28th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Ocean, and Land Surface

Program Chairs: Zhaoxia Pu , University of Utah ; Robert M. Atlas , AOML

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Tuesday, 23 January 2024

1:00 PM-2:00 PM: Tuesday, 23 January 2024

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Virtual Poster Slam Session #2
Hosts: (Joint between the Virtual Posters; the 38th Conference on Hydrology; the 37th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 24th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation; the 28th Conference on Probability and Statistics; and the 28th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Ocean, and Land Surface )
Cochairs: Zhaoxia Pu, University of Utah; Suzana J. Camargo, PhD, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University; Kyle R. Knipper, USDA; Stephanie J. Avey
V18
37CVC Wildfires and Greenhouse Gases across the Southwestern USA
Nolan Tai, Troy High School, Fullerton, CA; and X. Jiang and Y. Yung

V20
37CVC Teleconnections Link to Summer Heat Extremes in the South-Central U.S.: Insights from CMIP5 and CMIP6 Simulations
Jung Hee Ryu, Gangneung-Wonju National University, Gangneung, South korea; Gangneung-Wonju National University, Gangneung-si, Gangwon-do, Korea, Republic of (South); and S. L. Kang

V23
37CVC Assessing the Impact of the Recent Warming in the East China Sea on a Torrential Rain Event in Northern Kyushu (Japan) in Early July 2017
Atsuyoshi Manda, Mie University, Tsu, Mie, Japan; and S. Iizuka, H. Nakamura, and T. Miyasaka

V24
V24A
37CVC Future Contribution of African Easterly Waves to Precipitation Extreme Events in CMIP6
Tomviezibe Cephas Dombo, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, New Delhi, DL, India; Nigerian Meteorological Agency, Abuja, Abuja, Nigeria; and K. M. AchutaRao and S. Sukumaran

V25
38HYDRO The Effect of Greenhouse Gas Induced Warming on the Impact of El Niño and La Niña Events on Precipitation Extremes
Qiaohong Sun, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China; and F. W. Zwiers and X. ZHANG

V26
38HYDRO Recent Developments of the 200-Member West-WRF Near Real-Time Forecast Ensemble
Daniel F. Steinhoff, Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Univ. of California San Diego, San Diego, CA; and B. Kawzenuk, M. Simpson, N. R. Mascioli, M. Ghazvinian, PhD, A. Sengupta, L. Delle Monache, R. Weihs, C. Papadopoulos, and M. M. Ralph

V27
38HYDRO Understanding the Sensitivity of Different Drought Indices to Soil Moisture Variations in Africa
Aolin Jia, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, Belvaux, ESCH-SUR-ALZETTE, Luxembourg; and T. Hu and K. Mallick

V27A
38HYDRO Landsat Imagery Shows a Recent Accelerating Rate of Increase in Land Evapotranspiration.
Hadi Jaafar, PhD, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon; and L. Sujud

V27B
38HYDRO Use of Machine Learned Mutual Information Between Drought Factors Influencing the USDM
Michael Shaw, NOAA, Manchester; NOAA, Asheville, NC; and S. Ansari, D. M. Mocko, S. Yatheendradas, and J. Fain
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Handout (726.5 kB)

V27C
38HYDRO Estimating 3-m Evapotranspiration Using Planet, OpenET, and Machine Learning Techniques
Rui Gao, PhD, Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS; and Y. Yang, K. Knipper, M. Mar Alsina, L. A. Sanchez, F. Melton, H. Nieto, N. E. Bambach, F. Gao, J. Alfieri, M. C. Anderson, W. Kustas, L. E. Hipps, and A. Torres-Rua

V28
24SMOI Fog Structure and Stability at Sable Island in July 2022
Clive Edgar Dorman, SIO, La Jolla, CA; and D. Koračin and G. Gašparac

V29
24SMOI The Kavaratti Project: Meteorology Over the Lakshadweep Sea For Climate Simulation
NARAYANAN M KOMERATH, Taksha Institute, Hampton, VA; Taksha Institute, Hampton, VA; and S. Meti, R. Ramachandran, and R. Deepak

V30
24SMOI Infrasonic Detection of Tornadoes Using Interferometric Beamforming
Christopher Francis Sterpka, Georgia Tech Research Institute, Smyrna, GA

V31
24SMOI Winds over DC
William Pendergrass, ATDD, OAK RIDGE, TN; and N. Lichiheb, A. Stein, S. Baidar, and W. A. Brewer

V32
28IOAS NWP-Based Evaluation of Radiosonde Network and AMDAR Data in China
JIAN XIA GUO, CMA Meteorological Observation Center, BEIJING, 11, China

V32A
2FUTURE Implementing, Strengthening and Sustaining Multi-Hazard Early Warning Systems in Caribbean Small Island Developing States
Stephanie Gallasch, M.A., WMO, Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland; and R. Martinez Guingla

V32AB
2FUTURE Application of XGBoost to Site-specific Weather Forecast in Australia
Mengmeng Han, BoM, Brisbane, QLD, Australia; and T. Leeuwenburg and B. Murphy

Sunday, 28 January 2024

4:00 PM-5:15 PM: Sunday, 28 January 2024

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Presidential Forum: Climate Science as Service to Society
Location: Ballroom III/ IV (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the Networking and Events; the Convergence Science: Indigenous Weather, Water and Climate Knowledge Systems, Practices and Communities; the Town Hall Meetings; the 12th AMS Conference for Early Career Professionals; the Presidential Conference; the Daniel Keyser Symposium; the Kuo-Nan Liou Symposium; the 40th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 38th Conference on Hydrology; the 37th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 33rd Conference on Education; the 28th Conference on Applied Climatology; the 28th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Ocean, and Land Surface; the 28th Conference on Probability and Statistics; the 27th Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International; the 26th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the 26th Conference on Satellite Meteorology, Oceanography, and Climatology; the 24th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 24th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation; the 24th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification; the 23rd Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science; the 23rd Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA; the 22nd Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 22nd History Symposium; the 21st Conference on Space Weather; the 20th Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the 19th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the 16th Symposium on Aerosol Cloud Climate Interactions; the 15th Conference on Environment and Health; the 15th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the 14th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; the 14th Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using the Programming Languages of Open Science; the 12th Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise; the 12th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation; the 12th AMS Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the 12th Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Sub-Seasonal Monsoon Variability; the 10th Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate; the Ninth Symposium on US-International Partnerships; the Sixth Special Symposium on Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones; the Fifth Symposium on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; the Third Symposium on Community Modeling and Innovation; the Second Symposium on Environmental Security; the Second Symposium on the Future of Weather, Forecasting, and Practice; the First Symposium on Cloud Physics; the Estimating Wind Speeds of Tornadoes and Other Windstorms; the Polar Meteorology and Oceanography Special Symposium; the Forum on Climate Linked Economics; and the 20th Conference on Major Weather Impacts )
Moderator: Kerry A. Emanuel, MIT
Panelists: Bob Inglis, republicEn.org; Monica P. Medina, Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS)

6:30 PM-8:30 PM: Sunday, 28 January 2024


AMS Career Resource & Graduate School Fair
Location: Hall D (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the Networking and Events; the 23rd Annual Student Conference; the 12th AMS Conference for Early Career Professionals; the Daniel Keyser Symposium; the Kuo-Nan Liou Symposium; the 40th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 38th Conference on Hydrology; the 37th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 33rd Conference on Education; the 28th Conference on Applied Climatology; the 28th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Ocean, and Land Surface; the 28th Conference on Probability and Statistics; the 27th Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International; the 26th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the 26th Conference on Satellite Meteorology, Oceanography, and Climatology; the 24th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 24th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation; the 24th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification; the 23rd Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science; the 23rd Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA; the 22nd Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 22nd History Symposium; the 21st Conference on Space Weather; the 20th Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the 19th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the 16th Symposium on Aerosol Cloud Climate Interactions; the 15th Conference on Environment and Health; the 15th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the 14th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; the 14th Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using the Programming Languages of Open Science; the 12th Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise; the 12th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation; the 12th AMS Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the 12th Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Sub-Seasonal Monsoon Variability; the 10th Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate; the Ninth Symposium on US-International Partnerships; the Sixth Special Symposium on Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones; the Fifth Symposium on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; the Third Symposium on Community Modeling and Innovation; the Second Symposium on Environmental Security; the Second Symposium on the Future of Weather, Forecasting, and Practice; the First Symposium on Cloud Physics; the Estimating Wind Speeds of Tornadoes and Other Windstorms; the Polar Meteorology and Oceanography Special Symposium; the Forum on Climate Linked Economics; and the 20th Conference on Major Weather Impacts )

