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Program Chairpersons:
Eugenia Kalnay, Univ. of Maryland
Robert Atlas, NOAA/AOML

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Saturday, 10 January 2009
	7:30 AM-10:00 AM, Saturday Student Conference Badge Pick-up Only
Sunday, 11 January 2009
	7:30 AM-9:00 AM, Sunday Short Course Registration
	9:00 AM-6:00 PM, Sunday Annual Meeting Registration Begins
	12:00 PM-4:00 PM, Sunday, Northballroom A Weatherfest
	3:00 PM-4:00 PM, Sunday, Room 130 First-Time Attendee Briefing
	5:00 PM-6:00 PM, Sunday, Room 130 Annual Meeting Review and Fellows Awards
	5:00 PM-7:00 PM, Sunday, Hall 5 Fellows Reception
Monday, 12 January 2009
	7:30 AM-5:30 PM, Monday Registration Open
	8:30 AM-10:15 AM, Monday, Ballroom ABC Presidential Forum
	10:15 AM-10:45 AM, Monday Coffee Break in Meeting Room Foyer
	10:45 AM-11:45 AM, Monday, Room 130 Session 1 Atmospheric Observations for Weather and Climate—I
Chair: Carolyn A. Reynolds, NRL, Monterey, CA
10:45 AM 1.1 Exploring the potential of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) to meet NOAA mission requirements involving weather, water, climate and marine ecosystems   F. Martin Ralph, NOAA / ESRL, Boulder, CO; and A. MacDonald 11:00 AM 1.2 Application of Unmanned Aircraft Systems to an Integrated Observing System for atmospheric river events   Gary A. Wick, NOAA/ESRL/PSD, Boulder, CO; and F. M. Ralph and T. Jacobs 11:15 AM 1.3 WISDOM System Description and Initial Test Results   A. E. MacDonald, NOAA/OAR, Boulder, CO; and J. Nicinska 11:30 AM 1.4 The leading edge: using CASA radars to detect lower troposphere winds in quasi-linear convective systems   B. Philips, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA; and R. Przybylinski, J. Brotzge, D. J. Rude, W. Diaz, B. Dolan, and E. Bass
	12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Monday Lunch Break
	1:30 PM-2:30 PM, Monday, Room 130 Session 2 Atmospheric Observations for Weather and Climate—II
Chair: F. Martin Ralph, NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO
1:30 PM 2.1 What causes NCEP GFS model forecast skill “dropouts”?   Bradley Ballish, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Camp Springs, MD MD; and J. C. Alpert, D. Carlis, and K. Kumar 1:45 PM 2.2 Complexities of Establishing an Automated Monitoring System Network in Support of the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics   William L. Scott, EC, Richmond, BC, Canada 2:00 PM 2.3 Update on the Consensus Reference Concept for Testing Radiosondes   Joseph Facundo, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and J. Fitzgibbon and C. Bower 2:15 PM 2.4 Naval Research Laboratory global model adaptive observing during T-PARC/TCS-08   Carolyn A. Reynolds, NRL, Monterey, CA
	2:30 PM-4:00 PM, Monday, Hall 5 Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
	2:30 PM-4:00 PM, Monday, Hall 5 Poster Session 1 Data Assimilation and Impact Studies
Chair: Shirley T. Murillo, NOAA/AOML/HRD, Miami, FL
P1.1 Comparison of retrospective optimal interpolation with existing retrospective analysis methods and strategies for its implementation   Hyo-Jong Song, Seoul National University, Seoul, , South Korea; and G. H. Lim, D. Lee, and H. S. Lee   P1.2 Ensemble/Variational Observation (EnVO): a rigorous approach to adaptive observation built on the framework of EnVE   David Zhang, University of California, La Jolla, CA; and R. Krohn and T. Bewley   P1.3 Verification of the boundary layer properties over heterogeneous surfaces in the coupled Advanced Research Weather Research and Forecasting/National Centers for Environmental Prediction – Oregon State University – Air Force – Hydrologic Research Lab (WRF/Noah) model   Miliaritiana L. Robjhon, Howard University, Washington, DC; and E. Joseph, J. D. Fuentes, and C. A. Stearns   P1.4 Data assimilation in a simulated coupled ocean-atmosphere system   Tamara D. Singleton, University of Maryland, College Park, College Park, MD; and E. Kalnay, S. C. Yang, and J. Ballabrera   P1.5 DART: A community facility for ensemble data assimilation   Jeffrey Anderson, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and T. Hoar, N. Collins, K. Raeder, and H. Liu   P1.6 Observation Error Modeling and EnKF OSSEs Examining the Impact of Spatial and Temporal Resolutions and Errors of Phased-Array Radar   Yasuko Umemoto, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and T. Lei, T. Y. Yu, and M. Xue   P1.7 Adjoint Sensitivity Analysis of the Peruvian Current System   Aneesh Subramanian, SIO/Univ. Of California, La Jolla, CA; and A. J. Miller and B. Cornuelle   P1.8 Monitoring and Assimilation Impact Study of Moisture Data from Aircraft at the Canadian Meteorological Center   Iriola Mati, Canadian Meteorological Centre, Dorval, PQ, Canada; and R. Sarrazin, Y. Zaitseva, and G. Verner
