Invited Session: Novel Missions for the Water Cycle
Chairs: E.-A. Herland (ESA)
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The SMOS Mission Current Status
Kerr, Y. 1; Waldteufel, P. 2; Cabot, F. 1; Hahne, A.; Mecklenburg, S. 4
1CESBIO (FRANCE); 2IPSL-SA (FRANCE); 3ESA ESTEC (NETHERLANDS); 4ESA ESRIN (ITALY)

CoReH2O, a Satellite Mission in Support of Cold Regions Hydrology
Rott, Helmut 1; Cline, D. 2; Duguay, C. 3; Essery, R. 4; Etchevers, P. 5; Haas, C. 6; Hajnsek, I. 7; Kern, M. 8; Macelloni, G. 9; Malnes, E. 10; Pulliainen, J. 11; Yueh, S. 12
1University of Innsbruck (AUSTRIA); 2NOAA-NOHRSC, Chanhassen, MN (UNITED STATES); 3University of Waterloo (CANADA); 4University of Edinburgh (UNITED KINGDOM); 5Météo France (FRANCE); 6University of Alberta (CANADA); 7DLR (GERMANY); 8ESA-ESTEC (NETHERLANDS); 9IFAC-CNR (ITALY); 10NORUT (NORWAY); 11FMI (FINLAND); 12JPL-CalTech (UNITED STATES)

The SWOT Satellite Mission for Measuring Surface Water from Space
Mognard, Nelly 1; Alsdorf, D.E. 2; Boone, A. 3; Calmant, S. 4; Cazenave, A. 5; Cretaux , J.-F. 5; Maisongrande, P. 5
1CNES (FRANCE); 2Ohio State University (UNITED STATES); 3CNRM (FRANCE); 4IRD/LEGOS (FRANCE); 5CNES/LEGOS (FRANCE)

Next-Generation Precipitation Observations from Space for Science and Applications
Hou, A. 1; Oki, R. 2
1NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (UNITED STATES); 2JAXA Earth Observation Research Center (JAPAN)

The Soil Moisture Active and Passive (SMAP) Mission
Njoku, E.G. 1; Kellogg , K. 1; O’Neill, P. 2; Entekhabi, D. 3
1Jet Propulsion Laboratory (UNITED STATES); 2NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (UNITED STATES); 3Massachusetts Institute of Technology (UNITED STATES)

Introduction to Water Cycle and the 1st day Sessions
Chairs: P. van Oevelen (GEWEX IPO); D. Fernández (ESA)
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Keynote: The GEWEX Science Program: Progress and Challenges Ahead
Peter van Oevelen
GEWEX International Project Office (Netherlands)

Keynote: Status of Satellite Precipitation Retrievals at Mid and High Latitudes
Kidd, C. 1; Joe, P. 2; Levizzani, V. 3
1University of Birmngham (UNITED KINGDOM); 2Environment Canada (CANADA); 3ISAC/CNR (ITALY)

Keynote: Water Vapour and Cloud EO-based Products: Current Status and Future Challenges
Jörg Schulz 1; Rob Roebeling 2
1DWD (Germany); 2KNMI (Netherlands)

Session 1.1: Precipitation
Chairs: J. Schulz (DWD); A. Gambacorta (NOAA)
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Using the 183-WSL High-Frequency Algorithm to Infer Rain Rates from Satellite and Identify Snow on the Ground and Aloft
Laviola, Sante; Levizzani, Vincenzo
ISAC/CNR (ITALY)

Precipitation Retrieval from Satellite within EUMETSAT's H-SAF
Mugnai, A.; Dietrich, S.; Levizzani, V.; Casella, D.; Cattani, E.; Di Paola, F.; Formenton, M.; Laviola, S.; Sanò, P.
ISAC-CNR (ITALY)

Quantifying Rainfall Retrieval Uncertainty from Multiple Platforms
Bellerby, T.
University of Hull (UNITED KINGDOM)

Exploitation of X-band Synthetic Aperture Radar Constellations for High Spatial Resolution Imaging of Rainfall
Marzano, F.S. 1; Mori, S. 2; Mugnai, A. 3; Weinman, J.A. 4
1Sapienza University of Rome - University of L'Aquila (ITALY); 2Sapienza University of Rome (ITALY); 3ISAC - CNR (ITALY); 4University of Washington (UNITED STATES)

