11th Conference on Applied Climatology

SUN 10 JAN___________________________
7:30 AM-6:00 PM CONFERENCE REGISTRATION

MON 11 JAN___________________________
7:00 AM CONFERENCE REGISTRATION
8:15 AM JOINT SESSION J1: EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVES FOR APPLIED CLIMATOLOGY (Joint with 8th Symposium on Education)
Chairperson(s): Jon W. Zeitler, NOAA/NWS, Houston, TX; and David Changnon, Northern Illinois Univ., DeKalb, IL
8:15 AM INTRODUCTION
8:30 AM J1.1 APPLIED CLIMATE PROBLEMS- EDUCATIONAL SOLUTIONS. Peter J. Robinson, Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
9:00 AM J1.2 TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY EDUCATION IN APPLIED CLIMATOLOGY. Stephen J. Stadler, Oklahoma State Univ., Stillwater, OK; and J. E. Oliver
9:15 AM J1.3 ENHANCING ACCOUNTABILITY OF THE UNIVERSITY TO SERVE THE PUBLIC. Anthony J. Brazel, Arizona State Univ., Tempe, AZ
9:30 AM J1.4 PROVIDING NEW OPPORTUNITIES IN UNDERGRADUATE METEOROLOGY EDUCATION- AREAS OF CONCENTRATION. Claude E. Duchon, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
9:45 AM J1.5 FROM RAGS TO RICHES -- SEVEN YEARS IN THE LIFE OF A CLIMATE OFFICE'S EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS. Renee A. McPherson, Oklahoma Climatological Survey, Norman, OK; and K. Crawford, J. M. Wolfinbarger, A. D. Melvin, and D. A. Morris
10:00 AM COFFEE BREAK
10:30 AM J1.6 THE USE OF CLIMATOLOGICAL INDICES IN APPLIED CLIMATOLOGY TEACHING METHODS. Laurence S. Kalkstein, Univ. of Delaware, Newark, DE; and S. C. Sheridan, J. E. Detwiler, and N. Elguindi
10:45 AM J1.7 APPLICATION OF THE CLIMATIC WATER BUDGET FOR K-12 EDUCATION, MONITORING CLIMATIC VARIABILITY, AND APPLIED RESEARCH. Robert A. Muller, Southern Regional Climate Center, Baton Rouge, LA; and D. R. Legates and J. M. Grymes III
11:00 AM J1.8 PAPER WITHDRAWN.
11:15 AM J1.9 RCCS AND EDUCATIONAL PUBLIC FORUMS. Kelly T. Redmond, DRI, Reno, NV
11:30 AM J1.10 A CLIMATE SOFTWARE PACKAGE FOR THE K-16 CLASSROOM. Steven J. Meyer, Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE; and K. F. Dewey
11:45 AM J1.11 A COMPUTER-BASED HANDS-ON DATA ANALYSIS SYSTEM FOR STUDENTS TO LEARN BASIC WEATHER AND CLIMATE CONCEPTS. Kenneth F. Dewey, Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE; and S. J. Meyer
12:00 PM LUNCH BREAK
1:30 PM SESSION 1: CLIMATE SERVICES AND EDUCATION
Chairperson(s): David R. Easterling, NOAA/NCDC, Asheville, NC
1:30 PM 1.1 DEVELOPING AN UNDERGRADUATE COURSE IN APPLIED CLIMATOLOGY:WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS?. David Changnon, Northern Illinois Univ., DeKalb, IL
1:45 PM 1.2 APPLIED METEOROLOGY IN A WEB-BASED GRADUATE PROGRAM. Dennis P. Todey, Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA; and S. E. Taylor
2:00 PM 1.3 CLIMATE OUTREACH ACTIVITIES IN VERMONT. Lesley-Ann Dupigny-Giroux, Univ. of Vermont, Burlington, VT
2:15 PM 1.4 REASSESSING CLIMATE INFORMATION AND SERVICES. Tamara G. Creech, Northern Illinois Univ., DeKalb, IL
2:30 PM 1.5 WEATHER DERIVATIVES. Aaron Studwell, NorAm Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX
2:45 PM 1.6 SURVEY TO DETERMINE THE OPTIONS AND THE USE, PROCESSING, AND ARCHIVING OF OBSERVATIONAL HIGH RESOLUTION UPPER AIR DATA. David E. Stooksbury, Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE; and A. T. DeGaetano, A. L. Dutcher, K. L. Eggleston, K. T. Redmond, and K. D. Robbins
3:00 PM COFFEE BREAK
3:30 PM SESSION 2A: CLIMATE NETWORK MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT (Parallel with Session 2B)
Chairperson(s): Robert G. Quayle, NOAA/NCDC, Asheville, NC
3:30 PM 2A.1 CLIMATE DATA CONTINUITY WITH ASOS RAIN OBSERVATIONS. Thomas B. McKee, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and R. D. Butler, N. J. Doesken, J. Kleist, and N. L. Canfield
3:45 PM 2A.2 CLIMATE CONTINUITY OF WIND SPEED WITH ASOS. Thomas J. Lockhart, Meteorological Standards Inst., Fox Island, WA
4:00 PM 2A.3 CLIMATE NETWORK MODERNIZATION PROJECT IN CANADA. Tsoi-ching Yip, Environment Canada, Toronto, ON, Canada; and B. Sheppard, P. Kociuba, and E. Milewska
4:15 PM 2A.4 METADATA STRATEGIES FOR THE EFFICIENT MANAGEMENT AND EXCHANGE OF DATA THROUGHOUT A UNIFIED CLIMATE ACCESS NETWORK. Anne Viront-Lazar, NOAA/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and C. D. Barthel and D. G. Kuiper
4:30 PM 2A.5 AN EVALUATION OF THE QUALITY OF OBSERVATION TIME METADATA FOR THE U.S. HISTORICAL CLIMATOLOGY NETWORK. Arthur T. DeGaetano, Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY
4:45 PM 2A.6 COMBINING PRECIPITATION NETWORKS- THE EFFECT OF INSTRUMENTATION AND SITE DISTRIBUTION DIFFERENCES. Edward I. Tollerud, NOAA/FSL, Boulder, CO
5:00 PM 2A.7 REAL-TIME AND HISTORICAL CALIBRATION OF WSR-88D PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES. David R. Legates, Computational Geosciences, Inc., Norman, OK; and K. R. Nixon, G. E. Quelch, and T. D. Stockdale
5:15 PM 2A.8 EVALUATION OF AN OPERATIONAL WEATHER MODIFICATION PROGRAM USING OKLAHOMA MESONET AND RADAR DATA. Michael D. Klatt, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. S. Greene and T. Allies
5:30 PM 2A.9 URBAN CLIMATIC FEATURES IN BUDAPEST. Katalin Molnar, Hungarian Meteorological Service, Budapest, Hungary
3:30 PM SESSION 2B: ENSO AND AGRICULTURE (Parallel with Session 2A)
Chairperson(s): Ken Kunkel, Midwestern Climate Center, Champaign, IL
3:30 PM 2B.1 ENSO RELATED CLIMATE AND AGRICULTURAL IMPACTS OVER THE GREAT PLAINS AND MIDWEST. Steven A. Mauget, ARS, Lubbock, TX; and D. R. Upchurch
3:45 PM 2B.2 THE IMPACTES OF CLIMATE ON CROP YIELDS IN THE MIDWEST. Jinmei Shen, Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA; and E. S. Takle and W. D. Batchelor
4:00 PM 2B.3 ENSO AND SOIL MOISTURE EFFECTS ON CORN YIELDS IN THE MIDWEST. Dennis P. Todey, Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA; and R. E. Carlson and S. E. Taylor
4:15 PM 2B.4 VULNERABILITY AND ADAPTATION ASSESMENTS OF IMPORTANT AGRICULTURAL CROPS IN SOUTHEASTERN USA. Vesselin A. Alexandrov, Univ. of Georgia, Griffin, GA; and G. Hoogenboom and G. A. Georgiev
4:30 PM 2B.5 EXAMINING THE CLIMATE RESPONSE TO EL NINO AND LA NINA USING HIGH TEMPORAL RESOLUTION APPROACHES. Michael A. Palecki, Illinois State Water Survey, Champaign, IL