Annual Meeting Welcome Reception
Location: Hall E (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the Networking and Events; the 23rd Annual Student Conference; the Convergence Science: Indigenous Weather, Water and Climate Knowledge Systems, Practices and Communities; the 12th AMS Conference for Early Career Professionals; the Daniel Keyser Symposium; the Kuo-Nan Liou Symposium; the 40th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 38th Conference on Hydrology; the 37th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 33rd Conference on Education; the 28th Conference on Applied Climatology; the 28th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Ocean, and Land Surface; the 28th Conference on Probability and Statistics; the 27th Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International; the 26th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the 26th Conference on Satellite Meteorology, Oceanography, and Climatology; the 24th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 24th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation; the 24th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification; the 23rd Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science; the 23rd Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA; the 22nd Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 22nd History Symposium; the 21st Conference on Space Weather; the 20th Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the 19th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the 16th Symposium on Aerosol Cloud Climate Interactions; the 15th Conference on Environment and Health; the 15th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the 14th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; the 14th Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using the Programming Languages of Open Science; the 12th Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise; the 12th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation; the 12th AMS Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the 12th Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Sub-Seasonal Monsoon Variability; the 10th Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate; the Ninth Symposium on US-International Partnerships; the Sixth Special Symposium on Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones; the Fifth Symposium on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; the Third Symposium on Community Modeling and Innovation; the Second Symposium on Environmental Security; the Second Symposium on the Future of Weather, Forecasting, and Practice; the First Symposium on Cloud Physics; the Estimating Wind Speeds of Tornadoes and Other Windstorms; the Polar Meteorology and Oceanography Special Symposium; the Forum on Climate Linked Economics; and the 20th Conference on Major Weather Impacts )

Monday, 29 January 2024

8:30 AM-10:00 AM: Monday, 29 January 2024

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Session 1
Advances in Observing Systems and Data Assimilation
Location: Key 9 (Hilton Baltimore Inner Harbor)
Host: 28th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Ocean, and Land Surface
Chair: Robert M. Atlas, AOML
CoChair: Zhaoxia Pu, University of Utah
8:30 AM
1.1
New Observations from the NASA TROPICS Constellation Mission
William J. Blackwell, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA; and R. V. Leslie, A. B. Milstein, M. Pieper, S. A. Braun, T. J. Greenwald, D. C. Herndon, J. D. Hawkins, C. S. Velden, R. Bennartz, M. DeMaria, G. Chirokova, R. F. Rogers, J. P. Dunion, F. D. Marks Jr., ScD, B. A. Dahl, G. R. Alvey III, K. E. Ryan, and B. Annane

8:45 AM
1.2
The VIIRS Cloud Product: Potential Applications and Incorporation in FV3GFS
Aditya Kumar, CIMSS, Madison, WI; CIMSS, Madison, WI; Space Science and Engineering Center, Madison, WI; and J. A. Jung, S. E. Nebuda, A. Heidinger, E. Liu, A. Collard, I. Genkova, S. Nadiga, L. Soulliard, and Q. Zhao

9:00 AM
1.3
Advances and Applications of Satellite Data Assimilation of Clouds, Precipitation, and the Ocean
Takemasa Miyoshi, RIKEN Center for Computational Science, Kobe, Japan; and S. Ohishi, J. Liang, R. T. Konduru, S. Otsuka, S. Kotsuki, K. Terasaki, A. Okazaki, H. Tomita, K. Kanemaru, M. Satoh, H. Yashiro, K. Okamoto, E. Kalnay, T. Kubota, and M. Kachi

9:15 AM
1.4
A Four-Dimensional Ensemble Variational (4DEnVar) data assimilation system for the Model for Prediction Across Scales (MPAS)
Robert G. Nystrom, NSF NCAR, Boulder, CO; and C. Snyder, Z. Liu, B. J. Jung, J. Ban, and J. Guerrette

9:30 AM
1.5
Continuous Nonlinear Data Assimilation
Peter Jan van Leeuwen, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO

10:00 AM-10:45 AM: Monday, 29 January 2024


Coffee Break [Main Terrace (BCC), Camden Lobby (BCC), Hall E (BCC)]
Location: The Baltimore Convention Center
Hosts: (Joint between the Networking and Events; the Convergence Science: Indigenous Weather, Water and Climate Knowledge Systems, Practices and Communities; the Town Hall Meetings; the 12th AMS Conference for Early Career Professionals; the Presidential Conference; the Daniel Keyser Symposium; the Kuo-Nan Liou Symposium; the 40th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 38th Conference on Hydrology; the 37th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 33rd Conference on Education; the 28th Conference on Applied Climatology; the 28th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Ocean, and Land Surface; the 28th Conference on Probability and Statistics; the 27th Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International; the 26th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the 26th Conference on Satellite Meteorology, Oceanography, and Climatology; the 24th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 24th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation; the 24th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification; the 23rd Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science; the 23rd Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA; the 22nd Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 22nd History Symposium; the 21st Conference on Space Weather; the 20th Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the 19th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the 16th Symposium on Aerosol Cloud Climate Interactions; the 15th Conference on Environment and Health; the 15th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the 14th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; the 14th Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using the Programming Languages of Open Science; the 12th Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise; the 12th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation; the 12th AMS Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the 12th Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Sub-Seasonal Monsoon Variability; the 10th Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate; the Ninth Symposium on US-International Partnerships; the Sixth Special Symposium on Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones; the Fifth Symposium on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; the Third Symposium on Community Modeling and Innovation; the Second Symposium on Environmental Security; the Second Symposium on the Future of Weather, Forecasting, and Practice; the First Symposium on Cloud Physics; the Estimating Wind Speeds of Tornadoes and Other Windstorms; the Polar Meteorology and Oceanography Special Symposium; the Forum on Climate Linked Economics; and the 20th Conference on Major Weather Impacts )

10:45 AM-12:00 PM: Monday, 29 January 2024

Recording files available
Session 2
Observing Systems: Atmosphere, Ocean and Land Surface, in Situ and Remote; Comparisons with Other Observing Systems
Location: Key 9 (Hilton Baltimore Inner Harbor)
Host: 28th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Ocean, and Land Surface
Cochairs: Takemasa Miyoshi, RIKEN Center for Computational Science; Isaac Moradi, GMAO
10:45 AM
2.1
Global Observations at the Air-Sea Interface from the Sofar Spotter Network
Isabel Houghton, Sofar Ocean, San Francisco, CA; and S. G. Penny, M. Solano, C. Dorsay, and P. smit

11:00 AM
2.2
Hourly Wildfire Growth Database Fusing Polar-Orbiting, Geostationary, and Multi-Agency Observations
ShihMing Huang, Sonoma Technology, Petaluma, CA; and C. D. McClure and M. Chaveste

Handout (2.2 MB)

11:15 AM
2.3
A per-profile observation error model for radio occultation using observations
Jeremiah Sjoberg, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. A. Anthes, H. Zhang, and J. Starr

11:30 AM
2.4
Development and validation of a physics-based root-zone soil moisture retrieval algorithm for multi-frequency dual-polarization (MFDP) signals of opportunity (SoOp) observations
James L. Garrison, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN; and A. Choudhari, E. Smith, R. Bindlish, B. Nold, S. Kim, and M. Kurum

11:45 AM
2.5
Kain-Fritsch Convective Parameterization Trigger Function variables derived using ARM Ground- and VIIRS Satellite-based Observations
David T. Haliczer, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL; and J. R. Mecikalski

12:00 PM-1:45 PM: Monday, 29 January 2024


Lunch Break
Location: The Baltimore Convention Center
Hosts: (Joint between the Networking and Events; the Convergence Science: Indigenous Weather, Water and Climate Knowledge Systems, Practices and Communities; the Town Hall Meetings; the 12th AMS Conference for Early Career Professionals; the Presidential Conference; the Daniel Keyser Symposium; the Kuo-Nan Liou Symposium; the 40th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 38th Conference on Hydrology; the 37th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 33rd Conference on Education; the 28th Conference on Applied Climatology; the 28th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Ocean, and Land Surface; the 28th Conference on Probability and Statistics; the 27th Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International; the 26th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the 26th Conference on Satellite Meteorology, Oceanography, and Climatology; the 24th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 24th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation; the 24th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification; the 23rd Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science; the 23rd Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA; the 22nd Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 22nd History Symposium; the 21st Conference on Space Weather; the 20th Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the 19th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the 16th Symposium on Aerosol Cloud Climate Interactions; the 15th Conference on Environment and Health; the 15th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the 14th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; the 14th Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using the Programming Languages of Open Science; the 12th Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise; the 12th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation; the 12th AMS Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the 12th Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Sub-Seasonal Monsoon Variability; the 10th Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate; the Ninth Symposium on US-International Partnerships; the Sixth Special Symposium on Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones; the Fifth Symposium on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; the Third Symposium on Community Modeling and Innovation; the Second Symposium on Environmental Security; the Second Symposium on the Future of Weather, Forecasting, and Practice; the First Symposium on Cloud Physics; the Estimating Wind Speeds of Tornadoes and Other Windstorms; the Polar Meteorology and Oceanography Special Symposium; the Forum on Climate Linked Economics; and the 20th Conference on Major Weather Impacts )

