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Saturday, 28 January 2006
	7:30 AM-7:31 AM, Saturday Short Course and Student Conference Registration
Sunday, 29 January 2006
	7:30 AM-9:00 AM, Sunday Short Course Registration
	9:00 AM-6:00 PM, Sunday Conference Registration
Monday, 30 January 2006
	7:30 AM-6:00 PM, Monday Registration Continues through Thursday, 2 February
	9:00 AM-10:15 AM, Monday, A305 Joint Session 1 A Peek at the Earth Observing System of Tomorrow (Joint between the 10th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS), the 14th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography, and the 22nd Conference on IIPS)
Organizer: A. E. MacDonald, NOAA/ERL/FSL, Boulder, CO Chairs: F. Joseph Turk, NRL, Monterey, CA; Terry Tarbell, RS Information Systems, McLean, VA
9:00 AM J1.1 Challenges and Opportunities for NOAA in Integrating Earth Observing Systems   Conrad C. Lautenbacher, NOAA, Washington, DC 9:45 AM J1.2 Earth Science and Applications from Space: Initial results of Decadal Study and a Progress Report   Richard A. Anthes, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and B. Moore
	10:15 AM-10:45 AM, Monday Coffee Break in Meeting Room Foyer (M1)
	10:45 AM-12:00 PM, Monday, A405 Session 1 Experiments Involving Observations, Real or Hypothetical: Data Impact Tests (Sensitivity of Forecasts to a Particular Source of Observations); Observing System Simulation Experiments (OSSEs) Part 1
Organizer: Tracy L. Smith, GSD/ESRL, Boulder, CO
10:45 AM 1.1 Update on Observing System Simulation Experiments relevant to the impact of space-based lidar winds on weather prediction   Robert Atlas, NOAA/AOML, Miami, FL; and G. D. Emmitt 11:00 AM 1.2 Adaptive targeting OSSEs for planning a space-based Doppler Wind Lidar   G. D. Emmitt, Simpson Weather Associates, Charlottesville, VA; and S. A. Wood, S. Greco, M. Masutani, J. Woolen, Z. Toth, and Y. Song 11:15 AM 1.3 The impact of MODIS SST composites on short-term regional forecasts   Katherine M. LaCasse, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and W. M. Lapenta, S. M. Lazarus, M. E. Splitt, G. J. Jedlovec, and S. L. Haines 11:30 AM 1.4 The roles of Observing system simulation experiments at JCSDA and NCEP   Michiko Masutani, RSIS and NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC, Camp Springs, MD; and J. F. LeMarshall, S. J. Lord, J. S. Woollen, R. Treadon, Y. Song, Z. Toth, and G. D. Emmitt 11:45 AM 1.5 The impact of Terra, Aqua, TRMM, AVHRR, and dropsonde data on Hurricane Lili simulations   Patrick J. Fitzpatrick, GeoResources Institute, Stennis Space Center, MS; and Q. Xiao, Y. Lau, S. Bhates, N. Tran, E. Johnson, Y. Li, and X. Zhang
	12:00 PM-1:10 PM, Monday Plenary Session 1 AMS Forum Kick-Off Luncheon (Cash & Carry available in the Meeting Room Foyer)
Chairs: Sue Grimmond, King's College, London United Kingdom; Steven Hanna, Harvard Univ., Boston, MA; Mark Andrews, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD
12:00 PM PL1.1 Forum opening   Gregory S. Forbes, The Weather Channel, Atlanta, GA; and M. Andrews, C. S. B. Grimmond, and S. R. Hanna 12:10 PM PL1.2 How should we compare and evaluate urban land surface models?   Martin Best, Met Office, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom 12:40 PM PL1.3 THUNDERSTORM IMPACTS: A MIX OF CURSES AND BLESSINGS   Stanley Changnon, Changnon Climatologist, Mahomet, IL
	1:30 PM-5:30 PM, Monday, A405 Session 2 Experiments Involving Observations, Real or Hypothetical: Data Impact Tests (Sensitivity of Forecasts to a Particular Source of Observations); Observing System Simulation Experiments (OSSEs) Part 2
Organizers: John Manobianco, ENSCO Inc., Melbourne, FL; Dave Emmitt, Simpson Weather Associates, Inc., Charlottesville, VA
