The 2005 EUMETSAT Meteorological Satellite Conference

19–23 September 2005, Dubrovnik, Croatia

Dubrovnik, Croatia, 19 – 23 September 2005

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26 August 2020

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19 September 2005

EUMETSAT P.46

ISBN 92-9110-073-0
ISSN 1011-3932

Browse the documents in the tables below, arranged by session, and download each of them in PDF format.

SESSION 1: CURRENT AND FUTURE SATELLITE PROGRAMMES AND SYSTEMS

Verbal presentations
Title	Authors including Presenter	File Size
The WMO Space Programme and the Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS)	Donald Hinsman
Status of MTSAT-1R and Recent Activities in MSC	Yoshihiko Tahara
Remote Sensing Products and Applications: Roshydromet Program	Vassily Asmus	1.
Introduction to the COMS Program and its Application to Meteorological Services of Korea	Mi-Lim Ou
Future Passive Microwave Radiometry Missions: Elliptical Orbits, a Novel Solution	Janet Charlton
GPS Based Atmospheric Sounding with CHAMP: Results Achieved after Four Years	Jens Wickert
Observation of Extreme Weather Events – Analysis of New Satellite-based Measurement Techniques	Chung-Chi Lin
Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) as a Venue for Future NOAA Satellite Systems	Gerald Dittberner

SESSION 2: METEOROLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Verbal presentations
Title	Authors including Presenter	File Size
Using Synthetic Satellite Images for Automatic Monitoring of NWP Fields: Operational Applications	Bernhard Reichert	1.
Assimilation of M8-AMV Data in the HIRLAM-NWP Model	Carlos Geijo Guerrero
Meteosat Second Generation: Future Meteorological Products	Marianne König	1.
Validation of SAFNWC / MSG Cloud Products with One Year of SEVIRI Data	Hervé Le Gléau
Adaption of an Error Decomposition Method in the Verification of Cloud Forecasts Using Satellite Data	Christoph Zingerle	3.
Does Satellite Data Have a Potential for Forecasting and Monitoring of Extreme Convective Events as e.g. Tornadoes over Europe?	Thomas Böhm	3.
Verification of Nowcasting-SAF Clear Air Products and Forecast of Convective Rain over Central Europe	Jochen Wagner
Impact of SEVIRI IR Radiances in Météo-France’s Operational 3D-Var Assimilation System at Regional Scale	Thibaut Montmerle
Probability of Precipitation Estimation Using SEVIRI Data and Artificial Neural Networks	Davide Capacci
Forest Fire Severity Index from Remote Sensed Atmosphere Parameters	Otto Hyvärinen
GRAS SAF Radio Occultation Processing Center	Kent Lauritsen	1.
MODIS Atmospheric Profiles Product in Finland - a Feasibility Study	Sauli Joro
Rainfall and Lightning Characteristics as Seen by TRMM Satellite Over Some Climatic Regions of Africa	Ishiyaku Ibrahim

poster presentations
Title	Authors including Presenter	File Size
Fog / Low Stratus Discrimination Using MSG SEVIRI Data	Jan Cermak
ATOVS AMSU-A Usage Over All Surfaces in DMI-HIRLAM	Jakob Grove-Rasmussen
Meteosat-8 Imaging Performance	Christopher Hanson
Automatic Cloud Classification by Supervised Learning on SEVIRI Data Using Support Vector Machines Method	Mateja Irsic Zibert	1.
Validation of SAFNWC/MSG Precipitation Products with Hungarian Radar and Surface Measured Rain Gauge Data	Maria Putsay	1.
Operational Use of Meteosat-8 SEVIRI Data and Derived Nowcasting Products	Nataša Strelec Mahovic	9.
1D-Variational Cloud Retrieval from SEVIRI Data	Ruth Taylor
Comparison of an Optical and a Passive Microwave Rainfall Retrieval over North-Western Africa	Boris Thies

SESSION 3: TRAINING

verbal presentations
Title	Authors including Presenter	File Size
Keynote Presentation: Computer Assisted Learning – The European Perspective	David Bennetts
Training within the Virtual Laboratory for Satellite Data Utilization – a New Era and a New Paradigm: Electronic Notebooks	James Purdom
Training of Forecasters at the DWD: Present and Future	Wilfried Jacobs	2.
Interpretation Guide to MSG Water Vapour Channels	Christo Georgiev	2.
EUMETCAL - The European Virtual Organisation for Meteorological Training	Carola Sundius

SESSION 4: LAND SURFACE APPLICATIONS

verbal presentations
Title	Authors including Presenter	File Size
Operational Derivation of Vegetation Products in the Framework of the LSA SAF Project (removed upon request of Dr. F. Javier García Haro - 16 October 2017 21:39, via website contact form)	Javier García Haro, (presented by Fernando Camacho de Coca)
The Land-SAF Surface Albedo and Downwelling Shortwave Radiation Flux Products	Bernhard Geiger	1.
Land-surface Emissivity Maps Based on MSG/SEVIRI Information	Leonardo Peres (presented by Carlos DaCamara)	1.
Monitoring Wildfire Activity over Portugal using MSG and NOAA / METOP Information	Teresa Calado	1.
Intercomparison of Meteosat-8 derived LST with MODIS and AATSR Similar Products	Isabel Trigo	2.
Monitoring Snow Cover over Europe with Meteosat SEVIRI	Peter Romanov

poster presentations
Title	Authors including Presenter	File Size
The LSA-SAF Evapotranspiration Product: First Results with MSG	Alirio Arboleda	1.
Early Validation of MSG Vegetation Products over the Iberian Peninsula	Beatriz Martínez, (presented by Fernando Camacho de Coca)
Validation of the LSA SAF FVC and LAI Prototype Algorithm with Polder/Adeos Data over Western Europe	Fernando Camacho de Coca	2.
Comparison of Downwelling Surface Longwave Radiation Fluxes Derived from Meteosat-8 with In Situ Measurements	Cristina Madeira (presented by Carlos DaCamara)	3.
Ocean and Sea Ice SAF Radiative Flux Products Estimated from AVHRR Data at High Latitudes	Øystein Godøy

SESSION 5: CLIMATE OBSERVATIONS

verbal presentations
Title	Authors including Presenter	File Size
Keynote Presentation: Can We Measure from Satellites the Cloud Effects on the Atmospheric Radiation Budget?	Ehrhard Raschke
Operational Climate Monitoring from Space: the Satellite Application Facility on Climate Monitoring	Jörg Schulz	2.
Geostationary Earth Radiation Budget Project: Status and Results	Jennifer Hanafin	7.
Narrowband-to-Broadband Conversions for SEVIRI	Nicolas Clerbaux	1.
A New Approach for Satellite Based Climate Radiation Modelling	Richard Müller
Surface Radiation Budget in HadGAM1: Comparison with SRB Derived from Satellite Data	Alejandro Bodas-Salcedo	1.
Tools and Data Services from the NASA Earth Satellite Observations for Climate Applications	Gilberto Vicente
Satellite Altimetry: Current Status and Perspectives	François Parisot

poster presentations
Title	Authors including Presenter	File Size
Surface Albedo of Arctic Sea Ice Operationally – Co-operation of Climate-SAF and Ocean and Sea Ice SAF	Terhikki Manninen (presented by Kaj Andersson)
Diurnal Asymmetry in the GERB SW Fluxes	Cédric Bertrand
Initial Operation of the CM-SAF TOA Flux Products	Didier Caprion	1.
Remote Sensing of Water Vapour in All-Sky Situations	Heike Hauschildt	2.
Arctic Sea Ice Albedo Variability and Trends, 1982-1998	Vesa Laine	3.

SESSION 6: CLOUDS, AEROSOLS AND ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION FROM SATELLITES

verbal presentations
Title	Authors including Presenter	File Size
Remote Sensing of Inhomogeneous Clouds with MSG/SEVIRI	Tobias Zinner
EarthCARE - a New Mission Providing Global Cloud and Aerosol Profiles	Paul Ingmann	2
Remote Sensing of Cloud Albedo from Backscattered Sunlight in Cloudy Atmosphere	Anja Hünerbein
Atmospheric Influence on Satellite Derived Sea Surface Temperature: a Case of the Adriatic Sea	Tanja Trosic
Retrieval of Volcanic Sulfur Dioxide Emissions from GOME Backscatter Measurements	Werner Thomas
The Introduction of Clouds and Aerosols in the ECMWF Fast Radiative Transfer Model for the Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer	Marco Matricardi
MSG Observations of Deep Convective Storms	Martin Setvák	9
Comparison of Microwave and Optical Cloud Water Path Estimates From TMI, MODIS, and MISR	Ákos Horváth

poster presentations
Title	Authors including Presenter	File Size
Cloud Radiative Forcing from SEVIRI Data: Possible Effects of Air Pollution	Elsa Cattani	5
Satellite Characterization of Power Plant Aerosol Emissions	Maria João Costa	1
FLISS: a User-Friendly Satellite Signal Simulator Using Monte-Carlo and Line-by-line Techniques for Multiple Scattering Layered Atmospheres	Boris Fomin
Pixel-based Composite TOA Clearsky Reflectances for SEVIRI Visible Images	Alessandro Ipe	7.
Improving the AVHRR Estimates of the Adriatic Sea Surface Temperature	Igor Tomazic (presented by Milivoj Kuzmic)	2.
Remote Sensing of Vertical Integrated Water Vapor Using SEVIRI Infrared Measurements	Martin Stengel
Progress and Promise for Observing Troposheric Gas Variations with Satellite Advanced IR Sounders	Alexander Uspensky