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Tuesday, 5 August 2003
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	8:30 AM-10:20 AM, Wednesday 2003 Joint Session 1 Coastal Weather and Ocean Processes (Joint Between the 31st Conference on Radar Meteorology and the Fifth Conference on Coastal Atmospheric and Oceanic Prediction and Processes)
Cochairs: Bradley F. Smull, NOAA/National Severe Storms Laboratory and the University of Washington, Seattle, WA; Ruth Preller, NRL, Stennis Space Center, MS
8:30 AM J1.1 The IMPROVE Experiment: Goals and Program Description   Clifford F. Mass, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 8:55 AM J1.2 Radar Applications to Winter-Season West Coast Research and Forecasting in the CALJET and PACJET Experiments   F. Martin Ralph, NOAA/ETL, Boulder, CO 9:20 AM J1.3 Measured anomalous radar propagation and ocean backscatter in the Virginia coastal region   Janet Stapleton, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren, VA; and V. R. Wiss and R. E. Marshall 9:35 AM J1.4 Modeling study of the coastal upwelling system of the Monterey Bay area during 1999 and 2000   Igor Shulman, NRL, Bay St. Louis, MS; and J. D. Paduan, L. K. Rosenfeld, S. R. Ramp, and J. C. Kindle 9:50 AM J1.5 Raindrop size distributions and radar bright bands in California coastal orographic storms   Brooks E. Martner, NOAA/ETL, Boulder, CO; and A. B. White and S. Y. Matrosov
	10:05 AM-10:45 AM, Wednesday 2003 1 Coffee Break
	10:45 AM-12:30 PM, Wednesday 2003 Session 1A Microphysics I
Chair: Jacques Testud, CNRS, Vélizy France
10:45 AM 1A.1 Vertically profiles of rain drop size distributions estimated with S-band and W-band profilers   Christopher R. Williams, CIRES, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and P. Kollias 11:00 AM 1A.2 Comparison of rain drop size distribution retrievals from polarization diversity radar and profiling radar using video disdrometer measurements   S. M. Ellis, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and C. Williams, E. A. Brandes, and G. Zhang 11:15 AM 1A.3 TRMM precipitation radar algorithm retrieval and parameter N0* characteristic of the particle size distribution   Jacques Testud, CNRS, Vélizy, France; and F. Ferreira, E. Le Bouar, and J. Delanoë 11:30 AM 1A.4 Improved radar rainfall estimates: What index to use in the gamma function for the drop spectrum?   Anthony J. Illingworth, University of Reading, UK, Reading, United Kingdom; and D. Bouniol 11:45 AM 1A.5 Influence of Embedded Convection on Microphysics of Snowfall   Björn Baschek, ETH, Zürich, Switzerland; and R. Schefold and E. Barthazy 12:00 PM 1A.6 Apparent Drop Shapes and Estimation of Rainfall by Polarimetric Radar   Martin Hagen, DLR, Wessling, Germany 12:15 PM 1A.7 Sequential intensity filtering technique (SIFT): filtering out noise to highlight the physical variability of drop size distribution   GyuWon Lee, J.S. Marshall Radar Observatory, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada; and I. Zawadzki
	10:45 AM-12:30 PM, Wednesday 2003 Session 1B MCS/Orographic Precipitation
Chair: David P. Jorgensen, NOAA/NSSL, Boulder, CO
10:45 AM 1B.1 Observations from the Bow Echo and MCV Experiment (BAMEX)   Christopher Davis, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and N. Atkins, G. Bryan, W. Cotton, D. Dowell, J. M. Fritsch, B. Jewett, R. Johns, D. Jorgensen, K. Knupp, W. C. Lee, G. McFarquhar, R. Przybylinski, B. Rauber, B. Smull, J. Trapp, S. Trier, R. Wakimoto, M. Weisman, and C. Ziegler 11:00 AM 1B.2 Airborne Doppler observations of bow-echo convective systems observed during BAMEX   David P. Jorgensen, NOAA/NSSL, Boulder, CO; and B. F. Smull, C. Ziegler, W. Lee, and R. Wakimoto 11:15 AM 1B.3 Profiler and Doppler Radar Observations of Bow Echoes   Kevin R. Knupp, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and J. T. Walters 11:30 AM 1B.4 Turbulent enhancement of orographic precipitation shown by scanning polarimetric radar and vertically pointing S-band radar observations in IMPROVE II   Socorro Medina, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and R. A. Houze 11:45 AM 1B.5 Orographic modification of baroclinic flows and precipitation: Airborne Doppler perspectives from MAP and IMPROVE-II   Bradley F. Smull, NOAA/National Severe Storms Laboratory and the University of Washington, Seattle, WA 1B.6 Airborne Doppler observations of a cold frontal system encountering the eastern Alps during MAP IOP5   Cheng-Ku Yu, National Taiwan Univ., Taipei, Taiwan; and D. P. Jorgensen and F. Roux 11:59 AM 1B.6a Bow echo embedded within a squall line   Wen-Chau Lee, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. M. Wakimoto and J. F. Gamache 1B.7 Dynamic structures of a convective system based on radar and lidar measurements   Katja Friedrich, DLR, Oberpfaffenhofen, Wessling, Germany; and M. Hagen and O. Reitebuch 12:13 PM 1B.7a Rainfall characteristics and kinematic structure of a mesoscale convection observed during the onset of South East Asian monsoon )Formerly paper Number p1b.1)   Jian-Jian Wang, NASA/GSFC and GEST/University of Maryland Baltimore County, Greenbelt, MD
	12:30 PM-1:30 PM, Wednesday 2003 1 Lunch Break
	1:30 PM-3:30 PM, Wednesday 2003 Poster Session 1A Microphysics Poster
P1A.1 Drop-Size Distribution Retrieval from Polarimetric Radar Measurements Using the Constrained-Gamma Model: Verification and Application   Edward A. Brandes, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and G. Zhang and J. Vivekanandan   P1A.2 Multiparametric airborne radar observations of the melting layer during the Wakasa Bay experiment   Simone Tanelli, JPL and California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA; and J. Meagher, S. L. Durden, and E. Im   P1A.3 Observations of clear-air dumbbell-shaped echo patterns with the CSU-CHILL polarimetric radar   Timothy J. Lang, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and S. A. Rutledge and J. Stith   P1A.4 Radar reflectivity simulated by a 2-D spectral bin and its Sensitivity of cloud-aerosol interaction   Xiaowen Li, GEST, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Greenbelt, MD; and W. K. Tao, J. Simpson, A. Khain, and D. Johnson   P1A.5 Retrieving rain drop size distribution from Dual-Frequency Wind Profiler   Eastwood Im, JPL and California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA; and L. Li and Z. S. Haddad   P1A.6 Stratiform precipitation observed by airborne radar at 94 and 10 GHz   Lin Tian, GEST/Univ. of Maryland, Baltimore County, Greenbelt, MD; and G. M. Heymsfield and L. Li   P1A.7 The Bias in Moment Estimators for Parameters of Drop-Size Distribution Functions   Paul L. Smith, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Institute of Atmospheric Sciences, Rapid City, SD; and D. V. Kliche   P1A.8 S- and X-band dual-wavelength radars revisited   Marco A. Perez, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada; and I. Zawadzki P1A.9 Evaluating S, X, Ka and W-band radars for observing clouds   Ken Moran, ; and T. Uttal, C. Fairall, and P. Kollias   P1A.10 A general approach to double moment normalization of drop size distribution   GyuWon Lee, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada; and I. Zawadzki, W. Szyrmer, D. Sempere-Torres, and R. Uijlenhoet   P1A.11 A generalization of normalized N0 and its relevance to radar rainfall remote sensing   Toshiaki Kozu, Shimane University, Matsue, Japan; and T. Iguchi and J. Testud   P1A.12 Characteristics of vertical profile of raindrop size distribution derived from MST radars in tropics   Toshiaki Kozu, Shimane University, Matsue, Japan; and K. K. Reddy, T. Shimomai, H. Hashiguchi, and G. Viswanathan   P1A.13 Dual Frequency Radar DSD Retrievals from CAMEX4   Jonathan Meagher, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and Z. S. Haddad   P1A.14 Estimation of effective raindrop shape model from 35 GHz attenuation and differential attenuation   Sean E. A. Daisley, Penn State University, University Park, PA; and K. Aydin   P1A.15 Ground radar–based ice cloud microphysical retrievals during the CRYSTAL–FACE field campaign   Sergey Matrosov, CIRES/ University of Colorado and NOAA/ETL, Boulder, CO; and M. Shupe, T. Schneider, and D. Hazen   P1A.16 A Simulation Study of the Effects of “Small Sample” Problem in the Use of Disdrometer Data for Power Law Relations involving Radar Measurables   Taiwen Tang, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and V. N. Bringi and V. Chandrasekar
	1:30 PM-3:30 PM, Wednesday 2003 Poster Session 1B MCS/Orographic Precipitation/Lightning Poster
