88th Annual Meeting (20-24 January 2008)

Joint Session 2: Measurements and Modeling of Aerosols and Clouds-II

Tuesday, 22 January 2008: 3:30 PM-5:30 PM
220 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Chair:  John N. McHenry, Baron Advanced Meteorological Systems, LLC
Papers:
  3:30 PM
Improving Operational Aerosol Forecasting through Assimilation of Satellite-based Observations andAdvances in Numerical Model Components: Status and Progress
John N. McHenry, Baron Advanced Meteorological Systems, LLC, Raleigh, NC; and R. Husar, C. Hsu, C. J. Coats Jr., M. J. Jeong, J. Warner, and S. Datta

  3:45 PM
Forecasting and measurement of mineral dust concentrations in Kuwait and Iraq
Benjamin H. Barnum, Johns Hopkins Univ., Laurel, MD; and N. S. Winstead, G. R. Brooks, B. Telfeyan, P. M. Murray, L. Burke, P. Ginoux, and A. Carr

  4:00 PM
A Satellite based multi-sensor approach to assess multi-year biomass burning aerosol radiative impacts over Amazonia
Falguni Patadia, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and P. Gupta, S. A. Christopher, J. S. Reid, and E. Hyer

  4:30 PM
Effects of Aerosols on Shallow Marine Clouds in Bay of Bengal
Matthew Igel, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC; and N. Meskhidze, A. Aiyyer, and L. Remer

  5:00 PM
Evidence of mineral dust altering cloud microphysics and precipitation
Qilong Min, SUNY, Albany, NY; and R. Li, E. Joseph, S. Wang, Y. Hu, and V. Morris