Session: Land Data Assimilation Systems: Methods and Applications III (91st American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting)

Tuesday, 25 January 2011: 1:30 PM-3:00 PM

611 (Washington State Convention Center)

Hosts: (Joint between the 25th Conference on Hydrology; and the 15th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS) )

Cochairs:

Youlong Xia, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Camp Springs, MD and Michael B. Ek, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC, College Park, MD

Papers:

1:30 PM

J21.1

Development and applications of land data assimilation systems for China [INVITED]

Kun Yang, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences (ITP-CAS), Beijing, China; and J. Qin, L. Zhao, and Y. Chen

1:45 PM

J21.2

ECMWF land surface analysis

Patricia de Rosnay, ECMWF, Reading, United Kingdom; and G. Balsamo, L. Isaksen, J. Muñoz Sabater, M. Drusch, K. Scipal, C. Albergel, J. C. Calvet, and R. Essery

Recorded Presentation

2:00 PM

J21.3

Plans and tests for the operational implementation of the new Canadian Land Data Assimilation System (CaLDAS)

Stephane Belair, EC, Dorval, QC, Canada; and M. Carrera, B. Bilodeau, S. J. Solomon, C. Derksen, L. Wang, and S. Leroyer