LWG Meeting Presentations

July 2019

Information

LWG Agenda
Registration

Working Group on Space-based Lidar Winds July 9-10, 2019, National Institute of Aerospace, Hampton, VA


WEDNESDAY, July 10, 2019



Agency Perspectives

Sesssion Chair:Upendra Singh & Mike Hardesty

Meeting Welcome, National Institute of Aerospace Welcome, Logistics

Speakers: Upendra Singh, Mike Hardesty, David Throckmorton, NIA, Stephen Horan


LaRC Welcome

Speaker: Jill Marlowe, NASA LaRC


Introduce Sandra Cauffman

Speaker: Dave Young, NASA LaRC

Earth Science Overview

Session A

Performance and Applications of Dense Optical Flow Algorithms Derived From Next- Generation Geostationary Satellite Imagery

Speaker: Jason Apke


Earth Science Overview

Speaker: Sandra A. Cauffman


International Laser-Radar Lifetime Achievement Award

Winds for NASA HQ’s Weather Focus Area

Winds for NASA HQ's Weather Focus Area

Speaker: Gail Skofronick-Jackson, NASA HQ

NOAA Perspective

Speaker: David Spencer

Aeolus: Session 1

The Aladin instrument performance in-orbit so far...

Speaker: Denny Wernham


Initial Wind, Aerosol, and Water Vapor Lidar Profile Data From the NASA Aeolus Cal/Val Test Flight Campaign

Kristopher Bedka


Initial assessment of the performance of the first wind LIDAR in space on Aeolus

Speaker: Oliver Reitebuch


First results from two airborne campaigns over Europe in order to calibrate and validate Sea's Aeolus Wind Lidar mission

Speaker: Benjamin Witschas


Space-Based Winds: Looking Ahead

Physical, dynamical and application aspect of the connection between Ocean Vector and Doppler Wind Lidar winds

Speaker: Ad Stoffelen


Idealized Space-Based Doppler Wind Lidar in a Hurricane OSSE

Speaker: Lisa Bucci


Coherent wind LIDAR technology at Langley

Speaker: Michael Kavaya


A systems engineering look at space-based atmospheric winds missions

Speaker: Sara Tucker


Field Studies

Assimilation of Doppler Wind Lidar (DWL) wind profiles for improved severe weather forecasts

Speaker: Zhaoxia Pu


NOAA P3DWL Investigations of Hurricanes Maria and Lane: Implications for Space-Based DWLs

Speaker: Sydney Wood


Near-Surface Wind Retrievals Within the NABL and Spray Zone by DAWN

Speaker: G. David Emmitt


Aeolus: Session 2

Model Validation of Aeolus

Speaker: Mike Rennie


NOAA 3D-winds assessment: Preliminary results from ADM- Aeolus

Speaker: Kevin Garrett


Aeolus Impact

Speaker: Mike Rennie


Status of Aeolus Assimilation at the GMAO

Speaker: Will McCarty


Preliminary Comparisons of DAWN, Dropsondes, and Aeolus Wind Observations

Speaker: Steven Greco


Mars Measurements

Single frequency laser development for Mars Wind Lidar

Speaker: Patrick Burns


MARLI – a Lidar for Wind and Aerosol Profile Measurements from Mars Orbit

Speaker: Floyd Hovis


Passive Measurements

Quantitative Assessment of State-Dependent Atmospheric Motion Vector Uncertainties

Speaker: Hui Su


MISTiC Winds-Airborne Demonstration

Speaker: Kevin Maschhoff


Estimating Optical Flows in Satellite Imagery

Speaker: Thomas Vandal


New AMV wind and height measurements from stereoscopic views with MODIS-GOES and MISR- GOES imagery

Speaker: Dong Wu


Performance and Applications of Dense Optical Flow Algorithms Derived From Next- Generation Geostationary Satellite Imagery

Speaker: Jason Apke