1:45 PM-3:00 PM: Monday, 29 January 2024

Recording files available
Session 3
Observing System Simulation Experiments (OSSEs) I
Location: Key 9 (Hilton Baltimore Inner Harbor)
Host: 28th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Ocean, and Land Surface
Cochairs: Lidia Cucurull, AOML; Robert M. Atlas, AOML
1:45 PM
3.1
Identifying an Observation Saturation Threshold for GNSS Radio Occultation Profile Assimilation in GFS
Sean P.F. Casey, UCAR/CPAESS@OAR/ORTA, Silver Spring, MD; UCAR/CPAESS@OAR/ORTA, Longmont, CO; and L. Cucurull and A. Vidal

2:00 PM
3.2
Assessing Impacts of Hyperspectral Microwave Observations on NASA’s OSSE Framework
Narges Shahroudi, NASA GSFC ; Univ. of Maryland, ESSIC, Silver Spring, MD; and I. Moradi, A. Gambacorta, R. Rosenberg, and J. Blaisdell

2:15 PM
3.3
Investigating the benefits of 3D passive winds in global weather forecast
Agnes Lim, CIMSS, Madison, WI; and D. A. Santek, L. Cucurull, S. P. F. Casey, M. J. Mueller, and A. Vidal

2:30 PM
3.5
Significance of Radiative Transfer Models in Satellite Instrumentation Development and OSSEs
Isaac Moradi, NASA, Greenbelt, MD; and D. J. Posselt, PhD, I. Adams, and P. Castellanos

3:00 PM-4:30 PM: Monday, 29 January 2024


Coffee Break & Formal Poster Viewing
Location: Hall E (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the Networking and Events; the Convergence Science: Indigenous Weather, Water and Climate Knowledge Systems, Practices and Communities; the 12th AMS Conference for Early Career Professionals; the Daniel Keyser Symposium; the Kuo-Nan Liou Symposium; the 40th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 38th Conference on Hydrology; the 37th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 33rd Conference on Education; the 28th Conference on Applied Climatology; the 28th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Ocean, and Land Surface; the 28th Conference on Probability and Statistics; the 27th Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International; the 26th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the 26th Conference on Satellite Meteorology, Oceanography, and Climatology; the 24th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 24th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation; the 24th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification; the 23rd Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science; the 23rd Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA; the 22nd Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 22nd History Symposium; the 21st Conference on Space Weather; the 20th Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the 19th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the 16th Symposium on Aerosol Cloud Climate Interactions; the 15th Conference on Environment and Health; the 15th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the 14th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; the 14th Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using the Programming Languages of Open Science; the 12th Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise; the 12th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation; the 12th AMS Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the 12th Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Sub-Seasonal Monsoon Variability; the 10th Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate; the Ninth Symposium on US-International Partnerships; the Sixth Special Symposium on Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones; the Fifth Symposium on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; the Third Symposium on Community Modeling and Innovation; the Second Symposium on Environmental Security; the Second Symposium on the Future of Weather, Forecasting, and Practice; the First Symposium on Cloud Physics; the Estimating Wind Speeds of Tornadoes and Other Windstorms; the Polar Meteorology and Oceanography Special Symposium; the Forum on Climate Linked Economics; and the 20th Conference on Major Weather Impacts )

Poster session on observations and data assimilation
Location: Hall E (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Host: 28th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Ocean, and Land Surface
Cochairs: Zhaoxia Pu, University of Utah; Robert M. Atlas, AOML
58
Advancing Earth System Science Using DART: State-of-the-Art Models, Novel Ensemble Algorithms and Extensive Observations
Jeffrey Anderson, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and M. El Gharamti, H. Kershaw, B. Raczka, K. Raeder, B. K. Johnson, M. Smith, D. Amrhein, and N. Collins

59
The Impact of an Hourly Assimilation Cadence in the NOAA Global Data Assimilation System
Laura C. Slivinski, NOAA/OAR/PSL, Boulder, CO; and J. S. Whitaker

Handout (4.5 MB)

60
Using Dual-Regression to Produce 16-Day Average AIRS Soundings
Anthony DiNorscia, Analytical Mechanics Associates, Inc., Hampton, VA; and S. Kato, W. L. Smith Sr., A. Radkevich, X. Huang, and X. Chen

Handout (1014.5 kB)

61
Development of Weather-dependent Background Error Structures within a Convective Scale Variational Radar Data Assimilation System
Jidong Gao, National Severe Storms Laboratory, Norman, OK; and S. Pan, Y. Wang, and X. Wang

62
Toward Faster Computation of Horizontal Localization in EnVar by Multigrid Beta Filter
Sho Yokota, EMC, College Park, MD; JMA, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan; and M. Rancic, T. lei, R. J. Purser, and M. Pondeca

Handout (1.4 MB)

63
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Assimilation of radiance tendency of sounding bands from geostationary satellites using GFS
Agnes Lim, CIMSS, Madison, WI; and Z. Li, S. E. Nebuda, and J. A. Jung

65
Theoretical Framework for Symmetric Convergence Using Active and Passive Remote Sensing
Kylie Hoffman, GEST, Baltimore, MD; Univ. of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD; and D. D. Turner and B. Demoz

67
Enhancing Numerical Prediction of Asian Dust Storms in South Korea through Pattern-Dependent Adaptive Observations Using CNOP-I
Seungyeon Lee, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, South korea; and X. Qin and S. K. Park

68
Assimilating IMPACTS Data for 7 Feb 2020 Storm to Improve Winter Cyclone Prediction
Jonathan J. Seibert, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA; and S. J. Greybush, Y. Zhang, PhD, and M. Kumjian

Handout (1.4 MB)

70
Comparative Analysis of ERA5 Model Levels and Pressure Levels Over the Continental U.S.
Carlos Mario Cuervo López, Central Michigan Univ., Mount Pleasant, MI; and J. T. Allen and M. Taszarek

72
Comparison of Saildrone and Satellite-Derived Sea Surface Temperature during Atlantic Hurricane Missions
Madeline Marie Kronebusch, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA; and C. Zhang

73
Airborne Aerosol Wind Profiler (AWP) Doppler Wind Lidar Observations Within The NOAA Joint Venture 3-D Wind Measurement Demonstration
Kristopher M. Bedka, NASA, Hampton, VA; and J. Marketon, J. Cooney, Z. Liu, K. Khlopenkov, A. Traore, T. H. Wong, S. Begay, and A. Noe

74
Strategic Planning for PACE Cloud Product Validation: Comparing LWP Retrievals of MODIS Aqua, VIIRS, AMSR-2, and ARM Ground-Based Observations
Chamara Rajapakshe, GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; SSAI, Lanham, MD; and A. M. Sayer, K. Knobelspiesse, M. Gao, and S. Foley

76
Evaluating Wave Glider Meteorological and Oceanographic Data Using in Situ and Remotely Sensed Coastal Data in the Delaware Region
Emmanuel Olamiriki, University of Delaware, Newark, DE; and D. E. Veron, PhD and A. Trembanis

4:30 PM-6:00 PM: Monday, 29 January 2024

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Session 4
Observing System Simulation Experiments (OSSEs) II
Location: Key 9 (Hilton Baltimore Inner Harbor)
Host: 28th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Ocean, and Land Surface
Cochairs: Derek J. Posselt, PhD; Sean P.F. Casey
4:30 PM
4.1
4:45 PM
4.2
Planning for a Future-Proofed Observing System: Observing System Simulation Experiments For the Maryland Mesonet
Joshua Eric McCurry, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, Gaithersburg, MD; and J. Poterjoy, M. J. Molina, and A. Ruiz-Barradas

5:00 PM
4.3
Observing System Simulation Experiments Assessing the Potential Impact of Nation-Scale Mesoscale Surface Network on Short-Range Weather Forecasting
Chengsi Liu, Center for Analysis and Prediction of Storms, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and T. Sun, M. Xue, and B. Moore III

5:15 PM
4.4
Using a Spectrum of OSSEs to Explore Synergies Among Active and Passive Measurements for Spaceborne Estimates of Atmospheric Winds
Derek J. Posselt, PhD, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and S. M. Hristova-Veleva, S. C. Tucker, Ph.D., X. Zeng, H. Nguyen, I. Yanovsky, L. Wu, and A. Ouyed

5:45 PM
4.6
Simulation and Evaluation of Next Generation Microwave Satellite Observation System for Numerical Weather Prediction Applications
Zaizhong Ma, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and K. Lean, D. Duncan, N. Bormann, E. H. Berbery, and S. Kalluri

