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Conference programme - oral presentations
Conference programme - poster presentations

SESSION 1: New and Future Satellite Programmes and Instruments

Verbal presentations
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Re-designing the space-based Global Observing System	Jerome Lafeuille, Donald E. Hinsman
Korea geostationary satellite program: Communication, Ocean, and Meteorological Satellite (COMS)	Mi-Lim Ou, Jae-Gwang Won, Sung-Rae Chung, Hye-Sook Lee, Ae-Sook Suh
The International Precipitation Working Group	Chris Kidd, Ralph Ferraro, Joe Turk, Peter Bauer, Vincenzo Levizzani, Elizabeth Ebert, John Janowiak, Arnold Gruber
The EPS/Metop system: overview and first results	Dieter Klaes, Kenneth Holmlund
The A-Train: how formation flying is transforming remote sensing	Stan Kidder, J. Adam Kankiewicz, Thomas H. Vonder Haar
New candidate Earth Explorer Core Missions - their importance for atmospheric science and application	Paul Ingmann, Joerg Langen
ATOVS/AVHRR onboard Metop-A: validation and use of products	Jörg Ackermann, Dieter Klaes, Eamonn McKernan, Francois Montagner, Thomas Heinemann, Peter Schlüssel, Rainer Schraidt, Lars Fiedler, Rüdiger Lang, Roberto Bonsignori

Poster presentations
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Meteosat Third Generation: progress on space segment system feasibility studies	Donny M. A. Aminou, Hendrik Stark, Wolfgang Schumann, Rolf Stuhlmann, Antonio Rodriguez
METimage - an innovative imaging radiometer for Post-EPS	Christian Bruens, Matthias Alpers, Alexander Pillukat
Development of ADM-AEOLUS portable level 2B wind retrieval software	Jos de Kloe, Gert-Jan Marseille, Ad Stoffelen, Karim Houchi, David G.H. Tan, Erik Andersson, Paul Poli, Marie-Laure Denneulin, Alain Dabas, Dorit Huber, Oliver Reitebuch, Pierre Flamant, Olivier Le Rille, Herbert Nett
From OMI and SCIAMACHY to TROPOMI: recent improvements in Sun backscatter atmospheric composition measurements	Johan de Vries, Erik Laan, Isabel Escudero-Sanz, Huib Visser, Ilse Aben, Rienk Jongma, Marcel Dobber, Pepijn Veefkind, Pieternel Levelt
Origami and GIPS: running a hyperspectral sounder processing system on a lightweight on-demand distributed computing framework	Maciej Smuga-Otto, Raymond Garcia, Graeme Martin, Bruce Flynn, Robert Knuteson
An optical device for correcting geostationary satellite imagery for Earth curvature effects: making Meteosat imagery over Europe as good as it is over equatorial Africa	David Johnson
The GRAS SAF project: radio occultation products from Metop	Kent Lauritsen, Hans Gleisner, Michael Gorbunov, Frans Rubek, Martin Sørensen
Improving the usability of nighttime imagery from low light sensors	Thomas Lee, F. Joseph Turk, Jeffrey D. Hawkins, Cristian Mitrescu, Steven D. Miller, Mike Haas
In orbit verification results from GRAS receiver on MetOp-A satellite	Marc Loiselet, Nico Stricker, Jacob Christensen, Carmelo Carrascosa
Representativity of the Valencia and the Alacant Anchor Stations in the context of validation of remote sensing algorithms and low-resolution products	Ernesto Lopez-Baeza, Sara Vidal, Aurelio Cano, Carlos Domenech, A. Geraldo Geraldo Ferreira, Cristina Millan-Scheiding, Cecilia Narbon, Javier Sanchis, Almudena Velazquez
A change to the MSG Level 1.5 image product radiance definition	Johannes Mueller, Leo van de Berg, Volker Gärtner, Christopher Hanson, Thomas Heinemann, Kenneth Holmlund, Marianne König
ADM-AEOLUS - ESA's space-borne wind profiling lidar	Anne Grete Straume-Lindner, Paul Ingmann, Martin Endemann
Simulation of CERES and GERB TOA products over the Valencia anchor station for GERB validation purposes	Almudena Velazquez-Blazquez, Aurelio Cano, Carlos Domenech, A.Geraldo Ferreira, Sara Vidal, Ernesto Lopez-Baeza, Nicolas Clerbaux, Steven Dewitte, Luis Gonzalez, Victor Estelles, Juan Jorge Sanchez, Ramon Tarruella, Norman.G. Loeb, David Pino, Antonio Rius, Josep Torrobella, G.Louis Smith, Z.Peter Szewczyk
Evaluation of GOES-12 Sounder single field of view and 3x3 retrievals of total precipitable water over the ARM SGP site	Sarah Bedka, Jun Li, Wayne Feltz, Anthony Schreiner, James Nelson

