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Maratea, Italy
4-10 October 2006
 

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Session 1: Radiative Transfer

1.1 Marco Matricardi Recent advances in the science of RTTOV
1.2 Fuzhong Weng Advances in Radiative Transfer Modeling in Support of Satellite Data Assimilation (Abstract only)
1.3 Raymond Armante Recent Validations of infrared and microwave forward models at LMD (Abstract only)
1.4 Roger Saunders A Comparison of AIRS Radiative Transfer models
1.5 Carmine Serio Validation of the forward/inverse physical scheme φ-IASI with NAST-I and IMG data (Abstract only)
1.6 Yong Han A Fast Radiative Transfer Model for SSMIS Upper-air Sounding Channels Affected by Zeeman Splitting and Its Application for Temperature Retrieval (Abstract only)
1.7 Ed Westwater Clear-Air Forward Microwave and Millimeterwave Radiative Transfer Models for Arctic Conditions
1.8 Nicole Jacquinet GEISA/IASI-03: Data Quality Evaluation Through Comparisons with other Public Database Archives (Abstract only)

Session 2: Surface Studies
2.1 Eric Pequignot Infrared continental surface emissivity spectra retrieved from hyperspectral sensors. Application to AIRS observations (Abstract only)
2.2 Robert Knuteson Land Surface Temperature and Infrared Emissivity at High Latitudes from Advanced Infrared Sounder Observations (Abstract only)

Session 3: Cloud Studies
3.1 Hong Zhang Global Analysis and Characterization of AIRS/MODIS Cloud-Clearing
3.2 Filomena Romano Analysis of day- and night-time Arctic clouds by means of hyperspectral infrared and ground-based observations

Session 4: Climate Studies

4.1 John Bates NOAA’s archive, access, and assessment of satellite data for climate applications
4.2 Masami Sakamoto A follow-up study of the TOVS application for the Japanese Climatic Reanalysis: JRA-25
4.3 Mark McCarthy Met Office plans for the development of a climate data record from HIRS and IASI (Abstract only)
4.4 Claudia Stubenrauch Assessment of global cloud climatologies from satellite observations (Abstract only)
4.5 Tony Reale Vicarious Satellite Monitoring / Validation and Pending Reference Networks (Abstract only)
4.6 Cheng-Zhi Zou Recalibration of Microwave Sounding Unit for Climate Studies Using Simultaneous Nadir Overpasses (Abstract only)

Session 5: Guy Rochard Session on DB Software, Education, and MW Frequency Protection

5.1 Nigel Atkinson AAPP status report and experiences with processing METOP data
5.2 Allen Huang Status Update of IMAPP and IPOPP – The End-to-End Processing Package for EOS and future Polar Orbiting Satellite Systems (Abstract only)
5.3 Frode Dinessen Integration of 3party processing packages in a satellite reception system (Abstract only)
5.4 Jean Pla Passive Microwave Protection: Impact of Active Services on Satellite Passive Observations
5.5 Paolo Antonelli Fostering a new generation of Remote Sensing Scientists (Abstract only)

Session 6: Climate Applications

6.1 Tom Kleespies Results from the NOAA-14 Microwave Sounding Unit Pitch Test
6.2 Banghua Yan Recalibration of SSM/I/S for Weather and Climate Studies (Abstract only)
6.3 Hartmut Aumann AIRS observations of Dome Concordia in Antarctica and comparison with Automated Weather Stations (AWS) during 2005
6.4 Allen Larar Satellite Infrared Radiance Validation Using the NAST-Interferometer (Abstract only)
6.5 Dong Chaohua Plan of Calibration and Validation of FY-3 Instruments and Products (Abstract only)

Session 7: Operational Use of ATOVS
7.1 Nancy Baker Satellite Assimilation Activities for the NRL Atmospheric Variational Data Assimilation (NAVDAS) and NAVDAS-AR (Accelerated Representer) Systems
7.2 Benjamin Ruston Assimilation of AIRS data at NRL
7.3 Tony McNally The assimilation of satellite data at ECMWF: Operational status and research plans (Abstract only)
7.4 Kozo Okamoto Use of satellite radiances in the global assimilation system at JMA
7.5 Antonio Vocino Assimilation of ATOVS retrievals and AMSU-A radiances at the Italian Weather Service: current status and perspectives
7.6 Louis Garand Operational implementation of AIRS and SSM/I assimilation at MSC (Abstract only)
7.7 Brett Candy Current and Future Use of Microwave Sounding Data in the Met Office Global NWP Model
7.8 Fiona Hilton Current status and future plans for the use of AIRS and IASI data at the Met Office

