| Sunday, 9 January 2005 |
| 7:30 AM, Sunday
Short Course Registration |
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| 9:00 AM-5:40 PM, Sunday
Conference Registration |
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| Monday, 10 January 2005 |
| 7:30 AM, Monday
Registration continues through Thursday, 13 January |
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| 9:00 AM-9:30 AM, Monday
Joint Session 1 Building the Earth Information System (Joint with the 16th Conference on Climate Variability and Change, the 21st International Conference on Interactive Information Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology, and Ninth Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface) |
Cochairs: Terry Tarbell, RS Information Systems, McLean, VA; Linda Miller, UCAR/Unidata, Boulder, CO
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| 9:30 AM-12:00 PM, Monday
Session 1 The Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) |
Organizer: Ralph Petersen, NOAA/NWS, Camp Springs, MD
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| 9:30 AM | 1.1 | The Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) A Goldmine of Atmospheric Information
Moustafa Chahine, NASA/JPL, Pasadena, CA; and T. S. Pagano, H. H. Aumann, C. Barnet, B. H. Lambrigtsen, E. J. Fetzer, M. Goldberg, F. W. Irion, E. Olsen, S. Y. Lee, L. M. McMillin, W. McMillin, L. Strow, and J. Susskind |
| 9:45 AM | 1.2 | Atmospheric InfraRed Sounder (AIRS) radiance validation with the Scanning High-resolution Interferometer Sounder (S-HIS) aircraft instrument
Henry E. Revercomb, Space Science and Engeering Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI; and D. C. Tobin, R. O. Knuteson, F. A. Best, D. D. LaPorte, S. D. Ellington, M. W. Werner, R. G. Dedecker, R. K. Garcia, N. N. Ciganovich, H. B. Howell, S. Dutcher, and J. K. Taylor |
| 10:00 AM | 1.3 | Validation of AIRS Moisture Products using Three-way Intercomparisons with Radiosondes and GPS Sensors  
Larry M. McMillin, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and J. Zhao, M. K. Rama Varma Raja, S. I. Gutman, and J. G. Yoe |
| 10:15 AM | | Coffee Break in Poster Session Room
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| 10:45 AM | 1.4 | Near real-time operational products from AIRS
Mitchell D. Goldberg, NOAA/NESDIS/ORA, Camp Springs, MD; and C. D. Barnet, W. Wolf, L. Zhou, and M. Divakarla |
| 11:00 AM | 1.5 | Global OSSE at NCEP, Results from High resolution experiments and AIRS
Michiko Masutani, RSIS and NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC, Camp Springs, MD; and J. S. Woollen, R. Treadon, S. J. Lord, H. Sun, T. J. Kleespies, P. VanDelst, and G. D. Emmitt |
| 11:15 AM | 1.6 | Impact of AIRS data on numerical weather forecasts at NASA/GSFCThis paper will summarize the
Robert Atlas, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD |
| 11:30 AM | 1.7 | Atmospheric soundings from AIRS/AMSU in partial cloud cover
Joel Susskind, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD |
| 11:45 AM | 1.8 | Extraction of AIRS Sounding Information Under Cloudy Conditions
William Smith Sr., Hampton University, Hampton, VA; and H. L. Huang and D. K. Zhou |
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| 10:15 AM, Monday
Coffee Break in Poster Session Room |
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| 12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Monday
Lunch Break |
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| 1:30 PM-2:30 PM, Monday
Session 2 Programs for Assimilating Environmental Observations |
Organizer: Mitch D. Goldberg, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD
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| 1:30 PM | 2.1 | Recent advances at the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation
John Le Marshall, NOAA Science Center, Camp Springs, MD; and F. Weng, S. Lord, L. P. Riishojgaard, P. Phoebus, and J. Yoe |
| 1:45 PM | 2.2 | The Joint Hurricane Testbed (JHT): Progress and Future Plans
Richard D. Knabb, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/TPC/NHC, Miami, FL; and J. G. Jiing, C. W. Landsea, and W. R. Seguin |
| 2:00 PM | 2.3 | Constellation Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere and Climate (COSMIC): An Overview
Ying-Hwa Kuo, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and C. Rocken and R. A. Anthes |
| 2:15 PM | 2.4 | Mesoscale Objective Analysis: An Analysis of Record?
