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Saturday, 22 October 2005

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5:00 PM-5:00 PM: Saturday, 22 October 2005


Registration Open from 5:00pm–7:00pm

Sunday, 23 October 2005

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7:00 AM-7:00 AM: Sunday, 23 October 2005


Registration Open from 7:00am–10:30am

8:00 AM-8:00 AM: Sunday, 23 October 2005


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

5:00 PM-5:00 PM: Sunday, 23 October 2005


Registration Open from 5:00pm–7:00pm

7:00 PM-7:00 PM: Sunday, 23 October 2005


NCAR EOL/Unidata Town Meeting

Monday, 24 October 2005

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7:00 AM-7:00 AM: Monday, 24 October 2005


Registration Open from 7:00am–5:30pm

8:00 AM-8:00 AM: Monday, 24 October 2005


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

8:15 AM-10:00 AM: Monday, 24 October 2005


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

10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Monday, 24 October 2005


Coffee Break

10:30 AM-12:15 PM: Monday, 24 October 2005


Session 1M
Mesoscale Model Development & Data Assimilation
Location: Alvarado GH (Hotel Albuquerque at Old Town)
Host: 11th Conference on Mesoscale Processes
Chair: Stephen S. Weygandt, NOAA/FSL
10:30 AM
1M.1
A Comparison of Sensitivity Analyses from Three methods: An adjoint, a Very Large Ensemble, and a New Method of Random Perturbations
William J. Martin, NOAA/NWS, Glasgow, MT; and M. Xue
Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (279.9 kB)

10:45 AM
1M.2
Assimilating Vortex Position with an Ensemble Kalman Filter
Yongsheng Chen, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and C. Snyder
Recorded presentation

11:00 AM
1M.3
Surface Data Assimilation Using an Ensemble Kalman Filter Approach with Initial Condition and Model Physics Uncertainties
Tadashi Fujita, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and D. J. Stensrud and D. C. Dowell
Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (1.0 MB)

11:15 AM
1M.4
The High resolution Limited Area version of the Global Environmental Multiscale model and its potential operational applications
Amin Erfani, MSC, Dorval, QC, Canada; and J. Mailhot, S. Gravel, M. Desgagné, N. Mclennan, D. Jacob, R. Goodson, and D. Sills
Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (479.1 kB)

11:30 AM
1M.5
Trials of high resolution versions of the Unified Model for short range forecasting of convective events
Humphrey W. Lean, Met Office, Reading, Berks., United Kingdom; and S. Ballard, P. A. Clark, M. Dixon, Z. Li, and N. Roberts
Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (209.3 kB)

11:45 AM
1M.6
Statistical convergence in simulated moist absolutely unstable layers
George H. Bryan, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. Rotunno
Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (565.7 kB)

12:00 PM
1M.7
Prediction of Convective Initiation and Precipitation for the 12 June Squall Line Case during IHOP and Impact of Simulated GPS Slant-path Water Vapor Data
Haixia Liu, CAPS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and M. Xue


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)

12:15 PM-12:15 PM: Monday, 24 October 2005


Vendor Session with Cash-and-Carry Lunch

Lunch

12:15 PM-1:15 PM: Monday, 24 October 2005


Lunch

1:15 PM-3:00 PM: Monday, 24 October 2005


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 1M
Mesoscale Model Development & Data Assimilation
Location: Alvarado F and Atria (Hotel Albuquerque at Old Town)
Host: 11th Conference on Mesoscale Processes
P1M.1
Stochastic approaches within current PBL parameterization schemes

P1M.2
The Real–Time Mesoscale Analysis (RTMA) effort
Bradley R. Colman, NOAA/NWS, Seattle, WA; and L. Anderson, R. Aune, S. Benjamin, G. DiMego, B. Gockel, J. D. Horel, Y. Lin, G. Mandt, and M. Pondeca

P1M.3
Study of MODIS Retrieved Data and their Impact on Weather Simulations
S.-H. Chen, Univ. of California, Davis, CA; and A. Chen, J. Haase, Z. Zhao, and F. Vandenberghe

Handout (272.0 kB)

