Saturday, 22 October 2005 |
| 5:00 PM, Saturday Registration Open from 5:00pm–7:00pm |
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Sunday, 23 October 2005 |
| 7:00 AM, Sunday Registration Open from 7:00am–10:30am |
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| 8:00 AM, Sunday Educational Forum : "A Primer on Radar Analysis Techniques Used in Mesoscale Meteorology" |
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| 5:00 PM, Sunday Registration Open from 5:00pm–7:00pm |
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| 7:00 PM, Sunday NCAR EOL/Unidata Town Meeting |
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Monday, 24 October 2005 |
| 7:00 AM, Monday Registration Open from 7:00am–5:30pm |
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| 8:00 AM, Monday Joint Session 0J Conference Introduction (Joint between the 32nd Conference on Radar Meteorology and the 11th Conference on Mesoscale Processes) |
Organizer: Bart Geerts, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY
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| 8:15 AM-10:00 AM, Monday, Alvarado ABCD Joint Session 1J Assimilation of Radar Data in NWP Models (Joint with 32Radar and 11Mesoscale) |
Chair: Qin Xu, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK
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| 8:15 AM | J1J.1 | Keynote Talk: Progress, Problems, and Prospects for Radar Data Assimilation in Stormscale Models Andrew Crook, NCAR, Boulder, CO |
| 8:45 AM | J1J.2 | Improving very-short-term storm predictions by assimilating radar and satellite data into a mesoscale NWP model Qingyun Zhao, NRL, Monterey, CA; and J. Cook, Q. Xu, and P. R. Harasti |
| 9:00 AM | J1J.3 | Radar data assimilation experiments with a microphysical bulk formulation based on scaling normalization Isztar Zawadzki, J.S. Marshall Radar Observatory/McGill Univ., Montreal, QC, Canada; and W. Szyrmer, S. Laroche, W. Szyrmer, and S. Laroche |
| 9:15 AM | J1J.4 | Multiple Doppler Wind Analysis and Assimilation via 3DVAR using Simulated Observations of the Planned CASA Network and WSR-88D Radars ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Jidong Gao, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and C. Nuttall, C. Gilreath, M. Xue, K. Brewster, and K. Droegemeier |
| 9:30 AM | J1J.5 | Assimilation across multiple scales for simulated squall lines So-Young Ha, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Seoul, Korea and NCAR, Boulder, CO; and A. H. Caya and C. Snyder |
| 9:45 AM | J1J.6 | Experiments in very short period forecasting of convective storms using radar extrapolation and numerical weather prediction methods James W. Wilson, NCAR, Boulder, CO |
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| 10:00 AM-10:30 AM, Monday Coffee Break |
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| 10:30 AM-12:15 PM, Monday, Alvarado ABCD Session 1R Mm-wave radar and CloudSat |
Chair: Pavlos Kollias, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY
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| 10:30 AM | 1R.1 | Keynote Talk: Recent Advances in the Use of Millimeter-Wavelength Radars for Atmospheric Research ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) B. A. Albrecht, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL |
| 11:00 AM | 1R.2 | CloudSat first light data and science Graeme Stephens, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and D. G. Vane |
| 11:15 AM | 1R.3 | CloudNET: evaluating clouds in six operational forecast models using cloud radar and lidar observations ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Anthony J. Illingworth, University of Reading, Reading, Berks., United Kingdom; and R. J. Hogan and E. O'Connor |
| 11:30 AM | 1R.4 | Radar-lidar synergy for space-based retrieval of water cloud parameters Gregory May, Delft Univ. of Technology, Delft, Netherlands; and H. W. J. Russchenberg and O. A. Krasnov |
| 11:45 AM | 1R.5 | MM-Wave Radar Structure and Microphysical Characteristics of a Mixed Phase Altocumulus Cloud on 2 November 2001 ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Lawrence D. Carey, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; and L. Belcher, J. A. Kankiewicz, and T. H. Vonder Haar |
| 12:00 PM | 1R.6 | Airborne dual-Doppler radar observations of horizontal velocity fields in growing cumulus Rick R. Damiani, Univ. of Wyoming, Laramie, WY; and G. Vali and S. J. Haimov |
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| 12:15 PM-1:15 PM, Monday Lunch |
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| 12:15 PM, Monday Lunch |
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| 1:15 PM-3:00 PM, Monday, Alvarado F and Atria Joint Poster Session 1J Assimilation of Radar Data in NWP Models (Joint with 32Radar and 11Mesoscale) |
| | JP1J.1 | Assimilation of water vapor extracted from radar refractivity observations into a cloud-scale numerical model Juanzhen Sun, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. W. Wilson and R. D. Roberts |
| | JP1J.2 | Impact of Doppler radar and mesoscale surface observations on the storm-scale analysis and prediction of a mesoscale convective system Michael C. Coniglio, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and D. C. Dowell, L. J. Wicker, and D. J. Stensrud |
| | JP1J.3 | The Impact of Different Data Fields on Storm-Scale Data Assimilation Guoqing Ge, CAPS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. Gao and K. K. Droegemeier |
| | JP1J.4 | Impact of assimilation of Doppler radial velocity on a variational system and on its forecasts Fathalla A. Rihan, Univ. of Salford, Manchester, United Kingdom; and C. G. Collier and S. Ballard |
| | JP1J.5 | Assimilation of Radar Data in the Mesoscale NWP-System of DWD Klaus Stephan, German Weather Service, Offenbach, Germany; and S. Klink and C. Schraff |
| | JP1J.6 | Impact of Radar Rainfall Data Assimilation on Short-range Quantitative Precipitation Forecasts using Four-dimensional Variational Analysis Technique Linus H.Y. Yeung, Hong Kong Observatory, Hong Kong, China; and P. K. Y. Chan and E. S. T. Lai |
| | JP1J.7 | Progress in Doppler radar data assimilation Qin Xu, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and K. Nai, L. Wei, P. Zhang, L. Wang, H. Lu, and Q. Zhao |
| | JP1J.8 | Impact of using Doppler radar radial wind data in a winter cyclone period Kirsti Salonen, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland; and H. Järvinen |
| | JP1J.9 | Assimilation of radar data in the Met Office mesoscale and convective scale forecast systems Sue Ballard, Met Office, Reading, Berks., United Kingdom; and M. Dixon, S. Swarbrick, Z. Li, O. Stiller, F. A. Rihan, C. Collier, and H. Lean |
| | JP1J.10 | Towards a 1D+3DVar assimilation of radar reflectivities: Ongoing results Olivier Caumont, CNRM, Toulouse, France; and É. Wattrelot, V. Ducrocq, F. Bouttier, C. Guéguen, and G. L'Hénaff |
| | JP1J.11 | Impact of radar data assimilation on storm predictions using a mesoscale model Mei Xu, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and N. A. Crook, Y. Liu, and R. M. Rasmussen |
| | JP1J.12 | Data assimilation experiments with transformed ensemble Kalman filter Bogumil Jakubiak, Warsaw Univ., Warsaw, Poland |
| | JP1J.13 | Assimilation of Doppler radar observations to improve the QPF of an IHOP squall line Qingnong Xiao, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. Gu, J. Sun, Y. H. Kuo, and Y. R. Guo |
| | JP1J.14 | Differences Between Explicit and Approximated Radar Ray Paths Due to Vertical Gradient of Refractivity Jidong Gao, CAPS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and K. Brewster and M. Xue |
| | JP1J.15 | Physical Initialization to incorporate radar precipitation data into a Numerical Weather Prediction Model (Lokal Model) Marco Milan, Univ. of Bonn, Bonn, Germany; and F. Amen, V. Venema, A. Battaglia, and C. Simmer |
| | JP1J.16 | Assimilation of simulated CASA radar data and prediction of varied convective storm types using an ensemble square-root Kalman Filter Elaine S. Godfrey, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and M. Tong, M. Xue, and K. Droegemeier |
| | JP1J.17 | Assimilation of multiple-Doppler radar data with WRF-3DVAR system: Preliminary results in observing system simulation experiments Soichiro Sugimoto, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and N. A. Crook, J. Sun, D. M. Barker, and Q. Xiao |
| | JP1J.18 | Radar data assimilation with The Rapid Update Cycle Stephen S. Weygandt, NOAA/FSL, Boulder, CO; and D. Dévényi and S. G. Benjamin |
| | JP1J.19 | Using Radar Reflectivities to Inform a Stochastic Trigger Function for Convectivie Initiation in a Mesoscale Model Yong Song, Univ. of Missouri, Columbia, MO; and C. K. Wikle and C. J. Anderson |
| ![](http://www.confex.com/static/images/flag.png) | JP1J.20 | Assimilation of radar and sounding observations with a WRF-based ensemble Kalman filter Zhiyong Meng, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and F. Zhang and D. Hawblitzel |
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| 1:15 PM-3:00 PM, Monday, Alvarado F and Atria Joint Poster Session 2J Mesoscale Structure and Precipitation Characteristics of Tropical Cyclones (Joint with 32Radar and 11Mesoscale) |
| | JP2J.1 | Structural transition of Typhoon 0416 observed by weather radars, radiosondes and wind profilers Hiroshi Fujita, Kyoto Univ., Uji, Kyoto, Japan; and M. Teshiba, H. Hashiguchi, Y. Umemoto, Y. Shibagaki, M. D. Yamanaka, and S. Fukao |
| | JP2J.2 | Dual–Doppler analysis of Hurricane Isabel at landfall: A Research Experience for Undergraduates Renee Curry, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and M. I. Biggerstaff |
| | JP2J.3 | Wind fields of typhoon Songda (2004) observed by the Okinawa Doppler radar (COBRA) Shinsuke Satoh, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Onna, Okinawa, Japan; and H. Nagahama, H. Hanado, and K. Nakagawa |
| | JP2J.4 | The Precipitation Characteristics of a Winter Typhoon revealed by the NCU Polarimetric Radar TaiChi Chen Wang, National Central Univ., Chung-Li, Taiwan; and P. T. Chi and W. Y. Chang |
| | JP2J.5 | Preliminary Study on the structures of Line-Echo Wave Pattern over the Ocean in the Subtropics Chih-Hsien Wei, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and W. C. Lee |
| | JP2J.6 | Tropical cyclone wind retrieval using modified TREC method with radial velocity data added Kuan-Hsien Lee, Kenting Weather Radar Station, Central Weather Bureau, Pingtung, Taiwan; and H. L. Chin and P. H. Lin |
| | JP2J.7 | Polarimetric radar observations of the structure of Tropical Cyclone Ingrid Peter T. May, BMRC, Melbourne, Australia; and T. Keenan |
| | JP2J.8 | The Extended GBVTD and the recovery of the tropical cyclones asymmetric structures Yu-Chieng Liou, National Central Univ., Chung-Li, Taiwan; and T. C. Chen Wang, W. C. Lee, and Y. J. Chang |
| | JP2J.9 | Numerical modeling of intense tropical cyclone Dina (2002) in the South West Indian Ocean using Meso-Nh model Samuel Jolivet, LPA, Saint-Denis, France; and D. Barbary, F. Chane-Ming, F. Roux, and S. Westrelin |
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| 1:15 PM-3:00 PM, Monday, Alvarado F and Atria Poster Session 1R Mm-wave radar and CloudSat |
| | P1R.1 | High resolution observations of drizzle from Stratocumulus using a 95 GHz FMCW radar Virendra P. Ghate, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and I. Jo, E. Serpetzoglou, B. A. Albrecht, P. Kollias, and J. B. Mead |
| | P1R.2 | Wind observation in boundary layer by W-band radar using non-hydrometeor echo Yuichi Ohno, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Tokyo, Japan; and H. Horie and H. Kumagai |
| | P1R.3 | W-band ARM cloud radar James B. Mead, ProSensing Inc., Amherst, MA; and K. Widener |
| | P1R.4 | High resolution airborne radar dual-Doppler technique Rick R. Damiani, Univ. of Wyoming, Laramie, WY; and S. J. Haimov and G. Vali |
| | P1R.5 | Millimeter-Wavelength Radar Observations of Coastal Marine Stratocumulus for Radiation, Cloud Microphysics, and Aerosol Studies Bruce A. Albrecht, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and P. Kollias, M. A. Miller, I. Jo, V. P. Ghate, and E. Serpetzoglou |
| | P1R.6 | The Advanced Multi-Frequency Radar (AMFR) for remote sensing of clouds and precipitation Ninoslav Majurec, Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA; and S. M. Sekelsky, S. J. Frasier, and S. A. Rutledge |
| | P1R.7 | Why the Melting Layer Reflectivity is not Bright at 94-GHz? Pavlos Kollias, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY; and B. A. Albrecht |
| | P1R.8 | Performance of a developed low-power and high-sensitivity cloud profiling radar at 95 GHz Toshiaki Takano, Chiba Univ., Chiba, Japan; and K. I. Akita, H. Kubo, Y. Kawamura, T. Takamura, H. Kumagai, and T. Nakajima |
| | P1R.9 | NRC Dual-frequency Airborne Radar for Atmospheric Research Mengistu Wolde, Institute for Aerospace Research/National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada; and A. L. Pazmany |
| | P1R.10 | Refractivity Measurements from Ground Clutter Using the National Weather Radar Testbed Phased Array Radar Boon Leng Cheong, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and R. D. Palmer, T. Y. Yu, and C. Curtis |
| | P1R.11 | Airborne W-band Radar Measurements of Winter Clouds Mengistu Wolde, Institute for Aerospace Research/National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada; and D. Marcotte, G. A. Isaac, S. G. Cober, and S. J. Haimov |
| | P1R.12 | Cirrus Properties and Cloud Scale Dynamics from mm-Wavelength Doppler Radar Moments Retrieval: Tropical and Mid-latitude Cirrus Comparison Min Deng, Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah; and G. G. Mace |
| | P1R.13 | When does multiple scattering due to hydrometeors become relevant to space-borne radar measurements? Alessandro Battaglia, Meteorological Institute/University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany; and M. O. Ajewole and C. Simmer |
| | P1R.14 | CloudSat observations of light precipitation Tristan S. L'Ecuyer, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and S. D. Miller and G. L. Stephens |
| | P1R.15 | A Suite of Retrieval Algorithms for Cirrus Cloud Microphysical Properties Applied To Lidar, Radar, and Radiometer Data Prepared for the A-Train Yuying Zhang, Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and G. G. Mace |
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| 1:15 PM-3:00 PM, Monday, Alvarado F and Atria Poster Session 2R Boundary-layer processes studied with radar |
