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December 2003
Tuesday 9, noon Rm 209 Martin Mueller
NASA/GMAO
Using neural networks for GOME ozone retrieval - an overview
Abstract
Contact person: Vladimir Krasnopolsky x7262
Tuesday 16, noon Rm 707 Michael Oczkowski
University of Maryland at College Park
Mechanisms for the Development of Locally Low Dimensional Atmospheric Dynamics
Abstract
Contact person: Zoltan Toth x7268
Wednesday 17, noon Rm 209 Cecile Penland
NOAA/CDC
Some Numerical Issues in Stochastic Climate Models
Abstract
Contact person: Hua-Lu Pan x7234
January 2004
Tuesday 6, noon
Ocean
Rm 707 Quanan Zheng
University of Maryland
Applications of Satellite Synthetic Aperture Radar to Coastal Ocean Dynamic Studies
Abstract
Contact person: Sudhir Nadiga x7593
Thursday 29, 10am Rm 707 Malaquias Pena Mendez
Department of Meteorology, University of Maryland
Long-lasting locally coupled ocean-atmosphere anomalies
Abstract
Ppt Presentation
Contact person Zoltan Toth x7268
February 2004
Tuesday 3, noon Rm 209 Zavisa Janjic
NCEP/EMC
Energy Spectra in Mesoscale Models
Abstract
Ppt Presentation
Directory of the ppt file and gif files
Tuesday 10, 9am 209 Bradley Pierce
NASA Langley Research Center
Assimilation of Satellite Ozone Measurements during the 1999 Southern Oxidants Study: Impact on Continental US Regional Air Quality Predictions.
Abstract
Presentation (ppt file)
Contact Person: Donald Johnson x7161
Tuesday 10, noon Rm 209 Dusanka Zupanski
CIRA/CSU
Model error estimation employing data assimilation methodologies
Abstract
Presentation (ppt file)
Contact person Zoltan Toth x7268
Thursday 12, noon Rm 209 Douglas Allen
NRL at DC
Prognostic Ozone in NOGAPS
Abstract
Contact person Craig Long x7557
Wednesday 18, noon Rm 209 Sjuhua Li
NASA Global Modeling and Assimilation Office
GEOS-4 Reanalysis: Assessment and sensitivity study
Abstract
Presentation (ppt file)
Contact person: Zoltan Toth x7268
Friday 20, noon Rm 707 Song You Hong
Yonsei University/Korea
Development of a new global forecast system in Korea
Abstract
Presentation (ppt file)
Tuesday 24, 2pm Rm 209 Ben Kirtman
COLA/GMU
Impact of Internal Atmospheric Dynamics on Climate Variability
Presentation (ppt file)
Contact person: Jiande Wang x7596
Friday 27, noon Rm 707 Istvan Szunyogh and Eugenia Kalnay
Department of Meteorology University of Maryland
Ensemble forecasting and data assimilation
Presentation by Kalnay (ppt file)
Presentation by Szunyogh (ppt file)
Abstract
March 2004
Tuesday 16, noon
Ocean
Rm 209 Xiaofeng Li
NOAA
Ocean surface imprints of atmospheric boundary layer phenomena on spaceborne synthetic aperture radar images
Abstract
Contact person: Sudhir Nadiga x7593
Tuesday 23, noon Rm 707 Nash'at Ahmad
SAIC-GMU
A Godunov-Type Scheme for Nonhydrostatic Atmospheric Flows
Abstract
Presentation in PDF file
Contact person: S.G.Gopalakrishnan x7293
Tuesday 23, 2 pm Rm 209 Hiromi Owada
JMA
Assimilation of geostationary satellite data for cloud analysis at JMA
Abstract
Presentation(ppt file)
Tuesday 30, noon Rm 707 Ron Errico
NASA/GSFC/GMAO
Singular Vectors for Moisture Measuring Norms
Abstract
Presentation(ppt file)
Wednesday 31, noon Rm 209 Yulia R. Gel
Department of Statistics The George Washington University
Calibrated Probabilistic Mesoscale Weather Field Forecasting:
The Geostatistical Output Perturbation (GOP) Method

