92nd American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting (January 22-26, 2012)

Session 7B: Special Session: Scientific Advances in Satellite Instrument Calibration, Products, and Data Assimilation 4 - Data Assimilation and Radiative Transfer Models


Cochairs:  John F. Le Marshall, Bureau of Meteorology and Xiaolei Zou, The Florida State University
Papers:
 
Improving Uses of Cloudy Radiances At Surface-Sensitive Channels in NWP
Xiaolei Zou, Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL; and X. Wang, F. Weng, and M. J. Kim

 
Assimilation of Cloud and Precipitation-Affected Radiances at ECMWF
Alan J. Geer, ECMWF, Reading, United Kingdom; and P. Bauer, W. Bell, N. Bormann, and T. McNally

 
The Assimilation of Surface Sensitive Microwave Observations Over Land Surfaces
Fatima Karbou, Meteo-France, Saint Martin d'Heres, France; and F. Rabier, E. Gerard, and J. F. Mahfouf

 
Recent Improvements in the Specification of the Atmospheric Wind and Mass Field From Space for Weather Forecasting and Climate Monitoring
John F. Le Marshall, Bureau of Meteorology, Docklands, Vic., Australia; and R. G. Seecamp, Y. Xiao, P. Gregory, J. Lee, J. Jung, P. Steinle, and T. Skinner

 
Updates to the JCSDA Community Radiative Transfer Model (CRTM)
Yong Chen, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Camp Springs, MD; and F. Weng, Y. Han, P. Van Delst, Q. Liu, and D. Groff

 
Improved Coastal Precipitation Forecasts with Direct Assimilation of GOES-11/12 Imager Radiances
Zhengkun Qin, Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL; and X. Zou and F. Weng

 
Development of Satellite Data Assimilation in STMAS Using CRTM
Ruixia Liu, NOAA/ESRL/GSD, Boulder, CO; and Y. Xie, K. Komoka, and F. Moeng