Session 8: Developments in use of ATOVS in NWP
8.1 Graeme Kelly The relative contributions of the various space observing systems to the ECMWF forecast system
8.2 Chris Tingwell Assimilation of Level-1D ATOVS Radiances in Australian Regional and Mesoscale Data Assimilation and Prediction Systems (Abstract only)
8.3 Thomas Auligne Bias correction of satellite radiances at ECMWF
8.4 William Campbell Pre-operational testing and results from direct assimilation of the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) Special Sensor Microwave Imager Sounder (SSMIS)
8.5 Niels Bormann Assimilation and monitoring of SSMIS, AMSR-E, and TMI data at ECMWF
8.6 Wei Han Bias Correction of AMSU in GRAPES Global and Regional Models
8.7 Roger Randriamampianina Estimation of satellite observations bias correction for limited area models
8.8 Godelieve Deblonde One-dimensional variational assimilation of SSM/I observations in Rainy Atmospheres at MSC (Abstract only)
8.9 Nadia Fourrie Towards assimilation of cloudy radiances
8.10 John Le Marshall The use of hyperspectral infrared radiances in numerical weather prediction
8.11 Andrew Collard The use of AIRS Reconstructed Radiances in NWP and Preparations for IASI

Session 9: International Issues
9.1 Luigi De Leonibus The EUMETSAT Satellite Application Facility on support to Operational Hydrology and Water Management (H-SAF)
9.2 Jian Liu Space based Global Observing System Requirements for Satellite Sounders
9.3 Mitch Goldberg Global Space-based InterCalibration System (GSICS) (Abstract only)
9.4 Marie DuMont The global regional ATOVS Retransmission Service Network

Session 10: Agency Status Reports
10.1 Dieter Klaes EUMETSAT Plans

Session 11: Products from ATOVS
11.1 Devendra Singh Validation and inter comparisons of profiles from ATOVS and AIRS data over India and it surrounding regions
11.2 A. K. Sharma Updates on Operational Processing for NOAA/NESDIS Sounding Data Products and Services (Abstract only)
11.3 Nikita Pougatchev Assessment of Atmospheric Profile Retrieved from Satellite: Theory and Case Study (Abstract only)
11.4 Anton Kaifel Neural Network based Ozone Profile Retrieval Using Combined UV/VIS and IR Satellite Data (Abstract only)
11.5 Alexander Uspensky Retrieval of Atmospheric Trace Gases Variability with Satellite Advanced IR sounders
11.6 Sid Ahmed Boukabara Introducing NOAA’s Microwave Integrated Retrieval System (MIRS) (Abstract only)
11.7 Silvia Puca Refinement and operation implemetation of a rain rate algorithm based AMSU/MHS and raingauges data over the H-SAF (Abstract only)
11.8 Bormin Huang Linear form of the radiative transfer equation revisited
11.9 Yves Rochon Jacobian mapping between vertical coordinate systems in variational assimilation (Abstract only)
11.10 Ralf Bennartz Progress in modeling efforts related to radiance assimilation of clouds and precipitation (Abstract only)

Session 12: METOP Development

12.1 Denis Blumstein IASI in-flight calibration and preliminary results (Abstract only)
12.2 Thierry Phulpin Use of IASI data for tropospheric trace gas retrieval (Abstract only)
12.3 Thomas King Development of the IASI Near Real-Time Operational Product Processing System (Abstract only)

Session 13: Future Sensors

13.1 Peter Wilczynski NPOESS - A Restructured Program (Abstract only)
13.2 Hal Bloom Recent Updates to the NPOESS Space Segment and Sensor Manifest (Abstract only)
13.3 Bill Smith GIFTS (Abstract only)
13.4 Jun Li GOES Infrared Sounders – the future perspective from the current applications
13.5 Al Gasiewski Geostationary Passive Microwave Observation System Simulation Experiments for Hydrometric Tracking (Abstract only)
13.6 Bjorn Lambrigtsen GeoSTAR (Abstract only)

