National Centers for Environmental Prediction
Environmental Modeling Center (EMC) Seminar


NOAA Science Center (World Weather Building)



Poster for seminars are posted at
http://wwwt.emc.ncep.noaa.gov/seminars/poster/{Last Name}.seminar.poster.jpg
Poster for the next seminar

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Telephone Extension is for (301)763-8000
January 2005
Friday 28, 10am Rm. 707 Dennis Lettenmaier and Andy Wood
University of Washington
University of Washington experimental west-wide seasonal hydrologic forecast system
Abstract
Presentation Introduction (pdf file)
Presentation (pdf file)
Contact person: Ken Mitchell x301-316-5027
Friday 28, 11am Rm. 707 Eric F. Wood
Princeton University
A Hydrologic Ensemble Seasonal Forecast System Over the Eastern U.S.
Abstract
Presentation (pdf file)
Contact person: Ken Mitchell x301-316-5027
February 2005
Tuesday 1, noon Rm. 707 Annarita Mariotti
ESSIC/ENEA
Tropical influence on Euro-Asian autumn rainfall
Abstract
Presentation (ppt file)
Contact person:Augustin Vintzileos x7270
Thursday 3, 10am Rm. 209 Georg Grell
Regional Analysis and Prediction Branch/FSL/NOAA
WRF/Chem: Simultaneous Prediction of Weather and Air Quality?
Presentation (ppt file)
Contact person:Thomas Black x 7218
Tuesday 8, noon Rm. 707 Ake Johansson
Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute
NAO and its predictability
Abstract
Presentation (ppt file)
Contact person: Suru Saha x7236
Friday 25, noon
Ocean
Rm. 707 James A. Carton
University of Maryland
West African and Brazilian seasonal rainfall in CFS -- a diagnostic investigation
Abstract
ppt presentation
pdf presentation
Contact person: Jiande Wang x7283
March 2005
Tuesday 1, noon Rm. 209 Kozo Okamoto
JMA visiting EMC
Assimilation of SSM/I radiance at NCEP global data assimilation system
Abstract
ppt presentation
Contact: Kozo Okamoto x7746
Wednesday 2, noon Rm. 209 Jeff Whitarker
NOAA/CDC
New Experimental PQPF products from CDC
Abstract
pdf presentation
Contact person: Michiko Masutani x7551
Tuesday 8, noon Rm. 707 Gilbert P. Compo
NOAA/CIRES- CIRES
Feasibility of a 100 year reanalysis using only surface pressure data
Abstract
pdf presentation at EMC (4.9MB)
pdf presentation at CPC (6.0MB)
Contact person: Suru Saha x7236
Tuesday 15, noon Rm. 707 John Schaake
NOAA/NWS Office of Hydrology
Elements of a Science Infusion Strategy for NWS Probabilistic Quantitative Precipitation Forecasting (PQPF)
Abstract
ppt presentation
Contact person: Ken Mitchell x301-316-5027
Postponed
Ocean
Rm. 209 Richard W. Garvine
University of Delaware
How does fresh water from rivers reach the deep ocean and what impact does it have there?
Contact person: Sudhir Nadiga ext. 7276
Monday 28, noon Rm. 707 Richard Swinbank
Met. Office
OSSEs for the stratosphere
Abstract
pdf presentation
Contact person: Jim Purser x7267
Tuesday 29, noon Rm. 707 Menglin Jin
NASA/GSFC UMCP
Improve Land Surface Emissivity Parameter for Land Surface Models Using Global Remote Sensing Observations
Abstract
Contact person: Michael Ek 301.316.5030
April 2005
Tuesday 12, noon Rm. 707 Ron Gelaro
NASA/GSFC
Sensitivity Analysis in Atmospheric Data Assimilation
Abstract
html presentation
pdf presentation
Contact person: Zoltan Toth x 7596
Tuesday 19, 10 am Rm. 707 Cecile Penland
NOAA/CDC
El Nino and how to get rid of it
Abstract
ppt presentation
Friday 22, 11am Rm. 209 Yulia Gel
Department of Statistics Univ. of Waterloo,Ontario
Grid-Based Bias Correction for Mesoscale Weather Forecasting: a statistical insight
Abstract
Post script presentation
Contact person: Zoltan Toth x 7596
Tuesday 26, 10am Rm. 707 Jeff Anderson
NCAR
An Ensemble Filter Assimilation System for Global and Regional Models
Abstract
Pdf presentation
Tuesday 26, noon Rm. 707 Ram Nair
NCAR
Discontinuous Galerkin Method for Atmospheric Modeling
Abstract
Pdf presentation
Movies are not posted. Please contact Michiko for movies
Contact person: Jim Purser x7267
Friday 29th 10am Rm. 707 Cliff Mass and Greg Hakim
University of Washington
Regional Weather Analysis and Prediction
Abstract
ppt presentation
Contact person: Samuel Contorno (301)713-3557 x 150
May 2005
Tuesday 3, noon Rm. 707 Nordan Huang
NASA/GSFC
On the Trend, Detrend and the Variability of Nonlinear and Nonstationary Time Series
Abstract
ppt presentation
Contact person: Sudhir Nadiga ext. 7276
Tuesday 10, noon Rm. 707 Shu-Chih Yang
Univ. Maryland
Bred vectors in a coupled model and implications for ensemble forecast and data assimilation system
Abstract
pdf presentation
Contact person: Zoltan Toth x 7596
Tuesday 17, noon Rm. 707 Fu-Lung Chang
ESSIC/UMD
The First Global Climatology of Cloud Layering Derived from MODIS Using a New Algorithm
Abstract
Contact person:Brad Ferrier x 7290 Ken Campana x7228 f
Wednesday 18, noon
EMC/CPC Seminar
Rm. 707 William Kessler
NOAA / PMEL / OCRD
The Pacific Upwelling and Mixing Physics (PUMP) Experiment
Abstract
pdf presentation
Contact person:Yan Xue x7574
Tuesday 24, noon Rm.209 Jim Kinter
COLA
Representing Extreme Behavior in Climate Models
Abstract
ppt presentation
Contact person: Jiande.Wang ext. 7283
June 2005
Wednesday 1, noon Rm. 707 Dave Raymond
New Mexico Tech.
Testing Cumulus Parameterization Using Process Study Results and Cumulus Ensemble Models
Abstract(pdf file)
pdf presentation
Contact person: Brad Ferrier x7290
Tuesday 7, noon Rm. 209 Jialin Lin
NOAA/CDC
The MJO problem in GCMs: What are the missing physics?
Abstract
ppt presentation
Contact person: Augustin Vintzileos x 7270
Tuesday 21, noon Rm. 707 Takemasa Miyoshi
JMA-Univ Maryland
Ensemble Kalman filter experiments with a primitive-equation global model
and
3DVAR control variables designed for JMA nonhydrostatic model (JMA-NHM)

