13th Conference on Aviation, Range and Aerospace Meteorology (Expanded View)

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Program Chairpersons:
Lynn A. Sherretz, NOAA/ESRL
Joanne Volk, Meteorological Service of Canada
Dale Ferguson, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics

Compact View of Conference

Sunday, 20 January 2008
7:30 AM-9:30 AM, Sunday
Short Course Registration
 
9:00 AM-6:00 PM, Sunday
Conference Registration
 
12:00 PM-4:00 PM, Sunday, Exhibit Hall B
7th Annual WeatherFest
 
Monday, 21 January 2008
7:30 AM-5:30 PM, Monday
Registration continues through Thursday, 24 January
 
9:00 AM-10:15 AM, Monday, 226-227
Panel Discussion 1 Key Challenges and Opportunities in Aviation Weather and How They Are Being Addressed
Panelists: Kenneth M. Leonard, FAA, Washington, DC; Jack Hayes, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; Steve Ricketts, EC, Edmonton, AB Canada
Cochairs: Joanne Volk, Meteorological Service of Canada, Gatineau, QC Canada; Bruce Carmichael, NCAR, Boulder, CO
 NWS Vision for Aviation Weather: J. Hayes   wrf recording
 Key Challenges and Opportunities in Aviation Weather and How they are being Addressed: K. Leonard   wrf recording
 Key Challenges and Opportunities in Aviation Weather: A Canadian Perspective: S. Rickets   wrf recording
 
10:15 AM-10:45 AM, Monday
Coffee Break (Mon a.m.)
 
10:45 AM-11:45 AM, Monday, 226-227
Session 2 Convection, Decision Support Systems and Air Traffic Management Part I
Cochairs: Steve Ricketts, EC, Edmonton, AB Canada; Lynn Sherretz, NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO
10:45 AM2.1Evaluation of weather impact models in departure management decision support: operational performance of the Route Availability Planning Tool (RAPT) prototype  extended abstract wrf recording
Rich DeLaura, MIT, Lexington, MA; and M. Robinson, R. Todd, and K. MacKenzie
11:00 AM2.2Application of models for decision-making in difficult environments to improve air traffic management during severe convective weather   wrf recording
James E. Evans, MIT, Lexington, MA; and M. Robinson
11:15 AM2.3Quantification of Predicted Impact of Convective Weather on Air Traffic and Comparison with Actual Impact  extended abstract wrf recording
Alexander Klein, Air Traffic Analysis, Inc, Fairfax, VA; and S. Kavoussi, D. Hickman, M. Phaneuf, D. Simenauer, and T. MacPhail
11:30 AM2.4Operational Demonstration of a Convective Forecast Process, for Traffic Flow Decision Making at a Major Airport: Aviation User & Meteorology Producer Perspectives  extended abstract wrf recording
Thomas H. Fahey III, Northwest Airlines, Minneapolis, MN; and M. Bardou, A. Berge, D. Francisco, D. Fulmer, J. Margraf, G. Schmeling, and I. Aslakson
 
11:45 AM-1:30 PM, Monday
Opening Plenary Session Featuring Mayor Nagin of New Orleans (Cash & Carry Lunch)
 
1:30 PM-2:30 PM, Monday, 226-227
Session 3 Convection, Decision Support Systems and Air Traffic Management Part II
Cochairs: Steve Ricketts, EC, Edmonton, AB Canada; Lynn A. Sherretz, NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO
1:30 PM3.1Transitioning NCAR's Autonowcast System Capability Into NWS Operations  extended abstract wrf recording
Mamoudou Bocar Ba, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and S. Smith, S. O'Donnell, K. Sperow, X. Tan, R. D. Roberts, T. Saxen, D. Albo, S. J. Fano, and D. Megenhardt
1:45 PM3.2Evaluating the performance of different synoptic regime settings on the NCAR Auto-Nowcaster  extended abstract
Eric J. Nelson, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. Roberts, T. Saxen, H. Cai, J. Pinto, and M. Steiner
2:00 PM3.3Measuring the utilization of available aviation system capacity during convective weather  extended abstract wrf recording
Michael Robinson, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA; and W. Moser and J. E. Evans
2:15 PM3.4Key research issues for near term operational use of integrated convective weather-ATM decision support systems  extended abstract wrf recording
James E. Evans, MIT/Lincoln Lab, Lexington, MA
 
2:30 PM-4:00 PM, Monday, Exhibit Hall B
Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break (mon p.m.)
 
