JCSDA 9th Workshop on Satellite Data Assimilation
May 24-25, 2011

University of Maryland, College Park
Computer & Space Sciences Bldg.
Room 2324
College Park, Maryland 20742

Thanks to all attendees and participants for making the 2011 JCSDA Workshop a success. We look forward to seeing you next year!

Presentations, poster files, & agenda:

Day One - Tuesday, May 24, 2011

8:30 - 9:00 a.m. Registration
9:00 - 9:10 a.m. Welcoming words from the Dean of the College of Computer, Mathematical and Natural Science (CMNS) of the University of Maryland, College Park - Steve Halperin - Meeting Logistics and Introduction, Boukabara, S. - JCSDA

9:10 - 9:30 a.m. Session 1 - Overview of JCSDA Activities and Plans
Overview, L.P. Riishojgaard - JCSDA

9:30 - 10:45 a.m. Session 2 - Radiative Transfer Modeling and Validation, Co-chairs: Y. Han - NESDIS and P. VanDelst - IMSG, NCEP
CRTM development for 2011-2012, P. VanDelst - NCEP/IMSG
CRTM Non-LTE module, Y. Han - NOAA/NESDIS
Updates to AER's line by line radiative transfer models, V. Payne - AER
Validation of CRTM, P. Yang - Texas A&M
Current problems in scattering radiative transfer modeling for data assimilation, R. Bennartz - University of Wisconsin

10:45 - 11:15 a.m. Coffee Break

11:15 - 12:15 a.m. Session 3 - Cloud and Precipitation Data Assimilation, Co-chairs: Ralph Bennartz - UW/CIMMS and Min-Jeong Kim - CSU/CIRA
Developments Toward A Cloud Analysis System, T. Auligne - NCAR
Status of Cloud assimilation at NOAA NCEP, M.-J. Kim - CIRA, JCSDA
Status of radiance assimilation using total moisture variable in NCEP GSI, E. Liu, NOAA/NCEP & Systems Research
Hurricane Forecast Improvement with Advanced IR Soundings in A Regional NWP Model, J. Li - Space Science and Engineering Center

12:15 - 13:45 p.m. Lunch break

13:45 - 16:00 p.m. Session 4 - Assimilation of Advanced Sensors, Co-chairs: John Derber - NCEP; and Nancy Baker - Navy/NRL
Overview of Navy atmospheric data assimilation Activities, N. Baker - NRL
GPS Radio Occultation: Progress Report (NCEP), L. Cucurull - NOAA/NWS/NCEP
Design of OSSEs at the GMAO, R. Errico - NASA
Preparation for uses of JPSS data in NWP model, F. Weng - NESDIS/STAR
The development of Hyperspectral Infrared Water Vapor radiance assimilation; Techniques in the NCEP Global Forecast System, J. Jung- CIMSS/University of Wisconsin
Utility of GOES-R Instruments for Data Assimilation and Forecasting, M. Zupanski - CIRA/Colorado State University
Assessment of FY-3 Microwave Brightness Temperature Data for NWP Applications (X. Zou - FSU), X. Zou - FSU
Using the Expected Error in the assimilation of satellite-derived winds, Part 1: Quality control impact, D. Santek - University of Wisconsin-Madison
Data Assimilation of Lightning in WRF 4-D VAR Using Observation Operators and 1-D. 4-D VAR, I. M. Navon - Florida State University

16:00 - 16:30 p.m. Coffee Break

16:30 - 17:30 p.m. Session 5 (Land Data Assimilation) will consist of oral contributions from internal and external investigators and other JCSDA-sponsored work related to the assimilation of land data, Co-chairs: Christa Peters-Lidard - NASA/GSFC; Mike Ek - NCEP; and J. Eylander - CRREL
Assimilation of multi-sensor snow retrievals into land surface models, S. Kumar - NASA/GSFC
Land Assimilation Activities at NASA/GMAO, R. Reichle - NASA
On the Impact of land data On Mesoscale Numerical Weather Prediction, V. Wong - NOAA/NCEP
Transitioning to operation of recent research on snow processes, Z. Wang - University of Arizona

Day Two - Wednesday, May 25, 2011

8:30 - 10:00 a.m. Session 6 - Atmospheric Composition, Co-chairs: Jianglong Zhang - UND and Shobha Kondragunta - NESDIS
Aerosol modeling and data assimilation at GMAO, A. Da Silva - NASA/GSFC
On the development of global Aerosol assimilation at the NCEP and the use of satellite-derived hourly Global Biomass Burning Emissions Product as source function in forecast model, H.-C. Huang - NOAA/NWS/NCEP
Assimilating MODIS AOD with WRF-Chem and GSI, Z. Liu - NCAR
Implementation of GOES and OMI total Column Ozone assimilation within NAM-CMAQ to Improve Operational Air Quality Forecasting Capabilities, R.B. Pierce - NOAA/NESDIS/STAR
Intercomparison of NOAA's Global Biomass Burning Emissions Product (GBBEP) from Geostationary Satellites and NASA's Quick Fire Emissions Data (QFED) from Polar-orbiting Satellites, J. Ram - NOAA/NESDIS/STAR - IMSG
Multi-sensor data assimilation using MODIS, MISR and CALIPSO Aerosol Products, J. Zhang - University of North Dakota

