Session: Joint Session with the National Network of Networks Committee: "Advances in Products and Services by State Mesonets" (100th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting)

Thursday, 16 January 2020: 1:30 PM-3:00 PM

203 (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)

Host: 20th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation

Cochairs:

Jerald A. Brotzge, Univ. at Albany, SUNY, New York State Mesonet, Albany, NY and Junhong (June) Wang, SUNY Albany, New York State Mesonet, Albany, NY

This session is designed to highlight new sensors, observing techniques, and applications of data associated with state mesonet systems. For example, mesonsets are now expanding to include vertical profiling sensors, snow water equivalent (SWE) measurements, and flux monitoring. One network is expanding sensing capabilities to facilitate health (heat index) monitoring, while yet another is looking to add sensors to monitor tree growth properties. This session would specifically aim to highlight those unique expansions of network capabilities.

Papers:

1:30 PM

14.1

An Analysis of Station Spacing for Use in the Allocation of Resources for Surface Mesonets

Elizabeth Wilson, Synoptic Data PBC, Scotts Valley, CA; and C. A. Fiebrich and W. Callahan

1:45 PM

14.2

EPAMS Profiler and Ceilometer Network

Ruben Delgado, UMBC/JCET/NOAA CESSRST, Baltimore, MD; and V. Caicedo, J. Szykman, K. Cavender, J. Westfall, D. Taylor, B. Ireland, J. Sleeman, B. B. Demoz, R. K. Sakai, M. Woodman, D. Krask, F. Moshary, E. J. Welton, and B. L. Lefer

2:00 PM

14.3

Enhancing Ice Storm Detection and Characterization from the New York State Mesonet

Junhong (June) Wang, SUNY, Albany, NY; SUNY Albany, Albany, NY; and J. P. Shultis, J. A. Brotzge, C. D. Thorncroft, and N. P. Bassill

2:15 PM

14.4

Agricultural Applications with Data from the NC Environment and Climate Observing Network

Sean P. Heuser, State Climate Office of North Carolina, Raleigh, NC; and M. D. Neill

2:30 PM

14.5

Climate Statistics for Kentucky Based on Mesonet Observations

Eric Rappin, Western Kentucky Univ., Bowling Green, KY