1. International Radio Occultation Working Group (IROWG) 2nd Workshop
March 28th – April 3rd, 2012
Estes Park, CO

2. IROWG Overview
Part of Coordinated Group for Meteorological Satellites (CGMS)
CGMS formed in 1972 by WMO and ESA
Provides and international forum for technical exchange
IROWG formed at CGMS-37 (2009)
CGMS Subgroups
International ATOVS WG
International Precipitation WG
International Satellite Winds WG
International Radio Occultation WG

3. IROWG Charter
International coordination of efforts is needed to maximise coverage, avoid gaps in the observation system, and ensure a sufficient data flow.
Foster the development of standard software for operational and scientific use, maintain standard datasets for processing harmonisation and validation, promote best practices for the effective use of this data and organise ongoing re-processing of RO data for climate use.

4. 2nd IROWG Workshop
To be held jointly with UCAR GNSSRO Data Users Workshop
March 28th – April 1st – Stanley Hotel, Estes Park, CO
Expect approximately attendees
Agenda patterned after other CGMS Workshops
Talks, posters, subgroup sessions
Conference bridges weekend – time for offline discussions with collegues
Subgroup recommendations elevated to CGMS

5. Sub-Groups Research to Operations / Mission Consolidation
Payload Technology
Innovative RO Techniques / Research
Space Weather
RO Data Processing
Numerical Weather Prediction
Climate

6. Sub-Group Work Should discuss relevant activities in their field
Can formulate recommendations or actions
Focus is on 12 – 36 months
Recommendations:
can be relevant to CGMS (and will be reported there)
can be relevant to RO in general
Actions:
are within the sub-group / IROWG itself

7. Conference Deadlines 2nd Announcement – 3rd week October
Abstracts due – 1 December
Conference Registration deadline – 16 January
3 March – Final Program Published