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Monday, 11 August 2008
	8:45 AM-9:00 AM, Monday 2008, Harmony AB Welcome and Introductory Remarks
Cochairs: Henry Reges, CoCoRaHS/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; Laura M. Edwards, DRI, Reno, NV
	9:00 AM-10:00 AM, Monday 2008, Harmony AB Session 1 Climate Observing Systems I
Chair: C. Bruce Baker, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC
9:00 AM 1.1 Development and modernization of NOAA's U.S. Climate Observing Network   C. Bruce Baker, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and D. R. Easterling 9:15 AM 1.2 Missouri's transition to a near real-time mesonet   Patrick Guinan, Univ. of Missouri, Columbia, MO; and J. Travlos 9:30 AM 1.3 An Overview of the Kentucky Mesonet   Zachary G. Brown, Kentucky Mesonet, Bowling Green, KY; and S. A. Foster, R. Mahmood, S. Struebig, D. Grabowski, M. Grogan, and M. M. Ferris 9:45 AM 1.4 A climatology of heatbursts as detected by the Oklahoma Mesonet   Renee A. McPherson, Oklahoma Climatological Survey, Norman, OK; and J. D. Lane, K. C. Crawford, and W. G. McPherson
	10:00 AM-10:30 AM, Monday 2008 Coffee Break
	10:30 AM-12:00 PM, Monday 2008, Harmony AB Session 2 Climate Observing Systems II
Chair: C. Bruce Baker, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC
10:30 AM 2.1 Data collection and quality assurance of the Kentucky Mesonet   Megan M. Ferris, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY; and S. A. Foster, R. Mahmood, D. Grabowski, S. Struebig, Z. G. Brown, and M. Grogan 10:45 AM 2.2 Assessment of Recent Climate Changes in Nebraska and Kansas in 1985-2007   X. Lin, Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE; and K. G. Hubbard and R. A. Pielke 11:00 AM 2.3 CoCoRaHS: A national climate observing system of volunteer observers providing a “gauge-full” of data for climate applications   Henry Reges, CoCoRaHS/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and N. J. Doesken, R. C. Cifelli, J. Turner, and Z. Schwalbe 11:15 AM 2.4 The New Jersey Weather and Climate Network: a dense, multipurpose network of networks   David A. Robinson, Office of the New Jersey State Climatologist, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ; and C. Shmukler, D. P. Fittante, M. Gerbush, and J. Read 11:30 AM 2.5 Integration of automated climate networks to develop quality control procedures   Ted W. Sammis, New Mexico State University, Plant and Environmental Sciences., 88003 Las Cruces, NM; and S. Engle 11:45 AM 2.6 The United States Historical Climatology Network monthly temperature data – version 2   Matthew J. Menne, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and C. N. Williams and R. S. Vose
	12:00 PM-1:45 PM, Monday 2008 Lunch Break
	1:45 PM-3:00 PM, Monday 2008, Harmony AB Session 3 Human Dimensions of Applied Climate
Chair: David A. Robinson, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ
1:45 PM 3.1 Using K-16 weather station data in climate research and as an outreach opportunity   David J. Travis, Univ. of Wisconsin, Whitewater, WI 2:00 PM 3.2 Storm Peak Laboratory 5th-6th Grade Climate and Weather Program   Ian B. McCubbin, DRI, Steamboat Springs, CO; and A. G. Hallar 2:15 PM 3.3 New Applied Climatology and Meteorology Course at the University of Oklahoma   Renee A. McPherson, Oklahoma Climatological Survey, Norman, OK 2:30 PM 3.4 Evaluation of human thermal comfort using by meteorological approach   Yuka Horie, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan; and K. Kimura and T. Honma 2:45 PM 3.5 Illinois' 2007-08 winter: "That 70s Show" revisited   David Changnon, Northern Illinois Univ., DeKalb, IL; and S. Changnon
	3:00 PM-3:30 PM, Monday 2008, Sea to Sky Ballroom A Coffee Break
	3:30 PM-5:00 PM, Monday 2008, Harmony AB Session 4 Temperature
Chair: Henry Reges, CoCoRaHS/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO
3:30 PM 4.1 Preferential pathways for Southern Hemisphere cold surges   Nicholas D. Metz, Univ. at Albany/SUNY, Albany, NY; and H. M. Archambault, T. J. Galarneau, and A. F. Srock 3:45 PM 4.2 The temperature series of Verona (1741-2006)   Michele Andrighetti, Atmospheric Physics Group, University of Trento, Trento, Italy, Trento, Italy; and D. Zardi and M. De Franceschi 4:00 PM 4.3 Searching for the Daily Mean Temperature   Glen Conner, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY; and S. Foster 4:15 PM 4.4 An analytical model for the diurnal temperature cycle at the earth surface   Dino Zardi, University of Trento, Italy, Trento, Italy; and M. De Franceschi 4:30 PM 4.5 Eliminating Station Location Bias from Long-Term Climate Division Data   John Nielsen-Gammon, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; and D. B. McRoberts
	5:30 PM-7:00 PM, Monday 2008, Sea to Sky Ballroom A Poster Session 1 Applied Climatology Poster Session One w/ Ice Breaker Reception
P1.1 Reassessment of Lightning Mortality in the U.S.: Analyses of Contrasting Datasets, Spatial Distributions, and Storm Morphologies   Walker S. Ashley, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL; and C. Gilson and D. Keith   P1.2 Future projection of temperature over Korea in global warming using regional climate simulation with the MM5 model   GyoSook Koo Sr., KMA, Seoul, South Korea; and K. O. Boo and W. T. Kwon   P1.3 Evaluation of Winter Weather Conditions Complexity from the Viewpoint of Winter Maintenance of Roads – Principles and Experience   Vit Kveton, Czech Hydrometeorological Institute, Praha, Czech Republic; and M. Zak   P1.4 OK-FIRE: A weather-based decision support system for wildland fire management in Oklahoma   J. D. Carlson, Oklahoma State Univ., Stillwater, OK; and R. Jabrzemski, S. Blackburn, J. M. Wolfinbarger, and R. A. McPherson   P1.5 Future Climate Change over Korea under Global Warming using Dynamical Downscaling Technique   Yu-Mi Cha Sr., Korea Meteorological Administration, Seoul, South Korea; and K. O. Boo and W. T. Kwon   P1.6 Using Doppler radars for remote sensing of cloud water and precipitation in low layer clouds   Yefim L. Kogan, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and Z. N. Kogan   P1.7 Using the monthly classification of global SSTs and 500 hPa height   Anthony R. Lupo, University of Missouri - Columbia, Columbia, MO; and P. Guinan, D. Weitlich, E. P. Kelsey, P. S. Market, and N. Davis   P1.8 Spatial Depiction of Drought Variability from Merged Recent and Historical Data   Douglas Brent McRoberts, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; and J. Nielsen-Gammon and S. M. Quiring
Tuesday, 12 August 2008
	8:30 AM-10:15 AM, Tuesday 2008, Harmony AB Panel Discussion 1 Role of Applied Climatology in a Changing Climate
Panelists: Phillip A. Pasteris, Global Water Resources, Portland, OR; Kelly T. Redmond, DRI, Reno, NV; David A. Robinson, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ; John Horel, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT Moderator: Gregg M. Garfin, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
8:30 AM PD1.1 The same river twice: Applied climatology in a changing environment   Kelly T. Redmond, DRI, Reno, NV
	10:30 AM-12:00 PM, Tuesday 2008, Harmony AB Session 4 Kelly Redmond Session
10:30 AM 4.1 Hidden climate variability in complex terrain   Christopher Daly, Oregon State Univ., Corvallis, OR 10:50 AM Climate Services in Support of Adaptation   Roger S. Pulwarty, (Drought in the Southwest) NOAA-CIRES Climate Diagnostics Center, Boulder, CO 11:10 AM 4.2 People, Places, Possibilities and Partnerships: Preparing for a National Climate Service   Eileen Shea, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Honolulu, HI 11:30 AM 4.3 Long-term temperature stations in mountainous terrain: confounding processes in interpreting high-elevation climate trends   Jessica D. Lundquist, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and N. Pepin and P. W. Mote
	12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Tuesday 2008, Sea to Sky Ballroom C Joint Session JL1 Luncheon (Joint between the 13th Conference on Mountain Meteorology and the 17th Conference on Applied Climatology)
12:00 PM JJL1.1 Mountaineering Meteorology and Decision-Making   Madison J. Post, NOAA Scientist (retired), Boulder, CO
	1:30 PM-3:00 PM, Tuesday 2008, Rainbow Theatre Joint Session 1 Mountain Climatology I (Joint between the 13th Conference on Mountain Meteorology and the 17th Conference on Applied Climatology)
Chair: Christopher Daly, Oregon State Univ., Corvallis, OR
