Program: 13th Conference on Applied Climatology (13th Conference on Applied Climatology and the 10th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology)

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Sunday, 12 May 2002

12:00 AM-12:00 AM: Sunday, 12 May 2002

SUN 12 MAY

11:30 AM-2:00 PM: Sunday, 12 May 2002

SHORT COURSE REGISTRATION

12:30 PM-12:30 PM: Sunday, 12 May 2002

Short Course on Applied Climatology for Today's Business Applications

1:30 PM-5:30 PM: Sunday, 12 May 2002

CONFERENCE REGISTRATION

Monday, 13 May 2002

12:00 AM-12:00 AM: Monday, 13 May 2002

MON 13 MAY

7:30 AM-6:00 PM: Monday, 13 May 2002

CONFERENCE REGISTRATION CONTINUES THROUGH THURSDAY, 16 MAY

8:45 AM-9:00 AM: Monday, 13 May 2002

Welcoming Remarks: Greg Johnson, Program Chairperson

9:00 AM-10:15 AM: Monday, 13 May 2002

Climate Networks

Sponsor: 13th Conference on Applied Climatology

Organizer: Greg Johnson, USDA-NRCS, National Water and Climate Center

Papers:

9:00 AM

1.1

Cooperative Observer Program (COOP) Modernization

Andrew H. Horvitz, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and R. J. Leffler

9:15 AM

1.2

The Health of the National Weather Service Cooperative Program—One State's Perspective

Nolan J. Doesken, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO

Poster PDF (15.2 kB)

9:30 AM

1.3

2002 U.S. Historical Climatology Network

Claude N. Williams Jr., NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and R. Vose and D. Easterling

9:45 AM

1.4

What Good Is A Dense Volunteer Network For Measuring Rain And Hail?

Nolan J. Doesken, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO

Poster PDF (136.9 kB)

10:00 AM

1.5

Beware of Stitching Together a Mesonet

Brian B. Ayers, Penn State University, University Park, PA; and P. G. Knight

Poster PDF (80.3 kB)

10:15 AM-10:30 AM: Monday, 13 May 2002

Coffee Break

10:30 AM-4:30 PM: Monday, 13 May 2002

Data Reliability and Usability

Sponsor: 13th Conference on Applied Climatology

Organizer: Kelly Redmond, Western Regional Climate Center

Papers:

10:30 AM

2.1

Quality assessment of monthly temperature data

David A. Robinson, Rutgers Univ., Piscataway, NJ; and J. Parlagreco

Poster PDF (23.8 kB)

10:45 AM

2.2

Quality Assurance of Monthly Temperature Observations at the National Climatic Data Center

Matthew J. Menne, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and C. E. Duchon

Poster PDF (920.2 kB)

11:00 AM

2.3

Realtime Filtering Techniques of Air Temperature Data in Weather Stations

Kenneth G. Hubbard, Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE; and X. Lin

Poster PDF (461.8 kB)

11:15 AM

2.4

Identifying inhomogeneities in precipitation time series

Edward I. Tollerud, NOAA/FSL, Boulder, CO; and B. G. Brown and T. L. Fowler

Poster PDF (196.3 kB)

11:30 AM

2.5

Oregon HCN Data—New or Old, Which One is Correct?

George H. Taylor, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR; and A. Matzke and M. Mitchell

Poster PDF (11.2 kB)

11:45 AM

2.6

Data Mining: Gold or Pyrite

Glen Conner, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY

12:00 PM

2.7

Climate Data Continuity—What Have We Learned From The ASOS Automated Surface Observing System

Nolan J. Doesken, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and T. B. McKee and C. Davey

Poster PDF (90.6 kB)

12:15 PM

2.8

Digitization of historical daily cooperative network data

Nathaniel B. Guttman, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC

Poster PDF (28.4 kB)

12:30 PM

2.9

Estimated Observation Times for Cooperative Stations

Karen Andsager, ISWS, Champaign, IL; and K. E. Kunkel

Poster PDF (16.9 kB)

12:45 PM

2.10

Homogeneity Assessment of Canadian Precipitation Data for Joined Stations

Éva Mekis, MSC, Toronto, ON, Canada; and L. Vincent

Poster PDF (264.1 kB)

1:00 PM

2.11

A climatology of extreme hourly temperature variability across the United States: application to quality control.

