Program: 10th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations (100th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting)

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: 251 (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)

Hosts: (Joint between the 10th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; the 16th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; and the Third Conference on Earth Observing SmallSats )

Cochairs: Martin Yapur, NOAA/NESDIS/Office of Projects, Planning and Analysis; P. Millar, NASA

8:30 AM

J1.1

RainCube one year after completing its mission: what we have learned and what lies ahead

Simone Tanelli, JPL/CalTech, Pasadena, CA; and S. S. Joshi, O. O. Sy, G. Sacco, R. M. Beauchamp, N. Rouse, E. Peral, B. Ortloff, D. Price, R. Rodriguez-Monje, Z. S. Haddad, G. Stephens, E. Im, M. Lebsock, C. J. Shaffer, A. Williams, and T. Mosher

8:45 AM

J1.2

One Year of Operational Overlap of the Compact Spectral Irradiance Monitor (CSIM) with the Total and Spectral Solar Irradiance Sensor (TSIS-1) Spectral Irradiance Monitor (SIM)

Erik Richard, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and D. Harber, W. Zheng, M. Chambliss, T. Woods, and P. Pilewskie

9:00 AM

J1.3

Global Observations from a Science-Quality Millimeter-wave Atmospheric Sounding Radiometer on a CubeSat to Improve Weather Forecasting: Temporal Experiment for Storms and Tropical Systems Demonstration (TEMPEST-D)

S. C. Reising, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and T. C. Gaier, S. T. Brown, S. Padmanabhan, C. Kummerow, W. Berg, B. H. Lim, V. Chandrasekar, C. Heneghan, R. Schulte, Y. Goncharenko, C. Radhakrishnan, M. Pallas, D. Laczkowski, A. Bullard, and J. Adams

9:15 AM

J1.4

The CubeSat Radiometer Radio Frequency Interference Technology (CubeRRT) Validation Mission Operations and Development of Software Simulation Tools for Future Resource Constrained Observing Systems

Chris Ball, Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH; and M. Abu Shattal, J. DeLong, R. Linnabary, C. McKelvey, G. Smith, A. O'Brien, J. Johnson, S. Misra, J. R. Piepmeier, D. Laczkowski, and N. Monahan

9:30 AM

J1.5

The Global Environmental Monitoring Systems (GEMS) Constellation of Passive Microwave Satellites

Albin Gasiewski, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and M. Hurowitz, D. W. Gallaher, B. T. Sanders, W. Hosack, R. McAllister, F. McAllister, D. M. Kraft, R. Belter, R. Carter, G. Sasaki, K. Zhang, and L. Periasamy

9:45 AM

J1.6

Technology advancements and concepts for IR grating spectrometer sounders for CubeSats and SmallSats at NASA JPL

Thomas S. Pagano, JPL, Pasadena, CA

Session 1

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, Advanced Modeling and DA Development & Testbeds

Location: 252A (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)

Host: 10th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations

Cochairs: Vijay Tallapragada, NOAA/NWS/NCEP; David Helms, NOAA/NESDIS/Office of Projects, Planning and Analysis

8:30 AM

1.1

The Community Terrestrial System Model: Facilitating the Transition of Land Model Research to Operations for Applications Spanning Weather to Climate

Michael Barlage, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and D. Lawrence, N. Sobhani, and W. J. Sacks

8:45 AM

1.2

Recent Progress in COAMPS R2O Transition to Navy Operation

Sue Chen, NRL, Monterey, CA; and J. Nachamkin, X. Hong, J. Tsu, and A. L. Walker

9:00 AM

1.3

Progress in building formal approaches for regional ensemble prediction system development

Glen S. Romine, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and D. C. Dowell, R. A. Sobash, C. Schwartz, M. Wong, C. Alexander, and J. R. Carley

9:15 AM

1.4

Using NSSL’s Experimental Warn-on-Forecast System to Message Uncertainty in High-Impact Convective Events

Chad M. Gravelle, NOAA/NWS/Southern Region Headquarters, Fort Worth, TX; and K. A. Wilson, P. Skinner, and P. L. Heinselman

9:30 AM

1.5

Evaluation of FV3-SAR Initialized by Multiscale Hybrid EnVar Analyses for Convection Allowing Hazardous Weather Forecasting

Nicholas A. Gasperoni, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and X. Wang, C. R. Alexander, and J. R. Carley

9:45 AM

1.6

Transition of the Basin-Scale Hurricane Weather Research and Forecasting Model to Operations

Ghassan J. Alaka Jr., NOAA/AOML/HRD, Miami, FL; and B. Thomas, X. Zhang, A. Mehra, S. Gopalakrishnan, and F. Marks

AM Coffee Break (Monday)

Session 2

Testbeds to Enable & Accelerate Transitions of R2O to Decision Makers, End Users & the Public in Weather, Water or Climate Applications e.g. Hazardous Weather Testbed [HWT] & Hydrometeorological Testbed [HMT] -Part I

Location: 252A (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)

Host: 10th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations

Cochairs: Alan E. Gerard, NOAA/OAR/NSSL; Kodi Nemunaitis-Berry, NOAA/OAR/NSSL

10:30 AM

2.1

Joint Technology Transfer Initiative: A Research to Operations Transition Program in NOAA

Chandra R. Kondragunta, NOAA/OAR/Office of Weather and Air Quality, Silver Spring, MD; and B. Lapenta and H. L. Tolman

10:45 AM

2.2

The 2019 NOAA Hazardous Weather Testbed Spring Forecasting Experiment

Adam J. Clark, NOAA/OAR/NSSL, Norman, OK; and I. L. Jirak, B. T. Gallo, B. Roberts, S. J. Weiss, L. J. Wicker, S. R. Dembek, M. Xue, F. Kong, K. W. Thomas, C. Zhang, K. H. Knopfmeier, G. J. Creager, K. Brewster, Y. Jung, G. Romine, C. R. Alexander, X. Wang, S. M. Willington, Y. Wang, A. Johnson, L. Harris, T. A. Supinie, A. R. Dean, K. A. Wilson, M. J. Krocak, K. Hoogewind, P. L. Heinselman, J. J. Choate, and C. Potvin

11:00 AM

2.3

Incorporating End Users in Hazardous Weather Testbed Experiments

Kodi Nemunaitis-Berry, NSSL, Norman, OK; and H. Obermeier, K. M. Calhoun, T. C. Meyer, K. E. Klockow-McClain, D. LaDue, Z. Stanford, and A. Gerard

11:15 AM

2.4

Key Highlights from the Hazardous Weather Testbed: Experimental Warning Program 2019

Tiffany C. Meyer, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, and NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and A. V. Bates, K. Berry, K. M. Calhoun, P. A. Campbell, A. Gerard, J. J. Gourley, K. E. Klockow-McClain, S. M. Martinaitis, J. W. Monroe, B. R. Smith, and G. J. Stumpf