Abstract
ppt presentation
Contact person: Michiko Masutani x7551
Tuesday 28, noon
Ocean
Rm. 707 Sydney Levitus
NODC/NOAA
Warming of the World Ocean, 1955-2003 and Earth's Heat Balance
Abstract
Contact person: Sudhir Nadiga 7276
Thursday 30, noon Rm. 209 Kayo Ide
UCLA
Observing system design for Lagrangian data assimilation: Dynamical systems perspective
Abstract
pdf presentation
Contact person: Cecile Penland x7278
July 2005
Monday 18, 10am Rm. 707 William R. Stockwell
Howard University
A Strategy for Research in the Application of Dynamic Data Assimilation to Air Quality Forecasting
Abstract
ppt presentation
Contact person: Sarah Lu x7582
Monday 18, 2pm Rm. 707 Prashant Sardeshmukh
NOAA/CDC
Issues in Developing Stochastic Parameterizations for Weather and Climate Models
Visit ECMWF workshop on "Representation of sub-grid processes using stochastic-dynamic models" for references
Contact person: Hua-Lu Pan x7234
Tuesday 19, noon Rm. 707 Masahiro Kazumori
NCEP-JMA
Assimilation of ATOVS level1C radiance and MODIS polar winds at JMA
Abstract
ppt presentation
Contact person: Michiko Masutani x 7551 Masahiro Kazumori x7746
Tuesday 19, 2pm Rm. 707 Seon K. Park
Ewha Womans University,Korea
Impact of Dropwindsonde Data for Typhoon Forecasts and Its Implications for Asian THORPEX - An OSSEs Study
Abstract
ppt presentation
Contact person: Naomi Surge x 7285
Thursday 21, 10am Rm. 209 Daewon Byun
Univ. Houston
Coupling of WRF with the Community Multiscale Air Quality (CMAQ) Model
Abstract
pdf presentation
Contact person:Jeff McQueen x 7226
Tuesday 26, noon Rm. 209 Seung-Jae Lee
NCEP/EMC
Near-surface data assimilation in the NCEP regional GSI system : Use of mesonet data and a new forward operator
Abstract
ppt presentation
Contact person:Seung-Jae Lee x 7517
August 2005
Tuesday 16, noon
Rm. 707 Mathias D. Müller
University of Basel, Switzerland
Research and operational forecasting with the NMM - Radiation and fog in complex topography
Abstract
ppt presentation

