INTRODUCTION


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Conference programme - verbal presentations
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Session Wrap-up Panel Discussion: What are the training needs and methods used	1

SESSION 1. Future systems

Verbal presentations
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Meteosat Third Generation: Progress on Space Segment System Feasibility Studies: Payload Aspects	Donny M. A. Aminou, Hendrik Stark, Wolfgang Schumann, Gary Fowler, Antonio Rodriguez, Rolf Stuhlmann	16

Poster presentations
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Coverage requirements for the Post-EPS Radio Occultation Mission	Christophe Accadia, Peter Schlüssel, Axel von Engeln
First Results of the MTG Ground Segment Phase A Study	Stephan Recher, Peter Scheidgen, Michael Henke, Richard Corkill, Roger Thompson
The "Boreas" Concept for Imaging Polar Winds from the Iridium-NEXT constellation	Lars Peter Riishojgaard, Dennis Chesters
Geo-Oculus: A Mission for Real-Time Monitoring through High Resolution Imaging from Geostationary Orbit	Ulrich Schull, Thiemo Knigge

SESSION 2. Future sensors and calibration

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Inter-calibration of Meteosat imagers and IASI	Tim Hewison, Marianne König
Satellite Data Validation in Sodankylä, Northern Finland; EPS Validation Campaign in 2007	Osmo Aulamo, Rigel Kivi, Anna Kontu, Pauli Heikkinen
Combining ground-based remote sensing and balloon-borne profile measurements in Lindenberg (Richard-Aßmann-Observatory) for IASI-Validation: methods, availability, and accuracy	Bernd Stiller, Klemens Barfus, Horst Dier, Ulrich Görsdorf, Franz H. Berger, Ulrich Löhnert, François Montagner, Xavier Calbet
Simulation of Meteosat Third Generation - Lightning Imager through Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission - Lightning Imaging Sensor data	Daniele Biron, Luigi De Leonibus, Francesco Zauli, Davide Melfi, Paolo Laquale, Demetrio Labate
Impact of changes to SEVIRI level 1.5 radiances on the Land-SAF Land Surface Temperature	Isabel Trigo, Carla Barroso, Sandra Freitas, Pedro Viterbo

Poster presentations
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Monitoring the calibration of METEOSAT first and second generation radiance data using HIRS measurements	Bertrand Theodore, Thomas Heinemann
Investigation of GOES Imager 13 µm Channel Cold Bias	Xiangqian Wu, T. Schmit, R. Galvin, M. Gunshor, T. Hewison, M. Koenig, Y. Tahara, D. Blumstein, Y. Li, S. Sohn, M. Goldberg	63

SESSION 3. Oceanography

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The EUMETSAT Ocean and Sea Ice SAF (OSI SAF): a contribution to operational oceanography	Guenole Guevel
Model and observation bias correction in altimeter ocean data assimilation in FOAM	Daniel Lea, Keith Haines, Matthew Martin
The relationship between Aviso and MyOcean	Frederique Blanc
The GOCI Instrument on COMS Mission – the First Geostationary Ocean Colour Imager	François Faure, Pierre COSTE, GmSil KANG
Calibration and Validation of ASCAT Backscatter	Craig Anderson, Hans Bonekamp, Julia Figa, Julian JW Wilson, Arthur de Smet, Colin Duff
The SeaWinds Data Processor	Jur Vogelzang, Ad Stoffelen, Marcos Portabella, Anton Verhoef, Jeroen Verspeek, Maria Belmonte
High-resolution ASCAT scatterometer winds near the coast	Marcos Portabella, Ad Stoffelen, Maria Belmonte, Anton Verhoef, Jeroen Verspeek, Jur Vogelzang

Poster presentations
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First validations of the operational IASI L2 surface temperature	Thomas August, Tim Hultberg, Xavier Calbet, Peter Schlüssel, Olusoji Oduleye, Arlindo Arriaga
An angular and emissivity dependent algorithm to determine sea surface temperature from MSG-SEVIRI data	Raquel Niclos, Maria Jose Estrela, Jose Antonio Valiente, Maria Jesus Barbera
Quality of high resolution ASCAT wind fields	Jur Vogelzang, Ad Stoffelen, Marcos Portabella, Anton Verhoef, Jeroen Verspeek, Maria Belmonte

