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Saturday, 8 February 2003
	7:30 AM-9:00 AM, Saturday Short Course Registration
	9:00 AM-5:00 PM, Saturday Conference Registration* (Joint between the 19th Conference on IIPS, the Impacts of Water Variability: Benefits and Challenges, the Observing and Understanding the Variability of Water in Weather and Climate, the 17TH Conference on Hydrology, the 14th Symposium on Global Change and Climate Variations, the 12th Conference on Interactions of the Sea and Atmosphere, the 12th Symposium on Meteorological Observations and Instrumentation, the 12th Symposium on Education, the 12th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography, the 7th Symposium on IOS: The Water Cycle, the 5th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry: Gases, Aerosols, and Clouds, the 3rd Conference on Artificial Intelligence Applications to the Environmental Science, and the Symposium on the F-Scale and Severe-Weather Damage Assessment)
Sunday, 9 February 2003
	7:30 AM-9:00 AM, Sunday Short Course Registration
	9:00 AM-6:00 PM, Sunday Conference Registration
Monday, 10 February 2003
	7:30 AM-5:30 PM, Monday Conference Registration (continues through Thursday, 13 February)
	9:15 AM-9:45 AM, Monday Keynote Session Keynote Address
9:15 AM Creating a New Vision for NOAA's Observing Systems   Gregory Withee (Invited), NOAA/NESDIS, Silver Spring, MD
	9:45 AM-10:15 AM, Monday Session 1 Climatology and Clouds
Organizer: Kenneth Holmlund, EUMETSAT, Darmstadt Germany
9:45 AM 1.1 Modes of Tropical water cycle variability (Invited Presentation)   John J. Bates, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC
	10:15 AM-10:45 AM, Monday Coffee Break in Poster Session Room
	10:15 AM-12:00 PM, Monday Poster Session 1 Climatology and Clouds
Organizer: Kenneth Holmlund, EUMETSAT, Darmstadt Germany
P1.1 Use of Satellite Cloud Climatology for Assessing Cloud-Free-Line-of-Sight Probabilities   Ray Hobbs, Aeromet, Inc., Tulsa, OK; and J. Mitchell, M. A. Bedrick, D. J. Rusk, and R. L. Rose   P1.2 Development and applications of regional cloud products from the CHANCES global cloud database   Donald L. Reinke, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and J. M. Forsythe, J. A. Kankiewicz, K. R. Dean, C. L. Combs, and T. H. Vonder Haar   P1.3 Cloudiness characteristics over Northern Hemisphere: An analysis based on ISCCP D2 cloud data set   Valery N. Khokhlov, Odessa State Environmental University, Odessa, Ukraine   P1.4 Trends in high clouds over the last 20 years   Donald P. Wylie, SSEC/University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and W. P. Menzel, D. Jackson, and J. J. Bates   P1.5 Simulation of the Antarctic climate using the Arctic Region Climate System Model (ARCSyM) and the AVHRR Polar Pathfinder (APP) data set   Michael J. Pavolonis, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. R. Key   P1.6 Recent Arctic Climate Trends Observed from Space, 1982–1999   Xuanji Wang, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. R. Key   P1.7 Sampling errors of monthly-mean radiative fluxes from the earth radiation budget satellite   T. Dale Bess, NASA/LaRC, Hampton, VA; and T. Wong and G. L. Smith   P1.8 The HIRS Pathfinder Radiance data set (1979–2001)   Darren L. Jackson, CIRES and NOAA/ETL, Boulder, CO; and D. P. Wylie and J. J. Bates   P1.9 SST for climate from AATSR on Envisat: processing and validation   Lisa A. Horrocks, Met Office, Bracknell, Berks., United Kingdom; and A. O'Carroll, R. W. Saunders, T. Roberts, and J. Watts   P1.10 Application of satellite information to urban climatology   Judit Bartholy, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary; and R. Pongrácz and Z. Dezsô   P1.11 The relationship between cloudiness and surface temperature   Konstantin Y. Vinnikov, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and N. Grody, A. Robock, and A. Basist   P1.12 Impact of Regime Changes on Climate Rainfall Estimates from Passive Microwave Sensors   Wesley Berg, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and C. Kummerow   P1.13 Extending the 12-year NVAP global water vapor dataset into the 21st century   John M. Forsythe, Science and Technology Corp., Fort Collins, CO; and D. L. Randel, S. Woo, D. McKague, and T. H. Vonder Haar   P1.14 Analysis of the NVAP water vapor dataset: a tool for monitoring Earth’s water vapor from daily to decadal time scales   Thomas H. Vonder Haar, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and J. M. Forsythe, D. L. Randel, and S. Woo   P1.15 Inter-comparison of GOES and MODIS imagery in the analysis of fog and stratus   Gary P. Ellrod, NOAA/NESDIS/ORA, Camp Springs, MD; and S. Bachmeier   P1.16 Mesoscale stratocumulus bands caused by Gulf Steam meanders   George S. Young, Penn State Univ., University Park, PA; and T. D. Sikora   P1.17 Validation of GOES Imager experimental low cloud data products for terrestrial free space optical telecommunications   Kenneth W. Fischer, Terabeam Corporation, Redmond, WA; and G. P. Elrod, M. R. Witiw, J. A. Baars, and T. J. Ashman   P1.18 Combined MODIS and cloud radar cirrus retrievals   Shaima L. Nasiri, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and S. A. Ackerman, G. Mace, and A. Heymfield   P1.19 Cirrus detection and characterization using GOES 3.9 µm albedo   Stanley Q. Kidder, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO   P1.20 Multilevel cloud retrieval from the GOES platform   Dongsoo Kim, NOAA/ERL/FSL and CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and S. Koch   P1.21 GOES Cloud Detection at the Global Hydrology and Climate Center   Gary J. Jedlovec, NASA/MSFC, Huntsville, AL; and K. Laws P1.22 Validation of the GOES sounder cloud top pressure product   James A. Hawkinson, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and W. Feltz, A. J. Schreiner, and T. J. Schmit   P1.22A Comparisons of regional and global cloud products between MODIS and other data sets   Richard A. Frey, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and S. A. Ackerman, W. P. Menzel, H. Zhang, B. A. Baum, and A. J. Schreiner   P1.23 Convective-scale analysis and classification of convective cloud systems in Sub-Saharan Africa using the TRMM Microwave Radiometer   Karen I. Mohr, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD   P1.24 Estimating the error in cloud amount and cloud optical depth retrievals from GOES data   Iliana Genkova, PNNL, Richland, WA; and C. Long   P1.25 Cloud Cover Detection Algorithms for EO-1 Hyperion Imagery (Formerly Poster P5.25)   Michael K. Griffin, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA; and H. H. K. Burke, D. Mandl, and J. Miller
