P.59 - 2011 EUMETSAT Meteorological Satellite Conference

2011 EUMETSAT Meteorological Satellite Conference 5-9 September 2011, Oslo, Norway EUMETSAT P.59 ISBN 978-92-9110-093-4 ISSN 1011-3932

Introduction 

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Impressum and disclaimer				147 KB
Conference programme - oral presentations				631 KB
Conference programme - poster presentations				102 KB

SESSION 1. Current and future satellites, instruments and their applications

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Future Low Earth Observation satellite - Radio Occultation mission		Nick Yen, Chen-Joe Fong , Kendra L.B. Cook, Peter Wilczynski		773 KB
Overview of the first satellite of the Global Change Observation Mission - Water (GCOM-W1)		Misako Kachi, Keiji Imaoka, Hideyuki Fujii, Daisaku Uesawa, Kazuhiro Naoki, Akira Shibata, Tamotsu Igarashi		266 KB
Proof-of-concept demonstration of a millimetre wave imaging sounder for Geostationary Earth Orbit		Anders Carlström, Jacob Christensen, Anders Emrich, Johan Embretsén, Karl-Erik Kempe, Peter de Maagt		678 KB
Future plan and recent activities for the Japanese follow-on geostationary meteorological satellite Himawari-8		Toshiyuki Kurino, Masahiro Hayashi		571 KB
The Sentinel-3 mission		Craig Donlon, Bruno Berruti, Constantin Mavrocordatos, Johannes Frerick, Ulf Klein, Jens Nieke, Bernd Seitz, Helge Rebhan, Nicolas Picot, Robert Cullen, Phillipe Goryl, Pierre Femenias		130 KB
Study on a radiometric and spectral requirements of an EPS-SG Visible/Infrared Imager		Anja Hünerbein, René Preusker, Jürgen Fischer, Pepe Philips, Peter Schlüssel		3 MB
Performance assessment of future LEO and GEO satellite infrared instruments to monitor air quality		Pasquale Sellitto, Pierre Dauphin, Gaëlle Dufour, Maxim Eremenko, Adriana Coman, Gilles Forêt, Matthias Beekmann, Jean Marie Flaud, Benjamin Gaubert		7 MB
The WMO Dossier on the Space-based Global Observing System		Bizzarro Bizzarri		262 KB
AMV extraction scheme for MTG-FCI at EUMETSAT		Regis Borde		844 KB
Radiometric calibration accuracy of GOES sounder infrared channels		Fangfang Yu, Xiangqian Wu		244 KB
Analysis and characterization of the synergistic AIRS and MODIS cloud-cleared radiances		Hong Zhang, Allen Huang, Agnes Lim, Steve Dutcher, Liam Gumley		460 KB
Meteosat Third Generation InfraRed Sounder (MTG-IRS) Level 2 prototype development and application to IASI data		Xavier Calbet, Stephen Tjemkes, Thomas August, Rolf Stuhlmann		234 KB
MTG-IRS correlation interferometry for the retrieval of CO2 columnar amount: An error analysis study		Guido Masiello, Giuseppe Grieco, Carmine Serio, Xavier Calbet, Rolf Stuhlmann, Stephen Tjemkes		353 KB
Composition measurements by solar occultation: SCISAT/ACE and beyond		Kaley Walker, C. Thomas McElroy, Peter Bernath		105 KB
Monitoring air quality: the role of OSSEs in determining the future observing system		William Lahoz, Vincent-Henri Peuch, Jean-Luc Attie, Johannes Orphal, MAGEAQ Team		636 KB
GOES-R Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) true-color capability		Don Hillger, Steve Miller, Louie Grasso, Renate Brummer, Robert DeMaria		3 MB
Multi-sensor analysis of cloud-top heights in Sc - Cu transition regions		Elke Ludewig, Ákos Horváth		477 KB
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The Sentinel-4/UVN instrument on-board MTG-S		Grégory Bazalgette Courrèges-Lacoste, Hendrik Stark, Berit Ahlers, Ben Veihelmann, Benedikt Guldimann, Alex Short		147 KB
EUMETSAT Hydrological Satellite Application Facility precipitation suite at C.N.M.C.A.		Daniele Biron, Francesco Zauli, Davide Melfi		2 MB
SEVIRI/MSG derived vegetation characteristics and their potential to monitor drought conditions in Slovenia		Bostjan Muri, Mateja Irsic Zibert, Gregor Gregoric		5 MB
Validation of greenhouse gases retrieved from satellite-based and ground-based hyper-spectral measurements with aircraft observations		Youngmi Kim, Goo Tae-Young, Shin-Hoo Kang, Yeon-Jin Jung, Mi-Lim Ou, Sang-Boom Ryoo		916 KB
Estimation and Its Application of Mesoscale Atmospheric Motion Vectors at NIMR/KMA		Somyoung Kim, Jeong-Hyun Park, Mi-Lim Ou		2 MB
Validity of soil moisture retrievals from AMSR-E with SMOS observation		Youngmi Kim, Mi-Lim Ou, Sang-Boom Ryoo		3 MB
Satellite and balloon borne measurements of water vapor in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere		Rigel Kivi, Jukka Kujanpää, Osmo Aulamo, Pauli Heikkinen, Xavier Calbet, Holger Vömel, Franz Immler		534 KB
Topography correction of the CM-SAF surface albedo product SAL		Terhikki Manninen, Kaj Andersson, Aku Riihelä		567 KB
A quasi-geostationary view of the Arctic and Environs: PCW/PHEMOS for Arctic weather, climate and air quality		John McConnell		474 KB

