Program: Ninth Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS) (85th AMS Annual Meeting)

Ninth Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)

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Sunday, 9 January 2005

6:00 AM-6:00 AM: Sunday, 9 January 2005

SUN 9 JAN

7:30 AM-7:30 AM: Sunday, 9 January 2005

Short Course Registration

9:00 AM-5:40 PM: Sunday, 9 January 2005

Conference Registration

Monday, 10 January 2005

6:00 AM-6:00 AM: Monday, 10 January 2005

Mon 10 Jan

7:30 AM-7:30 AM: Monday, 10 January 2005

Registration continues through Thursday, 13 January

9:00 AM-9:30 AM: Monday, 10 January 2005

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)

Sponsors: (Joint between the 21st International Conference on Interactive Information Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology; the 16th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; and the Ninth Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS) )

Cochairs: Terry Tarbell, RS Information Systems; Linda Miller, UCAR/Unidata

Papers:

9:00 AM

J1.1

From Information to Action: The Global Earth Observation System of Systems

James Mahoney, NOAA, Washington, DC

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (70.0 kB)

9:30 AM-12:00 PM: Monday, 10 January 2005

The Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS)

Sponsor: Ninth Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)

Organizer: Ralph Petersen, NOAA/NWS

Papers:

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

Recorded presentation

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

Recorded presentation

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

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (375.9 kB)

10:15 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

Recorded presentation

10:30 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

Recorded presentation

10:45 AM

1.6

Impact of AIRS data on numerical weather forecasts at NASA/GSFCThis paper will summarize the

Robert Atlas, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD

Recorded presentation

11:00 AM

1.7

Atmospheric soundings from AIRS/AMSU in partial cloud cover

Joel Susskind, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD

Recorded presentation

11:15 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

Recorded presentation

11:30 AM

1.3a

Coffee Break in Poster Session Room

10:15 AM-10:15 AM: Monday, 10 January 2005

Coffee Break in Poster Session Room

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Monday, 10 January 2005

Lunch Break

1:30 PM-2:30 PM: Monday, 10 January 2005

Programs for Assimilating Environmental Observations

Sponsor: Ninth Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)

Organizer: Mitch D. Goldberg, NOAA/NESDIS

Papers:

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

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (276.7 kB)

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

http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/Landsea/jht

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (31.3 kB)

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

http://www.cosmic.ucar.edu/

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (285.5 kB)

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

http://www.met.utah.edu/jhorel/homepages/jhorel/mac.htm

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (133.0 kB)

2:30 PM-4:00 PM: Monday, 10 January 2005

Poster Session 1

Sponsor: Ninth Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)

Papers:

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

Poster PDF (1.3 MB)

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

Poster PDF (2.5 MB)

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

Poster PDF (526.8 kB)

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

http://airsteam.jpl.nasa.gov

Poster PDF (2.1 MB)

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

Poster PDF (1.2 MB)

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

http://www.jreap.org/index-e.html

Poster PDF (195.9 kB)

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

P1.12 Moved to Oral Session 10; new presentation number 10.3

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

4:00 PM-5:30 PM: Monday, 10 January 2005

Assimilation Techniques and Their Evaluation - Part 1

Sponsor: Ninth Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)

Organizer: Chris Snyder, NCAR

Papers:

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

Recorded presentation

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

Poster PDF (154.3 kB)

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

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (261.9 kB)

5:00 PM

3.5

Jungian data assimilation

Gregory S. Duane, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. J. Tribbia

Recorded presentation

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

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (931.5 kB)

5:30 PM-5:30 PM: Monday, 10 January 2005

Sessions End for the day

5:30 PM-7:00 PM: Monday, 10 January 2005

FORMAL OPENING OF EXHIBITS WITH RECEPTION (CASH BAR)

