23rd Annual Student Conference

Program Chairs: Dillon V. Blount , UW-Milwaukee ; Angelie Teresa Nieves Jiménez , NCAR ; Melissa Piper , University at Albany
Reviewers: Margo S. Andrews , Colorado State Univ. ; Victor Araya ; Devin Bissell ; Gabrielle R. H. Brown ; Thomas Cerra ; Alvin Cheung ; Brandon K. Cohen , University of Oklahoma ; Megan E. Franke ; Matthew Hamel , Texas Tech University ; Joseph Rotondo , University of Oklahoma ; Bobby Saba ; Laura Shedd , University of Oklahoma ; Lara Natasha Tobias-Tarsh ; Edward C. Wolff IV ; Alex Alvin Cheung ; Joseph F. Rotondo , University of Washington

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Tuesday, 23 January 2024

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

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Virtual Poster Slam Session #3
Hosts: (Joint between the Virtual Posters; the Daniel Keyser Symposium; the Kuo-Nan Liou Symposium; the The Waste Basket; the Estimating Wind Speeds of Tornadoes and Other Windstorms; the 20th Conference on Major Weather Impacts; and the 23rd Annual Student Conference )
Cochairs: Tanja Fransen, NOAA/National Weather Service; Matthew Hamel, Texas Tech University; Andrew C. Winters
V33
23STUDENT Trends of Synoptic-Scale Temperature Fluctuations
Maxwell He, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA, Urbana, IL; and Z. Wang and M. Yang

V34
23STUDENT Unraveling the Widespread Asymmetric Trends of Maximum and Minimum Temperature in Coastal Regions of India and in the Continental United States
Sai Bargav Reddy Muskula, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee, Haridwar, UT, India; and R. Vinnarasi and T. Mukul

V35
23STUDENT Prediction and Risk Assessment of Extreme Warm and Humid Weather in China during 2020-2100
Lingyan Kang, Tongji University, Shanghai, China; and F. LI and J. WU

V39
23STUDENT Spatial distribution of the effect of per capita road area on carbon emissions
恣帆 周, Beijing Forestry University, 北京, China
Manuscript (437.3 kB)

Handout (5.0 MB)

V40
23STUDENT Analysis of Local Land-Atmosphere Interactions in Beltsville MD
Ethan Chiao, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD; and B. Berhane, B. Demoz, S. Pandey, and J. A. Richards

V43
23STUDENT Investigating the Spatiotemporal Variations of the PBL in the Central Valley Using Ceilometer Backscatter Observations
Cameron Schmitt, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA; and S. H. Chen, Y. C. Liu, P. Di, Y. Hsu, J. Avise, and R. Thiruvenkatachari

Handout (1.3 MB)

V45
CLOUDSYMP Habit Classification of PHIPS Stereo-Microscopic Ice Crystal Images
Franziska Nehlert, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, BW, Germany; and L. Grulich, M. Schnaiter, P. Spichtinger, R. Weigel, and E. Järvinen

V45A
CLOUDSYMP Comparisons of Rainfall and Snowfall Microphysical Characteristics between the Southeastern Tibetan Plateau and Low-Altitude Areas
Xuelong Chen, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 11, China; Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, Beijing, China

Handout (1.3 MB)

V45B
CLOUDSYMP Development of a High Resolution Time-Correlated Single Photon Lidar for Cloud Chamber Observations at the Centimeter Scale
Yong Meng Sua, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ; and Z. Zheng, S. Zhu, Y. Huang, and F. Yang

V46
TORNADOSYMP Tornado Vortex and Wind Speed Detection by X-Band Phased Array Radar
Jianhua Dai, Shanghai Central Meteorological Observatory, Xuhui, Shanghai, China; Joint Laboratory of Phased Array Weather Radar/East China Regional Meteorological Center and Eastone Washon Technology, Xuhui, Shanghai, China; and G. Wang, Y. Song, L. Guan, and J. Zhu

Handout (3.2 MB)

V47
20IMPACTS Comparative Analysis on Meteorological Condition for Two Serious Pollution Events in Liaoning Province Caused by Crop Residue Burning
Li Tian, Institute of Atmospheric Environment, China Meteorological Administration, Shenyang, China

V49
LIOUSYMP Cloud Masking without Thermal Infrared Bands: A Neural Network Approach Based on MODIS, As a Candidate for the NASA PACE Mission
Andrew M. Sayer, NASA, Greenbelt, MD; NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD; University of Maryland Baltimore County, Greenbelt, MD; and I. T. Carroll, T. Al-Nufaili, X. Li, J. Wang, and P. J. Werdell

Handout (1.3 MB)

Saturday, 27 January 2024

8:45 AM-9:50 AM: Saturday, 27 January 2024

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Session 1
Session 1: Welcoming Remarks
Location: Ballroom III/ IV (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Host: 23rd Annual Student Conference
8:45 AM
1.1
Welcome from the Student Conference Planning Committee: Dillon Blount, Angelie Nieves Jiménez, & Melissa Piper
Dillon V. Blount, Univ. of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI; and A. T. Nieves Jiménez and M. Piper

9:05 AM
1.2
Welcome from the AMS President, Dr. Bradley R. Colman, and Executive Director, Dr. Stella Kafka
Dr. Brad Colman, AMS President; and S. Kafka

9:20 AM
1.3
Lorenz Winner- “Does Life Equal Advection?”
Teresa M. Bals-Elsholz, Valparaiso Univ., Valparaiso, IN

9:35 AM
1.4
Keynote- It's Our Turn: (How a Meteorologist Converts to an Engineer in Hopes of) Tackling Our Changing Environment”
Tanya M. Brown-Giammanco, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD

9:50 AM-10:20 AM: Saturday, 27 January 2024


Coffee Break and Networking
Location: Ballroom Foyer (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Host: 23rd Annual Student Conference

10:20 AM-11:30 AM: Saturday, 27 January 2024

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Session 2A
Session 2: RQ Panels → So You Want to Study/Work on Social Science
Location: 341 (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Host: 23rd Annual Student Conference
Chair: Cassandra O'Connor, Florida Tech
10:20 AM
Introductory Remarks

10:25 AM
Overview of Topic - Dr. Jen Henderson - “On Our Way to the Triple Point: Meteorology & Social Science in Service to Society”
Jen Henderson, Texas Tech Univ., LUBBOCK, TX

10:35 AM
Lightning Talk #1 - Dr. Makenzie Krocak - “Risk communication in the weather enterprise: recent findings and best practices”
Makenzie Krocak, NOAA/NWS/Analyze, Forecast, and Support Office Analysis and Nowcast Branch, Silver Spring, MD

10:42 AM
Lightning Talk #2 - Dr. Christopher Wirz - “Integrating atmospheric and social sciences for improving development, communication, and decision making related to forecast information”
Christopher D. Wirz, NSF NCAR, Boulder, CO

10:49 AM
Lightning Talk #3 - Mr. Joseph Trujillo Falcón - “Connecting Skies and Society: Empowering Underserved Populations through Social Science Research”
Joseph Trujillo Falcón,

10:56 AM
Q&A

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Session 2B
Session 2: RQ Panels → So You Want to Study/Work on Hydrometeorology
Location: 345/346 (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Host: 23rd Annual Student Conference
Chair: Vanessa Dunham, University of Oklahoma, Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis
10:20 AM
Introductory Remarks

10:25 AM
Overview of Topic - Dr. L. Ruby Leung (Virtual) - “An overview of hydrometeorology: science, method, and societal relevance”
L. Ruby Leung, PNNL, Richland, WA

10:35 AM
Lightning Talk #1 - Dr. Mimi Hughes - “Improving NOAA’s water tools through physically motivated, data-driven, and hybrid modeling techniques”
Mimi R. Abel, NOAA, Boulder, CO

10:42 AM
Lightning Talk #2 - Dr. Noah Brauer (virtual) - “Radar Remote Sensing of Precipitation Microphysics in Tropical Cyclones”
Noah Brauer, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK

10:49 AM
Lightning Talk #3 - Dr. Viviana Maggioni- “Snapshots from Space: Remote sensing observations for assessing changes in the water cycle”
Viviana Maggioni, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA

10:56 AM
Q&A

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Session 2C
Session 2: RQ Panels → So You Want to Study/Work on Energy Industry
Location: 342 (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Host: 23rd Annual Student Conference
Chair: Jacklynn K. Beck, The Ohio State University
10:20 AM
Introductory Remarks

10:25 AM
Overview of Topic - Dr. Jared Lee- “A Brief Overview of the Energy Industry for Atmospheric Scientists”
Jared A. Lee, Ph.D., NSF NCAR, Boulder, CO

10:35 AM
Lightning Talk #1 - Ms. Angel McCoy - “Science-backed Offshore Wind Standards Research and Development”
Angel McCoy, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO

10:42 AM
Lightning Talk #2 - Dr. Steven Quiring - “How does weather impact the electrical grid?”
Steven M. Quiring, The Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH

10:49 AM
Lightning Talk #3 - Dr. Jessica Tomaszewski (Virtual) - “Hot Grid Summer: The impact of heat waves on electricity demand and renewable energy production”
Jessica Tomaszewski, REsurety, Boston, MA

10:56 AM
Q&A

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Session 2D
Session 2: RQ Panels → So You Want to Study/Work on Insurance and Risk Analysis
Location: 347/348 (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Host: 23rd Annual Student Conference
Chair: Jacob Hale
10:20 AM
Introductory Remarks

10:25 AM
Overview of Topic - Dr. Peter Sousounis - “An Insurance Industry Perspective on Climate Change”
Peter Sousounis,

10:35 AM
Lightning Talk #1 - Ms. Brenna Meisenzahl - “Wind and Hail on The Built Environment”
Brenna Meisenzahl, Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety, Richburg, SC

