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Sunday, 27 August 2017
7:30 AM-9:00 AM: Sunday, 27 August 2017
8:30 AM-4:15 PM: Sunday, 27 August 2017
Workshop
AMS Short Course: Millimeter Wavelength Radars: Engineering, Theory and Science Applications
Host: 38th Conference on Radar Meteorology
8:30 AM-5:00 PM: Sunday, 27 August 2017
1:00 PM-5:00 PM: Sunday, 27 August 2017
Workshop
AMS Short Course: Phased Array Antennas for Weather Radar Applications
Host: 38th Conference on Radar Meteorology
5:00 PM-7:00 PM: Sunday, 27 August 2017
Monday, 28 August 2017
7:30 AM-5:00 PM: Monday, 28 August 2017
8:00 AM-8:30 AM: Monday, 28 August 2017
Plenary Session
1
Opening Remarks
Location: Vevey (Swissotel Chicago)
Host: 38th Conference on Radar Meteorology
Speakers:
8:30 AM-9:00 AM: Monday, 28 August 2017
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Keynote Speaker Session
2
Microphysical Studies with Radars: Keynote
Location: Vevey (Swissotel Chicago)
Host: 38th Conference on Radar Meteorology
9:00 AM-9:30 AM: Monday, 28 August 2017
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Keynote Speaker Session
3
Use of Radar Data for Nowcasting and Numerical Models: Keynote
Location: Vevey (Swissotel Chicago)
Host: 38th Conference on Radar Meteorology
Speaker:
9:30 AM-10:00 AM: Monday, 28 August 2017
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Keynote Speaker Session
4
Moving Platforms. Vehicle, Airborne, Shipborne and Spaceborne: Keynote.
Location: Vevey (Swissotel Chicago)
Host: 38th Conference on Radar Meteorology
10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Monday, 28 August 2017
10:30 AM-12:00 PM: Monday, 28 August 2017
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Session
5A
Microphysical Studies With Radars 1: Drop Size Distribution Studies
Location: Vevey (Swissotel Chicago)
Host: 38th Conference on Radar Meteorology
Cochairs:
10:45 AM
5A.2
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Session
5B
Use of Radar Data for Nowcasting and Numerical Models 1: Radar-Based Nowcasting
Location: St. Gallen (Swissotel Chicago)
Host: 38th Conference on Radar Meteorology
Chairs:
11:45 AM
5B.6
12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Monday, 28 August 2017
1:30 PM-2:30 PM: Monday, 28 August 2017
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Session
6A
Moving Platforms. Vehicle, Airborne, Shipborne and Spaceborne 1: Aircraft Big and Small.
Location: St. Gallen (Swissotel Chicago)
Host: 38th Conference on Radar Meteorology
Chairs:
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Session
6B
Use of Radar Data for Nowcasting and Numerical Models 2: Radar-based nowcasting
Location: Vevey (Swissotel Chicago)
Host: 38th Conference on Radar Meteorology
Chairs:
2:30 PM-4:00 PM: Monday, 28 August 2017
Poster Session
1
Microphysical Studies with Radars: Posters 1.
Location: Zurich DEFG (Swissotel Chicago)
Host: 38th Conference on Radar Meteorology
Cochairs:
Poster Session
2
Moving Platforms. Vehicle, Airborne, Shipborne and Spaceborne: Posters 1.
Location: Zurich DEFG (Swissotel Chicago)
Host: 38th Conference on Radar Meteorology
Poster Session
3
Use of Radar Data for Nowcasting and Numerical Models: Posters.
Location: Zurich DEFG (Swissotel Chicago)
Host: 38th Conference on Radar Meteorology
4:00 PM-5:30 PM: Monday, 28 August 2017
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Session
7A
Microphysical Studies with Radars 2: Severe Weather
Location: Vevey (Swissotel Chicago)
Host: 38th Conference on Radar Meteorology
Cochairs:
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Session
7B
Moving Platforms. Vehicle, Airborne, Shipborne and Spaceborne 2: Satellite.
