Session 4B |
| | Ocean Observations for Data Assimilation and Climate—I |
| | Chair: John Proni, NOAA/AOML, Miami, FL
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| 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 |