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2024 IOVWST

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Presentations (the first presentation in each session is a summary talk)

Session 1: Programmatic Talks

Session 2: Short Reviews

Session 3: Data Issues and Data Sharing

Session 4: Observing System Updates and Remote Sensing Technology

Session 5: Oceanography

Session 6: What needs to be done or changed to better understand observed extreme winds in the context of satellite observations and weather models?

Session 7: Air-Sea Interaction

Session 8: Processes through which currents, SSTs, and waves interact with ocean surface winds to modify air-sea coupling, and the resulting impacts on the atmosphere and ocean

Session 9: Meteorology

Lightning Talks for Posters: Current and Future Ocean Vector Wind Mission Updates

Lightning Talks for Posters: Planning and Results for Improved Calibration of Extreme Winds and Stress, Climate Data Record Development and Analysis and Meteorological Applications

Additional Posters

2023 November IOVWST

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Presentations (the first presentation in each session is a summary talk)

Day 1: November 30th, 2023

Day 2: December 1st, 2023

2023 October IOVWST

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Presentations (the first presentation in each session is a summary talk)

Session 1: Atmospheric Processes Related to Winds

Session 2: Ocean Processes Related to Winds

Session 3: Planned and Suggested Missions

Session 4: Science and Data Needs in Coastal Regions

Session 5: Science and Operational Impacts and Causes of Differences between Remotely Sensed Wind Products and NWP Products

Session 6: Using >25 Years Wind Record for Science and Applications

Session 7: Sensing Wind Coupling to Other Variables

Session 8: Outstanding Issues in Calibration for Routine Conditions

Outstanding Issues in Calibration for Routine Conditions
Richards Lindsley (RSS), Zhen Li (KNMI), Ad Stoffelen (KNMI)
Higher-Order Calibration on WindRAD scatterometer winds
Zhen Li, Ad Stoffelen, and Anton Verhoef
An Analysis of Antarctica As a Target For First Order Cross-Calibration Between NSCAT, SMAP, and ASCAT
Nathan Porter and David G. Long
Calibration of the ERS scatterometer wind product with NOC and Cone Metrics
Jeroen Verspeek, Ad Stoffelen, and Anton Verhoef
Using scatterometer observations to correct for persistent biases in modelled ocean surface winds
Rianne Giesen, Ad Stoffelen, Jorge Miguel Fernández, and Anton Verhoef

Session 9: Towards Consensus on Extreme Winds

2022 IOVWST

Sponsors
Agenda
Attendees
Concluding Discussions and Decisions
Presentations/Posters (In agenda order)
1. Discussion of Satellite Missions to Measure Winds and Currents
  - 2022 Meeting kick off
    Mark Bourassa and Stefanie Linow
  - An Instrument for Measuring Winds and Currents
    Ernesto Rodriguez and Alexander Wineteer
  - Science priorities for a winds and currents mission
    Sarah Gille
  - Navy Applications
    Gregg Jacobs and TBD
  - NOAA Applications
    Paul Chang and TBD
  - Impact of Dynamic Coupling from Currents to Wind Stress over the Gulf Stream
    Jackie May (Naval Research Laboratory - Stennis Space Center, MS) and Mark Bourassa
  - Wind and Current Coupling: Large Impacts but Large Uncertainties
    Lionel Renault
  - Update on the Harmony and SeaStar Missions
    Ad Stoffelen
2. Mission Updates
  - Status of EUMETSAT scatterometer missions
    Stefanie Linow (EUMETSAT), Narges Khosravi, Craig Anderson, Marc Cloarec
  - Compact Ocean Wind Vector Radiometer Mission Status
    Shannon Brown (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), Mary Morris and Amarit Kitiyakara
  - Update on Oceansat-3
    Raj Kumar-Sharma
3. Tropical Cyclones
  - Next Generation Hurricane Boundary Layer Observations During The 2021 Hurricane Season By IWRAP
    Paul Chang (NOAA/NESDIS/STAR), Zorana Jelenak, Joe Sapp, Jim Carswell, Casey Shoup, Qi Zhu, Steve Frasier, Steve Guimond
  - Physics of the Ocean-Atmosphere Coupling in Extreme Winds
    Stephen Guimond (UMBC and NASA/GSFC), S. Sroka, D. Protzko, J. Sapp, Z. Jelenak and P. Chang
  - Assessment of Saildrone extreme wind measurements in Hurricane Sam using MW satellite sensors
    Lucrezia Ricciardulli (Remote Sensing Systems), Gregory Foltz (NOAA/AOML), Andrew Manaster (RSS), Thomas Meissner (RSS)
  - Towards a Theory of Turbulence Spectra of Tropical Cyclones
    Boris Galperin (College of Marine Science, University of South Florida), Alexander K. Nickerson, Gregory P. King, Jun A. Zhang, and Semion Sukoriansky
  - Estimating Boundary Layer Eddy Viscosity in Tropical Cyclones from Synthetic Aperture Radar Images
    Ralph Foster (Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington), Alexis Mouche, Bertrand Chapron
4. Coastal Applications
  - Marine Heat Waves in the Chile-Peru Current System: Role of Sea-Surface Physical Processes in Mixed-Layer Temperature Changes
    Melanie Fewings (Oregon State University), Kylene M. Cooley, James A. Lerczak, Larry A. O’Neill, and Kevin S. Brown
  - Toward Coincident Winds and Currents with Coastal HF Radar
    Brian Emery (UCSB Marine Science Institute), and Anthony Kirincich
  - QuikSCAT radar cross section correction for improved coastal winds retrieval
    Giuseppe Grieco (Institute of Marine Sciences - CNR), Ad Stoffelen, Jur Vogelzang, Anton Verhoef, and Marcos Portabella
5. Discussion of new Wind-Related Products and Calibration
  - Creating an extended and consistent ESDR of the ocean surface winds, stress and their dynamically-significant derivatives for the period 1999-2022 - a MEaSUREs-funded project: A subset of new products now available to the IOVWST
    Svetla Hristova-Veleva (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology), B. Stiles, A. Fore, A. Wineteer, D. Moroni, M. Bourassa, D. Vandemark, L. O'Neill, T. Kilpatrick, S. Asharaf, E. Wright, X. Xie, F. J. Turk, M. Emond, P. P. Li, B. Knosp, Q. Vu, J. Jacob, F. Polverari, P. Callahan, R. S. Dunbar, E. Rodriguez
  - Rain Contamination Corrected ScatSAT Ocean Wind Vector Product
    Bryan Stiles (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), Alexander Fore, Alexander Wineteer, and Svetla Hristova-Veleva
  - Recent Update on Operational Use of Scatterometer Winds in JMA’s Mesoscale NWP System
    Yusuke Ioka (Japan Meteorological Agency)
  - Development of a 11-year ERA* high resolution ocean forcing dataset
    Evgeniia Makarova (Institute of Marine Sciences (ICM-CSIC)), Ana Trindade, Giuseppe Grieco, Marcos Portabella, Rianne Giesen, Ad Stoffelen, Anton Verhoef
  - Inter-calibration of scatterometers and radiometers under extreme wind conditions using NOAA hurricane hunter flight data
    Alberto Rabaneda (Barcelona Expert Centre (BEC), Institute of Marine Sciences (ICM-CSIC)), Marcos Portabella, Giuseppe Grieco, Federica Polverari, Ad Stoffelen, Joseph Sapp, Zorana Jelenak, Paul Chang
  - Improved Rain Screening Methods for Advanced Quality Control and Wind-Rain Estimation Models for Ku-band Wind Scatterometry
    Xingou Xu (Chinese Academy of Sciences), Ad Stoffelen, Anton Verhoef and Ke Zhao
  - Estimating Sea Surface Local Wind Variability from ASCAT-derived information
    Wenming Lin (Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology), Marcos Portabella
  - A look at v1.2 NOAA CyGNSS wind retrieval performance through the use of tropical cyclone composite imagery
    Faozi Said (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/Global Science & Technology), Zorana Jelenak, Paul S. Chang
  - Intercalibration of HY-2/SCAT and MetOp/ASCAT scatterometer winds
    Zhixiong Wang (NUIST), Juhong Zou, Qian Feng, Wenming Lin, Ad Stoffelen
  - Intercalibration of the Virtual Scatterometer Constellation
    Ad Stoffelen (KNMI), Jeroen Verspeek, Anton Verhoef, Zhen Li, with help from CGMS OSW TG / CEOS OSVW VC
6. Boundary-layer Processes
  - Global identification of atmospheric surface layer stratification states through the imprint of boundary layer coherent structures on the sea-surface roughness
    Justin Stopa (The University of Hawaii at Manoa), Chen Wang, Douglas Vandemark, Ralph Foster, Alexis Mouche, Bertrand Chapron
  - Wind drift in a homogeneous equilibrium sea
    Roger Samelson (CEOAS, Oregon State University)
  - Wind work at the air-sea interface: A modeling study in anticipation of future space missions
    Hector Torres (JPL,Caltech), Patrice Klein, Jinbo Wang, Alexander Wineteer, Bo Qiu, Andrew Thompson, Ernesto Rodriguez, Dimitris Menemenlis, Hong Zhang, Ehud Strobach, Mar Flexas, and Dragana Perkovic-Martin
  - Tropical Oceanic Cold Pools in High-Resolution Cloud Resolving Model Compared with Satellite Scatterometers
    Piyush Garg (Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont IL), Stephen W. Nesbitt, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Timothy J. Lang, NASA MSFC; George Priftis, University of Alabama Huntsville
  - Annual Modulation of Diurnal Winds in the Tropical Oceans
    Donata Giglio (University of Colorado Boulder), Sarah T. Gille, Bruce D. Cornuelle, Aneesh C. Subramanian, F. Joseph Turk, Svetla Hristova-Veleva, Devon Northcott
  - Analysis of Ocean Wind Vector Divergence And Vorticity Co-Variability In The Pacific Ocean Through Steady State Ekman Balance
    Robert Jacobs (Oregon State University), Larry O'Neill
  - Anchoring of the Gulf Stream Convergence Zones by the storm track and sea surface temperatures
    Niklas Schneider (University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa), Ryusuke Masunaga, Bruce Cornuelle, Larry O’Neill, Thomas Kilpatrick, Masami Nonaka, Justin Small and Shang-Ping Xie
  - Impact of Boundary Layer on Biomass Burning Aerosol Transportation in Coastal Regions within Tropics
    Georgrios Priftis (University of Alabama in Huntsville), Udayshankar Nair, Timothy J. Lang
Asynchronous Presentations
- Winds and Currents
  - Difficulty and partial success in diagnosing cross-equatorial surface currents from satellite: Yanai-mode tropical instability waves
    Shang-Ping Xie (UC San Diego)
  - Wind and Wave Effects on Surface Currents from Doppler Scatterometry
    Ernesto Rodriguez (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology), J. Tom Farrar, Paul Siqueira, Max Adam, James Edson, Anthony Kirincich
  - Ocean Current Gradients Modify the Atmosphere
    Mark A. Bourassa and Jackie May
  - On The Characterization of The Ka-Band Ocean Surface Backscatter Using Doppler Scatterometer Measurements From The Air-Sea Interaction Tower Experiment
    Federica Polverari (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology), Alexander Wineteer, Ernesto Rodriguez, Dragana Perkovic-Martin, Paul Siqueira, J. Thomas Farrar, J. Max Adam, James Edson
  - Impact of Ocean Currents on Wind Stress in the Tropical Indian Ocean
    Neethu Chacko, Meer M Ali and Mark A Bourassa
- Mission Update
  - Latest Status of the AMSR Series
    Naoto Ebuchi, Misako Kachi, Rigen Shimada, Eri Yoshizawa, Hideyuki Fujii, Keiichi Ohara, Marehito Kasahara, Kazuya Inaoka, and Yasushi Kojima
  - The status of OSCOM mission
    Xiaolong Dong
- Tropical Cyclone
- Coastal Applications
  - In situ measurements of short wave directional spectra in an open shelf coastal environment: finding the lower bound for radar-based wind extraction methods.
    Anthony Kirincich (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution), Brian Emery, University of California at Santa Barbara
  - NOAA ASCAT Near Real-Time Coastal Winds
    Paul Chang (NOAA/NESDIS/STAR), Seubson Soisuvarn, Zorana Jelenak, Qi Zhu
  - A land-corrected ASCAT coastal wind product
    Jur Vogelzang (KNMI), Ad Stoffelen
- Discussion of new Wind-Related Products and Calibration
- Oceanographic Applications
  - Rain and SST correction to the Scatsat-1 derived winds
    Abhisek Chakraborty (Space Applications Centre, Indian Space Research Organization), Atul Kumar Varma and Raj Kumar
  - Modeling and Analysis of the Ka-band Ocean Surface Radar Cross Section Using the Doppler Scatterometer Measurements from the Air Sea Interaction Tower Experiment
    Federica Polverari (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology), Alexander Wineteer, Ernesto Rodriguez, Dragana Perkovic-Martin, Paul Siqueira, J. Thomas Farrar, and J. Max Adam, James Edson
  - Quadruple collocation analysis of buoy, scatterometer, and NWP winds
    Jur Vogelzang (KNMI), and Ad Stoffelen
  - A Comparasion Of Quality Indicators for Ku-Band Wind Scatterometry & For Typhoons Lekima and Krosa
    Xingou Xu (National Space Science Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences), Ad Stoffelen, Marcos Portabella, Wenming Lin, and Xiaolong Dong
- Boundary-layer Processes
  - The impact of surface oil on ocean surface winds
    Yangxing Zheng (Florida State University, USA), Mark A. Bourassa, Daneisha Blair
  - Analysis of Surface Heat Flux Anomalies to Understand Recent Northeast Pacific Marine Heatwave Events
    Yi-Wei Chen (Oregon State University) and Larry O'Neill
  - Log-Profile Analysis of the Near-Surface Layer and Air-Sea Turbulent Fluxes in Hurricanes using Dropsondes
    Daniel Wallace (EOAS & COAPS, Florida State University), Mark A. Bourassa, and Heather M. Holbach
  - Variability in atmospheric circulation over the Bering Sea and its impact on air-sea heat fluxes
    Emily Hayden (Oregon State University), and Larry W. O'Neill
  - Extratropical cyclones fundamentally shape the maritime wind climatology
    Larry O'Neill (Oregon State University), Ralph Milliff and Dudley Chelton
  - Influence of Surface Current on Vertical Distribution of Potential Vorticity Flux
    Xu Chen (Florida A&M University), William Dewar, Eric Chassignet, Mark Bourassa, and Steve Morey
  - Impact of Boundary Layer on Biomass Burning Aerosol Transportation in Coastal Regions within Tropics
    Georgrios Priftis (University of Alabama in Huntsville), Udayshankar Nair, Timothy J. Lang
  - Correlating extremes in wind divergence with extremes in rain over the Tropical Atlantic
    Gregory P. King, Marcos Portabella, Wenming Lin, and Ad Stoffelen
  - Observing Oceanic Plastic with ASCAT Ultra High Resolution Backscatter
    Harrison Garrett (Brigham Young University) and David G. Long

