14th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)

Program Chairs: Robert Atlas , NOAA/AOML ; Kayo Ide , University of Maryland

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Sunday, 17 January 2010

7:30 AM-9:00 AM: Sunday, 17 January 2010


Short Course Registration

9:00 AM-6:00 PM: Sunday, 17 January 2010


Annual Meeting Registration Begins

12:00 PM-4:00 PM: Sunday, 17 January 2010


Weatherfest

3:00 PM-4:00 PM: Sunday, 17 January 2010


First-Time Attendee Briefing
Location: B314 (GWCC)

5:00 PM-6:00 PM: Sunday, 17 January 2010


Annual Meeting Review and Fellows Awards
Location: B314 (GWCC)

6:00 PM-7:00 PM: Sunday, 17 January 2010


Fellows Reception
Location: Exhibit Hall B2 (GWCC)

Monday, 18 January 2010

7:30 AM-5:30 PM: Monday, 18 January 2010


Registration Open

9:00 AM-10:30 AM: Monday, 18 January 2010


Presidential Forum
Location: Thomas Murphy Ballroom 1 and 2 (GWCC)

10:30 AM-11:00 AM: Monday, 18 January 2010


Coffee Break in Meeting Room Foyer

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Monday, 18 January 2010


Lunch Break

1:30 PM-2:30 PM: Monday, 18 January 2010

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Session 1
Experiments involving observations, real or hypothetical: data impact tests and observing system simulation experiments (OSSEs) I
Location: B207 (GWCC)
Host: 14th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)
Chair: Robert Atlas, NOAA/AOML
  1:30 PM
1.1
Development of a sensor web simulator: status and preliminary results for a future satellite wind lidar mission
Michael Seablom, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and S. J. Talabac, R. Burns, J. Ardizzone, S. A. Wood, E. M. Kemp, G. S. Wojcik, S. L. Applegate, H. N. Kleinwaks, G. D. Emmitt, and R. Atlas
  1:45 PM
1.2
Evaluation of Space Based Doppler Wind Lidar in Joint OSSEs
Michiko Masutani, NOAA/NWS/EMC, Camp Springs, MD; and L. P. Riishojgaard, G. D. Emmitt, S. Greco, S. A. Wood, A. Stoffelen, G. J. Marseille, and J. S. Woollen
  2:15 PM
1.4
The impact of Doppler Lidar wind profiles on numerical simulations of mesoscale weather systems
Lei Zhang, Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and Z. Pu, B. Gentry, B. B. Demoz, and G. D. Emmitt

2:30 PM-4:00 PM: Monday, 18 January 2010


Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
Location: Exhibit Hall B2 (GWCC)

Poster Session
Assimilation of observations and impact experiments
Location: Exhibit Hall B2 (GWCC)
Host: 14th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)
 
236
Development of a Regional Hurricane OSSE System
Yuanfu Xie, NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and N. Prive, S. Koch, R. E. Hood, R. Atlas, J. Gamache, R. Rogers, S. J. Majumdar, T. L. Miller, and S. M. Mackaro

 
237
Dynamics and structure of three-dimensional error covariance of a mature tropical cyclone
Jonathan Poterjoy, Penn State University, University Park, PA; and F. Zhang

 
238
Ensemble sensitivities of WRF-ARW forecasts at high resolution
Elena Novakovskaia, Earth Networks, Germantown, MD

 
239
Simulation of observation and calibration for Joint OSSEs
Lars Peter Riishojgaard, Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation, College Park, MD; and M. Masutani, J. S. Woollen, Y. Xie, N. Prive, T. Zhu, T. J. Kleespies, R. L. Vogel, H. Sun, H. Pryor, and E. Salmon

 
240
Impacts of data assimilation of simulated rain rates from the NASA HIRAD instrument on tropical cyclone precipitation forecasts in a mesoscale model
Cerese M. Inglish, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and T. N. Krishnamurti and T. L. Miller

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241
Impacts of temporal and spatial resolutions of model initialization data
T.J. Malone, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY; and R. D. Leeper, R. Mahmood, and A. I. Quintanar

 
242
DART: A community facility for ensemble data assimilation
Jeffrey Anderson, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and T. Hoar, K. Raeder, N. Collins, H. Liu, G. Romine, and A. F. Arellano Jr.

