Presentations by schedule
June 26, 2017, Monday
07:45 - 08:30 Morning Treats
08:30 - 08:40 Opening Remarks
   Kayo Ide (UMD)
   James Carton (UMD)
   Fuqing Zhang (PSU)
08:40 - 10:20 Session 1    [Chair: Kayo Ide]
Eugenia Kalany (UMD)
    New Applications of Advanced Data Assimilation for Reanalysis
Yue (Michael) Ying (PSU)
    On the Selection of Localization Radius in Ensemble Filtering for Multi-Scale Quasi-Geostrophic Dynamics
Thomas Lauvaux (PSU)
    Quantify Transport Errors in CO2 Mixing Ratios Using a Small-Size Ensemble
Kayo Ide (UMD)
    Balance Operators and Localization in Ensemble Data Assimilation
10:20 - 10:40 Break
10:40 - 12:20 Session 2    [Chair: David Stensrud]
Eun-Gyeong Yang (PSU)
    Development and Evaluation of a Regional Reanalysis over East Asia
Matthew Westpetal (UMD)
    Generating Climatological Forecast Error Covariance for 3D-Var with Ensemble Perturbations: Comparison with the “NMC Method”
Steven Greybush (PSU)
    Evaluating Predictability of High-Impact Weather using Convective-Allowing Ensemble Forecasts: Winter Snowstorms and Spring Thunderstorms
Seth Saslo (PSU)
    Lake-Effect Snow: Evaluating Forecasts of Intense Wintertime Convection From a Regional Ensemble Data Assimilation System
12:20 - 12:30 Discussion
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch
13:30 - 15:10 Session 3    [Chair: Steven Greybush]
David Parrish (NOAA EMC)
    Ideas for Alleviating GSI Computer Limitations
Wan-Shu Wu (NOAA EMC)
    Regional 4DEnVar with Global Ensemble at NCEP
David J. Stensrud (PSU)
    Analysis of Environmental Modifications by Deep Convection During MPEX
Yunji Zhang (PSU)
    EnKF Assimilation of Synthetic ABI Infrared Radiance Observations at Storm Scales with Vertical Localization
15:10 - 15:30 Break
15:30 - 17:10 Session 4    [Chair: Brian Hunt]
Robert Nystrom (PSU)
    Understanding and Improving the Predictability of Tropical Cyclones Through Ensemble-Based Data Assimilation
Lei Zhu (PSU)
    GOES-13 All-Sky Infrared Radiance Impacts on Hurricane Joaquin (2015) Prediction with PSU-EnKF
David Groff (UMD / NOAA EMC)
    Application of Ensemble Forecast Sensitivity to Observation (EFSO) Calculations Towards Targeted Aircraft Thinning Configurations
Tse-Chun Chen (UMD)
    Proactive Quality Control to Improve NWP, Reanalysis, and Observations
17:10 - 17:30 Discussion
Evening BBQ Party Hosted by Eugenia Kalnay with UMD AOSC

 

Acknowledgement
Generous support of UMD Center for Scientific Computation and Mathematical Modeling made this workshop possible.
 
 
UMD Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science kindly hosted the event.

Last Update: June 2017