SESSION 4. Climate monitoring with operational satellites

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Satellite based analysis of surface solar radiation anomalies	Christine Traeger-Chatterjee, Richard W. Mueller, Rainer Hollmann
Long term surface albedo datasets generated with Meteosat images	Alessio Lattanzio, Yves Govaerts, Bertrand Theodore
Atmospheric effect on validation of broadband surface albedo (SAL) product of CM SAF using mast measurements	Terhikki Manninen, Aku Riihelä
The effect of ancillary data on components of the Earth's radiation budget as computed from satellite measurements	Ehrhard Raschke, Stefan Kinne, William B. Rossow, Yuan-C. Zhang
Bitemporal Mineral Dust Detection from MSG SEVIRI observations	Lars Klüser, Kerstin Schepanski, Thomas Holzer-Popp	33
Using CO2 Slicing to infer Global Cloud Cover (improving algorithm applications and overcoming instrument idiosyncrasies)	Paul Menzel, Bryan Baum, Darren L. Jackson, Richard Frey, Elisabeth Weisz, Don Wylie, Erik Olson, John Bates
Climatological evaluation of fog/low stratus distribution based on Meteosat 8/9 SEVIRI data	Jan Cermak, Jörg Bendix
CM-SAF arctic cloud studies during the 2007 polar summer extreme sea ice anomaly event	Karl-Göran Karlsson	85
Cloud analysis from METEOSAT data using image segmentation for climate model verification	Roger Huckle, Folke Olesen
Climatic analysis and categorization of the mesoscale convective systems in the Mediterranean basin during the warm season with the use of Meteosat satellite imagery	Stavros Kolios, Haralambos Feidas
Impact of drizzle and 3D cloud structure on remote sensing of cloud effective radius	Tobias Zinner, Gala Wind, Steven Platnick, Andrew S. Ackerman
Validation of cloud property retrievals from MTSAT-1R imagery using MODIS observations	Yong-Sang Choi, Chang-Hoi Ho
Fostering the benefits of weather and climate observation from space	Jerome Lafeuille

Poster presentations
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Satellite-based climate products for alpine studies within the Swiss GCOS activities	Nando Foppa, Julia Walterspiel, Andreas Asch, Gabriela Seiz
Plans for the Reprocessing of Meteosat Image Data	Christopher Hanson, Volker Gärtner
SAT-KLIM: using satellite-derived cloud products for operational climate monitoring	Helga Nitsche, Ute Maier
Bulk aerosol optical properties over the western North Pacific estimated by MODIS and CERES measurements: Coastal sea versus Open sea	Hye-Ryun Oh, Yong-Sang Choi, Chang-Hoi Ho, Rokjin Park, Chang-Geon Song
Impact of broken and inhomogeneous clouds on satellite cloud-phase retrieval	Erwin Wolters, Hartwig Deneke, Jan Fokke Meirink, Rob Roebeling

