19th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)

Program Chairs: Robert Atlas , NOAA/AOML ; Sharanya J. Majumdar , Univ. of Miami/RSMAS ; Kenneth Carey , Earth Resources Technology (ERT), Inc.

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Saturday, 3 January 2015

7:30 AM-10:00 AM: Saturday, 3 January 2015


Registration for Student Conference and Short Courses
Location: Lobby of Exhibit Hall 5 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

Sunday, 4 January 2015

7:30 AM-9:00 AM: Sunday, 4 January 2015


Registration for Short Courses and Conference for Early Career Professionals
Location: Lobby of Exhibit Hall 5 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

9:00 AM-6:00 PM: Sunday, 4 January 2015


Registration Open for Annual Meeting
Location: Lobby of Exhibit Hall 5 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

12:00 PM-4:00 PM: Sunday, 4 January 2015


WeatherFest
Location: Hall 1 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

3:00 PM-4:00 PM: Sunday, 4 January 2015


Newcomer’s Welcome and Informational Exchange
Location: 127ABC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

4:00 PM-5:30 PM: Sunday, 4 January 2015


95th Annual Review, New Fellows, and Featured Awards
Location: 122BC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

5:45 PM-8:00 PM: Sunday, 4 January 2015


Fellows Reception
Location: North Ballroom Foyer (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

Monday, 5 January 2015

7:30 AM-6:00 PM: Monday, 5 January 2015


Registration Continues through January 7
Location: Lobby of Exhibit Hall 5 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

9:00 AM-10:30 AM: Monday, 5 January 2015

Recording files available
Plenary Session 1
15th Presidential Forum: Will Weather Change Forever—Anticipating Meteorology in 2040
Location: North Ballroom CD (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint between the Major Weather Events and Societal Impacts of 2014; the Eugenia Kalnay Symposium; the Harry R. Glahn Symposium; the 31st Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 29th Conference on Hydrology; the 27th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 24th Symposium on Education; the 20th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography; the 20th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification; the 19th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS); the 19th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction; the 18th Conference on Middle Atmosphere; the 17th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the 17th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 13th Conference on Artificial Intelligence; the 13th Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 13th History Symposium; the 12th Conference on Space Weather; the 11th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the 10th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the Eighth Annual CCM Forum: Certified Consulting Meteorologists; the Seventh Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications; the Seventh Conference on the Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data; the Seventh Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions; the Sixth Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the Sixth Conference on Environment and Health; the Fifth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; the Fifth Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using Python; the Third Annual Conference for Early Career Professionals; the Third Symposium on the Weather and Climate Enterprise; the Third Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation’s Readiness, Responsiveness, and Resilience to High Impact Weather Events; the Third Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the Third Symposium on Prediction of the Madden-Julian Oscillation: Processes, Prediction and Impact; the First Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate; the Special Symposium on Model Postprocessing and Downscaling; the Special Symposium on the South Asia Monsoon; the Air Pollution Meteorology and Human Health Symposium; and the 15th Presidential Forum )
Program Chair: Kathryn Sullivan, NOAA
Moderator: Kimberly E. Klockow, NOAA
Keynote: Kathryn Sullivan, NOAA
Panelists: Bernadette Woods Placky, Climate Central; Mac Devine, IBM Cloud Services Division; Kathryn Sullivan, NOAA; Curtis L. Walker, University of Nebraska

Twenty five years hence, meteorology will be much different and expand far beyond the traditional weather forecast. Personal sensors will monitor weather nearly everywhere. Advanced computing will allow us to forecast at perhaps minute scales and kilometer resolutions, customized for each particular user. Post-mobile devices will enable instantaneous use of the information – even in remote areas of today’s developing nations. Transportation will be safer, businesses will operate more efficiently, events will automatically schedule around anticipated weather, and much more. Operational weather forecasts will be interlaced with new environmental elements that impact economic, health, energy, and security decisions. Many aspects of our daily lives will change forever. Climate change’s possibilities add a critical dimension to community resiliency. Should global weather patterns be altered, forecasting could become more challenging than today. The recent release of the fifth IPCC synthesis report has brought focus to this particular issue. Dr. Kathryn Sullivan, NOAA Administrator, will lead the session with a keynote on her vision for the meteorology enterprise in the year 2040. Following her keynote, the panelists - representing different demographics and perspectives - will then provide their vision, accompanied by a moderated discussion among the panelists.
  9:00 AM
William B (Bill) Gail: Introductory remarks
  9:08 AM
Kimberly E. Klockow: Moderator welcoming remarks
  9:16 AM
Dr. Kathryn Sullivan: AMS 2015 Annual Meeting Presidential Forum Keynote
  9:24 AM
Curtis Walker: Will Weather Change Forever – Anticipating Meteorology in 2040
  9:32 AM
Bernadette Woods Placky: Will Weather Change Forever? Anticipating Meteorology in 2040
  9:40 AM
Mac Devine: The Perfect Storm Intensifies - The Convergence of BigData, Cloud and the Internet of Things is Now at Full Strength

