88th Annual Meeting (20-24 January 2008)

Session 4: Data Assimilation

Tuesday, 22 January 2008: 1:30 PM-3:00 PM
R01 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Chair:  Lars Peter Riishojgaard, JCSDA
Papers:
  1:30 PM
Introduction: Lars Peter Riishojgaard

  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