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Saturday, 28 January 2006
	7:30 AM-7:31 AM, Saturday Short Course and Student Conference Registration
Sunday, 29 January 2006
	7:30 AM-9:00 AM, Sunday Short Course Registration
	9:00 AM-6:00 PM, Sunday Conference Registration
Monday, 30 January 2006
	7:30 AM-6:00 PM, Monday Registration Continues through Thursday, 2 February
	9:00 AM-10:15 AM, Monday, A305 Joint Session 1 A Peek at the Earth Observing System of Tomorrow (Joint between the 10th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS), the 14th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography, and the 22nd Conference on IIPS)
Organizer: A. E. MacDonald, NOAA/ERL/FSL, Boulder, CO Chairs: F. Joseph Turk, NRL, Monterey, CA; Terry Tarbell, RS Information Systems, McLean, VA
9:00 AM J1.1 Challenges and Opportunities for NOAA in Integrating Earth Observing Systems   Conrad C. Lautenbacher, NOAA, Washington, DC 9:45 AM J1.2 Earth Science and Applications from Space: Initial results of Decadal Study and a Progress Report   Richard A. Anthes, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and B. Moore
	10:15 AM-10:45 AM, Monday Coffee Break in Meeting Room Foyer (M1)
	10:45 AM-12:00 PM, Monday, A305 Session 1 Retrievals and Cloud Products: Part I
Chair: Christopher S. Velden, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
10:45 AM 1.1 Satellite Strategies for Earth Observations   Gregory Withee, NOAA/NESDIS, Silver Spring, MD 11:15 AM 1.2 WMO Space Programme Implementation Activities   Donald E. Hinsman, WMO, Geneva, Switzerland 11:30 AM 1.3 Recent developments in convective initiation forecasting using GOES and MODIS   John R. Mecikalski, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and K. Bedka and S. J. Paech 11:45 AM 1.4 Angular Dependence of Cloud Property Retrievals from Satellite Data   J. Kirk Ayers, AS&M, Hampton, VA; and P. Minnis, R. F. Arduini, P. W. Heck, W. L. Smith, M. M. Khaiyer, L. Nguyen, and R. Palikonda
	12:00 PM-1:10 PM, Monday Plenary Session 1 AMS Forum Kick-Off Luncheon (Cash & Carry available in the Meeting Room Foyer)
Chairs: Sue Grimmond, King's College, London United Kingdom; Steven Hanna, Harvard Univ., Boston, MA; Mark Andrews, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD
12:00 PM PL1.1 Forum opening   Gregory S. Forbes, The Weather Channel, Atlanta, GA; and M. Andrews, C. S. B. Grimmond, and S. R. Hanna 12:10 PM PL1.2 How should we compare and evaluate urban land surface models?   Martin Best, Met Office, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom 12:40 PM PL1.3 THUNDERSTORM IMPACTS: A MIX OF CURSES AND BLESSINGS   Stanley Changnon, Changnon Climatologist, Mahomet, IL
	1:30 PM-2:30 PM, Monday, A305 Session 2 Retrievals and Cloud Products 2
Chair: Arlene Laing, NCAR, Boulder, CO
1:30 PM 2.1 Terra product fusion for improved cloud mask and cloud top heights   Iliana Genkova, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and L. Di Girolamo 2.2 Remote sounding of the temperature and water vapor structure of the July, 2005 SAL event   Edward T. Olsen, NASA/JPL and California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA; and S. L. Granger and S. Y. Lee 2:00 PM 2.2A Retrieving cirrus properties over the ARM tropical Western Pacific sites using AIRS observations (Formerly P1.35)   B. Kahn, NASA/JPL, Pasadena, CA; and K. N. Liou, A. Eldering, Q. Yue, and O. Mussa 2.3 Effects of dust on AIRS retrieval products   Sergio DeSouza-Machado, Univ. of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland; and L. L. Strow, S. Hannon, and H. Motteler 2:15 PM 2.3A Upper Tropospheric Divergence in Tropical Convective Systems from Meteosat-8 (Formerly P1.38)   Johannes Schmetz, EUMETSAT, Darmstadt, Germany; and R. Borde, K. Holmlund, and M. König
	2:30 PM-4:00 PM, Monday Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break (M2)
	2:30 PM, Monday, Exhibit Hall A2 Poster Session 1 Retrievals and Cloud Products
P1.1 Clouds in the extreme: challenging satellite retrievals of atmospheric properties   Erica L. Key, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and P. J. Minnett   P1.2 Cloud detection: Reseaching the 1 percent requirement   Steven A. Ackerman, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and R. A. Frey, E. Eloranta, and R. Holz   P1.3 Retrieval of optical thickness and effective radius of low-level water cloud using the split window data of Meteosat-8   Toshiro Inoue, MRI, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan; and K. Kawamoto, H. J. Lutz, and J. Schmetz   P1.4 New Method for Retrieving Liquid Water Path over Land using AMSR-E Observations   Merritt N. Deeter, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. Vivekanandan   P1.5 Comparison of the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) and Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) cloud properties using PATMOS-x   William Straka III, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and A. K. Heidinger   P1.6 Validation of satellite derived CONUS cloud top pressure using cloud physics lidar data from the ATReC field campaign   Sarah Bedka, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and W. F. Feltz, A. J. Schreiner, and R. Holz   P1.7 Cloud optical and microphysical properties derived from satellite data   Cristian Mitrescu, NRL, Monterey, CA; and S. D. Miller and R. H. Wade   P1.8 Cloud model evaluation using radiometric measurements from the NASA Multiangle Imaging Spectroradiometer (MISR)   Mikhail Ovtchinnikov, PNNL, Richland, WA   P1.9 Use of Markov chain Monte Carlo sampling methods to assess and improve variational MODIS cloud retrievals   Derek J. Posselt, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and T. S. L'Ecuyer and G. L. Stephens   P1.10 Cloud detection and property retrieval across the day/night terminator   Gary B. Gustafson, AER, Lexington, MA; and R. P. D'Entremont   P1.11 Arctic winter high spectral resolution cloud height retrievals   Robert Holz, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and S. A. Ackerman   P1.12 Using time continuity for sounding retrieval from GOES data   Zhenglong Li, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. Li and W. P. Menzel   P1.13 Synergy use of microwave and hyperspectral IR measurements for hurricane study   Xuebao Wu, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. Li, A. Huang, and P. Menzel   P1.14 Some aspects of AIRS sounding retrieval and their impact on IMAPP products   Pradeep Thapliyal, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and H. L. Huang and J. Li   P1.15 Over ocean atmospheric validation of AIRS derived temperature/moisture profiles   Wayne F. Feltz, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. Cychosz, R. O. Knuteson, K. Vinson, P. J. Minnett, and N. R. Nalli   P1.16 Cloud-clearing for AIRS radiances using MODIS   Chian-Yi Liu, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. Li, H. L. Huang, and T. J. Schmit   P1.17 Cloud Top Pressure from a Subset of AIRS Channels   Will McCarty, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and G. J. Jedlovec   P1.18 Atmospheric profiles over land and ocean from AMSU   John M. Forsythe, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and K. M. Donofrio, R. W. Kessler, A. S. Jones, C. L. Combs, P. Shott, and T. H. Vonder Haar   P1.19 Rainfall estimation over the Taiwan Island from TRMM/TMI data   Wann-Jin Chen, Chung Cheng Institute of Technology/National Defense Univ., Ta-Hsi, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan; and M. D. Tsai, G. R. Liu, J. C. Hu, and M. H. Chang   P1.20 Over-ocean rainfall retrieval from TRMM/TMI data during the Typhoon season   Jen-Chi Hu, Chung Cheng Institute of Technology and NDU, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan; and W. J. Chen, G. R. Liu, M. D. Tsai, and M. H. Chang   P1.21 New technique for cloud model controlled precipitation retrieval: Cloud Dynamics and Radiation Database (CDRD) data mining applications at global and regional