6:00 PM-7:30 PM: Monday, 29 January 2024


Exhibit Hall Opening Reception
Location: Hall F/ Swing (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the Networking and Events; the Agency Updates; the Convergence Science: Indigenous Weather, Water and Climate Knowledge Systems, Practices and Communities; the Town Hall Meetings; the 12th AMS Conference for Early Career Professionals; the Presidential Conference; the Daniel Keyser Symposium; the Kuo-Nan Liou Symposium; the 40th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 38th Conference on Hydrology; the 37th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 33rd Conference on Education; the 28th Conference on Applied Climatology; the 28th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Ocean, and Land Surface; the 28th Conference on Probability and Statistics; the 27th Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International; the 26th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the 26th Conference on Satellite Meteorology, Oceanography, and Climatology; the 24th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 24th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation; the 24th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification; the 23rd Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science; the 23rd Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA; the 22nd Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 22nd History Symposium; the 21st Conference on Space Weather; the 20th Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the 19th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the 16th Symposium on Aerosol Cloud Climate Interactions; the 15th Conference on Environment and Health; the 15th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the 14th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; the 14th Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using the Programming Languages of Open Science; the 12th Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise; the 12th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation; the 12th AMS Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the 12th Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Sub-Seasonal Monsoon Variability; the 10th Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate; the Ninth Symposium on US-International Partnerships; the Sixth Special Symposium on Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones; the Fifth Symposium on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; the Third Symposium on Community Modeling and Innovation; the Second Symposium on Environmental Security; the Second Symposium on the Future of Weather, Forecasting, and Practice; the First Symposium on Cloud Physics; the Estimating Wind Speeds of Tornadoes and Other Windstorms; the Polar Meteorology and Oceanography Special Symposium; the Forum on Climate Linked Economics; and the 20th Conference on Major Weather Impacts )

7:00 PM-9:00 PM: Monday, 29 January 2024


ESWN Reception
Location: Pratt Street Ale House
Hosts: (Joint between the Networking and Events; the Convergence Science: Indigenous Weather, Water and Climate Knowledge Systems, Practices and Communities; the 12th AMS Conference for Early Career Professionals; the Daniel Keyser Symposium; the Kuo-Nan Liou Symposium; the 40th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 38th Conference on Hydrology; the 37th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 33rd Conference on Education; the 28th Conference on Applied Climatology; the 28th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Ocean, and Land Surface; the 28th Conference on Probability and Statistics; the 27th Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International; the 26th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the 26th Conference on Satellite Meteorology, Oceanography, and Climatology; the 24th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 24th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation; the 24th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification; the 23rd Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science; the 23rd Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA; the 22nd Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 22nd History Symposium; the 21st Conference on Space Weather; the 20th Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the 19th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the 16th Symposium on Aerosol Cloud Climate Interactions; the 15th Conference on Environment and Health; the 15th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the 14th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; the 14th Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using the Programming Languages of Open Science; the 12th Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise; the 12th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation; the 12th AMS Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the 12th Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Sub-Seasonal Monsoon Variability; the 10th Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate; the Ninth Symposium on US-International Partnerships; the Sixth Special Symposium on Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones; the Fifth Symposium on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; the Third Symposium on Community Modeling and Innovation; the Second Symposium on Environmental Security; the Second Symposium on the Future of Weather, Forecasting, and Practice; the First Symposium on Cloud Physics; the Estimating Wind Speeds of Tornadoes and Other Windstorms; the Polar Meteorology and Oceanography Special Symposium; the Forum on Climate Linked Economics; and the 20th Conference on Major Weather Impacts )

7:30 PM-10:00 PM: Monday, 29 January 2024


Coriolis (LGBTQ+ and Allies) Reception
Location: Pisces (Hyatt Regency Baltimore)
Hosts: (Joint between the Networking and Events; the Convergence Science: Indigenous Weather, Water and Climate Knowledge Systems, Practices and Communities; the 12th AMS Conference for Early Career Professionals; the Daniel Keyser Symposium; the Kuo-Nan Liou Symposium; the 40th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 38th Conference on Hydrology; the 37th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 33rd Conference on Education; the 28th Conference on Applied Climatology; the 28th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Ocean, and Land Surface; the 28th Conference on Probability and Statistics; the 27th Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International; the 26th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the 26th Conference on Satellite Meteorology, Oceanography, and Climatology; the 24th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 24th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation; the 24th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification; the 23rd Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science; the 23rd Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA; the 22nd Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 22nd History Symposium; the 21st Conference on Space Weather; the 20th Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the 19th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the 16th Symposium on Aerosol Cloud Climate Interactions; the 15th Conference on Environment and Health; the 15th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the 14th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; the 14th Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using the Programming Languages of Open Science; the 12th Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise; the 12th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation; the 12th AMS Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the 12th Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Sub-Seasonal Monsoon Variability; the 10th Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate; the Ninth Symposium on US-International Partnerships; the Sixth Special Symposium on Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones; the Fifth Symposium on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; the Third Symposium on Community Modeling and Innovation; the Second Symposium on Environmental Security; the Second Symposium on the Future of Weather, Forecasting, and Practice; the First Symposium on Cloud Physics; the Estimating Wind Speeds of Tornadoes and Other Windstorms; the Polar Meteorology and Oceanography Special Symposium; the Forum on Climate Linked Economics; and the 20th Conference on Major Weather Impacts )

Tuesday, 30 January 2024

8:30 AM-10:00 AM: Tuesday, 30 January 2024

Recording files available
Session 5
Numerical Analysis and Prediction Experiments Involving Observations: Data Impact and Observation Sensitivity Tests I
Location: Key 9 (Hilton Baltimore Inner Harbor)
Host: 28th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Ocean, and Land Surface
Cochairs: Agnes Lim, CIMSS; Narges Shahroudi, NESDIS
8:30 AM
5.1
Recent Update on the Commercial GNSS RO Data Assimilation in NCEP GFS
Xuanli Li, SAIC, College Park, MD; SAIC, College Park, MD; and H. Liu, A. Collard, and D. T. Kleist

8:45 AM
5.2
A Strategy for Assimilating Data from Microsats
William F. Campbell, NRL, Monterey, CA; and H. Christophersen, E. Satterfield, and D. Sidoti

9:00 AM
5.3
Quality and forecast impact of Aeolus wind lidar observations over West Africa and the tropical Atlantic
Maurus Borne, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany; and P. Knippertz, M. Weissmann, A. Cress, C. Flamant, A. Martin, M. P. Rennie, R. Rios-Berrios, P. Veals, and B. Witschas

9:15 AM
5.4
The Atmospheric River Reconnaissance Dropsonde Data Impact on GFS Forecasts
Xingren Wu, NOAA, College Park, MD; and K. Wu, V. S. Tallapragada, and M. M. Ralph

9:30 AM
5.5
Simultaneous Assimilation of Polarimetric Radar and All-Sky Satellite Data to Improve Convection Forecasts
Keenan Christopher Eure, The Pennsylvania State Univ., State College, PA; and Y. Zhang, PhD, D. J. Stensrud, M. Kumjian, H. Greatrex, and S. J. Greybush

9:45 AM
5.6
Exploring the Satellite Radiance Impact via Ensemble Forecast Sensitivity to Observation Impact (EFSOI) Within RRFS
Liao-Fan Lin, CSU/CIRA; and NOAA/OAR/GSL, Boulder, CO; and H. Lin, C. Zhou, H. Wang, A. Back, and S. S. Weygandt

10:00 AM-10:45 AM: Tuesday, 30 January 2024


Coffee Break [Main Terrace (BCC), Camden Lobby (BCC), Hall E (BCC), Hall F (BCC)]
Location: The Baltimore Convention Center
Hosts: (Joint between the Networking and Events; the Convergence Science: Indigenous Weather, Water and Climate Knowledge Systems, Practices and Communities; the Town Hall Meetings; the 12th AMS Conference for Early Career Professionals; the Presidential Conference; the Daniel Keyser Symposium; the Kuo-Nan Liou Symposium; the 40th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 38th Conference on Hydrology; the 37th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 33rd Conference on Education; the 28th Conference on Applied Climatology; the 28th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Ocean, and Land Surface; the 28th Conference on Probability and Statistics; the 27th Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International; the 26th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the 26th Conference on Satellite Meteorology, Oceanography, and Climatology; the 24th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 24th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation; the 24th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification; the 23rd Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science; the 23rd Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA; the 22nd Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 22nd History Symposium; the 21st Conference on Space Weather; the 20th Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the 19th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the 16th Symposium on Aerosol Cloud Climate Interactions; the 15th Conference on Environment and Health; the 15th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the 14th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; the 14th Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using the Programming Languages of Open Science; the 12th Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise; the 12th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation; the 12th AMS Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the 12th Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Sub-Seasonal Monsoon Variability; the 10th Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate; the Ninth Symposium on US-International Partnerships; the Sixth Special Symposium on Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones; the Fifth Symposium on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; the Third Symposium on Community Modeling and Innovation; the Second Symposium on Environmental Security; the Second Symposium on the Future of Weather, Forecasting, and Practice; the First Symposium on Cloud Physics; the Estimating Wind Speeds of Tornadoes and Other Windstorms; the Polar Meteorology and Oceanography Special Symposium; the Forum on Climate Linked Economics; and the 20th Conference on Major Weather Impacts )

