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Program Chairpersons:
Gerald M. Heymsfield, NASA/GSFC
Ali Tokay, JCET/Univ. of Maryland and NASA/GSFC

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Sunday, 4 October 2009
	5:00 PM-7:00 PM, Sunday, Registration / Promenade Registration Open
Monday, 5 October 2009
	7:30 AM-5:30 PM, Monday, Registration / Promenade Registration Open
	8:30 AM-9:00 AM, Monday, Auditorium Session Welcome & Introduction
8:30 AM Welcome and Conference Introduction   8:45 AM Welcome Remarks   James G. Kennedy, Chairperson, James City County Board of Supervisors, Williamsburg, VA
	9:00 AM-9:25 AM, Monday, Auditorium Keynote Session 1 Precipitation and Cloud Microphysics I
Chair: Alexis Berne, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Lausanne Switzerland
9:00 AM KS1.1 Keynote Talk: Tropical cloud properties as a function of regime   Peter T. May, Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research, Melbourne, Vic., Australia; and A. Protat, S. Collis, V. N. Bringi, and M. Thurai
	9:30 AM-10:00 AM, Monday, Auditorium Session 2 Exhibitor Introductions
9:30 AM 2.1 Baron Services' New Dual-Polarization Developments for Doppler Weather Radar   Bill Walker, Baron Services, Inc., Huntsville, AL; and R. Braswell 9:37 AM 2.2 SELEX-Gematronik Weather Radar Systems   Petra Bartasonok, SELEX Sistemi Integrati GmbH, Neuss, Germany 9:44 AM 2.3 Vaisala Technology, Products, and Service   Ken Goss, Vaisala, Woburn, MA 9:51 AM 2.4 EEC - The Worldwide Leader In Dual Polarization Technology   Chris Goode, EEC, Andover, MA
	10:00 AM-10:30 AM, Monday, President's Ballroom Coffee Break—Sponsored by Enterprise Electronics Corporation (EEC)
	10:30 AM-12:00 PM, Monday, Auditorium Session 3A Precipitation and Cloud Microphysics I
Chair: Alexis Berne, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Lausanne Switzerland
10:30 AM 3A.1 Water-phase dynamics in winter snowstorms as observed by microwave profiling radiometry and vertically-pointing radar   Edwin F. Campos, EC, Toronto, ON, Canada; and R. Ware, P. Joe, and D. Hudak 10:45 AM 3A.2 The vertical characteristics of raindrop size distributions and horizontal divergence in the stratiform regions of Hurricane Gustav   Dong-Kyun Kim, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and K. R. Knupp 11:00 AM 3A.3 Cloud liquid water content and particle size retrievals using dual-wavelength radar measurements   Scott Ellis, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. Vivekanandan 11:15 AM 3A.4 A network of disdrometers to quantify the small scale variability of the microstructure of precipitation   Joël Jaffrain, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland; and A. Berne, A. Studzinski, and F. Pantillon 11:30 AM 3A.5 Implications of a λ - µ relationship for Z-R relationships   Paul L. Smith, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD 11:45 AM 3A.6 Searching for the equilibrium raindrop size distribution: Observations and simulations   Xiaowen Li, Univ. of Maryland, Baltimore County/GEST and NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and W. K. Tao, A. Tokay, and C. R. Williams
	10:30 AM-12:00 PM, Monday, Room 18 Session 3B Nowcasting I
Chair: Dmitri Moisseev, University of Helsinki, Helsinki Finland
10:30 AM 3B.1 If Lagrange fails, Doppler steps in: A solution for nowcasting intense orographic rainfall?   U. Germann, MeteoSwiss, Locarno-Monti, Switzerland; and L. Panziera, A. Hering, and M. Gabella 10:45 AM 3B.2 Nowcasting Challenges During the Beijing Olympics: Successes, Failures and Implications for Future Nowcasting Systems   James W. Wilson, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. Roberts and J. Sun 11:00 AM 3B.3A Moist and dry layer retrievals using S-band radar   Jennifer L. Davison, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 3B.3 A Radar for Nowcasting Winter Weather for the Vancouver 2010 Olympics   Paul Joe, EC, Toronto, ON, Canada; and R. Ruff and D. Hudak 11:15 AM 3B.4 Real-time nation-wide production of 3D wind and reflectivity fields in France: science, engineering and applications   Antoine Kergomard, Meteo France, Toulouse, France; and P. Dupuy, P. Tabary, and O. Bousquet 11:30 AM 3B.5 Deriving Surface Values of Refractivity from an Operational C-band Precipitation Radar Network   John Nicol, University of Reading, Reading, Berks., United Kingdom; and A. J. Illingworth, K. Bartholomew, and M. Kitchen 11:45 AM 3B.6 Improved precipitation nowcasting algorithm using a high-resolution NWP model and national radar mosaic   Zachary M. DuFran, Weather Decision Technologies, Inc., Norman, OK; and R. L. Carpenter, B. L. Shaw, G. Lee, A. Kilambi, and I. Zawadzki
	12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Monday Lunch Break
	1:30 PM-3:30 PM, Monday, President's Ballroom Poster Session 1 Nowcasting
P1.1 Study of Nowcasting & Warning Operational System in Middle Yangtze River and its Technology   Yufa Wan, Institute of Heavy Rain, Wuhan, Hubei, China; and Z. Wang, Y. Xiao, J. Zhang, C. Wu, J. Wang, and T. Wu   P1.2 McGill Algorithm for Precipitation nowcasting by Lagrangian Extrapolation (MAPLE) applied to the South Korean radar network. Part 1: Sensitivity studies of the Variational Echo Tracking (VET) technique   Hee Choon Lee, Korea Meteorological Administration, Seoul, South Korea; and A. Bellon, A. Kilambi, and I. Zawadzki   P1.5 McGill Algorithm for Precipitation nowcasting by Lagrangian Extrapolation (MAPLE) applied to the South Korean Radar Netwotk. Part 2: Real-time verification for the summer season   Hee Choon Lee, Korea Meteorological Administration, Seoul, South Korea; and Y. H. Lee, J. C. Ha, D. E. Chang, A. Bellon, I. Zawadzki, and G. Lee   P1.3 Evaluation of a multiple-Doppler vortex detection and characterization technique using real radar observations   Corey K. Potvin, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and A. M. Shapiro and J. Gao   P1.4 Characterization of the error structure of precipitation nowcasting   Jordi Roca-Sancho, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain; and M. Berenguer, I. Zawadzki, and D. Sempere-Torres   P1.6 The New Weather Radar for America's Space Program in Florida: A Temperature Profile Adaptive Scan Strategy   Lawrence D. Carey, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and W. P. Roeder, K. M. McGrath, W. A. Petersen, and W. Deierling   P1.7 Improved precipitation nowcasting: Model errors and their correction in operational NWPs at different scales   Gyuwon Lee, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, South Korea; and I. Zawadzki, J. Wilson, M. Xu, A. Kilambi, and J. Pinto   P1.8 Mesoscale boundaries and thunderstorm initiation during SoWMEX/TiMREX   Rong-Guang Hsiu, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan; and B. J. D. Jou and W. C. Lee   P1.9 Impact of improved radar detection capability in clear air observations   Maria Andrea Lima, Meteorogical Research Institute, Bauru, SP, Brazil; and R. V. Calheiros   P1.10 Storm Cell Identification and Tracking (SCIT) applications in the North-eastern Italian Region Veneto   Andrea Rossa, Meteorological Centre of Teolo, Teolo, Italy; and A. Dalla Fontana, M. Calza, and M. Monai   P1.11 Assessing the benefits of dual-polarimetric radar information for lightning potential nowcasting   Wiebke Deierling, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and W. A. Petersen, L. Carey, and C. Kessinger
	1:30 PM-3:30 PM, Monday, President's Ballroom Poster Session 2 Precipitation and Cloud Microphysics
P2.1 Radar based simultaneous estimates of cloud and rainfall parameters   Sergey Y. Matrosov, CIRES/University of Colorado and NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO   P2.2 Maximum likelihood estimation from a left-truncated distribution   Roger W. Johnson, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD; and D. Kliche and P. L. Smith P2.3 PAPER WITHDRAWN     P2.4 Investigation of microphysical processes occurring in convection during NAME   Angela K. Rowe, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and S. A. Rutledge   P2.5 Evaluation of Weather Modification by Aircraft by the Use of CINRAD   Ruibo Zhang, Weather Modification Office of Guangxi, Nanning, Guangxi, China; and X. Zhong and C. Yao   P2.3 has been withdrawn     P2.6 Application of Zphi® algorithm on AMMA radar data: description of west african squall lines   Samuel Jolivet, LATMOS, Vélizy, France; and D. Aurelien, V. Nicolas, and E. Le Bouar   P2.7 Attenuation of radar signal in melting hail at C band   Lesya Borowska, Meteorological Institute at the University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany; and A. V. Ryzhkov, D. S. Zrnic, P. Zhang, D. Hudak, P. Neilley, M. Knight, R. D. Palmer, B. L. Cheong, A. Battaglia, and C. Simmer   P2.8 Total scan: a full volume scanning strategy   Dominik Jacques, McGill University, Montreal, PQ, Canada; and I. Zawadzki   P2.9 Snowflake distribution characteristics from HVSD measurements   Wanda Szyrmer, J.S. Marshall Radar Observatory, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada; and E. Jung and I. Zawadzki   P2.10 Three body scattering and hail size   Dusan S. Zrnic, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and G. Zhang, V. Melnikov, and J. Andric   P2.11 The impact of evaporation on polarimetric characteristics of rain: theoretical model and practical implications   Matthew R. Kumjian, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma and NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK ; and A. V. Ryzhkov   P2.12 Polarimetric observations of precipitating and non-precipitating clouds   Jelena Andric, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and D. Zrnic and V. Melnikov   P2.13 The variability of the microphysical and radiative properties of tropical ice clouds from CloudSat-CALIPSO and ground-based ARM radar-lidar observations   Alain Protat, Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research, Melbourne, Vic., Australia; and J. Delanoë, P. T. May, and E. O'Connor   P2.14 Comparison of space and ground-based radar reflectivity and derived rainfall   Nick Guy, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO; and S. A. Rutledge, R. Cifelli, and T. Lang   P2.15 Spatial structure and time evolution of rain drop size distributions revealed from disdrometer and polarimetric radar observations   Petar Bukovcic, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and D. S. Zrnic and G. Zhang   P2.16 Drop-Size Distribution Studies in N. Alabama as Applied to Simulated and Observed C-Band Dual-polarimetric Radar Measurements   Walter A. Petersen, NASA/MSFC, Huntsville, AL ; and L. D. Carey and M. Thurai   P2.17 A precipitation profiler simulator   Christopher R. Williams, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO   P2.18 Using TRMM to resolve tropical convection for lightning climatology   Anita LeRoy, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and W. A. Petersen and D. J. Cecil   P2.19 Some precipitation characteristics of an autumn torrential rainfall event in northern Taiwan as determined from dual-polarization radar data   Ya-Chien Feng, National Central