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Sunday, 12 May 2002
	11:30 AM-2:00 PM, Sunday SHORT COURSE REGISTRATION
	12:30 PM, Sunday Short Course on Applied Climatology for Today's Business Applications
	1:30 PM-5:30 PM, Sunday CONFERENCE REGISTRATION
Monday, 13 May 2002
	7:30 AM-6:00 PM, Monday CONFERENCE REGISTRATION CONTINUES THROUGH THURSDAY, 16 MAY
	9:00 AM-11:45 AM, Monday Session 1 Overview
Organizer: Mark T Surmeier, Air Force Weather Agency, Offutt AFB, NE
9:00 AM Welcoming Remarks   9:15 AM 1.2 An Update to the FAA's National Airspace System Weather Architecture   Cheryl G. Souders, FAA, Washington, DC; and R. C. Showalter 9:30 AM 1.3 The Role of ITWS in the National Airspace System Modernization: An Update   Cheryl G. Souders, FAA, Washington, DC; and R. C. Showalter 9:45 AM 1.4 The Aviation Digital Data Service (ADDS) Proof of Concept Demonstration   Kimberlea D. Price, FAA, Atlantic City, NJ; and D. L. Sims and S. McGettigan 10:00 AM Coffee Break   10:15 AM 1.5 Advanced Weather Projects Desired to Improve Space Launch from the Eastern Range and Kennedy Space Center   William P. Roeder, U.S. Air Force/45th Weather Squadron, Patrick AFB, FL; and F. J. Merceret, B. F. Boyd, F. C. Brody, and D. E. Harms 10:30 AM 1.6 New Weather Products Developed by the Federal Aviation Administration's Aviation Weather Research Program   Gloria J. Kulesa, Federal Aviation Administration, Washington, DC; and P. J. Kirchoffer, D. J. Pace, W. L. Fellner, J. E. Sheets, and V. S. Travers 10:45 AM 1.7 Technology transfer at the Aviation Weather Center: Developing, testing, and implementing new forecast tools   David I. Knapp, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/Aviation Weather Center, Kansas City, MO; and R. J. Olson, F. R. Mosher, J. A. May, and S. R. Silberberg 11:00 AM 1.8 The 20-km Rapid Update Cycle—overview and implications for aviation applications   Stanley G. Benjamin, NOAA/FSL, Boulder, CO; and J. M. Brown, K. J. Brundage, D. Devenyi, G. A. Grell, D. Kim, T. G. Smirnova, T. L. Smith, B. E. Schwartz, S. S. Weygandt, and G. S. Manikin 11:15 AM 1.9 Enhancements to Terminal Doppler Weather Radar to Improve Aviation Weather Services   Gabriel R. Elkin, MIT Lincoln Lab., Lexington, MA; and O. J. Newell and M. E. Weber 11:30 AM 1.10 Aviation and Weather—A New Initiative in Germany   Thomas Hauf, Univ. of Hannover, Hanover, Germany; and U. Schumann and H. Leykauf
	11:45 AM-1:15 PM, Monday Lunch Break
	1:15 PM-2:45 PM, Monday Session 2 Aviation Weather Case Studies/Accident Reviews
Organizer: Wayne R. Sand, Aviation Weather Consultants, LLC, Lyons, CO
1:15 PM 2.1 Spreading of isolated contrails during the 2001 air traffic shutdown   Patrick Minnis, NASA/LARC, Hampton, VA; and L. Nguyen, D. P. Duda, and R. Palikonda 1:30 PM 2.2 An Unusual Icing Case: 20 March 2000, Denver, Colorado   M. K. Politovich, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and B. C. Bernstein, J. Hopewell, T. Lindholm, L. Gauerke, C. Knabel, D. Hazen, and B. Martner 1:45 PM 2.3 Numerical simulation of a convective turbulence encounter   Fred H. Proctor, NASA/LARC, Hampton, VA; and D. W. Hamilton and R. L. Bowles 2.4 Low altitude windshear at major Australian Airports and the Risks to Aviation   Rodney J. Potts, CAWCR, Melbourne, Vic., Australia 2:00 PM 2.5 Summary of the HELIOS 96,863 Foot World Record Flight   Edward H. Teets, NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, CA; and C. Donohue 2:15 PM 2.6 A case study of atmospheric conditions at 2-19 km over Vandenburg AFB during passage of a cyclone   G. D. Nastrom, St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, MN; and F. D. Eaton and E. Boll 2:30 PM 2.7 Case studies of selected Runway Visual Range (RVR) events at three major USA airports   David A. Hazen, Titan/System Resources Corporation, Billerica, MA; and T. A. Seliga, L. G. Jacobs, and P. Narvett
	3:00 PM-3:30 PM, Monday Coffee Break
	3:30 PM-5:30 PM, Monday Session 3 Aviation Operations Support (Parallel with Session 4)
Organizer: James H. Henderson, Aviation Weather Center, National Weather Service, NOAA, Kansas City, MO
