88th Annual Meeting (20-24 January 2008)

Session 13: Assimilation of Ocean and Land Surface Observations into Models-I

Thursday, 24 January 2008: 8:30 AM-9:45 AM
204 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Chair:  Marie C. Colton, NOAA National Ocean Service
Papers:
  8:30 AM
Evaluating ocean ensembles and adaptive sampling of ocean glider observations in Monterey Bay
Sharanya J. Majumdar, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and C. H. Bishop, Y. Chao, Z. Li, J. Farrara, and P. F. J. Lermusiaux

  8:45 AM
A Physically Consistent Method for the Assimilation of Land Surface Temperature Tendencies
Scott M. Mackaro, Metropolitan State College of Denver, Denver, CO; and R. T. McNider and A. P. Biazar

  9:00 AM
Impact of assimilating modified synthetic profiles on global ocean sound speed prediction
Charlie N. Barron, NRL, Stennis Space Center, MS; and R. H. Helber, L. F. Smedstad, and M. R. Carnes

  9:30 AM
High-resolution specification of the land and ocean surface for improving regional mesoscale model predictions
Jonathan L. Case, ENSCO, Inc., Huntsville, AL; and G. T. Stano, M. Splitt, S. M. Lazarus, W. L. Crosson, W. M. Lapenta, G. J. Jedlovec, and C. D. Peters-Lidard

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