JANUARY meeting of Royal Meteorological Societ
 

The January meeting of the Royal Meteorological Society (open to all) will
be held

WHEN?
on WEDNESDAY 21 JANUARY 2009

WHERE?
in the Blackett Lecture Theatre 1, Imperial College, South
Kensington,London. Maps are available from the Royal Meteorological Society
or from its web site: www.rmets.org
Nearest underground station is South Kensington. Take Exhibition Road exit.

WHAT ABOUT?
METOP: a new tool for measuring the atmosphere

PROGRAMME

2.00 Introduction
Chair: Dr Richard Forbes

2.10 An overview of the EPS/METOP system
by Dr Dieter Klaes, EUMETSAT

2.40 Use of METOP data for medium-range forecastin
by Dr Peter Bauer, ECMWF

3.10 Use of IASI data in the Met. Office forecasting model
by Miss Flora Hilton, Met. Office

3.40 TEA BREAK

4.10 Atmospheric composition measurements from GOME-2 and IASI on METOP
by Dr Rose Munro, EUMETSAT

4.40 Applications of METOP ASCAT data
by Dr Simon Keogh, Met. Office

5.10 Spectral signatures of climate change from IASI, TES and other data
by Prof John Harries, Imperial College

5.40 CLOSE

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Rodney Blackall (retired meteorologist)(BSc, FRMetS, MRI)
Buckingham, ENGLAND
Using Acorn SA-RPC, OS 4.02 with ANT INS and Pluto 3.03j