3:30 PM 3.1 Development of Automated Aviation Weather Products for Oceanic/Remote Regions: Scientific and Practical Challenges, Research Strategies, and First Steps   Paul H. Herzegh, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and E. R. Williams, T. A. Lindholm, F. R. Mosher, C. Kessinger, R. Sharman, J. D. Hawkins, and D. B. Johnson 3:45 PM 3.2 Development of Automated National Ceiling and Visibility Products: Scientific and Practical Challenges, Research Strategies, and First Steps   Paul Herzegh, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and K. R. Petty, S. G. Benjamin, R. Rasmussen, T. Tsui, G. Wiener, and P. Zwack 4:00 PM 3.3 Mitigating the impact of oceanic weather hazards on transoceanic flights   Alan Nierow, FAA, Washington, DC; and R. C. Showalter, F. R. Mosher, and T. Lindholm 4:15 PM 3.4 Oceanic Weather: A Program to Enhance the Quality and Timeliness of Aviation Weather Information for Remote and Oceanic Regions   Tenny A. Lindholm, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. Burns 4:30 PM 3.5 The Collaborative Convective Forecast Project from the Aviation Weather Center's Perspective   Horace R. Hudson, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/Aviation Weather Center, Kansas City, MO; and F. P. Foss 4:45 PM 3.6 Using ORPG to Enhance NEXRAD Products to Support FAA Critical Systems   David J. Smalley, MIT Lincoln Lab., Lexington, MA; and B. J. Bennett 5:00 PM 3.7 Recent developments in an atmospheric decision aid to better characterize optical turbulence and high clouds   Randy J. Lefevre, U.S. Air Force, Kirtland AFB, NM 5:15 PM 3.8 Implementing ADDS Operationally at the NWS Aviation Weather Center   Lynn Sherretz, NOAA/FSL, Boulder, CO; and G. Pratt, G. Thompson, and J. Henderson
	3:30 PM-5:30 PM, Monday Session 4 Icing (Parallel with Session 3)
Organizer: Marcia K. Politovich, NCAR, Boulder, CO
3:30 PM 4.1 Issues in Forecasting Icing Severity   M. K. Politovich, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and F. McDonough and B. C. Bernstein 3:45 PM 4.2 Supercooled liquid water cloud properties derived from GOES: Comparisons with in-situ aircraft measurements   William L. Smith Jr., NASA/LARC, Hampton, VA; and P. Minnis, B. C. Bernstein, A. D. Rapp, and P. W. Heck 4:00 PM 4.3 ADWICE—Advanced Diagnosis and Warning System for Aircraft Icing Environments   C. Leifeld, Univ. of Hannover, Hannover, Germany; and T. Hauf, A. Tafferner, and H. Leykauf 4:15 PM 4.4 Detailed comparisons of aircraft icing environments and Model-Predicted Mircophysics   Gregory Thompson, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. Rasmussen and B. Bernstein 4:30 PM 4.5 An in-flight Airframe icing nowcast for use with the Aerosonde   Jade R. Soddell, University of Technology, Sydney, NSW, Australia; and K. McGuffie and G. J. Holland 4:45 PM 4.6 Dual-polarization radar as a tool for operational identification of different types of meteorological and non-meteorological targets   Alexander V. Ryzhkov, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma and NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and J. M. Janish, T. J. Schuur, P. Zhang, and K. L. Elmore 5:00 PM 4.7 Rain-snow discrimination with polarimetric radar   Edward A. Brandes, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. Vivekanandan and R. M. Rasmussen 5:15 PM 4.8 Mean volume radius estimates from aircraft, radiometer, and Doppler radar observations during the AIRS Field Project   Ismail Gultepe, MSC, Toronto, ON, Canada; and G. A. Isaac, D. Hudak, and S. Sekelsky
	5:30 PM, Monday Oral Sessions End for the day
	5:30 PM-7:00 PM, Monday Joint Poster Session 1 Joint Poster Session with Reception (Joint between the 13th Conference on Applied Climatology and the 10th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology)
Organizer: William W. Vaughan, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL
JP1.1 Predictability of seasonal runoff in the Mississippi River basin   Edwin P. Maurer, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and D. P. Lettenmaier   JP1.2 Progress Report on the Integrated Terminal Weather System's GFMosaic Algorithm   Justin D. Shaw, MIT Lincoln Lab., Lexington, MA; and S. W. Troxel   JP1.3 Retrospective evaluation of the performance of experimental long-lead Columbia River streamflow forecasting methods   Alan F. Hamlet, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and D. P. Lettenmaier   JP1.4 Spatial and lead time accuracies of thunderstorm forecasts for air traffic control   Helen A. Watkin, Met Office, Bracknell, Berks., United Kingdom; and T. R. Scott and D. J. Hoad   JP1.5 The development of a long-range forecast tool for Shemya winds using CART analysis   Brian K. Schroeder, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH; and R. P. Lowther   JP1.6 Performance Support Delivery System for use in Civil, Commercial, and Military Weather Training and Performance Improvement   Roger C. Whiton, SAIC, O'Fallon, IL; and L. K. Starlin, R. G. Borchers, and A. A. Guiffrida   JP1.7 The impact of drought on municipal water supplies in Kentucky: A case study from the drought of 1999–2001   Stuart A. Foster, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY   JP1.8 The Iowa Environmental Mesonet—observing climate at the mesoscale   Dennis P. Todey, Iowa State University, Ames, IA; and E. S. Takle and S. E. Taylor   JP1.9 The utility of Landsat-7 ETM+ data for identifying agricultural damage due to severe thunderstorms in western Illinois.   Mace L. Bentley, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL; and T. Mote and P. Thebpanya   JP1.10 Use of Probabilistic Convective Forecasts in Traffic Flow Management Decision Support   Stephen M. Zobell, The MITRE Corporation, McLean, VA; and C. G. Ball and J. E. Sherry   JP1.11 Wind shear and turbulence at the São Paulo International Airport   Augusto J. Pereira Fo, Univ. of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil; and C. V. C. Fogaccia   JP1.12 The impacts of microphysical schemes and parameter choices on icing diagnoses using the UAF integrated in-flight icing diagnostic algorithm for Alaska   Jeffrey S. Tilley, Univ. of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK; and X. Meng and G. Kramm   JP1.13 On the impacts of microphysical schemes and parameter choices on MM5 simulations of warm-season high latitude cloud and precipitation systems   Jeffrey S. Tilley, Univ. of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK; and G. Kramm   JP1.14 A new algorithm to estimate aircraft icing in the HIRLAM-model   Bernt Olofsson, Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters, Stockholm, Sweden; and E. Olsson and T. Mårtensson   JP1.15 An estimation of CONUS contrail frequency from RUC and flight track data   David P. Duda, Hampton University, Hampton, VA; and P. Minnis, P. K. Costulis, and R. Palikonda JP1.16 Analyzing Erosive Potential across the United States   James K. Marron, USDA/Natural Resources Conservation Service, Portland, OR; and G. Johnson, D. S. Hollinger, and D. J. Angel   JP1.17 Climatalogy Applications of the 4DWX ARAD System   Scott F. Halvorson, U.S. Army Dugway Proving Ground West Desert Test Center, Dugway, UT; and J. C. Chastang, D. L. Leberknight, R. T. Sandblom, and D. T. Hahn   JP1.18 Climatology Study of Aircraft Turbulence versus Cloud Cover   Jamie K. Wolff, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. Sharman and B. C. Bernstein   JP1.19 A Geospatial Decision Support System for Drought and Crop Risk Analysis in Nebraska   William J. Waltman, Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE; and M. D. Svoboda, M. J. Hayes, J. S. Peake, T. Tadesse, S. Goddard, and S. E. Reichenbach   JP1.20 Cloud Radar Observations at Kennedy Space Center During the ABFM Experiment   Brooks E. Martner, NOAA/ETL, Boulder, CO; and J. Koury, E. Defer, T. L. Schneider, B. W. Bartram, and W. B. Madsen   JP1.21 Fuzzy rule-based approach to evaluate air temperature biases in weather stations   X. Lin, High Plains Regional Climate Center, Lincoln, NE; and K. G. Hubbard, D. D. Jones, and G. Merino   JP1.22 High Spatial Density Precipitation Network in Minnesota   Peter J. Boulay, State Climatology Office/Univ. of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN   JP1.23 Impact of sub-sampling strategies on North American climate statistics   John M. Henderson, AER, Inc., Lexington, MA; and R. D. Rosen and D. A. Salstein   JP1.24 Incorporating data from GOES and POES platforms into an integrated in-flight icing diagnostic algorithm for Alaska   Jeffrey