SESSION 2. Monitoring climate and understanding climate processes based on satellite data

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A satellite-based global ocean surface turbulent fluxes dataset and the impact of the associated SSM/I brightness temperature		Chung-lin Shie, Kyle Hilburn		1014 KB
Towards a climatology of surface incoming solar radiation over the Benelux by merging long time-series of Meteosat-derived estimations and ground-based measurements		Michel Journée, Richard Müller, Cédric Bertrand		318 KB
A reprocessing for climate of sea surface temperature from the Along-Track Scanning Radiometers		Owen Embury, Chris Merchant, David Berry, Elizabeth Kent		2 MB
10-years satellite-based snow cover climatology of Switzerland		Gabriela Seiz, Nando Foppa, Oliver Meister		412 KB
Optical properties of thin cirrus derived from the infrared channels of SEVIRI		Stephan Kox, Andreas Ostler, Margarita Vazquez-Navarro, Luca Bugliaro, Hermann Mannstein		3 MB
Probability of Cloud-Free-Line-of-Sight (PCFLOS) derived from CloudSat and CALIPSO cloud observations		Donald Reinke, Thomas Vonder Haar		2 MB
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Reviewing past extreme climatic events using satellite analysed daily wind and sea surface temperature data		Ndui Aikayo		2 MB
EUMETSAT LSA-SAF evapotranspiration: Comparisons of operational products to observations and models at hydrological basins scale		Alirio Arboleda, Nicolas Ghilain, F. Gellens-Meulenberghs		808 KB
VIS and IR characterization of a permanent LST validation site		Annika Bork-Unkelbach, Frank Göttsche, Folke Olesen		2 MB
Aerosol absorption in cloudy scenes using passive satellite instruments		Martin de Graaf, Lieuwe G. Tilstra, Piet Stammes		2 MB
Satellite and ground-based sensors for the Urban Heat Island analysis in the city of Madrid		Roberto Fabrizi, Angela De Santis, Antonio Gomez		830 KB
Validation of operational Land Surface Temperature products with three years of continuous in-situ measurements		Frank Göttsche, Folke Olesen, Annika Bork-Unkelbach		543 KB
GSICS SEVIRI-IASI inter-calibration uncertainty evaluation		Tim Hewison		254 KB
Regional trend analysis of pan evaporation in Nigeria (1970-2000)		Emmanuel Ogolo		195 KB
Assesment of satellite based rainfall in urban areas during Kiremt season in Ethiopia		Almaz Tadesse Jifar		290 KB