scales   Joseph A. Hoch, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and C. M. Medaglia, A. V. Mehta, A. Mugnai, E. A. Smith, and G. J. Tripoli   P1.22 Improvements of CMORPH resulting from limb adjustments and normalization of AMSU-B rainfall   Robert J. Joyce, RS Information Systems, Inc. and NOAA/NWS/NCEP/CPC, Boca Raton, FL; and R. R. Ferraro   P1.23 Histogram matching of ASMR-E and TMI brightness temperatures   Thomas A. Jones, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and D. Cecil   P1.24 Developing a Remotely Sensed Rainfall Retrieval Algorithm using Multi-Spectral Information   Cecilia Hernandez-Aldarondo, NOAA/Cooperative Remote Sensing Science and Technology Center, New York, NY; and S. Mahani and R. Khanbilvardi   P1.25 Integration of observations for detection of aircraft icing conditions during AIRS2: Comparisons of microphysical parameters   Ismail Gultepe, Environment Canada, Toronto, ON, Canada; and G. A. Isaac, P. Minnis, and J. K. Ayers   P1.26 Estimation of ocean surface emissivity in AMSU channels: comparison with existing models   Jean-Luc Moncet, AER, Lexington, MA; and T. Meissner, J. Eluszkiewicz, P. Liang, and G. Uymin   P1.27 A land surface emissivity database for conically scanning microwave sensors   Jean-Luc Moncet, AER, Lexington, MA; and C. Grassotti, J. F. Galantowicz, A. Lipton, P. Liang, and R. Aschbrenner   P1.28 Hyperspectral IR two-layer cloud fast forward model - LY2G   Xuanji Wang, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. E. Davies, H. L. Huang, E. R. Olson, J. A. Otkin, P. Yang, H. Wei, J. Niu, and D. D. Turner   P1.29 Determination of Ice Water Path in Ice-Over-Water Cloud Systems Using Combined MODIS and AMSR-E Measurements   Jianping Huang, AS&M, Hampton, VA; and P. Minnis, B. Lin, Y. Yi, T. -. F. Fan, S. Sun-Mack, R. F. Arduini, and J. K. Ayers   P1.30 A technique for computing hydrometeor effective radius in bins of a gamma distribution   Lewis Grasso, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and M. Sengupta and D. T. Lindsey   P1.31 Determination of 3-D Cloud Ice Water Contents by Combining Multiple Data Sources from Satellite, Ground Radar and Numerical Model   Eun-Kyoung Seo, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and G. Liu   P1.32 Connecting the global hydrological and energy cycles: A new approach to measuring cloud ice mass from earth viewing satellites   Steven A. Ackerman, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and D. O. Starr, K. F. Evans, and H. E. Revercomb   P1.33 Comparisons of EOS MLS Cloud Ice Measurements with ECMWF analyses and GCM Simulations: Initial Results   Jui-Lin Li, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and D. E. Waliser, J. H. Jiang, W. G. Read, A. M. Tompkins, D. L. Wu, J. W. Waters, L. Donner, J. D. Chern, W. -. K. Tao, R. Atlas, K. N. Liou, Y. Gu, D. Genio, M. F. Khairoutdinov, and A. Gettelman   P1.34 Retrieving cirrus vertical cross sections of extinction, effective particle size, and ice-water content using GOES imager data   Robert P. D'Entremont, AER, Lexington, MA; and G. B. Gustafson and D. L. Mitchell   P1.35 moved to present in place of 2.2A.     P1.36 Properties of anvil cirrus during CRYSTAL-FACE in the 8–12 µm window bands of MODIS Airborne Simulator: observation and simulation   Gang Hong, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and P. Yang   P1.37 Possible thin cirrus cloud contamination of MODIS clear-sky pixels   Christopher Rogers Yost, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and P. Yang, S. L. Nasiri, and B. A. Baum   P1.38 moved to present in place 2.3A.
	4:00 PM-5:30 PM, Monday, A305 Session 3 Retrievals and Cloud Products: Part III
Chair: Shaima L. Nasiri, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX
4:00 PM 3.1 Clouds and Water Vapor from Aqua AIRS and Aura MLS Satellite Observations   Jonathon H. Jiang, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and D. E. Waliser, A. Eldering, J. L. Li, H. Su, W. G. Read, E. J. Fetzer, R. Fuller, and B. Kahn 4:30 PM 3.2 Detection and characterization of thin cirrus using combined MISR and MODIS observations   Michael J. Garay, Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA; and D. M. Mazzoni and R. Davies 4:45 PM 3.3 Infrared cloud phase determination from MODIS and AIRS   Shaima L. Nasiri, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; and B. Kahn 5:00 PM 3.4 Radiometric properties of clouds retrieved by AIRS   Evan Fishbein, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and B. Kahn and E. J. Fetzer 5:15 PM 3.5 Recent progress in the development of the Optimal Spectral Sampling (OSS) method   Jean-Luc Moncet, AER, Lexington, MA; and G. Uymin and K. Cady-Pereira
	5:30 PM, Monday Sessions end for the day (M)
	5:30 PM-7:30 PM, Monday Formal Opening of Exhibits with Reception (Cash Bar)
	7:30 PM, Monday Holton Symposium Banquet
Tuesday, 31 January 2006
	8:30 AM-9:45 AM, Tuesday, A305 Session 4 Climatology and Long-Term Satellite Studies: Part I
Chair: Franklin R. Robertson, NASA/MSFC, Huntsville, AL
8:30 AM 4.1 Clues to changes in Arctic summer-minimum sea ice extent   Jennifer Francis, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ; and E. Hunter 9:00 AM 4.2 A long-range forecast of Arctic summer sea-ice minimum extent   Sheldon D. Drobot, Colorado Center for Astrodynamics Research and Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and J. A. Maslanik and C. Fowler 9:15 AM 4.3 Regional and Seasonal Variations in Marine Stratus Cloud Properties from MODIS observations   Michael P. Jensen, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY; and V. Andrew D., W. D. Collins, G. J. Zhang, and E. Luke 9:30 AM 4.4 Sea surface temperature climate analyses derived from aerosol bias-corrected satellite data   Nicholas R. Nalli, QSS Group, Inc., Camp Springs, MD; and R. W. Reynolds and M. D. Goldberg
	9:45 AM-11:00 AM, Tuesday Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break (T1)
	9:45 AM, Tuesday, Exhibit Hall A2 Joint Poster Session 1 MARINE METEOROLOGICAL APPLICATIONS OF REAL AND SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR (Joint between the 14th Conference on Interaction of the Sea and Atmosphere and 14th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography )
Cochairs: Jochen Horstmann, GKSS Research Center, Geesthacht Germany; Nathaniel S. Winstead, Johns Hopkins Univ., Laurel, MD
JP1.1 Validation of QuikSCAT wind retrievals in tropical cyclone environments   Christopher C. Hennon, Univ. of North Carolina, Asheville, NC; and D. G. Long and F. J. Wentz   JP1.2 Cyclogenesis and Tropical Transition in decaying frontal zones   Michelle L. Stewart, COAPS, Tallahassee, FL; and M. A. Bourassa   JP1.3 Near surface winds in the vicinity of SST gradients as observed by QuikSCAT   Joseph M. Sienkiewicz, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Camp Springs, MD; and G. McFadden   JP1.4 An evaluation of the application of sea level pressure analyses derived from near real time QuikSCAT winds as an operational tool within the NOAA Ocean Prediction Center   Joan M. Von Ahn, STG, Inc. and NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and J. M. Sienkiewicz and J. Patoux   JP1.5 A high-resolution QuikSCAT based global ocean upwelling index: The first stage of a new series of satellite ocean processes products from NOAA/NESDIS/ORA   Laurence N. Connor, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and Z. Jelenak, T. Mavor, and P. S. Chang   JP1.6 High resolution rain retrieval from SeaWinds scatterometer data   David G. Long, Brigham Young Univ., Provo, UT   JP1.7 Revealing the SeaWinds ocean vector winds under the rain using AMSR: Part II, the empirical approach   Bryan W. Stiles, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and J. N. Huddleston, S. M. Hristova-Veleva, R. S. Dunbar, M. H. Freilich, B. A. Vanhoff, S. H. Yueh, S. V. Hsiao, G. Neumann, P. S. Callahan, R. W. Gaston, and W. Y. Tsai   JP1.8 Revealing the SeaWinds ocean vector winds under the rain using AMSR. Part