S. Tilley, Univ. of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK; and X. Meng and J. Long   JP1.25 Drought Monitoring Activities in NCDC's Climate Monitoring Branch   Richard R. Heim Jr., NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and S. E. Stephens, K. L. Gleason, and J. H. Lawrimore   JP1.26 The 2001 Demonstration of Automated Cloud Forecast Guidance Products for San Francisco International Airport   David A. Clark, MIT Lincoln Lab., Lexington, MA   JP1.27 Aviation Forecasting using Adaptive Unstructured Grids   David P. Bacon, SAIC, McLean, VA; and Z. Boybeyi and R. A. Sarma   JP1.28 3D Multi-radar Reflectivity Mosaic for CIWS Domain   Jian Zhang, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. J. Gourley, W. Xia, and K. Howard   JP1.29 Forecasting C-G lightning potential at WSMR   Thomas R. Saxen, NCAR, Boulder, CO   JP1.30 Homogeneous blended wind data over the contiguous United States   Pavel Ya. Groisman, UCAR and NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and H. P. Barker   JP1.31 The Ventilation Index Climate Information System (VCIS)   Sue Ferguson, USDA - Forest Service; and S. J. McKay, D. E. Nagel, T. Piepho, M. Rorig, C. Anderson, and L. Kellogg   JP1.32 An Evaluation of the Medium-Intensity Airport Weather System (MIAWS) Products at Memphis, TN and Jackson, MS International Airports   Mark A. Isaminger, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA; and E. A. Proseus   JP1.33 Suitability of the Judd Ultrasonic Snow Depth Sensor for Estimating 6- and 24-Hour Snowfall Amounts   Doug G. Cripe, Kent State Univ., Kent, OH; and N. Doesken
Tuesday, 14 May 2002
	8:00 AM-12:00 PM, Tuesday Session 5 Aviation Operations Support: Part 2
Organizer: Todd Glickman, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
8:00 AM 5.1 An automated, operational Two Hour Convective Weather Forecast for the Corridor Integrated Weather   Robert A. Boldi, MIT Lincoln Lab., Lexington, MA; and M. M. Wolfson, W. J. Dupree, R. J. Johnson, K. E. Theriault, B. E. Forman, and C. A. Wilson 8:15 AM 5.2 En Route Weather Depiction Benefits of the NEXRAD Vertically Integrated Liquid Water Product Utilized by the Corridor Integrated Weather System   Michael Robinson, MIT Lincoln Lab., Lexington, MA; and J. E. Evans and B. A. Crowe 8:30 AM 5.3 Short-Term (0-2hr) Automated Growth Forecast of Multi-cellular Convective Systems Associated with Large Scale, Daytime Forcing   Dan Megenhardt, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and C. K. Mueller 8:45 AM 5.4 Tactical Weather Decision Support to Complement "Strategic" Traffic Flow Management for Convective Weather   James E. Evans, MIT Lincoln Lab., Lexington, MA 9:00 AM 5.5 Forecasting Convective Weather Using Multi-scale Detectors and Weather Classification—Enhancements to the MIT Lincoln Laboratory Terminal Convective Weather Forecast   William J. Dupree, MIT Lincoln Lab., Lexington, MA; and M. M. Wolfson, R. J. Johnson, K. E. Theriault, B. E. Forman, R. A. Boldi, and C. A. Wilson 9:15 AM 5.6 Trajectory-based performance assessment of aviation weather information   Laurence Vigeant-Langlois, MIT, Cambridge, MA; and R. J. Hansman 9:30 AM 5.7 Local Aviation Weather Hazards of Atlantic Canada   Robert E. Robichaud, MSC, Gander, NF, Canada; and J. E. Mullock and K. A. Johnson 9:45 AM 5.8 Assimilation of radar data for short term forecasting of snowband using a mesoscale model: simulated data experiments   Mei Xu, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and N. A. Crook and R. M. Rasmussen 10:00 AM Coffee Break   10:30 AM 5.9 Improved Short-Term Probabilistic Forecasts of Ceiling and Visibility   Stephen M. Leyton, Penn State University, University Park, PA; and J. M. Fritsch 10:45 AM 5.10 Visibility Forecasts from RUC20   Tracy Lorraine Smith, NOAA/FSL and CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Boulder, CO; and S. G. Benjamin and J. M. Brown 11:00 AM 5.11 Radiation Fog: UPS Airlines Conceptual Models and Forecast Methods   Randy Baker, UPS Airlines, Louisville, KY; and J. Cramer and J. Peters 11:15 AM 5.12 The Impact of Thunderstorms on Landing Traffic at Frankfurt Airport (Germany)—a Case Study   Thomas Hauf, Univ. of Hannover, Hannover, Germany; and M. Sasse 11:30 AM 5.13 Aircraft Encounters with Thunderstorms in Enroute vs. Terminal Airspace above Memphis, Tennessee   Dale A. Rhoda, MIT Lincoln Lab., Lexington, MA; and E. A. Kocab and M. L. Pawlak 11:45 AM 5.14 Local Aviation Weather Hazards: How Meteorologists Learn from Pilots   John E. Mullock, MSC, Kelowna, BC, Canada; and K. A. Johnson
