2004 EUMETSAT Meteorological Satellite Conference

31 May–04 June 2004, Prague, Czech Republic

Prague, Czech Republic, 31 May - 4 June 2004

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

Session I: Current and Future Satellite Programmes and Systems

Verbal presentations
Title	Authors including Presenter	File Size
EUMETSAT geostationary and low Earth orbit programmes: Status and plans (abstract)	Alain Ratier
NOAA's current and future satellite programmes and systems	Gregory Withee, James Gurka
Implementation activities within the WMO space programme	Donald Hinsman
NOAA/EUMETSAT polar satellite cooperation as a model for international bilateral and multilateral cooperation in Earth observation (abstract)	Brent Smith
China's current and future meteorological satellites systems	Chaohua Dong
Plans for the GOES-R series and comparing the advanced baseline imager to that on Meteosat-8	James Gurka
Advanced technology opportunities for future environmental satellite systems	Gerald Dittberner, James Gurka
New Earth explorer missions in support of atmospheric science and application recommended for implementation	Paul Ingmann
EPS programme: Mission and products	Dieter Klaes	1.
IASI on Metop: Project status (abstract)	Thierry Phulpin

Session II: Meteorological Applications/MSG (Meteosat-8) Early Results

Verbal presentations
Title	Authors including Presenter	File Size
Keynote presentation: Understanding clouds and precipitation systems with MSG (abstract)	Daniel Rosenfeld
Current status of the EUMETSAT Meteosat-8 meteorological products	Kenneth Holmlund
Meteosat-8 (MSG-1) SEVIRI performance during the commissioning and initial routine operations phases	Bogdan Teinau
Initial results from the validation of the Meteosat-8 SEVIRI calibration	Johannes Müller
Calibration comparisons between SEVIRI, MODIS and GOES data	David Doelling, Patrick Minnis
Validation of cloud top pressure derived from MSG-SEVIRI observations through a comparison with independent observations (abstract)	Rene Preusker
MSG validation: An ongoing process	Paul de Valk
Probability of precipitation estimation using SEVIRI-like data and artificial neural networks	Davide Capacci
Aerosol retrieval algorithm for Meteosat Second Generation (abstract)	Samuel Dean
Exploitation of SEVIRI data at the Met Office: Initial experiences (abstract)	Peter Francis
Near-real time cloud products from MSG data (abstract)	Patrick Minnis
Sub-scale cloud detection using the HRV channel of MSG	Luca Bugliaro
Comparison of Meteosat-8 and NOAA-17 based cloud microphysical properties	Rob Roebeling	1.
Identification of cloudy and clear sky areas in SEVIRI images (abstract)	Maximilian Reuter
Sinergee: Simulation and exploitation of data from Meteosat-8 using an NWP model	Richard Allan	1.

poster presentations
Title	Authors including Presenter	File Size
A new approach to fog detection using SEVIRI and MODIS data	Jan Cermak	1.
Improvement of MODIS thin cirrus detection: Preliminary study using NIR 1.6µm reflectance	Yong-Sang Choi	4.
Cloud properties derived from SEVIRI and MODIS: A comparison study	Maria Joao Costa	6
Stereo cloud top heights from MISR and AATSR for validation of EUMETSAT cloud top height products	Daniela Poli
MSG data use for nowcasting of convective system, based on neural network algorithm	Silvia Puca
Validation of sea ice type classification around Greenland using QuikScat seawinds data (abstract)	Rasmus Tonboe
Interpretation of MSG images, products and SAFNWC outputs for duty forecasters	Mark Rajnai	2.
Operational identification and visualisation of cloud processes for general aviation using multispectral data	Christoph Reudenbach
Fog detection and convective cell life cycle evaluation from MSG images	Barbara Zeiner

Software presentations
Title	Authors including Presenter	File Size
Receiving and processing Meteosat-8 data with the MSG-1 Toolset Plus suite (abstract)	David Taylor

