FOURTH INTERNATIONAL WINDS WORKSHOP 

FOURTH INTERNATIONAL WINDS WORKSHOP Saanenmöser, Switzerland, 20-23 October 1998 EUM P 24 ISBN 92-9110-029-3 ISSN 1023-0416

INTRODUCTION

Title	|	Presenter	|
Impressum and disclaimer				14 KB
Table of contents				14 KB
Author index				16 KB
Welcome address		Tillmann Mohr		16 KB
Summary				16 KB
List of participants				41 KB

CHAIRPERSONS' REPORTS OF THE SESSIONS

Title	|	Chairperson	|
Session 1: Current Systems to Derive Atmospheric Motion Vectors (AMVs)		Donald Hinsman		11 KB
Session 2: Assimilation and Impact of Atmospheric Motion Vectors (AMVs) in Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP)		HansPeter Roesli		9 KB
Session 3: Utilisation of Atmospheric Motion Vectors		John Le Marshall		12 KB
Session 4: Space-Borne Wind Retrieval Systems		R. C. Bhatia		9 KB
Session 5: Verification and Objective Quality Analysis		James Purdom		9 KB
Session 6: New Developments and Applications		Xu Jianmin		12 KB

WORKING GROUP REPORTS

Title	|	Author/Chairperson	|
Working Group 1 Report: Methods		Gary Jedlovec and Xu Jianmin		12 KB
Working Group 2 Report: Utilisation		John Le Marshall and Graeme Kelly		15 KB
Working Group 3 Report: Verification and Quality Indices		Christopher S. Velden and Kenneth Holmlund		13 KB
Annex to Report of WG3: Co-Location Area for Comparison of Satellite Winds and Radiosondes		Masami Tokuno		457 KB

SESSION 1: Current Systems to Derive Atmospheric Motion Vectors (AMVs)

Title	|	Authors	|
Recent Advances to the Operational GOES Wind Processing System at NESDIS		J.M. Daniels, W. Bresky, C. Velden and S. Wanzong		1.4 MB
Cloud Motion Winds from FY-2 and GMS-5 Meteorological Satellites		J. Xu, Q. Zhang, X. Fang and J. Liu		936 KB
Status and Development of Operational Meteosat Wind Products		M. Rattenborg		53 KB
Improvements in the Method to Extract Operational Cloud Motion Winds and Water Vapor Motion Winds of the GMS-5 System		M. Tokuno		369 KB
The Current GOES-8 and GOES-9 High Density Winds Operation in NOAA/NESDIS (Abstract only)		R. Walter		8 KB
An Update on UW-CIMSS Satellite-Derived Wind Developments		C. Velden, S. Wanzong and P. Menzel		29 KB
The Application and Implications of the Use of a Unified BUFR Template for the Exchange of Satellite Derived Wind Data		S.S. Elliott		41 KB

SESSION 2: Assimilation and Impact of Atmospheric Motion Vectors (AMVs) in Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP)

Title	|	Authors	|
Study of GOES Winds Impact in Eta Data Assimilation System		W.P. Menzel and S.J. Nieman		108 KB
Satellite-Based Products for Monitoring Weather in South America: Winds and Trajectories		L.A.T. Machado and J.C. Ceballos		483 KB
Improved Weather Forecasts from the Continuous Generation and Assimilation of High Spatial and Temporal Resolution Winds		J. Le Marshall, N. Pescod, R. Seecamp, C. Spinoso and A. Rea		370 KB
Impact of Cloud Motion Winds in the ECMWF ERA 15 Reanalyses		P. Kållberg and S. Uppala		871 KB
Assimilation of Water Vapour Motion Winds in the Global Model of DWD		M. Tomassini, G. Paul and H. Neumeister		927 KB
Impact of Atmospheric Motion Vectors (AMVs) on the ECMWF System and the Development of a Water Vapour AMV Observation Operator		G. Kelly, R. Munro, M. Rohn and K. Holmlund		8.0 MB

