Session 11 Lidar Observations for Data Assimilation and Model Verification -Part II

Wednesday, 25 January 2017: 4:00 PM-5:30 PM
Conference Center: Skagit 4 (Washington State Convention Center )
Host: Eighth Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications
Cochairs:
Thierry Leblanc, Caltech, Pasadena, CA and Edward P. Nowottnick, USRA/GSFC, Atmospheric Chemistry and Dynamics Laboratory, Greenbelt, MD

Papers:
4:00 PM
11.1
Inter-Comparison and Validation of NOAA-Unique Combined Atmospheric Processing System Water Vapor Retrievals and Case Study on Howard University Beltsville Site State Best Estimate
Monique Walker, USRA/NASA GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and B. B. Demoz, R. K. Sakai, N. R. Nalli, T. Reale, D. Venable, L. Cooper Jr., M. K. Payne, and M. I. Oyola
4:30 PM
11.3
Evaluation of Lidars and Ceilometers, and Determination of Mixing Layer Heights in the National Weather Service Ceilometer Testbed
Delgado Ruben, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD; and B. B. Demoz, K. C. Vermeesch, B. J. Carroll, R. K. Sakai, J. Lewis Jr., E. J. Welton, M. Hicks, D. Atkinson, T. Abtahi, B. Tucker, and T. A. Bonin
4:45 PM
11.4
5:00 PM
11.5
Assimilating Doppler Wind Lidar in a High-Resolution Atmospheric Model for Airborne Contaminant Applications
Luke T Peffers, Science and Technology in Atmospheric Research (STAR LLC), Boulder, CO; and F. Vandenberghe
5:15 PM
11.6
Studying the Impact of Vertically Retrieved IR-Sensed Aerosol on Operational Data Assimilation Systems
Mayra I. Oyola, ASEE/NRL Monterey, Monterey, CA; and J. W. Marquis, B. Ruston, J. R. Campbell, N. L. Baker, E. Hyer, J. Zhang, and D. Westphal

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