Program: Tenth Annual Student Conference (91st American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting)

S1

HWRF Simulation of Hurricane Ike (2008)

Owen H. Shieh, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI; and S. M. Mackaro

S2

Tropical circulation changes associated with global warming shown in satellite observations, reanalyses, and climate models

Ahyoung Lim, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South); and B. J. Sohn

S3

Toward an analysis of the influence of the urban heat island effect on single-cell convective trajectories

Joshua Turner, University of Miami, Miami, FL; and B. Vant-Hull

S4

Optical properties of haze in Seoul using ground-based and satellite observations

Young-Chan Noh, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South); and B. J. Sohn

S5

A documentation of observed heavy snowfall rates in the contiguous United States, 1980-2010

Sara Ganetis, Albany, NY; and J. L. Guyer and J. Racy

S6

Dynamical and statistical downscaling of ensemble forecasts for wind energy applications in Ireland

Jennifer Courtney, University College, Dublin, Ireland; and C. Sweeney and P. Lynch

S7

Evaluating high-resolution NWP forecasts of the nocturnal low level jet for improving wind power forecasts

Jeffrey A. Deppa, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ; and R. L. Carpenter and B. L. Shaw

S8

Radar-disdrometer comparison to reveal attenuation effects on CASA radar data

Christopher A. Kerr, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and G. Zhang and P. Bukovcic

S9

Correlating MODIS Observations and Corresponding AERONET Stations in the United States

Nicole Marie Pothier, Hampton University, Hampton, VA

S10

Diurnal variation in settling velocity of pollen released from corn and consequences for atmospheric dispersion

Simone Claire Gleicher, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA; and M. Chamecki, N. S. Dufault, and S. A. Isard

S11

Evaluating the Performance of High-Resolution Hurricane Prediction Modeling System

Rosimar Rios, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez, PR; and T. Vukicevic, A. Aksoy, and K. Sellwood

Handout (10.1 MB)

S12

Effects of DEM resolution on HAZUS flood mapping for the Monongahela River: California, PA

Timothy M. Lahmers, California University of Pennsylvania, California, PA; and K. Fredrick, T. Mueller, C. M. Kauffman, and M. S. Scott

S13

Understanding Changes in the Arctic Basin Sea Ice Mass Budget as Simulated by CCSM4- Implications from Melt Season Characteristics and the Surface Albedo Feedback

Daniel A. Pollak, Pennsylvania State University & NCAR/SOARS, State College, PA; and M. M. Holland and D. Bailey

S14

On a relationship between the planetary boundary layer height (PBLH) and precipitation

Alyssa V. Bates, Penn State University, University Park, PA; and X. Z. Liang

S15

Development of a Data Acquisition System to Study Turbulence

Kevin J. Sanchez, SIO/Univ. Of California, La Jolla, CA; and J. D. Fuentes

S16

Energy Fluxes and Greenhouse Gas Emissions from a Waste Lagoon

Justin M. Rawley, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA

Handout (862.0 kB)

S17

Verifying model forecasts of arctic fronts in advance of winter storms in the southern Plains

William E. Leatham IV, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA; and P. Burke and A. A. Taylor

S18

The wind-speed dose-response of tree-falls impacting the transmission grid of British Columbia

Wolf A. Read, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

S19

Temperature forecast opportunities across the NWS Southern Region

Néstor S. Flecha, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez, PR; and B. N. Meisner

S20

Effect of Enhanced Moisture Triggers on Mean Precipitation and Winds in the Tropical East Pacific and the Caribbean

Idamis Del Valle, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez, PR; and E. D. Maloney

S21

Surface Winds in 2008 Hurricane Ike: Observations and High-Resolution Model Forecasts

Patricia Sanchez, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez, PR; and S. Chen

Handout (4.2 MB)

S22

Verification of the Experimental Hurricane Tracking and Intensity Prediction Model (EHTIPM) with Observations from the 2010 Hurricane Alex

