ITSC-16 Proceedings

Session 1:

Guy Rochard session on direct broadcast packages, preprocessing, calibration and frequency protection.

1.1	Kathleen Strabala	IMAPP: Software to Transform EOS Direct Broadcast Data into Science Products (Abstract only)
1.2	John Overton	International Polar Orbiter Processing Package (IPOPP) (Abstract only)
1.3	Nigel Atkinson	AAPP developments and experiences with processing MetOp data
1.4	Liam Gumley	EOS Direct Broadcast Real-Time Products for the US National Weather Service (Abstract only)
1.5	Tom Achtor	McIDAS-V - An open source data analysis and visualization tool for multi and hyperspectral satellite data
1.6	Jean Pla	Passive microwave protection: results of WRC-07 and future work plan. (Abstract only)
1.7	Richard Kelley	3^rd Annual Passive Sensing Microwave Workshop Proceedings/Summary
1.8	Steve Swadley	SSMIS Calibration Anomalies:Observed F-16 and F-17 Anomalies, Detailed Analysis of the Root Causes, and the Path Forward (Abstract only)

Session 2:

The Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer

2.1	Denis Blumstein	IASI Performances on MetOp-A after one year in orbit (Abstract only)
2.2	Lars Fiedler	IASI L1 data quality and NRT monitoring at EUMETSAT (Abstract only)
2.3	Peter Schlüssel	IASI Level-2 Product Processing at EUMETSAT (Abstract only)
2.4	Nicole Jacquinet-Husson	Spectroscopic database GEISA-2008 edition: content description and assessment through IASI/MetOp flight data (Abstract only)
2.5	William Smith	Joint Airborne IASI Validation Experiment (JAIVEx) - An Overview
2.6	Daniel Zhou	Retrievals with the Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer and validation during JAIVEx (Abstract only)
2.7	Paolo Antonelli	Using JAIVEX data to evaluate the impact of PCA Noise Filtering on the High Spectral Resolution Physical Retrieval Algorithm (Abstract only)
2.8	Stuart Newman	Direct radiance validation of IASI - results from JAIVEx
2.9	Xu Liu	Retrieval algorithm using superchannels (Abstract only)
2.10	Nikita Pougatchev	Error Assessment and Validation of the IASI Temperature and Water Vapor Profile Retrievals (Abstract only)
2.11	Fiona Hilton	Assimilation of IASI Radiances at the Met Office
2.12	Andrew Collard	Monitoring and Assimilation of IASI Radiances at ECMWF
2.13	Marc Schwärz	Assimilation of IASI Data into the Regional NWP Model COSMO-EU: Status and Perspectives
2.14	Cathy Clerbaux	Atmospheric Chemistry using IASI / MetOp: Overview of initial results (Abstract only)

Session 3:

Atmospheric radiative transfer

3.1	Paul van Delst and Yong Han	Community Radiative Transfer Model (CRTM) Status (Abstract only)
3.2	Roger Saunders	What can RTTOV-9 do for me?
3.3	Marco Matricardi	An assessment of the accuracy of the RTTOV fast radiative transfer model using IASI data
3.4	Tom Kleespies	Microwave Radiative Transfer at the Sub-Field-of-View Resolution
3.5	Qi Chengli	Error analysis about using CO2-absorbing band for temperature retrieval (Abstract only)
3.6	Alan Lipton	Fast Forward Modeling in Scattering Atmospheres with Optimum Spectral Sampling (Abstract only)
3.7	Bormin Huang	Development of the Multilayer Cloudy Radiative Transfer Model for the GOES-R Advanced Baseline Imager (Abstract only)

Session 4:

Surface emission and scattering

4.1	Jun Li	Retrieval of Global Hyperspectral Surface Emissivity Spectra from Advanced Infrared (Abstract only)
4.2	Jonathan Taylor	Using Hyperspectral IR Sounder Data Over Land - PC radiative transfer and 1d-Var (Abstract only)
4.3	Eric Péquignot	Infrared continental surface emissivity spectra retrieved from IASI observations (Abstract only)
4.4	Eva Borbas	Recent updates of the UW/CIMSS high spectral resolution global land surface infrared emissivity database (Abstract only)

Session 5:

Climate Studies

5.1	Viju John	Upper tropospheric humidity data set from operational microwave sounders (Abstract only)
5.2	Peter Thorne	What can the GCOS Reference Upper Air Network do for you?
5.3	Lei Shi	Intersatellite Calibrated HIRS Upper Tropospheric Water Vapor
5.4	Marc Schröder	Long-term application and evaluation of IAPP using global radiosonde and CHAMP (Abstract only)
5.5	Bjorn Lambrigtsen	AIRS in Atmospheric and Climate Research (Abstract only)
5.6	Hartmut H. Aumann	The Frequency of Severe Storms in the Tropical Zone and Global Warming
5.7	Jörg Schulz	Status of NPOESS climate instruments remanifest

Session 6:

