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Sunday, 17 January 2010
	7:30 AM-9:00 AM, Sunday Short Course Registration
	9:00 AM-6:00 PM, Sunday Annual Meeting Registration Begins
	12:00 PM-4:00 PM, Sunday Weatherfest
	3:00 PM-4:00 PM, Sunday, B314 First-Time Attendee Briefing
	5:00 PM-6:00 PM, Sunday, B314 Annual Meeting Review and Fellows Awards
	6:00 PM-7:00 PM, Sunday, Exhibit Hall B2 Fellows Reception
Monday, 18 January 2010
	7:30 AM-5:30 PM, Monday Registration Open
	9:00 AM-10:30 AM, Monday, Thomas Murphy Ballroom 1 and 2 Presidential Forum
	10:30 AM-11:00 AM, Monday Coffee Break in Meeting Room Foyer
	11:00 AM-12:00 PM, Monday, B312 Joint Session 3 Weather & Transportation I (Joint between the Fifth Symposium on Policy and Socio-economic Research, the 26th Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology, and the Second AMS Conference on International Cooperation in the Earth System Sciences and Services)
Cochairs: Michael B. Chapman, NCAR, Boulder, CO; S. Edward Boselly, Weather Solutions Group, Olympia, WA
11:00 AM J3.1 The Clarus regional demonstration   Recorded presentation Paul A. Pisano, Federal Highway Administration, Washington, DC; and B. McKeever and F. C. Klein 11:15 AM J3.2 Providing Road and Atmospheric Weather Hazard Products to Drivers – Current Progress And Future Challenges   Recorded presentation Sheldon D. Drobot, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and M. B. Chapman, G. Wiener, P. A. Pisano, and B. McKeever 11:30 AM J3.3 A decision-support system for winter weather maintenance of roads, bridges, and runways   Recorded presentation Michael B. Chapman, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and S. D. Drobot and W. P. Mahoney 11:45 AM J3.4 Baselining Current Road Weather Information   Recorded presentation Leon F. Osborne, Meridian Environmental Technology, Inc., Grand Forks, ND; and R. D. Hart, S. Conger, and R. Alfelor
	11:00 AM-12:00 PM, Monday, B217 Session 1 Global Meteorological and Hydrological Service Updates - Part 1
Cochairs: Ward R. Seguin, Consultant, Rockville, MD; Michael D. Eilts, Weather Decision Technologies, Inc., Norman, OK
11:00 AM 1.1 More than 25 Years of the Interactive Information Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology Conference   Recorded presentation Howard J. Diamond, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Silver Spring, MD; and W. F. Roberts, W. R. Seguin, and T. M. Whittaker 11:30 AM 1.2 European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts Meteorological and Hydrological Services Update   Recorded presentation Walter Zwieflhofer, ECMWF, Reading, Berks, United Kingdom
	12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Monday Lunch Break
	1:30 PM-2:15 PM, Monday, B312 Joint Session 4 Weather & Transportation II (Joint between the Fifth Symposium on Policy and Socio-economic Research, the 26th Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology, and the Second AMS Conference on International Cooperation in the Earth System Sciences and Services)
Cochairs: Sheldon D. Drobot, NCAR, Boulder, CO; Paul Pisano, Federal Highway Administration, Washington, DC
1:30 PM J4.1 Using Oklahoma City Micronet Data to Address Surface Transportation Challenges   Recorded presentation Jeffrey B. Basara, Oklahoma Climatological Survey, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and R. A. McPherson, B. G. Illston, J. C. Reiss, and M. Degiacomo 1:45 PM J4.2 Different Decisions for Users of the Same Decision Support Tool   Recorded presentation Michael B. Chapman, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and E. Haave 2:00 PM J4.3 Assessment of Weather-Related Congestion On Utah's Highways:Investigation of Event Impacts From the Winter of 2008-09'   Recorded presentation Ralph Patterson, UDOT, Salt Lake City, UT; and K. Barjenbruch, G. Blackwelder, R. Graham, B. Hansen, G. Merrill, J. Miller, M. Seaman, and J. Williams 2:15 PM J4.4 Mobile Meteorological Observation (M2O) Network   Recorded presentation Brian Bell, Global Science & Technology, Fairmont, WV
	1:30 PM-2:30 PM, Monday, B217 Session 2A Global Meteorological and Hydrological Service Updates - Part 2
Cochairs: Ward R. Seguin, Consultant, Rockville, MD; Michael D. Eilts, Weather Decision Technologies, Inc., Norman, OK
1:30 PM 2A.1 National Weather Service Services Update   Recorded presentation Vickie Nadoloski, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD 2:00 PM 2A.2 Federal Aviation Administration Services Update   Jaime Figueroa, FAA, Washington, DC
	1:30 PM-2:30 PM, Monday, B218 Session 2B International Applications Part I
Cochairs: John R. Lincoln, US Navy/WMO (Ret.) and Consultant, Berryville, VA; Howard J. Diamond, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Silver Spring, MD; Erik Andersson, ECMWF, Reading United Kingdom
1:30 PM 2B.1 ECMWF web re-engineering project   Recorded presentation Baudouin Raoult, ECMWF, Reading, Berks., United Kingdom; and S. Siemen, C. Valiente, P. Bispham, S. Lamy-Thepaut, and A. Brady 1:45 PM 2B.2 Metview 4 & Magics++—answering new challenges of increasing volumes of data   Recorded presentation Stephan Siemen, ECMWF, Reading, Berks., United Kingdom 2:00 PM 2B.3 Reprocessing of 14 years of GTS data at CPTEC/INPE for distribution   Recorded presentation Waldenio Gambi de Almeida, CPTEC/INPE, Cachoeira Paulista, S.P., Brazil; and A. S. A. Pessoa, A. L. T. Ferreira, M. V. S. Mendes, R. F. Glória, S. H. S. Ferreira, and J. Weber 2:15 PM 2B.4 An integrated meteorological system for the Belgium air traffic control agency   Recorded presentation Richard Stedronsky, IPS MeteoStar, Englewood, Colorado; and M. G. Taylor
	2:30 PM-4:00 PM, Monday, Exhibit Hall B2 Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
	2:30 PM-4:00 PM, Monday Poster Session IIPS Poster Session Part I
