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
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| 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 |