| | P2R.1 | Turbulence structure of cold season continental stratocumulus as observed by the ARM MMCR David B. Mechem, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and Y. L. Kogan |
| | P2R.2 | Airborne radar study of the vertical velocity and buoyancy characteristics of coherent plumes in the cold-air convective boundary layer over water Qiong Yang, Univ. of Wyoming, Laramie, WY; and B. Geerts |
| | P2R.3 | On the dynamics of drylines Bart Geerts, Univ. of Wyoming, Laramie, WY |
| | P2R.4 | Hurricane Boundary Layer Small-Scall Features Observed using RHI Data Coupled with VAD Analysis Sylvie Lorsolo, Texas Tech Univ., Lubbock, TX; and D. J. L. Schroeder |
| | P2R.5 | Boundary layer dynamics and eddy fluxes in horizontal roll convection during Sarah Lynn Walters, Univ. of Wyoming, Laramie, WY; and R. D. Kelly |
| | P2R.6 | THE ENHANCEMENT OF RADAR RETRIEVALS BY THE USE OF HIGHER MOMENTS OF DROP SPECTRUM Yefim L. Kogan, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and Z. N. Kogan and D. B. Mechem |
| | P2R.7 | Single Doppler observations of boundary layer flows over heterogeneous terrain Kevin R. Knupp, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and J. T. Walters, W. A. Petersen, and N. A. Crook |
| | P2R.8 | Multi-Doppler Radar Observations of Boundary Layer Winds in Support of the Second Texas Air Quality Field Study (TexAQS II) Lawrence D. Carey, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; and J. Guynes, V. McNear, J. W. Nielsen-Gammon, and F. Zhang |
| | P2R.9 | Evaluating the feasibility of using spaceborne-radar to estimate CCN scavenging by drizzle in marine stratocumulus David Leon, Univ. of Wyoming, Laramie, WY; and J. R. Snider and R. Wood |
| | P2R.10 | Variability of continental stratiform clouds and its scale dependence based on millimeter-wave radar data Zena N. Kogan, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and Y. L. Kogan and D. B. Mechem |
| | P2R.11 | Bistatic Interferometry to Measure Clear Air Wind Guifu Zhang, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and R. J. Doviak, R. D. Palmer, T. Y. Yu, and P. B. Chilson |
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| 3:00 PM-3:30 PM, Monday Coffee Break |
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| 3:30 PM-5:30 PM, Monday, Alvarado ABCD Joint Session 2J Mesoscale Structure and Precipitation Characteristics of Tropical Cyclones (Joint with 32Radar and 11Mesoscale) |
Chair: David M. Schultz, NOAA/NSSL and CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
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| 3:30 PM | J2J.1 | Keynote Talk: Tropical and Extratropical Transitions and Precipitation with Landfalling Hurricanes ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Lance F. Bosart, SUNY, Albany, NY |
| 4:00 PM | J2J.2 | Rapid intensification of hurricane Charley (2004) derived from WSR-88D data prior to landfall. Part I: GBVTD retrieval of the primary circulation and pressure tendencies Wen-Chau Lee, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and M. M. Bell and P. R. Harasti |
| 4:15 PM | J2J.3 | Rapid intensification of Hurricane Charley (2004) derived from WSR-88D data prior to landfall. Part II: HVVP adjustment for the environmental wind and central pressure retrieval ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Paul R. Harasti, UCAR/NRL, Monterey, CA; and W. C. Lee and M. M. Bell |
| 4:30 PM | J2J.4 | A dual-Doppler analysis of Hurricane Guillermo (1997): Interactions between the eye and eyewall during rapid intensification ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Matthew D. Eastin, Central College, Pella, IA; and P. D. Reasor, F. D. Marks, and J. F. Gamache |
| 4:45 PM | J2J.5 | A dual-Doppler analysis of Hurricane Guillermo (1997): Vortex resiliency in vertical shear flow ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Paul D. Reasor, Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL; and M. D. Eastin, F. D. Marks, J. F. Gamache, and M. L. Black |
| 5:00 PM | J2J.6 | Kinematic and microphysical characteristics of a stratiform rain band observed in Tropical Storm Gabrielle at landfall Dong-Kyun Kim, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and K. R. Knupp |
| 5:15 PM | J2J.7 | Predicting orographic rainfall: the role of small mobile radars Andrew Peace, Univ. of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand; and G. L. Austin |
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| 3:30 PM-5:30 PM, Monday, Alvarado GH Session 2R Boundary-Layer Processes Studied With Radar |
Organizer: Bart Geerts, Univ. of Wyoming, Laramie, WY
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| 3:30 PM | 2R.1 | Airborne radar observations of drizzle cells during DYCOMS-II David Leon, Univ.of Wyoming, Laramie, WY; and G. Vali |
| 3:45 PM | 2R.2 | Properties of SE Pacific stratocumulus using mm-wave radars and other remote sensors ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Efthymios Serpetzoglou, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and C. W. Fairall, D. E. Wolfe, V. P. Ghate, I. Jo, B. A. Albrecht, and P. Kollias |
| 4:00 PM | 2R.3 | Microphysical and kinematic structures within drizzling stratocumulus in the southeast Pacific ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Kimberly Comstock, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and S. E. Yuter and R. Wood |
| 4:15 PM | 2R.4 | The evolution of fine-scale boundaries on 15 June 2002 during IHOP Brian P. Monahan, Penn State Univ., University Park, PA; and Y. P. Richardson and J. Wurman |
| 4:30 PM | 2R.5 | Doppler radar and profiler observations of boundary evolution and collision Haldun Karan, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and K. R. Knupp |
| 4:45 PM | 2R.6 | The signature of waves and rotors in wind profilers: Results of the Sierra Rotors Project Stephen A. Cohn, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and W. O. J. Brown, V. Grubisic, and B. Billings |
| 5:00 PM | 2R.7 | Interesting FM-CW Radar Data Scott A. McLaughlin, Applied Technologies, Inc., Longmont, CO |
| 5:15 PM | 2R.8 | High-resolution observations of dynamic structures in the boundary layer using a range imaging wind profiler and an FMCW radar ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Phillip B. Chilson, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. R. Jordan and S. A. McLaughlin |
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| 5:30 PM-7:00 PM, Monday Opening of Exhibits with Icebreaker Reception |
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| 5:30 PM, Monday Sessions Conclude for the Day |
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| 7:00 PM, Monday Paul Smith Tribute Dinner (Radar) |
Organizer: V. Chandrasekar, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
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Tuesday, 25 October 2005 |
| 7:00 AM, Tuesday Registration Open from 7:00am–5:30pm |
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| 8:15 AM-10:00 AM, Tuesday, Alvarado ABCD Joint Session 3J Field Work Aimed at Understanding the Organization of Convection (Joint with 32Radar and 11Mesoscale) |
Chair: Robert M. Rauber, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL
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| 8:15 AM | J3J.1 | Keynote Talk: Global Shallow Moist Convection Bjorn Stevens, Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA |
| 8:45 AM | J3J.2 | First echo development in trade-wind cumulus ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Charles A. Knight, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. A. Rilling and J. Miller |
| 9:00 AM | J3J.3 | Florida Convective Updraft Structure Using Dual Wavelength Airborne Radar Measurements Gerald M. Heymsfield, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and L. Belcher, L. Tian, L. Li, and A. Heymsfield |
| 9:15 AM | J3J.4 | The diurnal cycle of rainfall and the identification of rainfall regimes within the North American monsoon of NW Mexico ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) D. A. Ahijevych, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. E. Carbone, T. J. Lang, and A. V. Manzanilla |
| 9:30 AM | J3J.5 | The stratiform region of an MCS on 19 June in TELEX 2004 observed with polarimetric and multi-Dopper radars, electric field soundings, and a lightning mapping array D. Rust, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and D. MacGorman, T. J. Schuur, E. Bruning, P. Krehbiel, B. Rison, T. Hamlin, J. M. Straka, C. D. Payne, N. R. Ramig, I. Apostolakopoulos, M. Biggerstaff, L. D. Carey, and A. Caine |
| 9:45 AM | J3J.6 | Radar analysis of long-lived trade wind cumulus clouds from the Rain in Cumulus over the Ocean experiment (RICO) ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Sabine Goeke, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and M. Colón Robles, R. M. Rauber, and J. B. Jensen |
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| 10:00 AM-10:30 AM, Tuesday Coffee Break |
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| 10:30 AM-12:15 PM, Tuesday, Alvarado ABCD Session 3R Quantitative precipitation estimation and validation |
Chair: Ali Tokay, JCET/Univ. of Maryland and NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD
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| 10:30 AM | 3R.1 | Using Ground Clutter to Adjust Relative Radar Calibration at Kwajalein, RMI ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) David S. Silberstein, NASA/GSFC and George Mason Univ., Greenbelt, MD; and D. B. Wolff, D. A. Marks, and J. L. Pippitt |
| 10:45 AM | 3R.2 | Improving radar rainfall estimates at Kwajalein Atoll, RMI through relative calibration adjustments ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) David A. Marks, NASA/GSFC and George Mason Univ., Greenbelt, MD; and D. B. Wolff, D. S. Silberstein, J. L. Pippitt, and J. Wang |
| 11:00 AM | 3R.3 | Precipitation Variability, Representativeness of Surface Disdrometers and Radar Calibration Kenneth S. Gage, NOAA, Boulder, CO; and C. R. Williams, W. L. Clark, P. E. Johnston, and A. Tokay |
| 11:15 AM | 3R.4 | Snow Retrieval by Airborne Radar Liang Liao, Caelum Research Corp., Greenbelt, MD; and R. Meneghini |
| 11:30 AM | 3R.5 | Comparison of ambient sound from 2000 m underwater with ground-based radar observations of rainfall Eyal Amitai, Chapman University and NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and J. A. Nystuen, E. Anagnostou, and M. Anagnostou |
| 11:45 AM | 3R.6 | Observations of precipitation and ocean surface from dual-frequency airborne precipitation radar (APR-2) Simone Tanelli, JPL/California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA; and S. L. Durden, E. Im, and J. P. Meagher |
| 12:00 PM | 3R.7 | Ensemble generator of radar-based QPE Grzegorz J. Ciach, IIHR Hydroscience & Engineering, Iowa City, IA; and W. F. Krajewski, G. Villarini, D. Kitzmiller, and R. A. Fulton |
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| 12:00 PM-3:30 PM, Tuesday Exhibits Open |
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| 12:15 PM-1:15 PM, Tuesday Lunch |
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| 1:15 PM-3:00 PM, Tuesday, Alvarado F and Atria Joint Poster Session 3J Field Work Aimed at Understanding the Organization of Convection (Joint with 32Radar and 11Mesoscale) |
| | JP3J.1 | Fine-Scale Observations of a Pre–Convective Convergence Line in the Central Great Plains on 19 June 2002 Benjamin Daniel Sipprell, Univ. of Wyoming, Laramie, WY; and B. Geerts |
| | JP3J.2 | Synergizing high–resolution EOS Terra satellite data and S–POLKA radar reflectivity to assess trade wind cumuli precipitation Eric R. Snodgrass, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and R. M. Rauber, L. Di Girolamo, and G. Zhao |
| | JP3J.3 | Oceanic shallow cumuli observations from ship–borne X- and W-Band radars during RICO Ieng Jo, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and V. P. Ghate, E. Serpetzoglou, B. A. Albrecht, and P. Kollias |
| | JP3J.4 | Mesoscale Convective Systems occurred in Northwestern Mexico during NAME Arturo Valdes-Manzanilla, Universidad Juarez Autonoma de Tabasco, Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico; and M. Cortez-Vazquez |
| | JP3J.5 | Radar observations during NAME 2004. Part I: Data products and quality control Timothy J. Lang, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and R. Cifelli, S. W. Nesbitt, G. Pereira, S. A. Rutledge, D. A. Ahijevych, and R. E. Carbone |
| | JP3J.6 | Radar observations during NAME 2004. Part II: Preliminary results Timothy J. Lang, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and R. Cifelli, D. Lerach, L. Nelson, S. W. Nesbitt, G. Pereira, S. A. Rutledge, D. A. Ahijevych, and R. E. Carbone |
| | JP3J.7 | The Moisture Route of Palo Duro Canyon Kevin R. Walter, Texas Tech Univ., Lubbock, TX; and C. C. Weiss and A. Swift |
| | JP3J.8 | Melting-layer cloud observed during MR01-K05 cruise of Res/V Mirai Kazuaki Yasunaga, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Yokosuka, Japan; and K. Yoneyama, H. Kubota, H. Okamoto, A. Shimizu, H. Kumagai, M. Katsumata, N. Sugimoto, and I. Matsui |
| | JP3J.9 | Convective evolution in along–line shear Matthew D. Parker, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC |
| | JP3J.10 | Trade Wind Cumuli Statistics and the Impact of finite Resolution Measurements Guangyu Zhao, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and L. Di Girolamo |
| | JP3J.11 | Observed Mesoscale Variations in Thermodynamic Properties and Surface Fluxes over Ice-Covered Lake Erie Mathieu R. Gerbush, Univ. of Illinois, Champaign, IL; and D. A. R. Kristovich and N. F. Laird |
| | JP3J.12 | Ancillary observations for a first echo study: five million antenna camera digital images Robert A. Rilling, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. VanAndel |
| | JP3J.13 | Diurnal variation of three-dimensional radar echoes and their possible role of preconditioning the atmospheric humidity Tomoki Ushiyama, Institute of Observational Research for Global Change/Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Yokosuka, Japan; and R. Shirooka, H. Kubota, T. Chuda, K. Yoneyama, M. Katsumata, H. Yamada, M. Fujita, N. Sato, K. K. Reddy, K. Takeuchi, and H. Uyeda |
| | JP3J.14 | High-resolution surface and tower observations of the southern Plains dryline during Project SONDE—2005 Christopher C. Weiss, Texas Tech Univ., Lubbock, TX |
| | JP3J.15 | Transition of the rainfall characteristics related to the moistening of land surface over the central Tibetan Plateau during GAME-Tibet IOP Hiroyuki Yamada, Japan Marine Science and Technology Center, Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan; and H. Uyeda |
