WORLD CLIMATE RESEARCH PROGRAMME
First International Conference on Reanalyses
27-31 October 1997
Updated 15 October 1997
0730 - 0900 Conference Registration
Chair: Hartmut Grassl, World Climate Research Programme
0900 - 0915
Welcome - Elbert "Joe" Friday, NOAA Office of Atmospheric Research
Administrative Remarks - Paul D. Try, International GEWEX Project Office
0915 - 1000
Keynote Address
On the Integrated Use of Models and Data to Determine the State of the Climate System
Lennart O. Bengtsson, Max-Planck-Institute for Meteorology
1000 - 1030
Reanalysis, From Concept to Implementation: A Personal Retrospective
Jagadish Shukla, Center for Ocean, Land and Atmosphere Studies
1030 - 1050 BREAK
Session 1 Overview: Reanalyses and Comparative Data Sets (Auditorium)
Chair: Kevin Trenberth, National Center for Atmospheric Research
1050 - 1230 (20 Minute Papers)
1-1 The NCEP/NCAR Reanalysis: An Overview - Eugenia Kalnay, Robert Kistler, and Masao Kanamitsu, National Centers for Environmental Prediction, USA
1-2 The ECMWF Reanalysis - John K. Gibson, David Burridge, P. Kallberg, S .Uppala, A. Nomura, E. Serrano, and A. Hernandex, European Centre for Medium-range Forecasts, UK
1-3 The GEOS-1 Reanalysis: Overview - Siegfried Schubert, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, USA
1-4 The Data Inputs for Reanalysis - Roy Jenne, National Center for Atmospheric Research, USA
1-5 GEWEX Global Data Sets - Paul D. Try, International GEWEX Project Office, USA
1230 LUNCH
Session 2: Global General Circulation (Auditorium)
Chair: Kenneth Mooney, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
1400 - 1530 (15 Minute Papers)
2-1 The Heat Budget of the Atmosphere and Ocean - Kevin E. Trenberth, National Center for Atmospheric Research, USA
2-2 Consistency Between Divergent Circulations from Reanalysis Data Sets and Satellite Derived Precipitation, Radiation and Surface Fluxes - Franklin R. Robertson and Dan Fitzjarrald, NASA/MSFC, and Eugene W. McCaul, Universities Space Research Association, MSFC, USA
2-3 Potential Vorticity-Based Diagnoses of the General Circulation from Reanalysis Data Sets - Robert X. Black, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
2-4 A Comparison of the Pressure Vertical Velocity in the Reanalyses, Operational Analyses and Models - David L. Williamson, National Center for Atmospheric Research, USA
2-5 Comparative Study of Vertical Motions in the Atmosphere Evaluated by Various Schemes - H. L. Tanaka, University of Tsukuba, Japan
2-6 A Revisit of Global Energy Balance Using NCEP/NCAR Reanalysis and Satellite Observations - Shi-Keng Yang and Julian X. Wang, Research and Data Systems Corp. and A.J. Miller, Climate Prediction Center, NOAA/NCEP, USA
1530-1600 BREAK
1600-1700 Resume in Auditorium - Continuation of Session 2
2-7 The Seasonal Evolution of the Atmosphere as Inferred from the ERA - P. Berrisford, A. O'Neill and J. Slingo, University of Reading, UK
2-8 An Intercomparison of Temporal Variance in the ECMWF and NCEP Reanalyses -- Linear Trends and the Partitioning of Variance in the Annual and Interannual Cycles - Mike Fiorino, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA
2-9 The Impact of the NCEP CDAS and Reanalysis on Operational Climate Monitoring - Vernon E. Kousky, National Centers for Environmental Prediction, USA
2-10 Assessment of Hadley and Walker Circulation Variability Using the NCAR/NCEP Reanalysis - Duane E. Waliser and Zhixiong Shi, State University of New York, USA
1700 END OF FIRST DAY PRESENTATIONS
1800 - 2000 RECEPTION
Session 3: Surface Fluxes and Hydrological Cycle (Auditorium)
Chairs: Jay Fein, National Science Foundation and Eugenia Kalnay, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
0830 - 1000 Surface Fluxes
3-1 Ocean Model Response to the ECMWF Reanalysis Surface Fluxes in the Southern Hemisphere - Hans Bonekamp, Andreas Sterl and Gerbrand Komen, Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute, Netherlands
3-2 An OGCM Simulation Forced by ECMWF Ocean Heat Fluxes for Studying Changes in Heat Content and Sea Level: Comparison with Sea Surface Temperature and Sea Level from the TOPEX/POISEDON Altrimetric Mission - Nicolas Ferry G. Reverdin and A. Oschlies, GRGS, France
3-3 Global Ocean Thermohaline Surface Forcing from ECMWF Reanalysis - Laure Siefridt, Bernard Barnier, Karine Beranger and Elodie Garnier, Laboratoire des Ecoulements Geophysiques, France
3-4 Using ECMWF, GOES-1 and NCEP Derived Surface Wind Stress to Drive a North Atlantic Ocean Model and Comparison with Observations - Richard Greatbatch, Arlindo M. da Silva, Helmut Roth and Youyu Lu, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada
3-5 A Comparison of Reanalysis Surface Fluxes: Impact on a Model of the North Atlantic Ocean Circulation - Michael Dinniman, Hughes/STX; Michele Rienecker and Arlindo da Silva, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Goddard Space Flight Center, USA
3-6 Assessment of the ECMWF Reanalysis Radiative Fluxes Using Surface Observations - M. Wild, A. Ohmura and H. Gilgen, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Switzerland
1000-1100 BREAK
(Posters in SSMC-4 - authors at designated posters. Parallel Session 4 begins in building SSMC-4, Room 1W611)
1100-1230 Session 3 resumes in Auditorium
3-7 Evaluation of NCEP/NCAR Reanalysis Project Marine Surface Wind Products for a Long Term North Atlantic Wave Hindcast - A. T. Cox and V.J. Cardone, Oceanweather Inc., and V.R. Swail, Environment Canada, USA
3-8 Evaluation of NSCAT Data and Its Application to Ocean Surface Analysis and Numerical Weather Prediction - Robert Atlas, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Goddard Space Flight Center, USA
3-9 An Intercomparison of Surface Marine Fluxes from GEOS-1/DAS, ECMWF/ERA and NCEP/NCAR Reanalyses, Part I: Long-Term Means - Arlindo da Silva, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Goddard Space Flight Center; and Glenn White, Environmental Modeling Center, National Centers for Environmental Prediction, USA
3-10 Comparison of Surface Radiative Fluxes in the NCEP/NCAR Reanalysis and the Langley 8-Year SRB Dataset - Shashi K. Gupta, Anne C. Wilber and Nancy A. Ritchey, Analytical Services and Materials, Inc., Charles H. Whitlock, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Langley Research Center, USA
3-11 Assessment of Surface Flux Data By Using Ocean Models and Satellite - Altimetry Lisan Yu, University of Maryland, and Michele Rienecker, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Goddard Space Flight Center, USA
3-12 The NCEP/NCAR Reanalysis Data: Access, Usage and Caveats - W. Ebisuzaki, M. Chelliah, and R. Kistler, National Centers for Environmental Prediction, USA
1230-1400 LUNCH
(Session 3: Surface Fluxes and Hydrological Cycle Continues)
1400-1530 Surface Fluxes
3-13 A Comparison of Ocean Surface Heat Fluxes from NCEP/NCAR Reanalysis, Surface Marine Data, and Satellite Estimates - Charles Jones, Pete Peterson and Catherine Gautier, University of California at Santa Barbara, USA
3-14 Application of Oceanic Heat Budgets to Evaluation of Surface Heat Flux Climatologies - Donald V. Hansen, University of Miami, CIMAS, and Mark S. Swenson, NOAA/AOML, Miami, Florida, USA
3-15 Fluxes and Some Other Surface Characteristics of ERA - Per Kallberg, European Center for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, UK
3-16 Comparison of Reanalysis and Florida State University (FSU) Surface Wind Products - David M. Legler and James J. O'Brien, Florida State University, USA
3-17 Comparison of Surface Fluxes in the ECMWF, NCEP and NASA Reanalyses: Fresh Water Fluxes - Klaus Arpe, Max-Planck-Institut fur Meteorologie, Germany
3-18 Comparison of Ocean Surface Momentum and Heat Fluxes from Reanalyses, Observational Products and AMIP Simulations - Peter Gleckler, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA
1530-1600 BREAK
1600-1700 Hydrologic Cycle
3-19 Influence of the North American Monsoon System on the United States Summer Precipitation Regime - R. Wayne Higgins, K.C. Mo, Climate Prediction Center; and Y. Yao and X.L. Wang, Research and Data Systems Corporation, USA
3-20 Assessment of Interannual Variability in Regional Moisture Flux and Convergence: An Intercomparison of Three Global Data Sets - Wei Min and Siegfried Schubert, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Goddard Space Flight Center, USA
3-21 Comparison Between ECMWF Operational and Reanalysis Data in Terms of Hydrological Cycle - Akiyo Yatagai, National Space Development Agency of Japan, Tetsuzo Yasunari, University of Tsukuba, and Akimasa Sumi, University of Tokyo, Japan
3-22 Evaluation of the Atmospheric Moisture and Hydrological Cycle in the NCEP Reanalyses - Kevin E. Trenberth, National Center for Atmospheric Research, USA
1700 END OF DAY
Session 4: Prediction and Teleconnections (SSMC-4)
Chairs: Jagadish Shukla, Center for Ocean, Land and Atmosphere Studies and Siegfried Schubert, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
1100-1230
4-1 Atmospheric Predictability: Comparison of NCEP Operational and Reanalysis Forecasts - Suranjana Saha, H.M. van den Dool, Peter Caplan and Eugenia Kalnay, National Centers for Environmental Prediction, USA
4-2 Atmospheric Seasonal Predictability During the ECMWF Reanalysis Period - C. Brankovic and T.N. Palmer, European Centre for Medium-range Forecasts, UK
4-3 Dynamical Seasonal Prediction - Yehui Chang, Siegfried Schubert and Max Suarez, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Goddard Space Flight Center, USA
4-4 Short-Term Climate Predictability Experiments Based on the NCEP/NCAR Reanalysis Data - Wilbur Chen, Joe Schemm and Huug van den Dool, NOAA Climate Prediction Center, USA
4-5 Short Range Predictability of the NCEP/NCAR Reanalysis Model Over North and South America - J. Nogues-Paegle and J. Paegle, University of Utah, and K.C. Mo, National Centers for Environmental Prediction, USA
4-6 Predictability Experiments with NCEP and DAO Reanalysis - J. Paegle and J. Nogues-Paegle, University of Utah, USA
1230-1400 LUNCH
(Session 4 continues in building SSMC-4 at 1400)
1400-1530
4-7 Use of the NCEP Reanalysis Dataset in the Monthly Forecasting Programme for South Africa - Warren Tennant, South African Weather Bureau, Africa
4-8 Use of Reanalysis/CDAS Data in Long-lead Forecasts at CPC - Anthony Barnston and Huug M. van den Dool, NOAA Climate Prediction Center, USA
4-9 Ensemble Seasonal Prediction Experiments for the Indian Summer Monsoon of 1987 and 1988 with the JMA Global Model - Shoji Kusunoki, Akio Kitoh and Masato Sugi, Meteorological Research Institute, Japan; and Chiaki Kobayashi and Kiyoharu Takano, Japan Meteorological Agency, Japan
4-10 On the Maintenance and Initiation of the Intraseasonal Oscillation in the NCEP/NCAR Reanalysis and in the GLA and UKMO AMIP Simulations - Kenneth R. Sperber, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA; Julia M. Slingo, University of Reading, UK; Peter M. Inness, UK Meteorological Office, UK; and William K-M. Lau, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Goddard Space Flight Center, USA
4-11 Seasonal Predictability Experiment with the JMA Global Model - Kiyoharu Takano, Chiaki Kobayoshi, Shoji Kusunoki, Masato Sugi and Akio Kitoh, Japan Meteorological Agency, Japan
4-12 Dynamic Prediction of the 1994 East Asian Summer Drought Using GOES GCM - Young-Jean Choi and Chung-Kyu Park, Korea Meteorological Administration, Korea
1530-1600 BREAK
1600-1715
4-13 Variability of Tropical Circulation and its Interaction with Extratropical Disturbances - C.-H. Sui, Y. Ge, and K.-M. Lau, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Goddard Space Flight Center, USA
4-14 Study of Atmospheric Tides in Reanalysis 1979-95 - H.M. van den Dool, J. Schemm and S. Saha, National Centers for Environmental Prediction, USA
4-15 A Comparison Study of the Diurnal and Semidiurnal Variations of the Global Atmospheric Circulation Depicted by the GEOS-1 and NCEP/NCAR Reanalysis Data - Tsing-Chang Chen and Jau-Ming Chen, Iowa State University; and Siegfried Schubert, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Goddard Space Flight Center, USA
4-16 Non-Migrating Diurnal Tides Detected in Reanalyses Data - Isamu Yagai, Meteorological College, Japan
4-17 Summertime Atmospheric Teleconnections and Drought Episodes as Revealed in Earlier Analysis and NCEP/NCAR Reanalysis - Fong-Chiau Chang, University of Alabama in Huntsville, USA
1715 END OF DAY
Session 5: Budgets and Precipitation Variability (Auditorium)
Chairs: Arnold Gruber, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and William K. M. Lau, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
0830 - 1000
5-1 Analysis Residuals in Mississippi Water and Energy Budgets - John O. Roads and S. Chen, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, and M. Kanamitsu and H. Juang, National Centers for Environmental Prediction, USA
5-2 Atmospheric Water Transport in NCEP Reanalyses: Comparison With River Discharge - William J. Gutowski, Jr., Yibin Chen and Zekai Otles, Iowa State University, USA
5-3 Estimation of Hydrologic Components with Inclusion of Precipitation Recycling in the Mississippi River Basin - Wilfried H. Brutsaert and Douglas Van Lucas, Cornell University, USA
5-4 Interannual Variations in the Great Plains Low-Level Jet and Its Associated Moisture Transport During the Warm Season - H. Mark Helfand, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Goddard Space Flight Center, USA
5-5 Assessment of Reanalysis Hydrology and Energy Budgets: Water Vapor and Radiative Fluxes - Richard Engelen, Ian Wittmeyer and Graeme Stephens, Colorado State University, USA
5-6 Intercomparison of the Reanalyzed East Asian Monsoon Climate and Regional Climate Simulations Driven by the Reanalyses - L.R. Leung and S.J. Ghan, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; W.-C. Wang and H.-L. Wei, State University of New York at Albany; and Z.-C. Zhao and Y. Luo, National Climate Center, USA
