Program: 12th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography (83rd Annual)

12th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography

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Saturday, 8 February 2003

7:30 AM-7:30 AM: Saturday, 8 February 2003

SAT 8 FEB

7:30 AM-9:00 AM: Saturday, 8 February 2003

Short Course Registration

9:00 AM-5:00 PM: Saturday, 8 February 2003

Conference Registration*

Sunday, 9 February 2003

12:00 AM-12:00 AM: Sunday, 9 February 2003

SUN 9 FEB

7:30 AM-9:00 AM: Sunday, 9 February 2003

Short Course Registration

9:00 AM-6:00 PM: Sunday, 9 February 2003

Conference Registration

Monday, 10 February 2003

12:00 AM-12:00 AM: Monday, 10 February 2003

MON 10 FEB

7:30 AM-5:30 PM: Monday, 10 February 2003

Conference Registration (continues through Thursday, 13 February)

9:00 AM-9:00 AM: Monday, 10 February 2003

Welcome address

9:15 AM-9:45 AM: Monday, 10 February 2003

Keynote Speaker

Keynote Address

Sponsor: 12th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography

Papers:

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, 10 February 2003

Climatology and Clouds

Sponsor: 12th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography

Organizer: Kenneth Holmlund, EUMETSAT

Papers:

9:45 AM

1.1

Modes of Tropical water cycle variability (Invited Presentation)

John J. Bates, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC

Poster PDF (232.7 kB)

10:15 AM-10:45 AM: Monday, 10 February 2003

Coffee Break in Poster Session Room

10:15 AM-12:00 PM: Monday, 10 February 2003

Poster Session 1

Climatology and Clouds

Sponsor: 12th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography

Organizer: Kenneth Holmlund, EUMETSAT

Papers:

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

Poster PDF (369.8 kB)

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

Poster PDF (2.9 MB)

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

Poster PDF (746.2 kB)

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

Poster PDF (589.1 kB)

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

Poster PDF (77.1 kB)

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

Poster PDF (2.0 MB)

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, E�tv�s Lor�nd University, Budapest, Hungary; and R. Pongr�cz and Z. Dezs�

Poster PDF (646.9 kB)

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

Poster PDF (802.9 kB)

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

Poster PDF (1023.1 kB)

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

http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/misc/010305/010305.html

Poster PDF (3.0 MB)

P1.16

Mesoscale stratocumulus bands caused by Gulf Steam meanders

George S. Young, Penn State Univ., University Park, PA; and T. D. Sikora

Poster PDF (1.2 MB)

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

Poster PDF (243.0 kB)

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 �m albedo

Stanley Q. Kidder, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO

Poster PDF (1.0 MB)

P1.20

Multilevel cloud retrieval from the GOES platform

Dongsoo Kim, NOAA/ERL/FSL and CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and S. Koch

Poster PDF (169.5 kB)

P1.21

GOES Cloud Detection at the Global Hydrology and Climate Center

Gary J. Jedlovec, NASA/MSFC, Huntsville, AL; and K. Laws

Poster PDF (2.7 MB)

P1.22

Validation of the GOES sounder cloud top pressure product

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-12:00 PM: Monday, 10 February 2003

Lunch Break

1:30 PM-2:30 PM: Monday, 10 February 2003

Operational Applications

Sponsor: 12th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography

Organizer: Robbie E. Hood, Global Hydrology and Climate Center

Papers:

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

http://stratus.ssec.wisc.edu/products/rtpolarwinds/

Poster PDF (77.2 kB)

2:00 PM

2.2

Improvements in global convective detection

Frederick R. Mosher, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/AWC, Kansas City, MO

Poster PDF (1.2 MB)

2:30 PM-2:30 PM: Monday, 10 February 2003

Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

2:30 PM-4:00 PM: Monday, 10 February 2003

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)

Sponsors: (Joint between the 3rd Conference on Artificial Intelligence Applications to the Environmental Science; and the 12th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography )

Organizer: John V. Zapotocny, Air Force Weather Agency

Papers:

JP1.1

Real-time multi-satellite precipitation estimation and assimilation

Mohan L. Nirala, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and P. Houser

Poster PDF (537.5 kB)

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

Poster PDF (497.0 kB)

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

http://ftp://gdas1.wwb.noaa.gov/pub/volcano/Kusselson/AMSSatelliteFeb2003.ppt

Poster PDF (69.2 kB)

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

Poster PDF (164.1 kB)

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

Poster PDF (1.3 MB)

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

Poster PDF (628.7 kB)

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

Poster PDF (436.6 kB)

