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08:00 09:00 10:00 11:00 12:00 13:00 14:00 15:00 16:00 17:00 18:00 19:00 20:00	registration 8:00 - 9:00 (1h) registration On site Registration Introduction to Megha-Tropiques Rainfall Products ; MTGV ; Workshop Objectives 9:00 - 10:00 (1h) Introduction to Megha-Tropiques Rainfall Products ; MTGV ; Workshop Objectives Roca / Viltard / Gosset Coffee break 10:00 - 10:30 (30min) Coffee break Coriolis Sources of Uncertainty in Rainfall retrieval from Satellite 10:30 - 11:00 (30min) Sources of Uncertainty in Rainfall retrieval from Satellite Ziad Haddad Validating/Improving Instant Rain rate Retrievals 11:15 - 12:30 (1h15) Validating/Improving Instant Rain rate Retrievals › 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 11:15-11:30 (15min) › Improving the instantaneous vertical profiling of precipitation using ground based radar measurements and passive microwave radiometers - Sahra Kacimi, Jet Propulsion Laboratory 11:35-11:50 (15min) › 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 11:55-12:10 (15min) › 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 12:15-12:30 (15min) Lunch (on site buffet) 12:30 - 13:30 (1h) Lunch (on site buffet) Coriolis Validating/Improving Instant Rain rate Retrievals 13:45 - 15:00 (1h15) Validating/Improving Instant Rain rate Retrievals Coriolis › Getting quantitative information on icy hydrometeors contributing to mw scattering from polarimetric radar - Frédéric Cazenave, Laboratoire d'étude des transferts en hydrologie et environnement 13:45-14:00 (15min) › 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. 14:05-14:20 (15min) › Evaluation of the precipitating convective systems over the Arabian Peninsula using Megha-Tropiques data - Paul Kucera, National Center for Atmospheric Research 14:25-14:40 (15min) › 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 14:45-15:00 (15min) Break 15:00 - 15:30 (30min) Break Scaling properties of Rainfall 15:30 - 16:00 (30min) Scaling properties of Rainfall Venugopal scale issues - sampling 16:15 - 17:15 (1h) scale issues - sampling Coriolis tbd › Scale-related artefacts on precipitation measurement: why they impact satellite rainfall estimation - Sebastien Verrier, Université Versailles St Quentin/LATMOS, LOCEAN/UPMC/IPSL 16:15-16:30 (15min) › Simulation of rain time series with zero rainfall and actual statistical distribution in a Universal Multifractal framework - Nawal AKROUR, latmos 16:30-16:45 (15min) › 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 16:45-17:00 (15min) › 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 17:00-17:15 (15min)	The Uncertainty Model for the TAPEER daily rainfall estimates 9:00 - 9:30 (30min) The Uncertainty Model for the TAPEER daily rainfall estimates Coriolis Philippe Chambon direct validation and ground truth uncertainty 9:30 - 10:30 (1h) direct validation and ground truth uncertainty Coriolis › analytical/conceptual models for the satelite products : an example from the MT Water Vapor product - ramses sivira, Institut Pierre-Simon-Laplace 09:30-09:45 (15min) › How to account for uncertainties when assessing rainfall products by direct comparison with gauges - Clément GUILLOTEAU, Géosciences Environnement Toulouse 09:45-10:00 (15min) › Evaluation of satellite Rainfall Products over the Karnataka state and Kabini basin - Sensitivity to resolution and network density - Sekhar Muddu, IIsc, Bangalore 10:00-10:15 (15min) › Rain-gage based rainfall products for the MT ground validation in West Africa - Guillaume Quantin, Laboratoire de Physique Théorique et Modèles Statistiques 10:15-10:30 (15min) Coffee break 10:30 - 11:00 (30min) Coffee break Coriolis direct validation and ground truth uncertainty 11:00 - 12:00 (1h) direct validation and ground truth uncertainty Coriolis › Validation of Satellite-Based Precipitation Products Over Sparsely-Gauged African River Basins - Vera Thiemig, Climate Risk Management Unit; JRC 11:00-11:15 (15min) › Direct Validation of Satellite Based Rainfall Estimates against Ground Based Observations from Rain Gauges - Elena Tarnavsky, University of Reading 11:15-11:30 (15min) › Elucidating