2021 IOVWST

Sponsors
Agenda
Attendees
Concluding Discussions and Decisions
Presentations/Posters (In agenda order)
1. How can we make improvements to the constellation and what can we do with it?
  - Statement from the session Chairs
    Stefanie Linow and Raj Kumar
  - Importance of high quality coastal wind measurements
    Raj Kumar, Paul Chang, Stefanie Linow, Ad Stoffelen
  - WMO CGMS Scatterometer Actions
    Ad Stoffelen (KNMI), Paul Chang, Raj Kumar, Stefanie Linow, Regis Bordes and Steve Wanzong (Invited talk)
  - The Future of Satellite Microwave Radiometers for Measuring Ocean Winds
    Frank Wentz (Remote Sensing Systems), Thomas Meissner, Lucrezia Ricciardulli
  - Challenges and Solutions to Increasing Quantity and Diurnal Coverage of Scatterometer Ocean Vector Wind Measurements
    Patrick Walton (Brigham Young University), David Long, and Timothy Lang
2. User guidance on the different climate records; where do OVW products agree, disagree, and how to make this visible?
  - Statement from the session Chairs
    Ad Stoffelen and Frank Wentz
  - Intercalibration Of ASCAT Scatterometers on METOP-A, -B, And -C For A Stable Wind Climate Data Record
    Lucrezia Ricciardulli (Remote Sensing Systems) and Frank Wentz
  - Hurricane Ocean Wind Speeds (Invited talk)
    Ad Stoffelen (KNMI), Gert-Jan Marseille, Weicheng Ni, Alexis Mouche, Federica Polverari, Marcos Portabella, Wenming Lin, Joe Sapp, Paul Chang, Zorana Jelenak
  - Strengths and weakness of using multi-instrument, multi-mission climate data records to understanding how the Earth System is changing
    Svetla Hristova-Veleva (Jet Propulsion Laboratory)
3. Air-Sea Fluxes and their impacts on the Ocean and Atmosphere
  - Statement from the session Chairs
    Mark Bourassa and xx
  - The Submesoscale Ocean Dynamics Experiment (S-MODE)
    Tom Farrar (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)
  - Objectives of an Air-Sea Interaction Observing Strategy: If we can't close the ocean heat budget, what can we do?
    Sarah Gille, Meghan Cronin, Chelle Gentemann, Carol Anne Clayson, Mark Bourassa, Shannon Brown, Tom Farrar, Tong Lee, Kelly Lombardo, Rhys Parfitt, Hyodae Seo, Aneesh Subramanian, and Victor Zlotnicki
  - Simultaneous Measurements of Winds and Currents: a status report (invited talk)
    E. Rodríguez (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology) & the WaCM team, and F. Ardhuin (Laboratoire d’Océanographie Physique et Spatiale (LOPS)) & the STREAM team
  - Butterfly: revealing the ocean's impact on our weather and climate
    C. Gentemann (Farallon Institute), C.A. Clayson, T. Lee, S. Brown, A. Subramanian, M. Bourassa, K. Lombardo, R. Parfitt, H. Seo, S. Gille, T. Farrar, J. Whitaker, D. Kleist, P. Browne, C. Harris, H. Tomita, A. Bentamy
  - Distributed system solutions for NASA air-sea coupling (invited talk)
    Nadya Vinogradova Shiffer
Asynchronous Presentations
- Atmosphere and Ocean Coupling
- Current and Future Ocean Vector Wind Mission Updates
- Waves, Currents and Ice
  - Tracking Iceberg A68 on a Collision Course with South Georgia Island
    Professor David Long (Brigham Young University)
- New Products and Applications
- Meteorological Applications
  - Evaluating the Detection of Mesoscale Outflow Boundaries using Scatterometer Winds at Different Spatial Resolutions
    Georgios Priftis (University of Alabama in Huntsville), Timothy J. Lang, Garg Piyush, Richard Lindsley, Stephen W. Nesbitt and Themis Chronis
  - Estimating the Impact of Satellite Winds for Tropical Cyclone Forecasts Using Ensemble Forecast Sensitivity Approach
    Noel Chawang (Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST), Valiamala) and Govindan Kutty
  - Regional effects of scatterometer sampling and weather in ERA* performance through Monte-Carlo simulations
    A. Trindade (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya), M. Portabella, A. Stoffelen
  - Monte-Carlo simulations Impact of INSAT-3D AMVs in WRF-HYBRID (ENSEMBLE-3DVAR) data assimilation system for the simulation of monsoon over the month of July 2016
    Rekha Bharali Gogoi (North Eastern Space Applications Centre), Govindan Kutty and Arup Borgohain
  - Scatterometer Winds in the Lee of the Hawaiian Islands
    Professor David Long (Brigham Young University), Nolan Hutchings, and Thomas Kilpatrick
  - The Diurnal Cycle of Tropical Oceanic Mesoscale Cold Pools from NASA RapidScat and Buoy Network
    Piyush Garg (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign), Stephen W. Nesbitt, Timothy J. Lang, and George Priftis
  - Utilization of SCATSAT-1 scatterometer observations for Vegetation and soil moisture studies
    Manoj Kumar Mishra (Space Physics Laboratory, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, ISRO), and C. Suresh Raju
  - Towards triple collocation analysis of 4D wind observations
    Federico Cossu (Barcelona Expert Centre, Institute of Marine Sciences, CSIC), Marcos Portabella, Wenming Lin, Ad Stoffelen, Gert-Jan Marseille, Jur Vogelzang, and Isabel Monteiro
  - Hurricane Ocean Wind Speeds
    Ad Stoffelen (KNMI), Gert-Jan Marseille, Weicheng Ni, Alexis Mouche, Federica Polverari, Marcos Portabella, Wenming Lin, Joe Sapp, Paul Chang and Zorana Jelenak
  - Comparing Winds near Tropical Oceanic Precipitation Systems with and without Lightning
    Timothy Lang (NASA MSFC)
  - Warning for Oceanic Extra-tropical Storms of Hurricane Force Strength – a Twenty Year Perspective
    Joseph Sienkiewicz (NOAA Ocean Prediction Center)
  - A Newly Developed Form Drag Derived from Sea Spray Influenced Surface Wind Stress at Hurricane Force Winds
    Renee Richardson (Florida State University (FSU)/Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies (COAPS)), Mark A. Bourassa, Steven L. Morey
  - An Analysis of the Near-Surface Layer in Hurricanes Using Dropsondes
    Daniel Wallace (Florida State University COAPS & EOAS), Mark Bourassa, and Heather Holbach
  - Analyzing Gaps in Hurricane Rain Coverage to Inform Future Satellite Proposals
    Justin P. Stow (Florida State University), Mark A. Bourassa, and Heather M. Holbach
  - SFMR Algorithm Updates
    Heather Holbach (FSU, NGI, NOAA/AOML/HRD)
  - UMass Simultaneous Frequency Microwave Radiometer (USFMR) instrument description, current and future work
    Jezabel Vilardell Sanchez (UMass Amherst MIRSL), Joseph W. Sapp, Zorana Jelenak, Paul S. Chang, and Stephen J. Frasier
  - Steps Toward Incorporating Nonlinear Mean Flow Model in Tropical Cyclone Surface Pressure Retrieval
    Ralph Foster (University of Washington)
- Oceanographic Applications
  - Rain and SST correction to the Scatsat-1 derived winds
    Abhisek Chakraborty (Space Applications Centre, Indian Space Research Organization), Atul Kumar Varma and Raj Kumar
  - Modeling and Analysis of the Ka-band Ocean Surface Radar Cross Section Using the Doppler Scatterometer Measurements from the Air Sea Interaction Tower Experiment
    Federica Polverari (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology), Alexander Wineteer, Ernesto Rodriguez, Dragana Perkovic-Martin, Paul Siqueira, J. Thomas Farrar, and J. Max Adam, James Edson
  - Quadruple collocation analysis of buoy, scatterometer, and NWP winds
    Jur Vogelzang (KNMI), and Ad Stoffelen
  - A Comparasion Of Quality Indicators for Ku-Band Wind Scatterometry & For Typhoons Lekima and Krosa
    Xingou Xu (National Space Science Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences), Ad Stoffelen, Marcos Portabella, Wenming Lin, and Xiaolong Dong
- Coastal Working Group contributions
- Climate Data Record Development and Analysis
- Climate Working Group contributions
  - Creating an extended and consistent ESDR of the ocean surface winds, stress and their dynamically-significant derivatives for the period 1999-2022 - a MEaSUREs-funded proposal: Developing and evaluating the harmonized retrievals of wind and stress
    SVETLA HRISTOVA-VELEVA (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), Mark Bourassa, Alexander Fore, Thomas Kilpatrick, David Moroni, Larry O'Neill, Ernesto Rodriguez, Bryan Stiles, F. Joseph Turk, Douglas Vandemark, Alexander Wineteer, Shang-Ping Xie, P. Peggy Li, Brian Knosp, Quoc Vu, Philip Callahan, Roy S. Dunbar, Marc Emond, Ethan Wright, Robin Vane, and Joseph Jacob
  - Distinct impacts of short- and long-time fluctuations of Indian Ocean surface wind fields on Indian summer monsoon rainfall at regional scales
    Yangxing Zheng (Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies, Florida State University), Mark A. Bourassa, and M. M. Ali

2019 IOVWST

Sponsors
Agenda
Attendees
Concluding Discussions and Decisions
Presentations/Posters (In agenda order)
1. Programmatic Talks
  - Welcome to Portland
    Doug Vandemark (Univ. of New Hampshire)
  - Meeting Introduction
    Mark Bourassa (Florida State University)
  - NASA HQ Update
    Eric Lindstrom and Nadya Vinogradova-Shiffer (NASA HQ; Invited talk)
  - The Ocean Surface Vector Wind Satellite Constellation: Status, Health and Future?
    Paul Chang (NOAA/NESDIS/Center for Satellite Applications and Research), Stefanie Linow, and Rashmi Sharma
  - ISRO Update and Discussion of the Actual Constellation
    Raj Kumar (ISRO; Invited talk)
  - Status of EUMETSAT scatterometer missions
    Stefanie Linow (EUMETSAT; Invited talk)
2. Current and Future Ocean Vector Wind Mission Updates
  - On wind retrieval biases, GMFs, and backscatter calibration
    Ad Stoffelen (KNMI), Anton Verhoef, Zhen Li and Zhixiong Wang
  - Preliminary Results of Scatterometer of CFOSAT (New Talk)
    Xiaolong Dong (National Space Science Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences), Di Zhu, Wenming Lin, Risheng Yun, Shuyan Lang and Lei Zhang
  - Sea surface winds from the combined scatterometer and altimeter backscatter measurements of HY-2A satellite
    Xiuzhong Li (School of Marine Sciences, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology), Wenming Lin, Baochang Liu and Zhixiong Wang
  - Compact Ocean Wind Vector Radiometer Mission Status
    Shannon Brown (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), Paolo Focardi, Amarit Kitiyakara, Frank Maiwald, Oliver Montes, Sharmila Padmanabhan, Richard Redick, Damon Russell, and James Wincentsen
  - Estimation of Surface Current Vorticity and Divergence from a Future Winds and Currents Mission (WaCM)
    Dudley Chelton and Ernesto Rodriguez (Oregon State University)
3. Planning and Results for Improved Calibration of Extreme Winds and Stress
4. Climate Data Record Development and Analysis
5. New Products and Applications (part 1)
6. New Products and Applications (part 2)
7. Atmosphere and Ocean Coupling
  - Fundamental Response Patterns of the Observed Wind Response to Ocean-Mesoscale Sea Surface Temperatures
    Niklas Schneider (University of Hawaii at Manoa)
  - Air-Sea mechanical coupling at submesoscale regime: Direct observations and numerical insights
    Hector Torres (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology), Patrice Klein, Ernesto Rodriguez, Dimitris Menemenlis, Alex Wineteer, Lia Siegelman, Andrew Thompson, and Mar Flexas
  - Quantifying Air-Sea Interactions with Ka-Band Doppler Scatterometry
    Alexander Wineteer (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), Ernesto Rodríguez, Hector Torrez, Patrice Klein and Dimitris Menemenlis
  - Wind Drift Currents from Remote Sensing
    Ernesto Rodriguez (Jet Propulsion Laboratory/Caltech), Alexander Wineteer and Steven Morey
  - Upper-ocean response to alongshore winds off the California coast
    Bia Villas Boas (Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego), Sarah Gille and Weiguang (Roger) Wu
  - Wind drift and air-sea coupling in simulations of the northern California Current System
    Professor Roger Samelson (CEOAS, Oregon State University), D. B. Chelton and E. D. Skyllingstad
8. Ocean Applications
9. Meteorological Applications
  - Operational Use of ASCAT Coastal Winds in JMA Mesoscale NWP System
    Shin Koyamatsu (Japan Meteorological Agency)
  - Examining Cold Pool Signatures of Oceanic Systems Using ASCAT Wind Retrievals of Varying Resolution
    Georgios Priftis (University of Alabama in Huntsville), Timothy J. Lang, Piyush Garg, Richard Lindsley, Stephen W. Nesbitt and Themis Chronis
  - Development of a New MABL Model for OVW Sea-level Pressure Retrieval, OLE Modeling and Assessing Momentum Entrainment
    Ralph Foster
  - Using new global Sentinel SAR data to investigate organized eddies in the marine boundary layer
    Douglas Vandemark (Univ. of New Hampshire), Chen Wang, Ralph Foster, Alexis Mouche and Bertrand Chapron
  - Systematic scatterometer wind errors around coastal mountains
    Thomas Kilpatrick (Scripps Institution of Oceanography), Shang-Ping Xie, Hiroki Tokinaga, David Long and Nolan Hutchings
10. Observational Requirements for Wind and Stress Science and Applications
11. Issues and Solutions to Improving Air-Sea Coupling in Observations and Models
12. Conclusions and End of Meeting Summary
Posters (In agenda order)
- The European Next Generation Scatterometer – SCA
  Dr. Craig Anderson (EUMETSAT), S Linow, JJW Wilson, F Ticconi.
- Extreme Winds from the Soil Moisture Active Passive Mission
  Dr. Alexander Fore (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), Simon Yueh, Wenqing Tang, Bryan Stiles, and Akiko Hayashi
- A Comparison of Scatterometers and Buoys in High Wind Conditions
  Ethan Wright (Florida State University, COAPS & EOAS) and Mark Bourassa
- Volume Scattering Models for Scatterometer Cross-Calibration
  David Long (Brigham Young University) and Evan Chrisney
- Satellite-to-In Situ Wind Data Collocation Using the Distributed Oceanographic Match-Up Service Prototype
  Jocelyn Elya (FSU, COAPS), Ed Armstrong, Mark A. Bourassa, Thomas Cram, Maya DeBellis, Frank Greguska, Thomas Huang, Joseph Jacob, Zaihua Ji, Homer McMillan, Nga Quach, Shawn R. Smith, Vardis M. Tsontos, Steven Worley, and Elizabeth Yam
- Latitudinal Circulation Analysis Through Ocean Wind Vector Derivative Fields
  Robert Jacobs (Oregon State University) and Larry O'Neill
- Comparing ASCAT and CYGNSS winds near tropical convection
  Timothy Lang (NASA MSFC), George Priftis, Piyush Garg, and Steve Nesbitt
- The Diurnal Cycle of ASCAT-Identified Cold Pools and associated Convective Systems in the Maritime Continent and South China Sea
  Stephen Nesbitt (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign), Piyush Garg, Timothy J. Lang, George Priftis and Themis Chronis
- Analysis of the 10 - 20 Day Intraseasonal Oscillations in the Indian Ocean Using Surface Winds from Composite Satellite Data
  Yangxing Zheng (Florida State University-COAPS), Mark A. Bourassa and Heather L. Roman-Stork
- Investigations of Neural Network-based Ultra High-resolution Wind Retrieval for ASCAT
  David Long (Brigham Young University) and Jordan Brown
- Using Scatterometer Data to Assess Patterns and Rates of Global Urban Growth
  Professor Steve Frolking (University of New Hampshire) and Tom Milliman
- Development and Early Results of the Surface Heat Flux Product for the CYGNSS Mission
  Juan Crespo (Jet Propulsion Laboratory) and Derek J. Posselt
- Ocean GNSS-R delay-Doppler maps asymmetries induced by specular point inaccuracies
  Giuseppe Grieco (Koninklijk Nederlands Meteorologisch Instituut), Dr. Ad Stoffelen, Dr. Marcos Portabella and Dr. Olaf Tuinder
- Using FASTEM to monitor SMOS brightness temperature over the ocean
  Giovanna De Chiara (ECMWF), Lars Isaksen, Stephen English
- Application of Coincident Sub-Footprint Scale Winds to Observe the Effect of Sea Surface Vorticity on the RapidScat Scatterometer Ku-Band NRCS
  David Weissman (Hofstra University) and Mark A. Bourassa
- NOAA Ocean Winds Science team NRT Satellite Ocean Winds Processing System Overview
  Qi Zhu ( NOAA/NESDIS/Center for Satellite Applications and Research), Seubson Soisuvarn, Faozi Said, Joe Sapp, Jeonghwan Park, Zorana Jelenak and Paul S. Chang
- The COAPS Simplified Daily Scatterometer Swath Datasets
  Jocelyn Elya (Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies) and Mark A. Bourassa
- Update to Identification of the ITCZ Using Ocean Vector Wind Fields During SPURS-2
  Aaron C. Paget (Concord University), James B. Edson and Carol Anne Clayson
- Cross-Polarized Ku-band Scatterometer Measurements of the Sea Surface in Extreme Winds
  Joe Sapp (NOAA/NESDIS/STAR), Zorana Jelenak, Paul Chang and Steve Frasier
- Sentinel-1 SAR, CyGNSS, and Airborne Scatterometer and Radiometer Measurements of Hurricane Michael
  Joe Sapp (NOAA/NESDIS/STAR), Alexis Mouche, Olivier Archer, Faozi Said, Yili Zhao, Zorana Jelenak, Paul Chang and Steve Frasier
- Investigating the Effects of Sea Spray on Surface Wind Stress and Waves under Hurricane Conditions
  Renee Richardson (Florida State University, COAPS & EOAS), Mark Bourassa and Steven L. Morey
- Observational Analysis of Extratropical Cyclone Interactions with Northeast Pacific Sea Surface Temperature Anomalies
  Briana Phillips (Oregon State University) and Larry O'Neill
- Seasonality and regional characteristics of sea-surface wind responses to mesoscale SST features revealed by the transfer function
  Ryusuke Masunaga (IPRC, University of Hawaii at Manoa), and Professor Niklas Schneider
- Diurnal variability in tropical surface winds, convergence and the associated precipitation
  Dr. Joe Turk (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology) and Svetla Hristova-Veleva
- Accuracy of wind observations from open-ocean buoys: Correction for flow distortion
  Michael Schlundt (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution), Tom Farrar; Sebastien Bigorre; Al Plueddemann; and Bob Weller