Session II: Meteorological Applications/MSG (Meteosat-8) Severe Storms

verbal presentations
Title	Authors including Presenter	File Size
Keynote presentation: Nowcasting thunderstorm intensity from satellite - A review	Robert Rabin
Simulating convection and lightning occurrence: Microphysical analysis of an extreme hailstorm	Claudia Adamo
Precipitation in the Mediterranean region observed with TRMM microwave data	Martina Kästner
CEI - Nowcasting: A common nowcasting system within five countries of Central Europe (abstract)	Veronika Zwatz-Meise
Relative motion: Diagnosis of weather systems and storms using multispectral geostationary satellite imagery (abstract)	James Purdom
Observation of convective storms, polar lows, and tropical cyclones using synthetic aperture radar (abstract)	Pablo Clemente-Colón
Storm early detection and monitoring with use of satellite data at the IMWM	Piotr Struzik	1.

poster presentations
Title	Authors including Presenter	File Size
Nowcasting convective initiation and thunderstorm characteristics through the use of real-time geostationary satellite information	Kristopher Bedka	1.
Evolution of a local flash food on 15 July 2002 as reflected by Meteosat, radar and NWP model	Petr Pesice	7
The unusual tropical storm of January 1996	Oliver Mudenda
A multi-approach analysis of the November 2002 intense precipitation event over northern Italy (abstract)	Francesca Torricella

Session II: Meteorological Applications/MSG (Meteosat-8) General

Verbal presentations
Title	Authors including Presenter	File Size
Keynote presentation: Land surface temperature and emissivity from advanced sounders	Robert Knuteson
Optimal land surface temperature validation site in Europe for MSG	Prasanjit Dash
The GLI 380-NM channel - application for satellite remote sensing of tropospheric aerosol	Robert Hoeller	2.
Towards operational radio occultation products	Kent Lauritsen	1.
The use of EARS data at the Met Office	Amy Doherty
Model error detection by using simulated satellite images	Barbara Zeiner	1.
Utilisation of satellite data in the verification of HIRLAM cloud forecasts	Christoph Zingerle
A study of cloud properties as a function of retrieval resolution	Caroline Poulsen

poster presentations
Title	Authors including Presenter	File Size
Numerical simulation of frontal mixed cloud systems and cloud microstructure effect on satellite signal	Vladimir Bakhanov
Heights of clouds with respect to the atmospheric wind speed profile: AVHRR cloud top temperatures and radiosonde wind speeds over northern Europe	Rose Dlhopolsky
The Nowcasting SAF Polar Platform System software package (PPS) – Current Status	Adam Dybbroe
Operational sub-pixel snow cover retrieval in the Alps using NOAA AVHRR data: validation using in situ data	Nando Foppa	1.
Space-time characteristics of the diurnal variation of rainfall over the United States obtained from GOES	Arnold Gruber
Possibilities of operational detection of temperature inversions with satellite remote sensing	Otto Hyvärinen	2.
CEI Nowcasting tools based on remote sensing data in Croatia and Slovenia	Mateja Irsic, Natasa Strelec Mahovic
Validating the AVHRR cloud top temperature and height product using weather radar data	Sauli Joro	1.
Tracking algorithms for Meteosat data as a CEI nowcasting tool (abstract)	Jan Kanak
The use of operational assimilated surface parameters of the Alps derived from NOAA AVHRR data for NWP	David Oesch	1.
Validation of cloud top pressure from MSG-SEVIRI observations by using radiosonde data and cloud top pressure from MERIS and MODIS (abstract)	Rene Preusker
Simulation of Meteosat infrared imagery from NWP model fields (abstract)	Samantha Pullen
Automatic monitoring of NWP fields using synthetic satellite images: First results	Bernhard Reichert
The using of Meteosat data for the synoptic interpretation of the Numerical Weather Prediction model	Michal Zak

software presentations
Title	Authors including Presenter	File Size
An effective research tool kit for the analysis of MSG data (abstract)	Jürgen Scheiber
Operational algorithms for higher level cloud products (abstract)	Peter Scheidgen