I: The physical approach   S. M. Hristova-Veleva, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and P. S. Callahan, R. S. Dunbar, S. H. Yueh, B. W. Stiles, J. N. Huddleston, S. V. Hsiao, G. Neumann, M. H. Freilich, B. A. Vanhoff, W. -. Y. Tsai, and R. W. Gaston   JP1.9 Using synthetic aperture radar to study coastal flows in the Gulf of Alaska   Nathaniel S. Winstead, Johns Hopkins Univ., Laurel, MD; and B. A. Colle, G. S. Young, N. A. Bond, F. M. Monaldo, and D. R. Thompson   JP1.10 A Novel Approach to Marine Wind Speed Assessment using Synthetic Aperture Radar   Todd D. Sikora, Millersville Univ., Millersville, PA; and G. Young and N. Winstead   JP1.11 RAMS Simulated and SAR Observed Flow Interactions in the Lower Cook Inlet, Alaska   Haibo Liu, University of Alaska Anchorage, Anchorage, AK; and P. Olsson, K. Volz, and H. Yi   JP1.12 Multi-sensor analysis of cold water along the Mid-Atlantic coast during midsummer 2003   Donglian Sun, George Mason Univ., Fairfax, VA; and M. Kafatos and R. Yang   JP1.13 Research on employment of adaptive beamformer based on weight iterative algorithm in suppressing radio frequency interferences   Gui Renzhou, CIRES/Wuhan Univ., Wuhan, China; and Y. Zijie
	9:45 AM, Tuesday, Exhibit Hall A2 Poster Session 2 Climatology and Long-Term Satellite Studies
P2.1 Vertical Temperature Profile Radiometer brightness temperature dataset and its statistics   Lei Shi, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and J. Bates   P2.2 Quality control of a fundamental climate data record from geostationary observations: calibration, navigation and radiometric quality   Kenneth Knapp, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC   P2.3 New Climate Products Available from DISCOVER   Deborah K. Smith, Remote Sensing Systems, Santa Rosa, CA; and K. Hilburn and F. J. Wentz   P2.4 A correction to the diurnal sampling bias in HIRS observations using GFDL climate model simulations   Darren L. Jackson, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and B. J. Soden   P2.5 Vertical structure and spatial-temporal evolution of the Madden-Julian Oscillation based on the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder data   Baijun Tian, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA; and D. E. Waliser, E. J. Fetzer, B. H. Lambrigtsen, and Y. Yung   P2.6 Understanding cloud formation mechanisms and cloud feedbacks   Yinghui Liu, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. R. Key and J. A. Francis   P2.7 Satellite-derived surface radiation fluxes at the ARM SGP and TWP Manus CART sites   Michele L. Nordeen, AS&M, Hampton, VA; and P. Minnis, D. R. Doelling, P. K. Chan, M. M. Khaiyer, D. Phan, J. K. Ayers, and R. Palikonda   P2.8 Increase in global oceanic latent flux: results from remote sensing and NCEP reanalyses   Yukun Xing, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA; and L. Chiu   P2.9 Estimates of the first to third baroclinic Rossby wave mode variability in the South Pacific Ocean from the TOPEX/Poseidon and ERS1/2 altimeter observed sea level anomalies   Angela M. Maharaj, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, Australia; and P. Cipollini and N. J. Holbrook   P2.10 A multidecade polar climate record from radar scatterometer data: the Scatterometer Climate Record Pathfinder project   David G. Long, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT   P2.11 A maturity model for satellite-derived climate data records   John J. Bates, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and B. R. Barkstrom   P2.12 Variation of Oceanic Rain Rate Parameters from SSM/I: Mode of Brightness Temperature Histogram   Roongroj Chokngamwong, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA; and L. S. Chiu P2.13 Validation of CMORPH and TRMM satellite rainfall algorithms for Central America   John M. Dickens, RS Information Systems and NOAA/NWS/NCEP/CPC, Camp Springs, MD   P2.14 TRMM data reprocessing (version 6): improvements and new data products   William L. Teng, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and H. Rui, J. Bonk, L. Chiu, P. Hrubiak, Z. Liu, L. Lu, and G. Vicente   P2.15 Satellite-Derived Precipitation Verification Activities Within the International Precipitation Working Group (IPWG)   F. Joseph Turk, NRL, Monterey, CA; and P. Bauer, E. E. Ebert, and P. A. Arkin   P2.16 Intercalibration of passive microwave rain products   Kyle Hilburn, Remote Sensing Systems, Santa Rosa, CA; and D. K. Smith and F. J. Wentz   P2.17 Interannual variability of tropical rainfall as seen from TRMM V6   Franklin R. Robertson, NASA/MSFC, Huntsville, AL   P2.18 A satellite-based climatology of convective precipitation episodes over Africa   Arlene Laing, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. E. Carbone and V. Levizzani   P2.19 Transport of central American biomass burning smoke aerosols in 1979–2005   Jun Wang, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and S. Christopher, E. Prins, J. S. Reid, and X. Liu   P2.20 Satellite-derived cloud-track polar winds from 1982-2004   Richard Dworak, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. Key, D. Santek, and C. S. Velden   P2.21 Sea Ice Data Derived from Microwave Radiometer for Climate Monitoring   Takanori Matsumoto, Japan Meteorological Agency, Tokyo, Japan; and M. Ishii, Y. Fukuda, and S. Hirahara   P2.22 Diurnal cycles in Arctic surface radiative fluxes in a blended satellite-climate reanalysis data set   Xuanji Wang, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. R. Key, M. C. Serreze, and A. Slater   P2.23 Blended and gridded high resolution global sea surface wind speed and climatology from multiple satellites: 1987–present   Huai-Min Zhang, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and R. W. Reynolds and J. J. Bates P2.24 Over-Ocean Water Vapor and Liquid Water Climatology from SSM/I   Chris O'Dell, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and R. Bennartz and G. Petty   P2.25 Moisture correspondence between lower and upper troposphere over oceans using AIRS observations   Hengchun Ye, California State University, Los Angeles, CA; and E. J. Fetzer, S. Granger, S. Y. Lee, E. T. Olsen, and L. Chen   P2.26 Dry bias in satellite-derived clear-sky water vapor and its contribution to longwave cloud radiative forcing   Byung-Ju Sohn, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea; and J. Schmetz, R. Stuhlmann, and J. Y. Lee   P2.27 Cloud variability and climate signatures in MODIS level-3 data   Brent Maddux, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and S. A. Ackerman   P2.28 A pilot study of scientific data stewardship with global water vapor   T. H. Vonder Haar, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and J. M. Forsythe and R. W. Kessler   P2.29 A climatological study of ice cloud reflectivity   Daniel T. Lindsey, NOAA/NESDIS, Fort Collins, CO
	11:00 AM-6:00 PM, Tuesday Exhbits Open (T)
	11:00 AM-12:15 PM, Tuesday, A305 Session 5 Climatology and Long-Term Satellite Studies: Part II
Organizer: B. J. Sohn, Seoul National Univ., Seoul South Korea
11:00 AM 5.1 Systematic Differences of Rainfall Estimates in TRMM 3G68   Tetsuo Nakazawa, MRI, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan; and K. Rajendran 11:30 AM 5.2 Challenges in Monitoring Climate Rainfall Variability and Trends   Wesley Berg, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and C. D. Kummerow 11:45 AM 5.3 Observational and modelling studies of convective precipitation patterns in the Sahelian area   Samantha Melani, Institute of Biometeorology/National Research Council, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy; and M. Pasqui and A. Antonini 12:00 PM 5.4 A combined atmospheric water data set for hydrology studies   Eric J. Fetzer, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and F. W. Irion, B. H. Lambrigtsen, W. G. Read, and D. E. Waliser
	12:15 PM, Tuesday Plenary Session Presidential Forum with Boxed Lunch (Lunch will be available for purchase outside the meeting room.)
