13th International Winds Workshop (IWW13)
Asilomar Conference Grounds, California, USA
Version 5: 21-June-2016
Sunday 26 June 2016
19:00-20:00 Registration (Fred Farr Forum)
Monday 27 June 2016
| Fred Farr Forum | |
| 8:00-8:40 | Registration |
| 8:40-8:50 | Welcome and local arrangements |
| 8:50-9:10 | CGMS report and IWW12 actions update |
| Session 1: Status of operational AMV production Fred Farr Forum, Chairs: Jeff Key and Olivier Hautecoeur |
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| 9:10-9:30 | Operational wind products at NOAA/NESDIS: a status update Hongming Qi, NESDIS |
| 9:30-9:50 | Current status of EUMETSAT operational AMV products Régis Borde, EUMETSAT |
| 9:50-10:10 | Current status of operational wind products in JMA/MSC Kazuki Shimoji, JMA |
10:10-10:40 BREAK (Fred Farr Forum)
| 10:40-11:00 | Status of operational AMVs from Fengyun-2 satellites Xiaohu Zhang, CMA |
| 11:00-11:20 | Atmospheric motion vectors from INSAT-3D: ISRO status Sanjib Deb, ISRO |
| 11:20-11:40 | NWC SAF / high resolution winds AMV software version 2016 Javier Garcia Pereda, NWC SAF, AEMET |
| 11:40-12:00 | Status of the operational satellite winds production at CPTEC/INPE and its usage
in regional data assimilation over South America Renato Galante Negri, CPTEC |
12:00-13:20 LUNCH (Crocker Dining Hall)
| Session 2: AMV derivation Fred Farr Forum, Chair: Steve Wanzong |
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| 13:20-13:40 | Derivation of wind vectors from Metop AVHRR at EUMETSAT Olivier Hautecoeur, EUMETSAT |
| 13:40-14:00 | Polar winds from near-infrared band cloud tracking Jeff Key, NESDIS |
| 14:00-14:20 | Use of GOES-R Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) proxy data to assess the
performance of the GOES-R winds Jaime Daniels, NESDIS |
| 14:20-14:40 | Generation of Himawari-8 AMVs using the future MTG AMV processor Manuel Carranza, EUMETSAT |
| 14:40-15:10 Poster
introduction session (1-2 minute each) Fred Farr Forum, Chair: Marie Doutriaux-Boucher |
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| P1 | Using data from the advanced Himawari-8 (AHI) as a proxy to assess the
performance of the GOES-R derived motion winds algorithm Wayne Bresky, IMSG |
| P2 | The status of development for AMV algorithm of Geo-KOMPSAT 2A Tae-Myung Kim, KMA |
| P3 | Assimilation of LEO-GEO atmospheric motion vectors in GRAPES Xiaomin Wan, CMA |
| P4 | Studying AMV errors with the NWP SAF monitoring website Francis Warrick, Met Office |
| P5 | Comparison of AMV height assignment bias estimates from model best-fit
pressure and lidar corrections Kirsti Salonen, ECMWF |
| P6 | AMV quality control method for the next generation goestationary satellite of Korea Jae Hwan Kim, Busan National University, Korea |
| P7 | AMV research activities and progress at ECMWF Katie Lean, ECMWF |
| P8 | Assimilation and forecast impact of the Leo/Geo AMVs in the GDAS/GFS Dave Santek, CIMSS |
| P9 | Comparison and impact of newly available atmospheric motion vectors in
NAVGEM Rebecca Stone, NRL |
| P10 | Update on ocean surface wind assimilation at the Met Office James Cotton, Met Office |
| P11 | Comparative impact of ocean surface wind vectors and ocean surface
wind speed for global NWP Nancy Baker, NRL |
| P12 | Extending the legacy of MISR cloud motion vectors to tandem spacecraft Kevin Mueller (for David Diner), JPL |
| P13 | Aeolus QRT services for atmospheric dynamics Ad Stoffelen, KNMI |
| P14 | Evaluation of dual-mode Metop AMVs Régis Borde (for Akos Horvath), EUMETSAT (Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research) |
| P15 | Status of 2 satellite winds missions under study in Japan: a Doppler lidar
for tropospheric measurements and Smiles-2 for middle atmosphere Philippe Baron, NICT, Japan |
| P16 | SSMIS wind speed neural network algorithm and general purpose
OSWV validation tool box Philip Shen, NRL, DeVine Consulting |