4:45 PM 2B.6 ON THE USE OF A CLIMATE FORECAST IN THE PLANNING OF AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES IN THE STATE OF TLAXCALA, MEXICO. Cecilia Conde, Univ. of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico; and V. Magana and R. M. Ferrer
5:00 PM 2B.7 CLIMATIC FACTORS WHICH IMPOSE A GREAT INFLUENCE ON THE YIELD IN SOUTH CHINA. Hong Zhang, Nanjing Institute of Meteorology, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
5:15 PM 2B.8 IMPACTS OF THE EXTREMES OF THE SOUTHERN OSCILLATION OF RAINFALL OVER AMAZONIA. Alice M. Grimm, Federal Univ. of Parana, Curitiba, Parana, Brazil; and P. Zaratini and J. Marengo
5:45 PM SESSIONS END FOR THE DAY
5:00-7:00 PM FORMAL OPENING OF EXHIBITS WITH RECEPTION (Cash Bar)

TUE 12 JAN___________________________
7:30 AM REGISTRATION CONTINUES THROUGH FRIDAY, 15 JANUARY
8:00 AM SYMPOSIUM ON CLIMATE AND SOCIETAL ISSUES
9:30 AM-2:15 PM EXHIBIT HOURS
10:00 AM COFFEE BREAK
10:30 AM SESSION 3: CLIMATE PRODUCTS AND APPLICATIONS
Chairperson(s): David Changnon, Northern Illinois Univ., DeKalb, IL
10:30 AM 3.1 SPATIAL CLIMATE PRODUCTS- A NEW DIMENSION FOR CLIMATE APPLICATIONS. Gregory L. Johnson, USDA-NRCS, Portland, OR; and P. A. Pasteris, G. H. Taylor, and C. Daly
10:45 AM 3.2 MONITORING SURFACE WETNESS FROM SATELLITES. Alan Basist, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and C. Williams, R. Ferraro, and A. Chang
11:00 AM 3.3 BULLETIN FOR TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION VARIATIONS IN CANADA. Robert D. Whitewood, AES, Environment Canada, Downsview, ON, Canada; and L. A. Vincent and W. D. Hogg
11:15 AM 3.4 ADVANCED USE OF METEOROLOGICAL DATA IN THE SELECTION OF RUNWAY CONFIGURATION. Mark T. Carroll, Murray and Trettel, Inc., Northfield, IL; and G. D. Logston
11:30 AM 3.5 A COMPARISON OF DROUGHT INDICES FOR MONITORING RESERVOIR LEVELS IN THE NORTHEASTERN U.S. Keith L. Eggleston, Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY; and A. T. DeGaetano
11:45 AM 3.6 THE INFLUENCE ON METEOROLOGICAL FACTORS IN EMERGENCIES. Matilde Rusticucci Sr., Univ. de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina; and M. L. Bettolli, E. A. Agosta, and M. Harris
12:15 PM CONFERENCE LUNCHEON
2:15 PM SESSION 4: AGRICULTURAL/RADIATION MODELING AND LAND SURFACE INTERACTIONS
Chairperson(s): Peter J. Robinson, Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
2:15 PM 4.1 ACCOUNTING FOR VARYING SOIL MOISTURE IN A SOIL-FREEZING -DEPTH MODEL. Michael D. Cameron, Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY; and A. T. DeGaetano and D. S. Wilks
2:30 PM 4.2 INTERCOMPARISON OF THE RACMO SVAT SCHEME WITH SWAPS. Reinder J. Ronda, Wageningen Agricultural Univ., Wageningen, the Netherlands; and M. Soet
2:45 PM 4.3 THE INFLUENCE OF LAND SURFACE MOISTURE ON WARM SEASON CLIMATE ANOMALIES IN THE UNITED STATES MIDWEST. Jimmy O. Adegoke, Penn State Univ., University Park, PA; and A. M. Carleton
3:00 PM 4.4 AN ANALYSIS OF THE SPATIAL STRUCTURE OF HOURLY SOLAR RADIATION IN THE PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA. Gabriel G. Merino, Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE; and D. E. Stooksbury
3:15 PM 4.5 ESTIMATING AEROSOLS USING A RADIATION MODEL AND CLIMATE DATA. Helen Power, Univ. of Delaware, Newark, DE
