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2nd IPWG Workshop
Monterey, 25-28 October, 2004

PRESENTATIONS

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• The WMO Space Programme
  D. E. Hinsman
  
• The International Precipitation Working Group
  A. Gruber, and V. Levizzani
  

SESSION 1 - International Projects and Satellite Programs

• Report of the Rapporteur to the Coordination Group for Meteorological Satellites (CGMS)
  J. F. W. Purdom
  
• Research and Operational Application of TRMM-Based, Fine Time Scale Precipitation Analyses
  R. F. Adler, G. J. Huffman, D. T. Bolvin, S. Curtis. G. Gu, and E. J. Nelkin
  
• Microphysical Considerations in Remote Sensing of Precipitation
  D. Rosenfeld, and V. Levizzani
  
• Assessment of Global Precipitation Data for IPCC
  A. Gruber, and V. Levizzani
  
• The SEVIRI Precipitating Clouds Product of the Nowcasting SAF: First Results
  A. Thoss, and R. Bennartz
  
• Integration of the EUMETSAT Multisensor Precipitation Estimate (MPE) in an Operational Realtime Processing Environment
  T. Heinemann
  
• Daily Mapping of the 24-hour Rainfall at Pixel Scale over South Africa Using Satellite, Radar and Raingauge Data
  G. Pegram, I. Deyzel, P. Visser, D. Terblanche, S. Sinclair, and G. Green
  
• EPPrePMex, A Real-time Rainfall Estimation System Based on GOES-IR Satellite Imagery
  J. Sanchez-Sesma, and M. A. Sosa Chiñas
  
• Moving toward Multispectral, Multiplatform Operational Satellite Precipitation Estimates at NESDIS
  R. J. Kuligowski, and R. A. Scofield
  

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SESSION 2 - Operationally-Oriented Precipitation datasets

• The Status of the NOAA/NESDIS Operational AMSU Precipitation Algorithm
  R. Ferraro, F. Weng, N. Grody, L. Zhao, P. Pellegrino, C. Kongoli, H. Meng, and M. Liu
  
• TRMM TMI Rainfall Retrieval Algorithm
  C. Kummerow
  
• The Evaluation of a Passive Microwave-Based Satellite Rainfall Estimation Algorithm with an IR-Based Algorithm at Short time Scales
  R. Joyce, J. Janowiak, P. A. Arkin, and P. Xie
  
• The Status of the Multi-satellite Precipitation Analysis and Insights Gained from Adding New Data Sources
  G. J. Huffman, R. F. Adler, D. T. Bolvin, and E. J. Nelkin
  
• A Cloud Motion Winds Diffusion Scheme for Quantitative Rainfall Estimation
  F. J. Tapiador
  
• A Combined TMI - SSM/I Rainfall Estimation Technique For Land Surfaces Over Western Africa
  J. Schulz, C. Simmer, and M. Diederich
  
• Operational Rainfall Retrieval Based on Cloud Microphysical Properties
  T. Nauss, C. Reudenbach, and J. Bendix
  
• Precipitation Observational Capabilities at the Brazilian Institute for Space Research
  C. F. Angelis, L. A. Toledo Machado, and C. A. Morales
  
• The Global Satellite Mapping of Precipitation (GSMaP) Project: Integration of Microwave and Infrared Radiometers For a Global Precipitation Map
  T. Ushio, K. Okamoto, F. Isoda, Y. Iida, K. Aonashi, T. Inoue, N. Takahashi, T. Iguchi, H. Hanado, and K. Iwanami
  
• HOAPS-II: Global Ocean Precipitation data Base
  C. Klepp. K. Fennig, S. Bakan, H. Grassl, and J. Schulz
  

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SESSION 3 - Validation and Error Analysis

• Estimating Bias of Satellite-Based Precipitation Estimates Relative to In Situ Measurements
  T. M. Smith, P. A. Arkin, G. J. Huffman, and J. J. Bates
  
• Rainfall Estimation Using Satellite Data
  C. Oria Rojas
  
• Monitoring the Quality of Operational and Semi-Operational Satellite Precipitation Estimates: The IPWG Validation / Intercomparison Study
  E. E. Ebert
  
• Validation of Satellite-Derived Rainfall Estimates and Numerical Model Forecasts of Precipitation over the US
  J. E. Janowiak
  
• Validation of Satellite Rainfall Estimates over the Mid-latitudes
  C. Kidd
  
• Verifying Precipitation Events Using Composite Statistics
  J. Nachamkin
  
• Assessment of Tropical Rainfall Potential (TRaP) Forecasts During the 2003-04 Australian Tropical Ccyclone Season
  E. E. Ebert
  
• Describing the Diurnal Cycle of Precipitation Using Satellite Observations
  P. A. Arkin
  
• Calculation Of Gridded Precipitation Data for Global Land-Surface Using In Situ Gauge Observations
  B. Rudolf, C. Beck, P. Finger, J. Grieser, H. Maechel, and U. Schneider
  
• Research and Application of Rainfall Analysis using Cloud Classification System (CCS)
  Y. Hong, K.-L. Hsu, and S. Sorooshian
  
• The Need for Experimental Ddata in Support of IPWG Research Activities
  B. Bizzarri, and A. Gasiewski
  
• NASA GEOS-3/TRMM Re-Analysis: Capturing Observed Rainfall Variability in Global Analysis
  A. Hou
  
• Some Relationships Between Mesoscale ConvectiveSystems and Observed Rainfall Over Del Plata Basin
  D. Vila, L. A. Toledo Machado, and I. Velasco
  
• Precipitation Characteristics of Landfall Typhoons in the Taiwan Area
  B. J.-D. Jou
  
• Active and passive microwave remote sensing of precipitation at high latitudes
  R. Bennartz, M. Kulie, C. O’Dell, S. Pinori, and A. Mugnai
  
• Simulated Snowfall Measurements From Satellite Observations at Microwave Frequencies
  A. Mugnai
  
• Experimental Light Rainfall and Snowfall Products for CloudSat
  T. L'Ecuyer
  
• A Combined Radar-Radiometer Approach to Estimate Rain Rate Profile and Underlying Surface Wind Speed over the Ocean
  S. Brown, and C. Ruf
  
• Spatial and Temporal Variability of Drop Size Distribution from Vertically Pointing Micro Rain Radar (MRR)
  C. Simmer, and M. Diederich
  
• GPM Era Precipitation Algorithms
  E. A. Smith
  
• Evaluation of RTTOV8 at AMSU Frequencies by Comparison with Observations and ARTS
  U. O'Keeffe, A. Doherty, and S. English/em>
  
• Radiometer Channel Optimization for Precipitation Remote Sensing
  P. Bauer, E. Moreau, and S. di Michele
  
• Rainfall Type Estimation from the Information on Life Stage of Deep Convection (Feasibility of assigning the life stage of deep convection)
  T. Inoue, D. Vila, and T. Ushio
  
• Satellite Precipitation Estimates and the CAFFG System
  R. Alfaro
  
• Need for High resolution Precipitation Products for Climate Studies
  P. A. Arkin