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Saturday, 10 January 2004
	7:30 AM-9:00 AM, Saturday Short Course/Student Conference Registration
Sunday, 11 January 2004
	7:30 AM-9:00 AM, Sunday Short Course Registration
	9:00 AM-6:00 PM, Sunday Conference Registration
Monday, 12 January 2004
	7:30 AM, Monday Registration continues through Thursday, 15 January
	9:00 AM-11:30 AM, Monday, Room 618 Session 1 Land-surface Observations (Room 618)
9:00 AM 1.1 On the relation between surface spatial heterogeneity and climate prediction: Insights from the integration of fine resolution satellite land information into mesoscale climate models   Jimmy O. Adegoke, University of Missouri, Kansas City, MO; and K. P. Gallo 9:15 AM 1.2 Integration of Ground, Airborne, and Satellite Snow Observations for the new NOAA/NWS National Snow Analyses   Tom Carroll, NOAA/NWS, Chanhassen, MN; and D. Cline 9:30 AM 1.3 Inverse Theory Applied to Surface Layer Radiation Budget in São João do Cariri-PB N-E Brazil   Romulo da Silveira Paz, Universidade Federal de Campina Grande, Campina Grande, Brazil; and Z. E. Da Silva and S. R. Patel 9:45 AM 1.4 Observational and Theoretical Studies of Turbulent fluxes, Temperature and Humidity Convergence in Convective Boundary Layer of Fortaleza N-E Brazil   Sukaran Ram Patel, Universidade Federal de Campina Grande, Campina Grande, Brazil; and E. M. Da Silva, M. D. F. Correia, and A. M. N. Costa 10:00 AM 1.5 Some Aspects of the Structure of the Stratified Atmospheric Boundary layer of Semi-Arid Region of N-E Brazil   Sukaran Ram Patel, Universidade Federal de Campina Grande, Campina Grande, Brazil; and E. M. Da Silva, M. D. F. Correia, and A. M. N. Costa 10:15 AM Coffee Break in the Poster Session Room   10:45 AM 1.6 New method for the determination of turbulent surface fluxes from low-level flights: Verification and benefit in joint field experiments   Jens Bange, Aerospace Systems/Technical Univ., Braunschweig, Germany; and T. Spiess and P. Zittel 11:00 AM 1.7 Application of Inverse Analysis for Surface Temperature Prediction of Semi-Arid Region of N-E Brazil   Romulo da Silveira Paz, Universidade Federal de Campina Grande, Campina Grande, Brazil; and Z. E. Da Silva and S. R. Patel 11:15 AM 1.8 The Tornado reconnaissance aircraft of the German Airforce as a measurement system in a meteorological campaign   Jens Bange, Aerospace Systems, Braunschweig, Germany; and P. Zittel and T. Spiess
	11:30 AM-2:30 PM, Monday, Room 618 Session 2 Ocean Observations (Room 618)
11:30 AM 2.1 High-frequency ocean surface wind vectors provided by SeaWinds in tandem   W. Timothy Liu, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and W. Tang and X. Xie 11:45 AM 2.2 Synthetic Aperture Radar Satellite (SARSat) Imagery and the Sea Ice Desk at WFO Anchorage   Russell Page, NOAA/NWSFO, Anchorage, AK 12:00 PM Lunch Break   1:30 PM 2.3 Evaluation of the global ocean data assimilation system at NCEP: The Pacific Ocean   Dave Behringer, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC, Camp Springs, MD; and Y. Xue 1:45 PM 2.4 An evaluation of data from the prototype, ADSMEX buoy   David B. Gilhousen, NOAA/NWS/NDBC, Stennis Space Center, MS 2:00 PM 2.5 Low altitude Rocketsonde for refraction index determination in litoral environment   Ilkka Ikonen, Vaisala Oyj, Helsinki, Finland 2:15 PM 2.6 On the relationship between lightning and rainfall over the north Pacific Ocean   Antti Pessi, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI; and S. Businger
	2:30 PM-4:00 PM, Monday Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
	2:30 PM-4:00 PM, Monday, Hall AB Poster Session 1 Assimilation and Field Experiments for Observing Systems
