8:30 - 9:10 Introductory Remarks and Review of Action Items from Previous Meetings - W. Baker
9:10 - 9:40 Overview of the NASA Advanced Mission Concept Study for a Global Wind Observing Sounder - B. Gentry, M. Kavaya, R. Kakar
9:40 - 10:10 Concepts for Operational Aeolus Spacecrafts - M. Endemann
10:10 - 10:30 Break
10:30 - 10:50 Aeolus Project Status - M. Endemann
10:50 - 11:20 NOAA Integrated Observation Architecture - T. Adang
11:20 - 11:50 Update on the Status of NPOESS and the Potential Role of a Wind Lidar for the Next Generation NPOESS - S. Mango
11:50 - 1:00 Lunch
1:00 - 1:40 Summary of Findings of the National Research Council's Decadal Survey on Earth Sciences and Applications from Space - M. Kavaya
1:40 - 2:10 CALIPSO: Status and Performance - D. Winker
2:10 - 2:50 Development and Risk Reduction of a 2-Micron Laser Transmitter for a Space-Based Coherent Doppler Wind Lidar System - U. Singh
2:50 - 3:10 Integrating Airborne DWL and PBL Models in Real Time - G.D. Emmitt, C. O’Handley, S.A. Wood, S. Greco
3:10 - 3:30 Break
3:30 - 3:50 Progress on the TWiLITE Direct Detection Doppler Lidar Instrument Incubator Program - B. Gentry, M. McGill, D. Schwemmer, M. Hardesty, T. Wilkerson, S. Lindemann, M. Sirota
3:50 - 4:15 Laser Transmitter for the Tropospheric Wind Lidar Technology Experiment (TWiLITE) - F. Hovis, B. Gentry
4:15 - 4:35 The Scatterometer--No Competition - R. Brown
4:35 - 4:55 Prospecting for Thermals Using an Airborne DWL - G.D. Emmitt, C. O’Handley
Science Session
8:30 - 9:15 Adaptive Observation Experiments with 3D-Var and Ensemble Kalman Filtering: Implications for Intermittent Lidar Wind Observations - J. Liu, E. Kalnay
9:15 - 9:40 Investigating the Low-Frequency Behavior of the Tropical Atmospheric Circulation Using Climate Models, Reanalysis Products, and Observations - A. Clement, R. Burgman, B. Soden
9:40 - 10:00 Atmospheric Circulation Changes in a Warmer Climate - B. Soden
10:00 - 10:20 Break
10:20 - 10:40 The Importance of Tropospheric Wind Measurements for Improved Tropical Cyclone Forecasts - F. Marks
10:40 - 11:00 Clouds, Shear, and Hybrid DWL Performance - S. Wood, G.D. Emmitt
11:00 - 11:20 Ship-Based High Resolution Doppler Lidar (HRDL) Measurements in the Gulf of Mexico: Data Summary and Observations Related to Space-Based Lidar Performance - S. Tucker, W. Brewer, M. Hardesty, S. Sandberg, A. Weickmann, R. Marchbanks, B. McCarty, J. Machol
11:20 - 11:40 Update on the Winter Storm Reconnaissance Program - Y. Song
11:40 - 1:00 Lunch
1:00 - 1:30 Would Additional Doppler Wind Lidar Data have Improved the 1999 Christmas Storm Forecast over Europe? – G.-J. Marseille
1:30 - 1:50 Update on Winds Derived from MODIS Data - L.-P. Riishojgaard
1:50 - 2:20 Update on OSSEs: Progress on the New Nature Run and International Collaboration - M. Masutani
2:20 - 3:00 Status of BalloonWinds and GroundWinds - J. Ryan
3:00 - 3:20 Break
3:20 - 4:05 Parameter Trade Study of Space-Based Coherent Doppler Wind Measurement Using NASA’s 2006 Wind Mission Study Parameters - M. Kavaya
4:05 - 4:25 SWIR Lasers for LADAR Applications - J. McCarthy, D. Creeden
8:30 - 8:50 DoD Wind Requirements – D. Pawlak
8:50 – 9:10 Societal Benefits of Lidar Winds – K. Miller
9:10 - 9:35 Performance Testing of a Risk Reduction Space Winds Lidar Laser Transmitter - F. Hovis, J. Wang
9:35 - 9:55 An Alternative Direct Detection Approach to Doppler Winds that is Independent of Aerosol Mixing Ratio and Transmitter Frequency Jitter – C. Grund
9:55 - 10:15 The Passive A-Band Wind Sounder (PAWS) for Measurement of Tropospheric Winds - B. Johnson
10:15 - 10:35 Break
10:35 - 11:40 Discussion of the Implications of the NRC Decadal Survey: The Path Forward - All
11:40 - 1:00 Lunch
1:00 - 5:00 Subcommittee Discussions
8:30 - 9:00 Presentation of Short Subjects
9:00 - 9:30 Subcommittee Reports and Recommendations
9:30 - 10:30 Review of Action Items; Next Meeting(s)
10:30 Adjourn