{"id":4409,"date":"1998-07-29T08:39:03","date_gmt":"1998-07-29T13:39:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/?p=4409"},"modified":"2013-08-02T11:11:31","modified_gmt":"2013-08-02T16:11:31","slug":"monthly-news-summary-july-1998","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/articles\/4409","title":{"rendered":"Monthly News Summary &#8211; July 1998"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><em>News for Weather Junkies<\/em><\/h1>\n<h5><em>by Terri Gregory, SSEC Public Information Specialist<\/em><\/h5>\n<h5><em>July 1998<\/em><\/h5>\n<p>Wayne Feltz, CIMSS researcher, explained a derecho event for WISC-TV3 on the 10 p.m. news June 1 and early morning news June 2. Wayne explained that the heavy winds that swept through south-central Wisconsin during the previous weekend were caused by a rare storm system.<\/p>\n<p>The derecho is an unusually long-lived and fast-moving organized line of storms accompanied by strong winds. They do not produce tornados but their straight-line winds can cause much damage. Reporter Scott Blum introduced Wayne\u2019s explanation with footage of storm damage and Mike Barsic (channel 3 meteorologist) plotted the wind reports with contours to show how widespread damage reports were. According to SSEC meteorologists, the derecho event occurs only under a unique set of meteorological conditions: a frontal boundary and a strong jet streak\u2014a localized maximum wind in the jet stream.<\/p>\n<p>Wayne Feltz also answered storm questions for Wisconsin Radio Network, a syndicated broadcast going to stations throughout Wisconsin.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For more information, follow the links below.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/goes\/misc\/\">CIMSS GOES Picture Gallery<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.comet.ucar.edu\/resources\/tutorial\/index.htm\">COMET Tutorials<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wisctv.com\/\">WISC-TV<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><em>Weather Guys Wow WHA Listeners<\/em><\/h3>\n<p>On July 2, Steve Ackerman (SSEC) and Jon Martin (Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences) made their radio debut on Larry Meiller\u2019s call-in show on WHA 970 AM, Wisconsin Public Radio. Diverse weather topics were covered, like possible evidence of La Ni\u00f1a, occurrence of normally rare weather events, NOAA\u2019s budgetary woes and possible effects on forecasting, and the habits of local TV weather forecasters. Larry and his callers failed to stump our Weather Guys, who were unfailingly upbeat and informative.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For more information<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/wxwise\/wxwise.html\">WxWise<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/marrella.aos.wisc.edu\/Martin.html\">Jon Martin&#8217;s page<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/wxwise\/class\/aos100.html\">AOS 100<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><em>Doppler Draws Viewers<\/em><\/h3>\n<p>Doppler radar was featured on the front page of the\u00a0<em>Wisconsin State Journal<\/em>\u00a0for June 30. Science reporter Ron Seely focused on this new technology for \u201cweather junkies,\u201d interviewing a Doppler watcher, a TV weather forecaster and SSEC researcher Tom Achtor. The three are united in their interest in the new forecasting tool, which shows in detail where severe weather is located , and, by extrapolation, headed. Tom was quoted as saying, \u201cpersonally I think it\u2019s good. Some of these thunderstorms can become severe very quickly.\u201d The article emphasizes the drawing power of Doppler radar, with even the writer admitting he\u2019s sat up at 3 a.m. watching the dramatic colors on the TV screen.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For more information<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.crh.noaa.gov\/fsd\/soo\/doppler\/doppler.htm\">Doppler Radar Online<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.madison.com\/wsj\/\"><em>Wisconsin State Journal\u00a0<\/em>Online<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spirit6.com\/dopradar.htm\">Weather Now &#8211; Advance Doppler 6<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><em>Technical Kudos for Tropical Winds<\/em><\/h3>\n<p>CIMSS\u2019 Tropical Cyclones group receives many kudos from weather forecasters for its satellite wind products. In a recent email message, Richard Pasch at the Tropical Prediction Center (formerly National Hurricane Center) said, \u201cThe shear and upper-level divergence fields derived from your GOES winds on your Web site look really good. I\u2019ve been showing them to the other forecasters and they agree. I assume there is little, if any, model influence on the motion fields that you use to derive the shear and divergence, since they look so realistic (upper-level divergence over cloud clusters and convergence over dark areas on water vapor imagery, etc.)