Program: 15th Conference on Applied Climatology (15th Conference on Applied Climatology/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

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

1.5

Applied Climatology to the Upgraded Minimum Temperature Prediction Tool for the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station and Kennedy Space Center

Presentation PDF (781.7 kB)

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

Presentation PDF (230.3 kB)

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

Presentation PDF (372.0 kB)

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

Presentation PDF (278.7 kB)

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

Presentation PDF (260.2 kB)

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.

Presentation PDF (227.7 kB)

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

Presentation PDF (296.1 kB)

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

Presentation PDF (228.8 kB)

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

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

JP1.2

Using geographical information systems for the spatial analysis of base reflectivity radar data and applications to the study of tropical cyclone precipitation patterns

Corene J. Matyas, Univ. of Florida, Gainesville, FL

Handout (1.2 MB)

JP1.3

Spatial persistence of accumulated precipitation over monthly time intervals

JP1.4

Real–time Regional Automatic Mapping of Nocturnal Winter Road Temperatures: Application of a Methodology of Analogous Situations, The Case of the Walloon Region (Belgium)

M. Erpicum IV, Université de Liège, Liège, Belgium; and M. Frederic, T. Nyssen, G. Mabille, and S. Litt

Handout (2.2 MB)

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

JP1.6

Building a Gridded Climatological Dataset for Use in the Statistical Interpretation of Numerical Weather Prediction Models

Rachel A. Trimarco, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and K. L. Sheets and K. K. Hughes

Handout (622.4 kB)

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

JP1.16

The Georgia Automated Environmental Monitoring Network: Experiences with the development of a state-wide automated weather station network for Georgia

Gerrit Hoogenboom, Univ. of Georgia, Griffin, GA

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

JP1.21

Precipitation patterns associated with El Niño / Southern Oscillation in Panama

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

JP1.23

Climate variability and extreme events due to intensification of the urbanization process–a study case at Oporto

Ana Monteiro, Oporto Univ., Porto, Portugal

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)

JP1.27

The harmonization of climate data quality control monitoring with stations network in uganda

Fortunata Lubega, AER, 7025, Kampala, Uganda

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)

JP1.31

Intensive “porpoising” with a research aircraft to determine atmospheric structure during the SALLJEX and NAME programs

Michael W. Douglas, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and J. F. Mejia

Handout (413.6 kB)

JP1.32

Conducting short duration field programs to evaluate sounding site representativness and potential climate monitoring biases—Examining the Low-Level Jet Over the Venezuelan Ilanos During the 2005 Dry Season

Michael W. Douglas, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and J. Murillo and J. F. Mejia

Handout (2.9 MB)

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

Recorded presentation

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

Recorded presentation

9:00 AM

KS1.3

Observing the Marine Environment

Paul F. Moersdorf, NOAA/NWS, Stennis Space Center, MS

Recorded presentation

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

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (44.8 kB)

9:45 AM

J1.2

North of the border—The Meteorological Service of Canada (MSC) Reference Climate Network

John MacPhee, MSC, Downsview, ON, Canada

Recorded presentation

10:00 AM

J1.3

Reference station networks for monitoring climatic change in the conterminous United States

Russell S. Vose, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC

Recorded presentation

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

Recorded presentation

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

Recorded presentation

11:15 AM

PD1.2

National Ecological Observatory Network Panelist

Bruce P. Hayden, Univ. of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA

Recorded presentation

11:30 AM

PD1.3

Climate Reference Network Panelist

Michael R. Helfert, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC

Recorded presentation

11:45 AM

PD1.4

State Climatologist, AASC Panelist

David A. Robinson, Office of the New Jersey State Climatologist/Rutgers Univ., Piscataway, NJ

Recorded presentation

12:00 PM

PD1.5

Panel Discussion I: Locating Observing Stations Where It Counts: What do We Have? What are We Misssing?

Kelly Redmond, Western Regional Climate Center, Reno, NV

Recorded presentation

12:15 PM

PD1.0a

Session Overview

Kelly Redmond, Western Regional Climate Center, Reno, NV

Recorded presentation

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

Recorded presentation

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

Recorded presentation

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

Recorded presentation

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

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (2.4 MB)

1:45 PM

J2.2

The Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network (CoCoRaHS)—A Great Way to Learn and Teach about Our Climate

Henry Reges, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and R. C. Cifelli and N. J. Doesken

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (547.8 kB)

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

Recorded presentation

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

Recorded presentation

2:30 PM

J2.5

A dense surface network for atmospheric observations in a mountain valley: Deployment and observations in the Sierra Rotors project