3:30 PM COFFEE BREAK
4:00 PM SESSION 5: SPECIAL SESSION ON CLIMATE IMPACTS AND FIRE HAZARD ASSESSMENT
Chairperson(s): Timothy J. Brown, DRI, Reno, NV
5.1 PAPER WITHDRAWN.
4:00 PM 5.2 CLIMATE INFORMATION NEEDS FOR GREAT BASIN FUELS MANAGEMENT. Sandy J. Gregory, DOI, Reno, NV
4:15 PM 5.3 ECPC' S GLOBAL TO REGIONAL FIREWEATHER FORECAST SYSTEM. John O. Roads, SIO, La Jolla, CA; and S. C. Chen, J. Ritchie, F. Fujioka, H. Juang, and M. Kanamitsu
4:30 PM 5.4 DECADAL VARIATIONS IN FOREST FIRE ACTIVITY IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. Philip W. Mote, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and W. S. Keeton and J. F. Franklin
4:45 PM 5.5 EL NINO AND ITS IMPACT ON FIRE WEATHER IN ALASKA. Jason Hess, NOAA/NWS, Anchorage, AK; and C. Scott and G. Hufford
5:00 PM 5.6 THE EFFECT OF THE 1995-96 SOUTHWESTERN DROUGHT ON OKLAHOMA'S FIRE SUPPRESSION ACTIVITIES. Mark Meo, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and R. Mahmood
5:15 PM 5.7 TELECONNECTIONS BETWEEN WINTER CIRCULATION PATTERNS, SURFACE CLIMATOLOGY, AND VEGETATION BEHAVIOR IN THE SOUTHWEST U.S. Holly C. Hartmann, Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and T. C. Pagano, T. S. Hogue, A. Farid, A. Comrie, and S. Sorooshian
5:30 PM 5.8 THE NEED FOR INCREASED USE OF CLIMATE INFORMATION IN WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT. Timothy J. Brown, DRI/Univ. of Nevada, Reno, NV
5:45 PM SESSIONS END FOR THE DAY

WED 13 JAN___________________________
8:00 AM HORTON LECTURE
8:45 AM SESSION 6: WEATHER AND CLIMATE EXTREMES
Chairperson(s): Greg Johnson, USDA, Portland, OR
8:45 AM 6.1 CLIMATE EXTREMES - A CLARION CALL FOR NATIONWIDE CLIMATE SERVICES. Phillip A. Pasteris, USDA/NRCS, Portland, OR; and R. Reinhardt and S. Doty
9:00 AM 6.2 THE NATIONAL CLIMATE EXTREMES COMMITTEE. Andrew Horvitz, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and M. Changery and A. Dutcher
9:15 AM 6.3 THE STEADMAN WIND CHILL- AN IMPROVEMENT OVER PRESENT SCALES. Robert G. Quayle, NOAA/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and R. G. Steadman
9:30 AM 6.4 HAZARDOUS HEAT ADVISORIES, AN INVESTIGATION OF CHANGING THRESHOLD TEMPERATURES. Richard W. Dixon, Southwest Texas State Univ., San Marcos, TX
9:45 AM 6.5 A SINGLE-STATION TEST TO ADJUST FOR INHOMOGENEITIES IN DAILY EXTREME TEMPERATURE SERIES. Arthur T. DeGaetano, Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY; and R. J. Allen
10:00 AM COFFEE BREAK
10:30 AM 6.6 THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN RECORD DAILY TEMPERATURE EXTREMES AND ANNUAL MEAN TEMPERATURE. Glen Conner, Western Kentucky Univ., Bowling Green, KY; and B. Brunson and S. J. Richter
10:45 AM 6.7 VARIATIONS AND TRENDS IN EXTREME TEMPERATURE EVENTS IN THE USA. David R. Easterling, NOAA/NCDC, Asheville, NC
11:00 AM 6.8 SHORT DURATION INTENSE RAINFALLS ARE BECOMING MORE FREQUENT IN VANCOUVER BRITISH COLUMBIA. Reg R. Dunkley, Environment Canada, Vancouver, BC, Canada
11:15 AM 6.9 SEVERE WEATHER CLIMATOLOGY AND EVENT INFORMATION AVAILABLE USING THE NATIONAL CLIMATIC DATA CENTER'S WORLD WIDE WEB SITE. Thomas F. Ross, NOAA/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and J. N. Lott
