P.47 - 8th International Winds Workshop

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Eighth International Winds Workshop Beijing, China, 24 - 28 April 2006 EUMETSAT P.47 ISBN 92-9110-075-7 ISSN 1023-0416

INTRODUCTION

Title	|	Author/Presenter	|
Welcome Address of CMA		Xu, Xiaofeng		15 KB
Welcome Address of EUMETSAT		Johannes Schmetz on behalf of Lars Prahm		16 KB
Summary of the Eighth International Winds Workshop		Holmlund, Kenneth de Smet, Arthur Velden, Chris		18 KB
Workshop Programme				99 KB
List of Participants				54 KB

REPORTS OF THE SESSIONS

Title	|	CHAIRPERSON	|
Report of the Chairperson of Session 1: Operational Data Producer Status Reports		Xu, Jianmin		99 KB
Report of the Chairperson of Session 2: Global NWP and Data Assimilation		Riishojgaard, Lars Peter		19 KB
Report of the Chairperson of Session 3: AMV Characteristics (Quality Control, Height Assignment) and Validation		Borde, Régis Velden, Chris		19 KB
Report of the Chairperson of Session 4: Research Methods and Applications		Holmlund, Kenneth Daniels, Jaime		23 KB
Report of the Chairperson of Session 5: Microwave / LIDAR Studies		Nerushev, Alexander		19 KB
Report of the Chairperson of Session 6: Regional and Mesoscale Applications		Bhatia, Ramesh		14 KB
Report of the Chairperson of Session 7: Polar Winds		Bormann, Niels		13 KB
Report of the Special Plenary Session on Height Assignment		Forsythe, Mary Velden, Chris		18 KB

REPORTS OF THE WORKING GROUPS

Title	|	Author/CHAIRPERSON	|
Plenary Discussion: Recommendations from CGMS-33 and a fresh look at AMV research and development		Schmetz, Johannes Thépaut, Jean-Noel		33 KB
Working Group 1: AMV Extraction Methods		Davies, Roger Szantai, André		29 KB
Working Group 2: AMV Data Assimilation		Cress, Alexander		24 KB
Working Group 3: AMV Characterization		Wanzong, Steve de Smet, Arthur		19 KB

SESSION 1: OPERATIONAL DATA PRODUCER STATUS REPORTS

Title	|	Author/Presenter	|	verbal presentations
Status of operational AMVs from FY2C		Jianmin, Xu		240 KB
Status of Atmospheric Motion Vectors in JMA		Imai, Takahito		72 KB
Current status of AMV system at KMA		Sohn, Eun Ha		182 KB
Status report on the operational derivation of Atmospheric Motion Vectors at EUMETSAT		Holmlund, Kenneth		581 KB
Operational satellite wind product processing at NOAA/NESDIS: a status report		Daniels, Jaime		640 KB
Use of Meteosat-5 derived winds for operational weather forecasting		Bhatia, Ramesh		260 KB

SESSION 2: GLOBAL NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION AND DATA ASSIMILATION

Title	|	Author/Presenter	|	verbal presentations
Impact of Atmospheric Motion Vectors on global numerical weather prediction		Thépaut, Jean-Noël		1.2 MB
Status of Atmospheric Motion vectors at ECMWF		Delsol, Claire		309 KB
Challenges and plans for the assimilation of Atmospheric Motion Vectors at ECMWF		Bormann, Niels		999 KB
Assimilation of FY2C AMVs in grapes		Han, Wei		675 KB
Impact of Atmospheric Motion Vectors from Meteosat-8 on the analyses and forecasting system of DWD		Cress, Alexander		828 KB
Investigation of the AMV data derived from Meteosat-8 in the ALADIN/HU assimilation system		Randriamampianina, Roger		888 KB
Assimilation of Hourly MTSAT-1R AMV into JMA-MSM		Yamashita, Koji		2.0 MB
Atmospheric Motion Vectors at the Met Office: status, results and future plans		Forsythe, Mary		1.5 MB

