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| 9:15 AM | KS0.1 | Creating a New Vision for NOAA's Observing Systems Gregory Withee (Invited), NOAA/NESDIS, Silver Spring, MD |
Session 1 Climatology and Clouds
| 9:45 AM | 1.1 | Modes of Tropical water cycle variability (Invited Presentation)  John J. Bates, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC |
Coffee Break in Poster Session Room
Poster Session 1 Climatology and Clouds
| P1.1 | Use of Satellite Cloud Climatology for Assessing Cloud-Free-Line-of-Sight Probabilities Ray Hobbs, Aeromet, Inc., Tulsa, OK; and J. Mitchell, M. A. Bedrick, D. J. Rusk, and R. L. Rose | |
| P1.2 | Development and applications of regional cloud products from the CHANCES global cloud database Donald L. Reinke, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and J. M. Forsythe, J. A. Kankiewicz, K. R. Dean, C. L. Combs, and T. H. Vonder Haar | |
| P1.3 | Cloudiness characteristics over Northern Hemisphere: An analysis based on ISCCP D2 cloud data set Valery N. Khokhlov, Odessa State Environmental University, Odessa, Ukraine | |
| P1.4 | Trends in high clouds over the last 20 years Donald P. Wylie, SSEC/University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and W. P. Menzel, D. Jackson, and J. J. Bates | |
| P1.5 | Simulation of the Antarctic climate using the Arctic Region Climate System Model (ARCSyM) and the AVHRR Polar Pathfinder (APP) data set Michael J. Pavolonis, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. R. Key | |
| P1.6 | Recent Arctic Climate Trends Observed from Space, 1982–1999 Xuanji Wang, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. R. Key | |
| P1.7 | Sampling errors of monthly-mean radiative fluxes from the earth radiation budget satellite T. Dale Bess, NASA/LaRC, Hampton, VA; and T. Wong and G. L. Smith | |
| P1.8 | The HIRS Pathfinder Radiance data set (1979–2001) Darren L. Jackson, CIRES and NOAA/ETL, Boulder, CO; and D. P. Wylie and J. J. Bates | |
| P1.9 | SST for climate from AATSR on Envisat: processing and validation Lisa A. Horrocks, Met Office, Bracknell, Berks., United Kingdom; and A. O'Carroll, R. W. Saunders, T. Roberts, and J. Watts | |
| P1.10 | Application of satellite information to urban climatology Judit Bartholy, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary; and R. Pongrácz and Z. Dezsô | |
| P1.11 | The relationship between cloudiness and surface temperature Konstantin Y. Vinnikov, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and N. Grody, A. Robock, and A. Basist | |
| P1.12 | Impact of Regime Changes on Climate Rainfall Estimates from Passive Microwave Sensors Wesley Berg, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and C. Kummerow | |
| P1.13 | Extending the 12-year NVAP global water vapor dataset into the 21st century John M. Forsythe, Science and Technology Corp., Fort Collins, CO; and D. L. Randel, S. Woo, D. McKague, and T. H. Vonder Haar | |
| P1.14 | Analysis of the NVAP water vapor dataset: a tool for monitoring Earth’s water vapor from daily to decadal time scales Thomas H. Vonder Haar, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and J. M. Forsythe, D. L. Randel, and S. Woo | |
| P1.15 | Inter-comparison of GOES and MODIS imagery in the analysis of fog and stratus Gary P. Ellrod, NOAA/NESDIS/ORA, Camp Springs, MD; and S. Bachmeier | |
| P1.16 | Mesoscale stratocumulus bands caused by Gulf Steam meanders George S. Young, Penn State Univ., University Park, PA; and T. D. Sikora | |
| P1.17 | Validation of GOES Imager experimental low cloud data products for terrestrial free space optical telecommunications Kenneth W. Fischer, Terabeam Corporation, Redmond, WA; and G. P. Elrod, M. R. Witiw, J. A. Baars, and T. J. Ashman | |
| P1.18 | Combined MODIS and cloud radar cirrus retrievals Shaima L. Nasiri, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and S. A. Ackerman, G. Mace, and A. Heymfield | |
| P1.19 | Cirrus detection and characterization using GOES 3.9 µm albedo Stanley Q. Kidder, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO | |
| P1.20 | Multilevel cloud retrieval from the GOES platform Dongsoo Kim, NOAA/ERL/FSL and CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and S. Koch | |
| P1.21 | GOES Cloud Detection at the Global Hydrology and Climate Center Gary J. Jedlovec, NASA/MSFC, Huntsville, AL; and K. Laws | |
| P1.22 | PAPER WITHDRAWN | |
| P1.22A | Comparisons of regional and global cloud products between MODIS and other data sets Richard A. Frey, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and S. A. Ackerman, W. P. Menzel, H. Zhang, B. A. Baum, and A. J. Schreiner | |
| P1.23 | Convective-scale analysis and classification of convective cloud systems in Sub-Saharan Africa using the TRMM Microwave Radiometer Karen I. Mohr, University at Albany, SUNY, Albany, NY | |
