Name: 2009 EUMETSAT Meteorological Satellite Conference
Start: Mon, 21/09/2009 - 02:00
End: Sat, 26/09/2009 - 01:59

Introduction


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Impressum and disclaimer
Conference programme - verbal presentations
Conference programme - poster presentations

SESSION 1. Future satellites and applications

Verbal presentations
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Recent developments in a passive sub millimetre-wave radiometry mission for operational meteorology and climatology	Janet Charlton, Stefan Buehler, Brian Moyna, Clare Lee, Simon Chalkley, Peter de Maagt, Ville Kangas, Karsten Strauch, Kristof Gantois
Exploring the behaviour of GOES-R atmospheric motion vector (AMV) errors through simulation studies	Steve Wanzong, Christopher S. Velden, Hung-Lung Huang, Jason A. Otkin, Thomas J. Greenwald, Mathew M. Gunshor, Jaime Daniels, Wayne Bresky
JAXA's future Earth observation missions for meteorological and climatological applications	Misako Kachi, Keiji Imaoka, Hiroshi Murakami, Masahiro Hori, Shuichiro Katagiri, Shuji Shimizu, Riko Oki, Tamotsu Igarashi
Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) Status of Space Segment definition	Donny M. A. Aminou, D. Lamarre, Hendrik Stark, Paul Blythe, Gary Fowler, S. Gigli, Rolf Stuhlmann, Sergio Rota
WVSS-II Moisture Observations: A low-cost tool for validating and monitoring asynoptic satellite data	Ralph Petersen, Sarah Bedka, Wayne Feltz, Erik Olson, David Helms
The GMES missions related to atmospheric composition	Paul Ingmann, Jöerg Langen, Grégory Bazalgette Courrèges-Lacoste , Marco Arcioni, Ellen Brinksma, Ben Veihelmann

Poster presentations
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The Meteosat Data Collection System	Sean Burns
Sensitivity analysis of MTG-IRS L2 prototype concept	Xavier Calbet, Stephen Tjemkes, Rolf Stuhlmann
In flight calibration of SEVIRI solar channels on board MSG platforms	Dominique Jolivet, Jean-Marc Nicolas, Emilien Bernard, Didier Ramon , Pierre-Yves Deschamps
Developing a neural network algorithm to calculate TPW and layer perceptible water from GPM microwave imagery	Miguel A. Martinez, Francisco J. Tapiador, Cecilia Marcos, Antonio Rodriguez
A fast radiative transfer model for simulating radiances of the Stratospheric Wind Interferometer for Transport Studies satellite instrument	David Turner, Yves Rochon

SESSION 2. Nowcasting

Verbal presentations
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Validation of Meteosat storm detection and nowcasting based on lightning network data	Tobias Zinner, Hans-Dieter Betz
Preconvective Sounding Analysis using IASI and MSG-SEVIRI	Marianne König, Dieter Klaes
Using GOES Sounder Products to Improve Regional Hazardous Weather Forecasts	Ralph Petersen, Robert Aune
Predicting Adriatic meteotsunamis using satellite-based nowcast	Nataša Strelec Mahovic, Danijel Belušic
Nowcasting of Thunderstorm using Integrated Perceptible Water Vapour Contents measured by ground based GPS over Guwahati Airport of India	Virendra Singh, Prasann Kore, G. Krishnakumar
Implementation of EUMETSAT GII/RII software to SHMÚ ALADIN operational suite and first validation results	Ján Kanak, Richard Habrovský, Jozef Csaplár, Alois Sokol
First operational results of the NWCSAF/MSG PGE13 physical retrieval algorithm	Miguel A. Martinez, Jun Li
The use of ancillary surface data products in the Met Office SEVIRI cloud mask	James Hocking, Peter Francis, Roger Saunders

Poster presentations
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Validation of a daytime over land algorithm for computing convective cloud composites over the Iberian Peninsula and Balearic Islands (Spain)	Cesar Azorin-Molina, Sergio-M. Vicente-Serrano, Rafael Baena-Calatrava, Bernadette Connell
The precipitation products generation chain for the EUMETSAT Hydrological Satellite Application Facility at C.N.M.C.A	Daniele Biron, Francesco Zauli, Davide Melfi
Quantitative comparison of Meteosat-based thunder storm detection and NOWCASTING with in situ reports in the European severe weather database (ESWD)	Caroline Forster, Nikolai Dotzek
Verification of global and regional instability indices across South Africa against radiosonde data	Retha Matthee, Liesl Dyson, Marianne König
SAFNWC/MSG cloud products recent enhancements	Hervé Le Gléau, Marcel Derrien, Marie-Paule Raoul
Automatic Fog Detection Algorithm with Application of Dynamic Thresholds	Jung-Rim Lee, Chu-Yong Chung, Mi-Lim Ou
Satellite data for hazardous phenomena prediction	Zarmandukht Petrosyan
Cross-verification of the rapid developing thunderstorm and the precipitation products of the NOWCASTING and very short-range forecasting SAF	Mária Putsay, Ildikó Szényán, Zsófia Kocsis, Eszter Lábó

SESSION 3. Atmospheric composition

Verbal presentations
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Retrieval of atmospheric CO2 from satellite near-infrared nadir spectra in a scattering atmosphere	Maximilian Reuter, M. Buchwitz, O. Schneising, J. Heymann, H. Bovensmann, J.P. Burrows
Height resolved ozone hole structure as observed by GOME-2	Jacob van Peet, R. J. van der A, A. T. J. de Laat, O. N. E. Tuinder, G. König-Langlo, J. Wittig
Ozone profile retrieval from GOME-2/Metop	Georgina Miles, Barry Latter, Richard Siddans, Brian Kerridge
SEVIRI Fire Radiative Power and the MACC Atmospheric Services	Johannes W. Kaiser, Martin Wooster, Gareth Roberts, Martin Schultz, Johannes Flemming, Jean-Jacques Morcrette, Angela Benedetti, Antje Dethof, Richard Engelen, Luke Jones, Guido van der Werf
Daily Estimates of the Tropospheric Aerosol Optical Thickness over Land Surface from MSG Geostationary Observations	Olivier Hautecoeur, Jean-Louis Roujean, Dominique Carrer, Thierry Elias
An alert system for volcanic SO2 emissions using satellite measurements	Jos Van Geffen, Michel Van Roozendael, Jeroen Van Gent, Pieter Valks, Meike Rix, Ronald Van der A, Pierre Coheur, Cathy Clerbaux, Lieven Clarisse	8

POster presentations
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Carbon monoxide retrieval within the operational IASI LEVEL-2 processor, training and validation results	Thomas August, Tim Hultberg, Rosemary Munro, Olusoji Oduleye, Peter Schlüssel, Xavier Calbet, Arlindo Arriaga
Comparison of performance of three different MODIS AOD algorithms using hand-held Sun photometer measurements at the Hong Kong International Airport	Pak Wai Chan, C.M. Cheng, J. Kim
H2CO columns retrieved from GOME-2: first scientific results and progress towards the development of an operational product	Isabelle De Smedt, Jenny Stavrakou, Jean-François Müller, Michel Van Roozendael, Diego Loyola, Nan Hao, Pieter Valks
Validation of GOME-2 Ozone Profiles, using balloon sounding data	Andy Delcloo, Olaf Tuinder
Intercomparison of O3M SAF OUV and OMI/Aura OMUVBL3 Surface UV Products	Niilo Kalakoski, Jukka Kujanpää, Anders Lindfors, Johanna Tamminen, Antti Arola
Observations of water vapor profiles over Northern Finland by satellite and balloon borne instruments	Rigel Kivi, Osmo Aulamo, Pauli Heikkinen, Seppo Hassinen, Jukka Kujanpää, Xavier Calbet, Francois Montagner, Holger Vömel
Operational monitoring of volcanic SO2 emissions using the GOME-2 satellite instrument	Meike Rix, Pieter Valks, Jos Van Geffen, Cordelia Maerker, Katrin Seidenberger, Thilo Erbertseder, Michel Van Roozendael, Nan Hao, Diego Loyola

SESSION 4. Land Surface

Verbal presentations
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Land Surface Albedo from MSG/SEVIRI: Retrieval Method, Validation and application for weather forecast	Olivier Hautecoeur, Bernhard Geiger, Jean-Louis Roujean, Catherine Meurey, Dominique Carrer, Jean-François Mahouf, Laurent Franchistéguy, Jure Cedilnik
Monitoring vegetation using DOAS satellite observations: creating a set of reference spectra	Ellen Eigemeier, Steffen Beirle, Thierry Marbach, Thomas Wagner, Ulrich Platt, A. Preusser
Compatibility and integration of NDVI data obtained from AVHRR/NOAA and SEVIRI/MSG sensors	Gabriele Poli, Giulia Adembri, Maurizio Tommasini, Monica Gherardelli
Validation results of the operational LSA-SAF snow cover mapping	Niilo Siljamo, Otto Hyvärinen

