15th International Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology

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

MON 11 JAN___________________________
7:00 AM CONFERENCE REGISTRATION
8:30 AM SESSION 1: APPLICATIONS OF IIPS IN TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS (Parallel with Session 2)
Chairperson(s): Stanley G. Doore, Silver Spring, MD; and Jimmie Smith, Alden Electronics, Westborough, MD
8:30 AM 1.1 OVERVIEW (INVITED).
9:00 AM 1.2 ROAD CONDITION PREDICTION MODELS. Peter Davies, Castle Rock Consultants, Boulder, CO
9:15 AM 1.3 ROAD WEATHER INFORMATION FOR PLANNING, REALISATION AND FOLLOWING UP WINTER ROAD MAINTENANCE ACTIONS IN SWEDEN. Claes Brundin, SMHI, Norrköping, Sweden
9:30 AM 1.4 TECHNICAL BACKGROUND FOR ROAD WEATHER IN SWITZERLAND. Heinrich Müller, Swiss Meteorological Inst., Zürich, Switzerland
9:45 AM 1.5 FORECASTING OF WINTER TIME ROAD CONDITIONS USING A NUMERICAL MODEL. Bent H. Sass, Danish Meteorological Inst., Copenhagen, Denmark
10:00 AM COFFEE BREAK
10:30 AM 1.6 THE DANISH METEOROLOGICAL SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR WINTER ROAD MAINTANANCE. Torben S. Pedersen, Danish Meteorological Inst., Copenhagen, Denmark
10:45 AM 1.7 PERFORMANCE MEASURES IN PAVEMENT TEMPERATURE FORECASTING IN ONTARIO. Tim Bullock, Environment Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada; and P. DeLannoy and S. Siok
11:00 AM 1.8 FORETELL- PROVIDING INTEGRATED WEATHER INFORMATION SERVICES ACROSS THE NORTH AMERICA CONTINENT. Peter Davies, Castle Rock Consultants, Boulder, CO; and O. Choudhry
11:15 AM 1.9 THE MINNESOTA ROAD/WEATHER ENVIRONMENTAL SENSOR STATION NETWORK. Cory B. Block, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND; and L. F. Osborne and E. J. Fleege
11:30 AM 1.10 WIND GUST FORECASTING FOR THE ADVANCED TRANSPORTATION WEATHER INFORMATION SYSTEM. Morgan H. James, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND; and C. B. Block
12:00 PM LUNCH BREAK
8:45 AM SESSION 2: YEAR 2000 (Parallel with Session 1)
Chairperson(s): John Lincoln, Consultant, Berryville, VA; and Cranston R. Coleman, Jr., Sonalyst, Inc., Alexandria, VA
8:45 AM 2.1 AN OVERVIEW- YEAR 2000 (Y2K) STATUS FOR THE WMO MEMBER COUNTRIES. John R. Lincoln, Consultant the WMO, Berryville, VA
9:00 AM 2.2 YEAR 2000 (Y2K) TESTING AND COMPLIANCE IN THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. Howard J. Diamond, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD
9:15 AM 2.3 YEAR 2000 COMPLIANCE OF ASOS AND RELATED WEATHER SENSORS SYSTEMS. Douglas W. Graham, TRW, Inc., Washington, DC; and D. A. Sankey
9:30 AM 2.4 PLAYING THE YEAR 2000 ENDGAME. J. Gregory Swift, Mitretek Systems, Inc., McLean, VA; and B. T. Ulery
9:45 AM 2.5 INVITED PAPER.
10:00 AM COFFEE BREAK
12:00 PM LUNCH BREAK
1:30 PM SESSION 3: INTERDISCIPLINARY APPLICATIONS OF IIPS (Parallel with Session 4)
Chairperson(s): Anthony Mostek, UCAR/COMET, Boulder, CO; and Lawrence Denton; Consultant, Queenstown, MD
1:30 PM 3.1 OVERVIEW.
1:45 PM 3.2 A GIS/WEATHER DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM AND DAILY BUSINESS OPERATIONS. Terry Tarbell, Litton/PRC Inc., McLean, VA; and K. Ward
2:00 PM 3.3 THE PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP OF OK-FIRST- A NIDS SUCCESS STORY. Kenneth C. Crawford, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and D. A. Morris and D. E. Lewis
2:15 PM 3.4 MEETING AIR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT NEEDS WITH THE INTEGRATED TERMINAL. Cynthia McLain, MIT Lincoln Lab., Lexington, MA; and D. Klingle-Wilson
2:30 PM 3.5 ADVANCED MULTIMEDIA FOR EDUCATION ON THE INTERNET. Joel Plutchak, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and N. Nigg, D. J. Bramer, D. P. Wojtowicz, R. B. Wilhelmson, and M. K. Ramamurthy
2:45 PM 3.6 THE NWS QUANTITATIVE PRECIPITATION INFORMATION EDUCATION PLAN. James J. Gurka, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and T. M. Graziano
3:00 PM COFFEE BREAK
3:30 PM 3.7 A NEW GENERATION OF WEB-BASED WEATHER PRODUCTS FOR EDUCATION AND FORECASTING. David Wojtowicz Jr., University of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and D. Bramer, J. Plutchak, N. Nigg, R. Wilhelmson, and M. Ramamurthy
3:45 PM 3.8 COMET CASE STUDY ACCESS AND BEYOND. Linda Miller, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and E. Davis
4:00 PM 3.9 PARTNERSHIPS TO ADVANCE LEARNING IN SCIENCE (PALS)- USING THE INTERNET FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY APPLICATIONS. Douglas N. Yarger, Iowa State University, Ames, IA; and D. Fils, D. Herzmann, and S. Loyd
4:15 PM 3.10 VISITVIEW- A COLLABORATIVE DISTANCE LEARNING TOOL FOR THE VIRTUAL INSTITUTE FOR SATELLITE INTEGRATION TRAINING (VISIT) PROGRAM. Thomas M. Whittaker, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and S. Bachmeier, T. Mostek, and B. Motta
4:30 PM 3.11 USING NODDS AND JOINT METOC VIEWER IN THE CLASSROOM- A COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP. Carl D. Thormeyer, FNMOC, Monterey, CA; and D. R. Gerrard and W. Schmidt
4:45 PM 3.12 A GEOSCIENCE COMMUNITY RESOURCE DISCOVERY SYSTEM. Mary R. Marlino, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and B. Domenico
1:30 PM SESSION 4: APPLICATION OF IIPS IN FORECASTING (Parallel with Session 3)
Chairperson(s): Dan McMorrow, Johns Hopkins Univ., Laurel, MD; and Terry C. Tarbell, Litton/PRC, McLean, VA
1:30 PM 4.1 OVERVIEW.