Location: St. Gallen (Swissotel Chicago)
Host: 38th Conference on Radar Meteorology
Cochairs:
5:30 PM-7:30 PM: Monday, 28 August 2017
Tuesday, 29 August 2017
7:30 AM-5:00 PM: Tuesday, 29 August 2017
8:00 AM-8:30 AM: Tuesday, 29 August 2017
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Keynote Speaker Session
8
New and Emerging Radar Technology: Keynote
Location: Vevey (Swissotel Chicago)
Host: 38th Conference on Radar Meteorology
8:30 AM-9:00 AM: Tuesday, 29 August 2017
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Keynote Speaker Session
9
Cloud Studies Using Radars: Keynote.
Location: Vevey (Swissotel Chicago)
Host: 38th Conference on Radar Meteorology
8:30 AM-5:30 PM: Tuesday, 29 August 2017
9:00 AM-9:30 AM: Tuesday, 29 August 2017
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Keynote Speaker Session
10
Organized Convection and Severe Phenomena: Keynote.
Location: Vevey (Swissotel Chicago)
Host: 38th Conference on Radar Meteorology
9:30 AM-10:00 AM: Tuesday, 29 August 2017
Plenary Session
11
Introduction to Exhibits
Location: Vevey (Swissotel Chicago)
Host: 38th Conference on Radar Meteorology
10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Tuesday, 29 August 2017
10:30 AM-12:00 PM: Tuesday, 29 August 2017
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Session
12A
New and Emerging Radar Technology 1: Phased Array Weather Radar
Location: St. Gallen (Swissotel Chicago)
Host: 38th Conference on Radar Meteorology
11:15 AM
12A.4
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Session
12B
Organized Convection and Severe Phenomena 1: Hurricanes.
Location: Vevey (Swissotel Chicago)
Host: 38th Conference on Radar Meteorology
Chairs:
12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Tuesday, 29 August 2017
1:30 PM-2:30 PM: Tuesday, 29 August 2017
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Session
13A
Use of Radar Data for Nowcasting and Numerical Models 3: Assimilation Methods for New Radar Observations
Location: Vevey (Swissotel Chicago)
Host: 38th Conference on Radar Meteorology
Chairs:
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Session
13B
Moving Platforms. Vehicle, Airborne, Shipborne and Spaceborne 3: Moving Platforms at Altitude =0.
Location: St. Gallen (Swissotel Chicago)
Host: 38th Conference on Radar Meteorology
Chairs:
2:30 PM-4:00 PM: Tuesday, 29 August 2017
Poster Session
4
Microphysical Studies with Radars: Posters 2.
Location: Zurich (Swissotel Chicago)
Host: 38th Conference on Radar Meteorology
Cochairs:
Poster Session
5
Moving Platforms. Vehicle, Airborne, Shipborne and Spaceborne: Posters 2.
Location: Zurich (Swissotel Chicago)
Host: 38th Conference on Radar Meteorology
Poster Session
6
New and Emerging Radar Technology: Posters 1.
Location: Zurich (Swissotel Chicago)
Host: 38th Conference on Radar Meteorology
131
Poster Session
7
Organized Convection and Severe Phenomena: Posters 1.
Location: Zurich (Swissotel Chicago)
Host: 38th Conference on Radar Meteorology
Cochairs:
Poster Session
8
Radar Networks, Quality Control, Processing and Software: Posters 1.