11:30 AM 6.10 TORNADO OCCURANCE IN NORTH LOUISIANA. Brian D. Smith, Northeast Louisiana Univ., Monroe, LA; and J. C. Clarke
11:45 AM 6.11 THE SPC TORNADO/SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DATABASE. Joseph T. Schaefer, NOAA/NWS/SPC, Norman, OK; and R. Edwards
12:00 PM LUNCH BREAK
1:30 PM JOINT SESSION J7: SNOW MEASUREMENT AND CLIMATOLOGIES (Joint with Fifth Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography)
Chairperson(s): Phil Pasteris, USDA/NRCS, Portland, OR
1:30 PM J7.1 A CLIMATOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE ON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SNOW MEASUREMENTS AND SNOW DATA -- PROGRESS AND FRUSTRATIONS. Nolan J. Doesken, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and A. Judson and T. B. McKee
1:45 PM J7.2 SNOW CLIMATOLOGIES FOR NWS COOPERATIVE STATIONS--AN OVERVIEW. Richard R. Heim Jr., NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and R. J. Leffler
2:00 PM J7.3 A STUDY OF NEW SNOW DEPTH SENSOR DATA DURING A RAIN ON SNOW EVENT AT MT. HOOD, OREGON. Jolyne K. Lea, USDA-NRCS, Portland, OR; and J. P. Lea
2:15 PM J7.4 1948-1996 SNOWFALL RETURN PERIOD STATISTICS COMPUTED FOR THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY. Richard R. Heim Jr., NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and R. J. Leffler
2:30 PM J7.5 NORTHERN HEMISPHERE SNOW EXTENT DURING THE SATELLITE ERA. David A. Robinson, Rutgers Univ., Piscataway, NJ
2:45 PM J7.6 INFLUENCE OF VARIABILITY IN EAST ASIAN SNOW COVER ON ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION OVER THE NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN. Martyn P. Clark, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and M. C. Serreze
3:00 PM COFFEE BREAK
3:30 PM J7.7 VALIDATION OF NOAA SNOW CHARTS AND SSM/I-DERIVED SNOWCOVER USING NORTH AMERICAN CLIMATE STATION DATA AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF A VISIBLE/MICROWAVE SNOWCOVER MODEL. Andrew B. Tait, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and D. K. Hall, A. T. C. Chang, and J. L. Foster
3:45 PM J7.8 CLIMATOLOGY OF HEAVY LAKE-EFFECT SNOWS FOR LAKE ERIE. Nancy E. Westcott, ISWS, Champaign, IL; and D. A. R. Kristovich and K. E. Kunkel
4:00 PM J7.9 THE CLIMATOLOGY OF HEAVY SNOWFALL EVENTS IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI. Cynthia L. Berger, Univ. of Missouri, Columbia, MO; and A. R. Lupo, P. Browning, C. C. Rayburn, M. D. Chambers, and M. Bodner
4:15 PM J7.10 A CLIMATOLOGY OF FREEZING RAIN OVER THE GREAT LAKES. John V. Cortinas Jr., Univ. of Oklahoma/CIMMS and NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK
4:30-6:00 PM POSTER SESSION P1:
P1.1 UNEXPECTED FROSTS IN CENTRAL MEXICO DURING SUMMER. Tomas Morales, National Autonomous Univ. of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico; and V. O. Magana-Rueda
P1.2 A GIS/RS PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION OF A FOG PRONE REGION. Robin D. Bridges, Jackson State Univ., Jackson, MS; and P. J. Croft
P1.3 PAPER WITHDRAWN.
