Session 4 Assimilation

Tuesday, 11 January 2000: 2:15 PM-4:45 PM
Host: Fourth Symposium on Integrated Observing Systems
Organizer:
Thomas Schlatter, NOAA/OAR, Boulder, CO

Papers:
2:15 PM
4.1
The Development of NCEP 4D-Var System: Experimental Results Compared to those of 3D-Var
X. Zou, Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL; and H. Liu, J. Derber, J. G. Sela, R. Treaton, and B. Wang

2:45 PM
4.3
Deterministic prediction of the error variance of a meteorological forecast
Lars Peter Riishojgaard, JCET/Univ. of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD

3:00 PM
4.4
Estimation of analysis error covariances from observation residuals
Ricardo Todling, NASA/GSFC/DAO, Greenbelt, MD; and D. P. Dee

3:15 PM
4.5
Assimilation of SeaWinds scatterometer data in the GEOS data assimilation system
Robert Atlas, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and E. Brin, S. C. Bloom, J. Ardizzone, J. Terry, J. C. Jusem, and D. Bungato

3:30 PM
4.6
Design and validation of the GEOS ozone assimilation system
Ivanka Stajner, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and L. P. Riishojgaard and R. B. Rood

3:45 PM
4.7
Development of a prognostic forecast error variance model for data assimilation
Yong Li, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and S. E. Cohn, R. Todling, D. P. Dee, L. P. Riishojgaard, A. M. DaSilva, and Z. Toth

4:00 PM
4.8
Optimal Vorticity Forcing of Blocking Derived from A Variational Approach
Shaoqing Zhang, Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL; and J. E. Ahlquist

4:15 PM
4.9
Producing unbiased analyses in the presence of forecast bias
Ricardo Todling, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and D. P. Dee

4:30 PM
4.5A
Coffee Break (Exhibit Hours 3:30-7:00 P.M.)

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