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Saturday, 10 January 2004
	7:30 AM-9:00 AM, Saturday Short Course/Student Conference Registration
Sunday, 11 January 2004
	7:30 AM-9:00 AM, Sunday Short Course Registration
	9:00 AM-6:00 PM, Sunday Conference Registration
Monday, 12 January 2004
	7:30 AM, Monday Registration continues through Thursday, 15 January
	9:00 AM-10:15 AM, Monday, Room 6B Session 1 Keynote Session (ROOM 6B)
CoChair: Linda Miller, UCAR/Unidata, Boulder, CO Chair: Terry Tarbell, RS Information Systems, McLean, VA
9:00 AM 1.1 Global Weather Services in 2025—a Five-Year Update   Richard Anthes, UCAR, Boulder, CO 9:45 AM 1.2 The Tramsformation of the Annual Meetings of the American Meteorological Society   G. Stanley Doore, OFCM-retired and First Chairperson and Chairperson of Several Early IIPS Conferences, Silver Spring, MD
	10:15 AM-10:45 AM, Monday Coffee Break in the Poster Session Room
	10:45 AM-5:30 PM, Monday, Room 6B Session 2 Global Meteorological and Hydrological Services Update (ROOM 6B)
Cochairs: Jimmie Smith, Meteoquest, Inc., Bedford, NH; Fred Branski, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; Jim Cooper, Earth Satellite Corporation, Rockville, MD
10:45 AM 2.1 Welcoming Remarks   Jimmie Smith, MeteoQuest, Inc., Bedford, NH 11:00 AM 2.2 U.S. Air Force Weather Update (Invited Presentation)   Thomas E. Stickford, U.S. Air Force, Washington, DC 11:30 AM 2.3 U.S. Navy Weather/Oceanographic Services Update (Invited Presentation)   Thomas Quinton Donaldson V, Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command, Stennis Space Center, MS 12:00 PM Lunch Break   1:30 PM 2.4 National Weather Service (NWS) Update (Invited Presentation)   John Jones, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD 2:00 PM 2.5 Recent Progress in Numerical Forecast System Development at NCEP (Invited Presentation)   Stephen Lord, NCEP/EMC, Silver Spring, MD 2:30 PM Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break   4:00 PM 2.6 NOAA/NESDIS Update (Invited Presentation)   Gregory Withee, NOAA/NESDIS, Silver Spring, MD 4:30 PM 2.7 European Center for Medium Range Weather Forecasts Update (Invited Presentation)   David Burridge, ECMWF, Reading, Berks., United Kingdom 5:00 PM 2.8 NWP Activities of the Private Sector (Invited Presentation)   Michael D. Eilts, Weather Decision Technologies, Inc., Norman, OK
	10:45 AM-12:00 PM, Monday, Room 613/614 Session 3 Advances and Applications in Transportation Weather (ROOM 613/614)
Cochairs: David J. Pace, SAIC, Washington, DC; Ed Boselly, Washington State Department of Transportation, Olympia, WA
10:45 AM 3.1 Improving Aviation Weather Forecasts: The Federal Aviation Administration's Efforts to Enhance Air Traffic Safety and Efficiency   Gloria J. Kulesa, FAA, Washington, DC; and D. J. Pace, W. L. Fellner, J. E. Sheets, V. S. Travers, and P. J. Kirchoffer 11:00 AM 3.2 The forecast icing potential (FIP) algorithm   Frank McDonough, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and B. C. Bernstein, M. K. Politovich, and C. A. Wolff 11:15 AM 3.3 Recent progress in the development of automated analysis and forecast products for ceiling and visibility conditions   Paul H. Herzegh, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. L. Bankert, B. K. Hansen, M. Tryhane, and G. Wiener 11:30 AM 3.4 Developing an Application Version of the ADDS Flight Path Tool   Lynn A. Sherretz, NOAA/ERL/FSL, Boulder, CO 11:45 AM 3.5 Enhancing the Volcanic Ash Coordination Tool (VACT)   Lynn A. Sherretz, NOAA/ERL/FSL, Boulder, CO; and J. Osienski, G. Pratt, and D. M. Rodgers
	12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Monday Lunch Break
	1:30 PM-4:45 PM, Monday, Room 613/614 Session 4 AWIPS (ROOM 613/614)
Cochairs: Ward Seguin, OAR, Silver Spring, MD; Richard Thigpen, Consultant, Silver Spring, MD
1:30 PM 4.1 NOAAPORT Broadcast Changes   LeRoy Klet, Northrop Grumman Information Technology, McLean, VA 4.2 Critical Weather Monitoring at the NCF   Matt Kensey, Northrop Grumman Information Technology, McLean, VA; and B. Scalio 1:45 PM 4.3 NWS Enterprise Architecture   Bobby J. Jones, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and B. West 4.4 AWIPS in the Department of Agriculture   Julius Sanks, Northrop Grumman Information Technology, McLean, VA 2:00 PM 4.5 Initial Steps in Collaboration of NWS Digital Forecasts   Lynn P. Maximuk, NOAA/NWS, Pleasant Hill, MO 2:15 PM 4.6 The Necessity of a Coherent, and Consistent Forecast Methodology in the IFPS/GFE Era   Carven A. Scott, NOAA/NWSFO, Anchorage, AK; and V. J. Proton 2:30 PM Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break   4:00 PM 4.7 Development of a Link From the 4-D cube to the Derived Sensible Weather Elements   Carven A. Scott, NOAA/NWSFO, Anchorage, AK; and V. J. Proton 4.8 NMAP Development Status And Plans   Steve Schotz, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Camp Springs, MD; and S. Jacobs, D. Plummer, and D. Kidwell 4:15 PM 4.9 Expanding Weather Event Simulator capabilities for National Weather Service training   Michael A. Magsig, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 4:30 PM 4.10 SeaWinds Near-Real-Time Scatterometer Winds for AWIPS   Jeffrey M. Augenbaum, Computer Sciences Corp., Suitland, MD; and R. W. Luczak and G. Legg
	2:30 PM-4:00 PM, Monday, Hall 4AB Poster Session 1 20th IIPS Poster Session (HALL 4AB)
Chair: Steve Holt, Mitretek Systems, McLean, VA
P1.1 The National Weather Radar Testbed (Phased-Array) becomes Operational   Douglas E. Forsyth, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and J. F. Kimpel, D. S. Zrnic, R. Ferek, J. F. Heimmer, T. McNellis, J. E. Crain, A. M. Shapiro, R. J. Vogt, and W. Benner   Paper P1.2 has been moved to Session 12, New Paper number 12.3A     P1.2a Quality Control of Radar Data to Improve Mesocyclone Detection (Formerly paper number 12.3)   Rebecca J. Mazur, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL; and V. Lakshmanan and G. J. Stumpf   P1.3 Using a reflectivity “scale filter” to improve performance of the Storm Cell Identification and Tracking (SCIT) algorithm   Gregory J. Stumpf, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma and NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and W. D. Zittel, A. Witt, T. M. Smith, V. K. McCoy, and S. Dulin   P1.4 Displaying and Analyzing Level II Data with the Unidata Integrated Data Viewer (IDV)   Stuart Wier, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and D. Murray and J. McWhirter   P1.5 The Research Radar Data Analysis Tool (RRAT)   David L. Priegnitz, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and M. H. Jain   P1.6 Enhanced Precipitation Products: The new world of radar-derived products for commercial applications   James Block, Meteorlogix, Inc., Minneapolis, MN; and M. D. Eilts   P1.7 An AWIPS local application to streamline critical weather operations   Matthew A. Sardi, NOAA/NWSFO, Fort Worth, TX; and S. J. Fano   P1.8 Serving the NODC/OCL World Ocean Database via the Live Access Server (LAS)   Joseph McLean, JISAO/University of Washington, Seattle, WA   P1.9 A Video Data Management System—NOAA Style   Janice Beattie, NOAA Central Library, Silver Spring, MD; and D. Anderson, M. L. Cumberpatch, and A. Fiolek   P1.10 A web interface for viewing satellite microwave data of tropical cyclones   Marty Brewer, Remote Sensing Systems, Santa Rosa, CA; and D. K. Smith   P1.11 Merging NetCDF and HDF5   Russell K. Rew, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and E. J. Hartnett   P1.12 Porting NESDIS Polar Soundings from a Cray to an IBM SP   Richard G. Kelley Jr., Computer Sciences Corporation, Suitland, MD   P1.13 Exploring GIFTS/HES and other hyperspectral data using Python, the VisAD component library, and remote data access   Tom Rink, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and T. Whittaker and P. Antonelli P1.14 Take a walk on the application-side with Java Web Start and WebMapper   Wendy S. Gross, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Boulder, CO; and C. A. Woodhouse   P1.15 NOAA Near-Real-Time System Montioring Web Page   Kristina Sprietzer, Science and Technology Corp., Suitland, MD; and G. Legg   P1.16 Leveraging the Internet to enhance the skills of entry-level Meteorology Majors: Three Years Later   Mark J. Laufersweiler, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and S. Postawko and D. Giuliano   P1.17 A Relational Database and Web Interface for a Rain Gauge Network in Iowa   Anton Kruger, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA; and H. Xu, W. F. Krajewski, R. R. Ferraro, and J. McCollum   P1.18 Data Services from NOAA's PMEL/EPIC group   Donald W. Denbo, JISAO/Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and E. Burger, J. Osborne, J. Sirott, N. N. Soreide, M. Spillane, N. Merati, and W. H. Zhu   P1.19 Disseminating National Weather Service watches and warnings using the XML based RSS and CAP formats   Robert Bunge, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD   P1.20 Creating a community driven portal with web services   Scott M. Kehoe, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. K. Graham   P1.21 A New Initiative for NOAA's Snow and Ice Information Services   Donald W. Cline, NOAA/NWS, Chanhassen, MN; and T. Carroll P1.22 Northrop Grumman’s Combat Weather Information System—A Concept for Meeting US Air Force Needs for Product Tailoring and Warfighter Applications   Michael D. Kaufman, Northrop Grumman Mission Systems, Bellevue, NE; and K. M. Starr   P1.23 SGT Beans: An Easy-to-Use Graphical Development Tool   Donald W. Denbo, JISAO/Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA   P1.24 The Mobile Integrated Sounding System (MISS): Development and First Results   Stephen A. Cohn, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and H. B. Bluestein, W. O. J. Brown, and M. E. Susedik   P1.25 The Real Time NOMADS Project: For Access To Operational Modeling Data and Value Added Products   Jordan C. Alpert, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Camp Springs, MD; and J. Wang   P1.26 Transforming operations toward an IFPS/NDFD environment at NWS Sterling, VA   John M. Margraf, NOAA/NWS, Sterling, VA   P1.27 Automated Spatial Precipitation Estimator (PrecipVal)   Michael L. Urzen, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and S. Ansari and S. A. Del Greco   P1.28 Components, the Common Component Architecture, and the climate/ocean/weather community   J. Walter Larson, ANL, Argonne, IL; and B. Norris, E. T. Ong, D. E. Bernholdt, J. B. Drake, W. R. El Wasif, M. W. Ham, C. E. Rasmussen, G. Kumfert, D. S. Katz, S. Zhou, C. Deluca, and N. S. Collins   P1.29 Interactive Forecast Preparation System Training in the National Weather Service   Brian Motta, NOAA/NWS, Boulder, CO   P1.30 LDM and THREDDS: a marriage made in heaven   Robert P. Kambic, Unidata/UCAR, Boulder, CO; and B. Domenico, J. Caron, E. Davis, S. Nativi, and R. E. Pandya   P1.31 A Software System to Support Earth Science Data Services   Yuechen Chi, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA; and R. Yang and M. Kafatos   P1.32 Systems Engineering, Management and Sustainment at the Air Force Weather Agency (AFWA)—Transition, Migration and Metrics   Richard S. Penc, Northrop Grumman Mission Systems, Bellevue, NE; and F. VanWijngaarden, A. Ronn, M. Bannister, and M. Kaufman   P1.33 Nowcast for the Next Generation Navy: Recent Progress in Naval Nowcast Technology   Jennifer L. S. Strahl, SAIC, Monterey, CA; and J. Cook, P. R. Harasti, G. Love, L. Phegley, T. Tsui, Q. Zhao, F. Franco, M. Frost, D. Martinez, S. Wells, and J. McCarthy   P1.34 The NASA Short-term Prediction Research and Transition (SPoRT) Center: A Collaborative Model for Accelerating Research into Operations   Steven J. Goodman, NASA/MSFC, Huntsville, AL; and W. M. Lapenta, G. J. Jedlovec, J. C. Dodge, and J. T. Bradshaw   P1.35 The Observing System Monitoring Center: A tool for evaulation of the global observing system   Kevin M. O'Brien, JISAO/University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and K. McHugh, G. Vecchi, E. Harrison, S. Hankin, and A. Manke   P1.36 The Power to Predict: Improving Our Understanding of the Complete Earth System   Brice Womack, Northrop Grumman IT TASC, Chantilly, VA; and S. Zhou and G. Higgins   P1.37 HES simulation study using cube data from MM5   Fengying Sun, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. Li, T. J. Schmit, and D. Posselt   P1.38 Integral of saturation ratio versus cut of saturation ratio at 100 percent at the end of which time step in Cloud Resolving Models   Cristina Stefanof, University of Quebec, Montreal, QC, Canada; and A. Stefanof, W. Szyrmer, and J. P. Blanchet   P1.39 Artificial Neural Networks Application To Predict Wheat Yield Using Climatic Data   Babak Safa, Iranian Meteorological Organization, Tehran, Iran; and A. Khalili, M. Teshnehlab, and A. M. Liaghat   P1.40 The High-Resolution Multibeam Bathymetry Data Access System   Willa H. Zhu, JISAO/Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and M. A. Wetzler, D. Caress, and D. W. Denbo   P1.41 A study of road surface temperature sensors   Michael Adams, Aurora Program, Madison, WI   P1.42 InterMet System's ground station software   G. Paul Skentzos, International Met Systems, Grand Rapids, MI   P1.43 Aerosol Correction for NPOESS/VIIRS Sea Surface Temperature (Formerly poster P1.13 in the Sanders Sympsoium)   Dorlisa L. Hommel, Raytheon ITSS, Upper Marlboro, MD; and R. J. Sikorski, C. Carter, Y. Yu, T. P. DeFelice, P. Ardunuy, D. May, and W. McMillan   P1.44 Correction for Seasonal Bias in 4µm Sea Surface Temperature (Formerly Poster P1.16 in the Sanders Symposium)   Richard J. Sikorski, Raytheon ITSS, Upper Marlboro, MD; and C. Carter and D. Hommel
