ITSC-18 Best Poster Papers
• Newcomer – Graeme Martin 1.14
• All- Dave Tobin 1.8
• All- Anna Booton 3.3
ITSC-18 Best Oral Papers
• Newcomer – Pauline Martinet 4.15
• All – Stuart Newman 9.3
Deep Appreciation goes to
Allen Larar, Member ITWG & IRC
For his tireless promotion of ITWG
Attended International Radiation
Commission (IRC) Annual Business
Meetings on behalf of ITWG from
2009 – July Montreal, Canada
2010- July Bremen, Germany
2011 – Melbourne Australia
Deep Appreciation goes to
Mitch Goldberg, Member ITWG & CGMS
ITWG Rapporteur
For his tireless promotion of ITWG
in Coordination Group for Meteorological
Satellites (CGMS)
attended All CGMS Meetings (2007-2011)
From Shanghai to St. Petersburg
Deep Appreciation goes to
Tom Kleespies, John Eyre &
Bill Smith, for their long and
active service to ITWG
Our Special Appreciations to ITSC-18 Staffs
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Jean-Antoine M. (Meteo France)
Leanne A. (UW-Madison)
Bill B. (UW-Madison)
Maria V. (UW-Madison)
ITWG Wx Cow
ITWG Wx Cow
• 1st Generation Prototype:
– Highly collectable; Only two known to exist
– Series #: WX007-49945827; WX007-37754896
• Spec:
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Hybrid Breed X/L/Ka-Ku Bands
GPU Implant – 28-nm GTX 680; 1536 cores
Build in calibrator with up to 12 hidden layers solver
All format outputs BUFR; HDF; NetCDF; Google Earth; TIF;
AWIPS; McIDAS & more …….
• Favor Food:
– All IR/MW satellite data
– Especially IASI-NG 2-4 km (doesn’t like >10 km)
– Preferred feeding interval – every hour
• Owners:
– UK & France
ITWG Wx Cow Special Award
Goes to
–Stephen English, UK; ITSC-16/17/18 CoChair
–Vincent Guidard, France; ITSC-18 Host