SESSION 3. Nowcasting

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Correlating the locations of the overshooting tops with the occurrence of severe weather		Natasa Strelec Mahovic, Petra Mikus		354 KB
Characterisation of storm severity by use of selected convective cell parameters derived from satellite data		Piotr Struzik		803 KB
Extremely strong convection in Lithuania on 8th of August, 2010		Viktorija Grusaite		3 MB
Study of a mesoscale convective complex over the eastern Mediterranean basin with Meteosat data		Haralambos Feidas, Apostolos Giannakos		2 MB
Severe Thunderstorm Nowcasting in the Alpine region and the COALITION approach		Luca Nisi, Igor Giunta, Paolo Ambrosetti		908 KB
Enhancing objective short-range forecasts of the pre-convective environment using SEVIRI data		Ralph Petersen, Robert Aune, Thomas Rink		3 MB
Application of automated CB/TCU detection based on radar and satellite data		Paul De Valk, Rudolf Van Westrhenen		162 KB
Observations of increased IR3.9 reflectivity at thunderstorm cloud tops		Maria Putsay, Andre Simon, Ildikó Szenyán		818 KB
Detection of rainy clouds based on their spectral and textural features on Meteosat multispectral infrared data		Apostolos Giannakos, Haralambos Feidas		321 KB
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Satellite uses for purpose of Nowcasting		Mohammed Kedir		106 KB
Status of NWCSAF/MSG PGE13 physical retrival product		Miguel A. Martinez, Ramiro Romero, Jun Li		367 KB
Mapping of snow cover using METOP/AVHRR data		Niilo Siljamo, Markku Suomalainen, Otto Hyvärinen		2 MB

SESSION 4. Assimilation of satellite data into global and regional NWP models

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Impacts of radiance assimilation in the JMA operational meso-scale analyses and forecasts		Masahiro Kazumori		3 MB
Assimilation of ATOVS radiances at ECMWF		Enza Di Tomaso, Niels Bormann		326 KB
The assimilation of short-wave radiance data from AIRS and IASI at ECMWF		Anthony McNally, marco matricardi, Reima Eresmaa		651 KB
Preparations for the assessment and assimilation of NPP data at ECMWF and the Met Office		Bill Bell, Niels Bormann, Tony McNally, Steve English, Carole Peubey, Qifeng Lu, Anna Booton, Nigel Atkinson		2 MB
Investigation and development of a mode based variational bias correction scheme for window channels on microwave and infrared sounders		Dingmin Li, Anthony McNally, Alan Geer		647 KB
The direct assimilation in the ECMWF 4D-Var system of principal component scores derived from IASI radiance spectra in the shortwave		Marco Matricardi, Tony McNally		368 KB
Cloud detection output statistics for advanced infrared sounders in the ECMWF data assimilation system		Reima Eresmaa		78 KB
All-sky assimilation of radiances from microwave sounders at ECMWF		Alan Geer, Peter Bauer		3 MB
Remote sounding of temperature and humidity in the presence of clouds		Cristina Prates, Stefano Migliorini, Stephen English, Ed Pavelin		776 KB
Assimilation experiments with the cloud-affected geostationary observations at ECMWF		Cristina Lupu, Tony McNally		2 MB
Land Surface Temperature to improve the assimilation of SEVIRI radiances over land		Stephanie Guedj, Fatima KARBOU, Florence RABIER		802 KB
Accounting for the characteristics of AMV observation errors in data assimilation		Kirsti Salonen, Niels Bormann		541 KB
ADM-AEOLUS - ESA's wind lidar mission and its contribution to Numerical Weather Prediction		Anne Grete Straume-Lindner, Paul Ingmann, Anders Elfving		261 KB
OSSE-based assessment of the NWP impact of space-based wind lidars		Lars Peter Riishojgaard, Zaizhong Ma, Michiko Masutani, John S. Woollen, Dave Emmitt, Sid Wood, Steve Greco		381 KB
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Observing system experiments on ATOVS orbit constellations		Enza Di Tomaso, Niels Bormann		703 KB