	4:00 PM-5:30 PM, Monday, Room 130 Session 3 Results from Field Experiments (TAMDAR)
Chair: Gary A. Wick, NOAA/ESRL/PSD, Boulder, CO
4:00 PM 3.1 TAMDAR jet fleets and their impact on Rapid Update Cycle (RUC) forecasts   William R. Moninger, NOAA/ESRL/GSD, Boulder, CO; and S. G. Benjamin, B. D. Jamison, T. W. Schlatter, T. L. Smith, and E. J. Szoke 4:15 PM 3.2 The Utility of TAMDAR on Short-Range Forecasts over Alaska   Meredith Croke, AirDat, Morrisville, NC; and N. Jacobs, P. Childs, and Y. Liu 4:30 PM 3.3 The Optimization Between TAMDAR Data Assimilation Methods and Model Configuration in WRF-ARW   Neil Jacobs, AirDat, Morrisville, NC; and P. Childs, M. Croke, Y. Liu, and X. Y. Huang 4:45 PM 3.4 Developments in geographic TAMDAR coverage in the CONUS   Jamie T. Braid, AirDat LLC, Evergreen, CO; and J. E. Rex 5:00 PM 3.5 TAMDAR-Related Impacts on the AirDat Operational WRF-ARW as a Function of Data Assimilation Techniques   Peter Childs, AirDat, Morrisville, NC; and N. Jacobs, M. Croke, Y. Liu, and X. Y. Huang 5:15 PM 3.6 The TAMDAR Sensor's Relative Humidity Performance on ERJ-145 Commercial Aircraft   Daniel J. Mulally, AirDat, LLC., Evergreen, CO; and J. T. Braid
	5:25 PM-5:30 PM, Monday Sessions Adjourn for the Day
	5:30 PM-7:30 PM, Monday, Hall 4 Opening of the Exhibit Hall with Reception
Tuesday, 13 January 2009
	8:30 AM-9:45 AM, Tuesday, Room 130 Session 4A Mesoscale Data Assimilation and Impact Experiments—I
Chair: S. Mark Leidner, AER, Norman, OK
8:30 AM 4A.1 Naval Research Laboratory mesoscale model adaptive observing during T-PARC/TCS08   James D. Doyle, NRL, Monterey, CA; and H. Jin, C. M. Amerault, and C. A. Reynolds 8:45 AM 4A.2 Sensitivity of mesoscale surface analyses to surface observations in urban environments   John Horel, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and D. Tyndall 9:00 AM 4A.3 Relative short-range forecast impact in summer and winter from aircraft, profiler, rawinsonde, VAD, GPS-PW, METAR and mesonet observations for hourly assimilation into the RUC   Stanley G. Benjamin, NOAA/ESRL/GSD, Boulder, CO; and W. R. Moninger, B. D. Jamison, and S. R. Sahm 9:15 AM 4A.4 Advanced Data Assimilation with a Limited Area Model   Dagmar Merkova, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and I. Szunyogh 9:30 AM 4A.5 The Application of Satellite-derived Dataset in the Analysis and Numerical Weather Prediction of the Winter Storms in Hawaii   Hsi-Chyi Yeh, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI; and Y. L. Chen
	8:30 AM-9:30 AM, Tuesday, Room 131C Session 4B Ocean Observations for Data Assimilation and Climate—I
Chair: John Proni, NOAA/AOML, Miami, FL
8:30 AM 4B.1 Development of a new cross-calibrated, multi-platform (CCMP) ocean surface wind product   Robert Atlas, NOAA/AOML, Miami, FL; and R. N. Hoffman, J. Ardizzone, S. M. Leidner, and J. C. Jusem 8:45 AM 4B.2 Influence of assimilating QuikSCAT wind vectors on Global Forecast System (GFS) analyses and forecasts of tropical cyclones   Sharanya J. Majumdar, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and R. Atlas 9:00 AM 4B.3 Redundancy analyses of the coupled atmosphere-ocean system and joint assimilation   Faez Bakalian, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada; and H. Ritchie, K. Thompson, and W. Merryfield 9:15 AM 4B.4 Getting the ocean right—operational oceanography during RIMPAC 2008   John E. M. Brown, Naval Oceanographic Office, Stennis Space Center, MS; and M. Cobb, K. O'Driscoll, A. Mask, and C. Dehaan
	9:45 AM-11:00 AM, Tuesday, Hall 5 Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break (See poster listing in Monday's program)
	11:00 AM-6:00 PM, Tuesday Exhibits Open
	11:00 AM-12:00 PM, Tuesday, Room 130 Session 5A Mesoscale Data Assimilation and Impact Experiments—II
Chair: John Horel, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
11:00 AM 5A.1 Impact of Lake Okeechobee Sea Surface Temperatures on Numerical Predictions of Summertime Convective Systems over South Florida   Michael Splitt, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL; and J. L. Case, K. K. Fuell, P. Santos, S. M. Lazarus, and G. J. Jedlovec 11:15 AM 5A.2 Examining the Impacts of High-Resolution Land and Ocean Surface Initialization on Local Model Predictions of Convection in the Southeastern U.S   Jonathan L. Case, ENSCO, Inc., Huntsville, AL; and S. V. Kumar, P. Santos, J. M. Medlin, and G. J. Jedlovec 11:30 AM 5A.3 High Temporal and Spatial Resolution 2D Wind Analysis of CASA and WSR-88D Radar Data using the ARPS 3DVAR   Jidong Gao, CAPS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. A. Brotzge, Y. Wang, K. W. Thomas, K. Brewster, M. Xue, V. Chandrasekar, Y. Wang, B. D. Phillips, and M. Zink 11:45 AM 5A.4 Impact of Assimilating Multiple-radar Data through the GSI System on Numerical Prediction of Tropical Storm Erin (2007)   A.M. Shao, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and M. Xue, Y. Yang, M. Hu, S. S. Weygandt, and S. G. Benjamin