11:30 AM

2.5

Transitioning the Tropical Cyclone Logistic Guidance for Genesis (TCLOGG) forecast tool to the National Hurricane Center via the Joint Hurricane Testbed

Daniel J. Halperin, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach, FL; and R. E. Hart and A. Brammer

11:45 AM

2.6

'An Overview of the 2019 Aviation Weather Testbed Summer Experiment'

Stephanie Avey, NWS/NCEP/AWC, Kansas City, MO; and A. Cross, R. M. Hepper, and S. Alvidrez

Joint Session 4

Space-Based Lidar Applications

Location: 210C (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)

Hosts: (Joint between the 10th Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications; and the 10th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations )

Chair: Sharon Rodier, SSAI

10:30 AM

J4.1

The Atmospheric Measurements of ICESat-2

Stephen P. Palm, SSAI, Greenbelt, MD; and Y. Yang and U. Herzfeld

10:45 AM

J4.2

Cloud-Aerosol Transport System (CATS) Single-Wavelength Data Products and Performance

John E. Yorks, NASA, Greenbelt, MD; and M. J. McGill, E. P. Nowottnick, and P. Selmer

11:00 AM

J4.3

A Global Analysis of Dust Diurnal Variability Using CATS Observations

Yan Yu, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA; and O. Kalashnikova, M. Garay, H. Lee, M. Choi, G. S. Okin, J. E. Yorks, and J. R. Campbell

11:15 AM

J4.4

Global Cloud and Surface Properties from ICESat-2 Observations: Preliminary Results

Yuekui Yang, NASA, Greenbelt, MD; and S. P. Palm and U. Herzfeld

11:30 AM

J4.5

Using CALIOP to Evaluate Cirrus Cloud Detection Proficiencies in GOES-16 ABI 1.378 um Channel Imagery

James R. Campbell, NRL, Monterey, CA; and T. M. McHardy, D. A. Peterson, A. Garnier, R. L. Bankert, E. K. Dolinar, and X. Dong

11:45 AM

J4.6

Column Optical Depths Derived from CALIOP Ocean Surface Returns

Robert Ryan, SSAI, Hampton, VA; and M. A. Vaughan and D. M. Winker

Joint Session 5

Advances in CubeSats and SmallSats to Improve Earth Science, Weather Forecasting, Space Weather Prediction, Hydrology Studies or Climate Monitoring -Part II

Location: 251 (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)

Hosts: (Joint between the 10th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; the 16th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; and the Third 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

J5.1

Enabling Global Observations of Cloud Ice Particle Size and Water Vapor Sounding to Improve Understanding of the Role of Clouds in Climate and Weather Prediction: Tropospheric Water and Cloud ICE (TWICE) 6U CubeSat Instrument

S. C. Reising, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and P. Kangaslahti, W. Deal, E. Schlecht, J. Jiang, M. Ogut, Y. Goncharenko, I. Ramos, X. Bosch-Lluis, B. Kilmer, A. Skalare, R. Cofield, N. Chahat, S. Padmanabhan, S. T. Brown, A. Zamora, C. Cooke, K. Leong, S. Shih, and G. Mei

10:45 AM

J5.2

Evolution of the Multi-Angle Stratospheric Aerosol Radiometer

Matthew G. kowalewski, NASA GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; USRA, Columbia, MD; and M. T. DeLand, P. R. Colarco, L. Ramos-Izquierdo, W. Mamakos, and A. J. Digregorio

11:00 AM

J5.3

Galago-1: A Compact Day-Night Band Sensor Pathfinder

Kelly Collett, The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, CA

11:15 AM

J5.4

Comparing a CubeSat with VIIRS: What we learned from the CUbesat MULtispectral Observing System - CUMULOS

Dee W. Pack, The Aerospace Corporation, Los Angeles, CA; and S. Miller, C. M. Coffman, J. R. Santiago, C. J. Seaman, S. kidder, C. Combs, and G. Chirokova

11:30 AM

J5.5

Update on the Stratospheric Water Inventory: Tomography of ConvectiveHydration (SWITCH) project.

Nathaniel Livesey, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and A. J. Tang, W. G. Read, G. Chattopadhyay, R. Jarnot, C. Felten, R. Stachnik, and F. Werner

11:45 AM

J5.6

Computational Reconfigurable Imaging Spectrometer (CRISP)

Adam Milstein, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA; and Y. Rachlin, C. Wynn, R. Sullenberger, C. Smeaton, P. Chapnik, and S. Leman

Lunch Break (Monday)

The NASA Earth Science Flight Program - Investments In And Planning For The Next-Generation Earth Observatories: NASA HQ

Hosts: (Joint between the Town Hall Meetings; and the 10th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations )

Organizer: Robert Bauer, NASA Earth Science Technology Office

Facilitator: Stephen A. Mango, NOAA/NESDIS/Office of Projects, Planning and Analysis

Session 3A

Testbeds to Enable & Accelerate Transitions of R2O to Decision Makers, End Users & the Public in Weather, Water or Climate Applications e.g. Hazardous Weather Testbed [HWT] & Hydrometeorological Testbed [HMT] -Part II

Location: 252A (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)

Host: 10th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations

Cochairs: Chandra R. Kondragunta, NOAA/OAR/Office of Weather and Air Quality; James A. Nelson, NOAA Weather Prediction Center

2:00 PM

3.1

The Weather Prediction Center Development and Training Branch: R2O Activities within the Hydormeteorological Testbed (HMT)

James Alan Nelson Jr., Weather Prediction Center, College Park, MD

2:15 PM

3.2

The 7th Annual Flash Flood and Intense Rainfall Experiment Part 2: An Objective Overview of the Experimental Models and Ensembles Used in FFaIR 2019

Benjamin Albright, Systems Research Group, Inc., College Park, MD; and S. Trojniak, M. Erickson, M. Klein, and J. A. Nelson

2:30 PM

3.3

The 7th Annual Flash Flood and Intense Rainfall (FFaIR) Experiment Part 1: An Overview of the Subjective Verification of the Experimental Products Used in FFaIR 2019

Sarah Trojniak, Systems Research Group, Inc., College Park, MD; and B. Albright, M. Erickson, M. Klein, and J. A. Nelson Jr.

