Program: 19th Conference on Applied Climatology (19th Conference on Applied Climatology/36th Annual Meeting of the American Association of State Climatologists and Practical Solutions for a Warming World: AMS Conference on Climate Adaptation)

Registration Opens

Location: Ballroom Foyer (Asheville Renaissance)

Registration Continues Throughout the Conference

Location: Ballroom Foyer (Asheville Renaissance)

Session

Welcoming Remarks

Location: Salon C (Asheville Renaissance)

Host: 19th Conference on Applied Climatology

8:30 AM

Tim Owen: Welcoming remarks

Recorded Presentation

Plenary Session 1

Effective Climate Services

Location: Salon C (Asheville Renaissance)

Host: 19th Conference on Applied Climatology

Chair: Timothy Owen, NCDC

8:40 AM

PL1.1

Environmental Observation and Prediction for NOAA. Invited

Kathryn Sullivan, Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and NOAA Administrator, Washington, DC

9:00 AM

PL1.2

Climate Adaptation and Assessment Challenges for OSTP

Kathy Jacobs, U.S. Global Change Research Program, Washington, DC

Recorded Presentation

9:20 AM

PL1.3

Integrated Regional Climate Services

Eileen Shea, CASE Consultants International, Asheville, NC

Recorded Presentation

9:40 AM

PL1.4

Delivering scientific information and tools to decision makers

Jim F. Fox, University of North Carolina at Asheville, Asheville, NC; and K. Lichtenstein, M. Phillips, J. G. Dobson, and T. Pierce

Recorded Presentation

Coffee Break

Session 1

Climate Communications and Perspectives

Location: Salon C (Asheville Renaissance)

Host: 19th Conference on Applied Climatology

Chair: Ryan P. Boyles, NC State University

10:30 AM

1.1

Developing and implementing an applied climate program or emphasis: Questions you should ask before you jump in!

David Changnon, Northern Illinois Univ., DeKalb, IL

Recorded Presentation

10:45 AM

1.2

Horizon point weather advisory program

Patrick Guinan, Univ. of Missouri, Columbia, MO; and R. Massey

Recorded Presentation

11:00 AM

1.3

Improving mesonet communications and data retrieval by leveraging partnerships

Mark S. Brooks, NC State University, Raleigh, NC; and A. Syed, S. Heuser, A. P. Sims, and P. A. Sadowski

Recorded Presentation

11:15 AM

1.4

Climate education materials with sector-focused context

Megan E. Embrey, NC State University, Raleigh, NC; and R. P. Boyles, P. Knox, and S. K. Schulze

Recorded Presentation

11:30 AM

1.5

Laura's Long Winter: Putting the hard winter of 1880-81 into perspective

Barbara Mayes Boustead, NOAA/NWS, Valley, NE

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (283.1 kB)

11:45 AM

1.6

Frozen to the Saddle: A 19th Century Flash Freeze Investigation

Nancy E. Westcott, Midwestern Regional Climate Center, Illinois State Water Survey, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL; and M. L. Spinar, L. A. Stoecker, and R. L. Obrecht

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (1.1 MB)

Lunch Break

Session 2a

Drought Monitoring

Location: Salon C1 (Asheville Renaissance)

Host: 19th Conference on Applied Climatology

Chair: Steven M. Quiring, Texas A&M University

1:30 PM

2a.1

Synthesizing diverse stakeholder needs for a drought early warning information system in the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin

Lisa S. Darby, NOAA/Earth System Research Laboratory, Boulder, CO; and C. McNutt, K. T. Ingram, P. N. Knox, C. J. Martinez, D. F. Zierden, R. S. Pulwarty, and J. Verdin

Recorded Presentation

1:45 PM

2a.2

The global drought monitor portal – the foundation for a global drought early warning system

Michael J. Brewer, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and R. R. Heim Jr., W. Pozzi, J. Vogt, and J. Sheffield

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (421.5 kB)