SESSION 5. Nowcasting

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Validation of severe weather forecasts based on synthetic satellite data as part of an integrated thunderstorm forecast system for air traffic	Caroline Forster, Arnold Tafferner, Keil Christian, Tobias Zinner
Use of the European Severe Weather Database to verify satellite-based storm detection or nowcasting	Nikolai Dotzek, Caroline Forster
A severe weather event in Romania due to Mediterranean cyclonic activity	Florinela Georgescu, Gabriela Bancila, Viorica Dima	83
Ground-truth from the lightning detection network LINET in Europe for the interpretation of thunderstorm-related data collected by space-born sensors	Hans D. Betz, E. Defer, K. Schmidt, W. P. Oettinger, A. Wuerl
A local version of the GII in South Africa – comparisons to verify the value of this product as an operational nowcasting tool	Estelle de Coning, Retha Matthee
Physical retrieval algorithm development for operational SEVIRI clear sky nowcasting products	Miguel Angel Martinez, Jun Li, Marcelino Manso, Mercedes Velazquez, Gabriela Cuevas
Improved identification of convective clouds for the RDT product	Yann Guillou, Stephane Senesi, Frederic Autones
Extreme convective cases - the use of satellite products for storm nowcasting and monitoring	Monika Pajek, Piotr Struzik, Rafa Iwañski, Marianne König
Cold-ring shaped storms in Central Europe	Martin Setvak, Daniel T. Lindsey, Petr Novák, Michaela Radová, Jindrich Stástka, Robert M. Rabin, Pao K. Wang, Jochen Kerkmann
Application of Meteosat SEVIRI channel differences 0.6-1.6 and 0.6-3.9 micron in convective cells detection	Natasa Strelec Mahovic
Physical, statistical and temporal analysis approaches for cloud identification using MSG-SEVIRI data	Elisabetta Ricciardelli, Filomena Romano, Vincenzo Cuomo
The utilization of satellite products for monitoring fog over Romania	Gabriela Bancila, Viorica Dima, Florinela Georgescu	87
Nowcasting of 2m - air temperature based on MSG-SEVIRI and TERRA-MODIS measurements	Marion Schroedter-Homscheidt, Klemen Zaksek
The next generation of McIDAS: McIDAS-V	Tom Whittaker

Poster presentations
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Combined use of MSG images and products and other data for operational forecasting at AEMet-Spain: application to fog and in-flight aviation	Jose Miguel Fernandez Serdan
The use of satellite imagery in forecasting and analyzing instability within tropical air masses and frontal instability events in Romania	Florinela Georgescu, Gabriela Bancila, Viorica Dima
Analysis of the quality of NWC SAF clouds’ mask using standard surface observations in Poland	Bozena Lapeta, Danuta Serafin-Rek
The Use of Surface Emissivity Information within the Meteosat Second Generation Meteorological Product Generation	Hans-Joachim Lutz, Marianne König
Use of MSG/SEVIRI in the WMO Sand and Dust Storm Warning Advisory and Assesment System (SDS-WAS) for Europe, North Africa and Middle East	Miguel Angel Martinez, Juan Ruiz, Mercedes Velazquez, Emilio Cuevas, Gabriela Cuevas
Integrated information to support decision makers	Francesco Zauli, Daniele Biron (presented by Davide Melfi)
Case study of the 20 May 2008 tornadic storm in Hungary	Maria Putsay, Jochen Kerkmann, Ildikó Szenyán
Parallax applications when comparing radar and satellite data	Michaela Radova, Jakub Seidl
Air temperature in high temporal and spatial resolution from a combination of the SEVIRI and MODIS instruments	Marion Schroedter-Homscheidt, Georg Wirth, Mike Zehner, Gerd Becker
Cloud top temperature and height product of the Nowcasting SAF applied to tropopause-penetrating cold-ring shaped storms	Jindrich Stastka, Martin Setvák
The Persian Gulf 12th April 2007 dust Storm: Observation and Model Analysis	Farahnaz Taghavi, A. Asadi
On the Use of Complex Empirical Orthogonal Functions for the Temporal Interpolation of NWP, Radar and Satellite Data	Andreas Wirth, Alexander Jann, Barbara Zeiner

SESSION 6. Data services for real time application

Verbal presentations
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Standardized Data Access Services for GOME-2/MetOp Atmospheric Trace Gas Products	Torsten Heinen, Bernhard Buckl, Thilo Erbertseder, Stephan Kiemle, Diego Loyola

Poster presentations
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Better use of correlation information in AMV extraction scheme	Regis Borde, Arthur De Smet, Greg Dew

SESSION 7. Advanced sounding

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Using AEROSE-Domain SEVIRI Data for Legacy Sounding Product from the GOES-R Advanced Baseline Imager	Nicholas Nalli, Hua Xie, Christopher Barnet, Mitchell Goldberg