SESSION 2: Assimilation in Numerical Weather Prediction, Ocean and Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Models

Verbal presentations
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The relative contributions of the various space observing systems	Graeme Kelly, Jean-Noel Thepaut
Towards the assimilation of scatterometer derived soil moisture in the ECMWF numerical weather prediction model	Klaus Scipal, Matthias Drusch, Stefan Hasenauer, Wolfgang Wagner, Alexander Jann
Assimilation of hyperspectral infrared sounder radiances in the French global numerical weather prediction ARPEGE model	Nadia Fourrie, Mohamed Dahoui, Vincent Guidard, Paul Poli, Florence Rabier, Thomas Pangaud
Recent developments in the use of ATOVS data at ECMWF	Niels Bormann, Blazej Krzeminski, Jean-Noël Thépaut, Fatima Karbou
First results of the assimilation of COSMIC data for weather forecasting applications at Environment Canada	Godelieve Deblonde, Josep Aparicio
The impact of GOES rapid-scan Atmospheric Motion Vectors (AMVs) on global numerical weather prediction model forecasts	Howard Berger, Christopher Velden
On the use of microwave observations over land at Météo-France	Elisabeth Gérard, Fatima Karbou, Florence Rabier
Assimilation of polar orbiting satellite data in the JMA operational NWP systems	Kozo Okamoto, Hiromi Owada, Yoshiaki Sato, Eiji Ozawa, Masaya Takahashi
Doppler Wind Lidar improves 1999 Christmas storm forecasts	Gert-Jan Marseille, Ad Stoffelen, Jan Barkmeijer

Poster presentations
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Evaluation of a new quality indicator to estimate satellite-derived atmospheric motion vector observation error	Howard Berger, Christopher Velden, Steve Wanzong, Jaime Daniels
Assimilation experiments with data from three conically scanning microwave instruments (SSMIS, AMSR-E, TMI) in the ECMWF system	Niels Bormann, Graeme Kelly, Peter Bauer, William Bell
Atmospheric motion vectors at the European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting	Claire Delsol, Dick Dee, Sakari Uppala, Niels Bormann, Jean-Noel Thepaut
Addition of AIRS, SSM/I, QUIKSCAT and 3.9M AMV satellite data in MSC’s operational 4DVAR assimilation system	Louis Garand, David Anselmo, Josep Aparicio, Alain Beaulne, Mark Buehner, Jean-Marc Bélanger, Godelieve Deblonde, Jacques Hallé, Pierre Koclas, Réal Sarrazin, Gilles Verner, Nicolas Wagneur
Progress toward the assimilation of cloudy infrared radiances at MSC	Louis Garand, Sylvain Heilliette
Assimilation of cloud and precipitation affected microwave radiances at ECMWF	Alan Geer, Peter Bauer, Philippe Lopez, Graeme Kelly, Chris O'Dell
Impact of temperature and humidity profiles from MODIS on microscale modelling	Svenja Koos, Pak Wai Chan
Updates in the assimilation of geostationary radiances at ECMWF	Carole Peubey, Jean-Noel Thepaut, Sakari Uppala, Dick Dee, Tony McNally
The Concordiasi project over Antarctica during the International Polar Year (IPY)	Florence Rabier, Aurélie Bouchard, Alexis Doerenbecher, Vincent Guidard, Fatima Karbou, Vincent-Henri Peuch, Nourredine Semane, Christophe Genthon, Ghislain Picard, Albert Hertzog, Francois Vial, Philippe Cocquerez, Terry Hock, David Parsons, Jordan Powers, Keith Romberg, Joseph VanAndel, Terry Deshler, Roberto Mechoso, Jennifer Haase, Linea Avallone
A new fast radiative transfer model - RTTOV-9	Roger Saunders, Marco Matricardi, Peter Bauer, Deborah Salmond, Peter Rayer, Thomas Blackmore
Assimilation of SEVIRI infrared radiances into a meso-scale NWP model	Martin Stengel
Assimilation of SEVIRI information in the Met Office's forecast models: initial experiences	Ruth Taylor, Peter Francis, Roger Saunders
The impact of near-real-time AIRS thermodynamic profiles on regional weather forecasting	Bradley Zavodsky, Shih-Hung Chou, Gary J. Jedlovec, William M. Lapenta