P1.1 Reduced horizontal sea surface temperature gradients under conditions of clear sky and weak winds   Kristina B. Katsaros, NOAA/AOML, Miami, FL; and A. V. Soloviev   P1.2 Radiative transfer model development for operational global assimilation of passive microwave radiances in precipitating clouds   Thomas Greenwald, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and R. Bennartz, A. Heidinger, and C. O'Dell   P1.3 Implementation of Coupled Skin Temperature Analysis and Bias Correction in the NASA GMAO finite-volume Data Assimilation System (fvDAS)   Jon D. Radakovich, NASA/GSFC and SAIC, Greenbelt, MD; and M. G. Bosilovich, J. D. Chern, A. Da Silva, R. Todling, J. Joiner, M. L. Wu, and P. Norris   P1.4 GOES Sub-Pixel Analysis Using AIRS-1.5 Remote Sensors   Norbert Driedger, MSC, Toronto, ON, Canada; and J. Reid, G. Isaac, I. Gultepe, S. Cober, and F. Fabry   P1.5 Characterization and visualization of water vapor and aerosol fields over the Southern Great Plains during the IHOP field experiment   Richard A. Ferrare, NASA/LRC, Hampton, VA; and E. V. Browell, S. Ismail, S. Kooi, V. G. Brackett, H. Revercomb, R. Knuteson, P. Antonelli, J. D. Thompson, M. Saavedra, and N. Misch   P1.6 AMSR Precipitation Validation Experiment (Wakasa 2003)   Masayuki Sasaki, National Space Development Agency of Japan, Tokyo, Japan   P1.7 A statistical examination and case study of integrated precipitable water (IPW) in northern New England   Michael H. Nahmias, Plymouth State University, Plymouth, NH; and J. Zabransky
	4:00 PM-5:30 PM, Monday, Room 6A Session 3 Atmospheric Observations: Part One (Room 6A)
4:00 PM 3.1 National Weather Service In-situ Radiation Temperature Correction for Radiosonde Replacement System GPS Radiosondes   Carl A. Bower Jr., NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and J. J. Fitzgibbon 4:15 PM 3.2 Update on the implementation of the National Weather Service’s Radiosonde Replacement System   Joseph Facundo, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD 4:30 PM 3.3 Testing the Radiosonde Replacement System (RRS) Radiosondes   James Fitzgibbon, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and C. Bower 4:45 PM 3.4 Evaluation of Performance of the Dropsonde Humidity Sensor   Junhong Wang, NCAR, Boulder, CO 4:58 PM Paper 3.5 moved to Session 4, now paper 4.6A   4:59 PM Paper 3.6 moved to Session 4, now paper 4.6B   5:00 PM 3.7 The Integrated Global Earth Observing System: An Update   Conrad C. Lautenbacher, NOAA, Washington, DC
	5:30 PM-7:00 PM, Monday Formal Opening of Exhibits with Reception (Cash Bar)
	5:30 PM, Monday Sessions end for the Day
	7:15 PM, Monday Fred Sanders Banquet
Tuesday, 13 January 2004
	8:30 AM-2:45 PM, Tuesday, Room 618 Session 4 Atmospheric Observations: Part Two (Room 618)
8:30 AM 4.1 A Study on the USCRN Air Temperature Performance   Kenneth G. Hubbard, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE; and X. Lin and C. B. Baker 8:45 AM 4.2 Comparison of ASOS Dew Point Temperatures: HO-1088 and DTS1   X. Lin, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE; and K. G. Hubbard 9:00 AM 4.3 Field Measurements of temperature sensitivity in Geonor vibrating-wire transducers   Claude E. Duchon, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 9:15 AM 4.4 New directions in the Pan American Climate Studies Sounding Network for Latin America   Michael W. Douglas, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and J. M. Galvez, J. F. Mejia, and J. Murillo 9:30 AM 4.5 NPOESS and GOES-R—Building a “System of Systems”   Philip E. Ardanuy, Raytheon Information Technology and Scientific Services, Lanham, MD; and W. R. Bergen, G. E. Gray, T. Hickey, H. -. L. Huang, S. Marley, J. J. Puschell, and C. Schueler 9:45 AM Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee   11:00 AM 4.6A Developing a Technique for Verifying Radiosonde Solar Radiation Correction Algorithms (formerly