2018 IOVWST

Sponsors
Agenda
Attendees
Group Photograph
Presentations (In agenda order)
1. Programmatic Talks
  - Welcome to Institute of Marine Sciences (ICM-CSIC)
    Marcos Portabella (ICM-CSIC)
  - Meeting Introduction
    Mark Bourassa (Florida State University)
  - Global Change Observation Mission (GCOM)
    Haruhisa Shimoda (Tokai University)
  - The Ocean Surface Vector Wind Satellite Constellation: Status, Health and Future?
    Paul Chang (NOAA/NESDIS/Center for Satellite Applications and Research), Rashmi Sharma and Stefanie Linow
  - Update on NASA and Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS) Programs
    Nadya Vinogradova-Shiffer and Eric Lindstrom (NASA HQ) (Invited talk)
  - EUMETSAT Status Update
    Stefanie Linow (Invited talk)
2. Ocean Applications
3. Rain-Related Topics
  - Sensitivity of the Time-Mean Mid-Latitude Surface Circulation to Strong Storms
    Larry O'Neill (Oregon State University) and Ralph Milliff
  - A model-base assessment of the impacts of sampling differences on satellite-buoy wind consistency in convective regions
    Tong Lee (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology)
  - Rain Impact on SFMR Measurements
    Heather Holbach (FSU, NGI, NOAA/AOML/HRD), Bradley W. Klotz, Mark A. Bourassa
  - Improvements in the Version 2.0 RapidScat Ocean Vector Winds Climate Product
    Bryan Stiles (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), Alexander Fore, Lucrezia Ricciardulli, Alexander G. Wineteer, Svetla Hristova-Veleva, Ernesto Rodriguez, Frank Wentz, and David Long
  - Examining convective signatures in scatterometer data
    Timothy Lang (NASA MSFC), Piyush Garg, Georgios Priftis, Steve Nesbitt, Themis Chronis, Richard Lindsley
  - Examination of the Daily Modes of Wind Variability Near Tropical Convection
    Joe Turk (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), Svetla Hristova-Veleva
  - Correlating extremes in wind and stress divergence with extremes in rain over the Tropical Atlantic
    Gregory King (Institut de Ciencies del Mar (ICM - CSIC) and University of South Florida), Marcos Portabella, Wenming Lin, and Ad Stoffelen
4. Report from the Coastal Working Group and Discussion
  - Summary of progress and issues (invited talk)
    Melanie Fewings
  - Improvements in the Version 4.0 QuikSCAT Ocean Vector Winds
    Bryan Stiles (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), Alexander Fore, Lucrezia Ricciardulli, Alexander G. Wineteer, Svetla Hristova-Veleva, Ernesto Rodriguez, Frank Wentz, and David Long
5. ASCAT-Related Products and Updates
  - Cone Metrics for ASCAT
    Anton Verhoef (KNMI Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute), Jeroen Verspeek (presenting), Maria Belmonte Rivas and Ad Stoffelen
  - Characterizing the differences between ASCAT and ECMWF reanalysis winds (ERAint, ERA5)
    Maria Belmonte Rivas (KNMI - Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute) and Ad Stoffelen
6. High Wind Speed and Surface Stress (Part 1)
7. High Wind Speed and Surface Stress (Part 2)
8. Atmosphere and Ocean Coupling
  - Time and length scales of upper ocean response to winds
    Kathleen Dohan (Earth and Space Research)
  - Air-Sea Coupling and Fluxes: Wind-Wave-Current in High-Impact Weather and Implications for Earth System Modeling and Prediction
    Shuyi Chen (Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Washington), Milan Curcic, Benjamnin Barr, Brandon Kerns
  - Coupling ocean currents and waves with wind stress over the Gulf Stream
    Mark Bourassa (COAPS & EOAS, Florida State University), Qi Shi
9. Doppler Scatterometry Products and Updates
  - Measuring Ocean Vector Winds with a Ka-Band Pencil Beam Doppler Scatterometer
    Alexander Wineteer (JPL), Ernesto Rodriguez, Dragana Perkovic- Martin and Bryan Stiles
  - Summary of the Winds and Currents Mission Workshop
    Mark Bourassa (Florida State University), Ernesto Rodrigues and Sarah Gille
  - EPS-SG SCA Doppler capability
    Ad Stoffelen (KNMI) and Peter Hoogeboom
10. CFOSAT and FengYun-3E Products and Updates
  - System Characteristics Design of WindRadar on FengYun-3E Meteorological Satellite
    Honggang Yin
  - Simulation of Wind Performance in Tropical Cyclone for China's Future Dual-frequency Scatterometer WindRAD
    Fangli Dou (National Satellite Meteorological Center), Honggang Yin, and Jian Shang
  - Assessment of the CFOSAT Scatterometer Backscatter and Wind Quality
    Wenming Lin (School of Marine Sciences, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology), Xiaolong Dong, Marcos Portabella, Xing-ou Xu, Di Zhu, Zhixiong Wang, and Yijun He
  - Wind Field Retrieving for Scat Onboard CFOSAT Based On PCA Method
    Xingou Xu (The Key Laboratory of Microwave Remote Sensing, NSSC, CAS) and Xiaolong Dong
  - CFOSAT Level 1B simulator and wind processor retrieval result comparison with WindRad
    Zhen Li (Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute) and Ad Stoffelen
11. Meteorological Applications
12. Climate Data Record Development and Analysis
  - Report from Climate and Applications working (Invited talk)
    Frank Wentz and Ad Stoffelen
  - Intercalibration of the C-band scatterometer record using cone metrics
    Maria Belmonte Rivas (KNMI), A. Stoffelen, A. Verhoef, J. Verspeek and J. Vogelzang
  - Ku Band geophysical model functions and SST
    Ad Stoffelen (KNMI), Zhixiong Wang and Jur Vogelzang
  - SST impact on RapidScat and QuikSCAT measurements
    Lucrezia Ricciardulli (Remote Sensing Systems) and Frank Wentz
13. ScatSAT-1 Products and Updates
14. Global Navigation Satellite System Products and Updates
15. COWVR and Other Products and Updates
Posters
1. Coastal Applications
  - Determination and use of the wind field from SAR in coastal areas
    Stefano Zecchetto (National Council of Researches, Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate)
  - A Web-Based Toolkit for Satellite-Derived Coastal Upwelling Analyses
    Steven Morey (Florida State University)
2. Meteorological Applications
  - Offshore transport of coastal water in the California Current System due to winds and mesoscale eddies
    Caitlin Amos (University of Georgia), Renato M. Castelao
3. Climate Data Record Development and Analysis
  - Validation of AMSR-2 Oceanic Environmental Data Records Using Tropical Cyclone Composite Fields
    Joe Sapp (NOAA/NESDIS/STAR), Suleiman Alsweiss, Zorana Jelenak, Paul Chang
4. New Products and Applications
  - Creating an extended and consistent ESDR of the ocean surface winds, stress and their dynamically-significant derivatives for the period 1999-2022: A MEaSUREs proposal
    Dr. Svetla Hristova-Veleva (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), Mark Bourassa, Alexander Fore, Thomas Kilpatrick, David Moroni, Larry O'Neill, Ernesto Rodriguez, Bryan Stiles, Francis Turk, Douglas Vandemark, Shang-Ping Xie
  - Improvements in the climate data record of QuikSCAT and RapidScat as seen in the latest reprocessing
    Svetla Hristova-Veleva (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), B. Stiles, L. Ricciardulli, A. Fore, A. Wineteer, E. Rodriguez
  - The influence of in situ wind measurements on CCMP winds
    Carl Mears (Remote Sensing Systems), Lucrezia Ricciardulli and Frank Wentz
  - A Consistent Rain Flag for Ocean Vector Winds
    Bryan W. Stiles and Alexander G. Fore
5. Meteorological Applications
  - Preliminary study of ScatSat-1 OVW assimilation in JMA’s global NWP system
    Masami Moriya (Japan Meteorological Agency)
6. Current and Future Ocean Vector Wind Mission Updates
  - Comparison of Cross-Polarized C-band Airborne Scatterometer and Spaceborne SAR Measurements of the Sea Surface in High Winds
    Joe Sapp (NOAA/NESDIS/STAR), Alexis Mouche, Zorana Jelenak, Paul Chang, Steve Frasier
7. Atmosphere and Ocean Coupling
  - Quantifying the Effect of Rain-Induced Sub-Footprint Scale Variability on the RapidScat Ku-band NRCS
    David Weissman (Hofstra University)
  - Detailed investigation of the role of buoy wind errors in buoy- scatterometer disagreement
    Michael Schlundt (WHOI), J. Tom Farrar; James B. Edson; Sebastien Bigorre; Doug Vandemark; Marc Emond
  - Investigating the Effects of Sea Spray on Surface Wind Stress and Waves under Hurricane Conditions
    Renee Richardson (Florida State University) and Mark Bourassa
  - The Role of Oceanic Processes in the Initiation of Indian Summer Monsoon Intraseasonal Oscillations over the Indian Ocean
    Jason West (University of Colorado Boulder), Weiqing Han, Yuanlong Li
  - Detailed investigation of the role of buoy wind errors in buoy-scatterometer disagreement
    Michael Schlundt (WHOI), J. Tom Farrar; James B. Edson; Sebastien Bigorre; Doug Vandemark; Marc Emond
  - Observational Analysis of Extratropical Cyclone Interactions with Northeast Pacific Sea Surface Temperature Anomalies
    Briana Phillips (Oregon State University ), Larry O'Neill
8. Waves, Currents and Ice
  - ASCAT UHR Processing Enhancements
    David Long (Brigham Young University), Jordan Brown, and Harrison Garrett

2017 IOVWST

Sponsors
Agenda
Attendees
Concluding Discussions and Decisions
Presentations (In agenda order)
1. Programatic Talks
2. Current and Future Ocean Vector Wind Mission Updates
  - The Ocean Surface Vector Wind Constellation: Status, Health and Future?
    Paul Chang (NOAA/NESDIS/Center for Satellite Applications and Research), and Rashmi Sharma
  - CYGNSS Mission Update
    Christopher Ruf (University of Michigan), Scott Gleason, Faozi Said, Golf Soisuvarn, Zorana Jelenak, Paul Chang, Darren McKague and Rajeswari Balasubramaniam
  - Evaluation of the CYGNSS GNSS-R signal sensitivity to ocean parameters and wind retrieval performance
    Faozi Said (NOAA/NESDIS/Center for Satellite Applications & Research), Seubson Soisuvarn, Zorana Jelenak and Paul S. Chang
  - SCATSAT Data Quality and Initial Results
    Alexander Fore (JPL), Bryan Stiles, and Ernesto Rodriguez
  - Evaluation of Marine Surface Vectors observed by SCATSAT-1 Scatterometer
    Naoto Ebuchi (Hokkaido University)
  - Wind Retrieval for the DopplerScatt Airborne Mission
    Alex Wineteer (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), Bryan Stiles and Ernesto Rodriguez
  - Water Cycle Observation Mission (WCOM) and its Potentials for Ocean Surface Wind Vector Measurement
    Xiaolong Dong (National Space Science Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences) and Jiancheng Shi
  - Compact Ocean Wind Vector Radiometer/ORS-6 Mission: A New Small Satellite Mission for Ocean Winds
    Shannon Brown (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), Paolo Focardi, Amarit Kitiyakara, Frank Maiwald, Oliver Montes, Sharmila Padmanabhan, Richard Redick, Damon Russell, and James Wincentsen
  - CFOSAT Rotating Fan-beam Scatterometer Simulation Performance Evaluation and WindRad simulation comparison
    Zhen Li (KNMI), Ad Stoffelen and Jos de Kloe
  - Future Prospects for Estimation of Surface Ocean Velocity and Vorticity from a Winds and Currents Mission
    Dudley Chelton (OSU), Roger Samelson, Tom Farrar, Jeroen Molemaker and Jim McWIlliams
3. Gridded Products
  - Level 3 (gridded) scatterometer products: making the case for and designing them
    Svetla Hristova-Veleva (Jet Propulsion Laboratory; UCAL/JIFRESSE), Ernesto Rodriguez, Bryan Stiles, F. Joseph Turk, and Ziad Haddad
  - The Cross-Calibrated Multi-Platform (CCMP) Ocean Vector Wind Analysis (V2.0)
    Carl Mears (Remote Sensing Systems), Lucrezia Ricciardulli, Joel Scott, Ross Hoffman, S. Mark Leidner, Bob Atlas and Frank Wentz
  - Factors influencing the skill of synthesized satellite wind products in the tropical Pacific
    Tong Lee (JPL), Shayne McGregor, Alex Sen Gupta, Dietmar Dommenget, Mike McPhaden4, and Billy Kessler
  - A Gridded Product That Uses Dynamical and Thermodynamical Constraints
    Mark Bourassa (COAPS & EOAS, Florida State University), and Stephen VanGorder
  - Validation and intercomparison for high resolution gridded product of surface wind vectors over the global ocean
    Kunio Kutsuwada (Tokai University), Hiroyuki TOMITA, Shin’ichirou KAKO, Tsutomu HIHARA, Masahisa KUBOTA and Yu TAKAHASHI
4. Climate Data Record Development and Analysis
5. New Products and Applications
6. Report from the Coastal Working Group and Discussion
  - Summary of progress and issues (invited talk)
    Melanie Fewings
7. Oceanographic Applications
  - Atmospheric Intraseasonal Oscillation (ISO) during Indian Summer Monsoon: Effect of barrier layer on SST and convection
    Weiqing Han (The University of Colorado), Yuanlong Li, W. Wang, M. Ravichandran, T. Lee and T. Shinoda
  - The contribution of wind stress curl weakening to recent marine heat waves along North American coastlines
    Melanie Fewings (University of Connecticut), Christopher Gotschalk, University of California, Santa Barbara and Kevin S. Brown
  - Towards improved estimates of upper ocean energetics: Science motivation for the simultaneous measurement of ocean surface vector winds and currents
    Dimitris Menemenlis (California Institute of Technology, Jet Propulsion Laboratory), M. M. Flexas, P. Klein, A. F. Thompson, H. S. Torres and J. Wang
  - GMF development for C-band scatterometers
    Jeroen Verspeek (KNMI), Ad Stoffelen, Jur Vogelzang and Lucrezia Ricciardulli
  - Coastal Upwelling Index Databases Derived from Satellite Winds
    Steven Morey (Florida State University)
8. Report from the Stress Group and Discussion
  - Deriving wind stress from satellite wind products – working group update (invited talk)
    Doug Vandemark (University of New Hampshire), James Edson
9. Meteorological Applications
10. Atmosphere and Ocean Coupling
  - Scale dependence of air-sea interaction: what are we missing?
    Tom Farrar (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution), Larry O'Neill, Hyodae Seo and Ted Durland
  - Observed Structure and Characteristics of Cold Pools over Tropical Oceans using Scatterometer Vector Wind Retrievals
    Piyush Garg (Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign), Stephen W. Nesbitt, Timothy J. Lang, Themis Chronis, Jeffrey D. Thayer and Deanna A. Hence
  - Dynamics of the wind stress response to ocean mesoscale surface temperatures
    Niklas Schneider (International Pacific Research Center, University of Hawaii)
  - Towards an improved wind quality control for RapidSCAT
    Wenming Lin and Marcos Portabella
  - Investigating the Seasonal and Diurnal Cycles of Ocean Vector Winds, Precipitation, and Lightning near the Philippines
    Timothy Lang (NASA MSFC), Weixin Xu and Steve Rutledge
  - The role of wind gusts in upper ocean diurnal variability
    Donata Giglio (University of California San Diego), Sarah T. Gille, Aneesh C. Subramanian, San Nugyen, and Devon Northcott
  - Consistency of QuikSCAT and ASCAT wind measurements in depicting the variability of the South Pacific Convergence Zone
    Tong Lee (JPL) and Autumn Kidwell
  - Theoretical Modeling of Dual-Frequency Scatterometer Response: Improving Ocean Wind and Rainfall Effects
    Federica Polverari (Institut de Ciencies del Mar (ICM - CSIC)), Svetla M. Hristova-Veleva, Francis J. Turk, Nazzareno Pierdicca, Luca Pulvirenti and Frank S. Marzano
  - A combined wind retrieval model over ocean for HSCAT and HRAD onboard the HY-2A satellite under rainy conditions
    Xingou Xu (National Space Science Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences), Xiaolong Dong, Yun Li, Wenming Lin and Di Zhu
  - CYGNSS Sampling of Low-latitude Extratropical Cyclones and Surface Heat Flux Estimates
    Juan Crespo (University of Michigan), Derek Posselt, Catherine Naud and Charles Bussy-Virat
Posters
1. Meteorlogical Applications
  - Further Examination of Diurnal and Sub-Diurnal Wind Vector Variability using the Constellation of Scatterometers and Radiometers
    Joe Turk (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology) and Svetla Hristova-Veleva
  - Oceanic convective systems: ASCAT and NEXRAD retrieval analysis
    Timothy Lang (NASA MSFC), Georgios Priftis, Themis Chronis and Steve Nesbitt
  - The impact of RapidScat ocean vector winds assimilation in JMA’s global NWP system
    Masami Moriya (Japan Meteorological Agency)
  - Turbulent kinetic energy of the ocean winds over the Kuroshio Extension from QuikSCAT winds (1999-2009) (New Talk)
    Gregory King (Institute of Marine Sciences (ICM-CSIC)), Kai Yu and Changming Dong
  - Distinctive features of ocean surface winds over Indian Ocean between strong and weak Indian summer monsoons
    Yangxing Zheng (Florida State University), Mark A. Bourassa and M. M. Ali
  - Preliminary evaluation of ScatSat winds
    Lucrezia Ricciardulli (Remote Sensing Systems), Richard Lindsley and Frank Wentz
2. Gridded Products
  - Temporal scales characterization of Southern Ocean's CCMP vector winds
    Magdalena Carranza (Scripps Institution of Oceanography) and Sarah T. Gille
3. Atmosphere/Ocean Coupling
  - Scatterometer Observations of the Northern Red Sea Mountain-gap Wind Jets
    Viviane Menezes (WHOI), Tom Farrar and Amy Bower
  - Use of active and passive microwave ocean datasets to infer air-sea interfacial processes using new Southern Ocean buoy data
    Doug Vandemark (University of New Hampshire), Marc Emond and Bertand Chapron
  - Towards improved estimates of upper ocean energetics: Science motivation for the simultaneous measurement of ocean surface vector winds and currents
    Hector Torres (JPL/California institute of Technology), M. M. Flexas, P. Klein, D. Menemenlis, A. F. Thompson, and J. Wang
  - Coupling ocean currents and wind stress in a two-way fashion
    Qi Shi (Florida State University) and Mark Bourassa
4. Climate Data Record Development and Analysis
  - The Calibrated Enhanced-Resolution Passive Microwave Brightness Temperature Earth System Data Record
    David Long (Brigham Young University) and Mary Jo Brodzik
  - A Consolidated Database of Antarctic Iceberg Positions, Sizes, and Rotation Angles
    David Long (Brigham Young University) and Jeff Budge
  - Determining the decadal trend patterns in ocean-surface winds (1987-2016)
    Lisan Yu (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)
  - Analysis of RapidScat Mid-Swath Directional Discontinuity
    Bryan Stiles (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), Alex G. Fore, Alex Wineteer, Lucrezia Ricciardulli, Frank Wentz, and Ernesto Rodriguez
  - RapidScat Recalibration and Reprocessing Status
    Alexander Fore (JPL), Bryan Stiles, Alexander Wineteer, and Ernesto Rodriguez
  - Ocean state diagnostics from scatterometers
    Ad Stoffelen (KNMI), Ana Trindade, Jos de Kloe and Marcos Portabella
  - QuikSCAT decadal climatology in the context of multi-decadal variability and change
    Shang-Ping Xie (Scripps Institution of Oceanography)
  - Studies of the Effects of Rain on the Performance of the SMAP Radiometer Surface Salinity Estimates and Applications to Remote Sensing of River Plumes
    David E. Weissman (Hofstra University) and Steven L. Morey (COAPS/FSU)
5. New Products and Applications
  - RapidScat Radiometer Collocations – A New RapidScat Dataset
    Alex Wineteer (JPL), Lucrezia Ricciardulli, Bryan Stiles and Alex Fore
  - Update to “Diurnal variations of σ0 over land from RapidScat Observations”: Monitoring vegetation dynamics in the Amazon
    Aaron Paget (University of Connecticut), Tim van Emmerik, Susan Steele-Dunne and Nick van de Giesen
  - Daily Scatterometer datasets in a Near Uniform Format
    Mark Bourassa (COAPS & EOAS, Florida State University), Jocelyn Elya, Aaron Kemmer, Shawn R. Smith, William McCall and Arturo Valery Uzcategui
  - Estimating the Pointing Precision, Antenna Pattern, and Spatial Response Function of RapidScat Using Island Targets
    David Long (Brigham Young University) and Sam Bury
  - Comparisons of wind speed retrievals from an airborne microwave radiometer (AMPR) with satellite-based observations during the OLYMPEX/RADEX field campaign
    Timothy Lang (NASA MSFC) and Sayak Biswas
  - Preliminary Scatterometer Wind Retrievals From the SCATSAT-1 Mission
    Seubson Soisuvarn (NOAA/NESDIS/Center for Satellite Applications and Research), Seubson Soisuvarn, Faozi Said, Zorana Jelenak, Qi Zhu and Paul S. Chang
  - Stepped frequency microwave radiometer retrieval error characterization
    Joseph Sapp (NOAA/NESDIS/Center for Satellite Applications and Research), Suleiman Alsweiss, Zorana Jelenak, and Paul S. Chang
  - A Platform to Provide International and Inter-Agency Support for Data and Information Quality Solutions and Best Practices
    David Moroni (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), Hampapuram Ramapriyan and Ge Peng
6. Costal Working Group
  - QuikSCAT Coastal Wind Products
    Bryan Stiles (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), Alex G. Fore, P. Ted Strub, and Corinne James
  - Coastal QuikSCAT Winds over Eastern Boundary Currents
    Ted Strub (Oregon State University), Corinne James (CEOAS), Bryan Stiles (JPL) and Alexander Fore (JPL)
  - Drivers of SST frontal variability in the California Current System
    Renato Castelao (University of Georgia) and Hao Luo
  - Surface Wind Stress and Wave Sensitivity to Sea Spray in Tropical Cyclones
    Renee Richardson (FSU/COAPS), Mark A. Bourassa, and Steven L. Morey
7. Oceanographic Applications
  - Small-Scale and Inertial Wave OSCAR Currents
    Kathleen Dohan (Earth and Space Research)
  - Intermittent Wind Forcing of the North Pacific Subpolar Gyre Circulation
    Larry O'Neill (Oregon State University)
  - NOAA Ocean Winds Science Team NRT Satellite Ocean Winds Processing System Overview
    Qi Zhu (NOAA/NESDIS/Center for Satellite Applications and Research), Mark Romer, Seubson Soisuvarn, Faozi Said, Joe Sapp, Zorana Jelenak and Paul S. Chang