2:00 PM

2a.3

Building a Cooperative Network of Drought Communities

Deborah Bathke, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE; and J. Nothwehr, N. A. Wall, C. J. Bergman, M. D. Svoboda, M. J. Hayes, T. K. Bernadt, and J. Robine

Recorded Presentation

2:15 PM

2a.4

RAWS network products to improve western US drought monitoring

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

Recorded Presentation

2:30 PM

2a.5

A modified Standardized Precipitation Index for drought monitoring

Brent McRoberts, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and J. Nielsen-Gammon

Recorded Presentation

2a.6

Analyzing and predicting climate change impacts on drought using comprehensive drought indices

2:45 PM

2a.6a

Regional Climate Services: Central Region First Steps

Douglas Kluck, NOAA/NWS, Kansas City, MO

Session 2b

Prediction and Monitoring Applications

Location: Salon C2 (Asheville Renaissance)

Host: 19th Conference on Applied Climatology

Chair: Jon Gottschalck, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/CPC

1:30 PM

2b.1

Next-Generation Verification System at the Climate Prediction Center

Jon Gottschalck, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/CPC, Camp Springs, MD

Recorded Presentation

1:45 PM

2b.2

Long-term Climate Predictions for NIDIS Pilot Projects

Klaus Wolter, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO

Recorded Presentation

2:00 PM

2b.3

Downscaling precipitation across the southeast United States

Adrienne M. Wootten, NC State University, Raleigh, NC; and R. P. Boyles

Recorded Presentation

2:15 PM

2b.4

U.S. wind climatology: new tools to monitor wind across the contiguous U.S

Jake Crouch, NOAA/NCEI, Asheville, NC; and T. W. R. Wallis and D. S. Arndt

Recorded Presentation

2:30 PM

2b.5

Coastal climate and upwelling

Darko Koracin, DRI, Reno, NV; and J. F. Mejia, K. E. Kunkel, and C. E. Dorman

Recorded Presentation

2:45 PM

2b.6

Monitoring freeze events in spring and fall for the Central US

Michael S. Timlin, ISWS, Champaign, IL; and Z. A. Zaloudek, S. D. Hilberg, and J. R. Angel

Recorded Presentation

Coffee Break

Session 3a

Climate Extremes

Location: Salon C1 (Asheville Renaissance)

Host: 19th Conference on Applied Climatology

Chair: Barbara Mayes Boustead, NOAA/NWS

3:30 PM

3a.1

Grid ACIS: Expanding the Regional Climate Center Applied Climate Information System to gridded data sets

Arthur T. DeGaetano, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY; and W. Noon

Recorded Presentation

3:45 PM

3a.2

Northeast United States heat index climatology: 1981 – 2010

Mary D. Stampone, New Hampshire State Climate Office, Durham, NH; and D. A. Glenn

Recorded Presentation

4:00 PM

3a.3

Development of a regional snowfall impact scale and snowstorm database at the National Climatic Data Center

Michael F. Squires, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and J. H. Lawrimore, R. Heim, D. A. Robinson, M. R. Gerbush, and T. Estilow

Recorded Presentation

4:15 PM

3a.4

Historical Analysis of Pacific Northwest Heat Waves

Karin Bumbaco, JISAO/Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and K. D. Dello and N. A. Bond

Recorded Presentation

4:30 PM

3a.5

A sub-regional scale look at climate extremes in the context of a marine ecosystem

Karsten Shein, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC

Recorded Presentation

4:45 PM

3a.6

Comparison of precipitation frequency distributions from National Weather Service Cooperative stations with surrounding CoCoRaHS stations

Zach Schwalbe, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and N. J. Doesken, H. Reges, N. Newman, and J. Turner

Recorded Presentation

Session 3b

Drought and Water Resources

Location: Salon C2 (Asheville Renaissance)

