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 |