Session 1 Advances in Observing Systems and Data Assimilation

Monday, 13 January 2025: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
222 (New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Host: 29th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)
Chair:
Robert M. Atlas, AOML, Miami, FL
CoChair:
Zhaoxia Pu, University of Utah, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Salt Lake City, UT

Papers:
8:30 AM
1.1
Ocean and Atmospheric Observation Systems Update, Accomplishments in Data Assimilation, and NOAA's Plans for the Future (Invited Presentation)
Dr. Richard W. Spinrad, Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere & NOAA Administrator, Washington, DC

9:00 AM
1.2
Initialization of Upper Ocean Temperature towards Forecast Improvements in GFSv17
Katherine E. Lukens, Cooperative Institute for Satellite Earth System Studies (CISESS), Univ. of Maryland, College Park, and NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC, College Park, MD; and G. Vernieres, K. Ide, A. Eichmann, M. Choi, J. D. Steffen, and D. T. Kleist

9:15 AM
1.3
Obviating the Challenges of Data Assimilation with Direct Observation Prediction
tony McNally, ECMWF, reading, United kingdom; and C. Lessig, P. lean, M. Alexe, E. boucher, S. Lang, E. M. Pinnington, M. Chantry, C. burrows, F. Pinault, and E. Villeneuve

9:30 AM
1.4
Results from the NASA TROPICS Smallsat Constellation Microwave Sounding Mission after 18 Months of Operation
William J. Blackwell, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA; and S. A. Braun, R. V. Leslie, A. Milstein, M. Pieper, C. S. Velden, T. J. Greenwald, D. C. Herndon, J. D. Hawkins, R. Bennartz, M. DeMaria, G. Chirokova, J. P. Dunion, F. D. Marks Jr., ScD, R. M. Atlas, R. F. Rogers, K. E. Ryan, B. Annane, G. R. Alvey III, B. A. Dahl, and K. Cahoy

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