13th Symposium on Meteorological Observations and Instrumentation

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Sunday, 19 June 2005

5:00 PM-7:00 PM: Sunday, 19 June 2005


Conference Registration

Monday, 20 June 2005

7:30 AM-7:30 AM: Monday, 20 June 2005


Registration Continues through Thursday, 23 June

9:00 AM-10:15 AM: Monday, 20 June 2005


Session 1
Remote Sensing I
Location: South Ballroom (Hilton DeSoto)
Host: 13th Symposium on Meteorological Observations and Instrumentation
Organizer: Kenneth Knapp, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC
9:15 AM
1.2
The challenges for an operational wind profiler—remote and unattended
John Nash, Met Office, Exeter, United Kingdom; and T. Oakley
9:30 AM
1.3
LIDAR based Measurements of Turbulent Dissipation above Urban Areas
Marko Princevac, Univ. of California, Riverside, CA; and P. Diagne and R. Calhoun

10:15 AM-10:30 AM: Monday, 20 June 2005


Coffee Break

10:30 AM-12:00 PM: Monday, 20 June 2005


Session 2
Precipitation Measurements
Location: South Ballroom (Hilton DeSoto)
Host: 13th Symposium on Meteorological Observations and Instrumentation
Organizer: Joseph Facundo, NOAA/NWS
10:30 AM
2.1
11:00 AM
2.3
Assessing bias in the Canadian snow depth dataset
Natasha Neumann, MSC, Saskatoon, SK, Canada; and C. D. Smith and A. Eccleston

11:15 AM
2.4
11:45 AM
2.6
Rainfall monitoring network in the Amazonian jungle
Bernhard Lee Lindner, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC; and C. A. Delvasto

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Monday, 20 June 2005


Lunch Break

1:30 PM-3:00 PM: Monday, 20 June 2005


Session 3
Advances in Upper-air Measurements
Location: South Ballroom (Hilton DeSoto)
Host: 13th Symposium on Meteorological Observations and Instrumentation
Organizer: Nancy Westcott, Midwestern Regional Climate Center, Illinois State Water Survey, INRS, University of Illinois
1:30 PM
3.1
The ATM radiosonde and implications for radiosonde accuracy
F. J. Schmidlin, NASA/GSFC, Wallops Island, VA

1:45 PM
3.2
Initial Results from the WMO High Quality Radiosonde test Mauritius
John Nash, Met Office, Exeter, United Kingdom; and B. Pathack, R. Smout, and S. Kurnosenko
2:00 PM
3.3
Testing Radiosonde Replacement System (RRS) Radiosondes
Joseph Facundo, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and J. J. Fitzgibbon
2:15 PM
3.4
The driftsonde observing system development
Harold L. Cole, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and T. F. Hock
2:45 PM
3.6
Development of the Canadian Aircraft Meteorological Data Relay (AMDAR) Program and Plans for the Future
Gilles Fournier, Environment Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada; and S. D. Holden

3:00 PM-3:30 PM: Monday, 20 June 2005


Coffee Break

5:30 PM-5:30 PM: Monday, 20 June 2005


1
Formal Opening of Exhibits with Reception (cash bar)

5:30 PM-7:30 PM: Monday, 20 June 2005


Joint Poster Session 1
General Poster Session I (Joint with Applied Climatology, SMOI, and AASC)
Hosts: (Joint between the 15th Conference on Applied Climatology; and the 13th Symposium on Meteorological Observations and Instrumentation )
JP1.1
Using topography and synoptic categories to improve climate mapping
Alan McNab, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and M. F. Squires

JP1.4
JP1.5
Precipitation and Temperature dynamic maps of Mexico
Patricia Huerta, INEGI/National Institute of Statistics, Geography and Information, Aguascalientes, Mexico; and J. L. Ornelas

JP1.7
A model-based high resolution temperature cllimatology for New York
Brian N. Belcher, Northeast Regional Climate Center, Ithaca, NY; and A. T. DeGaetano

JP1.8
A climatology of the sea breeze circulation over the southern Arabian Gulf
Rebecca E. Eager, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC; and S. Raman

JP1.9
Towards a wind energy climatology at advanced turbine hub heights
Marc Schwartz, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO; and D. Elliott

Handout (586.6 kB)

