Agenda

Destin, Florida
27 - 30 January 2009

Tuesday, January 27

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

9:30-10:00 NASA Headquarters Perspective - R. Kakar

10:00-10:20 Break

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

11:00-11:30 Vertical Sampling of ADM - G.-J. Marseille

11:30-1:00 Lunch

1:00-1:30 ECMWF Model Spectra: Application to ADM Sampling Model and Joint-OSSE Representativeness Error - G.-J. Marseille

1:30-2:00 Simulation of Observations and Calibration for Joint OSSEs - M. Masutani

2:00-2:30 Plans for GWOS and NWOS OSSEs - D. Emmitt, L.-P. Riishojgaard

2:30-3:00 Lidar Wind Measurements over the Southeastern Pacific Lower Troposphere: Stratus versus Clear Conditions - S. Tucker

3:00-3:20 Break

3:20-3:50 History of Airborne DWL (1976-Present) - D. Emmitt

3:50-4:20 DAWN Results and Status of DAWN-AIR1 and DAWN-AIR2 - M. Kavaya

4:20-5:00 Balloon Winds - J. Ryan

Wednesday, January 28

8:30-9:00 Results from the P3-DWL Missions during T-PARC and TCS-08 - D. Emmitt, S. Greco, C. O’Handley

9:00-9:30 Optical Autocovariance Wind Lidar (OAWL) System Development Status - C.J. Grund, J. Howell, M. Ostaszewski, B. Pierce

9:30-10:00 Status of CFLOS Study Using CALIPSO Data - D. Emmitt, D. Winker, S. Greco

10:00-10:20 Break

10:20-10:40 An Inexpensive, Rapid Response System for Wind Profile Assessment, Particularly Regarding Shear Layer Detection and Wind Turbine Location - T. Wilkerson

10:40-11:10 Point vs.VAD Scans for Complex Terrain - D. Emmitt, C. O’Handley

11:10-11:30 Expect a Revolution in Environmental Prediction and Monitoring in the New Administration - R. Brown

11:30-1:00 Lunch

1:00-1:30 Status of the Tropospheric Wind Lidar Technology Experiment (TWiLiTE) Instrument Incubator Program – B. Gentry, M. McGill, G. Schwemmer, M. Hardesty, A. Brewer, T. Wilkerson, R. Atlas, M. Sirota, S. Lindemann, F. Hovis (presented by M. Hardesty)

1:30-3:00 Open Discussion: Next Steps Following Highly Successful Global Wind Observing Sounder (GWOS) and NexGen NPOESS Wind Observing Sounder (NWOS) IDL Studies

Thursday, January 29

8:30-5:00 Subcommittee Discussions

Friday, January 30

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