Program: 32nd Conference on Radar Meteorology (32nd Conference on Radar Meteorology/11th Conference on Mesoscale Processes)

Registration Open from 5:00pm–7:00pm

Registration Open from 7:00am–10:30am

Educational Forum : "A Primer on Radar Analysis Techniques Used in Mesoscale Meteorology"

Registration Open from 5:00pm–7:00pm

NCAR EOL/Unidata Town Meeting

Registration Open from 7:00am–5:30pm

Joint Session 0J

Conference Introduction

Hosts: (Joint between the 32nd Conference on Radar Meteorology; and the 11th Conference on Mesoscale Processes )

Organizer: Bart Geerts, University of Wyoming

Joint Session 1J

Assimilation of Radar Data in NWP Models (Joint with 32Radar and 11Mesoscale)

Location: Alvarado ABCD (Hotel Albuquerque at Old Town)

Hosts: (Joint between the 32nd Conference on Radar Meteorology; and the 11th Conference on Mesoscale Processes )

Chair: Qin Xu, NOAA/NSSL

8:15 AM

J1J.1

Keynote Talk: Progress, Problems, and Prospects for Radar Data Assimilation in Stormscale Models

Andrew Crook, NCAR, Boulder, CO

Recorded presentation

8:45 AM

J1J.2

Improving very-short-term storm predictions by assimilating radar and satellite data into a mesoscale NWP model

Qingyun Zhao, NRL, Monterey, CA; and J. Cook, Q. Xu, and P. R. Harasti

Presentation PDF (402.6 kB)

9:00 AM

J1J.3

Radar data assimilation experiments with a microphysical bulk formulation based on scaling normalization

Isztar Zawadzki, J.S. Marshall Radar Observatory/McGill Univ., Montreal, QC, Canada; and W. Szyrmer, S. Laroche, W. Szyrmer, and S. Laroche

Recorded presentation

9:15 AM

J1J.4

Multiple Doppler Wind Analysis and Assimilation via 3DVAR using Simulated Observations of the Planned CASA Network and WSR-88D Radars

Jidong Gao, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and C. Nuttall, C. Gilreath, M. Xue, K. Brewster, and K. Droegemeier

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (601.4 kB)

9:30 AM

J1J.5

Assimilation across multiple scales for simulated squall lines

So-Young Ha, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Seoul, Korea and NCAR, Boulder, CO; and A. H. Caya and C. Snyder

Recorded presentation

9:45 AM

J1J.6

Experiments in very short period forecasting of convective storms using radar extrapolation and numerical weather prediction methods

James W. Wilson, NCAR, Boulder, CO

Recorded presentation

Coffee Break

Session 1R

Mm-wave radar and CloudSat

Location: Alvarado ABCD (Hotel Albuquerque at Old Town)

Host: 32nd Conference on Radar Meteorology

Chair: Pavlos Kollias, Brookhaven National Laboratory

10:30 AM

1R.1

Keynote Talk: Recent Advances in the Use of Millimeter-Wavelength Radars for Atmospheric Research

B. A. Albrecht, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL

Recorded presentation

11:00 AM

1R.2

CloudSat first light data and science

Graeme Stephens, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and D. G. Vane

11:15 AM

1R.3

CloudNET: evaluating clouds in six operational forecast models using cloud radar and lidar observations

Anthony J. Illingworth, University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom; and R. J. Hogan and E. O'Connor

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (110.7 kB)

11:30 AM

1R.4

Radar-lidar synergy for space-based retrieval of water cloud parameters

Gregory May, Delft Univ. of Technology, Delft, Netherlands; and H. W. J. Russchenberg and O. A. Krasnov

Presentation PDF (901.9 kB)

11:45 AM

1R.5

MM-Wave Radar Structure and Microphysical Characteristics of a Mixed Phase Altocumulus Cloud on 2 November 2001

Lawrence D. Carey, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; and L. Belcher, J. A. Kankiewicz, and T. H. Vonder Haar

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (260.4 kB)

12:00 PM

1R.6

Airborne dual-Doppler radar observations of horizontal velocity fields in growing cumulus

Rick R. Damiani, Univ. of Wyoming, Laramie, WY; and G. Vali and S. J. Haimov

Presentation PDF (2.7 MB)

Lunch

Joint Poster Session 1J

Assimilation of Radar Data in NWP Models (Joint with 32Radar and 11Mesoscale)

Location: Alvarado F and Atria (Hotel Albuquerque at Old Town)

Hosts: (Joint between the 11th Conference on Mesoscale Processes; and the 32nd Conference on Radar Meteorology )

JP1J.1

Assimilation of water vapor extracted from radar refractivity observations into a cloud-scale numerical model

Juanzhen Sun, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. W. Wilson and R. D. Roberts

JP1J.2

Impact of Doppler radar and mesoscale surface observations on the storm-scale analysis and prediction of a mesoscale convective system

Michael C. Coniglio, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and D. C. Dowell, L. J. Wicker, and D. J. Stensrud

JP1J.3

The Impact of Different Data Fields on Storm-Scale Data Assimilation

Guoqing Ge, CAPS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. Gao and K. K. Droegemeier

Handout (251.6 kB)

JP1J.4

Impact of assimilation of Doppler radial velocity on a variational system and on its forecasts

Fathalla A. Rihan, Univ. of Salford, Manchester, United Kingdom; and C. G. Collier and S. Ballard

Handout (2.1 MB)

JP1J.5

Assimilation of Radar Data in the Mesoscale NWP-System of DWD

Klaus Stephan, German Weather Service, Offenbach, Germany; and S. Klink and C. Schraff

Handout (871.3 kB)

JP1J.6

Impact of Radar Rainfall Data Assimilation on Short-range Quantitative Precipitation Forecasts using Four-dimensional Variational Analysis Technique

Linus H.Y. Yeung, Hong Kong Observatory, Hong Kong, China; and P. K. Y. Chan and E. S. T. Lai

Handout (598.9 kB)

JP1J.7

Progress in Doppler radar data assimilation

Qin Xu, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and K. Nai, L. Wei, P. Zhang, L. Wang, H. Lu, and Q. Zhao

Handout (1.3 MB)

JP1J.8

Impact of using Doppler radar radial wind data in a winter cyclone period

Kirsti Salonen, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland; and H. Järvinen

Handout (81.6 kB)

JP1J.9

Assimilation of radar data in the Met Office mesoscale and convective scale forecast systems

Sue Ballard, Met Office, Reading, Berks., United Kingdom; and M. Dixon, S. Swarbrick, Z. Li, O. Stiller, F. A. Rihan, C. Collier, and H. Lean

Handout (422.3 kB)

JP1J.10

Towards a 1D+3DVar assimilation of radar reflectivities: Ongoing results

Olivier Caumont, CNRM, Toulouse, France; and É. Wattrelot, V. Ducrocq, F. Bouttier, C. Guéguen, and G. L'Hénaff

Handout (752.9 kB)

JP1J.11

Impact of radar data assimilation on storm predictions using a mesoscale model

Mei Xu, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and N. A. Crook, Y. Liu, and R. M. Rasmussen

Handout (204.8 kB)

JP1J.12

Data assimilation experiments with transformed ensemble Kalman filter

Bogumil Jakubiak, Warsaw Univ., Warsaw, Poland

JP1J.13

Assimilation of Doppler radar observations to improve the QPF of an IHOP squall line

Qingnong Xiao, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. Gu, J. Sun, Y. H. Kuo, and Y. R. Guo

JP1J.14

Differences Between Explicit and Approximated Radar Ray Paths Due to Vertical Gradient of Refractivity

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

Handout (388.0 kB)

JP1J.15

Physical Initialization to incorporate radar precipitation data into a Numerical Weather Prediction Model (Lokal Model)

Marco Milan, Univ. of Bonn, Bonn, Germany; and F. Amen, V. Venema, A. Battaglia, and C. Simmer

Handout (255.5 kB)

JP1J.16

Assimilation of simulated CASA radar data and prediction of varied convective storm types using an ensemble square-root Kalman Filter

Elaine S. Godfrey, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and M. Tong, M. Xue, and K. Droegemeier

JP1J.17

Assimilation of multiple-Doppler radar data with WRF-3DVAR system: Preliminary results in observing system simulation experiments

Soichiro Sugimoto, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and N. A. Crook, J. Sun, D. M. Barker, and Q. Xiao

Handout (1.5 MB)

JP1J.18

Radar data assimilation with The Rapid Update Cycle

Stephen S. Weygandt, NOAA/FSL, Boulder, CO; and D. Dévényi and S. G. Benjamin

JP1J.19

Using Radar Reflectivities to Inform a Stochastic Trigger Function for Convectivie Initiation in a Mesoscale Model

Yong Song, Univ. of Missouri, Columbia, MO; and C. K. Wikle and C. J. Anderson

JP1J.20

Assimilation of radar and sounding observations with a WRF-based ensemble Kalman filter

Poster Session 1R

Mm-wave radar and CloudSat

Location: Alvarado F and Atria (Hotel Albuquerque at Old Town)

Host: 32nd Conference on Radar Meteorology

P1R.1

High resolution observations of drizzle from Stratocumulus using a 95 GHz FMCW radar

Virendra P. Ghate, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and I. Jo, E. Serpetzoglou, B. A. Albrecht, P. Kollias, and J. B. Mead

Handout (646.0 kB)

P1R.2

Wind observation in boundary layer by W-band radar using non-hydrometeor echo

Yuichi Ohno, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Tokyo, Japan; and H. Horie and H. Kumagai

Handout (1.1 MB)

P1R.3

W-band ARM cloud radar

James B. Mead, ProSensing Inc., Amherst, MA; and K. Widener

Handout (1.0 MB)

P1R.4

High resolution airborne radar dual-Doppler technique

Rick R. Damiani, Univ. of Wyoming, Laramie, WY; and S. J. Haimov and G. Vali

Handout (965.5 kB)

P1R.5

Millimeter-Wavelength Radar Observations of Coastal Marine Stratocumulus for Radiation, Cloud Microphysics, and Aerosol Studies

Bruce A. Albrecht, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and P. Kollias, M. A. Miller, I. Jo, V. P. Ghate, and E. Serpetzoglou

P1R.6

The Advanced Multi-Frequency Radar (AMFR) for remote sensing of clouds and precipitation

Ninoslav Majurec, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH; and S. M. Sekelsky, S. J. Frasier, and S. A. Rutledge

Handout (1.1 MB)

P1R.7

Why the Melting Layer Reflectivity is not Bright at 94-GHz?

Pavlos Kollias, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY; and B. A. Albrecht

Handout (170.2 kB)

P1R.8

Performance of a developed low-power and high-sensitivity cloud profiling radar at 95 GHz

Toshiaki Takano, Chiba Univ., Chiba, Japan; and K. I. Akita, H. Kubo, Y. Kawamura, T. Takamura, H. Kumagai, and T. Nakajima

P1R.9

NRC Dual-frequency Airborne Radar for Atmospheric Research

Mengistu Wolde, Institute for Aerospace Research/National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada; and A. L. Pazmany

Handout (586.7 kB)

P1R.10

Refractivity Measurements from Ground Clutter Using the National Weather Radar Testbed Phased Array Radar

Boon Leng Cheong, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and R. D. Palmer, T. Y. Yu, and C. Curtis

Handout (1.9 MB)

P1R.11

Airborne W-band Radar Measurements of Winter Clouds

Mengistu Wolde, Institute for Aerospace Research/National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada; and D. Marcotte, G. A. Isaac, S. G. Cober, and S. J. Haimov

P1R.12

Cirrus Properties and Cloud Scale Dynamics from mm-Wavelength Doppler Radar Moments Retrieval: Tropical and Mid-latitude Cirrus Comparison

Min Deng, Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah; and G. G. Mace

Handout (223.5 kB)

P1R.13

When does multiple scattering due to hydrometeors become relevant to space-borne radar measurements?

Alessandro Battaglia, Meteorological Institute/University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany; and M. O. Ajewole and C. Simmer

P1R.14

CloudSat observations of light precipitation

Tristan S. L'Ecuyer, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and S. D. Miller and G. L. Stephens

P1R.15

A Suite of Retrieval Algorithms for Cirrus Cloud Microphysical Properties Applied To Lidar, Radar, and Radiometer Data Prepared for the A-Train

Yuying Zhang, Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and G. G. Mace

Handout (527.0 kB)

Joint Poster Session 2J

Mesoscale Structure and Precipitation Characteristics of Tropical Cyclones (Joint with 32Radar and 11Mesoscale)

Location: Alvarado F and Atria (Hotel Albuquerque at Old Town)

Hosts: (Joint between the 11th Conference on Mesoscale Processes; and the 32nd Conference on Radar Meteorology )

JP2J.1

Structural transition of Typhoon 0416 observed by weather radars, radiosondes and wind profilers

Hiroshi Fujita, Kyoto Univ., Uji, Kyoto, Japan; and M. Teshiba, H. Hashiguchi, Y. Umemoto, Y. Shibagaki, M. D. Yamanaka, and S. Fukao

Handout (1.3 MB)

JP2J.2

Dual–Doppler analysis of Hurricane Isabel at landfall: A Research Experience for Undergraduates

Renee Curry, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and M. I. Biggerstaff

Handout (564.5 kB)

JP2J.3

Wind fields of typhoon Songda (2004) observed by the Okinawa Doppler radar (COBRA)

Shinsuke Satoh, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Koganei, Tokyo, Japan; and H. Nagahama, H. Hanado, and K. Nakagawa

Handout (568.4 kB)

JP2J.4

The Precipitation Characteristics of a Winter Typhoon revealed by the NCU Polarimetric Radar

TaiChi Chen Wang, National Central Univ., Chung-Li, Taiwan; and P. T. Chi and W. Y. Chang

Handout (79.2 kB)

JP2J.5

Preliminary Study on the structures of Line-Echo Wave Pattern over the Ocean in the Subtropics

Chih-Hsien Wei, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and W. C. Lee

Handout (652.6 kB)

JP2J.6

Tropical cyclone wind retrieval using modified TREC method with radial velocity data added

Kuan-Hsien Lee, Kenting Weather Radar Station, Central Weather Bureau, Pingtung, Taiwan; and H. L. Chin and P. H. Lin

Handout (1.4 MB)

JP2J.7

Polarimetric radar observations of the structure of Tropical Cyclone Ingrid

Peter T. May, BMRC, Melbourne, Australia; and T. Keenan

Handout (408.2 kB)

JP2J.8

The Extended GBVTD and the recovery of the tropical cyclones asymmetric structures