paper 3.5)   James Fitzgibbon, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and J. Facundo 11:15 AM 4.6B A climate continuity strategy for the Radiosonde Replacement System transition (formerly paper 3.6)   Thomas C. Peterson, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and I. Durre 11:30 AM 4.7 Improved retrievals of temperature and water vapor profiles with a twelve-channel microwave radiometer   James C. Liljegren, ANL, Argonne, IL 11:45 AM 4.8 Global, Multi-satellite Precipitation Analysis at Fine Time Scales using TRMM plus other Satellites: Application to Flood Monitoring   Robert Adler, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and G. Huffman, G. Gu, D. Bolvin, E. Nelkin, H. Pierce, and J. Halverson 12:00 PM Lunch Break   1:30 PM 4.9 Pressure Measurements Within a Large Tornado   Tim M. Samaras, Applied Research Associates, Inc., Littleton, CO; and J. J. Lee 1:45 PM 4.10 A 64 MHz Radar Wind Profiler Supporting The Met Office’s Enhanced Operational Upper-Air Observation Network   John Nash, Met Office, Exeter, United Kingdom; and T. Oakley and H. Winston 2:00 PM 4.11 New laser ceilometer using enhanced single lens optics   Pekka Ravila, Vaisala Oyj, Helsinki, Finland; and J. Räsänen 2:15 PM 4.12 State-of-the-art Radiosonde Telemetry   Jussi Åkerberg, Vaisala Oyj, Helsinki, Finland 2:30 PM 4.13 New Vaisala Radiosonde RS92: Testing and Results from the Field   Jon Währn, Vaisala Oyj, Helsinki, Finland; and I. Rekikoski, H. Jauhiainen, and J. Hirvensalo 4.14 Agent-based alerting for forecasters   Sandy Dance, BMRC, Melbourne, Vic., Australia; and M. Gorman, L. Padgham, M. Winikoff, and I. Mathieson
	3:30 PM-5:30 PM, Tuesday, Room 618 Session 5 Surface Meteorological Networks to Monitor Climate Variability and Change (Room 618)
3:30 PM 5.1A Relative Humidity Sensor Bias and Associated Transformations: A Field Comparison Study (Formerly Poster P2.1)   X. Lin, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE; and K. G. Hubbard 3:45 PM 5.1B Smart Sensor Arrays for Environmental and Atmospheric Research   Dave Carlson, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and L. Laffea, S. Semmer, J. Militzer, and G. Maclean 4:00 PM 5.2 COOP Modernization: Building the National Cooperative Mesonet   Kenneth C. Crawford, Oklahoma Climatological Survey/University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and M. D. Divecchio, R. N. Dombrowsky, S. Pritchett, T. Ross, R. J. Leffler, and C. L. Stang 4:15 PM 5.3 Climate Reference Network stations: Location, location, location...   Michael R. Helfert, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and M. J. Changery, D. R. Easterling, M. J. Janis, S. M. Baker, B. M. Summer, D. Y. Graybeal, K. G. Hubbard, K. T. Redmond, and E. L. May 4:30 PM 5.4 The Value of Routine Site Visits in Managing and Maintaining Quality Data from the Oklahoma Mesonet   Christopher A. Fiebrich, Oklahoma Climatological Survey, Norman, OK; and D. L. Grimsley and K. A. Kesler 4:45 PM 5.5 Current configuration of US Climate Reference Network stations   Tilden P. Meyers, NOAA/ATDD, Oak Ridge, TN; and M. E. Hall, C. B. Baker, R. P. Hosker, J. A. Jensen, M. R. Helfert, and M. T. Young 5:00 PM 5.6 Quality control of data from the US Climate Reference Network   Grant M. Goodge, STG Corporation for NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and B. Sun, D. S. Braun, C. B. Baker, D. Dellinger, and S. Hinson 5:15 PM 5.7 A comparative study of ASOS and CRN temperature measurements   Bomin Sun, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and C. B. Baker
	5:00 PM, Tuesday Sessions end for the day (Joint between the Eighth Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface and the Second Annual User's Conference)
Wednesday, 14 January 2004