 
243
The Impact of Variational Assimilation of Quikscat Satellite Observations on Hurricane Ike 2008 Simulation
Duanjun Lu, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS; and R. S. Reddy Jr. and Q. L. Williams

4:00 PM-5:15 PM: Monday, 18 January 2010

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Session 2
Field experiments: observational results from past field experiments; potential relevance of the field observations to operational prediction
Location: B207 (GWCC)
Host: 14th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)
Chair: Bill Proenza, NOAA/NWS
  4:00 PM
2.1
Aerosol and Ocean Science Expeditions (AEROSE): Dedicated marine soundings for CrIMSS and GOES-R proxy datasets
Nicholas R. Nalli, NOAA/NESDIS, College Park, MD; and C. D. Barnet, E. Joseph, V. R. Morris, H. Xie, D. E. Wolfe, M. D. Goldberg, and P. J. Minnett
  4:15 PM
2.2
NOGAPS adaptive observing and data denial experiments during T-PARC/TCS-08
C. A. Reynolds, NRL, Monterey, CA; and R. Langland, C. Velden, and H. Berger
  4:45 PM
2.4
Measuring the structure of hurricanes with a microwave sounder
Bjorn H. Lambrigtsen, JPL and California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA

5:30 PM-7:30 PM: Monday, 18 January 2010


Opening of the Exhibit Hall with Reception
Location: Exhibit Hall B1 (GWCC)

Tuesday, 19 January 2010

8:15 AM-9:45 AM: Tuesday, 19 January 2010

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Joint Session 4
Meteorological and Environmental Satellite Observing Systems: …to 15 Years Ahead (I)
Location: B313 (GWCC)
Hosts: (Joint between the Meteorological and Environmental Satellite Observing Systems: From 50 Years Ago to 15 Years Ahead; the 14th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS); and the 6th Annual Symposium on Future National Operational Environmental Satellite Systems-NPOESS and GOES-R )
Cochairs: Steven J. Goodman, NOAA/NESDIS; W. Paul Menzel, NOAA/NESDIS
  8:15 AM
J4.1
Meteorological and Environmental Satellite Observing Systems: …to 15 Years Ahead Introduction
Steven J. Goodman, NOAA/NESDIS, Greenbelt, MD; and W. P. Menzel

  8:45 AM
J4.3
  9:00 AM
J4.4

8:30 AM-9:45 AM: Tuesday, 19 January 2010

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Session 3
Assimilation of observations (ocean, atmosphere, and land surface) into models I
Location: B207 (GWCC)
Host: 14th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)
Chair: Brian J. Etherton, University of North Carolina
  8:30 AM
3.1
Severe Weather Forecasts using the Space and Time Mesoscale Analysis System (STMAS)
Huiling Yuan, CIRES and NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and Y. Xie

  8:45 AM
3.2
Development of a “seamless” mesoscale ensemble data assimilation and prediction system
Yubao Liu, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and W. Wu, F. Vandenberghe, G. Descombes, H. Liu, and T. Warner
  9:00 AM
3.3
Recent developments of WRFDA
Xiang-Yu Huang, NCAR, Boulder, CO
  9:15 AM
3.4
An assessment of independent vs joint data assimilation for a coupled atmosphere-ocean system
Faez Bakalian, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada; and H. Ritchie and A. M. Thompson
  9:30 AM
3.5
The NCAR-ATEC 4D Weather (4DWX) Modeling System: Updates and New Developments
John C. Pace, U.S Army, Dugway Proving Ground, Dugway, UT; and S. F. Halvorson, S. Krippner, F. W. Gallagher III, J. A. Reynolds, Y. Liu, T. Warner, S. Swerdlin, F. Chen, J. Knievel, and J. Hacker
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Joint Session 3
Data Collection, Interpretation, Assimilation, and Stewardship
Location: B306 (GWCC)
Hosts: (Joint between the 14th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS); the First Symposium on Planetary Atmospheres; the 14th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 12th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the 20th Conference on Probability and Statistics in the Atmospheric Sciences; the 24th Conference on Hydrology; and the 18th Conference on Applied Climatology )
Chair: Stan Benjamin, NOAA/ESRL/GSD
  8:30 AM
J3.1
The Impacts on Air Traffic of Volcanic Ash from the 2009 Mt. Redoubt Eruption
Alexander Matus, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI; and L. A. Hudnall, J. J. Murray, and A. Krueger
  8:45 AM
J3.2
UrbanNet: Urban Environment Monitoring and Modeling with a Wireless Sensor Network
Paul J. Croft, Kean University, Union, NJ; and P. Morreale, F. Qi, A. Tropek, and M. Andujar
  9:00 AM
J3.3
Network of Weather and Climate Observing Networks (NOWCON)
Samuel P. Williamson, Office of the Federal Coordinator for Meteorology, Silver Spring, MD; and J. E. Stailey and S. J. Taijeron
  9:15 AM
J3.4
Comparison of COOP and new HCN-M temperature products
John R. Christy, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL
  9:30 AM
J3.5