Yu-Chieng Liou, National Central Univ., Chung-Li, Taiwan; and T. C. Chen Wang, W. C. Lee, and Y. J. Chang

Handout (114.5 kB)

JP2J.9

Numerical modeling of intense tropical cyclone Dina (2002) in the South West Indian Ocean using Meso-Nh model

Samuel Jolivet, LATMOS, Vélizy, France; and D. Barbary, F. Chane-Ming, F. Roux, and S. Westrelin

Handout (246.0 kB)

Poster Session 2R

Boundary-layer processes studied with radar

Location: Alvarado F and Atria (Hotel Albuquerque at Old Town)

Host: 32nd Conference on Radar Meteorology

P2R.1

Turbulence structure of cold season continental stratocumulus as observed by the ARM MMCR

David B. Mechem, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and Y. L. Kogan

Handout (564.3 kB)

P2R.2

Airborne radar study of the vertical velocity and buoyancy characteristics of coherent plumes in the cold-air convective boundary layer over water

Qiong Yang, Univ. of Wyoming, Seattle, WA; and B. Geerts

P2R.3

On the dynamics of drylines

Bart Geerts, Univ. of Wyoming, Laramie, WY

P2R.4

Hurricane Boundary Layer Small-Scall Features Observed using RHI Data Coupled with VAD Analysis

Sylvie Lorsolo, Texas Tech Univ., Lubbock, TX; and D. J. L. Schroeder

Handout (1.5 MB)

P2R.5

Boundary layer dynamics and eddy fluxes in horizontal roll convection during

Sarah Lynn Walters, Univ. of Wyoming, Laramie, WY; and R. D. Kelly

P2R.6

THE ENHANCEMENT OF RADAR RETRIEVALS BY THE USE OF HIGHER MOMENTS OF DROP SPECTRUM

Yefim L. Kogan, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and Z. N. Kogan and D. B. Mechem

Handout (543.3 kB)

P2R.7

Single Doppler observations of boundary layer flows over heterogeneous terrain

Kevin R. Knupp, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and J. T. Walters, W. A. Petersen, and N. A. Crook

P2R.8

Multi-Doppler Radar Observations of Boundary Layer Winds in Support of the Second Texas Air Quality Field Study (TexAQS II)

Lawrence D. Carey, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; and J. Guynes, V. McNear, J. W. Nielsen-Gammon, and F. Zhang

Handout (110.6 kB)

P2R.9

Evaluating the feasibility of using spaceborne-radar to estimate CCN scavenging by drizzle in marine stratocumulus

David Leon, Univ. of Wyoming, Laramie, WY; and J. R. Snider and R. Wood

P2R.10

Variability of continental stratiform clouds and its scale dependence based on millimeter-wave radar data

Zena N. Kogan, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and Y. L. Kogan and D. B. Mechem

Handout (1.3 MB)

P2R.11

Bistatic Interferometry to Measure Clear Air Wind

Guifu Zhang, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and R. J. Doviak, R. D. Palmer, T. Y. Yu, and P. B. Chilson

Handout (1.0 MB)

Coffee Break

Joint Session 2J

Mesoscale Structure and Precipitation Characteristics of Tropical Cyclones (Joint with 32Radar and 11Mesoscale)

Location: Alvarado ABCD (Hotel Albuquerque at Old Town)

Hosts: (Joint between the 32nd Conference on Radar Meteorology; and the 11th Conference on Mesoscale Processes )

Chair: David M. Schultz, NOAA/NSSL and CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma

3:30 PM

J2J.1

Keynote Talk: Tropical and Extratropical Transitions and Precipitation with Landfalling Hurricanes

Lance F. Bosart, SUNY, Albany, NY

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (99.2 kB)

4:00 PM

J2J.2

Rapid intensification of hurricane Charley (2004) derived from WSR-88D data prior to landfall. Part I: GBVTD retrieval of the primary circulation and pressure tendencies

Wen-Chau Lee, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and M. M. Bell and P. R. Harasti

4:15 PM

J2J.3

Rapid intensification of Hurricane Charley (2004) derived from WSR-88D data prior to landfall. Part II: HVVP adjustment for the environmental wind and central pressure retrieval

Paul R. Harasti, UCAR/NRL, Monterey, CA; and W. C. Lee and M. M. Bell

Recorded presentation

4:30 PM

J2J.4

A dual-Doppler analysis of Hurricane Guillermo (1997): Interactions between the eye and eyewall during rapid intensification

Matthew D. Eastin, Central College, Pella, IA; and P. D. Reasor, F. D. Marks Jr., and J. F. Gamache

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (204.5 kB)

4:45 PM

J2J.5

A dual-Doppler analysis of Hurricane Guillermo (1997): Vortex resiliency in vertical shear flow

Paul D. Reasor, NOAA Hurricane Research Division, Miami, FL; and M. D. Eastin, F. D. Marks Jr., J. F. Gamache, and M. L. Black

Recorded presentation

5:00 PM

J2J.6

Kinematic and microphysical characteristics of a stratiform rain band observed in Tropical Storm Gabrielle at landfall

Dong-Kyun Kim, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and K. R. Knupp

Presentation PDF (235.7 kB)

5:15 PM

J2J.7

Predicting orographic rainfall: the role of small mobile radars

Andrew Peace, Univ. of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand; and G. L. Austin

Recorded presentation

Session 2R

Boundary-Layer Processes Studied With Radar

Location: Alvarado GH (Hotel Albuquerque at Old Town)

Host: 32nd Conference on Radar Meteorology

Organizer: Bart Geerts, Univ. of Wyoming

3:30 PM

2R.1

Airborne radar observations of drizzle cells during DYCOMS-II

David Leon, Univ.of Wyoming, Laramie, WY; and G. Vali

3:45 PM

2R.2

Properties of SE Pacific stratocumulus using mm-wave radars and other remote sensors

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

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (704.6 kB)

4:00 PM

2R.3

Microphysical and kinematic structures within drizzling stratocumulus in the southeast Pacific

Kimberly Comstock, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and S. E. Yuter and R. Wood

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (244.4 kB)

4:15 PM

2R.4

The evolution of fine-scale boundaries on 15 June 2002 during IHOP

Brian P. Monahan, Penn State Univ., University Park, PA; and Y. P. Richardson and J. Wurman

Presentation PDF (187.7 kB)

4:30 PM

2R.5

Doppler radar and profiler observations of boundary evolution and collision

Haldun Karan, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and K. R. Knupp

Presentation PDF (1.4 MB)

4:45 PM

2R.6

The signature of waves and rotors in wind profilers: Results of the Sierra Rotors Project

Stephen A. Cohn, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and W. O. J. Brown, V. Grubisic, and B. Billings

Recorded presentation

5:00 PM

2R.7

Interesting FM-CW Radar Data

Scott A. McLaughlin, DeTect, Inc., Longmont, CO

5:15 PM

2R.8

High-resolution observations of dynamic structures in the boundary layer using a range imaging wind profiler and an FMCW radar

Phillip B. Chilson, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. R. Jordan and S. A. McLaughlin

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (670.7 kB)

Sessions Conclude for the Day

Opening of Exhibits with Icebreaker Reception

Paul Smith Tribute Dinner (Radar)

Organizer: V. Chandrasekar, Colorado State University

Registration Open from 7:00am–5:30pm

Joint Session 3J

Field Work Aimed at Understanding the Organization of Convection (Joint with 32Radar and 11Mesoscale)

Location: Alvarado ABCD (Hotel Albuquerque at Old Town)

Hosts: (Joint between the 11th Conference on Mesoscale Processes; and the 32nd Conference on Radar Meteorology )

Chair: Robert M. Rauber, Univ. of Illinois

8:15 AM

J3J.1

Keynote Talk: Global Shallow Moist Convection

Bjorn Stevens, Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA

8:45 AM

J3J.2

First echo development in trade-wind cumulus

Charles A. Knight, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. A. Rilling and J. Miller

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (169.9 kB)

9:00 AM

J3J.3

Florida Convective Updraft Structure Using Dual Wavelength Airborne Radar Measurements

Gerald M. Heymsfield, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and L. Belcher, L. Tian, L. Li, and A. Heymsfield

Recorded presentation

9:15 AM

J3J.4

The diurnal cycle of rainfall and the identification of rainfall regimes within the North American monsoon of NW Mexico

David A. Ahijevych, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. E. Carbone, T. J. Lang, and A. V. Manzanilla

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (236.0 kB)

9:30 AM

J3J.5

The stratiform region of an MCS on 19 June in TELEX 2004 observed with polarimetric and multi-Dopper radars, electric field soundings, and a lightning mapping array

D. Rust, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and D. MacGorman, T. J. Schuur, E. Bruning, P. Krehbiel, B. Rison, T. Hamlin, J. M. Straka, C. D. Payne, N. R. Ramig, I. Apostolakopoulos, M. Biggerstaff, L. D. Carey, and A. Caine

9:45 AM

J3J.6

Radar analysis of long-lived trade wind cumulus clouds from the Rain in Cumulus over the Ocean experiment (RICO)

Sabine Goeke, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and M. Colón Robles, R. M. Rauber, and J. B. Jensen

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (735.5 kB)

Coffee Break

Session 3R

Quantitative precipitation estimation and validation

Location: Alvarado ABCD (Hotel Albuquerque at Old Town)

Host: 32nd Conference on Radar Meteorology

Chair: Ali Tokay, JCET/Univ. of Maryland and NASA/GSFC

10:30 AM

3R.1

Using Ground Clutter to Adjust Relative Radar Calibration at Kwajalein, RMI

David S. Silberstein, NASA/GSFC and George Mason Univ., Greenbelt, MD; and D. B. Wolff, D. A. Marks, and J. L. Pippitt

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (737.5 kB)

10:45 AM

3R.2

Improving radar rainfall estimates at Kwajalein Atoll, RMI through relative calibration adjustments

David A. Marks, NASA/GSFC and George Mason Univ., Greenbelt, MD; and D. B. Wolff, D. S. Silberstein, J. L. Pippitt, and J. Wang

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (1.3 MB)

11:00 AM

3R.3

Precipitation Variability, Representativeness of Surface Disdrometers and Radar Calibration

Kenneth S. Gage, NOAA, Boulder, CO; and C. R. Williams, W. L. Clark, P. E. Johnston, and A. Tokay

Recorded presentation

11:15 AM

3R.4

Snow Retrieval by Airborne Radar

Liang Liao, Caelum Research Corp., Greenbelt, MD; and R. Meneghini

11:30 AM

3R.5

Comparison of ambient sound from 2000 m underwater with ground-based radar observations of rainfall

Eyal Amitai, Chapman University and NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and J. A. Nystuen, E. Anagnostou, and M. Anagnostou

11:45 AM

3R.6

Observations of precipitation and ocean surface from dual-frequency airborne precipitation radar (APR-2)

Simone Tanelli, JPL/California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA; and S. L. Durden, E. Im, and J. P. Meagher

12:00 PM

3R.7

Ensemble generator of radar-based QPE

Grzegorz J. Ciach, IIHR Hydroscience & Engineering, Iowa City, IA; and W. F. Krajewski, G. Villarini, D. Kitzmiller, and R. A. Fulton

Exhibits Open

Lunch

Joint Poster Session 4J

Radar Studies of Mesoscale Banded Structures (Joint with 32Radar and 11Mesoscale)

Location: Alvarado F and Atria (Hotel Albuquerque at Old Town)

Hosts: (Joint between the 11th Conference on Mesoscale Processes; and the 32nd Conference on Radar Meteorology )

JP4J.0

Paper JP4.4 moved to J4.4A

JP4J.1

Raindrop Size Distributions and Z-R Relations in Coastal Rainfall for Periods With and Without a Radar Brightband

Brooks E. Martner, NOAA/ETL and CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and S. E. Yuter, A. White, D. E. Kingsmill, and F. M. Ralph

Handout (1007.0 kB)

JP4J.2

A Modeling Study of the Along–front Precipitation Variability of a Pacific Narrow Cold Frontal Rainband

Mei Han, GEST/Univ. of Maryland Baltimore County, Greenbelt, MD; and S. Braun, P. O. G. Persson, and J. W. Bao

Handout (882.7 kB)

JP4J.3

Mesoscale structure in a coastal front: a case study

Frank P. Colby Jr., Univ. of Massachusetts, Lowell, MA; and A. Hoell

Handout (1.2 MB)

Joint Poster Session 3J

Field Work Aimed at Understanding the Organization of Convection (Joint with 32Radar and 11Mesoscale)

Location: Alvarado F and Atria (Hotel Albuquerque at Old Town)

Hosts: (Joint between the 11th Conference on Mesoscale Processes; and the 32nd Conference on Radar Meteorology )

JP3J.1

Fine-Scale Observations of a Pre–Convective Convergence Line in the Central Great Plains on 19 June 2002

Benjamin Daniel Sipprell, Univ. of Wyoming, Laramie, WY; and B. Geerts

JP3J.2

Synergizing high–resolution EOS Terra satellite data and S–POLKA radar reflectivity to assess trade wind cumuli precipitation

Eric R. Snodgrass, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and R. M. Rauber, L. Di Girolamo, and G. Zhao

Handout (545.0 kB)

JP3J.3

Oceanic shallow cumuli observations from ship–borne X- and W-Band radars during RICO

Ieng Jo, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and V. P. Ghate, E. Serpetzoglou, B. A. Albrecht, and P. Kollias

Handout (663.6 kB)

JP3J.4

Mesoscale Convective Systems occurred in Northwestern Mexico during NAME

Arturo Valdes-Manzanilla, Universidad Juarez Autonoma de Tabasco, Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico; and M. Cortez-Vazquez

Handout (237.0 kB)

JP3J.5

Radar observations during NAME 2004. Part I: Data products and quality control

Timothy J. Lang, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and R. Cifelli, S. W. Nesbitt, G. Pereira, S. A. Rutledge, D. A. Ahijevych, and R. E. Carbone

Handout (141.4 kB)

JP3J.6

Radar observations during NAME 2004. Part II: Preliminary results

Timothy J. Lang, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and R. Cifelli, D. Lerach, L. Nelson, S. W. Nesbitt, G. Pereira, S. A. Rutledge, D. A. Ahijevych, and R. E. Carbone

Handout (369.4 kB)

JP3J.7

The Moisture Route of Palo Duro Canyon

Kevin R. Walter, Texas Tech Univ., Lubbock, TX; and C. C. Weiss and A. Swift

Handout (573.4 kB)

JP3J.8

Melting-layer cloud observed during MR01-K05 cruise of Res/V Mirai

Kazuaki Yasunaga, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Yokosuka, Japan; and K. Yoneyama, H. Kubota, H. Okamoto, A. Shimizu, H. Kumagai, M. Katsumata, N. Sugimoto, and I. Matsui

Handout (2.5 MB)

JP3J.9

Convective evolution in along–line shear

Matthew D. Parker, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC

Handout (590.6 kB)

JP3J.10

Trade Wind Cumuli Statistics and the Impact of finite Resolution Measurements

Guangyu Zhao, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and L. Di Girolamo

Handout (541.6 kB)

JP3J.11

Observed Mesoscale Variations in Thermodynamic Properties and Surface Fluxes over Ice-Covered Lake Erie

Mathieu R. Gerbush, Univ. of Illinois, Champaign, IL; and D. A. R. Kristovich and N. F. Laird

Handout (333.3 kB)

JP3J.12

Ancillary observations for a first echo study: five million antenna camera digital images

Robert A. Rilling, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. VanAndel

Handout (424.1 kB)

JP3J.13

Diurnal variation of three-dimensional radar echoes and their possible role of preconditioning the atmospheric humidity

Tomoki Ushiyama, Institute of Observational Research for Global Change/Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Yokosuka, Japan; and R. Shirooka, H. Kubota, T. Chuda, K. Yoneyama, M. Katsumata, H. Yamada, M. Fujita, N. Sato, K. K. Reddy, K. Takeuchi, and H. Uyeda

Handout (1.9 MB)

JP3J.14

High-resolution surface and tower observations of the southern Plains dryline during Project SONDE—2005

Christopher C. Weiss, Texas Tech Univ., Lubbock, TX

Handout (727.4 kB)

JP3J.15

Transition of the rainfall characteristics related to the moistening of land surface over the central Tibetan Plateau during GAME-Tibet IOP

Hiroyuki Yamada, Japan Marine Science and Technology Center, Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan; and H. Uyeda

Handout (495.8 kB)

JP3J.16

Dryline convergence and the initiation of deep moist convection

Michael P. Griesinger, Texas Tech Univ., Lubbock, TX; and C. C. Weiss

Handout (642.5 kB)

JP3J.17

CONVECTIVE PRECIPITATION CLIMATOLOGY FOR AFRICA

Arlene Laing, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. Carbone and V. Levizzani

JP3J.18

An investigation of the height distribution of tropical convection over northern Australia

JP3J.19

Mesoscale divergence profiles from VAD analysis of multiple Doppler radar deployments in the tropics

JP3J.20

Characteristics of the Precipitating Systems during the 2002 Dry-to-Wet RACCI Field Campaign in the Amazon Region

Carlos Morales, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil; and L. A. Toledo Machado and M. A. Faus Silva Dias

JP3J.21

Cloud and precipitation radar observations of eastern tropical Pacific ITCZ cloud vertical structure

JP3J.22

Mass fluxes in East Pacific warm pool

Carlos López Carrillo, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM; and D. Raymond

JP3J.23

Three-dimensional lightning mapping observations as a complement to radar observations of storms

William Rison, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM; and P. Krehbiel, R. J. Thomas, and T. Hamlin

JP3J.24

The development and structure of an oceanic squall line system during the South China Sea Monsoon Experiment

Jian-Jian Wang, NASA/GSFC and GEST/Univ. of Maryland Baltimore County, Greenbelt, MD; and L. D. Carey

Handout (343.2 kB)

JP3J.25

Relation of Tropical Thunderstorm Cirrus Anvil Properties to Convective Core Intensities and Lifecycles

Chris J. Theisen, Univ. of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND; and P. A. Kucera and M. R. Poellot

JP3J.26

Characterization of Storm Properties During the TroCCiBras Experiment

Ana M. Gomes, Instituto de Pesquisas Meteorológicas, Bauru, São Paulo, Brazil; and G. Held

Handout (125.8 kB)

JP3J.27

Dynamics of Mesoscale Convective Systems Observed with a UHF Wind Profiler and a Polarimetric S-band Weather Radar

Michihiro Teshiba, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and R. D. Palmer, P. B. Chilson, A. Ryzhkov, and T. J. Schuur

Handout (715.0 kB)

Poster Session 3R

Nowcasting and storm climatologies using radar data

Location: Alvarado F and Atria (Hotel Albuquerque at Old Town)

Host: 32nd Conference on Radar Meteorology

P3R.1

Radar based applications of a Nowcast Decision Support System

J. William Conway, Weather Decision Technologies, Inc., Norman, OK; and M. D. Eilts, J. T. Johnson, C. Barrere, and G. Bassett

Handout (1.2 MB)

P3R.2

Nowcasting of storm duration

David M. Jankowski, Univ. of Missouri, Columbia, MO; and N. I. Fox

Handout (382.6 kB)

P3R.3

Intercomparisons of nowcasting techiques

Steven A. Lack, Univ. of Missouri, Columbia, MO; and N. I. Fox, D. M. Jankowski, and G. L. Limpert

Handout (554.9 kB)

P3R.4

An Evaluation of ensembles based upon MAPLE precipitation nowcasts and NWP precipitation forecasts

Alamelu Kilambi, J.S. Marshall Radar Observatory, McGill University, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, QC, Canada; and I. Zawadzki

Handout (132.2 kB)

P3R.5

Rain Climatology in the Central Region of the State of São Paulo Using Radar Echoes During the Wet Period

Jose Carlos Figueiredo, Meteorological Research Institute/IPMet/UNESP, Bauru, Brazil

Handout (1.9 MB)

P3R.6

The Hail Forecasting Relative to the Product Mesocyclone of WSR-98D

Xiuguang Diao, Weather Office, Jinan, Shandong, China; and J. Zhu and S. Zhang

P3R.7

Storm-tracking and thunderstorm nowcasting for Sao Paulo State, Brazil

Wando C. M. Amorim, Univ. of Sao Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil; and C. A. R. Morales

Handout (955.4 kB)

P3R.8

Predicting Severe Hail for the Southern High Plains and West Texas

Daniel Porter, NOAA/NWS, Albuquerque, NM; and M. R. Kramar and S. D. Landolt

Handout (208.8 kB)

P3R.9

Analysis of Tornado Characteristics in the State of São Paulo for the Improvement of an Automatic Alert System

Gerhard Held, Instituto de Pesquisas Meteorológicas, Bauru, SP, Brazil; and A. M. Gomes, K. P. Naccarato, O. Pinto Jr., E. L. Nascimento, A. A. Correia, and I. P. V. O. Marcelino

Handout (837.5 kB)

P3R.10

Object-based verification of convective storms for the 2005 Dallas/Fort Worth AutoNowcaster demonstration project

John E. Halley Gotway, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. G. Bullock and B. G. Brown

P3R.11

Comparison of ground-based radar and geosynchronous satellite climatologies of warm season rainfall over the United States

J. D. Tuttle, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. E. Carbone and P. A. Arkin

Poster Session 4R

Radar Signal Processing

Location: Alvarado F and Atria (Hotel Albuquerque at Old Town)

Host: 32nd Conference on Radar Meteorology

P4R.1

Identification of clutter echoes using a fuzzy logic technique

Marc Berenguer, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain; and D. Sempere-Torres, R. Sánchez-Diezma, and R. Pascual

Handout (2.4 MB)

P4R.2

Corrections to and Considerations of the Spectrum Width Equation

Ming Fang, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and R. J. Doviak

Handout (2.6 MB)

P4R.3

Phase noise, coherency, and clutter suppression

James J. Stagliano Jr., Enterprise Electronics Corporation, Enterprise, AL; and J. Helvin, J. L. Alford, and D. Nelson

Handout (368.4 kB)

P4R.4

Characterizing tornadoes in multiple-Doppler radar data using a low-order model

Corey K. Potvin, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and A. M. Shapiro, T. Y. Yu, and M. Xue

Handout (60.0 kB)

P4R.5

On the development of a multi-algorithm radar data quality control system at the Naval Research Laboratory

Paul R. Harasti, UCAR and NRL, Monterey, CA; and D. J. Smalley, M. E. Weber, C. Kessinger, Q. Xu, P. Zhang, S. Liu, T. Tsui, J. Cook, and Q. Zhao

Handout (2.1 MB)

P4R.6

Echo classification and spectral processing for the discrimination of clutter from weather

Michael Dixon, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and C. Kessinger and J. C. Hubbert

Handout (1.4 MB)

P4R.7

Paper P4R.7 moved. New paper number 12R.4A

P4R.8

Enhanced radar data acquisition system and signal processing algorithms for the Terminal Doppler Weather Radar

John Y. N. Cho, MIT, Lexington, MA; and G. R. Elkin and N. G. Parker

Handout (284.8 kB)

P4R.9

Design and test of an operational triple-PRT Doppler scheme for the French radar network

Pierre Tabary, Météo France, Trappes, France

Handout (395.2 kB)

P4R.10

A First Look at the Operational (Data Quality) Improvements Provided by the Open Radar Data Acquisition (ORDA) System

Joe N. Chrisman, NOAA/NWS, Norman, OK; and C. A. Ray

Handout (2.1 MB)

P4R.11

Spaced-antenna measurements of cross-beam velocity in severe storms

Kery Hardwick, Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA; and S. J. Frasier, A. L. Pazmany, H. B. Bluestein, and M. M. French

Handout (577.0 kB)

P4R.12

Decorrelation in Range of Oversampled Weather Radar Signals Using FIR Filter

Igor R. Ivic, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and A. Zahrai and S. M. Torres

Handout (151.4 kB)

P4R.13

Phased Array Design for Biological Clutter Rejection: Simulation and Experimental Validation

Boon Leng Cheong, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and M. W. Hoffman, R. D. Palmer, S. J. Frasier, and F. J. Lopez-Dekker

Handout (3.0 MB)

P4R.14

Investigating external and dual polarization calibration options for the WSR-88D

Richard L. Ice, Air Force Weather Agency, Norman, OK; and D. A. Warde and F. Pratte

Handout (89.7 kB)

P4R.15

Clutter Censoring Theory and Application for the WSR-88D

Alan D. Free, SI International, Norman, OK; and N. K. Patel

Handout (242.3 kB)

P4R.16

Over-sampling of radial velocity and 3dvar analysis of dual-doppler observations

Shun Liu, CAPS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and M. Xue and T. Yu

P4R.17

Data quality improvements using SZ phase coding

J. C. Hubbert, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and G. Meymaris, M. Dixon, and S. Ellis

Handout (878.7 kB)

P4R.6A

(Formerly paper 7R.5) Improvements in RPG clutter/precipitation discrimination for the WSR-88D

Cathy Kessinger, NCAR, Boulder, Colorado; and S. Ellis and J. Van Andel

Handout (206.6 kB)

Coffee break

Session 4R

Radar Signal Processing

Location: Alvarado D (Hotel Albuquerque at Old Town)

Host: 32nd Conference on Radar Meteorology

Chair: Terry J. Schuur, Univ. of Oklahoma/CIMMS and NOAA/NSSL

3:30 PM

4R.1

Calibrating differential reflectivity on the WSR-88D

Dusan Zrnic, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and V. Melnikov and J. K. Carter

Recorded presentation

3:45 PM

4R.2

Quality control for polarimetric radar measurements

Martin Hagen, DLR, Wessling, Germany; and K. Friedrich

4:00 PM

4R.3

Identification and removal of non-precipitation echoes using the characteristics of radar echoes

GyuWon Lee, McGill Univ., Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, QC, Canada; and Y. H. Cho, K. E. Kim, and I. Zawadzki

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (606.4 kB)

4:15 PM

4R.4

Improve radar resolution using range oversampling

Tian-You Yu, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and G. Zhang, A. Chalamalasetti, R. J. Doviak, and D. S. Zrnic

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (83.8 kB)

4:30 PM

4R.5

Demonstration of range oversampling techniques on the WSR-88D

Sebastian M. Torres, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and I. R. Ivic

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (189.7 kB)

4:45 PM

4R.6

Signal processing of Beam-multiplexed data for Phased-Array weather radar

Marko B. Orescanin, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and T. Y. Yu, C. D. Curtis, D. S. Zrnic, and D. Forsyth

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (328.5 kB)

5:00 PM

4R.7

Implementation of refractivity retrieval from ground clutter using the s-band KOUN radar

Michael R. James, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and R. D. Palmer, T. Y. Yu, L. A. Torres, R. J. Doviak, and D. S. Zrnic

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (187.7 kB)

5:15 PM

4R.8

The spectrum of weather echoes

Paul L. Smith, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD; and W. H. Martin

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (765.8 kB)

Session 5R

TRMM/ GPM studies and algorithms

Location: Alvarado ABC (Hotel Albuquerque at Old Town)

Host: 32nd Conference on Radar Meteorology

Chair: Nobuhiro Takahashi, NICT

3:30 PM

5R.1

Storm morphology and rainfall characteristics of TRMM precipitation features

Stephen W. Nesbitt, Colorado State Univ., Ft. Collins, CO; and R. Cifelli and S. A. Rutledge

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (1.6 MB)

3:45 PM

5R.2

Global distribution of convection penetrating the tropical tropopause

Chuntao Liu, Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and E. Zipser

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (732.6 kB)

4:00 PM

5R.3

Retrieval of Raindrop Size Distribution from Simulated Dual-Frequency Radar Measurements

Stephen Joseph Munchak, NASA GSFC and University of Maryland, Greenbelt, MD; and A. Tokay

Recorded presentation

4:15 PM

5R.4

Possible algorithms for the Dual-frequency Precipitation Radar (DPR) on the GPM core satellite

Toshio Iguchi, NICT, Koganei, Tokyo, Japan

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (202.7 kB)

4:30 PM

5R.5

The potential for water vapor and precipitation estimation with a differential-frequency radar

Robert Meneghini, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and L. Liao and L. Tian

Presentation PDF (1.4 MB)

4:45 PM

5R.6

Shallow convection in the tropics: How often and how much does it rain?

Courtney Schumacher, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX

Recorded presentation

5:00 PM

5R.7

Relative errors in TRMM satellite Version 5 and Version 6 products: Steps forward and backward

Sandra E. Yuter, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC; and J. E. Stout, R. Wood, J. Kwiatkowski, and D. Horn

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (361.6 kB)

5:15 PM

5R.8

A Numerically Stable Dual-Frequency Bayesian Precipitation Retrieval Algorithm for GPM

Jonathan P. Meagher, JPL/California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA; and Z. S. Haddad

Joint Session 4J

Radar Studies of Mesoscale Banded Structures (Joint with 32Radar and 11Mesoscale)

Location: Alvarado GH (Hotel Albuquerque at Old Town)

Hosts: (Joint between the 11th Conference on Mesoscale Processes; and the 32nd Conference on Radar Meteorology )

Chair: Isztar Zawadzki, McGill Univ.

