{"id":2186,"date":"2013-01-18T14:41:14","date_gmt":"2013-01-18T20:41:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/?p=2186"},"modified":"2013-01-18T14:49:15","modified_gmt":"2013-01-18T20:49:15","slug":"sseccimss-go-big-in-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/articles\/2186","title":{"rendered":"SSEC\/CIMSS Go Big in Texas for AMS Convention"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The renowned Austin, Texas, music scene was upstaged by the 93rd Annual AMS <a href=\"http:\/\/annual.ametsoc.org\/2013\/\">Annual Meeting<\/a> held from 06 &#8211; 10 January 2013. The theme of the conference, <strong>\u201c<\/strong>Taking Predictions to the Next Level: Expanding Beyond Today&#8217;s Weather, Water, and Climate Forecasting and Projections,<strong>\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0was a good fit for the work being done at SSEC and CIMSS.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2193\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2013\/01\/ams_open_565_344.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2193\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2193\" alt=\"Crowds lined up early for the 5:30 pm, Monday 07 January, opening of the Exhibit Hall.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2013\/01\/ams_open_565_344.jpg\" width=\"565\" height=\"344\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2013\/01\/ams_open_565_344.jpg 565w, https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2013\/01\/ams_open_565_344-300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2013\/01\/ams_open_565_344-492x300.jpg 492w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 565px) 100vw, 565px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2193\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Crowds lined up early for the 5:30 pm, Monday 07 January, opening of the Exhibit Hall.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Over 30 oral presentations and nearly 40 posters on display delivered bySSEC\/CIMSS researchers and students covered topics as diverse as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>performance of instrumentation on the Suomi NPP;<\/li>\n<li>GOES-R Proving Ground experiments;<\/li>\n<li>collecting weather satellite data for mobile devices;<\/li>\n<li>evolution of global satellite composite imagery;<\/li>\n<li>tropical cyclone studies;<\/li>\n<li>advances in McIDAS-V satellite weather products;<\/li>\n<li>and outreach programs such as the CIMSS iPad Library and EarthNow&#8217;s Science on a Sphere.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Steve Ackerman, Director of CIMSS presented as part of the Panel of Teaching Award Winners.<\/p>\n<p>Tim Schmit served as a co-chair of the Future Operational Environmental Satellite Systems symposium, and gave two oral presentations related to the Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) on GOES-R.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2013\/01\/ams_booth_565_581.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2188\" alt=\"ssec booth\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2013\/01\/ams_booth_565_581.jpg\" width=\"565\" height=\"581\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2013\/01\/ams_booth_565_581.jpg 565w, https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2013\/01\/ams_booth_565_581-291x300.jpg 291w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 565px) 100vw, 565px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2013\/01\/ams_boothpeople_565_238.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2190\" alt=\"ssec booth\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2013\/01\/ams_boothpeople_565_238.jpg\" width=\"565\" height=\"238\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2013\/01\/ams_boothpeople_565_238.jpg 565w, https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2013\/01\/ams_boothpeople_565_238-300x126.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2013\/01\/ams_boothpeople_565_238-500x210.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 565px) 100vw, 565px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><em>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\u00a0McIDAS-V\u2019s visualization tools.<\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2013\/01\/ams_steve_pres_565_333.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2198\" alt=\"steve ackerman\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2013\/01\/ams_steve_pres_565_333.jpg\" width=\"565\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2013\/01\/ams_steve_pres_565_333.jpg 565w, https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2013\/01\/ams_steve_pres_565_333-300x176.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2013\/01\/ams_steve_pres_565_333-500x294.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 565px) 100vw, 565px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2013\/01\/ams_mooney_pres_565_250.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2192\" alt=\"margaret mooney\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2013\/01\/ams_mooney_pres_565_250.jpg\" width=\"565\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2013\/01\/ams_mooney_pres_565_250.jpg 565w, https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2013\/01\/ams_mooney_pres_565_250-300x132.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2013\/01\/ams_mooney_pres_565_250-500x221.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 565px) 100vw, 565px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2013\/01\/ams_patrick_pres_565_250.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2195\" alt=\"patrick rowley\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2013\/01\/ams_patrick_pres_565_250.jpg\" width=\"565\" height=\"237\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2013\/01\/ams_patrick_pres_565_250.jpg 565w, https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2013\/01\/ams_patrick_pres_565_250-300x125.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2013\/01\/ams_patrick_pres_565_250-500x209.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 565px) 100vw, 565px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2013\/01\/ams_santek_pres_565_231.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2196\" alt=\"dave santek\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2013\/01\/ams_santek_pres_565_231.jpg\" width=\"565\" height=\"231\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2013\/01\/ams_santek_pres_565_231.jpg 565w, https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2013\/01\/ams_santek_pres_565_231-300x122.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2013\/01\/ams_santek_pres_565_231-500x204.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 565px) 100vw, 565px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2013\/01\/ams_schmit_pres_565_234.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2197\" alt=\"tim schmit\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2013\/01\/ams_schmit_pres_565_234.jpg\" width=\"565\" height=\"234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2013\/01\/ams_schmit_pres_565_234.jpg 565w, https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2013\/01\/ams_schmit_pres_565_234-300x124.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2013\/01\/ams_schmit_pres_565_234-500x207.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 565px) 100vw, 565px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><em>Steve Ackerman, Margaret Mooney, Patrick Rowley, Dave Santek, and Tim Schmit<br \/>\n<\/em><em>presenting at the AMS Convention.<\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Several presentations by SSEC\/CIMSS researchers have been made available online:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"left\"><a href=\"http:\/\/prezi.com\/dph4lwx-oqax\/earthnow-ams\/?auth_key=7866f5510aed5b7a2be95e57b4e7a05c878fe7f7\">EarthNow: Communicating Climate Forecasts Using NOAA&#8217;s Science on a Sphere<\/a> (Patrick Rowley, presenter)<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/media\/images\/february2013\/AMS_EIPT2013_jfeltz.pdf\">Visualizing Geostationary and Polar-Orbiting Weather Products in McIDAS-V<\/a> (Joleen Feltz, presenter)<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/media\/images\/february2013\/ams_CIMSS iPad Library &amp; ESIP Teacher Workshops_AMS_2012_mooney.pdf\">The CIMSS iPad Library and ESIP Workshops<\/a> (Margaret Mooney, presenter)<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/media\/images\/february2013\/ams_NPP_McV_AMS2013_straka.pdf\">McIDAS-V, Visualization, and Data Analysis for Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership<\/a> (William Straka, presenter)<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/media\/images\/february2013\/AMSpresAMT_terborg.pdf\">The GOES-R Proving Ground: Summer 2012 Summer Experiment at the Aviation Weather Cente<\/a>r (Amanda Terborg, presenter)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>More <a href=\"https:\/\/ams.confex.com\/ams\/93Annual\/webprogram\/start.html\">information<\/a> about the presentations at the AMS Conference is available.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SSEC\/CIMSS Go Big in 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