SESSION 3: Utilisation of Atmospheric Motion Vectors

Title	|	Authors	|
Experiments with Atmospheric Motion Vectors at ECMWF		M. Rohn, G. Kelly and R. Saunders		326 KB
Developing and Non-Developing Tropical Cyclones Revealed by High Density Cloud Motion Winds		J. Xu, X. Fang and Q. Zhang		1.0 MB
Measure of Divergence at the Top of Tropical Convective Systems from Water Vapor Winds		H. Laurent and M.S. Sakamoto		953 KB
Interpretation of Structure Displacements within Cloud-Free Water Vapour Scenes of Meteosat		G. Büche, H. Karbstein and H. Fischer		221 KB
Estimation of Large Scale Wind Fields over Oceanic Areas Around India Using INSAT Derived Cloud Motion Vectors in Conjunction with Ship/Buoy Data and Scatterometer Data		R.C. Bhatia and K.C. Sai Krishnan		60 KB
Interest of Trajectories Deduced from Clouds and Water Vapour Motions over the Indian Ocean on Meteosat-5 Images		A. Szantai, F. Desalmand, M. Desbois and L. Picon		1.0 MB
Utilization Monitoring of Satellite Tracked Wind Products Transmitted through the MDD System in Developing Countries		G.W. Gitonga		40 KB

SESSION 4: Space Borne Wind Retrieval Systems

Title	|	Authors	|
Satellite Observation of Sea Surface Winds: Navy Research, Applications and Programs (Abstract only)		M. Colton		9 KB
On the Needs, Requirements and Feasibility of a Space-Borne Wind Profiler		P. Ingmann, A. Stoffelen, L. Isaksen and G.-J. Marseille		789 KB
On the Use of Scatterometer Winds in NWP		A. Stoffelen, L. Isaksen and D. Le Meur		112 KB

SESSION 5: Verification and Objective Quality Analysis

Title	|	Authors	|
Objective Determination of the Reliability of Satellite-Derived Atmospheric Motion Vectors		K. Holmlund and C.S. Velden		594 KB
Sensitivity of the Height Allocation of Thin Cloud Tracers to Errors in Satellite Calibration		J. Schmetz, A. Arriaga and K. Holmlund		191 KB
Use, Quality Control and Monitoring of Satellite Winds at UKMO		P. Butterworth		471 KB
Monitoring SATOB Products at ECMWF: Availability, Quality Control and Impact		F. Lalaurette, A. Garcia-Mendez and M. Rohn		1.8 MB
The Marshall Automated Wind Algorithm: Error Analysis, Quality Control and Climate Applications		G.J. Jedlovec and R.J. Atkinson		318 KB
New Approach for Height Assignment and Stringent Quality Control Tests for INSAT Derived Cloud Motion Vectors		P.N. Khanna and S. Prasad		818 KB

SESSION 6: New Developments and Applications

Title	|	Authors	|
Atmospheric Motions Derived from Space Based Measurements: A Look to the Near Future		J.F.W. Purdom		1.6 MB
Asynchronous Stereo Height and Motion Analysis: Applications		G.G. Campbell		2.7 MB
Meteosat-5 Winds for the INDOEX Field Experiment		M. Rattenborg and S. Elliott		13 KB
A Future Product on HRVIS Winds –HRW- from the Meteosat Second Generation -MSG- for the Nowcasting and Other Applications		J.M. Fernández		1.5 MB
Improved Computing Efficiency of Cross-Correlation in the Fourier Domain		G. Dew and K. Holmlund		183 KB
Assimilation of Meteosat Radiance Data within the 4DVAR System at ECMWF		R. Munro, G. Kelly, M. Rohn and Roger Saunders		1.0 MB
Operational Nowcasting Based on Satellite Cloud Motion Winds		J. Scheiber		434 KB