Program: Fourth Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications (89th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting )

Fourth Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications

Program Chairs: Belay B. Demoz , Howard University ; Jennifer Comstock , PNNL ; Andreas Behrendt , University of Hohenheim

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Saturday, 10 January 2009

7:30 AM-10:00 AM: Saturday, 10 January 2009

Student Conference Badge Pick-up Only

Sunday, 11 January 2009

7:30 AM-9:00 AM: Sunday, 11 January 2009

Short Course Registration

9:00 AM-6:00 PM: Sunday, 11 January 2009

Annual Meeting Registration Begins

3:00 PM-4:00 PM: Sunday, 11 January 2009

First-Time Attendee Briefing

Location: Room 130 (Phoenix Convention Center)

5:00 PM-6:00 PM: Sunday, 11 January 2009

Annual Meeting Review and Fellows Awards

Location: Room 130 (Phoenix Convention Center)

5:00 PM-7:00 PM: Sunday, 11 January 2009

Fellows Reception

Location: Hall 5 (Phoenix Convention Center)

Monday, 12 January 2009

7:30 AM-5:30 PM: Monday, 12 January 2009

Registration Open

8:30 AM-10:15 AM: Monday, 12 January 2009

Presidential Forum

Location: Ballroom ABC (Phoenix Convention Center)

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Monday, 12 January 2009

Tim Oke Symp Luncheon

Location: Room 132A (Phoenix Convention Center)

5:30 PM-7:30 PM: Monday, 12 January 2009

Opening of the Exhibit Hall with Reception

Location: Hall 4 (Phoenix Convention Center)

Tuesday, 13 January 2009

8:30 AM-9:45 AM: Tuesday, 13 January 2009

Air pollution applications

Location: Room 122A (Phoenix Convention Center)

Sponsor: Fourth Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications

Chair: C. Russell Philbrick, Penn. State University

CoChair: George Georgoussis, Raymetrics S.A.

Papers:

8:30 AM

1.1

Remote sensing of chemical species in the atmosphere

C. Russell Philbrick, Penn. State University, University Park, PA; and D. M. Brown, A. H. Willitsford, P. S. Edwards, A. M. Wyant, Z. Z. Liu, C. T. Chadwick, and H. D. Hallen

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (520.4 kB)

9:00 AM

1.2

Urban aerosol backscatter properties based on Raman lidar and parametric coefficient models

Viviana Vladutescu, City Tech, New York, NY; and Y. Wu, B. Gross, F. Moshary, and S. Ahmed

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (296.5 kB)

9:15 AM

1.3

Doppler lidar tracking of aerosol plumes

Charles Retallack, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ; and R. Calhoun and H. J. S. Fernando

9:30 AM

1.4

Measurements of particulate matter over an industrial site in the island of Evia (Greece) using synergy of a scanning Lidar and in situ sensors during TAMEX

George Georgoussis, Raymetrics S.A., Glyka Nera, Attika, Greece; and A. Papayannis, E. Remoudaki, G. Tsaknakis, R. Mamouri, G. Avdikos, C. Chontidiadis, P. Kokkalis, G. Koyloyris, M. Veenstra, and M. Tsezos

9:45 AM-11:00 AM: Tuesday, 13 January 2009

Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break (See poster listing in Monday's program)

Location: Hall 5 (Phoenix Convention Center)

11:00 AM-11:30 AM: Tuesday, 13 January 2009

Air Pollution

Location: Room 122A (Phoenix Convention Center)

Sponsor: Fourth Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications

Chair: C. Russell Philbrick, Penn. State University

CoChair: George Georgoussis, Raymetrics S.A.

Papers:

11:00 AM

2.1

Combined Lidar and Radar Observations of Smoke Plumes from Prescribed Burns

P.S. Tsai, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA; and S. J. Frasier, S. Goodrick, G. L. Achtemeier, and M. T. Odman

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (927.7 kB)

11:15 AM

2.2

Dual-Doppler lidar observations over Washington DC

Rob K. Newsom, PNNL, Richland, WA; and D. Ligon and D. Garvey

Poster PDF (2.5 MB)

11:00 AM-6:00 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2009

Exhibits Open

11:30 AM-12:00 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2009

Automated Operational Lidars, Networks and Associated Studies

Location: Room 122A (Phoenix Convention Center)

Sponsor: Fourth Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications

Chair: Gelsomina Pappalardo, CNR/IMAA

CoChair: Christine David, Service d'Aeronomie-IPSL

Papers:

11:30 AM

3.1

The EARLINET-CALIPSO experience for the calibration, validation and full exploitation of satellite data

Gelsomina Pappalardo, CNR/IMAA, Tito Scalo (Potenza), Italy; and L. Mona, U. Wandinger, I. Mattis, J. B�senberg, H. Linn�, A. Amodeo, A. Ansmann, A. Apituley, L. A. Arboledas, D. Balis, A. Chaikovsky, A. Comeron, G. D'Amico, V. Freudenthaler, A. Giunta, I. Grigorov, D. M�ller, A. Papayannis, M. R. Perrone, A. Pietruczuk, M. Pujadas, V. Rizi, N. Spinelli, and M. Wiegner

11:45 AM

3.2

Intercomparison of Methods for the Determination of Mixing Layer Heights using a new Network of advanced Ceilometers in Germany

Dirk Engelbart, German Meteorological Service, Lindenberg, Germany; and J. Reichardt and G. Teschke

12:00 PM

3.3

EZ Lidar� measurement results in the frame of Nasa/Aeronet campaign Tiger-Z

Simone Lolli, LEOSPHERE, Paris, France; and L. Sauvage and F. Faijan

Recorded presentation

12:15 PM

3.4

Water vapor Raman lidar as an operational tool in MeteoSwiss

Bertrand Calpini, MeteoSwiss, 1530 Payerne, Switzerland; and T. Dinoev and V. Simeonov

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2009

Lunch Break (Cash and Carry in Exhibit Hall)

1:30 PM-3:00 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2009

Lidar Application Studies in The Boundary Layer and Lower Troposphere - I

Location: Room 122A (Phoenix Convention Center)

Sponsor: Fourth Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications

Chair: Jennifer Comstock, PNNL

CoChair: Belay B. Demoz, Howard University

Papers:

1:30 PM

4.1

Doppler lidar measurements of higher-order vertical velocity statistics in the convective boundary layer

Donald H. Lenschow, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and M. Lothon and S. D. Mayor

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (192.3 kB)

2:00 PM

4.2 has been moved to Poster P1.14

2:00 PM

4.3

Planetary Boundary Layer dynamic measurements with new compact long range wind Lidar Windcube� WLS70

Jean Pierre Cariou, LEOSPHERE, Paris, France; and L. Sauvage, S. Lolli, R. Parmentier, M. Boquet, and S. Loaec

Recorded presentation

2:15 PM

4.4

Short time fluctuations of the convective boundary layer height and entrainment observed with Doppler lidar

Katja Tr�umner, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany; and A. Wieser, C. Kottmeier, and U. Corsmeier

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (932.6 kB)

2:30 PM

4.5

Studies of marine boundary layer dynamics using a ship-based coherent Doppler lidar

Sara C. Tucker, CIRES, University of Colorado, and NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and W. A. Brewer and S. P. Sandberg

Recorded presentation

3:00 PM-3:30 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2009

Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall

Location: Hall 4 (Phoenix Convention Center)

3:30 PM-5:00 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2009

Lidar Application Studies in The Boundary Layer and Lower Troposphere - II

Location: Room 122A (Phoenix Convention Center)

Sponsor: Fourth Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications

Chair: David W. Roberts, Georgia Tech Research Institute

CoChair: Sara Tucker, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, and NOAA/ESRL

Papers:

3:30 PM

5.1

Lidar-radar analyses of convection initiation by gravity currents, bores, and solitons

Steven Koch, NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO

Recorded presentation

3:45 PM

5.2

Lidar-radar measurements of snowfall

Edwin W. Eloranta, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

Recorded presentation

4:00 PM

5.3

Advantages of a coordinated scanning Doppler lidar and cloud radar system for wind measurements

Katja Tr�umner, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany; and J. Handwerker, A. Wieser, J. Grenzh�user, and C. Kottmeier

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (359.5 kB)

4:15 PM

5.4

Buoyancy profiling with lidar

Andreas Behrendt, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany; and M. Radlach, S. Pal, and V. Wulfmeyer

4:30 PM

5.5

Lidar measurements of extreme inflow events for wind-energy operations

Yelena L. Pichugina, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado and NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and R. M. Banta, A. W. Brewer, and N. D. Kelley

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (587.0 kB)

4:45 PM

5.6

Water vapor variability within the atmospheric boundary layer using Raman Lidar and sounding measurements

Mariana Adam, Howard University, Washington, DC; and M. Hicks, T. Dejene, M. Robjhon, B. B. Demoz, J. D. Fuentes, E. Joseph, D. Venable, and R. Connell

Recorded presentation

Wednesday, 14 January 2009

8:30 AM-10:00 AM: Wednesday, 14 January 2009

Emerging lidar methods in addressing atmospheric issues

Location: Room 122A (Phoenix Convention Center)

Sponsor: Fourth Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications

Chair: Richard A. Ferrare, NASA/LRC

CoChair: Valentin Simeonov, EPFL Ecole Polytechnique Federale Lausanne

Papers:

8:30 AM

6.1

First airborne laser remote measurements of atmospheric carbon dioxide

Edward V. Browell, NASA/LaRC, Hampton, VA; and M. E. Dobbs, J. Dobler, S. Kooi, Y. Choi, F. W. Harrison, B. Moore III, and T. S. Zaccheo

Recorded presentation

9:00 AM

6.2

Combined Water Vapor, Temperature and Aerosol Raman Lidars Developed at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne

Valentin Simeonov, Ecole Polytechnique Federale Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland; and T. Dinoev, I. Serikov, P. Ristori, B. Calpini, M. Froidevaux, H. Van den Bergh, and M. B. Parlange

Recorded presentation

9:15 AM

6.3

Using Airborne High Spectral Resolution Lidar Data to Evaluate Combined Active Plus Passive Retrievals of Aerosol Extinction Profiles

Richard A. Ferrare, NASA/LaRC, Hampton, VA; and S. Burton, C. Hostetler, J. Hair, A. Cook, D. Harper, M. Obland, R. Rogers, C. Kittaka, and L. Remer

Recorded presentation

9:30 AM

6.4

End-to-end testbed for rapid analysis of laser remote sensing data and application to flight data in preparation for ASCENDS

T. Scott Zaccheo, AER, Inc., Lexington, MA; and H. E. Snell, J. Dobler, M. E. Dobbs, E. V. Browell, and B. Moore

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (108.6 kB)

9:45 AM

6.5

CW Fiber Laser Absorption Spectrometer for O2 Column Meausurements in support of the ASCENDS Mission

Jeremy Dobler, ITT Industries Space Systems, LLC, Fort Wayne, IN; and M. E. Dobbs, T. S. Zaccheo, J. Nagel, F. W. Harrison, E. V. Browell, and B. Moore

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (300.3 kB)

10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Wednesday, 14 January 2009

Coffee Break in Meeting Room Foyer

Location: Phoenix Convention Center

10:30 AM-12:00 PM: Wednesday, 14 January 2009

The Use of Lidar Measurements in Model Evaluation and Assimilation

Location: Room 122A (Phoenix Convention Center)

Sponsor: Fourth Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications

Cochairs: Tammy M. Weckwerth, NCAR; Andreas Behrendt, University of Hohenheim

Papers:

10:30 AM

7.1

Using lidar and radar simulators to understand the number concentration of ice crystals in cirrus clouds

Jennifer M. Comstock, PNNL, Richland, WA; and S. A. McFarlane

Recorded presentation

11:00 AM

7.2

Diagnostic Wind Model Initialization Using Airborne Doppler Wind Lidar Data

Yansen Wang, U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD; and C. Williamson, D. Emmitt, and S. Greco

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (736.0 kB)

11:15 AM

7.3

Water Vapor DIAL and DOW Observations and Comparisons with Mesoscale Models in COPS

Tammy M. Weckwerth, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and V. Wulfmeyer

Recorded presentation

11:30 AM

7.4

CALIPSO Compared to the GEOS-5 Model

Nikisa S. Jordan, JCET/Univ. of Maryland, Baltimore, MD; and R. M. Hoff and J. Bacmeister

