100th American Meteorological Society (AMS) Annual Meeting:
Presentations by NASA Center for Climate Simulation (NCCS) and Partners

 

Monday, January 13

3A.3 Novel Application of NASA’s GEOS-CF CO2 Forecasting System to the ACT-America Airborne Campaign
Nikolay Balashov, NASA, Greenbelt, MD; USRA, Columbia, MD; and L. Ott, B. Weir, K E. Knowland, K.J. Davis, C.A. Keller, and A. Chatterjee
02:30 PM – 02:45 PM
Boston Convention and Exhibition Center – 207

3B.4 Quantification of the Land Surface and Brown Ocean Influence on Tropical Cyclone Intensification over Land: A Case Study of TC Kelvin (2018)
Jinwoong Yoo, NASA, Greenbelt, MD; Univ. of Maryland, College Park, College Park, MD; and J.A. Santanello, J.M. Shepherd, S.V. Kumar, P. Lawston, and A.M. Thomas
02:45 PM – 03:00 PM
Boston Convention and Exhibition Center –  253A

3.4 Comparison of Ice Nucleation Parameterizations for Dust Minerals in Climatological Simulations with a Global Model
Jan P. Perlwitz, GISS, New York, NY; Climate, Aerosol, and Pollution Research, LLC, Bronx, NY; and D.A. Knopf and R.L. Miller
03:00 PM – 03:15 PM
Boston Convention and Exhibition Center – 208

4.2 High-Resolution Global Coupled Chemistry–Meteorology Simulations Using the NASA GEOS Composition Forecast System: GEOS-CF
K. Emma Knowland, USRA/GESTAR NASA/GMAO, Greenbelt, MD; and C.A. Keller, B. Duncan, E. Saunders, P. Wales, L. Ott, M.B. Follette-Cook, J. Liu, J.M. Nicely, S.A. Strode, S. Pawson, and H. Ensz
03:15 PM – 03:30 PM
Boston Convention and Exhibition Center – 211

Poster 109 Evolution of the Vertical Structure of the Saharan Air Layer during the Land–Ocean Transition Using MERRA-2 Global Analyses and Nu-WRF Model Simulations
Jainn J. Shi, NASA GSFC, Morgan State Univ./GESTAR, Greenbelt, MD; and S. Braun, S.D. Nicholls, and K.I. Mohr
04:00 PM – 06:00 PM
Boston Convention and Exhibition Center – Hall B

Poster 138 Monthly Difference in the Prediction Skill of the Boreal Winter ENSO Response over North America in Coupled and Uncoupled NASA GEOS-5 Model Simulations
Young-Kwon Lim, NASA GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and S.D. Schubert and Y. Chang
04:00 PM – 06:00 PM
Boston Convention and Exhibition Center – Hall B

Poster 259A Dust Mineral Specific Heterogeneous Chemistry in NASA GISS Earth System Model "ModelE"
Jan P. Perlwitz, Climate, Aerosol, and Pollution Research, LLC, Bronx, NY; GISS, New York, NY
04:00 PM – 06:00 PM
Boston Convention and Exhibition Center – Hall B

Hyperwall Presentation: GEOS High-Resolution Modeling Updates
Bill Putman, Global Modeling and Assimilation Office, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
06:45 – 07:00 PM
Boston Convention and Exhibition Center ­– Main Exhibit Hall, NASA Exhibit (Booth #301)

Tuesday, January 14

1.2 Toward Coupled Data Assimilation in the NASA GEOS System: Developments in the Ocean Context
Rahul B. Mahajan, GMAO, Greenbelt, MD; and R. Gelaro, G. Vernieres, T. Sluka, and S. Akella
08:45 AM – 09:00 AM
Boston Convention and Exhibition Center – 254B

5A.1 Orographic Gravity Waves and Their Diagnosed Effects on Transport in High-Resolution Models and Satellite Observations
M. Joan Alexander, NorthWest Research Associates, Boulder, CO; and L. A. Holt, L. Coy, and W.M. Putman
10:30 AM – 10:45 AM
Boston Convention and Exhibition Center – 206B

