88th Annual Meeting (20-24 January 2008)

Joint Session 6: Advances in Atmospheric Reanalysis

Wednesday, 23 January 2008: 4:00 PM-5:30 PM
224 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Chairs:  Michael Bosilovich, NASA/GSFC
Cochairs:  J. Roads, SIO/Univ. of California
Papers:
  4:00 PM
Comparison of MERRA with ERA-40 on river basin scales
Alan K. Betts, Atmospheric Research, Pittsford, VT; and M. G. Bosilovich

  4:15 PM
Evaluation of a reanalysis system with CEOP station observations and multi-model analysis
Michael G. Bosilovich, NASA/GSFC/GMAO, Greenbelt, MD; and D. Mocko, J. O. Roads, and A. K. Betts

  4:45 PM
A preliminary study of global water and energy cycles in a NASA reanalysis system
Junye Chen, Univ. of Maryland/ESSIC & NASA/GSFC/GMAO, Greenbelt, MD; and M. G. Bosilovich

  5:15 PM
A regional re-analysis approach for modeling the West African monsoon rainfall diurnal cycle
Massimiliano Pasqui, Institute of Biometeorology - National Research Council (IBIMET-CNR), Roma, Italy; and F. Guarnieri and S. Melani