Abstract
Presentation(PDF file)
Presentation(ps file)
Contact person: Zoltan Toth x7268
April 2004
Tuesday 6, noon Rm 707 Chun-Chieh Wu
National Taiwan University
Some Research Highlights on the Tropical Cyclone Dynamics
the Typhoon-Ocean-Biogeochemistry Interaction and the DOTSTAR experiment
Abstract
Contact person: Hua-Lu Pan x7234
Tuesday 20,noon Rm 707 Menglin Jin
Univ. of Maryland
Part 1: Simulating Urban-induced Climate Changes
via EOS observations and NCAR Community Land Model
Part 2: Urban Aerosol and Its Interactions with Clouds and Rainfall:
A Case Study for New York and Houston
Abstract
Contact person:Jun Du x7277
Thursday 22,11am Rm 209 Eric Grimit
University of Washington
UWME and Probabilistic Spread-Skill Relationships
Abstract
Presentation part 1(PDF file)
Presentation part 2(PDF file)
Web site
Contact person:Jeff Mcqueen x 7226
Thursday 22, 2:30 pm Rm 209 Peter G. Black
NOAA/AOML/Hurricane Research Division
An Overview of CBLAST Flights into Hurricanes Fabian and Isabel (2003)
Abstract
Contact person:Naomi Surgi x7285
Tuesday 27, noon Rm 209 Dave DeWitt
IRI
Experimental Tropical SST Forecasts at IRI Using Models of Different Complexity
Abstract
Contact person: Huug Vandendool x 7570
May 2004
Tuesday 4, noon
Ocean
Rm. 209 Roxana C. Wajsowicz
Department of Meteorology at the University of Maryland in College Park
Climate Variability over the Tropical Indian Ocean Sector in the NSIPP Seasonal Forecast System
Abstract
Contact person: Jiande Wang x7596
Friday 14, 10am
Rm. 209 Bo Cui
University of Illinois
Mesoscale Ensemble Prediction of Mid-latitude Cyclones
Abstract
Contact person: Zoltan Toth x7268
Friday 14, 11am
Ocean
Rm. 707 David E. Dietrich
AcuSea, Inc.
Deep Current System Interaction with the Gulf Stream
in a North Atlantic Ocean Model Running on a PC
Abstract
Presentation (ppt file)
Contact person: Avichal Mehra x7208
Tuesday 25, noon
Ocean
Rm. 707 Jim Carton
Department of Meteorology at the University of Maryland in College Park
Bias: the unmentionable problem in ocean data assimilation
Abstract
Presentation(ppt file)
Contact person: Jiande Wang x 7596
June 2004
Tuesday 1, noon Rm. 707 Weixing Shen
NCEP/EMC
The new hurricane-land coupled system and its test for landfalling tropical cyclones
Abstract
Presentation (ppt file)
Wednesday 2nd, 10am
Ocean
Rm. 209 Bert Thomson
Univ. Of Delaware
The Global Ocean Observing System
Abstract
Presentation (ppt file)
Contact person:Desiraju B. Rao x 7207
Wednesday 2nd, from noon to 1:30pm
Rm. 209 Chris Thorncroft
Dave Parsons and Yochanan Kushnir
SUNY Albany
Upcoming field programs in West Africa and the Tropical Atlantic including interactions with THORPEX: AMMA, AMI, ASHE
Abstract
Presentation by Dr. Thorncroft (ppt file)
Presentation by Dr. Parsons(ppt file)
Contact person:Naomi Surgi x7285
Wednesday 2nd, 2:30 pm Rm. 707 Pierre Dubreuil
Director General, Meteorological Service of Canada
Restructuring of the MSC weather and environmental prediction function within Canada
Presentation (ppt file)

Michel Béland
Director General, Canadian Meteorological Center
Recent NWP activities at the Canadian Meteorological Centre
Presentation (ppt file)
Directory for ppt file with movie files.
Start from Laces_project_new1.ppt

