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Sunday, 26 September 2010
	5:00 PM-7:00 PM, Sunday, Senate B Registration Opens
Monday, 27 September 2010
	7:30 AM-5:00 PM, Monday, Senate B Registration Continues through September 30, 2010
	8:30 AM-10:00 AM, Monday, Capitol D Plenary Session 1 Satellite/Air-Sea Interaction/Coastal Triple Conference Plenary (Joint between the 17th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography, the 17th Conference on Air Sea Interaction, and the Ninth Conference on Coastal Atmospheric and Oceanic Prediction and Processes)
8:30 AM PL1.1 Air-sea interaction in hurricanes   Recorded presentation Kerry Emanuel, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 9:00 AM PL1.3 What is coastal climate?   Recorded presentation Michael C. Kruk, STG, Inc., Asheville, NC; and D. Levinson, E. Gibney, and P. A. Hennon 9:30 AM PL1.2 Surface Wind Modification by Sea-Surface Temperature Fronts: Satellite Observations and Implications for Coupled Air-Sea Interaction Processes   Recorded presentation Larry W. O'Neill, NRL Monterey, Monterey, CA
	10:00 AM-10:30 AM, Monday, ABC Pre-Function Coffee Break
	10:30 AM-12:00 PM, Monday, Capitol D Session 1 Hal Woolf Memorial Session
Chair: William Smith, Sr., Hampton Univ., Hampton, VA
10:30 AM Introductory Remarks   10:40 AM 1.1 A Tribute to a Community-Oriented Satellite Remote Sensing Scientist   Recorded presentation Allen Huang, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 10:55 AM 1.2 Assimilation of satellite sounder radiances in NWP: the importance of background error specification   Recorded presentation John Eyre, Met Office, Exeter, United Kingdom; and F. Hilton 11:10 AM 1.3 Reprocessing the HIRS data to infer global cloud cover properties and trends   Recorded presentation Paul Menzel, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and E. Olson and B. Baum 11:25 AM 1.4 Hyperspectral data in numerical weather prediction   John F. Le Marshall, Bureau of Meteorology, Docklands, Vic., Australia; and J. Jung, R. G. Seecamp, Y. Xiao, J. Lee, P. Gregory, M. Goldberg, C. D. Barnet, and W. W. Wolf 11:40 AM 1.5 Advances in satellite, airborne, and ground-based IR hyperspectral sounding of the atmosphere   Recorded presentation William Smith Sr., Hampton Univ., Hampton, VA; and E. Weisz, S. Kireev, J. Yongxiao, A. M. Larar, and H. Revercomb
	12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Monday Lunch Break
	1:30 PM-3:00 PM, Monday, Capitol D Session 2 Satellite Research and Algorithm Development in Meteorology
Cochairs: Steven D. Miller, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; Shaima L. Nasiri, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
1:30 PM 2.1 Land Surface Emissivity Impact on Advanced Infrared Soundings   Recorded presentation Zhigang Yao, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. Li and J. Li 1:45 PM 2.2 Landslide hazard assessment using satellite precipitation information   Recorded presentation Dalia Bach Kirschbaum, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD; and C. D. Peters-Lidard, R. F. Adler, Y. Hong, and A. Y. Hou 2:00 PM 2.3 Retrieval of convective momentum fluxes through satellite-based methods   Recorded presentation Christopher P. Jewett, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and J. R. Mecikalski 2:15 PM 2.4 The Terra/MOPITT mission: current and future products for carbon monoxide   Recorded presentation Merritt N. Deeter, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and D. Edwards, G. Francis, J. Gille, H. Worden, and J. Drummond 2:30 PM 2.5 Variability and interpretation of satellite derived cloud properties from MODIS   Recorded presentation Brent C. Maddux, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and S. A. Ackerman, P. Menzel, and S. Platnick 2:45 PM 2.6 Validation of CloudSat-Based Snowfall Profiles using C-band Ground Radar   F. Joseph Turk, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and K. Park, P. Rodriguez, D. Hudak, G. Liu, and T. L'Ecuyer
	3:00 PM-3:30 PM, Monday, ABC Pre-Function Coffee Break
	3:30 PM-5:00 PM, Monday, Capitol D Joint Session 1 Measuring the Water Cycle From Space (Joint between the 17th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography and the 17th Conference on Air Sea Interaction)
Chair: Kyle Hilburn, Remote Sensing Systems, Santa Rosa, CA
3:30 PM J1.1 A recently revived dataset of satellite-based global air-sea surface turbulent fluxes (GSSTF2b) – features and applications   Chung-Lin Shie, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD 4:00 PM J1.2 Inter-annual variations and trends in surface temperature, water vapor and precipitation and the impact of ENSO and volcanoes   Recorded presentation Robert F. Adler, ESSIC, University of Maryland, College Park and NASA/GSFC, College Park, MD; and G. Gu 4:15 PM J1.3 Extreme events in the SeaFlux turbulent flux dataset   Recorded presentation Carol Clayson, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and J. B. Roberts, A. S. Bogdanoff, and J. P. Scott 4:30 PM J1.4 The impact of ATOVS radiance in MERRA reanalysis   Recorded presentation Junye Chen, Univ. of Maryland/ESSIC & NASA/GSFC/GMAO, Greenbelt, MD; and M. Bosilovich 4:45 PM J1.5 Atmospheric diabatic heating distributions derived from a combination of satellite sensor data   William S. Olson, Univ of Maryland Baltimore County, Greenbelt, MD; and T. S. L'Ecuyer, M. Grecu, G. Gu, X. Jiang, and M. G. Bosilovich
	5:30 PM-7:30 PM, Monday, ABC Pre-Function Formal Poster Viewing
	5:30 PM-7:30 PM, Monday, ABC Pre-Function Joint Poster Session 1 Measuring the Water Cycle from Space - Posters (Joint between the 17th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography and the 17th Conference on Air Sea Interaction)
Chair: Kyle Hilburn, Remote Sensing Systems, Santa Rosa, CA
JP1.1 NASA Energy and Water cycle Study   Deborah R. Belvedere, Goddard Earth Sciences & Technology Center, Baltimore, MD; and R. Schiffer, P. R. Houser, and J. Entin   JP1.2 A diurnally varying sea surface temperature dataset using a next generation parameterization   Alec Setnor Bogdanoff, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and C. A. Clayson   JP1.3 Diagnosis of systematic errors in atmospheric river forecasts using satellite observations of integrated water vapor   Gary A. Wick, NOAA/ESRL/PSD, Boulder, CO   JP1.4 Intercomparison of water vapor transport datasets   Kyle Hilburn, Remote Sensing Systems, Santa Rosa, CA   JP1.5 Description of Remote Sensing Systems version-7 geophysical data products   Kyle Hilburn, Remote Sensing Systems, Santa Rosa, CA; and F. J. Wentz   JP1.6 A global climatology of extreme precipitation based on satellite data   George J. Huffman, NASA/GSFC and SSAI, Greenbelt, MD; and R. F. Adler, D. T. Bolvin, and E. J. Nelkin   JP1.7 Error Analysis of Satellite-derived SeaFlux Heat and Moisture Fluxes with In Situ-derived Fluxes   Joel Scott, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and M. Bourassa and C. A. Clayson   JP1.8 Impact of the evolving satellite data record on reanalysis water and energy fluxes during the past 30 years   F. R. Robertson, NASA/MSFC, Huntsville, AL; and T. L. Miller, M. G. Bosilovich, and J. Chen   JP1.9 Exploring the relationships between precipitation and surface temperature using satellite-based observations   Guojun Gu, NASA/GSFC and ESSIC, Univ. of Maryland, Greenbelt, MD; and R. Adler