	1:45 PM-2:15 PM, Tuesday, A302 Joint Session 2 Symposium Welcome and Keynote (Joint with Second Symposium: Toward a Global Earth Observation System of Systems—Future National Operational Environmental Satellite Systems and 14th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography)
Organizer: Gerard D. Wittman, Raytheon Company, Aurora, CO
1:45 PM J2.1 Keynote Address.   Conrad C. Lautenbacher, NOAA, Washington, DC
	2:15 PM-3:00 PM, Tuesday, A302 Joint Session 3 NPOESS Overview (Joint with Second Symposium: Toward a Global Earth Observation System of Systems—Future National Operational Environmental Satellite Systems and 14th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography )
Organizer: Gerard D. Wittman, Raytheon Company, Aurora, CO
2:15 PM J3.1 National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) Program Overview   D. Ryan 2:45 PM J3.2 National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) Program Status   C. Hoffman
	3:00 PM-3:30 PM, Tuesday Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall (T2)
	3:30 PM-5:30 PM, Tuesday, A305 Session 6 Climatology and Long-Term Satellite Studies: Part III
Chair: Jeffrey D. Hawkins, NRL, Monterey, CA
3:30 PM 6.1 The Diurnal Cycle of Oceanic Precipitation in Models and Satellite Observations   John Janowiak, NOAA/CPC, Camp Springs, MD; and V. Kousky, R. Joyce, P. Xie, Y. Yarosh, and M. Chen 4:00 PM 6.2 Diurnal and angular variability of cloud detection: consistency between polar and geosynchronous ISCCP products   G. Garrett Campbell, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Ft. Collins, CO 4:15 PM 6.3 CERES Cloud Property Database from VIRS and MODIS   Sunny Sun-Mack, SAIC, Hampton, VA; and Y. Chen, Q. Trepte, P. Minnis, E. B. Geier, and P. W. Heck 4:30 PM 6.4 MODIS view of tropical clouds and water vapor   Philip W. Mote, Northwest Research Associates, Bellevue, WA; and R. Frey 4:45 PM 6.5 The 15-year ERBE data set upgraded   Kathryn A. Bush, SAIC, Hampton, VA; and G. L. Smith, T. Wong, and R. B. Lee 5:00 PM 6.6 MSU Recalibrations Using Simultaneous Nadir Overpasses For Climate Trend Studies   Cheng-Zhi Zou, NOAA/ORA, Camp Springs, MD; and M. D. Goldberg, Z. Cheng, N. Grody, J. Sullivan, C. Cao, and D. Tarpley 5:15 PM 6.7 Variability and trend of cloud parameters and OLR retrieved from the TOVS Pathfinder Path A dataset   Gyula I. Molnar, JCET/Univ. of Maryland, Greenbelt, MD; and J. Susskind
	5:30 PM, Tuesday Sessions end for the day (T)
Wednesday, 1 February 2006
	8:30 AM-12:00 PM, Wednesday, A305 Joint Session 4 Marine Meteorological Applications of Real and Synthetic Aperture Radar (Joint between the 14th Conference on Interaction of the Sea and Atmosphere and the 14th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography)
Cochairs: Jochen Horstmann, GKSS Research Center, Geesthacht Germany; Nathaniel S. Winstead, Johns Hopkins Univ., Laurel, MD
8:30 AM J4.1 WindSat Wind Vector Retrievals in the Presence of Clouds   Zorana Jelenak, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and T. Mavor, L. N. Connor, and P. S. Chang 8:45 AM J4.2 High resolution vector wind retrieval from SeaWinds scatterometer data   David G. Long, Brigham Young Univ., Provo, UT 9:00 AM J4.3 Assessment of Enivsat ASAR wind speed retrieval performance   Frank M. Monaldo, APL/Johns Hopkins Univ., Laurel, MD; and D. R. Thompson 9:15 AM J4.4 Estimation of Surface Winds From SAR Using a Projection Algorithm   Christopher C. Wackerman, Advanced Information Systems, Ypsilanti, MI; and W. Pichel, X. Li, and P. Clemente_Colon 9:30 AM J4.5 Operational Wind Field Retrieval using C-band Synthetic Aperture Radars   Jochen Horstmann, GKSS Research Center, Geesthacht, Germany; and W. Koch 9:45 AM J4.6 Surface marine wind retrieval in non-precipitating regions   C. Harold Ritchie, MSC, Dorval, QC, Canada; and R. E. Danielson and M. Dowd 10:00 AM Coffee Break in Meeting Room Foyer   10:30 AM J4.7 Synthetic Aperture Radar Observations of Mesoscale Atmospheric Phenomena   George Young, Penn State Univ., University Park, PA; and N. S. Winstead, F. M. Monaldo, D. R. Thompson, and T. D. Sikora 10:45 AM J4.8 Wind energy applications of synthetic aperture radar   Merete B. Christiansen, Risø National Laboratory, Roskilde, Denmark; and C. B. Hasager 11:00 AM J4.9 Hurricane Watch: Operational analysis of hurricane characteristics using synthetic aperture radar   Hans C. Graber, Univ. of Miami, Miami, FL; and J. Horstmann, F. M. Monaldo, and S. Iris 11:15 AM J4.10 A Composite Study of SAR Wind Observations in Southeast Alaska   Carl F. Dierking, NOAA/NWS, Juneau, AK; and T. A. Ress and M. J. Foster 11:30 AM J4.11 Analyzing surface wind fields near lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak waters using SAR   Eddie Zingone, NOAA/NWS, Anchorage, AK; and G. L. Hufford 11:45 AM J4.12 RADARSAT Derived Wind and Other Environmental Products for Maritime Operations   Paris Vachon, Defence R&D, Ottawa, ON, Canada; and B. G. Whitehouse and W. M. Renaud
	11:00 AM-7:30 PM, Wednesday Exhibits Open (W)
	12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Wednesday Lunch Break (Cash & Carry available in the Exhibit Hall) (W)
	1:30 PM-2:45 PM, Wednesday, A302 Joint Session 6 GOES-R: Part I (Joint with Second Symposium: Toward a Global Earth Observation System of Systems—Future National Operational Environmental Satellite Systems and 14th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography)
Cochairs: Gary K. Davis, NOAA/NESDIS, Silver Spring, MD; James J. Gurka, NOAA/NESDIS, Silver Spring, MD
1:30 PM J6.1 Introduction to GOES-R   Gary K. Davis, NOAA/NESDIS, Silver Spring, MD 1:45 PM J6.2 GOES-R Program Overview   Michael Crison, NOAA/NESDIS, Silver Spring, MD 2:00 PM J6.3 The ABI (Advanced Baseline Imager) on GOES-R   Timothy J. Schmit, NOAA/NESDIS, Madison, WI; and W. P. Menzel, J. Gurka, and M. M. Gunshor 2:15 PM J6.4 Infrared measurements from the Hyperspectral Environmental Suite (HES) on GOES-R   W. Paul Menzel, NOAA/NESDIS, Madison, WI; and T. J. Schmit, J. J. Gurka, and J. Li 2:30 PM J6.5 GOES-R Coastal Waters Imaging and the COAST Risk Reduction Activities   Curtiss Davis, Oregon State Univ., Corvallis, OR; and M. Abbott
	2:30 PM-4:00 PM, Wednesday Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break (W2)
	2:30 PM, Wednesday, Exhibit Hall A2 Poster Session 3 Environmental Applications
