Session: Forecast Demonstration Project—Sydney 2000 (30th International Conference on Radar Meteorology)

Sunday, 22 July 2001: 8:30 AM-12:30 PM

Host: 30th International Conference on Radar Meteorology

Organizers:

Tom Keenan, BMRC, Melbourne, Vic. and Cynthia K. Mueller, NCAR, Boulder, CO

Papers:

8:30 AM

8.1

The World Weather Research Programme (WWRP) Sydney 2000 Forecast Demonstration Project: Overview

T. Keenan, BMRC, Melbourne, Vic, Australia; and J. Wilson, P. I. Joe, C. Collier, B. Golding, D. Burgess, R. Carbone, A. Seed, P. T. May, L. Berry, J. Bally, and C. Pierce

Presentation PDF (182.7 kB)

9:00 AM

8.2

Overview of Sydney weather during the Forecast Demonstration Project

Robert M. Webb, BMRC, Darlinghurst, NSW, Australia; and A. B. A. Treloar, J. R. Colquhoun, R. J. Potts, J. Bally, T. D. Keenan, and P. T. May

Presentation PDF (84.0 kB)

9:15 AM

8.3

Assimilating radar, surface, and profiler data for the Sydney 2000 Forecast Demonstration Project

N. Andrew Crook, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. Sun

9:30 AM

8.4

Severe Storm Detection Algorithms for the S2000 Project

Donald W. Burgess, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and P. I. Joe, R. Potts, T. D. Keenan, P. T. May, D. Mitchell, B. Conway, A. Treloar, D. Sills, and D. Hudak

9:45 AM

8.5

Sydney 2000 Field Demonstration Project—Convective Storm Nowcasting

James W. Wilson, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and C. Pierce, A. Seed, M. Sleigh, R. Roberts, and C. Mueller

10:00 AM

8.6

Generating Severe Weather Warnings from TITAN and SCIT Thunderstorm Tracks.

John Bally, BMRC, Melbourne, Vic., Australia

Presentation PDF (59.3 kB)

10:15 AM

8.7

A dynamic and spatial scaling approach to advection forecasting

A. W. Seed, Bureau of Meteorology, Melbourne, Vic., Australia; and T. D. Keenan

Presentation PDF (126.3 kB)

10:30 AM

8.8

Meteorological aspects of the 3 November 2000 severe storms in Sydney, Australia

David M. L. Sills, MSC, King City, ON, Canada; and J. Wilson, C. Mueller, N. Fox, D. Burgess, P. I. Joe, P. Dunda, and R. Webb

Presentation PDF (59.5 kB)

10:45 AM

8.9

Assessing the impact of advanced nowcasting systems on severe weather warning dissemination

Neil I. Fox, University of Salford, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom; and E. Mitchell, P. Dunda, J. Bally, G. Freeman, C. Pierce, M. Sleigh, D. Sills, and T. D. Keenan

Presentation PDF (56.6 kB)

11:00 AM

8.10

Forecast verification activities for the Sydney 2000 Forecast Demonstration Project

Barbara G. Brown, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. Bally, H. E. Brooks, B. Casati, E. Ebert, M. Jaeneke, P. Nurmi, D. Stephenson, and L. Wilson

11:15 AM

8.11

Comparison of forecasts of widespread precipitation during the Sydney 2000 forecast project

Norman Donaldson, MSC, King City, ON, Canada; and M. W. Sleigh, C. Pierce, A. Seed, and T. Saxon

Presentation PDF (108.7 kB)