Ninth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations

Program Chairs: Martin Yapur , NOAA/NESDIS/Office of Projects, Planning and Analysis ; Eric J. Miller , NOAA/NESDIS ; Robert Bauer , NASA Earth Science Technology Office ; Margaret Caulfield ; Eric J. Fetzer , JPL ; Chandra R. Kondragunta , NOAA/OAR/Office of Weather and Air Quality ; Young-Joon Kim , NWS ; Vijay Tallapragada , NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC ; Stephen A. Mango , NOAA/NESDIS/Office of Projects, Planning, and Analysis Affiliate ; David Bludis , NOAA/NESDIS/OPPA ; Jennifer A. Webster , NOAA/NESDIS/OPPA

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Saturday, 5 January 2019

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7:30 AM-8:00 PM: Saturday, 5 January 2019


AMS Information Desk (Saturday)
Location: North 100 Level Prefunction (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

Registration for Short Courses and Student Conference
Location: North Lower Level Prefunction (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

8:00 AM-5:30 PM: Saturday, 5 January 2019


18th Annual Student Conference
Location: Hall 4 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

Sunday, 6 January 2019

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7:00 AM-12:00 PM: Sunday, 6 January 2019


CANCELLED: Scout Event
Location: Hall 1 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

7:00 AM-8:30 PM: Sunday, 6 January 2019


Registration (Sunday)
Location: North Lower Level Prefunction (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

7:30 AM-8:30 PM: Sunday, 6 January 2019


AMS Information Desk (Sunday)
Location: North 100 Level Prefunction (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

8:30 AM-9:00 AM: Sunday, 6 January 2019


Meet President Roger M. Wakimoto and Presidential Forum Speakers
Location: North Ballroom Prefunction (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

9:00 AM-3:45 PM: Sunday, 6 January 2019


Seventh Conference for Early Career Professionals
Location: North 124B (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

10:00 AM-4:00 PM: Sunday, 6 January 2019


Guest Welcome Desk
Location: North 100 Level Prefunction (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

12:00 PM-3:45 PM: Sunday, 6 January 2019


Speaker Ready Room (Sunday)
Location: North 121A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

12:00 PM-8:30 PM: Sunday, 6 January 2019


Poster Hall (Sunday)
Location: Hall 4 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

2:30 PM-3:30 PM: Sunday, 6 January 2019


Newcomer's Welcome and Information Exchange
Location: North 127ABC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

4:00 PM-5:00 PM: Sunday, 6 January 2019


Plenary Session
Presidential Forum: Building Resilience to Extreme Political Weather: Advice for Unpredictable Times
Location: North Ballroom 120CD (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint between the Presidential Forum and Annual Meeting Welcome; the Seventh Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Sub-Seasonal Monsoon Variability; the 16th Conference on Space Weather; the 17th History Symposium; the 20th Conference on Middle Atmosphere; the 22nd Atmospheric Science Librarians International Conference; the 24th Conference on Applied Climatology; the 28th Symposium on Education; the 35th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 23rd Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS); the 17th Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 10th Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the Ninth Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using Python; the Seventh Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation; the Fifth Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate; the Phased Array Radar Symposium; the Special Symposium on Meteorological Observations and Instrumentation; the Ninth Conference on the Meteorological Application of Lightning Data; the Ninth Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications; the 10th Conference on Environment and Health; the 18th Conference on Artificial and Computational Intelligence and its Applications to the Environmental Sciences; the 19th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 32nd Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 33rd Conference on Hydrology; the Richard Anthes Symposium; the Special Symposium on Mesoscale Meteorological Extremes: Understanding, Prediction, and Projection; the Second Conference on Earth Observing SmallSats; the Seventh AMS Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the Ninth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; the Seventh Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise; the 11th Symposium on Aerosol–Cloud–Climate Interactions; the 14th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the 21st Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the Fourth Symposium on US-International Partnerships; and the Events )
Moderator: Michael Henry, American Institute of Physics
Presider: Roger Wakimoto, Univ. of California, Los Angeles
Speakers: Dan Kahan, American Institute of Physics; David Goldston, MIT
4:00 PM
Presidential Forum: Building Resilience to Extreme Political Weather: Advice for Unpredictable Times

4:00 PM-6:30 PM: Sunday, 6 January 2019


Presidential Forum and Annual Meeting Welcome
Location: North Ballroom 120CD (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

5:00 PM-6:00 PM: Sunday, 6 January 2019


Plenary Session
Annual Meeting Welcome
Location: North Ballroom 120CD (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint between the Presidential Forum and Annual Meeting Welcome; the Fourth Symposium on US-International Partnerships; the Ninth Conference on the Meteorological Application of Lightning Data; the 16th Conference on Space Weather; the 17th History Symposium; the 20th Conference on Middle Atmosphere; the 22nd Atmospheric Science Librarians International Conference; the 24th Conference on Applied Climatology; the 28th Symposium on Education; the Ninth Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications; the 21st Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the 14th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the 11th Symposium on Aerosol–Cloud–Climate Interactions; the Seventh Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise; the Ninth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; the Seventh AMS Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the Second Conference on Earth Observing SmallSats; the Special Symposium on Mesoscale Meteorological Extremes: Understanding, Prediction, and Projection; and the Events )
Moderator: Roger Wakimoto, Univ. of California, Los Angeles

6:30 PM-7:30 PM: Sunday, 6 January 2019


Welcome Reception Honoring Newly Elected Fellows and Featured Award Winners
Location: North Ballroom (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

6:30 PM-8:30 PM: Sunday, 6 January 2019


AMS Career Fair
Location: Hall 5-6 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

Student Conference Poster Session
Location: Hall 4 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

8:00 PM-10:00 PM: Sunday, 6 January 2019


CoRioLis Reception
Location: Sheraton Hotel

8:30 PM-10:00 PM: Sunday, 6 January 2019


Colour of Weather Networking Reception
Location: Sheraton Hotel

9:00 PM-11:00 PM: Sunday, 6 January 2019


Early Career Professional Reception
Location: Encanto B (Sheraton Hotel )

Monday, 7 January 2019

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7:30 AM-6:00 PM: Monday, 7 January 2019


AMS Information Desk (Monday)
Location: North 100 Level Prefunction (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

Quiet Room (Monday)
Location: West 206 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

Registration (Monday)
Location: North Lower Level Prefunction (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

Speaker Ready Room (Monday)
Location: North 121A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

8:00 AM-9:00 AM: Monday, 7 January 2019


Guest Welcome Desk
Location: Meeting room foyers (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

8:30 AM-10:00 AM: Monday, 7 January 2019

Recording files available
Joint Session 1
Advances in CubeSats and SmallSats to Improve Earth Science, Weather Forecasting, Space Weather Prediction, Hydrology Studies, or Climate Monitoring—Part I
Location: North 230 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint between the Ninth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; the Second Conference on Earth Observing SmallSats; and the 15th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems )
Cochairs: Martin Yapur, NOAA/NESDIS/Office of Projects, Planning and Analysis; Robert Bauer, NASA Earth Science Technology Office
8:30 AM
J1.1
NASA CYGNSS Mission Science Highlights
Derek J. Posselt, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and C. S. Ruf, R. Atlas, N. L. Baker, D. Burrage, J. A. Crespo, J. T. Johnson, T. J. Lang, M. Moghaddam, E. D. Maloney, D. McKague, M. Morris, Z. Pu, E. M. Riley Dellaripa, and D. E. Waliser
Recorded Presentation

8:45 AM
J1.2
IceCube’s 16-Month Spaceflight: Implication for Earth Decadal Survey Sciences
Dong L. Wu, NASA GSFC, Greenbelt, MD

9:00 AM
J1.3
RainCube, the First Spaceborne Precipitation Radar in a 6U CubeSat: From Concept to Mission
Simone Tanelli, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and E. Peral, T. Imken, S. Statham, J. Sauder, D. Price, N. Chahat, S. S. Joshi, and A. Williams
Recorded Presentation

9:15 AM
J1.4
Status of the CubeSat Radiometer Radio Frequency Interference Technology Validation (CubeRRT) Mission
Chris Ball, Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH; and C. C. Chen, C. McKelvey, G. Smith, M. Andrews, A. O'Brien, L. Garry, J. Johnson, S. Misra, R. Jarnot, S. Brown, R. Bendig, C. Felten, J. Kocz, D. Bradley, P. Mohammed, J. Lucey, K. Horgan, Q. Bonds, C. Duran-Aviles, M. Solly, M. Fritts, J. R. Piepmeier, M. Pallas, E. Krauss, and D. Laczkowski
Recorded Presentation

9:30 AM
J1.5
Temporal Experiment for Storms and Tropical Systems Technology Demonstration (TEMPEST-D) 6U CubeSat Mission: Initial Results and Potential for Earth Science
Steven C. Reising, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and T. C. Gaier, S. T. Brown, S. Padmanabhan, C. Kummerow, V. Chandrasekar, C. Heneghan, B. H. Lim, W. Berg, R. Schulte, C. Radhakrishnan, and M. Pallas
Recorded Presentation

9:45 AM
J1.6
Tropospheric Water and Cloud ICE (TWICE) 6U CubeSat Instrument to Enable Observations of Cloud Ice Particle Size and Water Vapor Sounding in the Upper Troposphere and Lower Stratosphere
Steven C. Reising, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and M. Ogut, Y. Goncharenko, B. Kilmer, P. Kangaslahti, E. Schlecht, X. Bosch-Lluis, J. Jiang, A. Skalare, R. Cofield, N. Chahat, S. Padmanabhan, S. T. Brown, W. Deal, A. Zamora, K. Leong, S. Shih, and G. Mei


