Planning
Wednesday, September 25, 2013
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08:00 - 09:00
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registration - On site Registration |
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09:00 - 10:00
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Introduction to Megha-Tropiques Rainfall Products ; MTGV ; Workshop Objectives - Roca / Viltard / Gosset |
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10:00 - 10:30
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Coffee break (Coriolis) |
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10:30 - 11:00
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Sources of Uncertainty in Rainfall retrieval from Satellite - Ziad Haddad |
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11:15 - 12:30
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Validating/Improving Instant Rain rate Retrievals |
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| 11:15 - 11:30 |
› A research framework to evaluate Level 2 active and passive rainfall products using ground radar-based National Mosaic QPE. - Pierre-Emmanuel Kirstetter, University of Oklahoma / National Severe Storm Laboratory |
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| 11:35 - 11:50 |
› Improving the instantaneous vertical profiling of precipitation using ground based radar measurements and passive microwave radiometers - Sahra Kacimi, Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
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| 11:55 - 12:10 |
› Algorithm Validation in the Megha-Tropiques Framework: An Attempt to Improve the Microphysic Parameterization in a Radiative Transfer Model - Audrey Martini, Laboratoire Atmosphères, Milieux, Observations Spatiales |
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| 12:15 - 12:30 |
› Satellite Rainfall Retrievals during CHUVA-GLM Experiment: Rainfall Retrievals and Life Cycle Considerations - Daniel Vila, Centro de Previsão de Tempo e Estudos Climáticos, Cooperative Institute for Climate and Satellites |
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12:30 - 13:30
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Lunch (on site buffet) (Coriolis) |
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13:45 - 15:00
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Validating/Improving Instant Rain rate Retrievals (Coriolis) |
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| 13:45 - 14:00 |
› Getting quantitative information on icy hydrometeors contributing to mw scattering from polarimetric radar - Frédéric Cazenave, Laboratoire d'étude des transferts en hydrologie et environnement |
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| 14:05 - 14:20 |
› Comparison of Rain rates and rain classification from MT BRAIN retrievals over several operationnal and research radar in the Tropics - Matias Alcoba, GET, Toulouse et al. |
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| 14:25 - 14:40 |
› Evaluation of the precipitating convective systems over the Arabian Peninsula using Megha-Tropiques data - Paul Kucera, National Center for Atmospheric Research |
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| 14:45 - 15:00 |
› Tropical convective systems life cycle characteristics from geostationary satellite and precipitating estimates derived from TRMM and ground weather radar observations over the South American region - Thomas Fiolleau, Centro Nacional de Monitoramento e Alertas de Desastres Naturais |
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15:00 - 15:30
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Break |
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15:30 - 16:00
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Scaling properties of Rainfall - Venugopal |
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16:15 - 17:15
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scale issues - sampling (Coriolis) - tbd |
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| 16:15 - 16:30 |
› Scale-related artefacts on precipitation measurement: why they impact satellite rainfall estimation - Sebastien Verrier, Université Versailles St Quentin/LATMOS, LOCEAN/UPMC/IPSL |
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| 16:30 - 16:45 |
› Simulation of rain time series with zero rainfall and actual statistical distribution in a Universal Multifractal framework - Nawal AKROUR, latmos |
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| 16:45 - 17:00 |
› Stochastic simulation of high resolution rain fields: application to assess gauge-based rainfall uncertainty in a land surface model implemented over the AMMA-CATCH Niger observatory. - Theo Vischel, Laboratoire d'étude des transferts en hydrologie et environnement |
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| 17:00 - 17:15 |
› Rainfall fields estimation by data fusion based on a variational 4DVAR assimilation technic of rain gauges and microwave links - Francois MERCIER, Univ. Versailles St Quentin / LATMOS |
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Thursday, September 26, 2013
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09:00 - 09:30
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The Uncertainty Model for the TAPEER daily rainfall estimates (Coriolis) - Philippe Chambon |
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09:30 - 10:30
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direct validation and ground truth uncertainty (Coriolis) |
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| 09:30 - 09:45 |
› analytical/conceptual models for the satelite products : an example from the MT Water Vapor product - ramses sivira, Institut Pierre-Simon-Laplace |
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| 09:45 - 10:00 |
› How to account for uncertainties when assessing rainfall products by direct comparison with gauges - Clément GUILLOTEAU, Géosciences Environnement Toulouse |
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| 10:00 - 10:15 |
› Evaluation of satellite Rainfall Products over the Karnataka state and Kabini basin - Sensitivity to resolution and network density - Sekhar Muddu, IIsc, Bangalore |
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| 10:15 - 10:30 |
› Rain-gage based rainfall products for the MT ground validation in West Africa - Guillaume Quantin, Laboratoire de Physique Théorique et Modèles Statistiques |
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10:30 - 11:00
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Coffee break (Coriolis) |
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11:00 - 12:00
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direct validation and ground truth uncertainty (Coriolis) |
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| 11:00 - 11:15 |
› Validation of Satellite-Based Precipitation Products Over Sparsely-Gauged African River Basins - Vera Thiemig, Climate Risk Management Unit; JRC |
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| 11:15 - 11:30 |
