Applications of Remotely Sensed Observations in Data Assimilation
Sponsored by the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation
University of Maryland, July 23-August 10, 2007
Programme
| Week I |
Mo |
Tu |
We |
Th |
Fr |
| 8:30-10:00 |
Intro to data assim (Kalnay) |
Intro to least squares (Kalnay) |
3D-Var/4D-Var (Todling) |
Weak constraint 4D-Var
(Tremolet) |
Kalman Filter and Extended Kalman Filter (Szunyogh) |
| 10:30-12:00 |
Radiative transfer(Hudson) |
Radiative transfer (Hudson) |
Review of Satellite Data Products (Li) |
Student Introductory Presentations |
Student Introductory Presentations |
| 12:00-1:00 |
lunch |
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| 1:00-2:30 |
Intro to Remote sensing (Barnet) |
Intro to Remote sensing (Barnet) |
Review of Satellite Data Products (Barnet) |
Student Introductory Presentations |
Student Introductory Presentations |
| 3:00-5:00 |
Exercises (Szunyogh) |
Exercises (Szunyogh) |
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Exercises (Liu) |
Student Presentations |
| Week II |
Mo |
Tu |
We |
Th |
Fr |
| 8:30-10:00 |
Ensemble based KF (Szunyogh) |
Intro: NCEP (Lord) |
Intro: NASA Goddard/GMAO (Rienecker) |
Sat. Data Assimilation at NCEP (Derber) |
Non-Gaussian DA (Fletcher) |
| 10:30-12:00 |
RTM models (Kleespies) |
Intro: NESDIS–Joint Center Satellite Data Assim. (Weng) |
Ocean DA (GMAO) (Rienecker, Keppenne, Kovach) |
Sat. Data Assimilation at NCEP (Derber) |
Minimization Algorithms and Preconditioning (Fletcher) |
| 12:00-1:00 |
lunch |
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| 1:00-2:30 |
RTM models and adjoints (Kleespies) |
Intro: ECMWF (Tremolet) |
Ocean Obs. (Grodsky) |
Intro: NRL and Navy (Bishop) |
Exercises (Kostelich) |
| 3:00-5:00 |
Exercises (Kleespies) |
Exercises (Liu) |
Ocean SODA (Carton) |
Exercises (Kostelich) |
Exercises (Kostelich) |
| Week III |
Mo |
Tu |
We |
Th |
Fr |
| 8:30-10:00 |
NOAA Sat program (Goldberg) |
IR instruments (Susskind) |
Jacobian, TLM and Adjoint (Errico) |
OSSEs (Emmitt) |
Review |
| 10:30-12:00 |
MW instruments & products (Weng) |
IR instruments (Susskind) |
Intro to the JCSDA CRTM
(Han) |
Student final discussions |
Review |
| 12:00-1:00 |
lunch |
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| 1:00-2:30 |
WindSat (Bettenhause) |
Precipitation (Arkin) |
Representers DA (Miller) |
Student final discussions |
Student final discussions |
| 3:00-5:00 |
Exercises (Szunyogh) |
Exercises (Szunyogh) |
Reduced space DA and historical SST (Kaplan) |
Student final discussions |
Student final discussions |
List of Instructors
Arkin, Phil (UMCP)
Barnet, Chris (NESDIS)
Bettenhausen, Mike (NRL)
Bishop, Craig (NRL)
Carton, Jim (UMCP)
Derber, John (NCEP)
Emmitt, David (Simpson Weather Associates)
Errico, Ron (NASA)
Fletcher, Steve (CSU)
Gaiser, Peter (NRL DC)
Goldberg, Mitch (NESDIS)
Grodsky, Semyon (UMCP)
Han, Yong (NESDIS)
Hudson, Bob (UMCP)
Kaplan, Alexey (Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory)
Kalnay, Eugenia (UMCP)
Keppenne, Christian (NASA/GMAO)
Kleespies, Thomas J. (NESDIS)
Kovach, Robin (NASA/GMAO)
Langland, Rolf (NRL Monterey)
Li, Zhanqing (UMCP)
Liu, Junjie (UMCP)
Lord, Steve (NCEP)
Miller, Bob (OSU)
Rienecker, Michele (NASA/GMAO)
Rosmond, Tom (NRL Monterey)
Susskind, Joel (NASA)
Szunyogh, Istvan (UMCP)
Todling, Ricardo (NASA)
Tremolet, Yannick (ECMWF, currently at NASA)
Weng, Fuzhong (NOAA/NESDIS)
Zupanski, Milija (CSU)
Last update: 07/24/2007
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