Program: 16th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS) (92nd American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting (January 22-26, 2012))

Registration for Student Conference and Short Course

Location: New Orleans Convention Center

Short Course Registration

Location: New Orleans Convention Center

Registration Open for Annual Meeting

Location: New Orleans Convention Center

WeatherFest

92nd Annual Review and Fellows Awards

Welcome Reception Honoring the Newly Elected Fellows

Registration Continues Through January 25

Session 1

12th Presidential Forum: Technology In Research and Operations—How We Got Here and Where We’Re Going

Location: La Nouvelle B-C (New Orleans Convention Center )

Hosts: (Joint between the Seventh Symposium on Policy and Socio-Economic Research; the 17th Conference on Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA; the 12th Presidential Forum: Technology in Research and Operations—How We Got Here and Where We’re Going; the 26th Conference on Hydrology; the Special Symposium on Technological Advances: Impacts on Hurricane Research and Forecast Improvements; the Second Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using Python; the 10th History Symposium; the 28th Conference on Interactive Information Processing Systems (IIPS); the 21st Symposium on Education; the Eighth Annual Symposium on Future Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the 24th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 16th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS); the 21st Conference on Probability and Statistics in the Atmospheric Sciences; the 14th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the Fourth Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions; the Third Aviation, Range and Aerospace Meteorology Special Symposium on Weather-Air Traffic Management Integration; the 10th Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 10th Conference on Artificial Intelligence Applications to Environmental Science; the 16th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation; the 18th Conference on Satellite Meteorology, Oceanography and Climatology/ First Joint AMS-Asia Satellite Meteorology Conference; the Ninth Conference on Space Weather; the Second Conference on Transition of Research to Operations: Successes, Plans, and Challenges; the Third Symposium on Environment and Health; and the Third Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy )

9:00 AM

Scientific research and operational environmental services are profoundly affected by the introduction and application of new technologies and it seems as though these advances are now accelerating, challenging our community to constantly become better at what we do and to serve society in new and more powerful ways. We welcome two highly distinguished keynote speakers for our Presidential Forum and each will address the theme of our 92nd Annual Meeting from his and her uniquely personal perspectives.

9:15 AM

Welcoming remarks and introductions by Jonathan T. Malay, AMS President

Recorded Presentation

9:20 AM

PL1.1

The Future of Weather and Global Change Services: What can our science and technology provide

Warren M. Washington, NCAR, Boulder, CO

Recorded Presentation

9:45 AM

PL1.2

Technology for a Weather-Ready Nation

Kathryn Sullivan, NOAA, Washington, DC

Recorded Presentation

10:10 AM

President Malay will then be joined by Mr. George J. Komar, Director, NASA Earth Science Technology Office, Science Mission Directorate, and they will briefly discuss their thoughts about changes in the AMS community’s technological capabilities and in society twenty years and more into the future. They will then engage with the audience in an interactive dialog which should be an exciting and stimulating exercise of envisioning our future.

Recorded Presentation

Spouses' Coffee

Coffee Break

Session 1

Innovative Uses of Observations

Location: Room 340 and 341 (New Orleans Convention Center )

Host: 16th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)

Chair: Robert Atlas, NOAA/AOML

11:00 AM

1.1

Targeted Observations for Improving Numerical Weather Prediction: An Overview

Sharanya J. Majumdar, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and S. D. Aberson, C. H. Bishop, C. Cardinali, J. Caughey, A. Doerenbecher, P. Gauthier, R. Gelaro, T. Hamill, R. Langland, A. Lorenc, T. Nakazawa, F. Rabier, C. A. Reynolds, R. Saunders, Y. Song, Z. Toth, C. Velden, M. Weissmann, and C. C. Wu

Recorded Presentation

11:15 AM

1.2

New Algorithms for Targeting Coordinated Observations of Hurricanes Using Multiple Unmanned Aircraft

Levi DeVries, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and D. Koch, A. Maki, S. J. Majumdar, and D. A. Paley

Recorded Presentation

11:30 AM

1.3

Objective Determination of Global Ocean Thermocline Strength From Profile Data

Peter C. Chu, NPS, Monterey, CA; and C. Fan

Recorded Presentation

Poster PDF (1.5 MB)

11:45 AM

1.4

Validation of the NWS Miami Weather Research and Forecasting System Model Forecasts During the 2011 South Florida Convective Season

Pablo Santos, NOAA/NWS, Miami, FL; and J. C. Maloney III and J. G. Estupiñán

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (693.4 kB)

Joint Session 9

Reducing Climate-Related Public Health Risks Across Time Scales

Location: Room 333 (New Orleans Convention Center )

Hosts: (Joint between the Third Symposium on Environment and Health; and the 16th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS) )

Chair: Juli Trtanj, NOAA

11:00 AM

J9.1

Health and Extreme Climate and Weather Events in the IPCC Special Report

Kristie L. Ebi, IPCC, Stanford, CA

11:15 AM

J9.2

Drought and Famine Early Warning in the Horn of Africa

James Verdin, USGS, Boulder, CO

11:30 AM

J9.3

Coastal Community Adaptation to Climate Change: Implications for Public Health

Margaret Davidson, NOAA Coastal Services Center, Charleston, SC

Recorded Presentation

11:45 AM

J9.4

Development in a Changing Climate: World Bank Support of Weather, Climate and Hydrological Services

Vladimir Tsirkunov, The World Bank, Washington, DC

Recorded Presentation

Lunch Break

Session 2

Atmospheric Observations and Field Experiments Part 1

Location: Room 340 and 341 (New Orleans Convention Center )

Host: 16th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)

Chair: Pablo Santos, NOAA/NWS

1:30 PM

2.1

Precipitable Water Vapor in and Around Tropical Cyclones in the Caribbean: 2007-2010

Vanessa Almanza, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA; and J. J. Braun, E. Muñoz, and D. Hunt

Recorded Presentation

1:45 PM

2.2

Relations between total lightning flash rate and radar reflectivity in convective storms

Chonglin (Charlie) Liu, Earth Networks, Germantown, MD; and E. Novakovskaia and S. Heckman

Manuscript (77.0 kB)

2:00 PM

2.3

The Winter Storms and Pacific Atmospheric Rivers (WISPAR) Experiment: Demonstrating NOAA Operational and Research Applications with the NASA Global Hawk

J. Ryan Spackman, NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory, Boulder, CO; and G. A. Wick, M. L. Black, F. M. Ralph, Y. Song, P. J. Neiman, J. Intrieri, T. Hock, B. H. Lambrigtsen, and R. E. Hood

Recorded Presentation

2:15 PM

2.4

Highlights From the 2011 CASA Infrasound Field Experiment

David L. Pepyne, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA; and S. Klaiber

Recorded Presentation

Poster PDF (1.0 MB)

Poster Session 1

Atmospheric and Oceanic Observations and Their Assimilation

Location: Hall E (New Orleans Convention Center )

Host: 16th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)

