Programme
(updated on 2 November 2015)
| Monday, 2 November 2015 | ||
| 11:30 - 11:45 | Opening of the workshop | |
| 11:45 - 12:45 | J. Kerkmann | History of rapid scan observations with Meteosat from 2002 to 2015 |
| 12:45 - 14:00 | Lunch break | |
| 14:00 - 15:20 | P. K. Wang | Fundamentals of deep convective storms |
| 15:20 - 15:40 | Coffee-break | |
| 15:40 - 17:00 | K. Bedka | Observations and analyses of severe storms within 1-minute Super Rapid Scan GOES imager data |
| 17:00 - 18:30 | Welcome drink (at the workshop venue) |
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| Tuesday, 3 November 2015 | ||
| 09:00 - 10:20 | P. K. Wang | Storm Dynamics, thermodynamics and microphysics |
| 10:20 - 10:40 | Coffee-break | |
| 10:40 - 12:00 | K. Bedka | Automated detection of overshooting tops in satellite imagery |
| 12:00 - 12:40 | J. Kaňák | Considerations on relation between OT minimum BT and its geometrical height, in dependence on scanning interval, and impact of scanning interval on reliability of such observations |
| 12:45 - 14:00 | Lunch break | |
| 14:00 - 15:20 | M. Setvák | Cloud-top phenomena evolution and variability in the MSG 2.5-minute rapid scan data |
| 15:20 - 15:40 | Coffee-break | |
| 15:40 - 16:20 | M. Radová | Overshooting tops in MSG 2.5-minute rapid scan data |
| 16:20 - 17:00 | M. Valachová | Lightning activity and satellite observations of convective storms in Central Europe |
| Wednesday, 4 November 2015 | ||
| 09:00 - 10:20 | P. K. Wang | Model simulations of storm top features at very high time resolution |
| 10:20 - 10:40 | Coffee-break | |
| 10:40 - 12:40 | D. Rosenfeld | Disparity between time and space scales - comparisons with high resolution satellite data |
| 12:45 - 14:00 |
Lunch break |
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| 14:00 - 14:40 | M. Putsay | Benefits of RSS data for the Hungarian forecasters |
| 14:40 - 15:20 | J. Sulan | Use of MSG RSS data for nowcasting in road meteorology |
| 15:20 - 15:40 | Coffee-break | |
| 15:40 - 17:00 | M. Setvák, J. Kerkmann | Satellite rapid scan and time-lapse photography (aimed at clouds and other atmospheric phenomena) |
| from 17:45 |
EUMETSAT |
Workshop dinner |
| Thursday, 5 November 2015 | ||
| 09:30 - 10:50 | D. Rosenfeld | Relationships between cloud dynamics and observed cloud composition |
| 10:50 - 11:10 | Coffee-break | |
| 11:10 - 11:50 | J. Kaňák | Practical notes on processing and evaluation of rapid scan measurements, including comparison between 15, 5 and 2.5-minutes measurements by MSG satellites |
| 11:50 - 12:40 | M. Putsay | Possible benefit of RSS data in the Convective Initiation calculation |
| 12:45 - 14:00 | Lunch break | |
| 14:00 - 14:30 | M. Putsay | Benefits of RSS data for forecasters in convective studies |
| 14:30 - 15:00 | M. Putsay | Impact of tracer size and time step on AMV retrievals |
| 15:00 - 19:00 | CHMI | 16:00 Guided Tour - Klementinum (max. 25 persons) |
| Friday, 6 November 2015 | ||
| 09:00 - 10:15 | J. Kaňák | Comparison of the performance of some algorithms on standard and RSS SEVIRI data: - atmospheric motion vectors from IR and WV channels - detection and tracking of convective cells - usage of algorithm for short term satellite image extrapolations for control of surface temperatures as outputs from NWP model in INCA system |
| 10:15 - 10:30 | Coffee-break | |
| 10:30 - 11:10 | J. Kerkmann | Rapid scans with Himawari-8 and future GOES-R ABI and MTG-I FCI |
| 11:10 - 12:00 | Final discussions and closure of the workshop | |