	12:00 PM, Monday Lunch Break
	1:30 PM-2:30 PM, Monday Session 2 Operational Applications
Organizer: Robbie E. Hood, Global Hydrology and Climate Center, Huntsville, AL
1:30 PM 2.1 Real-time derivation of cloud drift and water vapor winds in the polar regions from MODIS data (Invited Presentation)   David Santek, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. R. Key and C. S. Velden 2:00 PM 2.2 Improvements in global convective detection   Frederick R. Mosher, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/AWC, Kansas City, MO
	2:30 PM, Monday Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
	2:30 PM-4:00 PM, Monday Joint Poster Session 1 Operational Applications and Artificial Intelligence (Joint between 12th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography and Third Conference on Artificial Intelligence Applications to Environmental Science)
Organizer: John V. Zapotocny, Air Force Weather Agency, Offutt AFB, NE
JP1.1 Real-time multi-satellite precipitation estimation and assimilation   Mohan L. Nirala, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and P. Houser   JP1.2 Validation of an Operational Global Precipitation Analysis at Short Time Scales   F. Joseph Turk, NRL, Monterey, CA; and E. E. Ebert, H. J. Oh, B. -. J. Sohn, V. Levizzani, E. A. Smith, and R. Ferraro   JP1.3 Validation of a microwave-based tropical rainfall potential (TRaP) for landfalling tropical cyclones   Michael A. Turk, NOAA/NESDIS, Washington, DC; and S. J. Kusselson, R. R. Ferraro, P. Pellegrino, S. Kidder, and J. Yang   JP1.4 Improvements in Real-Time Statistical Tropical Cyclone Intensity Forecasts Using Satellite Data   Mark DeMaria, NOAA/NESDIS, Ft. Collins, CO; and M. Mainelli, L. K. Shay, J. A. Knaff, and J. P. Kossin   JP1.5 A demonstration of real-time transmission and display of GOES imagery aboard the NOAA P-3 aircraft during the 2002 hurricane season   John A. Knaff, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and N. Wang, M. DeMaria, R. M. Zehr, J. S. Griffin, and F. D. Marks   JP1.6 Status and development of GOES Wind Products at NOAA/NESDIS   Jaime M. Daniels, NOAA/NESDIS/ORA, Camp Springs, MD; and C. Velden, G. A. Dengel, D. R. Stettner, and W. Bresky   JP1.7 Operational satellite-derived tropospheric winds for DoD models and applications   Charles E. Skupniewicz, FNMOC, Monterey, CA; and C. S. Velden, G. Dengel, C. D. Schuett, and R. Pauley   JP1.8 Using GOES Satellite Products to Enhance National Weather Service Warning Operations   Samuel L. Lashley, NOAA/NWS, Syracuse, IN   JP1.9 Experimental satellite products usage on AWIPS   Kevin J. Schrab, NOAA/NWS, Salt Lake City, UT   JP1.10 Utilizing the Web to enhance availability and utilization of Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite (POES) Data and Products   Diane Holmes, Mitretek Systems, Inc., Falls Church, VA; and S. L. Bunin and T. Schott JP1.11 Precision Aviation Forecasting in a Datasparse Coastal Regime   Dennis E. Dudley, MSC, Kelowna, BC, Canada; and W. J. Woolverton, R. W. Klock, and K. A. Johnson   JP1.12 Aerosol monitoring over the U.S. from GOES-8   Kenneth R. Knapp, CIRA and NOAA/NESDIS/ORA, Camp Springs, MD   JP1.13 A Near-Real Time AIRS Processing, Distribution, and Visualization System   Walter Wolf, QSS Group Inc., Lanham, MD; and L. Zhou, M. Goldberg, Y. Qu, and M. Divakarla   JP1.14 MODIS/AIRS instrument direct broadcast products and applications   Kathleen I. Strabala, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and L. E. Gumley, T. Rink, H. L. Huang, and R. Dengel   JP1.15 Advanced-TOVS (ATOVS) sounding products from NOAA polar orbiting environmental satellites   Anthony L. Reale, NOAA/NESDIS, Washington, DC; and M. W. Chalfant, A. S. Allegrino, F. H. Tilley, M. P. Ferguson, and M. E. Pettey   JP1.16 Theater snow depth estimates for Department of Defense applications   Paul J. McCrone, Air Force Weather Agency, Offutt AFB, NE   JP1.17 An intelligent NN system for quality controlled retrieving the wind speed from SSM/I measurements   Vladimir M. Krasnopolsky, SAIC and NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Camp Springs, MD   JP1.18 Satellite estimates of ocean surface latent heat flux   Charles Jones, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA; and P. Peterson, C. Gautier, and W. T. Liu   JP1.19 Processing realtime satellite information to nowcast convective initiation and its characteristics   John R. Mecikalski, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and R. D. Roberts, C. J. Kessinger, K. M. Bedka, B. L. DeWolf, and S. M. Thomas   JP1.20 Using the NCAR Auto-NowCast System to Nowcast Oceanic Convection   Cathy Kessinger, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. Roberts and R. Bankert   JP1.21 Using supervised learning for specific meteorological satellite applications   Richard L. Bankert, NRL, Monterey, CA; and J. D. Hawkins   JP1.22 Cloud classification of satellite radiance data by Multicategory Support Vector Machines   Yoonkyung Lee, Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH; and G. Wahba and S. A. Ackerman   JP1.23 Comparison Between Bayesian Techniques and Self-Organizing Feature Map for TMI Measurement Classification: Application to Rain Rate Retrieval   C. Mallet, CETP, Velizy, France; and N. Viltard and C. Klapisz   JP1.24 Future Architectures for Operational Forecasting: Two-way Interacting SensorWeb and Model/Assimilation System   Mark Steiner, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and M. Seablom, S. Neeck, G. McConaughy, M. Clausen, M. Kalb, and R. Muller
	4:00 PM-5:00 PM, Monday Joint Session 1 Artificial Intelligence (Joint between 12th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography and Third Conference on Artificial Intelligence Applications to Environmental Science)
Organizer: William Meyers, UCAR, Boulder, CO
4:00 PM J1.1 Ozone Profile Retrieval from GOME Data using a Neural Network inverse Model   Martin D. Müller, Center for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research (ZSW), Stuttgart, Germany; and A. K. Kaifel 4:30 PM J1.2 Use of a neuro-variational method to improve atmosphere and ocean parameter retrieval from ocean color sensor   Cedric Jamet, Univ. of Paris, Paris, France; and S. Thiria, C. Moulin, and M. Crepon
	5:00 PM, Monday Sessions End for the Day
	5:30 PM-7:30 PM, Monday Formal Opening of Exhibits with Reception (Cash Bar)
Tuesday, 11 February 2003
	8:15 AM-9:45 AM, Tuesday Session 3 Environmental Applications
Organizer: Elaine M. Prins, NOAA/NESDIS/ORA, Madison, WI
8:15 AM 3.1 Development of Coastal Ocean Observatories for Synoptic Oceanography (Invited Presentation)   Scott Glenn, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ; and M. Crowley and O. Schofield 8:45 AM 3.2 An improved land/ocean dust enhancement applicable to MODIS   Steven D. Miller, NRL, Monterey, CA 9:15 AM 3.3 Development of volcanic ash image products using MODIS multi-spectral data   Gary P. Ellrod, NOAA/NESDIS/ORA, Camp Springs, MD; and J. S. Im
	10:00 AM-12:00 PM, Tuesday Poster Session 2 Environmental Applications
Organizer: Ralph Ferraro, NOAA/NESDIS/ORA, Camp Springs, MD
P2.1 MODIS atmosphere and ocean applications using TeraScan software   Kota S. Prasad, SeaSpace Corporation, Poway, CA; and R. L. Bernstein   P2.2 Ocean Colour Monitor (OCM) on India's Oceansat-1 satellite: applications for ocean, atmosphere, and land   R. L. Bernstein, SeaSpace Corporation, Poway, CA; and K. Prasad   P2.3 Estimation of Ocean Surface Salinity in the Indian Ocean using Satellite Observations   Bulusu Subrahmanyam, COAPS/Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and J. J. O'Brien   P2.4 Sea surface temperature determination during day-time using 3.9 and 11 micron top-of-atmosphere radiance observations   Stuart McCallum, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom; and C. Merchant, E. Maturi, A. Harris, and N. Nalli   P2.5 A Simple GOES Skin Temperature Product   Donald W. Hillger, NOAA/NESDIS/ORA and CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Ft. Collins, CO; and S. Q. Kidder   P2.6 Production of an enhanced blended infrared and microwave sea surface temperature product   Gary A. Wick, NOAA/ERL/ETL, Boulder, CO   P2.7 Relationship between passive microwave measurements and snow parameters   Norman C. Grody, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD   P2.8 Identification and retrieval of snowfall from the Advanced Microwace Sounding Unit (AMSU)   Cezar Kongoli, QSS Group, Inc., Lanham, MD; and P. Pellegrino, R. Ferraro, and N. Grody   P2.9 Inference of snow pack properties of grain size, density and stratification from microwave signatures of snow cover   Cezar Kongoli, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and N. C. Grody   P2.10 Satellite detection of precipitation over the North Pacific   Jeremy A. Smith, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and L. A. McMurdie and J. Weinman   P2.11 A downscaling analysis of the urban influence on rainfall: TRMM satellite component   J. Marshall Shepherd, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and S. J. Burian   P2.12 Diurnal Cycle of Hydrological Parameters as Observed from the NOAA Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit   Ralph Ferraro, NOAA/NESDIS/ORA, Camp Springs, MD; and P. Pellegrino   P2.13 Hydrological Product Composites from AMSU   Huan Meng, QSS Group, Inc. Lanham, MD and NOAA/NESDIS/ORA, Camp Springs, MD; and R. R. Ferraro   P2.14 Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM): Status, Science Highlights and Future   Robert F. Adler, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD   P2.15 Characterization of Rainfall Asymmetries in Tropical Cyclones Using TRMM/TMI   Manuel Lonfat, RSMAS, University of Miami, Miami, FL; and F. D. Marks and S. S. Chen   P2.16 Tropical cyclone precipitation types observed by microwave spaceborne and airborne instrumentation   Robbie E. Hood, NASA/MSFC, Huntsville, AL; and D. Cecil and F. J. LaFontaine   P2.17 UW-CIMSS satellite products: Recent research and developments   Christopher S. Velden, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI   P2.18 A new statistical method for estimating tropical cyclone intensity from GOES-IR imagery   James P. Kossin, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and T. L. Olander and C. S. Velden   P2.19 A method for integrated satellite reconnaissance fix accuracy   Roger T. Edson, Anteon Corporation and University of Guam, Mangilao, Guam; and M. A. Lander   P2.20 Use of QuikScat Data in Studying the Evolution of Tropical Cyclone Structure   Johnny C. L. Chan, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China; and C. K. M. Yip   P2.21 Statistical forecast on precipitation over Taiwan area during typhoon invasion using GMS-5 data   Peter Da-Gang Pan, Weather Center Weather Wing, Taipei, Taiwan; and K. P. Lu P2.22 Verification of the Hebert-Poteat subtropical cyclone intensity estimation technique in the Atlantic Basin   Robert Molleda, NOAA/AOML/NHC/TPC, Miami, FL; and J. L. Beven   P2.23 The Advanced Satellite Aviation-Weather Products (ASAP) initiative for diagnosing and nowcasting weather hazards for improved aviation safety   John R. Mecikalski, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and D. B. Johnson and J. J. Murray   P2.24 Wind divergence forcing of the cloudiness along the California coast   Clive E. Dorman, SIO/Univ. of California, La Jolla, CA; and D. Koracin and L. Riddle   P2.25 Examining high wind events using satellite cloud cover composites over the Cheyenne, WY region   Cynthia L. Combs, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and M. Weiland, M. DeMaria, and T. H. Vonder Haar   P2.26 Diagnostics of Intensive Atmospheric Vortices over the Multiwave Satellite-Derived Sounding Data   Alexander F. Nerushev, Institute of Experimental Meteorology, Obninsk, Russia; and N. V. Tereb and E. K. Kramchaninova   P2.27 Aerosol Optical Depth Analysis with NOAA GOES and POES in the Western Atlantic   Arunas P. Kuciauskas, NRL, Monterey, CA; and D. L. Westphal and P. A. Durkee   P2.28 A two-year analysis of fire activity in the Western Hemisphere as observed with the GOES wildfire automated biomass burning algorithm   Elaine M. Prins, NOAA/NESDIS, Madison, WI; and C. C. Schmidt, J. M. Feltz, J. S. Reid, D. L. Westphal, and K. Richardson   P2.29 Estimation of dust aerosol optical thickness and its shortwave radiative forcing from GOES8 imager   Jun Wang, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and S. A. Christopher   P2.30 DirectMet ® GIS: Real-time integration of meteorological satellite data into the world of GIS   George Schwenke, Global Science & Technology, Inc., Greenbelt, MD and Broadneck Senior High School, Annapolis, MD; and R. Boyd, P. Gifford, E. Valente, E. Shaffer, and C. Dobbins   P2.31 Calibration of GOES water vapor spatial gradients with tropopause folding events   Anthony J. Wimmers, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA; and J. L. Moody   P2.32 Advance and withdrawal of the African monsoon flow deduced from Meteosat-7 data   Françoise Désalmand, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France; and A. Szantai, G. Sčze, I. Jobard, and L. Barros
	1:30 PM-3:00 PM, Tuesday Session 4 Data Assimilation
Organizer: Christopher S. Velden, CIMSS/University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
1:30 PM 4.1 Satellite data assimilation at NCEP (Invited Presentation)   John C. Derber, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Camp Springs, MD 2:00 PM 4.2 Assimilation of polar MODIS Atmospheric Motion Vectors at ECMWF (Invited Presentation)   Jean-Noël Thépaut, ECMWF, Reading, Berks., United Kingdom; and N. Bormann 2:30 PM 4.3 Preparation for the assimilation of advanced sounders at Meteo-France (Invited Presentation)   Florence Rabier, Meteo-France, Toulouse, France; and N. Fourrié, T. Auligne, and M. Szczech-Gajewska
	3:00 PM-3:30 PM, Tuesday Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall (Exhibits open 1:30–6:30P.M.)
	3:30 PM-5:30 PM, Tuesday Poster Session 3 Data Assimilation
Organizer: Marie Colton, NOAA/NESDIS/ORA, Camp Springs, MD
P3.1 Rapid Transmittance Studies at NOAA   Larry M. McMillin, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and X. Xiong   P3.2 The Merger of OPTRAN and RTTOV   Thomas J. Kleespies, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD   P3.3 Toward direct uses of satellite cloudy radiances in NWP models. Part I: forward and adjoint models   Fuzhong Weng, NOAA/NESDIS/ORA, Camp Springs, MD; and Q. Liu   P3.4 Toward direct uses of satellite cloudy radiances in NWP models. part II: radiance simulations at microwave frequencies   Xiaofan Li, NOAA/NESDIS/ORA, Camp Springs, MD; and F. Weng   P3.5 Toward Direct Uses of Satellite Cloudy Radiances in NWP Models. Part III: Sensitivity study of cloud particle size and shape on Stokes vector   Quanhua Liu, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Camp Springs, MD; and A. Heidinger and F. Weng   P3.6 Toward Direct Uses of Satellite Cloudy Radiances in NWP Models. Part IV: 1Dvar Retrievals of Atmospheric and Surface Parameters   Banghua Yan Sr., Decision Systems Technologies, Inc., Camp Springs, MD; and F. Weng and M. Goldberg   P3.7 Use of AMSU-B radiances in the Canadian Meteorological Centre 3D-var system   Jacques Hallé, CMC, Dorval, QC, Canada; and C. Chouinard   P3.8 A hybrid approach to the bias correction of AMSU—A radiance data   William F. Campbell, NRL, Monterey, CA; and N. L. Baker   P3.9 Variational retrieval of Eastern Pacific atmospheric boundary layer parameters using ATOVS with the COAMPSTM mesoscale forecast system   Grant A. Cooper, NPS, Monterey, CA; and N. L. Baker and P. A. Durkee   P3.10 Assimilation of retrieved water vapor profiles into the Navy Operational Global Atmospheric Prediction System (NOGAPS)   Clay B. Blankenship, NRL, Monterey, CA; and N. L. Baker   P3.11 Assimilation of water vapor radiances from geostationary imagers in 4DVAR   Christina B. Köpken, ECMWF, Reading, Berks., United Kingdom; and G. Kelly and J. N. Thépaut   P3.12 Evaluating Water Vapor and Cloud Retrievals from MODIS Over Antarctica   Robert M. Aune, NOAA/NESDIS, Madison, WI; and R. Frey and S. Wetzel-Seemann   P3.13 Estimation of Observation Value using the NAVDAS Adjoint System   Rolf H. Langland, NRL, Monterey, CA; and N. L. Baker   P3.14 Impact of MODIS winds on DAO systems   Yanqiu Zhu, Data Assimilation Office, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and L. P. Riishojgaard   P3.15 Use of Satellite-Derived Atmospheric Motion Vectors in Simulations of Cyclones During PACJET   Katherine M. La Casse, CIMSS/University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and M. C. Morgan P3.16 A New Data Assimilation Technique for Satellite Derived Winds   David F. Parrish, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Camp Springs, MD; and J. A. Jung and J. M. Daniels   P3.17 Analysis impact of modified