Comparison of Seviri-Derived Accumulated Rainfall and Rain Intensity with Rain Gauge and TRMM Data
Wolters, E. ; Meirink, J. F. ; Roebeling, R.A. ; Stammes, P. ; Wang, P.
Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (NETHERLANDS)

Session 1.2: Clouds and Water Vapour
Chairs: J. Schulz (DWD); A. Gambacorta (NOAA)
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Global Assessment of AMSR-E and MODIS Cloud Liquid Water Path Retrievals in Warm Oceanic Clouds
Horváth, Á. ; Seethala, C.
Max Planck Institute for Meteorology (GERMANY)

Cloud and Precipitation Products for Energy and Water Balance Monitoring
Roebeling, R. A. ; Stammes, P. ; Holleman, I. ; Siebesma, A. P. ; Wolters, E.L.A. ; Wang, P.
KNMI (NETHERLANDS)

High-repetition Passive Remote Sensing of Humidity and Hydrometeor Profiles from Elliptical Orbit Constellations
Marzano, F.S. 1; Cimini, D. 2; Montopoli, M. 2; Rossi, T. 3; Mortari, D. 4; Di Michele, S. 5; Bauer, P. 5
1Sapienza University of Rome (ITALY); 2University of L'Aquila (ITALY); 3University of Rome Tor Vergata (ITALY); 4Texas A&M University (UNITED STATES); 5ECMWF (UNITED KINGDOM)

ESA WACMOS Multi Satellite Water Vapour Products
Schulz, J. ; Schröder, M.
Deutscher Wetterdienst (GERMANY)

A Multi-Satellite Approach to Investigate the Water Vapor Feedback to Temperature Change
Gambacorta, Antonia 1; Barnet, Christopher 2; Soden, Brian 3; Strow, Larrabee 4
1National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration/Perot System Government Services (UNITED STATES); 2National atmospheric and Oceanic Administration (UNITED STATES); 3University of Miami, Florida (UNITED STATES); 4Univeristy of Maryland Baltimore County (UNITED STATES)

Session 2.1: Water Levels and Surface Waters
Chairs: J. Benveniste (ESA); J.-F. Cretaux (CNES)
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Keynote: Status and Future Developments of Water Level Measurements
Benveniste, J.1; Berry, P.A.M.2
1ESA (Netherlands); 2EAPRS Laboratory (United Kingdom)

International Lake Data Centre from Remote Sensing
Cretaux, J.-F. 1; Jelinski, W. 2; Calmant, S. 3; Kouraev, A. 2; Vuglinski, V. 4; Bergé-Nguyen, M. 5; Gennero, M.-C. 5; Nino, F. 6; Abarca Del Rio, R. 7; Cazenave, A. 5; Maisongrande, P. 5
1CNES (FRANCE); 2Legos (FRANCE); 3IRD/Legos (BRAZIL); 4SHI (RUSSIAN FEDERATION); 5CNES/Legos (FRANCE); 6IRD/Legos (FRANCE); 7University Concepcion (CHILE)

Global Wetland Dynamic Derived from Multi-Satellite Observations and Applications
Prigent, C.P. 1; Papa, F.P. 2; Aires, F.A. 3; Rossow, W.R. 4; Matthews, E.M. 5; Jimenez, C.J. 6
1CNRS Observatoire de Paris (FRANCE); 2NOAA CRST (UNITED STATES); 3CNRS LMD (FRANCE); 4NOAA CREST (UNITED STATES); 5NASA/GISS (UNITED STATES); 6Observatoire de Paris (FRANCE)

The Global Characterisation of Inland Surface Water Observed with the Envisat Individual Echoes
Berry, P.A.M. ; Richard, Smith ; Wheeler, J.
EAPRS Laboratory (UNITED KINGDOM)

The ESA Near Real Time River and Lake System
Wheeler, J. 1; Berry, P.A.M. 1; Smith, R.G. 1; Benveniste, J. 2
1EAPRS Laboratory (UNITED KINGDOM); 2ESA ESRIN (ITALY)

ERS2 and ENVISAT Radar Altimetry over the Amazon Basin
Calmant, S. 1; Silva, J. 2; Seyler, F. 1; Rotunno, Otto 2; Cochonneau, G. 1
1IRD (BRAZIL); 2UFRJ (BRAZIL)