4.3 NASA's Seasonal Hydrological Forecast System for Improved Food Insecurity Early Warning in Africa
K.R. Arsenault, NASA GSFC/SAIC, Greenbelt, MD; and A. Hazra, S. Shukla, A. McNally, A. Getirana, C.D. Peters-Lidard, S.V. Kumar, R. Koster, B.F. Zaitchik, K. Slinski, C.C. Funk, and J.P. Verdin
11:00 AM – 11:15 AM
Boston Convention and Exhibition Center – 153A

3.6 Full-Resolution Cycled Data Assimilation with FV3-JEDI
D. Holdaway, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and Y. Trémolet
11:45 AM - 12:00 PM
Boston Convention and Exhibition Center – 254B

4.1 GEOS S2S Version 3: The New GMAO High-Resolution Seasonal Prediction System (Invited Presentation)
Andrea Molod, NASA GSFC, Greenbelt, MD
03:00 PM – 03:15 PM
Boston Convention and Exhibition Center – 252B

Poster 605 Enhancement of NCA-LDAS Version 3 through Multisensor, Multivariate Data Assimilation
Natthachet Tangdamrongsub, Univ. of Maryland/Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center/NASA GSFC, College Park, MD; and M.F. Jasinski, J.S. Borak, S.V. Kumar, and D. Mocko
04:00 PM – 06:00 PM
Boston Convention and Exhibition Center ­– Hall B

Poster 640 Investigating the July 2018 Mid-Atlantic Floods with NASA GMAO Forecast and Reanalysis Models
Gary Partyka, NASA, Greenbelt, MD; and A. Collow, M. Bosilovich, and J.V. Ardizonne
04:00 PM – 06:00 PM
Boston Convention and Exhibition Center ­– Hall B

Poster 828 Update on JCSDA Impact of Observing Systems Project
F. vandenberghe, Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation, Boulder, CO; and S. Dutta, D. Hahn, H. Zhang, S. Albergel, D. Holdaway, T. Auligné, and R.B. Mahajan
04:00 PM – 06:00 PM
Boston Convention and Exhibition Center ­– Hall B

Hyperwall Presentation: Detection and Attribution of Recent Climate Trends
Gavin Schmidt, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies
04:00 PM – 04:15 PM
Boston Convention and Exhibition Center ­– Main Exhibit Hall, NASA Exhibit (Booth #301)

Hyperwall Presentation: Predicting More Than Just Weather: New High-Resolution Forecasts of Composition from GEOS
Emma Knowland, USRA/GESTAR, Global Modeling and Assimilation Office, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
05:00 PM – 05:15 PM
Boston Convention and Exhibition Center ­– Main Exhibit Hall, NASA Exhibit (Booth #301)

Wednesday, January 15

Climate Change Impacts, Tipping Points, and the Evidence for Urgency
Gavin Schmidt, NASA GISS, New York City, NY
08:30 AM – 08:45 AM
Boston Convention and Exhibition Center – 254B

Panel Discussion: Challenges Facing HPC Centers Supporting Weather, Water, and Climate
Moderator: Marc Cotnoir, CSRA, Inc., Fairfax, VA: Participant: Laura Carriere, NCCS, NASA GSFC, Greenbelt, MD
10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
Boston Convention and Exhibition Center – 254B

J41.5 Dynamical Forecasts of Tropical Terrestrial Carbon Fluxes with the NASA S2S Retrospective Forecast System
Eunjee Lee, USRA/NASA Goddard, Greenbelt, MD; and F.W. Zeng, L. Ott, R. Koster, S. Shukla, A. Hazra, K.R. Arsenault, and J. Joiner
11:30 AM – 11:45 AM
Boston Convention and Exhibition Center – 154

11A.1 Virtual World, Real Understanding: Using Virtual Reality to Visualize Disasters, Climate, and Extreme Weather Impacts
Shayna Skolnik, NASA/Navteca, Washington, DC
03:00 PM – 03:30 PM
Boston Convention and Exhibition Center – 104B

11.2 Robustness and Behavior of Adjoint Calculations of Observation Impacts in Numerical Weather Prediction
Nikki Privé, Morgan State Univ., Greenbelt, MD; and R. Errico and R. Todling
03:15 PM ­– 03:30 PM
Boston Convention and Exhibition Center – 259A

Poster 1060 Using the CREATE Service: Exploring Tools and Methods to Evaluate Precipitation Rates from Reanalysis
Gerald L. Potter, NCCS, NASA GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and L. Carriere, J. Hertz, G.J. Huffman, T.P. Maxwell, J. Peters, and Y. Shen
04:00 PM – 06:00 PM
Boston Convention and Exhibition Center ­– Hall B

