32nd Conference on Radar Meteorology (Expanded View)

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Saturday, 22 October 2005
5:00 PM, Saturday
Registration Open from 5:00pm–7:00pm
 
Sunday, 23 October 2005
7:00 AM, Sunday
Registration Open from 7:00am–10:30am
 
8:00 AM, Sunday
Educational Forum : "A Primer on Radar Analysis Techniques Used in Mesoscale Meteorology"
 
5:00 PM, Sunday
Registration Open from 5:00pm–7:00pm
 
7:00 PM, Sunday
NCAR EOL/Unidata Town Meeting
 
Monday, 24 October 2005
7:00 AM, Monday
Registration Open from 7:00am–5:30pm
 
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
 
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
8:15 AMJ1J.1Keynote Talk: Progress, Problems, and Prospects for Radar Data Assimilation in Stormscale Models  
Andrew Crook, NCAR, Boulder, CO
8:45 AMJ1J.2Improving very-short-term storm predictions by assimilating radar and satellite data into a mesoscale NWP model  extended abstract
Qingyun Zhao, NRL, Monterey, CA; and J. Cook, Q. Xu, and P. R. Harasti
9:00 AMJ1J.3Radar 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 AMJ1J.4Multiple Doppler Wind Analysis and Assimilation via 3DVAR using Simulated Observations of the Planned CASA Network and WSR-88D Radars  extended abstract wrf recording
Jidong Gao, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and C. Nuttall, C. Gilreath, M. Xue, K. Brewster, and K. Droegemeier
9:30 AMJ1J.5Assimilation 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 AMJ1J.6Experiments in very short period forecasting of convective storms using radar extrapolation and numerical weather prediction methods  
James W. Wilson, NCAR, Boulder, CO
 
10:00 AM-10:30 AM, Monday
Coffee Break
 
10:30 AM-12:15 PM, Monday, Alvarado ABCD
Session 1R Mm-wave radar and CloudSat
Chair: Pavlos Kollias, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY
10:30 AM1R.1Keynote Talk: Recent Advances in the Use of Millimeter-Wavelength Radars for Atmospheric Research   wrf recording
B. A. Albrecht, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL
11:00 AM1R.2CloudSat first light data and science  
Graeme Stephens, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and D. G. Vane
11:15 AM1R.3CloudNET: evaluating clouds in six operational forecast models using cloud radar and lidar observations  extended abstract wrf recording
Anthony J. Illingworth, University of Reading, Reading, Berks., United Kingdom; and R. J. Hogan and E. O'Connor
11:30 AM1R.4Radar-lidar synergy for space-based retrieval of water cloud parameters  extended abstract
Gregory May, Delft Univ. of Technology, Delft, Netherlands; and H. W. J. Russchenberg and O. A. Krasnov
11:45 AM1R.5MM-Wave Radar Structure and Microphysical Characteristics of a Mixed Phase Altocumulus Cloud on 2 November 2001  extended abstract wrf recording
Lawrence D. Carey, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; and L. Belcher, J. A. Kankiewicz, and T. H. Vonder Haar
12:00 PM1R.6Airborne dual-Doppler radar observations of horizontal velocity fields in growing cumulus  extended abstract
Rick R. Damiani, Univ. of Wyoming, Laramie, WY; and G. Vali and S. J. Haimov
 
12:15 PM-1:15 PM, Monday
Lunch
 
12:15 PM, Monday
Lunch
 
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.1Assimilation 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.2Impact 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.3The Impact of Different Data Fields on Storm-Scale Data Assimilation  extended abstract
Guoqing Ge, CAPS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. Gao and K. K. Droegemeier
 JP1J.4Impact of assimilation of Doppler radial velocity on a variational system and on its forecasts  extended abstract
Fathalla A. Rihan, Univ. of Salford, Manchester, United Kingdom; and C. G. Collier and S. Ballard
 JP1J.5Assimilation of Radar Data in the Mesoscale NWP-System of DWD  extended abstract
Klaus Stephan, German Weather Service, Offenbach, Germany; and S. Klink and C. Schraff
 JP1J.6Impact of Radar Rainfall Data Assimilation on Short-range Quantitative Precipitation Forecasts using Four-dimensional Variational Analysis Technique  extended abstract
Linus H.Y. Yeung, Hong Kong Observatory, Hong Kong, China; and P. K. Y. Chan and E. S. T. Lai
 JP1J.7Progress in Doppler radar data assimilation  extended abstract
Qin Xu, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and K. Nai, L. Wei, P. Zhang, L. Wang, H. Lu, and Q. Zhao
 JP1J.8Impact of using Doppler radar radial wind data in a winter cyclone period  extended abstract
Kirsti Salonen, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland; and H. Järvinen
 JP1J.9Assimilation of radar data in the Met Office mesoscale and convective scale forecast systems  extended abstract
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.10Towards a 1D+3DVar assimilation of radar reflectivities: Ongoing results  extended abstract
Olivier Caumont, CNRM, Toulouse, France; and É. Wattrelot, V. Ducrocq, F. Bouttier, C. Guéguen, and G. L'Hénaff
 JP1J.11Impact of radar data assimilation on storm predictions using a mesoscale model  extended abstract
Mei Xu, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and N. A. Crook, Y. Liu, and R. M. Rasmussen
 JP1J.12Data assimilation experiments with transformed ensemble Kalman filter  
Bogumil Jakubiak, Warsaw Univ., Warsaw, Poland
 JP1J.13Assimilation 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.14Differences Between Explicit and Approximated Radar Ray Paths Due to Vertical Gradient of Refractivity  extended abstract
Jidong Gao, CAPS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and K. Brewster and M. Xue
 JP1J.15Physical Initialization to incorporate radar precipitation data into a Numerical Weather Prediction Model (Lokal Model)  extended abstract
Marco Milan, Univ. of Bonn, Bonn, Germany; and F. Amen, V. Venema, A. Battaglia, and C. Simmer
 JP1J.16Assimilation 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.17Assimilation of multiple-Doppler radar data with WRF-3DVAR system: Preliminary results in observing system simulation experiments  extended abstract
Soichiro Sugimoto, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and N. A. Crook, J. Sun, D. M. Barker, and Q. Xiao
 JP1J.18Radar data assimilation with The Rapid Update Cycle  
Stephen S. Weygandt, NOAA/FSL, Boulder, CO; and D. Dévényi and S. G. Benjamin
 JP1J.19Using 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
JP1J.20Assimilation 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
 
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.1Structural transition of Typhoon 0416 observed by weather radars, radiosondes and wind profilers  extended abstract
Hiroshi Fujita, Kyoto Univ., Uji, Kyoto, Japan; and M. Teshiba, H. Hashiguchi, Y. Umemoto, Y. Shibagaki, M. D. Yamanaka, and S. Fukao
 JP2J.2Dual–Doppler analysis of Hurricane Isabel at landfall: A Research Experience for Undergraduates  extended abstract
Renee Curry, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and M. I. Biggerstaff
 JP2J.3Wind fields of typhoon Songda (2004) observed by the Okinawa Doppler radar (COBRA)  extended abstract
Shinsuke Satoh, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Onna, Okinawa, Japan; and H. Nagahama, H. Hanado, and K. Nakagawa
 JP2J.4The Precipitation Characteristics of a Winter Typhoon revealed by the NCU Polarimetric Radar  extended abstract
TaiChi Chen Wang, National Central Univ., Chung-Li, Taiwan; and P. T. Chi and W. Y. Chang
 JP2J.5Preliminary Study on the structures of Line-Echo Wave Pattern over the Ocean in the Subtropics  extended abstract
Chih-Hsien Wei, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and W. C. Lee
 JP2J.6Tropical cyclone wind retrieval using modified TREC method with radial velocity data added  extended abstract
Kuan-Hsien Lee, Kenting Weather Radar Station, Central Weather Bureau, Pingtung, Taiwan; and H. L. Chin and P. H. Lin
 JP2J.7Polarimetric radar observations of the structure of Tropical Cyclone Ingrid  extended abstract
Peter T. May, BMRC, Melbourne, Australia; and T. Keenan
 JP2J.8The Extended GBVTD and the recovery of the tropical cyclones asymmetric structures  extended abstract
Yu-Chieng Liou, National Central Univ., Chung-Li, Taiwan; and T. C. Chen Wang, W. C. Lee, and Y. J. Chang
 JP2J.9Numerical modeling of intense tropical cyclone Dina (2002) in the South West Indian Ocean using Meso-Nh model  extended abstract
Samuel Jolivet, LPA, Saint-Denis, France; and D. Barbary, F. Chane-Ming, F. Roux, and S. Westrelin
 
1:15 PM-3:00 PM, Monday, Alvarado F and Atria
Poster Session 1R Mm-wave radar and CloudSat
 P1R.1High resolution observations of drizzle from Stratocumulus using a 95 GHz FMCW radar  extended abstract
Virendra P. Ghate, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and I. Jo, E. Serpetzoglou, B. A. Albrecht, P. Kollias, and J. B. Mead
 P1R.2Wind observation in boundary layer by W-band radar using non-hydrometeor echo  extended abstract
Yuichi Ohno, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Tokyo, Japan; and H. Horie and H. Kumagai
 P1R.3W-band ARM cloud radar  extended abstract
James B. Mead, ProSensing Inc., Amherst, MA; and K. Widener
 P1R.4High resolution airborne radar dual-Doppler technique  extended abstract
Rick R. Damiani, Univ. of Wyoming, Laramie, WY; and S. J. Haimov and G. Vali
 P1R.5Millimeter-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.6The Advanced Multi-Frequency Radar (AMFR) for remote sensing of clouds and precipitation  extended abstract
Ninoslav Majurec, Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA; and S. M. Sekelsky, S. J. Frasier, and S. A. Rutledge
 P1R.7Why the Melting Layer Reflectivity is not Bright at 94-GHz?  extended abstract
Pavlos Kollias, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY; and B. A. Albrecht
 P1R.8Performance 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.9NRC Dual-frequency Airborne Radar for Atmospheric Research  extended abstract
Mengistu Wolde, Institute for Aerospace Research/National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada; and A. L. Pazmany
 P1R.10Refractivity Measurements from Ground Clutter Using the National Weather Radar Testbed Phased Array Radar  extended abstract
Boon Leng Cheong, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and R. D. Palmer, T. Y. Yu, and C. Curtis
 P1R.11Airborne 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.12Cirrus Properties and Cloud Scale Dynamics from mm-Wavelength Doppler Radar Moments Retrieval: Tropical and Mid-latitude Cirrus Comparison  extended abstract
Min Deng, Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah; and G. G. Mace
 P1R.13When 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.14CloudSat observations of light precipitation  
Tristan S. L'Ecuyer, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and S. D. Miller and G. L. Stephens
 P1R.15A Suite of Retrieval Algorithms for Cirrus Cloud Microphysical Properties Applied To Lidar, Radar, and Radiometer Data Prepared for the A-Train  extended abstract
Yuying Zhang, Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and G. G. Mace
 