9:00 AM-11:00 AM: Monday, 5 January 2015


Spouses' Coffee

10:30 AM-11:00 AM: Monday, 5 January 2015


Coffee Break
Location: North Ballroom Foyer (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

11:00 AM-12:00 PM: Monday, 5 January 2015

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Session 1
Assimilation of Observations for High-Impact Weather
Location: 131AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 19th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)
Chair: Robert Atlas, NOAA/AOML
  11:00 AM
1.1
“Big Data Assimilation” Revolutionizing Severe Weather Forecasting (Core Science Lecture)
Takemasa Miyoshi, RIKEN Advanced Institute for Computational Science, Kobe, Japan; and M. Kunii, J. J. Ruiz, H. Seko, S. Satoh, T. Ushio, Y. Ishikawa, H. Tomita, and K. Bessho
  11:30 AM
1.2
On the Impact of UAS Observations on High-Resolution Mesoscale Forecasts
James D. Doyle, NRL, Monterey, CA; and T. R. Holt, D. D. Flagg, C. M. Amerault, D. A. Geiszler, T. Haack, J. E. Nachamkin, P. M. Pauley, and D. P. Tyndall

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Monday, 5 January 2015


Lunch Break

12:45 PM-1:05 PM: Monday, 5 January 2015


Daily Weather Briefings
Location: 132AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

1:30 PM-2:30 PM: Monday, 5 January 2015

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Joint Session 1
Madden-Julian Oscillation in Cloud Permitting Models
Location: 229AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint between the Third Symposium on Prediction of the Madden-Julian Oscillation: Processes, Prediction and Impact; and the 19th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS) )
Cochairs: Shuyi S. Chen, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS; Samson Hagos, PNNL
  1:30 PM
  1:45 PM
J1.1A
Moist entropy and the simulation of convection processes in Madden Julian Oscillation
Samson Hagos, PNNL, Richland, WA; and Z. Feng, C. N. Long, C. Zhao, M. Martini, and L. Berg

  2:15 PM
J1.3
Recording files available
Session 2
Observation System Simulation Experiments (OSSEs) I
Location: 131AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 19th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)
Chair: Zhaoxia Pu, University of Utah
  1:30 PM
2.1
Observing System Simulation Experiments to evaluate the potential impact of proposed observing systems on hurricane prediction
Robert Atlas, NOAA/AOML, Miami, FL; and L. Bucci, A. Aksoy, B. Annane, R. N. Hoffman, G. D. Emmitt, Y. Xie, S. J. Majumdar, J. Delgado, and L. Cucurull
  1:45 PM
2.2
A new Doppler Wind Lidar concept for obtaining space-based vector winds throughout the troposphere: data product simulations
George D. Emmitt, Simpson Weather Associates, Charlottesville, VA; and S. C. Tucker and S. A. Wood

  2:15 PM
2.4

2:30 PM-4:00 PM: Monday, 5 January 2015


Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
Location: Hall 4 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

4:00 PM-5:30 PM: Monday, 5 January 2015

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Session 3
Observation System Simulation Experiments (OSSEs) II
Location: 131AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 19th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)
Chair: George D. Emmitt, Simpson Weather Associates
  4:00 PM
3.1
A 7-km Non-Hydrostatic Global Mesoscale Simulation for OSSEs with the Goddard Earth Observing System model (GEOS-5)
William M. Putman, NASA, Greenbelt, MD; and A. Darmenov, A. Da Silva, R. Gelaro, A. Molod, L. Ott, and M. J. Suarez
  4:15 PM
3.2
Initial Validation of a New OSSE Capability
Sean P. F. Casey, JCSDA/Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, College Park, MD; and H. Wang, R. Atlas, R. N. Hoffman, S. A. Boukabara, Y. Xie, Z. Toth, and J. S. Woollen
  4:30 PM
3.3
North Atlantic OSSEs in support of improved hurricane forecasting: Nature Run evaluation
Villy H. Kourafalou, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and G. R. Halliwell Jr., R. Atlas, H. S. Kang, M. F. Mehari, M. Le Henaff, L. K. Shay, R. Lumpkin, and G. Goni
  5:00 PM
3.5
  5:15 PM
3.6
Remote sensing of CO2, CH4, CO, and H2O from geostationary orbit
Xi Xi, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA; and V. Natraj, M. Luo, Q. Zhang, R. L. Shia, S. P. Sander, and Y. Yung