2016 IOVWST

Sponsors
Agenda
Attendees
Presentations (In agenda order):
1. Programmatic Talks
2. Climate Data Record Development and Analysis
  - ASCAT-A And ASCAT-B Cross-Validation
    Craig Anderson (EUMETSAT), J Figa-Saldaña, JJW Wilson and F Ticconi
  - Climate-Quality Intercalibration of Scatterometer Missions
    Lucrezia Ricciardulli (Remote Sensing Systems), Frank Wentz
  - Intercalibration of Visual Winds from VOS and Scatterometer Winds
    Mark A. Bourassa (Florida State University), Keqiao Li, Mark A. Bourassa, and Shawn R. Smith
  - The Impact of Sampling on Accuracy of Trends in Extreme Winds
    Jason Keefer (Florida State University) and Mark A. Bourassa
  - The CETB Climate Record: 1978 to the Present
    David Long (Brigham Young University), Mary Jo Brodzik
  - Extending the Ocean Wind CDR Using Multi-Sensor Wind Speed Intercalibration
    Frank Wentz (Remote Sensing Systems), Lucrezia Ricciardulli
  - ON CLIMATE DATA RECORDS, TRENDS AND EXTREMES
    Ad Stoffelen (KNMI), Maria Belmonte Rivas, Anton Verhoef, Tim Bijsterbosch, Federica Aveta, Jur Vogelzang, Jeroen Verspeek, Jos de Klo
  - Sustained Satellite Surface Vector Wind Observations for Studies of El Nino
    David Halpern (Jet Propulsion Laboratory)
  - Report from Climate Working Group
    F. Wentz and Ad Stoffelen
3. Current and Future Ocean Vector Wind Mission Updates
  - RapidScat Update
    Glen Havens and Lee Poulson
  - SMAP Observations of Ocean Surface Wind
    Simon Yueh (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), Alexander Fore, Wenqing Tang, Akiko Hayashi, Bryan Stiles, Fuqing Zhang, and Yonghui Weng
  - The Design and Performance of the SCA Radar carried by the METOP-SG Satellites
    Julian Wilson (EUMETSAT)
  - An Analysis Of Tropical Cyclones In The Northwest Pacific Ocean Using HY-2 Satellite Observations
    Yi Zhang (National Satellite Ocean Application Service), Qingtao Song, MingSen Lin
  - Winds and Currents Mission (WaCM) Update
    Mark Bourassa and many others
  - The Prospects for Future Estimation of Mesoscale and Submesoscale Vorticity by Doppler Scatterometry
    Tom Farrar (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution), Dudley B. Chelton, Roger M. Samelson, Michael G. Schlax, and Jeroen Molemaker
  - Tuesday End of day Wrap Up
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4. New Products and Applications (part 1)
  - An Improved Wind Quality Control For Ku-Band Scatterometers
    Wenming Lin (Institute of Marine Sciences (ICM-CSIC)), Marcos Portabella, Ad Stoffelen, Anton Verhoef, Shuyan Lang, Mingsen Lin, Youguang Zhang
  - Wind Retrieval for Rainy Ocean Surface Using HY-2 Scatterometer Data and TRMM/GPM Rainfall Estimates
    Xingou Xu (The CAS Key Laboratory of Microwave Remote Sensing, National Space Scinece Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences), Xiaolong Dong, Shuyan Lang, Di Zhu
  - Ocean Vector Winds in Storms from the SMAP L-Band Radiometer
    Thomas Meissner (Remote Sensing Systems), Lucrezia Ricciardulli, Frank Wentz
  - Addressing the rain effects on the ocean scattering: a theoretical model of the ocean surface backscattering coefficient in presence of both wind and rain
    Federica Polverari (DIET and CETEMPS),F. S. Marzano; L. Pulvirenti; N. Pierdicca; B. W. Stiles; S. M. Hristova-Veleva; and F. J. Turk
  - Ocean surface scattering investigations at L-band
    Doug Vandemark (UNH/EOS), S. Yueh, Tsang, B. Chapron, F. Nouguier
  - Cross-Polarized C-band Scatterometer Measurements of the Sea Surface in Extreme Winds
    Joe Sapp (NOAA/NESDIS/STAR), Suleiman Alsweiss, Zorana Jelenak, Paul Chang, Steve Frasier*, Tom Hartley*
  - Combined Active / Passive Retrievals of Ocean Vector Wind and Sea Surface Salinity with SMAP
    Alexander Fore (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), Simon Yueh, Wenqing Tang, Bryan Stiles, Akiko Hayashi
  - High resolution estimates of soil moisture from ASCAT
    David Long (Brigham Young University), David B. Lindell
  - The gridded sea surface wind data product of the Chinese HY-2 satellite and its application in analysis of extreme sea state
    Xiaomin Ye (National Satellite Ocean Application Service), Qingtao Song, Mingsen Lin, Fei Liao
  - Earth Science Data Systems Data Quality Working Group: Year Two Summary
    David Moroni (JPL/PO.DAAC)
  - GCOM-W AMSR2 research products
    Takashi Maeda (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Earth Observation Research Center), Mieko Seki, Tomoyuki Nomaki, Keiji Sekiya, and Misako Kachi
  - NOAA’s SFMR Reprocessing for High Ocean Winds
    Suleiman Alsweiss (NOAA/NESDIS/STAR), Suleiman Alsweiss, Joe Sapp, Zorana Jelenak, Paul Chang and James Carswell
  - Evaluating Diurnal Wind Variability in the Tropics
    Sarah Gille (Scripps Institution of Oceanography), Donata Giglio, San Nguyen, Devon Northcott, Aneesh Subramanian
  - NetCDF-CF Standard Name Proposal for Sigma-0 Datasets
    Ad Stoffelen, Anton Verhoef, Christoph Reimer, David F Moroni, David G Long, Ernesto Rodriguez, Francesca Ticconi, Frank Wentz, Julia Figa Saldana, Marcos Portabella, Mark Bourassa, Xavier Neyt
  - Dependency of the Sentinel-1 SAR azimuth wavelength cut-off on significant wave height and wind speed
    Giuseppe Grieco (Italian Space Agency), Wenming Lin, Marcos Portabella, Maurizio Migliaccio, Francesco Nirchio
  - The GNSS Reflectometry Response to the Ocean Surface Winds
    Zorana Jelenak, Seubson Soisuvarn, Faozi Said and Paul Chang
  - JAXA’s Ocean Environment Monitoring Activities and Himawari Monitor
    Misako Kachi (Earth Observation Research Center, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)), Yukio Kurihara, HiroshiMurakami, Norimasa Ito, Yasumasa Miyazawa
  - Construction of New Gridded Product of Surface Wind Vectors over the Global Ocean by Multiple Satellite Observations
    Kunio Kutsuwada (Tokai University), Hiroyuki Tomita, Masahisa Kubota, Tsutomu Hihara, Shin-ichiro Kako
  - Report from Coastal Working Group
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5. New Products and Applications (part 2)
  - The Cross-Calibrated Multi-Platform (CCMP) Ocean Vector Wind Analysis (V2.0)
    Lucrezia Ricciardulli (Remote Sensing Systems), Joel Scott, Carl Mears, Ross Hoffman^, Bob Atlas*, and Frank Wentz
  - Discovering a Decade of Coastal Winds From Scatterometers- Preliminary Data Set
    Bryan Stiles (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), Alex G. Fore, P. Ted Strub, and Corinne James
  - RapidScat Reprocessing and Data Status
    Alexander Fore (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), Bryan Stiles, Ernesto Rodgriguez
  - Latest Datasets and Services at the PO.DAAC
    David Moroni (JPL/PO.DAAC),
  - Reconciliation of C and Ku-band Geophysical Model Functions
    Ad Stoffelen (KNMI), Z. Wang, J Verspeek, J. Vogelzang, A. Verhoef, L. Ricciardulli
  - Resolution enhancement for ASCAT
    Jur Vogelzang (KNMI) and Ad Stoffelen
  - Singularity analysis: A poweful technique for scatterometer wind data processing
    Marcos Portabella (Institute of Marine Sciences (ICM-CSIC)), Wenming Lin, Ad Stoffelen, Antonio Turiel, Greg King, AntonVerhoef
  - Discussion related to New Products and Applications
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  - Report from the Stress Working Group
    Jim Edson
  - End of Day wrap up
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6. Atmosphere and Ocean Coupling and Ocean Applications (Part 1)
7. Atmosphere and Ocean Coupling and Ocean Applications (part 2)
  - On the Roughness of the Ocean under High Wind Conditions
    James Edson (University of Connecticut), Aaron Paget, Doug Vandemark, Marc Emond
  - Relation between wind and stress under tropical cyclones
    W Timothy Liu (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), Wenqing Tand and Xiaosu Xie
  - OAFlux high-resolution ocean-surface vector wind time series (1987 – 2016): New insights into wind-ocean interaction on meso to planetary scales
    Lisan Yu (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)
  - Interannual Variability of Global Coastal Upwelling Inferrred from a Satellite Wind-Derived Coastal Upwelling Index Database
    Steven Morey (COAPS-FSU)
  - Towards a Scatterometer-Based High Resolution Ocean Wind Forcing
    Ana Trindade (Instituto de Ciencias del Mar (ICM-CSIC)), Marcos Portabella, Ad Stoffelen, Wenming Lin and Jos de Kloe
  - Using Swath Data for Small Scale Wind-Driven Currents in OSCAR
    Kathleen Dohan (Earth and Space Research)
  - Wind stress and curl anomalies along western North America during the extreme warm ocean events of 2014-16
    Melanie Fewings (University of Connecticut), Christopher Gotschalk
8. Meteorological Applications (part 1)
  - Development of a tool for offshore wind resource assessment by satellites for wind industry
    Alberto Rabaneda (University of Strathclyde), Matthew Stickland
  - Evaluation of ocean surface winds from reanalyses in the Nordic Seas
    Dmitry Dukhovskoy (FSU), M.A. Bourassa, J. Steffen, G. N. Petersen
  - Progress in Calculating Tropical Cyclone Inflow from OVW Observations
    Ralph Foster (Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington), Jun Zhang, NOAA/HRD, Miami, FL; Peter Black, MontereyCA, Peter Black, Monterey CA
  - Using scatterometer-measured vector winds to study high-impact weather events
    Timothy Lang (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center), Themis Chronis, George Priftis, Steve Nesbitt, Piyush Garg
  - Space Based L-Band Scatterometer and Radiometer Studies of Coincident Ocean Surface Winds and Rain Using SMAP
    David Weissman (Hofstra University)
  - Circumventing rain contamination in scatterometer wind observations
    Thomas Kilpatrick (Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD), Shang-Ping Xie
  - Oceanic heavy rainfall: Role of near-surface dynamic forcing versus thermodynamic profiles
    Timothy Lang (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center), Piyush Garg, Steven Nesbitt, Themis Chronis
  - Combined scatterometer and ground radar observations of convective storms
    Timothy Lang (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center), George Priftis, Themis Chronis
  - Shear-Relative Boundary Layer Kinematic Asymmetries Observed in Atlantic Hurricanes
    Kyle Ahern (COAPS - Florida State University), Mark A. Bourassa, Robert E. Hart
  - ASCAT and RapidScat Vector Winds Comparison
    Aaron Paget (University of Connecticut), Jim Edson
  - Update on ASCAT ocean vector wind assimilation in JMA’s NWP systems
    Masami Moriya (Japan Meteorological Agency)
  - Update of scatterometer winds usage at Météo-France
    Christophe Payan (Météo-France)
  - Wind retrieval performance analysis of CFOSAT rotating fan beam scatterometer
    Zhen Li (KNMI), Ad Stoffelen, Jos de Kloe
  - The Avoidance of High Winds and Seas by Ships Transiting the Pacific and Atlantic
    Joseph Sienkiewicz (NOAA/NWS Ocean Prediction Center), Lt. Joseph Phillips, Ashley Miller
  - Quality Analysis And Process Of Wind Profiler Data On Rain Condition
    LIAO Fei (Guangzhou Meteorology Observatory), Deng Hua
  - Possible predictors for the RI and evolution of hurricanes from near-coincident satellite observations of the structure of precipitation and surface winds: Hurricane Joaquin
    Svetla Hristova-Veleva, Ziad Haddad, Bryan Stiles, Tsae-Pyng Shen, Noppasin Niamsuwan, F. Joe Turk, P.Peggy Li, Brian Knosp, Quoc Vu, Bjorn Lambrigtsen, William Poulsen
9. Meteorological Applications (part 2)
10. Posters
  - Climate Data Record Development and Analysis
  - New Products and Applications
    - Combined Active / Passive Retrievals of Ocean Vector Wind and Sea Surface Salinity with SMAP
      Alexander Fore (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), Simon Yueh, Wenqing Tang, Bryan Stiles, Akiko Hayashi
    - High resolution estimates of soil moisture from ASCAT
      David Long (Brigham Young University), David B. Lindell
    - The gridded sea surface wind data product of the Chinese HY-2 satellite and its application in analysis of extreme sea state
      Xiaomin Ye (National Satellite Ocean Application Service), Qingtao Song, Mingsen Lin, Fei Liao
    - Earth Science Data Systems Data Quality Working Group: Year Two Summar
      David Moroni (JPL/PO.DAAC)
    - GCOM-W AMSR2 research products
      Takashi Maeda (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Earth Observation Research Center), Mieko Seki, Tomoyuki Nomaki, Keiji Sekiya, and Misako Kachi
    - NOAA’s SFMR Reprocessing for High Ocean Winds
      Suleiman Alsweiss (NOAA/NESDIS/STAR), Suleiman Alsweiss, Joe Sapp, Zorana Jelenak, Paul Chang and James Carswell
    - Evaluating Diurnal Wind Variability in the Tropics
      Sarah Gille (Scripps Institution of Oceanography), Donata Giglio, San Nguyen, Devon Northcott, Aneesh Subramanian
    - NetCDF-CF Standard Name Proposal for Sigma-0 Datasets
      Ad Stoffelen, Anton Verhoef, Christoph Reimer, David F Moroni, David G Long, Ernesto Rodriguez, Francesca Ticconi, Frank Wentz, Julia Figa Saldana, Marcos Portabella, Mark Bourassa, Xavier Neyt
    - Multi-sensor Scatterometer Sea Ice Age and Extent
      David Long (Brigham Young University), David B. Lindell, Jordan Hill
  - Atmosphere and Ocean Coupling and Ocean Applications
  - Meteorological Applications (part 1)
    - Oceanic heavy rainfall: Role of near-surface dynamic forcing versus thermodynamic profiles
      Timothy Lang (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center), Piyush Garg, Steven Nesbitt, Themis Chronis
    - Combined scatterometer and ground radar observations of convective storms
      Timothy Lang (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center), George Priftis, Themis Chronis
    - Shear-Relative Boundary Layer Kinematic Asymmetries Observed in Atlantic Hurricanes
      Kyle Ahern (COAPS - Florida State University), Mark A. Bourassa, Robert E. Hart
    - ASCAT and RapidScat Vector Winds Comparison
      Aaron Paget (University of Connecticut), Jim Edson
    - Update on ASCAT ocean vector wind assimilation in JMA’s NWP systems
      Masami Moriya (Japan Meteorological Agency)
    - Update of scatterometer winds usage at Météo-France
      Christophe Payan (Météo-France)
    - Wind retrieval performance analysis of CFOSAT rotating fan beam scatterometer
      Zhen Li (KNMI), Ad Stoffelen, Jos de Kloe
    - The Avoidance of High Winds and Seas by Ships Transiting the Pacific and Atlantic
      Joseph Sienkiewicz (NOAA/NWS Ocean Prediction Center), Lt. Joseph Phillips, Ashley Miller
    - Quality Analysis And Process Of Wind Profiler Data On Rain Condition
      LIAO Fei (Guangzhou Meteorology Observatory), Deng Hua
    - Possible predictors for the RI and evolution of hurricanes from near-coincident satellite observations of the structure of precipitation and surface winds: Hurricane Joaquin
      Svetla Hristova-Veleva, Ziad Haddad, Bryan Stiles, Tsae-Pyng Shen, Noppasin Niamsuwan, F. Joe Turk, P.Peggy Li, Brian Knosp, Quoc Vu, Bjorn Lambrigtsen, William Poulsen

