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Monday, 5 November 2001
	5:00 PM-7:00 PM, Monday Conference Registration
Tuesday, 6 November 2001
	7:30 AM-4:30 PM, Tuesday Conference registration continues through Friday, 9 November
	8:30 AM, Tuesday Coastal Data Exchange (a follow up to the Interactive Symposium on the Exchange of Operational and Research Coastal Oceanic, Atmospheric, and Hydrologic Observations and Model Products)
	5:30 PM-7:00 PM, Tuesday Welcome Reception (Cash Bar)
Wednesday, 7 November 2001
	9:00 AM-4:21 PM, Wednesday Joint Session 1 Estuarine and Coastal Ocean Forecasting-Joint Session with ECM and ERF (Please note some presentation times have been changed from the preliminary program published)
Organizers: Frank Aikman, III, NOAA, National Ocean Service, Silver Spring, MD; Keith Bedford, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
9:00 AM J1.0 Just a test   9:20 AM J1.1 The Northern Gulf of Mexico Littoral Initiative (NGLI): Modeling Program   John P. Blaha, Naval Oceanographic Office, Stennis Space Center, MS; and C. Szczechowski, A. Blumberg, Q. Ahsan, H. J. Herring, P. Fitzpatrick, C. Barron, L. Hsu, and S. N. Carroll 9:40 AM J1.2 Wind and Buoyancy Driven Salinity Structure in the Northern Gulf of Mexico Estuarine Systems   Quamrul Ahsan, HydroQual, Inc., Mahwah, NJ; and A. Blumberg and Q. Li J1.3 An ocean forecasting system for the east coast of Canada   Charles C. L. Tang, Bedford Insitute of Oceanography, Dartmouth, NS, Canada; and B. M. DeTracey 10:00 AM Discussion   10:19 AM Coffee Break   10:49 AM J1.4 Use of Mesonet Observations in the Generation and Verification of Real-Time Meteorological Analyses and Forecasts for the Narragansett Bay Watershed (Formerly paper J1.5)   John G. W. Kelley, NOAA/National Ocean Service, Silver Spring, MD; and M. Tsidulko 11:09 AM J1.5 An integrated system for real time observation, modeling, and data distribution for shelf, coastal sea, and estuarine waters (Formerly paper J1.14)   Thomas Opishinski, Interactive Oceanographics; and M. Spaulding 11:29 AM J1.6 A Nowcast/Forecast System of Circulation Dynamics for Narragansett Bay   Matthew Ward, Applied Science Associates; and C. Swanson and M. Spaulding 11:49 AM Joint Conference Luncheon   1:49 PM J1.7 Results and Analysis of the Tampa Bay Nowcast Forecast System   Mark Vincent, University of South Flordia, Tampa, FL; and D. Burwell and M. Luther 2:09 PM J1.8 One-Year Assessment of a Nowcast/Forecast System for Galveston Bay   Richard Schmalz, NOAA/NOS, Silver Spring, MD 2:29 PM J1.9 Great Lakes Coastal Forecasting System   David J. Schwab, NOAA/GLERL, Ann Arbor, MI; and G. A. Lang, K. W. Bedford, and Y. F. P. Chu 2:49 PM J1.10 A Bar Forecast Model for Humboldt Bay, Califronia   Victor Colborn, NOAA/NWS, Eureka, CA; and G. B. Crawford and T. Nicolini 3:09 PM Coffee Break   3:39 PM J1.11 Experience with the Prince William Sound Nowcast/Forecast System   Christopher N. K. Mooers, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and I. Bang and S. L. Vaughan 3:59 PM J1.12 Validation of a rapidly relocatable prediction system (Formerly paper J1.13)   Germana Peggion, University of Southern Mississippi, Stennis Space Center, MS; and D. N. Fox and C. N. Barron J1.13 Transfer, Evaluation and Implementation of Canada’s First Operational Storm Surge Prediction System (Formerly paper J1.4)   Harold Ritchie, MSC, Dorval, PQ, Canada; and N. Bernier, J. Bobanovic, S. Desjardins, J. Humble, A. MacAfee, G. Parkes, and K. Thompson
Thursday, 8 November 2001
	8:30 AM-1:00 PM, Thursday Session 1 Utilization and/or Acquisition of Observations in the Coastal Zone
Organizers: Mike Clancy, FNMOC, Monterey, CA; Christopher Mooers, RSMAS, University of Miami, Miami, FL
