14th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations


01 Advances in CubeSats and SmallSats for Observations and Measurements of Earth’s Atmosphere Thermodynamic Structure and Processes, Winds, and Water Cycle Processes, and to Improve Climate Monitoring, Weather Forecasting, or Space Weather Prediction
Hosts: (Joint between the 14th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; and the 20th Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems )
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 31 August 2023
12:00 AM
Small Satellite DCS Use as an Operational Concept
Beau Backus, NOAA, Silver Spring, MD

12:00 AM
SToRM SAR, a Multi-static Precipitation Radar Hosted by Micro-satellites: an Update on Ground-based Risk-Reduction Field-test Results and Airborne Demonstration Plans
Kevin R. Maschhoff, BAE Systems, Nashua, NH; BAE Systems, Nashua, NH; and M. F. Ryba, C. P. Agostino, V. Chandrasekar, M. Lovato, and P. Kennedy

12:00 AM
Enabling Enhanced Temporal Resolution of Observations and Retrievals of Water Vapor, Clouds and Precipitation: Recent Scientific Results from the Temporal Experiment for Storms and Tropical Systems (TEMPEST) Missions
Steven C. Reising, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and C. D. Kummerow, V. Chandrasekar, C. Radhakrishnan, C. P. Kuo, S. T. Brown, and R. Schulte

12:00 AM
Reprocessed Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder Data Records for Studying Atmospheric Water Vapor Trend
Quanhua (Mark) Liu, Quanhua Liu, COLLEGE PARK, MD; and C. Grassotti, N. Sun, H. Yang, S. Iacovazzi, X. Liang, Y. Zhou, Y. K. Lee, S. Liu, and J. Yang


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02 Advances in Satellite Observations, Earth Science, and Observing Technologies that can complement the Heritage Observation Systems and potentially lead to Advances in Next Generation Observation Systems
Host: 14th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 31 August 2023
12:00 AM
A New, Compact Hyperspectral Imager for Targeted Air Pollution Remote Sensing
William H. Swartz, APL, Laurel, MD; and N. A. Krotkov, L. N. Lamsal, F. Morgan, B. Stewart, G. Otter, F. van Kempen, S. Janz, M. Kowalewski, P. Veefkind, and P. F. Levelt

12:00 AM
Advances in Designing, Building, and Testing Configurable Reflectarrays for High-Resolution Microwave Sounding and Imaging from Small Satellite Platforms
William J. Blackwell, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA; and W. Moulder and C. Kataria


Session
03 Emerging Technologies for Earth or Space Sciences to Address Unmet, Targeted Needs/Requirements in the Research or Operational Communities
Host: 14th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 31 August 2023
12:00 AM
Emerging Metamaterial Technologies for Microwave Radiometer Calibration to Enhance Atmospheric Sounding and Remote Sensing of Clouds and Precipitation from Small Satellites
Steven C. Reising, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and O. Khatib, D. Gu, J. A. Smith, N. Rozman, A. Gregg, W. R. Deal, K. Balogh, and W. J. Padilla

12:00 AM
Accelerating research to operations with the Joint Effort for Data Assimilation Integration (JEDI) and Skylab systems
Stephen Herbener, Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation, Boulder, CO; and D. Heinzeller, A. Griffin, E. J. Lingerfelt, E. Parker, Y. Tremolet, and T. Auligne


04 Advances in Uncrewed Vehicle Sensors and Observations for a More Comprehensive Earth Observing System for Improved Extreme Weather Forecasts and Climate Monitoring
Hosts: (Joint between the 14th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; and the 24th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology )
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 31 August 2023
12:00 AM
Fire Detection and Meteorology from MALE and HALE Ultralight UAVs
NARAYANAN M KOMERATH, Taksha Institute, Hampton, VA; Taksha Institute, Hampton, VA; Taksha Institute, Hampton, VA; and S. Meti, V. Kartik, R. Ramachandran, N. Hiremath, R. Senthil Kumar, and R. Deepak


Session
05 Accelerating the Transition of NASA Science and Capabilities to Applications through the NASA SPoRT Center
Host: 14th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 31 August 2023
12:00 AM
Bridging Data Gaps with NUCAPS and other Satellite Observations: A Collaborative Endeavor between NOAA NWS and NASA SPoRT
Douglas T Kahn, NWS, Cleveland, OH

12:00 AM
The Impact of the SPoRT Center's End User Engagement Process on the Way Data, Products, and Knowledge is Transitioned to the User Community
Gary J. Jedlovec, NASA, Huntsville, AL; and E. B. Berndt, J. L. Case, P. Duran, K. K. Fuell, C. R. Hain, and C. J. Schultz

12:00 AM
Expanding SPoRT RGBs and Machine Learning Techniques to Enhance Air Quality Monitoring in Southern Asia
Jonathan L. Case, ENSCO, Inc., Huntsville, AL; and E. B. Berndt, A. R. Naeger, R. A. Junod, A. T. White, K. K. Fuell, and C. H. Welch

12:00 AM
NWS Huntsville and NASA SPoRT Collaboration Benefits to IDSS Provision
Katie Magee, NWSFO Huntsville, AL, Huntsville, AL

