THIRD INTERNATIONAL WINDS WORKSHOP 

 

THIRD INTERNATIONAL WINDS WORKSHOP

Ascona, Switzerland, 10-12 June 1996

EUM P 18

ISBN 92-9110-018-8
ISSN 1023-0416

 

INTRODUCTION

 

Title
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Presenter
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Impressum and disclaimer
 
 
 

16 KB
Table of contents  
 

30 KB
Author index  
 

25 KB
Welcome address  
Tillmann Mohr
 

19 KB
Summary  
 

46 KB
List of participants
 
 

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CHAIRPERSONS' REPORTS OF THE SESSIONS

 

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Chairperson
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Session 1:
Operational Systems to Derive Satellite-Tracked Winds
  Hans Peter Roesli  

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Session 2:
Utilization of Satellite-Tracked Winds
  Donald Hinsman  

17 KB
Session 3:
Validation and Verification
  Mikael Rattenborg  

34 KB
Session 4:
New Techniques
  Graeme Kelly  

18 KB

 

WORKING GROUP REPORTS

 

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Author/Chairperson
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Working Group 1 Report: Methods   J. Schmetz  

38 KB
Working Group 2 Report: Utilisation   C. Velden/J. Le Marshall  

40 KB
Working Group 3 Report: Verification Statistics   W.P. Menzel  

69 KB

 

SESSION 1: Operational Systems to Derive Satellite-Tracked Winds

 

Title
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Authors
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Operational System for Extracting Cloud Motion and Water Vapor Motion Winds from GMS-5 image data   M. Tokuno  

660 KB
Recent Performance and Upgrades to the GOES-8/9 Operational Cloud Motion Vectors   S. Nieman, J. Daniels, D. Gray, S. Wanzong, C.S. Velden and W.P. Menzel  

218 KB
Improvements in Automated Cloud Motion Vectors (CMVs) Derivation Scheme Using INSAT VHRR Data   R.C. Bhatia, P.N. Khanna and Sant Prasad  

67 KB
Calculation of Cloud Motion Wind with GMS-5 Images in China   Xu J., Zhang Q.  

319 KB
Operational Wind Products from new Meteosat Ground Segment   M. Rattenborg and K. Holmlund  

277 KB
The GOES-8 and -9 Winds Operation in NOAA/NESDIS - Present and Future
(Abstract only)
  R. Walter  

11 KB
The Estimation and Utility of High Spatial and Temporal Resolution Winds Derived from GMS-5 Observations   J. Le Marshall, N.R. Pescod and C. Spinoso  

569 KB
Low-Level Winds from High-Resolution Visible Imagery   J. Schmetz, K. Holmlund and A. Ottenbacher  

398 KB

 

SESSION 2: Utilization of Satellite-Tracked Winds

 

Title
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Authors
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Positive Impact of Satellite Derived Winds during the 1995 Hurricane Season: Example of Optimizing Data Applications and Processing Strategy   C. Velden  

1.1 MB
Nonlinear Objective Analysis of Wind Field for NWP Models   T. Kunhikrishnan and S. Rajamani  

575 KB
Meteosat Cloud-Cleared Radiances for use in Three/Four-Dimensional Variational Data Assimilation   G.A. Kelly, M. Tomassini and M. Matricardi  

2.2 MB
Satellite Winds Calculated at INM and its Usefulness for the Operational Forecaster   J.M. Fernández Serdán and F. Martín León  

1.1 MB
The Impact of Satellite-Derived Winds on Weather Forecasting in Africa   G. Wanjiru Gitonga  

532 KB
Current Status of Studying Cloud Drift Wind in China
(Abstract only)
  J.E. Chen  

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Detailed Cloud Motions from Satellite Imagery Taken at Thirty Second and One and Three Minute Intervals   J. Purdom  

1.1 MB
Assimilation Experiment with Low Level Cloud Motion Winds at ECMWF   M. Tomassini  

566 KB

 

SESSION 3: Validation and Verification

 

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Authors
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Normalised Quality Indicators for EUMETSAT Cloud Motion Winds   K. Holmlund  

879 KB
Verification Activities Since the Second Winds Workshop   D. Hinsman  

63 KB
NESDIS and NWS Assessment of GOES-8/9 Operational Satellite-Motion Winds   D. Gray, J. Daniels, S. Nieman, S. Lord and G. DiMego  

1.5 MB
Validation of INSAT Derived Cloud Motion Vectors (CMVs) and their use for Improving the Analysis of Synoptic Scale Weather Systems   R.C. Bhatia, R. Sanehi and P.N. Khanna  

2.1 MB
Improvements in the Quality Assessment of Automated Satellite-Derived Cloud and Water Vapor Motion Vectors
  W.P. Menzel, C.M. Hayden, S. Nieman, C.S. Velden and S. Wanzong  

173 KB
Verification of Meteosat Winds from MPEF and MIEC
  H. Woick  

561 KB
Monitoring of Cloud-Motion Wind Data in Numerical Weather Prediction   B. Strauss and A. Garcia-Mendez  

423 KB

 

SESSION 4: New Techniques

 

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Authors
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Construction of Cloud Trajectories and Motion of Cirrus Clouds and Water Vapour Structures   A. Szantai, M. Desbois, L. Picon, H. Laurent, F. Desalmand  

1.4 MB
Experience in the Height Attribution of Pure Water Vapour Structure Displacement Vectors   G. Büche, H. Karbstein and H. Fischer  

249 KB
Update on Accurate Cloud Motion and Heights Using Time Adjusted Stereo   G.G. Campbell, J.F.W. Purdom and C.E. Vaughn  

2.1 MB
Neurofuzzy Extraction of Wind Data from Remotely Sensed Images   F. Newland, A.R.L. Tatnall and M. Brown  

789 KB
Correlation and Relaxation Labelling - An Experimental Investigation on Fast Algorithms   Q.X. Wu, S.J. McNeill and D. Pairman  

1.4 MB
Winds from Meteosat and GMS WV-Imagery Using Variational Techniques   M. Rohn  

1.3 MB
The Complexity of Validation: A Comparison of in Situ, Scatterometer and ECMWF Model Winds   A. Stoffelen  

449 KB