Session 1: ATOVS Radiance Studies |
| William L. Smith |
Ultra high spectral resolution satellite remote sounding - results from aircraft and satellite measurements |
| Lydie Lavanant |
A global cloud detection scheme for high spectral resolution instruments |
| Bormin Huang |
Cloud Classification of Satellite Radiance Data by the Local Region of Influence Method (Abstract only) |
| Allen Larar |
Satellite Infrared Radiance Validation Studies using a Multi-Sensor/Model Data Fusion Approach (Abstract only) |
| Jun Li |
An optimal cloud-clearing method for AIRS radiances using MODIS |
| Allen Huang |
Characterization of infrared imager/sounder and infrared/microwave sounder synergistic cloud-cleared infrared radiances (Abstract only) |
Session 2: ATOVS Retrieval Studies |
| Devendra Singh |
A neural network based algorithm for the retrieval of TPW from AMSU measurements |
| Fuzhong Weng |
Microwave Integrated Retrieval System (MIRS) |
| Zhigang Yao |
Preliminary results of atmospheric temperature retrievals with least squares support vector regression |
| A. K. Sharma |
NOAA/NESDIS updates for sounding data products and services (Abstract only) |
| Chien-Ben Chou |
The analysis of typhoon parameters by using AMSU data |
| B. J. Sohn |
Estimating stability indices from MODIS infrared measurements over the Korean Peninsula (Abstract only) |
| Sung-Yung Lee |
Version 4 AIRS data products (Abstract only) |
| Clémence Pierangelo |
Retrieving the effective radius of Saharan dust coarse mode with AIRS observations (Abstract only) |
| Éva Borbás |
Combining GPS occultations with AIRS infrared measurements for improved atmospheric sounding |
| Deming Jiang |
Neural networks for atmospheric temperature retrieval from AQUA AIRS/AMSU/HSB measurements |
| Daniel Zhou |
Initial retrieval inter-comparisons from the European AQUA Thermodynamic Experiment (Abstract only) |
Session 3: ATOVS Cloud Studies
|
| W Paul Menzel |
Using 22 years of HIRS observations to infer global cloud trends |
| Claudia Stubenrauch |
Survey of cirrus and atmospheric properties from TOVS Path-B: Natural variability and impact of air traffic on cirrus coverage |
| Domenico Cimini |
Cloud parameters from infrared and microwave satellite measurements |
| Hong Zhang |
Sensitivity study of the MODIS cloud top property algorithm to CO2 spectral response functions |
Session 4: Climate Applications
|
| John Bates |
Analysis of systematic errors in climate products |
| Peter Thorne |
Climate monitoring of the free atmosphere: past mistakes and future plans (Abstract only) |
| Tony Reale |
Satellite coincident reference upper air network |
| Yinghui Liu |
Characteristics of satellite-derived clear-sky atmospheric temperature inversion strength in the Arctic, 1980-1996 |
| Lei Shi |
Using HIRS observations to construct long-term global temperature and water vapor profile time series |
Session 5: NPOESS Preparation
|
| Hal Bloom |
Overview and Status of the NPOESS System: Providing Improved Real-Time Data To Meet Future Needs (Abstract only) |
| Peter Wilczynski |
The National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) and NPOESS Preparatory Project (NPP) Access to Data (Abstract only) |
Session 6: Radiative Transfer and Surface Models
|
| Jean-Luc Moncet |
The Optimal Spectral Sampling (OSS) method: Current research and new prospects |
| Ralf Bennartz |
The successive order of interaction (SOI) radiative transfer model and its possible applications to radiance assimilation of clouds and precipitation (Abstract only) |
| Xu Liu |
Validations of a Principal Component-based Radiative Transfer Model Using AIRS and NAST-I Observed Radiances (Abstract only) |
| Paul Poli |
Application of radiative transfer to slanted line-of-sight geometry and evaluation with AIRS data |
| Nicole Jacquinet |
Assessing spectroscopic parameter archives for the second generation vertical sounders radiance simulation: Illustration through the GEISA/IASI Database |
| Thomas Kleespies |
Comparison of simulated radiances, Jacobians and information content for the Microwave Humidity Sounder and the Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit–B |