JP1.8

Using GOES Satellite Products to Enhance National Weather Service Warning Operations

Samuel L. Lashley, NOAA/NWS, Syracuse, IN

http://www.crh.noaa.gov/iwx/sllsatposter/preprint.html

Poster PDF (1.3 MB)

JP1.9

Experimental satellite products usage on AWIPS

Kevin J. Schrab, NOAA/NWS, Salt Lake City, UT

http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/conf/ams-sat12

Poster PDF (2.7 MB)

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

Poster PDF (340.2 kB)

JP1.11

Precision Aviation Forecasting in a Datasparse Coastal Regime

JP1.12

Aerosol monitoring over the U.S. from GOES-8

Kenneth R. Knapp, CIRA and NOAA/NESDIS/ORA, Camp Springs, MD

http://orbit-net.nesdis.noaa.gov/crad3/gasp/RealTime.html

Poster PDF (51.6 kB)

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

Poster PDF (501.6 kB)

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

http://eosdb.ssec.wisc.edu/modisdirect/

Poster PDF (1.1 MB)

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

http://poes.nesdis.noaa.gov

Poster PDF (1.8 MB)

JP1.16

Theater snow depth estimates for Department of Defense applications

Paul J. McCrone, Air Force Weather Agency, Offutt AFB, NE

Poster PDF (596.5 kB)

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

Poster PDF (208.4 kB)

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

Poster PDF (2.1 MB)

JP1.20

Using the NCAR Auto-NowCast System to Nowcast Oceanic Convection

Cathy Kessinger, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. Roberts and R. Bankert

http://www.rap.ucar.edu/staff/kessinge/Sat03_Kessinger.pdf

Poster PDF (158.9 kB)

JP1.21

Using supervised learning for specific meteorological satellite applications

Richard L. Bankert, NRL, Monterey, CA; and J. D. Hawkins

Poster PDF (1.9 MB)

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

http://www.stat.wisc.edu/~wahba/trindex.html

Poster PDF (67.1 kB)

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

Poster PDF (690.1 kB)

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

Poster PDF (673.9 kB)

4:00 PM-5:00 PM: Monday, 10 February 2003

Joint Session 1

Artificial Intelligence (Joint between 12th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography and Third Conference on Artificial Intelligence Applications to Environmental Science)

Sponsors: (Joint between the 12th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography; and the 3rd Conference on Artificial Intelligence Applications to the Environmental Science )

Organizer: William Meyers, UCAR

Papers:

4:00 PM

J1.1

Ozone Profile Retrieval from GOME Data using a Neural Network inverse Model

Martin D. M�ller, Center for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research (ZSW), Stuttgart, Germany; and A. K. Kaifel

Poster PDF (911.2 kB)

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

Poster PDF (251.0 kB)

5:00 PM-5:00 PM: Monday, 10 February 2003

Sessions End for the Day

5:30 PM-7:30 PM: Monday, 10 February 2003

Formal Opening of Exhibits with Reception (Cash Bar)

Tuesday, 11 February 2003

12:00 AM-12:00 AM: Tuesday, 11 February 2003

TUE 11 FEB

8:15 AM-9:45 AM: Tuesday, 11 February 2003

Environmental Applications

Sponsor: 12th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography

Organizer: Elaine M. Prins, NOAA/NESDIS/ORA

Papers:

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

Poster PDF (169.8 kB)

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

Poster PDF (2.4 MB)

10:00 AM-12:00 PM: Tuesday, 11 February 2003

Poster Session 2

Environmental Applications

Sponsor: 12th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography

Organizer: Ralph Ferraro, NOAA/NESDIS/ORA

Papers:

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

http://

Poster PDF (522.3 kB)

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

Poster PDF (536.6 kB)

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

Poster PDF (420.2 kB)

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

Poster PDF (213.3 kB)

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

Poster PDF (93.1 kB)

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

Poster PDF (2.7 MB)

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 Jr. 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

Poster PDF (585.8 kB)

P2.17

UW-CIMSS satellite products: Recent research and developments

Christopher S. Velden, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

Poster PDF (17.8 kB)

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

Poster PDF (107.4 kB)

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

Poster PDF (181.0 kB)

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

Poster PDF (37.9 kB)

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

Poster PDF (141.0 kB)

P2.22

Verification of the Hebert-Poteat subtropical cyclone intensity estimation technique in the Atlantic Basin

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

Poster PDF (345.7 kB)

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

Poster PDF (1.2 MB)

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

Poster PDF (195.2 kB)

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

Poster PDF (622.9 kB)

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

Poster PDF (797.1 kB)

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

Poster PDF (783.8 kB)