Daniel Y. Graybeal, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY; and K. L. Eggleston and A. T. DeGaetano

Poster PDF (169.9 kB)

1:15 PM

2.12

Inter-Comparison of Real-Time Rain Gage and Radar-Estimated Rainfall on a Monthly Basis for Midwestern United States Counties

Nancy E. Westcott, ISWS, Champaign, IL; and K. E. Kunkel

Poster PDF (3.2 MB)

1:30 PM

2.13

Comparison of Snowfall Measurements from Six Windshields

Claude E. Duchon, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and C. G. Wade and J. A. Cole

1:45 PM

2.14

Station density strategy for monitoring long-term climatic change in the contiguous United States

Michael J. Janis, Southeast Regional Climate Center, Columbia, SC; and K. G. Hubbard and K. T. Redmond

Poster PDF (1.3 MB)

2:00 PM

2.15

Snow Cover Data for Applied Climate Studies

David A. Robinson, Rutgers Univ., Piscataway, NJ

Poster PDF (348.2 kB)

2:15 PM

2.16

The impact of unique meteorological phenomena detected by the Oklahoma Mesonet on automated quality control

Chris A. Fiebrich, Oklahoma Climatological Survey, Norman, OK

Poster PDF (633.0 kB)

2:30 PM

2.5A

Lunch Break

4:00 PM

2.12A

Coffee Break

4:30 PM-5:30 PM: Monday, 13 May 2002

Climatology of Storms and Heavy Precipitation

Sponsor: 13th Conference on Applied Climatology

Organizer: Steven Hollinger, Illinois State Water Survey/Univ. of Illinios

Papers:

4:30 PM

3.1

Annual and Seasonal Storm Structure across the United States

Steven E. Hollinger, ISWS, Champaign, IL; and J. R. Angel and M. A. Palecki

Poster PDF (304.9 kB)

4:45 PM

3.2

Interannual Variability in Storm Structure in the United States

Michael A. Palecki, ISWS, Champaign, IL; and J. R. Angel and S. E. Hollinger

5:00 PM

3.3

Temporal Changes in Storm Structure for the United States

James R. Angel, ISWS, Champaign, IL; and M. A. Palecki and S. E. Hollinger

5:15 PM

3.4

Re-evaluation of extreme rainfall areal reduction factors

Robert J. Allen, Northeast Regional Climate Center, Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY; and A. T. DeGaetano

Poster PDF (606.1 kB)

5:30 PM-5:30 PM: Monday, 13 May 2002

Oral Sessions End for the day

5:30 PM-7:00 PM: Monday, 13 May 2002

Joint Poster Session 1

Joint Poster Session with Reception

Sponsors: (Joint between the 13th Conference on Applied Climatology; and the 10th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology )

Organizer: William W. Vaughan, University of Alabama

Papers:

JP1.1

Predictability of seasonal runoff in the Mississippi River basin

Edwin P. Maurer, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and D. P. Lettenmaier

JP1.2

Progress Report on the Integrated Terminal Weather System's GFMosaic Algorithm

Justin D. Shaw, MIT Lincoln Lab., Lexington, MA; and S. W. Troxel

Poster PDF (188.5 kB)

JP1.3

Retrospective evaluation of the performance of experimental long-lead Columbia River streamflow forecasting methods

Alan F. Hamlet, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and D. P. Lettenmaier

JP1.4

Spatial and lead time accuracies of thunderstorm forecasts for air traffic control

Helen A. Watkin, Met Office, Bracknell, Berks., United Kingdom; and T. R. Scott and D. J. Hoad

Poster PDF (56.0 kB)

JP1.5

The development of a long-range forecast tool for Shemya winds using CART analysis

Brian K. Schroeder, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH; and R. P. Lowther

JP1.6

Performance Support Delivery System for use in Civil, Commercial, and Military Weather Training and Performance Improvement

Roger C. Whiton, SAIC, O'Fallon, IL; and L. K. Starlin, R. G. Borchers, and A. A. Guiffrida

JP1.7

The impact of drought on municipal water supplies in Kentucky: A case study from the drought of 1999–2001

Stuart A. Foster, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY

JP1.8

The Iowa Environmental Mesonet—observing climate at the mesoscale

Dennis P. Todey, Iowa State University, Ames, IA; and E. S. Takle and S. E. Taylor

http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu

Poster PDF (64.3 kB)

JP1.9

The utility of Landsat-7 ETM+ data for identifying agricultural damage due to severe thunderstorms in western Illinois.

Mace L. Bentley, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL; and T. Mote and P. Thebpanya

JP1.10

Use of Probabilistic Convective Forecasts in Traffic Flow Management Decision Support

Stephen M. Zobell, The MITRE Corporation, McLean, VA; and C. G. Ball and J. E. Sherry

JP1.11

Wind shear and turbulence at the São Paulo International Airport

Augusto J. Pereira Fo, Univ. of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil; and C. V. C. Fogaccia

Poster PDF (288.5 kB)

JP1.12

The impacts of microphysical schemes and parameter choices on icing diagnoses using the UAF integrated in-flight icing diagnostic algorithm for Alaska

Jeffrey S. Tilley, Univ. of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK; and X. Meng and G. Kramm

Poster PDF (149.2 kB)

JP1.13

On the impacts of microphysical schemes and parameter choices on MM5 simulations of warm-season high latitude cloud and precipitation systems

Jeffrey S. Tilley, Univ. of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK; and G. Kramm

Poster PDF (185.5 kB)

JP1.14

A new algorithm to estimate aircraft icing in the HIRLAM-model

Bernt Olofsson, Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters, Stockholm, Sweden; and E. Olsson and T. Mårtensson

Poster PDF (170.7 kB)

JP1.15

An estimation of CONUS contrail frequency from RUC and flight track data

David P. Duda, Hampton University, Hampton, VA; and P. Minnis, P. K. Costulis, and R. Palikonda

Poster PDF (212.1 kB)

JP1.16

Analyzing Erosive Potential across the United States

JP1.17

Climatalogy Applications of the 4DWX ARAD System

Scott F. Halvorson, U.S. Army Dugway Proving Ground West Desert Test Center, Dugway, UT; and J. C. Chastang, D. L. Leberknight, R. T. Sandblom, and D. T. Hahn

JP1.18

Climatology Study of Aircraft Turbulence versus Cloud Cover

Jamie K. Wolff, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. Sharman and B. C. Bernstein

Poster PDF (221.9 kB)

JP1.19

A Geospatial Decision Support System for Drought and Crop Risk Analysis in Nebraska

William J. Waltman, Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE; and M. D. Svoboda, M. J. Hayes, J. S. Peake, T. Tadesse, S. Goddard, and S. E. Reichenbach

JP1.20

Cloud Radar Observations at Kennedy Space Center During the ABFM Experiment

Brooks E. Martner, NOAA/ETL, Boulder, CO; and J. Koury, E. Defer, T. L. Schneider, B. W. Bartram, and W. B. Madsen

Poster PDF (1.8 MB)

JP1.21

Fuzzy rule-based approach to evaluate air temperature biases in weather stations

X. Lin, High Plains Regional Climate Center, Lincoln, NE; and K. G. Hubbard, D. D. Jones, and G. Merino

Poster PDF (116.7 kB)

JP1.22

High Spatial Density Precipitation Network in Minnesota

Peter J. Boulay, State Climatology Office/Univ. of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN

Poster PDF (288.5 kB)

JP1.23

Impact of sub-sampling strategies on North American climate statistics

John M. Henderson, AER, Inc., Lexington, MA; and R. D. Rosen and D. A. Salstein

JP1.24

Incorporating data from GOES and POES platforms into an integrated in-flight icing diagnostic algorithm for Alaska

Jeffrey S. Tilley, Univ. of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK; and X. Meng and J. Long

Poster PDF (64.7 kB)

JP1.25

Drought Monitoring Activities in NCDC's Climate Monitoring Branch

Richard R. Heim Jr., NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and S. E. Stephens, K. L. Gleason, and J. H. Lawrimore

Poster PDF (675.7 kB)

JP1.26

The 2001 Demonstration of Automated Cloud Forecast Guidance Products for San Francisco International Airport

David A. Clark, MIT Lincoln Lab., Lexington, MA

Poster PDF (70.4 kB)

JP1.27

Aviation Forecasting using Adaptive Unstructured Grids

David P. Bacon, SAIC, McLean, VA; and Z. Boybeyi and R. A. Sarma

http://vortex.atgteam.com

Poster PDF (365.1 kB)

JP1.28

3D Multi-radar Reflectivity Mosaic for CIWS Domain

Jian Zhang, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. J. Gourley, W. Xia, and K. Howard

Poster PDF (578.7 kB)

JP1.29

Forecasting C-G lightning potential at WSMR

Thomas R. Saxen, NCAR, Boulder, CO

Poster PDF (35.3 kB)

JP1.30

Homogeneous blended wind data over the contiguous United States

Pavel Ya. Groisman, UCAR and NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and H. P. Barker

JP1.31

The Ventilation Index Climate Information System (VCIS)

Sue Ferguson, USDA - Forest Service; and S. J. McKay, D. E. Nagel, T. Piepho, M. Rorig, C. Anderson, and L. Kellogg

JP1.32

An Evaluation of the Medium-Intensity Airport Weather System (MIAWS) Products at Memphis, TN and Jackson, MS International Airports

Mark A. Isaminger, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA; and E. A. Proseus

Poster PDF (821.7 kB)

JP1.33

Suitability of the Judd Ultrasonic Snow Depth Sensor for Estimating 6- and 24-Hour Snowfall Amounts

Doug G. Cripe, Kent State Univ., Kent, OH; and N. Doesken

Poster PDF (87.8 kB)