| | JP3J.16 | Dryline convergence and the initiation of deep moist convection Michael P. Griesinger, Texas Tech Univ., Lubbock, TX; and C. C. Weiss |
| | JP3J.17 | CONVECTIVE PRECIPITATION CLIMATOLOGY FOR AFRICA Arlene Laing, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. Carbone and V. Levizzani |
| ![](http://www.confex.com/static/images/flag.png) | JP3J.18 | An investigation of the height distribution of tropical convection over northern Australia Andrew P. Ballinger, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK |
| ![](http://www.confex.com/static/images/flag.png) | JP3J.19 | Mesoscale divergence profiles from VAD analysis of multiple Doppler radar deployments in the tropics Brian Mapes, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and J. L. Lin and P. Zuidema |
| | JP3J.20 | Characteristics of the Precipitating Systems during the 2002 Dry-to-Wet RACCI Field Campaign in the Amazon Region Carlos Morales, Univ. of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil; and L. A. Toledo Machado and M. A. Faus Silva Dias |
| ![](http://www.confex.com/static/images/flag.png) | JP3J.21 | Cloud and precipitation radar observations of eastern tropical Pacific ITCZ cloud vertical structure Paquita Zuidema, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and B. Mapes, J. L. Lin, and C. Fairall |
| | JP3J.22 | Mass fluxes in East Pacific warm pool Carlos López Carrillo, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM; and D. Raymond |
| | JP3J.23 | Three-dimensional lightning mapping observations as a complement to radar observations of storms William Rison, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM; and P. Krehbiel, R. J. Thomas, and T. Hamlin |
| | JP3J.24 | The development and structure of an oceanic squall line system during the South China Sea Monsoon Experiment Jian-Jian Wang, NASA/GSFC and GEST/Univ. of Maryland Baltimore County, Greenbelt, MD; and L. D. Carey |
| | JP3J.25 | Relation of Tropical Thunderstorm Cirrus Anvil Properties to Convective Core Intensities and Lifecycles Chris J. Theisen, Univ. of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND; and P. A. Kucera and M. R. Poellot |
| | JP3J.26 | Characterization of Storm Properties During the TroCCiBras Experiment Ana M. Gomes, Instituto de Pesquisas Meteorológicas, Bauru, São Paulo, Brazil; and G. Held |
| | JP3J.27 | Dynamics of Mesoscale Convective Systems Observed with a UHF Wind Profiler and a Polarimetric S-band Weather Radar Michihiro Teshiba, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and R. D. Palmer, P. B. Chilson, A. Ryzhkov, and T. J. Schuur |
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| 1:15 PM, Tuesday, Alvarado F and Atria Joint Poster Session 4J Radar Studies of Mesoscale Banded Structures (Joint with 32Radar and 11Mesoscale) |
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| | JP4J.1 | Raindrop Size Distributions and Z-R Relations in Coastal Rainfall for Periods With and Without a Radar Brightband Brooks E. Martner, NOAA/ETL and CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and S. E. Yuter, A. White, D. E. Kingsmill, and F. M. Ralph |
| | JP4J.2 | A Modeling Study of the Along–front Precipitation Variability of a Pacific Narrow Cold Frontal Rainband Mei Han, GEST/Univ. of Maryland Baltimore County, Greenbelt, MD; and S. A. Braun, P. O. G. Persson, and J. -. W. Bao |
| | JP4J.3 | Mesoscale structure in a coastal front: a case study Frank P. Colby Jr., Univ. of Massachusetts, Lowell, MA; and A. Hoell |
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| 1:15 PM-3:00 PM, Tuesday, Alvarado F and Atria Poster Session 3R Nowcasting and storm climatologies using radar data |
| | P3R.1 | Radar based applications of a Nowcast Decision Support System J. William Conway, Weather Decision Technologies, Inc., Norman, OK; and M. D. Eilts, J. T. Johnson, C. Barrere, and G. Bassett |
| | P3R.2 | Nowcasting of storm duration David M. Jankowski, Univ. of Missouri, Columbia, MO; and N. I. Fox |
| | P3R.3 | Intercomparisons of nowcasting techiques Steven A. Lack, Univ. of Missouri, Columbia, MO; and N. I. Fox, D. M. Jankowski, and G. L. Limpert |
| | P3R.4 | An Evaluation of ensembles based upon MAPLE precipitation nowcasts and NWP precipitation forecasts Alamelu Kilambi, J.S. Marshall Radar Observatory, McGill University, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, QC, Canada; and I. Zawadzki |
| | P3R.5 | Rain Climatology in the Central Region of the State of São Paulo Using Radar Echoes During the Wet Period Jose Carlos Figueiredo, Meteorological Research Institute/IPMet/UNESP, Bauru, Brazil |
| | P3R.6 | The Hail Forecasting Relative to the Product Mesocyclone of WSR-98D Xiuguang Diao, Weather Office, Jinan, Shandong, China; and J. Zhu and S. Zhang |
| | P3R.7 | Storm-tracking and thunderstorm nowcasting for Sao Paulo State, Brazil Wando C. M. Amorim, Univ. of Sao Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil; and C. A. R. Morales |
| | P3R.8 | Predicting Severe Hail for the Southern High Plains and West Texas Daniel Porter, NOAA/NWS, Albuquerque, NM; and M. R. Kramar and S. D. Landolt |
| | P3R.9 | Analysis of Tornado Characteristics in the State of São Paulo for the Improvement of an Automatic Alert System Gerhard Held, Instituto de Pesquisas Meteorológicas, Bauru, SP, Brazil; and A. M. Gomes, K. P. Naccarato, O. Pinto, E. L. Nascimento, A. A. Correia, and I. P. V. O. Marcelino |
| | P3R.10 | Object-based verification of convective storms for the 2005 Dallas/Fort Worth AutoNowcaster demonstration project John Edward Halley Gotway, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. G. Bullock and B. G. Brown |
| | P3R.11 | Comparison of ground-based radar and geosynchronous satellite climatologies of warm season rainfall over the United States J. D. Tuttle, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. E. Carbone and P. A. Arkin |
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| 1:15 PM-3:00 PM, Tuesday, Alvarado F and Atria Poster Session 4R Radar Signal Processing |
| | P4R.1 | Identification of clutter echoes using a fuzzy logic technique Marc Berenguer, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain; and D. Sempere-Torres, R. Sánchez-Diezma, and R. Pascual |
| | P4R.2 | Corrections to and Considerations of the Spectrum Width Equation Ming Fang, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and R. J. Doviak |
| | P4R.3 | Phase noise, coherency, and clutter suppression James J. Stagliano Jr., Enterprise Electronics Corporation, Enterprise, AL; and J. Helvin, J. L. Alford, and D. Nelson |
| | P4R.4 | Characterizing tornadoes in multiple-Doppler radar data using a low-order model Corey K. Potvin, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and A. M. Shapiro, T. Y. Yu, and M. Xue |
| | P4R.5 | On the development of a multi-algorithm radar data quality control system at the Naval Research Laboratory Paul R. Harasti, UCAR and NRL, Monterey, CA; and D. J. Smalley, M. E. Weber, C. Kessinger, Q. Xu, P. Zhang, S. Liu, T. Tsui, J. Cook, and Q. Zhao |
| | P4R.6 | Echo classification and spectral processing for the discrimination of clutter from weather Michael Dixon, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and C. Kessinger and J. C. Hubbert |
| | P4R.6A | (Formerly paper 7R.5) Improvements in RPG clutter/precipitation discrimination for the WSR-88D Cathy Kessinger, NCAR, Boulder, Colorado; and S. Ellis and J. Van Andel |
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| | P4R.8 | Enhanced radar data acquisition system and signal processing algorithms for the Terminal Doppler Weather Radar John Y. N. Cho, MIT, Lexington, MA; and G. R. Elkin and N. G. Parker |
| | P4R.9 | Design and test of an operational triple-PRT Doppler scheme for the French radar network Pierre Tabary, Météo France, Trappes, France |
| | P4R.10 | A First Look at the Operational (Data Quality) Improvements Provided by the Open Radar Data Acquisition (ORDA) System Joe N. Chrisman, NOAA/NWS, Norman, OK; and C. A. Ray |
| | P4R.11 | Spaced-antenna measurements of cross-beam velocity in severe storms Kery Hardwick, Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA; and S. J. Frasier, A. L. Pazmany, H. B. Bluestein, and M. M. French |
| | P4R.12 | Decorrelation in Range of Oversampled Weather Radar Signals Using FIR Filter Igor R. Ivic, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and A. Zahrai and S. M. Torres |
| | P4R.13 | Phased Array Design for Biological Clutter Rejection: Simulation and Experimental Validation Boon Leng Cheong, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and M. W. Hoffman, R. D. Palmer, S. J. Frasier, and F. J. Lopez-Dekker |
| | P4R.14 | Investigating external and dual polarization calibration options for the WSR-88D Richard L. Ice, Wyle Information Systems, Norman, OK; and D. A. Warde and F. Pratte |
| | P4R.15 | Clutter Censoring Theory and Application for the WSR-88D Alan D. Free, SI International, Norman, OK; and N. K. Patel |
| | P4R.16 | Over-sampling of radial velocity and 3dvar analysis of dual-doppler observations Shun Liu, CAPS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and M. Xue and T. Yu |
| | P4R.17 | Data quality improvements using SZ phase coding J. C. Hubbert, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and G. Meymaris, M. Dixon, and S. Ellis |
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| 3:00 PM-3:30 PM, Tuesday Coffee break |
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| 3:30 PM-5:45 PM, Tuesday, Alvarado GH Joint Session 4J Radar Studies of Mesoscale Banded Structures (Joint with 32Radar and 11Mesoscale) |
Chair: Isztar Zawadzki, McGill Univ., Montreal, QC Canada
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| 3:30 PM | J4J.1 | Keynote Talk: Tropospheric Mesoscale Gravity Waves Fuqing Zhang, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX |
| 4:00 PM | J4J.2 | CHILL, Pariicle ID, and MM5: The role of the barrier jet in Meso-g-scale Precipitation distribution in an extreme snowstorm ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Gregory S. Poulos, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and D. A. Wesley, P. C. Kennedy, and S. A. Rutledge |
| 4:15 PM | J4J.3 | Analysis of vertical motions in fine scale precipitation bands in winter cyclones using wind profiler doppler spectra ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Marcia R. Estrem, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and R. M. Rauber, K. R. Knupp, B. F. Jewett, J. T. Walters, and D. Phillips |
| ![](http://www.confex.com/static/images/flag.png) | J4J.4 | Examining the role of mesoscale features in the structure and evolution of precipitation regions in northeast winter storms Matthew D. Greenstein, SUNY, Albany, NY; and L. F. Bosart, D. Keyser, and D. J. Nicosia |
| 4:30 PM | J4J.4A | (Formerly JP4.4) Some 3D aspects of a Striated Cloud Head over New Zealand including radar and raingauge data Ian D. Miller, MetService of New Zealand, Wellington, New Zealand |
| 4:45 PM | J4J.5 | Comparisons of Simulated Kinematic and Moisture Fields with Airborne In-situ and Doppler Radar Observations in a Convective Cold Front over the Eastern Pacific Ocean ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) P. O. G. Persson, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado and NOAA/ETL, Boulder, CO; and J. W. Bao, S. A. Braun, D. P. Jorgensen, B. A. Walter, and M. Han |
| 5:00 PM | J4J.6 | Observations and numerical simulations of narrow cold-frontal rainbands ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Mark T. Stoelinga, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA |
| 5:15 PM | J4J.7 | The use of simulated radar reflectivity fields in the diagnosis of mesoscale phenomena from high-resolution WRF model forecasts ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Steven E. Koch, NOAA/ERL/FSL, Boulder, Colorado; and B. S. Ferrier, M. T. Stoelinga, E. J. Szoke, S. J. Weiss, and J. S. Kain |
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| 3:30 PM-5:30 PM, Tuesday, Alvarado D Session 4R Radar Signal Processing |
Chair: Terry J. Schuur, Univ. of Oklahoma/CIMMS and NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK
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| 3:30 PM | 4R.1 | Calibrating differential reflectivity on the WSR-88D Dusan Zrnic, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and V. Melnikov and J. K. Carter |
| 3:45 PM | 4R.2 | Quality control for polarimetric radar measurements Martin Hagen, DLR, Wessling, Germany; and K. Friedrich |
| 4:00 PM | 4R.3 | Identification and removal of non-precipitation echoes using the characteristics of radar echoes ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) GyuWon Lee, McGill Univ., Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, QC, Canada; and Y. H. Cho, K. E. Kim, and I. Zawadzki |
| 4:15 PM | 4R.4 | Improve radar resolution using range oversampling ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Tian-You Yu, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and G. Zhang, A. Chalamalasetti, R. J. Doviak, and D. S. Zrnic |
| 4:30 PM | 4R.5 | Demonstration of range oversampling techniques on the WSR-88D ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Sebastian M. Torres, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and I. R. Ivic |
| 4:45 PM | 4R.6 | Signal processing of Beam-multiplexed data for Phased-Array weather radar ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Marko B. Orescanin, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and T. -. Y. Yu, C. D. Curtis, D. S. Zrnic, and D. Forsyth |
| 5:00 PM | 4R.7 | Implementation of refractivity retrieval from ground clutter using the s-band KOUN radar ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Michael R. James, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and R. D. Palmer, T. Y. Yu, S. M. Torres, R. J. Doviak, and D. S. Zrnic |
| 5:15 PM | 4R.8 | The spectrum of weather echoes ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Paul L. Smith, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD; and W. H. Martin |
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| 3:30 PM-5:30 PM, Tuesday, Alvarado ABC Session 5R TRMM/ GPM studies and algorithms |
Chair: Nobuhiro Takahashi, NICT, Koganei-shi, Tokyo Japan
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| 3:30 PM | 5R.1 | Storm morphology and rainfall characteristics of TRMM precipitation features ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Stephen W. Nesbitt, Colorado State Univ., Ft. Collins, CO; and R. Cifelli and S. A. Rutledge |