SESSION 3: Operational Applications

Verbal presentations
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Keynote Presentation: 60 Years Operational Satellites	Wolfgang Benesch
A nowcasting application study using MSG, lightning data and weather radar	Estelle de Coning
MSG imagery: added value to a severe weather situation?	Frans Debie
Keynote Presentation: Improved representation of satellite atmospheric motion vectors by attributing assigned heights to tropospheric layers	Kristopher Bedka, Christopher Velden
Temporal-differencing and region-growing techniques to improve twilight low cloud detection from SEVIRI data	Marcel Derrien, Hervé Le Gleau
Keynote Presentation: Detection of aircraft icing conditions over Europe using SEVIRI data	Peter Francis
Towards a MSG-based operational method for actual evaporation for Savannah regions in West Africa	Arnold F. Moene, Dirk Schüttemeyer, Henk A.R. De Bruin
Eumetcal working groups and the road to Blended Learning Courses	Jaakko Karppanen
Toward An Objective Enhanced-V Detection Algorithm	Jason Brunner, Wayne Feltz, Steven Ackerman, John Moses, Robert Rabin
Fog detection based on synergy of satellite and ground based observations	Paul De Valk, Jitze VanDerMeulen

Poster presentations
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Verification of the Zambia rainfall seasonal forecasts using meteorological products from Meteosat	Ndui Aikayo
A satellite-derived drought product to improve agrometeorological consulting	Ralf Becker, Klaus-Peter Wittich, Dirk Koslowsky
Snow cover retrieval over Italy by MSG data	Paolo Boi
Satellite-based nowcasting and aviation weather applications for convection, turbulence, and volcanic ash	Wayne Feltz, Kristopher Bedka, Anthony Wimmers, Sarah M. Bedka, Steve Ackerman, Michael Pavolonis, John Mecikalski, John Murray, David Johnson
Satellite-derived mountain wave turbulence interest field detection	Wayne Feltz, Jason Otkin, Kristopher Bedka, Anthony Wimmers, Robert Sharman
Quantitative evaluation of 6.2 µm, 7.3 µm, 8.7 µm channels response to tropospheric moisture distribution	Christo Georgiev, Patrick Santurette, Fabienne Dupont, Pascal Brunel
Web-based tools to facilitate education and training in satellite meteorology	Tommy Jasmin, Thomas Achtor, Steven A. Ackerman, Margaret Mooney, Tom Whittaker
An open source, three-tiered approach to satellite data collection, delivery, and visualization	Tommy Jasmin, Dave Santek
Progress on the integration of advanced satellite cloud products into an operational aircraft icing nowcasting system	David Johnson, Julie Haggerty, Frank McDonough, Jennifer Black, Scott Landolt, Cory Wolff, Patrick Minnis
Developing satellite data access methods to broaden potential user community	Ken Knapp
Retrieval of Total Precipitable Water from the Split-Window Technique in the East Asian Region	Kwang-Mog Lee, Joong-Hyun Park
ASCAT NRT data processing and distribution at NOAA/NESDIS	Gene Legg, Paul Chang, Seubson Soisuvarn, Qi Zhu, Zorana Jelenak, Jeffrey Augenbaum
Evaluating the calibration of MTSAT-1R infrared channels using collocated Terra MODIS measurements	Hye-Sook Park, Byung-Ju Sohn
The Surface Albedo Product (SAL) of CM-SAF in modeling of sea ice mass balance	Aku Riihelä, Terhikki Manninen, Bin Cheng, Kaj Andersson
Water vapour imagery analysis in 7.3µ/6.2µ for diagnosing thermo-dynamic context of intense convection	Patrick Santurette, Christo Georgiev
Application of satellite imagery in operational forecasting for aviation	Tadesse Soboka
GOES rapid-scan atmospheric motion vectors: contributions to field experiments and analyses	Dave Stettner, Chris Velden
Assessing the quality of MODIS and AVHRR polar winds	William Straka III, Mary Forsythe, Jamie Daniels, Jeff Key, David Santek, Christopher Velden
MSG global instability indices for storm nowcasting - validation studies on product quality and analysis of sensibility to input model data	Piotr Struzik, Monika Pajek, Marianne Koenig
A prediction scheme for aircraft turbulence at tropopause folds using satellite imagery and EDR data	Anthony Wimmers, Wayne Feltz

