Tuesday, January 17

8:30 - 9:00 Introductory Remarks and Review of Action Items from the Previous Meeting - W. Baker

9:00 - 9:10 Update on the 2005 National Academy of Sciences Presentation - M. Hardesty

9:10 - 9:30 NASA Laser Risk Reduction Program and Its Application to Wind Lidar from Space - W. Heaps

9:30 - 10:00 The Wind Lidar Mission ADM-Aeolus: Status - O. Reitebuch, M. Endemann

10:00 - 10:20 Break

10:20 - 11:00 Update on the Status of NPOESS - S. Mango

11:00 - 11:30 SOSE (Sensitivity Observing System Experiment) for DWL Scenarios in the Post-ADM Era - G.-J. Marseille

11:30 - 1:00 Lunch

1:00 - 1:20 Recent Progress on the NCEP OSSE Project: Lidar Adaptive Targeting Experiments with OSSEs - Y. Song

1:20 - 1:50 Relative Merit of One vs. Two Lidar Wind Perspectives - L.-P. Riishojgaard, R. Atlas, D. Emmitt

1:50 - 2:35 BalloonWinds Integration Status - M. Dehring

2:35 - 3:00 First Flights of the ALADIN Airborne Demonstrator A2D - O. Reitebuch, C. Lemmerz, E. Nagel, U. Paffrath, T. Schroder, Y. Durand, M. Endemann, R. Meynart, M. Chaloupy, E. Chinal, R. Treichel, C. Wuhrer

3:00 - 3:20 Break

3:20 - 3:40 Status of TODWL and GWOLF – D. Emmitt, C. O'Handley

3:40 - 4:10 The Molniya Orbit Imager and the Assimilation of MODIS Winds - L.-P. Riishojgaard

4:10 - 4:40 Summary of NASA Laser/Lidar Working Group Recommendations - M. Kavaya, B. Gentry

4:40 - 5:00 Latest Simulations for a Tropospheric Wind Sounder on NPOESS and Beyond – D. Emmitt, S. Wood, B. Gentry, M. Kavaya

Wednesday, January 18

Science Session

8:30 - 9:00 Review of Winter Storm Reconnaissance 2005 - Y. Song

9:00 - 9:45 Trace Gas Products from High-Resolution Instruments - C. Barnet

9:45 - 10:15 Application of Remote Sensing and Innovative Modeling to Hurricane Prediction - R. Atlas

10:15 - 10:30 Break

10:30 - 11:00 The Impact of Satellite Wind Data on High-Impact Weather Forecasts and Possible Strategies of Targeting Observations - Z. Pu

11:00 - 11:30 Impact of Airborne Doppler Lidar Observations on the Forecast of the Global Model at ECMWF during ATReC - O. Reitebuch, A. Dornbrack, S. Rahm, M. Weissmann, C. Cardinali

11:30 - 12:00 Role of Direct Wind Observations on Understanding and Modeling the Hydrologic Cycle - E. Smith

12:00 - 1:30 Lunch

1:30 - 2:20 GroundWinds Performance and Predictions - I. Dors, M. Dehring

2:20 - 2:50 Preliminary Intercomparison Results of the October 2003 Experiment with GroundWinds NH and NOAA's mini-MOPA lidar - S. Tucker, I. Dors, M. Hardesty, W. Brewer

2:50 - 3:20 Progress in Laser Transmitters for Direct Detection Wind Lidars - F. Hovis, J. Wang, M. Dehring

3:20 - 3:40 Break

3:40 - 4:00 Examination of Adaptive Targeting Schemes and Their Technology Implications - D. Emmitt

4:00 - 4:20 Ship-Based Measurements of Low Level Wind Fields Over the Ocean: Results and Implications for Satellite Wind Measurements - M. Hardesty, A. Brewer, S. Tucker, J. Intrieri

4:20 - 4:40 TWiLiTE Instrument Incubator Project Update – B. Gentry, G. Schwemmer, M. McGill, M. Hardesty, T. Wilkerson, M. Sirota, S. Lindemann, A. Brewer, R. Atlas

4:40 - 5:00 LaRC Instrument Incubator Proposal Update - M. Kavaya

5:00 - 5:20 Development of a Remote-Sensing Testbed for Multi-Scale, Regional, Tropospheric Air Quality and Winds Near Huntsville, Alabama - M. Newchurch, D. Bowdle, D. Emmitt, M. Hardesty, S. Johnson, W. Petersen, K. Knupp, R. McNider

Thursday, January 19

DWL Mission Definition Team Plenary Session

8:30 - 9:00 Pointing Determination for a Coherent Wind Lidar Mission - M. Sirota, C. Field, M. Kavaya

9:00 - 9:20 Space Radiation Environment Tests on HOEs - G. Schwemmer

9:20 - 9:50 NPOESS DWL Mass and Power Estimation - K. Miller, D. Emmitt, B. Gentry, R. Khanna

9:50 - 10:20 Discussion

10:20 - 10:40 Break

DWL Mission Definition Team Executive Session

10:40 - 12:00 Discussion

12:00 - 1:30 Lunch

1:30 - 5:00 Subcommittee Discussions

Friday, January 20

8:30 - 9:00 Subcommittee Reports and Recommendations