P1M.4
Coupled Atmosphere, Land–surface, Hydrology, Ocean–wave, and Ocean–current Models for Mesoscale Water and Energy Circulations
Haruyasu Nagai, Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute, Tokai, Ibaraki, Japan; and T. Kobayashi, K. Tsuduki, and K. Kim

Handout (928.8 kB)

P1M.5
Formal proof of the existence of an atmospheric base–state and its estimation
Marco A. Nuñez, Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana Iztapalapa, Mexico City, Mexico

Handout (214.8 kB)

P1M.6
FOUR-DIMENSIONAL VARIATIONAL DATA ASSIMILATION OF GROUND-BASED GPS WATER VAPOR DATA IN THE JUNE 12TH IHOP CASE
So-Young Ha, NCAR, Boulder, CO

Handout (446.1 kB)

P1M.7
Some Accuracy Considerations for Simulating Large–Scale Atmospheric Flows with Time–Split Compressible Models
Kevin C. Viner, NRL, Monterey, CA; and C. C. Epifanio

P1M.8
Treatment of parametric model error for MM5 with an ensemble Kalman filter
Altug Aksoy, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and F. Zhang and J. W. Nielsen-Gammon

P1M.9
A method for imposing surface-stress and heat–flux conditions in finite–difference models with steep terrain
Craig C. Epifanio, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX

P1M.10
A mass–flux parameterization for shallow cumulus convection in the NCEP global forecast system
Jongil Han, SRG at NCEP/EMC, College Park, MD; and H. L. Pan and F. Yang

P1M.11
The precipitation mass sink in tropical cyclones
Gary M. Lackmann, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC; and R. M. Yablonsky

Handout (399.5 kB)

P1M.12
Relationships between mixed–phase microphysical collection and modeled precipitation in various regimes
Brian J. Gaudet, Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM; and E. A. Ritchie

Handout (771.9 kB)

P1M.13
Analytic solution of the deep continuity equation over complex terrain
Marco A. Nunez, Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana, Iztapalapa, Mexico City, Mexico; and E. Cruz

Handout (518.7 kB)

P1M.14
Reliability analysis of mass consistent models
Marco A. Nuñez, Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana Iztapalapa, Mexico City, Mexico; and H. Juarez and C. Flores

Handout (839.3 kB)


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)

3:00 PM-3:30 PM: Monday, 24 October 2005


Coffee Break

3:30 PM-5:30 PM: Monday, 24 October 2005


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)

5:30 PM-5:30 PM: Monday, 24 October 2005


Sessions Conclude for the Day

5:30 PM-7:00 PM: Monday, 24 October 2005


Opening of Exhibits with Icebreaker Reception

7:00 PM-7:00 PM: Monday, 24 October 2005


Paul Smith Tribute Dinner (Radar)
Organizer: V. Chandrasekar, Colorado State University

Tuesday, 25 October 2005

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7:00 AM-7:00 AM: Tuesday, 25 October 2005


Registration Open from 7:00am–5:30pm

8:15 AM-10:00 AM: Tuesday, 25 October 2005


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)

10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Tuesday, 25 October 2005


Coffee Break

10:30 AM-12:15 PM: Tuesday, 25 October 2005


Session 2M
WRF Model
Location: Alvarado GH (Hotel Albuquerque at Old Town)
Host: 11th Conference on Mesoscale Processes
Chair: Mark Stoelinga, Univ. of Washington
10:30 AM
2M.1
Experiences with 0–36 hour Explicit Convective Forecasting with the WRF–ARW Model
Morris L. Weisman, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and W. Wang and C. Davis
Recorded presentation

10:45 AM
2M.2
Evaluating the skill of daily explicit predictions of mesocyclones in multiple high–resolution WRF model forecasts during the 2005 SPC/NSSL Spring Program
Steven J. Weiss, SPC, Norman, OK; and J. S. Kain, L. J. Wicker, R. Davies-Jones, D. R. Bright, J. J. Levit, G. W. Carbin, and M. E. Baldwin