10:00 - 10:30 a.m. Coffee Break

10:30- 11:15 a.m. Session 7 - Ocean Data Assimilation, Co-chairs: Jim Cummings - Navy/NRL and Eric Bayler - NESDIS
Effects of altimetry data assimilation and Error models On analyzed ocean fields, A. Kaplan - LDEO of Columbia University
Ocean Permittivity Considerations for the CRTM, E. Bayler - NOAA/NESDIS/STAR
NSST in NCEP GFS, X. Li - NOAA/NCEP

11:15 - 12:05 a.m. Session 8 - Software Packages and Science Integration, Co-chairs: E.-M. Devaliere NESDIS, JCSDA and P. VanDelst IMSG, NCEP
Use of land Information System (LIS) software in JCSDA land data assimilation systems, C. Peters-Lidard - NASA GSFC
GSI data assimilation System Community Support and Test, H. Shao - DTC
UPP-CP Overview, H. Semunegus - NCDC
Generic Microwave 1DVAR Pre-processor package, K. Garrett - NOAA/NESDIS/STAR, IMSG
JCSDA software Integration and Access to the JCSDA resources, E.-M. Devaliere - NESDIS/JCSDA

12:05 - 13:15 p.m. Lunch Break

13:15 - 14:45 p.m. Session 9 will consist of posters of all science priority areas

S9.P1: Assimilation of GPS RO data in the troposphereR. Kursinski - University of Arizona
S9.P2: Planning for GOES-R: Utilizing current technologies to prepare for GOES-R data assimilation and understand and apply its error information, D.Birkenheuer - NOAA/S.Gutman - NOAA
S9.P3: Data Assimilation Experiments using a Simple Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Model, T. Singleton / E. Kalnay, University of Maryland
S9.P4: 4D-LETKF Compared with SODA on a Global Ocean Model, T. Miyoshi / S. Penny - AOSC/UMD
S9.P5: Improving Land Data Assimilation Performance with a Water Budget Constraint, M.T. Yilmaz - USDA
S9.P6: NOAA Joint Global OSSE System and Its Applications for a GOES-R Data impact Study, Y. Xie - GSD/ESRL NOAA
S9.P7: Assimilation of MSG-SEVIRI cloudy radiances into MLEF-HWRF as a GOES-R ABI proxy, K. Apodaca - CIRA/Colorado State University
S9.P8: Using the Expected Error in the assimilation of satellite-derived winds, Part 2: Forecast impact B. Hoover - CIMSS
S9.P9: Assimilation of AIRS profiles using an EnKF approach, T. Jones - CIMMS
S9.P10: Validation of the GMAO Observing System Simulation Experiment, N. Prive - NASA
S9.P11: Ground-based Strategy for Estimating and Monitoring Satellite Water Vapor Observation Errors, S. Gutman - NOAA/ ESR Lab
S9.P12: A Call from NOAA Operational Product Community, B. Yan - NOAA/NESDIS/OSPO
S9.P13: Transitioning to operation of recent research on snow processes, M. Barlage - UCAR
S9.P14: Two transmittance models comparison in CRTM for simulation of AVHRR radiance, Y. Chen - CSU/CIRA, JCSDA
S9.P15: Modifications to scattering radiative transfer in the CRTM, T. Greenwald - UW/CIMSS
S9.P16: The online web-based SST Quality Monitor (SQUAM), A. Ignatov/P. Dash - NOAA/NESDIS/STAR
Assimilating AIRS Retrievals with the WRF-LETKF System, M. Kunii / T. Miyoshi - University of Maryland
S9.P17: Estimating impact of observations on Typhoon Sinlaku (2008) using the WRF-LETKF system, M. Kunii / T. Miyoshi - University of Maryland
S9.P18: Preliminary results of assimilation of AIRS radiance data in the Rapid Refresh, H. Lin - NOAA ESRL/GSD
S9.P19: Microwave Ocean Emissivity Model, FASTEM, Q. Liu - Dell
S9.P20: Assimilation remotely sensed snow data into the CaLDAS system, S.J. Solomon - Environment Canada
S9.P21: Improvement of Microwave Land Emissivity Calculation and its Impact on Satellite Data Assimilation, W. Zheng - NOAA/NCEP/EMC
S9.P22: The OMPS Limb Profiler end-to-end OSSE, P. Xu - NASA/ GMAO / SAIC
S9.P23: The contributions of precipitation and soil moisture observations to the skill of soil moisture estimates in a land data assimilation system, R. Reichle - NASA
P9:S24: the satellite wind quality control in NCEP, X. Su - NCEP
S9.P25: Ensemble Kalman filter data assimilation for Carbon Cycle, J. Kang - University of Maryland
S9.P26: All-sky AMSU-A radiance EnsDA of Hurricane Danielle, M. Zhang - CIRA/Colorado State University
S9.P27: Comparison of IR land surface emissivity models in CRTM and GFS applications, T. Zhu - CIRA@NOAA/NESDIS/STAR
S9.P28: Representation Error in Ocean Data Assimilation, D. Behringer / B. Miller NOAA/NCEP - Oregon State Univ.