9:45 AM-11:00 AM: Tuesday, 19 January 2010


Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
Location: Exhibit Hall B2 (GWCC)

11:00 AM-12:00 PM: Tuesday, 19 January 2010

Recording files available
Session 4A
Atmospheric observations for weather and climate I
Location: B207 (GWCC)
Host: 14th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)
Chair: George D. Emmitt, Simpson Weather Associates
  11:00 AM
4A.1
  11:15 AM
4A.2
Assessing the influence of assimilating Clarus data into road and atmospheric forecasts
Tressa L. Fowler, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and F. McDonough, S. D. Drobot, C. D. Burghart, and M. B. Chapman
  11:30 AM
4A.3
Assessing impacts of integrating MODIS vegetation data in Weather Research Forecasting (WRF) model coupled to two types of Rc scheme
Anil Kumar, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and F. Chen, D. Niyogi, M. B. Ek, and C. D. Peters-Lidard

  11:45 AM
4A.4
Planetary Boundary Layer Characteristics from GPS Radio Occultation Measurements
Chi O. Ao, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and D. E. Waliser, S. Chan, J. L. Li, J. Teixeira, B. Tian, and D. J. Seidel
Recording files available
Session 4B
Ocean observations for data assimilation and climate I
Location: B306 (GWCC)
Host: 14th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)
Chair: Jeffrey Anderson, NCAR
  11:00 AM
4B.1
The impact of ocean observations in seasonal climate prediction (Invited)
Michele M. Rienecker, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and C. Keppenne, R. Kovach, and J. Marshak
  11:30 AM
4B.2
POP-DART: An ensemble assimilation system for the parallel ocean program
Tim Hoar, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. Anderson, N. Collins, and B. Nadiga
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Joint Session 7
Meteorological and Environmental Satellite Observing Systems: …to 15 Years Ahead (II)
Location: B313 (GWCC)
Hosts: (Joint between the Meteorological and Environmental Satellite Observing Systems: From 50 Years Ago to 15 Years Ahead; the 14th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS); and the 6th Annual Symposium on Future National Operational Environmental Satellite Systems-NPOESS and GOES-R )
Cochairs: Robert Atlas, NOAA/AOML; Timothy L. Miller, NASA/MSFC
  11:00 AM
J7.1
  11:15 AM
J7.2
  11:30 AM
J7.3
  11:45 AM
J7.4

11:00 AM-6:00 PM: Tuesday, 19 January 2010


Exhibits Open
Location: Exhibit Hall B1 (GWCC)

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Tuesday, 19 January 2010


Kuettner Symposium Luncheon
Location: B208 (GWCC)
  12:00 PM
B1.1
Joach Kuettner—A Man in Love with the Sky
Einar Enevoldson, The Perlan Project, Emeryville, CA


Lunch Break (Cash and Carry in Exhibit Hall)

1:30 PM-3:00 PM: Tuesday, 19 January 2010

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Session 5A
Atmospheric observations for weather and climate II
Location: B207 (GWCC)
Host: 14th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)
Chair: Mark Powell, NOAA/AOML/HRD
  1:30 PM
5A.2
Maintaining a local data integration system in support of weather forecast operations
Leela R. Watson, ENSCO, Inc., Cocoa Beach, FL; and P. F. Blottman, D. W. Sharp, and B. Hoeth
  1:45 PM
5A.6
NOAA's unmanned aircraft program: recent accomplishments and future plans
Robbie E. Hood, NOAA Unmanned Aircraft Systems Program, Silver Spring, MD; and A. E. MacDonald, F. M. Ralph, G. A. Wick, B. Weatherhead, R. F. Rogers, C. W. Landsea, and J. J. Cione
  2:00 PM
5A.4
WISDOM System 2009 Proof of Concept Test Results
Justyna Nicinska, NOAA/OAR, Boulder, CO; and A. E. MacDonald and Y. Xie
  2:15 PM
5A.5
Improvements in GOES/GOES-R water vapor calibration and validation
Seth I. Gutman, NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and D. L. Birkenheuer
  2:30 PM
5A.3
Quantification of forecast impact of ASCAT surface winds assimilated into NCEP's GFS model
Li Bi, NRL, Monterey, CA; and J. Jung, D. A. Santek, and M. C. Morgan