P3.1 Production and preliminary evaluation of operational SST and aerosol products from NOAA-18 AVHRR/3   Alexander Ignatov, NOAA/NESDIS/ORA, Camp Springs, MD; and J. Sapper, A. Harris, W. G. Pichel, X. Li, and Y. Kihai   JP1.12 Multi-sensor analysis of cold water along the Mid-Atlantic coast during midsummer 2003   Donglian Sun, George Mason Univ., Fairfax, VA; and M. Kafatos and R. Yang   P3.3 Satellite based estimation of anthropogenic aerosol radiative forcing over tropical Indian Ocean   Falguni Patadia, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and S. Christopher and S. K. Satheesh   P3.4 Tire fire inquire   Lori A. Borg, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and M. S. Kulie, Z. Li, C. Y. Liu, B. Maddux, D. Tobin, T. J. Wagner, W. Zhou, and S. A. Ackerman   P3.5 Satellite derived aerosol optical depth products in support of UAE2   Arunas P. Kuciauskas, NRL, Monterey, CA; and S. D. Miller P3.6 Five years of GOES WF_ABBA fire products: analysis and applications   Elaine Prins, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Grass Valley, CA; and C. Schmidt, J. M. Feltz, J. S. Reid, J. Brunner, and J. Hoffman   P3.7 Explanation of variation in satellite observed aerosol indirect effect   Hongfei Shao, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and G. Liu   P3.8 Detecting volcanic ash and blowing dust using GOES, MODIS, and AIRS imagery   Bernadette H. Connell, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Ft. Collins, CO; and F. Prata   P3.9 Characterization of dust storms sources in southwestern U. S and northwestern Mexico using remote sensing imagery   Nancy Ivette Rivera Rivera, Univ. of Texas, El Paso, TX; and M. Bleiweiss, J. L. Hand, and T. E. Gill   P3.10 Air Quality, Population and Energy Usage over Global Mega cities   Pawan Gupta, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and S. A. Christopher   P3.11 Aerosol retrievals from MSG SEVIRI over ocean using AVHRR-like algorithm   Helen E. Brindley, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom; and A. Ignatov   P3.12 Aerosol optical depth retrievals from high-resolution commercial satellite imagery over areas of high surface reflectance   Dominick A. Vincent, NPS, Monterey, CA; and P. A. Durkee, K. E. Nielsen, J. Zhang, and J. S. Reid   P3.13 Satellite Meteorology Education and Training Resources: Leveraging today's Polar-orbiting Satellite Data in Preparation for NPOESS   Patrick N. Dills, UCAR/COMET, Boulder, CO; and S. Wang   P3.14 Statistical comparison between satellite-derived mesoscale atmospheric motion vectors and NOAA wind profiler network observations   Kristopher M. Bedka, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and W. F. Feltz, J. R. Mecikalski, R. A. Petersen, and C. S. Velden   P3.15 Retrieval of Flux Properties Associated with Mesoscale Winds   Christopher P. Jewett, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and J. R. Mecikalski and K. M. Bedka   P3.16 A quantitative analysis of the enhanced-V feature   Jason Brunner, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and S. A. Ackerman, A. S. Bachmeier, and R. M. Rabin   P3.17 Observations of orographic Cloud Base Heights from satellite and in-situ measurements at the Monteverde Cloud Mist Forest Reserve, Costa Rica   Jian Zeng, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and Q. Han, S. Asefi, R. M. Welch, R. O. Lawton, U. S. Nair, and D. K. Ray   P3.18 Use of MODIS and GOES imagery to help delineate the distribution of cloud forests along the eastern Andean slopes   Michael W. Douglas, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and J. F. Mejia and T. Killeen   P3.19 Observational and modeling studies of cloud and associated rainfall processes   Xiaofan Li, JCSDA and NOAA/NESDIS/ORA, Camp Springs, MD   P3.20 NRL tropical cyclone R&D web resource augmentations   Jeffrey D. Hawkins, NRL, Monterey, CA; and J. F. Turk, T. F. Lee, K. Richardson, S. D. Miller, C. Sampson, J. E. Kent, and R. H. Wade   P3.21 Detecting Tropical Cyclone Structural Change with the TRMM Precipitation Radar (PR) and Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit (AMSU)   Stephen R. Guimond, COAPS, Tallahassee, FL; and F. J. Turk, C. B. Blankenship, and J. D. Hawkins   P3.22 Multi-sensor perspectives on the convective and radiative properties of the Tropopause Layer over the Tropical Americas   Jasna V. Pittman, USRA, Huntsville, AL; and F. R. Robertson and T. L. Miller   P3.23 Day/night visible satellite images   Frederick R. Mosher, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, FL   P3.24 Evaluation of Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) shortwave infrared bands for optimum nighttime fog detection   Gary P. Ellrod, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD   P3.25 Multi-Spectral Remotely Sensed Snowfall Rate Estimation   Yajaira Mejia, NOAA-CREST and City College of New York, New York, NY; and R. Khanvilbardi and S. Mahani   P3.26 Development of a Snowfall Retrieval Algorithm Using Data at High Microwave Frequencies   Yoo-Jeong Noh, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and G. Liu and E. K. Seo
	2:30 PM, Wednesday, Exhibit Hall A2 Poster Session 4 Operational Products
P4.1 Using multi-spectral satellite remote sensing techniques to nowcast nocturnal convection initiation   Wayne M. MacKenzie Jr., University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and J. R. Mecikalski and K. M. Bedka   P4.2 A hydrometeorological warning system for Mexico (HWS-Mex): A plan and its first stages of development   Jorge Sanchez-Sesma, Instituto Mexicano de Tecnologia del Agua, Jiutepec, Morelos, Mexico; and J. L. Perez-Lopez and M. A. Sosa Chiñas   P4.3 Statistical downscaling for GFS precipitation forecast over Sahel region based on Meteosat Second Generation rainfall estimates   Francesca Guarnieri, National Research Council, Firenze, Italy; and M. Pasqui, L. Genesio, S. Melani, and P. Vignaroli   P4.4 The current status of the NOAA/AMSU-based operational precipitation product   Ralph R. Ferraro, NOAA/NESDIS, College Park, MD; and C. Kongoli, P. Pellegrino, H. Meng, and F. Weng   P4.5 Application of the Hydro-Estimator rainfall algorithm over Hawaii   Robert J. Kuligowski, NOAA/NESDIS/ORA, Camp Springs, MD; and J. S. Im, J. C. Davenport, and R. A. Scofield   P4.6 Calibration/Validation of NOAA-18 AMSU-A and MHS for the Microwave Surface and Precipitation Products System (MSPPS)   Huan Meng, QSS Group, Inc. Lanham, MD and NOAA/NESDIS/ORA, Camp Springs, MD; and L. Zhao, R. R. Ferraro, F. Weng, and Q. Liu   P4.7 Recent Developments of Satellite Products on the FNMOC TC Web Page   Yiping Wang, FNMOC, Monterey, CA; and J. Tesmer, J. Lerner, and J. Vermeulen   P4.8 Toward an objective satellite-based algorithm to provide real-time estimates of TC intensity using integrated multispectral (IR and MW) observations   Christopher Velden, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. P. Kossin, T. L. Olander, D. Herndon, A. Wimmers, R. Wacker, K. F. Brueske, B. Kabat, J. D. Hawkins, R. T. Edson, and