P.56 - 10th International Winds Workshop

10th International Winds Workshop 22 - 26 February 2010, Tokyo, Japan EUMETSAT P.56 ISBN 978-92-9110-088-01 ISSN 1023-0416

Introduction

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Impressum and disclaimer				88 KB
Welcome Address				24 KB
Workshop programme				53 KB
Participant list				32 KB

SESSION 1. Operational Status

Title	|	Authors including Presenter	|	verbal presentations
Recent upgrades of and activities for Atmospheric Motion Vectors at JMA/MSC		Ryo Oyama		2 MB
Current status of EUMETSAT operational winds		Kenneth Holmlund, Leopold van de Berg, Jörgen Gustafsson, Arthur de Smet, Manuel Carranza, Greg Dew, Régis Borde		602 KB
Status of operational AMVs from FY-2 satellites		Zhang Qisong, Xu Jianmin, Zhang Xiaohu, Wang Sujuan, Ma Gang, Hu Xiuqing, Zhang Peng, Zhang Yong, Zhang Hua, Liu Guiqing (presented by Xiaohu Zhang)		667 KB

SESSION 2. AMV derivation

Title	|	Authors including Presenter	|	verbal presentations
On tracer selection and tracking in WV images		Angeles Hernandez-Carrascal		173 KB
A new nested tracking approach for reducing the slow speed bias associated with Atmospheric Motion Vectors (AMVs)		Jaime Daniels		689 KB
Improvements to EUMETSAT AMVs		Regis Borde		181 KB
Two applications of improvements for AMVs of NSMC - renavigation based on full earth disc image and calculation of radiation transfer using NWP data		Xiaohu Zhang, Jianmin Xu		523 KB
Sensitivity of AMV HA methods to cloud properties using simulated MSG radiances		Regis Borde		9 KB
Recent advances in the processing, targeting and data assimilation applications of satellite-derived Atmospheric Motion Vectors (AMVs)		Howard Berger, Chris Velden		928 KB
Measuring winds on Venus and other planets		Sanjay Limaye		957 KB

SESSION 3. AMVs in NWP

Title	|	Authors including Presenter	|	verbal presentations
Improving AMV impact in NWP		Mary Forsythe, James Cotton, Roger Saunders		689 KB
Recent progress in using satellite winds at the German Weather Service		Alexander Cress		318 KB
Improving the use of quality controlled AMVs in the NCEP global forecast system		Lars Peter Riishojgaard, Jim Jung, Chris Velden		21 KB
Investigating height assignment type errors in the NCEP global forecast system		James Jung, John LeMarshall, Jaime Daniels, Lars Peter Riishojgaard		184 KB
Improving usage of satellite winds in the NCEP data assimilation system		Xiujuan Su, John Derber, Dana Carlis, Russ Treadon		248 KB
Atmospheric Motion Vectors at ECMWF - operational status and research activities		Iliana Genkova, Niels Bormann, Peter Bauer		908 KB
Accounting for Atmospheric Motion Vector error correlations in the ECMWF 4D-VAR and ensembles of data assimilations		Lars Isaksen, Gabor Radnoti		18 KB

SESSION 4. Characterising AMVs

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AMV monitoring: results from the 4th NWP SAF analysis		James Cotton, Mary Forsythe		2 MB
Global Atmospheric Motion Vector inter-comparison study		Iliana Genkova, Niels Bormann, Peter Bauer, Regis Borde, Johannes Schmetz, Ken Holmlund, Chris Velden		751 KB
Exploring the behaviour of Atmospheric Motion Vector (AMV) errors through simulation studies		Steve Wanzong, Christopher S. Velden, Jaime Daniels, Wayne Bresky		5 MB
Diagnosing the impact of Atmospheric Motion Vectors in the ECMWF 4D-VAR assimilation saystem		Lars Isaksen, Dingmin Li, Carla Cardinali		18 KB

SESSION 5. Polar AMVs

Title	|	Authors including Presenter	|	verbal presentations
The polar wind product suite		Jeffrey Key, David Santek, Richard Dworak, Christopher Velden, Jaime Daniels, Andrew Bailey		2 MB
AVHRR polar winds derivation at EUMETSAT: Current status and future developments		Greg Dew		1009 KB
Upgraded usage of MODIS-derived polar winds in the JMA operational global 4D-VAR assimilation system		Koji Yamashita		266 KB
A 27-year record of satellite-derived polar winds for retrospective analyses		David Santek, Jeffrey Key, Richard Dworak, Michael Rienecker, Ron Gelaro		159 KB
High latitude Atmospheric Motion Vectors: Application of Antarctic and Arctic composite satellite imagery		Matthew Lazzara, Richard Dworak, Chris Veldon, Dave Santek, Jeff Key (presented by Richard Dworak)		891 KB
Polar winds from higly elliptical satellites: A new perspective		Louis Garand, Nicolas Wagneur, Real Sarrazin, David A. Santek, Jeff Key		643 KB

