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Subject: October 15th Update
Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2001 18:14:19 +0100
From: "taneil uttal" <taneil.uttal.atsea@rbnems.ronbrown.omao.noaa.gov>
To: paquita.zuidema@noaa.gov,
duane.hazen.atsea@rbnems.ronbrown.omao.noaa.gov,charlotte.vallee.atsea@rbnems.ronbrown.omao.noaa.gov

Hi Paquita -  

I have been getting myself confused with sending images for the 
previous day and sometimes dating the update by the current day's date, 
and sometimes dating the update by the figure date.  (Did that sentence 
make any sense at all?).  In anycase, if my subject says "October 15th 
update" it should have the October 15th figure attached from now on. 
(My brains are sloshing).

INSTRUMENT UPDATE

Everything up and running.  Radar still having floating helix currents, 
but nothing serious enought to trip the fault thresholds.  Duane is 
working with Ken on "the green line", and blanking circuit timing.  We 
actually are wondering if the green line is actually real signal from 
sea spray, or low level mists.  It is intermittent, and when present, 
the signal does not vary with cloud thickness or reflectivity, but 
seems to have it's own "natural" variaion.

PROCESSING UPDATE

Duane has made some initial comparisons between sonde statistics and 
radiometer statistics.  They look quite different, and suggest that 
someone is going to have to spend do some careful work in the 
radiometer post processing. As you folks do your reorganization master 
minding back there, please keep this in mind......with Brad off in the 
lidar group and Duane moving to the GRIDS project we are wondering how 
this will all shake out. I am hoping we will be able to contract Duane 
from ET1?  

DINNER UPDATE

Fabulous t-bones with sauteed mushrooms.

I STILL OWE YOU

Rescaled figures for Oct 2, 3, 4 and 5.  I am also resending October 
13th in this email. Hope it is not a repeat.  As for the Oct 2-5 
series, I will probably send one a day for the next 4 days.

AS USUAL

1. Acknowledge receipt of this email
2. Forward to Matrosov, Shupe, Post, Fairall, Otto, Moran, Ryan