10:42 AM
Lightning Talk #2 - Mr. Jeff Schmidt - “Letting the Meteorological Cat(astrophe) out of the Bag”
Jeff Schmidt,

10:49 AM
Lightning Talk #3 - Ms. Shaveta Gupta - “Charting a Career in Catastrophe Modeling: The Path to Protecting the Future”
Shaveta Gupta,

10:56 AM
Q&A

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Session 2E
Session 2: RQ Panels → So You Want to Study/Work on AI/ML
Location: 343 (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Host: 23rd Annual Student Conference
Chair: Elena Fernandez
10:20 AM
Introductory Remarks

10:25 AM
Overview of Topic - Dr. Anthony Wimmers- “Where doesn’t machine learning fit into weather research today?”
Anthony J. Wimmers, Associate Scientist, Univ. of Wisconsin CIMSS, Madison, WI

10:35 AM
Lightning Talk #1 - Dr. Mariana Cains - “Who are all of these new tools for? Integrating end-user perspectives into AI product development”
Mariana Goodall Cains, NCAR, Boulder, CO

10:42 AM
Lightning Talk #2 - Dr. Andre Perkins - “Machine learning to improve climate simulations”
W. Andre Perkins, Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (AI2), Seattle, WA

10:49 AM
Dr. Alex Anderson-Frey (Virtual) - “Machine Learning for Clustering of Tornadic Storms”
Alexandra Anderson-Frey, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA

10:56 AM
Q&A

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Session 2F
Session 2: RQ Panels → So You Want to Study/Work on Weather and Engineering
Location: 344 (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Host: 23rd Annual Student Conference
Chair: Lara Natasha Tobias-Tarsh
10:20 AM
Introductory Remarks

10:25 AM
Overview of Topic - Dr. Sean Waugh - “Designing Observations for a Changing World”
Sean M. Waugh, NSSL, Norman, OK

10:35 AM
Lightning Talk #1 - Dr. Sarah Ringerud - “Global Precipitation Measurement – Innovations for Science and Society”
Sarah Ringerud, NASA, Greenbelt, MD

10:42 AM
Lightning Talk #2 - Mr. Charles Powell - “Toolmaking: Making the Things that Make Weather Forecasts”
Charles E. Powell, Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

10:49 AM
Lightning Talk #3 - Dr. Ali Tokay (Virtual) - “Can we measure the falling snow?”
Ali Tokay, NASA GSFC, Greenbelt, MD

10:56 AM
Q&A

11:40 AM-12:40 PM: Saturday, 27 January 2024

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Session 3
Session 3: Mind, Body, Attitude
Location: Ballroom III/ IV (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Host: 23rd Annual Student Conference
Chair: Brandon K. Cohen, University of Oklahoma
11:40 AM
Dr. Elisa Murillo (Virtual) - “Understanding physical and mental health as 2 sides of the same coin: How we can take care of our whole bodies throughout our careers”
Elisa Murillo, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK

11:55 AM
Dr. DaNa Carlis - “Self-Awareness: The Secret Ingredient for Success and Happiness”
DaNa L. Carlis, NOAA, Washington, DC

12:10 PM
Dr. LaToya Myles (Virtual) - “Maintaining a Throughline in Your Life and Career”
LaToya Myles, ARL, Oak Ridge, TN

12:25 PM
Interactive Q&A

12:45 PM-2:15 PM: Saturday, 27 January 2024


Lunch Break and Networking Time
Location: Ballroom Foyer (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Host: 23rd Annual Student Conference

2:20 PM-3:40 PM: Saturday, 27 January 2024


Session 4
Session 4: Conversations with Professionals
Host: 23rd Annual Student Conference
Cochairs: Matthew B. Hamel; Gabrielle R. H. Brown
Meet the Professionals!

Handout (449.9 kB)

2:20 PM
Rotation 1

2:40 PM
Break

2:50 PM
Rotation 2

3:10 PM
Break

3:20 PM
Rotation 3

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Session 4A
Conversations with Professionals - Chris Gloninger
Location: 336 (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Host: 23rd Annual Student Conference
2:20 PM
Welcoming Remarks
Chris Gloninger, Baltimore, MD

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Session 4B
Conversations with Professionals: Paul Higgins
Location: 342 (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Host: 23rd Annual Student Conference
2:20 PM
Welcoming Remarks
Paul A. Higgins, American Meteorological Society, Washington, DC

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Session 4C
Conversations with Professionals: Jen Henderson
Location: 344 (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Host: 23rd Annual Student Conference
2:20 PM
Welcoming Remarks
Jen Henderson, Texas Tech Univ., LUBBOCK, TX

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Session 4D
Conversations with Professionals - Aaron Kennedy
Location: 337 (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Host: 23rd Annual Student Conference
2:20 PM
Welcoming Remarks
Aaron D. Kennedy, Univ. of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND

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Session 4E
Conversations with Professionals: Sam Sangster
Location: 347/348 (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Host: 23rd Annual Student Conference
2:20 PM
Welcoming Remarks
Sam Sangster,

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Session 4F
Conversations with Professionals: Clark Evans
Location: 338 (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Host: 23rd Annual Student Conference
2:20 PM
Welcoming Remarks
Clark Evans, NOAA/OAR/Global Systems Laboratory, Boulder, CO

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Session 4G
Conversations with Professionals: Ava Marie
Location: 343 (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Host: 23rd Annual Student Conference
2:20 PM
Welcoming Remarks
Ava Marie,

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Session 4H
Conversations with Professionals: Angel McCoy
Location: 345/346 (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Host: 23rd Annual Student Conference
2:20 PM
Welcoming Remarks
Angel McCoy, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO

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Session 4I
Conversations with Professionals: James Lee
Location: 341 (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Host: 23rd Annual Student Conference
2:20 PM
Welcoming Remarks
James E. Lee, NWSFO, Sterling, VA

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Session 4J
Conversations with Professionals - Renee Leduc
Location: 339 (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Host: 23rd Annual Student Conference
2:20 PM
Welcoming Remarks
Renee A. Leduc, MPP, Narayan Strategy, Arlington, VA

3:40 PM-4:00 PM: Saturday, 27 January 2024


Coffee Break and Networking
Location: Ballroom Foyer (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Host: 23rd Annual Student Conference

4:00 PM-5:00 PM: Saturday, 27 January 2024

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Session 5
Session 5: Community-Based Science
Location: Ballroom III/ IV (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Host: 23rd Annual Student Conference
Chair: Stephanie Marie Ortiz Rosario
4:00 PM
Mr. Frank Niepold - “Accelerating Community Climate Action: Innovations for Engaging and Building Capacity for Communities”
Frank Niepold III, NOAA/Climate Program Office, Silver Spring, MD

4:10 PM
Ms. Violeta Yas - “Preparation is Respect: Engaging Diverse Communities & Audiences”
Violeta Yas, Weehawken, NJ

4:20 PM
Dr. Scott Collis - “From communities of practice to the communities of Chicago: Engaging in an open way”
Scott M. Collis, ANL, Argonne, IL

4:30 PM
r. Carolyn Voter - “Does This Matter? Lessons Learned (and Still Learning) from Connecting with Water Science Stakeholders”
Carolyn B. Voter, University of Delaware, Newark, DE

4:40 PM
Q&A for all speakers

5:00 PM-5:30 PM: Saturday, 27 January 2024


Break
Host: 23rd Annual Student Conference

5:30 PM-7:30 PM: Saturday, 27 January 2024


AMS Career Resource & Graduate School Fair
Location: Hall D (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the Networking and Events; and the 23rd Annual Student Conference )

Sunday, 28 January 2024

8:45 AM-9:45 AM: Sunday, 28 January 2024

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Session 6
Session 6: Tackling Climate Change: Advancements in Climate Research, Communication, and Policy
Location: Ballroom III/ IV (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Host: 23rd Annual Student Conference
Chair: Laura Shedd, University of Oklahoma
8:45 AM
Climate Research - Dr. Gavin Schmidt - “Public Displays of Climate Science: TMI or not enough?”
Gavin Schmidt,

9:05 AM
Climate Communication - Ms. Sophia Whitaker - “Communication is key: Overcoming the barriers to constructive climate conversations”
Sophia Whitaker, George Mason Univ., Farifax, VA

9:25 AM
Climate Policy - Mr. Kei Koizumi - “Adding Science Policy Tools to Your Toolkit in Changing the World”
Kei Koizumi,

9:55 AM-10:40 AM: Sunday, 28 January 2024

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Session 7A
Session 7A: Jumping out of Academia (SPS)
Location: 341 (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Host: 23rd Annual Student Conference
Chair: Brandon K. Cohen, University of Oklahoma
9:55 AM
Kayla Stephens and Mikayla Cleaver: “Jumping Out of Academia: Industry Job Searches for Graduates”
Kayla Stephens, ; and M. Cleaver


Session 7B
Session 7B: Graduate Student Panel
Location: 342 (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Host: 23rd Annual Student Conference
Chair: Laura Shedd, University of Oklahoma
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Session 7C
Session 7C: Opportunities Outside of the Classroom
Location: Ballroom III/ IV (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Host: 23rd Annual Student Conference
Chair: Bobby Saba
9:55 AM
Tracking our changing environment through learning, exploring and making measurements outside of the classroom
June Wang,

10:10 AM
Everything the Atmosphere Touches - Student Opportunities at NSF NCAR|UCAR|UC
Jerry M Cyccone, NCAR, Boulder, CO

10:25 AM
Obtaining an Internship in the Private Sector
Robert Reale, WeatherWorks, Hackettstown, NJ

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Session 7D
Session 7D: Non-Traditional Jobs
Location: 343 (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Host: 23rd Annual Student Conference
Chair: Haven Cashwell, Auburn University
9:55 AM
Keep calm and weather on: How I navigated a quarterlife crisis
Ashley Orehek Rossi, Glasgow, KY