15:10:16:10 BREAK AND POSTER VIEWING (Fred Farr Forum)
| Session 3: AMV quality and impact Fred Farr Forum, Chairs: Christophe Payan and Angeles Hernandez |
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| 16:10-16:30 | Evaluation of FY-2E reprocessed winds in GRAPES Wei Han, CMA |
| 16:30-16:50 | Bias assessment of MODIS/MISR cloud motion winds Feng Lu, CMA |
| 16:50-17:10 | Forecast sensitivity and observation impact (FSOI) inter-comparison experiment Rolf Langland, NRL |
17:15 Icebreaker (Fred Farr Forum Patio)
Tuesday 28 June 2016
| Session 3: AMV quality and impact (continued) Fred Farr Forum, Chairs: Christophe Payan and Angeles Hernandez |
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| 8:30-8:50 | Report from ICWG Dong Wu, NASA/GSFC and Andrew Heidinger, NOAA |
| 8:50-9:10 | Intercomparison of cloud heights for AMV generation Steve Wanzong, CIMSS |
| 9:10-9:30 | AMV height retrievals from stereo and IR techniques Dong Wu, NASA/GSFC |
| 9:30-9:50 | Towards improved height assignment and quality control of AMVs in Met Office NWP James Cotton, Met Office |
| 9:50-10:10 | Update on AMV activities at the Met Office Francis Warrick, Met Office |
10:10-10:40 BREAK (Fred Farr Forum)
| 10:40-11:00 | AMVs: past progress, future challenges Mary Forsythe, Met Office |
| Plenary Discussion: AMV quality information from derivation Fred Farr Forum, Chair: Mary Forsythe |
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| 11:00-11:10 | Introduction Mary Forsythe, Met Office |
| 11:10-12:00 | Discussion |
12:00-13:20 LUNCH (Crocker Dining Hall)
| Session 4: Use of satellite-derived winds in NWP Fred Farr Forum, Chairs: Nancy Baker and Koji Yamashita |
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| 13:20-13:40 | The use of satellite-derived winds in NAVGEM: overview Pat Pauley, NRL |
| 13:40-14:00 | Improving the use of satellite winds at the German Weather Service Alexander Cress, DWD |
| 14:00-14:20 | Assimilation of Himawari-8 atmospheric motion vectors into the NWP systems of JMA Koji Yamashita, JMA |
| 14:20-14:40 | Assessment of AMVs from Himawari-8 and VIIRS Katie Lean, ECMWF |
| 14:40-15:00 | Recent work on AMV and operational implementation of satellite wind products at the Meteorological Service of Canada Stephane Laroche, Environment Canada |
15:00:16:00 BREAK AND POSTER VIEWING (Fred Farr Forum)
| 16:00-16:20 | The satellite winds in the operational NWP system at Meteo-France Christophe Payan, Meteo-France |
| 16:20-16:40 | On improving the use of AMVs at NCEP GSI Iliana Genkova, IMSG |
| 16:40-17:00 | The impacts of four dimensional thinning on EUMETSAT and JMA AMVs Xiujuan Su, IMSG |
| 17:00-17:20 | Assimilation of GOES clear air water vapor atmospheric motion vectors in the NCEP global forecast system Sharon Nebuda, CIMSS |
Wednesday 29 June 2016
| Session 4: Use of satellite-derived winds in NWP (continued) Fred Farr Forum, Chairs: Nancy Baker and Koji Yamashita |
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| 8:30-8:50 | Impacts of spatial observation error correlation in atmospheric motion vectors on data assimilation Sihye Lee, KIAPS |
| 8:50-9:10 | Scatterometer wind activities at ECMWF Niels Bormann (for Giovanna De Chiara), ECMWF |
| 9:10-9:30 | Forecast impact of MISR CMV in GEOS-5 Kevin Mueller, JPL |
| Session 5: Use of satellite-derived winds for climate Fred Farr Forum, Chair: Dong Wu |
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| 9:30-9:50 | Reprocessing of atmospheric motion vectors at EUMETSAT Marie Doutriaux-Boucher, EUMETSAT |
| Session 6: High-resolution satellite-derived winds Fred Farr Forum, Chairs: Ad Stoffelen and Javier Garcia Pereda |
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| 9:50-10:10 | Mesoscale assimilation of scatterometer winds Ad Stoffelen, KNMI |
10:10-10:40 BREAK (Fred Farr Forum)
| 10:40-11:00 | Development and Optimization of Mesoscale Atmospheric Motion Vectors (AMVs)