SESSION 6. Mesoscale

Title	|	Authors including Presenter	|	verbal presentations
Determining optimal conditions for Mesoscale AMV		Hee-je Cho, Mi-lim Ou		399 KB
The development for MTSAT rapid scan high resolution AMVs at JMA/MSC		Kazuki Shimoji		2 MB
Atmospheric Motion Vectors derived from MSG Rapid Scanning Service data at EUMETSAT		Manuel Carranza, Arthur de Smet, Jörgen Gustafsson		2 MB
New developments in the High Resolution Winds product (HRW), at the Satellite Application Facility on Support to Nowcasting and Very Short Range Forecasting (NWCSAF)		Javier García Pereda		599 KB
High spatial and temporal resolution Atmospheric Motion Vectors - generation, error characterization and assimilation		John Le Marshall, Rolf Seecamp, Terry Skinner, Anthony Rea, Yi Xiao, Peter Steinle, Alain Protat, Holly Sims, Chris Tingwell, Tan Le, James Jung		3 MB
Observing-system experiments of MTSAT-2 rapid scan atmospheric motion vector for T-PARC 2008 using the JMA operational NWP system		Koji Yamashita		3 MB
Verification of AMVs in the T-PARC period		Shunsuke Hoshino, Kazuki Shimoji, Ryo Oyama, Tetsuo Nakazawa		666 KB
Further investigation on the TOOCAN algorithm to detect and track convective systems in the tropics		Thomas Fiolleau		1011 KB
A tool to detect inner cloud top dynamics of deep convective system		Renato Galante Negri, Luiz Augusto Toledo Machado, Régis Borde		2 MB

SESSION 7. MISR and ADM

Title	|	Authors including Presenter	|	verbal presentations
Cloud Motion Vectors from MISR: An update		Roger Davies, Aaron Herber		3 MB
Comparison of MISR and Meteosat-9 cloud motion winds		Katrin Lonitz, Ákos Horváth		816 KB
MISR CMVs and multiangular views of tropical cyclone inner-core dynamics		Dong Wu, David J. Diner, Veljko M. Jovanovic, Jae N. Lee, Catherine M. Moroney, Kevin J. Mueller, Michael J. Garay, David L. Nelson		2 MB
SMVs (Stereo Motion Vectors) from ATSR2-AATSR and MISRlite (Multi-angle Infrared Stereo Radiometer) constellation		Jan-Peter Muller, David Walton, Daniel Fisher, Richard Cole		7 MB
ADM-AEOLUS vertical sampling		Ad Stoffelen, Gert Jan Marseille, Jos de Kloe, Karim Houchi, Koernich Heiner, Harald Schyberg		625 KB

SESSION 8. Open forum and discussion

Title	|	Authors including Presenter	|	verbal presentations
The art of evaluating AMV algorithm changes		Arthur de Smet, Iliana Genkova, Niels Bormann, Mary Forsythe		280 KB
Report from Working Group 1: Methods		Regis Borde, Steve Wanzong		46 KB
Report from Working Group 2: AMV data assimilation		Iliana Genkova, Lars Peter Riishojgaard		19 KB

SESSION 9. Surface winds

Title	|	Authors including Presenter	|	verbal presentations
Verification of scatterometer winds		Ad Stoffelen, Anton Verhoef, Jur Vogelzang		159 KB
Operational use of scatterometer winds at JMA		Masaya Takahashi		2 MB
Improvements in the use of scatterometer winds in the operational NWP system at Météo-France		Christophe Payan		584 KB
Impact of Metop ASCAT ocean surface winds on global weather forecasts		LI BI, James Jung, Michael Morgan, John Le Marshall, Nancy Baker, Dave Santek		2 MB
Global high resolution wind speed statistics from satellite LIDAR measurements		Yongxiang Hu		648 KB

SESSION 10. Papers not presented at the workshop

Title	|	Authors including Presenter	|	verbal presentations
Improved derivation of water vapor wind product from Kalpana-1 satellite from the use of NCEP first guess forecast fields and its application: A quantitative assessment		Ashim Kumar Mitra, P.K Kundu, A.K Sharma, S.K Roy Bhowmik		326 KB
Operational wind products at NOAA/NESDIS: A status report		Hongming Qi, Antonio Irving, William Pennoyer, Jeffrey Augerbaum, Dexin Zhang		38 KB