Session: Testbeds to Enable and Accelerate Transitions of R2O to Decision-Makers, End Users, and the Public in Weather, Water, or Climate Applications [e.g., Hazardous Weather Testbed (HWT) and Hydrometeorological Testbed (HMT)]—Part I (100th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting)

Monday, 13 January 2020: 10:30 AM-12:00 PM

252A (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)

Host: 10th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations

Cochairs:

Alan E. Gerard, NOAA/OAR/NSSL, Warning Research and Development Division, Norman, OK and Kodi Nemunaitis-Berry, NSSL, Research Scientist/FACETs Program Lead, Warning Research and Development Division, Norman, OK

Papers:

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

Recorded Presentation

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

Recorded Presentation

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

Recorded Presentation

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

Recorded Presentation

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

Recorded Presentation

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

Recorded Presentation

12:00 PM