Vanda Grubisic, DRI, Reno, NV; and K. T. Redmond, G. D. McCurdy, D. Simeral, and M. Xiao

Recorded presentation

2:45 PM

J2.6

Use of MIRS to Conduct System Density Studies

Joseph Facundo, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (858.1 kB)

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

Recorded presentation

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

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (202.8 kB)

3:00 PM

4.4

Interannual variability of surface ozone and associated circulation patterns in the Northeast United States

David P. Brown, NOAA, Fort Worth, TX; and C. Wake

Recorded presentation

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

Recorded presentation

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

Recorded presentation

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

Recorded presentation

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

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (1.8 MB)

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

Recorded presentation

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

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (132.5 kB)

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

Recorded presentation

8:30 AM

5.3

Connecting people and climate science through Cooperative Extension

Michael A. Crimmins, Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

Recorded presentation

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

A RISA perspective on climate services: the CLIMAS experience

Gregg M. Garfin, Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

Recorded presentation

9:15 AM

5.6

An experiment in state climate services: the CalClim project

Laura M. Edwards, DRI, Reno, NV; and K. T. Redmond

Recorded presentation

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

Recorded presentation

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

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (747.8 kB)

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

Recorded presentation

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

Recorded presentation

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

Presentation PDF (220.6 kB)

2:30 PM

6.3

Air temperature rising trend and its Impact on Glacier Lakes over Dudhkoshi Basin of Eastern Nepal

Shakya Binod, Tribhuvan Univ., Kathmandu, SK, Nepal

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

Recorded presentation

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

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (60.5 kB)

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

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (209.8 kB)

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

Recorded presentation

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

Recorded presentation

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 )

JP2.1

The Southwest Climate Outlook: Insights on Communicating Climate Information to Stakeholders

Gregg M. Garfin, Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

JP2.2

The integrated near-real time climate monitoring data base of NCDC's climate monitoring branch

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)

JP2.9

Spatial and Temporal patterns of intra-seasonal oscillations over tropical Africa, their evolution and propagation

JP2.10

Overview and update of the North America drought monitor and North America climate extremes monitoring system

Richard Heim Jr., NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC

Handout (213.6 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

JP2.17

Assessment of the utility of climate information for large Front Range water providers in Colorado

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

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (132.3 kB)

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

Recorded presentation

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

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (43.5 kB)

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

Recorded presentation

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

Recorded presentation

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

Recorded presentation

9:30 AM

7.7

Monitoring freeze injury potential to U.S. winter wheat during dormancy

Bradley R. Rippey, USDA, Washington, DC

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (1.9 MB)

9:45 AM

7.8

Value based Ensemble Analysis and Potential Individual versus Simultaneous Climate Change Effects on Agriculture

Robert Mera, NCSU, Raleigh, NC; and D. Niyogi and F. Semazzi

7.9

Frequency of precipitation in the Humid Pampa of Argentina

Presentation PDF (530.1 kB)

7.10

Low-level circulation patterns and precipitation in the Argentine Pampas. Association with soybean yield.

Presentation PDF (508.4 kB)

10:30 AM

7.11

Climate variability and change: the economic vulnerability of the skiing industry and surrounding communities in Arizona, USA

Rosalind H. Bark-Hodgins, Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and B. G. Colby

Presentation PDF (1.1 MB)

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

Presentation PDF (346.4 kB)

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

Presentation PDF (199.6 kB)

8:15 AM

J3.2

The Evolution of Station Histories

Glen Conner, Western Kentucky Univ., Bowling Green, KY

Presentation PDF (128.8 kB)

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

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (835.3 kB)

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

9:00 AM

J3.5

Standardizing the quality assessment of data: partnership activities between NCDC and RCCs

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

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (20.1 kB)

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

Adjustments for trace measurements in Canada

Éva Mekis, MSC, Toronto, ON, Canada

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (240.4 kB)

9:45 AM

J3.8

The effect of modernization of climate reference networks on continuity of daily maximum and minimum temperature observations

Ewa J. Milewska, MSC, Toronto, ON, Canada; and L. A. Vincent

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (46.6 kB)

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

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (290.4 kB)

J3.10

Assessing the impact of systematic observation errors on climate and operational precipitation analyses

10:30 AM

J3.11

An update and future plans of NOAA's climate database modernization program (CDMP)

Thomas F. Ross, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC

10:45 AM

J3.12

Semiautomated quality control of historical sub-daily surface synoptic meteorological data: Application of attributes control methodology

Daniel Y. Graybeal, Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY