8:45 - 9:30
| SeaWinds Ku-band Scatterometer Measurements: Characteristics and
Challanges | Freilich
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| 9:30 - 10:15 | C-band Scatterometers: from ERS to ASCAT and Beyond | Stoffelen
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| 10:15 - 10:45 |
Coffee Break (30 min)
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10:45 - 11:30
| An Overview of WindSat and Polarimetric Radiometer Wind
Measurements | Gaiser
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11:30 - 12:15
| Very High-Resolution Vector Wind Estimation Using Synthetic Aperture
Radar | Pichel
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12:15 - 1:15
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Lunch (1 hr)
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1:15 - 2:00
| Operational Application of High-Resolution QuikSCAT Backscatter
Measurements: Ocean, Ice and Land | Long
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2:00 - 2:45
| Operational Ultra-High Resolution Wind Retrieval and QuikSCAT
Retrieval of Wind and Rain in Hurricanes | Long
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2:45 - 3:15
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Coffee Break (30 min)
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| 3:15 - 4:00 | Near Real-Time Satellite Ocean Vector Wind Products at NOAA/NESDIS | Chang
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| 4:00 - 4:45 | Applications of Gridded Ocean Vector Wind Products | Bourassa
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4:45 - 5:30
| Status of the GCOM Mission and the Important Role of the
Scatterometer | Shimoda
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Wednesday, February 9
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| 7:30 - 8:00 | Continental Breakfast
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| 8:00 - 8:10 | Opening Remarks | Chelton
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Operational Marine Prediction
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| 8:10 - 8:30 | An Introduction to the Near Real-Time QuikSCAT Data | Hoffman
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| 8:30 - 8:50 | Use of QuikSCAT Winds at National Weather Service Field Offices | Haner
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8:50 - 9:10
| The Operational Impact of QuikSCAT Winds at the NOAA Ocean
Prediction Center | Sienkiewicz
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Tropical Cyclone Prediction
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| 9:10 - 9:30 | Impacts of QuikSCAT on Tropical Prediction Center Operations | Knabb
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9:30 - 9:50
| Experimental Uses of QuikSCAT at the Tropical Prediction Center and
Future Requirements | Beven
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9:50 - 10:10
| Improving Tropical Cyclone Prediction Using Scatterometer Surface
Winds in High-Resolution Model Initialization | Chen
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10:10 - 10:40
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Coffee (30 min)
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10:40 - 11:00
| Hurricane Watch: A Quasi-Operational High-Resolution Wind Field
Retrieval from SAR Images at CSTARS | Graber
|
WindSat Retrievals of Ocean Surface Vector Winds
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11:00 - 11:20
| NOAA Ocean Wind Vector Retrievals from WindSat Polarimetric
Measurements | Jelenak
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11:20 - 11:40
| Evaluation of Microwave Scatterometers and Radiometers as Satellite
Anemometers | Wentz
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11:40 - 12:00
| Comparisons of Two Preliminary WindSat Vector Wind Data Sets with
QuikSCAT and Buoys | Freilich
|
12:00 - 2:00
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Lunch, Posters and Tour of the Tropical Prediction Center (2 hrs)
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Assessment of QuikSCAT Ocean Surface Vector Winds in Rain and Other Conditions
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| 2:00 - 2:20 | Airborne Measurements of Ocean Surface Backscatter | Esteban
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2:20 - 2:40
| SeaWinds Active and Passive Measurements of Wind Speed and Rain
Rate in Hurricanes | Jones
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2:40 - 3:00
| Corrections to Scatterometter Wind Vectors from the Effects of Rain,
Using High-Resolution NEXRAD Radar Collocations | Weissman
|
3:00 - 3:20
| Change of Microwave Radiation Under Different Oceanic Conditions -
Results from Comparison Between AMSR and SeaWinds on ADEOS-II | Shibata
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3:20 - 4:00
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Coffee and Posters(40 min)
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| 4:00 - 5:30 | Discussion | Chelton/Freilich
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| | Assessment of Present Capabilities for Measuring Ocean Vector Winds
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| | Planned Future Activities
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| | Ocean Vector Wind Requirements for Operational Applications
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Thursday, February 10
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| 7:30 - 8:00 | Continental Breakfast
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| 8:00 - 8:10 | Opening Remarks | Chelton
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Research Applications of Ocean Surface Vector Winds
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8:10 - 8:30
| Application of Satellite Wind Speed Products to Improve Estimates of
Daily Surface Latent and Sensible Heat Fluxes Over the Global Oceans | Yu
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8:30 - 8:50
| Evaluation of a Hybrid Satellite and NWP-Based Turbulent Heat Flux
Product Using TAO Buoys | Kelly
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| 8:50 - 9:10 | 25-km Resolution SeaWinds: A Compromise of Signal and Noise | Stoffelen
|
9:10 - 9:30
| Scatterometer Results from the University of Washington Air-Sea
Interaction Group | Brown
|
9:30 - 9:50
| WindSat Observations of Ocean-Atmosphere Interaction in the Eastern
Tropical Pacific | Chelton
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9:50 - 10:20
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Coffee (30 min)
|
10:20 - 12:00
| Discussion and Writing Assignments>
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12:00 - 1:30
| Plenary Session and Reports (during lunch)
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| 1:30 | Meeting Adjournment
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