2015 IOVWST

Sponsors
Agenda
Attendees
Presentations (In agenda order):
1. Programmatic Talks
2. Oceanographic Applications
  - Evaluation of wind stress curl and divergence represented by CMIP5 models using QuikSCAT and atmospheric reanalysis products
    Tong Lee (Jet Propulsion Laboratory)
  - OSCAR Mixed Layer and Surface Currents
    Kathleen Dohan (Earth and Space Research)
  - The Ocean Response to Wind Relaxations off California, U.S.A.
    Melanie Fewings (University of Connecticut - Avery Point) Libe Washburn, Clive E. Dorman, Christopher Gotschalk, Kevin S. Brown, Ke Chen, John Bane, Maria Aristizabal, Dylan Oldenburg
  - Poster Highlights
3. Climate working group
  - Climate WG Summary
    Frank Wentz (Remote Sensing Systems), Ad Stoffelen (Invited)
4. Climate Data Record Development and Analysis
  - From tandem missions to RapidScat – uncovering the diurnal signal in the large-scale circulations. Implications for the climate record of the ocean surface winds.
    Svetla Hristova-Veleva (JPL) Ernesto Rodriguez, Ziad Haddad, Bryan Stiles, F. Joseph Turk
  - A long-term ocean wind and stress vector CDR
    Ad Stoffelen (KNMI), Anton Verhoef, Jur Vogelzang, Jos de Kloe, Maria Belmonte, Jeroen Verspeek
  - Bringing Consistency Among Scatterometer Winds Using Radiometer Observations
    Lucrezia Ricciardulli (Remote Sensing Systems), and Frank Wentz
  - An analysis of the data quality and long term trends in the reprocessed radar backscatter from ASCAT-A
    Craig Anderson (EUMETSAT), J Figa-Saldaña, R Huckle, JJW Wilson, F Ticconi, J Miller, C Duff & H Bauch
  - A 17-Year Climate Record of Diurnal Winds Derived from the TRMM Microwave Imager
    Frank Wentz (Remote Sensing Systems), Lucrezia Ricciardulli
  - Poster Highlights
  - Towards Homogenization of Scatterometer Wind Retrievals
    Abderrahim Bentamy (IFREMER), Semyon A. Grodsky, Bertrand Chapron, and Anis Elyouncha
  - Decadal change in ocean surface wind circulation: 1988-2014
    Lisan Yu (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution) and 5 collaborators
  - Assessment of the corrected CMOD5.n ocean backscatter model using ERS scatterometer data
    Anis Elyouncha (Royal Military Academy), and Xavier Ney
  - Towards the characterization and removal/mitigation of scatterometer wind sampling errors
    Ana Trindade (Institut de Ciencies del Mar (ICM-CSIC)) M. Portabella, W. Lin, A. Stoffelen and A. Verhoef
  - Surface Zonal Wind Patterns Along the Equator During El Niño and La Niña in 2000-2015
    David Halpern (Jet Propulsion Laboratory)
  - The role of ocean dynamical processes in determining intraseasonal SST Variability in the tropical Indian Ocean: with implication on MJO initiation
    Weiqing Han (Department of atmospheric and oceanic sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, Co 80309) and Yuanlong Li
5. Current and future Ocean Vector Wind Mission Updates
  - CYGNSS Mission Update
    Chris Ruf (University Of Michigan) Paul Chang, Maria Paola Clarizia, Scott Gleason, Zorana Jelenak, and Aaron Ridley
  - Update on the Winds and Currents Mission (WaCM)
    Mark Bourassa (COAPS & EOAS, Florida State University) Ernesto Rodriguez, Dudley Chelton, Tom Farrar, David Long, Thomas Kilpatrick, Nikolai Maxeminko, Roger Samuelson, Frank Wentz, Shang-Ping Xie
  - Submesoscale and Mesoscale Ekman Pumping on Scales Shorter than 100 km
    Dudley Chelton (Oregon State University)
  - Simulation and Feasibility Study of Spaceborne Doppler Scatterometer for Ocean Surface Currents and Winds
    Xiaolon Dong (National Space Science Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences) Qingliu Bao, Di Zjhu
  - L-Band High Resolution Remote Sensing of Ocean Surface Winds
    Simon Yueh (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology) Alexander Fore, Wenqing Tang, and Bryan Stiles
  - A Method for Quality Assessment of Scatterometer-retrieved wind fields
    Zengzhou Hao (The Second Institute of Oceanography, SOA) Delu Pan, Fang Gong and Tianyu Wang
  - Poster Highlights
  - On the Quality of HY-2A Scatterometer Wind
    Wenming Lin (Institut de Ciencies del Mar (ICM - CSIC)) Marcos Portabella, Ad Stoffelen; Anton Verhoef; Youguang Zhang; Mingsen Lin;Juhong Zou; Shuyan Lang
  - Analysis of Radio Frequency Interference in ASCAT Backscatter Measurements
    Julia Figa-Saldana (EUMETSAT) Francesca Ticconi, Craig Anderson, Julian J.W.Wilson
  - RapidScat Initial Results for Cross-Calibration and Diurnal Cycles
    Ernesto Rodriguez (JPL/CalTech) S. Hristova-Veleva
6. Meteorological Applications
  - Diurnal wind variability observed by RapidSCAT and comparison to model simulations
    Thomas Kilpatrick (Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD) Shang-Ping Xie, Sarah Gille
  - Using scatterometer-measured vector winds to study high-impact weather events
    Timothy Lang (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center) Steven W. Nesbitt, Stella L. Choi, Themis Chronis, George Priftis
  - Improving High-Impact Tropical Weather Prediction Using Ocean Vector Wind Data and a High-Resolution Coupled Atmosphere-Wave-Ocean Model
    Shuyi Chen (RSMAS/University of Miami) and Brandon Kerns
  - Estimates of Near-surface Inflow in Tropical Cyclones From Satellite Scatterometers
    Ralph Foster (APL, University of Washington) Jun Zhang (NOAA/HRD, Miami, FL); Peter Black (Monterey CA)
  - National Hurricane Center Ocean Vector Wind Update
    Michael Brennan (NOAA/NWS/NCEP/National Hurricane Center)
  - Hurricane Force Winds in Extratropical Cyclones
    Joseph Sienkiewicz (NOAA/NWS Ocean Prediction Center) Benjamin Albright
  - Study for utilizing high wind speed data on JMA’s Global NWP system
    Masami Moriya (Japan Meteorological Agency)
  - Scatterometer winds at Météo-France: usage and new datasets
    Christophe Payan (Meteo-France and CNRS), and Vincent Chabot
  - Poster Highlights
  - Update on the Scatterometer Impact Studies at ECMWF
    Giovanna De Chiara (ECMWF), S. J. English, J.R. Bidlot, P.A.E.M. Janssen
  - An Improved 2DVAR Ambiguity Removal For ASCAT Wind Inversion
    Marcos Portabella (Institut de Ciencies del Mar (ICM-CSIC)), Wenming Lin, Jur Vogelzang, Ad Stoffelen, Anton Verhoef
  - Discussion
7. Stress Working Group
8. Atmosphere and Ocean Coupling
  - Air-sea coupling in an eastern boundary current region
    Eric Skyllingstad (Oregon State University) R. M. Samelson, D. B. Chelton
  - Characterization of the frontal air-sea interaction by spectral response functions
    Niklas Schneider (International Pacific Research Center, University of Hawaii) Kazuyoshi Kikuchi
  - Impact Of Sub-Cell Wind Variability On ASCAT Wind Quality
    Marcos Portabella (Institut de Ciencies del Mar (ICM-CSIC)) Wenming Lin, Ad Stoffelen, Jur Vogelzang, Anton Verhoef
  - Poster Highlights
9. Coastal Applications Working Group
10. New Products and Applications
  - Diurnal Wind Variability from RapidScat
    Sarah Gille (Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego), San Nguyen, Devon Northcott, Jasper Nutt, Aneesh Subramanian
  - All-Weather ISS RapidScat Wind Speeds
    Bryan Stiles (Jet Propulsion Laboratory) Alex G. Fore, W. Lee Poulsen and Svetla Hristova-Veleva
  - New Ocean Vector Wind Datasets and Services at the NASA PO.DAAC
    David Moroni (JPL - PO.DAAC)
  - Poster Highlights
  - Diurnal variations of 0 over land from RapidScat Observations
    David Long (Brigham Young University) Aaron C. Paget, Nathan M. Madsen
  - A new GMF for estimating whitecap coverage from Ku-band scatterometers
    Aaron Paget (Microwave Earth Remote Sensing, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT)
  - Combining wind and rain in spaceborne scatterometer observations: modeling the splash effects in the sea surface backscattering coefficient
    Federica Polverari (Sapienza University of Rome - Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology) F. S. Marzano; L. Pulvirenti; N. Pierdicca; S. M. Hristova-Veleva; F. J. Turk
  - Improvement of the CMOD GMF for C-Band Scatterometers
    Ad Stoffelen (KNMI), Jeroen Verspeek, Lucrezia Ricciardulli, Gerd-Jan van Zadelhoff
  - ASCAT-6.25 product quality
    Jurriaan Vogelzang (KNMI) Ad Stoffelen (KNMI) and Richard Lindsley (BYU, MERS lab)
  - Relating MSG Rain over the Tropical Atlantic with ASCAT Derived Surface Divergence and Vorticity
    Gregory King (Institute of Marine Sciences (ICM-CSIC)) Wenming Lin, Marcos Portabella, Ad Stoffelen, Anton Verhoef
  - Cross-Polarized C-band Scatterometer Measurements of the Sea Surface in Moderate Winds
    Joe Sapp (NOAA/NESDIS/STAR/SOCD) Suleiman Alsweiss, Zorana Jelenak, Paul Chang, Steve Frasier, James Carswell
  - Discussion
11. End Of Meeting
  - 2015 Wrap Up
  - 2016 Preview