| P1.24 | Estimating the error in cloud amount and cloud optical depth retrievals from GOES data Iliana Genkova, PNNL, Richland, WA; and C. Long | |
| P1.25 | Cloud Cover Detection Algorithms for EO-1 Hyperion Imagery (Formerly Poster P5.25) Michael K. Griffin, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA; and H.-H. K. Burke, D. Mandl, and J. Miller |
Lunch Break
Session 2 Operational Applications
| 1:30 PM | 2.1 | Real-time derivation of cloud drift and water vapor winds in the polar regions from MODIS data (Invited Presentation) David Santek, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. R. Key and C. S. Velden | |
| 2:00 PM | 2.2 | Improvements in global convective detection Frederick R. Mosher, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/AWC, Kansas City, MO |
Joint Poster Session 1 Operational Applications and Artificial Intelligence (Joint between 12th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography and Third Conference on Artificial Intelligence Applications to Environmental Science)
| JP1.1 | Real-time multi-satellite precipitation estimation and assimilation Mohan L. Nirala, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and P. Houser | |
| JP1.2 | Validation of an Operational Global Precipitation Analysis at Short Time Scales F. Joseph Turk, NRL, Monterey, CA; and E. E. Ebert, H. J. Oh, B.-J. Sohn, V. Levizzani, E. A. Smith, and R. Ferraro | |
| JP1.3 | Validation of a microwave-based tropical rainfall potential (TRaP) for landfalling tropical cyclones Michael A. Turk, NOAA/NESDIS, Washington, DC; and S. J. Kusselson, R. R. Ferraro, P. Pellegrino, S. Kidder, and J. Yang | |
| JP1.4 | Improvements in Real-Time Statistical Tropical Cyclone Intensity Forecasts Using Satellite Data Mark DeMaria, NOAA/NESDIS, Ft. Collins, CO; and M. Mainelli, L. K. Shay, J. A. Knaff, and J. P. Kossin | |
| JP1.5 | A demonstration of real-time transmission and display of GOES imagery aboard the NOAA P-3 aircraft during the 2002 hurricane season John A. Knaff, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and N. Wang, M. DeMaria, R. M. Zehr, J. S. Griffin, and F. D. Marks | |
| JP1.6 | Status and development of GOES Wind Products at NOAA/NESDIS Jaime M. Daniels, NOAA/NESDIS/ORA, Camp Springs, MD; and C. Velden, G. A. Dengel, D. R. Stettner, and W. Bresky | |
| JP1.7 | Operational satellite-derived tropospheric winds for DoD models and applications Charles E. Skupniewicz, FNMOC, Monterey, CA; and C. S. Velden, G. Dengel, C. D. Schuett, and R. Pauley | |
| JP1.8 | Using GOES Satellite Products to Enhance National Weather Service Warning Operations Samuel L. Lashley, NOAA/NWS, Syracuse, IN | |
| JP1.9 | Experimental satellite products usage on AWIPS Kevin J. Schrab, NOAA/NWS, Salt Lake City, UT | |
| JP1.10 | Utilizing the Web to enhance availability and utilization of Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite (POES) Data and Products Diane Holmes, Mitretek Systems, Inc., Falls Church, VA; and S. L. Bunin and T. Schott | |
| JP1.11 | PAPER WITHDRAWN | |
| JP1.12 | Aerosol monitoring over the U.S. from GOES-8 Kenneth R. Knapp, CIRA and NOAA/NESDIS/ORA, Camp Springs, MD | |
| JP1.13 | A Near-Real Time AIRS Processing, Distribution, and Visualization System Walter Wolf, QSS Group Inc., Lanham, MD; and L. Zhou, M. Goldberg, Y. Qu, and M. Divakarla | |
| JP1.14 | MODIS/AIRS instrument direct broadcast products and applications Kathleen I. Strabala, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and L. E. Gumley, T. Rink, H.-L. Huang, and R. Dengel | |
| JP1.15 | Advanced-TOVS (ATOVS) sounding products from NOAA polar orbiting environmental satellites Anthony L. Reale, NOAA/NESDIS, Washington, DC; and M. W. Chalfant, A. S. Allegrino, F. H. Tilley, M. P. Ferguson, and M. E. Pettey | |
| JP1.16 | Theater snow depth estimates for Department of Defense applications Paul J. McCrone, Air Force Weather Agency, Offutt AFB, NE | |
| JP1.17 | An intelligent NN system for quality controlled retrieving the wind speed from SSM/I measurements Vladimir M. Krasnopolsky, SAIC and NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Camp Springs, MD | |
| JP1.18 | Satellite estimates of ocean surface latent heat flux Charles Jones, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA; and P. Peterson, C. Gautier, and W. T. Liu | |
| JP1.19 | Processing realtime satellite information to nowcast convective initiation and its characteristics John R. Mecikalski, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and R. D. Roberts, C. J. Kessinger, K. M. Bedka, B. L. DeWolf, and S. M. Thomas | |
| JP1.20 | Using the NCAR Auto-NowCast System to Nowcast Oceanic Convection Cathy Kessinger, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. Roberts and R. Bankert | |
| JP1.21 | Using supervised learning for specific meteorological satellite applications Richard L. Bankert, NRL, Monterey, CA; and J. D. Hawkins | |
