Session: General Climate Studies: Observations III (2008

Session 7A
	General Climate Studies: Observations III
	Chair: Baijun Tian, JPL, Pasadena, CA
	1:30 PM	7A.1	Satellite retrieval of land surface temperature: challenges and opportunities Ana C. T. Pinheiro, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC (STG, Inc contractor), Asheville, NC; and J. L. Privette, J. J. Bates, and J. Pedelty
	1:45 PM	7A.2	Comparison of Temperature in the Lower Stratosphere from Microwave Measurements using COSMIC Radio Occultation Data: the Early Results Shu-peng Ho, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and B. Kuo, M. D. Goldberg, C. Z. Zou, and W. S. Schreiner
	2:00 PM	7A.3	The annual cycle of surface radiation budget over Europe Pamela E. Mlynczak, SSAI, Hampton, VA; and G. L. Smith and R. Hollmann
	2:15 PM	7A.4	A Global Monthly Land Surface Air Temperature Analysis for 1948-present Yun Fan, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/CPC/RSIS, Camp Springs, MD; and H. van den Dool
	2:30 PM	7A.5	The climate of 2007 in historical perspective Jay Lawrimore, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and R. Heim, D. H. Levinson, A. Sanchez-Lugo, D. Wuertz, L. Love-brotak, and E. Godfrey
	2:45 PM	7A.6	Does it rain more on weekends? David M. Schultz, University of Helsinki and Finnish Meteorological Institute, FI-00101, Helsinki, Finland; and S. Mikkonen, A. Laaksonen, and M. B. Richman

Tuesday, 22 January 2008: 1:30 PM-3:00 PM, 215-216

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Session 7A