11:00 AM
2M.3
How much resolution is enough? Comparing daily WRF–ARW forecasts at 2 and 4 km grid spacing in severe convective weather environments during the 2005 SPC/NSSL Spring Program
John S. Kain, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma and NOAA/OAR/NSSL, Norman, OK; and S. J. Weiss, M. E. Baldwin, K. K. Droegemeier, D. Bright, J. J. Levit, D. B. Weber, and K. Thomas

11:15 AM
2M.4
Diagnostic evaluation of WRF precipitation objects
Barbara G. Brown, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and C. A. Davis and R. Bullock

11:30 AM
2M.5
Real–data numerical simulations of severe bow echoes observed during BAMEX
Dustan M. Wheatley, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN; and R. J. Trapp
Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (790.5 kB)

11:45 AM
2M.6
Influences of Mesoscale Land–atmospheric Interactions on the 12-day Precipitation Episode During June 2002
Fei Chen, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and S. Trier and K. Manning

12:00 PM
2M.7
WRF Simulation of the genesis of Hurricane Javier (2004) in the Eastern Pacific
Scott A. Braun, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD
Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (2.8 MB)


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

12:00 PM-3:30 PM: Tuesday, 25 October 2005


Exhibits Open

12:15 PM-1:15 PM: Tuesday, 25 October 2005


Lunch

1:15 PM-1:15 PM: Tuesday, 25 October 2005


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)

1:15 PM-3:00 PM: Tuesday, 25 October 2005


Poster Session 2M
WRF Model
Location: Alvarado F and Atria (Hotel Albuquerque at Old Town)
Host: 11th Conference on Mesoscale Processes
P2M.1
Propagating nocturnal convection within a 7–day WRF–model simulation
Stanley B. Trier, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and C. A. Davis

Handout (574.2 kB)

P2M.2
Evaluation of COAMPS and WRF–ARW dynamic cores for topographic flow test problems
James D. Doyle, NRL, Monterey, CA; and Q. Jiang

P2M.3
WRF model simulations of a quasi-stationary, extreme–rain–producing mesoscale convective system
Russ S. Schumacher, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and R. H. Johnson

Handout (1.5 MB)

P2M.4
The WRF model as a tool to understand mesoscale processes over the poorly-sampled South American altiplano
Jose M. Galvez, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and R. Orozco and M. W. Douglas

Handout (2.9 MB)

P2M.5
Explaining rainfall and vegetation gradients along the eastern slopes of the Bolivian Andes using SALLJEX observations and WRF simulations
John F. Mejia, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and M. W. Douglas

P2M.6
LAPS assimilation of Radar and Satellite data for Tropical Cyclone NWP

P2M.7
WRF simulations of orographic precipitation and air mass transformation over the Central Idaho Mountains
Joseph Galewsky, Univ.of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM

P2M.8
High-resolution WRF-simulated microphysical data during a severe weather event
Jason A. Otkin, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

P2M.9
Effects of explicit numerical diffusion in simulations of mesoscale circulations by the Advanced Research WRF Model
Jason C. Knievel, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and G. H. Bryan and J. P. Hacker

P2M.10
Investigating the relationship between water vapour convergence and severe convection using the WRF model at 1km resolution
James M. Done, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and X. Y. Huang and Y. H. Kuo

Handout (438.6 kB)

P2M.11
Disdrometer and Radar Observation-Based Microphysical Parameterization to Improve Weather Forecast
Guifu Zhang, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. Sun, E. A. Brandes, J. Dudhia, and W. Wang

Handout (1.9 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)

3:00 PM-3:30 PM: Tuesday, 25 October 2005


Coffee break

3:30 PM-5:30 PM: Tuesday, 25 October 2005


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

3:30 PM-5:45 PM: Tuesday, 25 October 2005


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)

5:30 PM-5:30 PM: Tuesday, 25 October 2005


Oral Sessions Conclude for the Day

5:30 PM-7:30 PM: Tuesday, 25 October 2005


Exhibitor Reception (with hors d'oeuvres)