14:45 - 16:15 p.m. Session 10 will contain break-out group discussions of plans and progress for the six JCSDA science priority areas (each for CRTM, Ocean, Land, Atmospheric Composition, Cloud and Precipitation and Advanced Sensors).

16:15 - 17:30 p.m. Session 11 is a final plenary in which reports from the break-out groups will be provided and discussed. A final note-summary by the JCSDA director will also be provided.

Location:

The 9th JCSDA Science Workshop on Satellite Data Assimilation will be hosted by the College of Computer, Mathematical and Natural Sciences (CMNS) of the University of Maryland, College Park. The main conference room (#2324) is locatd in the Computer & Spaces Science Building on the 2nd Floor. This location offers convenient access to the Metro public transit system of the Washington, DC area (College Park/Univ. of MD Metro station, and the Metro bus). It is also walking distance from downtown College Park, MD.

Buildings on the University of Maryland College Park campus do not have street numbers. So, to get directions to College Park via online map or your car's GPS, you should input the university's basic street address:
7950 Baltimore Avenue, College Park, MD

Registration:

Registration for the Workshop is now closed. Please contact Dr. Sid Boukabara to request late registration.

Shuttle from the College Park Metro station:

The University of Maryland, College Park, runs a wide network of shuttles for students and staff in and around College Park, MD and is allowing participants of the workshop to use the shuttle from the College Park Metro station. The number 104 shuttle that the participants may use runs every 10 to 15 minutes from 6:00am to 3:00am (~10 minute ride). See shuttle schedule for complete details.

Lunch:

There are many options for lunch around the main campus in College Park, but one convenient alternative is the University of Maryland food court at the Adele H. Student Union building, not far from the workshop conference room. It offers many options ranging from fast food, coffee shops, to sit-down restaurants. For more information, please see this list of dining and lodging listings for College Park.

Parking Information:

Workshop participants can choose lodging options that are walking distance from the conference room or use public transportation (Metro station College Park, University of Maryland), from Washington, DC downtown for instance. If using a car, there are a number of visitor parking lots in and around the University main campus.

Lodging:

There are many hotels within walking distance to the main campus for those who prefer to stay around the meeting location. College Park metro station is on the Metro green line: A fifteen (15) minutes Metro ride to downtown Washington, DC. So participants can also chose to stay in downtown Washington DC. We are currently working with the University of Maryland to allow workshop participants to use the UMD shuttle to go from the College Park Metro station to the main campus. The location of the meeting is about 30 minutes walking distance from the College Park Metro station.

Workshop Purpose

The purpose of the JCSDA Science Workshop is to review the ongoing and planned scientific development sponsored by the NASA-NOAA-DOD Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation (JCSDA), and to plan and coordinate future efforts. The JCSDA has six scientific priority areas:

  • Radiative transfer

  • Clouds and precipitation

  • Advanced instruments

  • Land data assimilation

  • Ocean data assimilation

  • Air Composition

The JCSDA supports scientific development work in these areas with proposal-based, internally directed funds as well as with external grants and contracts awarded via a competitive process open to the broader scientific community. In fiscal year 2010, this competitive process took the form of a federally funded opportunity (FFO) led by NOAA. In fiscal year 2011, this process took the form of a NASA announcement within the Roses 2010 opportunity. In addition, JCSDA individual partners undertake their own research that overlaps with JCSDA objectives. It is essential that all these efforts be complementary and coordinated. The JCSDA science workshop aims at facilitating this coordination. At the JCSDA Science Workshop, JCSDA Principal Investigators and affiliated scientists are expected to report on progress and participate in discussions about the progress and future plans of the Joint Center.

Organization of the Workshop:

The JCSDA science workshop on satellite data assimilation will have both oral presentations (all in a single plenary session) and posters. In order to allow for open discussions, plenty of time will be made available to presenters to interact with the audience. Adequate visibility will be provided to both management-level presentations from the JCSDA partners and to contributed scientific material in all scientific areas. Management-level presentations will provide a context in which the scientific effort fits. They also offer an opportunity for scientists to ask questions about the future plans and the scientific directions being considered. There will be break-out sessions, limited to group discussions of the plans and progress for the six science priority areas. It is expected that general and scientific recommendations be made following this breakout session and be presented at the final plenary session. There will also be a dedicated posters session. Note that posters will be mounted on their panels the first morning of the workshop and will remain mounted until the end of the workshop. This will allow scientists to interact on the content of the posters not only at the posters session but also during coffee breaks and lunch breaks if desired. A Software Packages and Science Integration session is also scheduled the second day of the workshop, to highlight a number of software packages and tools that are available to scientists and to show interested parties how to get access to these JCSDA resources (supercomputer, visualization tools, scientific software packages, formatting tools). This is expected to provide JCSDA- affiliated scientists the necessary environment to pre-test the impact of their efforts on operational assimilation models, and to assess their impacts on different forecast skills.