7:30 PM-7:30 PM: Monday, 10 January 2005

Suki Manabe Symposium Banquet

Tuesday, 11 January 2005

6:00 AM-6:00 AM: Tuesday, 11 January 2005

TUE 11 JAN

8:30 AM-9:45 AM: Tuesday, 11 January 2005

Assimilation Techniques and Their Evaluation - Part 2

Sponsor: Ninth Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)

Organizer: Yuanfu Xie, Forecast Research Division

Papers:

8:30 AM

4.1

Ensemble-derived background error covariances for operational NWP

Mark Buehner, MSC, Dorval, QC, Canada

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (63.2 kB)

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

http://ftp://ftp.cira.colostate.edu/Zupanski/presentations/D.Zupanski.talk.AMS.IOAS-AOLS.ppt

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (181.7 kB)

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

Recorded presentation

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

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (357.2 kB)

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

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (120.6 kB)

9:45 AM-9:45 AM: Tuesday, 11 January 2005

Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break (Please Refer to Poster Session P1for Title and Author Information)

9:45 AM-11:00 AM: Tuesday, 11 January 2005

Poster Session 2

Sponsor: Ninth Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)

Papers:

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

Poster PDF (82.2 kB)

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

Poster PDF (352.9 kB)

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

http://nomad4.ncep.noaa.gov

Poster PDF (948.7 kB)

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

http://www.ibimet.cnr.it

Poster PDF (69.3 kB)

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

Poster PDF (135.1 kB)

P2.8

Assimilation of surface observations in complex terrain

Xingxiu Deng, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; and R. B. Stull

Poster PDF (302.2 kB)

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

P2.11

Adjoint of a Non-Hydrostatic Limited-Area Model: Identical Twin experiments

11:00 AM-12:00 PM: Tuesday, 11 January 2005

Observational Field Experiments

Sponsor: Ninth Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)

Organizer: Taumi S. Daniels, NASA

Papers:

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

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (241.0 kB)

11:15 AM

5.2

Rainfall variations along the coast of Peru and Ecuador during the 1997�8 El Ni�o 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

Recorded presentation

11:30 AM

5.3

Multiple Remote Sensor Observations of Gust Front to Bore Transition

Kevin Knupp, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL

Recorded presentation

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

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (744.4 kB)

11:30 AM-1:30 PM: Tuesday, 11 January 2005

Exhibits Open

12:15 PM-1:30 PM: Tuesday, 11 January 2005

Lunch Break

1:30 PM-5:30 PM: Tuesday, 11 January 2005

Joint Session 8

Global Climate Observing System (Joint with the 21st International Conference on Interactive Information Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology)

Sponsors: (Joint between the 21st International Conference on Interactive Information Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology; and the Ninth Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS) )

Organizers: Howard J. Diamond, NOAA/NESDIS; John Lincoln, Consultant; Thomas W. Schlatter, NOAA/ORL/FSL; A. E. MacDonald, NOAA/ERL/FSL

Papers:

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

Recorded presentation

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

http://www.wmo.ch/web/gcos

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.5 MB)

J8.3

Establishing an EURO-GCOS-Network

2:15 PM

J8.4

Enhancing global climate observing system (GCOS) activities in Switzerland

Thomas Frei, Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology (MeteoSwiss), Zurich, Switzerland

Recorded presentation

2:30 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

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (45.1 kB)

2:45 PM

J8.6

NOAA's role in building a global ocean observing system

Diane M. Stanitski, NOAA, Silver Spring, MD; and M. R. Johnson

Recorded presentation

3:00 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

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (128.0 kB)

3:15 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

http://gcmd.nasa.gov/Data/portals/gosic/

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (637.0 kB)

3:30 PM

J8.9

On-line provision of data at ECMWF

Baudouin Raoult, ECMWF, Reading, Berks., United Kingdom; and M. Fuentes and M. Manoussakis

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (97.8 kB)

3:45 PM

J8.10

Analysis of Data Exchange Problems in Global Atmospheric and Hydrological Networks

Stephan Bojinski, WMO, Geneva, Switzerland; and A. R. Thomas

http://www.wmo.int/web/gcos

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (361.1 kB)

4:00 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

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (107.3 kB)

4:15 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

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (243.5 kB)

4:30 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

Recorded presentation

4:45 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

http://pacrain.evac.ou.edu

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (26.4 kB)

5:00 PM

J8.6a

Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall

3:00 PM-5:00 PM: Tuesday, 11 January 2005

Exhibits Open

5:30 PM-5:30 PM: Tuesday, 11 January 2005

Sessions end for the day

Wednesday, 12 January 2005

6:00 AM-6:00 AM: Wednesday, 12 January 2005

WED 12 JAN

8:30 AM-9:30 AM: Wednesday, 12 January 2005

Building the Earth Information System

Sponsor: Ninth Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)

Organizer: Alan R. Thomas, GCOS at WMO

Papers:

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

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (52.3 kB)

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

Recorded presentation

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

Recorded presentation

9:15 AM

6.4

High-latitude winds from Molniya orbit: A mission concept for NASA�s ESSP program

Lars Peter Riishojgaard, JCSDA, Greenbelt, MD

Recorded presentation

9:30 AM-10:00 AM: Wednesday, 12 January 2005

Coffee Break

10:00 AM-10:00 AM: Wednesday, 12 January 2005

Presidential Forum

11:30 AM-1:30 PM: Wednesday, 12 January 2005

Exhibits Open

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Wednesday, 12 January 2005

Lunch Break

1:30 PM-2:30 PM: Wednesday, 12 January 2005

Ocean and Coastal Observations

Sponsor: Ninth Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)

Organizer: Kevin Knupp, University of Alabama in Huntsville

Papers:

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

http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (237.5 kB)

1:45 PM

7.2

Optimal Spectral Decomposition (OSD) Method for Ocean Observing System

Peter C. Chu, NPS, Monterey, CA; and L. M. Ivanov

Recorded presentation

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

http://my.fit.edu/wx_fit/home/

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (2.6 MB)

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

2:30 PM-4:00 PM: Wednesday, 12 January 2005

Poster Session 3

Sponsor: Ninth Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)

Papers:

P3.1

Validating of satellite retrieved latent heat fluxes over tropical oceans

Bing Lin, NASA/LRC, Hampton, VA; and A. Fan

Poster PDF (794.5 kB)

P3.2

Testing Radiosonde Replacement System (RRS) Radiosondes�Part 2

James Fitzgibbon, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and J. Facundo

Poster PDF (377.1 kB)

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

http://casa.caps.ou.edu/netplan/netplan.html

Poster PDF (532.6 kB)

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

Poster PDF (159.0 kB)

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

Poster PDF (2.3 MB)

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

Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

3:30 PM-6:30 PM: Wednesday, 12 January 2005

Exhibits Open

4:00 PM-5:30 PM: Wednesday, 12 January 2005

Land-Surface and Urban Observations

Sponsor: Ninth Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)

Organizer: Pat T. Welsh, NOAA/NWS

Papers:

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

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (48.7 kB)

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

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (726.0 kB)

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

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (350.0 kB)

4:45 PM

8.4

Estimating temperature normals for the USCRN stations

Bomin Sun, STG Inc., Asheville, NC; and T. C. Peterson

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (743.4 kB)

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 Jr.

Poster PDF (264.9 kB)

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

5:30 PM-5:30 PM: Wednesday, 12 January 2005

Sessions End for the day

5:30 PM-6:30 PM: Wednesday, 12 January 2005

Exhibits Reception (Cash Bar)

7:30 PM-7:30 PM: Wednesday, 12 January 2005

AMS Annual Awards Banquet

Thursday, 13 January 2005

6:00 AM-6:00 AM: Thursday, 13 January 2005

THUR 13 JAN

8:30 AM-9:45 AM: Thursday, 13 January 2005

Impact on Forecasts of Real and Simulated Observations - Part 1

Sponsor: Ninth Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)

Organizer: Kiran Alapaty, NSF

Papers:

8:30 AM

9.1

Operational Testing of MODIS winds in NAVDAS

Patricia M. Pauley, NRL, Monterey, CA; and R. L. Pauley

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (433.7 kB)

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

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (2.7 MB)

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

Recorded presentation

9:30 AM

9.5

Ensemble data assimilation diagnostics from near-surface observations

Joshua P. Hacker, NCAR, Boulder, CO

Recorded presentation

9:45 AM-11:00 AM: Thursday, 13 January 2005

Poster Session 4

Sponsor: Ninth Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)

Papers:

P4.1

InterMet 403 MHz Radiosonde System

Rodney D. Wierenga, International Met Systems, Grand Rapids, MI; and J. Parini

Poster PDF (188.5 kB)

P4.2

High-resolution modeling for consequence assessment during the 2004 Summer Olympic Games

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

Poster PDF (145.3 kB)

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

Poster PDF (49.7 kB)

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

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

Poster PDF (548.8 kB)

Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break (Please Refer to Poster Session P2 for Title and Author Information)

11:00 AM-12:00 PM: Thursday, 13 January 2005

Impact on Forecasts of Real and Simulated Observations - Part 2

Sponsor: Ninth Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)

Organizer: Patricia M. Pauley, NRL

Papers:

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

http://www.nwra.com/resumes/levy/papers/AMS

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (690.0 kB)

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

Recorded presentation

10.3

Forecast impacts from a nationwide wind profiler network: results from an observing system simulation experiment

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

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (845.1 kB)

12:00 PM

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

12:00 PM-3:45 PM: Thursday, 13 January 2005

Exhibits Open

12:15 PM-1:30 PM: Thursday, 13 January 2005

Lunch Break

1:30 PM-5:00 PM: Thursday, 13 January 2005

Atmospheric Observations

Sponsor: Ninth Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)

Organizers: Seth I. Gutman, NOAA/FSL; Joseph Facundo, NOAA/NWS

Papers:

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

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (148.0 kB)

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

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (2.1 MB)

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

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (535.2 kB)

2:30 PM

11.5

Testing Radiosonde Replacement System (RRS) Radiosondes�Part 1

James Fitzgibbon, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and J. Facundo

Poster PDF (352.1 kB)

2:45 PM

11.6

Standards for evaluating radiosonde measurements

F. J. Schmidlin, NASA/GSFC, Wallops Island, VA; and E. T. Northam

Poster PDF (210.3 kB)

3:00 PM

11.7

Quality control of radiosonde moisture observations

Seth I. Gutman, NOAA/FSL, Boulder, CO; and J. Facundo and D. R. Helms

http://gpsmet.noaa.gov

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.2 MB)

3:15 PM

11.8

Universal Upper Air Sounding System

Rodney D. Wierenga, International Met Systems, Grand Rapids, MI; and F. A. Clowney

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (251.5 kB)

3:30 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

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (425.3 kB)

3:45 PM

11.10

UPDATE ON HIGH-PERFORMANCE INSTRUMENTED AIRBORNE PLATFORM FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH (HIAPER)

Clifford A. Jacobs, NSF, Arlington, VA; and J. Huning

Recorded presentation

4:00 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

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (200.2 kB)

4:15 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

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.0 MB)

4:30 PM

11.6a

Coffee Break

3:00 PM-3:00 PM: Thursday, 13 January 2005

Registration Desk Closes

3:45 PM-3:45 PM: Thursday, 13 January 2005

Exhibits Close

5:30 PM-5:30 PM: Thursday, 13 January 2005

Conference Ends

6:00 PM-6:00 PM: Thursday, 13 January 2005

Ed Lorenz Symposium Banquet

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