/\">National Weather Service<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncep.noaa.gov\/\">National Centers for Environmental Prediction<\/a> (NCEP), gets a satellite view of Earth<\/em><\/p>\n<p>(and sets a classy new fashion trend in eyewear).<\/p>\n<p>Local media found their way to the popular SSEC booth and experimented with a <a href=\"http:\/\/downtownseattle.komonews.com\/content\/weather-rock-stars-blow-convention\" target=\"_blank\">new approach<\/a> to broadcasting 3-D technology.<\/p>\n<p>The weather outside remained mostly cloudy and wet for the Conference, but SSEC scientists and researchers made a strong case for advanced instrumentation in satellite studies, participated in poster sessions, gave informative seminars, and demonstrated new uses of software and hardware in a myriad of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/media\/spotlight\/ams2011.html\" target=\"_blank\">presentations, posters, and seminars<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/articles\/1398\/ams_huang_slide\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1412\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1412\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2011\/02\/ams_huang_slide-300x154.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"154\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2011\/02\/ams_huang_slide-300x154.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2011\/02\/ams_huang_slide-500x257.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2011\/02\/ams_huang_slide.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><em>SSEC scientist Allen Huang presents a time-line of UW-CIMSS satellite developments.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"small_italic_text\" align=\"center\"><a href=\"#top\">Back to top <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"heading1\"><a id=\"h4\" name=\"h4\"><\/a><strong>SSEC Wows at WeatherFest<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, 23 January 2010, the day before the official opening of the AMS Convention, the 10th Annual WeatherFest science fair drew an excited crowd of over 4,000 weather enthusiasts, all eager to experience dozens of interactive meteorology, oceanography and related science exhibits. WeatherFest is designed to inspire a love for math and science in children of all ages.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/?attachment_id=1413\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1413\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1413\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2011\/02\/wxfestcrew-300x206.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2011\/02\/wxfestcrew-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2011\/02\/wxfestcrew-435x300.jpg 435w, https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2011\/02\/wxfestcrew.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nMargaret Mooney, Rick Kohrs, and Tom Whittaker ran the SSEC booth, introducing fascinated children and their parents to the world of satellite meteorology, helping them navigate several SSEC-created, weather-related applets on kiosk-mode touch monitors, and fielding questions from both young and old.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/articles\/1398\/wxfestmargaret\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1414\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1414\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2011\/02\/wxfestmargaret-300x241.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"241\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2011\/02\/wxfestmargaret-300x241.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2011\/02\/wxfestmargaret-373x300.jpg 373w, https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2011\/02\/wxfestmargaret.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><em>Margaret Mooney with a young researcher.<\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/articles\/1398\/wxfestrick\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1415\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1415\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2011\/02\/wxfestrick-298x300.jpg\" width=\"298\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2011\/02\/wxfestrick-298x300.jpg 298w, https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2011\/02\/wxfestrick-125x125.jpg 125w, https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2011\/02\/wxfestrick.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 298px) 100vw, 298px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><em>Rick Kohrs demonstrating the 3-D globe was a big hit, displaying the Earth\u2019s climate and weather systems as they appear from space.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/articles\/1398\/wxfesttom\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1416\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1416\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2011\/02\/wxfesttom-233x300.jpg\" width=\"233\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2011\/02\/wxfesttom-233x300.jpg 233w, https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2011\/02\/wxfesttom.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 233px) 100vw, 233px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><em>Tom Whittaker demonstrates SSEC-created weather apps.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"small_italic_text\" align=\"center\"><a href=\"#top\">Back to top <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"heading1\"><a id=\"h5\" name=\"h5\"><\/a><strong>Science Inspires Art at the AMS Conference<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hard to miss at the 91st Annual American Meteorological (AMS) Conference was the <em>Forecast: Communicating Weather and Climate<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ametsoc.org\/meet\/annual\/specialsessions.html#forecast\" target=\"_blank\">Art Show<\/a>. In a display co-directed by Steve Ackerman and Peggy LeMone and curated by Lele Barnett, more than 30 regionally, nationally, and internationally recognized artists based in Washington filled the 2nd Floor corridor of the Seattle Convention Center with spectacular photography, dynamic sculpture, stunning paintings and abstracts, and more.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/articles\/1398\/artshow_amsbanner\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1417\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1417\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2011\/02\/artshow_amsbanner-300x144.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"144\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2011\/02\/artshow_amsbanner-300x144.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2011\/02\/artshow_amsbanner.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2011\/02\/artshow_amsbanner-500x240.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/articles\/1398\/artshow1_800\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1418\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1418\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2011\/02\/artshow1_800-300x133.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"133\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2011\/02\/artshow1_800-300x133.