Program of CREW 2

Tuesday 3 February 2009

Chairperson: Rob Roebeling

09:00 Welcome
Igor Giunta and Anke Thoss
09:10 Keynote: Cloud Climatologies and results of GEWEX Cloud Assessment
Claudia Stubenrauch
09:40 Evaluation of the global cloud cover parameters obtained from geostationnary data in the frame of the MEGHA-Tropiques mission with CALIPSO lidar observations
G. Sèze, H. Legleau, M. Derrien , J. Pelon , S. Cloche
10:00 AVHRR Cloud Products NOAA/NESDIS Center for Satellite Applications and Research
Andrew Heidinger
10:20 Cloud Products CM-SAF
Rainer Hollmann and Maarit Lockhoff
10:40 COFFEE BREAK

Chairperson: Juergen Fischer

11:00 Keynote: The MODIS Cloud Optical and Microphysical Product
Steve Platnick
11:30 SAFNWC / MSG cloud products
M.Derrien, H.Le Gléau and M.P. Raoul
11:50 Cloud detection using SEVIRI IR channels for the GERB processing
Alexandro Ipe
12:10 Recent improvements to the SEVIRI cloud processing methods used at the Met Office
James Hocking and Pete Francis
12:30 Simulated satellite radiances for the validation of cloud property retrievals
Luca Bugliaro
12:50 LUNCH BREAK

Chairperson: Bryan Baum

14:00 Keynote: Near-real time cloud products from operational and research meteorological satellites
Patrick Minnis, Louis Nguyen, William L. Smith, David R. Doelling
14:30 A Tool for Validating Cloud parameters from A-Train data
Phil Watts
14:50 Comparison of different inversion techniques for daytime cloud optical and microphysical parameters retrieval
Andi Walther
15:10 On the sensitivity of satellite-derived cloud climatologies to sensor resolution
H. Deneke, R. Roebeling, E. Wolters, C. Simmer, and A. Feijt
15:30 Comparison of cloud properties derived from SEVIRI and MODIS above the Southern Atlantic
Rene Preusker, Steffen Kothe, Anja Hünerbein, Jürgen Fischer
15:50 COFFEE BREAK

Chairperson: Pete Francis

16:20 Keynote: Improvements in MODIS Collection 6 Cloud-Top Properties and Ice Cloud Bulk Optical Models
Bryan Baum
16:50 Evaluation of CM-SAF cloud products in the Arctic region using CloudSat/CALIPSO measurements, synoptical observations and MODIS Level 3 products
Karl-Göran Karlsson
17:10 Impact of Pixel Resolution and Cloud Horizontal Inhomogeneity on Satellite Cloud Phase Climatology Using Modis Data
E.L.A. Wolters, H.M. Deneke, J.F. Meirink, and R.A. Roebeling
17:30 Impact of the use of surface emissivity information on cloud detection and cloud analysis
Hans-Joachim Lutz
19:00 DINNER

Chairperson: Claudia Stubenrauch

09:00 Intercomparison overview
Rob Roebeling
09:20 Validation of MSG and MetOp products from ship based measurements over the Atlantic Ocean
Andreas Macke, John Kalisch, Yann Zoll, Rainer Hollmann, Peter Schlüssel
09:40 Results MSG intercomparison
Andi Walther
10:00 Results Polar Satellite intercomparison
Anke Thoss
10:20 Discussion
10:30 COFFEE BREAK
11:00 Comparison against Cloudsat/Calipso
Andi Walther
11:30 Discussion & Working group formation
Anke Thoss
11:50 Official Welcome
Dr Peter Binder, Head of Forecasting Division, MeteoSwiss
12:00 LUNCH BREAK