Name : Data Assimilation in the Geosciences
Date : October 26-27, 2009
Time : Monday 10/26/09 8am-5pm; Tuesday 10/27/2009 8am-noon.
Location : Room 301 Rudder Tower, TAMU, College Station
Hosted By : Marc G. Genton, Mikyoung Jun, R. Saravanan, Istvan Szunyogh.
Description :
Data Assimilation in the Geosciences
October 26--27
With the development of complex numerical models in the Geosciences, for example such as air quality, weather forecast, climate, and petroleum reservoir, it is possible to achieve more accurate predictions in those areas using data assimilation, that is, combining the numerical model outputs along with the observations. The aim of this workshop is to discuss recent research activities and develop new collaborations related to data assimilation in the Geosciences. The workshop speakers represent a broad spectrum of backgrounds, including mathematics, statistics and computer science, as well as application areas such as atmospheric sciences, oceanography, and petroleum engineering.
Organizers:
Marc G. Genton (TAMU)
Mikyoung Jun (TAMU)
R. Saravanan (TAMU)
Istvan Szunyogh (TAMU)
http://www.iamcs.tamu.edu//
Data Assimilation in the Geosciences
Room 301 Rudder Tower
October 26--27
Monday, October 26, 2009
8:00 - 8:30 Registration
8:30 - 8:45 Opening (admin): Raymond J. Carroll
Morning Chair: Marc Genton
8:45 - 9:45 Istvan Szunyogh (TAMU-ATMO)
Title: An Overview of the State-of-the-Art in Data Assimilation
9:45 - 10:15 Break
10:15 - 10:45 Mikyoung Jun (TAMU-STAT & IAMCS)
Title: Use of Statistical Esimation Methods for Backgroud Error
Convariance in Ensemble Kalman Filter
10:45 - 11:15 Ibrahim Hoteit (KAUST)
Title: An Adaptive Approach to Mitigate Background Covariance
Limitations in the Ensemble Kalman Filter
11:15 - 11:45 Sarah Zedler (TAMU-MATH & IAMCS)
Title: Bayesian Estimation of the Drag Coefficient from the Upper
Ocean Response to a Hurricane: A Feasibility Study
11:45 - 12:00 Discussion
12:00 - 1:15 Lunch
Afternoon Chair: Istvan Szunyogh
1:15 - 2:15 Edward Ott (University of Maryland)
Title: Estimating the State of Large Spatiotermporally
Chaoticystems: Ensemble Weather Forecasting, Ect.
2:15 - 2:45 Break
2:45 - 3:45 Jonathan Stroud (George Washington University)
Title: Combined State and Parameter Estimation in the Ensemble
Kalman Filter Framework
4:00 - 5:30 Posters
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Morning Chair: R. Saravanan
8:30 - 9:30 Michael Dowd (Dalhousie University)
Title: Ensemble Data Assimilation for Ocean Biogeochemical Models
9:30 - 10:00 Break
10:00 - 10:30 Deepak Devegowda (University of Oklahoma)
Title: The Use of Streamlines for Flow-Relevant Covariance
Localization for the EnKF
10:30 - 11:00 Charles Jackson (UT Austin)
Title: Merging Data Inversion with Data Assimilation
11:00 - 11:30 Robert Hetland ( TAMU-O&M)
Title: A Simple Method for Assimilating Surface Currents into a
Texas-Lousiana Shelf Circulation Model
11:30 - 12:00 Discussion and Wrap-Up
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