28th Conference on Probability and Statistics

Program Chairs: Tara L. Jensen , NOAA ; Yu Zhang , The University of Texas at Arlington ; Julia Velletta ; Ronak Patel , California Institute of Technology ; Xuguang Wang , University of Oklahoma ; Michael E. Baldwin ; Jacob T. Radford

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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 #2
Hosts: (Joint between the Virtual Posters; the 38th Conference on Hydrology; the 37th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 24th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation; the 28th Conference on Probability and Statistics; and the 28th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Ocean, and Land Surface )
Cochairs: Zhaoxia Pu, University of Utah; Suzana J. Camargo, PhD, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University; Kyle R. Knipper, USDA; Stephanie J. Avey
V18
37CVC Wildfires and Greenhouse Gases across the Southwestern USA
Nolan Tai, Troy High School, Fullerton, CA; and X. Jiang and Y. Yung

V20
37CVC Teleconnections Link to Summer Heat Extremes in the South-Central U.S.: Insights from CMIP5 and CMIP6 Simulations
Jung Hee Ryu, Gangneung-Wonju National University, Gangneung, South korea; Gangneung-Wonju National University, Gangneung-si, Gangwon-do, Korea, Republic of (South); and S. L. Kang

V23
37CVC Assessing the Impact of the Recent Warming in the East China Sea on a Torrential Rain Event in Northern Kyushu (Japan) in Early July 2017
Atsuyoshi Manda, Mie University, Tsu, Mie, Japan; and S. Iizuka, H. Nakamura, and T. Miyasaka

V24
V24A
37CVC Future Contribution of African Easterly Waves to Precipitation Extreme Events in CMIP6
Tomviezibe Cephas Dombo, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, New Delhi, DL, India; Nigerian Meteorological Agency, Abuja, Abuja, Nigeria; and K. M. AchutaRao and S. Sukumaran

V25
38HYDRO The Effect of Greenhouse Gas Induced Warming on the Impact of El Niño and La Niña Events on Precipitation Extremes
Qiaohong Sun, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China; and F. W. Zwiers and X. ZHANG

V26
38HYDRO Recent Developments of the 200-Member West-WRF Near Real-Time Forecast Ensemble
Daniel F. Steinhoff, Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Univ. of California San Diego, San Diego, CA; and B. Kawzenuk, M. Simpson, N. R. Mascioli, M. Ghazvinian, PhD, A. Sengupta, L. Delle Monache, R. Weihs, C. Papadopoulos, and M. M. Ralph

V27
38HYDRO Understanding the Sensitivity of Different Drought Indices to Soil Moisture Variations in Africa
Aolin Jia, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, Belvaux, ESCH-SUR-ALZETTE, Luxembourg; and T. Hu and K. Mallick

V27A
38HYDRO Landsat Imagery Shows a Recent Accelerating Rate of Increase in Land Evapotranspiration.
Hadi Jaafar, PhD, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon; and L. Sujud

V27B
38HYDRO Use of Machine Learned Mutual Information Between Drought Factors Influencing the USDM
Michael Shaw, NOAA, Manchester; NOAA, Asheville, NC; and S. Ansari, D. M. Mocko, S. Yatheendradas, and J. Fain
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Handout (726.5 kB)

V27C
38HYDRO Estimating 3-m Evapotranspiration Using Planet, OpenET, and Machine Learning Techniques
Rui Gao, PhD, Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS; and Y. Yang, K. Knipper, M. Mar Alsina, L. A. Sanchez, F. Melton, H. Nieto, N. E. Bambach, F. Gao, J. Alfieri, M. C. Anderson, W. Kustas, L. E. Hipps, and A. Torres-Rua

V28
24SMOI Fog Structure and Stability at Sable Island in July 2022
Clive Edgar Dorman, SIO, La Jolla, CA; and D. Koračin and G. Gašparac