1:30 PM 2.1 Feasibility of a 100 year reanalysis using only surface pressure data   Gilbert P. Compo, NOAA-CIRES Climate Diagnostics Center, Boulder, CO; and J. S. Whitaker and P. D. Sardeshmukh 1:45 PM 2.2 Operational Assimilation of GPS-IPW observations in the 13-km RUC at NCEP   Tracy Lorraine Smith, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Ft. Collins, and NOAA/FSL, Boulder, CO; and S. G. Benjamin, S. I. Gutman, S. Sahm, and K. L. Holub 2:00 PM 2.3 Assimilation of ground-based GPS observations in the Canadian Regional Analysis and Forecast System   Stephen R. Macpherson, MSC, Dorval, QC, Canada; and G. Deblonde and J. Aparicio 2.4 A simulation of the effect of an expanded NOAA Profiler Network on short-range forecasts   Thomas W. Schlatter, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and J. R. Smart, T. L. Smith, and S. Weygandt 2:15 PM 2.4a Progress on the scientific and computational challenges in the global elements of the GEMS project (Formerly Paper 6.3)   Anthony Hollingsworth, ECMWF, Reading, Berks., United Kingdom 2:30 PM Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break   4:00 PM 2.5 Regional Forecast Impacts from GEMS Observations   John Manobianco, ENSCO Inc., Melbourne, FL; and J. G. Dreher 4:15 PM 2.6 An Efficient Dual-Resolution Ensemble Data Assimilation Approach and Tests with the Assimilation of Doppler Radar Data   Jidong Gao, CAPS/Univ. of Oklahoma, norman, OK; and M. Xue 4:30 PM 2.7 Adaptive Observation Strategies with the Local Ensemble Transform Kalman Filter   Junjie Liu, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, College Park, MD; and E. Kalnay and T. Miyoshi 4:45 PM 2.8 Assimilation of Diverse Meteorological Datasets with a Four-Dimensional Mesoscale Analysis and Forecast System   Yubao Liu, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and F. Vandenberghe, A. N. Hahmann, W. Yu, T. T. Warner, and S. P. Swerdlin 5:00 PM 2.9 Evaluation of land surface spin-up and their impacts on hi-resolution convective modeling   Joseph L. Eastman, GEST/UMBC, Greenbelt, MD; and C. Peters-Lidard, S. V. Kumar, Y. Tian, and P. R. Houser 5:15 PM 2.10 Sensitivity of WRF forecasts for south Florida to initial and boundary Conditions   Brian Etherton, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, NC; and P. Santos
	2:30 PM-4:00 PM, Monday, Exhibit Hall A2 Poster Session 1 IOAS-AOLS Poster Session 1
P1.1 Utilizing Mobile Integrated Profiling System Data for Operational Forecasting   Holly M. Allen, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and J. R. Mecikalski, K. Knupp, and J. E. Burks   P1.2 Cloud & fog observation and Fog Dissipation Experiment at Daegwallyong site   Joo-Wan Cha, Meteorological Research Institute/KMA, Seoul, South Korea; and K. H. Chang, J. Y. Jeong, H. Y. Yang, Y. H. Cho, and J. C. Nam   P1.3 Sensor Averaging for the Determination of Daily Tmax and Tmin Temperature: Experiments with Model and Field Data   K. G. Hubbard, Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE; and X. Lin and C. B. Baker   P1.4 Recent results from Winter Storm Reconnaissance (WSR) programs   Yucheng Song, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC, Camp Springs, MD; and Z. Toth   P1.5 Impact of Wind derived from Satellite on Ongoing Japanese long-term Reanalysis project (JRA-25)   Ryo Oyama, Japan Meteorological Agency, Kiyose-shi, Tokyo, Japan; and M. Sakamoto, M. Tokuno, N. Ohkawara, S. Kobayashi, T. Matsumoto, H. Koide, K. Onogi, and T. Ose P1.6 Comparison of the 2005 US tropical storm and hurricane precipitation fields as examples of national-regional-local scale representativity confidences using observational networks of different spatial densities   Michael Helfert, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and G. M. Goodge and B. Sun
	5:30 PM, Monday Sessions end for the day (M)
	5:30 PM-7:30 PM, Monday Formal Opening of Exhibits with Reception (Cash Bar)
	7:30 PM, Monday Holton Symposium Banquet
Tuesday, 31 January 2006
	8:30 AM-12:15 PM, Tuesday, A405 Session 3 Atmospheric Observations, In Situ and Remote, Including From Satellites: Advantages and Shortcomings Compared with Other Observing Systems; the Integrated Upper Air Observing System (IUAOS) for the U.S.
Organizers: Patricia M. Pauley, NRL, Monterey, CA; Krishna Kumar, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC, Camp Springs, MD
8:30 AM 3.1 Comparison of Column Integrated Water Vapor Measurements from Atmospheric InfraRed Sounder (AIRS) and Surface-based Global Positioning System Receivers   M. K. Rama Varma Raja, I. M. Systems Group, Inc., Kensington, MD; and S. I. Gutman, J. G. Yoe, L. M. McMillin, and J. Zhao 8:45 AM 3.2 Comparison of AMSR-E Retrievals of Total Water Vapor over the Ocean with Ship based Measurements   Malgorzata Szczodrak, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and P. J. Minnett and C. Gentemann 9:00 AM 3.3 Analysis of spatial and temporal variability of carbon monoxide and carbonaceous aerosols using space-borne measurements: Implications for data assimilation with chemical transport models   Thomas U. Kampe, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and I. N. Sokolik 9:15 AM 3.4 The emergence of commercial aircraft as a major component of the global atmospheric monitoring system   Rex J. Fleming, Global Aerospace, LLC, Boulder, CO; and R. May 9:30 AM 3.5 Comparison of aircraft and radiosonde temperature biases at NCEP   Bradley Ballish, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC, Camp Springs, MD; and K. Kumar 9:45 AM Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break (See Mon. schedule for poster listings)   10:59 AM Exhibits Open   11:00 AM 3.6 Automated Atmospheric Observations from Military Aircraft   Patricia M. Pauley, NRL, Monterey, CA; and L. Phegley, G. N. Vogel, and C. B. Hunte 11:15 AM 3.7 Testing the Radiosonde Replacement System (RRS) Radiosondes in a Maritime Polar Environment   James Fitzgibbon, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and J. Facundo and N. Schmid 11:30 AM 3.8 Estimation of vertical air motion from dropsonde and radiosonde data   Junhong Wang, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and H. Cole, K. Young, and W. O. Brown 11:45 AM 3.9 A Comparison of WVSS-II and NWS Radiosonde Temperature and Moisture Data   Richard Mamrosh, NOAA/NWS, Green Bay, WI; and J. P. Gillis 12:00 PM 3.10 Examination of potential biases in air temperature caused by poor station locations   Thomas C. Peterson, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC
	12:15 PM, Tuesday Plenary Session Presidential Forum with Boxed Lunch (Lunch will be available for purchase outside the meeting room.)