University, Jhongli City, Taiwan; and T. C. C. Wang and B. T. Ji   P2.20 Classification of precipitation types during transitional winter weather using the RUC model and polarimetric radar retrievals   Hyang-Suk Park, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, South Korea; and A. V. Ryzhkov, H. D. Reeves, and T. J. Schuur   P2.21 Precipitation and cloud microphysics evaluation for a landfalling winter storm using a mesoscale model   Mei Han, GEST/Univ. of Maryland Baltimore County, Greenbelt, MD; and S. A. Braun   P2.22 Extended retrievals of precipitation parameters in Niamey, Niger from a 95-GHz Doppler radar   Scott Giangrande, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada; and E. Luke, M. A. Miller, and P. Kollias   P2.23 Toward decoding the morphology of millimeter wavelength Doppler radar spectra   Edward Luke, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY; and P. Kollias   P2.24 The characteristics of raindrop size distribution and optimal moment estimator   Min Jang, Pukyong National University, Busan, South Korea; and D. Lee, C. You, G. J. Seo, S. H. Park, G. O. Lee, and H. Uyeda   P2.25 A framework for the statistical analysis of large radar and lightning datasets   Timothy J. Lang, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and A. Anderson and S. Rutledge   P2.26 Evaluation of networked based attenuation correction in CASA IP1 testbed   S. Lim, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and V. Chandrasekar   P2.27 Orographic Precipitation Enhancement by Boundary-layer Turbulence: a Vertically Pointing Airborne Cloud Radar View   Qun Miao, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY; and B. Geerts   P2.28 Climatological drop-size distributions and Z-R relations in Southeast Texas   Courtney Schumacher, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and K. Brugman and L. Hopper   P2.29 A Study of Comparison of Reflectivity Using WSR-88D and Disdrometers   Aaron C. Ferrel, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and A. Tokay, C. Schumacher, L. D. Carey, D. B. Wolff, and D. A. Marks   P2.30 Is there a weekly cycle of warm season precipitation?   J. D. Tuttle, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. E. Carbone and D. W. Nychka
	1:30 PM-3:30 PM, Monday, President's Ballroom Poster Session 3 Observations of Clouds and Radiation
P3.1 Extending the capabilities of the polarimetric WSR-88D: observations of cirrus clouds and moist layers   Valery Melnikov, University of Oklahoma/CIMMS, Norman, OK; and P. B. Chilson and D. B. Mechem   P3.2 Diurnal variations in turbulence and mass-transports in continental boundary layer stratocumulus clouds from mm-wavelength radar observations   Virendra P. Ghate, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and B. A. Albrecht and P. Kollias   P3.3 Browsing a wealth of millimeter-wavelength Doppler spectra data   Karen L. Johnson, BNL, Upton, NY; and E. P. Luke, P. Kollias, J. Remillard, K. B. Widener, and M. P. Jensen
	1:30 PM-3:30 PM, Monday, President's Ballroom Poster Session 4 Wind Profilers / Operational Needs
P4.1 Impacts of the Automated Volume Scan Evaluation and Termination (AVSET) on the WSR-88D Velocity-Azimuth Display (VAD) Wind Profile (VWP)   Vincent T. Wood, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and J. N. Chrisman   P4.2 Quantitative bird migration information from operational weather radars   Adriaan Dokter, KNMI, De Bilt, Netherlands; and F. Liechti, L. Delobbe, P. Tabary, and I. Holleman   P4.3 Vertical Rain Attenuation Characteristics of Ka- and Ku-band observed by the 400-MHz Wind Profiler   Katsuhiro Nakagawa, NICT, Koganei, Tokyo, Japan; and S. Kawamura, S. Sekizawa, H. Hanado, and T. Iguchi   P4.4 Automated Volume Scan Evaluation and Termination (AVSET) - A Simple Technique to Achieve Faster Volume Scan Updates   Joe N. Chrisman, NOAA/NWS, Norman, OK   P4.5 An advanced weather radar network for the Baltic Sea Region: BALTRAD   D. B. Michelson, Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute, Norrköping, Sweden; and V. Filimonov, R. S. Gill, T. Kaldma, J. Lahtinen, M. Peura, M. Rasmussen, E. Smalins, and M. Szewczykowski   P4.6 UHF Wind Profilers will Support Nowcasting During the Vancouver 2010 Olympic/Paralympic Winter Games   Norman Donaldson, EC, Toronto, ON, Canada; and E. F. Campos and P. Joe   P4.7 Enhanced Velocity Azimuth Display Wind Profile (EVWP) Function   Joe N. Chrisman, NOAA/NWS, Norman, OK; and S. D. Smith   P4.8 Performance of a new velocity dealiasing algorithm for the WSR-88D   Arthur Witt, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and R. A. Brown and Z. Jing   P4.9 Radar Data at NOAA's National Climatic Data Center   Alan Hall, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and S. A. DelGreco and S. Ansari
	3:30 PM-4:00 PM, Monday, President's Ballroom Coffee Break
	4:00 PM-5:30 PM, Monday, Auditorium Session 4A Precipitation and Cloud Microphysics II
Chair: Tristan S. L'Ecuyer, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO
4:00 PM 4A.1 Vertical structures of storm: Clues of microphysical processes and density of snow   Gyuwon Lee, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, South Korea; and I. Zawadzki, A. J. Heymsfield, D. Hudak, E. Jung, P. Rodriguez, F. Fabry, A. Bansemer, and B. Sheppard 4:15 PM 4A.2 CloudSat Data Processing Center—Cloud Profiling Radar (CPR) data processing, products, and user applications   Donald L. Reinke, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and P. T. Partain, S. P. Longmore, D. G. Reinke, and S. D. Miller 4:30 PM 4A.3 On the relationship between Z-R, the bright band intensity and ZDR in stratiform precipitation   Marc Berenguer, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada; and I. Zawadzki 4:45 PM 4A.4 Snow Detection and Estimation from Ku- and Ka-Band Dual-Wavelength Radar   Liang Liao, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Greenbelt, MD; and R. Meneghini 4A.4 Retrieving ice precipitation using a radar snow profiling algorithm: Applications on X-band and C-band weather radar   Jacques Testud, LATMOS/CNRS, Velizy, France; and E. Moreau and E. Le Bouar 5:00 PM 4A.5 A Study of Cirrus Ice Particle Size Distribution Using TC4 Observations   Lin Tian, Goddard Earth Science and Technology Center / Univ. of Maryland Baltimore County, Greenbelt, MD 5:15 PM 4A.6 Polarimetric characteristics of melting hail at S and C bands   Alexander V. Ryzhkov, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma and NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK
	4:00 PM-5:30 PM, Monday, Room 18 Session 4B Wind Profiler Studies
Chair: Christopher R. Williams, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO
4:00 PM 4B.1 Multiple Doppler radar and profiler analysis of an intense wake low event   Kevin R. Knupp, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL ; and T. A. Coleman 4:15 PM 4B.2 Radar, profiler, and radiometer analysis of the effects of multiple bores/solitary waves on the stability of the NBL and associated CI   Timothy A. Coleman, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and K. Knupp and D. Phillips 4:30 PM 4B.3 Turbulence kinetic energy and dissipation rate estimated from a virtual wind profiler and verified through large-eddy simulations   Danny E. Scipion, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and E. Fedorovich, R. D. Palmer, P. B. Chilson, and A. M. Botnick 4:45 PM 4B.4 Evaluation of a convective storm sampling strategy for the ARM profiler network   Scott Giangrande, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada; and B. Soderholm, M. P. Jensen, R. L. Coulter, and P. Kollias 5:00 PM 4B.5 Humidity profile retrieval with the Clermont-Ferrand VHF wind profiler   Joël Van Baelen, Laboratoire de Météorologie Physique, Aubière, France; and V. Klaus and Y. Pointin 5:15 PM 4B.6 A new 449 MHz wind profiler radar: evaluation of antennas, amplifiers and capabilities   B. Lindseth, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and W. O. J. Brown, S. A. Cohn, J. R. Jordan, D. Law, and T. Hock
	6:00 PM-8:00 PM, Monday, President's Ballroom Icebreaker Reception—Sponsored by Gematronik GmbH
Tuesday, 6 October 2009
	8:00 AM-10:00 AM, Tuesday, Auditorium Session 5A Spaceborne Radar I
Chair: Walter A. Petersen, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL
8:00 AM 5A.1 Keynote Talk: Dual-frequency Precipitation Radar (DPR) in the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission   Toshio Iguchi, NICT, Koganei, Tokyo, Japan; and R. Oki, K. Nakamura, S. Seto, H. Hanado, and R. Meneghini 8:30 AM 5A.2 An integral equation method for dual-wavelength radar data using a “soft” constraint   Robert Meneghini, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and L. Liao 8:45 AM 5A.3 Surface reference technique required for a primitive retrieval algorithm of GPM/DPR   Shinta Seto, Institute of Industrial Science, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, Japan; and T. Iguchi and T. Oki 9:00 AM 5A.4 Cloud Profiling Radar for the ACE Mission   Simone Tanelli, JPL/California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA; and S. L. Durden, E. Im, G. M. Heymsfield, P. Racette, and D. O. Starr 9:15 AM 5A.5 Development Status of the EarthCARE/CPR   Kazuyuki Okada, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Ibaraki, Japan; and T. Kimura, H. Nakatsuka, K. Sato, Y. Sakaide, and N. Takahashi 9:30 AM 5A.6 Warm clouds and light rain—new insights from CloudSat and the A-train   Graeme L. Stephens, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 9:45 AM 5A.7 A conical scan type spaceborne precipitation radar   Ken'ichi Okamoto, Tottori University of Environmental Studies, Tottori City, Japan; and S. Shige and T. Manabe
	8:30 AM-10:00 AM, Tuesday, Room 18 Session 5B Severe Weather I
Speaker: Aurora Bell, National Meteorological Administration, Bucharest Romania
8:30 AM 5B.1 Observations of tornadogenesis using the MWR-05XP, a mobile, phased-array, X-band, Doppler radar   Howard B. Bluestein, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and M. M. French, I. PopStefanija, R. Bluth, and J. Knorr 8:45 AM 5B.2 Variability in the kinematic structure of Super Tuesday storms   Todd A. Murphy, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and K. Knupp 9:00 AM 5B.3 Supercell Collapse Phase: an example   Leslie R. Lemon, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 9:15 AM 5B.4 Kinematic structure and evolution of the 9 March 2006 Mississippi/Alabama bow echo   Calvin Elkins, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL 9:30 AM 5B.5 Radar observations of supercells during VORTEX2   Donald W. Burgess, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and M. I. Biggerstaff, L. J. Wicker, C. L. Ziegler, E. R. Mansell, D. P. Betten, G. D. Carrie, C. M. Schwarz, and T. E. Thompson 9:45 AM 5B.6 A preliminary analysis of a tornadic supercell using mobile, phased-array Doppler radar data   Michael M. French, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and H. B. Bluestein, I. PopStefanija, R. Bluth, and C. Baldi
	10:00 AM-10:30 AM, Tuesday, President's Ballroom Coffee Break—Sponsored by Distromet Ltd.