6:30 PM-8:30 PM: Tuesday, 25 October 2005


Poster Session 3M
Mesoscale Processes, Dynamics, and Predictability
Location: Alvarado F and Atria (Hotel Albuquerque at Old Town)
Host: 11th Conference on Mesoscale Processes
P3M.1
Paper P3M.1 has moved, New Paper Number is 3M.2A

P3M.2
An Investigation of Turbulent Processes in the Lower Stratosphere
Chad J. Ringley, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC; and M. L. Kaplan, Y. L. Lin, and P. S. Suffern

Handout (303.7 kB)

P3M.3
An Investigation of New York State Finger Lakes Snow Band Events
Ryan Sobash, Penn State Univ., State College, PA; and H. Carr and N. F. Laird

Handout (502.3 kB)

P3M.4
The Impact of Ice Cover on Two Lake-Effect Snow Events in the Eastern Great Lakes Region
Jason M. Cordeira, Univ. of Albany/SUNY, Albany, NY; and N. F. Laird

Handout (381.0 kB)

P3M.5
Quantifying the relative skill of observation-based and NWP-based probablistic forecasts of convection
James O. Pinto, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and C. K. Mueller and S. S. Weygandt

P3M.6
On the importance of environmental factors in influencing the evolution of morning Great Plains MCS activity during the warm season
Carl E. Hane, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and D. L. Andra Jr., J. A. Haynes, T. E. Thompson, and F. H. Carr

Handout (465.2 kB)

P3M.7
The sensitivity of valley boundary layer structure and thermally driven mountain flows to land cover change
Justin A. W. Cox, NOAA/CIRP, Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and W. J. Steenburgh and C. D. Whiteman

P3M.8
Coastal precipitation enhancement over the Southeast U.S. due to mesoscale features induced by near-shore tropical cyclones
Alan F. Srock, University at Albany/SUNY, Albany, NY; and L. F. Bosart and J. Molinari

P3M.9
Paper P3M.9 has moved, New Paper Number is 3M4.A

P3M.10
Analysis of a complex rainfall episode in Catalonia on May 2005
Ramon Pascual Sr., Instituto Nacional de Meteorología, Barcelona, Spain; and A. Callado and M. Berenguer

P3M.11
Influence of the Apennines and Other Factors on Genoa Cyclone Movement During MAP
Yuh-Lang Lin, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC; and A. M. Hoggarth and H. D. Reeves

Handout (308.1 kB)

P3M.12
Variations in drop–size distributions associated with the degree of baroclinicity of the environment
Karen E. Brugman, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and C. Schumacher

Handout (1.6 MB)

P3M.13
The rapid decay of a low-level Jet during IHOP

P3M.14
Effects of the landfall location and approach angle of a cyclone encountering a mesoscale mountain range
Yuh-Lang Lin, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC; and L. C. Savage III and C. M. Hill

Handout (561.2 kB)

P3M.1A
Observations and simulations of mesoscale gravity waves generated in the extratropical baroclinic jet-front systems over North Atlantic
Fuqing Zhang, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; and D. L. Wu and S. Wang


Poster Session 4M
Mesoscale Applications Using Numerical Models
Location: Alvarado F and Atria (Hotel Albuquerque at Old Town)
Host: 11th Conference on Mesoscale Processes
P4M.1
Analysis of the development and evolution of the 15–16 June 2002 Southern Plains severe MCS through high–resolution numerical forecasts
Daniel T. Dawson II, CAPS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and M. Xue

P4M.2
Impacts of Model Errors and Ensemble Initiation on Mesoscale Ensemble-Based Data Assimilation
Zhiyong Meng, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; and F. Zhang

P4M.3
Tephra dispersion modeling using MM5: Example from the Cerro Negro Volcano, Nicaragua
Arlene Laing, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and M. A. Byrne and C. Connor

P4M.4
Numerical investigation of the multi-scale processes inducing convection initiation for the 12 June 2002 IHOP_2002 case study
Sophie Bastin, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and T. M. Weckwerth, F. Chen, and K. Manning

Handout (1.7 MB)

P4M.5
MetEd: a rich resource for mesoscale-focused multimedia education and training on the web
Wendy Schreiber-Abshire, UCAR/COMET, Boulder, CO