Host: 19th Conference on Applied Climatology

Chair: Laura M. Edwards, DRI

3:30 PM

3b.1

Summer season drought in Eastern Europe and Western Russia

Anthony R. Lupo, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO; and J. Abraham, I. I. Mokhov, M. G. Akperov, and A. A. Vetrova

Recorded Presentation

3:45 PM

3b.2

Evaluation of drought monitoring in Saskatchewan

Steven M. Quiring, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and S. Patil

Recorded Presentation

4:00 PM

3b.3

Downscaling and uncertainty portrayal: a drought-projection example from Alaska

Stephanie A. McAfee, The Wilderness Society, Anchorage, AK; and W. M. Loya, B. J. O'Brien, and A. L. Springsteen

4:15 PM

3b.4

Utility of precipitation indices as indicators of drought in Nevada

Dan McEvoy, DRI, Reno, NV; and L. M. Edwards and J. Huntington

Recorded Presentation

4:30 PM

3b.5

The Status of Drought Planning for Watersheds and Hydrologic Basins in the United States

Crystal J. Bergman, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE; and M. J. Hayes, D. J. Bathke, C. L. Knutson, and Z. Tang

Recorded Presentation

4:45 PM

3b.6

Assessing Climate Services in Wildland Fire Management - A Social Network Analysis of the Southwest

Timothy J. Brown, DRI, Reno, Nevada; and G. Owen, J. McLeod, C. A. Kolden, and D. Ferguson

Recorded Presentation

Session 4a

Climate Data and Tools I

Location: Salon C1 (Asheville Renaissance)

Host: 19th Conference on Applied Climatology

Chair: Timothy W. Owen, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC

8:30 AM

4a.1

Changes in extreme precipitation in the Northeast: stakeholder driven research and decision tools

Arthur T. DeGaetano, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY; and D. A. Zarrow

Recorded Presentation

8:45 AM

4a.2

Cyberinfrastructure for Community-driven Drought Information Synthesis, Modeling and Applications

Carol X. Song, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN; and L. Zhao, J. Lee, R. S. Govindaraju, D. Niyogi, D. Aliaga, I. Chaubey, J. R. Carlson, and C. Hoffmann

Recorded Presentation

9:00 AM

4a.3

NOAA's National Climatic Data Center and Coastal Services Center – enabling data discovery and interoperability

J. Neal Lott, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and R. Baldwin, J. Burroughs, J. Boyd, G. Reid, J. Marshall, and G. Sataloff

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (1.4 MB)

9:15 AM

4a.4

The role of network architecture in surface-based in-situ climate observations

Ronald D. Leeper, Cooperative Institute for Climate and Satellites -NC, Asheville, NC

Recorded Presentation

9:30 AM

4a.5

CRONOS API: Making climate data easily accessible for everyone

Mark S. Brooks, NC State University, Raleigh, NC; and B. E. Aldridge

Recorded Presentation

9:45 AM

4a.6

The development of spatial weather and climate data and Web-based access tools for improved agricultural risk management

Christopher Daly, Oregon State Univ., Corvallis, OR; and C. Pancake and K. Bryant

Recorded Presentation

Session 4b

Sectoral Applications

Location: Salon C2 (Asheville Renaissance)

Host: 19th Conference on Applied Climatology

Chair: Nancy Selover, Arizona State University

8:30 AM

4b.1

Relationships between ENSO and crop yield across the southeast US

Heather A. Dinon, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; and R. P. Boyles and G. G. Wilkerson

Recorded Presentation

8:45 AM

4b.2

Creation of a recreation climatology for the Southeast US

Corey N. Davis, NC State University, Raleigh, NC; and M. S. Brooks, A. N. Frazier, and R. P. Boyles

Recorded Presentation

9:00 AM

4b.3

Assessing the urban heat island signal in the U.S. Historical Climatology Network monthly temperature data

Zeke Hausfather, Efficiency 2.0, San Francisco, CA; and M. J. Menne, D. Jones, R. Broberg, T. Masters, and C. N. Williams Jr.