Cochairs: Scott T. Shipley, George Mason Univ., Fairfax, Virginia; Stephen M. Holt, Noblis, Inc., Falls Church, VA; Marjorie McGuirk, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; Anthony Arguez, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC
45 Enhancing metadata available from MADIS for the National Mesonet   Michael F. Barth, NOAA/ESRL/GSD, Boulder, CO; and P. A. Miller and D. Helms   46 The University of South Alabama Mesonet: Challenges and opportunities for the future   Sytske Kimball, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL   47 Georeferenced imagery in 3D Visualization of WRF output   Alan Norton, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. Brownrigg and J. Clyne   48 Using GIS to investigate relationships between lightning and storm structure   Sarah M. Glenn, Center for Spatial Analysis, Norman, OK   49 A Data Sharing Server for Environmental Data   Joe Sirott, Shuksan Software, LLC and NOAA/PMEL, Seattle, WA 50 Science Data Mangement System Tools for Creating Flexible Systems   John Oscar Olson, SAIC, Hampton, VA   51 An advanced web application for issuing storm reports   Matthew W. Davis, NOAA/NWS, La Crosse, WI   52 An updated student—developed weather data resource   Joe S. Young, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and K. H. Goebbert, T. A. Supinie, and M. J. Laufersweiler   53 Improvements on Cluster Identification and Tracking in a New Circulation Detection Algorithm   Madison L. Burnett, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and T. M. Smith and V. Lakshmanan   54 The NCEP Power 5 to Power 6 supercomputer transtion: lessons learned   Bradley S. Mabe, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Camp Springs, MD; and S. E. Cokley, C. C. Magee, and X. Wang   55 A high performance LDM data cluster   Robert C. Lipschutz, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Boulder, CO; and D. Hagerty, P. Hamer, P. Lannigan, and C. MacDermaid
	4:00 PM-5:00 PM, Monday, B217 Session 3A Global Meteorological and Hydrological Service Updates - Part 3
Cochairs: Ward R. Seguin, Consultant, Rockville, MD; Michael D. Eilts, Weather Decision Technologies, Inc., Norman, OK
4:00 PM 3A.1 United States Air Force Weather Agency Meteorological Services Update   Fred Lewis, Director of Weather, Air Force Pentagon, Washington, DC 4:30 PM 3A.2 United States Navy Meteorological Services Update   Recorded presentation Jonathan White, Commander, Navy Meteorology and Oceanography Command, Stennis Space Center, MS
	4:00 PM-5:00 PM, Monday, B218 Session 3B International Applications Part II
Cochairs: John R. Lincoln, US Navy/WMO (Ret.) and Consultant, Berryville, VA; Howard J. Diamond, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Silver Spring, MD; Erik Andersson, ECMWF, Reading United Kingdom
4:00 PM 3B.1A A high concentration episode occurred at the beginning of 2009 pollen season in southern Kanto of Japan   Recorded presentation Motoo Suzuki, Japan Meteorological Business Support Center, Tokyo, Japan; and M. Tonouchi 3B.1 Optimal display of large weather data on web   Mohammed Mujtaba Shareef, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran, EP, Saudi Arabia 4:15 PM 3B.2 Introduction of MICAPS 3.1—A New Chinese Forecaster's Interactive System   Bing Luo, National Meteorological Center, CMA, Beijing, Beijing, China; and Y. Li and L. Cao 4:30 PM 3B.3 Convective scale modelling—the issues   Recorded presentation Ewen McCallum, UK Met Office, Exeter, United Kingdom 4:45 PM 3B.4 The U.S. global climate observing system (GCOS) program: an update on continuing efforts to implement reference climate observation sites   Recorded presentation Howard J. Diamond, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Silver Spring, MD
	5:30 PM-7:30 PM, Monday, Exhibit Hall B1 Opening of the Exhibit Hall with Reception
Tuesday, 19 January 2010
	8:30 AM-9:45 AM, Tuesday, B217 Session 4 Applications in Meteorology, Oceanography, Hydrology and Climatology Part I
Cochairs: Timothy Crum, NOAA/NEXRAD Radar Operations Center, Norman, OK; Lola M. Olsen, NASA, Greenbelt, MD
8:30 AM 4.1 HPC Design for Estimating High Resolution Weather Conditions   Recorded presentation Dorren R. Schmitt, The Weather Channel, Atlanta, GA; and J. Matthews 8:45 AM 4.3 Are snow accumulation forecasts generally overdone?   Recorded presentation Bruce Rose, The Weather Channel, Atlanta, GA; and J. Koval and E. Floehr 9:00 AM 4.4 Severe weather climatologies based on NEXRAD and other data from the Severe Weather Data Inventory (SWDI)   Recorded presentation Mark Phillips, Univ. of North Carolina, Asheville, NC; and S. Ansari and S. A. DelGreco 9:15 AM 4.5 Improving the temporal and spatial resolution of the forecasts of sea-breeze generated convection along the southeast U.S. coast   Recorded presentation Bryan A. Mroczka, NOAA/NWS, Tallahassee, FL; and J. P. Camp, K. J. Gould, and A. I. Watson 9:30 AM 4.2 A Graphical Examination of the Relationship between One to Six Day 300mb Hemispheric Forecasts and Climate Prediction Center (CPC) Climate Forecast Outlooks   Phil Zuzolo, The Boeing Company, Springfield, VA; and B. Zuzolo
	9:45 AM-11:00 AM, Tuesday, Exhibit Hall B2 Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
	11:00 AM-6:00 PM, Tuesday, Exhibit Hall B1 Exhibits Open
	11:00 AM-12:00 PM, Tuesday, B217 Session 5A Applications in Meteorology, Oceanography, Hydrology and Climatology Part II
Cochairs: Timothy Crum, NOAA/NEXRAD Radar Operations Center, Norman, OK; Lola M. Olsen, NASA, Greenbelt, MD