Chair: Shirley T. Murillo, NOAA/AOML/HRD

237

Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI)–A Major Leap Forward In Ocean Science and Observing Technology

Sue Banahan, Consortium for Ocean Leadership, Washington, DC; and W. R. Bergen and A. Chave

238

Ocean Observing Initiative (OOI) Science Data and Products

Lorraine Heilman, Consortium for Ocean Leadership, Washington, DC; and W. R. Bergen, S. Ackleson, and S. Webster

239

Integration of Satellite Image and In-Situ Observations for Analysis of Meso-Gamma Scale Eddies in the Marine Stratocumulus Photographed by Pilots near the California Coast

Bradley M. Muller, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, FL; and C. G. Herbster and F. R. Mosher

Poster PDF (1.8 MB)

240

Statistical Distributions of Singular Vectors for Tropical Cyclones Affecting the Korean Peninsula During Recent 10 Years

Sei-Young Park, Yonsei Univ., Seoul, South Korea; and H. M. Kim

241

Assimilation of Attenuated Data from an X-band Radar Network for A Quasi Linear Storm Using the Ensemble Kalman Filter: Simulated data experiments

Jing Cheng, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma; and M. Xue

242

The North American Monsoon In California and Nevada As Delineated by GPS Precipitable Water

James D. Means, SIO/Univ. Of California, La Jolla, CA

243

Performance Characteristics of the Vaisala Global Lightning Dataset (GLD360)

Ryan Said, Vaisala Inc., Louisville, CO; and A. Nag and N. Hembury

244

The Impacts of GPS Precipitable Water Vapor Assimilation in the JMA Global 4D-VAR Data Assimilation System

Koichi Yoshimoto, Japan Meteorological Agency, Tokyo, Japan

245

Evaluation of the AirDat TAMDAR In-Situ Sensor's Turbulence Performance on Research and Commercial Aircraft

Daniel J. Mulally, AirDat, LLC., Lakewood, CO; and D. Delene

246

Dual-Doppler Kinematical and Dynamical Retrieval Errors in a Simulated Supercell Thunderstorm

Corey K. Potvin, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and L. J. Wicker

Manuscript (2.9 MB)

Poster PDF (1.4 MB)

247

Evaluating the Impacts of NASA/SPoRT Daily Greenness Vegetation Fraction on Land Surface Model and Numerical Weather Forecasts

Jordan R. Bell, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO; and J. L. Case, F. J. LaFontaine, and S. V. Kumar

Manuscript (2.3 MB)

Poster PDF (1.3 MB)

248

Experiments of WRF Variational Data Assimilation on the Forecast of An Antarctic Cyclone

Kekuan Chu, Nanjing, China; and Q. Xiao and C. Liu

249

New Developments in the Data Assimilation Research Testbed

Tim Hoar, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. Anderson, K. Raeder, A. Karspeck, G. Romine, H. Liu, and N. Collins

250

Space-Based Doppler Wind Lidar, Scatterometer and Cloud Motion Wind Vector Simulations in Support of Ongoing Observing System Simulation Experiments

S. A. Wood, Simpson Weather Associates, Charlottesville, VA; and G. D. Emmitt and S. Greco

251

An Observation Impact Tool for CPTEC LETKF: Implementation and Preliminary Results

Fabio Luiz R. Diniz, INPE/CPTEC, Cachoeira Paulista, Sao Paulo, Brazil; and R. Todling, D. L. Herdies, and L. G. G. de Goncalves

252

Observation Impact of Satellite Winds in NASA GEOS-5 Forecast System

Dagmar Merkova, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and R. Gelaro, M. Sienkievicz, N. L. Baker, and P. Pauley

253

Assessing the Value of Coastal Stations of West Africa Through Data Assimilation Using the WRF Model During NAMMA 2006

Johnathan Clark, Howard University, Washington, DC; and G. Jenkins

254

Assimilation of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Wind Information in Environment Canada's Limited-Area Analysis System

Rick Danielson, UCAR, Miami, FL; and L. Fillion and H. Ritchie

255

A Comparison Between 3D-Var and 4D-Var Techniques for a Radar Data Assimilation Case During CHUVA Experiment

Eder Paulo Vendrasco, INPE, Cachoeira Paulista, Brazil; and C. F. Angelis and D. Herdies

256

Toward Producing a Beaufort/Chukchi Seas Regional Reanalysis

Jeremy R. Krieger, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK; and J. Zhang, F. Liu, M. D. Shulski, W. Tao, and X. Zhang

Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

Joint Poster Session 1

Advances in Methods and Applications of Land Data Assimilation Systems

Location: Hall E (New Orleans Convention Center )

Hosts: (Joint between the 26th Conference on Hydrology; and the 16th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS) )

Cochairs: Rolf H. Reichle, NASA/GSFC; Susan C. Steele-Dunne, TU Delft; Michael Ek, NOAA/NWS/NCEP; Youlong Xia, IMSG at NOAA/NCEP Environmental Modeling Center

24

Land Data Assimilation of Satellite-Based Soil Moisture Products Using the Land Information System Over the NLDAS Domain

David M. Mocko, SAIC at NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and S. V. Kumar, C. D. Peters-Lidard, and Y. Tian

Poster PDF (1.7 MB)

25

Improvement of Microwave Land Emissivity Calculation and Its Impact on Satellite Data Assimilation

Weizhong Zheng, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Camp Springs, MD; and M. Ek, J. Derber, P. Van Delst, G. Gayno, and F. Weng

26

Enhancement of High Resolution Hydrological Modeling on the CONUS HRAP Grid Using Operational NOAA NCEP and NOAA OHD Models

Jiarui Dong, NOAA/NCEP/EMC, Camp Springs, MD; and B. Cosgrove, M. Ek, and K. C. Mo

27

Validation of Model-Simulated Land Skin Temperature in the North American Land Data Assimilation System Phase 2

Youlong Xia, IMSG at NOAA/NCEP Environmental Modeling Center, College Park, MD; and M. Ek, J. Sheffield, B. Livneh, and E. F. Wood

28

Implementation of GLDAS in the NCEP Operational Global Climate and Weather Forecast Systems

Jesse Meng, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Camp Springs, MD; and H. Wei, R. Yang, and M. Ek

29

Assimilation of Remotely Sensed AMSR-E and GlobSnow Snow Data in CaLDAS Land Assimilation System

Sheena J. Solomon, EC, Dorval, QC, Canada; and S. Bélair, C. Derksen, L. Wang, M. L. Carrera, and B. Bilodeau

30

Assimilation of Terrestrial Water Storage From GRACE in a Snow-Dominated Basin

Barton A. Forman, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and R. H. Reichle and M. Rodell

31

Offline Land Surface Temperature Assimilation in Numerical Weather Prediction Output

Thomas R. H. Holmes, USDA, Beltsville, MD; and W. T. Crow

32

Ensemble Kalman Filter Data Assimilation of AMSR-E Soil Moisture Estimates Into the SHEELS Land Surface Model