1:45 PM 4.2 FORECAST AND WARNING OPERATIONS USING AWIPS IN THE MODERN NWS FORECAST OFFICE. Dennis H. McCarthy, NOAA/NWS, Norman, OK
2:00 PM 4.3 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HURRICANE COORDINATION HOTLINE. Miles B. Lawrence, NOAA/NHC/TPC, Miami, FL
2:15 PM 4.4 A NEW SYSTEM FOR DEVELOPING A CONSENSUS OF MODEL DATA. Michael A. Steinberg, AccuWeather, Inc., State College, PA
2:30 PM 4.5 AUTOMATION FOR AN IMPROVED EFFICIENCY. R. Verret, Canadian Meteorological Centre, Dorval, PQ, Canada; and D. Vigneux, J. Marcoux, R. Parent, F. Petrucci, C. Landry, L. Pelletier, and G. Hardy
2:45 PM 4.6 WEATHER ANALYSIS AND DISPLAY SYSTEM - VERSION 6.1. William M. Purcell, Environment Canada, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
3:00 PM COFFEE BREAK
3:30 PM 4.7 DEVELOPMENT OF SHORTER RANGE FORECASTING TOOLS IN THE FORECAST PRODUCTION ASSISTANT (FPA). Brian Greaves, AES, Environment Canada, King City, ON, Canada; and R. Paterson, R. Trafford, N. Driedger, P. Joe, and N. Donaldson
3:45 PM 4.8 DEVELOPMENT OF THE GLOBAL THEATER WEATHER ANALYSIS AND PREDICTION SYSTEM (GTWAPS). Kevin M. Starr, TRW, Inc., Offutt AFB, NE; and B. D. Morris, R. J. Lefevre, R. T. Williams, P. B. Roohr, and M. T. Surmeier
4:00 PM 4.9 CIRRUS MODEL TESTING IN THE CSSM. Ryan B. Turkington, LITTON/TASC, Reading, MA; and M. E. Cianciolo
4:15 PM 4.10 COACH - DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF AN AUTOMATED PERFORMANCE SUPPORT SYSTEM AT THE TULSA WFO. Steven E. Nelson, NOAA/NWSFO, Tulsa, OK; and L. P. Rothfusz, C. Jacobson, and J. T. Johnson
4:30 PM 4.11 ALTERNATE POP VERIFICATION AT WFO TULSA. Daniel R. Spaeth, NOAA/NWS, Tulsa, OK
4:45 PM 4.12 LOCAL PRECIPITATION FORECAST BASED ON RETRIEVAL OF SIMILAR ECHO PATTERNS IN RADAR IMAGE SEQUENCES. Kazuhiro Otsuka, NTT Human Interface Labs., Yokosuka, Japan; and T. Horikoshi, S. Suzuki, N. Sonehara, and M. Fujii
5:00 PM 4.13 ENHANCED QUALITY AND CAPABILITY OF ENVIRONMENT CANADA'S TEXT-TO-VOICE TECHNOLOGY. Brian E. Bukoski, Environment Canada, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
5:15 PM 4.14 A CATALOG-BASED USER INTERFACE ENHANCES DATA SELECTION FROM THE ARM ARCHIVE. Raymond A. McCord, ORNL, Oak Ridge, TN; and D. J. Strickler, B. M. Horwedel, R. C. Ward, and S. W. Christensen
5:30 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 SESSION 5: NEXRAD - SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL EVOLUTION (Section I- NEXRAD Product Improvement Topics) (Parallel with Session 6)
Chairperson(s): Robert E. Saffle, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and Carmella Vaccarella, FAA, Washington, DC
8:00 AM 5.1 OVERVIEW.
8:15 AM 5.2 NEXRAD OPEN SYSTEMS - PROGRESS AND PLANS. Robert E. Saffle, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and L. D. Johnson
8:30 AM 5.3 UPDATE ON THE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEXRAD OPEN SYSTEMS RADAR PRODUCT GENERATOR (ORPG). Michael Jain, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and Z. Jing and A. Dodson
9:15 AM 5.4 STATUS ON THE WSR-88D OPERATIONAL SUPPORT FACILITY IMPLEMENTATION OF OPEN SYSTEMS ARCHITECHTURE INTO THE WSR-88D SYSTEM. J. Rex Reed, NOAA/OSF, Norman, OK; and G. Cate
9:00 AM 5.5 STATUS UPDATE OF THE WSR-88D OPEN SYSTEM PRINCIPAL USER PROCESSOR (OPUP) DEVELOPMENT PROJECT. Kurt D. Hondl, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and V. Lakshmanan, V. Ganti, J. Brogden, and R. Cole
9:15 AM 5.6 COMMUNICATIONS SUBSYSTEMS FOR THE WSR-88D - PROVIDING DATA WHERE AND WHEN NEEDED. L. Dwayne Johnson, Mitretek Systems, McLean, VA; and J. O. Abernathy, S. M. Ahlert, W. M. Blanchard, A. W. Cheek, P. K. Pickard, and R. E. Saffle
9:30 AM 5.7 ESTABLISHING MISSION AND FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENTS TO GUIDE NEXRAD EVOLUTION. Robert E. Saffle, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and R. A. Lane, R. C. Elvander, S. Shema, and S. M. Holt
9:45 AM 5.8 THE RELATIONSHIP OF WSR-88D OPEN SYSTEMS RPG TO THE ONGOING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DEVELOPMENT OF AWIPS. Richard Lane, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and R. Radlein
10:00 AM COFFEE BREAK
10:30 AM 5.9 PLANNING FOR THE CENTRALIZED USE OF WSR-88D DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR DATA. Richard Lane, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and F. Toepfer
10:45 AM 5.10 THE ROLE OF DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR IN NOAA'S FUTURE OBSERVING SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE. Frederick Toepfer, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and R. Saffle
11:00 AM 5.11 USE OF ALL AVAILABLE FAA AND NEXRAD WEATHER RADAR DATA TO PROVIDE IMPROVED PRODUCT QUALITY AND HAZARDOUS WEATHER DETECTION. Steve Shema, FAA, Washington, DC; and R. C. Goff, R. Saffle, and F. Toepfer
11:15 AM 5.12 FUTURE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION OPERATIONAL NEEDS FOR WSR-88D ARCHITECTURE. Mariea Tavenner, FAA, Washington, DC; and C. Vaccarella and C. J. Tidwell, Jr.
