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Day 1: Wednesday, May 29, 2019 |
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| Time | Presentations / Topics / Activities | Presenter |
| 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM | REGISTRATION AND CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST | |
| Session Monitor | Dr. James Yoe | |
| 9:00 AM – 9:20 AM | Welcome from Chairman of the JCSDA Management Oversight Board | Dr. Steven Pawson (NASA) |
| 9:20 AM – 9:40 AM | Keynote Address | Dr. Jack Kaye, Associate Director for Research of the Earth Science Division (NASA) |
| 9:40 AM – 10:00 AM | JCSDA Director Overview | Dr. Thomas Auligne |
| 10:00 AM – 10:15 AM | Agency Partner Overview | Dr. Ron Gelaro (NASA) |
| 10:15 AM – 10:30 AM | Agency Partner Overview | Lt. Colonel John McMillen (Air Force) |
| 10:30 AM – 11:00 AM | MORNING BREAK | |
| 11:00 AM – 11:15 AM | Agency Partner Overview | Dr. Stan Benjamin (OAR) |
| 11:15 AM – 11:30 AM | Agency Partner Overview | Dr. Nancy Baker (NRL) |
| 11:30 AM – 11:45 AM | Agency Partner Overview | Mr. Kevin Garrett (NESDIS / STAR) |
| 11:45 AM – 12:00 PM | Agency Partner Overview | Dr. Daryl Kleist (NWS / NCEP) |
| 12:00 PM – 1:20 PM | LUNCH BREAK | |
| Session Monitor | Dr. Daniel Holdaway / Radiative Transfer | |
| 1:20 PM – 1:40 PM | Recent Advances in the Community Radiative Transfer Model | Dr. Benjamin T. Johnson, Project Lead, JCSDA |
| 1:40 PM – 2:00 PM | Impact of Dust Aerosols on Simulated Infrared Radiances within the Community Radiative Transfer Model (CRTM) | Dr. Aaron Naeger, University of Alabama Huntsville |
| 2:00 PM – 2:20 PM | Sensitivity of Aerosol Refractive Indices and Impact on CRTM Scattering Calculations | Dr. Patrick Stegmann, JCSDA |
| 2:20 PM – 2:40 PM | Light Scattering and Radiative Transfer Simulations in Support of CRTM (Presentation will not be posted) | Dr. Ping Yang, Texas A&M University |
| 2:40 PM – 3:00 PM | AFTERNOON BREAK | |
| 3:00 PM - 3:20 PM | Perspective on all-sky radiance assimilation over land in the FV3GFS | Dr. Yanqiu Zhu, IMSG at NWS / NCEP / EMC |
| 3:20 PM - 3:40 PM | Assimilation of Microwave Cloudy Radiances into NASA GEOS Model Using a Novel Bayesian Monte Carlo Technique | Dr. Isaac Moradi, NASA GMAO and University of Maryland |
| 3:40 PM – 4:00 PM | Fast Solvers and Polarization in the CRTM | Dr. Thomas Greenwald, University of Wisconsin |
| 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM | Poster Session #1 (see listing at end of agenda) | |
Day 2: Thursday, May 30, 2019 |
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| Time | Presentations / Topics / Activities | Presenter |
| 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM | REGISTRATION AND CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST | |
| Session Monitor | Dr. DaNa Carlis / Joint Effort for Data assimilation Integration (JEDI) | |
| 9:00 AM – 9:20 AM | JEDI Project Overview | Dr. Yannick Tremolet, Project Lead, JCSDA |
| 9:20 AM – 9:40 AM | JEDI Portability Across Platforms: Containers, Cloud Computing and HPC Environments | Dr. Mark Miesch, JCSDA |
| 9:40 AM – 10:00 AM | Unit Testing Framework in JEDI | Dr. Maryam Abdioskouei, JCSDA |
| 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM | MORNING BREAK | |
| 10:30 AM – 10:50 AM | Observation Handling with the IODA Subsystem of JEDI | Dr. Stephen Herbener, JCSDA |
| 10:50 AM – 11:10 AM | GNSSRO Operators in JEDI | Dr. Hailing Zhang, JCSDA |
| 11:10 AM – 11:30 AM | Progress Towards Hybrid-4DVar Data Assimilation with FV3-JEDI | Dr. Daniel Holdaway, JCSDA |
| 11:30 AM – 11:50 AM | Sea-Ice Ocean Data Assimilation (SOCA) using the JEDI: Status Report and Preliminary Results | Dr. Guillaume Vernieres, Project Lead, JCSDA |
| 11:50 AM – 1:20 PM | LUNCH BREAK | |
| Session Monitor | Dr. Ben Ruston / Applications | |
| 1:20 PM – 1:40 PM | Toward a Cloud Analysis and Forecasting System Leveraging JEDI | Dr. Zhiquan (Jake) Liu, NCAR |
| 1:40 PM – 2:00 PM | Bayesian Data Assimilation within the AOML-UMD Ensemble Prediction System | Dr. Jonathan Poterjoy, University of Maryland |
| 2:00 PM – 2:20 PM | Multispecies Trace Gas Assimilation: Current State of the GMAO system and plans for inclusion in the JEDI Framework | Dr. Brad Weir, NASA GMAO / USRA |
