87th AMS Annual Meeting

: 11th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)

11th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)

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Sunday, 14 January 2007

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12:00 AM-12:00 AM: Sunday, 14 January 2007


Sun 14 Jan

7:30 AM-9:00 AM: Sunday, 14 January 2007


Short Course Registration
Location: East Registration (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)

9:00 AM-6:00 PM: Sunday, 14 January 2007


Conference Registration
Location: East Registration (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)

Monday, 15 January 2007

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12:00 AM-12:00 AM: Monday, 15 January 2007


Mon 15 Jan

7:30 AM-6:00 PM: Monday, 15 January 2007


Registration continues through Thursday, 18 January
Location: East Registration (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)

9:00 AM-10:15 AM: Monday, 15 January 2007


Plenary Session for the Presidential Forum (Presidential Forum will then run parallel to other sessions throughout the day)
Location: Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center

10:15 AM-10:45 AM: Monday, 15 January 2007


Coffee Break
Location: Meeting Room Foyer (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)

12:15 PM-1:30 PM: Monday, 15 January 2007


Lunch Break

1:30 PM-2:30 PM: Monday, 15 January 2007


1
Towards an Integrated Earth System Analysis-Part I
Location: 212B (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: 11th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)
Chair: Randall M. Dole, NOAA/ESRL

Papers:
  1:30 PM
1.1
Progress toward integrated Earth system analysis
Kevin E. Trenberth, NCAR, Boulder, CO

  Recorded presentation
  2:00 PM
1.2
Ocean data assimilation-current status and future directions toward an Integrated Earth System Analysis
Michele M. Rienecker, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD

  2:15 PM
1.3
Current capabilities and future directions for land surface data assimilation
Randal D. Koster, NASA, Greenbelt, MD; and R. H. Reichle

  Recorded presentation

2:30 PM-4:00 PM: Monday, 15 January 2007


Poster Session 1
Data impact tests and OSSEs
Location: 212B (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: 11th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)

Papers:
 
P1.1
The Operational Hurricane Surveillance Mission for Hurricane Frances on 01 September 2004
Nelsie A. Ramos, NOAA/Center for Atmospheric Sciences and Howard University, Washington, DC; and S. D. Aberson

 
P1.2
2004 Hurricane Danielle Tropical Cyclogenesis Forecasting Study Using the NCAR Advanced Research WRF Model
Nelsie A. Ramos, Howard University, Washington, DC; and G. S. Jenkins

Poster PDF (386.8 kB)
 
P1.3
The Impact of Atmospheric InfraRed Sounder (AIRS) Profiles on Short-term Weather Forecasts
Shih-Hung Chou, NASA/MSFC, Huntsville, AL; and B. T. Zavodsky, G. J. Jedlovec, and W. M. Lapenta

Poster PDF (376.2 kB)
 
P1.4
Recent Modis Data Assimilation Experiments in the NCEP GFS
Tom H. Zapotocny, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. A. Jung, R. Treadon, and J. F. Le Marshall

Poster PDF (389.1 kB)
 
P1.5
NOAA Polar Orbiting Satellite Observing System Experiments using the NCEP GDAS
James A. Jung, CIMSS, Madison, WI; and T. H. Zapotocny, J. F. Le Marshall, and R. Treadon

Poster PDF (917.2 kB)
 
P1.6
Investigation of WRFVAR performance on hurricane simulation
Duanjun Lu, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS; and R. S. Reddy and L. White

 
P1.7
Impact study of AMSR-E radiances in the NCEP global data assimilation system
Masahiro Kazumori, NPD/JMA, Tokyo, Japan; and Q. Liu, R. Treadon, J. C. Derber, F. Weng, and S. J. Lord

 
P1.8
Assessing The Forecast Impact Of WindSat/Coriolis Data In The NCEP GDAS/GFS
Li Bi, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. F. Le Marshall, T. H. Zapotocny, J. Jung, and M. C. Morgan

Poster PDF (300.8 kB)
 
P1.9
Characterizing and understanding the differences between GOES WF_ABBA and MODIS fire products and implications for data assimilation
Jay P. Hoffman, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and E. M. Prins, C. C. Schmidt, S. A. Ackerman, and J. S. Reid

Poster PDF (444.9 kB)
 
P1.10
Assimilation of real-time tsunami event data into forecasting models
Angie J. Venturato, JISAO/Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and E. Gica, D. W. Denbo, and V. V. Titov


Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
Location: Exhibit Hall C (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)