1:15 PM-3:00 PM, Monday, Alvarado F and Atria
Poster Session 2R Boundary-layer processes studied with radar
 P2R.1Turbulence structure of cold season continental stratocumulus as observed by the ARM MMCR  extended abstract
David B. Mechem, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and Y. L. Kogan
 P2R.2Airborne 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.3On the dynamics of drylines  
Bart Geerts, Univ. of Wyoming, Laramie, WY
 P2R.4Hurricane Boundary Layer Small-Scall Features Observed using RHI Data Coupled with VAD Analysis  extended abstract
Sylvie Lorsolo, Texas Tech Univ., Lubbock, TX; and D. J. L. Schroeder
 P2R.5Boundary layer dynamics and eddy fluxes in horizontal roll convection during  
Sarah Lynn Walters, Univ. of Wyoming, Laramie, WY; and R. D. Kelly
 P2R.6THE ENHANCEMENT OF RADAR RETRIEVALS BY THE USE OF HIGHER MOMENTS OF DROP SPECTRUM  extended abstract
Yefim L. Kogan, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and Z. N. Kogan and D. B. Mechem
 P2R.7Single 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.8Multi-Doppler Radar Observations of Boundary Layer Winds in Support of the Second Texas Air Quality Field Study (TexAQS II)  extended abstract
Lawrence D. Carey, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; and J. Guynes, V. McNear, J. W. Nielsen-Gammon, and F. Zhang
 P2R.9Evaluating 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.10Variability of continental stratiform clouds and its scale dependence based on millimeter-wave radar data  extended abstract
Zena N. Kogan, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and Y. L. Kogan and D. B. Mechem
 P2R.11Bistatic Interferometry to Measure Clear Air Wind  extended abstract
Guifu Zhang, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and R. J. Doviak, R. D. Palmer, T. Y. Yu, and P. B. Chilson
 
3:00 PM-3:30 PM, Monday
Coffee Break
 
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
3:30 PMJ2J.1Keynote Talk: Tropical and Extratropical Transitions and Precipitation with Landfalling Hurricanes  extended abstract wrf recording
Lance F. Bosart, SUNY, Albany, NY
4:00 PMJ2J.2Rapid 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 PMJ2J.3Rapid 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
Paul R. Harasti, UCAR/NRL, Monterey, CA; and W. C. Lee and M. M. Bell
4:30 PMJ2J.4A dual-Doppler analysis of Hurricane Guillermo (1997): Interactions between the eye and eyewall during rapid intensification  extended abstract wrf recording
Matthew D. Eastin, Central College, Pella, IA; and P. D. Reasor, F. D. Marks, and J. F. Gamache
4:45 PMJ2J.5A dual-Doppler analysis of Hurricane Guillermo (1997): Vortex resiliency in vertical shear flow   wrf recording
Paul D. Reasor, Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL; and M. D. Eastin, F. D. Marks, J. F. Gamache, and M. L. Black
5:00 PMJ2J.6Kinematic and microphysical characteristics of a stratiform rain band observed in Tropical Storm Gabrielle at landfall  extended abstract
Dong-Kyun Kim, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and K. R. Knupp
5:15 PMJ2J.7Predicting orographic rainfall: the role of small mobile radars  
Andrew Peace, Univ. of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand; and G. L. Austin
 
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
3:30 PM2R.1Airborne radar observations of drizzle cells during DYCOMS-II  
David Leon, Univ.of Wyoming, Laramie, WY; and G. Vali
3:45 PM2R.2Properties of SE Pacific stratocumulus using mm-wave radars and other remote sensors  extended abstract wrf recording
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 PM2R.3Microphysical and kinematic structures within drizzling stratocumulus in the southeast Pacific  extended abstract wrf recording
Kimberly Comstock, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and S. E. Yuter and R. Wood
4:15 PM2R.4The evolution of fine-scale boundaries on 15 June 2002 during IHOP  extended abstract
Brian P. Monahan, Penn State Univ., University Park, PA; and Y. P. Richardson and J. Wurman
4:30 PM2R.5Doppler radar and profiler observations of boundary evolution and collision  extended abstract
Haldun Karan, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and K. R. Knupp
4:45 PM2R.6The 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 PM2R.7Interesting FM-CW Radar Data  
Scott A. McLaughlin, Applied Technologies, Inc., Longmont, CO
5:15 PM2R.8High-resolution observations of dynamic structures in the boundary layer using a range imaging wind profiler and an FMCW radar  extended abstract wrf recording
Phillip B. Chilson, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. R. Jordan and S. A. McLaughlin
 
5:30 PM-7:00 PM, Monday
Opening of Exhibits with Icebreaker Reception
 
5:30 PM, Monday
Sessions Conclude for the Day
 
7:00 PM, Monday
Paul Smith Tribute Dinner (Radar)
Organizer: V. Chandrasekar, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
 
Tuesday, 25 October 2005
7:00 AM, Tuesday
Registration Open from 7:00am–5:30pm
 
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
8:15 AMJ3J.1Keynote Talk: Global Shallow Moist Convection  
Bjorn Stevens, Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA
8:45 AMJ3J.2First echo development in trade-wind cumulus  extended abstract wrf recording
Charles A. Knight, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. A. Rilling and J. Miller
9:00 AMJ3J.3Florida 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 AMJ3J.4The diurnal cycle of rainfall and the identification of rainfall regimes within the North American monsoon of NW Mexico  extended abstract wrf recording
D. A. Ahijevych, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. E. Carbone, T. J. Lang, and A. V. Manzanilla
9:30 AMJ3J.5The 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 AMJ3J.6Radar analysis of long-lived trade wind cumulus clouds from the Rain in Cumulus over the Ocean experiment (RICO)  extended abstract wrf recording
Sabine Goeke, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and M. Colón Robles, R. M. Rauber, and J. B. Jensen
 
10:00 AM-10:30 AM, Tuesday
Coffee Break
 
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
10:30 AM3R.1Using Ground Clutter to Adjust Relative Radar Calibration at Kwajalein, RMI  extended abstract wrf recording
David S. Silberstein, NASA/GSFC and George Mason Univ., Greenbelt, MD; and D. B. Wolff, D. A. Marks, and J. L. Pippitt
10:45 AM3R.2Improving radar rainfall estimates at Kwajalein Atoll, RMI through relative calibration adjustments  extended abstract wrf recording
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 AM3R.3Precipitation 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 AM3R.4Snow Retrieval by Airborne Radar  
Liang Liao, Caelum Research Corp., Greenbelt, MD; and R. Meneghini
11:30 AM3R.5Comparison 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 AM3R.6Observations 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 PM3R.7Ensemble 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
 
12:00 PM-3:30 PM, Tuesday
Exhibits Open
 
12:15 PM-1:15 PM, Tuesday
Lunch
 
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.1Fine-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.2Synergizing high–resolution EOS Terra satellite data and S–POLKA radar reflectivity to assess trade wind cumuli precipitation  extended abstract
Eric R. Snodgrass, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and R. M. Rauber, L. Di Girolamo, and G. Zhao
 JP3J.3Oceanic shallow cumuli observations from ship–borne X- and W-Band radars during RICO  extended abstract
Ieng Jo, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and V. P. Ghate, E. Serpetzoglou, B. A. Albrecht, and P. Kollias
 JP3J.4Mesoscale Convective Systems occurred in Northwestern Mexico during NAME  extended abstract
Arturo Valdes-Manzanilla, Universidad Juarez Autonoma de Tabasco, Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico; and M. Cortez-Vazquez
 JP3J.5Radar observations during NAME 2004. Part I: Data products and quality control  extended abstract
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.6Radar observations during NAME 2004. Part II: Preliminary results  extended abstract
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.7The Moisture Route of Palo Duro Canyon  extended abstract
Kevin R. Walter, Texas Tech Univ., Lubbock, TX; and C. C. Weiss and A. Swift
 JP3J.8Melting-layer cloud observed during MR01-K05 cruise of Res/V Mirai  extended abstract
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.9Convective evolution in along–line shear  extended abstract
Matthew D. Parker, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC
 JP3J.10Trade Wind Cumuli Statistics and the Impact of finite Resolution Measurements  extended abstract
Guangyu Zhao, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and L. Di Girolamo
 JP3J.11Observed Mesoscale Variations in Thermodynamic Properties and Surface Fluxes over Ice-Covered Lake Erie  extended abstract
Mathieu R. Gerbush, Univ. of Illinois, Champaign, IL; and D. A. R. Kristovich and N. F. Laird
 JP3J.12Ancillary observations for a first echo study: five million antenna camera digital images  extended abstract
Robert A. Rilling, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. VanAndel
 JP3J.13Diurnal variation of three-dimensional radar echoes and their possible role of preconditioning the atmospheric humidity  extended abstract
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.14High-resolution surface and tower observations of the southern Plains dryline during Project SONDE—2005  extended abstract
Christopher C. Weiss, Texas Tech Univ., Lubbock, TX
 JP3J.15Transition of the rainfall characteristics related to the moistening of land surface over the central Tibetan Plateau during GAME-Tibet IOP  extended abstract
Hiroyuki Yamada, Japan Marine Science and Technology Center, Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan; and H. Uyeda
 JP3J.16Dryline convergence and the initiation of deep moist convection  extended abstract
Michael P. Griesinger, Texas Tech Univ., Lubbock, TX; and C. C. Weiss
 JP3J.17CONVECTIVE PRECIPITATION CLIMATOLOGY FOR AFRICA  
Arlene Laing, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. Carbone and V. Levizzani
JP3J.18An investigation of the height distribution of tropical convection over northern Australia  
Andrew P. Ballinger, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
JP3J.19Mesoscale 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.20Characteristics 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
JP3J.21Cloud 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.22Mass fluxes in East Pacific warm pool  
Carlos López Carrillo, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM; and D. Raymond
 JP3J.23Three-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.24The development and structure of an oceanic squall line system during the South China Sea Monsoon Experiment  extended abstract
Jian-Jian Wang, NASA/GSFC and GEST/Univ. of Maryland Baltimore County, Greenbelt, MD; and L. D. Carey
 JP3J.25Relation 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.26Characterization of Storm Properties During the TroCCiBras Experiment  extended abstract
Ana M. Gomes, Instituto de Pesquisas Meteorológicas, Bauru, São Paulo, Brazil; and G. Held
 JP3J.27Dynamics of Mesoscale Convective Systems Observed with a UHF Wind Profiler and a Polarimetric S-band Weather Radar  extended abstract
Michihiro Teshiba, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and R. D. Palmer, P. B. Chilson, A. Ryzhkov, and T. J. Schuur
 
