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Bulletin5.Pdf National Satellite Meteorological Center NSMC (National Center for Space Weather), CMA Contents Satellite Operational Control Center Editorial Committee Editor-in-Chief Yang Jun, NSMC Duty Editor-in-Chief Beijing Ground Station Wang Jingsong, NSMC Members Zhang Jiashen, Division of Operation, Science & Technology Qiu Yi, General Office Yu Jianrui, Divison of Engineering Project Management Lin Weixia, Division of Satellite Operational Control Lu Feng, Office of System Development Zhang Xingying, Institute of Satellite Meteorology Fang Xiang, Division of Remote Sensing Application Zhang Xiaoxin, Division of Space Weather Xinjiang Ground Station Executive Editor Wu Xuebao, Division of Operation, Research Project Management 2010 EVOL.2F FENGYUN Bulletin 01 Highlights 1 02 Operation 4 Jiamusi Ground Station 03 Major Projects 5 04 Applications 7 05 Data Sharing 11 06 Research and Development 13 Guangzhou Ground Station Photographed by Wang Jing National Satellite Meteorological Center NSMC (National Center for Space Weather), CMA Eyes on global weather: A thematic activity at MeteoWorld in the 2010 World Expo Shanghai On 8 August 2010, the thematic activity entitled “Eyes on Global Weather” was open to public at the MeteoWorld Pavilion, which was co-hosted by the National Satellite Meteorological Center and the Meteorological Observation Centre of CMA. Dr. Yu Rucong, Deputy Administrator of the China Meteorological Administration, deliv- ered a speech at the opening of the event, at which leaders from the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation were present. The activity - Eyes on Global Weather - was designed to allow general public to be aware of the achievements in meteorological observation technologies, especially the meteorological satellites and the important role of meteorological observations in weather forecasting and service 01 delivery. (Zhang Jiashen) Highlights The 1st Asia/Oceania users’ conference The first Asia/Oceania Meteorological Satellite Users’ Conference will take place on November 1-2, 2010, Beijing, China. It is sponsored by The China Meteorology Ad- ministration and cosponsored by the World Meteorological Organization, the inter- governmental Group on Earth Observations, Japan Meteorological Agency and Korea Meteorological Administration. (Wu Xuebao) Name Affiliation Title of Presentation Guoguang Zheng CMA Jianlin Cao MOST Wenjian Zhang WMO Larry Robinson NOAA Manuela Soares GEO Co-chair Philemon Mjwara GEO Co-chair Yuzo Yotsuya JMA Suh Ae Sook KMA Jun Yang National Satellite Meteorological Center, CMA Chinese Meteorological Satellite Programs current and future plans Wenjian Zhang WMO The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Integrated Global Observing System (WIGOS) Building on the Past for a Better Future Jose Achache GEO GEOSS: Empowering People to Benefit from Meteorological Satellites Yuzo Yotsuya Meteorological Satellite Center JMA Meteorological Satellite Program of Japan Meteorological Agency Suh Ae Sook National Meteorological Satellite Center, KMA Current Status of satellite-related Activities and COMS in NMSC Al Powell NOAA/NESDIS 1.Future Vision for Using Satellite Data in Applications 2.The Importance of Integrated Data Sets for Understanding Climate and Ecosystem Change Mikael Rattenborg EUMETSAT 1.EUMETSAT co-operation with Asia/Pacific region - Christelle Ponsard enhancing the benefits from meteorological satellites 2.The EUMETSAT Advanced Retransmission Service (EARS) 1 2010 EVOL.2F FENGYUN Bulletin Name Affiliation Title of Presentation Serge Uspensky Scientific Research Center of Space Hydrometeorology First Results of Meteor-M N1 Mission Jianqiang Liu National Satellite Ocean Application Service Ocean Satellite Status and Development in China Barbara Ryan WMO Developing a Space-based Architecture for Climate Monitoring Licheng Zhao National Meteorological Information CenterCMA CMACast- a new bridge of data to users Anlai Sun National Satellite Meteorological Center, CMA Data Service in NSMC/CMA Jae-Dong Jang National Meteorological Satellite CenterKMA Current Status of COMS In Orbit Test and Data Service Plan Allen Huang CIMSS/SSEC/UW-Madison Recent Advancement in Meteorological Satellite Direct Broadcast Data Access, Processing and Applications Nguyen Thi Thanh Binh National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting Use of FY-2 Images in the operational Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting of Vietnam Yuki Kosaka Meteorological Satellite Center JMA JMA’s GSICS activities Jim Purdom CIRA Hyperspectral Infrared Sounding From Geostationary Satellites Jianmin Xu National Satellite Meteorological Center, CMA Characteristics of Severe Rainfall Events at the Duplicate Display of Satellite Images and Winds Maqrun Fadzli Mohd Fahmi Division of Satellite Meteorology