ASI MC-FORUM

Meteo and Climate exploitation of FORUM

MC-FORUM (Meteo and Climate exploitation of FORUM) is a two-year initiative funded by the Italian Space Agency (ASI), started at the end of Jan. 2024. Its primary objective is to develop new tools and expertise for harnessing data, which will be delivered by ESA EE9 FORUM, in meteorological and climate studies. The project will explore the impact of FORUM data across different spatio-temporal scales and various data assimilation techniques, encompassing both variational approaches and ensemble Kalman filter-like ones. Additionally, it will create tools for leveraging FORUM measurements in diagnostics and validation of global climate models, enabling the investigation of new parameterisations, and assessing the potential of FORUM in evaluating radiative forcings and climatic feedbacks.

References

  • Masiello, G., Maestri, T., Serio, C., Liuzzi, G., Cersosimo, A., Martinazzo, M., Giosa, R., Cassini, L., Donat, Pasquariello, P., D’Emilio, M., Inglese, R., Venafra, S., Monitoring the Antarctic Ozone Hole with IASI: Simultaneous Retrieval of O₃ and HNO₃ in Cloudy and Clear-Sky Conditions, oral presentation, 6° CONGRESSO NAZIONALE AISAM, 10-12 Febbraio 2026, Brescia, Italia.
  • Masiello, G., Maestri, T., Liuzzi, G., Martinazzo, M., Serio, C., Advanced σ Radiative Transfer Model: Enhancing Atmospheric Remote Sensing for Earth and Planetary Exploration, oral presentation at XXI Congresso Nazionale di Scienze Planetarie, 2-6 febbraio 2026, Reggio Emilia, Italia.
  • Masiello, G., Giosa, R., Liuzzi, G., Serio, C., D’Emilio, M., Pasquariello, P., Cassini, Retrieval of Vertical Profiles of Methane from IASI data using a Physically Informed Neural Network, oral presentation at 32° ISSWG Meeting, 9-10 Dicembre 2025, Darmstadt, Germania.
  • Ortolani, A., C. Sgattoni, S. Melani, S. Della Fera, L. Rovai, L. Fibbi, M. Ridolfi, E. Butali, S. Ceccherini, C. Tirelli, FORUM satellite measurements and weather forecasts – Assessing the potential data assimilation impact, oral presentation at 11th International Symposium on Data Assimilation (ISDA2025), 29 Sept.-3 Oct. 2025, Melbourne, Australia.
  • Melani, S., A. Ortolani, A.N. Carrassi, P. Ruggieri, U. Cortesi, C. Sgattoni, S. della Fera, L. Mele, S. Raciti, T. Maestri, L. Rovai, L. Fibbi, F. Fabiano, J. von Hardenberg, G. Masiello, M. Ridolfi, L. Palchetti, Far-InfraRed data assimilation in the MC-FORUM project for the meteorological exploitation of future FORUM satellite observations, poster presentation at 11th International Symposium on Data Assimilation (ISDA2025), 29 Sept-3 Oct. 2025, Melbourne, Australia.
  • A. Ortolani, S. Melani, U. Cortesi, C. Sgattoni, S. Della Fera, L. Rovai, L. Fibbi, B. Zanchi, S. Montagnani, L. Giannelli, E. Butali, M. Ridolfi, A. Sandroni, C. Tirelli, S. Ceccherini, Exploiting future Earth observations in weather models: insights from the EMM new research infrastructure, poster presentation at 11th International Symposium on Data Assimilation (ISDA2025), 29 Sept-3 Oct. 2025, Melbourne, Australia.
  • Alberto Ortolani, C. Sgattoni, S. Melani, S. Della Fera, L. Rovai, L. Fibbi, M. Ridolfi, E. Butali, S. Ceccherini, C. Tirelli, U. Cortesi, A. Sandroni, From FORUM observations to weather forecast: towards assessing the impact of future FIR, presentation at Joint FORUM-HAWC Workshop, Montreal, Canada, 15-17 October 2025.
  • Melani, S., A. Ortolani, A.N. Carrassi, P. Ruggieri, S. Raciti, U. Cortesi, C. Sgattoni, S. Della Fera, L. Mele, T. Maestri, L. Rovai, L. Fibbi, F. Fabiano, J. von Hardenberg, G. Masiello, M. Ridolfi, L. Palchetti, Far-InfraRed data assimilation in the MC-FORUM project for the meteorological exploitation of future FORUM satellite observations, poster at Joint FORUM-HAWC Workshop, Montreal, Canada, 15-17 October 2025.
  • Masiello, G., Maestri, T., Liuzzi, G., Martinazzo, M., Serio, C., Hints of what we can expect from satellite Far Infrared spectrally resolved measurements, oral presentation, Joint FORUM-HAWC Workshop, 15-17 ottobre 2025, Montreal, Canada.
  • Donat, F., Masiello, G., Liuzzi, G., Martinazzo, M., Maestri, T., Serio, C., 2025. Validation of radiative transfer approaches for all-sky atmospheres using IASI infrared spectra, in: Kassianov, E.I., Lolli, S. (Eds.), Remote Sensing of Clouds and the Atmosphere XXX. Presented at the Remote Sensing of Clouds and the Atmosphere XXX, SPIE, Madrid, Spain, p. 24. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3070166
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  • Alberto Ortolani, Cristina Sgattoni, Samantha Melani, Luca Rovai, Luca Fibbi, Dr Marco Ridolfi, Ugo Cortesi, Stefano della Fera, Evaluating the potential impact of future FORUM radiances through ensemble simulations, poster presentation at ESA-Living Planet Symposium, Vienna, 23-27 June 2025.
