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
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| 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
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| 9:00 AM | 1.1 | Development and modernization of NOAA's U.S. Climate Observing Network ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) 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 ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Patrick Guinan, Univ. of Missouri, Columbia, MO; and J. Travlos |
| 9:30 AM | 1.3 | An Overview of the Kentucky Mesonet ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) 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 ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Renee A. McPherson, Oklahoma Climatological Survey, Norman, OK; and J. D. Lane, K. C. Crawford, and W. G. McPherson |
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| 10:00 AM-10:30 AM, Monday 2008 Coffee Break |
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| 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
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| 10:30 AM | 2.1 | Data collection and quality assurance of the Kentucky Mesonet ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) 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 ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) 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 ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) 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 ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) 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 ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Matthew J. Menne, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and C. N. Williams and R. S. Vose |
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| 12:00 PM-1:45 PM, Monday 2008 Lunch Break |
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| 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
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| 1:45 PM | 3.1 | Using K-16 weather station data in climate research and as an outreach opportunity ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) David J. Travis, Univ. of Wisconsin, Whitewater, WI |
| 2:00 PM | 3.2 | Storm Peak Laboratory 5th-6th Grade Climate and Weather Program ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) 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 ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Renee A. McPherson, Oklahoma Climatological Survey, Norman, OK |
| 2:30 PM | 3.4 | Evaluation of human thermal comfort using by meteorological approach ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) 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 ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) David Changnon, Northern Illinois Univ., DeKalb, IL; and S. Changnon |
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| 3:00 PM-3:30 PM, Monday 2008, Sea to Sky Ballroom A Coffee Break |
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| 3:30 PM-5:00 PM, Monday 2008, Harmony AB Session 4 Temperature
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Chair: Henry Reges, CoCoRaHS/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO
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| 3:30 PM | 4.1 | Preferential pathways for Southern Hemisphere cold surges ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) 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) ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) 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 ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) 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 ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) 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 ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) John Nielsen-Gammon, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; and D. B. McRoberts |
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| 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 |
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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
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| 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 ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Christopher Daly, Oregon State Univ., Corvallis, OR |
| 10:50 AM | | Climate Services in Support of Adaptation ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) 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 ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) 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 ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Jessica D. Lundquist, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and N. Pepin and P. W. Mote |
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| 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) |
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| 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
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| 1:30 PM | | Applied Climatology Award by Phillip A. Pasteris, USDA/NRCS/National Water and Climate Center, Portland, OR ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif)
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| 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 ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) 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 ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) 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 ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) 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 |
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| 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
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| 3:30 PM | J2.5 | Spatial temperature patterns in complex terrain: implications for climate and innovative monitoring techniques ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) 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 ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) 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 ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) 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 ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) 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 ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Zhiwen Luo, The Univ. of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China; and Y. Li |
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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
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| 10:00 AM-10:30 AM, Wednesday 2008, Sea to Sky Ballroom A Coffee Break |
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| 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 |
| ![](http://www.confex.com/static/images/flag.png) | 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 |
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| 12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Wednesday 2008 Lunch Break |
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| 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
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| 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 ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) 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 ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) 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 ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) 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 ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) John Horel, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and L. Jones |
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| 3:00 PM-3:30 PM, Wednesday 2008, Sea to Sky Ballroom A Coffee Break |
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| 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
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| 3:30 PM | 6.1 | Precipitation distribution in the Lake Pukaki Catchment, New Zealand ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) 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 ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) 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 ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) 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 |
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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
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| 9:00 AM | 7.1 | National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS): A model for interagency climate services collaboration ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) 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 ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) 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 ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) 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 ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Laura M. Edwards, DRI, Reno, NV; and T. J. Brown, C. A. Kolden, and J. T. Abatzoglou |
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| 10:00 AM-10:30 AM, Thursday 2008, Sea to Sky Ballroom A Coffee Break |
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| 10:30 AM-12:00 PM, Thursday 2008, Harmony AB Session 8 Drought II |
Chair: Andrea Bair, NOAA/NWS, Salt Lake City, UT
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| 10:30 AM | 8.1 | A pressure gradient metric capturing planetary-scale influences on eastern Australian rainfall ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Clinton S. Rakich, Macquarie University and the Bureau of Meteorology, North Ryde, NSW, Australia; and N. J. Holbrook and B. Timbal |
| ![](http://www.confex.com/static/images/flag.png) | 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 ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) 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 |
| ![](http://www.confex.com/static/images/flag.png) | 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 |
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| 12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Thursday 2008 Lunch Break |
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| 1:30 PM-3:00 PM, Thursday 2008, Harmony AB Session 9 Moisture |
Chair: Mark Svododa, National Drought Mitigation Center, Lincoln, NE
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| 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 ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) 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 ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) 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 ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) 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 ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Michael A. Palecki, ISWS, Champaign, IL |
| 3:00 PM | 9.7 | Active flood mitigation by boundary control ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Nikolas Katopodes, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI |
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| 3:00 PM-3:15 PM, Thursday 2008, Sea to Sky Ballroom A Coffee Break |
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| 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
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| 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 ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) 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 ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) 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 ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) 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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