4th workshop on assimilating satellite cloud and precipitation observations for NWP

The second generation of the EUMETSAT Polar System (EPS-SG) will include the Micro-Wave Imager (MWI) and the Ice Cloud Imager (ICI) conically-scanning radiometers that will be flown on the Metop-SG B satellites.
MWI will have 18 channels ranging from 18 to 183 GHz. The frequencies at 18.7, 23.8, 31.4 and 89 GHz provide continuity to key microwave imager channels for weather forecasting and...

A reflectivity data assimilation technique has been developed to enhance GPM/DPR assimilation in JMA. The data assimilation method is hybrid-4DVar using flow-dependent background-errors estimated from ensemble perturbations. This 4D-Var includes TL/AD of 3-ice cloud microphysics scheme as a strong constraint. In the TL of cloud microphysics scheme, the perturbations of thermodynamic variables...

Cloud related observations, such as those from microwave radiances, have been at the forefront of recent developments in assimilation, but contain limited information on the vertical structure of clouds. Active observations from profiling instruments such as cloud radar or lidar contain a wealth of information on the structure of clouds and precipitation, providing the much-needed vertical...