ECMWF GRAS SAF Workshop on GPS Radio Occultation

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Workshop background

The Workshop on GPS Radio Occultation will be held from 16 to 18 June 2008.

A joint ECMWF-EUMETSAT/GRAS SAF workshop on “the assimilation of GPS radio-occultation (GPS RO) measurements” will be organised at the Centre.

The workshop will consider the applications of GPS radio occultation measurements in operational numerical weather prediction and reanalysis/climate studies. GPS radio occultation measurements are an important new addition to the global observing network: they have good vertical resolution, an all weather capability and long term stability. Forecast impact studies at a number of operational numerical weather prediction centres have demonstrated that they provide useful temperature information. The measurements can be assimilated without bias correction and therefore have the potential to improve the bias correction of satellite radiance measurements. Recent studies have also shown that they provide useful information on the height of the planetary boundary layer. Furthermore, the long term stability of the GPS radio occultation measurements suggests that they will have important applications in climate signal detection and model testing.

The topics for the workshop will include: status of current and future missions, the latest developments in assimilation methods employed at the operational centres, the retrieval planetary boundary layer information and recent work on the reanalysis and climate applications.

A draft programme is available here.

If you are interested in attending the workshop please complete the application form. [link removed 12.6.2008]

We hope to organize some poster sessions in addition to the proposed programme. If you are interested in giving a poster please provide relevant information on the application form.

Please note however that we do not have any funding available towards your expenses for travel or attendance of the meeting.

Hotels

Click here for a selection of hotels and guest houses in Reading. If you do not find what you want try a more comprehensive list of accomodation (online booking available) here , but be aware that some hotels/guest houses may be far away from ECMWF or Reading town centre .

Information about Reading

Further information about Reading can be found here.

Contact

For enquiries please contact rd-workshop