Director's Note

Hank Revercomb

October promises to be an exciting month, punctuated on the 25th by the launch of the NPP platform that will introduce the first truly new...more

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Department News

Technical Computing

The largest, most powerful computer on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus began operations in June of 2011...more

Human Resources

Have an accident? Call the Police...more

Academic Staff

Chancellor Ward addressed the assembly, noting that he does not want to be a caretaker; that he wants to move the University forward and begin...more

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Comings and Goings

Birthdays

 

	New Satellite Tracking Dish Installed On Sunday, 11 September 2011, two massive telescoping cranes took position in the courtyard at the base of the Engineering Research Building...more
	GOES-15 and GOES-11 Imagery of Hurricane Hilary Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES)-15 and GOES-11 Super Rapid Scan Operations (SRSO) visible channel images showing the well-defined eye...more
CIMSS at EUMETSAT Meteorological Satellite Conference 2011 Many scientists from CIMSS and the Advanced Satellite Products Branch (ASPB) attended the 2011 European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites...more
	GOES-15 Sounder Processing In preparation for the subsequent operational implementation of GOES-15 for western US coverage, GOES-15 Sounder products are being generated...more
	CIMSS/SSEC at Wisconsin Science Festival Several thousand people, including local students, had an opportunity to learn about CIMSS/SSEC data via our 3D Globe and Weather/Climate Applets during the...more
	High School Students Explore Venus As part of SSEC’s Office of Space Science Education ongoing Venus Education activities, five high school students from New Glarus, WI, spent an intensive ten-week period....more
SSEC/AOS Photo Contest Winners Announced Thanks to all who submitted photos to the contest this year. And congratulations to Grant Petty (1st), Dima Smirnov (2nd) and Matt Sitkowski (3rd)...more