F8  Mesoscale Numerical Weather Prediction in Support of Wave Propagation Modeling II

Friday, January 10  13:20-14:40  Room 1B12

Session Chairs:  tracy haack, Katherine Horgan

13:20  F8-1  COMPARISONS OF RADIOSONDE MEASUREMENTS AND NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION RESULTS BLENDED WITH A SURFACE LAYER MODEL FOR THE RADIO FREQUENCY APPLICATION

Katherine Horgan*1, Tracy Haack2, Qing Wang3, William Thornton1, Victor Wiss1, Robert Marshall1

1Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division, Dahlgren, VA
2Naval Research Laboratory, Monterey, CA
3Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA


13:40  F8-2  NEAR-SURFACE CHARACTERISTICS OVER THE OCEAN AFFECTING ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION

Robin C. Cherrett*1, Qing Wang1, Richard J. Lind1, John A. Kalogiros2, Hway-Jen Chen1, Katherine L. Horgan3, Tracy Haack4, Peter Guest1

1Department of Meteorology, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA
2National Observatory of Athens, Athens, GREECE
3Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division, Dahlgren, VA
4Naval Research Laboratory, Monterey, CA


14:00  F8-3  SENSOR PERFORMANCE MODELING DURING NAVY EXERCISES USING COAMPS

Tracy Haack*1, James Doyle1, Teddy Holt1, David Flagg2, Dan Tyndall3, Dan Gieszler4, Jason Nachamkin1

1NRL, Monterey, CA
2UCAR, Boulder, CO
3NRC, Rockville, MD
4SAIC, San Diego, CA


14:20  F8-4  DISCRIMINATION DATA SOURCES FOR ESTIMATING ELECTROMAGNETIC PROPAGATION

Lee T. Rogers*1, Qing Wang2

1Code 55280, SPAWAR Systems Center, Pacific, San Diego, CA
2Dept. of Meteorology, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA