Session 5 Observing System Simulation Experiments (OSSEs)—Part II

Tuesday, 8 January 2019: 10:30 AM-12:00 PM
North 131AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 23rd Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)
Chair:
Ross Hoffman, AOML, Miami, FL

Observing System Simulation Experiments (OSSEs)—Part II

Papers:
10:30 AM
5.1
Quantitative Evaluation of Uncertainty in Water Vapor Atmospheric Motion Vectors and Implications for Data Assimilation and OSSEs
Derek J. Posselt, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and H. Su, L. Wu, H. Nguyen, K. Mueller, F. He, J. Teixeira, and W. McCarty
10:45 AM
5.2
Impacts of Future High Temporal Resolution Advanced Sounding Systems on Local Severe Storm Forecast—A Quick Regional OSSE Demonstration
Zhenglong Li, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. Li, P. Wang, A. Lim, J. Li, T. J. Schmit, F. W. Nagle, R. Atlas, R. N. Hoffman, S. A. Boukabara, W. J. Blackwell, and T. Pagano
11:00 AM
5.3
OSSE Assessment of Underwater Glider Arrays to Improve Ocean Model Initialization for Tropical Cyclone Prediction
G. R. Halliwell Jr., NOAA/AOML, Miami, FL; and G. Goni, M. F. Mehari, V. H. Kourafalou, M. Baringer, and R. Atlas

11:15 AM
5.4
The Impact of Assimilating Sea Surface Salinity Observations in a High Resolution Ocean Prediction System
Scott R. smith, NRL, Stennis Space Center, MS; and R. S. Schaefer, M. J. Carrier, J. M. D'Addezio, H. E. Ngodock, I. Souopgui, J. J. Osborne, and G. Jacobs
11:30 AM
5.5
Idealized Space-Based Doppler-Wind Lidar in a Hurricane OSSE
Lisa Bucci, Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies, Miami, FL; and S. J. Majumdar, R. Atlas, S. Greco, and G. D. Emmitt
11:45 AM
5.6
Impact of TROPICS Retrievals on Tropical Cyclone Prediction in a Regional OSSE
Hui Christophersen, Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies/Univ. of Miami and NOAA/AOML/HRD, Miami, FL; and W. Blackwell, S. A. Braun, R. Atlas, T. Greenwald, R. Bennartz, R. F. Rogers, F. Marks, J. P. Dunion, A. Aksoy, K. Ryan, and L. Bucci
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