  • Masiello, G., Maestri, T., Serio, C., Liuzzi, G., Cersosimo, A., Martinazzo, M., Giosa, R., Cassini, L., Donat, Pasquariello, P., D’Emilio, M. The Unique Contribution to Understanding Antarctic Ozone Hole Dynamics of Infrared Sounder Measurements, poster presentation at ESA-Living Planet Symposium, Vienna, 23-27 June 2025.
  • Cristina Sgattoni, Stefano Della Fera, Ugo Cortesi, Samantha Melani, Alberto Ortolani, Marco Ridolfi, Selection of Informative Channels for Future FORUM Measurements Assimilation in Numerical Weather Prediction Models, poster ESA-Living Planet Symposium, Vienna, 23-27 June 2025.
  • Lorenzo Mele, Carlo Grancini, Paolo Ruggieri, Tiziano Maestri, Guido Masiello, Alberto Ortolani, Alberto Carrassi, Towards the Assimilation of Far Infrared Data: Case Studies With Low and Mid Complexity Models, abstract, poster ESA-Living Planet Symposium, Vienna, 23-27 June 2025.
  • Ortolani, A., S. Melani, C. Sgattoni,   L. Rovai, L. Fibbi, M. Ridolfi, S. Della Fera, E. Butali, A. Sandroni,  U. Cortesi, Future FORUM satellite radiances and their impact on atmospheric forecasts, oral presentation at Joint MPAS/WRF Users Workshop 2025, 3 – 6 June 2025, Boulder Colorado USA.
  • Masiello, G., Maestri, T., Serio, C., Liuzzi, G., Cersosimo, A., Martinazzo, M., Giosa, R., Cassini, L., Donat, Pasquariello, P., D’Emilio, M. Comprehensive Infrared forward-Inverse Analysis of the Ozone hole with IASI, oral presentation, International TOVS Study Conference 2025, 8-14 Maggio 2025, Goa, India.
  • Marco Ridolfi, Bianca Maria Dinelli, Claudio Belotti, Giovanni Bianchini, Samuele Del Bianco, Gianluca Di Natale, Federico Donat, Giuliano Liuzzi, Tiziano Maestri, Michele Martinazzo, Guido Masiello, Carmine Serio, Luca Sgheri, Luca Palchetti, FARM: FAst Retrieval Model for the Simultaneous Inversion of Co-located Spectral Radiance Measurements, IASI-2024 conference, Nancy, France, 2 – 6 December 2024. Abstract and Poster.
  • Luca Palchetti, Marco Barucci, Claudio Belotti, Francesco D’Amato, Samuele Del Bianco, Gianluca Di Natale, Bianca Maria Dinelli, Marco Ridolfi, Silvia Viciani, Retrieval studies using the Far-IR spectral measurements performed by FIRMOS-B from stratospheric balloon flights, IASI-2024 conference, Nancy, France, 2 – 6 December 2024. Abstract and Talk slides.
  • Masiello, G., Maestri, T., Serio, C., Liuzzi, G., Cersosimo, A., Martinazzo, M., Giosa, R., Cassini, L., Donat, F., Masin, F., Pasquariello, P., Proietti Pelliccia, G., Venafra, S., Camy-Peyret, C. Comprehensive Analysis of Antarctic Ozone Hole Dynamics Using Day-Night IASI Infrared Observations, oral presentation, IASI 2024 Conference, 2-6 Dicembre 2024, Nancy Francia.
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  • Masiello, G., Serio, C., Liuzzi, G., Pasquariello, P., Giosa, R., Maestri, T., Martinazzo, M., Masin, F., Cassini, L., Donat, F., Proietti Pelliccia, G., Venafra, S., Sgheri, L., De Cosmo, F., 2024. Developments of the σ-IASI/F2N radiative transfer model: a new linear-in-T approach for accurate treatment of clouds, in: Kassianov, E.I., Lolli, S. (Eds.), Remote Sensing of Clouds and the Atmosphere XXIX. SPIE, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, p. 2 https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3031533
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  • A. Ortolani, A. Carrassi, F. Fabiano, U. Cortesi, J. von Hardenberg, G. Masiello, M. Ridolfi, S. Melani, P. Ruggieri, S. Della Fera, T. Maestri, L. Palchetti, MC-FORUM: an ASI-funded project to evaluate FORUM measures impact in meteorological and climate fields, poster presentation at the Annual national congress of the Italian Association of Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology (AISAM2024) held in Lecce (Italy) on 5 – 8 February 2024.
  • A. Ortolani, A. Carrassi, F. Fabiano, U. Cortesi, J. von Hardenberg, G. Masiello, M. Ridolfi, S. Melani, P. Ruggieri, S. Della Fera, T. Maestri, L. Palchetti, MC-FORUM: an ASI-funded project to exploit FORUM observations in meteorological and climate models, poster presentation at the 2nd FORUM international workshop, held in Leicester (UK) on 29 November – 2 December 2023.
  • Della Fera, S., Fabiano, F., Raspollini, P., Ridolfi, M., Cortesi, U., Barbara, F., and von Hardenberg, J.: On the use of Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer (IASI) spectrally resolved radiances to test the EC-Earth climate model (v3.3.3) in clear-sky conditions, Geosci. Model Dev., 16, 1379–1394, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-16-1379-2023, 2023.
  • Workshop CAMEO – Climate And Meteorology, modeling and Earth Observations Osservazioni e modelli per il clima e la meteorologia, workshop online, 19 e 20 Gennaio 2022.

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