| Fuzhong Weng |
JCSDA Community Radiative Transfer Model (CRTM) |
Session 7: Operational Applications
|
| Graeme Kelly |
Use of satellite radiances in the 4D-VAR ECMWF system (Abstract only) |
| Brett Harris |
Use of Level-1d ATOVS radiances in GASP |
| Fiona Hilton |
Current use of satellite data in the Met Office Global NWP model |
| Thibaut Montmerle |
Respective contributions of polar orbiting and geostationary radiances within Météo-Frances's operational 3D-Var assimilation system at regional scale (Abstract only) |
| Florence Rabier |
Use of radiances in the operational global assimilation system at Météo-France |
Session 8: Use of ATOVS in NWP |
| Andrew Collard |
Improved use of AIRS data at ECMWF |
| Louis Garand |
AIRS assimilation at MSC (Abstract only) |
| John Le Marshall |
AIRS related advances at the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation |
| Chris Tingwell |
Assimilation of Level-1D ATOVS radiances in the Australian Region LAPS system (Abstract
only) |
| John George |
Impact of ATOVS data in a mesoscale assimilation- forecast system over Indian region |
| Peiming Dong |
The use of ATOVS microwave data in the Grapes-3Dvar System |
| David Anselmo |
The assimilation of AMSU and SSM/I brightness temperatures in clear skies at the Meteorological Service of Canada |
| Roger Randriamampianina |
On the use of bias correction method and full grid AMSU-B data in a limited area model |
| Brett Candy |
Improved use of AMSU-B data in the UK Met Office regional models |
| Lei Zhang |
Assimilation of total precipitable water in a 4D-Var system: A case study |
| Thomas Auligné |
Further study of bias correction for satellite data at ECMWF |
Session 9: International Status Reports
|
| James Purdom |
The redesign and evolution of the Global Observing System (Abstract only) |
| Wenjian Zhang |
China's current and future meteorological satellite systems (Abstract
only) |
| Dieter Klaes |
EUMETSAT plans |
| John Eyre |
The NWP SAF: what can it do for you? (Abstract
only) |
| Mitchell Goldberg |
NESDIS plans for AIRS, CrIS and IASI: Program and science (Abstract only) |
| George Ohring |
Assimilation of satellite cloud and precipitation observations in NWP models: Report of a workshop (Abstract only) |
| James Purdom |
The Virtual Laboratory for Satellite Training and Data Utilization: Maximizing the use of satellite data across the globe (Abstract only) |
Session 10: Direct Reception/Software packages
|
| Frank
Øynes |
MEOS POLAR - A cost effective Direct Broadcast terminal for current and future L and X-band polar orbiting satellites (Abstract only) |
| Nigel Atkinson |
AAPP status report and review of developments for NOAA-N and METOP |
| Philippe Marguinaud |
The IASI L1 processing software and its integration within AAPP (Abstract only) |
Session 11: Preparations for METOP
|
| Denis Blumstein |
IASI on METOP: On ground calibration of the FM2 instrument (Abstract only) |
| Peter Schlüssel |
Super-channel selection for IASI retrievals |
| Thomas King |
Development of the IASI operational processing and distribution system (Abstract only) |
| Simon Elliott |
Dissemination of global products from Metop |
| Marc Schwaerz |
A joint temperature, humidity, ozone, and SST retrieval processing system for IASI sensor data: Properties and retrieval performance analysis |
| Éamonn McKernan |
Calibration and validation of Metop/ATOVS and AVHRR products |
Session 12: Future Instruments
|
| Carl Schueler |
NPOESS VIIRS: Design, performance estimates and applications |
| Vince Tabor |
Initial Joint Polar-orbiting Satellite System (IJPS) era processing and beyond at the Information Processing Division (IPD) of the National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service (NESDIS) (Abstract only) |
| Bjorn Lambrigtsen |
A microwave sounder for GOES-R: A GeoSTAR progress report |
Posters
|
| Changyong Cao |
Intersatellite calibration of HIRS from 1980 to 2003 using the Simultaneous Nadir Overpass (SNO) method for improved consistency and quality of climate data |
| Zhaohui Cheng |
Study of MSU Channel-3 brightness temperature time series using SNO calibration method (Abstract only) |