| 3:45 PM | 5R.2 | Global distribution of convection penetrating the tropical tropopause ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Chuntao Liu, Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and E. Zipser |
| 4:00 PM | 5R.3 | Retrieval of Raindrop Size Distribution from Simulated Dual-Frequency Radar Measurements Stephen Joseph Munchak, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and A. Tokay |
| 4:15 PM | 5R.4 | Possible algorithms for the Dual-frequency Precipitation Radar (DPR) on the GPM core satellite ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Toshio Iguchi, NICT, Koganei, Tokyo, Japan |
| 4:30 PM | 5R.5 | The potential for water vapor and precipitation estimation with a differential-frequency radar Robert Meneghini, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and L. Liao and L. Tian |
| 4:45 PM | 5R.6 | Shallow convection in the tropics: How often and how much does it rain? ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Courtney Schumacher, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX |
| 5:00 PM | 5R.7 | Relative errors in TRMM satellite Version 5 and Version 6 products: Steps forward and backward ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Sandra E. Yuter, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC; and J. E. Stout, R. Wood, J. Kwiatkowski, and D. Horn |
| 5:15 PM | 5R.8 | A Numerically Stable Dual-Frequency Bayesian Precipitation Retrieval Algorithm for GPM Jonathan P. Meagher, JPL/California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA; and Z. S. Haddad |
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| 5:30 PM-7:30 PM, Tuesday Exhibitor Reception (with hors d'oeuvres) |
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| 5:30 PM, Tuesday Oral Sessions Conclude for the Day |
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| 6:30 PM-8:30 PM, Tuesday, Alvarado F and Atria Joint Poster Session 5J BAMEX (Joint with 32Radar and 11Mesoscale) |
| | JP5J.1 | The interaction of mesoscale convective systems with the Great Lakes during BAMEX Lance F. Bosart, Univ. at Albany/SUNY, Albany, NY; and T. J. Galarneau |
| | JP5J.2 | An airborne dual–Doppler back–trajectory study of downdrafts in bow–echoes during BAMEX William C. Straka, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and W. R. Cotton and R. L. McAnelly |
| | JP5J.3 | Bow echoes during BAMEX: assessing transitions in surface wind damage using WSR-88D data Michael C. Kruk, Midwestern Regional Climate Center, Champaign, IL; and R. M. Rauber, G. M. McFarquhar, B. F. Jewett, and R. J. Trapp |
| | JP5J.4 | Explaining the variability of cloud microphysics in stratiform regions of BAMEX MCSs using high-resolution radar observations Andrea M. Smith, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and R. M. Rauber, G. M. McFarquhar, B. F. Jewett, M. S. Timlin, and J. A. Grim |
| | JP5J.5 | Damaging Surface Wind Mechanisms within the 10 June 2003 Saint Louis Bow Echo Event during BAMEX Nolan T. Atkins, Lyndon State College, Lyndonville, VT; and C. Bouchard, R. J. Trapp, R. W. Przybylinski, and G. K. Schmocker |
| | JP5J.6 | Conditioning of the inflow environment by organized convection: An investigation based on BAMEX data Gretchen L. Mullendore, Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA; and R. G. Fovell |
| | JP5J.7 | An examination of the long-lived MCV of 10–13 June 2003 Thomas J. Galarneau Jr., University at Albany/SUNY, Albany, NY; and L. F. Bosart |
| | JP5J.8 | Radar representation of Bow Echo Events during the first week of July 2003 concurrent with BAMEX Nicholas D. Metz, Univ. at Albany/SUNY, Albany, NY; and L. F. Bosart |
| | JP5J.9 | Radar and profiler measurements of mesoscale and microscale flows within a heat burst Kevin Knupp, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and N. A. Crook |
| | JP5J.10 | Paper JP5J.10 has been moved to session J5 BAMEX, New Paper Number J5.1
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| | JP5J.11 | BAMEX case study of the structure and evolution of the 26 June 2003 mini-bow Justin T. Walters, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and K. Knupp |
| | JP5J.12 | Observations of cold pool properties in mesoscale convective systems during BAMEX George H. Bryan, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and D. A. Ahijevych, C. Davis, S. B. Trier, and M. Weisman |
| | JP5J.13 | WRF Simulations of a Severe Squall Line: Comparisons against High Resolution BAMEX Observations Bryan A. Guarente, Univ. of Illlinois, Urbana, IL; and B. F. Jewett, G. McFarquhar, and R. M. Rauber |
| | JP5J.14 | Observations of the 24 June 2003 Bow Echo Case during BAMEX Dustin Phillips, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and K. Knupp |
| | JP5J.15 | Dual rear inflow jets within the 26 August 2003 derecho Joseph A. Grim, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and R. M. Rauber |
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| 6:30 PM-8:30 PM, Tuesday, Alvarado F and Atria Joint Poster Session 6J IHOP (Joint with 32Radar and 11Mesoscale) |
| | JP6J.1 | The dryline on 19 June during IHOP_2002: The thin-line structure and convection initiation Hanne V. Murphey, Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA; and R. M. Wakimoto, C. N. Flamant, and D. E. Kingsmill |
| | JP6J.2 | A High-Resolution Modeling Study of the 24 May 2002 Dryline Case during IHOP: Horizontal Convective Rolls and Convective Initiation Ming Xue, CAPS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and W. J. Martin |
| | JP6J.3 | Vertical Velocity and Buoyancy Characteristics of Coherent Echo Plumes in the Convective Boundary Layer, Detected by a Profiling Airborne Radar Qun Miao, Univ. of Wyoming, Laramie, WY; and B. Geerts |
| | JP6J.4 | The structure and dynamics of atmospheric bores and solitons as determined from remote sensing and modeling experiments during IHOP Steven E. Koch, NOAA/ERL/FSL, Boulder, Colorado; and M. Pagowski, J. W. Wilson, F. Fabry, C. Flamant, W. Feltz, G. K. Schwemmer, and B. Geerts |
| ![](http://www.confex.com/static/images/flag.png) | JP6J.5 | Evaluation of WRF using In-situ Measurements from IHOP 2002 Sen Chiao, Howard Univ., Washington, DC; and B. B. Demoz, M. Weldegaber, and E. Joseph |
| | JP6J.6 | Influence of surface characteristics on sensible and latent heat fluxes and boundary-layer mesoscale circulations Margaret A. LeMone, NCAR, Boulder, Colorado; and F. Chen, J. G. Alferi, M. Tewari, B. Geerts, Q. Miao, R. L. Coulter, and R. L. Grossman |
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| 6:30 PM-8:30 PM, Tuesday, Alvarado F and Atria Poster Session 5R TRMM/ GPM studies and algorithms |
| | P5R.1 | Systems Engineering Analysis of a TRMM-Like Retrieval Algorithm: Implication for GPM Design C. R. Rose, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and V. Chandrasekar |
| | P5R.2 | To what extent can raindrop size be determined by a multiple-frequency radar? Jonathan P. Meagher, JPL/California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA; and Z. S. Haddad |
| | P5R.3 | Biases in surface reference estimates by the TRMM PR standard algorithm Shinta Seto, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Tokyo, Japan; and T. Iguchi |
| | P5R.4 | Simulation of the brightness temperature of spaceborne microwave radiometer by using COBRA data Nobuhiro Takahashi, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Koganei-shi, Tokyo, Japan; and K. Nakagawa and T. Iguchi |
| | P5R.5 | Analysis of the melting layer by using 400 MHz wind profiler and 35 GHz Doppler radar Nobuhiro Takahashi, National Institue of Information and Communications Technology, Koganei-shi, Tokyo, Japan; and Y. Kitamura and K. Iwanami |
| | P5R.6 | Exploring the relationship between lightning, liquid and frozen water phases using TRMM Precipitation Radar and Lightning Imaging Sensor data Walter A. Petersen, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and H. J. Christian and S. A. Rutledge |
| | P5R.7 | Physical validation of TRMM rainfall products using a radiative transfer model Shoichi Shige, Osaka Prefecture Univ., Sakai, Japan; and H. Sasaki and K. Okamoto |
| | P5R.8 | Retrieval of Vertical Rain Rate Profile by Dual-Frequency Radar Data Koyuru Iwanami, National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan; and Y. Chono, T. Harimaya, J. Testud, M. Maki, R. Misumi, and S. G. Park |
| | P5R.9 | Spectral retrieval of latent heating profiles from TRMM PR data: Comparison of look-up tables Shoichi Shige, Osaka Prefecture Univ., Sakai, Osaka, Japan; and Y. N. Takayabu, W. -. K. Tao, and C. L. Shie |
| | P5R.10 | Forward and Backscattering Measurements of Rainfall over a path at the GPM Frequencies Rafael Rincon, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and R. Meneghini and R. Lang |
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| 6:30 PM-8:30 PM, Tuesday, Alvarado F and Atria Poster Session 6R Quantitative precipitation estimation and validation |
| | P6R.1 | Development of a High Resolution Precipitation Research Facility in the Northern Plains Paul A. Kucera, Univ. of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND; and C. R. Williams and K. S. Gage |
| | P6R.2 | The Front Range Pilot Project for GPM: An instrument and concept test Steven A. Rutledge, Colorado State Univ., Ft. Collins, CO; and R. Cifelli, T. Lang, S. Nesbitt, K. S. Gage, C. R. Williams, B. Martner, S. Matrosov, V. Bringi, and P. C. Kennedy |
| | P6R.3 | Multi-Sensor Measurements of Raindrop Size Distribution at NASA Wallops Island Jordi Rosich Sanchez, GRAHI, Barcelona, Spain; and A. Tokay, B. Sheppard, K. Wu, and P. Joe |
| | P6R.4 | Comsiderations for Comparing Volumetric Reflectivity Observation between Space-borne and Ground-based Radars Wanyu Li, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and V. Chandrasekar |
| | P6R.5 | Systematic variations of raindrop size spectra with altitude derived from wind profiler: Measurements for TRMM PR evaluation Takahisa Kobayashi, MRI, Tukuba, Ibaaki, Japan; and A. Adachi and S. Sekizawa |
| | P6R.6 | Reflectivity dependence of reflectivity gradients observed by radar profilers Wallace L. Clark, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado and NOAA/AL, Boulder, CO; and C. R. Williams, P. E. Johnston, K. S. Gage, and A. Tokay |
| | P6R.7 | Revisiting "Ground Truth"—Assessment of Wind and Out-of-Level Collector Funnel Effects on Rain Gague Catch Matthias Steiner, Princeton Univ., Princeton, NJ; and L. C. Sieck and S. J. Burges |
| | P6R.8 | Ground and Airborne Validation Plans for GPM in the Central State of São Paulo, Brazil Roberto Vicente Calheiros, MRI/IPMet/UNESP, Bauru, Brazil; and G. Held, V. Mitev, C. A. D. A. Antonio, G. Martucci, and R. Matthey |
| | P6R.9 | Assessing Sensor Resolution Impact through Gabor Filtering Roberto Machado, Meteorological Research Institute/UNESP, Bauru, São Paulo, Brazil; and R. V. Calheiros and C. A. F. Thompson Leite |
| | P6R.10 | Contemporary measurements of a ground-based weather radar and balloon-borne lidar at Bauru during the HIBISCUS campaigns: a powerful synergy in cloud physics studies Guido Di Donfrancesco, Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Environment, Frascati, Italy; and F. Cairo, G. Held, and F. Fierli |
| | P6R.11 | Using medium term reflectivity statistics in radar QPE Norman Donaldson, EC, King City, ON, Canada |
| | P6R.12 | Conditional evaluation of conventional vs. polarimetric QPE at C-band Wiwiana Szalinska, Météo France, Trappes, France; and P. Tabary and H. Andrieu |
| | P6R.13 | Radar Rainfall Estimation and Rain Gauge Comparison Studies at Wallops Island, Virginia MiKayla Taffe, Univ. of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND; and P. A. Kucera |
| | P6R.14 | A Quality Control Algorithm for NPOL During CRYSTAL-FACE Chris J. Theisen, Univ. of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND; and P. J. Frank and P. A. Kucera |
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| 6:30 PM-8:30 PM, Tuesday, Alvarado F and Atria Poster Session 7R wind profilers and vertical profiles of reflectivity |
| | P7R.1 | Time-frequency analysis of UHF and VHF profiler observed winds over the central equatorial Pacific Robert Schafer, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO |
| | P7R.2 | The Meiyu precipitating cloud system studies using wind profiler in China Krishna Reddy, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Yokosuka, Japan; and B. Geng, H. Yamada, and H. Uyeda |
| | P7R.3 | Technical contributions of Mr. Dale Sirmans to Doppler weather radar development Richard L. Ice, Wyle Information Systems, Norman, OK; and D. A. Warde and B. Bumgarner |
| | P7R.4 | Deriving microphysical parameters of snow with a vertically pointing Doppler radar Emmanuel Moreau, NOVIMET, Velizy, France; and J. Testud and I. Zawadzki |
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| | P7R.6 | Correction algorithm of the Vertical Reflectivity Profile (VRP) for the German Met. Service Andreas Wagner, German Met. Service, Hohenpeissenberg, Germany; and J. E. E. Seltmann |
| | P7R.7 | Observations of the lower atmosphere over the equatorial Western-Pacific with a ship-borne lower troposphere radar Hiroyuki Hashiguchi, Kyoto Univ., Uji, Kyoto, Japan; and M. Teshiba and S. Fukao |
| | P7R.8 | Evaluation of 3-beam and 4-beam profiler wind measurement techniques Ahoro Adachi, MRI, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan; and T. Kobayashi, K. S. Gage, D. A. Carter, L. M. Hartten, W. L. Clark, and M. Fukuda |
| | P7R.9 | Development of a UHF boundary layer multiple antenna profiler at LaMP/OPGC Joel Van Baelen, LaMP/OPGC, Aubiere, France |
| | P7R.10 | Vertical profile of raindrop size distribution by using 400MHz wind profiler in stratiform rainfall Yasushi Kitamura, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Okinawa, Japan; and K. Nakagawa, S. Sekizawa, H. Hanado, N. Takahashi, and T. Iguchi |
| ![](http://www.confex.com/static/images/flag.png) | P7R.11 | Doppler Velocity Signatures of Large-Scale Hybrid Winds Wenmei Xia, Jiangsu Institute of Meteorological Science, Nanjing, China; and H. Zhiqun, T. Dazhang, L. Mingzhu, and L. Yuanjian |
| | P7R.12 | Validation of Bird Movement Signatures in Weather Radar Wind Profiles using a Dedicated Bird Radar Iwan Holleman, KNMI, De Bilt, Netherlands; and H. Van Gasteren and W. Bouten |
| | P7R.13 | A New Data System for Radar Wind Profilers Scott A. McLaughlin, Applied Technologies, Inc., Longmont, CO; and D. A. Merritt and B. Weber |
| | P7R.14 | A neural network based method to adjust weather radar estimates of rainfall to rain gauge measurements using the vertical reflectivity profile Reinhard Teschl, Graz Univ. of Technology, Graz, Austria; and W. L. Randeu and F. Teschl |
