Session 1B |
| | Radar Data Assimilation |
| | Chair: Ming Xue, CAPS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
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| 8:00 AM | 1B.1 | High resolution assimilation of CASA X-band and NEXRAD radar data for thunderstorm forecasting  
Keith A. Brewster, CAPS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and K. W. Thomas, J. Brotzge, Y. Wang, D. Weber, and M. Xue |
| 8:15 AM | 1B.2 | Improving very short range prediction of high-impact weather using radar observations
Qingyun Zhao, NRL, Monterey, California; and J. Cook, Y. Jin, M. Frost, Q. Xu, P. R. Harasti, and S. Potts |
| 8:30 AM | 1B.3 | Estimating radar wind observation error and NCEP WRF background wind error covariances from radar radial-velocity innovations
Qin Xu, NOAA/National Severe Storms Laboratory, Norman, OK; and K. Nai, L. Wei, H. Lu, P. Zhang, S. Liu, and D. Parrish |
| 8:45 AM | 1B.4 | Analysis and Prediction of 8 May 2003 Oklahoma City Tornadic Thunderstorm and Embedded Tornado using ARPS with Assimilation of WSR-88D Radar Data
Ming Hu, CAPS, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and M. Xue |
| 9:00 AM | 1B.5 | The impact of radar data assimilation on a squall line in Mississippi
Patrick J. Fitzpatrick, GeoResources Institute, Stennis Space Center, MS; and Y. Li, E. Lim, Q. Xiao, C. M. Hill, and J. Sun |
| 9:15 AM | 1B.6 | A multi-case study of ensemble-based assimilation of radar observations into cloud-resolving WRF using DART
Altug Aksoy, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and C. Snyder and D. C. Dowell |
| 9:30 AM | 1B.7 | Radar reflectivity-based initialization of precipitation systems using a diabatic digital filter within the Rapid Update Cycle
Stephen S. Weygandt, NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory, Boulder, CO; and S. G. Benjamin |
| 9:45 AM | 1B.8 | Assimilation of simulated polarimetric radar data using ensemble Kalman filter: Observation operators and data impact
Youngsun Jung, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and M. Xue, G. Zhang, and J. M. Straka |
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