	5:30 PM-7:00 PM, Monday Formal Opening of Exhibits with Reception (Cash Bar)
	5:30 PM, Monday Sessions end for the Day
	7:15 PM, Monday Fred Sanders Banquet
Tuesday, 13 January 2004
	8:30 AM-9:30 AM, Tuesday, Room 613/614 Session 5 Radar IIPS and Applications (ROOM 613/614)
Cochairs: Robert Borchers, SAIC, Satellite Beach, FL; Anderson White, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; Robert Saffle, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; Douglas Forsyth, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK
8:30 AM 5.1 Nexrad Product Improvement—Expanding Science Horizons   Robert E. Saffle, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and R. C. Elvander and M. J. Istok 5.2 NEXRAD Product Improvement—Update of WSR-88D Open Radar Data Acquisition (ORDA) Program   Gregory S. Cate, NOAA/NWS, Norman, OK; and R. W. Hall and M. L. Terry 8:45 AM 5.3 Radar Information Enhancements for the NWS Operational User   Michael J. Istok, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and W. M. Blanchard, T. J. Ganger, and A. D. Stern 9:00 AM 5.4 NEXRAD Open Radar Data Acquisition (ORDA) Signal Processing & Signal Path   Nita K. Patel, RS Information Systems Inc., Norman, OK; and R. W. Macemon 9:15 AM 5.5 Radar Operations Center (ROC) Evaluation of the WSR-88D Open Radar Data Acquisition (ORDA) System Signal Processing   Richard L. Ice, RS Information Systems Inc., Norman, OK; and R. D. Rhoton, D. S. Saxion, N. K. Patel, D. Sirmans, D. A. Warde, D. L. Rachel, and R. G. Fehlen
	8:30 AM-1:30 PM, Tuesday, Room 6B Session 6 Internet Applications, Web Portals and Cyberinfrastructure (ROOM 6B)
Cochairs: Linda Miller, UCAR/Unidata, Boulder, CO; Nancy Soreide, NOAA/PMEL, Seattle, WA
8:30 AM 6.1 Linked Environments for Atmospheric Discovery (LEAD): A Cyberinfrastructure for Mesoscale Meteorology Research and Education   Kelvin K. Droegemeier, CAPS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and V. Chandrasekar, R. Clark, D. Gannon, S. Graves, E. Joseph, M. Ramamurthy, R. Wilhelmson, K. Brewster, B. Domenico, T. Leyton, V. Morris, D. Murray, B. Plale, R. Ramachandran, D. Reed, J. Rushing, D. Weber, A. Wilson, M. Xue, and S. Yalda 8:45 AM 6.2 MEAD (A Modeling Environment for Atmospheric Discovery)   Robert Wilhelmson, National Center for Supercomputing Applications, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and J. Alameda, K. Droegemeier, M. Folk, R. Fowler, D. Gannon, S. Graves, D. Haidvogel, P. Husbands, C. L. Isbell, Jr., D. Weber, P. Woodward, B. W. York, S. Anderson, B. Jewett, C. Moore, D. Nolan, D. Porter, D. Semeraro, and S. Tanner 9:00 AM 6.3 Network tools to create self-configuring network applications   Christopher W. Moore, JISAO/Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and M. T. Knezevich and D. W. Denbo 9:15 AM 6.4 CUAHSI Hydrologic Information Systems   Richard P. Hooper, Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science, Inc., Washington, DC; and D. R. Maidment, J. Helly, P. Kumar, and M. Piasecki 9:30 AM 6.5 The NOAA Operational Model Archive and Distribution System (NOMADS): A status report   Glenn K. Rutledge, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and J. Alpert, R. Stouffer, S. Hankin, B. Doty, E. Davis, B. Lawrence, M. Fiorino, D. Williams, L. Olsen, and L. Buja 9:45 AM Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break (Please Refer to Poster Session P1 for Title and Author Information)   11:00 AM 6.6 Working outside the box: communication and collaboration with Unidata's Integrated Data Viewer   Jeffrey D. McWhirter, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and D. Murray and S. Weir 11:15 AM 6.7 A Collaboration Tool to Support Modeling Groups   Donald W. Denbo, JISAO/Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA 11:30 AM 6.8 The development of the Image Composite Editor (ICE) for the NASA Earth Observatory   Tom Whittaker, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and D. Herring and R. Simmon 11:45 AM 6.9 Prototype Internet Map Service access to National Weather Service (NWS) real-time meteorological data (Formerly Paper Number 17.9)   John B. Settelmaier, NOAA/NWS, Fort Worth, TX; and P. Kirkwood, I. Graffman, R. R. Bunge, F. Richards, and J. P. Kozimor 12:00 PM Lunch Break
	11:00 AM-12:00 PM, Tuesday, Room 613/614 Session 7 European and Other International Applications (RO0M 613/614)
Cochairs: John Lincoln, Consultant, Berryville, VA; Howard Diamond, NOAA/NESDIS, Silver Spring, MD
11:00 AM 7.1 The Australian Bureau of Meteorology's next generation forecasting system   James Kelly, Commonwealth Bureau of Meteorology, Melbourne, Vic, Australia; and A. Donaldson, C. J. Ryan, J. Bally, J. Wilson, and R. J. Potts 11:15 AM 7.2 Incorporating an ensemble forecasting proxy into a knowledge based system   Harvey Stern, Bureau of Meteorology, Melbourne, Vic., Australia 11:30 AM 7.3 SCRIBE marine   Jacques Marcoux, MSC, Montreal, QC, Canada; and J. Mclean, M. Schäffer, and R. Verret 11:45 AM 7.4 Observations and Nowcasting in SCRIBE   Claude Landry, MSC, Dorval, QC, Canada; and M. Ouellet, R. Parent, J. F. Deschênes, and R. Verret
	12:15 PM-1:30 PM, Tuesday NOAA Satellite Systems Forum (Box Lunches Courtesy of ITT)
	1:30 PM-5:30 PM, Tuesday, Room 613/614 Session 8 IIPS and NWP Applications (ROOM 613/614)
Cochairs: Carl Thormeyer, FNMOC, Monterey, CA; Anderson White, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; Jim Cooper, Earth Satellite Corporation, Rockville, MD
