Session 8 Mesoscale predictability and data assimilation II

Wednesday, 3 August 2011: 8:00 AM-10:00 AM
Marquis Salon 456 (Los Angeles Airport Marriott)
Host: 14th Conference on Mesoscale Processes
Chair:
Zhaoxia Pu, University of Utah, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Salt Lake City, UT

Papers:
8:00 AM
8.1
On the impact of the assimilation of nacelle winds and yaw angles with WRF-FDDA and WRF-DART for short-term wind energy predictions
Caroline Draxl, Risoe DTU Technical University of Denmark, Roskilde, Denmark; and L. delle Monache, Y. Liu, G. Descombes, F. Vandenberghe, W. Y. Y. Cheng, A. N. Hahmann, G. Giebel, and J. C. Knievel
Recorded Presentation

8:15 AM
8.2
Observing Strategy and Observation Targeting for Tropical Cyclones using Ensemble-based Sensitivity Analysis and Data Assimilation
Baoguo Xie, Peking University, Beijing, China; and Q. Zhang Sr., F. Zhang, Y. Weng, and J. Poterjoy
Recorded Presentation

8:30 AM
8.3
On the assimilation of near surface observations with 3Dvar and EnKF
Zhaoxia Pu, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and H. Zhang
Recorded Presentation

8:45 AM
8.4
Impact of radar retrieval winds on data assimilation and forecast of a mesoscale convective storm using Non-Hydrostatic Model
Wai-Kin Wong, Hong Kong Observatory, Kowloon, Hong Kong; and M. K. Or, P. W. Chan, and C. M. Cheng
Manuscript (4.0 MB)

9:00 AM
8.5
Improving offshore atmospheric mesoscale model results - The Berlengas case study
Paulo silva Costa, LNEG, Lisboa, Portugal; and M. A. Fernandes and A. I. Estanqueiro

9:15 AM
8.6
Reconstruct the Meso-scale Information of Typhoon with BDA Method Combined with AMSU-A Data Assimilation Method
Yunfeng Wang Sr., PLA University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, China; and B. Wang Sr., J. Fei Sr., Y. Han, and X. Cheng Sr.

8.7
Simulation of a heavy rainfall event in Pune using WRF-ARW with updated vegetation cover and urban canopy parameterization

9:30 AM
8.8
Modeling meso-gamma scale weather flows using nested-grid WRF LES scale models and FDDA for a wind farm in Northern Colorado
Yuewei Liu, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and Y. Liu, W. Cheng, W. Wu, L. Pan, B. Kosvic, T. Warner, G. Wiener, S. Haupt, and W. Mahoney
Recorded Presentation

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