!! The vertical shear fields should help to quantify how strong the shear is over a tropical system and perhaps give us a clue as to the thresholds for development or strengthening. We plan to use these in our operations whenever possible, and to give credit to your group when we do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For more information<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/tropic\/tropic.html\">Tropical Cyclones<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nhc.noaa.gov\/index.html\">Tropical Prediction Center<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"print\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><em>In Print<\/em><\/h2>\n<p><strong>For More Information<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/oposite.stsci.edu\/pubinfo\/pr\/1998\/19\/\">Hubble Takes First Image<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ron Seely,\u00a0<em>Wisconsin State Journal<\/em>\u00a0science reporter, interviewed an enthusiastic Sanjay Limaye and researchers from the Space Telescope Science Institute and the University of Miami for \u201cThe Hubble films birthing of planet\u201d, May 29. Astronomer Susan Terebey, Pasadena, California, used the Hubble Space Telescope\u2019s Near Infrared Camera and Multi-object Spectrometer to discover a gas giant planet like Jupiter in the constellation Taurus. Sanjay, SSEC planetary scientist, said of the discovery, \u201cThere is more and more evidence that our solar system is not unique.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/triana.gsfc.nasa.gov\/home\/faq.htm\">Triana FAQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/web.mit.edu\/newsoffice\/tt\/1998\/mar18\/gore.html\">MIT Tech Talk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In\u00a0<em>Space News<\/em>\u00a0for June 1-7, Donald R. Johnson commented favorably on Triana, Vice President Al Gore\u2019s proposed earth-viewing satellite for low-earth orbit. Don notes its \u201cunique practical and scientific applications\u201d for students, educators, engineers, and meteorologists. Pat Dasch, National Space Society executive director, commented on Don\u2019s piece, in\u00a0<em>Space News<\/em>\u00a0for June 22-28. Pat lauded vice president Gore\u2019s wish \u201cto share his enthusiastic wonder for space and Earth\u2019s environment,\u201d but strongly stated that Triana resources could be more appropriately allocated. Don Johnson directs the Division of Earth Sciences at Universities Space Research Association (Columbia, Maryland) and the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (University of Wisconsin-Madison).\u00a0<em>Space News<\/em>\u00a0is a tabloid-format publication covering satellite and other space program news.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ametsoc.org\/AMS\/amsedu\/awards98.html\">1998 AMS Annual Awards<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Chris Velden received the American Meteorological Society\u2019s Special Award at this year\u2019s annual conference \u201cfor his special efforts in providing mesoscale satellite datasets to support field studies and operational weather forecast centers nationally and internationally.\u201d The<em>Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society,<\/em>\u00a0June 1998, noted that Chris has been project leader for six weather field experiments, including the Genesis of Atlantic Lows Experiment and the Cooperative Huntsville Mesoscale Experiment. As a CIMSS researcher, Chris is most closely identified with the Tropical Cyclones group and has led it to develop special products measuring wind shear and direction using satellite data.<\/p>\n<p>AMS awards to Bill Smith, former director of the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies, and Don Johnson, current CIMSS director, were covered in \u201cIn the News\u201d for February 1998.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"broadcast\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><em>On the Air<\/em><\/h2>\n<p><strong>For More Information<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.weather.com\/homepage.html\">Weather Channel &#8211; weather.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Steven Lyons, Tropical Program Manager for the Weather Channel, will use wind products from the Tropical Cyclone group\u2019s Web site. \u201cKeep them coming,\u201d he said, and promised to plug SSEC when he\u2019s on the air.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the Learning Channel for\u00a0<em>Earth\u2019s Fury,<\/em>\u00a0a six-part series exploring dangerous natural phenomena like floods, fire and volcanoes. SSEC has provided satellite imagery to producer James Cox for his show on a severe nor\u2019easter that developed off the coast of Greenland in the North Atlantic from September 29 to October 2, 1995.<\/p>\n<p>SSEC is also providing data for a show on floods in the same Earth\u2019s Fury series. The featured flood covered central Texas on May 5, 1993.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"internet\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><em>On the &#8216;Net<\/em><\/h2>\n<p><strong>For More Information<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/data\/\">SSEC Real-time Data<\/a><\/p>\n<p>John Standen, who teaches meteorology at Bournemouth, England\u2019s European College, congratulated SSEC \u201con the superb composite images of the Global Montage,\u201d which he uses in lectures on the movement of the ITCZ. The Intertropical Convergence Zone is where trade winds from northern and southern hemispheres meet in a line of clouds that girdles the equator. Dr. Standen said that his students enjoy the images; he plans to display a year\u2019s worth of monthly global montages in his meteorology department.