M. DeMaria   P4.9 A multi-platform satellite tropical cyclone wind analysis system   John A. Knaff, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Ft. Collins, CO; and M. DeMaria   P4.10 AVHRR/MODIS relative calibration bias estimates deduced from the SNO method: Uncertainties due to earth-scene inhomogeneities   Robert A. Iacovazzi Jr., ERT, Inc., Jessup, MD; and C. Cao and P. Ciren   P4.11 GOES sounder single field of view products   Jaime M. Daniels, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and G. E. Gray, G. S. Wade, T. J. Schmit, J. P. Nelson, A. J. Schreiner, and C. Holland   P4.12 The GOES Hybrid Microburst Index   Kenneth L. Pryor, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD   P4.13 Recent innovations in deriving tropospheric winds from meteorological satellites   Christopher Velden, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI P4.14 Characterization of tracer height assignment errors: A recurring theme for satellite-derived atmospheric motion vectors   Jaime M. Daniels, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and W. Bresky   P4.15 Polar Wind retrievals using the Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit   John F. Dostalek, CIRA, Ft. Collins, CO; and M. DeMaria   P4.16 Satellite-derived wind, cloud, and surface products at Direct Broadcast sites in the Antarctic and Arctic   William Straka III, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. R. Key, M. A. Lazzara, D. Santek, L. E. Gumley, and K. I. Strabala   P4.17 Polar cloud-detection algorithms for a real-time analysis and forecasting model   Robert P. D'Entremont, AER, Lexington, MA; and G. B. Gustafson   P4.18 NASA-Langley web-based operational real-time cloud retrieval products from geostationary satellites   Rabindra Palikonda, AS&M, Hampton, VA; and D. Phan, M. M. Khaiyer, M. L. Nordeen, J. K. Ayers, D. A. Spangenberg, D. R. Doelling, Y. Yi, P. Minnis, L. Nguyen, Q. Trepte, and S. Sun-Mack   P4.19 Integration of advanced satellite cloud products into an icing aircraft icing nowcasting system   Julie A. Haggerty, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and G. Cunning, B. Bernstein, M. Chapman, D. B. Johnson, M. Politovich, C. Wolff, P. Minnis, and R. Palikonda   P4.20 Introducing the operational GOES imager Clear-Sky Brightness Temperature (CSBT) data products   Anthony J. Schreiner, CIMSS, Madison, WI; and J. A. Jung, T. J. Schmit, C. W. Holland, J. P. Nelson, T. L. Olander, and W. P. Menzel   P4.21 MISST – The Multi-sensor Improved Sea Surface Temperature for GODAE   Gary A. Wick, NOAA/ERL/ETL, Boulder, CO; and C. Gentemann, J. Cummings, and E. Bayler   P4.22 Geostationary Sea Surface Temperature Products (Current and Future)   Eileen Maturi, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and A. Harris, C. J. Merchant, X. Li, and R. Potash   P4.23 An SST Satellite Match-up System   Dorlisa L. Hommel, Raytheon ITSS, Upper Marlboro, MD; and R. J. Sikorski   P4.24 A MODIS sea surface temperature composite product   Stephanie L. Haines, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and G. J. Jedlovec, S. M. Lazarus, and C. G. Calvert   P4.25 Evaluation of the AMSU land surface temperature algorithm for skin and shelter-air temperature retrievals   Cezar E. Kongoli, QSS Group, Inc., Lanham, MD; and P. Pellegrino, F. Weng, C. Dean, and R. R. Ferraro
	3:45 PM, Wednesday Sessions end for the day (W)
	4:00 PM-5:30 PM, Wednesday, A305 Session 7 Environmental Applications
Chair: John V. Zapotocny, Air Force Weather Agency, Offutt AFB, NE
4:00 PM 7.1 Integration of Satellite, Modeled, and Ground Based Aerosol Data for use in Air Quality and Public Health Applications   Valerie Garcia, US EPA, Research Triangle Park, NC; and S. Kondragunta, R. M. Hoff, S. Tinkle, S. T. Rao, G. Thurston, D. Holland, J. Szykman, J. Engel-Cox, J. Al-Saadi, and L. A. Remer 4:30 PM 7.2 Satellite derived products to enhance aviation nowcasting of convection, turbulence, and volcanic ash   Wayne F. Feltz, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and K. Bedka, A. Wimmers, M. Pavolonis, S. Bedka, S. A. Ackerman, J. R. Mecikalski, J. J. Murray, and D. B. Johnson 4:45 PM 7.3 FORMOST-3/COSMIC mission to global earth weather monitoring, operation, and TACC/CDAAC post-processing   Bor-Han Wu, National Space Organization (NSPO), Hsin-Chu, Taiwan; and C. J. Fong, C. Y. Huang, Y. A. Liou, N. Yen, and P. Chen 5:00 PM 7.4 The Role of Satellite-derived Cloud Climatologies in Deep-space to Ground Laser Communications   Gary S. Wojcik, Northrop Grumman TASC, Chantilly, VA; and H. L. Szymczak, R. J. Alliss, and M. L. Mason 5:15 PM 7.5 Smoking Pyrocumulonimbus: observations from MODIS, MISR, AVHRR, DMSP, GOES and TOMS   Michael Fromm, NRL, Washington, DC; and R. Servranckx, S. D. Miller, J. Turk, and B. J. Stocks
	5:30 PM-7:30 PM, Wednesday Reception in the Exhibit Hall (Cash Bar)
	7:30 PM, Wednesday AMS Annual Awards Banquet
Thursday, 2 February 2006
	8:30 AM-9:45 AM, Thursday, A305 Session 8 Operational Products
Chair: Gerald Dittberner, NOAA/NESDIS, Silver Spring, MD
8:30 AM 8.1 A daily blended analysis for sea surface temperature   Richard W. Reynolds, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and K. S. Casey, T. M. Smith, and D. B. Chelton 9:00 AM 8.2 Retrieval of cloud phase over the Arctic using MODIS 6.7-12 micron data   Douglas Spangenberg, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA; and M. Shupe, M. R. Poellot, and P. Minnis 9:15 AM 8.3 Nowcasting aircraft icing conditions using GOES-derived cloud products   Cory A. Wolff, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and B. C. Bernstein and F. McDonough 9:30 AM 8.4 GOES single FOV total column ozone: Development and Initial Results   John A. Knox, University of Georgia, Athens, GA; and C. C. Schmidt
	9:45 AM-11:00 AM, Thursday Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break (Th1)
	9:45 AM, Thursday, Exhibit Hall A2 Poster Session 5 Data Assimilation
