Program: 36th Conference on Radar Meteorology (16-20 September, 2013) (36th Conference on Radar Meteorology (16-20 September, 2013))

Registration Open

Location: Colorado Ballroom Foyer (Beaver Run Resort and Conference Center)

AMS Short Course on Phased Array Weather Radar Polarimetry (separate registration)

Registration Open

Location: Colorado Ballroom Foyer (Beaver Run Resort and Conference Center)

Welcome and Opening Remarks

Location: Colorado Ballroom (Peak 4&5, 3rd Floor) (Beaver Run Resort and Conference Center)

Cochairs: J. Vivekanandan, NCAR; Christopher R. Williams, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado

Session 1

Keynote Speakers I

Location: Colorado Ballroom (Peak 4&5, 3rd Floor) (Beaver Run Resort and Conference Center)

Host: 36th Conference on Radar Meteorology (16-20 September, 2013)

Cochairs: Walter A. Petersen, NASA GSFC/Wallops Flight Facility; Robert D. Palmer, University of Oklahoma; Stephen W. Nesbitt, Univ. of Illinois

8:30 AM

1.1

A History of Radars in Field Campaigns: From Angel Echoes to Hail!

Tammy M. Weckwerth, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and D. Atlas, M. Bell, R. Carbone, R. Houze, Jr., D. Jorgensen, L. J. Miller, R. Rauber, S. Rutledge, C. Shumacher, P. Smith, R. Wakimoto, J. Wilson, J. Wurman, C. Ziegler, and E. Zipser

Recorded Presentation

9:00 AM

1.2

The Future of US Radar Surveillance: The Multi-Function Phased Array Radar (MPAR) Program

Kurt D. Hondl, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and M. J. Emanuel and J. E. Stailey

Recorded Presentation

9:30 AM

1.3

Describing the DSD Shape with the Mass Spectrum Standard Deviation

Christopher R. Williams, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO

Coffee Break

Location: Colorado Ballroom Foyer (Beaver Run Resort and Conference Center)

Session 2A

Advances in Precipitation & Microphysics Estimation (Research): Microphysics (Liquid/Profiling)

Location: Colorado Ballroom (Peak 4, 3rd Floor) (Beaver Run Resort and Conference Center)

Host: 36th Conference on Radar Meteorology (16-20 September, 2013)

Cochairs: Angela K. Rowe, Univ. of Washington; Stephen W. Nesbitt, Univ. of Illinois

10:30 AM

2A.1

Characterizing falling snow using multi-frequency dual-polarization measurements

Jani Tyynela, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and V. Chandrasekar

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (651.2 kB)

10:45 AM

2A.2

Radar and Disdrometer Measurements during Superstorm Sandy

Ali Tokay, JCET/Univ. of Maryland Baltimore County, Greenbelt, MD; and D. A. Marks, S. J. Munchak, D. B. Wolff, and W. A. Petersen

Recorded Presentation

11:00 AM

2A.3

Measurements of Drop Size Distribution in a Megacity

Augusto José Pereira Filho, Univ. of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil; and F. Vemado, J. R. Romão Peres, I. W. da Silva Júnior, and K. Tanaka

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (603.1 kB)

11:15 AM

2A.4

Characteristics of descending reflectivity cores observed by Ku-band radar

Eiichi Sato, MRI, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan; and C. Fujiwara, K. Kusunoki, and S. Saito

Manuscript (460.6 kB)

11:30 AM

2A.5

Measurement of Vertical Air Velocity and Hydrometeors in Stratiform Precipitation by 47-MHz Wind Profiler Radar and 532-nm Polarization Lidar

Masayuki K. Yamamoto, Kyoto Univ., Uji, Kyoto, Japan; and Y. Shibata, M. Abo, T. Mega, H. Hashiguchi, N. Nishi, H. Okamoto, T. Shimomai, M. D. Yamanaka, M. Yamamoto, M. Timbul, and S. Syafjijon

Recorded Presentation

11:45 AM

2A.6

Estimating Boundary Layer Tops with ARM Profiler Radars

Edwin Campos, ANL, Argonne, IL; and S. Collis, R. Coulter, and J. Helmus

Recorded Presentation

Session 2B

Emerging Technology and Future Directions: Advanced Radar Techniques

Location: Colorado Ballroom (Peak 5, 3rd Floor) (Beaver Run Resort and Conference Center)

Host: 36th Conference on Radar Meteorology (16-20 September, 2013)

Cochairs: Vijay Venkatesh, PNNL; Jorge Salazar, NCAR

10:30 AM

2B.1

Optimized Radar Signal Processing for a Low-cost, Solid-State Airborne Radar

Y. Zhang, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and Z. Li, B. L. Cheong, H. Suarez, Y. R. Huang, W. Blake, Y. X. Teoh, and J. Andrews

Manuscript (1.3 MB)

10:45 AM

2B.2

The Impacts of Multi-Lag Moment Processor on a Solid-State Polarimetric Weather Radar

B. L. Cheong, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. M. Kurdzo, G. Zhang, and R. D. Palmer

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (8.2 MB)

11:00 AM

2B.3

PPP, Fourier Transform and Spectrum Width Estimates from Scanning Radar Measurements

Ming Fang, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and B. A. Albrecht, N. Bharadwaj, and P. Kollias

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (290.3 kB)

11:15 AM

2B.4

MARG - Microwave Areal Rain Gauge a Low Cost Solid State Microwave Areal Precipitation Measurement System

Ferenc Dombai, MET-ENV, Budapest, Hungary; and H. Paulitsch, R. Cremonini, and R. Bechini

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (699.7 kB)

Handout (1.4 MB)

11:30 AM

2B.5

A Modular Wind Profiler Development: Status and Future Plans

Stephen A. Cohn, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and W. O. J. Brown, B. Lindseth, and C. Martin

Recorded Presentation

11:45 AM

2B.6

Salient Features of the CSU-CHILL radar X-band channel upgrade

Francesc Junyent, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and V. Chandrasekar, P. Kennedy, S. Rutledge, V. Bringi, J. George, and D. Brunkow

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (1.2 MB)

Break for Lunch

Session 3A

Field Campaigns: Mid-latitude Field Campaigns

Location: Colorado Ballroom (Peak 4, 3rd Floor) (Beaver Run Resort and Conference Center)

Host: 36th Conference on Radar Meteorology (16-20 September, 2013)

Cochairs: Ali Tokay, JCET/Univ. of Maryland Baltimore County; Courtney Schumacher, Texas A&M Univ.

1:30 PM

3A.1

Estimating the Concentration of Large Raindrops from Polarimetric Radar and Disdrometer Observations

Lawrence D. Carey, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and W. A. Petersen and P. N. Gatlin

Recorded Presentation

Handout (1.6 MB)

3A.2

Physical Retrievals from a Multi-frequency Dual-polarization Radar Network during the Mid-latitude Continental Convective Clouds Experiment

2:00 PM

3A.3

Observations of Deep Convection during MC3E using Ground-Based Radars and Airborne Radiometers and Implementation in GPM DPR Off-Nadir Simulations

Amber E. Emory, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and D. A. Short, L. Tian, W. A. Petersen, and G. M. Heymsfield

Recorded Presentation

2:15 PM

3A.4

Stability and Charging Characteristics of the Comma-head Region of Continental Winter Cyclones

Robert M. Rauber, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and J. P. Wegman, D. M. Plummer, A. A. Rosenow, M. K. Peterson, G. M. McFarquhar, B. F. Jewett, D. Leon, P. S. Market, K. R. Knupp, S. Battaglia, and J. M. Keeler

Recorded Presentation

2:30 PM

3A.5

Polarimetric and Atmospheric Profiling Measurements of Convective Snowbands and Atmospheric Waves during PLOWS

Ryan A. Wade, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and K. R. Knupp

Recorded Presentation

2:45 PM

3A.6

Raindrop size distribution observation and k-Z relationship analysis for TRMM/PR and GPM/DPR algorithm development

Katsuhiro Nakagawa, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Koganei, Tokyo, Japan; and H. Hanado, K. Nakamura, M. Nishikawa, Y. Kaneko, H. Minda, and R. Oki

Recorded Presentation

Session 3B

Emerging Technology and Future Directions: Phased Array Weather Radar

Location: Colorado Ballroom (Peak 5, 3rd Floor) (Beaver Run Resort and Conference Center)

Host: 36th Conference on Radar Meteorology (16-20 September, 2013)

Cochairs: Stephen J. Frasier, University of Massachusetts Amherst; Boon Leng Cheong, Univ. of Oklahoma

1:30 PM

3B.1

Theory and verification of bias correction for polarimetric phased array radar

Krzysztof Orzel, Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts; and L. Masiunas, T. Hartley, and S. J. Frasier

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (712.9 kB)

1:45 PM

3B.2

A Demonstration of Multifunction Capabilities on the National Weather Radar Testbed Phased-Array Radar

Sebastian M. Torres, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and R. Adams, C. Curtis, E. Forren, D. Forsyth, I. Ivic, D. Priegnitz, J. Thompson, and D. Warde

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (335.1 kB)

2:00 PM

3B.3

Wind-Shear Detection Performance Analysis for MPAR Risk Reduction

John Y. N. Cho, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA; and R. S. Frankel, M. F. Donovan, M. S. Veillette, and P. L. Heinselman

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (2.0 MB)

2:15 PM

3B.4

Supercell Storm Evolution Observed by Forecasters Using PAR Data

Pamela L. Heinselman, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and D. LaDue

Manuscript (739.3 kB)

2:30 PM

3B.5

Eigenvalue Signal Processing for Phased-Array Weather Radar Polarimetry: Removing the Bias Induced by Coherent Antenna Cross-Channel Coupling

Michele Galletti, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY; and D. Zrnic, F. Gekat, and P. Goelz

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (4.4 MB)

2:45 PM

3B.6

Multifunction Phased Array Radar - design strategy to fulfill weather and aviation requirements

Dusan Zrnic, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and V. Melnikov, R. J. Doviak, and R. D. Palmer

Recorded Presentation

Coffee Break

Location: Colorado Ballroom Foyer (Beaver Run Resort and Conference Center)

Session 4A

Field Campaigns: Severe Weather/Lightning Field Campaigns

Location: Colorado Ballroom (Peak 4, 3rd Floor) (Beaver Run Resort and Conference Center)

Host: 36th Conference on Radar Meteorology (16-20 September, 2013)

Cochairs: Walter A. Petersen, NASA GSFC/Wallops Flight Facility; Lawrence D. Carey, University of Alabama in Huntsville

3:30 PM

4A.1

The Vorticity Structure of Bowing Segments Embedded withing a Squall Line

Roger Wakimoto, NSF, Arlington, VA

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (5.6 MB)

3:45 PM

4A.2

Observations of Wall Cloud Formation in Supercell Thunderstorms during VORTEX2

Nolan T. Atkins, Lyndon State College, Lyndonville, VT; and E. Glidden and T. Nicholson

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (3.7 MB)

4:00 PM

4A.3

TTUKa Radar Observations of Horizontal Vorticity Maxima Associated with Rear Flank Downdrafts and Gust Fronts

Christopher C. Weiss, Texas Tech Univ., Lubbock, TX; and P. Skinner and A. E. Reinhart

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (4.0 MB)

4:15 PM

4A.4

Observations of Supercell Tornado Evolution using a Mobile, Rapid-Scan, X-band, Polarimetric Radar

Jana Houser, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and H. Bluestein and J. C. Snyder

Recorded Presentation

4:30 PM

4A.5

Polarimetric Radar and Electrical Observations of Deep Moist Convection across northern Alabama during the DC3 Experiment

Anthony Lamont Bain, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and R. Matthee and L. D. Carey

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (1.2 MB)

4:45 PM

4A.6

Polarimetric and multi-Doppler radar observations of electrified and unelectrified wildfire smoke plumes

Timothy J. Lang, NASA/MSFC, Huntsville, AL; and S. Rutledge, B. Dolan, P. R. Krehbiel, W. Rison, and D. T. Lindsey

Recorded Presentation

Handout (18.6 MB)

Session 4B

Emerging Technology and Future Directions: Phased Array Systems and Applications

Location: Colorado Ballroom (Peak 5, 3rd Floor) (Beaver Run Resort and Conference Center)

Host: 36th Conference on Radar Meteorology (16-20 September, 2013)

Cochairs: Robert D. Palmer, University of Oklahoma; Pamela L. Heinselman, NOAA/NSSL

3:30 PM

4B.1

Development of Dual Polarization Phased Array Radar

Masakazu Wada, Toshiba Corp., Tokyo, Japan; and H. Goto, F. Mizutani, T. Ushio, and S. Satoh

Manuscript (597.0 kB)

3:45 PM

4B.2

Weather Observation Using the Atmospheric Imaging Radar and Adaptive Beamforming

Feng Nai, CIMMS, Norman, OK; and J. M. Kurdzo, D. Bodine, R. D. Palmer, and S. M. Torres

Recorded Presentation

4:00 PM

4B.3

Observation and initial comparison of the Phased Array Radar at X band

Tomoo Ushio, Osaka Univ., Suita, Osaka, Japan; and S. Shimamura, T. Wu, H. Kikuchi, E. Yoshikawa, S. Yoshida, F. Mizutani, M. Wada, S. Satoh, and T. Iguchi

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (624.1 kB)

4:15 PM

4B.4

Analysis of spaced-antenna measurement precision using an X-band active phased-array weather radar

Vijay Venkatesh, PNNL, Richland, WA; and K. Orzel, T. Hartley, and S. Frasier

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (1.3 MB)

4:30 PM

4B.5

Design and Development of a 2-D Electronically Scanned, Dual-polarization, Line Replaceable Unit (LRU) for Airborne Phased Array Radar for Atmospheric Research

Jorge Salazar, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and E. Loew, P. Tsai, J. Vivekanandan, W. C. Lee, and V. Chandrasekar

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (5.6 MB)

4:45 PM

4B.6

Improving the Quality of Dual Polarization Estimates Using Adaptive Pseudowhitening

Christopher D. Curtis, CIMMS/NSSL, Norman, OK; and S. M. Torres

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (442.0 kB)

Poster Session 1

Advances in Precipitation & Microphysics Estimation (Research): Microphysics Snow

Location: Breckenridge Ballroom (Peak 14-17, 1st Floor) / Event Tent (Outside) (Beaver Run Resort and Conference Center)

Host: 36th Conference on Radar Meteorology (16-20 September, 2013)

Chair: Stephen W. Nesbitt, Univ. of Illinois

101

Estimation of Ice Number Concentration in Stratiform Mix-phase Clouds with Cloud Radar Reflectivity Measurements

Damao Zhang, Univ. of Wyoming, Laramie, WY; and Z. Wang, A. Heymsfield, J. Fan, and T. Luo

Handout (1.4 MB)

Poster Session 2

Advances in Precipitation & Microphysics Estimation (Research): Microphysics Rain

