Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification/Weather Modification Association

Program Chair: Joe Golden , Univ. of Colorado/CIRES/NOAA/GSD

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Sunday, 20 April 2008

5:00 PM-7:00 PM: Sunday, 20 April 2008


Registration Opens
Location: Windsor (Westin Westminster)

7:00 PM-9:00 PM: Sunday, 20 April 2008


Session
WMA Board Meeting
Location: Legacy (Westin Westminster)
Host: Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification/Weather Modification Association

Monday, 21 April 2008

7:30 AM-5:00 PM: Monday, 21 April 2008


Session
Registration Continues through 25 April, 2008
Location: Windsor (Westin Westminster)
Host: Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification/Weather Modification Association

9:00 AM-10:00 AM: Monday, 21 April 2008


Session 1
New Mitigation Strategies to Combat Global Warming
Location: Standley I (Westin Westminster)
Host: Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification/Weather Modification Association
Chair: Thomas P. DeFelice, Hydrospheric Serivces
9:00 AM
Welcoming Remarks
9:00 AM
1.1
Weather and Climate Engineering
William R. Cotton, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
9:30 AM
1.2
Geo-Engineering: tuning Earth's thermostats to cooler temperatures
Daniel Rosenfeld, The Hebrew Univ. of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel

10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Monday, 21 April 2008


Coffee Break
Location: Standley Foyer (Westin Westminster)

10:30 AM-12:10 PM: Monday, 21 April 2008


Session 2
New Unconventional Concepts and Legal Ramifications
Location: Standley I (Westin Westminster)
Host: Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification/Weather Modification Association
Chair: Joe Golden, Univ. of Colorado/CIRES/NOAA/GSD
10:30 AM
2.1
Atmospheric heating as a research tool
Lyle M. Jenkins, Jenkins Enterprises, Houston, TX; and B. J. Eastlund
11:20 AM
2.3
On Engineering Hurricanes
William R. Cotton, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and S. M. Saleeby

12:10 PM-1:30 PM: Monday, 21 April 2008


Lunch Break
Location: Standley II (Westin Westminster)

1:30 PM-3:00 PM: Monday, 21 April 2008


Session 3
Updates on Research and Operational Programs: Winter Precipitation Systems Part I
Location: Standley I (Westin Westminster)
Host: Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification/Weather Modification Association
Chair: William R. Cotton, Colorado State Univ.
1:30 PM
3.1
Recent results from a randomized wintertime cloud seeding experiment in the Snowy Mountains of Australia
Arlen Huggins, DRI, Reno, NV; and S. L. Kenyon, L. Warren, A. Peace, S. Bilish, J. Denholm, and S. K. Chai
2:00 PM
3.2
Ammonia and NOx in Seeded and Unseeded Snowfall – An Australian Perspective
James Hunt, ENVIRON Australia Pty Ltd, North Sydney, Australia; and J. Denholm and A. Huggins
2:30 PM
3.3
Observations and science questions pertaining to cloud seeding over Tasmania
Anthony E. Morrison, Monash Univ., Melbourne, Vic, Australia; and S. T. Siems, M. J. Manton, and A. Nazarov

3:00 PM-3:30 PM: Monday, 21 April 2008


Session
Coffee Break
Location: Standley Foyer (Westin Westminster)
Host: Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification/Weather Modification Association

3:30 PM-5:30 PM: Monday, 21 April 2008


Session 4
Updates on Research and Operation Programs: Winter Precipitation Systems Part II
Location: Standley I (Westin Westminster)
Host: Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification/Weather Modification Association
Chair: Arlen Huggins, DRI
3:30 PM
4.1
The role of weather modification in the Colorado River Basin States process
Thomas J. Ryan, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
4:00 PM
4.2
30+ Winter Seasons of Operational Cloud Seeding in Utah
Don A. Griffith, North American Weather Consultants, Sandy, UT; and M. E. Solak and D. Yorty
4:30 PM
4.3
Results of Cloud Seeding Operations for Precipitation Enhancement in Iran during 1999-2007
Morteza Khalili Sr., National Cloud Seeding Research Center, Yazd, Iran; and M. Seidhassani, F. Golkar, and V. Khatibi

5:00 PM
4.4
Precipitation Processes within Wintertime Clouds Over Central Saudi Arabia
Terry W. Krauss, Weather Modification Inc., Fargo, ND; and R. Bruintjes

5:30 PM-5:30 PM: Monday, 21 April 2008


Sessions End for the Day

5:35 PM-7:30 PM: Monday, 21 April 2008


Icebreaker Reception
Location: Standley II (Westin Westminster)