| JP1.22 | Cloud classification of satellite radiance data by Multicategory Support Vector Machines Yoonkyung Lee, Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH; and G. Wahba and S. A. Ackerman | |
| JP1.23 | Comparison Between Bayesian Techniques and Self-Organizing Feature Map for TMI Measurement Classification: Application to Rain Rate Retrieval C. Mallet, CETP, Velizy, France; and N. Viltard and C. Klapisz | |
| JP1.24 | Future Architectures for Operational Forecasting: Two-way Interacting SensorWeb and Model/Assimilation System Mark Steiner, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and M. Seablom, S. Neeck, G. McConaughy, M. Clausen, M. Kalb, and R. Muller |
1 Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
Joint Session 1 Artificial Intelligence (Joint between 12th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography and Third Conference on Artificial Intelligence Applications to Environmental Science)
| 4:00 PM | J1.1 | Ozone Profile Retrieval from GOME Data using a Neural Network inverse Model Martin D. Müller, Center for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research (ZSW), Stuttgart, Germany; and A. K. Kaifel | |
| 4:30 PM | J1.2 | Use of a neuro-variational method to improve atmosphere and ocean parameter retrieval from ocean color sensor Cedric Jamet, Univ. of Paris, Paris, France; and S. Thiria, C. Moulin, and M. Crepon |
Sessions End for the Day
Formal Opening of Exhibits with Reception (Cash Bar)
Session 3 Environmental Applications
| 8:15 AM | 3.1 | Development of Coastal Ocean Observatories for Synoptic Oceanography (Invited Presentation) Scott Glenn, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ; and M. Crowley and O. Schofield | |
| 8:45 AM | 3.2 | An improved land/ocean dust enhancement applicable to MODIS Steven D. Miller, NRL, Monterey, CA | |
| 9:15 AM | 3.3 | Development of volcanic ash image products using MODIS multi-spectral data Gary P. Ellrod, NOAA/NESDIS/ORA, Camp Springs, MD; and J.-S. Im |
Poster Session 2 Environmental Applications
| P2.1 | MODIS atmosphere and ocean applications using TeraScan software Kota S. Prasad, SeaSpace Corporation, Poway, CA; and R. L. Bernstein | |
| P2.2 | Ocean Colour Monitor (OCM) on India's Oceansat-1 satellite: applications for ocean, atmosphere, and land R. L. Bernstein, SeaSpace Corporation, Poway, CA; and K. Prasad | |
| P2.3 | Estimation of Ocean Surface Salinity in the Indian Ocean using Satellite Observations Bulusu Subrahmanyam, COAPS/Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and J. J. O'Brien | |
| P2.4 | Sea surface temperature determination during day-time using 3.9 and 11 micron top-of-atmosphere radiance observations Stuart McCallum, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom; and C. Merchant, E. Maturi, A. Harris, and N. Nalli | |
| P2.5 | A Simple GOES Skin Temperature Product Donald W. Hillger, NOAA/NESDIS/ORA and CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Ft. Collins, CO; and S. Q. Kidder | |
| P2.6 | Production of an enhanced blended infrared and microwave sea surface temperature product Gary A. Wick, NOAA/ERL/ETL, Boulder, CO | |
| P2.7 | Relationship between passive microwave measurements and snow parameters Norman C. Grody, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD | |
| P2.8 | Identification and retrieval of snowfall from the Advanced Microwace Sounding Unit (AMSU) Cezar Kongoli, QSS Group, Inc., Lanham, MD; and P. Pellegrino, R. Ferraro, and N. Grody | |
| P2.9 | Inference of snow pack properties of grain size, density and stratification from microwave signatures of snow cover Cezar Kongoli, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and N. C. Grody | |
| P2.10 | Satellite detection of precipitation over the North Pacific Jeremy A. Smith, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and L. A. McMurdie and J. Weinman | |
| P2.11 | A downscaling analysis of the urban influence on rainfall: TRMM satellite component J. Marshall Shepherd, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and S. J. Burian | |
| P2.12 | Diurnal Cycle of Hydrological Parameters as Observed from the NOAA Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit Ralph Ferraro, NOAA/NESDIS/ORA, Camp Springs, MD; and P. Pellegrino | |
| P2.13 | Hydrological Product Composites from AMSU Huan Meng, QSS Group, Inc. Lanham, MD and NOAA/NESDIS/ORA, Camp Springs, MD; and R. R. Ferraro | |
| P2.14 | Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM): Status, Science Highlights and Future Robert F. Adler, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD | |
| P2.15 | Characterization of Rainfall Asymmetries in Tropical Cyclones Using TRMM/TMI Manuel Lonfat, RSMAS, University of Miami, Miami, FL; and F. D. Marks, Jr. and S. S. Chen | |
| P2.16 | Tropical cyclone precipitation types observed by microwave spaceborne and airborne instrumentation Robbie E. Hood, NASA/MSFC, Huntsville, AL; and D. Cecil and F. J. LaFontaine | |
| P2.17 | UW-CIMSS satellite products: Recent research and developments Christopher S. Velden, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI | |
| P2.18 | A new statistical method for estimating tropical cyclone intensity from GOES-IR imagery James P. Kossin, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and T. L. Olander and C. S. Velden | |
| P2.19 | A method for integrated satellite reconnaissance fix accuracy Roger T. Edson, Anteon Corporation and University of Guam, Mangilao, Guam; and M. A. Lander | |
| P2.20 | Use of QuikScat Data in Studying the Evolution of Tropical Cyclone Structure Johnny C. L. Chan, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China; and C. K. M. Yip | |
| P2.21 | Statistical forecast on precipitation over Taiwan area during typhoon invasion using GMS-5 data Peter Da-Gang Pan, Weather Center Weather Wing, Taipei, Taiwan; and K.-P. Lu | |
| P2.22 | PAPER WITHDRAWN | |
| P2.23 | The Advanced Satellite Aviation-Weather Products (ASAP) initiative for diagnosing and nowcasting weather hazards for improved aviation safety John R. Mecikalski, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and D. B. Johnson and J. J. Murray | |
| P2.24 | Wind divergence forcing of the cloudiness along the California coast Clive E. Dorman, SIO/Univ. of California, La Jolla, CA; and D. Koracin and L. Riddle | |
| P2.25 | Examining high wind events using satellite cloud cover composites over the Cheyenne, WY region Cynthia L. Combs, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and M. Weiland, M. DeMaria, and T. H. Vonder Haar | |
| P2.26 | Diagnostics of Intensive Atmospheric Vortices over the Multiwave Satellite-Derived Sounding Data Alexander F. Nerushev, Institute of Experimental Meteorology, Obninsk, Russia; and N. V. Tereb and E. K. Kramchaninova | |
| P2.27 | Aerosol Optical Depth Analysis with NOAA GOES and POES in the Western Atlantic Arunas P. Kuciauskas, NRL, Monterey, CA; and D. L. Westphal and P. A. Durkee | |
| P2.28 | A two-year analysis of fire activity in the Western Hemisphere as observed with the GOES wildfire automated biomass burning algorithm Elaine M. Prins, NOAA/NESDIS, Madison, WI; and C. C. Schmidt, J. M. Feltz, J. S. Reid, D. L. Westphal, and K. Richardson | |
| P2.29 | Estimation of dust aerosol optical thickness and its shortwave radiative forcing from GOES8 imager Jun Wang, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and S. A. Christopher | |
| P2.30 | DirectMet ® GIS: Real-time integration of meteorological satellite data into the world of GIS George Schwenke, Global Science & Technology, Inc., Greenbelt, MD and Broadneck Senior High School, Annapolis, MD; and R. Boyd, P. Gifford, E. Valente, Jr., E. Shaffer, and C. Dobbins | |
| P2.31 | Calibration of GOES water vapor spatial gradients with tropopause folding events Anthony J. Wimmers, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA; and J. L. Moody | |
| P2.32 | Advance and withdrawal of the African monsoon flow deduced from Meteosat-7 data Françoise Désalmand, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France; and A. Szantai, G. Sčze, I. Jobard, and L. Barros |
Session 4 Data Assimilation
| 1:30 PM | 4.1 | Satellite data assimilation at NCEP (Invited Presentation) John C. Derber, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Camp Springs, MD | |
| 2:00 PM | 4.2 | Assimilation of polar MODIS Atmospheric Motion Vectors at ECMWF (Invited Presentation) Jean-Noël Thépaut, ECMWF, Reading, Berks., United Kingdom; and N. Bormann | |
| 2:30 PM | 4.3 | Preparation for the assimilation of advanced sounders at Meteo-France (Invited Presentation) Florence Rabier, Meteo-France, Toulouse, France; and N. Fourrié, T. Auligne, and M. Szczech-Gajewska |
Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall (Exhibits open 1:30–6:30P.M.)
Poster Session 3 Data Assimilation
Special Address. Conrad C. Lautenbacher, NOAA, Washington, DC
Session 5 Operational Implications of QuikSCAT
| 8:30 AM | 5.1 | Operational Assimilation of QuikSCAT data at ECMWF H. Hersbach, ECMWF, Reading, Berks., United Kingdom; and L. Isaksen and P. A. E. M. Janssen | |
| 9:00 AM | 5.2 | Assimilation of QuikSCAT/SeaWinds ocean surface wind data into the global data assimilation system at JMA Masami Tokuno, Japan Meteorological Agency, Tokyo, Japan; and Y. Ohhashi and T. Iriguchi |
Coffee Break in the Ballroom Foyer, 2nd Level, Promenade
Presidential Forum: Administration Priorities in Climate Change Research and Technology
Lunch Break
Simpsons Symposium—A Tribute to Robert and Joanne Simpson
Joint Session 2 Scatterometer Observations of Air-Sea interaction (Joint Session between the 12th Conference on Interactions of the Sea and Atmosphere and the 12th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography)
| 1:30 PM | J2.1 | The Best Winds for Ocean Models?? James J. O'Brien, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and M. Bourassa | |