	8:30 AM-2:30 PM, Wednesday, Room 618 Session 6 Experiments Involving Real or Hypothetical Observations (Room 618)
8:30 AM 6.1 The value of wind profiler data in U.S. weather forecasting   Steven E. Koch, NOAA/FSL, Boulder, CO; and S. G. Benjamin, B. E. Schwartz, and E. J. Szoke 8:45 AM 6.2 Global OSSE at NCEP   Michiko Masutani, RSIS and NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC, Camp Springs, MD; and S. J. Lord, J. S. Woollen, W. Yang, H. Sun, T. J. Kleespies, G. D. Emmitt, S. A. Wood, B. Katz, R. Treadon, J. C. Derber, S. Greco, and J. Terry 9:00 AM 6.3 Observation sensitivity experiments using the rapid update cycle   Barry Schwartz, NOAA/FSL, Boulder, CO; and S. Benjamin 9:15 AM 6.4 Potential forecast impacts from spaced-based lidar winds: results from a regional observing system simulation experiment   Stephen S. Weygandt, NOAA/FSL, Boulder, CO; and T. W. Schlatter, S. E. Koch, S. G. Benjamin, A. Marroquin, J. R. Smart, M. Hardesty, B. Rye, A. Belmonte, G. Feingold, D. M. Barker, Q. Zhang, and D. Devenyi 9:30 AM Coffee Break   10:00 AM Fourth Presidential Policy Forum: Weather and National Security   12:00 PM Lunch Break   1:30 PM 6.5 Evaluating the performance of explicit moisture schemes using satellite microwave radiances in the prediction of a tropical cyclone   Clark Amerault, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and X. Zou 1:45 PM 6.6 A simulation study to retrieve 3-D atmospheric wet refractivity structure from GPS signals   Yuei-An Liou, National Space Organization (NSPO), Hsin-Chu, Taiwan; and C. C. Chiang and C. Y. Huang 6.7 Using Surface Raingage Data and the Noncontiguous Rainfall (NCR) Technique to Determine Bias in the Global Precipitation Climatology Project (GPCP) Rainfall Algorithm   Andrew J. Reader, Oklahoma Climatological Survey, Norman, OK 2:00 PM 6.8 Impact of Dropwindsonde Data on Hurricane Track Forecasts   Seon K. Park, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, South Korea; and D. L. Zhang
	2:30 PM-4:00 PM, Wednesday Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break (Hall 4AB)
	2:30 PM-4:00 PM, Wednesday, Hall AB Poster Session 2 Atmospheric, Oceanic and Land Observations
P2.1 Poster P2.1 moved to Session 5, now Paper 5.1   . i, AL   P2.2 The role of the helicopter-borne turbulence probe Helipod in joint field campaigns   Thomas Spiess, Aerospace Systems/Technical Univ., Braunschweig, Germany; and P. Zittel and J. Bange   P2.3 Wave observation system for the Puerto Rican coastline   Mykola Vysotskyy, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez, PR; and R. G. Williams   P2.4 Tropopause height behavior within meteorological regimes   Marcos F. Andrade, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and R. D. Hudson and M. B. Follette   P2.5 Source modeling of microbaroms in the Pacific   Mark C. Willis, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI; and M. Garces, C. Hetzer, and S. Businger   P2.6 The Hurricane-Flood-Landslide Continuum—Forecasting Hurricane Effects At Landfall   Andrew J. Negri, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and J. H. Golden and R. G. Updike   P2.7 Scatterometer Inferred Winds in the Vicinity of the Gulf Stream   Joseph M. Sienkiewicz, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Camp Springs, MD   P2.8 Near-real-time meteorological observations from watershed studies in northern Alaska: useful information for atmospheric monitoring and forecasting in a data-sparse region   John Gallagher, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK; and L. Hinzman, D. L. Kane, B. C. Johnson, and K. Irving   P2.9 Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer Data Available for Atmosphere, Ocean and Land Surface Characterization   Nancy A. Ritchey, SAIC and NASA/Langley Atmospheric Sciences Data Center, Hampton, VA   P2.10 