Clay B. Blankenship, USRA, Huntsville, AL; and W. L. Crosson

33

Reducing Water Imbalance in Land Data Assimilation: Ensemble Filtering without Perturbed Observations

M. Tugrul Yilmaz, USDA/ARS, Beltsville, MD; and T. M. DelSole and P. R. Houser

Session 3

Atmospheric Observations and Field Experiments Part 2

Location: Room 340 and 341 (New Orleans Convention Center )

Host: 16th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)

Chair: Bill Proenza, NOAA/NWS

4:00 PM

3.1

Hurricane and Severe Storm Sentinel (HS3): A Multi-Year Investigation of Atlantic Hurricanes

Scott A. Braun, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and P. A. Newman

Recorded Presentation

4:15 PM

3.2

Surveying Tropical Cyclones From the Global Hawk: HAMSR Results From GRIP

Bjorn H. Lambrigtsen, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and S. Brown, A. Behrangi, and Y. Marchetti

Recorded Presentation

4:30 PM

3.3

Observations During GRIP From HIRAD: Images of C-Band Brightness Temperatures and Ocean Surface Wind Speed and Rain Rate

Timothy L. Miller, NASA/MSFC, Huntsville, AL; and M. W. James, J. B. Roberts, L. Jones, C. S. Ruf, E. W. Uhlhorn, S. Biswas, C. May, P. G. Black, and C. D. Buckley

4:45 PM

3.4

Evolution of the Inner-Core Thermodynamic Structure of Hurricane Karl During Rapid Intensification As Observed by HAMSR From the Global Hawk During GRIP

Shannon Thomas Brown, JPL and California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA; and B. H. Lambrigtsen and B. H. Lim

Recorded Presentation

5:00 PM

3.5

Typhoon Intensity and Structure Change Air/Sea Observational Strategies Employed During the TPARC/TCS08 and ITOP/TCS10 Experiments

Peter G. Black, SAIC/NRL, Monterey, CA; and J. D. Hawkins, S. Chen, E. R. Sanabia, P. A. Harr, and R. L. Elsberry

Recorded Presentation

5:15 PM

3.6

Real-Time 3DVAR Analyses and Forecaster Evaluation During the 2011 Hazardous Weather Testbed Experimental Warning Program

Kristin M. Kuhlman, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma and NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and T. M. Smith, J. Gao, K. L. Manross, K. L. Ortega, and G. J. Stumpf

Manuscript (1.7 MB)

Reception and Exhibits Opening

Session 4

Assimilation of Observations (Ocean, Atmosphere, and Land Surface) Into Models Part 1

Location: Room 340 and 341 (New Orleans Convention Center )

Host: 16th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)

Chair: Sharanya J. Majumdar, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS

8:30 AM

4.1

Update on the DTC Data Assimilation System Testing and Community Support: Variational, Ensemble and Hybrid

Hui Shao, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and M. Hu, D. Stark, K. Newman, C. Zhou, and X. Y. Huang

4.2

Testing and Evaluation of the Hybrid-GSI Data Assimilation At DTC

8:45 AM

4.2A

Ensemble-Based Assimilation of Surface Observations in Improving Predictability of a Landfalling Hurricane

Hailing Zhang, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and Z. Pu

9:00 AM

4.3

NCEP GFS forecast divergence versus ECMWF

V. Krishna Kumar, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/Central Operations/DELL Services, College Park, MD; and B. A. Ballish, S. Jacobs, K. Kempisty, and S. Guan

Recorded Presentation

9:15 AM

4.4

The Impact of Observations From ConcordIASI on NWP in the Polar Region

Ronald Gelaro, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and C. Cardinali and F. Rabier

9:30 AM

4.5

Challenges for Robust Ocean Data Assimilation

Alicia Karspeck, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and S. Yeager, T. Hoar, K. Raeder, N. Collins, J. Anderson, and G. Danabasoglu

Recorded Presentation

Joint Session 10

Reducing Public Health Risk Through Advancements in Ocean Technologies

Location: Room 333 (New Orleans Convention Center )

Hosts: (Joint between the Third Symposium on Environment and Health; and the 16th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS) )

Chair: Carolyn Sotka, NOAA

8:30 AM

Discussion

8:45 AM

J10.1

Oil Spills and Seafood Safety: Advancements in Technologies for Rapid Detection of Public Health Threats From Oil Contaminants and Dispersants

Gina Ylitalo, NOAA Northwest Fisheries Science Center and West Coast Center for Oceans and Human Health, Seattle, WA; and R. W. Dickey, W. DIckhoff, J. E. Stein, and C. Walker

9:00 AM

J10.2

There's An APP for That: My BeachCast Smart Phone APP

Christine Manninen, Great Lakes Commission, Ann Arbor, MI

Recorded Presentation

9:15 AM

J10.3

Can You Really See Bacteria From Space?

D. Jay Grimes, University of Southern Mississippi, Ocean Springs, MS

Recorded Presentation

9:30 AM

J10.4

In-Situ Biological Sensors for Public Health Risk Detection in Coastal Waters

Kelly D. Goodwin, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, La Jolla, CA

Recorded Presentation

Spouses' Coffee

Exhibit Hours

Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

Session 5

Assimilation of Observations (Ocean, Atmosphere, and Land Surface) Into Models Part 2

Location: Room 340 and 341 (New Orleans Convention Center )

Host: 16th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)

Chair: Thomas S. Pagano, NASA/JPL

11:00 AM

5.1

The Impact of Observation Interferences on the Use of AIRS in the Data Assimilation

Wei Gu, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and R. Todling

Recorded Presentation

11:15 AM

5.2

Improving High Impact Weather Forecasts Through Assimilating the Satellite Advanced Infrared Soundings in Regional NWP Models

Jun Li, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. Li, H. Liu, J. Zheng, and T. J. Schmit

Recorded Presentation

11:30 AM

5.3

Assimilating AIRS Retrievals with the WRF-LETKF System

Takemasa Miyoshi, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and M. Kunii

Recorded Presentation

11:45 AM

5.4

Assimilating AIRS Soundings with WRF/3DVAR for Hurricane Forecast Improvement

Jing Zheng, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. Li, J. Li, and T. J. Schmit

Recorded Presentation

Joint Session 6

Advances in Methods and Applications of Land Data Assimilation Systems I

Location: Room 350/351 (New Orleans Convention Center )

Hosts: (Joint between the 26th Conference on Hydrology; and the 16th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS) )

Cochairs: Rolf H. Reichle, NASA/GSFC; Susan C. Steele-Dunne, TU Delft; Michael Ek, NOAA/NWS/NCEP; Youlong Xia, IMSG at NOAA/NCEP Environmental Modeling Center

11:00 AM

J6.1

An EnKF Dual Assimilation of Thermal-Infrared and Microwave Satellite Observations of Soil Moisture Into the Noah Land Surface Model [INVITED]