Location: Breckenridge Ballroom (Peak 14-17, 1st Floor) / Event Tent (Outside) (Beaver Run Resort and Conference Center)

Host: 36th Conference on Radar Meteorology (16-20 September, 2013)

Chair: Stephen W. Nesbitt, Univ. of Illinois

102

Non-stationarity in intermittent rainfall: the "dry drift"

Marc Schleiss, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ; and S. Chamoun and A. Berne

103

An Investigation of the Relation between Slope and Shape Parameters of Gamma Rain Drop Size Distribution: Measurement and Simulation

Chao-Hsin Chen, National Central Univ., Zhongli, Taiwan; and Y. H. Chu and C. L. Su

Poster Session 3

Advances in Precipitation & Microphysics Estimation (Research): Profiling/Boundary Layer

Location: Breckenridge Ballroom (Peak 14-17, 1st Floor) / Event Tent (Outside) (Beaver Run Resort and Conference Center)

Host: 36th Conference on Radar Meteorology (16-20 September, 2013)

Chair: Stephen W. Nesbitt, Univ. of Illinois

104

Diagnosis of the Windsor Tornado Event from Doppler Radar Data Assimilation and Ground-based Profiling

105

DSD retrieval and comparison on 3 co-located Wind Profilers in Adelaide, South Australia

106

Precipitation Structure of Monsoon Rainfall Systems using High-Resolution Vertically Pointing Radar

Ultimate Chi-June Jung, National Taiwan Univ., Taipei, Taiwan; and B. J. D. Jou

Poster Session 4

Advances in Precipitation & Microphysics Estimation (Research): Quantitative Precipitation Estimation (QPE) / Flooding / Hydrology

Location: Breckenridge Ballroom (Peak 14-17, 1st Floor) / Event Tent (Outside) (Beaver Run Resort and Conference Center)

Host: 36th Conference on Radar Meteorology (16-20 September, 2013)

Chair: Stephen W. Nesbitt, Univ. of Illinois

107

Research on the Key Method of Radar Derived Precipitation Estimation over the Tibet Plateau

Wei Zhuang, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, Beijing, China

108

Characteristics of Warm Season Convection over Pearl River Delta, China

Xingchao Chen, Nanjing Univ., Nanjing, Jiangsu, China; and K. Zhao and M. Xue

Manuscript (695.2 kB)

Handout (4.6 MB)

109

Comparative Evaluation of Two Quantitative Precipitation Estimation Methods in Korea

Hye-Young Ko, National Institute of Meteorological Research/KMA, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South); and K. Y. Nam and H. S. Jung

110

Evaluation of various QPE algorithms using Korea MOLIT S-band dual-polarization radar observations

Sanghun Lim, Korea Institute of Construction Technology, Goyang-si, Korea, Republic of (South); and K. Hwang, D. R. Lee, C. K. Lee, and M. S. Han

Manuscript (651.2 kB)

111

Initial evaluation of the National Weather Service's Dual Polarization, Legacy, and NSSL's Q2 QPE products

Steven Vasiloff, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and K. L. Elmore

112

Testing the Attenuation-based QPE Methodology Using Polarimetrically Upgraded WSR-88D Radars

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

Handout (168.5 kB)

113

Assessment of Small-Scale Rainfall Variability from NASA GPM-GV Dense Rain-gauge Network

Piotr Domaszczynski, NASA, Wallops Island, VA; and D. B. Wolff and W. A. Petersen

114

Runoff calculation for an extreme flood event in central Israel using different precipitation sources

115

An improved QPE algorithm for the South African Weather Service's S-Band Doppler Radar at Irene

Erik H. Becker, South African Weather Service, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa; and G. Pegram

116

Calibration of TRMM rainfall climatology over Sinai Peninsula during 1998–2012

Hassan Younis Hassan Aboelkhair, Tanta Univ., Tanta, Egypt

117

Real Time Spatialized Bias Correction of the French operational 5'-1km² Quantitative Precipitation Estimation Products using past radar and rain gauge hourly accumulations

Dominique Faure, Météo France, Toulouse, France; and V. Vogt, P. Tabary, and E. Moreau

Manuscript (405.2 kB)

118

Reconstruction of radar reﬂectivity in clutter areas

Shinju Park, Univ. Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain; and M. Berenguer

Manuscript (1.4 MB)

Handout (3.2 MB)

119

Toward the optimal resolution of rainfall estimates to obtain reliable urban hydrological response: X-band polarimetric radar estimates applied to Rotterdam urban drainage system

Ricardo Reinoso-Rondinel, Delft Univ. of Technology, Delft, Netherlands; and G. Bruni, M. C. ten Veldhuis, and H. Russchenberg

Manuscript (2.8 MB)

Handout (1.5 MB)

120

ASSESMENT OF MULTISENSOR QUANTITATIVE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATION IN THE RUSSIAN RIVER BASIN

Delbert Willie, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and H. Chen, V. Chandrasekar, R. Cifelli, C. Campbell, and D. W. Reynolds

Manuscript (802.3 kB)

Handout (3.0 MB)

Poster Session 5

Advances in Precipitation & Microphysics Estimation (Research): Atmospheric Rivers (related to QPE/Hydro & Profiler Studies)

Location: Breckenridge Ballroom (Peak 14-17, 1st Floor) / Event Tent (Outside) (Beaver Run Resort and Conference Center)

Host: 36th Conference on Radar Meteorology (16-20 September, 2013)

Chair: Stephen W. Nesbitt, Univ. of Illinois

121

Sierra Barrier Jets, Atmospheric Rivers, and Precipitation Characteristics in Northern California: A Composite Perspective Based on a Network of Wind Profilers

Paul J. Neiman, NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and M. Hughes, B. J. Moore, F. M. Ralph, and E. Sukovich

122

The impacts of atmospheric river flow through the Carquinez Strait and blocked flow along the Sierra Nevada on precipitation characteristics observed during HMT and CalWater

Allen White, NOAA, Boulder, CO; and P. J. Neiman and J. M. Creamean

Poster Session 6

Advances in Precipitation & Microphysics Estimation (Research): Biological

Location: Breckenridge Ballroom (Peak 14-17, 1st Floor) / Event Tent (Outside) (Beaver Run Resort and Conference Center)

Host: 36th Conference on Radar Meteorology (16-20 September, 2013)

Chair: Stephen W. Nesbitt, Univ. of Illinois

123

Large-scale bird migration monitoring using operational weather radar

Martin de Graaf, KNMI, De Bilt, Netherlands; and H. Leijnse, A. Dokter, J. Shamoun-Baranes, H. van Gasteren, A. Dekker, and W. Bouten

124

Biological Scatterers as Indicators of Boundary Layer Structure

Phillip M. Stepanian, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and P. B. Chilson and J. F. Kelly

Handout (33.6 MB)

Poster Session 7

Advances in Precipitation & Microphysics Estimation (Research): Velocity

Location: Breckenridge Ballroom (Peak 14-17, 1st Floor) / Event Tent (Outside) (Beaver Run Resort and Conference Center)

Host: 36th Conference on Radar Meteorology (16-20 September, 2013)

Chair: Stephen W. Nesbitt, Univ. of Illinois

125

Simulation of mono- and dual-wavelength airborne radar observations of precipitating systems at various frequency bands

Valentin Henri Michel Louf, Univ. Lille, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France; and O. Pujol, G. Pénide, J. Riédi, and H. Sauvageot

Manuscript (2.3 MB)

Handout (2.5 MB)

126

Improved Velocity Volume Processing (VVP) with Probabilistic Property of Velocity Measurements for a Scanning Radar/Lidar

Eiichi Yoshikawa, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan; and N. Matayoshi, T. Ushio, and V. Chandrasekar

Manuscript (180.3 kB)

127

Integrated Velocity Retrieval on Radar Network Environment

Eiichi Yoshikawa, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan; and N. Matayoshi, T. Ushio, and V. Chandrasekar

Manuscript (338.5 kB)

128

Radar observation of the inner-core structures of Landfalling Typhoons in China

Kun Zhao, Nanjing Univ., Nanjing, China; and W. C. Lee, M. Xue, B. J. D. Jou, and X. M. Chen

129

Structure of the Fukuoka tornado observed by different radars

Tetsuya Kobayashi, Nagoya Univ., Nagoya, Japan; and K. Sassa and H. Uyeda

Manuscript (8.0 MB)

Handout (7.5 MB)

130

Conservation of Vertical Angular Momentum during Tornadogenesis

Earle R. Williams, MIT, Cambridge, MA; and S. J. Goodman, D. E. Buechler, L. Carey, C. J. Schultz, and R. J. Blakeslee

Handout (767.2 kB)

Poster Session 8

Emerging Technology and Future Directions

Location: Breckenridge Ballroom (Peak 14-17, 1st Floor) / Event Tent (Outside) (Beaver Run Resort and Conference Center)

Host: 36th Conference on Radar Meteorology (16-20 September, 2013)

Cochairs: Howard B. Bluestein, Univ. of Oklahoma; Francesc Junyent, Colorado State Univ.

190

The Dallas-Fort Worth Urban Weather Radar Network

V. Chandrasekar, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and B. J. Philips, H. Chen, D. J. Seo, E. J. Lyons, F. Junyent, A. Bajaj, J. A. Brotzge, D. Willie, D. L. Pepyne, K. Brewster, A. Cannon, A. Rafieei Nasab, and D. Westbrook

Manuscript (611.5 kB)

Handout (718.3 kB)

131

Research on Improving CINRAD Detection Ability in Low layers

Jinhong Yang, China Meteorological Administration, Beijing, China; and D. Chen and S. Wang

132

The Project

Paul L. Smith, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid CIty, SD

Handout (464.1 kB)

133

Antenna and Transmitter Design for a 449 MHz Wind Profiler Radar

B. Lindseth, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and W. O. J. Brown, T. Hock, C. Martin, and S. A. Cohn

134

Development of 1.3-GHz range-imaging wind profiler radar

Masayuki K. Yamamoto, Kyoto Univ., Uji, Kyoto, Japan; and T. Gan, T. Fujita, N. H. Binti Abdul Aziz, H. Hashiguchi, M. Yamamoto, and T. Y. Yu

135

A technique to increase the scanning rate of a phased array

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

Manuscript (367.5 kB)

136

A Preliminary Study on Detection Accuracy of Solid-State Weather Radar

LI Rui, Chengdu University of Information Technology, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China; and H. Jianxin and T. Shunxian

Manuscript (1.9 MB)

Handout (2.0 MB)

137

Extending the solar signal analysis into monitoring of the radar signal processing and antenna system performance

Asko J. Huuskonen, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland; and M. Kurri, H. Hohti, H. Beekhuis, H. Leijnse, and I. Holleman

138

Design Considerations for Developing Airborne Dual-Polarization Dual-Doppler Radar

J. Vivekanandan, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and W. C. Lee, E. Loew, J. Moore, J. Salazar, and P. Tsai

Manuscript (611.5 kB)

Handout (718.3 kB)

139

The Structure of Convective Systems Observed by Phased Array Radar in the Kinki Region, Japan

Sho Yoshida, Meteorological Engineering Center, Inc., Osaka, Japan; and T. Ushio, S. Yoshida, S. Shimamura, K. Maruo, and N. Takada

Manuscript (1.2 MB)

Handout (433.5 kB)

140

Calibration of a Weather Radar Receiver with a Noise Diode

Frank Gekat, Selex Systems Integration GmbH, Neuss, Germany; and P. Goelz and D. Vollbracht

141

The Lidar Radar Open Software Environment - LROSE

M. J. Dixon, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and W. Lee, S. A. Cohn, and M. Daniels

Handout (1.7 MB)

142

A New Radar Control System for NCAR/EOL S-POL and CSU-CHILL

Joseph VanAndel, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and D. Brunkow

Handout (17.9 MB)

143

The Research and Experiment on Enhancing The Maximum Detecting Height of L-band Wind Profiler

Lei Wu, China Meteorological Administration, Beijing, China; and Y. Lu and R. Li

144

A Bayesian approach for precipitation attenuation correction with a Ku-band Broad Band Radar network

Shigeharu Shimamura, Osaka Univ., Suita, Osaka, Japan; and E. Yoshikawa, S. Yoshida, T. Ushio, and K. Imai

Manuscript (320.7 kB)

145

Development of Data Screening Method for Wind Lidar under Low S/N Environment

Hiroshi Sakamaki, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan; and H. Tanaka and T. Hara

Manuscript (217.2 kB)

Handout (488.6 kB)

146

Development of Phased-Array Weather Radar System for 3D Observation of Cumulonimbus Clouds

Naoki Anraku, Toshiba Corporation, Tokyo, Japan; and F. Mizutani, M. Wada, H. Handa, T. Ushio, and S. Satoh

Manuscript (274.6 kB)

Handout (196.7 kB) Handout (174.6 kB)

147

Detection and Adaptive Scheduling on the NWRT Phased-Array Radar

David L. Priegnitz, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and P. L. Heinselman

Manuscript (598.2 kB)

Handout (840.0 kB)

148

Wet Microburst Events Observed with Phased Array Radar

Arthur Witt, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and T. M. Smith, P. L. Heinselman, S. T. Irwin, and K. L. Manross

Manuscript (2.7 MB)

Handout (1.8 MB)

149

Designing a detection scan for adaptive weather sensing

David A. Warde, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma and NOAA/OAR/NSSL, Norman, OK; and I. R. Ivic and E. Forren

Manuscript (854.2 kB)

Handout (825.5 kB)

150

Application of Compressive Sensing to Atmospheric Observations with Imaging Radar

Serkan Ozturk, Advanced Radar Research Center, Norman, OK; and T. Y. Yu, L. Ding, N. Feng, and B. L. Cheong

Manuscript (311.2 kB)

151

Improving the accuracy of near-surface 3-D radar refractivity retrievals

Ya-Chien Feng, McGill Univ., Montreal, QC, Canada; and F. Fabry

Manuscript (4.5 MB)

Handout (2.6 MB)

152

Erroneous velocity transitions in high vertical wind shear when measuring Doppler velocities with narrow Nyquist intervals

Frederic Fabry, McGill Univ., Montreal, QC, Canada; and C. Augros and A. Bellon

Handout (3.0 MB)

153

Radar Performance Monitoring using Ground Clutter

Leonard Szarko, EC, Toronto, ON, Canada

154

Snow Depth Retrieval Using Ku-Band Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR)

Jack R. Evans, NPS, Monterey, CA; and F. A. Kruse

Manuscript (1.3 MB)

Handout (3.3 MB)

155

Initial Operations of the Front Range Observational Network Testbed (FRONT)

Patrick C. Kennedy, Colorado State Univ., Ft. Collins, CO; and J. Hubbert, S. Rutledge, W. C. Lee, V. Chandrasekar, J. Wilson, T. M. Weckwerth, and R. D. Roberts

Handout (1.2 MB)