1:30 PM Applied Climatology Award by Phillip A. Pasteris, USDA/NRCS/National Water and Climate Center, Portland, OR   1:45 PM J1.1 Secrets of the "Greatest Snow on Earth"   W. James Steenburgh, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and T. I. Alcott 2:00 PM J1.2 A century-long context for South Cascade Glacier mass balance   Faron Scheffer Anslow, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; and P. U. Clark and S. W. Hostetler 2:15 PM J1.3 Characteristics of Precipitation in Mountainous Terrain in Northern Mexico and the Southwest United States Using the TRMM Precipitation Feature Database   Christina Wall, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and C. Liu and E. Zipser 2:30 PM J1.4 The role of lee cyclogenesis in the midwinter suppression of the Pacific storm track   Sandra M. Penny, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and G. Roe and D. Battisti 2:45 PM J1.5 On the development of orographic rain shadows during uplift of mountain ranges   Joseph Galewsky, Univ.of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
	3:30 PM-5:00 PM, Tuesday 2008, Rainbow Theatre Joint Session 2 Mountain Climatology II (Joint between the 13th Conference on Mountain Meteorology and the 17th Conference on Applied Climatology)
Chair: John D. Horel, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
3:30 PM J2.5 Spatial temperature patterns in complex terrain: implications for climate and innovative monitoring techniques   Jessica D. Lundquist, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and D. R. Cayan 3:45 PM J2.1 Local topography controls temperature regimes in subarctic fell area, northern Finland   Miska Luoto, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland; and M. Seppälä 4:00 PM J2.2 An analysis of 10-year ASOS data from east of Rockies: The detection of the diurnal continental tide and eastward-propagating waves   Yanping Li, Yale Univ., New Haven, CT; and R. B. Smith 4:15 PM J2.3 Reconstruction and preliminary analysis of the temperature record of Trento (Italy) 1816-2007   Gabriele Rampanelli, University of Trento, Trento, Italy; and D. Zardi 4:30 PM J2.4 A dynamical interpretation for the evolution of the equatorial components of the mountain torque   Sylvain Mailler, CNRS, Paris, France; and F. Lott 4:45 PM J2.6 Effect of Mountain Breeze in Ventilating the City under Calm and Neutral Atmospheric Environment: Interaction of Airflow Structures and Ventilation Efficiency   Zhiwen Luo, The Univ. of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China; and Y. Li
Wednesday, 13 August 2008
	9:00 AM-10:00 AM, Wednesday 2008, Harmony AB Panel Discussion 2 Research and Adaption Needs between the United States and Canada
Panelists: Richard Lawford, Drought Research Initiative, Winnipeg, MB Canada; Gregg M. Garfin, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; Nancy Lee, Agriculture and Agri=Food Canada, Lethbridge Research Center, Alberta Canada; Stewart Cohen, Environment Canada, Downsview, ON Canada Moderator: Roger Pulwarty, NOAA/CIRES/CDC, Boulder, CO Chair: Roger Pulwarty, NOAA/CIRES/CDC, Boulder, CO
Introduction to session     Rick Lawford
	10:00 AM-10:30 AM, Wednesday 2008, Sea to Sky Ballroom A Coffee Break
	10:30 AM-12:00 PM, Wednesday 2008, Sea to Sky Ballroom A Poster Session 2 Applied Climatology Poster Session Two
P2.1 Assessing the sensitivity of Wasatch Mountain winter precipitation to present climate temperature variations   Leigh Jones, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and J. Horel   P2.2 A multivariate analysis of summary-of-the-day snowfall statistics vs. same-day water precipitation and temperature recordings   Charles J. Fisk, Naval Base Ventura County, Point Mugu, CA P2.3 Hybrid 2.0 interpolation of daily precipitation data over Alberta   Qingfang Dai, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada; and S. Shen   P2.4 Seasonal snowpack prediction in the Columbia River Basin   Heather K. Conley, Illinois State University, Normal, IL; and D. McGinnis   P2.5 Estimating meteorological variables within glacier boundary layers, Southern Coast Mountains, British Columbia, Canada   Joseph Michael Shea, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC BC, Canada; and R. D. Moore and F. S. Anslow