  2:45 PM
5A.1
From measurement to model domain: data ensembles of surface heat flux for improving climate model parameterizations
Meredith Franklin, ANL and University of Chicago, Chicago, IL; and V. R. Kotamarthi, D. R. Cook, and M. L. Stein

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Session 5B
Ocean observations for data assimilation and climate II
Location: B306 (GWCC)
Host: 14th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)
Chair: Tom Hamill, NOAA/ESRL
  1:45 PM
5B.2
Progress in the Canadian Operational Network of Coupled Environmental PredicTion Systems (CONCEPTS)
Harold Ritchie, EC, Dartmouth, NS, Canada; and F. Davidson, E. Dombrowsky, G. M. Flato, S. Lu, P. Pellerin, M. Taillefer, A. M. Thompson, B. Topliss, D. Williams, and D. Wright
  2:15 PM
5B.4
Ensemble data assimilation for idealized California current system with ROMS-LETKF
Kayo Ide, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and T. Miyoshi, Z. Li, E. Kalnay, and J. C. McWilliams

  2:30 PM
5B.5
The Impact of Ocean Model Limitations on Observing System Simulation Experiments
G. R. Halliwell Jr., Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and R. Atlas, W. C. Thacker, H. Yang, V. H. Kourafalou, and M. Le Henaff

  2:45 PM
5B.6
Loop Current observing system assessment using OSSEs
Matthieu Le Henaff, RSMAS, Miami, FL; and V. H. Kourafalou, A. Srinivasan, and R. Atlas

  3:00 PM
5B.7
Implementing the SWAN wave model at three east coast National Weather Service offices
Mark Willis, NOAA/NWS, Bohemia, NY; and E. Devaliere, J. Hanson, R. Hawkins, D. King, J. Lewitsky, T. Nicolini, S. Tjaden, C. Morgan, S. Schumann, M. Colby, and J. Elardo

3:00 PM-3:30 PM: Tuesday, 19 January 2010


Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall
Location: Exhibit Hall B1 (GWCC)

3:30 PM-5:00 PM: Tuesday, 19 January 2010

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Session 6A
Experiments involving observations, real or hypothetical: data impact tests and observing system simulation experiments (OSSEs) II
Location: B207 (GWCC)
Host: 14th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)
Chair: Timothy L. Miller, NASA/MSFC
  3:30 PM
6A.1
Calibration of Synthetic Observations for a Joint Observing System Simulation Experiment
Yuanfu Xie, NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and N. Prive, T. Schlatter, S. Koch, M. Masutani, J. S. Woollen, T. Zhu, L. P. Riishojgaard, and R. Atlas
  3:45 PM
6A.2
GSI Data Assimilation System: Community Support and Preliminary Testing Results
Hui Shao, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and M. Hu, K. Park, K. Crosby, X. Y. Huang, L. Nance, B. Kuo, J. C. Derber, and M. Lueken
  4:00 PM
6A.3
Application of ensemble sensitivity analysis to observational targeting for wind power forecasting
Edward J. Natenberg, MESO, Inc., Troy, NY; and J. Zack, S. Young, R. Torn, J. Manobianco, and C. Kamath
  4:15 PM
6A.4
A 27-year record of satellite-derived polar winds for retrospective analyses
David A. Santek, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. R. Key, R. Dworak, and M. Rienecker

  4:30 PM
6A.5
Observing System Simulation Experiments for a COSMIC Follow-On Mission
Ying-Hwa Kuo, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and T. Iwabuchi, W. S. Schreiner, T. K. Wee, and Z. Ma
  4:45 PM
6A.6
Developing an enhanced climate monitoring network for the Inter-American seas region
Michael W. Douglas, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and J. F. Mejia and D. B. Enfield

3:30 PM-5:30 PM: Tuesday, 19 January 2010


Session 6B
Tropical cyclone data assimilation and impact experiments
Location: B306 (GWCC)
Host: 14th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)
Chair: C. A. Reynolds, NRL
  3:30 PM
6B.1
Tests of a global EnKF system with an emphasis on tropical cyclone prediction
Jeffrey S. Whitaker, NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and T. Hamill and P. Pegion