Tuesday, 14 May 2002

12:00 AM-12:00 AM: Tuesday, 14 May 2002

TUE 14 MAY

8:00 AM-9:45 AM: Tuesday, 14 May 2002

Stochastic Weather Simulation Models (a.k.a. weather generators)and Their Applications (Parallel with Session 4)

Sponsor: 13th Conference on Applied Climatology

Organizer: Clayton Hanson, USDA-ARS Northwest Watershed Research Center

Papers:

8:00 AM

5.1

The GEM (Generation of weather Elements for Multiple applications) weather simulation model

Clayton L. Hanson, USDA/ARS, Boise, ID; and G. L. Johnson and W. L. Frymire

Poster PDF (103.5 kB)

8:15 AM

5.2

Evaluation of Simulating Daily Air Temperature with the Normal Distribution: Implications for GEM

R. D. Harmel, USDA/ARS, Temple, TX; and C. W. Richardson, C. L. Hanson, and G. L. Johnson

8:30 AM

5.3

Teleconnection impacts on regional daily precipitation modeling

Tim Keefer, USDA/ARS, Tucson, AZ; and D. Goodrich

8:45 AM

5.4

Estimating Parameters for Characterizing Times Between Storms

James V. Bonta, USDA/ARS, Coshocton, OH; and G. Johnson

http://

Poster PDF (331.3 kB)

9:00 AM

5.5

Stochastic Daily Rainfall Generation in Southeast Arizona

Huey-hong Hsieh, Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and J. Stone, P. Guertin, and D. D. Slack

9:15 AM

5.6

Season and spatial variations of serial and cross-correlation matrices used by stochastic weather generators

Justin T. Schoof, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN; and S. M. Robeson

Poster PDF (122.0 kB)

9:30 AM

5.7

Implementing quality control techniques for random number generators to improve stochastic weather generators: the CLIGEN experience.

Charles R. Meyer, USDA/ARS, West Lafayette, IN; and C. Renschler and R. C. Vining

http://horizon.nserl.purdue.edu/Cligen/

Poster PDF (294.7 kB)

8:00 AM-10:00 AM: Tuesday, 14 May 2002

Climate Variability and Forecast Strategies (Parallel with Session 5)

Sponsor: 13th Conference on Applied Climatology

Organizer: David R. Easterling, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC

Papers:

8:00 AM

4.1

Exploration of global teleconnection indices for long-range temperature forecasts

Robb M Randall, Air Force Institute of Technology, WPAFB, OH; and R. P. Lowther

8:15 AM

4.2

A seasonal climate forecast methodology for ITCZ associated rainfall over Eastern Africa

Ronald P. Lowther, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH; and J. F. Griffiths

8:30 AM

4.3

Impacts of El Nino/Southern Oscillation(ENSO) On The IRAN South East Summer and Autumnal precipitation Anomalies

Mahamood Khosravi, Isfehan University and Sistan & Bluchestan University, Zahedan, Iran; and H. Ghayoor and M. R. Kaviani

8:45 AM

4.4

Multi-variate specification and prediction of rainfall over Devon and Cornwall, South West England

Ian D. Phillips, Univ. of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom; and G. R. McGregor

9:00 AM

4.5

Climate Change Impacts in Europe—The Role of Extreme Temperature Events

Matthew T. J. Livermore, Univ. of East Anglia, Norwich, Norfolk, United Kingdom; and J. P. Palutikof, C. G. Bentham, and T. J. Osborn

Poster PDF (104.1 kB)

9:15 AM

4.6

Development of a discriminant analysis mixed precipitation (DAMP) forecast model for Mid-Atlantic winter storms

J. Dustin Hux, Univ. of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA; and P. C. Knappenberger, P. J. Michaels, P. J. Stenger, H. D. Cobb III, and M. P. Rusnak

Poster PDF (165.2 kB)

9:30 AM

4.7

Experimental Real-time Seasonal Hydrologic Forecasting

Andrew W. Wood, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and D. P. Lettenmaier

9:45 AM

4.8

Designing an algorithm to predict the intensity of the severe weather season

Hugh J. Freestrom, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright -Patterson AFB, OH; and R. P. Lowther

Poster PDF (176.5 kB)

10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Tuesday, 14 May 2002

Coffee Break

10:30 AM-12:00 PM: Tuesday, 14 May 2002

Climate Trend Analyses

Sponsor: 13th Conference on Applied Climatology

Organizer: Greg Johnson, USDA/NRCS, National Water and Climate Center

Papers:

10:30 AM

6.1

100+ years of short-duration extreme climate events in the U.S.