11:00 AM 5A.1 WRF-based hurricane simulation in the Environmental Data Cube Support System   Recorded presentation John J. Holdzkom, AER, Suffolk, VA; and T. Nehrkorn, J. F. Galantowicz, S. Lowe, M. Horn, G. D. Modica, and S. M. Leidner 11:15 AM 5A.2 A tabulated ratio of record highs to record lows: a useful marker for on-going climate warming in the United States   Recorded presentation Guy Walton Jr., The Weather Channel, Atlanta, GA; and G. Meehl 11:30 AM 5A.4 Integration of NAWIPS decoders within AWIPS II   Recorded presentation David Plummer, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Camp Springs, MD; and S. Jacobs, T. Lee, and B. A. Gordon 11:45 AM 5A.3 The Piazza Degree: temperature as a function of time   Pietro Piazza, Pietro Piazza, P.E., Palm Coast, FL
	11:00 AM-12:00 PM, Tuesday, B218 Session 5B Mobile Platforms
Cochairs: Michael D. Eilts, Weather Decision Technologies, Inc., Norman, OK; Paul A. Pisano, Federal Highway Administration, Washington, DC; Dave Emmitt, Simpson Weather Associates, Inc., Charlottesville, VA
11:00 AM 5B.1 How an iPhone can change the weather (business)   Recorded presentation Russell Heilig, Davis Instruments, Hayward, CA 11:15 AM 5B.2 Creation and Manipulation of Meteorological Products for Mobile Devices   Recorded presentation Russell Dengel, SSEC/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 11:30 AM 5B.3 Using Twitter to receive storm reports   Recorded presentation Tim Brice, NOAA/NWS, Santa Teresa, NM; and C. Pieper 11:45 AM 5B.4 Utilizing mobile devices for enhanced storm damage surveys   Recorded presentation J. Parks Camp, NOAA/NWS, Tallahassee, FL; and K. Stellman and J. Settelmaier
	12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Tuesday, B208 Kuettner Symposium Luncheon
12:00 PM B1.1 Joach Kuettner—A Man in Love with the Sky   Einar Enevoldson, The Perlan Project, Emeryville, CA
	12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Tuesday Lunch Break (Cash and Carry in Exhibit Hall)
	1:30 PM-3:00 PM, Tuesday, B217 Session 6A GIS Applications and Mashups Part I
Cochairs: Ken R. Waters, NOAA/NWS, Phoenix, AZ; Nazila Merati, NOAA/PMEL and JISAO, Seattle, WA
1:30 PM 6A.1 Development of web-based GIS applications for decision support and situational awareness   Recorded presentation Brian P. Walawender, NOAA/NWS, Kansas City, MO; and M. W. Davis 1:45 PM 6A.2 Fog Occurrence, Distribution, and Coverage through GIS Analysis   Paul J. Croft, Kean Univ., Union, NJ; and T. Anderson and A. Ottati 2:00 PM 6A.3 GIS development of the Southern Climate Impacts Planning Program   Recorded presentation William G. McPherson Jr., University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. E. Hocker and M. Yuan 2:15 PM 6A.4 Development of a GIS snowstorm database   Recorded presentation Michael F. Squires, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and R. Baldwin, G. Reid, C. Tabor, and A. Wilson 2:30 PM 6A.5 A geospatial analysis of radar reflectivity data from landfalling tropical cyclones   Recorded presentation Corene J. Matyas, Univ. of Florida, Gainesville, FL 2:45 PM 6A.6 HabitatSpace – GIS based tools for marine habitat delineation and marine spatial planning   Recorded presentation Tiffany C. Vance, NOAA/National Marine Fisheries Service, Seattle, WA; and S. Mesick and D. Steube
	1:30 PM-3:00 PM, Tuesday, B218 Session 6B Interactive Processing Systems Part I
Cochairs: William Roberts, OAR, Boulder, CO; Ward R. Seguin, Consultant, Rockville, MD
1:30 PM 6B.1 Technology and communication methods used to increase awareness and mitigate impacts during the devastating Ohio Valley winter storm on January 26-28, 2009   Recorded presentation Andrea M. Lammers, NOAA/NWSFO, Louisville, KY 1:45 PM 6B.2 National Weather Service Science and Technology Roadmap   Recorded presentation Don Berchoff, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and P. Davidson and P. Roohr 2:00 PM 6B.3 NOAA's integrated water forecasting program   Recorded presentation Gary Carter, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and J. Ingram 2:15 PM 6B.4 Hazard Information Services vision   Tracy Lee Hansen, NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and T. J. LeFebvre, C. S. Bullock, J. Wakefield, J. Ramer, S. Williams, G. J. Stumpf, K. Scharfenberg, J. T. Ferree, B. C. Motta, E. Gruntfest, S. Romano, M. K. Zappa, and W. F. Roberts 2:30 PM 6B.5 Social science initiatives in the development of the Next Generation hazardous weather products   Recorded presentation Monica K. Zappa, Univ. of Oklahoma/Social Science Woven into Meteorology, Norman, OK; and E. Gruntfest and H. Lazrus 2:45 PM 6B.6 McIDAS-V - A powerful data analysis and visualization tool for multi and hyperspectral environmental satellite data   Recorded presentation Thomas H. Achtor, SSEC/CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and T. D. Rink, T. M. Whittaker, and J. Staude
	3:00 PM-3:30 PM, Tuesday, Exhibit Hall B1 Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall
	3:30 PM-5:30 PM, Tuesday, B214 Joint Session 5 Using Technology to Move Beyond Lectures (Joint between the 19th Symposium on Education and the 26th Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology)
Cochairs: Lola M. Olsen, NASA, Greenbelt, MD; Thomas Whittaker, SSEC/CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; Rajul Pandya, UCAR, Boulder, CO
3:30 PM J5.1 LectureTools: An Advanced Student Response System for the Geosciences   Perry J. Samson, Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 4:00 PM J5.2 An internet based aviation meteorology course   Recorded presentation Donna F. Tucker, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 4:15 PM J5.3 The impact of online applets on learning in an introductory meteorology lecture   Recorded presentation Timothy J. Wagner, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and S. A. Ackerman 4:30 PM J5.4 The Lecture – what is it and why do we do it?   Steven A. Ackerman, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 4:45 PM J5.5 Blended learning course development at Western Illinois University: meeting the needs of the first-generation college student in a hybrid class   Recorded presentation Redina L. Herman, Western Illinois Univ., Macomb, IL 5:00 PM J5.6 Lessons Learned from Conducting an International Student Climate Investigation: Data, Collaboration and Social Networking   Recorded presentation Donna J. Charlevoix, The GLOBE Program, Boulder, CO; and E. E. Geary and M. Hoffman 5:15 PM J5.7 A low-cost electronic chart wall for undergraduate program enhancement   Recorded presentation Don T. Conlee, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and M. Perrotte and C. Mouchyn