156

Beam Steering Improvements Using Non-ideal Phase Fronts with a Minimal Number of Control Bits

Daniel Thompson, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and M. B. Yeary

157

Three-dimensional Fine Structure of Localized Heavy Rainfalls Measured by Phased Array Weather Radar

Shinsuke Satoh, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Koganei, Japan; and T. Ushio, S. Shimamura, K. Maruo, F. Mizutani, M. Wada, H. Hanado, S. Kawamura, S. Uratsuka, and T. Iguchi

Handout (597.5 kB)

158

Solid-State Pulse Compression Radars in Japan

Naoki Anraku, Toshiba Corporation, Tokyo, Japan; and M. Wada, A. Adachi, and H. Yamauchi

Manuscript (1.1 MB)

Handout (180.2 kB) Handout (301.1 kB)

159

Architecture Overview and System Performance of the Airborne Phased Array Radar (APAR) for Atmospheric Research

Eric Loew, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. Salazar, P. Tsai, J. Vivekanandan, W. Lee, and V. Chandrasekar

Manuscript (1.9 MB)

Handout (2.8 MB)

160

Receiver and Signal Processor Upgrade for the WSR-88D - Plans and Status

161

Dual Polarization Implementation Approaches for Weather Radar

Mark C. Leifer, Ball Aerospace, Westminster, CO; and V. Chandrasekar and E. Perl

Manuscript (224.7 kB)

162

Dual Polarized Slot Dipole Radiating Element Performance

Yasser Al-Rashid, Lockheed Martin , Moorestown, NJ; and P. Bronecke, K. D. Hondl, F. Alessandro, and G. Zhang

163

A quick and simplified CINRAD Scanning Strategy and its Application

Daren Chen Sr., China Meteorological Administration, Beijing, China

164

Waveforms for improving near range performance of meteorological radars using pulse compression

Fritz O'Hora, Vaisala, Inc, Westford, MA; and S. Panov and J. Selzler

Handout (668.2 kB)

165

Signal Processing in the DOWs using Pentek processors

Michael Dixon, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and E. Loew, J. Wurman, and K. Kosiba

Handout (1.7 MB)

166

The Doppler On Wheels NSF Lower Atmospheric Observing Facility

Joshua Wurman, Center for Severe Weather Research, Boulder, CO ; and K. Kosiba, P. Robinson, B. Pereira, R. Humphrey, and N. A. pfeiffer

Poster Session 9

Field Campaigns I

Location: Breckenridge Ballroom (Peak 14-17, 1st Floor) / Event Tent (Outside) (Beaver Run Resort and Conference Center)

Host: 36th Conference on Radar Meteorology (16-20 September, 2013)

Cochairs: Carlos A. R. Morales, Univ. of Sao Paulo; Katja Friedrich, Univ. of Colorado

167

Airborne Radar Measurements of Vertical Air Motion in the Comma Head of Winter Cyclones

Andrew A. Rosenow, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and R. M. Rauber, G. M. McFarquhar, B. F. Jewett, D. Leon, and D. M. Plummer

168

Multi-sensor observations integrated for transitional boundary layer convective initiation conference theme

Stephanie Mullins Wingo, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and K. Knupp

169

Ensemble Kalman Filter Analyses of Internal Rear-Flank Downdraft Momentum Surges within the 18 May 2010 Dumas, Texas Supercell

Patrick S. Skinner, Texas Tech Univ., Lubbock, TX; and C. C. Weiss, L. J. Wicker, C. K. Potvin, and D. C. Dowell

Handout (8.5 MB)

170

Synergy between polarimetric radar and radiometer ADMIRARI for estimation of precipitating parameters. Overview from selected GPM/GV field experiments

Pablo Saavedra, Univ. of Bonn, Bonn, Germany; and A. Battaglia, A. Ryzhkov, and C. Simmer

Manuscript (2.0 MB)

Handout (1.6 MB)

171

Precipitation Estimation from the ARM Distributed Radar Network During the MC3E Field Campaign

Scott E. Giangrande, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY; and S. Collis, A. Theisen, and A. Tokay

172

Polarimetric and multi-Doppler radar observations of sprite-producing storms

Timothy J. Lang, NASA/MSFC, Huntsville, AL; and W. A. Lyons, S. Rutledge, B. Dolan, S. A. Cummer, P. Krehbiel, and W. Rison

Handout (6.4 MB)

173

A Comparison of X-band Polarization Parameters with Aircraft Measurements of Two Comma Head Winter Cyclones

Joseph A. Finlon, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and D. M. Plummer, R. M. Rauber, G. M. McFarquhar, B. F. Jewett, K. R. Knupp, and D. Leon

Handout (3.6 MB)

174

Comparison of Disdrometer and X-band Mobile Radar Observations in Convective Precipitation

Evan A. Kalina, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and K. Friedrich, S. Ellis, and D. W. Burgess

175

A summary of large raindrop observations from GPM GV field campaigns

Patrick N. Gatlin, NASA/MSFC, Huntsville, AL; and W. A. Petersen, A. Tokay, V. Bringi, M. Thurai, L. D. Carey, and M. T. Wingo

Handout (810.5 kB)

176

Comparisons of Wyoming Cloud Radar observations to simulations of precipitation generating cells in winter cyclones

Jason M. Keeler, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and B. F. Jewett, R. M. Rauber, G. M. McFarquhar, A. A. Rosenow, D. M. Plummer, D. Leon, S. W. Nesbitt, R. M. Rasmussen, G. Thompson, L. Xue, and C. Liu

177

Radar Studies of a VORTEX2 Tornadic Supercell: 7 June 2010

Elizabeth A. Davidson, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and D. W. Burgess

178

Integrated In Situ, DOW, and damage observations in tornadoes during VORTEX2 and ROTATE

Karen Kosiba, Center for Severe Weather Research, Boulder, CO; and J. Wurman

179

Radar Deployments and Field Sampling for GPM Ground Validation Field Campaigns

Walter A. Petersen, NASA, Wallops, VA; and V. Bringi, L. D. Carey, V. Chandrasekar, S. Rutledge, A. Tokay, and D. B. Wolff Sr.

Handout (5.8 MB)

180

Documenting the variability of the afternoon-evening transition (AET) in the planetary boundary layer conference theme

Stephanie Mullins, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and K. Knupp

181

Fine-scale Dual-Doppler analysis of the boundary layer in Hurricane Frances (2004)

Karen Kosiba, Center for Severe Weather Research, Boulder, CO; and J. Wurman

182

Fine-scale dual-Doppler and in situ observations of the boundary layer in Hurricane Isaac (2012)

Joshua Wurman, Center for Severe Weather Research, Boulder, CO ; and K. Kosiba, P. Robinson, and F. J. Masters

183

The Convective Precipitation Experiment (COPE)

Lindsay J. Bennett, National Centre for Atmospheric Science, Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom; and J. Nicol, A. M. Blyth, and C. G. Collier

184

Wind Speed Suppression by Large Buildings in Hurricanes

Joshua Wurman, Center for Severe Weather Research, Boulder, CO ; and K. Kosiba and P. Robinson

Handout (2.1 MB)

185

Probabilistic Quantitative Precipitation Estimates with NOAA/NSSL Ground Radar-Based National Mosaic and QPE System

Pierre-Emmanuel Kirstetter, NOAA/NSSL, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. J. Gourley, Y. Hong, S. Moazamigoodarzi, and E. Mintmire

186

Use of the DOW Mobile Radars for University Education

Rachel Humphrey, Center for Severe Weather Research, Boulder, CO; and J. Wurman and K. Kosiba

187

Preliminary Results from the ROTATE-2013 (Radar Observations of Tornadoes and Thunderstorms) experiment

Joshua Wurman, Center for Severe Weather Research, Boulder, CO ; and K. Kosiba

Manuscript (4.2 MB)

Handout (5.1 MB)

188

Preliminary Results from the HAL-2013 (Hurricanes At Landfall) experiment

Karen Kosiba, Center for Severe Weather Research, Boulder, CO; and J. Wurman

189

A survey of deep convection updraft core signatures in C- and S-band polarimetric radar fields during MC3E

Marcus van Lier-Walqui, Columbia Univ. & NASA/GISS, New York, NY

Handout (9.6 MB)

Monday Formal Poster Viewing and Exhibit Hall Opening with Reception (Cash Bar)

Location: Breckenridge Ballroom (Peak 14-17, 1st Floor) / Event Tent (Outside) (Beaver Run Resort and Conference Center)

Registration Open

Location: Colorado Ballroom Foyer (Beaver Run Resort and Conference Center)

Session 5

Keynote Speakers II

Location: Colorado Ballroom (Peak 4&5, 3rd Floor) (Beaver Run Resort and Conference Center)

Host: 36th Conference on Radar Meteorology (16-20 September, 2013)

Cochairs: Herman Russchenberg, Delft Univ. of technology; Simone Tanelli, JPL; Alain Protat, Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research

8:30 AM

5.1

High-altitude Airborne Radars - Past, Present, and Future

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

Recorded Presentation

9:00 AM

5.2

Arctic Multi-Layered, Mixed-Phase Cloud Processes Revealed in Millimeter-wave Cloud Radar Doppler Spectra

Johannes Verlinde, Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA; and M. Rambukkange, E. E. Clothiaux, G. M. McFarquhar, and E. W. Eloranta

Recorded Presentation

Exhibit Hall Open

Location: Breckenridge Ballroom (Peak 14-17, 1st Floor) (Beaver Run Resort and Conference Center)

Plenary Session 6

Exhibitor Introductions

Location: Colorado Ballroom (Peak 4&5, 3rd Floor) (Beaver Run Resort and Conference Center)

Host: 36th Conference on Radar Meteorology (16-20 September, 2013)

Chair: Jenn Rosen, AMS

9:30 AM

6.1

Enterprise Electronics Corp (Invited Presentation)

Chris Goode, EEC, Andover, MA

Recorded Presentation

9:35 AM

6.2

Baron Services (Invited Presentation)

James H. Romines, Baron Services, Inc, Huntsville, AL

Recorded Presentation

9:40 AM

6.3

DOE ARM Climate Research Facility (Invited Presentation)

Nitin Bharadwaj, PNNL, Richland, WA

Recorded Presentation

9:45 AM

6.4

Toshiba Corporation (Invited Presentation)

Naoki Anraku, Toshiba Corporation, Tokyo, Japan

9:50 AM

6.5

Vaisala (Invited Presentation)

Jason Selzler, Vaisala Inc, Westford, MA

Recorded Presentation

Coffee Break

Location: Breckenridge Ballroom (Peak 14-17, 1st Floor) (Beaver Run Resort and Conference Center)

Session 7A

Advances in Precipitation & Microphysics Estimation (Research): Quantitative Precipitation Estimation (QPE)

Location: Colorado Ballroom (Peak 4, 3rd Floor) (Beaver Run Resort and Conference Center)

Host: 36th Conference on Radar Meteorology (16-20 September, 2013)

Cochairs: Stephen W. Nesbitt, Univ. of Illinois; Scott Collis, ANL

10:30 AM

7A.1

Application of radar polarimetry to estimate rainfall from the bright band

Lesya Borowska, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and D. Zrnic

Recorded Presentation

10:45 AM

7A.2

Correcting for Attenuation: Can Emission Provide and Absolute Constraint?

Robert J. Thompson, Univ. of Reading, Reading, Berks., United Kingdom; and A. J. Illingworth and T. Darlington

Recorded Presentation

11:00 AM

7A.3

Improving radar rainfall products employing data from cellular telecommunication networks

Aart Overeem, Wageningen Univ., Wageningen, Netherlands; and H. Leijnse and R. Uijlenhoet

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (569.3 kB)

11:15 AM

7A.4

The challenge of transforming rainfall nowcasting into rainfall hazard assessment

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

11:30 AM

7A.5

PATTERN: Advantages of High Resolution Weather Radar Networks

Katharina Lengfeld, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), Barcelona, Spain; and M. Clemens, H. Muenster, and F. Ament

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (7.2 MB)

11:45 AM

7A.6

Utilization of specific attenuation for rainfall estimation at S, C, and X bands

Alexander Ryzhkov, Univ. of Oklahoma/CIMMS, Norman, OK; and P. Zhang, C. Simmer, and M. Diederich

Recorded Presentation

Session 7B

Polarimetric Radar: Signal Processing Techniques and Algorithm Development

Location: Colorado Ballroom (Peak 5, 3rd Floor) (Beaver Run Resort and Conference Center)

Host: 36th Conference on Radar Meteorology (16-20 September, 2013)

Cochairs: Matthew R. Kumjian, NCAR; Terry J. Schuur, Univ. of Oklahoma/CIMMS and NOAA/NSSL

10:30 AM

7B.1

Statistical evaluation of pulse to pulse phase coding to suppress coupling in the polarimetric radar

Igor R. Ivic, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and D. Zrnic

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (372.2 kB)

10:45 AM

7B.2

Evaluation and improvement of the French fuzzy logic polarimetric hydrometeor classifier

Hassan Al-Sakka, Météo France, Toulouse, France; and J. F. Ribaud, A. A. Boumahmoud, B. Fradon, C. Augros, O. Bousquet, and P. Tabary

Recorded Presentation

Handout (1.2 MB)

11:00 AM

7B.3

A New Surface-based Polarimetric Hydrometeor Classification Algorithm for Transitional Winter Weather to be Used on the WSR-88D Network

Terry J. Schuur, Univ. of Oklahoma/CIMMS and NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and A. V. Ryzhkov, H. D. Reeves, M. R. Kumjian, K. L. Elmore, and K. L. Ortega

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (540.7 kB)

11:15 AM

7B.4

Evaluating a Hail Size Discrimination Algorithm for dual-polarized WSR-88Ds using high-resolution reports and forecaster feedback

Kiel L. Ortega, Univ. of Oklahoma/CIMMS and NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK ; and A. V. Ryzhkov, J. Krause, P. Zhang, and M. R. Kumjian

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (536.4 kB)

11:30 AM

7B.5

Microphysical and Kinematic Observations of Oklahoma Precipitation Events using X- and C-band Polarimetric Radar

Brenda Dolan, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and A. A. Matthews, S. Rutledge, and W. Xu

Recorded Presentation

11:45 AM

7B.6

Characterization of the observational uncertainty of dual-polarimetric radar Parameters using variational algorithm

Wei-Yu Chang, Chinese Culture University, Taipei, Taiwan; and J. Vivekanandan

Recorded Presentation

Break for Lunch

Poster Session 10

Airborne and Spaceborne Radars

Location: Breckenridge Ballroom (Peak 14-17, 1st Floor) / Event Tent (Outside) (Beaver Run Resort and Conference Center)

Host: 36th Conference on Radar Meteorology (16-20 September, 2013)

Cochairs: Simone Tanelli, JPL/California Institute of Technology; Gerald M. Heymsfield, NASA/GSFC; Nobuhiro Takahashi, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology; Alain Protat, Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research