2:30 PM-4:00 PM, Monday, Exhibit Hall B
Poster Session 1 Convection, Decision Support Systems, and Air Traffic Management Posters
 P1.1Statistical guidance for Terminal Aerodrome Forecasts from the Localized Aviation MOS Program  
David E. Rudack, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and J. E. Ghirardelli
 P1.2Oceanic Convection Diagnosis and Nowcasting  extended abstract
Cathy Kessinger, NCAR, Boulder, Colorado; and H. Cai, N. Rehak, D. Megenhardt, J. Hawkins, and E. R. Williams
 P1.3Forecasting of Weather Bringing Disruption to Airport Operations Caused by Tropical Cyclones  extended abstract
Ping Cheung, Hong Kong Observatory, Kowloon, Hong Kong; and P. P. W. Li
 P1.4Linear contrail detection over the eastern United States from AVHRR and MODIS data  
Lance A. Avey, SSAI, Hampton, VA; and R. Palikonda, P. Minnis, and D. P. Duda
 P1.5Observed uses and Air Traffic Flow Management benefits of the Route Availability Planning Tool during the 2007 convective weather season  extended abstract
Michael Robinson, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA; and R. DeLaura and J. E. Evans
 P1.6The Advanced Satellite Aviation Weather Products (ASAP) initiative: Research and transition activities in convective and turbulence diagnosis and nowcasting  
John R. Mecikalski, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL; and T. A. Berendes, W. F. Feltz, K. M. Bedka, S. J. Paech, H. Iskendarian, R. D. Sharman, and J. J. Murray
 P1.7Sodar acoustic enclosure versus ambient acoustic noise, ground clutter and aerodynamically generated wind noise  
Jean-Michel Fage Sr., REMTECH, Saint James, NY
 P1.8Statistical characteristics of the wind dependence of snow and freezing fog events at several major airports for improving Runway Visual Range (RVR) performance  extended abstract
Thomas A. Seliga, Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, Cambridge, MA; and D. A. Hazen and S. Burnley
 P1.9Marine Stratus Decision Support System for SFO: Does it reduce aircraft delays?  
Nikole M. Ray, San Jose State University; and M. J. Delman and D. Reynolds
 P1.10Developing Tools for Calibrating Four-Dimensional Aviation Weather Forecasts  extended abstract
Holly M. Uhlenhake, RS Information Systems, Silver Spring, MD; and T. R. Boyer and D. P. Ruth
 P1.11Optimized Flight Routing Based on Weather Impacts Grids  extended abstract
David I. Knapp, U.S. Army Research Laboratory, White Sands Missile Range, NM; and T. Jameson, E. Measure, and A. Butler
 P1.12Modeling convective weather avoidance in enroute airspace  extended abstract
Rich DeLaura, MIT, Lexington, MA; and M. Robinson, M. Pawlak, and J. E. Evans
 P1.13Development of a lightning nowcasting system for Hong Kong International Airport  extended abstract
Peter P.W. Li, Hong Kong Observatory, Kowloon, Hong Kong; and S. Y. Lau and D. S. Lau
 P1.14Comprehensive storm-scale and microscale observational requirements for the current aviation enterprise and for NextGen  
John J. Murray, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA; and D. Helms and C. Miner
 P1.15A statistical study of the weather impact on punctuality at Frankfurt Airport  
Danijela Markovic, Institute of Meteorology and Climatology, Hannover, Germany; and T. Hauf and P. Röhner
 P1.16Transformation of NAS to NextGen and FAA Weather Architecture Impacts: An Update  extended abstract
Cheryl G. Souders, FAA, Washington, DC; and R. C. Showalter
 P1.17Evaluation of the 2 foot-lambert (fL) dawn and dusk thresholds for Runway Visual Range (RVR) airport applications  extended abstract
Thomas A. Seliga, Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, Cambridge, MA; and D. A. Hazen and S. Burnley
 P1.18Determination of the Predictability of aviation-relevant Characteristics of convective Weather  extended abstract
Richard E. Bateman, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and M. Steiner, D. Megenhardt, C. Phillips, and J. Pinto
 P1.19GOES-R Aviation Algorithm Working Group: Toward meeting aviation-related requirements  
Wayne F. Feltz, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and K. L. Pryor, M. J. Pavolonis, J. R. Mecikalski, W. L. Smith, and D. T. Lindsey
 P1.20Platform for Meso-Scale Weather Prediction in Aerospace Applications  
Yosef Gavriel Tirat-Gefen, Aerospace Division, Castel Research Inc., Fairfax, VA; and J. C. G. Pimentel
 P1.21An Assessment of clear-air echo occurrences to develop an advanced wind shear detection system for precipitation- free conditions  extended abstract
Kenichi Kusunoki, MRI, Tsukuba, Japan; and C. Tetsuya, M. Yutaka, T. Aoshima, H. Kobayashi, F. Mawashi, F. Taka, Y. Hirakawa, and H. Kiyota
 P1.22An interactive training approach to support the operational use of Air Traffic Management Convective Weather Decision Support Tools  
Michael Robinson, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA; and J. E. Evans
 P1.23Cloud-to-ground lightning as a proxy for nowcasts of VIL and echo tops  extended abstract
Haig Iskenderian, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA
 P1.24A continental dense fog event associated with precipitation and low clouds  extended abstract
Nancy Westcott, Midwestern Regional Climate Center, Illinois State Water Survey, INRS, University of Illinois, Champaign, Illinois; and D. A. R. Kristovich
 P1.25Prototyping new products for the Canadian Air Navigation System: 'TAFPlus' and 'V-CMAC'  
Bruno Larochelle, EC - Canadian Meteorological Aviation Centre, Edmonton, AB, Canada; and S. Laroche, M. Schaffer, R. Honch, and M. Kothbauer
 P1.26A meteorological system for planning and evaluating glider flights in Pennsylvania USA  extended abstract
Edward E. Hindman, The City University of New York, New York, NY; and S. M. Saleeby and O. Liechti
 P1.27Near real-time detection of seafog using MTSAT  
Jae H. Kim, Pusan National University, Pusan, South Korea; and J. Ha and K. Ha
 P1.28TAFWarn - a situational awareness tool : helping forecasters monitor TAFs in an age of information overload  extended abstract
Erik De Groot, EC, Edmonton, AB, Canada; and R. Honch
 P1.29Use of Multiple Weather Products for Air Traffic Strategic Planning  
Michelle Duquette, The MITRE Corporation, McLean, VA; and J. Huhn
 