  3:45 PM
6B.2
Development of the ensemble Kalman filter system for hurricane data assimilation at NOAA/AOML/HRD: Preliminary evaluation using environmental and vortex-scale dropwindsonde data
Altug Aksoy, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and K. J. Sellwood, P. Leighton, T. Vukicevic, S. D. Aberson, and F. Zhang

  4:30 PM
6B.5
H*Wind: An Integrated Observing System for Tropical Cyclones
Mark Powell, NOAA/AOML/HRD, Tallahassee, FL

  4:45 PM
6B.6
High-resolution observations of inner core dynamics of Hurricane Alberto (2000) from MISR on NASA's Terra satellite
Dong L. Wu, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and D. J. Diner, V. Jovanovic, K. Mueller, C. Moroney, D. Nelson, and M. J. Garay

  5:00 PM
6B.7
Study of extratropical cyclone wind and corresponding SST fields by combining model and QuikSCAT satellite data
Zorana Jelenak, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and K. A. Ahmad, J. M. Sienkiewicz, and P. S. Chang

  5:15 PM
6B.8
Ocean-surface wind impacts on hurricane forecasting, regional and global
S. Mark Leidner, AER, Norman, OK; and J. Ardizzone, J. C. Jusem, E. Brin, R. Hoffman, and R. Atlas

Wednesday, 20 January 2010

8:30 AM-10:00 AM: Wednesday, 20 January 2010

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Joint Session 5
Advances in Modeling, From Local through Regional to Large Scale, and From Deterministic to Ensemble-Probabilistic Prediction Part I
Location: B215 (GWCC)
Hosts: (Joint between the 22nd Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 14th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS); the First Symposium on Planetary Atmospheres; the 14th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 12th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the 20th Conference on Probability and Statistics in the Atmospheric Sciences; and the 24th Conference on Hydrology )
Chair: Ed Olenic, NOAA/NWS/CPC
  8:30 AM
J5.1
On the seamless prediction of weather and climate
Timothy N. Palmer, ECMWF, Reading, United Kingdom
  8:45 AM
J5.2
  9:00 AM
J5.3
  9:15 AM
J5.4
North Pacific decadal variability and climate change in the IPCC AR4 models
Jason C. Furtado, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA; and E. Di Lorenzo
  9:30 AM
J5.5
Aquaplanet GCM simulations of tropical intraseasonal variability
Eric D. Maloney, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and W. Hannah
  9:45 AM
J5.6
Factors affecting forecast skill of the MJO over the Maritime Continent
Augustin Vintzileos, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC - SAIC, Camp Springs, MD
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Session 7
Atmospheric observations for weather and climate: COSMIC
Location: B207 (GWCC)
Host: 14th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)
Chair: Bjorn H. Lambrigtsen, JPL and California Institute of Technology
  8:30 AM
7.1
The COSMIC/FORMOSAT-3 Mission: Overview and Status
Ying-Hwa Kuo, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and W. S. Schreiner, C. Rocken, R. A. Anthes, N. Yen, and J. J. Miau
  9:15 AM
7.4
  9:30 AM
7.5
Examination of moisture distribution with 2008 and 2009 tropical cyclones using COSMIC data
Christopher M. Hill, Mississippi State Univ., Stennis Space Center, MS; and P. J. Fitzpatrick and Y. Lau
  9:45 AM
7.6

10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Wednesday, 20 January 2010


Coffee Break in Meeting Room Foyer

10:30 AM-12:00 PM: Wednesday, 20 January 2010

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Joint Session 6
Advances in Modeling, From Local through Regional to Large Scale, and From Deterministic to Ensemble-Probabilistic Prediction Part II
Location: B215 (GWCC)
Hosts: (Joint between the 22nd Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 14th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS); the First Symposium on Planetary Atmospheres; the 14th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 12th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the 20th Conference on Probability and Statistics in the Atmospheric Sciences; and the 24th Conference on Hydrology )
Chair: Ed Olenic, NOAA/NWS/CPC
  10:30 AM
J6.1
  11:00 AM
J6.3
Evaluation of the new Australian climate model ACCESS
Ian G. Watterson, CAWCR, Aspendale, Victoria, Australia; and L. Rikus, B. Hu, and T. Elliott
  11:15 AM
J6.4
Mesoscale circulations in the urban-coastal environment: a modeling analysis and assessment of sensitivity to high-fidelity representation of the urban canopy
Michael Carter, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS; and J. M. Shepherd, S. Burian, and I. Jeyachandran
  11:30 AM
J6.5
Ensemble downscaling of seasonal forecasts
R. W. Arritt, Iowa State University, Ames, IA
  11:45 AM
J6.6
The misrepresentation of Tropical SSTs in climate models
Prashant D. Sardeshmukh, Univ. of Colorado/CIRES/CDC and NOAA/ESRL/PSD, Boulder, CO; and S. I. Shin

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Session 8
Atmospheric observations for weather and climate: COSMIC/TAMDAR
Location: B207 (GWCC)
Host: 14th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)
Chair: Ying-Hwa Kuo, UCAR
  10:30 AM
8.1
The role of water vapor and its associated latent heating in extreme Beaufort coastal storm surge events
John R. Gyakum, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada; and N. Liu, Y. H. Kuo, D. Small, and E. H. Atallah
  10:45 AM
8.2
Observing the atmospheric diurnal cycle with GPS/COSMIC occultations
Feiqin Xie, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA; and D. Wu, A. J. Mannucci, and C. O. Ao

  11:00 AM
8.3
An Update on the TAMDAR Sensor Network Deployment
Neil A. Jacobs, AirDat LLC, Morrisville, NC; and P. Childs, M. Croke, Y. Liu, and X. Y. Huang
  11:15 AM
8.4
An Introduction to the NCAR-AirDat Operational TAMDAR-Enhanced RTFDDA-WRF
Peter Childs, AirDat, Morrisville, NC; and N. A. Jacobs, M. Croke, Y. Liu, W. Wu, G. Roux, and M. Ge
  11:30 AM
8.5
Preliminary Verification of the NCAR-AirDat Operational RTFDDA-WRF System
Meredith Croke, AirDat, Morrisville, NC; and N. A. Jacobs, P. Childs, Y. Liu, Y. Liu, and R. S. Sheu
  11:45 AM
8.6
Evaluation of TAMDAR data impact on predicting warm-season convection using the NCAR-AirDat WRF-based RTFDDA system
Yubao Liu, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and W. Wu, G. Roux, M. Ge, R. S. Sheu, T. Warner, A. Huffman, P. Childs, and M. Croke

11:00 AM-6:30 PM: Wednesday, 20 January 2010


Exhibits Open

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Wednesday, 20 January 2010


Lunch Break (Cash and Carry in Exhibit Hall)

1:30 PM-2:30 PM: Wednesday, 20 January 2010

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Session 9A
Assimilation of observations (ocean, atmosphere, and land surface) into models II
Location: B207 (GWCC)
Host: 14th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)
Chair: Thomas S. Pagano, NASA/JPL
  2:00 PM
9A.3
EaKF based method for assimilating trace gas and primary aerosols in the GEOS-CHEM model: Preliminary Results
KJ Liao, Texas A&M University-Kingsville, Kingsville, TX; and V. R. Kotamarthi

  2:15 PM
9A.4
AIRS mid-tropospheric co2 for assimilation by meteorological models
Moustafa Chahine, NASA/JPL, Pasadena, CA; and E. T. Olsen, L. Chen, T. S. Pagano, X. Jiang, and Y. Yung

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Session 9B
Experiments involving observations, real or hypothetical: data impact tests and observing system simulation experiments (OSSEs) III
Location: B306 (GWCC)
Host: 14th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)
Chair: G. R. Halliwell Jr., Univ. of Miami/RSMAS
  1:30 PM
9B.1
Assessment of Micro Rain Radar (MRR) observing network data and sensor density
Brian J. Etherton, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC; and J. L. Losego
  1:45 PM
9B.2
Impacts on RUC short-term ceiling and visibility forecasts from high-resolution data
William R. Moninger, NOAA/ESRL/GSD, Boulder, CO; and S. G. Benjamin and B. D. Jamison
  2:00 PM
9B.3
Simulation of the impact of new aircraft- and satellite-based ocean surface wind measurements on wind analyses and numerical forecasts
Timothy L. Miller, NASA/MSFC, Huntsville, AL; and R. Atlas, P. G. Black, S. S. Chen, L. Jones, C. S. Ruf, E. W. Uhlhorn, R. Amarin, S. El-Nimri, J. F. Gamache, C. D. Buckley, T. N. Krishnamurti, and C. M. Inglish
  2:15 PM
9B.4
Relative short-range forecast impact from aircraft, profiler, radiosonde, VAD, GPS-PW, METAR and mesonet observations within hourly assimilation in the RUC
Stan Benjamin, NOAA/ESRL/GSD, Boulder, CO; and B. D. Jamison, W. R. Moninger, S. R. Sahm, B. E. Schwartz, and T. W. Schlatter

