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Tuesday, 5 August 2003
	5:00 PM-7:00 PM, Tuesday 2003 Conference Registration
Wednesday, 6 August 2003
	7:30 AM-5:00 PM, Wednesday 2003 Conference Registration Continues Through Friday, 7 August
	8:30 AM-10:20 AM, Wednesday 2003 Joint Session 1 Coastal Weather and Ocean Processes (Joint Between the 31st Conference on Radar Meteorology and the Fifth Conference on Coastal Atmospheric and Oceanic Prediction and Processes)
Cochairs: Bradley F. Smull, NOAA/National Severe Storms Laboratory and the University of Washington, Seattle, WA; Ruth Preller, NRL, Stennis Space Center, MS
8:30 AM J1.1 The IMPROVE Experiment: Goals and Program Description   Clifford F. Mass, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 8:55 AM J1.2 Radar Applications to Winter-Season West Coast Research and Forecasting in the CALJET and PACJET Experiments   F. Martin Ralph, NOAA/ETL, Boulder, CO 9:20 AM J1.3 Measured anomalous radar propagation and ocean backscatter in the Virginia coastal region   Janet Stapleton, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren, VA; and V. R. Wiss and R. E. Marshall 9:35 AM J1.4 Modeling study of the coastal upwelling system of the Monterey Bay area during 1999 and 2000   Igor Shulman, NRL, Bay St. Louis, MS; and J. D. Paduan, L. K. Rosenfeld, S. R. Ramp, and J. C. Kindle 9:50 AM J1.5 Raindrop size distributions and radar bright bands in California coastal orographic storms   Brooks E. Martner, NOAA/ETL, Boulder, CO; and A. B. White and S. Y. Matrosov
	10:00 AM-10:30 AM, Wednesday 2003 Coffee Break
	10:30 AM-3:30 PM, Wednesday 2003 Session 1 Air-Sea Processes and Modeling
Chair: Steven Burk, NRL, Monterey, CA
10:30 AM 1.1 Sea Breeze Forecasting and Applications along the New Jersey Coast   Louis A. Bowers, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ; and R. Dunk, J. Kohut, H. Roarty, and S. Glenn 10:50 AM 1.2 Air-Sea Flux influences on West Florida Shelf water temperatures   Jyotika I. Virmani, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, FL; and R. He and R. Weisberg 11:10 AM 1.3 A First Assessment of the Response of a Mesoscale Coastal Ocean Model to Forcing by a Mesoscale Coastal Atmospheric Model   Christopher N. K. Mooers, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and I. Bang and P. Q. Olsson 11:30 AM 1.4 Modelling the generation of Haida Eddies   Emanuele Di Lorenzo, SIO/Univ. of California, LaJolla, CA; and M. Foreman and W. Crawford 11:50 AM 1.5 Sensitivity of a Navy regional ocean model to high-resolution atmospheric model and scatterometer wind forcing   Henry Jones, NPS, Monterey, CA and U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD; and M. L. Batteen, C. A. Collins, W. A. Nuss, and D. K. Miller 12:10 PM Lunch Break   1:30 PM 1.6 The effect of flow over coastal topography on the character of low-level offshore wind maxima along the California coast in summer   Patrick S. Cross, U.S. Navy, Pearl Harbor, HI; and D. K. Miller and W. A. Nuss 1:50 PM 1.7 Sensitivity of coastal jet structure to coastal topography   Douglas K. Miller, NPS, Monterey, CA; and W. A. Nuss and P. S. Cross 1.8 Sensitivity of coastal ocean models to variations in bathymetry   William H. Burnett, Naval Meteorology & Oceanography Command, Stennis Space Center, MS; and V. Kamenkovich 2:10 PM 1.9 Optimizing matching criteria for start time analysis of real-time “spot” forecasts and climatology for long range oil spill trajectory research   Chris Barker, NOAA/HAZMAT, Seattle, WA; and M. K. Hodges 2:29 PM 1.10 Conservation Schemes for Sigma Coordinate Ocean Models   Peter C. Chu, NPS, Monterey, CA; and C. W. Fan 2:49 PM 1.11 Ocean-atmosphere high resolution modeling of the Adriatic Sea during winter and spring 2001   Julie Pullen, NRL, Monterey, CA; and J. D. Doyle, R. Hodur, A. Ogston, J. Book, H. Perkins, and R. Signell 3:09 PM 1.12 High-resolution coastal ocean model and application to coral reef ecosystems in western boundary currents   Jerome Fiechter, Univ. of Miami /RSMAS, Miami, FL; and C. N. K. Mooers
	3:30 PM-3:45 PM, Wednesday 2003 Coffee Break
	3:45 PM-5:05 PM, Wednesday 2003 Session 2 From Air to Sea
Organizer: Ted Fathauer, NOAA/NWS, Fairbanks, AK
3:45 PM 2.1 Variability in shelf transport in the Gulf of Alaska, Part I: Diagnosis of air-sea interactions   Nicholas A. Bond, JISAO/Univ. of Washington and NOAA/PMEL, Seattle, WA; and R. C. Steed, A. J. Hermann, and P. J. Stabeno 4:05 PM 2.2 Variability in shelf transports in the Gulf of Alaska, Part II: Downscaling atmospheric forcing using a mesoscale NWP model   Richard C. Steed, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and N. A. Bond 4:25 PM 2.3 Variability in shelf transports in the Gulf of Alaska, Part III: Observations of the Alaska Coastal Current from a moored buoy array   Nancy B. Kachel, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and N. A. Bond, C. W. Mordy, P. J. Stabeno, and P. Sullivan 4:45 PM 2.4 Variability in shelf transports in the Gulf of Alaska, Part IV: Response to mesoscale forcing using the Regional Ocean Modeling System (ROMS)   A. J. Hermann, JISAO/Univ. of Washington and NOAA/PMEL, Seattle, WA; and E. L. Dobbins, N. A. Bond, R. C. Steed, and P. J. Stabeno
	5:05 PM, Wednesday 2003 Sessions end for the day
Thursday, 7 August 2003
	8:00 AM-9:40 AM, Thursday 2003 Session 3 Waves
Chair: Christopher N. K. Mooers, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL
3.1 Parameterization functions of the drag coefficient and ocean surface wind stress computation   Paul A. Hwang, NRL, Stennis Space Center, MS 8:00 AM 3.2 Evaluation of high resolution model surface winds and their effect on wave model performance over the Southern California bight   Stephen V. Taylor, SIO/Univ. Of California and Hydrologic Research Center, La Jolla, CA; and N. E. Graham 8:20 AM 3.3 Application of Delft3D in the nearshore zone   James D. Dykes, NRL, Stennis Space Center, MS; and Y. L. Hsu and J. M. Kaihatu 8:40 AM 3.4 Regional wave modeling in the Southern California bight   Nicholas E. Graham, SIO/Univ. Of California and Hydrologic Research Center, La Jolla, CA; and S. V. Taylor 9:00 AM 3.5 Tropical Cyclone Forcing of Ocean Surface Waves   Chung-Sheng Wu, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and A. A. Taylor, J. Chen, and W. A. Shaffer 9:20 AM 3.6 Effects of Winds, Tides, and Storm Surges on Ocean Surface Waves in the Japan/East Sea   Wei Zhao, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS/MPO, Miami, FL; and S. S. Chen, C. A. Blain, and J. Tian
	10:00 AM-10:30 AM, Thursday 2003 Coffee Break
	10:30 AM-12:10 PM, Thursday 2003 Session 4 Fog and Rain
Chair: Lance F. Bosart, University at Albany/SUNY, Albany, NY
10:30 AM 4.1 A Historical Essay on Sea Fog   John M. Lewis, Desert Research Institute, Reno, NV; and D. R. Koracin and K. T. Redmond 10:50 AM 4.2 Investigation of fog and low clouds associated with a coastally trapped disturbance   William T. Thompson, NRL, Monterey, CA; and S. D. Burk and J. Lewis 11:10 AM 4.3 A New Analysis on Variability and Predictability of Seasonal Rainfall of Central Southern Africa   Davison Mwale, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada; and T. Y. Gan and S. S. P. Shen 11:30 AM 4.4 Drizzle-induced mesoscale variability of boundary layer clouds in a regional forecast model   David B. Mechem, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and Y. L. Kogan 11:50 AM 4.5 Uncertainty analysis of simulated hydrological processes with respect to prescribed model parameters   Mihailo Jankov, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK; and L. Prochaska and N. Mölders
	12:10 PM-1:30 PM, Thursday 2003 Lunch Break
	1:30 PM-2:50 PM, Thursday 2003 Session 5 Forecast Systems
Chair: Douglas K. Miller, NPS, Monterey, CA
1:30 PM 5.1 Progress on Improved Operational Forecasting and Inundation Mapping of Pacific Tsunamis for Coastal Communities   Frank I. González, NOAA/PMEL/TIME, Seattle, WA; and V. V. Titov, H. O. Mofjeld, E. N. Bernard, M. C. Eble, A. J. Venturato, and J. C. Newman 1:50 PM 5.2 An Experimental Real-Time Intra-Americas Sea Ocean Nowcast/Forecast System for Coastal Prediction   Dong S. Ko, NRL, Stennis Space Center, MS; and R. H. Preller and P. J. Martin 2:10 PM 5.3 Verification of Surface Current Predictions from the BIO Ocean Forecasting System   C. L. Tang, Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Dartmouth, NS, Canada; and E. Dunlap 2:30 PM 5.4 A Nowcast/Forecast Circulation Model of the St. Johns River   Edward P. Myers, NOAA/National Ocean Service, Silver Spring, MD; and F. Aikman and A. Zhang 5.5 Validation of the coupled atmosphere-ocean model for Ise Bay, Japan   Teruo Ohsawa, Gifu University, Gifu, Japan; and H. Mizutani, T. Murakami, T. Kobayashi, T. Yasuda, and T. Fujiwara
	3:10 PM-3:30 PM, Thursday 2003 Coffee Break
	3:30 PM-4:30 PM, Thursday 2003 Session 6 Data: Part I
Chair: Melanie A. Wetzel, DRI, Reno, NV
3:30 PM 6.1 Puget Sound tidal datums by spatial interpolation   Kurt W. Hess, NOAA/National Ocean Service, Silver Spring, MD 6.2 The impact of coastal boundary layer wind profilers on coastal forecasts   Louisa B. Nance, CIRES/NOAA/ETL, Boulder, CO; and D. J. Gottas, A. N. Keane, A. B. White, W. Schneider, J. Waldstreicher, F. M. Ralph, L. A. Benjamin, and R. J. Lind 3:50 PM 6.3 National Data Buoy Center: A Portal for Marine Mesonet Data   David B. Gilhousen, NOAA/NDBC, Stennis Space Center, MS 4:09 PM 6.4 On the Use of a Coastal Mesonet to Reveal Anomalous Mesoscale Flows in Weakly-Forced Synoptic Conditions   Jay Titlow III, WeatherFlow, Inc., Poquoson, VA
	4:30 PM, Thursday 2003 Sessions end for the day
	6:30 PM, Thursday 2003 Coastal Banquet
Friday, 8 August 2003
	8:30 AM-9:30 AM, Friday 2003 Session 7 Data: Part II
Chair: Nicholas A. Bond, JISAO/Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA
8:30 AM 7.1 Rocketsonde buoy system observing system simulation experiments   John Spagnol, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; and C. Readyhough, M. Stull, J. Mundy, R. Stull, S. Green, and G. Schajer 8:50 AM 7.2 nowCOAST: A Web Mapping Portal to Real-Time Observations and NOAA Forecasts for the Coastal U.S.   John G. W. Kelley, NOAA/National Ocean Service, Silver Spring, MD; and E. M. Kennedy, M. Wengren, and M. Westington 9:10 AM 7.3 Meteorological And Oceanic Instrumentation At Spaceport Florida—Opportunities For Coastal Research   William P. Roeder, U.S. Air Force/45th Weather Squadron, Patrick AFB, FL; and D. L. Hajek, F. C. Flinn, G. A. Maul, and M. E. Fitzpatrick
	9:30 AM-12:10 PM, Friday 2003 Session 8 Clouds and the Marine Boundary Layer
Chair: David B. Mechem, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
9:30 AM 8.1 Improving Prediction of the Marine Coastal Clouds Using Satellite and Aircraft Data   Darko Koracin, DRI, Reno, NV; and J. Powers, M. A. Wetzel, S. Chai, and N. Adhikari 9:50 AM 8.2 Analysis and prediction of microwave refractivity profiles in nocturnal marine cloud layers   N. P. Adhikari, DRI, Reno, NV; and M. A. Wetzel, D. R. Koracin, and S. K. Chai 10:10 AM Coffee Break   10:30 AM 8.3 Refractivity in the coastal atmospheric boundary layer   Stephen D. Burk, NRL, Monterey, CA; and T. Haack 10:50 AM 8.4 Coastal ocean meteorological processes influencing the marine atmospheric surface layer near the Virginia Eastern Shore   Robert E. Marshall, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren, VA; and E. H. Burgess and J. R. Rottier 11:10 AM 8.5 Observed Radiative Cooling in Nocturnal Marine Stratocumulus   Steven K. Chai, DRI, Reno, NV; and M. A. Wetzel and D. Koracin 11:30 AM 8.6 Impact of temporal SST variations on a stratus-capped marine boundary layer   Tracy Haack, NRL, Monterey, CA; and S. D. Burk 11:50 AM 8.7 Coastal boundary layer influence on pollutant transport in New England   Wayne M. Angevine, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado and NOAA/AL, Boulder, CO; and A. B. White
	12:10 PM-1:30 PM, Friday 2003 Lunch Break
	1:30 PM-3:10 PM, Friday 2003 Session 9 Coastal Orographic Effects
Organizer: Michael Tjernstrom, University of Stockholm, Stockholm Sweden
1:30 PM 9.1 The Unusually Intense Coastal front passage of 17–18 April 2002 in eastern New England   Lance F. Bosart, University at Albany/SUNY, Albany, NY; and W. Drag and A. C. Wasula 1:50 PM 9.2 Mesoscale eddie formation and shock features associated with a coastally trapped disturbance   Stephen D. Burk, NRL, Monterey, CA; and W. T. Thompson 2:10 PM 9.3 Synoptic and topographic variability of northern California precipitation characteristics in landfalling winter storms observed during CALJET   David E. Kingsmill, DRI, Reno, NV; and P. J. Neiman, F. M. Ralph, and A. B. White 2:30 PM 9.4 Modification of fronts and precipitation by coastal blocking during an intense landfalling winter storm in southern California: Observations during CALJET   Paul J. Neiman, NOAA/ERL/ETL, Boulder, CO; and P. O. G. Persson, F. M. Ralph, D. P. Jorgensen, A. B. White, and D. E. Kingsmill 9.5 Microphysical influences on frontal structure during 2-3 Feb event   Brian J. Gaudet, NRL, Monterey, CA; and J. M. Schmidt 2:50 PM 9.6 Objective analysis on terrain-following surfaces in complex terrain   Xingxiu Deng, Univ. of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; and R. Stull
	3:10 PM, Friday 2003 Conference Ends

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