1000-1100 BREAK
(Posters in SSMC-4; Session 6 begins in building SSMC-4 at 1100)
1100-1230
5-7 Atmospheric Processes Associated with Precipitation Variability in the Western United States Kingtse C. Mo and R. Wayne Higgins, National Centers for Environmental Prediction, USA
5-8 Variations in Warm Season Moisture Transport and Precipitation Over the Central and Eastern United States - Siegfried D. Schubert and H. Mark Helfand, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Goddard Space Flight Center; Chung-Yu Wu, General Sciences Corporation; and Wei Min, Universities Space Research, USA
5-9 Comparison of ECMWF Reanalysis with Observations for the 1993 U.S. Midwestern Great Flood - W. Hwu, X. Gao and S. Sorooshian, University of Arizona, USA
5-10 Atmospheric Characteristics Over Tropical South America During Dry and Wet Years of the Southern Hemisphere Summer and Autumn Seasons - Iracema F.A. Cavalcanti and Vadlamudi B. Rao, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais, Brazil
5-11 Interannual Variability of Summer Rainfall over South America Using NASA/GEOS Reanalysis - Jiaju Zhou and William K.-M. Lau, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Goddard Space Flight Center, USA
5-12 Anomalous Hydrologic Processes Associated with ENSO: Inference from GEOS Reanalysis and Numerical Experiments - William K.-M. Lau and C.H. Ho, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Goddard Space Flight Center, USA
1230 - 1400 LUNCH
(Session 5: Budgets and Precipitation Variability Continues)
1400-1530
5-13 Interannual Variability of the Large-Scale Atmospheric Hydrological Cycle - Lisa Goddard and Nicholas E. Graham, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, USA
5-14 Comparisons of Reanalysis Precipitation with Raingauge and Satellite Observations - John E. Janowiak, National Centers for Environmental Prediction; Arnold Gruber, NESDIS, NOAA; C. Kondragunta, UCAR; and George J. Huffman, NASA, Goddard Space Flight Center, USA
5-15 The Hydrological Cycle from High Resolution Assimilation Experiments for Selected Regions of the Earth - Martin Stendel, Klaus Arpe and L. Bengtsson, Max-Planck-Institute for Meteorology, Germany
5-16 Comparison Between a Global Precipitation Analysis Based on In-Situ and Satellite Observations and Precipitation from Reanalyses - Pingping Xie and Phillip A. Arkin, National Centers for Environmental Prediction, USA
5-17 Precipitation Data for Verification of NWP Model Reanalyses: The Accuracy of Observational Results - B. Rudolf and U. Schneider, Global Precipitation Climatological Centre, Germany
5-18 Results of a Combined EOF Analysis on Reanalysis and Observed Precipitation Data Sets - C.R. Kondragunta and A. Gruber, ORA/NESDIS/NOAA, and J.E. Janowiak, National Centers for Environmental Prediction, USA
1530-1600 BREAK
1600-1700
5-19 Diagnosis and Prediction of Seasonal Rainfall over Eastern Parts of Africa Using Reanalysis Data - L.A. Ogallo, University of Nairobi, Kenya
5-20 ECMWF and NCEP Reanalyses at the Regional Level: A Dynamically Based Intercomparison for the North American Summertime Circulation - Mathew Barlow, Sumant Nigam and Ernesto Berbery, University of Maryland, USA
5-21 Upper Tropospheric Water Vapor: Comparison of the GEOS Assimilation with Observations - Minghang Chen and Richard B. Rood, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Goddard Space Flight Center, USA
5-22 A Comparison of Oceanic Total Precipitable Water Derived from Numerical Models and SSM/I Measurements - Ralph Ferraro and Arnold Gruber, NOAA/NESDIS/Office of Research and Applications, USA
1700 END OF DAY
Session 6: TOGA, AMIP, Land Surface, Clouds (Building SSMC-4, Room 1W611)
Chairs: Roger Newson, World Climate Research Programme and Noelle Scott, Ecole Polytechnique
1100 - 1230
6-1 A Reanalysis of the Climatology of Moisture Variables over the TOGA-COARE and Adjacent Regions - Dayton G. Vincent and Jon M. Schrage, Purdue University, USA; Andreas Fink and Peter Speth, University of Cologne, Germany
6-2 Evaluation of the GEOS-1 DAS TOGA COARE Reanalysis Against In Situ and Satellite Observations - David Ledvina, General Sciences Corporation; and Arthur Hou, NASA, Goddard Space Flight Center, USA
Comparison of NCEP/NCAR and ECMWF Reanalyzed Fields with TOGA TAO Buoy Observations Over the Tropical Pacific, B.F. Smull, NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory, USA; and M.J. McPhaden, NOAA Pacific Marine Environment Laboratory, USA.
6-4 Short-Wave Cloud Forcing: A Comparison Between the NCEP Reanalysis and AMIP - Gerald L. Potter, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA
6-5 Evaluation of an AMIP Run Using HADAM3 Against Climatologies Formed from the ECMWF Reanalysis - R.A. Stratton, M.L. Gallani, J.A. Pamment and V.D. Pope, Hadley Center, UK
6-6 Observed and AMIP Model Simulated Annual Cycle of East Asia Climate - Wen-Shung Kau and Huang-Hsiung Hsu, National Taiwan University, Taiwan; Wei-Chyung Wang and Li Zhu, State University of New York at Albany, USA, and Cheng-Ta Chen, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
6-7 Inference of the Potential Predictability of Seasonal Land-Surface Climate From an Ensemble of AMIP Simulations - Thomas J. Phillips, Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, USA 1230 - 1400 LUNCH
6-8 Evaluation of the Land-Surface Interaction in the ECMWF and NCEP/NCAR Reanalyses over Grassland (FIFE) and Boreal Forest (BOREAS) - Alan F. Betts, Pittsford, USA; Pedro Viterbo and Anton Beljaars, European Center for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, UK; and Hua- Lu Pan and Song-You Hong, National Centers for Environmental Prediction, USA
6-9 The Impact of Land Surface Processes on the U.S. Weather Prediction - Y. Xue , University of Maryland, F. J. Zeng, Center for Ocean-Land Atmosphere Studies; K. Mitchell and Z. Janjic, Development Division, NOAA, USA
6-10 Variability and Predictability of Snow-Depth Anomalies Over Eurasia and Associated Circulation Patterns - S. Corti and F. Molteni, CINECA, Italy
6-11 Interannual Variability in Simulations and Observations of Surface Hydrology in the East Asia - J.-W. Kim and I.-U. Chung, Yonsei University, Korea
6-12 The Impact of Cloud-Field Errors on Radiative Heating in the NCEP/NCAR Reanalysis Data - John W. Bergman and Harry H. Hendon, University of Colorado, USA
1530 - 1600 BREAK
6-13 Seasonal Prediction of Global Cloudiness and Precipitation Using Different Cloud Water Schemes and Their Comparison with the Reanalyses Data - Someshwar Das, Universities Space Research Association, C. U. Pabon-Ortiz and L.L. Takacs, General Sciences Corporation, Y.C. Sud and R.B. Rood, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Goddard Space Flight Center, USA
6-14 Effects of Biases in the GEOS-1 and GEOS-2 Data Assimilation Systems on Model-Calculated Distributions of N20, RN-222, and CO - Dale Allen and Kenneth Pickering, University of Maryland, and Susan Strahan, General Sciences Corporation, USA
6-15 Comparison of NCEP/NCAR Reanalysis Nimbus-7 SMMR and Historical Soviet Snow Depth Data Sets Vis-a-Vis Indian Monsoon Rainfall Variability - R. H. Kripalani and A. Kulkarni, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, India
1645 END OF DAY
Session 7: General Circulation Studies (Auditorium)
Chairs: David Burridge, European Centre for Medium-Range Forecasting and Kenneth Bergman, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
0830 - 1230
7-1 The Impact of the GEOS Analysis Forcing on the Behavior of Model-Derived Diagnostics During Assimilation - Andrea M. Molod, Lawrence Takacs and Sharon Nebuda, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Goddard Space Flight Center, USA
7-2 Baroclinic Structures in High Resolution Climate Models and in Reanalyses - Ake Johansson, Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute, Sweden, and Suranjana Saha, National Centers for Environmental Prediction,USA
7-3 Observed and GCM Simulated Interannual Climate Variability Over East Asia and North America - Xin-Zhong Liang and Wei-Chyung Wang, State University of New York at Albany, USA
7-4 A Comparison of the Inter-Annual Statistics Derived from the NCEP Reanalyses and NMC/NCEP Operational Analyses - Steven J. Lambert, Canadian Centre for Climate Modeling and Analysis, Canada
7-5 Seasonal Cycle of the Climatological Stationary Waves in the NCEP/NCAR Reanalyses - Mingfang Ting and Hailan Wang, University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign, USA
7-6 The Direct Response of the Atmosphere to the Tropical Diabatic Heating Anomalies Diagnosed from Reanalyses - Peitao Peng, Xueliang Wang and Huug van den Dool, National Centers for Environmental Prediction, USA
1000-1045 BREAK
(Posters in SSMC-4, Session 8 begins at 1100 in building SSMC-4, Room1W611)
1045-1230 (Session 7 Resumes in Auditorium)
7-7 Evaluating Physical Fields from Reanalysis - Glenn H.White, National Centers for Environmental Prediction, USA
