23rd Annual Student Conference


AI and Machine Learning
Host: 23rd Annual Student Conference
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 14 September 2023
Multiple Factor Regression Analysis of Vegetation Changes and Land Degradation in Drylands.
Maria Chzhen, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

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

Investigating Additional Predictors to Improve Probabilistic Forecasting of Thunderstorms Using a 2-D Convolutional Neural Network (CNN)
Dean Calhoun, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN; and M. B. Ba, K. Zigner, and J. E. Ghirardelli

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

Artificial intelligence-based investigation of severe thunderstorms producing downbursts in Canada
Mohammad Hadavi, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada; and D. Romanic


Applied Meteorology and Climatology
Host: 23rd Annual Student Conference
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 14 September 2023
Start of a Northern Hemisphere Sea Ice Climatology Using Interactive Multisensor Snow and Ice Mapping System (IMS) Data
Asha C Spencer, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA; NOAA, Hillcrest Heights, MD

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

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

Beat the Heat: Intra-Hour Heat Metric Variability
Emily Nagamoto, Duke University, Durham, NC


Atmospheric Chemistry, Aerosols, and Air Quality
Host: 23rd Annual Student Conference
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 14 September 2023
Emergency Mobile Monitoring for California Wildfire Smoke
Greta Elizabeth Schultz, NSF, San Diego, CA

Evaluation of the NOAA National Air Quality Forecast Capability (NAQFC)
James Hyunwoo Park, NOAA, College Park, MD


Aviation
Host: 23rd Annual Student Conference
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 14 September 2023

Boundary Layer Meteorology
Host: 23rd Annual Student Conference
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 14 September 2023
Cross-Canopy Coupling In A New England Forested Mountain Valley
Alyssa V Shih, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL; and J. M. Kiszka and E. P. Kelsey

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

INFERRING SURFACE FLUX PARTITIONING OVER LAND FROM AN EVOLVING BOUNDARY LAYER
Briah Davis, George Mason Univ., Fairfax, VA; and P. A. Dirmeyer

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

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


Climate
Host: 23rd Annual Student Conference
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 14 September 2023
Impact-Based Climate Risk Communication Toolbox
McKenna Lee Eichenauer, NOAA, Fort Worth, TX; Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN

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Julia Rivera, NSF, brooklyn, NY

Volcanic Eruptions Impact Key Atmospheric and Oceanic Parameters Across ENSO States
Autumn Vandehey, GISS, Olympia, WA

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

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


Communication and Social Science
Host: 23rd Annual Student Conference
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 14 September 2023
Analysis of NCEP Probabilistic Products
Kyra Schlezinger, NOAA, College Park, MD; University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and J. G. Yoe, K. Klockow McClain, and A. Schneck

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

Impacts of Wildfires on Vulnerable Communities: A Call for Research on Response and Recovery Strategies
Lauren L Taylor, NCAS, Washington, DC

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

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

Singing in the Rain: A Content Analysis of Hurricane Evacuation Playlists and the case for Music Playlists as Historical Disaster Artifacts
Lindsey Passauer Vázquez, University of Missouri, O'Fallon, MO


Data Assimilation and Numerical Weather Prediction
Host: 23rd Annual Student Conference
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 14 September 2023
Predicting the summer rains of the southwest United States using Machine Learning
Janelle Rose McManaman, NSF, Boulder, CO


Education
Host: 23rd Annual Student Conference
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 14 September 2023
Do Not Drop the Hot Potato: Take Control with Our Global Warming Simulator
Ethan Phoenix Zhou, Massachusetts Academy of Math and Science at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA; and I. Xu and Y. Mesfin

Implementation of a Climate Decision Support System in an Undergraduate Weather and Climate Classroom
Haven Cashwell, Auburn University, Marshallberg, NC; and K. McNeal

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


Energy
Host: 23rd Annual Student Conference
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 14 September 2023

Extreme Weather Events
Host: 23rd Annual Student Conference
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 14 September 2023
Historical Summer Rainfall and Lightning Events in the Southern Appalachian Mountains
Rebecca Turner, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC; and T. Marks and D. K. Miller

Prediction and Risk Assessment of Extreme Warm and Humid Weather in China during 2020-2100
LINGYAN KANG, Tongji University, Shanghai, China; and F. LI and J. WU