V29
24SMOI The Kavaratti Project: Meteorology Over the Lakshadweep Sea For Climate Simulation
NARAYANAN M KOMERATH, Taksha Institute, Hampton, VA; Taksha Institute, Hampton, VA; and S. Meti, R. Ramachandran, and R. Deepak

V30
24SMOI Infrasonic Detection of Tornadoes Using Interferometric Beamforming
Christopher Francis Sterpka, Georgia Tech Research Institute, Smyrna, GA

V31
24SMOI Winds over DC
William Pendergrass, ATDD, OAK RIDGE, TN; and N. Lichiheb, A. Stein, S. Baidar, and W. A. Brewer

V32
28IOAS NWP-Based Evaluation of Radiosonde Network and AMDAR Data in China
JIAN XIA GUO, CMA Meteorological Observation Center, BEIJING, 11, China

V32A
2FUTURE Implementing, Strengthening and Sustaining Multi-Hazard Early Warning Systems in Caribbean Small Island Developing States
Stephanie Gallasch, M.A., WMO, Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland; and R. Martinez Guingla

V32AB
2FUTURE Application of XGBoost to Site-specific Weather Forecast in Australia
Mengmeng Han, BoM, Brisbane, QLD, Australia; and T. Leeuwenburg and B. Murphy

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

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

Recording files available
2B
Probabilistic Forecasting and Uncertainty Analysis: Theory and Application I
Location: 340 (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the 38th Conference on Hydrology; and the 28th Conference on Probability and Statistics )
Chair: Huiling Yuan, Nanjing University
Cochairs: Yu Zhang, The University of Texas at Arlington; Kuolin Hsu, University of California, Irvine
11:00 AM
2B.2
11:15 AM
2B.3
How many members are necessary to reduce errors in ensemble spread in hydrometeorological forecasts?
Michael A. Brunke, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and X. Zeng, W. D. Scheftic, L. Delle Monache, M. Simpson, and D. F. Steinhoff

11:30 AM
2B.4
Impacts of Combining Various Types of Perturbation Methods on Convection-Permitting Ensemble Forecasting of Precipitation during SCMREX
Xubin Zhang, Guangzhou Institute of Tropical and Marine Meteorology, CMA, Guangzhou, China

11:45 AM
2B.5

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
3
Living in a Changing Environment: The Future of Probabilistic Forecasting, Decision Support, & Verification
Location: Johnson AB (Hilton Baltimore Inner Harbor)
Hosts: (Joint between the Second Symposium on the Future of Weather, Forecasting, and Practice; and the 28th Conference on Probability and Statistics )
Cochairs: Michael E. Baldwin, NSF; Sarah Perfater, NWS
1:45 PM
3.1
A Roadmap for NWS Probabilistic Impact Decision Support Services (IDSS)
Jeff S. Waldstreicher, NWS, Bohemia, NY; and R. Bandy, K. K. Gilbert, G. Cooper, PhD, and S. B. Smith

2:00 PM
3.2
DESI - The Newest Decision Support Tool for Fast and Meaningful Interrogation of Ensemble-based Numerical Weather Data
Travis Wilson, GSL - Global Systems Laboratory, Broomfield, CO; GSL, Boulder, CO; and J. Q. Stewart, R. Howlett, J. T. Radford, C. Kahler, K. Anderson, D. D. Nietfeld, A. A. Coleman, and C. Vaughn

2:15 PM
3.3
An Update on Recent Development with the National Blend of Models
Steven L. Levine, NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and D. E. Rudack, R. James, E. Engle, S. Scallion, C. Buxton, A. Schnapp, S. Perfater, G. Manikin, W. Yan, B. Haynes, and G. G. Leone

2:45 PM
3.5
Advances in Freezing Rain Accumulation Verification, Reporting Practices, Communication, and Governance
Eric M. Guillot, NOAA/NWS/AFSO, Silver Spring, MD; and S. Perfater, M. Muccilli, and A. Lamers

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 )

Probabilistic Forecasting and Uncertainty Analysis: Theory and Application - Posters
Location: Hall E (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the 38th Conference on Hydrology; and the 28th Conference on Probability and Statistics )
Chair: Huiling Yuan, Nanjing University
Cochairs: Yu Zhang, The University of Texas at Arlington; Kuolin Hsu, University of California, Irvine
16
A Study on the Enhancement Mechanism of the Eastward Moving Convective Clouds over the Tibetan Plateau and their Enhancement in the Secondary Terrain
wang xiaofang, Institute of Heavy Rain, China Meteorological Administration,Wuhan, Wuhan, Hubei, China

17
Vertical Structures of Raindrop Size Distributions over Middle and Lower Reaches of the Yangtze River during Meiyu Period in 2020
Bin Wang, Institute of Heavy Rain, China Meteorological Administration, Wuhan, Wuhan, Hubei, China; and L. Zhou, Z. Fu, and G. Xu

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 )

6:30 PM-9:00 PM: Monday, 29 January 2024


Technology and Data-science Mixer
Location: Key Ballroom Salon 3-4 (Hilton Baltimore Inner Harbor)
Hosts: (Joint between the Networking and Events; the 28th Conference on Probability and Statistics; the 23rd Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science; the 14th Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using the Programming Languages of Open Science; and the 10th Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate )

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

Recording files available
Session 5
Ensembles and Post-Processing I
Location: 302/303 (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Host: 28th Conference on Probability and Statistics
Cochairs: Tom Hamill; Cristiana Stan, George Mason University
8:30 AM
5.1
Ensemble Prediction Systems and Application at China Meteorological Administration
Jing Chen, CMA Earth System Modeling and Prediction Centre, Beijing, China; CMA Earth System Modeling and Prediction Centre, Beijing, China

8:45 AM
5.2
Optimizing Downscaling Strategy through Selective Culling of NOAA Operational Forecast Ensemble for Cost-Effective Prediction
Guangwei Li, Univ. of Maryland at College Park, Greenbelt, MD; Univ. of Maryland, College Park, College Park, MD; and C. Sun and X. Z. Liang

9:00 AM
5.3
Assessing the Use of Prior Skill for Merging NMME Ensembles
William D. Scheftic, The Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and X. Zeng, M. A. Brunke, M. J. DeFlorio, A. Ouyed, and E. Sanden

9:15 AM
5.4
Forecast Quality of Time-Lagged, Medium-Range, High-Resolution Ensembles over the United States
Anastasia Joy Tomanek, NCAR, Boulder, CO; Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI; and C. S. Schwartz

9:30 AM
5.5
Machine Learning Enhancement for Climate Change Projection of Hazardous Convective Weather
Nathan Erickson, Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA; Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA; and C. M. Patricola

9:45 AM
5.6
Multivariate Similarity Metric Development for Analog Ensembles
Laura Clemente, Engineer Research and Development Center, Springfield, VA; and W. Hu, G. Cervone, and B. Hoch

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

Recording files available
Session 7
Ensembles and Post-Processing II
Location: 302/303 (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Host: 28th Conference on Probability and Statistics
Cochairs: Julia Velletta; Yu Zhang, The University of Texas at Arlington
1:45 PM
7.1
Development of Precipitation Postprocessing at the Weather Company
Thomas M. Hamill, The Weather Company, Boulder, CO; and L. C. Gaudet, J. K. Williams, J. P. Koval, and C. Guiang

2:00 PM
7.2
A Comparison of Simple Methods for the Postprocessing of Wind Speed
Thomas M. Hamill, The Weather Company, Boulder, CO

2:15 PM
7.3
2:30 PM
7.4
Development of a Model Blending Capability for the United States Air Force
Timothy Bonin, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA; and P. M. Stepanian, D. Morse, and J. C. Pena

Handout (1.8 MB)