Cristimer Gonzalez, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez, PR; and N. D. Ramirez

S23

Visualization and Model Intercomparison of the Vector Vorticity Cloud Model

Nicholas Geyer, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA; and C. S. Konor and T. A. Cram

S24

Using HYSPLIT Back Trajectories to Improve Understanding of Tropical Thin Cirrus Cloud Formation Mechanisms

Travis D. Toth, PNNL, Grand Forks, ND; and S. McFarlane and L. Riihimaki

S25

Extreme Temperatures in Southeast Alaska

S26

Measured Severe Convective Wind Gust Climatology of Thunderstorms for the Contiguous United States, 2003-2009

Bryan T. Smith, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/SPC, Norman, OK; and A. C. Winters, C. M. Mead, A. R. Dean, and T. E. Castellanos

S27

Sea surface height and intensity change in Western North Pacific Typhoons

Julianna Kurpis, Bard High School Early College, Long Island City, NY; and M. Kokolis, J. N. Thomas, N. N. Solorzano, and G. Terdoslavich

Handout (730.7 kB)

S28

Air pollution dispersion forecasting: a climatological study of Cape Canaveral tropospheric wind patterns

Erich Uher, DRI, Reno, NV; and M. L. Kaplan, A. Joros, and D. Decker

S29

Comparisons of flood affected area derived from MODIS and Landsat imagery

Kevin W. Van Leer, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL; and J. F. Galantowicz

S30

Analysis of GFDL intensity forecasting performance for Gulf/Caribbean major hurricanes from 1995-2008

Andrew Todd Hazelton, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL

S31

Characteristics and estimated warning success rates of QLCS and supercell-produced significant tornadoes in the Southeast U.S

Garrett D. Combs, Lyndon State College, Lyndonville, VT; and S. Nelson

S32

Climatology of Lake-Effect Precipitation in the Lake Tahoe, CA/NV Region

Alicia Bentley, SUNY, Albany, NY; and S. Santeiu, S. Ganetis, A. Stieneke, and N. F. Laird

S33

Meteorological and Ozone Measurements from Barbados during the Summer of 2010

Ashford D'Arcy Reyes, Howard University, Washington, DC

S34

A Tourism Climatology of the Southeastern United States

David Perkins IV, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC

S35

Winter Bird Migration Observed by WSR-88D Radar in the Vicinity of the Great Salt Lake, Utah

Jennifer Hanger, University of Georgia, Athens, GA; and A. Williams and N. F. Laird

S36

A convective climatology of storms over the Green River watershed

William Tollefson, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS; and C. Hunt

S37

Hydrodynamic Model Comparison for Corpus Christi Bay

Sergey Reid, Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi, TX; and J. Davis, Y. Nevel, and P. Tissot

Handout (1.2 MB)

S38

Comparison of MODIS ocean aerosol retrievals with ship-based sun photometer measurements from the Around the America's expedition

Ángel F. Adames-Corraliza, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and M. Reynolds, A. Smirnov, D. S. Covert, and T. P. Ackerman

Handout (3.4 MB)

S39

What TRMM tells us about tropical cyclone precipitation features

Levi Thatcher, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and Y. N. Takayabu

S40

Tsunami travel times and detection capabilities for the Caribbean Region

Alina del Mar Nieves, SCEP NOAA/NWS, Mayaguez, PR

S41

Observations of Local Scale Perturbations Resulting from Urban Environments

Talon B. Atwell, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN; and B. A. Davila, M. J. Dixon, A. C. Hurley, T. A. Johnson, T. M. Lucko, S. J. Sanders, K. W. Van Leer, A. A. Veron, and K. H. Min

S42

Synoptic categorization and data analysis of historical flood-inducing storms in the Northeast

Johnathan P. Kirk, Northeast Regional Climate Center, Ithaca, NY

S43

Dual-Doppler radar and cloud photogrammetry analysis of the 5 June 2009 Goshen County, Wyoming tornado during VORTEX2

