Benefit of the MTG candidate Infra-Red Sounding mission to regional forecast

1. Overview (Work Plan)

Goal: to document the added value of water vapor observations derived from a hyperspectral infrared sounding instrument on a geostationary satellite for regional forecasting.
Period: 1 January 2007 - 31 December 2008
People: Hans Huang, Yongsheng Chen, Hongli Wang, Xin Zhang
Milestones:

KO: Kick-Off Meeting, 18 January 2007, NCAR
PR: Preliminary results Review, 5-6 March 2007, EUMETSAT
MR: Mid-term results Review, October 2007, EUMETSAT
FR: Final results Report, December 2008, NCAR

2. Tasks

H: Hans Huang; W: Hongli Wang; X: Xin Zhang; Y: Yongsheng Chen (Responsible person is shaded)

2.1 In 2007

Task

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Phase I

HWX

HWY

Phase II

HWY

HWXY

Phase III

HWY

Milestones

2.2 In 2008

Task

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

phase IV

HWY

HWYX

Milestones

3. Deliverables

I. Informal web page to share information among the participants (Done)
II. Nature run data (Done)
III. Notes on the nature run (Done)
IV. Report on the OSSE preliminary results (Done)
V. Mid-term report ,PPT (Done)
VI. Final report (Done)

4. Progress reports and meeting memos