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Saturday, 10 January 2004

6:00 AM-6:00 AM: Saturday, 10 January 2004


SAT 10 JAN


SAT 10 JAN

7:30 AM-7:30 AM: Saturday, 10 January 2004


Student Conference Registration
Location: Room 608/609

7:30 AM-9:00 AM: Saturday, 10 January 2004


Short Course/Student Conference Registration

9:30 AM-9:30 AM: Saturday, 10 January 2004


Keynote Speaker Session 1

9:45 AM-9:45 AM: Saturday, 10 January 2004


Why Does the AMS Care About Students? Ronald D. McPherson, AMS, Boston, MA

10:00 AM-10:00 AM: Saturday, 10 January 2004


3
Careers in the Atmospheric Sciences: A Change in Climate. Susan K. Avery, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO

10:20 AM-11:45 AM: Saturday, 10 January 2004


1
This is Your Career—Get Plugged In!
Location: Room 608/609
Sponsor: Third Annual Student Conference and Career Fair

Papers:
  10:20 AM
1.1
Networking: A Student’s Perspective
Andrea Bleistein, Penn State Univ., University Park, PA

  10:35 AM
1.2
A Year on the Raritan: How Rutgers Became Student Chapter of the Year
Brian Frugis, Rutgers-Cook College, New Brunswick, NJ

  11:05 AM
1.4
Power Steps for Career Success
Percy W. Thomas, NOAA/NWS, Washington, DC

  11:30 AM
Discussion

11:45 AM-11:45 AM: Saturday, 10 January 2004


Luncheon and Guest Speaker: Do You have what it takes to be a Broadcast Meteorologist? Todd Johnson, KOMO 4 TV, Seattle, WA

1:00 PM-2:40 PM: Saturday, 10 January 2004


2
WHAT’S THE FORECAST?
Location: Room 608/609
Sponsor: Third Annual Student Conference and Career Fair

Papers:
  1:00 PM
2.1
To be confirmed

  1:20 PM
2.2
Atmospheric Policy: Making an Impact on Capitol Hill
Ana Unruh, U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, DC

  1:40 PM
2.3
Meteorology and Oceanography Operational Effects in the Navy/DOD
Martha B. Yacoub, U.S. Navy, San Diego, CA

  2:00 PM
2.4
To be confirmed

2:40 PM-2:40 PM: Saturday, 10 January 2004


FEATURED SPEAKER: Weather and the Federal Government: The Extended Forecast. Brigadier General John (Jack) J. Kelly, Jr., USAF (Ret.), Deputy Undersecretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere, NOAA, Washington, DC

3:00 PM-3:00 PM: Saturday, 10 January 2004


Coffee Break

3:20 PM-5:20 PM: Saturday, 10 January 2004


3
A CLOSER LOOK AT THE PRIVATE SECTOR
Location: Room 608/609
Sponsor: Third Annual Student Conference and Career Fair

Papers:
  3:20 PM
3.1
  3:40 PM
3.2
Show Me the Weather (but be brief)
Jon M. Nese, The Weather Channel, Atlanta, GA

  4:00 PM
3.3
Diversifying the Skill Sets of Future Meteorologists
Jeremy Usher, WeatherNews Americas, Inc., Norman, OK

  4:20 PM
3.4
X-treme Marine Meteorology–Racing Around the World Every Day
Christopher D. Bedford, Sailing Weather Services, Watertonw, MA

  4:40 PM
3.5
Communicating Scientific Uncertainty to a Skeptical Public
Robert T. Ryan, NBC4 TV, Washington, DC

  5:00 PM
Sessions Ends (AMS Student Assistants Meet with AMS Staff)

5:15 PM-5:15 PM: Saturday, 10 January 2004


Icebreaker

6:00 PM-6:00 PM: Saturday, 10 January 2004


Buffet Dinner and Career Fair

Sunday, 11 January 2004

6:00 AM-6:00 AM: Sunday, 11 January 2004


SUN 11 JAN


SUN 11 JAN

7:30 AM-7:30 AM: Sunday, 11 January 2004


Breakfast and Networking Time

7:30 AM-9:00 AM: Sunday, 11 January 2004


Short Course Registration

7:30 AM-7:30 AM: Sunday, 11 January 2004


Conference Registration

8:00 AM-9:40 AM: Sunday, 11 January 2004


4
EMERGING TRENDS IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Location: Room 608/609
Sponsor: Third Annual Student Conference and Career Fair

Papers:
  8:00 AM
4.1
The Future of Meteorology: A Retrospective
Elbert W. (Joe) Friday, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK

  9:00 AM
4.4
  9:20 AM
4.5
Severe Storms and Tornadoes: Roles for Researchers and Teachers
Howard B. Bluestein, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK

9:00 AM-6:00 PM: Sunday, 11 January 2004


Conference Registration

10:00 AM-10:00 AM: Sunday, 11 January 2004


Coffee Break with Local Chapter Poster Viewing

10:30 AM-11:10 AM: Sunday, 11 January 2004


5
UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH
Location: Room 608/609
Sponsor: Third Annual Student Conference and Career Fair

Papers:

11:10 AM-11:10 AM: Sunday, 11 January 2004


Panel Discussion 1
What We Learned About the Process
Location: Room 608/609
Sponsor: Third Annual Student Conference and Career Fair
Panelists: Gina Eosco, AMS; John Hannan, Northrop Grumman Information Technology; David R. Novak, NOAA/NWS; Jason Samenow, US Environmental Protection Agency; Ahsha N. Tribble, NOAA

11:45 AM-11:45 AM: Sunday, 11 January 2004


Wrap-up and time for audience participation

12:00 PM-12:00 PM: Sunday, 11 January 2004


CONFERENCE LUNCHEON AND CLOSING SPEAKER: Ethics in Science, Vice Admiral Paul G. Gaffney II, USN (Ret.), President, Monmouth University, West Long Branch, NJ

1:00 PM-1:00 PM: Sunday, 11 January 2004


WeatherFest and Poster Setup
Location: Room 608/609
Sponsor: Third Annual Student Conference and Career Fair

5:00 PM-5:00 PM: Sunday, 11 January 2004


PRESENTERS GATHER WITH SESSION CHAIR PRIOR TO POSTER SESSION

5:00 PM-7:00 PM: Sunday, 11 January 2004


Poster Session 1
Poster Session Educational initiatives (Hall 4AB)
Location: Hall 4AB
Sponsor: 13th Symposium on Education
Cochairs: Marianne C. Hayes, Pueblo del Sol Elementary School; Kathleen A. Murphy, Ladue School District

Papers:
 
Interactive Java applets for education
Steve Ackerman, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and T. Whittaker

 
Collaborations, training and distance education from your desktop to the world: using VISITview
Tom Whittaker, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and A. Mostek

 
The Digital Library for Earth System Education (DLESE): Designing for K-12 educators
Holly Devaul, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. Pandya and M. Marlino

http://www,dlese.org

Poster PDF (363.8 kB)
 
Phytopia: An Education CD from Bigelow Labs and NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratories
Debra S. Brice, San Marcos Unified School District, San Marcos, CA

 
Datastreme in San Diego: A teacher enhancement program in the Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
Debra S. Brice, San Marcos Unified School District, San Marcos, CA

 
NWS and AMS WeatherFest Outreach Activities 2003
Robert P. Wanton, NOAA/NWS, Mt. Holly, NJ; and J. D. Moore and W. Huskin

Poster PDF (33.8 kB)
 
Teaching High School Meteorology Through Live Event Learning
Craig R. Wolter, AMS/AERA, Windom Area Schools, Windom, MN

Poster PDF (92.6 kB)
 
Wisconsin Weather Stories
Anne Pryor, CIMMS/University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and S. A. Ackerman, M. Mooney, J. P. Leary, H. DeRosa, L. Holwerk, K. Karnauskas, C. C. Schmidt, and J. Yuenger

Poster PDF (202.6 kB)
 
Student Perceptions on Global Warming-Northern/Southern Hemispheres
Steve M. Carlson, AMS/AERA and Hermiston School District, Hermiston, OR

Poster PDF (128.9 kB)
 
What is an EWOC?
Faye W. McCollum, AMS/AERA, Columbus, GA

Poster PDF (19.8 kB)
 
Scholastics the Magic School Bus Kicks Up a Storm Museum Exhibit
Cheryl D. McCallum, The Children's Museum of Houston, Houston, TX; and L. Nazarani

 
Australian Indigenous weather knowledge
Greg Lehman, Monash University, Clayton, Vic., Australia; and N. Tapper, M. Fletcher, J. Lantry, I. Bell, F. Longo, J. McBride, E. Stafford, H. Stern, and R. Whitaker

http://www.bom.gov.au/iwk/

Poster PDF (85.9 kB)
 
Earth2Class: connecting cutting-edge science with the classroom
Michael J. Passow, White Plains Middle School and Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, White Plains, NY; and C. M. Assumpcao and F. D. Baggio

http://www.earth2class.org

Poster PDF (19.4 kB)
 
DataStreme WES: Participating Teachers Do Make a Difference
Philip Lacey, East Liverpool High School, Beaver, PA

Poster PDF (26.0 kB)
 
DataStreme Courses: Teacher Enhancement Utilizing Current Environmental Data and the Internet
Ira W. Geer, American Meteorological Society, Washington, DC; and R. S. Weinbeck, J. M. Moran, E. J. Hopkins, E. W. Mills, and B. A. Blair

Poster PDF (90.4 kB)
 
An evaluation of the Maury Project by its participants
David R. Smith, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD; and I. W. Geer

Poster PDF (40.6 kB)
 
WES Initiatives in North Carolina
Frankie C. Vann, Sampson County Schools Alternative Program, Clinton, NC

http://

Poster PDF (75.5 kB)
 
The Quest for Clouds and Volcanoes
Freida D. Blink, Clark County School District, Las Vegas, NV and the LLNL, Livermore, CA; and J. A. Blink

Poster PDF (65.8 kB)
 
Local Implementation of American Meteorological Society’s Educational Materials
William R. Huskin, Central Bucks School District, Doylestown, PA; and J. Moore and R. Wanton

Poster PDF (71.1 kB)
 
The sea & sky connection
Ann T. Kelly, Our Lady of Sorrows School, St. Louis, MO

 
Meteorology and Weather Monitoring Display for Nature Centers
Sue Ellen Haupt, Utah State University, Logan, UT

Poster PDF (165.0 kB)
 
CoCo RaHS — Community Collaborative Rain and Hail Study
Nolan J. Doesken, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO

Poster PDF (387.2 kB)
 
Ground Hog Day as an Educational Tool
Jill F. Hasling, Weather Research Center, Houston, TX; and E. Murphy

http://www.wxresearch.org/papers/amszoo2.pdf

Poster PDF (655.6 kB)
 
Weather and the U.S. manned spaceflight program: a brief chronology
Steven B. Newman, Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, CT

Poster PDF (270.9 kB)
 
IMETS University
Patrick M. Hayes, U.S. Air Force, Fort Huachuca, AZ

Poster PDF (221.7 kB)
 
Meteorology and the Emerging Scholars Option – Professional Devlopment and Research Opportunities for Undergraduate Development (MESO-PROUD)
Paul J. Croft, University of Louisiana, Monroe, LA; and L. LeBlanc, R. Billips, and A. Haddox

Poster PDF (111.2 kB)
 
Mentoring Experiences for Teaching Students in Weather Investigators of Northeast–Louisiana (WIN-LA!)
Paul J. Croft, University of Louisiana, Monroe, LA; and M. A. McLaurin and K. Roussy

Poster PDF (122.9 kB)
 
Undergraduate Workshop for Integration of Leadership and Leveraging (U-WILL)
Sarah E'. Allen, University of Louisiana, Monroe, LA, LA; and P. J. Croft

Poster PDF (123.6 kB)
 
Exploring Visualization in the Geosciences—EXPLORES!
Paul H. Ruscher, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and W. R. Lusher

http://www.met.fsu.edu/explores/

Poster PDF (2.1 MB)
 
The Florida GLOBE Partnership Program
Paul H. Ruscher, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL

http://www.met.fsu.edu/explores/Globe/

Poster PDF (95.1 kB)
 
Teaching Weather Online: Five Steps to Success
James A. Brey, University of Wisconsin, Menasha, WI

Poster PDF (100.4 kB)
 
The University of Missouri-Columbia Online Cloud Atlas
Patrick S. Market, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO

 
Using Single-Station Statistical Weather Prediction Software to Instruct on Forecasting Methods
Patrick S. Market, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO; and B. Pettegrew

Poster PDF (86.6 kB)
 
Earth Update / Space Update: fun ways to teach earth and space weather
Anastasia Furitsch, Reagan Middle School, Houston, TX; and P. Reiff and C. Law

http://earth.rice.edu

Poster PDF (3.0 MB)
 
Using Ham Radio to Teach Space Weather
Patricia Reiff, Rice University, Houston, TX; and D. Garay and A. Furitsch

http://earth.rice.edu

Poster PDF (730.9 kB)
 
The discovery of red sprites as an opportunity for informal science education
Walter A. Lyons, FMA Research Inc./Sky Fire Productions Inc., Fort Collins, CO; and M. D. Schmidt

http://www.Sky-Fire.TV

Poster PDF (1.6 MB)
 
Teaching with the new GEMS guide, "Living With a Star: From Sunscreen to Space Weather"
Gregory R. Schultz, Univ. of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA; and I. Hawkins

 
Three-lesson introduction of space weather to meteorology students
Paul Song, Univeristy of Massachussetts, Lowell, Lowell, MA; and A. Ridley and D. Knipp

Poster PDF (8.1 kB)
 
Web-based Learning Module for Undergraduate Science Students
Timothy Spangler, UCAR/COMET, Boulder, CO; and T. Killeen, T. Holzer, D. Kiessling, and D. Owens

Poster PDF (132.3 kB)
 
The COMET Program and MetEd: Continuing Education Resources for the Atmospheric Sciences Community
Timothy Spangler, UCAR/COMET, Boulder, CO; and V. Johnson, W. Schreiber-Abshire, J. Lamos, and G. Byrd

Poster PDF (154.7 kB)
 
Distance learning methods for numerical weather prediction (NWP) professional development training
Stephen D. Jascourt, UCAR/COMET, Silver Spring, MD; and W. R. Bua

Poster PDF (1.3 MB)
 
Use of NWP Developer-User Liaisons in Forecaster Professional Development Training
William R. Bua, UCAR/COMET, Camp Springs, MD; and S. D. Jascourt

Poster PDF (163.1 kB)
 
NWP training for Defence and Civilian forecasters in the UK Met Office
Antony D.L. Evans, Met Office College, Torquay, Devon, United Kingdom

 
The NOAA center for atmospheric sciences at Howard University
Vernon R. Morris, Howard University, Washington, DC

 
An AWIPS-Based Forecasting Course For Science Educators
Alan C. Czarnetzki, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA

http://www.uni.edu/storm

Poster PDF (32.9 kB)
 
Integration of a field component and inquiry-based learning in an instrumentation meteorology course
Dev Niyogi, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC; and V. K. Saxena

http://www4.ncsu.edu/~dsniyogi

Poster PDF (84.9 kB)
 
Jetstream—The National Weather service Southern Region Weather School
Michael D. Vescio, NOAA/NWS, Pendleton, OR; and S. Cooper and D. Cain

Poster PDF (231.0 kB)
 
P1.51
New approaches to training NWS meteorologists in the Weather Forecast Offices of the 21st Century

 
Spreading the Word about Climate Change
David D. Houghton, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

Poster PDF (25.8 kB)
 
Initiating a New Partnership for the 21st Century: NOAA/NWS and JSU Promoting Diversity in Atmospheric Science through Research, Application, and in Partnership with the NWS (PDAS-RAP)
John L. Shoemake Sr., Jackson State University, Jackson, MS; and J. P. Craven, R. S. Reddy, M. M. Watts, K. Coleman, A. Robinson-Cook, S. Ivey, K. Davenport, and A. Hayes

 
Integrating Weather Studies in the Physical Sciences
Shermane A. Austin, Medgar Evers, City University of New York, Brooklyn, NY; and L. P. Johnson, J. Flowers, and C. Baldwin

 
WEATHER: A GATEWAY SCIENCE FOR PRE-SERVICE AND IN-SERVICE TEACHERS
Frank Robinson, South Carolina State University, Orangeburg, SC

 
USING ONLINE WEATHER CONTENT TO DEVELOP ACTIVITIES FOR ELEMENTARY STUDENTS
Lori Roy, Alaska Pacific University, Anchorage, AK; and R. L. Myers

Poster PDF (63.8 kB)
 
METEOROLOGY AT GATEWAY COMMUNITY COLLEGE
John A. Zanazzi, Gateway Community College, Phoenix, AZ

 
METEOROLOGICAL TOOLS THAT AID LOCAL MOSQUITO CONTROL DISTRICTS
Michael Hunter, Sacramento City College, Sacramento, CA

 
INTERNET BASED SCIENCE CLASS: MEETING THE NEEDS OF BUSY STUDENTS
Kathryn Hedges, Prairie State Community College, Chicago Heights, IL

 
METEOROLOGY FOR EDUCATION MAJORS AND TEACHERS
Roberto Garza, University of Houston, Houston, TX

Poster PDF (82.5 kB)
 
AMS ONLINE WEATHER STUDIES: WHERE DID I BEGIN? WHERE HAVE I GONE?
M. Carol Walker, Columbia Basin College, Pasco, WA

 
AMS ONLINE WEATHER STUDIES – A TOTALLY VIRTUAL COURSE IN METEOROLOGY
Aubrey Hartman, Tidewater Community College, Portsmouth, VA; and G. Fowler

 
TEACHING ONLINE WEATHER STUDIES IN PUERTO RICO
Robin George Williams, University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez, Mayaguez, PR

 
METEOROLOGY IN THE US VIRGIN ISLANDS
David J. Smith, University of the Virgin Islands, St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands

http://

Poster PDF (60.6 kB)
 
SEVERE WEATHER AND LOW PRESSURE
Valentina S. David, Bethune-Cookman College, Daytona Beach, FL

Poster PDF (108.0 kB)
 
PHYSICAL SCIENCE 3223: INTRODUCTION TO ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE
Brian Cudnik, Prairie View A&M University, Prairie View, TX

Poster PDF (690.0 kB)
 
TEACHING ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE STUDENTS WEATHER USING REMOTE SENSING TO INTERPRET FLOOD DATA
Shobha Sriharan, Virginia State University, Petersburg, VA

Poster PDF (146.9 kB)
 
ONLINE WEATHER STUDIES AT BLUEFIELD STATE COLLEGE
John White, Bluefield State College, Blefield, WV

 
ONLINE DELIVERY OF METEOROLOGY USING THE BLACKBOARD PLATFORM
Aribilola S. Omolayo, California State University, Fresno, CA

Poster PDF (82.6 kB)
 
ONLINE (AND OFFLINE) WEATHER STUDIES
Charles J. Fuller, Triton College, River Grove, IL

 
ON-LINE WEATHER COURSE AT LIVINGSTONE COLLEGE
Walter Childs III, Livingstone College, Salisbury, NC

 
ONLINE METEOROLOGY AT PASSAIC COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Anthony L. Selimo, Passaic County Community College, Patterson, NJ

 
METEOROLOGY AT SOUTHSIDE VIRGINIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE
P.S. Gadiyaram, Southside Virginia Community College, Keysville, VA

5:30 PM-7:00 PM: Sunday, 11 January 2004


Poster Session 1
Poster Session
Location: Room 608/609
Sponsor: Third Annual Student Conference and Career Fair

Papers:
 
Winter weather precipitation type forecasting
Daniel J Pydynowski, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC

 
A comparison of early winter circulations for 2000 and 2001
Joseph M. Nield, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN; and P. J. Smith

 
Using Radiosonde Data to Determine Statistical Properties of Convection
Rebecca Chan, Plymouth State University, Randolph, MA

 
The Impact of High Winds on the Central Business District of Oklahoma City
Dustin L. Rapp, Oklahoma Weather Center Research Experience for Undergraduates Program, Jackson, TN; and J. B. Basara and P. Hall Jr.

 
Relationship between aircraft-related turbulence and synoptic meteorological data
Douglas Brent McRoberts Sr., Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN

 
Intercomparison of Cloud Base Height at the ARM Southern Great Plains Site
Christina P. Kalb, Oklahoma Weather Center Research Experience for Undergraduates, Columbus, OH; and A. Dean, R. Peppler, and K. Sonntag

 
Flash flood forecasting: Numerical simulations of a local case study
Kelly Mahoney, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; and D. G. Lackmann

 
An Analysis on Thermodynamic and Kinematic Parameters in the Midwest, Southern Plains, and Southern Florida during the Summer of 2002.
Kaycee L. Frederick, University of North Dakota Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Grand Forks, ND; and P. A. Kucera

 
A Study of Proximity Sounding Derived Parameters Associated with Significant Severe Weather
Corey K. Potvin, Lyndon State College, Lyndonville, VT; and S. J. Weiss and S. J. Taylor

 
The formation and life cycle of microburst phenomena using mathematical modeling
Andrew L. Straessle, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD

 
Multiple Radar Comparison and Analysis of the 8 May 2003 Oklahoma City Tornadic Supercell.
Michael E. Charles, Oklahoma Weather Center REU Program, Stony Brook, NY

 
Investigation of conceptual hail-formation models using airborne doppler radar
Deanna Alicia Hence, University of Michigan, UCAR/SOARS, Belleville, MI; and W. C. Lee and M. Bell

 
Analysis of Mesocyclone Detection Algorithm attributes to increase tornado detection
Christina M. Nestlerode, CAPS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Williamsport, PA; and M. B. Richman

 
Analyzing the Accuracy of Using Surface Data to Estimate the Water Vapor Content Throughout the Boundary Layer
Braxton Lee Edwards, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma; and M. LeMone and J. Knievel

 
Development of an Automated Quality-Assurance System for Oklahoma Atmospheric Surface-layer Instrumentation System (OASIS) Super Site Data
Justin W. Monroe, Oklahoma Climatological Survery, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. B. Basara

 
Analyzing Statistical Models of Hourly Precipitation Events
Jennifer Esker, Oklahoma Weather Center REU Program, Glen Carbon, IL; and H. Brooks and M. Baldwin

 
P1.20
Mesonet Sensor Siting in Support of the 2004 Athens Olympic Games

 
Summertime precipitation variability and atmospheric circulation over the South American Altiplano: Effects of Lake Titicaca and Salar de Uyuni
Maura Hahnenberger, Oklahoma Weather Center REU 2003, Salt Lake City, UT; and M. Douglas and J. Galvez

 
On The Motion Of Solitary Synoptic Eddies
Bharat Khushalani, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

 
Numerical Approach To Modelling Large Scale Vortical Structures On The Surface Of Earth
Bharat Khushalani, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

 
Verification of NOAH LSM Simulations Forced by LAPS Analysis Fields
Rhesa L. Freeman, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND

 
Investigation of atmospheric emissions from co-combustion of tire and coal
Loran E. Carleton, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN; and R. Giere, S. T. Lafree, J. K. Tishmack, and J. K. Tishmack

 
Mathematical modeling of double diffusion convection
Allison May Berg, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD

 
Advective Sea Fog Analysis for Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea
Danielle Marie Lewis, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright Patterson AFB, OH

 
Verification of meteorological data reports from unmanned aerial vehicles
Steven M. Callis, Air Force Institute of Technology, WPAFB, OH

 
Microwave remote sensing of Hurricane Erin (2001) from an airborne platform (CAMEX-4)
Eric M Holthaus, Saint Louis University, Osage City, KS; and G. S. Jackson

 
Feasibility of using classification analyses to determine tropical cyclone rapid intensification
Jonathan William Leffler, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH

 
A comprehensive climatology of Southwest Oregon windstorms 1948-2002
Wolf Read, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR; and G. Taylor

 
An Antarctic Cloud Mass Transport Climatology Overview
Jessica A. Staude, Antarctic Meteorological Research Center/ Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and C. R. Stearns, M. A. Lazzara, L. M. Keller, and S. A. Ackerman

 
The Remote Influence Of Tropical Atlantic Sea Surface Temperatures On The Tropical Pacific
Erik Ulysses Noble, University of Colorado, Fort Collins, CO

 
Weather’s effect on trace gases in the mid-Atlantic and northeastern states
Dennis O’Donnel, Millersville University, Millersville, PA; and E. Lowery, D. Brewer, D. Rabatin, and R. D. Clark

7:00 PM-7:00 PM: Sunday, 11 January 2004


Conference Ends

Monday, 12 January 2004

12:00 AM-12:00 AM: Monday, 12 January 2004


MON 12 JAN


Mon 12 Jan

7:30 AM-7:30 AM: Monday, 12 January 2004


Registration continues through Thursday, 15 January

9:00 AM-9:00 AM: Monday, 12 January 2004


Conference Registration

9:00 AM-10:00 AM: Monday, 12 January 2004


1
Seasonal Prediction (Room 6C)
Location: Room 6C
Sponsor: 15th Symposium on Global Change and Climate Variations
Chair: John E. Janowiak, NOAA/Climate Prediction Center

Papers:
 
1.1
A comparison of NCEP/NCAR Reanalysis and COADS El Nino and La Nina composite anomaly lifecycles.

  9:15 AM
1.2
Multiscale evolution and predictability of a warm season climate anomaly in the U.S. southern Great Plains
Paul Nutter, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and L. Leslie and P. Lamb

http://cimms.ou.edu/~pnutter/15thGlbChng.pdf

Poster PDF (2.4 MB)
  9:30 AM
1.3
  9:45 AM
1.4
Usefulness of recent NOAA/CPC seasonal temperature forecasts
Jeanne M. Schneider, USDA/ARS, El Reno, OK; and J. D. Garbrecht