Kenneth E. Kunkel, ISWS, Champaign, IL; and K. Andsager and D. R. Easterling

Poster PDF (36.1 kB)

10:45 AM

6.2

Rational analysis of trends in extreme temperature and precipitation

Patrick J. Michaels, Univ. of Virginia and Cato Institute, Charlottesville, VA; and P. C. Knappenberger, R. E. Davis, and O. W. Frauenfeld

Poster PDF (212.2 kB)

11:00 AM

6.3

Trends in the 1949–2000 northern hemisphere circumpolar vortex and climate change implications

Oliver W. Frauenfeld, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA; and R. E. Davis

Poster PDF (222.7 kB)

11:15 AM

6.4

The influence of extreme and non-extreme daily temperatures on diurnal temperature range trends.

Brian N. Belcher, Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY; and A. T. DeGaetano

Poster PDF (34.2 kB)

11:30 AM

6.5

Long Term Trends in the Spatial and Temporal Character of Precipitation Events in the Eastern United States.

Charles E. Konrad, Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC

Poster PDF (953.6 kB)

11:45 AM

6.6

Trends in Dense Fog Frequency in the Midwestern United States

Nancy E. Westcott, ISWS and Univ. of Illinois, Champaign, IL

Poster PDF (1.8 MB)

12:00 PM-2:00 PM: Tuesday, 14 May 2002

Luncheon

2:00 PM-5:00 PM: Tuesday, 14 May 2002

Joint Session 1

Climatology and Aviation (Joint Session between the 10th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology and the 13th Conference on Applied Climatology)

Sponsors: (Joint between the 10th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; and the 13th Conference on Applied Climatology )

Organizer: Mark Andrews, National Weather Service

Papers:

2:00 PM

J1.1

Jet Aircraft Contrails: Surface Temperature Variations During the Aircraft Groundings of Sept. 11–13, 2001

David J. Travis, Univ. of Wisconsin, Whitewater, WI; and A. M. Carleton and R. G. Lauritsen

2:15 PM

J1.2

A study of contrail spreading over the Great Lakes

David P. Duda, Hampton University, Hampton, VA; and P. Minnis and R. Palikonda

Poster PDF (593.3 kB)

2:30 PM

J1.3

Contrail climatology over the USA from MODIS and AVHRR data

Rabindra Palikonda, AS&M, Inc., Hampton, VA; and P. Minnis, P. K. Costulis, and D. P. Duda

2:45 PM

J1.4

Analysis of Lightning Cloud-to-Ground Flash Activity for National Aviation choke point region Studies

Thomas A. Seliga, USDOT/Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, Cambridge, MA; and D. A. Hazen and C. Schauland

Poster PDF (283.8 kB)

3:00 PM

J1.5

An inferred icing climatology—part I: estimation from pilot reports and surface conditions

Gregory S. Young, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and B. G. Brown and F. McDonough

Poster PDF (584.6 kB)

3:15 PM

J1.6

An Inferred Icing Climatology—Part II: Applying a Version of IIDA to 14-years of Coincident Soundings and Surface Observations

Ben C. Bernstein, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and F. McDonough

Poster PDF (294.7 kB)

3:30 PM

J1.7

An Inferred Icing Climatology—Part III: Icing AIRMETs and IIDA

Tressa L. Fowler, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and M. Crandell and B. G. Brown

Poster PDF (661.2 kB)

3:45 PM

J1.8

Climatologies of Upper-Level Turbulence over the Continental U.S. and Oceans

Robert Sharman, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. Wolff, T. L. Fowler, and B. G. Brown

Poster PDF (287.2 kB)

4:00 PM

J1.9

An analysis of the temporal and spatial distribution of ACARS data in support of the TAMDAR program

Brian Jamison, NOAA/FSL, Boulder, CO; and W. R. Moninger

Poster PDF (170.7 kB)

4:15 PM

J1.10

Climatology study of world airports in the context of wake vortex behaviour class

Paul Agnew, Met Office, Bracknell, Berks., United Kingdom; and D. J. Hoad

Poster PDF (62.3 kB)

4:30 PM

J1.4A

Coffee Break

Climate Mapping and Analysis in 4 Dimensions (Parallel with Joint Session J1)

Sponsor: 13th Conference on Applied Climatology

Organizer: Greorge Taylor, Oregon State Univ.