4:00 PM-5:30 PM: Monday, 15 January 2007


2
Towards an Integrated Earth System Analysis-Part II
Location: 212B (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: 11th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)
Chair: Anjuli Bamzai, U.S. Department of Energy

Papers:
  4:00 PM
2.1
Initiating an operational Canadian global assimilation and prediction capability for the coupled atmosphere-ocean-ice system
C. Harold Ritchie, EC, Dartmouth, NS, Canada; and D. Bancroft, A. Cameron, G. M. Flato, J. Loder, K. Thompson, and D. Wright

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (15.1 kB)
  4:15 PM
2.2
Atmospheric analysis and reanalysis: current capabilities and future directions
Phillip A. Arkin, University of Maryland, College Park, MD

  Recorded presentation
  4:30 PM
2.3
A Tropospheric Assessment of Contemporary Global Reanalyses in the Polar Regions
David H. Bromwich, Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH; and R. L. Fogt, K. I. Hodges, and J. E. Walsh

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (791.5 kB)
  4:45 PM
2.4
Status of current capabilities and future directions for carbon cycle data assimilation
Scott A. Denning, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and S. Doney, D. Zupanski, S. R. Kawa, G. J. Collatz, and S. Pawson

http://biocycle.atmos.colostate.edu

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (831.7 kB)
  5:15 PM
2.5
Method and results of retrieval of HDO/H2O in atmosphere from satellite IMG/ADEOS and ground-based FTIR data
A. Yu Toptygin, Ural State Univ., Yekaterinburg, Russia; and K. G. Gribanov, V. I. Zakharov, Y. Kasai, A. Kagawa, Y. Murayama, R. Imasu, G. A. Schmidt, G. Hoffmann, and J. Jouzel

5:30 PM-5:30 PM: Monday, 15 January 2007


Sessions end for the day

Tuesday, 16 January 2007

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12:00 AM-12:00 AM: Tuesday, 16 January 2007


Tue 16 Jan

8:30 AM-4:00 PM: Tuesday, 16 January 2007


3
Assimilation of Observations (Ocean, Atmosphere, and Land Surface) into Models
Location: 212B (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: 11th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)
Chair: Lars Peter Riishojgaard, JCSDA

Papers:
  8:30 AM
3.1
Building the next generation global atmospheric data assimilation system at the National Centers for Environmental Prediction
Stephen Lord, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC, Camp Springs, MD; and J. C. Derber and Z. Toth

  Recorded presentation
  8:45 AM
3.2
NCEP's gridpoint statistical interpolation analysis system
John C. Derber, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC, Camp Springs, MD; and R. Treadon, W. S. Wu, D. F. Parrish, and D. T. Kleist

  9:00 AM
3.3
The Global Ocean Data Assimilation System (GODAS) at NCEP
David Behringer, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Camp Springs, MD

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.6 MB)
  9:15 AM
3.4
Assimilating specific humidity observations with Local Ensemble Transform Kalman filter
Junjie Liu, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA; and E. Kalnay

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (203.1 kB)
  9:30 AM
3.5
Testing of techniques for error analysis in assimilation of cloudy radiances
Rosanne Polkinghorne, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and T. Vukicevic and K. F. Evans

Poster PDF (139.3 kB)
  9:45 AM
Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

  11:00 AM
3.6
An Investigation of the characterization of cloud contamination in hyperspectral radiances
Will McCarty, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD; and G. J. Jedlovec, A. L. Molthan, and J. F. LeMarshall

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (464.7 kB)
  11:15 AM
3.7
A HWRF numerical study of the wind field expansion with Hurricane Katrina during a period of rapid intensification
Christopher M. Hill, Geosystems Research Institute, Stennis Space Center, MS; and P. J. Fitzpatrick, Q. Xiao, J. Sun, Y. Li, and N. Tran

  Recorded presentation
  11:30 AM
3.8
An Improved Data Reduction Tool in Support of the Real-Time Assimilation of NASA Satellite Data Streams
Michael Splitt, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL; and S. Lazarus, M. Lueken, R. Ramachandran, X. Li, S. Movva, S. Graves, B. Zavodsky, and W. M. Lapenta

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (361.1 kB)
  11:45 AM
3.9
Investigation of WRF performance on Southwestern U.S during the Summer of 2006
Jitin Arora, University of Texas, El Paso, TX; and R. M. Fitzgerald, D. Lu, and C. A. Brock

  Recorded presentation
  12:00 PM
Lunch Break

  1:30 PM
3.10
Variational quality control at NCEP
Xiujuan Su, SAIC, Camp Springs, MD; and J. Derber, D. Parrish, and R. Treadon