Tuesday, 22 April 2008

8:30 AM-10:00 AM: Tuesday, 22 April 2008


Session 5
Updates on Research and Operational Programs: Winter Precipitation Systems Part III
Location: Standley I (Westin Westminster)
Host: Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification/Weather Modification Association
Chair: Daniel Breed, NCAR/RAL
8:30 AM
5.1
A Data Display System for Weather Modification Research and Operations
Sher Schranz, NOAA/ERL/FSL and CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO
9:30 AM
5.3
Design of the randomized seeding experiment of the WWMPP
Daniel Breed, NCAR/RAL, Boulder, CO; and M. Pocernich, R. Rasmussen, and R. Bruintjes

10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Tuesday, 22 April 2008


Coffee Break
Location: Standley Foyer (Westin Westminster)

10:30 AM-12:30 PM: Tuesday, 22 April 2008


Session 6
Updates on Research and Operational Programs: Winter Precipitation Systems Part IV
Location: Standley I (Westin Westminster)
Host: Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification/Weather Modification Association
Chair: Don A. Griffith, North American Weather Consultants
10:30 AM
6.1

12:30 PM-2:00 PM: Tuesday, 22 April 2008


Lunch Break
Location: Standley II (Westin Westminster)

2:00 PM-3:00 PM: Tuesday, 22 April 2008


Session 7
Updates on Research and Operational Programs: Summer Precipitation Systems
Location: Standley I (Westin Westminster)
Host: Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification/Weather Modification Association
Chair: Terry W. Krauss, Weather Modification Inc.
2:00 PM
7.1
A review of the Texas weather modification programs in 2007
Todd R. Flanagan, South Texas Weather Modification Association, Pleasanton, TX; and S. D. Beall, R. E. Rhodes, J. Wright, and A. Ruiz-Columbié
2:30 PM
7.2
Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Cloud Seeding in Texas from 2002 through 2006
William L. Woodley, Woodley Weather Consultants, Littleton, CO; and D. Rosenfeld

3:00 PM-3:30 PM: Tuesday, 22 April 2008


Coffee Break
Location: Standley Foyer (Westin Westminster)

3:30 PM-5:00 PM: Tuesday, 22 April 2008


Session 8
Updates on Research and Operational Programs: Summer Precipitation Systems PART II
Location: Standley I (Westin Westminster)
Host: Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification/Weather Modification Association
Chair: Bruce A. Boe, Weather Modification, Inc.
3:30 PM
8.1
Legal consequences of weather modification
Marsha L. Baum, Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
4:30 PM
8.3
Polarimetric Radar Analysis of Hygroscopic Seeding
Paul A. Kucera, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and A. Theisen and D. Langerud

7:00 PM-9:30 PM: Tuesday, 22 April 2008


Panel Discussion 1
Special Evening Panel/Audience Interaction on 'Stormfury Redux: Are There Viable New Approaches to Hurricane Modification?
Location: Standley I (Westin Westminster)
Host: Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification/Weather Modification Association
Panelists: William M. Gray, Colorado State Univ.; William R. Cotton, Colorado State Univ.; John Latham, NCAR; William L. Woodley, Woodley Weather Consultants
Facilitators: Wil Laska, Department of Homeland Security; Joe Golden, Univ. of Colorado/CIRES/NOAA/GSD
7:00 PM
7:00 PM
Joe Golden

7:00 PM
William M. Gray
7:00 PM
William R. Cotton

7:00 PM
John Latham

7:00 PM
William L. Woodley

7:00 PM
Panel/Audience Interaction

Wednesday, 23 April 2008

8:30 AM-10:30 AM: Wednesday, 23 April 2008


Session 9
Updates on Research and Operational Programs: Summer Precipitation Systems Part III
Location: Standley I (Westin Westminster)
Host: Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification/Weather Modification Association
Chair: William L. Woodley, Woodley Weather Consultants
9:00 AM
9.1A
Hygroscopic Cloud Seeding Operations In Andhra Pradesh, India during 2005-07
I.V. Murali Krishna, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological Univ., Hyderabad, AP, India

10:00 AM
9.3
Precipitation Evaluation of Cloud Seeding Programs in Saudi Arabia and West Africa
Paul A. Kucera, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. Bruintjes and P. H. Herzegh
10:30 AM
9.4
Preliminary observations of cloud and precipitation characteristics in the Brisbane, Australia region
Sarah Tessendorf, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. Bruintjes, J. Wilson, R. Roberts, E. Brandes, P. May, J. Peter, I. Craig, R. Stone, S. Seims, M. Manton, and D. Axisa

10:30 AM-11:00 AM: Wednesday, 23 April 2008


Coffee Break
Location: Standley Foyer (Westin Westminster)

11:00 AM-12:00 PM: Wednesday, 23 April 2008


Session 10
Application of Numerical Models to Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification Topics
Location: Standley I (Westin Westminster)
Host: Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification/Weather Modification Association
Chair: Roelof Bruintjes, NCAR
11:00 AM
10.1
Potential Application of WRF/Chem to Weather Modification Problems
Steven E. Peckham, NOAA/ESRL/GSD and CIRES-Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and G. A. Grell, S. A. McKeen, J. D. Fast, and W. I. Gustafson Jr.