12:00 AM
Operational use of the NASA SPoRT Machine Learning Hydrologic Forecasts at the National Weather Service River Forecast Centers
David Welch, NWS, Slidell, LA; and A. Macneil, E. Jones, J. Atwell, K. Lander, K. K. Fuell, A. T. White, and K. D. White

12:00 AM
Incorporation of NASA/SPoRT, 7-day Streamflow-AI River Levels to Complement the Physical Hydrologic Model Forecasts in Operations
James LaRosa, NWS, Old Hickory, TN; and K. K. Fuell, A. T. White, and K. D. White


Session
06 R2O Progress in GNSS Radio Occultations and Reflectometry for NWP, Ionospheric Studies-Prediction and Ocean Surface Properties
Host: 14th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 31 August 2023
12:00 AM
A Method for Predicting Radio Occultation Opportunities and Applications in RO Sensor Inter-calibration and Mission Planning
Tung-Chang Liu, University of Maryland, College Park, College Park, MD; Univ. of Maryland, college park, College Park, MD; and Y. Chen, S. P. Ho, and X. Shao

12:00 AM
Construction of Temperature Climate Data Records in the Upper Troposphere and Lower Stratosphere Using Multiple RO Missions from 2006 to 2023 at NESDIS/STAR
Jun Zhou, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and S. P. Ho, X. zhou, X. Shao, Y. Chen, and G. Gu

12:00 AM
Intercomparison of the Planetary Boundary Layer Height Estimates from COSMIC-2 and Spire RO, CALIPSO, and Reanalysis Products
Guojun Gu, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; Univ. of Maryland, College Park, College Park, MD; and S. P. Ho, X. zhou, X. Shao, and Y. Chen


07 Observations Needed for Future Improved Weather Forecast Systems: Existing-type Observations, Emerging-type Observations, and Observation-types Needing Development
Hosts: (Joint between the 14th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; the Second Symposium on the Future of Weather, Forecasting, and Practice; and the 40th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies )
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 31 August 2023
12:00 AM
Expansion of High-Frequency Radar Coastal Wave Observations and Applications to the National Weather Service
Cammye R. Sims, NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and B. Zelenke, M. Bailey, A. Salimi-Tarazouj, C. Olson, I. Rodriguez-Alegre, H. Roarty, C. Evans, C. whelan, P. Chardón-Maldonado, H. L. Tolman, Dr. Ir., and S. Banihashemi

12:00 AM
Application of Fuzzy Logic Based Techniques in Weather Prediction
Sarbari Ghosh, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, WB, India; Associate Professor, Kolkata, West Bengal, India; University of Calcutta, Kolkata, West Bengal, India


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08 Advances in R2O & O2R with Analysis and Forecasting Systems, Technologies, and Methodologies, Linking between Solutions and Requirements to Address Field’s Forecasting Needs
Host: 14th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 31 August 2023
12:00 AM
Expansion of NWS AFS Office’s Requirement Development Mission for Analysis and Forecasting Tools from Regional Systems to Global Systems and from Modeling to Non-Modeling Tools
Young-Joon Kim, NOAA/NWS/AFS, Silver Spring, MD; and A. S. Latto, D. J. Pearson, B. D. Sipprell, N. M. Strauss, M. B. Natoli, E. M. Schaefer, and M. A. Tew

12:00 AM
Analysis of Persistent Bias and Suggested Improvements in Forecasting Temperatures Patterns over Canaan Valley in West Virginia with the National Blend of Models (NBM)
Ethan Michael Schaefer, NWS/AFS, Silver Spring, MD; Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA; and Y. J. Kim, M. A. Tew, R. Leffler, J. B. Settelmaier, M. Pondeca, and M. T. Morris

12:00 AM
Evaluation of the Multi-Radar/Multi-Sensor System for Refining Requirements
David J Pearson, NWS, Valley, NE; and Y. J. Kim, B. D. Sipprell, N. M. Strauss, A. S. Latto, F. M. Kredensor, and M. A. Tew

12:00 AM
Preliminary Reporting on the Case Evaluation of Forecasters' Needs for the Global Forecast System (GFS)
Andrew S Latto, NOAA/NWS/AFS, Silver Spring, MD; and Y. J. Kim, M. B. Natoli, and E. M. Schaefer

12:00 AM
Verification of NOAA/NWS/SPC 4-hourly Probabilistic Severe Timing Guidance
Grant Christian Talkington, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; NOAA/NWS, Norman, OK; and C. Karstens, I. L. Jirak, N. A. Dahl, A. Wade, A. L. Brannan, A. D. Lyons, and J. Grams

12:00 AM
Developing Dry Thunderstorm Verification Tools to Improve Fire Weather Forecasting at NOAA’s Storm Prediction Center
Phoebe Lin, MIT, Cambridge, MA; and M. S. Elliott, D. R. Harrison, E. S. Bentley, I. L. Jirak, J. Vancil, K. Halbert, and P. T. Marsh

12:00 AM
A Review of the Warning Methodology for the Active 2022 North American Monsoon by NWS Phoenix, Arizona
Sean Benedict, NWS, Tempe, AZ; and J. Macfarlane, J. Estupinan, and R. Worley

12:00 AM
Upgrades to the Probabilistic Winter Storm Severity Index
Joshua Kastman, NCEP, College Park, MD; and J. A. Nelson Jr. and D. Tobin

