Session 12B |
| | NEXRAD—Scientific & Technical Evolution (Parallel with Session 12A) |
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Chairpersons: Dusan S. Zrnic, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; Cathy Kessinger, NCAR, Boulder, CO |
| 9:00 AM | 12B.1 | NEXRAD Open Systems—Progress and Plans
Robert E. Saffle, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and M. J. Istok and L. D. Johnson |
| 9:15 AM | 12B.2 | Weather Surveillance Radar-1988 Doppler (WSR-88D) Open Radar Data Acquisition (ORDA) Enhancements
Robert C. Elvander, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and S. M. Holt, B. Bumgarner, and R. Ice |
| 9:30 AM | 12B.3 | Characteristics and Potential Benefits of an Open-system Implementation of the Radar Data Acquisition Component of the WSR-88D (NEXRAD) Radar
Allen Zahrai, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and S. Torres, V. Melnikov, I. Ivic, and C. Curtis |
| | 12B.4 | PAPER WITHDRAWN
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| 9:45 AM | 12B.5 | Range ambiguity mitigation for NEXRAD using SZ phase coding 
Charles L. Frush, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. J. Doviak |
| 10:00 AM | 12B.6 | Environmental and signal processing conditions that negatively impact the performance of the WSR-88D Tornado Detection Algorithm
W. David Zittel, NOAA/NWS/OSF, Norman, OK; and R. R. Lee, E. D. Mitchell, and D. Sirmans |
| 10:15 AM | | Coffee Break
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| 10:45 AM | 12B.7 | Radar echo classifier algorithm development using Python
Joseph VanAndel, NCAR, Boulder, CO |
| 11:00 AM | 12B.8 | NEXRAD Data Quality: The AP Clutter Mitigation Scheme
Cathy Kessinger, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and S. Ellis and J. VanAndel |
| 11:15 AM | 12B.9 | Enhanced Detection of Low-Altitude Features Using Negative Elevation Angles From Prototype Mountaintop WSR-88Ds
Vincent T. Wood, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and R. A. Brown |
| 11:30 AM | 12B.10 | Improved Detection Using Negative Elevation Angles for Mountaintop Radar KMSX Near Missoula, Montana
Rodger A. Brown, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and V. T. Wood and T. W. Barker |
| 11:45 AM | 12B.11 | Improvements to the WSR-88D Snow Accumulation Algorithm
Steven M. Hunter, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Denver, CO; and E. W. Holroyd, III and C. L. Hartzell |
| 12:00 PM | 12B.12 | Three-dimensional Gridding and Mosaic of Reflectivities from Multiple WSR-88D Radars
Jian Zhang, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. J. Gourley, K. Howard, and B. Maddox |
| 12:15 PM | 12B.13 | The Joint Polarization Experiment—An Operational Test of Weather Radar Polarimetry
Terry J. Schuur, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and D. S. Zrnic and R. E. Saffle |
| 12:30 PM | 12B.14 | The National Weather Radar Testbed (Phased-Array)
Douglas E. Forsyth, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and J. F. Kimpel, D. S. Zrnic, S. Sandgathe, F. Pfeil, J. F. Heimmer, T. McNellis, J. E. Crain, A. M. Shapiro, J. D. Belville, and W. Benner |