Poster 1077 Snow Ensemble Uncertainty Project (SEUP): Characterization of Snow Water Equivalent Uncertainty Using an Ensemble-Based Land Surface Modeling
Rhae Sung Kim, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD; USRA, Columbia, MD; and S.V. Kumar, C. Vuyovich, P. Houser, M.T. Durand, L. Mudryk, J.M. Johnston, J.D. Lundquist, C. Garnaud, B.A. Forman, M. Sandells, M L. Wrzesien, and N. Cristea
04:00 PM – 06:00 PM
Boston Convention and Exhibition Center ­– Hall B

Poster 1142 Near 40 Years of MERRA-2 Data at NASA GES DISC—Opportunities and Challenges to Supporting Extremes Studies
Suhung Shen, NASA GSFC/GES DISC, Greenbelt, MD; and D. Ostrenga, M. Bosilovich, A. Li, and D. Meyer
04:00 PM – 06:00 PM
Boston Convention and Exhibition Center ­– Hall B

Poster 1172 Designing an Optimal Strategy for GMAO S2S Ensemble Forecast
Anna Borovikov, SSAI, Greenbelt, MD; NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and S. Schubert, J. Marshak, and Y. K. Lim
04:00 PM – 06:00 PM
Boston Convention and Exhibition Center ­– Hall B

Poster 1278 Investigation of the Sensitivity of the Dust Emissions to Changes in the Normalized Vegetation Index (NDVI) over the Middle East in the GEOS Global Model Simulations
Adriana Rocha Lima, Univ. of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD; and P. R. Colarco, A. S. Darmenov, E. P. Nowottnick, A. da Silva, and L. D. Oman
04:00 PM – 06:00 PM
Boston Convention and Exhibition Center ­– Hall B

Poster 1421 Sensitivity of Atmospheric Soil Dust and Radiative Forcing by Dust to the Emitted Dust Size Distribution in GISS ModelE2.1
Jan P. Perlwitz, Climate, Aerosol, and Pollution Research, LLC, Bronx, NY; GISS, New York, NY; and R.L. Miller
04:00 PM – 06:00 PM
Boston Convention and Exhibition Center ­– Hall B

Poster 1505 Parameter Sensitivity of Tropical Cyclones in NASA-GISS ModelE3
Jeffrey D.O. Strong, LDEO, Palisades, NY; and A.H. Sobel, S.J. Camargo, M. Kelley, and A.D. Genio
04:00 PM – 06:00 PM
Boston Convention and Exhibition Center ­– Hall B

Hyperwall Presentation: GMAO Snapshots
Gary Partyka, Global Modeling and Assimilation Office, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
05:45 – 06:00 PM
Boston Convention and Exhibition Center ­– Main Exhibit Hall, NASA Exhibit (Booth #301)

Thursday, January 16

12A.1 Development of an OMI-Based Tropospheric Bromine Monoxide (BrO) Product and Implications for Missing Sources of Reactive Bromine in GEOS-Chem
Pamela Wales, USRA, Columbia, MD; GMAO, Greenbelt, MD; and C.A. Keller, K.E. Knowland, and S. Pawson
08:30 AM – 08:45 AM
Boston Convention and Exhibition Center – 206B

Town Hall Meeting GEOS-Chem Model Overview and New Developments
12:15 PM – 01:15 PM
Boston Convention and Exhibition Center – 155

14A.3 NASA's High-Resolution GEOS Forecasting and Reanalysis Products: Impact of Stratospheric Intrusions on Surface Ozone Air Quality
K. Emma Knowland, USRA/GESTAR NASA/GMAO, Greenbelt, MD; and L. Ott, B. Duncan, K. Wargan, C.A. Keller, and K.I. Hodges
02:00 PM – 02:15 PM
Boston Convention and Exhibition Center – 206B

15A.3 Assimilation of Vegetation States Improves the Representation of Drought in Agricultural Areas
David M. Mocko, NASA GSFC/SAIC, Greenbelt, MD; and S.V. Kumar, S. Wang, and C.D. Peters-Lidard
04:00 PM – 04:15 PM
Boston Convention and Exhibition Center – 253C