10:10 AM
From Synoptic Lab to Jupyterlab
Kevin R. Tyle, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, NY

10:25 AM
Atmospheric Science Education Research (ASER): Opportunities in a Burgeoning Field
Peggy M. McNeal, Towson University, Towson, MD

11:10 AM-11:55 AM: Sunday, 28 January 2024

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Session 8
Session 8: Skills for the Field (Joint with BoSA Professional Development Committee)
Location: Ballroom III/ IV (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Host: 23rd Annual Student Conference
Chair: Devin Bissell
11:10 AM
Staying Socially Safe and Sound: Tips for Online Networking
Adam J. Stepanek, PhD, Commodity Weather Group, LLC, Valparaiso, IN

11:25 AM
Maintaining and Using Your Network: An Operations to Research Success Story
Brett Borchardt, NOAA/NWS, Romeoville, IL

11:40 AM
Unlock Your Public Speaking Superhero Powers
Brooke Bingaman,

11:55 AM-12:00 PM: Sunday, 28 January 2024


Yoga Intermission
Host: 23rd Annual Student Conference

12:00 PM-12:35 PM: Sunday, 28 January 2024

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Session 9
Session 9: Keynote Presentation
Location: Ballroom III/ IV (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Host: 23rd Annual Student Conference
12:00 PM
The Future of the NWS
Ken Graham, NOAA - Assistant Administrator for NOAA’s National Weather Service (NWS), Silver Spring, MD

12:20 PM
Wrap-Up and BoSA Recruitment: Dillon Blount, Angelie Nieves Jiménez, & Melissa Piper
Dillon V. Blount, Univ. of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI; and A. T. Nieves Jiménez and M. Piper

12:35 PM-2:00 PM: Sunday, 28 January 2024


Lunch Break
Host: 23rd Annual Student Conference

2:00 PM-3:45 PM: Sunday, 28 January 2024


Session 10A
Session 10: Breakout Session: Hands-on Experiences - Integrated Warning Team (IWT) (In-Person Only)
Location: 314 (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Host: 23rd Annual Student Conference
Chair: Edward C. Wolff IV

Session 10B
Session 10: Breakout Session: Hands-on Experiences - Elevator Speech Workshop (In-Person Only)
Location: 341 (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Host: 23rd Annual Student Conference
Chair: Benjamin Jacob Fellman
2:00 PM
Dr. Steven Lazarus

2:15 PM
Dr. Aaron Kennedy

2:30 PM
Dr. Makenzie Krocak

2:45 PM
Ms. Marissa Vara


Session 10C
Session 10: Breakout Session: Hands-on Experiences - UNIDATA Python Workshop (In-Person Only)
Location: 320 (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Host: 23rd Annual Student Conference
Chair: Joseph F. Rotondo, University of Washington

Session 10D
Session 10: Breakout Session: Hands-on Experiences - UNIDATA AWIPS Workshop (In-Person Only)
Location: 342 (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Host: 23rd Annual Student Conference
Cochairs: Tiffany C. Meyer, UCAR/Unidata; Evan Andrew Belkin

Session 10E
Session 10: Breakout Session: Hands-on Experiences - Getting Reel/Broadcast Tape Swap (In-Person Only)
Location: 343 (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Host: 23rd Annual Student Conference
Chair: Kaitlyn R. Jesmonth, SUNY Oswego
2:00 PM
Ms. Violeta Yas

2:15 PM
Mr. Jonathan Myers

2:30 PM
Ms. Veronica Johnson

2:45 PM
Mr. Joseph Martinez

3:00 PM
Ms. Emily Gracey


Session 10F
Session 10: Breakout Session: Hands-on Experiences - Speed Networking (Professional Development Committee) (In-Person Only)
Location: 347/348 (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Host: 23rd Annual Student Conference

Session 10G
Session 10: Staying Connected - Creating and Maintaining a Professional (e-) Resume (In-Person Only)
Location: 344 (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the 23rd Annual Student Conference; and the 12th AMS Conference for Early Career Professionals )
Panelists: Alicia C. Wasula; Scott Mackaro; Ryan Harris; Adam J. Stepanek, Valparaiso University; Mayra Oyola-Merced

6:30 PM-7:25 PM: Sunday, 28 January 2024


Student Conference ePosters (Rotation #1)
Location: Hall E (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Host: 23rd Annual Student Conference
SE2
Multiple Factor Regression Analysis of Vegetation Changes and Land Degradation in Drylands.
Maria Chzhen, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Manuscript (21.7 MB)

Handout (4.3 MB)

SE3
SE4
Seasonal Variability of the Surface Heat Flux Generated by Offshore Wind Farm Clusters in the Mid-Atlantic
Sarah Kirsten Womantree, Metropolitan State University of Denver, Denver, CO

SE5
Synoptic Forcing of Observed Warm Seasons Heat Stress in the United States.
Saidat Opeyemi Rasaq-Balogun, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL; and J. Schoof

SE6
Improving Forecasting Rules For Nantucket, MA
Joseph Antonio Guaragno, NOAA, Dudley, MA

SE7
Enhanced Drought and Temperature associated with Climate Oscillations in California Wildfire Dynamics
Stella Abosede Afolayan, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, Greensboro, NC; North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, Greensboro, NC; and A. Mekonnen and Y. L. Lin

SE9
A Satellite Observation Of How Saharan Dust Impacted The Atlantic Ocean In 2022
Katelyn Simonsen, University of the Incarnate Word, San Antonio, TX

Handout (4.5 MB)

SE10
A Comparison of Environments for Severe and Non-Severe Pulse Thunderstorms Across The Missouri Ozarks
Christian Lee Schnell, NWS Forecast Office Springfield Missouri, Springfield, MO; and J. Schaumann, K. Angle, and E. Wise

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 )

Student Conference Posters
Location: The Baltimore Convention Center
Hosts: (Joint between the Networking and Events; and the 23rd Annual Student Conference )

AI and Machine Learning
Location: Hall E (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Host: 23rd Annual Student Conference
S1
Enhancing Dataset Discovery with Knowledge Graph Link Prediction Techniques
Sean Hughes, GSFC, College Park, MD; and I. Gerasimov, A. Mehrabian, and L. Pham

Handout (253.2 kB)

S2
Detection of Harmful Algal Blooms in Lakes at the Regional Scale Using Satellite Remote Sensing and Machine Learning Techniques
Alastor Sherbatov, Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Science, New York, NY; Columbia University in the City of New York, New York, NY; NASA, New York, NY; and G. Abreu-Vigil, N. Smirnov, G. Tan, F. Khanom, M. Azarderakhsh, H. Norouzi, and R. Blake

Handout (2.0 MB)

S3
Exploring a Statistical Approach for the Calibration of the NOAA CrIS Sensors Using Machine Learning
Jonathan David Starfeldt, STAR, College Park, MD; Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI

Handout (2.3 MB)

S4
Satellite-Based Analysis of Water-Color and Dissolved Organic Content within Inland Lakes using Sentinel-2
Aisha Malik, NSF, Brooklyn, NY; and M. Azarderakhsh, H. Norouzi, and R. Blake

Handout (2.6 MB)

S5
Modeling Global Urban Air Temperature Trends Using Machine Learning on Satellite Land Surface Data
Taseen Islam, CUNY Macaulay Honors College, NY, NY; NSF, Brooklyn, NY; and K. Nielsen, S. Sharma, J. A. Grey, A. L. Lofthouse, H. Norouzi, and R. Blake

Handout (2.4 MB)

S6
AI Coastal Upwelling Detection in the Mid-Atlantic Bight
Andrea Alyssa John, Offshore Wind Institute NJEDA, New Brunswick, NJ; and T. Miles

Handout (1.0 MB)

S7
Using Generative and Supervised Neural Networks for Thermal Image Analysis in an Urban Environment
Shaunak Sharma, NASA, New York, NY; and T. Islam, K. Nielsen, J. A. Grey, A. L. Lofthouse, H. Norouzi, and R. Blake

Handout (6.6 MB)

S8
Enhancing Urban Climate Modeling through 3D Quantification of Greenspace using LiDAR and Generative AI
Ethan Peters, NSF, Brooklyn, NY; and H. Norouzi, R. Blake, and P. F. Medina

Handout (1.2 MB)

S9
Exploring Data-Driven Equation Discovery for the Modeling of Moisture Flux
Rebecca Z Porter, UCAR, Olathe, KS; and Y. Huang and P. Gentine

Handout (2.6 MB)

S10
Machine Learning Modeling of SWESARR and Lidar Data to Understand How Snow Water Equivalent Changes Spatially and Temporally
Nicholas Justin Pinder, NASA, Ponte Vedra, FL; and A. Joseph, G. Himmele, E. Ofekeze, C. Vuyovich, A. Jain, K. Espada, and J. Conway

S11
Using Machine Learning Approaches for Enhancing Predictability of Southern California Precipitation
Hannah Bao, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and L. S. Passarella, S. Mahajan, and M. J. Molina
Manuscript (1.1 MB)

S13
Predicting the West African Monsoon with a Machine Learning Emulator
Charlotte Merchant, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ; and W. Yang and G. A. Vecchi

S14
Understanding Training Data Components for Excessive Rainfall Machine-Learning Models: A look inside the Unified Flooding Verification System
Mitchell Ryan Lee Green, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, MI; and A. J. Hill and R. S. Schumacher

Handout (1.3 MB)

S15
Predicting Flood Damages using Machine Learning and National Flood Insurance Program Data
Azara Boschee, St. Cloud State University, Sauk Centre, MN; and T. Corringham and W. Hu

Handout (1.3 MB)

S16
Using Machine Learning and XAI techniques for Convective Mode in Future Climate Change Scenarios
Jeremy Malcolm Corner, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL; Northern Illinois Univ., DeKalb, IL; and A. Haberlie, W. S. Ashley, A. C. Michaelis, V. A. Gensini, PhD, CCM, and S. M. Collis

