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| RAMMB CIRA 1st Quarter Report FY08 |
October November December |
Traveler |
Destination | Purpose | Funding |
Dates |
| D. Molenar | Madison, WI | McIDAS Users' Group Meeting | CoRP Base |
10/14 to 17 |
| D. Hillger | Madison, WI | McIDAS Users' Group Meeting | CoRP Base |
10/15 to 18 |
| M. DeMaria | Boulder, CO | ESRC Meeting at COMET | 10/31 |
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| J. Knaff | Miami, FL | RMS Expert Eliciation Workshop | CoRP Base |
10/29 to 11/1 |
| M. DeMaria | Madison, WI | VISIT/SHyMet Planning Meetings | CoRP Base |
11/5 to 7 |
| D. Bikos | Madison, WI | VISIT/SHyMet Planning Meetings | VISIT |
11/5 to 7 |
| J. Braun | Madison, WI | VISIT/SHyMet Planning Meetings | VISIT |
11/5 to 7 |
| B. Connell | Madison, WI | VISIT/SHyMet Planning Meetings | SHyMet |
11/5 to 7 |
| B. Connell | Denver, CO | Remote Sensing Class at Metro State College | GIMPAP |
11/12 |
M. DeMaria gave an invited seminar entitled “Dynamic and Thermodynamic Controls on Tropical Cyclone Intensity Change” at the CSU Department of Atmospheric Science, as part of their regular Thursday seminar series. About 40 students, faculty and staff were in attendance. (M. DeMaria)
J. Knaff visited NCEP/TPC to better coordinate the operational transition of several tropical cyclone products. A presentation entitled “CIRA/RAMMB Tropical Cyclone Forecast Tools: Planned Operational Transitions and New Initiatives” was given at NHC. (J. Knaff)
B. Connell gave a presentation on the GOES and the characteristics of its channels to a Remote Sensing class at the Metropolitan State College of Denver. Since the Remote Sensing class focuses mainly on earth resource topics, the students were presented with the perspective of how meteorologists view and use satellite imagery. (B. Connell)
J. Dostalek, currently enrolled in the Ph. D. program in Atmospheric Science at CSU (under Professor Wayne Schubert), gave a presentation on his atmospheric rivers work to Professor Schubert’s research group. In addition, he held a meeting with his committee to update them on his research. (J. Dostalek)
D. Hillger and D. Molenar attended the 2007 McIDAS Users’ Group (MUG) meeting in Madison WI held 16-18 October. The meeting’s main focus was the alpha release of McIDAS-V and the transition to McIDAS-V from McIDAS-X as the current main image manipulation and research tool. Several speakers at the meeting talked of the advantages of McIDAS-V and its 3D capabilities, as well as its ability to handle hyperspectral imagery much more easily than in McIDAS-X. While in Madison, both Hillger and Molenar made connections as well with other researchers and programmers with whom they are working. Molenar is involved with the newly-formed McIDAS Advisory Committee (MAC). Hillger made connections with other researchers and programmers, mainly related to GOES-R Risk Reduction objectives, and to simulations of Advanced Baseline Imager data and products. (D. Hillger, D. Molenar)
D. Hillger attended some of the sessions of an Information Technology (IT) Future Visions IT Symposium held at CSU on 14 September. The opening session was a presentation on Google Earth and Google 3D presented by a representative from the Boulder CO offices of Google Inc. Other sessions included the Future of IT, of the Internet, and of Computer Security. The Symposium is sponsored by CSU’s Information Science and Technology Center (ISTeC) which has hosted similar presentations in the past. (D. Hillger)