15th Conference on Applied Climatology

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Sunday, 19 June 2005

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


Registration Open

Monday, 20 June 2005

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


Registration continues through Thursday, 23 June

9:00 AM-12:00 PM: Monday, 20 June 2005


Session 1
Climate Products and Data Sets
Location: North & Center Ballroom (Hilton DeSoto)
Host: 15th Conference on Applied Climatology
Organizer: Phillip A. Pasteris, Global Water Resources
9:00 AM
1.1
The U.S. historical climate network, version 2
Claude N. Williams Jr., NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and M. J. Menne

9:15 AM
1.2
The California Climate Data Archive: an assessment after 18 months
Laura M. Edwards, DRI, Reno, NV; and K. T. Redmond and G. D. McCurdy

9:30 AM
1.3
Development, testing, and public use of the NC CRONOS database (Climate Retrieval and Observations Network Of the Southeast)
Mark S. Brooks, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC; and R. Ellis, R. Boyles, and S. Raman

9:45 AM
1.4
Development and analysis of a daily heat stress classification for the central United States
John Harrington Jr., Kansas State Univ., Manhattan, KS; and E. Bowles

10:15 AM
1.6
A Mesoscale Analysis of Record
John Horel, NOAA/CIRP and Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and B. Colman

10:30 AM
1.7
Developing a database to map and assess U.S. snowstorms: initial findings and concerns
Tamara G. Houston, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and D. Changnon

10:45 AM
1.8
An analysis of the impact of data inhomogeneities on the snow record
Richard Heim Jr., NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC
11:00 AM
1.9
A picture is worth a thousand words—station histories of early weather observations in the United States
Karen Andsager, Midwestern Regional Climate Center, Champaign, IL; and S. R. Doty, G. Conner, and G. Grice

11:15 AM
1.10
Access to Environment Canada’s basic climate data and information on the Internet
Robert Morris, MSC, Toronto, ON, Canada; and P. Jarrett

11:30 AM
1.11
Depth-duration frequency for precipitation using the Oklahoma Mesonet
Andrew Reader, Oklahoma Climatological Survey, Norman, Oklahoma
11:45 AM
1.5a
Coffee Break

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


Lunch Break

1:30 PM-5:30 PM: Monday, 20 June 2005


Session 2
Climate Trends and Variability
Location: North & Center Ballroom (Hilton DeSoto)
Host: 15th Conference on Applied Climatology
Organizers: Greg Johnson, USDA/NRCS, National Water and Climate Center; Andrew C. Comrie, Univ. of Arizona
1:30 PM
2.1
Characteristics of major snowstorms in the United States, 1949-2000
Stanley Changnon, Changnon Climatologist, Mahomet, IL; and D. Changnon

1:45 PM
2.2
Climate variability and change in Alaska
Martha Shulski, Univ. of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK; and G. Wendler

2:00 PM
2.3
Evaluating long-term trends in mountain snow measurements using a hydrologic model
Philip W. Mote, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and A. F. Hamlet

2:15 PM
2.4
Sea–surface temperature and tropical cyclones: Breaking the paradigm
Patrick J. Michaels, Univ. of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA and Cato Institute, Washington, DC; and P. C. Knappenberger and R. E. Davis
2:30 PM
2.5
Impacts of precipitation trends on North Carolina's water supply
Peter J. Robinson, Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC

2:45 PM
2.6
Extremes in climate, extremes in fire
Timothy J. Brown, DRI, Reno, Nevada

3:00 PM
2.7
Examining the Frequency of Daily Extreme Events During Oklahoma’s Climate Record
Derek S. Arndt, Oklahoma Climatological Survey, Norman, OK; and M. A. Shafer

3:15 PM
2.8
Examination of Regional Wind Trends Due to Global Climate Change to Improve Wind Resource Assessments
John W. Zack, Meso, Inc., Troy, NY; and G. E. Van Knowe and K. T. Waight III
3:30 PM
2.9
Alternative metrics for measuring surface heating trends
Christopher A. Davey, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and R. A. Pielke Sr.
3:45 PM
2.10
THE INTERDECADAL VARIABILITY OF NORTHERN HEMISPHERE BLOCKING
David Barriopedro, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain; and R. Garcia-Herrera, A. R. Lupo, and E. Hernandez
4:00 PM
2.11
Strong wind characteristics and changes during the last half-century at five NWS stations near Coastal South Carolina
Allen H. Weber, Savannah River National Laboratory, Aiken, SC; and M. J. Parker and R. L. Buckley
4:15 PM
2.12
Abrupt global temperature change and the instrumental record
Matthew J. Menne, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and A. M. Waple

4:30 PM
2.13
Land use change in the Ogallala Aquifer region of the Great Plains and its impacts on the long-term temperature
R. Mahmood, Western Kentucky Univ., Bowling Green, KY; and S. A. Foster, T. Keeling, K. G. Hubbard, and C. Carlson

4:45 PM
2.14
An Examination of Extreme Climate Events Using 19th Century Daily Data
Michael A. Palecki, ISWS, Champaign, IL; and K. E. Kunkel, J. R. Angel, M. C. Kruk, and K. Andsager

5:00 PM
2.6a
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-2:15 PM: Tuesday, 21 June 2005


Session 3
Applications of Seasonal Predictions
Location: South Ballroom (Hilton DeSoto)
Host: 15th Conference on Applied Climatology
Organizer: Ann Gravier, USAF/AFCCC
1:30 PM
3.1
Downscaling Seasonal Climate Predictions for Local Applications
Andrew C. Comrie, Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and J. C. McPhee
1:45 PM
3.2
Performance transparency and responsible brokerage of seasonal forecasts
Robert E. Livezey, OCWWS/NWS/NOAA, Silver Spring, MD; and M. Timofeyeva, B. Mayes, M. J. Brewer, and F. Horsfall
2:00 PM
3.3
Diagnosis of skill variability as a basis for discriminating use of CPC long-lead seasonal forecasts
Marina M. Timofeyeva, UCAR, Boulder, CO and OCWWS/NWS/NOAA, Silver Spring, MD; and R. E. Livezey

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

2:15 PM-5:00 PM: Tuesday, 21 June 2005


Session 4
Air Quality, Health and Urban Climatology
Location: South Ballroom (Hilton DeSoto)
Host: 15th Conference on Applied Climatology
Organizer: David P. Brown, NOAA
2:15 PM
4.1
MODELING THE IMPACT OF VARIABLE CLIMATIC FACTORS ON THE RISK OF WEST NILE VIRUS IN ILLINOIS
Kenneth E. Kunkel, ISWS, Champaign, IL; and R. Novak, R. Lampman, M. A. Palecki, and W. Gu

2:30 PM
4.2
Climate effects on West Nile virus vector development and transmission risk
Arthur T. DeGaetano, Northeast Regional Climate Center/Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY; and L. C. Harrington, R. R. Anderson, and L. C. Levitan
2:45 PM
4.3
Providing a climatological perspective for malaria early warning systems in Africa
Emily K. Grover-Kopec, IRI/Columbia Univ., Palisades, NY; and M. B. Blumenthal, S. J. Connor, M. Kawano, R. W. Klaver, and P. Ceccato
3:15 PM
4.5
An urban mixed layer climatology for North America using the AERMET model
Matthew Simpson, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC; and S. Raman and A. H. Huber
3:30 PM
4.6
Changing Heat Wave Sensitivity in U.S. Cities
Robert E. Davis, Univ. of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA; and P. C. Knappenberger, P. J. Michaels, and W. M. Novicoff
3:45 PM
4.7
Understanding the Variabiility of Winter Mortality Using Composite Back Trajectory Analysis
Glenn R. McGregor, Univ. of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom; and P. Kassomenos
4:00 PM
4.8
Modeling the Tallahassee Minimum Temperature Anomaly
Kelly G. Godsey, NOAA/NWS, Tallahassee, FL; and H. E. Fuelberg, J. J. O'Brien, A. I. Watson, and R. L. Block
4:15 PM
4.9
Analysis of diurnal conditions in Oklahoma City
Peter K. Hall Jr., Oklahoma Climatological Society, Norman, OK; and J. B. Basara
4:30 PM
4.3a
Coffee Break

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


Exhibits Open

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

8:00 AM-10:00 AM: Wednesday, 22 June 2005


Session 5
Climate Services (Joint with AASC)
Location: North & Center Ballroom (Hilton DeSoto)
Host: 15th Conference on Applied Climatology
Organizer: Andrea Bair, Western Region Headquarters/NWS/NOAA
8:00 AM
5.1
Defining utilization
Mark A. Shafer, Oklahoma Climatological Survey, Norman, OK
8:15 AM
5.2
NOAA's National Weather Service climate services activities
Barbara E. Mayes, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and R. E. Livezey
8:30 AM
5.3
8:45 AM
5.4
Climate Services Clearinghouse: A new perspective on climate products and services within the United States
Genevieve E. Maricle, Arizona State Univ., Tempe, AZ; and R. A. Pielke Jr.

9:00 AM
5.5
9:15 AM
5.6
An experiment in state climate services: the CalClim project
Laura M. Edwards, DRI, Reno, NV; and K. T. Redmond
9:30 AM
5.7
Climate Assessment Tool for the Coastal Community of the Southeast U.S
Melissa Griffin, Florida Climate Center/Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL; and J. J. O'Brien and D. E. Stooksbury
9:45 AM
5.8
Creating county climate summaries for Oklahoma
Elizabeth M. Stoppkotte, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and K. D. Stokes and M. A. Shafer

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


Panel Discussion 2
Climate Services: Research, Outreach and Stakeholder Engagement
Location: North & Center Ballroom (Hilton DeSoto)
Host: 15th Conference on Applied Climatology
Moderator: Gregg M. Garfin, Univ. of Arizona
10:30 AM
PD2.1
AASC Panelist
Kenneth C. Crawford, AASC/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK

10:45 AM
PD2.2
Private Sector Panelist
Heidi Cullen, The Weather Channel/Georgia Institute of Technology, Boulder, CO

11:00 AM
PD2.3
Regional Climate Center Panelist
Arthur T. DeGaetano, Northeast Regional Climate Center/Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY

11:15 AM
PD2.4
NOAA/Climate Services Division Panelist
Robert E. Livezey, NOAA, Silver Spring, MD

11:30 AM
PD2.5
RISA Panelist
Philip W. Mote, Univ. of Washington/AASC, Seattle, WA

11:45 AM
PD2.0a
A Climate Services Vision: First Steps Toward the Future
Gregg M. Garfin, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

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


Lunch Break

2:00 PM-4:00 PM: Wednesday, 22 June 2005


Session 6
Applied Climatology in Drought and Flood Preparedness
Location: North & Center Ballroom (Hilton DeSoto)
Host: 15th Conference on Applied Climatology
Organizer: Mark Svoboda, National Drought Mitigation Center
2:00 PM
6.1
Orographic influence on frontally-produced flooding in northern Vermont
Lesley-Ann L. Dupigny-Giroux, Univ. of Vermont, Burlington, VT; and J. R. Hanning and E. Engstrom
2:15 PM
6.2
Predictions of storm surge flooding with the use of hurricane climatology
Bernhard Lee Lindner, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC; and D. St. Jean, C. Cockcroft, and S. Brueske
2:30 PM
6.3
2:45 PM
6.4
A Web-Based National Drought Impacts Reporting Tool
Mark Svoboda, National Drought Mitigation Center, Lincoln, NE; and M. J. Hayes, D. A. Wilhite, M. L. Higgins, and D. Wood
3:00 PM
6.5
Strategies for Mitigating Drought: An Evaluation of State and Local Drought Triggers
Hope P. Mizzell, South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, Columbia, SC; and J. Caldwell and G. Carbone
3:15 PM
6.6
A SEASONALLY ADJUSTED INDEX FOR PROJECTING AGRICULTURAL DROUGHT
Patrick Guinan, Univ. of Missouri, Columbia, MO; and W. L. Decker and A. R. Lupo
3:30 PM
6.7
Spatial and temporal extents of drought in the U.S
Ryan S. Kangas, DRI, Reno, NV; and T. J. Brown
3:45 PM
6.8
Experimental forest fire threat forecast
Justin M. Brolley, COAPS, Tallahassee, FL; and J. J. O'Brien and D. F. Zierden

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


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

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-11:45 AM: Thursday, 23 June 2005


Session 7
Applied Climatology in Agriculture and Natural Resources
Location: North & Center Ballroom (Hilton DeSoto)
Host: 15th Conference on Applied Climatology
Organizers: Dev Niyogi, Purdue Univ./Indiana State Climate Office; Jeff Andresen, Michigan State University
8:00 AM
7.1
Why don’t Community Water System managers use weather and climate forecasts?
B. Yarnal, Penn State Univ., University Park, PA; and R. O'Connor, K. Dow, G. Carbone, and C. L. Jocoy
8:15 AM
7.2
Determination of wetness duration for regional plant disease management using a geographic information system
Jeff Andresen, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI; and T. M. Aichele and A. M. Pollyea
8:30 AM
7.3
Coastal climatology for commercial and recreational fishers: a web product
David Emory Stooksbury, Office of the State Climatologist, Athens, GA; and J. J. O'Brien, P. A. Christian, M. Griffin, S. L. Morey, L. G. Parker, and P. N. Knox
8:45 AM
7.4
Climate variability and water availability in the southeast region
A. W. Badr, Southeast Regional Climate Center/South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, Columbia, South Carolina; and J. A. Gellici
9:00 AM
7.5
Climate Forecast Applied to Peanut Crop Insurance
Clyde William Fraisse, Univ. of Florida, Gainesville, FL; and A. G. Y. Garcia, J. L. Novak, J. W. Jones, and G. Hoogenboom
9:15 AM
7.6
Climate factors impacting productivity and yield trends in the midwest
D. P. Todey, South Dakota State Univ., Brookings, SD; and C. Shukla
9:45 AM
7.8
10:30 AM
7.11
10:45 AM
7.12
A climate-based decision support system for agriculture in the Southeast U.S
David F. Zierden, Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL; and J. J. O'Brien and C. W. Fraisse

11:00 AM
7.13
A Modified SEBAL Model for Spatially Estimating Pecan Consumptive Water Use for Las Cruces, New Mexico
Junming Wang, New Mexico State Univ., Las Cruces, NM; and T. W. Sammis, C. A. Meier, L. J. Simmons, D. R. Miller, and Z. Samani
11:15 AM
7.8a
Coffee Break

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

11:45 AM-11:45 AM: Thursday, 23 June 2005


Meeting Adjourns