P1.4 RAINFALL RATE CLIMATOLOGY OF THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES. Richard W. Stimets, Univ. of Massachusetts, Lowell, MA; and R. J. Lathrop and A. Sadhnani
P1.5 NCDC CD-ROM'S- CLIMATE NORMALS AND SNOW CLIMATOLOGY. Richard R. Heim Jr., NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC
P1.6 URBANA, ILLINOIS- A CASE STUDY OF 20TH CENTURY SNOWFALL. Richard R. Heim Jr., NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and J. R. Angel
P1.7 ASSESSMENT OF WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR DEVELOPING A PEANUT LEAF SPOT DISEASE PREDICTION MODEL IN CORDOBA, ARGENTINA . Ana A. Llames, Univ. Nacional de Río Cuarto, Río Cuarto, Córdoba, Argentina; and R. A. Seiler and M. G. Vinocur
P1.8 THE SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF THE PRECIPITATION AND ITS TEMPORAL VARIABILITY ASSOCIATED WITH. Norberto O. Gaecia Sr., Ciudad Univ., Santa Fe, Argentina; and M. A. Ghietto and M. L. Silber
P1.9 TWENTY-FOUR HOUR VECTOR CORRELATION CLIMATOLOGY OF TWO STATIONS' CONCURRENT WINDS, BY MONTH, USING CANONICAL CORRELATION ANALYSIS. Charles J. Fisk, U.S. Navy, Point Mugu, CA
P1.10 FEASIBILITY OF GENERATING 24-HOUR MEAN VECTOR WIND STATISTICS FROM EVERY-THIRD HOUR CROSS-TABULATED WIND DIRECTION/SPEED DATA - A SINGLE STATION EXPLORATORY ANALYSIS. Charles J. Fisk, U.S. Navy, Point Mugu, CA
P1.11 100-YEAR FLUCTUATIONS AND TRENDS IN HAIL INCIDENCES IN DAMAGE-PRONE AREAS OF THE UNITED STATES. Stanley A. Changnon, Changnon Climatologists, Mahomet, IL; and D. Changnon
P1.12 INTER-ANNUAL VARIABILITY OF SUMMER RAINFALL OVER CENTRAL-WEST ARGENTINA. Rosa H. Compagnucci, Univ. of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina; and E. A. Agosta and M. W. Vargas
6:00 PM RECEPTION (Cash Bar)
6:00 PM SESSIONS END FOR THE DAY
7:30 PM AMS ANNUAL AWARDS BANQUET

THU 14 JAN___________________________
8:00 AM WALTER ORR ROBERTS MEMORIAL LECTURE
8:45 AM JOINT SESSION J2: ENSO AND ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION (Joint with 10th Symposium on Global Change Studies)
Chairperson(s): Andy White, NOAA/NEXRAD/OSF, Norman, OK
8:45 AM J2.1 CIRCULATION PATTERNS ASSOCIATED WITH FLOOD-PRODUCING PRECIPITATION EVENTS. Kenneth E. Kunkel, ISWS, Champaign, IL; and K. Andsager and D. R. Easterling
9:00 AM J2.2 THE EFFECTS OF ENSO ON GREAT LAKE CYCLONES. James R. Angel, ISWS, Champaign, IL; and G. Van Dyke and S. A. Isard
9:15 AM J2.3 ENSO PHASE AND PRECIPITATION PERSISTENCE IN THE WESTERN U.S. Kelly T. Redmond, DRI, Reno, NV; and D. R. Cayan