  Recorded presentation
  1:45 PM
3.11
Assimilation of simulated CASA radar data of varied storm types using EnSRF for convective storm analyses and forecasts
Elaine S. Godfrey, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and K. Droegemeier, M. Xue, and M. Tong

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (472.1 kB)
  2:00 PM
3.12
A wildland fire Dynamic Data-Driven Application System
Janice L. Coen, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. D. Beezley, L. S. Bennethum, C. C. Douglas, M. Kim, R. Kremens, J. Mandel, G. Qin, and A. Vodacek

http://www-math.cudenver.edu/~jmandel/fires/

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (479.5 kB)
  2:15 PM
3.13
On Using Data Assimilation in Dispersion Modeling
Anke Beyer, Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA; and G. Young and S. E. Haupt

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (167.0 kB)
  2:30 PM
3.14
Variational Doppler Radar Data Assimilation for the Weather Research and Forecasting Model
Qingnong Xiao, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. Sun, W. C. Lee, E. Lim, J. Gu, S. Sugimoto, X. Zhang, Y. R. Guo, D. M. Barker, X. Y. Huang, and Y. H. Kuo

  Recorded presentation
 
3.15
On the utility of the UND MAAP cycling system for short-term numerical weather prediction

  3:00 PM
Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall

  3:30 PM
3.16
Observation sensitivity analysis using the adjoint of the Gridpoint Statistical Interpolation (GSI) analysis scheme
Yanqiu Zhu, SAIC, Greenbelt, MD; and R. Gelaro

  Recorded presentation
  3:45 PM
3.17
An objective nowcasting tool that optimizes the impact of satellite derive sounder products in very-short-range forecasts
Ralph A. Petersen, CIMSS/University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and R. M. Aune

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.3 MB)

11:00 AM-6:00 PM: Tuesday, 16 January 2007


Exhibits Open
Location: Exhibit Hall D (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Tuesday, 16 January 2007


Lunch Break

12:00 PM-1:45 PM: Tuesday, 16 January 2007


Arakawa Symposium Luncheon
Location: Marriott Rivercenter

1:30 PM-5:15 PM: Tuesday, 16 January 2007


4
Advanced Methods for Data Assimilation
Location: 208 (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: 11th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)
Chair: Michele M. Rienecker, NASA/GSFC

Papers:
  1:30 PM
4.1
Ensemble data assimilation with the NCEP Global Forecast System
Jeffrey S. Whitaker, NOAA/ERL/CDC, Boulder, CO

  Recorded presentation
  1:45 PM
4.2
Using an ensemble data assimilation system for climate model development
Jeffrey Anderson, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and K. Raeder, T. Hoar, and N. Collins

  Recorded presentation
  2:00 PM
4.3
Recent development of global and regional local ensemble transform Kalman filters (LETKF) at JMA
Takemasa Miyoshi, Japan Meteorological Agency, Tokyo, Japan; and S. Yamane, Y. Sato, K. Aranami, and T. Enomoto

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.2 MB)
  2:15 PM
4.4
The Canadian Meso4dvar continental analysis system: Pre-operational evaluations
Luc Fillion, MSC, Dorval, PQ, Canada; and M. Tanguay, Z. Liu, E. Lapalme, N. Ek, C. Page, and S. Pellerin

Poster PDF (892.1 kB)
  2:30 PM
4.5
Assessing observation impact using the adjoint of the GEOS-5 data assimilation system
Ronald Gelaro, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and Y. Zhu

  Recorded presentation
  2:45 PM
4.6
Issues in Assimilation of Lagrangian Data
Kayo Ide, University of California, Los Angeles, CA

  3:00 PM
4.6a
Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall

  3:30 PM
4.7
An alternative to bias correction in retrievals and direct radiances assimilation
Steven J. Fletcher, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and M. Zupanski

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (80.4 kB)
  3:45 PM
4.8
Ensemble Kalman filter in the presence of model errors
Hong Li, Shanghai Typhoon Institute, Shanghai, China, Shanghai, China; and E. Kalnay, T. Miyoshi, and C. M. Danforth

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (208.0 kB)
  4:00 PM
4.9
Comparing Local Ensemble Transform Kalman Filter with 4D-Var in a quasi-geostrophic model
Shu-Chih Yang, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD; and E. Kalnay

  4:15 PM
4.10
A hybrid ensemble transform Kalman filter(ETKF)-3DVAR data assimilation scheme for WRF
Xuguang Wang, School of Meteorology, University of Oklahoma, OK; and D. Barker, C. Snyder, and T. Hamill