P1B.1 Paper moved to session 1B, New paper number 1B.7a     P1B.2 Analysis of downburst–producing thunderstorms during the VERTIKATOR field experiment in southern Germany   Nikolai Dotzek, DLR-Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany; and K. Friedrich   P1B.3 Three-Dimensional Radar and Total Lightning Structure of Mesoscale Convective Systems   Lawrence D. Carey, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; and T. McCormick, M. J. Murphy, and N. W. S. Demetriades   P1B.4 Comparisons of LDAR network height and density data with WSR-88D echo top and SCIT reflectivity data   Nicholas W. S. Demetriades, Vaisala, Tucson, AZ; and R. L. Holle and M. J. Murphy   P1B.5 Comparison between total measured volumes of various types of hydrometeors and total lightning activity during the STERAO 10 July 1996 storm   Wiebke Deierling, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and W. Petersen, S. M. Ellis, H. J. Christian, J. Latham, and J. E. Dye   P1B.6 Poster Moved to session 1B, New paper number 1B.6 A     P1B.7 Anvil evolution from NEXRAD data during CRYSTAL-FACE   Thomas M. Rickenbach, Univ. of Maryland Baltimore County and NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and L. Belcher, P. Kucera, L. Carey, J. Halverson, and D. Starr   P1B.8 A single Doppler analysis of a midwestern quasi-linear mesoscale convective system across central Iowa on 29 June 1998   Jason T. Martinelli, Saint Louis Univ., St. Louis, MO; and R. W. Przybylinski and Y. J. Lin   P1B.9 3D lightning mapping observations as a complement to radar observations of storms   Paul Krehbiel, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM; and W. Rison, R. Thomas, T. Hamlin, and J. Harlin   P1B.10 Ka-band radar observations of orographic snow clouds and flows across a steep mountain ridge   Kenichi Kusunoki, MRI, Tsukuba, Japan; and M. Murakami, N. Orikasa, Y. Tanaka, K. Iwanami, M. Maki, P. SangGoon, R. Misumi, K. Hamazu, and H. Kosuge   P1B.11 MIPS, Doppler Radar, and X-Band Polarimetric Observations of a Dissipating Squall Line Emanating from a Developing Tropical Storm.   Dong-Kyun Kim, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL; and K. R. Knupp
	1:30 PM-3:30 PM, Wednesday 2003 Poster Session 1C Radar Data Assimilation Poster
P1C.1 Error Covariance Estimation for Doppler Wind Data Assimilation   Qin Xu, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and L. Wang and K. Nai   P1C.2 The use of an evaporation scheme in a boundary-layer model for real-time 4D-Var radar data assimilation and forecasting of convergence lines   Alain Caya, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and N. A. Crook and J. Sun   P1C.3 A high resolution numerical simulation of a linear mesoscale convective system utilizing the MM5-4DVAR system and single WSR-88D data   Jason T. Martinelli, Saint Louis Univ., St. Louis, MO; and R. W. Pasken, Y. J. Lin, C. E. Graves, and R. W. Przybylinski   P1C.4 A 3DVAR method for Doppler radar wind analysis with using recursive filters   Jidong Gao, CAPS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and M. Xue, K. Brewster, and K. K. Droegemeier   P1C.5 Assimilation of radar data for the detection of aviation weather hazards   Keith Brewster, CAPS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and A. Shapiro, J. Gao, E. M. Kemp, P. Robinson, and K. Thomas   P1C.6 Radar Data Assimilation For Real-time Short term Forecasting of Snowbands   Mei Xu, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and N. A. Crook, Y. Liu, and R. M. Rasmussen
	3:30 PM-4:00 PM, Wednesday 2003 1 Coffee Break
	4:00 PM-6:00 PM, Wednesday 2003 Session 2A Microphysics II
Chair: Eszter Barthazy, ETH, Zurich Switzerland
4:00 PM 2A.1 Statistical Determination of the Characteristic Time for Precipitation Development in Cumulus Clouds using Radar   Sabine Göke, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and H. T. Ochs and R. M. Rauber 4:15 PM 2A.2 Properties of Snowflakes of different Riming Degeree and Crystal Types   Eszter Barthazy, ETH, Zurich, Switzerland; and R. Schefold 4:30 PM 2A.3 Using Radars to Measure Clustering in Clouds and Rain   A. R. Jameson, RJH Scientific, Inc., Arlington, VA 2A.4 Stratus cloud microphysics deduced from Ground-based and aircraft FSSP Measurements   Xiquan Dong, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND; and G. G. Mace and M. Poellot 4:45 PM 2A.4a Constrained Gamma Drop Size Distribution Model for Poloarimetric Radar Rain Estimation: Justification and Development   Guifu Zhang, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. Vivekanandan and E. A. Brandes 5:00 PM 2A.5 Enhanced Dual-Wavelength Technique for Remote Detection of Cloud Liquid Water Content   John K. Williams, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. Vivekanandan and G. Zhang 5:15 PM 2A.6 Evolution of drizzle cells in SE Pacific stratocumulus   Kimberly Comstock, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and S. Yuter, C. S. Bretherton, and R. Wood 5:30 PM 2A.7 Investigating the density of ice particles using dual-wavelength Doppler radar   Nicolas Gaussiat, University of Reading, Reading, Berks, United Kingdom; and A. J. Illingworth 5:45 PM 2A.8 Non-parametric estimation of Z-R relations and normalized raindrop size distributions using Gaussian mixtures   Remko Uijlenhoet, Wageningen University, Wageningen, Netherlands; and R. Wòjcik, P. Torfs, D. Sempere Torres, G. Lee, and I. Zawadzki
	4:00 PM-6:00 PM, Wednesday 2003 Session 2B radar data assimilation
Chair: Juanzhen Sun, NCAR, Boulder, CO
4:00 PM 2B.1 Model for Doppler radar radial winds   Kirsti Salonen, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland; and H. Järvinen and M. Lindskog 4:15 PM 2B.2 Initialization and forecasting of thunderstorms: Specification of radar measurement errors   L. Jay Miller, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. Sun 4:30 PM 2B.3 Initialization and Forecasting of Thunderstorms: A Case Study Using STEPS Data   Juanzhen Sun, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and L. J. Miller 4:45 PM 2B.4 Assimilating radar observations of a supercell storm into a cloudscale model: 4DVar and Ensemble Kalman Filter methods   N. Andrew Crook, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and D. Dowell 5:00 PM 2B.5 Cycle of Assimilation of Radar Data in a Cloud Resolving Model   Chia-Hui Chiang, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada; and I. Zawadzki 5:15 PM 2B.6 Use of doppler radar data for hurricane initialization and prediction   Jin-Luen Lee, NOAA/FSL, Boulder, CO; and A. E. MacDonald, Y. -. H. Kuo, W. C. Lee, and W. Wang 5:30 PM 2B.7 Assimilation of Doppler Radar Observations with a Regional 3D-Var System: A Heavy Rainfall Case Study   Qingnong Xiao, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. Sun, W. C. Lee, E. Lim, Y. R. Guo, D. M. Barker, and Y. H. Kuo 5:45 PM 2B.8 Assimilation of radar observations into a high-resolution numerical weather analysis and prediction system at NRL   Qingyun Zhao, NRL, Monterey, CA; and J. Cook, L. Phegley, K. Sashegyi, Q. Xu, P. Harasti, and M. Frost
Thursday, 7 August 2003
	8:00 AM-10:00 AM, Thursday 2003 Session 3 MM-wave radar observations on cloud and climate - I
Chair: Bruce Albrecht, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami,, FL
8:00 AM 3.1 The climatology of cloud properties deduced from the ARM millimeter radar network   Thomas P. Ackerman, PNNL, Richland, WA 8:30 AM 3.2 Overview of the use of Doppler spectra from profiling radars for cloud and precipitation studies   Pavlos Kollias, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and B. A. Albrecht 8:45 AM 3.3 Vertical wind oscillation observed by vertically pointing W-band radar   Yuichi Ohno, Communications Research Laboratory, Koganei, Tokyo, Japan 9:00 AM 3.4 Radar observations of drizzling stratocumulus with an eye on Cloudsat   Robert Wood, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and S. Yuter, C. S. Bretherton, and K. Comstock 9:15 AM 3.5 CloudSat Cloud Detection and Cloud Masking   Roger Marchand, PNNL, Richland, WA; and G. G. Mace and Q. Zhang 9:30 AM 3.6 MM-Wave Radar Structure and Microphysical Characteristics of Mixed Phase Altocumulus Clouds   Larry R. Belcher, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; and L. D. Carey, J. M. Davis, J. A. Kankiewicz, and T. H. Vonder Haar 9:45 AM 3.7 Observations of fogs with a millimeter-wave Doppler radar   Akihisa Uematsu, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto, Japan; and H. Hashiguchi, M. Teshiba, K. Hirashima, T. Hayashi, A. Yamamoto, and S. Fukao
	10:00 AM-10:30 AM, Thursday 2003 1 Coffee Break
	10:30 AM-12:30 PM, Thursday 2003 Session 4A MM-wave radar observations on cloud and climate - I I
Chair: Pavlos Kollias, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL
10:30 AM 4A.1 Evolution of 95 GHz Airborne Cloud Radars   Stephen M. Sekelsky, Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA; and G. Stephens 10:45 AM 4A.2 Thunderstorm Generated Cirrus Observed From X and W-Band Airborne Radar During CRYSTAL-FACE   Gerald M. Heymsfield, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and L. Li, L. Tian, M. Mcgill, and Z. Wang 11:00 AM 4A.3 Compact airborne solid-state 95 GHz FMCW radar system   James B. Mead, ProSensing, Amherst, MA; and I. PopStefanija, P. Kollias, B. A. Albrecht, and R. Bluth 11:15 AM 4A.4 Turbulence observations in layer clouds   Bruce A. Albrecht, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami,, FL; and P. Kollias and M. Shupe 11:30 AM 4A.5 Deriving turbulent kinetic energy dissipation rate within clouds using ground based 94 Ghz radar.   Dominique Bouniol, CNRS, Vélizy, France; and A. J. Illingworth and R. J. Hogan 11:45 AM 4A.6 94-GHz Doppler radar observations of mammatus in tropical anvils during CRYSTAL FACE   Ieng Jo, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and B. A. Albrecht and P. Kollias 12:00 PM 4A.7 Simultameous observations of Cirrus clouds with a millimeter-wave Doppler radar and the MU radar   Eiko Wada, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto, Japan; and H. Hashiguchi, M. Yamamoto, M. Teshiba, and S. Fukao 12:15 PM 4A.8 Calibration of a 94 GHz Airborne Cloud Radar Using Measurements from Ocean Surface   Lihua Li, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Greenbelt, MD; and G. Heymsfield, P. Racette, and L. Tian
	10:30 AM-12:30 PM, Thursday 2003 Session 4B QPE
Chair: R. Carbone, NCAR, Boulder, CO
10:30 AM 4B.1 Rainfall estimation with a polarimetric prototype of the operational WSR-88D radar   Alexander V. Ryzhkov, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and S. Giangrande and T. J. Schuur 10:45 AM 4B.2 The 'Area Integrated Z/ZDR' technique for improved rainfall rate estimates with operational polarisation radar   Robert J. Thompson, University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom; and A. J. Illingworth 11:00 AM 4B.3 Relative importance of factors degrading quantitative precipitation estimates for heavy rainfall events in coastal and continental locations   Robert Nissen, MSC, Vancouver, BC, Canada; and D. Hudak, L. Neil, N. Donaldson, S. Boodoo, R. P. Ford, and P. Campbell 11:15 AM 4B.4 Improving radar rainfall measurement stability using mountain returns in real time   Daniel Sempere-Torres, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain; and R. Sanchez-Diezma, M. Berenguer, R. Pascual, and I. Zawadzki 11:30 AM 4B.5 Exploring new synergies between radar data and mesoscale model forecasts   Marion P. Mittermaier, Univ. of Reading, Reading, Berks., United Kingdom; and R. Hogan and A. J. Illingworth 11:45 AM 4B.6 Error statistics of VPR corrections in stratiform precipitation   Isztar Zawadzki, McGill University, Montreal, PQ, Canada; and A. Bellon 12:00 PM 4B.7 Correcting radar derived rainfall rates at the surface using Doppler velocities   Steven A. Lack, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO; and N. I. Fox 12:15 PM 4B.8 Predictability of precipitation as a function of scale from large-scale radar composites   Urs Germann, MeteoSwiss, Locarno-Monti, Switzerland; and I. Zawadzki
	12:30 PM, Thursday 2003 Lunch Break
	1:30 PM-3:30 PM, Thursday 2003 Poster Session 2A MM Wave Poster
P2A.1 A microwave and millimeter wavelength three-frequency airborne radar system for in-flight icing detection   Andrew L. Pazmany, ProSensing Inc., Amherst, MA; and J. B. Mead, E. Emery, and A. Reehorst   P2A.2 A High Altitude Solid State Millimeter-wave Cloud Radar   Stephen M. Sekelsky, Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA; and T. Tooman and W. Bolton   P2A.3 The Cloud Radar System   Paul Racette, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and G. M. Heymsfield, L. Li, L. Tian, and E. Zenker   P2A.4 On the vertical profile of stratus liquid water flux using a millimeter cloud radar   Shelby Frisch, Colrado State University and NOAA-ETL, Boulder, CO; and P. Zuidema   P2A.5 Radar Study on Variability of Continenytal Low Stratiform clouds   Zena N. Kogan, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, ok; and D. B. Mechem and Y. L. Kogan   P2A.6 Fog Detection by Ka-band Meteorological Doppler Radar   Hiroshi Sakamaki, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Kamakura-shi, Kanagawa, Japan; and T. Wakayama, H. Tanaka, A. Okamura, H. Hashiguchi, and S. Fukao   P2A.7 Cloud measurements by airborne W-band radar and lidar on joint APEX-E3/ECAV experiment   Yuichi Ohno, Communications Research Laboratory, Koganei, Tokyo, Japan; and H. Kuroiwa, A. Kamei, Y. Ohsaki, H. Kumagai, N. Sugimoto, I. Matsui, A. Shimizu, H. Okamoto, and T. Nakajima   P2A.8 Status of the IfT semiconductor based 94GHz FM-CW Doppler radar profiler project   Dirk Klugmann, Institute for Tropospheric Research, Leipzig, Germany; and J. Weickert
	1:30 PM-3:30 PM, Thursday 2003 Poster Session 2B QPE/Climate Poster
P2B.1 Paper moved to session 2A, New paper number 2A.4a     P2B.2 Vertical variability of precipitation as seen by vertically pointing and scanning radars   Anton Kruger, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA; and B. J. Miriovsky, W. F. Krajewski, R. Goska, C. Williams, and K. S. Gage   P2B.3 A multi-year high resolution precipitation product for South Florida using NEXRAD and gauges   Pavlos Kollias, Univ. of Miami, Miami, FL; and J. Tenerelli, B. A. Albrecht, and P. Trimble   P2B.4 Improved polarisation radar rainfall estimates: What index to use in the gamma function for the drop specturm   Anthony J Illingworth, University of Reading, UK, Reading, United Kingdom; and D. Bouniol   P2B.5 Polarimetric radar rainfall estimation at X-band: evaluation of attenuation correction   Eugenio Gorgucci, CNR, Roma, Italy; and V. Chandrasekar and L. Baldini   P2B.6 Statistical studies of single-Doppler datasets from several tropical convective regions and seasons   Jialin Lin, CIRES and NOAA/CDC, Boulder, CO; and B. Mapes   P2B.7 Truncation errors in historical WSR-88D rainfall products   Richard A. Fulton, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and F. Ding and D. A. Miller   P2B.8 Using RADAR Precipitation to Calculate Snow Water Equivalent   Allyson K. Bingeman, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada; and N. Kouwen and I. Zawadzki   P2B.9 Application of the rain profiling algorithm “ZPHI” to the X-band polarimetric radar data observed in Japan   Koyuru Iwanami, National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan; and E. Le Bouar, J. Testud, M. Maki, R. Misumi, S. G. Park, and M. Suto P2B.10 Application experience of attenuation-tuned Z-R relation in radar rainfall measurements   Yuri B. Pavlyukov, Central Aerological Observatory, Dolgoprudny, Moscow Reg., Russia   P2B.11 Advances in radial basis function neural network algorithm for radar rainfall estimation   Gang Xu, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and V. Chandrasekar and W. Li   P2B.12 A Radar Perspective on the Variability of Tropical Convection Characteristics over the Southwest Amazon and East Pacific Regions   L. Gustavo Paiva Pereira, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO; and S. A. Rutledge   P2B.13 A comparative study of different rainfall downscaling processes   Maria Franco, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain; and I. Zawadzki and D. Sempere-Torres   P2B.14 Evaluation of an Operational Polarimetric Rainfall Algorithm   Robert Cifelli, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO; and D. Barjenbruch, D. Brunkow, L. Carey, C. Davey, N. Doesken, C. Gimmestad, T. Huse, P. Kennedy, and S. A. Rutledge
	1:30 PM-3:30 PM, Thursday 2003 Poster Session 2C Retrieval/Algorithm Poster
P2C.1 A methodology for attenuation correction based on the minimization of a cost function   Marc Berenguer, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain; and G. Lee, D. Sempere-Torres, and I. Zawadzki P2C.2 A simple algorithm for eliminating Doppler velocity aliasing   Shuyuan Liu, Peking University, Beijing, China; and H. Wang and Z. Tao P2C.3 Nonlinear Retrieval of Single Doppler Radar Wind Field Using Wavelet   Wenzhong Ge, Nanjing Univ., Nanjing, China; and G. Liu   P2C.4 Paper moved to session 5A, New paper number 5A.8a     P2C.5 Testing the feasibilty of a long-baseline dual-Doppler radar analysis with TOGA-COARE radar data.   Robert Pasken, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO   P2C.6 Problems and solutions in real-time Doppler wind retrievals   Shun Liu, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and P. Zhang, L. Wang, J. Gong, and Q. Xu   P2C.7 Improvement of VVP method retrieval 3D wind field   Wei Ming, Nanjing Universtiy, Nanjing, China   P2C.8 Estimation of vertical profiles of reflectivity using empirical orthogonal functions   Dirk Meetschen, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany   P2C.9 Detection of rotation and boundaries using two-dimensional, local, linear least squares estimates of velocity derivatives   Travis M. Smith, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma and NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and K. L. Elmore, G. J. Stumpf, and V. Lakshmanan   P2C.10 Detection of Dust Storms with a C-Band Doppler Radar   Ronald Hannesen, AMS-Gematronik, Neuss, Germany; and A. Weipert P2C.11 A Solution for Range-Velocity Ambiguity using Hybrid Multi-PRF Dealiasing Algorithm   Hiroshi Yamauchi, Meteorological Research Institute, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan; and O. Suzuki and K. Akaeda
	4:00 PM-5:59 PM, Thursday 2003 Session 5A Retrieval/Algorithm
Chair: Tian-You Yu, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
4:00 PM 5A.1 A novel de-aliasing algorithm for radar radial wind velocities   Günther Haase, Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute, Norrköping, Sweden; and T. Landelius and D. B. Michelson 4:15 PM 5A.2 Single-Doppler wind retrieval of a squall line during the WET AMC and TRMM LBA field experiment campaign   Augusto J. Pereira F°, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil; and L. Calvetti 4:30 PM 5A.3 Verification of an airborne radar turbulence detection algorithm   Larry B. Cornman, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and G. Meymaris, B. Chorbajian, and J. K. Williams 4:45 PM 5A.4 A wind profile retrieval method from azimuthal gradients of radial velocity   Jidong Gao, CAPS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and K. K. Droegemeier, J. Gong, and Q. Xu 5:00 PM 5A.5 3D Wind Field Retrieval Over Complex Terrain Using the Laroche-Zawadzki Single-Doppler Velocity Retrieval Technique   Yongmei Zhou, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; and R. Stull and R. Nissen 5:15 PM 5A.6 The impact of the radar scanning rate on the single-Doppler retrieved wind speed   Yu-Chieng Liou, National Central University, Chung-Li, Taiwan 5:30 PM 5A.7 Feasibility of earlier tornado detection using Doppler spectra   Tian-You Yu, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and D. Zrnic, A. Shapiro, and M. B. Yeary 5A.8 Verification of Wind Field Retrieval of Doppler Radar Velocity-Azimuth Processing Method   Yongguang Zheng, Peking University, Beijing, China; and S. Liu, J. Bai, and Z. Tao 5:44 PM 5A.8a WSR-88D radar characteristics of Quasi-Linear Convective System tornadoes using the NSSL Severe Storm Analysis Program   Kevin L. Manross, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma and NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and R. J. Trapp and G. J. Stumpf