Contact person:Zaviza Jajic x7243
Tusday 23, noon
JCSDA
Rm. 209 Teruyuki Nakajima
University of Tokyo
A study of aerosol climate effects using model and satellite remote sensing
Contact person:Istvan Laszlo 301-763-8053, ext. 111
Tusday 30, noon
Rm. 707 Bob Kistler
NCEP/EMC
Recollections from 36 years of Federal Service
Abstract
ppt presentation
Contact person: Michiko Masutani X7551
September 2005
Thursday 1, 11am
CPC/EMC Seminar
Rm. 707 Brian Mapes
University of Miami
Pursuing model errors from column processes to large-scale outcomes
Abstract
Contact person: Jae Schemm x 7565
Tusday 6, noon Rm. 707 Magdalena Alonso Balmaseda
ECMWF
Developments in Seasonal Forecasts at ECMWF
Abstract
pdf presentation
Contact person: Augustin Vintzileos x 7270
Wednesday 7, 2:00-3:30pm
Silver Spring
Room 5300, SSMC1, Silver Spring MD James F. W. Purdom
CIRA
Polar and Geostationary Satellite Systems Synergy: Toward Optimal Utilization
Contact person:Jim Yoe 301 763 8172 x186
Tuesday 13, noon Rm. 707 Marco Tedesco
NASA/GSFC
Rremote sensing of snow on ground and its applications
Abstract
pdf presentation
Contact person:Michiko Masutani x7551
Tuesday 20, noon
Ocean
Rm. 707 Joaquim Ballabrera
ESSIC
Coupled ocean-atmosphere response to seasonal modulation of ocean color.
Abstract
Contact person:Augustin Vintzileos x7270
October 2005
Friday 14, 12:30
Ocean
Rm. 707 Ben Kirtman
COLA
Tropical Coupled Air-Sea Feedbacks and Climate Variability
Abstract
ppt presentation
Contact person: Sudhir Nadiga ext. 7276
Tuesday 18, noon Rm. 707 Fei Chen
NCAR/RAP
Developing an integrated urban modeling system for the WRF model
Abstract
pdf presentation
Contact person: Ken Mitchell 301-316-5027
Tuesday 18, 1:30pm Rm. 707 Fei-Fei Jin
Florida State University
Coexistence of Multiple Coupled Modes and ENSO Behaviors
pdf presentation
Contact person: Qin Zhang x7543
Friday 21, 11am Rm. 209 Chul Eddy Chung
Scrippts Institute of Oceanography
Issues in Modeling the Aerosol Effects on Climate
Abstract
ppt presentation
Contact person: Michiko Masutani ext. 7551
November 2005
Tuesday 1, noon Rm. 707 Christopher Danforth
Univ. Maryland
Estimating and Correcting Model Error
Abstract
PDF presentation
Contact person: Zoltan Toth ext. 7596
Thursday 3, noon
Rm. 209 Milija Zupanski
CSU
The Maximum Likelihood Ensemble Filter development at the Colorado State University
Abstract
ppt presentation
Contact person: Zoltan Toth x7596
Friday 4, noon
Rm. 707 Zaitao Pan
St. Louis University
Global Warming Holes: Climate-Ecosystem Feedbacks
Abstract
Contact person: Helin Wei 301-316-5032
Thursday 10, 9:30am
Rm.209 Roman Krysztofowiczk
University of Virginia
Bayesian Processor of Output for Probabilistic Quantitative Precipitation Forecasting
Abstract
Contact person: Zoltan Toth x7596
Tuesday 15, noon Rm. 209 Dazhong Yin
University of Arizona
Modeling dust storm events in the southwestern United States
Abstract
Contact person: Zavisa Janjic x7243
December 2005
Monday 12, noon Rm. 707 David B. Stephenson
Reading University
Extreme Weather and Climate Events:
What are they and where do they come from?

Abstract
ppt presentation
Contact person: Augustin Vintzileos x7270
Tuesday 13, noon Rm. 707 Zafer Boybeyi
George Mason University
A need for Urban Parameterization in Mesoscale Models
Abstract
Contact person: Sundararaman G Gopalakrishnan x7293
Presentation to be available
Thursday 22, 10am Rm. 209 Ho-Chun Huang
UIUC
Simulation of continental U.S. air quality on climatic time scales: projection in future climate
Abstract
Presentation will be available with request.
Contact person: Sarah Lu x7582
January 2006
Tuesday 10, noon Rm. 707 Adel Hanna
EPA/CMAS
Contact person: Jeff McQueen x 7226
Tuesday 24, noon Rm. 707 Sei-Young Park and Joo-Hyung Son
KMA/NWPD
Introduction of the KMA statistical model and ensemble model (by Joo-Hyung Son)
Introduction of the KMA assimilation system with the First Guess at Appropriate Time(FGAT) (by Sei-Young Park)

Contact person: Michiko Masutani x7551
February 2006
Tuesday 7, noon Rm. 707 Yannick Tremolet
ECMWF
Accounting for an imperfect model in 4D-Var
Contact person: John Derber x 7740
March 2006
Tuesday 28, noon Rm. 707 Ning Zeng
University of Maryland
Contact person: Augustin Vintzileos x7270

EMC seminars in 2001
EMC seminars in 2002
EMC seminars in 2003
EMC seminars in 2004

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Michiko Masutani Michiko.Masutani@noaa.gov (301)763-8000 ext. 7551
Sudhir Nadiga Sudhir.Nadiga@noaa.gov (301)763-8000 ext.7276 (Ocean related)
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