1:15 PM, Tuesday, Alvarado F and Atria
Joint Poster Session 4J Radar Studies of Mesoscale Banded Structures (Joint with 32Radar and 11Mesoscale)
 Paper JP4.4 moved to J4.4A  
 JP4J.1Raindrop Size Distributions and Z-R Relations in Coastal Rainfall for Periods With and Without a Radar Brightband  extended abstract
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.2A Modeling Study of the Along–front Precipitation Variability of a Pacific Narrow Cold Frontal Rainband  extended abstract
Mei Han, GEST/Univ. of Maryland Baltimore County, Greenbelt, MD; and S. A. Braun, P. O. G. Persson, and J. -. W. Bao
 JP4J.3Mesoscale structure in a coastal front: a case study  extended abstract
Frank P. Colby Jr., Univ. of Massachusetts, Lowell, MA; and A. Hoell
 
1:15 PM-3:00 PM, Tuesday, Alvarado F and Atria
Poster Session 3R Nowcasting and storm climatologies using radar data
 P3R.1Radar based applications of a Nowcast Decision Support System  extended abstract
J. William Conway, Weather Decision Technologies, Inc., Norman, OK; and M. D. Eilts, J. T. Johnson, C. Barrere, and G. Bassett
 P3R.2Nowcasting of storm duration  extended abstract
David M. Jankowski, Univ. of Missouri, Columbia, MO; and N. I. Fox
 P3R.3Intercomparisons of nowcasting techiques  extended abstract
Steven A. Lack, Univ. of Missouri, Columbia, MO; and N. I. Fox, D. M. Jankowski, and G. L. Limpert
 P3R.4An Evaluation of ensembles based upon MAPLE precipitation nowcasts and NWP precipitation forecasts  extended abstract
Alamelu Kilambi, J.S. Marshall Radar Observatory, McGill University, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, QC, Canada; and I. Zawadzki
 P3R.5Rain Climatology in the Central Region of the State of São Paulo Using Radar Echoes During the Wet Period  extended abstract
Jose Carlos Figueiredo, Meteorological Research Institute/IPMet/UNESP, Bauru, Brazil
 P3R.6The Hail Forecasting Relative to the Product Mesocyclone of WSR-98D  
Xiuguang Diao, Weather Office, Jinan, Shandong, China; and J. Zhu and S. Zhang
 P3R.7Storm-tracking and thunderstorm nowcasting for Sao Paulo State, Brazil  extended abstract
Wando C. M. Amorim, Univ. of Sao Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil; and C. A. R. Morales
 P3R.8Predicting Severe Hail for the Southern High Plains and West Texas  extended abstract
Daniel Porter, NOAA/NWS, Albuquerque, NM; and M. R. Kramar and S. D. Landolt
 P3R.9Analysis of Tornado Characteristics in the State of São Paulo for the Improvement of an Automatic Alert System  extended abstract
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.10Object-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.11Comparison 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
 
1:15 PM-3:00 PM, Tuesday, Alvarado F and Atria
Poster Session 4R Radar Signal Processing
 P4R.1Identification of clutter echoes using a fuzzy logic technique  extended abstract
Marc Berenguer, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain; and D. Sempere-Torres, R. Sánchez-Diezma, and R. Pascual
 P4R.2Corrections to and Considerations of the Spectrum Width Equation  extended abstract
Ming Fang, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and R. J. Doviak
 P4R.3Phase noise, coherency, and clutter suppression  extended abstract
James J. Stagliano Jr., Enterprise Electronics Corporation, Enterprise, AL; and J. Helvin, J. L. Alford, and D. Nelson
 P4R.4Characterizing tornadoes in multiple-Doppler radar data using a low-order model  extended abstract
Corey K. Potvin, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and A. M. Shapiro, T. Y. Yu, and M. Xue
 P4R.5On the development of a multi-algorithm radar data quality control system at the Naval Research Laboratory  extended abstract
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.6Echo classification and spectral processing for the discrimination of clutter from weather  extended abstract
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  extended abstract
Cathy Kessinger, NCAR, Boulder, Colorado; and S. Ellis and J. Van Andel
 Paper P4R.7 moved. New paper number 12R.4A  
 P4R.8Enhanced radar data acquisition system and signal processing algorithms for the Terminal Doppler Weather Radar  extended abstract
John Y. N. Cho, MIT, Lexington, MA; and G. R. Elkin and N. G. Parker
 P4R.9Design and test of an operational triple-PRT Doppler scheme for the French radar network  extended abstract
Pierre Tabary, Météo France, Trappes, France
 P4R.10A First Look at the Operational (Data Quality) Improvements Provided by the Open Radar Data Acquisition (ORDA) System  extended abstract
Joe N. Chrisman, NOAA/NWS, Norman, OK; and C. A. Ray
 P4R.11Spaced-antenna measurements of cross-beam velocity in severe storms  extended abstract
Kery Hardwick, Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA; and S. J. Frasier, A. L. Pazmany, H. B. Bluestein, and M. M. French
 P4R.12Decorrelation in Range of Oversampled Weather Radar Signals Using FIR Filter  extended abstract
Igor R. Ivic, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and A. Zahrai and S. M. Torres
 P4R.13Phased Array Design for Biological Clutter Rejection: Simulation and Experimental Validation  extended abstract
Boon Leng Cheong, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and M. W. Hoffman, R. D. Palmer, S. J. Frasier, and F. J. Lopez-Dekker
 P4R.14Investigating external and dual polarization calibration options for the WSR-88D  extended abstract
Richard L. Ice, Wyle Information Systems, Norman, OK; and D. A. Warde and F. Pratte
 P4R.15Clutter Censoring Theory and Application for the WSR-88D  extended abstract
Alan D. Free, SI International, Norman, OK; and N. K. Patel
 P4R.16Over-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.17Data quality improvements using SZ phase coding  extended abstract
J. C. Hubbert, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and G. Meymaris, M. Dixon, and S. Ellis
 
3:00 PM-3:30 PM, Tuesday
Coffee break
 
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
3:30 PMJ4J.1Keynote Talk: Tropospheric Mesoscale Gravity Waves  
Fuqing Zhang, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX
4:00 PMJ4J.2CHILL, Pariicle ID, and MM5: The role of the barrier jet in Meso-g-scale Precipitation distribution in an extreme snowstorm  extended abstract wrf recording
Gregory S. Poulos, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and D. A. Wesley, P. C. Kennedy, and S. A. Rutledge
4:15 PMJ4J.3Analysis of vertical motions in fine scale precipitation bands in winter cyclones using wind profiler doppler spectra  extended abstract wrf recording
Marcia R. Estrem, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and R. M. Rauber, K. R. Knupp, B. F. Jewett, J. T. Walters, and D. Phillips
J4J.4Examining 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 PMJ4J.4A(Formerly JP4.4) Some 3D aspects of a Striated Cloud Head over New Zealand including radar and raingauge data  extended abstract
Ian D. Miller, MetService of New Zealand, Wellington, New Zealand
4:45 PMJ4J.5Comparisons of Simulated Kinematic and Moisture Fields with Airborne In-situ and Doppler Radar Observations in a Convective Cold Front over the Eastern Pacific Ocean  extended abstract wrf recording
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 PMJ4J.6Observations and numerical simulations of narrow cold-frontal rainbands   wrf recording
Mark T. Stoelinga, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA
5:15 PMJ4J.7The use of simulated radar reflectivity fields in the diagnosis of mesoscale phenomena from high-resolution WRF model forecasts  extended abstract wrf recording
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
 
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
3:30 PM4R.1Calibrating differential reflectivity on the WSR-88D  
Dusan Zrnic, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and V. Melnikov and J. K. Carter
3:45 PM4R.2Quality control for polarimetric radar measurements  
Martin Hagen, DLR, Wessling, Germany; and K. Friedrich
4:00 PM4R.3Identification and removal of non-precipitation echoes using the characteristics of radar echoes  extended abstract wrf recording
GyuWon Lee, McGill Univ., Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, QC, Canada; and Y. H. Cho, K. E. Kim, and I. Zawadzki
4:15 PM4R.4Improve radar resolution using range oversampling  extended abstract wrf recording
Tian-You Yu, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and G. Zhang, A. Chalamalasetti, R. J. Doviak, and D. S. Zrnic
4:30 PM4R.5Demonstration of range oversampling techniques on the WSR-88D  extended abstract wrf recording
Sebastian M. Torres, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and I. R. Ivic
4:45 PM4R.6Signal processing of Beam-multiplexed data for Phased-Array weather radar  extended abstract wrf recording
Marko B. Orescanin, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and T. -. Y. Yu, C. D. Curtis, D. S. Zrnic, and D. Forsyth
5:00 PM4R.7Implementation of refractivity retrieval from ground clutter using the s-band KOUN radar  extended abstract wrf recording
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 PM4R.8The spectrum of weather echoes  extended abstract wrf recording
Paul L. Smith, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD; and W. H. Martin
 
