Session 24th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation


Advances in Micrometeorological Measurements of Trace Gas Fluxes (Joint with the AMS Board on Atmospheric Biogeosciences)
Host: 24th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 31 August 2023
12:00 AM
Revisiting the Gaussian Plume Modeling Paradigm: An Examination using High-Fidelity CFD Simulations over Complex Terrain
Umair Ismail, Project Canary Inc., Denver, CO; and N. Eichenlaub, P. S. Skinner, and J. E. Guerra


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Emerging Measurement Technologies and Data Visualization Methods
Host: 24th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 31 August 2023
12:00 AM
Simple Direct Evapotranspiration Measurements with a New Cost-Optimized ET Flux Sensor
George Burba, LI-COR Biosciences, Water for Food Global Institute, Lincoln, NE; and B. Miller, G. Fratini, P. C. Inkenbrandt, and L. Xu

12:00 AM
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, V. Kartik, R. Ramachandran, R. Senthil Kumar, and R. Deepak


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Engagement Opportunities and New Horizons in Observational Research. Career Pathway Discussions
Host: 24th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 31 August 2023
12:00 AM
Observational Atmospheric Research at the Department of Energy – ARM and ASR
Sally McFarlane, DOE, Rockville, MD; and S. L. Nasiri, Ph.D.


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Environmental Sustainability of Observing Systems and Methods: A Paradigm Shift for Weather and Climate Monitoring
Host: 24th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 31 August 2023

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Frontiers in Measurement of Fire Weather and Wildfires
Host: 24th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 31 August 2023
12:00 AM
The California Canyon Fire Experiment: First Results
Craig Clements, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA; San Jose State University, San Jose, CA; and M. M. Valero, M. Arreola Amaya, A. Klofas, B. Yang, A. Kochanski, A. Simeoni, and A. Filkov

12:00 AM
Analysis of Lightning Parameters and Precipitation Associated with Lightning-Initiated Wildfire in the Contiguous United States
YANAN ZHU, AEM, Plano, TX; AEM, Germantown, MD; and J. Lapierre and E. A. DiGangi, PhD

12:00 AM
Wildfire Behavior, Winds, and Chemistry Measured from Mobile Platforms during the California Fire Dynamics Experiment (CalFiDE)
Brian J. Carroll, CIRES, Boulder, CO; and W. A. Brewer, E. J. Strobach, S. S. Brown, M. M. Valero, N. P. Lareau, A. K. Kochanski, R. A. Kahn, and C. Clements


Importance of Training Early Career Professionals and Students in Environmental Observations, and Measurements to Address Climate, Weather,  Water and other Global Issues
Hosts: (Joint between the 24th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation; and the 33rd Conference on Education )
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 31 August 2023
12:00 AM
Hands-on Experience with Advanced Instrumentation: A User Facility for Research, Education, and Outreach
Andrew R. Metcalf, Clemson University, Anderson, SC; and J. Henry


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Innovative Technological Advances for Mesoscale Observing Systems
Hosts: (Joint between the 12th Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise; and the 24th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation )
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 31 August 2023
12:00 AM
How Fast is Fast: Testing the Response Time of a New Air Temperature Sensor and its Implications
Dirk V Baker, Campbell Scientific, Logan, UT

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Influences of Instability on Random Errors in Uncrewed Aircraft System Measurements in the Convective Boundary Layer
Leia Marie Otterstatter, Univ. of Oklahoma School of Meteorology, Norman, OK; and B. R. Greene, PhD and S. T. Salesky

12:00 AM
New Global Snow and Ice Dataset for Reanalysis and Climate Studies
Peter Romanov, City University of New York, New York, NY; and C. Kongoli and M. J. Barlage

12:00 AM
Future Surface Weather Observing Station
Jorma Islander, Vaisala Oyj, HELSINKI, Finland

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WINDoe: A Flexible, Multi-instrument Optimal Estimation Retrieval for Wind Profiles
Joshua G. Gebauer, CIWRO, Norman, OK; NSSL, Norman, OK; and T. M. Bell


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Innovative Tropical Cyclone Observing Systems and Technologies
Host: 24th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 31 August 2023