11:30 AM 5.13 THE COMMON OPERATIONS AND DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT FOR NEXRAD OPEN RADAR PRODUCT GENERATOR APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT. John Cappelletti, Mitretek Systems, McLean, VA; and T. Ganger and B. T. Ulery
11:45 AM 5.14 STUDY ON POTENTIAL OPEN SYSTEMS COMPLIANT PROCESSORS FOR THE WEATHER SURVEILLANCE RADAR-1988 DOPPLER (WSR-88D). Stephen M. Holt, Mitretek Systems, McLean, VA; and R. E. Saffle
12:15 PM CONFERENCE LUNCHEON
2:15 PM REMOTE SENSING LECTURE
2:15 PM 5.15 WARNING DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM - THE NEXT GENERATION. Michael D. Eilts, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and J. T. Johnson, K. D. Hondl, G. J. Stumpf, E. D. Mitchell, J. W. Conway, and K. W. Thomas
2:30 PM 5.16 OPERATIONAL APPLICATION AND USE OF NCAR'S THUNDERSTORM NOWCASTING SYSTEM. Rita Roberts, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and T. Saxen, C. Mueller, J. Wilson, A. Crook, J. Sun, and S. Henry
2:45 PM 5.17 TESTING AND EVALUATION OF THE MACHINE INTELLIGENT GUST-FRONT ALGORITHM (MIGFA) DURING NWS SEVERE WEATHER WARNING OPERATIONS. J.T. Johnson, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and J. Morgan and K. W. Thomas
3:00 PM 5.18 FREEZING LEVEL COMPOSITE OF WSR-88D DATA FOR AIRCRAFT ICING DETECTION. Frederick R. Mosher, NOAA/NCEP, Kansas City, MO; and J. S. Lewis
3:15 PM 5.19 TESTING AND EVALUATION OF THE AREAL MEAN BASIN ESTIMATED RAINFALL (AMBER) ALGORITHM DURING NWS SEVERE WEATHER WARNING OPERATIONS. J.T. Johnson, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and A. Jones, K. W. Thomas, M. Lehmann, and T. Thurston
3:30 PM COFFEE BREAK
4:00 PM 5.20 REAL-TIME ADJUSTMENT OF MEAN FIELD AND RANGE-DEPENDENT BIASES IN WSR-88D RAINFALL ESTIMATION. D.-J. Seo, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and J. Breidenbach and D. Miller
4:15 PM 5.21 THE AWIPS 0-1 HOUR RAINFALL FORECAST ALGORITHM. David H. Kitzmiller, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and M. E. Churma
4:30 PM 5.22 ACCOUNTING FOR RADAR BEAM BLOCKAGE PATTERNS IN RADAR-DERIVED PRECIPITATION MOSAICS FOR RIVER FORECAST CENTERS. Jay P. Breidenbach, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and D. J. Seo, P. Tilles, and K. Roy
8:15 AM SESSION 6: MODERNIZATION- APPLICATIONS OF IIPS IN OBSERVING SYSTEMS(Parallel with Session 5)
Chairperson(s): Vickie Nadolski and Douglas Hess, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD
8:15 AM 6.1 OVERVIEW.
8:30 AM 6.2 ASOS PLANNED PRODUCT IMPROVEMENTS. Martin J. Deiseroth, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and M. D. Gifford
8:45 AM 6.3 ASOS CEILOMETER COMPARISONS MARCH 1998-JUNE 1998. David M. Giles, Raytheon Systems Co., Sterling, VA
9:00 AM 6.4 PAPER WITHDRAWN.
9:15 AM 6.5 AN OVERVIEW OF THE PROPOSED ASOS ALGORITHM FOR VALIDATION OF PRECIPITATION ACCUMULATION. Joseph V. Fiore, Jr, Raytheon Systems, Co., Sterling, VA; and M. D. Gifford
9:30 AM 6.6 A MULTI-SENSOR FREEZING DRIZZLE ALGORITHM FOR THE AUTOMATED SURFACE OBSERVING SYSTEM. Allan C. Ramsay, Raytheon Systems Co., Sterling, VA
9:45 AM 6.7 CAPABILITIES OF THE AUTOMATED SURFACE OBSERVING SYSTEM TO QUANTIFY ICE ACCRETION DURING SURFACE ICING EVENTS. Allan C. Ramsay, Raytheon Systems Co., Sterling, VA
10:00 AM COFFEE BREAK
10:30 AM 6.8 GUST MEASUREMENTS- CUP AND VANE VS. SONIC ANEOMETER. Lynn J. Winans, Raytheon STX, Sterling, VA; and R. Lewis
10:45 AM 6.9 A WIND TUNNEL ACCEPTANCE TEST METHOD FOR SONIC ANEMOMETERS. Michael C. Sturgeon, NOAA/NWS, Sterling, VA
11:00 AM 6.10 FEDERAL AUTOMATED WEATHER OBSERVING SYSTEM (AWOS), CURRENT AND FUTURE ATTRIBUTES. Todd C. Harder, TRW Inc., Washington, DC; and J. Dunlap
11:15 AM 6.11 MOVING THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COOPERATIVE PROGRAM INTO THE 21ST CENTURY. Phil Clark, NOAA/NWS, Kansas City, MO; and A. Radichevich, R. J. Leffler, and A. Horvitz
11:30 AM 6.12 THE TEXAS MESONET- IMPROVING WEATHER AWARENESS ACROSS TEXAS. Gary L. Sickler, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
11:45 PM 6.13 RELATIVE HUMIDITY MEASUREMENTS FROM A CHILLED MIRROR TECHNIQUE FLOWN ON A LOW COST RADIOSONDE. F. J. Schmidlin, NASA/GSFC, Wallops Island, VA
9:30 AM-2:15 PM EXHIBIT HOURS
12:15 PM CONFERENCE LUNCEHON
2:15 PM JOINT SESSION J1: APPLICATIONS OF IIPS IN AVIATION WEATHER (Joint with Eighth Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology)
Chairperson(s): Ronald Olson, NOAA/NWS/AWC, Kansas City, MO; and David Pace, FAA, Washington, DC
2:15 PM J1.1 OVERVIEW.
2:30 PM J1.2 OVERVIEW OF THE AVIATION DIGITAL DATA SERVICE. Lynn A. Sherretz, NOAA/FSL, Boulder, CO; and G. Thompson and T. Mahony
2:45 PM J1.3 AVIATION WEATHER PRODUCTS ON THE AVIATION WEATHER CENTER HOME PAGE. Timothy P. Mahony, NOAA/NCEP/AWC, Kansas City, MO
3:00 PM J1.4 DISTRIBUTION OF AVIATION WEATHER PRODUCTS VIA THE PUBLIC INTERNET AND PRIVATE INTRANETS. Ronald C. Martin, SkySource Industry, Annapolis, MD; and T. H. Fahey III and A. E. Zukas
3:15 PM J1.5 PROVIDING AVIATION WEATHER SUPPORT THROUGH THE INTERNET. David L. Kleckner, United Airlines, Chicago, IL
3:30 PM COFFEE BREAK
4:00 PM J1.6 RECENT DEVELOPMENTS AND PLANS FOR THE FAA'S AUTOMATED WEATHER OBSERVING PROGRAM. Kenneth A. Kraus, FAA, Washington, DC; and P. J. Kirchoffer
4:15 PM J1.7 AVIATION WEATHER PRODUCTS AS SEEN BY AN ENGINEER. Arthur Levy, FAA, Washington, DC; and C. J. Tidwell, Jr.