	10:30 AM-12:00 PM, Tuesday, Auditorium Session 6A Spaceborne Radar II
Chair: Rob Cifelli, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
10:30 AM 6A.1 Doppler measurements of cloud profiling radar of EarthCARE   Yuichi Ohno, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Tokyo, Japan; and H. Horie, N. Takahashi, H. Kumagai, K. Sato, H. Nakarsuka, K. Okada, Y. Sakaide, and T. Kimura 10:45 AM 6A.2 Utilizing spaceborne radars to retrieve dry snowfall from a global and regional perspective   Mark S. Kulie, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and R. Bennartz 11:00 AM 6A.3 NASA Global Precipitation Mission ground validation implementation   Walter A. Petersen, NASA/MSFC, Huntsville, AL 11:15 AM 6A.4 Using TRMM vround validation data to assess global rainfall products   David B. Wolff, NASA/GSFC and SSAI, Greenbelt, MD; and B. Fisher 11:30 AM 6A.5 Evaluation of the TRMM PR Algorithms in Complex Terrain   Stephen W. Nesbitt, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 11:45 AM 6A.6 Comparing TRMM and ground-based radar observations in Israel during intense precipitation events occurred in March 2003   Marco Gabella, MeteoSwiss, Locarno, Switzerland; and E. Morin
	10:30 AM-12:00 PM, Tuesday, Room 18 Session 6B Severe Weather II
Chair: Joshua Wurman, Center for Severe Weather Research, Boulder, CO
10:30 AM 6B.1 Study on the 3D Structure of the Severe Heavy Rainfall in Chuzhou area during 1~2 August 2008 with Dual-Doppler Radar   HaiGuang Zhou Sr., Chinese Academy of Meteorological Science, Beijing, Beijing, China 10:45 AM 6B.2 Dynamical and microphysical properties of high impact orographic mesoscale convective systems from high resolution operational multiple-Doppler and polarimetric radar data   Olivier Bousquet, Meteo France, Toulouse, France 11:00 AM 6B.3 Dual-Doppler observations of a destructive windstorm in Brisbane, Australia   Harald Richter, Bureau of Meteorology Training Centre, Melbourne, Vic., Australia; and S. Collis, P. T. May, and E. Nelson 11:15 AM 6B.4 Analysis of Convergence Boundaries Observed during IHOP   Roger M. Wakimoto, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and H. V. Murphey 11:30 AM 6B.5 The Black Sea influence in convective storms initiation in South Eastern Romania   Aurora Bell, National Meteorological Administration, Bucharest, Romania; and D. Carbunaru, B. Antonescu, and S. Burcea 11:45 AM 6B.6 Radar Observations of Convective Cells and Identification of Hotspots in mountainous Terrain   Martin Hagen, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany; and J. Van Baelen and E. Richard
	12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Tuesday Lunch Break
	1:30 PM-3:30 PM, Tuesday, President's Ballroom Poster Session 5 Advanced Radar Technologies and Signal Processing I
P5.1 New science for the WSR-88D: staggered PRT implementation on the SIGMET RVP8   Darcy S. Saxion, NEXRAD Radar Operations Center, Norman, OK; and R. D. Rhoton, R. L. Ice, J. C. Krause, O. E. Boydstun, W. D. Zittel, S. M. Torres, and D. A. Warde   P5.2 Moving clutter spectral filter for Terminal Doppler Weather Radar   John Y. N. Cho, MIT, Lexington, MA   P5.3 Automatic clutter mitigation in the WSR-88D, design, evaluation, and implementation   Richard L. Ice, Wyle Information Systems, Norman, OK; and R. D. Rhoton, J. C. Krause, D. S. Saxion, O. E. Boydstun, A. K. Heck, J. N. Chrisman, D. S. Berkowitz, W. D. Zittel, and D. A. Warde   P5.4 Evaluate the Coupled Term in Spectrum Width Equation using the Data Observed by WSR-88D   Ming Fang, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and R. J. Doviak   P5.5 Improvements of the French operational triple-PRT Doppler scheme   Clotilde Augros, Météo France, Trappes, France; and P. Tabary   P5.6 Improving performance of staggered-PRT clutter filtering for longer PRTs via shrewd windowing   Svetlana M. Bachmann, Lockheed Martin, Syracuse, NY; and M. D. Tracy   P5.7 A new multiple-PRT scheme for Météo-France's Doppler radar network to improve spectral moment estimation of weather radar signal and ground clutter filtering   Mohammed Tahanout, Météo France, Trappes, France; and J. Parent du Châtelet and C. Augros   P5.8 Using Signal Coherency to Improve Detection on Weather Radars   Igor R. Ivic, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and S. M. Torres   P5.9 Techniques for Rapid Scanning Weather Surveillance using the MWR-05XP, a mobile, phased-array, X-band, Doppler radar   Ivan PopStefanija, ProSensing, Amherst, MA; and B. Seeger, C. Baldi, R. Bluth, P. Buczynski, and H. B. Bluestein   P5.10 Generalized SZ phase codes to mitigate range and velocity ambiguities   Sebastian M. Torres, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and D. S. Zrnic   P5.11 The Range-Overlaid Staggered PRT Algorithm   David A. Warde, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and S. M. Torres   P5.12 Frequency Diversity Wideband Waveforms for Dual-Polarization Weather Radars   Nitin Bharadwaj, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and V. Chandrasekar   P5.13 Enhanced Moment Estimation of OU-PRIME Through Advanced Signal Processing   Qing Cao, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and G. Zhang, R. D. Palmer, B. L. Cheong, and L. Lei   P5.14 Advanced tornado detection algorithm using super-resolultion and polarimetric data   Yadong Wang, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and T. Y. Yu   P5.15 Clutter mitigation in diverse environments   Michael Dixon, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. Hubbert, G. Meymaris, and S. Ellis   P5.16 Observed failure modes of the WSR-88D velocity dealiasing algorithm during severe weather outbreaks   Donald W. Burgess, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and T. Crum   P5.17 Time Domain GMAP Clutter Filter for Weather Radars   Cuong M. Nguyen, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and V. Chandrasekar   P5.18 Compression strategies for super resolution WSR-88D radar data   Shawn Mccarroll, NWS, Norman, OK; and M. Yeary and D. Hougen   P5.19 Another method for ground target identification and filtering using spectral processing of dual-polarization returns   Frédéric Fabry, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada; and J. Gadoury   P5.20 An improved hybrid spectrum width estimator   Gregory Meymaris, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. K. Williams and J. Hubbert   P5.21 An alternative approach to staggered PRT clutter filtering   Gregory Meymaris, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. Hubbert and M. Dixon
	1:30 PM-3:30 PM, Tuesday, President's Ballroom Poster Session 6 Severe Weather and Mesoscale Meteorology
P6.1 Behavior of lightning and updrafts for severe and non-severe storms in northern Alabama   Elise V. Schultz, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and W. A. Petersen   P6.2 The New Weather Radar for America's Space Program in Florida: Scan Strategy Design   William P. Roeder, U.S. Air Force, Patrick AFB, FL; and D. A. Short   P6.3 Can high-resolution surface moisture fields be retrieved in supercells?   David Bodine, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and R. D. Palmer, B. L. Cheong, P. L. Heinselman, D. S. Michaud, and G. Zhang   P6.4 Survey of applications of radar refractivity retrievals   David Bodine, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and P. L. Heinselman, R. D. Palmer, B. L. Cheong, and D. S. Michaud   P6.5 Evolution of a tornadic supercell and its environment sampled by the Phased Array Radar and Oklahoma City Micronet   Rick Hluchan, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and P. L. Heinselman   P6.5A Phased array radar innovative sensing experiment   Pamela L. Heinselman, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and S. M. Torres, R. Adams, C. D. Curtis, E. Forren, I. R. Ivic, D. Priegnitz, J. Thompson, and D. A. Warde   P6.6 Dual-Doppler wind analysis of convective storms using the vertical vorticity equation   Corey K. Potvin, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and A. Shapiro and J. Gao   P6.7 Retrieval of mean vertical air motion in stratiform snow using Doppler Radar wind measurements   Xue Meng Chen, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada; and I. Zawadzki   P6.8 Single Doppler Radar Observation of the Concentric Eyewall in Typhoon Saomai (2006) near Landfall   Kun Zhao, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China; and W. C. Lee and B. J. D. Jou   P6.9 Estimate of Eddy Dissipation Rates Using Spectrum Width Observed by Hong Kong TDWR Radar   Pengfei Zhang, University of Oklahoma/CIMMS, Norman, OK; and P. W. Chan, R. J. Doviak, and M. Fang P6.10 PAPER WITHDRAWN     P6.11 moved. New paper number P6.5A     P6.12 Radar analysis of boundaries during the early evening boundary layer transition period   Jessica Busse, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and K. R. Knupp   P6.13 Near-Surface Flow Characteristics of a Thunderstorm Outflow Event   Theresa Abigail Aguilar, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX; and J. L. Schroeder   P6.14 A dual polarimetric and total lightning review of significant weather events across the Tennessee Valley from late March through early May 2009   Christopher J. Schultz, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and W. A. Petersen, L. D. Carey, K. R. Knupp, D. W. Phillips, P. N. Gatlin, and E. V. Schultz   P6.15 Radar analysis of the airflow over geographic features that may affect mesocyclone intensity and tornadogenesis   Timothy A. Coleman, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and K. R. Knupp   P6.16 Retrieval of hurricane turbulence parameters using airborne Doppler radar measurements   Sylvie Lorsolo, CIMAS/University of Miami, Miami, FL; and J. F. Gamache, P. P. Dodge, and F. D. Marks   P6.17 Observations of spatially-variable lake-breeze movement in the vicinity of Chicago, IL   Jason M. Keeler, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and D. A. R. Kristovich   P6.18 The impacts of thunderstorm geometry and WSR-88D beam characteristics on diagnosing supercell tornadoes   Steven F. Piltz, NOAA/NWSFO, Tulsa, OK; and D. W. Burgess   P6.19 NEXRAD Severe Weather Signatures in the NOAA Severe Weather Data Inventory   Steve Ansari, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and M. Phillips and S. A. DelGreco   P6.20 Kinematic and thermodynamic structure of the 23 april 2007 squall line over south China   Yujie Pan, NanJing University, Jiangsu, Nanjing, China; and Z. Kun   P6.21 Comparisons of fine-scale radar observations and in situ tornado pod observations of low level tornadic winds   Joshua Wurman, Center for Severe Weather Research, Boulder, CO; and K. A. Kosiba   P6.22 Dual-Doppler windfields and in situ thermodynamic fields in and near tornadoes obtained during VORTEX2   Joshua Wurman, Center for Severe Weather Research, Boulder, CO; and K. A. Kosiba, Y. Richardson, and P. M. Markowski
	1:30 PM-3:30 PM, Tuesday, President's Ballroom Poster Session 7 Spaceborne Radar
P7.1 Microphysical retrieval from Dual-frequency GPM observations   Minda Le, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and V. Chandrasekar and S. Lim   P7.2 Exploring alternate parameterizations for snowfall with validation from satellite and terrestrial radars   Andrew L. Molthan, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and W. A. Petersen, J. L. Case, S. R. Dembek, and G. J. Jedlovec   P7.3 An enhanced Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) validation network prototype   K. Robert Morris, SAIC, Greenbelt, MD; and M. R. Schwaller   P7.5 Studies of Sea Surface Normalized Radar Cross Sections Observed by CloudSat   Ninoslav Majurec, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH; and J. T. Johnson and S. Tanelli   P7.6 A new approach for analyzing and comparing TRMM PR and ground CP2 radar data for two convective storms near Brisbane, Australia   Gwo-Jong Huang, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and V. N. Bringi   P7.7 Simulation of Space-borne Radar Observations of Precipitation at Ku and Ka Band   V. Chandrasekar, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and D. Khajonrat   P7.8 Study for external calibration method for Cloud Profiling Radar on EarthCARE   Hiroaki Horie, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Koganei, Tokyo, Japan; and Y. Ohno, K. Sato, N. Takahashi, and K. Okada   P7.10 Regional variation of convective structure at monsoon onset across South America inferred from TRMM observations   Richard Barnhill, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC; and T. M. Rickenbach, R. Nieto Ferreira, S. W. Nesbitt, and E. Wright   P7.11 NEXRAD in space and tropical cyclones: observations and impacts   William E. Lewis, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI   P7.12 The where and why of tropical thick anvil   Wei Li, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and C. Schumacher   P7.13 Development of NASA's integrated Instrument Simulator Suite for Atmospheric Remote Sensing from   Simone Tanelli, JPL/California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
	1:30 PM-3:30 PM, Tuesday, President's Ballroom Poster Session 8 Radar Platforms
P8.1 A 35-GHz polarimetric Doppler millimeter-wavelength radar and its application in observing clouds surrounding typhoon   Liu Liping, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, Beijing, China   P8.2 Observations of atmospheric waves that moved across northern Alabama on 4 December 2008 using the ARMOR Doppler radar and the Mobile Integrated Profiling System   Patrick N. Gatlin, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and K. R. Knupp and T. A. Coleman   P8.3 Design and performance characteristics of the new 9 m dual-offset Gregorian antenna for the CSU-CHILL radar   V.N. Bringi, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and R. Hoferer, D. A. Brunkow, R. Schwerdtfeger, V. Chandrasekar, S. Rutledge, J. George, and P. C. Kennedy   P8.4 Topological Considerations for a CONUS Deployment of CASA-Type Radars   Anthony P. Hopf, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA; and D. L. Pepyne and D. J. McLaughlin   P8.5 The UAH/NSSTC Advanced Radar for Meteorological and Operational Research (ARMOR)   Walter A. Petersen, NASA/MSFC, Huntsville, AL ; and K. Knupp, L. D. Carey, D. Phillips, W. Deierling, and P. N. Gatlin   P8.6 OU-PRIME: A High-Resolution Platform for Interdisciplinary Polarimetric Radar Research and Education at the University of Oklahoma   R. D. Palmer, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and A. V. Ryzhkov, G. Zhang, B. L. Cheong, T. Y. Yu, M. B. Yeary, P. B. Chilson, M. I. Biggerstaff, N. L. Hickmon, R. J. Doviak, D. S. Zrnic, M. Knight, N. E. Lawrence, F. Sloan, C. Goode, R. Stafford, R. Keene, P. Neilley, A. Turnbull, J. T. Snow, T. H. L. Williams, and D. Marsh   P8.7 NASA Goddard High-Altitude Radars—Past, Present, and Future   Gerald M. Heymsfield, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and L. Li, M. Vega, S. Rodriguez, P. Racette, and L. Tian
	3:30 PM-4:00 PM, Tuesday, President's Ballroom Coffee Break
	4:00 PM-6:00 PM, Tuesday, Auditorium Session 7A Quantitative Precipitation Estimation
Chair: Stephen W. Nesbitt, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL
4:00 PM 7A.1 National Mosaic and Q2 (NMQ) system—description, results and future plans   Jian Zhang, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and K. Howard, S. Vasiloff, C. Langston, B. Kaney, A. Arthur, S. Van Cooten, K. Kelleher, D. Kitzmiller, F. Ding, M. G. Mullusky, E. Wells, D. Seo, T. Schneider, and C. Dempsey 4:15 PM 7A.2 Multi-sensor precipitation reanalysis   Brian R. Nelson, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and D. J. Seo and D. Kim 4:30 PM 7A.3 Evaluation of MPE data for the Midwestern United States   Nancy Westcott, Midwestern Regional Climate Center, Illinois State Water Survey, INRS, University of Illinois, Champaign, Illinois 4:45 PM 7A.4 Toward combining space and ground-based radar observations: Challenges and Opportunities   Eyal Amitai, Chapman University and NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and X. Llort 5:00 PM 7A.5 High resolution radar precipitation evaluation   Dennis A. Miller, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD, MD; and S. Wu, D. Kitzmiller, and F. Ding 5:15 PM 7A.6 The French community Quantitative Precipitation Estimation (QPE) Re-analysis Project: Establishment of a reference multi-year, multi-source, nation-wide, hourly QPE data base for hydrology and climate change studies   Laetitia Moulin, Cemagref, Antony, France; and P. Tabary, J. Parent du Chatelet, J. M. Soubeyroux, C. Guéguen, O. Laurantin, P. Dupuy, C. Loumagne, C. Perrin, V. Andréassian, B. Boudevilain, H. Andrieu, and G. Delrieu
	4:00 PM-6:00 PM, Tuesday, Room 18 Session 7B Clouds and Radiation
Chair: Simone Tanelli, JPL/California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
4:00 PM 7B.1 Contrails of small and very large optical depth   David Atlas, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and Z. Wang 4:15 PM 7B.2 Vertical Profiling of Clouds and Atmospheric Radiative Heating   Tristan S. L'Ecuyer, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and N. B. Wood and G. L. Stephens 4:30 PM 7B.3 Multi-sensor analysis of A-Train observations for investigating the warm cloud microphysical processes   Kentaroh Suzuki, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and G. L. Stephens, T. Y. Nakajima, and S. C. van den Heever 4:45 PM 7B.4 A study of Antarctic clouds using CloudSat and CALIPSO measurements   Loknath Adhikari, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY; and Z. Wang 5:00 PM 7B.5 Operational Volume Scan Strategies for ARM's Cloud Radars   Pavlos Kollias, McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada; and K. Widener 5:15 PM 7B.6 Microphysical properties of stratiform clouds by cloud radar measuraments   Sabrina Melchionna, Max Planck Institute of Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany
Wednesday, 7 October 2009
	8:00 AM-10:00 AM, Wednesday, Auditorium Session 8A Advanced Radar Technologies and Signal Processing I
Chair: Eric Loew, NCAR, Boulder, CO
8:00 AM 8A.1 Keynote Talk: What's new at the National Weather Radar Testbed (Phased - Array)   Douglas E. Forsyth, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and J. F. Kimpel, D. S. Zrnic, R. Ferek, J. Heimmer, T. J. McNellis, J. E. Crain, A. M. Shapiro, R. J. Vogt, and W. Benner 8:30 AM 8A.2 Mobile Rapid Scanning X-band Polarimetric (RaXpol) Doppler Radar System   Andrew L. Pazmany, ProSensing Inc., Amherst, MA; and H. B. Bluestein 8:45 AM 8A.3 Mitigation of cross-polar interference in polarimetric weather radar   James J. Stagliano Jr., Propagation Research Associates, Inc., Marietta, GA; and E. J. Holder 9:00 AM 8A.4 The impact of the cascading structure of precipitation on reflectivity measurements   Dominik Jacques, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada; and P. Borque, J. Yip, W. Chang, and F. Fabry 9:15 AM 8A.5 Recent Development of the NASA High-Altitude Imaging Wind and Rain Airborne Profiler (HIWRAP)   Lihua Li, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, Maryland; and G. M. Heymsfield, J. Carswell, D. Schaubert, J. Creticos, M. Vega, and M. Perrine 9:30 AM 8A.6 Single-scan Radar Refractivity Retrieval (SR3): Theory and Simulations   B. L. Cheong, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and R. D. Palmer 9:45 AM 8A.7 Let's get a few more dBs sensitivity: Adaptive coherent averaging   Frédéric Fabry, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
	8:30 AM-10:00 AM, Wednesday, Room 18 Session 8B Hydrological Applications
Chair: Brian R. Nelson, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC
8:30 AM 8B.1 Representing radar QPE uncertainties using radar ensembles   Daniel Sempere-Torres, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain; and J. Roca, X. Llort, and G. Pegram 8:45 AM 8B.2 The operational radar based quantitative precipitation estimation in Denmark and its potential application in hydrological modeling   Xin He, Danish Meteorological Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark; and F. Vejen and K. H. Jensen 9:00 AM 8B.3 Evaluating the Tool used to Issue Flash Flood Warnings in the US   Jessica Marie Erlingis, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. J. Gourley 9:15 AM 8B.4 Towards improved QPE quality characterization methods in the UK and in OPERA   K. Norman, Met Office, Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom; and R. W. Scovell, N. Gaussiat, D. L. Harrison, M. Boscacci, and M. Kitchen 9:30 AM 8B.5 X-band radar coupled with a GR3H rain-flow model in mountainous areas for flood prediction   Stéphanie Diss, Cemagref, Aix en Provence , France; and P. Arnaud, E. Moreau, and J. Lavabre 9:45 AM 8B.6 Advantages of adding “basin upstream rainfall” (BUR) to the flash flood monitoring and prediction (FFMP) program   Robert S. Davis, NOAA/NWSFO, Pittsburgh, PA; and T. A. Green and C. S. Strager
	10:00 AM-10:30 AM, Wednesday, President's Ballroom Coffee Break
	10:30 AM-12:00 PM, Wednesday, Auditorium Session 9A Advanced Radar Technologies and Signal Processing II
Chair: Daniel Sempere-Torres, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona Spain
10:30 AM 9A.1 Radar coherent scatter from precipitation: Part I   A. B. Kostinski, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI; and A. R. Jameson 10:45 AM 9A.2 Radar coherent scatter from precipitation: Part II   A. R. Jameson, RJH Scientific, Inc., Arlington, VA; and A. B. Kostinski 11:00 AM 9A.3 Cross-coupling, antenna errors and simultaneous horizontal and vertical polarization transmit data   J. C. Hubbert, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and S. M. Ellis, G. Meymaris, and M. Dixon 11:15 AM 9A.4 Digital wx radar receiver design based on highly efficient bandpass sampling FPGA architecture   John Meier, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and R. Kelley and M. B. Yeary 11:30 AM 9A.5 A New Frontier for Mobile Weather Radar—The Atmospheric Imaging Radar: meteorological implications and requirements   David Bodine, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and R. D. Palmer, B. M. Isom, and B. L. Cheong 11:45 AM 9A.6 Design considerations for an X-band spaced antenna weather radar   Vijay Venkatesh, University of Masssachusetts, Amherst, MA; and S. J. Frasier
	10:30 AM-12:00 PM, Wednesday, Room 18 Session 9B Results From Tropical Field Experiments
Chair: Tammy Weckwerth, NCAR, Boulder, CO
10:30 AM 9B.1 Polarimetric radar analysis of convection in northwestern Mexico   Timothy J. Lang, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and S. Rutledge and R. Cifelli 10:45 AM 9B.2 Overview of SoWMEX/TiMREX   WenChau Lee, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and B. J. D. Jou, C. R. Chen, and J. A. Moore 11:00 AM 9B.3 Precipitation Characteristics and Associated Environment Regimes during SoWMEX/TiMREX   Chong-Chi Tong, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan; and T. C. Chen and B. J. D. Jou 11:15 AM 9B.4 Developing and testing a variational multiple-Doppler radar synthesis method using simulated and SoWMEX/TiMREX data   Yu-Chieng Liou, National Central Univ., Jhongli City, Taiwan; and Y. J. Chang 11:30 AM 9B.5 Trade wind cloud evolution observed by polarization radar—relationship to aerosol characteristics   Hilary A. Minor, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and R. M. Rauber, S. Goeke, and M. Freer 11:45 AM 9B.6 Microphysical and precipitation characteristics of West African convection observed by polarimetric radar   Brenda Dolan, Colorado State Univ., Ft. Collins, CO; and S. A. Rutledge and M. Gosset
	5:00 PM-7:45 PM, Wednesday Conference Banquet at Colonial Williamsburg Historic Taverns (King's Arms & Shield's)
Thursday, 8 October 2009
	8:00 AM-10:00 AM, Thursday, Auditorium Session 10A Polarimetric Radar I
Chair: Edwin Campos, McGill University, Montreal, QC Canada
8:00 AM 10A.1 Keynote Talk - Urban Flood Monitoring using X-band Dual-polarization Radar Network: Program of the CASA-NIED Partnership   V. Chandrasekar, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and Y. Wang, M. Maki, and K. Nakane 8:30 AM 10A.2 Radar Differential Phase Signatures of Ice Orientation for the Prediction of Lightning Initiation and Cessation   Lawrence D. Carey, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and W. A. Petersen and W. Deierling 8:45 AM 10A.3 Classification of meteorological and non-meteorological targets with principal component analysis applying conventional and polarimetric measurements and their texture   Jarmo Koistinen, FMI, Helsinki, Finland; and T. Mäkinen and S. Pulkkinen 9:00 AM 10A.4 Hail detection and quantification with a C-band polarimetric radar : challenges and promises   Pierre Tabary, Météo France, Toulouse, France; and B. Fradon, A. J. Illingworth, and G. Vulpiani 9:15 AM 10A.5 Hail detection with a C-Band dual Polarization radar in the Canadian Great Lakes region   Sudesh Boodoo, EC, King City, ON, Canada; and D. Hudak, M. Leduc, A. V. Ryzhkov, N. Donaldson, and D. Hassan 9:30 AM 10A.6 S-Band radar dual polarization observations of winter storms   Patrick C. Kennedy, Colorado State Univ., Ft. Collins, CO; and S. A. Rutledge 9:45 AM 10A.7 Discrimination of mixed- vs. ice-phase clouds using dual-polarization radar with application to detection of aircraft icing regions   David M. Plummer, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and S. Göke, R. M. Rauber, and L. Di Girolamo
	8:30 AM-10:00 AM, Thursday, Room 18 Session 10B Testbeds
Chair: Iwan Holleman, KNMI, De Bilt Netherlands
8:30 AM 10B.1 Low-level moisture analysis from refractivity data derived from a network of S-band and X-band Radars using ARPS 3DVAR   Nicholas Antonio Gasperoni, CAPS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and M. Xue, R. D. Palmer, J. Gao, B. L. Cheong, and D. S. Michaud 8:45 AM 10B.2 Issues with Polarimetric Phased Array Radar in Weather Measurements   Guifu Zhang, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and R. J. Doviak, D. S. Zrnic, G. E. Crain, D. Staiman, and Y. Al-Rashid 9:00 AM 10B.3 Prototype deployment of the NCAR thunderstorm nowcasting system in the NWS AWIPS: description of the Texas and Florida testbeds   Rita Roberts, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and E. Nelson, D. L. Megenhardt, M. B. Ba, K. Sperow, D. Albo, S. O'Donnell, W. F. Roberts, J. Mahoney, C. Neidhart, S. Abelman, S. Smith, J. P. Tuell, and C. Miner 9:15 AM 10B.4 The NOAA coastal atmospheric river observatory   Allen B. White, NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and F. M. Ralph, P. J. Neiman, D. J. Gottas, and S. I. Gutman 9:30 AM 10B.5 RLAN 5 GHz interference to C-band meteorological radars in Europe : solutions, lessons, follow-up   Philippe Tristant, Meteo France, Toulouse, France 9:45 AM 10B.6 The New Weather Radar for America's Space Program in Florida: An Overview   William P. Roeder, U.S. Air Force, Patrick AFB, FL; and T. M. McNamara, B. F. Boyd, and F. Merceret
	10:00 AM-10:30 AM, Thursday, President's Ballroom Coffee Break
	10:30 AM-12:00 PM, Thursday, Auditorium Session 11A Polarimetric Radar II
Chair: Scott M. Ellis, NCAR, Boulder, CO
10:30 AM 11A.1 Differential reflectivity bias caused by cross coupling of H, V radiation in the antenna   Dusan S. Zrnic, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and R. J. Doviak and G. Zhang 10:45 AM 11A.2 Operational and automatic calibration monitoring based on a polarimetric self-consistency procedure   Erwan Le Bouar, Novimet, Vélizy, France; and E. Moreau and J. Orensanz 11:00 AM 11A.3 The estimation of X-band attenuation due to wet ice in the mixed phase region of convective storms and correction of LDR at X-band using the CP-2 radar   V.N. Bringi, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and G. J. Huang, P. T. May, K. Glasson, and T. D. Keenan 11:15 AM 11A.4 Estimation of Attenuation at X-band Using Propagation Phase and Differential Reflectivity   Wei-Yu Chang, National Central Univ., Taoyuan, Taiwan; and J. Vivekanandan and T. C. Chen Wang 11:30 AM 11A.5 Validation of attenuation correction at X band performed with collocated S-band polarimetric radar   Valery Melnikov, University of Oklahoma/CIMMS, Norman, OK; and D. S. Zrnic, A. V. Ryzhkov, A. Zahrai, and J. K. Carter 11:45 AM 11A.6 Attenuation correction and hydrometeor classification of high-resolution, X-band, dual-polarized mobile radar measurements in severe convective storms   Jeffrey C. Snyder, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and H. Bluestein, G. Zhang, and S. Frasier
	10:30 AM-12:00 PM, Thursday, Room 18 Session 11B Results From Mid-Latitude Field Experiments
Chair: Mark S. Kulie, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
10:30 AM 11B.1 Preliminary results from the VORTEX2 coordinated mobile radar, surface, and other mobile platform study of tornadogenesis and low level tornado winds   Joshua Wurman, Center for Severe Weather Research, Boulder, CO; and E. Rasmussen, Y. Richardson, P. Markowski, D. W. Burgess, H. Bluestein, L. J. Wicker, and D. Dowell 10:45 AM 11B.2 The TTUKa Mobile Doppler Radar: Coordinated Radar and In Situ Measurements of Supercell Thunderstorms During Project VORTEX2   Christopher C. Weiss, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 11:00 AM 11B.3 On the use of multiple sensors to characterize the spatial gradients of the vertical structure of rainfall in mountainous regions   Olivier P. Prat, Duke University, Durham, NC; and A. P. Barros 11:15 AM 11B.4 An Aerosol—Meteorological observatory in support of the CalWater experiment   Christopher R. Williams, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and K. Prather, D. Rosenfeld, and S. Cliff 11:30 AM 11B.5 ARMOR and MAX Radar Observations and Dual-Doppler Synthesis of the Lake Breeze Generated By a Small Anthropogenic Lake   Salvi Asefi, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and K. Knupp, R. M. Welch, and D. Phillips 11:45 AM 11B.6 DOW radar and water vapor DIAL observations and comparisons with mesoscale models in COPS   Tammy M. Weckwerth, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and V. Wulfmeyer, L. J. Miller, A. Behrendt, S. Pal, and F. Aoshima
