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18th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)

Call for Papers

The IOAS-AOLS Symposium recognizes that observing the atmosphere, ocean, and land surface is crucial for understanding the interactions among all three and that assimilation of the observed information into models is crucial for weather and climate monitoring and forecasting.  The symposium cuts across several allied disciplines and encourages interaction and collaboration among specialists in each.  Papers emphasizing integrating aspects with the general meeting theme of extreme weather will be given preference. For example: What purposes does a particular observing system serve uniquely to improve prediction of extreme events?  What other systems complement its capabilities in this context?  How does an observing system or systems advance understanding, monitoring, and prediction?  What assimilation methods ensure that the observational data will be fully exploited in numerical prediction models?  What can assimilation and prediction systems tell us about the impact of current and future observing systems on forecast accuracy, particularly of high-impact weather events?    

Sessions will be organized around the following topics:  1) Atmospheric observations, in situ and remote, including from satellites: Advantages and shortcomings compared with other observing systems, and their influences on global and regional numerical weather prediction.  2) Assimilation of observations (ocean, atmosphere, and land surface) into models: assimilation methods; minimization techniques; forward models and their adjoints; incorporation of constraints; error statistics; 3) Experiments involving observations, real or hypothetical: data impact tests (sensitivity of forecasts to a particular source of observations); observing system simulation experiments (OSSEs);  4) Application of the above technologies and concepts for severe storms and hurricanes;  5) Ocean observations: What do ocean observations tell us about the ocean environment and how do they contribute to its prediction?; 6) New uses of observations by operational forecasters; and 7) Field experiments: observational results from past field experiments; potential relevance of the field observations to operational prediction.

For additional information please contact the program chairpersons, Dr. Robert Atlas, NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory, 4301 Rickenbacker Causeway, Miami FL 33149  (tel: 305-361-4300; email [email protected]) or Prof. Sharanya Majumdar, RSMAS Division of Meteorology and Physical Oceanography, University of Miami, 4300 Rickenbacker Causeway, Miami FL 33149; email [email protected]); or Kenneth Carey, Earth Resources Technology (ERT, Inc.), 6100 Frost Place, Suite A, Laurel, MD 20707 (tel: 301-361-0626; email [email protected]). (2/13)

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