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

Poster Session 2: Mesoscale Data Assimilation for numerical weather prediction and research applications—with Coffee Break

Tuesday, 31 July 2001: 2:30 PM-4:00 PM
Papers:
 
Assimilation of multi-sensor Rainfall Observations for Improved Quantitative Prediction Forecasts
S. Q. Peng, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and X. Zou

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Mesoscale numerical models and field observation platforms to evaluate airborne transport of hazardous substances in the boundary layer
Arthur L. Doggett IV, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX; and T. E. Gill, C. B. Chang, and R. E. Peterson

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Using improved background error covariances from an ensemble Kalman filter for targeted observations
Thomas M. Hamill, NOAA/ERL/CDC and CIRES, Boulder, CO; and C. Snyder

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Mesoscale Stochastic—Dynamic Weather Prediction for the 2002 Olympic Winter Games
Andrew J. Siffert, NOAA/CIRP and Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and D. J. Onton and W. J. Steenburgh

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Numerical simulations of hurricane Bret (21-23 August 1999) observed by TRMM
Olivier Nuissier, CNRS, Toulouse, France; and F. Roux and N. Viltard

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Preliminary results of the GPS PW assimilation in to a limited-area model: A case study for IOP8 MAP/SOP
Claudia Faccani, Univ. of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy; and R. Ferretti, C. Scairretta, R. Pacione, F. Vespe, and G. Visconti

 
Simulation of Hurricane Bret fluxes and impact of high resolution satellite-derived SSTs
Loren D. White, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS; and R. S. Reddy and R. Miller

 
The impact of initial data and analysis methods on MM5 forecasts of convective systems
James F. Bresch, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and F. C. Vandenberghe

 
Analysis of the mesoscale precipitation band associated with the 24-25 January 2000 storm
Daryl T. Kleist, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and H. M. Kim and M. C. Morgan

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P2.10
Ensemble Based Error Covariance Matrices for Mesoscale Variational Data Assimilation

 
Assimilation of rain rates using satellite data by a regional spectral model
Ana Maria Bueno Nunes, Centro de Previsão do Tempo e Estudos Climáticos, Cachoeira Paulista, SP, Brazil

 
Comparison of the SSM/I Satellite Observations with MM5 simulations
S.-H. Chen, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and F. C. Vandenberghe, G. Petty, W. Huang, and J. F. Bresch

 
Influence of surface heterogeneities on boundary layer dynamics and secondary coherent circulations
Adrian Marroquin, NOAA/OAR/FSL, Boulder, CO; and R. A. Pielke Sr.