Session III: AtmOspheric Trace Gas Monitoring

verbal presentations
Title	Authors including Presenter	File Size
Keynote presentation: SCIAMACHY on ENVISAT - Global mapping of the composition of the stratosphere and troposphere (abstract)	Heinrich Bovensmann
Processing and product management for GOME-2 atmospheric trace gas monitoring	Bernard Pruin
The NPOESS OMPS: Its role in an emerging global climate monitoring system and its potential for improved Numerical Weather Prediction (abstract)	Stephen Mango
The impact of a severe weather event on trace gas distributions in the troposphere and the stratosphere	Werner Thomas	7
The status of an operational air quality monitoring and forecasting service utilising assimilated Earth observation data (abstract)	Eleni Paliouras

poster presentations
Title	Authors including Presenter	File Size
Ozone and stratospheric nitrogen dioxide monitoring in the south of Portugal from ground-based and satellite measurements	Daniele Bortoli	3
New developments on geostationary atmospheric chemistry remote sensing (abstract)	Heinrich Bovensmann
Assimilation of ERS-2 GOME ozone column data into the DLR-ROSE chemistry-transport model: Analysis of long-term changes in model chemistry (abstract)	Eleni PALIOURAS

Session IV: Training

verbal presentations
Title	Authors including Presenter	File Size
Keynote presentation: VISITview – Distance learning tool for operational weather forecasters (abstract)	Anthony Mostek
New training components within EUMETSAT: MSG interpretation guide and EUMetrain (abstract)	Veronika Zwatz-Meise
Use of satellite imagery in a collaboration to produce a computer-aided learning course on polar lows (abstract)	Ian Mills
The Comet program: Satellite meteorology training resources for the atmospheric science community (abstract)	Patrick Dills
ASMET 4 tropical cyclones over the southwest Indian Ocean (an interactive computer based training/learning)	James Kongoti
Distance learning system for Meteosat data investigation	Natalia Kussul
The CGMS/WMO virtual laboratory for education and training in satellite matters (abstract)	James Purdom

software presentations
Title	Authors including Presenter	File Size
VISITview - Distance learning tool for operational weather forecasters (abstract)	Anthony Mostek

Session V: Ocean and Climate Observations

Verbal presentations
Title	Authors including Presenter	File Size
Keynote presentation: Scientific data stewardship of environmental satellite data	John Bates
Interannual and intraseasonal variabilities of the free tropospheric humidity using Meteosat water vapour channel over the tropics	Hélène Brogniez	2.
Satellite-based climatology of aerosol components	Martina Kästner
The Ocean and Sea Ice SAF: Overview and status (abstract)	Guénolé Guével
Use of a high-resolution cloud climate data set for validation of Rossby centre climate simulations	Karl-Göran Karlsson
Global soil moisture data and its potential for climatological and meteorological applications	Klaus Scipal	1
Satellite observations of cloud radiative forcing for the African tropical convective region	Joanna Futyan	15.
Strategies for determining clear sky fluxes from GERB data	Jacqueline Russell
First GERB/CERES ground validation campaign at the Valencia Anchor Station (Spain) (abstract)	Ernesto Lopez-Baeza
Validation of TOA radiative fluxes from the GERB instrument	Stephen Dewitte

GERB

poster presentations
Title	Authors including Presenter	File Size
Geolocation accuracy of GERB data	Martin Bates
Estimation of the radiative effects of aerosol using GERB and SEVIRI	Helen Brindley	3.
Geostationary Earth Radiation Budget experiment: In-flight performance and data validation (abstract)	Jennifer Hanafin, Jacqueline Russell
Gridding/Merging techniques for the humidity composite product of the CM-SAF	Jörg Schulz
The GERB ground segment processing system (GGSPS)	Andy Smith

GENERAL

poster presentations
Title	Authors including Presenter	File Size
Regional biases in the retrieved instantaneous reflected short wave flux at the top of the atmosphere	Cédric Bertrand
New development of the O&SI SAF Sea Ice products (abstract)	Lars Anders Breivik, Vibeke Thyness
A high resolution European cloud climatology from 15 years of NOAA/AVHRR data	Hermann Mannsteinn
A five-year precipitation climatology in the Danubian watershed based on Meteosat data	Christoph Reudenbach	4.
Mapping natural surface UV radiation with MSG: first maps and comparison with Meteosat-derived results and reference measurements	Jean Verdebout	6

software presentations
Title	Authors including Presenter	File Size
Graphical user interface for semi-automatic production of marine value-added products (abstract)	Roar Steen, Tove Tennvassås

EX-PLENARY

verbal presentations
Title	Authors including Presenter	File Size
NASA remote sensing data: From satellites to users (abstract)	Gilberto Vicente

poster presentations
Title	Authors including Presenter	File Size
EUMETSAT’s new Archive – Easier access to data and products (abstract)	Marc Jenner