  Recorded presentation
  4:30 PM
4.11
Four-dimensional variational assimilation without using the adjoint model
Hyo-Jong Song, Seoul National Univ., Seoul, South Korea; and G. H. Lim and H. S. Lee

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (193.1 kB)
  4:45 PM
4.12
Predictor-corrector and morphing ensemble filters for the assimilation of sparse data into high-dimensional nonlinear systems
Jan Mandel, University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center, and National Center for Atmospheric Research, Denver, CO; and J. D. Beezley

http://www-math.cudenver.edu/~jmandel/papers/#ametsoc07

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (661.1 kB)
  5:00 PM
4.13
Evaluating the ability of the Ensemble Transform Kalman Filter to predict the influence of observations on 3-6 day forecasts
Kathryn J. Sellwood, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and S. J. Majumdar and D. Hodyss

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (178.2 kB)

5:30 PM-5:00 PM: Tuesday, 16 January 2007


Sessions end for the day

Wednesday, 17 January 2007

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12:00 AM-12:00 AM: Wednesday, 17 January 2007


Wed 17 Jan

8:30 AM-12:15 PM: Wednesday, 17 January 2007


6
Atmospheric Observations
Location: 210B (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: 11th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)
Chair: Frank Marks, NOAA/AOML/HRD

Papers:
  8:30 AM
6.1
Development and Evolution of a Tropical Storm System: Year 2005 Hurricane Katrina Case History
Ayorinde O. Idowu, University of Houston, Houston, TX

  8:45 AM
6.2
GFDL model output comparisons with surface wind observations for hurricane Ivan 2004
Isha M. Renta-López, Howard University, Washington, DC; and M. D. Powell and V. R. Morris

  9:00 AM
6.3
Observed integrated moisture fields within tropical storm systems
John J. Braun, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and T. Van Hove and T. Mayo

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (657.7 kB)
  9:15 AM
6.3
Simulating MODIS solar channels under cloudy condition using newly developed fast radiative transfer model
Jianguo Niu, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; and P. Yang

  Recorded presentation
  9:30 AM
6.4
AIRS observations of tropospheric humidity: how well do the models compare?
David W. Pierce, SIO/Univ. Of California, La Jolla, CA; and T. P. Barnett, E. J. Fetzer, P. J. Gleckler, and A. J. Braverman

  9:45 AM
6.5
Extending satellite microwave humidity retrievals from ocean to land
John M. Forsythe, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and S. Q. Kidder, K. M. Donofrio, A. S. Jones, and T. H. Vonder Haar

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (673.2 kB)
  10:00 AM
6.5a
Coffee Break in Meeting Room Foyer

  10:30 AM
6.6
Improved AIRS/AMSU soundings and error estimates
Joel Susskind, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and R. M. Atlas

  Recorded presentation
  10:45 AM
6.7
Atmosphere heat fluxes estimated from Terra and Aqua satellites
Alice Fan, SAIC, Hampton, VA; and B. Lin

  11:00 AM
6.8
CH4 in the atmosphere over the peatland ecosystem of West Siberia retrieved from AIRS/AQUA spectra
K. G. Gribanov, Ural State Univ., Yekaterinburg, Russia; and R. Imasu, A. Y. Toptygin, W. Bleuten, A. V. Naumov, A. V. Yevtyushkin, E. A. Dyukarev, and V. I. Zakharov

  11:15 AM
6.9
Early Results from the COSMIC/FORMOSAT-3 Mission
Ying-Hwa Kuo, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and C. Rocken, W. Schreiner, and R. A. Anthes

  Recorded presentation
  11:30 AM
6.10
Determining the accuracy and representativeness of wind profiler data
Ralph A. Petersen, CIMSS/University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and K. M. Bedka

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (125.1 kB)
  11:45 AM
6.11
Potential impacts of a space-based Doppler Wind Lidar
G. D. Emmitt, Simpson Weather Associates, Charlottesville, VA; and J. Terry and R. Atlas

 
6.12
Hyperspectral Applications of Geostationary Satellite Remotely Sensed Data

8:30 AM-5:00 PM: Wednesday, 17 January 2007


5
Data Impact Tests and Observing System Simulation Experiments (OSSE)
Location: 212B (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: 11th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)
Cochairs: G. David Emmitt, Simpson Weather Associates, Inc.; Ward R. Seguin, NOAA/OAR