Poster presentations
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A simple physically based model of diurnal cycles of land surface temperature	Frank Göettsche, Folke Olesen
Validation of land surface temperatures obtained from METEOSAT-MVIRI and SEVIRI with in-situ measurements	Frank Göttsche, Folke Olesen
Towards a global LST from AVHRR/METOP	Isabel Monteiro, Isabel Trigo, Sandra C. Freitas
Preliminary results on the retrieval of Land Surface Temperature from MSG-SEVIRI data in Eastern Spain	Raquel Niclòs, Jose A. Valiente , Maria J. Barberà, Maria J. Estrela, Joan M. Galve, Vicente Caselles
Monitoring of land surface temperatures based on SEVIRI/Meteosat-9 measurements	Serge Uspensky, Valery Solovjiev, Alexander Uspensky
Assessment of thermal conditions in urban areas with use of different satellite data and GIS	Jakub Walawender, Monika Hajto

Session 5. Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) Services

There were no final papers submitted for this session.

SESSION 6. Monitoring climate and understanding climate processes with satellites

Verbal presentations
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EUMETSAT's expanding contribution in support of Climate Monitoring	Donald Hinsman
Investigation of moisture anomalies at the air-sea interface over the Mediterranean using MSG SEVIRI data	Liliana Velea, Gian Luigi Liberti
Observing cirrus formation and decay with METEOSAT	Hermann Mannstein, Kaspar Graf, Stephan Kox, Ulrich Schumann, Bernhard Mayer
Evaluation of the global cloud cover parameters obtained from geostationary data in the frame of the MEGHA-Tropiques mission with CALIPSO lidar observations	Geneviève Sèze, Hervé Legleau, Marcel Derrien, Bruno Six, Jacques Pelon
Evaluation of CM-SAF arctic cloud products using CALIPSO-CALIOP and MODIS cloud observations	Karl-Göran Karlsson, Adam Dybbroe
Towards a standard procedure for validation of satellite derived cloud properties with ground-based observations	Rob Roebeling, Hartwig Deneke, Wouiter Greuell, Nick Schutgens
Aerosol retrieval over land in the 635NM channel of MSG/SEVIRI sensor: A hourly and daily AOT product above Europe	Emilien Bernard, Didier Ramon, Dominique Jolivet, Cyril Moulin, Jérôme Riedi, Pierre-Yves Deschamps, Jean-Marc Nicolas, Olivier Hagolle
Satellite Remote Sensing of Dust Aerosol Indirect Effects on Ice Cloud formation	Szu-Cheng Steve Ou, K. N. Liou
Use of satellite-based products within the National Climate Observing System (GCOS Switzerland)	Gabriela Seiz, Nando Foppa, Julia Walterspiel
Validation of the Climate-SAF Inner Arctic broadband surface albedo product: Greenland and the polar ice cap	Aku Riihelä, Vesa Laine, Terhikki Manninen
Pluri-annual comparison of land surface modelled with ERS remote sensed surface soil moisture	François de Crane, Stefan Hasenauer, Alirio Arboleda, Françoise Gellens-Meulenberghs
Blending in situ and satellite data for monitoring land air temperatures	Elizabeth Good
Monitoring Changes in Precipitation and Radiative Energy Using Satellite Data and Climate Models	Richard Allan, Viju John
A new physical calibration for the AVHRR instrument series	Jonathan Mittaz, Andrew Harris
Geostationary Imager Visible Channel Recalibration	Arata Okuyama, Toru Hashimoto, Ryuichiro Nakayama, Yoshihiko Tahara, Toshiyuki Kurino, Hideaki Takenaka, Satoru Fukuda, Takashi Y. Nakajima, Akiko Higurashi, Miho Sekiguchi, Tamio Takamura, Teruyuki Nakajima