201

Detection of Biological Scatter Using Spaceborne Precipitation Radar: A Feasibility Study

Phillip B. Chilson, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and Y. Hong, Q. Cao, W. A. Petersen, and J. F. Kelly

Handout (7.7 MB)

202

New Simulation Study of The Impact of Surface Clutters on Solid-State Spaceborne Precipitation Radar

Ramesh Nepal, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and Z. Li, Y. Zhang, and L. Li

Manuscript (959.4 kB)

Handout (6.7 MB)

203

Solid precipitation measurement using a dual Ka-band radar system for GPM/DPR algorithm development

Masanori Nishikawa, Nagoya Univ., Nagoya, Aichi, Japan; and K. Nakamura, Y. Fujiyoshi, K. Nakagawa, H. Hanado, Y. Kaneko, H. Minda, S. Nakai, and T. Kumakura

204

A Fuzzy Logic Based Algorithm for Performing Automatic Quality Control of Airborne Doppler Radar Observations

Cory A. Wolff, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and M. M. Bell, W. Lee, and H. Cai

205

Comparison of Reflectivity Profiles between TRMM-PR and Operational Radar Network Mosaic over South Korea

Shinju Park, Kyungpook National Univ., Daegu, Korea, Republic of (South); and S. H. Jung and G. Lee

Manuscript (1.5 MB)

Handout (30.9 MB)

206

ER-2 X-band Radar (EXRAD) for Cloud, Precipitation and Wind Measurements

Lihua Li, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and G. Heymsfield, M. McLinden, M. Coon, M. Perrine, and J. Cervantes

207

Drop Size Distribution Model Estimation by Comparing CloudSat/CPR and TRMM/PR

Nobuhiro Takahashi, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Koganei, Tokyo, Japan

Handout (2.2 MB)

208

Effect of Multiple Scattering in GPM Precipitation Radar Measurement

Soichiro Sugimoto, Central Research Institute of Electrical Power Industry, Abiko, Chiba, Japan; and T. Kobayashi

Manuscript (108.2 kB)

209

An Improved Procedure to Correct Airborne Doppler Radar Data for Navigation Errors Using a Variational Method

Huaqing Cai, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and W. C. Lee, C. Wolff, and M. M. Bell

210

A New Methodology for Thermodynamic Retrievals in Tropical Cyclones from Airborne Doppler Radar

Michael M. Bell, Univ. of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI; and A. M. Foerster

211

Coplanar retrieval method for downward pointing, conically scanning airborne Doppler radar

Anthony C. Didlake Jr., NASA, Greenbelt, MD; and G. M. Heymsfield and L. Tian

212

VAD and Dual-Doppler Analysis of Wind Fields from HIWRAP Observations During GRIP

Lin Tian, GESTAR/NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and G. Heymsfield, S. Guimond, and L. Li

213

The impact of TRMM PR algorithm updates and user methodologies on the tropics-wide stratiform rain fraction

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

Handout (1.5 MB)

214

Systematical Evaluation of VPR-Identification and Enhancement (VPR-IE) Approach: Incorporate Space-borne Radar into Ground Radar Network

Yixin Wen, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and Y. Hong, Q. Cao, G. Zhang, J. J. Gourley, J. Zhang, Z. L. Flamig, and P. E. Kirstetter

215

A Study of Uncertainties in GPM/DPR Rain Estimates Caused by DSD Parameterization

Liang Liao, Morgan State Univ., Greenbelt, MD; and R. Meneghini and A. Tokay

216

ER2-HIWRAP Observed Vertical Profiles of Reflectivity and Doppler Velocity in Deep Convection During MC3E

217

Detectability of Falling Snow with NASA CloudSat Satellite: Evaluation from NOAA/NSSL Ground-Radar-Based National Multi-sensor Mosaic QPE (NMQ) System

Qing Cao, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and Y. Hong, S. Chen, J. J. Gourley, J. Zhang, and P. E. Kirstetter

Handout (10.0 MB)

218

Potential of scanning Doppler polarimetric mm-radars for observing winds in extreme weather event cloud systems

Alessandro Battaglia, Univ. of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom; and S. Tanelli and P. Kollias

219

Deriving Non-Precipitating Cloud Water Path Using a Surface Reference Technique from CloudSat

Matthew Lebsock, JPL, Pasadena, CA

Poster Session 11

Field Campaigns II

Location: Breckenridge Ballroom (Peak 14-17, 1st Floor) / Event Tent (Outside) (Beaver Run Resort and Conference Center)

Host: 36th Conference on Radar Meteorology (16-20 September, 2013)

Cochairs: Carlos Augusto Morales, Univ. of Sao Paulo; Katja Friedrich, Univ. of Colorado

220

Multi-Sensor Analysis of MCS Maintenance and Boundary Layer Evolution During the 4-5 June 2012 ABIDE-III Field Deployment

Aaron L. Mayhew, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and K. R. Knupp

221

High-resolution radar structure and growth processes of convective generating cells and precipitation bands

David M. Plummer, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and R. M. Rauber, G. M. McFarquhar, B. F. Jewett, D. Leon, and A. A. Rosenow

Handout (1.8 MB)

222

Refractivity Measurement by radar during the HYMEX Campaign

Lucas Besson, LATMOS, Guyancourt, France; and O. Caumont, L. Goulet, S. Bastin, F. Fabry, L. Menut, and J. Parent du Chatelet

223

High resolution precipitation measurements during the HYMEX campaign: Preliminary results

Jimmy Zwiebel, Univ. Blaise Pascal Clermont II, Aubière, France; and J. Van Baelen, S. Anquetin, A. Berne, B. Boudevillain, J. Grazioli, Y. Pointin, and T. Raupach

224

Determining of the ZDR offset and its impact on the hydrometeor classification of the CHUVA Project

Jojhy Sakuragi Sr., INPE, Cachoeira Paulista, Brazil

225

Time Evolution of a Storm from X-POL in São Paulo: a ZH - ZDR and Titan Metrics Comparison

Roberto V. Calheiros, São Paulo State Univ., Bauru, São Paulo, Brazil; and A. M. Gomes, M. A. Lima, C. F. Angelis, and J. Sakuragi

Manuscript (570.1 kB)

Handout (309.7 kB)

226

High resolution, multi-‐sensor kinematic analysis of heterogeneous boundary layer evolution

Kevin R. Knupp, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and S. Mullins, R. Wade, T. Fehnel, E. Foshee, N. Feng, V. Franklin, B. Freitag, G. Heidelberger, E. Hipp, A. Kaulfus, T. Lyza, A. Mayhew, A. Sherrer, S. Stough, and A. White

227

Analysis of the Effects Of Wind Channeling and Gradients in Roughness Length on Environmental Vorticity and Helicity

Timothy A. Coleman, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and K. Knupp

228

Scanning Doppler radar observations of a coastal orographic precipitation event in northern California during PACJET

Raul Valenzuela, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and D. E. Kingsmill

Handout (6.9 MB)

229

Radar Rainfall estimation during DYNAMO

Elizabeth J. Thompson, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and S. Rutledge, B. Dolan, R. A. Rilling, M. Dixon, S. Ellis, and W. Xu

230

On the evolution of mesoscale convective systems during DYNAMO

Angela K. Rowe, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and R. A. Houze Jr.

Handout (1.4 MB)

231

Characteristics of the raindrop size distribution on midlatitude mesoscale convective systems

Paola Salio, Ciudad Univ., Buenos Aires, Argentina; and L. Pappalardo and Y. Garcia Skabar

232

Convective Population Associated with the Madden-Julian Oscillation Observed by DYNAMO Experiment and TRMM Satellite

Weixin Xu, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and S. Rutledge, E. J. Thompson, and B. Dolan

233

A holistic view of precipitation systems from macro- and microscopic perspective

Raquel M. Evaristo, Univ. of Bonn, Bonn, Germany; and X. Xie, S. Trömel (Troemel), and C. Simmer

Handout (291.4 kB)

234

MJO observed from AMEI/DYNOMO and ARM long term observation at TWP

Min Deng, Univ. of Wyoming, Laramie, WY; and C. N. Long, S. A. McFarlane, C. Zhang, Z. Feng, and G. G. Mace

235

C-band observations during DYNAMO/CINDY2011/AMIE

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

Handout (3.9 MB)

236

Aircraft Radar Observations of Convective Characteristics during a Madden-Julian Oscillation during the DYNAMO field project

Nick Guy, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and D. P. Jorgensen

Handout (9.3 MB)

237

Wind profiler observations from the DYNAMO Field Campaign

William O. J. Brown, NCAR, Boulder, CO

238

SMART-R/S-Pol Reflectivity Comparisons and Attenuation Corrections during DYNAMO

Robert A. Rilling, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and C. Schumacher

Manuscript (921.6 kB)

Handout (495.1 kB)

239

An evaluation of raindrop size distribution as a function of height using S-Pol polarimetric radar data from DYNAMO

J.C. Hubbert, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. A. Rilling and S. Ellis

Manuscript (2.9 MB)

Poster Session 12

Polarimetric Radar I

Location: Breckenridge Ballroom (Peak 14-17, 1st Floor) / Event Tent (Outside) (Beaver Run Resort and Conference Center)

Host: 36th Conference on Radar Meteorology (16-20 September, 2013)

Chair: John Hubbert, NCAR

Poster 246 has been moved. New paper number is 12A.2A

240

Estimation of spatial correlation of rain drop size distribution parameters and rain rates using NASA's S-band polarimetric radar and 2D video disdrometer network: Two case studies from MC3E

Viswanathan Bringi, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and L. Tolstoy, M. Thurai, and W. A. Petersen

Manuscript (423.4 kB)

241

Dual Transmitter Hybrid Mode Polarization Radar

242

analysis and application of X-band dual-polarization parameters of ground clutter

Shi Zhao, Chinese Meteorological Administration, Chengdu, Sichuan, China; and H. Jianxin, Z. fugui, and L. Xuehua

Manuscript (299.8 kB)

Handout (242.3 kB)

243

Estimate of Turbulence Eddy Dissipation Rate with Spectral Width Data from X-Band Doppler Weather Radar

Hong Fang Wang, Beijing Aviation Meteorological Institute, Beijing, China; and W. Li, X. Z. Gao, and Z. J. Cheng

244

Shipborne polarimetric weather radar: Impact of ship movement on polarimetric variables

Merhala Thurai, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and P. T. May and A. Protat

Manuscript (306.0 kB)

245

Estimations of aspect ratios of ice cloud particles with the WSR-88D radar

Valery Melnikov, Univ. of Oklahoma / CIMMS, Norman, OK; and S. Y. Matrosov

Manuscript (1.3 MB)

Handout (437.8 kB)

247

Development and Assessment of Nuero-fuzzy gust front detection algorithm

Yunsung Hwang, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and T. Y. Yu

248

Multi-Lag Hybrid Correlation Coefficient Estimator

Igor R. Ivic, Univ. of Oklahoma / NSSL, Norman, OK; and V. Melnikov

Handout (252.9 kB)

249

Observations of a mesoscale convective system

Michael Frech, DWD, Hohenpeissenberg, Germany

Handout (572.6 kB)

250

The Dynamic and Microphysical Processes during the Reorganizing Stage of Typhoon Fanapi(2010) based on the Multiple Doppler synthesis and the Drop Size Distribution Retrieved from Polarimetric radar observation

Tai-Chi Chen Wang, National Central Univ., Jhong-Li, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan; and P. Y. Huang and Y. C. Liou

251

Hail detection using S-band dual polarization radar

Sol-Ip Heo, Korea Meteorological Administration, Jeju-do, Korea, Republic of (South); and M. Kang, K. Y. Nam, and H. S. Jung

253

Dual Polarimetric Quality Control for NASA's Precipitation Measurement Missions Ground Validation Program

Jason L. Pippitt, NASA/GSFC/SSAI, Greenbelt, MD; and D. A. Marks and D. B. Wolff

Manuscript (4.2 MB)

Handout (1.3 MB)

252

Performance of C-band Radar in Tropics

254

The Relationships between Parameters of C-Band Dual Polarization Radar and Their Calibration Issues

Zhiqun Hu Sr., Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, Beijing, China; and L. Liu and P. Zhang

255

The Microphysical Information of Backscatter Differential Phase in the Melting Layer at X, C, and S-band

Silke Trömel (Troemel), Univ. of Bonn, Bonn, Germany; and A. V. Ryzhkov, M. R. Kumjian, P. Zhang, and C. Simmer

Manuscript (1.1 MB)

Handout (1.9 MB)

256

Real Time Estimation of the Antenna Radome Effects on the Weather Radar Calibration

Eugenio Gorgucci, CNR / ISAC, Rome, Italy; and R. Bechini, L. Baldini, R. Cremonini, and V. Chandrasekar

257

Preliminary Study Of The Melting Layer In The Tropic Using A Polarimetric Doppler X-Band Radar

Jose G. Colom, Univ. of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez, PR; and J. Rosario, D. S. Cruz Pol, and L. León

Manuscript (482.8 kB)

Handout (896.7 kB)

258

Observations and Analysis of Atmospheric Waves during the Historic April 27, 2011 Tornado Outbreak

Todd A. Murphy, Univ. of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL; and T. A. Coleman and K. R. Knupp

Handout (3.4 MB)

259

Microwave scattering by hexagonal ice crystals and the interpretation of dual-polarisation radar measurements

Chris Westbrook, Univ. of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom

Handout (2.1 MB)

260

Calibration system for ARM radars

Nitin Bharadwaj, PNNL, Richland, WA; and K. B. Widener, A. Lindenmaier, and V. Venkatesh

Manuscript (359.3 kB)

261

Fuzzy Logic Classification of Three-Body Scattering from S-band Polarimetric Radar Measurements

Vivek N. Mahale, NOAA/NWS, Norman, OK; and G. Zhang and M. Xue

Handout (1.9 MB)

262

Improving detection of the melting layer in the dual-polarimetric radar volume using model data and object identification techniques

John Krause, NSSL, Norman, OK; and V. Lakshmanan and A. Ryzhkov

Handout (3.6 MB)

263

Icing Hazard Detection with NEXRAD IHL

Robert G. Hallowell, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA; and M. F. Donovan, D. J. Smalley, and B. J. Bennett

Manuscript (867.7 kB)

Handout (5.3 MB)

264

NEXRAD Correction of Vertically Integrated Liquid in Areas of Partial Beam Blockage

Kenta T. Hood, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA; and E. N. Mann, B. J. Bennett, D. J. Smalley, P. Zhang, and D. Zrnic

Manuscript (1.7 MB)

Handout (860.6 kB)

265

Quality Control of Reflectivity Field Using Co-polar Correlation Coefficient and Environmental Data

Lin Tang, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. Zhang, C. Langston, and K. Howard

266

Polarimetric, Doppler-radar observations of the "Owl Horn" radar signature in supercells