S17
Using Machine Learning Methods to Predict and Understand Severe Weather Over the United States
Eleanor Salm, AI2ES, Norman, OK; Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI; and M. M. Madsen and A. McGovern


Applied Meteorology and Climatology
Location: Hall E (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Host: 23rd Annual Student Conference
S18
Environmental Conditions of Cow Hutches in the Agriculture Industry
Blake Murray, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH; and E. Mrazik, E. Edwardson, E. Hersey, and J. K. Beck

S19
Using Historical Precipitation to Estimate Hay Production in Kansas
Drew Daniel Blasi, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS; Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS; and C. A. Redmond

S20
Simulating Mosquito Habitats as an Element of Climate-informed Disease Forecasting
Chanud Nisakya Yasanayake, Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD; and B. F. Zaitchik, L. Gardner, A. Gnanadesikan, and A. Shet

S21
Development of an Oceanic Storminess Index to Identify Fishing Fleet Impacts by Investigating Potential Climate Driven Polar Jet Steam Variations
Gabriel Larouche, Northeast Regional Climate Center, Ithaca, NY; and A. T. DeGaetano, E. L. Mecray, K. J. W. Hyde, and H. L. Schade

S22
Methods for Evaluating the Climate Change Risk on Companies Supply Chain
Peng Gu, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH; and J. K. Beck, R. Ding, and S. M. Quiring

S23
Climatology of Ecological Drought in the Mid-Atlantic United States
Jacklynn K. Beck, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH; and S. M. Quiring

S24
Use of Thermal Walks to Assess Pedestrian Thermal Comfort on a Humid Subtropical University Campus
Shaina Wilburn, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS; and C. Fuhrmann, M. Brand, and M. O'Rourke

S26
Beat the Heat: Intra-Hour Heat Metric Variability
Emily Nagamoto, Duke Univ., Durham, NC

Handout (867.9 kB)

S27
Assessing Vulnerability to Heat Stress Trends in the Southeast United States
Desiree Knight, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, DAYTONA BEACH, FL; and S. M. Milrad

S28
Urban Heat Islands and It's Correlation to Neural Tube Defect Prevalence in the United States and United Kingdom
Hiruni Dissanayake, University of Texas Jackson School of Geosciences, Round Rock, TX; and N. Sudharsan, PhD and D. Niyogi

S31
Trends in Extreme Non-Winter Wind Chill Temperatures in Alaska & Western Canada
Cam Crowell, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Fredonia, NY; and N. F. Laird

S32
Inter-Annual Distributions of Rainfall in Hawai’i: Applying a Geospatial Approach on a Single Source Rain Shadow
Ryan D. Koutros, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL; Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL; and M. Costa and C. Welch

S34
Development of Regional Precipitation Frequency Grids to Supplement Atlas 14
Sabrina N. Servey, Office of the Texas State Climatologist, College Station, TX; and V. N. Elliott, J. W. Nielsen-Gammon, W. J. Baule, and A. Tarter

S35
A Comparison of Radar and Satellite Climatologies in Detecting Lake Effect Precipitation over Lake Michigan
Bridget Greb, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS; Hobart & William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY; and A. K. Levinson and N. D. Metz

S36
Start of a Northern Hemisphere Sea Ice Climatology Using Interactive Multisensor Snow and Ice Mapping System (IMS) Data
Asha C Spencer, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA; NOAA, Hillcrest Heights, MD

Handout (1.3 MB)

S37
Estimating Decadal Changes in the South American Low Level Jet
Claire Sheeren, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; and C. E. Forest, J. D. Fuentes, V. Sapkota, and A. D. Polasky

Handout (1.7 MB)

S38
S39
Land Cover Boundary Orientation on Wind, Temperature and Humidity
Logan Wallen, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH; and R. Webb, Y. Liu, K. A. Chowdhury, and J. K. Beck

Handout (1.0 MB)

S42
Analysis of Operational-mode Impacts on Future Earth Radiation Budget Observations
Matt van den Heever, Univ. of Colorado, CO; and J. J. Gristey and P. Pilewskie


Atmospheric Chemistry, Aerosols, and Air Quality
Location: Hall E (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Host: 23rd Annual Student Conference
S42A
Emergency Mobile Monitoring for California Wildfire Smoke
Greta Elizabeth Schultz, Harvard University REU, San Diego, CA

Handout (1.0 MB)

S42B
The Analysis of Extreme Formaldehyde and Nitrogen Dioxide Columns in Oregon Caused by The Beachie Creek Fire
Mateo James Hall, Oregon State University, Oregon City, OR; and M. Rao

S45
Ozone at South Fayette, Pennsylvania: A Case Study of Stratospheric Ozone and Air Pollution
Justina Arena, BS Meteorology and Climate Science (double major), Pennsylvania Western University, California, PA

S46
The Relationship Between PM2.5 and Altitude in Chicago During Spring 2023
Megan Wenner, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, IL; Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, IL; and P. Jing, T. Schusler, D. Dahal, B. Zhang, N. Hartnett, E. V. Fischer, I. Pollack, and O. Sablan

S47
The Worst Air Quality in Recent Chicago History: A Look at the 27-29 June 2023 Air Quality Event
Jacob Vile, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Wilmette, IL; and J. R. O'Brien

Handout (1020.4 kB)

S48
Examining the Influence of Meteorology on High O3 and PM2.5 Events at Chiwaukee Prairie in June 2022
Emily P Hunt, School of Meteorology - University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK

Handout (7.4 MB)

S49
Analysis of Dust Event Days (DEDs) and Dust Sources in the Great Salt Lake Region
Stine Ornes, Salt Lake Community College, Salt Lake City, UT; and E. Alfred and M. Hahnenberger

S50
Investigating the Spatio-Temporal Correlation between Atmospheric Heat Island and Pollution Island in the Lower Rio Grande Valley.
Roberto Muniz, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Brownsville, TX; and S. D. PINAKANA and A. U. Raysoni

S51
Long-Term Trends in Fine Particulate Matter: Case Study of the Southeast Pennsylvania Region (2004-2021)
Jesse Ying Zhong, NOAA, Ellicott City, MD; and S. Kondragunta and A. K. Huff

Handout (631.6 kB)

S52
Changes in Atmospheric Aerosol Concentrations in the Midwest Over the COVID-19 Pandemic
Hannah Grace Marti, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL; and S. Frederick and N. Riemer

S54
"An Analysis of Particulate Matter of the Size 2.5 Microns and Public Health in Mae Hong Son, Thailand and a Review of Air Quality Legislation"
Keelie N. Steiner, Millersville University of Pennsylvania, Millersville, PA; and W. G. Blumberg, PhD and K. V. Schreiber, PhD

Handout (441.3 kB)

S57
Does TROPOMI Show a Seasonal Pattern of Methane Enhancements in the Permian Basin?
Najah Inaya Israel, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA; and K. J. Davis, Z. R. Barkley, and Y. Liu

Handout (1.2 MB)

S58
Comparing Air Quality in University Classrooms Using Low-Cost Sensors
Jared Stickney, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Hainesville, IL

S59
Estimating the Effect of Air Pollutant Emissions from Photocopy/Printing Operation on the Indoor Air Quality.
Kabir Bahadur Shah, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Brownsville, TX; and S. D. Pinakana and A. U. Raysoni

S60
Testing Air Quality Using Low-Cost Sensors in Various Environments
Catherine Elena Vittallo, AER, Park Ridge, IL

S61
Characterization of Aeris MIRA Ultra CH4/C2H6 and N2O/CO Analyzers
Nathanael Philip Ribar, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY; and D. A. Caulton

Handout (1.8 MB)

S62
The Atmosphere as a Significant and Diffuse Source of Microplastic Contamination to Terrestrial and Freshwater Systems: Data from the Finger Lakes Region of New York
Heather Elizabeth Laird Kerns, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY; and W. S. J. Murray and N. C. Arens

S63
'Environmental Controls on Aerosol-Induced Changes in Convective Cloud Updraft Velocities'
Ana Cristina Arama, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and M. E. Arama and C. B. McCleish
Manuscript (19.9 kB)

Handout (817.6 kB)


Aviation
Location: Hall E (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Host: 23rd Annual Student Conference
S64
Towards Prototype Medium-Range Probabilistic Forecasts for Boundary Layer Turbulence
Benjamin Harwell Moose, William M. Lapenta NOAA Student Internship Program, Kansas City, MO; and R. Connelly and R. L. Solomon


Boundary Layer Meteorology
Location: Hall E (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Host: 23rd Annual Student Conference
S65
Cross-Canopy Coupling In A New England Forested Mountain Valley
Alyssa Shih, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL; and J. M. Kiszka and E. P. Kelsey

Handout (4.2 MB)

S66
Evaluating Horizontal and Vertical Fluxes in the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest
Jacqueline Maureen Kiszka, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA; and A. Shih and E. P. Kelsey
Manuscript (33.2 kB)

Handout (2.5 MB)

S68
Analysis of Local Land-Atmosphere Interactions in Beltsville, MD
Benaya Berhane, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD; UMBC, Baltimore, MD; and E. Chiao, B. Demoz, J. A. Richards, and S. Pandey

S69
Impact of Topography on Soil Conditions in Central Ohio
Anna Glodzik, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH; and A. Castro, S. Tate, A. Kellman, and J. K. Beck

Handout (976.8 kB)

S70
Verification and Inter-comparison of Mesoscale Models in the Coastal Marine Atmospheric Boundary Layer
Kaitlyn Anne Potucek, Naval Research Enterprise Internship Program, Monterey, CA; Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA; and D. Flagg and J. Yung

Handout (3.8 MB)

S71
Understanding Planetary Boundary Layer Modulations Over Mesoscale Sea Surface Temperature Variability Using Reanalysis Data
Megan Brown, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and J. Wenegrat and I. Uchôa