P4M.6
The Kinematics and Dynamics of Extreme Warm–Frontal Passages
Kevin H. Goebbert, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and F. H. Carr and D. M. Schultz

P4M.7
The effects of organized upstream convection on downstream precipitation: Physical processes and model representation
Kelly M. Mahoney, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and G. M. Lackmann

Handout (636.0 kB)

P4M.8
Electrified 1D Cloud Model: Investigation of the Amazonian monsoon and dry–to–wet seasonal conditions for convection
Rachel Albrecht, Univ. of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil; and C. Morales, M. A. Silva Dias, and W. A. Petersen

Handout (578.9 kB)

P4M.9
Variable and Scale Dependent Mesoscale Predictability
Naifang Bei, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; and F. Zhang


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)

Wednesday, 26 October 2005

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7:30 AM-7:30 AM: Wednesday, 26 October 2005


Registration Open from 7:30am–12:15pm

8:15 AM-10:00 AM: Wednesday, 26 October 2005


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

9:30 AM-11:30 AM: Wednesday, 26 October 2005


Exhibits Open

10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Wednesday, 26 October 2005


Coffee Break

10:30 AM-12:15 PM: Wednesday, 26 October 2005


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

10:30 AM-1:00 PM: Wednesday, 26 October 2005


Session 3M
Mesoscale Processes, Dynamics, and Predictability
Location: Alvarado GH (Hotel Albuquerque at Old Town)
Host: 11th Conference on Mesoscale Processes
Chair: Yuh-Lang Lin, North Carolina State University
3M.1
SREPS: Multimodel Ensemble for the Short Range

10:45 AM
3M.2
Paper 3M.2 has moved, New Paper Number is P3M.1A
Recorded presentation

11:00 AM
3M.3
Observation-based 0-6 hr Probabilistic Forecasts
Cynthia K. Mueller, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and P. James and M. Dan
Recorded presentation

3M.4
The Influence of Vertical Shear on Observed Lake–Effect Snow Bands

11:30 AM
3M.5
Numerical Simulations of Vertically Propagating Gravity Waves in the Stratosphere above a Hydrostatic Large Amplitude Surface Gravity Wave on December 12th, 2002
Paul Samuel Suffern, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC; and M. L. Kaplan and Y. L. Lin
Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (1.2 MB)

11:45 AM
3M.6
The impact of superimposed low-level jets during the 2003 Presidents' Day winter storm
Michael T. Kiefer, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI; and M. L. Kaplan and Y. L. Lin
Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (642.0 kB)

12:00 PM
3M.7
Surges in the Ross Ice Shelf Air Stream due to topographically trapped waves
Amanda S. Adams, Univ. of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; and G. J. Tripoli
Recorded presentation

12:15 PM
3M.1A
The effects of orography on the propagation and precipitation distribution of pre-existing mesoscale convective systems under different Froude number flow regimes
Heather Dawn Reeves, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; and Y. L. Lin

12:30 PM
3M.2A
A multistage error growth conceptual model for mesoscale predictability
Fuqing Zhang, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; and N. Bei, C. C. Epifanio, R. Rotunno, and C. Snyder
Recorded presentation

12:45 PM
3M.4A
A study of coherent tropopause disturbances within the Northern Hemispheric circumpolar vortex
Joseph R. Kravitz, Univ. at Albany/SUNY, Albany, NY; and L. F. Bosart, D. Keyser, and A. R. Aiyyer
Recorded presentation

12:00 PM-12:00 PM: Wednesday, 26 October 2005


Sessions Conclude for the Day

4:30 PM-4:30 PM: Wednesday, 26 October 2005


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

Thursday, 27 October 2005

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7:30 AM-7:30 AM: Thursday, 27 October 2005


Registration Open from 7:30am–5:30pm

8:15 AM-10:00 AM: Thursday, 27 October 2005


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)

9:30 AM-10:30 AM: Thursday, 27 October 2005


Exhibits Open

10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Thursday, 27 October 2005


Coffee Break

10:30 AM-12:15 PM: Thursday, 27 October 2005


Session 4M
Mesoscale Applications Using Numerical Models
Location: Alvarado GH (Hotel Albuquerque at Old Town)
Host: 11th Conference on Mesoscale Processes
Chair: Conrad L. Ziegler, NOAA/NSSL
10:30 AM
4M.1
Numerical simulation of waterspouts observed in the Tyrrhenian Sea
G. J. Tripoli, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and C. M. Medaglia, A. Mugnai, and E. A. Smith
Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (181.6 kB)

10:45 AM
4M.2
Mesoscale forcing of marine atmospheric boundary layer clouds along the U.S. West Coast
Tracy Haack, NRL, Monterey, CA; and M. A. Wetzel
Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (342.8 kB)

11:00 AM
4M.3
Convective and orographic aspects in the formation of a pre–cyclogenic African easterly wave near the Ethiopian Highlands
Christopher M. Hill, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC; and Y. L. Lin

Presentation PDF (1.1 MB)

11:15 AM
4M.4
The mesoscale analysis and prediction of fire weather
Joseph J. Charney, USDA Forest Service, East Lansing, MI
Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (305.7 kB)

11:30 AM
4M.5
Impact of land surface heterogeneities on atmospheric water vapor distribution during the IHOP_2002 29 May 2002 case
Sophie Bastin, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and P. J. Drobinski, C. N. Flamant, F. Chen, and K. Manning
Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (772.1 kB)

11:45 AM
4M.6
Simulation of a lake effect snowstorm with a cloud resolving numerical model
Anthony Liu, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; and G. W. K. Moore, T. Maesaka, and K. Tsuboki

12:00 PM
4M.7
A new dynamically adaptive mesoscale atmospheric model
Xudong Xiao, N.C. State Univ., Raleigh, NC; and D. S. McRae and H. A. Hassan
Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (1.8 MB)

10:30 AM-12:30 PM: Thursday, 27 October 2005


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)

12:15 PM-1:15 PM: Thursday, 27 October 2005


Lunch

12:30 PM-3:30 PM: Thursday, 27 October 2005


Exhibits Open

1:15 PM-3:00 PM: Thursday, 27 October 2005


Poster Session 5M
Orographic & Coastal Circulation
Location: Alvarado F and Atria (Hotel Albuquerque at Old Town)
Host: 11th Conference on Mesoscale Processes
P5M.1
The Land and Lake Breezes of the Dongting Lake and the Effects on Precipitation

P5M.2
Structure of the wake north of the Alps
Vanda Grubisic, DRI, Reno, NV

P5M.3
Maintenance of a mountain valley cold pool: Numerical study
Brian J. Billings, DRI, Reno, NV; and V. Grubisic and R. D. Borys

Handout (155.3 kB)

P5M.4
Nonhydrostatic mountain waves in flows with directional wind shear
James Doyle, NRL, Monterey, CA; and Q. Jiang

P5M.5
Understanding precipitation enhancement over Long Island, NY using WSR-88D and high resolution simulations
Brian A. Colle, Stony Brook Univ./SUNY, Stony Brook, NY; and S. E. Yuter

5M.0
The Dynamics and Structure of Flow Through The Columbia River Gorge: The Results of Idealized and Case Study Simulations
Justin Sharp, PPM Energy, Portland, OR; and C. Mass
Recorded presentation

P5M.7
On boundary layer separation in the lee of idealized topography
Qingfang Jiang, UCAR Visiting Scientist, NRL, Monterey, CA; and J. D. Doyle

P5M.8
Effects of Moist Froude Number and Orographic Aspect Ratio on a Conditionally Unstable Flow over a Mesoscale Mountain
S.-H. Chen, Univ. of California, Davis, CA; and Y. L. Lin, Z. Zhao, and H. D. Reeves

Handout (693.0 kB)

P5M.9
Poster P5M.9 Moved, New Paper Number 3M.1A

P5M.10
Assessing the frictional and baroclinic contributions to stratified wake formation: A parameter-space study
Jamie B. Smith, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; and C. C. Epifanio