3:30 PM-5:30 PM, Tuesday, Alvarado ABC
Session 5R TRMM/ GPM studies and algorithms
Chair: Nobuhiro Takahashi, NICT, Koganei-shi, Tokyo Japan
3:30 PM5R.1Storm morphology and rainfall characteristics of TRMM precipitation features  extended abstract wrf recording
Stephen W. Nesbitt, Colorado State Univ., Ft. Collins, CO; and R. Cifelli and S. A. Rutledge
3:45 PM5R.2Global distribution of convection penetrating the tropical tropopause  extended abstract wrf recording
Chuntao Liu, Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and E. Zipser
4:00 PM5R.3Retrieval of Raindrop Size Distribution from Simulated Dual-Frequency Radar Measurements  
Stephen Joseph Munchak, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and A. Tokay
4:15 PM5R.4Possible algorithms for the Dual-frequency Precipitation Radar (DPR) on the GPM core satellite  extended abstract wrf recording
Toshio Iguchi, NICT, Koganei, Tokyo, Japan
4:30 PM5R.5The potential for water vapor and precipitation estimation with a differential-frequency radar  extended abstract
Robert Meneghini, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and L. Liao and L. Tian
4:45 PM5R.6Shallow convection in the tropics: How often and how much does it rain?   wrf recording
Courtney Schumacher, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX
5:00 PM5R.7Relative errors in TRMM satellite Version 5 and Version 6 products: Steps forward and backward  extended abstract wrf recording
Sandra E. Yuter, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC; and J. E. Stout, R. Wood, J. Kwiatkowski, and D. Horn
5:15 PM5R.8A Numerically Stable Dual-Frequency Bayesian Precipitation Retrieval Algorithm for GPM  
Jonathan P. Meagher, JPL/California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA; and Z. S. Haddad
 
5:30 PM-7:30 PM, Tuesday
Exhibitor Reception (with hors d'oeuvres)
 
5:30 PM, Tuesday
Oral Sessions Conclude for the Day
 
6:30 PM-8:30 PM, Tuesday, Alvarado F and Atria
Joint Poster Session 5J BAMEX (Joint with 32Radar and 11Mesoscale)
 JP5J.1The 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.2An airborne dual–Doppler back–trajectory study of downdrafts in bow–echoes during BAMEX  extended abstract
William C. Straka, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and W. R. Cotton and R. L. McAnelly
 JP5J.3Bow echoes during BAMEX: assessing transitions in surface wind damage using WSR-88D data  extended abstract
Michael C. Kruk, Midwestern Regional Climate Center, Champaign, IL; and R. M. Rauber, G. M. McFarquhar, B. F. Jewett, and R. J. Trapp
 JP5J.4Explaining the variability of cloud microphysics in stratiform regions of BAMEX MCSs using high-resolution radar observations  extended abstract
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.5Damaging Surface Wind Mechanisms within the 10 June 2003 Saint Louis Bow Echo Event during BAMEX  extended abstract
Nolan T. Atkins, Lyndon State College, Lyndonville, VT; and C. Bouchard, R. J. Trapp, R. W. Przybylinski, and G. K. Schmocker
 JP5J.6Conditioning 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.7An 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.8Radar 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.9Radar and profiler measurements of mesoscale and microscale flows within a heat burst  
Kevin Knupp, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and N. A. Crook
 JP5J.10Paper JP5J.10 has been moved to session J5 BAMEX, New Paper Number J5.1  
 JP5J.11BAMEX 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.12Observations of cold pool properties in mesoscale convective systems during BAMEX  extended abstract
George H. Bryan, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and D. A. Ahijevych, C. Davis, S. B. Trier, and M. Weisman
 JP5J.13WRF 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.14Observations of the 24 June 2003 Bow Echo Case during BAMEX  extended abstract
Dustin Phillips, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and K. Knupp
 JP5J.15Dual rear inflow jets within the 26 August 2003 derecho  extended abstract
Joseph A. Grim, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and R. M. Rauber
 
6:30 PM-8:30 PM, Tuesday, Alvarado F and Atria
Joint Poster Session 6J IHOP (Joint with 32Radar and 11Mesoscale)
 JP6J.1The dryline on 19 June during IHOP_2002: The thin-line structure and convection initiation  extended abstract
Hanne V. Murphey, Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA; and R. M. Wakimoto, C. N. Flamant, and D. E. Kingsmill
 JP6J.2A 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.3Vertical 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.4The structure and dynamics of atmospheric bores and solitons as determined from remote sensing and modeling experiments during IHOP  extended abstract
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
JP6J.5Evaluation 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.6Influence of surface characteristics on sensible and latent heat fluxes and boundary-layer mesoscale circulations  extended abstract
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
 
6:30 PM-8:30 PM, Tuesday, Alvarado F and Atria
Poster Session 5R TRMM/ GPM studies and algorithms
 P5R.1Systems Engineering Analysis of a TRMM-Like Retrieval Algorithm: Implication for GPM Design  extended abstract
C. R. Rose, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and V. Chandrasekar
 P5R.2To 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.3Biases in surface reference estimates by the TRMM PR standard algorithm  extended abstract
Shinta Seto, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Tokyo, Japan; and T. Iguchi
 P5R.4Simulation of the brightness temperature of spaceborne microwave radiometer by using COBRA data  extended abstract
Nobuhiro Takahashi, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Koganei-shi, Tokyo, Japan; and K. Nakagawa and T. Iguchi
 P5R.5Analysis of the melting layer by using 400 MHz wind profiler and 35 GHz Doppler radar  extended abstract
Nobuhiro Takahashi, National Institue of Information and Communications Technology, Koganei-shi, Tokyo, Japan; and Y. Kitamura and K. Iwanami
 P5R.6Exploring 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.7Physical validation of TRMM rainfall products using a radiative transfer model  extended abstract
Shoichi Shige, Osaka Prefecture Univ., Sakai, Japan; and H. Sasaki and K. Okamoto
 P5R.8Retrieval of Vertical Rain Rate Profile by Dual-Frequency Radar Data  extended abstract
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.9Spectral retrieval of latent heating profiles from TRMM PR data: Comparison of look-up tables  extended abstract
Shoichi Shige, Osaka Prefecture Univ., Sakai, Osaka, Japan; and Y. N. Takayabu, W. -. K. Tao, and C. L. Shie
 P5R.10Forward and Backscattering Measurements of Rainfall over a path at the GPM Frequencies  extended abstract
Rafael Rincon, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and R. Meneghini and R. Lang
 
6:30 PM-8:30 PM, Tuesday, Alvarado F and Atria
Poster Session 6R Quantitative precipitation estimation and validation
 P6R.1Development of a High Resolution Precipitation Research Facility in the Northern Plains  extended abstract
Paul A. Kucera, Univ. of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND; and C. R. Williams and K. S. Gage
 P6R.2The Front Range Pilot Project for GPM: An instrument and concept test  extended abstract
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.3Multi-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.4Comsiderations for Comparing Volumetric Reflectivity Observation between Space-borne and Ground-based Radars  extended abstract
Wanyu Li, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and V. Chandrasekar
 P6R.5Systematic variations of raindrop size spectra with altitude derived from wind profiler: Measurements for TRMM PR evaluation  extended abstract
Takahisa Kobayashi, MRI, Tukuba, Ibaaki, Japan; and A. Adachi and S. Sekizawa
 P6R.6Reflectivity dependence of reflectivity gradients observed by radar profilers  extended abstract
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.7Revisiting "Ground Truth"—Assessment of Wind and Out-of-Level Collector Funnel Effects on Rain Gague Catch  extended abstract
Matthias Steiner, Princeton Univ., Princeton, NJ; and L. C. Sieck and S. J. Burges
 P6R.8Ground and Airborne Validation Plans for GPM in the Central State of São Paulo, Brazil  extended abstract
Roberto Vicente Calheiros, MRI/IPMet/UNESP, Bauru, Brazil; and G. Held, V. Mitev, C. A. D. A. Antonio, G. Martucci, and R. Matthey
 P6R.9Assessing 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.10Contemporary measurements of a ground-based weather radar and balloon-borne lidar at Bauru during the HIBISCUS campaigns: a powerful synergy in cloud physics studies  extended abstract
Guido Di Donfrancesco, Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Environment, Frascati, Italy; and F. Cairo, G. Held, and F. Fierli
 P6R.11Using medium term reflectivity statistics in radar QPE  extended abstract
Norman Donaldson, EC, King City, ON, Canada
 P6R.12Conditional evaluation of conventional vs. polarimetric QPE at C-band  extended abstract
Wiwiana Szalinska, Météo France, Trappes, France; and P. Tabary and H. Andrieu
 P6R.13Radar Rainfall Estimation and Rain Gauge Comparison Studies at Wallops Island, Virginia  extended abstract
MiKayla Taffe, Univ. of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND; and P. A. Kucera
 P6R.14A Quality Control Algorithm for NPOL During CRYSTAL-FACE  extended abstract
Chris J. Theisen, Univ. of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND; and P. J. Frank and P. A. Kucera
 
