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Assimilation of Observations (Ocean, Atmosphere, and Land Surface) into Models: Assimilation Methods; Minimization Techniques; Forward Models and Their Adjoints; Incorporation of Constraints; Error Statistics

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Wednesday, 1 February 2006: 8:30 AM-12:00 PM
A405 (Georgia World Congress Center)
Host: 10th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)
Organizers:  Thomas M. Hamill, Climate Diagnostics Center/CIRES/University of Colorado, Physical Sciences Division/ESRL/NOAA, Boulder, CO and Kayo Ide, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
Papers:
  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, Shanghai Typhoon Institute, Shanghai, China, Shanghai, China; and E. Kalnay, T. Miyoshi, and C. M. Danforth
  9:00 AM
6.3
Paper 6.3 moved. New paper # 2.4A.

  9:01 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

  9:16 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

  9:31 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

  9:46 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

  10:01 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
  10:16 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
  10:31 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
  10:46 AM
6.11
Paper 6.11 Moved. New Paper # 6.3A

  10:47 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
  11:02 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
  11:16 AM
6.6a
Coffee Break in Meeting Room Foyer

  11:46 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
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