	3:30 PM-5:15 PM, Tuesday, B217 Session 7A GIS Applications and Mashups Part II
Cochairs: Ken R. Waters, NOAA/NWS, Phoenix, AZ; Nazila Merati, NOAA/PMEL and JISAO, Seattle, WA
3:30 PM 7A.1 Putting meteorological data into the context of the community:   Recorded presentation Peter Trevelyan, The U.K. Met Office, Exeter, United Kingdom; and J. Tandy 3:45 PM 7A.2 National Weather Service GIS Data and GIS Enterprise   Ira Graffman, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and K. L. Sheets 4:00 PM 7A.3 A Geographic Information System Based Reanalysis of the 3 December 1978 Bossier City, Louisiana Tornado   Recorded presentation Douglas Butts, NOAA/NWS, Shreveport, LA; and K. Stellman 7A.3 PAPER WITHDRAWN   4:15 PM 7A.4 NOAA National Weather Service's National Digital Forecast Database available as a mobile service and KML service in addition to a shapefile service and image service   Recorded presentation Jayme L. Laber, NOAA/NWS, Oxnard, CA 4:30 PM 7A.5 National Weather Service RIDGE 2 Radar Data Architecture and Warning Geographic Information System Services   Recorded presentation Corey Pieper, NOAA/NWS, Fort Worth, TX; and P. Kirkwood, B. P. Walawender, J. Burks, A. Sutula, K. Stellman, S. Rae, and A. Murray 4:45 PM 7A.6 Verification of Gridded Morning Temperatures at NWS Miami, FL   Recorded presentation Gordon Strassberg, NOAA/NWS, Miami, FL; and J. B. Settelmaier
	3:30 PM-5:30 PM, Tuesday, B218 Session 7B Interactive Processing Systems Part II
Cochairs: William Roberts, OAR, Boulder, CO; Ward R. Seguin, Consultant, Rockville, MD
3:30 PM 7B.1 The LEAD Gateway II: A Hardened, Persistent Community Resource for Meteorological Research and Education   Recorded presentation Beth Plale, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN; and K. K. Droegemeier and C. Mattocks 3:45 PM 7B.2 Advanced Forecaster Tools for Workflow Efficinency using Web Based Transactions   Recorded presentation Matthew G. Taylor, IPS MeteoStar, Englewood, CO; and R. Stedronsky 4:00 PM 7B.3 Introduction of NOAA's Community Hydrologic Prediction System   Recorded presentation Jon M. Roe, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and C. Dietz, P. Restrepo, R. Shedd, R. Horwood, H. Opitz, B. Olsen, R. Hartman, J. Halquist, and E. Welles 4:15 PM 7B.4 AWIPS Technology Infusion Overview and Status   Recorded presentation Ronla K. Henry, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and E. Mandel, S. Schotz, T. Hopkins, O. Brown-Leigh, A. M. Tarro, and J. Vogel 4:30 PM 7B.5 NAWIPS Integration with AWIPS II Technology Infusion—Status update year 2   Recorded presentation David Plummer, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Camp Springs, MD; and S. Jacobs, S. Gilbert, B. A. Gordon, S. S. Schotz, and R. K. Henry 4:45 PM 7B.6 NAWIPS integration of Product Generation within AWIPS II   Recorded presentation David Plummer, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Camp Springs, MD; and S. Jacobs, S. Gilbert, and B. A. Gordon 5:00 PM 7B.7 The implementation of the Graphical Forecaster Editor for a national center marine domain   Recorded presentation Ariel E. Cohen, NOAA/NWSFO, Jackson, MS; and E. Christensen, C. Juckins, J. P. Cangialosi, C. Lauer, H. D. Cobb, and M. Nelson 5:15 PM 7B.8 NCEP's new model anlayses and guidance web site   Recorded presentation Michelle Mainelli, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Camp Springs, MD; and B. A. Gordon and S. Jacobs
Wednesday, 20 January 2010
	8:30 AM-10:00 AM, Wednesday, B218 Joint Session 14 Earth Science Information Systems Part I (Joint between the 22nd Conference on Climate Variability and Change and the 26th Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology)
Cochairs: Nancy N. Soreide, NOAA/PMEL, Seattle, WA; Stephen M. Holt, Noblis, Inc., Falls Church, VA
8:30 AM J14.1 U.S. and global in situ datasets for the analysis of climate variability and change   Recorded presentation Jay Lawrimore, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and B. Gleason, C. N. Williams, M. J. Menne, and W. E. Angel 8:45 AM J14.2 On the use of a coastal mesonet to improve operations at an NWS forecast office   Recorded presentation James Titlow III, WeatherFlow Inc., Poquoson, VA; and M. Willis 9:00 AM J14.3 Multigraph: interactive data graphs on the web   Recorded presentation Mark Phillips, Univ. of North Carolina, Asheville, NC; and D. Eldreth 9:15 AM J14.4 An Operational Tsunami Forecast Tool   Recorded presentation Donald W. Denbo, JISAO/Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and J. R. Osborne, C. K. Pells, and M. A. Traum 9:30 AM J14.5 Communicating recent changes in the Arctic environment   Recorded presentation Nancy N. Soreide, NOAA/PMEL, Seattle, WA; and J. E. Overland, J. A. Richter-Menge, H. Eicken, and J. Calder 9:45 AM J14.6 A record of Washington D.C. dew point temperatures from the 1840s   Paula J. Brown, Northeast Regional Climate Center/Cornell University, Ithaca, NY; and A. T. DeGaetano
	8:30 AM-10:00 AM, Wednesday, B217 Session 8 Radar IIPS I - Part 1
Cochairs: Timothy Crum, NOAA/NEXRAD Radar Operations Center, Norman, OK; Douglas E. Forsyth, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; Julian Wang, NOAA/ARL, Silver Spring, MD; Robert E. Saffle, Noblis, Inc., Falls Church, VA
8:30 AM 8.1 NEXRAD Product Improvement – Update 2010   Recorded presentation Robert E. Saffle, Noblis, Inc., Falls Church, VA; and G. S. Cate and M. J. Istok 8:45 AM 8.2 Evaluating a Storm Tracking Algorithm   Recorded presentation Valliappa Lakshmanan, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and T. M. Smith 9:00 AM 8.3 An Improved Storm Cell Identification and Tracking (SCIT) Algorithm based on DBSCAN Clustering and JPDA Tracking Methods   Recorded presentation Jenny L. Matthews, Georgia Tech Research Institute, Severe Storms Research Center, Atlanta, GA; and J. Trostel 9:15 AM 8.4 Application of an improved SCIT algorithm to investigate lightning characteristics of a tornado outbreak in Georgia   Recorded presentation John Trostel, Georgia Tech Research Institute, Severe Storms Research Center, Atlanta, GA; and J. Matthews 9:30 AM 8.5 Hail reflectivity signatures from two adjacent WSR-88Ds: carrier frequency and calibration issues   Recorded presentation Valery M. Melnikov, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and R. R. Lee and N. J. Langlieb 9:45 AM 8.6 A novel ground-clutter-contamination mitigation solution for the NEXRAD network: the CLEAN-AP filter   Recorded presentation David A. Warde, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and S. M. Torres
	10:00 AM-10:30 AM, Wednesday Coffee Break in Meeting Room Foyer
	10:30 AM-12:00 PM, Wednesday, B218 Joint Session 7 Earth Science Information Systems Part II (Joint between the 26th Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology and the 22nd Conference on Climate Variability and Change)
Cochairs: Nancy N. Soreide, NOAA/PMEL, Seattle, WA; Stephen M. Holt, Noblis, Inc., Falls Church, VA
10:30 AM J7.1 Northern Hemisphere snow cover extent during the satellite era   Recorded presentation David A. Robinson, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ; and T. W. Estilow 11:00 AM J7.2 10 years of height-resolved cloud-track winds from the Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) instrument on the Terra satellite   Recorded presentation Michael J. Garay, Raytheon Corporation, Pasadena, CA; and K. Mueller, C. Moroney, V. Jovanovic, D. L. Wu, and D. Diner
	10:30 AM-11:30 AM, Wednesday, B217 Session 9 Radar IIPS I - Part 2
Cochairs: Timothy Crum, NOAA/NEXRAD Radar Operations Center, Norman, OK; Douglas E. Forsyth, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; Julian Wang, NOAA/ARL, Silver Spring, MD; Robert E. Saffle, Noblis, Inc., Falls Church, VA
10:30 AM 9.1 Evaluation of the Vortex Detection and Characterization (VDAC) technique using multiple-Doppler observations of intense vortices   Recorded presentation Corey K. Potvin, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and A. Shapiro and J. Gao 10:45 AM 9.2 Dual-Doppler wind analysis of convective storms using the vertical vorticity equation   Recorded presentation Corey K. Potvin, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and A. Shapiro and J. Gao 11:00 AM 9.3 Alternative approaches to staggered PRT clutter filtering   Recorded presentation Gregory Meymaris, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. Hubbert and M. Dixon 9.4 PAPER WITHDRAWN
	11:00 AM-6:30 PM, Wednesday Exhibits Open
	12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Wednesday Lunch Break (Cash and Carry in Exhibit Hall)
	1:30 PM-2:30 PM, Wednesday, B217 Session 10A Information Systems Technology in Support of Satellite Data Applications Part I
Cochairs: Gerald J. Dittberner, Dittberner Science and Technology, Springfield, VA; Dongsoo Kim, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC
1:30 PM 10A.1 NOAA's NPOESS data exploitation project: re-usable tools and services (invited)   Recorded presentation Geof Goodrum, NOAA/NESDIS, Suitland, MD; and J. G. Yoe, J. Silva, G. Roth, and P. MacHarrie 1:45 PM 10A.2 The National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) Interface Data Processing Segment (IDPS)   Recorded presentation Joseph Mulligan, NPOESS Integrated Program Office, Silver Spring, MD; and M. M. Ripley 2:00 PM 10A.3 NOAA / NESDIS satellite operations: product generation and distribution services   Recorded presentation Thomas M. Renkevens, NOAA/NESDIS/OSDPD, Camp Springs, MD; and B. Hughes and G. Serafino 2:15 PM 10A.4 Next-Generation Blade-based Architecture for GOES Sensor Processing System (SPS)   Recorded presentation Shahram Tehranian, Nortel Government Solutions, Lanham, MD; and A. Agarwal, S. Vasanth, and K. Mckenzie
	1:30 PM-2:30 PM, Wednesday, B218 Session 10B Radar IIPS II - Part 1
Cochairs: Timothy Crum, NOAA/NEXRAD Radar Operations Center, Norman, OK; Douglas E. Forsyth, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; Robert E. Saffle, Noblis, Inc., Falls Church, VA; Julian Wang, NOAA/ARL, Silver Spring, MD
1:30 PM 10B.1 The characterization of the effect of antenna polarization errors on simultaneous horizontal and vertical transmitt polarization data   Recorded presentation J.C. Hubbert, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and S. M. Ellis, M. Dixon, and G. Meymaris 1:45 PM 10B.2 Mitigation of cross-polar interference in polarimetric weather radar   Recorded presentation James J. Stagliano Jr., Propagation Research Associates, Inc., Marietta, GA; and E. J. Holder 2:00 PM 10B.3 Multi-Doppler and polarimetric analysis of a tornado and rear-inflow jet   Recorded presentation Vivek Mahale, CAPS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. Brotzge, J. Gao, K. Brewster, and M. Xue 2:15 PM 10B.4 Polarimetric signatures of melting hail at S and C bands. Detection and short-term forecast   Recorded presentation Joseph C. Picca, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and A. V. Ryzhkov