12:00 AM
Evaluation and comparison of RRFS-like simulations using GEFS IC perturbations, a real-time RRFS prototype with EnKF perturbations, and the HREF: Toward effective IC perturbation generation, including blending, in the RRFS
Jeff Beck, NOAA/GSL, Boulder, CO; and J. K. Wolff, C. Schwartz, X. Wang, M. A. Harrold, W. Mayfield, A. T. Johnson, D. Dowell, C. Zhou, D. E. Lippi, V. Vargas Jr., C. R. Alexander, and J. R. Carley

12:00 AM
Creation and Evaluation of a CONUS-Wide Gridded Analysis-of-Record for Ice Accumulation in Preparation for NWS Operations
Daniel D. Tripp, Cooperative Institue for Severe and High-Impact Weather Research and Operations (CIWRO) at NOAA/OAR/NSSL, Norman, OK; and A. D. Werkema, H. D. Reeves, B. Barjenbruch, and K. J. Sanders

12:00 AM
Evaluating the impact of a new land surface package on the medium range weather forecast in Canadian numerical weather prediction system
Nasim Alavi, EC, Dorval, QC, Canada; EC, Dorval, QC, Canada; and S. Bélair, M. Abrahamowicz, M. Carrera, B. Bilodeau, D. Simjanovski, D. Charpentier, B. Badawy, and S. Leroyer

12:00 AM
Integrating WRF-SFIRE-CHEM in NASA Unified WRF (NUWRF)
Jan Mandel, Univ. of Colorado Denver, Denver, CO; and M. Halem, C. Da, J. Sorkin, and M. Weldegaber


Session
09 Special Session: The UFS-R2O Project: Advancing NOAA’s Unified Forecast System [UFS] as a Collaborative Community-Based Modeling System for Research and Operations
Host: 14th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 31 August 2023
12:00 AM
The Impacts of the Grell-Freitas Scheme on Short-Range Forecasts of the April 19, 2023 Convective Event
Robert Michael Frost, NOAA, Boulder, CO; University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. Beck, G. Ketefian, M. A. Harrold, and L. Bernardet

12:00 AM
An Overview of the Operational Hurricane Analysis and Forecast System: Current Implementation and Forward
Xuejin Zhang, AOML, Miami, FL; and Z. Zhang, A. Mehra, S. Gopalakrishnan, V. S. Tallapragada, A. J. Poyer, and F. D. Marks Jr., ScD

12:00 AM
Building Test and Evaluation Systems for Development of the Rapid Refresh Forecast System Toward Operational Applications
Ming Hu, GSL, Boulder, CO; NOAA/GSL, Boulder, CO; and S. Liu, S. S. Weygandt, C. R. Alexander, and J. R. Carley

12:00 AM
Wave Component Updates for the Future GFSv17
Jessica Meixner, NOAA, College Park , MD; and M. Masarik, I. Fox, H. Haught, L. Stefanova, B. Fu, S. Banihashemi, A. Salimi-Tarazouj, G. Mohammadpour, and A. Mehra

12:00 AM
Real-Time Ocean Forecast System Verifications Using METplus
L. Gwen Chen, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/Environmental Modeling Center, College Park, MD; and A. M. Bentley, G. S. Manikin, D. Spindler, P. C. Shafran, S. Ardani, and J. J. Levit

12:00 AM
On the Development and Evaluation of UFS Atmospheric Model Physics for NCEP Operational Forecast Applications
Fanglin Yang, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC, College Park, MD

12:00 AM
Increasing Realism in NOAA's Probabilistic Global Predictions: Introducing Prognostic Aerosols in the Global Ensemble Forecast System (GEFS)
Raffaele Montuoro, NOAA, College Park, MD; and Y. Zhu, B. Fu, N. P. Barton, P. S. Bhattacharjee, L. Pan, B. Baker, L. Zhang, J. McQueen, A. Mehra, F. Yang, I. Stajner, and G. Frost

12:00 AM
Updates on leveraging community-based modeling for operational weather prediction
Brian D. Gross, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC, COLLEGE PARK, MD

12:00 AM
Development and Evaluation of the Rapid Refresh Ensemble Data Assimilation and Forecast System
Chunhua Zhou, CIRES and NOAA/OAR/GSL, Boulder, CO; and D. Dowell, T. T. Ladwig, M. Hu, T. I. Alcott, S. Yokota, S. Liu, J. R. Carley, T. Lei, J. Beck, C. R. Alexander, S. S. Weygandt, and J. Kenyon

12:00 AM
The Three-Dimensional Real-Time Mesoscale Analysis System (3D-RTMA) - Latest Developments
Guoqing Ge, CIRES and NOAA/GSL, Boulder, CO; and T. T. Ladwig, M. Pondeca, M. Hu, E. Colon, A. M. Gibbs, M. T. Morris, G. Zhao, C. Hartsough, M. Rancic, R. Panda, J. R. Carley, S. S. Weygandt, C. R. Alexander, and M. Pena

12:00 AM
Developing Fruitful Community Collaborations in Operational Model Development: Discussion and Guidelines in the Context of the UFS-R2O Project
Deepthi Achuthavarier, NWS/OSTI/Modeling Program Division & IBSS Corporation, Silver Spring, MD; and K. Garrett, Y. Jung, A. J. Poyer, Y. Xue, J. R. Carley, A. Chawla, A. Mehra, Z. Zhang, C. R. Alexander, C. Stan, X. Zhang, J. C. Carman, M. Huang, C. R. Kondragunta, H. L. Tolman, Dr. Ir., J. L. Kinter, V. S. Tallapragada, and J. Whitaker