Papers:
  8:30 AM
5.1
The use of global AIRS hyperspectral observations in numerical weather prediction
John F. Le Marshall, Bureau of Meteorology, Docklands, Victoria, Australia; and J. Jung, T. H. Zapotocny, W. L. Smith, D. K. Zhou, J. Derber, R. Treadon, S. Lord, M. Goldberg, and W. Wolf

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (145.3 kB)
  8:45 AM
5.2
Use of the ensemble Kalman filter in a global coupled seasonal prediction system: impact on prediction skill and other issues
Christian L. Keppenne, SAIC, Greenbelt, MD; and M. M. Rienecker, R. M. Kovach, J. Marshak, and J. P. Jacob

  Recorded presentation
  9:00 AM
5.3
Ensemble data assimilation of satellite radiances
Jeffrey Whitaker, NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and T. M. Hamill

  9:15 AM
5.4
Improved analyses and forecasts with AIRS retrievals using the local ensemble transform Kalman filter
Hong Li, Shanghai Typhoon Institute, Shanghai, China, Shanghai, China; and J. Liu, E. Fertig, E. Kalnay, J. Aravequia, I. Szunyogh, E. J. Kostelich, and R. Todling

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (352.9 kB)
  9:30 AM
5.5
Impact of ground-based GPS observations on the Canadian Regional Analysis and Forecast System
Stephen R. Macpherson, MSC, Dorval, QC, Canada; and G. Deblonde, J. Aparicio, and B. Casati

Poster PDF (712.0 kB)
  9:45 AM
5.6
The impact of data interaction on targeted observations with a 4D-Var data assimilation and forecast system
Dacian N. Daescu, Portland State University, Portland, OR; and I. M. Navon, S. Akella, and G. Erlebacher

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (420.7 kB)
  10:00 AM
Coffee Break in Meeting Room Foyer

  10:30 AM
5.7
The influence of observations on 1-10 day forecasts
Daniel Hodyss, NRL, Monterey, CA; and S. J. Majumdar

  Recorded presentation
  10:45 AM
5.8
Evaluation of WINDSAT surface wind data and its impact on ocean surface wind analyses and numerical weather prediction
Robert Atlas, NOAA/AOML, Miami, FL; and O. Reale, J. Ardizzone, J. Terry, J. -. C. Jusem, E. Brin, D. Bungato, and J. F. Le Marshall

Poster PDF (843.3 kB)
  11:00 AM
5.9
Analysis of Hurricanes Using Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) and COSMIC Satellite Data
Patrick J. Fitzpatrick, Geosystems Research Institute, Stennis Space Center, MS; and Q. Xiao, G. J. Holland, Y. H. Kuo, J. J. Cione, and C. M. Hill

  Recorded presentation
  11:15 AM
5.10
Applications in exploiting Synthetic Aperture Radar for hurricane initialization and simulation
Weizhong Zheng, QSS Group, Inc., Lanham, MD; and X. Li, C. Z. Zou, and W. G. Pichel

  Recorded presentation
  11:30 AM
5.11
The Impact of Low-Cost Lagrangian Drifters on Tropical Cyclone Analyses and Forecasts
Joe Dreher, ENSCO Inc., Cocoa Beach, FL; and J. Manobianco

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (602.4 kB)
  11:45 AM
5.12
The challenges of transferring observation research to operations
Ward R. Seguin, NOAA/OAR, Silver Spring, MD; and M. Uhart

  12:00 PM
Lunch Break (Cash & Carry available in the Exhibit Hall)

  1:30 PM
5.13
The impact of assimilating radar and SCAN data on a WRF simulation of a Mississippi Delta squall line
Patrick J. Fitzpatrick, Geosystems Research Institute, Stennis Space Center, MS; and Q. Xiao, J. Sun, E. Lim, C. M. Hill, Y. Li, N. Tran, and J. L. Dyer

  Recorded presentation
  1:45 PM
5.14
Sensitivity of Surface Analyses to RAWS observations
John D. Horel, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and D. Myrick

  2:00 PM
5.15
The Sensitivity of PBL Parameterizations Modeled by MM5 to Various Surface and Boundary Layer Parameters and their Impact on a Unique Satellite Data Assimilation Technique
Scott M. Mackaro, Metropolitan State College of Denver, Denver, CO

  Recorded presentation
  2:15 PM
5.16
Initialization of Hurricane Jeanne (2004) Using Airborne Doppler Radar Data
Qingnong Xiao, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and C. Davis, X. Zhang, J. Tuttle, G. Holland, and Y. H. Kuo

  Recorded presentation
  2:30 PM
Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