	4:00 PM-6:00 PM, Thursday 2003 Session 5B Climate/QPE
Chair: Isztar Zawadzki, McGill University, Montreal, PQ Canada
4:00 PM 5B.1 Can't see the forest for the trees: Methods for the analysis and visualization of large radar datasets   John D. Tuttle, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. E. Carbone 4:15 PM 5B.2 Inter-annual and Semi-diurnal Variations in Summertime Precipitation   R. E. Carbone, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. D. Tuttle and D. A. Ahijevych 4:30 PM 5B.3 Regional-scale aspects of the diurnal precipitation cycle   D. A. Ahijevych, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. E. Carbone and C. A. Davis 4:45 PM 5B.4 Nocturnal cloud systems and the diurnal cycle of rainfall in Amazonia   Thomas M. Rickenbach, Univ. of Maryland Baltimore County and NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD 5:00 PM 5B.5 The quality of rainfall estimation with the polarimetric WSR-88D radar as a function of range   Scott Giangrande, CIMMS/University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and A. V. Ryzhkov 5:15 PM 5B.6 An Analysis of Dual-Polarized Radar Measurables for Rainfall Measurement   Taiwen Tang, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and V. N. Bringi 5:30 PM 5B.7 An analysis of the information contained in the signal fluctuations of a vertically-pointing Doppler radar   Hidde Leijnse, Wageningen University, Wageningen, Netherlands; and R. Uijlenhoet and H. Russchenberg 5:45 PM 5B.8 Physically-based "Down-to-Earth" modelling of surface precipitation using synergetic radar and multisource information   D. B. Michelson, Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute, Norrköping, Sweden; and C. G. Jones, T. Landelius, C. G. Collier, G. Haase, and M. Heen
Friday, 8 August 2003
	8:00 AM-10:00 AM, Friday 2003 Session 6 TRMM/GPM
Chair: Tom Keenan, BMRC, Melbourne, Vic. Australia
8:00 AM 6.1 Spaceborne precipitation radars in TRMM and GPM   Toshio Iguchi, Communications Research Laboratory, Tokyo, Japan 8:30 AM 6.2 Variability of ice and liquid precipitation contents and shape of radar reflectivity profiles in tropical cyclones   Edward J. Zipser, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and H. Jiang 8:45 AM 6.3 A combined radar-radiometer algorithm to estimate hydrometeor profiles in tropical cyclones   Haiyan Jiang, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and E. J. Zipser 9:00 AM 6.4 Comparison of TRMM Satellite-Based Rainfall with Surface Radar and Gauge Information   T. Keenan, BMRC, Melbourne, Vic., Australia; and E. Ebert, V. Chandrasekar, V. Bringi, and M. Whimpey 9:15 AM 6.5 Shallow rain from the TRMM PR: A five-year climatology   David A. Short, ENSCO Inc., Cocoa Beach, FL; and W. C. Lambert 9:30 AM 6.6 An Ensemble Study of Wet Season Convection in the South West Amazon: Kinematics and Implications for Diabatic Heating   Robert Cifelli, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO; and L. Carey, W. A. Petersen, and S. A. Rutledge 9:45 AM 6.7 Field-campaign radar data collected in the context of the TRMM climatology: Comparisons of observed storm morphology and validation opportunities   Stephen W. Nesbitt, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO; and R. Cifelli, S. A. Rutledge, and E. J. Zipser
	10:00 AM-10:30 AM, Friday 2003 1 Coffee Break
	10:30 AM-12:30 PM, Friday 2003 Joint Session 2 Nowcasting (Joint Between the 31st Conference on Radar Meteorology and the 32nd Conference on Broadcast Meteorology)
Cochairs: Leslie R. Lemon, Basic Commerce & Industries, Inc., Independence, MO; Robin Reed, WDBJ-TV, Roanoke, VA
10:30 AM J2.1 Thunderstorm Nowcasting: Past, Present and Future   James W. Wilson, NCAR, Boulder, CO 11:30 AM J2.2 The “Digital” NWS and Broadcast Meteorologists. . . Challenges and Opportunities   Robert T. Ryan, WRC-TV, Washington, DC 11:45 AM J2.3 A forecaster-computer interactive capability of the NCAR Auto-Nowcaster System for improved storm initiation nowcasts   Rita Roberts, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and T. Saxen, C. Mueller, and D. Albo 12:00 PM J2.4 Use of C-Band Radar and a School Based Weather Sensor Network by the media   John B. McLaughlin, KCCI-TV, Des Moines, IA 12:15 PM J2.5 Predictability of storm characteristics based on RUC environmental fields   Cynthia K. Mueller, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and D. Megenhardt and N. Oien
	12:30 PM-1:30 PM, Friday 2003 1 Lunch Break
	1:30 PM-3:30 PM, Friday 2003 Poster Session 3A TRMM/GPM Poster
P3A.1 Relationships between the Microphysics of Precipitating Cloud Systems and Their Radar Reflectivity Patterns   Tristan S. L'Ecuyer, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and C. Kummerow and H. Masunaga   P3A.2 On the Measurement Errors of the Joss-Waldvogel Disdrometer   Ali Tokay, JCET/Univ. of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD and NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and K. R. Wolff, P. Bashor, and O. K. Dursun   P3A.3 Variable pulse repetition frequency for the GPM dual-frequency radar   Satoru Kobayashi, Communications Research Lab., Japan; and T. Iguchi   P3A.4 Validation of Snow Parameters as Derived from Dual-Wavelength Airborne Radar   Liang Liao, Caelum Research Corp., Greenbelt, MD; and R. Meneghini, T. Iguchi, and A. Detwiler   P3A.5 The TRMM ground validation effort at NASA-GSFC: validating surface rainfall estimates   David A. Marks, NASA/GSFC and George Mason Univ., Greenbelt, MD; and D. S. Silberstein, D. B. Wolff, E. Amitai, J. L. Pippitt, and R. J. Lawrence   P3A.6 The regional and diurnal variability of the vertical structure of precipitation systems in Africa, based on TRMM precipitation radar data   Bart Geerts, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY; and T. Dejene   P3A.7 Classification and Characterization of Tropical Precipitation Based on High-Resolution Airborne Vertical-Incidence Radar   Bart Geerts, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY; and Y. Dawei   P3A.8 CESAR Rainfall Experiment 2002 (C-Rex '02)—Experimental setup and first results   Remko Uijlenhoet, Wageningen University, Wageningen, Netherlands; and H. Stricker, S. Heijnen, H. Russchenberg, F. van der Zwan, I. Holleman, W. Hovius, H. Klein Baltink, and J. Warmer   P3A.9 Comparisons of raindrop size distributions from the TRMM Precipitation Radar and the C-POL ground radar   Yuxiang Liu, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and V. N. Bringi and T. D. Keenan   P3A.10 On small-scale variability of rainfall from radar   Mekonnen Gebremichael, IIHR-Hydroscience & Engineering and Univ. of Iowa, Iowa City, IA; and W. F. Krajewski   P3A.11 On the Characteristics of Precipitation in the Florida Keys: The Keys Area Precipitation Project (KAPP)   David B. Wolff, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD and Science Systems and Applications, Inc., Lanham, MD; and J. Gerlach, D. Marks, A. Tokay, B. Fisher, D. Silberstein, and J. Wang   P3A.12 Simulated radar characteristics of LBA convective systems: easterly and westerly regimes   Stephen E. Lang, SSAI / NASA GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and W. K. Tao and R. Cifelli   P3A.13 Simulated KWAJEX convective systems using a 2D and 3D cloud resolving model and their comparisons with radar observations   Chung-Lin Shie, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD and Goddard Earth Sciences and Technology Center/UMBC, Baltimore, MD; and W. K. Tao and J. Simpson
	1:30 PM-3:30 PM, Friday 2003 Poster Session 3B Nowcasting Poster
P3B.1 Radar Rainfall Studies Over Eastern Coast of Northeast Brazil   Ricardo Sarmento Tenório, Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil; and L. C. B. Molion, H. Sauvageot, D. D. A. Quintão, and M. D. A. Antonio   P3B.2 Applying distributional results of stochastic quantitative precipitation nowcasts   Neil I. Fox, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO; and C. K. Wikle   P3B.3 The Nowcasting of Lightning in Beijing Region   Daren Chen, Beijing Meteorological Observatory, Beijing, China; and H. Guo   P3B.4 Convective storm initiation in the Amazon   Maria Andrea Lima, Meteorogical Research Institute, Bauru, SP, Brazil; and J. W. Wilson
	1:30 PM-3:30 PM, Friday 2003 Poster Session 3C Radar Echo Classification/Data Quality Control Poster