Papers:

2:00 PM

7.1

Climate division normals derived from topographically-sensitive climate grids

Christopher Daly, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR

http://

Poster PDF (151.3 kB)

2:15 PM

7.2

Development of a 103-Year High-Resolution Climate Data Set for the Conterminous United States

Wayne Gibson, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR; and C. Daly, T. Kittel, D. Nychka, C. Johns, N. Rosenbloom, A. McNab, and G. Taylor

Poster PDF (17.3 kB)

2:30 PM

7.3

Using NDVI and elevation to improve precipitation mapping

Tamara G. Houston, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and A. L. McNab

Poster PDF (108.6 kB)

2:45 PM

7.4

Mapping the thermal climate of the HJ Andrews Experimental Forest, Oregon

Jonathan Smith, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR; and C. Daly

Poster PDF (8.7 kB)

3:00 PM

7.5

Development and analysis of fine-scale gridded climate data for Arizona and New Mexico

Andrew C. Comrie, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and D. P. Brown

http://geog.arizona.edu/~comrie/climas/anim.htm

Poster PDF (53.8 kB)

3:15 PM

7.6

Comparison of geo-referenced grids of 1961- 1990 Canadian temperature and precipitation normals.

Ewa J. Milewska, MSC, Toronto, ON, Canada; and R. Hopkinson and A. Niitsoo

Poster PDF (302.1 kB)

7.7

Comparison of modeled climatologies from the Advanced Climate Modeling and Environmental Simulation System and COOP sites in Utah

3:45 PM

7.8

A new effort to update precipitation frequency maps for the United States

Christopher Daly, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR

Poster PDF (9.3 kB)

4:00 PM

7.9

Use of spatial climate data sets in an optimum species selection system for the United States and China

Matthew Doggett, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR; and C. Daly and D. Hannaway

4:15 PM

7.10

Mapping varietal potential for quality wines in Oregon using PRISM spatial climate data

Gregory V. Jones, Southern Oregon University, Ashland, OR; and P. Hille and H. E. Jones

4:30 PM

7.11

Mapping Erosive Potential Across the United States

Greg Johnson, USDA/NRCS, National Water and Climate Center, Portland, OR; and J. Marron, C. Daly, G. Taylor, S. Hollinger, and J. Angel

Poster PDF (597.6 kB)

4:45 PM

7.12

Applying geographic visualization techniques to 4+-dimensional climate data

Colleen M. Garrity, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ

5:00 PM

7.6A

Coffee Break

5:15 PM-5:15 PM: Tuesday, 14 May 2002

Sessions end for the day

Wednesday, 15 May 2002

12:00 AM-12:00 AM: Wednesday, 15 May 2002

WED 15 MAY

8:00 AM-12:00 PM: Wednesday, 15 May 2002

Drought Assessment and Prediction

Sponsor: 13th Conference on Applied Climatology

Organizer: Glen Conner, Western Kentucky Univ.

Papers:

8:00 AM

8.1

Measured Soil Moisture during the 1999–2000 Drought in Illinois

James R. Angel, ISWS, Champaign, IL; and R. W. Scott

Poster PDF (44.8 kB)

8:15 AM

8.2

Monitoring droughts with improved drought index resolution

Michael J. Hayes, Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE; and M. D. Svoboda, W. J. Waltman, S. Goddard, and K. G. Hubbard

http://nadss.unl.edu

Poster PDF (224.4 kB)

8:30 AM

8.3

The quality assurance and dissemination of soil moisture data from the Oklahoma Mesonet

Gary D. McManus, Oklahoma Climatological Survey, Norman, OK

Poster PDF (254.6 kB)

8:45 AM

8.4

A Soil Moisture Analysis of the Drought Conditions using the Oklahoma Mesonet

Bradley G. Illston, Oklahoma Climatological Survey, Norman, OK; and J. B. Basara

Poster PDF (758.2 kB)

9:00 AM

8.5

The value of real-time mesoscale observations to early recognition and rapid response to short-term drought

Derek S. Arndt, Oklahoma Climatological Survey, Norman, OK; and H. L. Johnson

Poster PDF (375.3 kB)

9:15 AM

8.6

Three years and counting: What’s new with the Drought Monitor?

Mark D. Svoboda, National Drought Mitigation Center/Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE; and M. J. Hayes and R. J. Tinker

http://drought.unl.edu/monitor/

Poster PDF (69.3 kB)

9:30 AM

8.7

Exploring moisture indices for characterizing drought in Vermont

Lesley-Ann Dupigny-Giroux, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT

http://www.uvm.edu/~ldupigny/sc/drought_vermont.html

Poster PDF (74.2 kB)

9:45 AM

8.8

Trends in North Carolina evapotranspiration and links with water availability

Peter J. Robinson, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC

Poster PDF (187.1 kB)

10:00 AM

8.9

Drought and Impact Disconnect: The Midwest Drought of 1999-2000

Michael A. Palecki, ISWS, Champaign, IL; and S. D. Hilberg

Poster PDF (221.2 kB)

10:15 AM

8.10

Drought Risk in Agriculture

Elwynn Taylor, Iowa State University, Ames, IA

Poster PDF (38.4 kB)

10:30 AM

8.11

European drought climatology and prediction using the standardised precipitation index

