Session 1 Future Techniques in Observations, Modeling, and Data Assimilation

Wednesday, 9 January 2013: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
Ballroom F (Austin Convention Center)
Host: Special Symposium on Advancing Weather and Climate Forecasts: Innovative Techniques and Applications
Cochairs:
Carolyn A. Reynolds, NRL, Marine Meteorology Division, Monterey, CA and Michael J. Brennan, NHC, Miami, FL

The opening session of the Special Symposium will feature an invited 30-minute keynote presentation followed by other submissions discussing future techniques in weather forecast model development, new observational platforms, and impacts of new data assimilation techniques.

Papers:
8:30 AM
1.1
Taking Prediction to the Next Level: Advancing the Forecast Enterprise for Decision Support Services
Louis W. Uccellini, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD
Recorded Presentation

9:00 AM
1.2
Overview of the Upper Air Data Continuity Study: An Intercomparison between the National Weather Service's Legacy Upper Air System and the new Radiosonde Replacement System to asses True Climatic Variation
James Fitzgibbon, NOAA/NWS, Sterling, VA; and R. Brown and K. Webster
Manuscript (338.8 kB)

9:15 AM
1.3
Future capabilities of the Air Force Weather Agency in Data Assimilation and Numerical Weather Prediction
Fred Lewis, Director of Weather, Air Force Pentagon, Washington, DC
Recorded Presentation

9:30 AM
1.4
Assessing the Ability of Variable-Resolution Global Models to Forecast Tropical Cyclones
Colin M. Zarzycki, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; and C. Jablonowski and M. A. Taylor
Recorded Presentation

9:45 AM
1.5
Assessment and Prediction of Seasonal Tornado Activity
Robert J. Trapp, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN; and M. E. Baldwin and H. E. Brooks

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