Christopher Hain, Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, University of Maryland, Camp Springs, MD; and W. T. Crow, M. C. Anderson, and J. Mecikalski

Recorded Presentation

11:15 AM

J6.2

Online Vegetation Opacity Parameter Estimation Over Little Washita Watershed Using AMSR-E Passive Microwave Observations

Jean A. Fitzmaurice, USDA, Beltsville, MD; and W. T. Crow

Recorded Presentation

11:30 AM

J6.3

The Impact of Satellite Rainfall Error Characterization on the Estimation of Soil Moisture Fields in a Land Data Assimilation System

Viviana Maggioni, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT; and R. H. Reichle and E. Anagnostou

Recorded Presentation

11:45 AM

J6.4

Combining the Assimilation of Near-Surface Soil Moisture From Passive and Active Microwave Sensors

Clara Draper, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and R. H. Reichle, G. J. M. De Lannoy, Q. Liu, R. de Jeu, and W. Wagner

Recorded Presentation

Lunch Break

Session 6

Assimilation of Observations (Ocean, Atmosphere, and Land Surface) Into Models Part 3

Location: Room 340 and 341 (New Orleans Convention Center )

Host: 16th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)

Chair: Scott A. Braun, NASA/GSFC

1:30 PM

6.1

Hybrid Ensemble-3DVar Radar Data Assimilation with the NCEP GSI Assimilation System and the Non-Hydrostatic Multiscale Model on the B-Grid

Jacob R. Carley, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN; and D. F. Parrish, M. E. Baldwin, and S. Liu

Recorded Presentation

1:45 PM

6.2

Testing A Coupled Global-Limited-Area Data Assimilation System Using Observations From the 2004 Pacific Typhoon Season

Christina Holt, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and I. Szunyogh, G. Gyarmati, R. Hoffman, and S. M. Leidner

2:00 PM

6.3

Radar Data Assimilation for Short-Term Forecasting of Convection Using a Hybrid Approach of Latent Heat Nudging, 3DVAR, and Grid Nudging

Mei Xu, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and Y. Liu, W. Yu, J. Sun, M. Ge, J. C. Knievel, and J. C. Pace

Recorded Presentation

2:15 PM

6.4

A Realtime Weather-Adaptive 3DVAR Analysis System with Automatic Storm Positioning and On-Demand Capability

Jidong Gao, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and D. J. Stensrud, T. M. Smith, K. L. Manross, J. Brogden, and K. M. Kuhlman

Recorded Presentation

Poster PDF (296.8 kB)

2:30 PM

6.5

Assimilation of WSR-88D and CASA Radar Data for the Multi-Scale Analysis and Prediction of a Tornadic Convective System

Alexander D. Schenkman, CAPS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and M. Xue, A. Shapiro, K. Brewster, and J. Gao

Recorded Presentation

2:45 PM

6.6

Assimilation of High-Resolution Satellite-Derived Inner-Core Observations for Hurricane Initialization

Fuqing Zhang, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA; and X. Ge, J. Knaff, Y. Weng, and J. Poterjoy

Recorded Presentation

Coffee Break

Meet the President

Location: Room 242 (New Orleans Convention Center )

Session 7

Assimilation of Observations (Ocean, Atmosphere, and Land Surface) Into Models Part 4

Location: Room 340 and 341 (New Orleans Convention Center )

Host: 16th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)

Chair: Zhaoxia Pu, University of Utah

3:30 PM

7.1

WRF-Model Assimilation of Angle-of-Arrival Measurements from an Antenna of GPS Receivers

Bonnie Valant-Spaight, Propagation Research Associates, Inc., Marietta, GA; and G. M. Hall and F. Vandenberghe

Recorded Presentation

3:45 PM

7.2

A Local Forward Operator for the Assimilation of GPS RO Observations

Lidia Cucurull, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Suitland, MD; and R. J. Purser and J. Derber

Recorded Presentation

7.3

The Impact of Incorporating Aerosol Observations to Numerical Weather Prediction Models: An Ensemble-Based Sensitivity Analysis

4:15 PM

7.4

Data Assimilation Improvements for the 2nd Version of the Rapid Refresh

Stephen S. Weygandt, NOAA/ESRL/GSD, Boulder, CO; and M. Hu, S. G. Benjamin, H. Lin, C. R. Alexander, D. C. Dowell, and P. Hofmann

Recorded Presentation

4:30 PM

7.5

Observational Error Analysis of GPS Radio Occultation Refractivity Data for Regional Data Assimilation

Xingqin Fang, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and Y. H. Kuo

Recorded Presentation

4:45 PM

7.6

Using Winds From the 4-D Variational Doppler Radar Assimilation System (VDRAS) to Nowcast Convection in Taiwan

Amanda R. S. Anderson, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. W. Wilson, T. J. Emerson, Z. Ying, and R. Roberts

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (1.6 MB)

5:00 PM

7.7

Evaluation of the Impact of Radar Reflectivity Data Assimilation on RR and HRRR Reflectivity and Precipitation Forecasts

Patrick Hofmann, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado and NOAA/ESRL/GSD, Boulder CO, Boulder, CO; and S. S. Weygandt, C. R. Alexander, S. G. Benjamin, M. Hu, H. Lin, and D. C. Dowell

Recorded Presentation

5:15 PM

7.8

Assimilation of Ground-Based GPS Measurements: Impact of GPS-PW and ZTD on the Rainfall Forecast Over the Korean Peninsula

Ha-Taek Kwon, Next Generation Model Development Center, Seoul, South Korea; and H. J. Song, T. J. Oh, and J. Kwun

Joint Session 8

Advances in Methods and Applications of Land Data Assimilation Systems II

Location: Room 352 (New Orleans Convention Center )

Hosts: (Joint between the 26th Conference on Hydrology; and the 16th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS) )

Cochairs: Rolf H. Reichle, NASA/GSFC; Susan C. Steele-Dunne, TU Delft; Michael Ek, NOAA/NWS/NCEP; Youlong Xia, IMSG at NOAA/NCEP Environmental Modeling Center

3:30 PM

J8.1

Use of Satellite Data for Land Surface Analysis At ECMWF [INVITED]

Patricia de Rosnay, ECMWF, Reading, Berkshire, United Kingdom; and C. Albergel, G. Balsamo, S. Boussetta, J. C. Calvet, C. Gruhier, S. Hasenauer, L. Isaksen, Y. Kerr, J. Muñoz Sabater, T. Pellarin, and W. Wagner

Recorded Presentation

3:45 PM

J8.2

Computationally Affordable Methods to Reactualize Land Surface Conditions From Reanalyses Projects

Gianpaolo Balsamo, ECMWF, Reading, United Kingdom; and D. P. Dee

Recorded Presentation

4:00 PM

J8.3

Application of Long-Term NLDAS-2 Products: Hydroclimatic Trends Over the Continental United States From 1979 to 2009

Youlong Xia, IMSG at NOAA/NCEP Environmental Modeling Center, College Park, MD; and M. B. Ek, J. Sheffield, and E. F. Wood

Recorded Presentation

4:15 PM

J8.4

Uncertainties in North American Land Data Assimilation Systems Over the Contiguous United States

Kingtse C. Mo, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/CPC, Camp Springs, MD; and L. C. Chen, S. Shukla, T. Bohn, and D. P. Lettenmaier

Recorded Presentation

4:30 PM

J8.5

Assimilation of SMOS L-Band Brightness Temperatures within the Canadian Land Data Assimilation System (CaLDAS)

Marco L. Carrera, EC, Dorval, QC, Canada; and S. Belair, B. Bilodeau, and S. Solomon

4:45 PM

J8.6

Land Data Assimilation in the Arctic System Reanalysis

Michael Barlage, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and D. H. Bromwich and L. S. Bai

Recorded Presentation

5:00 PM

J8.7

Land Surface Data Assimilation: Dart and CLM

Yongfei Zhang, University of Texas, Austin, TX; and T. Hoar, W. J. Sacks, T. Craig, A. Fox, J. Anderson, and Z. L. Yang

Recorded Presentation

5:15 PM

J8.8

Assimilation of SMOS Observations Into the Catchment Land Surface Model

Gabriëlle J.M. De Lannoy, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and R. H. Reichle, Q. Liu, and C. Draper

Recorded Presentation

Lecture L1

Bernhard Haurwitz Lecture

Location: Room 235/236 (New Orleans Convention Center )

Hosts: (Joint between the Fourth Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions; the Special Symposium on Technological Advances: Impacts on Hurricane Research and Forecast Improvements; the Second Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using Python; the 26th Conference on Hydrology; the 28th Conference on Interactive Information Processing Systems (IIPS); the 24th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 16th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS); the 21st Conference on Probability and Statistics in the Atmospheric Sciences; the 14th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the Third Aviation, Range and Aerospace Meteorology Special Symposium on Weather-Air Traffic Management Integration; the 10th Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 10th Conference on Artificial Intelligence Applications to Environmental Science; the Ninth Conference on Space Weather; and the Second Conference on Transition of Research to Operations: Successes, Plans, and Challenges )

5:00 PM

L1.1

On the role of cloud-radiative effects in tropical dynamics and climate change

Sandrine Bony-Lena, Laboratoire de Meteorologie Dynamique/Le Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris, France

Recorded Presentation

Aksel Wiin-Nielsen Symposium Banquet

Session 8

Assimilation of Observations (Ocean, Atmosphere, and Land Surface) Into Models Part 5

Location: Room 340 and 341 (New Orleans Convention Center )

Host: 16th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)

Chair: Stephen S. Weygandt, NOAA/ESRL/GSD

8.1

An Integrated Marine Arctic Prediction System for METAREAS

8:30 AM

8.1A

Evaluation of TAMDAR Data Impact on Forecast Error with WRFDA-FSO System

Xiaoyan Zhang, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and X. Y. Huang, T. Auligne, X. Zhang, F. Gao, N. A. Jacobs, and P. Childs

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (737.7 kB)

Poster PDF (1.5 MB)

8:45 AM

8.2

Observation Impact on Forecast Parameters of Mesoscale Weather Systems

Clark M. Amerault, NRL, Monterey, CA; and J. D. Doyle

Recorded Presentation

9:00 AM

8.3

Comparison of Coupled and Uncoupled WRF-ROMS Simulations of Eight Nor'easter Cases

Stephen D. Nicholls, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ; and S. G. Decker

Recorded Presentation

9:15 AM

8.4

On the Variable Terrain and Diurnal Variations in Surface Data Assimilation

Zhaoxia Pu, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and H. Zhang and J. Anderson

Recorded Presentation

9:30 AM

8.5

The Quality Control of Satellite-Derived Polar Winds Using the Expected Error

David A. Santek, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and B. T. Hoover and J. A. Jung

Spouses' Coffee

Coffee Break

Meet the President

Location: Room 242 (New Orleans Convention Center )

Exhibit Hours

Session 9

Advanced Data Assimilation Methods Part 1

Location: Room 340 and 341 (New Orleans Convention Center )

Host: 16th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)

Chair: Lars Peter Riishojgaard, Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation

10:30 AM

9.1

Development of the NCAR 4D-REKF Ensemble Data Assimilation and Forecasting System and a Comparison with Dart-EnKF and WRFVAR

Yubao Liu, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and L. Pan, Y. Wu, A. Bourgeois, J. Knievel, S. Swerdlin, X. Y. Huang, J. C. Pace, F. W. Gallagher, and S. F. Halvorson

10:45 AM

9.2

Dynamic Data Assimilation As An Optimal Tracking Problem

S. Lakshmivarahan, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. Lewis

Recorded Presentation

11:00 AM

9.3

Comparison of a GSI/ETKF Regional Hybrid Using WRF/ARW with GSI/LETKF and GSI/EnKF Regional Hybrids

Arthur P. Mizzi, NCAR, Boulder, CO

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (6.3 MB)

11:15 AM

9.4

Cloud Data Assimilation in GEOS-5

Peter Norris, USRA at NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and A. M. da Silva Jr.

Recorded Presentation

11:30 AM

9.5

A SOM-PCA Model for Inverting Shalow-Water Acoustic Data

Mohamed Berrada, University of Moulay Ismail, Meknès, Morocco; and F. Badran, M. Crépon, and S. Thiria

Recorded Presentation

Poster PDF (2.4 MB)

11:45 AM

9.6

Nonlinear Model Parameter Estimation: Comparison of Results From a Markov Chain Monte Carlo Algorithm and An Ensemble Transform Kalman Filter

Derek J. Posselt, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

Recorded Presentation

Lunch Break

Location: Room 242 (New Orleans Convention Center )

Session 10

Advanced Data Assimilation Methods Part 2

Location: Room 340 and 341 (New Orleans Convention Center )

Host: 16th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)

Chair: Miodrag Rancic, NOAA/NWS/NCEP

1:30 PM

10.1

Bias Correction and Assimilation of Microwave Radiance Measurements Over the Antarctic

Craig S. Schwartz, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and Z. Liu

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (9.3 MB)

1:45 PM

10.2

Hybrid Variational-Ensemble Data Assimilation for the NCEP Global Forecast System Model: Recent Development and Results for the Ensemble 4DVAR

Xuguang Wang, School of Meteorology, Norman, OK; and T. Lei, J. Whitaker, R. Treadon, D. Kleist, and J. Derber

Recorded Presentation

2:00 PM

10.3

Fine Structure of 4D-Var (Four-Dimensional Variational data assimilation)

John M. Lewis, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and S. Lakshmivarahan

2:15 PM

10.4

Derivative-Free Estimation of the Observation Error Covariance Matrix for Ensemble-Based Filters

Genta Ueno, The Institute of Statistical Mathematics, Tokyo, Japan

Effects of Local ETKF and Stochastic-Physics Scheme on Forecast Error Covariance

Themed Joint Session 17

Innovative Methods of Processing, Integrating and Analyzing Observations From Satellites Part I

Location: Room 348/349 (New Orleans Convention Center )

Hosts: (Joint between the 18th Conference on Satellite Meteorology, Oceanography and Climatology/ First Joint AMS-Asia Satellite Meteorology Conference; the 16th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS); and the Second Conference on Transition of Research to Operations: Successes, Plans, and Challenges )

Cochairs: Robert Atlas, NOAA/AOML; William M. Lapenta, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC; Elizabeth Nolan, Riverside Technology, Inc.

1:30 PM

TJ17.1

Atmospheric Trends From Satellite Hyperspectral Radiance Measurements

William L. Smith Sr., Hampton Univ./Univ. of Wisconsin, Seaford, VA; and E. Weisz, R. Knuteson, S. Dutcher, and H. Revercomb

Recorded Presentation

1:45 PM

TJ17.2

Influence of Assimilating Satellite-Derived Atmospheric Motion Vectors (AMVs) on Analyses and Forecasts of Tropical Cyclone Track and Structure

Ting-Chi Wu, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and H. Liu, S. J. Majumdar, C. S. Velden, and J. Anderson

Recorded Presentation

2:00 PM

TJ17.3

An Object Oriented Approach to Automated Production of Satellite Imagery and Products

Jeremy Solbrig, NRL, Monterey, CA; and M. Surratt, K. Richardson, and J. D. Hawkins

Recorded Presentation

2:15 PM

TJ17.4

Mapping Total Precipitable Water Over North America by Blending GOES Sounder, GPS, and Mirs Observations

Yoichi P. Shiga, Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; and D. Hammerling, S. Kidder, and J. Forsythe

Recorded Presentation

Lecture L2

Robert E. Horton Lecture

Location: Room 350/351 (New Orleans Convention Center )

Hosts: (Joint between the 26th Conference on Hydrology; the Events; the Second Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using Python; the 10th Conference on Artificial Intelligence Applications to Environmental Science; the 28th Conference on Interactive Information Processing Systems (IIPS); the Special Symposium on Technological Advances: Impacts on Hurricane Research and Forecast Improvements; the 24th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 16th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS); the 21st Conference on Probability and Statistics in the Atmospheric Sciences; the 14th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the Fourth Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions; the Third Aviation, Range and Aerospace Meteorology Special Symposium on Weather-Air Traffic Management Integration; the 10th Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the Special Symposium on the Tornado Disasters of 2011; and the Second Conference on Transition of Research to Operations: Successes, Plans, and Challenges )

1:30 PM

L2.1

Use of Remote Sensing Data to Diagnose the Closure Relationship Between Landsurface Water and Energy Balance

Dara Entekhabi, MIT, Cambridge, MA

Recorded Presentation

Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

Session 11

Advanced Data Assimilation Methods Part 3

Location: Room 340 and 341 (New Orleans Convention Center )

Host: 16th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)

Cochairs: John M. Lewis, NOAA/NSSL; S. Lakshmivarahan, University of Oklahoma

4:00 PM

11.1

Estimation of Surface Carbon Fluxes with An Advanced Data Assimilation Methodology

Ji-Sun Kang, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and E. Kalnay and T. Miyoshi

Recorded Presentation

4:15 PM

11.2

Directly Assimilation Wind Speed and Direction Based on WRFDA 3D-Var System

Feng Gao, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and X. Y. Huang, N. Jacobs, X. Zhang, X. Zhang, and P. Childs

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (614.4 kB)

4:30 PM

11.3

LETKF with Heterogeneous Grids of Two-Way Nested WRF Model

Takemasa Miyoshi, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and M. Kunii

Recorded Presentation

4:45 PM

11.4

Performance of a 4DVAR Version of GSI At NCEP

Miodrag Rancic, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Camp Springs, MD; and R. Toddling and D. Kleist

Recorded Presentation

Poster PDF (1.5 MB)

5:00 PM

11.5

The Use of Observation Nudging with Targeted Observations and Time-Lagged Correlations to Improve Short-Term Wind Forecasting

Steven H. Young, MESO, Inc., Troy, NY; and J. W. Zack and E. J. Natenberg

Recorded Presentation

5:15 PM

11.6

The Development of Regional WRF Tangent Linear and Adjoint Models and Its Applications in WRF 4D-Var System and GSI Based WRF 4D-Var System

Xin Zhang, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and X. Y. Huang

Recorded Presentation

Themed Joint Session 18

Innovative Methods of Processing, Integrating and Analyzing Observations From Satellites Part II

Location: Room 342 (New Orleans Convention Center )

Hosts: (Joint between the 16th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS); the 18th Conference on Satellite Meteorology, Oceanography and Climatology/ First Joint AMS-Asia Satellite Meteorology Conference; and the Second Conference on Transition of Research to Operations: Successes, Plans, and Challenges )

Cochairs: Robert Atlas, NOAA/AOML; William M. Lapenta, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC; Elizabeth Nolan, Riverside Technology, Inc.

4:00 PM

TJ18.1

Evaluation of Satellite Precipitation's Spatial Patterns with EOF Analysis and Shannon Entropy

Wei Chu, Univ. of California, Irvine, CA; and X. Gao and S. Sorooshian

4:15 PM

TJ18.2

A New Characterization of Mid-Level Clouds Using Satellite and Ground-Based Observations

Hongchun Jin, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; and S. L. Nasiri, L. Riihimaki, and S. A. McFarlane

4:30 PM

TJ18.3

Progress and Plan for the Development of a Research-to-Operation High-Performance and Low-Cost GPU-Based Satellite Data Processing and Application Enabling Technology

Hung-Lung Allen Huang, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and B. Huang and M. D. Goldberg

4:45 PM

TJ18.4

Separation of the Lapse Rate and Coldpoint Tropopauses in the Tropics Based on COSMIC Data

Leigh Munchak, NASA GSFC; and L. L. Pan

5:00 PM

TJ18.5

Adaptive Retracking of Jason-1 Altimetry Data for Inland Waters on the Example of the Gorky Reservoir

Yuliya Troitskaya, Russian Academy of Sciences, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia; and G. Rybyshkina, I. Soustova, and S. Lebedev

5:15 PM

TJ18.6

Routine Satellite Derived Product Monitoring and Validation From GOES, JPSS and GOES-R

William Straka III, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and T. H. Achtor, T. D. Rink, A. K. Heidinger, T. J. Schmit, and T. Jasmin

Awards Banquet Reception in the Exhibit Hall

92nd AMS Awards Banquet

Session 12

Advanced Data Assimilation Methods Part 4

Location: Room 340 and 341 (New Orleans Convention Center )

Host: 16th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)

Chair: John Manobianco, MESO, Inc.