Fire Weather
Host: 23rd Annual Student Conference
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 14 September 2023
Leveraging Machine Learning for a Wildfire Ignition Prediction Model in California
Sita Baaba Nyame, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT; and W. O. Taylor, D. Cerrai, A. Spaulding, M. Denton, M. Koukoula, and F. Yang


GIS
Host: 23rd Annual Student Conference
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 14 September 2023

Hydrometeorology and Flooding
Host: 23rd Annual Student Conference
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 14 September 2023
Climatology of Floods and their Associated Weather Systems in North Carolina
Alyssa L Griffin, North Carolina State University, Londonderry, NH; and E. G. Hoffman

The Effects of Storm Events on Soil Temperature in Salt Marshes
Valeria Andrea Pérez Rivera, WHOI, Woods Hole, MA; and J. Guimond and R. Sohn

Estimation of Evapotranspiration Using Multimodel Ensemble
Athira KV, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India; and E. Rajasekaran, G. Boulet, R. Nigam, and B. K. Bhattacharya


Lightning
Host: 23rd Annual Student Conference
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 14 September 2023

Mesoscale Meteorology
Host: 23rd Annual Student Conference
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 14 September 2023
Radar Morphologies For Severe and Non-Severe Thunderstorm Days in Northern New England
Jamie-Lyn Cavallon, University of Massachusetts-Lowell, Lowell, MA; and E. McEvoy and E. G. Hoffman

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

Numerical Forecasting of Typhoon for Offshore Wind Farms：The Impact of Parameterization Schemes and Sea Surface Temperature on the development of “Talim” in 2023
Li li hua, Jinan University，Guangzhou，China, Guangzhou，China, China

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

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


Mountain Meteorology
Host: 23rd Annual Student Conference
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 14 September 2023

Observations and Instrumentation
Host: 23rd Annual Student Conference
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 14 September 2023
Mobile Lidar Observations of Supercell Inflow During the TORUS - LItE Field Campaign
Bobby Saba, CIWRO, Norman, OK; Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and M. Coniglio

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

Design and Implementation of a Ground Based Microwave Radiometer
Matias Santiago Calderon, University of Maryland, College Park, MD


Operational and Local Meteorology
Host: 23rd Annual Student Conference
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 14 September 2023

Polar Meteorology
Host: 23rd Annual Student Conference
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 14 September 2023
Statistical Analysis of Arctic Cyclone Influence on Sea Ice Concentration (SIC) and Extent (SIE)
Joseph F. Rotondo, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and S. Cavallo and R. Clancy

Understanding Arctic Moisture Intrusion Events through Novel Climatology
Benjamin Woods, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD; GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and L. Boisvert, C. L. Parker, E. Valkonen, S. Halstead Santez, and G. A. Linscott


Radar Meteorology
Host: 23rd Annual Student Conference
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 14 September 2023
Supercell Visualization Using Virtual Reality
Damian Joseph Figueroa, University of Maryland/CISESS, Columbia, MD; and G. Fang, A. Pyne, and S. D. Rudlosky


Space Weather
Host: 23rd Annual Student Conference
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 14 September 2023
The Use of Space-Based and Ground-Based Observations to Analyze Extended Solar Coronal Jets
Chandler Xavier Jenkins, UCAR SOARS, Boulder, CO; and S. Farid


Synoptic Meteorology
Host: 23rd Annual Student Conference
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 14 September 2023

Tropical Meteorology
Host: 23rd Annual Student Conference
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 14 September 2023
Asymmetric Structure of Tropical Cyclones in the Community Atmosphere Model 5 (CAM5)
Chase Purdy, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and J. Carstens, PhD, K. M. Nardi, B. S. Rojas, N. R. Barron, A. C. Didlake Jr., and C. M. Zarzycki

Tropical Cyclone Initiation
Joseph William Riggle, UMass Lowell, Greenland, NH; and F. P. Colby Jr.

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

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

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

Diurnal Relation Between CAPE, CINE and Rainfall
THANANGKA CHUTIA, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, BANGALORE, KA, India; Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, India, Bengaluru, India; and A. Chakraborty and G. S. Bhat

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


Winter Weather
Host: 23rd Annual Student Conference
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 14 September 2023
Convective Snow Quantitative Precipitation Estimation Using GOES/POES, NEXRAD, and Ground-Based Observations
Dandre Jarobi Tillman, NOAA, Dunmore, PA; and M. S. Kulie

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