4:00 PM-5:30 PM, Monday, 226-227
Session 4 Convection, Decision Support Systems and Air Traffic Management Part III
Cochairs: Steve Ricketts, EC, Edmonton, AB Canada; Lynn A. Sherretz, NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO
4:00 PM4.1Integration of probabilistic Weather Information with Air Traffic Management Decision Support Tools: A conceptual Vision for the Future  extended abstract wrf recording
Matthias Steiner, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and C. K. Mueller, G. Davidson, and J. A. Krozel
4.2An ATM View of Progress-to-Date on Integrating Probabilistic Weather Forecasts with ATM Decision Making for NGATS  
Goli Davidson, Goli Davidson Consulting, San Francisco, CA; and M. Steiner and W. Chan
 The Marine Stratus Initiative and Effect of Stratus on Arrival Rates of SFO: M.J. Delman   wrf recording
4:15 PM4.3Researching concepts about weather and efficient management of air traffic   wrf recording
Reza Eftekari, MITRE/CAASD, McLean, VA
4:30 PM4.4Weather and Radar Processor (WARP) products for en-route controller displays  extended abstract wrf recording
James G. Stobie, ENSCO, Inc., Falls Church, VA; and A. Moosakhanian, J. Johnson, P. Jackson, and W. N. Brown
4:45 PM4.5Forecasters' role in decision making at European Mainport Amsterdam   wrf recording
Nico Maat, KNMI, De Bilt, Netherlands; and M. Molendijk and J. Sondij
5:00 PM4.6Canadian airport nowcasting project (CAN-Now): Preliminary results and plans for future  
George A. Isaac, Science and Technology Branch, Environment Canada, Toronto, ON, Canada; and M. Bailey, F. Boudala, B. Clark, S. Cober, N. Donaldson, N. Driedger, S. Gravel, I. Gultepe, D. Hudak, P. Joe, J. Reid, Z. Vukovic, A. Ling, and G. Simard
5:15 PM4.7An Aviation Weather Decision Support System (AWDSS) for the Dubai International Airport  extended abstract wrf recording
Charles A. Barrere Jr., Weather Decision Technologies, Inc., Norman, OK; and M. Eilts, J. Johnson, R. Fritchie, P. Spencer, B. Shaw, Y. Li, W. Ladwig, R. Schudalla, and D. Mitchell
 
5:30 PM-7:30 PM, Monday, Exhibit Hall A
Formal Opening of Exhibits with Reception (Cash Bar)
 
Tuesday, 22 January 2008
8:30 AM-9:45 AM, Tuesday, 207
Joint Panel Discussion 1 Enhancing the Connectivity between Research and Applications for the Benefit of Society Part I (Joint between the 24th Conference on IIPS, the Symposium on Linkages among Societal Benefits, Prediction Systems and Process Studies for 1-14 day Weather Forecasts, the 5th GOES Users' Conference, the 12th Conference on IOAS-AOLS, the 13th Conference on Aviation, Range and Aerospace Meteorology, and the Third Symposium on Policy and Socio-Economic Research)
Panelists: Steve Tracton, ONR, Arlington, VA; Mark DeMaria, NOAA/NESDIS, Ft. Collins, CO; James J. Gurka, NOAA/NESDIS/GOES-R Program Office, Greenbelt, MD; Rebecca Morss, NCAR, Boulder, CO; Thomas Whittaker, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; Stewart Cober, Science and Technology Branch, Environment Canada, Toronto, ON Canada
Moderator: Mary H. Hayden, Univ. of Colorado, Colorado Springs, CO
 Mary H. Hayden  
 Steve Tracton   wrf recording
 Mark DeMaria   wrf recording
 James J. Gurka   wrf recording
 Rebecca Morss   wrf recording
 Thomas Whittaker   wrf recording
 Stewart Cober  
 Panel Discussion  
 
8:30 AM-9:45 AM, Tuesday, 226-227
Session 5 Nowcasting and Modeling Part I
Cochairs: Tim Wilfong, Wilfong and Associates, Boulder, CO; Rob Honch, EC, Edmonton, AB Canada
8:30 AM5.1An improved method to represent aviation emissions in air quality modeling systems and their impacts on air quality  extended abstract wrf recording
Sarav Arunachalam, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC; and B. H. Baek, B. Wang, N. Davis, A. Holland, Z. Adelman, U. Shankar, F. Binkowski, A. Hanna, T. Thrasher, and P. Soucacos
8:45 AM5.2Implementation of the WRF model for the Dubai International Airport Aviation Weather Decision Support System (AWDSS)  extended abstract wrf recording
Brent L. Shaw, Weather Decision Technologies, Inc., Norman, OK; and C. A. Barrere, R. L. Carpenter, and P. L. Spencer
9:00 AM5.3High-frequency updating of weather model prediction in the NextGen era   wrf recording
Stan Benjamin, NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and J. Brown and S. S. Weygandt
9:15 AM5.4Using probabilistic forecast guidance and an update technique to generate terminal aerodrome forecasts  extended abstract
Mark Oberfield, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and M. R. Peroutka and C. Abelman
9:30 AM5.5A High-resolution Rapidly-updated Meteorological Data Analysis System for Aviation Applications  extended abstract wrf recording
C.S. Lau, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, New Territories, Hong Kong; and J. T. K. Wan, M. C. Chu, and P. P. W. Li
 
9:45 AM-11:00 AM, Tuesday, Exhibit Hall B
Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break (Tue a.m.)
 