2:45 PM
7.5
Predictability of Rainfall over Equatorial East Africa in the ECMWF Raw and Post Processed Ensemble Hindcast on Short to Medium-Range Time Scales
Simon Ageet, Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research, Karlsruhe, Germany; and A. H. Fink, M. Maranan, and B. Schulz

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
J8
Statistics and Machine Learning for Climate Science
Location: 302/303 (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the 28th Conference on Probability and Statistics; the 37th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; and the 23rd Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science )
Cochairs: Julia Velletta; Vanderlei Vargas Jr. Jr.
4:30 PM
J8.1
The Climate Change Deniers are Wrong: Evidence from NOAA's Barrow Atmospheric Observatory in Alaska
Kevin F Forbes, Energy and Environmental Data Science, Malahide, D, Ireland

4:45 PM
J8.2
Prediction of Tropical Pacific Rain Rates with Over-parameterized Neural Networks
Hojun You, Univ. of Houston, Houston, TX; and M. Jun, R. Saravanan, C. J. Schumacher, J. Wang, and R. Wong

5:00 PM
J8.3
Subseasonal-to-Decadal Analog Forecasting Using Spatially-Weighted Masks Learned By a Neural Network
Jamin K. Rader, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and E. A. Barnes, M. Fernandez, and J. Landsberg

5:15 PM
J8.4
A Stochastic Statistical Model for U.S. Outbreak-Level Tornado Occurrence Based on the Large-Scale Environment
Kelsey M. Malloy, Columbia Univ., New York, NY; Columbia Univ., New York, NY; and M. K. Tippett

5:30 PM
J8.5
Building Asymmetry into PCA and Application to ENSO
Erik T. Swenson, George Mason Univ., Fairfax, VA

5:45 PM
J8.6
Constraining the Simulated Radiative Effects of Biomass Burning in Southern Africa
Victor Alejandro Sanchez, Carnegie Mellon Univ., Pittsburgh, PA; Carnegie Mellon Univ., Pittsburgh, PA; and J. Carzon, M. Kuusela, and H. Gordon

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
Ensemble Techniques Across Applications
Location: 302/303 (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Host: 28th Conference on Probability and Statistics
Cochairs: Michelle A. Harrold, NCAR; Jeff McQueen, NOAA NWS NCEP EMC
8:30 AM
9.1
Calibrating Multi-Scale Deterministic and Probabilistic Forecasts
Ziqiang Huo, Nanjing Univ. of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, JiangSu, China; and P. Liu and Y. Wang

8:45 AM
9.2
Validation of a High-Resolution WRF Forecast Ensemble for ESCAPE
Yishi Hu, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and Z. Lebo

9:00 AM
9.3
9:15 AM
9.4
A Visibility Risk-Assessment Tool for Maritime Operations
Kathryn Lynn Verlinden, PhD, Applied Ocean Sciences, Springfield, VA

9:30 AM
9.5
Moving to Ensembles and Probabilistic Data: Ensuring Forecasters Are Ready
Andrew Just, NWS, Office of Central Processing, Kansas City, MO; and J. K. Jordan, K. Scharfenberg, and B. Guarente

Handout (2.0 MB)

9:45 AM
9.6
Advancing Situational Awareness of Forecast Scenarios through Ensemble Sensitivity Analysis
Austin A. Coleman, CIRES / WPC, College Park, MD; and J. A. Nelson Jr. and B. A. Colle

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
Probability and Verification for High Impact Weather Events I
Location: 302/303 (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Host: 28th Conference on Probability and Statistics
CoChair: Jason J. Levit
11:00 AM
10.2
Evaluation of QPF from NCAR's 5.5 and 8.5 Day Convection-Allowing Ensembles Against WPC and Operational Guidance
Benjamin S. Albright, SAIC, Gaithersburg, MD; and J. A. Nelson Jr. and C. S. Schwartz

11:15 AM
10.3
Leveraging Probabilistic High Resolution Model Guidance to Improve Flash Flood Forecasting Across Southern Utah
Mike Seaman, NWS, Salt Lake City, UT; and D. Church and J. A. Cunningham

