FIFTH INTERNATIONAL WINDS WORKSHOP 

FIFTH INTERNATIONAL WINDS WORKSHOP Lorne, Australia, 28 February - 3 March 2000 EUM P 28 ISBN 92-9110-036-6 ISSN 1023-0416   View PDF of complete proceedings: 12.8 MB

INTRODUCTION

Title	|	Presenter	|
Impressum and disclaimer				9 KB
Table of contents				18 KB
Author index				13 KB
Welcome address		Mike Manton		13 KB
Welcome address		Tillmann Mohr		12 KB
Welcome address		John Le Marshall		12 KB
Summary		Kenneth Holmlund		13 KB
List of participants				19 KB

CHAIRPERSONS' REPORTS OF THE SESSIONS

Title	|	Chairperson	|
Session 1: Current Systems to Derive Atmospheric Motion Vectors (AMVs)		Donald Hinsman		11 KB
Session 2: Verification and Objective Quality Analysis		Masami Tokuno		15 KB
Session 3: Assimilation and Impact of Atmospheric Motion Vectors in Numerical Weather Prediction		John Le Marshall		13 KB
Session 4: New Retrieval Systems		Ramesh C. Bhatia		11 KB
Session 5: New Techniques		Jianmin Xu		12 KB
Session 6: New Space Borne Systems		Johannes Schmetz		12 KB

WORKING GROUP REPORTS

Title	|	Chairperson	|
Working Group 1 Report: Methods		Chris Velden		25 KB
Working Group 2 Report: Utilisation		Brian Soden		14 KB
Working Group 3 Report: Verification and Quality Indicators		Kenneth Holmlund		24 KB

SESSION 1: Current Systems to Derive Atmospheric Motion Vectors (AMVs)

Title	|	Authors	|
Status of GMS-5 Wind Products and MTSAT Wind Products Plans at MSC/JMA		M. Tokuno		824 KB
Status and Development of Operational GOES Wind Products		J. Daniels, C. Velden, W. Bresky and A. Irving		1.4 MB
Operational Meteosat Wind Products Towards MSG		M. Rattenborg (presented by S.S. Elliott)		40 KB
Recent Advances in the Generation and Assimilation of High Spatial and Temporal Resolution Satellite Winds		J. Le Marshall, N. Pescod, R. Seecamp, A. Rea, C. Tingwell, G.Ellis and H. Shi		416 KB
A Comparison of two Atmospheric Motion Vector Derivation Schemes: The EUMETSAT MSG Prototyping Scheme and the NSMC Scheme		J. Xu, K. Holmlund, Q. Zhang and J. Schmetz		155 KB

SESSION 2: Verification and Objective Quality Analysis

Title	|	Authors	|
Monitoring Satellite Winds at ECMWF		F. Lalaurette and A. Garcia-Mendez		322 KB
Improved Quality Estimates of Atmospheric Motion Vectors Utilising the EUMETSAT Quality Indicators and the UW/CIMSS Auto-Editor		K. Holmlund, C.S. Velden and M. Rohn		101 KB
Parallel Quality Control of EUMETSAT Wind Products, with and without the use of Forecast Wind Fields		S.S. Elliott		69 KB
The NWP SAF Integrated Satellite Wind Monitoring Report		P. Butterworth, F. Lalaurette, B.J. Conway and A. Garcia Mendez (presented by F. Lalaurette)		218 KB
Towards the Assimilation of Quikscat Winds		A. Stoffelen, M. Portabella and A. Voorrips		317 KB
Recent Improvements in the Quality of INSAT Derived CMV’s and their use in Numerical Model Forecast		P.N. Khanna, R.C. Bhatia and D. Singh		92 KB
Geometric Clouds Heights from Meteosat and AVHRR		G.G. Campbell and K. Holmlund		369 KB