Benjamin Lloyd-Hughes, University College London, Dorking, United Kingdom; and M. A. Saunders

10:45 AM

8.12

Climate Stability in the Great Plains

John Harrington Jr., Kansas State Univ., Manhattan, KS; and M. J. Wood

Poster PDF (74.0 kB)

11:00 AM

8.13

A climatological assessment of major 20th century drought in southern Ontario, Canada

Joan M. Klaassen, MSC, Downsview, ON, Canada

Poster PDF (214.6 kB)

11:15 AM

8.14

Associations between the Palmer Drought Index and various atmospheric and oceanic indices

Douglas Le Comte, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/CPC, Camp Springs, MD

11:30 AM

8.8A

Coffee Break

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Wednesday, 15 May 2002

Lunch Break

1:30 PM-2:45 PM: Wednesday, 15 May 2002

Climate Impacts on Water Resources

Sponsor: 13th Conference on Applied Climatology

Organizer: Mark Svoboda, National Drought Mitigation Center

Papers:

1:30 PM

9.1

Influence of the Pacific Ocean on variations in Northwest climate and water resources

Philip W Mote, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and A. F. Hamlet and D. P. Lettenmaier

1:45 PM

9.2

Mann-Whitney U analysis of annual streamflow over the central United States: 1939-1998

Steven A. Mauget, USDA/ARS, Lubbock, TX

2:00 PM

9.3

Regional climate change, its possible influences on the Northwest's water resources, and some early policy responses

Philip W. Mote, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and A. F. Hamlet, D. P. Lettenmaier, and E. L. Miles

2:15 PM

9.4

The effect of various precipitation downscaling methods on the simulation of streamflow in the Yakima River

Eric P. Salathé Jr., JISAO/Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA

http://www.atmos.washington.edu/~salathe/downscale.html

Poster PDF (390.3 kB)

2:30 PM

9.5

Customized On-line Climate Forecast Evaluations: A Tool for Improving Water and Watershed Management

Holly C. Hartmann, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and T. C. Pagano and S. Sorooshian

2:45 PM-3:15 PM: Wednesday, 15 May 2002

Coffee Break

3:15 PM-5:00 PM: Wednesday, 15 May 2002

Micro- and Mesoscale Climatology (Parallel with Session 11)

Sponsor: 13th Conference on Applied Climatology

Organizer: Dev Niyogi, North Carolina State Univ.

Papers:

3:15 PM

10.1

Climatologic Evaluation and Modification of the Classic Mesoscale Predictive Lake-Breeze Index

Neil F. Laird, Hobart & William Smith Colleges and Univ. of Illinois, Geneva, NY

Poster PDF (463.5 kB)

3:30 PM

10.2

Effect of Land-use Induced Mesoscale Variability on the Climate of the Carolinas

Sethu Raman, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC; and A. Sims, D. D. S. Niyogi, R. Elliss, and R. C. Gilliam

Poster PDF (81.1 kB)

3:45 PM

10.3

Land use change and modification of near surface temperature records in the Northern Great Plains: verification of modeling results

Rezaul Mahmood, Western Kentucky Univ., Bowling Green, KY; and K. G. Hubbard and C. Carlson

4:00 PM

10.4

Sensitivity of soil moisture and evapotranspiration to soils and land use heterogeneity

Rezaul Mahmood, Western Kentucky Univ., Bowling Green, KY; and K. G. Hubbard

4:15 PM

10.5

The Mesoscale Climate Impact of an August 1994 MCS Event in Oklahoma

Derek S. Arndt, Oklahoma Climatological Survey, Norman, OK; and K. C. Crawford

Poster PDF (541.8 kB)

4:30 PM

10.6

THE QUOTIDIAN CYCLE OF EVAPOTRANSPIRATION FROM PECAN TREES

Ted W. Sammis, New Mexico State Univ., Las Cruces, NM; and J. G. Mexal

4:45 PM

10.7

Assessing the potential impact of aerosol loading on the terrestrial carbon exchanges

Dev dutta S. Niyogi, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; and C. Crabbe, V. K. Saxena, S. Raman, K. Wilson, K. Alapaty, R. A. Pielke Sr., and Y. Xue

Poster PDF (80.9 kB)

3:15 PM-5:15 PM: Wednesday, 15 May 2002

Advances in Climate Services (Parallel with Session 10)

Sponsor: 13th Conference on Applied Climatology

Organizer: Phil Pasteris, USDA/NRCS, National Water and Climate Survey

Papers:

3:15 PM

11.1

The State Climatologist Program and a National Climate Services Initiative

Mark A. Shafer, Oklahoma Climatological Survey, Norman, OK

Poster PDF (33.9 kB)