9:30 AM J2.4 UNDERSTANDING THE CHARACTERISTICS IF THE INTRASEASONAL OSCILLATIONS IN THE NORTH AMERICAN PRECIPITATION FIELD. Hengchun Ye, Univ. of Idaho, Moscow, ID; and H.-R. Cho
9:45 AM J2.5 DEFINING THE ONSET AND ENDING DATE OF EAST ASIAN SUMMER MONSOON BY USE OF EFFECTIVE PRECIPITATION. Hi-Ryong Byun, Pukyong National Univ., Namku, Pusan, Korea
10:00 AM COFFEE BREAK
COFFEE BREAK
10:30 AM J2.6 TELECONNECTION OF THE 1997 EL NINO OBSERVED BY SPACEBORNE SENSORS AND THE DECADAL ANOMALIES ION THE NORTHEAST PACIFIC. W. Timothy Liu, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and H. Hu and X. Xie
10:45 AM J2.7 NORTHEAST AUSTRALIAN CLIMATE AND THE CHANGING ROLE OF EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION. Janice M. Lough, Australian Institute of Marine Science, Townsville, Queensland, Australia
11:00 AM J2.8 ATMOSPHERIC RESPONSE TO ENSO IN THE CONTINENTAL TROPICS AND THE 1997-98 EL NINO. Wassila M. Thiaw, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Washington, DC; and V. Kumar
11:15 AM J2.9 SAHEL - ENSO RELATIONSHIP WITH THE NCEP/NCAR REANALYSES (1958-1997). Serge Janicot, Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau, Essonnes, France; and I. Poccard
11:30 AM J2.10 THE ANOMALOUS DEVELOPMENT OF 90'S ENSO AND THE DECADAL CLIMATE CHANGE. Qin Zhang, China Meteorological Administration, Beijing, China; and Y. H. Ding
11:45 AM J2.11 DAILY PRECIPITATION CHARACTERISTICS AND ENSO- A CASE STUDY IN COSTA RICA. Michael Harrison, Univ. of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS; and P. R. Waylen and S. Laporte
10:30 AM SESSION 9: MESOSCALE MODELING AND WIND APPLICATIONS (Parallel with Joint Session J2)
Chairperson(s): Richard Heim, NOAA/NCDC, Asheville, NC
10:30 AM 9.1 AN EVALUATION OF THE SENSITIVITY OF LOCAL CLIMATE STATISTICS GENERATED FROM THE OUTPUT OF A 3-D MESOSCALE ATMOSPHERIC MODEL TO MODEL CONFIGURATION, DATA ASSIMILATION, RESOLUTION AND SUBGRID PARAMETERIZATION SCHEMES. Glenn E. Van Knowe, MESO, Inc., Troy, NY; and . et al.
10:45 AM 9.2 AN EVALUATION OF THE QUALITY OF LOCAL CLIMATE STATISTICS GENERATED FROM THE OUTPUT OF A 3-D MESOSCALE ATMOSPHERIC MODEL. Matthew K. Doggett, Air Force Combat Climatology Center, Asheville, NC; and M. Squires and R. Kiess
11:00 AM 9.3 WINTER-SEASON HYDROCLIMATE STUDY FOR THE WESTERN U.S. USING THE REGIONAL CLIMATE SYSTEM MODEL (RCMS). Jinwon Kim, LBNL, Berkeley, CA; and N. Miller, J. Farrara, D. Cayan, and K. Mo
11:15 AM 9.4 PAPER WITHDRAWN.
