Session 5A Advances in the Assimilation of Observations I

Tuesday, 30 June 2015: 8:00 AM-10:00 AM
Salon A-2 (Hilton Chicago)
Host: 27th Conference On Weather Analysis And Forecasting/23rd Conference On Numerical Weather Prediction
Cochairs:
Bradley T. Zavodsky, NASA/MSFC, SPoRT Center, Huntsville, AL and Daryl T. Kleist, University of Maryland, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science, College Park, MD

Presentations on data assimilation techniques for recently launched and future observation systems

Papers:
8:00 AM
5A.1
Benefits from the Assimilation of Rapid-Scan Phased Array Radar Data for Storm-scale NWP: Optimal Configurations and Best Strategies
Louis J. Wicker, NSSL/NOAA, Norman, OK; and C. K. Potvin and P. Skinner
Recorded Presentation

8:15 AM
5A.2
Impact of Assimilating GOES-R Infrared Brightness Temperatures on the Forecast of Tropical Cyclones
Masashi Minamide, Pennsylvania State Univ., State College, PA; and F. Zhang and E. Clothiaux
Recorded Presentation

8:30 AM
5A.3
Investigating the Impact of RapidSCAT in the GEOS-5 Data Assimilation System
Will McCarty, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and O. Reale, S. Bloom, M. Cordero-Fuentes, E. McGrath-Spangler, and D. Merkova
Recorded Presentation

8:45 AM
5A.4
The impact of assimilating CYGNSS Data on Tropical Cyclone Analyses and Forecasts in a Regional OSSE Framework
Brian D. McNoldy, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and B. Annane, J. Delgado, L. Bucci, R. Atlas, and S. J. Majumdar
Recorded Presentation

9:00 AM
5A.5
Indirect Impact of Ozone Assimilation using the Grid-point Statistical Interpolation Data Assimilation System for Regional Applications
Kathryn M. Newman, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and M. Hu, H. Shao, and C. L. Williams
Recorded Presentation

9:15 AM
5A.6
On the Impact of UAS Observations on High-Resolution Mesoscale Forecasts
James D. Doyle, NRL, Monterey, CA; and D. D. Flagg, T. Holt, C. Amerault, D. Geiszler, T. Haack, J. Nachamkin, P. Pauley, and D. Tyndall
Recorded Presentation

9:30 AM
5A.7
The Assimilation of Smartphone Pressures for Mesoscale Prediction
Clifford F. Mass, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and L. E. Madaus and C. McNicholas
Recorded Presentation

9:45 AM
5A.8
Connected Vehicles: Filling in the Observation Gap for Data Assimilation
Amanda R. S. Anderson, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. A. Lee, S. D. Drobot, G. Weiner, P. A. Pisano, and L. Sturges
Recorded Presentation

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