| Sunday, 17 January 2010 |
| 7:30 AM-9:00 AM, Sunday
Short Course Registration |
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| 9:00 AM-6:00 PM, Sunday
Annual Meeting Registration Begins |
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| 12:00 PM-4:00 PM, Sunday
Weatherfest |
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| 3:00 PM-4:00 PM, Sunday, B314
First-Time Attendee Briefing |
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| 5:00 PM-6:00 PM, Sunday, B314
Annual Meeting Review and Fellows Awards |
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| 6:00 PM-7:00 PM, Sunday, Exhibit Hall B2
Fellows Reception |
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| Monday, 18 January 2010 |
| 7:30 AM-5:30 PM, Monday
Registration Open |
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| 9:00 AM-10:30 AM, Monday, Thomas Murphy Ballroom 1 and 2
Presidential Forum |
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| 10:30 AM-11:00 AM, Monday
Coffee Break in Meeting Room Foyer |
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| 12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Monday
Lunch Break |
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| 1:30 PM-2:30 PM, Monday, B207
Session 1 Experiments involving observations, real or hypothetical: data impact tests and observing system simulation experiments (OSSEs) I |
Chair: Robert Atlas, NOAA/AOML, Miami, FL
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| 1:30 PM | 1.1 | Development of a sensor web simulator: status and preliminary results for a future satellite wind lidar mission
Michael Seablom, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and S. J. Talabac, R. Burns, J. Ardizzone, S. A. Wood, E. M. Kemp, G. S. Wojcik, S. L. Applegate, H. N. Kleinwaks, G. D. Emmitt, and R. Atlas |
| 1:45 PM | 1.2 | Evaluation of Space Based Doppler Wind Lidar in Joint OSSEs
Michiko Masutani, NOAA/NWS/EMC, Camp Springs, MD; and L. P. Riishojgaard, G. D. Emmitt, S. Greco, S. A. Wood, A. Stoffelen, G. J. Marseille, and J. S. Woollen |
| 2:00 PM | 1.3 | Using an airborne doppler wind lidar to explore the potential impact of a future space-based wind lidar, particularly in the case of “cloud challenging” tropical cyclones
George D. Emmitt, Simpson Weather Associates, Charlottesville, VA; and S. Greco and S. A. Wood |
| 2:15 PM | 1.4 | The impact of Doppler Lidar wind profiles on numerical simulations of mesoscale weather systems
Lei Zhang, Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and Z. Pu, B. Gentry, B. B. Demoz, and G. D. Emmitt |
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| 2:30 PM-4:00 PM, Monday, Exhibit Hall B2
Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break |
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| 2:30 PM-4:00 PM, Monday, Exhibit Hall B2
Poster Session Assimilation of observations and impact experiments |
| | 236 | Development of a Regional Hurricane OSSE System
Yuanfu Xie, NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and N. Prive, S. Koch, R. E. Hood, R. Atlas, J. Gamache, R. Rogers, S. J. Majumdar, T. L. Miller, and S. M. Mackaro |
| | 237 | Dynamics and structure of three-dimensional error covariance of a mature tropical cyclone
Jonathan Poterjoy, Penn State University, University Park, PA; and F. Zhang |
| | 238 | Ensemble sensitivities of WRF-ARW forecasts at high resolution
Elena Novakovskaia, Earth Networks, Germantown, MD |
| | 239 | Simulation of observation and calibration for Joint OSSEs
Lars Peter Riishojgaard, Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation, College Park, MD; and M. Masutani, J. S. Woollen, Y. Xie, N. Prive, T. Zhu, T. J. Kleespies, R. L. Vogel, H. Sun, H. Pryor, and E. Salmon |
| | 240 | Impacts of data assimilation of simulated rain rates from the NASA HIRAD instrument on tropical cyclone precipitation forecasts in a mesoscale model 
Cerese M. Inglish, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and T. N. Krishnamurti and T. L. Miller |
| | 241 | Impacts of temporal and spatial resolutions of model initialization data
T.J. Malone, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY; and R. D. Leeper, R. Mahmood, and A. I. Quintanar |
| | 242 | DART: A community facility for ensemble data assimilation
Jeffrey Anderson, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and T. Hoar, K. Raeder, N. Collins, H. Liu, G. Romine, and A. F. Arellano Jr. |
| | 243 | The Impact of Variational Assimilation of Quikscat Satellite Observations on Hurricane Ike 2008 Simulation
Duanjun Lu, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS; and R. S. Reddy Jr. and Q. L. Williams |
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| 4:00 PM-5:15 PM, Monday, B207
Session 2 Field experiments: observational results from past field experiments; potential relevance of the field observations to operational prediction |
Chair: Bill Proenza, NOAA/NWS, Fort Worth, TX
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| 4:00 PM | 2.1 | Aerosol and Ocean Science Expeditions (AEROSE): Dedicated marine soundings for CrIMSS and GOES-R proxy datasets
Nicholas R. Nalli, NOAA/NESDIS, College Park, MD; and C. D. Barnet, E. Joseph, V. R. Morris, H. Xie, D. E. Wolfe, M. D. Goldberg, and P. J. Minnett |
| 4:15 PM | 2.2 | NOGAPS adaptive observing and data denial experiments during T-PARC/TCS-08
C. A. Reynolds, NRL, Monterey, CA; and R. Langland, C. Velden, and H. Berger |
| 4:30 PM | 2.3 | Use of the WC-130J reconnaissance aircraft for integrated atmospheric and oceanographic tropical cyclone (TC) observations in the Western North Pacific, Central Pacific and Atlantic basins: A national asset for the future
Peter G. Black, NRL, Monterey, CA; and J. D. Hawkins, Y. Jin, L. C. J. Talbot, R. Deatherage, E. A. D'Asaro, P. Niiler, P. A. Harr, and R. L. Elsberry |
| 4:45 PM | 2.4 | Measuring the structure of hurricanes with a microwave sounder
Bjorn H. Lambrigtsen, JPL and California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA |
| 5:00 PM | 2.5 | An observational and high-resolution model analysis of gale wind events in the Gulf of California
Ariel E. Cohen, NOAA/NWSFO, Jackson, MS; and J. P. Cangialosi |
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| 5:30 PM-7:30 PM, Monday, Exhibit Hall B1
Opening of the Exhibit Hall with Reception |
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| Tuesday, 19 January 2010 |
| 8:15 AM-9:45 AM, Tuesday, B313
Joint Session 4 Meteorological and Environmental Satellite Observing Systems: …to 15 Years Ahead (I) (Joint between the Meteorological and Environmental Satellite Observing Systems: From 50 Years Ago to 15 Years Ahead, the 14th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS), and the 6th Annual Symposium on Future National Operational Environmental Satellite Systems-NPOESS and GOES-R) |
Cochairs: Steven J. Goodman, NOAA/NESDIS, Greenbelt, MD; W. Paul Menzel, NOAA/NESDIS, Madison, WI
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| 8:15 AM | J4.1 | Meteorological and Environmental Satellite Observing Systems: …to 15 Years Ahead Introduction
Steven J. Goodman, NOAA/NESDIS, Greenbelt, MD; and W. P. Menzel |
| 8:30 AM | J4.2 | Earth Science Applications from Space—An Update on the Decadal Survey
Richard A. Anthes, UCAR, Boulder, CO |
| 8:45 AM | J4.3 | NASA's Earth Science Satellite Observation Program
Michael H. Freilich, NASA, Washington, DC |
| 9:00 AM | J4.4 | NOAA Plans for Next Generation, Space-based, Operational Earth
Mary E. Kicza, NOAA/NESDIS, Silver Spring, MD |
| 9:15 AM | J4.5 | IR Imaging Sounders for Geosynchronous orbit: A key capability for future multi-national observing systems
Henry Revercomb, SSEC/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI |
| 9:30 AM | J4.6 | Preparing for a space-based Doppler wind lidar as a key observing system for weather and climate applications
G. D. Emmitt, Simpson Weather Associates, Charlottesville, VA |
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| 8:30 AM-9:45 AM, Tuesday, B306
Joint Session 3 Data Collection, Interpretation, Assimilation, and Stewardship (Joint between the 14th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS), the First Symposium on Planetary Atmospheres, the 14th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology, the 12th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry, the 20th Conference on Probability and Statistics in the Atmospheric Sciences, the 24th Conference on Hydrology, and the 18th Conference on Applied Climatology) |
Chair: Stan Benjamin, NOAA/ESRL/GSD, Boulder, CO
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| 8:30 AM | J3.1 | The Impacts on Air Traffic of Volcanic Ash from the 2009 Mt. Redoubt Eruption
Alexander Matus, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI; and L. A. Hudnall, J. J. Murray, and A. Krueger |
| 8:45 AM | J3.2 | UrbanNet: Urban Environment Monitoring and Modeling with a Wireless Sensor Network
Paul J. Croft, Kean University, Union, NJ; and P. Morreale, F. Qi, A. Tropek, and M. Andujar |
| 9:00 AM | J3.3 | Network of Weather and Climate Observing Networks (NOWCON)
Samuel P. Williamson, Office of the Federal Coordinator for Meteorology, Silver Spring, MD; and J. E. Stailey and S. J. Taijeron |
| 9:15 AM | J3.4 | Comparison of COOP and new HCN-M temperature products
John R. Christy, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL |
| 9:30 AM | J3.5 | The Impact of Temporally Varying Snowfall Rates on Holdover Time using the LWE and Check Time Systems
Roy Rasmussen, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and S. Landolt, J. Black, and A. Gaydos |
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| 8:30 AM-9:45 AM, Tuesday, B207
Session 3 Assimilation of observations (ocean, atmosphere, and land surface) into models I |
Chair: Brian J. Etherton, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
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| 8:30 AM | 3.1 | Severe Weather Forecasts using the Space and Time Mesoscale Analysis System (STMAS)
Huiling Yuan, CIRES and NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and Y. Xie |
| 8:45 AM | 3.2 | Development of a “seamless” mesoscale ensemble data assimilation and prediction system
Yubao Liu, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and W. Wu, F. Vandenberghe, G. Descombes, H. Liu, and T. Warner |
| 9:00 AM | 3.3 | Recent developments of WRFDA
Xiang-Yu Huang, NCAR, Boulder, CO |
| 9:15 AM | 3.4 | An assessment of independent vs joint data assimilation for a coupled atmosphere-ocean system
Faez Bakalian, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada; and H. Ritchie and A. M. Thompson |
| 9:30 AM | 3.5 | The NCAR-ATEC 4D Weather (4DWX) Modeling System: Updates and New Developments
John C. Pace, U.S Army, Dugway Proving Ground, Dugway, UT; and S. F. Halvorson, S. Krippner, F. W. Gallagher III, J. A. Reynolds, Y. Liu, T. Warner, S. Swerdlin, F. Chen, J. Knievel, and J. Hacker |
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| 9:45 AM-11:00 AM, Tuesday, Exhibit Hall B2
Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break |
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| 11:00 AM-6:00 PM, Tuesday, Exhibit Hall B1
Exhibits Open |
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| 11:00 AM-12:00 PM, Tuesday, B313
Joint Session 7 Meteorological and Environmental Satellite Observing Systems: …to 15 Years Ahead (II) (Joint between the Meteorological and Environmental Satellite Observing Systems: From 50 Years Ago to 15 Years Ahead, the 14th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS), and the 6th Annual Symposium on Future National Operational Environmental Satellite Systems-NPOESS and GOES-R) |
Cochairs: Robert Atlas, NOAA/AOML, Miami, FL; Timothy L. Miller, NASA/MSFC, Huntsville, AL
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| 11:00 AM | J7.1 | NASA's Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) Mission Applications in the Atmospheric and Hydrologic Sciences
Dara Entekhabi, MIT, Cambridge, MA; and E. Njoku and P. O’Neill |
| 11:15 AM | J7.2 | Ice Cloud and land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2): Science and implementation
Waleed Abdalati, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO |
| 11:30 AM | J7.3 | The Deformation, Ecosystem Structure, and Dynamics of Ice
Paul A. Rosen, JPL, Pasadena, CA |
| 11:45 AM | J7.4 | CLARREO: Cornerstone of the Future Climate Observing System
David F. Young, NASA/LaRC, Hampton, Va |
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| 11:00 AM-12:00 PM, Tuesday, B207
Session 4A Atmospheric observations for weather and climate I |
Chair: George D. Emmitt, Simpson Weather Associates, Charlottesville, VA
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| 11:00 AM | 4A.1 | Tradeoffs in Hyperspectral Infrared Observations from Space for Weather and Climate
Thomas S. Pagano, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and M. T. Chahine |
| 11:15 AM | 4A.2 | Assessing the influence of assimilating Clarus data into road and atmospheric forecasts
Tressa L. Fowler, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and F. McDonough, S. D. Drobot, C. D. Burghart, and M. B. Chapman |
| 11:30 AM | 4A.3 | Assessing impacts of integrating MODIS vegetation data in Weather Research Forecasting (WRF) model coupled to two types of Rc scheme
Anil Kumar, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and F. Chen, D. Niyogi, M. B. Ek, and C. D. Peters-Lidard |
| 11:45 AM | 4A.4 | Planetary Boundary Layer Characteristics from GPS Radio Occultation Measurements
Chi O. Ao, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and D. E. Waliser, S. Chan, J. L. Li, J. Teixeira, B. Tian, and D. J. Seidel |
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| 11:00 AM-12:00 PM, Tuesday, B306
Session 4B Ocean observations for data assimilation and climate I |
Chair: Jeffrey Anderson, NCAR, Boulder, CO
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| 11:00 AM | 4B.1 | The impact of ocean observations in seasonal climate prediction (Invited)
Michele M. Rienecker, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and C. Keppenne, R. Kovach, and J. Marshak |
| 11:30 AM | 4B.2 | POP-DART: An ensemble assimilation system for the parallel ocean program
Tim Hoar, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. Anderson, N. Collins, and B. Nadiga |
| 11:45 AM | 4B.3 | Eddy and Chlorophyll-a Structures in the Kuroshio Extension Detected from Altimeter and SeaWiFS
Peter C. Chu, NPS, Monterey, CA; and Y. H. Kuo |
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| 12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Tuesday, B208
Kuettner Symposium Luncheon |
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| 12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Tuesday
Lunch Break (Cash and Carry in Exhibit Hall) |
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| 1:30 PM-3:00 PM, Tuesday, B207
Session 5A Atmospheric observations for weather and climate II |
Chair: Mark Powell, NOAA/AOML/HRD, Tallahassee, FL
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| 1:30 PM | 5A.2 | Maintaining a local data integration system in support of weather forecast operations
Leela R. Watson, ENSCO, Inc., Cocoa Beach, FL; and P. F. Blottman, D. W. Sharp, and B. Hoeth |
| 1:45 PM | 5A.6 | NOAA's unmanned aircraft program: recent accomplishments and future plans
Robbie E. Hood, NOAA Unmanned Aircraft Systems Program, Silver Spring, MD; and A. E. MacDonald, F. M. Ralph, G. A. Wick, B. Weatherhead, R. F. Rogers, C. W. Landsea, and J. J. Cione |
| 2:00 PM | 5A.4 | WISDOM System 2009 Proof of Concept Test Results
Justyna Nicinska, NOAA/OAR, Boulder, CO; and A. E. MacDonald and Y. Xie |
| 2:15 PM | 5A.5 | Improvements in GOES/GOES-R water vapor calibration and validation
Seth I. Gutman, NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and D. L. Birkenheuer |
| 2:30 PM | 5A.3 | Quantification of forecast impact of ASCAT surface winds assimilated into NCEP's GFS model
Li Bi, NRL, Monterey, CA; and J. Jung, D. A. Santek, and M. C. Morgan |
| 2:45 PM | 5A.1 | From measurement to model domain: data ensembles of surface heat flux for improving climate model parameterizations
Meredith Franklin, ANL and University of Chicago, Chicago, IL; and V. R. Kotamarthi, D. R. Cook, and M. L. Stein |
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| 1:30 PM-3:00 PM, Tuesday, B306
Session 5B Ocean observations for data assimilation and climate II |
Chair: Tom Hamill, NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO
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| 1:30 PM | 5B.1 | A Fully Conserved Adjustment Scheme for Ocean Data Assimilation Systems
Peter C. Chu, NPS, Monterey, CA; and C. Fan |
| 1:45 PM | 5B.2 | Progress in the Canadian Operational Network of Coupled Environmental PredicTion Systems (CONCEPTS)
Harold Ritchie, EC, Dartmouth, NS, Canada; and F. Davidson, E. Dombrowsky, G. M. Flato, S. Lu, P. Pellerin, M. Taillefer, A. M. Thompson, B. Topliss, D. Williams, and D. Wright |
|  | 5B.3 | Adjoint-based sensitivity analysis and 4DVAR data assimilation in an eddy resolving ocean model of the Peruvian Current System
Aneesh Subramanian, SIO/Univ. Of California, La Jolla, CA; and A. J. Miller, B. Cornuelle, and E. Di Lorenzo |
| 2:00 PM | 5B.4 | Ensemble data assimilation for idealized California current system with ROMS-LETKF
Kayo Ide, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and T. Miyoshi, Z. Li, E. Kalnay, and J. C. McWilliams |
| 2:15 PM | 5B.5 | The Impact of Ocean Model Limitations on Observing System Simulation Experiments