P5.1 Variational assimilation of SSM/I observations in clear skies at the Meteorological Service of Canada   David Anselmo, MSC, Dorval, PQ, Canada; and G. Deblonde   P5.2 A new 4D variational assimilation method of spaceborne data for moisture budget studies   Aurelie Bouchard, CETP, Velizy, France; and L. Yvon and V. Nicolas   P5.3 Validation of Satellite-Derived Liquid Water Paths with Ground-Based Microwave Radiometers for Various Cloud Regimes   Mandana M. Khaiyer, AS&M, Hampton, VA; and P. Minnis, R. F. Arduini, R. Palikonda, M. L. Nordeen, and J. K. Ayers   P5.4 Use of AIRS/AMSU retrieved soundings to improve prediction of Gulf moisture return   Shanna J. Sampson, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and K. A. Brewster, G. J. Jedlovec, and W. M. Lapenta   P5.5 Analytic construction of instantaneous field of view ellipsoids on an arbitrary earth projection   Thomas J. Kleespies, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD   P5.6 Microwave Variational Retrieval of Surface and Atmospheric Parameters: Application to AMSU/MHS and SSMI/S sensors   Sid Ahmed Boukabara, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and F. Weng and Q. Liu   P5.7 Merging AMSR-E hydrometeor data with coastal radar data for short term high-resolution forecasts of Hurricane Ivan   Keith A. Brewster, CAPS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK   P5.8 Error Analysis of Global Microwave Surface Emissivity over Land   Andrew S. Jones, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and P. C. Shott, J. M. Forsythe, C. L. Combs, and T. H. Vonder Haar   P5.9 Evaluation of the Assumptions made in a Land Surface Data Assimilation Technique   Scott M. Mackaro, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL   P5.10 A Simple 1DVAR Approach Toward Cloudy Infared Radiance Assimilation   Sylvain Heilliette, EC, Dorval, QC, Canada; and L. Garand   P5.11 Atmospheric infrared sounder assimilation experiments using NCEP's GFS   James A. Jung, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and T. H. Zapotocny, J. F. LeMarshall, and R. Treadon   P5.12 Assimilation of Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) Data in a Regional Model   Shih-Hung Chou, NASA/MSFC, Huntsville, AL; and B. T. Zavodsky, W. M. Lapenta, and G. J. Jedlovec   P5.13 Assimilation of AIRS hyperspectral radiances at MSC   Louis Garand, EC, Dorval, QC, Canada; and A. Beaulne and N. Wagneur   P5.14 Recent MODIS data assimilation experiments in the NCEP GFS   Tom H. Zapotocny, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. A. Jung and J. F. LeMarshall P5.15 Targeted use of rapid-scan geostationary satellite wind data   Rolf H. Langland, NRL, Monterey, CA; and N. L. Baker, P. M. Pauley, and C. S. Velden   P5.16 Study of observational error and targeted observation in observing system simulation experiments (OSSEs) for NPOESS   John S. Woollen, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC, Camp Springs, MD; and M. Masutani and S. J. Lord   P5.17 Studies on the Initialization and Simulation of Hurricane Lili(2002): Assimilation of QuickScat, GOES-8 and Terra Data Using MM5 4D-Var System   Xiaoyan Zhang, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and Q. Xiao, P. J. Fitzpatrick, and Y. H. Kuo   P5.18 Improving forecasts of tropical cyclogenesis and intensity change: the role of spaceborne Doppler radar   William E. Lewis, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and G. J. Tripoli   P5.19 Assimilation of GOES radiances to improve forecasting of mid-level, mixed-phase clouds   Curtis J. Seaman, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and T. Vukicevic and T. Vonder Haar   P5.20 Direct use of satellite horizontal gradients in variational analysis   Daniel Birkenheuer, NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO   P5.21 Comparison of RUC condensate analyses and forecasts with satellite-derived cloud properties   William L. Smith Jr., NASA LaRC, Hampton, VA; and P. Minnis and S. Benjamin   P5.22 Reanalysis Impact on Quality Controls of Long-term Satellite Sounding Observation   Masami Sakamoto, Japan Meteorological Agency, Tokyo, Japan; and K. Okamoto, Y. Yoshizaki, H. Murata, S. Kobayashi, J. Tsutsui, S. Kadokura, K. Wada, and H. Hatsushika
	9:45 AM, Thursday, Exhibit Hall A2 Poster Session 6 New and Future Sensors and Applications
P6.1 Validation of GOES-N imager data and products during the GOES-N science test   Jaime M. Daniels, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and R. J. Kuligowski, R. A. Scofield, G. P. Ellrod, W. Bresky, J. C. Davenport, D. W. Hillger, T. J. Schmit, and A. J. Schreiner   P6.2 The GOES-N Sounder Data and Products   Timothy J. Schmit, NOAA/NESDIS, Madison, WI; and G. S. Wade, M. M. Gunshor, J. P. Nelson, A. J. Schreiner, J. Li, J. M. Daniels, and D. W. Hillger   P6.3 An overview of the GOES-N science test   Donald W. Hillger, NOAA/NEDSIS/ORA, Fort Collins, CO; and T. J. Schmit, D. T. Lindsey, J. A. Knaff, and J. M. Daniels   P6.4 Synthetic GOES-R and NPOESS Imagery of Mesoscale Weather Events   Lewis Grasso, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and M. Sengupta, J. F. Dostalek, and M. DeMaria   P6.5 Lossless Compression Studies for NOAA GOES-R Hyperspectral Environmental Suite   Bormin Huang, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and A. Ahuja, Y. Sriraja, H. L. Huang, and M. Goldberg   P6.6 GOES-R ABI new product development   Donald W. Hillger, NOAA/NEDSIS/ORA, Fort Collins, CO   P6.7 Physical retrieval for precise satellite SST measurements—GOES-R Risk Reduction Study   Eileen Maturi, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and W. Smith and S. V. Kireev   P6.8 Advanced Nowcasting Application for Next Generation GOES   T. Scott Zaccheo, AER, Inc, Lexington, MA; and R. P. D'Entremont, G. B. Gustafson, and D. B. Hogan   P6.9 An objective nowcasting tool that optimizes the impact of GOES-Derive Product Imagery in very-short-range forecasts and nowcasts   Ralph A. Petersen, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin; and R. M. Aune   P6.10 Tropical cyclone applications of next-generation operational satellite soundings   Mark DeMaria, NOAA/NESDIS, Ft. Collins, CO; and D. W. Hillger, C. D. Barnet, and R. T. DeMaria   P6.11 Statistical comparisons of model output with satellite observations: A severe weather case   Manajit Sengupta, CIRA, Ft. Collins, CO; and L. Grasso, D. T. Lindsey, and M. DeMaria P6.12 Studying NOAA limb-correction algorithm by simultaneous NOAA-16 and -18 satellite measurements   Quanhua Liu, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and F. Weng   P6.13 Intercalibration of the newest geostationary imagers via high spectral resolution AIRS data   Mathew M. Gunshor, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and T. J. Schmit, W. P. Menzel, and D. C. Tobin   P6.14 Far-infrared spectroscopy of the troposphere (FIRST): Instrument description, performance, and results   Martin G. Mlynczak, NASA/LARC, Hampton, VA; and D. G. Johnson, H. Latvakoski, D. P. Kratz, M. Watson, K. Jucks, W. Traub, G. E. Bingham, S. Wellard, and C. Hyde   P6.15 Observed 3-D Structure of Atmospheric Temperature and Moisture Associated with the Madden-Julian Oscillation   Lihang Zhou, QSS Group Inc., Lanham, MD; and M. Goldberg, W. W. Wolf, and C. D. Barnet   P6.16 Calibration and Validation for NOAA18 