11:30 AM
10.4
Evaluating the Performance of NSSL’s Experimental Warn-on-Forecast System using the METplus Verification Scorecard
Brian C. Matilla, Cooperative Institute for Severe and High-Impact Weather Research and Operations (CIWRO), NOAA NSSL, Norman, OK; and N. Yussouf, P. S. Skinner, T. A. Jones, J. Martin, and K. H. Knopfmeier

11:45 AM
10.5

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

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Session 11
Probability and Verification for High Impact Weather Events II
Location: 302/303 (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Host: 28th Conference on Probability and Statistics
Cochairs: Jacob T. Radford; Christina P. Kalb, NCAR
1:45 PM
11.1
Estimating the probability of hail in Canada using a lightning proxy
Dominique Brunet, EC, Toronto, ON, Canada; and J. Brimelow

2:00 PM
11.2
An Evaluation of Medium-Range Convection-Allowing Ensemble Forecasts of Progressive Derechos
Bruno Ribeiro, SUNY Albany, Albany, NY; and S. J. Weiss and L. F. Bosart

2:30 PM
11.4
How skillful are high-resolution ensemble means in capturing warm-season extreme precipitation events?
Diana Rose Stovern, ESRL, Boulder, CO; and J. L. Bytheway, K. M. Mahoney, S. M. Trojniak, J. Correia Jr., B. J. Moore, and M. R. Abel

2:45 PM
11.5
A preliminary dive into the climatology of the High Resolution Ensemble Forecast (HREF) heavy rainfall probabilities
Sarah Marie Trojniak, CIRES-CIESRDS @ NOAA/NWS/WPC/HMT, College Park, MD; and J. Correia Jr., J. L. Bytheway, D. R. Stovern, and K. M. Mahoney

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 )

Posters: General Topics in Probability, Statistics, and Machine Learning
Location: Hall E (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Host: 28th Conference on Probability and Statistics
CoChair: Tara L. Jensen, NOAA
584
Integrating Probabilistic Data into Operations for a Deterministic Forecast Process
Andrew Just, NWS, Office of Central Processing, Kansas City, MO; and T. M. Ryan, M. R. Loeffelbein, D. Church, and D. Van Cleave

Handout (2.1 MB)

585
An Update on the use of METplus at the Naval Research Laboratory
Elizabeth Satterfield, NRL, Monterey, CA; and W. Davis, G. C. Carl, M. G. Fearon, D. D. Kuhl, J. Ma, P. Caffrey, H. Christophersen, and J. I. Rubin

587
Climatology of Mesoscale Convective System-Related Severe Hazards – Classification Algorithm Development and Representation in Convection-Permitting Climate Models
Wenjun Cui, Cooperative Institute for Severe and High-Impact Weather Research and Operations, Norman, OK; and T. J. Galarneau and K. A. Hoogewind

588
Leveraging METcalcpy and METplotpy for Enhanced Ensemble Weather Forecasting Verification
Vanderlei Vargas Jr., CIRA, Fort Collins, CO; NOAA/GSL, Boulder, CO; DTC, Boulder, CO; and J. Beck, M. Win-Gildenmeister, H. Fisher, G. Ketefian, M. A. Harrold, M. J. Kavulich Jr., W. Mayfield, and L. Bernardet

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

Recording files available
Session 12
Extreme Value Analysis and Prediction
Location: 302/303 (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Host: 28th Conference on Probability and Statistics
Cochairs: Gabriele Villarini; Yu Zhang, The University of Texas at Arlington
4:30 PM
12.1
Moving beyond Exceedance Probabilities for Assessing Solar and Wind Energy Production Risks
Brent Ho, Sunairio, Baltimore, MD; and R. Cirincione, T. Ivancic, and E. Hewitt

4:45 PM
12.2
Evaluating the Predictability of Gusts Using Durst Curves: A Historical Statistical Approach with Modern Observations
Alex Roslyn Gallagher, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Hanover, NH