11:45 AM

7.5

A Modeling Study of Low-Level-Jets over the Mid-Atlantic Region during

Mengsteab Weldegaber, Univ. of Maryland, Baltimore, MD; and B. B. Demoz, L. C. Sparling, and R. Delgado

Recorded presentation

11:00 AM-6:00 PM: Wednesday, 14 January 2009

Exhibits Open

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Wednesday, 14 January 2009

Lunch Break (Cash and Carry in Exhibit Hall)

2:30 PM-4:00 PM: Wednesday, 14 January 2009

Poster Session 1

Poster: Advances in Lidar Applications

Location: Hall 5 (Phoenix Convention Center)

Sponsor: Fourth Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications

Chairs: Belay B. Demoz, Howard University; Jennifer Comstock, PNNL; Andreas Behrendt, University of Hohenheim

Papers:

P1.1

Potential for lidar measurements of scattering coefficient profiles in thick clouds

Tamas Varnai, JCET/Univ. of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD; and R. F. Cahalan and A. Marshak

P1.2

Calculation of turbulence intensity based on spectrum width data of a Doppler LIDAR

C.C. Wong, University of Hong Kong, ; and P. W. Chan, K. Akaeda, and H. Mizuno

Poster PDF (772.1 kB)

P1.3

The Astronomical Lidar for Extinction (ALE): High cadence precision measurements of nighttime scattering and absorption

Peter Zimmer, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM; and J. T. McGraw, G. Gimmestad, D. W. Roberts, J. Smith, and J. Fitch

P1.4

Water vapor transport within the atmospheric boundary layer from Raman lidar, radiosondes, wind profiler, and tower observations

Mariana Adam, Howard University, Washington, DC; and T. Dejene, M. Hicks, M. Robjhon, B. B. Demoz, J. D. Fuentes, E. Joseph, D. Venable, and R. Connell

P1.5

Lidar algorithms for the EarthCARE satellite

Gerd-Jan van Zadelhoff, KNMI, De Bilt, Netherlands; and D. P. Donovan

P1.6

Lidar Polar Stratospheric Clouds studies in Antarctica using the �MATCH� method during the International Polar Year

Christine David, Service d'Aeronomie-IPSL, Paris, France; and A. Klekociuk, M. C. Pitts, M. Snels, L. Di Liberto, C. Stark, J. Jumelet, and P. Keckhut

P1.7

Remote retrieval of cumulus cloud entrainment rates

Timothy J. Wagner, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and D. D. Turner and S. A. Ackerman

P1.8

Adapting the microspulse LIDAR for use as a reference for cloud measurement

Aaron J. Poyer, NOAA/NWS, Sterling, VA; and R. Lewis

Poster PDF (1.1 MB)

P1.9

Evaluation of the CT25KT Vaisala Ceilometer and its uses in dynamics meteorological studies

Belay B. Demoz, Howard University, Washington, DC; and M. Adam and K. Vermeesch

P1.10

4DVAR analysis of the wind field based on Doppler LIDAR data

Frank Yu, Department of Environment and Conservation, Western Australia, Kensington WA, , Australia; and P. W. Chan

Poster PDF (211.9 kB)

P1.11

An examination of AIRS data during overshooting events observed from MODIS, CloudSat and CALIPSO data

Alisa Holley Young, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA

P1.12

Assessment of space based DWL in Joint OSSE

Michiko Masutani, EMC, Camp Springs, MD; and G. D. Emmitt, G. J. Marseille, A. Stoffelen, S. Greco, S. A. Wood, E. Andersson, E. Brin, A. Da Silva, M. J. McGill, J. Woollen, and L. P. Riishojgaard

P1.13

High Performance Micropulse Lidar to Support Ground Based Astronomy

D.W. Roberts, Georgia Tech Research Institute, Atlanta, GA; and J. M. Stewart, G. G. Gimmestad, P. Zimmer, J. T. McGraw, J. Smith, and J. Fitch

P1.14

Boundary layer turbulence measurements via Raman lidar water vapor detection

Erin P. Wagner, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and D. D. Turner

Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

Location: Hall 5 (Phoenix Convention Center)

5:30 PM-6:30 PM: Wednesday, 14 January 2009

Reception in Exhibit Hall (Cash Bar)