SESSION 4: Environmental Applications

Verbal presentations
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Keynote Presentation: Milky Seas: a new science frontier for nighttime visible-band satellite remote sensing	Steven Miller, Steven Haddock, Chris Elvidge, Tom Lee
Keynote Presentation: Diagnosing the precipitation cycles over Africa and Europe from satellite data	Arlene Laing, Vincenzo Levizzani, Roberto Ginnetti, Richard Carbone
The SAF for Land Surface Analysis Wildfire Applications	Carlos DaCamara, Teresa Calado, Malik Amraoui, José M. C. Pereira
Intercomparison of satellite products and in-situ analysis for snow	Otto Hyvärinen
Validation of land surface temperature retrieved from Meteosat Second Generation satellites	Isabel Monteiro, Isabel Trigo, Ewa Kebasch, Folke Olesen

Poster presentations
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Satellite signatures associated with significant convectively-induced turbulence events	Kristopher Bedka, Wayne Feltz, Annelise Lenz, Jordan Gerth, John Mecikalski, Robert Sharman
Using AVHRR imagery to improve the official database of wildfires in Portugal	Teresa Calado, Carlos DaCamara
Measuring Urban Surfaces' Thermal Inertia	Gianfranco Casanova, Cédric Bertrand, Koen De Ridder
The impact of the North Atlantic Oscillation on vegetation dynamics over Europe	Carlos DaCamara, Ricardo M. Trigo, Celia Gouveia
A new optimal index for burnt area discrimination in satellite imagery	Carlos DaCamara, José M.C. Pereira, Alberto Setzer, Fabiano Morelli, Renata Libonati
Validation of the LSA SAF Land-Surface Emissivity Product Using MODIS Data	Carlos DaCamara, Renata Libonati, Leonardo Peres
O3M SAF Surface UV Product - initial Metop-A results	Jukka Kujanpää, Niilo Kalakoski, Jari Hovila, Tapani Koskela
Snow melting detection in Finland using the CM-SAF Weekly Surface Albedo Product (SAL)	Terhikki Manninen, Hanna Hannuniemi, Janne Rinne,
LandSAF snow cover mapping using MSG/SEVIRI data	Niilo Siljamo, Otto Hyvärinen
Preliminary validation studies of EUMETSAT’s active fire monitoring product for Türkiye	Ahmet Tekeli, Ýbrahim Sönmez, Erdem Erdi, Murat Arslan, Meral L. Çukurçayýr, Fatih Demir, Serkan Eminoðlu, Hakan Koçak
MODIS-based investigations on the urban heat islands of Bucharest (Romania) and Prague (Czech Republic)	Michal Zak, Sorin Cheval, Alexandru Dumitrescu, Vit Kveton

SESSION 5: Oceanography

Verbal presentations
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Keynote Presentation: Operational SST retrieval from Metop/AVHRR	Pierre Le Borgne, Gerard Legendre, Anne Marsouin
Emissivity and reflection model for calculating water surface-leaving infrared radiance	Nicholas Nalli, Paul van Delst, Peter J. Minnett, Eric Maddy, W. Wallace McMillan, Mitchell D. Goldberg
Keynote Presentation: ASCAT scatterometer cal/val and winds	Jeroen Verspeek, Marcos Portabella, Ad Stoffelen, Anton Verhoef, Jur Vogelzang
Mesoscale winds over the ocean	Jur Vogelzang, Ad Stoffelen, Marcos Portabella, Anton Verhoef, Jeroen Verspeek
Calibration and validation of ASCAT backscatter	Craig Anderson, Hans Bonekamp, Julian Wilson, Julia Figa, Arthur de Smet, Colin Duff
Investigation of large scale and regional features of wave height using multi-satellite altimeter measurements	Pierre Queffeulou, Denis Croizé-Fillon	4
Data Model Integration of SPM transport in the Dutch coastal zone	Meinte Blaas, Ghada Y.H. El Serafy, Thijs Van Kessel, Gerben J. De Boer, Marieke A. Eleveld, Hans J. Van der Woerd	9
Developing an ocean colour service supporting global carbon-cycle research and operational oceanography	Odile Fanton d'Andon, Samantha Lavender, Antoine Mangin, Simon Pinnock
Towards a high-resolution gridded ocean forcing	Marcos Portabella, Ad Stoffelen, Anton Verhoef, Jeroen Verspeek, Jur Vogelzang
Introduction of J-OFURO latent heat flux version2	Masahisa Kubota, Hiroyuki Tomita