P3C.1 Evaluating the calibrations of radars: A software approach   Jonathan J. Gourley, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and B. Kaney and R. A. Maddox   P3C.2 Range-Velocity Ambiguity Mitigation Schemes for the Enhanced Terminal Doppler Weather Radar   John Y. N. Cho, MIT Lincoln Lab, Lexington, MA; and G. R. Elkin and N. G. Parker   P3C.3 Radar-based precipitation classification in the Baltic Sea area   Andi Walther, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany; and R. Bennartz and J. Fischer   P3C.4 Radar Operations Center Data Quality Initiative   Charles A. Ray, RS Information Systems, Norman, OK; and M. Miller and J. N. Chrisman   P3C.5 Real-Time WSR-88D Velocity Data Quality Control on Bird Detection   Pengfei Zhang, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and S. Liu, L. Bi, and Q. Xu   P3C.6 Radar-based hail detection: impact of height assignment errors on the measured vertical profiles of reflectivity   Laurent Delobbe, Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium (RMI), Brussels, Belgium; and I. Holleman   P3C.7 Non-traditional radar method of investigation of cloud environments   Iori F. Kouznetsov, High–Mountain Geophysical Institute, Nalchik, Russia   P3C.8 Radar Calibration Using a Trihedral Corner Reflector   Brooks E. Martner, NOAA Environmental Technology Laboratory, Boulder, CO; and K. A. Clark and B. W. Bartram   P3C.9 Efforts to improve the monitoring of the French radar network   Pierre Tabary, Centre de Météorologie Radar - Météo France, Trappes, France   P3C.10 Continuing Enhancement of the WSR-88D Precipitation Processing Subsystem   Tim O'Bannon, NOAA/NWS/Radar Operations Center, Norman, OK; and F. Ding P3C.11 Calibration efforts at Camagüey MRL-5 radar station   Orlando L. Rodríguez, Centro Meteorologico de Camaguey, Camaguey, Cuba; and L. L. Fernández, A. A. Pena, R. A. Naranjo, M. A. Perez, A. Barreiras, and W. J. Pozas   P3C.12 A solar alignment technique for determining mobile radar pointing angles   Nettie R. Arnott, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA; and Y. P. Richardson, J. M. Wurman, and J. Lutz
	3:30 PM-4:00 PM, Friday 2003 1 Lunch Break
	4:00 PM-6:00 PM, Friday 2003 Session 7A TRMM/GPM II
Chair: Paul I. Joe, MSC, Toronto, ON Canada
4:00 PM 7A.1 Spectral processing techniques for measuring Doppler velocity of rainfall from a low-earth orbiting satellite   Simone Tanelli, JPL and California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA; and E. Im, S. L. Durden, and L. Facheris 4:15 PM 7A.2 Evaluation of TRMM PR estimate using wind profiler measurements of raindrop size distribution   Takahisa Kobayashi, MRI, Tukuba, Ibaaki, Japan; and M. Sasaoka and T. Adachi 4:30 PM 7A.3 Fall velocity spectrum in the melting layer at Ku-band   Merhala Thurai, Communications Research Laboratory, Tokyo, Japan; and H. Hanado and T. Iguchi 4:45 PM 7A.4 Comparison of Echo Characteristics Observed during CAMEX4 and CRYSTAL-FACE   Paul A. Kucera, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND; and P. J. Frank 5:00 PM 7A.5 Use of polarimetric radar observations in the evaluation of a TRMM combined radar-radiometer algorithm for estimation of precipitation profiles   Mircea Grecu, University of Maryland, Baltimore County and NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and W. S. Olson 5:15 PM 7A.6 Archetypal TRMM radar profiles identified through cluster analysis   Dennis J. Boccippio, NASA/MSFC, Marshall Space Flight Center, AL 5:30 PM 7A.7 Requirements Analysis for Snowfall Measurements over Canada from Space   Paul Joe, MSC, Downsview, ON, Canada; and D. Hudak and P. Rodriguez 5:45 PM 7A.8 Evaluating Uncertainties in GPM Oceanic Precipitation Retrievals   Sandra E. Yuter, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and R. Wood
	4:00 PM-6:00 PM, Friday 2003 Session 7B Radar echo classification and data quality control
Chair: Cathy Kessinger, NCAR, Boulder, CO
4:00 PM 7B.1 Quality control of WSR-88D data   V. Lakshmanan, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and K. Hondl, G. Stumpf, and T. Smith 4:15 PM 7B.2 Quality of Weather Radar Wind Profiles   Iwan Holleman, KNMI, De Bilt, Netherlands 4:30 PM 7B.3 The AP clutter mitigation scheme for the WSR-88D   Cathy Kessinger, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and S. Ellis, J. Van Andel, and J. Yee 4:45 PM 7B.4 The identification and impact of AP/GC on quantitative precipitation estimates in mountainous terrain   Beth Clarke, CIMMS and NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and S. Vasiloff 5:00 PM 7B.5 Vertical reflectivity profile classification and correction in radar composites in Finland   Jarmo Koistinen, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland; and H. Pohjola and H. Hohti 5:15 PM 7B.6 Automated real-time monitoring of radar sensitivity and antenna pointing accuracy   Tim Darlington, Met Office, Bracknell, United Kingdom; and M. Kitchen, J. Sugier, and J. de Rohan-Truba 5:30 PM 7B.7 Non-weather echo identification for conventional operational radar   John C. Nicol, LTHE = Laboratoire d'étude des Transferts en Hydrologie et Environnement, Grenoble, France; and P. Tabary, J. Sugier, J. Parent-du-Chalet, and G. Delrieu 5:45 PM 7B.8 Clear-air echo statistics and beam blockage patterns of Taiwan Doppler radar network   Pao-Liang Chang, Central Weather Bureau, Taipei, Taiwan; and B. S. Wang, S. L. Shieh, and B. J. D. Jou
	6:00 PM-8:00 PM, Friday 2003 1 Icebreaker Reception/ Exhibits open
Sunday, 10 August 2003
	8:00 AM-10:00 AM, Sunday 2003 Joint Session 3 Severe weather (Joint Between the 31st Conference on Radar Meteorology and the 32nd Conference on Broadcast Meteorology)
Cochairs: Donald W. Burgess, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; Mike Davis, Chief Meteorologist WBNS-TV, Columbus, OH
8:00 AM J3.1 Radar, Tornadoes, and the Broadcast Meteorologist   Greg Forbes, The Weather Channel, Atlanta, GA 8:30 AM J3.2 Advanced Severe Convective Storm Detection and Prediction using Live Operational S- and C-Band Radar   Greg Wilson, Baron Services, Inc., Huntsville, AL 8:45 AM J3.3 Some inferences on the visual cloud and the supercell radar echo relationship   Leslie R. Lemon, Basic Commerce & Industries, Inc., Independence,, MO; and E. M. Quoetone 9:00 AM J3.4 The Role of Expert Warning Forecasters: Results of a Cognitive Task Analysis of the Warning Forecaster Task   Elizabeth M. Quoetone, NOAA/NWS, Norman, OK; and J. T. Ferree, B. B. Hahn, E. Rall, and D. W. Kolinger 9:15 AM J3.5 The Kellerville tornado during VORTEX: Damage survey and Doppler radar analyses   Roger M. Wakimoto, Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA; and H. V. Murphey, D. C. Dowell, and H. B. Bluestein 9:30 AM J3.6 On the use of Doppler radar in tornado warnings   Donald W. Burgess, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK 9:45 AM J3.7 The National Weather Service (NWS) Performance During the November 10, 2002 Tornado Outbreak   Lawrence Dunn, NOAA/NWS, Salt Lake City, UT
	10:00 AM-10:30 AM, Sunday 2003 1 Coffee Break
	10:30 AM-12:30 PM, Sunday 2003 Session 8A Severe Weather II
Chair: Howie Bluestein, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
10:30 AM 8A.1 The vertical structure of the Happy, Texas tornado of 5 May 2002: Mobile, W-band, Doppler-radar observations   Howard B. Bluestein, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and C. C. Weiss and A. L. Pazmany 10:45 AM 8A.2 Physical origin of a microburst seen by radar profiler   David Atlas, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and C. W. Ulbrich and C. R. Williams 11:00 AM 8A.3 Severe weather warning application development at NSSL using multiple-radars and multiple-sensors   Gregory J. Stumpf, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma and NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and T. M. Smith, K. L. Manross, V. Lakshmanan, and K. D. Hondl 11:15 AM 8A.4 Diagnosed structure of the Mulhall, Oklahoma Tornado   Wen-Chau Lee, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. Wurman 11:30 AM 8A.5 Preliminary Stability Analyses of the DOW-Observed Mulhall, OK Tornado   Michael T. Montgomery, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and W. Terwey, W. Lee, M. M. Bell, and J. Wurman 8A.6 Comparison of single and multiple vortex tornado doppler velocities from the DOWs   Curtis R. Alexander, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. Wurman 11:44 AM 8A.6a Doppler Radar Observation of Winter Tornadoes over the Japan Sea (Formerly paper number, P4a.7)   Fumiaki Kobayashi, National Defense Academy, Yokosuka, Japan 11:59 AM 8A.7 Differentiating Between Tornadic and Nontornadic Mesocyclone Using Fractal Geometry   Huaqing Cai, NCAR, Boulder, CO 12:14 PM 8A.8 The "Owl Horn" radar signature in developing Southern-Plains thunderstorms   Matthew R. Kramar, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and H. B. Bluestein, A. L. Pazmany, and J. D. Tuttle
	10:30 AM-12:30 PM, Sunday 2003 Session 8B Polarimetric/Particle type identification
Chair: Peter T. May, BMRC, Melbourne, Victoria Australia
10:30 AM 8B.1 Validation of four dimensional microphysical data from Darwin using wind profiler retrievals   Peter T. May, BMRC, Melbourne, Vic., Australia; and T. D. Keenan 10:45 AM 8B.2 Microphysical characterization of a squall line in TRMM LBA using dual-polarization radar measurements   Marcel R. Rocco, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil; and A. J. Pereira F° and J. Vivekanandan 11:00 AM 8B.3 Ground Truth Verification of the Hail Quadrature Parameter (HQP)   Patrick C. Kennedy, Colorado State Univ., Ft. Collins, CO; and T. K. Depue, R. Cifelli, D. Barjenbruch, C. Gimmestad, D. A. Brunkow, and S. A. Rutledge 11:15 AM 8B.4 Polarimetric radar signatures in microburst-producing thunderstorms   Kevin Scharfenberg, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 11:30 AM 8B.5 An algorithm for estimating the variance of the canting angle distribution using polarimetric covariance matrix data   Gwo-Jong Huang, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and V. N. Bringi and J. Hubbert 11:45 AM 8B.6 Transformation of the Polarimetric Covariance Matrix for Improving Hydrometeor Classification   Yanting Wang, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and V. N. Bringi and J. C. Hubbert 12:00 PM 8B.7 Possibilities for depolarization estimates using simultaneous transmission and reception schemes in polarimetric radars   Sergey Y. Matrosov, CIRES/University of Colorado and NOAA/ETL, Boulder, CO 12:15 PM 8B.8 Improving the Utility of Ordinary Radar Reflectivity Measurements through Enhanced Subscripting   Paul L. Smith, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD
	12:30 PM-1:30 PM, Sunday 2003 1 Lunch Break
	1:30 PM-3:30 PM, Sunday 2003 Poster Session 4A Severe Weather Poster
P4A.1 Multiple-Doppler Observations of tornadoes and tornadogenesis from the ROTATE-2003 project   Joshua Wurman, Center for Severe Weather Research, Boulder, CO   P4A.2 Doppler-radar observations of dust devils in Texas   Howard B. Bluestein, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and C. C. Weiss and A. L. Pazmany   P4A.3 Mesocyclone in mini supercell—a case study   Junjian Zhu, Weather Office, Jinan, Shandong, China; and X. Diao and X. Huang P4A.4 Time-dependent Burgers-Rott Vortex As Seen by a Simulated Doppler Radar   Vincent T. Wood, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and R. P. Davies-Jones and R. A. Brown   P4A.5 Three hailstorms in Kanto-plane, Japan   Yoshimasa Takaya, MRI, Tsukuba, Japan; and M. Mori, M. Ishibe, T. Tajiri, and T. Misaki   P4A.6 Mesocyclone occurred in different environment   Junjian Zhu, Weather Office, Jinan, Shandong, China; and X. Diao   P4A.7 Paper moved to session 8a, New paper number 8a.6a   Marjorie Huntington, AER, boston, MA   P4A.8 Terminal Doppler Weather Radar Observations of a Microburst   Daniel J. Miller, NOAA/NWS/Weather Forecast Office, Norman OK, Norman, OK; and D. W. Burgess   P4A.9 Summer Severe Weather Occurrence in Southern Ontario—A Climatological Perspective   Sudesh Boodoo, Meteorological Service of Canada, King City, Ontario, Canada; and D. Hudak, N. Donaldson, R. Patterson., and D. Sills
	1:30 PM-3:30 PM, Sunday 2003 Poster Session 4B Polarimetric/Particle ID Poster
P4B.1 Doppler spectra of copolar and cross-polar signals   Valery M. Melnikov, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and D. Zrnic   P4B.2 Polarimetric Properties of Chaff   Dusan Zrnic, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and A. V. Ryzhkov   P4B.3 Operational uses of polarimetric radar data in severe local storm prediction   Kevin Scharfenberg, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and D. L. Andra and M. Foster   P4B.4 Discrimination between rain and snow with a polarimetric NEXRAD radar   Alexander V. Ryzhkov, CIMMS, Norman, OK; and D. S. Zrnic   P4B.5 Operational use of a hydrometeor classification algorithm to detect the snow melting level   Kevin Scharfenberg, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and E. Maxwell   P4B.6 On Simultaneous Transmission and Reception of Vertical and Horizontal Polarized Weather Radar Signals   Enrico Torlaschi, Univ. of Quebec, Montreal, QC, Canada; and S. Filahi   P4B.7 Mixed-phase cloud retrievals using Doppler radar spectra   Matthew D. Shupe, NOAA/ETL, Boulder, CO; and P. Kollias, S. Y. Matrosov, and T. L. Schneider   P4B.8 Freezing level determinations with polarimetric radar: retrieval model and application   Kyoko Ikeda, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and E. A. Brandes   P4B.9 Detection of Graupel in Winter Thunderclouds Using a Dual Polarization Radar in Hokuriku, Japan   Takeshi Maesaka, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan; and H. Uyeda, T. Shinoda, K. Sakashita, K. Kami, and K. Shinjo   P4B.10 Cloud ice crystal classification using a 95 GHz polarimetric radar   Kultegin Aydin, Penn State University, University Park, PA; and J. Singh
	1:30 PM-3:30 PM, Sunday 2003 Poster Session 4C Hydrology Poster
P4C.1 The Bauru Flash Flood of 8 February 2001 and Options for Improved Warnings   Gerhard Held, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Bauru, Brazil; and J. L. Gomes   P4C.2 Combination of weather radar and raingauges data for small mountainous catchment   Anna Jurczyk, Institute of Meteorology and Water Management, Radar Operational Centre, Poland, Katowice, Poland; and K. Osródka, S. Moszkowicz, C. Mazzetti, and J. Szturc   P4C.3 Merging Radar-Raingauge Rainfall estimates: An improved geostatistical approach based in Non Parametric Kriging   Carlos A. Velasco Forero, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain; and E. Cassiraga, D. Sempere Torres, R. Sánchez-Diezma, and J. J. Gómez-Hernández   P4C.4 Radar-Rain Gauge Adjustment and its Sensitivity to the Method of Comparison   Hatim Sharif, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and E. A. Brandes   P4C.5 Potential application of mobile X-band radar for catchment hydrology   Lisa C. Sieck, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and S. J. Burges, M. Steiner, and J. A. Smith
	1:30 PM-3:30 PM, Sunday 2003 Poster Session 4D Signal Processing Poster
P4D.1 Range-time sidelobe characterization of the ELDORA radar   Eric Loew, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and W. C. Lee   P4D.2 Phase Coding for Polarimetric Radar   J.C. Hubbert, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and V. Chandrasekar, R. J. Keeler, and N. Bharadwaj   P4D.3 Practical Aspects Of Wideband Reception and Processing in Dual-Polarized Weather Radars   Sutanay Choudhury, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO   P4D.4 Development of a digital IF radar transceiver system   Robert J. Watson, University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom; and S. Talebi and P. S. Cannon   P4D.5 Design and Implementation of a RDA Control Application   Ken Bergeron, Enterprise Electronics Corp., Enterprise, AL; and J. J. Stagliano   P4D.6 A grouping algorithm for estimating wind speed in Doppler spectra   Masahiro Sasaoka, MRI, Tukuba, Japan   P4D.7 A radar rain profiler using a MATLAB based DSP system   Dirk Klugmann, Institute for Tropospheric Research, Leipzig, Germany; and J. Weickert, P. Holstein, D. Mackenzie, and O. Holinski   P4D.8 A radar method to measure turbulence in clouds.   Valery M. Melnikov, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and R. J. Doviak
	3:30 PM-4:00 PM, Sunday 2003 1 Coffee Break
	4:00 PM-6:00 PM, Sunday 2003 Session 9A Hydrology
Chair: Matthias Steiner, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
4:00 PM 9A.1 A graphical interpretation of cloud microphysical processes and its relevance for radar rainfall measurement   Matthias Steiner, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ; and J. A. Smith and R. Uijlenhoet 4:15 PM 9A.2 Small scale variability of Mediterranean precipitation during HIRE'98   Alexis Berne, Wageningen University, Wageningen, Netherlands; and G. Delrieu, J. D. Creutin, and R. Uijlenhoet 4:30 PM 9A.3 A Model to Generate Stochastic Nowcasts of Rainfall   Alan W. Seed, BMRC, Melborune, Australia; and N. Bowler 4:45 PM 9A.4 Hydrological evaluation of a nowcasting technique applied to flood forecasting   Marc Berenguer, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain; and J. Davila, C. Corral, D. Sempere-Torres, and A. W. Seed 5:00 PM 9A.5 A test of two distributed hydrologic models with WSR-88D radar precipitation data input in Arizona   Steven Hunter, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Denver, CO; and B. Vieux, F. Ogden, J. Niedzialek, C. Downer, J. Addiego, and J. Daraio 5:15 PM 9A.6 A hydrologic approach to evaluating quantitative precipitation estimates   Jonathan J. Gourley, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and B. E. Vieux 5:30 PM 9A.7 Multi sensor supported flood detection and monitoring system for Poland   André Weipert, Gematronik, Neuss, Germany; and C. Pierce 5:45 PM 9A.8 Meteorological Radar and Flood Forecasting   Mario T. L Barros Sr., University of São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil; and F. M. Goncalves
	4:00 PM-6:00 PM, Sunday 2003 Session 9B Signal processing
Chair: Andrew L. Pazmany, ProSensing, Amherst, MA
4:00 PM 9B.1 Range-Velocity Mitigation via SZ Phase Coding with Experimental S-band Radar Data   J.C. Hubbert, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and G. Meymaris and R. J. Keeler 4:15 PM 9B.2 Airborne Doppler radar clutter and range sidelobe suppression   R. Jeffrey Keeler, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and H. Cai and W. C. Lee 4:30 PM 9B.3 Digital IF receiver—capabilities, tests and evaluation   Igor Ivic, CIMMS/University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and A. Zahrai and D. Zrnic 4:45 PM 9B.4 Experimental studies of the corrections applied to the observed spectral width for turbulence studies   G. D. Nastrom, St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, MN; and T. E. VanZandt, W. L. Clark, T. Tsuda, and J. -. I. Furumoto 5:00 PM 9B.5 Radar observations of turbulence and wind shear   Valery M. Melnikov, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and R. J. Doviak and M. Fang 5:15 PM 9B.6 Single antenna interferometry to measure wind   Guifu Zhang, NCAR/RAP, Boulder, CO; and R. J. Doviak, J. Vivekanandan, and T. Y. Yu 5:30 PM 9B.7 Dual-polarized Overlapped-Spaced-Antenna Radar Technique for Transverse Velocity Measurements   Andrew L. Pazmany, ProSensing Inc., Amherst, MA; and J. B. Mead 5:45 PM 9B.8 Processing of staggered PRT sequences on the KOUN research radar   Sebastian M. Torres, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
	6:30 PM-8:30 PM, Sunday 2003 1 Museum of Flight
Monday, 11 August 2003
	8:00 AM-10:00 AM, Monday 2003 Session 10 Integrated observations of water cycle using radar, lidar, and other instruments