Impact of the QuikSCAT Surface Winds on the Summer Precipitation Simulation over the US Great Plains   Cheng-Zhi Zou, NOAA/NESDIS/ORA and Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation, Camp Springs, MD; and W. Zheng   P2.11 Hurricane Force Extratropical Cyclones as Observed by the QuikSCAT Scatterometer   Joan Ulrich Von Ahn, STG, Inc. and NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Camp Springs, MD; and J. M. Sienkiewicz, J. Copridge, J. Min, and T. Crutch   P2.12 Water Vapor and Cirrus Clouds over the Western United States   Ryan L. Lawless, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and P. Yang, B. C. Gao, and W. Wiscombe   P2.13 Global seasonal variations of cirrus clouds using the Terra MODIS instrument   Marjorie Shoemake, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and L. Panetta, P. Yang, and B. C. Gao   P2.14 Impact of sub-visible thin cirrus on longwave radiation energy budget   Guang Guo, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and P. Yang, Y. X. Hu, and M. G. Mlynczak   P2.15 Microphysical and optical properties of cirrus clouds from airborne near-infrared measurements   Kerry G. Meyer, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and P. Yang, B. C. Gao, and W. Wiscombe   P2.16 Potential advantages of using the Far-Infrared spectral signature for studying ice clouds   Ping Yang, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and M. G. Mlynczak, H. Wei, D. Kratz, B. A. Baum, Y. X. Hu, W. J. Wiscombe, A. Heidinger, and M. I. Mishchenko   P2.17 Study of tropical cirrus clouds from Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) measurements   Kerry G. Meyer, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and P. Yang and B. C. Gao   P2.18 Study the microphysical and optical properties of cirrus clouds from Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) measurements   Heli Wei, Texa A&M University, College Station, TX; and P. Yang, J. Li, H. L. Huang, B. Baum, and F. Sun   P2.19 The study of cirrus clouds using ground-based high spectral resolution infrared measurements   Guang Guo, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and Q. Ji, P. Yang, and S. C. Tsay   P2.20 Hyperspectral infrared ice cloud property retrieval demonstration—theoretical and case study analysis   Hung-Lung Huang, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and P. Yang, H. L. Wei, B. A. Baum, Y. Hu, P. Antonelli, and S. A. Ackerman
	4:00 PM-5:30 PM, Wednesday, Room 618 Joint Session 7 Joint Urban 2003 Field Study and Urban Mesonets (Joint between the Eighth Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems in the Atmosphere, Oceans and Land Surface and the Symposium on Planning, Nowcasting, and Forecasting in the Urban Zone; Room 618)
Chair: Gayle A. Sugiyama, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA
4:00 PM J7.1 Overview of Joint Urban 2003—An Atmospheric Dispersion Study in Oklahoma City   K. Jerry Allwine, PNNL, Richland, WA; and M. J. Leach, L. W. Stockham, J. S. Shinn, R. P. Hosker, J. F. Bowers, and J. C. Pace 4:15 PM J7.2 VARIABILITY OF SENSIBLE HEAT FLUXES IN A SUBURBAN AREA OF OKLAHOMA CITY   C. S. B. Grimmond, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN; and H. B. Su, B. Offerle, B. Crawford, S. Scott, S. Zhong, and C. Clements 4:30 PM J7.3 Joint URBAN 2003 Street Canyon Experiment   Michael J. Brown, LANL, Los Alamos, NM; and D. Boswell, G. Streit, M. Nelson, T. McPherson, T. Hilton, E. R. Pardyjak, S. Pol, P. Ramamurthy, B. Hansen, P. Kastner-Klein, J. Clark, A. Moore, D. Walker, N. Felton, D. Strickland, D. Brook, M. Princevac, D. Zajic, R. Wayson, J. MacDonald, G. Fleming, and D. Storwold 4:45 PM J7.4 Measurements of net radiation, ground heat flux and surface temperature in an urban canyon   Frank J. Gouveia, LLNL, Livermore, CA; and M. J. Leach and J. H. Shinn 5:00 PM J7.5 Wind and Turbulence Observations in Joint Urban 2003   Young Yee, U.S. Army Research Laboratory, White Sands Missile Range, NM; and E. Vidal, J. Yarbrough, E. Creegan, S. Elliott, D. Ligon, and D. Garvey 5:15 PM J7.6 Observations of turbulent kinetic energy dissipation rate in the urban environment   Julie K. Lundquist, LLNL, Livermore, CA; and J. H. Shinn and F. Gouveia
