Tenth International Winds Workshop

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Sunday 21 February 2010
19:00-21:00	Registration, lobby of KKR Hotel Tokyo

Monday 22 February 2010
9:00-9:30	Registration, in the meeting room "Kujaku"
9:30-9:50	Welcome and workshop opening
9:50-10:10	Introducing recommendations from CGMS 37 to the 10th International Winds Workshop Mary Forsythe on behalf of Johannes Schmetz
SESSION 1: Operational status Chair: Arthur de Smet
10:10-10:30	Recent upgrades of and activities for atmospheric motion vectors at JMA/MSC Ryo Oyama
10:30-10:50	Current status of EUMETSAT operational winds Ken Holmlund, Leo van de Berg, Jörgen Gustafsson, Arthur de Smet, Greg Dew
10:50-11:20	BREAK
11:20-11:40	WITHDRAWN Operational wind products at NOAA/NESDIS: a status report Hongming Qi, Antonio Irving, William Pennoyer, Jeffrey Augenbaum, Dexin Zhang
11:40-12:00	Status of operational AMVs from FY-2 satellites Zhang Qisong, Xu Jianmin, Zhang Xiaohu, Wang Sujuan
12:00-13:20	LUNCH
SESSION 2: AMV derivation Chairs: Ken Holmlund and Ryo Oyama
13:20-13:40	Tracer selection for tracking in water vapour images Angeles Hernandez-Carrascal
13:40-14:00	A nested tracking approach for reducing the slow speed bias associated with atmospheric motion vectors (AMVs) Jaime Daniels, Wayne Bresky
14:00-14:20	Improvements to EUMETSAT AMVs Régis Borde, Greg Dew, Arthur de Smet, Jörgen Gustafsson
14:20-14:40	Two applications of improvements for AMVs of NSMC/CMA - renavigation based on full earth disc image and calculation of radiation transfer using NWP data Zhang Xiaohu, Xu Jianmin
14:40-15:00	Sensitivity of AMV height assignment methods to cloud properties using simulated MSG radiances Régis Borde, Philippe Dubuisson
15:00-15:30	BREAK
15:30-15:50	Recent advances in the processing, targeting and data assimilation applications of satellite-derived atmospheric motion vectors (AMVs) Howard Berger, Chris Velden, Rolf Langland
15:50-16:10	Winds on Venus and other planets from cloud tracking Sanjay Limaye
16:10-16:50	PD1: Plenary discussion on plans to develop a portable AMV processing software package
18:00-20:00	ICEBREAKER in room "Tanchou" (sponsored by JMA)

Tuesday 23 February 2010
SESSION 3: AMVs in NWP Chair: Dave Santek
8:30-8:50	Improving AMV impact in NWP Mary Forsythe, James Cotton, Roger Saunders
8:50-9:10	Recent progress in using satellite winds at the German Weather Service Alexander Cress
9:10-9:30	Improving the use of quality controlled AMVs in the NCEP global forecast system Lars Peter Riishojgaard, Jim Jung, Chris Velden
9:30-9:50	Investigating height assignment type errors in the NCEP global forecast system James Jung, John le Marshall, Jaime Daniels, Lars Peter Riishojgaard
9:50-10:10	The improved use of satellite winds in NCEP global data assimilation and forecast system Xiujuan Su, John Derber, Dana Carlis and Russ Treadon
10:10-10:40	BREAK
10:40-11:00	Atmospheric motion vectors at ECMWF: operational status and research activities Iliana Genkova, Niels Bormann, Peter Bauer
11:00-11:20	Accounting for atmospheric motion vector error correlations in the ECMWF 4D-Var and ensembles of data assimilations Lars Isaksen, Gabor Radnoti
SESSION 4: Characterising AMVs Chairs: Jaime Daniels and Mary Forsythe
11:20-11:40	AMV monitoring: results from the 4th NWP SAF analysis report James Cotton, Mary Forsythe
11:40-12:00	Global atmospheric motion vector inter-comparison study Iliana Genkova, Régis Borde, Johannes Schmetz, Chris Velden, Ken Holmlund, Niels Bormann, Peter Bauer
12:00-12:20	Exploring the behaviour of atmospheric motion vector (AMV) errors through simulation studies Steve Wanzong, Chris Velden
12:20-13:40	LUNCH
13:40-14:00	Diagnosing the impact of atmospheric motion vectors in the ECMWF 4D-Var assimilation system Lars Isaksen, Dingmin Li, Carla Cardinali
14:00-14:40	PD2: Plenary discussion on collaborative activities
SESSION 5: Polar AMVs Chair: Alexander Cress
14:40-15:00	The polar wind product suite Jeffrey Key, David Santek, Richard Dworak, Chris Velden, Jaime Daniels and Andrew Bailey
15:00-15:20	AVHRR polar winds derivation at EUMETSAT: current status and future developments Gregory Dew, Jörg Ackermann
15:20-15:50	BREAK
15:50-16:10	Upgraded usage of MODIS-derived polar winds in the JMA operational global 4D-Var assimilation system Koji Yamashita
16:10-16:30	A 27-year record of satellite-derived polar winds for retrospective analyses David Santek, Jeffrey Key, Richard Dworak, Michele Rienecker
16:30-16:50	High latitude atmospheric motion vectors: applications for Antarctic and Arctic composite satellite imagery Matthew Lazzara, Richard Dworak, David Santek, Chris Velden, Jeffrey Key
16:50-17:10	Polar winds from highly elliptical orbiting satellites: a new perspective Louis Garand
18:00-21:00	CONFERENCE DINNER in room "Tanchou" (sponsored by EUMETSAT)