6:30 PM-8:30 PM, Tuesday, Alvarado F and Atria
Poster Session 7R wind profilers and vertical profiles of reflectivity
 P7R.1Time-frequency analysis of UHF and VHF profiler observed winds over the central equatorial Pacific  extended abstract
Robert Schafer, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO
 P7R.2The Meiyu precipitating cloud system studies using wind profiler in China  extended abstract
Krishna Reddy, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Yokosuka, Japan; and B. Geng, H. Yamada, and H. Uyeda
 P7R.3Technical contributions of Mr. Dale Sirmans to Doppler weather radar development  extended abstract
Richard L. Ice, Wyle Information Systems, Norman, OK; and D. A. Warde and B. Bumgarner
 P7R.4Deriving microphysical parameters of snow with a vertically pointing Doppler radar  extended abstract
Emmanuel Moreau, NOVIMET, Velizy, France; and J. Testud and I. Zawadzki
 P7R.5 moved to 7R.2  
 P7R.6Correction 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.7Observations of the lower atmosphere over the equatorial Western-Pacific with a ship-borne lower troposphere radar  extended abstract
Hiroyuki Hashiguchi, Kyoto Univ., Uji, Kyoto, Japan; and M. Teshiba and S. Fukao
 P7R.8Evaluation of 3-beam and 4-beam profiler wind measurement techniques  extended abstract
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.9Development of a UHF boundary layer multiple antenna profiler at LaMP/OPGC  
Joel Van Baelen, LaMP/OPGC, Aubiere, France
 P7R.10Vertical profile of raindrop size distribution by using 400MHz wind profiler in stratiform rainfall  extended abstract
Yasushi Kitamura, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Okinawa, Japan; and K. Nakagawa, S. Sekizawa, H. Hanado, N. Takahashi, and T. Iguchi
P7R.11Doppler Velocity Signatures of Large-Scale Hybrid Winds  extended abstract
Wenmei Xia, Jiangsu Institute of Meteorological Science, Nanjing, China; and H. Zhiqun, T. Dazhang, L. Mingzhu, and L. Yuanjian
 P7R.12Validation 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.13A New Data System for Radar Wind Profilers  
Scott A. McLaughlin, Applied Technologies, Inc., Longmont, CO; and D. A. Merritt and B. Weber
 P7R.14A neural network based method to adjust weather radar estimates of rainfall to rain gauge measurements using the vertical reflectivity profile  extended abstract
Reinhard Teschl, Graz Univ. of Technology, Graz, Austria; and W. L. Randeu and F. Teschl
 P7R.15 moved to 7R.5A  
 P7R.16The frequency of occurrence of quasi-monochromatic inertia-gravity waves in the lower stratosphere from MST radar observations  extended abstract
G. D. Nastrom, St. Cloud State Univ., St. Cloud, MN; and F. D. Eaton
 
Wednesday, 26 October 2005
7:30 AM, Wednesday
Registration Open from 7:30am–12:15pm
 
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
8:15 AMJ5J.1Keynote Talk: BAMEX Observations of Mesoscale Convective Vortices  extended abstract wrf recording
Christopher A. Davis, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and S. B. Trier
8:45 AMJ5J.2Understanding the generation of high winds associated with bow echoes: The Omaha bow echo during BAMEX  extended abstract wrf recording
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 AMJ5J.3Rear-inflow structure in severe and non-severe bow-echo observed by airborne Doppler radar during BAMEX  extended abstract wrf recording
David P. Jorgensen, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and H. V. Murphey and R. M. Wakimoto
9:15 AMJ5J.4Quad-Doppler and microphysical observations of the BAMEX 29 June 2003 MCS  extended abstract wrf recording
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 AMJ5J.5Airborne 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 AMJ5J.6Observations 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
 
9:30 AM-11:30 AM, Wednesday
Exhibits Open
 
10:00 AM-10:30 AM, Wednesday
Coffee Break
 
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
10:30 AM6R.1Evaluation of the NCAR Auto-Nowcaster during the NWS Ft. Worth Operational Demonstration  extended abstract wrf recording
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 AM6R.2Determing key predictors for NCAR's Convective Auto-Nowcast system using climatological analyses  extended abstract wrf recording
Thomas R. Saxen, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and C. K. Mueller and N. A. Rehak
11:00 AM6R.3Impacts of MM5 Model Data on the Performance of the NCAR Auto-Nowcaster System  extended abstract
Huaqing Cai, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. D. Roberts, C. K. Mueller, T. Saxen, M. Xu, S. Trier, and D. L. Megenhardt
11:15 AM6R.4Priliminary Results For The 0-1 Hour Multisensor Precipitation Nowcaster  extended abstract
Shucai Guan, RS Information Systems and NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and F. Ding, R. A. Fulton, and D. H. Kitzmiller
11:30 AM6R.5Warm season precipitation corridors in the central United States  
J. D. Tuttle, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and C. A. Davis
11:45 AM6R.6The complementary use of TITAN-derived radar and total lightning thunderstorm cells  extended abstract wrf recording
Nicholas L. Wilson, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and D. W. Breed, T. R. Saxen, and N. W. S. Demetriades
6R.7Electrical 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
 
12:00 PM, Wednesday
Sessions Conclude for the Day
 
4:30 PM, Wednesday
Conference Event–Los Amigos Roundup (Transportation will be provided)
 
Thursday, 27 October 2005
7:30 AM, Thursday
Registration Open from 7:30am–5:30pm
 
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
8:15 AMJ6J.1Keynote Talk: Peeping through the keyhole at the mesoscale variability of humidity: Some IHOP_2002 observations and future challenges of radar refractivity mapping  extended abstract wrf recording
Frederic Fabry, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
8:45 AMJ6J.2The 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 AMJ6J.3The structure and evolution of the dryline and surrounding boundary layer on 22 May 2002 during IHOP  extended abstract wrf recording
Michael S. Buban, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK OK; and C. Ziegler, E. N. Rasmussen, and Y. P. Richardson
9:15 AMJ6J.4Convection initiation on 12 June 2002 during IHOP_2002  extended abstract wrf recording
Tammy M. Weckwerth, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and H. V. Murphey, C. Flamant, C. R. Pettet, S. Bastin, and R. Wakimoto
9:30 AMJ6J.5Kinematic 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 AMJ6J.6Mesoscale moisture transport by the low-level jet during the IHOP field experiment  extended abstract wrf recording
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
 
9:30 AM-10:30 AM, Thursday
Exhibits Open
 
10:00 AM-10:30 AM, Thursday
Coffee Break
 
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
10:30 AM7R.1Network of wind profilers to understand boundary layer evolution and precipitating clouds over Asia monsoon  extended abstract wrf recording
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 AM7R.2Diagnosis of precipitation detection range  extended abstract wrf recording
Jarmo Koistinen, Remote Sensing for Weather Applications, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland; and H. Hohti and H. Pohjola
7R.2Improving 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 AM7R.3Quantitative interpretation of precipitation radar measurements at VHF band  extended abstract wrf recording
Edwin F. Campos, McGill Univ., Montreal, QC, Canada; and F. Fabry and W. Hocking
11:15 AM7R.4An Improved Methodology for classifying convective and stratiform rain  extended abstract
Maria Franco, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain; and R. Sánchez-Diezma, D. Sempere-Torres, and I. Zawadzki
11:30 AM7R.5 moved to P4R.6A  
11:31 AM7R.5A(Formerly P7R.15) Vertical profile correction on Spanish radar reflectivity data  extended abstract wrf recording
Fernando Aguado, INM, Madrid, Spain
11:45 AM7R.6MAPR Observations of the Boundary Layer using RIM and Spaced Antenna Techniques at IHOP  extended abstract wrf recording
William O. J. Brown, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and T. Y. Yu
12:00 PM7R.7Simultaneous wind velocity estimation and dual-polarization measurements of precipitation and clouds by an S-band profiler  extended abstract
C. M. H. Unal, Delft Univ. of Technology, Delft, Netherlands; and H. W. J. Russchenberg and D. N. Moisseev
 
12:15 PM-1:15 PM, Thursday
Lunch
 
12:30 PM-3:30 PM, Thursday
Exhibits Open
 
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.1Preliminary observations of small scale wakes generated by complex terrain using a portable X-band radar  extended abstract
Kenichi Kusunoki, MRI, Tsukuba, Japan; and M. Murakami, N. Orikasa, A. Saito, H. Hashiguchi, Y. Ohigashi, and M. Saito
 JP7J.2Sensitivity of space-based precipitation measurements to changes in mesoscale features  extended abstract
Joseph Hoch, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and G. J. Tripoli and M. Kulie
 JP7J.3The 29-30 January 2005 southeast Colorado snowstorm  extended abstract
Paul G. Wolyn, NOAA/NWSFO, Pueblo, CO
 JP7J.4Sierra 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.5Final plans for the Terrain-induced Rotor Experiment (T-REX)  extended abstract
Vanda Grubisic, DRI, Reno, NV; and J. P. Kuettner
 JP7J.6Structural 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.7Wind variations around orographic rainband observed by wind profiler network in Japan  extended abstract
Yasuko Umemoto, Kyoto Univ., Uji, Japan; and M. Teshiba, H. Hashiguchi, and S. Fukao
 JP7J.8Onset of strong downslope winds during the Sierra Rotors Project  
Qingfang Jiang, UCAR Visiting Scientist, NRL, Monterey, CA; and J. D. Doyle
 JP7J.9Predicting 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.10Formation and Maintenance Mechanisms of the Stable Layer over the Po Valley during MAP IOP-8  extended abstract
Allison Hoggarth, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC; and Y. L. Lin and H. D. Reeves
 JP7J.11Synoptic 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
 
1:15 PM-3:00 PM, Thursday, Alvarado F and Atria
Poster Session 8R Operational radar applications
 P8R.1Storm Targeted Radar Wind Retrieval System  extended abstract
Pengfei Zhang, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and S. Liu, Q. Xu, and L. Song
 P8R.2Comparison of the NEXRAD legacy and Lincoln Laboratories echo tops products  extended abstract
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.3Quality of Radar echo top heights  extended abstract
Laurent Delobbe, Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium, Brussels, Belgium; and I. Holleman
 P8R.4 moved to Oral Presentation 8R.5A  
 P8R.5On-line Monitoring of Weather Radar using Solar Interferences  
Iwan Holleman, KNMI, De Bilt, Netherlands; and A. J. Huuskonen
 P8R.6An Integrated Display and Analysis Methodology for Multi-Variable Radar Data  extended abstract
Brenda A. Dolan, Colorado State Univ., Ft. Collins, CO; and S. A. Rutledge
 P8R.7Real-time calculation of horizontal winds using multiple Doppler radars: A new WDSS-II module  extended abstract
Arthur Witt, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and R. A. Brown and V. Lakshmanan
 P8R.8WSR-88D Open Radar Data Acquisition (ORDA) Algorithm Evaluations  extended abstract
Robert R. Lee, NOAA/NWS/NEXRAD Radar Operations Center, Norman, OK
 P8R.9Planned WSR-88D communications changes  
Christina Horvat, NOAA/NWS, Norman, OK; and S. Ahlert
P8R.10Automated sea clutter identification  
Dawn L. Harrison, UK Met Office, Exeter, United Kingdom
 P8R.11The evolution of radar training in the National Weather Service  
John T. Ferree, NOAA/NWS, Norman, OK; and E. M. Quoetone
 P8R.12The use of clear-air echoes for operational Doppler radar systems  extended abstract
Kenichi Kusunoki, MRI, Tsukuba, Japan
 P8R.13Unique Uses Of Weather Radar For Space Launch  extended abstract
William P. Roeder, 45th Weather Squadron, Patrick AFB, FL; and T. M. McNamara, B. F. Boyd, J. W. Weems, and S. B. Cocks
 P8R.14WSR-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.15Content Considerations and Determination of WSR-88D Software Builds  
William J. Armstrong, NOAA/NWS, Norman, OK
 P8R.16Spatial classification of precipitation from operational radar data  extended abstract
C.Z. Van de Beek, Wageningen Univ., Wageningen, Netherlands; and R. Uijlenhoet and I. Holleman
 
