| Below is the Program for ITSC 12, plus links to many of the presentations and posters. Wednesday 27 February 2002
14:00 15:20 SCIENTIFIC PRESENTATIONS
Session 1a: TOVS/SSM (Chair: Le Marshall)
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| Deblonde |
Comparison of the sounding and imaging capabilities of the SSMIS and AMSU (PPT ~ 6MB) |
1a1 |
| Bennartz and Thoss |
Precipitation classification and analysis from the Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit (AMSU) (PPT ~ 500KB) |
1a2 |
| Li and Weng |
Correction of cloud contamination on AMSU measurements: a modeling study (PDF ~ 1MB) |
1a3
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| Reale |
ATOVS operational science status and plans (PPT ~ 2MB) |
1a4 |
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15:20 15:50 BREAK
15:50 17:50 SCIENTIFIC PRESENTATIONS
Session 1b: ATOVS/SSM (Chair: Rochard)
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| Stephens and Engelen |
CO2 retrievals from IR sounding measurements and its influence on temperature retrievals (PPT ~ 13MB) |
1b1 |
| Weng (Fuzhong) |
Advances in AMSU non-sounding products and microwave forward modeling (PDF ~ 2MB) |
1b2 |
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Session 2a: ATOVS and TOVS in NWP (Chair: Chouinard)
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| Baker |
The application of observation adjoint sensitivity to satellite assimilation problems (PPT ~ 600KB) |
2a1 |
| Chevallier, Bauer and Moreau |
Potential of the SSM/I rain observations for 4D-Var assimilation (PDF ~ 2MB) |
2a2 |
| Derber |
The use of radiance data in the NCEP global and regional; data assimilation systems |
2a3 |
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19:00 19:30 Ice-breaker/ pre-dinner drinks
19:30 - Dinner
Thursday 28 February 2002
08:00 10:00 SCIENTIFIC PRESENTATIONS
Session 2b: ATOVS/TOVS in NWP (Chair: Eyre)
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English, Jones, Smith, Hilton
and Whyte |
ATOVS and SSM/I assimilation at the Met Office (PPT ~ 700KB) |
2b1 |
| Kelly, Bauer and Uppala |
Improved assimilation of AMSU/HIRS/VTPR radiances in the ECMWF system |
2b2 |
Chouinard, Hall้, Charette
and Sarazin |
Recent improvements in the use of TOVS satellite radiances in the unified 3D-var system of the Canadian Meteorological Centre (PPT ~ 8MB) |
2b3 |
Gerard, Rabier, Dahoui and
Sahlaoui |
Use of global ATOVS and SSM/I at Meteo-France (PPT ~ 2MB)
Additional Material: PDF (~400KB) |
2b4 |
Harris, Bourke, Paevere and
Steinle |
Extending 1Dvar/ GASP to 0.1 hPa and the assimilation of 1C AMSU-A data |
2b5 |
Joiner, Frank, da Silva,
Bosilovich and Radacovich |
Assimilation of cloud- and land-affected TOVS/ATOVS level 1b data at DAO (PPT ~ 5MB) |
2b6 |
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10:00 10:20 BREAK
10:20 12:20 SCIENTIFIC PRESENTATIONS
Session 2c: ATOVS/TOVS in NWP (Chair: Menzel)
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| Koepken, Kelly and Thepaut |
Assimilation of geostationary radiances within the 4Dvar system at ECMWF (PDF ~ 1MB) |
2c1 |
| Okamoto |
Recent developments in assimilation of ATOVS at JMA (PPT ~ 500KB) |
2c2 |
Prasad, Paliwal, Das Gupta,
and Rajan |
Recent advances in utilization of ATOVS and SSM/I data in the operational global data assimilation of India (PPT ~17MB) |
2c3 |
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Session 3a: ATOVS/TOVS in climate studies (Chair: Uddstrom)
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| Bates |
Variability in upper tropospheric humidity and water cycle dynamics using TOVS data |
3a1 |
Chedin, Hollingsworth, Scott,
Serrar, Crevoisier and Armante |
Annual and seasonal variations of atmospheric CO2, N2O and CO concentrations retrieved from NOAA/TOVS satellite observations |