5:30 PM-7:30 PM: Monday, 5 January 2015


Reception and Exhibits Opening
Location: Hall 5 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

Tuesday, 6 January 2015

8:30 AM-9:45 AM: Tuesday, 6 January 2015

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Session 4
Data Assimilation: Updates on Assimilation Schemes and Analysis Products I
Location: 131AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 19th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)
Chair: William M. Putman, NASA
  8:30 AM
4.1
The NASA Modern Era Reanalysis for Research and Applications, Version-2 (MERRA-2)
Ronald Gelaro, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and W. McCarty, A. M. Molod, M. J. Suarez, L. L. Takacs, and R. Todling

  9:00 AM
4.3
The 2014/2015 projected expansion of NCEP's RTMA and URMA
Manuel Pondeca, I.M. Systems Group, Inc./NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC, College Park, MD; and J. Carley, S. Levine, Y. Lin, Y. Zhu, J. McQueen, G. Manikin, R. J. Purser, G. DiMego, D. F. Parrish, V. Osychny, and J. H. G. M. Alves
  9:15 AM
4.4
A Status Update for the NAMRR, an Hourly-Updated Version of NAM Forecast System
Jacob Carley, I.M. Systems Group Inc./NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC, College Park, MD; and E. Rogers, S. Liu, B. Ferrier, E. Aligo, M. Pyle, X. Zhang, and G. DiMego
  9:30 AM
4.5
Accommodating Changes in the Data Stream at NRL/FNMOC: The TAC to BUFR Migration
Patricia M. Pauley, NRL, Monterey, CA; and D. Tyndall, C. McGregor, L. Troutman, and G. Hoisington

9:00 AM-11:00 AM: Tuesday, 6 January 2015


Spouses' Coffee

9:45 AM-11:00 AM: Tuesday, 6 January 2015


Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
Location: Hall 4 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

Poster Session 1
Observing System Simulation Experiments (OSSEs), Data Assimilation Methodologies and Products
Host: 19th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)
 
Poster 231 has been moved. New paper number is 8.2A.

 
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Impact Analysis of LEO Hyperspectral Sensor IFOV size on the next generation NWP model forecast performance
Agnes Lim, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. A. Jung, H. L. Huang, Z. Li, J. Otkin, and M. Goldberg

 
236
Ensemble transform sensitivity and tropical cyclone targeted observation: An OSSE case study
Hongli Wang, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Boulder, CO; and Y. Xie, R. N. Hoffman, R. Atlas, and Z. Toth

 
237
An OSSE experiment for a CubeSat Humidity Sounders Concept
Longtao Wu, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and H. Su, S. Padmanabhan, Z. Li, N. Niamsuwan, S. Tanelli, Z. Li, and D. E. Waliser

 
238
CYGNSS data and surface wind analysis
Bachir Annane, Univ. of Miami/CIMAS and NOAA/AOML/HRD, Miami, FL, Miami, FL, FL; and B. McNoldy, J. Delgado, L. Bucci, R. Atlas, and S. Majumdar
Manuscript (2.5 MB)

Handout (2.9 MB)

 
239
OSSE Evaluation of a Hyperspectral Sounder and its Potential Impact on Hurricane Prediction
Lisa Bucci, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and B. Annane, J. Delgado, and R. Atlas
Manuscript (908.3 kB)

 
240
DART: Tools and Support for Ensemble Data Assimilation Research, Operations, and Education
Jeffrey Anderson, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and T. Hoar, N. Collins, K. Raeder, H. Kershaw, G. Romine, A. P. Mizzi, A. Chatterjee, A. Karspeck, C. M. Zarzycki, S. Y. Ha, J. Barre, and B. Gaubert

Handout (14.8 MB)

 
241
Local Ensemble Transform Kalman Filter with Nonhydrostatic Icosahedral Atmospheric Model NICAM
Takemasa Miyoshi, RIKEN Advanced Institute for Computational Science, Kobe, Japan; and K. Terasaki, M. Sawada, and S. Kotsuki

 
242
Assimilation of Global Positioning System Radio Occultation Observations into KIAPS-LETKF system
Youngsoon Jo, Korea Institute of Atmospheric Prediction Systems, Seoul, South Korea; and J. S. Kang, B. J. Jung, H. Kwon, and S. Shin

 
243
Varying localization scales based upon observation impact in a serial ensemble filter
Jeffrey S., Whitaker, NOAA/ESRL/PSD, Boulder, CO ; and L. Lei