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

Poster PDF (607.8 kB)

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 Jr., E. Shaffer, and C. Dobbins

Poster PDF (340.7 kB)

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

Poster PDF (338.0 kB)

P2.32

Advance and withdrawal of the African monsoon flow deduced from Meteosat-7 data

Fran�oise D�salmand, Universit� Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France; and A. Szantai, G. S�ze, I. Jobard, and L. Barros

1:30 PM-3:00 PM: Tuesday, 11 February 2003

Data Assimilation

Sponsor: 12th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography

Organizer: Christopher S. Velden, CIMSS/University of Wisconsin

Papers:

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-No�l Th�paut, ECMWF, Reading, Berks., United Kingdom; and N. Bormann

Poster PDF (396.4 kB)

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. Fourri�, T. Auligne, and M. Szczech-Gajewska

Poster PDF (2.0 MB)

3:00 PM-3:30 PM: Tuesday, 11 February 2003

Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall (Exhibits open 1:30�6:30P.M.)

3:30 PM-5:30 PM: Tuesday, 11 February 2003

Poster Session 3

Data Assimilation

Sponsor: 12th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography

Organizer: Marie Colton, NOAA/NESDIS/ORA

Papers:

P3.1

Rapid Transmittance Studies at NOAA

Larry M. McMillin, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and X. Xiong

Poster PDF (18.3 kB)

P3.2

The Merger of OPTRAN and RTTOV

Thomas J. Kleespies, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD

Poster PDF (207.4 kB)

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

Poster PDF (30.0 kB)

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

Poster PDF (512.9 kB)

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

Poster PDF (202.4 kB)

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 Hall�, CMC, Dorval, QC, Canada; and C. Chouinard

http://iweb.cmc.ec.gc.ca/cmc/bibliotheque/ASSIMILATION/tovs_processing.pdf

Poster PDF (177.9 kB)

P3.8

A hybrid approach to the bias correction of AMSU�A radiance data

William F. Campbell, NRL, Monterey, CA; and N. L. Baker

Poster PDF (555.5 kB)

P3.9

Variational retrieval of Eastern Pacific atmospheric boundary layer parameters using ATOVS with the COAMPS^TM 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

Poster PDF (218.6 kB)

P3.11

Assimilation of water vapor radiances from geostationary imagers in 4DVAR

Christina B. K�pken, ECMWF, Reading, Berks., United Kingdom; and G. Kelly and J. N. Th�paut

Poster PDF (1.2 MB)

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

Poster PDF (280.7 kB)

P3.13

Estimation of Observation Value using the NAVDAS Adjoint System

Rolf H. Langland, NRL, Monterey, CA; and N. L. Baker

Poster PDF (154.9 kB)

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

Poster PDF (497.5 kB)

P3.16

A New Data Assimilation Technique for Satellite Derived Winds

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

Poster PDF (1.7 MB)

P3.19

Observed Impact of GOES Derived Product Data on the LAPS Local Forecasts

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

Poster PDF (2.3 MB)

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

Poster PDF (336.3 kB)

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

http://668756

Poster PDF (32.1 kB)

5:00 PM-5:30 PM: Tuesday, 11 February 2003

Special Address. Conrad C. Lautenbacher, NOAA, Washington, DC

Wednesday, 12 February 2003

12:00 AM-12:00 AM: Wednesday, 12 February 2003

WED 12 FEB

8:30 AM-9:30 AM: Wednesday, 12 February 2003

Operational Implications of QuikSCAT

Sponsor: 12th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography

Organizers: Jeffrey D. Hawkins, NRL; Marie Colton, NOAA/NESDIS/ORA

Papers:

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

http://

Poster PDF (1.0 MB)

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, 12 February 2003

Coffee Break in the Ballroom Foyer, 2nd Level, Promenade

10:00 AM-12:00 PM: Wednesday, 12 February 2003

Presidential Forum: Administration Priorities in Climate Change Research and Technology

12:00 PM-12:00 PM: Wednesday, 12 February 2003

Lunch Break

1:30 PM-1:30 PM: Wednesday, 12 February 2003

Simpsons Symposium�A Tribute to Robert and Joanne Simpson

1:30 PM-3:00 PM: Wednesday, 12 February 2003

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)

Sponsors: (Joint 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

Papers:

1:30 PM

J2.1

The Best Winds for Ocean Models??