	11:00 AM-12:00 PM, Tuesday, Room 131C Session 5B Ocean Observations for Data Assimilation and Climate—II
Chair: Bill Proenza, NOAA/NWS, Fort Worth, TX
11:00 AM 5B.1 Tropical cyclone position, intensity, and size analysis: Operational challenges over the data sparse subtropical oceans   Christopher W. Landsea, NOAA/NWS/TPC/NHC, Miami, FL 11:15 AM 5B.2 Assimilation of nearshore winds into a high-resolution atmosphere/wave modeling system   Natalie Lamberton, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL; and S. Lazarus, M. Splitt, S. Chiao, G. Zarillo, P. Santos, and D. Sharp 11:30 AM 5B.3 Hurricane Irene: a case study for the use of underwater sound for the monitoring of mesoscale convective systems occurring in the ocean   John Proni, NOAA/AOML, Miami, FL; and J. Wilkerson 11:45 AM 5B.4 Ocean-surface wind impacts in regional and global models   S. Mark Leidner, AER, Norman, OK; and J. Ardizzone, J. C. Jusem, E. Brin, and R. Atlas
	12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Tuesday Lunch Break (Cash and Carry in Exhibit Hall)
	1:30 PM-3:00 PM, Tuesday, Room 130 Session 6 Mesoscale Data Assimilation and Impact Experiments—III
Chair: Stan Benjamin, NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO
1:30 PM 6.1 Weather Research and Forecasting model wind sensitivity study at Edwards Air Force Base, CA   Leela R. Watson, ENSCO, Inc., Cocoa Beach, FL; and W. H. Bauman and B. Hoeth 1:45 PM 6.2 The use of LAPS as an assimilation and model initialization tool for tropical cyclones   S. Albers, CIRA/NOAA/ESRL/GSD, Boulder, CO; and I. Jankov, J. A. Mcginley, Y. Xie, J. Y. Kim, S. G. Gopalakrishnan, J. Gamache, and S. Aberson 2:00 PM 6.3 Hurricane Dennis Simulations By Using Various Initial Conditions and WRF Dynamic Cores   Jin-Young Kim, Pukyoung National University, Busan, South Korea; and I. Jankov, S. Albers, J. H. Oh, J. A. McGinley, S. G. Gopalakrishnan, and X. Zhang 2:15 PM 6.4 Multi-scale Analysis and Prediction of the 8 May 2003 Oklahoma City Tornadic Supercell Storm Assimilating Radar and Surface Network Data using EnKF   Ting Lei, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and M. Xue and T. Y. Yu 2:30 PM 6.5 A Three-Dimensional Variational Data Assimilation Scheme in Support of Coastal Ocean Observing Systems   Zhijin Li, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and Y. Chao, J. Farrara, J. C. McWilliams, and K. Ide 6.6 Tropical cyclone intensity and rainfall forecasts: sensitivity to assimilation of microwave satellite observations   William E. Lewis, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and G. J. Tripoli
	3:00 PM-3:30 PM, Tuesday, Hall 4 Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall
	3:30 PM-5:30 PM, Tuesday, Room 130 Session 7A Atmospheric Observations for Weather and Climate: AIRS/COSMIC
Chair: Joel Susskind, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD
3:30 PM 7A.1 Cross validation of water vapor retrievals from GPS radio occultations, AIRS and radiosondes   A. J. Mannucci, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and C. O. Ao, E. J. Fetzer, B. A. Iijima, F. W. Irion, G. Manipon, B. D. Wilson, and T. P. Yunck 3:45 PM 7A.2 Validation of AIRS retrievals of CO2 and comparison to chemistry transport models   Moustafa Chahine, NASA/JPL, Pasadena, CA; and E. T. Olsen, L. Chen, X. Jiang, T. Pagano, and Y. Yung 4:00 PM 7A.3 The impact of AIRS data, assimilated using an Ensemble Kalman filter, in WRF forecasts for the Central United States   Brian J. Etherton, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, NC; and S. O. Holmberg 4:15 PM 7A.4 Univariate and multivariate assimilation of AIRS humidity retrievals with the Local Ensemble Transform Kalman Filter   Junjie Liu, University of California, Berkeley, CA; and H. Li, E. Kalnay, I. Szunyogh, and E. J. Kostelich 4:30 PM 7A.5 Use of COSMIC RO data to evaluate AIRS and ECMWF temperature profiles   Thomas P. Yunck, Foundation for Earth Science, Pasadena, CA; and E. J. Fetzer, C. O. Ao, G. J. Manipon, B. Wilson, A. J. Mannucci, and F. W. Irion 4:45 PM 7A.6 Inter-instrument and Structural Uncertainty in Radio Occultation Data: Comparing COSMIC and GRAS Data and Retrievals   Christian Marquardt, EUMETSAT, Darmstadt, Germany; and A. von Engeln, Y. Andres, and F. Sancho 5:00 PM 7A.7 Global Comparisons of Atmospheric Soundings in the Lower Troposphere from COSMIC Radio Occultation, Radiosonde, and ECMWF Analysis   Shu-peng Ho, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and Y. H. Kuo, W. He, D. Hunt, C. Rocken, W. Schreiner, and S. Sokolovskiy 5:15 PM 7A.8 Interhemispheric coupling of large-scale atmospheric waves in stratospheric/mesospheric temperature at middle and high latitudes: COSMIC vs MLS-AURA observations   Marianna G. Shepherd, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada; and S. P. Alexander and T. Tsuda