12:00 AM
Near Real-Time Aerosol Assimilation and Prediction Using JEDI and NOAA’s UFS-Aerosols
Bo Huang, CU/CIRES and NOAA/OAR/GSL, Boulder, CO; and M. Pagowski, C. R. Martin, A. Tangborn, Y. Wang, M. Abdi-Oskouei, J. E. Barre, L. Zhang, S. Kondragunta, G. Grell, and G. Frost


10 Joint Special Session: The Earth Prediction Innovation Center to Accelerate Community-Developed Scientific and Technological Enhancements into the Operational Applications for Numerical Weather Prediction
Hosts: (Joint between the 14th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; and the Third Symposium on Community Modeling and Innovation )
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 31 August 2023
12:00 AM
Activities and preliminary results from the 1st Hybrid NOAA/Hazardous Weather Testbed Spring Forecasting Experiment
Adam J. Clark, NSSL, Norman, OK; and I. L. Jirak, T. A. Supinie, J. Vancil, D. E. Jahn, K. H. Knopfmeier, Y. Wang, P. Heinselman, L. J. Reames, P. S. Skinner, P. C. Burke, K. A. Hoogewind, J. Martin, M. L. Flora, L. J. Wicker, B. C. Matilla, M. Krocak, D. Dowell, C. Schwartz, M. G. Duda, W. Skamarock, A. L. Brannan, C. Karstens, E. D. Loken, N. A. Dahl, D. R. Harrison, D. A. Imy, A. Wade, J. Picca, and J. Milne

12:00 AM
Alleviation of low humidity biases in WRF-ARW and UFS-SRW model simulations over complex terrain
Max R. Marchand, Tomorrow.io, Naples, FL; and S. Davis, A. Pattantyus, P. P. Rama Durga Surya, and S. Flampouris

12:00 AM
Upgrade the Chemistry Component of the Next Generation Regional Air Quality Forecast System: UFS-AQM
Wei Li, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA; NOAA, College Park, MD; and B. Tang, Y. Tang, P. C. Campbell, Z. Moon, B. Baker, I. Stajner, and R. Montuoro


Session
11 Advancing Hazards Forecasting and Decision Support through NOAA Testbeds and Proving Grounds
Host: 14th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 31 August 2023
12:00 AM
Evaluation of Real-time, Medium-range, Convection-allowing Ensemble Forecasts Produced for NOAA’s 2023 Hazardous Weather Testbed Spring Forecasting Experiment
Craig Schwartz, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. A. Sobash and D. A. Ahijevych

12:00 AM
An Overview of the 2023 Aviation Weather Testbed Experiment
Stephanie J. Avey, NWS/AWC, Kansas City, MO; and A. E. Cross, R. Hepper, A. P. Korner, A. M. Terborg, N. R. Hardin, and S. Alvidrez

12:00 AM
Probabilistic Forecasting Products and Tool Development at the Weather Prediction Center (WPC)
James A. Nelson Jr., NCEP, College Park, MD

12:00 AM
Forecasters’ Use of Warn-on-Forecast System Probabilistic Hazard Information (WoFS-PHI) during the 2023 HWT Watch-to-Warning Experiment
Pamela Heinselman, NSSL, Norman, OK; and E. D. Loken, K. M. Calhoun, T. Sandmael, P. C. Burke, K. L. Berry, P. A. Campbell, R. B. Steeves, C. N. Satrio, P. Skinner, J. G. Madden, J. W. Monroe, T. J. Galarneau, and J. Martin

12:00 AM
AWC web experience with cloud, mobile first, and faster AWT prototyping
Austin E. Cross, NWS/Aviation Weather Center, Kansas City, MO

12:00 AM
The NOAA Testbeds and Proving Grounds: Role in advancing hazards forecasting for decision support
Andrea J. Ray, NOAA/Earth System Research Lab, Boulder, CO; and J. J. Brost, S. J. Avey, K. L. Berry, M. D. Cash, J. Correia Jr., J. Dale, T. Fanara, A. Gerard, W. Hogsett, P. T. Marsh, L. B. Nance, J. A. Nelson Jr., E. M. Petrescu, M. Rosencrans, J. Scheck, P. J. Stone, Z. Tolby, J. G. Yoe, and M. Youngman

12:00 AM
Urban Heat Experiment Around Lubbock, Texas (U-HEAT): An Exploration of Urban Heat Islands and Associated Advection
Tyler Bell Danzig, Texas Tech Univ., Atmospheric Science Group, stafford, VA; and S. Pal, Z. M. Medley, H. K. Dhaliwal, M. Hamel, T. R. Lee, and M. R. Conder

12:00 AM
Operational Challenges of Precipitation Type Forecasts
Andrew A. Rosenow, PhD, CIWRO - Cooperative Institute for Severe and High Impact Weather Research and Operations, Norman, OK; and J. Correia Jr., H. D. Reeves, D. D. Tripp, K. J. Harnos, A. D. Werkema, J. Dufort, and M. E. Baldwin