  4:00 PM
5.17
Impacts of assimilating Aura OMI and HIRDLS ozone on the NCEP Global Forecast System
Shuntai Zhou, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/CPC, Camp Springs, MD; and C. S. Long, A. J. Miller, L. E. Flynn, and T. Beck

 
5.18
An experimental framework for the evaluation of adaptive algorithms for observation thinning in data assimilation

  4:30 PM
5.19
The interaction between model resolution, observation resolution and observation density in data assimilation: a two-dimensional study
Vladimir Bondarenko, University of Constance, Constance, Germany; and T. Ochotta, D. Saupe, and W. Wergen

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (335.8 kB)
  4:45 PM
5.20
An OSSE study of TAMDAR data impact on mesoscale data assimilation and prediction
Yubao Liu, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and N. A. Jacobs, W. Yu, T. T. Warner, S. P. Swerdlin, and M. Anderson

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (446.9 kB)

11:00 AM-6:45 PM: Wednesday, 17 January 2007


Exhibits Open
Location: Exhibit Hall D (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Wednesday, 17 January 2007


Lunch Break (Cash & Carry available in the Exhibit Hall)
Location: Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center

1:30 PM-2:30 PM: Wednesday, 17 January 2007


7
Advanced methods for data assimilation (Part II)
Location: 210B (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: 11th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)
Chair: Sharanya J. Majumdar, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS

Papers:
  1:30 PM
7.1
Assimilation of images in geophysical models
François-Xavier Le Dimet, Université Joseph-Fourier and INRIA, Grenoble, France

  Recorded presentation
  1:45 PM
7.2A
Adaptive estimation of background and observation errors within local ensemble transform kalman filter (Formerly Paper 7.4)
Eugenia Kalnay, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and H. Li and T. Miyoshi

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (176.6 kB)
  2:00 PM
7.3
Adaptive sampling with the Local Ensemble Transform Kalman Fitler (LETKF): implementation on a global model
Junjie Liu, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA; and E. Kalnay

  Recorded presentation
  2:15 PM
7.4A
Adaptive stochastic modeling using data assimilation (Formerly Paper 7.2)
James A. Hansen, MIT, Cambridge, MA; and C. é. Penland

  Recorded presentation

1:30 PM-5:30 PM: Wednesday, 17 January 2007


Joint Session 4
Global Earth Observations (Joint between 11 IOAS-AOLS and 23 IIPS)
Location: 216AB (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsors: (Joint between the 23rd Conference on IIPS; and the 11th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS) )
Cochairs: Howard J. Diamond, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC; John R. Lincoln, US Navy/WMO (Ret.) and Consultant

Papers:
  1:30 PM
J4.1
The Global Climate Observing System (GCOS) and its Users: Fifteen Years On
John Zillman, Bureau of Meteorology, Melbourne, Vic., Australia

  Recorded presentation
  2:00 PM
J4.2
The Global Climate Observing System: Defining the requirements, addressing the needs
David M. Goodrich, Global Climate Observing System Secretariat, Geneva, Switzerland

  Recorded presentation
  2:15 PM
J4.3
Systematic Observation Requirements for Satellite-based Products for Climate
Paul Mason, University of Reading, Reading, Berks., United Kingdom; and S. Bojinski

  Recorded presentation
  2:30 PM
J4.3A
Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

  4:00 PM
J4.4
Improving the Operation of the GCOS Surface and Upper Air Networks
Richard K. Thigpen, GCOS Secretariat, Silver Spring, MD

  Recorded presentation
  4:15 PM
J4.5
Lead centers for global climate observing system data
M. Lawrence Nicodemus, International Environmental Data Rescue Organization [IEDRO], Deale, MD; and P. Alford

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (115.7 kB)
  4:30 PM
J4.6
NOAA's Scientific Data Stewardship program: connecting essential climate variables to science questions and societal impacts for long-term information access
Bruce R. Barkstrom, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and J. J. Bates and J. Privette

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (87.1 kB)
  4:45 PM
J4.7
Pacific Island Global Climate Observing System (PI-GCOS): Addressing Pacific island weather and climate issues through international cooperation
Dean Solofa, SPREP, Apia, Samoa; and S. Postawko and M. Morrissey

  Recorded presentation
  5:00 PM
J4.8
The PACRAIN/PI-GCOS automated rain gauge initiative
Michael D. Klatt, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and M. L. Morrissey and J. S. Greene

  Recorded presentation
  5:15 PM
J4.9
The U.S. Global Climate Observing System (GCOS) program: plans for high elevation and high latitude GCOS surface network sites based on the benchmark U.S. Climate Reference Network (CRN) system
Howard J. Diamond, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Silver Spring, MD; and M. R. Helfert