9:45 AM-11:00 AM, Tuesday, Exhibit Hall B
Poster Session 2 Modeling and Range Posters
 P2.1Simulation of ground winds time series for the NASA Crew Launch Vehicle (CLV)  extended abstract
Stanley I. Adelfang, Stanley Associates, Huntsville, AL
 P2.2Sea state and weather assessment capability for NASA's Constellation Program  extended abstract
Robert E. Barbre Jr., Jacobs Engineering, Huntsville, AL; and V. W. Keller
 P2.3Surface Landing Site Weather Analysis for NASA's Constellation Program  extended abstract
Karen M. Altino, Jacobs Engineering/MSFC, Huntsville, AL; and K. L. Burns
 P2.4Earth Global Reference Atmospheric Model 2007 (Earth-GRAM07) Applications for the NASA Constellation Program  extended abstract
Fred W. Leslie, NASA, Huntsville, AL; and C. G. Justus
 P2.5An investigation of stratospheric winds in support of the High Altitude Airship  extended abstract
George D. Modica, AER, Lexington, MA; and T. Nehrkorn and T. T. Myers
 P2.6Comparison of the KSC-ER Cloud-to-Ground Lightning Surveillance System (CGLSS) and the U.S. National Lightning Detection Network™ (NLDN)  extended abstract
Jennifer G. Ward, NASA, Kennedy Space Center, FL; and K. L. Cummins and E. P. Krider
 P2.7Assessment of the importance of certain wind towers in the Cape Canaveral AFS/Kennedy Space Center mesonet for predicting convective winds  extended abstract
James P. Koermer, Plymouth State University, Plymouth, NH; and W. P. Roeder
 P2.8Forecasting cool season daily peak winds at Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station  extended abstract
Joe H. Barrett III, ENSCO, Applied Meteorology Unit, Cocoa Beach, FL; and D. A. Short and W. P. Roeder
 P2.9Discrete Gust Model for Launch Vehicle Assessments  extended abstract
Frank B. Leahy, NASA/MSFC, Huntsville, AL
 P2.10Hail disdrometer array for launch systems support  extended abstract
John E. Lane, ASRC Aerospace, Kennedy Space Center, FL; and D. W. Sharp, T. Kasparis, and N. J. Doesken
 P2.11The 2006 Kennedy Space Center Range Reference Atmosphere model validation study and sensitivity analysis to the performance of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Space Shuttle vehicle  extended abstract
K. Lee Burns, Raytheon/Jacobs ESTS Group, Huntsville, AL; and R. K. Decker, B. Harrington, and C. Merry
 P2.12Evaluating the performance of WRF model high-altitude forecasts  
Michael E. Baldwin, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN; and A. E. Reinhart, C. Selby, and J. P. Sullivan
 P2.13Beyond Nowcasting of Thunderstorms: An Assessment of Various Blending Techniques for Increased Forecasting Skill at 2 - 6 h Lead Times  
James O. Pinto, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and H. Cai, G. Lee, J. W. Wilson, M. Steiner, R. Bullock, D. Albo, S. S. Weygandt, and C. L. Phillips
 P2.14Aviation Team of the Mid-South  
James W. Duke, James Duke Meteorology, Memphis, TN; and S. D. Boyette
 P2.15Investigation into environmental conditions for storm initiation over the ocean using satellite data  extended abstract
Huaqing Cai, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and C. Kessinger, N. Rehak, and D. Megenhardt
 P2.16The Shonai area railroad weather project: scientific objectives and experimental design  extended abstract
Kenichi Kusunoki, MRI, Tsukuba, Japan; and T. Imai, H. Suzuki, T. Takemi, B. Kotaro, M. Nakazato, W. Mashiko, S. Hayashi, H. Inoue, T. Fukuhara, T. Shibata, and W. Kato
 P2.17A blended training approach for creating effective terminal aerodrome forecasts  
Tom W. Dulong, NOAA/NWS, Oklahoma City, OK; and P. G. Witsaman, V. C. Johnson, and D. A. Wesley
 P2.18Wind nowcasting to support continuous descent approaches  extended abstract
Philip Gill, UK Met Office, Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom; and D. Turp and M. Madgin
 P2.19Towards improved contrail parameterizations for climate-scale models  extended abstract
David P. Duda, National Institute of Aerospace, Hampton, VA; and P. Minnis and L. Avey
 P2.20New TAMDAR fleets and their impact on Rapid Update Cycle (RUC) forecasts  extended abstract
William R. Moninger, NOAA/ESRL/GSD, Boulder, CO; and S. G. Benjamin, B. D. Jamison, T. W. Schlatter, T. L. Smith, and E. J. Szoke
 
11:00 AM-6:00 PM, Tuesday, Exhibit Hall A
Exhibits Open (Tuesday)
 
11:00 AM-12:00 PM, Tuesday, 226-227
Session 6 Nowcasting and Modeling Part II
Cochairs: Timothy L. Wilfong, Sr., ENSCO, Inc, Boulder, CO; Rob Honch, EC, Edmonton, AB Canada
11:00 AM6.1Wind Updates for Automated Air Traffic Control Systems Using COAMPS®/NAVDAS   wrf recording
Patricia M. Pauley, NRL, Monterey, CA; and K. Sashegyi
11:15 AM6.2Implementation of the radar-enhanced RUC  extended abstract wrf recording
Stan Benjamin, NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and S. Weygandt, J. M. Brown, T. Smirnova, D. Devenyi, K. Brundage, G. Grell, S. Peckham, T. W. Schlatter, T. L. Smith, and G. S. Manikin
11:30 AM6.3A real-time automated ceiling and visibility analysis system  extended abstract wrf recording
Richard E. Bateman, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and P. Herzegh, G. Wiener, and J. Cowie
11:45 AM6.4Effect of TAMDAR on RUC short-term forecasts of aviation-impact fields for ceiling, visibility, reflectivity, and precipitation  extended abstract wrf recording
Edward J. Szoke, CIRA/Colorado State Univ. and NOAA, Boulder, CO; and S. G. Benjamin, R. S. Collander, B. D. Jamison, W. R. Moninger, T. W. Schlatter, B. Schwartz, and T. L. Smith
 
12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Tuesday, La Louisiane
Presidental Forum: Hurricane Katrina: Looking Back to Look Ahead (Cash & Carry) (Presidental Forum will run parallel to the other sessions throughout the afternoon)
 