G. R. Halliwell Jr., Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and R. Atlas, W. C. Thacker, H. Yang, V. H. Kourafalou, and M. Le Henaff |
| 2:30 PM | 5B.6 | Loop Current observing system assessment using OSSEs
Matthieu Le Henaff, RSMAS, Miami, FL; and V. H. Kourafalou, A. Srinivasan, and R. Atlas |
| 2:45 PM | 5B.7 | Implementing the SWAN wave model at three east coast National Weather Service offices
Mark Willis, NOAA/NWS, Bohemia, NY; and E. Devaliere, J. Hanson, R. Hawkins, D. King, J. Lewitsky, T. Nicolini, S. Tjaden, C. Morgan, S. Schumann, M. Colby, and J. Elardo |
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| 3:00 PM-3:30 PM, Tuesday, Exhibit Hall B1
Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall |
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| 3:30 PM-5:00 PM, Tuesday, B207
Session 6A Experiments involving observations, real or hypothetical: data impact tests and observing system simulation experiments (OSSEs) II |
Chair: Timothy L. Miller, NASA/MSFC, Huntsville, AL
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| 3:30 PM | 6A.1 | Calibration of Synthetic Observations for a Joint Observing System Simulation Experiment
Yuanfu Xie, NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and N. Prive, T. Schlatter, S. Koch, M. Masutani, J. S. Woollen, T. Zhu, L. P. Riishojgaard, and R. Atlas |
| 3:45 PM | 6A.2 | GSI Data Assimilation System: Community Support and Preliminary Testing Results
Hui Shao, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and M. Hu, K. Park, K. Crosby, X. Y. Huang, L. Nance, B. Kuo, J. C. Derber, and M. Lueken |
| 4:00 PM | 6A.3 | Application of ensemble sensitivity analysis to observational targeting for wind power forecasting
Edward J. Natenberg, MESO, Inc., Troy, NY; and J. Zack, S. Young, R. Torn, J. Manobianco, and C. Kamath |
| 4:15 PM | 6A.4 | A 27-year record of satellite-derived polar winds for retrospective analyses
David A. Santek, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. R. Key, R. Dworak, and M. Rienecker |
| 4:30 PM | 6A.5 | Observing System Simulation Experiments for a COSMIC Follow-On Mission
Ying-Hwa Kuo, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and T. Iwabuchi, W. S. Schreiner, T. K. Wee, and Z. Ma |
| 4:45 PM | 6A.6 | Developing an enhanced climate monitoring network for the Inter-American seas region
Michael W. Douglas, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and J. F. Mejia and D. B. Enfield |
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| 3:30 PM-5:30 PM, Tuesday, B306
Session 6B Tropical cyclone data assimilation and impact experiments |
Chair: C. A. Reynolds, NRL, Monterey, CA
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| 3:30 PM | 6B.1 | Tests of a global EnKF system with an emphasis on tropical cyclone prediction
Jeffrey S. Whitaker, NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and T. Hamill and P. Pegion |
| 3:45 PM | 6B.2 | Development of the ensemble Kalman filter system for hurricane data assimilation at NOAA/AOML/HRD: Preliminary evaluation using environmental and vortex-scale dropwindsonde data
Altug Aksoy, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and K. J. Sellwood, P. Leighton, T. Vukicevic, S. D. Aberson, and F. Zhang |
| 4:00 PM | 6B.3 | An airborne Doppler radar radial wind forward operator for the ensemble Kalman filter hurricane data assimilation system at NOAA/AOML/HRD: Preliminary results
Sylvie Lorsolo, CIMAS/University of Miami and AOML/HRD, Miami, FL; and A. Aksoy |
| 4:15 PM | 6B.4 | Study the impact of ensemble covariance in hurricane analysis and predictions using a hybrid ETKF-3DVAR data assimilation method
Xuguang Wang, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK |
| 4:30 PM | 6B.5 | H*Wind: An Integrated Observing System for Tropical Cyclones
Mark Powell, NOAA/AOML/HRD, Tallahassee, FL |
| 4:45 PM | 6B.6 | High-resolution observations of inner core dynamics of Hurricane Alberto (2000) from MISR on NASA's Terra satellite
Dong L. Wu, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and D. J. Diner, V. Jovanovic, K. Mueller, C. Moroney, D. Nelson, and M. J. Garay |
| 5:00 PM | 6B.7 | Study of extratropical cyclone wind and corresponding SST fields by combining model and QuikSCAT satellite data
Zorana Jelenak, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and K. A. Ahmad, J. M. Sienkiewicz, and P. S. Chang |
| 5:15 PM | 6B.8 | Ocean-surface wind impacts on hurricane forecasting, regional and global
S. Mark Leidner, AER, Norman, OK; and J. Ardizzone, J. C. Jusem, E. Brin, R. Hoffman, and R. Atlas |
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| Wednesday, 20 January 2010 |
| 8:30 AM-10:00 AM, Wednesday, B215
Joint Session 5 Advances in Modeling, From Local through Regional to Large Scale, and From Deterministic to Ensemble-Probabilistic Prediction Part I (Joint between the 22nd Conference on Climate Variability and Change, the 14th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS), the First Symposium on Planetary Atmospheres, the 14th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology, the 12th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry, the 20th Conference on Probability and Statistics in the Atmospheric Sciences, and the 24th Conference on Hydrology) |
Chair: Ed Olenic, NOAA/NWS/CPC, Camp Springs, MD
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| 8:30 AM | J5.1 | On the seamless prediction of weather and climate
Timothy N. Palmer, ECMWF, Reading, United Kingdom |
| 8:45 AM | J5.2 | Performance of the NOAA FIM global ensemble prediction system for hurricanes during the 2009 season
Tom Hamill, NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and J. S. Whitaker and S. Benjamin |
| 9:00 AM | J5.3 | Why does cloud superparameterization improve the simulated daily rainfall cycle in a multiscale climate modeling framework?
Michael S. Pritchard, SIO/Univ. Of California, La Jolla, CA; and R. C. J. Somerville |
| 9:15 AM | J5.4 | North Pacific decadal variability and climate change in the IPCC AR4 models
Jason C. Furtado, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA; and E. Di Lorenzo |
| 9:30 AM | J5.5 | Aquaplanet GCM simulations of tropical intraseasonal variability
Eric D. Maloney, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and W. Hannah |
| 9:45 AM | J5.6 | Factors affecting forecast skill of the MJO over the Maritime Continent
Augustin Vintzileos, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC - SAIC, Camp Springs, MD |
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| 8:30 AM-10:00 AM, Wednesday, B207
Session 7 Atmospheric observations for weather and climate: COSMIC |
Chair: Bjorn H. Lambrigtsen, JPL and California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
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| 8:30 AM | 7.1 | The COSMIC/FORMOSAT-3 Mission: Overview and Status
Ying-Hwa Kuo, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and W. S. Schreiner, C. Rocken, R. A. Anthes, N. Yen, and J. J. Miau |
| 8:45 AM | 7.2 | Assessment of Biases of Radiosonde Temperature Measurements in the Upper Troposphere and Lower Stratosphere using COSMIC and CHAMP Radio Occultation Data
Shu-peng Ho, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and X. Zhou, Y. H. Kuo, and D. Hunt |
| 9:00 AM | 7.3 | Impact of FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC GPS radio occultation and dropwindsonde data on regional model predictions during the 2008 Mei-yu season
Fang-Ching Chien, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan; and B. Kuo |
| 9:15 AM | 7.4 | The Impact of COSMIC GPS RO Data on the Analysis and Prediction of Tropical Cyclogenesis
Xingqin Fang, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and Y. H. Kuo and H. Liu |
| 9:30 AM | 7.5 | Examination of moisture distribution with 2008 and 2009 tropical cyclones using COSMIC data
Christopher M. Hill, Mississippi State Univ., Stennis Space Center, MS; and P. J. Fitzpatrick and Y. Lau |
| 9:45 AM | 7.6 | The Impacts of COSMIC Radio Occultation Observations on 2008 Typhoon Forecasts
Tetsuya Iwabuchi, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and Y. H. Kuo |
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| 10:00 AM-10:30 AM, Wednesday
Coffee Break in Meeting Room Foyer |
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| 10:30 AM-12:00 PM, Wednesday, B215
Joint Session 6 Advances in Modeling, From Local through Regional to Large Scale, and From Deterministic to Ensemble-Probabilistic Prediction Part II (Joint between the 22nd Conference on Climate Variability and Change, the 14th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS), the First Symposium on Planetary Atmospheres, the 14th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology, the 12th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry, the 20th Conference on Probability and Statistics in the Atmospheric Sciences, and the 24th Conference on Hydrology) |
Chair: Ed Olenic, NOAA/NWS/CPC, Camp Springs, MD
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| 10:30 AM | J6.1 | Quantifying Contributions to Polar Warming Amplification in a Coupled General Circulation Model
Ming Cai, Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL; and J. Lu |
| 10:45 AM | J6.2 | The development of a coupled hurricane storm surge forecasting Model for the Pascagoula River
David A. Ramirez Jr., NOAA/NWS, Slidell, LA |
| 11:00 AM | J6.3 | Evaluation of the new Australian climate model ACCESS
Ian G. Watterson, CAWCR, Aspendale, Victoria, Australia; and L. Rikus, B. Hu, and T. Elliott |
| 11:15 AM | J6.4 | Mesoscale circulations in the urban-coastal environment: a modeling analysis and assessment of sensitivity to high-fidelity representation of the urban canopy
Michael Carter, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS; and J. M. Shepherd, S. Burian, and I. Jeyachandran |
| 11:30 AM | J6.5 | Ensemble downscaling of seasonal forecasts
R. W. Arritt, Iowa State University, Ames, IA |
| 11:45 AM | J6.6 | The misrepresentation of Tropical SSTs in climate models
Prashant D. Sardeshmukh, Univ. of Colorado/CIRES/CDC and NOAA/ESRL/PSD, Boulder, CO; and S. I. Shin |
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| 10:30 AM-12:00 PM, Wednesday, B207
Session 8 Atmospheric observations for weather and climate: COSMIC/TAMDAR |
Chair: Ying-Hwa Kuo, UCAR, Boulder, CO
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| 10:30 AM | 8.1 | The role of water vapor and its associated latent heating in extreme Beaufort coastal storm surge events
John R. Gyakum, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada; and N. Liu, Y. H. Kuo, D. Small, and E. H. Atallah |
| 10:45 AM | 8.2 | Observing the atmospheric diurnal cycle with GPS/COSMIC occultations
Feiqin Xie, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA; and D. Wu, A. J. Mannucci, and C. O. Ao |
| 11:00 AM | 8.3 | An Update on the TAMDAR Sensor Network Deployment
Neil A. Jacobs, AirDat LLC, Morrisville, NC; and P. Childs, M. Croke, Y. Liu, and X. Y. Huang |
