Session 3 Numerical weather prediction, data assimilation

Monday, 6 August 2007: 3:30 PM-5:30 PM
Waterville Room (Waterville Valley Conference & Event Center)
Host: 12th Conference on Mesoscale Processes
Chair:
James Doyle, NRL, Monterey, CA

Papers:
3.1
Ensemble approaches to mesoscale predictability and dynamics

3:45 PM
3.1A
Data Assimilation in the Age of Cloud-Resolving NWP
William E. Lewis, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

4:15 PM
3.2
Ensemble-based data assimilation and prediction for Hurricanes: Impacts of assimilating Doppler radar observations
Fuqing Zhang, College Station, TX; and Y. Weng, Z. Meng, and Y. Chen
Recorded Presentation

3.3
Mesoscale FDDA Experiments with ACARS Data

Presentation PDF (1.2 MB)

4:45 PM
3.4
Surface data assimilation using an ensemble Kalman filter: Forecast results from spring 2007
David J. Stensrud, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and N. Yussouf, D. Dowell, and M. C. Coniglio
Recorded Presentation

5:00 PM
3.5
Tests of an Ensemble Kalman Filter for Mesoscale and Regional-scale Data Assimilation: Real Data Application in Comparison to 3DVar
Zhiyong Meng, College Station, TX; and F. Zhang
Recorded Presentation

3.6
A comparison of the hybrid ensemble-variational and the ensemble Kalman filter data assimilation schemes for hurricane initialization

5:30 PM
3.6A
Development of the On-Line MM5 Tracer Model and its Applications to Sahara Dust Transport
S.-H. Chen, Univ. of California, Davis, CA; and J. Dudhia, J. S. Kain, T. Kindap, and E. Tan
Recorded Presentation

5:45 PM
3.7
Improving Precipitation Forecasts by the Operational Nonhydrostatic Mesoscale Model with the Kain-Fritsch Convective Parameterization and Cloud Microphysics
Masami Narita, Japan Meteorological Agency, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan; and S. Ohmori
Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (1.0 MB)

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