1:30 PM-3:00 PM, Tuesday, 226-227
Session 7 Nowcasting and Modeling Part III
Cochairs: Timothy L. Wilfong, Sr., ENSCO, Inc, Boulder, CO; Rob Honch, EC, Edmonton, AB Canada
1:30 PM7.1Rapid-refresh testing: examples of forecast performance  extended abstract wrf recording
John M. Brown, NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and T. G. Smirnova, S. G. Benjamin, B. Jamison, and S. S. Weygandt
1:45 PM7.2An Automated National-Scale Ceiling and Visibility Forecast System: Development Progress  extended abstract wrf recording
Jennifer L. Black, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. E. Bateman, P. H. Herzegh, G. Wiener, J. Cowie, and C. J. Kessinger
2:00 PM7.3Nearcasting convective destabilization of isolated summer-time convection using objective tools which optimize the impact of sequences of GOES moisture products   wrf recording
Ralph A. Petersen, CIMSS/University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and R. M. Aune
2:15 PM7.4Ongoing development and testing of generalized cloud analysis package within GSI for initializing Rapid Refresh  extended abstract wrf recording
Ming Hu, ESRL Global Systems Division, Boulder, CO; and S. S. Weygandt, S. Benjamin, and M. Xue
2:30 PM7.5Hourly convective probability forecasts from an experimental RUC with radar data assimilation  extended abstract wrf recording
Stephen S. Weygandt, NOAA / ESRL / GSD, Boulder, CO; and S. Benjamin, T. G. Smirnova, J. M. Brown, and K. J. Brundage
 
3:00 PM-3:30 PM, Tuesday, Exhibit Hall A
Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall (tues p.m.)
 
3:30 PM-5:30 PM, Tuesday, 226-227
Session 8 Range
Cochairs: William P. Roeder, 45 Weather Squadron, Patrick AFB, FL, FL; Frederick R. Mosher, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, FL
3:30 PM8.1A new handbook for the development of space vehicle terrestrial environment design requirements  extended abstract wrf recording
Dale L. Johnson, NASA/MSFC, Huntsville, AL; and W. W. Vaughan
3:45 PM8.2Analysis of proposed 2007-2008 revisions to the Lightning Launch Commit Criteria for United States space launches  extended abstract wrf recording
J. E. Dye, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and E. P. Krider, F. J. Merceret, J. C. Willett, M. Bateman, D. Mach, W. D. Rust, R. L. Walterscheid, T. P. O'Brien, and H. J. Christian
4:00 PM8.3Triggered lightning risk assessment for RLVs at three commercial sites in California, New Mexico and Oklahoma  extended abstract
R. L. Walterscheid, The Aerospace Corporation, Los Angeles, CA; and E. P. Krider, J. C. Willett, G. W. Law, G. S. Peng, J. L. Roeder, R. W. Seibold, F. S. Simmons, and K. Shelton-Mur
4:15 PM8.4Defining the Natural Atmospheric Environment Requirements for the NASA Constellation Program  extended abstract wrf recording
Barry C. Roberts, NASA/MSFC, Huntsville, AL; and F. B. Leahy
4:30 PM8.5Convective winds at the Florida Spaceport: year-3 of Plymouth State research  extended abstract wrf recording
Heather A. Dinon, Plymouth State University, Plymouth, NH; and M. J. Morin, J. P. Koermer, and W. P. Roeder
4:45 PM8.6Performance of the new Four-Dimensional Lightning Surveillance System (4DLSS) at the Kennedy Space Center/Cape Canaveral Air Force Station complex  extended abstract wrf recording
Martin J. Murphy, Vaisala Inc., Tucson, AZ; and K. L. Cummins, N. W. S. Demetriades, and W. P. Roeder
5:00 PM8.7NWS Spaceflight Meteorology Group Support for the NASA Constellation Orion Vehicle   wrf recording
Timothy Oram, NWS Spaceflight Meteorology Group, Houston, TX; and T. Garner
5:15 PM8.8Development of a new data tool for computing launch and landing availability with respect to surface weather  extended abstract wrf recording
K. Lee Burns, Raytheon/Jacobs ESTS Group, Huntsville, AL; and K. M. Altino
 
Wednesday, 23 January 2008
8:30 AM-10:00 AM, Wednesday, 226-227
Joint Session 5 Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) Part I (Joint between the 13th Conference on Aviation, Range and Aerospace Meteorology and the 24th Conference on IIPS)
Chairs: David J. Pace, FAA, Washington, DC; Mary M. Cairns, NOAA/Office of the Federal Coordinator for Meteorology, Silver Spring, MD
8:30 AMJ5.1General overview (JPDO and Wx IPT reorganization and Joint Weather Program)   wrf recording
Mark Andrews, Weather IPT, Washington, DC
9:00 AMJ5.2Research and Development priorities for NextGen weather   wrf recording
John McCarthy, JPDO Weather Working Group Chief Scientist (retired) and Aviation Weather Associates, Inc., Palm Desert, CA; and B. Carmichael
9:15 AMJ5.3Public and private sector roles in weather   wrf recording
Richard Heuwinkel, FAA, Washington, DC; and K. Johnston
9:30 AMJ5.4Multi-agency Network Enabled Weather on the FAA's SWIM DOC Test Bed   wrf recording
Richard C. Deininger, Tectura Corporation, Bellevue, WA; and O. Newell and G. Thompson
9:45 AMJ5.5US Government Environmental Datacube (4DCube) Harmonization  extended abstract wrf recording
Kim Curry, United States Navy (USN), Washington DC, DC; and D. J. Pace, T. Hopkins, and R. Hardwick
 
10:00 AM-10:30 AM, Wednesday
Coffee Break (Wed a.m.)
 
10:30 AM-12:00 PM, Wednesday, 226-227
Joint Session 6 Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) Part II (Joint between the 13th Conference on Aviation, Range and Aerospace Meteorology and the 24th Conference on IIPS)
Cochairs: David J. Pace, FAA, Washington, DC; Mary M. Cairns, NOAA/Office of the Federal Coordinator for Meteorology, Silver Spring, MD
10:30 AMJ6.1Evolution of FAA's Weather and Radar Processor (WARP) into the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen)  extended abstract wrf recording
James Stobie, SAIC, Washington, DC; and A. Moosakhanian, P. Jackson, and W. N. Brown
10:45 AMJ6.2FLYSAFE - An Approach to Flight Safety - using GML/XML objects to define hazardous volumes of space for aviation  extended abstract wrf recording
Andrew K. Mirza, Met Office, Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom; and S. Geindre and C. Pagé
11:00 AMJ6.3Scale of automation and the human role in generating weather information for the Next Generation Air Transportation Four Dimension (4D) Weather Cube   wrf recording
Kevin L. Johnston, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD
11:15 AMJ6.4The single authoritative source for weather information   wrf recording
Bruce Carmichael, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and D. J. Pace
11:30 AMJ6.5Consolidated Storm Prediction for Aviation (CoSPA)  extended abstract wrf recording
Marilyn M. Wolfson, MIT, Lexington, MA; and W. J. Dupree, R. M. Rasmussen, M. Steiner, S. G. Benjamin, and S. S. Weygandt
11:45 AMJ6.6Integration of terminal area probabilistic meteorological forecasts in NAS-wide traffic flow management decision making  extended abstract
George Hunter, Sensis Corporation, Campbell, CA; and K. Ramamoorthy
 
11:00 AM-6:30 PM, Wednesday, Exhibit Hall A
Exhibits Open (wednesday)
 
12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Wednesday
Lunch Break (Cash & Carry in Exhibit Hall) (Wednesday)
 
1:15 PM-2:30 PM, Wednesday, 205
Joint Session 1 The use of Artificial Intelligence in the field of Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology (Joint between the Sixth Conference on Artificial Intelligence Applications to Environmental Science and the 13th Conference on Aviation, Range and Aerospace Meteorology)
CoChair: Joanne Volk, Meteorological Service of Canada, Gatineau, QC Canada
Chair: John K. Williams, NCAR, Boulder, CO
1:15 PMJ1.1Update on WIND-3: an analog forecasting system for ceiling and visibility   wrf recording
Bjarne Hansen, Environment Canada, Dorval, QC, Canada; and I. Gultepe and A. Ling
1:45 PMJ1.2Short-term wind forecasting at the Hong Kong International Airport by applying chaotic oscillatory-based neural network to LIDAR data  extended abstract wrf recording
K.M. Kwong, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China; and P. W. Chan
2:00 PMJ1.3A regional classifier approach to aviation turbulence prediction  extended abstract wrf recording
Jennifer Abernethy, NCAR/RAL, Boulder, CO; and R. Sharman and G. Wiener
2:15 PMJ1.4A machine learning approach to finding weather regimes and skillful predictor combinations for short-term storm forecasting  extended abstract wrf recording
John K. Williams, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and D. A. Ahijevych, C. J. Kessinger, T. R. Saxen, M. Steiner, and S. Dettling
 
2:30 PM-4:00 PM, Wednesday, Exhibit Hall B
Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break (wednesday p.m.)
 
2:30 PM-4:00 PM, Wednesday, Exhibit Hall B
Poster Session 3 Turbulence, Volcanic Ash, and Instrumentation Posters
 P3.1Using WRF-ARW Data to Forecast Turbulence at Small Scales  extended abstract
Jeffrey E. Passner, Army Research Laboratory, White Sands Missile Range, NM; and D. I. Knapp
 P3.2Development of a rapid-update turbulence nowcast product  
Larry B. Cornman, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and G. Wiener and T. Tasset
 P3.3Analysis on the Spatial and Temporal Distribution of the Aircraft Turbulences Occurred in South Korea for the Recent 10 years  
Jung-Hoon Kim, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea; and H. Y. Chun
 P3.4A new direction in clear-air turbulence forecasting based on spontaneous imbalance, Part I: Application of theory  extended abstract
John A. Knox, Univ. of Georgia, Athens, GA; and D. W. McCann and P. D. Williams
 P3.5Performance of LIDAR-based turbulence detection algorithm  extended abstract
P. W. Chan, Hong Kong Observatory, Hong Kong, China; and K. M. Kwong
 P3.6A new direction in clear-air turbulence forecasting based on spontaneous imbalance, Part II: case studies and statistical results  extended abstract
Donald W. McCann, McCann Aviation Weather Reaserch, Inc., Overland Park, KS; and J. A. Knox and P. D. Williams
 P3.7Recent Meteorological Data Collection and Analysis In Support of United States Wake Turbulence Program  extended abstract
Hadi S. Wassaf, Volpe Center, Research and Innovative Technologies Administration (RITA), Cambridge, MA; and A. Tabrizi and W. Frank
 P3.8Climatology of upper-level turbulence using in-situ measurements of eddy dissipation rate  
Jennifer Abernethy, NCAR/RAL, Boulder, CO
 P3.9Clear air turbulence forecasts: algorithms intercomparison using AMDAR Intensive Observation Period over Western Europe  extended abstract
Agathe Drouin, Météo France, Toulouse, France; and C. Le Bot, C. Pagé, and T. Ludjet
 P3.10ADevelopments in numerical clear air turbulence forecasting at the UK Met Office  extended abstract
Debi Turp, UK Met Office, Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom; and P. Gill
 P3.11Automated volcanic ash dispersion forecasts  
Ming Liu, NRL, Monterey, CA; and D. L. Westphal, J. S. Reid, T. L. Tsui, J. Cook, D. A. Geiszler, and M. Frost
 P3.12New automated methods for detecting volcanic ash and determining mass loading from infrared radiances: Looking towards the NPOESS and GOES-R Era's  
Michael J. Pavolonis, NOAA/NESDIS, Madison, WI
 P3.13Global composite of volcanic ash “split window” geostationary satellite images  extended abstract
Frederick R. Mosher, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, FL
 P3.14NRL satellite volcano ash plume monitoring  extended abstract
Jeffrey D. Hawkins, NRL, Monterey, CA; and S. D. Miller, A. P. Kuciauskas, R. L. Bankert, F. J. Turk, K. Richardson, T. F. Lee, and J. E. Kent
 P3.15A methodology for the design of meteorological instrumentation networks  extended abstract
Jeffrey H. Copeland, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and L. Carson and A. Yates
 P3.16Development of a Transfer Function for the ASOS All-Weather Precipitation Accumulation Gauge  extended abstract
Jennifer M. Dover, NOAA/NWS, Sterling, VA
 P3.17A Study of Barometric Altimeter Errors in High Latitude Regions  extended abstract
Young Yee, Mkey Technologies, LLC, Las Cruces, NM; and E. Yee
 P3.18Snow gauge performance during the Denver blizzards of December, 2006  extended abstract
Scott D. Landolt, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. L. Black, R. M. Rasmussen, and A. W. Tripp
 