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/tropic\/tropic.html\">Tropical Cyclones<\/a><\/p>\n<p>As hurricane season begins, weather forecasters in hurricane-prone areas around the world are using the Tropical Cyclones information ever more often. Christophe Payan, a forecaster in the French Weather Service, is stationed in Guadeloupe, French Antilles. After participating in a workshop for forecasting hurricanes, he started using information from the Tropical Cyclones Web page. He consults the site regularly.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.surfline.com\/surfusa2.html\">Surfline Surf Report<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sur4.com\/REGION\/region.html\">SURF4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Surfer Carl Seely depends on SSEC\u2019s Web site to see \u201cwhat storms are forming from Alaska-Mexico which cause south, north, even west swells.\u201d He adds, \u201cMany surf pages should be using this visual goldmine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rso.union.wisc.edu\/Hoofers\/sailing\/schocked\/windo.html\">Hoofers Sailing Club<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The UW-Madison Hoofers Sailing Club uses SSEC weather data on their Web site for a wind charting application. You must have Shockwave installed to view the application.<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"outreach\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><em>Teaching and Outreach<\/em><\/h2>\n<p><strong>For More Information<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.madison.k12.wi.us\/planetarium\">Madison Schools Planetarium<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/outreach\/home.htm\">SSEC Outreach<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Rose Pertzborn is one of several educators from Wisconsin to be designated a Galileo Ambassador, to present findings of the Jupiter mission to the general public. Rose wrote about current mission events, particularly observations of Europa, in\u00a0<em>Madison Skies,<\/em>\u00a0June 1998. Galileo is accumulating evidence of oceans of liquid water beneath Europa\u2019s icy surface. After observing Europa, the mission will study water in Jupiter\u2019s upper atmosphere and then observe close-ups of the fiery moon Io.\u00a0<em>Madison Skies<\/em>\u00a0is the newsletter of the Madison Metropolitan School District Planetarium. Rose, with Sanjay Limaye, coordinates SSEC\u2019s educational outreach programs.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/spacelink.nasa.gov\/Instructional.Materials\/NASA.Educational.Products\/SHARP.Brochure\/.index.html\">SHARP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Kristin Fields, from Madison High School in Houston, Texas, is the single SHARP student assigned to SSEC this summer. She works as an apprentice researcher with Fred Wu and Gary Wade, investigating daily variations in sea surface temperatures. NASA\u2019s Summer High School Apprenticeship Research Program gives talented high school students the chance to participate in hands-on research experience in a scientific setting. Kristin is here till August 7, when she returns to her senior year at Madison High School.<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"new and cool\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><em>New and Cool<\/em><\/h2>\n<p><strong>For More Information<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/goes\/misc\/\">GOES Gallery at CIMSS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies maintains a gallery of satellite images, all from NOAA\u2019s Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite. The GOES Gallery presents a variety of interesting images collected during scientific investigations. Most recent in the Gallery are images of fires in Florida from June 22, 1998, and pictures showing a Catalina eddy off the southern California coast on June 16. Scott Bachmeier and other CIMSS researchers post images with annotation as they occur in their research. Images extend back to a picture of the northeastern U.S. that shows fog lying in river valleys on September 20, 1994. Most Gallery examples are stunning. All are educational. Check the GOES Gallery weekly for new additions.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019d like a particular SSEC project covered in New and Cool, contact Terri Gregory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the News &#8211; July 1998<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4409","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-monthly-summary"],"acf":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4409","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\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4409"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4409\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4514,"href":"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4409\/revisions\/4514"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}