Month	Type	Date	Place	Agenda/Minutes	Details
1	Kick-Off Meeting (KOM)	4-5 Nov, 2002	Bremen	KOM minutes
6	Progress Meeting 1	24-25 Apr, 2003	DMI, København	PM1 agenda, PM1 minutes, PM1 Presentations	Thu, 24 Apr, 9:30 - Fri, 25 Apr, 15:00
12	Progress Meeting 2	30-31 Oct, 2003	SMHI, Norrköping	PM2 agenda, PM2 minutes, PM2 Presentations	Thu, 30 Oct, 13:00 - Fri, 31 Oct, 13:00, room "Nikkaluokta 24/191". More details
18	Midterm Review	10-11 May 2004	met.no, Oslo	MTR agenda MTR minutes, MTR Presentations	Mon, 10 May, 13:30 - Tue, 11 May, 13:00, met.no Research Department Building, 3rd floor meeting room. More details
25	Progress Meeting 3-δ	Mon/Tue 6/7 December, 2004	DMI, København	PM3-δ Agenda PM3-δ minutes, PM3-δ Presentations	Monday, 6 December 2004, 15:00 till Tuesday, 7 December 2004, 15:00.
28	Progress Meeting 3	Thu/Fri 3-4 Mar, 2005	DTU, København	PM3 Agenda, PM3 Minutes, PM3 Presentations	Thursday, 3 March, 9:00 till Friday, 4 March, 16:00; UAG: Friday, 4 March, 9:00 till 16:00
32	Progress Meeting 4	Thu/Fri 16-17 Jun 2005	met.no, Oslo	PM4 Agenda, PM4 Minutes (draft), PM4 Presentations	Thursday, 16 June, 13:00 - Friday 17 June, 13:00.
36	Final Presentation	Thu/Fri 6-7 Oct 2005	IUP, Bremen	FP Agenda, FP Minutes,	University of Bremen, Building NW1, room 0-1210 ("Pavillion" on 1st floor) Thu 6 Oct, 9:15-17:00: Consortium and User Advisory Group. Fri 7 Oct, 9:00-afternoon: Consortium

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Reports

Month	Report description	Due date	Note
6	Management Report	May 2003
12	Management Report	Dec 2003	=> Section 1 of Annual Report (see next row)
	Annual Scientific and Technical Report: PDF (495kB); gzipped PS (1.6MB)	Dec 2003	Completed/Submitted.
	Draft of TIP	Dec 2003	Details on registered results to be filled in: eTIP web site (for login and password: ask Christian)
	Periodic Cost Statements	Dec 2003	Received/Submitted.
18	Management Report: PDF (160kB); gzipped PS (1.1MB)	June 2004	Completed/Submitted.
24	Management Report	Dec 2004	=> Section 1 of Annual Report (see next row)
	Annual Scientific and Technical Report PDF (2.5MB);	Dec 2004	Completed/Submitted
	Draft of TIP	Dec 2004	Details on registered results to be filled in: eTIP web site (for login and password: ask Christian)
	Periodic Cost Statements	Dec 2004	Received/Submitted
30	Management Report: PDF (220 kB)	June 2005	Completed/Submitted
36	Management Report	Nov 2005	Section 1 of Final Report (see next row)
	Final Report (PDF, 5.8 MB)	Nov 2005	Completed/submitted
	Final TIP	Nov 2005	Completed/submitted. See eTIP web site
	Final Cost Statements	Nov 2005	Submitted
Stand-alone version of the Final Report			Overall scientific results of IOMASA. This is Section 5 ("Executive Summary") and Section 6 ("Detailed Report, Related to Overall Project Duration") of the contractual Final report (Sections 1 to 4 of which contain Management and Progress reports covering the last project year)

Guidelines for Reporting (PDF, 146k) in FP5 from European Commission

Report for Deliverable 1.1, : PDF (208kB), gzipped PS (1.1MB)
Report for Deliverable 1.2.1, : PDF (187kB),
Report for Deliverable 2.1.1: PDF (1.6MB), gzipped PS (2.3MB)
Report for Deliverable 3.1.1: PDF (3.7MB), gzipped PS (2.2MBB)
Report for Deliverable 3.2.1: PDF (497kB)
Report for Deliverable 3.2.2, : PDF (3.0MB)
Report for Deliverable 4.1: PDF (111kB)
Report for Deliverable 1.2.3: PDF (265 kB)
Report for Deliverable 1.3.3 and 1.4a (met.no part): Cover sheet (PDF, 130 kB); Report (PDF, 1.9 MB)
Report for Deliverable 1.4b (IUP part): PDF (15 MB)
Report for Deliverable 2.3: Cover sheet (PDF, 160 kB); 4 contributions:
1. On Optimal Observation Quality Control Theory for Numerical Weather Prediction Systems by met.no: PDF (290 kB)
2. Quality Control for AMSU-A Observations over Sea Ice (metnote no. 12/2005) by met.no: PDF (557 kB)
3. AMSU-A Assimilation Over Sea Ice in HIRLAM 3D-Var: Impact Studies for the Period February-March 2005 (metnote no. 13/2005) by met.no: PDF (1.9 MB)
4. Assimilation of Total Water Vapour Retrievals at SMHI by SMHI: PDF (654 kB)
Report for Deliverable 2.4: Cover sheet (PDF, 154 kB); 2 contributions:
1. The Impact of Assimilation AMSU-A Observations over Sea Ice in HIRLAM 3D-Var (met.no report no. 16/2005) by met.no: PDF (6.2 MB)
2. Impact of Humidity Assimilation in the Arctic by SMHI: PDF (5.3 MB)
Report for Deliverable 4.2: PDF (674kB)
Report for Deliverable 4.3: PDF (96kB)
Report for Deliverables 5.3 and 5.4 : PDF (1.8 MB)

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Documents

Feedback from UAG at PM1, Copenhagen, 24-25 April, 2003
Description of Work (PDF, 433k)
Final version of IOMASA brochure (4 May, 2004): PDF (536kB); PS (gzipped, 1.2MB); if the latter does not print properly, try this one (gzipped PS, 553kB)
IOMASA logo: PNG (893x889 pixels, 347kB); PNG (180x179 pixels, 47kB); PDF (112kB); EPS (gzipped, 763kB)
TIP (Technological Implementation Plan): eTIP web site

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Literature relevant for IOMASA

Recent

N. Selbach, Determination of Total Water Vapor and Surface Emissivity of Sea Ice at 89 GHz, 157 GHz and 183 GHz in the Arctic Winter, Dissertation im Fachbereich Physik/Elektrotechnik der Universität Bremen, 2003: PDF (13 MB)
This thesis is also available in book shops or directly from the publisher(http://www.logos-verlag.de), ISBN 3-8325-0385-4.
Contains measurements of emissivity of sea ice and water at about 90, 150, 183 GHz

Survey of recent literature relevant for IOMASA

April 2003; no claim of completeness, suggestions welcome

Total water vapour: Results from search in Web of Science;
Cloud signature/Cloud liquid water: Results from search in Web of Science; Recent paper by Hong et al. [2003?](IUP)
Surface emissivity: Results from search in Web of Science;

Other

L. Toudal Pedersen, Retrieval of Sea Ice Concentration by Microwave Radiometry, PhD Thesis, 1991: PDF (1.7MB)

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Publications and Presentations

P. Dahlgren, Ongoing and planned activities in the usage of ATOVS AMSU A/B in the HIRLAM 3DVAR system at SMHI, ITSC XIII& Proceedings of ITSC XIII, Montreal, Canada, Nov 2003: Abstract (PDF)
S. Sukoriansky, V. Perov, B. Galperin, Application of a new spectral theory of turbulence to a stably stratified atmospheric boundary layer, Geophysical Research Abstracts Vol. 5, 07037, 2003: Abstract (PDF)
R. Tonboe, S. Andersen, L. Toudal, Anomalous winter sea ice backscatter and brightness temperatures, DMI Techn. Rep. 03-13, 62 pp., October 2003: PDF (539kB)

Presentation at EuroGOOS conference, Athens, December 2002, by G. Heygster (PDF, 1.6 MB)
Presentations at Progress Meeting 1, DMI, 24-25 Apr, 2003:
- IOMASA overview and review of Part1, Phase 1 (G. Heygster): PDF, 1.5MB
- Review of Part 1, Phase 1, (C. Melsheimer): see PM1 minutes, section 5.1
- Sea Ice Retrieval(S. Andersen): PDF, 3.4MB
- IOMASA Activities and Plans at met.no (H. Schyberg): PDF, 2.0MB
- Improving NWP Models(T. Landelius): PDF, 2.7MB
- Review of Part 4, Phase 1 (S. Andersen): PDF, 2.0MB
- Anomalous Winter Sea Ice SAR and Scatterometer s₀ and Radiometer T_b (R. Tonboe): PDF, 481k
- Towards Retrieval of Cloud Liquid Water and Precipitable Water over Sea Ice and Open Ocean using AMSR(-E) data (G. Heygster): PDF, 3.5MB
Presentations at Progress Meeting 2, SMHI, 30-31 Oct, 2003:
- Part 1: Development of algorithms for the retrieval of atmospheric parameters: PDF, 516k (C. Melsheimer)
- Part 2: Improve Arctic high-resolution NWP: PDF, 1.2MB (H. Schyberg); PDF, 1.8MB (T. Landelius)
- Part 3: Construction of sea ice emissivity forward model: PDF, 3.6MB (L. Toudal Pedersen)
- Part 4: Construction of algorithm for sea ice concentration retrieval: PDF, 4.2MB (S. Andersen)
- Project management: Reporting duties: Annual Report: PDF, 17k (C. Melsheimer)
Presentations at Mid-Term Review, met.no, 10-11 May, 2004:
- Part 1: Development of algorithms for the retrieval of atmospheric parameters: PDF, 2.9MB (C. Melsheimer); PDF, 3.0MB (G. Heygster);
- Part 2: Improve Arctic high-resolution NWP: PDF, 404kB (H. Schyberg); PDF, 391kB (T. Landelius, P. Dahlgren)
- Part 3: Construction of sea ice emissivity forward model: PDF, 2.3MB (L. Toudal Pedersen)
- Part 4: Construction of algorithm for sea ice concentration retrieval: PDF, 3.5MB (S. Andersen, R. Tonboe)
Presentations at Progress Meeting 3-δ, DMI, 6-7 December, 2004:
- Part 1: Development of algorithms for the retrieval of atmospheric parameters: PDF, 1.2MB (C. Melsheimer);
- Part 2: Improve Arctic high-resolution NWP: PDF, 160kB (P. Dahlgren)
- Part 3: Construction of sea ice emissivity forward model: PDF, 3.6MB (L. Toudal Pedersen)
- Part 4: Construction of algorithm for sea ice concentration retrieval: PDF, 1MB (S. Andersen, R. Tonboe)
Presentations at Progress Meeting 3, DTU, 3-4 March, 2005:
- Part 1: Development of algorithms for the retrieval of atmospheric parameters: PDF, 2.7MB (C. Melsheimer);
- Part 2: Improve Arctic high-resolution NWP: PDF, 1MB (P. Dahlgren); PDF, 550kB (N. Gustafsson for S. Gollvik and V. Perov); PDF, 418kB (H. Schyberg); PDF, 555kB (V. Thyness)
- Part 3: Construction of sea ice emissivity forward model: PDF, 2.4MB (L. Toudal Pedersen)
- Part 4: Construction of algorithm for sea ice concentration retrieval: PDF, 1.1MB (S. Andersen)
Presentations at Progress Meeting 4, met.no, 16-17 June, 2005:
- Part 1: Development of algorithms for the retrieval of atmospheric parameters: PDF, 4.8MB (C. Melsheimer);
- Part 2: Improve Arctic high-resolution NWP: PDF, 1.5MB (T. Landelius); PDF, 2.1MB (H. Schyberg); PDF, 259kB (F.T. Tveter)
- Part 3: Construction of sea ice emissivity forward model: PDF, 2.4MB (L. Toudal Pedersen)
- Part 4: Construction of algorithm for sea ice concentration retrieval: PDF, 182kB (S. Andersen)
Presentations at Final Presenation Meeting, IUP, Bremen, 6-7 October, 2005:
- Part 1: Remote sensing of atmospheric parameters: PDF, MB (C. Melsheimer);
- Part 2: Improving numerical weather prediction models: PDF, MB (H. Schyberg); PDF, kB (F.T. Tveter); PDF, kB (V. Thyness); PDF, kB (P. Dahlgren); PDF, kB (N. Gustavsson);
- Part 3: Empirical model for emissisivity and backscatter of sea ice: PDF, MB (L. Toudal)
- Part 4: Construction of algorithm for sea ice concentration retrieval: PDF, kB (S. Andersen); PDF, kB (R. Tonboe)
- Project Management: Preparing final report etc. (PDF, 295kB)

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Algorithms

Utilities

Conversion between regular and rotated spherical coordinates: FORTRAN code, README file

Baseline Algorithms

IOMASA-Adapted Algorithms

The algorithm is an IDL routine named twv_algo found int the file twv_algo.pro. This algorithm needs two files with calibration constants. They are read by an IDL routine read_calfile which is also contained in the file twv_algo.pro. The calibration constants suitable for the Arctic, derived from radiosonde data from 1996-2001, are here:

For details on the algorithm see this PM-2 presentation (PDF, 516k).

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Inventory of Data

IOMASA Interactive Ice Browser

Data products produced using, among others, methods developed in IOMASA: Click here

Two-year offline study period: 2001-2002

Remote Sensing Data

Sensor (Satellite)	Type	Source	Area coverage	Time period	Format	Where	Notes
AMSU-B (NOAA-15,16)	level 1B	NOAA SAA	global	2000-2003		IUP	details
AMSU-B (NOAA-15,16)	level 1B	NOAA SAA	global	1999-2003		IUP	details
Seawinds (QuikSCAT)	level 2A	JPL PODAAC		2001-2002	HDF	DMI	details
SSM/I (F-14)		NOAA/NESDIS		2001-2002	BUFR		details
Radiosonde (stations)		DMI	global	1996-2002 (Nov.)	TEMP		details
Radiosonde RV Polarstern		AWI	Arctic, Antarctic seas	(research cruises since 1998)	ASCII		details

Processed Data

Geophysical Parameter	Source (Sensor)	Area Coverage	Time period	Format	Where (Link)	Notes/Info
Total Water Vapour	AMSU-B	North of 50°	2001 - 2002	flat ASCII	iomasa@DTU (password: ask C. Melsheimer or R. Saldo)	Information

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Deliverables

Del. No.	Deliverable Title	Proj. Month (Date)	Type	Diss. Level
Type: Re = Report, Da = Data, Me = Method
Dissemination Level: PU = public
0	Interim and final reports, financial reports	12, 24,36	Re	PU
Part 1: Remote sensing of atmospheric parameters (IUP)
1.1	Baseline data and algorithms for atmospheric remote sensing	6	Re/Me (PDF, 208kB), Da	PU
1.2.1	Retrieval algorithm for TWV from AMSU-B data	20	Re ( PDF, 497kB), Da, Me	PU
1.2.2	Retrieval algorithm for cloud signature from SSM/I-B data	29 (= Mar 2005)	Re, Da, Me	PU
1.2.3	Retrieval algorithm for surface emissivity at AMSU-A frequencies	29 (= Mar 2005)	Re, Da, Me	PU
1.3.1	Fields of TWV of investigation period	32	Da	PU
1.3.2	Fields of cloud signature of investigation period	32	Da	PU
1.3.3	Operational processing chain for cloud signature	32	Re, Da	PU
1.4	Validation report for TWV and cloud signature	36	Re	PU
Part 2: Improving numerical weather prediction models (met.no, SMHI)
2.1.1	Report on setup of operational data stream	6	Re (PDF, 1.6MB)	PU
2.1.2	2 data years of NWP fields: Wind, TWV,liquid water path, and surface temperature	6	Da	PU
2.2.1	Report and programme code on humidity assimilation into NWP	29 (= Mar 2005)	Re, Me	PU
2.2.2	Report and programme code on temperature assimilation into NWP	29 (= Mar 2005)	Re, Me	PU
2.2.3	Report and programme code on interface implementation (sea ice)	29 (= Mar 2005)	Re, Me	PU
2.3	Report on real time assimilation system for TWV and improved temperature assimilation	32	Re, Da	PU
2.4	Validation report on assimilation impact	36	Re	PU
Part 3: Empirical model for emissivity and backscatter of sea ice (DTU-DCRS)
3.1.1	Offline data and day 0 algorithms for Part 3	6	Re/Me (PDF (3.7MB), gzipped PS (2.2MBB)) Da	PU
3.1.2	HIRLAM data of project year 1	12	Da	PU
3.2.1	Report and programme code for emissivity and backscatter model of sea ice	22 (= Aug 2004)	Re (PDF, 497kB), Me	PU
3.2.2	Report on improvement potential with sensors AMSR(-E)	22 (= Aug 2004)	Re (PDF, 3.0MB)	PU
3.3	Report and programme code for influence of snow	32	Re, Da	PU
3.4	Validation report for sea ice model	36	Re	PU

Part 4: Sea ice concentration retrieval (DMI)
4.1	Data sets and day 0 algorithms for sea ice retrieval	6	Re (PDF, 111kB), Da	PU
4.2	Report and programme for retrieval of sea ice concentration	29 (= Mar 2005)	Re/Me	PU
4.3	Sea ice concentration data set of investigation period	32	Da	PU
4.4	Validation report for sea ice retrieval	36	Re	PU
Part 5: Real time processing and user interface (DTU-DCRS)
5.1	Data formats and software interfaces for real time production	12	Re	PU
5.3	Real time production and distribution system	32	Re, Da	PU
5.4	Demonstration report and data	36	Re, Da	PU

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Contents and Design: C. Melsheimer - Last modified: Mon Feb 20 2006

Member Area of IOMASA (Contract EVK-CT-2002-00067)

Announcements

IOMASA project partners

IUP

DTU-DCRS

DMI

met.no (DNMI)

SMHI

European Commission

User Advisory Group (UAG)

Meetings

Reports

Documents

Literature relevant for IOMASA

Recent

Survey of recent literature relevant for IOMASA

Other

Publications and Presentations

Algorithms

Utilities

Baseline Algorithms

IOMASA-Adapted Algorithms

Total water vapour

Inventory of Data

IOMASA Interactive Ice Browser

Two-year offline study period: 2001-2002

Remote Sensing Data

Processed Data

Deliverables