7-8 Global Momentum and Energy Parameters from Reanalyses - David A. Salstein and Richard D. Rosen, Atmospheric and Environmental Research, Inc., USA
7-9 The World According to NCEP/NCAR Reanalysis: A New Look at General Circulation Statistics - C. F. Ropelewski and M. Chelliah, Climate Prediction Center; and E. M. Rasmusson, University of Maryland, USA
7-10 Construction of Daily Climatology Based on the 17-Year NCEP/NCAR Reanalysis - Jae-Kyung E. Schemm, Huug M. Van den Dool and Jin Huang, Climate Prediction Center; and Suranjana Saha, Environmental Modeling Center, USA
7-11 Dynamics of Zonal-Mean Flow Assimilation and Implications for Winter Circulation Anomalies - Eric DeWeaver and Sumant Nigam, University of Maryland, USA
7-12 Use of ECMWF Reanalysis as Reference for Evaluation of ECMWF Seasonal Ensemble Forecasts for Europe - V. Pavan and F. Molteni, CINECA, Italy
7-13 Validation of the NCEP Reanalysis Against Instrumental Measurements and VOS Observations and the Use of Reanalyses Products for the Study of the Weather Regimes Variability in the North Atlantic - Sergey Gulev and Olga Zolina, Sea-Air Interaction and Climate Monitoring Laboratory, Russia
1230 - 1400 LUNCH
(Session 7: Resumes in auditorium; Session 8 resumes in SSMC-4, Room 1W611
1400-1530
7-14 Reanalysis of a Multi-Year Archive of TOVS/NOAA Satellite Data for Climate Studies - A. Chedin, N.A. Scott, J.P. Chaboureau, F. Cheruy, F. Chevallier, C. Claud, C. Stubenrauch, R. Armante and D. Kasisavanh , Laboratoire de Meteorologie Dynamique du CNRS Ecole Polytechnique, France
7-15 The Tropical Easterly Jet in a Hierarchy of General Circulation Models and the Reanalyses - Lydia Dumenil and Hans-Stefan Bauer, Max-Planck-Institute for Meteorology, Germany
7-16 Dynamical and Physical Aspects of the GEOS-2 GCM Climatology - Lawrence L. Takacs, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Goddard Space Flight Center, USA
7-17 Diagnostic and Estimation of the Noise to Signal Ratio of the NCEP Reanalyses Using Empirical Normal Mode - G. Brunet and B. Dugas, Recherche en Prevision Numerique, Canada
7-18 Estimates of Diabatic Terms in the GEOS-DAS: The Roles of Systematic Biases - Renu R. Joseph and Marvin A. Geller, State University of New York; Andrea Molod, Leonid Rukhovets and Man Li C. Wu, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Goddard Space Flight Center, USA
7-19 A First Inference of Dust Forcing from a Data Assimilation System - P. Alpert, Tel-Aviv University, Israel; Y.J. Kaufman, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Goddard Space Flight Center, USA; D. Tanre, Lab. d'Optique Atmospherique, France, A. da Silva and S. Schubert, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Goddard Space Flight Center, USA; and Y. Shay-El, Tel-Aviv University, Israel
1530-1600 BREAK
1600-1715
7-20 On the Radiative-Convective Equilibrium in ERA - and NCEP/NCAR- Forecasts - Leopold Haimberger, University of Vienna, Austria
7-21 Comparisons of Reanalyses Mean Tropospheric Temperatures to Radiosonde and Satellite Observations - M. Chelliah and C.F. Ropelewski, NOAA Climate Prediction Center, and M. Fiornio, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA
7-22 A Comparison of Temperatures Derived from the NCEP/NCAR Reanalysis and the Microwave Sounding Unit - Alan Basist, National Climatic Data Center, USA, and Muthuvel Chelliah, NOAA Climate Prediction Center, USA
7-23 Comparison of Reanalysis Humidity and Winds to Radiosondes Over North America - Evgeney S.l Yarosh, NOAA Climate Prediction Center, USA
7-24 Radiosounding History and Accuracy of the Method - N. A. Zaitseava and A.A. Ivanov, Central Aerological Observatory, Russia
1715 END OF DAY
Session 8: Regional Studies (Building SSMC-4, Room 1W611)
Chairs: Richard Lawford, GEWEX Continental-Scale International Project, and Lydia Dumenil, Max-Planck-Institute for Meteorology
1100 - 1230
8-1 The Role of the Intraseasonal Oscillations in the Variability of the Asian Summer Monsoon as Revealed in the GEOS-1 Reanalysis - Man Li C. Wu Seigfried Schubert and Richard B. Rood, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Goddard Space Flight Center, USA
8-2 A Climatology of Onsets and Breaks of the Asian Summer Monsoon from ECMWF Reanalyses - Lydia Dumenil, Maochang Cui and Klaus Arpe, Max-Planck-Institut fur Meteorologie, Germany
8-3 Understanding the Southeast Asian Monsoon Using NASA/GEOS Reanalyses - Song Yang and William K.M. Lau, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Goddard Space Flight Center, USA
8-4 Ocean-Atmosphere-Land Interaction During the First Transition of the Asian Summer Monsoon - Huang-Hsiung Hsu and Cheng-Ta Chen, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
8-5 Interannual Variability of Water Vapour Flux Over the Indian Summer Monsoon Region as Revealed from the NCEP/NCAR Reanalysis - R. Krishnan, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, India
8-6 Characteristics of Surface Fields Over the Indian Ocean in Relation to Indian Summer Monsoon Circulation - S. K. Dash, Indian Institute of Technology, India
1230-1400 LUNCH
(Session 8 Resumes in SSMC-4 at 1400)
1400-1530
8-7 Indian Summer Monsoon Variability and Teleconnections as Seen in NCEP Reanalysis: Potential for Seasonal Prediction - K. Rupa Kumar and R. Ashrit, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, India
8-8 Validation of the NASA GEOS-1 Reanalysis in the Arctic - Jennifer M. Adams, James E. Overland and Nicholas A. Bond, NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, USA
8-9 A Comparison of the Cyclone Event Climatologies Derived from the NCEP/NCAR Reanalyses and the ECMWF Reanalyses - Steven J. Lambert, Canadian Centre for Climate Modeling and Analysis, Canada
8-10 The Atmospheric Hydrologic Cycle over the Arctic Basin from the ECMWF Reanalysis - David H. Bromwich, Ohio State University, USA
8-11 An Assessment of Reanalysis-Derived Surface Fluxes in the Arctic - John E. Walsh, Diane Portis and William L. Chapman, University of Illinois, USA
8-12 The Study of Water Vapor Balance in the Mackenzie River Basin with Reanalyzed ECMWF Data - V. V. Smirnov and G.W.K. Moore, University of Toronto, Canada
1530-1600 BREAK
1600-1715
8-13 Convergence and Disposal of Energy and Moisture to the Arctic and Antarctic Polar Caps from ECMWF Reanalyses - Christophe Genthon, Laboratoire de Glaciologie et Geophysique de L'Environnement, CNRS, France
8-14 ERA and NCEP/NCAR Reanalysis Depictions of the Arctic Moisture Budget - Richard I. Cullather, Ohio State University, USA
8-15 Comparison Between NCEP and FUB Analyses of the Stratosphere - S. Leder and K. Labitzke, Freie Universitat, Germany; and H. Van Loon, National Center for Atmospheric Research, USA
8-16 The Tropical Lower Stratosphere in NCEP and ERA Reanalyses - Steven Pawson, Freie Universitat, Germany, and Michael Fiorino, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA
8-17 The Use of NCEP Data in the Global Analysis of the 10-12 Year Oscillation in the Stratosphere - H. Van Loon, National Center for Atmospheric Research, USA and K. Labitzke, Freie Universitat, Germany
1715 END OF DAY
Session 9: Assimilation Methodology and Future Plans (Auditorium)
Chair: David Williamson, National Center for Atmospheric Research
0830 - 1000 Assimilation Methodology
9-1 The Performance of Observing Systems in the ECMWF Reanalysis 1979-1993 - Uppala, ECWMF, Shinfield Park, UK
9-2 Comparisons of the Pre- and Post- FGGE Reanalyses - Robert Kistler, Eugenia Kalnay and Suranjana Saha, National Centers for Environmental Prediction, USA
9-3 Impact of Assimilation of SSM/I Precipitation Estimate on the GEOS Reanalysis - Arthur Y. Hou, David V. Ledvina, Arlindo da Silva and Mahendra Karki, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Goddard Space Flight Center, USA
9-4 Assimilation System, Atmospherical Modelling and Ecological Problems for the Siberian Region Using NCEP Reanalysis Data - G. S. Rivin and K.G. Klimova, Institute of Computational Technologies, Russia
9-5 NCEP/NCAR Reanalysis Observation Data Archive for 1957-1997 -- Jack Woollen, National Centers for Environmental Prediction, USA
1000-1030 BREAK
9-6 ECMWF Re-Analysis - Future Plans --John K. Gibson, European Centre for Medium-Range Forecasts, UK
9-7 Plans for the Phase 2 of Reanalysis at NCEP - Masao Kanamitsu, Bob Kistler, Glenn White and Eugenia Kalnay, National Centers for Environmental Prediction, USA
9-8 GEOS-3 The Next Version of the Goddard EOS Data Assimilation System - J. Stobie, R. Rood, S. Cohn, A. da Silva, J. Joiner, P. Lyster, S. Schubert, and L. Takacs, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Goddard Space Flight Center, USA
9-9 Use of New Data Types at the NASA/GSFC Data Assimilation Office (DAO) - Joanna Joiner, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Goddard Space Flight Center, USA
1130-1230 Panel Session: Reanalysis: Lessons Learned and Recommendations