SESSION 3: ATMOSPHERIC MOTION VECTOR CHARACTERISTICS (QUALITY CONTROL, HEIGHT ASSIGNMENT) AND VALIDATION

Title	|	Author/Presenter	|	verbal presentations
Quality control of winds from Meteosat-8 at Meteo-France: Some results		Payan, Christophe		827 KB
New quality indicators for GOES derived winds and their potential effect on NWP data impact experiments		Berger, Howard		735 KB
MSG AMV processing - some views from EUMETSAT operations		Gustafsson, Jörgen		138 KB
CPTEC Atmospheric Motion Vectors: Validation, assimilation and characteristics		Machado, Luiz		486 KB
Introduction of the recursive filter function in MSG MPEF environment		Dew, Greg		770 KB
Characterization of tracer height assignment errors: A recurring theme for Atmospheric Motion Vectors		Daniels, Jaime		374 KB
AMV height assignment with Meteosat-8: current status and future developments		de Smet, Arthur		217 KB
AMV height assignment methods with Meteosat-8		Borde, Régis		302 KB
What can we learn from the NWP SAF AMV monitoring?		Forsythe, Mary		2.0 MB

SESSION 4: RESEARCH METHODS AND APPLICATIONS

Title	|	Author/Presenter	|	verbal presentations
Attempts to improve GOES image navigation		Lu, Feng		1.8 MB
An automated, dynamic threshold cloud detection algorithm for FY-2C images		Liu, Jian		293 KB
An experiment to derive cloud motion vectors from satellite images with 2-D Fourier phase analysis technique		Wang, Zhenhui		304 KB
The feasibility of an optical flow algorithm for estimating atmospheric motion		Daniels, Jaime		233 KB
Studies of regions with intense turbulent motions based on MSG data		Nerushev, Alexander		514 KB
Wind vector calculations using simulated hyperspectral satellite retrievals		Wanzong, Steve		340 KB
Satellite wind vectors from GOES sounders moisture fields		Genkova, Iliana		905 KB
Report on the progress and status of cloud motion vector retrieval by MISR on the Terra satellite		Davies, Roger		60 KB
Upper tropospheric divergence in tropical convective systems from Meteosat-8		Schmetz, Johannes		35 KB
Comparison of atmospheric motion vectors and dense vector fields calculated from MSG images		Szantai, André		475 KB
International geostationary laboratory (IGEOLAB)		Liu, Jian		181 KB
An update of the Molniya orbit imager		Riishojgaard, Lars Peter		136 KB

SESSION 5: MICROWAVE / LIDAR STUDIES

Title	|	Author/Presenter	|	verbal presentations
Status of the Doppler wind Lidar profiling mission ADM-Aeolus		Straume, Anne Grete		341 KB
SOSE: Sensitivity Observing System Experiment		Stoffelen, Ad		314 KB
EUMETSAT Satellite Application Facility Scatterometer Activities		Stoffelen, Ad		7.2 MB
Remote sensing of extreme wind and ocean wave fields		Koenig, Thomas		1.5 MB

SESSION 6: REGIONAL AND MESOSCALE APPLICATIONS

Title	|	Author/Presenter	|	verbal presentations
Characterization and use of MSG AMVs in the Italian weather service regional NWP system		Bonavita, Massimo		576 KB
Recent OSEs with Atmospheric Motion Vector wind data in the DMI-HIRLAM 3D-Var data analysis system		Amstrup, Bjarne		426 KB
Recent developments in CMVs derived from KALPANA-1 and INSAT-3A satellites and their impacts on NWP model		Singh, Devendra		1.1 MB
Description and validation results of the high resolution wind product from HRVIS MSG channel at the EUMETSAT Nowcasting SAF (SAFNWC)		García-Pereda, Javier		1.1 MB
Objective use of high resolution winds product from HRVIS MSG channel for nowcasting purposes		García-Pereda, Javier		822 KB
Impact of satellite data on limited area model analysis and forecast system in India Meteorological Department		Rama Rao, Y.V.		626 KB

SESSION 7: POLAR WINDS

Title	|	Author/Presenter	|	verbal presentations
The impact on forecast skill of water vapor and window channel winds from MODIS		Riishojgaard, Lars Peter		266 KB
Satellite-derived winds at direct broadcast sites in the polar regions		Key, Jeff		669 KB
Satellite derived cloud-track polar winds from 1981-2004		Dworak, Richard		207 KB
A visualization of the impact of MODIS-derived polar winds on global forecasts		Key, Jeff		1.0 MB