Recorded Presentation

9:15 AM

4b.4

Sectoral engagement activities at NOAA's National Climatic Data Center

Tamara G. Houston, NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI, Asheville, NC

Recorded Presentation

9:30 AM

4b.5

Climate and human health: A regional perspective on vulnerabilities and service needs

Christopher M. Fuhrmann, Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC; and C. E. Konrad

Recorded Presentation

9:45 AM

4b.6

Snowfall observations in support of reconciling snow removal contracts

Mathieu R. Gerbush, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ; and D. A. Robinson

Recorded Presentation

Coffee Break

Session 5a

Climate Data and Tools II

Location: Salon C1 (Asheville Renaissance)

Host: 19th Conference on Applied Climatology

Chair: Timothy W. Owen, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC

10:30 AM

5a.1

Recent developments on the homogenization of daily temperature in Canada

Lucie A. Vincent, Environment Canada, Toronto, ON, Canada

Recorded Presentation

10:45 AM

5a.2

Structural uncertainty in the U.S. Historical Climatology Network temperature records

Matthew J. Menne, NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI, Asheville, NC; and C. N. Williams Jr. and P. Thorne

Recorded Presentation

11:00 AM

5a.3

Transitioning from the Traditional Divisional Dataset to Global Historical Climatology Network-Daily Gridded Divisional Dataset

Chris Fenimore, NOAA/NESDIS/National Centers for Environmental Information, Asheville, NC; and K. Gleason, D. S. Arndt, and R. R. Heim Jr.

Recorded Presentation

11:15 AM

5a.4

Analysis of the impacts of station exposure on the U.S. Historical Climatology Network temperatures and temperature trends

Souleymane Fall, Tuskegee University, Tuskegee, AL; and A. Watts, J. Nielsen-Gammon, E. Jones, D. Niyogi, J. R. Christy, and R. A. Pielke Sr.

Recorded Presentation

11:30 AM

5a.5

Implementing new quality control and processing systems for hourly precipitation data

Jared Rennie, North Carolina State University, Asheville, NC; and A. Wilson, J. H. Lawrimore, M. J. Menne, and R. Ray

Recorded Presentation

11:45 AM

5a.6

Quality assurance and quality control of NWS Historical Cooperative Observations

David A. Glenn, NOAA/NWS, Newport, NC; and B. Korzeniewski, L. J. Mueller, and M. D. Stampone

Recorded Presentation

Session 5b

Remotely-Sensed Climatology Applications

Location: Salon C2 (Asheville Renaissance)

Host: 19th Conference on Applied Climatology

Chair: Elaine Godfrey, STG, Inc.

10:30 AM

5b.1

Development of a methodology to utilize land surface temperature satellite data for climate studies

Pierre C. Guillevic, Cooperative Institute for Climate and Satellites (CICS-NC), Asheville, NC; and P. Krishnan, J. F. Muratore, J. Kochendorfer, B. Martos, E. J. Dumas Jr., B. Coudert, J. L. Privette, T. P. Meyers, S. Corda, and C. B. Baker

Recorded Presentation

10:45 AM

5b.2

National Mosaic and Multi-sensor QPE (NMQ) reanalysis in the southeastern United States

Scott E. Stevens, CICS, Asheville, NC; and B. R. Nelson and C. Langston

Recorded Presentation

11:00 AM

5b.3

Web-based Remote Sensing Evapotranspiration Tool

Junming Wang, Tennessee State University, Nashville, TN; and T. W. Sammis and M. Funk

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (1.0 MB)

11:15 AM

5b.4

Evaluation of Stage IV precipitation estimates over the eastern United States

Adrienne M. Wootten, NC State University, Raleigh, NC; and R. P. Boyles

Recorded Presentation

11:30 AM

5b.5

GRACE estimates of seasonal and interannual changes in terrestrial water storage in the Upper Colorado River Basin

