Session 16 15th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy

Program Chairs: Jared A. Lee, Ph.D. , NSF NCAR ; Nick P. Bassill , UAlbany ; Jeffrey Michael Freedman ; John Zack , MESO, Inc.
Reviewer: David M Siuta

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Tuesday, 23 January 2024

1:00 PM-2:00 PM: Tuesday, 23 January 2024

Recording files available
Virtual Poster Slam Session #4
Hosts: (Joint between the Virtual Posters; the 16th Symposium on Aerosol Cloud Climate Interactions; the 24th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification; the 23rd Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA; the 21st Conference on Space Weather; the 15th Conference on Environment and Health; the 15th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the 12th Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise; the 12th AMS Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the 12th Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Sub-Seasonal Monsoon Variability; and the Third Symposium on Community Modeling and Innovation )
Cochairs: Xue Zheng, LLNL; James G. Yoe, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; Andrea M Jenney; Alexander Engell; Nick P. Bassill, UAlbany; Vijay Limaye
V50
12JCSDA Application of the Joint Effort for Data Assimilation Integration (JEDI) to the Online CMAQ Regional Model: Atmospheric Composition (TROPOMI NO2)
Hyundeok Choi, SAIC at NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC, College Park, MD; SAIC @ NOAA NWS NCEP EMC, Laurel, MD; and C. R. Martin, A. Tangborn, Y. Wang, H. Liu, K. Wang, C. H. Jeon, J. Huang, and I. Stajner

V51
12JCSDA Multi-Source Data Fusion and Integration for Hazard Model Validation using Geospatial Information System
Edmund James Robbins, Florida Tech, melbourne, FL; Florida Tech, melbourne, FL; and E. Sziklay, J. P. Pinelli, and N. N. Kachouie, PhD

V53
12JCSDA Deep Learning Methods for Damage Estimation using Integration of Building Data and Satellite Imagery
Nezamoddin N. Kachouie, PhD, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL; and E. J. Robbins

V54
3CMI Examining Impacts of Wave Coupling on the Future Global Forecast System
Indigo Fox, NOAA, College Park, MD; SUNY, Stony Brook, NY; and J. Meixner and L. Stefanova

V55
12MJO North Pacific Jet Regimes Preceding Cool Season Tornado Events in the Lower Mississippi Valley
Thomas J. Galarneau, NSSL, Norman, OK; and K. A. Hoogewind, A. C. Winters, L. L. Hood, and C. A. Hoopes

Handout (2.6 MB)

V56
15ENERGY Improving the Accuracy of Wind Gust Forecasts for Power Distribution Systems
Rafael Toshio Inouye, SIMEPAR - Parana Environmental Technology and Monitoring Service, Curitiba, PR, Brazil; and C. Beneti, L. Calvetti, L. E. S. Oliveira, and S. Paz

Handout (3.0 MB)

V58
15HEALTH CHaRT: The Climate Health and Risk Tool
Tim Sheehan, University of Washington, School of Public Health, Seattle, WA; and J. J. Hess

V58A
15HEALTH NASA Data Made Easier for Air Quality Applications
Elizabeth Joyner, NASA, Suffolk, VA
Manuscript (124.0 kB)

Handout (4.8 MB)

V59
12WXCLIMATE Subseasonal Ocean Forecast Along US West Coast in NCEP/EMC's UFS-based Global Coupled Modeling System
Sulagna Ray, NCEP, College Park, MD; and L. Stefanova, J. Meixner, J. Wang, A. Mehra, and F. Yang

Handout (1.3 MB)

V61
21SPACEWX Where the plane of the lunar orbit meets the surface of the Earth - a netCDF database
Lucy O'Keefe Hancock, Citizen Weather Observer Program, Houston, TX
Manuscript (854.0 kB)

Handout (1.2 MB)

V62
23AIRPOL Effects of Taebaek Mountains on the Spatial Distributions of PM10 and PM2.5 in Gangwon Province.
Song-Lak Kang, Gangneung-Wonju National University, Gangneung-si, Gangwon-do, Korea, Republic of (South); and J. lee

Handout (312.9 kB)

V64
16AEROSOL A Comparative Study of Combined Lidar-Polarimeter Aerosol Retrievals using Spheroidal and Hexahedral Particle Shape Models with Data from the ORACLES Field Campaigns
Greema Regmi, University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC), Baltimore, MD; and R. Espinosa, J. V. Martins, A. Puthukkudy, M. Saito, O. Dubovik, and O. Kemppinen

Handout (7.1 MB)

V66
16AEROSOL Database development of atmospheric ice-nucleating particle concentrations from ARM mega sites
Naruki Hiranuma, University of Texas El Paso, El Paso, TX; and A. D. Pantoya

V67
16AEROSOL Developing a technique for separating ice nucleating substances via density gradient centrifugation
Soleil Worthy, Univ. of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; and L. Chen, M. Line Torrijos, Y. Xi, C. Mah, V. Varatharajah, and A. K. Bertram

V68
28PROBSTAT Analyzing extreme diurnal temperature range in spring on the Korean peninsula using a sliding window approach
Song-Lak Kang, Gangneung-Wonju National University, Gangneung-si, Gangwon-do, Korea, Republic of (South); and J. lee

Handout (1.9 MB)

Sunday, 28 January 2024

4:00 PM-5:15 PM: Sunday, 28 January 2024

Recording files available
Presidential Forum: Climate Science as Service to Society
Location: Ballroom III/ IV (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the Networking and Events; the Convergence Science: Indigenous Weather, Water and Climate Knowledge Systems, Practices and Communities; the Town Hall Meetings; the 12th AMS Conference for Early Career Professionals; the Presidential Conference; the Daniel Keyser Symposium; the Kuo-Nan Liou Symposium; the 40th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 38th Conference on Hydrology; the 37th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 33rd Conference on Education; the 28th Conference on Applied Climatology; the 28th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Ocean, and Land Surface; the 28th Conference on Probability and Statistics; the 27th Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International; the 26th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the 26th Conference on Satellite Meteorology, Oceanography, and Climatology; the 24th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 24th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation; the 24th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification; the 23rd Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science; the 23rd Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA; the 22nd Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 22nd History Symposium; the 21st Conference on Space Weather; the 20th Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the 19th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the 16th Symposium on Aerosol Cloud Climate Interactions; the 15th Conference on Environment and Health; the 15th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the 14th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; the 14th Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using the Programming Languages of Open Science; the 12th Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise; the 12th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation; the 12th AMS Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the 12th Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Sub-Seasonal Monsoon Variability; the 10th Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate; the Ninth Symposium on US-International Partnerships; the Sixth Special Symposium on Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones; the Fifth Symposium on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; the Third Symposium on Community Modeling and Innovation; the Second Symposium on Environmental Security; the Second Symposium on the Future of Weather, Forecasting, and Practice; the First Symposium on Cloud Physics; the Estimating Wind Speeds of Tornadoes and Other Windstorms; the Polar Meteorology and Oceanography Special Symposium; the Forum on Climate Linked Economics; and the 20th Conference on Major Weather Impacts )
Moderator: Kerry A. Emanuel, MIT
Panelists: Bob Inglis, republicEn.org; Monica P. Medina, Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS)

6:30 PM-8:30 PM: Sunday, 28 January 2024


AMS Career Resource & Graduate School Fair
Location: Hall D (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the Networking and Events; the 23rd Annual Student Conference; the 12th AMS Conference for Early Career Professionals; the Daniel Keyser Symposium; the Kuo-Nan Liou Symposium; the 40th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 38th Conference on Hydrology; the 37th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 33rd Conference on Education; the 28th Conference on Applied Climatology; the 28th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Ocean, and Land Surface; the 28th Conference on Probability and Statistics; the 27th Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International; the 26th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the 26th Conference on Satellite Meteorology, Oceanography, and Climatology; the 24th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 24th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation; the 24th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification; the 23rd Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science; the 23rd Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA; the 22nd Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 22nd History Symposium; the 21st Conference on Space Weather; the 20th Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the 19th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the 16th Symposium on Aerosol Cloud Climate Interactions; the 15th Conference on Environment and Health; the 15th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the 14th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; the 14th Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using the Programming Languages of Open Science; the 12th Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise; the 12th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation; the 12th AMS Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the 12th Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Sub-Seasonal Monsoon Variability; the 10th Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate; the Ninth Symposium on US-International Partnerships; the Sixth Special Symposium on Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones; the Fifth Symposium on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; the Third Symposium on Community Modeling and Innovation; the Second Symposium on Environmental Security; the Second Symposium on the Future of Weather, Forecasting, and Practice; the First Symposium on Cloud Physics; the Estimating Wind Speeds of Tornadoes and Other Windstorms; the Polar Meteorology and Oceanography Special Symposium; the Forum on Climate Linked Economics; and the 20th Conference on Major Weather Impacts )