3a2 |
| Menzel and Wylie |
HIRS observations of a decline in NH winter clouds since 1997 (PPT ~ 900KB)
Additional Material: MS Word (300KB) |
3a3 |
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12:20 14:20 LUNCH
14:20 16:00 SCIENTIFIC PRESENTATIONS
Session 3b: ATOVS/TOVS in climate studies (Chair: Joiner)
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Prata, Bates and Jackson |
A new method for the retrieval of upper troposphere/ lower stratosphere sulfur dioxide from global long-term TOVS measurements (PPT ~ 4MB) |
3b1 |
| Goldberg |
Ensuring consistency between AMSU-A climate temperature retrieval products from NOAA-15 and NOAA-16P (PPT ~ 1MB) |
3b2 |
Session 4a: Preparation for advanced sounders (Chair: Joiner)
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| Smith, Zhou and Larar |
Advanced sounder capabilities airborne demonstration with NAST-I (PPT ~ 7MB) |
4a1 |
Wolf, Goldberg, Zhou, Qu
and Divarkala |
A fully operational AIRS processing and distribution system (PPT ~ 500KB) |
4a2 |
Goldberg, McMillin, Wolf,
Zhou, Qu and Divakarla |
AIRS radiance and geophysical products: methodology and validation (PPT ~ 1MB) |
4a3 |
| Huang |
Planned hyperspectral imaging and sounding research for Indian Ocean under GIFTS-IOMI project (PPT ~ 16MB) |
4a4 |
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16:00 16:20 BREAK
16:20 16:50 WORKING GROUP FORMATION
- Radiative transfer and surface property modelling
- ATOVS/TOVS in climate studies
- ATOVS/TOVS data in NWP
- Advanced Infrared Sounders
- International issues and future systems
- Satellite sounder science and products
16:50 17:30 POSTER INTRODUCTIONS (Chairs: Bates/ Reale)
(Introductions each 1 minute duration and maximum of one viewgraph.)
17:30 19:20 POSTERS
19:30 DINNER
Friday 1 March 2002
08:00 09:30 AGENCY STATUS REPORTS (Chairs: Le Marshall / Rochard)
- Relations with other bodies:
- IRC (Smith, 5 min) (GIF < 100KB)
- CGMS (Menzel, 5 min) (MS Word version < 100KB)
- WMO (Hinsman 5 min)
- GRP (Bates)
- Reports on issues raised at ITSC - XI
- Frequency protection (Rochard, 5 min)
- Re-analysis at NCEP (Derber, 5 min)
- Re-analysis at ECMWF (Kelly, 5 min)
- Re-analysis at GSFC (Joiner, 5 min)
- TOVS Pathfinder (Goldberg, 5 min)
- Review of actions from ITSC - XI (30 min)
- Any other items / discussion
09:30 10:10 SCIENTIFIC PRESENTATIONS
Session 4b: Preparation for advanced sounders (Chair: Kleespies)
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McNally, Fourrie, Matricardi,
Thepaut and Watts |
Progress towards an assimilation strategy for AIRS at ECMWF (PDF ~ 600KB) |
4b1 |
| Collard and Saunders |
Assimilation of AIRS data at the Met Office (PPT ~ 200KB) |
4b2 |
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10:10 10:30 BREAK
10:30 12:10 SCIENTIFIC PRESENTATIONS
Session 4c: Preparation for advanced sounders (Chair: Hinsman)
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| Frank, Joiner, Atlas and Stajner |
Plans for assimilating AQUA data at NASAs DAO |
4c1 |
| Li, Schmidt, Huang and Menzel |
Studies of advanced baseline sounder for future Geostationary Environmental Operational Satellite (GOES) (PPT ~ 800KB) |
4c2 |
| Rabier and Fourri้ |
Channel selection for IASI in clear-sky conditions (PPT ~ 200KB) |
4c3 |
| Thepaut and Fourri้ |
Information content and optimal channel selection for AIRS P (PDF ~ 1MB) |
4c4 |
| Lavanant |
CMS cloud processing in IASI context (PPT ~ 1MB) |
4c5 |
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12:10 14:10 LUNCH
14:10 15:55 SCIENTIFIC PRESENTATIONS
Session 5: Future systems agency plans (Chair: Lavanant)
5-1: Menzel: NOAAs plans for satellites: 2001 and beyond (PPT ~ 14MB)
5-2: Smith: NASAs plans for future sounding systems (15 min.)
