Phased Array Radar Symposium

Program Chairs: David Bodine , Univ. of Oklahoma ; Scott Collis , Argonne National Laboratory
Reviewers: Scott Ellis , NCAR ; Wen-Chau Lee , NCAR ; Mark C. Leifer , Ball Aerospace

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Sunday, 6 January 2019

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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

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 1
Phased-Array Radar Observations and Applications: Field Experiment Results
Location: North 128AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Phased Array Radar Symposium
Chair: Scott Ellis, NCAR
8:30 AM
1.1
Core Science Keynote: Phased-Array Radar Applications in Cloud and Precipitation Research
Pavlos Kollias, Stony Brook Univ., Stony Brook, NY
Recorded Presentation

9:00 AM
1.2
X-Band Phased-Array Weather-Radar Polarimetry Testbed: Bias Expectation and Preliminary Results
William Heberling, Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA; and S. J. Frasier, C. Wolsieffer, and M. Adam
Recorded Presentation

9:15 AM
1.3
Observations of Severe Storms by a Low-Power, Polarimetric, Phased-Array Mobile Radar
Robin Tanamachi, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN; and A. T. LaFleur, M. Sharma, S. J. Frasier, W. Heberling, and C. Wolsieffer
Recorded Presentation Manuscript (8.8 MB)

9:30 AM
1.4
System Description and Recent Observations from Front-X: A Dual-Polarization X-Band Phased-Array Radar
Alexander Morin, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and J. George and V. Chandrasekar
Recorded Presentation

9:45 AM
1.5
Overview of the Atmospheric Imaging Radar and Seven Years of Phased-Array Radar Field Experiments
David J. Bodine, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. M. Kurdzo, C. B. Griffin, A. Mahre, J. Lujan Jr., R. D. Palmer, T. Y. Yu, and B. M. Isom
Recorded Presentation

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 2
Weather and Forecasting Applications for an Operational Phased-Array Radar
Location: North 128AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Phased Array Radar Symposium
Chair: James M. Kurdzo, MIT Lincoln Laboratory
10:30 AM
2.1
Core Science Keynote: Findings from Phased-Array Radar Innovative Sensing Experiments
Pamela L. Heinselman, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK
Recorded Presentation

11:00 AM
2.2
Impact of Phased-Array Radar on Storm-Scale NWP Modeling for Severe Weather Prediction
Nusrat Yussouf, CIMMS/NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and Y. Jung, D. R. Stratman, T. A. Supinie, and B. J. Putnam
Recorded Presentation

11:15 AM
2.3
How an Agile-Beam Polarimetric Phased-Array Radar Can Add to the Observing Capabilities of the NWS
Dusan S. Zrnic, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and S. E. Koch, R. D. Palmer, M. E. Weber, K. D. Hondl, G. M. McFarquhar, and M. H. Jain
Recorded Presentation

11:30 AM
2.4
Comb Beam Transmission by Phased-Array Antenna for Troposphere-Adaptive Observation
Eiichi Yoshikawa, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Mitaka, Japan; and T. Ushio

11:45 AM
2.5
Using the SPARC Simulator to Study Data Quality and Adaptive Scanning for SENSR
Christopher D. Curtis, Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. B. Boettcher, F. Nai, D. Schvartzman, and S. M. Torres
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)

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
Panel Discussion 1
Panel Discussion: The Next-Generation Operational Weather Radar Network
Location: North 128AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Phased Array Radar Symposium
1:30 PM
PD1.1
Panel Discussion: The Next-Generation Operational Weather Radar Network
Mark E. Weber, Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies, Norman, OK; and J. Pica, C. D. Curtis, I. R. Ivic, D. Conway, and J. Y. N. Cho
Recorded Presentation

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
Session 3
Emerging Surface, Airborne, and Spaceborne Phased-Array Radar Technologies
Location: North 128AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Phased Array Radar Symposium
Chair: Mark C. Leifer, Ball Aerospace
3:00 PM
3.1
A Summary of Recent Activities on the Airborne Phased-Array Radar (APAR) Development
Louis L. Lussier III, NCAR, Broomfield, CO; and G. H. Bryan, C. Burghart, C. A. Davis, M. Dixon, J. M. Emmett, V. Grubišić, A. Karboski, R. M. Lebron, W. C. Lee, E. Loew, M. Lord, K. W. Manning, J. A. Moore, J. Ranson, S. Rauenbuehler, J. Salazar, P. S. Tsai, J. Vivekanandan, C. A. Wolff, and K. Zrubek
Recorded Presentation

3:15 PM
3.2
An Overview of Phased-Array Weather Radar Research and Development at the Advanced Radar Research Center at the University of Oklahoma
Robert D. Palmer, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
Recorded Presentation

3:30 PM
3.3
Element-Level Digital Array for Multifunction Phased-Array Radar
David Conway, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Lexington, MA
Recorded Presentation

Handout (2.7 MB)

3:45 PM
3.4
A Ka-Band Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) Line Feed for Future Spaceborne Radar
Lihua Li, NASA GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and P. Stenger, P. Racette, G. M. Heymsfield, M. Mclinden, M. E. Cooley, and T. Spence

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 1
Phased-Array Radar Symposium Poster Session
Location: Hall 4 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Phased Array Radar Symposium
730
Airborne Polarimetric Doppler Weather Radar: Possible Beam-Forming Architectures
J. Vivekanandan, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and E. Loew, A. Karboski, and B. Hwang

731
Detection Performance of Meteorological Radars: Reflector and Phased-Array Antennas
Richard Ice, Centuria Corporation, Norman, OK; and A. E. Daniel

Handout (393.2 kB)

732
An Efficient Method for Analyzing PAR-Observed Tornadic Mesocyclones and Designing PAR Adaptive Scans
Qin Xu, NSSL, Norman, OK; and L. Wei and K. Nai
Manuscript (842.4 kB)

Handout (785.1 kB)

733
The NCAR/EOL 449-MHz Wind Profilers
John Sobtzak, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and W. O. J. Brown, A. Lee, T. Hock, and C. Martin

Handout (1.2 MB)

809A
Architecture for and Weather Products Resulting from the Netted Operation of the Raytheon LPR
David L. Pepyne, Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA; and E. J. Knapp, M. D. Dubois, and E. Peltier

735
Effects of Phased-Array Broadside Beamwidth Shapes on Velocity Signatures of Modeled Vortices: Simulation Study
Vincent T. Wood, NOAA, Norman, OK; and R. P. Davies-Jones

Handout (504.0 kB)

736
High-Temporal-Resolution Observations of Tornadogenesis and Tornado Decay Using the Atmospheric Imaging Radar
Casey B. Griffin, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and D. J. Bodine, A. Mahre, J. M. Kurdzo, J. Lujan Jr., and R. D. Palmer

Handout (6.8 MB)

737
High-Temporal-Resolution Observations of Weak-Echo Reflectivity Bands and Momentum Surges in the 16 May 2017 Wheeler, Texas, Tornado
Casey B. Griffin, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and D. J. Bodine, J. Lujan Jr., and R. D. Palmer

Handout (6.8 MB)

738
Polarimetric Radar Observations with Multiparameter Phased-Array Radar (MP-PAWR) in the Tokyo Area
Tomoo Ushio, Tokyo Metropolitan Univ., Hino, Tokyo, Japan; and H. Kikuchi, T. Suezawa, and A. Onuki

739
30-s Cycle LETKF Assimilation of Dual-Phased Array Weather Radar Observations to Short-Range Convective Forecasts
James Taylor, RIKEN Center for Computational Science, Kobe, Japan; and G. Y. Lien, Y. Maejima, S. Satoh, and T. Miyoshi

740
Using the Atmospheric Imaging Radar to Study Vortex Dynamics and Debris Processes
Andrew Mahre, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and C. B. Griffin, D. J. Bodine, J. M. Kurdzo, R. D. Palmer, and T. Y. Yu

741
Digital Predistortion for Phased-Array Radar
Kyuil Hwang, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and E. Loew

Handout (662.4 kB)

787A
Calibration of a Dual-Polarization Planar Phased-Array Radar Using a Far-Field Tower
Daniel J. Wasielewski, NSSL, Norman, OK; and I. R. Ivic and J. R. Mendoza

743
Approaches for Compression of Phased-Array Weather Radar Data
Qiangyu Zeng, Chengdu Univ. of Information Technology, Chengdu, China; and J. He, S. Zhao, and H. Wang

744
Development of Multiple-Parameter Phased-Array Weather Radar
Tetsuya Kobayashi, Toshiba Infrastructure Systems and Solutions Corporation, Kawasaki, Japan; and F. Mizutani, M. Wada, A. Yamada, H. Goto, A. Watanabe, N. Takahashi, H. Hanado, and T. Ushio

745
Interference Elimination via Minimum Mean Square Error on Phased-Array Weather Radar Using Angular Imaging Technique
Taihei Uchida, Tokyo Metropolitan Univ., Tokyo, Japan; and E. Yoshikawa, H. Kikuchi, N. Takizawa, T. Mega, and T. Ushio

746
Bistatic Weather Radar System Analysis
David J. McLaughlin, Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA; and M. D. Dubois, E. J. Knapp, E. Peltier, and L. Sankey

747
Advancing Flash Flooding Early Warning Using a Proxy for PAR Observations
Yixin Wen, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and T. J. Schuur, H. Vergara, and C. M. Kuster

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)
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