4:30 PM J1.8 THE MILITARY AIRCREW INFORMATION SERVICE (MAIS)- HELPING AIRCREWS NAVIGATE THE MAZE OF WEATHER INFORMATION. Bradley V. Kassube, Headquarters Air Force Weather Agency, Offutt Air Force Base, NE; and M. A. Venerable and P. B. Roohr
4:45 PM J1.9 THE DESIGN OF THE NEW SPACELIFT WEATHER INFORMATION SYSTEM (SWIS) FOR THE U.S. SPACE PROGRAM. Magda S. Hashem, Raytheon Systems Co., Aurora, CO; and J. A. McGinley
2:15 PM SESSION 7: APPLICATIONS OF IIPS IN OBSERVING SYSTEMS- RADIOSONDE SYSTEM EVOLUTION AND ISSUES (Parallel with Sessiond 5 & J1)
Chairperson(s): Douglas Hess, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD
2:15 PM 7.1 OVERVIEW OF NWS RADIOSONDE SYSTEM REPLACEMENT. Richard D. Thomas, Jr, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and C. A. Bower, Jr.
2:30 PM 7.2 RADIO-FREQUENCY SPECTRUM ISSUES FOR RADIOSONDES. Mark S. Paese, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and C. A. Bower, Jr.
2:45 PM 7.3 LESSONS LEARNED ON BALLOON INFLATION AND LAUNCH SHELTERS. Richard A. Petersen, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and W. H. Blackmore
3:00 PM 7.4 ENVIRONMENTAL CHAMBER TESTS OF NWS RADIOSONDE RELATIVE HUMIDITY SENSORS. William H. Blackmore, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and B. Taubvurtzel
3:15 PM 7.5 PROGRESS TOWARD WINDFINDING AND WIND DATA CONDITIONING. Michael M. Lukes, NOAA/NWS, Sterling, VA
3:30 PM 7.6 AUTOMATIC LORAN-C CHAIN SELECTION. Juhana Jaatinen, Vaisala Oy, Helsinki, Finland; and J. Ċkerberg
3:45 PM COFFEE BREAK
5:00 PM SESSIONS END FOR THE DAY
7:30 PM GOES/POES EVENING SESSION ON NOAA WEATHER SATELLITES
Moderator(s): Ron Gird, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD
9:00 PM GOES/POES RECEPTION

WED 13 JAN___________________________
8:00 AM HORTON LECTURE
8:15 AM SESSION 8: SATELLITE APPLICATIONS OF IIPS (Parallel with Sessions 9&10 )
Chairperson(s): Ron Gird, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring; and Jamie Hawkins, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD
8:15 AM 8.1 OVERVIEW.
8:30 AM 8.2 CURRENT AND FUTURE SENSORS FOR NOAA'S GEOSTATIONARY OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITE (GOES) SYSTEMS. Gerald J. Dittberner, NOAA/NESDIS, Suitland, MD
8:45 AM 8.3 STATUS OF NOAA-15 ON-ORBIT ACTIVITY. Michael Mignogno, NOAA/NESDIS, Suitland, MD; and P. M. Taylor
9:00 AM 8.4 SATELLITE DATA AVAILABLE FROM THE NOAA SATELLITE SERVICES DIVISION. Stephen D. Ambrose, NOAA/NESDIS, Washington, DC
9:15 AM 8.5 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOES SATELLITE ASSESSMENT RESULTS, CY98. Ron S. Gird, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and J. Heil, A. Noel, and C. Weiss
9:30 AM 8.6 LATEST ADVANCEMENTS IN GOES QUANTITATIVE SATELLITE PRODUCTS. Donald G. Gray, NOAA/NESDIS, Washington, DC
9:45 AM 8.7 THE NAVY'S GLOBAL WEATHER SATELLITE IMAGERY COLLECTION AND DISSEMINATION SYSTEM. Kenneth M. Dropco, Naval Oceanographic Office, Stennis Space Center, MS
10:00 AM COFFEE BREAK
8:30 AM SESSION 9: NEXRAD- SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL EVOLUTION (Section III- Research and Development Initiatives) (Parallel with Sessions 8&10)
Chairperson(s): R. Jeffrey Keeler, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and Michael D. Eilts, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK
8:30 AM 9.1 OVERVIEW.