John Horel, NOAA/Cooperative Institute for Regional Prediction and University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and B. Colman |
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| 2:30 PM-4:00 PM, Monday
Poster Session 1 Poster Session 1 |
| | P1.1 | Trace Gas Observations by AIRS and Preliminary Validation Results Against Airborne Measurements from INTEX
Juying X. Warner, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD; and W. W. McMillan, C. D. Barnet, M. L. McCourt, S. Vay, and O. Investigators |
| | P1.2 | The effect of using AWIPS LAPS and High Resolution SSTs to locally initialize the Workstation ETA
Brian Etherton, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, NC; and P. Santos, S. Lazarus, and C. Calvert |
| | P1.3 | Sunphotometer Calibrations and Instrument Intercomparisons at the High Altitude Research Station Jungfraujoch
Alexander Los, Kipp & Zonen B.V., Delft, Netherlands; and W. H. Knap |
| | P1.4 | Structure of the lower troposphere over the Pacific Ocean: information gained from AIRS observations
Hengchun Ye, California State University, Los Angeles, CA; and E. J. Fetzer, E. T. Olsen, A. Eldering, S. Granger, L. Chen, B. H. Lambrigtsen, E. Fishein, S. Y. Lee, B. Kahn, and A. Braverman |
| | P1.5 | Numerical Simulation of Convection during IHOP _2002 using the Flux-Adjusting Surface Data Assimilation System (FASDAS)
Peter P. Childs, State Climate Office of North Carolina and North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC; and A. L. Qureshi, S. Raman, K. Alapaty, R. Ellis, R. Boyles, and D. Niyogi |
| | P1.6 | Short-term, seasonal and interannual variability of the vertical distribution of water vapor observed by AIRS
Edward T. Olsen, JPL and California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA; and S. L. Granger and E. J. Fetzer |
| | P1.7 | Sensitivity characteristics of a variational assimilation of cloudy satellite radiances using the GOES sounder
Tomoko Koyama, Japan Meteorological Agency, Tokyo, Japan; and T. Vukicevic, A. S. Jones, M. Sengupta, and T. H. Vonder Haar |
| | P1.8 | Reasons for the failure of the Pan American Climate Studies Sounding Network (PACS-SONET) in Latin America.
Michael W. Douglas, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and J. Murillo |
| | P1.9 | Performance and application of a multi-wavelength, ground-based microwave radiometer in rain nowcasting
P. W Chan, Hong Kong Observatory, Hong Kong, China; and C. M. Tam |
| | P1.10 | Ongoing Japanese long-term Reanalysis project (JRA-25); Assimilation of NOAA polar-orbiter satellite sounder data
Masami Sakamoto, Japan Meteorological Agency, Tokyo, Japan; and S. Kobayashi, K. Kato, T. Matsumoto, H. Koide, K. Onogi, T. Ose, and H. Hatsushika |
| | P1.11 | Estimating clear-sky radiances from the AIRS/AMSU instrument suite
Evan Fishbein, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and L. Chen, E. J. Fetzer, and S. Y. Lee |
| | | P1.12 Moved to Oral Session 10; new presentation number 10.3
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| | P1.13 | Two year trends in AIRS and AMSU observations
Hartmut H. Aumann, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and D. T. Gregorich, L. Strow, and S. Hannon |
|  | P1.14 | AIRS associated accomplishments at the JCSDA
John F. Le Marshall, NASA, NOAA, U.S. Navy, U.S. Air Force Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation, Camp Springs, MD; and S. J. Lord, J. C. Derber, R. Treadon, J. Joiner, J. A. Jung, M. Goldberg, and W. Wolf |
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| 4:00 PM-5:30 PM, Monday
Session 3 Assimilation Techniques and Their Evaluation - Part 1 |
Organizer: Chris Snyder, NCAR, Boulder, CO
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| 4:00 PM | 3.1 | Balanced mass and moisture constraint in variational data assimilation
Luc Fillion, MSC, Dorval, PQ, Canada |
| 4:15 PM | 3.2 | Experiments with the NCEP gridpoint statistical interpolation system
Daryl T. Kleist, EMC/SAIC, Camp Springs, MD; and J. C. Derber, D. Parrish, R. Treadon, and W. -. S. Wu |
| 4:30 PM | 3.3 | Using hourly and daily precipitation analyses to improve model water budget
Ying Lin, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Camp Springs, MD; and K. E. Mitchell, E. Rogers, and G. J. DiMego |
| 4:45 PM | 3.4 | Application of GPS Slant Water Vapor Tomography to an IHOP Storm Case with Simple Constraints
Yuanfu Xie, NOAA/ERL/FSL, Boulder, CO; and J. Braun, A. E. MacDonald, and R. Ware |
| 5:00 PM | 3.5 | Jungian data assimilation
Gregory S. Duane, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. J. Tribbia |
| 5:15 PM | 3.6 | Inverse Estimation of Soil Moisture and Surface Energy Budget from in-Situ Soil Temperature Data
Kun Yang, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan; and T. Koike and B. Ye |
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| 5:30 PM, Monday
Sessions End for the day |
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| 5:30 PM-7:00 PM, Monday
FORMAL OPENING OF EXHIBITS WITH RECEPTION (CASH BAR) |
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| 7:30 PM, Monday
Suki Manabe Symposium Banquet |
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| Tuesday, 11 January 2005 |
| 8:30 AM-9:45 AM, Tuesday
Session 4 Assimilation Techniques and Their Evaluation - Part 2 |
Organizer: Yuanfu Xie, Forecast Research Division, Boulder, CO
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| 8:30 AM | 4.1 | Ensemble-derived background error covariances for operational NWP
Mark Buehner, MSC, Dorval, QC, Canada |
| 8:45 AM | 4.2 | Critical issues of ensemble data assimilation in application to GOES-R risk reduction program
Dusanka Zupanski, CIRA/Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and M. Zupanski, M. DeMaria, and L. Grasso |
| 9:00 AM | 4.3 | An ensemble Kalman filter for WRF and a comparison with the WRF three-dimensional variational assimilation scheme
Chris Snyder, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and A. Caya, D. M. Barker, J. Anderson, and W. C. Skamarock |
| 9:15 AM | 4.4 | Correcting CMAQ photolysis rates based on GOES observed clouds
Arastoo Pour Biazar, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and R. T. McNider, S. J. Roselle, and R. J. Suggs |
| 9:30 AM | 4.5 | 4DDATA assimilation of GOES imager IR radiances in cloudy conditions
T. Vukicevic, CIRA/Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO; and M. Sengupta, A. Jones, and T. Vonder Haar |
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| 9:45 AM, Tuesday
Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break (Please Refer to Poster Session P1for Title and Author Information) |
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| 9:45 AM-11:00 AM, Tuesday
Poster Session 2 Poster Session 2 |
| | P2.1 | Ensemble data assimilation: experiments using NASA’s GEOS column precipitation model
Dusanka Zupanski, CIRA/Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and A. Y. Hou, S. Zhang, M. Zupanski, and C. D. Kummerow |
| | P2.2 | Ensemble Based Data Assimilation of observations of Hurricane Humberto
Brian J. Etherton, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, NC; and S. D. Aberson |
| | P2.3 | Developing the ADAS/ARPS as a satellite data assimilation testbed at the University of Alabama in Huntsville
John R. Mecikalski, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and W. M. Lapenta, K. M. LaCasse, K. Doty, and G. J. Jedlovec |
| | P2.4 | Data Assimilation with the Noah Land Surface model in NLDAS
Dag Lohmann, NOAA/NCEP/EMC, Suitland, MD; and P. Grunmann, H. Wei, and K. Mitchell |
| | P2.5 | Data assimilation scheme of satellite derived heating rates for soil state initialization in a regional atmospheric mesoscale model: methodology.
Massimiliano Pasqui, Institute of Biometeorology/National Research Council, Florence, Italy; and R. L. Walko, S. Migliorini, A. Antonini, S. Melani, and G. Messeri |
| | P2.6 | Climate Data Records from US environmental satellites
Sheldon Drobot, The National Academies, Washington, DC; and D. A. Robinson |
| | P2.7 | Characterization of AIRS temperature and water vapor measurement capability using correlative observations
Eric J. Fetzer, JPL and California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA; and A. Eldering and S. Y. Lee |
| | P2.8 | Assimilation of surface observations in complex terrain
Xingxiu Deng, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; and R. B. Stull |
| | P2.9 | Aqua MODIS and AIRS Data Product Synergies available from GES DISC DAAC
Arun Gopalan, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and J. Qin, A. Savtchenko, G. Leptoukh, and G. A. Vicente |
| | P2.10 | Application of Variational Data Assimilation Techniques to Numerical Forecasts of Tropical Cyclones in the East Asia
Seon K. Park, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, South Korea; and L. M. Leslie and J. F. LeMarshall |
| | P2.11 | Adjoint of a Non-Hydrostatic Limited-Area Model: Identical Twin experiments
Monique Tanguay, MSC, Dorval, QC, Canada; and S. Gravel |
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| 11:00 AM-12:00 PM, Tuesday
Session 5 Observational Field Experiments |
Organizer: Taumi S. Daniels, NASA, Hampton, VA
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| 11:00 AM | 5.1 | The TAMDAR Great Lakes Fleet Experiment
Richard D. Mamrosh, NOAA/NWS, Green Bay, WI; and E. S. Brusky, J. K. Last, W. R. Moninger, and T. S. Daniels |
| 11:15 AM | 5.2 | Rainfall variations along the coast of Peru and Ecuador during the 1997–8 El Niño and implications for a real-time forecasting system over the region
Michael W. Douglas, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and J. F. Mejia and N. Ordinola |
| 11:30 AM | 5.3 | Multiple Remote Sensor Observations of Gust Front to Bore Transition
Kevin Knupp, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL |
| 11:45 AM | 5.4 | Measurement Sampling Rates for Daily Maximum and Minimum Temperatures
X. Lin, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE; and K. G. Hubbard and C. B. Baker |
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| 11:30 AM-1:30 PM, Tuesday
Exhibits Open |
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| 12:15 PM-1:30 PM, Tuesday
Lunch Break |
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| 1:30 PM-5:30 PM, Tuesday
Joint Session 8 Global Climate Observing System (Joint with the 21st International Conference on Interactive Information Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology) |
Organizers: Howard J. Diamond, NOAA/NESDIS, Silver Spring, MD; John Lincoln, Consultant, Berryville, VA; Thomas W. Schlatter, NOAA/ORL/FSL, Boulder, CO; A. E. MacDonald, NOAA/ERL/FSL
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| 1:30 PM | J8.1 | Achieving global coverage for climate observations in support of the UNFCCC
Alan R. Thomas, GCOS at WMO, 1211 Geneva 2, Switzerland |
| 1:45 PM | J8.2 | Implementation Plan for the Global Observing Systems for Climate in support of the UNFCCC
Paul Mason, University of Reading, Reading, Berks., United Kingdom |
| | J8.3 | Establishing an EURO-GCOS-Network
Volker Vent-Schmidt, DWD, Deutscher Wetterdienst, OFFENBACH, Germany |
| 2:00 PM | J8.4 | Enhancing global climate observing system (GCOS) activities in Switzerland
Thomas Frei, Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology (MeteoSwiss), Zurich, Switzerland |
| 2:15 PM | J8.5 | Update on U.S. support for the Global Climate Observing System (GCOS) and associated support for international, regional, and bi-lateral GCOS activities
Howard J. Diamond, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Silver Spring, MD |
| 2:30 PM | J8.6 | NOAA's role in building a global ocean observing system
Diane M. Stanitski, NOAA, Silver Spring, MD; and M. R. Johnson |
| 2:45 PM | | Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall
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| 3:15 PM | J8.7 | Shipboard Automated Meteorological and Oceanographic Systems: A Key Component of an Ocean Observing System
Shawn R. Smith, COAPS/Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL |
| 3:30 PM | J8.8 | Global Observing System Information (GOSIC) data set information available through NASA's Global Change Master Directory (GCMD)
Gene R. Major, SSAI, Lanham, MD; and C. Lief, L. Olsen, S. A. Ritz, G. Servin, and D. White |
| 3:45 PM | J8.9 | On-line provision of data at ECMWF
Baudouin Raoult, ECMWF, Reading, Berks., United Kingdom; and M. Fuentes and M. Manoussakis |
| 4:00 PM | J8.10 | Analysis of Data Exchange Problems in Global Atmospheric and Hydrological Networks
Stephan Bojinski, WMO, Geneva, Switzerland; and A. R. Thomas |
| 4:15 PM | J8.11 | NCDC's GCOS lead center activities
Thomas C. Peterson, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and G. R. Hammer and M. J. Menne |
| 4:30 PM | J8.12 | Adequacy of in situ observing system in the satellite era for climate SST analysis
Huai-Min Zhang, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and R. W. Reynolds and T. M. Smith |
| 4:45 PM | J8.13 | The Meteorological Service of Canada’s Solar Radiation Data Processing System
Tara H. Sopoco, MSC, Downsview, ON, Canada; and L. D. Boudreau |
| 5:00 PM | J8.14 | Upgrades to and expansion of the Comprehensive Pacific Rainfall Database (PACRAIN)
Michael D. Klatt, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. S. Greene and M. L. Morrissey |
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| 3:00 PM-5:00 PM, Tuesday
Exhibits Open |
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| 5:30 PM, Tuesday
Sessions end for the day |
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| Wednesday, 12 January 2005 |
| 8:30 AM-9:30 AM, Wednesday
Session 6 Building the Earth Information System |
Organizer: Alan R. Thomas, GCOS at WMO, 1211 Geneva 2 Switzerland
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| 8:30 AM | 6.1 | Air quality and meteorological monitoring strategies in support of operational air quality forecasting and the global earth observation system: recommendations to the US EPA
John N. McHenry, Baron Advanced Meteorological Systems, Raleigh, NC; and W. F. Dabberdt |
| 8:45 AM | 6.2 | Global Earth- system Monitoring using Satellite and in-situ data: GEMS
Anthony Hollingsworth, ECMWF, Reading, Berks., United Kingdom; and G. Brasseur, P. Cox, and H. Eskes |
| 9:00 AM | 6.3 | Global Earth Observation System (GEOS): System Capabilities and the Role for the US EPA
Walter F. Dabberdt, Vaisala. Inc., Boulder, CO; and J. N. McHenry |
| 9:15 AM | 6.4 | High-latitude winds from Molniya orbit: A mission concept for NASA’s ESSP program
Lars Peter Riishojgaard, NASA/GSFC/JCSDA, Greenbelt, MD |
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| 9:30 AM-10:00 AM, Wednesday
Coffee Break |
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| 10:00 AM, Wednesday
Presidential Forum |
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| 11:30 AM-1:30 PM, Wednesday
Exhibits Open |
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| 12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Wednesday
Lunch Break |
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| 1:30 PM-2:30 PM, Wednesday
Session 7 Ocean and Coastal Observations |
Organizer: Kevin Knupp, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL
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| 1:30 PM | 7.1 | The NWS Marine Observation Network: Coastal marine component of multiple observing systems
Don T. Conlee, NOAA/NWS/National Data Buoy Center, Stennis Space Center, MS; and P. F. Moersdorf |
| 1:45 PM | 7.2 | Optimal Spectral Decomposition (OSD) Method for Ocean Observing System
Peter C. Chu, NPS, Monterey, CA; and L. M. Ivanov |
| 2:00 PM | 7.3 | Assimilation of Multi-Satellite High Resolution Sea Surface Temperatures for a Real-Time Local Analysis and Forecasting System
Corey G. Calvert, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL; and S. M. Lazarus, P. Santos, D. W. Sharp, P. Blottman, and S. Spratt |
| 2:15 PM | 7.4 | 1. Coastal Environmental Monitoring in the GOES-R Era. Emphasis: A Paradigm Shift in Temporal and Spatial Resolution for Earth Observations
Brenda J. Zuzolo, The Boeing Company, Springfield, VA; and P. A. Zuzolo, K. Lausten, G. R. Alexander, R. Domikis, and S. G. Hoffert |
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| 2:30 PM-4:00 PM, Wednesday
Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break |
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| 2:30 PM-4:00 PM, Wednesday
Poster Session 3 Poster Session 3 |
| | P3.1 | Validating of satellite retrieved latent heat fluxes over tropical oceans
Bing Lin, NASA/LRC, Hampton, VA; and A. Fan |
| | P3.2 | Testing Radiosonde Replacement System (RRS) Radiosondes—Part 2
James Fitzgibbon, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and J. Facundo |
| | P3.3 | Siting New England: a GIS prototype for site selection for the NWS Modernized Cooperative Network
William G. McPherson Jr., University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and M. Yuan, D. Giuliano, K. Tapp, and J. Rush |
| | P3.4 | Selecting the Sites for CASA NetRad, a Collaborative Radar Network
Keith Brewster, CAPS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and L. White, B. Johnson, and J. Brotzge |
| | P3.5 | Portable Automated Research Micrometeorological Stations (PARMS) Designed for Enhanced Local Monitoring of Atmospheric Processes
Jeffrey B. Basara, Oklahoma Climatological Survey, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and D. Grimsely, B. G. Illston, C. Fiebrich, and J. Southard |
| | P3.6 | OSSEs for realistic DWL concepts: Impacts on hurricane track forecasts
George D. Emmitt, Simpson Weather Associates, Charlottesville, VA; and S. Wood, S. Greco, R. M. Atlas, and J. Terry |
| | P3.7 | Optimal 3D Wind Retrieval as the Basis for Dynamically Adaptive Doppler Radar Data Collection
Luther White, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and A. M. Shapiro |
| | P3.8 | Integrating a Doppler sodar with nuclear power plant meteorological data
Thomas E. Bellinger, Illinois Emergency Management Agency, Springfield, IL |
| | P3.9 | Integrated observation of upper ocean response to typhoons and tropical storms from ARGO floats and Satellites
JongJin Park, Seoul National Univeristy, Seoul, South Korea; and K. A. Park, K. Kim, and Y. H. Youn |
| | P3.10 | Improvements in MKIIA Radiosonde Relative Humidity Processing
Dr. Richard Scarlet, Sippican, Inc., Marion, MA |
| | P3.11 | Impact of precipitation observations on regional climate simulations
Ana M. B. Nunes, SIO/Univ. of California, La Jolla, CA; and J. Roads, M. Kanamitsu, and P. A. Arkin |
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| 3:30 PM-6:30 PM, Wednesday
Exhibits Open |
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| 4:00 PM-5:30 PM, Wednesday
Session 8 Land-Surface and Urban Observations |
Organizer: Pat T. Welsh, NOAA/NWS, Jacksonville, FL
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| 4:00 PM | 8.1 | Land Use Cloud Interaction Experiment (LUCIE): Preliminary results
Robert O. Lawton, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and U. S. Nair, D. K. Ray, and R. M. Welch |
| 4:15 PM | 8.2 | Globally describing the current day land surface and historical land cover change in CCSM 3.0 using AVHRR and MODIS data at fine scales
Peter J. Lawrence, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO |
| 4:30 PM | 8.3 | Winter Test of Production All-Weather Precipitation Accumulation Gauge for ASOS 2003–2004
Christopher M. Greeney, SAIC, Sterling, VA; and M. D. Gifford and M. L. Salyards |
| 4:45 PM | 8.4 | Estimating temperature normals for the USCRN stations
Bomin Sun, STG Inc., Asheville, NC; and T. C. Peterson |
| 5:00 PM | 8.5 | Weather support to consequence management during the 2004 Summer Olympic Games
John R. Hannan, Northrop Grumman Information Technology, Alexandria, VA; and P. M. Hayes, S. Hamilton, and J. L. Trigg |
| 5:15 PM | 8.6 | The Kansas City urban heat and moisture flux measurement experiment (KC-FLUXMEX)
Jimmy O. Adegoke, University of Missouri, Kansas City, MO; and A. A. Balogun, Z. W. Klein, G. R. Mickelson, C. Seagraves, and L. A. Ward |
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| 5:30 PM, Wednesday
Sessions End for the day |
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| 5:30 PM-6:30 PM, Wednesday
Exhibits Reception (Cash Bar) |
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| 7:30 PM, Wednesday
AMS Annual Awards Banquet |
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| Thursday, 13 January 2005 |
| 8:30 AM-9:45 AM, Thursday
Session 9 Impact on Forecasts of Real and Simulated Observations - Part 1 |
Organizer: Kiran Alapaty, NSF, Arlington, VA
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| 8:30 AM | 9.1 | Operational Testing of MODIS winds in NAVDAS
Patricia M. Pauley, NRL, Monterey, CA; and R. L. Pauley |
| 8:45 AM | 9.2 | The Ability of CASA Doppler Radars to Observe Tornadoes: An Assessment Using Tornado Damage Path Width Climatology
Kelvin Droegemeier, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and E. S. Godfrey and D. Fessler |
| 9:00 AM | 9.3 | Impact of Radar Configuration and Scan Strategy on Assimilation of Radar Data using Ensemble Kalman Filter
Ming Xue, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and M. Tong and K. K. Droegemeier |
| 9:15 AM | 9.4 | Temperature and Altimetry Assimilation into a High Resolution OGCM with a Localized Ensemble Kalman Filter and Impact on Seasonal Forecasts
Christian L. Keppenne, SAIC, Greenbelt, MD; and M. M. Rienecker, N. P. Kurkowski, and A. Y. Borovikov |
| 9:30 AM | 9.5 | Ensemble data assimilation diagnostics from near-surface observations
Joshua P. Hacker, NCAR, Boulder, CO |
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| 9:45 AM-11:00 AM, Thursday
Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break (Please Refer to Poster Session P2 for Title and Author Information) |
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| 9:45 AM-11:00 AM, Thursday
Poster Session 4 Poster Session 4 |
| | P4.1 | InterMet 403 MHz Radiosonde System
Rodney D. Wierenga, International Met Systems, Grand Rapids, MI; and J. Parini |
| | P4.2 | High-resolution modeling for consequence assessment during the 2004 Summer Olympic Games
John Hannan, Northrop Grumman Information Technology, Alexandria, VA; and P. Hayes and M. Bell |
| | P4.3 | Feasibility of a reanalysis using only surface data
Gilbert P Compo, NOAA/CIRES/CDC, Boulder, CO; and J. S. Whitaker and P. D. Sardeshmukh |
| | P4.4 | FDDA/TOVS Impact on MM5 Rainfall Forecast over Portugal
Yoshihiro Yamasaki, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal; and O. Maria de Los Dolores Manso |
| | P4.5 | Evaluation on Various Global Estimates of Mean Weighted Temperature of the Atmosphere for Global Positioning System Applications
Liangying Zhang, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. Wang and A. Dai |
| | P4.6 | Preliminary analysis of the difference between temperature observations recorded by COOP and USCRN systems
Bomin Sun, STG Inc., Asheville, NC; and G. W. Goodge and C. B. Baker |
| | P4.7 | Deriving a global, 2-hourly atmospheric precipitable water dataset from ground-based GPS measurements for climate monitoring
Junhong Wang, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and L. Zhang, A. Dai, T. Van Hove, and R. Ware |
| | P4.8 | Characterization of global microwave surface emissivity over land
Andrew S. Jones, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and J. M. Forsythe, C. L. Combs, and T. H. Vonder Haar |
| | P4.9 | An operational system for launch area hazard prediction and mitigation
Allan V. Dianic, ENSCO, Inc., Cocoa Beach, FL; and E. G. Magnuson and S. L. Arnold |
| | P4.10 | An observing system for land process characterization featuring NPOESS
Thomas P. DeFelice, Raytheon, Upper Marlboro, MD |
| | P4.11 | Single-Doppler radar wind-field retrieval experiment on a qualified velocity-azimuth processing technique
Yongmei Zhou, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; and R. Stull and R. Nissen |
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| 11:00 AM-12:00 PM, Thursday
Session 10 Impact on Forecasts of Real and Simulated Observations - Part 2 |
Organizer: Patricia M. Pauley, NRL, Monterey, CA
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| 11:00 AM | 10.1 | Model Sensitivity to Space- and in situ- based sub-grid Flux Parameterization