12:00 AM
Development and evaluation of fire weather products in the WoFS
Thomas A. Jones, Cooperative Institute for Severe and High Impact Weather Research and Operations, Norman, OK; and P. Skinner, R. Ahmadov, E. P. James, T. Lindley, J. Martin, and B. C. Matilla

12:00 AM
FV3-LAM Convection-Allowing Model Forecasts and Ensemble Consensus Products for the 13th HMT Winter Weather Experiment
Phillip Spencer, CAPS, Norman, OK; and K. A. Brewster, J. Park, N. A. Snook, and M. Xue

12:00 AM
Exploring the operational utility of entraining CAPE in supercell tornado forecasting
Brice Evan Coffer, North Carolina State Universtiy, Raleigh, NC; and K. Halbert, J. M. Peters, and R. L. Thompson

12:00 AM
Results from the 2023 Flash Flood and Intense Rainfall (FFaIR) Experiment
Sarah Marie Trojniak, CIRES-CIESRDS @ NOAA/NWS/WPC/HMT, College Park, MD; and J. Correia Jr., W. M. Bartolini, B. S. Albright, and J. A. Nelson Jr.

12:00 AM
Volcanic Ash, Aerosols, and Trace Gases Over Alaska: A Perspective from a High-Latitude Proving Ground
Jennifer Delamere, Univ. of Alaska, Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK; and N. A. Krotkov, V. J. Realmuto, C. Dierking, J. Cable, C. Li, and N. Eckstein


Session
12 Hurricane Analysis and Forecast System [HAFS]: Research Development and Operational Implementation
Host: 14th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 31 August 2023
12:00 AM
Hurricane Forecast Improvements
Sundararaman Gopalakrishnan, AOML, Miami, MA; and A. J. Poyer, Z. Zhang, G. J. Alaka Jr., and W. A. Komaromi

12:00 AM
HAFS-Basin: Development of a Multi-Storm Configuration to Improve Tropical Cyclone Forecasts
Ghassan J. Alaka Jr., NOAA/AOML/HRD, Miami, FL; and W. Ramstrom, M. C. Ko, L. J. Gramer, A. Hazelton, S. Gopalakrishnan, B. Liu, Y. Weng, and J. H. Shin

12:00 AM
HAFS Ensemble Data Assimilation and Prediction - A Real Time Experiment for North Atlantic Basin in 2023
Yonghui Weng, Lynker at NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC, College Park, MD; and Z. Zhang, W. Wang, B. Liu, J. Cheng, L. Zhu, J. A. Sippel, A. Aksoy, J. Poterjoy, X. Wang, A. Mehra, and V. S. Tallapragada

12:00 AM
Real-time Testing of Experimental Upgrades to the Hurricane Analysis and Forecast System, Version B (HAFSV1.1B)
Andrew T. Hazelton, University of Miami CIMAS, Miami, FL; and G. J. Alaka Jr., X. Chen, M. C. Ko, W. Ramstrom, Z. Zhang, B. Liu, W. Wang, C. K. Wang, X. Zhang, L. Bengtsson, V. S. Tallapragada, and S. Gopalakrishnan

12:00 AM
Evaluation of the coupled MOM6 ocean model component during the 2023 HAFS real-time experiments
John D. Steffen, PhD, SAIC at NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC, College Park, MD; and M. Aristizabal, B. Li, Y. Li, L. J. Gramer, H. Kang, H. S. Kim, B. Liu, Z. Zhang, and A. Mehra

12:00 AM
The Hurricane Forecast Improvement Program (HFIP): Recent Advances and Looking Ahead to 2024 and Beyond
William A. Komaromi, NWS, Ellicott City, MD; NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and A. J. Poyer, S. Gopalakrishnan, F. D. Marks Jr., ScD, V. S. Tallapragada, A. Mehra, M. J. Brennan, J. R. Rhome, K. Garrett, G. M. Eosco, Ph.D, and J. S. Lee

12:00 AM
Impact of Adjusting the Deep Convection Parameterization on HAFS Intensity Forecast Improvement
JungHoon Shin, Lynker at NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC, College Park, MD; Lynker at NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC, College Park, MD; and B. Liu, Z. Zhang, J. Han, A. Mehra, and V. S. Tallapragada

12:00 AM
Evaluating Tropical Cyclone Intensity Forecasts in the North Atlantic Using the NOAA Next-Generation Enterprise Ocean Heat Content Algorithm
Deirdre A. Byrne, NOAA/STAR, College Park, MD; and P. Lavin, D. S. Trossman, and L. J. Gramer


13 From HWRF to UFS: HAFS Journey from Development to Operations: Panel Discussion [Invited Presentations Only]
Host: 14th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 31 August 2023

14 User Engagement towards the Implementation of a Climate Ready Nation: Panel Discussion [Invited Leadership Speakers]
Host: 14th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 31 August 2023

Session
15 User Engagement: Building Trust, and Understanding Users to Inform Investments for Better Outcomes
Host: 14th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 31 August 2023
12:00 AM
Addressing Reinsurance Sector Needs for Climate Information in Support of the Inflation Reduction Act
Michael J. Brewer, NESDIS, Asheville, NC; and D. S. Arndt and S. Ansari

12:00 AM
Priority Improvements for NOAA NESDIS Products Over the Next Five Years
Ingrid C. Paluch, The Aerospace Corporation, Greenbelt, MD; and L. Zhao, M. Ford, S. Kalluri, A. Harper, J. Wieman, J. P. Kilgo, and J. Fry

