9th GEWEX Water Vapor Assessment Workshop

Apr 22 - 23, 2026 | Copenhagen, Denmark

Agenda (Preliminary)

Wednesday, 22nd April 2026

Time Presentation Presenter
Welcome and Introduction
Chair: Johannes Nielsen, Rapporteur: Tim Trent
13:00 – 13:15 Welcome at the Danish Meteorological Institute (DMI) Ole Krarup Leth
13:15 – 13:45 Tour de table including expectations
13:45 – 14:05 Overview on the GEWEX Water Vapor Assessment (G-VAP) Marc Schröder, Tim Trent,
Shu-peng Ho
14:05 – 14:15 Aims of meeting and key questions for the workshop Tim Trent, Marc Schröder,
Shu-peng Ho
Satellite-based data
14:15 – 14:30 Tropospheric specific humidity CDR based on GNSS Radio Occultations Johannes K. Nielsen
14:30 – 14:45 Investigating possible contributions of IASI/IASI-NG for bridging the upcoming gap of stratospheric water vapour limb-sounding observations Nga Ying Lo
14:45 – 15:00 Discussion
15:00 – 15:30 Break
Ground-based data, validation, application
Chair: Tim Trent, Rapporteur: Johannes K. Nielsen
15:30 – 15:45 Using in situ observations to monitor near-surface humidity Kate Willet
15:45 – 16:00 Long‐Term TCWV Climate Data Record using Ground‐Based GNSS Olivier Bock
16:00 – 16:15 Water Vapour variability measured from GNSS instruments as an indication of severe weather: a potential path to explore GNSS versus GRUAN sonde biases Xavier Calbet
16:15 – 16:30 Comparison of tropospheric humidity products provided by MWIR and Radio Occultation on Metop-A Ludwig Barbosa
16:30 – 16:45 Evaluation and Process Diagnosis of NOAA GEFSv12 Reforecasts using GNSS RO Data Shu-Peng Ho (Remote)
16:45 – 17:00 Extending and Reprocessing the NASA NVAP-M Water Vapour Dataset John Forsythe (Remote)
17:00 – 17:15 A Global, Multi-Decadal (1983-2017) Convection Tracking Database Using ISCCP-H Data and tobac Package: Convective Lifecycle Characteristics and Connection to G-VAP Johnny Luo
17:15 – 17:30 Discussion
17:30 – 18:30 Icebreaker
19:30 – No host Dinner

Thursday, 23nd April 2026

Time Presentation Presenter
Satellite-based data
Chair: Michael Eisinger, Rapporteur: Marc Schröder
09:00 – 09:20 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) – Key findings around atmospheric water vapour and priorities for future analysis (TBD) Peter Thorne
09:20 – 09:35 EUMETSAT’s scientific framework on water vapor (TBD) Rene Preusker
09:35 – 09:50 The Advanced Infra-Red WAter Vapour Estimator-version 3 (AIRWAVE-v3) TCWV dataset: from ATSR-1 to SLSTR Elisa Castelli
09:50 – 10:05 ESA Water Vapour cci: A combined total column water vapour data record from microwave and near-infrared imager observations Marc Schröder
10:05 – 10:20 Total column water vapor for Sentinel-4, 5 and 5p toward a climate data record Luca Lelli
10:20 – 10:30 Update on PlanetiQ RO results Emil Kursinski
10:30 – 10:45 Discussion
10:45 – 11:15 Break
World Climate Research Program (WCRP) report on G-VAP
Chair: Marc Schröder, Rapporteur: Tim Trent
11:15 – 11:30 Status of WCRP report Tim Trent, Marc Schröder,
Shu-peng Ho
11:30 – 11:50 Discussion on missing and potential new contributions
11:50 – 12:00 An introduction to Working Group on Observations for Researching Climate (WGORC) and feedback from GEWEX Data and Analysis Panel (GDAP) Marc Schröder
12:00 – 12:15 Discussion
12:15 – 13:30 Lunch
The future of G-VAP
Chair: Tim Trent, Rapporteur: Marc Schröder
13:30 – 14:30 Tour de tables with answers to seed questions
14:30 – 15:30 Discussion
House keeping
15:30 – 15:50 Wrap-up, next meeting Marc Schröder, Tim Trent,
Shu-peng Ho
15:50 – 16:00 AoB