Session 1
CANCELED: National and International Efforts and Partnerships Such as Community Global Modeling: Next Generation Global Prediction System (NGGPS) and Beyond. Improvements, Key Components: Part I
Location: North 232C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Ninth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations
Cochairs: Vijay Tallapragada, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC; Hendrik Tolman, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC
8:30 AM
1.1
The Next Generation Global Prediction System (NGGPS) Program Update
Fred Toepfer, NOAA/Office of Science and Technology Integration, Silver Spring, MD; and H. L. Tolman, I. Stajner, and V. Tallapragada

1.2
The Unified Forecast System (UFS) and Community Modeling

9:15 AM
1.3
NGGPS FV3GFS Development for Q2FY19 Operational Implementation
Fanglin Yang, NOAA, College Park, MD; and V. Tallapragada

9:30 AM
1.5
Microphysics Schemes in FV3GFS
Ruiyu Sun, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC and IMSG, College Park, MD; and F. Yang, V. Tallapragada, A. Cheng, J. S. Kain, G. Thompson, and S. Moorthi

9:00 AM-11:00 AM: Monday, 7 January 2019


Guest Coffee (Monday)
Location: Camelback A (Sheraton Hotel )

9:00 AM-7:30 PM: Monday, 7 January 2019


Poster Hall (Monday)
Location: Hall 4 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Monday, 7 January 2019


AM Coffee Break (Monday)
Location: Meeting room foyers (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

10:00 AM-6:00 PM: Monday, 7 January 2019


Member Services Desk (Monday)
Location: North Lower Level Prefunction (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

10:30 AM-12:00 PM: Monday, 7 January 2019

Recording files available
Session 2
National and International Efforts and Partnerships Such as Community Global Modeling: Next Generation Global Prediction System (NGGPS) and Beyond. Improvements, Key Components and Statistical Techniques to Evaluate Global Models: Part II
Location: North 232C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Ninth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations
Cochairs: Vijay Tallapragada, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC; Thanh Vo Dinh, NOAA/NESDIS/Office of Projects, Planning and Analysis
10:30 AM
2.1
ECMWF-IFS and fvGFS Forecast Skill with the Same Initial Conditions
Linus Magnusson, ECMWF, Reading, UK; and J. H. Chen and S. J. Lin
Recorded Presentation

2.2
An Overview of Tropical Cyclones in the FV3GFS Retrospectives

10:45 AM
2.2A
Facilitating Development of Physical Parameterizations for NOAA's Unified Forecast System
Ligia Bernardet, NOAA/GSD, Univ. of Colorado/CIRES, and Developmental Testbed Center, Boulder, CO; and G. J. Firl, D. Heinzeller, L. Carson, M. Zhang, D. Stark, J. Schramm, L. Xue, and J. Dudhia

2.3
Extratropical Cyclones Leading to Extreme Weather Events in the FV3GFS Retrospectives

11:00 AM
2.3A
Neighborhood and Object-Based Probabilistic Verification of the OU MAP Ensemble from the 2018 Hazardous Weather Testbed Spring Forecasting Experiment
Aaron Johnson, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and X. Wang, Y. Wang, A. E. Reinhart, A. J. Clark, and I. L. Jirak

11:15 AM
2.4
Evaluating the Impact of Grell-Freitas Convective Parameterization into 2017 Atlantic Hurricane Season Simulations Using FV3GFS
Keren Rosado, NCAS/ESRL/GSD, Boulder, CO; and G. Grell, L. Bernardet, and E. A. Kalina
Recorded Presentation

11:30 AM
2.5
The 2018 DTC Community Workshop on Unified Forecast System Test Plan and Metrics for Model Validation and Verification: Meeting Results and Research to Operations Planning
Jason J. Levit, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC, College Park, MD; and T. Jensen, L. Bernardet, I. Stajner, S. Morris, J. L. Kinter III, C. Alexander, and R. D. Torn
Recorded Presentation

11:45 AM
2.6
U.S. Operational Numerical Weather Prediction: Why Is Research to Operations Not Working Well?
Clifford F. Mass, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA
Recorded Presentation

Recording files available
Joint Session 3
Advances in CubeSats and SmallSats to Improve Earth Science, Weather Forecasting, Space Weather Prediction, Hydrology Studies, or Climate Monitoring—Part II
Location: North 230 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint between the Ninth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; the 15th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; and the Second Conference on Earth Observing SmallSats )
Cochairs: Robert Bauer, NASA Earth Science Technology Office; Stephen A. Mango, NOAA/NESDIS/Office of Projects, Planning and Analysis
10:30 AM
J3.1
MISTiC Winds, a Micro-Satellite Constellation Approach to High Resolution Observations of the Atmosphere Using Infrared Sounding and 3D Winds Measurements-Airborne Demonstration Observations
K. R. Maschhoff, BAE Systems, Nashua, NH; and J. J. Polizotti, H. H. Aumann, and J. Susskind
Recorded Presentation

10:45 AM
J3.2
Status of Grating Spectrometer IR Sounder Technology Development at NASA JPL
Thomas Pagano, JPL, Pasadena, CA
Recorded Presentation

11:00 AM
J3.3
Advances in Microwave Limb Sounding—An Update on the Compact AdaptableMicrowave Limb Sounder (CAMLS) Project
Nathaniel Livesey, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and G. Chattopadhyay, A. J. Tang, J. Kooi, R. Stachnik, and R. Jarnot

11:15 AM
J3.4
CubeSat-Based High-Resolution Hyperspectral Imagers for Atmospheric Trace Gas Monitoring
Steven P. Love, LANL, Los Alamos, NM; and L. A. Ott, J. P. Theiler, B. R. Foy, C. L. Safi, M. E. Dale, C. G. Peterson, A. A. Guthrie, N. Dallmann, K. G. Boyd, P. Stein, J. A. Wren, M. C. Proicou, and M. Dubey
Recorded Presentation

11:30 AM
J3.5
Microwave Atmospheric Sounding CubeSats: From MicroMAS-2 to TROPICS and Beyond
William J. Blackwell, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA; and R. V. Leslie, S. A. Braun, R. Bennartz, C. S. Velden, T. Greenwald, D. C. Herndon, M. DeMaria, G. Chirokova, R. Atlas, J. P. Dunion, F. D. Marks Jr., R. Rogers, H. Christophersen, B. Annane, and B. A. Dahl
Recorded Presentation

11:45 AM
J3.6
Assimilation of Simulated TROPICS Radiance Observations in a Regional OSSE
Brittany A. Dahl, Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies/Univ. of Miami and NOAA/AOML/HRD, Miami, FL; and H. Christophersen, W. J. Blackwell, S. A. Braun, R. Atlas, R. Bennartz, R. F. Rogers, F. D. Marks Jr., and J. P. Dunion
Recorded Presentation

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Monday, 7 January 2019


Lunch Break (Monday)

12:45 PM-1:05 PM: Monday, 7 January 2019


Daily Weather Briefings (Monday)
Location: North 132ABC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

2:00 PM-3:00 PM: Monday, 7 January 2019


How to Become a Better Presenter
Location: North 231C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

2:00 PM-4:00 PM: Monday, 7 January 2019

Recording files available
Joint Session 2
Research to Action: Use of Weather and Climate Information for Health Early Warning Systems
Location: North 228AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint between the 10th Conference on Environment and Health; and the Ninth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations )
Cochairs: Hannah Nissan, IRI; Hunter Jones, NOAA
2:00 PM
J2.1
Decision Aid for Airborne Hazards Stems from Urban Atmospheric Research
Gail Vaucher, Army Research Laboratory, White Sands Missile Range, NM; and S. Roller

2:15 PM
J2.2
Development of Ahmedabad’s Air Information and Response (AIR) Plan to Protect Public Health
Vijay Limaye, Natural Resources Defense Council, New York, NY; and K. Knowlton, S. Sarkar, P. Ganguly, S. Pingle, P. Dutta, S. LM, A. Tiwari, B. Solanki, C. Shah, G. Raval, K. Kakkad, G. Beig, N. Parkhi, A. Jaiswal, and D. Mavalankar
Recorded Presentation

2:30 PM
J2.3
Development and Implementation of an Impact-Based Heat Warning and Information Service for Canada: A National and Regional Collaboration
Melissa MacDonald, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Dartmouth, Canada; and N. Hasell
Recorded Presentation

2:45 PM
J2.4
The Heat Health Warning System in Germany: Implementation of City Issues and Communication Aspects
Andreas Matzarakis, DWD, Freiburg, Germany; and S. Muthers

3:00 PM
J2.5
Seasonal and Subseasonal Forecast Applications on Climate and Malaria in West Africa
Ibrahima Diouf, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Climate Prediction Center, College Park, MD; and W. M. Thiaw
Recorded Presentation

Handout (1.3 MB)

3:15 PM
J2.6
Building Resilience of Health Systems in Pacific Island Least-Developed Countries to Climate Change
Kristie L. Ebi, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and C. Boyer
Recorded Presentation

3:30 PM
J2.7
Assessing the Role of Meteorological Factors on Human Health in India and its Extended Range Prediction
Raju Mandal, IITM, Pune, India; and A. Sahai, S. Joseph, R. Chattopadhyay, R. Phani, and A. Dey
Recorded Presentation

J2.8
The Relationship between Weather and Pain Severity: Results from Cloudy with a Chance of Pain, A U.K. National Smartphone Study


Session 3
CANCELED: Improving R2O & O2R in 0-18 Hour Forecast Range: Addressing Forecasters’ Needs—Introduction and Analysis and Nowcast Tools: Part I
Location: North 232C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Ninth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations
Cochairs: Young-Joon Kim, NWS; Tara Jensen, NCAR and Developmental Testbed Center
2:00 PM
3.1
Turning Field Forecasting Needs into Science-Based Requirements: An Example to Improve Mesoscale Analysis for National Weather Service
Young-Joon Kim, NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and M. A. Tew

3.2
Analysis and Nowcast in a Unified Forescast System for the National Weather Service

3.3
R2O Plans from the Rapid-Refresh (RAP) and High-Resolution Rapid Refresh (HRRR) to the Unified Rapid Refresh Forecast System

