| Session 2 | 
|  | Statistical analysis in the geophysical sciences II | 
|  | Cochairs: Marina Timofeyeva, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; Bob Glahn, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD 
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|  | 4:00 PM | 2.1 | Typical Day Meteorological Data in Support of ATD Modeling   George D. Modica, AER, Lexington, MA; and S. Lowe, T. Nehrkorn, J. Wensell, J. Baldwin, G. McMullin, and R. Hoffman
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|  | 4:15 PM | 2.2 | Statistical analysis of sea surface temperature in the North Atlantic Ocean   Constantin Andronache, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA
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|  | 4:30 PM | 2.3 | Statistical Structure of the Global Significant Wave Heights   Peter C. Chu, NPS, Monterey, CA; and Y. H. Kuo and G. Galanis
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|  | 4:45 PM | 2.4 | Determining radiative heating profiles from satellite data using statistical classification and cluster analysis Nathaniel Beagley, PNNL, Richland, WA; and S. A. McFarlane, J. H. Mather, and J. E. Flaherty
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|  | 5:00 PM | 2.5 | Statistical downscaling daily rainfall statistics from seasonal forecasts using canonical correlation analysis or a hidden Markov model? Andrew W. Robertson, Columbia University, Palisades, NY; and K. Verbist
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|  | 5:15 PM | 2.6 | GiST, A model for generating spatial-temporal daily rainfall data Guillermo A. Baigorria, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; and J. W. Jones
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