Location: Zurich (Swissotel Chicago)
Host: 38th Conference on Radar Meteorology
4:00 PM-5:00 PM: Tuesday, 29 August 2017
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Session
14A
Microphysical Studies with Radars 3: Ice Scattering
Location: Vevey (Swissotel Chicago)
Host: 38th Conference on Radar Meteorology
Cochairs:
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Session
15B
New and Emerging Radar Technology 2: Novel Systems and Measurements
Location: St. Gallen (Swissotel Chicago)
Host: 38th Conference on Radar Meteorology
4:30 PM
15B.3
5:00 PM-6:00 PM: Tuesday, 29 August 2017
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Plenary Session
15
Tribute to the Trailblazers of Radar Meteorology: Dave Atlas, Roger Lhermitte and Edwin Kessler
Location: Vevey (Swissotel Chicago)
Host: 38th Conference on Radar Meteorology
5:00 PM
A Tribute to the Trailblazers of Radar Meteorology: Dave Atlas, Roger Lhermitte, and Edwin Kessler
6:00 PM-8:00 PM: Tuesday, 29 August 2017
Tribute to the Trailblazers of Radar Meteorology Reception, sponsored by the College of Atmospheric and Geographic Sciences at the University of Oklahoma
Location: 2nd Floor Prefunction (Swissotel Chicago)
Wednesday, 30 August 2017
7:30 AM-12:30 PM: Wednesday, 30 August 2017
8:00 AM-8:30 AM: Wednesday, 30 August 2017
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Keynote Speaker Session
16
Radar Networks, Quality Control, Processing and Software: Keynote
Location: Vevey (Swissotel Chicago)
Host: 38th Conference on Radar Meteorology
8:30 AM-9:00 AM: Wednesday, 30 August 2017
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Keynote Speaker Session
17
Quantitative Precipitation Estimation and Hydrology: Keynote.
Location: Vevey (Swissotel Chicago)
Host: 38th Conference on Radar Meteorology
9:00 AM-10:00 AM: Wednesday, 30 August 2017
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Session
18A
Cloud Studies Using Radars 1
Location: St. Gallen 3 (Swissotel Chicago)
Host: 38th Conference on Radar Meteorology
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Session
18B
Microphysical Studies with Radars 4: Ice Scattering
Location: Vevey (Swissotel Chicago)
Host: 38th Conference on Radar Meteorology
Cochairs:
9:00 AM
18B.1
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Session
18C
Radar Networks, Quality Control, Processing and Software 1
Location: St. Gallen 1&2 (Swissotel Chicago)
Host: 38th Conference on Radar Meteorology
Chairs:
9:00 AM-12:00 PM: Wednesday, 30 August 2017
10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Wednesday, 30 August 2017
10:30 AM-12:30 PM: Wednesday, 30 August 2017
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Session
19A
Organized Convection and Severe Phenomena 2: General Topics.
Location: Vevey (Swissotel Chicago)
Host: 38th Conference on Radar Meteorology
CoChair:
Chair:
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Session
19B
Use of Radar Data for Nowcasting and Numerical Models 4: Radar Data Assimilation for NWP
Location: St. Gallen 1&2 (Swissotel Chicago)
Host: 38th Conference on Radar Meteorology
Chairs:
1:30 PM-3:00 PM: Wednesday, 30 August 2017
Thursday, 31 August 2017
7:30 AM-5:00 PM: Thursday, 31 August 2017
8:00 AM-9:30 AM: Thursday, 31 August 2017
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Session
20A
New and Emerging Radar Technology 3: Innovations in Signal Processing
Location: St. Gallen (Swissotel Chicago)
Host: 38th Conference on Radar Meteorology
8:30 AM
20A.3
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Session
20B
Organized Convection and Severe Phenomena 4: Tornadoes
Location: Vevey (Swissotel Chicago)
Host: 38th Conference on Radar Meteorology
Cochairs:
9:30 AM-11:00 AM: Thursday, 31 August 2017
Poster Session
9
Cloud Studies Using Radars: Posters.
Location: Zurich DEFG (Swissotel Chicago)
Host: 38th Conference on Radar Meteorology
Poster Session
10
New and Emerging Radar Technology: Posters 2.
Location: Zurich DEFG (Swissotel Chicago)
Host: 38th Conference on Radar Meteorology
196
Poster Session
11
Organized Convection and Severe Phenomena: Posters 2.