S72
CFD for Urban Wind Conditions and Wildfire Smoke Dispersion in Downtown Montreal
Quinn Dyer-Hawes, McGill Univ., Montreal, QC, Canada; and D. Romanic, Y. Huang, J. R. Gyakum, and P. Douglas

Handout (1.5 MB)

S73
Sampling, Tracking, and Analyzing Roll Features in Large Eddy Simulations of the Marine Atmospheric Boundary Layer
Emily Cristina Melvin, NRL, Monterey, CA; and J. S. Reid, H. J. Park, Z. Wang, W. J. Marais, Q. Wang, and A. Bucholtz

S74
A Comparison of Boundary Layer Heights For the Washington, D.C. Area During Late-Spring and Early-Summer 2021 between a WRF Model and Processed Ground-Based LiDAR Data
Wesley Taylor, Millersville Univ., Thomasville, PA; and N. L. Miles, K. J. Davis, D. Miller, and E. Foust

Handout (495.9 kB)

S75
Comparing a Non-Gradient Model to Nocturnal Eddy Covariance Measurements of Trace Gases Over Land Surfaces
Kate Seikel, The University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC; and A. L. Hiscox

S76
Evaluating Operational Boundary Layer Cloud Microphysical Properties Obtained from Long-Term ARM Sunphotometer Datasets
Kaiden Patrick Sookdar, Cornell Univ., Bronx, NY; and S. Giangrande, L. Ma, M. Wang, and J. C. Chiu

Handout (2.6 MB)

S77
Winter UHI Effect on Snowfall in St. Louis, Missouri
Nathaniel Mirly, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL; and J. E. Wiley

Handout (1.6 MB)

S78
An Analysis of the Urban Heat Island Effect in Munich, Germany
Sierra Robbin Hill, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and N. Breaux, J. Rocha, H. Boland, C. Holloway, M. Zarfoss, and G. Schade

Handout (1.7 MB)

S80
Characteristics of Electromagnetic Wave Ducts in Different Geographical Locations
McKenzie Sevier, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; and S. E. Yuter, K. D. Burris, and M. A. Miller


Climate
Location: Hall E (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Host: 23rd Annual Student Conference
S81
Do Not Drop the Hot Potato: Take Control with Our Global Warming Simulator
Ethan Phoenix Zhou, Massachusetts Academy of Math and Science at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA; and I. Xu and Y. Mesfin

Handout (1.6 MB)

S83
Global Warming and Economic Development Under Global Net-Zero Carbon Emission Targets
Xinyi Pan, Sendelta international academy Shenzhen, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China; and W. Zhang

S84
Projected Changes to Arctic Sea-Ice and Commercial Shipping Routes after Stratospheric Aerosol Injection
Debanjali Pathak, Grinnell College, Grinnell, IA; and A. Morrison and E. A. Barnes

Handout (903.6 kB)

S85
Climate Change Impacts Around Pituffik Space Base, Greenland: Integration of In Situ Data and a CMIP6 Modeling Approach
Ryan Joseph Engelhard, U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD; and G. R. Henderson, J. Guerard, A. Metzger, T. Mote, J. R. Preece, K. McClure, and J. Schwisow

S86
Greenhouse Gas Emissions from the Food Sector
SEETHARAMAN SESHADRI, UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS URBANA CHMAPAIGN, URBANA, IL; and A. K. Jain

S87
Shifts in End of 21st Century CONUS Consecutive Dry (Wet) Days
Skye Leake, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL; Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, IL; and A. Haberlie, W. S. Ashley, V. A. Gensini, PhD, CCM, and A. C. Michaelis

S88
Harnessing Ocean Salinity as a Measure of Oceanic Moisture Export and Terrestrial Rainfall Variability for Improved Predictions of Wheat Yields in Australia
Andrea Nicole Belvis Aquino, University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez, Mayagüez, PR; WHOI, Woods Hole, MA; and C. C. Ummenhofer and K. T. Carr

S89
Climatological Evaluation on Extreme Precipitation in Florida
Jozette Conti, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL

Handout (2.5 MB)

S90
Historical and Future Projections of Hail Produced by Supercells in the United States
Elizabeth Wawrzyniak, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL; and A. Haberlie, V. A. Gensini, PhD, CCM, W. S. Ashley, and A. C. Michaelis

S91
Sea Surface Salinity as a Subseasonal Predictor for Summer Precipitation in the Midwest
Juliette Rocha, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and M. Arcodia, J. K. Rader, M. Fernandez, and E. A. Barnes

Handout (1.2 MB)

S92
Understanding the Impacts of Tropical Sea Surface Temperature Biases on ENSO Driven North American Precipitation
William Tyler Edwards, Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS; Mississipi State University, Department of Geosciences, Mississippi State, MS; and B. Fosu and Y. H. Lin

S93
Are AMV Impacts Stable Throughout the 20th Century?
Charles James Ogle, RSMAS, San Diego, CA

S95
Reversibility of North Atlantic Climate Change in Response to Stabilization of Anthropogenic CO2

Emission
Theo Williamson Schiminovich, Yale University, New Haven, CT; and Y. Fan and L. Li

Handout (1.9 MB)

S96
Impacts of Sea Surface Temperature Patterns on Global Radiative Response
Pappu Paul, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, Urbana, IL; and C. Proistsescu and M. Sasaki

Handout (2.4 MB)

S97
Differences in Poleward Energy Transport between Two Versions of the Community Earth System Model
Douglas Falter, Iowa State University, Ames, IA; Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and M. Needham, D. A. Randall, and M. Branson

Handout (1.6 MB)

S98
Relations Between the El Niño-Southern Oscillation and River Flow in Oregon and Nothern California
Sabrina Uribe, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR; NSF, Alexandria, VA; Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL

Handout (719.2 kB)


Communication and Social Science
Location: Hall E (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Host: 23rd Annual Student Conference
S99
The Penn State Campus Weather Service: Continued Innovation in Social Media on a College Campus
Christian Spallone, The Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA; and T. Hughes

Handout (6.7 MB)

S100
Characters Building Community: Broadcast Meteorologists and Their Audiences on Facebook
Lindsey Passauer Vázquez, Univ. of Missouri, O'Fallon, MO

Handout (695.3 kB)

S102
Interactive-Explanatory Geospatial Data Visualization on the Web: A Review of Various Open Source Tools
Tammy Zhang, NCAR, Ithaca, NY; and N. Cherukuru, P. Das, N. Sobhani, and D. J. Gagne II

Handout (2.9 MB)

S103
Analysis of NCEP Probabilistic Products
Kyra Schlezinger, NOAA, College Park, MD; University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and J. G. Yoe, K. Klockow McClain, and A. Schneck

Handout (871.1 kB)

S104
Quantifying the Benefit of Hazard Services in Communicating Hazardous Environmental Information
Ethan Carr, University of Colorado, Boulder, Boulder, CO; NOAA, Boulder, CO; CIRES, Boulder, CO; and T. Trogdon, N. R. Hardin, R. Howlett, and J. Vickery

Handout (1.6 MB)

S106
Climate Justice Approach to Major Flooding Events
Anthony P David Jr., NOAA, Silver Spring, MD

S107
Southeast US Oyster Farmers’ Perceptions of Climate Changes and Extreme Weather Events
Haylie Nicole Mikulak, Auburn University, Auburn, AL; and K. McNeal and M. Partyka

S108
What Populations in New York City Are Most Impacted During Cold Weather?
Ashley Yang, Cornell University, Syracuse, NY; and N. F. Laird

S108A
Lightning Safety in Division-One College Football
Magdalene Elizabeth Gossard, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and R. Rasmussen, K. Kuhlman, J. Ringhausen, I. Jeffries, and E. P. Hunt

Handout (3.6 MB)

S110
Comparing Severe Weather Communication, Awareness, and Response between non-Hispanic and Hispanic Communities
Alexis Michele Rodriguez, NSF, Bowling Green, KY; and J. E. Trujillo-Falcón, J. Reedy, and A. R. Gaviria Pabon

S111
S112
Using the Tornado Tales Survey to Measure Warning Reception and Response during Evening and Nocturnal Events
Lauren Alene Harvey, CAPS NWC REU, Norman, OK; Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, MI; and J. E. Sharpe

Handout (1.6 MB)

S113
A New Paradigm of Weather Awareness & Preparedness Within the Norman Community
Alexa Rose Dringus, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; University of Oklahoma Student Chapter of the American Meteorological Society and National Weather Association (OU SCAN), Norman, OK; and S. J. Southward, D. Crutchfield, A. L. Kenny, J. Shumaker, M. Bowen, and J. Widanski

Handout (7.9 MB)

S114
Tornado Communications: Meteorologists' Perceptions and Personal Geographies
Keeli Otto, University of Maryland, College Park, College Park, MD


Data Assimilation and Numerical Weather Prediction
Location: Hall E (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Host: 23rd Annual Student Conference
S115
Forecast Quality of Time-Lagged, Medium-Range, High-Resolution Ensembles Over the United States: May 2023
Anastasia Joy Tomanek, NCAR, Boulder, CO; Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI; and C. S. Schwartz

Handout (6.5 MB)

S116
Storm Displacement Errors in the Warn-on-Forecast System
Brina Marissa Lemke, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; Univ. of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA; and D. R. Stratman and C. K. Potvin

Handout (1.6 MB)

S117
Observed Data Verification of the High-Resolution Rapid Refresh Model Using Spectral Analysis
Isaac Joseph Medina, University Of Oklahoma, Ranchos de Taos, NM; Univ. of Oklahoma School of Meteorology, Norman, OK; and T. M. Bell and E. N. Smith

S119
Numerical Weather Forecast Biases by Region and Climate Zones
Cameron David Gilbert, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC; and S. E. Yuter, R. E. Kennedy, and M. A. Miller