| 11:15 AM | 8.4 | An Introduction to the NCAR-AirDat Operational TAMDAR-Enhanced RTFDDA-WRF
Peter Childs, AirDat, Morrisville, NC; and N. A. Jacobs, M. Croke, Y. Liu, W. Wu, G. Roux, and M. Ge |
| 11:30 AM | 8.5 | Preliminary Verification of the NCAR-AirDat Operational RTFDDA-WRF System
Meredith Croke, AirDat, Morrisville, NC; and N. A. Jacobs, P. Childs, Y. Liu, Y. Liu, and R. S. Sheu |
| 11:45 AM | 8.6 | Evaluation of TAMDAR data impact on predicting warm-season convection using the NCAR-AirDat WRF-based RTFDDA system
Yubao Liu, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and W. Wu, G. Roux, M. Ge, R. S. Sheu, T. Warner, A. Huffman, P. Childs, and M. Croke |
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| 11:00 AM-6:30 PM, Wednesday
Exhibits Open |
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| 12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Wednesday
Lunch Break (Cash and Carry in Exhibit Hall) |
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| 1:30 PM-2:30 PM, Wednesday, B207
Session 9A Assimilation of observations (ocean, atmosphere, and land surface) into models II |
Chair: Thomas S. Pagano, NASA/JPL, Pasadena, CA
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| 1:30 PM | 9A.1 | Predictability of the Magnitude and the Spectrum of the Uncertainties in an Ensemble Forecast System
Elizabeth A. Satterfield, NRL, Monterey, CA; and I. Szunyogh |
| 1:45 PM | 9A.2 | Application of the Partial Precipitable Water (PPW) Concept in the Determination of a Potential Ice Accretion Index Aloft
Joseph Facundo, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD |
| 2:00 PM | 9A.3 | EaKF based method for assimilating trace gas and primary aerosols in the GEOS-CHEM model: Preliminary Results
KJ Liao, Texas A&M University-Kingsville, Kingsville, TX; and V. R. Kotamarthi |
| 2:15 PM | 9A.4 | AIRS mid-tropospheric co2 for assimilation by meteorological models
Moustafa Chahine, NASA/JPL, Pasadena, CA; and E. T. Olsen, L. Chen, T. S. Pagano, X. Jiang, and Y. Yung |
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| 1:30 PM-2:30 PM, Wednesday, B306
Session 9B Experiments involving observations, real or hypothetical: data impact tests and observing system simulation experiments (OSSEs) III |
Chair: G. R. Halliwell, Jr., Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL
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| 1:30 PM | 9B.1 | Assessment of Micro Rain Radar (MRR) observing network data and sensor density
Brian J. Etherton, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC; and J. L. Losego |
| 1:45 PM | 9B.2 | Impacts on RUC short-term ceiling and visibility forecasts from high-resolution data
William R. Moninger, NOAA/ESRL/GSD, Boulder, CO; and S. G. Benjamin and B. D. Jamison |
| 2:00 PM | 9B.3 | Simulation of the impact of new aircraft- and satellite-based ocean surface wind measurements on wind analyses and numerical forecasts
Timothy L. Miller, NASA/MSFC, Huntsville, AL; and R. Atlas, P. G. Black, S. S. Chen, L. Jones, C. S. Ruf, E. W. Uhlhorn, R. Amarin, S. El-Nimri, J. F. Gamache, C. D. Buckley, T. N. Krishnamurti, and C. M. Inglish |
| 2:15 PM | 9B.4 | Relative short-range forecast impact from aircraft, profiler, radiosonde, VAD, GPS-PW, METAR and mesonet observations within hourly assimilation in the RUC
Stan Benjamin, NOAA/ESRL/GSD, Boulder, CO; and B. D. Jamison, W. R. Moninger, S. R. Sahm, B. E. Schwartz, and T. W. Schlatter |
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| 2:30 PM-4:00 PM, Wednesday, Exhibit Hall B2
Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break |
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| 2:30 PM-4:00 PM, Wednesday, Exhibit Hall B2
Poster Session Assimilation of observations and impact experiments |
| | 531 | Results from UK Met Office investigations into new technology present weather sensors
Darren Richard Lyth, UK Met Office, Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom |
| | 532 | Using the TUV model and the EPIRM model in conjunction with MFRSR irradiance data to retrieve single scattering albedo, asymmetry parameter and aerosol size distribution in the El Paso-Juarez airshed
Angel E. Esparza, Univ. of Texas, El Paso, TX; and R. Medina-Calderon, R. M. Fitzgerald, and J. Polanco |
| | 533 | “Hour-by-Month” climograms as a planning, decison-aid and educational tool in the visualization, summarization, and interpretation of visbility and ceilings' data
Charles J. Fisk, Naval Base Ventura County, Point Mugu, CA |
| | 534 | Variability of the boundary-layer depth over certain regions of the subtropical ocean from 3 years of COSMIC data
Sergey Sokolovskiy, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and D. Lenschow, C. Rocken, W. Schreiner, D. Hunt, Y. H. Kuo, and R. Anthes |
| | 535 | Evaluation of enhanced high resolution MODIS/AMSR-E SSTs and the impact on regional weather forecasts
Luke Schiferl, CIMSS/SSEC/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and K. K. Fuell, J. L. Case, and G. J. Jedlovec |
| | 536 | A new CPC high-resolution gauge-satellite merged analysis for improved observation of global daily precipitation