8:45 AM 9.2 CONSIDERATIONS FOR OPERATIONAL POLORIMETRIC RADAR. D. S. Zrnic, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and R. J. Doviak, A. Zahrai, V. Bringi, and A. Ryzhkov
9:00 AM 9.3 CLOUD MICROPHYSICS RETRIEVAL USING S-BAND DUAL POLARIZATION RADAR MEASUREMENTS. J. Vivekanandan, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and D. S. Zrnic, S. M. Ellis, R. Oye, A. V. Ryzhkov, and J. Straka
9:15 AM 9.4 ACHIEVING HIGHER INTEGRITY IN NEXRAD PRODUCTS THROUGH MULTI-SENSOR INTEGRATION. James E. Evans, MIT Lincoln Lab., Lexington, MA
9:30 AM 9.5 THE EXPLICIT NUMERICAL PREDICTION OF AN INTENSE HAILSTORM USING WSR-88D OBSERVATIONS- THE NEED FOR REAL TIME ACCESS TO LEVEL II DATA AND PLANS FOR A PROTOTYPE ACQUISITION SYSTEM. Kelvin K. Droegemeier, CAPS/University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. Zong, K. Brewster, T. D. Crum, H. Edmon, D. Fulker, L. Miller, and R. Rew
9:45 AM 9.6 REDUCTION OF RADAR RANGE AMBIGUITY USING SZ(8/64) CODED PHASE TRANSMIT SEQUENCE. Charles L. Frush, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. Daughenbaugh
10:00 AM COFFEE BREAK
10:30 AM 9.7 IMPLEMENTATION OF NEXRAD AP CLUTTER PROCESSING. R. Jeffrey Keeler, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and C. Kessinger, J. A. VanAndel, and S. Ellis
10:45 AM 9.8 COMPENSATING REFLECTIVITY FOR CLUTTER FILTER BIAS IN THE WSR-88D. S. M. Ellis, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and F. Pratte and C. Frush
11:00 AM 9.9 AN ALGORITHM TO DETECT ANOMALOUSLY-PROPAGATED GROUND CLUTTER FOR THE WSR-88D. Cathy Kessinger, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and S. Ellis and J. VanAndel
11:15 AM 9.10 PRELIMINARY EXPERIMENTS WITH AP CLUTTER RECOGNITION USING WSR-88D DATA COLLECTED WITH THE A1DA TIME-SERIES RECORDER. Cathy Kessinger, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and C. Frush and S. Ellis
11:30 AM 9.11 PERFORMANCE OF THE WSR-88D BUILD 10 TORNADO DETECTION ALGORITHM- DEVELOPMENT OF OPTIMAL ADAPTABLE PARAMETER SETS. Robert R. Lee, NOAA/WSR-88D/OSF, Norman, OK; and E. D. Mitchell
12:00 PM LUNCH BREAK
8:30 AM SESSION 10: MODERNIZATION OF WEATHER SERVICES (Parallel with Sessions 8 and 9)
Chairperson(s): Elbert W. Friday, National Research Council, Washington, DC; and Horst Bottger, ECMWF, Reading, UK
8:30 AM 10.1 A VISION OF WEATHER SERVICES IN 2025. Richard A. Anthes, UCAR, Boulder, CO
9:00 AM 10.2 ENGINEERING ASPECTS OF THE VISION OF WEATHER SERVICES IN 2025. James F. Andary, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD
9:30 AM 10.3 WORLD WEATHER WATCH (WWW) WORK STATIONS FOR THE NEXT DECADE. Robert C. Landis, WMO, Geneva, Switzerland
10:00 AM COFFEE BREAK
10:30 AM 10.4 NWS MODERNIZATION. Jack Kelly, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD
11:00 AM 10.5 USAF WEATHER SERVICE MODERNIZATION. Fred Lewis, USAF, Washington, DC
11:30 AM 10.6 U.S. NAVY WEATHER AND OCEAN SERVICE MODERNIZATION. Rear Admiral Kenneth E. Barbor, Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command, Stennis Space Center, MS
12:00 PM LUNCH BREAK
1:30 PM SESSION 11: AWIPS-INTRODUCTION
Chairperson(s): Mary Glackin and Ward R. Seguin, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD
1:30 PM 11.1 ADVANCED WEATHER INTERACTIVE PROCESSING SYSTEM-PROGRAM STATUS AND PLANS. Mary M. Glackin, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD
1:45 PM 11.2 THE ROLE OF AWIPS SYSTEMS ENGINEERING. Ward R. Seguin, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD
2:00 PM 11.3 AWIPS SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE AND ITS EVOLUTION. William J. Carrigg, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD
2:15 PM 11.4 ADDING PRODUCTIVITY TOOLS TO THE WFO-ADVANCED METEOROLOGICAL WORKSTATION. Anne E. Wilson, NOAA/FSL, Boulder, CO; and D. M. Rodgers and U. H. Grote
2:30 PM 11.5 OVERVIEW AND STATUS OF THE AWIPS SYSTEM FOR CONVECTION ANALYSIS AND NOWCASTING (SCAN). Stephan B. Smith, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and S. K. Goel, M. T. Filiaggi, M. E. Churma, and L. Xin
2:45 PM 11.6 AWIPS SOFTWARE INTEGRATION- BRINGING IT ALL TOGETHER. Alan Miley, Litton/PRC Inc., McLean, VA; and D. Rhine
3:00 PM COFFEE BREAK
3:30 PM 11.7 MIGRATION OF AWIPS TO WINDOWS NT. Keith Ward, Litton/PRC Inc., McLean, VA; and T. Lee, T. C. Tarbell, and G. Righter
3:45 PM 11.8 MODERNIZATION--AWIPS AND INTERNATIONAL USE. Terry Tarbell, Litton/PRC Inc., McLean, VA; and K. Ward, L. Johnson, and J. Tuell
4:00 PM SESSION 12: AWIPS DEVELOPMENT
Chairperson(s): Mary Glackin, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and R. Craig Goff, CYGNACOM Solutions, McLean, VA
4:00 PM 12.1 THE LDAD OBSERVATION QUALITY CONTROL AND MONITORING SYSTEM- AN UPDATE FOR AWIPS BUILD 4.2. Patricia A. Miller, NOAA/FSL, Boulder, CO; and M. F. Barth
4:15 PM 12.2 USING AWIPS LDAD AT A FORECAST OFFICE. Andy Edman, NOAA/NWS, Salt Lake City, UT; and J. Walker and L. Dunn
4:30 PM 12.3 EXTENSIBLE WEB DISSEMINATION GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE FOR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DATA. Christopher E. Steffen, NOAA/FSL, Boulder, CO; and M. B. Romberg
4:45 PM 12.4 GENERATING AUTOMATED WEATHER SUMMARIES IN THE AWIPS ERA. Gary F. Battel, GSC, Laurel, MD; and J. P. Tuell, G. A. Trojan, S. V. Romano, and B. N. Baxter
5:00 PM POSTER SESSION P1: ELECTRONIC POSTER VIEWING
Chairperson(s): Steve Holt, Mitretek, McLean, VA
P1.1 THE COMPREHENSIVE UPPER-AIR DEMONSTRATIONS, OBSERVATIONS, AND SYSTEMS (CUDOS) PROGRAM. Paul Ruscher, FSU, Tallahassee, FL; and B. Bolinski
P1.2 STUDY OF THE BEHAVIOUR OF A SNOW LAYER DEPOSITED ON THE PAVEMENT. Stephanie Borel, Meteo-France, Toulouse, France; and J. B. Brzoska
P1.3 AN OPERATIONAL ASSESSMENT OF THE 15-19 MARCH, 1998 FLOOD EVENT USING THE WFO HYDROLOGIC FORECAST SYSTEM. Thomas S. Curl, NOAA/NWSFO, Norman, OK; and M. W. McClure and S. Kruckenberg
P1.4 METADATA SYSTEMS FOR ARM'S SGP AND NSA SITES. Kathy J. Doty, Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY
P1.5 AWIPS INTERACTIVE FORECAST VERIFICATION. James M. Frederick, NOAA/NWS, Tulsa, OK; and S. A. Amburn
P1.6 PAPER WITHDRAWN.
