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107. Ocean remotesensingRoger SaundersSouthampton (IanRobinson)Liaison with researchers; delivery of lectures toMSC course and hosting of MSC student atExeter108. Evaluation of WindsatdataSteve EnglishEssex (DavidBebbington)Preliminary comparison of Windsat polarimetricradiances with equivalents calculated from NWPmodel fields.109. Ground-based GPSobservation of atmosphericwater vapourDave Offiler, JohnNashNottingham (RichardBingley)Met Office contracted IESSG, Nottingham U, tosupply systems to process UK GPS network data110. Assimilation ofEnvisat measurements oftemperature, ozone andwater vapour111. Targeted processingand assimilation of satellitedata112. Assimilation ofdynamical information fromsatellite imagery for NWPJohn Eyre CASE Studentship –Reading (Alan O’Neill)Student: Carole PeubeyJohn Eyre CASE Studentship –Reading (Alan Thorpe)Student: Marie DandoJohn Eyre CASE Studentship –Surrey (Ian Roulstone)Student: Alison RuddStudent completed 4 years. Thesis almostcomplete. Important lessons learnt on theproblems of assimilating ozone observations.Student completed 3 years. Thesis almostcomplete. Interesting sensitivities shown todensity at which ATOVS radiances assimilated.Student completed 2 years.113. Assimilation ofground-based remotelysensedobservationsJohn EyreStudentship – Reading(Alan O’Neill). Student:Tim HewisonPart-time Met Office student completed 4 years.Thesis almost complete. Improvedunderstanding of the information content andassimilation problems likely with ground-based