Rebecca A. Smith, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO

Recorded Presentation

11:45 AM

5b.6

Evaluating the ability of satellite-based quantitative precipitation estimates to resolve heavy precipitation amounts over 1, 3 and 6-hour intervals

Yu Zhang, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and D. Kim

Manuscript (688.0 kB)

Lunch Break

Panel Discussion 1

Applied Climatology Panel

Location: Salon C (Asheville Renaissance)

Host: 19th Conference on Applied Climatology

Moderator: Ryan P. Boyles, NC State University

1:30 PM

Trend issues in california

Recorded Presentation

1:45 PM

Deke Arndt: A few other points on trends and such

Recorded Presentation

Coffee Break

Joint Session 1

Crossover Themes Between Adaptation and Applied Climatology

Location: Salon C (Asheville Renaissance)

Hosts: (Joint between the 19th Conference on Applied Climatology; and the Practical Solutions for a Warming World: AMS Conference on Climate Adaptation )

Cochairs: Sarah Trainor, University of Alaska Fairbanks; Timothy W. Owen, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC

3:30 PM

J1.1

Choosing and using climate scenarios for climate impacts assessment and adaptation planning: helping users navigate the thicket

Amy K. Snover, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and N. J. Mantua and J. S. Littell

Recorded Presentation

3:45 PM

J1.2

Producing usable climate science for climate services: what your research organization needs to know

Elizabeth C. McNie, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN

Recorded Presentation

4:00 PM

J1.3

Climate science and water utility adaptation: Neither necessary nor sufficient?

Jason M. Vogel, Stratus Consulting, Inc, Boulder, CO

Recorded Presentation

4:15 PM

J1.4

Drought as a focal point for climate services

Mark D. Svoboda, National Drought Mitigation Center, Lincoln, NE; and M. J. Hayes

Recorded Presentation

J1.4

A National Climate Adaptation Curriculum

4:30 PM

J1.5

Climate Change, Social Vulnerability to Disasters, and Adaptation: Social Dissatisfaction, Displacement, and Migration

Jenniffer M. Santos-Hernandez, ORNL, Oak Ridge, TN; and B. Bhaduri, B. L. Preston, X. Cui, R. Medina, and J. Schryver

Recorded Presentation

4:45 PM

J1.6

Committed Climate Vulnerability and its Implications for Adaptation Demand

Benjamin Lee Preston, ORNL, Oak Ridge, TN

Recorded Presentation

Formal Poster Viewing with Icebreaker Reception

Location: Salon B (Asheville Renaissance)

Poster Session 1

Applied Climate Poster Session

Location: Salon B (Asheville Renaissance)

Host: 19th Conference on Applied Climatology

1

Multi-decadal view of temperature extremes across the southeastern United States

Rochelle Worsnop, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and M. L. Griffin and S. R. Smith

2

A STUDY ON THE URBAN HEAT ISLAND OF THE CITY OF KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA

Ilham S. M. Elsayed, University of Dammam, Dammam, Eastern province, Saudi Arabia

Manuscript (371.1 kB)

3

On the contribution of the Tropical Western Hemisphere Warm Pool source of moisture to the northern hemisphere precipitation through a Lagrangian approach

Luis Gimeno, University of Vigo, Ourense, Spain; and R. Nieto and A. Drumond

4

The Madden–Julian Oscillation and Equatorial Waves in Upper Tropospheric Water Vapor

Carl J. Schreck III, North Carolina State University, Asheville, NC; and L. Shi and J. P. Kossin

5

Historical Trends of Record Daily Temperatures at Denver, Colorado, 1872-2010

Brooks E. Martner, NOAA (retired), Lafayette, CO; and M. K. Politovich

Manuscript (577.9 kB)

6

Water Managers' Response to La Niña: Two Case Studies

Pamela N. Knox, Univ. of Georgia, Athens, GA; and D. E. Stooksbury

7

Changes in agriculture related indices based on adjusted / homogenized daily temperature and precipitation observations in Canada