	2:30 PM-4:00 PM, Wednesday, Exhibit Hall B2 Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
	2:30 PM-4:00 PM, Wednesday Poster Session IIPS Poster Session Part II
Cochairs: Scott T. Shipley, George Mason Univ., Fairfax, Virginia; Stephen M. Holt, Noblis, Inc., Falls Church, VA; Marjorie McGuirk, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; Anthony Arguez, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC
390 A multi-band, multi-mission phased array radar network in the CONUS   James M. Kurdzo, Atmospheric Radar Research Center, School of Meteorology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and R. D. Palmer   391 Facilitating tropical cyclone analysis of hurricane satellite (HURSAT) imagery with Google Earth   Philip T. Bergmaier, Millersville University, Millersville, PA; and K. R. Knapp   392 Suppression of the wind farm contribution from the atmospheric radar returns   Svetlana M. Bachmann, Lockheed Martin, Syracuse, NY; and Y. Al-Rashid, P. Bronecke, R. D. Palmer, and B. Isom   393 Diagnosis of azimuthal shear associated with tornadoes   Travis Visco, National Weather Center REU, Patchogue, NY; and V. Lakshmanan, T. M. Smith, and K. L. Ortega   394 TRMM Data Service Updates   Zhong Liu, George Mason University/CEOSR, Fairfax, VA and NASA/GSFC GES DISC, Greenbelt, MD; and D. Ostrenga and G. Leptoukh   395 Updates of Online Visualization and Analysis of Global Merged Geostationary Satellite Infrared Dataset   Zhong Liu, George Mason University/CEOSR, Fairfax, VA and NASA/GSFC GES DISC, Greenbelt, MD; and D. Ostrenga and G. Leptoukh   396 Comparing radar signatures to high-resolution hail reports   Tiffany C. Meyer, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma and NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and J. M. Erlingis and K. L. Ortega   397 A signal processing roadmap for NEXRAD   Richard L. Ice, Wyle Information Systems, Norman, OK; and G. S. Cate, R. E. Saffle, D. Sirmans, D. S. Zrnic, S. M. Torres, D. A. Warde, J. C. Hubbert, and A. D. Free   398 Immersive multi-scale visualization of downscaling climate models   Albert J. Hermann, JISAO/Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and J. Sirott and N. N. Soreide   399 Java OceanAtlas expanded to include TAO El Nino time series data   J.R. Osborne, JISAO/Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA   563 has been moved to 3B.1A
	4:00 PM-5:00 PM, Wednesday, B217 Session 11A Information Systems Technology in Support of Satellite Data Applications Part II
Cochairs: Gerald J. Dittberner, Dittberner Science and Technology, Springfield, VA; Dongsoo Kim, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC
4:00 PM 11A.1 Adapting Satellite Data for Display on Mobile Devices   Recorded presentation Russell Dengel, SSEC/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 4:15 PM 11A.2 International Polar Orbiter Processing Package (IPOPP)   John Overton, NPOESS IPO, Silver Spring, MD; and G. Fesenger, B. Reed, and W. M. Thomas 4:30 PM 11A.3 NASA Goddard Giovanni Support for YOTC   Recorded presentation Dana Ostrenga, ADNET Systems, Inc. and NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and G. Leptoukh and D. Waliser 4:45 PM 11A.4 The development and use of graphical programs for real-time and long-term monitoring of environmental satellite products with the NOAA Products Validation System (NPROVS)   Recorded presentation Michael Pettey, NOAA/NESDIS, Suitland, MD; and A. Reale and B. Sun
	4:00 PM-5:30 PM, Wednesday, B218 Session 11B Radar IIPS II - Part 2
Cochairs: Timothy Crum, NOAA/NEXRAD Radar Operations Center, Norman, OK; Douglas E. Forsyth, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; Robert E. Saffle, Noblis, Inc., Falls Church, VA; Julian Wang, NOAA/ARL, Silver Spring, MD
4:00 PM 11B.1 Lightning threat nowcasting with polarimetric weather radar   Recorded presentation James J. Stagliano Jr., Propagation Research Associates, Inc., Marietta, GA 4:15 PM 11B.2 Experimental lightning advisories/warnings for point locations in East Central Florida   Recorded presentation Brad James Reinhart, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and M. Volkmer, S. Spratt, and D. Sharp 4:30 PM 11B.3 Multifunction Surveillance Radar Testing – HWDDC and the SPS-48E Meteorological and Aircraft Surveillance Capability   Recorded presentation Timothy Maese, BCI, Moorestown, NJ; and H. S. Owen, J. A. Hunziker, F. Yezril, L. Wagner, and R. Case 11B.4 Introduction to SWAN System and Its Application   Yerong Feng, Guangdong Meteorological Bureau, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China 4:45 PM 11B.5 Updates on Radar Refractivity Retrieval – Quality Control Improvements and the 2009 Field Experiment to Determine Causes of Bias   Recorded presentation Daniel S. Michaud, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and R. D. Palmer, D. Bodine, P. L. Heinselman, B. L. Cheong, and P. B. Chilson 5:00 PM 11B.6 A Comparison of Warm and Cool Season Tornadic Quasi-Linear Convective Systems in North Alabama   Recorded presentation Stephen Latimer, NOAA/NWS, Huntsville, AL; and A. Kula
	5:30 PM-6:30 PM, Wednesday, Exhibit Hall B1 Reception in Exhibit Hall (Cash Bar)
	7:00 PM-9:00 PM, Wednesday, Thomas Murphy Ballroom 1-4 AMS Annual Awards Banquet
Thursday, 21 January 2010
	7:30 AM-8:30 AM, Thursday, B208 Washington Symposium Breakfast
	8:30 AM-9:45 AM, Thursday, B217 Joint Session 1 Global environmental observing systems including, but not limited to, the Global Climate Observing System (GCOS), Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS), and Global Terrestrial Observing System (GTOS) - Part I (Joint between the 26th Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology and the 14th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS))
