Session: Monday Poster Viewing (22nd Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting/18th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction (25-29 June 2007))

P1.1

On the col structure associated with winter traveling disturbances across the Caribbean and its effect over northern South America

Gerardo de J. Montoya Gaviria, National University of Colombia, Bogota, Colombia

P1.2

Preliminary study on the causes and decay of severe drought in a century in the Sichuan Basin, China

P1.3

Assessing the Regional Model ETA-15km and Wind Anomalies to Forecast Central Andes Winter Snowstorms

Maximiliano Viale, Instituto Argentino de Nivologia, Glaciologia y Ciencias Ambientales (IANIGLA - CONICET), 5500 Mendoza, Mendoza, Argentina; and F. A. Norte

P1.4

VISITView as a briefing tool for high impact weather events

Jon W. Zeitler, NOAA/NWS, New Braunfels, TX; and M. Oliver, M. Fox, J. T. Bradshaw, and P. Kirkwood

Handout (33.3 kB)

P1.5

What's New in NWP Training at COMET?

William R. Bua, UCAR, College Park, MD; and S. D. Jascourt and D. A. Wesley

Handout (476.8 kB)

P1.6

Defining the impact of weather

Patrick J. McCarthy, MSC, Winnipeg, MB, Canada

Handout (188.8 kB)

P1.7

Decision making by Austin, Texas, residents in hypothetical tornado scenarios

David M. Schultz, University of Helsinki and Finnish Meteorological Institute, FI-00101, Helsinki, Finland; and E. Gruntfest, C. Benight, S. D. Drobot, L. R. Barnes, and M. H. Hayden

P1.8

Poster P1.8 has been moved. New Paper number 6A.1A

P1.9

Questions about applications of the ageostrophic wind and quasi-geostrophic theory in education and forecasting

Paul Nutter, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO

P1.10

Poster P1.10 has been moved. New Paper number 6A.3A

P1.11

High impact gridded weather forecasts

Steven A. Amburn, NWS, Tulsa, OK; and S. F. Piltz, J. B. McGavock, and J. M. Frederick

Handout (2.9 MB)

P1.12

Employing weather derivatives to assess the economic value of high-impact weather forecasts out to ten days - indicating a commercial application

Harvey Stern, Bureau of Meteorology, Melbourne, Vic., Australia

Handout (215.9 kB)

P1.13

Weather and Radar Processor (WARP) Optimal Mosaic Evaluation

Jeffrey A. Weinrich, Actionet Inc., Atlantic City, NJ; and M. Printy

P1.14

Forecast Issues Related to the Unprecedented Severe and High Wind Event of December 1, 2006

Gregory A. DeVoir, NOAA/NWS, State College, PA; and R. H. Grumm

Handout (1013.8 kB)

P1.15

A nocturnal cold season mountain wave heavy precipitation event over the lee slopes of the Wind River Mountains of Wyoming

Charles M. Baker, NOAA/NWSFO, Riverton, WY; and B. E. McDonald

Handout (2.5 MB)

P1.16

The Overton Marina Move – A Benign Weather High Impact Event

Kim Runk, NOAA/NWS, Kansas City, MO

Handout (317.3 kB)

P1.17

Investigating specific event types in the western U.S utilizing standardized anomalies

Randy Graham, NOAA/NWS, Salt Lake City, UT; and R. Grumm

P1.18

Analysis of IC and CG Lightning with Winter Precipitation

Brian Pettegrew, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO; and P. S. Market, R. L. Holle, and N. W. S. Demetriades

Handout (86.3 kB)

P1.19

New Years Eve wind event 2005: Radar analysis and damage assessment of relationship to slantwise convective circulations embedded along bent-back front

mel K. Nordquist, NOAA/NSSL, Eureka, CA; and B. Lutz, M. Burger, E. Lau, and C. Ciliberti (Presenter)

P1.20

An analysis of synoptic patterns associated with strong north Texas cold fronts during the 2005-06 cold season

Stacie Hanes, DOC/NOAA/NWS, Fort Worth, TX; and G. R. Patrick

Handout (600.0 kB)

P1.21

Analyzing low-level jets in their large-scale environment: Issues involving the combination of operational and research observations during IHOP

Edward I. Tollerud, NOAA/ESRL/GSD, Boulder, CO; and F. Caracena

Handout (399.0 kB)

P1.22

The 24 February 2007 North Texas dust storm: an impact weather event

Bernard N. Meisner, NWS Southern Region Headquarters, Fort Worth, TX; and J. A. Schultz

Handout (1.6 MB)

P1.23

Interactions between regional-scale circulations and local wind systems in the Owens Valley

Gregory West, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and S. Adamson, J. Andrews, S. Daines, N. Hosenfeld, R. Jackson, J. James, L. Jones, C. Kahler, L. Kowal, J. Krebs, S. Noble, M. Olson, N. Opperman, D. Otto, P. Staten, K. Tietze, D. T. Van Cleave, K. Van Peursem, L. Verzella, C. Wall, K. Westerman, Y. Zhao, S. Zhong, C. D. Whiteman, and W. J. Steenburgh

P1.24

Great Basin frontogenesis

Gregory West, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and W. J. Steenburgh and J. C. Shafer

P1.25

Frontal interaction with the Sierra Nevada as a precursor to intense frontogenesis over the Great Basin

Colby Neuman, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and W. J. Steenburgh and G. L. West

P1.26

Microburst Events in a Mountain Desert Environment

Elford G. Astling, West Desert Test Center, Salt Lake City, UT; and S. Krippner and K. Sutkevich

P1.27

Forecasting Minimum Temperatures for Dugway Proving Ground

Carissa L. Klemmer, US Army Dugway Proving Ground, Dugway, UT

P1.28

Identification of side-door/back-door cold fronts for fire weather forecasting applications

Joseph J. Charney, USDA Forest Service, East Lansing, MI; and R. P. Shadbolt and D. Keyser

P1.29

Poster P1.29 has been moved. New Paper number 3A.7A

P1.29A

Assessing the predictability of band formation and evolution during three recent northeast U.S. snowstorms

David R. Novak, NOAA/NWS/HPC, Camp Springs, MD; and B. A. Colle

Handout (809.8 kB)

P1.30

Mesoscale Elements of the December 14, 2006 West Palm Beach Flash Flood

Gordon Strassberg, NOAA/NWS, Miami, FL; and P. Santos

Handout (2.5 MB)

P1.31

Heat waves in a hot place: Examination of intense heat episodes in the Phoenix Arizona metropolitan area during July 2003-2005-2006

G. Douglas Green, NOAA/NWS, Phoenix, AZ

Handout (233.0 kB)

P1.32

The Real Time Mesoscale Analysis System. On-going system improvements and challenges

Manuel De Pondeca, SAIC and NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC, Camp Springs, MD; and R. J. Purser, S. Y. Park, G. S. Manikin, D. F. Parrish, and G. DiMego

P1.33

Mesonet wind quality monitoring allowing assimilation in the RUC and other NCEP models

Stan Benjamin, NOAA/ESRL/GSD, Boulder, CO; and W. R. Moninger, S. R. Sahm, and T. L. Smith

Handout (133.5 kB)

P1.34

The NWS Southern Region grid preparation policy: making a difference

G. Clay Anderson, NOAA/NWS, New Braunfels, TX; and J. W. Zeitler

Handout (112.4 kB)

P1.35

Applications of the NWS' Real-Time Mesoscale Analysis (RTMA)

Lee Anderson, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and B. Colman, G. DiMego, G. E. Mann, and J. D. Horel

P1.36

Evaluation of the Real-Time Mesoscale Analysis (RTMA) over complex terrain

Chad Kahler, NOAA/NWS, Western Region, Scientific Services Division, Salt Lake City, UT; and D. Myrick

Handout (556.0 kB)

P1.37

Sensitivity of Surface Analyses to Temporal Observational Constraints

Brian Olsen, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and J. Horel

P1.38

Evaluation of Real-Time High-Resolution Forecasts for Monterey Bay

Hao Jin, NRL, Monterey, CA; and J. D. Doyle and Q. Jiang

P1.39

Monitoring High Impact Weather Events Using MesoWest

John D. Horel, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and B. Olsen, J. Pechmann, and C. Galli

P1.40

Winter storm simulations using a local mesoscale model

Andrew R. Kimball, NOAA/NWSFO, Wakefield, VA; and J. A. Billet

Handout (1.0 MB)

P1.41

Improvement of LAPS wind analysis by including background error statistics

Ok-Yeon Kim, Pukyung National University, Busan, Korea; and C. Lu, S. Albers, J. A. McGinley, and J. H. Oh

Handout (1.3 MB)

P1.42

The Impact of High-Resolution Surface Observations on Convective Storm Analysis with Ensemble Kalman Filter

Jili Dong, CAPS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and M. Xue and K. Droegemeier

Handout (446.3 kB)

P1.43

Impact of abridged atmospheric data in mesoscale modeling

Christopher L. Franks, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD; and W. J. Capehart and M. R. Hjelmfelt

Handout (370.3 kB)

P1.44

The Issue of Data Density and Frequency with EnKF Radar Data Assimilation in a Compressible Nonhydrostatic NWP Model

Jidong Gao, CAPS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma; and M. Xue

Handout (452.4 kB)

P1.45

Demonstration of Navy's operational dust storm forecasting for Southwest Asia

Ming Liu, NRL, Monterey, CA; and D. L. Westphal and A. L. Walker

P1.46

The value of Distributed Collaborative Adaptive Sensing (DCAS) for observing high impact weather: Preliminary results from CASA

J. A. Brotzge, CAPS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and K. D. Hondl

P1.47

Sensitivity of short range numerical weather prediction to data availability during NAME

John R. Wetenkamp Jr., South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD; and W. J. Capehart and M. R. Hjelmfelt

Handout (841.7 kB)

P1.48

Asynoptic high resolution upper-air data for high impact weather events

Jon W. Zeitler, NOAA/NWS, New Braunfels, TX; and P. G. Witsaman, S. Foster, W. C. Hoffmann, and B. K. Fritz

Handout (849.0 kB)

Poster Session 1 Monday Poster Viewing