	5:30 PM, Wednesday Sessions end for the day
	6:00 PM-7:30 PM, Wednesday Reception in Exhibit Hall (Cash Bar)
	7:30 PM, Wednesday AMS Annual Awards Banquet
Thursday, 15 January 2004
	8:30 AM-11:31 AM, Thursday, Room 618 Session 7 Field Experiments (Room 618)
8:30 AM 7.1 Field and Operational tests of a Sonic Anemometer for the Automated Surface Observing System   Richard Lewis, NOAA/NWS, Sterling, VA; and J. M. Dover 8:45 AM 7.2 Development of a Meteorological Particle Sensor for the Observation of Drizzle   Richard Lewis, NOAA/NWS, Sterling, VA; and S. G. White 9:00 AM 7.3 Development of the All-weather Precipitation Accumulation Gauge for ASOS   Stacy G. White, SAIC, Sterling, VA; and L. J. Winans and J. V. Fiore 9:15 AM 7.4 European UV Broad Band Filter Radiometer Reference Scale   Alexander Los, Kipp & Zonen B.V., Delft, Netherlands; and J. Gröbner 9:30 AM 7.5 Comparison of S-HIS temperature and water vapor Retrievals to MM5 derived fields for THORPEX 2003   Paolo Antonelli, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and T. Cherubini, H. Revercomb, S. Businger, R. Knuteson, D. Posselt, and S. Ackerman 9:45 AM Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break   11:00 AM 7.6 Improving coastal ocean modeling using in-situ data   Robert H. Weisberg, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, FL; and R. He, J. I. Virmani, and Y. Liu 11:15 AM Paper 7.7 has ben moved to Session 5, new paper number 5.1B   11:16 AM 7.8 Results from the Winter Storm Reconnaisance Program 2002-2003   Lacey D. Holland, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Washington, DC; and Z. Toth, J. Moskaitis, S. Majumdar, C. H. Bishop, and R. Smith
	12:15 PM-1:30 PM, Thursday Lunch Break
	12:30 PM-6:00 PM, Thursday Exhibit Hours
	1:30 PM-3:00 PM, Thursday, Room 618 Session 8 Assimilation of Observations (Ocean, Atmosphere, and Land-surface) into Models (Room 618)
1:30 PM 8.1 An Observing System for Land Process Characterization featuring NPOESS   Thomas P. DeFelice, Raytheon Technical Services Company, ITSS, Upper Marlboro, MD 1:45 PM 8.2 Assimilation of QuikSCAT surface winds observations for hurricane initialization and prediction   Kyungjeen Park, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and X. Zou 2:00 PM 8.3 GPS water vapor observation errors   Seth I. Gutman, NOAA/FSL, Boulder, CO; and S. R. Sahm, S. G. Benjamin, and T. L. Smith 2:15 PM 8.4 Analysis of TRACE-P observations using a four-dimensional variational data assimilation technique   Tianfeng Chai, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA; and G. R. Carmichael, D. N. Daescu, and A. Sandu 2:30 PM 8.5 Impact of assimilating rainfall derived from radar and satellites on rainstorm forecasts over the southwestern United States   J. Xu, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and X. Gao, S. Sorooshian, and Q. Xiao 2:45 PM 8.6 Verifying modeled tropical convective systems during KWAJEX using surface flux and tethered balloon measurements   Thomas L. O'Halloran, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA; and J. D. Fuentes, W. K. Tao, C. L. Shie, and M. Garstang
	3:00 PM-3:30 PM, Thursday Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall
	3:00 PM, Thursday Conference Ends
	3:00 PM, Thursday Registration Desk Closes
	6:00 PM, Thursday Norm Phillips Banquet

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