  10:00 AM
1.5
Seasonal prediction of Pacific island rainfall using artificial intelligence
Mark L. Morrissey, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK

9:00 AM-10:15 AM: Monday, 12 January 2004


1
Climate Products and Data Sets (Room 619/620)
Location: Room 619/620
Sponsor: 14th Conference on Applied Climatology
Chair: Greg Johnson, USDA/NRCS, National Water and Climate Center

Papers:
  9:15 AM
1.2
Calculation of the 1971 to 2000 Climate Normals for Canada
Debra Allsopp, MSC, Toronto, ON, Canada; and R. Morris

  9:30 AM
1.3
A synoptic climatology of flooding in New England
Lesley-Ann L. Dupigny-Giroux, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT; and C. Loughner

  9:45 AM
1.4
Observational Data Used for Assimilation in the NCEP North American Regional Reanalysis
Perry C. Shafran, NOAA/NWS/NCEP and SAIC, Camp Springs, MD; and J. Woollen, W. Ebisuzaki, W. Shi, Y. Fan, R. W. Grumbine, and M. Fennessy

  10:00 AM
1.5
The U.S. Climate Reference Network
C. Bruce Baker, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and M. Helfert, D. R. Easterling, T. R. Karl, and R. P. Hosker


1
Cyclones (Room 617)
Location: Room 617
Sponsor: The Fred Sanders Symposium
Chair: Lance Bosart, University at Albany/SUNY

Papers:
  9:00 AM
1.1
Fred Sanders’ Contribution to Improving the Forecast of Rapid Cyclogenesis
Louis W. Uccellini, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Camp Springs, MD; and R. Kistler, P. J. Kocin, and J. E. Sienkiewicz

  9:15 AM
1.2
Quasi-Geostrophic Analysis of Explosive Marine Cyclogenesis: The Blizzard of ’78
Frank P. Colby Jr., Univ. of Massachusetts, Lowell, MA; and B. R. Colman

  9:45 AM
1.4
The role of frontogenesis in the production of heavy cold-season precipitation events in the Saint Lawrence River valley
John R. Gyakum, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada; and D. Durnford, P. J. Roebber, P. A. Sisson, and R. McTaggart-Cowan

  10:00 AM
1.5
Back to Norway
Kerry Emanuel, MIT, Cambridge, MA


1
Keynote Session (ROOM 6B)
Location: Room 6B
Sponsor: 20th International Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology
Chair: Terry Tarbell, RS Information Systems
CoChair: Linda Miller, UCAR/Unidata

Papers:
  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

Poster PDF (48.8 kB)

1
Opening Session (ROOM 605/606)
Location: Room 605/606
Sponsor: 20th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting/16th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction
Cochairs: Edward L. Bensman; Mary M. Cairns, Office of the Federal Coordinator for Meteorology

Papers:
  9:00 AM
1.1
MODIS Winds in NAVDAS
Patricia M. Pauley, NRL, Monterey, CA; and R. L. Pauley

Poster PDF (58.7 kB)
  9:15 AM
1.2
Applying the new Weather Research and Forecast (WRF) model to National Weather Service forecast office operations
Brent L. Shaw, NOAA/ERL/FSL, Boulder, CO; and J. Smart, J. McGinley, M. Kay, J. Mahoney, P. Welsh, P. Bogenschutz, P. Ruscher, J. Savadel, and A. Wildman

Poster PDF (124.0 kB)
  9:30 AM
1.3
Grid-Based Bias Removal For Mesoscale Model Forecasts
Clifford Mass, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and R. Steed

  9:45 AM
1.4
Verification of NDFD Gridded Forecasts in the Western United States
John D. Horel, NOAA/CIRP and Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and B. Colman and M. Jackson

Poster PDF (929.7 kB)
  10:00 AM
Welcoming Remarks: Ed Bensman and Mary Cairns, Program Co-chairpersons


2
Climate Observations (Room 608)
Location: Room 608
Sponsor: 15th Symposium on Global Change and Climate Variations
Chair: Thomas C. Peterson, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC

Papers:
  9:00 AM
2.1
NWS Plans for Upper Air System Data Continuity
Joseph Facundo, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and C. Bower

Poster PDF (268.1 kB)
  9:15 AM
2.2
A new Radiosonde dataset for climate studies
Imke Durre, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC

  9:30 AM
2.3
  9:45 AM
2.4
The next-generation PACRAIN database
Michael D. Klatt, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and M. L. Morrissey, J. S. Greene, and S. Postawko

http://pacrain.evac.ou.edu

  10:00 AM
2.5
Stratocumulus and climate: observations from EPIC 2001
Kimberly Comstock, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and C. Bretherton, S. Yuter, and R. Wood

http://ftp://eos.atmos.washington.edu/pub/breth/papers/MBL_clouds/EPIC2001-Sc.pdf

9:00 AM-10:45 AM: Monday, 12 January 2004


1
Nowcasting and Forecasting in the Urban Zone (Room 611)
Location: Room 611
Sponsor: Symposium on Planning, Nowcasting, and Forecasting in the Urban Zone
Chair: Walter F. Dabberdt, Vaisala. Inc.

Papers:
  9:00 AM
1.1
Highlights and Challenges of Urban Meteorological Modeling
Robert D. Bornstein, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA; and K. C. Craig, A. Martilli, and S. Dupont

  10:00 AM
1.3
  10:15 AM
Coffee Break in Poster Session Room

9:00 AM-11:30 AM: Monday, 12 January 2004


1
Land-surface Observations (Room 618)
Location: Room 618
Sponsor: Eighth Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface

Papers:
  9:30 AM
1.3
Inverse Theory Applied to Surface Layer Radiation Budget in São João do Cariri-PB N-E Brazil
Romulo da Silveira Paz, Universidade Federal de Campina Grande, Campina Grande, Brazil; and Z. E. Da Silva and S. R. Patel

Poster PDF (37.6 kB)
  9:45 AM
1.4
Observational and Theoretical Studies of Turbulent fluxes, Temperature and Humidity Convergence in Convective Boundary Layer of Fortaleza N-E Brazil
Sukaran Ram Patel, Universidade Federal de Campina Grande, Campina Grande, Brazil; and E. M. Da Silva, M. D. F. Correia, and A. M. N. Costa

Poster PDF (215.5 kB)
  10:00 AM
1.5
Some Aspects of the Structure of the Stratified Atmospheric Boundary layer of Semi-Arid Region of N-E Brazil
Sukaran Ram Patel, Universidade Federal de Campina Grande, Campina Grande, Brazil; and E. M. Da Silva, M. D. F. Correia, and A. M. N. Costa

Poster PDF (190.9 kB)
  10:15 AM
1.6
New method for the determination of turbulent surface fluxes from low-level flights: Verification and benefit in joint field experiments
Jens Bange, Aerospace Systems/Technical Univ., Braunschweig, Germany; and T. Spiess and P. Zittel

Poster PDF (238.0 kB)
  10:30 AM
1.7
Application of Inverse Analysis for Surface Temperature Prediction of Semi-Arid Region of N-E Brazil
Romulo da Silveira Paz, Universidade Federal de Campina Grande, Campina Grande, Brazil; and Z. E. Da Silva and S. R. Patel

Poster PDF (43.5 kB)
  10:45 AM
1.8
The Tornado reconnaissance aircraft of the German Airforce as a measurement system in a meteorological campaign
Jens Bange, Aerospace Systems, Braunschweig, Germany; and P. Zittel and T. Spiess

  11:00 AM
Coffee Break in the Poster Session Room

9:00 AM-12:00 PM: Monday, 12 January 2004


1
The Second GEWEX Global Soil Wetness Project (Room 6E)
Location: Room 6E
Sponsor: 18th Conference on Hydrology
Organizer: Paul Dirmeyer, COLA

Papers:
  9:00 AM
1.1
A progress report on the Second Global Soil Wetness Project (GSWP-2)
Paul A. Dirmeyer, COLA, Calverton, MD; and X. Gao

  9:15 AM
1.2
Analysis and comparison of GSWP-2 input data sets
Mei Zhao, COLA, Calverton, MD; and P. Dirmeyer

  9:30 AM
1.3
Towards improvement of NCEP Noah LSM performance via GSWP-2 studies
Helin Wei, NOAA/NCEP/EMC, Camp Springs, MD; and D. Lohmann and K. Mitchell

  9:45 AM
1.4
Preliminary results of the GSWP-2 run by SiBUC
Kenji Tanaka, Kyoto University, Uji, Japan; and S. Ikebuchi

  10:30 AM
1.7
Modeling Approach For Remote Sensing Validaiton Of Land Surface Schemes On A Global Scale
Xiang Gao, Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies, calverton, MD; and P. A. Dirmeyer

  10:45 AM
1.8
Paper 1.8 Moved to Joint Poster Session 4 New Paper number JP4.33

  10:46 AM
1.9
Paper 1.9 Moved to Joint Poster Session 4 New Paper number JP4.34

  10:47 AM
Spatial and temporal variability of global soil wetness
Zhichang Guo, COLA, Calverton, MD; and P. Dirmeyer, X. Gao, and M. Zhao

  11:01 AM
Evaluation of ERA40 and NCEP/NCAR reanalyses using soil moisture observations from China for the period of 1981-1999
Haibin Li, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ; and A. Robock, S. Liu, X. Mo, and P. Viterbo

  11:16 AM
Coffee Break in Poster session room

  11:46 AM
Using GSWP2 to evaluate the importance of soil moisture heterogeneity in the MOSES land surface scheme
N. Gedney, U.K Met Office, Bracknell, United Kingdom; and P. M. Cox

9:00 AM-12:15 PM: Monday, 12 January 2004


Joint Session 1
Data Assimilation and Observational Network Design. Part I (Joint between the Symposium on Forecasting the Weather and Climate of the Atmosphere and Ocean and the 20th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting/16th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction) (ROOM 6A)
Location: Room 6A
Sponsors: (Joint between the Symposium on Forecasting the Weather and Climate of the Atmosphere and Ocean; and the 20th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting/16th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction )
Organizers: Craig H. Bishop, UCAR and NRL; Antonio Busalacchi, University of Maryland; Thomas M. Hamill, NOAA/CIRES/CDC

Papers:
  9:00 AM
THORPEX: a Global Atmospheric Research Programme
Melvyn A. Shapiro, NOAA/ERL/ETL, Boulder, CO

  9:30 AM
Data assimilation with deterministic ensemble filters
Jeffrey Anderson, NCAR Data Assimilation Initiative, Boulder, CO; and D. Parrish

  9:45 AM
Developments in ECMWF's 4D-Var system
Erik Andersson, ECMWF, Reading, United Kingdom; and C. Cardinali, M. Fisher, E. Hólm, L. Isaksen, Y. Trémolet, and A. Hollingsworth

  10:00 AM
Lagrangian data assimilation and observing system design for ocean coherent structures
Kayo Ide, University of California, Los Angeles, CA; and C. K. R. T. Jones, L. Kuznetsov, H. Salman, and J. Yu

  10:15 AM
An analysis of the impact of observational data on ETKF-based ensemble perturbations
Mozheng Wei, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, UCAR Visiting Scientist, Camp Springs, MD; and Z. Toth, R. Wobus, and Y. Zhu

Poster PDF (1.1 MB)
  10:30 AM
Observation-quality estimation and its application in NCAR/ATEC real-time FDDA and forecast (RTFDDA) system
Yubao Liu, NCAR/RAP, Boulder, CO; and F. Vandenberghe, S. Low-Nam, T. Warner, and S. Swerdlin

Poster PDF (525.8 kB)
  10:45 AM
The effect of local initialization on Workstation ETA
Brian Etherton, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, NC; and P. Santos

Poster PDF (256.1 kB)
  11:15 AM
Evaluation of reduced-rank Kalman filters (RRKF)
Michael Fisher, ECMWF, Reading, Berks., United Kingdom; and A. Hollingsworth

  11:30 AM
Welcoming Remarks

  11:45 AM
Coffee Break in Poster session room

9:00 AM-1:30 PM: Monday, 12 January 2004


1
K-12 and Popular initiatives (Room 615/616)
Location: Room 615/616
Sponsor: 13th Symposium on Education
Cochairs: Kathleen A. Murphy, Ladue School District; Shirley T. Murillo, NOAA/AOML

Papers:
  9:00 AM
1.1
Weather Investigators of Northeast–Louisiana (WIN-LA!)
Paul J. Croft, University of Louisiana, Monroe, LA; and L. LeBlanc

  9:15 AM
1.2
Immersing Instruction in Inquiry–The I 3 Project: Science Teachers as Researchers
Paul J. Croft, University of Louisiana, Monroe, LA; and E. Pani, P. Watts, and B. Armfield

Poster PDF (233.4 kB)
  9:30 AM
1.3
EWOC-Connecting Educators Internationally
Steve M. Carlson, AERA and Hermiston School District, Hermiston, OR

Poster PDF (273.9 kB)
  10:00 AM
1.5
Wild About Weather: Shake, Rattle and Role
Faye McCollum, AMS/AERA, Columbus, GA; and K. A. Murphy

  10:15 AM
1.6
Enlightening Lightning! Coupling Atmospheric Research to K-12 Education Using Planetarium Presentations
Richard Orville, Texas A&M University, College Sation, TX; and D. House, M. Hibbs, and E. Mansell

  10:30 AM
1.7
DataStreme Ocean: A new distance-learning course for the precollege teachers on the basics of oceanography
Ira W. Geer, American Meteorological Society, Washington, DC; and J. M. Moran, R. S. Weinbeck, D. R. Smith, B. A. Blair, E. J. Hopkins, and J. H. Niebauer

http://www.ametsoc.org/amsedu/DS-Ocean/home.html

  10:45 AM
1.8
A Maury Teacher at Sea with NOAA
Debra S. Brice, San Marcos Unified School District, San Marcos, CA

  11:00 AM
1.9
1984–004, Twenty years of successful professional development programs for educators
Lawrence Greenleaf, AMS/AERA, Belfast, ME; and J. Mulvany and S. Carlson

Poster PDF (74.9 kB)
  11:15 AM
Development of satellite meteorology teaching materials for grades 7-12
Margaret Mooney, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and S. A. Ackerman, T. H. Achtor, and J. Brunner

Poster PDF (289.4 kB)
  11:30 AM
Coffee Break in Poster Session Room

  12:00 PM
Lunch Break

9:00 AM-4:30 PM: Monday, 12 January 2004


1
Forecast Systems (Room 602/603)
Location: Room 602/603
Sponsor: 17th Conference on Probablity and Statistics in the Atmospheric Sciences
Cochairs: J. Paul Dallavalle, NOAA/NWS; Jennifer Luppens Mahoney, NOAA/FSL

Papers:
  9:00 AM
1.1
  9:30 AM
1.2
Statistical algorithms for short-term wind energy forecasting
Kristin Larson, 3 Tier Environmental Forecast Group, Inc., Seattle, WA; and T. Gneiting

http://www.3tiergroup.com

Poster PDF (71.2 kB)
  9:45 AM
1.3
Statistical Wind Power Forecasting for U.S. Wind Farms
Michael Milligan, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO; and M. Schwartz and Y. H. Wan

  10:00 AM
1.4
Statistical models of aircraft icing
Matthew Pocernich, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and C. Wolff and T. Fowler

Poster PDF (329.9 kB)
  10:15 AM
1.5
  10:30 AM
1.6
Toward a new Canadian medium-range Perfect-Prog temperature forecast system
Bertrand Denis, MSC, Dorval, QC, Canada; and R. Verret

Poster PDF (70.6 kB)
  10:45 AM
1.7
Aviation guidance from the Localized Aviation MOS Program (LAMP)
Harry R. Glahn, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD

  11:30 AM
1.9
Combining Global and Local Grid-Based Bias Correction for Mesoscale Numerical Weather Prediction
Yulia Gel, George Washington Univ., Washington, DC; and A. Raftery and T. Gneiting

  12:15 PM
An algorithm for variable selection with an application to meteorological teleconnections.
Nazario D. Ramirez-Beltran, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez, PR; and W. K. -. M. Lau, A. Winter, and A. Veneros

  12:30 PM
Coffee Break in Poster Session Room

  1:15 PM
Lunch Break

  3:00 PM
Formal Poster Session Viewing with Coffee Break

9:10 AM-2:30 PM: Monday, 12 January 2004


1
Atmospheric chemistry of gases, aerosols, and clouds in urban, regional, and global scale environments: AEROSOLS (Room 612)
Location: Room 612
Sponsor: Sixth Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry: Air Quality in Megacities
Chairs: Jeffrey S. Gaffney, ANL; Nancy A. Marley, ANL

Papers:
  9:10 AM
1.1
Air Quality Impacts of Desert Wind-Blown Dust in a Southwestern U. S. Urban Valley: Preliminary Results from High-Resolution 3-D Model Simulations
V. R. Kotamarthi, ANL, Argonne, IL; and M. Lazaro, Y. -. S. Chang, D. E. James, J. Kuiper, and S. Pulugurtha

  9:25 AM
1.2
Utilizing MODIS Satellite Observations in near-real-time to Improve AIRNow Next Day Forecast of Fine Particulate Matter, PM2.5
James Szykman, US EPA, Research Triangle Park, NC; and J. White, B. Pierce, J. Al-Saadi, D. Neil, C. Kittaka, A. Chu, L. Remer, L. Gumley, and E. Prins

  9:40 AM
1.3
Utilizing MODIS Satellite Observations to Monitor and Analyze Fine Particulate Matter, PM2.5, Transport Event
Chieko Kittaka, SAIC, Hampton, VA; and J. Szykman, B. Pierce, J. Al-Saadi, D. Neil, A. Chu, L. Remer, E. Prins, and J. Holdzkom

  9:55 AM
1.4
Physico-chemical characteristics of visibility impairing aerosol measured at two urban sites in Seoul and Incheon, Korea
Young J. Kim, Kwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Kwangju, Korea; and K. W. Kim, H. S. Park, H. R. Jung, J. S. Park, S. D. Kim, and J. S. Han

Poster PDF (144.7 kB)
  10:10 AM
1.5
Oxalic acid production in the coastal marine atmosphere
Kathleen K. Crahan, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and D. Hegg, D. S. Covert, and H. Jonsson

  10:25 AM
1.6
Meteorological Model Simulations in Support of Developing a Visibility Improvement Strategy for the Southeast US
Donald T. Olerud Jr., Baron Advanced Meteorological Systems, Research Triangle Park, NC; and A. P. Sims, J. N. McHenry, and R. E. Imhoff

  10:40 AM
1.7
Impact of aerosols and ozone on land–atmosphere interactions: An observational analysis
Dev Niyogi, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC; and F. Booker, H. I. Chang, D. Chen, F. Chen, T. Holt, V. Saxena, and R. Wells

Poster PDF (45.2 kB)
  10:55 AM
1.8
  11:10 AM
1.9
  11:25 AM
Field applications of an aerosol mass spectrometer: What are we learning about aerosol chemical and microphysical properties?
Doug Worsnop, Aerodyne Research, Billrica, MA; and J. Jayne, M. Canagaratna, H. Boudries, T. Onasch, P. Mortimer, C. Kolb, and J. L. Jimenez

Poster PDF (197.0 kB)
  11:40 AM
The Influence of Meteorological Phenomena on PM2.5 Concentrations: A Case Study Analysis
David E.B. Strohm II, Sonoma Technology, Inc., Petaluma, CA; and T. S. Dye and C. P. MacDonald

  11:55 AM
Aerosol profiling in the Washington-Baltimore urban corridor: a REALM application
Raymond M. Hoff, JCET/Univ. of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD; and K. McCann, R. Rogers, B. Demoz, and D. N. Whiteman

http://alg.umbc.edu/usaq

  12:10 PM
Welcoming Remarks— Jeffrey Gaffney

  12:15 PM
Coffee Break in Poster Session Room

  12:30 PM
Lunch Break

10:15 AM-10:45 AM: Monday, 12 January 2004


Coffee Break in the Poster Session Room

10:45 AM-11:45 AM: Monday, 12 January 2004


4
Convection (ROOM 607)
Location: Room 607
Sponsor: 20th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting/16th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction
Chair: Greg Forbes, The Weather Channel

Papers:
  10:45 AM
4.1
Convection in BAMEX during an active subtropical jet period
Lance F. Bosart, University at Albany/SUNY, Albany, NY; and T. Galarneau, Jr.

Poster PDF (3.6 MB)
 
4.2
Toward understanding and predicting rapid changes in convective inhibition

  11:15 AM
4.3
  11:30 AM
4.4
Evaluation of an Improved Convection Triggering Mechanism in the NCAR Community Atmosphere Model CAM2 Under CAPT Framework
Shaocheng Xie, LLNL, Livermore, CA; and J. S. Boyle, R. T. Cederwall, G. L. Potter, and M. Zhang

  11:45 AM
4.5

10:45 AM-12:00 PM: Monday, 12 January 2004


Joint Session 1
Climate Trends (Joint between the 15th Symposium on Global Change and Climate Variations and the 14th Conference on Applied Climatology; Room 6C)
Location: Room 6C
Sponsors: (Joint between the 14th Conference on Applied Climatology; and the 15th Symposium on Global Change and Climate Variations )

Papers:
  10:45 AM
Economic signals in global temperature histories
Patrick J. Michaels, Univ. of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA and the Cato Institute, Washington, DC; and R. McKitrick and P. C. Knappenberger

  11:00 AM
Irrigation-induced warming in Central California?
John R. Christy, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and W. B. Norris

  11:30 AM
Is the 50-year trend in tropical Indo-Pacific SSTs significant?
Cécile Penland, NOAA-CIRES/Climate Diagnostics Center, Boulder, CO; and P. D. Sardeshmukh

  11:45 AM
AO, COWL and observed climate trends
Qigang Wu, COLA, Calverton, MD; and D. M. Straus

http://


2
Analysis Techniques (ROOM 605/606)
Location: Room 605/606
Sponsor: 20th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting/16th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction
Chair: James T. Moore, Saint Louis University

Papers:
  11:00 AM
2.2
Use of EOS Data in AWIPS for Weather Forecasting
Gary J. Jedlovec, NASA/MSFC, Huntsville, AL; and S. L. Haines, R. J. Suggs, T. Bradshaw, C. Darden, and J. E. Burks

Poster PDF (2.4 MB)
  11:15 AM
2.3
A Fresh Look at Persistent Ridging in the North Pacfic
John M. Papineau, NOAA/NWS, Anchorage, AK

Poster PDF (497.4 kB)
  11:30 AM
2.4
Impact of high resolution water vapor measurements from airborne lidar on hurricane characterization and forecasting
Edward V. Browell, NASA/LARC, Hampton, VA; and S. Ismail, R. A. Ferrare, R. Kamineni, T. Krishnamurti, and S. Pattnaik

  11:45 AM
2.5
Assimilation of MODIS temperature and water vapor profiles into a mesoscale analysis system
Bradley T. Zavodsky, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL; and S. M. Lazarus, P. F. Blottman, and D. W. Sharp


2
Mesoscale Weather Systems (Room 617)
Location: Room 617
Sponsor: The Fred Sanders Symposium
Chair: John R. Gyakum, McGill University

Papers:
  11:00 AM
2.2
  11:15 AM
2.3
  11:30 AM
2.4
  11:45 AM
2.5

3
Advances and Applications in Transportation Weather (ROOM 613/614)
Location: Room 613/614
Sponsor: 20th International Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology
Cochairs: David J. Pace, SAIC; Ed Boselly, Washington State Department of Transportation

Papers:
  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

Poster PDF (1.2 MB)
  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

Poster PDF (307.5 kB)
  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

Poster PDF (256.8 kB)
  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


3
Atmospheric Oscillations (Room 608)
Location: Room 608
Sponsor: 15th Symposium on Global Change and Climate Variations
Chair: Sumant Nigam, University of Maryland

Papers:
  10:45 AM
3.1
  11:00 AM
3.2
The Impact of ENSO on the NAO variability
Zhaohua Wu, COLA, Calverton, MD; and E. Schneider and B. Kirtman

  11:15 AM
3.3
  11:30 AM
3.4
  11:45 AM
3.5
Dynamic Origin of Arctic and Antarctic Oscillations in the Stormy Atmospheric Circulation
Fei-Fei Jin, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI; and L. L. Pan and M. Watanabe


3
Verification Studies (ROOM 619/620)
Location: Room 619/620
Sponsor: 20th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting/16th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction
Chair: Jason E. Nachamkin, NRL

Papers:
  10:45 AM
3.1
On the determination of forecast errors arising from different components of model physics and dynamics
T. N. Krishnamurti, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and J. Sanjay, A. K. Mitra, and T. S. V. Vijaya Kumar

  11:00 AM
3.3
Ongoing assessment of GPS-IPW impact on RUC forecasts
Tracy Lorraine Smith, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Boulder, CO; and S. G. Benjamin, S. I. Gutman, and S. Sahm

  11:15 AM
3.4
The impact of model resolution improvements and statistical forecast techniques on mesoscale prediction during the 2002 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games
Kenneth A. Hart, NOAA/CIRP and University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and W. J. Steenburgh, D. J. Onton, and A. J. Siffert

  11:30 AM
3.5
Validation of MM5 for evolution of cold fronts approaching the Gulf of Mexico
Loren D. White, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS; and K. Davenport

10:45 AM-1:30 PM: Monday, 12 January 2004


1
Session 1: Continued
Sponsor: Symposium on Planning, Nowcasting, and Forecasting in the Urban Zone
Cochairs: Steven M. Zubrick, NOAA/NWSFO; Witold F. Krajewski, IIHR Hydrosciences and Engineering

Papers:
  10:45 AM
1.4
  11:30 AM
1.7
The importance of total lightning in the future of weather nowcasting
Nicholas W. S. Demetriades, Vaisala, Inc., Tucson, AZ; and M. J. Murphy and R. L. Holle

