2022 ITWG Interim Working Group Meetings
| Working Group | Date | Time | Co‑Chairs | Brief Description | Documents |
| Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) | 3 Scientific Meetings (see below) | Brett Candy, Fiona Smith | Operational and research applications of LEO and GEO sounder and imager radiance data in numerical weather prediction | ||
| Climate studies | Wednesday, 23 February | 12 UTC | Nathalie Selbach, Cheng-Zhi Zou | Studies applying the long-term climate database of polar sounder data | Presentation and Notes |
| International Issues and Future Systems | Thursday, 17 March | 12 UTC | Niels Bormann, Peng Zhang | Cooperative actions with the international weather satellite community on issues involving polar remote sensing | 1. Review of actions & recommendations (Co-Chairs) 2. WMO data policy and core satellite data (Ken Holmlund) 3. Update on CGMS baseline and gap analysis for passive sounders (Peng Zhang) 4. FY-3E/FY4B commissioning status (Peng Zhang) 5. Outcomes of ECMWF/URSI RFI workshop (Niels Bormann) |
| Radiative Transfer and Surface Property Modelling | Tuesday, 1 March | 14 UTC | Ben Johnson, Marco Matricardi | Fostering the development of radiative transfer and surface models for sounder applications | |
| Advanced Sounders | Thursday, 24 March | 12 UTC | Dorothee Coppens, Dave Tobin | Planning and recommendations in preparation for future instrumentation | • Agenda and review of actions/recommendations (Co-Chairs) • Performance Status of FY 3E/HIRAS II and FY 4B/GIIRS (Lu Lee) • NOAA’s Plans for Hyperspectral IR Sounding from a Geostationary Orbit (Andy Heidinger) • The Use of Hyperspectral Sounding Observations For NWP (Bill Smith Sr.) • Advanced IR Sounder Nature and Role for the Next NOAA Spaceborne Architecture (Hank Revercomb) |
| Products and Software | Wednesday, 23 March | 13 UTC | Nigel Atkinson, Graeme Martin | Promoting the development and utilization of meteorological techniques and products from operational and research satellites in weather and climate applications | 1. Agenda and slides (Co-Chairs and Mathieu Asseray) 2. Singularity presentation (Jim Davies) 3. Minutes |
| Technical Sub-group | Date | Time | Co‑Chairs | Brief Description | Documents |
| RTTOV/CRTM | James Hocking, Ben Johnson | Discussions related to RTTOV/CRTM | |||
| Radio Frequency Interference | ECMWF Workshop Planned | Nancy Baker, Rich Kelley | Frequency protection for the microwave region of the electromagnetic spectrum used for scientific and operational applications of passive remote sensing |
Please note that the NWP WG had 3 scientific meetings:
- Wed 16 March 2022 7-8 am UTC – dealing with higher model resolutions
- Wed 27 April 2022 7-8 am UTC – observation error covariance studies
- Wed 11 May 2022 7-8 am UTC- handling increasing volumes of satellite observations