1:30 PM 8.1 An Optimized Implementation of Objective Analysis   Thomas A. Cannon, Oklahoma Climatological Survey, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. M. Wolfinbarger, J. R. Greenfield, T. B. Stanley, and W. G. McPherson, Jr. 1:45 PM 8.2 North American Regional Reanalysis: end user access to large data sets   Wesley Ebisuzaki, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/CPC, Camp Springs, MD; and J. Alpert, J. Wang, D. Jovic, and P. Shafran 2:00 PM 8.3 Coupling distributed-memory ocean and atmosphere models across the Grid   Christopher W. Moore, JISAO/Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and D. Schaffer 2:15 PM 8.4 Using Earth System Modeling Framework and Common Component Architecture to Couple Models in Weather and Climate   Shujia Zhou, Northrop Grumman IT /TASC, Chantilly, VA 2:30 PM 8.5 Operational short-term flood forecasting for Bangladesh using ECMWF ensemble precipitation forecasts   Thomas M. Hopson, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and P. J. Webster and R. Grossman 2:45 PM 8.6 NWS Science and Technology Infusion Plan Update   Jack Hayes, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and F. Kelly and P. A. Hirschberg 3:00 PM Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall (Exhibits Open 1:30–6:30 p.m.)   3:30 PM 8.7 A comprehensive source of numerical model data   Kenneth Reeves, AccuWeather, Inc., State College, PA; and J. T. Candor and M. A. Steinberg 3:45 PM 8.8 Customization of a Mesoscale Numerical Weather Prediction System for Transportation Applications   Lloyd A. Treinish, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY; and A. P. Praino 4:00 PM 8.9 The MDSS ensemble of mesoscale models: lessons learned from the 2003 demo and changes for the 2004 demo   Paul Schultz, NOAA/ERL/FSL, Boulder, CO 4:15 PM 8.10 The design and development of a Maintenance Decision Support System   Robert D. Hart, Meridian Environmental Technology, Inc., Grand Forks, ND; and L. F. Osborne, Jr., J. J. Mewes, and D. Huft 4:30 PM 8.11 Examples of Graphical Forecast Editor Use in Operations During 2003   William F. Roberts, NOAA/ERL/FSL, Boulder, CO 4:45 PM 8.12 Incorporating mesoscale lightning climatologies into the NWS IFPS/GFE forecast routine along the Gulf Coast   Jessica R. Stroupe, NOAA/NWS, Lake Charles, LA and Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and H. E. Fuelberg, A. I. Watson, K. G. Kuyper, S. K. Rinard, and M. C. Koziara 5:00 PM 8.13 Commodity passive stereo graphics for collaborative display of ocean model output   Albert J. Hermann, NOAA/PMEL and Univ. of Washington/JISAO, Seattle, WA; and C. W. Moore 5:15 PM 8.14 A System for Realistic Weather Rendering   Kirk Riley, Purdue University, W. Lafayette, IN; and D. Ebert, C. Hansen, and J. Levit
	1:30 PM-5:30 PM, Tuesday, Room 6B Session 9 Internet Applications, Web Portals and Cyberinfrastructure Part II (ROOM 6B)
Cochairs: Linda Miller, UCAR/Unidata, Boulder, CO; Nancy Soreide, NOAA/PMEL, Seattle, WA
1:30 PM 9.1 Anagram—a modular Java framework for high-performance scientific data servers   Joseph Wielgosz, COLA, Calverton, MD 1:45 PM 9.2 Towards a Web Services interface to the Live Access Server (LAS)   Roland H. Schweitzer, NOAA-CIRES/CDC and Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and A. Manke, K. O'Brien, J. Mclean, J. Callahan, S. Hankin, R. Rogers, and J. Sirott 2:00 PM 9.3 Web services access to TAO Moored Buoy data   Eugene F. Burger, NOAA/PMEL and Univ. of Washington/JISAO, Seattle, WA; and J. Sirott and D. C. McClurg 2:15 PM 9.4 An Internet site for professional meteorologists   Kenneth Reeves, AccuWeather, Inc., State College, PA; and J. T. Candor and M. A. Steinberg 2:30 PM 9.5 Using News Server Technology for Data Delivery   Anne Wilson, UCAR, Boulder, CO 2:45 PM 9.6 The Ferret-DODS Server   Richard Rogers, JISAO/Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and S. Hankin and A. Manke 3:00 PM Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall   3:30 PM 9.7 Automatic Metadata Ingestion for Supporting A Web-Based Scientific Data And Information Super Server   Ruixin Yang, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA; and Y. Zhao and M. Kafatos 3:45 PM 9.8 Fishing for Data, Pier to Pier   Russell K. Rew, UCAR, Boulder, CO 4:00 PM 9.9 A new automated and interactive system for solar radiation data processing and quality control   Tara H. Sopoco, MSC, Downsview, ON, Canada; and L. D. Boudreau and M. Armstrong 4:15 PM 9.10 ROMAN—Realtime Observation Monitoring and Analysis Network   John D. Horel, NOAA/CIRP and Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and M. Splitt, J. Pechmann, B. Olsen, and E. Delgado 4:30 PM 9.11 The University of Hawaii Sea Level Center Data Portal   Bernard J. Kilonsky, Univ. of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI; and M. Merrifield 4:45 PM 9.12 Dapper: an OPeNDAP server for in-situ data   Joe Sirott, Sirott and Associates, Seattle, WA; and D. W. Denbo and W. H. Zhu 5:00 PM 9.13 GrADS Version 1.9 and the GrADS-DODS Server   Jennifer M. Adams, COLA, Calverton, MD; and J. Wielgosz and B. E. Doty 5:15 PM 9.14 Status of Live Access Server (LAS) Developments   Jonathan Callahan, JISAO/University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and S. Hankin, J. Mclean, R. Schweitzer, K. O'Brien, and A. Manke
Wednesday, 14 January 2004
	8:30 AM-9:30 AM, Wednesday, Room 6B Session 10 Applications in Meteorology, Oceanography, Hydrology, and Climatology (ROOM 6B)
Cochairs: Carl Thormeyer, FNMOC, Monterey, CA; Anderson White, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; Jim Cooper, Earth Satellite Corporation, Rockville, MD
8:30 AM 10.1 Wireless data networking for Environmental Sensor Networks (ESNs)   Julia Downes, University of North Florida, Jacksonville, FL; and P. Welsh and J. D. Lambert 8:45 AM 10.2 Automatic Gage-Adjusted Radar Rainfall Estimation for Real-Time Storm Water Control   Leiji Liu, OneRain Inc., Orangevale, CA; and B. Hoblit, R. Jensen, and D. Curtis 9:00 AM 10.3 Supporting Earth Science Applications with TOVAS   Zhong Liu, George Mason University/CEOSR, Fairfax, VA and NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and H. Rui, W. Teng, and L. Chiu 9:15 AM 10.4 NdEdit: A Tool for Browsing and Subsetting 4D netCDF Files   John R. Osborne, NOAA/PMEL/OAR, Seattle and OceanAtlas Software, Vashon Island, WA; and D. W. Denbo
	8:30 AM-9:30 AM, Wednesday, Room 613/614 Session 11 European and Other International Applications Part II (ROOM 613/614)
Cochairs: John Lincoln, Consultant, Berryville, VA; Howard Diamond, NOAA/NESDIS, Silver Spring, MD
8:30 AM 11.1 How to make an international Workstation Project successful   Hans-Joachim Koppert, Deutscher Wetterdienst, Offenbach, Germany; and T. S. Pedersen, B. Zürcher, and P. Joe 8:45 AM 11.2 SIMIN—The Integrated System for Meteorological Surveillance, Forecast and Alert in Romania   Marinel Ioana, Romanian National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology, Bucharest, Romania; and V. Ivanovici, E. Cordoneanu, D. Banciu, A. Apostu, and B. Ford 9:00 AM 11.3 Field information server   Atsuya Yoshimura, Yokogawa Denshikiki Co., Ltd., Hadano-shi, Japan; and T. Tashiro and K. Onimura 9:15 AM 11.4 MeteoForum—Initial Successes in Data Sharing Leading to the Creation of the IDD-Brazil   Tom Yoksas, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and D. Garrana Coelho, T. C. Spangler, and E. Cutrim
	9:30 AM-10:00 AM, Wednesday Coffee Break
	10:00 AM, Wednesday Session Fourth Presidential Policy Forum: Weather and National Security (Room 6AB)
	12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Wednesday Lunch Break
	12:30 PM-7:30 PM, Wednesday Exhibit Hours
	1:30 PM-5:30 PM, Wednesday, Room 613/614 Session 12 Radar IIPS and Applications Part II (ROOM 613/614)
Cochairs: Robert Borchers, SAIC, Satellite Beach, FL; Anderson White, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; Robert Saffle, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; Douglas Forsyth, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK
1:30 PM 12.1 The Joint Polarization Experiment—A summary of dual-polarization WSR-88D radar data collection and analysis   Terry J. Schuur, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and A. V. Ryzhkov, P. L. Heinselman, D. W. Burgess, and K. A. Scharfenberg 1:45 PM 12.2 Real-time Quality Control of Reflectivity Data Using Satellite Infrared Channel and Surface Observations   V. Lakshmanan, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma and NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and M. Valente 1:59 PM Paper 12.3 has been moved to Poster Session P1, New Paper number P1.2A   2:00 PM 12.3a Status of Multiple-Sensor Severe Weather Application Development at NSSL (Formerly paper number P1.2)   Gregory J. Stumpf, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma and NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and T. M. Smith, V. Lakshmanan, K. L. Manross, and K. D. Hondl 2:15 PM 12.4 Data Quality Control for the SZ(8/64) Phase Code for the Mitigation of Range and Velocity Ambiguities in the WSR-88D   Gregory Meymaris, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and S. Ellis, J. Hubbert, and M. Dixon 2:30 PM Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break   4:00 PM 12.5 Current and future plans for the AP Clutter Mitigation Scheme   Cathy Kessinger, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and S. Ellis, J. Van Andel, J. Yee, and J. Hubbert 4:15 PM 12.6 Mining NEXRAD Radar Data: An Investigative Study   Xiang Li, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and R. Ramachandran, J. Rushing, S. Graves, K. Kelleher, A. Witt, S. Lakshmivarahan, D. Kennedy, J. Levit, and S. Del Greco 4:30 PM 12.7 WSR-88D Algorithm Comparisons of VCP 11 and New VCP 12   Robert R. Lee, NOAA/NWS/NEXRAD Radar Operations Center, Norman, OK; and R. M. Steadham 4:45 PM 12.8 Implementing Terminal Doppler Weather Radar Data for WFO Operations   Andrew D. Stern, Mitretek Systems, Inc., Falls Church, VA; and M. J. Istok, W. Blanchard, R. E. Saffle, and B. Bumgarner 5:00 PM 12.9 Experimental High-Resolution WSR-88D Measurements in Severe Storms   Rodger A. Brown, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and B. Flickinger, E. Forren, D. M. Schultz, P. L. Spencer, V. Wood, and C. Ziegler 5:15 PM 12.10 Radar mosaic generation algorithms being developed for FAA WARP system   Joseph C. Lang, Unisys Weather Information Services, Kennett Square, PA
	1:30 PM-2:30 PM, Wednesday, Room 6B Session 13 Applications in Meteorology, Oceanography, Hydrology and Climatology Part II (ROOM 6B)
Cochairs: Carl Thormeyer, FNMOC, Monterey, CA; Anderson White, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; Jim Cooper, Earth Satellite Corporation, Rockville, MD
1:30 PM 13.1 StormTracker—a web-based tool for working with the automated tracking of thunderstorm clusters   Tom Whittaker, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and R. Rabin 1:45 PM 13.2 Plymouth State University's electronic map wall   James P. Koermer, Plymouth State University, Plymouth, NH; and E. G. Hoffman and T. T. Wisniewski 2:00 PM 13.3 WeatherScope: A Streamlined Display Application for Geographic Weather Data   J. Michael Wolfinbarger, Oklahoma Climatological Survey, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. R. Greenfield, T. A. Cannon, and W. G. McPherson 2:15 PM 13.4 Collaboration, Analysis, and Visualization of the Future   Dave Semeraro, National Center for Supercomputing Applications, Univ. of Urbana, Urbana, IL; and R. Wilhelmson, D. Bramer, J. Leigh, D. Porter, and J. Ahrens
	2:30 PM-4:00 PM, Wednesday, Room 4AB Poster Session 2 IIPS Poster Session II
Chair: Steve Holt, Mitretek, McLean, VA
P2.1 Highlights from the Second GOES Users' Conference: recommendations for the GOES-R series   James J. Gurka, NOAA/NESDIS, Silver Spring, MD; and T. J. Schmit and R. R. Reynolds   P2.2 GOES R Cost-Benefit Analysis Update   Eric J. Miller, NOAA/NESDIS, Silver Spring, MD; and R. C. Reining, A. C. Taub, M. S. Garant, and L. A. Oringer   P2.3 GOES/R data distribution via commercial terrestrial and C-band satellite systems   Richard H. Warren, Computer Sciences Corporation, Chantilly, VA; and S. N. Bajpai   P2.4 NOAA’s Operational Geostationary Sea Surface Temperature Products   Eileen Maturi, NOAA/NESDIS, Washington, DC; and A. Harris, N. Nalli, C. Merchant, S. MacCallum, R. E. Meiggs, and R. Potash   P2.5 A study of data and products from the GOES-9 Imager and Sounder over the western Pacific Ocean   James P. Nelson III, CIMSS/University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and G. S. Wade, A. J. Schreiner, T. J. Schmit, W. F. Feltz, and C. C. Schmidt   P2.6 Validation and Utility of Full Resolution GOES Sounder Retrievals   Jaime M. Daniels, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and G. E. Gray   P2.7 Land Surface Albedo Retrieval: Simulation Study for NPOESS VIIRS Algorithm   Yunyue Yu, Raytheon Information Technology System Services, Lanham, MD; and T. P. DeFelice, S. J. Cantrell, K. Jensen, D. Cornell, J. L. Privette, and S. Liang   P2.8 An Observing System for Land Process Characterization featuring NPOESS   Thomas P. DeFelice, Raytheon Technical Services Company, ITSS, Upper Marlboro, MD   P2.9 Satellite Ocean Remote Sensing at NOAA's NESDIS   Eric J. Bayler, NOAA/NESDIS/ORA, Camp Springs, MD   P2.10 Contributions