  11:45 AM
1.8
Planning, nowcasting, and forecasting lightning in the urban zone: The HEAT project 2005
Richard Orville, Texas A&M University, College Sation, TX; and J. Nielsen-Gammon, R. Zhang, and D. Collins

  12:00 PM
Lunch Break

10:45 AM-5:30 PM: Monday, 12 January 2004


2
Global Meteorological and Hydrological Services Update (ROOM 6B)
Location: Room 6B
Sponsor: 20th International Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology
Cochairs: Jimmie Smith, Meteoquest, Inc.; Fred Branski, NOAA/NWS; Jim Cooper, Earth Satellite Corporation

Papers:
  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
2.4
National Weather Service (NWS) Update (Invited Presentation)
John Jones, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD

  1:00 PM
2.6
NOAA/NESDIS Update (Invited Presentation)
Gregory Withee, NOAA/NESDIS, Silver Spring, MD

  2:00 PM
2.8
NWP Activities of the Private Sector (Invited Presentation)
Michael D. Eilts, Weather Decision Technologies, Inc., Norman, OK

  2:30 PM
Lunch Break

  4:00 PM
Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

11:30 AM-2:30 PM: Monday, 12 January 2004


2
Ocean Observations (Room 618)
Location: Room 618
Sponsor: Eighth Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface

Papers:
  11:30 AM
2.1
High-frequency ocean surface wind vectors provided by SeaWinds in tandem
W. Timothy Liu, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and W. Tang and X. Xie

  12:00 PM
2.3
  12:15 PM
2.4
An evaluation of data from the prototype, ADSMEX buoy
David B. Gilhousen, NOAA/NWS/NDBC, Stennis Space Center, MS

  12:45 PM
2.6
On the relationship between lightning and rainfall over the north Pacific Ocean
Antti Pessi, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI; and S. Businger

  1:00 PM
Lunch Break

12:00 PM-1:15 PM: Monday, 12 January 2004


Lunch Break

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Monday, 12 January 2004


Lunch Break

12:15 PM-1:30 PM: Monday, 12 January 2004


Lunch Break

1:30 PM-2:30 PM: Monday, 12 January 2004


1
Session 1: Continued
Sponsor: Symposium on Planning, Nowcasting, and Forecasting in the Urban Zone
Chair: Robert D. Bornstein, San Jose State University

Papers:
  1:30 PM
1.9
An analysis of severe convection in Central Oklahoma during Joint Urban 2003
Daniel R. Cheresnick, Oklahoma Climatological Survey and University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. B. Basara

  2:00 PM
  2:15 PM
Measured and modeled wind fields in an urban environment
Yansen Wang, U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD; and C. Williamson, G. Huynh, S. Chang, D. Ligon, and D. Garvey


Joint Session 2
Data Assimilation and observational network design: Part II (Joint between the Symposium on Forecasting the Weather and Climate of the Atmosphere and Ocean and the 20th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting/16th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction) (ROOM 6A)
Location: Room 6A
Sponsors: (Joint between the 20th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting/16th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction; and the Symposium on Forecasting the Weather and Climate of the Atmosphere and Ocean )
Organizer: Jeffrey Anderson, NCAR Data Assimilation Initiative
Chair: Jeffrey Anderson, NCAR Data Assimilation Initiative

Papers:
  1:30 PM
Reanalysis before radiosondes using ensemble data assimilation
Jeffrey S. Whitaker, NOAA-CIRES/CDC, Boulder, CO; and G. P. Compo, X. Wei, and T. M. Hamill

Poster PDF (867.3 kB)
  1:45 PM
Satellite data assimilation over Hawaii
Tiziana Cherubini, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI; and S. Businger, R. Lyman, and R. Ogasawara

  2:00 PM
The impact of a wind-mass error analysis scheme on forecast skill
Lars Peter Riishojgaard, JCSDA, Greenbelt, MD; and R. Yang and J. Guo

Poster PDF (570.5 kB)
  2:15 PM
A local ensemble Kalman filter for the NCEP GFS model
Istvan Szunyogh, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and G. Gyarmati, B. R. Hunt, E. Ott, A. V. Zimin, E. Kalnay, D. Patil, and J. A. Yorke

Poster PDF (260.0 kB)

3
Forecasting (Room 617)
Location: Room 617
Sponsor: The Fred Sanders Symposium
Chair: Bradley R. Colman, NOAA/NWS

Papers:
  1:30 PM
3.1
The Sander's Barotropic Tropical Cyclone Track Model (SANBAR)
Robert W. Burpee, Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, RSMAS, University of Miami, Miami, FL

  1:45 PM
3.2
Mesoscale modeling and the scientific forecast process
Paul J. Roebber, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI

  2:00 PM
3.3
The challenge of forecasting severe downslope windstorms
John M. Brown, NOAA/Forecast Systems Lab, Boulder, CO

  2:15 PM
3.4
So, why do we still have surprise snowstorms ??
Steve Tracton, Consulting Meterologist, Washiington, DC


5
Case Studies (ROOM 605/606)
Location: Room 605/606
Sponsor: 20th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting/16th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction

Papers:
  1:30 PM
5.1
The St. Patrick’s Day Snowstorm, 2002, Anchorage, Alaska
Joel C. Curtis, NOAA/NWSFO, Anchorage, AK; and J. M. Papineau, C. A. Scott, and K. Johnson

  1:59 PM
5.3
Paper 5.3 has been moved to Session 10, New Paper Number 10.3A

  2:00 PM
5.4
Model Dynamic and Microphysical Verification of the 13–14 December 2001 IMPROVE 2 Case
Matthew Garvert, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and B. A. Colle, C. Mass, and C. P. Woods

  2:15 PM
Mesoscale model simulations in Quasi-forecast mode of the great western storm of 16–20 March 2003 (Formerly Paper Number 10.3)
Douglas A. Wesley, UCAR/COMET, Boulder, CO; and G. Poulos, J. Snook, E. Szoke, M. P. Meyers, G. Byrd, R. A. Rozumalski, and H. McIntyre


6
Model Output Statistics (MOS) (ROOM 619/620)
Location: Room 619/620
Sponsor: 20th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting/16th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction
Chair: Ronald Miller, NOAA/NWS

Papers:
  1:30 PM
6.1
Model Output Statistics (MOS) guidance for short-range projections
J. Paul Dallavalle, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and M. C. Erickson and J. C. Maloney III

  2:00 PM
6.3
Producing MOS Snowfall Amount Forecasts from Cooperative Observer Reports
Rebecca L. Cosgrove, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and B. Sfanos

Poster PDF (166.3 kB)
  2:15 PM
6.4
Are Model Output Statistics still needed?
Peter P. Neilley, WSI, Corp, Andover, MA; and K. A. Hanson

1:30 PM-4:45 PM: Monday, 12 January 2004


4
AWIPS (ROOM 613/614)
Location: Room 613/614
Sponsor: 20th International Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology
Cochairs: Ward Seguin, OAR; Richard Thigpen, Consultant

Papers:
  1:30 PM
4.1
NOAAPORT Broadcast Changes
LeRoy Klet, Northrop Grumman Information Technology, McLean, VA

Poster PDF (32.6 kB)
 
4.2
Critical Weather Monitoring at the NCF

  2:00 PM
4.3
NWS Enterprise Architecture
Bobby J. Jones, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and B. West

Poster PDF (2.9 MB)
 
4.4
AWIPS in the Department of Agriculture

  2:30 PM
4.5
Initial Steps in Collaboration of NWS Digital Forecasts
Lynn P. Maximuk, NOAA/NWS, Pleasant Hill, MO

http://http://www.crh.noaa.gov/eax/ndfd-paper/ams2004.pdf

  2:45 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

Poster PDF (188.5 kB)
  3:00 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

Poster PDF (585.3 kB)
 
4.8
NMAP Development Status And Plans

  3:30 PM
4.9
Expanding Weather Event Simulator capabilities for National Weather Service training
Michael A. Magsig, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK

Poster PDF (359.5 kB)
  3:45 PM
SeaWinds Near-Real-Time Scatterometer Winds for AWIPS
Jeffrey M. Augenbaum, Computer Sciences Corp., Suitland, MD; and R. W. Luczak and G. Legg

Poster PDF (1.7 MB)
  4:00 PM
Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

1:30 PM-5:30 PM: Monday, 12 January 2004


Joint Session 1
Education and Outreach Activities in Space Weather (Joint Between the 13th Symposium on Education and the Symposium on Space Weather) (Room 615/16)
Location: Room 615/616
Sponsors: (Joint between the 13th Symposium on Education; and the Symposium on Space Weather )
Cochairs: Delores J. Knipp, U.S. Air Force Academy; Roberta M. Johnson, UCAR

Papers:
  1:30 PM
  2:00 PM
Space weather—needs and capabilities
T. G. Onsager, NOAA/Space Environment Center, Boulder, CO; and J. M. Kunches

  2:15 PM
Space weather and terrestrial weather: What common and uncommon themes do undergraduates encounter?
Delores J. Knipp, U.S. Air Force Academy, USAF Academy, CO; and L. Krause, T. Koehler, M. G. McHarg, and K. Brueske

  2:30 PM
Space Weather Education at the Air Force Institute of Technology
Devin J. Della-Rose, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH; and S. M. Quigley

  2:45 PM
The Relevance of Space Weather Science to Education Standards in Science and Mathematics
Cherilynn Ann Morrow, Space Science Institute, Boulder, CO

  3:00 PM
Introducing Space Weather to the Standard Physics Curriculum
Isidoros Doxas, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and K. Garvin-Doxas

  3:15 PM
Force 5: Comparing the great storms of Earth and Space
Carolyn Sumners, Houston Museum of Natural Science, Houston, TX; and P. Reiff

http://earth.rice.edu

Poster PDF (211.2 kB)
  3:30 PM
Windows to the Universe: A Web-Based Resource for Space Weather Education
Roberta M. Johnson, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. Russell, J. Bergman, E. Gardiner, J. Genyuk, S. Henderson, and D. Mastie

  3:45 PM
Space weather education using sounds from data and visualizations from simulations
L. M. Peticolas, University of California, Berkeley, CA; and J. G. Luhmann, W. P. Abbett, N. Craig, B. J. Mendez, and I. Sircar

  4:00 PM
Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break


Joint Session 1
Flash Flood Forecasting in the Urban Environment (Joint with the Symposium on Planning, Nowcasting and Forecasting in the Urban Zone and 18th Conf on Hydrology; Room 6E)
Location: Room 6E
Sponsors: (Joint between the 18th Conference on Hydrology; and the Symposium on Planning, Nowcasting, and Forecasting in the Urban Zone )
Organizer: Robert S. Davis, NOAA/NWS

Papers:
  1:30 PM
  2:15 PM
Evaluation of Urban Hydrologic Prediction Accuracy for Real-time Forecasting Using Radar
Baxter E. Vieux, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and P. B. Bedient

Poster PDF (184.7 kB)
  2:45 PM
Validation of Range Correction Algorithm Using Real-time Radar Data From Sterling, VA
Feng Ding, RS Information Systems/Hydrology Laboratory, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and D. J. Seo and D. H. Kitzmiller

  3:00 PM
High-resolution rainfall rate and DSD estimation from X-band polarimetric radar measurements
Marios Anagnostou, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT; and E. N. Anagnostou and W. F. Krajewski

  3:30 PM
8 Km, Half-hourly Precipitation Estimates from Passive Microwave and IR Satellite Data
John E. Janowiak, CPC/NCEP/NOAA, Camp Springs, MD; and R. J. Joyce, P. A. Arkin, and P. Xie

  3:45 PM
Uncertainty in fine-scale MPA precipitation estimates and implications for hydrometeorological analysis and forecasting
George J. Huffman, NASA/GSFC and SSAI, Greenbelt, MD; and R. F. Adler, D. T. Bolvin, and E. J. Nelkin

  4:00 PM
Coffee Break with Formal Poster Viewing


Joint Session 2
Drought: Variability Monitoring, Impacts, and Prediction (Joint between the 15th Symposium on Global Change and Climate Variations and the 14th Conference on Applied Climatology; Room 6C)
Location: Room 6C
Sponsors: (Joint between the 14th Conference on Applied Climatology; and the 15th Symposium on Global Change and Climate Variations )
Cochairs: David R. Easterling, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC; Greg Johnson, USDA/NRCS, National Water and Climate Center

Papers:
  1:30 PM
Paleodrought reconstructions to planning
Connie A. Woodhouse, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Boulder, CO; and R. S. Webb

  1:45 PM
Ensemble Tree-Ring Reconstructions of Streamflow in the South Platte
Robert S. Webb, NOAA-CIRES Climate Diagnostics Center, Boulder, CO; and C. A. Woodhouse

  2:00 PM
ENSO and the changing landscape of drought
Bradfield Lyon, International Research Institute for Climate Prediction, Columbia Univ., Palisades, NY

  2:15 PM
Recent Advances in Drought Monitoring
Mark D. Svoboda, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE; and M. J. Hayes, D. A. Wilhite, and T. Tadesse

http://drought.unl.edu

  2:30 PM
  2:45 PM
Estimating the Economic Impacts of Drought
Michael J. Hayes, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE; and M. D. Svoboda, C. L. Knutson, and D. A. Wilhite

http://drought.unl.edu

 
J2.7
Predicting drought vulnerability in the Mediterranean

  3:15 PM
The recent 4-year drought: Global Warming or La Nina?
Prashant D. Sardeshmukh, NOAA/CIRES/CDC, Boulder, CO; and G. P. Compo

  3:30 PM
Regional Drought Driven by Tropical Ocean Warming
Martin Hoerling, NOAA/CDC, Boulder, CO; and J. Hurrell

  3:45 PM
CMORPH: An 8KM, Half-Hourly Global Precipitation Monitoring Tool
John Janowiak, NOAA/CPC, Camp Springs, MD; and R. Joyce, P. Arkin, and P. Xie

  5:30 PM
The Drought of 2002 in Colorado (Formerly Poster JP3.6)
Nolan J. Doesken, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and R. A. Pielke, Sr.

  4:00 PM
Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

2:30 PM-2:30 PM: Monday, 12 January 2004


Poster Session 3
Posters of the Forecasting Symposium (Hall 4AB)
Location: Hall 4AB
Sponsor: Symposium on Forecasting the Weather and Climate of the Atmosphere and Ocean

Papers:
 
Testing the Outer Loop in NAVDAS-AR
Liang Xu, NRL, Monterey, CA; and T. Rosmond

 
Testing a Relocatable and Coupled Ocean Data Assimilation System in the AOSN Monterey Bay
Xiaodong Hong, NRL, Monterey, CA; and J. D. Doyle, R. M. Hodur, J. A. Cummings, and P. J. Martin

2:30 PM-4:00 PM: Monday, 12 January 2004


Poster Session 1
20th IIPS Poster Session (HALL 4AB)
Location: Hall 4AB
Sponsor: 20th International Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology
Chair: Steve Holt, Mitretek Systems

Papers:
 
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

 
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

Poster PDF (647.5 kB)
 
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

Poster PDF (1.5 MB)
 
Displaying and Analyzing Level II Data with the Unidata Integrated Data Viewer (IDV)
Stuart Wier, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and D. Murray and J. McWhirter

http://my.unidata.ucar.edu/content/software/IDV

Poster PDF (620.7 kB)
 
The Research Radar Data Analysis Tool (RRAT)
David L. Priegnitz, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and M. H. Jain

Poster PDF (127.6 kB)
 
Enhanced Precipitation Products: The new world of radar-derived products for commercial applications
James Block, Meteorlogix, Inc., Minneapolis, MN; and M. D. Eilts

 
An AWIPS local application to streamline critical weather operations
Matthew A. Sardi, NOAA/NWSFO, Fort Worth, TX; and S. J. Fano

Poster PDF (249.3 kB)
 
Serving the NODC/OCL World Ocean Database via the Live Access Server (LAS)
Joseph McLean, JISAO/University of Washington, Seattle, WA

Poster PDF (264.8 kB)
 
A Video Data Management System—NOAA Style
Janice Beattie, NOAA Central Library, Silver Spring, MD; and D. Anderson, M. L. Cumberpatch, and A. Fiolek

 
A web interface for viewing satellite microwave data of tropical cyclones
Marty Brewer, Remote Sensing Systems, Santa Rosa, CA; and D. K. Smith

Poster PDF (2.0 MB)
 
Merging NetCDF and HDF5
Russell K. Rew, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and E. J. Hartnett

http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/packages/netcdf/index.html

Poster PDF (182.4 kB)
 
Porting NESDIS Polar Soundings from a Cray to an IBM SP
Richard G. Kelley Jr., Computer Sciences Corporation, Suitland, MD

Poster PDF (75.7 kB)
 
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

 
NOAA Near-Real-Time System Montioring Web Page
Kristina Sprietzer, Science and Technology Corp., Suitland, MD; and G. Legg

 
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

 
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

 
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

Poster PDF (1.2 MB)
 
Creating a community driven portal with web services
Scott M. Kehoe, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. K. Graham

Poster PDF (178.5 kB)
 
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

 
SGT Beans: An Easy-to-Use Graphical Development Tool
Donald W. Denbo, JISAO/Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA

Poster PDF (277.3 kB)
 
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

Poster PDF (281.7 kB)
 
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

Poster PDF (1.8 MB)
 
Automated Spatial Precipitation Estimator (PrecipVal)
Michael L. Urzen, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and S. Ansari and S. A. Del Greco

Poster PDF (258.0 kB)
 
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

Poster PDF (577.9 kB)
 
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

 
A Software System to Support Earth Science Data Services
Yuechen Chi, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA; and R. Yang and M. Kafatos

Poster PDF (429.6 kB)
 
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

Poster PDF (666.7 kB)
 
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

http://www.nrlmry.navy.mil/Apps/nowcast

Poster PDF (98.3 kB)
 
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

Poster PDF (1.2 MB)
 
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

Poster PDF (179.9 kB)
 
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

 
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

Poster PDF (420.9 kB)
 
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

Poster PDF (224.2 kB)
 
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

Poster PDF (697.1 kB)
 
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

Poster PDF (597.5 kB)
 
A study of road surface temperature sensors
Michael Adams, Aurora Program, Madison, WI

 
InterMet System's ground station software
G. Paul Skentzos, International Met Systems, Grand Rapids, MI

 
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

 
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


Joint Poster Session 1
Applications of Seasonal Predictions (Joint with 15th Symposium on Global Change and Climate Variations and 14th Conference on Applied Climatology; Hall 4AB)
Location: Hall 4AB
Sponsors: (Joint between the 14th Conference on Applied Climatology; and the 15th Symposium on Global Change and Climate Variations )

Papers:
 
Value of climate forecasts with marginal to modest skill to real users
Robert E. Livezey, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and B. E. Mayes

 
Verification of specific station forecasts based on ENSO composites and CPC Nino 3.4 forecasts
Marina Timofeyeva, UCAR, Boulder, CO and NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and M. Staudenmaier Jr., D. Unger, E. Petrescu, A. Bair, W. Higgins, and H. K. Kim

 
Application of CPC Method to Downscale Seasonal Outlooks from Forecast Divisions to Station Locations
Marina Timofeyeva, UCAR, Boulder, CO and NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and A. Bair and D. Unger

 
Weather derivatives as a vehicle to realise the skill of seasonal forecasts
Harvey Stern, Bureau of Meteorlogy, Melbourne, Australia; and S. S. Dawkins

Poster PDF (252.2 kB)
 
Moving water from theory and farms—the Colorado water bank experiment
John D. Wiener, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO

Poster PDF (1.9 MB)
 
Wavelet Analysis on Variability, Teleconnectivity and Predictability of East Africa Rainfall
Davison Mwale, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada; and T. Y. Gan and S. Shen

Poster PDF (375.0 kB)
 
Forecasting drought in the Murray-Darling Basin at seasonal to interannual time scales
Gavin J. Bowden, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA; and A. P. Barros

 
Analysis of sub-seasonal rainfall characteristics from a nested modeling system for South America
Anji Seth, International Research Insititute for Climate Prediction, Palisades, NY; and M. Rojas


Poster Session 1
Assimilation and Field Experiments for Observing Systems
Location: Hall AB
Sponsor: Eighth Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface

Papers:
 
Reduced horizontal sea surface temperature gradients under conditions of clear sky and weak winds
Kristina B. Katsaros, NOAA/AOML, Miami, FL; and A. V. Soloviev

Poster PDF (70.6 kB)
 
Radiative transfer model development for operational global assimilation of passive microwave radiances in precipitating clouds
Thomas Greenwald, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and R. Bennartz, A. Heidinger, and C. O'Dell

Poster PDF (573.5 kB)
 
Implementation of Coupled Skin Temperature Analysis and Bias Correction in the NASA GMAO finite-volume Data Assimilation System (fvDAS)
Jon D. Radakovich, NASA/GSFC and SAIC, Greenbelt, MD; and M. G. Bosilovich, J. D. Chern, A. Da Silva, R. Todling, J. Joiner, M. L. Wu, and P. Norris

Poster PDF (261.8 kB)
 
GOES Sub-Pixel Analysis Using AIRS-1.5 Remote Sensors
Norbert Driedger, MSC, Toronto, ON, Canada; and J. Reid, G. Isaac, I. Gultepe, S. Cober, and F. Fabry

Poster PDF (167.3 kB)
 
Characterization and visualization of water vapor and aerosol fields over the Southern Great Plains during the IHOP field experiment
Richard A. Ferrare, NASA/LRC, Hampton, VA; and E. V. Browell, S. Ismail, S. Kooi, V. G. Brackett, H. Revercomb, R. Knuteson, P. Antonelli, J. D. Thompson, M. Saavedra, and N. Misch

Poster PDF (152.5 kB)
 
AMSR Precipitation Validation Experiment (Wakasa 2003)
Masayuki Sasaki, National Space Development Agency of Japan, Tokyo, Japan

 
A statistical examination and case study of integrated precipitable water (IPW) in northern New England
Michael H. Nahmias, Plymouth State University, Plymouth, NH; and J. Zabransky Jr.