using Novel GOES-R Processing Algorithms on 1-5 min. SRSO Proxy Data, and Demonstration
of Readiness for GOES-R Applications via Impact Studies in Mesoscale/Hurricane Data
Assimilation and NWP Systems David Stettner, CIMSS |
| 11:00-11:20 | Assimilation experiments of Himawari-8 rapid scan atmospheric motion
vectors Michiko Otsuka, JMA |
| 11:20-11:40 | Estimation of the sea surface wind in the vicinity of typhoon using
Himawari-8 low-level AMVs Kenichi Nonaka |
| 11:40-12:00 | Himawari-8 derived motion winds - operational generation and assimilation John le Marshall, BoM |
12:00-13:20 LUNCH (Crocker Dining Hall)
13:30-18:00 Activities (bus leaves for Monterey Aquarium and Fisherman's Wharf at 13:30)
Thursday 30 June 2016
| Session 6: High-resolution satellite-derived winds (continued) Fred Farr Forum, Chairs: Ad Stoffelen and Javier Garcia Pereda |
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| 8:30-8:50 | Impact studies of higher resolution COMS AMV in the operational KMA NWP system Jung-Rim Lee, KMA |
| 8:50-9:10 | Assessment and use of geostationary and polar atmospheric motion vectors at MET Norway Roger Randriamampianina, NMI |
| 9:10-9:30 | Use of atmospheric motion vectors in the regional mesoscale model Harmonie in AEMET Angeles Hernandez, AEMET |
| Session 7: Hyperspectral AMVs and future missions Fred Farr Forum, Chairs: Feng Lu and Régis Borde |
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| 9:30-9:50 | ESA's ADM-Aeolus wind lidar mission - getting ready for launch Anne Grete Straume-Lindner, ESA |
| 9:50-10:10 | The Athena-OAWL mission concept and the Green-OAWL (GROAWL) airborne demonstrator Sara Tucker, Ball Aerospace and Tech. Corp. |
10:10-10:40 BREAK (Fred Farr Forum)
| 10:40-11:00 | Feature tracked 3D winds from satellite sounders: derivation and impact in
global models Dave Santek, University of Wisconsin |
| 11:00-11:20 | Extraction of 3D wind profiles from IASI level 2 products Olivier Hautecoeur, EUMETSAT |
| 11:20-11:40 | MISTiC Winds, a micro-satellite constellation approach to high
resolution observations of the atmosphere using infrared sounding and 3D wind measurements Kevin Maschhoff, BAE systems |
| 11:40-12:00 | MISRlite - a convoy mission for Sentinel-3 for vertical updraft
measurement of convective systems and preliminary results from AirMISRlite Jan-Peter Muller, UCL |
12:00-13:20 LUNCH (Crocker Dining Hall)
| United States AMV History Fred Farr Forum, Chair: Mary Forsythe |
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| 13:00-13:10 | Early Winds History at SSEC Dave Santek, University of Wisconsin |
| 13:10-13:20 | Historical Look Back at AMVS Dennis Dismachek, FNMOC/DeVine Consulting, Inc. |
| Working Group breakout Fred Farr Forum and Afterglow, Chairs: John le Marshall and Dave Santek (WG1), Niels Bormann and James Cotton (WG2) |
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| 13:20-13:40 | Charge to WGs |
| 13:40-15:00 | WG1 - Methods, WG2 - Data Assimilation |
15:00:15:30 BREAK (Fred Farr Forum)
| 15:30-17:00 | WG1 - Methods, WG2 - Data Assimilation (continued) |
18:15-21:00 Workshop Dinner at Tarpy's Roadhouse, sponsored by EUMETSAT (bus leaves at 18:15, returns 21:00)
Friday 1 July 2016
| Plenary Discussion: Review of WMO/OSCAR wind requirements Fred Farr Forum, Chairs: Ad Stoffelen and Régis Borde |
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| 8:30-9:20 | Discussion |
| Plenary Discussion: 3rd AMV intercomparison Fred Farr Forum, Chair: Jaime Daniels |
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| 9:20-9:30 | Introduction Jaime Daniels, NESDIS |
| 9:30-10:10 | Discussion |
10:10-10:40 BREAK (Fred Farr Forum)
| Working Group reports Fred Farr Forum |
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| 10:40-11:10 | WG1: Methods - summary John le Marshall and Dave Santek |
| 11:10-11:40 | WG2: Data Assimilation - summary Niels Bormann and James Cotton |
| 11:40-12:00 | Closing comments |