Poster presentations
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Development of a global QC/QA processor for operational NOAA 16-18 and Metop AVHRR SST products	Prasanjit Dash, Alexander Ignatov, John Sapper, Yury Kihai, Alexander Frolov, Dilkushi de Alwis
Data assimilation of satellite data of suspended particulate matter in Delft3D-WAQ for the North Sea	Ghada El Serafy, Meinte Blaas, Marieke Eleveld, Hans J. van der Woerd
Using SPM observations derived from MERIS reflectances in a data assimilation scheme for sediment transport in the Dutch coastal zone	Marieke A. Eleveld, Hans J. van der Woerd, Meinte Blaas, Ghada Y. El Serafy
Multi-sensor satellite observations of the Adriatic Sea response to strong Bora wind	Milivoj Kuzmic, Igor Tomazic
Wintertime SST and Chl-a off NW Iberian shelf from satellite and in-situ data	Paulo Oliveira, Teresa Moita, Rui Catarino, António Jorge da Silva
EUMETSAT SAF and EARS scatterometer wind services at KNMI	Anton Verhoef, Ad Stoffelen, Marcos Portabella, Jeroen Verspeek, Jur Vogelzang
Extending the use of satellite altimetry for coastal applications: the ALTICORE project	Stefano Vignudelli, Helen M. Snaith, Paolo Cipollini, Fabio Venuti, Florent Lyard, Jean François Cretaux, Florence Birol, Jérôme Bouffard, Laurent Roblou, Andrey Kostianoy, Anna Ginzburg, Nickolay Sheremet, Elena Kuzmina, Sergey Lebedev, Alexander Sirota, Dmitry Medvedev, Svetlana Khlebnikova, Ramiz Mamedov, Khasiyat Ismatova, Amir Alyev, Tural Nabiyev

SESSION 6: Atmospheric Composition

Verbal presentations
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Development of remote sensing techniques for detecting variations of atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations from high-resolution infrared sounders	Alexander Uspensky, Alexander Kukharsky, Sergey Romanov, Alexey Rublev
First results of O3M SAF vertical ozone profiles from GOME-2 on Metop-A	Olaf Tuinder, Piet Stammes

Poster presentations
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Aerosol optical depth retrieval over land from NOAA AVHRR: sensitivity studies	Michael Riffler, Christoph Popp, Stefan Wunderle, Adrian Hauser
Comparison of NO2 column estimates from AERONET data with SCIAMACHY retrievals in industrialized regions	Alexei Rublev, Andreas Richter, Tatiana Udalova, Natalia Zysina, Iraida Gorchakova
GOME-2 Commissioning Results - Geophysical Validation of the Level 1 Products	Rosemary Munro, Michael Eisinger, Rüdiger Lang, Yakov Livschitz, Abelardo Pérez Albiñana

SESSION 7: Climate and Long-Term Data Sets

Verbal presentations
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A 20-year record of satellite-derived winds over the polar regions for climate studies	Jeffrey Key, Richard Dworak, David Santek, Christopher Velden
Variability of free tropospheric humidity from Meteosat over the tropics: 1983-2005	Helene Brogniez, Julien Lemond, Remy Roca, Laurence Picon
Monitoring present day changes in water vapour and the radiative energy balance using satellite data, reanalyses and models	Richard Allan
Consistency in the variations of total column ozone inferred from OMI and SBUV/2 during 2004-2007	Erwoon Chiou, R.D. McPeters, J.P. Veefkind, S. Frith
Hurricane Satellite (HURSAT) data sets: development, access and applications	Ken Knapp
Snow cover climatology from Meteosat-8	Gabriela Seiz, Nando Foppa, Andreas Asch, Martijn De Ruijter de Wildt

