13-17 October th International Precipitation Working Group (IPWG) Workshop – Beijing, China 1 4 th International Precipitation Working Group Workshop 13 – 17 October 2008 Beijing, China

13-17 October th International Precipitation Working Group (IPWG) Workshop – Beijing, China 2 Chris Kidd The University of Birmingham Birmingham, United Kingdom IPWG Introductory Remarks Ralph Ferraro NOAA/NESDIS College Park, Maryland USA

13-17 October th International Precipitation Working Group (IPWG) Workshop – Beijing, China 3 Welcome! Many thanks to our hosts at NSMC and CMA Thanks to our program committee Thanks to our sponsors – EUMETSAT & CMA and thanks to you: Excited to see so many old and new faces! Approximately 20 countries represented here! We have a busy agenda over the next 4 days –talks, posters, conversation session & working groups Our expectations are that we will all work hard!

13-17 October th International Precipitation Working Group (IPWG) Workshop – Beijing, China 4 IPWG History Endorsed by the CGMS 29th session (July 2001) Formation Meeting: June 2001, Fort Collins, US IPWG-1: September 2002, INM, Madrid, Spain IPWG-2: October 2004, NRL, Monterey, US IPWG-3: October 2006, Bureau of Meteorology, Melbourne, Australia IPWG-4: October 2008, NSMC; Beijing, China

13-17 October th International Precipitation Working Group (IPWG) Workshop – Beijing, China 5 IPWG Objectives 1) Promote standard operational procedures and common software for deriving precipitation measurements from satellites 2) Establish standards for validation and independent verification of precipitation measurements 3) Foster the exchange of data on inter-comparisons of operational precipitation measurements from satellites 4) Stimulate increased international scientific research and development in this field 5) Provide recommendations to national and international agencies regarding the utilization of current and future satellite instruments on both polar and geostationary platforms 6) Encourage regular education and training activities

13-17 October th International Precipitation Working Group (IPWG) Workshop – Beijing, China 6 Accomplishments Addition of High Frequency channels (166 and 183 GHz) to the Global Precipitation Mission (GPM) Microwave Imager Microwave/Snowfall workshops: Univ. of Wisconsin (Oct'05); and Steamboat Springs (Feb'08) Contributions to two major National Academy of Sciences (NAS) reports on TRMM and GPM missions Real-time validation of satellite and NWP precipitation datasets: expansion with new sites and participants Results in BAMS – Ebert et al., 2007, 88,1,47-64 Measuring Precipitation from Space – EURAINSAT and the Future (Levizzani, Bauer and Turk, Eds, 722p)

13-17 October th International Precipitation Working Group (IPWG) Workshop – Beijing, China 7 Recent Meetings Specialty Workshops –PEHRPP Geneva, 12/07 –IWSSM, Steamboat Springs, 4/08 Representation at meetings and conferences –IGeoLab FG-4 (3/07) –EUMETSAT/AMS (9/07) –3 rd GPM GV workshop (3/08) –EUMETSAT(9/08) –Snow Hydrology workshop

13-17 October th International Precipitation Working Group (IPWG) Workshop – Beijing, China 8 Session Summary Monday, 13th1AWelcomes and overviewsNaimneg Lu 1BInternational projects and satellite programsFuzhong Weng 1CProgrammatic activities of IPWGVincenzo Levizzani Working group session 1 Tuesday, 14th2AAlgorithmsYunfei Fu 2BPoster & conversation session 2CApplicationsWolfgang Grabs 2DPoster & conversation session Wednesday, 15th3AValidationMatt Spaiano 3BPoster & conversation session 3CNew Applications, Modelling & topical issuesSong Yang Working group session 2 Thursday, 16 th 4AGrand poster session / IGeoLab FG-5 4BNew technology, techniques & topical issuesAugusto Periera Working Group session 3

13-17 October th International Precipitation Working Group (IPWG) Workshop – Beijing, China 9 Sign up sheets Membership form Working Groups JAMC special “collection” issue –Normal submission process (Ralf Bennartz) –Ferraro/guest editor –Notice of intent This meeting/signup October 31 –Manuscript deadline 12/31/08 –Organization?

13-17 October th International Precipitation Working Group (IPWG) Workshop – Beijing, China 10 Meeting logistics… Load your presentations… Poster and conversation sessions – designed so that you can exchange ideas and talk about issues raised in the talks Reception this evening – invitation with your meeting materials

13-17 October th International Precipitation Working Group (IPWG) Workshop – Beijing, China 11 Backup Slides

13-17 October th International Precipitation Working Group (IPWG) Workshop – Beijing, China 12 Monday October 13

13-17 October th International Precipitation Working Group (IPWG) Workshop – Beijing, China 13 Tuesday October 14

13-17 October th International Precipitation Working Group (IPWG) Workshop – Beijing, China 14 Poster Session 2B

13-17 October th International Precipitation Working Group (IPWG) Workshop – Beijing, China 15 Poster Session 2D

13-17 October th International Precipitation Working Group (IPWG) Workshop – Beijing, China 16 Wednesday October 15

13-17 October th International Precipitation Working Group (IPWG) Workshop – Beijing, China 17 Poster Session 3B

13-17 October th International Precipitation Working Group (IPWG) Workshop – Beijing, China 18 Thursday October 16

13-17 October th International Precipitation Working Group (IPWG) Workshop – Beijing, China 19 WG - Research Name address

13-17 October th International Precipitation Working Group (IPWG) Workshop – Beijing, China 20 WG - Applications Name address

13-17 October th International Precipitation Working Group (IPWG) Workshop – Beijing, China 21 WG - Validation Name address

13-17 October th International Precipitation Working Group (IPWG) Workshop – Beijing, China 22 WG – New Techniques/Technology Name address

13-17 October th International Precipitation Working Group (IPWG) Workshop – Beijing, China 23 IPWG Special Issue of JAMC NameTentative Paper Title

13-17 October th International Precipitation Working Group (IPWG) Workshop – Beijing, China 24 IPWG Special Issue of JAMC NameTentative Paper Title