Annual Meeting Welcome Reception
Location: Hall E (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the Networking and Events; the 23rd Annual Student Conference; the Convergence Science: Indigenous Weather, Water and Climate Knowledge Systems, Practices and Communities; the 12th AMS Conference for Early Career Professionals; the Daniel Keyser Symposium; the Kuo-Nan Liou Symposium; the 40th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 38th Conference on Hydrology; the 37th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 33rd Conference on Education; the 28th Conference on Applied Climatology; the 28th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Ocean, and Land Surface; the 28th Conference on Probability and Statistics; the 27th Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International; the 26th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the 26th Conference on Satellite Meteorology, Oceanography, and Climatology; the 24th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 24th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation; the 24th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification; the 23rd Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science; the 23rd Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA; the 22nd Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 22nd History Symposium; the 21st Conference on Space Weather; the 20th Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the 19th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the 16th Symposium on Aerosol Cloud Climate Interactions; the 15th Conference on Environment and Health; the 15th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the 14th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; the 14th Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using the Programming Languages of Open Science; the 12th Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise; the 12th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation; the 12th AMS Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the 12th Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Sub-Seasonal Monsoon Variability; the 10th Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate; the Ninth Symposium on US-International Partnerships; the Sixth Special Symposium on Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones; the Fifth Symposium on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; the Third Symposium on Community Modeling and Innovation; the Second Symposium on Environmental Security; the Second Symposium on the Future of Weather, Forecasting, and Practice; the First Symposium on Cloud Physics; the Estimating Wind Speeds of Tornadoes and Other Windstorms; the Polar Meteorology and Oceanography Special Symposium; the Forum on Climate Linked Economics; and the 20th Conference on Major Weather Impacts )

Monday, 29 January 2024

8:30 AM-10:00 AM: Monday, 29 January 2024

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Session 1
Grid Operations and Energy Weather/Energy Resiliency: Extreme Weather and Climate Events I
Location: 347/348 (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Host: 15th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy
Cochairs: Jeffrey Michael Freedman; Jared A. Lee, Ph.D., NSF NCAR
8:30 AM
1.1
Extreme Weather and Natural Hazard Impacts to Grid Operations: A Focus On Utility-Scale Solar
Nicole Jackson, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM; and T. Gunda, S. Dhulipala, and S. Awara

8:45 AM
1.2
Simulation of Power Grid Outages from Historical Landfalling Hurricanes in the Northeast United States
Xinxuan Zhang, Univ. of Connecticut, Storrs, CT; and P. Patlakas, E. Anagnoustou, S. Emmanouil, D. Cerrai, and I. Chaniotis

9:00 AM
1.3
Enhancing Resilience of Transmission Power Towers in Hurricane-Prone Regions: Integrating Turbulence and Complex Terrain Effects
Juan P Montoya-Rincon, City College of New York, New York, NY; and R. Quiah and J. E. González-Cruz

9:15 AM
1.4
StormImpact’s Hurricane Outage Prediction Model
Steven M. Quiring, StormImpact Inc., Dublin, OH; and D. B. McRoberts

9:30 AM
1.5
Improving Winter Power Outage Forecasts with a Snow Index
Brian C. Filipiak, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT; and D. Cerrai and M. Astitha

Handout (703.5 kB)

9:45 AM
1.6
Evaluation of Alternate Methods of Forecasting Meteorological Parameters for Input into an Electric Utility Outage Prediction Model (OPM)
John W. Zack, Ph.D., MESO, Inc., Troy, NY; and J. M. Freedman, E. Anagnoustou, D. Cerrai, K. Udeh, D. Lucia, BS, MA, MSc, and J. Woodcock

10:00 AM-10:45 AM: Monday, 29 January 2024


Coffee Break [Main Terrace (BCC), Camden Lobby (BCC), Hall E (BCC)]
Location: The Baltimore Convention Center
Hosts: (Joint between the Networking and Events; the Convergence Science: Indigenous Weather, Water and Climate Knowledge Systems, Practices and Communities; the Town Hall Meetings; the 12th AMS Conference for Early Career Professionals; the Presidential Conference; the Daniel Keyser Symposium; the Kuo-Nan Liou Symposium; the 40th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 38th Conference on Hydrology; the 37th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 33rd Conference on Education; the 28th Conference on Applied Climatology; the 28th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Ocean, and Land Surface; the 28th Conference on Probability and Statistics; the 27th Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International; the 26th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the 26th Conference on Satellite Meteorology, Oceanography, and Climatology; the 24th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 24th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation; the 24th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification; the 23rd Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science; the 23rd Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA; the 22nd Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 22nd History Symposium; the 21st Conference on Space Weather; the 20th Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the 19th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the 16th Symposium on Aerosol Cloud Climate Interactions; the 15th Conference on Environment and Health; the 15th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the 14th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; the 14th Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using the Programming Languages of Open Science; the 12th Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise; the 12th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation; the 12th AMS Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the 12th Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Sub-Seasonal Monsoon Variability; the 10th Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate; the Ninth Symposium on US-International Partnerships; the Sixth Special Symposium on Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones; the Fifth Symposium on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; the Third Symposium on Community Modeling and Innovation; the Second Symposium on Environmental Security; the Second Symposium on the Future of Weather, Forecasting, and Practice; the First Symposium on Cloud Physics; the Estimating Wind Speeds of Tornadoes and Other Windstorms; the Polar Meteorology and Oceanography Special Symposium; the Forum on Climate Linked Economics; and the 20th Conference on Major Weather Impacts )

10:45 AM-12:00 PM: Monday, 29 January 2024

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Session 2
Grid Operations and Energy Weather/Energy Resiliency: Extreme Weather and Climate Events II
Location: 347/348 (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Host: 15th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy
Cochairs: Joel William Cline, NHC; Kristin Maurer
10:45 AM
2.1
11:00 AM
2.2
Extreme Wind Speeds at US Offshore Windfarms in the Future Climate
Fred Letson, Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY; and J. J. Coburn, X. Zhou, K. Thompson, M. Bukovsky, R. J. Barthelmie, and S. C. Pryor

11:15 AM
2.3
A Multi-decadal Analysis of U.S. and Canadian Wind and Solar Energy Droughts
James M. Wilczak, NOAA, Boulder, CO; and E. Akish, A. Capotondi, and G. P. Compo

11:30 AM
2.4
Evaluating DOE's Energy Exascale Earth System Model (E3SM) for Renewable Wind and Solar Energy Production
Jean-Christophe Golaz, LLNL, Livemore, CA; LLNL, Livermore, CA; and R. S. Arthur, M. Signorotti, T. Edmunds, H. H. Lee, and J. P. Watson

11:45 AM
15Energy Posters I Preview

12:00 PM-1:45 PM: Monday, 29 January 2024


Lunch Break
Location: The Baltimore Convention Center
Hosts: (Joint between the Networking and Events; the Convergence Science: Indigenous Weather, Water and Climate Knowledge Systems, Practices and Communities; the Town Hall Meetings; the 12th AMS Conference for Early Career Professionals; the Presidential Conference; the Daniel Keyser Symposium; the Kuo-Nan Liou Symposium; the 40th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 38th Conference on Hydrology; the 37th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 33rd Conference on Education; the 28th Conference on Applied Climatology; the 28th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Ocean, and Land Surface; the 28th Conference on Probability and Statistics; the 27th Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International; the 26th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the 26th Conference on Satellite Meteorology, Oceanography, and Climatology; the 24th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 24th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation; the 24th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification; the 23rd Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science; the 23rd Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA; the 22nd Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 22nd History Symposium; the 21st Conference on Space Weather; the 20th Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the 19th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the 16th Symposium on Aerosol Cloud Climate Interactions; the 15th Conference on Environment and Health; the 15th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the 14th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; the 14th Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using the Programming Languages of Open Science; the 12th Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise; the 12th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation; the 12th AMS Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the 12th Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Sub-Seasonal Monsoon Variability; the 10th Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate; the Ninth Symposium on US-International Partnerships; the Sixth Special Symposium on Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones; the Fifth Symposium on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; the Third Symposium on Community Modeling and Innovation; the Second Symposium on Environmental Security; the Second Symposium on the Future of Weather, Forecasting, and Practice; the First Symposium on Cloud Physics; the Estimating Wind Speeds of Tornadoes and Other Windstorms; the Polar Meteorology and Oceanography Special Symposium; the Forum on Climate Linked Economics; and the 20th Conference on Major Weather Impacts )

1:45 PM-3:00 PM: Monday, 29 January 2024

Recording files available
Session 3
Forecast Evaluation and Use of Probabilistic Forecasts for Energy Applications
Location: 347/348 (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Host: 15th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy
Cochairs: Dr. John W. Zack, MESO, Inc; Jeffrey Michael Freedman
1:45 PM
3.1
Cost contingency analysis of sky-imager-based bias-correction of cloud-cover fraction forecasts
Yamila Garcia, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT; and A. Haegele, Y. Yin, and M. Peña

2:00 PM
3.2
The Successful Integration of Offshore Wind Energy into the British Power Grid may Require a Miracle.
Kevin F Forbes, Energy and Environmental Data Science, Malahide, D, Ireland

2:15 PM
3.3
2:30 PM
3.4
Application of A Statistical Climate Model for Power Grid Resource Adequacy Planning
Rob Cirincione, Sunairio, Baltimore, MD; and T. Ivancic, B. Ho, and E. Hewitt

2:45 PM
3.5
A Machine Learning Based Approach to Predicting Probabilistic Power Generation at Individual Wind Farms in ERCOT
Maxfield E Green, MA, Tomorrow.io, Fort Collins, CO; and T. McCandless, L. Conibear, B. Taylor, A. E. Payne, A. Reed Harris, K. Keshavamurthy, and S. Flampouris