JP1.10
Evaluation of new snow depth and mass data sets for North America
Thomas L. Mote, Univ. of Georgia, Athens, GA; and J. L. Dyer, A. J. Grundstein, D. A. Robinson, and D. J. Leathers

JP1.11
Trends in Precipitable Water Over Southern Greece
Pavlos Kassomenos, Univ. of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece; and G. R. McGregor

JP1.12
Trends in fog frequency and duration in the Southeast United States
Gloria Forthun, Southeast Regional Climate Center, Columbia, SC; and M. B. Johnson, W. G. Schmitz, and J. Blume

JP1.13
Spatiotemporal Climate Variability Over Senegal And Its Relationships With Global Climate
Souleymane Fall, Tuskegee University, Tuskegee, AL; and D. Niyogi and F. H. M. Semazzi

JP1.14
Spatial and temporal variability of precipitation runs in the Southeast U.S. and their potential impact on agriculture
Robert F. Banks, Barcelona Supercomputing Center, Barcelona, Spain; and J. J. O'Brien and S. R. Smith

JP1.15
Interannual to interdecadal surface temperature variability of Florida
April E. Raulerson, COAPS/Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL; and A. Arguez, J. J. O'Brien, and S. R. Smith

JP1.17
Initial implementation of a Mississippi Mesonet within the context of COOP Modernization
Loren D. White, Jackson State Univ., Jackson, MS; and E. Matlack

JP1.18
Challenges in the development of the North Carolina Environment and Climate Observing Network (NC ECONet)
Ameenulla Syed, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC; and R. Boyles, S. Raman, and A. Sims

JP1.19
- Real-Time Collection and Distribution of MSC T&P Climate Data
John MacPhee, MSC, Downsview, ON, ON, Canada

JP1.20
Comparison of Co-Located Automated (NCECONet) and Manual (COOP) Climate Observations in North Carolina
Christopher Thomas Holder, State Climate Office of North Carolina and North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC; and R. P. Boyles, A. Syed, D. Niyogi, K. Wireman, and S. Raman

JP1.22
Eight-hour ozone exceedances in eastern Texas
John W. Nielsen-Gammon, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; and J. Tobin and A. McNeel

JP1.24
Air Quality Impacts of Wildfires in Southeastern Arizona
Erika K. Wise, Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

JP1.25
AN EVALUATION OF TWO ULTRASONIC SNOW DEPTH SENSORS FOR POTENTIAL USE AT AUTOMATED SURFACE WEATHER OBSERVING SITES
Wendy Ann Brazenec, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and N. J. Doesken

Handout (840.3 kB)

JP1.26
The National Weather Service MMTS (Maximum-Minimum Temperature System) -- 20 years after
Nolan J. Doesken, Colorado State Univ., Ft. Collins, CO

Handout (212.3 kB)

JP1.28
The enhancement of QA/QC tests for West Texas Mesonet Wind Parameters
Ibrahim Sonmez, Texas Tech Univ., Lubbock, TX; and J. L. Schroeder, W. S. Burgett, and K. B. Haynie

Handout (397.0 kB)

JP1.29
Regime in which the daylight visual range exceeds Allard's RVR
J. P. Pichamuthu, Sir M. Visvesvaraya Institute of Technology, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

JP1.30
Quality control of pilot balloon data for climate monitoring
Javier Murillo, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and M. W. Douglas, J. M. Galvez, J. F. Mejia, R. Orozco, and C. Brown

Handout (410.4 kB)

JP1.33
Applications of the Hotplate Snow Gauge
Matthew L. Tryhane, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and S. D. Landolt and R. M. Rasmussen

Handout (231.7 kB)

JP1.34
Application of spread spectrum radio for real-time data transmission from mesonet and other observing systems
Loren D. White, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS; and E. Matlack and J. Finney

JP1.35
Air quality data collected by small, unmanned aircraft over industries in South Africa
Lucian Banitz, South African Weather Service, Irene, South Africa; and S. J. Piketh and M. W. Douglas

JP1.36
ECMWF 45-YEAR REANALYSIS DATA FROM NCAR
Joseph L. Comeaux, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and S. J. Worley

Handout (125.7 kB)