	5:30 PM-7:30 PM, Monday, ABC Pre-Function Poster Session 1 Satellite Research and Algorithm Development in Meteorology - Posters
Cochairs: Shaima L. Nasiri, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; Steven D. Miller, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO
P1.1 Performance of temperature and dew point data based on Collection 5 algorithm of MODIS and their applications in numerical modelling of tropical cyclones   P. W. Chan, Hong Kong Observatory, Hong Kong, China; and H. Y. Yip   P1.2 An objective methodology for infrared land surface emissivity evaluation   Zhenglong Li, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. Li, X. Jin, T. J. Schmit, E. Borbas, and M. Goldberg   P1.3 Modeling of inhomogeneous surface properties for the advanced technology microwave sounder   Thomas J. Kleespies, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD   P1.4 An analysis of operational satellite data from historic Baltimore and Washington DC area 2009/2010 winter storms   Bryan Jackson, NOAA/NWSFO, Sterling, VA; and S. Zubrick   P1.5 An update on the GOES-R ABI overshooting top and enhanced-V anvil thermal couplet detection algorithms   Jason C. Brunner, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and K. Bedka, W. F. Feltz, R. Dworak, and L. M. Cronce   P1.6 Predicting turbulence by satellite and validating with in situ data: A full-scale analysis with the GOES-R Tropopause Folding Turbulence Product   Anthony Wimmers, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and W. F. Feltz   P1.7 Automated Lightning Flash Detection in Nighttime Visible Satellite Data   Jeremy E. Solbrig, NRL, Monterey, CA; and R. L. Bankert, T. F. Lee, and S. D. Miller   P1.8 Development of a daytime multispectral technique for detecting supercooled liquid water-topped mixed phase clouds   Steven D. Miller, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and Y. J. Noh and A. K. Heidinger   P1.9 Retrievals of daytime and nighttime cloud macro- and micro-physical properties using infrared satellite observations   Sarah T. Bedka, SSAI, Hampton, VA; and P. Minnis, P. W. Heck, R. Palikonda, D. P. Duda, and K. Khlopenkov   P1.10 Nighttime Retrievals of Ice Cloud Properties from Infrared Radiances at 3.7, 6.7, 11.0 and 12.0 μm   Gang Hong, SSAI, Hampton, VA; and P. Minnis, J. K. Ayers, C. R. Yost, and W. L. Smith Jr.   P1.11 Orographically induced cirrus clouds east of the Southern Appalachian Mountains   Ryan Ellis, NOAA/NWSFO, Raleigh, NC   P1.12 Infrared Derived Microphysical Properties of Deep Convection   Michael J. Pavolonis, NOAA/NESDIS, Madison, WI; and J. Sieglaff and A. K. Heidinger   P1.13 Correction of sub-cloud effects on rainfall rate estimation from the Self-Calibrating Multivariate Precipitation Retrieval (SCaMPR) algorithm   Yaping Li, I. M. Systems Group, Camp Springs, MD; and R. Kuligowski   P1.14 Recent improvements to the TRMM Microwave Imager Land Rainfall algorithm   Kaushik Gopalan, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and N. Y. Wang, R. R. Ferraro, and C. Liu   P1.15 A passive microwave snowfall rate algorithm   Huan Meng, NOAA/NESDIS/Center for Satellite Applications and Research, College Park, MD; and B. Yan, D. Price, and R. R. Ferraro   P1.16 Robust algorithm to retrieve precipitation from space-borne dual frequency radar observations   Mircea Grecu, University of Maryland, Baltimore County and NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and W. S. Olson, L. Tian, and S. Tanelli   P1.17 Parallel GPGPU acceleration algorithms for radiative transfer calculations in the atmosphere   William F. Godoy, NASA/LaRC, Hampton, VA; and X. Liu
Tuesday, 28 September 2010
	8:30 AM-10:00 AM, Tuesday, Capitol D Session 3 International Satellite Observing Systems and Coordinated Efforts toward Creating a Global Earth Observing System: A Joint EUMETSAT Session
Chair: Ralph R. Ferraro, NOAA/NESDIS, College Park, MD
8:30 AM 3.1 Role of the European Operational Meteorological Satellites in the Space-based Global Observing System   Recorded presentation Johannes Schmetz, EUMETSAT, Darmstadt, Germany; and R. Stuhlmann, D. Klaes, M. Koenig, and P. Schluessel 9:00 AM 3.2 Global Space-based Inter-Calibration System (GSICS)   Recorded presentation Mitch Goldberg, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and X. Wu 9:15 AM 3.3 Polar-GOES-GPSRO multi-platform satellite product inter-comparisons using the NOAA products validation system   Recorded presentation Anthony L. Reale, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and F. Tilley and B. Sun 9:30 AM 3.4 Status of the future microwave tropical cyclone monitoring constellation   Recorded presentation Jeffrey D. Hawkins, NRL, Monterey, CA; and C. S. Velden and T. F. Lee 9:45 AM 3.5 Monitoring Eyjafjallajokull Volcano with GOES-R volcanic ash physical property retrievals   Recorded presentation Justin Sieglaff, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and M. J. Pavolonis
	10:00 AM-10:25 AM, Tuesday, ABC Pre-Function Coffee Break
	10:25 AM-12:15 PM, Tuesday, Capitol C Session 4 Satellite Observations of Climate: Research on Processes and Trends
Cochairs: Kenneth Carey, Noblis, Inc., Falls Church, VA; Philip E. Ardanuy, Raytheon Intelligence and Information Systems, Reston, VA