P1.7 XNOW - A TEXT EDITING SYSTEM FOR THE MODERNIZED WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE. Scott Plischke, NOAA/NWS, Amarillo, TX; and J. Colton
P1.8 WARNING COACH- DESIGN OF A STORM-SCALE OPERATIONAL SUPPORT SYSTEM. Richard J. Lynn, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and J. T. Johnson
P1.9 UNITED STATES PARTICIPATION IN THE ANTARCTIC MASTER DIRECTORY, A COOPERATING NODE OF THE GLOBAL CHANGE MASTER DIRECTORY. Greg R. Scharfen, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and R. J. Bauer
P1.10 AN EVALUATION OF THE USE OF REAL-TIME WEATHER DATA BY PUBLIC-SAFETY AGENCIES. Dale A. Morris, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and C. Duvall
P1.11 OK-FIRST IN THE FIELD- HOW PUBLIC-SAFETY AGENCIES USE AND APPLY WEATHER DATA. Dale A. Morris, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and L. Rowe, M. Honigsberg, J. Lewis, D. King, and C. Conaghan
P1.12 LOCALLY DEVELOPED APPLICATIONS FOR AWIPS. Gregory R. Patrick, NOAA/NWS, Tulsa, OK; and J. M. Frederick, S. E. Nelson, S. A. Amburn, and R. M. Radzanowski
P1.13 THE EVOLUTION OF THE ARM INFORMATION ARCHITECTURE. Ryan E. Hohimer, PNNL, Richland, WA; and J. Voyles, R. A. McCord, D. L. Sisterson, and K. J. Doty
P1.14 PAPER WITHDRAWN.
P1.15 A COMPARISON OF CURRENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INTERACTIVE DISTANCE LEARNING TECHNOLOGY. Brian C. Motta, CIRA/Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO; and A. Mostek
P1.16 RADIAL VELOCITY CHARACTERISTICS FOR SEVERE CONVECTIVE STORM SIGNATURES USING NWS DOPPLER RADAR DISPLAY SYSTEMS. David L. Andra, Jr, NOAA/NWS, Norman, OK; and C. Buonanno
P1.17 INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES USING NASA/EOSDIS DATA. John N. Scialdone, Raytheon-STX Corp., Greenbelt, MD
P1.18 EXPERIMENTAL SATELLITE-DERIVED AVIATION PRODUCTS ACCESSIBLE VIA THE INTERNET. Gary P. Ellrod, NOAA/NESDIS, Washington, DC; and J. M. Daniels
P1.19 EDIS- ENVIRONMENTAL DATA INFORMATION SERVICES. Walter A. Lyons, FMA Research, Inc., Ft. Collins, CO; and T. E. Nelson, D. A. Moon, P. Schwamb, and C. S. Keem
P1.20 THE NWS RADIOSONDE SOUNDING SYSTEM TESTING PROGRAM. Michael M. Lukes, NOAA/NWS, Sterling, VA; and J. J. Fitzgibbon
P1.21 PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF VAISALA RS90 RADIOSONDE USING 6-HOUR FORECASTS OF THE NORDIC HIGH RESOLUTION LIMITED AREA PREDICTION MODEL (HIRLAM). Hannu Jauhiainen, Vaisala OY, Helsinki, Finland; and H. Kankaanpaa and A. Paukkunen
P1.22 SATELLITE-DERIVED WINDS- A COMPARISON OF NEW GOES IMAGER AND SOUNDER METHODS WITH WIND PROFILER OBSERVATIONS. Bard A. Zajac, Science and Technology Corp., Ft. Collins, CO; and M. A. Ringerud, T. H. Vonder Haar, G. G. Garrett, and W. E. Sharp
P1.23 ONE DOCUMENT, MANY VIEWS - USE OF SGML AT THE UK MET OFFICE. Rob Acker, UK Met Office, Bracknell, Berks, UK
P1.24 GOES SOUNDER PRODUCTS-NEW OBSERVATIONS FOR WEATHER FORECASTING. Donald G. Gray, NOAA/NESDIS, Washington, DC
6:00 PM RECEPTION
7:30 PM AMS ANNUAL AWARDS BANQUET

THU 14 JAN___________________________
8:00 AM WALTER ORR ROBERTS MEMORIAL LECTURE
8:00 AM SESSION 12: AWIPS DEVELOPMENT (Continued) (Parallel with Session 13)
Chairperson(s): Mary Glackin and David P. Ruth, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD
8:00 AM 12.5 GENERATING AUTOMATED CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARIES IN THE AWIPS ERA. Jason P. Tuell, PRC Inc., McLean, VA; and B. Baxter, D. Zipper, and G. Battel
8:15 AM 12.6 DEVELOPMENT OF A PROTOTYPE AWIPS OPERATIONAL DATA REPOSITORY AND CASE REVIEW SYSTEM. Joan M. Brundage, NOAA/FSL, Boulder, CO; and L. A. Ewy, G. F. Pankow, A. B. Stanley, and S. M. Williams
8:30 AM 12.7 DELIVERY OF METEOROLOGICAL PRODUCTS TO AN INTERNET CLIENT WORKSTATION. Sean Madine, NOAA/FSL, Boulder, CO; and N. Wang
8:45 AM 12.8 WFO FORECAST VERIFICATION IN AWIPS- INITIAL CAPABILITIES AND FUTURE PLANS. K. Robert Morris, GSC, Silver Spring, MD; and C. K. Kluepfel
8:00 AM SESSION 13: INTERNET/WEB APPLICATIONS (Parallel with Sessions 12&14)
Chairperson(s): Donald R. Mock, NOAA/ERL, Boulder, CO; and James Sciavone, AT&T, Holmdel, NJ
8:00 AM 13.1 OVERVIEW.