5-3: Klaes: EUMETSAT future plans (PPT ~ 40 MB) (PDF version ~ 423 KB)
5-4: Zhang: Considerations on sounding instruments, future Chinese satellites (15 min.)
5-5: Uspensky: Sounding instruments, future Russian meteorological satellites (15 min.)
Session 5a: Future systems (Chair: Lavanant)
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| Bloom |
The Cross-track Infrared and Microwave Sounder (CrIMMS): a sensor suite for operational meteorological; remote sensing |
5a1 |
| Chauhan |
NPOESS conical microwave imager/sounder: a next-generation sensor |
5a2 |
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15:55 16:15 BREAK
16:15 17:00 SCIENTIFIC PRESENTATIONS
Session 5b: Future systems (Chair: Kelly)
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| Gasiewski |
The Geosynchronous Microwave (GEM) Sounder/Imager (PDF ~ 2MB) |
5b1 |
| Glumb and Predina |
The Cross-track Infrared Sounder: Sensor design and projected performance (PPT ~ 4MB)
Additional material: MS Word (~6MB) |
5b2 |
Phulpin, Cayla, Chalon, Casse,
Diebel and Schluessel |
IASI on board METOP: Project status and scientific preparation (PDF ~ 2MB) |
5b3 |
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17:00 18:35 Presentation on software packages (Chairs: Rochard/ Le Marshall)
Technical subgroup formation
- AAPP and ICI
- IAPP
- RTATOV
- MODIS/AIRS
- 3I/3R
19:30 DINNER
Evening: Working Group and Technical Working Group meetings
Saturday 2 March 2002
Working Group meetings
Sunday 3 March 2002
Working Group Meetings
17:00 18:30 SCIENTIFIC PRESENTATIONS
Session 5c: Future systems (Chair: Goldberg)
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| Zhang Wenjian |
FY-3A: progress and direct broadcast characteristics |
5c1 |
| Wilczynski (pres. by Bloom) |
The National Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) Preparatory Project (NPP): Mission concept and status. |
5c2 |
| Menzel |
NPP instruments and direct broadcast plans (PPT ~18MB)
Additional material: MS Word (~9MB) |
5c3 |
| Coronado |
HRD in situ ground system Bridging technologies between EOS, NPP and the future (PPT ~ 1MB) |
5c4 |
| Sprunger, Archer and Johnson |
Geostationary sounding: Current and future GOES sounders (PPT ~ 4MB) |
5c5 |
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Session 6a: Scientific studies and development: cloud and moisture (Chair: Goldberg)
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| Prunet and Tournier |
Variational cloud decontamination and extension to the component estimation of the IASI measurements (PPT ~ 900KB)
Additional material: PPT (~170KB) MS Word (~400KB) |
6a1 |
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Monday 4 March 2002
08:00 10:00 SCIENTIFIC PRESENTATIONS
Session 6b: Scientific studies and development cloud and moisture soundings and applications (Chair: Garand)
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| Romano and Cuomo |
Retrieval of cloud parameters from the new sensor generation satellite multispectral measurements (PPT ~300KB) |
6b1 |
Stubenrauch, Raedel, Eddounia,
Holz, Scott and Mitchell |
Studying cirrus mean effective ice crystal sizes using satellite TIROS-N Operational Vertical Sounder (TOVS) observations (PDF ~ 7MB) |
6b2 |
| Garand and Wagneur |
Assimilation of GOES imager channels at MSC (PPT ~ 9MB) |
6b3 |
Andrews, Oliver, Zheng
and Uddstrom |
The impact of data assimilation on a mesoscale model of the New Zealand region (PPT ~ 2MB) |
6b4 |
| Joo |
The usage of ATOVS in Korea Meteorological Administration (PPT ~ 2MB) |
6b5 |
| Randriamampianina and Rabier |
Regional use of locally received ATOVS radiances in NWP (MS Word ~ 900KB) |
6b6 |
| Silvestre Espinoza |
Comparation of error analysis in 3D-Var, for assimilation of radiances and retrievals using NOAA-14 (PPT ~ 500KB) |
6b7 |
| Tingwell, Harris and Bourke |
ATOVS 1D-Var retrieval in the Australian region LAPS data assimilation and prediction system |
6b8 |
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10:00 10:25 BREAK
10:25 12:10 SCIENTIFIC PRESENTATIONS
Session 6c: Scientific studies and development: soundings and applications (Chair: Zhang Wenjian)
