A Report on the Thirteenth International TOVS Study Conference Sainte-Adèle, Québec, Canada
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Sharing ideas, plans and techniques to study the earth’s weather using space-based observations A Report on the Thirteenth International TOVS Study Conference Sainte-Adèle, Québec, Canada 29 October - 4 November 2003 Photo by Jakob Grove-Rasmussen A Report on The Thirteenth International TOVS Study Conference Sainte-Adèle, Québec, Canada 29 October - 4 November 2003 Conference sponsored by: Met Office (U.K.) NOAA NESDIS EUMETSAT World Meteorological Organization Alcatel ABB Raytheon Company and ITT Industries Report prepared by: Thomas Achtor and Roger Saunders ITWG Co-Chairs Leanne Avila Editor Published and Distributed by: University of Wisconsin-Madison 1225 W. Dayton St. Madison, WI 53706 USA ITWG Web Site: http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/itwg/ March 2004 FOREWORD The International TOVS Working Group (ITWG) is convened as a sub-group of the International Radiation Commission (IRC) of the International Association of Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics (IAMAP). The ITWG continues to organise International TOVS Study Conferences (ITSCs) which have met approximately every 18 months since 1983. Through this forum, operational and research users of TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder (TOVS), Advanced TOVS (ATOVS) and other atmospheric sounding data have exchanged information on data processing methods, derived products, and the impacts of radiances and inferred atmospheric temperature and moisture fields on numerical weather prediction (NWP) and climate studies. The Thirteenth International TOVS Study Conference (ITSC-XIII) was held at the Hotel Le Chantecler in Sainte Adèle, Québec, Canada from 29 October to 4 November 2003. This conference report summarises the scientific exchanges and outcomes of the meeting. A companion document The Technical Proceedings of The Thirteenth International TOVS Study Conference contains the complete text of ITSC-XIII scientific presentations. The ITWG Web site ( http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/itwg/ ) contains electronic versions of the conference presentations and publications. Together, these documents and Web pages reflect the conduct of a highly successful meeting in Sainte Adèle. An active and mature community of TOVS and ATOVS data users now exists, and considerable progress and positive results were reported at ITSC-XIII in a number of areas, including many related to the new ATOVS system and to the current and impending advanced sounders. ITSC-XIII was sponsored by the Met Office (U.K.), NOAA NESDIS, EUMETSAT, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), Alcatel, ABB, the Raytheon Company and ITT Industries. The support of these government agencies and private industry companies is gratefully acknowledged. We wish to thank the local organising committee from Environment Canada, particularly Louis Garand and Clement Chouinard of the Data Assimilation and Satellite Meteorology Division. We also thank and appreciate the contribution of the Environment Canada staff, particularly Maryse Ferland and Danielle O’Shaughnessey, who assisted ably in the organization and conduct of the Conference at Sainte Adèle. We also thank the staff of Hotel Le Chantecler for their assistance during the Conference. Finally, we thank the numerous contributions from Leanne Avila of the University of Wisconsin who assisted in conference planning, on-site meeting organization, and preparation and publication of this Report, the Technical Proceedings and the ITWG Web site. Roger Saunders Co-Chair ITWG Met Office (U.K.) Thomas Achtor Co-Chair ITWG University of Wisconsin-Madison ITSC-XIII Poster THE THIRTEENTH INTERNATIONAL TOVS STUDY CONFERENCE (ITSC-XIII) Sainte Adèle, Québec, Canada: 29 October - 4 November 2003 International TOVS Working Group (ITWG) Co-Chairs Thomas Achtor, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA Roger Saunders, Met Office, UK Organising Committee for ITSC-XIII Thomas Achtor, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA Roger Saunders, Met Office, UK Clement Chouinard, Environment Canada Louis Garand, Environment Canada Maryse Ferland, Environment Canada Danielle O’Shaughnessey, Environment Canada Leanne Avila, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA Maria Vasys, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA ITSC-XIII Participants Tom Achtor Steven A. Ackerman Bjarne Amstrop David Anselmo Paolo Antonelli Nigel Atkinson Thomas Auligne George Aumann Leanne Avila Nancy Baker John M. Blaisdell Hal Bloom Eva Borbas Pascal Brunel Henry Buijs Mike Chalfant Clément Chouinard Pubu Ciren Andrew Collard David Crain Cyril Crevoisier Per Dahlgren Godelieve Deblonde Ralph Dedecker John Derber Chaohua Dong Adam Dybbroe Izabela Dyras Stephen English Luc Fillion Evan Fishbein Gilles Fournier Ignacio Galindo Ma Gang Louis Garand Albin Gasiewski Pierre Gauthier CIMSS / University of Wisconsin - Madison CIMSS / University of Wisconsin - Madison Danish Meteorological Institute Environment Canada CIMSS/University of Wisconsin - Madison Met Office Météo-France Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) CIMSS/University of Wisconsin - Madison Naval Research Laboratory - Monterey NASA/GSFC/SAIC NPOESS IPO CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin - Madison Météo-France ABB Bomem Inc. NOAA/NESDIS/ORA Environment Canada QSS Group Inc. Met Office ITT Aerospace/Communications Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique Swedish Met Service (SMHI) Environment Canada CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin - Madison NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC China Meteorological Administration Swedish Met Service (SMHI) Institute of Meteorology and Water Management Met Office Meteorological Service of Canada NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Meteorological Service of Canada Universidad de Colima National Satellite Meteorological Center Environment Canada NOAA Environmental Technology Laboratory Meteorological Service of Canada USA USA Denmark Canada USA UK France USA USA USA USA USA USA France Canada USA Canada USA UK USA France Sweden Canada USA USA P.R. China Sweden Poland UK Canada USA Canada Mexico P.R. China Canada USA Canada Elisabeth Gerard Mitchell D. Goldberg David Griersmith Jacob Grove-Rasmussen Yong Han Brett Harris Reinhold Hess Lisa Horrocks H. L. Allen Huang Ron Isaacs Nicole Jacquinet-Husson Viju Oommen John Steve Johnson Masahiro Kazumori Graeme Kelly Dieter Klaes Thomas Kleespies Robert Knuteson Christina Köpken Aarno Korpela Bjorn Lambrigsten Allen Larar Lydie Lavanant Sung-Yung Lee Jun Li Alan Lipton Xu Liu Zhiquan Liu Stephen Macpherson Jean-François Mahfouf Philippe Marguinaud Marco Matricardi Mark McCarthy Larry McMillin Tony McNally Carl Mears Herschel Mitchell Jean-Luc Moncet Thibaut Montmerle Chris O’Dell Michael Pavolonis Thierry Phulpin Youri Plokhenko Saroja Polavarapu Joe Predina Jeff Puschell Yanni Qu Florence Rabier Gaby Rädel Roger Randriamampianina Tony Reale Hank Revercomb Guy Rochard Filomena Romano Hervé Roquet William B. Rossow Roger Saunders Peter Schluessel Météo-France/CNRM/GMAP NOAA/NESDIS/ORA Commonwealth Bureau of Meteorology Danish Meteorological Institute NOAA/NESDIS Bureau of Meteorology Research Centre DWD Met Office CIMSS/University of Wisconsin - Madison Atmospheric and Environmental Research, Inc. (AER) Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique University of Bremen ITT Aerospace/Communications Japan Meteorological Agency ECMWF EUMETSAT NOAA / NESDIS CIMSS/University of Wisconsin - Madison Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD) National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory NASA Langley Research Center Météo-France NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory CIMSS/SSEC/UW-Madison Atmospheric and Environmental Research, Inc. Atmospheric and Environmental Research, Inc. China Meteorological Administration Meteorological Service of Canada Meteorological Service of Canada Meteo France ECMWF Hadley Centre, Met. Office NOAA/NESDIS/ORA ECMWF Remote Sensing Systems Meteorological Service of Canada Atmospheric and Environmental Research, Inc. Météo-France University of Wisconsin-Madison CIMSS/SSEC/UW-Madison Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES) CIMSS/University of Wisconsin - Madison Meteorological Service of Canada ITT Aerospace/Communications Division Raytheon Santa Barbara Remote Sensing ITT Aerospace/Communications Météo-France/CNRM/GMAP LMD/IPSL Hungarian Meteorological Service NOAA/NESDIS SSEC/CIMSS/University of Wisconsin - Madison Météo-France IMAA/CNR Météo-France NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies Met. Office EUMETSAT France USA Australia Denmark USA Australia Germany UK USA USA France Germany USA Japan UK Germany USA USA Germany New Zealand USA USA France USA USA USA USA P.R. China Canada Canada France UK UK USA UK USA Canada USA France USA USA France USA Canada USA USA USA France France Hungary USA USA France Italy France USA UK Germany Marion Schroedter-Homscheidt Marc Schwaerz Soumia Serrar Awdhesh Sharma Vanessa Sherlock Devendra Singh Bill Smith David Steenbergen Larrabee Strow Malgorzata Szczech-Gajewska Peter Thorne Christopher Tingwell David Shawn Turner Michael Uddstrom Alexander Uspensky Gilles Verner Michèle Vesperini Nicolas Wagneur Kung-Hwa (Peter) Wang Elisabeth Weisz Fuzhong Weng Walter Wolf Hal Woolf Xuebao Wu Jishan Xue Dan Zhou Lihang Zhou Shiyu Zhuang Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR) University of Graz Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique NOAA/NESDIS National Institute for Water and Atmospheric Research India Meteorological Department NASA Langley Meteorological Service of Canada University of Maryland - Baltimore County Institute of Meteorology and Water Management Hadley Centre, Met. Office Bureau of Meteorology Research Center Meteorological Service of Canada National Institute for Water and Atmospheric Research PLANETA, Roshydromet Meteorological Service of Canada Laboratoire d’optique atmosphérique, Université de Lille Meteorological Service of Canada Central Weather Bureau CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin - Madison NOAA / NESDIS / ORA NOAA/NESDIS (QSS Group, Inc.) CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin - Madison Peking University Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences NASA Langley Research Center QSS Group Inc. Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences Germany Austria France USA New Zealand India USA Canada USA Poland UK Australia Canada New Zealand Russia Canada France Canada Taiwan USA USA USA USA P.R. China P.R. China USA USA P.R. China ITSC-XIII Group Photo at Le Chantecler Table of Contents Executive Summary 1 Working Group Reports 15 Reports of Technical Sub-Groups 45 ITSC-XIII Agenda 53 Abstracts of ITSC-XIII Presentations 61 Appendix A: ITSC-XIII Attendee Mailing List A1 - A9