	3:30 PM-5:00 PM, Tuesday, Room 131C Session 7B Mesoscale Data Assimilation and Impact Experiments—IV
Chair: Eric W. Uhlhorn, NOAA/AOML/HRD, Miami, FL
3:30 PM 7B.1 Observation denial and performance of a local mesoscale model   Leela R. Watson, ENSCO, Inc., Cocoa Beach, FL; and W. H. Bauman 3:45 PM 7B.2 On the Impact of Super Resolution WSR-88D Doppler Radar Data Assimilation on High Resolution Numerical Model Forecasts   Steven R. Chiswell, Savannah River National Laboratory, Aiken, SC 4:00 PM 7B.3 Sheared Gaussian Coupled with Hybrid Genetic Methods of Mitigating Uncertainty in Contaminant Dispersion in a Turbulent Flow: Data Assimilation vs. Multisensor Data Fusion   Andrew J. Annunzio, Penn State Univ., University Park, PA; and S. E. Haupt and G. S. Young 4:15 PM 7B.4 The application of retrospective optimal interpolation to WRF   Shin-Woo Kim, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea; and H. J. Song and G. H. Lim 4:30 PM 7B.5 Assimilating Mesoscale Model Data into Computational Fluid Dynamics Models   Sue Ellen Haupt, Penn State Univ., University Park, PA; and F. J. Zajaczkowski, L. J. Peltier, K. J. Long, D. R. Stauffer, and J. R. Zielonka 4:45 PM 7B.6 Assimilation of radar reflectivity data using a diabatic digital filter: Applications to the Rapid Update Cycle and Rapid Refresh and initialization of High Resolution Rapid Refresh forecasts with RUC/RR grids   Stanley G. Benjamin, NOAA/ESRL/GSD, Boulder, CO; and S. S. Weygandt, T. G. Smirnova, M. Hu, S. E. Peckham, J. M. Brown, K. J. Brundage, and G. S. Manikin
	5:00 PM-6:00 PM, Tuesday, Room 127BC Joint Session 12 Walter Orr Roberts Lecture (Joint between the 16th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography, the 23rd Conference on Hydrology, and the 13th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS))
5:00 PM Introduction by Walt Dabberdt, AMS President & Vaisala Inc., Boulder, CO   5:03 PM J12.1 Climate Variability and Hydrologic Extremes: Lessons from the past, understanding of the present and prediction of the future—a personal viewpoint   Soroosh Sorooshian, Univ. of California, Irvine, CA
	5:25 PM-5:30 PM, Tuesday Sessions Adjourn for the Day
Wednesday, 14 January 2009
	8:30 AM-10:00 AM, Wednesday, Room 130 Session 8 Atmospheric Observations for Weather and Climate: COSMIC—I
Cochairs: Nick Yen, National Space Organization, Hsin-Chu Taiwan; Ying-Hwa Kuo, UCAR, Boulder, CO
8:30 AM 8.1 The COSMIC/FORMOSAT-3 Mission: Overview and Status   Ying-Hwa Kuo, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and C. Rocken, R. A. Anthes, N. Yen, and J. J. Miau 8:45 AM 8.2 International Collaboration of Global Radio Occultation Mission for Meteorology Beyond 2011   Nick Yen, National Space Organization, Hsin-Chu, Taiwan; and J. Fong, V. Chu, C. C. Hsiao, J. J. Miau, and Y. A. Liu 9:00 AM 8.3 Recent improvements on the operational assimilation of GPS Radio Occultation observations   Lidia Cucurull, NOAA/NESDIS, Suitland, MD 9:15 AM 8.4 The Impact of GPS Radio Occultation Data on Cyclone/Typhoon Predictions   Ching-Yuang Huang, National Central University, Jhongli, Taoyuan County, Taiwan; and Y. H. Kuo and S. Y. Chen 9:30 AM 8.5 COSMIC and TIMED combined observation of the atmospheric tides   Qian Wu, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and S. C. Solomon, T. L. Killeen, and Y. H. Kuo 9:45 AM 8.6 Impact of radio occultation observations on ensemble analyses and forecasts of tropical cyclones   Hui Liu, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. Anderson, Y. H. Kuo, Y. Chen, and C. Snyder
	10:00 AM-10:30 AM, Wednesday Coffee Break in Meeting Room Foyer
	10:30 AM-12:00 PM, Wednesday, Room 224AB Joint Session 14 Improvements to Numerical Weather Prediction and Short-Term Forecasting (Joint between the 16th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography, the 13th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS), and the Fifth Annual Symposium on Future Operational Environmental Satellite Systems- NPOESS and GOES-R)
Cochairs: Nancy L. Baker, NRL, Monterey, CA; Lars Peter Riishojgaard, JCSDA, Greenbelt, MD