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| | P7R.16 | The frequency of occurrence of quasi-monochromatic inertia-gravity waves in the lower stratosphere from MST radar observations G. D. Nastrom, St. Cloud State Univ., St. Cloud, MN; and F. D. Eaton |
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Wednesday, 26 October 2005 |
| 7:30 AM, Wednesday Registration Open from 7:30am–12:15pm |
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| 8:15 AM-10:00 AM, Wednesday, Alvarado ABCD Joint Session 5J BAMEX (Joint between the 11th Conference on Mesoscale Processes and the 32nd Conference on Radar Meteorology) |
Chair: Nolan T. Atkins, Lyndon State College, Lyndonville, VT
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| 8:15 AM | J5J.1 | Keynote Talk: BAMEX Observations of Mesoscale Convective Vortices ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Christopher A. Davis, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and S. B. Trier |
| 8:45 AM | J5J.2 | Understanding the generation of high winds associated with bow echoes: The Omaha bow echo during BAMEX ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Roger M. Wakimoto, Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA; and H. V. Murphey, D. P. Jorgensen, C. A. Davis, and N. T. Atkins |
| 9:00 AM | J5J.3 | Rear-inflow structure in severe and non-severe bow-echo observed by airborne Doppler radar during BAMEX ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) David P. Jorgensen, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and H. V. Murphey and R. M. Wakimoto |
| 9:15 AM | J5J.4 | Quad-Doppler and microphysical observations of the BAMEX 29 June 2003 MCS ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Joseph A. Grim, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO; and R. M. Rauber, G. M. McFarquhar, D. P. Jorgensen, M. S. Timlin, B. F. Jewett, and A. M. Smith |
| 9:30 AM | J5J.5 | Airborne Doppler radar observations of an MCV and spiral rainband Michael M. Bell, NCAR and NPS, Boulder, CO; and P. D. Reasor, W. C. Lee, and M. T. Montgomery |
| 9:45 AM | J5J.6 | Observations of the Horizontal and Vertical Variability of Cloud Hydrometeors in Stratiform Regions behind Bow Echoes: Implications for Mesoscale Models Greg M. McFarquhar, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and M. S. Timlin, R. M. Rauber, B. F. Jewett, J. A. Grim, A. M. Smith, and D. P. Jorgensen |
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| 9:30 AM-11:30 AM, Wednesday Exhibits Open |
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| 10:00 AM-10:30 AM, Wednesday Coffee Break |
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| 10:30 AM-12:15 PM, Wednesday, Alvarado ABCD Session 6R Nowcasting and storm climatologies using radar data |
Organizer: Rita D. Roberts, NCAR, Boulder, CO
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| 10:30 AM | 6R.1 | Evaluation of the NCAR Auto-Nowcaster during the NWS Ft. Worth Operational Demonstration ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Eric J. Nelson, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and S. J. Fano, R. Roberts, W. Bunting, T. Saxen, C. Mueller, H. Cai, A. Crook, D. Megenhardt, and J. Pinto |
| 10:45 AM | 6R.2 | Determing key predictors for NCAR's Convective Auto-Nowcast system using climatological analyses ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Thomas R. Saxen, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and C. K. Mueller and N. A. Rehak |
| 11:00 AM | 6R.3 | Impacts of MM5 Model Data on the Performance of the NCAR Auto-Nowcaster System Huaqing Cai, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. D. Roberts, C. K. Mueller, T. Saxen, M. Xu, S. Trier, and D. L. Megenhardt |
| 11:15 AM | 6R.4 | Priliminary Results For The 0-1 Hour Multisensor Precipitation Nowcaster Shucai Guan, RS Information Systems and NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and F. Ding, R. A. Fulton, and D. H. Kitzmiller |
| 11:30 AM | 6R.5 | Warm season precipitation corridors in the central United States J. D. Tuttle, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and C. A. Davis |
| 11:45 AM | 6R.6 | The complementary use of TITAN-derived radar and total lightning thunderstorm cells ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Nicholas L. Wilson, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and D. W. Breed, T. R. Saxen, and N. W. S. Demetriades |
| ![](http://www.confex.com/static/images/flag.png) | 6R.7 | Electrical and hydrometeorological studies of severe thunderstorms in the south of Brazil Cesar Beneti, Parana Meteorological System, Curitiba, Parana, Brazil; and L. Calvetti, M. Jusevicius, and A. J. Pereira Filho |
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| 12:00 PM, Wednesday Sessions Conclude for the Day |
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| 4:30 PM, Wednesday Conference Event–Los Amigos Roundup (Transportation will be provided) |
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Thursday, 27 October 2005 |
| 7:30 AM, Thursday Registration Open from 7:30am–5:30pm |
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| 8:15 AM-10:00 AM, Thursday, Alvarado ABCD Joint Session 6J IHOP (Joint between the 11th Conference on Mesoscale Processes and the 32nd Conference on Radar Meteorology) |
Chair: Roger M. Wakimoto, NCAR, Boulder, CO
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| 8:15 AM | J6J.1 | Keynote Talk: Peeping through the keyhole at the mesoscale variability of humidity: Some IHOP_2002 observations and future challenges of radar refractivity mapping ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Frederic Fabry, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada |
| 8:45 AM | J6J.2 | The boundary layer cumulus formation process near a cold frontal-dryline intersection on 24 May 2002 during IHOP Conrad L. Ziegler, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and E. N. Rasmussen, M. S. Buban, Y. P. Richardson, L. J. Miller, and R. M. Rabin |
| 9:00 AM | J6J.3 | The structure and evolution of the dryline and surrounding boundary layer on 22 May 2002 during IHOP ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Michael S. Buban, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK OK; and C. Ziegler, E. N. Rasmussen, and Y. P. Richardson |
| 9:15 AM | J6J.4 | Convection initiation on 12 June 2002 during IHOP_2002 ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Tammy M. Weckwerth, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and H. V. Murphey, C. Flamant, C. R. Pettet, S. Bastin, and R. Wakimoto |
| 9:30 AM | J6J.5 | Kinematic and moisture structure of a stationary cold front observed on 10 June 2002 during IHOP Katja Friedrich, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and D. E. Kingsmill, C. N. Flamant, H. Murphey, and R. M. Wakimoto |
| 9:45 AM | J6J.6 | Mesoscale moisture transport by the low-level jet during the IHOP field experiment ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Edward Tollerud, NOAA/FSL, Boulder, CO; and F. Caracena, D. Bartels, S. Koch, B. Jamison, R. M. Hardesty, B. J. McCarty, W. A. Brewer, R. S. Collander, S. Albers, B. Shaw, D. Birkenheuer, and C. Kiemle |
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| 9:30 AM-10:30 AM, Thursday Exhibits Open |
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| 10:00 AM-10:30 AM, Thursday Coffee Break |
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| 10:30 AM-12:30 PM, Thursday, Alvarado ABCD Session 7R wind profilers and vertical profiles of reflectivity |
Chair: Christopher R. Williams, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO
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| 10:30 AM | 7R.1 | Network of wind profilers to understand boundary layer evolution and precipitating clouds over Asia monsoon ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Krishna Reddy, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Yokosuka, Japan; and R. Shirooka, B. Geng, H. Uyeda, T. Kozu, Y. Ohno, C. J. Pan, V. K. Anandan, and D. N. Rao |
| 10:45 AM | 7R.2 | Diagnosis of precipitation detection range ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Jarmo Koistinen, Remote Sensing for Weather Applications, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland; and H. Hohti and H. Pohjola |
| ![](http://www.confex.com/static/images/flag.png) | 7R.2 | Improving radar precipitation estimation and 3D radar mosaic analysis using dynamic vertical profile of reflectivity Jian Zhang, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and C. Langston and B. Clarke |
| 11:00 AM | 7R.3 | Quantitative interpretation of precipitation radar measurements at VHF band ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Edwin F. Campos, McGill Univ., Montreal, QC, Canada; and F. Fabry and W. Hocking |
| 11:15 AM | 7R.4 | An Improved Methodology for classifying convective and stratiform rain Maria Franco, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain; and R. Sánchez-Diezma, D. Sempere-Torres, and I. Zawadzki |
| 11:30 AM | | 7R.5 moved to P4R.6A
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| 11:31 AM | 7R.5A | (Formerly P7R.15) Vertical profile correction on Spanish radar reflectivity data ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Fernando Aguado, INM, Madrid, Spain |
| 11:45 AM | 7R.6 | MAPR Observations of the Boundary Layer using RIM and Spaced Antenna Techniques at IHOP ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) William O. J. Brown, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and T. Y. Yu |
| 12:00 PM | 7R.7 | Simultaneous wind velocity estimation and dual-polarization measurements of precipitation and clouds by an S-band profiler C. M. H. Unal, Delft Univ. of Technology, Delft, Netherlands; and H. W. J. Russchenberg and D. N. Moisseev |
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| 12:15 PM-1:15 PM, Thursday Lunch |
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| 12:30 PM-3:30 PM, Thursday Exhibits Open |
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| 1:15 PM-3:00 PM, Thursday, Alvarado F and Atria Joint Poster Session 7J Coastal & Orographic Circulation Systems (Joint with 32Radar and 11Mesoscale) |
| | JP7J.1 | Preliminary observations of small scale wakes generated by complex terrain using a portable X-band radar Kenichi Kusunoki, MRI, Tsukuba, Japan; and M. Murakami, N. Orikasa, A. Saito, H. Hashiguchi, Y. Ohigashi, and M. Saito |
| | JP7J.2 | Sensitivity of space-based precipitation measurements to changes in mesoscale features Joseph Hoch, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and G. J. Tripoli and M. Kulie |
| | JP7J.3 | The 29-30 January 2005 southeast Colorado snowstorm Paul G. Wolyn, NOAA/NWSFO, Pueblo, CO |
| | JP7J.4 | Sierra Rotors: Comparison of model simulations and wind profiler observations of terrain-induced waves and rotors Vanda Grubisic, DRI, Reno, NV; and B. J. Billings, S. A. Cohn, and W. O. J. Brown |
| | JP7J.5 | Final plans for the Terrain-induced Rotor Experiment (T-REX) Vanda Grubisic, DRI, Reno, NV; and J. P. Kuettner |
| | JP7J.6 | Structural characteristics of winter storms in southern Washington and northern Oregon: Prototypes for routine comparison between regional model output and WSR-88D radar observations Sandra E. Yuter, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC; and B. A. Colle, C. Spooner, and T. Downing |
| | JP7J.7 | Wind variations around orographic rainband observed by wind profiler network in Japan Yasuko Umemoto, Kyoto Univ., Uji, Japan; and M. Teshiba, H. Hashiguchi, and S. Fukao |
| | JP7J.8 | Onset of strong downslope winds during the Sierra Rotors Project Qingfang Jiang, UCAR Visiting Scientist, NRL, Monterey, CA; and J. D. Doyle |
| | JP7J.9 | Predicting rainfall in hilly terrain: the role of mesoscale processes and cloud microphysics Geoffrey L. Austin, Univ. of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand; and J. Purdy |
| | JP7J.10 | Formation and Maintenance Mechanisms of the Stable Layer over the Po Valley during MAP IOP-8 Allison Hoggarth, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC; and Y. L. Lin and H. D. Reeves |
| | JP7J.11 | Synoptic and topographic variability of northern California precipitation characteristics in landfalling winter storms observed during CALJET David E. Kingsmill, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado and NOAA/ETL, Boulder, CO; and P. J. Neiman, F. M. Ralph, and A. B. White |
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| 1:15 PM-3:00 PM, Thursday, Alvarado F and Atria Poster Session 8R Operational radar applications |
| | P8R.1 | Storm Targeted Radar Wind Retrieval System Pengfei Zhang, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and S. Liu, Q. Xu, and L. Song |
| | P8R.2 | Comparison of the NEXRAD legacy and Lincoln Laboratories echo tops products Thomas A. Seliga, Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, Cambridge, MA; and A. D. Mackey, M. D. West, J. Hill, D. L. Sims, and V. Sud |
| | P8R.3 | Quality of Radar echo top heights Laurent Delobbe, Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium, Brussels, Belgium; and I. Holleman |
| | | P8R.4 moved to Oral Presentation 8R.5A
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| | P8R.5 | On-line Monitoring of Weather Radar using Solar Interferences Iwan Holleman, KNMI, De Bilt, Netherlands; and A. J. Huuskonen |
| | P8R.6 | An Integrated Display and Analysis Methodology for Multi-Variable Radar Data Brenda A. Dolan, Colorado State Univ., Ft. Collins, CO; and S. A. Rutledge |
| | P8R.7 | Real-time calculation of horizontal winds using multiple Doppler radars: A new WDSS-II module Arthur Witt, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and R. A. Brown and V. Lakshmanan |
| | P8R.8 | WSR-88D Open Radar Data Acquisition (ORDA) Algorithm Evaluations Robert R. Lee, NOAA/NWS/NEXRAD Radar Operations Center, Norman, OK |
| | P8R.9 | Planned WSR-88D communications changes Christina Horvat, NOAA/NWS, Norman, OK; and S. Ahlert |
| ![](http://www.confex.com/static/images/flag.png) | P8R.10 | Automated sea clutter identification Dawn L. Harrison, UK Met Office, Exeter, United Kingdom |
| | P8R.11 | The evolution of radar training in the National Weather Service John T. Ferree, NOAA/NWS, Norman, OK; and E. M. Quoetone |
| | P8R.12 | The use of clear-air echoes for operational Doppler radar systems Kenichi Kusunoki, MRI, Tsukuba, Japan |
| | P8R.13 | Unique Uses Of Weather Radar For Space Launch William P. Roeder, 45th Weather Squadron, Patrick AFB, FL; and T. M. McNamara, B. F. Boyd, J. W. Weems, and S. B. Cocks |