	1:45 PM-3:00 PM, Tuesday, A405 Joint Session 2 Progress and Challenges Related to the Assimilation of Ionospheric Measurements into Space Weather Models (Joint between the 10th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS) and the 3rd Symposium on Space Weather)
Organizers: Robert McCoy, Office of Naval Research, Arlington, VA; Thomas W. Schlatter, CIRES/ESRL, Boulder, CO
1:45 PM J2.1 Exploring Ionospheric Modeling Methods: Towards a Global Ionospheric Monitor   Lukas Mandrake, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and A. Mannucci and B. D. Wilson 2:00 PM J2.2 Application of Measured Parameters to Large-Scale Numerical Modeling of Solar-Terrestrial Systems: An Overview   S. C. Solomon, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and G. Siscoe 2:15 PM J2.3 A data assimilation model of the ionosphere   Robert W. Schunk, Utah State University, Logan, UT; and L. Scherliess, J. Sojka, D. Thompson, and L. Zhu 2:30 PM J2.4 Total Electron Content (TEC) Processing from GPS Observations to Facilitate Ionospheric Modeling   Angeline G. Burrell, AER, Lexington, MA; and N. A. Bonito and C. S. Carrano 2:45 PM J2.5 Assimilation of GPS radio occultation data for weather prediction   Ying-Hwa Kuo, NCAR, Boulder, CO
	3:00 PM-3:30 PM, Tuesday Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall (T2)
	3:30 PM-4:30 PM, Tuesday, A405 Session 4 Field Experiments: Observational Results From Past Field Experiments; Potential Relevance of the Field Observations to Operational Prediction
Organizer: Kiran Alapaty, NSF, Arlington, VA
3:30 PM 4.1 The Crosstimber Micronet - An automated microscale surface observation network   Matthew J. Haugland, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 3:45 PM 4.2 Rapid forcing of the surface and near-surface atmosphere   Edgar L. Andreas, U.S. Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, Hanover, NH; and C. A. Geiger, K. J. Claffey, G. Treviño, and C. C. Ryerson 4:00 PM 4.3 Development of an operational integrated observing system for precipitation and boundary layer measurements   Kevin R. Knupp, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and W. A. Petersen, R. T. McNider, M. J. Newchurch, and J. T. Walters 4:15 PM 4.4 Ultrasonic snow depth sensors for measuring snow in the U.S   Wendy Ann Brazenec, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and N. J. Doesken and S. R. Fassnacht
	4:30 PM-5:30 PM, Tuesday, A405 Session 5 Ocean Observations: How Does a Paticular Observing System Compliment Other Systems and Contribute to a Viable Composite Observing System Appropriate for the Ocean Environment? What do the Observations Tell us about the Ocean Environment?
Organizer: Christopher N. K. Mooers, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL
4:30 PM 5.1 Large-Scale Mid-Depth North Atlantic Circulation Identified from ARGO Float Trajectory Data Using the Optimal Decomposition Method   Peter C. Chu, NPS, Monterey, CA; and L. M. Ivanov, O. Melnichenko, and N. Wells 4:45 PM 5.2 Cross-validation of ocean observations and circulation models for the Florida Curent   Christopher N. K. Mooers, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and I. Bang, C. Meinen, and D. S. Ko 5:00 PM 5.3 IOOS backbone expansion efforts by NOAA's National Data Buoy Center   Don T. Conlee, NOAA/NWS/National Data Buoy Center, Stennis Space Center, MS; and P. F. Moersdorf and D. G. Henderson 5:15 PM 5.4 Precipitation, coverage and radiation of tropical deep convective systems observed from merged TRMM satellite data   Bing Lin, LRC, Hampton, VA; and L. H. Chambers and A. Fan
	5:30 PM, Tuesday Sessions end for the day (T)
Wednesday, 1 February 2006