Howard B. Bluestein, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. C. Snyder, J. B. Houser, and V. N. Mahale

267

Polarimetric Radar Observations of Sea Breeze Front during SoWMEX/TiMREX

Radiant Rong-Guang Hsiu, National Taiwan Univ., Taipei, Taiwan; and B. J. D. Jou and W. Lee

268

Adaptive Ground Clutter Removal for Triple-PRT Setup

Jörn Sierwald, Vaisala, Inc., Sodankylä, Finland; and J. Huhtamäki

Manuscript (2.2 MB)

Handout (4.9 MB)

269

Comparison of Single-PRT, Dual-PRF, and Triple-PRT Weather Radar Measurements

Jukka Huhtamäki, Eigenor Corporation, Sodankylä, Finland; and J. Sierwald

Handout (11.1 MB)

270

Radar calibration using polarimetric observations with rain attenuation correction

Ahoro Adachi, MRI, Tsukuba, Japan

Manuscript (2.1 MB)

Tuesday Formal Poster Viewing

Location: Breckenridge Ballroom (Peak 14-17, 1st Floor) / Event Tent (Outside) (Beaver Run Resort and Conference Center)

Session 8A

Airborne and Spaceborne Radars: Airborne

Location: Colorado Ballroom (Peak 4, 3rd Floor) (Beaver Run Resort and Conference Center)

Host: 36th Conference on Radar Meteorology (16-20 September, 2013)

Cochairs: Gerald M. Heymsfield, NASA/GSFC; Alain Protat, Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research

2:30 PM

8A.1

The variability of the ice crystal mass-size relationship in trailing stratiform precipitation systems using airborne Doppler cloud radar and in-situ microphysical observations

Alain Protat, Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research, Melbourne, Australia; and J. Peter, E. Fontaine, A. Schwarzenboeck, and J. Delanoë

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (2.2 MB)

2:45 PM

8A.2

A Compact Airborne Ka-band Precipitation PMS Probe Radar (KPR)

Andrew L. Pazmany, ProSensing Inc., Amherst, MA; and J. Mead and I. PopStefanija

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (222.7 kB)

Handout (2.1 MB)

3:00 PM

8A.3

Wind Retrieval Algorithms for the IWRAP and HIWRAP Airborne Doppler Radars with Applications to Hurricanes

Stephen Guimond, NASA / GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and L. Tian, G. M. Heymsfield, and S. Frasier

Recorded Presentation

3:15 PM

8A.4

The Use of Airborne Doppler Radar Radial Velocity Super Observations for Tropical Cyclone Prediction

Christopher Melhauser, Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA; and F. Zhang

Recorded Presentation

3:30 PM

8A.5

Improved Tropical Cyclone Boundary Layer Wind Retrievals from Airborne Doppler Radar

Shannon L. McElhinney, Univ. of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI; and M. M. Bell

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (401.7 kB)

3:45 PM

8A.6

Initial Evaluation of the HIAPER Cloud Radar Doppler Velocity Measurements

Scott Ellis, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. Vivekanandan, P. S. Tsai, E. Loew, C. Burghart, M. J. Dixon, J. M. Emmett, M. Strong, and W. Lee

Recorded Presentation

Session 8B

Field Campaigns: Tropical Field Campaigns

Location: Colorado Ballroom (Peak 5, 3rd Floor) (Beaver Run Resort and Conference Center)

Host: 36th Conference on Radar Meteorology (16-20 September, 2013)

Cochairs: Courtney Schumacher, Texas A&M Univ.; Walter A. Petersen, NASA GSFC/Wallops Flight Facility

2:30 PM

8B.1

Aircraft Observed Precipitation Characteristics during the DYNAMO Field Project

Nick Guy, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and D. P. Jorgensen and R. A. Black

Recorded Presentation

2:45 PM

8B.2

The Hydrometeor Structure of 2-Day Rain Events During DYNAMO

Hannah C. Barnes, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and R. A. Houze Jr.

Recorded Presentation

3:00 PM

8B.3

Comparison of Observations of the Spatial Distribution of Water Vapor Derived from Radar and Radiometer Measurements During the DYNAMO Field Campaign

Swaroop Sahoo, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and X. Bosch-Lluis, S. C. Reising, J. Vivekanandan, P. Zuidema, and S. Ellis

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (650.4 kB)

3:15 PM

8B.4

Convective Systems in and around the ITCZ over the Indian Ocean during CINDY2011 Observed by the Shipboard C-band Doppler Radar

Masaki Katsumata, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan; and K. Yoneyama

3:30 PM

8B.5

Characterizing the Different Tropical Rainfall Regimes in Brazil: A Contribution of CHUVA Project

Carlos Augusto Morales, Univ. of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil; and T. Biscaro, I. carvalho, J. R. Neves, E. M. Anselmo, R. I. Albrecht, and L. Machado

Recorded Presentation

3:45 PM

8B.6

Radar-derived buoyancy in tropical cyclones

Annette M. Foerster, Univ. of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI; and M. M. Bell

Recorded Presentation

Coffee Break

Location: Breckenridge Ballroom (Peak 14-17, 1st Floor) (Beaver Run Resort and Conference Center)

Session 9A

Airborne and Spaceborne Radars: Spaceborne

Location: Colorado Ballroom (Peak 4, 3rd Floor) (Beaver Run Resort and Conference Center)

Host: 36th Conference on Radar Meteorology (16-20 September, 2013)

Cochairs: Nobuhiro Takahashi, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology; Simone Tanelli, JPL/California Institute of Technology; Stephen Joseph Munchak, NASA/GSFC

4:30 PM

9A.1

Global Snowfall Partitioning Studies Using CloudSat Observations

Mark S. Kulie, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and N. B. Wood, T. S. L'Ecuyer, and R. Bennartz

Recorded Presentation

4:45 PM

9A.2

Cross-validation of airborne radar and ground validation radar D3R observations during GCPEx

Minda Le, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and V. Chandrasekar

Manuscript (1.6 MB)

5:00 PM

9A.3

A new precipitation retrieval method for the GPM/DPR standard algorithm

Shinta Seto, Nagasaki Univ., Nagasaki, Japan; and T. Iguchi and A. A. Rosenow

Recorded Presentation

5:15 PM

9A.4

Dual-frequency Spaceborne Retrieval Methods and the Role of Non-Uniform Beam Filling

Robert Meneghini, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and H. Kim, L. Liao, and J. Jones

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (84.5 kB)

5:30 PM

9A.5

Using Relationships between Radar Surface Backscatter and Microwave Emissivity to Improve TRMM and GPM Combined Radar-Radiometer Precipitation Retrievals

Stephen Joseph Munchak, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and R. Meneghini, S. Tanelli, and W. S. Olson

Recorded Presentation

5:45 PM

9A.6

Doppler Correction Algorithm for EarthCAER Cloud Profiling Radar

Yuichi Ohno, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Koganei, Japan; and H. Horie, K. Sato, and N. Takahashi

Recorded Presentation

Handout (3.2 MB)

Session 9B

Polarimetric Radar: Tribute to Prof. Bringi - Data Quality / Calibration of Polarimetric Radars

Location: Colorado Ballroom (Peak 5, 3rd Floor) (Beaver Run Resort and Conference Center)

Host: 36th Conference on Radar Meteorology (16-20 September, 2013)

Cochairs: Paul L. Smith, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Merhala Thurai, Colorado State Univ.

4:30 PM

9B.1

Sampling issues in using raindrop disdrometer observations to determine radar K_dp-Z and self-consistency relationships

Paul L. Smith, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD

Recorded Presentation

4:45 PM

9B.2

Collision-induced drop oscillations from wind-tunnel experiments

Merhala Thurai, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and M. Szakall, V. Bringi, and S. K. Mitra

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (260.3 kB)

5:00 PM

9B.3

Monitoring the data quality of the new polarimetric weather radar network of the German Meteorological Service

Michael Frech, DWD, Hohenpeissenberg, Germany

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (528.3 kB)

5:15 PM

9B.4

Polarimetric Weather Radar Calibration - Engineering Challenges

Richard L. Ice, US Air Force, Norman, OK; and A. K. Heck, J. G. Cunningham, J. C. Hubbert, G. Meymaris, and M. Dixon

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (1002.8 kB)

Handout (3.2 MB)

5:30 PM

9B.5

Methods for Identifying Systematic Differential Reflectivity (Zdr) Biases on the Operational WSR-88D Network

Jeffrey G. Cunningham, US Air Force Weather Agency, Norman, OK; and W. D. Zittel, R. R. Lee, and R. L. Ice

Manuscript (1.9 MB)

Handout (6.3 MB)

5:45 PM

9B.6

Operational considerations for Zdr Calibration using the Cross-polarimetric Technique

Gregory Meymaris, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. C. Hubbert, M. Dixon, R. L. Ice, A. K. Heck, and J. G. Cunningham

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (241.8 kB)

Registration Open

Location: Colorado Ballroom Foyer (Beaver Run Resort and Conference Center)

Session 10

Keynote Speakers III

Location: Colorado Ballroom (Peak 4&5, 3rd Floor) (Beaver Run Resort and Conference Center)

Host: 36th Conference on Radar Meteorology (16-20 September, 2013)

Cochairs: Martin Hagen, DLR; Jenny Sun, NCAR; John Hubbert, NCAR

8:30 AM

10.1

Echo climatology, impact of cities, and initial convection studies: New horizons opened using 17 years of Conterminous US radar composites

Frederic Fabry, McGill Univ., Montreal, QC, Canada; and Q. Cazenave and R. Basivi

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (6.4 MB)

9:00 AM

10.2

Recent Progresses with Radar Data Assimilation for Convective-Scale Numerical Weather Prediction

Ming Xue, CAPS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK

Recorded Presentation

9:30 AM

10.3

Using a network of 2D video disdrometers for external radar calibration of NASA's S-band polarimetric radar

Viswanathan Bringi, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and M. Thurai, W. A. Petersen, and P. N. Gatlin

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (1.1 MB)

Exhibit Hall Open

Location: Breckenridge Ballroom (Peak 14-17, 1st Floor) (Beaver Run Resort and Conference Center)

Coffee Break

Location: Breckenridge Ballroom (Peak 14-17, 1st Floor) (Beaver Run Resort and Conference Center)

Session 11A

Advances in Precipitation & Microphysics Estimation (Research): Microphysics (Ice)

Location: Colorado Ballroom (Peak 4, 3rd Floor) (Beaver Run Resort and Conference Center)

Host: 36th Conference on Radar Meteorology (16-20 September, 2013)

Cochairs: Angela K. Rowe, Univ. of Washington; Nick Guy, NOAA/NSSL

10:30 AM

11A.1

Crowdsourcing Precipitation Types at the Ground with mPING

Zachary L. Flamig, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL; and J. J. Gourley, K. L. Elmore, and L. P. Rothfusz

Recorded Presentation

10:45 AM

11A.2

Hydrometeor classification using clustering of polarimetric radar measurements

Jacopo Grazioli, EPFL-LTE, Lausanne, Switzerland; and A. Berne and D. Tuia

Recorded Presentation

11:00 AM

11A.3

A dual-polarization radar hydrometeor classification algorithm for winter precipitation

Elizabeth J. Thompson, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and S. Rutledge, B. Dolan, V. Chandrasekar, and B. L. Cheong

Recorded Presentation

11:15 AM

11A.4

Radar characterization of the melting layer in alpine precipitation

Danny E. Scipion, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland; and A. Berne

Recorded Presentation

11:30 AM

11A.5

Quantifying snowfall scattering and microphysical properties from the Global Precipitation Mission Cold season Precipitation Experiment (GCPEx)

Stephen W. Nesbitt, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and G. Duffy, G. McFarquhar, M. S. Kulie, C. V. Chandra, P. Kollias, S. Tanelli, W. A. Petersen, and A. Tokay

Recorded Presentation

11:45 AM

11A.6

Observations of snow growth by a vertically pointing radar

Isztar Zawadzki, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (1.3 MB)

Session 11B

Field Campaigns: Orographic/Hydrological Field Campaigns

Location: Colorado Ballroom (Peak 5, 3rd Floor) (Beaver Run Resort and Conference Center)

Host: 36th Conference on Radar Meteorology (16-20 September, 2013)

Cochairs: Brenda A. Dolan, Colorado State Univ.; Ali Tokay, JCET/Univ. of Maryland Baltimore County

10:30 AM

11B.1

Microphysical characteristics of heavy, Mediterranean rainfall retrieved from polarimetric radar measurements during the Hymex field campaign

Pierre-Emmanuel Kirstetter, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and J. J. Gourley, Y. Hong, and Q. Cao

Recorded Presentation

10:45 AM

11B.2

Sub-grid variability of the drop size distribution in orographic Mediterranean rainfall

Tim Raupach, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland; and A. Berne

Recorded Presentation

11:00 AM

11B.3

Profiling radar observations of coastal orographic feeder cloud structure during CALJET, PACJET and HMT-West

David E. Kingsmill, Boulder, CO

Recorded Presentation

11:15 AM

11B.4

Effects of orographic convection on cloud and precipitation development in winter storms during ASCII 2012

Katja Friedrich, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and J. Aikins and B. Geerts

Recorded Presentation

11:30 AM

11B.5

Airborne Radar Observations of Precipitation Formation in Convective Clouds over the Southwestern UK: Preliminary Results from the COPE Project

Dave Leon, Univ. of Wyoming, Laramie, WY; and J. Frech and S. Lasher-Trapp

11:45 AM

11B.6

NASA Radar and Disdrometer Observations During the Iowa Flood Survey (IFloodS)

David B. Wolff, NASA/GSFC, Wallops Island, VA; and W. A. Petersen, P. Domaszczynski, A. Tokay, M. T. Wingo, B. Dolan, S. A. Rutledge, and T. J. Lang

Recorded Presentation

Afternoon Break

Panel Discussion 1

Tribute to Prof. Bringi

Location: Colorado Ballroom (Peak 4, 3rd Floor) (Beaver Run Resort and Conference Center)

Host: 36th Conference on Radar Meteorology (16-20 September, 2013)

Moderator: V. Chandrasekar, Colorado State Univ.