› Direct Validation of Satellite Based Rainfall Estimates against Ground Based Observations from Rain Gauges - Elena Tarnavsky, University of Reading |
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| 11:30 - 11:45 |
› Elucidating Errors and Uncertainties Through Deconstruction of Precipitation Products - Chriss Kidd, Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center |
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| 11:45 - 12:00 |
› Satellite Rainfall Validation Activities over South America - Daniel Vila, Centro de Previsão de Tempo e Estudos Climáticos, Cooperative Institute for Climate and Satellites |
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12:00 - 12:30
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Using Satellite Rainfall for Flood Modeling in Mountainous Basins (Coriolis) - Manos Anagnostou |
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12:30 - 13:30
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Lunch ( on site buffet) (Coriolis) |
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13:30 - 15:00
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hydrological applications - Rainfall error propagation (Coriolis) |
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| 13:30 - 13:45 |
› Potential of MT rain Products for flood prediction in the Tropics : preliminary studies over the Niger River - claire casse, Géosciences Environnement Toulouse |
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| 13:45 - 14:00 |
› Hydrological Evaluation of Satellite-Based Rainfall Estimates over the Volta and Baro-Akobo Basin - Vera Thiemig, Climate Risk Management Unit; JRC |
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| 14:00 - 14:15 |
› Sensitivity of the hydrological model DHSVM to rainfall forcing: application to the Ouémé catchment in Benin - Theo Vischel, Laboratoire d'étude des transferts en hydrologie et environnement |
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| 14:15 - 14:30 |
› A preliminary study on Variational Data Assimilation for the control of rainfall overthe Ouémé river (Benin) - houda yahi, marielle Gosset, Cristophe Peugeot, Sylvie Thiria, Serge Janicot |
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| 14:30 - 14:45 |
› Sensitivity studies of the Hydrological Models response to Satellite based rainfall forcing in Benin, West-Africa - Christophe Peugeot, HydroSciences Montpellier - et al. |
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15:00 - 15:30
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Uncertainties in measuring Surface Moisture (Coriolis) - ahmad Al Bitar |
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15:30 - 16:00
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Water Cycle - Cross validations - other land surface appl (Coriolis) |
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| 15:30 - 15:45 |
› Correcting Satellite Based Precipitation Products Using SMOS Measurement - Thierry Pellarin, Laboratoire d'étude des transferts en hydrologie et environnement |
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| 15:45 - 16:00 |
› How satellite rainfall estimate errors may impact rainfed cereal yield simulation in West Africa. - Johanna Ramarohetra, Laboratoire d'Océanographie et du Climat : Expérimentations et Approches Numériques |
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16:00 - 16:30
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Coffee break (Coriolis) |
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16:30 - 18:00
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GROUP DISCUSSIONS uncertainties and validation methods / Error propagation (Coriolis) |
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19:15 - 20:30
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Cocktail reception Toulouse Town Hall - Reception par le Maire de Toulouse |
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Friday, September 27, 2013
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09:00 - 10:30
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Other Ground Validation activities and data sets, MTGV preliminary results. (Coriolis) - TBD |
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| 09:00 - 09:15 |
› Xband radar based Rainfall Quantitative Estimation during MeghaTropiques GV exercises - Modeste KACOU, Géosciences Environnement Toulouse, Laboratoire de Physique de l'Atmosphère et Mécanique des Fluides |
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| 09:15 - 09:30 |
› Comparison of the Cameroon Weather Synoptic Stations Rainfall Data with TRMM Datasets: Intra and inter annual Rainfall variability. - MOUDI PASCAL IGRI, Ecole Africaine de la Météorologie et de l'Aviation Civile/Laboratoire de Modélisation Environnementale et de Physique de l'Atmosphère |
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| 09:30 - 09:45 |
› Validation of satellite-derived rainfall estimates over China - wei liao, National Meteorological Information Center |
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| 09:45 - 10:00 |
› Validation and Intercomparison of Satellite Rainfall Products over Peru - Waldo Lavado, Servicio Nacional de Meteorología e Hidrología del Perú, SENAMHI |
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| 10:00 - 10:15 |
› Precipitation product retrieved from EUMETSAT geostationary satellites. - Marie Doutriaux-Boucher, EUMETSAT |
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| 10:15 - 10:30 |
› Validation of Satellite Rainfall Products over the Upper Blue Nile Basin - Mekonnen Gebremichael, University of California Los Angeles |
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10:30 - 11:00
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Coffee break |
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11:00 - 11:30
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Other Ground Validation activities and data sets, MTGV preliminary results. |
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| 11:00 - 11:30 |
› Preliminary assesment of the MT TAPEER product and impact of MADRAS - Taburet et al. |
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11:30 - 12:00
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Current MTGV plan and new opportunities for collaboration (Coriolis) - Gosset et al. - General discussion |
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12:00 - 13:00
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Lunch ( on site buffet) (Coriolis) |
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13:00 - 14:00
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Closing Discussion - Chairman reports |
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14:00 - 17:00
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mini-course on R for Ground reference Rainfall Processing and SAt-Ground comparisons - a 3 hours short course based on examples to learn how to Quality control and process your rain gauges data with the free package R. |
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