	12:00 PM-2:00 PM, Tuesday Luncheon
	2:00 PM-5:00 PM, Tuesday Joint Session 1 Climatology and Aviation (Joint Session between the 10th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology and the 13th Conference on Applied Climatology)
Organizer: Mark Andrews, National Weather Service, Silver Spring, MD
2:00 PM J1.1 Jet Aircraft Contrails: Surface Temperature Variations During the Aircraft Groundings of Sept. 11–13, 2001   David J. Travis, Univ. of Wisconsin, Whitewater, WI; and A. M. Carleton and R. G. Lauritsen 2:15 PM J1.2 A study of contrail spreading over the Great Lakes   David P. Duda, Hampton University, Hampton, VA; and P. Minnis and R. Palikonda 2:30 PM J1.3 Contrail climatology over the USA from MODIS and AVHRR data   Rabindra Palikonda, AS&M, Inc., Hampton, VA; and P. Minnis, P. K. Costulis, and D. P. Duda 2:45 PM J1.4 Analysis of Lightning Cloud-to-Ground Flash Activity for National Aviation choke point region Studies   Thomas A. Seliga, USDOT/Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, Cambridge, MA; and D. A. Hazen and C. Schauland 3:00 PM Coffee Break   3:30 PM J1.5 An inferred icing climatology—part I: estimation from pilot reports and surface conditions   Gregory S. Young, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and B. G. Brown and F. McDonough 3:45 PM J1.6 An Inferred Icing Climatology—Part II: Applying a Version of IIDA to 14-years of Coincident Soundings and Surface Observations   Ben C. Bernstein, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and F. McDonough 4:00 PM J1.7 An Inferred Icing Climatology—Part III: Icing AIRMETs and IIDA   Tressa L. Fowler, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and M. Crandell and B. G. Brown 4:15 PM J1.8 Climatologies of Upper-Level Turbulence over the Continental U.S. and Oceans   Robert Sharman, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. Wolff, T. L. Fowler, and B. G. Brown 4:30 PM J1.9 An analysis of the temporal and spatial distribution of ACARS data in support of the TAMDAR program   Brian Jamison, NOAA/FSL, Boulder, CO; and W. R. Moninger 4:45 PM J1.10 Climatology study of world airports in the context of wake vortex behaviour class   Paul Agnew, Met Office, Bracknell, Berks., United Kingdom; and D. J. Hoad
	2:00 PM-5:15 PM, Tuesday Session 6 Space Vehicle Operations Support (Parallel with Joint Session J1)
Organizer: John Manobianco, ENSCO, Inc., Cocoa Beach, FL
2:00 PM 6.1 Modernization of the Space Launch Ranges Meteorological Subsystem Architecture   Timothy L. Wilfong, Lockheed Martin Mission Systems, Santa Maria, CA; and P. Conant, K. Winters, and C. Crosiar 2:15 PM 6.2 Kodiak Star: An Overview of Operational Weather Support at the Kodiak Launch Complex for Alaska's First Orbital Space Launch   James E. Sardonia, U.S. Air Force/45th Weather Squadron, Patrick AFB, FL; and J. T. Madura 2:30 PM 6.3 Lightning Protection at the Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station   Pedro J. Medelius, Dynacs, Inc., Kennedy Space Center, FL; and W. P. Roeder and J. Willingham 2:45 PM 6.4 Wind profile measurements and forecasts at the Guiana Space Center, Europe's Spaceport   Isabelle J. Donet, Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales, Kourou, French Guiana 3:00 PM Coffee Break   3:30 PM 6.5 Boundary Layer Influences On Forecasting Toxic Corridors At The Eastern Range In Support Of Space Launch   Billie F. Boyd, U.S. Air Force/45th Weather Squadron, Patrick AFB, FL; and D. E. Harms, K. A. Winters, P. N. Rosati, C. R. Parks, and K. B. Overbeck 3:45 PM 6.6 Observations of the Decay of Electric Fields, Reflectivity and Microphysics in Anvils near Kennedy Space Center   J. E. Dye, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and E. Defer, C. A. Grainger, M. Bateman, and D. Mach 4:00 PM 6.7 Verification of world-wide Space Station emergency landing forecasts: challenges and results   Timothy D. Oram, NOAA/NWS Spaceflight