12:00 AM
Updates on NESDIS Product Governances
Ingrid C. Paluch, The Aerospace Corporation, Greenbelt, MD; and L. Zhao, A. Harper, J. Wieman, J. P. Kilgo, and J. Fry

12:00 AM
Value-Tree Development and Weighting Through User Input and Evaluation For the Earth Observation Assessment
Jennifer Zhuang, NOAA, Silver Spring, MD; and M. Wagner

12:00 AM
USGEO's Earth Observation Assessment and its Support to National Earth Observing Decision Making
Meredith Wagner, SAE, Silver Spring, MD

12:00 AM
User Engagement: Institutional Evolution of Service to Research. What happened in NESDIS, and Why should you care?
Thanh Vo, OSAAP, Silver Spring, MD; and M. Yapur and R. I. Lana

12:00 AM
Connecting with Diverse Communities: STAR’s Journey in Connecting with Communities in the Arctic
Katherine A Hawley, NOAA, College Park, MD; and K. Tronvig and D. Howard


Session
16 Public-Private Partnerships; Best Practices & Multi-Community Efforts for the Transition of R2O in the Water, Weather, and Climate Communities: Panel Discussion [Invited Presentations Only]
Host: 14th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 31 August 2023

17 Transitioning Next Generation Water Resources Models to Operations
Hosts: (Joint between the 14th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; and the 38th Conference on Hydrology )
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 31 August 2023
1:00 AM
Towards an Operational Precipitation Nowcasting Model with Memory-Efficient Bidirectional Transformers
Ji-Hoon Ha, KMA, Seogwipo-si, Jeju, South korea; and H. Lee, K. Park, J. Park, J. Yoo, and S. Hong

12:30 AM
Extending the NWMv3.0 Forcings Engine Capabilities into the NextGen Water Resource Modeling Framework
Jason Alexander Ducker, Lynker Technologies, Boulder, CO; NOAA-NWS Office of Water Prediction, Tuscaloosa, AL; and N. J. Frazier, M. Williamson, S. Cui, D. Johnson, Z. Zhang, C. Pham, R. Cabell, T. C. Flowers, and E. P. Clark

12:15 AM
Automating and Simplifying NextGen Framework Model Development and Optimization with the Distributed Model On Demand Platform
Robert Bartel, NWS, Tuscaloosa, AL; Lynker, Leesburg, VA; and T. C. Flowers, N. Frazier, A. Raney, C. O. Tubbs, and M. Williamson

12:00 AM
Assessing the Performance of the High Resolution Rapid Refresh (HRRR)'s Quantitative Precipitation Forecasts (QPFs) Over Florida During Different Sea Breeze Flow Regime Patterns
Megan Borowski, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

12:45 AM
The NOAA Next Generation Water Resource Modeling Framework Hydrofabric
J Michael Johnson, NOAA-Affiliate, Lynker, Fort Collins, CO; and A. Modesari Rad, T. C. Flowers, and F. Ogden


Session
18 NOAA Flood Inundation Mapping Products and Services
Host: 14th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 31 August 2023
12:00 AM
A Summary of Flood Inundation Mapping Efforts at the Central Pennsylvania National Weather Service Forecast Office
Michael L. Jurewicz Sr., NWS, State College, PA; and J. Guseman and C. Ross

12:00 AM
Evaluation of National Weather Service Flood Inundation Mapping for Operational Use
Johnathan Kirk, NWS, State College, PA; and R. Fliehman

12:00 AM
Implementation of Forecast Flood Inundation Mapping Services for the Nation
David R. Vallee, Office of Water Prediction | National Water Center, Norton, MA; and M. J. Glaudemans

12:00 AM
Operationalizing NOAA's Flood Inundation Mapping Services
Carson Pruitt, NWS, Tuscaloosa, AL; and R. Hanna, F. Salas, F. Aristizabal, B. Bates, R. Spies, L. Keys, R. Gonzalez-Pita, J. Coll, M. Luck, N. Chadwick, C. Krewson, G. Petrochenkov, A. Forghani, H. Safa, E. Deardorff, and R. McDermott


Session
19 Calibration/Validation for Environmental Remote Sensing, Numerical Weather Prediction, and Climate Change Detection
Host: 14th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 31 August 2023
12:00 AM
Hyperspectral Remote Sensing: Ground-based Calibration/Validation for Air Quality and Atmospheric Composition Satellite Missions
Brianna Hauke, Northland College, Ashland, WI; NOAA/Center for Satellite Applications and Research, College Park, MD; and C. Cao, L. Wolf, X. Shao, P. Dulaca, S. Uprety, F. Zhang, and Y. Bai

12:00 AM
Exploration of a Statistical Approach for the Calibration of the NOAA CrIS Sensors Using Machine Learning
Jonathan David Starfeldt, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI; STAR, College Park, MD

12:00 AM
CLARREO Pathfinder (CPF) Mission Overview and its Intercalibration Capabilities
Rajendra Bhatt, NASA, Hampton, VA; and Y. L. Shea, W. Wu, Q. Yang, D. Goldin, M. Little, X. Liu, and N. M. Smith

12:00 AM
Evaluating GOES ABI Band-to-Band Co-registration Accuracy at Sub-Satellite Point
Fangfang Yu, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD; and X. Wu, Dr., V. Kondratovich, and J. Zhou

12:00 AM
Exploring GOES-R ABI Lunar Image Registration with AI
Linfred Kingston, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and F. Yu and X. Wu, Dr.

12:00 AM
Evaluation of VIIRS thermal emissive bands long-term stability and inter-sensor consistency with radiative transfer modeling
Feng Zhang, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and X. Shao, Y. Chen, T. C. Liu, X. Jing, and W. Wang

12:00 AM
First Year Performance of GOES-18 ABI Calibration
Xiangqian Wu, Dr., NOAA/NESDIS, College Park, MD; and F. Yu, V. Kondratovich, D. Lindsey, and E. M. Kline

12:00 AM
Consistent Pixel Resolution Characterization of Deep Convective Clouds for Calibration
Conor O. Haney, Analytical Mechanics Associates, Hampton, VA; and D. R. Doelling, R. Bhatt, P. Khakurel, B. R. Scarino, and A. Gopalan

12:00 AM
Universal Instrument Simulation Wrapper (UISW): A Lightweight and Flexible Observation Simulation Library in Support of Cal/Val, Data Assimilation and Digital Twin Projects
Cheng Da, University of Maryland, College Park, College Park, MD; and A. Farguell, S. Mote, E. Kalnay, M. Halem, J. Mandel, A. K. Kochanski, S. Chiao, B. Demoz, Z. Yang, and M. Weldegaber


20 Throwing Back the Curtain: Sharing Knowledge About NOAA’s 2X Transition Practices, Processes, and Policies to Promote More Equitable R&D Opportunities: Panel Discussion [Invited Panelists Only]
Host: 14th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 31 August 2023

Session
21 Sharing the Secrets to Successful R2X Collaborations:  Perspectives on Collaboration Challenges, Opportunities, and Successes from R2X Teams: Open Invitation for Topic Discussion Presentations [Invited Panelists Only]
Host: 14th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 31 August 2023

22 Towards Operationalizing AI/ML Weather Forecast and Decision Support Products
Hosts: (Joint between the 14th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; and the 23rd Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science )
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 31 August 2023
12:00 AM
AI-Assisted Meteorology: Deploying ChatGPT for Live Hurricane Forecasting
Hammad Usmani, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA; and A. B. Patel

12:00 AM
Observation and numerical simulation of terrain-induced windshear based on RHI scans of a Doppler LIDAR
Pak W. Chan, Hong Kong Observatory, Kowloon, China

12:00 AM
Aphelion Wind: a decision-support tool for wind farm operators
Juan Manuel González Sopeña, SOLUTE, San Sebastián de los Reyes, Madrid, Spain; and R. Canito Rubio, A. de la Iglesia Núñez, F. J. Díaz Guadamillas, J. J. Espinosa Martínez, I. García Llona, E. Sánchez, and H. Torres López

12:00 AM
Operationalizing ML-based S2S Forecasts at Salient
Sam Levang, Salient Predictions, Cambridge, MA; and R. Schmitt and B. Zimmerman

12:00 AM
Semi-Automating Research-to-Operation of AI Models with Python
Matthew Aiden Kastl, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, Corpus Christi, TX; and F. Tissot, S. Nguyen, S. A. King, and P. E. Tissot

12:00 AM
Application of an Adaptive Post-Processor to Model Output Statistics with a View Towards Extension to the National Blend of Models
Paul J. Roebber, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI; and M. Antolik

12:00 AM
Use of AI to perform inline bias correction of NOAA UFS extended-range forecasts.
Stefan Neil Tulich, CIRES and NOAA/PSL, Boulder, CO; and S. Frolov, P. Pegion, T. C. Chen, L. C. Slivinski, and J. S. Whitaker

12:00 AM
AIFS – ECMWF’s Data-Driven Probabilistic Forecasting System
Matthew Chantry, ECMWF, Reading, OXF, United kingdom; and M. Alexe, S. Lang, B. Raoult, J. Dramsch, F. Pinault, Z. Ben Bouallegue, M. Clare, C. Lessig, L. Magnusson, P. DUEBEN, A. Brown, F. Pappenberger, and F. Rabier

12:00 AM
Designing Process-Driven Weather Decision Support IPA solution
Hyesook Lee, KMA, Jeju-do, South korea


Advanced Products and Technologies That Can Be Used Now and Their Path to Quasi-operational or Sustained Operations: The View From The Dry and The Wet Side
Hosts: (Joint between the 40th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; and the 14th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations )
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 31 August 2023
12:00 AM
Impacts of an Explosive Cyclone over Southern Brazil from Two Detection Methods
M. F. L. Quadro Sr., Federal Institute of Santa Catarina, Florianopolis, AC, Brazil; and D. L. Herdies and H. N. Andrade Sr.