Michael Michaud, Lyndon State College, Lyndonville, VT; and C. Johnson and N. T. Atkins

S44

Tornadic behavior related to land-falling tropical cyclones in the United States

Jaclyn M. Ritzman, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY; and D. S. Arndt and M. C. Kruk

S45

The influence of environmental vertical wind shear on hurricane eye formation

Diamilet Pérez-Betancourt, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez, PR; and S. S. Chen and J. L. Vigh

S46

Statistical modeling of Atlantic tropical cyclone counts

Michael E. Kozar, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA; and M. E. Mann, S. J. Camargo, and J. P. Kossin

S47

A Comparison of the Societal Impacts and Warning Operations for the 1989 and 2010 Huntsville, Alabama Tornadoes

Angelica M. Betancourt-Negron, NOAA/NWS and University of Puerto Rico, Huntsville, AL; and K. N. Scotten, J. M. Coyne, and J. L. Lee

S48

Space Weather and Technological Impacts

Jennifer Meehan, Utah State University, Logan, UT; and G. Fisher and W. J. Murtagh

S49

Influence of soil type on dry down patterns of the North Fork of the American River Basin

Andrea R. Thorstensen, St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, MN

S50

Integrating CASA radar data and GIS using Google Earth to better support emergency managers

AnneMarie Giannandrea, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY

S51

Assessing climate change impacts on the Blue River Basin of Oklahoma

Christopher Neal Bednarczyk, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX; and Y. Hong, L. Liu, and J. J. Gourley

S52

Composite Analysis of Pittsburgh, PA

Christopher Werner, California University of Pennsylvania, California, PA; and C. Kauffman

S53

Correlating the transport of precipitable water vapor in a complex orographic environment before, during and after a typoon: case study of typhoon morakot (2009)

Vanessa Almanza, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA; and B. Kuo, J. J. Braun, D. Hunt, and W. S. Schreiner

S54

Updating the KSC/CCAFS Warm-Season Convective Wind Climatology

Katie Laro, MetStat, Inc., Fort Collins, CO

S55

Verification of the United States Precision Lightning Network™ (USPLN™) with the Cloud-to-Ground Lightning Surveillance System (CGLSS)

Alexander A. Jacques, Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT

Handout (1.1 MB)

S56

Characteristics and structures of precipitation associated with tropical cyclone intensity changes

Zhan Li, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and Z. Pu

S58

A Comparison of Specific Differential Propagation in Convective Rain at 10 and 3 cm Wavelengths

Kendell LaRoche, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND; and P. Kennedy, F. Junyent, and V. Chandrasekar

S57

Differences in roughness length and its impacts on the atmosphere of the boundary layer

S59

Potential predictability associated with nonlinear regimes in an atmospheric model

John M. Peters, Univ. of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI; and S. Kravtsov and N. Schwartz

S60

Oklahoma Weather Lab: An opportunity for operational meteorology for students at the University of Oklahoma

Anthony Lamont Bain, Oklahoma Weather Lab, Norman, OK; and K. D. Sherburn, N. R. Ramsey, and W. G. Blumberg

S61

Upper air observations over the Gulf oil spill: A student experience of a lifetime

Dion M. Delao, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and G. N. Seroka and D. T. Conlee

Handout (1.4 MB)

S62

Assessment of groundwater storage derived from IPCC models, and projections for the next 50 years

Katherine Pitts, University of Texas Austin, Austin, TX; and A. F. C. Bridger

Handout (1.9 MB)

S63

Carbon dioxide fluctuations due to weather and the diurnal and annual changes in the environment

Kenneth J. Davis, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA; and S. Richardson and B. L. Twiest

S64

Validation of Z-R relationships for Central Florida thunderstorms

Sarah Elizabeth Tyson, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL

Handout (665.4 kB)

S65

Large-Eddy Simulation of Particle Dispersion above and Downstream of Area Sources in the Unstable Atmospheric Boundary Layer

Ying Pan, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA; and M. Chamecki and S. A. Isard

S66

Accuracy of TAMDAR Sensors in Pre-Storm Environments

Timothy E. Marquis, NOAA/NWS, Green Bay, WI

S67

Lyman alpha airglow observations from SORCE SOLSTICE

Erica K. Dolinar, Millersville University, Millersville, PA; and M. Snow, G. Holsclaw, and T. N. Woods

S68

Use of acoustic sodar to detect wakes from wind turbines

Anthony J. Sagliani, Millersville University, Millersville, PA; and M. Charnick

S69

A Neural Network Approach to Tornado Forecasting in North Alabama and Southern Middle Tennessee

Sandra G. LaCorte, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and J. M. Coyne

S70

The effects of the 8.2 ka event on the ITCZ of the Tropical Atlantic

Matthew A. Burger, Ohio University, Athens, OH; and A. Wagner, C. Morrill, and B. L. Otto-Bliesner

S71

Laboratory study of natural gas clathrate hydrates

Raymond Jay Detweiler, UCAR, Corvallis, OR

S72

Regional observations of the nocturnal low level jet over the mid-Atlantic

Adam D. Jacobs, Millersville University, Millersville, PA; and P. E. Falgoust and M. Charnick

S73

The Warm Rain Process in Convective Clouds Influenced by Regional Aerosol and Climate Change

Kathleen Quardokus, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN; and D. G. Burgin, J. A. Crespo, E. R. Fernandes, A. D. Hendricks, S. M. Hinkle, K. A. Hudson, R. T. Knutson, Z. L. Muchow, M. C. Sholty, E. L. Waterman, Z. T. Zobel, and S. Lasher-Trapp

S74

Case studies of convective initiations using dual-doppler analysis during the Convective and Orographically-induced Precipitation Study (COPS)

Tracy J. Emerson, NCAR, Boulder, CO

S75

Evaluating Numerical Predictions of Meteorological Features

Kathleen Quardokus, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN; and D. G. Burgin, J. A. Crespo, E. R. Fernandes, A. D. Hendricks, S. M. Hinkle, K. A. Hudson, R. T. Knutson, Z. L. Muchow, M. C. Sholty, E. L. Waterman, Z. T. Zobel, and M. E. Baldwin

S76

Verification of Pre-convective Environments in WRF 3-km forecasts using Sounding Data from the Verification of the Origins of Rotations in Tornadoes Experiment (VORTEX 2)

Graylen L. Boone, UCAR/NCAR, Gates, NC; and D. Dowell and K. Manning

S77

Diagnosis of Synoptic Patterns for Snow Events in Northern Alabama

Ismarí Ramos, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez, PR; and J. M. Coyne

S78

Study of 2010 monthly rainfall rates and comparison with significant precipitation events in Puerto Rico

Janice M. Maldonado, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez, PR; and I. Matos and G. Votaw

Handout (1.0 MB)

S79

Reflectivity structure of hurricanes undergoing an eyewall replacement cycle

Tia Lerud, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and D. A. Hence and R. A. Houze Jr.

S80

SCIPP hurricane hazard assessment

Alek J. Krautmann, SCIPP, Norman, OK

S81

Wind turbine constellations and their effects on local weather and soil conditions

Joshua A. Holland, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN; and K. A. Demchak, J. P. Martin, M. F. Henschen, E. D. Larson, B. M. Doogs, M. D. Rudkin, L. R. Rhudy, and B. N. Herrholtz

Handout (1.7 MB)

S82

Presence and sources of anthropogenic nitrogen inputs into Cape Cod coastal plain ponds

Ian Yue, WHOI, Woods Hole, MA

Manuscript (42.8 kB)

S83

Meeting Client Needs of Medium and Long Range Temperature Forecasting

Sullivan Brown, Lyndon State College, Lyndonville, VT; and J. Sherman and J. C. Shafer

S84

Creating a data aquisition system to study air quality trends in Maryland

Robert C. Harriston, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA

S85