Meteorology Group and Cimarron, Houston, TX 4:15 PM 6.8 Natural Atmospheric Environment Model Development for the National Aeronautics Space Administration’s Second Generation Reusable Launch Vehicle   Barry C. Roberts, NASA/MSFC, Huntsville, AL; and G. Overbey, F. Leahy, and G. W. Batts 4:30 PM 6.9 Reference and Standard Atmosphere Models   Dale L. Johnson, NASA/MSFC, Huntsville, AL; and B. C. Roberts and W. W. Vaughan 4:45 PM 6.10 Atmospheric Conditions of Stratospheric Mountain Waves: Soaring the Perlan Aircraft to 30 km   Edward H. Teets Jr., NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, CA; and E. J. Carter 5:00 PM 6.11 Meteorological Support and Modeling for the NASA X-43A Hypersonic Research Vehicle   Elizabeth J. Carter, Firnspiegel LLC, Kings Beach, CA; and E. H. Teets 6.12 Comparing Aviation Weather Hazards Using the BFM and MM5   Jeffrey E. Passner, Army Research Laboratory, White Sands Missile Range, NM
	5:30 PM, Tuesday Sessions end for the day
Wednesday, 15 May 2002
	8:00 AM-11:30 AM, Wednesday Session 7 Sensors and Systems
Organizer: Timothy L. Wilfong, Lockheed Martin Mission Systems, Santa Maria, CA
8:00 AM 7.1 Update on the FAA’s Weather and Radar Processor (WARP)   Jay Johnson, FAA, Washington, DC; and S. Walden, J. Stobie, and R. Graff 8:15 AM 7.2 A Web-based Display and Access Point to the FAA's Integrated Terminal Weather System (ITWS)   Steven Maloney, MIT Lincoln Lab., Lexington, MA; and R. Hallowell, N. DeLosa, D. Eberle, L. Owirka, L. Kurzwell, and D. Reiser 8:30 AM 7.3 The Corridor Integrated Weather System (CIWS)   James E. Evans, MIT Lincoln Lab., Lexington, MA; and K. Carusone, M. Wolfson, B. Crowe, D. Meyer, and D. Klingle-Wilson 8:45 AM 7.4 The Performance of the Model System NOWVIV during the Field Campaign WakeOP   Michael Frech, Institute fur Physik de Atmosohare & German Aerospace Center (DLR), Wessling, Germany; and A. Tafferner 9:00 AM 7.5 NOAA/ETL's polarization radar-microwave radiometer system for detecting in-flight icing conditions—progress in the design and development of GRIDS   Timothy L. Schneider, NOAA/ETL, Boulder, CO; and R. F. Reinking, W. C. Campbell, K. A. Clark, J. S. Gibson, D. A. Hazen, S. Y. Matrosov, K. P. Moran, and M. J. Post 9:15 AM 7.6 Evaluation of a remote icing detection technique using X-, Ka-, and W-band radar and microwave radiometer observations   John K. Williams, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. Vivekanandan and G. Zhang 9:30 AM 7.7 Mt. Washington Icing Sensors Project (MWISP) Results   Charles C. Ryerson, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Cold Regions Research & Engineering Lab., Hanover, NH; and G. G. Koenig, M. K. Politovich, and A. L. Reehorst 9:45 AM 7.8 Cloud/hydrometeor initialization in the 20-km RUC using GOES and radar data   Stanley G. Benjamin, NOAA/FSL, Boulder, CO; and D. Kim and J. M. Brown 10:00 AM Coffee Break   10:30 AM 7.9 Evaluation of an airborne radar turbulence detection algorithm   Larry B. Cornman, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and S. Gerding, G. Meymaris, and J. Williams 10:45 AM 7.10 An analysis of the wind vector error estimate for the Automated Meteorological Profiling System's Low Resolution Flight Element as compared to the High Resolution Flight Element   B. Glenn Overbey, NASA/MSFC, Huntsville, AL; and F. B. Leahy and B. C. Roberts 7.11 An Analysis of the Thermodynamic Operational Comparability Between the Automated Meteorological Profiling System’s Low Resolution Flight Element and the Meteorological Sounding System   Frank B. Leahy, NASA/MSFC and Raytheon, Huntsville, AL; and B. G. Overbey and B. C. Roberts 11:00 AM 7.12 Sensitivity of Ground-based Radiometric Observations to Atmospheric Temperature Inversions   Komandur E. Rangarajan, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. Vivekanandan 11:15 AM 7.13 Lightning detection and ranging (LDAR II): results from Global Atmospherics, Inc. Dallas-Fort Worth research network   Nicholas W. S. Demetriades, Global Atmospherics, Inc., Tucson, AZ; and M. J. Murphy and R. L. Holle
	11:45 AM-1:15 PM, Wednesday Lunch Break
	1:15 PM-5:30 PM, Wednesday Session 8 Sensors and Systems: Part 2 (Parallel with Session 9)