11:30 AM 9.5 A GIS-BASED MODEL FOR WIND ENERGY PROSPECTING IN SOUTH DAKOTA AND SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA. David E. Stooksbury, Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
11:45 AM 9.6 ON THE USE OF REANALYSIS DATA FOR WIND RESOURCE ASSESSMENT. Marc Schwartz, National Renewable Energy Lab., Golden, CO; and R. George
12:00 PM LUNCH BREAK
1:30 PM SESSION 10: LIGHTNING AND AIR POLLUTION IMPACTS
Chairperson(s): Timothy J. Brown, DRI, Reno, NV
1:30 PM 10.1 A TEN-YEAR LIGHTNING CLIMATOLOGY FOR THE UNITED STATES (1989-98). Richard E. Orville, Texas A&M Univ./CIAMS, College Station, TX; and G. R. Huffines
1:45 PM 10.2 DISTRIBUTIONS OF LIGHTNING-CAUSED CASUALTIES AND DAMAGES SINCE 1959 IN THE UNITED STATES. Ronald L. Holle, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and R. E. Lopez and E. B. Curran
2:00 PM 10.3 CLIMATE RELATED TRENDS IN THE NUMBER OF LIGHTNING DEATHS DURING THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. Raul E. Lopez, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and R. L. Holle
2:15 PM 10.4 CLOSING THE GAP ON THE ACTUAL NUMBERS OF LIGHTNING CASUALTIES AND DEATHS. Michael Cherington, Centura Health-St. Anthony Hospital, Denver, CO; and J. Walker, M. Boyson, R. Glancy, H. Hedegaard, and S. Clark
2:30 PM 10.5 REDEVELOPMENT OF A SPATIAL SYNOPTIC CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM FOR YEAR-ROUND APPLICATION. Scott C. Sheridan, Univ. of Delaware, Newark, DE; and L. S. Kalkstein
2:45 PM 10.6 IMPACT OF SECULAR PRECIPITATION CHANGES ON THE DEPOSITION OF BENZO[A]PYRENE TO THE NEUSE RIVER BASIN OF NORTH CAROLINA. Ellen J. Cooter, NOAA/US EPA, Research Triangle Park, NC; and J. B. Hill and Y. Cohen
3:30 PM JOINT SESSION J3: IMPACTS (Co-sponsored by the Committee on Societal Impacts) (Joint with 10th Symposium on Global Change Studies)
Chairperson(s): David Easterling, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC
3:30 PM J3.1 IMPACTS AND CLIMATOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT OF THE 1998 NEW YORK ICE STORM. Arthur T. DeGaetano, Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY; and K. V. Vreeland and M. W. Wysocki
3:45 PM J3.2 AMERICAN RIVER FLOOD FREQUENCIES- A CLIMATE-SOCIETY INTERACTION. Kelly T. Redmond, DRI, Reno, NV
4:00 PM J3.3 VARIATIONS IN GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS. John A. Harrington Jr., Kansas State Univ., Manhattan, KS; and D. Goodin and B. Witcher
4:15 PM J3.4 EL NINO FOREST FIRE SMOKE IMPACTS ON LIGHTNING CHARACTERISTICS IN THE SOUTHERN U.S. DURING SPRING 1998. Walter A. Lyons, FMA Research, Inc., Fort Collins, CO; and T. E. Nelson, E. R. Williams, J. Cramer, and T. Turner
4:30 PM J3.5 RELATIONSHIPS OF PRECIPITATION AND DAMAGING FLOODS IN THE UNITED STATES- 1932-1996. Roger A. Pielke Jr., NCAR, Boulder, Co; and M. Downton, L. Mearns, and N. Cofield
4:45 PM J3.6 UPPER GREAT LAKES REGIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS- FINDINGS FROM A RECENT WORKSHOP. Peter J. Sousounis, Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
5:00 PM J3.7 A COMPARISON OF INDICES OF EXTREME SUMMER HEAT. Adam J. O'Shay, Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY; and D. J. Gaffen
5:15 PM J3.8 NORMALIZED HURRICANE LOSSES IN CUBA AND THE CARIBBEAN- PRELIMINARY RESEARCH FINDINGS. Roger A. Pielke Jr., NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. Rubiera and C. Landsea
5:30 PM J3.9 HURRICANE RETURN PERIOD ESTIMATION. Mark E. Johnson, Univ. of Central Florida, Plantation, FL; and C. C. Watson, Jr.
5:45 PM CONFERENCE ENDS

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