height assignment for satellite winds   Lars Peter Riishojgaard, Data Assimilation Office, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and Y. Zhu   P3.18 Impact studies of the assimilation of GOES imaging channels   Louis Garand, MSC, Dorval, QC, Canada; and N. Wagneur P3.19 Observed Impact of GOES Derived Product Data on the LAPS Local Forecasts   Daniel L. Birkenheuer, NOAA/FSL, Boulder, CO; and B. Shaw   P3.20 The Usage of GOES Imager Clear-Sky Radiance in the NCEP Global Data Assimilation System   Xiujuan Su, SAIC at NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Camp Springs, MD; and J. Derber, J. Jung, Y. Tahara, D. Keyser, and R. Treadon   P3.21 Verification of mesoscale numerical model forecasts using remotely-sensed observations   Derek J. Posselt, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and W. F. Feltz, T. Schmit, and D. D. Turner   P3.22 Potential impact of Visible and Infrared satellite measurements in cloud data assimilation   T. Vukicevic, CIRA/Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO; and T. Greenwald, M. Zupanski, D. Zupanski, and T. H. Vonder Haar
	5:00 PM-5:30 PM, Tuesday Special Address. Conrad C. Lautenbacher, NOAA, Washington, DC
Wednesday, 12 February 2003
	8:30 AM-9:30 AM, Wednesday Session 5 Operational Implications of QuikSCAT
Organizers: Jeffrey D. Hawkins, NRL, Monterey, CA; Marie Colton, NOAA/NESDIS/ORA, Camp Springs, MD
8:30 AM 5.1 Operational Assimilation of QuikSCAT data at ECMWF   H. Hersbach, ECMWF, Reading, Berks., United Kingdom; and L. Isaksen and P. A. E. M. Janssen 9:00 AM 5.2 Assimilation of QuikSCAT/SeaWinds ocean surface wind data into the global data assimilation system at JMA   Masami Tokuno, Japan Meteorological Agency, Tokyo, Japan; and Y. Ohhashi and T. Iriguchi
	9:30 AM-10:00 AM, Wednesday Coffee Break in the Ballroom Foyer, 2nd Level, Promenade
	10:00 AM-12:00 PM, Wednesday Presidential Forum: Administration Priorities in Climate Change Research and Technology
	12:00 PM, Wednesday Lunch Break
	1:30 PM, Wednesday Simpsons Symposium—A Tribute to Robert and Joanne Simpson
	1:30 PM-3:00 PM, Wednesday Joint Session 2 Scatterometer Observations of Air-Sea interaction (Joint Session between the 12th Conference on Interactions of the Sea and Atmosphere and the 12th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography)
Organizer: Jeffrey D. Hawkins, NRL, Monterey, CA
1:30 PM J2.1 The Best Winds for Ocean Models??   James J. O'Brien, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and M. Bourassa 2:00 PM J2.2 Satellite Observations of Ocean-Atmosphere Interaction Over SST Fronts   Dudley B. Chelton, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR; and S. P. Xie 2:30 PM J2.3 Biological responses of the sea to typhoons   I-I Lin, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan; and W. T. Liu
	2:30 PM-4:30 PM, Wednesday Joint Poster Session 2 Scatterometer Observations of Air-Sea Interaction (Joint Poster Session between the 12th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography and the 12th Conference on Interactions of the Sea and Atmosphere)
Organizers: Kathryn A. Kelly, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; Robert A. Brown, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
JP2.1 Wind stress in the Oregon and California coastal zone from the QuikSCAT scatterometer and models   Natalie Perlin, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR; and D. B. Chelton, R. M. Samelson, and P. L. Barbour   JP2.2 Ocean Currents Inferred from Differences Between QuikSCAT and TAO Winds   Kathryn A. Kelly, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and S. Dickinson and G. C. Johnson   JP2.3 Online Analysis and Visualization of TRMM and QuikSCAT Products   Zhong Liu, George Mason Univ./CEOSR Fairfax, VA and NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and L. Chiu, W. Teng, and H. Rui   JP2.4 QuikSCAT analysis of marine atmospheric fronts   Jerome Patoux, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and R. A. Brown   JP2.5 Rich Structures of Cold Ocean-Atmosphere Interaction   Shang-Ping Xie, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI   JP2.6 Satellite observations of air-sea interaction during a Santa Ana event   Hua Hu, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and W. T. Liu   JP2.7 Sverdrup transport calculation using Satellite scatterometer wind products in the North Pacific   Kunihiro Aoki, Tokai University, Shimizu, Shizuoka, Japan; and K. Kutsuwada and D. Fukata   JP2.8 Monitoring a Piteraq Storm System Using DMSP Imagery and QuikSCAT Wind Data   Boniface J. Mills, Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE; and M. R. Anderson   JP2.9 Evaluating the Quikscat/Seawinds radar for measuring rainrate over the oceans using collocations with NEXRAD and TRMM   David E. Weissman, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY; and M. A. Bourassa and J. Tongue   JP2.10 Development of scatterometer–derived research–quality surface pressures for the Southern Ocean   Kyle A. Hilburn, COAPS/Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL; and M. A. Bourassa and J. J. O'Brien   JP2.11 Characteristics of the air-sea interface inferred from analysis of geophysical model functions   Ellen E Lettvin, APL, Seattle, WA; and S. Dickinson   JP2.12 Analysis of midlatitude storms with winds and pressures from QuikSCAT   Robert A. Brown, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and J. Patoux   JP2.13 A Direct Surface Wind Stress Algorithm for the SeaWinds Scatterometer   Mark A. Bourassa, COAPS/Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL; and D. E. Weissman   JP2.14 Global pressure fields from scatterometer winds   Jerome Patoux, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and R. C. Foster and R. A. Brown
	3:00 PM-3:30 PM, Wednesday Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall (Exhibits open 1:30–7:30P.M.)