Eva Mekis, Environment Canada, Toronto, ON, Canada; and L. A. Vincent

Manuscript (625.2 kB)

8

Useful to Usable (U2U): Transforming climate variability and change information for cereal crop producers

Linda Prokopy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN; and J. Andresen, D. Niyogi, M. D. Shulski, and D. P. Todey

9

ASOADeK mapping of long-term average monthly precipitation over Canadian Rocky Mountains area using a moving-frame approach

10

Characterization of precipitation features in the Southeastern United States using a multi-sensor approach – milestones for a longer term assessment of climate change impacts

Olivier P. Prat, CICS-NC/NCSU and NOAA/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and B. R. Nelson

11

An Alternative Method for Evaluating Climate Forecast

Dong-Wook Shin, COAPS, Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL; and S. Cocke and J. J. O'Brien

12

Cut-off lows systems diagnosis back to 1908 and forward to 2100

Raquel Nieto, UNIVERSITY OF VIGO, Ourense, Spain; and L. García-Garabal, L. Gimeno, J. Bazo, and L. de la Torre

13

Utility of the relationship between ENSO phase and tornado activity in Integrated Warning Team planning

Barbara Mayes Boustead, NOAA/NWS, Valley, NE

14

Amelioration of global warming via the modification of droplet concentrations in marine stratocumulus clouds

Laura E. Stevens, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and A. Gadian and J. Latham

15

Anomalous northern hemisphere summer low frequency circulation in the midtroposphere of tropical West Africa

Isaac K. Tetteh, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; and F. H. M. Semazzi

16

Soybean yield in the Pampas region (Argentina): relationship with climate variability and analysis in the context of future climate change

Maria Laura Bettolli, FCEN/UBA-CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina; and O. C. Penalba

17

An evaluation of air and soil temperature for monitoring growing season and growing degree days

Jesse Eugene Bell, CICS-NC, Asheville, NC

18

The CDMP “Forts” project from A to Z -- keying historic 19th century weather data

19

A reference crop evapotranspiration and open water evaporation tool for the southeast US

Heather A. Dinon, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; and R. P. Boyles and G. G. Wilkerson

20

Evaluation of techniques to estimate solar radiation and photosynthetically active radiation in the southeast US

Heather A. Dinon, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; and R. P. Boyles, G. S. Buol, and G. G. Wilkerson

21

Development of an integrated local storm reports database

Corey N. Davis, NC State University, Raleigh, NC; and M. S. Brooks, A. N. Frazier, and R. P. Boyles

22

Linkage between NAO/ENSO phasing and snowfall in North Carolina

Bradley McLamb, NC State University, Raleigh, NC; and C. N. Davis and R. P. Boyles

23

Climate-based guidance for tobacco thrips (Frankliniella fusca) and tomato spotted wilt virus in North Carolina

Rebecca V. Cumbie, NC State University, Raleigh, NC; and M. S. Brooks, H. J. Burrack, G. G. Kennedy, and R. P. Boyles

24

Extra-tropical cyclone activity changes over the 20th Century

Scott Applequist, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and D. R. Easterling, K. E. Kunkel, and G. P. Compo

25

A Note on the Climatic Trend of the Net All-Wave Radiation at the Ground Surface in the Southwest of Nigeria; 1995 – 2010

Oluwagbemiga Olawale Jegede, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria; and M. A. Ayoola

26

Using interior grid nudging to imrpove the large-scale circulation and extreme precipitation events in WRF as a regional climate model

Jared H. Bowden, EPA, Research Triangle Park, NC; and T. L. Otte and C. G. Nolte

27

Southeastern US daily temperature ranges and predictability with El Niño Southern Oscillation

Daniel Gilford, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and M. L. Griffin and S. R. Smith

Manuscript (3.1 MB)

28

The Global Historical Climatology Network (GHCN-M), version 3 and 4: Improving the global surface temperature record

