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Fire pixel density (number of pixels per square kilometers) for 14 Aug – 14 Sept 2020

NOAA satellites follow the smoke journey

8 October 2020 - STAR's Shobha Kondragunta and collaborators at South Dakota State University provided data and graphics on the west coast fires to a reporter at Mother Jones. The reporter requested smoke emissions data for fires in California, Oregon, and Washington through NESDIS HQ. STAR provided data for the entire 2020 season and also prepared figures to help the writer better understand the issues. Mother Jones published the article "These 5 Stats Show Just How Devastating California's Wildfires Have Been – So Far" on September 24, 2020. The figure at right shows the scale of the issue and helps explain how unprecedented the fire emissions have been. Read more.

 

GOES Team honored with Gears of Government Award

16 September 2020 - STAR congratulates the winners of the Gears of Government Award. 15 DOC nominations met the program's criteria for the agency-level award, and out of those nominations, one group has been selected for the prestigious President's Award: Pam Sullivan (GOES), Dan Lindsey (GOES, formerly STAR), Harry Cikanek, Joseph Pica (NCEI), and Vanessa Griffin (OSAAP).

This team was recognized for: "Restoring the functionality of NOAA's new weather satellite following a visibility defect. The team's innovative techniques and coordinated approach restored the satellite's ability to observe critical weather conditions across the Western Hemisphere, such as hurricanes, fires, and volcanic activity, with minimal data loss, restoring the value of the nation's $1 billion investment." Read more

 

Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Space Sciences Building, University of WisconsinUniversity of Wisconsin to Host new CIMSS

On 29 May 2020 NOAA announced its selection of the University of Wisconsin - Madison to host NOAA's new Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS). The selection was made after an open, competitive evaluation and comes with an award of up to $150 million over five years, with the potential for renewal of another five years based on successful performance. Read more.

 

12 November 2019 - This video was commissioned by STAR in conjunction with the 70th International Astronautical Congress held in Washington DC from October 21 to 25 2019. It features STAR Director Harry Cikanek, SMCD Director Satya Kalluri, STAR Principal Scientist Sid Boukabara, STAR Physical Scientist and altimetry expert Deirdre Byrne and STAR Physical Scientist and GLM specialist Scott Rudlosky talking about ways that STAR transforms satellite information into useful products for the Nation and indeed the world. Learn more.




User Survey - Sea Surface Temperature Products

23 February 2021 - NOAA is developing a new suite of long time series Sea Surface Temperature (SST) products combining the best of legacy products while incorporating new technology. Fill out the survey today to share your needs and interests. SST Product Survey. This survey will stay open through March 7.



2nd International OSOS

8 February 2021 - Abstract submission is now open for the second international Operational Satellite Oceanography Symposium (OSOS-2) to be held in a virtual format, on 25-27 May 2021. Co-organised by EUMETSAT and STAR, this Symposium will focus on the use of satellite data in coupled numerical models for ocean, weather, climate and environment analysis and prediction, and in operational applications for coastal waters.

  • The abstracts submission deadline is 1 March 2021. and may be submitted at: conference website.
  • You may also register online for the conference before 15 May 2021. Registration for this Symposium is FREE!

For more information, please visit the OSOS2021 website. Contact the organising committee at osos@eumetsat.int with any questions.

Latest STAR Publications

Updated: Mon, 08 Feb 2021

Title:
How Can Microwave Observations at 23.8 GHz Help in Acquiring Water Vapor in the Atmosphere over Land?
Authors:
Liu Q, Cao C, Grassotti C and Lee Y-K
Journal:
Remote Sensing 13(3):489.
DOI: 10.3390/rs13030489
Date:
Feb 2021
Title:
Super-Resolution of VIIRS-Measured Ocean Color Products Using Deep Convolutional Neural Network
Authors:
Liu XM and Wang MH
Journal:
IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 59(1):114-127.
DOI: 10.1109/tgrs.2020.2992912
Date:
Jan 2021
Title:
Evaluation and Improvement of the Near-Real-Time Linear Fit SO2 Retrievals From Suomi NPP Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite
Authors:
Niu JG, Flynn LE, Beck T, Zhang ZH and Beach E
Journal:
IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 59(1):101-113.
DOI: 10.1109/tgrs.2020.2992429
Date:
Jan 2021
Title:
Examining the Economic and Environmental Impacts of COVID-19 Using Earth Observation Data
Authors:
Straka W, Kondragunta S, Wei ZG, Zhang H, Miller SD and Watts A
Journal:
Remote Sensing 13(1)
DOI: 10.3390/rs13010005
Date:
Jan 2021
Title:
Extending satellite ocean color remote sensing to the near-blue ultraviolet bands
Authors:
Wang YC, Lee ZP, Wei JW, Shang SL, Wang MH and Lai WD
Journal:
Remote Sensing of Environment 253
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2020.112228
Date:
Feb 2021
Title:
Derivation and Validation of Sensor Brightness Temperatures for Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit-A Instruments
Authors:
Yan BH and Ahmad K
Journal:
IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 59(1):404-414.
DOI: 10.1109/tgrs.2020.2992270
Date:
Jan 2021

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