10:30 AM J14.1 Data assimilation experiments using quality controlled AIRS Version 5 temperature soundings   Joel Susskind, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD ; and O. Reale 10:45 AM J14.2 Winter QPF Sensitivities to Snow Parameterizations and Comparisons to NASA CloudSat Observations   Andrew L. Molthan, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and J. M. Haynes, G. J. Jedlovec, and W. M. Lapenta 11:00 AM J14.3 The importance of numerical weather prediction and data assimilation systems in the calibration and validation of current and future satellite sensor measurements sensitive to atmospheric temperature and humidity   Nancy L. Baker, NRL, Monterey, CA; and S. D. Swadley, G. Poe, B. Ruston, and W. Bell 11:15 AM J14.4 The benefits of increased use of the information content of hyperspectral observations in numerical weather prediction   John F. Le Marshall, Bureau of Meteorology, Docklands, Vic., Australia; and J. Jung 11:30 AM J14.5 Use of satellite derived cloud products in a generalized cloud analysis package utilized within two regional assimilation systems, the Rapid Update Cycle and the Rapid Refresh   Stephen S. Weygandt, NOAA/ESRL/GSD, Boulder, CO; and M. Hu, S. G. Benjamin, P. Minnis, W. L. Smith, and D. Devenyi 11:45 AM J14.6 Impact of satellite radiance data in the Rapid Refresh system and problems of regional satellite radiance assimilation   Dezso Devenyi, NOAA/ESRL/GSD and CIRES/University of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and M. Hu, S. S. Weygandt, and S. G. Benjamin
	10:30 AM-12:00 PM, Wednesday, Room 130 Session 9A Advanced Methods for Data Assimilation—I
Chair: Frank D. Marks, Jr., NOAA/AOML/HRD, Miami, FL
10:30 AM 9A.1 Latest results with the local ensemble transform Kalman filter   Eric J. Kostelich, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 10:45 AM 9A.2 Assimilation of Lagrangian and Quasi-Lagrangian Observations Using Ensemble Kalman Filter   Kayo Ide, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and G. Vernieres and C. K. R. T. Jones 11:00 AM 9A.3 En4D-Var: An Innovative Data Assimilation Technique Combining Ensemble Forecast with 4D-Var   Qingnong Xiao, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and C. Liu 11:15 AM 9A.4 Weight interpolation for efficient data assimilation with the Local Ensemble Transform Kalman Filter   Shu-Chih Yang, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD; and E. Kalnay, B. Hunt, and N. Bowler 11:30 AM 9A.5 EnKF Localization Techniques and Balance   Steven J. Greybush, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and E. Kalnay 11:45 AM 9A.6 Outer loop and fast spin-up in EnKF   Eugenia Kalnay, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and S. C. Yang
	11:00 AM-6:00 PM, Wednesday Exhibits Open
	11:00 AM-12:00 PM, Wednesday, Room 131C Session 9B Atmospheric Observations for Weather and Climate: COSMIC—II
CoChair: Lidia Cucurull, NOAA/NESDIS, Suitland, MD
11:00 AM 9B.1 Assimilation of GPS Radio Occultation Data for an Intense Atmospheric River with the NCEP Regional GSI System   Zaizhong Ma, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and B. Kuo, B. Wang, W. S. Wu, S. Sokolovskiy, P. J. Neiman, and F. M. Ralph 11:15 AM 9B.2 Impacts of COSMIC GPS data assimilation on real time numerical weather prediction in Taiwan   Pay-Liam Lin, National Central University, Jhong-Li, Taiwan; and S. T. Miow and J. Y. Chen 11:30 AM 9B.3 Impact of Ground-based GPS Precipitable Water Vapor and COSMIC GPS Refractivity Profile on Hurricane Dean Forecast   Tetsuya Iwabuchi, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. J. Braun and T. Van Hove 11:45 AM 9B.4 Examination of the tropical cyclone environment through comparison of COSMIC with other satellite data   Christopher M. Hill, Mississippi State Univ., Stennis Space Center, MS; and P. J. Fitzpatrick, Y. Lau, and H. Karan
	12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Wednesday Lunch Break (Cash and Carry in Exhibit Hall)
	1:30 PM-2:30 PM, Wednesday, Room 130 Session 10A Advanced Methods for Data Assimilation—II
Chair: Eugenia Kalnay, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD
10A.1 Accounting for background and observation bias in the Local Ensemble Transform Kalman Filter   Istvan Szunyogh, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and S. J. Baek, J. Aravequia, and E. Fertig 1:30 PM Discussion: Workshop on 4D-Var and EnKF Intercomparisons, Buenos Aires 10-13 Nov '08   1:45 PM 10A.1A Summary of the WMO/THORPEX Workshop on 4D-Var/EnKF Intercomparisons   Eugenia Kalnay, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD 2:00 PM 10A.2 Local Predictability of the Performance of an Ensemble Forecast System   Elizabeth A. Satterfield, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and I. Szunyogh 2:15 PM 10A.3 Nonlinear characterization of uncertainty in model physics routines and implications for ensemble-based prediction   Derek J. Posselt, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; and T. Vukicevic 2:30 PM 10A.4 The Impact of Online Empirical Model Correction on Nonlinear Forecast Error Growth   Christopher M. Danforth, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT ; and E. Kalnay
	1:30 PM-2:30 PM, Wednesday, Room 131C Session 10B Atmospheric Observations for Weather and Climate: COSMIC—III
Chair: Ching–Yuang Huang, National Central University, Jhong-Li Taiwan
1:30 PM 10B.1 The Development of an In-Situ GPS Reference System   Joseph Facundo, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and J. Fitzgibbon and C. Bower 1:45 PM 10B.2 Estimates of the precision of GPS radio occultation bending angles from the COSMIC/ FORMOSAT-3 mission   William Schreiner, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and B. Kuo, C. Rocken, S. Sokolovskiy, and D. Hunt 2:00 PM 10B.3 The Use of COSMIC Data to Identify Radiosonde Type Characteristics and Understand Spatial &Temporal Sensitivities in the Collocation Validation/Comparison   Bomin Sun, IMSG & NOAA/NESDIS/STAR, Suitland, MD; and A. L. Reale and D. C. Hunt 2:15 PM 10B.4 Impacts of COSMIC GPS observations on a climate reanalysis   Jeffrey Anderson, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and K. Raeder, H. Liu, N. Collins, and T. Hoar
	2:30 PM-4:00 PM, Wednesday, Hall 5 Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
	2:30 PM-4:00 PM, Wednesday, Hall 5 Poster Session 2 Observing Systems
Chair: Shirley T. Murillo, NOAA/AOML/HRD, Miami, FL
P2.1 Improved forecast skill using pseudo-observations in the NCEP GFS   Jordan C. Alpert, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Camp Springs, MD; and D. Carlis, B. Ballish, and K. Kumar   P2.2 The Field Systems Operations Center ASOS Dataset Library   Chester V. Schmitt IV, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD   P2.3 Performance of drop-counting rain gauges in an operational environment   P. W. Chan, Hong Kong Observatory, Hong Kong, China; and C. M. Li   P2.4 Near-global, interannual validation of AIRS temperature and water vapor retrievals using dedicated radiosondes   Eric J. Fetzer, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and F. W. Irion and V. T. Dang   P2.5 Observations of snow particle size distribution with 2-D video disdrometer and polarimetric radar   Sean Luchs, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and G. Zhang, A. V. Ryzhkov, M. Xue, L. Ryzhkova, and Q. Cao   P2.6 COSMIC GPS radio occultation: neural networks for tropospheric profiling over the intertropical ocean area   Fabrizio Pelliccia, Università degli Studi di Perugia, Perugia, Italy; and S. Bonafoni, P. Basili, N. Pierdicca, V. De Cosmo, and P. Ciotti   P2.7 A study of precipitation microphysics using S- and X- band polarimetric radar and disdrometer measurements   Petar Bukovcic, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and D. S. Zrnic, G. Zhang, and Q. Cao   P2.8 Short and Long Period Oscillations in the Middle and Upper Atmosphere   Veena Suresh Babu, Indian Space Research Organization, Trivandrum, Kerala, India; and G. Ramkumar, L. Jose, and S. Raveendran P2.9 PAPER WITHDRAWN     P2.10 The proposed replacement of Liquid in Glass thermometers by digital technology in Canadian meteorological networks   Tomasz Stapf, MSC, Toronto, ON, Canada   P2.11 Comparison of Water Vapor Measurements from Ground-based and Space-based GPS Atmospheric Remote Sensing Techniques   Ian C. Colon-Pagan, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and B. Kuo, W. S. Schreiner, D. C. Hunt, and J. J. Braun   P2.13 Assimilation of radiosonde-based vertical wind patterns to improve realtime wind profiler retrievals   Young Yee, Mkey Technologies, LLC, Las Cruces, NM; and E. Yee   P2.14 (Formerly 12A.2) Mean Sea Level Pressure Reduction in Canada and the Correction for Plateau Effect and Local Lapse Rate Anomaly: Ferrel versus Bigelow   Christopher Andrew Hampel, MSC, Toronto, ON, Canada P2.12 PAPER WITHDRAWN
	4:00 PM-5:30 PM, Wednesday, Room 130 Session 11A Advanced Methods for Data Assimilation—III
Chair: Kayo Ide, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
4:00 PM 11A.1 Reduced rank filtering in a chaotic quasi-geostrophic ocean system   Adel Ahanin, MIT, Cambridge, MA; and D. McLaughlin, D. Entekhabi, and P. Malanotte- Rizzoli 4:15 PM 11A.2 Optimal Spectral Decomposition (OSD) for Observational Ocean Data Analysis   Peter C. Chu, NPS, Monterey, CA; and L. M. Ivanov and C. Fan 4:30 PM 11A.3 Assimilation of SBUV/2 ozone retrievals with the Local Ensemble Transform Kalman Filter   David D. Kuhl, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and I. Szunyogh and R. B. Pierce 4:45 PM 11A.4A A consistent hybrid ensemble/variational estimation strategy for multiscale uncertain systems   Thomas Bewley, University of California, La Jolla, CA; and J. B. Cessna and C. Colburn 5:00 PM 11A.5A Ensemble/Variational Estimation (EnVE) and its application to turbulent flows in complex geometries   Joseph B. Cessna, University of California, La Jolla, CA; and C. Colburn and T. Bewley 5:15 PM 11A.6A Ensemble/Variational Estimation (EnVE) and its application to canonical turbulent flow realizations   Chris Colburn, University of California, La Jolla, CA; and J. B. Cessna and T. Bewley