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (94.7 kB)

2:30 PM-4:00 PM: Wednesday, 17 January 2007


Poster Session 2
Observations
Location: 212B (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: 11th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)

Papers:
 
P2.1
An ocean surface wind vector model for WindSat microwave radiometer using dual-polarization
Seubson Soisuvarn, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and Z. Jelenak and P. Chang

http://www.nesdis.noaa.gov/

Poster PDF (128.8 kB)
 
P2.2
The effect of ice crystal surface roughness on cloud effective particle size and optical thickness retrievals over ocean
Yu Xie, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and P. Yang

 
P2.3
Use of SCAN observations for validation of soil moisture spatial distribution simulated by the land-surface model over the Lower Mississippi Delta region
Georgy Mostovoy, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS; and V. Anantharaj, P. Houser, and C. D. Peters-Lidard

Poster PDF (1.7 MB)
 
P2.4
The Morphology of Eyewall Lightning Outbreaks in two Category Five Hurricanes
Kirt A. Squires, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI; and S. Businger

 
P2.5
Radiative effects of tropical thin cirrus clouds
Joonsuk Lee, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and A. E. Dessler, P. Yang, B. C. Gao, and S. Platnick

 
P2.6
Improving the assimilation of land-surface sensitive satellite channels in NCEP's Global Data Assimilation System (GDAS) by improving land-surface emission in the Community Radiative Transfer Model (CRTM)
Jesse Meng, University of Maryland Baltimore County, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, and NASA/GSFC, Camp Springs, MD; and K. Mitchell, H. Wei, J. C. Derber, G. Gayno, and Q. Liu

 
P2.7
A global infrared land surface emissivity database and its validation
Eva Borbas, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and L. Moy, S. W. Seemann, R. Knuteson, P. Antonelli, J. Li, H. L. Huang, I. Trigo, and L. Zhou

Poster PDF (664.0 kB)
 
P2.8
High Latitude Surface Temperature for Clear Fields of View from the AIRS Advanced Sounder
Robert Knuteson, SSEC/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and M. Evansen, S. C. Moeller, H. Revercomb, and D. C. Tobin

Poster PDF (223.0 kB)

Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
Location: Exhibit Hall C (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)

4:00 PM-5:15 PM: Wednesday, 17 January 2007


8
Results From Recent Field Experiments and Their Potential Relevance to Operational Prediction
Location: 210B (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: 11th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)
Chair: John Manobianco, ENSCO Inc.

Papers:
  4:00 PM
8.1
Recent results from NOAA's Hurricane Intensity Forecast Experiment (IFEX)
Frank D. Marks Jr., NOAA/AOML/HRD, Miami, FL

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.8 MB)
  4:30 PM
8.2
Recent observations of tropical cyclones with a microwave sounder
Bjorn H. Lambrigtsen, JPL and California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA; and S. Brown, A. Tanner, J. Oswald, D. Dawson, and R. Denning

  4:45 PM
8.3
Ensemble Forecasting and Adaptive Sampling during Monterey Bay '06
Sharanya J. Majumdar, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and Y. Chao, Z. Li, J. Farrara, and P. F. J. Lermusiaux

  Recorded presentation
 
8.4
The impact of GOES data assimilation on air quality simulations during TexAQS2000

5:30 PM-5:30 PM: Wednesday, 17 January 2007


Sessions end for the day

5:30 PM-6:45 PM: Wednesday, 17 January 2007


Reception in Exhibit Hall (Cash Bar)
Location: Exhibit Hall D (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)

7:00 PM-9:30 PM: Wednesday, 17 January 2007


AMS Annual Awards Banquet
Location: Ballroom C123 (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)

Thursday, 18 January 2007

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8:30 AM-9:45 AM: Thursday, 18 January 2007


9
Data impacts: TAMDAR
Location: 212B (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: 11th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)
Chair: Stan Benjamin, NOAA/ESRL/GSD

Papers:
  8:30 AM
9.1
TAMDAR/AMDAR data assessments using the RUC at NOAA's Global Systems Division
William R. Moninger, NOAA/ESRL/GSD, Boulder, CO; and S. G. Benjamin, R. S. Collander, B. D. Jamison, T. W. Schlatter, T. L. Smith, and E. J. Szoke

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (205.2 kB)
  8:45 AM
9.2
2006 TAMDAR impact experiment results for RUC humidity, temperature, and wind forecasts
Stan Benjamin, NOAA/ESRL/GSD, Boulder, CO; and W. R. Moninger, T. L. Smith, B. D. Jamison, E. J. Szoke, and T. W. Schlatter