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2011\/02\/artshow1_800-500x222.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2011\/02\/artshow1_800.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The exhibit opened on Monday, 24 January 2011, and will continue through 9 April 2011. A private opening reception at the exhibit for AMS donors and collaborating artists and scientists followed by a public reception was held on the first day of the exhibit from 7-9 pm.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/articles\/1398\/artshowdirectors\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1419\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1419\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2011\/02\/artshowdirectors-300x191.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"191\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2011\/02\/artshowdirectors-300x191.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2011\/02\/artshowdirectors-471x300.jpg 471w, https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2011\/02\/artshowdirectors.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Steve Ackerman (right) examines an artwork by Deanna Pindell (artist &#8211; not pictured) and Ankur Desai (scientist &#8211; left). Pindall and Desai <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.ametsoc.org\/uncategorized\/science-meets-art-on-floor-2\/\" target=\"_blank\">discuss<\/a> the work on the AMS blog.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>An on-line <a href=\"http:\/\/www.box.net\/shared\/rgz4mos84j\" target=\"_blank\">catalog<\/a> of the Art Show is available.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/articles\/1398\/artshow2_800\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1420\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1420\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2011\/02\/artshow2_800-300x144.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"144\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2011\/02\/artshow2_800-300x144.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2011\/02\/artshow2_800-500x241.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2011\/02\/artshow2_800.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"small_italic_text\" align=\"center\"><a href=\"#top\">Back to top <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"heading1\"><a id=\"h6\" name=\"h6\"><\/a><strong>CIMSS\/SSEC Participates in NOAA\/NESDIS Constituent Meeting<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>At the invitation of NOAA\/NESDIS Assistant Administrator Mary Kicza, CIMSS\/SSEC&#8217;s Margaret Mooney participated in a constituent roundtable in Washington, D,C at the Federation of Earth Science Information Partners (ESIP) winter meeting on 5 January 2011.<\/p>\n<p>Mooney met with Ms. Kicza and six other ESIP members to discuss the new NOAA and NESDIS strategic plans unveiled at the ESIP conference. Among other topics, Mooney promoted smart phones and handheld devices as one of the best ways for NOAA\/NESDIS to engage weather and climate data consumers in the development of future products and services.<\/p>\n<p class=\"small_italic_text\" align=\"center\"><a href=\"#top\">Back to top <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"heading1\"><a id=\"h7\" name=\"h7\"><\/a><strong>Heidinger and Pavolonis Receive NOAA Bronze Medals<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Andy Heidinger and Mike Pavolonis were selected as recipients of the 2010 NOAA Bronze Medal.<\/p>\n<p>Heidinger and Istvan Laszlo (STAR in Washington, DC) were recognized &#8220;For developing an enhanced production system for satellite-based real-time radiation data from NOAA&#8217;s operational geostationary satellites.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Pavolonis was recognized &#8220;For providing near real-time volcanic ash information in the critical period following the eruption of the Eyjafjallaj\u00f6kull volcano.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In addition, Andrew Heidinger of the Advanced Satellite Products Branch (ASPB) was selected as NOAA Employee of the Month for January 2011. Heidinger is being <a href=\"http:\/\/www.noaaworld.noaa.gov\/eotms\/jan2011_eotm.html\" target=\"_blank\">recognized<\/a> in particular for delivering the first externally-developed climate data record (CDR) dataset, PATMOS-x, to the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) as part of its CDR program.<\/p>\n<p class=\"small_italic_text\" align=\"center\"><a href=\"#top\">Back to top <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"heading1\"><a id=\"h8\" name=\"h8\"><\/a><strong>Schmit Interviewed by <em>Space News<\/em> about the GOES-R ABI<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>An <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spacenews.com\/earth_observation\/110131-goesr-hits-key-milestones.html\" target=\"_blank\">article<\/a> (\u201cGOES-R Weather Satellite Program Hits Key Milestones\u201d) on the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES)-R Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) was published by <em>Space News<\/em>. The article includes the status of the spacecraft and instrument, and potential applications. Also included is a figure of simulated ABI images of Hurricane Katrina and an interview with Tim Schmit.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/articles\/1398\/goesr_abi\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1421\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1421\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2011\/02\/goesr_abi-300x257.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"257\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2011\/02\/goesr_abi-300x257.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2011\/02\/goesr_abi-350x300.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2011\/02\/goesr_abi.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Image from the <\/em>Space News<em> article: 2005&#8217;s Hurricane Katrina is depicted in the 16 spectral bands that the Advanced Baseline Imager will be capable of producing. Current operational instruments produce imagery in only five spectral bands.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"small_italic_text\" align=\"center\"><a href=\"#top\">Back to top <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DISC Drill Breaks Record at WAIS Divide SSEC and CIMSS Take AMS Conference by Storm SSEC Wows at WeatherFest Science Inspires Art at the AMS Conference CIMSS\/SSEC participates in NOAA\/NESDIS Constituent Meeting Heidinger and Pavolonis Receive NOAA Bronze Medals Schmit Interviewed by Space News about the GOES-R ABI DISC Drill Breaks Record at WAIS Divide [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":1464,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-monthly-summary"],"acf":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1398","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1398"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1398\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2455,"href":"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1398\/revisions\/2455"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1398"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1398"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}