Panelists: Dusan Zrnic, NOAA/NSSL; Steven A. Rutledge, Colorado State Univ.; Roy M. Rasmussen, NCAR; J. Vivekanandan, NCAR; Thomas A. Seliga, N/A

6:00 PM

Panelist: Zrnic Dusan

Recorded Presentation

6:15 PM

Panelist: Seliga Thomas

6:30 PM

Panelist: Roy Rasmussen

Recorded Presentation

6:45 PM

Panelist: Steven A. Rutledge

Recorded Presentation

Reception for Prof. Bringi (Cash Bar)

Location: Coppertop II (2nd Floor) (Beaver Run Resort and Conference Center)

Registration Open

Location: Colorado Ballroom Foyer (Beaver Run Resort and Conference Center)

Session 12A

Polarimetric Radar: Tribute to Prof. Bringi - Applications and Intercomparisons

Location: Colorado Ballroom (Peak 4, 3rd Floor) (Beaver Run Resort and Conference Center)

Host: 36th Conference on Radar Meteorology (16-20 September, 2013)

Cochairs: V. Chandrasekar, Colorado State Univ.; Alexander V. Ryzhkov, Univ. of Oklahoma/CIMMS and NOAA/NSSL

8:30 AM

12A.1

Innovative Applications of Dual-polarization in Radar Meteorology, beyond the measurement of differential reflectivity and differential phase

V. Chandrasekar, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO

12A.2

Intercomparisons of dual-polarization signatures among DOW and NOXP X-band radars and DOW and CHILL radars

8:45 AM

12A.2A

Observations of a severe hail-bearing storm by an operational X-band polarimetric radar in the Mediterranean area

Gianfranco Vulpiani, Presidency of the Council of Ministers, Rome, Italy; and L. Baldini

Manuscript (1.9 MB)

Handout (2.2 MB)

9:00 AM

12A.3

Sensor Fusion for the Observation and Nowcasting of Winter Weather Condition

Martin Hagen, DLR, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany; and F. Keis and A. Tafferner

Recorded Presentation

9:15 AM

12A.4

Wet ice cloud particles at subfreezing temperatures?

Valery Melnikov, Univ. of Oklahoma/CIMMS, Norman, OK

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (1.5 MB)

9:30 AM

12A.5

Geometrical interpretation of dual-polarization radar meteorological observations

Paul R. Krehbiel, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM; and R. D. Scott

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (2.5 MB)

Handout (2.5 MB)

9:45 AM

12A.6

Polarimetric Observations of Prescribed Bushfires in South Australia using an X-Band Phased Array Radar

Robert Palumbo, Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA; and W. Al-Ashwal, D. Gray, S. J. Frasier, D. J. McLaughlin, E. J. Knapp, B. Ferguson, and C. P. McCarroll

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (2.8 MB)

Handout (2.5 MB)

Session 12B

Use of Radar Data for NWP Models: Radar Data Assimilation for NWP Model Initialization

Location: Colorado Ballroom (Peak 5, 3rd Floor) (Beaver Run Resort and Conference Center)

Host: 36th Conference on Radar Meteorology (16-20 September, 2013)

Cochairs: Ming Xue, CAPS/Univ. of Oklahoma; Jenny Sun, NCAR

12B.1

On the role of radar in an Optimal Observing System for Short-Range Prediction of Severe Convective Storms

8:30 AM

12B.1

Evaluation of 13-km and 3-km Radar Data Assimilation Impacts on High Resolution Rapid Refresh (HRRR) Thunderstorm Forecasts

Stephen S. Weygandt, NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and C. Alexander, D. C. Dowell, M. Hu, E. P. James, S. G. Benjamin, P. Hofmann, T. G. Smirnova, J. M. Brown, J. B. Olson, K. J. Brundage, and B. D. Jamison

Recorded Presentation

8:45 AM

12B2

Developments in Australian Doppler radar data classification and assimilation

Susan J. Rennie, Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research, Docklands, Vic., Australia; and J. Peter, M. Curtis, A. Seed, and P. Steinle

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (1.4 MB)

9:00 AM

12B.3

Comparison of WRF 4D-Var with 3D-Var for radar data assimilation

Juanzhen Sun, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and H. Wang

Recorded Presentation

9:15 AM

12B.4

Assimilation of radar reflectivity data in the Met Office convective-scale forecast system

Lee D. Hawkness-Smith, Met Office, Reading, Berks., United Kingdom; and S. Ballard

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (270.2 kB)

9:30 AM

12B.5

Impact of Assimilating Radar Radial Wind in the Canadian High Resolution Ensemble Kalman Filter System

Kao-Shen Chung, EC, Dorval, QC, Canada; and W. Chang, L. Fillion, F. Fabry, and I. Zawadzki

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (2.8 MB)

9:45 AM

12B.6

Comparisons of numerically-simulated and observed low-level polarimetric signatures in supercells

Daniel Dawson, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN; and E. R. Mansell, Y. Jung, L. J. Wicker, M. R. Kumjian, and M. Xue

Recorded Presentation

Coffee Break

Location: Colorado Ballroom Foyer (Beaver Run Resort and Conference Center)

Session 13A

Polarimetric Radar: Tribute to Prof. Bringi - Observations I: Warm Season and Severe Convective Storms

Location: Colorado Ballroom (Peak 4, 3rd Floor) (Beaver Run Resort and Conference Center)

Host: 36th Conference on Radar Meteorology (16-20 September, 2013)

Cochairs: J. Vivekanandan, NCAR; John Hubbert, NCAR

10:30 AM

13A.1

Radar Observations and Radar Model Computations of Biological Scatterers

J. Vivekanandan, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. Hubbert and J. Wilson

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (3.4 MB)

10:45 AM

13A.2

Rapid-scan, polarimetric, Doppler-radar observations of tornadoes and rapidly evolving phenomena using RaXPol

Howard Bluestein, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. C. Snyder, J. B. Houser, and V. N. Mahale

Recorded Presentation

11:00 AM

13A.3

Application of Spectral Polarimetry to a Hailstorm at Low Elevation Angle

Tian-Yu Yu, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and H. Le, Y. Wang, A. V. Ryzhkov, and M. R. Kumjian

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (1.4 MB)

11:15 AM

13A.4

Mobile, Doppler polarimetric radar observations of supercell hook echoes during VORTEX2

Michael M. French, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and L. J. Wicker, D. W. Burgess, and E. R. Mansell

Recorded Presentation

11:30 AM

13A.5

Microphysical Interpretation of both Fast Alternating and Simultaneous Horizontal and Vertical Transmit Data

J.C. Hubbert, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and S. Ellis and W. Y. Chang

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (3.8 MB)

11:45 AM

13A.6

Gust Front vs. Non-Gust Front Thunderstorms: Application of the Multi-Response Permutation Procedure (MRPP) to Assess the Importance of Storm Characteristics and Environmental Conditions

Theresa A. Aguilar, South Dakota School of Mines & Technology and UCAR/SOARS, Anton, TX; and T. M. Weckwerth, D. V. Kliche, R. D. Roberts, and P. L. Smith

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (1.7 MB)

Session 13B

Use of Radar Data for NWP Models: Use of Radar Data for Improved Analysis and Model Validation

Location: Colorado Ballroom (Peak 5, 3rd Floor) (Beaver Run Resort and Conference Center)

Host: 36th Conference on Radar Meteorology (16-20 September, 2013)

Cochairs: Yu-Chieng Liou, National Central University; S. Weygandt, NOAA/ESRL/GSD

10:30 AM

13B.1

Assimilation of Dual-Polarimetric Radar Observations with WRF 3DVAR and Case Studies

Xuanli Li, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and J. Mecikalski, T. Fehnel, and D. J. Posselt

Recorded Presentation

10:45 AM

13B.2

Assimilating of Reflectivity and Radial Velocity in a Unified Convective-Scale 3DVAR Framework: Idealized Thunderstorm Case

Jidong Gao, NSSL/NOAA, Norman, OK; and D. J. Stensrud

Recorded Presentation

Handout (2.6 MB)

11:00 AM

13B.3

Convergence zone development in complex terrain during the Convective and Orographically-induced Precipitation Study

Tracy J. Hertneky, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and T. M. Weckwerth

Recorded Presentation

11:15 AM

13B.4

Examining the effect of the vertical wind shear environment on polarimetric signatures in numerically-simulated supercells

Jeffrey C. Snyder, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and H. B. Bluestein, D. Dawson, and Y. Jung

Recorded Presentation

Handout (8.5 MB)

11:30 AM

13B.5

Simulation of polarimetric radar variables from the CAPS Spring Experiment Storm Scale Ensemble Forecasts

Bryan J. Putnam, CAPS/ARRC/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and M. Xue, G. Zhang, and Y. Jung

Recorded Presentation

11:45 AM

13B.6

Application of An Immersed Boundary Method to Variational Doppler Radar Analysis System

Sheng-Lun Tai, National Central University, Jhongli, Taiwan; and Y. C. Liou, J. Sun, S. F. Chang, and C. Y. Yang

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (557.8 kB)

Break for Lunch

Poster Session 13

Millimeter Wavelength Radars: mm-Wave Radar Studies of Clouds

Location: Breckenridge Ballroom (Peak 14-17, 1st Floor) / Event Tent (Outside) (Beaver Run Resort and Conference Center)

Host: 36th Conference on Radar Meteorology (16-20 September, 2013)

Cochairs: Herman Russchenberg, Delft Univ. of Technology; Nitin Bharadwaj, PNNL

301

Characteristics of X-, Ka-, and W-band Radar Parameters from Precipitating Clouds in the Arctic

Mariko Oue, Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA; and J. Verlinde and E. Clothiaux

Manuscript (891.2 kB)

Handout (12.2 MB)

302

TTUKa Single-Doppler Radar Analysis of Low-Level Tornado Structure

Timothy R. Cermak, Texas Tech Univ., Lubbock, TX; and C. C. Weiss, A. E. Reinhart, and P. S. Skinner

Manuscript (7.0 MB)

303

long-term statistics of arctic stratiform mixed-phase cloud properties based on radar observation

Guo Yu, Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA; and J. Verlinde and E. E. Clothiaux

Poster Session 14

Millimeter Wavelength Radars: mm-Wave Systems and Networks

Location: Breckenridge Ballroom (Peak 14-17, 1st Floor) / Event Tent (Outside) (Beaver Run Resort and Conference Center)

Host: 36th Conference on Radar Meteorology (16-20 September, 2013)

Cochairs: Nitin Bharadwaj, PNNL; Herman Russchenberg, Delft Univ. of Technology

304

The study for Wband phased array radar receiver

Hiroaki Horie, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Koganei, Japan; and H. Hanado, K. Sato, S. Kawamura, Y. Ohno, N. Takahashi, and H. Fujii

305

The Airborne Millimeter-wave System Development and Performance Update for NCAR's HIAPER Cloud Radar

Pei-Sang Tsai, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and E. Loew, J. Vivekanandan, J. M. Emmett, C. Burghart, S. Rauenbuehler, M. J. Dixon, M. Strong, and S. Haimov

Manuscript (2.4 MB)

Handout (28.9 MB)

306

U.S. DOE ARM Radar Network - Current Status and Future Plans

Kevin B. Widener, PNNL, Richland, WA; and N. Bharadwaj, K. L. Johnson, S. Collis, A. Lindenmaier, and V. Venkatesh

307

A 35 GHz Mobile Doppler Radar and a Microwave Disdrometer Network for Meteorological Research

Franco Prodi, National Research Council, Bologna, Italy; and F. Pasqualucci, A. C. Marra, G. P. Marra, and G. Trivellone

Handout (6.4 MB)

308

Improvements to ARM's Widely-used Millimeter Wavelength Radar Product, the ARSCL VAP

Karen L. Johnson, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY; and P. Kollias, S. Giangrande, M. Jensen, T. Toto, D. Troyan, and H. Kalesse

Handout (4.3 MB)

309

Calibration of operating modes of mm-wavelength zenith-pointing radars

Michele Galletti, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY; and D. Huang and P. Kollias

310

A time series method to identify and correct range sidelobes from pulse compression in cloud radar data

Chris Westbrook, Univ. of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom; and J. Nicol

Handout (1.9 MB)

Poster Session 15

Polarimetric Radar II

Location: Breckenridge Ballroom (Peak 14-17, 1st Floor) / Event Tent (Outside) (Beaver Run Resort and Conference Center)

Host: 36th Conference on Radar Meteorology (16-20 September, 2013)

CoChair: John Hubbert, NCAR

311

Multiple Doppler Radar Analysis of External Environmental and Topographical Influences on a QLCS Tornado Event

Anthony W. Lyza, Univ. of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL; and T. A. Murphy, R. A. Wade, T. A. Coleman, and K. R. Knupp

Manuscript (1.3 MB)

Handout (1.9 MB)

312

Trends in calibration within the polarimetric WSR-88D Network

Mrinal S. Balaji, Baron Services, Inc, Huntsville, AL; and J. R. Ellis, J. H. Romines, R. D. Cartwright, and J. H. Lee

313

Detection of thunderstorm-induced microbursts and windshear by dual-polarization X-band weather radar

314

Determining Geometry for Common Comparison Radar Space

Zlatko R. Vukovic, EC, Toronto, ON, Canada; and J. M. C. Young and N. Donaldson

Manuscript (434.3 kB)

Handout (382.9 kB)

315

Microburst Detection with NEXRAD AMDA

Mark S. Veillette, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA; and B. J. Bennett, M. Pawlak, and R. S. Frankel

Manuscript (1.4 MB)

Handout (4.9 MB)

316

End-to-end Calibration of NEXRAD Differential Reflectivity with Metal Spheres

Earle R. Williams, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA; and K. T. Hood, J. Y. N. Cho, D. J. Smalley, J. B. Sandifer, D. Zrnic, V. M. Melnikov, D. W. Burgess, D. Forsyth, T. M. Webster, and D. Erickson

Manuscript (844.3 kB)

Handout (902.4 kB)

317

Mitigation of range-velocity ambiguities for fast alternating horizontal and vertical transmit radar via phase coding

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

Manuscript (395.0 kB)

318

Testing of a background classification algorithm for use with dual-polarized radars in determining precipitation type at the surface

Heather D. Reeves, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma and NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and T. J. Schuur, A. V. Ryzhkov, K. L. Elmore, J. Krause, and K. L. Ortega

Manuscript (9.5 MB)

319

Polarimetric Observations of Snow Growth in Stratiform Clouds

Jonathan M. Vogel, McGill Univ., Montreal, QC, Canada; and F. Fabry and I. Zawadzki

Manuscript (547.6 kB)

320

Vertical structure of the Tsukuba F3 tornado on 6 May 2012 as revealed by a polarimetric radar

Hiroshi Yamauchi, MRI, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan; and H. Niino, O. Suzuki, Y. Shoji, E. Sato, A. Adachi, and W. Mashiko

Manuscript (1.1 MB)

321

Estimation of the Specific Differential Phase Shift using Kalman Filtering

Jacopo Grazioli, EPFL-LTE, Lausanne, Switzerland; and M. Schneebeli and A. Berne

322

Observations of a Thermal Boundary and its interaction with the 27 April 2011 EF-5 Hackleburg Tornado

Adam Sherrer, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and K. R. Knupp, R. Wade, and T. A. Murphy

323

The impact of raindrop collisional processes on the polarimetric radar variables

Matthew R. Kumjian, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and O. P. Prat

Handout (4.0 MB)

324

The Application of Specific Attenuation for Rainfall Estimation in Complex Terrain in Taiwan

Yadong Wang, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and P. Zhang, A. Ryzhkov, J. Zhang, and P. L. Chang

