NASA: Atmospheres - Weekly Report for the Week of December 15, 2008

Weekly Report for the Week of December 15, 2008

GSFC Laboratory for Atmospheres, Code 613

Proposals

A joint proposal entitled “Coupling NASA Advanced Multi-scale Modeling and Concurrent Visualization Systems for Improving Predictions of Tropical High-impact Weather” was selected for support under ROSES-2008 Advanced Information Systems Technology (AIST) program element. PI: Bo-Wen Shen (UMCP/613.1). Team members include: Wei-Kuo Tao (GSFC/613.1), Byran Green (ARC/NAS/CSC), Chris Henze (ARC/NAS), Piyush Mehrotra (ARC/NAS), Jui-lin Li (JPL), Antonio Busalacchi (UMCP), Peggy Li (JPL).

Also selected under AIST was: Instrument Simulator Suite for Atmospheric Remote Sensing. PI: Simone Tanelli (JPL). Team members include: P. Li, J. Jacob, C. Hostetler (LaRC), Toshi Matsui (GEST/613.1), Wei-Kuo Tao (GSFC/613.1) and K.-S. Kuo (GEST-Caelum/613.1).
Category: NNH08ZDA001N-ACField: Atmospheric Composition: Surface, Balloon, and Airborne Observations. Title: Mobile Reference Raman Water Vapor Lidar within NDACC. Personnel: David N. Whiteman (GSFC/613.1), Demetrius Venable (Howard University), Larry Miloshevich (Milo Scientific)

Accepted papers

Zeng, X., W.-K. Tao, S. Lang, A. Hou, M. Zhang, and J. Simpson, 2008: On the sensitivity of Atmospheric ensemble to cloud microphysics in long-term cloud-resolving model simulations. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, Special Issue on high-resolution cloud models, 86A, 45-65.
Zeng, X., W.-K. Tao, M. Zhang, A. Y. Hou, S. Xie, S. Lang, X. Li, D. Starr, X. Li, and J. Simpson, 2009: The indirect effect of ice nuclei on atmospheric radiation. J. Atmos. Sci., 66, 41-61.
Li, J.-L. F., D. Waliser, C. Wood, J. Teixeira, J. Bacmeister, J. Chern, B.-W. Shen, A. Tompkins, W.-K. Tao, and M. Kohler, 2008: Comparisons of satellite liquid water estimates to ECMWF and GMAO analyses, 20th century IPCC AR4 climate simulations, and GCM simulations. Geophy. Res. Lett. 35, L19710, doi:10.1029/2088GL035427, 2008.
Matsui, T., X. Zeng, W.-K. Tao, H. Masunaga, W.S. Olson, and S.E. Lang (2008), Evaluation of long-term cloud-resolving model simulations using satellite radiance observations and multi-frequency satellite simulators, Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology (accepted).
Adler (UMCP/ESSIC; 613.1), R.F., J.-J. Wang (UMBC/GEST; 613.1), G. Gu (UMBC/GEST; 613.1), G.J. Huffman (SSAI; 613.1), 2008: A Ten-year Tropical Rainfall Climatology Based on a Composite of TRMM Products. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, accepted.

Noteworthy talks/presentations

W.-K. Tao (613.1) was invited to 3rd workshop on high-resolution and cloud modeling held in University of Hawaii from December 2 – 5, 2008. He presented a talk on NASA Multi-scale modeling system with unified physics.
Richard Stolarski of Goddard's Atmospheric Chemistry and Dynamics Branch (613.3) presented the Goddard Scientific Colloquium on Dec. 12 in the Bldg. 3 Goett Auditorium. His topic was, "Chlorofluorocarbons, Stratospheric Ozone, and the Montreal Protocol."

Major events in the coming week

T. Matsui, W.-K. Tao, and G. Stephens will lead the AGUFM08 sessions A23E & A24B, “Multi-Platform and Multi-Sensor Satellite Observations of Cloud-Precipitation Structures and Microphysics: New Discoveries and Applications to Model Developments” on Dec. 16, 2008 in San Francisco.