Invited Presentations

• Draper, C (2018). Coupled land/atmosphere data assimilation, ECMWF Annual Seminar 2018, ECMWF, Reading, UK.
• Draper, C (2018), Constraining slow time-scale variables through assimilation of fast time-scale variables, Computational Methods in Water Resources 2018 conference, St Malo, France.
• De Lannoy, G, R Reichle, M Bechtold, C Draper, M Girotto, A Gruber, R Koster, H Lievens, Q Liu, and S Mahanama (2018), Land surface estimates using GEOS-5 modeling and remote sensing data: applications, Invited Presentation, General Assembly of the European Geosciences Union, Vienna, Austria.
• Albergel, C, A Bocher, S Munier, D Leroux, C Draper, and J-C Calvet (2018), LDAS-Monde Sequential Assimilation of Satellite-Derived Vegetation and Soil Moisture Products Impact over North America, 98th AMS Annual Meeting, Austin, Texas, US.
• Draper, C, Incorporating land surface observations into reanalyses: NASA, GMAO's MERRA-2 and beyond, KEYNOTE, Tenth CAWCR Workshop: Data Assimilation, Melbourne, Australia.
• Draper, C. Estimating uncertainty in remotely sensed soil moisture at continental to global scales (2015), KEYNOTE, The 2nd national workshop of the Australian Water and Energy Exchanges initiative, Broadbeach, Queensland, Australia.
• De Lannoy, G., R. Reichle, C. Draper, M. Girotto, and Q. Liu (2014), Satellite-based land surface data assimilation for soil moisture estimation, MEME, Aveiro, Portugal.
• Draper, C., R. Reichle, B. Scarino, G. De Lannoy, and Q. Liu (2013), Assimilation of Geostationary Satellite Land Surface Skin Temperature Observations into the GEOS-5 Global Atmospheric Modeling and Assimilation System, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA.
• Draper, C., Reichle, R., De Lannoy, G., and Liu, Q (2013), Assimilation of Geostationary Satellite Land Surface Skin Temperature Observations into the GEOS-5 Global Atmospheric Modeling and Assimilation System, WMO Sixth Symposium on Data Assimilation, College Park, MD, USA.
• Reichle, R., G. De Lannoy, C. Draper, B. Forman, R. Koster, Q. Liu, S. Mahanama, and A. Toure (2012), Land surface analysis and reanalysis at the NASA Global Modeling and Assimilation Office, 4th World Climate Research Programme International Conference on Reanalyses, Silver Spring, MD, USA.
• Draper, C., R. Reichle, G. De Lannoy, and Q. Liu (2012), Assimilation of passive and active microwave soil moisture retrievals, Invited Presentation, General Assembly of the European Geosciences Union, Vienna, Austria.
• De Lannoy, G., R. Reichle, C. Draper, Q. Liu, V. Pauwels (2011), Assimilation of SMOS surface soil moisture retrievals into the Catchment land surface model, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA.
• Draper, C., Walker, J., and Steinle, P. (2007). An evaluation of remotely sensed soil moisture over Australia, First CAWCR Workshop: Physical Processes and Modelling of the Water and Carbon Cycle, Melbourne, Australia.

Contributed Presentations

• De Lannoy, G., Reichle, R., Bechtold, M., Draper, C., Girotto, M., Gruber, A., Koster, R., Lievens, H., Liu, Q., Mahanama S., Land surface estimates using GEOS-5 modeling and remote sensing data: applications, EGU General Assembly 2018, Vienna, Austria.
• Draper, C and Reichle, R, 2018-12-10: Assimilation of satellite soil moisture for improved atmospheric reanalyses. AGU Fall Meeting 2018, Washington, DC, United States.
• Draper, C and Reichle, R, 2019-1-7: Assimilation of satellite soil moisture for improved atmospheric reanalyses. 99th AMS Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ.
• Draper, C and T Hammill (2018), Land–Atmosphere Covariances for Coupled DA from Ground-Based Observations and NOAA's Next Generation Global Prediction, 98th AMS Annual Meeting, Austin, Texas, US.
• Draper, C and R Reichle (2018), Observation Error Specification for Near-Surface Soil Moisture Assimilation: Does It Matter?, 98th AMS Annual Meeting, Austin, Texas, US. (poster)
• Albergel, C, A Bocher, S Munier, C Draper, D Leroux, H Dewaele, D Fairbairnm A Barbu, C Meurey and J-C Calvet (2017) LDAS-Monde sequential assimilation of satellite-derived vegetation and soil moisture products: Analysis assessment over the USA, 5th iLEAPS Science Conference, Oxford, UK.