3:30 PM

J4J.1

Keynote Talk: Tropospheric Mesoscale Gravity Waves

Fuqing Zhang, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX

4:00 PM

J4J.2

CHILL, Pariicle ID, and MM5: The role of the barrier jet in Meso-g-scale Precipitation distribution in an extreme snowstorm

Gregory S. Poulos, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and D. A. Wesley, P. C. Kennedy, and S. A. Rutledge

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (1.5 MB)

4:15 PM

J4J.3

Analysis of vertical motions in fine scale precipitation bands in winter cyclones using wind profiler doppler spectra

Marcia R. Estrem, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and R. M. Rauber, K. R. Knupp, B. F. Jewett, J. T. Walters, and D. Phillips

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (980.2 kB)

J4J.4

Examining the role of mesoscale features in the structure and evolution of precipitation regions in northeast winter storms

4:45 PM

J4J.5

Comparisons of Simulated Kinematic and Moisture Fields with Airborne In-situ and Doppler Radar Observations in a Convective Cold Front over the Eastern Pacific Ocean

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

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (750.3 kB)

5:00 PM

J4J.6

Observations and numerical simulations of narrow cold-frontal rainbands

Mark T. Stoelinga, 3TIER, Inc., Seattle, WA

Recorded presentation

5:15 PM

J4J.7

The use of simulated radar reflectivity fields in the diagnosis of mesoscale phenomena from high-resolution WRF model forecasts

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

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (2.9 MB)

5:30 PM

J4J.4A

(Formerly JP4.4) Some 3D aspects of a Striated Cloud Head over New Zealand including radar and raingauge data

Ian D. Miller, MetService of New Zealand, Wellington, New Zealand

Presentation PDF (1.0 MB)

Oral Sessions Conclude for the Day

Exhibitor Reception (with hors d'oeuvres)

Joint Poster Session 5J

BAMEX (Joint with 32Radar and 11Mesoscale)

Location: Alvarado F and Atria (Hotel Albuquerque at Old Town)

Hosts: (Joint between the 11th Conference on Mesoscale Processes; and the 32nd Conference on Radar Meteorology )

JP5J.1

The interaction of mesoscale convective systems with the Great Lakes during BAMEX

Lance F. Bosart, Univ. at Albany/SUNY, Albany, NY; and T. J. Galarneau Jr.

JP5J.2

An airborne dual–Doppler back–trajectory study of downdrafts in bow–echoes during BAMEX

William C. Straka, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and W. R. Cotton and R. L. McAnelly

Handout (260.4 kB)

JP5J.3

Bow echoes during BAMEX: assessing transitions in surface wind damage using WSR-88D data

Michael C. Kruk, Midwestern Regional Climate Center, Champaign, IL; and R. M. Rauber, G. M. McFarquhar, B. F. Jewett, and R. J. Trapp

Handout (139.9 kB)

JP5J.4

Explaining the variability of cloud microphysics in stratiform regions of BAMEX MCSs using high-resolution radar observations

Andrea M. Smith, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and R. M. Rauber, G. M. McFarquhar, B. F. Jewett, M. S. Timlin, and J. A. Grim

Handout (423.4 kB)

JP5J.5

Damaging Surface Wind Mechanisms within the 10 June 2003 Saint Louis Bow Echo Event during BAMEX

Nolan T. Atkins, Lyndon State College, Lyndonville, VT; and C. Bouchard, R. J. Trapp, R. W. Przybylinski, and G. K. Schmocker

Handout (2.0 MB)

JP5J.6

Conditioning of the inflow environment by organized convection: An investigation based on BAMEX data

Gretchen L. Mullendore, Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA; and R. G. Fovell

JP5J.7

An examination of the long-lived MCV of 10–13 June 2003

Thomas J. Galarneau Jr., University at Albany/SUNY, Albany, NY; and L. F. Bosart

JP5J.8

Radar representation of Bow Echo Events during the first week of July 2003 concurrent with BAMEX

Nicholas D. Metz, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY; and L. F. Bosart

JP5J.9

Radar and profiler measurements of mesoscale and microscale flows within a heat burst

Kevin Knupp, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and N. A. Crook

JP5J.10

Paper JP5J.10 has been moved to session J5 BAMEX, New Paper Number J5.1

JP5J.11

BAMEX case study of the structure and evolution of the 26 June 2003 mini-bow

Justin T. Walters, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and K. Knupp

JP5J.12

Observations of cold pool properties in mesoscale convective systems during BAMEX

George H. Bryan, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and D. A. Ahijevych, C. Davis, S. B. Trier, and M. Weisman

Handout (257.3 kB)

JP5J.13

WRF Simulations of a Severe Squall Line: Comparisons against High Resolution BAMEX Observations

Bryan A. Guarente, Univ. of Illlinois, Urbana, IL; and B. F. Jewett, G. McFarquhar, and R. M. Rauber

JP5J.14

Observations of the 24 June 2003 Bow Echo Case during BAMEX

Dustin Phillips, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and K. Knupp

Handout (2.7 MB)

JP5J.15

Dual rear inflow jets within the 26 August 2003 derecho

Joseph A. Grim, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and R. M. Rauber

Handout (319.6 kB)

Poster Session 5R

TRMM/ GPM studies and algorithms

Location: Alvarado F and Atria (Hotel Albuquerque at Old Town)

Host: 32nd Conference on Radar Meteorology

P5R.1

Systems Engineering Analysis of a TRMM-Like Retrieval Algorithm: Implication for GPM Design

C. R. Rose, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and V. Chandrasekar

Handout (178.2 kB)

P5R.2

To what extent can raindrop size be determined by a multiple-frequency radar?

Jonathan P. Meagher, JPL/California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA; and Z. S. Haddad

P5R.3

Biases in surface reference estimates by the TRMM PR standard algorithm

Shinta Seto, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Tokyo, Japan; and T. Iguchi

Handout (782.0 kB)

P5R.4

Simulation of the brightness temperature of spaceborne microwave radiometer by using COBRA data

Nobuhiro Takahashi, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Koganei-shi, Tokyo, Japan; and K. Nakagawa and T. Iguchi

Handout (2.1 MB)

P5R.5

Analysis of the melting layer by using 400 MHz wind profiler and 35 GHz Doppler radar

Nobuhiro Takahashi, National Institue of Information and Communications Technology, Koganei-shi, Tokyo, Japan; and Y. Kitamura and K. Iwanami

Handout (635.9 kB)

P5R.6

Exploring the relationship between lightning, liquid and frozen water phases using TRMM Precipitation Radar and Lightning Imaging Sensor data

Walter A. Petersen, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and H. J. Christian Jr. and S. A. Rutledge

P5R.7

Physical validation of TRMM rainfall products using a radiative transfer model

Shoichi Shige, Osaka Prefecture Univ., Sakai, Japan; and H. Sasaki and K. Okamoto

Handout (231.4 kB)

P5R.8

Retrieval of Vertical Rain Rate Profile by Dual-Frequency Radar Data

Koyuru Iwanami, National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan; and Y. Chono, T. Harimaya, J. Testud, M. Maki, R. Misumi, and S. G. Park

Handout (510.1 kB)

P5R.9

Spectral retrieval of latent heating profiles from TRMM PR data: Comparison of look-up tables

Shoichi Shige, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan; and Y. N. Takayabu, W. K. Tao, and C. L. Shie

Handout (597.8 kB)

P5R.10

Forward and Backscattering Measurements of Rainfall over a path at the GPM Frequencies

Rafael Rincon, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and R. Meneghini and R. Lang

Handout (74.2 kB)

Joint Poster Session 6J

IHOP (Joint with 32Radar and 11Mesoscale)

Location: Alvarado F and Atria (Hotel Albuquerque at Old Town)

Hosts: (Joint between the 11th Conference on Mesoscale Processes; and the 32nd Conference on Radar Meteorology )

JP6J.1

The dryline on 19 June during IHOP_2002: The thin-line structure and convection initiation

Hanne V. Murphey, Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA; and R. M. Wakimoto, C. N. Flamant, and D. E. Kingsmill

Handout (2.7 MB)

JP6J.2

A High-Resolution Modeling Study of the 24 May 2002 Dryline Case during IHOP: Horizontal Convective Rolls and Convective Initiation

Ming Xue, CAPS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and W. J. Martin

JP6J.3

Vertical Velocity and Buoyancy Characteristics of Coherent Echo Plumes in the Convective Boundary Layer, Detected by a Profiling Airborne Radar

Qun Miao, Univ. of Wyoming, Laramie, WY; and B. Geerts

JP6J.4

The structure and dynamics of atmospheric bores and solitons as determined from remote sensing and modeling experiments during IHOP

Steven E. Koch, NOAA/ERL/FSL, Boulder, Colorado; and M. Pagowski, J. W. Wilson, F. Fabry, C. Flamant, W. Feltz, G. K. Schwemmer, and B. Geerts

Handout (2.0 MB)

JP6J.5

Evaluation of WRF using In-situ Measurements from IHOP 2002

JP6J.6

Influence of surface characteristics on sensible and latent heat fluxes and boundary-layer mesoscale circulations

Margaret A. LeMone, NCAR, Boulder, Colorado; and F. Chen, J. G. Alferi, M. Tewari, B. Geerts, Q. Miao, R. L. Coulter, and R. L. Grossman

Handout (693.1 kB)

Poster Session 6R

Quantitative precipitation estimation and validation

Location: Alvarado F and Atria (Hotel Albuquerque at Old Town)

Host: 32nd Conference on Radar Meteorology

P6R.1

Development of a High Resolution Precipitation Research Facility in the Northern Plains

Paul A. Kucera, Univ. of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND; and C. R. Williams and K. S. Gage

Handout (466.6 kB)

P6R.2

The Front Range Pilot Project for GPM: An instrument and concept test

Steven A. Rutledge, Colorado State Univ., Ft. Collins, CO; and R. Cifelli, T. Lang, S. Nesbitt, K. S. Gage, C. R. Williams, B. Martner, S. Matrosov, V. Bringi, and P. C. Kennedy

Handout (851.2 kB)

P6R.3

Multi-Sensor Measurements of Raindrop Size Distribution at NASA Wallops Island

Jordi Rosich Sanchez, GRAHI, Barcelona, Spain; and A. Tokay, B. Sheppard, K. Wu, and P. Joe

P6R.4

Comsiderations for Comparing Volumetric Reflectivity Observation between Space-borne and Ground-based Radars

Wanyu Li, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and V. Chandrasekar

Handout (2.4 MB)

P6R.5

Systematic variations of raindrop size spectra with altitude derived from wind profiler: Measurements for TRMM PR evaluation

Takahisa Kobayashi, MRI, Tukuba, Ibaaki, Japan; and A. Adachi and S. Sekizawa

Handout (191.6 kB)

P6R.6

Reflectivity dependence of reflectivity gradients observed by radar profilers

Wallace L. Clark, NOAA, Boulder, CO; and C. R. Williams, P. E. Johnston, K. S. Gage, and A. Tokay

Handout (364.5 kB)

P6R.7

Revisiting "Ground Truth"—Assessment of Wind and Out-of-Level Collector Funnel Effects on Rain Gague Catch

Matthias Steiner, Princeton Univ., Princeton, NJ; and L. C. Sieck and S. J. Burges

Handout (65.8 kB)

P6R.8

Ground and Airborne Validation Plans for GPM in the Central State of São Paulo, Brazil

Roberto Vicente Calheiros, MRI/IPMet/UNESP, Bauru, Brazil; and G. Held, V. Mitev, C. A. D. A. Antonio, G. Martucci, and R. Matthey

Handout (308.0 kB)

P6R.9

Assessing Sensor Resolution Impact through Gabor Filtering

Roberto Machado, Meteorological Research Institute/UNESP, Bauru, São Paulo, Brazil; and R. V. Calheiros and C. A. F. Thompson Leite

P6R.10

Contemporary measurements of a ground-based weather radar and balloon-borne lidar at Bauru during the HIBISCUS campaigns: a powerful synergy in cloud physics studies

Guido Di Donfrancesco, Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Environment, Frascati, Italy; and F. Cairo, G. Held, and F. Fierli

Handout (289.7 kB)

P6R.11

Using medium term reflectivity statistics in radar QPE

Norman Donaldson, EC, King City, ON, Canada

Handout (284.3 kB)

P6R.12

Conditional evaluation of conventional vs. polarimetric QPE at C-band

Wiwiana Szalinska, Météo France, Trappes, France; and P. Tabary and H. Andrieu

Handout (1.4 MB)

P6R.13

Radar Rainfall Estimation and Rain Gauge Comparison Studies at Wallops Island, Virginia

MiKayla Taffe, Univ. of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND; and P. A. Kucera

Handout (201.4 kB)

P6R.14

A Quality Control Algorithm for NPOL During CRYSTAL-FACE

Chris J. Theisen, Univ. of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND; and P. J. Frank and P. A. Kucera

Handout (397.8 kB)

Poster Session 7R

wind profilers and vertical profiles of reflectivity

Location: Alvarado F and Atria (Hotel Albuquerque at Old Town)

Host: 32nd Conference on Radar Meteorology

P7R.1

Time-frequency analysis of UHF and VHF profiler observed winds over the central equatorial Pacific

Robert Schafer, Exelis Visual Information Solutions, Boulder, CO

Handout (91.7 kB)

P7R.2

The Meiyu precipitating cloud system studies using wind profiler in China

Krishna Reddy, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Yokosuka, Japan; and B. Geng, H. Yamada, and H. Uyeda

Handout (1.4 MB)

P7R.3

Technical contributions of Mr. Dale Sirmans to Doppler weather radar development

Richard L. Ice, Air Force Weather Agency, Norman, OK; and D. A. Warde and B. Bumgarner

Handout (54.5 kB)

P7R.4

Deriving microphysical parameters of snow with a vertically pointing Doppler radar

Emmanuel Moreau, NOVIMET, Velizy, France; and J. Testud and I. Zawadzki

Handout (363.2 kB)

P7R.5

P7R.5 moved to 7R.2

P7R.6

Correction algorithm of the Vertical Reflectivity Profile (VRP) for the German Met. Service