| 2:20 PM – 2:40 PM | Localization Modeling with a Neural Network, Toward Strongly Coupled Atmosphere-Ocean Data Assimilation | Dr. Takuma Yoshida, University of Maryland-College Park |
| 2:40 PM – 3:00 PM | AFTERNOON BREAK | |
| 3:00 PM – 3:20 PM | Introducing CDAT, the CIRA Data Assimilation Testbed | Dr. Steven Fletcher, CIRA, Colorado State University |
| 3:20 PM – 3:40 PM | Satellite Radiance Assimilation Enhancements for the Upcoming NCEP Operational Rapid Refresh Upgrade |
Dr. Haidao Lin, CIRA / CSU and NOAA / ESRL / GSD |
| 3:40 PM – 4:00 PM | Satellite Data Assimilation Upgrades to the Global Forecasting System | Dr. Andrew Collard, IMSG @ NOAA / NCEP / EMC |
| 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM | Poster Session #2 (see listing at the end of the agenda) | |
Day 3: Friday, May 31, 2019 |
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| Time | Presentations / Topics / Activities | Presenter |
| 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM | REGISTRATION AND CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST | |
| Session Monitor | Dr. Sara Tucker / Observations | |
| 9:00 AM – 9:20 AM | Invited Talk | Dr. Dick Dee, ECMWF |
| 9:20 AM – 9:40 AM | New and Improved Observation Project Overview | Dr. Hui Shao, Project Lead, JCSDA |
| 9:40 AM – 10:00 AM | Impact of Assimilating Adaptively Thinned AIRS Cloud-Cleared Radiances in the GEOS | Dr. Erica McGrath-Spangler, USRA / GESTAR and NASA GSFC / GMAO |
| 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM | MORNING BREAK | |
| 10:30 AM – 10:50 AM | Assimilation of CYGNSS Ocean Surface Winds for Improved Hurricane Prediction | Dr. Zhaoxia Pu, University of Utah |
| 10:50 AM – 11:10 AM | Impact of Observing Systems | Dr. Francois Vandenberghe, Project Lead, JCSDA |
| 11:10 AM – 11:30 AM | Background Fit to Space-Based Observations | Dr. William Campbell, NRL |
| 11:30 AM – 11:50 AM | Wrap Up and Closing of the Workshop | Dr. Thomas Auligne, Director of the JCSDA, and Dr. Steven Pawson, Chairman of the JCSDA Management Oversight Board, NASA |
Poster Session 1: Wednesday, May 29, 2019 |
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| Poster Title | Author |
| Implementation of Variational Bias Correction in JEDI | Xin Zhang |
| Data Assimilation Efforts - Microwaves Over Land | Biljana Orescanin |
| Impact Study of the Assimilation of Surface Sensitive Microwave Radiances in the GEOS | Hamideh Ebrahimi |
| AOD Assimilation Using JEDI at NOAA/ESRL/GSD and EMC: Early Results and Prospects | Cory Martin |
| Evaluation of GOES-16 Clear-Sky Radiance (CSR) Data and Preliminary Assimilation Results at NCEP | Haixa Liu |
| Impact of Simulated TROPICS Data on Tropical Cyclone Analyses and Forecasts | Hui Christophersen |
| Lessons Learned and Initial Assessment of Small Satellite for Data Assimilation, Part One | Ting-Chi Wu |
| Lessons Learned and Initial Assessment of Small Satellite for Data Assimilation, Part Two | Anton Kliewer |
| Fast 3D Inhomogeneous Radiative Transfer Model Incorporating Nonspherical Hydrometers | Kun Zhang |
| METOP-C RO Evaluation for NCEP Operations | Suryakanti Dutta |
| CRTM IT Sea Surface Effective-Emissivity (IRSSE) Model Upgrade Plans | Nicholas Nalli |
Poster Session 2: Thursday, May 30, 2019 |
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| Poster Title | Author |
| Unifying the Observation Assimilation Strategy in Global NWP System | Benjamin Ruston |
| Advances of the Community Surface Emissivity Models in Support of NWP Data Assimilation | Ming Chen |
| Variational All-Sky Himawari-AHI Radiance Data Assimilation at Convective-Scale | Zhiquan (Jake) Liu |
| VarBC for AMVs: Can AEOLUS help? | Ross M. Hoffman |
| Strategies for Verifying Cloud Forecasts Over the Globe | Craig Schwartz |
| Using Analysis Increments to Estimate and Correct Systematic Model Errors | Kriti Bhargava |
| Simulation of AMVs for OSSEs | Ronald Errico |
| Improving Tropical Cyclone Predictions by Assimilation of Satellite-Retrieved Precipitation with Gaussian Transformation | Cheng Da |
| Preliminary Assimilation of Aeolus Wind Measurements at the GMAO | Will McCarty |
| Investing the Utility of Hyperspectral Sounders in the 9.6 µm Band to Improve Analyses | Bryan Karpowicz |
| Status of Satellite-based Wind Lidar Systems and Data Assimilation | Sara Tucker |