1:15 PM-3:00 PM, Thursday, Alvarado F and Atria
Poster Session 9R Radar polarimetry studies
 P9R.1The estimation of moderate rain rates with operational polarisation radar  extended abstract
Anthony J. Illingworth, Univ. of Reading, Reading, Berks., United Kingdom; and R. J. Thompson
 P9R.2Measurements of polarimetric parameters at low signal-to-noise ratios  extended abstract
Valery Melnikov, Univ. of Oklahoma/CIMMS, Norman, OK; and D. Zrnic
 P9R.3A new polarimetric method for correcting the effects of attenuation at C-band  extended abstract
Jonathan J. Gourley, Météo France, Trappes, France; and P. Tabary and J. Parent du Châtelet
 P9R.4An extensive validation experiment of algorithm ZPHI applied to radar HYDRIX  extended abstract
Erwan Le Bouar, Novimet, Vélizy, France; and E. Moreau, J. Testud, H. Poulima, R. Ney, and O. Deudon
 P9R.5Spectral polarimetry for identifing and separating mixed biological scatterers  extended abstract
Svetlana Bachmann, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and D. S. Zrnic
 P9R.6Polarimetric weather radar base moment algorithm validation  extended abstract
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.7Preliminary polarimetric analysis of a winter storm causing catastrophic traffic problems  extended abstract
Timo M. Puhakka, Univ. of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
 P9R.8On the use of differential phase for polarimetric rainfall measurements—a new approach to KDP estimation  extended abstract
Alexander V. Ryzhkov, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
 P9R.9On the differential phase in the melting layer  extended abstract
Andrey V. Melnikov, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and V. Melnikov and A. V. Ryzhkov
P9R.10Effect of the spatial variability of precipitation on the differential propagation phase shift  extended abstract
Julie Deshaies, Université du Québec, Montréal, QC, Canada; and C. Hamzaoui and E. Torlaschi
 P9R.11A 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.12Polarimetric Rainfall Measurements in Localized Strong Convection  extended abstract
MiYoung Kang, Pukyong National Univ., Norman, OK; and S. Giangrande, A. V. Ryzhkov, and D. Lee
 P9R.13Polarization characteristics of winter storms in Oklahoma  extended abstract
Terry J. Schuur, Univ. of Oklahoma/CIMMS and NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and A. V. Ryzhkov and P. Zhang
 P9R.1495-GHz polarimetric radar signatures of pristine crystals mixed with aggregates and rimed crystals: Simulations and radar observations  extended abstract
K. Aydin, Penn State Univ., University Park, PA; and J. Singh
 P9R.15Combined Polarimetric and Multiple Doppler Radar Observations of the 16-20 March 2003 Colorado Area Winter Storm  extended abstract
Patrick C. Kennedy, Colorado State Univ., Ft. Collins, CO; and S. A. Rutledge, G. S. Poulos, and D. A. Wesley
 P9R.16Estimating hail size using polarimetric radar  extended abstract
Pamela L. Heinselman, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and A. Rowe
 
1:15 PM-3:00 PM, Thursday, Alvarado F and Atria
Poster Session 10R Radar Networking
 P10R.1OPERA: 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.2NEXRAD mosaics for en-route air traffic controllers  extended abstract
Alfred Moosakhanian, DOT, Washington, DC; and J. Higginbotham and J. Stobie
 P10R.3Estimation 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.4Validation of first generation CASA radars with CSU-CHILL  extended abstract
Francesc Junyent, Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA; and V. Chandrasekar, D. Brunkow, P. C. Kennedy, and D. J. McLaughlin
 P10R.5Improved radar sensitivity through limited sector scanning: The DCAS approach  extended abstract
Brian C. Donovan, Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA; and D. J. McLaughlin
P10R.6A general surveillance mode for off-the-grid DCAS radars  
Brian C. Donovan, Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA; and D. J. McLaughlin
 P10R.7The Spanish weather radar network  extended abstract
Fernando Aguado, INM, Madrid, Spain
 P10R.8A least squares technique for estimating 2D wind vectors from multiple radars  
Kurt D. Hondl, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK
 P10R.9The Cuban Weather Radar Network: current status and trends  extended abstract
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.10NWS Use of FAA Radar Data—Status and Operational Considerations  extended abstract
Michael J. Istok, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and J. T. Ferree, R. E. Saffle, and B. Bumgarner
 P10R.11The 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.12Optimal sampling strategies for hazardous weather detection using networks of dynamically adaptive Doppler radars  extended abstract
Jessica L. Proud, CAPS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and K. K. Droegemeier, V. T. Wood, and L. White
 P10R.13Waveform design for CASA X-band radars  extended abstract
Nitin Bharadwaj, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and V. Chandrasekar
 
3:00 PM-3:30 PM, Thursday
Coffee Break
 
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
3:30 PM8R.1Planned WSR-88D Upgrades  extended abstract
J. Rex Reed, NOAA/NWS, Norman, OK
3:45 PM8R.2NWS priorities for the enhancement of radar capabilities  
John T. Ferree, NOAA/NWS, Norman, OK; and M. J. Istok
4:00 PM8R.3WSR-88D Open Radar Data Acquisition (ORDA) Base Data Quality  extended abstract wrf recording
Robert R. Lee, NOAA/NWS/NEXRAD Radar Operations Center, Norman, OK
4:15 PM8R.4MIGFA: The Machine Intelligent Gust Front Algorithm for NEXRAD  extended abstract wrf recording
David J. Smalley, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA; and B. J. Bennett and R. Frankel
8R.5Verification 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 PM8R.5AStatus on the Four-Dimensional Base Radar Data Analysis Tool for AWIPS  extended abstract wrf recording
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 PM8R.6Radio local area network (RLAN) and C-Band weather radar interference studies  extended abstract
Paul Joe, MSC, Downsview, ON, Canada; and J. Scott, J. Sydor, A. Brandao, and A. Yongacoglu
5:00 PM8R.7Weather radar data quality in Northern Europe: beam propagation issues  extended abstract
Günther Haase, Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute, Norrköping, Sweden; and U. Gjertsen and J. Bech
5:15 PM8R.8Customer 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
 
3:30 PM-5:30 PM, Thursday, Alvarado ABC
Session 9R Radar polarimetry studies
Chair: Peter T. May, BMRC, Melbourne, Vic. Australia
3:30 PM9R.1Polarimetric 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 PM9R.2Rain Microphysics Retrieval with a Polarimetric WSR-88D  extended abstract
Edward A. Brandes, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and T. J. Schuur, A. V. Ryzhkov, G. Zhang, and K. Ikeda
4:00 PM9R.3Radar polarimetry at S, C, and X bands: Comparative analysis and operational implications  extended abstract
Alexander V. Ryzhkov, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and D. Zrnic
4:15 PM9R.4On the role of X-band radar in extending longer-wavelength radar polarimetric retrievals to lighter rains  extended abstract wrf recording
Sergey Matrosov, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and R. Cifelli, P. Kennedy, S. W. Nesbitt, V. N. Bringi, and B. Martner
4:30 PM9R.5Calibration of absolute reflectivity at C-band using redundancy of the polarization parameters in rain  extended abstract wrf recording
Jonathan J. Gourley, Météo France, Trappes, France; and A. J. Illingworth
4:45 PM9R.6Observations of Insects and Birds with a Polarimetric Prototype of the WSR-88D Radar  extended abstract wrf recording
Pengfei Zhang, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and A. V. Ryzhkov and D. Zrnic
5:00 PM9R.7On the Use of Polarimetric Radars for Studies of Clouds: Numerical Simulations and S-Band Radar Observations  extended abstract
Khoi D. Le, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and R. D. Palmer, S. M. Torres, T. -. Y. Yu, and D. Zrnic
5:15 PM9R.8Precipitation forecast evaluation by polarimetric radar  
Monika Pfeifer, DLR, Wessling, Germany; and M. Hagen and C. Keil
 
5:30 PM, Thursday
Sessions Conclude for the Day (Keynote Talks at 7:00pm)
 
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
7:00 PMJ7J.1Keynote Talk: Short-Range (0-3hr) Quantitative Precipitation Forecasting  
John A. McGinley, NOAA/FSL, Boulder, CO
7:30 PMJ7J.2Keynote Talk: Operational Applications of Polarimetric Radar  
Steven A. Rutledge, Colorado State Univ., Ft. Collins, CO
8:00 PMJ7J.3Keynote Talk: New insights from millimeter-wave radars  
Gabor Vali, Univ. of Wyoming, Laramie, WY
 
Friday, 28 October 2005
7:30 AM, Friday
Registration Open from 7:30am–5:30pm
 
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
8:15 AMJ8J.1Keynote Talk: Orographic Precipitation Process Studies: Recent Advances and Future Developments  
David E. Kingsmill, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado and NOAA/ETL, Boulder, CO
8:45 AMJ8J.2Using synthetic aperture radar (SAR), modeling, and a SARJET field study to understand the terrain-enhanced flows along the southeast Alaskan coast  extended abstract wrf recording
Brian A. Colle, SUNY, Stony Brook, NY; and J. B. Olson, N. Winstead, K. Loescher, G. Young, and N. A. Bond
9:00 AMJ8J.3Wintertime 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 AMJ8J.4Innovations 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 AMJ8J.5Mountain wave structures occurring within a major orographic precipitation event: Part I. Analyses of airborne Doppler radar data  extended abstract wrf recording
Bradley Smull, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK and Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and M. Garvert and C. F. Mass
9:45 AMJ8J.6Mountain wave structures occurring within a major orographic precipitation event: Part 2. Evaluation of mesoscale model simulations  extended abstract wrf recording
Matt Garvert, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and B. Smull and C. Mass
 
