Session 5 |
| | Satellite Observations in Predictive Models of Weather and Climate |
| | Cochairs: Lars Peter Riishojgaard, Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation, Camp Springs, MD; Nancy Baker, NRL, Monterey, CA
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| 1:30 PM | 5.1 | Evaluation of deep convective cloud systems in the NASA MERRA reanalysis
 Recorded presentation
Derek J. Posselt, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; and A. Jongeward and G. L. Potter |
| 1:45 PM | 5.2 | The relative impact of clear and cloudy sky infrared brightness temperatures within an ensemble data assimilation system
Jason A. Otkin, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI |
| 2:00 PM | 5.3 | Assimilation of GOES Hourly Aerosol Optical Depths in a Regional Air Quality Model to Improve PM2.5 Predictions
Shobha Kondragunta, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and Q. Zhao |
| 2:15 PM | 5.4 | Multi-moment statistics of temperature, water vapor, and cloud properties from the A-train and comparisons to climate models
Recorded presentation
Brian H. Kahn, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and J. Teixeira and E. J. Fetzer |
| 2:30 PM | 5.5 | Impact of AIRS Thermodynamic Profiles on Regional Weather Forecasting
Recorded presentation
Shih-Hung Chou, NASA/MSFC, Huntsville, AL; and B. Zavodsky and G. Jedlovec |
| 2:45 PM | 5.6 | Impact of Satellite Surface Wind Observations on the Tropical Cyclone Track Forecasts in the NRL NAVDAS/COAMPS and NRL NAVDAS-AR/NOGAPS Mesoscale and Global Data Assimilation and NWP Systems
Recorded presentation
Li Bi, NRL, Monterey, CA; and N. L. Baker and K. D. Sashegyi |