	12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Thursday Lunch Break
	1:30 PM-3:30 PM, Thursday, President's Ballroom Poster Session 9 Data Assimilation Studies
P9.1 Assimilation of Coastal Ground-based and Airborne Doppler Radar Data with the ARPS 3DVAR and Cloud Analysis for the Prediction of Hurricane Ike (2008)   Kun Zhao, Center for Analysis and Prediction of Storms, Norman, OK; and M. Xue and N. Du   P9.2 Radar Image Segmentation Using Active Contour Method   Pengfei Zhang, University of Oklahoma/CIMMS, Norman, OK; and M. Zhu   P9.3 The Potential for Wind Observations from Insect Returns using UK Doppler Rain Radars   Susan J. Rennie, University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom; and A. J. Illingworth, S. L. Dance, and S. Ballard   P9.4 Assimilation of radar observations in mesoscale models using approximate background error covariance matrices   Chang-Hwan Park, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and R. Bennartz and M. S. Kulie   P9.5 Examining the Impact of Spatial and Temporal Resolutions of Phased-Array Radar on EnKF Analysis of Convective Storms Using OSSEs - Modeling Observation Errors   Yasuko Umemoto, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and T. Lei, T. Y. Yu, and M. Xue   P9.6 A new dealiasing method for Doppler velocity data quality control   Qin Xu, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and K. Nai, P. Zhang, S. Liu, and D. Parrish   P9.7 Automatic quality control of airborne Doppler radar data   Cory A. Wolff, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and M. M. Bell and W. C. Lee   P9.8 Three-dimensional Analyses of Several Thunderstorms observed during VORTEX2 field operations   Jidong Gao, CAPS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and D. J. Stensrud and M. Xue
	1:30 PM-3:30 PM, Thursday, President's Ballroom Poster Session 10 Advanced Radar Technologies II
P10.1 Automatic Detection of Wind Turbine Clutter Using Doppler Spectral Features   Kenta T. Hood, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and S. M. Torres and R. D. Palmer   P10.2 A technique for wind turbine Radar Cross Section (RCS) characterization through electromagnetic models   Andrew Huston, Atmosphere Radar Research Center, Norman, OK; and Y. Zhang, S. Wang, F. Kong, and R. D. Palmer   P10.3 Wind turbine clutter mitigation for weather radar by means of telemetry   Fanxing Kong, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and Y. Zhang, R. Palmer, A. Huston, and S. Wang   P10.4 Wind Turbine Clutter Detection in Surveillance Meteorological Radar Tasks   Beatriz Gallardo, Technical University of Madrid / Spanish Meteorological Agency, Madrid, Spain; and F. Aguado and F. Pérez   P10.5 NASA's Radar Software Library (RSL) and RSL in IDL   David B. Wolff, NASA/GSFC and SSAI, Greenbelt, MD; and B. L. Kelley   P10.6 A Free Software available for displaying Radar Data in netCDF format   Roberto Vicente Calheiros, MRI/IPMet/UNESP, Bauru, Brazil   P10.7 The impact of closely spaced elevation scans on observations obtained using the NWRT Phased Array Radar   Adam J. Smith, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and P. L. Heinselman and P. B. Chilson   P10.8 Mode of dual polarization: phased array versus parabolic dish   Svetlana M. Bachmann, Lockheed Martin MS2, Syracuse, NY; and Y. Al-Rashid and M. D. Tracy   P10.9 NEXRAD Product Improvement—Update 2009   Michael J. Istok, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and R. E. Saffle and G. S. Cate   P10.10 Improvements to the National Weather Radar Testbed Radar Control Interface   David Priegnitz, NOAA/NSSL and CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and P. L. Heinselman, S. M. Torres, and R. Adams   P10.11 Automatic detection and removal of ground clutter contamination on weather radars   David A. Warde, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and S. M. Torres   P10.12 An update on the RF and digital components of the multi-channel receiver development at the National Weather Radar Testbed   Mark Yeary, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. E. Crain, A. Zahrai, R. Kelley, I. Ivic, J. Meier, C. D. Curtis, Y. Zhang, R. D. Palmer, T. Y. Yu, G. Zhang, R. J. Doviak, P. B. Chilson, M. Xue, and Q. Xu   P10.13 Task prioritization on phased-array radar scheduler for adaptive weather sensing   Ricardo Reinoso-Rondinel, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and T. Y. Yu and S. M. Torres   P10.14 Analysis and potential improvements to the WSR-88D storm cell tracking algorithm   Benjamin Root, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and M. Yeary and T. Y. Yu   P10.15 Spectral characterization of ground clutter using the NWRT   Christopher D. Curtis, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and D. S. Zrnic and T. Y. Yu   P10.16 Staggered PRT beam multiplexing on the NWRT: comparisons to existing scanning strategies   Christopher D. Curtis, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and D. S. Zrnic and T. Y. Yu   P10.17 Can RAdio Detection And Ranging be passive? First looks at measurements from a prototype “mesoscale radiometer”   Veronique Meunier, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada; and F. Fabry   P10.18 Waveguide Fibre Optic Rotary Joint for Antenna Mounted Radar Receivers   Dennis Vollbracht Sr., Selex Sistemi Integrati GmbH, Gematronik Weather Radar Systems, Neuss, Germany   P10.19 Evaluation of phase ambiguity problem due to sampling time when measuring refractivity with precipitation radar   Chiraz Boudjabi, Météo France, Trappes, France; and J. Parent du Châtelet   P10.20 Estimation of low-level atmospheric refractivity gradient using ground echo coverage   Shinju Park, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada; and F. Fabry   P10.21 A new clutter censoring technique—Updates on radar refractivity retrieval   Daniel S. Michaud, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and R. D. Palmer, D. Bodine, P. L. Heinselman, and B. L. Cheong   P10.22 Using a dual-polarimetric weather radar simulator to investigate microwave backscatter from birds   Phillip B. Chilson, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and K. Bolognini, B. L. Cheong, and J. Kelly   P10.23 Real-time airborne radar wind-profiling algorithm for the Integrated Wind and Rain Airborne Profiler   S.J. Frasier, Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA; and T. Chu   P10.24 Progress towards a prototype radar for renewal of the UK weather radar network   Tim Darlington, UK Met Office, Exeter, United Kingdom; and M. Edwards, R. Riley, V. Lissaman, and J. Sugier   P10.25 Meter-scale Observations of Aircraft Wake Vortices in Precipitation using a High Resolution Solid-State W-band Radar   James B. Mead, ProSensing Inc., Amherst, MA; and T. A. Seliga
	1:30 PM-3:30 PM, Thursday, President's Ballroom Poster Session 11 Results From Field Experiments
P11.1 Overview of ELDORA operations in T-PARC   WenChau Lee, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and M. Bell, E. Loew, C. Wolff, and H. Cai   P11.2 Changes within African mesoscale convective systems under the presence of Saharan Air Layer dust as examined by NPOL radar during NAMMA-06   Amber E. Reynolds, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and G. S. Jenkins and G. M. Heymsfield   P11.3 Planning acceptance tests of the next generation Swiss weather radar network   Marco Gabella, MeteoSwiss, Locarno, Switzerland; and U. Germann, M. Boscacci, M. Sartori, and O. Progin   P11.4 Development and Application of X-band Radar System for Automatic Detection and Registration of Migrating Birds   Niels Einar Jensen, DHI, Aarhus, Denmark; and L. Pedersen and H. Skov   P11.5 Quality index scheme for 3D radar data volumes   Jan Szturc, Institute of Meteorology and Water Management, Katowice, Poland; and K. Osrodka, A. Jurczyk, and Z. Dziewit   P11.6 Observations of hurricane Ike (2008) from the Mobile Alabama X-band radar   Stephanie Mullins, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL; and K. R. Knupp   P11.7 UAHuntsville X-Band Profiling Radar (XPR)   Dustin W. Phillips, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL   P11.8 Radar based characterization of the tropical boundary layer   Jennifer L. Davison, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL   P11.9 Development of a Database of Flash Flood Events in the US   Jonathan J. Gourley, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and T. M. Smith, K. L. Ortega, J. M. Erlingis, and E. Gruntfest   P11.10 Wind Retrieval from airborne Doppler radar   Carlos López Carrillo, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM; and D. J. Raymond   P11.11 TiMREX/SoWMEX observations of non-synoptically-forced convection   Tammy M. Weckwerth, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and W. C. Lee, K. Friedrich, R. D. Roberts, and J. W. Wilson   P11.12 Precipitation Characteristics Observed in Panama   Paul A. Kucera, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and A. J. Newman and J. Gerlach   P11.13 Fine-scale kinematic structure of a gravity wave within a midlatitude cyclone   Kevin R. Knupp, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL ; and T. Coleman and D. Phillips   P11.14 Raindrop size distribution observed during SoWMEX/TiMREX   Tzu-Chin Chen, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, Taipei, Taiwan; and B. J. D. Jou   P11.15 Progress update on NCAR radar/remote sensing software   Robert A. Rilling, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and D. F. Flanigan, L. J. Miller, C. D. Burghart, J. H. VanAndel, W. C. Lee, M. M. Bell, J. Vivekanandan, and M. D. Daniels
	1:30 PM-3:30 PM, Thursday, President's Ballroom Poster Session 12 Test beds / Nowcasting
P12.1 “MeteoGIS”: GIS-based system for monitoring of meteorological phenomena for local authorities   Anna Jurczyk, Institute of Meteorology and Water Management, Katowice, Poland; and K. Osródka, G. Tkocz, and J. Szturc   P12.3 Developing lightning prediction tools for the CCAFS dual-polarimetric radar   Walter A. Petersen, NASA/MSFC, Huntsville, AL ; and L. D. Carey, W. Deierling, E. V. Johnson, and M. Bateman   P12.4 A comparison of CASA and NEXRAD data from supercells observed 10 February 2009   J. Brotzge, CAPS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and V. Mahale, K. Brewster, J. Gao, K. Hondl, K. W. Thomas, and M. Xue   P12.5 Preliminary results using the NWRT monopulse radar for spaced antenna interferometric measurements of weather   Yinguang Li, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and R. J. Doviak, G. Zhang, D. Priegnitz, and C. D. Curtis
	1:30 PM-3:30 PM, Thursday, President's Ballroom Poster Session 13 Polarimetric Radar Applications and Techniques
P13.1 Principles of Dual-polarization Upgrade and Calibration for the WSR-88D Radars   V. Chandrasekar, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and B. Walker, J. Lee, and J. Higley   P13.2 X-band simultaneous horizontal and vertical transmit data and cross-coupling signatures   J. C. Hubbert, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and X. S. Shen, T. C. Wang, and S. M. Ellis   P13.3 Polarimetric radar takes a look at cloud seeding   James W. Wilson, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. Roberts and C. Arnold   P13.4 Data Quality Control of X-Band Polarimetric Doppler Radar on Wheel   Yanjiao Xiao, Institute of Heavy Rain, Wuhan, Hubei, China; and W. Bin   P13.5 Polarimetric Radar Signatures of Hydrometeors Observed within Mature Convective Storms   Darren Clabo, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD; and P. Smith and A. Detwiler   P13.6 An introduction of Taiwan's first mobile meteorological radar (TEAM-R), its field observations, and data QC procedure   Yu-Chieng Liou, National Central Univ., Jhongli City, Taiwan; and T. C. Chen Wang, W. Y. Chang, Y. C. Feng, and P. L. Lin   P13.7 A dual-polarization investigation of tornado warned cells associated with Hurricane Rita (2005)   Christina C. Crowe, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL ; and W. A. Petersen and L. D. Carey   P13.8 Recognition of lightning echoes with the polarimetric WSR-88D   Valery Melnikov, University of Oklahoma/CIMMS, Norman, OK; and T. J. Schuur and A. V. Ryzhkov   P13.9 Dual-polarimetric radar applications at Kwajalein Atoll, RMI   David A. Marks, NASA/GSFC and SSAI, Greenbelt, MD; and D. B. Wolff, L. Carey, and A. Tokay   P13.10 Lightning threat nowcasting with polarimetric weather radar   James J. Stagliano Jr., Propagation Research Associates, Inc., Marietta, GA   P13.11 Valparaiso University's Simultaneous dual-polarization radar: Education, research and learning   Teresa M. Bals-Elsholz, Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN; and B. J. Wolf and D. J. Smalley   P13.12 Calibration of VU C-band polarimetric radar   Raquel Evaristo, Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN; and T. M. Bals-Elsholz and B. J. Wolf   P13.13 Development of Dual Polarization Aviation Weather Products for the FAA   David J. Smalley, MIT Lincoln Lab., Lexington, MA; and B. J. Bennett, R. G. Hallowell, M. F. Donovan, and E. R. Williams   P13.14 Improvements of polarimetric radar echo classifications   Ronald Hannesen, Selex SI GmbH, Neuss, Germany   P13.15 The effect of a wet radome on dualpol data quality   Michael Frech, German Meteorological Service, DWD, Hohenpeissenberg, Germany   P13.16 Drop shape studies in rain using 2-D video disdrometer and dual-wavelength, polarimetric CP-2 radar measurements in south-east Queensland, Australia   Merhala Thurai, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and V. N. Bringi and P. T. May   P13.17 Raindrop Shape-Size Relation Retrieval from Polarimetric Radar Measurements   Eugenio Gorgucci, CNR / ISAC, Rome, Italy; and L. Baldini and V. Chandrasekar   P13.18 Super Resolution in Dual Polarization Mode for the WSR-88D   Pengfei Zhang, University of Oklahoma/CIMMS, Norman, OK; and V. Melnikov, D. Zrnic, and A. Ryzhkov   P13.19 A new composite display for polarimetric radar measurements   Zhoujie Cheng, Institute of Aviation Meteorology, Beijing, China; and Y. Zhu, X. Liu, J. Bai, and J. Liu   P13.20 A comparison of radar attenuation correction algorithms using simulated dual-polarimetric radar data   Ryan M. May, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and M. I. Biggerstaff   P13.21 The ARMOR C-band radar polarimetric radar signatures of large hail: The April 10th 2009 severe weather outbreak over northern Alabama   Matthew E. Anderson, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and L. D. Carey, W. A. Petersen, and K. R. Knupp   P13.22 Evaluation of two integrated techniques to estimate the rainfall rates from polarimetric radar measurements and extensive monitoring of azimuth-dependent ZDR and phiDP biases   Pierre Tabary, Météo France, Toulouse, France; and A. A. Boumahmoud, B. Fradon, J. Parent-du-Châtelet, H. Andrieu, and A. J. Illingworth   P13.23 Polarimetric radar observation of the eyewall of Typhoon Man-yi   Yukari Shusse, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan; and M. Satake, S. Satoh, N. Takahashi, H. Hanado, K. Nakagawa, and T. Iguchi   P13.24 Operational monitoring of radar differential reflectivity using the sun   Iwan Holleman, KNMI, De Bilt, Netherlands; and A. J. Huuskonen, R. S. Gill, and P. Tabary   P13.25 A multi-lag correlation estimator for polarimetric radar variables in the presence of noise   Lei Lei, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and G. Zhang, R. D. Palmer, B. L. Cheong, and M. Xue   P13.26 Ground clutter mitigation for S-band dual-polarimetric radars   Scott M. Ellis, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. Hubbert, M. Dixon, and G. Meymaris
	1:30 PM-3:30 PM, Thursday, President's Ballroom Poster Session 14 Quantitative Precipitation Estimation and Hydrological Applications
P14.1 Dynamical Weather Radar Beam Blockage Correction   Yaping Zhang, Chongqing Meteorological Observatory, Chongqing, China   P14.2 Application and analysis of the radar precipitation estimation over the South Korea   Mi-Kyung Suk, National Institute of Meteorological Research/KMA, Seoul, South Korea; and J. H. Kim, K. Y. Nam, and K. H. Chang   P14.3 Anticipating urban flash flooding using basin upstream rainfall (BUR) and Google Earth   Thomas A. Green Jr., NOAA/NWSFO, Moon Township, PA; and R. S. Davis and C. S. Strager   P14.4 Evaluation of Radar Precipitation Estimates from NMQ and WSR-88D Digital Precipitation Array Products: Preliminary Results   Wanru Wu, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and D. H. Kitzmiller   P14.5 A real-time algorithm for the correction of bright band effects in radar QPE   Jian Zhang, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and Y. Qi   P14.6 Characterizing the seasonal variability of the diurnal cycle of precipitation over the continental United States from radar reflectivity mosaics   Madalina Surcel, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada; and M. Berenguer and I. Zawadzki   P14.7 Measurement of radome attenuation at X-band   Renzo Bechini, ARPA Piemonte, Torino, Italy; and R. Cremonini and V. Chandrasekar   P14.8 Evaluation of the new French operational radar product for urban hydrology   Isabelle Emmanuel, Division Eau et Environnement, Bouguenais, France; and P. Tabary and H. Andrieu   P14.9 Rainfall spatial variability observed by X-band weather radar and its implication for the accuracy of rainfall estimates   Emmanuel Moreau, NOVIMET, Velizy, France; and J. Testud and E. Le Bouar   P14.10 Impact of wind turbines on the quality of operational weather radar products   Günther Haase, Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute, Norrköping, Sweden   P14.11 Weather radar observations at high altitude—first experiences with the weather radar located on Valluga mountain (2809 m) in the midst of the Alps   Andreas Schaffhauser, ZAMG, Innsbruck, Austria   P14.12 On the quality of merged radar-raingauge QPE: Effects due to radar calibration errors, network density, and temporal accumulation   Carlos A. Velasco-Forero, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain; and D. Sempere-Torres and G. Pegram   P14.13 A new snow-level detection radar   Paul E. Johnston, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado and NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and D. A. Carter, J. R. Jordan, and A. B. White   P14.14 The Use of Emission and Differential Phase Shift to Correct for Attenuation at C-band   Robert J. Thompson, University of Reading, Reading, Berks., United Kingdom; and A. J. Illingworth, E. Kyte, and F. Fabry   P14.15 Parameterisation of the raindrop size distribution using quality controlled polarimetric Doppler weather radar measurements at C-band   Patrick Tracksdorf, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany; and M. Hagen and M. Chandra   P14.16 Identification of dry and rainy periods using telecommunication microwave links   Marc Schleiss, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland; and A. Berne   P14.17 Uncertainties in simulated Z-S relationships due to ice particle model and particle size distribution variations with application to active spaceborne remote sensing of snowfall   Mark S. Kulie, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and R. Bennartz and M. J. Hiley   P14.18 Hydrologic Performance of Rainfall Estimates from Polarimetric Radar   Jonathan J. Gourley, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and Z. L. Flamig, Y. Hong, T. J. Schuur, S. Giangrande, and J. A. Vrugt   P14.19 Global Snowfall Measurement with the CloudSat Space-borne Radar   Michael