of NOAA OceanWatch to the Developing Global Systems of Environmental Observations and the Integrated Ocean Observation System   Kent H. Hughes, NOAA/NESDIS/ORA CoastWatch, Camp Springs, MD   P2.11 Alaska SAR Demonstration user access via the World Wide Web Interactive Processing Environment (WIPE)   William G. Pichel, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and P. Clemente-Colón, E. Malaret, and K. S. Friedman   P2.12 Centralized distribution of high-volume satellite data processed and staged in a distributed environment   Nate W. Parsons, Systems Engineering and Security, Inc. for NOAA/NESDIS/ORA CoastWatch, Camp Springs, MD   P2.13 Qualitative Assessment of Operational Ocean Remote Sensing Products Using GIS   Michael Soracco, Systems Engineering and Security, Inc. For NOAA/NESDIS/ORA CoastWatch, Camp Springs, MD; and N. W. Parsons   P2.14 The NESDIS Sea Surface Height Science Team: transitioning from research to operations   Laury Miller, NOAA/NESDIS, Silver Spring, MD; and R. Cheney and E. Bayler   P2.15 Satellite sea surface temperature (SST) research at NOAA/NESDIS   Nicholas R. Nalli, NOAA/NESDIS, Washington, DC; and F. Arzayus, E. Bayler, P. S. Chang, P. Clemente-Colon, A. Harris, A. Ignatov, R. Legeckis, X. Li, G. Liu, E. Maturi, T. Mavor, W. G. Pichel, W. Skirving, A. E. Strong, C. J. Merchant, S. MacCallum, J. Sapper, and R. E. Meiggs   P2.16 Sea-surface roughness research at NOAA/NESDIS   William G. Pichel, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and P. Clemente-Colón, K. S. Friedman, X. Li, C. W. Brown, P. S. Chang, L. Connor, R. Legeckis, M. Van Woert, F. Arzayus, and W. Tseng   P2.17 NOAA/NESDIS Ocean Surface Winds Science Team   Paul Chang, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD   P2.18 Ocean Color Science Team Activities at NOAA/NESDIS   Christopher S. Kinkade, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and C. W. Brown and D. K. Clark   P2.19 Sea ice operational and research activities at NESDIS   Pablo Clemente-Colón, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Spring, MD; and M. VanWoert and D. McAdoo   P2.20 Observation of surface emissivity influence on hyperspectral infrared measurements from the AIRS instrument of the Aqua satellite   Youri Plokhenko, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and W. P. Menzel   P2.21 Study of the Hyperspectral Environmental Suite (HES) on GOES-R   Jun Li, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and F. Sun, T. J. Schmit, W. P. Menzel, and J. Gurka   P2.22 Design studies for real-time distributed processing of infrared hyperspectral image data   Raymond K. Garcia, SSEC/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and M. J. Smuga-Otto   P2.23 Detection of clouds and aerosols using infrared hyperspectral observations   Steven A. Ackerman, CIMSS/University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and H. L. Huang, P. Antonelli, R. Holz, H. Revercomb, D. Tobin, K. Baggett, and J. E. Davies   P2.24 Determination of wind vectors by tracking features on sequential moisture analyses derived from hyperspectral IR satellite soundings   Christopher Velden, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and G. Dengel, R. Dengel, A. H. L. Huang, D. Stettner, H. E. Revercomb, R. O. Knuteson, and W. Smith   P2.25 Analysis of Convective Clouds and Turbulent Boundary Layers Using Hyperspectral Data   Kristopher M. Bedka, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. R. Mecikalski and W. F. Feltz   P2.26 Fast model cloudy radiances for infrared hyperspectral observations   James E. Davies, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and H. Wei, P. Yang, H. L. Huang, D. D. Turner, E. R. Olson, and D. J. Posselt   P2.27 Improvement in groundbased infrared hyperspectral retrieval of thermodynamic profiles   Wayne F. Feltz, SSEC/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and H. B. Howell, D. D. Turner, R. G. Dedecker, H. M. Woolf, R. O. Knuteson, H. Revercomb, and K. Bedka   P2.28 Land surface temperature and emissivity from infrared hyperspectral observations   Robert Knuteson, SSEC/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and F. Best, B. Osborne, H. E. Revercomb, and D. Tobin   P2.29 Lossless data compression for infrared hyperspectral sounders—an overview   Bormin Huang, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and H. L. Huang, A. Ahuja, H. Chen, T. J. Schmit, and R. W. Heymann   P2.30 Hyperspectral data storage: Prototype implementation using the 2003 Pacific THORPEX dataset   Steven T. Dutcher, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and R. K. Garcia, R. G. Dedecker, R. O. Knuteson, M. J. Smuga-Otto, D. J. Hackel, S. L. Nasiri, and P. Antonelli   P2.31 A system design for storing, archiving, and retrieving hyperspectral data   Ralph G. Dedecker, SSEC/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and T. Whittaker, R. K. Garcia, and R. O. Knuteson   P2.32 GIFTS sounding retrieval algorithm development   Jun Li, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and F. Sun, S. Seemann, E. Weisz, and A. H. L. Huang   P2.33 Level 0-1 algorithm description for the Geosynchronous Imaging Fourier Transform Spectrometer   Robert Knuteson, SSEC/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and F. Best, R. Dedecker, R. Garcia, S. Limaye, E. Olsen, H. E. Revercomb, and D. Tobin   P2.34 Geolocation of the Geosynchronous Imaging Fourier Transform Spectrometer (GIFTS) data   Sanjay S. Limaye, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and T. Smith, R. O. Knuteson, and H. E. Revercomb   P2.35 Clear sky forward model development for GIFTS   Leslie Moy, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and D. Tobin, P. Van Delst, and H. Woolf   P2.36 Generation of simulated top of atmosphere radiance datasets for GIFTS/HES algorithm development   Jason A. Otkin, SSEC and CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and D. J. Posselt, E. R. Olson, J. E. Davies, W. F. Feltz, R. O. Knuteson, and J. R. Mecikalski   P2.37 Simulation of and comparison between GIFTS, ABI, and GOES I-M Sounder ozone estimates and applications to HES   Christopher C. Schmidt, CIMSS/University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. Li and F. Sun   P2.38 Quantization of far field diffraction and focal plane misalignment effects on simulated GIFTS data from the IHOP field program   Erik R. Olson, SSEC/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and R. O. Knuteson, H. E. Revercomb, J. Li, and H. L. Huang   P2.39 