SESSION 8. Monitoring land use

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Mapping the daily risk of fire in continental Portugal	Teresa Calado, Carlos DaCamara, Célia Gouveia
The Operational MSG/SEVIRI Fire Radiative Power Product Generated at the Land SAF	Yves Govaerts, Martin Wooster, Gareth Roberts, Patrick Freeborn, Weidong Xu, Alessio Lattanzio, Isabel Trigot
Active fire monitoring over Bulgaria: validation of SEVIRI FIR product	Julia Stoyanova, Christo Georgiev, Dilyana Yordanova, Krasimir Mladenov
Fire detection and monitoring over Africa	Malik Amraoui, Carlos C. Dacamara, José M.C. Pereira
Towards an improved Active Fire Monitoring Product for MSG satellites	Sauli Joro, Hans-Joachim Lutz, Leo van de Berg, Ahmet Yildirim, Olivier Samain
Global monitoring of annual vegetation cycles using DOAS satellite observations	Ellen Eigemeier, Steffen Beirle, Thomas Wagner, Ulrich Platt, A. Schubert
Validation activities preparation for SMOS (Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity) land products at the Valencia anchor station	Ernesto Lopez-Baeza, R. Acosta, M.C. Antolin, J. Balling, F. Belda, C. Bouzinac, A. Cano, S. Delwart, C. Domenech, A.G. Ferreira, S. Juglea, Y. Kerr, C. Millan-Scheiding, C. Narbon, D. Rodriguez, K. Saleh, J. Sanchis, N. Skou, S. Søbjærg, S. Tauriainen, A. Velazquez-Blazquez, S. Vidal, J.-P. Wigneron, P. Wursteisen

Poster presentations
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Study of the relationship between surface net radiation and soil heat flux by using valencia anchor station ground measurements and GERB/SEVIRI data	Antonio Geraldo Ferreira, Almudena Velázquez Blázquez, Emilio Soria, Ernesto Lopez-Baeza, Javier Sanchís Muñoz
Land surface temperature retrieved from SEVIRI /MSG2 data: Algorithm and Validation	Mariam Atitar, José Antonio Sobrino, Juan Carlos Jiménez-Muñoz, Yves Julien, Ana Belen Ruescas, Guillem Soria, Jean Pierre Wigneron
On the use of MIR reflectance for burned area identification	Renata Libonati, Carlos DaCamara, José Miguel Cardoso Pereira, Alberto Setzer, Leonardo F. Peres
Representing EUMETSAT’s active fire monitoring product by Google Earth over Türkiye	Ahmet Tekeli, Ibrahim Sönmez, Erdem Erdi , Fatih Demir, Murat Arslan, Meral L. Cukurcayir, Hakan Koçak, Serkan Eminoðlu

SESSION 9. Activities for learning in meteorology

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Modernisation of forecaster’s training at BTZ Langen	Wilfried Jacobs, Hans Bauer
Distance Learning in Satellite Meteorology using VISITview	Tom Whittaker
Continuous Meteorological Training in Southern Africa and the use of visit view	Winifred Jordaan
SatRep Online – training satellite meteorology in combination with NWP	Jarno Schipper, Vesa Nietosvaara
Experiences on running a blended learning course for operational forecasters	Vesa Nietosvaara, Jaakko Karppanen
Working with EUMETSAT data and IDV (integral part of McIDAS-V) –strong convection over the Empty Quarter (Rub’ Al Khali)	HansPeter Roesli

Poster presentations
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The Eumetcal international cooperation network for meteorological and hydrological training	Jaakko Karppanen
Meteorological Virtual Training Laboratory (VTL) at the WMO RTC in the Russian Federation	Maria Mamaeva, Anatoly Bogush, Grigory Chichasov
MeteoCAL: a tool for interactive HTML-based training on meteorology	Jose Prieto
Basic Radar Altimetry Toolbox & Tutorial	Vinca Rosmorduc, Jérôme Benveniste, Nicolas Picot, Sander Niemeijer

SESSION 10. Hydrometeorology

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International Precipitation Working Group (IPWG): Inter-comparison of regional precipitation products	Chris Kidd, Thomas Heinemann, V. Levizzani, D. Kniveton
Evaluation of GPM-era constellation precipitation estimates for land surface modeling applications	F. Joseph Turk, G. Mostovoy, Valentine Anantharaj, P. Houser, QiQi Lu, Y. Ling
Validation of rain rate retrievals from SEVIRI using weather radar observations	Rob Roebeling, Iwan Holleman
Rain rate retrieval using 183-WSL algorithm	Sante Laviola, V. Levizzani
A new technique for detecting precipitation at mid-latitudes during daytime using Meteosat Second Generation SEVIRI	Boris Thies, Thomas Nauss, Jörg Bendix
Synergistic Use of Scatterometer and ScanSAR Data for Extraction of Surface Soil Moisture Information in Australia	Daniel Sabel, Zoltan Bartalis, Annett Bartsch, Marcela Doubkova, Stefan Hasenauer, Vahid Naeimi, Carsten Pathe, Wolfgang Wagner
Evapotranspiration assessment by LSA-SAF: methodology, status of validation and plans for the near future	Françoise Gellens-Meulenberghs, Alirio Arboleda, Nicolas Ghilain
The validation of the snow cover mapping derived from NOAA AVHRR/3 over Türkiye	Aydin Gürol Ertürk, Ibrahim Sönmez, A. Ünal Sorman
Improvement of a surface energy balance model by the use of MSG-SEVIRI derived vegetation parameters	Nicolas Ghilain, Alirio Arboleda, Françoise Gellens-Meulenberghs
Determination of Lake Tana evaporation by the combined use of SEVIRI, AVHRR and IASI	Ambro Gieske, Tom Rientjes, Alemseged Tamiru Haile, Abeyou Wale Worqlul, Getachew Hadush Asmerom

Poster presentations
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The precipitation products generation chain for the EUMETSAT Hydrological Satellite Application Facility at C.N.M.C.A.	Daniele Biron, Francesco Zauli, Davide Melfi
Methods used for the validation of the satellite-derived Precipitation Products, part of the Hydrology SAF in Hungary	Eszter Lábó, Judit Kerényi, Silvia Puca
Operational mapping of snowcover using MSG/SEVIRI data	Niilo Siljamo, Otto Hyvärinen	15
Belgian contribution to the validation of the precipitation products of the Hydrology-SAF: methodology developed and preliminary results	Hans Van de Vyver, Emmanuel Roulin

SESSION 11. Towards operational monitoring of atmospheric composition from space systems

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GOME-2 Mission and Product Validation Status	Rosemary Munro, Ruediger Lang, Yakov Livschitz, Jukka Kujanpää, Diego Loyola, Pieter Valks, Olaf Tuinder, Piet Stammes
GMES Sentinels 4 and 5 - atmospheric composition monitoring from space	Paul Ingmann, Joerg Langen, Grégory Bazalgette Courrèges-Lacoste, Marco Arcioni, Yasjka Meijer
Optimal estimation and joint retrieval of aerosol load and surface reflectance using MSG/SEVIRI observations: comparison with AERONET and MODIS aerosol products	Sebastien Wagner, Yves Govaerts, Philip Watts, Alessio Lattanzio
Ozone Profile Climatology Products from 8 years NNORSY-GOME Data Set	Jasmine Kaptur, Anton Kaifel
Greenhouse gases from SCIAMACHY/ENVISAT nadir observations: CO2 and CH4 during 2003-2005	Michael Buchwitz, Oliver Schneising, Maximilian Reuter, Heinrich Bovensmann, John P. Burrows
Satellite observations of tropospheric NO2 columns over South Eastern Europe	Irene Zyrichidou, M.E. Koukouli, D.S. Balis, E. Katragkou, A. Poupkou, I. Kioutsioukis, R. van der A, R. Dirksen, M. van Roozendael, A. Richter
Detection and Monitoring of Sulfur Dioxide from Satellite-based UV Sensors	Arlin Krueger, George Serafino, Gilberto Vicente, Nick Krotkov, Simon Carn

