Session 7A |
| | General Climate Studies: Observations III |
| | Chair: Baijun Tian, UCLA, Pasadena, CA
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| 1:30 PM | 7A.1 | Satellite retrieval of land surface temperature: challenges and opportunities  
Ana C. T. Pinheiro, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC (STG, Inc contractor), Asheville, NC; and J. L. Privette, J. J. Bates, and J. Pedelty |
| 1:45 PM | 7A.2 | Comparison of Temperature in the Lower Stratosphere from Microwave Measurements using COSMIC Radio Occultation Data: the Early Results
Shu-peng Ho, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and B. Kuo, M. D. Goldberg, C. Z. Zou, and W. S. Schreiner |
| 2:00 PM | 7A.3 | The annual cycle of surface radiation budget over Europe
Pamela E. Mlynczak, SSAI, Hampton, VA; and G. L. Smith and R. Hollmann |
| 2:15 PM | 7A.4 | A Global Monthly Land Surface Air Temperature Analysis for 1948-present
Yun Fan, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/CPC/RSIS, Camp Springs, MD; and H. van den Dool |
| 2:30 PM | 7A.5 | The climate of 2007 in historical perspective
Jay Lawrimore, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and R. Heim, D. H. Levinson, A. Sanchez-Lugo, D. Wuertz, L. Love-brotak, and E. Godfrey |
| 2:45 PM | 7A.6 | Does it rain more on weekends?
David M. Schultz, University of Helsinki and Finnish Meteorological Institute, FI-00101, Helsinki, Finland; and S. Mikkonen, A. Laaksonen, and M. B. Richman |