2014 IOVWST

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Photo
Presentations (In agenda order):
1. Introduction
2. Atmosphere and Ocean Coupling
  - The atmospheric response to weak SST fronts
    Niklas Schneider (International Pacific Research Center, University of Hawaii) and Bo Qiu (Department of Oceanography, University of Hawaii)
  - Surface Flux Modification by Wind Response to SSTs
    Mark Bourassa (Florida State University) and John Steffen
  - Spatial variances of wind fields and their relation to second-order structure functions and spectra
    Jur Vogelzang (KNMI), Gregory King, and Ad Stoffelen
  - Near-surface wind-current coupling, identified in satellite and in situ observations
    Nikolai Maximenko (IPRC, University of Hawaii)
  - Can GRACE-constrained ocean circulation estimates be used to evaluate and adjust QuikSCAT wind stress retrievals?
    Dimitris Menemenlis (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), Hong Zhang, David Moroni, and Carmen Boening
3. Stress
  - IOVWST Wind Stress Working Group
  - Overview of Wind Stress Working Group
    James B. Edson (University of Connecticut)
  - Effects of cloud snow in climate models on ocean surface wind stress and SST in the Pacific sector
    Tong Lee (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), J.-L. Frank Li, W.-L. Lee, D. E. Waliser, Tong Lee, Justin P. Stachnik, Eric Fetzer, and Carmen Boening
  - New Applications of Scatterometry
    MM Ali (NRSC), Mark Bourassa, David Long, and Jocelyn Elya
4. Oceanographic Applications
5. Ice Applications
  - Long-Term Sea Ice Monitoring With Scatterometers at IFREMER/CERSAT
    Fanny Girard-Ardhuin (IFREMER)
6. Meteorological Applications
7. New Products and Applications
8. Climate (Working Group)
  - Climate Working Group Task List
    Frank Wentz
  - Charter for IOVWST Climate Working Group
    Frank Wentz
  - Standards in the evaluation of scatterometer products
    Ad Stoffelen (KNMI)
  - ASCAT and SeaWinds Ocean Surface Vector Winds Along the Equator
    David Halpern (Jet Propulsion Laboratory) and Lucrezia Ricciardulli
  - Climate signals in the ocean surface winds: Using QuikSCAT, ASCAT, and OSCAT to detect trends in the Hadley cell width and intensity and to study their intra-seasonal, seasonal and diurnal variability
    Svetla Hristova-Veleva (JPL), Ziad Haddad, Ernesto Rodriguez, and Bryan Stiles
9. Coastal Applications (Working Group)
  - Upwelling events at the western African coast related to synoptic atmospheric structures: An analysis with satellite observations
    Fabien Desbiolles (LOS), B. Blanke, and A. Bentamy
  - Discovering a Decade of Coastal Winds From Scatterometers
    Bryan Stiles (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), Alex G. Fore, P. Ted Strub, Corinne James, Michelle Gierarch, and Sermsak Jaruwatanadilok
  - Understanding variability of global coastal upwelling using satellite scatterometer winds
    Steven Morey (Florida State University)
10. Current and Future Ocean Vector Wind Mission Updates
  - CFOSAT (Chinese-French Oceanic SATellite): an innovative mission combining surface ocean wind and wave measurements from Ku-Band scatterometry
    Daniele Hauser (LATMOS/CNRS-UVSQ), Liu Jianqiang, Dong Xialong, Zhu Di, Tison C., Lambin J., Amiot, T., Castillan P., Mouche A., Chapron B., Ardhuin F., Lefèvre JM., Aouf L., and Mahfouf JF
  - Calibration of HY-2A Satellite Scatterometer with Ocean and Considerations of Calibration of CFOSAT Scatterometer
    Xiaolong Dong (CAS Key Laboratory of Microwave Remote Sensing, National Space Science Center, CAS), Jintai Zhu, Risheng Yun, and Di Zhu
  - Evaluation of the HY-2A scatterometer wind quality
    Wenming Lin (Institut de Ciencies del Mare CSIC), Marcos Portabella, Ad Stoffelen, Anton Verhoef, Antonio Turiel, Qingtao Song, Xingwei Jiang, and Dudley B. Chelton
  - Global Change Observation Mission (GCOM) (invited)
    Haruhisa Shimoda (JAXA)
  - Progress Towards the Ku/Ka-band Scatterometer Missions
    Mark Bourassa (Florida State University), Robert Gaston, David G. Long, Nikolai Maximenko, Ernesto Rodriguez, Frank Wentz, Shang-Ping Xie, and Dudley Chelton
  - DopplerScat: A Pencil-Beam Scatterometer and Surface Current Instrument
    Ernesto Rodriguez (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology), M.M. Flexas, D. Menemenlis, D. Perkovic-Martin, and A. F. Thompson
  - CYGNSS Mission Update
    Chris Ruf (AOSS/University of Michigan), Robert Atlas, Paul Chang, Maria Paola Clarizia, Zorana Jelenak, Sharan Majumdar, and Aaron Ridley
  - Two-Look Polarimetric (2LP) Microwave Radiometers for Ocean Vector Wind Retrieval
    Frank Wentz (Remote Sensing Systems), Kyle Hilburn. and Thomas Meissner
  - Aquarius Wind Speed Retrievals and Implications for SMAP Ocean Vector Winds
    Alexander Fore (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), Simon Yueh, Wenqing Tang, Julian Chaubell, Gregory Neumann, Akiko Hayashi, and Adam Freedman
  - The METOP-SG Satellites & the SCA Radar
    Franco Fois (ESA) and John Julian William Wilson (EUMETSAT), C.C.Lin, M. Loiselet, C. Anderson, F. Ticconi K.Scipal, A. Stoffelen, and J. Figa
  - RapidScat
    Ernesto Rodriguez (JPL), B. Stiles, A. Fore, D. Perkovic-Martin, S. Durden, and S. Boland
11. Climate Data Record Development and Analysis
12. Posters
  - Surface Curl and Ekman Upwelling Modification by Wind Response to SSTs
    Mark Bourassa (Florida State University) and Paul J. Hughes
  - Coupled surface winds and ocean diurnal variability using WRF
    Rachel Weihs (Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies, Florida State University) and Mark Bourassa
  - The Influence of Small Scale SST Gradients on Tropical Cyclone Development
    Russell Glazer (Florida State University - COAPS), Mark Bourassa, and Robert Hart
  - Second-order structure function analysis of SeaWinds and ASCAT winds over the Tropical Pacific
    Gregory King (Gulbenkian Institute of Science), Jur Vogelzang, and Ad Stoffelen
  - Upscale and downscale energy transfer over the tropical Pacific revealed by scatterometer winds
    Gregory King (Gulbenkian Institute of Science), Jur Vogelzang, and Ad Stoffelen
  - Comparison of ASCAT and SeaWinds Velocity Difference PDFs
    Gregory P. King, Jur Vogelzang, and Ad Stoffelen
  - Atmospheric forcing data sets to drive eddy-resolving global ocean general circulation models
    Raphael Dussin, Bernard Barnier, and Anne Marie Treguier
  - The CYGNSS Mission Level 2 Wind Speed Retrieval Algorithm
    Maria-Paola Clarizia (University of Michigan), Christopher Ruf, Andrew O'Brien, and Scott Gleason
  - The swell impact on HY-2 SCAT wind product quality
    He Wang (National Ocean Technology Center)
  - CFOSAT Scatterometer Doppler processing and Data Product Development
    Risheng Yun (Key Laboratory of Microwave Remote Sensing (MIRS,CAS),Center for Space Science and Applied Research(CSSAR,CAS),Chinese Academy of Sciences), Xiaolong Dong, Di Zhu, and Xinou Xu
  - An evaluation of simulated CYGNSS winds in tropical cyclone conditions
    Faozi Said (NOAA), Seubson Soisuvarn, Zorana Jelenak, and Paul S. Chang
  - Improved ASCAT and OSCAT Spatial Response Functions for Enhanced Resolution Processing
    David G. Long (BYU), Richard Lindsley, Nathan Madsen, and Aaron Paget
  - Tropical Cyclone Winds Validation from the OSCAT Neural Network Winds
    Seubson Soisuvar, Zorana Jelenak, Suleiman Alsweiss, and Paul Chang
  - Estimation of Sea Surface Rainrate from SeaWinds Data Using Neural Network Methods
    David E. Weissman, Simona Doboli, and Anthony Esposito
  - Wave and Wind Direction Effects on SFMR Brightness Temperatures
    Heather Holbach (FSU COAPS), Eric Uhlhorn, and Mark Bourassa
  - Scatterometer High Wind Observations
    Zorana Jelenak (NOAA/NESDIS/STAR-UCAR), Joseph Siekievicz, Suleiman Alsweiss, and Paul S. Chang
  - GNSS-Reflectomety: A Cost-Effective Solution for Global Ocean Winds
    Foti G.,Gommenginger C., Robertson C., Shaw A.
  - The eSurge-Venice project: how scatterometer data can improve the storm surge forecasting in the Gulf of Venice
    Stefano Zecchetto (National Research Council of Italy), F. De Biasio, A. della Valle, G. Umgiesser, M. Bajo, S. Vignudelli, and C. Donlon
  - An Analytical Model for the Cross-Polar Scattering of Microwave Radiation from Ocean
    Franco Fois (TUDelft), P. Hoogeboom (TUDelft), F. Le Chevalier (TUDelft), and A. Stoffelen (KNMI)
  - Coastal Winds over the Patagonia Shelf
    Paul Strub (Oregon State University) and Corinne James
  - Towards ASCAT Backscatter Correction in Rain
    Wenming Lin (Institut de Ciencies del Mare CSIC), Marcos Portabella, Ad Stoffelen, and Anton Verhoef
  - An analysis of the data quality and long term trends in the reprocessed radar backscatter from ASCAT-A
    Craig Anderson (EUMETSAT), J Figa-Saldaña, R Huckle, JJW Wilson, F Ticconi, J Miller, C Duff, and H Bauch
  - New Ocean Wind and Scatterometry Datasets and Interoperability Services at the NASA PO.DAAC
    David Moroni (NASA/JPL)
  - Observations of urban land targets using QuikSCAT L1B sigma0 data
    Aaron Paget (Brigham Young University) and David G. Long

2013 IOVWST

2012 IOVWST

2011 IOVWST

Sponsors
Agenda
Attendees
Discussion Summary
Presentations (In agenda order):
1. Introduction
  - Introduction from the organizing Committee
    Mark Bourassa (FSU)
  - NASA Programmatic Perspectives: Present Status and the Way Forward
    Dr. Peter Hacker (NASA HQ) and Dr. Eric Lindstrom
  - NOAA Programmatic Perspectives
    Dr. Stan Wilson (NOAA Satellite Service)
  - The CEOS OVW Constellation: Objectives, Opportunities and Challenges
    Dr. Stan Wilson (NOAA Satellite Service), Hans Bonekamp, and B.S. Gohil
  - Earth Science Division Status and Plans
    Prof. Mike H. Frelich (NASA)
  - JAXA Update
    Prof. H. Shimoda (JAXA)
  - ASCAT: Metop-A Developments, Metop-B preparations
    Dr. Craig Anderson (EUMETSAT) and Hans Bonekamp
2. Review of the Basics
3. The Impact of the Loss of QuikSCAT on Climate and Operations
4. New Products
5. Oceanography
6. Future Missions
7. First Results from the OceanSat-2 Scatterometer
8. Calibration/Validation and Definitions
9. Meteorology
10. Posters

2010 IOVWST

Sponsors
Agenda
Attendees
Statements
Presentations (In agenda order):
1. Introduction
  - Introduction from the Organizing Committee
    Mark Bourassa (FSU), Marcos Portabella, Ernesto Rodriguez, and Ad Stoffelen
  - Words from the Local Host
    Marcos Portabella
  - Institut of Marine Sciences (ICM), CSIC
    Dr. Alberto Palanques (Director of CMIMA)
  - Marine Technology Unit: A Challenge for Oceanography Development in Spain
    Dr. Juan Jose Danobeitia (Director of UTM)
  - NASA Perspective
    Peter Hacker (NASA HQ)
  - EUMETSAT Perspective
    Hans Bonekamp (EUMETSAT)
2. Future Missions
  - Design and Performance Simulation of a Ku-Band Rotating Fan-Beam Scatterometer
    Dr. Xiaolong Dong (Center for Space Science and Applied Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences), Wenming Lin, and Di Zhu
  - Effect of Rain on Ku-Band Fan Beam Ku-Band Scatterometer
    Dr. Jean Tournadre (IFREMER) and Y. Quilfen
  - On Performance Measures for Spaceborne Wind Sensors
    Dr. Ad Stoffelen (KNMI), Maria Belmonte Rivas (UCAR), and Jos de Kloe (KNMI)
  - Reprocessing the 10-year QuikSCAT Climate Data Record and Future Scatterometer Mission Prospects
    Dr. Ernesto Rodriguez (Jet Propulsion Laboratory/Cal Tech), Bryan Stiles, Alexandra Chau, Robert W. Gaston, Svetla Hristova-Veleva, Scott Dunbar, and Joe Turk
  - Status of GCOM-W1 and W2
    Prof. Haruhisa Shimoda (Tokai University)
  - CEOS Ocean Vector Wind Virtual Constellation: Current Status and Challenges
    Dr. Stan Wilson (NOAA Satellite and Information Service), Hans Bonekamp (EUMETSAT) and B.S. Gohil (ISRO)
3. International Collaboration
  - Status of Scatterometer Ocean Wind Vector Data Assimilation in Environment Canada's Global Variational Analysis and Forecast System
    Dr. Robert Tardif (Data Assimilation and Satellite Meteorology, Environment Canada), Stephane Laroche, Mateusz Reszka, and Judy St-James
  - Status of EUMETSAT ASCAT Products and Services
    Ms. Julia Figa-Saldana (EUMETSAT), H. Bonekamp, C. Anderson, J. Wilson, L. Butenko, C. Duff, C. Ponsard, A. de Smet, J. Lerch (EUMETSAT), A. Stoffelen, A. Verhoef (KNMI), W. Wagner, and Z. Bartalis (IPF TU-Wien)
  - Latest Developments For PO.DAAC's OVW Products
    Mr. David Moroni (Jet Propulsion Laboratory)
4. New Products
  - RSS WindSat Version 7 All-Weather Wind Vector Product: Radiative Transfer Model, Algorithm and Validation
    Dr. Thomas Meissner (Remote Sensing Systems), Lucrezia Ricciardulli and Frank Wentz
  - ASCAT Sea Ice Modelling and Detection
    Dr. Ad Stoffelen (KNMI), Maria Belmonte Rivas (UCAR) and Jeroen Verspeek (KNMI)
  - Stress Related Improvements in Surface Turbulent Heat Fluxes: A DFS Application
    Professor Mark Bourassa (Florida State University)
5. Meteorology
  - Hurricane Dynamic and Thermodynamic Balances as Revealed by the Azimuth Asymmetry of Wind-stress
    Dr. W Timothy Liu (Jet Propulsion Lab, Caltech) and Wenqing Tang
  - Assimilation of Ocean Surface Wind Vectors into Global and Regional Models of Tropical Cyclones: Present and Future
    Professor Sharanya Majumdar (University of Miami), R. Atlas, J. S. Whitaker, T. M. Hamill, R. D. Torn, S. M. Leidner and J. V. Ardizzone
  - Applications of OVW-derived Surface Pressures in Tropical Storms
    Ralph Foster (APL/University of Washington), Jerome Patoux, and R.A. Brown
  - Observational Evidence of SST Influence on the Troposphere Over the Gulf Stream
    Professor Dudley Chelton (Oregon State University), Jack F. Dostalek, Mark DeMaria and Brian McNoldy
  - Study of Wind Field Distribution Within Hurricane Force Extratropical Cyclones in North Pacific Using QuikSCAT and ASCAT Scatterometer Measurements
    Dr. Zorana Jelenak (NOAA/NESDIS/STAR-UCAR), Dr. Khalil Ahmad, Mr. Joseph Sienkiewicz and Dr. Paul Chang
  - Synthetic Aperture Radar Wind Field Retrieval With Respect to Cyclones
    Dr. Jochen Horstmann (NATO Udersea Research Center) and Silvia Falchetti
  - On the Use of Doppler Shift For SAR Wind Retrieval
    Dr. Fabrice Collard (CLS), Alexis Mouche (CLS), and Betrand Chapron (IFREMER)
  - Multi-Platform Analyses of Surface Convergence and Atmospheric Convection in the Tropical Indo-Pacific on Sub-Daily Timescales
    Dr. Ralph Milliff (NWRA/CoRA Division) and Dr. Jeremiah Brown
6. Calibration/Validation and Definitions
  - ASCAT Scatterometer Quality Control
    Dr. Marcos Portabella (Unidad de Tecnologia Marina (UTM - CSIC)), Ad Stoffelen, Anton Verhoef, and Jeroen Verspeek
  - Calibration and Validation of ASCAT Backscatter
    Dr. Craig Anderson (EUMETSAT), Hans Bonekamp, Julia Figa, Julian J. Wilson, Arthur de Smet, and Colin Duff
  - Quality of High-Resolution Scatterometer Winds
    Ad Stoffelen (KNMI), Anton Verhoef and Jeroen Verspeek
  - Improved ASCAT Wind Retrieval Using NWP Ocean Calibration
    Mr. Jeroen Verspeek (KNMI), Ad Stoffelen, Anton Verhoef and Jur Vogelzang
  - Cross-Validation of Scatterometer Measurements via Sea-Level Pressure Retrieval
    Dr. Jerome Patoux (University of Washington), Ralph C. Foster and R.A. Brown
  - Analysis of Small-scale Coastal Wind Features Using Scatterometers and Synthetic Aperture Radars
    Mr. Michael Caruso (University of Miami/CSTARS)
  - Improving QSCAT Retrievals of High Winds
    Dr. Lucrezia Ricciardulli (Remote Sensing Systems) and Frank Wentz
  - A comparison of QuikSCAT winds to Insitu Observations in the Western Boundary Current regions
    Dr. Jessica Kleiss (University of Washington), Kathryn A. Kelly, LuAnne Thompson, and Suzanne Dickinson
  - SST-Induced Surface Wind Response: Comparison of QuikSCAT and ASCAT Depiction of the Phenomenon
    Dr. Svetla Hristova-Veleva (Jet Propulsion Laboratory) and Ernesto Rodriguez
7. Oceanography
  - Studies Ofthe Influence of Rainfall Upon Scatterometer Estimates For Sea Surface Stress: Applications to Boundary Layer Parameterization and Drag Coefficient Models Within Tropical Cyclone Environments
    Dr. David Weissman (Hofstra University), Henry Winterbottom, and Mark Bourassa
  - CMOD5 Wind Data and the TCNNA Algorithm Can Distinguish Between Surfactants and Low Wind in Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Imagery
    Dr. Oscar Garcia-Pineda (Florida State University), Ian MacDonald, Xiaofeng Li, and William Pichel
  - Vertical Structure in Satellite Wind Derived Ocean Currents
    Dr. Kathleen Dohan (Earth and Space Research)
  - Warming of the South-Pacific Ocean associated with the 2009-10 El Nino
    Dr. Tong Lee (JPL and CalTech)
  - Role of Point-Wise Scale Invariance in Geophysical Turbulence: Applications in Oceanography
    Dr. Antonio Turiel (Institut de Ciencies del Mar, Barcelona), Baptiste Mourre, Jerome Gourrion, Joaquim Ballabrera-Poy, and Marcos Portabella
  - Bi-Static L-band Scatterometry
    Dr. Estel Cardellach (ICE/CSIC-IEEC) and Dr. Joseph Tenerelli (CLS)
  - Interannual Variability of Synoptic Scale Winds Over the Northern West Florida Shelf from SeaWinds and ASCAT
    Dr. Steven Morey (Florida State University), Dr. Mark Bourassa and Mr. Austin Todd
  - Ocean Surface Wind and Wave Retrieval Using C- and X-Band SAR
    Dr. Thomas Konig (German Aerospace Center (DLR)), Xiao-Ming Li, Stephan Brusch and Susanne Lehner
8. Operations
  - Impact of the Loss of QuikSCAT on NOAA NWS Marine Warning and Forecast Operations
    Mr. Joseph Sienkiewicz (NOAA Ocean Prediction Center), Dr. Michael J. Brennan, Dr. Richard Knabb, Dr. Paul S. Chang, Mr. Hugh Cobb, Dr. Zorana J. Jelenak, Dr. Khalil A. Ahmad, Dr. Seubson Soisuvarn, Mr. David Kosier, and Mr. George Bancroft
  - NOAA/NESDIS High Wind C-band Model Function and its Impact on Detection of Hurricane Force Winds in Extratropical Storms
    Dr. Zorana Jelenak (NOAA/NESDIS/STAR-UCAR), Dr. Seubson Soisuvarn, Dr. Khalil Ahmad, Dr. Paul S Chang, Mr. Joseph Sienkiewicz and Mrs. Qi Zhu
9. Other Issues
  - On the Symbiotic Association Between Wind Scatterometry and the Planetary Boundary Layer Models
    Robert Brown (University of Washington)
  - Ocean Monitoring Using L-Band Microwave Radiometry and GNSS-R Observations
    Prof. Adriano Camps, Xavier Bosch-Lluis, Isaac Ramos-Perez, Juan F. Marchan-Hernadez, Nereida Rodriguez, Enric Valencia, and Jose M. Tarongi
  - Ultra High Resolution ASCAT Winds and Land/Ice Imaging
    Professor David Long (Brigham Young University)
10. Gridded Products
  - Usage of Scatterometer Data at ECMWF
    Dr. Hans Hersbach (ECMWF), P.A.E.M. Janssen
  - Operational Use of Scatterometer Winds in the JMA Data Assimilation System
    Mr. Masaya Takahashi (Numerical Prediction Division/Japan Meteorological Agency),
  - Evaluating QuikSCAT Wind and Stress Products Against Buoy Winds Using a Taylor Diagram
    Professor Kathryn Kelly (University of Washington), and Suzanne Dickinson
  - Two Decades of Satellite-Based Ocean Vector Wind Time Series
    Dr. Lisan Yu (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)
  - Wave and Anemometer-based Sea-surface Wind (WASWind) Dataset for Climate Change Analysis: Comparison and Validation Against Satellite Wind Observations
    Dr. Hiroki Tokinaga (IPRC/University of Hawaii) and Shang-Ping Xie
  - Global Surface Wind Product J-OFURO V2: Drake Passage Oscillation Index (DPOI) and its Correlated Wind Field Over the Antarctic Ocean
    Dr. K. Kutsuwada (Tokai University), Mikio Naganobu and Junya Kondo
11. Posters
  - Determining the Error Characteristics of H*Wind
    Steven DiNapoli, Mark A. Bourassa and Mark D. Powell
  - Spectral Analysis of Gridded Wind Products
    Paul J. Hughes and Mark A. Bourassa
  - 10 years of QuikSCAT: Evaluation and Comparisons with In-Situ & Model Data
    Ioanna Karagali, Charlotte B. Hasager, Andrea Hahmann and Merete Badger
  - Status on the Use of Scatterometer Winds at Meteo-France
    C. Payan
  - Altimeter Microwave Surface Observations in Extreme Events
    Y. Quilfen, B. Chapron and D. Vandemark
  - Assessing Representation Error of In Situ Wind Related Variables for Comparison to Satellite Data
    Jackie C. Rauch, Mark A. Bourassa and Shawn R. Smith