| | P8R.14 | WSR-88D radar data services at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Climatic Data Center Stephen A. DelGreco, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and S. Ansari |
| | P8R.15 | Content Considerations and Determination of WSR-88D Software Builds William J. Armstrong, NOAA/NWS, Norman, OK |
| | P8R.16 | Spatial classification of precipitation from operational radar data C.Z. Van de Beek, Wageningen Univ., Wageningen, Netherlands; and R. Uijlenhoet and I. Holleman |
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| 1:15 PM-3:00 PM, Thursday, Alvarado F and Atria Poster Session 9R Radar polarimetry studies |
| | P9R.1 | The estimation of moderate rain rates with operational polarisation radar Anthony J. Illingworth, Univ. of Reading, Reading, Berks., United Kingdom; and R. J. Thompson |
| | P9R.2 | Measurements of polarimetric parameters at low signal-to-noise ratios Valery Melnikov, Univ. of Oklahoma/CIMMS, Norman, OK; and D. Zrnic |
| | P9R.3 | A new polarimetric method for correcting the effects of attenuation at C-band Jonathan J. Gourley, Météo France, Trappes, France; and P. Tabary and J. Parent du Châtelet |
| | P9R.4 | An extensive validation experiment of algorithm ZPHI applied to radar HYDRIX Erwan Le Bouar, Novimet, Vélizy, France; and E. Moreau, J. Testud, H. Poulima, R. Ney, and O. Deudon |
| | P9R.5 | Spectral polarimetry for identifing and separating mixed biological scatterers Svetlana Bachmann, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and D. S. Zrnic |
| | P9R.6 | Polarimetric weather radar base moment algorithm validation James J. Stagliano Jr., Enterprise Electronics Corporation, Enterprise, AL; and P. Siebold, J. Helvin, A. Free, N. E. Lawrence, R. Stafford, M. Knight, J. L. Alford, and D. Nelson |
| | P9R.7 | Preliminary polarimetric analysis of a winter storm causing catastrophic traffic problems Timo M. Puhakka, Univ. of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland |
| | P9R.8 | On the use of differential phase for polarimetric rainfall measurements—a new approach to KDP estimation Alexander V. Ryzhkov, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK |
| | P9R.9 | On the differential phase in the melting layer Andrey V. Melnikov, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and V. Melnikov and A. V. Ryzhkov |
| ![](http://www.confex.com/static/images/flag.png) | P9R.10 | Effect of the spatial variability of precipitation on the differential propagation phase shift Julie Deshaies, Université du Québec, Montréal, QC, Canada; and C. Hamzaoui and E. Torlaschi |
| | P9R.11 | A first approach to unsupervised Entropy-Alpha-classification of full-polarimetric weather-radar data Thomas Boerner, German Aerospace Center, Wessling, Germany; and M. Hagen and D. Bebbington |
| | P9R.12 | Polarimetric Rainfall Measurements in Localized Strong Convection MiYoung Kang, Pukyong National Univ., Norman, OK; and S. Giangrande, A. V. Ryzhkov, and D. Lee |
| | P9R.13 | Polarization characteristics of winter storms in Oklahoma Terry J. Schuur, Univ. of Oklahoma/CIMMS and NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and A. V. Ryzhkov and P. Zhang |
| | P9R.14 | 95-GHz polarimetric radar signatures of pristine crystals mixed with aggregates and rimed crystals: Simulations and radar observations K. Aydin, Penn State Univ., University Park, PA; and J. Singh |
| | P9R.15 | Combined Polarimetric and Multiple Doppler Radar Observations of the 16-20 March 2003 Colorado Area Winter Storm Patrick C. Kennedy, Colorado State Univ., Ft. Collins, CO; and S. A. Rutledge, G. S. Poulos, and D. A. Wesley |
| | P9R.16 | Estimating hail size using polarimetric radar Pamela L. Heinselman, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and A. Rowe |
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| 1:15 PM-3:00 PM, Thursday, Alvarado F and Atria Poster Session 10R Radar Networking |
| | P10R.1 | OPERA: Operational Programme for the Exchange of Weather Radar Information in Europe Asko J. Huuskonen, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland; and J. L. Chèze, I. Holleman, D. B. Michelson, and A. Zgonc |
| | P10R.2 | NEXRAD mosaics for en-route air traffic controllers Alfred Moosakhanian, DOT, Washington, DC; and J. Higginbotham and J. Stobie |
| | P10R.3 | Estimation of precipitation based on POLRAD radar network and NIMROD system in Poland Anna Jurczyk, Institute of Meteorology and Water Management/Radar Operational Centre, Katowice, Poland; and K. Osrodka and J. Szturc |
| | P10R.4 | Validation of first generation CASA radars with CSU-CHILL Francesc Junyent, Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA; and V. Chandrasekar, D. Brunkow, P. C. Kennedy, and D. J. McLaughlin |
| | P10R.5 | Improved radar sensitivity through limited sector scanning: The DCAS approach Brian C. Donovan, Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA; and D. J. McLaughlin |
| ![](http://www.confex.com/static/images/flag.png) | P10R.6 | A general surveillance mode for off-the-grid DCAS radars Brian C. Donovan, Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA; and D. J. McLaughlin |
| | P10R.7 | The Spanish weather radar network Fernando Aguado, INM, Madrid, Spain |
| | P10R.8 | A least squares technique for estimating 2D wind vectors from multiple radars Kurt D. Hondl, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK |
| | P10R.9 | The Cuban Weather Radar Network: current status and trends Orlando L. Rodríguez, Centro de Radares/Instituto de Meteorologia, Camaguey, Cuba; and L. L. Fernández, R. A. Naranjo, A. Barreiras, A. A. Peña, M. Diez, W. Pozas, M. O. Aguiar, and J. L. Perez |
| | P10R.10 | NWS Use of FAA Radar Data—Status and Operational Considerations Michael J. Istok, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and J. T. Ferree, R. E. Saffle, and B. Bumgarner |
| | P10R.11 | The SIPAM Doppler Radar Network In The Amazônia Region Jaci M. B. Saraiva, Operational Division of SIPAM, Manaus, Brazil; and A. M. Gomes, E. B. de Souza, F. V. Gonçalves, J. L. M. Lope, P. A. F. Kuhn, R. C. Senna, and R. G. Dallarosa |
| | P10R.12 | Optimal sampling strategies for hazardous weather detection using networks of dynamically adaptive Doppler radars Jessica L. Proud, CAPS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and K. K. Droegemeier, V. T. Wood, and L. White |
| | P10R.13 | Waveform design for CASA X-band radars Nitin Bharadwaj, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and V. Chandrasekar |
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| 3:00 PM-3:30 PM, Thursday Coffee Break |
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| 3:30 PM-5:45 PM, Thursday, Alvarado D Session 8R Operational Radar Applications |
Chair: Brooks E. Martner, NOAA/ETL/CIRES and Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO
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| 3:30 PM | 8R.1 | Planned WSR-88D Upgrades J. Rex Reed, NOAA/NWS, Norman, OK |
| 3:45 PM | 8R.2 | NWS priorities for the enhancement of radar capabilities John T. Ferree, NOAA/NWS, Norman, OK; and M. J. Istok |
| 4:00 PM | 8R.3 | WSR-88D Open Radar Data Acquisition (ORDA) Base Data Quality ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Robert R. Lee, NOAA/NWS/NEXRAD Radar Operations Center, Norman, OK |
| 4:15 PM | 8R.4 | MIGFA: The Machine Intelligent Gust Front Algorithm for NEXRAD ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) David J. Smalley, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA; and B. J. Bennett and R. Frankel |
| ![](http://www.confex.com/static/images/flag.png) | 8R.5 | Verification of multi-sensor, multi-radar hail diagnosis techniques Travis M. Smith, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and K. L. Ortega |
| 4:30 PM | 8R.5A | Status on the Four-Dimensional Base Radar Data Analysis Tool for AWIPS ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Gregory J. Stumpf, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma and NOAA/NWS, Norman, OK; and K. D. Hondl, S. B. Smith, M. T. Filiaggi, and V. Lakshmanan |
| 4:45 PM | 8R.6 | Radio local area network (RLAN) and C-Band weather radar interference studies Paul Joe, MSC, Downsview, ON, Canada; and J. Scott, J. Sydor, A. Brandao, and A. Yongacoglu |
| 5:00 PM | 8R.7 | Weather radar data quality in Northern Europe: beam propagation issues Günther Haase, Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute, Norrköping, Sweden; and U. Gjertsen and J. Bech |
| 5:15 PM | 8R.8 | Customer profiled polar volume compositing using phenomena related data quality Harri Hohti, Remote Sensing for Weather Applications, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland; and M. Peura, T. Kuitunen, and J. Koistinen |
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| 3:30 PM-5:30 PM, Thursday, Alvarado ABC Session 9R Radar polarimetry studies |
Chair: Peter T. May, BMRC, Melbourne, Vic. Australia
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| 3:30 PM | 9R.1 | Polarimetric rainfall retrievals using blended algorithms Robert Cifelli, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and P. Kennedy, V. Chandrasekar, S. W. Nesbitt, S. A. Rutledge, and L. D. Carey |
| 3:45 PM | 9R.2 | Rain Microphysics Retrieval with a Polarimetric WSR-88D Edward A. Brandes, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and T. J. Schuur, A. V. Ryzhkov, G. Zhang, and K. Ikeda |
| 4:00 PM | 9R.3 | Radar polarimetry at S, C, and X bands: Comparative analysis and operational implications Alexander V. Ryzhkov, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and D. Zrnic |
| 4:15 PM | 9R.4 | On the role of X-band radar in extending longer-wavelength radar polarimetric retrievals to lighter rains ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Sergey Matrosov, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and R. Cifelli, P. Kennedy, S. W. Nesbitt, V. N. Bringi, and B. Martner |
| 4:30 PM | 9R.5 | Calibration of absolute reflectivity at C-band using redundancy of the polarization parameters in rain ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Jonathan J. Gourley, Météo France, Trappes, France; and A. J. Illingworth |
| 4:45 PM | 9R.6 | Observations of Insects and Birds with a Polarimetric Prototype of the WSR-88D Radar ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Pengfei Zhang, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and A. V. Ryzhkov and D. Zrnic |
| 5:00 PM | 9R.7 | On the Use of Polarimetric Radars for Studies of Clouds: Numerical Simulations and S-Band Radar Observations Khoi D. Le, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and R. D. Palmer, S. M. Torres, T. -. Y. Yu, and D. Zrnic |
| 5:15 PM | 9R.8 | Precipitation forecast evaluation by polarimetric radar Monika Pfeifer, DLR, Wessling, Germany; and M. Hagen and C. Keil |
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| 5:30 PM, Thursday Sessions Conclude for the Day (Keynote Talks at 7:00pm) |
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| 7:00 PM-8:30 PM, Thursday, Alvarado ABCD Joint Session 7J New Frontiers (Joint with 32Radar and 11Mesoscale) |
Organizer: Steven E. Koch, NOAA/FSL, Boulder, CO
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| 7:30 AM, Friday Registration Open from 7:30am–5:30pm |
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| 8:15 AM-10:00 AM, Friday, Alvarado ABCD Joint Session 8J Coastal & Orographic Circulation Systems (Joint between the 32nd Conference on Radar Meteorology and the 11th Conference on Mesoscale Processes) |
Chair: Paul J. Neiman, NOAA/ETL, Boulder, CO
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| 8:15 AM | J8J.1 | Keynote Talk: Orographic Precipitation Process Studies: Recent Advances and Future Developments David E. Kingsmill, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado and NOAA/ETL, Boulder, CO |
| 8:45 AM | J8J.2 | Using synthetic aperture radar (SAR), modeling, and a SARJET field study to understand the terrain-enhanced flows along the southeast Alaskan coast ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Brian A. Colle, SUNY, Stony Brook, NY; and J. B. Olson, N. Winstead, K. Loescher, G. Young, and N. A. Bond |
| 9:00 AM | J8J.3 | Wintertime observations of channeled flow through a prominent gap along the northern California coast during CALJET and PACJET Paul J. Neiman, NOAA/ERL/ETL, Boulder, CO; and F. M. Ralph, A. B. White, D. D. Parrish, J. S. Holloway, and D. Bartels |
| 9:15 AM | J8J.4 | Innovations in monitoring and nowcasting orographic precipitation by radar Urs Germann, MeteoSwiss, Locarno-Monti, Switzerland; and G. Galli, A. Hering, K. Friedrich, P. Tabary, and C. N. James |
| 9:30 AM | J8J.5 | Mountain wave structures occurring within a major orographic precipitation event: Part I. Analyses of airborne Doppler radar data ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Bradley Smull, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK and Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and M. Garvert and C. F. Mass |
| 9:45 AM | J8J.6 | Mountain wave structures occurring within a major orographic precipitation event: Part 2. Evaluation of mesoscale model simulations ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Matt Garvert, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and B. Smull and C. Mass |
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| 10:30 AM-12:15 PM, Friday, Alvarado ABCD Session 10R Severe weather studies employing radar |
Chair: Kevin R. Knupp, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL
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| 10:30 AM | 10R.1 | Dual-polarization observations of tornadoes at close range made with a mobile X-band Doppler radar ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Howard B. Bluestein, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and M. M. French, S. Frasier, K. Hardwick, F. Junyent, and A. L. Pazmany |
| 10:45 AM | 10R.2 | The 15 May 2003 Shamrock, Texas, supercell: A dual-Doppler analysis and EnKF data-assimilation experiment ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Michael M. French, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and H. B. Bluestein, D. C. Dowell, L. J. Wicker, M. R. Kramar, and A. L. Pazmany |
| 11:00 AM | 10R.3 | The Tornado Outbreak across the North Florida Panhandle in association with Hurricane Ivan ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Andrew I. Watson, NOAA/NWS, Tallahassee, FL; and M. A. Jamski, T. J. Turnage, J. R. Bowen, and J. C. Kelley |
| 11:15 AM | 10R.4 | Detailed comparison of observed and modeled tornadogenesis ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Donald W. Burgess, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and D. C. Dowell, L. J. Wicker, and A. Witt |
