Agenda
Working Group on Space-Based Lidar Winds


Frisco, Colorado
29 June - 1 July 2004


Tuesday, June 29

8:30 - 8:50 Introductory Remarks and Review of Action Items from the Previous Meeting - W. Baker

8:50 - 9:30 Possible Opportunities for FY07 - D. Tratt, I. Guch, S. Alejandro

9:30 - 10:10 The New Local Ensemble Kalman Filter: An Accurate and Efficient Optimal Method for Data Assimilation and Adaptive Observations - E. Kalnay

10:10 - 10:20 Break

10:20 - 10:50 The Impact of AIRS Data at NASA/GSFC and Implications for Lidar Winds - R. Atlas

10:50 - 11:20 Advancement of Lidar Technologies at NASA Langley - F. Amzajerdian, M. Kavaya, U. Singh

11:20 - 1:00 Lunch

1:00 - 1:20 OSSEs for Realistic DWL Concepts - D. Emmitt, R. Atlas

1:20 - 1:40 Dynamics of the PBL (and a Little Troposphere) State-of-the-Art - R. Brown

1:40 - 2:00 The Regional Atmospheric Profiling Center for Discovery (RAPCD) at the National Space Science and Technology Center (NSSTC) in Huntsville, Alabama: Update on Infrastructure, Instrumentation, and Science - M. Newchurch, K. Fuller, D. Bowdle

2:00 - 2:10 Potential Contribution of Multiple Doppler Wind Lidars to a Prospective CHEM/CLOUD Experiment in Huntsville, Alabama - D. Emmitt, M. Newchurch, D. Bowdle

2:10 - 2:40 Regional Forecast Sensitivity to Regional Changes in the Initial State - J. Paegle

2:40 - 3:10 Amplification of Q-switched Pulses to 400 mJ at 2051 nm Using a Conduction-Cooled Laser Pump Module - M. Phillips

3:10 - 3:30 Break

3:30 - 4:00 Design Considerations and Performance Simulations for the Molecular Channel of a High Altitude Doppler Lidar Testbed - B. Gentry, G. Schwemmer, M. McGill, J. Marzouk, S. Mathur, T. Wilkerson

4:00 - 4:20 HARLIE GLOW Union and UV Doppler Demonstration - G. Schwemmer, B. Gentry

4:20 - 4:35 CALIPSO Status Update - D. Winker (Presented by J. Yoe)

4:35 - 4:50 Possibilities for Exploiting CALIPSO Data - D. Emmitt, C. Barnet, R. Hoff, J. Yoe

Wednesday, June 30

8:30 - 8:50 Using TODWL and In Situ Particle Probes to understand the Backscatter Signature of Marine, Boundary Layer Organized Structures - D. Bowdle, D. Emmitt, S. Wood

8:50 - 9:10 Using TOWDL Data to Validate Marine Boundary Layer Models - R. Foster, R. Brown, C. O'Handley, D. Emmitt

9:10 - 9:30 Accuracy of Airborne Doppler Lidar Using Threading and Ground Returns - D. Emmitt, C. O'Handley

9:30 - 9:50 Hybrid DWL Simulations for OSSEs - D. Emmitt, S. Wood

9:50 - 10:10 Break

10:10 - 10:40 Status of NPOESS - S. Mango

10:40 - 11:10 Status of TODWL and GWOLF Activities and Plans for Future Airborne DWL - D. Emmitt, B. Gentry, M. Hardesty, M. Kavaya

11:10 - 11:30 Doppler Lidar Activities at ETL - M. Hardesty, A. Brewer

11:30 - 1:00 Lunch

1:00 - 1:30 Global Distribution of Clouds and Aerosol in the Atmosphere from the EOS GLAS Lidar Mission - J. Spinhirne

1:30 - 1:50 Lidar Research Progress - S. Cornelson, J. Cutts, C. Earl, D. Huish, T. Wilkerson (Presented by B. Gentry)

1:50 - 2:20 Status of BalloonWinds - M. Dehring

2:20 - 2:40 GroundWinds Status Update - J. Ryan

2:40 - 5:00 Subcommittee Discussions

Thursday, July 1

8:30 - 9:00 Subcommittee Reports and Recommendations

9:00 - 10:00 Presentation of Short Subjects

10:00 - 10:30 Review of Action Items; Next Meeting

10:30 Adjourn