10:25 AM Introductory Remarks   10:30 AM 4.1 SAGE III Measurements from ISS   Recorded presentation M. Patrick McCormick, Hampton University, Hampton, VA; and J. Zawodny 10:45 AM 4.2 Variability, trends and challenges in the long-term global satellite record of water vapor   Recorded presentation Thomas H. Vonder Haar, Science and Technology Corporation, Hampton, VA; and J. M. Forsythe, J. L. Bytheway, and I. Wittmeyer 11:00 AM 4.3 An update on the NOAA MSU/AMSU/SSU CDR development and its applications   Recorded presentation Cheng-Zhi Zou, NOAA/NESDIS/Center for Satellite Applications and Research, Camp Springs, MD 11:15 AM 4.4 Monitoring a changing climate for coral reef ecosystems over the next few decades – Signals from the past 25 years   Recorded presentation Alan E. Strong, NOAA/NESDIS, Silver Spring, MD; and G. Liu, W. Skriving, T. R. L. Christensen, C. M. Eakin, S. F. Heron, and C. Nim 11:30 AM 4.5A A 27-year record of AVHRR-derived polar winds for retrospective analyses   David Santek, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. Key, R. Dworak, M. M. Rienecker, R. Gelaro, and N. A. Bearson   4.5 has been moved. New poster number P4.18   11:45 AM 4.6 Changing Arctic Sea Ice, Its Trends and Climatic Impacts over 1982-2004   Recorded presentation Xuanji Wang Sr., CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. R. Key and Y. Liu 12:00 PM 4.7 Climate Trend Analysis of Sea Surface Temperature, Water Vapor and Precipitation   Recorded presentation Song Yang, Naval Researc Lab, Monterey, CA; and F. Weng
	10:30 AM-12:00 PM, Tuesday, Capitol D Joint Session 2 Advances in Remote Sensing and in-situ Observational Networks (Joint between the Ninth Conference on Coastal Atmospheric and Oceanic Prediction and Processes and the 17th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography)
CoChair: Christopher N. K. Mooers, RSMAS, University of Miami, Miami, FL
10:30 AM J2.1 Experimental study of the evolution of the inland vertical structure of a coastal Atmospheric Boundary Layer in the Central Mediterranean using surface and ground-based remote sensing   Recorded presentation Anna Maria Sempreviva, National Council of Research, Lamezia Terme, Italy; and T. Lo Feudo, C. R. Calidonna, R. Wagner, M. S. Courtney, E. Avolio, L. De Leo, and S. Federico 10:45 AM J2.2 Study of radar bright band over a tropical station   Recorded presentation Dr. Rajasri Sen Jaiswal, Sona College of Technology, Salem, Tamil Nadu, India; and S. R Fredrick, M. N. v S, R. Mohammad, and L. Zaveri 11:00 AM J2.3 Synoptic and mesoscale influences on refractivity structure during offshore flow over the Persian Gulf   Isha Renta, NSWCDD, Dahlgren, VA; and K. Horgan and R. Marshall 11:15 AM J2.4 The National Data Buoy Center Data Assembly Center (NDBC DAC): A Component of the Network of Marine Networks   Recorded presentation Richard L. Crout, National Data Buoy Center, Stennis Space Center, MS; and R. Bouchard, R. Hervey, and B. Burnett 11:30 AM J2.5 The representation of air-sea fluxes in cold air outbreaks in satellite and MERRA data   Carol Anne Clayson, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and R. Hunniford and A. S. Bogdanoff 11:45 AM J2.6 Observing systems and their importance for determining the significance of coastal storms   Recorded presentation Jon K. Miller, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ; and T. O. Herrington
	12:15 PM-1:30 PM, Tuesday Lunch Break
	1:30 PM-3:00 PM, Tuesday, Capitol D Session 5 Satellite Observations in Predictive Models of Weather and Climate
Cochairs: Lars Peter Riishojgaard, Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation, Camp Springs, MD; Nancy Baker, NRL, Monterey, CA
1:30 PM 5.1 Evaluation of deep convective cloud systems in the NASA MERRA reanalysis   Recorded presentation Derek J. Posselt, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; and A. Jongeward and G. L. Potter 1:45 PM 5.2 The relative impact of clear and cloudy sky infrared brightness temperatures within an ensemble data assimilation system   Jason A. Otkin, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 2:00 PM 5.3 Assimilation of GOES Hourly Aerosol Optical Depths in a Regional Air Quality Model to Improve PM2.5 Predictions   Shobha Kondragunta, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and Q. Zhao 2:15 PM 5.4 Multi-moment statistics of temperature, water vapor, and cloud properties from the A-train and comparisons to climate models   Recorded presentation Brian H. Kahn, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and J. Teixeira and E. J. Fetzer 2:30 PM 5.5 Impact of AIRS Thermodynamic Profiles on Regional Weather Forecasting   Recorded presentation Shih-Hung Chou, NASA/MSFC, Huntsville, AL; and B. Zavodsky and G. Jedlovec 2:45 PM 5.6 Impact of Satellite Surface Wind Observations on the Tropical Cyclone Track Forecasts in the NRL NAVDAS/COAMPS and NRL NAVDAS-AR/NOGAPS Mesoscale and Global Data Assimilation and NWP Systems   Recorded presentation Li Bi, NRL, Monterey, CA; and N. L. Baker and K. D. Sashegyi
	3:00 PM-5:00 PM, Tuesday, ABC Pre-Function Coffee Break with Formal Poster Viewing
	3:00 PM-5:00 PM, Tuesday, ABC Pre-Function Poster Session 2 International Satellite Observing Systems and Coordinated Efforts toward Creating a Global Earth Observing System: A Joint EUMETSAT Session - Posters
Chair: Ralph R. Ferraro, NOAA/NESDIS, College Park, MD
P2.1 Activities of the National Weather Association's (NWA) Remote Sensing Committee and Potential Synergies with the AMS Committee on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography   Ralph R. Ferraro, NOAA/NESDIS, College Park, MD   P2.2 Reanalysis of MetOp AVHRR/HIRS IR channel prelaunch calibration   Aaron J. Pearlman, I.M. Systems Group, Camp Springs, MD; and C. Cao
	3:00 PM-5:00 PM, Tuesday, ABC Pre-Function Poster Session 3 Satellite Observations in Predictive Models of Weather and Climate - Posters
Cochairs: Lars Peter Riishojgaard, Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation, Camp Springs, MD; Nancy Baker, NRL, Monterey, CA
P3.1 Exploring the utility of CRTM in assimilating clear and cloudy radiances for forecast model initialization   Tomoko Koyama, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and B. Beechler and D. L. Birkenheuer   P3.2 An evaluation of five WRF-ARW microphysics schemes using synthetic GOES imagery for an atmospheric river event affecting the California coast   Isidora Jankov, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Boulder, CO; and L. Grasso, M. Sengupta, P. J. Neiman, D. Zupanski, M. Zupanski, D. T. Lindsey, D. W. Hillger, D. L. Birkenheuer, R. Brummer, and H. Yuan   P3.3 The NASA NVAP-MEaSUREs project: a reanalyzed and extended record of global water vapor from 1987-2010   Thomas H. Vonder Haar, Science and Technology Corporation, Hampton, VA; and J. M. Forsythe, J. L. Bytheway, and I. Wittmeyer   P3.4 A study of a heavy precipitation event associated with a landfalling winter storm using WRF model and satellite observations   Mei Han, GEST/Univ. of Maryland Baltimore County, Greenbelt, MD; and S. A. Braun and T. Matsui   P3.5 The impact of assimilating hyperspectral infrared water vapor channels in numerical weather prediction   James A. Jung, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Camp Springs, MD; and J. F. Le Marshall and L. P. Riishojgaard   P3.6 The use of radar altimeter data to diagnose wave model initialization and improve short term wave height forecasting   James D. Clark, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Camp Springs, MD; and J. M. Sienkiewicz   P3.7 Improving scatterometer ocean wind vector data assimilation in Environment Canada's global variational analysis and forecast system   Stéphane Laroche, Environment Canada, Dorval, QC, Canada; and R. Tardif, M. Reszka, and J. St-James   P3.8 Diurnal variation appears in cloud-system resolving model and satellite observations   Toshiro Inoue, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan; and K. Rajendran, J. Schmetz, M. Satoh, and H. Miura   P3.9 Simulation of observation and Calibration for Joint OSSEs at NOAA   Lars Peter Riishojgaard, Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation, Camp Springs, MD; and M. Masutani, J. S. Woollen, N. Prive, Y. Xie, T. Zhu, T. J. Kleespies, H. Sun, F. Weng, Y. Han, and S. J. Lord   P3.10 The assimilation of water vapor information from satellite observations and the choice of the analysis variable   Nancy Baker, NRL, Monterey, CA; and T. Rosmond, K. Hoppel, P. Pauley, B. Ruston, and S. Swadley   P3.11 Bridging the gap between satellite precipitation measurements and NWP forecasts   Yudong Tian, UMD, College Park, MD; and R. F. Adler and C. Peters-Lidard   P3.11 has been moved. New poster number P5.14     P3.12 Examination of Satellite and Model Ocean Wind Differences   Deborah K. Smith, Remote Sensing Systems, Santa Rosa, CA; and K. Hilburn, T. Meissner, and L. Ricciardulli   P3.13 Using the JPL Tropical Cyclone Information System (TCIS) to evaluate physical parameterizations in WRF simulations of hurricanes: Can we find the right set of parameterizations?   Svetla M. Hristova-Veleva, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and Y. Chao, A. Chau, Z. Haddad, B. Knosp, B. Lambrigtsen, P. Li, W. L. Poulsen, E. Rodriguez, B. Stiles, J. Turk, and Q. Vu
	3:00 PM-5:00 PM, Tuesday, ABC Pre-Function Poster Session 4 Satellite Observations of Climate: Research on Processes and Trends - Posters
Cochairs: Kenneth Carey, Noblis, Inc., Falls Church, VA; Philip E. Ardanuy, Raytheon Intelligence and Information Systems, Reston, VA
P4.1 Improving the ISCCP data record for use in climate studies: Retroactive calibration of the narrowband visible imagers   Laura M. Hinkelman, JISAO/Univ. of Washington, Seattle, NY; and P. W. Stackhouse Jr., W. B. Rossow, D. R. Doelling, T. C. Stone, S. Kato, R. Bhatt, J. J. Ferrier, A. Gopalan, J. C. Mikovitz, and D. Morstad   P4.2 NOAA's efforts of recalibrating Stratospheric Sounding Unit Data towards Climate Data Records   Likun Wang, Dell Perot System, Camp Spring, MD; and C. Z. Zou and H. Qian   P4.3 Developments of Climate Data Records from Special Sensor Microwave Imager (SSM/I) using Simultaneous Overpassing Technique   F. Weng, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and S. Yang and M. Goldberg   P4.4 The Development of AMSU-A Fundamental CDR's   Wenze Yang, NOAA Corporate Institute for Climate and Satellites, College Park, MD; and H. Meng and R. R. Ferraro   P4.5 30-Year land surface trend from AVHRR-based global vegetation health data   Felix Kogan, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD   P4.6 A Climatology-Based Scheme for Special Sensor Microwave Imager (SSM/I) Quality Control: An Application to Monthly Rainfall Rates   Daniel A. Vila, Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, College Park, MD; and R. R. Ferraro and H. Semunegus   P4.7 Analysis of off-nadir bias patterns in NOAA/NESDIS/STAR version 2.0 recalibrated AMSU-A products   Wenhui Wang, I. M. Systems Group at NOAA/NESDIS/STAR, Camp Springs, MD; and C. Z. Zou   P4.8 Seven years' observation of mid-upper tropospheric CH4 from AIRS   Xiaozhen Xiong, Dell Psgs Systems Government Services, Fairfax, Virginia, USA and NOAA, Camp Springs, MD; and C. D. Barnet, E. Maddy, X. Liu, and J. Wei   P4.9 Validation of TOA broadband shortwave and longwave fluxes derived from MTSAT over the Tropical Western Pacific   Mandana M. Khaiyer, SSAI, Hampton, VA ; and P. Minnis, D. R. Doelling, M. L. Nordeen, R. Palikonda, D. A. Rutan, and Y. Yi   P4.10 Radiative damping rates and their relations to climate sensitivity   Eui-Seok Chung, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and B. J. Soden and B. J. Sohn   P4.11 Moving towards an intercalibrated and homogenized SSM/I period of record   Hilawe Semunegus, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and J. J. Bates   P4.12 Globally gridded satellite (GriSat) observations for climate studies   Kenneth R. Knapp, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC   Poster 4.13 has been moved. New paper number 4.5A     P4.14 Vicarious calibration of long-term AVHRR solar reflectance channels using the desert   Fangfang Yu, ERT, Inc. @ NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and X. Wu   P4.15 Scales of Temporal and Spatial Variability of Land Surface Temperature   Konstantin Y. Vinnikov, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and Y. Yu, M. Chen, D. Tarpley, and M. Goldberg   P4.16 The development of a Western Hemisphere trend analysis of fires and United States fire potential product from version 6.5 WF_ABBA data   Jason C. Brunner, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and C. C. Schmidt, R. M. Rabin, E. M. Prins, J. M. Feltz, J. P. Hoffman, and P. D. Bothwell   P4.17 10 Years of MODIS Cloud Products   Brent C. Maddux, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and S. Platnick, S. A. Ackerman, and P. Menzel   P4.18 A climatology of infrared-based tropical cyclone wind radii, integrated kinetic energy, and damage potential   Paula Ann Hennon, STG, Inc., Asheville, NC; and K. R. Knapp
Wednesday, 29 September 2010
	8:30 AM-10:00 AM, Wednesday, Capitol D Session 6 Algorithms Exploiting the Synergy of Multiple Satellite Sensors, Satellite/Model Fusion, and Blended Products
Chair: Derek J. Posselt, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
8:30 AM 6.1 MIMIC-TPW: Seamless advective blending of total precipitable water retrievals from polar orbiting satellites   Recorded presentation Anthony Wimmers, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and C. S. Velden 8:45 AM 6.2 Statistical extrapolation of vertically resolved cloud information from CloudSat / CALIPSO observations to regional swaths   Recorded presentation Steven D. Miller, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and J. M. Forsythe, R. L. Bankert, P. T. Partain, and T. H. Vonder Haar 9:00 AM 6.3 CERES footprint as a base for multi-sensor satellite data fusion and radiative transfer calculations   Recorded presentation Walter F. Miller, Science Systems and Applications Inc, Hampton, VA; and S. Kato, F. G. Rose, S. Sun-Mack, and Y. Chen 9:15 AM 6.4 A radiative consistency approach to comparing AIRS and MODIS cloud retrievals   Recorded presentation Shaima L. Nasiri, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and V. Dang, B. H. Kahn, M. Schreier, and E. J. Fetzer 9:30 AM 6.5 Observations of Ice in Maritime Stratiform Clouds from CALIOP/MODIS Observations   Recorded presentation Robert E. Holz, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and S. Ackerman 9:45 AM 6.6 A cloud conundrum: optically thick yet invisible ice clouds observed at visible, infrared, and radar wavelengths   Recorded presentation Michael D. Fromm, NRL, Washington, DC
	10:00 AM-10:30 AM, Wednesday, ABC Pre-Function Coffee Break
	10:30 AM-12:00 PM, Wednesday, Capitol D Session 7 Satellite Research and Algorithm Development in Oceanography
Chair: Deborah K. Smith, Remote Sensing Systems, Santa Rosa, CA
10:30 AM P6.2 NOAA's operational geostatinary and blended sea surface temperature products   Recorded presentation Eileen Maria Maturi, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR, Camp Springs, MD; and A. Harris, J. Mittaz, J. Sapper, R. Potash, and W. Meng 10:45 AM 7.1 All-weather wind measurements from intercalibrated active and passive microwave satellite sensors: The RSS Version 7 ocean suite   Recorded presentation Thomas Meissner, Remote Sensing Systems, Santa Rosa, CA; and L. Ricciardulli and F. J. Wentz 7.2 New developments in AVHRR sea surface temperature and derived products   John Sapper, NOAA/NESDIS/OSDPD, Camp Springs, MD; and A. Ignatov 11:00 AM 7.3 Hybrid SST Retrieval Algorithm in thermal IR: Combining Regression and Radiative Transfer Model Approaches   Recorded presentation Boris Petrenko, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR, IMSG Inc, Camp Springs, MD; and A. Ignatov, N. Shabanov, Y. Kihai, and F. Xu 11:15 AM 7.4 The Systematically Merged Atlantic Regional Temperature and Salinity (SMARTS) Climatology for satellite derived ocean thermal structure   Recorded presentation Patrick C. Meyers, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and L. K. Shay and J. K. Brewster 11:30 AM 7.5 Ocean surface roughness spectrum and microwave brightness temperature   Recorded presentation Paul Hwang, NRL, Washington, DC; and D. Burrage, D. W. Wang, and J. Wesson 11:45 AM 7.6 Predicting coral stress by combining surface measurements of temperature and light from NOAA POES and GOES satellites   Recorded presentation William J. Skirving, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR, Townsville, Queensland, Australia; and T. F. Burgess, S. Enríquez-Domínguez, J. Hedley, S. Dove, P. Mumby, O. Hoegh-Guldberg, R. Berkelmans, I. Laszlo, T. R. L. Christensen, C. M. Eakin, S. F. Heron, G. Liu, C. J. Nim, A. E. Strong, and R. Iglesias-Prieto
	12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Wednesday Lunch Break
	1:30 PM-3:00 PM, Wednesday, Capitol D Joint Session 2 Remote Sensing Applied to Air-Sea Interaction (Joint between the 17th Conference on Air Sea Interaction and the 17th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography)
Chair: Todd D. Sikora, Millersville University of Pennsylvania, Millersville, PA
1:30 PM J2.1 Lightning and its association with low pressure systems over the Indian seas   Mohommad Iqbal Tinmaker, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune, Maharashtra, India; and K. Ali 1:45 PM J2.2 Investigation of surface flux feedbacks for coupled and uncoupled atmosphere-ocean anomalies   J. Brent Roberts, NASA/MSFC, Huntsville, AL; and F. R. Robertson 2:00 PM J2.3 Comparison of buoy and satellite near-surface wind and sea-surface temperature near ocean fronts   Recorded presentation Larry W. O'Neill, NRL Monterey, Monterey, CA 2:15 PM J2.4 Diagnosing Tropical Cyclone Surface Wind Fields from SAR   Recorded presentation Ralph C. Foster, APL/Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and J. Patoux 2:30 PM J2.5 On polarimetric characteristics of convection in the marine atmospheric boundary layer   Recorded presentation Haiyan Li, Bedford Insitute of Oceanography, Dartmouth, NS, Canada; and W. Perrie 2:45 PM J2.6 Sonar Measurements in the Gulf Stream Front on Southeast Florida Shelf Coordinated with TerraSAR-X Satellite Overpass   Recorded presentation Chris Maingot, Nova Southeastern University Oceanographic Center, Dania Beach, FL; and A. Soloviev, S. Matt, M. Gilman, J. Fenton, D. Velotto, S. Brusch, and S. Lehner
	1:30 PM-3:00 PM, Wednesday, Capitol AB Session 8 Satellite Measuring/Monitoring of Volcanic Ash, Dust Storms, and Aerosols
Chair: Michael J. Pavolonis, NOAA/NESDIS, Madison, WI
8.1 GlobAEROSOL: a long term global aerosol dataset from European satellite observations   Oscar Portela, GMV Aerospace and Defence, Madrid, Spain; and Ó. Pérez Navarro, G. E. Thomas, C. A. Poulsen, R. Siddans, R. D. Grainger, B. Kerridge, P. Y. Deschamps, and S. Pinnock 1:30 PM 8.2 Detection of dust storms from multi-channel satellite imagers   Recorded presentation Xuepeng Zhao, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC/RSAD, Asheville, NC 8.3 Washington Volcanic Ash Advisory Center: Utilization of Satellites in Operations   Gregory M. Gallina, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Spring, MD 1:45 PM 8.3A Aerosol properties from automated shadow analysis   Recorded presentation Brian Belson, NPS, Monterey, CA; and P. A. Durkee and K. E. Nielsen 2:00 PM 8.4 Demonstrating the MSG Volcanic Ash Detection Algorithm during Large-Scale Volcano Eruptions   Recorded presentation Arunas P. Kuciauskas, NRL, Monterey, CA; and S. D. Miller, J. Solbrig, M. Liu, J. Campbell, D. A. Geiszler, and D. Lary 2:15 PM 8.5 Volcanic Ash/SO2 Cloud Height Estimation from Combined Satellite Observations and Numerical Modeling Computation   Recorded presentation Gilberto A. Vicente, NOAA, Camp Springs, MD; and E. Hughes 2:30 PM 8.6 Advances in Volcanic Cloud Satellite Remote Sensing   Recorded presentation Michael J. Pavolonis, NOAA/NESDIS, Madison, WI; and J. Sieglaff
	3:00 PM-3:30 PM, Wednesday, ABC Pre-Function Coffee Break with Formal Poster Viewing
	3:00 PM-5:00 PM, Wednesday, ABC Pre-Function Poster Session 5 Algorithms Exploiting the Synergy of Multiple Satellite Sensors, Satellite/Model Fusion, and Blended Products - Posters
Chair: Derek J. Posselt, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
P5.1 Advances in research products from combined CALIPSO-CloudSat observations within the A-Train : aerosol and elevated cloud optical depth direct retrieval over ocean, water clouds and land and first seasonal analyses   Damien B. Josset, NASA Postdoctoral Program/SSAI, Hampton, VA; and Y. Hu, J. Pelon, P. W. Zhai, D. Tanré, R. R. Rogers, P. Lucker, C. Trepte, K. Powell, S. Rodier, and N. Pascal   P5.2 Satellite composites: techniques in combining geostationary and polar orbiting observations   Matthew A. Lazzara, Antarctic Meteorological Research Center/ Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and D. A. Santek, R. A. Kohrs, N. A. Bearson, J. Robaidek, and S. L. Knuth   P5.3 High latitude atmospheric motion vectors from combined geostationary and polar orbiting observations   Matthew A. Lazzara, Antarctic Meteorological Research Center/ Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and D. A. Santek, R. Dworak, J. R. Key, C. S. Velden, and S. Wanzong   P5.4 Improving High Latitude Precipitation Estimation Using A-Train Observations   Eric J. Nelkin, SSAI and NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and G. J. Huffman, R. F. Adler, and D. T. Bolvin   P5.5 Estimating Polar Precipitation with CloudSat, AIRS and Microwave Radiometers   Ziad S. Haddad, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA; and K. Park, F. J. Turk, and N. Y. Wang   P5.6 Investigating the relationship between CO2 Slicing derived cloud top heights and instrument spectral differences   Mark A. Smalley, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and B. Holz   P5.7 Highlights of version 7 TRMM Multi-satellite Precipitation Algorithm (TMPA)   David T. Bolvin, NASA/GSFC and SSAI, Greenbelt, MD; and G. J. Huffman, E. J. Nelkin, and R. F. Adler   P5.8 A Twelve-Year Tropical Rainfall Climatology Based on a Composite of TRMM Products   Jian-Jian Wang, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and R. F. Adler, G. Gu, and G. J. Huffman   P5.9 Updating the GPCP global precipitation datasets   George J. Huffman, NASA/GSFC and SSAI, Greenbelt, MD; and R. F. Adler, D. T. Bolvin, and E. J. Nelkin P5.10 The NESDIS operational blended Total Precipitable Water products   Limin Zhao, NOAA/NESDIS/OSDPD/SSD, Camp Springs, MD; and S. Kidder, S. Kusselson, J. Forsythe, A. Jones, J. Paquette, R. R. Ferraro, J. Zhao, P. Keenh, I. Tcherednitchenko, J. Yang, and J. Guo   P5.11 Development of an AQUA based near-surface parameter retrieval   J. Brent Roberts, NASA/MSFC, Huntsville, AL; and C. A. Clayson   P5.12 Monitoring soil moisture and drought using a thermal two-source energy balance model   Christopher R. Hain, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and M. C. Anderson, J. R. Mecikalski, and W. T. Crow   P5.13 Estimates of Global Biomass Burning Emissions using Fire Radiative Power Retrieved from Multiple Geostationary Satellites   Xiaoyang Zhang, ERTat NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and S. Kondragunta and C. C. Schmidt   P5.14 A SAR-based NWP error warning product   George S. Young, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA; and N. S. Winstead and T. D. Sikora
	3:00 PM-5:00 PM, Wednesday, ABC Pre-Function Poster Session 6 Satellite Research and Algorithm Development in Oceanography - Posters
Chair: Deborah K. Smith, Remote Sensing Systems, Santa Rosa, CA
P6.1 Characteristics of ocean surface winds in the lee of Rishiri Island, Japan, observed by synthetic aperture radar   Osamu Isoguchi, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Tsukuba, Japan; and M. Shimada   Poster 6.2 has been moved. New paper number 7.2A     P6.3 NOAA's Jason-2/OSTM products   David R. Donahue, NOAA/NESDIS/OSPO/SPSD, Camp Springs, MD; and J. Lillibridge, Y. Zhang, K. Casey, and J. Throwe   P6.4 A parameterized forward model for WindSat ocean vector wind retrievals   Michael H. Bettenhausen, NRL, Washington, DC; and I. S. Adams and P. W. Gaiser   P6.5 Toward the sea surface temperature climate data record from space: 4km AVHRR Pathfinder SST   Kenneth S. Casey, NOAA, Silver Spring, MD; and T. B. Brandon   P6.6 The impact of measurement uncertainty and spatial variability on the accuracy of skin and subsurface regression-based sea surface temperature algorithms   Sandra L. Castro, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and G. A. Wick, P. J. Minnett, A. T. Jessup, and W. J. Emery   P6.7 Contribution to sampling requirements for future satellite altimetry observations of the Chesapeake Bay   Jordan S. Borak, Wyle Information Systems, Greenbelt, MD; and M. F. Jasinski and J. R. Moisan
	3:00 PM-5:00 PM, Wednesday, ABC Pre-Function Poster Session 7 Satellite Measuring/Monitoring of Volcanic Ash, Dust Storms, and Aerosols - Posters
Chair: Michael Pavolonis, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
P7.1 Retrieval of aerosol optical depths over Hong Kong by using MTSAT-1R   Mijin Kim, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea; and J. Kim, J. M. Yoon, P. W. Chan, J. Nichol, and C. Wong   P7.2 has been moved. New paper number 8.3A
Thursday, 30 September 2010
	8:30 AM-10:00 AM, Thursday, Capitol D Session 9 Operationally-Driven Satellite Research and Application Development
Cochairs: Wayne Feltz, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; Christopher Velden, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
8:30 AM 9.1 NOAA / NESDIS satellite operations, product generation and distribution overview   Recorded presentation Thomas M. Renkevens, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and B. Hughes 8:45 AM 9.2 Climate change and coral bleaching: From satellite-derived nowcasts to model-derived forecasts   Recorded presentation C. Mark Eakin, NOAA/NESDIS, Silver Spring, MD; and G. Liu, S. D. Donner, J. P. Dunne, L. Matrosova, C. Penland, R. S. Webb, A. Kumar, M. Chen, T. R. L. Christensen, S. F. Heron, J. A. Morgan, W. J. Skirving, A. E. Strong, B. A. A. Parker, T. F. Burgess, P. Delgado, and C. J. Nim 9:00 AM 9.3 WindSat vector maps as forecaster products   Recorded presentation T. F. Lee, NRL, Monterey, CA; and J. D. Hawkins, M. H. Bettenhausen, I. S. Adams, and P. Gaiser 9:15 AM 9.4 AWIPS II: platform of choice for next-generation satellite system-of-systems integration and operational use   Recorded presentation Philip E. Ardanuy, Raytheon Intelligence and Information Systems, Reston, VA; and P. A. Arkin, M. DeMaria, W. Feltz, R. R. Ferraro, J. Gerth, S. J. Goodman, A. Huang, G. J. Jedlovec, D. Jones, G. Mandt, A. Nappi, and S. D. Miller 9:30 AM 9.5 Directions in global flood nowcasts and forecasts using satellite precipitation observations   Recorded presentation Robert F. Adler, ESSIC/University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and Y. Hong, J. Wang, F. Policelli, Y. Tian, H. Wu, and H. Pierce 9:45 AM 9.6 A Decision Support System for Diagnosing and Nowcasting Oceanic Convection for Oceanic Aviation Use   Recorded presentation Cathy Kessinger, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and H. Cai, N. Rehak, D. Megenhardt, M. Steiner, R. Bankert, J. Hawkins, M. Donovan, and E. R. Williams
