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General Workshop Format

Expecting ~80 participants (i.e., no "big-conference setting") it is planned to have a workshop in the true sense; that is, no parallel sessions, no very short (10 min-type) presentations, high-visibility of posters, ample of informal possibilities to enter into scientific discussion and discourse, and so on.

Presentation types and equipment details:

  • Oral presentation (invited keynote talk: 40 min slot, invited talk: 30 min slot, both incl. 5 min discussion; contributed talk: 15 min slot, incl. 3 min discussion; equipment available: 2 laptop-PCs featuring USB port, CD-Rom drive, PowerPoint2000 & XP and Acrobat Reader 7, 1 video beamer/1280x1024 pixels (also for participant laptops), 1 viewgraph projector)

  • Poster presentation (all posters up all-week, all to be mounted Monday; poster board size/max. poster size: ~ 150 cm height x 90 cm width, i.e., size of order "DIN-A0 Portrait" recommended; mounting material available on site)

Overall session structure and meeting schedule:

The Joint OPAC-4 and GRAS SAF Climate Workshop is held from Mon, Sep 6 to Fri, Sep 10, 12:30. Morning sessions (about 9-10:30, 11-12:30), afternoon sessions (about 14-15:30), and late afternoon/early evening sessions (about 16-17:30 oral and 17:30-19 posters & ample of free beverages and snacks) are foreseen on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday (poster session on Tuesday). Sufficient informal coffee break (30 min) and lunch time (90 min) is left in between. Morning sessions only will take place on Wednesday (excursion and dinner in the afternoon & evening) and on Friday.
The IROWG-1 Workshop is held from Fri, Sep 10, 14:00 to Sat, Sep 11, 16:30. Introductory and overview talks will be given on Friday: Introduction to CGMS, IROWG Terms of Reference (ToR), subgroup overview and sign up. Subgroups are NWP, Climate, Research to Operations/Missions Consolidation, Payload Technology, Innovative RO Techniques (research), Space Weather. Subgroup working meetings will take place on Saturday, with subgroup reporting to overall group and consolidation of recommendations for CGMS.

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Major Milestones towards the Workshop


Jan 18, 2010 OPAC 2010 1st Announcement to scientific community at large
Mar 31, 2010 OPAC 2010 Website opened; 2nd Announcement and Call for Papers
Jun 18, 2010Final Call for Papers
Jun 25, 2010 Deadline for submission of abstracts
Jul 9, 2010 Acceptance of abstract notifications to all authors completed
Jul 16, 2010 Draft Scientific Programme posted to website
Jul 23, 2010 Deadline for on-line pre-registration
Aug 22, 2010 Final Scientific Programme posted to website and announced to registered participants
Sep 6 - 10, 2010 OPAC 2010 - Joint OPAC-4 & GRAS SAF Climate Workshop
Sep 10 - 11, 2010 OPAC 2010 - IROWG-1 Workshop

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List of Invited Talks


Keynote - Introductory Overview:
Exploring the atmosphere with radio occultation - contributions to weather, climate, and space weather science and forecasting
R. Anthes*(1)
(1) University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR), Boulder, CO, USA


Occultation methodology in general (math-phys basis, generic aspects):

GPS RO processing from raw phase and amplitude to bending angle
B. Schreiner*(1)
(1) UCAR/Cosmic, Boulder, CO, USA

Generic processing of GPS RO and microwave occultations
S. Syndergaard*(1)
(1) Danish Meteorological Institute (DMI), Copenhagen, Denmark

Linear and nonlinear representations of wave fields and their application to processing of radio occultations
M. E. Gorbunov*(1), K. B. Lauritsen (2), S. S. Leroy (3), A. V. Shmakov (1)
(1) Obukhov Institute for Atmospheric Physics, Moscow, Russia;
(2) Danish Meteorological Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark;
(3) Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA

Overview on GRAS - raw sampling and data quality aspects
C. Marquardt*(1) and the GRAS Raw Sampling Study Team
(1) EUMETSAT, Darmstadt, Germany


Use of occultation data in atmospheric physics and meteorology:

Keynote
Wave dynamics in the stratosphere revealed by using GPS radio occultation data
T. Tsuda*(1)
(1) Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere (RISH), Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

New insights on the global tropopause based on GPS radio occultation data
W. J. Randel*(1)
(1) National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), Boulder, CO, USA

Applications of GPS radio occultation data to tropical cyclone prediction
B. Kuo*(1,2), Xingqin Fang (1), Yong-Run Guo (1), Ted Iwabuchi (1), Hui Liu (1), Zaizhong Ma (1)
(1) National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), Boulder, CO, USA;
(2) UCAR/Cosmic, Boulder, CO, USA


Use of occultation data in Numerical Weather Prediction:

Keynote
Weather (NWP) and composition analysis and forecasting - benefits of RO and satellite data
S. Healy*(1)
(1) European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF), Reading, UK

Data assimilation experiments of radio occultation data using the JMA Meso-4dvar system -
Impacts on the heavy rainfalls in Japan and the generation of typhoon
H. Seko*(1), Y. Shoji (1), M. Kunii (2), and T. Tsuda (3)
(1) Meteorological Research Institute, Tsukuba, Japan;
(2) University of Maryland, Maryland, USA;
(3) RISH/Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

Assimilation of GPS RO observations at NCEP
L. Cucurull*(1)
(1) NWS/NCEP/EMC, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Camp Springs, USA


Use of occultation data in climate monitoring and research:

Keynote
Climate monitoring and modeling: The role of occultation data
L. Bengtsson*(1)
(1) International Space Science Institute (ISSI), Bern, Switzerland

Optimal detection of CHAMP and COSMIC radio occultation data
S. S. Leroy*(1), C. Ao (2), J. G. Anderson (1)
(1) Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Science, Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA, USA;
(2) Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA


Specific occultation methods (GNSS, LEO, stellar, solar/lunar):

The Active Temperature, Ozone and Moisture Microwave Spectrometer (ATOMMS) aircraft occultation demonstration
E. R. Kursinski *(1), A. Otarola (1), D. Ward (1), M. Stovern *(1), A. Young (1), S. Albanna (1), R. Stickney (1), B. Duffy (1), C. Groppi (2), B. Wheelwright (1)
(1) University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA;
(2) Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA

Overview on solar occultation with highlights from ACE and beyond
P. Bernath*(1)
(1) Department of Chemistry, University of York, York, UK

Overview on stellar occultation with highlights from GOMOS and beyond
E. Kyrölä*(1)
(1) Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI), Helsinki, Finland

SCIAMACHY on Envisat: Trace gas profile retrieval from solar and lunar occultation
K. Bramstedt*(1)
(1) Institute of Environmental Physics (IUP), Univ. Bremen, Bremen, Germany


Receiver technology:

GRAS on MetOp: Instrument characteristics and performance evaluation
M. Bonnedal*(1), J. Christensen (1), A. Carlström (1)
(1) RUAG Space, Goteborg, Sweden

Using NASA's TriG GNSS RO instrument for space weather, weather and climate measurements
T. Meehan*(1), S. Esterhuizen (1), G. Franklin (1), J. Tien (1), L. Young (1)
(1) Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA


Current and future occultation missions:

From MetOp/GRAS to future RO and next-generation occultation in Europe: The role of ESA
P. Silvestrin*(1)
(1) European Space Agency (ESA), ESTEC, Noordwijk, Netherlands

Formosat-3/COSMIC follow-on mission plan and current progress
N. Yen*(1)
(1) National Space Organization (NSPO), Hsin Chu, Taiwan

GNSS radio occultation at GFZ: Recent results and activities
J. Wickert*(1), C. Arras (1), G. Beyerle (1), L. Grunwaldt (1), A. Haser (1), S. Heise (1), G. Michalak (1), T. Schmidt (1), M. Semmling (1), R. Stosius (1), F. Zus (1)
(1) German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), Potsdam, Germany

Polarimetric GNSS radio occultation with the Spanish PAZ Mission
E. Cardellach*(1)
(1) Institut de Ciències de l'Espai (ICE-CSIC/IEEC), Bellaterra, Spain

Radio occultation with ROSA onboard Oceansat-2: Mission overview and first results
G. Perona*(1), R. Notarpietro*(1), M. Molinaro (2), S. Casotto (3), P. Zoccarato (3), A. Nardo (3), M. Cucca*(1), S. Paolella*(1), I. Bordi (4), P. Sofi (4), A. Sutera (4), N. Tartaglione (5), A. Speranza (5), B. Nava (6), S. Radicella (6), M. Materassi (7), O. Terzo (2), L. Mossucca (2), A. Gallipoli (8), F. Tataranni (8), V. De Cosmo (9), V. Catalano (9)
(1) Politecnico di Torino, Italy; (2) ISMB, Torino, Italy; (3) CISAS, Padova, Italy; (4) Università La Sapienza, Roma, Italy; (5) CINFAI, Camerino, Italy; (6) ICTP, Trieste, Italy; (7) IFAC-ISC, Firenze, Italy; (8) Consorzio INNOVA, Matera, Italy; (9) Italian Space Agency, Italy


Occultations in ionosphere and planetary science:

Keynote
Radio occultation in ionospheric science and space weather
C-H. Liu*(1)
(1) Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan

Impact of the ionosphere on GNSS radio occultation retrievals
A. J. Mannucci*(1), Chi O. Ao (1), Xiaoqing Pi (1), Byron A. Iijima (1)
(1) Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA