Session: Improvements to NWP and Short-term Forecasting (89th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting )

Wednesday, 14 January 2009: 2:30 PM-4:00 PM

Hall 5 (Phoenix Convention Center)

Cochairs: Nancy Baker, NRL and Lars Peter Riishojgaard, JCSDA

Papers:

JP6.17 has been moved to Poster Session II in IIPS

JP6.1

Observation-based, Probabilistic Cloud Forecasting

JP6.2

Impact results from the 3D-var assimilation of cloudy hyperspectral infrared radiances

JP6.3

Using satellite and in situ data to evaluate snow albedo schemes in weather and climate models

Zhuo Wang, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ ; and X. Zeng

Poster PDF (115.1 kB)

JP6.4

Nowcasting Algorithms: A Ground Validation Approach using SEVIRI Data

Daniel A. Vila, Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, College Park, MD; and R. J. Kuligowski

JP6.5

Microphysics schemes based on DSD-parameter constraints and their impact on convective storm forecasts

Charlotte E. Wainwright, CAPS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and M. Xue, G. Zhang, and D. T. Dawson II

Poster PDF (203.7 kB)

JP6.6

Applications of FY-3A Sounding Data in NOAA Weather and Climate Research

Fuzhong Weng, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and N. Lu and P. Zhang

JP6.7

Microwave Radiative Transfer at the Sub-Field-of-View

Thomas J. Kleespies, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD

Poster PDF (132.5 kB)

JP6.8

Hourly Analyses with NAVDAS 3DVAR System for COAMPS-OS

JP6.9

Recent developments in the Canadian Operational Network of Coupled Environmental PredicTion Systems (CONCEPTS)

Harold Ritchie, Environment Canada, Dartmouth, NS, Canada; and F. Davidson, G. M. Flato, Y. Lu, P. Pellerin, W. Renaud, M. Taillefer, K. Thompson, B. Topliss, and D. Wright

JP6.10

Upper-air forecast improvement utilizing radiance bias correction algorithms that account for forecast model bias

Young-Joon Kim, NRL, Monterey, CA; and W. F. Campbell and S. D. Swadley

JP6.11

Data assimilation and regional forecasts using Atmospheric InfraRed Sounder (AIRS) profiles

Shih-Hung Chou, NASA/MSFC, Huntsville, AL; and B. Zavodsky and G. J. Jedlovec

Poster PDF (1.1 MB)

JP6.12

Microburst windspeed potential assessment: progress and developments

Kenneth L. Pryor, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD

http://arxiv.org/abs/0810.1622

Poster PDF (1.4 MB)

JP6.13

Using satellite observations to validate a large-scale high-resolution WRF model simulation

Jason Otkin, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. Sieglaff, T. Greenwald, and Y. K. Lee

JP6.14

Calibrating probabilistic multimodel ensemble pentad and weekly precipitation forecasts: a comparison of techniques

Dan C. Collins, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/CPC, Camp Springs, MD; and T. M. Hopson and D. A. Unger

JP6.15

An operational mesoscale ensemble data assimilation and prediction system: E-RTFDDA

Yubao Liu, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and G. Roux, M. Xu, T. Hopson, J. Hacker, J. Knievel, T. Warner, and S. Swerdlin

JP6.16

Global capability for AFWA's Diagnostic Cloud Forecast system

John M. Henderson, AER, Lexington, MA; and T. Nehrkorn, J. B. Eylander, and C. Carlson

Poster PDF (208.3 kB)

JP6.18

A technique for creating composite sea surface temperatures from NASA's MODIS instruments in order to improve numerical weather prediction

JP6.19

A robust neural network ensemble approach for snowfall detection using AMSU data

Yajaira Mejia, NOAA/CREST at City College of New York, New York, NY; and H. Ghedira and D. R. Khanbilvardi

JP6.20

Impact of atmospheric infrared sounder (AIRS) and QuickSCAT satellite data on numerical simulations of tropical cyclone intensity changes

Zhaoxia Pu, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and L. Zhang

JP6.21

Sensitivity of short-term weather forecasts to assimilated AIRS data: Implications for NPOESS applications

Bradley T. Zavodsky, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and W. McCarty, S. H. Chou, and G. J. Jedlovec

JP6.22

An observing system simulation experiment to evaluate CrIS / ATMS observations in modeling a mesoscale weather event

Christopher M. Hill, Mississippi State Univ., Stennis Space Center, MS; and P. J. Fitzpatrick, X. Fan, V. Anantharaj, M. Masutani, L. P. Riishojgaard, and Y. Li

JP6.23

Assimilation of simulated GOES-R imager data in a generalized cloud analysis package within the hourly updated Rapid Refresh

Stanley G. Benjamin, NOAA/ESRL/GSD, Boulder, CO; and S. S. Weygandt, M. Hu, and D. Devenyi

JP6.24

Atmospheric Sounding Under Cloudy Atmospheric Conditions

Xu Liu, NASA/LaRC, Hampton, VA; and D. Zhou, A. Larar, W. L. Smith Sr., P. Schluessel, S. A. Mango, and K. St. Germain

JP6.25

Improvements and plans for global and regional numerical weather prediction

JP6.26

Evaluation of prediction with GOES radiance data assimilation in the WRF-ARW model over East Asia

Jianjun Xu, JCSDA/UCAR/AFWA, Camp Springs, MD; and S. Rugg

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