Poster Session 1 Applied Climate Poster Session

Tuesday, 19 July 2011: 5:30 PM-7:30 PM
Salon B (Asheville Renaissance)
Host: 19th Conference on Applied Climatology

Papers:
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)

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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

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

44b
El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) Coupling with Severe Weather in the Central United States
Joshua B. Teeman, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD

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