Session 5 |
| | Societal Benefits: Improving Models and Tools |
| | Cochairs: Michele Rieneker, NASA/GSFC/GMAO, Greenbelt, MD; John A. Haynes, NASA, Washington, DC
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| 3:30 PM | | Introductory Remarks 
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| 3:45 PM | 5.1 | Assessing the Performance of the GEOS-5 Data Assimilation System Using High Resolution Satellite Data
J. Bacmeister, GEST, GMAO/GSFC/NASA, Greentbelt, MD; and P. Pegion, M. J. Suarez, and M. Rienecker |
| 4:00 PM | 5.2 | Satellite-Derived Land Surface Fields in the Data Assimilation, Validation and Forcing of the Land Component of NCEP Global and Regional Weather and Climate Prediction Models
Kenneth Mitchell, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Camp Springs, MD; and J. D. Tarpley, C. Peters-Lidard, M. A. Friedl, X. Zeng, L. Jiang, R. H. Reichle, P. R. Houser, and X. Zhan |
| 4:15 PM | 5.3 | Constraining Atmospheric Composition by Assimilating NPOESS Observations
Steven Pawson, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD |
| 4:30 PM | | Introduction of F. Felts
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| 4:45 PM | 5.4 | NPOESS Impact on the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen)
Wayne F. Feltz, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and D. B. Johnson and S. D. Miller |
| 5:00 PM | | Introduction of W. L. Crosson
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| 5:15 PM | 5.5 | Exploiting Satellite Remote-Sensing Data in Fine Particulate Matter Characterization for Serving the Environmental Public Health Tracking Network (EPHTN): The HELIX-Atlanta Experience and NPOESS Implications
Mohammad Al-Hamdan, Universities Space Research Association, Huntsville, AL; and W. L. Crosson, A. Limaye, D. Rickman, D. A. Quattrochi, M. G. Estes, J. R. Qualters, A. H. Sinclair, D. D. Tolsma, and K. A. Adeniyi |
| 5:30 PM | | Closing Remarks by C. Hoffman
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