Gad Levy, NorthWest Research Associates, Inc., Bellevue, WA; and J. C. Alpert |
| 11:15 AM | 10.2 | Modeling framework for estimation of regional CO2 fluxes using concentration measurements from a ring of towers
M. Uliasz, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and A. S. Denning |
| | 10.3 | Forecast impacts from a nationwide wind profiler network: results from an observing system simulation experiment
Stephen Weygandt, NOAA/Forecast Systems Laboratory, Boulder, CO; and J. R. Smart, T. L. Smith, B. M. Schwartz, D. Vandekamp, T. W. Schlatter, S. G. Benjamin, and S. E. Koch |
| 11:30 AM | 10.3A | Assimilation of GOES Retrievals into a Mesoscale Model
Kiran Alapaty, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC; and A. Biazar, W. M. Lapenta, and R. T. McNider |
| 11:45 AM | 10.4 | Assessing the forecast impacts of simulated GEMS observations
Joseph G. Dreher, ENSCO, Inc., Melbourne, FL; and J. Manobianco, R. J. Evans, and J. L. Case |
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| 12:00 PM-3:45 PM, Thursday
Exhibits Open |
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| 12:15 PM-1:30 PM, Thursday
Lunch Break |
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| 1:30 PM-5:00 PM, Thursday
Session 11 Atmospheric Observations |
Organizers: Seth I. Gutman, NOAA/FSL, Boulder, CO; Joseph Facundo, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD
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| 1:30 PM | 11.1 | Error characteristics of satellite-derived atmospheric motion vectors
David A. Santek, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and C. S. Velden and J. R. Key |
| 1:45 PM | 11.2 | Comparing the expected data products of a hybrid space-based DWL with those currently available to global forecast models
George D. Emmitt, Simpson Weather Associates, Charlottesville, VA |
| 2:00 PM | 11.3 | Distributed Collaborative Adaptive Sensing (DCAS) for Improved Detection, Understanding, and Prediction of Atmospheric Hazards
David J. McLaughlin, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA; and V. Chandrasekar, K. Droegemeier, S. Frasier, J. Kurose, F. Junyent, B. Philips, S. Cruz-Pol, and J. Colom |
| 2:15 PM | 11.4 | Update on the Implementation of the National Weather Service's Radiosonde Replacement System
Joseph Facundo, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD |
| 2:30 PM | 11.5 | Testing Radiosonde Replacement System (RRS) Radiosondes—Part 1
James Fitzgibbon, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and J. Facundo |
| 2:45 PM | 11.6 | Standards for evaluating radiosonde measurements
F. J. Schmidlin, NASA/GSFC, Wallops Island, VA; and E. T. Northam |
| 3:00 PM | | Coffee Break
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| 3:30 PM | 11.7 | Quality control of radiosonde moisture observations
Seth I. Gutman, NOAA/FSL, Boulder, CO; and J. Facundo and D. R. Helms |
| 3:45 PM | 11.8 | Universal Upper Air Sounding System
Rodney D. Wierenga, International Met Systems, Grand Rapids, MI; and F. A. Clowney |
| 4:00 PM | 11.9 | A multi-platform approach to forecasting supercell tornado potential
Angela D. Lese, NOAA/NWS, Springfield, MO; and W. D. Browning and D. T. Cramer |
| 4:15 PM | 11.10 | UPDATE ON HIGH-PERFORMANCE INSTRUMENTED AIRBORNE PLATFORM FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH (HIAPER)
Clifford A. Jacobs, NSF, Arlington, VA; and J. Huning |
| 4:30 PM | 11.11 | A surface based climatology of irradiance, cloud effect and cloud amount at the ARM sites
Thomas P. Ackerman, PNNL, Richland, WA; and C. N. Long |
| 4:45 PM | 11.12 | Using Integrated Surface Radiation Measurements to infer Cloud Properties
Charles N. Long, PNNL, Richland, WA; and J. C. Barnard, J. Calbo, and T. P. Ackerman |
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| 3:00 PM, Thursday
Registration Desk Closes |
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| 3:45 PM, Thursday
Exhibits Close |
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| 5:30 PM, Thursday
Conference Ends |
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| 6:00 PM, Thursday
Ed Lorenz Symposium Banquet |
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