Andreas Wagner, German Met. Service, Hohenpeissenberg, Germany; and J. E. E. Seltmann

P7R.7

Observations of the lower atmosphere over the equatorial Western-Pacific with a ship-borne lower troposphere radar

Hiroyuki Hashiguchi, Kyoto Univ., Uji, Kyoto, Japan; and M. Teshiba and S. Fukao

Handout (685.1 kB)

P7R.8

Evaluation of 3-beam and 4-beam profiler wind measurement techniques

Ahoro Adachi, MRI, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan; and T. Kobayashi, K. S. Gage, D. A. Carter, L. M. Hartten, W. L. Clark, and M. Fukuda

Handout (922.1 kB)

P7R.9

Development of a UHF boundary layer multiple antenna profiler at LaMP/OPGC

Joel Van Baelen, LaMP/OPGC, Aubiere, France

P7R.10

Vertical profile of raindrop size distribution by using 400MHz wind profiler in stratiform rainfall

Yasushi Kitamura, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Okinawa, Japan; and K. Nakagawa, S. Sekizawa, H. Hanado, N. Takahashi, and T. Iguchi

Handout (166.9 kB)

P7R.11

Doppler Velocity Signatures of Large-Scale Hybrid Winds

Handout (152.8 kB)

P7R.12

Validation of Bird Movement Signatures in Weather Radar Wind Profiles using a Dedicated Bird Radar

Iwan Holleman, KNMI, De Bilt, Netherlands; and H. Van Gasteren and W. Bouten

P7R.13

A New Data System for Radar Wind Profilers

Scott A. McLaughlin, DeTect, Inc., Longmont, CO; and D. A. Merritt and B. Weber

P7R.14

A neural network based method to adjust weather radar estimates of rainfall to rain gauge measurements using the vertical reflectivity profile

Reinhard Teschl, Graz Univ. of Technology, Graz, Austria; and W. L. Randeu and F. Teschl

Handout (38.0 kB)

P7R.15

P7R.15 moved to 7R.5A

P7R.16

The frequency of occurrence of quasi-monochromatic inertia-gravity waves in the lower stratosphere from MST radar observations

G. D. Nastrom, St. Cloud State Univ., St. Cloud, MN; and F. D. Eaton

Handout (1008.3 kB)

Registration Open from 7:30am–12:15pm

Joint Session 5J

BAMEX

Location: Alvarado ABCD (Hotel Albuquerque at Old Town)

Hosts: (Joint between the 11th Conference on Mesoscale Processes; and the 32nd Conference on Radar Meteorology )

Chair: Nolan T. Atkins, Lyndon State College

8:15 AM

J5J.1

Keynote Talk: BAMEX Observations of Mesoscale Convective Vortices

Christopher A. Davis, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and S. B. Trier

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (207.7 kB)

8:45 AM

J5J.2

Understanding the generation of high winds associated with bow echoes: The Omaha bow echo during BAMEX

Roger M. Wakimoto, Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA; and H. V. Murphey, D. P. Jorgensen, C. A. Davis, and N. T. Atkins

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (1.2 MB)

9:00 AM

J5J.3

Rear-inflow structure in severe and non-severe bow-echo observed by airborne Doppler radar during BAMEX

David P. Jorgensen, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and H. V. Murphey and R. M. Wakimoto

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (2.2 MB)

9:15 AM

J5J.4

Quad-Doppler and microphysical observations of the BAMEX 29 June 2003 MCS

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

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (326.6 kB)

9:30 AM

J5J.5

Airborne Doppler radar observations of an MCV and spiral rainband

Michael M. Bell, NPS, Monterey, CA; and P. D. Reasor, W. C. Lee, and M. T. Montgomery

Recorded presentation

9:45 AM

J5J.6

Observations of the Horizontal and Vertical Variability of Cloud Hydrometeors in Stratiform Regions behind Bow Echoes: Implications for Mesoscale Models

Greg M. McFarquhar, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and M. S. Timlin, R. M. Rauber, B. F. Jewett, J. A. Grim, A. M. Smith, and D. P. Jorgensen

Exhibits Open

Coffee Break

Session 6R

Nowcasting and storm climatologies using radar data

Location: Alvarado ABCD (Hotel Albuquerque at Old Town)

Host: 32nd Conference on Radar Meteorology

Organizer: Rita D. Roberts, NCAR

10:30 AM

6R.1

Evaluation of the NCAR Auto-Nowcaster during the NWS Ft. Worth Operational Demonstration

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

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (471.1 kB)

10:45 AM

6R.2

Determing key predictors for NCAR's Convective Auto-Nowcast system using climatological analyses

Thomas R. Saxen, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and C. K. Mueller and N. A. Rehak

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (87.4 kB)

11:00 AM

6R.3

Impacts of MM5 Model Data on the Performance of the NCAR Auto-Nowcaster System

Huaqing Cai, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. D. Roberts, C. K. Mueller, T. Saxen, M. Xu, S. Trier, and D. L. Megenhardt

Presentation PDF (1.2 MB)

11:15 AM

6R.4

Priliminary Results For The 0-1 Hour Multisensor Precipitation Nowcaster

Shucai Guan, IMSG at NOAA/NWS/NCEP/NCO, college park, MD; and F. Ding, R. A. Fulton, and D. H. Kitzmiller

Presentation PDF (899.0 kB)

11:30 AM

6R.5

Warm season precipitation corridors in the central United States

J. D. Tuttle, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and C. A. Davis

Recorded presentation

11:45 AM

6R.6

The complementary use of TITAN-derived radar and total lightning thunderstorm cells

Nicholas L. Wilson, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and D. Breed, T. R. Saxen, and N. W. S. Demetriades

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (470.3 kB)

6R.7

Electrical and hydrometeorological studies of severe thunderstorms in the south of Brazil

Sessions Conclude for the Day

Conference Event–Los Amigos Roundup (Transportation will be provided)

Registration Open from 7:30am–5:30pm

Joint Session 6J

IHOP

Location: Alvarado ABCD (Hotel Albuquerque at Old Town)

Hosts: (Joint between the 11th Conference on Mesoscale Processes; and the 32nd Conference on Radar Meteorology )

Chair: Roger M. Wakimoto, NCAR

8:15 AM

J6J.1

Keynote Talk: Peeping through the keyhole at the mesoscale variability of humidity: Some IHOP_2002 observations and future challenges of radar refractivity mapping

Frederic Fabry, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (2.1 MB)

8:45 AM

J6J.2

The boundary layer cumulus formation process near a cold frontal-dryline intersection on 24 May 2002 during IHOP

Conrad L. Ziegler, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and E. N. Rasmussen, M. S. Buban, Y. P. Richardson, L. J. Miller, and R. M. Rabin

Recorded presentation

9:00 AM

J6J.3

The structure and evolution of the dryline and surrounding boundary layer on 22 May 2002 during IHOP

Michael S. Buban, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK OK; and C. Ziegler, E. N. Rasmussen, and Y. P. Richardson

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (2.9 MB)

9:15 AM

J6J.4

Convection initiation on 12 June 2002 during IHOP_2002

Tammy M. Weckwerth, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and H. V. Murphey, C. Flamant, C. R. Pettet, S. Bastin, and R. Wakimoto

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (1.4 MB)

9:30 AM

J6J.5

Kinematic and moisture structure of a stationary cold front observed on 10 June 2002 during IHOP

Katja Friedrich, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and D. E. Kingsmill, C. N. Flamant, H. Murphey, and R. M. Wakimoto

Recorded presentation

9:45 AM

J6J.6

Mesoscale moisture transport by the low-level jet during the IHOP field experiment

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

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (922.3 kB)

Exhibits Open

Coffee Break

Session 7R

wind profilers and vertical profiles of reflectivity

Location: Alvarado ABCD (Hotel Albuquerque at Old Town)

Host: 32nd Conference on Radar Meteorology

Chair: Christopher R. Williams, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado

10:30 AM

7R.1

Network of wind profilers to understand boundary layer evolution and precipitating clouds over Asia monsoon

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

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (2.1 MB)

7R.2

Improving radar precipitation estimation and 3D radar mosaic analysis using dynamic vertical profile of reflectivity

10:45 AM

7R.2

Diagnosis of precipitation detection range

Jarmo Koistinen, Remote Sensing for Weather Applications, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland; and H. Hohti and H. Pohjola

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (214.3 kB)

11:15 AM

7R.3

Quantitative interpretation of precipitation radar measurements at VHF band

Edwin F. Campos, McGill Univ., Montreal, QC, Canada; and F. Fabry and W. Hocking

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (355.1 kB)

11:30 AM

7R.4

An Improved Methodology for classifying convective and stratiform rain

Maria Franco, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain; and R. Sánchez-Diezma, D. Sempere-Torres, and I. Zawadzki

Presentation PDF (1.3 MB)

11:45 AM

7R.5

7R.5 moved to P4R.6A

11:46 AM

7R.6

MAPR Observations of the Boundary Layer using RIM and Spaced Antenna Techniques at IHOP

William O. J. Brown, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and T. Y. Yu

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (702.6 kB)

12:01 PM

7R.7

Simultaneous wind velocity estimation and dual-polarization measurements of precipitation and clouds by an S-band profiler

C. M. H. Unal, Delft Univ. of Technology, Delft, Netherlands; and H. W. J. Russchenberg and D. N. Moisseev

Presentation PDF (1.1 MB)

12:16 PM

7R.5A

(Formerly P7R.15) Vertical profile correction on Spanish radar reflectivity data

Fernando Aguado, INM, Madrid, Spain

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (341.2 kB)

Lunch

Exhibits Open

Joint Poster Session 7J

Coastal & Orographic Circulation Systems (Joint with 32Radar and 11Mesoscale)

Location: Alvarado F and Atria (Hotel Albuquerque at Old Town)

Hosts: (Joint between the 11th Conference on Mesoscale Processes; and the 32nd Conference on Radar Meteorology )

JP7J.1

Preliminary observations of small scale wakes generated by complex terrain using a portable X-band radar

Kenichi Kusunoki, MRI, Tsukuba, Japan; and M. Murakami, N. Orikasa, A. Saito, H. Hashiguchi, Y. Ohigashi, and M. Saito

Handout (995.8 kB)

JP7J.2

Sensitivity of space-based precipitation measurements to changes in mesoscale features

Joseph Hoch, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and G. J. Tripoli and M. Kulie

Handout (682.1 kB)

JP7J.3

The 29-30 January 2005 southeast Colorado snowstorm

Paul G. Wolyn, NOAA/NWSFO, Pueblo, CO

Handout (2.1 MB)

JP7J.4

Sierra Rotors: Comparison of model simulations and wind profiler observations of terrain-induced waves and rotors

Vanda Grubisic, DRI, Reno, NV; and B. J. Billings, S. A. Cohn, and W. O. J. Brown

JP7J.5

Final plans for the Terrain-induced Rotor Experiment (T-REX)

Vanda Grubisic, DRI, Reno, NV; and J. P. Kuettner

Handout (1.9 MB)

JP7J.6

Structural characteristics of winter storms in southern Washington and northern Oregon: Prototypes for routine comparison between regional model output and WSR-88D radar observations

Sandra E. Yuter, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC; and B. A. Colle, C. Spooner, and T. Downing

JP7J.7

Wind variations around orographic rainband observed by wind profiler network in Japan

Yasuko Umemoto, Kyoto Univ., Uji, Japan; and M. Teshiba, H. Hashiguchi, and S. Fukao

Handout (1.1 MB)

JP7J.8

Onset of strong downslope winds during the Sierra Rotors Project

Qingfang Jiang, UCAR Visiting Scientist, NRL, Monterey, CA; and J. D. Doyle

JP7J.9

Predicting rainfall in hilly terrain: the role of mesoscale processes and cloud microphysics

Geoffrey L. Austin, Univ. of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand; and J. Purdy

JP7J.10

Formation and Maintenance Mechanisms of the Stable Layer over the Po Valley during MAP IOP-8

Allison Hoggarth, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC; and Y. L. Lin and H. D. Reeves

Handout (143.7 kB)

JP7J.11

Synoptic and topographic variability of northern California precipitation characteristics in landfalling winter storms observed during CALJET

David E. Kingsmill, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado and NOAA/ETL, Boulder, CO; and P. J. Neiman, F. M. Ralph, and A. B. White

Poster Session 8R

Operational radar applications

Location: Alvarado F and Atria (Hotel Albuquerque at Old Town)

Host: 32nd Conference on Radar Meteorology

P8R.1

Storm Targeted Radar Wind Retrieval System

Pengfei Zhang, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and S. Liu, Q. Xu, and L. Song

Handout (1021.7 kB)

P8R.2

Comparison of the NEXRAD legacy and Lincoln Laboratories echo tops products

Thomas A. Seliga, Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, Cambridge, MA; and A. D. Mackey, M. D. West, J. Hill, D. L. Sims, and V. Sud

Handout (1.6 MB)

P8R.3

Quality of Radar echo top heights

Laurent Delobbe, Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium, Brussels, Belgium; and I. Holleman

Handout (200.1 kB)

P8R.4

P8R.4 moved to Oral Presentation 8R.5A

P8R.5

On-line Monitoring of Weather Radar using Solar Interferences

Iwan Holleman, KNMI, De Bilt, Netherlands; and A. J. Huuskonen

P8R.6

An Integrated Display and Analysis Methodology for Multi-Variable Radar Data

Brenda A. Dolan, Colorado State Univ., Ft. Collins, CO; and S. A. Rutledge

Handout (1.5 MB)

P8R.7

Real-time calculation of horizontal winds using multiple Doppler radars: A new WDSS-II module

Arthur Witt, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and R. A. Brown and V. Lakshmanan

Handout (540.1 kB)

P8R.8

WSR-88D Open Radar Data Acquisition (ORDA) Algorithm Evaluations

Robert R. Lee, NOAA/NWS, Norman, OK

Handout (134.7 kB)

P8R.9

Planned WSR-88D communications changes

Christina Horvat, NOAA/NWS, Norman, OK; and S. Ahlert

P8R.10

Automated sea clutter identification

P8R.11

The evolution of radar training in the National Weather Service

John T. Ferree, NOAA/NWS, Norman, OK; and E. M. Quoetone

P8R.12

The use of clear-air echoes for operational Doppler radar systems

Kenichi Kusunoki, MRI, Tsukuba, Japan

Handout (313.0 kB)

P8R.13

Unique Uses Of Weather Radar For Space Launch

William P. Roeder, 45th Weather Squadron, Patrick AFB, FL; and T. M. McNamara, B. F. Boyd, J. W. Weems, and S. B. Cocks