8:30 AM 1.1 The California Low-Level Coastal Jet and Nearshore Stratocumulus   John Kalogiros, NPS, Monterey, CA; and Q. Wang 8:45 AM 1.2 Santa Ynez Moutain Lee-Side Effects over the Santa Barbara Channel   Clive E. Dorman, SIO/Univ. of California, La Jolla, CA 9:00 AM 1.3 Coastal observations of warm rain during the California Land-falling Jets Experiment   Allen B. White, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado and NOAA/ETL, Boulder, CO; and F. M. Ralph, P. J. Neiman, J. R. Jordan, P. O. G. Persson, and D. J. Gottas 9:15 AM 1.4 The U.S. West Coast Operational Observing System: Exploring Capabilities, Limitations, and Enhancements in the CALJET and PACJET Experiments   F. Martin Ralph, NOAA/ERL/ETL, Boulder, CO; and D. Reynolds and P. J. Neiman 9:30 AM 1.5 Buoy-mounted wind profiling: Current status and potential applications for coastal research and prediction   F. Martin Ralph, NOAA/ERL/ETL, Boulder, CO; and J. R. Jordan and A. B. White 9:45 AM 1.6 Use of a Mesonet Designed to Improve Understanding of Surface Winds in Littoral Regions   Jay Titlow, Marak Services, Inc., Bolton, MA 10:00 AM Coffee Break   1.7 Estimation of boundary layer fluxes and profiles over the Gulf of Mexico using new observations and using the COARE program   Steven R. Hanna, Hanna Consultants, Kennebunkport, ME; and C. P. MacDonald, P. T. Roberts, and C. A. Knoderer 10:30 AM 1.8 The turbulence structure of the stable atmospheric boundary layer around a coastal headland: I. aircraft observations   Ian M. Brooks, SIO/Univ. of California, La Jolla, CA; and S. Söderberg and M. Tjernström 10:45 AM 1.9 The Turbulence Structure of the Stable Atmospheric Boundary Layer around a Coastal Headland: II. Model Results   Stefan Söderberg, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden; and M. Tjernström and I. M. Brooks 11:00 AM 1.10 Modification of the Marine Boundary Layer Across the Japan Sea During Winter   Clive E. Dorman, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA; and R. C. Beardsley 11:15 AM Lunch Break
	1:00 PM-3:15 PM, Thursday Session 2 Ocean Processes
Organizer: Julie Pullen, NRL, Monterey, CA
1:00 PM 2.1 Wind and storm impacts on circulation, sediment transport and salinity changes: Atchafalaya-Vermilion Bay, Louisiana, USA   Nan D. Walker, Coastal Studies Institute, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA; and S. Dartez, X. P. Zhang, G. W. Stone, A. Babin, A. S. Haag, S. Myint, and J. V. Letter 1:15 PM 2.2 The Alaska Coastal Current: Forcing by Local Winds and Runoff   Nicholas A. Bond, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and P. J. Stabeno 1:30 PM 2.3 Altimetric and in-situ observations of upper-ocean structure and heat content off the U.S. West Coast during the 1998 El Nino event   James M. Wilczak, NOAA/ERL/ETL, Boulder, CO; and R. R. Leben and D. S. McCollum 1:45 PM 2.4 Oceanic Motion Vectors: derivation from time-lapse fields of ocean color   R. L. Bernstein, SeaSpace Corporation, San Diego, CA; and K. S. Prasad 2:00 PM 2.5 West Florida shelf air-sea fluxes and SST variability   Robert H. Weisberg, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, FL; and J. I. Virmani and R. He 2:15 PM 2.6 Reconstruction of Shelf Circulation in Northern Gulf of Mexico from Drifter Buoy Data   Peter C. Chu, NPS, Monterey, CA; and L. M. Ivanov, T. P. Korchova, T. M. Margolina, and O. V. Melnichenko 2:30 PM 2.7 Determination of Coastal Current System Between Mindanao and New Guinea   Peter C. Chu, NPS, Monterey, CA; and C. W. Fan and R. Li 2:45 PM Coffee Break
	3:15 PM-4:45 PM, Thursday Session 3 Ocean Modeling
Organizer: Robert Weisberg, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, FL
3:15 PM 3.1 Nested modeling studies of the Adriatic Sea   Julie Pullen, NRL, Monterey, CA; and J. D. Doyle, R. Hodur, and J. Cummings 3:30 PM 3.2 Barotropic and baroclinic circulation patterns within the Indonesian Seas   William H. Burnett, Naval Meteorology & Oceanography Command, Stennis Space Center, MS; and V. Kamenkovich 3:45 PM 3.3 A 50-year winter wave hindcast for the North Pacific using NCEP/NCAR reanalysis winds   Nicholas E. Graham, SIO/Univ. of California and Hydrologic Research Center, La Jolla, CA; and R. R. Strange and H. F. Diaz 4:00 PM 3.4 Circulation-Wave Coupling With a Wave Parameterization For the Idealized California Coastal Region   Le N. Ly, NPS, Monterey, CA; and C. A. Collins 4:15 PM 3.5 Optimal estimation of tidal open boundary conditions using tide gauge data by an adjoint technique   Aijun Zhang, NOAA/National Ocean Service, Silver Spring, MD; and E. Wei and B. Parker 4:30 PM 3.6 Models for the Analysis and Prediction of Acoustic Phenomena in the Coastal Ocean   Paul C. Etter, Northrop Grumman Corporation, Annapolis, MD