11:30 AM
10.2
Interactive impacts of CCN, GCCN and IFN on snowfall over the Park Range
Stephen M. Saleeby, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and W. R. Cotton

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Wednesday, 23 April 2008


Lunch Break
Location: Standley II (Westin Westminster)

1:30 PM-2:30 PM: Wednesday, 23 April 2008


Session 11
Application of Numerical Models to Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification Topics Part II
Location: Standley I (Westin Westminster)
Host: Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification/Weather Modification Association
Chair: Edward E. Hindman, The City Univ. of New York
1:30 PM
11.1
Observed and simulated California climate trends due to concurrent long-term inland-warming and coastal-cooling
B. Lebassi, Santa Clara Univ., Santa Clara, CA; and J. E. Gonzalez, R. Bornstein, and D. Fabris
2:00 PM
11.2
A Cloud Microphysics Scheme to Resolve the Origins of the Caribbean Mid-Summer Drought
Daniel E. Comarazamy, Univ. of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico; and J. E. Gonzalez, N. D. Ramirez, and M. E. Angeles

2:30 PM-3:00 PM: Wednesday, 23 April 2008


Coffee Break
Location: Standley Foyer (Westin Westminster)

3:00 PM-4:30 PM: Wednesday, 23 April 2008


Session 12
Aerosol Impacts on Clouds and Precipitation
Location: Standley I (Westin Westminster)
Host: Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification/Weather Modification Association
Chair: Daniel Rosenfeld, The Hebrew Univ. of Jerusalem
3:00 PM
12.1
Aerosol-cloud interactions over Istanbul, Turkey and central Saudi Arabia
Duncan Axisa, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and A. Teller, D. Breed, and D. R. Collins
4:00 PM
12.3
An ‘aerosol effect' detected but precipitation not affected
Edward E. Hindman, The City Univ. of New York, New York, NY

4:30 PM-4:30 PM: Wednesday, 23 April 2008


Sessions End for the Day

5:00 PM-7:30 PM: Wednesday, 23 April 2008


Wednesday Evening Banquet
Location: Lakeview Pavilion (Westin Westminster)
5:00 PM
Don Griffith, Chairman, Awards Committee
5:00 PM
Keynote Speaker: Starnes Walker, Department of Homeland Security

Thursday, 24 April 2008

9:00 AM-4:00 PM: Thursday, 24 April 2008


NCAR/NOAA Field Trip - Information to Follow

5:00 PM-7:00 PM: Thursday, 24 April 2008


Session
WMA Annual Business Meeting
Location: Standley II (Westin Westminster)
Host: Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification/Weather Modification Association

7:00 PM-9:30 PM: Thursday, 24 April 2008


Panel Discussion 2
Can Aerosols Be Used to Mitigate Potential Adverse Global-Warming Impacts on Precipitation?
Location: Standley I (Westin Westminster)
Host: Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification/Weather Modification Association
Panelists: Roelof Bruintjes, NCAR; William L. Woodley, Woodley Weather Consultants; Daniel Rosenfeld, The Hebrew Univ. of Jerusalem; William R. Cotton, Colorado State Univ.; Roland List, Univ. of Toronto
Facilitators: Joe Busto, Colorado Water Conservation Board; Thomas P. DeFelice, Hydrospheric Serivces
7:00 PM
Joe Busto

7:00 PM
Thomas P. DeFelice
7:00 PM
Roelof Bruintjes
7:00 PM
William L. Woodley

7:00 PM
Daniel Rosenfeld
7:00 PM
William R. Cotton
7:00 PM
Roland List
7:00 PM
Panel Discussion

Friday, 25 April 2008

9:30 AM-10:30 AM: Friday, 25 April 2008


Session 13
Aerosol Impacts on Clouds and Precipitation Part II
Location: Standley I (Westin Westminster)
Host: Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification/Weather Modification Association
Chair: Duncan Axisa, NCAR
10:00 AM
13.2
Anthropogenic aerosols invigorating hail storms
Daniel Rosenfeld, The Hebrew Univ. of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel; and A. Khain
10:30 AM
13.3

10:30 AM-11:00 AM: Friday, 25 April 2008


Coffee Break
Location: Standley Foyer (Westin Westminster)

11:00 AM-12:00 PM: Friday, 25 April 2008


Session 14
Aerosol Impacts on Clouds and Precipitation Part III
Location: Standley I (Westin Westminster)
Host: Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification/Weather Modification Association
Chair: Andrew G. Detwiler, South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
11:00 AM
14.2
Modelling study using RegCM3 on aerosol precipitation interactions over Sahel in support to Senegalese rain enhancement Program (SENREP): Bawaan
Abdoulaye Sarr, National Meteorological Service of Senegal, Dakar-Fann, Senegal; and M. NDiaye and C. Diop

12:00 PM-12:00 PM: Friday, 25 April 2008


Conference Ends