P5M.11
A look at the ensemble-mean structure of a breaking mountain wave
Tingting Qian, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; and C. C. Epifanio

P5M.12
Katabatic flow along a differentially cooled sloping surface in a stratified fluid
Alan Shapiro, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and E. Fedorovich

Handout (105.4 kB)

P5M.13
Ensemble–based simultaneous state and parameter estimation for an idealized nonlinear sea breeze model

P5M.14
Large eddy simulation of the onset of the sea breeze
Marta Antonelli, Univ. of Genova, Genoa, Italy; and R. Rotunno


Poster Session 6M
Idealized Modeling Studies
Location: Alvarado F and Atria (Hotel Albuquerque at Old Town)
Host: 11th Conference on Mesoscale Processes
P6M.1
An Investigation of the Dynamics of Coherent Tropopause Disturbances Using a High Resolution Global Model
James S. Waller, Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL; and P. Cunningham

Handout (1.5 MB)

P6M.2
Using surface pressure variations to study atmospheric disturbances generated by the diurnal heating
Yanping Li, Yale Univ., New Haven, CT; and R. B. Smith

Handout (370.1 kB)

P6M.3
Influence of elevated heating on the Zagros Plateau (Iran) on circulations in Southwest Asia
Benjamin F. Zaitchik, Yale Univ., New Haven, CT; and R. B. Smith

Handout (398.2 kB)

P6M.4
Simulated precipitation structure of the extratropical transition of tropical cyclones
Elizabeth A. Ritchie, Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
Recorded presentation

Handout (2.1 MB)

P6M.5
Modeled mesoscale gravity waves: continuous spectrum and energy cascade
Chungu Lu, NOAA/ERL/FSL, Boulder, CO; and S. E. Koch, F. Zhang, and N. Wang

Handout (1.6 MB)

P6M.6
Analysis and evolution of balance in unstable barotropic jets
Travis A. Smith, Naval Research Laboratory, Stennis Space Center, MS; and P. Cunningham

Handout (312.6 kB)

P6M.7
Nonlinear atmospheric adjustment to momentum forcing
Adam R. Edson, Penn State Univ., University Park, PA; and P. R. Bannon

P6M.8
Nonlinear atmospheric adjustment to thermal forcing
Paul F. Fanelli, Penn State Univ., University Park, PA; and P. R. Bannon


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 KDP 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)

3:00 PM-3:30 PM: Thursday, 27 October 2005


Coffee Break

3:30 PM-5:30 PM: Thursday, 27 October 2005


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

3:30 PM-5:45 PM: Thursday, 27 October 2005


Session 5M
Orographic and Coastal Circulations (Oral)
Location: Alvarado GH (Hotel Albuquerque at Old Town)
Host: 11th Conference on Mesoscale Processes
Chair: Bradley F. Smull, University of Washington
3:30 PM
5M.0
The Dynamics and Structure of Flow Through The Columbia River Gorge: The Results of Idealized and Case Study Simulations
Justin Sharp, PPM Energy, Portland, OR; and C. Mass
Recorded presentation

3:45 PM
5M.1
The response of statically unstable orographic clouds to small-scale topographic features
Daniel J. Kirshbaum, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and G. Bryan, R. Rotunno, and D. R. Durran
Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (1.0 MB)

4:00 PM
5M.2
Fog and low clouds in the coastal zone
William T. Thompson, NRL, Monterey, CA; and S. D. Burk and S. Wang
Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (235.2 kB)

4:15 PM
5M.3
Tip jets and barrier winds: A QuikSCAT climatology of high wind speed events around Greenland
G. W. K. Moore, Univ. of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; and I. A. Renfrew

4:30 PM
5M.4
Mountain Waves and Boundary Layers
Ronald Smith, Yale Univ., New Haven, CT
Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (156.6 kB)

4:45 PM
5M.5
Sierra Rotors: A study of the IOP 8 rotor event
Vanda Grubisic, DRI, Reno, NV; and B. J. Billings
Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (1.8 MB)

