1. ATS Meteorology 1McMurdo Weather Office Brief Austral Summer 2001/2002EXCELLENCE THROUGH TEAMWORK McMurdo Station Weather Office Presentation

2. ATS Meteorology 2McMurdo Weather Office Brief Austral Summer 2001/2002EXCELLENCE THROUGH TEAMWORK Scarcity of data

3. ATS Meteorology 3McMurdo Weather Office Brief Austral Summer 2001/2002EXCELLENCE THROUGH TEAMWORK Scarcity of data

4. ATS Meteorology 4McMurdo Weather Office Brief Austral Summer 2001/2002EXCELLENCE THROUGH TEAMWORK Scarcity of data

5. ATS Meteorology 5McMurdo Weather Office Brief Austral Summer 2001/2002EXCELLENCE THROUGH TEAMWORK Scarcity of data 1036 compared to 29

6. ATS Meteorology 6McMurdo Weather Office Brief Austral Summer 2001/2002EXCELLENCE THROUGH TEAMWORK MET Operations From Raw Data to Operational Forecasts

7. ATS Meteorology 7McMurdo Weather Office Brief Austral Summer 2001/2002EXCELLENCE THROUGH TEAMWORK Primary Emphasis

8. ATS Meteorology 8McMurdo Weather Office Brief Austral Summer 2001/2002EXCELLENCE THROUGH TEAMWORK Satellite Assistance

9. ATS Meteorology 9McMurdo Weather Office Brief Austral Summer 2001/2002EXCELLENCE THROUGH TEAMWORK Satellite/Model Assistance

10. ATS Meteorology 10McMurdo Weather Office Brief Austral Summer 2001/2002EXCELLENCE THROUGH TEAMWORK 90km 30km 10km Modeling Support

11. ATS Meteorology 11McMurdo Weather Office Brief Austral Summer 2001/2002EXCELLENCE THROUGH TEAMWORK Graphics provided by Mark W. Seefelt Modeling Support

12. ATS Meteorology 12McMurdo Weather Office Brief Austral Summer 2001/2002EXCELLENCE THROUGH TEAMWORK Modeling Support

13. ATS Meteorology 13McMurdo Weather Office Brief Austral Summer 2001/2002EXCELLENCE THROUGH TEAMWORK Developmental Applications Increased Upper Atmospheric Data Adaptation - Microwave (SSMI) - Radar - Laser Lidar COSMIC

14. ATS Meteorology 14McMurdo Weather Office Brief Austral Summer 2001/2002EXCELLENCE THROUGH TEAMWORK Leo satellite combined with GPS to produce global atmospheric sounding information Developmental Applications

15. ATS Meteorology 15McMurdo Weather Office Brief Austral Summer 2001/2002EXCELLENCE THROUGH TEAMWORK NEW Generation: NPOESS Greater Resolution Broader Swath Greater Capabilities Developmental Applications

16. ATS Meteorology 16McMurdo Weather Office Brief Austral Summer 2001/2002EXCELLENCE THROUGH TEAMWORK NEW Generation: NPOESS 3-D visualization Developmental Applications

17. ATS Meteorology 17McMurdo Weather Office Brief Austral Summer 2001/2002EXCELLENCE THROUGH TEAMWORK Assimilating Doppler Radar Data for model initialization Developmental Applications

18. ATS Meteorology 18McMurdo Weather Office Brief Austral Summer 2001/2002EXCELLENCE THROUGH TEAMWORK Developmental Applications

19. ATS Meteorology 19McMurdo Weather Office Brief Austral Summer 2001/2002EXCELLENCE THROUGH TEAMWORK Everyone talks about the weather but no one does anything about it. Mark Twain Questions?