James J. O'Brien, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and M. Bourassa

Poster PDF (592.8 kB)

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

Poster PDF (587.0 kB)

2:30 PM-4:30 PM: Wednesday, 12 February 2003

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)

Sponsors: (Joint between the 12th Conference on Interactions of the Sea and Atmosphere; and the 12th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography )

Organizers: Kathryn A. Kelly, University of Washington; Robert A. Brown, University of Washington

Papers:

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

Poster PDF (418.8 kB)

JP2.4

QuikSCAT analysis of marine atmospheric fronts

J�r�me Patoux, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and R. A. Brown

http://pbl.atmos.washington.edu

Poster PDF (971.7 kB)

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

Poster PDF (1.3 MB)

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

http://

Poster PDF (226.2 kB)

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

Poster PDF (473.0 kB)

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

Poster PDF (248.5 kB)

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

Poster PDF (258.8 kB)

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

http://pbl.atmos.washington.edu

Poster PDF (1.5 MB)

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

Poster PDF (195.8 kB)

JP2.14

Global pressure fields from scatterometer winds

Jerome Patoux, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and R. C. Foster and R. A. Brown

http://pbl.atmos.washington.edu

Poster PDF (111.8 kB)

3:00 PM-3:30 PM: Wednesday, 12 February 2003

Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall (Exhibits open 1:30�7:30P.M.)

3:30 PM-5:30 PM: Wednesday, 12 February 2003

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)

Sponsors: (Joint between the 12th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography; and the 12th Conference on Interactions of the Sea and Atmosphere )

Organizer: Frank M. Monaldo, Johns Hopkins University APL

Papers:

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

Poster PDF (55.2 kB)

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

Poster PDF (201.7 kB)

JP4.5

Scatterometer-based correction of forecast-model coastal winds

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

Poster PDF (2.9 MB)

JP4.7

Operational Use of QuikSCAT winds in NCEP GDAS

T.-W Yu, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC, Washington, DC

Poster PDF (241.6 kB)

JP4.8

QuikSCAT SeaWinds ocean surface wind processing and distribution

Lei Shi, SeaSpace Corporation, Poway, CA; and R. L. Bernstein

Poster PDF (507.6 kB)

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

Poster PDF (217.0 kB)

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

Poster PDF (1.6 MB)

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

Poster PDF (1.6 MB)

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

Poster PDF (515.4 kB)

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

Poster PDF (381.8 kB)

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

Poster PDF (632.0 kB)

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

http://terra.msrc.sunysb.edu

Poster PDF (12.1 kB)

6:00 PM-7:30 PM: Wednesday, 12 February 2003

Reception (Cash Bar)

7:30 PM-9:30 PM: Wednesday, 12 February 2003

AMS Annual Awards Banquet

Thursday, 13 February 2003

12:00 AM-12:00 AM: Thursday, 13 February 2003

THUR 13 FEB

8:15 AM-9:45 AM: Thursday, 13 February 2003

Moisture, Fluxes and Retrievals

Sponsor: 12th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography

Organizer: Joe Turk, NRL

Papers:

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

http://www.photogrammetry.ethz.ch/general/persons/gabriela.html

Poster PDF (248.5 kB)

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

Poster PDF (430.3 kB)

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

Poster PDF (2.2 MB)

9:00 AM-9:00 AM: Thursday, 13 February 2003

Simpsons Symposium�A Tribute to Robert and Joanne Simpson

9:45 AM-9:45 AM: Thursday, 13 February 2003

Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

10:00 AM-12:00 PM: Thursday, 13 February 2003

Poster Session 4

Moisture, Fluxes and Retrievals

Sponsor: 12th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography

Organizer: James Marshall Shepherd, NASA/GSFC

Papers:

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

Poster PDF (172.0 kB)

P4.2

MODIS near-infrared column water vapor over land and comparisons with NCEP analyses

P4.3

Methods for evaluating microwave-derived satellite liquid water products

Thomas J. Greenwald, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and S. A. Christopher

Poster PDF (184.4 kB)

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 III, T. J. Schmit, and G. S. Wade

Poster PDF (166.1 kB)

P4.6

Cloud Liquid Water Profile Information in AMSU-B Water Vapor Profile Retrievals

Clay B. Blankenship, NRL, Monterey, CA

Poster PDF (564.2 kB)

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 III, and A. J. Schreiner

http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/realtime/ihop/

Poster PDF (571.8 kB)

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

Poster PDF (198.7 kB)

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

http://trmm.gsfc.nasa.gov

Poster PDF (103.8 kB)

P4.12

An investigation of the horizontal variability of precipitations using radar data

Yoo-Jeong Noh, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and G. Liu

Poster PDF (245.7 kB)

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

Poster PDF (555.2 kB)

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

Poster PDF (337.2 kB)