S121
Examining Impacts of Wave Coupling on the Future Global Forecast System (GFS)
Indigo Fox, Stony Brook Univ., East Pembroke, NY; and J. Meixner and L. Stefanova

S123
Validation of JEDI Software for NCEP's Next Generation Unified Forecast System
Kenneth Alexander Swan, Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS

Handout (456.8 kB)


Education
Location: Hall E (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Host: 23rd Annual Student Conference
S124
Implementation of a Climate Decision Support System in an Undergraduate Weather and Climate Classroom
Haven Cashwell, Auburn University, Marshallberg, NC; and K. McNeal

S125
Three - Dimensional Storm Segmentation and Visualization Using Virtual Reality
Abiola Olayinka Ajala, Morgan State University, Glen Burnie, MD; and B. Jallow Jr., A. Coleman, and X. Li

S126
Space Weather Datasets for NOAA's Science on a Sphere
Ethan Robert Balderrama, NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center, Myerstown, PA; and M. Miesch and R. Viereck

Handout (5.0 MB)

S127

Extreme Weather Events
Location: Hall E (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Host: 23rd Annual Student Conference
S128
Extreme Temperature and Adverse Birth Outcomes for Black and White Women in North Carolina from 2011-2020
Bryttani Wooten, The Univ. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Durham, NC

S130
Assessing the Potential of Diurnal Land Surface Temperature at High Spatial Resolution in Monitoring Heatwaves Over India
Kukku Sara P E, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, Mumbai, MH, India; and E. Rajasekaran
Manuscript (1.7 MB)

Handout (1.3 MB)

S131
Potential of Future Weather Extreme Cold Events in Central Texas using CWRF
Christopher "Chuck" Charles Baker, Jr, University of Maryland College Park, College Park, MD; and B. H. Sheppard Sr.

Handout (3.5 MB)

S133
Urban Impacts on Extreme Rainfall: Evidence From a High-Resolution Radar Rainfall Product in the Dallas-Fort Worth Area
Junaid Ahmad, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX; University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX; and M. Sajjad and J. Eisma

Handout (2.3 MB)

S134
Properties of Global Extreme Rainfall Events Identified Using the GPM Precipitation Radar
Quincy Elias Walker, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, Converse, TX; and C. Liu and T. Lavigne

Handout (11.6 MB)

S135
Atmospheric River Forward Speed: Variability, Trend, and Genesis Analysis using NASA ModelE and CYGNSS
Tareen Radhika Haque, City University of New York, City College, New York, NY; and J. F. Booth and A. LeGrande

S136
Atmospheric Rivers and Their Correlation with Severe Weather Events
Kamran Alexander Chowdhury, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH; and J. B. Houser, PhD

Handout (577.9 kB)

S137
An Overview of the Urban Impacts on Supercell Thunderstorms
Emily Kate Barbini, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and R. C. Green

Handout (1.5 MB)

S138
Climatology of Winter and Nocturnal Tornadoes with a Model Simulation Case Study.
Jackson Lane Powers, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY; and X. Fan

S140
Temporal Clustering of East Coast Cyclones
Max Sehaumpai, City College of New York, CUNY, New York, NY; and J. F. Booth

S141
Occurrence of Extreme Events in West Africa and Relationship with the Madden Julian Oscillation
Coumba NIANG, Michigan State University, Okemos; Cheikh Anta Diop University, Dakar, Senegal

Handout (2.5 MB)

S142
Tropical Cyclone Damage Assessment for Predicting Effects of Climate Change on Caribbean Storms
Annie Yang, LDEO, Sugar Land, TX; LDEO, New York, NY; and M. Hemmati, A. H. Sobel, and J. Baldwin

Handout (4.8 MB)


Fire Weather
Location: Hall E (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Host: 23rd Annual Student Conference
S143
Leveraging Machine Learning for a Wildfire Ignition Prediction Model in California
Sita Baaba Nyame, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT; and W. O. Taylor, D. Cerrai, A. Spaulding, M. Denton, M. Koukoula, and F. Yang

Handout (598.1 kB)

S144
Identifying Wildland Fire Data and Use Cases to Support Integration of Fire Weather Metrics into Model Evaluation Tools Plus (METplus) Verification System
Vanessa Dunham, Significant Opportunities in Atmospheric Research and Science (SOARS), Boulder, CO; and A. R. Siems-Anderson

S145
Examining Convective Froude Number as a Fire Spread Rate and Plume Structure Predictor Using WRF Model
Nichola Virginia Maynard, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and M. Eghdami

Handout (5.3 MB)

S146
Assessing the Usefulness of the National Fire Danger Rating System Data for Issuing Red Flag Warnings
Braedyn D McBroom, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR; and C. A. Redmond

S147
S149
Wildfires, Weather, and Climate Change in the Mid-Atlantic
Clare Gibson, NSF, State College, PA; and O. Spencer, C. Hamilton, and E. A. H. Smithwick

Handout (2.0 MB)

S150
Understanding the Effects of Wildfire Smoke on Solar Radiation
Evan Chladny, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK

Handout (4.3 MB)

S151
Treatment of Wildfire Ash in Drinking Water
Tanner S Miller, Millersville University, Millersville, PA; Washington State University, Pullman, WA; and M. Rodela and I. Chowdhury


GIS
Location: Hall E (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Host: 23rd Annual Student Conference
S152
Uncovering Pennsylvania’s Extended Tornado Climatology
Nick Wilkes, Pennsylvania Western Univeristy, California, PA

Handout (8.0 MB)

S153
Using GIS to Analyze New York’s Limited English Proficiency Communities and Improve Multilingual National Weather Service Operations
Liam E. Llewellyn, Cooperative Institute for Severe and High-Impact Weather Research and Operations (CIWRO), Norman, OK; Univ. of Oklahoma Center for Spatial Analysis, Norman, OK; and J. E. Trujillo-Falcón, M. L. Bozeman, and T. D. Fagin

Handout (3.1 MB)

S154
Characterizing the Urban Land Surface Temperature via an Innovative Multi-Platformed Suit of Satellite and Ground-Based Remote Sensing Technologies
Kip Nielsen, NASA, NY, NY; and J. A. Grey, A. L. Lofthouse, T. Islam, S. Sharma, H. Norouzi, and R. Blake
Manuscript (92.8 kB)

Handout (9.0 MB)

S156
Mapping Storm Surge by using ArcGIS Pro in Tampa, FL
Danasia Sanaye Sproles, Jackson State University, Greenwood, MS
Manuscript (44.7 kB)

Handout (390.9 kB)


Hydrometeorology and Flooding
Location: Hall E (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Host: 23rd Annual Student Conference
S157
Historical Summer Rainfall and Lightning Events in the Southern Appalachian Mountains
Rebecca Turner, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC; and T. A. Marks and D. K. Miller

Handout (1.6 MB)

S158
Climatology of Floods and their Associated Weather Systems in North Carolina
Alyssa L Griffin, North Carolina State University, Londonderry, NH; and E. G. Hoffman

Handout (1.3 MB)

S159
Assessing Hydrologic Cycle Dynamics Using High-Resolution Satellite Imagery
Ankith R Bachhu, University of Maryland, College Park, College Park, MD; and V. Petkovic and E. H. Berbery

Handout (7.0 MB)

S160
Microphysical Process Variability within Taiwan's Mei-Yu and Non-Mei-Yu Storms
Ivan Martinez Sloan, NSF, Alexandria, VA; and A. K. Rowe

Handout (1.9 MB)

S160A
Weather Analysis and Visualization for Everyone (WAVE)
Arhum Aamir, NSF, Kew Gardens, NY

Handout (2.5 MB)

S161
The Conditional Relationship Between Atmospheric River Moisture, Wind, and Precipitation in Satellite Observations
Emilio Yanez Jr., Univ. of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA; and W. Ma and G. Chen

Handout (2.0 MB)

S162
S164
Estimation of Evapotranspiration Using Multimodel Ensemble
Athira K V, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India; and E. Rajasekaran, G. Boulet, R. Nigam, and B. K. Bhattacharya
Manuscript (97.1 kB)

Handout (1.5 MB)

S165
Peaks-over-Threshold Analysis for Watershed-Average Precipitation and Streamflow in the Baltimore Metropolitan Area
Mac S Luu, University of Maryland - Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD; and A. J. Miller, J. A. Smith, and M. L. Baeck

S166
A Comparative Study Between the Precipitable Water and the Effective Precipitable Water as Predictors of Rainfall in Puerto Rico
Kevin Martinez Lopez, University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez, Mayagüez, PR; and H. Jimenez-Gonzalez, E. Rodríguez, and C. Villanueva-Birriel

S167
Quantifying Meltwater on the George VI Ice Shelf, Antarctica
Victoria Lee McPeek, Penn state REU, University Park, PA


Lightning
Location: Hall E (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Host: 23rd Annual Student Conference
S168
Analysis of the Lightning During the 2022-23 Lake-Effect Electrification (LEE) Project East of Lake Ontario
Benjamin Michael Lamsma, SUNY Oswego, Oswego, NY; and T. Weist, Y. Wang, and S. M. Steiger

Handout (1013.6 kB)

S169
Investigating Thunderstorm Characteristics and Hazards Disposition: A Case Study of Correlations Between DCLMA Total Lightning Flash Information and NEXRAD Signatures in the Baltimore-Washington Urban Corridor
Aaron J. Poyer, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD; University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD; and J. Halverson

S171
Correlation Between Differential Reflectivity and Anomalous Cloud-to-Ground Lightning in Mesoscale Convective Systems
Zachary Scott McDaniel, Iowa State University, Ames, IA; and E. V. Schultz, C. J. Schultz, and D. Flory


Mesoscale Meteorology
Location: Hall E (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Host: 23rd Annual Student Conference
S172
Fatalities Associated with Severe Thunderstorms
Alycia T Triplett, NCAS-M II, Washington, DC; NOAA, Washington, DC

S173
Assessing Dew Point Depression as an Indicator of Wintertime QLCSs in NC
Andrea Benz, NC State University, Durham, NC, NC; and S. P. Heuser and S. Saia

Handout (769.2 kB)

S174
The 6 June 2020 Western U.S. Derecho
Thomas Peter Silas, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and H. E. Fuelberg

Handout (8.7 MB) Handout (8.7 MB)

S175
Impact of Storm Motion on Interactions between Squall Lines and Urban Areas
Dominic Craig LaDuke, University of Louisville, New Albany, IN

S176
Is Convective Initiation of Weak Synoptically Forced and Pulse Thunderstorms Dependent on Land Cover Classification?
Dylan J Girone, NWS Louisville, Louisville, KY; The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

S178
An Apparent Eastward Shift in United States Tornadic Activity
James Joseph Miezejeski, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO; and L. Sun, J. W. Hurrell, and M. E. Franke

Handout (4.4 MB)

S179
Characteristics and Statistics of Tropical Cyclone Tornadoes and Warning Skill.
Walter Ray McGavran, Loyola University Chicago, Lexington, KY; and B. A. Schenkel, T. Sandmael, K. M. Calhoun, and A. A. Alford

S180
Finding the Best Link Between SPC Tornado Forecast Verifications and Known Severe Weather Parameters
Josh Nathanael Schwarz, Iowa State University, Ames, IA; and J. M. Peters and C. Y. Su

Handout (817.4 kB)

S181
An Investigation of the Canadian Prairie Supercell Thunderstorms Characteristics
Mostofa Kamal, Univ. of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada; and Y. Li and Z. Li

S182
Matching Overshooting Storms with Nearby Radiosondes to Analyze Near-Storm Environment
Kate Olivia Stapleton, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and C. J. Nowotarski, K. Bowman, A. D. Rapp, and D. Bissell

S183
Sounding Parameters Associated with Severe and Non-Severe Thunderstorm Days in Northern New England
Erin Terese McEvoy, Plymouth State University, Plymouth, NH; and J. L. Cavallon and E. G. Hoffman

Handout (915.4 kB)

S184
Radar Morphologies For Severe and Non-Severe Thunderstorm Days in Northern New England
Jamie-Lyn Cavallon, University of Massachusetts-Lowell, Lowell, MA; and E. McEvoy and E. G. Hoffman

Handout (541.8 kB)

S185
Response of Simulated Supercells to the Evolving Near-Storm Environment around the 1 September 2021 Annapolis Tornado
Justin Guidera, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD; and S. Loeffler

S186
The Sensitivity of Supercell Thunderstorm Behavior Near Complex Terrain in the Central and Southern Appalachians
Logan Twohey, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC; and C. E. Davenport

Handout (2.4 MB)

S187
Idealized Simulations of Supercell Thunderstorm Interactions Near Stationary Boundaries
Jasen Greco, Univ. of North Carolina at Charlotte, Concord, NC

Handout (3.5 MB)

S188
Identifying Common Traits for Squall Line Tornadoes in the Ohio Valley
Hanna J McDaniel, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and R. Sharp


Observations and Instrumentation
Location: Hall E (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Host: 23rd Annual Student Conference
S189
Mobile Lidar Observations of Supercell Inflow During the TORUS - LItE Field Campaign
Bobby Saba, CIWRO, Norman, OK; Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and M. Coniglio

S190
Design and Implementation of a Ground Based Microwave Radiometer
Matias Santiago Calderon, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
Manuscript (62.7 kB)

Handout (335.2 kB)

S191
Design of a Mobile Tropospheric Ozone Lidar and Ozone Profiling in New York During Summer 2023
Thomas Ely, City College of New York, New York, NY; NOAA Center for Earth System Sciences and Remote Sensing Technologies, New York, NY; and D. Li, T. Legbandt, Y. Wu, M. Arend, and F. Moshary

Handout (1.2 MB)

S192
S193
Influence of Soil Moisture on Rainfall and Cloud Properties in the Houston Area during TRACER
Jacob Lee Fields, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH; Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY; and A. J. Drager, M. P. Jensen, J. M. Park, and H. Dashtian

Handout (2.1 MB)

S194
Estimation of precipitation-induced surface sensible heat flux over Darwin, Australia
Gabriel Matthew Taylor, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL

Handout (1.8 MB)

S195
False Alarms in the Satellite-Based IR Difference: When Maritime Low Clouds are Overstated at Night
Jesse David Turner, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and S. D. Miller, Y. J. Noh, W. Line, and C. D. Kummerow

S196
Soil Moisture Measurement Variability: A Duel of Instruments and Rainfall
Tyler Nutting, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH; and A. Peters, J. Scheufler, G. White, J. Zhang, and J. K. Beck

Handout (1.1 MB)

S197
How Accurate are They? A Rain Gauge Quality Comparison
Cassandra Jo Isenberger, Student Chapter of the American Meteorological Society at Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI; and M. Zoerner, M. Tuftedal, and M. A. Grover

Handout (961.4 kB)

S198
Temperature and Radiation Sensor Performance During Lightning Events
James Roger Smith, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL; and S. K. Kimball

S199
Comparison of Weather Stations at Various Price Points
Melanie Jean Augenstein, Metropolitan State University of Denver, Denver, CO; and D. Nusbaum

Handout (4.3 MB)


Operational and Local Meteorology
Location: Hall E (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Host: 23rd Annual Student Conference
S200
Statistical and Spatial Analysis of Precipitation-Related Crashes in Hennepin County, Minnesota from 2018 to 2022
Ewan Tyrus Newbold, St. Cloud State University, St Cloud, MN; and R. C. Nogueira and E. J. Paciorek

Handout (1.8 MB)

S201
Relationship of Weather-Related Car Crashes with Casualties, time, Crash Density, and Storm Type.
Elijah James Paciorek, Ohio University, Athens, OH; NSF, Alexandria, VA; Plymouth State University, Plymouth, NH; and E. T. Newbold and R. C. Nogueira
Manuscript (111.1 kB)

Handout (1.9 MB)

S202
Analysis of Persistent Bias and Suggested Improvements in Forecasting Temperatures Patterns over Canaan Valley in West Virginia with the National Blend of Models
Ethan Michael Schaefer, NWS, Silver Spring, MD; NWS/AFS, Silver Spring, MD; Pennsylvania State Univ., Univ. Park, PA; and Y. J. Kim, M. A. Tew, R. Leffler, J. B. Settelmaier, M. Pondeca, and M. T. Morris

Handout (1.4 MB)

S204
Evaluating Numerical Weather Prediction Forecasting Accuracy in Columbus, Ohio
Megan Shaffer, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH; and S. Porter, D. Baltes, A. Giovannucci, and J. K. Beck
Manuscript (7.9 MB)

Handout (782.1 kB)

S205
An Analysis of Doppler Radar Coverage and its Effect on Tornado Warning Lead Time in Southeastern Ohio
James Surya Zinnbauer, Ohio Univ., Athens, OH; and J. B. Houser, PhD

Handout (558.8 kB)

S206
Radar Characteristics of Tornadic Convection in Pennsylvania Sampled by Radar at Short Range
Matthew Teare Jr., NWS, State College, PA; and M. R. Colbert and M. L. Jurewicz Sr.


Polar Meteorology
Location: Hall E (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Host: 23rd Annual Student Conference
S210
Statistical Analysis of Arctic Cyclone Influence on Sea Ice Concentration (SIC) and Extent (SIE)
Joseph F. Rotondo, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and S. Cavallo and R. Clancy

S212
Predicting Laptev Sea Ice Concentration via Deep Neural Networks
Beatrice Elizabeth Howell Shea, United States Air Force Academy, USAFA, CO

Handout (1.2 MB)

S213
Antarctic Atmospheric River Interaction with Sea Ice
Gabrielle Alyce Linscott, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD; NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD; and C. Parker, L. Boisvert, E. S. Valkonen, and B. Woods

S214
Spatial Analysis on the Potential Relationship of Ozone and Surface Conditions in Antarctica
Sage Coty Lail, SoM University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and K. Adams and M. Leonard

S215
What Causes the Low-Level Cloud Increase from April to May Over the Arctic Ocean?
Ryan Sandler Haas, Univ. of Miami, Coral Gables, FL

Handout (2.0 MB)


Radar Meteorology
Location: Hall E (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Host: 23rd Annual Student Conference
S216
The Behavior of a Giant Hail Producing Supercell in Oklahoma on 23 May 2011 Using Data from Four Doppler Radars
Leah M Swinney, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; Cooperative Institute for Severe and High-Impact Weather Research and Operations, Norman, OK; and H. B. Bluestein and J. C. Snyder

S217
Intercomparison of Ground-Based Raxpol Mobile Radar and WSR-88D Operational Radar with the GPM Spaceborne Radar during Hurricane Ian
Tan Duy Dao, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; and Y. Wen, Z. Li, W. Qian, M. D. TZENG, T. Y. Yu, and D. J. Bodine

Handout (2.3 MB)

S218
Examining Circulation Over Varying Spatial Scales for the May 31st, 2013, El Reno Tornado
Patricia Hutton, SUNY Brockport, Brockport, NY; and C. Griffin and D. J. Bodine

Handout (3.3 MB)

S220
Comparing Differential Reflectivity Arcs Between Phased Array and Conventional Radar Data
Ethan B. Steward, NWC REU, Norman, OK; NWC REU, Norman, OK

Handout (3.1 MB)

S221
Validating Model Freezing Level Heights for West Lafayette, Indiana using Purdue University Radiosonde Data
Danielle Elise Harr, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN; and R. L. Tanamachi

Handout (1013.3 kB)

S223
Analyzing False-Alarm Factors for Tornado Warnings in Florida and New Mexico
Robert Michael Szot, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL

S224
An Analysis of Tropical Cyclone Supercells with Variable Electrification
Robby Michael Frost, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and S. J. Southward, C. Welty, A. A. Alford, and J. H. Ruppert Jr.

Handout (3.2 MB)

S225
Cataloging Snow Band Vertical Structure: Insights from NASA IMPACTS and NEXRAD Data
Jordan Fritz, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; and L. M. Tomkins, S. E. Yuter, and M. A. Miller

S226
Effects of Beam Occultation on Radar-Based Precipitation Estimates From the Purdue University X-band Teaching and Research Radar (XTRRA)
McKenna Lee Eichenauer, Purdue University, Westfield, IN; Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN; and R. Tanamachi and J. Bruss

Handout (2.4 MB)

S227
Investiagting The Rain Rate Relationship Using The Skyler X-Band Phased Array Radar.
Sophia Elizabeth Schutte, Hampton University, Hampton, VA


Space Weather
Location: Hall E (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Host: 23rd Annual Student Conference
S228
The Use of Space-Based and Ground-Based Observations to Analyze Extended Solar Coronal Jets
Chandler Xavier Jenkins, UCAR SOARS, Boulder, CO; and S. Farid

Handout (1.2 MB)


Synoptic Meteorology
Location: Hall E (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Host: 23rd Annual Student Conference
S230
Statistical Correlation Between Jet Superpositions and Extreme Weather Events in the Winter/Cool Season.
Jay Michael Edelmon, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. W. McAllister, N. Bailey, C. Watson, and S. M. Cavallo

Handout (718.3 kB)

S232
A Case Study of the Onset of the North American Monsoon 16-17 July 2002
Michael Hodges, Florida Institute of Technology, Indian Harbour Beach, FL; and M. Costa

S233
Factors Influencing Snowfall Accumulations during Atmospheric River Events Over the Antarctic Peninsula
Seryna Robles, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and A. C. Winters, M. Maclennan, D. Dunmire, Z. R. Michael, and B. Eckerman

S234
Differences in Overlying Synoptic Environments between Lake-Effect and Non-Lake-Effect Snow Associated Colorado Cyclones
Kevin Michael Lamberson, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL; and J. Wiley


Tropical Meteorology
Location: Hall E (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Host: 23rd Annual Student Conference
S235
Tropical Cyclone Initiation
Joseph William Riggle, UMass Lowell, Greenland, NH; and F. P. Colby Jr.

Handout (1.3 MB)

S236
Watch/Warning Verification for US-Landfalling Tropical Cyclones since 2017
Declan Matthew Crowe, NHC, Miami, FL; and J. P. Cangialosi and L. Bucci, PhD

S237
Pacific Tropical Cyclone Trends Related to the Evolution of the Most Impactful Meteorological Tools
Helena Beatrice Tsigos, NOAA, Honolulu, HI; NWS Honolulu / Central Pacific Hurricane Center, Honolulu, HI; and C. Brenchley

S238
“El Niño - Impacts on South America”
Sabrina Eloisa Gonzalez, University of the Incarnate Word, San Antonio, TX; and V. C. Mayta and A. F. Adames

S240
Analysis of Ability of HighResMIP Models to Simulate ENSO-TC Relationship
Sophia DiPietro, Barnard College of Columbia University, New York, NY; and S. J. Camargo and J. García-Franco

Handout (1.2 MB)

S241
On the Mechanisms Controlling the Rainy Season Transition Period in the Southern Congo Basin
Sarah Worden, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA; and R. Fu

Handout (1.7 MB)

S242
Towards a Reliable Outlook of the Seasonal Evolution of the Southeast Asian Monsoon Rainy Season
Alice Sarah Brennan, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and V. Misra

Handout (1.1 MB)

S243
Influence of Tropical Cyclone Biparjoy on Arabian Sea Mini Warm Pool: Insights from EKAMSAT Pilot Cruise
Selina Bolella, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN; and D. Gamage, G. Modjeski, J. Phadtare, E. J. Thompson, A. Tandon, C. M. Lee, and H. J. S. Fernando

Handout (5.4 MB)

S245
Environmental Moisture Influence on African Mesoscale Convective Systems (MCSs)
Stephanie Marie Ortiz Rosario, University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez, Mayagüez, PR; and K. M. Nunez Ocasio, Z. Moon, and C. Davis

S246
Investigating the Predictability of Tropical Cyclogenesis through a Comparison of African Easterly Wave Seasons
Brooke Johanna Weiser, University of Miami, Arlington, VA; University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science, Miami, FL; and Q. Lawton and S. Majumdar, Ph.D.

Handout (2.6 MB)

S247
Connecting African Easterly Wave Development and Offshore Precipitation
Patrick Thornton, NWC REU, Waxhaw, NC; and S. N. Wu and N. Sakaeda

S248
Understanding the Large Scale Environment Impacts on Tropical Cyclone Rapid Intensification in a Warming Climate
Alrick Livingston Green, NCAS, District of Columbia, DC; and X. Zhang and S. Chiao

S249
Examining Events where Simulated Tropical Cyclones Exceed their Theoretical Maximum Potential Intensification Rate
Brittany Lazzaro, Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ; and D. A. Schecter, I. Mansfield, and C. M. Rozoff

S251
Asymmetric Structure of Tropical Cyclones in the Community Atmosphere Model 5 (CAM5)
Chase Purdy, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and J. Carstens, K. M. Nardi, B. S. Rojas, N. R. Barron, A. C. Didlake Jr., and C. M. Zarzycki

Handout (5.9 MB)

S252
COSMIC-2 Radio Occultation Temperature and Water Vapor Soundings during Hurricane Ian (2022)
Juan L. Colón Pérez, University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez, Mayaguez, PR; and R. A. Anthes, J. Starr, and W. Randel

Handout (811.1 kB)

S253
Observational Analysis of Tropical Cyclone Tornadoes in Gulfport, Mississippi During Hurricane Isaac 2012
Zebulon W. Leffler, The University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL

S254
Raindrop Microphysics in Warm Rain Precipitation Features Inferred from 6-Year GPM Dual Frequency Radar Retrievals
Kelsey Olson, Texas A&M University Corpus Christi, Kyle, TX; Texas A&M University Corpus Christi, Corpus Christi, TX; and C. Liu

Handout (1.7 MB)


Winter Weather
Location: Hall E (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Host: 23rd Annual Student Conference
S256
The Relationship Between Radar-Observed Mesoscale Snowbands and their Environment in a New England Blizzard during the NASA IMPACTS Field Campaign
Macintyre M Syrett, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and E. Chladny, G. Glanton, J. Simpson, and H. B. Bluestein

Handout (3.3 MB)

S257
Public Transportation Decision Making Given DOT Products During Winter Weather Events
Mara J. Davis, University of Oklahoma Student Chapter of the American Meteorological Society and National Weather Association (OU SCAN), Norman, OK; and I. J. Medina, V. Dunham, and R. Medina

Handout (1.2 MB)

S258
Expanding the Nebraska Winter Severity Index
Thomas Sander Kauzlarich, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE; and M. Anderson, C. L. Walker, Ph.D., A.M.ASCE, and L. Chen

Handout (4.0 MB)

S259
Frequency and Influence of Elevated Mixed Layers Upwind of the Great Lakes
Elizabeth Abbamonte, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Champaign, IL; and S. R. Bhimireddy and D. A. R. Kristovich

Handout (384.9 kB)

S260
A Classification of High Impact Snowstorms in Oneonta, NY.
August Kaapcke LePique, SUNY Oneonta, New York, NY

Handout (1.7 MB)

S261
Changes In Extreme Winter Wind Chill Temperature Across the U.S. and Canada
Matt Sinnenberg, SUNY Albany, Burnt Hills, NY; and N. F. Laird and C. Crowell

S262
A Numerical Case Study of IOP2 During Project LEE Using the Weather Research and Forecasting Model
Thomas James White, State Univ. of New York at Oswego, Oswego, NY; and Y. Wang and S. M. Steiger

Handout (2.3 MB)

S263
Evaluating the Performance of the National Blend of Models During High Impact Winter Weather in New England
Christopher Gilberti, Univ. at Albany, SUNY, Albany, NY; SUNY, Cortlandt Manor, NY

Handout (2.3 MB)

S264
'Influence of Atmospheric Rivers (ARs) on Ice Storms in Great Lakes Region'
Kyle J Dailey, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; University of Delaware, Geography, Newark, DE; and F. Marsik and C. Pettersen

Handout (1.7 MB)

7:35 PM-8:30 PM: Sunday, 28 January 2024


Student Conference ePosters (Rotation #2)
Location: Hall E (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Host: 23rd Annual Student Conference
SE11
Inferring Surface Flux Partitioning over LAND from an Evolving Boundary Layer
Briah Davis, George Mason Univ., Fairfax, VA; and P. A. Dirmeyer

SE13
Virtual Reality Educational Module to Demonstrate the Law of Faraday Cage
Ashmita Pyne, Univ. of Maryland/CISESS, North Potomac, MD; and G. Fang, D. J. Figueroa, and S. D. Rudlosky

Handout (240.0 kB)

SE14
Investigating the Satellite Resolution Required for Confident Coverage of Earth's Surface Radiation Measurements
Maya Niyogi, LRC, Hampton, VA; Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

Handout (2.9 MB)

SE15
Projections of Summertime Hot and Dry Compound Extremes in North America Using Large Ensemble Simulations
Jonathan Lee, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY; GFDL, Princeton, NJ; and L. Jia, C. McHugh, and T. L. Delworth

Handout (2.1 MB)

SE16
Determining the Influence of Broadcast Visuals and Messaging on the Public's Risk Perception and Intent to Shelter in Tornado Warnings
Kristina Marie Balentine, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS; and K. Sherman-Morris, B. F. Gutter, and P. S. Poe

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