Session 4 |
| | Data Assimilation |
| | Chair: Lars Peter Riishojgaard, NASA/GSFC/JCSDA, Greenbelt, MD
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| 1:30 PM | | Introduction: Lars Peter Riishojgaard 
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| 2:00 PM | 4.1 | The Assimilation of Data from the MetOp Satellite at the Met Office
Fiona Hilton, UK Met Office, Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom; and N. Atkinson, B. Candy, S. English, J. R. Eyre, and S. Keogh |
| 2:30 PM | 4.2 | Recent Developments in the Assimilation of Satellite Observations at ECMWF
Jean-Noël Thépaut, ECMWF, Shinfield Park, Reading, United Kingdom; and P. Bauer |
| 3:00 PM | 4.3 | Data Assimilation in the NPOESS Era: U.S. Navy's Plans and Progress
Nancy L. Baker, NRL, Monterey, CA; and B. Ruston and P. A. Phoebus |
| 3:30 PM | 4.4 | Improvements to the NCEP Global and Regional Data Assimilation Systems
Stephen J. Lord, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC, Camp Springs, MD; and J. Derber, R. Treadon, D. Kleist, D. Parrish, W. S. Wu, J. Purser, and M. Pondeca |