	3:30 PM-5:30 PM, Wednesday Joint Poster Session 4 Air-Sea and QuikSCAT Applications (Joint Poster Session between 12 Conference on Satellite Meteorology and 12th Conference on Interactions of the Sea and Atmosphere)
Organizer: Frank M. Monaldo, Johns Hopkins University APL, Laurel, MD
JP4.1 Use of Quik Scat imagery in the diagnosis and detection of Gulf of Tehuantepec wind events 1999–2002   Hugh D. Cobb III, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/TPC, Miami, FL; and D. P. Brown and R. Molleda   JP4.2 QuikSCAT Satellite Comparisons with Near-Shore Buoy Wind Data off the US West Coast   Mark H. Pickett, NOAA/Pacific Fisheries Environmental Laboratory, Pacific Grove, CA; and W. Tang, L. K. Rosenfeld, and C. H. Wash   JP4.3 Quikscat spatial resolution and Pacific Ocean model results   Eric C. Hackert, ESSIC, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and S. M. Tse and T. J. Busalacchi   JP4.4 Wind and sea surface pressure fields from the SeaWinds scatterometer and their impacts in NWP   Shannon R. Davis, Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL; and M. A. Bourassa, R. M. Atlas, J. Ardizzone, E. Brin, D. Bungato, and J. J. O'Brien JP4.5 Scatterometer-based correction of forecast-model coastal winds   Natalie Perlin, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR; and R. M. Samelson and P. L. Barbour   JP4.6 Improved quality control for QuikSCAT near real-time data   S. Mark Leidner, AER, Inc., Lexington, MA; and R. N. Hoffman and M. C. Cerniglia   JP4.7 Operational Use of QuikSCAT winds in NCEP GDAS   T.-W Yu, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC, Washington, DC   JP4.8 QuikSCAT SeaWinds ocean surface wind processing and distribution   Lei Shi, SeaSpace Corporation, Poway, CA; and R. L. Bernstein   JP4.9 Results of QuikScat high wind data validation   Deborah K. Smith, Remote Sensing Systems, Santa Rosa, CA; and F. J. Wentz   JP4.10 Normalized radar cross-section (NRCS) patterns from QuikSCAT—A new analysis tool over the tropical oceans   Roger T. Edson, Anteon Corporation and Univ. of Guam, Mangilao, Guam; and P. S. Chang   JP4.11 Validation of QSCAT Vector Winds with Air-Sea Interaction Spar   Hans C. Graber, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and M. Caruso, V. J. Cardone, and M. A. Donelan   JP4.12 Change of the brightness temeprature in the microwave region due to the relative wind direction   Masanori Konda, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan; and A. Shibata   JP4.13 Variability of skin - bulk sea surface temperature difference   Stephen Hallsworth, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Mid Lothian, United Kingdom   JP4.14 Finding the true temperature of the ocean surface   Elizabeth C. Kent, Southampton Oceanography Centre, Southampton, United Kingdom; and A. Kaplan and P. K. Taylor   JP4.15 A global study of diurnal warming using satellite derived sea surface temperature   A. C. Stuart-Menteth, School of Ocean & Earth Science, Southampton Oceanography Centre, Southampton, Hampshire, United Kingdom; and I. S. Robinson and P. G. Challenor   JP4.16 Accuracy of satellite derived latent heat flux   Hiroyuki Tomita, Tokai Univ., Shizuoka, Japan; and M. Kubota   JP4.17 Comparison of latent and sensible heat fluxes over tropical oceans observed by TRMM and DMSP satellites   Alice Fan, SAIC, Hampton, VA; and B. Lin   JP4.18 High resolution satellite-derived surface turbulent fluxes over the global ocean   Abderrahim Bentamy, IFREMER, Plouzane, France; and J. F. Piolle and A. M. Nunez   JP4.19 Improving merchant ship air temperatures using an analytical model of heating errors   David I. Berry, Southampton Oceanography Centre, Southampton, Hampshire, United Kingdom; and E. C. Kent and P. K. Taylor   JP4.20 Assessing Ocean Buoy Shortwave Observations using Clear-Sky Model Calculations   Duane E. Waliser, SUNY, Stony Brook, NY; and M. Medovaya, R. A. Weller, and M. McPhaden   JP4.21 Paper moved to the 12th Conference on Interactions of the Sea and Atmosphere, New paper number 10.9
	6:00 PM-7:30 PM, Wednesday Reception (Cash Bar)
	7:30 PM-9:30 PM, Wednesday AMS Annual Awards Banquet
Thursday, 13 February 2003
	8:15 AM-9:45 AM, Thursday Session 6 Moisture, Fluxes and Retrievals
Organizer: Joe Turk, NRL, Monterey, CA
8:15 AM 6.1 Satellite- and ground-based stereo analysis of clouds (Invited Presentation)   Gabriela Seiz, ETH, Zurich, Switzerland; and M. Baltsavias and A. Gruen 8:45 AM 6.2 Aerosol Optical Thickness Retrievals From GMS5 during ACE-Asia   Jun Wang, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and S. A. Christopher, J. Kim, and F. Brechtel 9:15 AM 6.3 Estimating the Land-Surface Radiant, Turbulent and Conductive Energy Budgets Using Satellite Systems and Complementary Synoptic Data   George R. Diak, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. R. Mecikalski, M. C. Anderson, J. M. Norman, R. D. Torm, R. L. DeWolf, and W. P. Kustas
	9:00 AM, Thursday Simpsons Symposium—A Tribute to Robert and Joanne Simpson
	9:45 AM, Thursday Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
	10:00 AM-12:00 PM, Thursday Poster Session 4 Moisture, Fluxes and Retrievals
Organizer: James Marshall Shepherd, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD
P4.1 Retrieval of water vapor over land surfaces from microwave measurements   Alan E. Lipton, AER, Inc., Lexington, MA; and J. L. Moncet, J. F. Galantowicz, and J. D. Hegarty P4.2 MODIS near-infrared column water vapor over land and comparisons with NCEP analyses   Yong Han, SSAI, Greenbelt, MD; and B. C. Gao   P4.3 Methods for evaluating microwave-derived satellite liquid water products   Thomas J. Greenwald, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and S. A. Christopher   P4.4 Validation of IAPP Retrievals using DOE ARM Site Observations   Thomas H. Achtor, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and W. F. Feltz, J. Li, H. Woolf, and B. Howell   P4.5 Validation of GOES-8/11 Sounder Derived Products During IHOP 2002 Field Experiment   Wayne F. Feltz, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. P. Nelson, T. J. Schmit, and G. S. Wade   P4.6 Cloud Liquid Water Profile Information in AMSU-B Water Vapor Profile Retrievals   Clay B. Blankenship, NRL, Monterey, CA   P4.7 Diurnal cycle of liquid water path over the subtropical and tropical oceans   Robert Wood, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and C. Bretherton and D. L. Hartmann   P4.8 GOES-11 and GOES-8 Sounders During the International H2O Project (IHOP)-2002 Field Experiment   Gary S. Wade, NOAA/NESDIS/ORA, Madison, WI; and T. J. Schmit, W. F. Feltz, J. P. Nelson, and A. J. Schreiner   P4.9 Radiometric signatures of rainfall structures from the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) sensors over different climate regimes   Dong-Bin Shin, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA; and L. S. Chiu and A. T. C. Chang   P4.10 Sensitivity of retrieval algorithms to model-generated databases   Sean J. Miner, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO; and C. Kummerow   P4.11 Analysis of TRMM 3-hourly multi-satellite precipitation estimates computed in both real and post-real time   George J. Huffman, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and R. F. Adler, E. F. Stocker, D. T. Bolvin, and E. J. Nelkin   P4.12 An investigation of the horizontal variability of precipitations using radar data   Yoo-Jeong Noh, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and G. Liu   P4.13 A TRMM-Calibrated Infrared Technique For Global Rainfall Estimation   Andrew J. Negri, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and R. F. Adler and L. Xu   P4.14 A Passive Microwave Optimal-Estimation Algorithm for Near Real-Time Water Vapor Profiling   Darren S. McKague, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and J. M. Forsythe, A. S. Jones, S. Q. Kidder, and T. H. Vonder Haar   P4.15 Improvements to the SCaMPR Algorithm   Robert J. Kuligowski, NOAA/NESDIS/ORA, Camp Springs, MD; and W. Guo and J. S. Im   P4.16 Improved Precipitation Retrievals Using Both AMSU Window and Sounding Channels   Limin Zhao, NOAA/NESDIS/ORA, Camp Springs, MD; and F. Weng and R. Ferraro   P4.17 Frequency Distribution of Rain Rate With Cloud Top Brightness Temperature, and near-real time calibration of GOES Multispectral Rainfall Algorithm   Mamoudou B. Ba, Raytheon-ITSS, Lanham, MD and Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD; and A. Gruber and M. J. Jeong   P4.18 Drizzle Detection for Maritime Stratocumulus Clouds by Combined Use of TRMM Microwave Imager and Visible/Infrared Scanner   Hongfei Shao, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and G. Liu   P4.19 Land surface temperature retrievals from GOES-8 using emissivities retrieved from MODIS   Ronnie J. Suggs, NASA/MSFC, Huntsville, AL; and S. L. Haines, G. J. Jedlovec, W. Lapenta, and D. Moss   P4.20 Satellite-Based Surface Heat Budgets and Sea Surface Temperature Tendency in the Tropical Eastern Indian and Western Pacific Oceans for the 1997/98 El Nino and 1998/99 La Nina   Shu-Hsien Chou, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and M. D. Chou, P. K. Chan, and P. H. Lin   P4.21 Validation of Langley parameterized algorithms used to derive CERES/TRMM surface radiative fluxes   Shashi K. Gupta, AS&M, Hampton, VA; and D. P. Kratz, A. C. Wilber, and L. C. Nguyen   P4.22 The Atmosphere Land-EXchange Inverse (ALEXI) model: Regional-scale flux validations, climatologies and available soil water derived from remote sensing inputs   John R. Mecikalski, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and M. C. Anderson, R. D. Torn, J. M. Norman, G. R. Diak, S. J. Richardson, and J. A. Brotzge   P4.23 Introducing the GOES Imager Clear-Sky Brightness Temperature (CSBT) Product   Anthony J. Schreiner, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and T. J. Schmit, C. Köpken, X. Su, C. Holland, and J. A. Jung   P4.24 Infrared and passive microwave radiometric sea surface temperatures and their relationship to atmospheric forcing   Sandra L. Castro, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and D. G. Baldwin and W. J. Emery   P4.25 Estimation of land surface temperature on the Tibetan Plateau using GMS data   Yuichiroh Oku, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan; and H. Ishikawa and H. Ueda   P4.26 Multispectral Thermal Retrievals of Size Distribution Shape, Effective Size, Ice Water Path, Optical Depth and Photon Tunneling Contriubtion   David L. Mitchell, DRI, Reno, NV; and R. P. D'Entremont, D. H. DeSolver, and W. P. Arnott   P4.27 Short wave aerosol direct forcing over cloud free oceans from Terra   Jianglong Zhang, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and S. A. Christopher   P4.28 Clear sky angular dependence models over oceans from CERES   Jianglong Zhang, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and S. A. Christopher   P4.29 Use of Collocated KWAJEX Satellite, Aircraft, & Ground Measurements for Understanding Ambiguities in TRMM Radiometer Rain Profile Algorithm   Eric A. Smith, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and S. Fiorino
	12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Thursday Lunch Break
	1:30 PM-3:00 PM, Thursday Session 7 New Technology, Methods and Future Sensors
Organizers: Jeffery J. Puschell, Raytheon Santa Barbara Remote Sensing, Golete, CA; Gerald J. Dittberner, NOAA/NESDIS, Suitland, MD
1:30 PM 7.1 First results from AMSR-E on NASA's Aqua satellite (Invited Presentation)   Roy W. Spencer, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL 2:00 PM 7.2 Accuracy and Performance of AIRS on Aqua (Invited Presentation)   Moustafa Chahine, NASA/JPL, Pasadena, CA 2:30 PM 7.3 METEOSAT SECOND GENERATION (MSG): Status after Launch (Invited Presentation)   Johannes Schmetz, EUMETSAT, Darmstadt, Germany; and M. Koenig, P. Pili, S. Rota, A. Ratier, and S. Tjemkes
	3:00 PM, Thursday Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall (Exhibit Hall open 1:30-6:30 p.m.)
