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

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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

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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
Recorded presentation

9:00 AM
1.1
Weather and Climate Engineering
William R. Cotton, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (187.7 kB)

9:30 AM
1.2
Geo-Engineering: tuning Earth's thermostats to cooler temperatures
Daniel Rosenfeld, The Hebrew Univ. of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
Recorded presentation

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
Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (1.2 MB)

10:55 AM
2.2
Reducing hurricane intensity by cooling the upper mixed layer using arrays of Atmocean, Inc.'s wave-driven upwelling pumps
Philip W. Kithil, Atmocean, Inc., Santa Fe, NM; and I. Ginis
Recorded presentation

11:20 AM
2.3
On Engineering Hurricanes
William R. Cotton, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and S. M. Saleeby
Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (193.0 kB)

2.4
A machine to get rid of hurricanes

Presentation PDF (236.8 kB)

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
Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (1.6 MB)

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
Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (247.6 kB)

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
Recorded presentation

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
Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (144.0 kB)

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
Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (1.2 MB)

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
Recorded presentation

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

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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
Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (43.0 kB)

9:00 AM
5.2
Operational aspects of the Wyoming Weather Modification Pilot Project: an update
Bruce A. Boe, Weather Modification, Inc., Fargo, ND
Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (376.7 kB)

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
Recorded presentation

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
Statistical Issues in designing a weather modification experiment: A case study
Matthew Pocernich, NCAR/RAL, Boulder, CO; and B. G. Brown
Recorded presentation

11:00 AM
6.2
Use of an acoustic ice nucleus counter to map surface-based seeding plumes in Wyoming
Bruce A. Boe, Weather Modification, Inc., Fargo, ND
Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (736.9 kB)

11:30 AM
6.3
Use of a dual channel microwave radiometer to detect liquid cloud water upwind of the Medicine Bow target area in Wyoming
Bruce A. Boe, Weather Modification, Inc., Fargo, ND
Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (323.4 kB)

12:00 PM
6.4
Does orographic snow result from glaciogenic seeding or surface interaction? A downlooking airborne cloud radar view
Bart Geerts, Univ. of Wyoming, Laramie, WY
Recorded presentation

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
Recorded presentation

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
Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (491.3 kB)

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
Recorded presentation

4:00 PM
8.2
Japanese Cloud Seeding Experiments for Precipitation Augmentation (JCSEPA)
Masataka Murakami, MRI, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
Recorded presentation

4:30 PM
8.3
Polarimetric Radar Analysis of Hygroscopic Seeding
Paul A. Kucera, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and A. Theisen and D. Langerud
Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (52.9 kB)

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
Wil Laska
Recorded presentation

7:00 PM
Joe Golden

7:00 PM
William M. Gray
Recorded presentation

7:00 PM
William R. Cotton

7:00 PM
John Latham

7:00 PM
William L. Woodley

7:00 PM
Panel/Audience Interaction
Recorded presentation

Wednesday, 23 April 2008

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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
9.1
Multivaried Index DCPIM (Deep Convection Process Identification Model) to forecasting and hailstorm clouds seeding operative decision

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

9:30 AM
9.2
Evaluation of Mali, West Africa airborne measurements to access the potential of enhancing precipitation using cloud seeding techniques
David Delene, Univ. of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND
Recorded presentation

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
Recorded presentation

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
Recorded presentation

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
Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (926.9 kB)

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
Recorded presentation

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
Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (287.3 kB)

3:30 PM
12.2
The effects of giant CCN and Ice Nuclei on clouds and precipitation: A case study from the Saudi Arabia program for the assessment of rainfall augmentation
Amit Teller, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and D. Axisa, D. Breed, and R. Bruintjes
Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (1.6 MB)

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
Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (834.6 kB)

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
Recorded presentation

5:00 PM
Keynote Speaker: Starnes Walker, Department of Homeland Security
Recorded presentation

Thursday, 24 April 2008

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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
Recorded presentation

7:00 PM
Roelof Bruintjes
Recorded presentation

7:00 PM
William L. Woodley

7:00 PM
Daniel Rosenfeld
Recorded presentation

7:00 PM
William R. Cotton
Recorded presentation

7:00 PM
Roland List
Recorded presentation

7:00 PM
Panel Discussion

Friday, 25 April 2008

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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
13.1
History and Future Directions in Monitoring Natural Ice Nuclei Populations

10:00 AM
13.2
Anthropogenic aerosols invigorating hail storms
Daniel Rosenfeld, The Hebrew Univ. of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel; and A. Khain
Recorded presentation

10:30 AM
13.3
The possible impact of sand-dust particles to cloud and recipitation in the Northwest China----a simulation study
Kang Fengqin Sr., Institute of Arid Meteorology, Lanzhou, Gansu, China

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

11:30 AM
14.1
Aerosol – Cloud-Precipitation Interactions and the impacts on rainfall enhancement experiments via cloud seeding
Roelof Bruintjes, NCAR, Boulder, CO
Recorded presentation

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


Conference Ends
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