Current use in NWP

6.1	John Derber	Current status: a summary of the NWP survey (10 minutes)
6.2	John Derber	NCEP: Progress and Plans for the use of radiance data in the NCEP global and regional data assimilation systems (Abstract only)
6.3	Niels Bormann	ECMWF: The Use of satellite data at ECMWF
6.4	Nancy Baker	NRL status report
6.5	Brett Candy	Met Office: An Update on the Operational Use of Satellite Sounding Data at the Met Office (Abstract only)
6.6	Florence Rabier	MeteoFrance: Recent advances in the use of satellite data in the French NWP models (Abstract only)
6.7	Nicolas Wagneur	Inclusion of new data types in the Canadian data assimilation system (Abstract only)
6.8	Qifeng Lu	CMA/NSMC Satellite Data Assimilation Activities: Uses of ATOVS and Fengyun VASS Data in WRF
6.9	Kozo Okamoto	JMA: Assimilation of radiance data at JMA: recent developments and prospective plans
6.10	Zhiquan Liu	WRF: Direct Radiance Assimilation for WRF: Implementation and Initial Results (Abstract only)
6.11	Martin Stengel	HIRLAM (SMHI): The Assimilation of Clear-Sky Infrared Radiances in the HIRLAM Model (Abstract only)
6.12	Jose Antônio Aravéquia	Assimilation of AIRS radiances at CPTEC/INPE using the LETKF system
6.13	Roger Randriamampianina	Use of satellite data in ALADIN/HARMONIE-Norway

Session 7:

Developments in use of sounding data in NWP and Environmental Prediction

7.1	Niels Bormann	Recent developments in the use of ATOVS data at ECMWF
7.2	Bill Bell	A Comparison of IASI water Vapour and SSMIS window channel impacts on NWP analyses and forecasts
7.3	Louis Garand	Impact of combined AIRS and GPS-RO data in the new version of the Canadian global forecast model
7.4	Martin Stengel	The Assimilation of Cloudy Infrared Radiances in the HIRLAM Model: Initial Experiences (Abstract only)
7.5	Gang Ma	Impact of VASS radiance of FY3 assimilation on numerical typhoon prediction (Abstract only)
7.6	Brett Harris	An Information Based Radiance Data Selection Scheme for Efficient Use of a Multi-Satellite Constellation
7.7	Benjamin Ruston	Use of Hyperspectral IR Data in 4D Assimilation at NRL (Abstract only)
7.8	Banghua Yan	Intercomparison of the Cross-Track and Conical Scanning (Abstract only)
7.9	Thomas Auligne	Impact of AIRS and AMSU-A data in regional data assimilation over the Antarctic (Abstract only)

Session 8:

Cloud Studies

8.1	William Blackwell	Neural Network Estimation of Atmospheric Profiles Using AIRS/IASI/AMSU Data in the Presence of Clouds (Abstract only)
8.2	Lydie Lavanant	Using AVHRR radiances analysis for retrieving atmospheric profiles with IASI in cloudy conditions (Abstract only)
8.3	Arlindo Arriaga	CO2 Slicing Method for IASI (Abstract only)

Session 9:

Developments in assimilation of sounding data in NWP in cloud regions.

9.1	Remi Montroty	Impact of rain-affected microwave data assimilation on the analyses and forecasts of tropical cyclones (Abstract only)
9.2	Peiming Dong	Experiment of the Use of Satellite Microwave Data Affected by Cloud in Numerical Prediction
9.3	Min-Jeong Kim	The inclusion of cloudy radiances in the NCEP GSI analysis system (Abstract only)
9.4	John LeMarshall	Using Clear and Cloudy AIRS Data in Numerical Weather Prediction
9.5	Sid Boukabara	1DVAR Pre-processing System for NWP Assimilation (Abstract only)

Session 10:

Other applications of sounder data

10.1	Jie Zhang	Effect and Improvement of Aerosol on Temperature Profile from MODIS (Abstract only)
10.2	Ninghai Sun	Evaluation of Special Sensor Microwave Imager and Sounder (SSMIS) Environmental Data Records
10.3	Laure Chaumat	Potential of CO2 Retrieval from IASI (Abstract only)
10.4	Filomena Romano	Analysis of Arctic clouds by means of hyper-spectral satellite
10.5	Tony Reale	NOAA Products Integrated Validation Dataset / Database (Abstract only)
10.6	Cyril Crevoisier	Midtropospheric CO2 Concentration derived from infrared and microwave sounders. Application to the TOVS, AIRS/AMSU, and IASI/AMSU instruments (Abstract only)
10.7	Anton Kaifel	NNORSY-GOME Ozone Profile Retrieval Products and Climatology (Abstract only)
10.8	Ramesh Singh	Pronounced Changes in Water Vapor, Ozone and Metrological Parameters Associated with Dust Storms Using MULTI SENSOR Data (Abstract only)
10.9	Jun Li	Advanced Infrared Sounding System for Future Geostationary Satellites (Abstract only)
10.10	Sophie Peyridieu	Dust aerosol layer altitude from AIRS (01/2003 to 11/2007) and from Calipso (06/2006 to 11/2007): a comparison (Abstract only)

Session 11:

Agency status Report

11.1	John Eyre	Evolution of the Global Observing System (Abstract only)
11.2	David Griersmith	Status report on the Global RARS initiative (Abstract only)
11.3	Dieter Klaes	EUMETSAT
11.4	Hal Bloom	NOAA
11.5	Gang Ma	China
11.6	Alexander Uspensky	Russia
11.7	Devendra Singh	India
11.8	Kozo Okamoto	JMA and JAXA (Abstract only)
11.9	Luiz Augusto	Brazilian Earth Observations Satellites

Session 12:

Future instruments

12.1	Peter Wilczynski	The National Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) and the NPOESS Preparatory Project (NPP) – Program status and international initiatives status (Abstract only)
12.2	Stephen Mango	The Joint Capabilities and Opportunities of Advanced Sounders on MetOp and NPOESS for NWP and Climate Monitoring In a GEOSS Era (Abstract only)