Byron E. Gleason, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and C. N. Williams Jr., D. Wuertz, J. H. Lawrimore, M. J. Menne, R. S. Vose, and J. Rennie

29

Weather Test Reference Years in the Czech Republic

Michal Zak, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic; and V. Kveton and H. Skachova

Handout (1.0 MB)

30

U.S. climate normals: precipitation, snowfall, and snow depth

Imke Durre, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and M. F. Squires, R. S. Vose, S. Applequist, A. Arguez, and W. Yin

31

Discontinuous climate services

Mark S. Brooks, NC State University, Raleigh, NC

32

Quantifying the non-Gaussianity of wintertime daily maximum and minimum temperatures in the southeast United States

Lydia Stefanova, Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies, Tallahassee, FL; and P. Sura and M. Griffin

33

Utility of radar-based rainfall estimates in augmenting decision making in the Southeast

Mark S. Brooks, NC State University, Raleigh, NC; and R. P. Boyles, A. P. Sims, A. N. Frazier, and A. M. Wootten

34

WATER: Water Atlas of the Eastern Region

Mark S. Brooks, NC State University, Raleigh, NC; and A. N. Frazier, A. P. Sims, R. P. Boyles, G. Springston, T. E. Fransen, and T. Littlepage

35

The Impact of Strong Negative Arctic Oscillations on the 2009-2010 and 2010-11 Florida Dry Seasons

Bartlett C. Hagemeyer, NOAA/NWS, Melbourne, FL; and W. A. Ulrich

Manuscript (1.7 MB)

36

A 23 year comparison of the MMTS (maximum/minimum temperature system) and LIG (liquid in glass) temperatures in a Hazen shelter from Fort Collins, CO

Wendy A. Ryan, Wilson Water Group, Glenwood Springs, CO; and N. J. Doesken

37

Differential ability of AMS and PDS to detect trends in occurrence of heavy rainfall events - a rainfall simulator approach

Dongsoo Kim, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and Y. Zhang

Manuscript (164.9 kB)

38

Analysis of skill and uncertainty in regional climate models

K.C. King, DRI, Reno, NV; and J. F. Mejia and D. Koracin

39

Air-sea coupling mechanisms in the North Pacific using high-resolution climate simulations

Ramesh K. Vellore, DRI, Reno, NV; and D. Koracin, I. Cerovecki, and C. E. Dorman

40

Atmospheric blockings and associated climate extremes in the Northern Hemisphere detection of change and attribution of causes

Igor I. Mokhov, A.M. Obukhov Institute for Atmospheric Physics, Moscow, Russia; and A. R. Lupo, A. A. Vetrova, and M. G. Akperov

41

Projected climate change impacts on hydroelectric energy and coastal systems surrounding Lake Victoria, East Africa

Kara A. Smith, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; and F. H. M. Semazzi

42

Dynamically downscaled simulations of the north Georgia flood of 2009 under different land-use scenarios

Willis Otieno Shem, ORNL, Oak RIDGE, TN; and E. Parish

43

Indiana severe weather climatology

Olivia Kellner, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN; and D. Niyogi and D. McCarthy

44

Impacts of urban heat island and climate changes in the operations and ageing rate of the transformers

Tatiana Prieto-Lopez, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom; and L. Chapman and C. Hamilton

44a

A synoptic and dynamic climatology of heavy midlatitude rainfall: trends across teh U.S. from 1950–2009

Elaine S. Godfrey, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK

44b

El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) Coupling with Severe Weather in the Central United States

Joshua B. Teeman, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD

44c

Development of an hystorical prescribed fire smoke management database for North Carolina

Beth L. Hall, Towson University, Towson, MD

Session 6

Climate Observations and Monitoring

Location: Salon C (Asheville Renaissance)

Host: 19th Conference on Applied Climatology

Chair: Ryan P. Boyles, NC State University

8:45 AM

6.1

Climate Perspectives: A new tool for assessing the current state of the climate across the southeastern U.S.　

