INTERNATIONAL
ATOVS
WORKING GROUP
incorporating ATOVS, AIRS, IASI, IMG, NAST, GIFTS, ...
A Report on
The Twelfth International
TOVS Study Conference
Lorne, Australia
27 February -5 March 2002
A report on
The Twelfth International
ATOVS Study Conference
Lorne, Australia
27 February – 5 March 2002
Conference sponsored by
NASA
NESDIS
EUMETSAT
World Meteorological Organization
Bureau of Meteorology, Australia
Météo France
ITT Aerospace / Communications Division
Raytheon Company
Environmental Systems & Services Pty Ltd
Report prepared by J.F. Le Marshall, D. Jasper and G. Rochard
Published and distributed by
Bureau of Meteorology Research Centre
GPO Box 1289K
Melbourne VIC 3001 Australia
July 2002
FOREWORD
The International TOVS Working Group (ITWG) is convened as a subgroup of the International Radiation Commission (IRC) of the International Association of Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics (IAMAP). ITWG continues to organise International TOVS Study Conferences (ITSCs) which have met every 1824 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 Twelfth International TOVS Study Conference (ITSCXII) was held at the Cumberland Lorne Conference and Leisure Resort Centre from 27 February to 5 March 2002. This conference report summarises the scientific exchanges and outcomes of the meeting. A companion document The Technical Proceedings of The Twelfth International TOVS Study Conference contains the complete text of ITSC-XII scientific presentations. The ITWG web site (http://www.bom.gov.au/bmrc/basic/tovs/ctsc.html ) holds electronic versions of the conference presentations. Together, these documents reflect the conduct of a highly successful meeting in Lorne. An active and mature community of TOVS and ATOVS data users now exists, and considerable progress and positive results were reported at ITSC-XII in a number of areas, including many related to the new ATOVS system and to the impending Advanced Sounders.
ITSC-XII was sponsored by NASA, NESDIS, EUMETSAT, the World Meteorological Organization, the Australian Bureau of Meteorology, Météo-France ITT Industries, the Raytheon Company and Environmental Systems and Services. Their support is gratefully acknowledged. We wish to thank the local organising committee. We also thank the staff of the Cumberland for their assistance during the Conference. Finally, we acknowledge the contribution of Bureau of Meteorology Research Centre staff, particularly Agnes Apostolou, David Jasper, Terry Adair and Irene Mouzouri, who assisted with the preparation and publication of this report and the Satellite Section Staff who assisted ably in the running of the Conference at Lorne.
Dr John F. Le Marshall Dr Guy Rochard
Cochair ITWG Cochair ITWG
Bureau of Meteorology Research Centre MétéoFrance
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THE TWELFTH INTERNATIONAL
TOVS STUDY CONFERENCE (ITSC-XII)
Lorne, Australia: 27 February – 5 March 2002
International TOVS Working Group (ITWG) cochairs
Dr J.F. Le Marshall (Bureau of Meteorology Research Centre, Australia)
Dr Guy Rochard (MétéoFrance, Lannion, France)
Organising Committee for ITSC-XII
Dr John F. Le Marshall (Bureau of Meteorology Research Centre, Australia)
Dr Guy Rochard (MétéoFrance, Lannion, France)
Mr David Jasper (Bureau of Meteorology Research Centre, Australia)
Ms Margaret Hehir (Bureau of Meteorology Research Centre, Australia)
ITSC-XII participants
Thomas H. Achtor CIMSS/SSEC Uni. of Wisc. Madison WI USA
Myoung-Hwan Ahn METRI, Korea Met. Admin., Seoul Korea
Raymond Armante LMD, Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau France
Agnes Apostolou Bureau of Meteorology, Melbourne Australia
Stella Aura Kenya Met. Dept., Nairobi Kenya
Nancy Baker Naval Res. Lab., Monterey, CA USA
John Bates NOAA Envir. Tech. Lab., Boulder, CO USA
Ralf Bennartz Univ. Kansas, Lawrence, KS USA
Hal J. Bloom NPOESS/IPO, Silver Spring, MD USA
Denis Blumstein CNES, Toulouse France
Eva Borbas CIMSS/SSEC, Univ. of Wisconsin USA
Bill Bourke BMRC, Melbourne Australia
Francois Bouttier CNRM, Météo-France, Toulouse France
Pascal Brunel CMS MétéoFrance, Lannion France
Stefan Buehler Univ. Bremen, Bremen Germany
João Carlos Carvalho INPE, São José dos Campos Brazil
Narinder Chauhan NPOESS//IPO, Silver Spring, MD USA
Frédéric Chevallier ECMWF, Reading, Berks UK
Clément Chouinard Met. Service of Canada, Quebec Canada