3:15 PM
3.4
Multiple Radar/Multiple Sensor (MRMS) System:Next-Generation Optimization and Enhancement Project
Alan Gerard, NOAA/OAR/NSSL, Norman, OK; and K. W. Howard, J. Zhang, T. Smith, J. Brogden, and J. J. Gourley

3:30 PM
3.5
A Comparison of Multi- and Single-Core Convection-Allowing Ensembles
Benjamin T. Blake, IMSG and NOAA/NCEP/EMC, College Park, MD; and J. R. Carley, M. E. Pyle, G. S. Romine, E. Rogers, E. Aligo, J. J. Levit, and J. Kain

3:45 PM
3.6
The 3D-Real-Time Mesoscale Analysis (3D-RTMA) for Situational Awareness and Nowcast Applications: Testing, Refinement, and Plans for Transition to Operations
Steve Weygandt, NOAA/ESRL/GSD, Boulder, CO; and C. Alexander, G. Ge, M. Hu, T. T. Ladwig, C. Hartsough, J. R. Carley, G. Zhao, M. Pondeca, and R. Yang

Recording files available
Joint Session 4
Advances in CubeSats and SmallSats to Improve Earth Science, Weather Forecasting, Space Weather Prediction, Hydrology Studies, or Climate Monitoring—Part III
Location: North 230 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint between the Ninth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; the 15th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; and the Second Conference on Earth Observing SmallSats )
Cochairs: Margaret Caulfield; Thomas Pagano, JPL/California Institute of Technology
2:00 PM
J4.1
The Compact TIM (CTIM) Instrument
Dave Harber, Univ. of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO; and G. Drake, S. Van Dreser, K. Heuerman, J. Sprunck, C. Straatsma, I. Wanamaker, W. Zheng, G. Kopp, E. Richard, P. Pilewskie, N. Tomlin, M. Stephens, C. Yung, M. White, and J. Lehman
Recorded Presentation

2:15 PM
J4.2
Maintaining Continuity of the Solar Spectral Irradiance Data Record in the 21st Century: On-Orbit Validation of Future Observational Strategies
Erik Richard, Univ. of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO; and D. Harber, G. Drake, O. Coddington, S. Beland, S. Mauceri, and P. Pilewskie

2:30 PM
J4.3
Modeling the 3-D Geomagnetic Field Using Satellite Scalar Field Observations
Morgan E. Schneider, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and P. Alken and A. Chulliat
Recorded Presentation

2:45 PM
J4.4
ReCON: Regional Coastal Oceanography with Nanosatellites
Sean McCarthy, NRL, Stennis Space Center, MS; and M. Lewis, J. Jolliff, R. W. Gould, S. Ladner, and A. Lawson
Recorded Presentation

3:00 PM
J4.5
Vicarious Calibration of Earth Observing Nanosatellite Sensors
Mark Lewis, NRL, Stennis Space Center, MS; and S. McCarthy, R. W. Gould, J. Jolliff, S. Ladner, A. Lawson, and P. Martinolich
Recorded Presentation

3:15 PM
J4.6
Optimization of Future SmallSats Constellations through OSSE: A Test Case of Assessing the Value of Deploying EON-MW in High- and Low-Inclination Orbits
Yan Zhou, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD; and S. A. Boukabara, K. Ide, N. Shahroudi, T. Zhu, R. N. Hoffman, R. Atlas, and F. Iturbide-Sanchez
Recorded Presentation

3:30 PM
J4.7
Deployable W-Band Antennas for CubeSats, NanoSats, and SmallSats
Tristen Hohman, Boulder Environmental Sciences and Technology, Boulder, CO; and J. Fay, C. Dunlap, and M. Klein
Recorded Presentation

Handout (4.5 MB)

3:45 PM
J4.8
Microwave Radiometer Sensors for Economical Satellite Constellations
Marian Klein, Boulder Environmental Sciences and Technology, Boulder, CO; and C. Dunlap, Z. Wang, T. Hohman, and K. Ramsdale
Recorded Presentation

4:00 PM-6:00 PM: Monday, 7 January 2019


2019 NWA/AMS Research Operations Nexus (RON) Meetup-Honoring the Legacy of Ronald W. Przybylinski
Location: North Ballroom 120AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

Formal Poster Viewing Reception
Location: Hall 4 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

Poster Session 1
9R2O Poster Viewing #1 - Exhibit Hall - Monday, 4:00–6:00
Location: Hall 4 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Ninth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations
251
Precipitation and Cloud Water Paths on Land Surface Temperature Investigation
Ming Liu, NRL, Monterey, CA; and S. Yang and R. H. Langland

252
Application of Sea-Level Pressure and Wind Speeds Climatology in Marine Weather Forecast Operations
Alex Korner, NCEP, College Park, MD; and J. M. Sienkiewicz, F. Achorn, and L. J. Phillips

Poster 253 is now Paper 4B.6A.

254
Improvement of the Aqua AIRS Global Temperature and Water Vapor Retrievals in the Upper Troposphere and Lower Stratosphere Using GPS Radio Occultation Measurements
Shu-peng Ho, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and H. Zhang

6:00 PM-8:00 PM: Monday, 7 January 2019


Exhibits Opening and Reception
Location: Hall 5-6 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

Ribbon Cutting, Opening Reception, and Corporate Patron Recognition
Location: Hall 5-6 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

8:00 PM-10:00 PM: Monday, 7 January 2019


Fifth Annual Speed Networking Event for Students and Early Career Professionals
Location: North Ballroom 120AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

Tuesday, 8 January 2019

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7:30 AM-6:00 PM: Tuesday, 8 January 2019


AMS Information Desk (Tuesday)
Location: North 100 Level Prefunction (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

Member Services Desk (Tuesday)
Location: North Lower Level Prefunction (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

Quiet Room (Tuesday)
Location: West 206 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

Registration (Tuesday)
Location: North Lower Level Prefunction (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

Speaker Ready Room (Tuesday)
Location: North 121A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

8:30 AM-10:00 AM: Tuesday, 8 January 2019

Recording files available
Session 4A
Traditional and Non-Traditional Observations for Predicting Extreme Events in Weather and Hydrology to Provide the Science-to-Operations-to-Societal Benefits
Location: North 230 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Ninth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations
Cochairs: David Helms, NOAA/NESDIS/Office of Projects, Planning and Analysis; Jennifer B. Webster, NOAA/NESDIS/Office of Projects, Planning and Analysis
8:30 AM
4A.2
Overview of Efforts to Transition NOAA Hurricane Hunter Aircraft Data into Operations during the 2018 Hurricane Field Program—Intensity Forecast Experiment
Jonathan Zawislak, Univ. of Miami/Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies and NOAA/AOML/HRD, Miami, FL; and R. F. Rogers, J. A. Sippel, P. D. Reasor, J. Gamache, S. D. Aberson, S. N. Stevenson, C. Mello, J. Dunion, M. J. Folmer, C. D. Barnet, F. D. Marks Jr., and S. T. Murillo
Recorded Presentation

8:45 AM
4A.1
Real-Time NOAA WP-3D Tail-Doppler Radar in AWIPS-II: A Successful R2O Transition
Christopher Mello, NWS/NCEP, Miami, FL; and J. F. Gamache, S. N. Stevenson, and P. Reasor
Recorded Presentation

9:00 AM
4A.3
Atmospheric River Reconnaissance
F. Martin Ralph, SIO/Univ. of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
; and V. Tallapragada, J. D. Doyle, C. Davis, A. Subramanian, F. Pappenberger, F. Cannon, J. M. Cordeira, R. Demirdjian, T. J. Galarneau Jr., C. W. Hecht, J. F. Kalansky, B. K. Kawzenuk, D. A. Lavers, A. Lundry, J. Parrish, C. Reynolds, J. J. Rutz, and A. M. Wilson
Recorded Presentation

9:15 AM
4A.4
Spatial Variations in Moisture and Precipitation Forecast Errors from Satellite and Dropsonde Data Assimilation in Northern California Atmospheric River Events
Michael J. Murphy Jr., SIO, La Jolla, CA; and J. S. Haase, S. H. Chen, J. Bresch, F. M. Ralph, and B. Cao
Recorded Presentation

4A.5
Improving Hydrologic Observing Capabilities with Stream Radars

9:45 AM
4A.6
Charting Issues Lay Public Usability in Online Meteorology Data-Flows with Technical Writing and Communication
Zachary P Dixon, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Saint Augustine, FL
Recorded Presentation

Recording files available
Session 4B
Improving R2O & O2R in 0-18 Hour Forecast Range: Addressing Forecasters’ Needs—Analysis and Nowcast Tools: Part II
Location: North 232C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Ninth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations
Cochairs: Kim Runk, NOAA/NWS; Young-Joon Kim, NWS
8:30 AM
4B.2
Improvement of Aviation Turbulence Forecast in the NOAA’s Rapid Refresh Model Version 4 (RAPv4) with Hybrid Vertical Coordinate System
Jung-Hoon Kim, Colorado State Univ./CIRA, Fort Collins, CO; and R. D. Sharman, J. Brown, S. Benjamin, S. H. Park, J. Klemp, M. Strahan, and J. W. Scheck
Recorded Presentation

4B.1
Improved Observation Operators for Near Surface Wind and Temperature Assimilation in the RTMA

9:00 AM
4B.4
Development, R2O, and O2R of the NOAA/CIMSS ProbSevere Model
John L. Cintineo, CIMSS, Madison, WI; and M. J. Pavolonis, J. Sieglaff, L. Cronce, and J. Brunner
Recorded Presentation

4B.3
Experimental LAMP 1-h Probability of Precipitation Guidance for the CONUS in Support of the National Weather Service’s National Blend of Models