	12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Wednesday 2008 Lunch Break
	1:30 PM-3:00 PM, Wednesday 2008, Harmony AB Session 5 Climate patterns in complex terrain I
Chair: Laura M. Edwards, DRI, Reno, NV
1:30 PM 5.1 Development and testing of Canada-wide interpolated spatial models of daily minimum/maximum temperature and precipitation for 1961-2003   Michael Hutchinson, Australian National University; and D. McKenney, K. Lawrence, J. Pedlar, R. Hopkinson, E. Milewska, and P. Papadopol 1:45 PM 5.2 Regional Climate Projections for British Columbia: Tools and Uncertainty   Trevor Q. Murdock, Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium, Victoria, BC, Canada; and D. Bronaugh and D. R. Rodenhuis 2:00 PM 5.3 Evaluation of a WRF dynamical downscaling simulation over California   Peter Caldwell, LLNL, Livermore, CA; and D. C. Bader, H. N. S. Chin, and G. Bala 2:15 PM 5.4 Climatology of wind storms in the Owens Valley, CA   Sharon Zhong, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI; and J. Li, X. Bian, W. Q. Yao, and C. D. Whiteman 2:30 PM 5.5 A Synoptic Climatology of Winter Season Flooding Precipitation in Complex Terrain   S. Jeffrey Underwood, University of Nevada, Reno, NV; and C. King and M. Kaplan 2:45 PM 5.6 Assessing the sensitivity of Wasatch Mountain winter precipitation to future climate temperature   John Horel, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and L. Jones
	3:00 PM-3:30 PM, Wednesday 2008, Sea to Sky Ballroom A Coffee Break
	3:30 PM-5:00 PM, Wednesday 2008, Harmony AB Session 6 Climate Patterns in Complex Terrain II
Chair: David C. Bader, LLNL, Livermore, CA
3:30 PM 6.1 Precipitation distribution in the Lake Pukaki Catchment, New Zealand   Tim R. Kerr, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand; and I. Owens and R. Henderson 3:45 PM 6.2 Climate change projections for Southwest vegetation change   Gregg M. Garfin, Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and J. K. Eischeid, K. Cole, K. Ironside, M. Crimmins, and N. Cobb 4:00 PM 6.3 Daily temperature and precipitation maps with 1 km resolution derived from Norwegian weather observations   Matthias Mohr, Norwegian Meteorological Institute, Oslo, , Norway; and O. E. Tveito 4:15 PM 6.4 Present and future return values of heavy precipitation over complex terrain – the Black Forest region in Germany as an example   Gerd Schaedler, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany; and B. Frueh and H. Feldmann 4:30 PM 6.5 Climate Change Projection in the Upper Danube (European Alps) and the Upper Brahmaputra (Himalayas)   Bodo Ahrens, Institute for Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, Goethe-University Frankfurt, Frankfurt/Main, Germany; and A. Dobler 4:45 PM 6.6 Downscaling station temperatures to glacier locations using empirical orthogonal functions and Bayesian model averaging   Christian Reuten, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; and R. D. Moore, T. Stickford, and G. K. C. Clarke
Thursday, 14 August 2008
	9:00 AM-10:00 AM, Thursday 2008, Harmony AB Session 7 Drought I
Chair: Andrea Bair, NOAA/NWS, Salt Lake City, UT
9:00 AM 7.1 National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS): A model for interagency climate services collaboration   Michael J. Brewer, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and T. W. Owen, R. Pulwarty, and M. Svoboda 9:15 AM 7.2 Drought impact reporting in the United States: Giving the Drought Impact Reporter a face lift   Mark D. Svoboda, National Drought Mitigation Center, Lincoln, NE; and K. C. Smith, M. Sittler, S. N. Scott, J. Li, M. J. Hayes, D. A. Wood, D. Gutzmer, and M. Melvin 9:30 AM 7.3 Regional knowledge transfers: coping with drought through collaboration   Gregg M. Garfin, Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ AZ; and D. Bathke, G. Carbone, C. W. Fraisse, C. Roncoli, K. Dow, E. Lay, H. C. Hartmann, J. Rhee, M. Crimmins, M. Higgins, and L. Demouche 9:45 AM 7.4 Drought indices and climate relationships with wildland fire characteristics for use in fire business   Laura M. Edwards, DRI, Reno, NV; and T. J. Brown, C. A. Kolden, and J. T. Abatzoglou
	10:00 AM-10:30 AM, Thursday 2008, Sea to Sky Ballroom A Coffee Break
