88th Annual Meeting (20-24 January 2008)

Session 5: Societal Benefits: Improving Models and Tools

Tuesday, 22 January 2008: 3:30 PM-5:30 PM
R01 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Cochairs:  Michele Rieneker, NASA/GSFC/GMAO and John A. Haynes, NASA
Papers:
  3:30 PM
Introductory Remarks

  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

  4:30 PM
Introduction of F. Felts

  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

  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 Jr., J. R. Qualters, A. H. Sinclair, D. D. Tolsma, and K. A. Adeniyi

  5:30 PM
Closing Remarks by C. Hoffman