325

Real-time radar reflectivity calibration from differential phase measurements

Aldo Bellon, McGill Univ., Ste-Anne de Bellevue, QC, Canada; and F. Fabry

Manuscript (881.2 kB)

Handout (801.5 kB)

326

Development of a Real-time Data Quality Index for the S-Pol Radar

Scott Ellis, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and D. Albo, T. M. Weckwerth, J. Hubbert, and M. J. Dixon

327

Evaluation of the Clutter Mitigation Decision Performance as a Function of Clutter to Signal Ratio

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

328

Improving Polarimetric radar parameter estimates and Target Identification: a comparison of different approaches

Alamelu Kilambi, McGill Univ., Montreal, QC, Canada; and F. Fabry and S. M. Torres

Manuscript (1.2 MB)

Handout (959.3 kB)

329

DWD's new operational scan strategy

Jörg E. E. Seltmann, German Meteorological Service, Hohenpeissenberg, Germany; and T. Hohmann and M. Frech

Handout (5.3 MB)

330

A Rain Drop Size Distribution (DSD) Retrieval Algorithm for CASA DFW Urban Radar Network

Haonan Chen, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and V. Chandrasekar and E. Yoshikawa

Manuscript (1.0 MB)

Handout (1.4 MB)

331

Orthogonal Coding in a MIMO Polarimetric Radar System as a Method to Recover Full Polarimetric Data

Zachary Dunn, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and M. Yeary, N. Goodman, and C. Fulton

Manuscript (480.2 kB)

332

Absolute Calibration of an X-band Polarimetric Weather Radar: Comparison of Different Methods

333

Multi-sensor comparison of airflow derived from polarimetric Doppler radars, a UHF wind profiler, and a Doppler wind lidar in the convective and nocturnal boundary layer

Kevin R. Knupp, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and S. Mullins

334

Time Series of Microphysical Structure and Lightning Polarity of a Group of Thunderclouds Generated Successively in a Line-shaped Area

Takeharu Kouketsu, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Tokyo, Japan; and H. Uyeda and T. Ohigashi

Manuscript (1.0 MB)

Handout (1.0 MB)

335

Performance of the Enhanced Reflectivity Implementation in Operational Dual-polarization Radar Environments

Reino Keränen, Vaisala Oyj, Helsinki, Finland; and V. Chandrasekar

Handout (742.0 kB)

336

Progress in Mitigation of WLAN Interferences at Weather Radar

Reino Keränen, Vaisala Oyj, Helsinki, Finland; and L. Rojas and P. Nyberg

Manuscript (2.0 MB)

Handout (2.9 MB)

337

Spectrum-Time Estimation and Processing (STEP) for Data Quality Enhancement on the IQ2 Processor

Ryan M. May, Enterprise Electronics Corp., Norman, OK

338

WDT's Polarimetric Radar Identification System (POLARIS): Using WSR-88D Network Dual-Polarized Radar Data for Real-Time Operational Applications

Chris Porter, Weather Decision Technologies, Inc., Norman, OK; and B. C. Baranowski, C. M. Schwarz, and L. Venkatramani

Handout (3.2 MB)

339

Weather Observations Using Ranger: A Compact Polarimetric Solid-State X-band Radar

340

WDT's Polarimetric Radar Identification System (POLARIS): Using the Hydrometeor Classification Algorithm for hail detection and size discrimination

Benjamin C. Baranowski, Weather Decision Technologies, Inc., Norman, OK; and C. W. Porter and C. M. Schwarz

Handout (19.3 MB)

341

A High-Resolution 3D Weather Radar, MSG, and Lightning Sensor

Malte Diederich, Univ. of Bonn, Bonn, Germany; and F. Senf and K. Wapler

Poster Session 16

Precipitation & Hydrologic Applications (Operational): Nowcasting

Location: Breckenridge Ballroom (Peak 14-17, 1st Floor) / Event Tent (Outside) (Beaver Run Resort and Conference Center)

Host: 36th Conference on Radar Meteorology (16-20 September, 2013)

Cochairs: Wen-Chau Lee, NCAR/EOL; J.J. Gourley, NOAA/NSSL

342

Diagnosing Track and Intensity of Landfalling Tropical Cyclones using VORTRAC 2.0

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

343

Site-specific Nowcasting of Lightning Hazards

Wiebke Deierling, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and M. Steiner, K. Ikeda, C. Kessinger, K. Stone, E. Nelson, and J. Pinto

344

Radar Refractivity Retrieval: Challenges and Solutions

John Nicol, National Centre for Atmospheric Science, Reading, Berks., United Kingdom; and A. J. Illingworth and T. Darlington

345

Application of Multi-Scale tracking radar echoes scheme in QPN

Gaili Wang, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Science, Beijing, China

346

High-Resolution Flash Flood Forecasting for the City of Fort Worth

Arezoo Rafieei Nasab, Univ. of Texas, Arlington, TX; and A. Norouzi, H. chen, D. J. Seo, V. Chandrasekar, and A. Cannon

347

On the Splitting and Merger in Storm Tracking Using Radar

Zhoujie Cheng, Institute of Aviation Meteorology, Beijing, China; and J. Bai

348

Integration of multi-sensor nowcasting systems to improve the early detection of severe convective storms in the Alpine area

Alessandro M. Hering, MeteoSwiss, Locarno-Monti, Switzerland; and L. Nisi, U. Germann, M. Boscacci, L. Clementi, and P. Ambrosetti

Handout (1.9 MB)

349

Austrian new dual polarized C-band weather radar network for aeronautical meteorology

Rudolf Kaltenboeck Sr., Austrocontrol, Vienna, Austria

Handout (1.7 MB)

350

Cross-validation of Precipitation Identification from NOAA/NSSL Ground-Radar-Based National Mosaic QPE (NMQ) System and Crowd-Sourcing-Based mPING Weather Reports

Sheng Chen, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and Y. Hong, Q. Cao, J. J. Gourley, Z. L. Flamig, J. Zhang, and K. Howard

Poster Session 17

Precipitation & Hydrologic Applications (Operational): Hydrology & QPE

Location: Breckenridge Ballroom (Peak 14-17, 1st Floor) / Event Tent (Outside) (Beaver Run Resort and Conference Center)

Host: 36th Conference on Radar Meteorology (16-20 September, 2013)

Cochairs: Rita Roberts, NCAR/RAL; Martin Hagen, DLR

351

Prediction and Identification of Flash Flood Storms in Colorado. Part II: Attributes of Environment and Storm Evolution

Rita D. Roberts, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. W. Wilson

352

Spatial and temporal characteristics of hailstorms over complex orography: a long-term radar-based analysis in the Swiss Alpine area

Luca Nisi, Univ. of Bern, Bern, Switzerland; and O. Martius, A. M. Hering, and U. Germann

Handout (1.2 MB)

353

Operational mitigation of ground clutter using information from past and near-future radar scans

Alexandra Anderson-Frey, Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA; and F. Fabry

Manuscript (460.8 kB)

Handout (2.1 MB)

354

Non-Standard Blockage Mitigation for National Radar QPE Products

Lin Tang, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. Zhang, Y. Qi, C. Langston, and K. W. Howard

Manuscript (4.2 MB)

355

A five-year climatology of precipitation organization in the southeastern U.S: initial results

Thomas M. Rickenbach, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC; and C. M. Zarzar, R. Nieto-Ferreira, and B. R. Nelson

Handout (31.4 MB)

356

Characteristic Analysis of Cloud Images and Radar Data on a Mesoscale Rainstorm Cluster in the West of South China

Anning Gao, Guangxi Meteorological Observatory, Nanning, Guangxi, China; and F. He and R. Zhang

357

Quality-Based Combination of Multi-Source Precipitation Data

358

On the 2013 Spring Floods at Chicago

Edwin Campos, ANL, Argonne, IL; and S. Collis, J. Wang, and J. Helmus

Handout (9.9 MB)

Poster Session 18

Precipitation & Hydrologic Applications (Operational): Operational & Networks

Location: Breckenridge Ballroom (Peak 14-17, 1st Floor) / Event Tent (Outside) (Beaver Run Resort and Conference Center)

Host: 36th Conference on Radar Meteorology (16-20 September, 2013)

Cochairs: Daniel Sempere-Torres, Centre de Recerca Aplicada en Hidrometeorologia; Richard L. Ice, US Air Force

359

Coexistence of meteorological radars and wind farms: successful operational stories

Daniel Sempere-Torres, Univ. Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain; and M. Berenguer and I. Zawadzki

Handout (742.1 kB)

360

An Error-Based Selection Criterion to Mitigate the Effects of C-Band Attenuation in the UK Radar Composite

Caroline Sandford, UK Met Office, Exeter, United Kingdom; and N. Gaussiat

Handout (726.7 kB)

361

Recent Improvements to the Quality Control of Radar Data for the OPERA Data Centre (Odyssey)

R.W. Scovell, UK Met Office, Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom; and N. Gaussiat, S. Matthews, B. Urban, M. P. Mittermaier, D. B. Michelson, P. Tabary, K. Bouyer, M. Martet, and D. Idziorek

Manuscript (2.1 MB)

Handout (1.8 MB)

362

Improving 3-D reflectivity radar mosaics using an inverse method

Marc Berenguer, Univ. Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain; and J. Roca-Sancho and D. Sempere-Torres

Handout (5.7 MB)

363

Hydrometeor Classification and Quantitative Precipitation Estimation from Quality Assured Radar Data for the DWD Polarimetric C-Band Weather Radar Network

Jörg Steinert, DWD, Offenbach, Germany; and M. Werner and P. Tracksdorf

Handout (968.4 kB)

364

OPERA 4 - The new phase of Operational Weather Radar Network in Europe

Elena Saltikoff, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland; and H. Leijnse and P. Novak

Manuscript (699.5 kB)

365

Operational utilisation of polarimetric C-Band weather radar measurements at Deutscher Wetterdienst: The Project "Radarmassnahmen"

Patrick Tracksdorf, DWD, Offenbach am Main, Germany; and N. Rathmann, M. Werner, J. Steinert, and M. Frech

366

Rad4alp, The new Swiss Doppler polarimetric weather radar network: Data quality and first results

Jordi Figueras i Ventura, MeteoSwiss, Locarno, Switzerland; and U. Germann

Manuscript (345.2 kB)

Handout (274.4 kB)

367

Weather Radar Specific Data User Requirements for Canadian Network Design

368

WSR-88D Program Data Quality and Efficiency Enhancements - Plans and Status

Richard L. Ice, US Air Force, Norman, OK; and J. N. Chrisman, J. G. Cunningham, W. D. Zittel, S. D. Smith, O. E. Boydstun, R. D. Cook, and A. K. Heck

Manuscript (3.0 MB)

Handout (315.7 kB)

369

Evaluation of polarimetric Quantitative Precipitation Estimation Products obtained with the French operational X-, C- and S-band polarimetric radars

Abdel-Amin Boumahmoud, Météo France, Toulouse, France; and B. Fradon, H. Al-Sakka, and P. Tabary

370

Next generation of weather radar for the UK C-band national radar network

Jacqueline Sugier, Met Office, Exeter, United Kingdom; and T. Darlington, M. Edwards, V. Lissaman, R. Riley, and K. Norman

Poster Session 19

Precipitation & Hydrologic Applications (Operational): Other

Location: Breckenridge Ballroom (Peak 14-17, 1st Floor) / Event Tent (Outside) (Beaver Run Resort and Conference Center)

Host: 36th Conference on Radar Meteorology (16-20 September, 2013)

Chair: Paul A. Kucera, NCAR / RAL

371

Application for CINRAD Data in the Evaluation of Ground-Based Weather Modification

372

Radar Observation of Boundary Layer Wind Structure Associated with Landfalling Typhoons in China

Xiumei Ma, Key Laboratory for Mesoscale Severe Weather/MOE, Nanjing, China; and K. Zhao and W. C. Lee

Manuscript (1.0 MB)

373

Polarimetric Radar Evalutation of a Hygroscropic Seeding Study in Eastern North Dakota

Paul A. Kucera, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and C. Weeks and D. Langerud

Poster Session 20

Use of Radar Data for NWP Models: Radar Data Assimilation for NWP Model Initialization

Location: Breckenridge Ballroom (Peak 14-17, 1st Floor) / Event Tent (Outside) (Beaver Run Resort and Conference Center)

Host: 36th Conference on Radar Meteorology (16-20 September, 2013)

Cochairs: Ming Xue, CAPS/Univ. of Oklahoma; Jenny Sun, NCAR

374

The assimilation of extrapolated radar reflectivity using a new precipitation nudging scheme for improving short-term quantitative precipitation prediction in New Zealand

375

Improving Short-Term QPFs with a WRF-LETKF Radar Data Assimilation System: OSSEs on Typhoon Morakot (2009)

Chih-Chien Tsai, National Central Univ., Jhongli City, Taoyuan County, Taiwan; and S. C. Yang and Y. C. Liou

376

Impacts of Radar Data Assimilation on Simulations of Typhoon Namadol(2011)

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

377

Establishing 3-km Radar Data Assimilation in the 2013 High-Resolution Rapid Refresh (HRRR) Forecast System

Curtis Alexander, NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory, Boulder, CO; and D. C. Dowell, M. Hu, E. P. James, S. Weygandt, S. G. Benjamin, P. Hofmann, T. G. Smirnova, J. M. Brown, J. Olson, K. J. Brundage, and B. D. Jamison

378

EnKF assimilation of single-elevation, near-surface radar data beneath a supercell: OSSE explorations

Robin L. Tanamachi, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and M. Xue and Y. Jung

379

On the utilization of radar reflectivity data for assimilation into storm-scale NWP models

Jacob Carlin, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and A. Ryzhkov

Manuscript (949.8 kB)

380

A Comparison between the 3/4DVAR and Hybrid Ensemble-VAR Techniques for Radar Data Assimilation

Hongli Wang, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and X. Y. Huang, S. Fan, J. Sun, and J. Zhong

Manuscript (2.3 MB)

381

Radar data assimilation for the prediction of Front Range convection

Mei Xu, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. Sun, Y. Liu, and S. Tessendorf

382

The Use of Doppler Radar Observations at NCEP

Shun Liu, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC, College Park, MD; and G. DiMego, M. Pyle, W. S. Wu, S. Guan, D. Parrish, and J. Derber

383

Assimilation of the CHUVA Project's Dual Polarization Radar Data with WRF 3D-VAR and Its Impact on the Short-Range Precipitation Forecast

Eder Paulo Vendrasco, INPE, Cachoeira Paulista, Brazil; and J. Sun, H. Wang, D. L. Herdies, C. F. Angelis, and R. I. Albrecht

384

Assimilation of T-TREC-Retrieved Wind Data with WRF 3DVAR for the Short-term Forecasting of Typhoon Meranti (2010) near Landfall