Andrew Collard Met Office, Bracknell, Berks UK
Godelieve Deblonde Met. Service of Canada, Dorval, Quebec Canada
John Derber EMC/NCEP/NOAA/NWS MD USA
Izabela Dyras Inst. Met. & Water Management, Krakow Poland
Stephen J. English Met Office, Bracknell, Berks. UK
John R. Eyre Met Office, Bracknell, Berks. UK
Nadia Fourrié Météo-France, Toulouse France
Donald Frank NASA DAO, Goddard SFC, Greenbelt, MD USA
Louis Garand Met. Service of Canada Dorval, Quebec Canada
Albin Gasiewski NOAA Envir. Tech. Lab., Boulder, CO USA
Elisabeth Gérard Météo-France, Toulouse France
Mitch Goldberg NOAA/NESDIS/ORA, Camp Springs, MD USA
David Griersmith Bureau of Meteorology, Melbourne Australia
Songyan Gu Nat’l Sat. Met. Ctr, Beijing PRC
Brett A. Harris BMRC, Melbourne Australia
Donald E. Hinsman World Met. Org., Geneva Switzerland
Lee Hong Bureau of Meteorology, Melbourne Australia
David Howard Bureau of Meteorology, Melbourne Australia
Allen H.-L. Huang CIMSS/SSEC, Uni. Wis., Madison, WI USA
Nicole Jacquinet LMD, École Polytechnique, Palaiseau France
David Jasper BMRC, Melbourne Australia
Viju Oommen John Inst. Envir. Physics, Univ. Bremen, Bremen Germany
Steve Johnson ITT-Aerospace/Comms Div. Fort Wayne IN USA
Joanna Joiner NASA DAO, Goddard SFC, Greenbelt, Md USA
Sang-Won Joo Korea Met. Admin., Seoul Korea
Anton Karl Kaifel Ctr for Solar En & Hydrogen Res, Stuttgart Germany
Young-Hwa Kim Korea Met. Admin., Seoul Korea
Dieter Klaes EUMETSAT, Darmstadt Germany
Thomas J. Kleespies NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD USA
Christina Köpken ECMWF, Reading, Berks. UK
Tomas Landelius Swedish Met. Inst., Norrköping Sweden
Lydie Lavanant CMS, Météo-France, Lannion France
John F. Le Marshall BMRC, Melbourne Australia
Jun Li CIMSS/SSEC, Univ. Wis., Madison, WI USA
Merv Lynch Curtin Univ. of Technology, Perth, WA Australia
Marco Matricardi ECMWF, Reading, Berks. UK
Larry M. McMillin NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD USA
W. Paul Menzel NOAA/NESDIS, Madison, WI USA
Goulven Monnier CMS, MétéoFrance, Lannion France
Denis O'Brien CSIRO Atmos. Res., Aspendale, Vic. Australia
Kozo Okamoto Japan Met. Agency, Tokyo Japan
Jaan Paevere BMRC, Melbourne Australia
Thierry Phulpin CNES, Toulouse France
Mulyono Prabowo BMG, Jakarta Indonesia
V.S. Prasad NCMRWF, New Delhi India
Fred Prata CSIRO Atmos. Res., Aspendale, Vic. Australia
Joe Predina ITT-Aerospace/Comms Div. Ft Wayne IN USA
Jeffery Puschell Raytheon St Barb. Rem. Sens., CA USA
Florence Rabier CNRM, MétéoFrance, Toulouse France
Roger Randriamampianina Hungarian Met. Service, Budapest Hungary
Anthony Rea Bureau of Meteorology, Melbourne Australia
Tony L. Reale NOAA /NESDIS USA
Gail Reichert NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD USA
Guy Rochard CMS, MétéoFrance, Lannion France
Filomena Romano IMAAA/CNR, Tito Scalo Italy
Herve Roquet CMS, Météo-France, Lannion France
Roger Saunders Met Office, Bracknell, Berks. UK
Harald Schyberg Norwegian Met. Inst., Oslo Norway
Nathaniel Servando PAGASA, Quezon City Philippines
Vanessa Sherlock Met. & Rem. Sens, NIWA, Wellington NZ
Elizabeth Silvestre Espinoza INPE-CPTEC, São Paulo Brazil
Devendra Singh India Met. Dept, New Delhi India
Sreerekha, T.R. Inst. Env. Phys, Uni. Bremen, Bremen Germany
Peter Steinle BMRC, Melbourne Australia
Graeme Stephens Dept. Atmos. Sci, CO St. Uni., Ft Coll. CO USA
Claudia Stubenrauch LMD, Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau France
Vince Tabor NOAA/NESDIS/IPD, Suitland, MD USA
Jean-Noël Thépaut ECMWF, Reading, Berks. UK
Chris Tingwell BMRC, Melbourne Australia
Bernard Tournier NOVELTIS, Ramonville St Agne France
Shawn Turner Met. Serv. of Canada, Downsview, ONT. Canada
Michael J. Uddstrom NIWA, Wellington NZ
Alexander B. Uspensky SRC Planeta Roshydromet , Moscow Russia
Paul van Delst CIMSS-NOAA/NCEP, Camp Springs, MD USA
Nicolas Wagneur Met. Service of Canada, Dorval, Quebec Canada
Phil Watts ECMWF, Reading, Berks. UK
Fuzhong Weng NOAA/ NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD USA
Gary Weymouth Bureau of Meteorology, Melbourne Australia
Keith Whyte The MetOffice, Bracknell, Berks. UK
Mike Willmott Bureau of Meteorology, Melbourne Australia
Jeff Wilson Bureau of Meteorology, Melbourne Australia
Walter W. Wolf NOAA/ NESDIS/ORA Camp Springs MD USA
Wu Xuebao Nat. Sat. Met. Ctr, Beijing PRC
Xue Jishan Chinese Acad. Met. Science, Beijing PRC
Zhang Wenjian Nat. Sat. Met. Ctr, Beijing PRC