Session 12B Use of Radar Data for NWP Models: Radar Data Assimilation for NWP Model Initialization

Thursday, 19 September 2013: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
Colorado Ballroom (Peak 5, 3rd Floor) (Beaver Run Resort and Conference Center)
Host: 36th Conference on Radar Meteorology (16-20 September, 2013)
Cochairs:
Ming Xue, CAPS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK and Jenny Sun, NCAR, Boulder, CO

Papers:
12B.1
On the role of radar in an Optimal Observing System for Short-Range Prediction of Severe Convective Storms

8:30 AM
12B.1
Evaluation of 13-km and 3-km Radar Data Assimilation Impacts on High Resolution Rapid Refresh (HRRR) Thunderstorm Forecasts
Stephen S. Weygandt, NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and C. Alexander, D. C. Dowell, M. Hu, E. P. James, S. G. Benjamin, P. Hofmann, T. G. Smirnova, J. M. Brown, J. B. Olson, K. J. Brundage, and B. D. Jamison
Recorded Presentation

8:45 AM
12B2
Developments in Australian Doppler radar data classification and assimilation
Susan J. Rennie, Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research, Docklands, Vic., Australia; and J. Peter, M. Curtis, A. Seed, and P. Steinle
Recorded Presentation Manuscript (1.4 MB)

9:00 AM
12B.3
Comparison of WRF 4D-Var with 3D-Var for radar data assimilation
Juanzhen Sun, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and H. Wang
Recorded Presentation

9:15 AM
12B.4
Assimilation of radar reflectivity data in the Met Office convective-scale forecast system
Lee D. Hawkness-Smith, Met Office, Reading, Berks., United Kingdom; and S. Ballard
Recorded Presentation Manuscript (270.2 kB)

9:30 AM
12B.5
Impact of Assimilating Radar Radial Wind in the Canadian High Resolution Ensemble Kalman Filter System
Kao-Shen Chung, EC, Dorval, QC, Canada; and W. Chang, L. Fillion, F. Fabry, and I. Zawadzki
Recorded Presentation Manuscript (2.8 MB)

9:45 AM
12B.6
Comparisons of numerically-simulated and observed low-level polarimetric signatures in supercells
Daniel Dawson, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN; and E. R. Mansell, Y. Jung, L. J. Wicker, M. R. Kumjian, and M. Xue
Recorded Presentation

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