2009 Scatterometry and Climate

Agenda
Announcement
Attendees
Presentations (In agenda order):
1. Introduction
  - Meeting Overview and Goals
    Organizing Committee
  - Developing Accuracy Constraints for Climate Quality Observations
    Mark Bourassa (Florida State University)
  - NASA Perspective on Scatterometers and Climate
    Michael Freilich (NASA, Oregon State University)
  - Global Change Observation Mission (GCOM)
    Haruhisa Shimoda (EROC, JAXA), Hiroshi Murakami, Taikan Oki, Yoshiaki Honda
2. High Winds
  - High Winds and Wind Jets Mapped from QuikSCAT
    Shang-Ping Xie (University of Hawaii)
  - Extra-tropical Cyclone Climatology
    Joseph Sienkiewicz (NOAA/NWS/NCEP/Ocean Prediction Center)
  - Satellite-Based Midlatitude Cyclone Statistics Over the Southern Ocean - Tracks and Surface Fluxes
    Xiaojun Yuan (Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University), J. Patoux, and C. Li
  - Aspects of Global Tropical Cyclone
    Ryan Maue (COAPS, Florida State University)
  - Global Monitoring of Tropical Cyclones with a Dual Frequency Scatterometer
    Richard Knabb (Central Pacific Hurricane Center) and M. Brennan
  - Relationship Between Hurricane Surface Winds, Surface Rain Measurements and Surface Roughness Observed with QuiKSCAT
    David Weissman (Hofstra University) and M. Bourassa
  - Translation Speed Increases Asymmetry and Weakens Hurricanes
    W. Timothy Liu (JPL) and W. Tang
  - SST and Atmospheric Memory Of Tropical Cyclones And Its Implications On Winter Climate
    Bob Hart (Florida State University)
3. Fluxes
  - Surface Turbulent Fluxes and Scatterometry
    Mark Bourassa (Florida State University)
  - Current Issues in Deriving Surface Air-Sea Fluxes From Satellites and Models
    Carol Anne Clayson (Florida State University), B. Roberts, P. Robertson, D. Jackson, and M. Bourassa
  - The Rate of Working of the Surface Wind Stress on the Geostrophic Component of the Surface Oceanic Flow
    Robert Scott (University of Texas at Austin & National Oceanography Centre, Southampton)
  - Scatterometry and Ocean Evaporation: Past, Present, and Future Connection
    Lisan Yu (WHOI)
  - Evaporation and Water Transport Dynamics over the Oceans Derived from Satellites
    Frank Wentz (Remote Sensing Systems) and K. Hillburn
  - Utilizing Scatterometer Winds to Assess Global and Regional CO2 Fluxes
    Rik Wanninkhof (Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory), J. Trinanes, and G-H Park
  - Estimates of Gas Transfer Velocity from Radar Backscatter
    David Glover (WHOI) and N. Frew
  - The Sensitivity of Air-Sea Gas Transfer to Wind Speed and Stress
    Gary Wick (NOAA ESRL, PSD) and D. Jackson
4. Air-Sea Interaction and Ocean Circulation
  - Mesoscale Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Interaction
    Dudley Chelton (Oregon State University)
  - Seasonal Pulsing of the Global Mesoscale Surface Wind Stress Response to SST
    Larry O'Neill (Naval Research Laboratory), D. Chelton, and S. Esbensen
  - Fallacy of Mapping Global Ocean Surface Winds from Scatterometer Stress Measurements
    W. Timothy Liu (JPL), X.-S. Xie
  - Air-Sea Interaction over the Western North Atlantic Ocean
    Kathryn Kelly (University of Washington), J. Booth, S. Bates, S. Dickinson, L. Thompson, J. Kleiss
  - Studying Decadal Climate Variability Using Satellite Scatterometer Data
    Tong Lee (JPL)
  - Small-Scale and Short-Term Variability of Ocean Surface Winds: Applications to Objective Analyses and Ocean Modeling
    Alexey Kaplan (Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University)
  - Dependance of OSCAR Surface Currents on Scatterometer Winds
    Kathleen Dohan (Earth and Space Research), G. Lagerloef, and T. Gunn
  - Ocean Model Results Forced by CCMP, OBJ QSCAT, and ECMWF Winds
    Eric Hackert (Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center/University of Maryland), A.J. Busalacchi, J.V. Ardizzone, X. Wang, and R. Atlas
5. Atmosphere
  - El Nino, South American Monsoon and Atlantic Nino: Links as Detected by a Decade of QuikSCAT, TRMM and TOPEX/JASON Observations
    Rong Fu (University of Texas at Austin, Department of Geological Sciences), L. Huang, and P. Arias
  - Role of Scatterometer Data in Tropical Meteorology
    Tetsuo Nakazawa
  - Can the QuikSCAT Climate Data Record Validate Aspects of Long-Standing Hypotheses of the Southern Oscillation?
    Ralph Milliff (NWRA, CoRA), H. van Loon, and J. Brown
6. Cryosphere
  - Decadal Scatterometer Observation of Arctic Sea Ice and Its Context in Arctic Climatic Change
    Son Nghiem (JPL), I. G. Rigor, P. Clemente-Colon, K. Perovich, H. Eicken, J.E. Overland, T. Markus, D.G. Barber, and G. Neumann
  - Ku- and C-Band Scatterometers as Ice Climate Record Sensors
    David Long (Brigham Young University)
  - Use of QuikSCAT to Detect, Understand, and Improve Models of Surface Water and Ice Changes in the Boreal and Arctic Region
    Diandong Ren (Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Austin), N. Smith-Downey, and R. Fu
7. NOAA Perspective
  - NOAA Perspective on the Future of Scatterometry
    M. Kicza (NOAA)
8. Climate Data Sets
  - NOAA's Climate Data Record Effort and Blended Sea Winds at NCDC
    Huai-Min Zhang (NOAA National Climate Data Center), J. Bates, E. Kearns, and J. Privette
  - Toward the J-OFURO Version 3
    Masahisa Kubota (Tokai University), H. Tomita, S. Iwasaki
9. Coastal and Biological
  - Applications and Future Requirements of Satellite Vector Winds for Coastal and Shelf Studies
    Steven Morey (COAPS, Florida State University), D. Dukhovskoy, A. Todd, M. Bourassa
  - From Wind to Whales: Ocean Vector Winds and Living Marine Resources
    David Foley (Joint Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research, University of Hawaii)
  - Coastal Winds in Upwelling Regions
    Ted Strub (Oregon State University)

2009 OVWST

Agenda
Attendees
Dual-Frequency Scatterometer Requirements Support
Presentations (In agenda order):
1. Introduction
  - Words from the Local Host
    Chip Barnes III (Ball Aerospace)
  - Welcome and Meeting Goals
    Mark Bourassa (Florida State University/COAPS) and Ernesto Rodriguez
  - NASA Headquarters Overview
    Eric Lindstrom (NASA Headquarters)
  - NOAA Overview
    Stan Wilson (NOAA Satellite & Information Service)
  - Overview of Wind Scatterometer Projects at JPL
    Rob Gaston (JPL)
2. International Collaboration
  - Global Change Observation Mission (GCOM) (Abstract)
    Professor Haruhisa Shimoda (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency)
  - Status Of EUMETSAT ASCAT Products And Services (Abstract)
    Ms. Julia Figa-Saldana (EUMETSAT), Hans Bonekamp, Craig Anderson, Leonid Butenko, Colin Duff, Christelle Ponsard, Arthur de Smet and Julian Wilson (EUMETSAT), A.Stoffelen, A.Verhoef (KNMI), W.Wagner, Z.Bartalis (IPF TUWien)
  - SMOSops secondary payload assessment: optimal FPIR radiometer configuration for sea surface roughness characterization at L-band (Abstract)
    Dr. Marcos Portabella (Unidad de Tecnologia Marina (UTM - CSIC))
3. Calibration/Validation and Definitions
  - Comparison of QuikSCAT and ASCAT Spatial Variability (Abstract)
    Mr. Michael Caruso (CSTARS)
  - The High Wind Speed Model Function from Space (Abstract)
    Dr. Ernesto Rodriguez (JPL/Cal Tech) and Svetla Veleva
  - The Development of a C-Band Advanced Scatterometer (ASCAT) Geophysical Model Function at NOAA/NESDIS (Abstract)
    Dr. Seubson Soisuvarn (NOAA/NESDIS-UCAR), Zorana Jelenak, Paul S. Chang and Qi Zhu
  - A Careful Comparison of Scatterometer Wind Products (Abstract)
    Dr. Ad Stoffelen (KNMI) , Anton Verhoef, Jur Vogelzang
  - ASCAT Radiometric Performance
    Dr. Julian Wilson (EUMETSAT)
4. Gridded Products
  - Have near-surface vector winds been changing over the global oceans? - Inference from the WHOI OAFlux global wind analysis 1987-present (Abstract)
    Dr. Lisan Yu (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)
  - Reconstructed Gridded Product of Global Wind Field by Qscat/SeaWinds Data and its Application to Ocean - Atmosphere Interaction in the Western North Pacific (Abstract)
    Kunio Kutsuwada (Tokai University, Japan)
    Please Note: The talk was prepared but not presented due to travel difficulties
  - An Example of Wind Observing System Change Influencing the Climate Record
    Prof. Mark Bourassa (Florida State University)
5. Rain Issues and Other Science
  - Rain Effects on Scatterometer Data: A Review (Abstract)
    Kyle Hilburn, Deborah Smith, and Mr. Frank Wentz (Remote Sensing Systems)
  - Advancing QuikSCAT Wind and Rain Retrieval (Abstract)
    Dr. David Long (Brigham Young University)
  - A Neural Network Approach for Improving QuikSCAT Winds in Rain (Abstract)
    Dr. Bryan Stiles (JPL) and R. Scott Dunbar
  - Coincident Observations, With QuikSCAT and ASCAT, of the Effects of Rain-Induced Sea Surface Stress During Hurricane Ike (Abstract)
    Dr. David Weissman (Hofstra University) and Mark A. Bourassa
  - Systematic Geographic Differences between ASCAT, QuikSCAT and ECMWF revisited: Impact of biases and rain contamination (Abstract)
    Dr. Svetla Hristova-Veleva (JPL) and Ernesto Rodriguez
  - Are Radiometers and Scatterometers Seeing the Same "Wind Speed"?
    Frank J. Wentz and Thomas Meissner (Remote Sensing Systems)
  - Discussion Topics
6. Oceanography
  - Improvements to the Wind-Driven Component of the OSCAR Surface Current Product (Abstract)
    Dr. Kathleen Dohan (Earth & Space Research), G.S.E. Lagerloef, and J.T. Gunn
  - Ekman Transport and Depth-Integrated Meridional Transport in the Atlantic (Abstract)
    Dr. W. Timothy Liu (JPL)
  - Interannual variability of wind-induced onshore transport over the northern West Florida Shelf (Abstract)
    Dr. Steve Morey (Florida State University), Mark Bourassa, and Austin Todd
  - Studying Cyclone Nargis using multi-sensor satellite and multi-platform in-situ observations (Abstract)br /> Dr. Tong Lee (JPL)
  - Imprints of coastal mountains on ocean circulation and variability (Abstract)
    Professor Shang-Ping Xie (University of Hawaii), Chueh-Hsin Chang, Wei Zhuang, Niklas Schneider, Justin Small, Hidenori Aiki, Bunmei Taguchi, and Hideharu Sasaki
  - Inertial Range Oscillations in the combined QSCAT-ADEOS-II ocean surface wind data set
    Dr. Robert Stockwell (NorthWest Research Associates, Colorado Research Associates Div.)
7. New Products
  - Application of Remotely Sensed Ocean Surface Vector Winds to Determine Wave Generation Areas (Abstract)
    Mr. Joseph Sienkiewicz (NOAA/NWS/NCEP Ocean Prediction Center) and Gregory McFadden
  - SeaWinds Sea Ice Modeling and Detection (Abstract)
    Dr. Ad Stoffelen (KNMI) and Maria Belmonte
  - Using WindSat to Further Investigate the Relationship Between the Passive Wind-Induced Emissivity and the Active Bragg Scattering (Abstract)
    Mr. Frank Wentz (Remote Sensing Systems)
  - Latest Developments at PO.DAAC (Abstract)
    Mr. David Moroni (NASA/JPL)
8. Meteorology
  - Application of satellite surface wind data to ocean surface wind analysis and NWP
    Dr. Robert Atlas (NOAA/AOML)
  - Current and future experiments to improve assimilation of surface winds from satellites in global models (Abstract)
    Professor Sharan Majumdar (RSMAS/MPO University of Miami)
  - QuikSCAT observations for the VOCALS Regional Experiment (Abstract)
    Dr. Simon de Szoeke (College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences)
  - Hurricane surface pressure fields derived from SAR imagery (Abstract)
    Dr. Ralph Foster (Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington), Jerome Patoux, and R.A. Brown
  - Explore use of QuikSCAT to detect change of surface water cover in Arctic and Boreal regions (Abstract)
    Nicole Smith-Downey (Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Austin) and Rong Fu
  - Observations of Eastward Propagation of Atmospheric Intraseasonal Oscillations from the Pacific to the Atlantic
    Dr. Weiqing Han (Dept. Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of Colorado)
  - Using Ensemble Sensitivity to Understand the Role of Sea Surface Temperatures in Midlatitude Storm Development in the Gulf Stream Region (Abstract)
    Jimmy Booth, Susan Bates, Luanne Thompson, Prof. Kathryn Kelly (University of Washington)
  - Revisiting the Kinetic Energy Spectra from QuikSCAT Winds: Why is it not quite a power law? (Abstract)
    Robert G. Stockwell (CoRA/NWRA), Jeremiah Brown and Ralph F. Milliff
9. Operations
  - Evaluation of the Potential Impacts of Dual Frequency Scatterometer at the National Hurricane Center (Abstract)
    Dr. Michael Brennan (NOAA/NWS/NCEP National Hurricane Center)
  - Progress in the Dual-Frequency Scatterometer for GCOM-W2 (Abstract)
    Dr. Ernesto Rodriguez (Jet Propulsion Laboratory/Cal Tech), Paul Chang, Zorana Jelenak, and Mark Bourassa
  - The usage of Scatterometer data at ECMWF (Abstract)
    Dr. Hans Hersbach (ECMWF)
  - Scatterometer Wind Services in Europe (Abstract)
    Dr. Ad Stoffelen (KNMI), Maria Belmonte, Anton Verhoef, Jeroen Verspeek, Jur Vogelzang, Marcos Portabella (Unidad de Tecnologia Marina (UTM - CSIC)), Abderrahim Bentamy (IFREMER)
  - CEOS Constellations and the Use of Scatterometer Wind and Altimeter Wave Observations for Southern Hemisphere GMDSS Operational Forecast Centers (Abstract)
    Dr. Stan Wilson (NOAA Satellite & Information Service)
  - Statistical Study of Wind Field Distribution within Extra-Tropical Cyclones from 7-Years of QuikSCAT Wind Data
    Dr. Zorana Jelenak (NOAA/NESDIS), Joseph Sienkiewicz, Khalil Ahmad, Paul Chang
10. Discussion
  - National Aeronautics and Space Administration Physical Oceanography
    Eric Lindstrom (NASA Headquarters)
11. Posters
  - Benefits of XOVWM
    - Simulated OVW Retrieval Performance for the Dual Frequency Scatterometer in Hurricanes (Abstract)
      Dr. Linwood Jones (Central Florida Remote Sensing Lab.), Pet Laupattarakasem, Suleiman Al-Sweiss, Svetla Veleva, Bryan W. Stiles, Ernesto Rodriguez, and Robert W. Gaston
  - Meteorology
    - Space-time interpolation of scatterometer-derived geophysical quantities (Abstract)
      Dr. Jerome Patoux (University of Washington) and Gad Levy
    - Impact of ocean surface vector wind in the Japanese 25-year Reanalysis (Abstract)
      Dr. Hiroki Tokinaga (IPRC/University of Hawaii) and Shang-Ping Xie
    - Characterization of a Regional Wind using SSM/I and QuikScat (Abstract)
      Deborah Smith (Remote Sensing Systems), Kyle Hilburn and Frank Wentz
    - A General Purpose Data Assimilation Facility: DART
      Jeff Anderson, Dr. Tim Hoar (NCAR), Hui Liu, Nancy Collins, and Kevin Raeder
  - New Products
    - Q-Winds OVW Retrievals in Extreme Wind Events (Abstract)
      Dr. Linwood Jones (Central Florida Remote Sensing Lab), Pet Laupattarakasem and Christopher C. Hennon
    - Surface Wind Vector and Rain Rate Observation Capability of the Future Airborne Hurricane Imaging Radiometer (HIRAD) (Abstract)
      Dr. Linwood Jones (Central Florida Remote Sensing Lab), Timothy Miller, Robert Atlas, M. C. Bailey, Peter Black, Salem El-Nimri, Robbie Hood, Mark James, James Johnson, Christopher Ruf, and Eric Uhlhorn
    - Development of a New Geophysical Model Function for QuikSCAT using 10 Years of Data (Abstract)
      Dr. Lucrezia Ricciardulli (Remote Sensing Systems), Frank J. Wentz, Deborah K. Smith
    - Simulated OVW Retrieval Performance for the Dual Frequency
      Mr. Suleiman Odeh Alswei (Central Florida Remote Sensing Lab)
  - Other Science
    - QuikSCAT as a Land/Ice Climate Record Sensor (Abstract)
      Dr. David Long (Brigham Young University)
    - Biweekly Oceanic and Atmospheric Tropical Instability Waves: are they forced, coupled or resonant with the Moon?
      Dr. Claire Perigaud (Caltech/JPL)
    - Demonstration Of Direct Measurements Of Ocean Surface Currents (Abstract)
      Mr. Benjamin Holt (JPL), Delwyn Moller, Dragana Perkovic, Daniel Esteban-Fernandez, Ernesto Rodriguez, Yi Chao
  - Level 3 Products
    - How Accurate are QuikSCAT Wind Maps? A Metric for Evaluation (Abstract)
      Dr. Kathryn Kelly (University of Washington) and Suzanne Dickinson
    - Improved Spectral Density of Wind Components through the Use of SST Information
      Prof. Mark Bourassa (Florida State University) and Paul Hughes