Handout (832.5 kB)

P8R.14

WSR-88D radar data services at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Climatic Data Center

Stephen A. Del Greco, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and S. Ansari

P8R.15

Content Considerations and Determination of WSR-88D Software Builds

William J. Armstrong, NOAA/NWS, Norman, OK

P8R.16

Spatial classification of precipitation from operational radar data

C.Z. Van de Beek, Wageningen Univ., Wageningen, Netherlands; and R. Uijlenhoet and I. Holleman

Handout (454.3 kB)

Poster Session 9R

Radar polarimetry studies

Location: Alvarado F and Atria (Hotel Albuquerque at Old Town)

Host: 32nd Conference on Radar Meteorology

P9R.1

The estimation of moderate rain rates with operational polarisation radar

Anthony J. Illingworth, University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom; and R. J. Thompson

Handout (418.6 kB)

P9R.2

Measurements of polarimetric parameters at low signal-to-noise ratios

Valery Melnikov, Univ. of Oklahoma/CIMMS, Norman, OK; and D. Zrnic

Handout (863.1 kB)

P9R.3

A new polarimetric method for correcting the effects of attenuation at C-band

Jonathan J. Gourley, Météo France, Trappes, France; and P. Tabary and J. Parent du Châtelet

Handout (590.0 kB)

P9R.4

An extensive validation experiment of algorithm ZPHI applied to radar HYDRIX

Erwan Le Bouar, Novimet, Vélizy, France; and E. Moreau, J. Testud, H. Poulima, R. Ney, and O. Deudon

Handout (140.8 kB)

P9R.5

Spectral polarimetry for identifing and separating mixed biological scatterers

Svetlana Bachmann, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and D. S. Zrnic

Handout (401.7 kB)

P9R.6

Polarimetric weather radar base moment algorithm validation

James J. Stagliano Jr., Enterprise Electronics Corporation, Enterprise, AL; and P. Siebold, J. Helvin, A. Free, N. E. Lawrence III, R. Stafford, M. Knight, J. L. Alford, and D. Nelson

Handout (281.7 kB)

P9R.7

Preliminary polarimetric analysis of a winter storm causing catastrophic traffic problems

Timo M. Puhakka, Univ. of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

Handout (2.0 MB)

P9R.8

On the use of differential phase for polarimetric rainfall measurements—a new approach to K_DP estimation

Alexander V. Ryzhkov, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK

Handout (237.5 kB)

P9R.9

On the differential phase in the melting layer

Andrey V. Melnikov, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and V. Melnikov and A. V. Ryzhkov

Handout (771.3 kB)

P9R.10

Effect of the spatial variability of precipitation on the differential propagation phase shift

Handout (48.6 kB)

P9R.11

A first approach to unsupervised Entropy-Alpha-classification of full-polarimetric weather-radar data

Thomas Boerner, German Aerospace Center, Wessling, Germany; and M. Hagen and D. Bebbington

P9R.12

Polarimetric Rainfall Measurements in Localized Strong Convection

MiYoung Kang, Pukyong National University, Busan, Korea, Republic of (South); and S. Giangrande, A. V. Ryzhkov, and D. Lee

Handout (259.4 kB)

P9R.13

Polarization characteristics of winter storms in Oklahoma

Terry J. Schuur, Univ. of Oklahoma/CIMMS and NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and A. V. Ryzhkov and P. Zhang

Handout (790.5 kB)

P9R.14

95-GHz polarimetric radar signatures of pristine crystals mixed with aggregates and rimed crystals: Simulations and radar observations

K. Aydin, Penn State Univ., University Park, PA; and J. Singh

Handout (205.6 kB)

P9R.15

Combined Polarimetric and Multiple Doppler Radar Observations of the 16-20 March 2003 Colorado Area Winter Storm

Patrick C. Kennedy, Colorado State Univ., Ft. Collins, CO; and S. A. Rutledge, G. S. Poulos, and D. A. Wesley

Handout (1.1 MB)

P9R.16

Estimating hail size using polarimetric radar

Pamela L. Heinselman, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and A. Rowe

Handout (160.3 kB)

Poster Session 10R

Radar Networking

Location: Alvarado F and Atria (Hotel Albuquerque at Old Town)

Host: 32nd Conference on Radar Meteorology

P10R.1

OPERA: Operational Programme for the Exchange of Weather Radar Information in Europe

Asko J. Huuskonen, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland; and J. L. Chèze, I. Holleman, D. B. Michelson, and A. Zgonc

P10R.2

NEXRAD mosaics for en-route air traffic controllers

Alfred Moosakhanian, FAA, Washington, DC; and J. Higginbotham and J. Stobie

Handout (411.0 kB)

P10R.3

Estimation of precipitation based on POLRAD radar network and NIMROD system in Poland

Anna Jurczyk, Institute of Meteorology and Water Management/Department of Ground Based Remote Sensing, Katowice, Poland; and K. Osrodka and J. Szturc

P10R.4

Validation of first generation CASA radars with CSU-CHILL

Francesc Junyent, Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA; and V. Chandrasekar, D. Brunkow, P. C. Kennedy, and D. J. McLaughlin

Handout (2.4 MB)

P10R.5

Improved radar sensitivity through limited sector scanning: The DCAS approach

Brian C. Donovan, Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA; and D. J. McLaughlin

Handout (198.6 kB)

P10R.6

A general surveillance mode for off-the-grid DCAS radars

P10R.7

The Spanish weather radar network

Fernando Aguado, INM, Madrid, Spain

Handout (636.0 kB)

P10R.8

A least squares technique for estimating 2D wind vectors from multiple radars

Kurt D. Hondl, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK

P10R.9

The Cuban Weather Radar Network: current status and trends

Orlando L. Rodríguez, Centro de Radares/Instituto de Meteorologia, Camaguey, Cuba; and L. L. Fernández, R. A. Naranjo, A. Barreiras, A. A. Peña, M. Diez, W. Pozas, M. O. Aguiar, and J. L. Perez

Handout (564.0 kB)

P10R.10

NWS Use of FAA Radar Data—Status and Operational Considerations

Michael J. Istok, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and J. T. Ferree, R. E. Saffle, and B. Bumgarner

Handout (1.1 MB)

P10R.11

The SIPAM Doppler Radar Network In The Amazônia Region

Jaci M. B. Saraiva, Operational Division of SIPAM, Manaus, Brazil; and A. M. Gomes, E. B. de Souza, F. V. Gonçalves, J. L. M. Lope, P. A. F. Kuhn, R. C. Senna, and R. G. Dallarosa

P10R.12

Optimal sampling strategies for hazardous weather detection using networks of dynamically adaptive Doppler radars

Jessica L. Proud, CAPS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and K. K. Droegemeier, V. T. Wood, and L. White

Handout (208.3 kB)

P10R.13

Waveform design for CASA X-band radars

Nitin Bharadwaj, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA; and V. Chandrasekar

Handout (470.3 kB)

Coffee Break

Session 9R

Radar polarimetry studies

Location: Alvarado ABC (Hotel Albuquerque at Old Town)

Host: 32nd Conference on Radar Meteorology

Chair: Peter T. May, BMRC

3:30 PM

9R.1

Polarimetric rainfall retrievals using blended algorithms

Robert Cifelli, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and P. Kennedy, V. Chandrasekar, S. W. Nesbitt, S. A. Rutledge, and L. D. Carey

Recorded presentation

3:45 PM

9R.2

Rain Microphysics Retrieval with a Polarimetric WSR-88D

Edward A. Brandes, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and T. J. Schuur, A. V. Ryzhkov, G. Zhang, and K. Ikeda

Presentation PDF (524.0 kB)

4:00 PM

9R.3

Radar polarimetry at S, C, and X bands: Comparative analysis and operational implications

Alexander V. Ryzhkov, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and D. Zrnic

Presentation PDF (411.0 kB)

4:15 PM

9R.4

On the role of X-band radar in extending longer-wavelength radar polarimetric retrievals to lighter rains

Sergey Matrosov, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and R. Cifelli, P. Kennedy, S. W. Nesbitt, V. N. Bringi, and B. Martner

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (167.8 kB)

4:30 PM

9R.5

Calibration of absolute reflectivity at C-band using redundancy of the polarization parameters in rain

Jonathan J. Gourley, Météo France, Trappes, France; and A. J. Illingworth

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (184.1 kB)

4:45 PM

9R.6

Observations of Insects and Birds with a Polarimetric Prototype of the WSR-88D Radar

Pengfei Zhang, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and A. V. Ryzhkov and D. Zrnic

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (404.8 kB)

5:00 PM

9R.7

On the Use of Polarimetric Radars for Studies of Clouds: Numerical Simulations and S-Band Radar Observations

Khoi D. Le, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and R. D. Palmer, S. M. Torres, T. Y. Yu, and D. Zrnic

Presentation PDF (2.7 MB)

5:15 PM

9R.8

Precipitation forecast evaluation by polarimetric radar

Monika Pfeifer, DLR, Wessling, Germany; and M. Hagen and C. Keil

Recorded presentation

Session 8R

Operational Radar Applications

Location: Alvarado D (Hotel Albuquerque at Old Town)

Host: 32nd Conference on Radar Meteorology

Chair: Brooks E. Martner, NOAA/ETL/CIRES and Univ. of Colorado

3:30 PM

8R.1

Planned WSR-88D Upgrades

J. Rex Reed, NOAA/NWS, Norman, OK

Presentation PDF (33.6 kB)

3:45 PM

8R.2

NWS priorities for the enhancement of radar capabilities

John T. Ferree, NOAA/NWS, Norman, OK; and M. J. Istok

Recorded presentation

4:00 PM

8R.3

WSR-88D Open Radar Data Acquisition (ORDA) Base Data Quality

Robert R. Lee, NOAA/NWS/NEXRAD Radar Operations Center, Norman, OK

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (319.9 kB)

4:15 PM

8R.4

MIGFA: The Machine Intelligent Gust Front Algorithm for NEXRAD

David J. Smalley, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA; and B. J. Bennett and R. Frankel

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (573.4 kB)

8R.5

Verification of multi-sensor, multi-radar hail diagnosis techniques

4:45 PM

8R.6

Radio local area network (RLAN) and C-Band weather radar interference studies

Paul Joe, MSC, Downsview, ON, Canada; and J. Scott, J. Sydor, A. Brandao, and A. Yongacoglu

Presentation PDF (377.5 kB)

5:00 PM

8R.7

Weather radar data quality in Northern Europe: beam propagation issues

Günther Haase, Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute, Norrköping, Sweden; and U. Gjertsen and J. Bech

Presentation PDF (280.2 kB)

5:15 PM

8R.8

Customer profiled polar volume compositing using phenomena related data quality

Harri Hohti, Remote Sensing for Weather Applications, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland; and M. Peura, T. Kuitunen, and J. Koistinen

Recorded presentation

5:30 PM

8R.5A

Status on the Four-Dimensional Base Radar Data Analysis Tool for AWIPS

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

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (2.1 MB)

Sessions Conclude for the Day (Keynote Talks at 7:00pm)

Joint Session 7J

New Frontiers (Joint with 32Radar and 11Mesoscale)

Location: Alvarado ABCD (Hotel Albuquerque at Old Town)

Hosts: (Joint between the 11th Conference on Mesoscale Processes; and the 32nd Conference on Radar Meteorology )

Organizer: Steven E. Koch, NOAA/FSL

7:00 PM

J7J.1

Keynote Talk: Short-Range (0-3hr) Quantitative Precipitation Forecasting

John A. McGinley, NOAA/FSL, Boulder, CO

7:30 PM

J7J.2

Keynote Talk: Operational Applications of Polarimetric Radar

Steven A. Rutledge, Colorado State Univ., Ft. Collins, CO

Recorded presentation

8:00 PM

J7J.3

Keynote Talk: New insights from millimeter-wave radars

Gabor Vali, Univ. of Wyoming, Laramie, WY

Recorded presentation

Registration Open from 7:30am–5:30pm

Joint Session 8J

Coastal & Orographic Circulation Systems

Location: Alvarado ABCD (Hotel Albuquerque at Old Town)

Hosts: (Joint between the 32nd Conference on Radar Meteorology; and the 11th Conference on Mesoscale Processes )

Chair: Paul J. Neiman, NOAA/ETL

8:15 AM

J8J.1

Keynote Talk: Orographic Precipitation Process Studies: Recent Advances and Future Developments

David E. Kingsmill, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado and NOAA/ETL, Boulder, CO

Recorded presentation

8:45 AM

J8J.2

Using synthetic aperture radar (SAR), modeling, and a SARJET field study to understand the terrain-enhanced flows along the southeast Alaskan coast

Brian A. Colle, SUNY, Stony Brook, NY; and J. B. Olson, N. Winstead, K. Loescher, G. Young, and N. A. Bond

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (671.2 kB)

9:00 AM

J8J.3

Wintertime observations of channeled flow through a prominent gap along the northern California coast during CALJET and PACJET

Paul J. Neiman, NOAA/ERL/ETL, Boulder, CO; and F. M. Ralph, A. B. White, D. D. Parrish, J. S. Holloway, and D. Bartels

9:15 AM

J8J.4

Innovations in monitoring and nowcasting orographic precipitation by radar

U. Germann, MeteoSwiss, Locarno-Monti, Switzerland; and G. Galli, A. M. Hering, K. Friedrich, P. Tabary, and C. N. James

Recorded presentation

9:30 AM

J8J.5

Mountain wave structures occurring within a major orographic precipitation event: Part I. Analyses of airborne Doppler radar data

Bradley Smull, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK and Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and M. Garvert and C. F. Mass

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (335.4 kB)

9:45 AM

J8J.6

Mountain wave structures occurring within a major orographic precipitation event: Part 2. Evaluation of mesoscale model simulations

Matt Garvert, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and B. Smull and C. Mass

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (485.0 kB)

Coffee Break

Session 10R

Severe weather studies employing radar

Location: Alvarado ABCD (Hotel Albuquerque at Old Town)

Host: 32nd Conference on Radar Meteorology

Chair: Kevin R. Knupp, Univ. of Alabama

10:30 AM

10R.1

Dual-polarization observations of tornadoes at close range made with a mobile X-band Doppler radar

Howard B. Bluestein, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and M. M. French, S. Frasier, K. Hardwick, F. Junyent, and A. L. Pazmany

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (615.8 kB)

10:45 AM

10R.2

The 15 May 2003 Shamrock, Texas, supercell: A dual-Doppler analysis and EnKF data-assimilation experiment

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

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (794.6 kB)

11:00 AM

10R.3

The Tornado Outbreak across the North Florida Panhandle in association with Hurricane Ivan

Andrew I. Watson, NOAA/NWS, Tallahassee, FL; and M. A. Jamski, T. J. Turnage, J. R. Bowen, and J. C. Kelley

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (1.8 MB)

11:15 AM

10R.4

Detailed comparison of observed and modeled tornadogenesis

Donald W. Burgess, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and D. C. Dowell, L. J. Wicker, and A. Witt

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (2.3 MB)

11:30 AM

10R.5

Tornado detection using a neuro-fuzzy method

Yadong Wang, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and T. Y. Yu, M. Yeary, A. Shapiro, D. S. Zrnic, M. Foster, and D. L. Andra Jr.