Poster presentations
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Systematic observation requirements for satellite-based products for climate	Stephan Bojinski, Paul J. Mason
Towards a combined GOME, SCIAMACHY and GOME-2 global total column water vapour data set	Heinrich Bovensmann, Sebastian Mieruch, Stefan Noel, John P. Burrows
Estimating the impact of aerosol on radiative fluxes obtained from the Geostationary Earth Radiation Budget (GERB) instrument	Helen Brindley, Jacqui Russell
NOAA/NESDIS ASCAT near real-time wind data product - calibration and validation activities	Paul Chang, Zorana Jelenak, Seubson Soisuvarn, Gordana Sindjic-Rancic
The European climate anomaly in 2006 as seen by the Geostationary Earth Radiation Budget instrument	Steven Dewitte, D. Caprion, N. Clerbaux, L. Gonzalez, A. Ipe, C. Bertrand, B. De Paepe
20 Years of Hydrological Products From the SSM/I: Status and Future	Ralph Ferraro, Fuzhong Weng, Huan Meng, Daniel Vila
Validation of cloud masks using ceilometer data	Sauli Joro, Marcel Derrien, Hervé Le Gléau, Adam Dybbroe
Evaluation of variant and invariant cross-track asymmetry in the NOAA-14 Microwave Sounding Unit by a planned maneuver and an unplanned spacecraft tumble	Thomas Kleespies
Improving the quality and extending the availability of SSMI data	Hilawe Semunegus, John Bates (presented by Ken Knapp)
Antarctic ice albedo, temperature and sea ice concentration trends, 1981-2000	Vesa Laine (presented by Niilo Siljamo)
Comparison of cloud statistics from Meteosat with regional climate model data	Roger Huckle, Folke Olesen, Gerd Schädler
An analysis of the global climatology of ice cloud effective radius using PATMOS-x	William Straka III, Andrew K. Heidinger, Daniel T. Lindsey	4

SESSION 8: Cloud Processes (cloud properties, precipitation, etc.)

Verbal presentations
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Simulation of radar reflectivities in the UK Met Office model: comparison with CloudSat data	Alejandro Bodas-Salcedo, Malcolm E. Brooks, Mark J. Webb
Keynote Presentation: Retrieval of ice cloud microphysical properties using AIRS and synergy with CALIPSO	Sylvain Cros, Claudia Stubenrauch, Raymond Armante, Alain Chedin, Noelle Scott, Nicolas Lamquin, Anthony Baran
Evaluating icing nowcasts using CloudSat	Thomas Lee, Cristian Mitrescu, Steven Miller, Cory Wolff
Remote sensing of precipitation at higher latitudes using combined active and passive microwave observations	Mark Kulie, Ralf Bennartz
Tropical-like Mediterranean storms: an analysis from satellite	Angel Luque, Lluis Fita, Romualdo Romero, Sergio Alonso
Intercomparison of retrieved cloud properties from MSG-SEVIRI and MODIS	Hartwig Deneke, Robert Roebeling, Erwin Wolters, Arnout Feijt
Update on the TRMM multi-satellite precipitation analysis and prospects for global analysis	George Huffman, Robert Adler, David Bolvin, Eric Nelkin

Poster presentations
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Rainfall estimates over Africa using MSG	Thomas Blackmore, Robin Chadwick, David Grimes, Roger Saunders, Peter Francis
Rain-rate estimation from SEVIRI/MSG and AMSR-E/AQUA. Validation and comparison by using U.K. Weather radars	Davide Capacci, Federico Porcu', Franco Prodi
Diurnal variation of upper tropospheric humidity and its relations to convective activities over tropical Africa	Eui-Seok Chung, Byung-Ju Sohn, Johannes Schmetz
Importance, identification and measurement of light precipitation at mid- to high latitudes	Chris Kidd, Paul Joe	6
The parallax correction of MSG images on the basis of the SAFNWC cloud top height product	Eszter Lábó, Judit Kerényi, Maria Putsay
Aerosols and clouds: improved knowledge through space borne Lidar measurements	Dulce Lajas, Paul Ingmann, Tobias Wehr, Albert Ansmann
Operational cloud masking for the OSI SAF global Metop/AVHRR SST production	Lydie Lavanant, Philippe Marguinaud, Loic Harang, Jérôme Lelay, Sonia Péré, Sabine Philippe
Observed and model-simulated intraseasonal WAM variability for the 2005 rainy season	Samantha Melani, Massimiliano Pasqui, Bernardo Gozzini, Francesca Guarnieri, Alberto Ortolani, Andrea Antonini, Vincenzo Levizzani, Roberto Ginnetti
Near real-time CloudSat processing at the Naval Research Laboratory	Cristian Mitrescu, Steven Miller, Jeff Hawkins, Joe Turk, Tristan L'Ecuyer, Partain Philip
An intercomparison study of MODIS-derived and WRF-simulated cloud data	Jason Otkin, Tom Greenwald
Comparison and statistical analysis of cloud properties derived from POLDER and MODIS	Frederic Parol, Claudine Vanbauce, Jérôme Riédi, François Thieuleux, Zegbeu Poussi, Anne Lifermann
Evaluation of Meteosat-8/SEVIRI retrieved cloud depth for water clouds using CloudNet sites	Simone Placidi, Rob Roebeling, Dave Donovan, Reinout Boers, Herman Russchenberg
Evaluation of the diurnal cycle of model predicted cloud liquid water path with MSG-SEVIRI observations	Rob Roebeling, Erik van Meijgaard , Arnout Feijt
Improving cloud climatology analysis using space lidar observations: comparison of SEVIRI and PARASOL with CALIPSO	Genevieve Seze, J. Pelon, C. Vanbauce, F. Parol, J. Riedi, H. Legleau, M. Derrien
Large-scale validation of daily rainfall estimates of uncorrected and corrected AMSU-B derived rain rate retrievals	Daniel Vila, Ralph Ferraro, Huan Meng, John Janowiak
Tropical rainfall-surface temperature relations using TRMM precipitation data	Jian-Jian Wang, Robert Adler, Guojun Gu
Comparison of SEVIRI and MODIS cloud phase determination over mid-latitude regions	Erwin Wolters, Rob A. Roebeling, Hartwig M. Deneke, Arnout J. Feijt

SESSION 9: Hyperspectral Studies

Verbal presentations
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Spectral signatures of climate change in the Earth's infrared spectrum between 1970 and 2006	John Harries, Claudine Chen, Helen Brindley, Mark Ringer

Poster presentations
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Large-scale WRF-simulated proxy atmospheric profile datasets used to support GOES-R research activities	Jason Otkin, Hung-Lung Huang, Tom Greenwald, Erik Olson, Justin Sieglaff

SESSION 10: Retrieval Methods

Verbal presentations
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Towards a comprehensive approach to product generation from Meteosat imagery	Philip Watts, Stephen Tjemkes
AMV height assignment using Meteosat Second Generation	Regis Borde
Moisture profile retrievals from satellite microwave sounders for weather analysis over land and ocean	Stan Kidder, Andrew Jones, Thomas Vonder Haar, John Forsythe
Retrieval of aerosol properties from SEVIRI using visible and infrared channels	Elisa Carboni, Gareth Thomas, Roy Grainger, Daniel Peters, Elies Campmany, Andy Sayer, Caroline Poulsen, Richard Siddans, Helen Brindley
Delineation of raining from non-raining clouds during night-time using Meteosat-8 data	Thomas Nauss, Boris Thies, Jörg Bendix