4:00 PM-5:30 PM, Wednesday, 226-227
Session 9 Turbulence and Wind Shear Part I
Cochairs: A. Bruce Carmichael, NCAR, Boulder, CO; Kevin L. Johnston, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD
4:00 PM9.1The prediction of mountain wave turbulence   wrf recording
Robert D. Sharman, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. Abernethy and R. Frehlich
4:15 PM9.2Storm top cirrus plumes and jumping cirrus as indicators of clear air turbulence generated by deep convective storms   wrf recording
Pao K. Wang, Univ. if Wisconsin, Madison, WI
4:30 PM9.3ASatellite-derived mountain wave turbulence interest field detection   wrf recording
Wayne F. Feltz, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. A. Otkin, K. M. Bedka, S. A. Ackerman, A. Wimmers, R. D. Sharman, and J. R. Mecikalski
4:45 PM9.4Remote detection and real-time alerting for in-cloud turbulence  extended abstract wrf recording
Jason A. Craig, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. K. Williams, G. Blackburn, S. Linden, and R. Stone
5:00 PM9.5Case studies of widespread turbulence in the vicinity of mesoscale convective systems using 13-km RUC analyses   wrf recording
Stanley B. Trier, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. D. Sharman and R. G. Fovell
5:15 PM9.6Satellite signatures associated with significant convectively-induced turbulence events   wrf recording
Kristopher M. Bedka, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and W. F. Feltz, J. R. Mecikalski, R. D. Sharman, A. Lenz, and J. Sieglaff
 
5:30 PM-6:30 PM, Wednesday, Exhibit Hall A
Reception in Exhibit Hall (Cash Bar) (Wednesday)
 
7:00 PM-9:00 PM, Wednesday
AMS Annual Awards Banquet at the Hilton Riverside Hotel
 
Thursday, 24 January 2008
8:30 AM-9:45 AM, Thursday, 226-227
Session 10 Turbulence and Wind Shear Part II
Cochairs: A. Bruce Carmichael, NCAR, Boulder, CO; Kevin L. Johnston, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD
8:30 AM10.1An update on turbulence reporting from commercial aircraft   wrf recording
Larry B. Cornman, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and G. Meymaris, J. Prestopnik, and T. Tasset
8:45 AM10.2A wind forecast algorithm to support Wake Turbulence Mitigation for Departures (WTMD)  extended abstract wrf recording
Frank M. Robasky, MIT Lincoln Lab, Lexington, MA; and D. A. Clark
9:00 AM10.3Comparison of Rapid Update Cycle (RUC) Model Crosswinds with LIDAR Crosswind Measurements at St. Louis Lambert International Airport  extended abstract wrf recording
Suilou Huang, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA; and F. M. Robasky and D. A. Clark
9:15 AM10.4Comparative analysis of Terminal Wind-Shear Detection Systems  extended abstract wrf recording
John Y. N. Cho, MIT Lincoln Lab, Lexington, MA; and R. G. Hallowell and M. E. Weber
9:30 AM10.5Diagnosing hazardous turbulence associated with thunderstorms   wrf recording
John K. Williams, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and G. E. Blackburn, J. A. Craig, S. Linden, and R. D. Sharman
 
9:45 AM-11:00 AM, Thursday, Exhibit Hall B
Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break (Thurs a.m.)
 
9:45 AM-11:00 AM, Thursday, Exhibit Hall B
Poster Session 4 Radar and Icing Posters
 P4.1An update of the LIDAR Windshear Alerting System (LIWAS) in Hong Kong  extended abstract
P. W. Chan, Hong Kong Observatory, Hong Kong, China; and M. L. Kuo and C. M. Li
 P4.2The Real-Time Verification System (RTVS-NG): Integrating data to support user-based verification  
Nick D. Matheson, OAR, Boulder, CO; and M. A. Petty, D. S. Schaffer, S. Madine, and J. Mahoney
 P4.3Development of a Polarimetric Space-Time Radar for Airborne Weather Hazard Monitoring  extended abstract
Yan Zhang, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
 P4.4Three-dimensional radar mosaic integrating WSR-88Ds and Canadian radar network  extended abstract
Jian Zhang, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and C. Langston, K. Howard, W. Xia, and P. I. Joe
 P4.5Three-Dimensional Mosaic of the Eddy Dissipation Rate Fields from WSR-88Ds  extended abstract
Ming Fang, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. Zhang, J. K. Williams, and J. A. Craig
 P4.6Development of a lead-time metric for assessing skill in forecasting the onset of IFR events: poster and laptop presentation of a prototype web tool and database  extended abstract
Andrew Loughe, NOAA/ESRL/GSD/CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and S. Madine and J. Mahoney
 P4.7Investigation of a severe microburst near Phoenix, Arizona as seen by a mobile Doppler radar and the KIWA WSR-88D  extended abstract
Steven V. Vasiloff, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and K. Howard
 P4.8Analysis of 3-D NEXRAD Mosaic Reflectivity Data Colocated with Research Aircraft And Satellite Data: Implications on In-flight Icing  extended abstract
David Serke, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and F. McDonough and M. K. Politovich
 P4.9Development and testing of a liquid equivalent real-time sensor system in support of aircraft ground deicing operations  
Roy Rasmussen, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and S. Landolt
 P4.10Comparison of NASA-Langley Satellite-Derived Cloud Properties with Pilot Reports in Aircraft Icing Scenarios  extended abstract
Jennifer Black, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. A. Haggerty, S. D. Landolt, F. McDonough, C. A. Wolff, P. Minnis, and L. Nguyen
 P4.11Using CloudSat data to validate icing products  extended abstract
Cory A. Wolff, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and T. F. Lee, C. Mitrescu, S. D. Landolt, and S. D. Miller
 P4.12Dust detection and quantification from MODIS IR bands using Artificial Neural Network (ANN) model  extended abstract
Sang-Sam Lee, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea; and B. J. Sohn
 