3:00 PM-3:40 PM: Monday, 29 January 2024


15th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy ePosters (Monday)
Location: Hall E (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Host: 15th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy
E13
Meteorological conditions effects in the Brazilian Electricity Sector: A Comparative Analysis between Challenging Dry Years (2020-2021) and Favorable Wet Years (2021-2022)
Amanda Amorim Holanda, Casa dos Ventos, São Paulo, SP, Brazil; and L. F. de Assis Tavares, L. H. Machado Ribeiro Faria, G. Rogatto, and M. Monteiro Gomes

E14
Assessment of Fire Danger for the Italian Power Utilities using the MERIDA HRES Reanalysis
Filippo D'Amico, RSE S.p.A., Milano, MI, Italy; and F. Viterbo, R. Bonanno, E. Collino, and M. Lacavalla

3:00 PM-4:30 PM: Monday, 29 January 2024


Coffee Break & Formal Poster Viewing
Location: Hall E (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the Networking and Events; the Convergence Science: Indigenous Weather, Water and Climate Knowledge Systems, Practices and Communities; the 12th AMS Conference for Early Career Professionals; the Daniel Keyser Symposium; the Kuo-Nan Liou Symposium; the 40th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 38th Conference on Hydrology; the 37th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 33rd Conference on Education; the 28th Conference on Applied Climatology; the 28th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Ocean, and Land Surface; the 28th Conference on Probability and Statistics; the 27th Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International; the 26th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the 26th Conference on Satellite Meteorology, Oceanography, and Climatology; the 24th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 24th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation; the 24th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification; the 23rd Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science; the 23rd Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA; the 22nd Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 22nd History Symposium; the 21st Conference on Space Weather; the 20th Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the 19th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the 16th Symposium on Aerosol Cloud Climate Interactions; the 15th Conference on Environment and Health; the 15th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the 14th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; the 14th Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using the Programming Languages of Open Science; the 12th Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise; the 12th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation; the 12th AMS Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the 12th Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Sub-Seasonal Monsoon Variability; the 10th Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate; the Ninth Symposium on US-International Partnerships; the Sixth Special Symposium on Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones; the Fifth Symposium on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; the Third Symposium on Community Modeling and Innovation; the Second Symposium on Environmental Security; the Second Symposium on the Future of Weather, Forecasting, and Practice; the First Symposium on Cloud Physics; the Estimating Wind Speeds of Tornadoes and Other Windstorms; the Polar Meteorology and Oceanography Special Symposium; the Forum on Climate Linked Economics; and the 20th Conference on Major Weather Impacts )

15Energy Posters I
Location: Hall E (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Host: 15th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy
200
Enhancing Electric Grid Management through Climate-Driven Energy Demand Forecasting Models
Buket Sahin, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT; and D. W. Wanik

201
Machine Learning-based Dynamic Forecasting of Weather-induced Electric Outages
Tianqiao Zhao, Br, Upton, NY; and M. Yue, M. P. Jensen, S. Endo, and J. E. González-Cruz

202
Modeling urban energy demand and usage for New York City coupled with climate data
Victor Gabriel Pagnotti, University at Albany (SUNY Albany), Albany, NY; and J. E. González-Cruz and M. P. Jensen

203
Addressing an Energy Sector Need for Comprehensive Quality Controlled Historical Weather Data Platform in Western North America
Victoria Ford, Eagle Rock Analytics, Sacramento, CA; and G. J. Di Cecco, O. M. Doherty, S. Buddhavarapu, B. McClenny, H. A. I. Diaz, M. Koenig, and N. Freitas

4:30 PM-6:00 PM: Monday, 29 January 2024

Recording files available
J4
AI Applications in the Energy Sector
Location: 347/348 (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the 15th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; and the 23rd Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science )
Cochairs: Charles Jones; David M Siuta
4:30 PM
J4.1
Predictive Intelligence for Lightning Events: A Machine Learning Solution to Mitigate Risks in Power Energy Operations
Luis Pavam, UFPR - Federal University of Parana, Curitiba, Brazil; SIMEPAR - Parana Environmental Technology and Monitoring Service, Curitiba, PR, Brazil; and C. Beneti, L. E. S. Oliveira, M. A. Z. Alves, and L. Calvetti

4:45 PM
J4.2
From High Impact Weather Nowcasting to Power Outage Prediction Using Machine Learning - A Short-Term R2O Project in Southern Brazil
Cesar Beneti, SIMEPAR - Parana Environmental Technology and Monitoring Service, Curitiba, PR, Brazil; and L. Calvetti, S. Paz, J. Silva Jr., R. T. Inouye, F. Verdelho, R. Lins da Rocha Jr., L. Pavam, G. Rasera, and M. V. Cardoso

5:00 PM
J4.3
Improved Power Outage Restoration Predictions using Neural Networks
Brennan Joseph Stutsrim, Univ. at Albany, Albany, NY; and N. P. Bassill and K. J. Sulia

5:15 PM
J4.4
Forecasting Energy Poverty for Missouri using different Machine Learning Techniques
Sarah Sharlene Balkissoon, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO

5:30 PM
J4.5
Bridging Real-World Lidar Measurements and Large-Eddy Simulation for Wind Turbine Validation Through Diffusion Models
Alex Rybchuk, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO; and P. Doubrawa, S. Letizia, N. Hamilton, A. Scholbrock, E. Maric, and L. A. Martínez-Tossas

5:45 PM
J4.6
Evaluating Bias Correction Methods for Gridded WRF Output Using Floating LiDAR Buoy Measurements
Polina Khapikova, TGS, Houston, TX; California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA; and K. Brennan, S. J. Eichelberger, PhD, B. Lasscock, and A. Sansal

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J4
Subseasonal-to-Sesonal (S2S) III: S2S Model Developments and Innovations, Wildfire Weather, Technology and Risk
Location: Holiday 6 (Hilton Baltimore Inner Harbor)
Hosts: (Joint between the 12th Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise; and the 15th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy )
Chairs: Brian D'Augustino, San Diego Gas & Electric; Mark Olsen, NOAA/OAR/OWAQ
Cochairs: Jessie C. Carman, OAR; Andrew W. Robertson, CPC; Do-Hyuk (D. K.) Kang, NASA; Christine Bassett, University of Washington
4:30 PM
J4.1
Including Sea Ice and Ocean Models in the Global Ensemble Forecast System (GEFS)
Neil P. Barton, EMC, College Park, MD; and P. Pegion, G. Vernieres, Y. Zhu, D. Worthen, J. Wang, S. Ray, and A. Mehra

4:45 PM
J4.2
Diagnosing track feature bias of extratropical cyclones over North America in the GFDL SPEAR model
Jaeyeon Lee, GFDL/Princeton University, Plainsboro, NJ; and X. Yang and E. K. M. Chang

5:15 PM
J4.4
Machine Learning Analysis of Western US Fire Impacts on Hailstorms in the Central US
Jiwen Fan, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL; and X. Lin, Y. zhang, and Z. Hou

5:30 PM
J4.5
Quantifying the Influence of Meteorological Factors on Wildfire Occurrences and Impacts in Diverse Californian Climates
Christina W Tsai, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan; and J. Y. J. Tung

6:00 PM-7:30 PM: Monday, 29 January 2024


Exhibit Hall Opening Reception
Location: Hall F/ Swing (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the Networking and Events; the Agency Updates; the Convergence Science: Indigenous Weather, Water and Climate Knowledge Systems, Practices and Communities; the Town Hall Meetings; the 12th AMS Conference for Early Career Professionals; the Presidential Conference; the Daniel Keyser Symposium; the Kuo-Nan Liou Symposium; the 40th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 38th Conference on Hydrology; the 37th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 33rd Conference on Education; the 28th Conference on Applied Climatology; the 28th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Ocean, and Land Surface; the 28th Conference on Probability and Statistics; the 27th Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International; the 26th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the 26th Conference on Satellite Meteorology, Oceanography, and Climatology; the 24th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 24th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation; the 24th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification; the 23rd Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science; the 23rd Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA; the 22nd Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 22nd History Symposium; the 21st Conference on Space Weather; the 20th Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the 19th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the 16th Symposium on Aerosol Cloud Climate Interactions; the 15th Conference on Environment and Health; the 15th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the 14th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; the 14th Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using the Programming Languages of Open Science; the 12th Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise; the 12th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation; the 12th AMS Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the 12th Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Sub-Seasonal Monsoon Variability; the 10th Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate; the Ninth Symposium on US-International Partnerships; the Sixth Special Symposium on Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones; the Fifth Symposium on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; the Third Symposium on Community Modeling and Innovation; the Second Symposium on Environmental Security; the Second Symposium on the Future of Weather, Forecasting, and Practice; the First Symposium on Cloud Physics; the Estimating Wind Speeds of Tornadoes and Other Windstorms; the Polar Meteorology and Oceanography Special Symposium; the Forum on Climate Linked Economics; and the 20th Conference on Major Weather Impacts )