Organizer: L. Jack Ehernberger, NASA, Edwards AFB, CA
1:15 PM 8.1 Juneau Airport Wind System (JAWS), A progress report   Cynthia Schauland, FAA, Washington, DC; and D. Strawbridge, D. Piccione, D. Bryan, C. Turner, and D. Hedenberg 1:30 PM 8.2 An assessment of ice-free wind sensors for the Juneau Airport Wind System   Thomas Carty, FAA William J. Hughes Technical Center, Atlantic City International Airport, NJ; and M. McKinney and F. Law 1:45 PM 8.3 Implementation of a Doppler Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) System for the Hong Kong International Airport   Chi Ming Shun, Hong Kong Observatory, Hong Kong; and S. Y. Lau 2:00 PM 8.4 Flight Conditions Encountered by the 2-micron ACLAIM Lidar during CAMEX IV   L. J. Ehernberger, NASA, Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, CA; and R. K. Bogue, E. H. Teets, G. W. Grew, P. Brockman, I. O. Clark, P. Gatt, S. C. Tucker, C. Ashburn, and C. Rowland 2:15 PM 8.5 Effects of Scattering Due to Ice Particles on Measurement of Down-Welling Radiation Observation of K and V-band Radiometers   J. Vivekanandan, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and G. Zhang 2:30 PM 8.6 The Hotplate Snowgauge   Roy M. Rasmussen, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. Hallett, R. Purcell, J. Cole, and M. Tryhane 2:45 PM 8.7 Progress towards Drizzle Detection on ASOS   Charles G. Wade, NCAR, Boulder, CO 3:00 PM Coffee Break   3:30 PM 8.8 Automatic detection of volcanic ash using Meteosat   Tania R. Scott, Met Office, Bracknell, Berks., United Kingdom; and K. A. McDonald and R. W. Lunnon 3:45 PM 8.9 Detection of airborne volcanic ash with GOES: issues and prospects for the coming decade   Gary P. Ellrod, NOAA/NESDIS/ORA, Camp Springs, MD 4:00 PM 8.10 Applying FX Connect to the Prototype Aviation Collaborative Effort at the Fort Worth Air Route Traffic Control Center   Dennis M. Rodgers, NOAA/FSL, Boulder, CO; and T. Amis 4:15 PM 8.11 Demonstration of the Marine Stratus Forecast (MSF) Product   Cynthia B. Fidalgo, FAA William J. Hughes Technical Center, Atlantic City, NJ; and D. L. Sims, S. L. McGettigan, and J. Weinrich 4:30 PM 8.12 Computer Based Training for Issuing Lightning Advisories at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station / Kennedy Space Center   William P. Roeder, U.S. Air Force/45th Weather Squadron, Patrick AFB, FL; and S. C. Jacobs, J. E. Sardonia, J. W. Weems, C. S. Pinder, and M. S. Christie 4:45 PM 8.13 Detection of deep convection around the globe   Frederick R. Mosher, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/Aviation Weather Center, Kansas City, MO 5:00 PM 8.14 Update on the NCAR Thunderstorm Nowcast system   Cynthia Mueller, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and T. Saxen, R. Roberts, and J. Wilson 5:15 PM 8.15 Rapid update of the National Severe Storms Laboratory severe weather detection algorithms   Christopher W. Porter, NOAA/NSSL and CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and T. M. Smith
	1:15 PM-5:15 PM, Wednesday Session 9 Forecast Evaluation/Verification (Parallel with Session 8)
Organizer: Barry Clay Roberts, NASA, Huntsville, AL
1:15 PM 9.1 Integrated Turbulence Forecasting Algorithm 2001 Meteorological Evaluation   Jeffrey A. Weinrich, Titan Systems Corporation, Atlantic City, NJ; and D. Sims 1:30 PM 9.2 Mountain Wave Activity & Turbulence—Aviation Forecasts & Avoidance   Thomas H. Fahey III, Northwest Airlines, Inc., Minneapolis, MN; and M. Pfleiderer and R. Sharman 1:45 PM 9.3 Verification Results of a Turbulence Index Applied to Low-Levels of the Atmosphere   Gordon R. Brooks, Air Force Weather Agency, Offutt AFB, NE; and I. Gotchel, C. M. Stock, J. E. Passner, and D. I. Knapp 9.4 Developing and Verifying Clear-Air Turbulence (CAT) Forecasting Indices in Korea   Young-Gon Lee, MRI, Seoul, Korea; and B. C. Choi, R. Sharman, and G. Wiener 2:00 PM 9.5 Verification of the In-flight Icing Diagnostic Algorithm (IIDA)   Barbara G. Brown, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. L. Mahoney and T. L. Fowler 2:15 PM 9.6 Analysis of problematic IIDA icing diagnoses in the Pacific Northwest   Michael Chapman, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and B. C. Bernstein 2:30 PM 9.7 Evaluation of low-level