	8:30 AM-12:00 PM, Wednesday, A405 Session 6 Assimilation of Observations (Ocean, Atmosphere, and Land Surface) into Models: Assimilation Methods; Minimization Techniques; Forward Models and Their Adjoints; Incorporation of Constraints; Error Statistics
Organizers: Thomas M. Hamill, NOAA/CIRES/CDC, Boulder, CO; Kayo Ide, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
8:30 AM 6.1 Application of Local Ensemble Kalman Filter: perfect model experiments with NASA fvGCM model   Junjie Liu, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and E. Klein, H. Li, I. Szunyogh, B. Hunt, E. Kalnay, E. J. Kostelich, and R. Todling 8:45 AM 6.2 Estimation of model errors in the Local Ensemble Transform Kalman Filter   Hong Li, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD; and E. Kalnay, T. Miyoshi, and C. M. Danforth 9:00 AM Paper 6.3 moved. New paper # 2.4A.   9:01 AM 6.3a Comparison of ensemble-based and variational-based data assimilation schemes in a quasi-geostrophic model (Formerly Paper 6.11)   Shu-Chih Yang, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD; and M. Corazza, A. Carrassi, E. Kalnay, and T. Miyoshi 9:15 AM 6.4 A new strategy for optimal drifter deployment using Lagrangian data assimilation method   Kayo Ide, University of California, Los Angeles, CA; and C. K. R. T. Jones and H. Salman 9:30 AM 6.5 Development of a limited-area 4d-VAR assimilation at MSC   Luc Fillion, MSC, Dorval, PQ, Canada; and M. Tanguay, S. Pellerin, N. Ek, C. Page, and M. Desgagné 9:45 AM 6.6 The characteristics of the initial state corrections obtained with the CMC key analysis errors algorithm: A dynamical perspective   Jean-Francois Caron, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada; and M. K. Yau, S. Laroche, and P. Zwack 10:00 AM Coffee Break in Meeting Room Foyer   10:30 AM 6.7 The Joint Hurricane Testbed (JHT): Progress and Future Plans   Christopher W. Landsea, NOAA/AOML/HRD, Miami, FL; and J. G. Jiing, R. D. Knabb, S. T. Murillo, and W. R. Seguin 10:45 AM 6.8 A comparison of 3D-Var and Ensemble Data Assimilation Methods Using the NCEP GFS   Thomas M. Hamill, NOAA-CIRES Climate Diagnostics Center, Boulder, CO; and J. S. Whitaker 11:00 AM 6.9 Conditioned verification region selection in adaptive sampling   Brian Etherton, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, NC; and C. H. Bishop and S. J. Majumdar 11:15 AM 6.10 Ensemble data assimilation applications to atmospheric and carbon cycle science   Dusanka Zupanski, CIRA/Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and S. A. Denning and M. Uliasz 11:30 AM Paper 6.11 Moved. New Paper # 6.3A   11:31 AM 6.11a AMDAR optimization studies at the Earth System Research Laboratory / Global Systems Division (Formerly paper P2.1 from 12 ARAM)   William R. Moninger, NOAA/ESRL/GSD, Boulder, CO; and S. G. Benjamin, D. Dévényi, B. D. Jamison, B. Schwartz, T. L. Smith, and E. Szoke 11:45 AM 6.12 Multi-platform real-time sea surface temperature analysis for the initialization of short-term operational forecasts   Steven M. Lazarus, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL; and C. G. Calvert, M. E. Splitt, D. W. Sharp, P. Blottman, S. M. Spratt, and P. Santos
	11:00 AM-7:30 PM, Wednesday Exhibits Open (W)
	12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Wednesday Lunch Break (Cash & Carry available in the Exhibit Hall) (W)
	1:30 PM-2:30 PM, Wednesday, A405 Session 7 Land-Surface Observations, Including Urban Area: Surface Characteristics, Surface Fluxes and Their Effect on Boundary Layer Depth; Applications in Public Health, Transport Models, and Emergency Response: Part 1
Organizer: Matthew J. Haugland, Univ. of Oklahoma / Oklahoma Climatological Survey, Norman, OK
1:30 PM 7.1 The development of an operational quality assurance system for OASIS Super Site data at the Oklahoma Mesonet   Justin W. Monroe, Oklahoma Climatological Survey, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and K. L. Nemunaitis and J. B. Basara 1:45 PM 7.2 Portable automated research Micrometeorological stations (PARMS) deployed at the Tar Creek Superfund site for enhanced environmental monitoring   Daniel R. Cheresnick, Oklahoma Climatological Survey and University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. Basara 2:00 PM 7.3 Initialization of MM5/WRF simulations with ALEXI-derived volumetric soil moisture estimates   Christopher R. Hain, University of Alabama, Huntsville, Huntsville, AL; and J. R. Mecikalski, M. C. Anderson, and W. Lapenta 2:15 PM 7.4 Integrating National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) archived datasets for air quality investigations   Marjorie McGuirk, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and S. K. LeDuc
	2:30 PM-4:00 PM, Wednesday Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break (W2)
	2:30 PM-4:00 PM, Wednesday, Exhibit Hall A2 Poster Session 2 IOAS - AOLS Poster Session 2
P2.1 The impact of the assimilation of precipitation data and Radar reflectivity with a pre-operational 4DVAR for the JMA nonhydrostatic model   Yuki Honda, Japan Meteorological Agency, Tokyo, Japan; and K. Koizumi   P2.2 Comparison of LST from AIRS and MODIS from the EOS Aqua platform   Robert O. Knuteson, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. Cychosz, S. C. Lee, H. Revercomb, D. Tobin, and K. Vinson   P2.3 A physical method for evaluation of boundary layer height from lidar observations   Segayle Walford, Howard University, Washington, DC; and B. Demoz and E. Joseph   P2.4 A global infrared land surface emissivity database   Suzanne Wetzel Seemann, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and E. Borbas, R. O. Knuteson, H. L. Huang, and W. P. Menzel   P2.5 Experimental Cases of an Arctic System Reanalysis   Xingang Fan, Univ. of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK; and J. E. Walsh, J. R. Krieger, and J. S. Tilley   P2.6 Evaluation of the WVSS-II moisture sensor using co-located in-situ and remotely sensed observations   Ralph A. Petersen, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and W. F. Feltz, E. Olson, and S. Bedka   P2.7 Monitoring of GLFE TAMDAR at the Canadian Meteorological Centre   Yulia Zaitseva, Canadian Meteorological Centre, Dorval, PQ, Canada; and G. Verner and R. Sarrazin   P2.8 Assessing two different commercial aircraft-based sensing systems   Ralph A. Petersen, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and W. R. Moninger   P2.9 Overview of the Great Lakes Fleet Experiment Supplemental PIREP Program   Jamie T. Braid, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. S. Collander, P. Boylan, W. R. Moninger, and B. G. Brown   P2.10 A Preliminary Comparison of TAMDAR Aircraft and NWS Radiosonde Sounding Data   Eugene S. Brusky, NOAA/NWS, Green Bay, WI; and S. Luchs   P2.11 Highlights of the TAMDAR AERIbago Validation Experiment (TAVE) in Memphis, Tennessee   Wayne F. Feltz, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and E. Olson, S. Bedka, K. Bedka, J. Short, and T. S. Daniels   P2.12 TAMDAR thermodynamic and dynamic state validation using rawinsonde data from TAVE   Sarah Bedka, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and W. F. Feltz, E. R. Olson, R. A. Petersen, and K. M. Bedka
	3:45 PM, Wednesday Sessions end for the day (W)
	4:00 PM-5:15 PM, Wednesday, A405 Session 8 LAND-SURFACE OBSERVATIONS, INCLUDING URBAN AREA: SURFACE CHARACTERISTICS, SURFACE FLUXES AND THEIR EFFECT ON BOUNDARY LAYER DEPTH; APPLICATIONS IN PUBLIC HEALTH, TRANSPORT MODELS, AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE: Part 2
Organizer: Marjorie McGuirk, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC
4:00 PM 8.1 Global mixing height and surface sensible heat flux datasets as determined from the planetary boundary layer energy budget   Ben-Jei Tsuang, National Chung-Hsing Univ, Taichung, Taiwan; and M. C. Kuo 4:15 PM 8.2 Reprocessing of Historic Hydrometeorological Automated Data System (HADS) precipitation data   Dongsoo Kim, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and B. R. Nelson and L. Cedrone 4:30 PM 8.3 Influences of MODIS landuse data on a Gulf Coast sea breeze simulation   Valentine Anantharaj, Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS; and P. J. Fitzpatrick, Y. Li, R. King, and E. Johnson 4:45 PM 8.4 An Albedo Dataset Derived from MODIS for Use in Climate Models Over Northern Africa and the Arabian Peninsula   Liming Zhou, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA; and R. E. Dickinson and Y. Tian 5:00 PM 8.5 Integrating data from meteorological observing networks and implications for optimizing benefits from the Mississippi Mesonet   Loren White, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS; and E. Matlack
	5:30 PM-7:30 PM, Wednesday Reception in the Exhibit Hall (Cash Bar)
	7:30 PM, Wednesday AMS Annual Awards Banquet
Thursday, 2 February 2006
	12:00 AM, Thursday Symposium Ends
	8:30 AM-12:15 PM, Thursday, A411 Joint Session 5 Related to Global Environmental Observing Systems Including Global Climate Observing System (GCOS), Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS), and Global Terrestrial Observing System (GTOS) (Joint between the 22nd Conference on IIPS, and the 10th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS))
Cochairs: Howard J. Diamond, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Silver Spring, MD; John R. Lincoln, US Navy/WMO (Ret.) and Consultant, Berryville, VA; A. E. MacDonald, NOAA/ERL/FSL, Boulder, CO; Thomas W. Schlatter, NOAA/ORL/FSL, Boulder, CO
8:30 AM J5.1 Global Climate Observing System Implementation: Progress and Challenges   David M. Goodrich, Global Climate Observing System Secretariat, Geneva, Switzerland 8:45 AM J5.2 Taking forward the “GCOS Implementation Plan for the Global Observing Systems for Climate in support of the UNFCCC” a component of the GEOSS   Paul Mason, University of Reading, Reading, Berks., United Kingdom 9:00 AM J5.3 Improving the GCOS Surface and Upper Air Networks   Richard K. Thigpen, GCOS Secretariat, Silver Spring, MD; and H. Diamond 9:15 AM J5.4 Pacific Island Meteorological Service Offices Web Site Development: a Model for Cost Efficient Implementation and Sustainability—the Case of Papua New Guinea   Christina Lief, Univ. of Delaware, Lewes, DE; and H. J. Diamond and K. Luana 9:30 AM J5.5 Update on the US Global Climate Observing System (GCOS) program   Howard J. Diamond, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Silver Spring, MD; and R. S. Vose 9:45 AM Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee break (See Wed. schedule for poster listings)   11:00 AM J5.6 NOAA's contributions to the global ocean observing system for climate   Diane M. Stanitski, Shippensburg University, Shippensburg, PA; and M. Johnson 11:15 AM J5.7 Real-time oil platform ocean current data in the Gulf of Mexico: An IOOS industry partnership success story   Richard L. Crout, National Data Buoy Center, Stennis Space Center, MS; and D. Conlee, D. Gilhousen, R. Bouchard, M. Livingston, M. Garcia, C. Cooper, and R. Raye 11:30 AM J5.8 The Georgia Mesonet: Concepts and Systems to Demonstrate a New Cooperative Climate Network   Lans P. Rothfusz, NOAA/NWS, Peachtree City, GA; and K. Crawford, G. Hoogenboom, D. E. Stooksbury, and P. N. Knox 11:45 AM J5.9 COOP Modernization: NOAA's Environmental Real-time Observation Network in New England, the Southeast, and Addressing NIDIS in the West   Kenneth C. Crawford, Office of Science and Technology, National Weather Service Headquarters, Silver Spring, MD; and G. R. Essenberg 12:00 PM J5.10 Extreme Data Collection—The Arizona Experience   Anton F. Haffer, NOAA/NWSFO, Phoenix, AZ