• Draper, C, R Reichle and R Koster (2017), Assessment of MERRA-2 Land Surface Energy Flux Estimates, 5th International Conference on Reanalysis (ICR5), Rome, Italy. (poster)
• Reichle, R, R Koster, C Draper, Q Liu, M Girotto, S Mahanama, G De Lannoy, and G Partyka, Land Surface Precipitation and Hydrology in MERRA-2, 5th International Conference on Reanalysis (ICR5), Rome, Italy. (poster)
• Draper, C, R Reichle, R and R Koster (2017), Evaluating MERRA-2 Reanalysis Surface Radiation and Turbulent Fluxes with Satellite and Ground-Based Observations, 97th AMS Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, USA.
• Draper, C, R Reichle, R Koster, Q Liu, R Todling, and A El Akkraoui (2016), Incorporating land surface observations into reanalyses: NASA GMAO's MERRA-2 and beyond, International Workshop on Coupled Data Assimilation, Toulouse, France.
• Kolassa, J., R. Reichle, C. Draper, P. Gentine, H. Alemohammad, C. Prigent, F. Aires, and Q. Liu (2016), Using statistical retrieval techniques to improve SMAP soil moisture assimilation, Third Satellite Soil Moisture Validation and Application Workshop, New York City, NY, USA.
• Draper, C., and R. Reichle (2016), Bias correcting remotely sensed soil moisture for data assimilation at subseasonal, seasonal, and inter-annual timescales, Third Satellite Soil Moisture Validation and Application Workshop, New York City, NY, USA.
• Kumar, S., C. Peters-Lidard, J. Santanello Jr., R. Reichle, C. Draper, R. D. Koster, G. Nearing, and M. Jasinski (2016), Evaluating the utility of satellite soil moisture retrievals over irrigated areas and the ability of land data assimilation methods to correct for unmodeled processes, 96th AMS Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, USA.
• Draper, C., R. Reichle and G. De Lannoy (2016), Assimilation of remotely sensed near-surface soil moisture into the GEOS-5 atmospheric modeling and assimilation system, 96th AMS Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, USA.
• Draper, C., R. Reichle, Q. Liu, R. Koster, S. Mahanama, G. De Lannoy, and M. Girotto (2016), Land surface water and energy estimates in the global MERRA-2 reanalysis, 96th AMS Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, USA.
• Reichle, R. H., C. Draper, Q. Liu, S. Mahanama, M. Girotto, R. Koster, and G. De Lannoy (2015), Precipitation and global land surface hydrology in the MERRA-2 and MERRA-Land reanalysis datasets, ESA Earth Observation for Water Cycle Science, Frascati, Italy.
• Draper, C, R. Reichle, A. Da Silva, and B. Scarino (2015), Analysis and bias correction of land surface temperature in the GEOS-5 global atmospheric modeling and assimilation system, 95th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, USA.
• Draper, C, and R. Reichle (2015), Impact on seasonal- and sub-seasonal-scale model soil moisture of assimilating near-surface soil moisture observations with different bias correction approaches 95th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, USA.
• Peters-Lidard, C., S. Kumar, Y. Liu, R. Reichle, C. Draper, G. De Lannoy, J. Eylander, J. Cetola, M. Ek, X. Zhan, and T.Holt (2014), Preparing to assimilate current and future land surface products at GMAO, AFWA, NCEP, and NRL using a common data assimilation infrastructure, 94th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, USA.
• Draper, C., R. Reichle, B. Scarino, G. De Lannoy, and Q. Liu (2014), Assimilation of Geostationary Satellite Land Surface Skin Temperature Observations into the GEOS-5 Global Atmospheric Modeling and Assimilation System, 94th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, USA. (poster)
• Draper, C., R. Reichle, R. de Jeu, V. Naeimi, R. Parinussa, and W. Wagner (2013), Estimating root mean square errors in remotely sensed soil moisture observations over North America, IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, Melbourne, Australia.
Reichle, R., G. De Lannoy, W. Crow, J. Kimball, R. Koster, Q. Liu, and C. Draper, Using SMOS observations for science development of the SMAP Level 4 surface root zone soil moisture algorithm, IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium,Melbourne, Australia.
• Draper, C., R. Reichle and Q. Liu (2013), Assimilation of geostationary satellite land surface skin temperature observations into the GEOS-5 global atmospheric modelling and assimilation system, 93rd American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, Austin, TX, USA.
• Draper, C., R. Reichle, R. de Jeu, V. Naeimi, R. Parinussa, and W. Wagner (2013), Globally estimating root mean square errors in remotely sensed soil moisture, 93rd American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, Austin, TX, USA.
• De Lannoy, G., R. Reichle, C. Draper, R. Koster, Q. Liu, A. Sahoo, and V. Pauwels (2012), Advances in assimilation of satellite-based passive microwave observations for soil moisture estimation, IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, Munich, Germany.
• Draper, C., R. Reichle, G. De Lannoy, and Q. Liu (2012), Assimilation of passive and active soil moisture retrievals, IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, Munich, Germany.
• De Lannoy, G., R. Reichle, R. Koster, C. Draper, Q. Liu, and B. Forman (2012), Conceptual Problems (2): Land Surface Data Assimilation, International Space Science Institute Workshop on the Earths Hydrological Cycle, Bern, Switzerland.
• De Lannoy, G., R. Reichle, Q. Liu, and C. Draper (2012), Assimilation of SMOS Observations Into the Catchment Land Surface Model, 92nd American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, USA.
• Draper, C., R. Reichle, G. De Lannoy, Q. Liu, R. de Jeu, and W. Wagner (2012), Combining the Assimilation of near-Surface Soil Moisture From Passive and Active Microwave Sensors, 92nd American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, USA.
• Reichle, R. , G. De Lannoy, C. Draper, B. Forman, R. Koster, Q. Liu, and A. Toure (2011), Satellite-based Land Data Assimilation at NASA/GMAO, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA.
• Calvet, J.-C., Albergel, C., Draper, C (2011), Cross-evaluation of modeled and ASCAT-derived surface soil moisture data with in situ data in southern France, EUMETSAT/ESA Scatterometer Science Conference 2011, Darmstadt, Germany.
• Draper, C., Mahfouf, J.-F., Calvet, J.-C., Martin, E., and Wagner, W. (2012), Evaluation of ASCAT-derived soil moisture by assimilation into the SIM hydrological model over France, EUMETSAT/ESA Scatterometer Science Conference 2011, Darmstadt, Germany.
• Calvet, J.-C., Albergel, C., Crapeau, M., Draper, C., Kerr, Y., Mahfouf, J.-F. Mialon, A.,Rüdiger, C., Walker, J., Wigneron, J.-P., and Zribi, M. (2009), Assimilation of Earth Observation Data in the ISBA Land Surface Model of Météo-France, Earth Observation and Water Cycle Conference, ESRIN, Italy.
• Draper, C., Mahfouf, J.-F., Walker J., and Steinle, P. (2009), A comparison of soil moisture analyses from the EKF assimilation of near-surface soil moisture and screen-level temperature and humidity, 5th World Meteorological Organisation Symposium on the Assimilation of Observations for Meteorology, Oceanography and Hydrology, Melbourne, Australia. (poster)
• Lee, J., Steinle, P., and Draper, C.,(2009), Assimilation of AMSR-E in the ACCESS limited area NWP model, 5th World Meteorological Organisation Symposium on the Assimilation of Observations for Meteorology, Oceanography and Hydrology, Melbourne, Australia. (poster)
• Rüdiger, C., Smith, A., Draper, C., Walker, J., and Western, A. (2009), Hydrological Assessment of the Australian Land Surface Model CABLE in the Murray Darling Basin via Remotely Sensed Soil Moisture, 2009 GEWEX/iLEAPS conference, Melbourne, Australia.
• Draper, C., and Mahfouf J.-F. (2009), Preliminary steps towards the assimilation of satellite derived soil moisture in the Météo-France NWP models, 2nd Workshop on Remote Sensing and Modeling of Surface Properties, Toulouse, France.
• Draper, C., Mahfouf J.-F., and Walker J. (2009), EKF assimilation of near-surface soil moisture into ISBA: A comparison of error covariance evolution approaches, General Assembly of the European Geosciences Union, Vienna, Austria.
• Draper, C., Walker, J., and Steinle, P. (2008), An evaluation of AMSR-E soil moisture retrievals over Australia, 3rd International Workshop on Catchment-scale Hydrologic Modeling and Data Assimilation, Melbourne, Australia. (poster)
• Draper, C., Walker, J., Steinle, P., de Jeu, R., and Holmes, T. (2007), Remotely sensed soil moisture over Australia from AMSR-E, MODSIM 2007 International Congress on Modelling and Simulation, Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand, Christchurch, New Zealand (reviewed).
• Walker, J., and coauthors (2007), The National Airborne Field Experiment data sets, MODSIM 2007 International Congress on Modelling and Simulation, Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand (reviewed).
• Draper, C., Walker, J., and Steinle, P. (2007), How well does AMSR-E data represent soil moisture over Australia? American Geophysical Union Joint Assembly, Acapulco, Mexico.(poster)
• Draper, C., Steinle, P., and Walker, J. (2007), Soil moisture data in NWP, Workshop on Satellite Observations of the Global Water Cycle, Irvine, CA, USA. (poster)
• Draper, C., Steinle, P., and Walker, J. (2007), Soil moisture data in NWP, 14th Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society Conference, Adelaide, Australia.