Location: Hall 4 (Phoenix Convention Center)

7:00 PM-9:00 PM: Wednesday, 14 January 2009

AMS Annual Awards Banquet

Location: Northballroom (Phoenix Convention Center)

Thursday, 15 January 2009

8:30 AM-9:45 AM: Thursday, 15 January 2009

Satelite Studies and Lidar Observations - I

Location: Room 122A (Phoenix Convention Center)

Sponsor: Fourth Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications

Chair: M. Patrick McCormick, Hampton University

CoChair: Sebastien Berthier, SSEC ( Space Science and Engineering Center) / University of Wisconsin

Papers:

8:30 AM

8.1

Retrieving optical depths for optically thick clouds from the Geoscience Laser Altimeter System (GLAS) on board ICESat

Alexander Marshak, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and Y. Yang, J. Y. C. Chiu, and W. J. Wiscombe

Recorded presentation

9:00 AM

8.2

Direct radiative effect of aerosols over clouds and clear skies determined using CALIPSO and the A-Train

Robert Wood, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and D. Chand and T. Anderson

http://www.atmos.washington.edu/~robwood/papers/duli/Chand_etal_NGS-2008-07-00763_MS_revised.pdf

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.7 MB)

9:15 AM

8.3

African Dust and Smoke Influences on Radiative Effects in the Tropical Atlantic Using CERES and CALIOP Data

John E. Yorks, SSAI/NASA GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and M. J. McGill, S. Rodier, M. Vaughan, Y. Hu, and D. L. Hlavka

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (409.3 kB)

9:30 AM

8.4

Properties of thin clouds observed by ICESat and CALIPSO over ice sheets and their impact on ice altimetry measurements

Yuekui Yang, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Greenbelt, MD; and A. Marshak, T. Varnai, and W. Wiscombe

Recorded presentation

9:45 AM-11:00 AM: Thursday, 15 January 2009

Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break (See poster listing in Wednesday's program)

Location: Hall 5 (Phoenix Convention Center)

11:00 AM-12:00 PM: Thursday, 15 January 2009

Satelite Studies and Lidar Observations - II

Location: Room 122A (Phoenix Convention Center)

Sponsor: Fourth Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications

Chair: John A. Reagan, Univ. of Arizona

CoChair: Soon-Chang Yoon, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Seoul National University

Papers:

11:00 AM

9.1

Dual-wavelength lidar aerosol retrievals via CRAM

John A. Reagan, Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and C. J. Mcpherson, C. A. Hostetler, J. W. Hair, R. A. Ferrare, M. D. Obland, and R. R. Rogers

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (51.2 kB)

11:30 AM

9.2

The evaluation and application of CALIPSO products with focus on expedited data retrievals, temperature dataset comparisons, and trajectory modeling

Alexander Matus, DEVELOP National Program, Hampton, VA; and B. Scarino, D. Henderson, B. Lee, and C. Trepte

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (730.7 kB)

11:45 AM

9.3

Intercomparisons of cloud top and bottom heights from CALIPSO, CloudSat, MODIS, and ground-based LIDAR

Soon-Chang Yoon, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea; and K. C. Moon, S. W. Kim, and E. S. Chung

Recorded presentation

12:00 PM

9.4

Comparisons of Cirrus cloud statistics derived from CALIOP spaceborne lidar and MODIS measurements

Sebastien Berthier, SSEC/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI ; and A. Heidinger, P. Chazette, and B. Baum

Recorded presentation

12:15 PM

9.5

Characterization of global cirrus and polar stratospheric clouds

M. Patrick McCormick, Hampton University, Hampton, VA; and H. Nazaryan and M. T. Hill

Recorded presentation

11:00 AM-4:00 PM: Thursday, 15 January 2009

Exhibits Open

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Thursday, 15 January 2009

Hollingsworth Symp Luncheon

Location: Room 131AB (Phoenix Convention Center)

3:00 PM-3:30 PM: Thursday, 15 January 2009

Coffee Break and Exhibit Hall Raffle

Location: Hall 4 (Phoenix Convention Center)

5:15 PM-5:20 PM: Thursday, 15 January 2009

AMS 89th Annual Meeting Adjourns

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