| 2:00 PM | J2.2 | Satellite Observations of Ocean-Atmosphere Interaction Over SST Fronts Dudley B. Chelton, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR; and S.-P. Xie | |
| 2:30 PM | J2.3 | Biological responses of the sea to typhoons I-I Lin, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan; and W. T. Liu |
Joint Poster Session 2 Scatterometer Observations of Air-Sea Interaction (Joint Poster Session between the 12th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography and the 12th Conference on Interactions of the Sea and Atmosphere)
| JP2.1 | Wind stress in the Oregon and California coastal zone from the QuikSCAT scatterometer and models Natalie Perlin, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR; and D. B. Chelton, R. M. Samelson, and P. L. Barbour | |
| JP2.2 | Ocean Currents Inferred from Differences Between QuikSCAT and TAO Winds Kathryn A. Kelly, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and S. Dickinson and G. C. Johnson | |
| JP2.3 | Online Analysis and Visualization of TRMM and QuikSCAT Products Zhong Liu, George Mason Univ./CEOSR Fairfax, VA and NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and L. Chiu, W. Teng, and H. Rui | |
| JP2.4 | QuikSCAT analysis of marine atmospheric fronts Jerome Patoux, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and R. A. Brown | |
| JP2.5 | Rich Structures of Cold Ocean-Atmosphere Interaction Shang-Ping Xie, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI | |
| JP2.6 | Satellite observations of air-sea interaction during a Santa Ana event Hua Hu, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and W. T. Liu | |
| JP2.7 | Sverdrup transport calculation using Satellite scatterometer wind products in the North Pacific Kunihiro Aoki, Tokai University, Shimizu, Shizuoka, Japan; and K. Kutsuwada and D. Fukata | |
| JP2.8 | Monitoring a Piteraq Storm System Using DMSP Imagery and QuikSCAT Wind Data Boniface J. Mills, Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE; and M. R. Anderson | |
| JP2.9 | Evaluating the Quikscat/Seawinds radar for measuring rainrate over the oceans using collocations with NEXRAD and TRMM David E. Weissman, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY; and M. A. Bourassa and J. Tongue | |
| JP2.10 | Development of scatterometer–derived research–quality surface pressures for the Southern Ocean Kyle A. Hilburn, COAPS/Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL; and M. A. Bourassa and J. J. O'Brien | |
| JP2.11 | Characteristics of the air-sea interface inferred from analysis of geophysical model functions Ellen E Lettvin, APL, Seattle, WA; and S. Dickinson | |
| JP2.12 | Analysis of midlatitude storms with winds and pressures from QuikSCAT Robert A. Brown, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and J. Patoux | |
| JP2.13 | A Direct Surface Wind Stress Algorithm for the SeaWinds Scatterometer Mark A. Bourassa, COAPS/Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL; and D. E. Weissman | |
| JP2.14 | Global pressure fields from scatterometer winds Jerome Patoux, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and R. C. Foster and R. A. Brown |
Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall (Exhibits open 1:30–7:30P.M.)
Joint Poster Session 4 Air-Sea and QuikSCAT Applications (Joint Poster Session between 12 Conference on Satellite Meteorology and 12th Conference on Interactions of the Sea and Atmosphere)
| JP4.1 | Use of Quik Scat imagery in the diagnosis and detection of Gulf of Tehuantepec wind events 1999–2002 Hugh D. Cobb, III, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/TPC, Miami, FL; and D. P. Brown and R. Molleda | |
| JP4.2 | QuikSCAT Satellite Comparisons with Near-Shore Buoy Wind Data off the US West Coast Mark H. Pickett, NOAA/Pacific Fisheries Environmental Laboratory, Pacific Grove, CA; and W. Tang, L. K. Rosenfeld, and C. H. Wash | |
| JP4.3 | Quikscat spatial resolution and Pacific Ocean model results Eric C. Hackert, ESSIC, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and S. M. Tse and T. J. Busalacchi | |
| JP4.4 | Wind and sea surface pressure fields from the SeaWinds scatterometer and their impacts in NWP Shannon R. Davis, Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL; and M. A. Bourassa, R. M. Atlas, J. Ardizzone, E. Brin, D. Bungato, and J. J. O'Brien | |
| JP4.5 | PAPER WITHDRAWN | |
| JP4.6 | Improved quality control for QuikSCAT near real-time data S. Mark Leidner, AER, Inc., Lexington, MA; and R. N. Hoffman and M. C. Cerniglia | |
| JP4.7 | Operational Use of QuikSCAT winds in NCEP GDAS T.-W Yu, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC, Washington, DC | |
| JP4.8 | QuikSCAT SeaWinds ocean surface wind processing and distribution Lei Shi, SeaSpace Corporation, Poway, CA; and R. L. Bernstein | |