| Clémence Pierangelo |
8-year climatology of dust aerosol in the infrared with HIRS (Abstract only) |
| Alain
Chédin |
Impact of tropical biomass burning emissions on the diurnal cycle of mid to upper tropospheric CO2 retrieved
from NOAA-10 satellite observations (Abstract only) |
| Claudia Stubenrauch |
Evaluation of parametrizations of microphysical and optical properties for radiative flux computations in climate models using TOVS-ScaRaB satellite observations |
| Chunxiang Shi |
Study on cloud classifications by using AVHRR, GMS-5 and Terra/MODIS satellite data |
| Donald Chu |
Resolving tropical storm inner core temperatures with a three-meter geostationary microwave sounder |
| Jeffery Puschell |
Wind Imaging Spectrometer and Humidity-sounder (WISH): A practical NPOESS P3I high-spatial resolution sensor |
| Bjarne Amstrup |
First experiences with RTTOV8 for assimilating AMSU-A data in the DMI 3D-Var data assimilation system |
| Steve English |
Implications for modelling ocean surface emissivity for AMSU, ATMS and CMIS from the Windsat mission (Abstract only) |
| Ralf Bennartz |
The Second International Precipitation Working Group (IPWG-2004) Workshop (Abstract only) |
| Jakob Grove-Rasmussen |
Implementation of AMSU-A usage over sea-ice in DMI-HIRLAM |
| Sang-Won Joo |
Recent development of ATOVS usage in Korea Meteorological Administration |
| Fatima Karbou |
On the assimilation of AMSU-A & -B raw radiances over land at Météo-France (Abstract only) |
| Kozo Okamoto |
Assimilation of SSM/I radiances in the NCEP global data assimilation system |
| Yoshihiro Yamazaki |
TOVS and the MM5 analysis over Portugal |
| Vibeke Thyness |
Assimilating AMSU-A over sea ice in HIRLAM 3D-Var |
| Per Dahlgren |
Assimilation of ATOVS data at SMHI, Sweden |
| Izabela Dyras |
The retrieval of the atmospheric humidity parameters from NOAA/AMSU data for winter season |
| Songyan Gu |
Soil moisture retrieval test of the west of China by use of AMSU microwave data (Abstract only) |
| Zhe Liu |
Analysis of typhoon rananim using ATOVS retrieval products |
| Zhiquan Liu |
Robust variational inversion: with simulated ATOVS radiances |
| S. Kondragunta |
Total Ozone Analysis from SBUV/2 and TOVS (TOAST) (Abstract only) |
| Cheng-Zhi Zou |
MSU Channel 2 brightness temperature trend when calibrated using simultaneous nadir overpasses (Abstract only) |
| Peter Wang |
Assessment of precipitation characters between ocean and coast area during Winter Monsoon in Taiwan |
| Thwong Zong Yang |
Rain rate estimation in summer of Taiwan |
| Yong Han |
Optran Version 7 (Abstract only) |
| Paul van Delst |
The Community Radiative Transfer Model (CRTM) framework (Abstract only) |
| Fiona Hilton |
Establishing a microwave land surface emissivity scheme in the Met Office 1D-Var |
| Chengli Qi |
Atmospheric transmittance calculation of InfRared Atmospheric Sounder of FY-3A meteorological satellite |
| Dieter Klaes |
First results from NOAA-18 with the ATOVS and AVHRR product processing facility for EPS |
| Fengying Zhang |
Overview of ATOVS data processing and applications at NSMC |
| R. Suresh |
Foreshadowing the tracks of tropical depressions and cyclonic storms and understanding their thermodynamical structure over Bay of Bengal and Arabian sea using TOVS and ATOVS data |
| Domenico Cimini |
Analysis of radiosonde quality characteristics by ground- and satellite-based simultaneous observations during the WVIOP2004 experiment |
| Tony Reale |
Satellite Coincident Reference Upper Air Network and Potential Impacts on Real-time and Retrospective Satellite Products (Abstract only) |
| Tony Reale |
NOAA operational sounding products for Advanced TOVS: 2004/5 (Abstract only) |
| Jörg Schulz |
The humidity composite product of EUMETSAT's Climate Monitoring SAF: Towards an optimal merging of satellite data sets |
| Vanessa Sherlock |
Preliminary results from the Lauder site of the Total Carbon Column Observing Network (TCCON) |
| Vanessa Sherlock |
A simulation study of the impact of AIRS fast model errors on the accuracy of 1D-Var retrievals from AIRS radiances |
| Steve Ackerman |
