Session: Applied Climate Poster Session (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)

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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)

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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

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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)

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Water Managers' Response to La Niña: Two Case Studies

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

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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)

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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

Jesse Eugene Bell, CICS-NC, Asheville, NC

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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)

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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

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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)

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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

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Discontinuous climate services

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

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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

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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

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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

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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)

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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

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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)

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Analysis of skill and uncertainty in regional climate models

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

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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

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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

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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

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Indiana severe weather climatology

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

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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

Poster Session 1 Applied Climate Poster Session