5:00 PM
5M.6
Sierra Rotors: A comparative study of two rotor events
Brian J. Billings, DRI, Reno, NV; and V. Grubisic
Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (847.5 kB)

5:15 PM
5M.7
Examining the moisture effects on idealized flow past 2D hills
Matthias Steiner, Princeton Univ., Princeton, NJ; and R. Rotunno and W. C. Skamarock
Recorded presentation

5:30 PM
5M.8
Some nonlinear aspects of sea–breeze circulations
Craig C. Epifanio, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; and K. R. Walter and J. W. Nielsen-Gammon
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)

5:30 PM-5:30 PM: Thursday, 27 October 2005


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

7:00 PM-8:30 PM: Thursday, 27 October 2005


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

Friday, 28 October 2005

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7:30 AM-7:30 AM: Friday, 28 October 2005


Registration Open from 7:30am–5:30pm

8:15 AM-10:00 AM: Friday, 28 October 2005


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)

10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Friday, 28 October 2005


Coffee Break

10:30 AM-12:15 PM: Friday, 28 October 2005


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)

10:30 AM-12:45 PM: Friday, 28 October 2005


Session 6M
Idealized Modeling Studies
Location: Alvarado GH (Hotel Albuquerque at Old Town)
Host: 11th Conference on Mesoscale Processes
Organizer: Alan M. Shapiro, Univ. of Oklahoma
6M.0
Use of simulated precipitation structure to predict the extratropical transition of tropical cyclones

10:30 AM
P6M.4
Simulated precipitation structure of the extratropical transition of tropical cyclones
Elizabeth A. Ritchie, Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
Recorded presentation

Handout (2.1 MB)

6M.1
Applications of the contraction-rate diagnostics for mesoscale processes
David M. Schultz, NOAA/NSSL and CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and R. A. Cohen
Recorded presentation

6M.2
Balanced dynamics and inertia-gravity wave generation in upper-tropospheric jets
Philip Cunningham, Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL; and T. A. Smith and P. D. Hayes

6M.3
The Vertical Shear Induced Secondary Circulation of Tropical Cyclones
Da-Lin Zhang, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD; and C. Kieu
Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (544.1 kB)

11:45 AM
6M.4
Non-modal growths of symmetric perturbations produced by paired normal modes
Qin Xu, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK
Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (1.0 MB)

6M.5
A mechanism for convective initiation in advance of squall lines

12:15 PM
6M.6
Sensitivity of Mesoscale Gravity Waves to the Baroclinicity of Jet-Front Systems
Shuguang Wang, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; and F. Zhang
Recorded presentation

12:30 PM
6M.7
Gravity-wave emission and propagation in a vortex dipole
C. Snyder, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. Plougonven and D. J. Muraki
Recorded presentation

12:00 PM-12:00 PM: Friday, 28 October 2005


11th Conference on Mesoscale Processes Adjourns

1:15 PM-3:00 PM: Friday, 28 October 2005


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 Ka Band Radar/Radiometer LWC and RES Retrievals with GRIDS Retrievals and Aircraft Measurements and Comparison to GOES Icing Products for the WISP04 10-11 March Event
David Serke, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and G. Zhang, J. Vivekanandan, T. L. Schneider, P. Minnis, and M. Poellot

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

3:00 PM-3:30 PM: Friday, 28 October 2005


Coffee Break

3:30 PM-5:30 PM: Friday, 28 October 2005


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

Presentation PDF (725.4 kB)

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)

3:30 PM-5:45 PM: Friday, 28 October 2005


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

Presentation PDF (123.8 kB)

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)

5:30 PM-5:30 PM: Friday, 28 October 2005


Sessions Conclude for the Day

Saturday, 29 October 2005

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7:30 AM-7:30 AM: Saturday, 29 October 2005


Registration Open from 7:30am–12:30pm

8:15 AM-10:00 AM: Saturday, 29 October 2005


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

10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Saturday, 29 October 2005


Coffee Break

10:30 AM-12:15 PM: Saturday, 29 October 2005


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)

12:15 PM-12:15 PM: Saturday, 29 October 2005


32nd Radar Meteorology Conference Adjourns
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