12:00 AM
Generating Storm Surge Hazards In Hazard Services
Taylor Trogdon, NWS, ABERDEEN, SD; and N. R. Hardin, D. D. Nietfeld, D. M. Kingfield, E. Carr, W. Hogsett, C. L. Fritz, J. R. Rhome, and W. Booth

12:00 AM
Identifying Environmental Precursors of Tornadic Supercells Within NSSL's Warn-on Forecast System
Jerod William Kaufman, Univ. of Kansas, Lawrence, KS; and P. C. Burke, M. L. Flora, C. K. Potvin, J. P. Stachnik, and D. Rahn


Advancements in Operational Applications for Sea Ice Forecasting and Analysis (Joint between AMS Polar Meteorology and Oceanography Symposium and the 14th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations)
Hosts: (Joint between the Polar Meteorology and Oceanography Special Symposium; and the 14th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations )
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 31 August 2023
12:00 AM
The Start of a Northern Hemisphere Sea Ice Climatology Using Interactive Multisensor Snow and Ice Mapping System Data
Asha C Spencer, NOAA, Hillcrest Heights, MD; The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA


Session
Effectively Using Weather and Climate Data for Health Investigations
Hosts: (Joint between the 15th Conference on Environment and Health; and the 14th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations )
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 31 August 2023
12:00 AM
Extreme Temperature and Adverse Birth Outcomes for Black and White Women in North Carolina
Bryttani Wooten, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Durham, NC

12:00 AM
For the Heat Index, it’s About Both the Heat and the Humidity ... and About Choices in Calculation Methodologies
Keith William Dixon, NOAA GFDL, Princeton, NJ; and D. Adams-Smith, N. Zenes, and J. R. Lanzante


FAIR and Open Data and Software within the Atmospheric and Ocean Sciences to Support Transparent, Reusable and Efficient Research and Operations
Hosts: (Joint between the 40th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 27th Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International; the 23rd Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science; the 14th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; and the 14th Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using the Programming Languages of Open Science )
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 31 August 2023
12:00 AM
Towards a FAIRest Copernicus Climate and Atmosphere Data Store
Angel Lopez Alos, ECMWF, Reading, United kingdom; and M. Fuentes, B. Raoult, M. Znacchi, E. Damasio Da-Costa, and E. Comyn-Platt

12:00 AM
The Geolocated Information Processing System (GeoIPS) – A Platform for Collaborative Development
Christopher Camacho, NRL, Monterey, CA; and M. Surratt, S. Yang, A. A. Lambert, and L. Wilson

12:00 AM
Promoting open science: a better tool for version controlling gigantic binary data files - git-qing
Guoqing Ge, CIRES and NOAA/GSL, Boulder, CO; and M. Hu, T. T. Ladwig, S. S. Weygandt, S. Liu, and J. R. Carley


Language Transformer, ChatGPT and Other Natural Language Processing Machine Learning in Weather Enterprise
Hosts: (Joint between the 23rd Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science; and the 14th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations )
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 31 August 2023
12:00 AM
Large Language Models for Classifying Flash Flood Impacts
Jorge Alberto Duarte, Cooperative Institute for Severe and High-Impact Weather Research and Operations (CIWRO), Norman, OK; and J. J. Gourley, H. Vergara, P. E. Kirstetter, and C. D. Nicholson

12:00 AM
AI-Assisted Programming for Environmental Scientists
Myranda Uselton Shirk, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN

12:00 AM
Leveraging Large Language Models for Providing User Support and Access to Forecast Products
Baudouin Raoult, ECMWF, Reading, United kingdom; and M. U. Shirk, P. Ferrarese, S. Lamy-Thepaut, H. Setchell, and G. Bighin

12:00 AM
A Study on a Weather AI-Search Engine using Speech Recognition and Natural Language Processing
Hayan Shin, KMA, Seogwipo-si, Jeju, South korea; and C. Yang, B. Kim, C. Park, J. Joe, J. Choo, M. Seo, Y. H. Baek, H. Lee, and S. W. Ko


National and International Program Overviews for Environmental Satellites (Invited)
Hosts: (Joint between the 20th Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the 14th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; the 12th AMS Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data ASssimilation; the Ninth Symposium on US-International Partnerships; and the 26th Conference on Satellite Meteorology, Oceanography, and Climatology )
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 31 August 2023
12:00 AM
Validation of Lunar Microwave Radiative Transfer Model by Using the Calibrated Two-Dimension Moon Scan Observations from NOAA-20 and NOAA-21 ATMS Instrument
Hu Yang, CICS, College Park, MD


Session
Other topics on Transition Of Research To Operations
Host: 14th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 31 August 2023
12:00 AM
R2X Collaboration Plans at the Physical Sciences Laboratory
Andrea J. Ray, NOAA/Earth System Research Lab, Boulder, CO


Role of Verification Synthesis Methods to Aid in Decision Making  in the Transition from Research to Operations
Hosts: (Joint between the 28th Conference on Probability and Statistics; and the 14th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations )
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 31 August 2023
12:00 AM
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


Urban Weather and Advanced Air Mobility Forecasting and Operations
Hosts: (Joint between the 24th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; and the 14th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations )
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 31 August 2023
12:00 AM
Successes of the WMO RA IV Expert Team for Aviation Services
Michael Graf, NWS, Silver Spring, MD


What's the Forecast for RF Spectrum? Exploring the Way Forward on Spectrum for the Weather-Water-Climate Enterprise in 2024(Joint Panel Discussion Session between the 20th Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems, the Ninth Symposium on US-International Partnerships,and the 14th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations)
Hosts: (Joint between the 20th Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the 14th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; and the Ninth Symposium on US-International Partnerships )
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 31 August 2023