Tuesday, 21 June 2005

8:00 AM-9:30 AM: Tuesday, 21 June 2005


Keynote Speaker Session 1
Joint National and International Session on Climate Networks (Joint with Applied Climatology, SMOI, and AASC)
Location: North & Center Ballroom (Hilton DeSoto)
Hosts: (Joint between the 13th Symposium on Meteorological Observations and Instrumentation; and the 15th Conference on Applied Climatology )
Organizer: C. Bruce Baker, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC
8:00 AM
KS1.1
Surface Observations for Climate
Sharon K. LeDuc, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC
8:30 AM
KS1.2
COOP Modernization: Building NOAA's Environmental Real-time Observation Network
Ken Crawford, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and S. Pritchett, T. Ross, and G. Essenberg
9:00 AM
KS1.3
Observing the Marine Environment
Paul F. Moersdorf, NOAA/NWS, Stennis Space Center, MS

9:30 AM-10:30 AM: Tuesday, 21 June 2005


Joint Session 1
National and International Observing Networks (Joint with Applied Climatology, SMOI, and AASC)
Location: North & Center Ballroom (Hilton DeSoto)
Hosts: (Joint between the 15th Conference on Applied Climatology; and the 13th Symposium on Meteorological Observations and Instrumentation )
Organizer: Pamela N. Knox, Univ. of Georgia
9:30 AM
J1.1
U.S. Global Climate Observing System (GCOS) Program Overview
Howard J. Diamond, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Silver Spring, MD
10:15 AM
J1.4
A GIS approach to site selection for the NWS Modernized Cooperative Network
William G. McPherson Jr., Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and M. Yuan

10:00 AM-12:00 PM: Tuesday, 21 June 2005


Exhibits Open

10:30 AM-11:00 AM: Tuesday, 21 June 2005


Coffee Break

11:00 AM-12:30 PM: Tuesday, 21 June 2005


Panel Discussion 1
Locating Observing Stations Where It Counts: What do We Have? What are We Misssing? (Joint with Applied Climatology, SMOI, and AASC)
Location: North & Center Ballroom (Hilton DeSoto)
Hosts: (Joint between the 15th Conference on Applied Climatology; and the 13th Symposium on Meteorological Observations and Instrumentation )
Moderator: Kelly Redmond, Western Regional Climate Center
11:00 AM
PD1.1
NWS Observing Services Division Panelist
Mike Campbell, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD
11:15 AM
PD1.2
National Ecological Observatory Network Panelist
Bruce P. Hayden, Univ. of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
11:30 AM
PD1.3
Climate Reference Network Panelist
Michael R. Helfert, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC
11:45 AM
PD1.4
State Climatologist, AASC Panelist
David A. Robinson, Office of the New Jersey State Climatologist/Rutgers Univ., Piscataway, NJ
12:15 PM
PD1.0a
Session Overview
Kelly Redmond, Western Regional Climate Center, Reno, NV

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Tuesday, 21 June 2005


Cash and Carry Lunch—Continuation of Panel Discussion 1

1:30 PM-3:00 PM: Tuesday, 21 June 2005


Joint Session 2
Climate Observing Networks (Joint with Applied Climatology, SMOI, and AASC)
Location: North & Center Ballroom (Hilton DeSoto)
Hosts: (Joint between the 15th Conference on Applied Climatology; and the 13th Symposium on Meteorological Observations and Instrumentation )
Organizer: David A. Robinson, Office of the New Jersey State Climatologist/Rutgers Univ.
1:30 PM
J2.1
The New Jersey Weather and Climate Network: providing environmental information for a myriad of applications
David A. Robinson, Office of the New Jersey State Climatologist/Rutgers Univ., Piscataway, NJ
1:45 PM
J2.2
2:00 PM
J2.3
Building the Georgia Mesonet: A Step Toward the National Cooperative Mesonet
Pamela N. Knox, Univ. of Georgia, Athens, GA; and D. E. Stooksbury
2:15 PM
J2.4
25 Years of Antarctic Automatic Weather Stations
Charles R. Stearns, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and G. A. Weidner, J. E. Thom, M. A. Lazzara, and S. L. Knuth
2:30 PM
J2.5
2:45 PM
J2.6
Use of MIRS to Conduct System Density Studies
Joseph Facundo, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD

2:30 PM-4:00 PM: Tuesday, 21 June 2005


Exhibits Open

3:00 PM-3:30 PM: Tuesday, 21 June 2005


Coffee Break

3:30 PM-4:45 PM: Tuesday, 21 June 2005


Session 4
U. S. Climate Reference network
Location: North & Center Ballroom (Hilton DeSoto)
Host: 13th Symposium on Meteorological Observations and Instrumentation
Organizer: Timothy W. Owen, NOAA/NCDC
3:30 PM
4.1
Evaluation of the U.S. climate reference network as an operational example of climate monitoring principles
Michael R. Helfert, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and C. B. Baker, D. S. Braun, R. Buckner, M. Changery, F. Evans, G. M. Goodge, M. Phillips, N. Rowan, and B. Sun
3:45 PM
4.2
Overview of the USCRN research program
C. Bruce Baker, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and T. P. Meyers, M. D. Gifford, and R. P. Hosker
4:00 PM
4.3
The new precipitation algorithm for the three-wire Geonor gauge of the U.S. Climate Reference Network – objectives, description and performance
William G. Collins, Riverside Technology, Inc., Fort Collins, CO; and C. B. Baker, T. B. Wilson, R. Buckner, and M. Phillips
4:15 PM
4.4
Operational Testing of Various Precipitation Sensors in Support of the United States Climate Reference Network (USCRN)
Lee W. Larson, Short and Associates, Prairie Village, KS; and C. B. Baker, E. L. May, and H. Bogin
4:30 PM
4.5
Evaluation of a double-Alter wind shield using sonic anemometers
Tilden Meyers, NOAA/ARL, Oak Ridge, TN; and E. J. Dumas, M. E. Heuer, C. B. Baker, M. Hall, and W. Tim

5:00 PM-5:00 PM: Tuesday, 21 June 2005


Sessions end for the day

5:00 PM-6:30 PM: Tuesday, 21 June 2005


Trolley Shuttle to Riverboat

5:30 PM-6:30 PM: Tuesday, 21 June 2005


Riverboat Boarding

6:30 PM-8:30 PM: Tuesday, 21 June 2005


Riverboat Cruise Departs (Dinner on Board–Cash Bar)

8:30 PM-8:30 PM: Tuesday, 21 June 2005


Riverboat Returns

8:30 PM-9:00 PM: Tuesday, 21 June 2005


Trolley Back to Hotel

Wednesday, 22 June 2005

8:30 AM-9:45 AM: Wednesday, 22 June 2005


Session 5
Remote Sensing II
Location: South Ballroom (Hilton DeSoto)
Host: 13th Symposium on Meteorological Observations and Instrumentation
Organizer: John Nash, Met Office
8:30 AM
5.1
9:00 AM
5.3
The Importance of Cross Validation In Climate Studies: Selected Case Studies of Radar/Disdrometer Reflectivity Comparisons
Wallace L. Clark, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado and NOAA/AL, Boulder, CO; and K. S. Gage, C. R. Williams, and A. Tokay
9:15 AM
5.4
Toward the estimation of the refractive index gradient from clear air wind profiler echoes
Catherine Gaffard, Met Office, Reading, United Kingdom; and L. Bianco, M. Matabuena, and V. Klaus

10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Wednesday, 22 June 2005


Coffee Break

10:00 AM-12:00 PM: Wednesday, 22 June 2005


Exhibits Open

10:30 AM-12:00 PM: Wednesday, 22 June 2005


Session 6
Integrated Observations from Field Experiments
Location: South Ballroom (Hilton DeSoto)
Host: 13th Symposium on Meteorological Observations and Instrumentation
Organizer: Junhong Wang, NCAR
10:30 AM
6.1
The Helsinki Testbed: A four-season mesoscale research and development facility
Elena Saltikoff, Vaisala Inc., Helsinki, Finland; and J. Poutiainen, J. Koistinen, W. F. Dabberdt, and H. Turtiainen
11:00 AM
6.3
Validation Study of the Use of Wind Shear Exponents in Extrapolating Wind Speeds for Wind Resource Estimations
L. Frank Feuquay, FPL Energy, Juno Beach, FL; and G. H. Crescenti and D. J. Celta

11:15 AM
6.4
The Sierra Rotors Project, Observations of Mountain Waves
William O. J. Brown, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and S. Cohn, V. Grubisic, and B. Billings
11:30 AM
6.5
Observations of surface convergence and fluxes on 17–18 June 2002 during the International H2O Project
Aneela L. Qureshi, State Climate Office of North Carolina/North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC; and S. Raman and D. Niyogi
11:45 AM
6.6
Modeling of evapotranspiration with observations from two types of atmometers in North Carolina
Margaret W. P. Puryear, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC; and S. Raman, A. Sims, and A. Syed