| JP4.9 | Results of QuikScat high wind data validation Deborah K. Smith, Remote Sensing Systems, Santa Rosa, CA; and F. J. Wentz | |
| JP4.10 | Normalized radar cross-section (NRCS) patterns from QuikSCAT—A new analysis tool over the tropical oceans Roger T. Edson, Anteon Corporation and Univ. of Guam, Mangilao, Guam; and P. S. Chang | |
| JP4.11 | Validation of QSCAT Vector Winds with Air-Sea Interaction Spar Hans C. Graber, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and M. Caruso, V. J. Cardone, and M. A. Donelan | |
| JP4.12 | Change of the brightness temeprature in the microwave region due to the relative wind direction Masanori Konda, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan; and A. Shibata | |
| JP4.13 | Variability of skin - bulk sea surface temperature difference Stephen Hallsworth, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Mid Lothian, United Kingdom | |
| JP4.14 | Finding the true temperature of the ocean surface Elizabeth C. Kent, Southampton Oceanography Centre, Southampton, United Kingdom; and A. Kaplan and P. K. Taylor | |
| JP4.15 | A global study of diurnal warming using satellite derived sea surface temperature A. C. Stuart-Menteth, School of Ocean & Earth Science, Southampton Oceanography Centre, Southampton, Hampshire, United Kingdom; and I. S. Robinson and P. G. Challenor | |
| JP4.16 | Accuracy of satellite derived latent heat flux Hiroyuki Tomita, Tokai Univ., Shizuoka, Japan; and M. Kubota | |
| JP4.17 | Comparison of latent and sensible heat fluxes over tropical oceans observed by TRMM and DMSP satellites Alice Fan, SAIC, Hampton, VA; and B. Lin | |
| JP4.18 | High resolution satellite-derived surface turbulent fluxes over the global ocean Abderrahim Bentamy, IFREMER, Plouzane, France; and J.-F. Piolle and A. M. Nunez | |
| JP4.19 | Improving merchant ship air temperatures using an analytical model of heating errors David I. Berry, Southampton Oceanography Centre, Southampton, Hampshire, United Kingdom; and E. C. Kent and P. K. Taylor | |
| JP4.20 | Assessing Ocean Buoy Shortwave Observations using Clear-Sky Model Calculations Duane E. Waliser, SUNY, Stony Brook, NY; and M. Medovaya, R. A. Weller, and M. McPhaden | |
| JP4.21 | Paper moved to the 12th Conference on Interactions of the Sea and Atmosphere, New paper number 10.9 |
Reception (Cash Bar)
AMS Annual Awards Banquet
Session 6 Moisture, Fluxes and Retrievals
| 8:15 AM | 6.1 | Satellite- and ground-based stereo analysis of clouds (Invited Presentation) Gabriela Seiz, ETH, Zurich, Switzerland; and M. Baltsavias and A. Gruen | |
| 8:45 AM | 6.2 | Aerosol Optical Thickness Retrievals From GMS5 during ACE-Asia Jun Wang, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and S. A. Christopher, J. Kim, and F. Brechtel | |
| 9:15 AM | 6.3 | Estimating the Land-Surface Radiant, Turbulent and Conductive Energy Budgets Using Satellite Systems and Complementary Synoptic Data George R. Diak, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. R. Mecikalski, M. C. Anderson, J. M. Norman, R. D. Torm, R. L. DeWolf, and W. P. Kustas |
Simpsons Symposium—A Tribute to Robert and Joanne Simpson
Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
Poster Session 4 Moisture, Fluxes and Retrievals
| P4.1 | Retrieval of water vapor over land surfaces from microwave measurements Alan E. Lipton, AER, Inc., Lexington, MA; and J.-L. Moncet, J. F. Galantowicz, and J. D. Hegarty | |
| P4.2 | PAPER WITHDRAWN | |
| P4.3 | Methods for evaluating microwave-derived satellite liquid water products Thomas J. Greenwald, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and S. A. Christopher | |
| P4.4 | Validation of IAPP Retrievals using DOE ARM Site Observations Thomas H. Achtor, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and W. F. Feltz, J. Li, H. Woolf, and B. Howell | |
| P4.5 | Validation of GOES-8/11 Sounder Derived Products During IHOP 2002 Field Experiment Wayne F. Feltz, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. P. Nelson, III, T. J. Schmit, and G. S. Wade | |
| P4.6 | Cloud Liquid Water Profile Information in AMSU-B Water Vapor Profile Retrievals Clay B. Blankenship, NRL, Monterey, CA | |
| P4.7 | Diurnal cycle of liquid water path over the subtropical and tropical oceans Robert Wood, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and C. Bretherton and D. L. Hartmann | |
| P4.8 | GOES-11 and GOES-8 Sounders During the International H2O Project (IHOP)-2002 Field Experiment Gary S. Wade, NOAA/NESDIS/ORA, Madison, WI; and T. J. Schmit, W. F. Feltz, J. P. Nelson, III, and A. J. Schreiner | |
| P4.9 | Radiometric signatures of rainfall structures from the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) sensors over different climate regimes Dong-Bin Shin, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA; and L. S. Chiu and A. T. C. Chang | |