12:00 PM-1:45 PM: Tuesday, 30 January 2024


Lunch Break
Location: The Baltimore Convention Center
Hosts: (Joint between the Networking and Events; the Convergence Science: Indigenous Weather, Water and Climate Knowledge Systems, Practices and Communities; the Town Hall Meetings; the 12th AMS Conference for Early Career Professionals; the Presidential Conference; the Daniel Keyser Symposium; the Kuo-Nan Liou Symposium; the 40th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 38th Conference on Hydrology; the 37th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 33rd Conference on Education; the 28th Conference on Applied Climatology; the 28th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Ocean, and Land Surface; the 28th Conference on Probability and Statistics; the 27th Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International; the 26th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the 26th Conference on Satellite Meteorology, Oceanography, and Climatology; the 24th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 24th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation; the 24th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification; the 23rd Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science; the 23rd Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA; the 22nd Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 22nd History Symposium; the 21st Conference on Space Weather; the 20th Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the 19th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the 16th Symposium on Aerosol Cloud Climate Interactions; the 15th Conference on Environment and Health; the 15th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the 14th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; the 14th Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using the Programming Languages of Open Science; the 12th Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise; the 12th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation; the 12th AMS Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the 12th Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Sub-Seasonal Monsoon Variability; the 10th Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate; the Ninth Symposium on US-International Partnerships; the Sixth Special Symposium on Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones; the Fifth Symposium on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; the Third Symposium on Community Modeling and Innovation; the Second Symposium on Environmental Security; the Second Symposium on the Future of Weather, Forecasting, and Practice; the First Symposium on Cloud Physics; the Estimating Wind Speeds of Tornadoes and Other Windstorms; the Polar Meteorology and Oceanography Special Symposium; the Forum on Climate Linked Economics; and the 20th Conference on Major Weather Impacts )

1:45 PM-3:00 PM: Tuesday, 30 January 2024

Recording files available
Session 7
Next-Generation Observations of Atmospheric Winds
Location: Key 9 (Hilton Baltimore Inner Harbor)
Host: 28th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Ocean, and Land Surface
Cochairs: Sara C. Tucker, Ph.D., Ball Aerospace; Xuanli Li, NCEP
1:45 PM
7.1
Assimilation of EUMETSAT IASI 3D wind product in the Navy Global Environmental Model
Brian Kenneth Blaylock, US Naval Research Laboratory, Marine Meteorology, Monterey, CA; and D. Tyndall and P. Pauley

2:00 PM
7.2
Preliminary Impact of Aeolus Doppler Wind Lidar on Forecasts from NCEP's Global Forecast System
Michael J. Mueller, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and A. Lim, S. P. F. Casey, and L. Cucurull

2:30 PM
7.4
System for Analysis of Wind Collocations (SAWC): A Novel Archive and Collocation Software Application for the Intercomparison of Winds from Multiple Observing Platforms
Katherine E. Lukens, UMD/CISESS and NOAA/NESDIS/STAR, College Park, MD; and K. Garrett, K. Ide, D. Santek, B. Hoover, D. Huber, R. N. Hoffman, and H. Liu

2:45 PM
7.5
Impact of Assimilating AMV Winds Using a Variational Feature Track Correction (VarFTC)
Ross N. Hoffman, NOAA, Cambridge, MA; and H. Liu, K. E. Lukens, K. Garrett, and K. Ide

Handout (6.2 MB)

3:00 PM-4:30 PM: Tuesday, 30 January 2024


Coffee Break & Formal Poster Viewing [Hall E (BCC) & Hall F (BCC)]
Location: Hall E (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the Networking and Events; the Convergence Science: Indigenous Weather, Water and Climate Knowledge Systems, Practices and Communities; the 12th AMS Conference for Early Career Professionals; the 40th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 38th Conference on Hydrology; the 37th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 33rd Conference on Education; the 28th Conference on Applied Climatology; the 28th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Ocean, and Land Surface; the 28th Conference on Probability and Statistics; the 27th Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International; the 26th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the 26th Conference on Satellite Meteorology, Oceanography, and Climatology; the 24th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 24th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation; the 24th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification; the 23rd Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science; the 23rd Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA; the 22nd Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 22nd History Symposium; the 21st Conference on Space Weather; the 20th Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the 19th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the 16th Symposium on Aerosol Cloud Climate Interactions; the 15th Conference on Environment and Health; the 15th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the 14th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; the 14th Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using the Programming Languages of Open Science; the 12th Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise; the 12th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation; the 12th AMS Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the 12th Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Sub-Seasonal Monsoon Variability; the 10th Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate; the Ninth Symposium on US-International Partnerships; the Sixth Special Symposium on Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones; the Fifth Symposium on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; the Third Symposium on Community Modeling and Innovation; the Second Symposium on Environmental Security; the Second Symposium on the Future of Weather, Forecasting, and Practice; the First Symposium on Cloud Physics; the Estimating Wind Speeds of Tornadoes and Other Windstorms; the Polar Meteorology and Oceanography Special Symposium; the Forum on Climate Linked Economics; and the 20th Conference on Major Weather Impacts )

4:30 PM-6:00 PM: Tuesday, 30 January 2024

Recording files available
Session 8
Advances in Data Assimilation Methodology for Nonlinear Multiscale Problems
Location: Key 9 (Hilton Baltimore Inner Harbor)
Host: 28th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Ocean, and Land Surface
Cochairs: Zhaoxia Pu, University of Utah; Mark Buehner, Environment and Climate Change Canada (Dorval)
4:30 PM
8.1
Ensemble Kalman filters with self exclusion
Chris Snyder, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. Guerrette

5:00 PM
8.3
5:15 PM
8.4
Convolutional Neural Network based Adaptive Localization for an Ensemble Kalman Filter
Lili Lei, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China; and Z. Wang, J. Anderson, Z. M. Tan, and Y. zhang

5:30 PM
8.5
A Comparative Study of Innovation-based Methods for Estimating Observation Uncertainty During Data Assimilation
Henry Santer, University of Maryland, College Park, Beltsville, MD; and J. Poterjoy

5:45 PM
8.6
Non-Gaussian based Maximum Likelihood Ensemble Smoothers
Steven J. Fletcher, CIRA, Fort Collins, CO; and S. Van Loon and M. Zupanski

6:00 PM-7:00 PM: Tuesday, 30 January 2024


Exhibit Hall Reception
Location: Hall F/ Swing (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the Networking and Events; the Convergence Science: Indigenous Weather, Water and Climate Knowledge Systems, Practices and Communities; the 12th AMS Conference for Early Career Professionals; the Daniel Keyser Symposium; the Kuo-Nan Liou Symposium; the 40th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 38th Conference on Hydrology; the 37th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 33rd Conference on Education; the 28th Conference on Applied Climatology; the 28th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Ocean, and Land Surface; the 28th Conference on Probability and Statistics; the 27th Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International; the 26th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the 26th Conference on Satellite Meteorology, Oceanography, and Climatology; the 24th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 24th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation; the 24th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification; the 23rd Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science; the 23rd Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA; the 22nd Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 22nd History Symposium; the 21st Conference on Space Weather; the 20th Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the 19th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the 16th Symposium on Aerosol Cloud Climate Interactions; the 15th Conference on Environment and Health; the 15th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the 14th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; the 14th Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using the Programming Languages of Open Science; the 12th Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise; the 12th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation; the 12th AMS Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the 12th Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Sub-Seasonal Monsoon Variability; the 10th Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate; the Ninth Symposium on US-International Partnerships; the Sixth Special Symposium on Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones; the Fifth Symposium on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; the Third Symposium on Community Modeling and Innovation; the Second Symposium on Environmental Security; the Second Symposium on the Future of Weather, Forecasting, and Practice; the First Symposium on Cloud Physics; the Estimating Wind Speeds of Tornadoes and Other Windstorms; the Polar Meteorology and Oceanography Special Symposium; the Forum on Climate Linked Economics; and the 20th Conference on Major Weather Impacts )

Wednesday, 31 January 2024

8:30 AM-10:00 AM: Wednesday, 31 January 2024

Recording files available
Session 9
Numerical Analysis and Prediction Experiments Involving Observations: Data Impact and Observation Sensitivity Tests II
Location: Key 9 (Hilton Baltimore Inner Harbor)
Host: 28th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Ocean, and Land Surface
Cochairs: William F. Campbell; Peter Jan van Leeuwen, Colorado State University
8:30 AM
9.1
Assimilation of TROPICS Radiance Data in NASA GEOS System and impact assessments through Observing System Experiments
Min-Jeong Kim, NASA, Greenbelt, MD; and N. Prive, P. Stegmann, B. T. Johnson, and Z. Griffith

8:45 AM
9.2
Radar Data Assimilation for Wintertime Atmospheric River Related Precipitation Events
Jia Wang, SIO, La Jolla, CA; Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Univ. of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA; Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Univ. of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA; and M. Zheng, J. F. Kalansky, L. Delle Monache, J. J. Rutz, and M. M. Ralph

9:00 AM
9.3
Assimilation of Small Uncrewed Aircraft System Observations(sUAS) in NOAA's Next-Generation Hurricane Analysis and Forecast System (HAFS)
Kathryn J. Sellwood, Univ. of Miami/CIMAS and NOAA/HRD, Miami, FL; CIMAS Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies, Miami, FL; and A. Aksoy and J. A. Sippel

9:15 AM
9.4
9:30 AM
9.5
A complete observation error correlation matrix from CYGNSS
Charles Powell, Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; and C. S. Ruf

9:45 AM
9.6
Impact of CyGNSS L2 Winds on Tropical Cyclone analyses and Forecasts in the Coupled HAFS/HYCOM
Bachir Annane, Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies/Univ. of Miami, and NOAA/AOML/HRD, Miami, FL; and L. J. Gramer, B. D. McNoldy, R. M. Atlas, S. Majumdar, and S. M. Leidner

10:00 AM-10:45 AM: Wednesday, 31 January 2024


Coffee Break [Main Terrace (BCC), Camden Lobby (BCC), Hall E (BCC), Hall F (BCC)]
Location: The Baltimore Convention Center
Hosts: (Joint between the Networking and Events; the Convergence Science: Indigenous Weather, Water and Climate Knowledge Systems, Practices and Communities; the 12th AMS Conference for Early Career Professionals; the Presidential Conference; the Daniel Keyser Symposium; the Kuo-Nan Liou Symposium; the 40th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 38th Conference on Hydrology; the 37th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 33rd Conference on Education; the 28th Conference on Applied Climatology; the 28th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Ocean, and Land Surface; the 28th Conference on Probability and Statistics; the 27th Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International; the 26th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the 26th Conference on Satellite Meteorology, Oceanography, and Climatology; the 24th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 24th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation; the 24th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification; the 23rd Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science; the 23rd Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA; the 22nd Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 22nd History Symposium; the 21st Conference on Space Weather; the 20th Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the 19th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the 16th Symposium on Aerosol Cloud Climate Interactions; the 15th Conference on Environment and Health; the 15th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the 14th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; the 14th Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using the Programming Languages of Open Science; the 12th Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise; the 12th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation; the 12th AMS Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the 12th Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Sub-Seasonal Monsoon Variability; the 10th Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate; the Ninth Symposium on US-International Partnerships; the Sixth Special Symposium on Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones; the Fifth Symposium on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; the Third Symposium on Community Modeling and Innovation; the Second Symposium on Environmental Security; the Second Symposium on the Future of Weather, Forecasting, and Practice; the First Symposium on Cloud Physics; the Estimating Wind Speeds of Tornadoes and Other Windstorms; the Polar Meteorology and Oceanography Special Symposium; the Forum on Climate Linked Economics; and the 20th Conference on Major Weather Impacts )

10:45 AM-12:00 PM: Wednesday, 31 January 2024

Recording files available
Session 10
Data Assimilation Methodology Advancement for Numerical Weather Prediction I
Location: Key 9 (Hilton Baltimore Inner Harbor)
Host: 28th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Ocean, and Land Surface
Cochairs: Jeffrey Anderson, The Pennsylvania State University; Man-Yau (Joseph) Chan
10:45 AM
10.1
Scalability and Forecast Impact when Varying Spatial Resolution, Ensemble Size and Observation Density in an Operational LETKF-based Ensemble Prediction System
Mark Buehner, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Dorval, QC, Canada; and S. J. Baek, E. Lapalme, and J. F. Caron

11:15 AM
10.3
Advancements in Convective-Scale Meteorological Data Assimilation: Integrating FY4A AGRI Radiances with the MOTOR-DA System
Yali Wu, Shenzhen Institute of Meteorological Innovation, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China; and Y. N. Xie, Z. Qin, and J. Chen

11:30 AM
10.4
Hybrid Gain Data Assimilation in the Taiwan Global Forecast System (TGFS)
Chih-Chien Chang, National Central University, Taoyuan City, Taiwan, Taiwan; and S. C. Yang and G. Y. Lien

11:45 AM
10.5
Improving the background ensemble covariance at the air-sea interface toward the fully coupled data assimilation in Hurricane Analysis and Forecast System (HAFS)
Xuguang Wang, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and X. Lu, T. H. Li, H. S. Kim, J. A. Zhang, H. kang, and Y. Li

12:00 PM-1:45 PM: Wednesday, 31 January 2024


Lunch Break
Location: The Baltimore Convention Center
Hosts: (Joint between the Networking and Events; the Convergence Science: Indigenous Weather, Water and Climate Knowledge Systems, Practices and Communities; the Town Hall Meetings; the 12th AMS Conference for Early Career Professionals; the Presidential Conference; the Daniel Keyser Symposium; the Kuo-Nan Liou Symposium; the 40th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 38th Conference on Hydrology; the 37th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 33rd Conference on Education; the 28th Conference on Applied Climatology; the 28th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Ocean, and Land Surface; the 28th Conference on Probability and Statistics; the 27th Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International; the 26th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the 26th Conference on Satellite Meteorology, Oceanography, and Climatology; the 24th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 24th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation; the 24th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification; the 23rd Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science; the 23rd Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA; the 22nd Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 22nd History Symposium; the 21st Conference on Space Weather; the 20th Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the 19th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the 16th Symposium on Aerosol Cloud Climate Interactions; the 15th Conference on Environment and Health; the 15th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the 14th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; the 14th Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using the Programming Languages of Open Science; the 12th Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise; the 12th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation; the 12th AMS Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the 12th Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Sub-Seasonal Monsoon Variability; the 10th Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate; the Ninth Symposium on US-International Partnerships; the Sixth Special Symposium on Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones; the Fifth Symposium on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; the Third Symposium on Community Modeling and Innovation; the Second Symposium on Environmental Security; the Second Symposium on the Future of Weather, Forecasting, and Practice; the First Symposium on Cloud Physics; the Estimating Wind Speeds of Tornadoes and Other Windstorms; the Polar Meteorology and Oceanography Special Symposium; the Forum on Climate Linked Economics; and the 20th Conference on Major Weather Impacts )

1:45 PM-3:00 PM: Wednesday, 31 January 2024

Recording files available
Session 11
Data Assimilation Methodology Advancement for Numerical Weather Prediction II
Location: Key 9 (Hilton Baltimore Inner Harbor)
Host: 28th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Ocean, and Land Surface
Cochairs: Xuguang Wang, University of Oklahoma; Kathryn J. Sellwood, AOML
1:45 PM
11.1
Incorporating non-Gaussian observation errors into variational methods
Chih-Chi Hu, Princeton University, East Windsor, NJ; and P. J. van Leeuwen and A. Geer

2:00 PM
11.2
Foundations for Universal Non-Gaussian Data Assimilation
Senne Van Loon, CIRA, Fort Collins, CO; and S. J. Fletcher

2:30 PM
11.4
Scalable Bias Correction Techniques Investigated with a Low-Dimensional Model
Joseph Knisely, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD; and J. Poterjoy, E. Satterfield, and W. F. Campbell

2:45 PM
11.5
Assessing a Technique for Integrated Data Assimilation and Machine Learning with a Hybrid Atmospheric Model
Istvan Szunyogh, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; and D. Elliott, A. P. Wikner, T. Arcomano, B. Hunt, and E. Ott

3:00 PM-4:30 PM: Wednesday, 31 January 2024


Coffee Break & Formal Poster Viewing [Hall E (BCC) & Hall F (BCC)]
Location: Hall E (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the Networking and Events; the Convergence Science: Indigenous Weather, Water and Climate Knowledge Systems, Practices and Communities; the 12th AMS Conference for Early Career Professionals; the Daniel Keyser Symposium; the Kuo-Nan Liou Symposium; the 40th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 38th Conference on Hydrology; the 37th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 33rd Conference on Education; the 28th Conference on Applied Climatology; the 28th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Ocean, and Land Surface; the 28th Conference on Probability and Statistics; the 27th Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International; the 26th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the 26th Conference on Satellite Meteorology, Oceanography, and Climatology; the 24th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 24th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation; the 24th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification; the 23rd Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science; the 23rd Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA; the 22nd Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 22nd History Symposium; the 21st Conference on Space Weather; the 20th Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the 19th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the 16th Symposium on Aerosol Cloud Climate Interactions; the 15th Conference on Environment and Health; the 15th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the 14th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; the 14th Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using the Programming Languages of Open Science; the 12th Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise; the 12th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation; the 12th AMS Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the 12th Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Sub-Seasonal Monsoon Variability; the 10th Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate; the Ninth Symposium on US-International Partnerships; the Sixth Special Symposium on Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones; the Fifth Symposium on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; the Third Symposium on Community Modeling and Innovation; the Second Symposium on Environmental Security; the Second Symposium on the Future of Weather, Forecasting, and Practice; the First Symposium on Cloud Physics; the Estimating Wind Speeds of Tornadoes and Other Windstorms; the Polar Meteorology and Oceanography Special Symposium; the Forum on Climate Linked Economics; and the 20th Conference on Major Weather Impacts )