aircraft icing forcasts from Mt. Washington summit observations   Rebecca J. Stanley, Plymouth State College, Plymouth, NH; and J. P. Koermer and C. C. Ryerson 2:45 PM Coffee Break   3:15 PM 9.8 The real-time verification system (RTVS) and its application to aviation weather forecasting   Jennifer Luppens Mahoney, NOAA/FSL, Boulder, CO; and J. K. Henderson, B. G. Brown, J. E. Hart, A. Loughe, C. Fischer, and B. Sigren 3:30 PM 9.9 Verification of RUC Surface Forecasts at Major U.S. Airport Hubs   Barry E. Schwartz, NOAA/FSL, Boulder, CO; and S. G. Benjamin 9.10 Status of RUC convection forecasts in the 3-6h range   John M. Brown, NOAA/ERL/FSL, Boulder, CO; and S. Benjamin, G. Grell, J. Hart, and J. L. Mahoney 3:45 PM 9.11 A Comparison of Boundary Layer Wind Estimation Techniques   Rich DeLaura, MIT Lincoln Lab., Lexington, MA; and R. E. Cole, N. A. Crook, and J. Sun 4:00 PM 9.12 The value in probabilities for aerodrome forecasts   Ross Keith, Bureau of Meteorology and James Cook Univ., Townsville, Australia; and I. Mason 4:15 PM 9.13 TAF Verification   Glen R. Harris, Met Office, Bracknell, Berks., United Kingdom 4:30 PM 9.14 TAF quality improvement (TQI) efforts in Canada   Alister Ling, MSC, Edmonton, AB, Canada 4:45 PM 9.15 Uses of Real-Time Verification to Improve Terminal Aerodrome Forecasts   David R. Manning, NOAA/NWSFO, Tulsa, OK; and S. A. Amburn and J. M. Frederick 5:00 PM 9.16 Statistical Measures of the Skill of Marine Stratus Forecast Models   F. Wesley Wilson, NCAR, Boulder, CO
	5:45 PM, Wednesday Sessions end for the day
Thursday, 16 May 2002
	8:00 AM-11:45 AM, Thursday Session 10 Turbulence and Wind Sheer
Organizer: Michael S. Gremillion, U.S. Air Force, Las Vegas, NV
8:00 AM 10.1 Automated Wind Shear Alerts for Aviation—Strengths & Weaknesses   Thomas H. Fahey III, Northwest Airlines, Inc., Minneapolis, MN; and M. A. Isaminger and A. VanGerpen 8:15 AM 10.2 Results from the NCAR Integrated Turbulence Forecasting Algorithm (ITFA) for predicting upper level clear-air turbulence   Robert Sharman, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and C. Tebaldi, J. Wolff, and G. Wiener 8:30 AM 10.3 A Real-Time Turbulence Model (RTTM) designed for the operational prediction of aviation turbulence environments   M. L. Kaplan, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, North Carolina; and J. J. Charney, K. T. Waight, Y. L. Lin, K. M. Lutz, A. W. Huffman, and J. D. Cetola 8:45 AM 10.4 Predicting Clear-Air Turbulence from Diagnosis of Unbalanced Flow   Steven E. Koch, NOAA/FSL, Boulder, CO; and F. Caracena 9:00 AM 10.5 A modeling investigation of near-cloud turbulence.   Todd P. Lane, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. Sharman and T. L. Clark 9:15 AM 10.6 A case study of a high altitude turbulence outbreak   Paul C. Fike, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/Aviation Weather Center, Kansas City, MO; and S. R. Silberberg 9:30 AM 10.7 Turbulence associated with mountain-wave induced rotors   James D. Doyle, NRL, Monterey, CA 9:45 AM 10.8 Convectively induced turbulence encountered during NASA's fall-2000 flight experiments   David W. Hamilton, NASA/LARC, Hampton, VA; and F. H. Proctor 10:00 AM Coffee Break   10:30 AM 10.9 Low Altitude Buoyancy Wave Turbulence—a Potential Aviation Safety Threat   Paul E. Bieringer, MIT Lincoln Lab., Lexington, MA 10:45 AM 10.10 An Improved Gust Front Detection Capability for the ASR-9 WSP   Seth Troxel, MIT Lincoln Lab., Lexington, MA; and B. Frankel, B. Echels, and C. Rolfe 11:00 AM 10.11 Case studies of turbulence and vertical motion experienced by research aircraft during MAP-SOP South Foehn cases   Petra Malcher, Univ. of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Tirol, Austria; and H. Puempel and I. Vergeiner 11:15 AM 10.12 Application and Verification of Clear-Air Turbulence (CAT) Forecast Indices in Korea   Young-Gon Lee, MRI, Seoul, Korea; and B. C. Choi, R. Sharman, and G. Wiener 11:30 AM 10.13 Operational Experience with TDWR/LLWAS-NE Integration at the Dallas, TX International Airport (DFW)   David W. Miller, MIT Lincoln Lab., Dallas, TX; and B. E. Crowe and J. D. Shaw
	11:45 AM, Thursday Conference Ends

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