9:30 AM
4B.6
Quantifying Stochastic Forcing at Convective Scales
David Randall, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO

9:45 AM
4B.6A
Near-Real Time Surface-Based CAPE from Merged Hyperspectral IR Satellite Sounder and Surface Meteorological Station Data
Callyn Bloch, Space Science and Engineering Center, Madison, WI; and R. Knuteson, A. Gambacorta, N. R. Nalli, J. M. Gartzke, and L. Zhou
Recorded Presentation

4B.5
National Blend of Models Performance During Extreme/High Impact Events

Recording files available
Joint Session 9
National and International Program Overviews for Environmental Satellites (Invited)
Location: North 231AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint between the 15th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the Ninth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; and the Seventh AMS Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation )
Cochairs: Bill Sjoberg, GST/JPSS Program Office; Jamie Hawkins
J9.1
The Role of Satellite Observations in Building Resilience through National and International Partnerships

8:30 AM
J9.1A
GOES-R Series Update
Tim Gasparrini, Lockheed Martin

J9.2
Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS): The Suomi NPP and NOAA-20 Successes Assure a Bright Future for NOAA’s Support to Its Key Stakeholders

J9.3
The GOES-R Series: Earth in High Definition

9:00 AM
J9.4
Status of EUMETSAT's Satellite Programmes and Preparing for the Future
Kenneth Holmlund, Chief Scientist - European Organisation for Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT), Darmstadt, Germany; and B. Bojkov, P. Schluessel, J. Grandell, R. Munro, and D. Klaes
Recorded Presentation

9:30 AM
J9.5
Status of the Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA) Program
Jong Seok Kim, KMA, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South); and H. Park
Recorded Presentation

9:45 AM
Fengyun Meteorological Satellites and Consideration on Calibration Issues
Peng Zhang, National Satellite Meteorological Center, China Meteorological Administration, Beijing, China
Recorded Presentation

Handout (8.2 MB)

9:00 AM-11:00 AM: Tuesday, 8 January 2019


Guest Coffee (Tuesday)
Location: Hospitality Suite 428 (Sheraton Hotel )

9:00 AM-5:00 PM: Tuesday, 8 January 2019


Sedona Red Rocks Tours

9:00 AM-6:00 PM: Tuesday, 8 January 2019


Exhibit Hall (Tuesday)
Location: Hall 5-6 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

Poster Hall (Tuesday)
Location: Hall 4 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Tuesday, 8 January 2019


AM Coffee Break (Tuesday)
Location: Hall 5-6 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

Meet President Roger M. Wakimoto (Tuesday)
Location: Hall 5-6 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

10:30 AM-12:00 PM: Tuesday, 8 January 2019

Recording files available
Session 5A
Advances in Satellite Observations, Earth Science, and Observing Technologies that Can Complement the Heritage Observation Systems and Potentially Lead to Advances in Next Generation Observation Systems: Part I
Location: North 230 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Ninth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations
Cochairs: Martin Yapur, NOAA/NESDIS/Office of Projects, Planning and Analysis; Eric Fetzer, JPL/California Institute of Technology
5A.1
Computational Reconfigurable Imaging Spectrometer (CRISP)

10:45 AM
5A.2
Status of the Vapor In-Cloud Profiling Radar
Matthew Lebsock, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and K. Cooper, L. F. Millan, R. Roy, J. siles, and R. monje
Recorded Presentation

11:00 AM
5A.3
LWIR Spectro-Polarimeter for Cloud-Induced Polarization Measurements
Kira Ann Hart, Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and R. Chipman, D. L. Wu, M. Vega, and A. Stohn
Recorded Presentation

11:15 AM
5A.4
Stratospheric Aerosol Observations With a Cubesat-Scale Instrument
Matthew T. DeLand, SSAI, Lanham, MD; and P. Colarco, M. G. Kowalewski, L. Ramos-Izquierdo, and N. Gorkavyi
Recorded Presentation

11:30 AM
5A.5
A Passive Contribution to a Future Global Wind Monitoring Capability
Michael A. Kelly, Applied Physics Laboratory/The Johns Hopkins Univ., Laurel, MD; and D. L. Wu, J. L. Carr, J. P. Wilson, I. Papusha, J. D. Boldt, and J. H. Yee

11:45 AM
5A.6
New Smallsat Launch Program Will Fly Advanced Microwave Sounder
Dylan Powell, Lockheed Martin, Greenbelt, MD; and J. Hawkins, R. Uberna, J. A. Simpson, and A. Gell
Recorded Presentation

12:00 PM
Developing Meteorological Forecast Products in Near Real-Time from Hyper Spectral Sounder Radiances -- William L. Smith
Recorded Presentation

Recording files available
Session 5B
Improving R2O & O2R in 0-18 Hour Forecast Range: Addressing Forecasters’ Needs—Short-Term Forecasting, Warning and Verification: Part I
Location: North 232C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Ninth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations
Cochairs: Hendrik Tolman, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC; Young-Joon Kim, NWS
10:30 AM
5B.1
The Evolving Role of the Mesoanalyst in Collaborative Severe Weather Forecasting and Communication
Kim J. Runk, NOAA/NWS Operations Proving Ground, Kansas City, MO; and A. E. Cohen, M. Foster, C. M. Gravelle, and K. C. Vigil
Recorded Presentation

5B.3
R2O: Development of NWS Snow Squall Warnings
Manuscript (808.9 kB)

5B.2
Revitalizing the Enhanced Short-Term Forecast in the National Weather Service (NWS) Central Region

11:15 AM
5B.4
Improving R2O & O2R in the 0-6 Hour Forecast Range through Experimental Use of NSSL Experimental Warn-on-Forecast System for Ensembles (NEWS-e)
Pamela L. Heinselman, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and T. Lindley, K. J. Sanders, A. E. Cohen, M. T. Eckert, A. Orrison, K. A. Wilson, P. S. Skinner, J. J. Choate, and K. H. Knopfmeier
Recorded Presentation

11:30 AM
5B.5
Neighborhood Verification of 1-h Probabilistic Low-Level Rotation Forecasts from the NSSL Experimental Warn-on-Forecast System.
Montgomery L. Flora, University of Oklahoma, CIMMS, NSSL/NOAA, Norman, OK; and P. S. Skinner and C. K. Potvin
Recorded Presentation

11:45 AM
5B.6
Examining the Use of the NSSL Experimental Warn-on-Forecast System for Ensembles for the Prediction of Severe Storms through Short-Term Forecast Outlooks during the 2018 Spring Forecasting Experiment
Jessica J. Choate, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma and NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and P. S. Skinner, K. A. Wilson, E. Grimes, B. T. Gallo, P. L. Heinselman, and A. J. Clark
Recorded Presentation

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Tuesday, 8 January 2019


Lunch Break (Tuesday)

Women in Atmospheric Sciences Luncheon
Location: North Ballroom 120AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

12:15 PM-1:15 PM: Tuesday, 8 January 2019


Exceptional Undergraduate Presentations
Location: North 122BC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Recording files available
Building Resiliency to Extreme Weather Events through International Partnerships with the Application of Advanced Satellite Technology
Location: North 231AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint between the Side Panels; the Ninth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; the Seventh AMS Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; and the 15th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems )
Organizer: Gary McWilliams, NESDIS JPSS Program Office/Science and Technology Corporation
Panelists: Louis W. Uccellini, Director, NOAA/NWS; Florence Rabier, Director General - European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF); Kenneth Holmlund, Chief Scientist - European Organisation for Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT); Naoyuki Hasegawa, Director General - Observation Department, Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA); Hoon Park, Director-General - National Meteorological Satellite Center, Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA)
Moderator: Lars Peter Riishojgaard, WMO
Facilitator: Stephen A. Mango, NOAA/NESDIS/Office of Projects, Planning and Analysis
Louis Uccellini Director, NOAA National Weather Service (NWS), Silver Spring, MD, USA

Florence Rabier Director General, European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF), Reading, Berkshire, U.K.
Recorded Presentation

Kenneth Holmlund Chief Scientist, European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT), Darmstadt, Germany
Recorded Presentation

Naoyuki Hasegawa Director General, Observation Department, Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), Tokyo, Japan
Recorded Presentation

Hoon Park Director-General, National Meteorological Satellite Center, Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA), Jincheon, Republic of South Korea
Recorded Presentation

12:15 PM
Bios -- Steve Mango
Recorded Presentation

12:30 PM
Coming Next -- Steve Mango
Recorded Presentation

12:45 PM-1:05 PM: Tuesday, 8 January 2019


Daily Weather Briefings (Tuesday)
Location: North 132ABC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

1:30 PM-2:30 PM: Tuesday, 8 January 2019

Recording files available
Session 6A
Advances in Satellite Observations, Earth Science, and Observing Technologies that Can Complement the Heritage Observation Systems and Potentially Lead to Advances in Next Generation Observation Systems: Part II
Location: North 230 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Ninth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations
Cochairs: Margaret Caulfield; Stephen A. Mango, NOAA/NESDIS/Office of Projects, Planning and Analysis
1:30 PM
6A.1
Developing Meteorological Forecast Products in Near Real-Time from Hyper Spectral Sounder Radiances
William L. Smith Sr., Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and E. Weisz, J. Gerth, A. DiNorscia, J. W. C. McNabb, M. Dutter, and J. Gagen

1:45 PM
6A.2
A New Architecture for Low Earth Temperature and Moisture Soundings
Frank W. Gallagher III, NESDIS, Silver Spring, MD; and K. St. Germain and M. W. Maier

2:00 PM
6A.3
NOAA's New Technology Maturation Program
Elsayed Talaat, NOAA/NESDIS, Sil, MD

2:15 PM
6A.4
Advancing Technology for Big Ocean Science through Partnership and Open Source
Thomas Huang, JPL, Pasadena, CA
Recorded Presentation