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (460.8 kB)

11:45 AM

10R.6

Radar-derived thermodynamic fields in severe storms from in-situ data and Lagrangian objective analysis

Conrad L. Ziegler, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and E. N. Rasmussen and M. S. Buban

Recorded presentation

12:00 PM

10R.7

Lightning relative to storm structure, evolution, and microphysics in TELEX

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

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (2.2 MB)

Poster Session 11R

microphysics of clouds and precipitation

Location: Alvarado F and Atria (Hotel Albuquerque at Old Town)

Host: 32nd Conference on Radar Meteorology

P11R.1

Freezing drizzle detection with WSR-88D radars

Kyoko Ikeda, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. M. Rasmussen and E. A. Brandes

Handout (259.3 kB)

P11R.2

Validation of radar-estimated snowfall

P11R.3

Verification of S-Polka K_a Band Radar/Radiometer LWC and RES Retrievals with GRIDS Retrievals and Aircraft Measurements and Comparison to GOES Icing Products for the WISP04 10-11 March Event

David Serke, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and G. Zhang, J. Vivekanandan, T. L. Schneider, P. Minnis, and M. Poellot

Handout (1.9 MB)

P11R.4

Implementations of CSU hydrometeor classification scheme for C-band polarimetric radars

Luca Baldini, CNR/ISAC, Rome, Italy; and E. Gorgucci, V. Chandrasekar, and W. Peterson

Handout (219.5 kB)

P11R.5

Quantitative analysis of weather radar attenuation correction accuracy

Alexis Berne, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland; and R. Uijlenhoet

Handout (96.5 kB)

P11R.6

Polarimetric radar signatures from RAMS microphysics

Gwo-Jong Huang, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and V. N. Bringi, S. C. van den Heever, and W. Cotton

Handout (2.2 MB)

P11R.7

Observations of a Northern Plains snowfall

Andrew J. Newman, Univ. of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND; and P. A. Kucera and L. A. Bliven

Handout (271.5 kB)

P11R.8

Validation of radar-estimated upslope snowfall in Southeastern Wyoming

Jonathan P. Wolfe, NOAA/NWSFO, Charleston, WV; and J. R. Snider

P11R.9

Snow clouds observation using the airborne cloud radar (SPIDER)

Hiroaki Horie, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Koganei, Tokyo, Japan; and A. Kamei, H. Kuroiwa, H. Kumagai, and M. Murakami

Handout (623.7 kB)

P11R.10

Retrieval of microphysical properties of snow using spectral dual polarization analysis

Lennert Spek, Faculty of Information Technology and Systems, Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands; and D. Moisseev, H. Russchenberg, C. Unal, and V. Chandrasekar

Handout (807.9 kB)

P11R.11

Three-dimensional characteristics of polarimetric radar variables and their precipitation-type dependence

Yukari Shusse, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Okinawa, Japan; and K. Nakagawa, N. Takahashi, K. Iwanami, S. Satoh, and T. Iguchi

Handout (2.2 MB)

P11R.12

RadOn: a new Doppler radar method to retrieve the clouds parameters

Julien Delanoë, UVSQ/CNRS/UPMC/IPSL, Guyancourt, France; and A. Protat and D. Bouniol

P11R.13

Observations of melting layer from 94 GHz and 10 GHz airborne doppler radars

Lin Tian, GEST/Univ. of Maryland, Baltimore County, Greenbelt, MD; and G. M. Heymsfield and L. Li

Handout (595.6 kB)

P11R.14

Observations of Winter Storms with a 2-D Video Disdrometer and Polarimetric Radar

Kyoko Ikeda, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and E. A. Brandes, G. Zhang, and S. A. Rutledge

Handout (649.8 kB)

P11R.15

Drop axis ratio and fall velocity distributions from 2-D video disdrometer

Merhala Thurai, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and V. N. Bringi, K. Nakagawa, T. Kozu, M. Schoenhuber, and T. Shimomai

Handout (472.6 kB)

Poster Session 12R

New Radar Technologies

Location: Alvarado F and Atria (Hotel Albuquerque at Old Town)

Host: 32nd Conference on Radar Meteorology

P12R.1

Real-time remote detection of convectively-induced turbulence

John K. Williams, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and L. B. Cornman, J. Yee, and S. G. Carson

P12R.2

Antenna system requirement for dual polarization radar design in hybrid mode of operation

Yanting Wang, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and V. Chandrasekar and D. J. McLaughlin

Handout (110.8 kB)

P12R.3

Advanced Weather Surveillance Algorithms and Techniques using a Rapid Scanning X-Band Radar—First Results

Ivan PopStefanija, ProSensing, Amherst, MA; and J. Knorr, P. Buczynski, and R. Bluth

Handout (80.6 kB)

P12R.4

Estimation and Reduction of Weather Radar Safety Distances

Frank Gekat, Gematronik, Neuss, Germany; and H. Niebaum and F. Pöschl

Handout (78.2 kB)

P12R.5

Issues in designing a new radar data exchange format

Dennis F. Flanigan Jr., NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. VanAndel, J. Caron, and W. C. Lee

Handout (50.8 kB)

P12R.6

NCAR S-Pol Second Frequency (Ka-band) Radar

Gordon Farquharson, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and F. Pratte, M. Pipersky, D. Ferraro, A. Phinney, E. Loew, R. A. Rilling, S. Ellis, and J. Vivekanandan

Handout (188.3 kB)

P12R.7

Power calibration of VHF Stratospheric-Tropospheric radars

Edwin F. Campos, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada; and W. Hocking and F. Fabry

Handout (449.5 kB)

P12R.8

Solar calibrations with dual polarization weather radar

Pekka V. S. Puhakka, Univ. of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

Handout (84.2 kB)

P12R.9

Estimating the impact of a 3-dB sensitivity loss on WSR-88D data

Kevin A. Scharfenberg, NOAA/NWS Office of Climate, Water, and Weather Services, Norman, OK ; and K. L. Elmore, E. Forren, V. Melnikov, and D. S. Zrnic

Handout (399.1 kB)

P12R.10

Development of broadband radar and initial observation

Tomoo Ushio, Osaka Prefecture University, Sakai, Osaka, Japan; and K. Monden, T. Mega, K. Okamoto, and Z. I. Kawasaki

Handout (200.1 kB)

P12R.11

Development of a C-band pulse compression weather radar

Katsuhiro Nakagawa, National Institute of Information and Communication Technology, Okinawa, Japan; and H. Hanado, K. Fukutani, and T. Iguchi

Handout (1.0 MB)

P12R.12

Recent Data System and Antenna Upgrades to the CSU-CHILL Radar

David A. Brunkow, Colorado State Univ., Ft. Collins, CO; and J. George, V. N. Bringi, and V. Chandrasekar

Handout (428.7 kB)

P12R.13

A Demonstration of a Scanning Multiple Antenna UHF Radar

William O. J. Brown, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and G. Zhang, T. Y. Yu, and S. Cohn

P12R.14

A new C-band polarimetric radar with simultaneous transmission for hydrometeor classification and rainfall measurement

J. William Conway, Weather Decision Technologies, Inc., Norman, OK; and D. Nealson, J. J. Stagliano Jr., A. V. Ryzhkov, L. Venkatramani, and D. Zrnic

Handout (691.3 kB)

P12R.15

Plans for the polarimetric upgrade to the Shared Mobile Atmospheric Research and Teaching (SMART) radars

Michael I. Biggerstaff, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and D. S. Zrnic, L. J. Wicker, A. Zahrai, and J. M. Straka

Poster Session 13R

Hydrologic studies employing radar data

Location: Alvarado F and Atria (Hotel Albuquerque at Old Town)

Host: 32nd Conference on Radar Meteorology

P13R.1

Paper P13R.1 moved to Paper 13R.5A

P13R.2

Z to R relationships for snowfall-events in Austria, determined by modelling winterly precipitation particles realistically

Franz Teschl, Graz Univ. of Technology, Graz, Austria; and W. L. Randeu and M. Schönhuber

Handout (63.8 kB)

P13R.3

Implementation of the EHIMI Software Package in the Weather Radar Operational Chain of the Catalan Meteorological Service

Joan Bech, Catalan Meteorological Service, Barcelona, Spain; and T. Rigo, N. Pineda, S. Segalà, E. Vilaclara, R. Sánchez-Diezma, D. Sempere-Torres, and E. Velasco

Handout (1.0 MB)

P13R.4

A Framework for Use of NEXRAD Data in Hydrology

A. Allen Bradley, Univ. of Iowa, Iowa City, IA; and M. L. Baeck, S. Del Greco, W. F. Krajewski, A. Kruger, R. E. Lawrence, M. K. Ramamurthy, M. Steiner, J. A. Smith, and J. Weber

P13R.5

A physically-based parsimonious approach for spatial disaggregation of NEXRAD precipitation data in mountainous terrains

Huade Guan, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM; and J. L. Wilson

P13R.6

The raindrop size distribution characteristics and its applications to radar rainfall estimation in Taiwan area

Wei-Yu Chang, National Central Univ., Taoyuan, Taiwan; and T. C. Chen Wang, W. T. Lin, and P. L. Lin

Handout (468.3 kB)

P13R.7

Range effects on reflectivity gradients in tropical Brazil

Roberto V. Calheiros, MRI/UNESP/National Institute for Space Research/INPE, Bauru, São Paulo, Brazil; and C. A. D. A. Antonio

Handout (160.3 kB)

P13R.8

An intercomparison of polarimetrically-derived and VPR-corrected rainfall with conventional estimates

Paul J. Frank, Univ. of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND; and P. A. Kucera

P13R.9

Changes in the Precipitation Processing Subsystem (PPS) of the WSR-88D (NEXRAD) in 2004–2009

Daniel S. Berkowitz, NOAA/NWS, Norman, OK

Handout (499.1 kB)

P13R.10

The morphology of tropical rainfall systems and their hydrological significance

Augusto José Pereira Filho, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil; and F. D. Santos Silva

Handout (474.3 kB)

P13R.11

Hydrometeorological Decision Support System for the Lower Colorado River Authority

Charles A. Barrere Jr., Weather Decision Technologies, Inc., Norman, OK; and M. D. Eilts and B. Clarke

Handout (599.9 kB)

P13R.12

Automatic estimation of rainfall fields for hydrological applications: Blending radar and rain gauge data in real time

Carlos Velasco-Forero, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain; and D. Sempere-Torres, R. Sánchez-Diezma, E. Cassiraga, and J. J. Gómez-Hernández

Handout (396.5 kB)

P13R.13

Validation of NEXRAD Stage III (or MPE) precipitation in Texas Hill Country and the variability of the estimates between Texas Hill Country and Central New Mexico

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

Poster Session 14R

drop size distributions and lightning

Location: Alvarado F and Atria (Hotel Albuquerque at Old Town)

Host: 32nd Conference on Radar Meteorology

Organizer: V. Chandrasekar, Colorado State Univ.

P14R.1

On the equivalence of the dual-wavelength and polarimetric equations for estimation of the raindrop size distribution

Robert Meneghini, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and L. Liao

Handout (1013.1 kB)

P14R.2

V-CHILL Radar Operations in Classrooms: Courseware and Research Applications

Patrick C. Kennedy, Colorado State Univ., Ft. Collins, CO; and V. Chandrasekar, D. Brunkow, J. Deyke, S. A. Rutledge, P. L. Smith, S. E. Yuter, R. E. Orville, L. D. Carey, W. A. Petersen, A. G. Detwiler, and M. Cech

Handout (601.2 kB)

P14R.3

A comparative study of drop size distribution retrieval using two video disdrometers and a UHF wind profiling radar

Laura M. Kanofsky, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma; and P. B. Chilson, T. J. Schuur, G. Zhang, and E. A. Brandes

Handout (981.0 kB)

P14R.4

Z-R Relations from raindrop disdrometers: Sensitivity to regression methods and DSD data refinements

Brooks E. Martner, NOAA/ETL and CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and V. Dubovskiy and S. Y. Matrosov

Handout (1.2 MB)

P14R.5

A simulation approach to sampling effects in raindrop size distribution measurements in non-stationary rain

Alexis Berne, Wageningen Univ., Wageningen, Netherlands; and R. Uijlenhoet

Handout (106.5 kB)

P14R.6

Experimental Investigation of X-band Polarimetric Algorithm for Drop Size Distribution Retrieval

Marios Anagnostou, Univ. of Connecticut, Storrs, CT; and E. N. Anagnostou and J. Vivekanandan

Handout (288.9 kB)

P14R.7

Radar observations of a negative cloud-to-ground storm observed during STEPS

Sarah A. Tessendorf, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and S. A. Rutledge

Handout (277.9 kB)

P14R.8

The role of storm dynamics on lightning activity for the 19 June 2004 Mesoscale Convective System during TELEX

Nicholas S. Biermann, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and M. I. Biggerstaff, G. Carrie, N. Ramig, T. L. Wiegman, M. L. Sessing, D. MacGorman, D. Rust, L. Carey, P. Krehbiel, W. Rison, and T. Hamlin

Handout (534.2 kB)

P14R.9

Polarimetric radar and electrical structure of a multicell storm

E. Bruning, Univ. Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and W. D. Rust, D. R. MacGorman, T. J. Schuur, J. M. Straka, P. R. Krehbiel, W. Rison, and T. Hamlin

P14R.10

Radar, Lidar, and In-situ Observations of Tropical Cirrus Clouds

Larry Belcher, SSAI, Lanham, MD; and G. M. Heymsfield

Handout (236.6 kB)

P14R.11

Inference of mean raindrop shapes from dual-polarization Doppler spectra observations

D. N. Moisseev, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and V. Chandrasekar

Handout (323.3 kB)