Poster presentations
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Observations of Changes in Marine Boundary Layer Clouds	Claire Barber, Richard Allan, Mark Ringer
GERB/CERES Comparisons Update	Nicolas Clerbaux, S. Dewitte, A. Ipe, P.-J. Baeck, A. Velazquez, I. Decoster	1
Radiative transfer simulations for the validation of cloud products from MSG	Françoise Faure, Luca Bugliaro, Tobias Zinner, Robert Buras, Bernhard Mayer
A new Approach to the Detection and Tracking of Mesoscale Convective Systems in the Tropics	Thomas Fiolleau, Rémy Roca
An overview on the operational procedures at the Satellite Application Facility on Climate Monitoring	Petra Fuchs, Nathalie Selbach, Frank Kaspar, Christian Koziar, Theo Steenbergen, Diana Stein, Britta Thies, Bart de Paepe
Estimating daily sunshine duration over the UK from SEVIRI	Elizabeth Good
Validation of satellite-derived rainfall products over the Sahel	Nick Novella, Wassila Thiaw
Synergistic retrievals of liquid water cloud properties from synthetic data	Simone Placidi, D.P. Donovan, R.A. Roebeling, H.W.J. Russchenberg
Comparison of H2O retrievals from GOME and GOME-2	Sander Slijkhuis, Steffen Beirle, Niilo Kalakoski, Kornelia Mies, Thomas Wagner, Stefan Noël, Jörg Schulz
Characterisation of troposphere dynamics with use of satellite information for circulation classifcation use	Piotr Struzik, Monika Hajto, Bozena Lapeta, Monika Pajek
The use of satellite observation in the provision of climate monitoring over Ethiopia	Solomon Yohannes

SESSION 7. Hyperspectral sounding

Verbal presentations
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Performance of the NOAA-16 and AIRS temperature soundings over India	Devendra Singh

Poster presentations
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An investigation into the performance of retrievals of temperature and humidity from IASI	Fiona Hilton, Paolo Antonelli, Xavier Calbet, Tim Hultberg, Lydie Lavanant, Xu Liu, Daniel Zhou, Guido Masiello, Carmine Serio, Stuart Newman, Jonathan Taylor

SESSION 8. Numerical Weather Prediction applications

Verbal presentations
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Land surface emissivity at microwave frequencies: operational implementation in the French 4D-VAR global system and impact of using surface sensitive channels on the African Monsoon during AMMA	Élisabeth Gérard, Fatima Karbou, Florence Rabier, Jean-Philippe Lafore, Jean-Luc Redelsperger
Developments in the use of ATVOS data at ECMWF	Niels Bormann, Blazej Krzeminski, Peter Bauer
Monitoring and Assimilation of FY3A data at ECMWF	Qifeng Lu, William Bell, Peter Bauer, Niels Bormann, Marco Matricardi, Alan Geer, Tony McNally, Dingmin Li, Blazej Krzeminski, Roger Saunders, Peter Rayer, Pascal Brunel
Atmospheric Motion Vectors: a summary of worldwide activities to improve their impact in Numerical Weather Prediction	Mary Forsythe, Regis Borde, Kenneth Holmlund, Johannes Schmetz, Niels Bormann, Iliana Genkova, Lueder von Bremen, Jaime Daniels, Christopher Velden, Steve Wanzong, Roger Saunders
Global atmospheric motion vectors inter-comparison study	Iliana Genkova, Regis Borde, Johannes Schmetz, Ken Holmlund, Jaime Daniels, Chris Velden, Niels Bormann, Peter Bauer
Assimilation of GRAS GPS radio occultation measurements at ECMWF	Sean Healy
The quality of the ASCAT 12.5 km wind product	Jur Vogelzang, Ad Stoffelen, Maria Belmonte, Anton Verhoef, Jeroen Verspeek

Poster presentations
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Verification fo the Zambia rainfall seasonal forecasts using meteorological products from Meteosat	Ndui Aikayo
AAPP enhancements for the EARS-IASI service	Nigel Atkinson, Christelle Ponsard, Tim Hultberg
What can we learn from the NWP SAF atmospheric motion vector monitoring?	Mary Forsythe, Antonio Garcia-Mendez, Bryan Conway, James Cotton
Assimilation of Observations in the Boundary Layer of the Met Office's NWP Data Assimilation System	William Grey	2
The Impact of Atmospheric Motion Vectors from CMA, JMA and KMA on the Tropical Cyclone Track Forecasts	Hye-gyeong Ha, Jeoung-yun Kim, Dong-ho Kim, Ae-sook Suh
Improved use of surface-sensitive microwave radiances at ECMWF	Blazej Krzeminski, Niels Bormann, Peter Bauer, Fatima Karbou
How well do High Resolution Models Reproduce Tropical Convection?	Kevin Pearson, Robin Hogan, Richard Allan, Grenville Lister
Impact of the IASI data on forecasting polar lows	Roger Randriamampianina
Measuring the SEVIRI modulation transfer function for assimilation into Met Office mesoscale models	Robert Tubbs, Graeme Kelly