SESSION 5. Satellite-based observations of the oceans, with emphasis on the Arctic regions

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The EUMETSAT Ocean & Sea Ice SAF towards the CDOP-2 phase		Guenole Guevel		250 KB
GHRSST research concerning high latitude SST		Andrea Kaiser-Weiss, Peter Minnett, Helen Beggs, Jacob Hoyer, LeBorgne Pierre, Steinar Eastwood, Chris Merchant, Craig Donlon		535 KB
Errors and correction of Metop/AVHRR derived SST in Arctic conditions		Pierre Le Borgne, Sonia Péré, Hervé Roquet		474 KB
New OSI SAF geostationary SST chain validation results		Anne Marsouin, Pierre Le Borgne, Gérard Legendre, Sonia Péré		551 KB
ASCAT full resolution backscatter product		Craig Anderson, Julia Figa-Saldana, Hans Bonekamp, Julian Wilson, Colin Duff, Mirko Santuari		283 KB
OCEANSAT-2 scatterometer winds and sea ice		Ad Stoffelen, Anton Verhoef		382 KB
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ASCAT backscatter, validation and current developments		Julia Figa Saldaña, Craig Anderson, Hans Bonekamp, Julian Wilson, Colin Duff		286 KB
Improving regional AVHRR SST measurements using AATSR SST data		Igor Tomazic, Milivoj Kuzmic		388 KB

SESSION 6. Facilitating data access and utilisation

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Spatial data service operations for MetOp/GOME-2 atmospheric composition products		Stephan Kiemle, Torsten Heinen, Daniele Dietrich, Henry Rotzoll, Diego Loyola		2 MB
EO PORTAL - WMS services of the EUMETSAT realtime image gallery		Michael Schick		345 KB
HDF5 for NPP sensor and environmental data records		Michael Denning, Richard Ullman		17 KB
An object-oriented software system to handle BUFR		Vesa Karhila, Angeles Hernandez-Carrascal		75 KB

SESSION 7. Atmospheric Composition

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Monitoring the spatial distribution and the evolution of tropospheric ozone with IASI in Europe and Eastern Asia: New possibilities for chemical and transport model evaluation		Gaëlle Dufour, Maxim Eremenko, Juan Cuesta, Irina Galkina, Gilles Forêt, Adriana Coman , Benjamin Gaubert, Matthias Beekmann, Jean-Marie Flaud, Andrea Pozzer		318 KB
CO total columns retrieved from three IR space-based sounders over 2010 Russian wild fires: Comparison with two ground-based spectrometers and surface monitors		Leonid Yurganov, Thomas August, Anatoly Dzhola, Evgeny Grechko, Vadim Rakitin, Ekaterina Fokeeva, Roman Shumsky, Larrabee Strow, Scott Hannon		515 KB
Studying trends in aerosol presence using the Absorbing Aerosol Index (AAI) of GOME-1, SCIAMACHY, and GOME-2		Lieuwe Tilstra, Martin De Graaf, Olaf Tuinder, Ronald Van der A, Piet Stammes		362 KB
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Validation of GOME-2 ozone profiles using balloon sounding data		Andy Delcloo, Olaf Tuinder		723 KB
Validation of IASI ozone profiles using balloon sounding data		Andy Delcloo, Daniel Hurtmans, P-F Coheur, C Clerbaux		605 KB
Study of the possible benefits of cloud products of EUMETSAT in solar energy		Zhipeng Qu, Lucien Wald, Philippe Blanc, Mireille Lefèvre		689 KB