Poster PDF (214.5 kB)

Poster Session 1
Climate Products and Data Sets
Location: Hall AB
Sponsor: 14th Conference on Applied Climatology
Chair: Michael J. Janis, Southeast Regional Climate Center

Papers:
 
Modernization of pre-1948 hourly precipitation records for the contiguous United States
Richard L. Reinhardt, DRI, Reno, NV; and K. T. Redmond, J. A. Ashby, M. Chambers, M. J. Janis, G. Forthun, and M. B. Johnson

 
Developing Climate Station Histories for pre-20th Century U.S. Observing Sites
Lesley-Ann L. Dupigny-Giroux, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT; and T. R. Ross and S. R. Doty

http://

Poster PDF (1.2 MB)
 
 
A climatology of extreme weather and climate events
Thomas F. Ross, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and J. N. Lott

Poster PDF (2.0 MB)
 
Long Term Remote Sensing Data Sets for Applied Climatology
Linda A. Hunt, SAIC and NASA/Langley Atmospheric Sciences Data Center, Hampton, VA

http://eosweb.larc.nasa.gov

Poster PDF (586.0 kB)
 
The Oklahoma Monthly Climate Summary: Pushing the Real-Time Envelope
Gary McManus, Oklahoma Climatological Survey, Norman, OK; and M. Shafer, D. Arndt, R. McPherson, and S. Blackburn

 
Development of climate indices for monitoring vectors of West Nile virus
Michael J. Janis, Southeast Regional Climate Center, Columbia, SC; and K. E. Kunkel, A. T. DeGaetano, L. C. Harrington, C. J. Westbrook, T. Lavin, and A. Nelson

Poster PDF (308.8 kB)
 
A Climatology of Hourly THI Values for Livestock Producers
John A. Harrington Jr., Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS; and E. Bowles

Poster PDF (188.9 kB)

Joint Poster Session 1
FLASH FLOOD FORECASTING IN THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT POSTERS (JOINT WITH THE SYMP. ON PLANNING, NOWCASTING, AND FORECASTING IN THE URBAN ZONE and 18th Conf. on Hydrology; Hall 4AB)
Location: Hall 4AB
Sponsors: (Joint between the 18th Conference on Hydrology; and the Symposium on Planning, Nowcasting, and Forecasting in the Urban Zone )
Organizer: Robert S. Davis, NOAA/NWS

Papers:
 
Derivation of a flood potential product using GIS and hydrological modeling: an investigation of the San Antonio summer flood of 2002
Marla R. Knebl, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX; and K. Hutchison and Z. L. Yang

 
Studying the diurnal cycle of convection using a TRMM-calibrated infrared rain algorithm
Andrew J. Negri, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and R. F. Adler, G. J. Huffman, and M. Manyin

http://

 
A length-scale for the effects of sea-level variation on upstream
Thomas M. Hopson, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and P. J. Webster


Poster Session 1
General Poster Session (Hall 4AB)
Location: Hall 4AB
Sponsor: The Fred Sanders Symposium

Papers:
 
Life stage of deep convection defined by the split window of GOES
Toshiro Inoue, MRI, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

 
P1.2
Mesoscale features in short-wave moist baroclinic cyclones

 
Micro-Scale Simulation of a Lake Michigan Land Breeze Front Through the Downsizing of a Regional Scale Simulation
Gijs De Boer, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI; and G. J. Tripoli and E. W. Eloranta

 
Real Time Nowcasting with the Atmospheric Emitted Radiance Interferometer (AERI)
Robin L. Tanamachi, CAPS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and W. Feltz

 
Watch By County: How Does It Improve the NWS Convective Watch Process?
Richard J Okulski, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and D. McCarthy, H. J. Keeney, and W. Zaleski

 
Role of diabatic potential vorticity during hurricane genesis
Leela Ramaswamy, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and T. N. Krishnamurti

 
The impact of tropical remnants on extratropical cyclogenesis: case study of hurricanes Danielle and Earl (1998)
Ron McTaggart-Cowan, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada; and J. Gyakum and M. K. Yau

 
The Landfall of Typhoon Rusa in Southern Korea: Results of a Numerical Investigation
Eric Smith, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and G. J. Tripoli, B. J. Byung-Ju, C. W. Lee, A. Mehta, and A. Mugnai

 
The Relationship between Fronts, Frontal Zones and Airstream Boundaries
Robert A. Cohen, East Stroudsburg University, East Stroudsburg, PA; and D. M. Schultz

 
Subtropical cyclogenesis over the central Pacific Ocean
Steven Businger, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI; and S. Caruso

 
Global to Local Forecasting using a Dynamically Adapting Grid System
David P. Bacon, SAIC, McLean, VA; and N. N. Ahmad, T. J. Dunn, M. S. Hall, A. Sarma, M. D. Turner, T. R. Wait, K. T. Waight III, and J. W. Zack

 
An ODE Approach To Modelling Effect Of Coriolis Force On Hurricane Trajectories
Bharat Khushalani, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

 
Comparison of Potential Vorticity Diagnosis using Quasigeostrophic and Nonlinear Balance Systems
John W. Nielsen-Gammon, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and D. A. Gold

 
Ensemble synoptic analysis
Gregory J. Hakim, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

 
Fine-scale radar observations of a dryline during the International H2O Project
Christopher C. Weiss, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and H. B. Bluestein

 
Formation of intense warm core vortices through tropopause – surface coupling
Gregory J. Tripoli, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI

 
Global closed anticyclone climatology
Thomas J. Galarneau, Jr., University at Albany/SUNY, Albany, NY; and A. R. Aiyyer and L. Bosart

http://


Poster Session 1
Monday Posters
Location: Room 4AB
Sponsor: 20th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting/16th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction

Papers:
 
Simulation of the 27 May 1997 central Texas tornadic storms: Cell development and the role of the preexisting boundary
Adam L. Houston, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and M. S. Gilmore and R. B. Wilhelmson

 
Severe weather outbreak over Phoenix, Arizona, on 14 July 2002
G. Douglas Green, NOAA/NWSFO, Phoenix, AZ; and E. S. Pytlak

Poster PDF (2.6 MB)
 
Role of Tropical Cyclone in Southern China on the Heavy Rainfall over Korea
Kye-Hwan Kim, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea; and S. Y. Hong

Poster PDF (902.9 kB)
 
Preliminary results of a real time, time to space conversion for surface analysis
James Correia Jr., Iowa State University, Ames, IA; and R. Arritt

Poster PDF (266.1 kB)
 
Orographic effect on heavy rainfall in the east coast of the Korean Peninsula induced by a tropical cyclone
Seon K. Park, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, South Korea; and E. Lee, D. E. Chang, and L. Leslie

Poster PDF (695.8 kB)
 
Winter storm forecasting as a two-step process: the 26–27 November 2001 snowstorm
Martin A. Baxter, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO; and S. Ng, C. E. Graves, and J. T. Moore

Poster PDF (493.1 kB)
 
Numerical modelling of the 31 May 1998 severe bow echo
James Correia Jr., Iowa State University, Ames, IA; and R. Arritt

Poster PDF (183.2 kB)
 
Large scale regime transition and its relationship to significant cool season precipitation events in the Northeast
Heather M. Archambault, University at Albany/SUNY, Albany, NY; and L. F. Bosart, D. Keyser, and R. Grumm

Poster PDF (1.2 MB)
 
Initial and Boundary Conditions for a Limited Area Ensemble Kalman Filter
Ryan D. Torn, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and G. J. Hakim and C. Snyder

 
 
Mesoscale variational assimilation of profiling radiometer data
Thomas Nehrkorn, AER, Inc., Lexington, MA; and C. Grassotti and R. Ware

Poster PDF (903.5 kB)
 
Assimilation of ground-based GPS PWV with 3DVAR system for a IHOP case
Y.-R. Guo, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and H. Kusaka, D. M. Barker, Y. -. H. Kuo, and A. Crook

http://

Poster PDF (84.3 kB)
 
Using the COAMPSTM adjoint modeling system to forecast a tropical cyclone
Clark M. Amerault, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and X. Zou

Poster PDF (201.5 kB)
 
P1.18
Tools used in the analysis of tropical cyclone intensity and rainfall

 
The RUC 3dvar: Operational performance and recent improvements
Dezso Devenyi, NOAA/ERL/FSL and CIRES/University of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and S. G. Benjamin and S. S. Weygandt

Poster PDF (129.9 kB)
 
The planetary and synoptic scale interactions in southeast Pacific blocking using Potential Vorticity diagnostics
Anthony R. Lupo, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO; and J. P. Burkhardt and E. K. Gilliland

Poster PDF (522.0 kB)
 
The Influence of Lake Michigan on a Wintertime Cold Front
Joseph G. Dreher, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD; and M. R. Hjelmfelt, W. J. Capehart, and D. A. R. Kristovich

Poster PDF (1007.4 kB)
 
The Impact of Assimilating GPS-PW data using WRF-3DVAR on a Simulation of a Squall Line Observed during IHOP
Hiroyuki Kusaka, Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry, Abiko, Japan; and Y. R. Guo, A. Crook, D. M. Barker, and H. Hirakuchi

Poster PDF (417.6 kB)
 
 
The global 3DVAR system of Korea Meteorological Administration
Sang-Won Joo, Korea Meteorological Administration, Seoul, South Korea; and H. C. Shin and W. J. Lee

Poster PDF (199.7 kB)
 
A Modification to the Bratseth Method of Successive Corrections for Complex Terrain
David T. Myrick, University of Utah, NOAA/CIRP, Salt Lake City, UT; and J. D. Horel and S. M. Lazarus

Poster PDF (1.0 MB)
 
An evaluation of the precipitation distribution in landfalling tropical cyclones
Eyad H. Atallah, University at Albany/SUNY, Albany, NY; and L. F. Bosart

Poster PDF (366.9 kB)
 
A reanalysis of Hurricane Hazel (1954)
Scott R. Weese, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada; and R. McTaggart-Cowan and J. R. Gyakum

 
A multi-scale analysis of the end of the millennium snowstorm
Thomas A. Wasula, NOAA/NWS, Albany, NY; and A. C. Wasula and L. F. Bosart

Poster PDF (1.1 MB)
 
A different beast: An example of a major midlatitude cyclogenesis event over the Intermountain region of the Western United States
Jason C. Shafer, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and W. J. Steenburgh and G. L. West

 
A composite study of precipitation distribution in U.S. landfalling tropical cyclones
Alan F. Srock, University at Albany/SUNY, Albany, NY; and L. F. Bosart and J. E. Molinari

Poster PDF (2.0 MB)
 
A Comparison of Satellite and Sounding Derived Cloud Top Temperatures
Scott D. Landolt, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. E. Bateman and B. C. Bernstein

Poster PDF (1.8 MB)
 
A 4DVAR Analysis of the Febraury 7–8, 2002 Oregon Cyclone
Brian C. Ancell, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX; and C. Mass

 
Impact of mesoscale data, cloud analysis on the explicit prediction of an MCS during IHOP 2002
Daniel T. Dawson II, CAPS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and M. Xue

Poster PDF (1.1 MB)
 
Are there weather holes? An objective analysis
Matthew D. Parker, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE; and J. C. Knievel

Poster PDF (1.1 MB)
 
Generation of improved land-surface data for high-resolution numerical weather prediction models
David Stensrud, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and L. Leslie, J. Merchant, A. Taylor, C. Godfrey, and R. Bonifaz

 
Flash flooding during a severe drought situation: a case study of the 2002 Ogallala, NE event
Mark R. Anderson, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE; and C. M. Rowe, D. B. Radell, and J. R. McCormick

Poster PDF (209.0 kB)
 
Estimation of observation impact using the NAVDAS adjoint system
Rolf Langland, NRL, Monterey, CA; and N. Baker

 
Data Assimilation using Weather Research and Forecasting Model: An Effort to Improve Fine-Scale Modeling
R. Suseela Reddy, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS; and A. Schwartz, M. A. Askelsen, and L. Osborne

Poster PDF (2.3 MB)
 
Convective Towers in Eyewalls of Tropical Cyclones Observed by the TRMM Precipitation Radar in 1998–2001
Owen A. Kelley, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA and NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and J. Stout

Poster PDF (388.4 kB)
 
Cold season 500 hPa cutoff cyclone precipitation distribution and a case study
Anthony R. Fracasso, University at Albany/SUNY, Albany, NY; and L. F. Bosart, D. Keyser, and M. Evans

Poster PDF (1.1 MB)
 
Coherent global intraseasonal oscillation deduced by CSEOF
Baek-Min Kim, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea; and G. H. Lim and K. Y. Kim

 
Case studies of warm season cutoff cyclone precipitation distribution
Jessica S. Najuch, University at Albany/SUNY, Albany, NY; and L. F. Bosart, D. Keyser, T. Wasula, and K. LaPenta

Poster PDF (613.2 kB)
 
Assimilation of surface cloud, visibility, and current weather observations in the RUC
Stanley G. Benjamin, NOAA/ERL/FSL, Boulder, CO; and J. M. Brown, S. S. Weygandt, T. L. Smith, B. Schwartz, and W. R. Moninger

Poster PDF (1.4 MB)
 
Use of TMI and SSM/I data in JMA Operational Meso-Analysis
Yoshiaki Sato, JMA, Tokyo, Japan; and Y. Takeuchi and T. Tauchi

Poster PDF (627.6 kB)

Poster Session 1
Sixth Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry Poster Session (Hall 4AB)
Location: Hall 4AB
Sponsor: Sixth Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry: Air Quality in Megacities

Papers:
 
Regional-Scale Pollutant Transport and Photochemistry with Meteorological Processes
Kate J. Yang, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN; and W. Y. Sun and R. B. Jacko

 
Numerical Simulations of Ozone Level Scenarios for Mexico City
Renate Forkel, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe GmbH, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany; and G. Smiatek, F. Hernandez, R. Iniestra, B. Rappenglück, and R. Steinbrecher

Poster PDF (158.9 kB)
 
Local to Regional to Global Pollutant Transport with Adaptive Grids
Ananthakrishna Sarma, SAIC, McLean, VA; and D. P. Bacon, N. N. Ahmad, T. J. Dunn, M. S. Hall, M. D. Turner, and T. R. Wait

 
Hydroperoxyl Radical Detection by MCLA Chemiluminescense
Judith B. Weinstein-Lloyd, SUNY, Old Westbury, NY; and J. Zheng and S. R. Springston

Poster PDF (171.0 kB)
 
Estimation of nitrogen and sulfur dry deposition over the watershed of Lake Paldang in Korea
J. Y. Kim, Air Resources Research Center, Korea; and Y. S. Ghim, J. G. Won, S. C. Yoon, J. H. Woo, and K. T. Cho

Poster PDF (309.6 kB)
 
Altitude-dependent aerosol optical depths and number densities at El Teide, Canary Islands
Lizette Roldan, Howard University, Washington, DC; and V. R. Morris

Poster PDF (232.2 kB)
 
Aerosol, Gases, and Cloud Data Sets Available for Research in Urban, Regional, and Global Scale Environments
Kathleen L. Morris, NASA/ Langley Atmospheric Sciences Data Center, Hampton, VA

http://eosweb.larc.nasa.gov

Poster PDF (83.1 kB)
 
Actinic flux and irradiance measurement at Storm Peak Laboratory, Colorado
Dongchul Kim, DRI, Reno, NV; and M. A. Wetzel and W. R. Stockwell

Poster PDF (62.1 kB)
 
A summary of the pollution events during NE-OPS DEP 2002
Dennis M. O'Donnell Jr., Millersville University, Millersville, PA; and R. D. Clark

Poster PDF (859.2 kB)
 
Analysis of the Community Multiscale Air Quality (CMAQ) Modeling System During the Pacific Northwest 2001 (PNW2001) Field Campaign
Robert A. Elleman, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and D. S. Covert, C. F. Mass, J. Chen, and B. K. Lamb

 
Source Footprint Analysis for Regional Particulate and Visibility Impact
Jeremy Avise, Washington State University, Pullman, WA; and Y. Xie, J. Chen, and B. Lamb

Poster PDF (1.4 MB)
 
Effect of anthropogenic emissions and circulation patterns on visual range in Tucson, AZ
Wendy Marie Thomas, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and E. A. Betterton

 
Ambient VOC Measurements in Mexico City During the MCMA 2002 & 2003 Field Campaigns
Brian Lamb, Washington State University, Pullman, WA; and E. Velasco, E. Allwine, H. Westberg, S. Herndon, B. Knighton, and E. Grimsrud

Poster PDF (769.9 kB)
 
Airborne air quality measurements in Tampa, Florida during BRACE (Bay Region Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment)
Winston T. Luke, NOAA/ARL, Silver Spring, MD; and J. R. Arnold, T. B. Watson, and R. L. Gunter

 

Poster Session 1
Urban Zone Posters (Hall 4AB)
Location: Hall 4AB
Sponsor: Symposium on Planning, Nowcasting, and Forecasting in the Urban Zone

Papers:
 
P1.1
The Role of Weather Information for Homeland Security

 
The Challenges of Forecasting and Nowcasting During Joint Urban 2003
Jeffrey B. Basara, Oklahoma Climatological Society and University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and P. K. Hall Jr., R. G. Stewart, M. James, and R. Barnes

Poster PDF (1.4 MB)
 
Statistical analysis of numerical model output used for forecasting during Joint Urban 2003
Peter K. Hall Jr., Oklahoma Climatological Society and University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. B. Basara

Poster PDF (488.7 kB)
 
Simulation of the urban heat island effects over the Greater Houston Area with the high resolution WRF/LSM/Urban coupled system
Hiroyuki Kusaka, Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry, Abiko, Japan; and F. Chen, J. W. Bao, M. Tewari, and H. Hirakuchi

Poster PDF (380.4 kB)
 
NUMERICAL STUDY OF URBAN GROWTH EFFECTS ON SURFACE ATMOSPHERIC FIELDS OVER A COASTAL TROPICAL CITY
Pedro J. Mulero, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez, PR; and A. Velazquez, J. E. González, and A. Winter

Poster PDF (370.2 kB)
 
GURME—The WMO GAW Urban Research Meteorology and Environment Project
Liisa Jalkanen, WMO/AREP, Geneva, Switzerland; and G. R. Carmichael

Poster PDF (118.0 kB)
 
Impact of Climate Change on U.S. Air Quality using Multi-scale Modeling with the MM5/SMOKE/CMAQ System
Jack Chen, Washington State University, Pullman, WA; and J. Avise, J. Vaughan, B. Lamb, C. Mass, E. Salathe, A. Guenther, C. Wiedinmyer, S. O'Neill, S. Ferguson, N. Larkin, and D. McKenzie

Poster PDF (173.8 kB)
 
The Florida GLOBE Partnership Program
Paul H. Ruscher, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and W. R. Lusher

http://www.met.fsu.edu/REALM/

Poster PDF (95.1 kB)
 
Assimilation of GOES IR data for urban meteorological modeling: evaluation of the importance of subgrid inhomogeneity
Sang-Ok Han, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and A. Pour Biazar, R. McNider, J. Nielsen-Gammon, W. Lapenta, K. Doty, and S. L. Haines

 
AIRPACT Version 2: an air-quality forecast system for ozone, particulates and air-toxics for the Pacific Northwest
Joe Vaughan, Washington State University, Pullman, WA; and J. Chen, J. Avise, B. Lamb, and H. Westberg

Poster PDF (275.3 kB)
 
Integrated Urban Dispersion Modeling Capability
Branko Kosovic, LLNL, Livermore, CA; and S. T. Chan, A. M. Wissink, and R. D. Hornung

Poster PDF (48.2 kB)
 
Improved Upwind Cavity Parameterizations for a Fast Response Urban Wind Model
N. L. Bagal, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and E. R. Pardyjak and M. J. Brown

Poster PDF (61.0 kB)
 
DTRA Urban Dispersion Modeling Capability
John C. Pace, Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Alexandria, VA; and J. F. Bowers

 
Planning, Nowcasting and Forecasting in the Urban Zone
Elliot Abrams, AccuWeather Inc, State College, PA; and K. Reeves


Joint Poster Session 2
Climate Trends (Joint with the 15th Symposium on Global Change and Climate Variations and the 14th Conference on Applied Climatology; Hall 4AB)
Location: Hall 4AB
Sponsors: (Joint between the 15th Symposium on Global Change and Climate Variations; and the 14th Conference on Applied Climatology )
Chair: David Changnon, Northern Illinois University

Papers:
 
Temporal changes in dew point temperatures associated with short-duration heat waves in Chicago
David Changnon, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL; and M. Sandstrom and C. Schaffer

 
Visibility trends for coastal regions
Allen H. Weber, Savannah River Technology Center, Aiken, SC; and R. L. Buckley

Poster PDF (728.1 kB)
 
Trends in Relative Humidity in Canada from 1953–2003
William A. Van Wijngaarden, MSC, Downsview, ON, Canada; and L. A. Vincent

Poster PDF (117.5 kB)
 
Variations and trends in climate indices for Canada
Lucie A. Vincent, MSC, Downsview, ON, Canada; and É. Mekis

Poster PDF (179.4 kB)
 
Changes of seasonality and phenological cycles in South Korea
Gwangyong Choi, Rutgers Univ., Piscataway, NJ; and W. T. Kwon and D. A. Robinson

Poster PDF (56.1 kB)
 
Climate analysis and prediction over the Arno river basin, Italy
Francesco Meneguzzo, Institute of Biometeorology /National Research Council, Firenze, Italy; and G. Menduni, G. Maracchi, M. Baldi, G. Brandani, A. Crisci, F. Marrese, M. Pasqui, and F. Piani

http://www.ibimet.cnr.it/clima

Poster PDF (1.2 MB)

Joint Poster Session 3
DROUGHT: VARIABILITY MONITORING, IMPACTS, AND PREDICTION (JOINT withTHE 15TH SYMPOSIUM ON GLOBAL CHANGE AND CLIMATE VARIATIONS AND THE 14TH CONFERENCE ON APPLIED CLIMATOLOGY; Hall 4AB)
Location: Hall 4AB
Sponsors: (Joint between the 14th Conference on Applied Climatology; and the 15th Symposium on Global Change and Climate Variations )
Chair: Phillip A. Pasteris, Global Water Resources

Papers:
 
Paleoclimatology: A New Tool in Drought Monitoring
C. Mark Eakin, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Boulder, CO; and C. A. Woodhouse, E. R. Cook, and R. Heim

 
Real-time Soil Moisture Information for Drought Monitoring and Assessment
Bradley G. Illston, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK OK; and J. B. Basara, C. Fiebrich, M. Wolfibarger, G. McManus, and D. Arndt

Poster PDF (1.8 MB)
 
Linking Drought Vulnerable Soil Landscapes with Placement of Climate Stations for Monitoring Drought
Phillip Pasteris, USDA, Portland, OR; and S. Waltman, G. Schaefer, and R. Sinclair

 
Drought and the modernized cooperative observer network
Derek S. Arndt, Oklahoma Climatological Survey, Norman, OK; and M. A. Shafer and K. C. Crawford

Poster PDF (479.2 kB)
 
JP3.5
Comparison of different evaporation/transpiration schemes using field observations

 
Poster JP3.6 moved, now Paper J2.7A

 
A Climatology of drought for Arizona
Jenna C. McPhee, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and A. C. Comrie and G. G. Garfin

Poster PDF (112.2 kB)

Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

4:00 PM-4:00 PM: Monday, 12 January 2004


Sessions end for the day

4:00 PM-5:00 PM: Monday, 12 January 2004


4
Large-Scale Weather Systems (Room 617)
Location: Room 617
Sponsor: The Fred Sanders Symposium
Chair: Howard B. Bluestein, University of Oklahoma

Papers:
  4:00 PM
4.1
Hemispheric Flow Regimes during El Nino and La Nina: An application of Sanders' "Spaghetti Diagrams"
John M Wallace, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

  4:15 PM
4.2
Linking Climate and Weather
Randall M. Dole, NOAA-CIRES Climate Diagnostics Center, Boulder, CO

  4:45 PM
4.4
Real Fronts and Frontogenesis
Frederick Sanders, MIT, Marblehead, MA

4:00 PM-5:30 PM: Monday, 12 January 2004


2
Air Quality Modeling and Forecasting: Part 1 (Room 611)
Location: Room 611
Sponsor: Symposium on Planning, Nowcasting, and Forecasting in the Urban Zone
Cochairs: Sanford Sillman, University of Michigan; Laurence Kalkstein, Univ. of Delaware

Papers:
  4:00 PM
2.1
Chemical Data Assimilation in Support of Air Quality Forecasting
Gregory R Carmichael, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA; and A. Sandu, D. Daescu, T. Chai, J. Seinfeld, P. Hess, and T. Anderson

  4:30 PM
2.2
Preliminary results of an ensemble air quality forecast system over the Lower Fraser Valley, British Columbia
Luca Delle Monache, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; and R. B. Stull

  4:45 PM
2.3
On the comparison of nesting of lagrangian air-pollution model SMOG to numerical weather prediction model ETA and eulerian CTM CAMx to NWP model MM5: ozone episode simulation
Tomas Halenka, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic; and K. Eben, J. Bednar, J. Brechler, P. Jurus, and I. Vyoralkova

  5:00 PM
2.4
Air Quality Nowcasting for the Issuance of Health Advisories in the Sacramento, California, Metropolitan Region
Alan Chan, Sonoma Technology, Inc., Petaluma, CA; and T. S. Dye, C. P. MacDonald, C. B. Anderson, D. S. Miller, and J. L. Garlock

Poster PDF (381.3 kB)
  5:15 PM
2.5
LES STUDY ON TURBULENT ORGANIZED STRUCTURES WITHIN AND ABOVE URBAN CANOPY
Manabu Kanda, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan


3
Atmospheric Observations: Part One (Room 6A)
Location: Room 6A
Sponsor: Eighth Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface

Papers:
  4:00 PM
3.1
  4:30 PM
3.3
Testing the Radiosonde Replacement System (RRS) Radiosondes
James Fitzgibbon, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and C. Bower

Poster PDF (256.6 kB)
  4:58 PM
3.5
Paper 3.5 moved to Session 4, now paper 4.6A

  4:59 PM
3.6
Paper 3.6 moved to Session 4, now paper 4.6B

  5:00 PM
3.7

Joint Session 3
Data Assimilation and observational network design: Part III (Joint between the Symposium on Forecasting the Weather and Climate of the Atmosphere and Ocean and the 20th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting/16th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction) (ROOM 3AB)
Location: Room 3AB
Sponsors: (Joint between the 20th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting/16th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction; and the Symposium on Forecasting the Weather and Climate of the Atmosphere and Ocean )
Chair: Lars Peter Riishojgaard, Data Assimilation Office, NASA/GSFC, Code 910.3

Papers:
  4:00 PM
Hindcasts of the 2002 El Nino Event Made with a Coupled Model Initialized with a Multivariate Ensemble Kalman Filter
Christian L. Keppenne, SAIC, Greenbelt, MD; and M. M. Rienecker and N. P. Kurkowski

  4:15 PM
Physical initialization for the Regional Spectral Model
Ana M. B. Nunes, SIO/Univ. of California, La Jolla, CA; and J. Roads and M. Kanamitsu

Poster PDF (959.5 kB)
  4:30 PM
Experiments with an ensemble Kalman filter for convective-scale data assimilation
C. Snyder, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and W. Skamarock and D. Dowell

  4:45 PM
Ensemble Kalman filter assimilation of Doppler radar data with a compressible nonhydrostatic model
Mingjing Tong, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and M. Xue

Poster PDF (732.5 kB)
  5:00 PM
Ensemble-based data assimilation at a coastline
Altug Aksoy, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and F. Zhang, J. W. Nielsen-Gammon, C. Epifanio, and C. Snyder

Poster PDF (935.4 kB)
  5:15 PM
Amelioration of bias in the Ensemble Transform Kalman Filter
Craig H. Bishop, UCAR and NRL, Monterey, CA


7
Verification Studies: Part II (ROOM 619/620)
Location: Room 619/620
Sponsor: 20th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting/16th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction
Chair: Edward L. Bensman

Papers:
  4:00 PM
7.1
Forecasters' evaluation of the Integrated Turbulence Forecast Algorithm (ITFA), winter 2003
Matthew Kelsch, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado and NOAA/ERL/FSL, Boulder, CO; and C. Fischer and J. L. Mahoney

  4:15 PM
7.2
Objective evaluation of NCEP/GFS precipitation forecast
Yuejian Zhu, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Camp Springs, MD

  4:30 PM
7.3
Verification of Quantitative Precipitation Forecasts over the Southwest United States during Winter 2002–2003 by the RSM Ensemble System
Huiling Yuan, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and S. L. Mullen, X. Gao, S. Sorooshian, J. Du, and H. M. H. Juang

  5:00 PM
7.6
A validation of the NCEP SREF
Andrew J. Hamm, Northland College, Ashland, WI; and K. L. Elmore


8
Case Studies: Part II (ROOM 605/606)
Location: Room 605/606
Sponsor: 20th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting/16th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction
Chair: Jonathan E. Martin, University of Wisconsin

Papers:
  4:00 PM
8.1
A forecast strategy for anticipating cold season mesoscale band formation within developing extratropical cyclones
David R. Novak, NOAA/NWS/HPC, Camp Springs, MD; and J. S. Waldstreicher, L. F. Bosart, and D. Keyser

  4:15 PM
8.2
Analysis of the Texas Norther: Case Study
Frank P. Colby Jr., University of Massachusetts, Lowell, MA

  4:30 PM
8.3
The role of antecedent precipitation in the development of the 24–25 January 2000 U.S. east coast snowstorm
Michael J. Brennan, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; and G. M. Lackmann

Poster PDF (535.6 kB)
  4:45 PM
8.4
Assessing the impact of meteorological conditions upon tornado evolution during 4 May 2003 tornado outbreak
Michael P. Seaman, NOAA/NWS, Pleasant Hill, MO; and G. Koch, M. Stoflet, and S. M. Fortin

  5:00 PM
8.5
Diagnosis and Prediction of the 3–4 June 2002 Iowa-Illinois Flood
James T. Moore, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO; and R. A. Wolf, B. L. Mickelson, J. A. Zogg, and C. E. Graves

Poster PDF (1.1 MB)
  5:15 PM
8.6
March 12–13th, "Bora" Windstorm across much of South-Central Alaska
Carven A. Scott, NOAA/NWSFO, Anchorage, AK; and S. E. Baines and J. P. Papineau

http://

Poster PDF (985.8 kB)

4:30 PM-4:30 PM: Monday, 12 January 2004


Sessions end for the day

5:30 PM-5:30 PM: Monday, 12 January 2004


Sessions end for the Day

5:30 PM-7:00 PM: Monday, 12 January 2004


Formal Opening of Exhibits with Reception (Cash Bar)

7:15 PM-7:15 PM: Monday, 12 January 2004


Fred Sanders Banquet

Tuesday, 13 January 2004

6:00 AM-6:00 AM: Tuesday, 13 January 2004


TUE 13 JAN

8:30 AM-8:30 AM: Tuesday, 13 January 2004


Keynote Speaker
Introductory Remarks (Room 602/603/604)
Sponsor: Presidential Symposium on the Advances of Environmental Remote Sensing—The National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite Systems
Moderator: Gerard D. Wittman, Raytheon Company

8:30 AM-8:40 AM: Tuesday, 13 January 2004


Conference Introduction: Ronald McPherson, AMS, Boston, MA; and George Frederick, Program Chairperson and Vaisala, Inc., Louisville, CO)

8:30 AM-9:30 AM: Tuesday, 13 January 2004


5
Radar IIPS and Applications (ROOM 613/614)
Location: Room 613/614
Sponsor: 20th International Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology
Cochairs: Robert Borchers, SAIC; Anderson White, University of Oklahoma; Robert Saffle, NOAA/NWS; Douglas Forsyth, NOAA/NSSL

Papers:
  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

  9:00 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

  9:15 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

Poster PDF (36.3 kB)
  9:30 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

Poster PDF (221.4 kB)

8:30 AM-9:45 AM: Tuesday, 13 January 2004


2
Climate Studies, and Applications in Agriculture and Air Quality (Room 619/620)
Location: Room 619/620
Sponsor: 14th Conference on Applied Climatology
Chair: Kenneth E. Kunkel, ISWS

Papers:
  8:30 AM
2.1
Climate Change and Global Wine Quality
Gregory V. Jones, Southern Oregon University, Ashland, OR; and M. White and O. Cooper

  8:45 AM
2.2
The Ventilation Climate Information System (VCIS)
Sue A. Ferguson, USDA /Forest Service and Pacific Northwest Research Station, Seattle, WA; and S. J. McKay, T. Piepho, M. Rorig, C. Anderson, L. Kellogg, and D. Nagel

  9:00 AM
2.3
Freezing rain events in the United States
Tamara G. Houston, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and S. A. Changnon

  9:15 AM
2.4
Relationship between normalized corn yields and monthly rainfall for the midwestern United States
Nancy E. Westcott, ISWS, Champaign, IL; and S. E. Hollinger and K. E. Kunkel

  9:30 AM
2.5
The impact of climate variability and change on soybean yield in Argentina
Olga C. Penalba, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina; and M. L. Bettolli and W. Vargas


3
Air Quality Modeling and Forecasting: Part 2 (Room 611)
Location: Room 611
Sponsor: Symposium on Planning, Nowcasting, and Forecasting in the Urban Zone
Cochairs: Timothy S. Dye, Sonoma Technology, Inc.; Gregory R. Carmichael, Univ. of Iowa

Papers:
  8:30 AM
3.1
Some issues related to the simulation of contaminant distribution in complex-terrain areas
Sang-Mi Lee, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ; and S. Grossman-Clarke and H. J. S. Fernando

Poster PDF (210.6 kB)
  8:45 AM
3.2
A physically-based statistical approach to predicting high ozone days in a coastal megacity
James Tobin, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and J. Nielsen-Gammon

  9:00 AM
3.3
CFD Modeling for Urban Air Quality Studies
R. L. Lee, LLNL, Livermore, CA; and L. J. Lucas, T. D. Humphreys, and S. T. Chan

  9:15 AM
3.4
Meteorological conditions associated with the rapid transport of Canadian wildfire products into the Northeast during 5–8 July 2002
John R. Scala, Millersville University, Millersville, PA; and C. Hain, W. M. MacKenzie Jr., and S. Bachmeier

  9:30 AM
3.5
The Importance of Including Anthropogenic Heating in Mesoscale Modeling of the Urban Heat Island
David J. Sailor, Portland State University, Portland, OR; and H. Fan

Poster PDF (246.0 kB)

Joint Session 4
Model Parameterization: Part I (Joint between the Symposium on Forecasting the Weather and Climate of the Atmosphere and Ocean and the 20th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting/16th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction) (ROOM 6A)
Location: Room 6A
Sponsors: (Joint between the 20th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting/16th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction; and the Symposium on Forecasting the Weather and Climate of the Atmosphere and Ocean )
Organizer: Carolyn A. Reynolds, NRL
Chair: Carolyn A. Reynolds, NRL

Papers:
  8:30 AM
Stochastic model parameterizations: Motivation, Implementation, and Impact
Prashant D. Sardeshmukh, NOAA/CIRES/CDC, Boulder, CO

  8:45 AM
Modifications of two convective schemes used in the NCEP Eta Model
Brad S. Ferrier, SAIC, Beltsville and NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC, Camp Springs, MD

  9:15 AM
Grid-size Dependence of Cumulus Parameterization
Steven K. Krueger, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and Y. Luo

Poster PDF (350.7 kB)
  9:30 AM
The applicability of a nonlocal turbulence parameterization at cloud resolving scales
Amanda S. Adams, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and G. J. Tripoli


Joint Session 5
Data Assimilation and observational network design: Part IV (Joint between the Symposium on Forecasting the Weather and Climate of the Atmosphere and Ocean and the 20th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting/16th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction) (ROOM 605/606)
Location: Room 605/606
Sponsors: (Joint between the Symposium on Forecasting the Weather and Climate of the Atmosphere and Ocean; and the 20th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting/16th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction )
Organizer: Gary M. Lackmann, North Carolina State University
Chair: Gary M. Lackmann, North Carolina State University

Papers:
  9:15 AM
4D Ensemble Kalman filtering for assimilation of asynchronous observations
T. D. Sauer, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA; and B. R. Hunt, J. A. Yorke, A. V. Zimin, E. Ott, E. J. Kostelich, I. Szunyogh, G. Gyarmati, E. Kalnay, and D. J. Patil

  9:30 AM
The Chemical Data Assimilation Algorithm in the MCNC/BAMS Real-Time Ozone Forecast System
Carlie J. Coats, Baron Advanced Meteorological Systems, Research Triangle Park, NC; and J. N. McHenry, D. Olerud, and R. E. Imhoff

8:30 AM-12:00 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2004


1
Space Weather Agencies—Research to Operations (Room 617)
Location: Room 617
Sponsor: Symposium on Space Weather
Cochairs: Genene M. Fisher, AMS; Robert McCoy, Office of Naval Research

Papers:
  8:30 AM
1.1
  9:15 AM
1.3
Space Weather Activities in NASA's Office of Space Science
Richard R. Fisher, NASA/Sun-Earth Connection Division, Washington, DC

  10:15 AM
1.7
Solar Cycle 23: In Perspective
William J. Murtagh, NOAA/NWS/Space Weather Prediction, Boulder, CO

  10:45 AM
Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

8:30 AM-12:15 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2004


Joint Session 3
Land-Atmosphere Interactions (Joint with the 15th Symp. on Global Change and Climate Variations and 18th Conf on Hydrology; Room 609/610)
Location: Room 609/610
Sponsors: (Joint between the 18th Conference on Hydrology; and the 15th Symposium on Global Change and Climate Variations )
Organizers: Randal D. Koster, NASA/GSFC; Yongkang Xue, Univ. of California

Papers:
  8:30 AM
  8:45 AM
Alternative approaches to land initialization for seasonal precipitation and temperature forecasts
Randal D. Koster, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and M. J. Suarez, P. Liu, and U. Jambor

  9:00 AM
Impact of land-surface initial conditions spin-up on warm season predictability by the NCEP GFS coupled with the Noah LSM
Cheng-Hsuan Lu, RSIS Inc. McLean, VA and EMC and NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Camp Springs, MD; and K. Mitchell

  9:15 AM
Role of land surface processes in monsoon development—EAST ASIA AND WEST AFRICA
Yongkang Xue, Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA; and H. -. M. Juang, W. -. P. Li, S. Prince, R. DeFries, and Y. Jiao

  9:45 AM
A soil moisture initialization method, based on antecedent precipitation approach, for Regional Atmospheric Modeling System: a sensitivity study on precipitation and temperature
Massimiliano Pasqui, Institute of Biometeorology - National Research Council (IBIMET-CNR), Florence, Italy; and C. J. Tremback, F. Meneguzzo, G. Giuliani, and B. Gozzini

http://www.lamma.rete.toscana.it

Poster PDF (809.9 kB)
  10:00 AM
The Mesoscale Impact of Oklahoma's Winter Wheat Belt
Renee A. McPherson, OCS/University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and D. J. Stensrud and K. C. Crawford

Poster PDF (2.0 MB)
  10:15 AM
Contrasting land surface processes over basins of the Americas using Eta model forecasts
Ernesto Hugo Berbery, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and Y. Luo, K. Mitchell, and A. K. Betts

  10:30 AM
Why are the lower level cumulus clouds often better organized on the east bank of the Tapajos River? -- a mechanistic study
Lixin Lu, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and S. A. Denning, M. Silva Dias, and P. Silva Dias

  11:00 AM
Coffee Break with Formal Poster Viewing

8:30 AM-12:30 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2004


3
Education and Training for Government and Military Meteorologists (Room 615/616)
Location: Room 615/616
Sponsor: 13th Symposium on Education
Cochairs: David Smith, USNA; Timothy C. Spangler, UCAR

Papers:
  9:00 AM
3.2
VISIT -- providing teletraining for operational forecasters
Daniel T. Lindsey, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and D. Bikos, A. Mostek, S. Bachmeier, T. Whittaker, J. F. Weaver, B. N. Grant, and J. LaDue

http://www.cira.colostate.edu/ramm/visit/visithome.asp

Poster PDF (765.8 kB)
  9:15 AM
3.3
U.S. Navy Weather Training: Let the Revolution Begin
Robert E. Kiser, Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Professional Development Center, Gulfport, MS; and S. B. Wilson

  9:30 AM
3.5
The COMET Program and the U.S. DoD: A Model Partnership in Meteorology Education
Wendy Schreiber-Abshire, UCAR/COMET, Boulder, CO; and A. J. Bol, D. Wesley, M. Sigafoose, W. Nuss, E. C. W. Willingham, and C. B. Miles Jr.

 
3.7
Inverting the Forecast Funnel

  10:15 AM
3.8
Air Force Weather Training “Responsive, Timely and Targeted”
Michael D. Bramhall, Lt Col, USAF, Air Force Weather Agency, Offutt AFB, NE

  10:45 AM
Formal Poster viewing with Coffee Break

  12:30 PM
Lunch Break

8:30 AM-1:30 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2004


6
Internet Applications, Web Portals and Cyberinfrastructure (ROOM 6B)
Location: Room 6B
Sponsor: 20th International Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology
Cochairs: Linda Miller, UCAR/Unidata; Nancy Soreide, NOAA/PMEL

Papers:
  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

http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/AboutUs/FocusAreas/MEADExpedition.html

  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
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

http://my.unidata.ucar.edu/content/software/IDV

  10:00 AM
6.7
A Collaboration Tool to Support Modeling Groups
Donald W. Denbo, JISAO/Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA

  10:15 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

  10:30 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

  10:45 AM
Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break (Please Refer to Poster Session P1 for Title and Author Information)

  12:00 PM
Lunch Break

8:30 AM-2:30 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2004


2
Forecast Evaluation (Room 3A)
Location: Room 3A
Sponsor: 17th Conference on Probablity and Statistics in the Atmospheric Sciences
Cochairs: Robert E. Livezey, NOAA/NWS; Thomas M. Hamill, NOAA/CIRES/CDC

Papers:
  8:30 AM
2.1
Verifying probabilistic forecasts: calibration and sharpness
Tilmann Gneiting, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and A. E. Raftery, F. Balabdaoui, and A. Westveld

  9:00 AM
2.2
Assessing the Skill of Yes/No Forecasts for Markov Observations
William M. Briggs, Weill Cornell Medical School, New York, NY; and D. Ruppert

http://wmbriggs.com/public/weathermarkov.pdf

Poster PDF (219.6 kB)
  9:30 AM
2.4
Selecting METARs to verify Ceiling and Visibility Forecasts
Tressa L. Fowler, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. T. Braid and A. Holmes

Poster PDF (405.0 kB)
  9:45 AM
2.5
Improving forecast verification through network design
Eric Gilleland, NCAR, Boulder, CO

http://www.rap.ucar.edu/staff/ericg

Poster PDF (262.2 kB)
  10:00 AM
2.6
Defining observation fields for verification of spatial forecasts of convection
Jennifer Luppens Mahoney, NOAA/ERL/FSL, Boulder, CO; and J. E. Hart and B. G. Brown

Poster PDF (228.9 kB)
  10:15 AM
2.7
A Prototype Verification System for Examining NDFD Forecasts
Valery J. Dagostaro, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and W. A. Shaffer, M. J. Schenk, J. L. Gorline, and A. A. Taylor

Poster PDF (375.3 kB)
  10:45 AM
2.8
Spatial verification using the relative operating characteristic curve
Laurence J. Wilson, MSC, Dorval, QC, Canada; and W. R. Burrows

Poster PDF (243.1 kB)
  11:00 AM
2.9
Examining the sensitivity of various performance measures
Michael E. Baldwin, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma and NOAA/NSSL and NOAA/SPC, Norman, OK; and J. S. Kain

Poster PDF (235.0 kB)
  11:15 AM
The Critical Success Index and warning strategy
Harry Gerapetritis, NOAA/NWS, Greer, SC; and J. M. Pelissier

Poster PDF (216.3 kB)
  11:30 AM
Geospatial Uncertainty Analysis and Gridded Forecast Verification
Michael E. Splitt, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and K. Cook and E. Petrescu

Poster PDF (554.3 kB)
  11:45 AM
Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

  1:00 PM
Lunch Break

8:30 AM-2:45 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2004


4
Atmospheric Observations: Part Two (Room 618)
Location: Room 618
Sponsor: Eighth Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface

Papers:
  8:30 AM
4.1
A Study on the USCRN Air Temperature Performance
Kenneth G. Hubbard, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE; and X. Lin and C. B. Baker

  8:45 AM
4.2
Comparison of ASOS Dew Point Temperatures: HO-1088 and DTS1
X. Lin, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE; and K. G. Hubbard

  9:15 AM
4.4
New directions in the Pan American Climate Studies Sounding Network for Latin America
Michael W. Douglas, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and J. M. Galvez, J. F. Mejia, and J. Murillo

http://www.nssl.noaa.gov/projects/pacs/PACS-AMS04/

  9:30 AM
4.5
NPOESS and GOES-R—Building a “System of Systems”
Philip E. Ardanuy, Raytheon Information Technology and Scientific Services, Lanham, MD; and W. R. Bergen, G. E. Gray, T. Hickey, H. -. L. Huang, S. Marley, J. J. Puschell, and C. Schueler

  10:00 AM
4.8
Global, Multi-satellite Precipitation Analysis at Fine Time Scales using TRMM plus other Satellites: Application to Flood Monitoring
Robert Adler, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and G. Huffman, G. Gu, D. Bolvin, E. Nelkin, H. Pierce, and J. Halverson

  10:15 AM
4.9
Pressure Measurements Within a Large Tornado
Tim M. Samaras, National Technical Systems; and J. J. Lee

  10:30 AM
  10:45 AM
New laser ceilometer using enhanced single lens optics
Pekka Ravila, Vaisala Oyj, Helsinki, Finland; and J. Räsänen

  11:00 AM
State-of-the-art Radiosonde Telemetry
Jussi Åkerberg, Vaisala Oyj, Helsinki, Finland

  11:15 AM
New Vaisala Radiosonde RS92: Testing and Results from the Field
Jon Währn, Vaisala Oyj, Helsinki, Finland; and I. Rekikoski, H. Jauhiainen, and J. Hirvensalo

 
4.14
Agent-based alerting for forecasters

  1:00 PM
  11:45 AM
Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee

  1:15 PM
Lunch Break

8:30 AM-3:15 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2004


4
Climate Models: Evaluation and Projections, Part I (Room 608)
Location: Room 608
Sponsor: 15th Symposium on Global Change and Climate Variations
Chair: Gerald L. Potter, LLNL

Papers:
  8:30 AM
4.1
An appraisal of the state of the art of coupled ocean-atmosphere GCMs
Curt Covey, LLNL, Livermore, CA; and K. M. AchuaRao, M. Fiorino, P. J. Gleckler, T. J. Phillips, K. R. Sperber, and K. E. Taylor

  8:45 AM
4.2
Climate feedbacks in the GFDL AM2 model
Anthony J. Broccoli, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ

  9:00 AM
4.3
Changes of Precipitation Characteristics by Global Warming Simulated by the MRI CGCM
Akio Kitoh, MRI, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan; and M. Hosaka, Y. Adachi, and Y. Murata

 
4.4
The contribution of anthropogenic and natural forcings to recent trends in the Southern Hemisphere

  9:45 AM
4.6
Assessment of changes in winter extratropical cyclones with increasing CO2
Eun-Pa Lim, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia; and I. Simmonds

http://

 
4.7
SST perturbation experiments in the CSU general circulation model: Impact on simulated cloud types

  10:15 AM
4.8
An evaluation of two GCMs: North American teleconnections and synoptic phenomena
J. T. Schoof, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN; and S. C. Pryor

  10:30 AM
4.9
Comparison of regional climate scenarios for the Carpathian Basin generated by statistical and dynamical methods
Judit Bartholy, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary; and R. Pongracz, I. Matyasovszky, and V. Schlanger

  10:45 AM
The Madden-Julian Oscillation in GCMs
Kenneth R. Sperber, LLNL/PCMDI, Livermore, CA; and J. M. Slingo, P. M. Inness, S. Gualdi, W. Li, P. J. Gleckler, and C. Doutriaux

 
4.11
The Varying Importance of Air-Sea Interactions to MJO in the Indo-Pacific Ocean

  11:15 AM
A mechanism of the MJO based on interactions in the frequency domain
T.N. Krishnamurti, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and D. R. Chakraborty, N. Cubukcu, L. Stefanova, and T. S. V. Vijaya Kumar

  11:30 AM
 
4.15
Identifying significant changes in European temperature extremes using Regional Climate Models

  12:15 PM
Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

  1:30 PM
INTERDECADAL VARIATIONS IN AGCM SIMULATION SKILLS (Formerly paper P1.30)
Alice M. Grimm, Federal University of Parana, Curitiba, Parana, Brazil; and A. Sahai

  1:45 PM
Lunch Break

8:30 AM-4:45 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2004


Joint Session 2
Air Quality in Megacities (Joint with the Symp on Planning, Nowcasting and Forecasting in the Urban Zone and Sixth Conf on Atmospheric Chemistry; Room 612)
Location: Room 612
Sponsors: (Joint between the Sixth Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry: Air Quality in Megacities; and the Symposium on Planning, Nowcasting, and Forecasting in the Urban Zone )
Chairs: V. R. Kotamarthi, ANL; John McHenry, MCNC

Papers:
  8:30 AM
Impacts of Asian Megacity Emissions on Regional Air Quality During Spring 2001
Sarath Guttikunda, World Bank, Washington, DC; and G. R. Carmichael, Y. Tang, N. Thongboonchoo, J. H. Woo, and L. Pan

  8:45 AM
An Urban Photochemistry Study in the Metropolitan Region of Santiago de Chile
Bernhard Rappenglück, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe GmbH, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany; and R. Schmitz, M. Bauerfeind, F. Cereceda-Balic, D. von Baer, Y. Silva, M. A. Rubio, E. Lissi, and P. Oyola

Poster PDF (403.7 kB)
  9:00 AM
Megacities as Sources of Black Carbon
Jeffrey S. Gaffney, ANL, Argonne, IL; and N. A. Marley

Poster PDF (296.0 kB)
  9:15 AM
Aerosol Properties and direct radiative forcing in Beijing in spring of 2001
Xiang-Ao Xia, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China; and P. C. Wang and H. B. Chen

Poster PDF (154.5 kB)
  9:30 AM
Measurements of Ammonia in Mexico City using Near-IR TDLAS Open Path System
Nancy A. Marley, ANL, Argonne, IL; and J. S. Gaffney

Poster PDF (165.2 kB)
  9:45 AM
Use of a mobile laboratory to characterize in-use vehicle and other emission sources in Mexico City Metropolitan Area
J. T. Jayne, Aerodyne Research, Inc., Billrica, MA; and S. Herndon, T. Onasch, P. Mortimer, M. Canagaratna, C. E. Kolb, D. Worsnop, T. Rogers, B. Knighton, E. Dunlea, L. Marr, L. T. Molina, and M. Molina

  10:00 AM
Mixing height variations in a coastal megacity inferred from lidar, profiler, sonde, microwave temperature profiler, and aircraft
Christina Smith, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and C. Senff, J. Nielsen-Gammon, A. White, W. Angevine, C. Berkowitz, M. Mahoney, S. O. Han, and C. Doran

  10:30 AM
Photochemical Production Rates in Western Houston
Carl M. Berkowitz, PNNL, Richland, WA; and C. W. Spicer and P. V. Doskey

Poster PDF (29.3 kB)
  10:45 AM
National Air Quality Forecasting Capability: First Steps toward Implementation
Paula M. Davidson, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and N. Seaman, K. Schere, R. A. Wayland, J. L. Hayes, and K. F. Carey

Poster PDF (130.6 kB)
  11:00 AM
Implementing the SMOKE Emissions Processing System with WRF-Chem: Progress and Early Results
John N. McHenry, Baron Advanced Meteorological Systems, Research Triangle Park, NC; and C. Coats, K. Schere, G. Grell, and R. Imhoff

  11:15 AM
Real-time Prediction of US Northeast Corridor Ozone: Results for 2001–2002 as a Benchmark for Future Forecasts Systems
John N. McHenry, Baron Advanced Meteorological Systems, Research Triangle Park, NC; and S. McKeen, W. F. Ryan, N. Seaman, J. Pudykiewicz, G. A. Grell, A. Stein, C. Coats, and J. Vukovich

  11:30 AM
Evaluation of the National Air Quality Forecast System (NAQFS): Summary of the Air Quality Forecasters Focus Group Workshop
William F. Ryan, Penn State University, University Park, PA; and P. Davidson, P. Stokols, and K. Carey

  11:45 AM
From raw air quality data to the nightly news: an overview of how EPA’s AIRNow program operates
Timothy S. Dye, Sonoma Technology, Inc., Petaluma, CA; and A. C. Chan, C. B. Anderson, D. E. Strohm, R. A. Wayland, and J. E. White

  12:00 PM
Comparisons between observations made during NEAQS and air quality forecasts from MM5 and WRF chemistry models
Steven E. Peckham, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado and NOAA/FSL, Boulder, CO; and G. A. Grell, S. A. McKeen, and R. Schmitz

  12:15 PM
Development and Evaluation of the NOAA/EPA Prototype Air Quality Model Prediction System
Jeff McQueen, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Camp Springs, MD; and P. Lee, M. Tsidulko, G. DiMego, T. Otte, J. Pleim, J. Young, G. Pouliot, B. K. Eder, D. Kang, K. Schere, J. Gorline, M. Schenk, P. Dallavalle, W. Shaffer, P. Davidson, and N. Seaman

  12:30 PM
Future of AIRNow and the Air Quality Index: beyond ozone mapping and forecasting
Richard A. Wayland, EPA, Research Triangle Park, NC; and J. E. White, T. S. Dye, C. B. Anderson, A. C. Chan, and D. E. B. Strohm

  12:45 PM
Air quality modeling at coarse-to-fine scales in urban areas
Jason Ching, NOAA/ARL and U.S. EPA, Research Triangle Park, NC; and S. Dupont, J. A. Herwehe, T. Otte, A. Lacser, D. W. Byun, and R. Tang

  1:00 PM
The Air Quality four-Panel Chart
William F. Ryan, Penn State University, University Park, PA; and G. M. Bridgers, D. D. Salkovitz, and C. A. Piety

  1:15 PM
Urban and regional air quality modelling in the Pacific Northwest
Xin Qiu, RWDI West Inc., Guelph, ON, Canada; and M. Lepage, J. W. Boulton, M. Gauthier, and C. Di Cenzo

  1:30 PM
Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

  2:45 PM
Lunch Break

  4:15 PM
Coffee Break

8:30 AM-5:30 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2004


Joint Session 12
Subseasonal forecasting (Joint with 15th Symp. on Global Change and Climate Variations and the Symp on Forecasting the Weathe and Climate of the Atmosphere and Ocean; Room 6C)
Location: Room 6C
Sponsors: (Joint between the Symposium on Forecasting the Weather and Climate of the Atmosphere and Ocean; and the 15th Symposium on Global Change and Climate Variations )
Organizer: Siegfried Schubert, NASA Data Assimilation Office