4:30 PM-6:00 PM: Wednesday, 31 January 2024

Recording files available
Session 12
Data Assimilation Methodology Advancement for Numerical Weather Prediction III
Location: Key 9 (Hilton Baltimore Inner Harbor)
Host: 28th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Ocean, and Land Surface
Cochairs: Shun Liu, NCEP; Feimin Zhang
4:30 PM
12.1
Impacts of Implementing a New GNSS-RO Quality Control and Error Model on Global Numerical Weather Prediction at NOAA
Christopher P. Riedel, UCAR/CAPESS@OAR/ORTA/QOSAP, Norman, OK; and J. Sjoberg, R. A. Anthes, L. Cucurull, and X. Li

4:45 PM
12.2
Leveraging Multi-Scale Radar Data Assimilation to Investigate Multi-Scale Convection Events in Taiwan
Lawrence Jing-Yueh Liu, National Central University, Zhongli Dist., Taoyuan City, Taiwan; and S. C. Yang, H. L. Yeh, K. J. Lin, and P. L. Chang

5:00 PM
12.3
5:15 PM
12.4
Toward combining data assimilation and machine learning to improve weather prediction models
Alexander Paul Wikner, University of Maryland, College Park, College Park, MD; Univ. of Maryland, College Park, College Park, MD; and I. Szunyogh, B. Hunt, and E. Ott

5:30 PM
12.5
Interactions between Microphysical Parametrizations and All-Sky Infrared Data Assimilation on Hurricane Harvey
Jordan Rendon, The Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA; and Y. Zhang, PhD

5:45 PM
12.6
Suitable Background Error Covariances for Radar Reflectivity Direct Assimilation in the Rapid Refresh Forecast System (RRFS)
Sho Yokota, EMC, College Park, MD; JMA, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan; and J. R. Carley, T. lei, S. Liu, C. Thomas, D. T. Kleist, Y. Wang, Y. Yang, and X. Wang

Handout (2.2 MB)

6:00 PM-7:30 PM: Wednesday, 31 January 2024


Awards Reception and Ceremony
Location: Ballroom III/ IV (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the Networking and Events; the Convergence Science: Indigenous Weather, Water and Climate Knowledge Systems, Practices and Communities; the 12th AMS Conference for Early Career Professionals; the Presidential Conference; the Daniel Keyser Symposium; the Kuo-Nan Liou Symposium; the 40th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 38th Conference on Hydrology; the 37th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 33rd Conference on Education; the 28th Conference on Applied Climatology; the 28th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Ocean, and Land Surface; the 28th Conference on Probability and Statistics; the 27th Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International; the 26th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the 26th Conference on Satellite Meteorology, Oceanography, and Climatology; the 24th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 24th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation; the 24th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification; the 23rd Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science; the 23rd Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA; the 22nd Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 22nd History Symposium; the 21st Conference on Space Weather; the 20th Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the 19th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the 16th Symposium on Aerosol Cloud Climate Interactions; the 15th Conference on Environment and Health; the 15th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the 14th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; the 14th Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using the Programming Languages of Open Science; the 12th Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise; the 12th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation; the 12th AMS Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the 12th Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Sub-Seasonal Monsoon Variability; the 10th Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate; the Ninth Symposium on US-International Partnerships; the Sixth Special Symposium on Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones; the Fifth Symposium on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; the Third Symposium on Community Modeling and Innovation; the Second Symposium on Environmental Security; the Second Symposium on the Future of Weather, Forecasting, and Practice; the First Symposium on Cloud Physics; the Estimating Wind Speeds of Tornadoes and Other Windstorms; the Polar Meteorology and Oceanography Special Symposium; the Forum on Climate Linked Economics; and the 20th Conference on Major Weather Impacts )

7:30 PM-9:30 PM: Wednesday, 31 January 2024


Wednesday Night Live
Location: Key Ballroom Salon 1-8 (Hilton Baltimore Inner Harbor)
Hosts: (Joint between the Networking and Events; the Convergence Science: Indigenous Weather, Water and Climate Knowledge Systems, Practices and Communities; the 12th AMS Conference for Early Career Professionals; the Daniel Keyser Symposium; the Kuo-Nan Liou Symposium; the 40th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 38th Conference on Hydrology; the 37th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 33rd Conference on Education; the 28th Conference on Applied Climatology; the 28th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Ocean, and Land Surface; the 28th Conference on Probability and Statistics; the 27th Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International; the 26th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the 26th Conference on Satellite Meteorology, Oceanography, and Climatology; the 24th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 24th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation; the 24th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification; the 23rd Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science; the 23rd Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA; the 22nd Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 22nd History Symposium; the 21st Conference on Space Weather; the 20th Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the 19th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the 16th Symposium on Aerosol Cloud Climate Interactions; the 15th Conference on Environment and Health; the 15th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the 14th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; the 14th Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using the Programming Languages of Open Science; the 12th Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise; the 12th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation; the 12th AMS Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the 12th Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Sub-Seasonal Monsoon Variability; the 10th Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate; the Ninth Symposium on US-International Partnerships; the Sixth Special Symposium on Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones; the Fifth Symposium on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; the Third Symposium on Community Modeling and Innovation; the Second Symposium on Environmental Security; the Second Symposium on the Future of Weather, Forecasting, and Practice; the First Symposium on Cloud Physics; the Estimating Wind Speeds of Tornadoes and Other Windstorms; the Polar Meteorology and Oceanography Special Symposium; the Forum on Climate Linked Economics; and the 20th Conference on Major Weather Impacts )

Thursday, 1 February 2024

8:30 AM-10:00 AM: Thursday, 1 February 2024

Recording files available
Session 13A
Numerical Analysis and Prediction Experiments Involving Observations: Data Impact and Observation Sensitivity Tests III
Location: Key 9 (Hilton Baltimore Inner Harbor)
Host: 28th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Ocean, and Land Surface
Cochairs: Min-Jeong Kim; Steven J. Fletcher
8:30 AM
13A.1
8:45 AM
13A.2
What Can We Obtain from the Initial Conditions of Assimilating Wind Tower Observation to Improve Wind Power Prediction?
Feimin Zhang, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu, China; Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 62, China; and S. Jin, C. Wang, and L. Zhao

9:00 AM
13A.3
Improving cloud forecasts with assimilation of cloud-/precipitation-affected microwave and infrared radiances using MPAS-JEDI
Zhiquan Liu, NCAR, Boulder, CO; NSF-NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. Ban, B. J. Jung, and C. Snyder

9:30 AM
13A.5
Model performance improvement from fine resolution satellite LULC/NDVI and spin-up of soil layer
Yu-ling Wu, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL; and U. S. Nair and D. Whitley

9:45 AM
13A.6
Impact of JEDI LETKF Assimilation with Radar Observations on Ensemble Forecast for Landfalling Hurricane Ida (2021)
Chong-Chi Tong, CAPS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and M. Xue, C. Liu, Y. C. Kao, and B. J. D. Jou

Recording files available
Session 13B
Data Assimilation: Research and Operational Applications on All Spatial and Temporal Scales I
Location: Key 10 (Hilton Baltimore Inner Harbor)
Host: 28th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Ocean, and Land Surface
Cochairs: Shu-Hua Chen, University of California Davis; Istvan Szunyogh
8:30 AM
13B.1
Key features and evaluation of version 3 of Environment and Climate Change Canada’s Regional Surface and Precipitation Reanalysis
Nicolas Gasset, PhD, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Dorval, QC, Canada; and D. Khedhaouiria, V. Fortin, M. Dimitrijevic, A. Lauer, M. Bulat, C. Saad, V. Poitras, G. Roy, N. Pentcheva, R. Muncaster, M. Carrera, B. Bilodeau, and F. Lespinas

8:45 AM
13B.2
The Meteorological Object-oriented Tools and Operators Repository-Data Assimilation (MOTOR-DA) System: Operational Results
Zilong QIN, Shenzhen Institute of Meteorological Innovation, Shenzhen, 44, China; and Y. Wu, J. Pang, J. Chen, T. Shu, F. Zheng, and Y. N. Xie

9:00 AM
13B.3
Experiments with a Variable-Resolution MPAS-JEDI-based Global Data Assimilation System with ~3-km Horizontal Cell Spacing over North America
Craig Schwartz, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and J. Bresch, B. J. Jung, J. Guerrette, J. Ban, Y. G. Yu, Z. Liu, and C. Snyder

9:15 AM
13B.4
Improving Atmospheric River Forecasts: the Role of Data Assimilation and New Observations
Minghua Zheng, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Univ. of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA; and L. Delle Monache, B. Cornuelle, A. C. Subramanian, V. S. Tallapragada, X. Wu, J. Wang, E. Yanez Jr., A. M. Wilson, and M. M. Ralph