12:00 PM-2:00 PM: Wednesday, 22 June 2005


Lunch Break

2:30 PM-3:45 PM: Wednesday, 22 June 2005


Session 7
New Instrumentation
Location: South Ballroom (Hilton DeSoto)
Host: 13th Symposium on Meteorological Observations and Instrumentation
Organizer: Claude E. Duchon, University of Oklahoma
2:30 PM
7.1
A new tropospheric radar wind profiler
Scott A. McLaughlin, DeTect, Inc., Longmont, CO; and D. A. Merritt
2:45 PM
7.2
3:00 PM
7.3
The Hotplate Snow Gauge
Roy M. Rasmussen, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. Hallett, M. L. Tryhane, S. D. Landolt, R. Purcell, M. C. Beaubien, W. Q. Jeffries, F. Hage, and J. Cole
3:30 PM
7.5
Field Studies of Warmed Dewpoint Temperature Sensors
K. G. Hubbard, Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE; and X. Lin and C. B. Baker

3:00 PM-6:00 PM: Wednesday, 22 June 2005


Exhibits Open (Exhibit Poster Combined Reception 4:00-6:00pm)

4:00 PM-4:00 PM: Wednesday, 22 June 2005


Oral Sessions end for the day

4:00 PM-6:00 PM: Wednesday, 22 June 2005


Joint Poster Session 2
General Poster Session II (with Exhibits Reception (Cash Bar)) (Joint with Applied Climatology, SMOI, and AASC)
Hosts: (Joint between the 15th Conference on Applied Climatology; and the 13th Symposium on Meteorological Observations and Instrumentation )
JP2.3
Customer satisfaction with NOAA's National Weather Service products and services
Barbara E. Mayes, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and R. E. Livezey

JP2.4
National Weather Service Climate Record Stewardship Activities
Robert J. Leffler, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and M. Berger and R. E. Livezey

Handout (22.6 kB)

JP2.5
Development of a public interface for multi-sensor precipitation estimates
Katherine L. Horgan, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC; and M. Gentry, R. P. Boyles, and S. Raman

JP2.6
Characteristics of Jet Contrail Increases and Implications on Aviation Policy Decision-Making
David J. Travis, Univ. of Wisconsin, Whitewater, WI; and A. M. Carleton

Handout (410.3 kB)

JP2.7
The Development of the Arizona Drought Impacts Database
Casey C. Thornbrugh, CLIMAS, Tucson, AZ; and G. Garfin and A. C. Comrie

JP2.8
Spatial distribution of tropical cyclone induced precipitation and operational applications in South Carolina
R. Jason Caldwell, South Carolina State Climatology Office, Columbia, SC; and H. P. Mizzell and M. Brown

Handout (536.0 kB)

JP2.11
Evaluation of wet and dry periods in north west of Iran
Behrooz Sari Sarraf II, Tabriz Univ., Tabriz, Iran

JP2.12
Drought monitoring in Oklahoma: a collaborative endeavor
Derek S. Arndt, Oklahoma Climatological Survey, Norman, OK; and M. A. Shafer

JP2.13
Climatic controls on high and low streamflow in New England
Daniel G. Kingston, Univ. of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom; and G. R. McGregor, D. M. Lawler, and D. M. Hannah

JP2.14
An Early Warning System for Riverine Drought Impacts: a National Weather Service Pilot Program
Cody L. Knutson, National Drought Mitigation Center, Lincoln, NE; and M. Svoboda and D. R. Kluck

JP2.15
A tale of two droughts: the effects of temperature on recent southwestern droughts
Gregg M. Garfin, Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and J. Morrill, A. Comrie, J. McPhee, and S. Ponnaluru

JP2.16
Factoring climate variability into New York City's water management practices
Mary Elizabeth Riley, Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY; and A. T. DeGaetano

JP2.18
Artificial change point detection in temperature series in the USHCN version 2
Matthew J. Menne, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and C. N. Williams Jr.