7:00 PM-9:00 PM: Monday, 29 January 2024


ESWN Reception
Location: Pratt Street Ale House
Hosts: (Joint between the Networking and Events; the Convergence Science: Indigenous Weather, Water and Climate Knowledge Systems, Practices and Communities; the 12th AMS Conference for Early Career Professionals; the Daniel Keyser Symposium; the Kuo-Nan Liou Symposium; the 40th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 38th Conference on Hydrology; the 37th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 33rd Conference on Education; the 28th Conference on Applied Climatology; the 28th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Ocean, and Land Surface; the 28th Conference on Probability and Statistics; the 27th Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International; the 26th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the 26th Conference on Satellite Meteorology, Oceanography, and Climatology; the 24th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 24th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation; the 24th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification; the 23rd Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science; the 23rd Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA; the 22nd Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 22nd History Symposium; the 21st Conference on Space Weather; the 20th Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the 19th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the 16th Symposium on Aerosol Cloud Climate Interactions; the 15th Conference on Environment and Health; the 15th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the 14th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; the 14th Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using the Programming Languages of Open Science; the 12th Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise; the 12th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation; the 12th AMS Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the 12th Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Sub-Seasonal Monsoon Variability; the 10th Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate; the Ninth Symposium on US-International Partnerships; the Sixth Special Symposium on Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones; the Fifth Symposium on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; the Third Symposium on Community Modeling and Innovation; the Second Symposium on Environmental Security; the Second Symposium on the Future of Weather, Forecasting, and Practice; the First Symposium on Cloud Physics; the Estimating Wind Speeds of Tornadoes and Other Windstorms; the Polar Meteorology and Oceanography Special Symposium; the Forum on Climate Linked Economics; and the 20th Conference on Major Weather Impacts )

7:30 PM-10:00 PM: Monday, 29 January 2024


Coriolis (LGBTQ+ and Allies) Reception
Location: Pisces (Hyatt Regency Baltimore)
Hosts: (Joint between the Networking and Events; the Convergence Science: Indigenous Weather, Water and Climate Knowledge Systems, Practices and Communities; the 12th AMS Conference for Early Career Professionals; the Daniel Keyser Symposium; the Kuo-Nan Liou Symposium; the 40th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 38th Conference on Hydrology; the 37th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 33rd Conference on Education; the 28th Conference on Applied Climatology; the 28th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Ocean, and Land Surface; the 28th Conference on Probability and Statistics; the 27th Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International; the 26th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the 26th Conference on Satellite Meteorology, Oceanography, and Climatology; the 24th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 24th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation; the 24th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification; the 23rd Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science; the 23rd Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA; the 22nd Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 22nd History Symposium; the 21st Conference on Space Weather; the 20th Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the 19th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the 16th Symposium on Aerosol Cloud Climate Interactions; the 15th Conference on Environment and Health; the 15th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the 14th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; the 14th Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using the Programming Languages of Open Science; the 12th Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise; the 12th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation; the 12th AMS Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the 12th Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Sub-Seasonal Monsoon Variability; the 10th Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate; the Ninth Symposium on US-International Partnerships; the Sixth Special Symposium on Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones; the Fifth Symposium on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; the Third Symposium on Community Modeling and Innovation; the Second Symposium on Environmental Security; the Second Symposium on the Future of Weather, Forecasting, and Practice; the First Symposium on Cloud Physics; the Estimating Wind Speeds of Tornadoes and Other Windstorms; the Polar Meteorology and Oceanography Special Symposium; the Forum on Climate Linked Economics; and the 20th Conference on Major Weather Impacts )

Tuesday, 30 January 2024

8:30 AM-10:00 AM: Tuesday, 30 January 2024

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Session 5
Effects of Solar and Wind Plants on Local Weather and Climate, & Load Forecasting in a Transitioning Energy Economy
Location: 347/348 (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Host: 15th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy
Cochairs: Angel McCoy; Elizabeth McCabe, MS, SUNY
8:30 AM
5.1
Offshore Wind Farms Modify Low-Level Jets
Daphne Quint, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and J. K. Lundquist

8:45 AM
5.2
Wind Plant Impacts on Planetary Boundary Layer Height
Aliza Abraham, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Arvada, CO; and E. Maric, PhD, M. Puccioni, A. Jordan, S. Letizia, N. Bodini, N. Hamilton, S. Wharton, P. M. Klein, E. N. Smith, and P. Moriarty

9:00 AM
5.3
Do wind turbines affect occurrences of lightning in Oklahoma?
Eva Ramm, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO; and J. K. Lundquist, H. Loewenheath, M. J. Murphy, R. Said, and C. Vagasky

9:30 AM
5.5
9:45 AM
5.6
Load Forecasting for Capacity Expansion and Resource Adequacy in a Decarbonizing Grid
Daniel B Kirk-Davidoff, EPRI, Albany, NY; EPRI, Washington, DC; and D. P. Larson, A. J. Wigington, N. Santen, D. Diaz, A. Tuohy, B. Johnson, D. Young, A. Lafoyiannis, G. Blandford, and N. Johnson

Recording files available
PD5
The Devastating 2023 Hawaii Wildfires: A Look at the Impacts, Communications and Policy Implications Moving Forward
Location: Ballroom II (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the 20th Conference on Major Weather Impacts; and the 15th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy )
Cochairs: Jared A. Lee, Ph.D., NSF NCAR; Tanja Fransen, NOAA/National Weather Service; Tom Bedard, ABCP
Moderator: Owen H. Shieh, Ph.D., Joint Typhoon Warning Center
Panelists: Raymond Tanabe; Eric K. L. Lau, NWS; Tanya M. Brown-Giammanco, Austin College; James Barros, Hawaii Emergency Management Agency
8:30 AM
Panel Discussion

10:00 AM-10:45 AM: Tuesday, 30 January 2024


Coffee Break [Main Terrace (BCC), Camden Lobby (BCC), Hall E (BCC), Hall F (BCC)]
Location: The Baltimore Convention Center
Hosts: (Joint between the Networking and Events; the Convergence Science: Indigenous Weather, Water and Climate Knowledge Systems, Practices and Communities; the Town Hall Meetings; the 12th AMS Conference for Early Career Professionals; the Presidential Conference; the Daniel Keyser Symposium; the Kuo-Nan Liou Symposium; the 40th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 38th Conference on Hydrology; the 37th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 33rd Conference on Education; the 28th Conference on Applied Climatology; the 28th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Ocean, and Land Surface; the 28th Conference on Probability and Statistics; the 27th Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International; the 26th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the 26th Conference on Satellite Meteorology, Oceanography, and Climatology; the 24th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 24th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation; the 24th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification; the 23rd Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science; the 23rd Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA; the 22nd Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 22nd History Symposium; the 21st Conference on Space Weather; the 20th Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the 19th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the 16th Symposium on Aerosol Cloud Climate Interactions; the 15th Conference on Environment and Health; the 15th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the 14th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; the 14th Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using the Programming Languages of Open Science; the 12th Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise; the 12th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation; the 12th AMS Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the 12th Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Sub-Seasonal Monsoon Variability; the 10th Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate; the Ninth Symposium on US-International Partnerships; the Sixth Special Symposium on Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones; the Fifth Symposium on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; the Third Symposium on Community Modeling and Innovation; the Second Symposium on Environmental Security; the Second Symposium on the Future of Weather, Forecasting, and Practice; the First Symposium on Cloud Physics; the Estimating Wind Speeds of Tornadoes and Other Windstorms; the Polar Meteorology and Oceanography Special Symposium; the Forum on Climate Linked Economics; and the 20th Conference on Major Weather Impacts )

12:00 PM-1:45 PM: Tuesday, 30 January 2024


Lunch Break
Location: The Baltimore Convention Center
Hosts: (Joint between the Networking and Events; the Convergence Science: Indigenous Weather, Water and Climate Knowledge Systems, Practices and Communities; the Town Hall Meetings; the 12th AMS Conference for Early Career Professionals; the Presidential Conference; the Daniel Keyser Symposium; the Kuo-Nan Liou Symposium; the 40th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 38th Conference on Hydrology; the 37th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 33rd Conference on Education; the 28th Conference on Applied Climatology; the 28th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Ocean, and Land Surface; the 28th Conference on Probability and Statistics; the 27th Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International; the 26th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the 26th Conference on Satellite Meteorology, Oceanography, and Climatology; the 24th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 24th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation; the 24th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification; the 23rd Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science; the 23rd Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA; the 22nd Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 22nd History Symposium; the 21st Conference on Space Weather; the 20th Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the 19th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the 16th Symposium on Aerosol Cloud Climate Interactions; the 15th Conference on Environment and Health; the 15th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the 14th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; the 14th Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using the Programming Languages of Open Science; the 12th Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise; the 12th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation; the 12th AMS Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the 12th Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Sub-Seasonal Monsoon Variability; the 10th Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate; the Ninth Symposium on US-International Partnerships; the Sixth Special Symposium on Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones; the Fifth Symposium on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; the Third Symposium on Community Modeling and Innovation; the Second Symposium on Environmental Security; the Second Symposium on the Future of Weather, Forecasting, and Practice; the First Symposium on Cloud Physics; the Estimating Wind Speeds of Tornadoes and Other Windstorms; the Polar Meteorology and Oceanography Special Symposium; the Forum on Climate Linked Economics; and the 20th Conference on Major Weather Impacts )

1:45 PM-3:00 PM: Tuesday, 30 January 2024

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Session 7
Fire Weather and Public Safety Power Shutoff Forecasting
Location: 347/348 (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Host: 15th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy
Cochairs: David M Siuta; Jared A. Lee, Ph.D., NSF NCAR
1:45 PM
7.1
A Deep Learning Approach to Building Real Time Diagnostics of Fire Weather Risk in Southern California
Charles Jones, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA; and C. F. Thompson, D. M. Siuta, D. Seto, and N. Sette

2:15 PM
7.3
Development and Assessment of an Ensemble Forecast System for Fire Weather and Public Safety Power Shutoffs in the Idaho Region
Masih Eghdami, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. K. Wolff, J. A. Lee, Ph.D., J. H. Kim, T. J. Hertneky, S. A. Tessendorf, B. Kosovic, P. A. Jimenez, L. Xue, PhD, W. Petzke, P. McCarthy, M. L. Kunkel, N. Dawson, PhD, M. Meadows, and S. Parkinson

2:30 PM
7.4
Real-Time Fire Weather Forecasting for the Maui Wildfire on August 8
Feng Hsiao, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI; Univ. of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI; and Y. L. Chen

2:45 PM
7.5
Changing Fire Weather in Colorado: A Contrast Between Observational Data and Reanalysis Data
Max M. Silver, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and J. K. Lundquist

Recording files available
Session 7C
Advancing Hazards Forecasting and Decision Support through NOAA Testbeds and Proving Grounds II
Location: 327 (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the 14th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; and the 15th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy )
Cochairs: Jordan Dale, NOAA/OAR/Weather Program Office; Louisa Bogar Nance
1:45 PM
7C.1
An Overview of the 2023 Aviation Weather Testbed Experiment
Stephanie J. Avey, NWS/AWC, Kansas City, MO; and A. E. Cross, R. M. Hepper, A. P. Korner, A. M. Terborg, N. R. Hardin, and S. Alvidrez

2:00 PM
7C.2
Aviation Weather Center Web Experience with Cloud, Mobile First, and Accelerated Testbed Prototyping
Austin E. Cross, NWS/Aviation Weather Center, Kansas City, MO; and D. Vietor, N. E. Starzec, S. J. Avey, and R. M. Hepper

2:15 PM
7C.3
Science and Technology Innovation in the Hurricane and Ocean Testbed (HOT)
Wallace A. Hogsett, NHC, Miami, FL; and J. A. Sippel, A. Brammer, P. Santos Jr., S. N. Stevenson, and S. M. Camposano

2:30 PM
7C.4
Introducing NOAA's New Fire Weather Testbed
Zach Tolby, GSD, Boulder, CO; and D. D. Nietfeld and B. J. Hatchett

2:45 PM
7C.5
Volcanic Ash, Aerosols, and Trace Gases Over Alaska: A Perspective from a High-Latitude Proving Ground
Jennifer Delamere, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK; and N. A. Krotkov, V. J. Realmuto, C. Dierking, J. Cable, C. Li, and N. Eckstein

3:00 PM-4:30 PM: Tuesday, 30 January 2024


Coffee Break & Formal Poster Viewing [Hall E (BCC) & Hall F (BCC)]
Location: Hall E (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the Networking and Events; the Convergence Science: Indigenous Weather, Water and Climate Knowledge Systems, Practices and Communities; the 12th AMS Conference for Early Career Professionals; the 40th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 38th Conference on Hydrology; the 37th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 33rd Conference on Education; the 28th Conference on Applied Climatology; the 28th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Ocean, and Land Surface; the 28th Conference on Probability and Statistics; the 27th Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International; the 26th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the 26th Conference on Satellite Meteorology, Oceanography, and Climatology; the 24th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 24th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation; the 24th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification; the 23rd Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science; the 23rd Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA; the 22nd Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 22nd History Symposium; the 21st Conference on Space Weather; the 20th Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the 19th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the 16th Symposium on Aerosol Cloud Climate Interactions; the 15th Conference on Environment and Health; the 15th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the 14th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; the 14th Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using the Programming Languages of Open Science; the 12th Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise; the 12th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation; the 12th AMS Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the 12th Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Sub-Seasonal Monsoon Variability; the 10th Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate; the Ninth Symposium on US-International Partnerships; the Sixth Special Symposium on Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones; the Fifth Symposium on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; the Third Symposium on Community Modeling and Innovation; the Second Symposium on Environmental Security; the Second Symposium on the Future of Weather, Forecasting, and Practice; the First Symposium on Cloud Physics; the Estimating Wind Speeds of Tornadoes and Other Windstorms; the Polar Meteorology and Oceanography Special Symposium; the Forum on Climate Linked Economics; and the 20th Conference on Major Weather Impacts )

4:30 PM-6:00 PM: Tuesday, 30 January 2024

Recording files available
J8A
Machine Learning for Smoke and Wildfires
Location: 345/346 (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the 23rd Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science; and the 15th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy )
Cochairs: Douglas Rao, Cooperative Institute for Satellite Earth System Studies (CISESS); Lora Koenig
4:30 PM
J8A.1
Leveraging Open-Source Data and Tools to Predict Wildfire Risk Using Machine Learning
Rochelle S Koeberle, Booz Allen Hamilton, Arlington, VA

4:45 PM
J8A.2
Exploring the Role of Weather Forecasts in Predicting Wildfire Occurrence for CONUS Using the Unet3+ Deep Learning Model
Bethany Earnest, CIWRO, Norman, OK; and A. McGovern, C. Karstens, and I. L. Jirak

5:00 PM
J8A.3
Modeling Wildfire Behavior with Forest Machine Learning Models Using the RAVE Dataset
Christina E. Kumler, ; and J. Romero-Alvarez and J. Q. Stewart

5:15 PM
J8A.4
A Machine Learning Rate of Spread Model in WRF-SFIRE
Angel Farguell, San Jose State Univ., San Jose, CA; and J. Drucker, J. Mandel, and A. Kochanski

5:30 PM
J8A.5
Predicting Wildfire Fuel Moisture from Atmospheric Data Using Machine Learning
Pankaj Kumar Jha, LLNL, Livermore, CA; and J. D. Mirocha, A. Farguell, A. Kochanski, and P. Cameron-Smith

Handout (2.0 MB)

5:45 PM
J8A.6
Advancing Wildfire Research Using Large Eddy Simulation (LES) and Machine Learning
Siyuan Wang, CIRES, CU Boulder, Boulder, CO; NOAA, Boulder, CO

Recording files available
PD8
Wildfire Risk Modeling: A Panel Discussion Focused on the Development, Implementation and Application of Wildfire Risk Modeling
Location: 307 (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the 15th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; and the Forum on Climate Linked Economics )
Cochairs: David M Siuta; Brian J. D'Agostino, San Diego Gas & Electric; Stephen B. Bennett
Moderator: Stephen B. Bennett
Panelists: Tom Rolinski, San José State Univ.; Alexander D Hoon
4:30 PM
Panel Discussion

6:00 PM-7:00 PM: Tuesday, 30 January 2024


Exhibit Hall Reception
Location: Hall F/ Swing (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the Networking and Events; the Convergence Science: Indigenous Weather, Water and Climate Knowledge Systems, Practices and Communities; the 12th AMS Conference for Early Career Professionals; the Daniel Keyser Symposium; the Kuo-Nan Liou Symposium; the 40th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 38th Conference on Hydrology; the 37th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 33rd Conference on Education; the 28th Conference on Applied Climatology; the 28th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Ocean, and Land Surface; the 28th Conference on Probability and Statistics; the 27th Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International; the 26th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the 26th Conference on Satellite Meteorology, Oceanography, and Climatology; the 24th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 24th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation; the 24th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification; the 23rd Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science; the 23rd Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA; the 22nd Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 22nd History Symposium; the 21st Conference on Space Weather; the 20th Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the 19th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the 16th Symposium on Aerosol Cloud Climate Interactions; the 15th Conference on Environment and Health; the 15th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the 14th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; the 14th Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using the Programming Languages of Open Science; the 12th Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise; the 12th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation; the 12th AMS Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the 12th Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Sub-Seasonal Monsoon Variability; the 10th Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate; the Ninth Symposium on US-International Partnerships; the Sixth Special Symposium on Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones; the Fifth Symposium on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; the Third Symposium on Community Modeling and Innovation; the Second Symposium on Environmental Security; the Second Symposium on the Future of Weather, Forecasting, and Practice; the First Symposium on Cloud Physics; the Estimating Wind Speeds of Tornadoes and Other Windstorms; the Polar Meteorology and Oceanography Special Symposium; the Forum on Climate Linked Economics; and the 20th Conference on Major Weather Impacts )

Wednesday, 31 January 2024

8:30 AM-10:00 AM: Wednesday, 31 January 2024

Recording files available
Session 9
Solar Resource Assessment
Location: 347/348 (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Host: 15th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy
Cochairs: Jared A. Lee, Ph.D., NSF NCAR; Jeffrey Michael Freedman
8:30 AM
9.1
Dynamic Wind Loading on CSP Collectors caused by Turbulent Wind Fluctuations: Insights from a 2-year Field Campaign Data Set
Ulrike Egerer, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO; and S. Dana, D. Jager, and S. Yellapantula

8:45 AM
9.2
Three Views of the Impact of Local and Transported Wildfire Smoke on U.S. Solar Energy Resource Availability
Kimberley Corwin, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and C. Corr-Limoges, J. Burkhardt, P. W. Stackhouse Jr., and E. V. Fischer

9:00 AM
9.3
Improving Solar Production Risk Assessment with Climate Trending and Stochastic Simulation
Rob Cirincione, Sunairio, Baltimore, MD; and B. Ho, T. Ivancic, and E. Hewitt

9:15 AM
9.4
Statistical Downscaling and Bias Correction of Future Solar Radiation Projections for CONUS
Manajit Sengupta, Ph.D., National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO; and J. Yang, A. Habte, Y. Xie, D. Nychka, M. Bailey, and S. Bandyopadhyay

9:30 AM
9.5
New Capabilities in the National Solar Radiation Data Base and Their Impact
Manajit Sengupta, Ph.D., National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO; and A. Habte, G. Buster, Y. K. Xie, B. N. Benton, M. J. Foster, and A. Heidinger

9:45 AM
9.6
Enhancing Solar Radiation data using High-resolution GOES Cloud Products
Yu-Konsta Xie, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, GOLDEN, CO; and M. Sengupta, Ph.D., M. J. Foster, and C. Phillips

10:00 AM-10:45 AM: Wednesday, 31 January 2024


Coffee Break [Main Terrace (BCC), Camden Lobby (BCC), Hall E (BCC), Hall F (BCC)]
Location: The Baltimore Convention Center
Hosts: (Joint between the Networking and Events; the Convergence Science: Indigenous Weather, Water and Climate Knowledge Systems, Practices and Communities; the 12th AMS Conference for Early Career Professionals; the Presidential Conference; the Daniel Keyser Symposium; the Kuo-Nan Liou Symposium; the 40th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 38th Conference on Hydrology; the 37th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 33rd Conference on Education; the 28th Conference on Applied Climatology; the 28th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Ocean, and Land Surface; the 28th Conference on Probability and Statistics; the 27th Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International; the 26th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the 26th Conference on Satellite Meteorology, Oceanography, and Climatology; the 24th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 24th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation; the 24th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification; the 23rd Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science; the 23rd Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA; the 22nd Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 22nd History Symposium; the 21st Conference on Space Weather; the 20th Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the 19th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the 16th Symposium on Aerosol Cloud Climate Interactions; the 15th Conference on Environment and Health; the 15th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the 14th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; the 14th Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using the Programming Languages of Open Science; the 12th Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise; the 12th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation; the 12th AMS Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the 12th Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Sub-Seasonal Monsoon Variability; the 10th Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate; the Ninth Symposium on US-International Partnerships; the Sixth Special Symposium on Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones; the Fifth Symposium on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; the Third Symposium on Community Modeling and Innovation; the Second Symposium on Environmental Security; the Second Symposium on the Future of Weather, Forecasting, and Practice; the First Symposium on Cloud Physics; the Estimating Wind Speeds of Tornadoes and Other Windstorms; the Polar Meteorology and Oceanography Special Symposium; the Forum on Climate Linked Economics; and the 20th Conference on Major Weather Impacts )

10:45 AM-12:00 PM: Wednesday, 31 January 2024

Recording files available
Session 10
Solar Forecasting
Location: 347/348 (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Host: 15th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy
Cochairs: John Zack, MESO, Inc.; Jared A. Lee, Ph.D., NSF NCAR
10:45 AM
10.1
The Challenge of Intermittency: Probabilistic Spatiotemporal Forecasting of Photovoltaic Energy Production
Angela Meyer, Bern University of Applied Sciences, Biel, Switzerland; ETH, Zürich, Switzerland; and D. Folini, M. Wild, and A. Carpentieri

11:15 AM
10.3
Finding Reliable WRF-Solar Physics Options for Forecasting Clouds and Solar Irradiance Using the NSRDB
Jaemo Yang, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO; and J. H. Kim, M. Sengupta, Ph.D., P. A. Jimenez, J. Dudhia, S. Alessandrini, Y. Xie, and A. Habte

11:30 AM
10.4
Forecast Accuracy of Reduced Solar Power Generation in U.S. Regional Transmission Organizations During the 2023 Solar Eclipse
Leigh Ann Munchak, Maxar Technologies, Westminster, CO; and L. Campbell, M. Hoosein, L. Butler, and T. Hartman

11:45 AM
15Energy Posters II Preview

12:00 PM-1:45 PM: Wednesday, 31 January 2024


Lunch Break
Location: The Baltimore Convention Center
Hosts: (Joint between the Networking and Events; the Convergence Science: Indigenous Weather, Water and Climate Knowledge Systems, Practices and Communities; the Town Hall Meetings; the 12th AMS Conference for Early Career Professionals; the Presidential Conference; the Daniel Keyser Symposium; the Kuo-Nan Liou Symposium; the 40th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 38th Conference on Hydrology; the 37th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 33rd Conference on Education; the 28th Conference on Applied Climatology; the 28th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Ocean, and Land Surface; the 28th Conference on Probability and Statistics; the 27th Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International; the 26th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the 26th Conference on Satellite Meteorology, Oceanography, and Climatology; the 24th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 24th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation; the 24th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification; the 23rd Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science; the 23rd Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA; the 22nd Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 22nd History Symposium; the 21st Conference on Space Weather; the 20th Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the 19th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the 16th Symposium on Aerosol Cloud Climate Interactions; the 15th Conference on Environment and Health; the 15th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the 14th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; the 14th Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using the Programming Languages of Open Science; the 12th Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise; the 12th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation; the 12th AMS Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the 12th Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Sub-Seasonal Monsoon Variability; the 10th Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate; the Ninth Symposium on US-International Partnerships; the Sixth Special Symposium on Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones; the Fifth Symposium on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; the Third Symposium on Community Modeling and Innovation; the Second Symposium on Environmental Security; the Second Symposium on the Future of Weather, Forecasting, and Practice; the First Symposium on Cloud Physics; the Estimating Wind Speeds of Tornadoes and Other Windstorms; the Polar Meteorology and Oceanography Special Symposium; the Forum on Climate Linked Economics; and the 20th Conference on Major Weather Impacts )

1:45 PM-3:00 PM: Wednesday, 31 January 2024

Recording files available
Session 11
Wind Wake Modeling Across Scales
Location: 347/348 (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Host: 15th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy
Cochairs: Thomas J. Kilpatrick; Rebecca J. Barthelmie
1:45 PM
11.1
Offshore Wind Farm Annual Energy Production Sensitivity To Model Assumptions
Rebecca J. Barthelmie, Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY; and S. C. Pryor, B. T. Olsen, and P. Fleming

2:00 PM
11.2
On the impact of Wind Turbines on the Atmosphere Boundary Layer Thermodynamics and Turbulence Features: Application of Doppler lidars and a 200-meter meteorological tower
Matthew B. Hamel, National Wind Institute, Lubbock, TX; Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX; and S. Pal, N. E. Clark, and B. Hirth

2:15 PM
11.3
The American Wake Experiment (AWAKEN): leveraging observations to create international benchmarks
Nicola Bodini, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO; and P. Moriarty, S. Letizia, A. Abraham, N. Hamilton, R. Scott, A. Gupta, P. Doubrawa, J. K. Lundquist, B. Hirth, S. Wharton, M. Puccioni, L. Cheung, T. G. Herges, G. V. Iungo, R. Krishnamurthy, M. Pekhour, L. Goldberger, and R. Newsom

2:30 PM
11.4
Influences of Lidar Scanning Parameters on Wind Turbine Wake Retrievals in Complex Terrain
Rachel Robey, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and J. K. Lundquist

2:45 PM
11.5
Estimating Wake Effects Between Wind Plants for Capacity Expansion Modeling
Julie K. Lundquist, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; and D. J. Rosencrans, O. Roberts, A. Lopez, and T. Mai

3:00 PM-3:40 PM: Wednesday, 31 January 2024


15th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy ePosters (Wednesday)
Location: Hall E (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Host: 15th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy
E72
Hurricane Impacts on US East Coast Offshore Wind Energy Lease Areas
Kelsey Thompson, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY; and R. J. Barthelmie, X. Zhou, and S. C. Pryor

E73
Assessing Climate Change Impact on Green (Wind) Energy Resources in the Northeast U.S. using a Statistical Downscaling Approach
Tasnim Zaman, University of Connecticut, Willington, CT; University of Connecticut (UCONN) - Storrs, CT, Storrs-Mansfield, CT; and M. Astitha, G. Wang, M. Zahan Badhan, and E. D. Gutmann

E74
Sensitivity Study of Different Planetary Boundary Layer Schemes of WRF for a Case of Low-Level Jet in the NY Bight
Muna Hafsah, University of Delaware, Newark, DE; and J. K. Lundquist and D. E. Veron, PhD

3:00 PM-4:30 PM: Wednesday, 31 January 2024


Coffee Break & Formal Poster Viewing [Hall E (BCC) & Hall F (BCC)]
Location: Hall E (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the Networking and Events; the Convergence Science: Indigenous Weather, Water and Climate Knowledge Systems, Practices and Communities; the 12th AMS Conference for Early Career Professionals; the Daniel Keyser Symposium; the Kuo-Nan Liou Symposium; the 40th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 38th Conference on Hydrology; the 37th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 33rd Conference on Education; the 28th Conference on Applied Climatology; the 28th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Ocean, and Land Surface; the 28th Conference on Probability and Statistics; the 27th Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International; the 26th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the 26th Conference on Satellite Meteorology, Oceanography, and Climatology; the 24th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 24th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation; the 24th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification; the 23rd Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science; the 23rd Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA; the 22nd Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 22nd History Symposium; the 21st Conference on Space Weather; the 20th Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the 19th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the 16th Symposium on Aerosol Cloud Climate Interactions; the 15th Conference on Environment and Health; the 15th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the 14th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; the 14th Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using the Programming Languages of Open Science; the 12th Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise; the 12th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation; the 12th AMS Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the 12th Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Sub-Seasonal Monsoon Variability; the 10th Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate; the Ninth Symposium on US-International Partnerships; the Sixth Special Symposium on Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones; the Fifth Symposium on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; the Third Symposium on Community Modeling and Innovation; the Second Symposium on Environmental Security; the Second Symposium on the Future of Weather, Forecasting, and Practice; the First Symposium on Cloud Physics; the Estimating Wind Speeds of Tornadoes and Other Windstorms; the Polar Meteorology and Oceanography Special Symposium; the Forum on Climate Linked Economics; and the 20th Conference on Major Weather Impacts )

15Energy Posters II
Location: Hall E (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Host: 15th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy
722
The Relationship of Smoke and Solar Radiation
Evan Chladny, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK

Handout (4.3 MB)

724
Development of a Flux-Lidar Buoy for Offshore Wind Monitoring and Prediction
David Patrick Marcial, University at Albany, Albany, NY; and J. M. Covert, M. Brooking, M. Jacques, J. Schwab, K. Moore, J. M. Freedman, and S. Miller

725
'Meteorological Challenges in the New York Bight: Assessing Offshore Wind Generation Vulnerabilities'
Patrick Michael Miller, SUNY Albany, Albany, NY; and D. J. M. Freedman

4:30 PM-6:00 PM: Wednesday, 31 January 2024

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12
Clean Energy and Climate Adaptation at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL): An Opportunity to Partner on Tools, Models, and Analyses
Location: Latrobe (Hilton Baltimore Inner Harbor)
Hosts: (Joint between the Forum on Climate Linked Economics; and the 15th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy )
Cochairs: Kristin Wegner; Grant Buster, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
4:30 PM
Discussion
Eliza Hotckiss, NREL; and E. Doris and G. Buster

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Session 12
Offshore Wind Resource Assessment I
Location: 347/348 (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Host: 15th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy
Cochairs: Thomas J. Kilpatrick; Angel McCoy
4:30 PM
12.1
Using Coupled Atmosphere / Ocean Simulations to Evaluate Wind Resource off the U.S. West Coast
Brian J. Gaudet, PNNL, Richland, WA; and K. Hinson, Y. Liu, R. Hetland, R. Krishnamurthy, G. Xia, J. D. Mirocha, B. Kosovic, T. W. Juliano, and E. A. Hendricks

4:45 PM
12.2
Winds, Clouds, and Rain Over the Central and Northern California Offshore Wind Lease Areas
Lee Miller, PNNL, Richland, WA; and V. P. Ghate, A. Mitra, J. lee, V. Sinnott, and R. Krishnamurthy

5:00 PM
12.3
Assessing the Impact of Marine Clouds on Offshore Wind offshore the US West Coast in a Changing Climate
Sue Ellen Haupt, PhD, Atmospheric Science, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO; and M. S. Bukovsky, PhD, T. W. Juliano, S. McGinnis, A. Mitra, and R. Krishnamurthy

5:15 PM
12.4
Quantifying observational relevance and uncertainty along the US East Coast using a suite of floating LiDAR buoys
Katie Brennan, TGS, Seattle, WA; and S. J. Eichelberger, PhD, P. Khapikova, A. Sansal, and B. Lasscock

5:30 PM
12.5
Identification of Climatological Representative Days in the Mid-Atlantic for High-Fidelity Offshore Wind Energy Modeling
Andrew C. Kumler, NREL = National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Arvada, CO; and J. K. Lundquist, G. Deskos, and W. Musial

5:45 PM
12.6
Offshore Wind Profile Maps Developed using Machine Learning Techniques over the USA Coastal Region
James Joseph Frech, ESSIC/CISESS University of Maryland, Silver Spring, MD; and K. Saha, P. D. Lavin, and H. M. Zhang

6:00 PM-7:30 PM: Wednesday, 31 January 2024


Awards Reception and Ceremony
Location: Ballroom III/ IV (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the Networking and Events; the Convergence Science: Indigenous Weather, Water and Climate Knowledge Systems, Practices and Communities; the 12th AMS Conference for Early Career Professionals; the Presidential Conference; the Daniel Keyser Symposium; the Kuo-Nan Liou Symposium; the 40th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 38th Conference on Hydrology; the 37th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 33rd Conference on Education; the 28th Conference on Applied Climatology; the 28th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Ocean, and Land Surface; the 28th Conference on Probability and Statistics; the 27th Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International; the 26th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the 26th Conference on Satellite Meteorology, Oceanography, and Climatology; the 24th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 24th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation; the 24th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification; the 23rd Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science; the 23rd Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA; the 22nd Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 22nd History Symposium; the 21st Conference on Space Weather; the 20th Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the 19th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the 16th Symposium on Aerosol Cloud Climate Interactions; the 15th Conference on Environment and Health; the 15th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the 14th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; the 14th Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using the Programming Languages of Open Science; the 12th Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise; the 12th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation; the 12th AMS Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the 12th Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Sub-Seasonal Monsoon Variability; the 10th Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate; the Ninth Symposium on US-International Partnerships; the Sixth Special Symposium on Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones; the Fifth Symposium on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; the Third Symposium on Community Modeling and Innovation; the Second Symposium on Environmental Security; the Second Symposium on the Future of Weather, Forecasting, and Practice; the First Symposium on Cloud Physics; the Estimating Wind Speeds of Tornadoes and Other Windstorms; the Polar Meteorology and Oceanography Special Symposium; the Forum on Climate Linked Economics; and the 20th Conference on Major Weather Impacts )

7:30 PM-9:30 PM: Wednesday, 31 January 2024


Wednesday Night Live
Location: Key Ballroom Salon 1-8 (Hilton Baltimore Inner Harbor)
Hosts: (Joint between the Networking and Events; the Convergence Science: Indigenous Weather, Water and Climate Knowledge Systems, Practices and Communities; the 12th AMS Conference for Early Career Professionals; the Daniel Keyser Symposium; the Kuo-Nan Liou Symposium; the 40th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 38th Conference on Hydrology; the 37th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 33rd Conference on Education; the 28th Conference on Applied Climatology; the 28th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Ocean, and Land Surface; the 28th Conference on Probability and Statistics; the 27th Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International; the 26th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the 26th Conference on Satellite Meteorology, Oceanography, and Climatology; the 24th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 24th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation; the 24th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification; the 23rd Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science; the 23rd Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA; the 22nd Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 22nd History Symposium; the 21st Conference on Space Weather; the 20th Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the 19th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the 16th Symposium on Aerosol Cloud Climate Interactions; the 15th Conference on Environment and Health; the 15th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the 14th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; the 14th Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using the Programming Languages of Open Science; the 12th Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise; the 12th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation; the 12th AMS Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the 12th Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Sub-Seasonal Monsoon Variability; the 10th Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate; the Ninth Symposium on US-International Partnerships; the Sixth Special Symposium on Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones; the Fifth Symposium on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; the Third Symposium on Community Modeling and Innovation; the Second Symposium on Environmental Security; the Second Symposium on the Future of Weather, Forecasting, and Practice; the First Symposium on Cloud Physics; the Estimating Wind Speeds of Tornadoes and Other Windstorms; the Polar Meteorology and Oceanography Special Symposium; the Forum on Climate Linked Economics; and the 20th Conference on Major Weather Impacts )

Thursday, 1 February 2024

8:30 AM-10:00 AM: Thursday, 1 February 2024

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Session 13
Assessing Climate Risk
Location: Latrobe (Hilton Baltimore Inner Harbor)
Hosts: (Joint between the Forum on Climate Linked Economics; and the 15th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy )
Chair: Jeff Massey, Amazon Prime Air
8:45 AM
13.2
Problems of the Sustainability Reporting: Greenwashing and the Perceptions of the Public
S. Ping Ho, National Taiwan University, Taipei City, Taiwan; and C. H. You

9:00 AM
13.3
NCA5 and the Economic Impacts of Climate Change in the United States
Marcus C Sarofim, EPA, Washington, DC; and S. Hsiang, S. Greenhill, J. Martinich, M. Grasso, R. Schuster, L. Barrage, D. Diaz, H. Hong, C. Kousky, T. Phan, W. Schlenker, B. Simon, S. Sneeringer, C. W. Avery, and A. Scheetz

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Session 13
Offshore Wind Resource Assessment II & Onshore Wind Resource Assessment
Location: 347/348 (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Host: 15th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy
Cochairs: Joel William Cline, NHC; John W. Zack, Ph.D., MESO, Inc.
8:30 AM
13.1
8:45 AM
13.2
Differences in wind field characteristics between mesoscale and large-eddy simulations of idealized tropical cyclones
Miguel Sanchez Gomez, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Boulder, CO; and J. K. Lundquist and G. Deskos

9:00 AM
13.3
Impacts of tropical and extratropical cyclones on future offshore wind energy over the U.S. Atlantic Coast
Jiali Wang, ANL, Lemont, IL; and P. Xue, W. J. Pringle, M. J. Churchfield, S. E. Haupt, and S. Feng

9:15 AM
13.4
Uncertainty Quantification of Modeled Wind Speed Using Different WRF PBL Schemes for Puerto Rico
Jaemo Yang, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO; and M. Sengupta, Ph.D., Y. Xie, and H. H. Shin

9:45 AM
13.6
Assessment of Climate Change Impacts on Renewable Energy Resources in the Western Interconnection Region
Hsiang-He Lee, LLNL, Livermore; and R. S. Arthur, J. C. Golaz, T. Edmunds, M. Signorotti, and J. P. Watson

10:00 AM-10:45 AM: Thursday, 1 February 2024


Exhibit Hall Breakfast
Location: Hall F/ Swing (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the Networking and Events; the Agency Updates; the Convergence Science: Indigenous Weather, Water and Climate Knowledge Systems, Practices and Communities; the Town Hall Meetings; the 12th AMS Conference for Early Career Professionals; the Presidential Conference; the Daniel Keyser Symposium; the Kuo-Nan Liou Symposium; the 40th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 38th Conference on Hydrology; the 37th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 33rd Conference on Education; the 28th Conference on Applied Climatology; the 28th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Ocean, and Land Surface; the 28th Conference on Probability and Statistics; the 27th Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International; the 26th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the 26th Conference on Satellite Meteorology, Oceanography, and Climatology; the 24th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 24th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation; the 24th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification; the 23rd Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science; the 23rd Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA; the 22nd Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 22nd History Symposium; the 21st Conference on Space Weather; the 20th Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the 19th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the 16th Symposium on Aerosol Cloud Climate Interactions; the 15th Conference on Environment and Health; the 15th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the 14th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; the 14th Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using the Programming Languages of Open Science; the 12th Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise; the 12th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation; the 12th AMS Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the 12th Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Sub-Seasonal Monsoon Variability; the 10th Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate; the Ninth Symposium on US-International Partnerships; the Sixth Special Symposium on Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones; the Fifth Symposium on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; the Third Symposium on Community Modeling and Innovation; the Second Symposium on Environmental Security; the Second Symposium on the Future of Weather, Forecasting, and Practice; the First Symposium on Cloud Physics; the Estimating Wind Speeds of Tornadoes and Other Windstorms; the Polar Meteorology and Oceanography Special Symposium; the Forum on Climate Linked Economics; and the 20th Conference on Major Weather Impacts )

10:45 AM-12:00 PM: Thursday, 1 February 2024

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PD14B
Transition to Carbon-Free Energy Generation
Location: Ballroom III/ IV (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the Presidential Conference; and the 15th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy )
Cochairs: Jared A. Lee, Ph.D., NSF NCAR; Nick P. Bassill, UAlbany; Jeffrey Michael Freedman; John Zack, MESO, Inc.
Panelists: Justin Sharp; Alexander MacDonald; Aidan Tuohy, Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI); Debbie Lew
10:45 AM
Panel Discussion

12:00 PM-1:45 PM: Thursday, 1 February 2024


Lunch Break
Location: The Baltimore Convention Center
Hosts: (Joint between the Networking and Events; the Convergence Science: Indigenous Weather, Water and Climate Knowledge Systems, Practices and Communities; the Town Hall Meetings; the 12th AMS Conference for Early Career Professionals; the Presidential Conference; the Daniel Keyser Symposium; the Kuo-Nan Liou Symposium; the 40th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 38th Conference on Hydrology; the 37th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 33rd Conference on Education; the 28th Conference on Applied Climatology; the 28th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Ocean, and Land Surface; the 28th Conference on Probability and Statistics; the 27th Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International; the 26th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the 26th Conference on Satellite Meteorology, Oceanography, and Climatology; the 24th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 24th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation; the 24th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification; the 23rd Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science; the 23rd Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA; the 22nd Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 22nd History Symposium; the 21st Conference on Space Weather; the 20th Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the 19th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the 16th Symposium on Aerosol Cloud Climate Interactions; the 15th Conference on Environment and Health; the 15th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the 14th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; the 14th Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using the Programming Languages of Open Science; the 12th Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise; the 12th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation; the 12th AMS Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the 12th Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Sub-Seasonal Monsoon Variability; the 10th Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate; the Ninth Symposium on US-International Partnerships; the Sixth Special Symposium on Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones; the Fifth Symposium on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; the Third Symposium on Community Modeling and Innovation; the Second Symposium on Environmental Security; the Second Symposium on the Future of Weather, Forecasting, and Practice; the First Symposium on Cloud Physics; the Estimating Wind Speeds of Tornadoes and Other Windstorms; the Polar Meteorology and Oceanography Special Symposium; the Forum on Climate Linked Economics; and the 20th Conference on Major Weather Impacts )

1:45 PM-3:00 PM: Thursday, 1 February 2024

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Session 15
Offshore Wind Forecasting
Location: 347/348 (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Host: 15th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy
Cochairs: Thomas J. Kilpatrick; Angel McCoy
1:45 PM
15.1
Identifying meteorological drivers for errors in modeled winds along the Northern California Coast
Ye Liu, PNNL, Richland, WA; Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA; and B. J. Gaudet, R. Krishnamurthy, S. L. Tai, L. K. Berg, N. Bodini, and A. Rybchuk

2:00 PM
15.2
Evaluation of hub-height wind forecasts over the New York Bight
Timothy Myers, NOAA, Boulder, CO; CIRES, Boulder, CO; and A. G. Van Ormer, D. D. Turner, J. Wilczak, L. Bianco, and B. Adler

2:15 PM
15.3
Improving Model Predictions of Rotor Plane Wind Speeds during Summertime Sea Breeze and LLJ Events
Elizabeth McCabe, MS, Univ. at Albany, Albany, NY; and J. M. Freedman

2:30 PM
15.4
Validation of Offshore Winds in ERA5 Reanalysis, HRRR, and NOW-23 Analyses Using Two Floating Lidars South of Long Island, NY
Christopher Fragano, SUNY at Stony Brook, Mahopac, NY; and B. A. Colle and J. M. Freedman

2:45 PM
15.5
Assessing the Sensitivity of the Fitch Wind Farm Parameterization to a Three-Dimensional Planetary Boundary Layer Scheme Based on a North Sea Case Study
Nathan Agarwal, DOE, Boulder, CO; Univ. of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO; and J. K. Lundquist and A. Rybchuk

3:00 PM-4:30 PM: Thursday, 1 February 2024


Coffee Break & Formal Poster Viewing
Location: Hall E (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the Networking and Events; the Convergence Science: Indigenous Weather, Water and Climate Knowledge Systems, Practices and Communities; the 12th AMS Conference for Early Career Professionals; the Daniel Keyser Symposium; the Kuo-Nan Liou Symposium; the 40th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 38th Conference on Hydrology; the 37th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 33rd Conference on Education; the 28th Conference on Applied Climatology; the 28th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Ocean, and Land Surface; the 28th Conference on Probability and Statistics; the 27th Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International; the 26th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the 26th Conference on Satellite Meteorology, Oceanography, and Climatology; the 24th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 24th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation; the 24th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification; the 23rd Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science; the 23rd Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA; the 22nd Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 22nd History Symposium; the 21st Conference on Space Weather; the 20th Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the 19th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the 16th Symposium on Aerosol Cloud Climate Interactions; the 15th Conference on Environment and Health; the 15th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the 14th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; the 14th Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using the Programming Languages of Open Science; the 12th Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise; the 12th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation; the 12th AMS Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the 12th Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Sub-Seasonal Monsoon Variability; the 10th Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate; the Ninth Symposium on US-International Partnerships; the Sixth Special Symposium on Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones; the Fifth Symposium on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; the Third Symposium on Community Modeling and Innovation; the Second Symposium on Environmental Security; the Second Symposium on the Future of Weather, Forecasting, and Practice; the First Symposium on Cloud Physics; the Estimating Wind Speeds of Tornadoes and Other Windstorms; the Polar Meteorology and Oceanography Special Symposium; the Forum on Climate Linked Economics; and the 20th Conference on Major Weather Impacts )

4:30 PM-5:30 PM: Thursday, 1 February 2024

Recording files available
Session 16
Onshore Wind Forecasting
Location: 347/348 (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Host: 15th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy
Cochairs: John Zack, MESO, Inc.; Jeffrey Michael Freedman
4:30 PM
16.1
Evaluating the Ability of the HRRRv3 and HRRRv4 to Forecast Wind Ramp Events in the Great Plains
Reagan N Mendeke, CIRES, Boulder, CO; NOAA, Boulder, CO; OU, Norman, OK; and D. D. Turner, L. Bianco, and I. V. Djalalova

4:45 PM
16.2
The Role of the Turbulent Heat Flux Parameterization on Simulating the Low Level Jet Intensity Using WRF
Rafael Maroneze, Unipampa, Alegrete, RS, Brazil; and F. D. Costa, L. Mortarini, A. D. Polasky, J. D. Fuentes, and O. C. Acevedo

5:15 PM
16.4
Historical Attribution and Future Projection of the Changes in Near-surface Wind Speed in China
Hairong Li, Sun Yat-sen University, ZhuHai, 44, China; and S. Yang and K. Deng