International TOVS Working Group

ITSC-23 Working Group Meetings

Working group meetings were held in advance of ITSC-23 on the dates shown below.

Working GroupDateCo-ChairsBrief DescriptionDocuments
Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP)Monday, 7 JuneBrett Candy,
Fiona Smith
Operational and research applications of LEO and GEO sounder and imager radiance data in numerical weather prediction 
Climate studiesTuesday, 8 JuneNathalie Selbach,
Cheng-Zhi Zou
Studies applying the long-term climate database of polar sounder data 
International Issues and Future SystemsFriday, 11 JuneNiels Bormann,
Peng Zhang
Cooperative actions with the international weather satellite community on issues involving polar remote sensing 
Radiative Transfer and surface property modellingTuesday, 15 JuneBen Johnson,
Marco Matricardi
Fostering the development of radiative transfer and surface models for sounder applications 
Advanced SoundersWednesday, 16 JuneDorothee Coppens,
Dave Tobin
Planning and recommendations in preparation for future instrumentation1. Co-Chairs’ Presentation (PDF)
2. PC Compression News (PDF)
3. HIRAS and GIIRS (PDF)
4. FORUM (PDF)
5. ICI Users (PDF)
6. NOAA Next-Gen (PDF)
7. IASI-A EOL Overview (PDF)
8. Broberg AIRS EOL Tobin (PDF)
Products and SoftwareThursday, 17 JuneNigel Atkinson,
Graeme Martin
Promoting the development and utilization of meteorological techniques and products from operational and research satellites in weather and climate applications 
Technical Sub-groupDateCo‑ChairsBrief DescriptionDocuments
RTTOV/CRTMMonday, 14 June
at 15:00 UTC
James Hocking,
Ben Johnson
Discussions related to RTTOV/CRTMTechnical Overview (PDF)
Future Plans (PDF)
Radio Frequency InterferenceFriday, 18 JuneNancy Baker,
Rich Kelley
Frequency protection for the microwave region of the electromagnetic spectrum used for scientific and operational applications of passive remote sensing