Recording files available
Session 6B
Improving R2O & O2R in 0-18 Hour Forecast Range: Addressing Forecasters’ Needs—Short-Term Forecasting, Warning and Verification: Part II
Location: North 232C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Ninth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations
Cochairs: Alan Gerard, NOAA/OAR/NSSL; Young-Joon Kim, NWS
1:30 PM
6B.1
Applications of METplus to NOAA Testbeds to Accelerate Improvements in Short-Term Forecasting of High Impact Events
Tara Jensen, NCAR and Developmental Testbed Center, Boulder, CO; and A. J. Clark, J. A. Nelson Jr., B. L. Twiest, J. L. Demuth, C. P. Kalb, D. R. Adriaansen, S. Perfater, B. Albright, B. Roberts, M. Erickson, and J. Halley Gotway
Recorded Presentation

6B.2
Incorporating Dual-Polarization Signatures into the Tornado Warning Process for Supercells: ZDR/KDP Separation and Size Sorting Signals

2:00 PM
6B.3
Verifying and Utilizing Seasonal Object Oriented Biases in Convection AllowingModels
Michael J. Erickson, Weather Prediction Center/CIRES, College Park, MD; and J. A. Nelson Jr.
Recorded Presentation

6B.4
Connecting the Needs of Forecasters to Convection Allowing Models

2:30 PM-3:00 PM: Tuesday, 8 January 2019


PM Coffee Break (Tuesday)
Location: Meeting room foyers (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

3:00 PM-4:00 PM: Tuesday, 8 January 2019

Recording files available
Joint Session 5
Student Research Enabling or Demonstrating the Transition of Research to Operations
Location: North 232C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint between the Ninth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; and the 15th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems )
Cochairs: Thanh Vo Dinh, NOAA/NESDIS/Office of Projects, Planning and Analysis; Lauraleen O'Connor, NOAA/NESDIS/Office of Projects, Planning and Analysis
3:00 PM
J5.1
Temporal and Spatial Frequency of Warm-Season Stationary Fronts in the Eastern and Central United States
Peyton K. Capute, Univ. at Albany, SUNY, Albany, NY; and J. O. Piersante, N. D. Metz, and E. G. Hoffman
Recorded Presentation

3:15 PM
J5.2
Soil Moisture and Temperature Response Differences in Bare Soil and Perennial Grasses, Central North Carolina, USA
Timothy Andrew Henderson, State Climate Office of North Carolina, Raleigh, NC; and S. P. Heuser
Recorded Presentation

3:30 PM
J5.3
HPAC 6.5 Model Validation: A Look into EPA Sensor Data Collected during the Lackawanna Steel Fire
Leann Anthony, Applied Research Associates (ARA), Alexandria, VA; and Y. Luna-Cruz and S. Runyon
Recorded Presentation

J5.4
Estimating Relative Humidity Using GOES-16 and MODIS Satellites for an Urbanized Area


Session 7
Technology, Techniques and Practices for Transition of Research to Operations in Weather and Climate
Location: North 230 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Ninth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations
Cochairs: Adam Steckel, NOAA/NESDIS/Office of Projects, Planning and Analysis; Eric Miller, NOAA/NESDIS/Office of Projects, Planning and Analysis
3:00 PM
7.1
JPSS Buzz Phrases: JPSS Enterprise Algorithms, JPSS Risk Reduction Suite, and JPSS Priority 3/4 Transition—What does it all mean?
Bonnie Reed, JPSS, Suitland, MD; and A. Layns

3:15 PM
7.2
Accelerating Climate Research, Development, and Transition to Operations for Building a Weather-Ready Nation
Fiona Horsfall, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and M. Timofeyeva, D. DeWitt, and M. Halpert

7.3
Building the Airplane while Flying: Research and Research-to-Operations for Severe Weather Warning in a Living Lab Environment

7.4
Overview of the Revised NESDIS Satellite Data Product Development and Implementation Process

4:00 PM-6:00 PM: Tuesday, 8 January 2019


Book Talks @ Authors Corner (Tues)
Location: Hall 5-6 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

Formal Poster Viewing Reception (Tues)
Location: Hall 4 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

Poster Session 2
9R2O Poster Viewing #2 - Exhibit Hall - Tuesday, 4:00–6:00
Location: Hall 4 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Ninth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations
666
A Subjective Evaluation of the Winter Storm Severity Index
Shannon R Shields, Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL; and J. Kastman and J. A. Nelson Jr.

667
Objective Verification of Storm-Scale FV3 Configurations in the Hazardous Weather Testbed
Adam J. Clark, NOAA/OAR/NSSL, Norman, OK; and I. L. Jirak, B. T. Gallo, L. J. Wicker, B. Roberts, Y. Wang, M. Xue, F. Kong, T. A. Supinie, K. Thomas, C. Zhang, L. Harris, and S. J. Lin

668
Overview of the 2018 Aviation Weather Testbed Winter and Summer Experiments
Steven A. Lack, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/Aviation Weather Center, Kansas City, MO; and A. Cross, K. J. Runk, and S. Alvidrez

Poster 669 will also be presented as Paper 2.3A

6:00 PM-10:00 PM: Tuesday, 8 January 2019


University Night Receptions

6:30 PM-8:30 PM: Tuesday, 8 January 2019


Inez Fung Dinner
Location: West 213AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

Wednesday, 9 January 2019

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7:25 AM-6:00 PM: Wednesday, 9 January 2019


Quiet Room (Wednesday)
Location: West 206 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

7:30 AM-6:00 PM: Wednesday, 9 January 2019


AMS Information Desk (Wed)
Location: North 100 Level Prefunction (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

Member Services Desk (Wed)
Location: North Lower Level Prefunction (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

Registration (Wed)
Location: North Lower Level Prefunction (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

Speaker Ready Room (Wed)
Location: North 121A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

8:30 AM-10:00 AM: Wednesday, 9 January 2019

Recording files available
Session 8A
Research to Operations Progress in GNSS Radio Occultations for Numerical Weather Prediction and Ionospheric Studies: Part I
Location: North 230 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Ninth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations
Cochairs: Richard Ullman, NOAA/NESDIS/Office of Projects, Planning and Analysis; Changyong Cao, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR/SMCD
8:30 AM
8A.1
NOAA Observing Architecture for GNSS Radio Occultation Observation
Richard E. Ullman, NOAA, Silver Spring, MD; and F. W. Gallagher III

9:00 AM
8A.2
Recent Advances in GNSS-RO Technology and Their Potential Impacts on Operational Weather Forecasting
Erin M. Lynch, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR/Satellite Meteorology and Climatology Division, College Park, MD; and C. Cao
Recorded Presentation

9:15 AM
8A.3
GNSSRO Platforms Operational at NCEP—Present Status, Quality Assessment and Comparative Study with New GNSSRO Missions
Suryakanti Dutta, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and F. Vandenberghe, H. Shao, H. Zhang, and J. G. Yoe
Recorded Presentation

9:30 AM
8A.4
Advance GNSSRO Data Assimilation and Support Transition(s) to Operations at JCSDA
Hui Shao, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and F. Vandenberghe, H. Zhang, S. Dutta, and J. G. Yoe
Recorded Presentation

9:45 AM
8A.5
Spire Global Radio Occultation Data: Capabilities and First Results
Victoriya Forsythe, Geophysical Institute, Fairbanks, AK; and D. Hampton
Recorded Presentation

Recording files available
Session 8B
Testbeds (HWT) to Enable and Accelerate the Transition of Research to Operations to Decision Makers, End Users and to the Public in Weather, Water, or Climate Applications: Part I
Location: North 232C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Ninth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations
Cochairs: Alan Gerard, NOAA/OAR/NSSL; Gina Eosco, NOAA/OAR/NSSL
8:30 AM
8B.1
Status Update on the NOAA's Joint Technology Transfer Initiative Research to Operations Program
Chandra R. Kondragunta, NOAA/OAR/Office of Weather and Air Quality, Silver Spring, MD; and J. Cortinas Jr. and H. L. Tolman

8:45 AM
8B.2
FACETs R2O: Collaborative Progress toward Operations
Alan Gerard, NOAA/OAR/NSSL, Norman, OK; and L. P. Rothfusz
Recorded Presentation

9:00 AM
8B.3
Testing and Verifying Potential Severe Timing Forecasts in the Hazardous Weather Testbed
Makenzie Krocak, Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies, Norman, OK; and H. E. Brooks
Recorded Presentation

9:15 AM
8B.4
Broadcast Meteorologist Decision Making in the 2018 Hazardous Weather Testbed Probabilistic Hazard Information Project
Holly Obermeier, NOAA/OAR/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and K. L. Nemunaitis-Berry, T. C. Meyer, P. A. Campbell, A. Gerard, C. Kolakoski, and K. E. Klockow-McClain
Recorded Presentation

9:30 AM
8B.5
Broadcast Meteorologist Use of Social Media in the 2018 Hazardous Weather Testbed Probabilistic Hazard Information Project
Caroline Kolakoski, Univ. of South Alabama, Mobile, AL; and K. Berry, A. Gerard, H. Obermeier, J. T. Ripberger, P. A. Campbell, T. C. Meyer, and K. E. Klockow-McClain
Recorded Presentation

9:45 AM
8B.6
Developmental Testbed Center's Evaluation of the FV3 Ensemble Member Performance During the 2018 Hazardous Weather Testbed—Spring Forecasting Experiment and Update on Future Support for the Stand-Alone Regional FV3
Lindsay R. Blank, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. K. Wolff, M. Harrold, T. Fowler, and J. Beck
Recorded Presentation

9:00 AM-11:00 AM: Wednesday, 9 January 2019


Guest Coffee (Wed)
Location: Hospitality Suite 428 (Sheraton Hotel )

9:00 AM-6:30 PM: Wednesday, 9 January 2019


Exhibit Hall (Wed)
Location: Hall 5-6 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

Poster Hall (Wednesday)
Location: Hall 4 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

9:30 AM-12:30 PM: Wednesday, 9 January 2019


Tree Planting Guest Volunteer Project

10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Wednesday, 9 January 2019


AM Coffee Break (Wed)
Location: Hall 5-6 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

Meet President Roger M. Wakimoto (Wed)
Location: Hall 5-6 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

10:30 AM-12:00 PM: Wednesday, 9 January 2019

Recording files available
Session 9A
Research to Operations Progress in GNSS Radio Occultations for Numerical Weather Prediction and Ionospheric Studies: Part II
Location: North 230 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Ninth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations
Cochairs: Eric Fetzer, JPL/California Institute of Technology; Stephen A. Mango, NOAA/NESDIS/Office of Projects, Planning and Analysis
10:30 AM
9A.1
GNSS-RO Data Quality Assurance for Operational Weather Forecast Using the Integrated Calibration, Verification, and Validation System
Changyong Cao, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR/SMCD, College Park, DC; and E. M. Lynch, B. Zhang, T. Reale, and Y. Bai
Recorded Presentation

11:00 AM
9A.2
Recent Results in the Validation and Monitoring of COSMIC Radio Occultation Performance
Bin Zhang, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD; and E. M. Lynch, C. Cao, X. Shao, and L. Lin
Recorded Presentation

11:15 AM
9A.3
A Bending Angle Raytracing Operator with Limited Ray Length for COSMIC-2 RO Data Assimilation in the Tropics
Xiaolei Zou, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD; and H. Liu
Recorded Presentation

11:30 AM
9A.4
Global Validation of Atmospheric Total Precipitable Water Derived COSMIC Radio Occultation Using Microwave Radiometers over Oceans under Clear and Cloudy Skies
Shu-peng Ho, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and H. Zhang
Recorded Presentation

11:45 AM
9A.5
Measuring and Assessing GNSS Radio Occultation (GNSS-RO) Profiles from Balloon Platforms
Bryan Chan, Night Crew Labs, Woodside, CA; and A. Goel, T. Reid, C. Snyder, and P. Tarantino
Recorded Presentation

Recording files available
Session 9B
Testbeds (HWT) to Enable and Accelerate the Transition of Research to Operations to Decision Makers, End Users and to the Public in Weather, Water, or Climate Applications: Part II
Location: North 232C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Ninth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations
Cochairs: Chandra Kondragunta, NOAA/OAR; Alan Gerard, NOAA/OAR/NSSL
10:30 AM
9B.1
Incorporating End Users in Hazardous Weather Testbed Experiments
Kodi Nemunaitis-Berry, CIMMS, Norman, OK; and H. Obermeier, K. M. Calhoun, T. C. Meyer, K. E. Klockow-McClain, and D. LaDue
Recorded Presentation

10:45 AM
9B.2
Community Update on FACETs Social Science Research
Lans P. Rothfusz, NSSL, Norman, OK; and A. Gerard and K. E. Klockow-McClain
Recorded Presentation

11:00 AM
9B.3
Forecaster’s Mental Workload while Issuing Probabilistic Hazard Information (PHI) during the 2018 Hazard Services PHI Hazardous Weather Testbed
Joseph J. James, Univ. of Akron, Akron, OH; and C. Ling

11:15 AM
9B.4
Testing of Scorecards for Convection Allowing Models during HWT 2018
Christina P. Kalb, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and T. Jensen, B. T. Gallo, A. J. Clark, B. Roberts, P. S. Skinner, and C. Alexander
Recorded Presentation

11:30 AM
9B.5
Improving Forecast Guidance through the Joint Hurricane Testbed
Mark DeMaria, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Miami, FL; and J. A. Sippel

11:45 AM
9B.6
Transitioning Research Innovations into the Operational Hurricane WRF model
Kathryn M. Newman, NCAR and Developmental Testbed Center, Boulder, CO; and E. A. Kalina, M. K. Biswas, E. D. Grell, J. Frimel, and L. Carson
Recorded Presentation

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Wednesday, 9 January 2019


Anthes Luncheon
Location: West 213AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

Lunch Break (Wed)

12:45 PM-1:05 PM: Wednesday, 9 January 2019


Daily Weather Briefings (Wed)
Location: North 132ABC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

1:30 PM-2:30 PM: Wednesday, 9 January 2019


Robert E. Horton Lecture
Recording files available
Joint Session 6
NASA Earth Observation Systems and Applications for Health: Looking at Predicting Extreme Environmental Events and How it Affects Health
Location: North 228AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint between the 10th Conference on Environment and Health; and the Ninth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations )
Cochairs: Sue M. Estes, Univ. of Alabama in Huntsville; John A. Haynes, NASA
1:30 PM
J6.1
How NASA Can Use Satellites to Help Predict Extreme Environmental Events That Are Dangerous in Today's Society
John A. Haynes, NASA, Washington, D.C.; and S. M. Estes

1:45 PM
J6.2
Using Spatially Contiguous Remote Sensing Reanalysis Data to Estimate Policy-Relevant Health Effects of Extreme Heat Exposures in New York State
Temilayo E. Adeyeye, New York State Department of Health, Albany, NY
Recorded Presentation

Handout (1.4 MB)

2:00 PM
J6.3
Assessment of Ozone Production and Accumulation over Lake Michigan
Arastoo Pour Biazar, Univ. of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL; and R. T. McNider, K. Doty, A. T. White, Y. Wu, M. Qin, M. T. Odman, S. McKeen, P. Lee, and E. Knipping

2:15 PM
J6.4
Toward Cholera-Free Nations: How NASA Satellites Help Track Pathogenic Vibrios
Antar Jutla, West Virginia Univ., Morgantown, WV; and R. Colwell
Recorded Presentation

Recording files available
Joint Session 7
Significant Role of Calibration/Validation and High Performance Computing for the Transition of Research to Operations: Part I
Location: North 230 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint between the Ninth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; and the Fifth Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate )
Cochairs: Changyong Cao, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR/SMCD; Justin Goldstein, NOAA/NESDIS/Office of Projects, Planning and Analysis
1:30 PM
J7.1
Validation of Model Implementations Using MET
Tressa Fowler, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and M. Harrold, L. Nance, T. Jensen, J. Halley Gotway, and L. R. Blank
Recorded Presentation

1:45 PM
J7.2
Excessive Rainfall Outlook Verification Product for WPC Forecasters
Michael J. Erickson, Weather Prediction Center/CIRES, College Park, MD; and B. Albright and J. A. Nelson Jr.
Recorded Presentation

2:00 PM
J7.3
Enhancements to Storm Prediction Center Convective Outlooks
Christopher D. Karstens, NOAA/NWS/SPC, Norman, OK; and R. Clark III, I. L. Jirak, P. T. Marsh, R. Schneider, and S. J. Weiss
Recorded Presentation

2:15 PM
J7.4A
Analyses of Kennedy Space Center Tropospheric Doppler Radar Wind Profiler Data for Space Launch System Program Certification
Robert E. Barbre Jr., Jacobs Space Exploration Group, Huntsville, AL; and J. C. Brenton, K. L. Burns, N. Curtis, R. K. Decker, L. L. Huddleston, F. B. Leahy, J. M. Orcutt, B. G. Overbey, B. C. Roberts, and P. W. White
Recorded Presentation

Recording files available
Session 10
Testbeds (HMT) to Enable and Accelerate the Transition of Research to Operations to Decision Makers, End Users and to the Public in Weather, Water, or Climate Applications: Part I
Location: North 232C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Ninth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations
Cochairs: Benjamin Albright, Systems Research Group, Inc.; Chandra Kondragunta, NOAA/OAR
1:30 PM
10.1
The Weather Prediction Center Development and Training Branch: R2O Activities within the Hydrometeorological Testbed (HMT)
James A. Nelson Jr., NCEP, College Park, MD; and B. Albright

1:45 PM
10.2
The Sixth Annual Flash Flood and Intense Rainfall Experiment: Synthesizing Atmospheric and Hydrologic Guidance for Short Range (6-24 Hour) Probabilistic Excessive Rainfall Forecasts
Benjamin Albright, Systems Research Group, Inc., College Park, MD; and S. Perfater, M. Erickson, M. Klein, and J. A. Nelson Jr.

2:00 PM
10.3
The NSSL Experimental Warn-on-Forecast System for Ensembles (NEWS-e) at 2018 NOAA Hydrometeorology Testbed
Nusrat Yussouf, OU/CIMMS and NOAA/OAR/NSSL, Norman, OK; and J. Hu, T. A. Jones, D. D. Turner, X. Wang, P. S. Skinner, K. H. Knopfmeier, J. J. Choate, G. J. Creager, P. L. Heinselman, K. A. Wilson, L. J. Wicker, A. E. Reinhart, D. C. Dowell, T. Alcott, and T. Ladwig
Recorded Presentation

2:15 PM
10.4
CAPS Storm-Scale Ensemble Forecasts and Ensemble Consensus Techniques for the 2018 Hydrometeorology Testbed FFaIR Experiment
Keith A. Brewster, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and F. Kong, N. Snook, M. Xue, C. Zhang, and K. W. Thomas
Recorded Presentation

2:30 PM-3:00 PM: Wednesday, 9 January 2019


PM Coffee Break (Wed)
Location: Meeting room foyers (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

3:00 PM-4:00 PM: Wednesday, 9 January 2019

Recording files available
Joint Session 8
Significant Role of Calibration/Validation and High Performance Computing for the Transition of Research to Operations: Part II
Location: North 230 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint between the Ninth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; and the Fifth Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate )
Cochairs: Joseph Conran, Riverside Technology, Inc.; Jennifer B. Webster, NOAA/NESDIS/Office of Projects, Planning and Analysis
J8.1
Advanced Historical Forcings: Application of the Analysis of Record Gridded Data for Hydrologic Calibrations Across the Northwest U.S.

3:15 PM
J8.3
Enhancing Community Collaborations through NWP Software Containers
Michael J. Kavulich Jr., NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. H. Gotway, M. Harrold, J. K. Wolff, and K. Fossell
Recorded Presentation

3:30 PM
J8.4A
"ecPoint"—A New Post-Processing Technique with Multiple Applications
Tim D. Hewson, ECMWF, Reading, United Kingdom; and F. M. Pillosu, I. Tsonevsky, and F. Prates
Recorded Presentation

Recording files available
Session 11
Testbeds (HMT) to Enable and Accelerate the Transition of Research to Operations to Decision Makers, End Users and to the Public in Weather, Water, or Climate Applications: Part II
Location: North 232C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Ninth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations
Cochairs: Chandra Kondragunta, NOAA/OAR; Michael Erickson, NCEP
3:00 PM
11.1
Probabilistic Precipitation Forecasts and Hydrologic Modeling for Improving Flash Flood Warnings: The 2018 HMT-Hydro Experiment
Steven M. Martinaitis, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma and NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and J. J. Gourley, K. A. Wilson, N. Yussouf, H. Vergara-Arietta, P. L. Heinselman, and T. C. Meyer
Recorded Presentation

3:15 PM
11.2
Comparative Evaluation of Merging and Local Bias Correction for Radar-Gauge QPE
Lin Tang, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and D. J. Seo, M. Nabatian, J. Zhang, K. W. Howard, and D. Kitzmiller
Recorded Presentation

3:30 PM
11.3
Probabilistic Quantitative Precipitation Estimates with Ground-Based Radar Networks
Pierre-Emmanuel Kirstetter, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. Zhang and J. J. Gourley
Recorded Presentation

3:45 PM
11.4
A New Approach to Snow Climatology with the Winter Storm Severity Index
Joshua Kastman, CIRES, Boulder, CO; and J. A. Nelson Jr. and M. Klein
Recorded Presentation

4:00 PM-6:00 PM: Wednesday, 9 January 2019


Book Talks @ Authors Corner (Wed)
Location: Hall 5-6 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

Formal Poster Viewing Reception (Wed)
Location: Hall 4 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

Poster Session 3
9R2O Poster Viewing #3 - Exhibit Hall - Wednesday, 4:00–6:00
Location: Hall 4 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Ninth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations
1050
CITYZER—A Platform and an Ecosystem for Services Based on Environmental Data
Timo Nousiainen, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland; and L. johansson, A. M. Harri, J. Turpeinen, O. Ojanperä, T. Laiho, J. Niemi, K. Janka, and E. Viitala

1051
Characterization, Classification and Prediction of Forecast Dropouts in the NAVGEM Model
Elizabeth A. Satterfield, NRL, Monterey, CA; and J. McLay, J. Nachamkin, and K. J. Dougherty

1052
BUFR and GRIB2 Reformatting System at PPS
Yi Song, GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and E. Stocker

1053
NOAA’s Climate Data Records—10 Years of Innovation
Daniel Wunder, Global Science & Technology Inc., Asheville, NC; and G. L. Ellingson and J. L. Privette

Handout (2.3 MB)

1054
Use of ASSISTT's Computing Cluster for R2O
Kurtis Pinkney, IMSG, College Park, MD; and E. C. McCaskill, M. Fan, V. Guadelupe-Cruz, E. Buzan, M. Walters, S. Sampson, and W. W. Wolf

5:30 PM-6:30 PM: Wednesday, 9 January 2019


Awards Banquet Reception
Location: Hall 5-6 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

7:00 PM-10:00 PM: Wednesday, 9 January 2019


99th AMS Awards Banquet
Location: North Ballroom (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

Thursday, 10 January 2019

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7:30 AM-3:00 PM: Thursday, 10 January 2019


AMS Information Desk (Thurs)
Location: North 100 Level Prefunction (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

Member Services Desk (Thurs)
Location: North Lower Level Prefunction (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

Quiet Room (Thursday)
Location: West 206 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

Registration (Thurs)
Location: North Lower Level Prefunction (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

7:30 AM-5:00 PM: Thursday, 10 January 2019


Speaker Ready Room (Thurs)
Location: North 121A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

8:30 AM-9:30 AM: Thursday, 10 January 2019

Recording files available
Session 12A
Case Studies for Data Sampling, Product Production and Product Delivery to Users to Enable Transitions to Operations
Location: North 230 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Ninth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations
Cochairs: Eric Miller, NOAA/NESDIS/Office of Projects, Planning and Analysis; Thanh Vo Dinh, NOAA/NESDIS/Office of Projects, Planning and Analysis
8:30 AM
12A.1
Transition of Environmental Sampling Research to Operational Collections
Steven R. Chiswell, Savannah River National Laboratory, Aiken, SC

8:45 AM
12A.2
Best Practices for Integrating High-Resolution Datasets to Message the Threat of Cloud-to-Ground Lightning in the Southeastern United States
Nathaniel McGinnis, NWSFO, Jacksonville, FL; and C. B. Elsenheimer, P. Wolf, and C. M. Gravelle
Recorded Presentation

9:00 AM
12A.3
Land Surface Temperature Products from JPSS and GOES-R and Its Readiness to Users
Yunyue Yu, NOAA/NESDIS, College Park, MD; and P. Yu, Y. Liu, H. Wang, I. Csiszar, L. Zhou, J. Daniels, and S. Kalluri

9:15 AM
12A.4
North American Land Data Assimilation System Version 2.5: Real-Time Evaluation and Operational Implementation at NCEP
Youlong Xia, NCEP/EMC/IMSG, College Park, MD; and J. Kain, J. Meng, H. Wei, M. Ek, D. M. Mocko, C. D. Peters-Lidard, L. C. Chen, and M. Chelliah

Recording files available
Session 12B
Models and Data Assimilation to Enable and Accelerate the Transition of Research to Operations to Decision Makers, End Users and to the Public: Land/Ocean/Hydrological Modeling
Location: North 232C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Ninth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations
Cochairs: Vijay Tallapragada, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC; Fanglin Yang, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC
8:30 AM
12B.1
On the Transition of Land Modeling and Data Assimilation to Operations
Xubin Zeng, Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Recorded Presentation

8:45 AM
12B.2
The Community Terrestrial System Model: A Land Model Infrastructure to Facilitate the Transition of Research to Operations for Applications Spanning Weather to Climate
Michael Barlage, NCAR, Boulder, CO
Recorded Presentation

9:00 AM
12B.3
Coordinating Improvements to Short-Term Forecasts of Ice, Water Temperature, Turbulent Heat Fluxes, and Lake-Effect Precipitation Forecasts with the Next-Generation NOAA Great Lakes Operational Forecast System (GLOFS)
Eric J. Anderson, NOAA/ERL/GLERL, Ann Arbor, MI; and A. Manome, J. G. W. Kelley, Y. Chen, G. E. Mann, G. Lang, L. E. Fitzpatrick, J. Kessler, P. Y. Chu, A. Gronewold, P. D. Blanken, C. Spence, J. Lenters, S. Benjamin, and C. Alexander

9:15 AM
12B.4
Real-Time Assimilation of Streamflow into the National Water Model Channel Routing Using Coupled WRF-Hydro and DART
Seong Jin Noh, Univ. of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX; and D. J. Seo, J. McCreight, A. RafieeiNasab, T. J. Hoar, M. El Gharamti, D. J. Gochis, B. Cosgrove, and T. Vukicevic

9:00 AM-11:00 AM: Thursday, 10 January 2019


Meeting with Sustainable Cities Network of Arizona
Location: Estrella (Sheraton Hotel )

9:00 AM-12:00 PM: Thursday, 10 January 2019


Exhibit Hall (Thurs)
Location: Hall 5-6 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

9:30 AM-10:30 AM: Thursday, 10 January 2019


Exhibit Hall Breakfast
Location: Hall 5-6 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Thursday, 10 January 2019


Meet President Roger M. Wakimoto (Thurs)
Location: Hall 5-6 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

10:30 AM-12:00 PM: Thursday, 10 January 2019

Recording files available
Session 13A
Consideration, Best Practices and Private-Public Partnerships for the Transition of Research to Operations in the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprises
Location: North 230 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Ninth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations
Cochairs: DaNa Carlis, NOAA/OAR; David Helms, NOAA/NESDIS/Office of Projects, Planning, and Analysis
10:30 AM
13A.1
Unified Forecast System Development and Operational Implementation Plans at NCEP/EMC: Effective Strategies for Community Research Transition to Operations
Vijay Tallapragada, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC, College Park, MD

10:45 AM
13A.2
A Report on "Building a Weather Ready Nation by Transitioning Academic Research to NOAA Operations" Workshop
Chandra R. Kondragunta, NOAA/OAR/Office of Weather and Air Quality, Silver Spring, MD; and J. Cortinas Jr., H. L. Tolman, and B. Kuo

11:00 AM
13A.3
Towards a Community Based Unified Forecast System—Effective Methods for Community Research Transition to Operations
Farida Adimi, EMC, College Park, MD; and V. Tallapragada and F. Toepfer
Recorded Presentation

11:15 AM
13A.4
Improving NOAA’s Transition of Research and Development through Policy, Programming, and Performance Management Tools
Ian R Kroll, NOAA, Silver Spring, MD; and L. A. Newcomb, C. Moses, and G. C. Matlock

11:30 AM
13A.5
Preparing for FACETs: The Need for Inclusive National Weather Service Forecaster Training and Innovative Collaboration Tools
Alyssa V. Bates, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma and NWS Warning Decision Training Division, Norman, OK; and J. G. LaDue, G. J. Stumpf, A. Gerard, T. L. Hansen, K. L. Manross, J. J. James, C. Ling, L. P. Rothfusz, T. C. Meyer, K. Berry, and D. M. Kingfield

11:45 AM
13A.6
Complimenting Optical Remote Sensing Data with Synthetic Aperture Radar Data to Investigate Severe Thunderstorm Damage to Vegetation
Jordan R. Bell, Univ. of Alabama—Huntsville, Huntsville, AL; and A. L. Molthan, L. A. Schultz, C. R. Hain, and F. J. Meyer
Recorded Presentation

Recording files available
Session 13B
Models and Data Assimilation to Enable and Accelerate the Transition of Research to Operations to Decision Makers, End Users and to the Public: Advanced Modeling and Data Assimilation Development
Location: North 232C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Ninth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations
Cochairs: Fanglin Yang, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC; Daryl Kleist, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC, College Park, MD USA
10:30 AM
13B.1
Global Environmental Multiscale Model with Height-Based Terrain-Following Vertical Coordinate for Improving Numerical Stability
Syed Zahid Husain, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Dorval, Canada; and C. Girard, A. Plante, A. Qaddouri, R. Aider, and S. Gaudreault
Recorded Presentation

10:45 AM
13B.2
Improving Storm Scale Ensemble Forecast Performance by Optimizing Multi-Scale Initial Condition Perturbations.
Aaron Johnson, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and X. Wang
Recorded Presentation

11:00 AM
13B.3
Nested Hyper-Resolution Modeling and Assimilation of Water Level Data Using WRF-Hydro, OpenDA and the Community Hydrologic Prediction System
Sunghee Kim, Univ. of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX; and S. Noh, D. J. Seo, E. Welles, E. Pelgrim, A. Weerts, B. Philip, E. Lyons, M. Smith, and E. Wells

11:15 AM
13B.4
R2O: Recent Development of Convective Scale Radar Data Assimilation and Ensemble Forecasting Capability to Improve NWS Operational Hazardous Weather Forecasts
Xuguang Wang, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and Y. Wang, A. Johnson, N. A. Gasperoni, D. C. Dowell, and J. R. Carley
Recorded Presentation

11:30 AM
13B.5
Evaluating the Impact of Improvement in the Horizontal Diffusion Parameterization on Hurricane Prediction in the Operational HWRF Model
Jun Zhang, NOAA/AOML/HRD, Miami, FL; and F. Marks, R. Rogers, J. A. Sippel, X. Zhang, S. Gopalakrishnan, Z. Zhang, and V. Tallapragada
Recorded Presentation

11:45 AM
13B.6
Research to Operations Activities of NASA's Short-Term Prediction Research and Transition (SPoRT) Center: Current and Future Missions and Capabilities
Christopher Hain, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL; and E. Berndt, C. J. Schultz, A. L. Molthan, and B. T. Zavodsky
Recorded Presentation

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Thursday, 10 January 2019


Lunch Break (Thurs)

12:45 PM-1:05 PM: Thursday, 10 January 2019


Daily Weather Briefings (Thurs)
Location: North 132ABC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

1:00 PM-4:00 PM: Thursday, 10 January 2019


Excursion

1:30 PM-2:30 PM: Thursday, 10 January 2019


Walter Orr Robert Lecture

1:30 PM-3:00 PM: Thursday, 10 January 2019

Recording files available
Session 14A
Special Case Studies for Research to Operations
Location: North 230 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Ninth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations
Cochairs: Thanh Vo Dinh, NOAA/NESDIS/Office of Projects, Planning and Analysis; Adam Steckel, NOAA/NESDIS/Office of Projects, Planning and Analysis
1:30 PM
14A.1
A Case for Operational Utility in Non-Traditional NWP Output Fields
Gary M. Lackmann, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC
Recorded Presentation

1:45 PM
14A.2
Exploration of Tropical Cyclone Rapid Intensification Using Hurricane GPROF and Impacts on Statistical-Dynamical Intensity Models
Kate D. Musgrave, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and P. J. Brown and J. Knaff

2:00 PM
14A.3
Communicating Wind Impacts from Atmospheric Rivers across the Eastern Sierra and Western Nevada
Brian Brong, NWS, Reno, NV

2:15 PM
14A.4
Application of an Algorithm Change Process to the GOES-R Ground Segment
Ryan Williams, Stellar Solutions, Inc., Chantilly, VA; and W. M. MacKenzie Jr., R. Race, and T. Feroli
Recorded Presentation

2:30 PM
14A.5
Social Scientific Research and Transition Activities for Probabilistic Hazard Information (PHI)
Kimberly E. Klockow-McClain, CIMMS, Norman, OK; and T. Adams, K. L. Nemunaitis-Berry, K. M. Calhoun, A. Gerard, J. J. James, D. LaDue, C. Ling, T. C. Meyer, H. Obermeier, S. J. Sanders, and C. A. Shivers-Williams

2:45 PM
14A.6
Assessing Options for Multi-Satellite Constellation Deployment for Maximum Societal Benefit
Louis Cantrell Jr., Profitable Weather, LLC, Fairfax, VA; and A. Pratt and D. Helms
Recorded Presentation

Recording files available
Session 14B
Models and Data Assimilation to Enable and Accelerate the Transition of Research to Operations to Decision Makers, End Users and to the Public in Weather, Water or Climate Applications: Testbeds
Location: North 232C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Ninth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations
Cochairs: Daryl Kleist, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC; Jennifer B. Webster, NOAA
1:30 PM
14B.1
An Overview of the 2018 Experimental Warning Program at the Hazardous Weather Testbed
Tiffany C. Meyer, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, and NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and K. Berry, M. A. Bowlan, K. M. Calhoun, P. A. Campbell, A. Gerard, J. J. Gourley, T. L. Hansen, K. E. Klockow-McClain, S. M. Martinaitis, H. Obermeier, G. J. Stumpf, and J. Wolfe
Recorded Presentation

1:45 PM
14B.2
Assessing the Impact of Stochastic Cloud Microphysics in High-Resolution Models Using GOES-16 Infrared Brightness Temperatures
Jason A. Otkin, Univ. of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI; and S. M. Griffin, G. Thompson, M. E. Frediani, J. Berner, and F. Kong
Recorded Presentation

2:00 PM
14B.3
Test of a Hybrid Data Assimilation Scheme for the Warn-on-Forecast Project During the HWT Spring Experiments in 2018
Yunheng Wang, CIMMS, Norman, OK; and J. Gao, P. S. Skinner, K. H. Knopfmeier, T. A. Jones, G. Creager, P. L. Heinselman, and L. J. Wicker
Recorded Presentation

2:15 PM
14B.4
Forecast System Development Activities Toward a Convective-Scale Ensemble for NOAA
Glen Romine, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. A. Sobash, D. C. Dowell, C. Schwartz, M. Wong, C. Alexander, and J. R. Carley
Recorded Presentation

2:30 PM
14B.5
Developmental Testbed Center: Facilitating R2O for Numerical Weather Prediction
Louisa Nance, NCAR and Developmental Testbed Center, Boulder, CO; and J. Beck, L. Bernardet, G. J. Firl, M. Hu, T. Jensen, E. Kalina, M. Marquis, K. M. Newman, J. Wolff, and C. Zhou
Recorded Presentation

2:45 PM
14B.6
MetWatch Forecasters’ First Evaluations of NSSL’s Experimental Warn-on-Forecast System for Ensembles (NEWS-e)
Pamela L. Heinselman, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and K. A. Wilson, A. Orrison, N. Yussouf, and P. S. Skinner
Recorded Presentation

3:00 PM-3:30 PM: Thursday, 10 January 2019


PM Coffee Break (Thurs)
Location: Meeting room foyers (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

3:30 PM-5:00 PM: Thursday, 10 January 2019

Recording files available
Session 15
Special Studies and Topics Enabling Transitions of Research to Operations
Location: North 230 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Ninth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations
Cochairs: Thanh Vo Dinh, NOAA/NESDIS/Office of Projects, Planning and Analysis; Justin Goldstein, NOAA/NESDIS/Office of Projects, Planning and Analysis
3:30 PM
15.1
A Real-Time JPSS Dashboard for Decision Makers under the Fire and Smoke and River, Ice and Flooding Initiatives: Accelerating Research to Operations (O2R)
Dave Jones, StormCenter Communications, Inc., Halethorpe, MD
Recorded Presentation

3:45 PM
15.2
Operational Products from New-Generation Operational Environment Satellites at Navy's Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center(FNMOC)
Yiping Wang, FNMOC, Monterey, CA; and J. Tesmer, J. Vermeulen, and P. J. Mccrone

4:00 PM
15.3
Transitioning a High-Resolution Weather Radar Proxy Capability Using the GOES-16 Satellite
Eric P. Hassey, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA; and M. S. Veillette, C. J. Mattioli, H. Iskenderian, and P. M. Lamey
Recorded Presentation

4:15 PM
15.4
NASA VIIRS-Like Cloud Property Algorithms for Next Generation Geostationary Imagers
Robert E. Holz, CIMSS, Madison, WI; and K. Meyer, S. Platnick, G. Wind, S. Ackerman, S. Dutcher, and R. Frey
Recorded Presentation

4:30 PM
15.5
On-Orbit Absolute Calibration of the Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder
Hu Yang, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, College Park, MD; and N. Sun, R. V. Leslie, K. L. Anderson, J. Lyu, E. J. Kim, Q. Liu, C. Smith, and L. McCormick
Recorded Presentation

4:45 PM
15.6
Provisional Validation of the NOAA-20 NOAA Unique Combined Atmospheric Processing System (NUCAPS)
Nicholas R. Nalli, IMSG, College Park, MD; and A. Gambacorta, C. Tan, T. Reale, B. Sun, F. Iturbide-Sanchez, J. X. Warner, C. Bloch, and L. Zhou
Recorded Presentation

5:00 PM-5:30 PM: Thursday, 10 January 2019


99th AMS Annual Meeting Adjourns
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