	4:45 PM-6:00 PM, Thursday Poster Session 1 Posters (Plese note this session has changed to an Oral Session)
Organizers: Richard Hodur, NRL, Monterey, CA; Marshall Earle, Neptune Sciences, MS
P1.1 Localized coastal flooding along Florida's west coast   Charles H. Paxton, NOAA/NWS, Ruskin, FL; and D. A. Sobien and J. C. McMichael   P1.2 A Rip Current Assessment of the Florida Panhandle Coastal Waters   Gregory J. Mollere, NOAA/NWS, Tallahassee, FL; and A. I. Watson and R. C. Goree   P1.3 Evaluating the CALMET/CALPUFF modeling system for nitrogen deposition in the Tampa Bay Estuary   Arlene G. Laing, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL; and N. Poor, D. Lomeli, and V. Bhethanabotla   P1.4 Boundary-layer structure observed during a high ozone episode in California   Allen B. White, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado; and D. C. Ruffieux and C. W. King   P1.5 Optimize Coastal Ocean Prediction System (COPS)   Jun She, Danish Meteorological Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark
Friday, 9 November 2001
	8:30 AM-10:45 AM, Friday Session 4 Atmospheric Processes
Organizer: Richard Hodur, NRL, Monterey, CA
8:30 AM 4.1 Investigation of a land-falling pre-frontal low-level jet   William T. Thompson, NRL, Monterey, CA; and M. Shapiro and N. A. Bond 8:45 AM 4.2 Topographically-induced Wind Stress along the California Coast   Clive E. Dorman, SIO/Univ. Of California, La Jolla, CA; and D. Koracin 4.3 Topographically-Forced Flows over the Adriatic Sea   James D. Doyle, NRL, Monterey, CA; and J. Pullen and R. M. Hodur 9:00 AM 4.4 Island wake dynamics: impacts upon atmospheric structure, sea state, and radar propagation   Stephen D. Burk, NRL, Monterey, CA; and T. Haack, P. Wittmann, L. T. Rogers, and L. J. Wagner 9:14 AM 4.5 Simulations of A Real MCC Event over the Yellow Sea with COAMPS Model   Fanyou Kong, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and B. Fiedler 4.6 Surface fluxes and stratocumulus clouds in DECS: A modeling study   Shouping Wang, NRL, Monterey, CA; and Q. Wang 9:28 AM 4.7 Modeling and validating the daily onset of the Florida east coast sea breeze over the Kennedy Space Center   Jonathan L. Case, NASA/Applied Meteorology Unit and ENSCO Inc., Cocoa Beach, FL; and D. A. Short 9:43 AM 4.8 Marine air penetration along the California coast during June 1996   Ragothaman Sundararajan, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden; and D. Koracin and M. Tjernström 9:58 AM Discussion   10:13 AM Coffee Break
	10:45 AM-12:15 PM, Friday Session 5 Atmospheric Modeling
Organizer: William Thomas, NRL, Monterey, CA
10:45 AM 5.1 SENSITIVITY OF MARINE BOUNDARY LAYER SIMULATIONS IN A MESOSCALE MODEL TO INITIAL CONDITIONS AND MODEL PHYSICS   Jeremy D. Ross, Penn State University, University Park, PA; and N. L. Seaman and D. R. Stauffer 11:00 AM 5.2 Representation of marine stratocumulus in regional forecast models: Role of subgrid inhomogeneity   David B. Mechem, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and Y. L. Kogan 5.3 Impacts of Surface Fluxes in a Maritime Inter-Storm Environment   P. Ola G. Persson, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado and NOAA/ETL, Boulder, CO; and J. W. Bao, B. A. Walter, and S. A. Michelson 11:15 AM 5.4 Formation and evolution of offshore fog   Darko R. Koracin, DRI, Reno, NV; and J. Lewis and J. A. Businger 11:29 AM 5.5 Uncertainties in the parameterizations of air-sea energy fluxes and their impact on air-sea coupled modeling   Jian-Wen Bao, NOAA/ETL, Boulder, CO; and S. A. Michelson and J. M. Wilczak 11:44 AM 5.6 A Computationally Efficient Method for Obtaining Model Forecast Winds in the Vicinity of Complex Coastal Orography   Douglas K. Miller, NPS, Monterey, CA; and F. L. Ludwig 11:59 AM Conference Ends

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