First Announcement

Conference Topics

(a) Current and future meteorological satellite programs
(b) Facilitation of data access and utilization
(c) Atmospheric parameters derived from satellite observations
(d) Application of satellite data to weather analysis and disaster monitoring
(e) Application of satellite data to numerical weather prediction
(f) Application of satellite data to climate and environmental monitoring
(g) Land surface and ocean parameters derived from satellite observations
(h) Capacity building and training activities
(i) Himawari-8, related status and application

Daily Schedule

Monday 9 November:
                Training on meteorological satellite data usage (1)
Tuesday 10 November:
                Plenary session (1)
Wednesday 11 November:
                Plenary session (2)
Thursday 12 November:
                Plenary session (3)
Friday 13 November:
                Training on meteorological satellite data usage (2)
Saturday 14 November:
                The 3rd meeting of the Coordinating Group of the RA II WIGOS Project  New!

Call for Papers

Individuals whose professional fields relate to the above themes and who wish to present at the conference are invited to register. The registration form can be downloaded in Text Form or MS-Word Form .

The form should include author information, title, abstract and presentation type (verbal or poster), and should be e-mailed to Mr Kotaro Bessho of the Local Organizing Committee at [ E-mail adress was discontinued.].

The conference will be in English. Abstracts should be no longer than one page (A4). Multiple authors are kindly asked to coordinate a single response. To register more than one author, fill out and submit a form for each.

The deadline for submission is 31 July 2015.

Conference fee: none

Abstracts will be reviewed for inclusion in the conference programme. Authors may be asked to switch verbal presentations to poster presentations, or vice versa, if this is considered more appropriate. Selected authors will be notified via e-mail around August 2015, and their abstracts will be posted on the conference website.

Second Announcement

The second announcement will be posted on this website around August 2015. The preliminary program, details of visa support/accommodation and general information will be provided with the second announcement.