Session 4 Observations and Data Assimilation to Improve Planetary Boundary Layer Science

Monday, 13 January 2025: 4:30 PM-6:00 PM
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)
Submitters:
Robert M. Atlas, AOML, Miami, FL and Zhaoxia Pu, University of Utah, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Salt Lake City, UT

Papers:
4:30 PM
4.1
Which Observations are Needed to Resolve Planetary Boundary Layer Structure?
Derek J. Posselt, PhD, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and P. Grogan, B. D. Wilson, C. O. Ao, R. A. Barton-Grimley, M. J. Kurowski, V. Lall, D. S. Martinez, L. F. Millán, M. G. Morris, V. Natraj, A. R. Nehrir, H. Nguyen, J. P. Teixeira, K. N. Wang, and R. C. Wilson

4:45 PM
4.2
Advancing Planetary Boundary Layer Science: Aspirations for the next decade through the NASA ESTO DSI Program
Carol Anne Clayson, WHOI, Woods Hole, MA; and K. Lombardo, A. R. Nehrir, J. Piepmeier, A. E. Emory, and W. McCarty

5:00 PM
4.3
Uncertainty of GNSS Radio Occultation in the Lower Troposphere: An Updated Analysis Through Multi-Center, Multi-Mission Comparisons
Chi O. Ao, JPL, Pasadena, CA; Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA; and K. J. Nelson, P. Vergados, and K. N. Wang

5:15 PM
4.4
Profiling the Planetary Boundary Layer with COSMIC-2 GNSS Observations Under Ducting Condition
Feiqin Xie, Texas A&M Univ.—Corpus Christi, Corpus Christi, TX; and L. Adhikari and D. Peters

5:30 PM
4.5
Sequential Observation Assimilation using an Ocean 4DVAR System in Reduced Numerical Precision
Matthew J. Carrier, NRL, Stennis Space Center, MS; and H. Ngodock

5:45 PM
4.6
Assimilation of Lidar Profilers to Improve Bore Forecasts during the PECAN Campaign 2015
Zhifeng Yang, Howard University, Washington, DC; Howard University, Beltsville, MD; and D. N. Whiteman, X. Chen, Y. Zhang, PhD, B. Demoz, J. D. Fuentes, and C. Ichoku

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