| 11:30 AM | 10R.5 | Tornado detection using a neuro-fuzzy method ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Yadong Wang, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and T. -. Y. Yu, M. Yeary, A. Shapiro, D. S. Zrnic, M. Foster, and D. L. Andra |
| 11:45 AM | 10R.6 | Radar-derived thermodynamic fields in severe storms from in-situ data and Lagrangian objective analysis Conrad L. Ziegler, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and E. N. Rasmussen and M. S. Buban |
| 12:00 PM | 10R.7 | Lightning relative to storm structure, evolution, and microphysics in TELEX ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) D. R. MacGorman, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and W. D. Rust, C. L. Ziegler, T. J. Schuur, E. R. Mansell, M. I. Biggerstaff, J. M. Straka, E. C. Bruning, K. M. Kuhlman, N. R. Ramig, C. D. Payne, N. S. Biermann, P. R. Krehbiel, W. Rison, T. Hamlin, and L. D. Carey |
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| 1:15 PM-3:00 PM, Friday, Alvarado F and Atria Poster Session 11R microphysics of clouds and precipitation |
| | P11R.1 | Freezing drizzle detection with WSR-88D radars Kyoko Ikeda, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. M. Rasmussen and E. A. Brandes |
| ![](http://www.confex.com/static/images/flag.png) | P11R.2 | Validation of radar-estimated snowfall Jonathan P. Wolfe, Univ. of Wyoming, Laramie, WY; and J. R. Snider |
| | P11R.3 | Verification of S-Polka Ka Band Radar/Radiometer LWC and RES Retrievals with GRIDS Retrievals and Aircraft Measurements and Comparison to GOES Icing Products for the WISP04 10-11 March Event David Serke, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and G. Zhang, J. Vivekanandan, T. L. Schneider, P. Minnis, and M. Poellot |
| | P11R.4 | Implementations of CSU hydrometeor classification scheme for C-band polarimetric radars Luca Baldini, CNR/ISAC, Rome, Italy; and E. Gorgucci, V. Chandrasekar, and W. Peterson |
| | P11R.5 | Quantitative analysis of weather radar attenuation correction accuracy Alexis Berne, Wageningen Univ., Wageningen, Netherlands; and R. Uijlenhoet |
| | P11R.6 | Polarimetric radar signatures from RAMS microphysics Gwo-Jong Huang, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and V. N. Bringi, S. van den Heever, and W. Cotton |
| | P11R.7 | Observations of a Northern Plains snowfall Andrew J. Newman, Univ. of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND; and P. A. Kucera and L. A. Bliven |
| | P11R.8 | Validation of radar-estimated upslope snowfall in Southeastern Wyoming Jonathan P. Wolfe, Univ. of Wyoming, Laramie, WY; and J. R. Snider |
| | P11R.9 | Snow clouds observation using the airborne cloud radar (SPIDER) Hiroaki Horie, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Koganei, Tokyo, Japan; and A. Kamei, H. Kuroiwa, H. Kumagai, and M. Murakami |
| | P11R.10 | Retrieval of microphysical properties of snow using spectral dual polarization analysis Lennert Spek, Faculty of Information Technology and Systems, Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands; and D. Moisseev, H. Russchenberg, C. Unal, and V. Chandrasekar |
| | P11R.11 | Three-dimensional characteristics of polarimetric radar variables and their precipitation-type dependence Yukari Shusse, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Okinawa, Japan; and K. Nakagawa, N. Takahashi, K. Iwanami, S. Satoh, and T. Iguchi |
| | P11R.12 | RadOn: a new Doppler radar method to retrieve the clouds parameters Julien Delanoë, CETP, Vélizy, France; and A. Protat and D. Bouniol |
| | P11R.13 | Observations of melting layer from 94 GHz and 10 GHz airborne doppler radars Lin Tian, GEST/Univ. of Maryland, Baltimore County, Greenbelt, MD; and G. M. Heymsfield and L. Li |
| | P11R.14 | Observations of Winter Storms with a 2-D Video Disdrometer and Polarimetric Radar Kyoko Ikeda, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and E. A. Brandes, G. Zhang, and S. A. Rutledge |
| | P11R.15 | Drop axis ratio and fall velocity distributions from 2-D video disdrometer Merhala Thurai, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and V. N. Bringi, K. Nakagawa, T. Kozu, M. Schoenhuber, and T. Shimomai |
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| 1:15 PM-3:00 PM, Friday, Alvarado F and Atria Poster Session 12R New Radar Technologies |
| | P12R.1 | Real-time remote detection of convectively-induced turbulence John K. Williams, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and L. B. Cornman, J. Yee, and S. G. Carson |
| | P12R.2 | Antenna system requirement for dual polarization radar design in hybrid mode of operation Yanting Wang, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and V. Chandrasekar and D. J. McLaughlin |
| | P12R.3 | Advanced Weather Surveillance Algorithms and Techniques using a Rapid Scanning X-Band Radar—First Results Ivan PopStefanija, ProSensing, Amherst, MA; and J. Knorr, P. Buczynski, and R. Bluth |
| | P12R.4 | Estimation and Reduction of Weather Radar Safety Distances Frank Gekat, Gematronik, Neuss, Germany; and H. Niebaum and F. Pöschl |
| | P12R.5 | Issues in designing a new radar data exchange format Dennis F. Flanigan Jr., NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. VanAndel, J. Caron, and W. C. Lee |
| | P12R.6 | NCAR S-Pol Second Frequency (Ka-band) Radar Gordon Farquharson, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and F. Pratte, M. Pipersky, D. Ferraro, A. Phinney, E. Loew, R. A. Rilling, S. M. Ellis, and J. Vivekanandan |
| | P12R.7 | Power calibration of VHF Stratospheric-Tropospheric radars Edwin F. Campos, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada; and W. Hocking and F. Fabry |
| | P12R.8 | Solar calibrations with dual polarization weather radar Pekka V. S. Puhakka, Univ. of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland |
| | P12R.9 | Estimating the impact of a 3-dB sensitivity loss on WSR-88D data Kevin A. Scharfenberg, NOAA/NWS Office of Climate, Water, and Weather Services, Norman, OK ; and K. L. Elmore, E. Forren, V. Melnikov, and D. S. Zrnic |
| | P12R.10 | Development of broadband radar and initial observation Tomoo Ushio, Osaka Prefecture University, Sakai, Osaka, Japan; and K. Monden, T. Mega, K. Okamoto, and Z. I. Kawasaki |
| | P12R.11 | Development of a C-band pulse compression weather radar Katsuhiro Nakagawa, National Institute of Information and Communication Technology, Okinawa, Japan; and H. Hanado, K. Fukutani, and T. Iguchi |
| | P12R.12 | Recent Data System and Antenna Upgrades to the CSU-CHILL Radar David A. Brunkow, Colorado State Univ., Ft. Collins, CO; and J. George, V. N. Bringi, and V. Chandrasekar |
| | P12R.13 | A Demonstration of a Scanning Multiple Antenna UHF Radar William O. J. Brown, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and G. Zhang, T. Y. Yu, and S. Cohn |
| | P12R.14 | A new C-band polarimetric radar with simultaneous transmission for hydrometeor classification and rainfall measurement J. William Conway, Weather Decision Technologies, Inc., Norman, OK; and D. Nealson, J. J. Stagliano, A. V. Ryzhkov, L. Venkatramani, and D. Zrnic |
| | P12R.15 | Plans for the polarimetric upgrade to the Shared Mobile Atmospheric Research and Teaching (SMART) radars Michael I. Biggerstaff, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and D. S. Zrnic, L. J. Wicker, A. Zahrai, and J. M. Straka |
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| 1:15 PM-3:00 PM, Friday, Alvarado F and Atria Poster Session 13R Hydrologic studies employing radar data |
| | | Paper P13R.1 moved to Paper 13R.5A
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| | P13R.1A | (Formerly Paper 13R.5) Intercomparison between Scanning Radar and Vertical Profiling Radar Observations in the Northern Plains Paul A. Kucera, Univ. of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND; and C. R. Williams and K. S. Gage |
| | P13R.2 | Z to R relationships for snowfall-events in Austria, determined by modelling winterly precipitation particles realistically Franz Teschl, Graz Univ. of Technology, Graz, Austria; and W. L. Randeu and M. Schönhuber |
| | P13R.3 | Implementation of the EHIMI Software Package in the Weather Radar Operational Chain of the Catalan Meteorological Service Joan Bech, Catalan Meteorological Service, Barcelona, Spain; and T. Rigo, N. Pineda, S. Segalà, E. Vilaclara, R. Sánchez-Diezma, D. Sempere-Torres, and E. Velasco |
| | P13R.4 | A Framework for Use of NEXRAD Data in Hydrology A. Allen Bradley, Univ. of Iowa, Iowa City, IA; and M. L. Baeck, S. Del Greco, W. F. Krajewski, A. Kruger, R. E. Lawrence, M. K. Ramamurthy, M. Steiner, J. A. Smith, and J. Weber |
| | P13R.5 | A physically-based parsimonious approach for spatial disaggregation of NEXRAD precipitation data in mountainous terrains Huade Guan, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM; and J. L. Wilson |
| | P13R.6 | The raindrop size distribution characteristics and its applications to radar rainfall estimation in Taiwan area Wei-Yu Chang, National Central Univ., Taoyuan, Taiwan; and T. C. Chen Wang, W. T. Lin, and P. L. Lin |
| | P13R.7 | Range effects on reflectivity gradients in tropical Brazil Roberto V. Calheiros, MRI/UNESP/National Institute for Space Research/INPE, Bauru, São Paulo, Brazil; and C. A. D. A. Antonio |
| | P13R.8 | An intercomparison of polarimetrically-derived and VPR-corrected rainfall with conventional estimates Paul J. Frank, Univ. of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND; and P. A. Kucera |
| | P13R.9 | Changes in the Precipitation Processing Subsystem (PPS) of the WSR-88D (NEXRAD) in 2004–2009 Daniel S. Berkowitz, NOAA/NWS, Norman, OK |
| | P13R.10 | The morphology of tropical rainfall systems and their hydrological significance Augusto José Pereira Filho, Univ. of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil; and F. D. Santos Silva |
| | P13R.11 | Hydrometeorological Decision Support System for the Lower Colorado River Authority Charles A. Barrere Jr., Weather Decision Technologies, Inc., Norman, OK; and M. D. Eilts and B. Clarke |
| | P13R.12 | Automatic estimation of rainfall fields for hydrological applications: Blending radar and rain gauge data in real time Carlos Velasco-Forero, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain; and D. Sempere-Torres, R. Sánchez-Diezma, E. Cassiraga, and J. J. Gómez-Hernández |
| ![](http://www.confex.com/static/images/flag.png) | P13R.13 | Validation of NEXRAD Stage III (or MPE) precipitation in Texas Hill Country and the variability of the estimates between Texas Hill Country and Central New Mexico Hongjie Xie, Univ. of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX; and X. Wang |
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| 1:15 PM-3:00 PM, Friday, Alvarado F and Atria Poster Session 14R drop size distributions and lightning |
Organizer: V. Chandrasekar, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO
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| | P14R.1 | On the equivalence of the dual-wavelength and polarimetric equations for estimation of the raindrop size distribution Robert Meneghini, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and L. Liao |
| | P14R.2 | V-CHILL Radar Operations in Classrooms: Courseware and Research Applications Patrick C. Kennedy, Colorado State Univ., Ft. Collins, CO; and V. Chandrasekar, D. Brunkow, J. Deyke, S. A. Rutledge, P. L. Smith, S. E. Yuter, R. E. Orville, L. D. Carey, W. A. Petersen, A. G. Detwiler, and M. Cech |
| | P14R.3 | A comparative study of drop size distribution retrieval using two video disdrometers and a UHF wind profiling radar Laura M. Kanofsky, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma; and P. B. Chilson, T. J. Schuur, G. Zhang, and E. A. Brandes |
| | P14R.4 | Z-R Relations from raindrop disdrometers: Sensitivity to regression methods and DSD data refinements Brooks E. Martner, NOAA/ETL and CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and V. Dubovskiy and S. Y. Matrosov |
| | P14R.5 | A simulation approach to sampling effects in raindrop size distribution measurements in non-stationary rain Alexis Berne, Wageningen Univ., Wageningen, Netherlands; and R. Uijlenhoet |
| | P14R.6 | Experimental Investigation of X-band Polarimetric Algorithm for Drop Size Distribution Retrieval Marios Anagnostou, Univ. of Connecticut, Storrs, CT; and E. N. Anagnostou and J. Vivekanandan |
| | P14R.7 | Radar observations of a negative cloud-to-ground storm observed during STEPS Sarah A. Tessendorf, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and S. A. Rutledge |
| | P14R.8 | The role of storm dynamics on lightning activity for the 19 June 2004 Mesoscale Convective System during TELEX Nicholas S. Biermann, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and M. I. Biggerstaff, G. Carrie, N. Ramig, T. L. Wiegman, M. L. Sessing, D. MacGorman, D. Rust, L. Carey, P. Krehbiel, W. Rison, and T. Hamlin |
| | P14R.9 | Polarimetric radar and electrical structure of a multicell storm E. Bruning, Univ. Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and W. D. Rust, D. R. MacGorman, T. J. Schuur, J. M. Straka, P. R. Krehbiel, W. Rison, and T. Hamlin |
| | P14R.10 | Radar, Lidar, and In-situ Observations of Tropical Cirrus Clouds Larry Belcher, SSAI, Lanham, MD; and G. M. Heymsfield |
| | P14R.11 | Inference of mean raindrop shapes from dual-polarization Doppler spectra observations D. N. Moisseev, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and V. Chandrasekar |
| | P14R.12 | DSD uncertainties estimated from multi-frequency profiler observations Christopher R. Williams, Univ. of Colorado and NOAA/AL, Boulder, CO; and K. S. Gage, R. Cifelli, and S. W. Nesbitt |
| | P14R.13 | Drop size distribution and radar rainfall estimation for different precipitation systems in Taiwan Pay-Liam Lin, National Central Univ., Jhong-Li, Taiwan; and Y. J. Hsu and H. H. Lin |
| | P14R.14 | Comparison of Doppler spectral moments from TARA and disdrometers during rainfall experiments at CESAR Remko Uijlenhoet, Wageningen Univ., Wageningen, Netherlands; and H. Leijnse, A. Berne, C. Unal, and H. Russchenberg |
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| 1:15 PM-3:00 PM, Friday, Alvarado F and Atria Poster Session 15R Severe weather studies employing radar |
| | P15R.1 | The detectability of tornadic signatures with Doppler radar: A radar emulator study Ryan M. May, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and M. I. Biggerstaff and M. Xue |
| | P15R.2 | High-resolution, mobile, W-band Doppler radar observations of the vertical structure of a tornado near Attica, Kansas on 12 May 2004 Howard B. Bluestein, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and E. Holthaus, C. C. Weiss, S. Frasier, and A. L. Pazmany |
| | P15R.3 | The Evolution of a Tornado: Ground-Based Velocity Track Display (GBVTD) Analysis of Mobile, W-Band Doppler Radar Data on 15 May 1999 near Stockton, Kansas Robin L. Tanamachi, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and H. B. Bluestein, M. Bell, W. C. Lee, A. L. Pazmany, and C. C. Weiss |
| ![](http://www.confex.com/static/images/flag.png) | P15R.4 | The Air Flow and The Large Hail Spawn Area in Hailstorm Junjian Zhu, CMA, Jinan, China; and . G. Zheng, X. Diao, L. Wang, and W. Fang |
| | P15R.5 | NWS operational perspectives of the 21 June 2004 Amarillo hailstorm Matthew R. Kramar, NOAA/NWSFO, Amarillo, TX; and J. K. Jordan |
| | P15R.6 | Simulated WSR-88D measurements of low-reflectivity eyes associated with tornadoes Vincent T. Wood, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and R. A. Brown and D. C. Dowell |
| | P15R.7 | Radar characteristics of a tornadic low topped mini-supercell in Finland Jenni Teittinen, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland; and J. LaDue and H. Hohti |
| | P15R.8 | Simulated Doppler velocity signatures of evolving tornado-like vortices Robert Davies-Jones, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and V. T. Wood |
| | P15R.9 | Characteristics analysis of squall line in July 12 with Doppler radar and multi-scale data Wei Ming, Nanjing Univ. of Information Science & Technology, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China |
| | P15R.10 | Observations of supercell merger and tornadogenesis from May 4, 2003 William T. Gilmore, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO; and N. I. Fox |
| | P15R.11 | The 12 May 2004 Harper, KS tornado: Analysis of DOW radar observations of the low level wind field Karen A. Kosiba, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN; and R. J. Trapp and J. M. Wurman |
| | P15R.12 | A Doppler radar investigation of storm morphology and vortex evolution within a Midwestern QLCS Jason T. Martinelli, Creighton Univ., Omaha, NE |
| | P15R.13 | Detection of Hazardous Weather Phenomena Using Data Assimilation Techniques. Robert Fritchie, CAPS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and K. K. Droegemeier, M. Xue, M. Tong, and E. S. Godfrey |
| | P15R.14 | High resolution dual-Doppler analysis of a tornado on 22 May 2004 Joshua Wurman, Center for Severe Weather Research, Boulder, CO |
| | P15R.15 | Yes, We do have tornadoes in Sao Paulo, Brazil. From the mesoscale models to the radar reflectivity point of view Wando C. M. Amorim, Univ. of Sao Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil; and C. A. R. Morales, R. I. Albrecht, and R. M. Rosa |
| ![](http://www.confex.com/static/images/flag.png) | P15R.16 | The meteorological environment of significant tornadoes in northern and central Europe Pieter Groenemeijer, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland; and J. Teittinen and A. J. Punkka |
| | P15R.17 | Relationship between Convective Updraft and Mass Flux to the Total Lightning Flash Rate and Height in an MCS on 19 June during TELEX 2004 Lawrence D. Carey, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; and M. I. Biggerstaff, W. D. Rust, D. R. MacGorman, C. Hodapp, S. Motley, N. S. Biermann, T. Weigman, M. Sessing, G. Carrie, P. R. Krehbiel, W. Rison, and T. Hamlin |
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| 3:30 PM-5:30 PM, Friday, Alvarado GH Session 11R microphysics of clouds and precipitation |
Chair: H. Russchenberg, Delft Univ. of Technology, Delft Netherlands
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| 3:30 PM | 11R.1 | Rainfall estimation from C-band polarimetric radar in Okinawa, Japan : Comparisons with 2D-video disdrometer and 400 MHz Wind Profiler V. N. Bringi, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and M. Thurai, K. Nakagawa, G. J. Huang, T. Kobayashi, A. Adachi, H. Hanado, and S. Sekizawa |
| 3:45 PM | 11R.2 | Automatic Detection of the Melting Layer with a Polarimetric Prototype of the WSR-88D Radar ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Scott Giangrande, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and A. V. Ryzhkov and J. Krause |
| 4:00 PM | 11R.3 | How good are D0 estimates using polarimetric variables? ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Christopher R. Williams, Univ. of Colorado and NOAA/AL, Boulder, CO; and P. T. May |
| 4:15 PM | 11R.4 | Classification of hydrometeors and non-hydrometeors using polarimetric C-band radar Jonathan J. Gourley, Météo France, Trappes, France; and P. Tabary and J. Parent du Châtelet |
| 4:30 PM | 11R.5 | Radar velocity variance and hydrometeor classification ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Raquel Evaristo, CETP, Vélizy, France; and G. Scialom and Y. Lemaitre |
| 4:45 PM | 11R.6 | Precipitation physics: the structure of precipitation and its modeling in space and time ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) GyuWon Lee, McGill Univ., Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, QC, Canada; and A. W. Seed and I. Zawadzki |
| 5:00 PM | 11R.7 | A synergetic radar-lidar technique for the LWC retrieval in water clouds: Description and application to the Cloudnet data Oleg A. Krasnov, Delft Univ. of Technology, Delft, Netherlands; and H. W. J. Russchenberg |
| 5:15 PM | 11R.8 | Radar analysis of precipitation development in Florida cumulus clouds ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Sabine Goeke, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and H. T. Ochs and R. M. Rauber |
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| 3:30 PM-5:45 PM, Friday, Alvarado ABCD Session 12R New Radar Technologies |
Chair: Andrew L. Pazmany, ProSensing Inc., Amherst, MA
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| 3:30 PM | 12R.1 | Keynote Talk: A mobile rapid-scan radar: The quest for finer and balanced temporal and spatial scale observations Joshua Wurman, Center for Severe Weather Research, Boulder, CO |
| 4:00 PM | 12R.2 | Multi-Function Phased Array Radar for U.S. Civil-Sector Surveillance Needs ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Mark E. Weber, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA; and J. Cho, J. Flavin, J. Herd, and M. Vai |
| 4:15 PM | 12R.3 | The National Weather Radar Testbed (Phased-Array) ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Douglas E. Forsyth, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and J. F. Kimpel, D. S. Zrnic, R. Ferek, J. F. Heimmer, T. J. McNellis, J. E. Crain, A. M. Shapiro, R. J. Vogt, and W. Benner |
| ![](http://www.confex.com/static/images/flag.png) | 12R.4 | The UAH-NSSTC/WHNT ARMOR C-band dual-polarimetric radar: A unique collaboration in research, education and technology transfer Walter A. Petersen, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and K. Knupp, J. Walters, W. Deierling, M. Gauthier, B. A. Dolan, J. P. Dice, D. Satterfield, C. Davis, R. J. Blakeslee, S. J. Goodman, S. Podgorny, J. Hall, M. Budge, and A. Wooten |
| 4:30 PM | 12R.4A | Operational Use of Pulse Compression in Weather Radar ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Fritz OHora, Sigmet, Inc., Westford, MA; and J. Bech |
| 4:45 PM | 12R.5 | Water vapor and liquid water estimates using simultaneous S and Ka band radar measurements ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Scott Ellis, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. Vivekanandan, K. Goodman, and C. Kessinger |
| 5:00 PM | 12R.6 | A Dual-beam X-band Doppler Radar for Tropical Storm Research on High Altitude UAVs ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Lihua Li, Univ. of Maryland, Greenbelt, MD; and G. M. Heymsfield, J. Knuble, and S. Rodriguez |
| 5:15 PM | 12R.7 | Observations of the Small-scale Variability of Precipitation Using an Imaging Radar Robert D. Palmer, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and B. L. Cheong, M. W. Hoffman, S. J. Frasier, and F. J. Lopez-Dekker |
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| 5:30 PM, Friday Sessions Conclude for the Day |
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Saturday, 29 October 2005 |
| 7:30 AM, Saturday Registration Open from 7:30am–12:30pm |
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| 8:15 AM-10:00 AM, Saturday, Alvarado ABCD Session 13R Hydrologic Studies Employing Radar Data |
Chair: Matthias Steiner, Princeton Univ., Princeton, NJ
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| 8:15 AM | 13R.1 | Keynote Talk: Improvements on flow forecasting using precipitation nowcasting based in radar advection techniques: Assessment of predictability and uncertainty propagation Daniel Sempere-Torres, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain; and M. Berenguer and C. Carles |
| 8:45 AM | 13R.2 | Evaluation of the Range Correction Algorithm and Convective Stratiform Separation Algorithm for Improving Hydrological Modeling ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Feng Ding, RS Information System and NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and D. H. Kitzmiller, D. Riley, K. Shrestha, F. Moreda, and D. J. Seo |
| 9:00 AM | 13R.3 | Real-time comparisons of VPR-corrected daily rainfall estimates with a gauge mesonet ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Aldo Bellon, J.S. Marshall Radar Observatory/McGill Univ., Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, QC, Canada; and G. Lee, A. Kilambi, and I. Zawadzki |
| 9:15 AM | 13R.4 | A combined Micro-Rain-Radar (MRR) and weather radar system for improved real-time quantitative precipitation measurement (QPM) Malte Diederich, Meteorological Institute/Univ. of Bonn, Bonn, Germany; and D. Meetschen, A. Battaglia, and C. Simmer |
| 9:30 AM | | Paper 13R.5 moved to P13R.1A
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| 9:31 AM | 13R.5A | (Formerly Paper P13R.1) A hydrometerological test bed and the NMQ project Kenneth Howard, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and J. Zhang and S. Vasiloff |
| 9:45 AM | 13R.6 | 3D radar data downscaling Xavier Llort Sr., Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain; and M. Berenguer, M. Franco, R. Sánchez-Diezma, and D. Sempere-Torres |
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| 10:00 AM-10:30 AM, Saturday Coffee Break |
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| 10:30 AM-12:15 PM, Saturday, Alvarado ABCD Session 14R Radar Networking |
Organizer: V. Chandrasekar, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
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| 10:30 AM | 14R.1 | Short Wavelength Technology and the Potential for Distributed Networks of Short-Range Radar Systems David J. McLaughlin, Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA |
| 10:45 AM | 14R.2 | CASA's first test bed: Integrated Project #1 ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) J. A. Brotzge, CAPS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and K. Brewster, B. Johnson, B. Philips, M. Preston, D. Westbrook, and M. Zink |
| 11:00 AM | 14R.3 | An end-to-end emulation of the CASA radar network Eric J. Lyons, CASA, Amherst, MA; and V. Lakamraju, K. Brewster, M. Xue, and K. D. Hondl |
| 11:15 AM | 14R.4 | How will X-band attenuation affect tornado detection in the CASA IP1 radar network? ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Keith A. Brewster, CAPS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and E. C. Fay and F. Junyent |
| 11:30 AM | 14R.5 | Toward a national high resolution field of water vapor Rita Roberts, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and F. Fabry, J. VanAndel, L. Mooney, E. Nelson, N. Rehak, J. Fritz, P. Kennedy, D. Brunkow, V. Chandrasekar, J. Hubbert, J. Wilson, and C. Kessinger |
| 11:45 AM | 14R.6 | The Panthere project and the evolution of the French operational radar network and products : rain-estimation, Doppler winds and dual-polarisation ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Jacques Parent, Meteo France, Trappes, France; and P. Tabary and M. Guimera |
| 12:00 PM | 14R.7 | On-site antenna pattern measurement for operational weather radars in Germany Jörg E. E. Seltmann, German Meteorological Service, Hohenpeissenberg, Germany; and T. Hohmann, B. Lange, K. Desler, T. C. Mammen, and S. Boehm |
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| 10:30 AM-12:15 PM, Saturday, Alvarado GH Session 15R drop size distributions and lightning |
Chair: Lawrence Carey, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC
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| 10:30 AM | 15R.1 | The role of storm dynamics on cloud electrification: The 29 May 2004 tornadic supercell observed during TELEX Michael I. Biggerstaff, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and D. R. MacGorman, W. D. Rust, C. L. Ziegler, J. M. Straka, T. J. Schuur, G. Carrie, K. M. Kuhlman, E. N. Rasmussen, P. R. Krehbiel, W. Rison, and T. Hamlin |
| 10:45 AM | 15R.2 | Lightning and dual-polarization radar structure of small convective storms P. Krehbiel, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM; and W. Rison, R. J. Thomas, C. Maggio, T. Marshall, M. Stolzenberg, T. Hamlin, and K. Wiens |
| 11:00 AM | 15R.3 | The physical causes of DSD variability Isztar Zawadzki, McGill Univ., Montreal, PQ, Canada; and G. Lee |
| 11:15 AM | 15R.4 | Climatological analysis of DSDs in Oklahoma as revealed by 2D-video disdrometer and polarimetric WSR-88D radar ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Terry J. Schuur, Univ. of Oklahoma/CIMMS and NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and A. V. Ryzhkov and D. R. Clabo |
| 11:30 AM | 15R.5 | The bias In moment estimators for parameters of drop-size distribution functions: sampling from gamma distributions ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Paul L. Smith, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD; and D. V. Kliche and R. W. Johnson |
| 11:45 AM | 15R.6 | Profiler DSD retrievals: What is the impact of an additional profiler? ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) D. N. Moisseev, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and V. Chandrasekar |
| 12:00 PM | 15R.7 | Algorithm for rain rate retrieval from spectral moments of vertically pointing doppler radar ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Remko Uijlenhoet, Wageningen University, Wageningen, Netherlands; and H. Leijnse and A. Berne |
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| 12:15 PM, Saturday 32nd Radar Meteorology Conference Adjourns |
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