Chair: Peter H. Hildebrand, NASA, Greenbelt, MD
8:00 AM 10.1 Integrated observations of water vapor during IHOP_2002   Tammy M. Weckwerth, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and D. B. Parsons 8:30 AM 10.2 An evaluation of the radar refractivity retrieval during IHOP_2002   Crystalyne R. Pettet, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and T. M. Weckwerth, F. Fabry, and J. W. Wilson 8:45 AM 10.3 Observing the Global Water Cycle from Space   Peter H. Hildebrand, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and P. Houser and C. A. Schlosser 9:00 AM 10.4 Uniting space, ground and underwater measurements for better estimation of rain rates   E. Amitai, NASA/GSFC Greenbelt, MD and George Mason University, Fairfax, VA; and J. A. Nystuen and L. Liao 9:15 AM 10.5 Verification of multisensor precipitation estimation techniques in Arizona   Steven V. Vasiloff, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and B. Clarke and C. Dempsey 9:30 AM 10.6 The precipitation mechanisms of typhoon Nari(2001) revealed by Doppler radars, ISS and disdrometer observation   Tai-Chi Chen Wang, National Central Univ., Chung-Li, Taiwan; and W. Y. Chang, K. S. Chung, S. H. Lin, and J. H. Teng 9:45 AM 10.7 Results and applications of long-term cloud liquid water profiling by an integrated profiling technique   Ulrich Loehnert, University of Bonn, Germany, Bonn, Germany; and S. Crewell and E. Van Meijgaard
	10:00 AM-10:30 AM, Monday 2003 1 Coffee Break
	10:30 AM-12:30 PM, Monday 2003 Session 11A IHOP
Chair: Yvette P. Richardson, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
10:30 AM 11A.1 Initiation of deep convection on May 24 and June 19, 2002 during IHOP   Hanne V. Murphey, University of California, Los Angeles, CA; and R. M. Wakimoto, E. V. Browell, D. E. Kingsmill, and C. N. Flamant 10:45 AM 11A.2 A multi-Doppler analysis of convective initiation on 10 June 2002 during IHOP_2002   Nettie R. Arnott, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA; and Y. P. Richardson and J. Wurman 11:00 AM 11A.3 A multiple-Doppler radar analysis of intersecting mesoscale boundaries during IHOP   Christina Hannon, Penn State University, University Park, PA; and P. Markowski 11:15 AM 11A.4 Mobile Doppler radar observations of a front during IHOP   Paul Markowski, Penn State University, University Park, PA 11:30 AM 11A.5 The Kinematic and Thermodynamic Effects of Vorticies Within a Dryline   Michael S. Buban, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK OK; and C. L. Ziegler and E. N. Rasmussen 11:45 AM 11A.6 Multi-Doppler Analysis of Convective Initiation on 19 June 2002 During IHOP_2002   Yvette P. Richardson, Penn State University, University Park, PA; and J. M. Wurman and C. Hartman 12:00 PM 11A.7 Relation of radar-derived kinematic features and in-situ moisture to cumulus development on 24 May 2002 during IHOP   Conrad L. Ziegler, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and E. N. Rasmussen, Y. P. Richardson, R. M. Rabin, and M. S. Buban 12:15 PM 11A.8 Relationship of cumulus locations with kinematic features derived from multi-Doppler analysis on 24 May 2002   Erik N. Rasmussen, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and C. L. Ziegler and Y. P. Richardson
	10:30 AM-12:30 PM, Monday 2003 Session 11B Radar Systems/Network
Chair: Joshua Wurman, Center for Severe Weather Research, Boulder, CO
10:30 AM 11B.1 Preliminary Results from the Rapid-Scan DOW: A Multi-Beam Inexpensive Alternative to Phased Arrays   Joshua Wurman, Center for Severe Weather Research, Boulder, CO 10:45 AM 11B.2 Quantitative applications of broadcast media weather radar data   Neil I. Fox, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 11:00 AM 11B.3 The PANTHERE Project of Meteo-France: extension and upgrade of the French radar network   Jacques Parent du Chatelet, Météo-France, 78195 Trappes, France; and M. Guimera 11:15 AM 11B.4 Test of polarimetric based retrieval algorithms at X-band   Marielle gosset, LTHE / IRD, France, 38041 Grenoble cedex 9, Isere, France; and F. Cazenave 11:30 AM 11B.5 An X-band Phased Array Doppler Weather Radar   Ivan PopStefanija, ProSensing, Amherst, MA; and A. Pazmany and R. Bluth 11:45 AM 11B.6 Linearity and Calibration of Linear Radar Receivers   Frank Gekat, AMS-Gematronik, Neuss, Germany; and J. Mehl, D. Rühl, and C. Verstappen 12:00 PM 11B.7 Use of Weather Radar to Support America's Space Program—Past, Present, and Future   B. F. Boyd, 45th Weather Squadron, U.S. Airforce, Patrick AFB, FL; and J. W. Weems, W. P. Roeder, C. S. Pinder, and T. M. McNamara 12:15 PM 11B.8 Considerations for the Detection of Low Lying Winter Weather in the Canadian Weather Radar Network   Norman Donaldson, EC, King City, ON, Canada; and P. I. Joe and J. Scott
	12:30 PM-1:30 PM, Monday 2003 1 Lunch Break
	1:30 PM-3:30 PM, Monday 2003 Poster Session 5A IHOP/Boundary Layer/Integrated observation Poster
P5A.1 Mantle echoes associated with deep convection during IHOP: Observations and numerical simulations   Roger M. Wakimoto, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA; and H. V. Murphey, R. G. Fovell, and W. C. Lee   P5A.2 A Radar/Radiometer Instrument for Mapping Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity   Peter H. Hildebrand, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and L. Hilliard, R. Rincon, D. Le Vine, and J. B. Mead   P5A.3 Observations of the Finescale Structure of 11 June Dryline during IHOP 2002   Huaqing Cai, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and W. C. Lee   P5A.4 Vertically pointing profilers used to calibrate and monitor the reflectivity estimated by scanning radars   Christopher R. Williams, University of Colorado and NOAA/AL, Boulder, CO; and P. E. Johnston, W. L. Clark, K. S. Gage, D. A. Carter, and P. A. Kucera   P5A.5 WSR-88D analysis of vortices embedded within a surface low pressure trough and subsequent convection initiation   Albert E. Pietrycha, NOAA/NWS, Amarillo, TX; and K. L. Manross   P5A.6 Fine-Scale Vertical Structure of a Cold Front as Revealed by Airborne 95 GHz Radar   Bart Geerts, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY; and D. Leon   P5A.7 Cloning radar cells at outer ranges: a test with the Bauru radar   Roberto Machado, Meteorological Research Institute/UNESP, Bauru, São Paulo, Brazil; and R. V. Calheiros   P5A.8 Fine-scale radar observations of a dryline during the International H2O Project   Christopher C. Weiss, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and H. B. Bluestein and A. L. Pazmany
	1:30 PM-3:30 PM, Monday 2003 Poster Session 5B Radar Systems/Network Poster
P5B.1 NEXRAD Product Improvement—Implementing New Science   Michael J. Istok, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and R. Elvander, R. Saffle, and J. Roe   P5B.2 A new programme of weather radars at METEO-FRANCE: focus on the definition of optimal siting   Jean-Luc Chèze, METEO-FRANCE, Toulouse, France; and M. Guiméra   P5B.3 Quantitative Rain Measurements with a Mobile, X-Band, Polarimetric Doppler Radar   Andrew L. Pazmany, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA; and F. Junyent Lopez and H. B. Bluestein   P5B.4 Observations of plumes of particles and water released from aircraft   Joshua Wurman, Center for Severe Weather Research, Boulder, CO   P5B.5 Fires observed by mobile radar   Joshua Wurman, Center for Severe Weather Research, Boulder, CO; and S. Weygandt   P5B.6 Negative Scanning From A High Elevation Radar: Operational Examples   Robert Nissen, MSC, Vancouver, BC, Canada; and D. E. Dudley and L. Funk   P5B.7 X-port, a new X-band polarimetric system for hydrometeorological applications   Marielle gosset, LTHE / IRD, France, 38041 Grenoble cedex 9, Isere, France; and F. Cazenave   P5B.8 Development of a new C-band bistatic polarimetric radar and observation of typhoon events   Katsuhiro Nakagawa, Communications Research Laboratory, Okinawa, Japan; and H. Hanado, S. Satoh, N. Takahashi, T. Iguhchi, and K. Fukutani   P5B.9 An Eye-Safety Radar for Lidar Operations   Grant R. Gray, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and F. Pratte   P5B.10 Airborne proximity radar for laser eye safety: design and development   Frank Pratte, UCAR/NCAR, Boulder, CO; and G. R. Gray and J. Fox   P5B.11 Doppler wind analysis of the airflow in a stratiform frontal rainband in the Pacific Northwest using a bistatic radar network   Mark T. Stoelinga, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and J. D. Locatelli, P. V. Hobbs, and J. Vivekanandan   P5B.12 The U.S. national weather radar testbed (phased array): Potential impact on aviation   Leslie R. Lemon, Basic Commerce & Industries, Inc., Independence,, MO; and E. M. Quoetone and N. Milian
	1:30 PM-3:30 PM, Monday 2003 Poster Session 5C Winter Storms Poster
P5C.1 Radar Observations of a Freezing Drizzle Case in Colorado   Kyoko Ikeda, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. M. Rasmussen   P5C.2 Analysis of a strong snowstorm in Catalonia on December 2001   Ramon Pascual, Instituto Nacional de Meteorología, Barcelona, Spain; and A. Callado and M. Berenguer   P5C.3 Structure and maintenance process of stationary snowbands along coastal region observed by Doppler and dual-polarization radars   Tadayasu Ohigashi, Hydrospheric Atmospheric Research Center, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan; and K. Tsuboki
	1:30 PM-3:30 PM, Monday 2003 Poster Session 5D Profiler Poster