• Draper, C. and Mills, G. (2005) The atmospheric water balance over the Murray-Darling Basin, based on numerical weather prediction output, MODSIM 2005 International Congress on Modelling and Simulation, Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand, Melbourne, Australia (reviewed).
• Draper, C. The atmospheric water balance of the Murray-Darling Basin based on LAPS output, Seventeenth Annual BMRC Modelling Workshop, Melbourne, Australia, 5 Oct 2005
• Draper, C. and Mills, G. (2005) The water cycle in a dry environment: Initial results of the Murray-Darling Basin GEWEX Catchment-Scale Experiment, 5th International Scientific Conference on the Global Energy and Water Cycle, Costa Mesa, CA, USA.

Seminars

• Draper, C. Coupled land/atmosphere data assimilation, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Global Modeling and Assimilation Office, MD, USA, 13 November, 2018.
• Draper, C. Land data assimilation, and the use of land surface observations in NASA's reanalysis program, NCAR, CGD Seminar, Boulder, CO, USA, 16 May, 2017.
• Draper, C. Land data assimilation, and the use of land surface observations in NASA GMAO's reanalysis program, Center for Land-Ocean-Atmosphere Studies at George Mason University in Fairfax, VA, USA, 15 Feb, 2017
• Draper, C. Land data assimilation, and the use of land surface observations in NASA GMAO's reanalysis program, NOAA, ESRL Physical Sciences Laboratory, Boulder, CO, USA, 3 Nov, 2016.
• Draper, C. Incorporating land surface observations into reanalyses: NASA's MERRA-2 and beyond, CSIRO Land and Water, Black Mountain, ACT, Australia, 27 Nov, 2015.
• Draper, C. Challenges and Opportunities in Global Land Data Assimilation, Frontiers in Ensemblel Data Assmilation of Geoscience Applications, NCAR, Boulder, CO, 6 Aug, 2015.
• Putman, B, Norris, P, and Draper, C. Global Mesoscale Modeling in the GMAO: The 7-km-Resolution Goddard Earth Observing System Model, version 5 (GEOS-5) Nature Run, SED Director's Seminar, Earth Sciences Division, NASA GSFC, MD, USA, 3 Oct, 2014.
• Draper, C. Assimilation of Land Surface Skin Temperature Observations into the GEOS-5 Atmospheric Modeling and Assimilation System, Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation, College Park, MD, USA, 20 Nov. 2013.
• Draper, C. Estimating root mean square errors in remotely sensed soil moisture over continental scale domains, United States Department of Agriculture, Hydrology and Remote Sensing Laboratory, Beltsville, MD, USA, 16 May 2013.
• Draper, C. Assimilation and evaluation of near-surface soil moisture from passive and active microwave remote sensors, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, 19 Dec 2012.
• Draper, C. Assimilation and evaluation of near-surface soil moisture from passive and active microwave remote sensors, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, 19 Dec 2012.
• Draper, C. Assimilation and evaluation of remotely sensed soil moisture from passive and active microwave observations, Hydrological Sciences Branch, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, MD USA, 20 Jun 2012.
• Draper, C. Assimilation and evaluation of near-surface soil moisture from passive and active microwave remote sensors, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, 19 Dec 2012.
• Draper C, Evaluation of ASCAT-derived near-surface soil moisture by assimilation into the SIM hydrological model, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Global Modeling and Assimilation Office, MD USA, 15 Mar 2011.
• Draper, C. Near-surface Soil Moisture Assimilation for Numerical Weather Prediction, Météo-France/CNRS, Toulouse, France, May 2010.
• Draper, C. Near-surface Soil Moisture Assimilation for Numerical Weather Prediction, Center for Research on Environment and Water, MD, USA, 29 Mar 2010.
• Draper, C. Near-surface Soil Moisture Assimilation for Numerical Weather Prediction, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Global Modeling and Assimilation Office, MD, USA, 25 Mar 2010.
• Draper, C. Assimilation of Remotely Sensed Soil Moisture into the NWP Land Surface, seminar, Met Office, Exeter, UK, 6 Apr 2009.
• Draper, C. Remotely Sensed Soil Moisture and NWP, Environmental Systems Science Centre, seminar, University of Reading, UK, 12 Jun 2008.
• Draper, C. Remotely Sensed Soil Moisture over Australia from AMSR-E, Centre d'Etudes de la BIOsphere (CESBIO), Toulouse, France, 9 Jun 2008.
• Draper, C. Remotely Sensed Soil Moisture and NWP, Météo-France/CNRS, Toulouse, France, 6 Jun, 2008.
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