Session 2.2: Soil Moisture
Chairs: W. Wagner (Vienna University of Technology); P. Doell (University of Frankfurt)
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From SMMR to SMOS 3 Decades of Soil Moisture
Kerr, Y. ; Leroux, D. ; Gruhier, C. ; Juglea, S. ; Mialon, A. ; Cabot, F. ; Richaume, P.
CESBIO (FRANCE)

Trends and Dynamics in 30 Year Satellite Soil Moisture
De Jeu, R. 1; Dorigo, W. 2; Scipal, K. 3; Wagner, W. 2; Liu, Y. 4; Parinussa, R. 1; Dolman, A. 1; Su, Z. 5
1VU University Amsterdam (NETHERLANDS); 2TU Wien (AUSTRIA); 3ESA (NETHERLANDS); 4University of New South Wales (AUSTRALIA); 5ITC Enschede (NETHERLANDS)

Hourly Soil Moisture Mapping over West Africa: Application to Study the Soil Moisture Influence on Convective Systems
Pellarin, T. 1; Tran, T. 1; Cohard, J.M. 1; Tomasini, M. 2
1LTHE (FRANCE); 2Météo-France (FRANCE)

Soil Moisture Estimation and Analysis in Western Africa Based on ERS Scatter Meter
Zribi, M. 1; Pardé, M. 2; De Rosany, P. 3; Baup, F. 1; Descroix, L. 4; Pellarin, T. 4
1CESBIO (FRANCE); 2LATMOS (FRANCE); 3EFMCW (UNITED KINGDOM); 4LTHE (FRANCE)

The Use of Radar Altimetry in Soil Moisture Monitoring in Support of SMOS
Bramer, S.M.S. ; Berry, P.A.M.
De Montfort University (UNITED KINGDOM)

Error Characterization of Multiple Sensor Soil Moisture Data for Improved Long-Term Global Soil Moisture Records
Dorigo, W. 1; De Jeu, R. 2; Scipal, K. 3; Naemi, V. 1; Wagner, W. 1
1Vienna University of Technology (AUSTRIA); 2Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (NETHERLANDS); 3ESA (NETHERLANDS)

Session 2.3: Continuation of Soil Moisture and Ground Waters
Chairs: R. De Jeu (Vrije Universiteit of Amsterdam); E.G. Njoku (JPL)
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Potential of Ascat Soil Moisture Product for Antecedent Wetness Conditions Estimation in Rainfall-Runoff Modelling
Brocca, L.B. 1; Melone, F.M. 1; Moramarco, T.M. 1; Wagner, W.W. 2; Naeimi, V.N. 2; Bartalis, Z.B. 2; Hasenauer, S.H. 2
1National Research Council (ITALY); 2Vienna University of Technology (AUSTRIA)

Developing a Preliminary Groundwater Recharge of the Nile Basin to Help Interpret GRACE Data
Bonsor, H.C. 1; MacDonald, A.M. 1; Mansour, M. 1; Hughes, A.G. 1; Hipkin, R. 2; Bedada, T. 2
1British Geological Survey (UNITED KINGDOM); 2University of Edinburgh (UNITED KINGDOM)

Global Analysis of Surface Skin Temperature Diurnal Cycle over Land
Jimenez, C. 1; Filipe, A. 2; Prigent, C. 1; Broackmann, P. 3
1LERMA, Observatoire de Paris (FRANCE); 2LMD, IPSL, Université Paris VI (FRANCE); 3LSCE/IPSL/CEA, Orme des Merisiers, Gif-sur-Yvette (FRANCE)

Soil Moisture Retrieval from SAR Using Updated Effective Roughness Parameters
Lievens, H. 1; Álvarez-Mozos, J. 2; Marzahn, P. 3; Ludwig, R. 3; Matgen, P. 4; Montanari, M. 4; Hoffmann, L. 4; Mattia, F. 5; Verhoest, N. 6
1Ghent University (BELGIUM); 2Department of Projects and Rural Engineering, Public University of Navarre (SPAIN); 3Department of Geography, Ludwig-Maximilian University Munich (GERMANY); 4Centre de Recherche Public – Gabriel Lippmann (LUXEMBOURG); 5Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto di Studi sui Sistemi Intelligenti per l'Automazione (ITALY); 6Laboratory of Hydrology and Water Management, Ghent University (BELGIUM)

Session 2.4: Floods and Draughts
Chairs: C. Prigent (LERMA, Observatoire de Paris); W. Kustas (USDA)
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Inundation Monitoring in Australia: ENVISAT ASAR GM, AMSR-E and MODIS Compared
Ticehurst, C.J. 1; Bartsch, A. 2; Doubkova, M. 2; Van Dijk, A.I.J.M. 1
1CSIRO Land and Water (AUSTRALIA); 2Institute of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Vienna University of Technology (AUSTRIA)

