Alain Caya
Physical Scientist
Assimilation of Satellite Data and Meteorology
Environment and climate change
Canada
Biography
Review of scientific journal articles (e.g., Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society) Organization of conference sessions (e.g., co-chair of the Data Assimilation session at the 2006 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium & 27th Canadian Symposium on Remote Sensing)
Research Interest
Development and operational implementation of satellite data assimilation techniques and meteorology to improve the computer models used for weather and environmental forecasting. Research on ice to support safe navigation in the Arctic and Atlantic oceans and inland waters, leading to improved meteorological forecasting
Publications
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Liu, H., J. Anderson, Y. Kuo, C. Snyder and A. Caya. 2008. Evaluation of a Non-Local Quasi-Phase Observation Operator in Assimilation of CHAMP Radio Occultation Refractivity with WRF. Mon. Wea. Rev. 136:242-256.
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Caya, A., M. Buehner, and T. Carrieres, 2010: Analysis and Forecasting of Sea Ice Conditions with Three-Dimensional Variational Data Assimilation and a Coupled Ice-Ocean Model, J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 27, 353-369.
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Buehner, M., A. Caya, L. Pogson, T. Carrieres and P. Pestieau, 2013: A New Environment Canada Regional Ice Analysis System, Atmosphere-Ocean, 51, 18-34.
