7:30   Breakfast (tutorial registration only) - Tankard Taverne, main hotel building

9:00   Morning Tutorial - Albany Room, Conference Center

Introduction to Data Assimilation, Alison Fowler (U Reading) (tutorial registration only)

10:15  Coffee Break (tutorial registration only)

10:35  Introduction to Data Assimilation, Continued (tutorial registration only)

12:00   Lunch  (tutorial registration only) - Fort Edward Room, Conference Center

13:30  Student Mini-presentations  (tutorial registration only)

14:15  Afternoon Tutorial  - Albany Room, Conference Center

Operational Data Assimilation and Adjoints, Clark Amerault (NRL) (tutorial registration only)

15:00   Coffee Break (tutorial registration only)

15:20  Operational Data Assimilation and Adjoints, Continued (tutorial registration only)

18:30   Dinner  (all attendees) - Fort Edward Room, Conference Center

7:30   Breakfast - Tankard Taverne, main hotel building

9:00   Nikki Privé, Welcoming Remarks

Session 1: Observations and Their Errors - Albany Room, Conference Center

Chairs: Juliana Matranga

9:20  Sarah Dance, "Assessing the influence of observations in convection-permitting numerical weather prediction"

9:50 Keenan Eure, "Simultaneous Assimilation of Dual-Polarization Radar and All-Sky Satellite Observations to Improve Convection Forecasts "

10:20  Coffee Break

10:45  Chih-chi Hu, "Explore different strategies to assimilate all-sky microwave radiances with non-Gaussian likelihood"

11:15  Amal El Akkraoui, "Practical application of the three-cornered hat method in the presence of error correlations"

11:45  Annika Vogel, "Statistical error estimation for multi-model ensembles and the importance of reasonable assumptions"

12:30  Lunch - Fort Edward Room, Conference Center

Session 1: Observations and Their Errors, Continued

14:00  Kayo Ide, "Enabling the Data Assimilation of CrIS Shortwave Infrared Observations in Global Data Assimilation System"

14:30  Behzad Golparvar, "Impact of Radio Frequency Interference by 5G mmWave Network on Microwave Radiance Data Assimilation"

15:00  Sharan Majumdar, "Assimilation of synthetic wind profiles in a regional OSSE"

15:30  Coffee Break

15:50  Poster Preview

18:30  Dinner - Fort Edward Room, Conference Center

7:30   Breakfast - Tankard Tavern, main hotel building

Session 2: Data Assimilation Theory - Albany Room, Conference Center

Chairs: Laura Risley, Shay Gilpin

9:00  Filip Vana, "Local semi-implicit scheme"

9:30  Steven Fletcher, "Foundations for universal nongaussian data assimilation"

10:00  Hao-lun Yeh, "Unbiased fully nonlinear data assimilation: the Stochastic Particle Flow Smoother"

10:30  Coffee Break

10:50  Shay Gilpin, "The inaccurate variance evolution associated with discrete covariance propagation"

11:20  Olivier Pannekouke, "What can we learn from the formulation of boundary conditions in parametric Kalman filter ? and its consequence in observation targeting."

11:50  Saori Nakashita, "Introduction of global error covariance to nested ensemble variational assimilation"

12:30  Lunch - Fort Edwards Room, Conference Center

Session 2: Data Assimilation Theory, Continued

14:00   Alison Fowler, "The importance of anchor observations in data assimilation"

14:30   Rasika Mahawattege, "Local or Boundary Data Assimilation via Control Methods for Dissipative PDE Systems"

15:00  Coffee Break - Long Lake Room, Conference Center

15:00-17:00  Poster Session - Long Lake Room, Conference Center

• Parisa Heidary, "Mapping diffuse recharge flux using Reduced-Adjoint Variational Data Assimilation method by assimilating SMAP soil moisture observations"

• Kian Huang, "Implementing Coupled Land-Atmosphere Data Assimilation Within JEDI with a Limited Area Version of UFS: Impact on Near-surface Weather Forecasting"

• Bryan M. Karpowicz, "Assimilation of Reconstructed Radiances from IASI Principal Component Scores into the GEOS-ADAS"

• Hyerim Kim, "Adjoint sensitivity of air pollutants in South Korea using the CMAQ Adjoint Model"

• Kenta Kurosawa, "Can We Control Extreme Weather Events with Small Inputs?: Applications of Model Predictive Control in Meteorology"

• Juliana Matranga, "Reduced arithmetic precision in ocean data assimilation: a simple case study."

• Nikki Privé, "OSSE Trivia"

• Johnathan Stoddard, "Assimilating CYGNSS Ocean Surface Winds and Surface Heat Fluxes to Improve the Numerical Prediction of Tropical Cyclones using Hurricane Analysis and Forecast System (HAFS)"

• Zachary Vanche, "Representativity uncertainties estimation in satellite observations of the Earth radiation belts"

18:30  Dinner

7:30   Breakfast - Tankard Taverne, main hotel building

Session 3: JEDI - Albany Room, Conference Center

Chairs: Steve Fletcher, Bryan Karpowicz

9:00  Introduction to Jedi

9:15  Christian Sampson, "A Hybrid Tangent Linear Model in the Joint Effort for Data Assimilation Integration (JEDI) system" 

9:45  Tom Hill, "Development of a flexible model-generic hybrid tangent linear model in JEDI in preparation for the Met Office’s next-generation global 4D-Var system"

10:15  Elizabeth Satterfield, "The Navy’s JEDI-enabled FALCON Data Assimilation System"

10:45  Coffee Break

11:05 Maryam Abdi-Oskouei, "Hybrid tangent-linear modelling for atmospheric chemistry and physics using the JEDI framework."

11:33 Clémetine Hardy Gas, "Different Ensemble Data Assimilation Scenarios In JEDI Using The SkyLab Workflow"

12:05 Kate Huxtable, "Implementing and testing a Control-Pert Ensemble Data Assimilation system in the JEDI-framework"

12:35 Grab-and-Go Lunch

Free Afternoon

18:30  Dinner - Fort Edward Room, Conference Center

20:00  Panel Discussion (Albany Room): The Future of Data Assimilation

7:30   Breakfast - Tankard Taverne, main hotel building

Session 4: Applications of Data Assimilation - Albany Room, Conference Center

Chair: Erica McGrath-Spangler

9:00   Clark Amerault, "Variational assimilation of boundary layer height measurements"

9:30   Laura Risley, "On the choice of velocity variables for variational ocean data assimilation"

10:00  Yu-An Chen, "Nonlinear Data Assimilation for Hurricane Dynamics and Predictability: Coupling boundary-layer to cloud observations"

10:30  Coffee Break

10:50  Visweshwaran Ramesh, "Improving Soil Moisture Estimates from the JULES Land Surface Model through 4D-EnVar Hybrid Assimilation of COSMOS-UK soil moisture Observations"

11:20  Chengzhe Li, "Enhancing Atmospheric Composition Forecasting: Synergizing Data Assimilation of UI-WRF-Chem with Ground and Geostationary Satellite Observations "

11:50  Zhendong Lu, "Aggravated surface O3 pollution primarily driven by meteorological variation in China during the early COVID-19 pandemic lockdown period"

12:30  Lunch - Fort Edward Room, Conference Center

14:00  Annika Vogel, "Dynamical propagation of error variances for assimilating wildfire smoke"

Session 5: Adjoints

Chair: Annika Vogel

14:30  Zoe Zibton, "Assessing the application of an adjoint-derived ensemble"

15:00  Coffee Break

15:20  Takeshi Enomoto, "Ensemble adjoint and singular vector sensitivity analysis"

15:50  Nuo Chen, "Adjoint Sensitivity to Potential Vorticity and its Applications in Adjoint Sensitivity Analysis"

18:00  Reception - Lake George Room South, Conference Center

18:30  Dinner - Lake George Room South, Conference Center

7:30   Breakfast - Tankard Taverne, main hotel building

Session 6: Observing System Simulation Experiments - Albany Room, Conference Center

Chair: Bryan Karpowicz

9:00  Nikki Privé, "Introduction to OSSEs"

9:15  Longtao Wu, "Assessing the Forecast Impact of a Geostationary Microwave Sounder using Regional and Global OSSEs"

9:45  Narges Shahroudi, "Assessing Impacts of Hyperspectral Microwave Observations Through Global Observing System Simulation Experiments (OSSEs)"

10:15  Coffee Break / Checkout

11:00 Erica McGrath-Spangler, "Estimates of Future Numerical Weather Prediction Impacts from Hyperspectral Sounders"

11:30  Nikki Privé, Closing Remarks

11:45  Lunch / Departure - Fort Edward Room, Conference Center