Chair: Kevin Trenberth, National Center for Atmospheric Research, USA
Panel Members:
Eugenia Kalnay, NOAA National Centers for Environmental Prediction
David Burridge, European Centre for Medium-Range Forecasts
Siegfried Schubert, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Ken Mooney, NOAA Office of Global Programs
Jay Fein, National Science Foundation
Kenneth Bergman, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
1230 FORMAL MEETING ADJOURNS
Chairs: S. Schubert and A. Newson
(Open to all who wish to participate)
Topics/Issues
Product Quality
Frequency and Duration
Benefits and Drawbacks of Introducing New Data Sets
Climate and NWP Priorities
Collaboration
1. Significant Wave Height Differences From ERA Winds Hans Bonekamp, Andreas Sterl and Gerbrand Komen, Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute, Netherlands
2. The Atmospheric Moisture Budget Over Mainland China Yehui Chang and Siegfried Schubert, NASA Goddard Laboratory for Atmospheres, Greenbelt, Maryland, USA
3.A Comparison of GEOS DAS Calculated Radiances with GLA TOVS Radiances at Water Vapor Channels Austin Conaty, J. Joiner and M. Chen, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, USA
4. Evaluation of the Simulated Circulation and Surface Flux Over Monsoon Asia Using Reanalyses Data Cheng-Ta Chen, National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan
5. Some Sampling Issues in AGCM Output and How They Relate to Reanalyses Results Peter Gleckler, Mike Wehner, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA; Bryant McAvaney, Bureau of Meteorology Research Centre, Australia; Jan Polcher, Laboratoire de Meteorolgie Dynamique, France; and Dave Williamson, National Center for Atmospheric Research, USA
6. Comparison of Model-Calculated and ERBE-Retrieved Clear Sky Outgoing Longwave Radiation Chang-Hoi Ho*, Ming-Dah Chou, Max Suarez and Ka-Ming Lau, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Goddard Space Flight Center, USA
7. Dynamic Quality Control of Observational Data in the JMA Data Assimilation System Kazutoshi Onogi, Japan Meteorological Agency, Japan
8. Reanalyses of Decadal Variability in the Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere System Over the North Atlantic Ocean Using Historical Datasets A.B. Polonsky and E.N. Vokresenskaya, Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, Republic of the Crimea
9. Validation of NCMRWF T80 Model Forecast With Actual Wind Analysis K.C. Sinha Ray and P.V. Pillai, Meteorological Office, India
10. Precipitation and Temperature Associated with Dynamical Regimes David M. Straus, Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies, USA
11. A Simple Bias Correction Algorithm For Use In Data Assimilation Lawrence L. Takacs, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Goddard Space Flight Center, USA
12. Energy Flux Estimates Based on GEOS-DAS and Satellite Cloud Observation Man Li C. Wu, Siegfried Schubert, Ching I. Lin and Richard B. Rood, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Goddard Space Flight Center, USA
13. Variability of Tropical Precipitation in a 14-Year Assimilated Data Set R. Yang, General Sciences Corporation, USA, and S. Schubert, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Goddard Space Flight Center, USA
14.The Relative Roles of Radiative and Dynamic Feedbacks in Regulating the Tropical Sea Surface Temperature Dexheng Sun and Kevin E. Trenberth, National Center for Atmospheric Research, USA
15. Circulation Over the Southern Hemisphere as Seen in the NMC/NCAR Reanalysis Data Set During Warm and Cold Phases of the Southern Oscillation Wassila Thiao and Chester F. Ropelewski, National Centers for Environmental Prediction, USA
16. Influence of Surface Water on the Predictability of Temperature and Precipitation in NCEP's Reanalysis and Global GCM J. Roads, S. Chen, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, USA; M. Kanamitsu and H. Juang, National Centers for Environmental Prediction, USA
17. An Intercomparison of Surface Marine Fluxes from GEOS-I/DAS, ECMWF/ERA and NCEP/NCAR Reanalysis: Part II: Annual Cycle and Interannual Variability, Glen H. White, National Centers for Environmental Prediction, and A. da Silva, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, USA
18. A Regional Reanalysis with the HIRLAM System and its Validation Against GPS Data, Xiaohua Yang and Bent Hansen Sass, Danish Meteorological Institute.
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