Cochairs: Howard J. Diamond, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Silver Spring, MD; John R. Lincoln, US Navy/WMO (Ret.) and Consultant, Berryville, VA
8:30 AM J1.1 The Global Climate Observing System(GCOS) after World Climate Conference-3: The GCOS role in the new Global Framework for Climate Services   Recorded presentation John Zillman, Bureau of Meteorology, Melbourne, Vic., Australia 8:45 AM J1.2 GCOS Program and Associated Workplans   Recorded presentation Carolin Richter, GCOS Secretariat, Geneva, Switzerland 9:00 AM J1.3 Spatial representativeness of GCOS Reference Upper-Air Network observations   Recorded presentation Dian J. Seidel, NOAA/ARL, Silver Spring, MD; and T. Reale, B. Sun, and M. Pettey 9:15 AM J1.4 Impacts of Temporal and Spatial Mismatch between Radiosonde Launch and Satellite Overpass on the Accuracy Assessment of Satellite Retrievals: Daily vs. Weekly vs. Monthly Scales   Recorded presentation Bomin Sun, IMSG & NOAA/NESDIS/STAR, Suitland, MD; and T. Reale, C. Z. Zou, M. Pettey, and F. Tilley 9:30 AM J1.5 Operational NESDIS daily 0.1degree global SST Analysis   Eileen Maria Maturi, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR, Camp Springs, MD; and A. Harris, J. Sapper, H. Gu, L. Ma, and W. Meng
	8:30 AM-9:45 AM, Thursday, B218 Joint Session 6 Virtual Globe technology and applications Part I (Joint between the 26th Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology and the Presidential Forum)
Cochairs: Scott T. Shipley, George Mason Univ., Fairfax, VA; Nazila Merati, NOAA/PMEL and JISAO, Seattle, WA; Nancy N. Soreide, NOAA/PMEL, Seattle, WA
8:30 AM J6.1 WxAzygyTM Transparent Interface for Google Earth   Recorded presentation Scott T. Shipley, WxAnalyst, Fairfax, VA; and S. J. Cantrell and A. Peterlin 8:45 AM J6.2 Three dimensional spherical display systems for education and outreach   Recorded presentation Richard A. Kohrs, SSEC/Univ. Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and M. Mooney 9:00 AM J6.3 Satellite imagery and virtual globe cloud layer simulation from NWP model fields   Recorded presentation John F. Galantowicz, AER, Lexington, MA; and J. J. Holdzkom, T. Nehrkorn, R. P. D'Entremont, and S. Lowe 9:15 AM J6.4 Technology Infusion for the Next Generation Real Time Mission Monitor   Recorded presentation Richard J. Blakeslee, NASA/MSFC, Huntsville, AL; and H. M. Goodman, J. M. Hall, Y. M. He, H. Conover, K. Regner, D. Hardin, J. Lu, M. Garrett, and T. Smith 9:30 AM Questions
	9:45 AM-1:30 PM, Thursday Exhibits Open
	9:45 AM-11:00 AM, Thursday, Exhibit Hall B2 Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
	11:00 AM-12:15 PM, Thursday, B217 Joint Session 2 Global environmental observing systems including, but not limited to, the Global Climate Observing System (GCOS), Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS), and Global Terrestrial Observing System (GTOS)- Part II (Joint between the 26th Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology and the 14th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS))
Cochairs: Howard J. Diamond, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Silver Spring, MD; John R. Lincoln, US Navy/WMO (Ret.) and Consultant, Berryville, VA
11:00 AM J2.1 Quality assurance of PACRAIN tipping bucket gauge data   Recorded presentation Michael D. Klatt, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. S. Greene and M. L. Morrissey 11:15 AM J2.2 Climate observations and seasonal rainfall forecasting in the Pacific Islands   Recorded presentation Dean Solofa, SPREP, Apia, Samoa; and M. Morrissey and S. Postawko 11:30 AM J2.3 The Tropical Atmosphere Ocean Array (TAO) for the 21st Century   Recorded presentation Landry J. Bernard III, NOAA/NDBC, Stennis Space Center, MS; and R. Bouchard, L. A. LeBlanc, R. Crout, J. Zhou, K. J. Kern, D. C. Petraitis, and C. C. Teng 11:45 AM J2.4 Effect of the Earth Science Decadal Survey on NASA and NOAA—Three Years Later   Recorded presentation Randall G. Bass, ITT Corp, Herndon, VA; and R. Fitzhugh and L. Jairam 12:00 PM J2.5 Observing the climate for development   Recorded presentation William E. Westermeyer, Global Climate Observing System Secretariat, Geneva, Switzerland
	11:00 AM-11:45 AM, Thursday, B218 Joint Session 8 Virtual Globe technology and applications Part II (Joint between the Presidential Forum and the 26th Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology)
Cochairs: Scott T. Shipley, George Mason Univ., Fairfax, Virginia; Nazila Merati, NOAA/PMEL and JISAO, Seattle, WA; Nancy N. Soreide, NOAA/PMEL, Seattle, WA
11:00 AM J8.1 Radar Integrated Display using Geospatial Elements Version 2 (RIDGE2) and Virtual Globes   Recorded presentation Keith Stellman, NOAA/NWS, Shreveport, LA; and P. Kirkwood, C. Pieper, J. E. Burks, B. P. Walawender, A. Sutula, and A. Murray 11:15 AM J8.2 Supporting operational weather forecasting with Google Earth   Recorded presentation Andy Cox, The Weather Channel, Atlanta, GA; and R. Lucksinger and D. Eck 11:30 AM J8.3 Visualizing dynamic weather and ocean data with Google Earth 5   Recorded presentation Cris Castello, Google, Inc., Mountain View, CA; and P. Giencke
	12:15 PM-1:30 PM, Thursday, B206 Presidential Town Hall Meeting: Dr. Jane Lubchenco’s Plenary Luncheon (Cash and Carry lunch available outside of the meeting room)
12:15 PM Panelist: Jane Lubchenco   Jane Lubchenco, NOAA Administrater, Washington, DC
	1:30 PM-3:00 PM, Thursday, B217 Session 14A Challenges in Data Access, Distribution, and Use including, but not limited to, issues raised in the National Academy of Sciences report Observing Weather and Climate from the Ground Up - Part I
Cochairs: Anthony Arguez, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; John D. Horel, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