9:30 AM
13B.5
Improving Flash Flooding Forecast with the Assimilation of PBL Depth Observations from the NexRAD Network: The July 2022 East Kentucky Flood
Yunji Zhang, PhD, Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA; and D. J. Stensrud, C. L. Comer, and R. S. Schumacher

9:45 AM
13B.6

10:00 AM-10:45 AM: Thursday, 1 February 2024


Exhibit Hall Breakfast
Location: Hall F/ Swing (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the Networking and Events; the Agency Updates; the Convergence Science: Indigenous Weather, Water and Climate Knowledge Systems, Practices and Communities; the Town Hall Meetings; the 12th AMS Conference for Early Career Professionals; the Presidential Conference; the Daniel Keyser Symposium; the Kuo-Nan Liou Symposium; the 40th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 38th Conference on Hydrology; the 37th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 33rd Conference on Education; the 28th Conference on Applied Climatology; the 28th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Ocean, and Land Surface; the 28th Conference on Probability and Statistics; the 27th Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International; the 26th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the 26th Conference on Satellite Meteorology, Oceanography, and Climatology; the 24th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 24th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation; the 24th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification; the 23rd Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science; the 23rd Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA; the 22nd Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 22nd History Symposium; the 21st Conference on Space Weather; the 20th Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the 19th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the 16th Symposium on Aerosol Cloud Climate Interactions; the 15th Conference on Environment and Health; the 15th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the 14th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; the 14th Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using the Programming Languages of Open Science; the 12th Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise; the 12th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation; the 12th AMS Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the 12th Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Sub-Seasonal Monsoon Variability; the 10th Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate; the Ninth Symposium on US-International Partnerships; the Sixth Special Symposium on Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones; the Fifth Symposium on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; the Third Symposium on Community Modeling and Innovation; the Second Symposium on Environmental Security; the Second Symposium on the Future of Weather, Forecasting, and Practice; the First Symposium on Cloud Physics; the Estimating Wind Speeds of Tornadoes and Other Windstorms; the Polar Meteorology and Oceanography Special Symposium; the Forum on Climate Linked Economics; and the 20th Conference on Major Weather Impacts )

12:00 PM-1:45 PM: Thursday, 1 February 2024


Lunch Break
Location: The Baltimore Convention Center
Hosts: (Joint between the Networking and Events; the Convergence Science: Indigenous Weather, Water and Climate Knowledge Systems, Practices and Communities; the Town Hall Meetings; the 12th AMS Conference for Early Career Professionals; the Presidential Conference; the Daniel Keyser Symposium; the Kuo-Nan Liou Symposium; the 40th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 38th Conference on Hydrology; the 37th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 33rd Conference on Education; the 28th Conference on Applied Climatology; the 28th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Ocean, and Land Surface; the 28th Conference on Probability and Statistics; the 27th Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International; the 26th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the 26th Conference on Satellite Meteorology, Oceanography, and Climatology; the 24th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 24th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation; the 24th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification; the 23rd Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science; the 23rd Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA; the 22nd Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 22nd History Symposium; the 21st Conference on Space Weather; the 20th Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the 19th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the 16th Symposium on Aerosol Cloud Climate Interactions; the 15th Conference on Environment and Health; the 15th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the 14th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; the 14th Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using the Programming Languages of Open Science; the 12th Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise; the 12th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation; the 12th AMS Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the 12th Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Sub-Seasonal Monsoon Variability; the 10th Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate; the Ninth Symposium on US-International Partnerships; the Sixth Special Symposium on Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones; the Fifth Symposium on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; the Third Symposium on Community Modeling and Innovation; the Second Symposium on Environmental Security; the Second Symposium on the Future of Weather, Forecasting, and Practice; the First Symposium on Cloud Physics; the Estimating Wind Speeds of Tornadoes and Other Windstorms; the Polar Meteorology and Oceanography Special Symposium; the Forum on Climate Linked Economics; and the 20th Conference on Major Weather Impacts )

1:45 PM-3:00 PM: Thursday, 1 February 2024

Recording files available
Session 15A
Field Experiments and Other Topics
Location: Key 9 (Hilton Baltimore Inner Harbor)
Host: 28th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Ocean, and Land Surface
Cochairs: Craig Schwartz; Nicolas Gasset, PhD, Environment and Climate Change Canada
1:45 PM
15A.1
Impact of assimilating radar and lidar observations on improving the bore forecast during PECAN campaign
Zhifeng Yang, Howard, Lansdowne, MD; and D. N. Whiteman, X. Chen, Y. Zhang, PhD, B. Demoz, J. D. Fuentes, C. Ichoku, and J. L. Wilkins

2:00 PM
15A.2
Improving Prediction and Advancing Understanding of Weather Systems over the Eastern Tropical Atlantic Using CPEX-CV Observations
Shu-Hua Chen, Univ. of California, Davis, Davis, CA; and A. Lee, C. C. Huang, Y. Yu, T. R. Nathan, M. Kavaya, K. M. Bedka, A. R. Nehrir, K. L. Thornhill, P. Veals, Z. Liu, J. Collins, R. A. Ferrare, R. A. Barton-Grimley, J. Cooney, C. E. Robinson, and M. Tinoco-Morales

2:15 PM
15A.3
Assimilation of Airborne Radio Occultation (ARO) Observation Using MPAS-JEDI for an 11-flight Sequence of California ARs
Ivette Hernandez Banos, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. S. Haase, P. Hordyniec, B. Cao, Z. Liu, J. Guerrette, C. Grudzien, and N. P. Do

2:30 PM
15A.4
Joint observation archive for Earth system reanalysis
Sergey Frolov, NOAA, Boulder, CO; and J. Knezha, S. Frederick, J. S. Whitaker, J. Woollen, D. T. Kleist, A. El Akkraoui, D. Holdaway, and R. Gelaro

2:45 PM
15A.5
Benefits of Deterministic and Stochastic Tendency Adjustments in a Climate Model
William Eric Chapman, NCAR, Brea, CA; and J. Berner

Recording files available
Session 15B
Data Assimilation: Research and Operational Applications on All Spatial and Temporal Scales II
Location: Key 10 (Hilton Baltimore Inner Harbor)
Host: 28th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Ocean, and Land Surface
Cochairs: Yunji Zhang, PhD, The Pennsylvania State University; Zhiquan Liu, NCAR
1:45 PM
15B.1
Data Assimilation System Testing and Development for Rapid Refresh Forecast System version 1
Shun Liu, EMC, College Park, MD; and M. Hu, T. lei, X. Zhang, S. Yokota, J. R. Carley, D. T. Kleist, M. E. Pyle, B. Blake, C. R. Martin, D. E. Lippi, D. Dowell, C. Zhou, T. T. Ladwig, R. Li, S. S. Weygandt, and C. R. Alexander

2:00 PM
15B.2
Large-Scale Blending in the Rapid Refresh Forecast System Version 1
Donald E. Lippi, Lynker @ NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC, College Park, MD; and J. R. Carley, D. T. Kleist, C. Zhou, D. Dowell, T. T. Ladwig, J. Beck, and C. S. Schwartz

2:15 PM
15B.3
Further Improvements of Computational Efficiency of the Multigrid Beta Filter (MGBF)
Miodrag Rancic, Lynker, College Park, MD; and S. Yokota, T. lei, R. J. Purser, and M. Pondeca

3:00 PM-4:30 PM: Thursday, 1 February 2024


Coffee Break & Formal Poster Viewing
Location: Hall E (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the Networking and Events; the Convergence Science: Indigenous Weather, Water and Climate Knowledge Systems, Practices and Communities; the 12th AMS Conference for Early Career Professionals; the Daniel Keyser Symposium; the Kuo-Nan Liou Symposium; the 40th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 38th Conference on Hydrology; the 37th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 33rd Conference on Education; the 28th Conference on Applied Climatology; the 28th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Ocean, and Land Surface; the 28th Conference on Probability and Statistics; the 27th Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International; the 26th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the 26th Conference on Satellite Meteorology, Oceanography, and Climatology; the 24th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 24th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation; the 24th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification; the 23rd Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science; the 23rd Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA; the 22nd Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 22nd History Symposium; the 21st Conference on Space Weather; the 20th Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the 19th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the 16th Symposium on Aerosol Cloud Climate Interactions; the 15th Conference on Environment and Health; the 15th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the 14th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; the 14th Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using the Programming Languages of Open Science; the 12th Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise; the 12th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation; the 12th AMS Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the 12th Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Sub-Seasonal Monsoon Variability; the 10th Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate; the Ninth Symposium on US-International Partnerships; the Sixth Special Symposium on Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones; the Fifth Symposium on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; the Third Symposium on Community Modeling and Innovation; the Second Symposium on Environmental Security; the Second Symposium on the Future of Weather, Forecasting, and Practice; the First Symposium on Cloud Physics; the Estimating Wind Speeds of Tornadoes and Other Windstorms; the Polar Meteorology and Oceanography Special Symposium; the Forum on Climate Linked Economics; and the 20th Conference on Major Weather Impacts )