8:15 AM 13.2 NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN WEB DELIVERY OF GRIDDED DATA. Jonathan Callahan, JISAO/University of Washington & NOAA/PMEL, Seattle, WA; and S. Hankin, J. Sirott, and J. Davison
8:30 AM 13.3 NNDC SERVER- THE NEXT GENERATION OF NESDIS DATA ACCESS. Daniel J. Manns, NOAA/NESDIS, Boulder, CO; and R. E. Habermann, F. Park, and J. Hammock
8:45 AM 13.4 USING THE WEB TO MANAGE DATA QUALITY DOCUMENTATION AND PROBLEM RESOLUTION. Joyce L. Tichler, Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY; and K. J. Doty
9:00 AM 13.5 A COORDINATED NOAASERVER NODE FOR OAR. Donald R. Mock, NOAA/ERL and CIRES/University of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and R. H. Schweitzer
9:15 AM 13.6 WEB PAGES EXPLAIN NOAA'S STRATEGIC GOALS. Nancy N. Soreide, NOAA/PMEL, Seattle, WA; and B. Baker, R. Gird, M. Lockwood, T. LePointe, A. Ray, and E. Kleindinst
9:30 AM 13.7 UNIFYING ACCESS TO NOAA'S DISTRIBUTED DATABASES WITH THE NOAASERVER SYSTEM. Ernest Daddio, NOAA, Silver Spring, MD; and S. Hankin, N. Soreide, D. Denbo, W. Zhu, S. Roberts, J. Sirott, and S. Rosenberg
9:45 AM 13.8 WEB-BASED INTERACTION WITH 3D ENVIRONMENTAL DATA SETS USING VIRTUAL REALITY MODELING LANGUAGE. Nancy Soreide, NOAA/PMEL, Seattle, WA; and C. Moore, C. Lascara, and G. Wheless
10:00 AM COFFEE BREAK
10:30 AM 13.9 WEB-BASED SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS MANAGEMENT TOOL SUITE. Ronald F. Peierls, Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY; and L. Gregory, B. Sandoval, and J. Tichler
10:45 AM 13.10 TOWARD EXPANDING MODEL DATA ACCESS THROUGH UNIDATA'S INTERNET DATA DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM. Steven R. Chiswell, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and L. Miller and P. Hirschburg
11:00 AM 13.11 USING JAVA GRAPHICS TO DISPLAY OCEAN OBSERVATIONS IN NOAASERVER. Donald W. Denbo, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
11:15 AM 13.12 EPIC- PROVIDING WORLD WIDE WEB ACCESS TO OCEANOGRAPHIC OBSERVATIONS. Donald W. Denbo, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and N. N. Soreide, M. C. Spillane, and W. H. Zhu
11:30 AM 13.13 RESPONDING TO PUBLIC DEMAND FOR TOPICAL CLIMATE INFORMATION- AN EL NINO CASE STUDY. Julia A. Collins, NOAA/CDC and CIRES/University of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and C. A. Smith
11:45 AM 13.14 PRODUCTION AND DISSEMINATION OF INTERACTIVE TERMINAL DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR IMAGES VIA A DEDICATED WEB SERVER. Michael P. Jordan, MIT Lincoln Lab., Lexington, MA; and C. A. Upham, D. C. Peduzzi, J. A. Shaw, and H. H. K. Burke
12:00 PM LUNCH BREAK
9:00 AM SESSION 14: AWIPS IMPLEMENTATION/OPERATIONS SUPPORT ACTIVITIES (Parallel with Session 13)
Chairperson(s): Mary Glackin, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and R. Craig Goff, CYGNACOM Solutions, McLean, VA
9:00 AM 14.1 ADVANCED WEATHER INTERACTIVE PROCESSING SYSTEM (AWIPS)- LOCAL DATA ACQUISITION AND DISTRIBUTION (LDAD) INTEGRATION AND DEPLOYMENT. Ed Moore, Litton/PRC, McLean, VA; and D. Rhine and T. Murray
9:15 AM 14.2 MODERNIZATION MADE EASY- IMPLEMENTING AWIPS AT YOUR WEATHER OFFICE. Tony Baltz, Litton/PRC Inc., McLean, VA; and L. Johnson
9:30 AM 14.3 AWIPS CENTRALIZED USER TRAININ- OPERATIONS AND SYSTEM MANAGEMENT. Corey A. Lefkof, Litton/PRC Inc., McLean, VA
9:45 AM 14.4 AWIPS ON-SITE USER TRAINING. Matthew Kensey, PRC Inc., McLean, VA
10:00 AM COFFEE BREAK
10:30 AM 14.5 CONTINGENCY PLANNING FOR AWIP- HANDLING CRISES WHEN THE UNEXPECTED OCCURS. Larry Johnson, PRC Inc., McLean, VA; and D. Rhine and T. Murray
10:45 AM 14.6 ADVANCED WEATHER INTERACTIVE PROCESSING SYSTEM- HERE'S HOW WE HANDLE YOUR PROBLEMS - A STEP BY STEP GUIDE TO NCF TROUBLESHOOTING. Tim Murray, Litton/PRC Inc., McLean, VA; and M. Hicklin and E. Moore
11:00 AM 14.7 ADVANCED WEATHER INTERACTIVE PROCESSING SYSTEM (AWIPS) NETWORK CONTROL FACILITY (NCF) BUILD OUT (NCFBO) AUTOMATED MANAGEMENT TOOLS. Ed Moore, PRC Inc., McLean, VA; and L. Shreves and C. Williamson
11:15 AM SESSION 15: AWIPS COMMISSIONING AND RELATED ACTIVITIES (Parallel with Session 13)
Chairperson(s): Mary Glackin, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD
11:15 AM 15.1 PLANS FOR AWIPS OPERATIONAL TEST AND EVALUATION (OT&E) FOR COMMISSIONING. Mary D. Buckingham, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD
11:30 AM 15.2 UPDATE ON COMMISSIONING THE ADVANCED WEATHER INTERACTIVE PROCESSING SYSTEM (AWIPS). Joseph Facundo, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD
11:45 AM 15.3 UPDATE ON REMOVING LEGACY SYSTEMS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. Joseph Facundo, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD
12:00 PM LUNCH BREAK
1:30 PM SESSION 16: VISUALIZATION
Chairperson(s): Robert Introne, TASC, Reading, MA; and Carl D. Thormeyer, FMNOC, Monterey, CA
1:30 PM 16.1 OVERVIEW.
