Program: 2nd Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications (85th AMS Annual Meeting)

2nd Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications

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Sunday, 9 January 2005

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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

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7:00 AM-7:00 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-11:15 AM: Monday, 10 January 2005

emerging lidar methods in addressing atmospheric issues

Sponsor: 2nd Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications

Organizer: Edward V. Browell, NASA Langley Research Center

Papers:

9:00 AM

1.1

Recent observations of increased thinning of the Greenland ice sheet measured by aircraft laser altimetry and GPS

William B. Krabill, GSFC, Wallops Island, VA, VA

9:30 AM

1.2

Development of a ground-based 2-micron DIAL system for atmospheric boundary layer and climate studies

Syed Ismail, NASA/LRC, Hampton, VA; and G. J. Koch, U. N. Singh, and K. J. Davis

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (283.7 kB)

9:45 AM

1.3

Use of an eye-safe, portable lidar for remote wildland fire and smoke detection

Matthew J. Parker, Westinghouse Savannah River Company, Aiken, SC; and C. E. Holton

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (211.1 kB)

10:00 AM

1.4

Monitoring of air motion using lidar and video observations

Thomas D. Wilkerson, Space Dynamics Laboratory, North Logan, UT; and S. Cornelsen, G. K. Schwemmer, and M. Anderson

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (168.4 kB)

10:15 AM

1.5

The Potential of Wide Angle Imaging Lidar (WAIL)

Igor N. Polonsky, LANL, Los Alamos, NM; and A. B. Davis and S. P. Love

Recorded presentation

10:30 AM

1.6

Wind Profiles from an Ultra-Violet Lidar

Steven Businger, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI; and I. Dors, J. Foster, J. P. McHugh, T. Cherubini, J. Ryan, J. B. Moore, and P. Hays

Recorded presentation

10:45 AM

1.4a

Coffee Break

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

Coffee Break in Poster Session Room

11:15 AM-2:30 PM: Monday, 10 January 2005

Urban Applications and Data Assimilation

Sponsor: 2nd Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications

Organizer: N. Andrew Crook, NCAR

Papers:

11:15 AM

2.1

Lidar as a Lifeline in Confronting Bioterriorism

Richard Danzig, DARPA, Washington, DC

11:45 AM

2.2

Autonomous Doppler lidar wind and aerosol measurements for Pentagon Shield

Stephen M. Hannon, CLR Photonics, Inc., a division of Coherent Technologies, Inc., Louisville, CO; and J. V. Pelk and P. Benda

12:00 PM

2.3

Evaluating various Lidar-based wind analysis schemes against independent observations.

N. Andrew Crook, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and A. Didlake, J. Sun, and Y. Zhang

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (429.0 kB)

12:15 PM

2.4

Doppler lidar data fusion with a 3-dimensional wind field model in an urban domain

Yansen Wang, U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD; and C. Klipp, C. Williamson, D. Ligon, M. Felton, and S. Chang

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (397.9 kB)

12:30 PM

2.5

First 4-d variational assimilation of water vapor DIAL data in a mesoscale model

V. Wulfmeyer, Hohenheim University, 70599 Stuttgart, Germany; and H. S. Bauer, M. Grzeschik, A. Behrendt, F. C. Vandenberghe, and E. V. Browell

12:45 PM

2.6

Assimilation of high-resolution DIAL water vapor data into the MM5 4DVAR system - Experiments and Validation

Hans-Stefan Bauer, Hohenheim University, 70599 Stuttgart, Germany; and V. Wulfmeyer, M. Grzeschik, F. Vandenberghe, and E. V. Browell

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (2.2 MB)

1:00 PM

2.7

Wind observations with the VALIDAR doppler lidar

Grady J. Koch, NASA/LRC, Hampton, VA; and J. Y. Beyon, B. W. Barnes, and M. J. Kavaya

Recorded presentation

2.8

Measurement of the spatial variations in the height of the atmospheric boundary layer over urban areas using Doppler lidar

1:30 PM

2.2a

Lunch Break

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

Lunch Break

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

Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

4:00 PM-5:45 PM: Monday, 10 January 2005

Clouds, Climate, Chemistry and air quality

Sponsor: 2nd Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications

Chair: Kenneth Sassen, University of Alaska Fairbanks

Papers:

4:00 PM

3.1

Lidar Applied to Cirrus Cloud Research

Kenneth Sassen, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK; and L. Wang and D. O. Starr

Poster PDF (46.4 kB)

4:30 PM

3.2

VERTICAL STRUCTURE OF THE DUST LAYER AND HIGH- AND MIDDLE- LEVEL CLOUDS OVER THE TAKLAMAKAN DESERT, CHINA BY LIDAR

Kenji Kai, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Nagoya, Japan; and N. Tsunematsu, M. Goto, T. Matsumoto, S. Hu, H. Zhou, M. Abo, T. Nagai, and T. Matsumura

http://kai@info.human.nagoya-u.ac.jp

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (235.3 kB)

4:45 PM

3.3

Ozone and aerosol measurements with airborne lidar during the 2004 Intercontinental Chemical Transport Experiment - North America (INTEX-NA) field experiment: Initial results

Edward V. Browell, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA; and J. W. Hair, C. F. Butler, S. A. Kooi, A. Notari, S. Ismail, and M. A. Fenn

5:00 PM

3.4

Lidar observation of jet engine exhaust for air quality

Wynn L. Eberhard, NOAA/ETL, Boulder, CO; and W. A. Brewer and R. L. Wayson

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (249.5 kB)

5:15 PM

3.5

Scanning backscatter lidar observations for characterizing 4-D cloud and aerosol fields to improve radiative transfer parameterizations

Geary Schwemmer, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and D. O. Miller

Recorded presentation

5:30 PM

3.6

Applications of data from the Cloud Physics Lidar

Matthew J. McGill, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and D. L. Hlavka and W. D. Hart

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (643.4 kB)

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

Sessions End for the day

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

Suki Manabe Symposium Banquet

Tuesday, 11 January 2005

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

TUE 11 JAN

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

Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

9:45 AM-11:15 AM: Tuesday, 11 January 2005

Poster Session 2

Lidar Atmospheric Applications - Poster Session II

Sponsor: 2nd Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications

Chairs: Belay B. Demoz, NASA/GSFC; Shane D. Mayor, NCAR

Papers:

P2.1

Lidar validation of numerical simulations of a Lake Michigan land breeze

Gijs De Boer, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and E. W. Eloranta and G. J. Tripoli

P2.2

Wind and Water Vapor Comparisons from IHOP 2002

Joseph P. Comer, SSAI, Lanham, MD; and B. Gentry, D. Whiteman, and B. Demoz

Poster PDF (1.1 MB)

P2.3

TODWL: An Airborne Doppler Wind Lidar for Atmospheric Research

George D. Emmitt, Simpson Weather Associates, Charlottesville, VA; and C. O'Handley, S. Wood, S. Greco, R. Bluth, and H. Jonsson

Poster PDF (335.2 kB)

P2.4

Characterization and Visualization of Water Vapor and Atmospheric Stability During the IHOP Field Experiment

Victoria Sankovich, NASA/LRC, Hampton, VA; and G. Shaw, J. Gleason, S. Newsome, E. Nguyen, R. A. Ferrare, E. V. Browell, S. Ismail, S. Kooi, V. G. Brackett, H. Revercomb, B. Knuteson, and P. Antonelli

Poster PDF (339.1 kB)

P2.5

Scanning-Lidar Measurements of Atmospheric Boundary-Layer Height and Variability

David O. Miller, Science Systems and Applications, Inc., Greenbelt, MD; and G. Schwemmer and B. B. Demoz

P2.6

On the evolution of a cirrus anvil observed by NASA Scanning Raman Lidar on 19�20 June 2002 during IHOP

Ruei-Fong Lin, Univ. of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore and NASA/GEST, Greenbelt, MD; and D. Starr, B. Demoz, Z. Wang, and D. Whiteman

Poster PDF (110.9 kB)

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

Poster Session 1

Lidar Atmospheric Applications - Poster Session I

Sponsor: 2nd Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications

Cochairs: Shane D. Mayor, NCAR; Belay B. Demoz, NASA/GSFC

Papers:

P1.1

The development of the Howard University Raman lidar

Demetrius Venable, Howard University, Washington, DC; and E. Joseph, D. Whiteman, B. Demoz, R. Connell, and S. Walford

Poster PDF (1.4 MB)

P1.2

Prospects for DIAL measurement of ammonia profiles and emission rates

Wynn L. Eberhard, NOAA/ETL, Boulder, CO; and Y. Zhao and W. A. Brewer

P1.3

Observation of clouds and aerosol with elastic depolarization lidar during the Mixed-Phase Arctic Cloud Experiment

Connor Flynn, PNNL, Richland, WA; and A. Mendoza, D. D. Turner, J. Comstock, S. A. McFarlane, and J. Mather

P1.4

Lidar depolarization ratios from CRYSTAL-FACE thunderstorm anvils

James R. Campbell, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK; and K. Sassen, M. J. McGill, and W. D. Hart

Poster PDF (125.6 kB)

P1.5

Evolution of stratospheric temperature structure in a marine environment: Comparison of lidar and GPS occultation retrievals near Hawaii

Robert Farley, The Aerospace Corp., Los Angeles, CA; and G. S. Peng and J. E. Wessel

P1.6

DIAL Measurements of SO2, NO2, And O3 in Beijing

Yinchao Zhang, AER, Hefei, Anhui, China

P1.7

Development of a Meteorological Lidar for the Phoenix Scout Mission

John F. Hahn, Optech Inc., Toronto, ON, Canada; and D. V. Michelangeli, A. I. Carswell, V. Ussyshkin, V. Podoba, T. J. Duck, A. Ulitsky, P. A. Taylor, V. Hipkin, M. Daly, and E. Choi

P1.8

A lidar-radar observing system for monitoring optical and microphysical properties of cirrus

Cristian Mitrescu, NRL, Monterey, CA; and J. Haynes and S. Miller

Poster PDF (954.2 kB)

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

Exhibits Open

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

Lunch Break

1:30 PM-3:15 PM: Tuesday, 11 January 2005

Results from IHOP_2002 and Mesoscale Studies using Lidar

Sponsor: 2nd Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications

Cochairs: Cyrille N. Flamant, Service d'A�ronomie, IPSL/CNRS; Tammy M. Weckwerth, NCAR

Papers:

1:30 PM

4.1

Along-frontal kinematic and moisture variability and the impact on convection initiation

Tammy M. Weckwerth, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and H. V. Murphey, C. Flamant, C. R. Pettet, and R. M. Wakimoto

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (2.0 MB)

1:45 PM

4.2

Moisture variability in the atmospheric boundary layer: a comparison of in situ and remote sensing measurements acquired during IHOP_2002 with Large-Eddy Simulations

Cyrille N. Flamant, Service d'A�ronomie, IPSL/CNRS, Paris, France; and F. W. Couvreux, T. M. Weckwerth, and F. F. Guichard

2:00 PM

4.3

LIDAR APPLICATIONS IN ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS: MEASUREMETNS OF WIND, MOISTURE AND BOUNDARY LAYER EVOLOUTION.

Belay B. Demoz, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and D. Whiteman, B. Gentry, G. Schwemmer, K. Evans, P. Di Girolamo, and J. Comer

Poster PDF (256.6 kB)

2:15 PM

4.4

Direct detection Doppler lidar wind measurements obtained during the 2002 International H2O Project (IHOP)

Bruce Gentry, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and S. Li, H. Chen, J. Comer, S. Mathur, and J. Dobler

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (130.1 kB)

2:30 PM

4.5

Aerosol Variability within the Marine Boundary Layer off the California Coast:

S. A. Wood, Simpson Weather Associates, Charlottesville, VA; and G. D. Emmitt and D. A. Bowdle

Recorded presentation

2:45 PM

4.6

Application of High Resolution Doppler Lidar data for wind energy assessment

Yelena L. Pichugina, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado and NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and R. M. Banta and N. D. Kelly

Poster PDF (221.7 kB)

3:00 PM

4.7

Comparison of lidar data with tower, profiler, radiosonde, and tethersonde data

Ron Calhoun, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ; and A. Wieser, M. Princevac, and C. Kottmeier

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (867.3 kB)

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

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

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7:00 AM-7:00 AM: Wednesday, 12 January 2005

Wed 12 Jan

8:30 AM-10:00 AM: Wednesday, 12 January 2005

lidar networks and Autonomous sytems

Sponsor: 2nd Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications

Chair: Raymond M. Hoff, JCET/Univ. of Maryland Baltimore County

Papers:

8:30 AM

5.1

Aerosol lidar measurements in the framework of EARLINET

Gelsomina Pappalardo, IMAA-CNR Istituto di Metodologie per l'Analisi Ambientale, Potenza, Italy; and J. B�senberg, A. Ansmann, D. Balis, C. B�ckmann, A. Chaikovsky, A. Comeron, R. Eixmann, I. V. Grigorov, A. H�g�rd, V. Mitev, S. Nickovic, A. Papayannis, J. Pelon, M. R. Perrone, D. Resendes, V. Rizi, V. Simeonov, P. Sobolewski, N. Spinelli, T. Trickl, G. Vaughan, M. Wiegner, and M. Zavrtanik

Poster PDF (213.2 kB)

8:45 AM

5.2

The NASA Micro-Pulse Lidar Network (MPLNET): co-location of lidars with AERONET sunphotometers and related Earth science applications

Ellsworth J. Welton, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and J. R. Campbell, T. A. Berkoff, S. Valencia, J. D. Spinhirne, B. Holben, and S. C. Tsay

http://mplnet.gsfc.nasa.gov

Poster PDF (333.2 kB)

9:00 AM

5.3

REALM Lidar Observations during the INTEX/NE-NEAQS Study Period

Raymond M. Hoff, JCET/Univ. of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD; and K. J. McCann, W. W. McMillan, R. Rogers, N. Jordan, K. Mubenga, F. Moshary, M. Newchurch, T. J. Duck, and E. W. Eloranta

http://alg.umbc.edu/REALM

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (845.8 kB)

9:15 AM

5.4

Raman Lidar Measurements of Aerosols and Water Vapor over the Southern Great Plains

Richard Ferrare, NASA/LRC, Hampton, VA; and D. Turner, M. Clayton, D. Covert, R. Elleman, H. Jonsson, B. Schmid, J. Redemann, J. Ogren, E. Andrew, M. Chin, I. Brooks, S. Guibert, and M. Schultz

Poster PDF (114.6 kB)

9:30 AM

5.5

Preliminary measurements with CODI: an automated compact water vapor DIAL

Janet L. Machol, Univ. of Colorado and NOAA/ETL, Boulder, CO

Poster PDF (215.2 kB)

9:45 AM

5.6

A automated high spectral resolution lidar for long term measurements in the Arctic

E. W. Eloranta, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI; and I. A. Razenkov, J. P. Garcia, and J. Hedrick

Recorded presentation

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

Coffee Break

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

Presidential Forum

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

Exhibits Open

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

Lunch Break

1:30 PM-5:15 PM: Wednesday, 12 January 2005

spaceborne lidars

Sponsor: 2nd Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications

Chair: Geary K. Schwemmer, NASA-Goddard Space Flight Center

Papers:

1:30 PM

6.1

The potential impact of space-based lidar wind profiles on weather prediction

Robert Atlas, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD

Recorded presentation

1:45 PM

6.2

Merits of a Space-based Hybrid Doppler Wind Lidar

George D. Emmitt, Simpson Weather Associates, Charlottesville, VA

Poster PDF (363.3 kB)

2:00 PM

6.3

Comparison of GWOLF and VALIDAR Doppler Lidar Measurements

George D. Emmitt, Simpson Weather Associates, Charlottesville, VA; and S. A. Wood and G. Koch

Poster PDF (239.1 kB)

2:15 PM

6.4

Preparations for use of Doppler wind lidar data from the Atmospheric Dynamics Mission (ADM-Aeolus) in data assimilation and numerical weather prediction

David G.H. Tan, ECMWF, Reading, United Kingdom; and E. Andersson

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (933.9 kB)

2:30 PM

6.5

Aerosol and Cloud Observations and Data Products by the GLAS Polar Orbiting Lidar Instrument

James D. Spinhirne, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and S. P. Palm, D. L. Hlavka, W. D. Hart, A. Mahesh, and E. J. Welton

Poster PDF (478.6 kB)

2:45 PM

6.6

Validation of ECMWF gobal forecast model parameters using the Geoscience Laser Altimeter System (GLAS) atmospheric channel measurements

Stephen P. Palm, SSAI, Lanham and NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and D. Miller, A. Benedetti, and J. Spinhirne

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.1 MB)

3:00 PM

6.7

Lidar global cloud and aerosol layer distribution statistics from GLAS observations

William D. Hart, SSAI, Lanham, MD; and S. P. Palm, D. L. Hlavka, and J. D. Spinhirne

Poster PDF (160.7 kB)

3:15 PM

6.8

The Cloud Physics Lidar and application to spaceborne lidar validation

Matthew J. McGill, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and D. L. Hlavka, W. D. Hart, S. P. Palm, D. M. Winker, M. A. Vaughan, K. A. Powell, and J. D. Spinhirne

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (749.0 kB)

3:30 PM

6.9

Spaceborne multiple-scattering lidar observations of clouds, with a comparison to oxygen A-band spectroscopy

Anthony B. Davis, LANL, Los Alamos, NM; and I. N. Polonsky, D. M. Winker, M. Vaughan, Q. L. Min, and L. C. Harrison

Recorded presentation

3:45 PM

6.4a

Formal Poster Viewing

3:30 PM-5:00 PM: Wednesday, 12 January 2005

Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

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

Exhibits Open

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

Sessions End for the day

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

AMS Annual Awards Banquet

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