P14R.12

DSD uncertainties estimated from multi-frequency profiler observations

Christopher R. Williams, Univ. of Colorado and NOAA/AL, Boulder, CO; and K. S. Gage, R. Cifelli, and S. W. Nesbitt

P14R.13

Drop size distribution and radar rainfall estimation for different precipitation systems in Taiwan

Pay-Liam Lin, National Central Univ., Jhong-Li, Taiwan; and Y. J. Hsu and H. H. Lin

Handout (438.7 kB)

P14R.14

Comparison of Doppler spectral moments from TARA and disdrometers during rainfall experiments at CESAR

Remko Uijlenhoet, Wageningen Univ., Wageningen, Netherlands; and H. Leijnse, A. Berne, C. Unal, and H. Russchenberg

Poster Session 15R

Severe weather studies employing radar

Location: Alvarado F and Atria (Hotel Albuquerque at Old Town)

Host: 32nd Conference on Radar Meteorology

P15R.1

The detectability of tornadic signatures with Doppler radar: A radar emulator study

Ryan M. May, EEC, Norman, OK; and M. I. Biggerstaff and M. Xue

Handout (325.7 kB)

P15R.2

High-resolution, mobile, W-band Doppler radar observations of the vertical structure of a tornado near Attica, Kansas on 12 May 2004

Howard B. Bluestein, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and E. Holthaus, C. C. Weiss, S. Frasier, and A. L. Pazmany

Handout (805.5 kB)

P15R.3

The Evolution of a Tornado: Ground-Based Velocity Track Display (GBVTD) Analysis of Mobile, W-Band Doppler Radar Data on 15 May 1999 near Stockton, Kansas

Robin L. Tanamachi, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and H. B. Bluestein, M. Bell, W. C. Lee, A. L. Pazmany, and C. C. Weiss

Handout (2.7 MB)

P15R.4

The Air Flow and The Large Hail Spawn Area in Hailstorm

P15R.5

NWS operational perspectives of the 21 June 2004 Amarillo hailstorm

Matthew R. Kramar, NOAA/NWSFO, Sterling, VA; and J. K. Jordan

Handout (3.0 MB)

P15R.6

Simulated WSR-88D measurements of low-reflectivity eyes associated with tornadoes

Vincent T. Wood, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and R. A. Brown and D. C. Dowell

Handout (2.2 MB)

P15R.7

Radar characteristics of a tornadic low topped mini-supercell in Finland

Jenni Teittinen, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland; and J. LaDue and H. Hohti

P15R.8

Simulated Doppler velocity signatures of evolving tornado-like vortices

Robert Davies-Jones, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and V. T. Wood

Handout (1.8 MB)

P15R.9

Characteristics analysis of squall line in July 12 with Doppler radar and multi-scale data

Wei Ming, Nanjing Univ. of Information Science & Technology, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

P15R.10

Observations of supercell merger and tornadogenesis from May 4, 2003

William T. Gilmore, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO; and N. I. Fox

Handout (497.6 kB)

P15R.11

The 12 May 2004 Harper, KS tornado: Analysis of DOW radar observations of the low level wind field

Karen A. Kosiba, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN; and R. J. Trapp and J. M. Wurman

Handout (337.8 kB)

P15R.12

A Doppler radar investigation of storm morphology and vortex evolution within a Midwestern QLCS

Jason T. Martinelli, Creighton Univ., Omaha, NE

P15R.13

Detection of Hazardous Weather Phenomena Using Data Assimilation Techniques.

Robert Fritchie, CAPS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and K. K. Droegemeier, M. Xue, M. Tong, and E. S. Godfrey

Handout (762.8 kB)

P15R.14

High resolution dual-Doppler analysis of a tornado on 22 May 2004

Joshua Wurman, Center for Severe Weather Research, Boulder, CO

P15R.15

Yes, We do have tornadoes in Sao Paulo, Brazil. From the mesoscale models to the radar reflectivity point of view

Wando C. M. Amorim, Univ. of Sao Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil; and C. A. R. Morales, R. I. Albrecht, and R. M. Rosa

Handout (435.1 kB)

P15R.16

The meteorological environment of significant tornadoes in northern and central Europe

P15R.17

Relationship between Convective Updraft and Mass Flux to the Total Lightning Flash Rate and Height in an MCS on 19 June during TELEX 2004

Lawrence D. Carey, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; and M. I. Biggerstaff, W. D. Rust, D. R. MacGorman, C. Hodapp, S. Motley, N. S. Biermann, T. Weigman, M. Sessing, G. Carrie, P. R. Krehbiel, W. Rison, and T. Hamlin

Coffee Break

Session 11R

microphysics of clouds and precipitation

Location: Alvarado GH (Hotel Albuquerque at Old Town)

Host: 32nd Conference on Radar Meteorology

Chair: H. Russchenberg, Delft Univ. of Technology

3:30 PM

11R.1

Rainfall estimation from C-band polarimetric radar in Okinawa, Japan : Comparisons with 2D-video disdrometer and 400 MHz Wind Profiler

Viswanathan Bringi, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and M. Thurai, K. Nakagawa, G. J. Huang, T. Kobayashi, A. Adachi, H. Hanado, and S. Sekizawa

Presentation PDF (1.2 MB)

3:45 PM

11R.2

Automatic Detection of the Melting Layer with a Polarimetric Prototype of the WSR-88D Radar

Scott Giangrande, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and A. V. Ryzhkov and J. Krause

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (1.5 MB)

4:00 PM

11R.3

How good are D₀ estimates using polarimetric variables?

Christopher R. Williams, Univ. of Colorado and NOAA/AL, Boulder, CO; and P. T. May

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (126.7 kB)

4:15 PM

11R.4

Classification of hydrometeors and non-hydrometeors using polarimetric C-band radar

Jonathan J. Gourley, Météo France, Trappes, France; and P. Tabary and J. Parent du Châtelet

Presentation PDF (476.9 kB)

4:30 PM

11R.5

Radar velocity variance and hydrometeor classification

Raquel Evaristo, CETP, Vélizy, France; and G. Scialom and Y. Lemaitre

Recorded presentation

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4:45 PM

11R.6

Precipitation physics: the structure of precipitation and its modeling in space and time

GyuWon Lee, McGill Univ., Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, QC, Canada; and A. W. Seed and I. Zawadzki

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (594.3 kB)

5:00 PM

11R.7

A synergetic radar-lidar technique for the LWC retrieval in water clouds: Description and application to the Cloudnet data

Oleg A. Krasnov, Delft Univ. of Technology, Delft, Netherlands; and H. W. J. Russchenberg

Presentation PDF (674.0 kB)

5:15 PM

11R.8

Radar analysis of precipitation development in Florida cumulus clouds

Sabine Goeke, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and H. T. Ochs and R. M. Rauber

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (410.5 kB)

Session 12R

New Radar Technologies

Location: Alvarado ABCD (Hotel Albuquerque at Old Town)

Host: 32nd Conference on Radar Meteorology

Chair: Andrew L. Pazmany, ProSensing Inc.

3:30 PM

12R.1

Keynote Talk: A mobile rapid-scan radar: The quest for finer and balanced temporal and spatial scale observations

Joshua Wurman, Center for Severe Weather Research, Boulder, CO

Recorded presentation

4:00 PM

12R.2

Multi-Function Phased Array Radar for U.S. Civil-Sector Surveillance Needs

Mark E. Weber, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA; and J. Cho, J. Flavin, J. Herd, and M. Vai

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (406.3 kB)

4:15 PM

12R.3

The National Weather Radar Testbed (Phased-Array)

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

Recorded presentation

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12R.4

The UAH-NSSTC/WHNT ARMOR C-band dual-polarimetric radar: A unique collaboration in research, education and technology transfer

Presentation PDF (372.5 kB)

4:45 PM

12R.5

Water vapor and liquid water estimates using simultaneous S and Ka band radar measurements

Scott Ellis, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. Vivekanandan, K. Goodman Jr., and C. Kessinger

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (113.2 kB)

5:00 PM

12R.6

A Dual-beam X-band Doppler Radar for Tropical Storm Research on High Altitude UAVs

Lihua Li, Univ. of Maryland, Greenbelt, MD; and G. M. Heymsfield, J. Knuble, and S. Rodriguez

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (1.9 MB)

5:15 PM

12R.7

Observations of the Small-scale Variability of Precipitation Using an Imaging Radar

Robert D. Palmer, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and B. L. Cheong, M. W. Hoffman, S. J. Frasier, and F. J. Lopez-Dekker

Presentation PDF (2.0 MB)

5:30 PM

12R.4A

Operational Use of Pulse Compression in Weather Radar

Fritz OHora, Sigmet, Inc., Westford, MA; and J. Bech

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (233.7 kB)

Sessions Conclude for the Day

Registration Open from 7:30am–12:30pm

Session 13R

Hydrologic Studies Employing Radar Data

Location: Alvarado ABCD (Hotel Albuquerque at Old Town)

Host: 32nd Conference on Radar Meteorology

Chair: Matthias Steiner, Princeton Univ.

8:15 AM

13R.1

Keynote Talk: Improvements on flow forecasting using precipitation nowcasting based in radar advection techniques: Assessment of predictability and uncertainty propagation

Daniel Sempere-Torres, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain; and M. Berenguer and C. Carles

Presentation PDF (2.5 MB)

8:45 AM

13R.2

Evaluation of the Range Correction Algorithm and Convective Stratiform Separation Algorithm for Improving Hydrological Modeling

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

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (501.8 kB)

9:00 AM

13R.3

Real-time comparisons of VPR-corrected daily rainfall estimates with a gauge mesonet

Aldo Bellon, J.S. Marshall Radar Observatory/McGill Univ., Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, QC, Canada; and G. Lee, A. Kilambi, and I. Zawadzki

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (1.4 MB)

9:15 AM

13R.4

A combined Micro-Rain-Radar (MRR) and weather radar system for improved real-time quantitative precipitation measurement (QPM)

Malte Diederich, Meteorological Institute/Univ. of Bonn, Bonn, Germany; and D. Meetschen, A. Battaglia, and C. Simmer

9:30 AM

13R.5

Paper 13R.5 moved to P13R.1A

9:31 AM

13R.6

3D radar data downscaling

Xavier Llort Sr., Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain; and M. Berenguer, M. Franco, R. Sánchez-Diezma, and D. Sempere-Torres

Presentation PDF (629.6 kB)

9:46 AM

13R.5A

(Formerly Paper P13R.1) A hydrometerological test bed and the NMQ project

Kenneth Howard, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and J. Zhang and S. Vasiloff

Recorded presentation

Coffee Break

Session 14R

Radar Networking

Location: Alvarado ABCD (Hotel Albuquerque at Old Town)

Host: 32nd Conference on Radar Meteorology

Organizer: V. Chandrasekar, Colorado State University

10:30 AM

14R.1

Short Wavelength Technology and the Potential for Distributed Networks of Short-Range Radar Systems

David J. McLaughlin, Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA

10:45 AM

14R.2

CASA's first test bed: Integrated Project #1

J. A. Brotzge, CAPS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and K. Brewster, B. Johnson, B. Philips, M. Preston, D. Westbrook, and M. Zink

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (210.4 kB)

11:00 AM

14R.3

An end-to-end emulation of the CASA radar network

Eric J. Lyons, CASA, Amherst, MA; and V. Lakamraju, K. Brewster, M. Xue, and K. D. Hondl

Recorded presentation

11:15 AM

14R.4

How will X-band attenuation affect tornado detection in the CASA IP1 radar network?

Keith A. Brewster, CAPS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and E. C. Fay and F. Junyent

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (582.2 kB)

11:30 AM

14R.5

Toward a national high resolution field of water vapor

Rita Roberts, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and F. Fabry, J. VanAndel, L. Mooney, E. Nelson, N. Rehak, J. Fritz, P. Kennedy, D. Brunkow, V. Chandrasekar, J. Hubbert, J. Wilson, and C. Kessinger

11:45 AM

14R.6

The Panthere project and the evolution of the French operational radar network and products : rain-estimation, Doppler winds and dual-polarisation

Jacques Parent, CNRM, TOULOUSE, France; and P. Tabary and M. Guimera

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (462.0 kB)

12:00 PM

14R.7

On-site antenna pattern measurement for operational weather radars in Germany

Jörg E. E. Seltmann, German Meteorological Service, Hohenpeissenberg, Germany; and T. Hohmann, B. Lange, K. Desler, T. C. Mammen, and S. Boehm

Session 15R

drop size distributions and lightning

Location: Alvarado GH (Hotel Albuquerque at Old Town)

Host: 32nd Conference on Radar Meteorology

Chair: Lawrence Carey, North Carolina State Univ.

10:30 AM

15R.1

The role of storm dynamics on cloud electrification: The 29 May 2004 tornadic supercell observed during TELEX

Michael I. Biggerstaff, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and D. R. MacGorman, W. D. Rust, C. L. Ziegler, J. M. Straka, T. J. Schuur, G. Carrie, K. M. Kuhlman, E. N. Rasmussen, P. R. Krehbiel, W. Rison, and T. Hamlin

10:45 AM

15R.2

Lightning and dual-polarization radar structure of small convective storms

P. Krehbiel, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM; and W. Rison, R. J. Thomas, C. Maggio, T. Marshall, M. Stolzenberg, T. Hamlin, and K. Wiens

Recorded presentation

11:00 AM

15R.3

The physical causes of DSD variability

Isztar Zawadzki, McGill Univ., Montreal, PQ, Canada; and G. Lee

Recorded presentation

11:15 AM

15R.4

Climatological analysis of DSDs in Oklahoma as revealed by 2D-video disdrometer and polarimetric WSR-88D radar

Terry J. Schuur, Univ. of Oklahoma/CIMMS and NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and A. V. Ryzhkov and D. R. Clabo

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (610.3 kB)

11:30 AM

15R.5

The bias In moment estimators for parameters of drop-size distribution functions: sampling from gamma distributions

Paul L. Smith, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD; and D. V. Kliche and R. W. Johnson

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (569.7 kB)

11:45 AM

15R.6

Profiler DSD retrievals: What is the impact of an additional profiler?

D. N. Moisseev, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and V. Chandrasekar

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (191.9 kB)

12:00 PM

15R.7

Algorithm for rain rate retrieval from spectral moments of vertically pointing doppler radar

Remko Uijlenhoet, Wageningen University, Wageningen, Netherlands; and H. Leijnse and A. Berne

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (943.5 kB)

32nd Radar Meteorology Conference Adjourns

32nd Conference on Radar Meteorology

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