	10:00 AM-10:30 AM, Thursday, ABC Pre-Function Coffee Break
	10:30 AM-12:00 PM, Thursday, Capitol D Session 10 Next-Generation Satellite Observing Systems
Chair: Steve Goodman, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR, Camp Springs, MD
10:30 AM 10.1 The ABI on GOES-R   Recorded presentation Timothy J. Schmit, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR, Madison, WI; and J. Gurka and M. M. Gunshor 10:45 AM 10.2 Status of Pre-launch Activities for the Joint Polar Satellite System Calibration/Validation Program for the NPOESS Preparatory Project   Heather Kilcoyne, JPSS Program Office, Silver Spring, MD 11:00 AM 10.3 Probability of cloud-free lne of sght (PCFLOS) derived from CloudSat cloud profiling radar (CPR) and coincident CALIPSO lidar data   Recorded presentation Donald L. Reinke, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and J. M. Forsythe, K. E. Milberger, and T. H. Vonder Haar 11:15 AM 10.4 Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM)   Recorded presentation Hugh Christian, Ryco Design and Research, Inc, Madison, AL; and S. Edgington and K. Gheno 11:30 AM 10.5 NOAA's data exploitation of future polar-orbiting operational environmental satellites   Recorded presentation Tom Schott, NOAA/NESDIS, Suitland, MD; and S. L. Bunin, J. Silva, and G. Goodrum 11:45 AM 10.6 Earth observation from a highly elliptical orbit: expected benefits for weather prediction   Recorded presentation Louis Garand, EC, Dorval, QC, Canada; and Y. Rochon
	12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Thursday Lunch Break
	1:30 PM-2:30 PM, Thursday, Capitol D Session 11 Training and Education for Current, New and Future Satellite Observing Systems
Chair: Brian C. Motta, NOAA/NWS, Boulder, CO
1:30 PM 11.1 GOES-R proving ground plans for the 2010 hurricane season at the National Hurricane Center (NHC) and the Storm Prediction Center (SPC) spring experiment   Recorded presentation James J. Gurka, NOAA/NESDIS/GOES-R Program Office, Greenbelt, MD; and S. J. Goodman, T. J. Schmit, C. Siewart, J. L. Beven II, and M. DeMaria 1:45 PM 11.2 SPoRT - Transitioning NASA Satellite Data into Weather Forecast Operations   Gary J. Jedlovec, NASA/MSFC, Huntsville, AL 2:00 PM 11.3 McIDAS-V: Advances in data analysis and visualization for environmental satellite data   Recorded presentation Thomas H. Achtor, SSEC/CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and T. D. Rink and T. M. Whittaker 2:15 PM 11.4 A fifteen year perspective on national and international training directed towards forecasters   Recorded presentation Bernadette H. Connell, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Ft. Collins, CO; and D. Bikos, J. Braun, A. Mostek, and M. DeMaria
	2:30 PM-4:00 PM, Thursday, ABC Pre-Function Coffee Break with Formal Poster Viewing
	2:30 PM-4:00 PM, Thursday, ABC Pre-Function Poster Session 8 Next-Generation Satellite Observing Systems - Posters
Chair: Steven J. Goodman, NOAA/NESDIS/GOES-R Program Office, Greenbelt, MD
P8.1 GOES-R ABI spectral sensitivity analysis using hyperspectral observations   Francis P. Padula, Integrity Applications Incorporated, Chantilly, VA; and C. Cao   P8.2 NOAA Science Test Results from the GOES-14 and -15 Imager and Sounder   Timothy J. Schmit, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR, Madison, WI; and D. W. Hillger, A. S. Bachmeier, and M. M. Gunshor   P8.3 Direct readout from NOAA satellites   Paul Seymour, NOAA/NESDIS, Suitland, MD; and M. Perkins and K. Metcalf   P8.4 Application of Lightning Measurements to Tropical Cyclone Rapid Intensity Change Forecasting   Mark DeMaria, NOAA/NESDIS, Fort Collins, CO; and J. A. Knaff, R. T. DeMaria, J. Kaplan, and N. W. Demetriades   P8.5 Diagnosing storm intensity using coupled TRMM Lightning Imaging Sensor and Meteosat Second Generation in preparation for GOES-R   Wayne M. MacKenzie Jr., University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL; and J. R. Mecikalski   P8.6 GOES-R Risk Reduction Program   Ingrid Guch, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and M. DeMaria   P8.7 GOES-R Legacy Atmospheric Profile Retrieval Algorithm For Final Delivery   Xin Jin, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. Li, T. J. Schmit, M. Goldberg, W. Wolf, G. D. Martin, and S. Sampson   P8.8 IDEA as a template for an Air Quality Proving Ground (AQPG) for GOES-R   Hai Zhang, JCET/Univ. of Maryland, Baltimore, MD; and R. M. Hoff and S. Kondragunta   P8.9 Aerosol Detection product with GOES-R Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) measurements   Pubu Ciren, Dell PSGS INC., Camp Spring, MD; and S. Kondragunta and I. Laszlo   P8.10 The GOES-R ABI Wild Fire Automated Biomass Burning Algorithm development activities at CIMSS   Jay P. Hoffman, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and C. C. Schmidt and E. M. Prins   P8.11 Ozone estimation with the GOES-R Advanced Baseline Imager: proxy data studies   Christopher C. Schmidt, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. P. Hoffman   P8.12 The GOES-R hydrology algorithms part I: Rainfall rate   Robert Kuligowski, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and Y. Li   P8.13 The GOES-R hydrology algorithms part II: Rainfall potential   Robert J. Kuligowski, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and Z. Zhang and V. Lakshmanan   P8.14 The GOES-R hydrology algorithms part III: Probability of rainfall   Robert J. Kuligowski, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD   P8.15 Footprint matching for the advanced technology microwave sounder   Thomas J. Kleespies, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD   P8.16 Developing Calibration Support for the Space Weather Instruments for GOES-R   Jonathan M. Darnel, IMSG, Camp Springs, MD; and W. Rowland and C. Cao   P8.17 Evaluation of Space Based Doppler Wind Lidar in Joint OSSEs   Michiko Masutani, NOAA/NWS/EMC, Camp Springs, MD; and L. P. Riishojgaard, G. D. Emmitt, S. Greco, S. A. Wood, and J. S. Woollen   P8.18 Pre-Launch Characterization of the Sounding Environmental Data Records (EDRs) Performance   Lihang Zhou, JPSS Program Office, Silver Spring, MD; and C. D. Barnet, D. Gu, H. Kilcoyne, J. Feeley, G. Trumbower, C. Hoffman, G. A. Bingham, and K. St Germain
	2:30 PM-4:00 PM, Thursday, ABC Pre-Function Poster Session 9 Operationally-Driven Satellite Research and Application Development - Posters
Cochairs: Wayne F. Feltz, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI; Christopher Velden, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
P9.1 Operational Tropical Cyclone Satellite Products Available from NOAA/NESDIS/OSDPD   Matthew Seybold, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and M. Turk, M. DeMaria, J. Knaff, A. Schumacher, C. Velden, T. Olander, E. Ebert, S. Kidder, and R. Kuligowski   P9.2 Utilizing SSM/I Data for Tropical Cyclone Intensity Estimation   Richard L. Bankert, NRL, Monterey, CA; and J. D. Hawkins   P9.3 Enhancing FAA tactical forecasts of convective initiation and growth   John R. Mecikalski, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL; and W. M. MacKenzie Jr., H. Iskendarian, and D. Botes   P9.4 Validation of University of Wisconsin Convective Initiation (UWCI) algorithm   Justin Sieglaff, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and L. M. Cronce, W. Feltz, K. Bedka, M. J. Pavolonis, and A. K. Heidinger   P9.5 Updated method for nowcasting convective initiation using satellite data applications   John Walker, Univ. of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL; and W. M. MacKenzie Jr. and J. R. Mecikalski   P9.6 Comparisons Between GOES-12 Overshooting Top Detections, WSR-88D Radar Reflectivity, and Severe Storm Reports   Richard Dworak, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. Brunner, K. Bedka, and W. Feltz   P9.7 Recent developments in microburst nowcasting using GOES   Kenneth L. Pryor, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD   P9.8 Objective short-range forecasts of the convective environment using Geostationary satellite data   Ralph A. Petersen, CIMSS/University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and R. M. Aune and T. D. Rink   P9.9 UW-CIMSS GOES-R Proving Ground Participation in Storm Prediction Center Hazardous Weather Testbed   Wayne F. Feltz, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and K. Bah, K. Bedka, L. M. Cronce, J. Gerth, J. S. Kain, S. S. Lindstrom, J. A. Otkin, T. J. Schmit, J. Sieglaff, C. W. Siewert, and R. M. Rabin   P9.10 Progress toward satellite-based atmospheric turbulence interest field detection   Wayne Feltz, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and K. Bedka, A. Wimmers, R. D. Sharman, and J. K. Williams   P9.11 Using satellite-based lightning products to enhance aviation decision support systems: A feasibility study   Cathy J. Kessinger, NCAR, Boulder, Colorado; and W. Deierling, J. K. Williams, and R. Sharman   P9.12 The Satellite Analysis Branch Hazard Mitigation Programs   Jamie Kibler, NOAA/NESDIS/OSDPD, Camp Springs, MD   P9.13 The global geostationary Wildfire ABBA fire monitoring network   Elaine M. Prins, UW-Madison SSEC/CIMSS - Consultant, Grass Valley, CA; and C. C. Schmidt, J. C. Brunner, J. P. Hoffman, S. S. Lindstrom, and J. M. Feltz   P9.14 Tracking Smoke Plumes Using GOES Imagery   Jian Zeng, ERT associated with NOAA/NESDIS/STAR, Camp Springs, MD; and S. Kondragunta   P9.15 LaRC Real-Time Satellite-Derived Products – Applications and Limitations   Rabindra Palikonda, SSAI / NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA; and P. Minnis, D. A. Spangenberg, T. L. Chee, B. Shan, and W. L. Smith Jr.   P9.16 An effort to improve marine stratus forecasts using satellite cloud climatologies for the Eureka, CA region   Cynthia L. Combs, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and R. Mazur, J. V. Clark, M. K. Nordquist, and D. A. Molenar   P9.17 Using SAR Winds to Evaluate Synoptic and Mesoscale Features in Forecast Operations   Kenneth K.C. Chan, EC, Vancouver, BC, Canada; and B. J. Snyder and L. Neil   P9.18 Application of remotely sensed ccean surface vector winds to determine wave generation areas   Joseph M. Sienkiewicz, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Camp Springs, MD; and G. McFadden   P9.19 Recent improvements to the NESDIS SST Quality Monitor (SQUAM)   Prasanjit Dash, NOAA, Camp Springs, MD; and A. Ignatov, Y. Kihai, and J. Sapper   P9.20 Transition of research to operations for satellite observations   John Pereira, NOAA/NESDIS, Silver Spring, MD; and D. Mamula and D. Hermreck   P9.21 Variability of the sub-polar front in the Japan/East Sea during winter 2009-2010   Emil T. Petruncio, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD; and S. Cho   P9.22 Access to real-time weather satellite products from desktops and mobile devices through a Web Map Service   David Santek, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and R. Dengel, D. Parker, S. Batzli, N. A. Bearson, and W. Feltz   P9.23 The Validation of the Operational AMSU Snowfall Identification Product   Ralph R. Ferraro, NOAA/NESDIS, College Park, MD; and M. R. P. Sapiano, M. Nichols, H. Meng, and L. Zhao P9.23 Operational Application of Satellite Remote Sensing for Hydrological Prediction in Ungauged African Basins   Sadiq Khan, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and Y. Hong, R. F. Adler, F. Pollicelli, and D. Irwin   P9.24 CloudSat Data Processing Center – update on CloudSat data processing and new version 05 products   Donald L. Reinke, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and P. T. Partain, D. G. Reinke, K. E. Milberger, and S. D. Miller   P9.25 Operational DMSP SSMIS Sounding Products at FNMOC   Yiping Wang, FNMOC, Monterey, CA; and J. Tesmer, J. Vermeulen, P. McCrone, and S. Swadley
	2:30 PM-4:00 PM, Thursday, ABC Pre-Function Poster Session 10 Training and Education for Current, New and Future Satellite Observing Systems - Posters
Chair: Brian C. Motta, NOAA/NWS, Boulder, CO
P10.1 NexSat: Reaching out to users within and outside of the US   Arunas P. Kuciauskas, NRL, Monterey, CA; and T. F. Lee, S. D. Miller, J. E. Solbrig, M. Surratt, K. Richardson, J. E. Kent, and J. D. Hawkins   P10.2 The COMET Program and satellite meteorology education resources: Preparing for the next generation meteorological satellites   Patrick Dills, UCAR/COMET, Boulder, CO; and W. Abshire, M. Weingroff, and B. Guarente   P10.3 Confronting data delivery challenges of the future via the GOES-R Proving Ground   Jordan Gerth, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

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