Conference Registration
Registration Continues through Thursday, 18 October
Welcome
Conference Keynote Address
| 8:15 AM | KS0.0 | NOAA's current and future environmental satellite programs (Invited Presentation) Scott B. Gudes, NOAA, Washington, DC |
Session 1 Environmental Applications
| 9:00 AM | 1.1 | Operational Satellite Oceanography: Developing the Strategic Vision (Invited Presentation) Marie C. Colton, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD |
Poster Session 1 Environmental Applications
| P1.1 | Snow emissivity simulated using Mie theory Banghua Yan, Decision Systems Technologies, Rockville, MD; and F. Weng | |
| P1.2 | Snow cover extent over South America derived from passive microwave and visible/infrared observations Peter Romanov, NOAA/NESDIS/ORA, Camp Springs, MD; and D. Tarpley | |
| P1.3 | Retrieval and interpretation of snow cover parameters microwave remote sensing data Cezar E. Kongoli, QSS Group, Inc., Lanham, MD; and N. C. Grody | |
| P1.4 | Near real time remote sensing of lake surface temperature and ice cover John H. Marsham, Univ. of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom; and C. J. Merchant | |
| P1.5 | Monitoring the Seasonal Decay of First Year Sea Ice at the Canadian Ice Service with NOAA AVHRR  Roger A. De Abreu, MSC/EC/Canadian Ice Service, Ottawa, ON, Canada; and M. Arkett and B. Ramsay | |
| P1.6 | Diurnal variation of GOES SST Xiangqian Wu, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and W. P. Menzel | |
| P1.7 | Tropical cyclone forcing in the Gulf of Mexico Mark A. Bourassa, Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL; and S. L. Morey, J. Zavala, and J. J. O'Brien | |
| P1.8 | Using QuikSCAT data to determine the strength of a polar lows Boniface J. Mills, Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE | |
| P1.9 | AIR-SEA FLUXES FROM SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR: AN UPDATE Todd D. Sikora, U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD; and D. R. Thompson | |
| P1.10 | Realtime remote sensing-based modeling and in situ validation of land surface energy and water fluxes George R. Diak, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. R. Mecikalski, M. C. Anderson, J. M. Norman, R. D. Torn, and J. Hoss | |
| P1.11 | Desert dust storms as detected by Meteosat and SeaWiFS multispectral imagery Steven D. Miller, NRL, Monterey, CA; and T. F. Lee | |
| P1.12 | Characterization of clouds, fires and smoke plumes in hyperspectral images Michael K. Griffin, MIT Lincoln Lab., Lexington, MA; and S. M. Hsu, H. K. Burke, and J. W. Snow | |
| P1.13 | A comparison of the GOES-8 ABBA and INPE AVHRR fire products for South America from 1995–2000 Joleen M. Feltz, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and E. M. Prins and A. W. Setzer | |
| P1.14 | Principal Component Image analysis of MODIS for volcanic ash Donald W. Hillger, NOAA/NESDIS/ORA and CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and J. Clark | |
| P1.15 | Loss of the 12.0 mm "Split Window" band on GOES-M: Impacts on volcanic ash detection Gary P. Ellrod, NOAA/NESDIS/ORA, Camp Springs, MD | |
| P1.16 | Recent Monitoring of Suspended Sediment Patterns along Louisiana's Coastal Zone Using ER-2 Based MAS Data and Terra Based MODIS Data. Christopher C. Moeller, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and M. M. Gunshor, W. P. Menzel, O. K. Huh, N. D. Walker, and L. J. Rouse | |
| P1.17 | PAPER WITHDRAWN | |
| P1.18 | PAPER WITHDRAWN | |
| P1.19 | TOPEX/POSEIDON ALTIMETRY REVEALS THE VIETNAM SUMMER RECIRCULATION Eric J. Bayler, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and Z. Liu | |
| P1.20 | Sea Surface Salinity from Space: Science Goals and measurement Approach C. J. Koblinsky, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and P. H. Hildebrand, Y. Chao, A. de Charon, W. Edelstein, G. Lagerloef, D. Le Vine, F. Pellerino, Y. Rahmat-Samii, C. Ruf, F. Wentz, W. Wilson, and S. Yueh | |
| P1.21 | PAPER WITHDRAWN | |
| P1.22 | Spectral Transfer of Humidity and Temperature Correlations for Inhomogeneous Turbulence for Land and Agriculture Processes Sukaran R. Patel, Univ. Federal da Paraíba, Campina Grande, Brazil | |
| P1.23 | Refractive Index Spectral Transfer in Inhomogeneous Turbulence in Atmospheric/Oceanic Surface Layer Sukaran R. Patel, Univ. Federal da Paraíba, Campina Grande, Brazil | |
| P1.24 | Assimilation of Soil Moisture from Satellite-derived Skin Temperature within the PENN State/NCAR Mesoscale Model MM5 Jing Zhang, Univ. of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK; and J. S. Tilley | |
| P1.25 | A synergistic surface BRDF/Albedo retrieval with MODIS and MISR observations 1.INTERCOMPARISION Yufang Jin, Boston University, Boston, MA; and F. Gao, C. Schaaf, A. Strahler, C. Bruegge, J. Martonchik, and D. Diner | |
| P1.26 | Fractional green vegetation cover of the Conterminous USA for use in numerical weather models. Kevin Gallo, NOAA/NESDIS, Sioux Falls, SD; and D. Tarpley, K. Mitchell, I. Csiszar, T. Owen, and B. Reed | |
| P1.27 | Using DMSP imagery and SSM/I data to analyze a von Karman vortex over the Black Sea Boniface J. Mills, Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE; and P. J. McCrone | |
| P1.28 | Study of fog properties using LANDSAT data Kenneth W. Fischer, Terabeam Labs., Redmond, WA; and M. Nunez, J. Ramaprasad, M. R. Witiw, and J. A. Baars | |
| P1.29 | PAPER WITHDRAWN | |
| P1.30 | Use of GOES Satellite Data in Mesoscale Surface Boundary Conditions for a Desert Region Elford G. Astling, West Desert Test Center, Salt Lake City, UT | |
| P1.31 | On precipitation modification by major urban areas: A new perspective from TRMM J. Marshall Shepherd, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and H. Pierce | |
| P1.32 | APPLICATION OF REMOTE-SENSING TECHNOLOGY IN ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT Xuemei Wang, Zhongshan Univ., Guangzhou, China |
Session 1 Environmental Applications (Continued)
| 11:15 AM | 1.2 | An overview of active fire detection and monitoring using meteorological satellites (Invited Presentation) Elaine M. Prins, NOAA/NESDIS/ORA, Madison, WI; and J. M. Feltz and C. C. Schmidt | |
| 11:45 AM | 1.3 | Hurricane Heat Potential Estimates From Satellite Radar Altimeter Measurements (Invited Presentation) Lynn K. Shay, RSMAS/Univ. of Miami, Miami, FL |
Lunch
Session 2 Climatology and Long-Term Satellite Studies
| 1:30 PM | 2.1 | The Role of Passive Microwave Radiometers in Climate Monitoring (Invited Presentation) Roy W. Spencer, Univ.of Alabama, Huntsville, AL |
Poster Session 2 Climatology and Long-term Satellite Studies
| P2.1 | specifying satellite orbits for high accuracy climate monitoring Daniel B. Kirk-Davidoff, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA; and R. M. Goody and J. G. Anderson | |
| P2.2 | Longwave and window angular distribution models from CERES/TRMM radiance measurements Natividad Manalo-Smith, AS&M, Hampton, VA; and N. G. Loeb | |
| P2.3 | Limb biases in CO2 cloud height algorithms with respect to high altitude cirrus R. Lynn Rose, Aeromet, Inc., Tulsa, OK; and M. Bedrick, K. Swanson, and B. Morrison | |
| P2.4 | Internal consistency of the NVAP water vapor dataset Ronnie J. Suggs, NASA/MSFC, Huntsville, AL; and G. J. Jedlovec | |
| P2.5 | Radiative impact of clouds and water vapor variations above 300 mb from long-term NVAP and ISCCP observations. G. Garrett Campbell, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Ft. Collins, CO; and T. H. Vonder Haar, J. Fosythe, A. Kankiewicz, R. Engelen, and S. Woo | |
| P2.6 | Long Term Changes in Cloud Cover Detected in HIRS Data Donald Wylie, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI | |
| P2.7 | An alternative long term OLR data set Christopher Collimore, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and D. E. Waliser, G. L. Smith, T. D. Bess, D. F. Young, D. W. Martin, and K. A. Bush | |
| P2.8 | A 10-year climatology of cloud properties and radiation fluxes based on the AVHRR Polar Pathfinder Data Set Xuanji Wang, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. R. Key and M. Pavolonis | |
| P2.9 | Climate analysis with the 21-yr HIRS Pathfinder radiance clear-sky data set Darren L. Jackson, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and J. J. Bates | |
| P2.10 | Comparisons of cloud analyses from independent infrared and sounder retrievals Robert P. d'Entremont, AER, Lexington, MA; and D. P. Wylie | |
| P2.11 | PAPER WITHDRAWN | |
| P2.12 | Initiation of a high resolution tropical cloud climatology Mary Bedrick, Aeromet, Inc., Tulsa, OK; and K. Swanson, L. Rose, and B. Morrison | |
| P2.13 | An analysis of cloud and rainfall distributions over deforested Amazonia using TRMM and GOES measurements Frédéric J. Chagnon, MIT, Cambridge, MA; and A. J. Negri, J. Wang, L. Xu, R. M. Adler, and R. L. Bras | |
| P2.14 | Mesoscale satellite climatologies in costa rica Bernadette H. Connell, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Ft. Collins, CO; and V. Castro Leon | |
| P2.15 | PLUMES ABOVE THUNDERSTORMS ANVILS AND THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO CROSS TROPOPAUSE TRANSPORT OF WATER VAPOR IN MIDLATITUDES Pao K. Wang, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI | |
| P2.16 | Wind regime GOES cloud cover composites for the Wakefield, VA County Warning Area Cynthia L. Combs, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and N. A. Stuart, M. DeMaria, and T. H. Vonder Haar | |
| P2.17 | Investigations of liquid water path spatial variability using MODIS Robert Wood, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and D. L. Hartmann | |
| P2.18 | The influence of Antarctic cloud and surface properties on cloud radiative forcing at the surface Michael J. Pavolonis, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. R. Key | |
| P2.19 | ENSO in Highly Reflective Cloud: A fresh look David W. Martin, SSEC/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and C. C. Collimore and M. H. Hitchman | |
| P2.20 | Development of a climatology of cloud properties derived from GOES over the southeastern Pacific for PACS J. Kirk Ayers, AS&M, Hampton, VA; and P. Minnis, D. F. Young, W. L. Smith, Jr., and L. Nguyen | |
| P2.21 | A prototype Benchmark Thermal Radiance Measurement John A. Dykema, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA; and J. G. Anderson and R. M. Goody | |
| P2.22 | Aerosol optical depth over land from the AVHRR pathfinder atmosphere data set Kenneth R. Knapp, CIRA/Colorado State Univ. and NOAA/NESDIS/ORA, Camp Springs, MD | |
| P2.23 | Temporal Scales of the Areal Coverage and Precipitation of Monsoonal Convective Cloud Systems Over the Tropical Indian Ocean Eric M. Wilcox, SIO/Univ. of California, La Jolla, CA | |
| P2.24 | Water vapor transport over the tropical oceans during El Niño and La Niña and its implication for the tropical circulation: A satellite approach Byung-Ju Sohn, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea; and F. R. Robertson, E. A. Smith, and S.-C. Park | |
| P2.25 | VARIABILITY IN UTH and Water Cycle Dynamics John J. Bates, NOAA/ETL, Boulder, CO | |
| P2.26 | An Assessment of Upper Tropospheric Humidity Measurements from the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Program Brian J. Soden, NOAA/GFDL, Princeton, NJ; and D. Turner, R. Ferrare, B. Lesht, and J. Goldsmith | |
| P2.27 | DIURNAL VARIABILITY OF SATELLITE DERIVED PRECIPITABLE WATER IN THE AMAZON BASIN Tracy L. DeLiberty, Univ. of Delaware, Newark, DE; and J. A. Callahan | |
| P2.28 | Tropical precipitable water climatology for equatorial waves Paul E. Roundy, Penn State Univ., University Park, PA | |
| P2.29 | DIFFERENCES IN THE RESPONSE OF SATELLITE PRECIPITATIONS ESTIMATES TO ENSO Wesley Berg, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and C. Kummerow | |
| P2.30 | A TRMM-calibrated infrared technique for convective and stratiform rainfall: Analysis and validation Andrew J. Negri, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and L. Xu and R. F. Adler | |
| P2.31 | Global trends (1979 to 2001) in mean and extreme rainfall from a new satellite-gauge merged data set Scott Curtis, JCET/Univ. of Maryland Baltimore County, Greenbelt, MD; and R. F. Adler, G. J. Huffman, E. J. Nelkin, and D. T. Bolvin | |
| P2.32 | Standard Errors of the estimated trend in channel 2 of the microwave sounding unit David S. Crosby, NOAA/NESDIS/ORA, Camp Springs, MD; and M. D. Goldberg, T. Mo, and Z. Cheng | |
| P2.33 | Interannual Variations in HIRS Observations of the Temperature Inversion over the Antarctic Plateau Steven A. Ackerman, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and R. Frey and J. Key | |
| P2.34 | Global satellite-based study of the diurnal range of land surface temperature Ivan Csiszar, CIRA and NOAA/NESDIS/ORA, Camp Springs, MD; and G. Gutman |
Session 2 Climatology and Long-Term Satellite Studies (Continued)
| 4:00 PM | 2.2 | Changes in the Earth's resolved outgoing longwave radiation field as seen from the IRIS and IMG instruments (Invited Presentation) Helen E. Brindley, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom; and P. J. Sagoo, R. J. Bantges, and J. E. Harries | |
| 4:30 PM | 2.3 | Global precipitation climatologies and the role of satellite observations (Invited Presentation) Phillip A. Arkin, NOAA/Office of Global Programs, Silver Spring, MD; and P. Xie and J. Janowiak |
Sessions end for the day
Ice Breaker w/Exhibit Opening
Session 3 Operational Applications
| 8:30 AM | 3.1 | Weather Prediction Improvement Using Advanced Satellite Technology.(Invited Presentation) Louis Uccellini, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Camp Springs, MD; and F. Einaudi, J. Purdom, D. Rogers, R. Gelaro, J. Dodge, R. Atlas, and S. Lord |
Poster Session 3 Operational Applications
| P3.1 | UW-CIMSS Satellite winds algorithm Gail A. Dengel, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and C. S. Velden, T. L. Olander, D. A. Santek, and D. R. Stettner | |
| P3.2 | GWINDEX—GOES RAPID-SCAN WINDS EXPERIMENT: APPLICATIONS FOR WEST COAST FORECASTING Christopher S. Velden, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and D. Stettner, J. Daniels, and W. Bresky | |
| P3.3 | Validation of GOES Clear-Air Water Vapor Winds Jaime M. Daniels, NOAA/NESDIS/ORA, Camp Springs, MD; and W. Bresky | |
| P3.4 | Water vapor winds in vicinity of convection and winter storms Robert M. Rabin, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and J. Brunner, C. Hane, and J. Haynes | |
| P3.5 | Cloud stereo heights and motions from satellites imagery: examples and automation G. Garrett Campbell, Colorado State Univ., Boulder, CO; and T. H. VonderHaar and K. Eis | |
| P3.6 | Evaluating the potential impact of the assimilation of satellite derived products on a mesoscale forecast of PACific landfalling JETs experiment (PACJET) IOP 10 Michael C. Morgan, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and K. La Casse, D. T. Kleist, H. M. Kim, J. G. McLay, D. J. Posselt, J. R. Mecikalski, C. S. Velden, and D. Stettner | |
| P3.7 | Assimilation of GOES rapid-scan winds into an experimental ETA model during Hurricane Keith Howard I. Berger, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and C. S. Velden | |
| P3.8 | The Impact Of Satellite Winds On Two Versions of NCEP Global Data Assimilation And Forecast Systems Xiujuan Su, NOAA/EMC, Camp Springs, MD; and J. Derber and S. Lord | |
| P3.9 | An impact study of five remotely sensed and five in-situ data types in the ETA data assimilation system Tom H. Zapotocny, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and W. P. Menzel, J. P. Nelson, III, and J. A. Jung | |
| P3.10 | Assimilation of GOES Sounder cloud top pressure in NCEP's 48Km Eta Mesoscale Model. James A. Jung, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and R. M. Aune, T. J. Schmit, and T. H. Zapotocny | |
| P3.11 | GPS-derived integrated precipitable water compared with AFWA MM5 model output Patricia A. Vollmer, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH; and G. R. Huffines | |
| P3.12 | PAPER WITHDRAWN | |
| P3.13 | Utilizing variational methods to incorporate a variety of satellite data in the LAPS moisture analysis Daniel L. Birkenheuer, NOAA/FSL, Boulder, CO | |
| P3.14 | one dimensional variational assimilation experiments combining GOES sounder and imager radiance data Dongsoo Kim, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado and NOAA/FSL, Boulder, CO; and D. Devenyi | |
| P3.15 | The Assimilation of Satellite Observations with the NRL Atmospheric Variational Data Assimilation System (NAVDAS) Nancy L. Baker, NRL, Monterey, CA; and R. Daley, S. D. Swadley, J. Clark, E. H. Barker, J. S. Goerss, and K. Sashegyi | |
| P3.16 | Improvements to U.S. Air Force Cloud Forecast Model, Advect Cloud Steven J. Storch, Air Force Weather Agency, Offutt, NE; and D. G. McDonald | |
| P3.17 | Analysis of Subtropical Cyclones using NASA Quikscat data Paul J. McCrone, Air Force Weather Agency, Offutt AFB, NE | |
| P3.18 | Status of the UW-CIMSS Objective Dvorak Technique (ODT) Timothy L. Olander, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and C. S. Velden | |
| P3.19 | Preliminary objective analyses using the NESDIS/CIRA tropical cyclone infrared imagery PART I: HURRICANE HARMONICS James P. Kossin, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO | |
| P3.20 | Tropical cyclone surface wind analysis using satellite sensors Raymond M. Zehr, NOAA/NESDIS/ORA, Fort Collins, CO | |
| P3.21 | Validation of an Advanced Microwave Sounder Unit (AMSU) tropical cyclone intensity and size estimation algorithm Mark DeMaria, NOAA/NESDIS, Fort Collins, CO; and J. L. Demuth and J. A. Knaff | |
| P3.22 | TRMM TMI views of tropical cyclones for tactical reconnaissance Thomas F. Lee, NRL, Monterey, CA; and F. J. Turk, J. D. Hawkins, and R. T. Edson | |
| P3.23 | Mapping tropical cyclone characteristics via passive microwave remote sensing Jeffrey D. Hawkins, NRL, Monterey, CA; and T. F. Lee, J. F. Turk, K. L. Richardson, C. C. Sampson, and J. Kent | |
| P3.24 | The realtime value of combined upper tropospheric inertial stability measurements and satellite-derived winds on tropical cyclone and convection forecasting John R. Mecikalski, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and C. S. Velden | |
| P3.25 | Satellite applications for tropical wave/tropical cyclone tracking Jason P. Dunion, NOAA/AOML/HRD, Miami, FL; and C. S. Velden | |
| P3.26 | Validation of GMS brightness temperature difference technique for estimate of cumulonimbus in typhoon by TRMM PR data Kotaro Bessho, MRI, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan; and Y. Tanaka and T. Nakazawa | |
| P3.27 | An assessment of global models ability to accurately forecast downstream extra-tropical cyclone development in the southern hemisphere winter Matthew A. Lazzara, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. G. McLay and S. G. Decker | |
| P3.28 | Antarctic meteorology: Satellites and weather forecasting Matthew A. Lazzara, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and L. M. Keller, C. R. Stearns, J. E. Thom, and G. A. Weidner | |
| P3.29 | Cloud-drift and Water Vapor Winds in the Polar Regions from MODIS Jeffrey R. Key, NOAA/NESDIS/ORA, Madison, WI; and D. Santek, C. S. Velden, and W. P. Menzel | |
| P3.30 | Virtual Laboratory for Training in Satellite Meteorology James F. W. Purdom, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Ft. Collins, CO; and A. Mostek | |
| P3.31 | Virtual Institute for Satellite Integration Training - Bringing Training to the Forecasters Using VISITview Anthony Mostek, NOAA/NWS, Boulder, CO; and S. Bachmeier, T. Whittaker, D. Bikos, B. Motta, B. Zajac, J. Weaver, K. Schrab, B. Grant, and J. LaDue | |
| P3.32 | Recent Training from the Virtual Institute for Satellite Integration Training Brian Motta, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and D. Bikos, B. Zajac, S. Bachmeier, T. Whittaker, B. Grant, J. LaDue, S. Jascourt, W. Bua, K. Schrab, M. Schichtel, S. Flood, D. Baumgardt, R. Grumm, P. Wolf, J. Weaver, and R. Zehr |
Session 3 Operational Applications (Continued)
| 11:00 AM | 3.2 | Uses of satellite data in Air Force Weather (Invited Presentation) John V. Zapotocny, Air Force Weather Agency, Offutt AFB, NE | |
| 11:30 AM | 3.3 | Satellite-based Tropical Cyclone Intensity Estimation Using NOAA-KLM Series Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit (AMSU).(Invited Presentation) Kurt F. Brueske, U.S. Air Force Academy, U.S. Air Force Academy, CO; and C. S. Velden |
Lunch
Session 3 Operational Applications (Continued)
| 1:30 PM | 3.4 | Recent impact of satellite Data at ECMWF (Invited Presentation) Graeme A. Kelly, ECMWF, Reading, Berks., United Kingdom |
Poster Session 3 Operational Applications (Continued)
| P3.33 | Atmospheric Instability Parameters Derived from MSG SEVIRI Observations Marianne Koenig, EUMETSAT, Darmstadt, Germany; and S. A. Tjemkes and J. Kerkmann | |
| P3.34 | Assessing the Quality and Utility of Higher Resolution GOES Sounder Retrievals Gary E. Gray, Raytheon, Lanham, MD; and J. Daniels | |
| P3.35 | An assessment of the temporal value of retrieved parameters from the GOES sounder Robert M. Aune, NOAA/NESDIS/ORA, Madison, WI; and R. Petersen | |
| P3.36 | Case studies using hourly real-time GOES Sounder ozone estimates Christopher C. Schmidt, CIMSS/University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. Li and A. J. Wimmers | |
| P3.37 | A Validation Study of the GOES Sounder Cloud Top Pressure Product James A. Hawkinson, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin and NOAA/NESDIS/ORA, Madison, WI; and W. Feltz, T. J. Schmit, A. J. Schreiner, and S. A. Ackerman | |
| P3.38 | Is the resolution of GOES sounder data sufficient to support single field of view retrievals and derived products? Gail M. Bayler, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and S. Wetzel-Seemann, J. Li, and T. J. Schmit | |
| P3.39 | An Analysis of Pre-tornadic Low-level Moisture-Flux Convergence and the Utility of GOES and GIFTS Sounder Data Ralph A. Petersen, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Camp Springs,, MD; and W. F. Feltz and H.-L. Huang | |
| P3.40 | An evaluation of several years of CIMSS and NESDIS GOES Sounder data James P. Nelson, III, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and T. J. Schmit and W. P. Menzel | |
| P3.41 | PAPER WITHDRAWN | |
| P3.42 | Use of ATOVS and SSMI observations at Météo-France Florence Rabier, Météo-France, Toulouse, France; and E. Gérard, Z. Sahlaoui, M. Dahoui, and R. Randriamampianina | |
| P3.43 | Application of NOAA Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit (AMSU) Derived Rain Rates to Synoptic Events over the United States Ralph Ferraro, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and P. Pellegrino, F. Weng, and L. Zhao | |
| P3.44 | A physically-based Algorithm to Derive Surface Rainfall Rate Using Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit-B (AMSU-B) Measurements Limin Zhao, NOAA/NESDIS/ORA, Camp Spring, MD; and F. Weng and R. Ferraro | |
| P3.45 | Improvements to the experimental Tropical Rainfall Potential (TRaP) technique Stanley Q. Kidder, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and S. J. Kusselson, J. A. Knaff, and R. J. Kuligowski | |
| P3.46 | Validation of GOES precipitation estimates over Central America Rosario Alfaro, NOAA/NESDIS/ORA, Camp Springs, MD; and R. A. Scofield | |
| P3.47 | The NESDIS satellite QPE verification program Robert J. Kuligowski, NOAA/NESDIS/ORA, Camp Springs, MD; and S. Qiu, R. A. Scofield, and A. Gruber | |
| P3.48 | The Satellite Imagery Display and Analysis System at Air Force Weather Agency Charles R. Holliday, Air Force Weather Agency, Offutt AFB, NE; and M. D. Conner | |
| P3.49 | Meandering Sea Surface Temperature of April 2001 Serge Hagan-Deschamps, MSC, Dartmouth, NS, Canada | |
| P3.50 | Findings from the pre-assimilation of GOES imager channels Louis Garand, MSC, Dorval, PQ, Canada; and N. Wagneur | |
| P3.51 | VALIDATION OF GOES-11 DATA Xiangqian Wu, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and T. J. Schmit | |
| P3.52 | Life cycle of convective activity in terms of cloud type observed by split window Toshiro Inoue, MRI, Tsukuba, Irabaki, Japan; and X. Wu and K. Bessho | |
| P3.53 | Observations of a Severe Supercell Thunderstorm on 24 July 2000 using GOES-11 Sounder and Imagery John F. Weaver, NOAA/NESDIS, Ft. Collins, CO; and J. A. Knaff, D. Bikos, J. M. Daniels, and G. S. Wade | |
| P3.54 | A Cloud Model Interpretation of the Enhanced V and Other Signatures atop Severe Thunderstorms Pao K. Wang, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and H.-M. Lin, S. Natali, S. Bachmeier, and R. Rabin | |
| P3.55 | A Satellite Perspective of the Pine Lake, Alberta Tornado Event A. Scott Bachmeier, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. P. Nelson III | |
| P3.56 | MCS development within continental-scale elongated dry filaments in GOES water vapor images Edward I. Tollerud, NOAA/FSL, Boulder, CO; and F. Caracena, A. Marroquin, S. E. Koch, J. L. Moody, and A. Wimmers | |
| P3.57 | Operational Cloud Detection in GOES Imagery Gary J. Jedlovec, NASA/MSFC, Huntsville, AL; and K. Laws | |
| P3.58 | A satellite diagnostic of global convection Frederick R. Mosher, NOAA/NWS/Aviation Weather Center, Kansas City, MO | |
| P3.59 | Validation of a new global operational cloud analysis at AFWA Gary B. Gustafson, AER, Lexington, MA; and D. C. Peduzzi | |
| P3.60 | Derived cloud products from the GOES-M Imager Anthony J. Schreiner, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and T. J. Schmit | |
| P3.61 | Upper tropospheric moisture assimilation using GOES observations William H. Raymond, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and G. S. Wade | |
| P3.62 | Future Satellite Initiatives at Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center Charles E. Skupniewicz, FNMOC, Monterey, CA; and J. Cornelius, J. Haferman, J. Vermeulen, and Y. Wang |
Session 3 Operational Applications (Continued)
| 4:00 PM | 3.5 | Satellite data utilization by U.S. Navy meteorology and oceanography (Invited Presentation) Don T. Conlee, Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command, Stennis Space Center, MS; and R. L. Crout | |
| 4:30 PM | 3.6 | Some new operational applications of MetSat observations (Invited Presentation) Thomas H. Vonder Haar, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO |
Exhibit Hours
Sessions end for the day
Panel Discussion 1 Panel Discussion: NOAA/NESDIS products from polar satellites: Are we meeting the needs of the atmospheric community?
Session 4 Radiances, Clouds, and Retrievals
| 8:30 AM | 4.1 | Assimilation of satellite sounding radiances in numerical weather prediction (Invited Presentation) John Eyre, UK Met Office, Bracknell, Berks., United Kingdom |
Poster Session 4 Radiances, Clouds, and Retrievals
| P4.1 | PAPER WITHDRAWN | |
| P4.2 | Intercalibration of geostationary and polar-orbiting infrared window and water vapor radiances. Mathew M. Gunshor, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and T. J. Schmit and W. P. Menzel | |
| P4.3 | Intercalibration of Meteorological Satellite Imagers Using VIRS, ATSR-2, and MODIS Louis Nguyen, NASA/LARC, Hampton, VA; and P. Minnis, J. K. Ayers, and D. R. Doelling | |
| P4.4 | PAPER WITHDRAWN | |
| P4.5 | Physical decoupling of near-infrared (3.9um) solar and thermal radiation components through satellite observations of total solar eclipses Steven D. Miller, NRL, Monterey, CA | |
| P4.6 | Advances in the Bias Correction of Satellite Radiance Data William F. Campbell, NRL, Monterey, CA; and N. Baker | |
| P4.7 | The AIRS Forward Model and Spectral Response Functions Larrabee Strow, Univ. of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, Maryland; and S. Hannon and H. Motteler | |
| P4.8 | cloud properties from amsu in a semi-arid region Amy M. Doherty, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI | |
| P4.9 | Effect of cloud and precipitation microphysics on AMSU measurements as simulated using cloud resolving model outputs Xiaofan Li, NOAA/NESDIS/ORA, Camp Springs, MD; and F. Weng | |
| P4.10 | Polarization of microwave measurements for temperature sounding of the mesosphere Alan E. Lipton, AER, Lexington, MA | |
| P4.11 | Combining radio occultations and IR/MW radiances to derive temperature and moisture profiles: A simulation study Eva Borbas, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and P. Menzel and J. Li | |
| P4.12 | A Simple Diagnosis Method of Moisture Profile from TMI/TPW Tetsuo Nakazawa, MRI, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan | |
| P4.13 | Use of passive microwave observations in a radar rainfall profiling algorithm Mircea Grecu, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT; and E. N. Anagnostou | |
| P4.14 | Structure and characteristics of precipitation systems observed by TRMM Steven J. Goodman, NASA/MSFC, Huntsville, AL; and D. J. Cecil | |
| P4.15 | An improved level-3 oceanic rainfall algorithm for the TRMM Microwave Imager (TMI) and the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer (AMSR) T. T. Wilheit, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and J. Huang, K.-W. Jin, D. H. Lee, J. L. Thomas-Stahle, and R. Weitz | |
| P4.16 | What are the Benefits of Combining Visible, Infrared, and Microwave Satellite Data in Retrieving Cloud Physical Properties? Thomas J. Greenwald, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and T. H. Vonder Haar | |
| P4.17 | Determination of liquid water path and effective radius for water clouds using microwave and visible measurements Guosheng Liu, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and H. Shao, M. Tschudi, and J. Haggerty | |
| P4.18 | The sensitivity of computed microwave brightness temperatures from precipitating clouds to models of spherical mixed-phase hydrometeors Benjamin T. Johnson, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and G. Petty | |
| P4.19 | A near-real time method for deriving cloud and radiation properties from satellites for weather and climate studies Patrick Minnis, NASA/LRC, Hampton, VA; and W. L. Smith, Jr., D. F. Young, L. Nguyen, A. D. Rapp, P. W. Heck, S. Sun-Mack, Q. Z. Trepte, and Y. Chen | |
| P4.20 | VALIDATION OF GOES AND MODIS ATMOSPHERIC PRODUCTS AND RADIANCES USING DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION (DOE ARM) MEASUREMENT DATA Wayne F. Feltz, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and T. J. Schmit, J. Hawkinson, D. Tobin, and S. Wetzel-Seemann | |
| P4.21 | Validation of a global cloud liquid water product from AVHRR Andrew K. Heidinger, NOAA/NESDIS/ORA, Washington, DC; and Q. Liu | |
| P4.22 | Aerosol optical property retrievals from VIS-SWIR data J. W. Snow, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA; and M. K. Griffin, H. K. Burke, and C. A. Upham | |
| P4.23 | The Chesapeake Lighthouse and Aircraft Measurements for Satellites (CLAMS) Experiment William L. Smith, Jr., NASA/LRC, Hampton, VA; and T. Charlock, B. A. Wielicki, R. Kahn, J. Vanderlei Martins, C. Gatebe, P. V. Hobbs, G. C. Purgold, J. Redemann, L. Remer, and K. Rutledge | |
| P4.24 | PAPER WITHDRAWN | |
| P4.25 | Simultaneous Retrieval of Cloud Height and Effective Emissivity from Hyperspectral Radiance Measurements Hung-Lung Huang, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and X. Wu, J. Li, P. Antonelli, R. O. Knuteson, E. R. Olson, K. C. Baggett, and B. J. Osborne | |
| P4.26 | Retrieval of cirrus ice-water path, particle size, and optical thickness using thermal infrared satellite data Robert P. d'Entremont, AER, Lexington, MA; and D. L. Mitchell | |
| P4.27 | A Bayesian ice cloud properties retrieval algorithm David A. Santek, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and H. Berger, K. F. Evans, R. Pincus, and S. A. Ackerman | |
| P4.28 | Estimating thin cloud properties using an improved CO2 slicing approach Hong Zhang, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and W. P. Menzel | |
| P4.29 | Development of Cirrus Models for MODIS and MISR Sarah M. Thomas, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and B. A. Baum, S. L. Nasiri, A. Heymsfield, P. Yang, E. E. Clothiaux, R. Marchand, and J. Comstock | |
| P4.30 | PAPER WITHDRAWN | |
| P4.31 | Statistical dependence of cloud fraction as a function of view angle derived from MISR data Guangyu Zhao, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and L. Di Girolamo | |
| P4.32 | Cloud detection and classification using high-spectral infrared observations Kyle J. Leesman, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and S. Ackerman, H. Revercomb, and J. Spinhirne | |
| P4.33 | Contrail cover and radiative properties from high-resolution satellite data Rabindra Palikonda, AS&M, Inc., Hampton, VA; and P. Minnis, P. W. Heck, S. Sun-Mack, Q. Z. Trepte, and H. Mannstein | |
| P4.34 | MOPITT CO Retrievals Under Cloudy Conditions Juying X. Warner, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. Gille, D. Edwards, J. Drummond, M. Deeter, D. Grant, G. Francis, D. Ziskin, M. Smith, J. L. Attie, and J. Chen | |
| P4.35 | Cloud overlapping detection algorithm using solar and IR wavelengths Kazuaki Kawamoto, NASA/LRC, Hampton, VA; and P. Minnis and W. L. Smith, Jr. | |
| P4.36 | Surface emissivity derived for infrared remote sensing from satellites Yan Chen, SAIC, Hampton, VA; and S. Sun-Mack, P. Minnis, W. L. Smith, Jr., and D. F. Young | |
| P4.37 | Intercomparison of GOES-8 Imager and Sounder skin temperature retrievals Stephanie L. Haines, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and R. J. Suggs and G. J. Jedlovec | |
| P4.38 | An aerosol-dependent algorithm for remotely sensed sea surface temperatures from the NOAA AVHRR Nicholas R. Nalli, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Ft. Collins, CO; and L. L. Stowe | |
| P4.39 | Comparisons of observed and simulated microwave images of extratropical cyclones Jui-Yuan C. Chiu, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN; and G. W. Petty |
Session 4 Radiances, Clouds, and Retrievals (Continued)
| 11:00 AM | 4.2 | Cloud Property Retrievals using Infrared and Far-Infrared Measurements (Invited Presentation) Steven A. Ackerman, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI | |
| 11:30 AM | 4.3 | Estimating the primary analysis variables, temperature, moisture and wind, from space—Science and cooperation. (Invited Presentation) John Le Marshall, BMRC, Melbourne, Vic., Australia |
Lunch
Session 5 New Technology and Methods
| 1:30 PM | 5.1 | Remote Sensing of Cloud, Aerosol, and Water Vapor Properties from MODIS (Invited Presentation) Michael D. King, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD |
Poster Session 5 New Technology and Methods
| P5.1 | PAPER WITHDRAWN | |
| P5.1A | The Crosstrack Infrared Sounder (CrIS) Ronald Glumb, ITT Aerospace and Communications, Fort Wayne, IN; and D. C. Jordan and C. E. Lietzke | |
| P5.2 | NPOESS Instruments: The Future of MetSat Observations John D. Cunningham, NOAA/NPOESS Integrated Program Office, Silver Spring, MD; and J. M. Haas and H. Swenson | |
| P5.3 | Recommendations from the GOES Users' Conference James J. Gurka, NOAA/NESDIS, Suitland, MD; and G. J. Dittberner | |
| P5.4 | NOAA's GOES System—Plans for New Sensors Gerald J. Dittberner, NOAA/NESDIS, Suitland, MD | |
| P5.5 | Channel selection for the next generation geostationary Advanced Imagers Timothy J. Schmit, NOAA/NESDIS/ORA, Madison, WI; and W. P. Menzel, M. M. Gunshor, and J. P. Nelson, III | |
| P5.6 | Channel selection methods for Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer Radiances Nadia Fourrié, Meteo-France, Toulouse, France; and F. Rabier | |
| P5.8 | Measurement Concept Validation Plans for GIFTS David Tobin, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and C. S. Velden, N. Pougatchev, and W. L. Smith | |
| P5.9 | Simulation of GIFTS Data Cubes David Tobin, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and K. Baggett, R. Garcia, H. Woolf, A. Huang, B. Knuteson, J. Mecikalski, E. Olson, B. Osborne, D. Posselt, and H. Revercomb | |
| P5.10 | Validation of the submillimeter cirrus remote sensing technique: Is it ready for space? K. Franklin Evans, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and I. G. Nolt, M. D. Vanek, and C. Lee | |
| P5.11 | Application and Design of Satellite Infrared Spectral Imaging Radiometers with Uncooled Microbolometer Array Detectors James D. Spinhirne, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and R. S. Lancaster and K. R. Maschhoff | |
| P5.12 | A Proposed Multiangle Satellite Dataset Using GEO, LEO and Triana Helen Y. Yi, AS&M, Hampton, VA; and P. Minnis, L. Nguyen, and D. R. Doelling | |
| P5.13 | Cloud Detection from MISR using a Band-Differenced Angular Signature Michael Wilson, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and L. Di Girolamo | |
| P5.14 | MODIS Cloud Mask: an Update and Validation Richard Frey, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and S. A. Ackerman, W. P. Menzel, L. Gumley, C. Moeller, and S. Wetzel Seemann | |
| P5.15 | Global daytime and nighttime frequencies of cloud thermodynamic phase as a function of cloud temperature using MODIS data Richard A. Frey, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and B. A. Baum, S. L. Nasiri, W. P. Menzel, S. A. Ackerman, and L. Gumley | |
| P5.16 | High Spectral Resolution Lidar Validation of MODIS Derived Cloud Phase and Altitude R. E. Holz, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and S. Nasiri, R. E. Kuehn, R. Frey, B. Baum, and E. W. Eloranta | |
| P5.17 | Cloud top analysis using cloud model simulations and satellite observations Stefano Natali, Univ. of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy; and P. K. Wang and H.-M. Lin | |
| P5.18 | Nighttime Cloud Overlap using MODIS Data Monica K. Harkey, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and B. A. Baum | |
| P5.19 | Daytime Cloud Overlap using MODIS Data Shaima L. Nasiri, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and B. A. Baum | |
| P5.20 | High spatial resolution surface and cloud type classification from MODIS multi-spectral band measurements Jun Li, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and Z. Yang, H.-L. Huang, W. P. Menzel, R. A. Frey, and S. A. Ackerman | |
| P5.21 | Land Surface Albedo, Nadir BRDF-Adjusted Reflectance, and BRDF Products from the MODerate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Crystal B. Schaaf, Boston University, Boston, MA; and F. Gao, A. H. Strahler, W. Lucht, X. Li, X. Zhang, Y. Jin, E. Tsvetsinskaya, J.-P. Muller, P. Lewis, M. Barnsley, G. Roberts, C. Doll, S. Liang, D. Roy, and J. L. Privette | |
| P5.22 | MODIS statistical structure function analysis Tomoko Koyama, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and D. W. Hillger and T. H. Vonder Haar | |
| P5.23 | Simulation of GOES-M 5-band Imager Using MODIS Data for volcanic ash Donald W. Hillger, NOAA/NESDIS/ORA and CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and J. Clark | |
| P5.24 | Evaluation of MODIS Emissive Band Radiometric Performance Using MAS Data Collected During TX-2001. Christopher C. Moeller, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and D. D. LaPorte, W. P. Menzel, and H. E. Revercomb | |
| P5.25 | MODIS Direct Broadcast Reception, Products, and Applications Liam E. Gumley, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and A. H. L. Huang, T. D. Rink, J. Li, and Z. Yang | |
| P5.26 | Correlated Noise Modeling for Satellite Radiance Simulation Thomas J. Kleespies, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and D. Crosby | |
| P5.27 | CERES/ARM Validation Experiment(CAVE) David A Rutan, AS&M, Hampton, VA; and F. G. Rose, N. Smith, and T. P. Charlock | |
| P5.28 | INTERCOMPARISON OF CERES SCANNING AND ERBS WFOV NON-SCANNING RADIOMETERS David A. Rutan, AS&M, Hampton, VA; and G. L. Smith, R. B. Lee, III, and T. Wong | |
| P5.29 | The Calibration of NOAA-AVHRR Visible Radiances with VIRS David R. Doelling, AS&M, Hampton, VA; and V. Chakrapani, P. Minnis, and L. Nguyen | |
| P5.30 | Using polarimetric two-stream radiative transfer model to study microwave polarimetric signatures Quanhua Liu, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Ft. Collins, CO; and F. Weng | |
| P5.31 | A Test of the Petty and Katsaros (1994) Incidence Angle Correction in a Forward Model Clay B. Blankenship, NRL, Monterey, CA | |
| P5.32 | kCARTA: A Fast Pseudo Line-by-Line Radiative Transfer Code with Scattering Sergio DeSouza-Machado, Univ. of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, Maryland; and L. L. Strow, H. E. Motteler, and S. E. Hannon |
Session 5 New Technology and Methods (Continued)
| 4:00 PM | 5.2 | Near real-time QuikScat/SeaWinds wind vector data at NOAA/NESDIS (Invited Presentation) Paul S. Chang, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and L. Connor and E. Legg | |
| 4:30 PM | 5.3 | TRMM: Status of precipitation estimates, science highlights, and 3-hour global, tropical precipitation estimates (Invited Presentation) Robert F. Adler, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD |
Exhibit Hours
Sessions end for the day
Special Presentation: Electronic Theater - An evening of Spectacular Visions of Earth
Session 5 New Technology and Methods (Continued)
| 8:30 AM | 5.4 | Combining New Satellite Tools and Models to Examine the Role of Mesoscale Interactions in Formation and Intensification of Tropical Cyclones (Invited Presentation) Joanne Simpson, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and E. Ritchie, W. T. Liu, C. S. Velden, K. Brueske, H. Pierce, and J. Halverson |
Poster Session 5 New Technology and Methods (Continued)
| P5.33 | OMPS—The Next Generation U.S. Operational Ozone Monitor Hal J. Bloom, NOAA/NPOESS/IPO, Silver Spring, MD; and F. Sanner | |
| P5.34 | THE CROSS-TRACK INFRARED/MICROWAVE SOUNDER SUITE (CrIMSS): THE NEXT GENERATION OPERATIONAL POLAR ORBITING SOUNDER SYSTEM Hal J. Bloom, NOAA/NESDIS, Silver Spring, MD; and R. Glumb | |
| P5.35 | NOAA/NESDIS Operational Advanced-TOVS (ATOVS) Polar Orbiter Sounding Products Anthony L. Reale, NOAA/NESDIS, Suitland, MD; and A. S. Allegrino | |
| P5.36 | PAPER WITHDRAWN | |
| P5.37 | AN OPTIMAL-ESTIMATION ALGORITHM FOR WATER VAPOR PROFILING USING AMSU Darren S. McKague, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and R. J. Engelen, J. M. Forsythe, S. Q. Kidder, and T. H. Vonder Haar | |
| P5.38 | Retrieval of atmospheric inversions using geostationary high-spectral-resolution sounder radiance information Jun Li, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and T. J. Schmit, H.-L. Huang, and H. M. Woolf | |
| P5.39 | SSMIS Upper Atmosphere Sounding Calibration and Validation Plans Steven D. Swadley, NRL, Monterey, CA | |
| P5.40 | Air Force Weather Agency Special Sensor Microwave Imager/Sounder processing David M. Paal, Air Force Weather Agency, Offutt AFB, NE; and T. J. Kopp | |
| P5.41 | Imagery Interpretation of Microwave Observations from AMSU and TMI over a Complex Tropical Region Benjamin Ruston, Colorado State Univ., Ft. Collins, CO; and T. H. Vonder Haar and J. M. Forsythe | |
| P5.42 | EURAINSAT: European Satellite Rainfall Analysis and Monitoring at the Geostationary Scale Vincenzo Levizzani, Institute of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Bologna, Italy; and P. Bauer, A. Buzzi, D. H. Hinsman, A. Khain, C. Kidd, F. S. Marzano, F. Meneguzzo, A. Mugnai, J. P. V. Poiares-Baptista, F. Prodi, J. F. W. Purdom, D. Rosenfeld, J. Schmetz, E. A. Smith, F. Tampieri, F. J. Turk, and G. A. Vicente | |
| P5.43 | Microwave Surface and Precipitation Products System (MSPPS)—an Application of AMSU Data to the Retrieval of Surface Geophysical Products Huan Meng, QSS Group, Inc., Lanham, MD; and D. A. Moore, L. Zhao, R. R. Ferraro, F. Weng, and N. Grody | |
| P5.44 | Satellite microwave sensors: new tools for monitoring the kinematical, thermodynamical, and cloud microphysical processes in tropical cyclones Fuzhong Weng, NOAA/NWS/NESDIS/ORA, Camp Springs, MD | |
| P5.45 | Motivating the use of remotely-sensed data sources for estimating convective momentum transports John R. Mecikalski, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI | |
| P5.46 | Rainfall Retrieval from Lightning and Satellite Infrared Observations adjusted with TRMM Precipitation Radar Carlos Augusto Morales, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and E. Anagnostou and J. Weinman | |
| P5.47 | Tracking Continuous Rain Systems Using A Genetic Based Wavelet Image Registration Technique Jearanai Vongsaard, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA; and L. S. Chiu, T. El-Ghazawi, J. Weinman, and R. Yang | |
| P5.48 | Comparison of instantaneous TMI and PR rainfall data from the TRMM satellite John E. Stout, George Mason Univ., Fairfax, VA; and R. Meneghini | |
| P5.49 | A new fine-scale, quasi-global combined precipitation estimate based on TRMM George J. Huffman, NASA/GSFC and SSAI, Greenbelt, MD; and R. F. Adler, D. T. Bolvin, and E. J. Nelkin | |
| P5.50 | Evolution of the NOAA/NESDIS SSM/I Land Rainfall Algorithm into the TRMM and AMSR era Jeffrey R. McCollum, NOAA/NESDIS/ORA and Univ.of Maryland, College Park, MD; and R. R. Ferraro | |
| P5.51 | Advances in Global Water Cycle Science Made Possible by Global Precipitation Mission (GPM) Eric A. Smith, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD | |
| P5.52 | CO AND CH4 COLUMN RETRIEVAL FROM THE SCANNING HIGH RESOLUTION INTERFEROMETER SOUNDER (S-HIS) Kenneth Vinson, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and H. Revercomb, H. B. Howell, and R. Knuteson | |
| P5.53 | THE ROLE OF A PRIORI INFORMATION IN THE RETRIEVAL OF CO PROFILES FROM TERRA-MOPITT MEASUREMENTS Shu-peng Ho, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. C. Gille, D. P. Edwards, J.-L. Attie, M. N. Deeter, J. Warner, G. L. Francis, and D. Ziskin | |
| P5.54 | MODIS/TERRA Total precipitable water product evaluation Suzanne Wetzel-Seemann, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and L. E. Gumley, J. Li, T. J. Schmit, and W. P. Menzel | |
| P5.55 | PAPER WITHDRAWN | |
| P5.56 | Statistical characteristics of QuikSCAT "real-time" ocean surface wind vector retrievals William H. Gemmill, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Camp Springs, MD | |
| P5.57 | Near-realtime Winds and Surface Pressures from SeaWinds David F. Zierden, Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL; and M. A. Bourassa, J. S. Tongue, J. J. O'Brien, and D. E. Weissman | |
| P5.58 | Atmospheric Motion Vectors with Meteosat Second Generation Kenneth Holmlund, EUMETSAT, Darmstadt, Germany | |
| P5.59 | FURTHER STUDY OF DERIVING SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE FROM FUTURE GOES Xiangqian Wu, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and A. Brisson, P. Le Borgne, A. Marsouin, and W. P. Menzel | |
| P5.60 | Infrared Land Surface Emissivity Retrieval from High-spectral Resolution Upwelling Radiance Robert Knuteson, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and B. Osborne, H. Revercomb, D. Tobin, and W. L. Smith | |
| P5.61 | Quality Control and Preliminary Data Analysis of the Interferometric Monitor for Greenhouse Gases (IMG) Data Set Robin L. Tanamachi, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and V. P. Walden, S. A. Ackerman, and R. O. Knuteson | |
| P5.62 | VIIRS (Visible Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite): A Next-Generation Operational Environmental Sensor for NPOESS Carol Welsch, U.S. Air Force and NPOESS/Integrated Program Office, Silver Spring, MD; and H. Swenson and J. M. Haas | |
| P5.63 | Calibration and Initial Results from The OSSE for NPOESS Michiko Masutani, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Camp Springs, MD; and J. C. Woollen, J. Terry, S. J. Lord, T. J. Kleespies, G. D. Emmitt, S. A. Wood, S. Greco, J. C. Derber, R. Atlas, and M. Goldberg | |
| P5.64 | Estimation of Mesoscale Atmospheric Latent Heating Profiles from TRMM Rain Statistics Utilizing a Simple One-Dimensional Model Robert Iacovazzi, Jr., SSAI, Lanham, MD; and C. Prabhakara | |
| P5.65 | TRMM Precipitation Radar and Microwave Imager Observations C. Prabhakara, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and R. Iacovazzi, Jr., J.-M. Yoo, and J. Weinman |
Session 5 New Technology and Methods (Continued)
| 11:00 AM | 5.5 | Satellite Oceanography in the 21st Century Navy (Invited Presentation) Walt J. McKeown, Naval Atlantic Meteorological and Oceanographic Center, Norfolk, VA | |
| 11:30 AM | 5.6 | Validation Tools for Future Satellite Observations (Invited Presentation) H. E. Revercomb, Universtiy of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and D. C. Tobin, R. O. Knuteson, W. F. Feltz, W. P. Menzel, and W. L. Smith |
Lunch
Session 6 Future Activities
| 1:30 PM | 6.5 | (Formerly Paper 6.3) Meteosat Second Generation (MSG): Capabilities and Applications (Invited Presentation) Johannes Schmetz, EUMETSAT, Darmstadt, Germany; and P. Pili, S. Tjemkes, A. Ratier, and S. Rota | |
| 2:15 PM | 6.6 | (Formerly Paper 6.4) WMO Satellite Activities and Perspectives (Invited Presentation) Donald E. Hinsman, WMO, Geneva, Switzerland | |
| 3:00 PM | Coffee Break | ||
| 3:30 PM | 6.7 | (Formerly Paper 6.1) Evolution of NOAA's Civil Environmental Operational Satellite Services (Invited Presentation) Gregory Withee, NOAA/NESDIS, Silver Spring, MD | |
| 4:15 PM | 6.8 | (Formerly Paper 6.2) The Geosynchronous Imaging Fourier Transform Spectrometer (GIFTS) (Invited Presentation) W. L. Smith, Sr., NASA/LRC, Hampton, VA; and F. Harrison, D. Hinton, J. Miller, M. Bythe, D. Zhou, H. Revercomb, F. Best, H. Huang, R. Knuteson, D. Tobin, C. S. Velden, G. Bingham, R. Huppi, A. Thurgood, L. Zollinger, R. Epslin, and R. Petersen |
Sessions End
Conference Ends
Reception (Cash Bar)
Conference Banquet