Location: Zurich DEFG (Swissotel Chicago)
Host: 38th Conference on Radar Meteorology
Cochairs:
Poster Session
12
Quantitative Precipitation Estimation and Hydrology: Posters.
Location: Zurich DEFG (Swissotel Chicago)
Host: 38th Conference on Radar Meteorology
Poster Session
13
Radar Networks, Quality Control, Processing and Software: Posters 2.
Location: Zurich DEFG (Swissotel Chicago)
Host: 38th Conference on Radar Meteorology
Poster Session
14
Studies of Non-Hydrometeorological Returns: Posters.
Location: Zurich DEFG (Swissotel Chicago)
Host: 38th Conference on Radar Meteorology
289
11:00 AM-12:00 PM: Thursday, 31 August 2017
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Session
21A
Cloud Studies Using Radars 2
Location: St. Gallen 3 (Swissotel Chicago)
Host: 38th Conference on Radar Meteorology
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Session
21B
Organized Convection and Severe Phenomena 3: PECAN
Location: Vevey (Swissotel Chicago)
Host: 38th Conference on Radar Meteorology
Chairs:
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Session
21C
Studies of Non-Hydrometeorological Returns
Location: St. Gallen 1&2 (Swissotel Chicago)
Host: 38th Conference on Radar Meteorology
Cochairs:
11:30 AM
21C.3
12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Thursday, 31 August 2017
1:30 PM-3:30 PM: Thursday, 31 August 2017
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Session
22A
Microphysical Studies with Radars 5: Ice Habit and Hydrometeor ID Studies
Location: Vevey (Swissotel Chicago)
Host: 38th Conference on Radar Meteorology
Cochairs:
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Session
22B
Quantitative Precipitation Estimation and Hydrology 1: Multi-Platform QPE.
Location: St. Gallen 1&2 (Swissotel Chicago)
Host: 38th Conference on Radar Meteorology
Chairs:
3:30 PM-4:00 PM: Thursday, 31 August 2017
Coffee Break
Location: Zurich DEFG (Swissotel Chicago)
4:00 PM-5:30 PM: Thursday, 31 August 2017
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Session
23A
Microphysical Studies with Radars 6: Hydrometeor Distribution Studies
Location: Vevey (Swissotel Chicago)
Host: 38th Conference on Radar Meteorology
Cochairs:
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Session
23B
Radar Networks, Quality Control, Processing and Software 2
Location: St. Gallen 1&2 (Swissotel Chicago)
Host: 38th Conference on Radar Meteorology
Cochairs:
5:00 PM
23B.5
Friday, 1 September 2017
7:30 AM-12:00 PM: Friday, 1 September 2017
8:30 AM-10:00 AM: Friday, 1 September 2017
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Session
24A
Quantitative Precipitation Estimation and Hydrology 2: Improvements and Application of Radar-Based QPE.
Location: St. Gallen (Swissotel Chicago)
Host: 38th Conference on Radar Meteorology
Chairs:
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Session
24B
Radar Networks, Quality Control, Processing and Software 3
Location: Vevey (Swissotel Chicago)
Host: 38th Conference on Radar Meteorology
Chairs:
10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Friday, 1 September 2017
10:30 AM-10:45 AM: Friday, 1 September 2017
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Plenary Session
25
Awards Presentation
Location: Vevey (Swissotel Chicago)
Host: 38th Conference on Radar Meteorology
Speaker:
10:45 AM-11:00 AM: Friday, 1 September 2017
Plenary Session
26
Information Regarding the Next European Radar Conference.
Location: Vevey (Swissotel Chicago)
Host: 38th Conference on Radar Meteorology
Speakers:
11:00 AM-11:15 AM: Friday, 1 September 2017
Plenary Session
27
Closing Remarks and Announcement of the Next Radar Conference.
Location: Vevey (Swissotel Chicago)
Host: 38th Conference on Radar Meteorology
Speakers: