SIXTH INTERNATIONAL WINDS WORKSHOP 

SIXTH INTERNATIONAL WINDS WORKSHOP Madison, Wisconsin, USA, 7 - 10 May 2002 EUM P 35 ISBN 92-9110-048-1 ISSN 1023-0416

INTRODUCTION

Title	|	Presenter	|
Impressum and disclaimer				14 KB
Table of contents				33 KB
Author index				29 KB
Welcome address - NESDIS		C. Velden		9 KB
Welcome address - EUMETSAT		T. Mohr		12 KB
Welcome address - WMO		D. Hinsman		9 KB
Summary		C. Velden		8 KB
List of participants				75 KB

CHAIRPERSONS' REPORTS OF THE SESSIONS

Title	|	Chairperson	|
Session 1: Current Systems to Derive Atmospheric Motion Vectors (AMVs)		D. Hinsman		12 KB
Session 2: Mesoscale Applications		J. Xu		11 KB
Session 3: Verification/Objective Quality Analysis		M. Tokuno		13 KB
Session 4: Rapid Scan and High-Resolution Studies		J. Le Marshall		7 KB
Session 5: Microwave/Lidar Studies		R.C. Bhatia		11 KB
Session 6: New Techniques and Instruments		N. Bormann and C. Velden		15 KB

WORKING GROUP REPORTS

Title	|	Chairperson	|
Working Group 1 Report: Methods		J. Daniels		19 KB
Working Group 2 Report: Mesoscale Applications		J. Schmetz		19 KB
Working Group 3 Report: Verification		K. Holmlund		19 KB

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

Title	|	Authors	|
Recent Advances to Experimental GMS Atmospheric Motion Vector Processing System at MSC/JMA		R. Kumabe, Y. Kajino and M. Tokuno		175 KB
Current Status of Operationally Derived INSAT-CMVs Quality, Details of Recent Improvements and Utilisation of Derived Products		R.C. Bhatia, D. Singh, S. Prasad and  S.K. Mukharjee		252 KB
Current Status of the EUMETSAT Operational and Future AMV Extraction Facilities		K. Holmlund		127 KB
Reprocessing of Atmospheric Motion Vectors from Meteosat Image Data		J. Gustafsson, L. van de Berg, F. Roveda and A. Yildirim		811 KB
Operational Considerations and Uses for Geostationary Satellite Derived Wind Vectors		C.D. Schuett, T.D. Johnson, M.D. Conner and C.E. Skupniewicz		484 KB
Status and Development of GOES Wind Products at NOAA/NESDIS		J. Daniels, C. Velden, W. Bresky, A. Irving and K. Turner		612 KB
Update on UW-CIMSS Atmospheric Motion Vector Research and Development		G. Dengel and C. Velden		738 KB

SESSION 2: Mesoscale Applications

Title	|	Authors	|
Mesoscale Winds in Vincinity of Convection and Winter Storms		R.M. Rabin		1100 KB
Using Cloud-Motion Winds to Understand Kinematic Processes of Deep Convection: Anvil-Level Outflow and Momentum Transport		J.R. Mecikalski		345 KB
Observation of the Diurnal Variation of Upper Tropospheric Divergence in a Tropical Convective System		J. Schmetz, K. Holmlund, M. König and H.-J. Lutz		102 KB
Lagrangian Evolution of Cloud Properties from Geostationary Satellites (Abstract only)		B. Soden		4 KB

