Session 8B Experiments involving observations, real or hypothetical: data impact tests (sensitivity of forecasts to a particular source of observations); observing system simulation experiments (OSSEs)—Part V

Thursday, 27 January 2011: 8:30 AM-9:45 AM
2B (Washington State Convention Center)
Host: 15th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)
Chair:
Rolf Langland, NRL, Marine Meteorology Division, Monterey, CA

Papers:
8:30 AM
8B.1
Assimilation of surface-based profiler observations during an observation system simulation experiment: Part 1: Analysis Impact
Jason A. Otkin, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and D. C. Hartung, D. Turner, R. A. Petersen, W. F. Feltz, and E. Janzon

8:45 AM
8B.2
Assimilation of surface-based profiler observations using an observation system simulation experiment: Part 2: forecast impact
Daniel C. Hartung, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. A. Otkin, R. Petersen, D. D. Turner, and W. F. Feltz
9:00 AM
8B.3
Estimation of Observation Impact using the Adjoint of the GSI Analysis at NCEP
DaNa L. Carlis, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, College Park, MD; and V. K. Kumar and J. C. Alpert
9:15 AM
8B.4
Assessing observation impact in ensemble data assimilation
Hong Li, Shanghai Typhoon Institute, Shanghai, China; and Q. Wang
9:30 AM
8B.5
Validation of version one of the OSSEs at the GMAO
Ronald M. Errico, NASA, Greenbelt, MD; and R. Yang, M. E. Sienkiewicz, R. Todling, and H. C. Liu
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