1:30 PM 14A.1 Planned product improvements for the NOAA Meteorological Assimilation Data Ingest System (MADIS)   Recorded presentation Patricia A. Miller, NOAA/ESRL/GSD, Boulder, CO; and D. Helms, M. F. Barth, L. A. Benjamin, R. S. Collander, and T. Kent 1:45 PM 14A.2 Viewing Mesonets as Dynamical Systems   Recorded presentation John D. Horel, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 2:00 PM 14A.3 The Need for the Essential Coastal In-Situ Environmental Monitoring System   Recorded presentation L. J. Pietrafesa, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 2:15 PM 14A.4 The Kentucky Mesonet: Perspectives on data access, distribution, and use for a mesoscale surface network   Recorded presentation D. Michael Grogan, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY; and S. A. Foster and R. Mahmood 2:30 PM 14A.5 Content, discovery, and accessibility enhancements to the NCAR Research Data Archive   Recorded presentation Douglas Schuster, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and S. Worley 2:45 PM 14A.6 Flexible data import for McIDAS-V   David A. Santek, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and D. Parker, T. Jasmin, and J. Caron
	1:30 PM-3:00 PM, Thursday, B218 Session 14B Radar IIPS III - Part 1
Cochairs: Timothy Crum, NOAA/NEXRAD Radar Operations Center, Norman, OK; Douglas E. Forsyth, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; Robert E. Saffle, Noblis, Inc., Falls Church, VA; Julian Wang, NOAA/ARL, Silver Spring, MD
1:30 PM 14B.1 Progress report on the National Weather Radar Testbed (Phased Array)   Recorded presentation Douglas E. Forsyth, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and J. F. Kimpel, D. S. Zrnic, R. Ferek, J. Heimmer, T. McNellis, J. E. Crain, A. M. Shapiro, R. J. Vogt, and W. Benner 1:45 PM 14B.2 Update on signal processing upgrades for the National Weather Radar Testbed phased-array radar   Recorded presentation Sebastian M. Torres, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and R. Adams, C. Curtis, E. Forren, I. Ivic, D. Priegnitz, J. Thompson, and D. Warde 2:00 PM 14B.3 A status report on the RF and digital components of the multi-channel receiver development at the National Weather Radar Testbed   Recorded presentation M. Yeary, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. E. Crain, A. Zahrai, R. Kelley, J. Meier, Y. Zhang, I. Ivic, C. Curtis, R. Palmer, T. -. Y. Yu, G. Zhang, R. J. Doviak, P. B. Chilson, M. Xue, and Q. Xu 14B.4 PAPER WITHDRAWN   2:15 PM 14B.4A A Review of The Second Multifunction Phased Array Radar (MPAR) Symposium   Samuel P. Williamson, Office of the Federal Coordinator for Meteorology, Silver Spring, MD; and J. E. Stailey and S. J. Taijeron 2:30 PM 14B.5 Optimized scan strategy for phased array weather radar   Recorded presentation Svetlana M. Bachmann, Lockheed Martin, Syracuse, NY; and Y. Al-Rashid 2:45 PM 14B.6 Task prioritization on phased-array radar scheduler for adaptive weather sensing   Recorded presentation Ricardo Reinoso-Rondinel, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and S. M. Torres and T. Y. Yu
	3:00 PM-3:30 PM, Thursday Coffee Break in Meeting Room Foyer
	3:30 PM-4:30 PM, Thursday, B217 Session 15A Challenges in Data Access, Distribution, and Use including, but not limited to, issues raised in the National Academy of Sciences report Observing Weather and Climate from the Ground Up - Part II
Cochairs: Anthony Arguez, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; John D. Horel, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
3:30 PM 15A.1 A renewed look at Distributed Discovery of Earth Science Data; Leveraging the Open Geospatial Consortium's (OGC) Catalog Services for the Web (CS-W) to serve NASA's metadata to the Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS)   Recorded presentation Scott A. Ritz, WYLE Information Systems, Greenbelt, MD; and L. M. Olsen, T. B. Stevens, and R. T. Northcutt 3:45 PM 15A.2 The NOAA climate services portal: a new centralized resource for distributed climate information   Recorded presentation J. Neal Lott, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and D. Herring, J. Boyd, S. Handel, F. Niepold, and E. Shea 4:00 PM 15A.3 An update on the Global Observing Systems Information Center (GOSIC) portal: development of new data access tools   Recorded presentation Christina Lief, NOAA/NCDC, Asheville, NC 4:15 PM 15A.4 Lossless differential compression of weather radar data in universal format using motion estimation and compensation   W. David Pan, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and P. R. Harasti, M. D. Frost, Q. Zhao, J. Cook, T. Maese, and L. Wagner
	3:30 PM-4:15 PM, Thursday, B218 Session 15B Radar IIPS III - Part 2
Cochairs: Timothy Crum, NOAA/NEXRAD Radar Operations Center, Norman, OK; Douglas E. Forsyth, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; Robert E. Saffle, Noblis, Inc., Falls Church, VA; Julian Wang, NOAA/ARL, Silver Spring, MD
3:30 PM 15B.1 The impact of elevation scan spacing on observations of heat bursts sampled by the National Weather Radar Testbed Phased Array Radar   Recorded presentation Adam J. Smith, Atmospheric Radar Research Center, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and P. B. Chilson and P. L. Heinselman 3:45 PM 15B.2 Exploiting NWRT PAR capabilities to improve temporal data resolution   Recorded presentation Pamela L. Heinselman, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and S. M. Torres 4:00 PM 15B.3 Range oversampling techniques on the National Weather Radar Testbed   Recorded presentation Christopher D. Curtis, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and S. M. Torres
	5:00 PM-5:05 PM, Thursday AMS 90th Annual Meeting Adjourns

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