Poster PDF (464.6 kB)
  9:00 AM
9.3
The effects of vertical resolution on the optimization of TAMDAR data in short-range mesoscale forecasts
Neil A. Jacobs, AirDat LLC, Morrisville, NC; and Y. Liu and C. M. Druse

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (895.4 kB)
  9:15 AM
9.4
Impact of TAMDAR on the RUC model: A look into some of the statistics
Ed Szoke, NOAA/ESRL/GSD and CIRA, Boulder, CO; and S. Benjamin, R. S. Collander, B. D. Jamison, W. R. Moninger, T. W. Schlatter, and T. L. Smith

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (951.8 kB)
  9:30 AM
9.5
Evaluating the benefits of TAMDAR data in aviation forecasting
Cyrena-Marie Druse, McVehil-Monnett Associates, Englewood, CO; and N. A. Jacobs

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (348.3 kB)

9:45 AM-11:00 AM: Thursday, 18 January 2007


Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
Location: Exhibit Hall C (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)

11:00 AM-2:30 PM: Thursday, 18 January 2007


10
Land and Ocean Observations
Location: 212B (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: 11th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)
Chair: Christopher N. K. Mooers, RSMAS, University of Miami

Papers:
  11:00 AM
10.1
Assessing the land albedo model of the new MODIS Aerosol retrieval over land Algorithm for urban scenes
Eduardo Hernandez, City College of New York, New York, NY; and M. M. Oo, L. Charles, B. Gross, M. Mihailidi, and F. Moshary

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (412.2 kB)
  11:15 AM
10.2
Improved Land Products from Multiple Satellite Data through Data Assimilation
Shunlin Liang, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and H. Fang, J. Townshend, and R. E. Dickinson

  11:30 AM
10.3
Marine wind analysis with the benefit of Radarsat-1 synthetic aperture radar data
Richard E. Danielson, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada; and M. Dowd and C. H. Ritchie

  11:45 AM
10.4
The HF radar national server and architecture project
Don T. Conlee, NOAA/NWS/National Data Buoy Center, Stennis Space Center, MS; and J. Harlan, E. J. Terrill, L. Hazard, M. Otero, P. L. Spence, and A. R. Diercks

http://hfradar.ndbc.noaa.gov

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (414.9 kB)
  12:00 PM
10.5
Operational evaluation of QuikSCAT ocean surface vector winds in tropical cyclones at the Tropical Prediction Center/National Hurricane Center
Michael J. Brennan, NOAA/NWS, Miami, FL; and R. D. Knabb

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (2.1 MB)
  12:15 PM
10.5a
Lunch Break (Cash & Carry available in the Exhibit Hall)

  1:30 PM
10.6
The Effect of Reabsorption of Chlorophyll Fluorescence and Elastic Scattering in Coastal Waters on the Efficacy of Retrieval Algorithms
Samir Ahmed, City College of the City University of New York, New York, NY; and A. Gilerson, J. Zhou, I. Ioannou, S. Hlaing, B. Gross, and F. Moshary

Poster PDF (264.3 kB)
  1:45 PM
10.7
Long Baroclinic Rossby Waves Identified in the Tropical North Atlantic from ARGO Profiling Floats Using the Optimal Decomposition Method
Peter C. Chu, NPS, Monterey, CA; and L. M. Ivanov, O. Melnickenko, and N. Wells

  Recorded presentation
  2:00 PM
10.8
NOAA's role in the expansion of the global ocean observing system for climate
Diane M. Stanitski, Shippensburg Univ., Shippensburg, PA; and M. Johnson

  Recorded presentation
  2:15 PM
10.9
Some OSSE issues for the coastal ocean observing system (COOS)
Christopher N. K. Mooers, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and D. S. Ko

  Recorded presentation

11:00 AM-4:00 PM: Thursday, 18 January 2007


Exhibits Open
Location: Exhibit Hall D (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)

3:00 PM-3:30 PM: Thursday, 18 January 2007


Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall and Raffle
Location: Exhibit Hall D (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)

3:00 PM-3:00 PM: Thursday, 18 January 2007


Registration Desk Closes

4:00 PM-4:00 PM: Thursday, 18 January 2007


Exhibits Close

5:30 PM-5:30 PM: Thursday, 18 January 2007


Conference Ends

6:00 PM-9:00 PM: Thursday, 18 January 2007


Rasmusson Symposium Banquet

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