Charles E. Konrad, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC; and R. Boyles, J. McGuire, and W. Schmitz

Recorded Presentation

9:00 AM

6.2

NOAA's in situ climate observing system: maintaining the climate record

Michael Palecki, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC

Recorded Presentation

9:15 AM

6.3

An improved climate division database for the Conterminous United States

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

9:30 AM

6.4

Assessing the Impact of Mesonets

Daniel Tyndall, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and J. Horel

Recorded Presentation

9:45 AM

6.5

CoCoRaHS and Evapotranspiration Measurements: The other side of the water cycle

Henry Reges, CoCoRaHS/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and N. J. Doesken, N. Newman, Z. Schwalbe, and J. Turner

Recorded Presentation

Coffee Break

Session 7

Climate Prediction and El Nino

Location: Salon C (Asheville Renaissance)

Host: 19th Conference on Applied Climatology

Chair: Melissa L. Griffin, Florida State University

10:30 AM

7.1

ENSO Impacts on heavy rain events in the Southeast

James O'Brien, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and P. W. Leftwich Jr. and D. F. Zierden

Recorded Presentation

10:45 AM

7.2

ENSO impacts on Plains winter seasons in modern and historical periods

Barbara Mayes Boustead, NOAA/NWS, Valley, NE

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (1.1 MB)

11:00 AM

7.3

Impact of Eastern and Central Pacific ENSO events over the Continental United States

Andrew Joros, DRI, Reno, NV; and J. F. Mejia

Recorded Presentation

11:15 AM

7.4

Incorporation of Pacific SSTs in a time series model towards a longer-term forecast for the Great Salt Lake elevation

Robert Gillies, Utah State University, Logan, UT; and O. Y. Chung, S. Y. Wang, and P. Kokoszka

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (40.5 kB)

Luncheon

Location: Salon B (Asheville Renaissance)

12:00 PM

Speaker Nolan Doesken, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, Colorado

Concluding Remarks

Session 8

Normals and Long-Term Climatologies

Location: Salon C (Asheville Renaissance)

Host: 19th Conference on Applied Climatology

Chair: Henry Reges, CoCoRaHS/Colorado State Univ.

1:30 PM

8.1

U.S. climate normals: an overview

Anthony Arguez, NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI, Asheville, NC; and S. Applequist, I. Durre, M. F. Squires, R. S. Vose, and W. Yin

Recorded Presentation

1:45 PM

8.2

U.S. climate normals: temperature and degree days

Anthony Arguez, NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI, Asheville, NC; and S. Applequist, I. Durre, M. F. Squires, R. S. Vose, and W. Yin

Recorded Presentation

2:00 PM

8.3

U.S. climate normals: hourly-derived products

Scott Applequist, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and A. Arguez, I. Durre, M. F. Squires, R. S. Vose, and W. Yin

Recorded Presentation

2:15 PM

8.4

Development of a New Jersey snowfall climatology (1895-present)

David A. Robinson, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ; and E. R. Namendorf and M. R. Gerbush

Recorded Presentation

2:30 PM

8.5

Extracting information from snowfall in California 1878-2010

John R. Christy, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL

2:45 PM

8.6

Trends and variability in U.S. surface humidity and temperatures from 1928 to 2010

Paula J. Brown, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and A. T. DeGaetano

Panel Discussion 2

Models for successful partnerships in climate services

Location: Salon C (Asheville Renaissance)

Host: 19th Conference on Applied Climatology

Moderator: Elaine S. Godfrey, Univ. of Oklahoma

3:30 PM

Jan Curtis: Future partnerships

Recorded Presentation

3:45 PM

Fiona Horsfall: NWS Climate Services

Recorded Presentation

4:00 PM

Ellen A. Mecray: NOAA's regional service directors: > Supporting climate understanding at regional scales

Recorded Presentation

Conference Adjourns

19th Conference on Applied Climatology

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