 
245
Assimilation of Wind Speed and Direction with Real Observations
Feng Gao, Panasonic Avionics Corporation, Morrisville, NC; and X. Y. Huang

 
248
Variational Aircraft Temperature Bias Correction in the NCEP's GSI Analysis System
Yanqiu Zhu, IMSG@NOAA/NCEP/EMC, College Park, MD; and J. Derber, R. J. Purser, B. A. Ballish, and J. Whiting

11:00 AM-12:00 PM: Tuesday, 6 January 2015

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Lecture 1
Bernhard Haurwitz Memorial Lecture
Location: 122BC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint between the 15th Presidential Forum; the Major Weather Events and Societal Impacts of 2014; the Eugenia Kalnay Symposium; the Harry R. Glahn Symposium; the 31st Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 29th Conference on Hydrology; the 24th Symposium on Education; the 20th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography; the 20th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification; the 19th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS); the 19th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction; the 27th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 18th Conference on Middle Atmosphere; the 17th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the 17th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 13th Conference on Artificial Intelligence; the 13th Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 13th History Symposium; the 12th Conference on Space Weather; the 11th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the 10th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the Seventh Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications; the Seventh Conference on the Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data; the Seventh Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions; the Sixth Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the Sixth Conference on Environment and Health; the Fifth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; the Third Symposium on the Weather and Climate Enterprise; the Third Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation’s Readiness, Responsiveness, and Resilience to High Impact Weather Events; the Third Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the Third Symposium on Prediction of the Madden-Julian Oscillation: Processes, Prediction and Impact; the First Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate; and the Special Symposium on Model Postprocessing and Downscaling )
  11:00 AM
L1.1
Model Diagnoses of El Nino Teleconnections to the Global Atmosphere-Ocean System
Ngar-Cheung Lau, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Recording files available
Session 5
Data Assimilation: Updates on Assimilation Schemes and Analysis Products II
Location: 131AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 19th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)
Chair: Patricia M. Pauley, NRL
  11:00 AM
5.1
Performance of KIAPS-LETKF data assimilation system
Ji-Sun Kang, KIAPS, Seoul, Korea; and B. J. Jung, Y. Jo, S. Shin, J. H. Kim, H. W. Chun, and H. Kwon
  11:15 AM
5.2
  11:30 AM
5.3
Recent Developments of NCAR 4D-Relaxation Ensemble Kalman Filter System
Yubao Liu, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and Y. Wu, L. Pan, A. Bourgeois, G. Roux, J. Knievel, J. Hacker, J. Pace, F. W. Gallagher, and S. F. Halvorson
  11:45 AM
5.4

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Tuesday, 6 January 2015


Lunch Break

12:45 PM-1:05 PM: Tuesday, 6 January 2015


Daily Weather Briefings
Location: 132AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

1:30 PM-3:00 PM: Tuesday, 6 January 2015

Recording files available
Session 6
Data Assimilation: Hybrid Schemes
Location: 131AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 19th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)
Chair: Jeffrey Anderson, NCAR
  2:00 PM
6.3
Regional Applications of the GSI-Hybrid Data Assimilation for High-Resolution Tropical Storm Forecasts
Chunhua Zhou, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and H. Shao, L. R. Bernardet, M. Tong, and V. Tallapragada
  2:15 PM
6.4
Recent Improvements of GSI 3DVAR-Ensemble Hybrid Data Assimilation System for Rapid Refresh and High Resolution Rapid Refresh
Ming Hu, NOAA/ESRL/Global Systems Division, Boulder, CO; and S. S. Weygandt, D. C. Dowell, S. Benjamin, J. S. Whitaker, and C. R. Alexander
  2:30 PM
6.5
Development and evaluation of a multi-functional data assimilation testbed based on EnKF and WRFVar with various hybrid options
Yonghui Weng, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA; and F. Zhang, J. Poterjoy, Y. Ying, C. Melhauser, D. Tao, S. J. Greybush, X. Zhang, and J. Sun

  2:45 PM
6.6
Advancing the Rapid Refresh Cloud and Precipitation Hydrometeor Analysis Towards Hybrid Ensemble-Variational Data Assimilation
Therese Thompson Ladwig, NOAA/ESRL/Global Systems Division and CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and M. Hu, S. S. Weygandt, S. Benjamin, D. C. Dowell, and C. R. Alexander

3:00 PM-3:30 PM: Tuesday, 6 January 2015


Coffee Break
Location: Hall 5 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

Meet the President
Location: 126A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

3:30 PM-5:30 PM: Tuesday, 6 January 2015

Recording files available
Session 7
Data Assimilation: New Methodologies I
Location: 131AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 19th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)
Chair: Derek J. Posselt, University of Michigan
  4:00 PM
7.3
The 10,240-member ensemble Kalman filtering with an intermediate AGCM without localization
Keiichi Kondo, RIKEN Advanced Institute for Computational Science, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan; and T. Miyoshi
  4:15 PM
7.4
  4:30 PM
7.5
  4:45 PM
7.6
  5:00 PM
7.7
Data Assimilation with a Climatologically Augmented Local Ensemble Transform Kalman Filter
Matthew R. Kretschmer, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and E. Ott and B. R. Hunt

Wednesday, 7 January 2015

8:30 AM-10:00 AM: Wednesday, 7 January 2015

Recording files available
Session 8
Impact of Assimilating Observations I
Location: 131AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 19th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)
Chair: Ronald Gelaro, NASA/GSFC
  8:45 AM
8.2A
Efforts on Assimilation of Indian Satellite data at NCMRWF
Vijapurapu S. Prasad, National Center for Medium Range Weather Forecasting/New Okhla Industrial Development Authority, NOIDA, India; and C. J. Johny, S. K. Singh, M. D. Gupta, J. P. George, S. I. Rani, E. N. Rajagpoal, and S. Basu
  9:15 AM
8.4
Assimilation of Surface Meteorological Observations in COAMPS NAVDAS and COAMPS-AR
Daniel P. Tyndall, NRL, Monterey, CA; and P. M. Pauley, N. Baker, and C. M. Amerault
  9:30 AM
8.5
Aerosol Data Assimilation for Regional Weather and Air-Quality Forecasts Using WRF/Chem
Zhiquan Liu, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and H. C. Lin, C. Schwartz, and D. Chen
  9:45 AM
8.6
Meteorological Sensor Array (MSA) Observations and High Resolution Model Validation
Gail Vaucher, Army Research Laboratory, White Sands Missile Range, NM; and R. Edmonds
Manuscript (467.1 kB)

9:00 AM-11:00 AM: Wednesday, 7 January 2015


Spouses' Coffee

10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Wednesday, 7 January 2015


Coffee Break
Location: Hall 5 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

Meet the President
Location: 126A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

10:30 AM-12:00 PM: Wednesday, 7 January 2015

Recording files available
Session 9
Impact of Assimilating Observations II
Location: 131AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 19th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)
Chair: Jonathan Poterjoy, NCAR
  10:45 AM
9.2

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Wednesday, 7 January 2015


Lunch Break

Women in the Atmospheric Sciences Luncheon
Location: 213AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

12:45 PM-1:05 PM: Wednesday, 7 January 2015


Daily Weather Briefings
Location: 132AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

1:30 PM-2:30 PM: Wednesday, 7 January 2015


Lecture 2
Horton Lecture
Location: 127ABC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint between the Eugenia Kalnay Symposium; the 31st Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 27th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 24th Symposium on Education; the 20th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography; the 20th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification; the 19th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS); the 19th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction; the 29th Conference on Hydrology; the 18th Conference on Middle Atmosphere; the 17th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the 17th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 13th Conference on Artificial Intelligence; the 13th Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 13th History Symposium; the 12th Conference on Space Weather; the 11th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the 10th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the Eighth Annual CCM Forum: Certified Consulting Meteorologists; the Seventh Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications; the Seventh Conference on the Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data; the Seventh Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions; the Sixth Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the Sixth Conference on Environment and Health; the Fifth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; the Third Symposium on the Weather and Climate Enterprise; the Third Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation’s Readiness, Responsiveness, and Resilience to High Impact Weather Events; the Third Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the Third Symposium on Prediction of the Madden-Julian Oscillation: Processes, Prediction and Impact; the First Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate; and the Special Symposium on Model Postprocessing and Downscaling )
Chair: Michael B. Ek, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC
Recording files available
Session 10
Field Experiments I
Location: 131AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 19th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)
Chair: Bill Proenza, NOAA/NWS
  1:45 PM
10.2
  2:00 PM
10.3
Assimilation of UAS Observations from Trident Warrior 2013 into COAMPS NAVDAS
Daniel P. Tyndall, NRL, Monterey, CA; and J. D. Doyle, T. Holt, C. M. Amerault, D. D. Flagg, T. Haack, and J. E. Nachamkin

2:30 PM-4:00 PM: Wednesday, 7 January 2015


Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
Location: Hall 4 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

Poster Session 2
Observing Systems, Algorithms for Assimilating Observations, Impact of Assimilating Observations
Host: 19th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)
 