Pingping Xie, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Camp Springs, MD; and S. H. Yoo, R. J. Joyce, and Y. S. Yarosh |
| | 537 | Evaluation of short duration nowcasting algorithms for optimizing projected runway visual range (RVR) conditions
Thomas A. Seliga, Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, Cambridge, MA; and D. A. Hazen and L. Salcedo |
| | 538 | Intercomparison of Global Positioning System-radio occultation and radiosonde vertical profiles of temperature and moisture over three mesoscale regions
Jeffrey S. Tilley, Univ. of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND ; and S. T. Jorgenson, G. L. Mullendore, A. J. Homann, and B. Austin |
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| 4:00 PM-5:30 PM, Wednesday, B207
Session 10A Advanced Methods for Data Assimilation I |
Chair: Kayo Ide, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
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| 4:00 PM | 10A.1 | Regularization of error covariance with the Gaussian graphical model
Genta Ueno, The Institute of Statistical Mathematics, Tokyo, Japan; and T. Tsuchiya |
| 4:15 PM | 10A.2 | A Bayesian method for estimating stochastic parameters
Xiaosong Yang, NOAA/GFDL, Princeton, NJ; and T. DelSole |
| 4:30 PM | 10A.3 | Improve Ensemble-Based State Estimation and Forecasting with Simultaneous Parameter Estimation
Xiao-Ming Hu, The University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. W. Nielsen-Gammon and F. Zhang |
| 4:45 PM | 10A.4 | On the use of model physics parameters as control variables in data assimilation systems
Derek J. Posselt, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI |
| 5:00 PM | 10A.5 | Impact of “variable localization” in the background error covariance matrix within the Local Ensemble Transform Kalman Filter
Eugenia Kalnay, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD; and J. S. Kang and K. Ide |
| 5:15 PM | 10A.6 | What constrains the growth of spread in ensemble Kalman filters?
Tom Hamill, NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and J. Whitaker |
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| 4:00 PM-5:30 PM, Wednesday, B306
Session 10B Experiments involving observations, real or hypothetical: data impact tests and observing system simulation experiments (OSSEs) IV |
Chair: Lars Peter Riishojgaard, JCSDA, Greenbelt, MD
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| 4:00 PM | 10B.1 | Assimilation of simulated infrared brightness temperatures as part of an OSSE employing the Ensemble Kalman Filter
Jason A. Otkin, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and W. E. Lewis |
| 4:15 PM | 10B.2 | Update on the NCEP GFS Forecast Skill Score Dropouts
DaNa Carlis, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Camp Springs, MD MD; and J. C. Alpert, B. Ballish, and K. V. Kumar |
| 4:30 PM | 10B.3 | Adjoint mesoscale observation sensitivity
Clark M. Amerault, NRL, Monterey, CA; and J. D. Doyle |
| 4:45 PM | 10B.4 | Assimilation of surface winds from satellites: present and future
Sharanya J. Majumdar, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and R. Atlas, J. S. Whitaker, T. Hamill, and R. Torn |
| 5:00 PM | 10B.5 | Definition of error statistics for ensemble forecasts and OSSE's
Rod Frehlich, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO |
| 5:15 PM | 10B.6 | On the problems and challenges in regional OSSEs
Zhaoxia Pu, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and R. Atlas |
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| 5:30 PM-6:30 PM, Wednesday, Exhibit Hall B1
Reception in Exhibit Hall (Cash Bar) |
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| 7:00 PM-9:00 PM, Wednesday, Thomas Murphy Ballroom 1-4
AMS Annual Awards Banquet |
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| Thursday, 21 January 2010 |
| 7:30 AM-8:30 AM, Thursday, B208
Washington Symposium Breakfast |
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| 8:30 AM-9:45 AM, Thursday, B217
Joint Session 1 Global environmental observing systems including, but not limited to, the Global Climate Observing System (GCOS), Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS), and Global Terrestrial Observing System (GTOS) - Part I (Joint between the 26th Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology and the 14th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)) |
Cochairs: Howard J. Diamond, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Silver Spring, MD; John R. Lincoln, US Navy/WMO (Ret.) and Consultant, Berryville, VA
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| 8:30 AM | J1.1 | The Global Climate Observing System(GCOS) after World Climate Conference-3: The GCOS role in the new Global Framework for Climate Services
John Zillman, Bureau of Meteorology, Melbourne, Vic., Australia |
| 8:45 AM | J1.2 | GCOS Program and Associated Workplans
Carolin Richter, GCOS Secretariat, Geneva, Switzerland |
| 9:00 AM | J1.3 | Spatial representativeness of GCOS Reference Upper-Air Network observations
Dian J. Seidel, NOAA, College Park, MD; and T. Reale, B. Sun, and M. Pettey |
