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2:00 - 1:59am
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Day 1 - Wednesday, May 11, 2011
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10:30am
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Introduction and Logistics
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Aberson
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10:40am
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Welcome
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Atlas/Marks
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10:50am
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Welcome
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Gall
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10:55 - 11:40am
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Satellite Observations
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Session Chair: John Knaff
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11:00am
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Satellite Observations of Tropical Cyclones: Currently and Soon Available
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J. Knaff, R. Ferrero, and M. DeMaria
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12:25 - 12:45pm
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Ocean Observations
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Session Chair: Eric Uhlhorn
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12:30pm
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Multi-Platform Ocean Observations In Support of HFIP: Progress and Plans
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L. Shay and E. Uhlhorn
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12:55 - 2:10pm
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Aircraft Observations
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Session Chair: Sim Aberson
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1:00pm
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An Introduction to NOAA and Air Force Aircraft in Operations and Research
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S. Aberson
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1:15pm
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WP-3D Cloud Physics Observations: What We Already Have and What We Really Need More Of
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R. Black
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1:30pm
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Flight-level Data from the NOAA WP-3D Aircraft: An Overview of the Instrumentation and Errors
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J. Zhang
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1:45pm
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Analysis of Alternatives for NOAA WP-3D's over the coming years
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R. Rogers
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2:00pm
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An overview of NOAA's SFMR: Data and Applications
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B. Klotz
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3:40pm
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Planned UAS operations in Hurricanes
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J. Cione
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3:50pm
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Hurricane and Severe Storm Sentinel
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S. Braun
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4:00pm
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Airborne Radar Observations in Tropical Cyclones: Their quality-control, analysis, and availability at AOML/HRD
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J. Gamache
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4:15pm
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HRD's Hurricane Dropwindsonde Data Archive
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K. Sellwood
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4:30pm
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A Web-based hurricane Obs and Model Data Visualization Framework
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T. Quirino
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5:25 - 7:10pm
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General Discussion of Current Observations
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5:30pm
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Enhancing the BUFR/PrepBUFR support to research and operational community
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H. Huang
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2:00 - 1:59am
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Day 2 - Thursday, May 12, 2011
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10:30am
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Overview of IWRAP data, formats, and access
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S. Frasier
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10:45am
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The JPL Tropical Cyclone Information System: A satellite database and analysis approach in support of hurricane forecast improvement through model validation and building the framework for data assimilation in precipitation
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S. Hristova-Veleva
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10:55 - 11:30am
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Ocean Model Observational Needs
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Session Chair: George Halliwell
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11:00am
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Ocean Observational Requirements for Improving Ocean Model Initialization for Coupled Hurricane Forecasting
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G. Halliwell
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11:25am - 12:30pm
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Observational Needs for Physics
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Session Chair: Chris Fairall
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11:30am
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Observations of Physics/Processes to Improve Parameterizations in Models
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C. Fairall, E. Walsh, K. Moran, J. Bao, C. Zappa
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12:40 - 2:25pm
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Observations for Data Assimilation
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Session Chair: Altug Aksoy
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12:45pm
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Data assimilation for tropical cyclones: Advances and challenges
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A. Aksoy
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1:05pm
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Global data assimilation for tropical cyclones with the hybrid GSI/EnKF system
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J. Whitaker
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1:25pm
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Using observations for assimilation and diagnostics in the AHW model
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R. Torn (remote)
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1:45pm
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U.S. Navy's data assimilation for tropical cyclones
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P. Pauley
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3:55 - 5:30pm
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Diagnostics/Verification/Operations
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Session Chairs: John Knaff/Tim Marchok/Jack Beven
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4:00pm
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The use of observations in real-time operations at NHC
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J. Beven
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4:15pm
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The use of observations in the NHC best-tracking process: How good are the 'best tracks'?
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C. Landsea
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4:30pm
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Observational needs for TC forecast verification
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T. Marchok
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4:45pm
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An overview of Observational Needs of the HFIP Applications Development and Diagnostics (ADD) Team
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J. Knaff
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