Session: 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 (2006

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	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

Monday, 30 January 2006: 10:45 AM-12:00 PM, A405

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