J. Hiley, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and M. S. Kulie and R. Bennartz   P14.20 Diurnal cycle of rain rate and rain coverage at TRMM ground validation sites   Jason L. Pippitt, NASA/GSFC/SSAI, Greenbelt, MD; and D. B. Wolff and D. A. Marks   P14.21 The NEXRAD Rainfall Estimation Processing System: A radar tool to improve rainfall estimation across the Tennessee River Valley   Patrick N. Gatlin, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and W. A. Petersen, L. D. Carey, and S. R. Jacks   P14.22 Rain heterogeneity studies and specific Z-R relationships determination with x-band and k-band radars to improve rain rate retrieval over an urban basin   Joël Van Baelen, Laboratoire de Météorologie Physique, Aubière, France; and F. Tridon and Y. Pointin   P14.23 Classification of cloud types using VPR (Vertical Profile of Reflectivity) in Korea   Min Jang, Pukyong National University, Busan, South Korea; and D. I. Lee, C. You, S. M. Jang, J. Y. Gu, H. Uyeda, and F. Kobayashi   P14.24 Network of Polarimetric X-band Radars: Optimizing Performance through Computer Simulations   Piotr Domaszczynski, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA; and W. F. Krajewski   P14.25 Extensive validation of a regularized neural-network technique for S-band polarimetric radar rainfall estimation   Gianfranco Vulpiani, Dipartimento di Protezione Civile, Roma, Italy; and S. Giangrande and F. S. Marzano   P14.26 An adaptive methodology to enhance infrared satellite precipitation estimates using radar observations   Majid Mahrooghy, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS; and V. G. Anantharaj, N. H. Younan, W. A. Petersen, and F. J. Turk   P14.27 Inverse Problem of parameters identification: Radar Weather Equation   Jaqueline Nubia Queiroz, Federal Universtiy of Campina Grande, Campina Grande, Brazil; and R. D. S. Paz, Z. E. Da Silva, D. D. A. Paz, L. G. Tertuliano, and J. C. Figueiredo   P14.28 Validation of NEXRAD DSP product with high accuracy rain gauges network   Newfel Mazari Sr., University of Texas, San Antonio, TX; and H. Xie, X. Wang, J. W. Zeitler, and H. Sharif   P14.29 Representing radar validity for Canadian weather radars   Norman Donaldson, EC, King City, ON, Canada   P14.31 Examination of sub-pixel accumulation variability in central Nebraska   Michael L. Larsen, University of Nebraska, Kearney, NE; and A. Clark, M. Noffke, G. Saltzgaber, and A. Steele   P14.30 Overcoming discontinuity in retrieved rainfall profiles by approximating reflectivity profiles with polynomials   Kwo-Sen Kuo, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, Maryland; and A. Tokay, E. A. Smith, L. Liao, and R. Meneghini
	3:30 PM-4:00 PM, Thursday, President's Ballroom Session Coffee Break
	4:00 PM-5:30 PM, Thursday, Auditorium Session 12A Tropical Cyclones
Chair: Pay-Liam Lin, National Central Univ., Jhong-Li Taiwan
4:00 PM 12A.1 High resolution and in situ observations in the hurricane boundary layer: Ike and Gustav   Karen A. Kosiba, Center for Severe Weather Research, Boulder, CO; and J. Wurman 4:15 PM 12A.2 The transformation of the eyewall of Hurricane Dolly (2008) into discrete vortical structures   Michael L. Black, NOAA/AOML/HRD, Miami, FL; and Z. Gruskin 4:30 PM 12A.3 A Latent Heat Retrieval in a Rapidlying Intensifying Hurricane   Stephen R. Guimond, COAPS/Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and P. D. Reasor 4:45 PM 12A.4 Observations of Tropical Storm Fay   Dustin W. Phillips, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and K. R. Knupp and T. A. Coleman 5:00 PM 12A.5 Airborne radar observations of pre-depression Hagupit during TPARC/TCS-08   Michael M. Bell, NPS, Monterey, CA; and M. T. Montgomery 5:15 PM 12A.6 Multi-wavelength radar observations of tropical cyclone rainbands over south Florida   Shaunna L. Donaher, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and B. A. Albrecht
	4:00 PM-5:30 PM, Thursday, Room 18 Session 12B Radar Platforms
Chair: Scott Giangrande, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
4:00 PM 12B.1 Ground-based atmospheric research radar systems at the University of Massachusetts   S.J. Frasier, Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA; and P. Siqueira 4:15 PM 12B.2 News on the European Weather Radar Network (OPERA)   Iwan Holleman, KNMI, De Bilt, Netherlands 4:30 PM 12B.3 Ground-based and Airborne Weather Radars and Lidar for Observing Atmosphere   J. Vivekanandan, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and E. Loew, S. Spuler, W. C. Lee, and T. Weckwerth 4:45 PM 12B.4 Development of Solid-State Weather Radar   Masakazu Wada, Toshiba Corporation, Kawasaki, Japan; and F. Mizutani 5:00 PM 12B.5 A new frontier for mobile radar—the Atmospheric Imaging Radar: design specifications and experimental functionality   B. M. Isom, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and R. D. Palmer, M. B. Yeary, J. Meier, R. Kelley, B. L. Cheong, D. Bodine, R. J. Doviak, Y. Zhang, T. Y. Yu, M. Biggerstaff, and R. M. May 5:15 PM 12B.6 SMARTSonde: A Small UAS Platform to Support Radar Research   Phillip B. Chilson, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and A. M. Gleason, B. Zielke, N. Feng, M. Yeary, P. M. Klein, and W. Shalamunec
Friday, 9 October 2009
	8:00 AM-10:00 AM, Friday, Auditorium Session 13A Data Assimilation I
Chair: Gyuwon Lee, Kyungpook National University, Daegu South Korea
8:00 AM 13A.1 From Radio Detection and Ranging (RADAR) to Meso-Analysis System (MAS)   Isztar Zawadzki, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; and K. Chung, A. Kilambi, L. Fillion, and F. Fabry 8:30 AM 13A.2 Towards the assimilation of precipitation data from ground-based radars in ECMWF's 4D-Var system   Philippe Bernard Lopez, ECMWF, Reading, Berkshire, United Kingdom 8:45 AM 13A.3 The forecasting error statistics for convective-scale prediction: the impact of correlated errors in radar observations   Kao-Shen Chung, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada; and I. Zawadzki, L. Fillion, and M. Berenguer 13A.4 PAPER WITHDRAWN   9:00 AM 13A.5 Current status of the assimilation of radar reflectivity data at the Met Office   N. Gaussiat, Met Office, Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom; and R. W. Scovell, C. Charlton-Perez, and S. Ballard 13A.6 Assimilation of the radar reflectivities in the Arome model at Météo-France   Eric Wattrelot, Météo-France / CNRM - Toulouse, Toulouse, France; and O. Caumont 9:15 AM 13A.7 Impact and sensitivity of Doppler radial velocity data assimilation on short-term simulations of typhoon Aere (2004)   Pay-Liam Lin, National Central Univ., Jhong-Li, Taiwan; and H. H. Lin, Q. Xiao, and B. Kuo
	8:30 AM-10:00 AM, Friday, Room 18 Session 13B Polarimetric Radar III
Chair: David B. Wolff, NASA/GSFC and SSAI, Greenbelt, MD
8:30 AM 13B.1 A comparison of polarimetric radar rainfall algorithms: Application in Colorado precipitation events   Robert Cifelli, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO; and Y. Wang, S. H. Lim, P. Kennedy, V. Chandrasekar, and S. A. Rutledge 8:45 AM 13B.2 Dual-polarization weather radar observations of supercooled water and enhanced ice multiplication areas   Dmitri Moisseev, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; and M. Leskinen and E. Saltikoff 9:00 AM 13B.3 Quantification of error for polarimetric rainfall algorithms using the CP2 S-band radar in South-East Queensland, Australia   Acacia S. Pepler, Macquarie University, North Ryde, NSW, Australia; and P. T. May and M. Thurai 9:15 AM 13B.4 CPOL radar-derived DSD statistics of stratiform and convective rain for two regimes in Darwin, Australia   Merhala Thurai, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and V. Bringi and P. T. May 9:30 AM 13B.5 Evaluation of polarimetric X-band radar rainfall estimators   Sergey Y. Matrosov, CIRES/University of Colorado and NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO 9:45 AM 13B.6 Retrieval of the rain drop size distribution using telecommunication dual-polarization microwave links   Alexis Berne, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland; and M. Schleiss
	10:00 AM-10:30 AM, Friday, President's Ballroom Coffee Break
	10:30 AM-12:00 PM, Friday, Auditorium Session 14 Data Assimilation II
Chair: Shinta Seto, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Tokyo Japan
10:30 AM 14.1 Numerical simulation of a cyclic tornadic thunderstorm augmented by EnKF assimilation of mobile Doppler radar data   Robin L. Tanamachi, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK ; and D. C. Dowell, L. J. Wicker, H. B. Bluestein, S. J. Frasier, and K. Hardwick 10:45 AM 14.2 WSR-88D Radar Data Processing at NCEP   Shun Liu, SAIC, NCEP/EMC, Camp Springs, MD; and G. DiMego, K. V. Kumar, D. Keyser, S. Guan, Q. Xu, K. Nai, P. Zhang, L. Liu, J. Zhang, X. Xu, and K. Howard 11:00 AM 14.3 An OSSE study for Doppler radar data assimilation strategies using four-dimension variational scheme   Shao-Fan Chang, National Central University, Jhongli, Taiwan; and J. Sun and Y. C. Liou 11:15 AM 14.4 On the development of a weather radar data assimilation system for the US Navy   Paul R. Harasti, UCAR Visiting Scientist Program, NRL, Monterey, CA; and W. D. Pan, M. D. Frost, Q. Zhao, J. Cook, L. Wagner, T. Maese, and R. Owens 11:30 AM 14.5 Assimilation of radar reflectivity data within the RUC and Rapid Refresh models and initialization of High Resolution Rapid Refresh forecasts from RUC/RR grids   Curtis R. Alexander, NOAA/ESRL/GSD and CIRES-Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and M. Hu, S. G. Benjamin, S. S. Weygandt, T. G. Smirnova, S. E. Peckham, K. J. Brundage, J. M. Brown, and G. S. Manikin 11:45 AM 14.6 Empirical radar rainfall data quality description for usage in the latent heat nudging scheme   Andrea Rossa, Meteorological Centre of Teolo, Teolo, Italy; and F. Del Guerra and D. Leuenberger
	11:55 AM-12:00 PM, Friday 34th Conference on Radar Meteorology Adjourns

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