Future Technologies for Satellite Operations Centers   Scott R. Turner, The Aerospace Corporation, Chantilly, VA; and K. D. Shere and E. G. Howard   P2.40 Applications of NOAA MODIS Near Real Time Data   Kristina Sprietzer, Science and Technology Corp., Suitland, MD; and P. Haggerty and G. Legg   P2.41 A new cloud top retrieval algorithm to determine cloud top pressure using high spectral resolution infrared measurements   Robert Holz, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and P. Antonelli, S. A. Ackerman, and M. McGill   P2.42 Near-Real-Time AMSR-E Processing at NOAA   Ivan Tcherednitchenko, Computer Sciences Corporation, Suitland, MD; and P. Haggerty, G. Legg, and R. Luczak   P2.43 CLAVR Applications at NOAA/NESDIS   David R. Donahue, Science and Technology Corporation, Suitland, MD; and J. Sapper, C. Jobson, and V. Kapoor   P2.44 NOAA's Operational Significant Event Imagery Program Documents Environmentally Significant Events Worldwide   George Stephens, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and J. Taylor   P2.45 The use of Geographical Information Systems for analysis and display of WSR-88D radar data   Scott S. Kroeber, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND; and L. F. Osborne   P2.46 Displaying National Weather Service warnings in real-time GIS formats   Ken R. Waters, NOAA/NWS, Honolulu, HI   P2.47 GIS enhancement of Climate Prediction Center's Africa FEWS-NET products   Timothy B. Love, RSIS and NOAA/NWS/NCEP/CPC, Camp Springs, MD   P2.48 Prototype IMS access to NWS real-time meteorological data—Part 2: User interface and site content   Ira Graffman, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and J. B. Settelmaier, F. Richards, and J. P. Kozimor
	4:00 PM-5:30 PM, Wednesday, Room 6B Session 14 Satellite IIPS and Applications (ROOM 6B)
Cochairs: Gerald Dittberner, NOAA/NESDIS, Silver Spring, MD; Fred P Lewis, IPS Meteostar, Inc, Aurora, CO
4:00 PM 14.1 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA)—Next Generation Geostationary Satellite (GOES R) Impact on Hazards Management   Eric Miller, NOAA/NESDIS, Silver Spring, MD; and M. Madden and B. Nelson 4:15 PM 14.2 Study of the Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) on the GOES-R and beyond   Timothy J. Schmit, NOAA/NESDIS/ORA, Madison, WI; and J. Li, M. M. Gunshor, C. C. Schmidt, W. P. Menzel, J. J. Gurka, and J. M. Sieglaff 4:30 PM 14.3 Potential Impact of Proposed Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) Channels on Satellite Precipitation Estimation   Robert J. Kuligowski, NOAA/NESDIS/ORA, Camp Springs, MD; and J. S. Im 4:45 PM 14.4 Infrared hyperspectral sounding modeling and processing: An overview   Hung-Lung Huang, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and C. S. Velden, J. Li, E. Weisz, K. Baggett, J. E. Davies, J. R. Mecikalski, B. Huang, R. Dengel, S. A. Ackerman, E. R. Olson, R. O. Knuteson, D. Tobin, L. Moy, J. A. Otkin, D. J. Posselt, H. E. Revercomb, and W. L. Smith 5:00 PM 14.5 The path to high spectral resolution IR observing: Looking backward and forward as a new era begins with AIRS   Henry E. Revercomb, SSEC and CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and S. A. Ackerman, F. Best, R. Dedecker, W. Feltz, R. K. Garcia, H. L. Huang, R. O. Knuteson, J. Li, D. Tobin, C. S. Velden, and W. L. Smith 5:15 PM 14.6 GIFTS—Hyperspectral imaging and sounding from geostationary orbit   William L. Smith, NASA/LaRC, Hampton, VA; and H. E. Revercomb, G. Bingham, H. L. Huang, D. K. Zhou, C. S. Velden, J. B. Miller, and D. Emmitt
	6:00 PM-7:30 PM, Wednesday Reception in Exhibit Hall (Cash Bar)
	7:30 PM, Wednesday AMS Annual Awards Banquet
Thursday, 15 January 2004
	8:30 AM-12:00 PM, Thursday, Room 613/614 Session 15 Global Climate Observing System [GCOS] (ROOM 613/614)
Cochairs: Howard Diamond, NOAA/NESDIS, Silver Spring, MD; John Lincoln, Consultant, Berryville, VA
8:30 AM 15.1 Moving the GCOS Second Adequacy Report to Implementation   Paul Mason, GCOS Steering Committee and University of Reading, Reading, Berks., United Kingdom 8:45 AM 15.2 Implementing Improvements in Global Observing Systems for Climate   Alan R. Thomas, Global Climate Observing System, Geneva, Switzerland 9:00 AM 15.3 Improving the GCOS Surface and Upper air Networks   Richard K. Thigpen, GCOS Secretariat, Silver Spring, MD 9:15 AM 15.4 The GCOS Regional Workshop Program: A Review and Appraisal   William E. Westermeyer, Global Climate Observing System Secretariat, Geneva, Switzerland 9:30 AM 15.5 Update on U.S. Support for the Global Climate Observing System (GCOS) and Associated Pacific Island Regional GCOS Activities   Howard J. Diamond, NOAA/NESDIS, Silver Spring, MD 9:45 AM Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break   11:15 AM 15.6 Data Management Framework of the Meteorological Service of Canada   Tsoi-Ching Yip, MSC, Toronto, ON, Canada; and M. Minuk 11:30 AM 15.7 Satellite-based drought observing system   Felix Kogan, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD 11:45 AM 15.8 The Data Management and Communications (DMAC) for the U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS)   Steve Hankin, NOAA/PMEL, Seattle, WA; and L. Bernard, P. Cornillon, F. Grassle, D. M. Legler, J. Lever, and S. Worley
	8:30 AM-11:45 AM, Thursday, Room 6B Session 16 Satellite IIPS and Applications Part II (ROOM 6B)
Cochairs: Gerald Dittberner, NOAA/NESDIS, Silver Spring, MD; Fred P Lewis, IPS Meteostar, Inc, Aurora, CO
8:30 AM 16.1 Obstacles and solutions in near-real-time processing of Terra and Aqua MODIS data   Paul D. Haggerty, Science and Technology Corp., Suitland, MD; and K. Sprietzer, G. Legg, and R. Luczak 8:45 AM 16.2 A dynamic Atmospheric Correction Scheme for NPOESS, VIIRS   Thomas P. DeFelice, Raytheon Technical Services Company, ITSS, Upper Marlboro, MD; and B. Yu, C. Carter, and K. Jensen 9:00 AM 16.3 Clear Sky GAC Radiation Budget Product System at NESDIS   David R. Donahue, Science and Technology Corporation, Suitland, MD; and J. Sapper and V. Kapoor 16.4 Monitoring and validation of NOAA AMSU-based hydrological products   Ralph Ferraro, NOAA/NESDIS/ORA, Camp Springs, MD; and H. Meng 9:15 AM 16.5 NOAA/NESDIS Preparation for the NPOESS Era   Stacy L. Bunin, Mitretek Systems, Inc., Falls Church, VA; and D. Holmes, T. Schott, and H. J. Silva 9:30 AM 16.6 NOAA's NESDIS Satellite Oceanography   Eric Bayler, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and R. Cheney, P. Chang, D. Clark, K. Hughes, and A. Strong 9:45 AM Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break (Please Refer to Poster Session P2 for Title and Author Information)   11:00 AM 16.7 The Transition to Operations of NOAA's Low Rate Information Transmission (LRIT) System   Raymond W. Luczak, Computer Sciences Corp., Suitland, MD; and J. Manning and M. O. Perkins 11:15 AM 16.8 VHF lightning detection from GPS orbit as a means of nowcasting global convection and severe weather   David M. Suszcynsky, LANL, Los Alamos, NM; and M. J. Heavner, A. R. Jacobson, M. B. Pongratz, and C. T. Rhodes 11:30 AM Lunch Break
	1:30 PM-5:30 PM, Thursday, Room 613/614 Session 17 GIS Applications (ROOM 613/614)
Cochairs: Nancy Soreide, NOAA/PMEL, Seattle, WA; Scott Shipley, Raytheon ITSS, Upper Marlboro, MD
1:30 PM 17.1 Exploring Enterprise GIS Efforts within NOAA and its Ocean Service   Tony LaVoi, NOAA Coastal Services Center, Charleston, SC; and J. Marshall, M. Treml, and N. Parikh 1:45 PM 17.2 NetCDF into GIS: the good, the bad, and the ugly   John Caron, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and S. Nativi 2:00 PM 17.3 Integrating Science Data Into Geographic Information Systems   Ted Habermann, NOAA/NESDIS, Boulder, CO; and J. Cartwright, R. Schweitzer, I. Barrodale, and E. Davies 2:15 PM 17.4 Differences among the data models used by the Geographic Information Systems and Atmospheric Science communities   Stefano Nativi, University of Florence, Prato, Italy; and M. B. Blumenthal, J. Caron, B. Domenico, T. Habermann, D. Hertzmann, Y. Ho, R. Raskin, and J. Weber 2:30 PM 17.5 Integrating GIS Data with geoscience data using Unidata's IDV   Don Murray, UCAR/Unidata, Boulder, CO; and T. Whittaker, J. McWhirter, and S. Wier 2:45 PM 17.6 WebMap Calculator: IMS based tools for intra and inter-layer calculations and comparisons   Nazila Merati, PMEL and JISAO/Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and T. C. Vance and J. Fabritz 3:00 PM Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall   3:30 PM 17.7 Future of Geographic Information Systems in the Satellite Services Division   Ralph E. Meiggs, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and M. A. Patterson and T. Franson 3:45 PM 17.8 Application of GIS for Data Quality Monitoring in the NPOESS Ground Data Processing System   Scott Shipley, Raytheon, Upper Marlboro, MD; and J. Stauch, B. Reed, D. Gillespie, M. Walth, S. Young, C. Wang, J. Mulligan, J. Overton, J. Zajic, and A. Goldberg 3:59 PM 17.9 Paper moved to Session 6, New Paper Number 6.9   4:00 PM 17.9a Automated Weather Decision Support Systems (Formerly Paper Number 18.8)   Ronald Sznaider, Meteorlogix, Minneapolis, MN 4:15 PM 17.10 A Methodology to Estimate Soil Moisture Content from WSR-88D Data Utalizing GIS   Ameé Nicole Bailey, University of South Florida, Saint Petersburg, FL; and B. Dixon 4:30 PM 17.11 Serving NEXRAD data with Open Source GIS   Daryl Herzmann, Iowa State University, Ames, IA; and R. Arritt 4:45 PM 17.12 GIS Data and Applications at the Lower Mississippi River Forecast Center   Keith M. Stellman, NOAA/NWS, Slidell, LA; and D. M. Welch 5:00 PM 17.13 A discussion of the flooding threshold in eastern North Dakota utilizing SWAT   Damon M. Grabow, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND 5:15 PM 17.14 Data retrieval based on spatiotemporal characteristics of weather events   May Yuan, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. McIntosh
	1:30 PM-5:15 PM, Thursday, Room 6B Session 18 Advances and Applications in Transportation Weather Part II (ROOM 6B)
Cochairs: Ed Boselly, Washington State Department of Transportation, Olympia, WA; David Pace, SAIC, Washington, DC
1:30 PM 18.1 Probabilistic Forecasts of Cloud Impacts at San Francisco International Airport   F. Wesley Wilson, NCAR, Boulder, CO 1:45 PM 18.2 Graphical Forecasts For Aviation   Jack May, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Kansas City, MO; and M. Andrews 2:00 PM 18.3 Temporal and spatial behavior of visibility obtained from Runway Visual Range (RVR) sensors during snowfall events at several major airports   Thomas A. Seliga, Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, Cambridge, MA; and D. A. Hazen and S. Burnley 2:15 PM 18.4 The Winter Maintenance Decision Support System (MDSS): Demonstration Results and Future Plans   Paul A. Pisano, Federal Highway Administration, Washington, DC; and A. D. Stern and W. P. Mahoney 2:30 PM 18.5 Case Study Verification of the Maintenance Decision Support System (MDSS) for the 2003 Operational Demonstration   Jamie K. Wolff, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and B. C. Bernstein and S. Linden 2:45 PM 18.6 The efficacy of plug-and-play components for promoting the successful deployment of Maintenance Decision Support Systems for surface transportation   Leon F. Osborne, Jr., Meridian Environemental Technology, Inc., Grand Forks, ND; and D. K. Rand 3:00 PM Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall   3:30 PM 18.7 An evaluation of the receptivity of new technological approaches to winter maintenance within the states involved in the Maintenance Decision Support System Pooled Fund Study   Robert D. Hart, Meridian Environmental Technology, Inc., Grand Forks, ND; and L. F. Osborne, Jr. and D. Huft 3:44 PM 18.8 Paper moved to Session 17, New paper number 17.9A   3:45 PM 18.9 A dynamic—stochastic approach to road and bridge frost forecasting   John J. Mewes, Meridian Environmental Technology, Inc., Grand Forks, ND; and R. Hart 4:00 PM 18.10 Evaluation of the accuracy of road and bridge forecasts provided to the Iowa DOT   John J. Mewes, Meridian Environmental Technology, Inc., Grand Forks, ND; and R. Hart and D. Burkheimer 4:15 PM 18.11 RWIS Applications of MesoWest in the Western United States   John D. Horel, NOAA/CIRP and Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and M. Splitt 4:30 PM 18.12 Weather research for surface transportation: the roadway environment   John T. Snow, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and A. C. Staudt 4:45 PM 18.13 An automated real-time road weather system (ARROWS) for highway maintenance personnel   S. Edward Boselly, Washington State Department of Transportation, Olympia, WA 5:00 PM 18.14 Investigation of atmospheric dependencies on spring load restriction limits imposed by state transportation agencies   Jennifer L. Hanson, Univ. of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND; and L. F. Osborne
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	5:30 PM, Thursday Conference Ends

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