HIRS/4 Measurements   Likun Wang, QSS Group Inc, Camp Spring, MD; and C. Cao and P. Ciren   P6.17 Testing the CMIS core retrieval algorithm with AMSU data and comparison with NOAA and AMSR products   Ryan Aschbrenner, AER, Lexington, MA; and P. Liang, J. L. Moncet, S. A. Boukabara, and F. Weng   P6.18 SSMIS lower atmospheric sounding cal/val   Donald J. Boucher, The Aerospace Corporation, Los Angeles, CA; and R. W. Farley, A. A. Fote, Y. Hong, D. B. Kunkee, G. Poe, S. D. Swadley, B. H. Thomas, and J. E. Wessel   P6.19 Scan Bias in Microwave Sounders—From AMSU to ATMS   Bjorn H. Lambrigtsen, JPL, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA   P6.20 Precipitation Signatures in SSMIS Imagery   F. Joseph Turk, NRL, Monterey, CA; and T. F. Lee, S. D. Miller, R. Ferraro, and F. Weng P6.21 Oceanic rainfall retrievals from the QuikSCAT radiometer   Thomas T. Wilheit, Brazos Earth System Science, Inc., College Station, TX; and K. Ahmad, W. L. Jones, and T. Kasparis   P6.22 Characterizing TRMM Multi-satellite Precipitation Analysis (MPA) quality at multiple time and space scales using surface data   George J. Huffman, NASA/GSFC and SSAI, Greenbelt, MD; and R. F. Adler, D. T. Bolvin, K. P. Bowman, E. J. Nelkin, and D. B. Wolff   P6.23 Calibration of DMSP F-16 Special Sensor Microwave Imager and Sounder   Banghua Yan Sr., QSS Group, Inc., Camp Springs, MD; and F. Weng and T. Mo   P6.24 Air mass pre-classification to improve performance of physical retrievals for CMIS   Alan E. Lipton, AER, Inc., Lexington, MA; and K. J. Quinn and J. L. Moncet   P6.25 Co-location algorithms for satellite observations   Haibing Sun, QSS Group, Inc., Lanham, MD; and W. Wolf, T. King, C. D. Barnet, and M. Goldberg   P6.26 Information content analysis in support of a new Infrared Cloud Ice Radiometer for SIRICE   Tristan S. L'Ecuyer, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and T. Greenwald, S. Ackerman, and K. F. Evans   P6.27 CloudSat and MODIS Data Merging: The First Step toward the Implementation of the NASA A-Train Data Depot   Gilberto A. Vicente, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and P. Smith, S. Kempler, K. Tewari, R. Kummerer, and G. G. Leptoukh   P6.28 Developments in ocean infrared emissivity/reflection modeling: comparisons against observations   Nicholas R. Nalli, QSS Group, Inc., Camp Springs, MD; and P. J. Minnett, P. Van Delst, C. D. Barnet, and M. D. Goldberg   P6.29 Advanced radiative transfer model for real-time remote sensing applications   Richard J. Lynch, AER, Inc., Lexington, MA; and E. J. Kennelly, H. E. Snell, D. B. Hogan, and J. L. Moncet
	11:00 AM-4:00 PM, Thursday Exhibits Open (Th)
	11:00 AM-12:15 PM, Thursday, A305 Session 9 Data Assimilation
Chair: Robert Atlas, NOAA/AOML, Miami, FL
11:00 AM 9.1 One-dimensional variational assimilation of SSM/I observations in rainy atmospheres at the Meteorological Service of Canada   Godelieve Deblonde, AES, Dorval, PQ, Canada; and J. F. Mahfouf, B. Bilodeau, and D. Anselmo 11:30 AM 9.2 Assimilation of Advanced InfraRed Sounder (AIRS) observations at JCSDA   John F. Le Marshall, Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation, Camp Springs, MD; and J. A. Jung, J. Derber, R. Treadon, M. Goldberg, W. Wolf, and T. H. Zapotocny 11:45 AM 9.3 Mechanisms that propagate polar satellite-derived atmospheric motion vector information into lower latitudes   David A. Santek, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. A. Jung, T. H. Zapotocny, J. Key, and C. Velden 12:00 PM 9.4 Evaluating the impact of satellite data density within an ensemble data assimilation approach   Dusanka Zupanski, CIRA/Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and L. Grasso, M. DeMaria, M. Sengupta, and M. Zupanski
	12:15 PM-1:30 PM, Thursday Lunch Break (Cash & Carry available in the Exhibit Hall) (Th)
	1:30 PM-2:45 PM, Thursday, A305 Session 10 New and Future Sensors and Applications: Part I
Chair: Philip E. Ardanuy, Raytheon Information Technology and Scientific Services, Lanham, MD
1:30 PM 10.1 The Origin of Sensors: Evolutionary Considerations for Next Generation Satellite Programs   Steven D. Miller, NRL, Monterey, CA; and F. J. Turk, T. F. Lee, J. D. Hawkins, C. S. Velden, C. C. Schmidt, E. M. Prins, and S. H. D. Haddock 2:00 PM 10.2 SATELLITE SOUNDINGS: LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE ATMOSPHERIC INFRARED SOUNDER (AIRS)   Moustafa Chahine, NASA/JPL, Pasadena, CA; and H. H. Aumann 2:15 PM 10.3 Preparations for the GEOSS: Satellite-Based Algorithm Development Activities at NESDIS   Mitch Goldberg, NOAA, Camp Springs, MD 2:30 PM 10.4 GeoSTAR: A New Payload for GOES-R   Bjorn H. Lambrigtsen, JPL, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA; and W. Wilson, A. Tanner, P. Kangaslahti, S. Dinardo, S. Brown, J. Piepmeier, and C. Ruf
	3:00 PM, Thursday Registration Desk Closes
	3:00 PM-3:30 PM, Thursday Coffee Break in the Exhibit Hall and AMS IPOD Raffle (Th2)
	3:30 PM-5:30 PM, Thursday, A305 Session 11 New and Future Sensors and Applications: Part II
Chair: Jaime Daniels, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD
11.1 First Results from the CloudSat mission   Graeme Stephens, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and D. G. Vane 3:30 PM 11.1A The Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Mission: An Overview   George J. Huffman, NASA/GSFC and SSAI, Greenbelt, MD; and A. Y. Hou 4:00 PM 11.2 Uses of satellite microwave measurements in weather and climate studies: status, challenges and requirement for future Instrumentation   Fuzhong Weng, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD 4:15 PM 11.3 Toward an integrated system for the calibration/validation of multisensor radiances from operational satellites   Changyong Cao, NOAA/NESDIS/ORA, Camp Springs, MD; and F. Weng, M. Goldberg, X. Wu, and J. Sullivan 4:30 PM 11.4 Weather forecasting applications using WindSat   Thomas F. Lee, NRL, Monterey, CA; and J. S. Goerss, J. D. Hawkins, F. J. Turk, and Z. Jelenak 4:45 PM 11.5 WindSat Ocean Surface Wind Vector and Sea Surface Temperature Products   Michael H. Bettenhausen, NRL, Washington, DC; and P. W. Gaiser 5:00 PM 11.6 Applications of GPS Radio Occultation Sounding Technique to Weather and Climate and the FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC Mission   Ying-Hwa Kuo, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and C. Rocken and R. A. Anthes 5:15 PM 11.7 Improved soundings and error estimates using AIRS/AMSU data   Joel Susskind, NASA, Greenbelt, MD
	4:00 PM, Thursday Exhibit Close
	5:30 PM, Thursday Conference Ends
	6:00 PM, Thursday Lilly Symposium Banquet

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