11:00 AM-4:00 PM, Thursday, Exhibit Hall A
Exhibits Open (thurs)
 
11:00 AM-12:15 PM, Thursday, 226-227
Session 11 Verification
CoChair: Joanne Volk, Meteorological Service of Canada, Gatineau, QC Canada
11:00 AM11.1AWRP Quality Assessment Research Team (QART): User-based verification and NextGen alignment  extended abstract wrf recording
Jennifer Mahoney, NOAA/ESRL/GSD, Boulder, CO
11:15 AM11.2The Real-Time Verification System (RTVS-NG): A new verification framework   wrf recording
Sean Madine, OAR, Boulder, CO; and N. D. Matheson, M. A. Petty, D. S. Schaffer, and J. Mahoney
11:30 AM11.3Aligning forecast verification with user-specific needs - an example for aviation  extended abstract wrf recording
Michael P. Kay, NOAA/ESRL/CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and S. Madine, J. Mahoney, and J. E. Hart
11:45 AM11.4A lead-time metric for assessing skill in forecasting the onset of IFR events  extended abstract wrf recording
Andrew Loughe, NOAA/ESRL/GSD/CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and S. Madine, J. Mahoney, and M. Graf
12:00 PM11.5Statistical assessment of explicit model forecasts of convection using a new object-based approach  extended abstract wrf recording
Cody L. Phillips, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. O. Pinto, M. Steiner, R. M. Rasmussen, and N. Oien
 
12:15 PM-1:30 PM, Thursday
Lunch Break (Cash & Carry in Exhibit Hall) (Thurs)
 
1:30 PM-3:00 PM, Thursday, 226-227
Session 12 Radar
Cochairs: Rodney J. Potts, CAWCR, Melbourne, Vic. Australia; James Stobie, SAIC, Washington, DC
12.1Multi-Function Phased Array Radar (MPAR) Program Update  
William Benner, FAA, Atlantic City, NJ; and G. S. Torok, M. Batista-Carver, T. Y. Lee, and B. Blasewitz
1:30 PM12.2Aviation applications of Doppler LIDAR – experience in Hong Kong  extended abstract wrf recording
P. W. Chan, Hong Kong Observatory, Hong Kong, China; and C. M. Shun
1:45 PM12.3Improving weather radar data quality for aviation weather needs  extended abstract wrf recording
David J. Smalley, MIT Lincoln Lab., Lexington, MA; and E. Mann, C. Ivaldi, and B. J. Bennett
2:00 PM12.4Strong wind shears in stratiform precipitation observed with weather radar  extended abstract wrf recording
Valery Melnikov, University of Oklahoma/CIMMS, Norman, OK; and R. J. Doviak
2:15 PM12.5Development and testing of the VAHIRR radar product  extended abstract wrf recording
Joe H. Barrett III, ENSCO, Applied Meteorology Unit, Cocoa Beach, FL; and J. Miller, D. Charnasky, R. Gillen, R. Lafosse, B. R. Hoeth, D. A. Hood, and T. M. McNamara
2:30 PM12.6WSR-88D observed spatial spectra of turbulence in precipitation  extended abstract wrf recording
Ming Fang, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and R. J. Doviak
 
3:00 PM-3:30 PM, Thursday, Exhibit Hall A
Coffee Break and Exhibit Hall Raffle (Thurs)
 
3:30 PM-5:00 PM, Thursday, 226-227
Session 13 Inflight Icing
Cochairs: George Issac, EC, Toronto, ON Canada; M. K. Politovich, NCAR, Boulder, CO
3:30 PM13.1An evaluation of the performance of the Forecast Icing Product (FIP)   wrf recording
Michael B. Chapman, NOAA/ESRL/GSD/CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and J. Mahoney, S. Madine, and J. K. Henderson
3:45 PM13.2SIGMA: diagnosis and nowcasting of in-flight icing supporting aircrew and ATM decision making process  extended abstract wrf recording
Christine Le Bot, Météo France, Toulouse, France; and C. Pagé and A. Drouin
4:00 PM13.3Integration of satellite-derived cloud phase, cloud top height, and liquid water path into an operational aircraft icing nowcasting system  extended abstract wrf recording
Julie A. Haggerty, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and F. McDonough, J. Black, S. Landolt, C. Wolff, S. Mueller, P. Minnis, and W. L. Smith
4:15 PM13.4Inflight icing detection with onboard microwave radiometry  extended abstract wrf recording
Charles C. Ryerson, EDRC/CRREL, Hanover, NH; and G. G. Koenig, A. Reehorst, and F. Scott
4:30 PM13.5Forecasting supercooled large drop icing conditions  extended abstract wrf recording
Frank McDonough, NCAR, Boulder, CO
4:45 PM13.6Detection of Aircraft Icing Conditions Using an Enhanced Cloud Retrieval Method Applied to Geostationary Satellite Data   wrf recording
Patrick Minnis, NASA/LaRC, Hampton, VA; and F. L. Chang, M. M. Khaiyer, W. L. Smith, L. Nguyen, D. A. Spangenberg, and R. Palikonda
 

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