18th Conference on Weather and Forecasting, 14th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction, and Ninth Conference on Mesoscale Processes

Joint Poster Session 2: Poster Session - Mesoscale Data Assimilation—with Coffee Break

Tuesday, 31 July 2001: 2:30 PM-4:00 PM
Organizer:  Gary M. Lackmann, North Carolina State Univ.
Papers:
 
JP2.1
Impact of model error and precipitation observations in mesoscale 4DVAR data assimilation

 
Cloud/hydrometeor initialization for the 20-km RUC using satellite and radar data
Dongsoo Kim, NOAA/FSL, Boulder, CO; and S. G. Benjamin

Poster PDF (79.6 kB)
 
A Real-time, Three-dimensional Cloud Analysis System at the Naval Research Laboratory
Qingyun Zhao, NRL, Monterey, CA; and J. Cook, K. Sashegyi, Q. Xu, and L. Wei

 
Expanding the Variational Methods in the LAPS Moisture Analysis
Daniel Birkenheuer, NOAA/FSL, Boulder, CO

Poster PDF (162.1 kB)
 
NIDS-Based Intermittent Diabatic Assimilation and Application to Storm-Scale Numerical Weather Prediction
Donghai Wang, Hampton Univ. and NASA/LRC, Hampton, VA; and K. K. Droegemeier, D. Jahn, K. -. M. Xu, M. Xue, and J. Zhang

Poster PDF (759.9 kB)
 
On the Added Value of High-Resolution Remotely Sensed Soil Moisture Data in a Mesoscale Model
Brian P. Reen, Penn State Univ., University Park, PA; and D. R. Stauffer, K. J. Davis, A. R. Desai, and R. J. Dobosy

Poster PDF (162.7 kB)
 
The introduction of a local objective analysis module in the numerical forecast system at the Brazilian national weather service
Ligia R. Bernardet, Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia, Brasilia, Brazil; and R. B. Silveira, J. P. Edwards, J. M. D. Mol, and A. F. M. Falcão

Poster PDF (9.6 kB)
 
An operational Local Data Integration System (LDIS) at NWS Melbourne
Peter F. Blottman, NOAA/NWS, Melbourne, FL; and S. M. Spratt, D. W. Sharp, A. J. Cristaldi III, J. L. Case, and J. Manobianco

 
Assimilation of GOES Land Surface Data into Mesoscale Models
William M. Lapenta, NASA/MSFC NSSTC, Huntsville, AL; and R. Suggs, R. T. McNider, G. Jedlovec, and S. R. Dembek

 
Use of a Snow Prediction Scheme in a Mesoscale Realtime FDDA System
Simon Low-Nam, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and C. A. Davis, J. M. Cram, Y. Liu, R. S. Sheu, and J. Dudhia

Poster PDF (165.3 kB)
 
Impact of Continuous Real-Time FDDA on Short-Term (0-12 hour) Forecasts
Yubao Liu, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. M. Cram, C. A. Davis, T. Warner, S. Low-Nam, and R. S. Sheu

Poster PDF (259.0 kB)
 
New sea-surface temperature analysis implemented at NCEP
Jean Thiebaux, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Camp Springs, MD; and B. Katz and W. Wang

 
JP2.16
Operational evaluation of the new sea-surface temperature analysis implemented at NCEP

 
Refractivity Data Assimilation
Qin Xu, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and K. Nai, T. Rogers, T. Haack, and S. Burk

 
A MM5-based four-dimensional variational analysis system developed for distributed memory multiprocessor computers
Frank H. Ruggiero, Air Force Research Laboratory, Hanscom AFB, MA; and G. D. Modica, T. Nehrkorn, M. Cerniglia, J. G. Michalakes, and X. Zou

Poster PDF (77.7 kB)