8th IPWG and 5th IWSSM Joint Workshop
Bologna, 3-7 October, 2016
Training Event Program
Instructors
 | Kazumasa Aonashi | Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), Meteorological Research Institute (MRI), Tsukuba, Japan |
| Pietro Ceccato | Columbia University, International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI), Palisades, NY, USA |
| Philippe Chambon | Météo France, Toulouse, France |
| Eugene E. Clothiaux | Department of Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences, Penn State University, University Park, PA, USA |
| Tufa Dinku | Columbia University, International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI), Palisades, NY, USA |
| Marielle Gosset | Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), Toulouse, France |
| George J. Huffman | National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), Greenbelt, MD, USA |
| Robert J. Kuligowski | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Center for Satellite Application and Research (STAR), College Park, MD, USA |
| Christian D. Kummerow | Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO, USA |
| Sante Laviola | National Research Council of Italy (CNR), Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate (ISAC), Bologna, Italy |
| Davide Melfi | Italian Air Force Met Service, Operational Center for Meteorology (COMet), Pomezia (Rome), Italy |
| Dmitri Moisseev | Department of Physics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland |
| Stephen J. Munchak | National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), Greenbelt, MD, USA |
Monday 3 October
Facilitator: Ralph R. Ferraro
Remote Sensing of Precipitation - The Basics
| 14.00-14.05 | Introduction to the training event |
| Ralph Ferraro, Tufa Dinku, and Ralf Bennartz | |
| 14.05-14.50 | Visible and IR Remote Sensing of Rainfall |
| Robert J. Kuligowski | |
| 14.50-15.35 | Passive microwave remote sensing of precipitation |
| Stephen J. Munchak | |
| 15.35-16.20 | Consequences of coherence and near field interactions on scattering by particles |
| Eugene E. Clothiaux |
16.20-16.45 Afternoon break with IPWG/IWSSM
| 16.45-17.30 | Active microwave remote sensing/principles |
| Dmitri Moisseev |
Tuesday 4 October
Facilitator: Sante Laviola
Retrieval Algorithms
| 8.30-9.30 | The GPM Microwave Imager and combined algorithms |
| Christian D. Kummerow | |
| 9.30-10.30 | Microwave Sounder Algorithms |
| Sante Laviola |
10.30-11.00 Morning break with IPWG/IWSSM
| 11.00-11.45 | Combined Algorithms - GSMAP |
| Kazumasa Aonashi | |
| 11.45-12.30 | Combined Algorithms - IMERG |
| George J. Huffman |
Wednesday 5 October
Facilitator: Robert J. Kuligowski
Products, Uses and their Performance
| 8.30-9.10 | Satellite Rainfall Performance and Hydrological Forecasting Applications |
| Robert J. Kuligowski | |
| 9.10-9.50 | EUMETSAT Satellite Application Facility on Support to Operational Hydrology and Water Management (H-SAF) |
| Davide Melfi | |
| 9.50-10.30 | Health Applications |
| Pietro Ceccato and Tufa Dinku |
10.30-11.00 Morning break with IPWG/IWSSM
| 11.00-11.30 | On line data - IRI Data Library |
| Pietro Ceccato and Tufa Dinku | |
| 11.30-12.00 | Validation |
| Marielle Gosset | |
| 12.00-12.30 | Assimilating Satellite Observations of Clouds and Precipitation into NWP Models |
| Philippe Chambon |