| | 5.5 | Assimilation of the GPS-derived Integrated Water Vapour in the aLpine Model Guergana P. Guerova, Institute of Applied Physics, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland; and J. M. Bettems and C. Matzler |
| 2:44 PM | | Coffee Break
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| 3:14 PM | 5.5a | Improving the precipitation prediction using GPS data and a physical initialization procedure (Formerly Paper Number 5.9) Ana M. B. Nunes, Centro de Previsão de Tempo e Estudos Cimáticos, Cachoeira Paulista, SP, Brazil; and J. P. Bonatti |
| 3:29 PM | 5.6 | Regional Data Assimilation at NCEP: Recent advancements in the assimilation of precipitation, clouds, water vapor, soil moisture and snowpack (Invited Presentation) Kenneth E. Mitchell, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Camp Springs, MD; and E. Rogers, D. Parrish, Y. Lin, G. DiMego, M. Ek, D. Lohmann, B. Ferrier, F. Mesinger, P. Shafran, and W. Wu |
| 3:59 PM | 5.7 | NCEP Regional Reanalysis Fedor Mesinger, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC and UCAR, Camp Springs, MD; and G. DiMego, E. Kalnay, P. Shafran, W. Ebisuzaki, Y. Fan, R. Grumbine, W. Higgins, Y. Lin, K. Mitchell, D. Parrish, E. Rogers, W. Shi, D. Stokes, and J. Woolen |
| 4:14 PM | 5.8 | Land Data Assimilation Systems Paul R. Houser, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD |
| 4:28 PM | 5.9 | Paper moved to 5.5A within this session
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