P4.15

Improvements to the SCaMPR Algorithm

Robert J. Kuligowski, NOAA/NESDIS/ORA, Camp Springs, MD; and W. Guo and J. S. Im

Poster PDF (107.8 kB)

P4.16

Improved Precipitation Retrievals Using Both AMSU Window and Sounding Channels

Limin Zhao, NOAA/NESDIS/OSPO, 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

Poster PDF (148.5 kB)

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

Poster PDF (556.5 kB)

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

Poster PDF (641.2 kB)

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

Poster PDF (1016.9 kB)

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

Poster PDF (273.2 kB)

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. K�pken, X. Su, C. Holland, and J. A. Jung

Poster PDF (182.5 kB)

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

Poster PDF (1.1 MB)

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

Poster PDF (2.9 MB)

P4.27

Short wave aerosol direct forcing over cloud free oceans from Terra

Jianglong Zhang, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and S. A. Christopher

http://vortex.nsstc.uah.edu/~sundar/papers/grl_2002_revise.pdf

Poster PDF (67.3 kB)

P4.28

Clear sky angular dependence models over oceans from CERES

Jianglong Zhang, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and S. A. Christopher

Poster PDF (97.1 kB)

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, 13 February 2003

Lunch Break

1:30 PM-3:00 PM: Thursday, 13 February 2003

New Technology, Methods and Future Sensors

Sponsor: 12th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography

Organizers: Jeffery J. Puschell, Raytheon Santa Barbara Remote Sensing; Gerald J. Dittberner, NOAA/NESDIS

Papers:

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

http://www.ghcc.msfc.nasa.gov/AMSR

Poster PDF (351.6 kB)

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

Poster PDF (90.2 kB)

3:00 PM-3:00 PM: Thursday, 13 February 2003

Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall (Exhibit Hall open 1:30-6:30 p.m.)

3:30 PM-5:30 PM: Thursday, 13 February 2003

Poster Session 5

New Technology, Methods and Future Sensors

Sponsor: 12th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography

Organizers: Gerald J. Dittberner, NOAA/NESDIS; Jeffery J. Puschell, Raytheon Santa Barbara Remote Sensing

Papers:

P5.1

Report on NOAA's GOES satellite program

Gerald J. Dittberner, NOAA/NESDIS, Suitland, MD

Poster PDF (205.0 kB)

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

Poster PDF (49.8 kB)

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 III, M. K. Griffin, and J. J. Gurka

Poster PDF (137.8 kB)

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

Poster PDF (60.5 kB)

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

Poster PDF (1.1 MB)

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

Poster PDF (213.3 kB)

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

Poster PDF (1.0 MB)

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

Poster PDF (148.2 kB)

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

Poster PDF (13.0 kB)

P5.12

Some Results from the NOAA-17 On-orbit Verification

Thomas J. Kleespies, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD

Poster PDF (522.7 kB)

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

Poster PDF (178.9 kB)

P5.15

Investigating Inter-Satellite Calibration for the GPM Era

F. Joseph Turk, NRL, Monterey, CA; and S. W. Bidwell, D. Sidla, and A. Mugnai

Poster PDF (158.6 kB)

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

Poster PDF (105.9 kB)

P5.17

A New Paradigm Image Analysis Tool

Steven G. Hoffert, Boeing Autometric, Springfield, VA; and A. M. Powell Jr., P. Anderson, P. A. Zuzolo, G. Greene, M. Conte, P. Fetz, and D. Blyth

Poster PDF (651.7 kB)

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

http://satrec.kaist.ac.kr/~sbkim/

Poster PDF (144.9 kB)

P5.23

Improved Detection of Nocturnal Low Clouds by MODIS

Thomas F. Lee, NRL, Monterey, CA; and S. D. Miller

Poster PDF (168.1 kB)

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 Jr. and C. H. Welch

Poster PDF (1.5 MB)

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

Poster PDF (165.9 kB)

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

Poster PDF (364.9 kB)

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

Poster PDF (204.3 kB)

P5.30

Virtual Laboratory for Training in Satellite Meteorology

Anthony Mostek, NOAA/NWS, Boulder, CO; and J. Purdom, J. Wilson, and D. Hinsman

Poster PDF (287.2 kB)

5:00 PM-6:00 PM: Thursday, 13 February 2003

Closing Reception in Exhibit Hall (Cash Bar)

5:30 PM-5:30 PM: Thursday, 13 February 2003

Conference Ends

6:00 PM-6:00 PM: Thursday, 13 February 2003

Simpsons Banquet

8:00 PM-10:00 PM: Thursday, 13 February 2003

Closing Event at the Long Beach Aquarium on the Pacific

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