The 2014 Seminar was held from September 8 September 12 (finishing lunch time).
Description
Topics covered included a discussion of the value of current and forthcoming satellite observations, with particular foci both on new types of observation and on which variables are under-observed at present. The status of assimilation of cloud-affected observations and observations over land and sea ice will be represented and progress towards a fuller exploitation of the potential of the hyperspectral sounders is addressed.
Seminar aims
The seminar is part of ECMWF's educational programme and is aimed at young scientists and scientists needing to update their knowledge in this area.
Programme
The
Programme is now available.
Presentations
Monday 8 September
Session 1: Applications of satellite data assimilation
| Assimilation of satellite data for meteorology John Derber, NCEP |
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| Assimilation of satellite data for atmospheric composition Hendrik Elbern, Koln |
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| Assimilation of satellite data for the land surface Brett Candy, Met Office |
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| Assimilation of satellite data for the ocean Laurent Bertino, NERSC |
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Tuesday 9 September
Session 2: NWP tools and components for satellite data assimilation
| Advances in data assimilation techniques and their reference to satellite data assimilation Andrew Lorenc, Met Office |
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| Advances in model physics and their relevance to satellite data assimilation Jean-Francois Mahfouf, Meteo-France |
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| Overview of the status of radiative transfer models for satellite data assimilation Jerome Vidot, Meteo France |
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| Progress towards better representation of observation and background errors in 4D var Niels Bormann, ECMWF |
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Session 3: Satellite instrument characterisation and reanalysis
| Techniques and processes for pre-launch characterisation of new instruments Dieter Klaes, EUMESAT |
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| Use of satellite data in reanalysis Dick Dee (ECMWF) |
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Wednesday 10 September
| Techniques for characterising instruments post-launch William Bell (Met Office) |
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Session 4: Satellite winds
| Active techniques for wind and wave observations: scatterometer, altimer, SAR Giovanna De Chiara and Saleh Abdalla (ECMWF) |
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| The assimilation of wind information from radiances: AMV and 4D-var tracing Mary Forsythe (Met Office) |
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| Prospects for lidar wind assimilation Michael Rennie (ECMWF) |
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Session 5: Satellite water vapour, cloud and precipitation
| Prospects for radar and lidar cloud assimilation Marta Janiskova (ECMWF) |
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| The assimilation of water vapour, cloud and rain information from sounders Alan Geer (ECMWF) |
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| Assimilation of microwave imagers (GCOM_W1/AMSR2, GPM/GMI) Masahiro Kazumori (JMA) |
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Thursday 11 September
| Convective scale satellite data assimilation Thomas Auligne (UCAR) |
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Session 6: Satellite temperature and humidity sounding
| Assimilation of infrared sounder radiances Andrew Collard (NCEP) |
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| Principal component and reconstructed radiance based assimilation techniques Marco Matricardi (ECMWF) |
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| Techniques for modelling land, snow and sea ice emission and scattering Fatima Karbou (Meteo-France) |
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| Assimilation in the upper troposphere lower stratosphere: role of radio occultation Sean Healy (ECMWF) |
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| Assimilation in the upper stratosphere: role of radiances Ben Ruston (NRL) |
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Friday 12 September
Session 7: Design and evaluation of the Global Observing System
| Impact of satellite data for global NWP: evaluation Tony McNally (ECMWF) |
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| Forthcoming changes in the Global Satellite Observing Systems Mitch Goldberg (NOAA) |
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| The WMO vision for Global Observing Systems: to what extent will it be met by space agencies' plans John Eyre (Met Office) |
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Contact
Programme co-ordinator: Dr Stephen English
Seminar administration: Karen Clarke
E: rd-seminar