1:45 PM 16.2 DEVELOPMENT OF GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES TO VISUALIZE METEOROLOGICAL DATA. Robert L. Buckley, Westinghouse Savannah River Co., Aiken, SC
2:00 PM 16.3 COLLABORATIVE VISUALIZATION AND COMPUTATION IN THE EARTH SCIENCES USING VISAD. William Hibbard, SSEC/University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and S. Emmerson, C. Rueden, T. Rink, D. Glowacki, N. Rasmussen, D. Fulker, and J. Anderson
2:15 PM 16.4 COMPARING NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS WITH VIS5D. William Hibbard, SSEC/University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. Kellum
2:30 PM 16.5 THE JOINT METOC VIEWER - A MAJOR UPGRADE. John P. Garthner, FNMOC, Monterey, CA; and R. L. Loveless, J. Korcal, and C. D. Thormeyer
2:45 PM 16.6 JOINT METOC VIEWER IMAGE FORMAT. Charles E. Skupniewicz, FNMOC, Monterey, CA; and D. Huff
3:00 PM COFFEE BREAK
3:15 PM SESSION 16- Continued (Parallel with Joint Session 10)
3:15 PM 16.7 ENHANCING DOD METOC PRODUCTS WITH 3D VISUALIZATION. Earl V. Ravid, FNMOC, Monterey, CA
3:30 PM 16.8 GIS METEOROLOGY. Scott T. Shipley, Raytheon STX Corp., Lanham, MD; and I. A. Graffman
3:45 PM 16.9 MULTIDIMENSIONAL DATA VISUALISATION IN METVIEW AT ECMWF. Jens Daabeck, ECMWF, Reading, Berks., UK; and B. Raoult, G. Austad, G. Camara, L. Vinhas, F. Ii, and L. Namikawa
4:00 PM 16.10 HORACE- WHAT NOW? WHAT NEXT?. Angela Smith, UK Met Office, Bracknell, Berks., UK
4:15 PM 16.11 DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING A 3-D VISUALIZATION WORKSTATION APPLICATION AT FSL. Paula T. McCaslin, NOAA/FSL, Boulder, CO; and P. A. McDonald and E. J. Szoke
4:30 PM 16.12 DEVELOPMENT OF 4-D DATA VISUALIZATION CAPABILITIES WITHIN THE NWS ALASKA REGION OPERATIONS NETWORK ENVIRONMENT (ARONET). Dennis J. Fielding, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK; and K. B. Gilkey and J. S. Tilley
4:45 PM 16.13 COMPONENT BASED SOFTWARE FOR SCIENTIFIC APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT. John Caron, Unidata/UCAR, Boulder, CO
5:00 PM 16.14 A JAVA-BASED COLLABORATIVE WORKING ENVIRONMENT FOR FX-ADVANCED. U. Herb Grote, NOAA/FSL, Boulder, CO
5:15 PM 16.15 SITE-SPECIFIC TORNADO HAZARD ANALYSIS AND DISPLAY SYSTEM. Carl H. Levison, Computational Geosciences, Inc., Norman, OK; and M. B. Richman, K. R. Nixon, and J. T. Snow
5:30 PM 16.16 CREATING EFFECTIVE VISUALIZATIONS FOR OPERATIONAL WEATHER FORECASTING. Lloyd A. Treinish, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY
3:30 PM JOINT SESSION J10: HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL APPLICATIONS OF IIPS (SJC) (Joint with 14th Conference on Hydrology)
Chairperson(s): To be determined
3:30 PM J10.1 OVERVIEW.
3:45 PM J10.2 A HIGH-RESOLUTION DATA SYSTEM FOR ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING AND MONITORING OF METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS. Kenneth R. Nixon, Computational Geosciences, Inc., Norman, OK; and D. R. Legates, G. E. Quelch, and T. D. Stockdale
4:00 PM J10.3 MONITORING OF SHORT-FUSED FLOOD EVENTS BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HYDROLOGIC FORECAST SYSTEM. Mark J. Glaudemans, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD
4:15 PM J10.4 THE FLOOD OF MARCH 1998 IN THE TALLAHASSEE HYDROLOGICAL SERVICE AREA- LESSONS LEARNED. Andrew I. Watson, NOAA/NWS, Tallahassee, FL; and R. R. Carle and A. D. Baker
J10.5 PAPER WITHDRAWN.
4:30 PM J10.6 AN EXTENSION OF THE EDSS/MODELS-3 I/O API FOR COUPLING CONCURRENT ENVIRONMENTAL MODELS, WITH APPLICATIONS TO AIR QUALITY AND HYDROLOGY. Carlie J. Coats Jr., MCNC/North Carolina Supercomputing Center, Research Triangle Park, NC; and A. Trayanov, J. N. McHenry, A. Xiu, A. Gibbs-Lario, and C. D. Peters-Lidard
4:45 PM J10.7 INTERNATIONAL HYDROLOGIC TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER PROGRAM OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. Curtis B. Barrett, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and T. Laufer
5:45 PM SESSIONS END FOR THE DAY

FRI 15 JAN___________________________
8:00 AM SESSION 17: DATA AND INFORMATION HANDLING
Chairperson(s): Terry Tarbell, Litton/PRC, McLean, VA; and Patricia Pauley, NPS, Monterey, CA
8:00 AM 17.1 OVERVIEW.
8:15 AM 17.2 MESSAGE FORMATTER-TRANSMITTER - THE DOD REPLACEMENT TO MEDS. Kenneth M. Dropco, Naval Oceanographic Office, Stennis Space Center, MS
8:30 AM 17.3 THE TRANSITION OF UNIDATA MCIDAS TO ADDE. Don Murray, Unidata/UCAR, Boulder, CO; and T. Yoksas
8:45 AM 17.4 DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF AN AEROMETRIC DATA MAPPING SYSTEM. Neil Wheeler, MCNC/North Carolina Supercomputing Center, Research Triangle Park, NC; and L. Alter, S. Fine, W. T. Smith, S. Thorpe, and S. Lo
9:00 AM 17.5 EXTENDING THE NETCDF MODEL TO JAVA. Glenn P. Davis, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and D. Fulker
9:15 AM 17.6 INSTALLING AND OPERATING A NOAASERVER CORBA SERVER TO DISTRIBUTE PUBLIC CLIMATE DATA. Roland H. Schweitzer, NOAA/ERL/CDC and CIRES/University of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and S. Hankin and J. Sirott
9:30 AM 17.7 DISSEMINATING AND STORING OF METEOROLOGICAL DATA WITH EXTENSIBLE MARKUP LANGUAGE (XML). Mike Neith, NRL, Monterey, CA; and O. E. Kiselyov
9:45 AM 17.8 MANAGING A NATIONAL DATA NETWORK- GETTING THE RIGHT BYTES TO THE RIGHT SITES. Tim Murray, Litton/PRC Inc., McLean, VA; and E. Moore
10:00 AM COFFEE BREAK
10:15 AM 17.9 WORKSTATION-BASED ANALYSIS OF OBSERVATIONAL DATA. Rob Acker, UK Met Office, Bracknell, Berks., UK
10:30 AM 17.10 THE SHORT RANGE DATABASE AS THE HUB FOR ALL METEOROLOGICAL APPLICATIONS. Heinrich Müller, Swiss Meteorological Inst., Zürich, Switzerland
10:45 AM 17.11 INTERACTIVE SECTORING AND ANIMATION OF GLOBAL CHANGE DATA. Paul J. Meyer, NASA/GHCC, Huntsville, AL; and A. R. Guillory, R. J. Atkinson, and G. J. Jedlovec
11:00 AM 17.12 A PROVEN SOFTWARE CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR WORKSTATION DEVELOPMENT. Ming-Fang Chen, NOAA/FSL, Boulder, CO; and J. Fluke and H. Grote
11:15 AM 17.13 USING DODS TO ACCESS AND DELIVER REMOTE DATA. Ethan Davis, UCAR/Unidata, Boulder, CO; and J. Gallagher
11:30 AM 17.14 A REALTIME INTERNET BASED APPLICATION FOR THE ARCHIVAL, QUALITY CONTROL AND ANALYSIS HURRICANE SURFACE WIND OBSERVATIONS. Luis R. Amat Jr., NOAA/AOML/HRD, Miami, FL; and M. D. Powell and S. H. Houston
11:45 AM CONFERENCE ENDS