JP2.19
How Consistent are Surface Data for Climate Change Studies?: A Localized Analysis with Surface Air Temperature Observations from Cooperative Observer Station Data
Christopher Thomas Holder, State Climate Office of North Carolina/North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC; and D. Niyogi, R. P. Boyles, and S. Raman

JP2.20
Calculating a Daily Normal Temperature Range That Reflects Daily Temperature Variability
Christopher Thomas Holder, State Climate Office of North Carolina/North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC; and R. P. Boyles, S. Raman, and G. Fishel

JP2.21
Homogenization and Quality Control of long time series of Daily Temperature in Uruguay
Matilde Rusticucci, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina; and M. Renom

Handout (277.0 kB)

JP2.22
Estimating the Benefit of TRMM Tropical Cyclone Data in Saving Lives
Robert F. Adler, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD

Handout (179.2 kB)

JP2.23
A Comprehensive Single-Station Quality Control Process for Historical Weather Data
Karen Andsager, Midwestern Regional Climate Center, Champaign, IL; and M. C. Kruk and M. L. Spinar

Handout (759.2 kB)

JP2.24
Managing Surface Station Metadata for Real-Time and Climate Applications
John Horel, NOAA/CIRP/Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and M. Splitt, J. Pechmann, and B. Olsen

JP2.25
An overview of the West Texas Mesonet
K. Bruce Haynie, NOAA/NWS WFO Lubbock, TX, Lubbock, TX; and J. Schroeder, I. Sonmez, and W. Burgett

Handout (1.3 MB)

JP2.26
A new synthetic current UV Index is developed to provide UV Index values at locations without UV measurements
Jeral G. Estupiñán, The Weather Channel, Atlanta, GA; and J. Koval and M. Bergin

JP2.27
Ship-board multi-sensor wind profiles from NEAQS 2004: Radar Wind Profiler, High Resolution Doppler Lidar, GPS Rawinsonde
D.E. Wolfe, NOAA/ERL/ETL, Boulder, CO; and C. W. Fairall, M. Ratterree, A. W. Brewer, S. Tucker, J. Intrieri, D. E. White, D. C. Law, B. J. McCarty, and A. B. White

Handout (117.1 kB)

Thursday, 23 June 2005

8:00 AM-12:00 PM: Thursday, 23 June 2005


Joint Session 3
Data Quality Control and Metadata (Joint with Applied Climatology, SMOI, and AASC)
Location: South Ballroom (Hilton DeSoto)
Hosts: (Joint between the 15th Conference on Applied Climatology; and the 13th Symposium on Meteorological Observations and Instrumentation )
Organizers: Christopher Daly, Oregon State Univ.; Glen Conner, Western Kentucky Univ.
8:00 AM
J3.1
The Value of Weather Station Metadata
Janet E. Martinez, Oklahoma Climatological Survey, Norman, OK; and C. A. Fiebrich and R. A. McPherson
8:15 AM
J3.2
The Evolution of Station Histories
Glen Conner, Western Kentucky Univ., Bowling Green, KY
8:30 AM
J3.3
An End-to-End Quality Assurance System for the Modernized Coop Network
Christopher A. Fiebrich, Oklahoma Climatological Survey, Norman, OK; and R. A. McPherson, C. C. Fain, J. R. Henslee, and P. D. Hurlbut
8:45 AM
J3.4
Surface Temperature Analysis from Historical Data Sets for the ASOS and COOP Networks
X. Lin, Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE; and K. G. Hubbard

9:15 AM
J3.6
Simulating Change—Testing COOP Network Precip Homogeneity Methods
Tressa L. Fowler, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and B. G. Brown and E. I. Tollerud

9:30 AM
J3.7
10:00 AM
J3.9
Opportunities for improvements in the quality control of climate observations
Christopher Daly, Oregon State Univ., Corvallis, OR; and K. T. Redmond, W. Gibson, M. Doggett, J. Smith, G. H. Taylor, P. A. Pasteris, and G. Johnson
10:30 AM
J3.11
11:00 AM
J3.13
Improvements to and Status of ARM's Data Quality Health and Status System
Randy A. Peppler, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and K. E. Kehoe, K. L. Sonntag, S. T. Moore, and K. J. Doty
11:15 AM
J3.14
11:30 AM
J3.8a
Coffee Break

10:00 AM-12:00 PM: Thursday, 23 June 2005


Exhibits Open

12:00 PM-12:00 PM: Thursday, 23 June 2005


Meeting Adjourns