| 9:15 AM | J1.4 | Impacts of Temporal and Spatial Mismatch between Radiosonde Launch and Satellite Overpass on the Accuracy Assessment of Satellite Retrievals: Daily vs. Weekly vs. Monthly Scales
Bomin Sun, IMSG & NOAA/NESDIS/STAR, Suitland, MD; and T. Reale, C. Z. Zou, M. Pettey, and F. Tilley |
| 9:30 AM | J1.5 | Operational NESDIS daily 0.1degree global SST Analysis
Eileen Maria Maturi, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR, Camp Springs, MD; and A. Harris, J. Sapper, H. Gu, L. Ma, and W. Meng |
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| 8:30 AM-9:45 AM, Thursday, B207
Session 11 Advanced Methods for Data Assimilation II |
Chair: Jeffrey S. Whitaker, ESRL/NOAA, Boulder, CO
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| 8:30 AM | 11.1 | A comparison of the local ensemble transform Kalman filter and ensemble square root filter data assimilation schemes
Brian W. Holland, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and X. Wang |
| 8:45 AM | 11.2 | Estimation of observation error correlation within ensemble Kalman filter
Eugenia Kalnay, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD; and T. Miyoshi and H. Li |
| 9:00 AM | 11.3 | Adaptive estimation of inflation and observation errors in a simulated carbon cycle data assimilation
Ji-Sun Kang, University of Maryland, Seoul, Korea; and K. Ide, E. Kalnay, and H. Li |
| 9:15 AM | 11.4 | An adaptive covariance localization method with the LETKF
Takemasa Miyoshi, University of Maryland, College Park, MD |
| 9:30 AM | 11.5 | A comparison of EnKF localization techniques on balance
Steven J. Greybush, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and E. Kalnay, T. Miyoshi, and K. Ide |
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| 9:45 AM-1:30 PM, Thursday
Exhibits Open |
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| 9:45 AM-11:00 AM, Thursday, Exhibit Hall B2
Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break |
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| 11:00 AM-12:15 PM, Thursday, B217
Joint Session 2 Global environmental observing systems including, but not limited to, the Global Climate Observing System (GCOS), Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS), and Global Terrestrial Observing System (GTOS)- Part II (Joint between the 26th Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology and the 14th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)) |
Cochairs: Howard J. Diamond, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Silver Spring, MD; John R. Lincoln, US Navy/WMO (Ret.) and Consultant, Berryville, VA
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| 11:00 AM | J2.1 | Quality assurance of PACRAIN tipping bucket gauge data
Michael D. Klatt, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. S. Greene and M. L. Morrissey |
| 11:15 AM | J2.2 | Climate observations and seasonal rainfall forecasting in the Pacific Islands
Dean Solofa, SPREP, Apia, Samoa; and M. Morrissey and S. Postawko |
| 11:30 AM | J2.3 | The Tropical Atmosphere Ocean Array (TAO) for the 21st Century
Landry J. Bernard III, NOAA/NDBC, Stennis Space Center, MS; and R. Bouchard, L. A. LeBlanc, R. Crout, J. Zhou, K. J. Kern, D. C. Petraitis, and C. C. Teng |
| 11:45 AM | J2.4 | Effect of the Earth Science Decadal Survey on NASA and NOAA—Three Years Later
Randall G. Bass, ITT Corp, Herndon, VA; and R. Fitzhugh and L. Jairam |
| 12:00 PM | J2.5 | Observing the climate for development
William E. Westermeyer, Global Climate Observing System Secretariat, Geneva, Switzerland |
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| 11:00 AM-12:15 PM, Thursday, B207
Session 12 Assimilation of observations (ocean, atmosphere, and land surface) into models III |
Chair: Sharanya J. Majumdar, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL
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| 11:00 AM | 12.1 | Development and Testing of a Generic Model for a 4DVAR version of GSI
Miodrag Rancic, SAIC, Camp Springs, MD; and D. Kleist and S. Peng |
| 11:15 AM | 12.2 | Use of the Gridpoint Statistical Interpolation for hourly assimilation within the Rapid Refresh system
Dezso Dévényi, NOAA/ESRL/GSD and CIRES-University of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and M. Hu, S. S. Weygandt, S. G. Benjamin, and C. R. Alexander |
| 11:30 AM | 12.3 | Recent development of the generalized cloud analysis package in Gridpoint Statistical Interpolation for the Rapid Refresh
Ming Hu, NOAA/ESRL/GSD and CIRES, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and S. G. Benjamin, S. S. Weygandt, and D. Devenyi |
| 11:45 AM | 12.4 | Evaluation of radar data assimilation methods used to initialize precipitation systems within the RUC, Rapid Refresh, and High Resolution Rapid Refresh (HRRR) models
Stephen S. Weygandt, NOAA/ESRL/GSD, Boulder, CO; and S. G. Benjamin, M. Hu, T. G. Smirnova, and J. M. Brown |
| 12:00 PM | | 12.5 has been moved to 5B.7
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| 3:00 PM-3:30 PM, Thursday
Coffee Break in Meeting Room Foyer |
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| 5:00 PM-5:05 PM, Thursday
AMS 90th Annual Meeting Adjourns |
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