POSTERS

A01 David Anselmo Detailed impact evaluation of AIRS and SSM/I assimilation (Abstract only)
A02 Alain Beaulne Detailed impact evaluation of AIRS and SSM/I assimilation (Abstract only)
A03 Steve English Assimilation of cloudy AMSU-A microwave radiances in 4D-var
A04 Steve English Assimilation of near surface sounding radiances (Abstract only)
A05 Alan Geer Assimilation of cloud and precipitation affected microwave radiances at ECMWF
A06 Yann Michel Tracking dry intrusions on satellite water vapour imagery and model output for data assimilation of potential vorticity pseudo-observations
A07 Martin Stengel 1DVAR studies with SEVIRI data and the HIRLAM model (Abstract only)
A08 Elisabetta Ricciardelli Physical and statistical approach for MSG cloud identification
A09 Stephen Tjemkes Performance analysis of the METEOSAT Third Generation Infrared Sounder candidate mission
A10 Tom Kleespies Relative Information Content of the Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder, and the Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit and the Microwave Humidity Sounder Suite
A11 Tom Kleespies The Use of Google Earth in Meteorological Satellite Visualization
A12 Steven Swadley Calibration Anomalies and Radiance Assimilation Correction Strategies for the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) Special Sensor Microwave Imager Sounder (SSMIS)
A14 Liam Gumley SSEC/CIMSS Participation in the NPP PEATE Program (Abstract only)
A15 Kathleen Strabala Polar Orbiting Satellite Direct Broadcast Activities at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (Abstract only)
A17 Zhaohui Cheng The use of principal component analysis in processing simulated IASI data (Abstract only)
A18 Per Dahlgren Assimilation of AMSU-B Radiances in the HIRLAM 3DVAR Analysis
A19 Dezso Devenyi Satellite products in the Rapid Update Cycle and plans for the Rapid Refresh (Abstract only)
A20 J. Schulz Comparison of ATOVS, CHAMP and ground based humidity estimates on different spatiotemporal scales
A21 Xu Liu Application of a Principal Component-based Radiative Transfer Model to NAST-I data Retrievals (Abstract only)
A22 Niels Bormann Assimilation of MIPAS limb radiances at ECMWF using 1d and 2d radiative transfer models
A23 David Shawn Turner A Forward Model for the Stratospheric Wind Interferometer for Transport Studies
A24 Domenico Cimini On the role of surface emissivity in polar night-time cloud detection
A25 Teodosio Lacava Monitoring space-time soil wetness variations by a multi-temporal microwave satellite records analysis
A26 Elisabeth Gerard Status of ATOVS-like and SSM/I data in the operational assimilation system at Météo-France and perspectives towards the use of microwave surface sensitive channels over land (Abstract only)
A27 Bozena Lapeta Homogenization of the total ozone amount series derived from NOAA/TOVS data
A28 Stefan Buehler CIWSIR: A Proposed ESA Mission to Measure Cloud Ice Water Path (Abstract only)
A29 Anthony Rea Current and Future Plans for Satellite Data Reception and Utilisation at the Australian Bureau of Meteorology
B01 Bjorn Lambrigtsen Climate Research With the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (Abstract only)
B02 Adam Dybbroe AVHRR operational cloud masks intercomparison (Abstract only)
B03 Brett Candy Improvements to Use of Satellite Sounding Data in Met Office Regional Models (Abstract only)
B05 Sylvain Heilliette Variational estimation of cloud parameters with a view towards cloudy radiance assimilation. Application to AIRS observations (Abstract only)
B06 Ed Pavelin Plans for the assimilation of cloud-affected infrared soundings at the Met Office
B07 Luiz Fernando Sapucci The Inclusion of Integrated Water Vapor Estimates from AIRS/AMSU and SSM/I Sensors into CPTEC's Data Assimilation System
B09 Rodrigo Souza First Results from the Use of the Aqua Sounding System in the CPTEC Global Data Assimilation/Forecast System
B10 Rodrigo Souza Performance of the AIRS/AMSU and MODIS Soundings over Natal/Brazil using collocated sondes: SHADOZ campaign 2004-2005
B11 John Palmer Standard back-propagation artificial neural networks for cloud liquid water path retrieval from AMSU-B data
B12 Thierry Phulpin SIFTI : a new generation FTIR spectrometer for the TRopospheric composition and Air Quality (TRAQ) mission (Abstract only)
B13 Peter Schlüssel Impact of thermal inhomogeneity on IASI spectral response and its correction (Abstract only)
B14 Wei Han Satellite Data Assimilation in Tropical Cyclone Forecasts (Abstract only)
B17 Lihang Zhou An Integrated Web-based Visualization System for Monitoring and Validation of the Products from Hyper-spectral Instruments (Abstract only)
B18 Walter Wolf Distribution of Hyperspectral Radiances to Numerical Weather Prediction Centers (Abstract only)
B19 Yong Han JCSDA Community Radiative Transfer Mode (CRTM) version 1 and development prospects (Abstract only)
B20 Raymond Armante The status of the 4A (Automatized Atmospheric Absorption Atlas) forward model (Abstract only)
B23 Dan Zhou Surface emissivity retrieved from AIRS (Abstract only)
B24 Claudia Stubenrauch Cloud properties from AIRS
B25 José Aravéquia Observation operator and estimation of uncertainty in the assimilation of AIRS radiances using ensemble Kalman Filter (Abstract only)