Session: Mesoscale Data Assimilation (Parallel with Session 3) (Joint between the 18th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting and the 14th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction and the Ninth Conference on Mesoscale Processes) (2001

Joint Session 2
	Mesoscale Data Assimilation (Parallel with Session 3) (Joint between the 18th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting and the 14th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction and the Ninth Conference on Mesoscale Processes)
	Organizers: Cliff F. Mass, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; William H. Burnett, Naval Meteorology & Oceanography Command, Stennis Space Center, MS
	8:00 AM	J2.0a	Potential Applications of 4D-Var for Mesoscale Data Assimilation (invited presentation) (Formerly Paper J2.13) Xiaolei Zou, Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL
	8:25 AM		Discussion
	8:30 AM	J2.1	A Three-dimensional Variational Data Assimilation Scheme For a Storm Scale Model Jidong Gao, CAPS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and M. Xue, K. Brewster, F. H. Carr, and K. K. Droegemeier
		J2.2	Preliminary results with the nested version of NAVDAS data assimilation system for COAMPS Keith D. Sashegyi, NRL, Monterey, CA; and E. H. Barker, R. Daley, N. L. Baker, and P. M. Pauley
	8:44 AM	J2.2A	Assimilating Single-Doppler Radar Observations into Mesoscale Models (Formerly Mesoscale paper 4.4) Qin Xu, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and W. Gu and J. Gong
	8:59 AM	J2.3	The 20-km version of the RUC Stanley G. Benjamin, NOAA/OAR/FSL, Boulder, CO; and G. A. Grell, S. S. Weygandt, T. L. Smith, T. G. Smirnova, B. E. Schwartz, D. Kim, D. Devenyi, K. J. Brundage, J. M. Brown, and G. S. Manikin
	9:14 AM		Discussion

Tuesday, 31 July 2001: 8:00 AM-9:29 AM

* - Indicates paper has been withdrawn from meeting

Joint Session 2