Poster presentations
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ANN ozone retrieval within the operational IASI Level 2 processor	Thomas August, Olusoji Oduleye, Peter Schlüssel, Rosemary Munro, Xavier Calbet, Arlindo Arriaga, Tim Hultberg, Juliette Hadji-Lazaro, Solène Turquety, Cathy Clerbaux
Validation of GOME2 Ozone Profiles for mid- and Nordic latitudes, using balloon sounding data	Andy Delcloo, Hugo De Backer
Aerosol monitoring over land using MSG/SEVIRI	Dominique Jolivet, Emilien Bernard, Didier Ramon, Pierre-Yves Deschamps, Jérôme Riedi, Jean-Marc Nicolas, Olivier Hagolle
O3M SAF Surface UV Product: the First Year Results	Jukka Kujanpää, Niilo Kalakoski, Tapani Koskela, Antti Arola, Simo Tukiainen, Johanna Tamminen
GOME-2 Level 1b Operational Product Validation Status	Ruediger Lang, Rosemary Munro, Yakov Livschitz, Richard Dyer, Michael Eisinger, Abelardo Pérez-Albiñana
IASI EOF and ANN Retrieved Total Columnar Amounts Ozone, Compared to Ozone Sonde and Brewer Spectrometer Measurements from the Lindenberg and Sodankylä Validation Campaigns	Olusoji Oduleye, T. August, X. Calbet, P. Schluessel, A. Arriaga, T. Hultberg, O. Aulamo, R. Kivi, B. Stiller, K. Barfus
Near-real-time estimation of spectral surface albedo from GOME-2/Metop measurements	Bringfried Pflug, Bernd Aberle, Diego Loyola, Pieter Valks
On the use of the MAXDOAS technique for the validation of tropospheric NO2 column measurements from satellite	Gaia Pinardi, Francois Hendrick, Katrijn Clémer, Jean-Christopher Lambert, Michel Van Roozendael, Jianhui Bai

SESSION 12. Numerical Weather Prediction applications

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Recent developments in assimilation of satellite data in the MSC 4D-Var analysis and forecast system	Stephen Macpherson, L. Garand, J. Aparicio, M.Buehner, G. Deblonde, M. Charron, M. Roch, C. Charette, A. Beaulne
Progress toward the assimilation of AIRS and IASI cloudy infrared radiances at CMC	Sylvain Heilliette, Louis Garand
GRAS Radio Occultation Measurements onboard Metop	Axel von Engeln, Christian Marquardt, Yago Andres, Leonid Butenko, Eoin O'Clerigh, Francisco Sancho, Dieter Klaes
Use of clear SEVIRI radiances in the MetOffice Meso-scale Assimilation system	Graeme Kelly, Peter Francis
Assimilation of SEVIRI cloud-top parameters in the Met Office regional forecast model	Peter Francis, Ruth Taylor, Richard Renshaw, Roger Saunders
Use of satellite observation for constraining cloud scheme in a cloud resolving model	Jean-Pierre Chaboureau, Jean-Pierre Pinty

Poster presentations
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Verification of the Zambia rainfall seasonal forecasts using meteorological products from Meteosat	Ndui Aikayo
The Impact of Target Box Size on Wind Speed Biases in Satellite-Derived Atmospheric Motion Vectors	Hee-Je Cho, Eun-Ha Sohn, Mi-Lim Ou
Improved diagnosis of low-level cloud from MSG SEVIRI data for assimilation into Met Office limited-area models	Peter Francis, James Hocking, Roger Saunders
Global Atmospheric Motion Vector inter-comparison study	Iliana Genkova, Regis Borde, Johannes Schmetz, Kenneth Holmlund, Daniels Jaime, Chris Velden
Extremely rainy period in Lithuania on 5-8 July 2007	Izolda Marcinoniene
Comparison of AMV Cloud top pressure derived from MSG with space based lidar observations (CALIPSO)	Genevieve Seze, Stephane Marchand, Jacques Pelon, Regis Borde
Monitoring of the use of IASI data in a limited area data assimilation system	Andrea Storto, Roger Randriamampianina
Assimilation of remote-sensed cloudiness observations	Andrea Storto