Papers:
  8:30 AM
Progress and Challenges in Subseasonal Prediction
Siegfried Schubert, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD

  10:00 AM
Analysis of recent atmospheric climate anomalies using the NSIPP-1 AGCM
Philip J Pegion, NASA-GSFC SAIC, Greenbelt, MD; and S. D. Schubert, M. Suarez, and Y. Chang

 
J12.8
Ensemble perturbations for coupled ocean-atmosphere seasonal forecasting

  10:30 AM
Subseasonal to interannual prediction sensitivities in the GFDL/FMS GCM
W. Stern, NOAA/GFDL, Princeton, NJ; and A. Rosati, R. Gudgel, M. Harrison, and A. Wittenberg

  10:45 AM
The physical perturbation implementation of NCEP RSM for regional climate downscaling
Hann-Ming Henry Juang, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC, Washington, DC; and Y. Song and K. Mo

  11:00 AM
A study of subseasonal predictability
Matthew Newman, NOAA-CIRES Climate Diagnostics Center, Boulder, CO; and P. Sardeshmukh

  11:15 AM
The lifespan of subseasonal locally coupled anomalies
Malaquias Pena, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and M. Cai and E. Kalnay

  11:45 AM
Lingering Memory and Subseasonal to Seasonal Climate Prediction
Ming Cai, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and H. Van den Dool and S. Saha

  12:00 PM
Long-range forecasting by EEOF extrapolation by linear and non-linear methods
Constantin Mares, National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology, Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania; and I. Mares

Poster PDF (289.5 kB)
  12:15 PM
  12:30 PM
  12:45 PM
Impacts of Rainfall Assimilation on Madden-Julian Oscillation and Large Scale Dynamics
Song Yang, JCET/University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD; and L. Tao, A. Hou, and W. Olson

  1:00 PM
Forecasts of tropical rainfall with the Constracted Analog method
Peitao Peng, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/CPC, Camp Springs, MD; and H. Van den Dool

  1:15 PM
Combined dynamical and statistical forecasting of the Arctic Oscillation
Warwick Norton, University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom; and M. Baldwin and J. Whitaker

  1:30 PM
Stratospheric memory and skill of subseasonal forecasts
Mark P. Baldwin, Northwest Research Associates, Bellevue, WA; and D. Stephenson, D. W. J. Thompson, T. J. Dunkerton, A. J. Charlton, and A. O'Neill

  1:45 PM
A Diagnostic study of the changes in Atmospheric Moisture over the Indian Ocean prior to Monsoon Onset over Kerala
K.P. Sooraj, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin, IA, India; and C. K. Rajan, B. Simon, and P. C. Joshi

  2:15 PM
Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

  3:30 PM
Lunch Break

  5:00 PM
Coffee Break In Exhibit Hall

8:40 AM-10:45 AM: Tuesday, 13 January 2004


1
Water Resource Management/Hydropower
Location: Room 401
Sponsor: Second Annual User's Conference

Papers:
  8:40 AM
1.1
Forecasting for the Bonneville Power Administration
Nancy Stephan, Bonneville Power Administration, Portland, OR

  9:10 AM
1.2
The Need for Accurate Forecasting of Irrigation Water Supply
Thomas Myrum, Washington State Water Resources Association, Olympia, WA

  9:25 AM
1.3
  9:40 AM
1.4
Operational Applications Based on the Landsat Thermal Band
Anthony Morse, Idaho Department of Water Resource, Boise, ID; and W. Kramber, R. Allen, and M. Tasumi

http://

  10:10 AM
Session Introduction: Jean Vieux, Vieux & Associates, Inc., Norman, OK

  10:15 AM
Coffee Break

8:45 AM-8:45 AM: Tuesday, 13 January 2004


Keynote Speaker
Welcoming Remarks
Location: Room 602/603/604
Sponsor: Presidential Symposium on the Advances of Environmental Remote Sensing—The National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite Systems
Speaker: Elbert W. (Joe) Friday, American Meteorological Society

9:00 AM-9:45 AM: Tuesday, 13 January 2004


1
NPOESS Program Overview and System Architecture (Room 602/603/604)
Location: Room 602/603/604
Sponsor: Presidential Symposium on the Advances of Environmental Remote Sensing—The National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite Systems
Lecturer: John D. Cunningham, NOAA/NPOESS Integrated Program Office

Papers:

1
Session 1
Sponsor: Annual Weather Review

Papers:
  9:00 AM
1.1
Fire Weather
Larry Van Bussum, NOAA/NWS, Boise, ID; and R. Ochoa

9:45 AM-9:45 AM: Tuesday, 13 January 2004


Poster Session 1
NPOESS USERPORT: A Path to Operational Use of NPOESS Data (Electronic Poster; Hall 4AB)
Location: Hall 4AB
Sponsor: Presidential Symposium on the Advances of Environmental Remote Sensing—The National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite Systems
Lecturers: Timothy C. Spangler, UCAR/COMET; Tom F. Lee, NRL; Jeffrey D. Hawkins, NRL; Robert Arnone, NRL; Patrick Dills, UCAR/COMET; Sherwood Wang, UCAR/COMET

Papers:
 
NPOESS UserPort: A Path to Operational Use of NPOESS Data
Thomas F. Lee, NRL, Monterey, CA; and S. Wang and R. Arnone


Poster Session 1
Subseasonal forecasting (Hall 4AB)
Location: Hall 4AB
Sponsor: Symposium on Forecasting the Weather and Climate of the Atmosphere and Ocean

Papers:
 
A Stochastic Perspective on Atmospheric Regime Behavior
Philip Sura, NOAA/ERL/CDC, Boulder, CO; and M. Newman, C. Penland, and P. Sardeshmukh

 
P1.2
An investigation of the improvement of MJO simulations in SNU GCM

 
The role of GPS total column water vapor in forecasting and analyzing areas of severe convection
Cathryn L. Meyer, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and T. H. Vonder Haar

 
Flow Regimes Reconstruction in a nonlinear Statistical model
D. Kondrashov, University of California, Los Angeles, CA; and S. V. Kravtsov and M. Ghil


Joint Poster Session 4
Land-Atmosphere Interactions Posters (Joint with the 15th Symp. on Global Change and Climate Variations and 18th Conf. on Hydrology; Hall 4AB)
Location: Hall 4AB
Sponsors: (Joint between the 18th Conference on Hydrology; and the 15th Symposium on Global Change and Climate Variations )
Chairs: Yongkang Xue, Univ. of California; Randal D. Koster, NASA/GSFC

Papers:
 
The Impact of Soil Moisture Initialization on Seasonal Precipitation Forecasts in the West African Sahel: Preliminary testing of the HU-RSMCVS model
Andrea M. Sealy, Howard University, Washington, DC; and E. Joseph, C. H. Lu, and H. M. H. Juang

Poster PDF (253.6 kB)
 
The relationship between soil moisture and climate at seasonal to interannual scales
Jiarui Dong, GEST/University of Maryland, Greenbelt, MD; and W. Ni, P. Houser, and R. Koster

 
Regional scale energy and water flux climatologies as derived from remote sensing inputs and a land-exchange model
John R. Mecikalski, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and M. C. Anderson, J. A. Otkin, and J. M. Norman

Poster PDF (360.0 kB)
 
Local moisture cycling in the Nebraska Sand Hills -- the key to dune stabilization?
Clinton M. Rowe, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE; and M. R. Anderson, D. B. Radell, and D. B. Loope

 
Investigation of South American land/atmopshere interactions using the regional Eta/SSiB model
Fernando H. De Sales, University of California, Los Angeles, CA; and Y. Xue

Poster PDF (546.0 kB)
 
Isolating microscale phenomena from mesoscale observations
Matthew J. Haugland, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK

Poster PDF (159.8 kB)
 
A study of the physical influences on the location and strength of the intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ) over land.
Dan C. Collins, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA; and V. Toma and P. J. Webster

 
Relationship between antecedent land surface conditions and precipitation in the North American Monsoon region
Chunmei Zhu, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and D. P. Lettenmaier and T. Cavazos

 
The Role of Prairie Wetland Extent on the Pre-storm Environment of the Northern Great Plains
W. J. Capehart, South Dakota School of Mines, Rapid City, SD; and M. R. Hjelmfelt, R. D. Farley, K. W. Harding, D. P. Todey, and J. L. Elsen

Poster PDF (770.5 kB)
 
ENSO effects on reference evapotranspiration (ETo) at the Maipo river basin, Chile
Francisco J. Meza, Facultad de Agronomía e Ingeniería Forestal. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile., Santiago, RM, Chile

Poster PDF (163.4 kB)
 
Representativeness of Soil Moisture Conditions in Central Oklahoma During the Enhanced Drying Phase
Bradley G. Illston, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK OK; and J. C. Caldwell and S. G. Bodnar

Poster PDF (103.7 kB)
 
Testing of several recent modifications to ARPS land surface model
Ming Xue, CAPS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and D. Ren

Poster PDF (1.2 MB)
 
The Regional Evapotranspiration of the Amazon
David Werth, Duke University, Durham, NC; and R. Avissar

Poster PDF (129.0 kB)
 
COMPASS: Coupled models package of surface schemes
Mariza Costa-Cabral, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and J. E. Richey, D. P. Lettenmaier, M. Logsdon, S. S. Rodda, E. Mayorga, and A. K. Aufdenkampe

 
Global warming effects on Great Lakes water: More precipitation but less water?
Brent M. Lofgren, Great Lakes Environmental Research Lab, Ann Arbor, MI

Poster PDF (116.5 kB)
 
Convective Planetary Boundary Layer Evolution And Land Surface Energy Balance
Joseph A. Santanello Jr., Boston University, Boston, MA; and M. A. Friedl

Poster PDF (336.6 kB)
 
Impact of GCM climate biases on the simulation of soil moisture memory
Sarith Mahanama, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and R. D. Koster

 
Paper JP4.24 moved, new paper number 2.7a

 
Snowpack advances in the Noah land-surface model
Michael Ek, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Suitland, MD; and K. Mitchell, D. Lohmann, and H. Wei

 
A west-wide seasonal to interannual hydrologic forecast system
Andrew W. Wood, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and A. F. Hamlet, S. Babu, and D. P. Lettenmaier

 
Global energy and water balance simulation with bucket model for GSWP2
Naota Hanasaki, The university of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan; and S. Kanae and T. Oki

Poster PDF (139.1 kB)
 
Impact of GCM climate biases on the simulation of soil moisture
Sarith Mahanama, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and R. D. Koster

 
A tendency towards lower frequency climatic variations in the southwestern U.S. during the past 100 years
John A. Dracup, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA; and H. G. Hidalgo

 
Land surface temperature estimation for hydrological assimilation
Andrew N French, NASA, Greenbelt, MD; and P. Houser, A. Pinheiro, and J. Meng

 
Relationship Between Atmospheric Circulation and Snowpack in the western United States
Jiming Jin, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, CA; and N. L. Miller, S. Sorooshian, and X. Gao

 
Roughness lengths over snow
Edgar L. Andreas, U.S. Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, Hanover, NH; and R. E. Jordan, P. S. Guest, P. O. G. Persson, A. A. Grachev, and C. W. Fairall

Poster PDF (291.1 kB)
 
Land-surface issues in the NCEP Regional Reanalysis
Michael Ek, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Suitland, MD; and K. Mitchell, P. Shafran, and D. Jovic

 
Using GSWP 2 in a Global Water Cycle Synthesis and Analysis (Formerly paper 1.8)
C. Adam Schlosser, Univ. of Maryland Baltimore County and NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and P. R. Houser, J. K. Entin, and D. R. Belvedere

 
Land Memory in GSWP 2 and AMIP 2 Simulations (Formerly paper 1.9)
Adam Schlosser, UMBC/GEST, Baltimore, MD; and R. Koster and P. A. Dirmeyer


Formal Viewing with Coffee Break

9:45 AM-11:00 AM: Tuesday, 13 January 2004


Poster Session 1
Climate Modeling and Observed Climate Change (Hall 4AB)
Location: Hall 4AB
Sponsor: 15th Symposium on Global Change and Climate Variations

Papers:
 
NCEP North American Regional Reanalysis
Fedor Mesinger, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC and UCAR, Camp Springs, MD; and G. Dimego, E. Kalnay, P. Shafran, W. Ebisuzaki, D. Jovic, J. Woolen, K. Mitchell, E. Rogers, M. Ek, Y. Fan, R. Grumbine, W. Higgins, H. Li, Y. Lin, G. Mankin, D. Parish, and W. Shi

Poster PDF (1.4 MB)
 
P1.2
Diagnosis of Climate Model Physical Parameterizations using NWP protocols – Dependence on Initial Analyses

 
Comparison of Global Temperature Trend Between CARDS, NCEP-NCAR and ECMWF Reanalyses Data
Paula A. Agudelo, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA; and J. A. Curry

 
The diurnal cycle of temperature in the free atmosphere estimated from radiosondes
Dian J. Seidel, NOAA/ARL, Silver Spring, MD; and M. Free

 
The variability of surface cloud radiative forcing over the US
Haig Iskenderian, Northrop Grumman Information Technology, Reading, MA

 
Three distinct goals for research with climate models
S. Fred Singer, Science & Environmental Policy Project, Arlington, VA

 
Seasonal prediction of the regional Eta model in North American climate study
Yongkang Xue, Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA; and R. Vasic and Z. Janjic

 
Understanding the impacts of the Indian Ocean on ENSO variability in a coupled GCM
Renguang Wu, Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies, Calverton, MD; and B. P. Kirtman

 
Tropical diabatic heating and the role of convective processes as represented in several contemporary climate models
Franklin R. Robertson, NASA/MSFC, Huntsville, AL; and J. O. Roads, R. Oglesby, and S. Marshall

 
Seasonal Climate Signatures in the FSU Climate Model Coupled to the CLM2
Dong-Wook Shin, COAPS, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and S. Cocke, T. E. LaRow, and J. J. O'Brien

 
The dependence of intrseasonal variability on mixed layer depth in an AGCM coupled to a slab ocean
Eric D. Maloney, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR; and A. H. Sobel

Poster PDF (363.4 kB)
 
Enhancing signal-to-noise in regional attribution of anthropogenic climate change
David J. Karoly, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK

 
A nodal line in the sensitivity of climate change to Tropical SSTs
Joseph J. Barsugli, NOAA-CIRES Climate Diagnostics Center, Boulder, CO; and P. D. Sardeshmukh and S. I. Shin

 
Observations and stochastic modeling of shortwave radiative transfer at the ARM CART sites
Dana E. Lane-Veron, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ; and J. M. Secora

 
Using Neural Networks for Fast and Accurate Approximation of Long Wave Radiation Parameterization in the NCAR Community Model: Evaluation of Computational Performance and Accuracy of Approximation
Vladimir M. Krasnopolsky, Univ. of Maryland and SAIC at NOAA/NCEP/EMC, Camp Springs, MD; and M. S. Fox-Rabinovitz and D. Chalikov

http://

Poster PDF (69.1 kB)
 
Use of GOES solar radiation data to improve long-term retrospective land surface simulations
Nathalie Voisin, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and D. P. Lettenmaier and R. Pinker

 
Efficient methods for producing temporally and topographically corrected daily climatological data sets for the continental US
Alan F. Hamlet, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and H. S. Park and D. P. Lettenmaier

 
Downscaling and projection of the wintertime extreme daily precipitation over North America by large-scale atmospheric circulation
Jiafeng Wang, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, China and MSC, Toronto, ON, Canada; and X. Zhang and E. Barrow

Poster PDF (137.9 kB)
 
Equatorial superrotation and the factors controlling the zonal-mean zonal winds in the tropics
Ian P. Kraucunas, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and D. L. Hartmann

 
Extreme value characteristics of daily climate scenarios produced with a stochastic weather generator
Henry N. Hayhoe, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada; and B. Qian

 
Long-term atmospheric water budget over NAME domain from radiosonde observations
Evgeney Yarosh, RSIS, Inc., Camp Springs, MD; and W. Higgins and W. Shi

 
Physical Linkages between ENSO and Tornado Frequency in the United States
Christopher J. Anderson, Iowa State University, Ames, IA; and C. K. Wikle and R. W. Arritt

 
Predicting the Onset of the North American Monsoon and Progress Toward a Mechanistic Understanding
David L. Mitchell, DRI, Reno, NV; and D. C. Ivanova, B. L. Hall, M. F. Lavin, D. J. Gochis, and K. T. Redmond

 
Paper P1.30 moved to Session 4, new paper number 4.7A


Poster Session 2
Tuesday Posters
Location: Room 4AB
Sponsor: 20th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting/16th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction

Papers:
 
The impact of cloud microphysics on the surface solar radiation
Hsin-mu Lin, SAIC, Beltsville and NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC, Camp Springs, MD; and B. Ferrier, Y. T. Hou, E. Rogers, K. E. Mitchell, M. B. Ek, and J. Meng

http://wwwt.emc.ncep.noaa.gov/mmb/bf/presentations/Lin_SWR95_6-4-03.ppt

Poster PDF (737.7 kB)
 
Sub-Grid Scale Mountain Blocking at NCEP
Jordan C. Alpert, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Camp Springs, MD

Poster PDF (2.5 MB)
 
Recent advances in supercell modeling
Milton S. Speer, Bureau of Meteorology, Sydney, NSW, Australia; and L. M. Leslie and D. J. Stensrud

 
Prognostic ozone in NOGAPS
Douglas Allen, NRL, Washington, DC; and L. Coy, S. Eckermann, J. McCormack, T. Hogan, and Y. J. Kim

 
The MURI Uncertainty Monitor (MUM)
David W. Jones, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and S. Joslyn

Poster PDF (1.1 MB)
 
The operational implications of forecasting a heavy snow event over the central Rockies in an atypical flow regime
Michael P. Meyers, NOAA/NWS, Grand Junction, CO; and J. D. Colton, R. L. McAnelly, W. R. Cotton, D. A. Wesley, J. S. Snook, and G. S. Poulos

Poster PDF (750.8 kB)
 
Tornadic Supercell Outbreaks in the Southern Great Plains
Stephanie M. Nordin, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and L. M. Leslie and H. Brooks

 
The WRF-single-moment-microphysics scheme and its evaluation of the simulation of mesoscale convective systems
Jeong-Ock Jade Lim, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea; and S. Y. Hong and J. Dudhia

Poster PDF (601.8 kB)
 
Winter forecast performance of an operational mesoscale modelling system in the northeast U.S.—winter 2002–2003
Anthony P. Praino, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY; and L. A. Treinish

Poster PDF (2.3 MB)
 
Using PV concepts to diagnose a poorly-predicted heavy snow band in New England (6–7 January 2003)
Ron McTaggart-Cowan, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada; and J. Gyakum and P. Sisson

 
Operational forecasting of weapons of mass destruction (WMD)
Walt McKeown, Naval Atlantic Meteorology and Oceanography Center, Norfolk, VA

 
Numerically Simulated Interactions Between a Precipitating Synoptic System and Lake-Effect Snowbands over Lake Michigan
Katy L. Fitzpatrick, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD; and M. R. Hjelmfelt, W. J. Capehart, and D. A. R. Kristovich

Poster PDF (512.5 kB)
 
A standard test set for nonhydrostatic dynamical cores of NWP models
William C. Skamarock, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. D. Doyle, P. Clark, and N. Wood

 
An experiment in probabilistic quantitative snowfall forecasting
Alan M. Cope, NOAA/NWSFO, Mount Holly, NJ; and M. P. DeLisi

Poster PDF (125.0 kB)
 
An investigation of IHOP convective system predictability using a matrix of 19 WRF members
Isidora Jankov, Iowa State University, Ames, IA; and W. A. Gallus Jr., B. Shaw, and S. E. Koch

Poster PDF (210.1 kB)
 
Model Applications to the Hawaiian Islands
DaNa L. Carlis, NOAA/Howard University, Washington, DC; and D. V. R. Morris

 
 
Development of a New Land-Surface Model for JMA-GSM
Masayuki Hirai, Japan Meteorological Agency, Tokyo, Japan; and M. Ohizumi

http://

Poster PDF (634.9 kB)
 
Evaluation of the National Marine Verification Program at WFO Key West
Matt C. Parke, NOAA/NWSFO, Key West, FL; and A. Devanas

 
Global variable resolution Euler model development and application
Jan Paegle, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and J. C. Roman and L. A. Byerle

 
Intercomparison of global research and operational forecasts
Jennifer C. Roman, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and G. Miguez-Macho, L. A. Byerle, and J. Paegle

Poster PDF (2.9 MB)
 
The influence of highly resolved sea surface temperatures on Meteorological Simulations off the Southeast US Coast
Peter Childs, State Climate Office of North Carolina and North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC; and S. Raman and R. Boyles

Poster PDF (160.3 kB)

Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break.

10:30 AM-11:30 AM: Tuesday, 13 January 2004


2
Agriculture
Location: Room 401
Sponsor: Second Annual User's Conference

Papers:
  10:30 AM
2.1
Inivited Paper
Gerard Bentryn, Bainbridge Island Vineyards and Winery, Bainbridge Island, WA

  10:45 AM
2.2
Invited Paper
Colin Morrell, Canadaigua Wines, Woodinville, WA

  11:00 AM
2.3
Invited Paper
Kevin Corliss, Stimson Lane Vineyards, Prosser, WA

11:00 AM-11:30 AM: Tuesday, 13 January 2004


2
NPOESS Performance (Room 602/603/604)
Location: Room 602/603/604
Sponsor: Presidential Symposium on the Advances of Environmental Remote Sensing—The National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite Systems
Lecturers: Fred Ricker, Northrop Grumman Space Technology; Michael Mader, Raytheon Company

Papers:
  11:00 AM
2.1
National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) System Performance
Fred Ricker, Northrop Grumman Space Technology, Redondo Beach, CA; and M. Mader

11:00 AM-12:00 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2004


1
Early Atmospheric Science to Numerical Weather Prediction
Location: Room 2A
Sponsor: Second Presidential Symposium on the History of the Atmospheric Sciences

Papers:
  11:00 AM
1.1
Josiah Parsons Cooke (1827-1894): Links to Atmospheric Chemistry
Jeffrey S. Gaffney, ANL, Argonne, IL; and N. A. Marley

Poster PDF (75.1 kB)
  11:30 AM
1.3
The evolution of Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center
Carl D. Thormeyer, FNMOC, Monterey, CA; and R. M. Clancy and L. C. Clarke


7
European and Other International Applications (RO0M 613/614)
Location: Room 613/614
Sponsor: 20th International Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology
Cochairs: John Lincoln, Consultant; Howard Diamond, NOAA/NESDIS

Papers:
  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

http://www.weather-climate.com/internetforecasts2.html

Poster PDF (193.1 kB)
  11:30 AM
7.3
SCRIBE marine
Jacques Marcoux, MSC, Montreal, QC, Canada; and J. Mclean, M. Schäffer, and R. Verret

Poster PDF (255.0 kB)
  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

Poster PDF (83.2 kB)

11:00 AM-12:15 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2004


4
Modeling Urban Land Surfaces and Buildings: Part 1 (Room 611)
Location: Room 611
Sponsor: Symposium on Planning, Nowcasting, and Forecasting in the Urban Zone
Organizer: C. S. B. Grimmond, Indiana University

Papers:
  11:00 AM
4.1
Global Urban-Scale Land-Atmosphere Modeling with the Land Information System
Christa D. Peters-Lidard, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and S. V. Kumar, Y. Tian, J. L. Eastman, and P. R. Houser

http://lis.gsfc.nasa.gov

  11:15 AM
4.2
Modelling our cities in weather forecasting
Martin Best, Met Office, Wallingford, United Kingdom

  11:45 AM
4.4
Introduction of urban canopy parameterizations into MM5 to simulate urban meteorology at neighborhood scales
Sylvain Dupont, NOAA/ARL and U.S. EPA, Research Triangle Park, NC; and J. Ching and S. Burian


Joint Session 6
Probabilistic Forecasting/Ensembles. Part I (Joint between the Symposium on Forecasting the Weather and Climate of the Atmosphere and Ocean and the 20th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting/16th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction) (ROOM 6A)
Location: Room 6A
Sponsors: (Joint between the 20th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting/16th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction; and the Symposium on Forecasting the Weather and Climate of the Atmosphere and Ocean )
Organizer: Chris Snyder, NCAR
Chair: Chris Snyder, NCAR

Papers:
  11:00 AM
Toward an effective short-range ensemble forecast system
F. Anthony Eckel, University of Washington and Air Force Weather Agency, Seattle, WA; and C. F. Mass and E. P. Grimit

  11:15 AM
Multimodel fine-resolution ensembles for short-range forecasts in mountainous terrain
Roland Stull, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; and H. Modzelewski, X. Deng, Y. Zhou, L. Huang, T. Cannon, G. Hicks II, D. Storey, M. Holmes, and J. Charbonneau

  11:30 AM
Global ensemble forecast at NCEP—configuration, implementation and plan
Yuejian Zhu, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Camp Springs, MD; and Z. Toth, R. Wobus, and M. Wei

  11:45 AM
Ensemble augmentation with a new dressing kernel
Xuguang Wang, Penn State University, University Park, PA; and C. H. Bishop

  12:00 PM
Impacts of Resolution on Gridded Probability Thunderstorm Forecast Guidance
Kathryn K. Hughes, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and R. A. Trimarco

http://www.nws.noaa.gov/mdl/synop/topics/tsvr

Poster PDF (192.2 kB)

9
Maximizing the Value of Model Output (ROOM 605/606)
Location: Room 605/606
Sponsor: 20th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting/16th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction
Chair: William F. Bunting, NOAA/NWS

Papers:
  11:00 AM
9.1
Applications and Implementation of a Mesoscale Numerical Weather Prediction and Visualization System
Lloyd A. Treinish, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY; and A. P. Praino

http://www.research.ibm.com/weather/DT.html

Poster PDF (1.6 MB)
  11:30 AM
9.3
Subjective verification of deterministic models during the 2003 SPC/NSSL Spring Program
John S. Kain, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma and NOAA//OAR/NSSL, Norman, OK; and S. J. Weiss, D. R. Bright, M. E. Baldwin, M. Dahmer, and J. Levit

  11:45 AM
9.4
Using 20-km Rapid Update Cycle (RUC) model output in redeveloping the Local AWIPS MOS Program (LAMP)
Judy E. Ghirardelli, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and D. E. Rudack and J. M. Flatley

Poster PDF (222.2 kB)
  12:00 PM
9.5
Using mesoscale model simulations to better understand the role of surface mixed-layer dynamics in fire-weather interactions
Joseph J. Charney, USDA Forest Service, East Lansing, MI; and D. Keyser

http://www.ncrs.fs.fed.us/eamc/

11:00 AM-12:30 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2004


2
Session 2
Sponsor: Annual Weather Review

Papers:
  11:00 AM
2.1
2003 Atlantic Hurricane Season Summary
Max Mayfield, NOAA/NWS/National Hurricane Center, Miami, FL

  11:45 AM
2.2
Tornadoes: Season Summary
Joseph Schaefer, NOAA/NSSL/SPC, Norman, OK

11:00 AM-5:30 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2004


3
The Lifelong work of Stan Changnon (Invited Presentations) (Room 619/620)
Location: Room 619/620
Sponsor: 14th Conference on Applied Climatology
Chair: Nolan Doesken, Colorado State University

Papers:
  11:30 AM
3.2
Climate and business applications: Focused needs in a changing world
David Changnon, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL

Poster PDF (88.7 kB)
  12:00 PM
3.3
The Frequency of large hail over the contiguous United States
Joseph T. Schaefer, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/SPC, Norman, OK; and J. J. Levit, S. J. Weiss, and D. W. McCarthy

Poster PDF (2.4 MB)
  12:15 PM
3.4
Tornado Trends Over the Past Thirty years
Daniel W. McCarthy, NOAA/NCEP/NSSL/SPC, Norman, OK; and J. Schaefer

  12:30 PM
3.5
Stan Changnon: Over 50 years of research in hydroclimatology
Kenneth E. Kunkel, ISWS, Champaign, IL; and J. R. Angel

  1:00 PM
3.6
  2:30 PM
3.9
Applied Climatology: The Golden Era
Stanley A. Changnon, ISWS, Champaign, IL

Poster PDF (55.0 kB)
  3:00 PM
Stan Changnon Luncheon (cash & carry lunch)

  5:00 PM
Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall (Exhibits open 1:30–6:30 P.M.)