Cloud Detection: Optical Depth Thresholds and FOV Considerations (Abstract only) |
| Jian Liu |
An automated, dynamic threshold cloud detection algorithm |
| Tiziano Maestri |
Preliminary results combining ground-based RAMAN Lidar and NAST-I airborne spectrometer to describe the evolution of a cirrus cloud – EAQUATE, ITALY 2004 |
| Chaohua Dong |
Experimental study on water vapor amount calculation using 940 nm absorption spectral band |
| Yang Hu |
FY3 Microwave Imaging Radiometer (MWIR) surface parameters inversion algorithm and validation in China (Abstract only) |
| Tim Schmit |
Applications of the GOES-R HES (Hyperspectral Environmental Suite) Infrared measurements (Abstract only) |
| Jun Li |
Improvement on sounding retrievals from GOES Sounder measurements |
| Chian-Yi Liu |
Synergistic Use of the ABI and HES for Atmospheric Sounding and Cloud Property Retrieval (Abstract only) |
| Thomas Kleespies |
NOAA-KLMN HIRS Level 1b data issues |
| Thomas Kleespies |
Plotting realistic instantaneous field of view ellipsoids on an arbitrary earth projection |
| Bjorn Lambrigtsen |
Microwave Sounder Scan Bias Analysis From AIRS/AMSU Observations (Abstract only) |
| Licheng Zhao |
Introduction to China Meteorological Satellite Operational System (Abstract only) |
| Denis Blumstein |
IASI on Metop : In-Flight calibration plan (Abstract only) |
| Andrew Collard |
Selection of a subset of IASI channels for rear real time dissemination |
| Marco Matricardi |
The introduction of clouds and aerosols in RTIASI (Abstract only) |
| Niels Bormann |
Assimilation of infrared limb radiances from MIPAS in the ECMWF 4DVAR system |
| Niels Bormann |
RTMIPAS: A fast radiative transfer model for the assimilation of infrared limb radiances from MIPAS |
| James Cameron |
Operational use of AIRS observations at the Met Office |
| James Cameron |
Estimation of the Representivity Error for AIRS (Abstract only) |
| Sylvain Heilliette |
Assimilation of cloudy radiances from hyperspectral infrared radiances (Abstract only) |
| Reinhold Hess |
Status of assimilating satellite data at Deutscher Wetterdienst – tuning observation and background errors for 1D-VAR |
| Matthew Szyndel |
SEVIRI radiance assimilation at ECMWF |
| Hua Zhang |
The assimilation of AIRS radiance over land at Météo -France |
| Eva Borbas |
Global profile training database for satellite regression retrievals with estimates of skin temperature and emissivity |
| Jing Huang |
The retrieval error analysis of atmospheric temperature profile from satellite data |
| Domenico Cimini |
Investigating AMSU and AMSR-E rainfall estimates using active microwave sensors (Abstract only) |
| Rodrigo de Souza |
ICI atmospheric profiles over Rondonia using HSB data emulated from AIRS information |
| Rodrigo de Souza |
Performance of the AQUA/NASA and NOAA-16/ICI soundings over Rondonia during the Dry-To-Wet LBA Experiment |
| Elcio Shiguemori |
Investigation of methodologies for atmospheric retrieval for the CPTEC operational system |
| Martin Stengel |
Remote sensing of vertical integrated water vapour using SEVIRI infrared measurements (Abstract only) |
| C. Grassotti |
Land surface emissivity database for conically scanning microwave sensors (Abstract only) |
| Roger Saunders |
RTTOV-8 — the latest update to the RTTOV model |
| Roger Saunders |
Results of a comparison of radiative transfer models for simulating AIRS radiances |
| David Shawn Turner |
The gradient fast line-by-line model |
| Hal Woolf |
Do Training Datasets Make a Difference? (Abstract only) |
| Allen Huang |
International MODIS/AIRS Processing Package (IMAPP) Current Status and Future Prospects (Abstract only) |
| Adam Dybbroe |
Improved navigation of Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer data at high latitudes |
| Walter Wolf |
A Near Real-Time AIRS Processing and Distribution System:
Current Products and Future Plans (Abstract only) |
| Lihang Zhou |
The Application of Principal Component Analysis (PCA) to AIRS Data Compression (Abstract only) |
| Yunlong Lin |
Introduction to Spatial Heterodyne Observations of Water (SHOW) Project and its instrument development |