2:30 PM-4:00 PM: Wednesday, 20 January 2010


Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
Location: Exhibit Hall B2 (GWCC)

Poster Session
Assimilation of observations and impact experiments
Location: Exhibit Hall B2 (GWCC)
Host: 14th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)
 
531
Results from UK Met Office investigations into new technology present weather sensors
Darren Richard Lyth, UK Met Office, Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom

 
534
Variability of the boundary-layer depth over certain regions of the subtropical ocean from 3 years of COSMIC data
Sergey Sokolovskiy, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and D. Lenschow, C. Rocken, W. Schreiner, D. Hunt, Y. H. Kuo, and R. Anthes

 
535
Evaluation of enhanced high resolution MODIS/AMSR-E SSTs and the impact on regional weather forecasts
Luke Schiferl, CIMSS/SSEC/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and K. K. Fuell, J. L. Case, and G. J. Jedlovec

Handout (1.3 MB)

 
536
A new CPC high-resolution gauge-satellite merged analysis for improved observation of global daily precipitation
Pingping Xie, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Camp Springs, MD; and S. H. Yoo, R. J. Joyce, and Y. S. Yarosh

 
537
Evaluation of short duration nowcasting algorithms for optimizing projected runway visual range (RVR) conditions
Thomas A. Seliga, Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, Cambridge, MA; and D. A. Hazen and L. Salcedo

 
538
Intercomparison of Global Positioning System-radio occultation and radiosonde vertical profiles of temperature and moisture over three mesoscale regions
Jeffrey S. Tilley, Univ. of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND ; and S. T. Jorgenson, G. L. Mullendore, A. J. Homann, and B. Austin

4:00 PM-5:30 PM: Wednesday, 20 January 2010

Recording files available
Session 10A
Advanced Methods for Data Assimilation I
Location: B207 (GWCC)
Host: 14th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)
Chair: Kayo Ide, University of Maryland
  4:00 PM
10A.1
Regularization of error covariance with the Gaussian graphical model
Genta Ueno, The Institute of Statistical Mathematics, Tokyo, Japan; and T. Tsuchiya
  4:15 PM
10A.2
A Bayesian method for estimating stochastic parameters
Xiaosong Yang, NOAA/GFDL, Princeton, NJ; and T. DelSole
  4:30 PM
10A.3
  4:45 PM
10A.4
  5:15 PM
10A.6
Recording files available
Session 10B
Experiments involving observations, real or hypothetical: data impact tests and observing system simulation experiments (OSSEs) IV
Location: B306 (GWCC)
Host: 14th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)
Chair: Lars Peter Riishojgaard, JCSDA
  4:00 PM
10B.1
  4:15 PM
10B.2
Update on the NCEP GFS Forecast Skill Score Dropouts
DaNa Carlis, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Camp Springs, MD MD; and J. C. Alpert, B. Ballish, and K. V. Kumar
  4:30 PM
10B.3
Adjoint mesoscale observation sensitivity
Clark M. Amerault, NRL, Monterey, CA; and J. D. Doyle
  4:45 PM
10B.4
Assimilation of surface winds from satellites: present and future
Sharanya J. Majumdar, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and R. Atlas, J. S. Whitaker, T. Hamill, and R. Torn
  5:00 PM
10B.5
  5:15 PM
10B.6
On the problems and challenges in regional OSSEs
Zhaoxia Pu, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and R. Atlas

5:30 PM-6:30 PM: Wednesday, 20 January 2010


Reception in Exhibit Hall (Cash Bar)
Location: Exhibit Hall B1 (GWCC)

7:00 PM-9:00 PM: Wednesday, 20 January 2010


AMS Annual Awards Banquet
Location: Thomas Murphy Ballroom 1-4 (GWCC)

Thursday, 21 January 2010

7:30 AM-8:30 AM: Thursday, 21 January 2010


Washington Symposium Breakfast
Location: B208 (GWCC)

8:30 AM-9:45 AM: Thursday, 21 January 2010

Recording files available
Joint Session 1
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) - Part I
Location: B217 (GWCC)
Hosts: (Joint between the 26th Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology; and the 14th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS) )
Cochairs: Howard J. Diamond, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC; John R. Lincoln, US Navy/WMO (Ret.) and Consultant
  8:45 AM
J1.2
GCOS Program and Associated Workplans
Carolin Richter, GCOS Secretariat, Geneva, Switzerland
  9:00 AM
J1.3
Spatial representativeness of GCOS Reference Upper-Air Network observations
Dian J. Seidel, NOAA, College Park, MD; and T. Reale, B. Sun, and M. Pettey
  9:30 AM
J1.5
Operational NESDIS daily 0.1degree global SST Analysis
Eileen Maria Maturi, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR, Camp Springs, MD; and A. Harris, J. Sapper, H. Gu, L. Ma, and W. Meng

Recording files available
Session 11
Advanced Methods for Data Assimilation II
Location: B207 (GWCC)
Host: 14th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)
Chair: Jeffrey S. Whitaker, ESRL/NOAA
  8:45 AM
11.2
Estimation of observation error correlation within ensemble Kalman filter
Eugenia Kalnay, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD; and T. Miyoshi and H. Li
  9:00 AM
11.3
Adaptive estimation of inflation and observation errors in a simulated carbon cycle data assimilation
Ji-Sun Kang, University of Maryland, Seoul, Korea; and K. Ide, E. Kalnay, and H. Li
  9:15 AM
11.4
An adaptive covariance localization method with the LETKF
Takemasa Miyoshi, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
  9:30 AM
11.5
A comparison of EnKF localization techniques on balance
Steven J. Greybush, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and E. Kalnay, T. Miyoshi, and K. Ide

9:45 AM-11:00 AM: Thursday, 21 January 2010


Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
Location: Exhibit Hall B2 (GWCC)

9:45 AM-1:30 PM: Thursday, 21 January 2010


Exhibits Open

11:00 AM-12:15 PM: Thursday, 21 January 2010

Recording files available
Joint Session 2
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)- Part II
Location: B217 (GWCC)
Hosts: (Joint between the 26th Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology; and the 14th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS) )
Cochairs: Howard J. Diamond, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC; John R. Lincoln, US Navy/WMO (Ret.) and Consultant
  11:00 AM
J2.1
Quality assurance of PACRAIN tipping bucket gauge data
Michael D. Klatt, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. S. Greene and M. L. Morrissey
  11:15 AM
J2.2
Climate observations and seasonal rainfall forecasting in the Pacific Islands
Dean Solofa, SPREP, Apia, Samoa; and M. Morrissey and S. Postawko
  11:30 AM
J2.3
The Tropical Atmosphere Ocean Array (TAO) for the 21st Century
Landry J. Bernard III, NOAA/NDBC, Stennis Space Center, MS; and R. Bouchard, L. A. LeBlanc, R. Crout, J. Zhou, K. J. Kern, D. C. Petraitis, and C. C. Teng
  11:45 AM
J2.4
Effect of the Earth Science Decadal Survey on NASA and NOAA—Three Years Later
Randall G. Bass, ITT Corp, Herndon, VA; and R. Fitzhugh and L. Jairam
  12:00 PM
J2.5
Observing the climate for development
William E. Westermeyer, Global Climate Observing System Secretariat, Geneva, Switzerland
Recording files available
Session 12
Assimilation of observations (ocean, atmosphere, and land surface) into models III
Location: B207 (GWCC)
Host: 14th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)
Chair: Sharanya J. Majumdar, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS
  11:00 AM
12.1
Development and Testing of a Generic Model for a 4DVAR version of GSI
Miodrag Rancic, SAIC, Camp Springs, MD; and D. Kleist and S. Peng
  11:15 AM
12.2
Use of the Gridpoint Statistical Interpolation for hourly assimilation within the Rapid Refresh system
Dezso Dévényi, NOAA/ESRL/GSD and CIRES-University of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and M. Hu, S. S. Weygandt, S. G. Benjamin, and C. R. Alexander
  11:30 AM
12.3
Recent development of the generalized cloud analysis package in Gridpoint Statistical Interpolation for the Rapid Refresh
Ming Hu, NOAA/ESRL/GSD and CIRES, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and S. G. Benjamin, S. S. Weygandt, and D. Devenyi
  11:45 AM
12.4
  12:00 PM
12.5
12.5 has been moved to 5B.7

3:00 PM-3:30 PM: Thursday, 21 January 2010


Coffee Break in Meeting Room Foyer

5:00 PM-5:05 PM: Thursday, 21 January 2010


AMS 90th Annual Meeting Adjourns