	4:00 PM-4:45 PM, Wednesday, Room 131C Session 11B Atmospheric Observations for Weather and Climate: COSMIC—IV
Chair: Christian Rocken, UCAR, Boulder, CO
4:00 PM 11B.1 Estimating the Uncertainty of using GPS Radio Occultation Data for Climate Monitoring: Inter-comparison of CHAMP Refractivity Climate Records 2002-2006 from Different Data Centers   Shu-peng Ho, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and G. Kirchengast, S. S. Leroy, J. Wickert, A. J. Mannucci, A. Steiner, Y. H. Kuo, C. Rocken, D. C. Hunt, W. S. Schreiner, and S. Sokolovskiy 11B.2 Algorithms for planetary boundary layer height determination from GPS radio occultation data   Chi O. Ao, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and T. K. Chan, B. A. Iijima, M. Köhler, J. -. L. Li, A. J. Mannucci, J. Teixeira, B. Tian, and D. E. Waliser 4:15 PM 11B.3 Ionospheric Errors in COSMIC Radio Occultation Profiles   Christian Rocken, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and W. Schreiner, S. Sokolovskiy, and D. Hunt
	5:25 PM-5:30 PM, Wednesday Sessions Adjourn for the Day
	5:30 PM-6:30 PM, Wednesday, Hall 4 Reception in Exhibit Hall (Cash Bar)
	7:00 PM-9:00 PM, Wednesday, Northballroom AMS Annual Awards Banquet
Thursday, 15 January 2009
	8:30 AM-9:45 AM, Thursday, Room 122BC Joint Session 4 Global environmental observing systems including, but not limited to, the Global Climate Observing System (GCOS), Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS), and Global Terrestrial Observing System (GTOS) (Joint between the 25th Conference on International Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology and the 13th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS))
Cochairs: Howard J. Diamond, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Silver Spring, MD; John R. Lincoln, US Navy/WMO (Ret.) and Consultant, Berryville, VA
8:30 AM J4.1 GCOS progress and plans   John W. Zillman, Bureau of Meteorology, Melbourne, Vic., Australia 9:00 AM J4.2 The role of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) in developing Earth Science Information   John H. Dunnigan, NOAA/NOS, Silver Spring, MD 9:15 AM J4.3 Progress against Implementation of Global Observing Systems for Climate, Updating the GCOS Plan   Paul Mason, University of Reading, Reading, Berks., United Kingdom; and S. Bojinski 9:30 AM J4.4 The U.S. Group on Earth Observations (USGEO): Progress towards coordinated and sustained observations of the Earth system   Helen M. Wood, NOAA, Silver Spring, MD; and G. Withee
	8:30 AM-9:45 AM, Thursday, Room 130 Session 12A Surface Measurements and Trends—I
Chair: Allen B. White, NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO
8:30 AM 12A.1 The influence of land use change on mesoscale circulations in Southwest Australia   Yuling Wu, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and U. S. Nair, T. J. Lyons, and R. A. Pielke 8:45 AM 12A.2 moved. New paper number P2.14   8:46 AM 12A.2 An overview of the Federal Government's Automated Surface Observing System sustainment activity   James A. McNitt, NOAA NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and J. Facundo 9:00 AM 12A.3 A quality control algorithm for the ASOS ice free wind sensor   Chester V. Schmitt IV, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD 9:15 AM 12A.4 ASOS product improvement program ceilometer replacement testing   Aaron J. Poyer, NOAA/NWS, Sterling, VA; and R. Lewis
	9:45 AM-11:00 AM, Thursday, Hall 5 Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break (See poster listing in Wednesday's program)
	11:00 AM-4:00 PM, Thursday Exhibits Open
	11:00 AM-12:15 PM, Thursday, Room 122BC Joint Session 5 Global environmental observing systems including, but not limited to, the Global Climate Observing System (GCOS), Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS), and Global Terrestrial Observing System (GTOS)—II (Joint between the 25th Conference on International Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology and the 13th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS))
Cochairs: Howard J. Diamond, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Silver Spring, MD; John R. Lincoln, US Navy/WMO (Ret.) and Consultant, Berryville, VA