Contact person:Lauren Morone x7010
Tuesday 8, noon Rm. 707 Bruce Hicks
NOAA/OAR/ARL
Some micrometeorological heresy -- confronting the issues of urban areas and complex terrain
Abstract
Presentation (ppt file)
Contact person:Jeff McQueen x 7226
Friday 18, noon Rm. 209 Anders Persson
SMHI, Sweden
New ensemble-based forecast guidance products
Abstract
Presentation (ppt file)
Guide in PDF file
Contact person: Yuejian Zhu x7275
Thursday 24, noon Rm. 209 Lynn K. "Nick" Shay
RSMAS, University of Miami
Oceanic And Atmospheric Measurements
in Hurricanes Isidore And Lili (2002)
Abstract
Presentation (ppt file)
Contact person: Naomi Surgi x7285
Tuesday 29, 10am
Ocean
Rm. 209 Claire Parkinson
NASA/GSFC/EOS, Aqua (EOS PM) Project Scientist
Sea Ice and Climate Change: Insights from Models and Satellite Data
Abstract
Contact person:D.B. Rao x 7207
July 2004
Tuesday July 6, Noon
EMC/NESDIS-ORA Joint Seminar
Rm. 707 Al Powell
NOAA/NESDIS/ORA
Forecast Skill and Sun-Earth Connections
Abstract
Contact person:Shi-Keng Yang x 7559
Tuesday July 13, Noon Rm. 707 Jon Gottschalck
NASA/GSFC-UMBC
Analysis of multiple precipitation products as part of the Global Land Data Assimilation System (GLDAS) project.
Abstract
Presentation (ppt file)
Contact person:Ken Mitchell x 7225
Tuesday July 20, Noon Rm. 707 Timothy Marchok
NOAA/GFDL
A comparison of rainfall forecasts from operational models
for U.S. landfalling tropical cyclones from 1998-2003
Abstract
Contact person:Naomi Surgi x7285
Wednesday July 21, Noon Rm. 707 Rob Rogers
NOAA/AOML Hurricane Research Division
Evaluating Microphysical Parameterization Schemes for Use in Hurricane Environments
Abstract
Presentation (ppt file)
Contact person:Naomi Surgi x7285
Tuesday July 27, Noon
Ocean
Rm. 707 Paul Schopf
George Mason University and COLA
ENSO Residuals and Asymmetry: Interactions between ENSO Amplitude and the Decadal Mean
Abstract
Presentation (PDF file)
Contact person:Sudhir Nadiga x7593 or Jiande Wangx7596
Friday July 30, Noon Rm. 707 Alan Betts
Atmospheric Research, Pittsford, VT
Understanding hydrometeorology using global models
Abstract
Presentation (PDF file)
Contact person:Ken Mitchell x 7225 and Mike Ek x7260
August 2004
Friday 6, noon
Rm. 707 Bert Holtslag
Wageningen University, Netherlands
Land Surface Climate and the role of the Stable Boundary Layer
Abstract
Presentation (PDF file)
Contact person: Mike Ek x7260
Tuesday 10, noon

Rm. 707 Zhaohua Wu
COLA
The impact of ENSO on NAO variability
Abstract
Presentation
Presentation (ppt file)
Contact person: Jiande Wang x 7596
Tuesday 17, noon

Rm. 707 William Cotton
Colorado State University
QPF and Aerosols: Is it time to be concerned about aerosol influences on precipitation?
Abstract
Presentation
Presentation (ppt file)
Contact Person: Steve Lord/ Mike Pecnik x7265
Monday 23, 10am

Rm. 707 Akio Arakawa
UCLA
Multi-Point Forward_Backward Scheme:Alternative to Semi-implicit Scheme
Presentation
Presentation (directory for pdf file)
Presentation (tar file)
Contact Person: Hua-Lu Pan x7234
Tuesday 31, noon Rm. 707 Winston Chao
NASA/GSFC
Single and double ITCZ in an aqua-planet model with globally and temporally constant SST and solar angle
Abstract
September 2004
Tuesday 7, noon Rm 707 Alberto Carrassi
University of Ferrara, Italy
A dynamically based data assimilation for targeted observations
Abstract
Presentation (ppt file)
Contact person: Zoltan Toth x7268
Wednesday 22, noon Rm. 707 Roland Draxler
NOAA's Air Resources Lab
The HYSPLIT Model Transport and Dispersion System
Abstract
Presentation Part 1 (ppt file)
Presentation Part 2(ppt file)
Contact person: Jeff Mcqueen x 7226
Tuesday 28, noon