	10:30 AM-12:00 PM, Thursday 2008, Harmony AB Session 8 Drought II
Chair: Andrea Bair, NOAA/NWS, Salt Lake City, UT
10:30 AM 8.1 A pressure gradient metric capturing planetary-scale influences on eastern Australian rainfall   Clinton S. Rakich, Macquarie University and the Bureau of Meteorology, North Ryde, NSW, Australia; and N. J. Holbrook and B. Timbal 8.2 Climatological Analysis of European Heat Wave and Drought Events   Jason R. Webster, Creighton University, Omaha, NE 10:45 AM 8.3 Changes in daily and extreme temperature and precipitation indices related to drought in Canada   Eva Mekis, Environment Canada, Toronto, ON, Canada; and L. A. Vincent 11:00 AM 8.4 The combined role of ENSO and the NAO on winter precipitation and summer drought in the southwestern United States   James A. Miller, California State University, Fullerton, CA 8.5 Applying GRACE to drought monitoring using a data assimilation system   Benjamin F. Zaitchik, Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, University of Maryland, Greenbelt, MD; and M. Rodell and R. H. Reichle
	12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Thursday 2008 Lunch Break
	1:30 PM-3:00 PM, Thursday 2008, Harmony AB Session 9 Moisture
Chair: Mark Svododa, National Drought Mitigation Center, Lincoln, NE
1:30 PM 9.1 The linkage between intraseasonal oscillation and heavy precipitation in Asian Monsoon region   Chih-Hua Tsou, Department of Earth Sciences, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan; and A. C. Jeng and C. T. Chen 1:45 PM 9.2 Climatology of the moisture budget in the Great Lakes Region as viewed from the North American Regional Reanalysis   Sharon Zhong, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI; and X. Li, X. Bian, and W. E. Heilman 2:00 PM 9.3 Operational ranking of U.S. snowfall events   David A. Robinson, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ; and M. Gerbush, T. Estilow, J. H. Lawrimore, M. F. Squires, and R. R. Heim Jr. 2:15 PM 9.4 Potential methods to identify inhomogeneities in historical dew point temperatures   Paula J. Brown, Northeast Regional Climate Center/Cornell University, Ithaca, NY; and A. T. DeGaetano 2:30 PM 9.5 Development and Testing of an Ice Accumulation Algorithm   Gary McManus, Oklahoma Climatological Survey, Norman, OK; and S. F. Piltz, S. Sperry, R. A. McPherson, T. Meyer, D. McClain, A. D. Gartside, C. Fetsch, and M. A. Shafer 2:45 PM 9.6 ENSO and short duration extreme climate events in the U.S., 1850-2007   Michael A. Palecki, ISWS, Champaign, IL 3:00 PM 9.7 Active flood mitigation by boundary control   Nikolas Katopodes, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
	3:00 PM-3:15 PM, Thursday 2008, Sea to Sky Ballroom A Coffee Break
	3:15 PM-5:00 PM, Thursday 2008, Harmony AB Session 10 Applied Climatology - Analysis, Assessments and Strategies
Chair: Laura M. Edwards, DRI, Reno, NV
3:15 PM New Climate and Weather Reanalysis Efforts in NOAA: Overview and Access Update   Glenn K. Rutledge, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC 3:30 PM 10.1 Landslides risk analysis using a newly developed scalable and extensible geo-fluid model   Diandong Ren, Univ. of Oklahoma/CAPS, Norman, OK; and D. J. Karoly and L. M. Leslie 3:45 PM 10.2 Estimating daily maxima and minima from single daily air temperature readings   Michele Andrighetti, Atmospheric Physics Group, University of Trento, Trento, Italy, Trento, Italy; and M. De Franceschi and D. Zardi 4:00 PM 10.3 Estimation of monthly and annual local wind speed anomalies through the use of high resolution numerical simulations   John W. Zack, MESO, Inc., Troy, NY; and K. T. Waight, S. Young, G. E. Van Knowe, and M. Brower 4:15 PM 10.4 Assessing the quality assurance system for the Oklahoma Mesonet with accuracy measures   Peter K. Hall Jr., Oklahoma Mesonet, Norman, OK; and A. D. Gartside, C. A. Fiebrich, and R. A. McPherson 4:30 PM 10.5 Interannual variability of soybean yield in the Argentine Pampas and its relationship with synoptic weather types in Southern South America   Maria Laura Bettolli, FCEN/UBA-CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina; and W. Vargas and O. C. Penalba
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