5:00 PM
12.3
5:15 PM
12.4
Identifying Hotspots of Large Hail Size in the Continental U.S.: A Bayesian Approach
Subhadarsini Das, Central Michigan Univ., Mount Pleasant, MI; and J. T. Allen

5:30 PM
12.5
Predicting Precipitation Using Stochastics and Uncertainty Quantification
Thomas Chen, Columbia Univ., New York, NY; and H. Park

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

Recording files available
Session 13
Verification Methods I
Location: 302/303 (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Host: 28th Conference on Probability and Statistics
Cochairs: Michael E. Baldwin; Mrinal K. Biswas, NCAR
8:30 AM
13.1
METplus: 15 Years of Verification and Diagnostics for the Community
Tara L. Jensen, National Center for Atmospheric Research and Developmental Testbed Center, Boulder, CO; and B. G. Brown, J. Opatz, C. P. Kalb, and D. R. Adriaansen

8:45 AM
13.2
The Environmental Modeling Center Verification System (EVS): Real-time verification of Unified Forecast System (UFS) models
Jason J. Levit, EMC, College Park, MD; and G. Manikin, A. M. Bentley, L. C. Dawson, and T. L. Jensen

9:00 AM
13.3
Updates to Operational Verification of NCEP’s Regional Models and Utility as a Decision-Making Tool for Regional Model Upgrades and Retirement
Logan C. Dawson, OPC, College Park, MD; and J. J. Levit, G. S. Manikin, A. M. Bentley, M. G. Caron, H. C. Huang, S. Melchior, O. Ostwald, P. Shafran, R. K. Shrestha, and B. Zhou

9:30 AM
13.5
Going Beyond the Terrestrial: Space Weather Verification with METplus
Jonathan L. Vigh, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and T. G. Onsager, T. L. Jensen, D. Fuller-Rowell, J. Wang, M. Codrescu, T. Durgonics, C. Martinkus, F. Centinello, T. Fuller-Rowell, and R. A. Steenburgh

9:45 AM
13.6
My favorite model has improved but has it improved for me? A perspective on forecast evaluation and verification
James Correia Jr., CIRES, College Park, MD; NWS/Weather Prediction Center, College Park, MD; and S. M. Trojniak

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 )

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

Recording files available
Session 15
Verification Methods II
Location: 302/303 (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Host: 28th Conference on Probability and Statistics
Cochairs: Michael E. Baldwin; Tracy J. Hertneky, NCAR
1:45 PM
15.1
Cloud Regime Verification using Enhanced Model Evaluation Tools
Hui Christophersen, NRL, Monterey, CA; and J. Nachamkin, W. Davis, and E. Satterfield

2:00 PM
15.2
Comparing the Impact of Ensemble Design in the Rapid Refresh Forecast System Using Object-Based Methods
Christina P. Kalb, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and M. A. Harrold, W. Mayfield, J. Beck, G. Ketefian, B. Nelson, and C. Schwartz

2:15 PM
15.3
Flexible Infrastructure in the GSL Phenomena-Oriented Model Verification System
Jeffrey A. Hamilton, NOAA/GSL and CIRES, Boulder, CO; and M. Smith, R. Pierce, B. Strong, I. McGinnis, G. Padmanabhan, D. D. Turner, and M. S. Wandishin

2:30 PM
15.4
Initial Development of GSL’s Interactive Verification Scorecard Tool
Molly B. Smith, NOAA/GSL - CIRES, Boulder, CO; and R. Pierce, I. McGinnis, G. Padmanabhan, J. A. Hamilton, B. Strong, D. D. Turner, and M. S. Wandishin

2:45 PM
15.5
Performance Diagrams Based on Skill Scores
Michael E. Baldwin, Cooperative Institute for Severe and High-Impact Weather Research and Operations, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and H. E. Brooks and M. L. Flora

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 )