SESSION 3: Verification/Objective Quality Analysis

Title	|	Authors	|
Characterising and Correcting Speed Biases in Atmospheric Motion Vectors within the ECMWF System		N. Bormann, G. Kelly and J-N. Thépaut		463 KB
Automatic Quality Control with the CIMSS RFF and EUMETSAT QI Schemes		K. Holmlund		186 KB
The Spatial Structure of Observation Errors in Atmospheric Motion Vectors		N. Bormann, S. Saarinen, J.-N. Thépaut and G. Kelly		250 KB
High Density Atmospheric Motion Vectors and their Application to Operational Numerical Weather Prediction		J. Le Marshall, G. Mills, R. Seecamp, N. Pescod, L.M. Leslie and A. Rea		221 KB
Modifications in the Operational Use of Satellite Atmospheric Motion Winds at CMC		R. Sarrazin and B. Brasnett		408 KB
Impact of High Density Atmospheric Motion Vectors in NCMRWF Global Data Assimilation-Forecast System		M. Das Gupta, A.K. Mitra, S.C. Kar, V.S. Prasad, G.R. Iyengar, D. Rajan, R.K. Paliwal and S.V. Singh		193 KB
Improvements in Forecasts at the Met Office through Reduced Weights for Satellite Winds		P. Butterworth, S. English, F. Hilton and K. Whyte		920 KB

SESSION 4: Rapid-Scan and High-Resolution Studies

Title	|	Authors	|
Impact Experiments on NWP with Rapid Scan AMVs		Y. Nakamura, E. Ozawa, K. Onogi and R. Kumabe		426 KB
Operational AMV Products Derived with Meteosat-6 Rapid Scan Data		A. de Smet		226 KB
Assimilation of GOES Rapid-Scan Winds into an Experimental Eta Model during Atlantic Hurricanes		H.I. Berger		377 KB

SESSION 5: Microwave/Lidar Studies

Title	|	Authors	|
Wind Fields Retrieved from SAR in Comparison to Numerical Models		J. Horstmann, W. Koch and S. Lehner		834 KB
A New Method of Retrieval of Wind Velocity over the Sea Surface in Tropical Cyclones over the Data of Microwave Measurements		A. F. Nerushev		148 KB
Impact of MSMR Surface Wind Speed on the Analysis and Forecast of a Limited Area Model		S.K. Roy Bhomik and A.M. Sud		402 KB
Use of Seawinds for Weather Forecasting		A. Stoffelen		386 KB
Naval Utilization and Research on Wind Remote Sensing		J.D. Hawkins, T. Lee and J. Turk		317 KB
Status of the Doppler Wind Lidar Profiling Mission ADM-Aeolus		P. Ingmann and  M. Endemann		144 KB
Lite on ADM-Aeolus Performance		A. Stoffelen and G.-J. Marseille		282 KB
Observing System Simulation Experiments to Define Lidar Wind Requirements		R. Atlas		25 KB

SESSION 6: New Techniques and Instruments

Title	|	Authors	|
Deriving Winds from Polar Orbiting Satellite Data		D. Santek, J.R. Key, C. Velden, N. Bormann, J-N. Thépaut and W.P. Menzel		769 KB
Impact of MODIS Winds on DAO Systems		L. P. Riishojgaard and Y. Zhu		769 KB
Status of MISR Cloud-Motion Wind Product		A. Horváth, R. Davies and G. Seiz		415 KB
NASA DAO Assessment of MISR Cloud Track Winds (Abstract only)		D. Frank		4 KB
Using the GOES 3.9 µm Shortwave Infrared Channel to Track Low-Level Cloud-Drift Winds		J.P. Dunion, C. Velden		1362 KB
Improvements in the Retrieval of Low Cloud Motion Winds over Land on Satellite Images		F. Désalmand, A. Szantai, G. Sèze and M. Desbois		178 KB
Automatic Navigation of FY-2 Geosynchronous Meteorological Satellite Images		J. Xu and Q. Zhang		259 KB
Verification of Automatic Windsand Heights with Asynchronous Stereo Analysis		G.G. Campbell and G. Dengel		230 KB
Comparison of Cloud Motion Vector Height Assignment Techniques Using the GOES-12 Imager		A.J. Schreiner, W.P. Menzel		172 KB
Wind Extraction Using Satellite Images in CPTEC: New Version and Evaluation with WETAMC/LBA and Operational DSA/CPTEC Data		H. Laurent, N. Arai, B. Fomin, L. Augusto, T. Machado and M.A. Gondim		214 KB