10:00 AM-10:30 AM, Friday
Coffee Break
 
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
10:30 AM10R.1Dual-polarization observations of tornadoes at close range made with a mobile X-band Doppler radar  extended abstract wrf recording
Howard B. Bluestein, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and M. M. French, S. Frasier, K. Hardwick, F. Junyent, and A. L. Pazmany
10:45 AM10R.2The 15 May 2003 Shamrock, Texas, supercell: A dual-Doppler analysis and EnKF data-assimilation experiment  extended abstract wrf recording
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 AM10R.3The Tornado Outbreak across the North Florida Panhandle in association with Hurricane Ivan  extended abstract wrf recording
Andrew I. Watson, NOAA/NWS, Tallahassee, FL; and M. A. Jamski, T. J. Turnage, J. R. Bowen, and J. C. Kelley
11:15 AM10R.4Detailed comparison of observed and modeled tornadogenesis  extended abstract wrf recording
Donald W. Burgess, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and D. C. Dowell, L. J. Wicker, and A. Witt
11:30 AM10R.5Tornado detection using a neuro-fuzzy method  extended abstract wrf recording
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 AM10R.6Radar-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 PM10R.7Lightning relative to storm structure, evolution, and microphysics in TELEX  extended abstract wrf recording
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
 
1:15 PM-3:00 PM, Friday, Alvarado F and Atria
Poster Session 11R microphysics of clouds and precipitation
 P11R.1Freezing drizzle detection with WSR-88D radars  extended abstract
Kyoko Ikeda, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. M. Rasmussen and E. A. Brandes
P11R.2Validation of radar-estimated snowfall  
Jonathan P. Wolfe, Univ. of Wyoming, Laramie, WY; and J. R. Snider
 P11R.3Verification 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  extended abstract
David Serke, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and G. Zhang, J. Vivekanandan, T. L. Schneider, P. Minnis, and M. Poellot
 P11R.4Implementations of CSU hydrometeor classification scheme for C-band polarimetric radars  extended abstract
Luca Baldini, CNR/ISAC, Rome, Italy; and E. Gorgucci, V. Chandrasekar, and W. Peterson
 P11R.5Quantitative analysis of weather radar attenuation correction accuracy  extended abstract
Alexis Berne, Wageningen Univ., Wageningen, Netherlands; and R. Uijlenhoet
 P11R.6Polarimetric radar signatures from RAMS microphysics  extended abstract
Gwo-Jong Huang, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and V. N. Bringi, S. van den Heever, and W. Cotton
 P11R.7Observations of a Northern Plains snowfall  extended abstract
Andrew J. Newman, Univ. of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND; and P. A. Kucera and L. A. Bliven
 P11R.8Validation of radar-estimated upslope snowfall in Southeastern Wyoming  
Jonathan P. Wolfe, Univ. of Wyoming, Laramie, WY; and J. R. Snider
 P11R.9Snow clouds observation using the airborne cloud radar (SPIDER)  extended abstract
Hiroaki Horie, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Koganei, Tokyo, Japan; and A. Kamei, H. Kuroiwa, H. Kumagai, and M. Murakami
 P11R.10Retrieval of microphysical properties of snow using spectral dual polarization analysis  extended abstract
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.11Three-dimensional characteristics of polarimetric radar variables and their precipitation-type dependence  extended abstract
Yukari Shusse, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Okinawa, Japan; and K. Nakagawa, N. Takahashi, K. Iwanami, S. Satoh, and T. Iguchi
 P11R.12RadOn: a new Doppler radar method to retrieve the clouds parameters  
Julien Delanoë, CETP, Vélizy, France; and A. Protat and D. Bouniol
 P11R.13Observations of melting layer from 94 GHz and 10 GHz airborne doppler radars  extended abstract
Lin Tian, GEST/Univ. of Maryland, Baltimore County, Greenbelt, MD; and G. M. Heymsfield and L. Li
 P11R.14Observations of Winter Storms with a 2-D Video Disdrometer and Polarimetric Radar  extended abstract
Kyoko Ikeda, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and E. A. Brandes, G. Zhang, and S. A. Rutledge
 P11R.15Drop axis ratio and fall velocity distributions from 2-D video disdrometer  extended abstract
Merhala Thurai, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and V. N. Bringi, K. Nakagawa, T. Kozu, M. Schoenhuber, and T. Shimomai
 
1:15 PM-3:00 PM, Friday, Alvarado F and Atria
Poster Session 12R New Radar Technologies
 P12R.1Real-time remote detection of convectively-induced turbulence  
John K. Williams, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and L. B. Cornman, J. Yee, and S. G. Carson
 P12R.2Antenna system requirement for dual polarization radar design in hybrid mode of operation  extended abstract
Yanting Wang, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and V. Chandrasekar and D. J. McLaughlin
 P12R.3Advanced Weather Surveillance Algorithms and Techniques using a Rapid Scanning X-Band Radar—First Results  extended abstract
Ivan PopStefanija, ProSensing, Amherst, MA; and J. Knorr, P. Buczynski, and R. Bluth
 P12R.4Estimation and Reduction of Weather Radar Safety Distances  extended abstract
Frank Gekat, Gematronik, Neuss, Germany; and H. Niebaum and F. Pöschl
 P12R.5Issues in designing a new radar data exchange format  extended abstract
Dennis F. Flanigan Jr., NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. VanAndel, J. Caron, and W. C. Lee
 P12R.6NCAR S-Pol Second Frequency (Ka-band) Radar  extended abstract
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.7Power calibration of VHF Stratospheric-Tropospheric radars  extended abstract
Edwin F. Campos, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada; and W. Hocking and F. Fabry
 P12R.8Solar calibrations with dual polarization weather radar  extended abstract
Pekka V. S. Puhakka, Univ. of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
 P12R.9Estimating the impact of a 3-dB sensitivity loss on WSR-88D data  extended abstract
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.10Development of broadband radar and initial observation  extended abstract
Tomoo Ushio, Osaka Prefecture University, Sakai, Osaka, Japan; and K. Monden, T. Mega, K. Okamoto, and Z. I. Kawasaki
 P12R.11Development of a C-band pulse compression weather radar  extended abstract
Katsuhiro Nakagawa, National Institute of Information and Communication Technology, Okinawa, Japan; and H. Hanado, K. Fukutani, and T. Iguchi
 P12R.12Recent Data System and Antenna Upgrades to the CSU-CHILL Radar  extended abstract
David A. Brunkow, Colorado State Univ., Ft. Collins, CO; and J. George, V. N. Bringi, and V. Chandrasekar
 P12R.13A 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.14A new C-band polarimetric radar with simultaneous transmission for hydrometeor classification and rainfall measurement  extended abstract
J. William Conway, Weather Decision Technologies, Inc., Norman, OK; and D. Nealson, J. J. Stagliano, A. V. Ryzhkov, L. Venkatramani, and D. Zrnic
 P12R.15Plans 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
 
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  
 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.2Z to R relationships for snowfall-events in Austria, determined by modelling winterly precipitation particles realistically  extended abstract
Franz Teschl, Graz Univ. of Technology, Graz, Austria; and W. L. Randeu and M. Schönhuber
 P13R.3Implementation of the EHIMI Software Package in the Weather Radar Operational Chain of the Catalan Meteorological Service  extended abstract
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.4A 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.5A 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.6The raindrop size distribution characteristics and its applications to radar rainfall estimation in Taiwan area  extended abstract
Wei-Yu Chang, National Central Univ., Taoyuan, Taiwan; and T. C. Chen Wang, W. T. Lin, and P. L. Lin
 P13R.7Range effects on reflectivity gradients in tropical Brazil  extended abstract
Roberto V. Calheiros, MRI/UNESP/National Institute for Space Research/INPE, Bauru, São Paulo, Brazil; and C. A. D. A. Antonio
 P13R.8An 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.9Changes in the Precipitation Processing Subsystem (PPS) of the WSR-88D (NEXRAD) in 2004–2009  extended abstract
Daniel S. Berkowitz, NOAA/NWS, Norman, OK
 P13R.10The morphology of tropical rainfall systems and their hydrological significance  extended abstract
Augusto José Pereira Filho, Univ. of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil; and F. D. Santos Silva
 P13R.11Hydrometeorological Decision Support System for the Lower Colorado River Authority  extended abstract
Charles A. Barrere Jr., Weather Decision Technologies, Inc., Norman, OK; and M. D. Eilts and B. Clarke
 P13R.12Automatic estimation of rainfall fields for hydrological applications: Blending radar and rain gauge data in real time  extended abstract
Carlos Velasco-Forero, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain; and D. Sempere-Torres, R. Sánchez-Diezma, E. Cassiraga, and J. J. Gómez-Hernández
P13R.13Validation 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
 
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
 P14R.1On the equivalence of the dual-wavelength and polarimetric equations for estimation of the raindrop size distribution  extended abstract
Robert Meneghini, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and L. Liao
 P14R.2V-CHILL Radar Operations in Classrooms: Courseware and Research Applications  extended abstract
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.3A comparative study of drop size distribution retrieval using two video disdrometers and a UHF wind profiling radar  extended abstract
Laura M. Kanofsky, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma; and P. B. Chilson, T. J. Schuur, G. Zhang, and E. A. Brandes
 P14R.4Z-R Relations from raindrop disdrometers: Sensitivity to regression methods and DSD data refinements  extended abstract
Brooks E. Martner, NOAA/ETL and CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and V. Dubovskiy and S. Y. Matrosov
 P14R.5A simulation approach to sampling effects in raindrop size distribution measurements in non-stationary rain  extended abstract
Alexis Berne, Wageningen Univ., Wageningen, Netherlands; and R. Uijlenhoet
 P14R.6Experimental Investigation of X-band Polarimetric Algorithm for Drop Size Distribution Retrieval  extended abstract
Marios Anagnostou, Univ. of Connecticut, Storrs, CT; and E. N. Anagnostou and J. Vivekanandan
 P14R.7Radar observations of a negative cloud-to-ground storm observed during STEPS  extended abstract
Sarah A. Tessendorf, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and S. A. Rutledge
 P14R.8The role of storm dynamics on lightning activity for the 19 June 2004 Mesoscale Convective System during TELEX  extended abstract
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.9Polarimetric 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.10Radar, Lidar, and In-situ Observations of Tropical Cirrus Clouds  extended abstract
Larry Belcher, SSAI, Lanham, MD; and G. M. Heymsfield
 P14R.11Inference of mean raindrop shapes from dual-polarization Doppler spectra observations  extended abstract
D. N. Moisseev, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and V. Chandrasekar
 P14R.12DSD 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.13Drop size distribution and radar rainfall estimation for different precipitation systems in Taiwan  extended abstract
Pay-Liam Lin, National Central Univ., Jhong-Li, Taiwan; and Y. J. Hsu and H. H. Lin
 P14R.14Comparison 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
 
