Discussion centered on the numerous near-term activities required of all involved in supporting Dr. Peter B. Ulrich and Glenn H. Mucklow in overall Code S UPN 632 planning. Congressional language directing Code S to broadly and openly compete a large fraction of the program was also discussed. Optics Express is a new electronic journal published by the Optical Society of America. Papers are subjected to rigorous peer review, similar to more-traditional journals. The advantage, however, is that the publication process is shortened considerably.
Electronic publication appears to be the way of the future.
The measurements include comparison of aerosol loading over the ocean with that over the land, variability of boundary layer aerosol heights, midtropospheric aerosol layers advected long distances over the ocean, and the presence of the aerosol background mode in the upper troposphere both over land and ocean consistent with previous datasets. Regional and hemispheric data coverage of synoptic weather events at high spatial and temporal resolutions in many spectral bands is a dream realized by NOAA for its operational support. The long time series of geostationary data over North America and the near global coverage provided by new geostationary satellite sensors permits the use of satellite data for quantitative investigations of long-term climate fluctuations. This seminar will cover two topics. The first will be a presentation on the GOES data archive established at GHCC to support the data needs of the GHCC scientists.