	3:30 PM-5:30 PM, Thursday Poster Session 5 New Technology, Methods and Future Sensors
Organizers: Gerald J. Dittberner, NOAA/NESDIS, Suitland, MD; Jeffery J. Puschell, Raytheon Santa Barbara Remote Sensing, Golete, CA
P5.1 Report on NOAA's GOES satellite program   Gerald J. Dittberner, NOAA/NESDIS, Suitland, MD   P5.2 Specifying the requirements for imaging and sounding capabilities on the GOES-R series   James J. Gurka, NOAA/NESDIS, Suitland, MD; and G. J. Dittberner, P. Taylor, and T. J. Schmit   P5.3 Channel selection for the next generation geostationary Advanced Baseline Imagers   Timothy J. Schmit, NOAA/NESDIS/ORA, Madison, WI; and W. P. Menzel, J. Sieglaff, J. P. Nelson, M. K. Griffin, and J. J. Gurka   P5.4 Vegetation Monitoring and Thin Cirrus Detection on the Next Generation GOES Imager   Justin M. Sieglaff, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and T. J. Schmit   P5.5 Surface and Atmospheric Retrievals from the Future GOES Sounder—Advanced Baseline Sounder (ABS)   Jun Li, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and T. J. Schmit, F. Sun, and W. P. Menzel   P5.6 Physical retrieval of ocean precipitation from TMI and AMSR: models, algorithms, and observations   Grant W. Petty, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI   P5.7 A Rain Profile Analysis Using TRMM PR and TMI Toward a Future Precipitation Algorithm   Hirohiko Masunaga, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan; and C. D. Kummerow   P5.8 Initial land rainfall estimates from the Aqua AMSR-E   Jeffrey R. McCollum, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD and NOAA/NESDIS/ORA, Camp Springs, MD; and R. R. Ferraro   P5.9 On-Orbit calibration of AMSR-E and the retrieval of ocean products   Frank J. Wentz, Remote Sensing Systems, Santa Rosa, CA; and C. Gentemann and P. Ashcroft   P5.10 Microwave Simulations from Ground-based Soundings and Collocated Observations from Satellites: A Trial Study for DMSP/SSMIS Calibration/Validation   Ye Hong, The Aerospace Corporation, Los Angeles, CA; and J. Wessel and R. Farley   P5.11 Validation of the AIRS/AMSU on the AQUA satellite   Larry M. McMillin, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and S. Zhou and H. Ding   P5.12 Some Results from the NOAA-17 On-orbit Verification   Thomas J. Kleespies, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD   P5.13 An Evaluation of Level-1B and Level-2 AIRS Data Products Using Matched Radiosonde, NCEP and ECMWF Profiles   Murty G. Divakarla, Decision Systems Technologies, Inc., Rockville, MD; and M. D. Goldberg, W. Wolf, L. Zhou, and Y. Qu   P5.14 First satellite intercalibration comparing high spectral resolution AIRS with operational geostationary imagers   Mathew M. Gunshor, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and D. Tobin, T. J. Schmit, and W. P. Menzel   P5.15 Investigating Inter-Satellite Calibration for the GPM Era   F. Joseph Turk, NRL, Monterey, CA; and S. W. Bidwell, E. A. Smith, and A. Mugnai   P5.16 An improved Backus-Gilbert spatial filter for satellite data processing   Andrew S. Jones, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and P. J. Stephens and T. H. Vonder Haar   P5.17 A New Paradigm Image Analysis Tool   Steven G. Hoffert, Boeing Autometric, Springfield, VA; and A. M. Powell, P. Anderson, P. A. Zuzolo, G. Greene, M. Conte, P. Fetz, and D. Blyth   P5.18 A Hyperspectral Adaptive Band Simulator Tool (AHABS) for Simulation of Multispectral Imagery   Michael K. Griffin, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA   P5.19 Compression of Satellite Hyperspectral Infrared Radiances Using Historical Eigenvectors   Yanni Qu, Decision Systems Technologies, Inc., Rockville, MD; and M. D. Goldberg and W. W. Wolf   P5.20 Remote sensing of sea surface temperature in sea-ice zones using ATSR-2   C. J. Merchant, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom; and S. Matthiesen and N. Rayner   P5.21 Analysis of simulated observations from a Doppler Wind Lidar   Lars Peter Riishojgaard, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and R. Atlas and G. D. Emmitt   P5.22 Improvements and Validation of the Gaussian Jet Model for Deriving Absolute Geostrophic Velocities from Satellite Altimetry   Seungbum Kim, Korea Advance Inst. of Science & Technology, Yusung, Daejeon, South Korea; and M. A. Saunders   P5.23 Improved Detection of Nocturnal Low Clouds by MODIS   Thomas F. Lee, NRL, Monterey, CA; and S. D. Miller   P5.24 Fire detection and properties from High-spectral resolution infrared observations   Steven A. Ackerman, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and D. Tobin, R. Knuteson, P. Antonelli, H. E. Revercomb, and K. Vinson   P5.25 Paper has been moved to Poster Session P1, new Poster number P1.25     P5.26 Simultaneous Earth Views from CERES and MISR: Data for Studying the Atmosphere-Land-Ocean System   Nancy A. Ritchey, SAIC and NASA/LaRC, Hampton, VA; and R. K. Seals and C. H. Welch   P5.27 Studies with the CERES Window Channel   G. Louis Smith, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and NASA/LARC, Hampton, VA; and P. E. Mlynczak   P5.28 AQUA Radiance Computations for the Observing System Simulation Experiments for NPOESS   Thomas J. Kleespies, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and H. Sun, W. Wolf, and M. Goldberg   P5.29 NOAA's Product Processing Plans for the Metop Mission   Stacy L. Bunin, Mitretek Systems, Inc., Falls Church, VA; and D. Holmes and T. Schott   P5.30 Virtual Laboratory for Training in Satellite Meteorology   Anthony Mostek, NOAA/NWS, Boulder, CO; and J. Purdom, J. Wilson, and D. Hinsman
	5:00 PM-6:00 PM, Thursday Closing Reception in Exhibit Hall (Cash Bar)
	5:30 PM, Thursday Conference Ends
	6:00 PM, Thursday Simpsons Banquet
	8:00 PM-10:00 PM, Thursday Closing Event at the Long Beach Aquarium on the Pacific

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