2:45 PM

3.4

SAR-FV3 Storm-Scale Ensemble Forecasts (CAPS SSEF) and Ensemble Consensus Products for the 2019 HMT FFaIR Experiment

Keith A. Brewster, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and N. Snook, F. Kong, M. Xue, T. A. Supinie, C. Zhang, and K. W. Thomas

3:00 PM

3.5

Probabilistic Quantitative Precipitation Estimates with Ground-Based Radar Networks

Pierre-Emmanuel Kirstetter, NSSL, Norman, OK; Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and M. Simpson, J. Zhang, S. M. Martinaitis, J. J. Gourley, and N. Indik

3:15 PM

3.6

A Path Towards Short-Term Probabilistic Flash Flood Prediction

Steven M. Martinaitis, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma and NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and J. J. Gourley, K. A. Wilson, N. Yussouf, K. Berry, H. Vergara, P. L. Heinselman, T. C. Meyer, J. W. Monroe, and A. Vergara

3:30 PM

3.7

Advancement of integrated winter weather forecasts in the Great Lakes region: Linking operational weather, lake, ice models, and user engagement

Ayumi Fujisaki-Manome, Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research, Ann Arbor, MI; Climate & Space Sciences and Engineering, Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; and G. E. Mann, E. J. Anderson, P. Y. Chu, L. E. Fitzpatrick, G. A. Lang, E. P. James, S. G. Benjamin, C. Alexander, J. G. W. Kelley, Y. Chen, and M. Rostaminia

3:45 PM

3.8

Montecito mudslides 2018 revisited

Diandong Ren, Curtin Univ. of Technology, Perth, Australia

Session 3B

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

Location: 251 (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)

Host: 10th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations

Cochairs: Eric J. Fetzer, JPL/California Institute of Technology; Stephen A. Mango, NOAA/NESDIS/Office of Projects, Planning and Analysis

2:00 PM

4.1

Establish Operational Earth Observation Data Continuity Using VIIRS and METimage

S. Uprety, Univ. of Maryland/CISESS, College Park, MD; and C. Cao, B. Zhang, and X. Shao

2:15 PM

4.2

Preparing for the next generation of Hyperspectral Infrared Sounders

S. Kalluri, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR, College Park, MD; and C. Cao and F. Iturbide-Sanchez

2:30 PM

4.3

Validation of the Vapor In-cloud Profiling Radar

M. Lebsock, JPL/California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA; and R. Roy, L. F. Millan, and K. Cooper

2:45 PM

4.4

Airborne Lidar Observations of Water Vapor Profiles and Planetary Boundary Layer Heights - Prospects for Future SmallSat Missions

Amin R. Nehrir, NASA, Hampton, VA; and R. A. Barton-Grimley, S. A. Kooi, J. Collins, and K. M. Bedka

3:00 PM

4.5

Toward a New Warning Method of Threats-in-Motion: Improving Warning Lead and Departure Times with Innovative Hazard Communication and Dissemination Techniques

Alyssa V. Bates, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma and NWS Warning Decision Training Division, Norman, OK; and G. J. Stumpf, K. E. klockow-McClain, A. Gerard, J. G. LaDue, G. M. Schoor, P. T. Marsh, K. Nemunaitis-Berry, H. Obermeier, P. A. Campbell, K. M. Kuhlman, T. C. Meyer, and T. M. Smith

Formal Poster Viewing Reception (Mon)

Poster Session 1

10R2O Poster Session I

Location: Hall B1 (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)

Host: 10th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations

Cochairs: Stephen A. Mango, NOAA/NESDIS/Office of Projects, Planning and Analysis; Eric Fetzer, JPL/California Institute of Technology

Land Cover Influence on Detection of Hail Swaths Using GOES Advanced Baseline Imager

Samantha L. Koehler, NWS, Sioux Falls, SD; and P. N. Schumacher and K. Gallo

Adding tropical cyclone genesis verification capabilities to the Model Evaluation Tools (MET+)

Daniel J. Halperin, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach, FL; and K. M. Newman, J. E. Halley Gotway, and T. L. Jensen

Improve Surface Analysis for 3D-RTMA

G. Ge, CIRES and NOAA/ESRL/GSD, Boulder, CO; and M. Hu, S. Benjamin, S. Weygandt, and C. Alexander

Research-to-Operations (R2O) processes for better translation of scientific knowledge into operational algorithms

A. Russakoff, IMSG, College Park, MD; and B. Helgans, A. Ken, T. S. King, and W. Wolf

Capabilities of the EUMETSAT Polar System Second Generation Ice Cloud Imager

T. Greenwald, Univ. of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI; and A. Heidinger

NEW TECHNICAL ASSESSMENT OF HAZE AND VISIBILITY OBSERVATION

jingli wang, Institute of Urban Meteorology, China Meteorological Administration, Beijing, China, Beijing, China

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Panel Discussion 1

Best Practices, Private-Public Partnerships and multi-community efforts for the Transition of R2O in the Weather, Water and Climate Enterprises including successes, failures and lessons learned -Part I [Panel Discussion]

Location: 252A (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)

Host: 10th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations

Moderator: Craig McLean, NOAA/OAR

Facilitators: John Pereira, Raytheon; Margaret Caulfield, NOAA/NESDIS (Retired)

8:30 AM

PD1.1

A Simplified NCEP Prediction Suite for the NWS (Invited Presentation)

Brian Gross, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, COLLEGE PARK, MD

PD1.2

Transitioning Research to Operations: A Program and Laboratory Perspective

John V. Cortinas Jr., OAR, Miami, FL

PD1.3

Towards an Operational NOAA GEO Hyperspectral Infrared Sounder

Dr. Elsayed R Talaat, NOAA, Silver Spring, MD; NOAA, Silver Spring, MD; and D. L. W. Uccellini and D. S. M. Volz

PD1.4

Experiences with Tech Transfer from the Perspective of a Foot-Soldier in OAR

Heather D. Reeves, OU/CIMMS and NOAA/OAR/NSSL, Norman, OK

PD1.5

Operationalizing New Radar Technology Developed by Industry

Nicolas Powell, Raytheon Corporation, Colorado Springs, CO; and K. F. Brueske

9:00 AM

Panel Discussion

Session 4

R2O Progress in GNSS Radio Occultations and Reflectometry for Numerical Weather Prediction, Ionospheric Studies & Prediction and Ocean Surface Properties

Location: 251 (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)

Host: 10th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations

Cochairs: Shu-Peng (Ben) Ho, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR; C. Cao, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR

8:30 AM

5.1

RO data exploitation to optimize impact of COSMIC-2 to improve global and hurricane numerical weather forecasts at NOAA

Lidia Cucurull, NOAA/AOML, Miami, FL; and K. Rosado, R. A. Anthes, and R. J. Purser

8:45 AM

5.2

GNSS-RO data assimilation advancement and implementation at JCSDA and NCEP

Hui Shao, JCSDA, College Park, MD; and H. zhang, S. Dutta, F. vandenberghe, J. Yoe, A. Collard, D. Kleist, and T. Auligné

9:00 AM

5.3

The 17-year Radio Occultation Meteorology Satellite Application Facility (ROM SAF) Radio Occultation Climate Data Record

Kent B. Lauritsen, Danish Meteorological Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark; and H. Gleisner, J. Nielsen, and S. Syndergaard

9:15 AM

5.4

Intercomparison of Hyperspectral Infrared Sounders with Simulated Radiances from GNSS-RO Inputs

Erin M. Lynch, CICS, College Park, MD; and F. Iturbide-Sanchez, S. Ho, and C. Cao

9:30 AM

5.5

Error Assessments in the GNSS Radio Occultation Excess Phase/Bending Angle Calculation

B. Zhang, CISESS/ESSIC, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD; and S. Ho, X. Shao, and C. Cao

9:45 AM

5.6

NOAA Integrated Cal/Val System for Radio Occultation Performance Monitoring and Data Quality Assurance

xinjia zhou, GST inc., Greenbelt, MD; NOAA, College Park, MD; and S. Ho and C. Cao

Joint Session 12

National and international program overviews for environmental satellites (Invited)

Location: 253B (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)

Hosts: (Joint between the 16th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the 10th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; the Third Conference on Earth Observing SmallSats; and the Eighth AMS Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation (JCSDA) )

Cochairs: Mitch Goldberg, NESDIS; D. Lindsey, NOAA/NESDIS/GOES-R

8:30 AM

J12.1

A Future of Collaboration: the Continuing Evolution of a Global Integrated Observing System (Invited Presentation)

Stephen Volz, NOAA Assistant Administrator for Satellite and Information Services, Silver Spring, MD

9:00 AM

J12.2

Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS): The Suomi NPP and NOAA-20 Successes Assure a Bright Future for NOAA’s Support to its Key Stakeholders (Invited Presentation)

Greg Mandt, JPSS, Lanham, MD

9:15 AM

J12.3

GOES East Meets West (Invited Presentation)

P. Sullivan, NOAA, Greenbelt, MD

9:30 AM

J12.4

The EUMETSAT Satellite Programmes – a cornerstone of the space-based global observing system (Invited Presentation)

K. Holmlund, Chief Scientist - European Organisation for Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT), Darmstadt, Germany; and P. Schluessel, J. Grandell, D. Klaes, R. Munro, and B. Bojkov

AM Coffee Break (Tuesday)

Session 5A

Best Practices, Private-Public Partnerships and multi-community efforts for the Transition of Research to Operations in the Weather, Water and Climate Enterprises including successes, failures and lessons learned -Part II

Location: 252A (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)

Host: 10th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations

Cochairs: John Pereira, Raytheon; Margaret Caulfield, NOAA/NESDIS (Retired)

10:30 AM

6.1

The Unified Forecast System: Improving Research to Operations

Richard B. Rood, Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; and H. L. Tolman

10:45 AM

6.2

Unified Forecast System Development and Operational Implementation Plans at NCEP/EMC

Vijay Tallapragada, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, College Park, MD

11:00 AM

6.3

A Community Workflow for the Stand-Alone Regional (SAR) Configuration of the FV3

Gerard Ketefian, NOAA/ESRL/GSD and Univ. of Colorado/CIRES, Boulder, CO; and J. Beck, C. Alexander, L. Reames, G. Gayno, D. Heinzeller, L. Pan, T. Smirnova, J. Purser, D. Jovic, T. Black, J. Abeles, J. Wolff, L. Carson, J. Schramm, M. J. Kavulich Jr., J. R. Carley, and B. T. Blake

11:15 AM

6.4

Collaborative Efforts on the Transition of MRMS Multi-Sensor Precipitation Estimation from Research to Operations

Steven M. Martinaitis, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma and NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and A. P. Osborne, M. Simpson, C. Langston, J. Zhang, and K. W. Howard

11:30 AM

6.5

Enabling an Operational, Coupled Modelling and Observing System to Assess Water Quality in the Lake George, New York Watershed

Lloyd Treinish, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY; and C. D. Watson, G. Auger, E. Dow, M. Tewari, M. Henderson, A. Praino, M. R. Kelly, V. W. Moriarty, J. Ma, M. Passow, A. C. N. Junior, A. B. Buoro, and H. Kolar

11:45 AM

6.6

Lessons Learned from a Multi-Sector Partnership for Severe Weather Warning Research-to-Operations

Brenda J. Philips, Univ. of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA; and V. Chandrasekar, E. Lyons, A. Bajaj, and A. Everly

Session 5B

Emerging Technologies for Earth or Space Sciences to Address Unmet, Targeted Needs/Requirements in the Research or Operational Communities

Location: 251 (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)

Host: 10th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations

Cochairs: Martin Yapur, NOAA/NESDIS/Office of Projects, Planning and Analysis; Eric Miller, NOAA/NESDIS/Office of Projects, Planning and Analysis

10:30 AM

7.1

Flying a U.S. Hyperspectral IR Sounder at GEO: Trade Study and Business Case

Elsayed Talaat, NOAA/NESDIS, Sil, MD; and L. W. Uccellini, D. Whiteley, P. Weir, P. E. Ardanuy, S. E. Sussan, and D. Vassiliadis

11:00 AM

7.2

Flying a U.S. Hyperspectral IR Sounder at GEO: New Potential for U.S. Economic Benefits

Elsayed Talaat, NOAA/NESDIS, Sil, MD; and M. Grasso, D. Whiteley, P. Weir, C. Lauer, J. Adkins, P. E. Ardanuy, S. E. Sussan, and D. Vassiliadis

11:30 AM

7.3

Initial results from airborne tests of the Compact Midwave Imaging System

M. A. Kelly, Applied Physics Laboratory/The Johns Hopkins Univ., Laurel, MD; and D. L. Wu, J. D. Boldt, A. C. Goldberg, I. Papusha, J. L. Carr, R. Demajistre, A. K. Heidinger, and R. O. Stoffler

Lunch Break (Tuesday)

Progress in Using Satellite Observations to Help Monitor, Understand and eventually Predict and Warn of Extreme Events especially Volcanic Eruptions, Seismic Activity, Earthquakes and Tsunami: Focus - Earth’s Volatile Ring of Fire

Hosts: (Joint between the Side Panels; and the 10th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations )

Organizer: Gary McWilliams, NESDIS JPSS Program Office/Science and Technology Corporation

Facilitator: Stephen A. Mango, NOAA/NESDIS/Office of Projects, Planning and Analysis

Session 6A

Best Practices, Private-Public Partnerships and multi-community efforts for the Transition of Research to Operations in the Weather, Water and Climate Enterprises including successes, failures and lessons learned -Part III

Location: 252A (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)

Host: 10th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations

Cochairs: Margaret Caulfield, NOAA/NESDIS (Retired); Adam Steckel, NOAA/NESDIS/Office of Projects, Planning and Analysis

1:30 PM

8.1

Emphasizing Research Transitions in a Notice of Funding Opportunity

Matthew C. Mahalik, NOAA/OAR/OWAQ, Silver Spring, MD; and K. Boyd, B. Lapenta, and J. Opatz

1:45 PM

8.2

Evolving R2O in the era of “big data” meteorology

J. Gerth, SSEC/UW-Madison, Madison, WI

2:00 PM

8.3

Streamlining Research to Operations by Utilizing Best Practices with NOAA’s VLab

Kenneth S. Sperow, CIRA NOAA/NWS, Arroyo Grande, CA; and J. E. Burks and S. B. Smith

2:15 PM

8.4

Using the jointly-branded ANSI compliant standard as a form of R2O to improve post-storm assessments of damaging wind

J. G. LaDue, NOAA/NWS/Office of Chief Learning Officer/Warning Decision Training Division, Norman, OK; and M. Levitan, C. standohar-Alfano, D. B. Roueche, P. Scott, T. M. Brown-Giammanco, A. womble, J. Wurman, F. T. Lombardo, C. D. Karstens, C. J. Peterson, and W. Coulbourne

Session 6B

Significant Role of Calibration/Validation in the Transition of Research to Operations to Provide the Science-to-Operations-to-Societal Benefits

Location: 251 (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)

Host: 10th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations

Cochairs: Erin Lynch, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR; Jennifer Webster, NOAA/NESDIS/Office of Projects, Planning and Analysis

1:30 PM

9.1

Smallsat data quality assurance in the transition from research to operations

C. Cao, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR, College Park, MD; and X. Shao, K. J. Garrett, S. Ho, F. Iturbide-Sanchez, and P. Weir

1:45 PM

9.2

CALIBRATION AND VALIDATION OF NOAA-20 ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY MICROWAVE SOUNDER FOR WEATHER FORECASTING

Q. Liu, STAR, College Park, MD; and H. Yang and N. Sun

2:00 PM

9.3

Thermodynamic climatology of the disturbed stratospheric polar vortex used for statistical optimization of radio occultation data

Zhen Zeng, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and S. Sokolovskiy

2:15 PM

9.4

Development of a WPC “Practically Perfect” Verification as a Product for the Excessive Rainfall Outlook

Michael J. Erickson, NOAA/NWS/Weather Prediction Center, College Park, MD; and B. Albright and J. A. Nelson

PM Coffee Break (Tuesday)

Session 7

Best Practices, Private-Public Partnerships and multi-community efforts for the Transition of Research to Operations in the Weather, Water and Climate Enterprises including successes, failures and lessons learned -Part IV

Location: 252A (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)

Host: 10th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations

Cochairs: David Helms, NOAA/NESDIS/Office of Projects, Planning and Analysis; Jennifer Webster, NOAA/NESDIS/Office of Projects, Planning and Analysis

3:00 PM

10.1

The Significant Role of Verification in Achieving More Automated Routine Forecast Production in Australia

Michael Foley, BoM, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; and A. Farrell, M. Collopy, D. Griffiths, and N. Loveday

3:15 PM

10.2

Enabling the Verification and Validation of Environmental Prediction Systems using the Model Evaluation Tool Software Suite and Amazon Web Services

Jason J Levit, NWS, College Park, MD; and T. Jensen, B. Strong, K. S. Sperow, and D. P. Ruth

3:30 PM

10.3

AWIPS2 Transition at the National Hurricane Center

Christopher Mello, NWS/NCEP, Miami, FL

3:45 PM

10.4

Developing a Lake Effect Snow Climatology for the Southern Lake Erie Snowbelt

Dallas McKinney, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY

Joint Session 28

Transitioning Artificial Intelligence (AI) Prediction Systems to Operations

Location: 251 (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)

Hosts: (Joint between the 10th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; and the 19th Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science )

Cochairs: John K. Williams, The Weather Company, An IBM Business; Daniel Rothenberg, ClimaCell Inc.

3:00 PM

J28.1

AI for Earth: Building an Extensible, Distributed API Pipeline Platform for Artificial Intelligence

Patrick Flickinger, Microsoft, Redmond, WA

3:15 PM

J28.2

Lightning Prediction for Space Launch Using Machine Learning Based on Electric Field Mills and Lighting Detection and Ranging Data.

Anson Cheng, AFIT = Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH; and A. J. Geyer

3:30 PM

J28.3

Predicting Weather Conditions Utilizing Artificial Neural Networks for C-17 Mission Planning

Garrett A Alarcon, AFIT = Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH; and A. J. Geyer

3:45 PM

J28.4

Artificial Intelligence Based Ensemble Modeling for Correction of GPM IMERG Precipitation Product over the Brahmaputra River Basin

Md ABUL EHSAN Bhuiyan, University of Connecticut, STORRS, CT; and N. K. Biswas, R. Raihan Sayeed Khan, S. J. Ilham, and C. witharana

Formal Poster Viewing Reception (Tues)

Poster Session 2

10R2O Poster Session II

Location: Hall B1 (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)

Host: 10th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations

Cochairs: Eric J. Fetzer, JPL/California Institute of Technology; Stephen A. Mango, NOAA/NESDIS/Office of Projects, Planning and Analysis

Transition Of Research To Operations Within The Framework Of CREWS-Burkina Faso Project

Thierry Lefort, NWS, TOULOUSE, France

Improving Hurricane Forecasting - an example of how NOAA makes coordinated observing system portfolio decisions

Becky Baltes, DOC, Silver Spring, MD; and D. Helms, E. J. Miller, L. McCulloch, H. S. Kim, M. Grasso, C. Lauer, and L. Cucurull

NOAA's Emerging Technologies Workshop

Meredith Wagner, Integrated System Solutions, Dunn Loring, VA; NOAA/NESDIS Affiliate, Washington, DC; and A. Steckel, J. Conran, and D. Helms

Results and Verification for Machine-Learning-Based HREFv2 and HRRRE Hail Forecasts from the Spring and Summer of 2019

Nathan Snook, CAPS, Norman, OK; and A. Burke, A. McGovern, and D. J. Gagne II

Session 8A

Improving R2O & O2R in the 0–18 Hour Forecast Range Linking Research and Operations to Forecasters’ Needs -Part I of 5 [Modeling]

Location: 252A (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)

Host: 10th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations

Cochairs: Young-Joon Kim, NWS; Tara Jensen, NCAR

8:30 AM

11.1

Linking Weather Research and Operations to Field Forecasting Needs through Operational Requirements: An Example with Mesoscale Analysis

Young-Joon Kim, NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and M. A. Tew

9:00 AM

11.2

Implications for operational nowcasting and short range forecasting from NOAA moving to a Unified Forecast System

Hendrik L. Tolman, NOAA, Silver Spring, MD

9:15 AM

11.3

A Description of the v2.8 RTMA/URMA Upgrade and Progress Toward 3D RTMA

J. R. Carley, NOAA, College Park, MD; and M. Pondeca, S. Levine, X. Zhang, M. T. Morris, S. Flampouris, A. M. Gibbs, Y. Lin, Y. Luo, G. Zhao, R. J. Purser, M. Rancic, E. Colón, C. R. Alexander, S. S. Weygandt, M. Hu, and G. Ge

9:30 AM

11.4

The Final Rapid Refresh and High-Resolution Rapid Refresh Operational Implementation

C. Alexander, NOAA, Boulder, CO; and D. C. Dowell, M. Hu, J. Olson, T. Smirnova, T. T. Ladwig, S. Weygandt, J. S. Kenyon, E. P. James, H. Lin, G. A. Grell, G. Ge, T. Alcott, S. Benjamin, J. M. Brown, M. D. Toy, R. Ahmadov, A. Back, J. D. Duda, M. B. Smith, J. A. Hamilton, B. D. Jamison, I. Jankov, and D. D. Turner

9:45 AM

11.5

Verification of wind forecasts from the High-Resolution Rapid Refresh

Ethan M. Collins, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY; and Z. J. Lebo, B. Geerts, R. Capella, and R. Cox

Session 8B

Special Session: Collaborations between National Weather Service Science & Operations Officers (SOO)/Development & Operations Hydrologists (DOH) to enhance the transition of research into forecast operations [Invited Speakers]

Location: 251 (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)

Host: 10th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations

Cochairs: Tim McClung, NOAA; David Myrick, NOAA/NWS/STI/Meteorological Development Laboratory

8:30 AM

12.1

Improving field-driven R2O in the NWS through SOO-DOH collaboration

Louis W. Uccellini, NOAA/National Weather Service, Silver Spring, MD; and D. T. Myrick

8:45 AM

12.2

The Near Storm Environment Awareness (NSEA) Project

David Hotz, 5974 Commerce Blvd., Morristown, TN; and A. Anderson, J. W. Dellicarpini, C. Entremont, S. J. Keighton, P. T. Marsh, J. S. Schaumann, M. sutton, T. J. Turnage, and J. R. Wiedenfeld

9:00 AM

12.3

Field Assessment and Integration of National Water Model Output into National Weather Service River Forecast Center Operations

Scott D. Lindsey, NWS/Alaska-Pacific River Forecast Center, Anchorage, AK; and A. MacNeil, T. Dixon, E. T. Jones, J. Lhotak, and B. Cosgrove

9:15 AM

12.4

SOO Satellite Training Advisory Teams (STAT)

B. Ward, NWS, Honolulu, HI; and F. Alsheimer and N. Eckstein

9:30 AM

12.5

Extreme Precipitation Forecasting: Enhancing Situational Awareness to Potential High Impact Events

James Alan Nelson Jr., Weather Prediction Center, College Park, MD; and D. R. Stovern, M. Klein, S. Czyzyk, E. Nipper, J. W. Zeitler, and K. Landry

9:45 AM

12.6

SOO Contributions to EMC’s Model Evaluation Group

Geoffrey S. Manikin, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC, College Park, MD; and I. L. Jirak and M. Klein

Joint Session 30

Common Technology Review - Past, Present and Future

Location: 157C (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)

Hosts: (Joint between the 36th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 10th Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using Python; the 10th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; and the Sixth Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate )

Cochairs: Nazila Merati, Merati and Associates; Scott Jacobs, NOAA/NWS; Timothy S. Sliwinski, Texas Tech Univ.; Scott Collis, Argonne National Laboratory; Margaret Caulfield, NOAA/NESDIS (Retired)

8:30 AM

J30.1

Aviation Weather – 40 years of Trying to Enhance Decision Support

Jeffrey S. Tongue, Suffolk County Community College, Brentwood, NY

8:45 AM

J30.2

Evolution of NWS Forecaster Environmental Information Processing Systems

Gregg Grosshans, NOAA, Norman, OK

9:00 AM

J30.3

Humans Over The Forecast Loop At The Weather Company, An IBM Business

James Lidrbauch, The Weather Company, An IBM Business, Andover, MA

9:15 AM

J30.4

Implementing FACETs: Presenting the most recent updates and testing results for Hazard Services-PHI.

Kevin L. Manross, CIRA/Colorado State Univ. and NOAA/OAR/ESRL/GSD, Boulder, CO; and Y. Guo, G. J. Stumpf, T. C. Meyer, D. M. Kingfield, A. V. Bates, D. Nietfeld, and T. L. Hansen

9:30 AM

J30.5

"Development of a Display Tool to Quality Control Weather Balloon Data for Space Launch Vehicles Using Python"

Jessica Kaitlyn Headley, Jacobs Space Exploration Group, MSFC, AL; and C. M. Sayre Jr. and J. C. Brenton

9:45 AM

J30.6

ESPDS: Over 1 Billion Served - Three Years of Operations for the Environmental Satellite Processing and Distribution System

George Wilkinson, Solers, Greenbelt, MD; and R. Baker, D. M. Beall, R. Niemann, S. Walsh, M. Leach, T. Kowalski, and S. Causey

AM Coffee Break (Wednesday)

Panel Discussion 2

NOAA practices and policies enabling R2O activities to support end-user needs - Panel Discussion [Invited Presentations]

Location: 251 (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)

Host: 10th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations

Moderator: Martin Yapur, NOAA/NESDIS/Office of Projects, Planning and Analysis

Facilitators: Eric Miller, NOAA/NESDIS/Office of Projects, Planning and Analysis; Thanh Vo Dinh, NOAA/NESDIS/Office of Projects, Planning and Analysis

PD2.1

Foundational data and analyses to inform NOAA Emerging Technology Workshop and R2O (Invited Presentation)

Martin Yapur, NOAA/NESDIS/Office of Projects, Planning and Analysis, Silver Spring, MD; and T. Vo

PD2.2

Research to Commercialization: Meeting the Mission & Increasing Return on Investment (Invited Presentation)

Kelly Wright, NOAA, Silver Spring, MD

PD2.3

Decision Support at Regional Scales: Connecting Products and Technologies to User Needs within a NOAA Services Framework (Invited Presentation)

Ellen L. Mecray, NOAA, Norton, MA

PD2.4

Addressing R2O and International Collaboration to Implement Global Ocean Observations for Society and Economy (Invited Presentation)

Sidney Walter Thurston, NOAA, Silver Spring, MD

PD2.5

Supporting Mechanisms for R20 within NOAA's Unified Forecast System( UFS) (Invited Presentation)

Dorothy Koch, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and D. L. Carlis and W. Pryor

PD2.6

Enabling Enviromental Modeling R20 in NOAA (Invited Presentation)

Dorothy Koch, NOAA, Silver Spring, MD; and H. L. Tolman, G. C. Matlock, R. B. Rood, D. Carlis, D. T. Myrick, and P. J. Stone

PD2.7

NOAA-20 JPSS Algorithms: Recent Experience and Lessons that Enable Transition to Operation Rapidly (Invited Presentation)

L. Zhou, NOAA/NESDIS/JPSS, Lanham, MD

10:30 AM

Panel Discussion

Session 9

Improving R2O & O2R in the 0–18 Hour Forecast Range Linking Research and Operations to Forecasters’ Needs -Part II of 5 [Obs & PP]

Location: 252A (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)

Host: 10th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations

Cochairs: C. Alexander, NOAA; Pamela Heinselman, NSSL

10:30 AM

13.1

Evaluating the Role of the Mesoanalyst in Severe Weather Impacts-Based Decision Support Services: Part 1 - Science Focus

Ariel E. Cohen, NWS, Miami, FL; and R. L. Thompson, M. Foster, K. L. Crandall, C. M. Gravelle, J. M. Laflin, and K. J. Runk

10:45 AM

13.2

National Blend of Models Update and Performance During High Impact Events

Cammye Sims, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and D. C. Young, M. A. Tew, and J. P. Craven

11:00 AM

13.3

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

Phillip E. Shafer, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and J. Charba and F. G. Samplatsky

11:15 AM

13.4

Probabilistic Hazard Information for Severe Convective Storms in FACETS - Progress and Plans

Travis M. Smith, OU/CIMMS and NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and K. M. Calhoun, P. A. Campbell, K. L. Ortega, A. Reinhart, D. M. Fransisco, R. B. Steeves, K. E. Klockow-McClain, K. Berry, S. S. Williams, A. McGovern, R. A. Lagerquist, T. C. Meyer, G. J. Stumpf, and A. E. Gerard

11:30 AM

13.5

The Use of the METplus Verification and Diagnostic Capability in Short-Term Forecast Evaluation

Tara Jensen, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. Halley Gotway, C. P. Kalb, L. R. Blank, D. R. Adriaansen, and D. W. Fillmore

11:45 AM

13.6

Multi-Radar Multi-Sensor Version 20: Optimization and Research Strategy

Anthony E. Reinhart, OU/CIMMS and NOAA/OAR/NSSL, Norman, OK; and J. W. Brogden, S. M. Martinaitis, S. B. Cocks, T. M. Smith, J. Zhang, H. D. Reeves, K. W. Howard, and A. E. Gerard

Lunch Break (Wednesday)

Session 10A

Improving R2O & O2R in the 0–18 Hour Forecast Range Linking Research and Operations to Forecasters’ Needs -Part III of 5 [Forecast Evaluation]

Location: 252A (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)

Host: 10th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations

Cochairs: Hendrik Tolman, NOAA NWS STI; Jacob Carley, NOAA/NWS/NCEP

1:30 PM

14.1

Evaluating the addition of forecast timing information with multiple user groups

Makenzie Krocak, Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies, Norman, OK; and H. E. Brooks

1:45 PM

14.2

Towards Better Operational Predictions of High-Impact Winter Weather in the Northern High Plains and Rockies

Bart Geerts, University of Wyoming, Laramie, IL; and Z. J. Lebo, R. Capella, E. M. Collins, R. Cox, T. Alcott, M. Brothers, and A. Lyons

2:00 PM

14.3

Accelerating the evaluation of experimental NWP forecasts via crowd-sourcing

Michael Baldwin, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN

2:15 PM

14.4

National Weather Service data needs for short-term forecasts and the role of unmanned aircraft in filling the gap: Results from a nation-wide survey

Adam L. Houston, Univ. of Nebraska−Lincoln, Lincoln, NE; and L. PytlikZillig and J. Walther

Session 10B

National and International Efforts & Partnerships i.e. Community Global Modeling: Next Generation Global Prediction System (NGGPS) & Beyond: Improvements, Key Components & Statistical Techniques to evaluate Global Models -Part I

Location: 251 (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)

Host: 10th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations

Cochairs: Vijay Tallapragada, NOAA/NWS/NCEP; Fanglin Yang, NOAA/NWS/NCEP

1:30 PM

15.1

NOAA's Next Generation Global Prediction System (NGGPS) Program Update

Dorothy M Koch, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Silver Spring, MD; and H. L. Tolman, W. Pryor, F. Adimi, and S. Morris

1:45 PM

15.2

A Community Effort to Unify Verification and Validation Efforts

Tara Jensen, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and G. Manikin, J. A. Otkin, I. Stajner, and Z. Wang

2:00 PM

15.3

Fostering National and International Collaboration through the Enhanced Model Evaluation Tools (METplus)

Tara Jensen, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. Halley Gotway, M. P. Row, J. J. Levit, B. Strong, and M. Marquis

2:15 PM

15.4

Model Upgrade Plan and Initial Results from a Prototype NCEP Global Forecast System Version 16

Fanglin Yang, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC, College Park, MD; and V. Tallapragada, J. S. Kain, H. Wei, R. Yang, V. A. Yudin, S. Moorthi, J. Han, Y. T. Hou, J. Wang, R. Treadon, and D. T. Kleist

PM Coffee Break (Wednesday)

Session 11A

Improving R2O & O2R in the 0–18 Hour Forecast Range Linking Research and Operations to Forecasters’ Needs -Part IV of 5 [WoF]

Location: 252A (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)

Host: 10th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations

Cochairs: Anthony Reinhart, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma and NOAA/NSSL; Young-Joon Kim, NWS

3:00 PM

16.1

User-focused Research to Build a Better Warn-on-Forecast System

Pamela L. Heinselman, NSSL, Norman, OK; and K. H. Knopfmeier, D. C. Dowell, P. S. Skinner, B. Roberts, J. J. Choate, K. A. Wilson, A. J. Clark, I. L. Jirak, B. T. Gallo, K. Hoogewind, N. Yussouf, T. A. Jones, E. R. Mansell, L. J. Wicker, C. Alexander, T. Ladwig, and G. Creager

3:15 PM

16.2

NSSL’s Warn-on-Forecast Probabilistic Intense Rainfall Guidance at WPC’s Met Watch Desk during Summer of 2019

Nusrat Yussouf, CIMMS/NSSL, Norman, OK; and P. S. Skinner, K. A. Wilson, M. Erickson, B. C. Matilla, K. H. Knopfmeier, A. Orrison, R. Otto, G. W. Carbin, P. L. Heinselman, J. J. Choate, D. C. Dowell, T. T. Ladwig, T. A. Jones, G. J. Creager, L. J. Wicker, and A. E. Reinhart

3:30 PM

16.3

Generating Probabilistic Tornado Guidance in a Warn-on-Forecast System

Patrick S. Skinner, CIMMS, Norman, OK; and B. T. Gallo, S. Beveridge, M. L. Flora, C. Potvin, A. Reinhart, K. H. Knopfmeier, B. T. Smith, and R. L. Thompson

3:45 PM

16.4

Tracking and Verifying Heavy Precipitation Objects from NSSL’s Warn-on-Forecast Ensemble

Michael J. Erickson, NOAA/NWS/Weather Prediction Center, College Park, MD; and N. Yussouf, P. S. Skinner, and K. A. Wilson

Session 11B

National and International Efforts & Partnerships i.e. Community Global Modeling: Next Generation Global Prediction System (NGGPS) & Beyond: Improvements, Key Components & Statistical Techniques to evaluate Global Models -Part II

Location: 251 (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)

Host: 10th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations

Cochairs: Vijay Tallapragada, NOAA/NWS/NCEP; Fanglin Yang, NOAA/NWS/NCEP

3:00 PM

17.1

Developmental Testbed Center: Current Status and Outlook for the Future

Louisa B. Nance, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. Beck, L. Bernardet, G. Firl, K. Fossell, M. Harrold, M. Hu, T. L. Jensen, E. Kalina, M. Marquis, K. Newman, J. K. Wolff, K. Y. Wong, and C. Zhou

3:15 PM

17.2

The Common Community Physics Package CCPP: Unifying Physics across NOAA and NCAR Models using a Common Software Framework

Dom Heinzeller, NOAA/ESRL/GSD, and Univ. of Colorado/CIRES, and Developmental Testbed Center, Boulder, CO; and G. J. Firl, L. Bernardet, L. Carson, M. Zhang, S. Goldhaber, C. Craig, D. Gill, M. Duda, and F. M. Vitt

3:30 PM

17.3

The I in EPIC is for Innovation: The Earth Prediction Innovation Center (EPIC)

DaNa L. Carlis, OAR, Washington, DC; and B. Lapenta and L. Dubots

3:45 PM

17.4

Initial Development of the METexpress Visualization Tool

Molly B. Smith, CIRES, Boulder, CO; and R. Pierce, J. A. Hamilton, V. Hagerty, B. Strong, and D. D. Turner

Joint Session 46

Challenges in Communication and Decision Support Throughout the Research-to-Operations Nexus

Location: 257AB (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)

Hosts: (Joint between the 30th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting (WAF)/26th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP); the 10th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; and the Special Symposium on the Future of Weather, Forecasting, and Practice )

Chair: Gregory J. Stumpf, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma and NOAA/NWS/Meteorological Development Laboratory

3:00 PM

J46.1

A Summary of the Research Operations Nexus (RON) Meetups at NWA and AMS

Gregory J. Stumpf, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma and NOAA/NWS/Meteorological Development Laboratory, Norman, OK

3:15 PM

J46.2

Decision Support - What We Say and How We Say It Makes a Difference: A Look at Effective Communication toward Appropriate Partner Preparedness.

Eric Boldt, NWS, Oxnard, CA

3:30 PM

J46.3

Communicating Rip Current Risk with a Virtual Reality Video Game

Jase Bernhardt, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY; and G. Dusek and A. Hesse

3:45 PM

J46.4

Updates to the Winter Storm Severity Index for 2019/2020

Joshua Kastman, NOAA/NWS, College Park, MD; CIRES, Boulder, CO; and J. A. Nelson Jr.

Formal Poster Viewing Reception (Wed)

Poster Session 3

10R2O Poster Session III

Location: Hall B1 (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)

Host: 10th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations

Cochairs: Stephen A. Mango, NOAA/NESDIS/Office of Projects, Planning and Analysis; Eric J. Fetzer, JPL/California Institute of Technology

NWS Use of Near Real-Time Lightning Data from the Lightning Imaging Sensor (LIS) on the International Space Station (ISS)

S. J. Goodman, TGA, Owens Cross Roads, AL; and R. J. Blakeslee, B. P. Pettegrew, A. Terborg, S. N. Stevenson, M. J. Folmer, S. S. Lindstrom, G. T. Stano, S. G. Harrison, and K. S. Virts

University of Wyoming CSTAR Project: Snow Squall Case Studies

Rob Cox, NWS, Cheyenne, WY; and M. Brothers, A. Lyons, B. Geerts, Z. Lebo, R. Capella, E. M. Collins, and T. Alcott

Can Blowing Snow Forecasts be Significantly Improved across the Rocky Mountain Region and Northern High Plains?

Matthew Brothers, 1301 Airport Parkway, Cheyenne, WY; and A. Lyons, R. Cox, B. Geerts, Z. Lebo, R. Capella, E. M. Collins, and T. Alcott

High-Resolution Rapid Refresh Model-Based Climatology and Analysis of Snow Squall Characteristics in the High Plains and Mountain West

Robert Capella, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY; and B. Geerts, Z. Lebo, E. M. Collins, and R. Cox

Evaluation of the Warn-on-Forecast with Doppler Lidar and Radiosonde Observations from TORUS2019

Jordan Laser, NSSL, Norman, OK

Machine-learning-derived severe weather probabilities from a Warn-on-Forecast System

Adam J. Clark, NOAA/OAR/NSSL, Norman, OK; and E. D. Loken, P. S. Skinner, and K. H. Knopfmeier

Object-based verification of short-term, storm-scale probabilistic mesocyclone guidance from an experimental Warn-on-Forecast system

Montgomery L. Flora, University of Oklahoma, CIMMS, NSSL/NOAA, Norman, OK; and P. Skinner, C. Potvin, A. E. Reinhart, T. A. Jones, N. Yussouf, and K. H. Knopfmeier

Comparison of the Warn-on-Forecast System and a High Resolution Rapid Refresh Time-Lagged Ensemble for Forecasting Short-Term Convective Evolution

Brett Roberts, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, NOAA/OAR/NSSL and NOAA/NWS/NCEP/SPC, Norman, OK; and I. L. Jirak, B. T. Gallo, A. J. Clark, K. H. Knopfmeier, and P. S. Skinner

Session 12

Improving R2O & O2R in the 0–18 Hour Forecast Range Linking Research and Operations to Forecasters’ Needs -Part V of 5 [WoF]

Location: 252A (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)

Host: 10th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations

Cochairs: Michael Erickson, NCEP; Young-Joon Kim, NWS

8:30 AM

18.1

New Development of the Hybrid Data Assimilation and Forecasting System for the Warn-on-Forecast Project During the HWT Spring Experiment in 2019

Yunheng Wang, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, NOAA/OAR/NSSL, Norman, OK; and J. Gao, S. Pan, P. S. Skinner, N. Yussouf, T. A. Jones, K. H. Knopfmeier, L. J. Wicker, and P. L. Heinselman

8:45 AM

18.2

Assessing systematic impacts of physics schemes in the NSSL Warn-on-Forecast System

Corey Potvin, NOAA/OAR/NSSL, and School of Meteorology, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and P. S. Skinner, K. Hoogewind, M. L. Flora, A. E. Reinhart, A. J. Clark, and J. R. Carley

9:00 AM

18.3

Comparing WRF-ARW and FV3 SAR forecasts for Warn-on-Forecast applications

Larissa J. Reames, OU/CIMMS/OAR/NSSL/FRDD, Norman, OK; and L. J. Wicker

9:15 AM

18.4

Experimental Forecast Evolution using the Warn-on-Forecast System during the 2019 HWT Spring Forecasting Experiment

Burkely T. Gallo, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma and NOAA/NWS/SPC, Norman, OK; and K. A. Wilson, J. J. Choate, K. H. Knopfmeier, P. S. Skinner, B. Roberts, P. L. Heinselman, and A. J. Clark

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