P5D.1 The Precipitating Cloud System Studies using UHF Radar/Integrated Sounding System in Taiwan   Pay-Liam Lin, National Central University, Chung-Li, Taiwan, Taiwan; and H. H. Lin   P5D.2 A method for improving upper-level wind estimates from archived wind profiler velocity spectra.   Robert Schafer, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and S. K. Avery   P5D.3 Evaluation of Ice Crystal Riming with Wind Profiler and in-situ Measurements from the ISPA Experiment   Stephen A. Cohn, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and D. H. Lowenthal, R. D. Borys, W. O. J. Brown, and J. O. Pinto   P5D.4 The wind profiler network of the Japan Meteorology Agency   Masahito Ishihara, Japan Meteorological Agency, Tokyo, Japan; and Y. Kato, T. Abo, Y. Asami, K. Kobayashi, Y. Izumikawa, J. Yamashita, and H. Yamamoto
	1:30 PM-3:30 PM, Monday 2003 Poster Session 5E Tropical Cyclone Poster
P5E.1 Concentric eyewall structure of typhoon Lekima: An investigation of Doppler radar reflectivity and radial wind data.   TsaiWen Deng, Kenting Weather Radar Station, Central Weather bureau, PingTung Sheng, Taiwan; and -. H. L. Chin, W. H. Chen, Y. W. Ko, C. H. Tseng, C. K. Chang, C. Y. Lee, and C. P. Li   P5E.2 Doppler Profiler and Radar Observations of Tropical Storm Gabrielle During Landfall   Justin T. Walters, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and K. R. Knupp   P5E.3 The Seminole Hurricane Hunter   Peter S. Ray, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
	1:30 PM-3:30 PM, Monday 2003 Poster Session 5F Data Management/distribution Poster
P5F.1 A History for WSR-88D Level II Data Services at the National Climatic Data Center   Stephen A. Del Greco, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC   P5F.2 Comparison of objective analysis schemes for the WSR-88D radar data   Jian Zhang, CIMMS, Norman, OK; and K. Howard, W. Xia, and J. J. Gourley   P5F.3 Distribution of real-time digitized weather radar signal over high bandwidth network   Yoong-Goog Cho, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and V. Chandrasekar   P5F.4 Management of field campaign data at NCAR/ATD   Susan Stringer, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. A. Rilling, M. M. Bell, and R. Oye
	3:30 PM-4:00 PM, Monday 2003 1 Coffee Break
	4:00 PM-6:00 PM, Monday 2003 Session 12A IHOP/Boundary Layer
Chair: Frédéric Fabry, McGill University, Montreal, QC Canada
4:00 PM 12A.1 Predictability of Convective Storm Initiation   James W. Wilson, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. Roberts 4:15 PM 12A.2 Observed convergence of water vapor prior to and during the June 12, 2002 northern Oklahoma storm using the global positioning system   John J. Braun, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and Y. Xie 4:30 PM 12A.3 MIPS and Radar Observations of Boundaries during IHOP-2002   Haldun Karan, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and K. R. Knupp 4:45 PM 12A.4 Vertical velocity and buoyancy characteristics of echo plumes detected by an airborne mm-wave radar in the convective boundary layer   Bart Geerts, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY; and Q. Miao 5:00 PM 12A.5 Highlights of refractivity observations during IHOP   Frédéric Fabry, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada; and S. Park 5:15 PM 12A.6 The Characteristics of Bores and Gravity Waves Associated with Nocturnal Convection during IHOP_2002   David B. Parsons, NCAR/ATD, Boulder, CO; and C. R. Pettet and T. M. Weckwerth 5:30 PM 12A.7 An observational study of atmospheric bore formation from colliding density currents   David E. Kingsmill, DRI, Reno, NV; and N. A. Crook 5:45 PM 12A.8 Radar Characteristics of Convection Along Colliding Outflow Boundaries Observed During CRYSTAL-FACE   Paul J. Frank, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND; and P. A. Kucera
	4:00 PM-6:00 PM, Monday 2003 Session 12B Radar Systems/Network II
Chair: Timothy Crum, NOAA/NEXRAD, Norman, OK
4:00 PM 12B.1 Evolution of Weather Surveillance Radars NSSL's Perspective   Dusan Zrnic, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and A. Zahrai 4:15 PM 12B.2 Planned WSR-88D improvements   J. Rex Reed, NOAA/NWS/NEXRAD Operations Center, Norman, OK; and D. Evancho and R. Fehlen 4:30 PM 12B.3 Progress in implementing near-real time collection, distribution, and archive of WSR-88D level II data   Timothy Crum, NOAA/NEXRAD Radar Operations Center, Norman, OK; and K. Kelleher, P. Cragg, J. Barna, F. Toepfer, W. Blanchard, T. Sandman, K. Droegemeier, G. Almes, and L. Miller 4:45 PM 12B.4 Strategic Directions for WSR-88D Doppler Weather Surveillance Radar in the Period 2007–2025   John T. Snow, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and R. B. Scott 5:00 PM 12B.5 The Joint Polarization Experiment—An Operational Demonstration of the Polarimetric KOUN WSR-88D Radar   Terry J. Schuur, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma and NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and D. W. Burgess and A. V. Ryzhkov 5:15 PM 12B.6 NEXRAD Product Improvement—Expanding Science Horizons   Robert E. Saffle, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and R. C. Elvander and M. J. Istok 5:30 PM 12B.7 A new WSR-88D scanning strategy: Results of field tests   Rodger A. Brown, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and R. M. Steadham, B. A. Flickinger, and V. T. Wood 5:45 PM 12B.8 High-resolution WSR-88D base data on the KOUN research radar   Christopher D. Curtis, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and S. M. Torres and E. Forren
Tuesday, 12 August 2003
	8:00 AM-10:30 AM, Tuesday 2003 Session 13 Winter Storms
Chair: Roy Rasmussen, National Center for Atmosheric Research, Boulder, Colorado
8:00 AM 13.1 Hazardous winter weather – a radar perspective   Robert M. Rauber, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 8:30 AM 13.2 An Observational Study Of Cold Season Mesoscale Band Formation In The Northeast United States   David R. Novak, NOAA/NWS, Bohemia, NY; and J. S. Waldstreicher, L. F. Bosart, and D. Keyser 8:45 AM 13.3 Radar signatures of winter clouds from aircraft in-situ data and ground-based radar observations   Mengistu Wolde, Institute for Aerospace Research, National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada; and D. Hudak, B. Currie, S. G. Cober, P. Rodriguez, I. Zawadzki, G. A. Isaac, and D. Marcotte 9:00 AM 13.4 The Use of Polarimetric Radar Data in the Winter Weather Warning Decision Making Process: A Case Study   Daniel J. Miller, NOAA/NWSFO, Norman, OK; and K. Scharfenberg 9:15 AM 13.5 The structure, evolution and cloud processes of a Colorado upslope storm as shown by profiling radiometer, radar and tower data   Paul H. Herzegh, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and S. Landolt and T. Schneider 9:30 AM 13.6 Winter Weather Nowcasting   Roy M. Rasmussen, NCAR, Boulder, Colorado 10:00 AM 13.7 Decision Support Systems for Winter Road Maintenance: Opportunities for Radar Data   William P. Mahoney III, NCAR, Boulder, CO 10:15 AM 13.8 Realtime Winter Precipitation Observations using Integrated Radar and Mesoscale Rapid Update Numerical Prediction Systems   Gregory Wilson, Baron Services, Huntsville, AL
	10:00 AM-10:30 AM, Tuesday 2003 1 Coffee Break
	11:00 AM-12:15 PM, Tuesday 2003 Session 14A Radar Wind Profiler
Chair: Steve A. Cohn, NCAR, Boulder, CO
11:00 AM 14A.1 Use of Radar Profilers as Tools for the Determination of Space-Time Variability of Precipitation Parameters   Kenneth S. Gage, NOAA/AL, Boulder, CO; and C. R. Williams 11:15 AM 14A.2 Wind Profiler Performance in Complex Terrain: Juneau, Alaska   Stephen A. Cohn, NCAR, Boulder, CO 11:30 AM 14A.3 Paper moved to poster session p5d, New paper number P5D.4   11:45 AM 14A.4 Cloud Detection using Radar Wind Profiler Output   Paul Michael, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY; and M. A. Miller and E. Clothiaux 12:00 PM 14A.5 The Trans-Pacific Profiler Network: A comparison of profiler and NCEP/NCAR reanalysis winds.   Robert Schafer, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and S. K. Avery and K. Gage
	11:00 AM-11:58 AM, Tuesday 2003 Session 14B Tropical Cyclone
Chair: Shirley T. Murillo, NOAA/AOML, Miami, FL
11:00 AM 14B.1 The Hurricane Volume Velocity Processing Method   Paul R. Harasti, UCAR Visiting Scientist Programs at the Naval Research Laboratory, Monterey, CA 11:15 AM 14B.2 Improved tropical cyclone circulation centers derived from the GBVTD-simplex algorithm   Michael M. Bell, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and W. C. Lee 14B.3 Implementing improved Doppler radar techniques for tropical cyclones and integrating radar-derived wind fields into H*Wind surface analyses   Shirley T. Murillo, NOAA/AOML, Miami, FL; and P. P. Dodge, W. Lee, M. M. Bell, and P. R. Harasti 11:29 AM 14B.4 Temporal and Spatial Variations of Precipitation of Landfalling Typhoons in the Taiwan Area   Ben Jong-Dao Jou, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan; and C. W. Yen and Y. C. Kao 14B.5 Evolution of the coastal windfield during the landfall of Hurricane Floyd (1999) from airborne Doppler radar   Peter P. Dodge, NOAA/AOML Hurricane Research Division, Miami, FL; and F. D. Marks and J. F. Gamache 11:43 AM 14B.6 The relationship between environmental wind shear and the distribution of vertical velocities and precipitation in the hurricane eyewall   Michael L. Black, NOAA/AOML/HRD, Miami, FL; and L. K. Shay, F. Marks, B. A. Albrecht, and H. E. Willoughby
	12:30 PM, Tuesday 2003 1 Conference Ends

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