4th International Precipitation Working Group Workshop

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4th International Precipitation Working Group
Workshop 13 17 October 2008 Beijing, China
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IPWG Introductory Remarks
Chris Kidd The University of Birmingham
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Ralph Ferraro NOAA/NESDIS College Park, Maryland
USA
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Welcome!

• Many thanks to our hosts at NSMC and CMA
• Thanks to our program committee
• Thanks to our sponsors EUMETSAT CMA
• and thanks to you
• Excited to see so many old and new faces!
• Approximately 20 countries represented here!
• We have a busy agenda over the next 4 days
• talks, posters, conversation session working
  groups
• Our expectations are that we will all work hard!

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IPWG History

• Endorsed by the CGMS 29th session (July 2001)
• Formation Meeting June 2001, Fort Collins, US
• IPWG-1 September 2002, INM, Madrid, Spain
• IPWG-2 October 2004, NRL, Monterey, US
• IPWG-3 October 2006, Bureau of Meteorology,
  Melbourne, Australia
• IPWG-4 October 2008, NSMC Beijing, China

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IPWG Objectives
1) Promote standard operational procedures and
common software for deriving precipitation
measurements from satellites 2) Establish
standards for validation and independent
verification of precipitation measurements 3)
Foster the exchange of data on inter-comparisons
of operational precipitation measurements from
satellites 4) Stimulate increased international
scientific research and development in this
field 5) Provide recommendations to national and
international agencies regarding the utilization
of current and future satellite instruments on
both polar and geostationary platforms 6)
Encourage regular education and training
activities
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Accomplishments

• Addition of High Frequency channels (166 and 183
  GHz) to the Global Precipitation Mission (GPM)
  Microwave Imager
• Microwave/Snowfall workshops Univ. of Wisconsin
  (Oct'05) and Steamboat Springs (Feb'08)
• Contributions to two major National Academy of
  Sciences (NAS) reports on TRMM and GPM missions
• Real-time validation of satellite and NWP
  precipitation datasets expansion with new sites
  and participants
• Results in BAMS Ebert et al., 2007, 88,1,47-64
• Measuring Precipitation from Space EURAINSAT
• and the Future (Levizzani, Bauer and Turk,
  Eds, 722p)

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Recent Meetings

• Specialty Workshops
• PEHRPP Geneva, 12/07
• IWSSM, Steamboat Springs, 4/08
• Representation at meetings and conferences
• IGeoLab FG-4 (3/07)
• EUMETSAT/AMS (9/07)
• 3rd GPM GV workshop (3/08)
• EUMETSAT(9/08)
• Snow Hydrology workshop

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Session Summary
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Sign up sheets

• Membership form
• Working Groups
• JAMC special collection issue
• Normal submission process (Ralf Bennartz)
• Ferraro/guest editor
• Notice of intent
• This meeting/signup
• October 31
• Manuscript deadline 12/31/08
• Organization?

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Meeting logistics

• Load your presentations
• Poster and conversation sessions designed so
  that you can exchange ideas and talk about issues
  raised in the talks
• Reception this evening invitation with your
  meeting materials

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Backup Slides
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Monday October 13
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Tuesday October 14
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Poster Session 2B
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Poster Session 2D
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Wednesday October 15
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Poster Session 3B
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Thursday October 16
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WG - Research
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WG - Applications
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WG - Validation
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WG New Techniques/Technology
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IPWG Special Issue of JAMC
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IPWG Special Issue of JAMC