| P4.10 | Sensitivity of retrieval algorithms to model-generated databases Sean J. Miner, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO; and C. Kummerow | |
| P4.11 | Analysis of TRMM 3-hourly multi-satellite precipitation estimates computed in both real and post-real time George J. Huffman, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and R. F. Adler, E. F. Stocker, D. T. Bolvin, and E. J. Nelkin | |
| P4.12 | An investigation of the horizontal variability of precipitations using radar data Yoo-Jeong Noh, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and G. Liu | |
| P4.13 | A TRMM-Calibrated Infrared Technique For Global Rainfall Estimation Andrew J. Negri, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and R. F. Adler and L. Xu | |
| P4.14 | A Passive Microwave Optimal-Estimation Algorithm for Near Real-Time Water Vapor Profiling Darren S. McKague, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and J. M. Forsythe, A. S. Jones, S. Q. Kidder, and T. H. Vonder Haar | |
| P4.15 | Improvements to the SCaMPR Algorithm Robert J. Kuligowski, NOAA/NESDIS/ORA, Camp Springs, MD; and W. Guo and J.-S. Im | |
| P4.16 | Improved Precipitation Retrievals Using Both AMSU Window and Sounding Channels Limin Zhao, NOAA/NESDIS/ORA, Camp Springs, MD; and F. Weng and R. Ferraro | |
| P4.17 | Frequency Distribution of Rain Rate With Cloud Top Brightness Temperature, and near-real time calibration of GOES Multispectral Rainfall Algorithm Mamoudou B. Ba, Raytheon-ITSS, Lanham, MD and Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD; and A. Gruber and M.-J. Jeong | |
| P4.18 | Drizzle Detection for Maritime Stratocumulus Clouds by Combined Use of TRMM Microwave Imager and Visible/Infrared Scanner Hongfei Shao, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and G. Liu | |
| P4.19 | Land surface temperature retrievals from GOES-8 using emissivities retrieved from MODIS Ronnie J. Suggs, NASA/MSFC, Huntsville, AL; and S. L. Haines, G. J. Jedlovec, W. Lapenta, and D. Moss | |
| P4.20 | Satellite-Based Surface Heat Budgets and Sea Surface Temperature Tendency in the Tropical Eastern Indian and Western Pacific Oceans for the 1997/98 El Nino and 1998/99 La Nina Shu-Hsien Chou, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and M.-D. Chou, P.-K. Chan, and P.-H. Lin | |
| P4.21 | Validation of Langley parameterized algorithms used to derive CERES/TRMM surface radiative fluxes Shashi K. Gupta, AS&M, Hampton, VA; and D. P. Kratz, A. C. Wilber, and L. C. Nguyen | |
| P4.22 | The Atmosphere Land-EXchange Inverse (ALEXI) model: Regional-scale flux validations, climatologies and available soil water derived from remote sensing inputs John R. Mecikalski, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and M. C. Anderson, R. D. Torn, J. M. Norman, G. R. Diak, S. J. Richardson, and J. A. Brotzge | |
| P4.23 | Introducing the GOES Imager Clear-Sky Brightness Temperature (CSBT) Product Anthony J. Schreiner, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and T. J. Schmit, C. Köpken, X. Su, C. Holland, and J. A. Jung | |
| P4.24 | Infrared and passive microwave radiometric sea surface temperatures and their relationship to atmospheric forcing Sandra L. Castro, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and D. G. Baldwin and W. J. Emery | |
| P4.25 | Estimation of land surface temperature on the Tibetan Plateau using GMS data Yuichiroh Oku, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan; and H. Ishikawa and H. Ueda | |
| P4.26 | Multispectral Thermal Retrievals of Size Distribution Shape, Effective Size, Ice Water Path, Optical Depth and Photon Tunneling Contriubtion David L. Mitchell, DRI, Reno, NV; and R. P. d'Entremont, D. H. DeSolver, and W. P. Arnott | |
| P4.27 | Short wave aerosol direct forcing over cloud free oceans from Terra Jianglong Zhang, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and S. A. Christopher | |
| P4.28 | Clear sky angular dependence models over oceans from CERES Jianglong Zhang, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and S. A. Christopher | |
| P4.29 | Use of Collocated KWAJEX Satellite, Aircraft, & Ground Measurements for Understanding Ambiguities in TRMM Radiometer Rain Profile Algorithm Eric A. Smith, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and S. Fiorino |
Lunch Break
Session 7 New Technology, Methods and Future Sensors
| 1:30 PM | 7.1 | First results from AMSR-E on NASA's Aqua satellite (Invited Presentation) Roy W. Spencer, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL | |
| 2:00 PM | 7.2 | Accuracy and Performance of AIRS on Aqua (Invited Presentation) Moustafa Chahine, NASA/JPL, Pasadena, CA | |
| 2:30 PM | 7.3 | METEOSAT SECOND GENERATION (MSG): Status after Launch (Invited Presentation) Johannes Schmetz, EUMETSAT, Darmstadt, Germany; and M. Koenig, P. Pili, S. Rota, A. Ratier, and S. Tjemkes |
Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall (Exhibit Hall open 1:30-6:30 p.m.)
Poster Session 5 New Technology, Methods and Future Sensors
| P5.1 | Report on NOAA's GOES satellite program Gerald J. Dittberner, NOAA/NESDIS, Suitland, MD | |
| P5.2 | Specifying the requirements for imaging and sounding capabilities on the GOES-R series James J. Gurka, NOAA/NESDIS, Suitland, MD; and G. J. Dittberner, P. Taylor, and T. J. Schmit | |
| P5.3 | Channel selection for the next generation geostationary Advanced Baseline Imagers Timothy J. Schmit, NOAA/NESDIS/ORA, Madison, WI; and W. P. Menzel, J. Sieglaff, J. P. Nelson, III, M. K. Griffin, and J. J. Gurka | |
| P5.4 | Vegetation Monitoring and Thin Cirrus Detection on the Next Generation GOES Imager Justin M. Sieglaff, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and T. J. Schmit | |
| P5.5 | Surface and Atmospheric Retrievals from the Future GOES Sounder—Advanced Baseline Sounder (ABS) Jun Li, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and T. J. Schmit, F. Sun, and W. P. Menzel | |
| P5.6 | Physical retrieval of ocean precipitation from TMI and AMSR: models, algorithms, and observations Grant W. Petty, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI | |
| P5.7 | A Rain Profile Analysis Using TRMM PR and TMI Toward a Future Precipitation Algorithm Hirohiko Masunaga, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and C. D. Kummerow | |
| P5.8 | Initial land rainfall estimates from the Aqua AMSR-E Jeffrey R. McCollum, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD and NOAA/NESDIS/ORA, Camp Springs, MD; and R. R. Ferraro | |
| P5.9 | On-Orbit calibration of AMSR-E and the retrieval of ocean products Frank J. Wentz, Remote Sensing Systems, Santa Rosa, CA; and C. Gentemann and P. Ashcroft | |
| P5.10 | Microwave Simulations from Ground-based Soundings and Collocated Observations from Satellites: A Trial Study for DMSP/SSMIS Calibration/Validation Ye Hong, The Aerospace Corporation, Los Angeles, CA; and J. Wessel and R. Farley | |
| P5.11 | Validation of the AIRS/AMSU on the AQUA satellite Larry M. McMillin, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and S. Zhou and H. Ding | |
| P5.12 | Some Results from the NOAA-17 On-orbit Verification Thomas J. Kleespies, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD | |
| P5.13 | An Evaluation of Level-1B and Level-2 AIRS Data Products Using Matched Radiosonde, NCEP and ECMWF Profiles Murty G. Divakarla, Decision Systems Technologies, Inc., Rockville, MD; and M. D. Goldberg, W. Wolf, L. Zhou, and Y. Qu | |
| P5.14 | First satellite intercalibration comparing high spectral resolution AIRS with operational geostationary imagers Mathew M. Gunshor, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and D. Tobin, T. J. Schmit, and W. P. Menzel | |
| P5.15 | Investigating Inter-Satellite Calibration for the GPM Era F. Joseph Turk, NRL, Monterey, CA; and S. W. Bidwell, E. A. Smith, and A. Mugnai | |
| P5.16 | An improved Backus-Gilbert spatial filter for satellite data processing Andrew S. Jones, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and P. J. Stephens and T. H. Vonder Haar | |
| P5.17 | A New Paradigm Image Analysis Tool Steven G. Hoffert, Boeing Autometric, Springfield, VA; and A. M. Powell, Jr., P. Anderson, P. A. Zuzolo, G. Greene, M. Conte, P. Fetz, and D. Blyth | |
| P5.18 | A Hyperspectral Adaptive Band Simulator Tool (AHABS) for Simulation of Multispectral Imagery Michael K. Griffin, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA | |
| P5.19 | Compression of Satellite Hyperspectral Infrared Radiances Using Historical Eigenvectors Yanni Qu, Decision Systems Technologies, Inc., Rockville, MD; and M. D. Goldberg and W. W. Wolf | |
| P5.20 | Remote sensing of sea surface temperature in sea-ice zones using ATSR-2 C. J. Merchant, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom; and S. Matthiesen and N. Rayner | |
| P5.21 | Analysis of simulated observations from a Doppler Wind Lidar Lars Peter Riishojgaard, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and R. Atlas and G. D. Emmitt | |
| P5.22 | Improvements and Validation of the Gaussian Jet Model for Deriving Absolute Geostrophic Velocities from Satellite Altimetry Seungbum Kim, Korea Advance Inst. of Science & Technology, Yusung, Daejeon, South Korea; and M. A. Saunders | |
| P5.23 | Improved Detection of Nocturnal Low Clouds by MODIS Thomas F. Lee, NRL, Monterey, CA; and S. D. Miller | |
| P5.24 | Fire detection and properties from High-spectral resolution infrared observations Steven A. Ackerman, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and D. Tobin, R. Knuteson, P. Antonelli, H. E. Revercomb, and K. Vinson | |
| P5.25 | Paper has been moved to Poster Session P1, new Poster number P1.25 | |
| P5.26 | Simultaneous Earth Views from CERES and MISR: Data for Studying the Atmosphere-Land-Ocean System Nancy A. Ritchey, SAIC and NASA/LaRC, Hampton, VA; and R. K. Seals, Jr. and C. H. Welch | |
| P5.27 | Studies with the CERES Window Channel G. Louis Smith, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and NASA/LARC, Hampton, VA; and P. E. Mlynczak | |
| P5.28 | AQUA Radiance Computations for the Observing System Simulation Experiments for NPOESS Thomas J. Kleespies, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and H. Sun, W. Wolf, and M. Goldberg | |
| P5.29 | NOAA's Product Processing Plans for the Metop Mission Stacy L. Bunin, Mitretek Systems, Inc., Falls Church, VA; and D. Holmes and T. Schott | |
| P5.30 | Virtual Laboratory for Training in Satellite Meteorology Anthony Mostek, NOAA/NWS, Boulder, CO; and J. Purdom, J. Wilson, and D. Hinsman |
Closing Reception in Exhibit Hall (Cash Bar)
Conference Ends
Simpsons Banquet
Closing Event at the Long Beach Aquarium on the Pacific