8:30 AM

12.1

Quantification of Cloud Microphysical Parameterization Uncertainty Using Radar Reflectivity

Marcus van Lier-Walqui, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and T. Vukicevic and D. J. Posselt

8:45 AM

12.2

Evaluation of WRF Ensemble-Based Variational (EnVar) Data Assimilation Scheme for An Antarctic Cyclone Study

Chengsi Liu, University of South Florida, Saint Petersburg, FL; and Q. Xiao

Recorded Presentation

9:00 AM

12.3

Assimilation of Radar Radial Velocity Data with the WRF Ensemble-3DVAR Hybrid System for the Prediction of Hurricane Ike (2008)

Yongzuo Li, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and X. Wang and M. Xue

Manuscript (5.9 kB)

9:15 AM

12.4

Sensitivity of Tropical Cyclone Forecasts to Microwave Radiance Data Assimilation with a Limited-Area Ensemble Kalman Filter

Craig S. Schwartz, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and Z. Liu, C. Snyder, and S. Y. Ha

Recorded Presentation

9:30 AM

12.5

Application of a Real-Time EnKF for the Initialization of High Resolution Models Used in the DOE Wind Forecasting Improvement Project

Edward J. Natenberg, AWS Truepower LLC, Troy, NY; and J. W. Zack, J. Manobianco, T. Melino, S. Young, and G. E. Van Knowe

Recorded Presentation

Themed Joint Session 22

Innovative Methods of Processing, Integrating and Analyzing Observations From Satellites Part III

Location: Room 356 (New Orleans Convention Center )

Hosts: (Joint between the 16th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS); the 18th Conference on Satellite Meteorology, Oceanography and Climatology/ First Joint AMS-Asia Satellite Meteorology Conference; and the Second Conference on Transition of Research to Operations: Successes, Plans, and Challenges )

Cochairs: Robert Atlas, NOAA/AOML; William M. Lapenta, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC; Elizabeth Nolan, Riverside Technology, Inc.

8:30 AM

TJ22.1

Assessments of Cloud Liquid Water Contributions to GPS RO Refractivity Using Measurements From COSMIC and CloudSat

Shengpeng Yang, Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL; and X. Zou

Recorded Presentation

8:45 AM

TJ22.2

Planetary Boundary Layer Remote Sensing with GPS Radio Occultation Measurements: An Uncertainty Analysis

Chi O. Ao, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and F. Xie, A. J. Mannucci, and T. K. Meehan

Recorded Presentation

9:00 AM

TJ22.3

Monitoring the Characteristics of Satellite Microwave Water Vapor Observations Over the Ocean

Seth I. Gutman, NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and D. L. Birkenheuer, G. A. Wick, and K. Holub

Recorded Presentation

9:15 AM

TJ22.4

AIRS Version 6 Product Improvements for Weather, Climate and Atmospheric Composition Research

Eric Fetzer, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and T. Pagano, J. Teixeira, and J. Susskind

Exhibit Hours

Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

Session 13

Experiments Involving Observations (OSE and OSSE) Part 1

Location: Room 340 and 341 (New Orleans Convention Center )

Host: 16th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)

Chair: George R. Halliwell Jr., NOAA/AOML

11:00 AM

13.1

WISDOM Balloon Data Impact on Hurricane Track Forecast by a Global OSSE System

Yuanfu Xie, NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO

11:15 AM

13.2

Observing System Simulation Experiments for Coordinated Unmanned Aircraft in Hurricanes

Doug Koch, University of Miami, Miami, FL; and L. DeVries, A. Maki, D. A. Paley, and S. J. Majumdar

11:30 AM

13.3

Development and Validation of a High-Resolution Hurricane Nature Run Using the ECMWF and WRF Models

David S. Nolan, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and K. Bhatia

Recorded Presentation

13.4

Assimilation of GPS RO Data and Its Forecast Impacts on Tropical Storm Prediction Using the HWRF and GSI System

Themed Joint Session 23

Research to Operations Testbeds Part I

Location: Room 242 (New Orleans Convention Center )

Hosts: (Joint between the Second Conference on Transition of Research to Operations: Successes, Plans, and Challenges; the 16th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS); and the 18th Conference on Satellite Meteorology, Oceanography and Climatology/ First Joint AMS-Asia Satellite Meteorology Conference )

Cochairs: John Murphy, NOAA/NWS; John Pereira, NOAA/NESDIS

11:00 AM

TJ23.1

Progress on Developing an Architecture for Climate Monitoring from Space (invited)

Barbara J. Ryan, Group on Earth Observations Secretariat, Geneva, Switzerland; and M. Dowell

Recorded Presentation

11:15 AM

TJ23.2

NOAA/NESDIS Process for Research to Operations

Awdhesh Sharma, NOAA/NESDIS/OSPO/SPSD, College Park, MD; and T. Schott, A. Irving, M. Seybold, J. Paquette, D. R. Donahue, and S. L. Bunin

Recorded Presentation

Poster PDF (4.9 MB)

11:30 AM

TJ23.3

NESDIS Satellite Products From Research to Operations

Stacy L. Bunin, Noblis, Falls Church, VA; and T. Schott and K. Berberich

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (1.1 MB)

11:45 AM

TJ23.4

The Developmental Testbed Center: Facilitating Transition Between Research and Operation in Numerical Weather Prediction

Ying-Hwa Kuo, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and L. Nance, Z. Toth, and B. G. Brown

Recorded Presentation

Lunch Break

T. N. Krishnamurti Symposium Luncheon

Location: Room 345 (New Orleans Convention Center )

Session 14

Experiments Involving Observations (OSE and OSSE) Part 2

Location: Room 340 and 341 (New Orleans Convention Center )

Host: 16th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)

Chair: David S. Nolan, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS

1:30 PM

14.1

Development and Calibration of a Rigorous Fraternal Twin Ocean OSSE System in the Gulf of Mexico

George R. Halliwell Jr., NOAA/AOML, Miami, FL; and A. Srinivasan, D. Willey, V. H. Kourafalou, M. Le Henaff, H. Yang, and R. M. Atlas

1:45 PM

14.2

Impact of Different Wind Lidar Configurations on NCEP Forecast Skill

Zaizhong Ma, JCSDA, Camp Springs, MD; and L. P. Riishojgaard, M. Masutani, and J. Woollen

Recorded Presentation

2:00 PM

14.3

Assess Observation Impacts in the Hybrid GSI-EnKF Data Assimilation Systems for the NCEP Global Forecast System Model Through OSE and Ensemble Based Observation Impact Metric

Govindan Kutty Mohan kumar, School of Meteorology and Center for Analysis and Prediction of Storms, Norman, OK; and X. Wang

2:15 PM

14.4

Impacts of ATOVS and SSM/I Data in MERRA Reanalysis

Junye Chen, Univ. of Maryland/ESSIC & NASA/GSFC/GMAO, Greenbelt, MD; and M. G. Bosilovich

Recorded Presentation

2:30 PM

14.5

Balance and Flow Dependency of Global Forecast Errors: A Real and a Perfect-Model Framework

Nedjeljka Zagar, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia; and J. Anderson, N. Collins, T. Hoar, K. Raeder, and J. Tribbia

2:45 PM

14.6

Assessing the Impact of the Horizontal Covariance Localization Radius Used During the Assimilation of Infrared Brightness Temperature Observations

Jason A. Otkin, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

Recorded Presentation

Themed Joint Session 24

Research to Operations Testbeds Part II

Location: Room 242 (New Orleans Convention Center )

Hosts: (Joint between the Second Conference on Transition of Research to Operations: Successes, Plans, and Challenges; the 16th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS); and the 18th Conference on Satellite Meteorology, Oceanography and Climatology/ First Joint AMS-Asia Satellite Meteorology Conference )

Cochairs: John Murphy, NOAA/NWS; John Pereira, NOAA/NESDIS

1:30 PM

TJ24.1

Where the Rubber Meets the Road: Testbed Experiences of the Hydrometeorological Prediction Center

David R. Novak, NOAA/NWS, College Park, MD; and F. E. Barthold, M. J. Bodner, and E. Danaher

Recorded Presentation

1:45 PM

TJ24.2

National Unified Operational Prediction Capability: Plans, Progress, and Improved Prediction Through Accelerated Transitions

Fred Toepfer, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and D. McCarren and S. A. Sandgathe

2:00 PM

TJ24.3

Navy Experience in Taking Research to Operations

Ted Tsui, NRL, Monterey, CA; and M. S. Peng

2:15 PM

TJ24.4

The NOAA Hazardous Weather Testbed Experimental Forecast Program: Bridging the Gap Between Research and Operations

Steven J. Weiss, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/SPC, Norman, OK; and J. S. Kain, M. C. Coniglio, I. L. Jirak, C. J. Melick, C. W. Siewert, P. T. Marsh, R. A. Sobash, A. R. Dean, A. J. Clark, J. Correia, M. Xue, F. Kong, K. W. Thomas, D. R. Novak, J. J. Levit, J. Du, T. L. Jensen, and R. Schneider

Recorded Presentation

2:30 PM

TJ24.5

Transition of a Coupled Ocean/Atmosphere Mesoscale Prediction System Into Joint Operations At the U.S. Navy's METOC Centers

Frank L. Bub, Naval Oceanographic Office, Stennis Space Center, MS; and M. S. Swenson, J. Doyle, S. Chen, T. A. Smith, and D. A. Geiszler

Recorded Presentation

2:45 PM

TJ24.6

Hurricane WRF: Transition of Research to Operations Facilitated by the Developmental Testbed Center

Ligia Bernardet, NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and S. Bao, V. Tallapragada, S. Trahan, Z. Zhang, M. K. Biswas, T. P. Brown, D. Stark, and L. Carson

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (294.4 kB)

Registration Closes

Coffee Break

Meet the President

Session 15

Experiments Involving Observations (OSE and OSSE) Part 3

Location: Room 340 and 341 (New Orleans Convention Center )

Host: 16th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)

Chair: Yuanfu Xie, NOAA/ESRL

3:30 PM

15.1

Estimating Impact of Real Observations Using the WRF-Letkf

Masaru Kunii, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and T. Miyoshi and E. Kalnay

3:45 PM

15.2

Kinematical and Dynamical Retrievals of a Simulated Supercell Thunderstorm: EnKF Radar Data Assimilation Versus Dual-Doppler Analysis

Corey K. Potvin, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and L. J. Wicker and A. M. Shapiro

4:00 PM

15.3

The SPoRT-WRF: Evaluating the Impact of NASA Datasets on Convective Forecasts

Bradley T. Zavodsky, NASA/MSFC, Huntsville, AL; and J. L. Case, D. M. Kozlowski, and A. L. Molthan

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (720.2 kB)

4:15 PM

15.4

Effects of Real-Time NASA Vegetation Data on Model Forecasts of Severe Weather

Jonathan L. Case, ENSCO, Inc., Huntsville, AL; and J. R. Bell, F. J. LaFontaine, and C. D. Peters-Lidard

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (1.7 MB)

4:30 PM

15.5

The Impact of Radiance Assimilation with An Ensemble Kalman Filter on Tropical Cyclone Forecasts in COAMPS-TC

P. Alexander Reinecke, NRL, Monterey, CA

4:45 PM

15.6

Limited Area Model-Based Data Impact Studies to Improve Short-Range Wind Power Forecasting

John Manobianco, MESO, Inc., Troy, NY; and E. J. Natenberg, K. T. Waight, G. E. Van Knowe, J. W. Zack, D. E. Hanley, and C. Kamath

Recorded Presentation

Themed Joint Session 25

Research to Operations Testbeds Part III

Location: Room 242 (New Orleans Convention Center )

Hosts: (Joint between the Second Conference on Transition of Research to Operations: Successes, Plans, and Challenges; the 16th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS); and the 18th Conference on Satellite Meteorology, Oceanography and Climatology/ First Joint AMS-Asia Satellite Meteorology Conference )

Cochairs: John Murphy, NOAA/NWS; Jeffery Clegg, NOAA/NESDIS

3:30 PM

TJ25.1

Numerical Optimization and Sensitivity Evaluation of the National Weather Service Southern Region Simulating Waves Nearshore (SR-SWAN) Modeling System

Alex Gibbs, NOAA, Miami, FL; and P. Santos, A. J. Van der Westhuysen, R. Padilla, and B. A. Mroczka

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (1.5 MB)

3:45 PM

TJ25.2

Building a Framework for Evaluating NPP and JPSS VIIRS Cloud Property Retrievals

Shaima L. Nasiri, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and P. Yang, B. Baum, and A. K. Heidinger

4:00 PM

TJ25.3

Integrated Decision Support for Climate Variability and Change

Shailendra Kumar, Northrop Grumman Corporation, Austin, TX; and S. Cantrell, G. Higgins, J. Marshall, and F. VanWijngaarden

Recorded Presentation

4:15 PM

TJ25.4

Scriptable Access to Climate Data for Operational Products and Services

Mark S. Brooks, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC; and B. E. Aldridge

Recorded Presentation

4:30 PM

TJ25.5

Dallas Fort Worth Urban Demonstration Network

Brenda J. Philips, Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA; and V. Chandrasekar, F. H. Carr, J. Brotzge, P. Rees, C. E. League, and A. Bajaj

Recorded Presentation

4:45 PM

TJ25.6

Enabling An Advanced Numerical Weather Prediction Model for Operational Forecasting in Rio De Janeiro

Lloyd Treinish, IBM , Yorktown Heights, NY; and A. P. Praino, J. Cipriani, U. Mello, K. Mantripragada, L. Villa Real, V. Saxena, T. George, and R. Mittal

Poster PDF (8.7 MB)

AMS 92nd Annual Meeting Adjourns

16th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)

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