Tim’s New Hampshire Trip 2

Wow! What a day. We actually managed to see most of Washington, DC (except for the Smithsonian) in about 5 hours today. It was 94, and you walk/ride the metro everywhere, so we’re a tad tired.

We met up with Gary Petti then, former meteorologist-in-charge at NWS Birmingham (my boss then) and now a Deputy Director at NESDIS, the part of NOAA which oversees weather satellite operations. We first saw the new NOAA satellite processing center, the building into which all the NOAA weather satellite data initially comes from space (GOES, etc.) They would not allow pictures inside, but they actually control weather satellite launches, and have something that looks like a mission control center. We then went to the World Weather Building, home of NCEP, the branch of NOAA which issues forecast guidance to NWS offices and other meteorologists around the country, and runs the big computer models. They did allow pictures there.

Tomorrow it’s on to New Hampshire, and my presentations at the AMS Conference are on Wednesday. A little nervous, since I will be talking about gravity waves in front of some gravity wave experts.

As far as gravity waves, the presentation I gave on them at a recent training stop is on my UAH website. The presentation on gravity waves’ possible interactions with mesocyclones from the Severe Storms Conference is there also. Feedback is welcome.

I will talk more about atmospheric gravity waves, and our research on them at UAH, later on this blog.

Category: Pictures, Pre-November 2010 Posts