Rm. 209 Christa Peters-Lidard
Hydrological Sciences Branch NASA/GSFC
Topics: NASA/GSFC/HSB Global Land Data Assimilation System, now called the Land Information System (LIS).
Abstract
Presentation (ppt file)
Contact person:Ken Mitchell x 7225
October 2004
Tuesday 5, noon Rm. 209 Norman Grody
NOAA/NESDIS
Calibration of Multi-Satellite Observations for Climatic Studies:
Microwave Sounding Unit (MSU)
Abstract
Presentation (ppt file)
Tuesday 12, noon Rm. 707 Craig Bishop
Naval Research Laboratory, Monterey
Stochastic enlargement of ensembles under a second-moment constraint
Abstract
Presentation (ppt file)
Contact person: Zoltan Toth x7596
Tuesday 19, noon Rm. 707 Jim Purser
SAIC at EMC/NCEP
A Geometrical Approach to Anisotropic Covariance Synthesis
Abstract
Presentation (ppt file)
Monday 25, 2pm
Ocean
Rm. 209 Braulio.V. Sanchez
NASA
The estimation of tidal constituents, quasi-stationary sea surface topography and associated flow fields from satellite altimetry by means of characteristic functions.
Abstract
Contact Person: Sudhir Nadiga x7276
Tuesday 26, 2:30pm Rm. 802 Nadya Vinogradova
University of Southern Mississippi
Instability of shelf-break fronts and cross-shelf exchange in the Northern Gulf of Mexico
Abstract
Presentation (ppt file)
Movies are available on the laptop for Rm 707
Contact Person: Stave Lord x7202
Thursday 28, noon Rm. 209 Sharan Majumdar
University of Miami
Hurricane synoptic surveillance using the Ensemble Transform Kalman Filter targeted observing strategy
Abstract
Presentation (ppt file)
Contact person: Zoltan Toth x7596
November 2004
Tuesday 1, 1pm Rm. 209 Steven K. Krueger
University of Utah
The Atmosphere Radiation Measurement experiment and its connection to NCEP
Presentation (PDF file)
Conontact person: Hualu Pan x7234
Tuesday 9, noon Rm. 707 Larry McMillin
NOAA/NESDIS
Use of GPS to Adjust Radiosondes: Validation using AIRS
Abstract
Presentation (ppt file)
Tuesday 23, noon
Ocean
Rm. 209 Raghu Murtugudde
ESSIC/METO
Internal variability in the tropical oceans: Noise or stochastic forcing?
Abstract
Presentation (ppt file)
Contact person: Chandra Narayanan x7256
Tuesday 30, noon
Rm. 707 Andrew Tangborn
UMBC-GMAO/GSFC/NASA
Application of Wavelets to Data Assimilation
Abstract
Contact person: Jim Purser x7267
Tuesday 30, 2pm
Rm. 209 Tim Hewson
Met. Office, UK
Addressing Model Errors in the UK Met Office
Abstract
Presentation (ppt file)
Contact person: Zoltan Toth x7596
December 2004
Monday 6, noon Rm. 707
Ocean
Antonio Busalacchi
ESSIC
Tropical-Subtropical Interactions and Decadal Variability in the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans
Abstract
Contact person: Augustin Vintzileos x7270
Monday 13, noon Rm. 209 Warren Tennant
Prediction Research Scientist - South African Weather Service
Application of NCEP medium-range EPS in South Africa: Successes and challenges
Abstract
Presentation (ppt file)
Presentation (ppt file)
Presentation (ppt file)
Contact person: Zoltan Toth x7596
Tuesday 14, noon
Ocean
Rm. 707 Chaojiao Sun
GEST/UMBC, GMAO/NASA
Comparison of global ocean assimilation systems in the ODASI experiments
Abstract
Contact person: Augustin Vintzileos x7270
Tuesday 14, 2pm Rm. 209 Isaac Ginis
University of Rhode Island
Effect of Surface Waves on Air-Sea Momentum Flux in Tropical Cyclones
Presentation (ppt file)
Contact person: Naomi Surgi x7285
January 2005
Friday 28, 10am Rm. 707 Dennis Lettenmaie
University of Washington

Contact person: Ken Mitchell x301-316-5027
February 2005
Tuesday 1, noon Rm. 707 Annarita Mariotti
ESSIC/ENEA
Tropical influence on Euro-Asian autumn rainfall
Abstract
Contact person:Augustin Vintzileos x7270
Tuesday 8, noon Rm. 707 Ake Johansson
Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute
Topics: NAO
Contact person: Suru Saha x7236
To be scheduled

Ocean
Rm. 707 Sirpa Hakkinen
NASA/GSFC
Contact person: Sudhir Nadiga x7593
Spring 2005 Rm. 707 Christian Keppenne
SAIC, GMAO/NASA
Use of the ensemble Kalman filter with the Poseidon global OGCM
Contact person: Augustin Vintzileos x7270
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Future Speakers
John Schaake (NOAA)
Rm 707 is researved upto Dec 2006

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