Session 4 |
| | Land-Atmosphere Interactions 1 |
| | Organizers: Deborah K. Nykanen, Minnesota State University, Mankato, MN; Hatim Sharif, Univ. of Texas, San Antonio, TX; Andrea N. Hahmann, NCAR, Boulder, CO
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| 1:30 PM | 4.1 | Launching Phase II of NLDAS: Adding a Seasonal Prediction Component and 25-year Land Reanalysis
Youlong Xia, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Camp Springs, MD; and K. Mitchell, E. F. Wood, D. P. Lettenmaier, L. Luo, A. Wood, H. Wei, B. A. Cosgrove, C. Peters-Lidard, J. Schaake, and P. J. Restrepo |
| 1:45 PM | 4.2 | An evaluation of the sensitivity of mesoscale weather forecasts to the choice of forcing in a land data assimilation system
Andrea N. Hahmann, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and Y. Liu, T. Warner, and F. Chen |
| 2:00 PM | 4.3 | Sensitivity of Land Surface Model Simulations to Atmospheric Forcing and Other Factors
Matthew Rodell, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and H. Kato, A. Sheffield, and B. F. Zaitchik |
| 2:15 PM | 4.4 | Evaluation of parameter transferability for land surface models across semi-arid environments  
Enrique Rosero, Utah State University, Logan, UT; and L. A. Bastidas |
| 2:30 PM | | Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
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| 4:00 PM | 4.5 | Impact of canopy resistance formulation on the long-term evolution of soil moisture and evaporation
Anil Kumar, NCAR / Purdue University, Boulder, CO; and F. Chen, D. Niyogi, K. Manning, M. Ek, and K. Mitchell |
|  | 4.6 | Surface roughness parameterization in the NCEP operational WRF-NMM (mesoscale model)
Michael Ek, NOAA/NCEP/EMC, Camp Springs, MD; and K. Mitchell, V. Wong, and G. Gayno |
| 4:15 PM | 4.7 | Quantifying the strength of soil moisture-precipitation coupling and its sensitivity to changes in surface water budget
Guiling Wang, Univerisity of Connecticut, Storrs Mansfield, CT; and Y. Kim and D. Wang |
| 4:30 PM | 4.8 | Impact of vegetation feedback on the response of precipitation to antecedent soil moisture anomalies over North America
Yeonjoo Kim, Univ. of Connecticut, Storrs Mansfield, CT; and G. Wang |
| 4:45 PM | 4.9 | Influences of urbanization on precipitation and water resources in the metropolitan Beijing area
Chao-lin Zhang, Institute of Urban Meteorology, China Meteorological Administration, Beijing, China; and F. Chen, S. G. Miao, Q. C. Li, and C. Y. Xuan |
| 5:00 PM | 4.10 | The impact of soil moisture on the formation of the African Easterly Jet
Man-li Wu, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and S. D. Schubert, O. Reale, M. J. Suarez, R. Koster, and P. Pegion |