Programme Schedule Wednesday, September 08, 2010 09:00-10:30 Morning Session 1 Occultations in Climate Monitoring and Research Chair: S. S. Leroy 09:00-09:40 Climate monitoring and modeling: The role of occultation data (invited keynote) [view abstract] [view presentation] L. Bengtsson (presented by G. Kirchengast) 09:40-09:55 GRAS SAF Activities in Support of Climate Data Generation and Climate Monitoring [view abstract] [view presentation] H. Gleisner, K. B. Lauritsen, S. Syndergaard 09:55-10:10 Climate Calibration Observatory in Orbit: Calibration and Validation of Measurements of AMSU and AIRS using Global Positioning System Radio Occultation Observations [view abstract] [view presentation] Shu-peng Ho, Xinjia Zhou, Ying-Hwa Kuo, Doug Hunt 10:10-10:25 Consistency of Radio Occultation Climatologies from Different Satellites [view abstract] [view presentation] U. Foelsche, B. Scherllin-Pirscher, A. Leuprecht, G. Kirchengast 10:30-11:00 Coffee Break 11:00-12:15 Morning Session 2 Occultations in Climate Monitoring and Research Chair: L. Bengtsson 11:00-11:30 Optimal Detection of CHAMP and COSMIC Radio Occultation Data (invited) [view abstract] [view presentation] S. S. Leroy, C. Ao, J. G. Anderson 11:30-11:45 Atmospheric Climate Change Detection With Radio Occultation Data [view abstract] [view presentation] B. C. Lackner, A. K. Steiner, G. C. Hegerl, G. Kirchengast 11:45-12:00 Structural Uncertainty of the CHAMP Climate Record from Different Data Centers [view abstract] [view presentation] A. K. Steiner, S-P. Ho, D. Hunt, G. Kirchengast, A. J. Mannucci, B. Scherllin-Pirscher, H. Gleisner, A. von Engeln, T. Schmidt, C. Ao, S. S. Leroy, U. Foelsche, Y-H. Kuo, E. R. Kursinski, K. B. Lauritsen, S. Syndergaard, C. Marquardt, C. Rocken, W. Schreiner, S. Sokolovskiy, J. Wickert 12:00-12:15 Comparing GPS Radio Occultation Temperature Records with MSU/AMSU and Radiosondes for the Lower Stratosphere [view abstract] [view presentation] F. Ladstädter, A. K. Steiner, L. Haimberger, C. Tavolato, G. Kirchengast 13:00-14:00 Reception City Hall 14:00-22:00 Excursion & Dinner social event; Graz Special Sightseeing Tour