1:15 PM-3:00 PM, Friday, Alvarado F and Atria
Poster Session 15R Severe weather studies employing radar
 P15R.1The detectability of tornadic signatures with Doppler radar: A radar emulator study  extended abstract
Ryan M. May, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and M. I. Biggerstaff and M. Xue
 P15R.2High-resolution, mobile, W-band Doppler radar observations of the vertical structure of a tornado near Attica, Kansas on 12 May 2004  extended abstract
Howard B. Bluestein, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and E. Holthaus, C. C. Weiss, S. Frasier, and A. L. Pazmany
 P15R.3The 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  extended abstract
Robin L. Tanamachi, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and H. B. Bluestein, M. Bell, W. C. Lee, A. L. Pazmany, and C. C. Weiss
P15R.4The 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.5NWS operational perspectives of the 21 June 2004 Amarillo hailstorm  extended abstract
Matthew R. Kramar, NOAA/NWSFO, Amarillo, TX; and J. K. Jordan
 P15R.6Simulated WSR-88D measurements of low-reflectivity eyes associated with tornadoes  extended abstract
Vincent T. Wood, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and R. A. Brown and D. C. Dowell
 P15R.7Radar characteristics of a tornadic low topped mini-supercell in Finland  
Jenni Teittinen, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland; and J. LaDue and H. Hohti
 P15R.8Simulated Doppler velocity signatures of evolving tornado-like vortices  extended abstract
Robert Davies-Jones, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and V. T. Wood
 P15R.9Characteristics 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.10Observations of supercell merger and tornadogenesis from May 4, 2003  extended abstract
William T. Gilmore, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO; and N. I. Fox
 P15R.11The 12 May 2004 Harper, KS tornado: Analysis of DOW radar observations of the low level wind field  extended abstract
Karen A. Kosiba, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN; and R. J. Trapp and J. M. Wurman
 P15R.12A Doppler radar investigation of storm morphology and vortex evolution within a Midwestern QLCS  
Jason T. Martinelli, Creighton Univ., Omaha, NE
 P15R.13Detection of Hazardous Weather Phenomena Using Data Assimilation Techniques.  extended abstract
Robert Fritchie, CAPS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and K. K. Droegemeier, M. Xue, M. Tong, and E. S. Godfrey
 P15R.14High resolution dual-Doppler analysis of a tornado on 22 May 2004  
Joshua Wurman, Center for Severe Weather Research, Boulder, CO
 P15R.15Yes, We do have tornadoes in Sao Paulo, Brazil. From the mesoscale models to the radar reflectivity point of view  extended abstract
Wando C. M. Amorim, Univ. of Sao Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil; and C. A. R. Morales, R. I. Albrecht, and R. M. Rosa
P15R.16The 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.17Relationship 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
 
3:00 PM-3:30 PM, Friday
Coffee Break
 
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
3:30 PM11R.1Rainfall estimation from C-band polarimetric radar in Okinawa, Japan : Comparisons with 2D-video disdrometer and 400 MHz Wind Profiler  extended abstract
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 PM11R.2Automatic Detection of the Melting Layer with a Polarimetric Prototype of the WSR-88D Radar  extended abstract wrf recording
Scott Giangrande, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and A. V. Ryzhkov and J. Krause
4:00 PM11R.3How good are D0 estimates using polarimetric variables?  extended abstract wrf recording
Christopher R. Williams, Univ. of Colorado and NOAA/AL, Boulder, CO; and P. T. May
4:15 PM11R.4Classification of hydrometeors and non-hydrometeors using polarimetric C-band radar  extended abstract
Jonathan J. Gourley, Météo France, Trappes, France; and P. Tabary and J. Parent du Châtelet
4:30 PM11R.5Radar velocity variance and hydrometeor classification  extended abstract wrf recording
Raquel Evaristo, CETP, Vélizy, France; and G. Scialom and Y. Lemaitre
4:45 PM11R.6Precipitation physics: the structure of precipitation and its modeling in space and time  extended abstract wrf recording
GyuWon Lee, McGill Univ., Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, QC, Canada; and A. W. Seed and I. Zawadzki
5:00 PM11R.7A synergetic radar-lidar technique for the LWC retrieval in water clouds: Description and application to the Cloudnet data  extended abstract
Oleg A. Krasnov, Delft Univ. of Technology, Delft, Netherlands; and H. W. J. Russchenberg
5:15 PM11R.8Radar analysis of precipitation development in Florida cumulus clouds  extended abstract wrf recording
Sabine Goeke, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and H. T. Ochs and R. M. Rauber
 
3:30 PM-5:45 PM, Friday, Alvarado ABCD
Session 12R New Radar Technologies
Chair: Andrew L. Pazmany, ProSensing Inc., Amherst, MA
3:30 PM12R.1Keynote 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 PM12R.2Multi-Function Phased Array Radar for U.S. Civil-Sector Surveillance Needs  extended abstract wrf recording
Mark E. Weber, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA; and J. Cho, J. Flavin, J. Herd, and M. Vai
4:15 PM12R.3The National Weather Radar Testbed (Phased-Array)  extended abstract wrf recording
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
12R.4The UAH-NSSTC/WHNT ARMOR C-band dual-polarimetric radar: A unique collaboration in research, education and technology transfer  extended abstract
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 PM12R.4AOperational Use of Pulse Compression in Weather Radar  extended abstract wrf recording
Fritz OHora, Sigmet, Inc., Westford, MA; and J. Bech
4:45 PM12R.5Water vapor and liquid water estimates using simultaneous S and Ka band radar measurements  extended abstract wrf recording
Scott Ellis, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. Vivekanandan, K. Goodman, and C. Kessinger
5:00 PM12R.6A Dual-beam X-band Doppler Radar for Tropical Storm Research on High Altitude UAVs  extended abstract wrf recording
Lihua Li, Univ. of Maryland, Greenbelt, MD; and G. M. Heymsfield, J. Knuble, and S. Rodriguez
5:15 PM12R.7Observations of the Small-scale Variability of Precipitation Using an Imaging Radar  extended abstract
Robert D. Palmer, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and B. L. Cheong, M. W. Hoffman, S. J. Frasier, and F. J. Lopez-Dekker
 
5:30 PM, Friday
Sessions Conclude for the Day
 
Saturday, 29 October 2005
7:30 AM, Saturday
Registration Open from 7:30am–12:30pm
 
8:15 AM-10:00 AM, Saturday, Alvarado ABCD
Session 13R Hydrologic Studies Employing Radar Data
Chair: Matthias Steiner, Princeton Univ., Princeton, NJ
8:15 AM13R.1Keynote Talk: Improvements on flow forecasting using precipitation nowcasting based in radar advection techniques: Assessment of predictability and uncertainty propagation  extended abstract
Daniel Sempere-Torres, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain; and M. Berenguer and C. Carles
8:45 AM13R.2Evaluation of the Range Correction Algorithm and Convective Stratiform Separation Algorithm for Improving Hydrological Modeling  extended abstract wrf recording
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 AM13R.3Real-time comparisons of VPR-corrected daily rainfall estimates with a gauge mesonet  extended abstract wrf recording
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 AM13R.4A 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 AMPaper 13R.5 moved to P13R.1A  
9:31 AM13R.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 AM13R.63D radar data downscaling  extended abstract
Xavier Llort Sr., Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain; and M. Berenguer, M. Franco, R. Sánchez-Diezma, and D. Sempere-Torres
 
10:00 AM-10:30 AM, Saturday
Coffee Break
 
10:30 AM-12:15 PM, Saturday, Alvarado ABCD
Session 14R Radar Networking
Organizer: V. Chandrasekar, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
10:30 AM14R.1Short Wavelength Technology and the Potential for Distributed Networks of Short-Range Radar Systems  
David J. McLaughlin, Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
10:45 AM14R.2CASA's first test bed: Integrated Project #1  extended abstract wrf recording
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 AM14R.3An 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 AM14R.4How will X-band attenuation affect tornado detection in the CASA IP1 radar network?  extended abstract wrf recording
Keith A. Brewster, CAPS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and E. C. Fay and F. Junyent
11:30 AM14R.5Toward 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 AM14R.6The Panthere project and the evolution of the French operational radar network and products : rain-estimation, Doppler winds and dual-polarisation  extended abstract wrf recording
Jacques Parent, Meteo France, Trappes, France; and P. Tabary and M. Guimera
12:00 PM14R.7On-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
 
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
10:30 AM15R.1The 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 AM15R.2Lightning 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 AM15R.3The physical causes of DSD variability  
Isztar Zawadzki, McGill Univ., Montreal, PQ, Canada; and G. Lee
11:15 AM15R.4Climatological analysis of DSDs in Oklahoma as revealed by 2D-video disdrometer and polarimetric WSR-88D radar  extended abstract wrf recording
Terry J. Schuur, Univ. of Oklahoma/CIMMS and NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and A. V. Ryzhkov and D. R. Clabo
11:30 AM15R.5The bias In moment estimators for parameters of drop-size distribution functions: sampling from gamma distributions  extended abstract wrf recording
Paul L. Smith, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD; and D. V. Kliche and R. W. Johnson
11:45 AM15R.6Profiler DSD retrievals: What is the impact of an additional profiler?  extended abstract wrf recording
D. N. Moisseev, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and V. Chandrasekar
12:00 PM15R.7Algorithm for rain rate retrieval from spectral moments of vertically pointing doppler radar  extended abstract wrf recording
Remko Uijlenhoet, Wageningen University, Wageningen, Netherlands; and H. Leijnse and A. Berne
 
12:15 PM, Saturday
32nd Radar Meteorology Conference Adjourns
 

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