687
Observation Impact and Forecast Sensitivity of Enhanced AMVs Using WRF for 2008 Typhoon Period
Myunghwan Kim, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea; and H. M. Kim, S. M. Kim, and J. Kim

 
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690
 
691
Connections between atmospheric outflow and the upper ocean thermal structure in Hurricane Irene (2011)
Anthony L. Borrego, U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD; and S. Reynolds, J. Stapleton, E. R. Sanabia, and B. S. Barrett

 
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Evolution of the Upper-Ocean Thermal Structure beneath Hurricanes Iselle and Julio (2014)
Elizabeth R. Sanabia, U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD; and S. R. Jayne, S. Reynolds, A. Borrego, and J. Stapleton

 
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695
Effect of soil moisture uncertainty on the heavy rainfall prediction over the Korean Peninsula
Jun Kyung Kay, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea; and H. M. Kim and S. Y. Ha

 
696
Improving Assimilation of AMSU Radiances in Cloudy Situations with Collocated MODIS Cloud Mask
Hyojin Han, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. Li, M. Goldberg, P. Wang, J. Li, and Z. Li

 
697
Spatial Pressure Perturbation Analyses utilizing Earthscope's USArray Network
Alexander A. Jacques, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and J. D. Horel

Handout (2.2 MB)

 
699
Verification of Multiple Doppler Radar Analysis to Retrieve Three-dimensional Wind Field with High-spatiotemporal Resolution Capabilities of X-band Radar Network in Japan
Ken-ichi Shimose, National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention, Tsukuba, Japan; and S. Shimizu, T. Maesaka, K. Kieda, K. Iwanami, and D. I. Lee

 
700
An Experiment in Anti-Icing Technologies on Anemometers
Bradley G. Illston, Oklahoma Climatological Survey/University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK

 
701
Improvements in cold weather condition flux measurements with Gill 3 axis ultrasonic
Richard L. McKay, Gill Instruments Limited, Lymington, Hampshire, United Kingdom; and T. Stickland

 
703A
Constructing vertical profiles of kinematic turbulent fluxes during OWLeS field campaign
Timothy W. See Jr., Millersville University, Millersville, PA; and J. T. Simkins, T. D. Sikora, and R. D. Clark

 
704
A Low-cost Back-calculation Method for Massive On-site Diurnal Microclimate Observation
Shang Wang, the University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong

 
705
Targeting Near-Coastal Regions for Scatterometer Wind Retrieval Processing
F. Dayton Minor, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT; and D. G. Long and A. Paget

Handout (671.7 kB)

 
706
Newly calibrated passive microwave climate data record
Aaron Paget, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT; and M. J. Brodzik, J. Gotberg, M. Hardman, and D. G. Long

 
707
Integrated Cropland and Grassland Flux Tower Observation Sites over Grazinglands for Quantifying Surface-Atmosphere Exchange
Hayden R. Mahan, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and P. Wagle, R. Bajgain, Y. Zhou, J. B. Basara, X. Xiao, J. Duckles, J. Steiner, P. Starks, and B. Northup

 
708
Characteristic of Fog after Weir Construction around the Nakdong River in the Korean Peninsula
Kim Nam Hee, National Institute of Meteorological Research, Seogwipo-si, South Korea; and P. Jun Sang, K. Kyu Rang, L. Yun Kyu, C. Chang Bum, and C. Byoung Choel

 
710
Using Satellite, NWP, and Atmospheric Refraction Assessments to Enhance Radiative Transfer
Steven T. Fiorino, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright Patterson AFB, OH; and D. Meier, L. Burchett, M. Via, C. Rice, B. Elmore, and K. Keefer

Handout (6.1 MB)

 
711
Verification of North American Model Output Utilizing Mesoscale Network Observations
Bradley G. Illston, Oklahoma Climatological Survey/University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK

 
712
Soil Temperature Variability Across a Single Meteorological Station Footprint
Bradley G. Illston, Oklahoma Climatological Survey/University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK

4:00 PM-5:30 PM: Wednesday, 7 January 2015

Recording files available
Session 11
Field Experiments II
Location: 131AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 19th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)
Chair: Bjorn H. Lambrigtsen, JPL
  4:00 PM
11.1
High Resolution Radar Detection of Individual Raindrops in Natural Cloud Systems
Jerome Schmidt, NRL, Monterey, CA; and P. J. Flatau, P. Harasti, and R. D. Yates

  4:30 PM
11.3
  4:45 PM
11.4
Spatial and Temporal Variability of Albedo from Enhanced Radiation Measurements in Oklahoma
Nathan R. Kelly, National Weather Center Research Experience for Undergraduates, Grand Haven, MI; and B. G. Illston
  5:00 PM
11.5
Lower-Cost GPS Met Station Design for use in Dense Network Slant Path GPS-Met Estimates of Tropospheric Wet Delay and Precipitable Water Vapor
Aditya Nagarajan, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA; and M. C. Jacques, A. Lagace, D. L. Pepyne, M. Zink, and D. J. McLaughlin
  5:15 PM
11.6
Studies in Signal Processing Approaches for Infrasound Wind Noise Reduction
David L. Pepyne, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA; and A. Annan and D. J. McLaughlin

5:30 PM-6:30 PM: Wednesday, 7 January 2015


Awards Banquet Reception in the Exhibit Hall
Location: Hall 5 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

7:00 PM-10:00 PM: Wednesday, 7 January 2015


95th AMS Awards Banquet
Location: North Ballroom (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

Thursday, 8 January 2015

8:30 AM-9:45 AM: Thursday, 8 January 2015

Recording files available
Themed Joint Session 7
The Observations Gap: Approaches to filling observation gaps at higher space and time scales as neededfor next-generation forecasting and monitoring
Location: 231ABC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint between the 19th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS); the 20th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography; the 17th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 11th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the Seventh Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications; the Seventh Conference on the Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data; the Third Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the Seventh Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions; and the 17th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry )
Cochairs: Christopher Velden, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin; Sharanya J. Majumdar, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS
  8:30 AM
TJ7.1
The LAPS Cloud Analysis: Validation with All-sky imagery and development of a variational cloud assimilation
Steve Albers, NOAA & CIRA, Boulder, CO; and K. Holub, Y. Xie, Z. Toth, H. Jiang, and J. Zhou

  8:45 AM
TJ7.2
Using Connected Vehicle Data to Fill In the Observations Gap for Data Assimilation
Amanda R. S. Anderson, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. A. Lee, S. D. Drobot, and P. Pisano
  9:00 AM
TJ7.3
Recent Advancements in the TAMDAR Sensor Network Expansion
Neil Jacobs, Chief Atmospheric Scientist, Panasonic Avionics Corporation, Morrisville, NC; and D. Mulally, A. Anderson, J. Braid, P. Childs, A. Huffman, E. Wilson, and F. Gao
  9:30 AM
TJ7.5
Realization of PATH Goals using a Small Satellite Constellation
Albin Gasiewski, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and B. T. Sanders and D. W. Gallaher

9:45 AM-11:00 AM: Thursday, 8 January 2015


Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
Location: Hall 4 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

11:00 AM-12:00 PM: Thursday, 8 January 2015


Lecture 3
Walter Orr Roberts Lecture
Location: 124A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint between the Major Weather Events and Societal Impacts of 2014; the 15th Presidential Forum; the Eugenia Kalnay Symposium; the Harry R. Glahn Symposium; the 31st Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 29th Conference on Hydrology; the 27th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 24th Symposium on Education; the 20th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography; the 20th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification; the 19th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS); the 19th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction; the 17th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the 18th Conference on Middle Atmosphere; the 17th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 13th Conference on Artificial Intelligence; the 13th Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 13th History Symposium; the 12th Conference on Space Weather; the 11th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the 10th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the Seventh Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications; the Seventh Conference on the Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data; the Seventh Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions; the Sixth Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the Sixth Conference on Environment and Health; the Fifth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; the Fifth Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using Python; the Third Symposium on the Weather and Climate Enterprise; the Third Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation’s Readiness, Responsiveness, and Resilience to High Impact Weather Events; the Third Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the Third Symposium on Prediction of the Madden-Julian Oscillation: Processes, Prediction and Impact; the First Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate; the Special Symposium on Model Postprocessing and Downscaling; and the Air Pollution Meteorology and Human Health Symposium )
  11:00 AM
L3.1
Recording files available
Session 12A
Assimilation of observational and remote sensing data for enhancing meteorological model in the coastal areas
Location: 131C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 19th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)
Cochairs: Kenneth Carey, Earth Resources Technology (ERT), Inc.; C. H. (Chester) Huang, Department of Interior
  11:00 AM
12A.1
Improving assimilation of advanced IR sounder radiances in NWP with cloud detection from collocated imager cloud mask
Pei Wang, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. Li, J. Li, Z. Li, T. J. Schmit, and H. Han
  11:45 AM
12A.4
Data assimilation and diagnosis of bias for WRF over the Gulf of Mexico
Chris Snyder, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and Z. Liu, C. Davis, T. Galarneau, X. Y. Huang, and S. Rizvi
Recording files available
Session 12B
Data Assimilation: New Methodologies II
Location: 131AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 19th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)
Chair: Xuguang Wang, University of Oklahoma
  11:00 AM
12B.1
Dual-Polarization Radar Data Assimilation in Deep Convective Storms: Information Content in the Ice-Phase Region
Derek J. Posselt, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; and X. Li, S. A. Tushaus, and J. Mecikalski
  11:15 AM
12B.2
Bayesian Exploration of Multivariate Orographic Precipitation Sensitivity
Samantha A. Tushaus, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; and D. J. Posselt, M. Miglietta, R. Rotunno, and L. delle Monache

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Thursday, 8 January 2015


Lunch Break

12:45 PM-1:05 PM: Thursday, 8 January 2015


Daily Weather Briefings
Location: 132AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

1:30 PM-3:00 PM: Thursday, 8 January 2015

Recording files available
Session 13A
Data Assimilation: Aircraft and Ground-Based Data
Location: 131C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 19th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)
Chair: Ryan K. Decker, NASA/MSFC
  1:30 PM
13A.1
The Use of Doppler Radar Observations at NCEP
Shun Liu, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC, College Park, MD; and G. DiMego, M. Pyle, W. S. Wu, J. Carley, S. Guan, and J. C. Derber
  1:45 PM
13A.2
Assimilation of wind profiles from multiple Doppler Radar Wind Profilers for space launch vehicle applications
Ryan K. Decker, NASA/MSFC, Huntsville, AL; and R. E. Barbre Jr., R. Leach, J. R. Walker, and J. Brenton
  2:00 PM
13A.3
Optimization of In-situ Aircraft Observations for Various Assimilation Techniques
Neil Jacobs, Chief Atmospheric Scientist, Panasonic Avionics Corporation, Morrisville, NC; and F. Gao, P. Childs, X. Y. Huang, and H. Wang
  2:30 PM
13A.5
Assimilation of Dual-polarimetric Radar Observations with Real Case Studies
Traci Fehnel, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and J. Mecikalski, X. Li, and D. J. Posselt
  2:45 PM
13A.6
Recording files available
Session 13B
Observing Systems: In Situ and Remote
Location: 131AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 19th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)
Chair: Albin Gasiewski, University of Colorado
  1:30 PM
13B.1
A Coupled-Path Retrieval Algorithm for High Resolution Imagers
Mary Morris, Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; and C. S. Ruf, S. Biswas, and S. Farrar
  1:45 PM
13B.2
Comparison of Selected In-situ and Remote Sensing Technologies for Atmospheric Humidity Measurement
Petteri Survo, Vaisala Oyj, Helsinki, Finland; and T. Leblanc, R. Kivi, H. Jauhiainen, and R. Lehtinen
Manuscript (1.4 MB)

Handout (1.4 MB)

  2:00 PM
13B.3
  2:15 PM
13B.4
Accessing real time atmospheric profiler and sounding comparison with MesoWest's Above Surface Network
Joseph S. Young, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and J. D. Horel and C. Galli
  2:30 PM
13B.5
The Revitalized Tropical Atmosphere-Ocean Array (TAO)
Richard H. Bouchard, NOAA/NDBC, Stennis Space Center, MS; and H. H. Portmann, K. O'Neil, S. Cucullu, and J. Jenner

3:00 PM-3:05 PM: Thursday, 8 January 2015


Registration Closes

3:00 PM-3:30 PM: Thursday, 8 January 2015


Coffee Break
Location: Meeting room foyers (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

Meet the President
Location: 126A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

3:30 PM-5:00 PM: Thursday, 8 January 2015

Recording files available
Session 14
Data Assimilation: Satellite Algorithms
Location: 131AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 19th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)
Chair: Mary Morris, Univ. of Michigan
  3:30 PM
14.1
A near real time regional satellite data assimilation system for high impact weather research and application
Jinlong Li, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. Li, P. Wang, H. Han, T. J. Schmit, M. Goldberg, and S. J. Goodman
  3:45 PM
14.2
Analysis and bias correction of land surface temperature in the GEOS-5 global atmospheric modeling and assimilation system
Clara Draper, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and R. H. Reichle, A. Da Silva, and B. Scarino

  4:00 PM
14.3
Relaxation of Satellite Thinning for 4DEnVar
Miodrag Rancic, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, College Park, MD; and D. T. Kleist, R. B. Mahajan, and C. Thomas

  4:30 PM
14.6
Improving Cloud Simulation in WRF Through Assimilation of GOES Observations
Andrew T. White, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and A. P. Biazar, R. T. McNider, B. Dornblaser, and K. Doty

5:00 PM-5:05 PM: Thursday, 8 January 2015


AMS 95th Annual Meeting Adjourns