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Schyberg, Amstrup, Gustaffson,
Jarvinen, Landelius, Lindskog |
Use of ATOVS in HIRLAM 3-D Var |
6c1 |
| Bower, Lynch and Knuteson |
The validation of land surface thermodynamic properties retrieved by atmospheric sounders |
6c2 |
Monnier, Lavanant, Brunel,
Labrot and Rochard |
Temperature, humidity and surface emissivity retrieval experiments with IASI simulated data (PDF ~ 700KB) |
6c3 |
| Le Marshall et al. |
GIFTS IOMIHigh spectral, temporal and spatial resolution data collection and application |
6c4 |
| Plokhenko and Menzel |
Analysis of NAST-I measurement characteristics |
6c5 |
Glumb, Predina, Lietzke
and Xu Liu |
EDR algorithms for the Cross-track Infrared Sounder (PPT ~ 400KB)
Additional material: MS Word (~300KB) |
6c6 |
| Fourrie |
Use of advanced infrared sounders in cloudy conditions (PPT ~ 200KB) |
6c7 |
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12:05 14:05 LUNCH
14:05 15:50 SCIENTIFIC PRESENTATIONS
Session 6d Scientific studies and developments development, training and data (Chair: Saunders)
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| Mukabana |
Towards an alternative technique in upper air monitoring in Kenya (20 minutes) |
6d1 |
| Wilson |
The Virtual Laboratory for Satellite Meteorology: An Opportunity for collaborative education and training (PPT ~ 800KB) |
6d2 |
| Overton |
The National Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS): Access to NPOESS data |
6d3 |
| Tabor |
Future data processing at the Information Processing Division (IPD) of the National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service (NESDIS) |
6d4 |
| Tournier, Blumstein and Cayla |
IASI Level 0 and 1 processing algorithms description (PPT ~ 300KB)
Additional material: MS Word (~200KB) |
6d5 |
Singh, Bhatia, Mukherjee
and Sant Prasad |
Validation of atmospheric temperature profiles derived using neural network approach from AMSU-A measurements on board NOAA-15 and NOAA-16 satellites and their applications for tropical cyclone analysis (MS Word ~ 700KB) |
6d6 |
| Kaifel and Muller |
NOAA-ATOVS 23-year total column ozone product retrieved by neural network technique (PDF ~ 8MB) |
6d7 |
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15:50 16:15 BREAK
16:15 17:30 SCIENTIFIC STUDIES
Session 6e: Scientific studies and developments radiative transfer (Chair: Bates)
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Armante, Scott, Chedin,
Jacquinet-Husson, Marchand,
Montandon, Aires |
Validation processes and results for the inverse and forward models related to IASI/ AMSUs/METOP observations |
6e1 |
Jacquinet-Husson, Scott,
Chedin and Chursin |
The GEISA spectroscopic database system revisited for IASI direct radiative transfer modelling (MS Word ~ 5MB) |
6e2 |
| Matricardi and Chevallier |
An improved general fast radiative transfer model for the assimilation of radiance observations (PDF ~ 400KB) |
6e3 |
| McMillin, Kleespies and Xiong |
Rapid transmittance studies at NESDIS |
6e4 |
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19:30 CONFERENCE DINNER
Tuesday 5 March 2002
08:00 09:15 SCIENTIFIC PRESENTATIONS
Session 6f: Scientific studies: Developments in radiative transfer (Chair: Thepaut)
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| Sherlock, Collard and Saunders |
Development and validation of Gastropod, a fast radiative transfer operator for the advanced infrared sounders (PDF ~ 100KB) |
6f1 |
| Turner |
Revisiting the downward emission term of the radiative transfer model (PDF ~ 6MB) |
6f2 |
| van Delst |
Upgraded radiative transfer model status at NCEP/EMC (PPT ~ 1MB) |
6f3 |
| Kleespies |
The merger of OPTRAN and RTTOV: the best of both worlds (PPT ~ 700KB) |
6f4 |
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09:15 10:00 ITWG PLENARY: Working Group reports
10:00 10:25 BREAK
10:25 12:15
Working Group reports
Technical subgroup reports
Executive summary
Major recommendations and actions
Other business
12:30 LUNCH
13:00 Assemble for coach departure
13:30 Coach departs for Melbourne
15:30 16:00 Coach arrives in central Melbourne |