Coarse Resolution SAR Imagery to Support Flood Inundation Models in Near Real Time
Di Baldassarre, G. 1; Schumann, G. 2; Bates, P.D. 2
1UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education (NETHERLANDS); 2University of Bristol (UNITED KINGDOM)

Large Inland Lakes Monitoring Merging Envisat Low/Medium Resolution Data and Altimetry Data: 2003-2008 Poyang Hu (China)
Yesou, Hervé 1; Andreoli, Remi 2; Berge-Nguyen, Muriel 3; Cretaux, Jean-François 3; Daillet, Sylviane 3; Lai, Xijun 4; Li, Jiren 5; Uribe, Carlos 2
1SERTIT - Université Louis Pasteur (FRANCE); 2SERTIT (FRANCE); 3CNES/LEGOS (FRANCE); 4NIGLAS (CHINA); 5IWHR (CHINA)

Surveying Patterns of Forest Management Practices and Stand Structures to Assess their Impact on Regional Water Budget
Seeling, S. ; Buddenbaum, H. ; Vohland, M.
Trier University (GERMANY)

Using Thermal Remote Sensing for Drought and Evapotranspiration Monitoring
Kustas, William 1; Anderson, Martha C. 1; Mecikalski , John R. 2; Hain, Christopher R. 2
1USDA-Agricultural Research Service Hydrology and Remote Sensing Lab (UNITED STATES); 2Atmospheric Science Department, University of Alabama at Huntsville (UNITED STATES)

Session 3.1: Evapotranspiration and Energy Fluxes
Chairs: B. Su (ITC); M.F. McCabe (University of New South Wales)
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Development and Evaluation of Global, Multi-Satellite Terrestrial Evapotranspiration Products for Climate Studies
Wood, E.F.
Princeton University (United States)

Using Geostationary Satellites to Extrapolate Instantaneous Estimates of Evapotranspiration in Time
McCabe, M.F. 1; Grant, I.F. 2; Vinukollu, R. 3; Wood, E.F. 3
1University of New South Wales (AUSTRALIA); 2Bureau of Meteorology (AUSTRALIA); 3Princeton University (UNITED STATES)

Estimation of Large Scale Daily Evapotranspiration Using MSG/SEVIRI Data and Numerical Weather Prediction Model Output
Jia, L. 1; Daamen, M. 1; van Meijgaard, E. 2
1Alterra, Wageningen University and Research Centre (NETHERLANDS); 2KNMI (NETHERLANDS)

Quantifying the Uncertainty in Estimates of Surface Atmosphere Fluxes by Evaluation of SEBS and SCOPE Models
Timmermans, J. ; van der Tol, C. ; Wang, L. ; van Helvoirt, M. ; Verhoef, W. ; Su, Z.
International Institute for GeoInformation Sciences and Earth Observation (ITC) (NETHERLANDS)

Global Evaporation from Multi-Sensor Satellite Observations
De Jeu, R. 1; Gash, J. 1; Miralles, D. 1; Dolman, A. 1; Holmes, T. 2
1VU University Amsterdam (NETHERLANDS); 2USDA ARS Hydrology and Remote Sensing Lab (UNITED STATES)

Representativeness of LST for Energy Water Balance Model and its Impact on the Evapotraspiration Fluxes
Corbari, C. 1; Mancini, M. 1; Hidalgo, V. 2; Sobrino, J.A. 2
1DIIAR - Politecnico di Milano (ITALY); 2Global Change Unit – Image Processing Laboratory - University of Valencia (SPAIN)

Session 3.2: Modelling the Water Cycle and Hydrology
Chairs: E. Wood (Princeton University); A.I.J.M. van Dijk (CSIRO)
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Observing Global and Continental Terrestrial Water and Energy Budgets Using Satellite Remote Sensing
Wood, E.F. ; Sheffield, J. ; Ferguson, C. ; Troy, T. ; Pan, M.
Princeton University (UNITED STATES)

Reference Observations of Atmospheric Water Cycle and Energy Cycle Components
Berger, F.H. ; Beyrich, F. ; Engelbart, D. ; Voemel, H. ; Behrens, K.
German Meteorological Service (GERMANY)

Using HydroSHEDS and Remotely-Sensed Precipitation Data for Large-Scale Hydrological Modeling
Gong, Lebing 1; Westerberg, Ida 1; Halldin, Sven 1; Xu, C.-Y. 2
1Uppsala University (SWEDEN); 2University of Oslo (NORWAY)

Assimilating Satellite Data into a Continental Water Cycle Observation System for Australia
Van Dijk, A.I.J.M ; Renzullo, L.J.
CSIRO Land and Water (AUSTRALIA)

Remote Sensing of the Continental Water Cycle: First Results from the African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis (AMMA)
Grippa, M. 1; Kergoat, L. 1; Baille, A. 2; Boone, A. 3; de Rosnay, P. 4; Demarty, J. 5; Dessay, N. 6; Gosset, M. 6; Gruhier, C. 1; Hiernaux, P. 1; Lebel, T. 6; Mougin, E. 1; Ottlé, C. 7; Pellarin, T. 6; Polcher, J. 8; Séguis, L. 5; Tanguy, M. 2; Zin, I. 6; Zribi, M. 1
1CESBIO (FRANCE); 2Univ. Carthagena (SPAIN); 3CNRM (FRANCE); 4ECMWF (UNITED KINGDOM); 5HSM (FRANCE); 6LTHE (FRANCE); 7LSCE (FRANCE); 8LMD (FRANCE)

Session 3.3: Continuation of Modelling the Water Cycle and Hydrology
Chairs: D. Courault (INRA); M. Menenti (Delft University of Technology)
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Assimilation of Earth Observation Data in the ISBA Land Surface Model of Météo-France
Calvet, J.-C. 1; Albergel, C. 1; Crapeau, M. 2; Draper, C. 3; Kerr, Y. 4; Mahfouf, J.-F. 1; Mialon, A. 4; Rüdiger, C. 3; Walker, J. 3; Wigneron, J.-P. 2; Zribi, M. 4
1CNRM/GAME, Meteo-France, CNRS (FRANCE); 2INRA, EPHYSE (FRANCE); 3Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The University of Melbourne (AUSTRALIA); 4CESBIO, CNES/CNRS/IRD/UPS (UMR5126) (FRANCE)

A Protoype Observation System for Water Resources in South-East Asia: Ground and Space Measurements
Menenti, M. 1; Colin, J. 2; Jia, L. 3; Shen, X. 4; Wang, J. 5
1Delft University of Technology (NETHERLANDS); 2University Louis Pasteur (FRANCE); 3Wageningen University and Research Center (NETHERLANDS); 4Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences (CHINA); 5Cold and Arid Region Environment Engineering Research Institute (CHINA)

Calibrating Hydrological Models Through Remotely Observed Surface Areas of Small Reservoirs in Ghana, West Africa
Van de Giesen, N. 1; Liebe, J.R. 2; Annor, F. 3
1Delft University of Technology (NETHERLANDS); 2ZEF, Bonn University (GERMANY); 3Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (GHANA)

Using Satellite Altimetry Data to Estimate Flows on the Mekong River
Moore, P. 1; Birkinshaw, S.J. 1; O’Donnell, G.M. 1; Kilsby, C.G. 1; Fowler, H.J. 1; Berry, P.A.M. 2 1Newcastle University (UNITED KINGDOM); 2De Montfort University (UNITED KINGDOM)

Combined Use of a Crop Model and FORMOSAT-2 Images for Permanent Grassland and Water Monitoring in Mediterranean Region
Hadria, R. 1; Courault, D. 1; Ruget, F. 1; Olioso, A. 1; Duchemin, B. 2; Desfonds, V. 1; Bertrand, N. 1; Hagolle, O. 2; Dedieu, G. 2
1INRA (FRANCE); 2CESBIO, Toulouse (FRANCE)

Ensemble-Based Assimilation of SAR-Derived Water Stages in a Coupled Hydrologic-Hydraulic Model
Montanari, M. 1; Matgen, P. 1; Hostache, R. 1; Fosty, C. 1; Pfister, L. 1; Plaza, D. 2; Schumann, G. 3; Pauwels, V. 2
1Centre de Recherche Public - Gabriel Lippmann (LUXEMBOURG); 2Laboratory of Hydrology and Water Management, Ghent University (BELGIUM); 3School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol (UNITED KINGDOM)

Invited talk: The New ESA Climate Change Initiative
Doherty, M.
ESA (Netherlands)

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