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Integrated Measurement Systems for Informing Operations and Decision Making, Including Extreme Events
Host: 24th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 31 August 2023
12:00 AM
Improving Vertically Profiling Radar Bright Band Measurements to Support Snow Level Forecasts in the Western U.S.
Peter Yao, SIO, San Diego, CA; and A. Cooper, L. Jasperse, D. Reynolds, S. C. Roj, R. Weihs, and A. M. Wilson

12:00 AM
Applications of the NYSM Micronet Precipitation Data from Henri and Ida in 2021
Arianna B. Gines, University of Puerto Rico - Mayagüez Campus, Morovis, PR


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Integrating Uncrewed Aerial Systems (UAS) into Meteorology
Host: 24th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 31 August 2023
12:00 AM
Uncertainty Estimation for Small-UAS Wind Measurements in Calm and Dynamic Environments
Robert Sasse, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO; and R. Calmer, D. Quint, G. de Boer, B. Argrow, E. W. Frew, M. Wussow, M. Rhodes, C. Gómez-Faulk, M. Ritsch, and A. L. Houston

12:00 AM
Observing Breaking Waves Using EO/IR Remote Sensing from a Rotary-Wing UAV
David G Ortiz-Suslow, NPS, Monterey, CA; and J. Ruiz-Plancarte

12:00 AM
High Altitude Swarm-based Synthetic Aperture for Ground and Space Observation
Nandeesh Hiremath, California Polytechnic State Univ., San Luis Obispo, CA; and J. T. Self


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Integrating Uncrewed Aerial Systems (UASs) into Meteorology
Host: 24th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 31 August 2023

Integration of instrumentation/data in forecasting and numerical weather prediction simulations
Hosts: (Joint between the 24th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation; and the Second Symposium on the Future of Weather, Forecasting, and Practice )
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 31 August 2023
12:00 AM
A Preliminary Analysis of Line-End Vortex Contributions to Rear-to-Front Flow in Observed and Simulated Mesoscale Convective Systems
Dillon V. Blount, Univ. of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI; and C. Evans, R. D. Adams-Selin, and H. Vagasky

12:00 AM
Impact of Observed River and Sea Surface Temperatures on Short-Term Forecasts at Kennedy Space Center
Haiden Mersiovsky, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and H. E. Fuelberg


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Intercomparison, Calibration and Uncertainties of Instrumentation
Host: 24th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 31 August 2023
12:00 AM
Improving quality of global upper-air data with the GCOS Reference Upper-Air Network measurements
Fabio Madonna, University of Salerno, Fisciano, SA, Italy; and E. Tramutola, F. Serva, Y. H. Essa, and M. Rosoldi

12:00 AM
Intercomparison and Uncertainties of Temperature Sensors at the South Alabama Mesonet
Sytske K. Kimball, Univ. of South Alabama, MOBILE, AL

12:00 AM
Exploring the Subtleties in Measuring Wet Bulb Globe Temperature (WBGT)
Blaine C. Thomas, White Sands Missile Range, White Sands Missile Range, NM

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Comparison of RHARM, GNSS-RO and Comprehensive upper-air observation network with GRUAN.
Fabrizio Marra, CNR Institute of methodologies for environmental analysis (IMAA), Tito Scalo, PZ, Italy


Joint Session on the integration of instrumentation/data in forecasting and numerical weather prediction simulations.
Hosts: (Joint between the Second Symposium on the Future of Weather, Forecasting, and Practice; and the 24th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation )
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 31 August 2023

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Low-Cost Sensors and Imagers
Host: 24th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 31 August 2023
12:00 AM
AEROKATS - Advancing Sensor Systems for Kites
Geoffrey L. Bland, NASA, Assawoman, VA

12:00 AM
Leveraging the 3D-PAWS to Expand In-Situ Observations for the Famine Early Warning System Network
Kathryn Payne, UCAR, Erie, CO; and P. A. Kucera, B. M. Smith, M. Steinson, C. C. Funk, and P. Peterson

12:00 AM
Measuring variability in urban meteorology using low-cost weather stations
Darryn W. Waugh, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; and H. Lei, S. Collins, C. Padilla, M. Różański, and T. King II

12:00 AM
Utilizing the MQ-4 to Detect Airborne Methane: Employing Low-Cost Sensors to Track Methane Via Scientific Balloon Payloads
Ainsley E. Giles, University of Maryland - College Park, Lutherville Timonium, MD; and M. L. Bowden


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Marine fog field campaigns, Including Fatima
Host: 24th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 31 August 2023
12:00 AM
A Yellow Sea Fog Observations and Modeling using the Korea Ocean Research Stations: FATIMA-YS Case
Hojin Kim, Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology, Busan, Busan, Korea, Republic of (South); and K. Y. Heo, I. Gultepe, J. Y. Jeong, and H. J. Fernando

12:00 AM
Observations of Boundary Layer Evolution Downwind of a Remote, Small Island during the FATIMA 2022 Campaign
David G Ortiz-Suslow, NPS, Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA; and J. Ruiz-Plancarte, R. Yamaguchi, J. Kalogiros, H. J. Fernando, E. D. Creegan, E. R. Pardyjak, B. W. Blomquist, S. Gabersek, I. Gultepe, and Q. Wang

12:00 AM
Fog Structure and Stability at Sable Island in July 2022
Clive Edgar Dorman, SIO, La Jolla, CA; and D. Koračin and G. Gašparac

12:00 AM
A Shipboard Atmospheric Surface Layer Profiling System for Air-Sea Interaction and Fog Studies
Ryan Yamaguchi, NPS, Monterey, CA; and J. Ruiz-Plancarte, D. G. Ortiz-Suslow, R. Chang, E. D. Creegan, H. J. Fernando, J. Kalogiros, and Q. Wang


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Methodologies and software for Data Fusion and Analytics
Host: 24th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 31 August 2023
12:00 AM
Implications For Heat Stress in One of America’s Most Rapidly Urbanizing Cities: Houston, We Have a Problem
Andrew Caleb Blackford, The University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL; and U. Nair, T. W. Cowan, J. Bonucchi, and C. E. Phillips


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Multi-instrument observations of the planetary boundary layer
Host: 24th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 31 August 2023
12:00 AM
Preliminary Comparison of Model and Polarimetric Radar Derived Estimates of Boundary Layer Height to High Temporal Resolution Radiosonde Data
Scott Loeffler, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD; and A. R. Davies

12:00 AM
Near-Storm Environment Spatiotemporal Analysis of the Lowest 1-km of the Boundary Layer using High-Resolving Mobile Lidar and Radar from the TORUS Project
Joshua S. Ostaszewski, Texas Tech Univ., Lubbock, TX; and E. N. Smith, T. Bell, J. Gebauer, and C. C. Weiss

12:00 AM
The National Airborne Sounder Testbed-Interferometer (NAST-I): Existing technology for new science and applications
Daniel K. Zhou, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA; and A. Larar, X. Liu, X. Xiong, and H. S. Jang

12:00 AM
Micropulse-Lidar-Retrieved Boundary-Layer Heights from Multiple ARM Sites: Quality Assessment and Comparison of Multiple Products
Natalia Roldan-Henao, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and T. Su and Z. Li

12:00 AM
NEXRAD Based Convective Boundary Layer Height Compared To Multiple Instruments
Delia Tatiana Della Porta, Univ. of Maryland, Baltimore County, Columbia, MD

12:00 AM
Improving Boundary Layer Data Assimilation in the NASA GEOS System
Yanqiu Zhu, Global Modeling and Assimilation Office, Greenbelt, MD; and E. G. Yang, N. Arnold, M. Ganeshan, S. P. Palm, H. Salmun, J. A. Santanello Jr., E. McGrath-Spangler, J. R. Lewis Jr., Y. Zhu, Y. Zhu, and Y. Zhu

12:00 AM
Advances in the Measurement of Air-Sea Fluxes for Marine Planetary Boundary Layer Research
James Bearer Edson, WHOI, Woods Hole, MA

12:00 AM
Synthesis of In Situ and Remotely Sensed Observations in North Dakota to Understand Northern Great Plains Ground Blizzards
Alec Sczepanski, Univ. of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND; and A. D. Kennedy, N. Wood, D. H. Bromwich, and S. D. Shuvo

12:00 AM
Evaluation of Planetary Boundary Layer Structure from NASA Global Modeling and Assimilation Office’s Next Retrospective Analysis Product GEOS-R21C
Eun-Gyeong Yang, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD; NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD; and Y. Zhu, A. El Akkraoui, N. Arnold, and M. Ganeshan

12:00 AM
'Remote and In-situ Investigations of a Medium City Urban Heat Island'
Max Appelbaum, University of Georgia, Athens, GA; and S. Bernardes and J. M. Shepherd

12:00 AM
Summer Tropical Maritime Atmospheric Boundary Layer observed in Barbados with an Integrated scanning Raman and Doppler Lidars
Zhien Wang, SUNY-Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY; and A. S. Kittelman, J. S. Reid, Q. Wang, A. Sealy, and E. Murray

12:00 AM
Comparative Analysis of the Planetary Boundary Layer during the PECAN campaign, using the WRF model for Low-Level Jets event
Sharad Pandey, UMBC, Baltimore City, MD; and B. Demoz, B. J. Carroll, K. Pan, and A. F. Arellano

12:00 AM
A First Look into Boundary Layer-Wind Farm Interactions from the American Wake Experiment
Arianna Marie Jordan, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and P. M. Klein, E. N. Smith, S. Wharton, T. Bell, J. Gebauer, L. Bunting, and M. Puccioni

12:00 AM
Entrainment and Decoupling in the Marine Stratocumulus-Topped Boundary Layer
Kathryn Lynn Verlinden, Applied Ocean Sciences, Springfield, VA; and S. de Szoeke

12:00 AM
HAMSR, APR-3, and GPM Observations During NASA CPEX Campaigns for the PBL Thermodynamic Structures to Understand the Development of Tropical Convective Systems
Sun Wong, JPL, Pasadena, CA; JPL, Pasadena, CA; and M. Schreier, B. Lambrigtsen, and O. Sy

12:00 AM
The development of next generation hyperspectral microwave radiometers for the planetary boundary layer observation
Ahmed Mohamed, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA; and O. Pradhan, S. T. Brown, S. C. Reising, A. Babenko, A. Tanner, N. Shah, and P. Kangaslahti

12:00 AM
Investigation of Hydrostatic Imbalance using Field Observations
Jielun Sun, Northwest Research Associates, Boulder, CO; and V. G. Wulfmeyer, H. Voemel, W. O. J. Brown, S. Oncley, and F. Spaeth


Session
Observations of Boundary Layer Processes Over Drylands
Host: 24th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 31 August 2023
12:00 AM
Exploring Entrainment Zone Processes over a Semiarid Region: A Lidar-Based Study
Nicholas E. Clark, Texas Tech Univ., Lubbock, TX; and S. Pal, M. B. Hamel, Z. M. Medley, T. B. Danzig, and M. A. Anand

12:00 AM
On the Dependence of Surface Layer Parameterizations on the Bowen Ratio
Temple R. Lee, NOAA/ARL/ATDD, Oak Ridge, TN; and T. P. Meyers, S. Pal, P. Krishnan, B. Hirth, M. Heuer, R. Saylor, J. Kochendorfer, and J. L. Schroeder


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Other Topics on Meteorological Observation And Instrumentation
Host: 24th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 31 August 2023
12:00 AM
The Behavior of a Giant-Hail-Producing Supercell in Oklahoma on 23 May 2011 Using Data from Four Doppler Radars
Leah M Swinney, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; Cooperative Institute for Severe and High-Impact Weather Research and Operations, Norman, OK; and H. B. Bluestein and J. C. Snyder

12:00 AM
Investigating the Impact of Urban Areas on Quasi-Linear Convective Systems
Claiborne Brooks Wooton, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND; and J. P. Mulholland and J. A. Naylor

12:00 AM
The sub-cloud layer during rain events probed with ceilometer and disdrometer
Ricardo C. Muñoz, University of Chile, Santiago, Santiago, Chile; and R. Garreaud

12:00 AM
Virtual Sampling of the Tropical Air-Sea Transition Zone Using Coordinated Uncrewed Systems
Edoardo Mazza, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and C. Zhang

12:00 AM
Analysis and Characterization of Wind Circulation in Central Mediterranean Site
Ilaria Gandolfi, CNR Institute of methodologies for environmental analysis (IMAA), Tito Scalo, (PZ), Italy


Session
Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere
Host: 24th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 31 August 2023
12:00 AM
Winds over DC
William Pendergrass, ATDD, OAK RIDGE, TN; and N. Lichiheb, A. Stein, S. Baidar, and W. A. Brewer

12:00 AM
Correlating Lidar Range Performance with Atmospheric Parameters
Clément Toupoint, Vaisala France, Saclay, 91, France; and C. Benzo, L. Thobois, and M. Hervo

12:00 AM
Analysis and Objective Identification of Regions of Enhanced Electrification via Differential Reflectivity Depolarization Streaks
Sebastian S. Harkema, Univ. of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL

12:00 AM
Reprocessing 30 Years of NASA Goddard's High-altitude Radar Data
Charles N. Helms, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD; University of Maryland, College Park, College Park, MD; and G. Heymsfield, P. Pantina, and M. Mclinden

12:00 AM
Polarimetric Radar Signatures of Significantly Severe Left-moving Supercells
Raychel Elaina Nelson, NWS, Springfield, MO; and M. Van Den Broeke

12:00 AM
The Next Generation of Earth Networks Lightning Digital Signal Processor
Jeff Lapierre, AEM, Gaithersburg, MD; and Y. Zhu and E. DiGangi

12:00 AM
The SOWLETS Campaign: an Examination of Local Incinerator Plume in O3/SO2 using Sondes and a 4-wavelengths lidar
Guillaume Gronoff, NASA, Hampton, VA; and T. Berkoff, D. Phoenix, R. Elhertani, P. J. Walter, J. H. Flynn III, A. E. Kotsakis, A. Ulinski, S. L. Alvarez, A. medina, and G. koch


Session
Results from Recent Field Projects
Host: 24th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 31 August 2023
12:00 AM
Mobile Lidar Observations of Supercell Inflow During the TORUS-LItE Field Campaign
Bobby Saba, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; CIWRO, Norman, OK; and M. C. Coniglio

12:00 AM
Investigation of Lightning and Storm Electrification Processes Using a Phased Array Radar and Lightning Mapping Array
Cory Schultz, NWC REU, Black Hawk, SD; and D. Schvartzman, V. C. Chmielewski, T. Y. Yu, D. J. Bodine, and M. Stock

12:00 AM
Evaluating Wind Gust Parameterization in the COARE Air-Sea Flux Algorithm
Nicholas C Forcone, Rosenstiel School, Miami, FL; and M. F. Cronin, S. M. Wills, E. J. Thompson, and D. Zhang

12:00 AM
Using Aircraft Measurements to Investigate Boundary Layer Thermodynamic Variability Across Frontal Systems Over Land
Zachary Michael Medley, Texas Tech Univ., Atmospheric Science Group, Lubbock, TX; and S. Pal and N. E. Clark

12:00 AM
Automated Identification of Storm Electrification Signatures Using Polarimetric Radar Observations
Alexa Rose Dringus, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and D. Schvartzman, V. C. Chmielewski, D. J. Bodine, E. C. Bruning, M. Stock, and T. Y. Yu

12:00 AM
Evolution of Shear Profiles Preceding Significantly Tornadic, Tornadic, and non-Tornadic QLCSs
Haniston Paige Holloway, University of Louisiana at Monroe, Monroe, LA; and I. J. Montgomery and T. A. Murphy


Session
Techniques and Methodologies for Multi-Scale Micrometeorology
Host: 24th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 31 August 2023
12:00 AM
Characterizing Near Surface Lapse Rates in the White Mountains Region Using High-Resolution Mesonet Data
Jay Broccolo, Mount Washington Observatory, North Conway, NH


Session
The Role of Community Weather in the Weather Enterprise
Host: 24th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 31 August 2023