Poster Session 21

Use of Radar Data for NWP Models: Use of Radar Data for Improved Analysis and Model Validation

Location: Breckenridge Ballroom (Peak 14-17, 1st Floor) / Event Tent (Outside) (Beaver Run Resort and Conference Center)

Host: 36th Conference on Radar Meteorology (16-20 September, 2013)

Cochairs: Yu-Chieng Liou, National Central Univ.; S. Weygandt, NOAA/ESRL/GSD

Poster 385 has been moved. New peper number is 12B.1A

386

A Diagnostic and Forecasting Techniques Based on Radar Derived Translation and Propagation of Convective Systems

Sanjar M. Abdullaev, South Ural State Univ., Chelyabinsk, Russia; and O. Y. Lenskaya

Manuscript (522.1 kB)

387

Development and validation of a full polarimetric radar simulator

Clotilde Augros, Météo France, Toulouse, France; and O. Caumont, V. Ducrocq, and P. Tabary

Manuscript (4.4 MB)

388

A new multiple-Doppler-radar wind analysis algorithm and its application in resolving the flow structure of Typhoon Morakot (2009) over Taiwan's complex terrain

Yu-Chieng Liou, National Central Univ., Jhongli City, Taiwan; and T. C. Chen Wang, Y. C. Tsai, and Y. S. Tang

389

Objective identification and tracking of merging and splitting storms in the 24 May 2011 Oklahoma tornadic supercell outbreak

Robin Tanamachi, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and P. L. Heinselman, L. J. Wicker, V. Lakshmanan, and D. L. Priegnitz

390

Short-range Precipitation Forecasting with Real-time 4DVAR Analysis Using Dense Radar and Surface Observation Data

Soichiro Sugimoto, Central Research Institute of Electrical Power Industry, Abiko, Chiba, Japan; and J. Sun

391

Building observational targets from scanning weather radars

Scott Collis, ANL, Argonne, IL; and W. K. Tao, A. M. Fridlind, Y. Feng, J. Wang, D. Wu, J. Helmus, S. E. Giangrande, and A. Theisen

392

The Python-ARM Radar Toolkit (Py-ART), an open source package for weather radar

Jonathan Helmus, ANL, Argonne, IL; and S. Collis, K. L. Johnson, K. North, S. E. Giangrande, and M. Jensen

Handout (4.2 MB)

393

Recent improvements in radar wind data quality control for data assimilation

Qin Xu, NSSL, Norman, OK; and K. Nai, Y. Jiang, P. Zhang, C. Karstens, T. M. Smith, and S. Liu

Handout (2.3 MB)

Thursday Formal Poster Viewing

Location: Breckenridge Ballroom (Peak 14-17, 1st Floor) / Event Tent (Outside) (Beaver Run Resort and Conference Center)

Session 14A

Millimeter Wavelength Radars: mm-Wave Radar Studies of Clouds

Location: Colorado Ballroom (Peak 4, 3rd Floor) (Beaver Run Resort and Conference Center)

Host: 36th Conference on Radar Meteorology (16-20 September, 2013)

Cochairs: Nitin Bharadwaj, PNNL; Herman Russchenberg, Delft Univ. of Technology

3:30 PM

14A.1

Seamless measurements of vertical air velocity associated with warm clouds through the integration of multiple retrieval techniques

Edward P. Luke, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY; and P. Kollias

Recorded Presentation

3:45 PM

14A.2

Exploring Stratocumulus Cloud-Top Entrainment Processes Using Doppler Cloud Radar Observations

Bruce Albrecht, Univ. of Miami, Miami, FL; and M. Fang

Recorded Presentation

4:00 PM

14A.3

Estimates of the Vertical Profile of Entrainment Rate from Millimeter-wavelength Radar Observations

Michael P. Jensen, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY; and T. Toto, P. Kollias, C. Lu, and T. J. Wagner

Recorded Presentation

4:15 PM

14A.4

Kinematic Study of Layered Clouds using Scanning Cloud Radar Observations

Paloma Borque, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and P. Kollias

4:30 PM

14A.5

Empirical Z-Visibility Relation Found by Fog Measurements at an Airport by Cloud Radar and Optical Fog Sensors

Matthias Richard Bauer-Pfundstein, METEK, Meteorologische Messtechnik GmbH, Elmshorn, Germany; and G. Peters and B. Fischer

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (937.1 kB)

Handout (1.7 MB)

4:45 PM

14A.6

Optimal estimates of rain profiles using multiple wavelength radar measurements at ARM SGP Central Facility

F. Tridon, Univ. of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom; and A. Battaglia, P. Kollias, and E. P. Luke

Recorded Presentation

5:00 PM

14A.7

Estimating Radar Backscattering Cross Sections of Ice Crystals at Millimeter Wavelengths Using a Modified Rayleigh-Gans Theory

Yinghui Lu, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA; and E. E. Clothiaux, K. Aydin, J. Verlinde, and G. Botta

Recorded Presentation

5:15 PM

14A.8

Ka-band ARM zenith profiling radar (KAZR) network for climate study

Nitin Bharadwaj, PNNL, Richland, WA; and A. Lindenmaier, K. B. Widener, K. L. Johnson, and V. Venkatesh

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (1.3 MB)

Session 14B

Precipitation & Hydrologic Applications (Operational): Hydrology & QPE

Location: Colorado Ballroom (Peak 5, 3rd Floor) (Beaver Run Resort and Conference Center)

Host: 36th Conference on Radar Meteorology (16-20 September, 2013)

Cochairs: Sergey Y. Matrosov, CIRES/NOAA/ESRL; Martin Hagen, DLR

3:30 PM

14B.1

RAINFALL NOWCASTING BY COMBINING RADAR, RAIN GAUGE AND MICROWAVE LINK MEASUREMENTS

Blandine Bianchi, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland; and P. J. van Leeuwen, R. Hogan, and A. Berne

Recorded Presentation

3:45 PM

14B.2

Prediction and Identification of Flash Flood Storms in Colorado, Part I - Nowcast skill Using NWP, Blending and Heuristic Techniques

James W. Wilson, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. Roberts

Recorded Presentation

4:00 PM

14B.3

Assessing uncertainties in quantitative precipitation estimates from polarimetric radar in complex terrain and their impacts on simulated streamflow

David J. Gochis, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and B. Dolan, P. Kennedy, K. Ikeda, S. Matrosov, R. Cifelli, S. Rutledge, and W. Yu

Recorded Presentation

14B.4

Evaluation of snowfall estimates from the Grand Junction, Colorado WSR-88D during winter 2012-2013

4:30 PM

14B.5

Uncertainty Analyses of the Operational WSR-88D Hydrometeor Classification Product

Lin Tang, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. Zhang and Y. Wang

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (3.2 MB)

4:45 PM

14B.6

Evaluation of operational weather radar rainfall estimates in flood-prone areas of California

Sergey Y. Matrosov, CIRES / Univ. of Colorado and NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and F. M. Ralph, P. J. Neiman, and A. White

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (201.0 kB)

5:00 PM

14B.7

Identification and uncertainty estimation of vertical reflectivity profiles using a Lagrangian approach to support quantitative precipitation measurements by weather radar and its impact on the catchment hydrological response during cold season precipitation

Pieter Hazenberg, Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and H. Leijnse and R. Uijlenhoet

Recorded Presentation

5:15 PM

14B.8

WMO Initiative for the Global Exchange of Radar Data

Daniel B. Michelson, Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute, Norrköping, Sweden; and P. I. Joe, D. Lockett, S. Goldstraw, L. Bai, A. Becker, K. P. Georgakakos, S. Foreman, E. Fucile, R. Giraud, N. Gaussiat, T. Hohmann, A. Kamilliddin, M. Kitchen, E. Kyte, J. F. Mahfouf, S. Matthews, J. M. de Rezende, O. Sireci, M. A. de Barros Teixeira, and E. Wattrelot

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (521.4 kB)

Handout (4.0 MB)

Registration Open

Location: Colorado Ballroom Foyer (Beaver Run Resort and Conference Center)

Session 15A

Polarimetric Radar: Tribute to Prof. Bringi - Radar Observations II: Winter Storms and Icing

Location: Colorado Ballroom (Peak 4, 3rd Floor) (Beaver Run Resort and Conference Center)

Host: 36th Conference on Radar Meteorology (16-20 September, 2013)

Cochairs: Matthew R. Kumjian, NCAR; Steven A. Rutledge, Colorado State Univ.

8:30 AM

15A.1

Winter Storms Studies along the Front Range of Colorado during FROST

Steven A. Rutledge, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and M. R. Kumjian, R. Rasmussen, and P. Kennedy

Recorded Presentation

8:45 AM

15A.2

Snow generating cells and fallstreaks observed during FROST

Matthew R. Kumjian, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and P. C. Kennedy, S. A. Rutledge, and R. Rasmussen

Recorded Presentation

9:00 AM

15A.3

A Polarimetric and Microphysical Investigation of the Northeast Blizzard of 8-9 February 2013

Erica M. Griffin, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma and NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and A. V. Ryzhkov, T. J. Schuur, H. D. Reeves, K. L. Elmore, M. R. Kumjian, and J. C. Picca

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (5.8 MB)

9:15 AM

15A.4

In-flight icing hazard detection with dual and single polarimetric moments from operational NEXRADs

David J. Serke, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and S. Ellis, J. Hubbert, D. Albo, C. Johnston, C. Coy, and M. Politovich

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (255.7 kB)

9:30 AM

15A.5

In situ Icing Verification

David J. Smalley, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA; and E. R. Williams, M. F. Donovan, R. G. Hallowell, K. T. Hood, B. J. Bennett, M. Wolde, M. Bastian, and A. Korolev

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (3.5 MB)

Handout (3.4 MB)

9:45 AM

15A.6

Validation of NEXRAD Radar Differential Reflectivity in Snowstorms with Airborne Microphysical Measurements: Evidence for Hexagonal Flat Plate Crystals

Earle R. Williams, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA; and D. J. Smalley, M. F. Donovan, R. G. Hallowell, K. T. Hood, B. J. Bennett, M. Wolde, M. Bastian, and A. V. Korolev

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (3.6 MB)

Session 15B

Precipitation & Hydrologic Applications (Operational): Nowcasting

Location: Colorado Ballroom (Peak 5, 3rd Floor) (Beaver Run Resort and Conference Center)

Host: 36th Conference on Radar Meteorology (16-20 September, 2013)

Cochairs: Aurora D. Bell, Australian Bureau of Meteorology; Wen-Chau Lee, NCAR/EOL

8:30 AM

15B.1

Radar rainfall estimates and nowcasts: the challenging road from research to warnings

Aurora Bell, Australian Bureau of Meteorology, Melbourne, Australia; and A. Seed and R. Bunn

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (388.7 kB)

8:45 AM

15B.2

Identification of developing severe convective cells over the Alpine region by merging Satellite, Radar and NWP data

Luca Nisi, MeteoSwiss, Locarno-Monti, Switzerland; and P. Ambrosetti and L. Clementi

Recorded Presentation

Handout (2.3 MB)

9:00 AM

15B.3

Radar-based rainfall nowcasting at European scale: long-term evaluation and performance assessment

Marc Berenguer, Univ. Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain; and D. Sempere-Torres

Manuscript (4.9 MB)

Handout (34.5 MB)

9:15 AM

15B.4

Development of Nowcasting Method Based on Spatial Scale Analysis of Precipitation Distribution Observed by X-band Polarimetric Radar

Nozomu Takada, Meteorological Engineering Center, Inc., Osaka, Japan; and Y. Tanaka, S. Ikebuchi, and E. Nakakita

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (1.0 MB)

Handout (794.9 kB)

9:30 AM

15B.5

Rainfall attractors and predictability

Aitor Atencia, McGill Univ., Montreal, QC, Canada; and I. Zawadzki and F. Fabry

Manuscript (10.4 MB)

Handout (9.3 MB)

9:45 AM

15B.6

Meteorological Risks Mitigation and Nowcasting at Airports: the RIVONA Project

Franco Prodi, National Research Council, Bologna, Italy; and G. P. Marra, F. Pasqualucci, A. C. Marra, and G. Trivellone

Recorded Presentation

Handout (1.7 MB)

Coffee Break

Location: Colorado Ballroom Foyer (Beaver Run Resort and Conference Center)

Session 16

Until We Meet Again: Visionary & Forward Thinking

Location: Colorado Ballroom (Peak 4&5, 3rd Floor) (Beaver Run Resort and Conference Center)

Host: 36th Conference on Radar Meteorology (16-20 September, 2013)

Cochairs: J. Vivekanandan, NCAR; Christopher R. Williams, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado

10:30 AM

16.1

Future of Advanced Radar Systems (Invited Presentation)

Howard Bluestein, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK

Recorded Presentation

10:45 AM

16.2

Future of Radar Observations in NWP Models (Invited Presentation)

Jenny Sun, NCAR, Boulder, CO

Recorded Presentation

11:00 AM

16.3

Towards the Next Generation of Spaceborne Cloud and Precipitation Radars (Invited Presentation)

Eastwood Im, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and S. Tanelli, S. L. Durden, G. Sadowy, P. Racette, L. Li, T. Iguchi, and N. Takahashi

Recorded Presentation

11:15 AM

16.4

Future of Radars in Field Campaigns (Invited Presentation)

Walter A. Petersen, NASA GSFC/Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, VA

Recorded Presentation

11:30 AM

Closing Remarks: Chris Williams

Recorded Presentation

Awards and Closing Remarks

Location: Colorado Ballroom (Peak 4&5, 3rd Floor) (Beaver Run Resort and Conference Center)

Cochairs: J. Vivekanandan, NCAR; Christopher R. Williams, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado

AMS 36th Conference on Radar Meteorology Adjourns

36th Conference on Radar Meteorology (16-20 September, 2013)

Sunday, 15 September 2013

12:30 PM-6:00 PM: Sunday, 15 September 2013

1:30 PM-6:00 PM: Sunday, 15 September 2013

Monday, 16 September 2013

7:00 AM-5:00 PM: Monday, 16 September 2013

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Tuesday, 17 September 2013

7:30 AM-6:00 PM: Tuesday, 17 September 2013

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Wednesday, 18 September 2013

7:30 AM-12:00 PM: Wednesday, 18 September 2013

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Thursday, 19 September 2013

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Friday, 20 September 2013

8:00 AM-10:30 AM: Friday, 20 September 2013

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Sunday, 15 September 2013

12:30 PM-6:00 PM: Sunday, 15 September 2013

1:30 PM-6:00 PM: Sunday, 15 September 2013

Monday, 16 September 2013

7:00 AM-5:00 PM: Monday, 16 September 2013

8:15 AM-8:30 AM: Monday, 16 September 2013

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Wednesday, 18 September 2013

7:30 AM-12:00 PM: Wednesday, 18 September 2013

8:30 AM-10:00 AM: Wednesday, 18 September 2013