At 1535 UTC May 13, 1998, the NOAA-K satellite was successfully launched from Vandenberg AFB, California. The spacecraft successfully separated from the booster and is in polar orbit. The satellite will replace NOAA-12 as the operational satellite in the morning orbit once check out is complete. NOAA-K has a new microwave sounder and an additional imager channel (1.6 microns). After engineers determine that the satellite is in successful orbit, NOAA-K will become NOAA-15.
The workstation version of the Eta Data Assimilation System (EDAS) is running a near real-time study of the impact of assimilating GOES Sounder Precipitable Water. NCEP's Environmental Modeling Center is conducting the study. Daily results are available on the web at:
ftp://winds.ssec.wisc.edu/www/edas/daily.html.
The National Institute of Standards and Technology's Building and Fire Research Lab (BFRL) has a web site with over 1000 document abstracts and complete publications produced by or for the BFRL staff since 1994. Complete Reports include Fire Induced Winds in the 20 October 1991 Oakland Hills Fire, A Comparison of Measured Wind Speeds and Design Wind Speeds in Hurricane Marilyn, and Wind Direction and Hurricane-Induced Ultimate Wind Loads. The "Getting Started" web page for BFRL Publications Online is:
http://flame.cfr.nist.gov/bfrlpubs/.
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