11:00 AM J5.1 Upper-air observations for climate: Rationale, progress, and plans for the GCOS Reference Upper-Air Network (GRUAN)   Dian J. Seidel, NOAA/ARL, Silver Spring, MD; and H. J. Diamond, D. M. Goodrich, and P. Thorne 11:15 AM J5.2 Updates on radiatively important atmospheric trace gas concentrations and trends in other parameters from the NOAA ESRL global network   Russell C. Schnell, NOAA/ESRL/GMD, Boulder, CO 11:30 AM J5.3 Using THREDDS to “sew” observational data into the Observing System Monitoring Center   Kevin M. O'Brien, JISAO/University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and S. Hankin, R. Schweitzer, T. Habermann, J. Cartwright, J. Larocque, K. Kern, and M. Little 11:45 AM J5.4 Contributions of the Global Ocean Observing System—what is the observing system telling us about the ocean and how is it helping to improve assimilating models   Christopher Meinen, NOAA/AOML, Miami, FL; and C. Schmid, G. Goni, M. Baringer, R. Lumpkin, and S. Garzoli 12:00 PM J5.5 Analyses and applications of the PACRAIN tipping bucket gauge dataset   Michael D. Klatt, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and M. L. Morrissey and J. S. Greene
	11:00 AM-12:00 PM, Thursday, Room 130 Session 12B Surface Measurements and Trends—II
Chair: James A. McNitt, NOAA NWS, Silver Spring, MD
11:00 AM 12B.1 The application of the NWS OT&E process to the HCN-M   Kenneth L. Stricklett, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and H. Tran, J. Facundo, and C. V. Schmitt IV 11:15 AM 12B.2 Estimating high-resolution near-surface forecast uncertainty to support optimization of resources   Elena Novakovskaia, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY; and U. Mello and L. Treinish 11:30 AM 12B.3 21st century observation and modeling activities in support of the California Department of Water Resources flood protection plan   Allen B. White, NOAA / ESRL, Boulder, CO; and M. L. Anderson, M. D. Dettinger, and J. A. Mcginley 11:45 AM 12B.4 Issues relating to wind chill from mesonets and vertical wind profile variations   Loren D. White, Jackson State Univ., Jackson, MS; and M. Jones
	12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Thursday Lunch Break (Cash and Carry in Exhibit Hall)
	1:30 PM-2:45 PM, Thursday, Room 130 Session 13 Observing system simulation experiments (OSSEs)—I
Chair: Robert Atlas, NOAA/AOML, Miami, FL
1:30 PM 13.1 Simulation of the impact of new air- and space-based ocean surface wind measurements on H*Wind analyses and numerical forecasts   Timothy L. Miller, NASA/MSFC, Huntsville, AL; and R. M. Atlas, P. G. Black, J. L. Case, S. S. Chen, R. E. Hood, J. W. Johnson, L. Jones, C. S. Ruf, E. W. Uhlhorn, T. Krishnamurti, and C. M. Albers 1:45 PM 13.2 Expanding cplaboration in Joint OSSEs   Michiko Masutani, EMC, Camp Springs, MD; and R. M. Errico, J. S. Woollen, Y. Xie, T. Zhu, N. Prive, R. Yang, H. Sun, A. Da Silva, C. Hill, Y. Song, S. Greco, S. A. Wood, E. Andersson, T. Jung, L. P. Riishojgaard, F. Weng, O. Reale, T. W. Schlatter, V. Anantharaj, P. J. Fitzpatrick, A. Stoffelen, G. J. Marseille, G. D. Emmitt, S. Lord, Y. Sato, M. Hu, S. S. Weygandt, M. J. McGill, D. Devenyi, T. J. Kleespies, E. Liu, M. Sienkiewicz, D. Groff, D. T. Kleist, K. Fielding, H. Pryor, E. Salmon, M. W. Govett, X. Fan, E. Brin, Z. Pu, L. Cucurull, Z. Toth, T. Miyoshi, T. Enomoto, M. Watanabe, H. Koyama, Y. Rochen, M. Seablom, B. Hauss, R. Burns, G. Higgins, H. Wang, Y. Chen, and X. Y. Huang 2:00 PM 13.3 Observing System Simulation Experiments for Unmanned Aircraft Systems: preliminary efforts   Nikki Prive, NOAA, Boulder, CO; and Y. Xie, T. W. Schlatter, M. Masutani, R. Atlas, Y. Song, J. Woollen, and S. Koch 2:15 PM 13.4 The Impact of GPS Radio Occultation Data on Typhoon Prediction: An OSSE Study of Typhoon Shanshan (2006)   Shu-Ya Chen, National Central University, Jhongli, Taiwan; and C. Y. Huang and Y. H. Kuo 2:30 PM 13.5 Potential impacts of Lidar wind measurements on high-impact weather forecasting: A regional OSSEs Study   Zhaoxia Pu, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and B. Gentry and B. B. Demoz
	3:00 PM-3:30 PM, Thursday, Hall 4 Coffee Break and Exhibit Hall Raffle
	3:30 PM-4:00 PM, Thursday, Room 130 Session 14 Observing Systems Simulation Experiments (OSSEs)—II
Chair: Nikki Prive, NOAA, Boulder, CO
14.1 Impact of COSMIC and Other Satellite Data on Prediction of Cyclone Gonu   S. K. A. V. Prasad Rao Anisetty, National Central University, Jhong-Li, Taiwan; and C. Huang and S. Y. Chen 3:30 PM 14.3 Two-dimensional Variational Analysis of Near-Surface Moisture from Simulated Radar Refractivity-related Phase Change Observations   Ken-ichi Shimose, Kyushu Univ., Fukuoka, Japan; and M. Xue, R. D. Palmer, J. Gao, B. L. Cheong, and D. Bodine 3:45 PM 14.2 Multivariate Data Assimilation of Carbon Cycle Using Local Ensemble Transform Kalman Filter   Ji-Sun Kang, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and E. Kalnay, J. Liu, I. Fung, and N. Zeng 4:00 PM 14.4 An integrated global ocean observing system for sea surface temperature using satellites and in situ data: research-to-operations   Huai-Min Zhang, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and R. W. Reynolds, R. Lumpkin, R. Molinari, K. Arzayus, and T. Smith
	5:15 PM-5:20 PM, Thursday AMS 89th Annual Meeting Adjourns

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