SESSION 3: Assimilation and Impact of AMVs in NWP

Title	|	Authors	|
Impact of Satellite Temperature, Moisture, and Wind Observations in the Eta Data Assimilation System over three Seasons		T.H. Zapotocny, J.P. Nelson, J.A. Jung and W.P. Menzel (presented by W.P. Menzel)		216 KB
The Impact of Satellite-Derived Winds on GFDL Hurricane Model Forecasts		B.J. Soden and C.S. Velden		101 KB
Use of Meteosat-5 Derived Winds for Analysis of two Tropical Cyclones Affecting Gujarat Coast on 20 May, 1999 and Orissa Coast on 29 October, 1999		R.C. Bhatia, P.N. Khanna, K. Prasad, D. Singh and M. Das Gupta		638 KB
Assimilation of Satellite-Derived Winds into the Community Hurricane Modeling System (CHUMS) at Penn State		J.L. Evans		160 KB
Recent Developments in the use of Satellite Winds at the UK Met. Office		P. Butterworth and N.B. Ingleby (presented by B. Ingleby)		934 KB
Assimilation of Conventional and Satellite Wind Observations in the Global Data Assimilation System at NCMRWF		S.R.H. Rizvi, M. Das Gupta, A.K. Mitra, V.S. Prasad and H.V. Gupta		160 KB
Toward Improved use of GOES Satellite-Derived Winds at the NCEP Environmental Modelling Center (Abstract only)		X. Su, J. Derber, S. Lord and C.S. Velden		10 KB
The Preliminary Study of the Impact of Quikscat/Seawinds Ocean Surface Wind Data to The JMA Global Model		Y. Tahara		383 KB
The Use of the MPEF Quality Indicator		G. Kelly and M. Rohn		353 KB

SESSION 4: New Retrieval Systems

Title	|	Authors	|
Exploratory Satellite-Derived Winds Research at CIMSS		C.S. Velden		426 KB
Creation of a Platform-Independent Version of the UW-CIMSS Geostationary, High-Density Wind Derivation Algorithm		T. Olander, C. Velden and C. Spinoso		31 KB
The Atmospheric Motion Vector Retrieval Scheme for Meteosat Second Generation		K. Holmlund		302 KB
Developments for a High-Resolution Wind Product from the HRV Visible Channel of the Meteosat Second Generation		J.M. Fernández		507 KB
Atmospheric Motion Vector (AMV) Analysis Tools in the NSMC AMV Derivation Scheme		Q. Zhang and J. Xu		29 KB

SESSION 5: New Techniques

Title	|	Authors	|
Polar Orbiter: Stereo Heights and Cloud Motions		G.G. Campbell and F.-M. Breon		229 KB
On the use of Rapid Scans		J. Schmetz, K. Holmlund, H.P. Roesli and V. Levizzani		439 KB
Investigations of Cross-Correlation and Euclidean Distance Target Matching Techniques in the MPEF Environment		G. Dew and K. Holmlund (presented by K. Holmlund)		121 KB
Tracking Low-Level Clouds over Land on Meteosat Images		A. Szantai, F. Désalmand, M. Desbois, P. Lecomte, P. Perez, S. Zimeras and P. Bouthemy		599 KB

SESSION 6: New Space Borne Systems

Title	|	Authors	|
GIFTS – A System for Wind Profiling from Geostationary Satellites		W. Smith, W. Harrison, D. Hinton, V. Parsons, A. Larar, H. Revercomb, A. Huang, C. Velden, P. Menzel, R. Petersen, G. Bingham and R. Huppi		540 KB
Wind Energy Mapping Using Synthetic Aperture Radar		C.B. Hasager		260 KB
The Atmospheric Dynamics Mission		P. Ingmann and J. Fuchs		951 KB
Impact Assessment of a Doppler Wind Lidar in Space on Atmospheric Analyses and Numerical Weather Prediction		G.J. Marseille, A. Stoffelen, F. Bouttier, C. Cardinali, S. de Haan and D. Vasiljevic (presented by A. Stoffelen)		92 KB
Combined Capabilities of Data from Active and Passive Satellite Instruments to Define Atmospheric Motion		J.F.W. Purdom		39 KB