Poster presentations
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Retrieval of microphysical and optical characteristics of mixed frontal clouds from multispectral satellite data	Vladimir Bakhanov, Olexiy Kryvobok, Boris Dorman
Assessment of algorithms for land surface analysis down-welling long-wave radiation at the surface	Carla Barroso, Isabel F. Trigo, Pedro Viterbo, Sandra C. Freitas
A high spectral resolution global land surface infrared emissivity database	Eva Borbas, Suzanne W. Seemann, Elisabeth Weisz, Leslie Moy, Robert O. Knuteson, Hung-Lung Huang
On the use of a SEVIRI-based statistical rainfall classification technique calibrated with TRMM-PR over southern Mediterranean	Davide Capacci, Elena Cocchi, Franco Prodi, Federico Porcu
Notes on calculation of the SEVIRI band IR3.9 reflectivity	Zdenek Charvát
GERB-like data from Meteosat First Generation	Nicolas Clerbaux, Cedric Bertrand, Didier Caprion, Bart De Paepe, Steven Dewitte, Luis Gonzalez, Alessando Ipe
Quantification of uncertainties in retrieved cloud properties from satellite imagers	Hartwig Deneke, Robert Roebling
Error propagation in the LSA-SAF algorithm for land surface temperature	Sandra Coelho Freitas, Isabel Franco Trigo, José Bioucas Dias
Reconstruction and visualization of 3D wind fields from satellite image sequences	Patrick Héas, Karl Krissian, Etienne Mémin, André Szantai
Motion estimation of 2D atmospheric layers from satellite image sequences	Patrick Héas, Etienne Mémin, Nicolas Papadakis, André Szantai
Improvement of retrieval skill for the Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit/Microwave Humidity Sounder and the Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder by footprint matching	Thomas Kleespies
Improvements to the neural network retrieval of Layer Precipitable Water including an IR SEVIRI local radiance-bias correction	Miguel Angel Martinez, Mercedes Velazquez, Gabriela Cuevas, Juan Ruiz	9
Snowfall rate retrieval using AMSU/MHS passive microwave data	Huan Meng, Ralph Ferraro, Banghua Yan
Motion estimation of 2D atmospheric layers with variational assimilation techniques	Nicolas Papadakis, Patrick Héas, Etienne Mémin
Approximation of aerosol type over land surfaces from MSG-SEVIRI data	Christoph Popp, Michael Riffler, Stefan Wunderle, Adrian Hauser
Comparison of MSG dense atmospheric motion vector fields produced by different methods	Andre Szantai, Anne Cuzol, Patrick Heas, Nicolas Papadakis, Etienne Memin, Bernhard Wieneke, Luis Alvarez, Florian Becker, Pierre Lopes
Sensor specific error statistics: a case study of the AVHRR-derived Adriatic SST	Igor Tomazic, Milivoj Kuzmic, Giulio Notarstefano, Elena Mauri, Pierre-Marie Poulain
Analysis of light precipitation detection from TRMM, AMSR-E and CLOUDSAT	F. Joseph Turk, Ralph Ferraro, Nai-Yu Wang, Cristian Mitrescu, Steven Miller
Analysis of the SST split-window equation using the synergy between Meteosat Second Generation and NOAA polar satellites	Jose Antonio Valiente, Raquel Niclòs, María Jesús Barberá, María José Estrela

Joint Session 1&2: New and Future Satellite Programmes and Instruments AND Data Assimilation

Verbal presentations
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Keynote Presentation: Objectives of the THORPEX working group on data assimilation and observing strategies for high impact weather forecast improvements	Florence Rabier, Pierre Gauthier , Carla Cardinali, Ron Gelaro, Ko Koizumi, Rolf Langland, Andrew Lorenc, Peter Steinle, Mickael Tsyrulnikov
Recent Advances in Satellite Data Assimilation	John Le Marshall, James Jung, Stephen Lord, John Derber, Mitchell Goldberg, Walter Wolf, Fuzhong Weng, Lars-Peter Riishojgaard, James Yoe, Tom Zapotocny
Implementation of AIRS assimilation at MSC	Louis Garand, Alain Beaulne, Nicolas Wagneur, Jacques Halle, Sylvain Heilliette

Poster presentations
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Doppler Wind Lidar Measurement Scenarios in the Tropics	Nedjeljka Zagar, Ad Stoffelen, Gert-Jan Marseille, Christophe Accadia, Peter Schlüssel

Seaflux Workshop

Verbal presentations
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HOAPS-3: improved climatology of the global ocean water cycle parameters derived from SSM/I satellite data	Axel Andersson, Christian Klepp, Hartmut Graßl, Stephan Bakan, Karsten Fennig, Jörg Schulz

OSI-SAF Workshop

Verbal presentations
Title	Authors including Presenter	File Size
Status of the OSI SAF	Guenole Guevel
Validation of the OSI SAF radiative fluxes over the equatorial Atlantic during AMMA experiment	Anne Marsouin, Pierre Le Borgne, Gérard Legendre
OSI-SAF Sea Ice	Lars-Anders Breivik, Steinar Eastwood, Thomas Lavergne, Morten Lind, Rasmus Tonboe