Atmospheric and Environmental Research Inc. (AER) is proud to announce its important contributions to the upcoming 98th American Meteorological Society (AMS) Annual Meeting in Austin the week of January 7, 2018. AER researchers across a number of weather-related disciplines, along with co-authors at other top research institutions, will present their work in the poster and oral papers listed below (AER authors in bold type), including research in advanced data assimilation, radiative transfer modeling, environmental remote sensing, algorithm and ground system development, and numerical weather prediction. The full scientific program for the Annual Meeting is found here: https://annual.ametsoc.org/2018/index.cfm/program/
1. 241 - Lessons Learned Processing Data from Live GOES-16 Data Using the Operational Algorithms; Erik Steinfelt, David Hogan, Edward J. Kennelly, Paul A. Van Rompay, Alexander Werbos, and T. Scott Zaccheo
2. 723 - GOES-16 Calibration and Validation for ABI Level 2 Algorithms; Paul A. Van Rompay and Edward J. Kennelly
3. 1211 - Experiments with an Optimal Spectral Sampling (OSS) Method of Assimilating Hyperspectral Satellite Data; Alan Lipton, Jean-Luc Moncet, and Pan Liang
4. 3B.5 - New Cross-Track Infrared Sounder (CrIS) Satellite Observations of Ammonia: Retrievals, Validation, and Spatiotemporal Variability; Karen E. Cady-Pereira and Mark W. Shephard
5. 3B.6 - Initial Applications of the New Cross-Track Infrared Sounder (CrIS) Satellite Observations of Ammonia; Mark W. Shephard, Shailesh K Kharol, Chris McLinden, Christopher E Sioris, Karen Cady-Pereira, Enrico Dammers, Jacob J. Siemons, Leiming Zhang, C. Whaley, Junhua Zhang, Arjo Segers, Martijn Schaap, Jason M. O'Brien, Paul, A. Makar, and Robert Vet
6. 1113 - Increased Propane Emissions from the United States over the Last Decade; Lei Hu, Steve A Montzka, Arlyn Andrews, Detlev Helmig, Ben Miller, Kirk Thoning, Thomas Nehrkorn, Marikate Mountain, Colm Sweeney, Ed Dlugokencky, Lori Bruhwiler, John Miller, Scott Lehman, James W. Elkins, and Pieter Tans
7. 1063 - CYGNSS Gridded Global Wind Vectors: Variational Analysis with GFS Backgrounds; S. Mark Leidner, Sharanya J. Majumdar, Brian D. McNoldy, Ross N. Hoffman, and Robert Atlas
8. 1064 - Impact of CYGNSS Wind Speeds and Variational Analysis Wind Vectors on HWRF Analyses and Forecasts; Bachir Annane, S. Mark Leidner, Sharanya J. Majumdar, Brian D. McNoldy, Ross N. Hoffman, Robert Atlas, Jason A. Sippel, and Zhan Zhang
9. 4.1 - Assimilation of JMA Himawari-8 AHI Clear-Sky Radiance in Operation and GOES-R ABI Radiance in GSI; Ling Liu
10. 274 - Toward Accurate, Efficient, and Consistent Global Flux Simulations; Chia-Pang Kuo, Ping Yang, Xianglei Huang, Daniel Feldman, Mark G. Flanner, Chaincy Kuo, and Eli Mlawer
11. 10B.2 - Migration of GOES-R Level 2 Processing Stream to an Automated Multi-Nodal Cloud Based Environment for Regional Level 2+ Data Processing; T. Scott Zaccheo, Erik Steinfelt, Craig Oliveira, Alexander Werbos, and David Hogan
12. 5.3 - Evaluation of Hail Size Forecasting Models during the 2016 Hazardous Weather Testbed Spring Experiment; David John Gagne, Rebecca Adams-Selin, Greg Thompson, Burkely Gallo, Amy McGovern, Glen Romine, Craig Schwartz, Nathan Snook, and Ryan A. Sobash
13. 837 - Analysis of Convectively Generated Gravity Waves in the 14–15 July 2015 Mesoscale Convective System during PECAN; Faith P. Groff, Russ S. Schumacher, and Rebecca Adams-Selin
Session Chairpersons:
14th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; Session 13: Calibration and Validation—Part II co-chaired by Scott Zaccheo
22nd Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface; Session 12: Observation Sensitivity and Impact Experiments, Part I chaired by Mark Leidner