COAA Scientific Workshop on March 23, 2002

AGENDA

Registration, Social Time and Breakfast……….…………………08:30 A.M.

While the complimentary breakfast with Chinese dim sum, coffee, tea and soft drink is served, please DON’T forget to register you name and related information in the front desk. For non-members, you are welcome to participate in COAA. Please fill up a COAA Application Form obtainable at the front desk and give it to Dr. Song Yang or any Board of Directors. A membership fee is only $10.00 (regular) or $5.00 (student) per year.

COAA Activities AND 2003 CONFERENCE Briefing………...………… 09:30 A.M.

Dr. Song Yang, COAA President and Prof. Da-lin Zhang

Scientific Presentations

1. Understanding Sea Level Changes………………………………...09:40 A.M.

Dr. B. F. Chao, Space Geodesy Branch, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771

2. Hurricane Wind Specification and Wave Forecasting……10:05 A.M.

Dr. Yung Y. Chao, Ocean Modeling Branch, EMC, NOAA, Camp Springs, MD 20746

3. The role of the Kelvin and Rossby waves in the annual cycle of the equatorial Pacific ocean circulation………………10:20 A.M.

Dr. Dongliang Yuan, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771

Break (10:35 – 11:50 A.M.)

4. VORTEX ROSSBY WAVE AND ASYMMETRIC RAINBANDS IN A NUMERICAL SIMULATED HURRICANE…………………………………………………….10:50 A.M.

Dr. Xingbao Wang and Prof. Da-Lin Zhang, Department of Meteorology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742

5. Continental-scale assimilation of satellite snow Observations.………………………………………………………………..11:05 A.M.

Dr. Chaojiao Sun, Goddard Earth Science and Technology Center, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

6. Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) roducts and Potential Applications for Environmental and Climatic Monitoring in China.………………………………………11:20 A.M.

Dr. Jianhe (John) Qu, Center for Earth Observing and Space Research (CEOSR), School of Computational Sciences (SCS), George Mason University (GMU), Fairfax, VA 22030-4444

7. Science Data Support for the Research and Applications Communities – A behind-the-scenes look at the GES DAAC’s support of TRMM…………………….……………………………………..11:35 A.M.

Dr. William Teng, NASA GSFC Earth Science Enterprise (GES) Data and Information Services Center (DISC), Distributed Active Archive Center (DAAC), Greenbelt, Maryland, 20771

8. Development of SAR-Derived Ocean Surface Winds at NOAA/NESDIS…………………………………………………………………...11:50 A.M.

Dr. Pablo Clemente-Colón, NOAA/NESDIS/ORA, Camp Springs, MD 20746

LUNCH …………………………………………………………..….………………...12:30 P.M.

Lunch has been reserved at the Seven Seas Chinese Restaurant, 8503 Baltimore Blvd., College Park, MD 20740, Tel 301-345-5807. The menu and direction to the restaurant are provided in a separated file. The cost for each person is $10, including taxes and gratuities. Please let us know by March 21 for head counts (refer to the e-mail to you on how to sign up for the luncheon).