2008 OVWST

Agenda
Announcement
Attendees
Recommendations
Presentations (In agenda order):
1. Introduction
  - Words from the Local Hosts
    Kathryn Kelly (University of Washington) and Ralph Foster
  - Welcome and Meeting Goals
    Mark Bourassa (Florida State University/COAPS) and Ernesto Rodriguez
  - NASA Headquarters Overview (Abstract)
    Eric Lindstrom (NASA Headquarters)
  - JPL and QSCAT Status
    Rob Gaston (JPL)
2. Post-QSCAT Era
  - Status of GCOM and Expectation for Microwave Scatterometer (Abstract)
    Keiji Imaoka (Earth Observation Research Center/JAXA), Misako Kachi, Tamotsu Igarashi, Keizo Nakagawa, Naoto Ebuchi, Taikan Oki, and Haruhisa Shimoda
  - QuikSCAT Follow-on Efforts at NOAA: Progress in Designing the Next-Generation Scatterometer
    Ernesto Rodriguez (JPL/Caltech), Robert Gaston, Zorana Jelenak, and Paul Chang (NOAA/NESDIS/STAR)
  - Introducing the WHOI OAFlux Global 0.25° Ocean Vector Wind Analysis (1987 - Present)
    Lisan Yu (WHOI)
  - Wind Vector Retrievals under Rain with Passive Microwave Radiometers (Abstract)
    Thomas Meissner (Remote Sensing Systems) and Frank Wentz
  - TropSat Mission: An Observatory for Mesoscale Convective System Processes in the Global Tropics
    David G. Long (Brigham Young University), Ralph F. Milliff, Ernesto Rodriguez
3. Calibration and Validation
  - Improving Satellite Wind Measurements (Abstract)
    Frank Wentz (Remote Sensing Systems)
  - Analysis of the ASCAT Wind Inversion Residual: Towards an Improved C-band Geophysical Model Function (Abstract)
    Marcos Portabella (Unidad de Tecnologia Marina - CSIC), Ad Stoffelen, Maria Belmonte, Anton Verhoef, Jeroen Verspeek, and Jur Vogelzang
  - Cross-Validating QuikSCAT and ASCAT (Abstract)
    Ernesto Rodrguez (JPL/Cal Tech), Svetla Veleva, R. Scott Dunbar, and Bryan Stiles
  - Calibration and Validation of ASCAT Backscatter (Abstract)
    Julia Figa-Saldana (EUMETSAT), C. Anderson, J. Wilson, H. Bonekamp, A. de Smet, C. Duff
  - Evaluation of ASCAT Wind Vectors (Abstract)
    Naoto Ebuchi (Hokkaido University)
  - IWRAP - Observations from Hurricane Ike and Status of Data Products and Availability (Abstract)
    SStephen Frasier (University of Massachusetts), Tao Chu, Joe McManus, Robb Contreras, Paul Chang, Zorana Jelenak, Dragana Perkovic, and Daniel Esteban-Fernandez
  - Error Characteristics of Scatterometer-Derived Vorticity as a Function of Spatial Scale (Abstract)
    Mark A. Bourassa (Florida State University/COAPS)
  - Characteristics of High Resolution Winds from Synthetic Aperture Radar Measurements (Abstract)
    Michael Caruso (CSTARS)
  - Scatterometers+ Contribution to PBL Theory and Modeling
    Bob Brown (University of Washington)
  - Stress or Wind: Definitions and Biases (Abstract)
    Mark A. Bourassa (Florida State University/COAPS), Barry Vanhoff, and David E. Weissman
  - Validation of High Resolution Coastal Winds (Abstract)
    Barry Vanhoff (Oregon State University), and Michael Freilich
  - High-Resolution ASCAT Scatterometer Winds Near The Coast (Abstract)
    Ad Stoffelen (KNMI), Anton Verhoef, and Marcos Portabella
  - ASCAT Radiometric Calibration
    J. J. W. Wilson
4. International Collaborations
  - Proposal for the Ocean Surface Vector Wind Virtual Constellation (Abstract)
    Stan Wilson (EUMETSAT), Hans Bonekamp, and B. S. Gohill
  - Quantifying QuikSCAT Value-Added in Estimates of the Surface Wind Field over the Mediterranean Sea on Ocean Forecast Timescales (Abstract)
    Ralph Milliff (NWRA, CoRA Division), Nadia Pinardi, Alessandro Bonazzi, Christopher K. Wikle, and Jeremiah Brown
  - Overview Of and Developments In The EUMETSAT Wind Products (Abstract)
    Ad Stoffelen (KNMI), Anton Verhoef, Jur Vogelzang, Marcos Portabella, and Maria Belmonte
  - Metop-B Orbit Phasing Proposal
    Hans Bonekamp (EUMETSAT), J.J Wilson, J. Figa-Saldana, and C. Anderson
5. Oceanography
  - Intraseasonal Latent Heat Flux Based on Satellite Observations (Abstract)
    Semyon Grodsky (University of Maryland), Abderrahim Bentamy, James A. Carton, and Rachel Pinker
  - Improving ENSO Forecasts by Adding Weather Regimes Observed from QuikSCAT in Oceans/Atmosphere Climate Models
    Claire Perigaud (Caltech/JPL), Joseph Dureau, Serena Illig, and Christophe Cassou
  - Evaluating Ocean Wind Products for Short-Range Forecast Analyses of Wind-Driven Surface Currents
    John Gunn (Earth & Space Research), Kathleen Dohan, Gary S.E. Lagerloef, and Fabrice Bonjean
  - Indian Ocean Intraseasonal Sea Surface Temperature Variability During Boreal Summer: Madden-Julian Oscillation Versus Submonthly Forcing and Processes (Abstract)
    Weiqing Han (University of Colorado at Boulder) and Benet Duncan
  - Observations and Modeling of Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Interaction Over the California Current System (Abstract)
    Dudley Chelton (Oregon State University), Xin Jin, and Tracy Haack
  - Wind-Driven Transport of the Apalachicola River Plume as a Connectivity Mechanism between Terrestrial Precipitation Variability and Offshore Oceanic Properties (Abstract)
    Steve Morey (Florida State University/COAPS), Mark Bourassa, and Dmitry Dukhovskoy
  - Wind Stress Measurements from the QuikSCATADEOSS-II Tandem Mission and the Impact on an Ocean Model (Abstract)
    TTony Lee (JPL), Ou Wang, Wenqing Tang, and W. Timothy Liu
  - Uncertainties in OVW Stress Estimations from Scatterometers and Ocean/Climate Consequences
    Claire Perigaud (Caltech/JPL) and Abderrahim Bentamy
6. Qualities of Level 3 and 4 Products
  - Biases Related to Stress and Rain
    Mark Bourassa (Florida State University/COAPS)
  - Sampling-Related Uncertainties and Biases
    Dudley Chelton (Oregon State University)
  - European Approaches to L3 and L4 Validation
    Ad Stoffelen (KNMI)
  - Possible Metrics for Noise and Smoothing at as a Function of Spatial and Temporal Scales
    Ernesto Rodriguez (JPL/Cal Tech)
7. Meteorology
  - Incorporation of New Nonlinear Similarity PBL Model in Ocean Vector Wind Surface Pressure Retrievals
    Ralph Foster (APL, University of Washington), Jerome Patoux, and R. A. Brown
  - From El Nino to Atlantic Nino: Pathways as Seen in the QuikScat Winds (Abstract)
    Rong Fu (Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin)
  - Applications of Sea Level Pressure Retrieval from Scatterometer Winds (Abstract)
    Jerome Patoux (University of Washington), Ralph C. Foster, and Robert A. Brown
  - Hurricane Force Extratropical Cyclones as Observed by QuikSCAT (Abstract)
    Joseph Sienkiewicz (NOAA/NWS/NCEP Ocean Prediction Center), Joan Von Ahn, Michael J. Brennan, Khalil A. Ahmad, and Cadet Shea G. Winterberger
  - On the Sensitivity of Numerical Simulated Mesoscale Air-sea Coupling (Abstract)
    Qingtao Song (Oregon State University), Dudley Chelton, and Steve Esbensen
  - Deep Atmospheric Structure Anchored by Surface Wind Convergence near Major Ocean Fronts (Abstract)
    Shang-Ping Xie (IPRC, University of Hawaii), Hiroki Tokinaga, Shoshiro Minobe, and Fumiaki Kobashi
  - Application of Satellite Surface Wind Data to Ocean Surface Wind Analysis and NWP (Abstract)
    Robert Atlas (NOAA/AOML), J. Ardizzone, J.C. Jusem, R.N.Hoffman, M.Leidner, S. Majumdar, S.Chen, and B-W. Shen
  - Impact of Atmospheric Boundary Layer Stability on the 2-6.5 day Variability of the 10m Meridional Winds (Abstract)
    Jimmy Booth (University of Washington Department of Atmospheric Sciences), LuAnne Thompson, Kathie Kelly, Jerome Patoux, Suzanne Dickinson
  - An Evaluation of Scatterometer-Derived Oceanic Surface Pressure Fields
    Jerome Patoux, Ralph C. Foster and Robert A. Brown
8. High Winds and Rain
  - Surface Wind/Stress Structure under Hurricanes (Abstract)
    W. Timothy Liu (JPL) and Wenqing Tang
  - A Dual Frequency Scatterometry Approach for Obtaining Wind Speeds in Hurricanes
    Bryan Stiles (JPL), Svetla Hristova-Veleva, R. Scott Dunbar, Samuel Chan, Daniel Esteban-Fernandez, Stephen L. Durden, Ernesto Rodriguez, W. Lee, Poulsen, Robert W. Gaston, and Phil Callahan
  - Rain Influences on High Wind Speed Backscatter
    David Weissman (Hofstra University) and Mark A Bourassa
  - Combined Active and Passive Microwave Remote Sensing of High Ocean Winds (Abstract)
    Simon Yueh (JPL/Caltech) and Julian Chaubell
9. Other Scientific Operations
  - Operational Evaluation and Use of Satellite Ocean Surface Vector Wind Data at the National Hurricane Center and Central Pacific Hurricane Center (Abstract)
    Michael Brennan (NOAA/NWS/NCEP National Hurricane Center), Richard D. Knabb, Paul S. Chang
  - Usage of Scatterometer Data at ECMWF (Abstract)
    Hans Hersbach (ECMWF) and P.E.A.M. Janssen
  - Overview and Status of ASCAT Products and Services (Abstract)
    Julia Figa-Saldana (EUMETSAT), H. Bonekamp, C. Ponsard, C. Anderson, J. Wilson, A. de Smet, C. Duff and L. Butenko
  - Status and Plans of Using the Scatterometer Winds in JMA's Data Assimilation and Forecast System
    Masaya Takahashi (Numerical Prediction Division/Japan Meteorological Agency) and Yoshihiko Tahara
  - Oceanic Origin of Precipitation Jump in the Sahel (Abstract)
    W. Timothy Liu (JPL), Xiaosu Xie, and Kristina Katsaros
10. New Products
  - Near Real-Time ASCAT Wind Vectors at NOAA (Abstract)
    Zorana Jelenak (NOAA/NESDIS/STAR-UCAR), Paul Chang, Seubson Soisuvarn, Qi Zhu, Jeffrey Augenbaum, Gene Legg, Stephen Frasier, and Tao Chu
  - Progress in Ultra High Resolution Wind and Rain Estimation (Abstract)
    David Long (Brigham Young University)
  - Improved OVW Retrievals in Extreme Wind Events (Abstract)
    Linwood Jones (Central FL Remote Sensing Lab), Pete Laupattarakasem, and Christopher C. Hennon
11. Posters
  - Mulit-Satellite Gridded Ocean Surface Wind Product
    Paul J. Hughes (Florida State University/COAPS) and Mark A. Bourassa
  - Redevelopment of a Scatterometer Model Function Using Nine Years of QuikScat Data (Abstract)
    Lucrezia Ricciardulli, Deborah K. Smith, Chelle Gentemann and Frank J. Wentz

2025 International OVWST Meeting
May 5th - 8th Darmstadt, Germany

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2024 IOVWST

Presentations (the first presentation in each session is a summary talk)

Session 1: Programmatic Talks

Session 2: Short Reviews

Session 3: Data Issues and Data Sharing

Session 4: Observing System Updates and Remote Sensing Technology

Session 5: Oceanography

Session 6: What needs to be done or changed to better understand observed extreme winds in the context of satellite observations and weather models?

Session 7: Air-Sea Interaction

Session 8: Processes through which currents, SSTs, and waves interact with ocean surface winds to modify air-sea coupling, and the resulting impacts on the atmosphere and ocean

Session 9: Meteorology

Lightning Talks for Posters: Current and Future Ocean Vector Wind Mission Updates

Lightning Talks for Posters: Planning and Results for Improved Calibration of Extreme Winds and Stress, Climate Data Record Development and Analysis and Meteorological Applications

Additional Posters

2023 November IOVWST

Presentations (the first presentation in each session is a summary talk)

Day 1: November 30th, 2023

Day 2: December 1st, 2023

2023 October IOVWST

Presentations (the first presentation in each session is a summary talk)

Session 1: Atmospheric Processes Related to Winds

Session 2: Ocean Processes Related to Winds

Session 3: Planned and Suggested Missions

Session 4: Science and Data Needs in Coastal Regions

Session 5: Science and Operational Impacts and Causes of Differences between Remotely Sensed Wind Products and NWP Products

Session 6: Using >25 Years Wind Record for Science and Applications

Session 7: Sensing Wind Coupling to Other Variables

Session 8: Outstanding Issues in Calibration for Routine Conditions

Session 9: Towards Consensus on Extreme Winds

2022 IOVWST

Presentations/Posters (In agenda order)

Discussion of Satellite Missions to Measure Winds and Currents

Mission Updates

Tropical Cyclones

Coastal Applications

Discussion of new Wind-Related Products and Calibration

Boundary-layer Processes

Asynchronous Presentations

Winds and Currents

Mission Update

Tropical Cyclone

Coastal Applications

Discussion of new Wind-Related Products and Calibration

Oceanographic Applications

Boundary-layer Processes

2021 IOVWST

Presentations/Posters (In agenda order)

How can we make improvements to the constellation and what can we do with it?

User guidance on the different climate records; where do OVW products agree, disagree, and how to make this visible?

Air-Sea Fluxes and their impacts on the Ocean and Atmosphere

Asynchronous Presentations

Atmosphere and Ocean Coupling

Current and Future Ocean Vector Wind Mission Updates

Waves, Currents and Ice

New Products and Applications

Meteorological Applications

Oceanographic Applications

Coastal Working Group contributions

Climate Data Record Development and Analysis

Climate Working Group contributions

2019 IOVWST

Presentations/Posters (In agenda order)

Programmatic Talks

Current and Future Ocean Vector Wind Mission Updates

Planning and Results for Improved Calibration of Extreme Winds and Stress

Climate Data Record Development and Analysis

New Products and Applications (part 1)

New Products and Applications (part 2)

Atmosphere and Ocean Coupling

Ocean Applications

Meteorological Applications

Observational Requirements for Wind and Stress Science and Applications

Issues and Solutions to Improving Air-Sea Coupling in Observations and Models

Conclusions and End of Meeting Summary

Posters (In agenda order)

2018 IOVWST

Presentations (In agenda order)

Programmatic Talks

Ocean Applications

Rain-Related Topics