Utilizing Satellite and Radar Images Using Remote Sensing and GIS for Weather Malaysian Meteorological Department Forecasting Xiying Zhang Meteorological Observatory of Heilongjiang Province An Analysis on MCC Satellite Image Feature in High-latitudes Feng Lu National Satellite Meteorological Center, CMA FY2/4 Satellite System and its Applications Fuzhong Weng NOAA/NESDIS/STAR Recent Advances in Community Radiative Transfer Model (CRTM) for NWP and Remote Sensing Applications Min-Jeong Kim (CIRA) Colorado State University Assimilating Satellite Observations of Clouds and Precipitations in the NOAA NCEP NWP Models Tong Zhu NOAA Direct Radiance Assimilation of Geostationary IR Imager Observations with GSI Yong Chen CIRA and Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation Assessment of Community Radiative Transfer Model (CRTM) for Satellite Data Assimilation Xiaolei Zou Florida State University 1.Comparison of O-B between FY-3A and NOAA-18 for Microwave Humidity Sounding Data 2.Improving the Coastal QPF at Gulf of Mexico through Assimilation of GOES 11/12 Imager Data Lars Peter Riishojgaard Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation The Use of Satellite Data in the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation Zhiquan Liu National Center for Atmospheric Research Variational Assimilation of MODIS Aerosol Optical Depth over East Asia Region C.K. So Hong Kong Observatory Impact of MODIS data on the analysis and prediction of tropical cyclones using the Non- Hydrostatic Model (NHM) Qifeng Lu National Satellite Meteorological Center, CMA Operationally Monitoring FY-3A in ECMWF IFS and Characterizing the FY-3A Microwave Temperature Sounder Using the ECMWF Model Jae-Myun Shim National Meteorological Satellite CenterKMA Future plan on COMS Meteorological data application in KMA Kasemsan Manomaiphiboon Joint Graduate School of Energy and EnvironmentKing Numerical Modeling and Satellite Observation of Offshore Wind Resource over Thail Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi and at a Fair Spatial Resolution Yunpeng Li The Centre of Ecology and Agrimeteorology of Inner Mongolia Analysis of Inner Mongolia Grassland Desertification by Remote Sensing Monitoring Hong Qiu National Satellite Meteorological Center, CMA Earth Radiation Budget Measurement From FY-3A Satellite and Its application Pucai Wang Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences Monitoring of the Air Pollution over Northern China from Satellite Observation Siquan Yang National Disaster Reduction Center, MCA Application of Space Technology in Disaster Management Huiqin Mao Environmental Satellite Center, Ministry of Environmental the Application of Satellite Remote Sensing in Environmental Monitoring and Protection of the People’s Republic of China Assessment Paul Menzel CIMSS/SSEC/UW-Madison Inferring Global Cloud Cover Properties and trends From HIRS Data Elisabeth Weisz CIMSS/SSEC/UW-Madison Hyperspectral Infrared Sounding Algorithm Development and Product Evaluation Hong Zhang CIMSS/SSEC/UW-Madison GRAFIIR -An Efficient End-to-End Semi Automated GOES-R ABI Algorithm Performance Analysis and Implementation Verification System Weihe Wang National Satellite Meteorological Center,CMA Analysis for Retrieval and Validation Results of FY-3 Total Ozone Unit(TOU) Chengcai Li Department of Atmospheric Sciences School of Physics, The retrieval of atmospheric aerosol optical depth from MTSAT Peking University Seong Bong Choi Korea Aerospace Research Institute COMS(Communication, Ocean and Meteorological Satellite) Development in KOREA Zhenglong Li CIMSS/SSEC/UW-Madison An objective methodology for infrared land surface emissivity evaluation Yuanjian Yang Anhui Institute of Meteorological Sciences Impact of Land-use Change on Regional Air Temperature in Hefei City Based on Remote Sensing Honggang Yin National Satellite Meteorological Center, CMA The Wind Radar on FengYun-3E Meteorological Satellite Chit Kyaw Dept. of Meteorology and HydrologyMyanmar Application of Satellite Data to Weather Analysis and Forecasting Tillmann Mohr WMO Becky Lei Macao Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau 2 National Satellite Meteorological Center NSMC (National Center for Space Weather), CMA International visits Mary Kicza visits NSMC In order to strengthen the cooperation in the field of satellite meteorology between China and 01 U.S, and to facilitate the implementation of the cooperative activities of the Satellite Meteorol- ogy Working Group included in the Summary Report of the 16th Session of the Joint Working Highlights Group under the Protocol on Sino-US Cooperation in the Field of Atmospheric Science and Technology, Ms. Mary Ellen Kicza, Director of the National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service(NESDIS), Mr. George Jungbluth, senior specialist
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