	11:00 AM-4:00 PM, Thursday Exhibits Open (Th)
	12:15 PM-1:30 PM, Thursday Lunch Break (Cash & Carry available in the Exhibit Hall) (Th)
	1:30 PM-5:30 PM, Thursday, A405 Session 9 TAMDAR (Tropospheric Airborne Meteorological Data Reports): New System for Collecting Automated Aircraft Reports Primarily From Short-Hop Commercial Airlines; Impacts on Forecasts of TAMDAR Data
Organizer: Taumi S. Daniels, NASA/LRC, Hampton, VA
1:30 PM 9.1 Tropospheric Airborne Meteorological Data Reporting (TAMDAR) Overview   Taumi S. Daniels, NASA, Hampton, VA; and W. R. Moninger and R. D. Mamrosh 9.2 Validation of TAMDAR Wind Data by Comparison to Radiosonde Data Collected at the TAMDAR AERIBAGO Validation Experiment   Robert T. Neece, NASA, Hampton, VA; and T. S. Daniels and P. Schaffner 1:45 PM 9.3 AirDat system for ensuring TAMDAR data quality   Alan K. Anderson, AirDat, Evergreen, CO 2:00 PM 9.4 Applications of TAMDAR Aircraft Data Reports in NWS Forecast Offices   Richard D. Mamrosh, NOAA/NWS, Green Bay, WI; and E. S. Brusky, J. K. Last, E. J. Szoke, W. R. Moninger, and T. S. Daniels 2:15 PM 9.5 The Utility of TAMDAR Regional Aircraft Sounding Data in Short-term Convective Forecasting   Eugene S. Brusky, NOAA/NWS, Green Bay, WI; and P. Kurimski 2:30 PM 9.6 The Use of TAMDAR (Tropospheric Airborne Meteorological Data Reporting) as a Convective Forecasting Supplement in the Northern Plains and Upper Midwest   Anthony Fischer, NOAA Aviation Weather Center, Kansas City, MO 2:45 PM COFFEE BREAK IN THE EXHIBIT HALL AND AMS IPOD RAFFLE   3:30 PM 9.7 TAMDAR evaluation work at the Earth System Research Laboratory Global Systems Division: an overview   William R. Moninger, NOAA/ESRL/GSD, Boulder, CO; and M. F. Barth, S. G. Benjamin, R. S. Collander, L. Ewy, B. D. Jamison, R. C. Lipschutz, P. A. Miller, B. E. Schwartz, T. L. Smith, and E. Szoke 3:45 PM 9.8 TAMDAR aircraft impact experiments with the Rapid Update Cycle   Stan Benjamin, NOAA/FSL, Boulder, CO; and W. Moninger, T. L. Smith, B. Jamison, and B. Schwartz 4:00 PM 9.9 Impact of TAMDAR on RUC forecasts: case studies   Edward J. Szoke, NOAA/FSL and CIRA, Boulder, CO; and B. D. Jamison, W. R. Moninger, S. Benjamin, B. Schwartz, and T. L. Smith 4:15 PM 9.10 Development of the Canadian aircraft meteorological data relay (AMDAR) program and plans for the future   Gilles Fournier, Environment Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada 4:30 PM 9.11 Evaluation of temporal and spatial distribution of TAMDAR data in short-range mesoscale forecasts   Neil A. Jacobs, AirDat LLC, Morrisville, NC; and Y. Liu and C. M. Druse 4:45 PM 9.12 TAMDAR icing data comparisons against RUC model fields   Scott D. Landolt, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and M. K. Politovich and B. C. Bernstein 5:00 PM 9.13 Current Icing Potential (CIP) Algorithm with TAMDAR Data – A Verification Analysis   Jamie T. Braid, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and C. A. Wolff, A. Holmes, M. K. Politovich, and P. Boylan 5:15 PM 9.14 Comparison of TAMDAR GLFE Icing Reports with NASA Advanced Satellite Aviation-weather Products (ASAP) In-flight Icing Parameters   Louis Nguyen, NASA/LRC, Hampton, VA; and J. J. Murray, P. Minnis, D. P. Garber, J. K. Ayers, D. A. Spangenberg, and M. L. Nordeen
	3:00 PM, Thursday Registration Desk Closes
	4:00 PM, Thursday Exhibit Close
	6:00 PM, Thursday Lilly Symposium Banquet

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