Wednesday 24 February 2010
SESSION 6: Mesoscale Chair: John le Marshall and Kazuki Shimoji
8:30-8:50	Determining optimal conditions for mesoscale AMVs Hee-Je Cho, Mi-Lim Ou
8:50-9:10	The development for MTSAT rapid scan high resolution AMVs at JMA/MSC Kazuki Shimoji
9:10-9:30	Atmospheric motion vectors derived from MSG rapid scanning service data at EUMETSAT Manuel Carranza
9:30-9:50	New developments in the high resolution winds product (HRW), at the satellite application facility on support to nowcasting and very short range forecasting (SAFNWC) Javier Garcia-Pereda
9:50-10:10	High spatial and temporal resolution atmospheric motion vectors - generation, error characterization and assimilation John le Marshall, Rolf Seecamp, Yi Xiao, J. Jung, Terry Skinner, Peter Steinle, Holly Sims, A. Rea, Tan Le
10:10-10:40	BREAK
10:40-11:00	Observing system experiments of MTSAT-2 rapid scan atmospheric motion vector for T-PARC2008 using the JMA operational NWP system Koji Yamashita
11:00-11:20	Verification of AMVs in the T-PARC period Shunsuke Hoshino
11:20-11:40	A new approach to the detection and tracking of mesoscale convective systems in the tropics using MSG Thomas Fiolleau, R. Roca
11:40-12:00	A tool to detect inner cloud top dynamics of deep convective systems Renato Galante Negri, Luiz Augusto Toledo Machado, Régis Borde
12:00-13:00	PD3: Plenary discussion on winds for high resolution NWP
13:00-	LUNCH
14:15-	Optional group excursion

Thursday 25 February 2010
SESSION 7: MISR and ADM Chair: Roger Davies
8:30-9:10	MISR CMVs Roger Davies, Aaron Herber
9:10-9:30	Comparison of MISR and Meteosat-9 cloud motion winds Katrin Lonitz, Ákos Hováth
9:30-9:50	Inner-core dynamics, rotation gradients, and intensity of tropical cyclones as observed by MISR Dong Wu, David Nelson, David Diner, Michael Garay, Veljko Jovanovic, Catherine Moroney, Kevin Mueller
9:50-10:10	AMVs from ATSR-2-AATSR and MISRlite (Multi-angle Infrared Stereo Radiometer) constellation for ESA Earth Explorer call Jan-Peter Muller, David Walton, Daniel Fisher
10:10-10:30	BREAK
10:30-10:50	VAMP - Vertical Aeolus Measurement Positioning Ad Stoffelen
SESSION 8: Open forum and discussion Chair: Mary Forsythe
10:50-11:10	The art of evaluating AMV algorithm changes Arthur de Smet, Iliana Genkova, Mary Forsythe and Niels Bormann
11:10-11:45	PD4: Plenary discussion on process for testing and implementing operational changes
11:45-12:00	Charge to working group breakout sessions
12:00-13:20	LUNCH
13:20-15:00	Working group sessions WG1: Methods Chairs: Régis Borde and Steve Wanzong WG2: Data assimilation Chairs: Iliana Genkova and Lars Peter Riishojgaard
15:00-15:30	BREAK
15:30-17:00	Working group sessions continue
17:00-18:00	Additional discussion on PD1 (plenary discussion from Monday)

Friday 26 February 2010
SESSION 9: Surface winds Chair: Jaime Daniels
8:30-8:50	Verification of scatterometer winds Ad Stoffelen
8:50-9:10	Operational use of scatterometer winds at JMA Masaya Takahashi
9:10-9:30	Improvements in the use of scatterometer winds at Meteo-France Christophe Payan
9:30-9:50	Impact of Metop ASCAT ocean surface winds in the NCEP GDAS/GFS and NRL NAVDAS COAMPS Li Bi, James Jung, Michael Morgan, Nancy Baker, Dave Santek
9:50-10:10	High resolution sea surface roughness and wind speed with space lidar (CALIPSO) Yongxiang Hu and Carl Weimer
10:10-10:40	BREAK
SESSION 8: Open forum and discussion continued
10:40-11:50	Working group reports and plenary discussion WG1: Methods WG2: Data assimilation
11:50-12:00	Closing comments - WORKSHOP ENDS