Errors and Uncertainties Through Deconstruction of Precipitation Products - Chriss Kidd, Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center 11:30-11:45 (15min) › Satellite Rainfall Validation Activities over South America - Daniel Vila, Centro de Previsão de Tempo e Estudos Climáticos, Cooperative Institute for Climate and Satellites 11:45-12:00 (15min) Using Satellite Rainfall for Flood Modeling in Mountainous Basins 12:00 - 12:30 (30min) Using Satellite Rainfall for Flood Modeling in Mountainous Basins Coriolis Manos Anagnostou Lunch ( on site buffet) 12:30 - 13:30 (1h) Lunch ( on site buffet) Coriolis hydrological applications - Rainfall error propagation 13:30 - 15:00 (1h30) hydrological applications - Rainfall error propagation Coriolis › Potential of MT rain Products for flood prediction in the Tropics : preliminary studies over the Niger River - claire casse, Géosciences Environnement Toulouse 13:30-13:45 (15min) › Hydrological Evaluation of Satellite-Based Rainfall Estimates over the Volta and Baro-Akobo Basin - Vera Thiemig, Climate Risk Management Unit; JRC 13:45-14:00 (15min) › 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 14:00-14:15 (15min) › 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 14:15-14:30 (15min) › Sensitivity studies of the Hydrological Models response to Satellite based rainfall forcing in Benin, West-Africa - Christophe Peugeot, HydroSciences Montpellier - et al. 14:30-14:45 (15min) Uncertainties in measuring Surface Moisture 15:00 - 15:30 (30min) Uncertainties in measuring Surface Moisture Coriolis ahmad Al Bitar Water Cycle - Cross validations - other land surface appl 15:30 - 16:00 (30min) Water Cycle - Cross validations - other land surface appl Coriolis › Correcting Satellite Based Precipitation Products Using SMOS Measurement - Thierry Pellarin, Laboratoire d'étude des transferts en hydrologie et environnement 15:30-15:45 (15min) › 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 15:45-16:00 (15min) Coffee break 16:00 - 16:30 (30min) Coffee break Coriolis GROUP DISCUSSIONS uncertainties and validation methods / Error propagation 16:30 - 18:00 (1h30) GROUP DISCUSSIONS uncertainties and validation methods / Error propagation Coriolis Cocktail reception Toulouse Town Hall 19:15 - 20:30 (1h15) Cocktail reception Toulouse Town Hall Reception par le Maire de Toulouse	Other Ground Validation activities and data sets, MTGV preliminary results. 9:00 - 10:30 (1h30) Other Ground Validation activities and data sets, MTGV preliminary results. Coriolis TBD › 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 09:00-09:15 (15min) › 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 09:15-09:30 (15min) › Validation of satellite-derived rainfall estimates over China - wei liao, National Meteorological Information Center 09:30-09:45 (15min) › Validation and Intercomparison of Satellite Rainfall Products over Peru - Waldo Lavado, Servicio Nacional de Meteorología e Hidrología del Perú, SENAMHI 09:45-10:00 (15min) › Precipitation product retrieved from EUMETSAT geostationary satellites. - Marie Doutriaux-Boucher, EUMETSAT 10:00-10:15 (15min) › Validation of Satellite Rainfall Products over the Upper Blue Nile Basin - Mekonnen Gebremichael, University of California Los Angeles 10:15-10:30 (15min) Coffee break 10:30 - 11:00 (30min) Coffee break Other Ground Validation activities and data sets, MTGV preliminary results. 11:00 - 11:30 (30min) Other Ground Validation activities and data sets, MTGV preliminary results. › Preliminary assesment of the MT TAPEER product and impact of MADRAS - Taburet et al. 11:00-11:30 (30min) Current MTGV plan and new opportunities for collaboration 11:30 - 12:00 (30min) Current MTGV plan and new opportunities for collaboration Coriolis Gosset et al. - General discussion Lunch ( on site buffet) 12:00 - 13:00 (1h) Lunch ( on site buffet) Coriolis Closing Discussion 13:00 - 14:00 (1h) Closing Discussion Chairman reports mini-course on R for Ground reference Rainfall Processing and SAt-Ground comparisons 14:00 - 17:00 (3h) 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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