3:30 PM

11.2

The Crucial Role of the State Climatologist in National Climate Services

James R. Angel, ISWS, Champaign, IL; and G. Taylor, R. Pielke Sr., J. Grymes, and D. Stooksbury

3:45 PM

11.3

Progress toward regional integrated climate services

Kelly T. Redmond, DRI, Reno, NV

4:00 PM

11.4

Trends in the Use of Climate Data: A Regional Center Perspective

Steven D. Hilberg, ISWS, Champaign, IL; and J. D. Burroughs

Poster PDF (99.3 kB)

4:15 PM

11.5

An Objective tool for pricing degree day weather options

Douglas A. Stewart, Environmental Dynamics Research, Inc., Lantana, FL

4:30 PM

11.6

Internet-Based Climate Analysis Software Applications

Phillip A. Pasteris, USDA-NRCS, National Water and Climate Center, Portland, OR; and K. L. Eggleston and W. Noon

Poster PDF (308.4 kB)

4:45 PM

11.7

"Colorado Climate" A Magazine Dedicated To Applied Climatology

Nolan J. Doesken, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and O. A. Bliss and R. A. Pielke Sr.

Poster PDF (73.8 kB)

5:00 PM

11.8

Long-range climate and streamflow forecasts: bridging the gaps between science and applications

Alan F. Hamlet, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and P. Mote, N. Mantua, A. Wood, D. P. Lettenmaier, M. Hahn, R. Palmer, and K. Westrick

5:15 PM-5:15 PM: Wednesday, 15 May 2002

Sessions End for the day

Thursday, 16 May 2002

12:00 AM-12:00 AM: Thursday, 16 May 2002

THUR 16 MAY

8:00 AM-11:45 AM: Thursday, 16 May 2002

Applications of Climate Data

Sponsor: 13th Conference on Applied Climatology

Organizer: Nolan Doesken, Colorado State Univ.

Papers:

8:00 AM

12.1

An Investigation of Changes in the Length of the Growing Season in Oregon

George H. Taylor, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR; and N. Parazoo

Poster PDF (30.1 kB)

8:15 AM

12.2

Recent climatic trends and changes in potato late blight disease risk in the Upper Great Lakes region

Kathleen M. Baker, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI; and J. A. Andresen and W. W. Kirk

Poster PDF (179.2 kB)

8:30 AM

12.3

Testing Farmers' Perceptions of Climate Variability: A Case Study from the Sulphur Springs Valley, Arizona

Colin Thor West, Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and M. Vasquez-Leon and T. J. Finan

Poster PDF (94.1 kB)

8:45 AM

12.4

Monitoring climate for wildfire, prescribed fire, and fire use

Timothy J. Brown, DRI, Reno, NV; and B. L. Hall

9:00 AM

12.5

Seasonality of temperature and ischaemic heart disease mortality in five English Counties

Glenn R. McGregor, Univ. of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom; and H. Watkin

9:15 AM

12.6

Using a synoptic classification scheme to assess rural-urban differences in heat vulnerability

Scott C. Sheridan, Kent State University, Kent, OH

Poster PDF (599.5 kB)

9:30 AM

12.7

On seasonal differences in weather-related mortality trends in the United States

Robert E. Davis, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA; and P. C. Knappenberger, W. M. Novicoff, and P. J. Michaels

Poster PDF (283.2 kB)

9:45 AM

12.8

Integrating climate information into the natural gas purchasing decision: Complex issues facing school district administrators

David Changnon, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL

10:00 AM

12.9

Reanalysis and the identification of wind energy climates

Marc Schwartz, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO

10:15 AM

12.10

Estimation of U.S. design temperatures using daily maximum and minimum temperatures

Kenneth E. Kunkel, ISWS, Champaign, IL

Poster PDF (1.2 MB)

10:30 AM

12.11

Climatic probabilities of snow drift loading on gable roofs

Arthur T. DeGaetano, Northeast Regional Climate Center, Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY; and M. J. O'Rourke

Poster PDF (590.8 kB)

10:45 AM

12.12

Objective cyclone climatologies of the North Atlantic using NCEP/NCAR and ECMWF Reanalyses: Implications for the UK Insurance Industry.

Clair Hanson, Univ. of East Anglia, Norwich, Norfolk, United Kingdom; and J. Palutikof, A. Jones, and T. Holt

Poster PDF (70.5 kB)

11:00 AM

12.13

Climate Impact Indices for the Economy Utilized by NCDC's Climate Monitoring Branch

Richard R. Heim Jr., NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and J. H. Lawrimore, D. B. Wuertz, A. M. Waple, and T. W. R. Wallis

Poster PDF (457.2 kB)

11:15 AM

12.8A

Coffee Break

11:45 AM-11:45 AM: Thursday, 16 May 2002

Conference Ends

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