11:30 AM-11:30 AM: Tuesday, 13 January 2004


Exhibits Open

11:30 AM-12:15 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2004


3
Improved Imagery Capability (Room 602/603/604)
Location: Room 602/603/604
Sponsor: Presidential Symposium on the Advances of Environmental Remote Sensing—The National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite Systems
Organizer: Carl Hoffman, NPOESS Integrated Program Office
Lecturer: Jeffrey D. Hawkins, NRL

Papers:
  11:30 AM
3.1
NPOESS IMPROVED IMAGERY CAPABILITIES
Jeffrey D. Hawkins, NRL, Monterey, CA; and S. D. Miller, J. Turk, T. F. Lee, K. A. Richardson, R. Arnone, P. Gaiser, and R. Wade

12:00 PM-12:15 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2004


Poster Preview

12:15 PM-1:30 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2004


Lunch Break


NOAA Satellite Systems Forum (Box Lunches Courtesy of ITT)


Users Conference Brown Bag Lunch (Speaker: Craig McDaniel, Chief Engineer, Tacoma Narrows Bridge Project, Tacoma, WA)

12:15 PM-1:45 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2004


NOAA Satellite Systems Forum (Box Lunches Courtesy of ITT)

12:30 PM-12:30 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2004


Lunch Break

12:30 PM-6:30 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2004


Exhibits Open

1:30 PM-2:00 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2004


4
Improved Sounding Capability (Room 602/603/604)
Location: Room 602/603/604
Sponsor: Presidential Symposium on the Advances of Environmental Remote Sensing—The National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite Systems
Organizer: Leo Andreoli, Northrop Grumman Space Technology
Lecturer: Bill Smith, NASA/LARC

Papers:
  1:30 PM
4.1
Improved Sounding Capability
William L. Smith Jr., NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA; and S. A. Mango

1:30 PM-2:45 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2004


2
Historical Climate and Weather Issues
Location: Room 2A
Sponsor: Second Presidential Symposium on the History of the Atmospheric Sciences

Papers:
  1:30 PM
2.1
Toy Models and MIPS: Science and Technoscience in Global Climate Modeling 1957-2004
Mott T. Greene, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA

  1:45 PM
2.2
The Role of NOAA's Climate Prediction Center in the Development of Climate Services
Robert W Reeves, NOAA, Silver Spring, MD; and D. Gemmill, R. E. Livezey, and J. Laver

  2:15 PM
2.4
Carl-Gustaf Rossby and the Development of Aeronautical Meteorology
Roger D. Turner, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

1:30 PM-3:00 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2004


3
Session 3
Sponsor: Annual Weather Review

Papers:
  1:30 PM
3.1
Flash Flooding
Matthew Kelsch, UCAR/COMET, Boulder, CO

  2:15 PM
3.2
Winter Storms
Steven M. Zubrick, NOAA/NWSFO, Sterling, VA; and R. Grumm


5
Urban Dispersion Modeling (Room 611)
Location: Room 611
Sponsor: Symposium on Planning, Nowcasting, and Forecasting in the Urban Zone
Chair: Michael J. Brown, LANL

Papers:
  1:30 PM
5.1
Use of Urban Field Study Data
Steven R. Hanna, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA; and J. C. Chang

  2:00 PM
5.2
Mesoscale and urban-scale modeling support for the Oklahoma City Joint-Urban 2003 field program
Scott Halvorson, U.S. Army Dugway Proving Ground, Dugway, UT; and Y. Liu, R. S. Sheu, J. Basara, J. Bowers, T. Warner, and S. Swerdlin

  2:15 PM
5.3
Urban near-field dispersion
Martin J. Leach, LLNL, Livermore, CA; and J. H. Shinn, R. Leif, and G. Keating

  2:30 PM
5.4
Wind-tunnel simulation of the Joint Urban 2003 Tracer Experiment
Petra Kastner-Klein, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and B. Leitl, F. Pascheke, and M. Schatzmann

Poster PDF (396.8 kB)
  2:45 PM
5.5
The New York City Urban Atmospheric Observatory–An Overview
R. Michael Reynolds, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY; and R. D. Bornstein, S. R. Hanna, T. Oke, B. B. Hicks, and H. N. Lee


10
Public Forecast and Warning Issues (ROOM 607)
Location: Room 607
Sponsor: 20th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting/16th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction
Chair: Greg Forbes, The Weather Channel

Papers:
  1:30 PM
The Winter Weather Warning Decision Making Workshops
Bradford N. Grant, NOAA/NWS, Norman, OK; and E. Mahoney, A. C. Wood, J. G. LaDue, and X. Yu

  1:59 PM
Paper 10.3 has been moved to Session 5, New Paper Number 5.3A

  2:00 PM
Initial Evaluation Results of the Eta, NMM, GFS, SREF, and RUC Models During the 2003 New England High Resolution Temperature Forecast Program
James M. Wilczak, NOAA/ETL, Boulder, CO; and R. J. Zamora, J. W. Bao, I. V. Djalalova, J. T. McQueen, B. Ferrier, Z. Janjic, H. L. Pan, K. Mitchell, G. DiMego, J. Du, B. Zhou, and S. Benjamin

  2:15 PM
Highlights from the Joint Polarization Experiment operational demonstration
Kevin A. Scharfenberg, NOAA/NWS Office of Climate, Water, and Weather Services, Norman, OK ; and P. L. Heinselman, D. J. Miller, D. L. Andra Jr., and M. P. Foster

http://www.cimms.ou.edu/~schuur/jpole

  2:30 PM
Issues in verification of public forecasts
Kenneth Reeves, AccuWeather, Inc., State College, PA; and E. Abrams and M. A. Steinberg


11
WRF Model Overview and Agency Programs (ROOM 605/606)
Location: Room 605/606
Sponsor: 20th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting/16th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction
Organizer: John E. Gaynor, NOAA/OAR/WA/USWRP

Papers:
  1:30 PM
  2:30 PM
The Navy role in WRF
Richard M. Hodur, SAIC, Monterey, CA; and J. D. Doyle

  2:45 PM

1:30 PM-4:00 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2004


3
Surface Transportation
Location: Room 401
Sponsor: Second Annual User's Conference

Papers:
  1:30 PM
3.1
  2:00 PM
3.2
Road Weather—an emerging area of research and operations
John T. Snow, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and A. C. Staudt

  2:30 PM
3.3
WEATHER IMPLICATIONS FOR URBAN AND RURAL PUBLIC TRANSIT
Arthur Handman, Greater Hartford Transit District, Hartford, CT

Poster PDF (74.8 kB)
  2:45 PM
3.4
Impacts of Weather on Highway Construction
Jim Spaid, Washington State Department of Transportation, Olympia, WA

  3:15 PM
3.6
Meteorlogix panel presentation
James Block, Meteorlogix, Inc., Minneapolis, MN

  3:30 PM
Coffee Break

1:30 PM-4:30 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2004


Joint Session 7
Data assimilation and observational network design: Part V (Joint between the Symposium on Forecasting the Weather and Climate of the Atmosphere and Ocean and the 20th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting/16th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction) (ROOM 6A)
Location: Room 6A
Sponsors: (Joint between the Symposium on Forecasting the Weather and Climate of the Atmosphere and Ocean; and the 20th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting/16th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction )
Organizers: Rolf Langland, NRL; Craig H. Bishop, UCAR and NRL

Papers:
  1:30 PM
The 2003 Atlantic THORPEX Regional Campaign (TReC)
David S. Richardson, Met Office, Exeter, United Kingdom; and B. Truscott

Poster PDF (731.5 kB)
  1:45 PM
A Review of THORPEX related Research at NCEP
Zoltan Toth, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC, Camp Springs, MD

  2:00 PM
AOSN Monterey Bay Experiment: Observing and Predicting the Coastal Ocean
J. G. Bellingham, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Moss Landing, CA; and P. E. Chandler, Y. Chao, F. Chavez, R. E. Davis, D. M. Fratantoni, S. Haddock, N. E. Leonard, M. A. McManus, J. D. Paduan, S. R. Ramp, and A. Robinson

  2:30 PM
Application of the Error Subspace Statistical Estimation (ESSE) system to real-time error forecasting, data assimilation and adaptive sampling off the Central California Coast during AOSN-II
Pierre F. J. Lermusiaux, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA; and W. G. Leslie, C. Evangelinos, P. J. Haley, O. Logoutov, P. Moreno, A. R. Robinson, G. Cossarini, X. S. Liang, and S. J. Majumdar

  2:45 PM
Demonstration of a methodology for routine observing system design
Shree P. Khare, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ

  3:00 PM
Rocketsonde buoy system observing system simulation experiments
John Spagnol, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; and C. Readyhough, M. Stull, J. Mundy, R. Stull, S. Green, and G. Schajer

  3:15 PM
Precision Airdrop System An Emerging Operational Capability
Joseph Dushan, Planning Systems Incorporated, Reston, VA; and R. Wright and D. Velea

  3:30 PM
Estimation of Observation Impact using the NAVDAS Adjoint System
Rolf H. Langland, NRL, Monterey, CA; and N. L. Baker

  4:00 PM
Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall

1:30 PM-5:15 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2004


4
University Educational Initiatives (Room 615/616)
Location: Room 615/616
Sponsor: 13th Symposium on Education
Cochairs: Paul J. Croft, University of Louisiana; Donna J. Charlevoix, University of Illinois

Papers:
  1:30 PM
4.1
What Should We Teach In Introductory Meteorology? Let’s Ask The Students!
John A. Knox, University of Georgia, Athens, GA; and S. A. Ackerman

Poster PDF (80.1 kB)
  1:45 PM
4.2
A virtual tornadic thunderstorm enabling students to construct knowledge about storm dyanmics through data collection and analysis
William A. Gallus Jr., Iowa State University, Ames, IA; and C. Cervato, C. Cruz-Neira, G. Faidley, and R. Heer

Poster PDF (432.9 kB)
  2:00 PM
4.3
Online Portfolios: Applications for University Education and Research
Eugene S. Takle, Iowa State University, Ames, IA; and D. Herzmann

  2:15 PM
4.4
Education and Outreach within the Modeling Environment for Atmospheric Discovery (MEAD) Project
Daniel J. Bramer, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and S. Lathrop, S. Gordon, G. Love, B. Panoff, S. Ragan, and R. B. Wilhelmson

  2:30 PM
4.5
Linking Interactive Concept Models into the Visual Geophysical Exploration Environment (VGEE)
Daniel J. Bramer, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and R. Pandya, M. Marlino, D. Murray, J. McWhirter, S. Wier, T. Scheitlin, M. K. Ramamurthy, and R. B. Wilhelmson

  2:45 PM
4.6
Integrating meteorological tools and data into digital libraries: A strategy used in the Visual Geophysical Exploration Environment
Rajul E. Pandya, UCAR/SOARS, Boulder, CO; and B. Domenico, M. Marlino, and D. Murray

http://www.dpc.ucar.edu/vgee

  3:00 PM
4.7
GLOBE: Exciting new directions for the world-wide science education program
Margaret LeMone, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and D. K. Krumm, J. D. Fellows, and E. E. Geary

  3:15 PM
4.8
An Exhibitation on Climate Change by the National Academy of Sciences
Eugene M. Rasmusson, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and P. Schultz

  4:15 PM
Instrument development and education in airborne science
Jeffrey Stith, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and D. C. Rogers

Poster PDF (156.4 kB)
  4:30 PM
Concluding Remarks

  4:45 PM
Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall

1:30 PM-5:30 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2004


2
Modeling and Analysis of Large-Scale Hydrological Processes (Room 6E)
Location: Room 6E
Sponsor: 18th Conference on Hydrology
Organizers: Yongkang Xue, Univ. of California; Randal D. Koster, NASA/GSFC

Papers:
  1:30 PM
2.1
The 12km North American Land Data Assimilation System (NLDAS-E)
Brian A. Cosgrove, NASA/GSFC and SAIC, Greenbelt, MD; and G. Quina and P. R. Houser

http://ldas.gsfc.nasa.gov

  1:45 PM
2.2
Validation of the North American Land Data Assimilation System (NLDAS) Using Data from Oklahoma Mesonet OASIS Sites
Kodi L. Nemunaitis, Oklahoma Climate Survey and University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. B. Basara, B. A. Cosgrove, D. Lohmann, K. E. Mitchell, and P. R. Houser

  2:00 PM
2.3
Land surface model evaluation using a new soil moisture and hydrology data set from Boissy-le-Châtel, France
Thomas Atkins, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ; and A. Robock and C. M. Loumagne

  2:15 PM
2.4
Improving Numerical Weather Simulations using LDAS Products at Multiple Scales
Joseph L. Eastman, GEST/UMBC, Greenbelt, MD; and C. D. Peters-Lidard, P. R. Houser, and B. Cosgrove

  2:30 PM
2.5
Cycled snow state in RUC Coupled Data Assimilation System (CDAS)
Tonya G. Smirnova, NOAA/FSL and CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and S. G. Benjamin, J. M. Brown, and D. Kim

http://ruc.fsl.noaa.gov

  2:45 PM
2.6
Temperature, Precipitation, and Streamflow Trends in the Missouri Basin, 1895 to 2001
Lee W. Larson, NOAA/NWS (retired), Prairie Village, KS; and N. O. Schwein

Poster PDF (107.2 kB)
  3:00 PM
2.7
Paper 2.7 moved, new paper number JP4.24a

  3:16 PM
2.9
  3:31 PM
  3:46 PM
Simulating North American precipitation and soil moisture of May and June 2003 with NASA/NCAR fvGCM with two cloud schemes: CCM3 and McRAS
David M. Mocko, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and Y. C. Sud and S. J. Lin

http://climate.gsfc.nasa.gov/~mocko/daily.html

  4:16 PM
Off- and on-line investigations of VIC land surface scheme using RSM
Ji Chen, Univ. of California, San Diego, CA; and J. Roads, M. Kanamitsu, and A. Nunes

  4:31 PM
Explore Parameter Sensitivities and Model Calibration in a Locally Coupled Environment
Yuqiong Liu, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and H. V. Gupta, S. Sorooshian, and L. A. Bastidas

  4:46 PM
Coffee Break

  5:16 PM
Wintertime cold bias in NCEP mesoscale Eta and NMM models
Ken Mitchell, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Suitland, MD; and M. Ek, H. Y. Chuang, Z. Janjic, and V. Wong


8
IIPS and NWP Applications (ROOM 613/614)
Location: Room 613/614
Sponsor: 20th International Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology
Cochairs: Carl Thormeyer, FNMOC; Anderson White, University of Oklahoma; Jim Cooper, Earth Satellite Corporation

Papers:
  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

  2:30 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
8.7
A comprehensive source of numerical model data
Kenneth Reeves, AccuWeather, Inc., State College, PA; and J. T. Candor and M. A. Steinberg

  3:15 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

http://www.research.ibm.com/weather/DT.html

Poster PDF (2.1 MB)
  3:45 PM
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

  4:15 PM
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

Poster PDF (1.5 MB)
  4:30 PM
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

  4:45 PM
A System for Realistic Weather Rendering
Kirk Riley, Purdue University, W. Lafayette, IN; and D. Ebert, C. Hansen, and J. Levit

  5:00 PM
Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall (Exhibits Open 1:30–6:30 p.m.)


9
Internet Applications, Web Portals and Cyberinfrastructure Part II (ROOM 6B)
Location: Room 6B
Sponsor: 20th International Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology
Cochairs: Linda Miller, UCAR/Unidata; Nancy Soreide, NOAA/PMEL

Papers:
  1:30 PM
9.1
  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

  2:45 PM
9.6
The Ferret-DODS Server
Richard Rogers, JISAO/Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and S. Hankin and A. Manke

  3:00 PM
9.7
  3:15 PM
9.8
Fishing for Data, Pier to Pier
Russell K. Rew, UCAR, Boulder, CO

http://

Poster PDF (138.0 kB)
  3:30 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

  3:45 PM
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

http://www.met.utah.edu/roman

  4:00 PM
The University of Hawaii Sea Level Center Data Portal
Bernard J. Kilonsky, Univ. of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI; and M. Merrifield

http://uhslc.soest.hawaii.edu

Poster PDF (118.2 kB)
  4:15 PM
Dapper: an OPeNDAP server for in-situ data
Joe Sirott, Sirott and Associates, Seattle, WA; and D. W. Denbo and W. H. Zhu

  4:30 PM
GrADS Version 1.9 and the GrADS-DODS Server
Jennifer M. Adams, COLA, Calverton, MD; and J. Wielgosz and B. E. Doty

  4:45 PM
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

http://ferret.pmel.noaa.gov/Ferret/LAS/

Poster PDF (106.0 kB)
  5:00 PM
Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall

1:45 PM-5:30 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2004


2
Connections with Meteorology, Data Assimilation and User Needs (Room 617)
Location: Room 617
Sponsor: Symposium on Space Weather
Chair: Joseph Kunches, NOAA/Space Environment Center

Papers:
  1:45 PM
2.1
  2:00 PM
2.2
Current topics in atmospheric data assimilation
Lars P. Riishojgaard, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD

  2:15 PM
2.3
Global Assimilation of Ionospheric Measurements (GAIM)
Robert W. Schunk, Utah State University, Logan, UT; and L. Scherliess, J. J. Sojka, D. C. Thompson, D. N. Anderson, M. Codrescu, C. Minter, T. J. Fuller-Rowell, R. A. Heelis, M. Hairston, and B. M. Howe

  2:30 PM
2.4
  2:45 PM
2.5
Paper 2.5 moved to Poster Session P1. Now Poster P1.5

  2:46 PM
2.6
On developing a whole atmosphere community climate model (WACCM) for studying solar-terrestrial relationships
Raymond G. Roble, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. R. Garcia, B. Boville, F. Sassi, D. Kinnison, D. Marsh, A. D. Richmond, H. Liu, and M. E. Hagan

  3:00 PM
2.7
A review of electrical and turbulence effects of convective storms on the overlying stratosphere and mesosphere
Walter A. Lyons, FMA Research, Inc., Fort Collins, CO; and R. A. Armstrong

http://www.FMA-Research.com

Poster PDF (1.5 MB)
  3:15 PM
2.8
The Sun-Climate Connection
John A. Eddy, National Solar Observatory, Tucson, AZ

  3:30 PM
2.9
Space weather effects on the Airline Industry
J. B. L. Jones, SolarMetrics Limited, Chedworth, Glos., United Kingdom; and R. D. Bentley, R. H. A. Iles, and G. C. Taylor

  4:00 PM
Space Weather Effects on Spacecraft Systems
Janet L. Barth, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD

  4:30 PM
  4:45 PM
Stimulating Students about Space Weather
Arthur I. Poland, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA

  5:00 PM
Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall (Exhibits open 1:30–7:30 P.M.)

2:00 PM-3:00 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2004


5
Satellite Data Assimilation and Numerical Weather Prediction Benefits (Room 602/603/604)
Location: Room 602/603/604
Sponsor: Presidential Symposium on the Advances of Environmental Remote Sensing—The National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite Systems
Organizer: Robert S. "Scott" Turek, Raytheon Company
Lecturers: Robert M. Atlas, Data Assimilation Office, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center; Stephen J. Lord, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC

Papers:
  2:00 PM
5.1
paper 5.1 moved, new paper number 5.2

  2:01 PM
5.2
Data Assimilation and Numerical Weather Prediction Benefits (formerly paper 5.1, New paper Number 5.2)
Stephen Lord, NCEP/EMC, Silver Spring, MD; and J. Derber, P. VanDelst, Y. Tahara, L. M. McMillin, Y. Han, T. J. Kleespies, M. Goldberg, and R. Treadon

3:00 PM-3:00 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2004


Conference Ends/Coffee Break

3:00 PM-3:30 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2004


Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall

3:30 PM-3:30 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2004


Panel Discussion 1

3:30 PM-4:00 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2004


3
Innovations in the Commerical Sector
Location: Room 2A
Sponsor: Second Presidential Symposium on the History of the Atmospheric Sciences

Papers:
  3:30 PM
3.1
The history of commercial sector weather innovation
Joel N. Myers, AccuWeather, Inc., State College, PA; and M. A. Steinberg


6
Severe Weather Prediction Benefits (Room 602/603/604)
Location: Room 602/603/604
Sponsor: Presidential Symposium on the Advances of Environmental Remote Sensing—The National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite Systems
Organizer: Stephen A. Mango, NPOESS Integrated Program Office
Lecturer: David H. Staelin, MIT

Papers:

3:30 PM-4:15 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2004


3
Extreme Weather and Climate (Room 3A)
Location: Room 3A
Sponsor: 17th Conference on Probablity and Statistics in the Atmospheric Sciences
Cochairs: Robert E. Livezey, NOAA/NWS; Thomas M. Hamill, NOAA/CIRES/CDC

Papers:
  3:30 PM
3.1
  4:00 PM
3.3
Extremes and millennial trends in the Carpathian Basin using the Rethly documentary collection
Judit Bartholy, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary; and R. Pongracz and Z. Molnar

Poster PDF (1.9 MB)

3:30 PM-5:15 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2004


5
Observed Climate Change: Part I (Room 608)
Location: Room 608
Sponsor: 15th Symposium on Global Change and Climate Variations
Chair: Dale Kaiser, ORNL

Papers:
  3:30 PM
5.1
Variability and trends in mountain snowpack in western north America
Philip W. Mote, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and M. Clark and A. F. Hamlet

  3:45 PM
5.2
Variability and trends in United States snowfall over the last half century
Daria Scott, University of Delaware, Newark, DE; and D. Kaiser

  4:00 PM
5.3
Trends in 30-year satellite record of Arctic and Antarctic sea ice extent
Donald J. Cavalieri, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and C. L. Parkinson and K. Y. Vinnikov

  4:15 PM
5.4
Historical variability in Arctic surface air temperature records
James E. Overland, NOAA/PMEL, Seattle, WA; and M. Spillane and K. Wood

  4:30 PM
5.5
Trends in high clouds over the past 22 years
Donald Wylie, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and D. L. Jackson, P. Menzel, and J. J. Bates

Poster PDF (232.7 kB)
  4:45 PM
5.6
Assessment of observational biases and changes in Canadian cloudiness
Xiaolan L. Wang, MSC, Downsview, ON, Canada; and F. W. Zwiers, V. R. Swail, and T. Yuzyk

  5:00 PM
5.7
Evaluation of cloud amount trends and connections to large scale dynamics
Todd D. Ellis, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and G. L. Stephens and D. W. J. Thompson

http://reef.atmos.colostate.edu/ellis/AMStalk.html

3:30 PM-5:30 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2004


5
Surface Meteorological Networks to Monitor Climate Variability and Change (Room 618)
Location: Room 618
Sponsor: Eighth Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface

Papers:
  3:30 PM
5.2
COOP Modernization: Building the National Cooperative Mesonet
Kenneth C. Crawford, Oklahoma Climatological Survey/University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and M. D. Divecchio, R. N. Dombrowsky, S. Pritchett, T. Ross, R. J. Leffler, and C. L. Stang

Poster PDF (1.1 MB)
  3:45 PM
5.3
Climate Reference Network stations: Location, location, location...
Michael R. Helfert, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and M. J. Changery, D. R. Easterling, M. J. Janis, S. M. Baker, B. M. Summer, D. Y. Graybeal, K. G. Hubbard, K. T. Redmond, and E. L. May

Poster PDF (870.6 kB)
  4:00 PM
5.4
The Value of Routine Site Visits in Managing and Maintaining Quality Data from the Oklahoma Mesonet
Christopher A. Fiebrich, Oklahoma Climatological Survey, Norman, OK; and D. L. Grimsley and K. A. Kesler

Poster PDF (880.2 kB)
  4:15 PM
5.5
Current configuration of US Climate Reference Network stations
Tilden P. Meyers, NOAA/ATDD, Oak Ridge, TN; and M. E. Hall, C. B. Baker, R. P. Hosker Jr., J. A. Jensen, M. R. Helfert, and M. T. Young

  4:30 PM
5.6
Quality control of data from the US Climate Reference Network
Grant M. Goodge, STG Corporation for NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and B. Sun, D. S. Braun, C. B. Baker, D. Dellinger, and S. Hinson

Poster PDF (1.3 MB)
  4:45 PM
5.7
A comparative study of ASOS and CRN temperature measurements
Bomin Sun, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and C. B. Baker

  5:15 PM
Smart Sensor Arrays for Environmental and Atmospheric Research
Dave Carlson, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and L. Laffea, S. Semmer, J. Militzer, and G. Maclean


6
Emergency Response (Room 611)
Location: Room 611
Sponsor: Symposium on Planning, Nowcasting, and Forecasting in the Urban Zone
Chair: Steven R. Hanna, Harvard School of Public Health

Papers:
  3:30 PM
6.1
OPERATIONAL SYSTEMS FOR EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE
Gayle Sugiyama, LLNL and University of California, Livermore, CA; and J. S. Nasstrom and R. L. Baskett

  4:00 PM
6.2
Dispersion Modeling of Accidental Releases in Russia
Eugene Genikhovich, Voeikov Main Geophysical Observatory, St. Petersburg, Russia

  4:15 PM
6.3
Incorporation of chemical reactions into building-scale flow
Tom D. Humphreys, LLNL, Livermore, CA; and T. M. Jayaweera and R. L. Lee

  4:30 PM
6.4
A Simplified CFD Approach for Modeling Urban Dispersion
Stevens T. Chan, LLNL, Livermore, CA; and T. D. Humphreys and R. L. Lee

  4:45 PM
6.5
Modeling shelter-in-place including sorption on indoor surfaces
Wanyu R. Chan, University of California and Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, Berkeley, CA; and P. N. Price, A. J. Gadgil, W. W. Nazaroff, G. Loosmore, and G. Sugiyama

  5:00 PM
6.6
Testing of an Urban Lagrangian Dispersion Model Using Gaussian and Non-Gaussian Solutions
Balwinder Singh, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and M. D. Williams, E. R. Pardyjak, and M. J. Brown

http://

  5:15 PM
6.7
Science into service during the 4 May 2003 tornado outbreak
Lisa R. Schmit, National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill, MO, Pleasant Hill, MO; and M. Hudson and S. M. Fortin


6
Radiative Forcing of the Climate: Modeling (Room 609/610)
Location: Room 609/610
Sponsor: 15th Symposium on Global Change and Climate Variations
Chair: Gerald L. Potter, LLNL

Papers:
  3:30 PM
6.1
Changes in global ocean cloud cover and related radiation flux since 1952
Joel R. Norris, SIO/Univ. Of California, La Jolla, CA

  3:45 PM
6.2
  4:00 PM
6.3
Testing AGCM-predicted cloud and radiation properties with ARM data: The super-parameterization approach
Mikhail Ovtchinnikov, PNNL, Richland, WA; and T. Ackerman, R. Marchand, and M. Khairoutdinov

Poster PDF (734.1 kB)
  4:15 PM
6.4
Improving climate projections by empirical quantification of climate forcing by aerosols
Theodore L. Anderson, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and R. J. Charlson, S. J. Ghan, S. Gasso, C. R. Trepte, C. A. Hostetler, D. M. Winker, L. A. Remer, and J. A. Ogren

  4:30 PM
6.5
Evaluation of AGCM Radiation Parameterizations in the Arctic
Dana E. Veron, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ; and J. F. Brodie, J. O. Pinto, and J. A. Curry

  4:45 PM
6.6
Evaluating new cloud-radiation and hydrologic cycle parameterizations
Sam F. Iacobellis, SIO/Univ. of California, La Jolla, CA; and R. C. J. Somerville

  5:00 PM
6.7

13
Tropical and Extratropical Transition Studies (ROOM 607)
Location: Room 607
Sponsor: 20th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting/16th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction
Chair: Shirley T. Murillo, NOAA/AOML/HRD

Papers:
  3:30 PM
Role of the Gulf Stream on extratropical cyclogenesis
Neil A. Jacobs, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; and S. Raman, G. M. Lackmann, and P. P. Childs Jr.

Poster PDF (755.1 kB)
  4:00 PM
Characterization of extratropical transition using cluster analysis
Justin M. Arnott, Penn State University, University Park, PA; and J. L. Evans

  4:15 PM
Method to estimate tropical cyclone intensity using TRMM PR/TMI data
Shunsuke Hoshino, MRI, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan; and T. Nakazawa

  4:30 PM
The importance of the precipitation mass sink in tropical cyclones
Richard M. Yablonsky, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; and G. M. Lackmann

  4:45 PM
Relationship between climatology and model track, bearing, and speed errors
Bradford S. Barrett, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and L. M. Leslie and C. S. Liou

  5:00 PM
Impact of the Boundary Layer Processes on Simulated Tropical Rainfall
Young-Hwa Byun, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea; and S. Y. Hong

  5:15 PM
Use of Doppler radar data to improve hurricane intensity forecasts
Jin-Luen Lee, NOAA/ERL/FSL, Boulder, CO; and A. E. MacDonald, Y. -. H. Kuo, W. -. C. Lee, and W. Wang

3:30 PM-5:45 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2004


12
WRF Model Development and Applications (ROOM 605/606)
Location: Room 605/606
Sponsor: 20th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting/16th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction
Chair: Robert L. Gall, NOAA/NWS

Papers:
  3:30 PM
Real-time applications of the WRF model at the Forecast Systems Laboratory
Steven E. Koch, NOAA/ERL/FSL, Boulder, CO; and S. G. Benjamin, J. A. McGinley, J. M. Brown, P. Schultz, E. J. Szoke, T. G. Smirnova, B. L. Shaw, D. Birkenheuer, S. Albers, S. E. Peckham, and G. A. Grell

  3:45 PM
Results of WRF development activities at NCEP
Geoff DiMego, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC, Camp Springs, MD; and T. Black, H. Chuang, J. Derber, S. G. Gopalakrishnan, Z. Janjic, D. Keyser, M. Pyle, and W. Wu

  4:00 PM
Implementing the Weather Research and Forecast (WRF) model with local data assimilation in a National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office (WFO)
Patrick T. Welsh, NOAA/NWSFO, Jacksonville, FL; and A. Wildman, B. Shaw, J. Smart, P. Ruscher, J. McGinley, B. N. Meisner, and P. Bogenschutz

  4:15 PM
Real-time explicit convective forecasts using the WRF model during the BAMEX field program
Morris L. Weisman, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and C. Davis, J. Done, W. Wang, and J. Bresch

  4:45 PM
Fully coupled “online” chemistry within the WRF model
Georg A. Grell, NOAA/ERL/FSL and CIRES/ Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and S. E. Peckham, R. Schmitz, and S. A. McKeen

  5:00 PM
The NCEP WRF core
Zavisa I. Janjic, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Camp Springs, MD

  5:15 PM
Evaluating dissipation in NWP models using kinetic energy spectra
William C. Skamarock, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and M. E. Baldwin and W. Wang

  5:30 PM
The development of the WRF for Hurricanes (HWRF) at the National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) (Formerly Paper number 14.2)
Naomi Surgi, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Camp Springs, MD; and Q. Liu, R. Tuleya, W. Shen, and M. Bender

4:00 PM-4:00 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2004


Symposium Ends

4:00 PM-4:30 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2004


7
Climate Change and Prediction Benefits (Room 602/603/604)
Location: Room 602/603/604
Sponsor: Presidential Symposium on the Advances of Environmental Remote Sensing—The National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite Systems
Organizer: Stan Schneider, NPOESS Integrated Program Office
Lecturer: Thomas R. Karl, NOAA/NCDC

Papers:
  4:00 PM
7.1
Climate Requirements and NPOESS
Thomas R. Karl, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and J. J. Bates and M. Goldberg

4:15 PM-4:15 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2004


Sessions end for the day

4:30 PM-5:00 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2004


Session 3 Discussion

4:30 PM-5:30 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2004


Panel Discussion 1
NPOESS Users Panel (Room 602/603/604)
Location: Room 602/603/604
Sponsor: Presidential Symposium on the Advances of Environmental Remote Sensing—The National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite Systems
Organizer: Michael L. Jamilkowski, Raytheon Company
Moderator: Elbert W. (Joe) Friday, American Meteorological Society
Panelists: Gregory Withee (Invited), NOAA/NESDIS; RADM Steven Tomaszeski, United States Navy; Brig Gen Thomas E. Stickford (Invited), United States Air Force; John J. (Jack) Kelly (Invited), NOAA/NWS; Jack A. Kaye, NASA, Science Mission Directorate; Tillman Mohr, EUMETSAT

Papers:
  4:30 PM

1
New Forecast Systems
Location: Room 2A
Sponsor: Symposium on Forecasting the Weather and Climate of the Atmosphere and Ocean
Organizer: Craig H. Bishop, UCAR and NRL

Papers:
  4:30 PM
1.1
  4:45 PM
1.2
Development of a Real-Time Operational Forecast System for the Central California Coastal Ocean
Yi Chao, JPL/Caltech, Pasadena, Califonia; and Z. Li, J. K. Choi, and P. Li

  5:00 PM
1.3
Coupled atmosphere-ocean observations and modelling for Lunenburg Bay, Nova Scotia
Harold Ritchie, MSC, Dorval, QC, Canada; and S. Desjardins, J. Sheng, and L. Wang

Poster PDF (14.8 kB)
  5:15 PM
1.4

4:45 PM-4:45 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2004


Sessions end for the day

5:00 PM-5:00 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2004


Sessions end for the day

5:15 PM-5:15 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2004


Sessions end for the day

5:30 PM-5:30 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2004


1
Confernce Ends


Sessions end for the day

7:00 PM-7:00 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2004


Panel Discussion 1
The Future Role of the Human in the Forecast Process—An Interactive Forum
Location: Room 607
Sponsor: 20th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting/16th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction

7:30 PM-7:30 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2004


IMAX Movie "Solar Max" at the Pacific Science Center’s Boeing IMAX Theater

Wednesday, 14 January 2004

12:00 AM-12:00 AM: Wednesday, 14 January 2004


WED 14 JAN


WED 14 JAN


Wed 14 Jan

6:00 AM-6:00 AM: Wednesday, 14 January 2004


WED 14 JAN

8:30 AM-8:30 AM: Wednesday, 14 January 2004


15
Forecasters Forum (ROOM 607)
Location: Room 607
Sponsor: 20th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting/16th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction
Organizer: Neil A. Stuart, NOAA/NWS
Chair: Neil A. Stuart, NOAA/NWS

8:30 AM-9:30 AM: Wednesday, 14 January 2004


1
Session 1 (Room 604)
Location: Room 604
Sponsor: Interactive Symposium on the Nexus of Coastal Urban Environments
Chair: Christopher N. K. Mooers, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS

Papers:
  8:30 AM
1.1
Initial Concepts for an All Weather Nowcast/Forecast System for Galveston Bay
Richard Schmalz, NOAA/NOS, Silver Spring, MD; and J. G. W. Kelley and F. Aikman III

  8:45 AM
1.2
The surprising dynamics of the Houston urban sea breeze
John Nielsen-Gammon, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and K. Walter and C. Epifanio

  9:15 AM
1.4
Spill Response and Environmental Risk Assessment Model System for the New York Harbor Area
Deborah French, Applied Science Associates, Inc., Narragansett, RI


Joint Session 3
Heat/Health Warning Systems: Part I (Joint between the 14th Conference on Applied Climatology and the Symposium on Planning, Nowcasting, and Forecasting in the Urban Zone; Room 619/620)
Location: Room 619/620
Sponsors: (Joint between the 14th Conference on Applied Climatology; and the Symposium on Planning, Nowcasting, and Forecasting in the Urban Zone )
Chair: Robert E. Livezey, NOAA/NWS

Papers:
  8:30 AM
The development of improved heat/health warning systems
Laurence S. Kalkstein, Univervisity of Delaware, Newark, DE

  8:45 AM
Heat watch-warning systems: Operational consideration and system design
Scott Sheridan, Department of Geography, Kent State University, Kent, OH

  9:00 AM
A National Heat/Health Warning System: Improvement over current system
Mark A. Tew, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and M. J. Brewer and R. E. Livezey


3
The Robert E. Horton Lecture in Hydrology (Room 6E)
Location: Room 6E
Sponsor: 18th Conference on Hydrology
Lecturer: Alan K Betts, Atmospheric Research

Papers:
  8:30 AM
3.1
Robert E. Horton Lecture
Alan K. Betts, Atmospheric Research, Pittsford, VT


4
Bayesian Probability Forecasting (Room 602/603)
Location: Room 602/603
Sponsor: 17th Conference on Probablity and Statistics in the Atmospheric Sciences
Cochairs: Daniel S. Wilks, Cornell University; Barbara G. Brown, NCAR

Papers:
  8:30 AM
4.1
Calibrated probabilistic mesoscale forecasting with ensembles via Bayesian model averaging
Adrian E. Raftery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and F. Balabdaoui and T. Gneiting

  8:45 AM
4.2
Bayesian Processor of Output: A New Technique for Probabilistic Weather Forecasting
Roman Krzysztofowicz, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA

Poster PDF (127.1 kB)
  9:00 AM
4.3
Bayesian Processor of Output for Probabilistic Forecasting of Precipitation Occurrence
Coire J. Maranzano, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA; and R. Krzysztofowicz

Poster PDF (210.9 kB)
  9:15 AM
4.4
Bayesian approach to decision making using ensemble weather forecasts
Richard W. Katz, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and M. Ehrendorfer


4
Spatial Climate Technologies and Products (Parallel with Session J3) (Room 609/610)
Location: Room 609/610
Sponsor: 14th Conference on Applied Climatology
Chair: Christopher Daly, Oregon State University

Papers:
  8:30 AM
4.1
Using PRISM climate grids and GIS for extreme precipitation mapping
George H. Taylor, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR; and C. Daly

  8:45 AM
4.2
Mesoscale modeling as a tool for wind resource assessment and mapping
Michael Brower, TrueWind Solutions, Albany, NY and National Renewable Energy Lab, Golden, CO; and J. W. Zack, B. Bailey, M. N. Schwartz, and D. L. Elliott

  9:00 AM
4.3
High Resolution 1971–2000 Mean Monthly Temperature Maps for the Western United States
Matthew Doggett, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR; and C. Daly, J. Smith, W. Gibson, G. Taylor, G. Johnson, and P. Pasteris

  9:15 AM
4.4
Application of a Probabilistic Spatial Quality Control System to Daily Temperature Observations in Oregon
Wayne Gibson, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR; and C. Daly, M. Doggett, J. Smith, and G. Taylor


7
Modeling Urban Land Surfaces and Buildings: Part 2 (Room 611)
Location: Room 611
Sponsor: Symposium on Planning, Nowcasting, and Forecasting in the Urban Zone
Chair: Jeffrey C. Luvall, MSFC

Papers:
  8:30 AM
7.1
Sensitivity of surface-atmosphere energy exchanges in urban areas derived from simulations
Sarah M. Roberts, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; and T. R. Oke, A. Lemonsu, C. S. B. Grimmond, and P. Jackson

  8:45 AM
7.2
Remote Sensing for Urban Microclimate Studies
Ruri Imamura, Forensic Consultant, San Francisco, CA; and P. G. Foschi

  9:00 AM
7.3
Forecasting stability transitions and air flow around an urban building—Phase I
Gail-Tirrell Vaucher, Army Research Laboratory, WSMR, NM; and R. Cionco and M. Bustillos

Poster PDF (140.8 kB)
  9:15 AM
7.4
Improved Velocity Deficit Parameterizations for a Fast Response Urban Wind Model
Eric R. Pardyjak, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and M. J. Brown and N. Bagal


7
Seasonal prediction (Room 6C)
Location: Room 6C
Sponsor: 15th Symposium on Global Change and Climate Variations
Chair: David R. Easterling, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC

Papers:
  8:45 AM
7.2
Multi Model Synthetic Superensemble Prediction System
Won-Tae Yun, Korea Meteorological Administration and Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and L. Stefanova and T. N. Krishnamurti

http://

Poster PDF (116.6 kB)
  9:00 AM
7.3
Seasonal prediction effort at NCEP: toward a seamless suite of forecast products
Wanqiu Wang, SAIC at NCEP/EMC, Camp Springs, MD; and S. Saha, G. White, and H. L. Pan

  9:15 AM
7.4

Joint Session 8
PROBABILISTIC FORECASTING/ENSEMBLES: Part II (Joint between the Symposium on Forecasting the Weather and Climate of the Atmosphere and Ocean and the 20th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting/16th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction) (ROOM 6A)
Location: Room 6A
Sponsors: (Joint between the 20th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting/16th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction; and the Symposium on Forecasting the Weather and Climate of the Atmosphere and Ocean )
Organizer: Prashant Sardeshmukh, NOAA/ERL/CDC

Papers:
  9:00 AM
Singular vectors with an analysis error variance metric
Carolyn A. Reynolds, NRL, Monterey, CA; and R. Gelaro and T. Rosmond

  9:15 AM

8
Radiative Forcing of the Climate: Observations (Room 608)
Location: Room 608
Sponsor: 15th Symposium on Global Change and Climate Variations
Chair: Bryan C. Weare, University of California

Papers:
  8:30 AM
8.1
Radiative forcing of tropospheric ozone
W. F. J. Evans, Trent University, Peterborough, ON, Canada; and C. R. Ferguson and E. Puckrin

Poster PDF (264.0 kB)
  8:45 AM
8.2
On the relationship between tropical mean radiation and SST
Bing Lin, NASA/LaRC, Hampton, VA; and T. Wong, B. A. Wielicki, and Y. Hu

Poster PDF (136.0 kB)
 
8.3
Decadal Variations in the Tropical Radiation Budget

  9:15 AM
8.4

10
Applications in Meteorology, Oceanography, Hydrology, and Climatology (ROOM 6B)
Location: Room 6B
Sponsor: 20th International Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology
Cochairs: Carl Thormeyer, FNMOC; Anderson White, University of Oklahoma; Jim Cooper, Earth Satellite Corporation

Papers:
  8:30 AM
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
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

http://

Poster PDF (309.9 kB)
  9:00 AM
Supporting Earth Science Applications with TOVAS
Zhong Liu, George Mason University/CSISS, Fairfax, VA and NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and H. Rui, W. Teng, and L. Chiu

http://eosdata.gsfc.nasa.gov/hydrology/TRMM_analysis.html

Poster PDF (142.6 kB)
  9:15 AM
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

Poster PDF (114.5 kB)

11
European and Other International Applications Part II (ROOM 613/614)
Location: Room 613/614
Sponsor: 20th International Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology
Cochairs: John Lincoln, Consultant; Howard Diamond, NOAA/NESDIS

Papers:
  8:30 AM
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
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
Field information server
Atsuya Yoshimura, Yokogawa Denshikiki Co., Ltd., Hadano-shi, Japan; and T. Tashiro and K. Onimura

  9:15 AM
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

http://www.meteoforum.ucar.edu


14
WRF Model Development and Applications: Part II (ROOM 605/606)
Location: Room 605/606
Sponsor: 20th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting/16th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction
Organizer: John E. Gaynor, NOAA/OAR/WA/USWRP

Papers:
  8:30 AM
NCEP's nonhydrostatic mesoscale model: Forecast guidance and transition to WRF
Thomas L. Black, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Camp Springs, MD; and J. Michalakes

  8:45 AM
A globally relocatable Numerical Weather Prediction system based on WRF and ADAS
Richard L. Carpenter Jr., Weather Decision Technologies, Norman, OK; and G. M. Bassett, K. A. Brewster, D. Weber, Y. Wang, J. A. Brotzge, K. W. Thomas, F. Kong, and D. Jahn

  9:00 AM
A Graphical User Interface to Prepare the Standard Initialization for WRF
Paula T. McCaslin, NOAA, Boulder, CO; and J. R. Smart, B. Shaw, and B. D. Jamison

http://wrf-model.org/gui

  9:15 AM
Implementation and verification of the unified Noah land surface model in the WRF model (Formerly Paper Number 17.5)
Mukul Tewari, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and F. Chen, W. Wang, J. Dudhia, M. A. LeMone, K. Mitchell, M. Ek, G. Gayno, J. Wegiel, and R. H. Cuenca

8:30 AM-2:15 PM: Wednesday, 14 January 2004


2
Atmospheric chemistry of gases, aerosols, and clouds in urban, regional, and global scales: OZONE (Room 612)
Location: Room 612
Sponsor: Sixth Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry: Air Quality in Megacities
Chairs: Jeffrey S. Gaffney, ANL; Nancy A. Marley, ANL

Papers:
  8:30 AM
2.1
  8:45 AM
2.2
  9:00 AM
2.3
Space-borne observations link the tropical Atlantic ozone maximum and paradox to lightning
Jung-Hee Ryu, Penn State University, University Park, PA; and G. S. Jenkins

  9:15 AM
2.4
ECC ozonesonde observations and comparisons
F. J. Schmidlin, NASA/GSFC, Wallops Island, VA; and A. M. Thompson, E. T. Northam, and A. G. Schauer

  9:30 AM
2.5
Results of Chemical Data Assimilation in the BAMS/MCNC Numerical Air Quality Prediction System
Carlie J. Coats Jr., Baron Advanced Meteorological Systems, Research Triangle Park, NC; and J. N. McHenry, D. Olerud, and R. Imhoff

  10:15 AM
Coffee Break

  10:45 AM
Presidential Forum (Room 6AB)

  12:45 PM
Lunch Break

8:30 AM-2:30 PM: Wednesday, 14 January 2004


6
Experiments Involving Real or Hypothetical Observations (Room 618)
Location: Room 618
Sponsor: Eighth Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface

Papers:
  8:30 AM
6.1
The value of wind profiler data in U.S. weather forecasting
Steven E. Koch, NOAA/FSL, Boulder, CO; and S. G. Benjamin, B. E. Schwartz, and E. J. Szoke

  8:45 AM
6.2
Global OSSE at NCEP
Michiko Masutani, RSIS and NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC, Camp Springs, MD; and S. J. Lord, J. S. Woollen, W. Yang, H. Sun, T. J. Kleespies, G. D. Emmitt, S. A. Wood, B. Katz, R. Treadon, J. C. Derber, S. Greco, and J. Terry

http://www.emc.ncep.noaa.gov/research/osse/ams2004/IOS8.6.2.masutani.html

  9:00 AM
6.3
Observation sensitivity experiments using the rapid update cycle
Barry Schwartz, NOAA/FSL, Boulder, CO; and S. Benjamin

  9:15 AM
6.4
Potential forecast impacts from spaced-based lidar winds: results from a regional observing system simulation experiment
Stephen S. Weygandt, NOAA/FSL, Boulder, CO; and T. W. Schlatter, S. E. Koch, S. G. Benjamin, A. Marroquin, J. R. Smart, M. Hardesty, B. Rye, A. Belmonte, G. Feingold, D. M. Barker, Q. Zhang, and D. Devenyi

  9:45 AM
6.6
A simulation study to retrieve 3-D atmospheric wet refractivity structure from GPS signals
Yuei-An Liou, National Space Organization (NSPO), Hsin-Chu, Taiwan; and C. C. Chiang and C. Y. Huang

 
6.7
Using Surface Raingage Data and the Noncontiguous Rainfall (NCR) Technique to Determine Bias in the Global Precipitation Climatology Project (GPCP) Rainfall Algorithm

  10:15 AM
6.8
Impact of Dropwindsonde Data on Hurricane Track Forecasts
Seon K. Park, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, South Korea; and D. L. Zhang

  10:30 AM
Coffee Break

  11:00 AM
Fourth Presidential Policy Forum: Weather and National Security

  1:00 PM
Lunch Break

8:30 AM-5:15 PM: Wednesday, 14 January 2004


4
Applications Workshop
Location: Room 401
Sponsor: Second Annual User's Conference

Papers:
  8:30 AM
4.1
Short-term streamflow forecasts: A modeling study
Baxter Vieux, Vieux and Associates, Inc., Norman, OK; and J. E. Vieux

  8:45 AM
4.2
The Role of Site-Specific Sensor Networks for Agriculture
F. J. Pierce, Washington State Univ., Prosser, WA; and G. G. Grove

  9:00 AM
4.3
Toward Decision Support Tools in the Shenandoah Valley
Jim Giraytys, Consultant-CCM, Winchester, Va; and J. S. Bauserman

  9:15 AM
4.4
The use of weather information for decision-making in a performance-based asset management contract
Eloisa Raynault, SAIC, McLean, VA; and M. Robinson, S. Rennie, and E. Sheldahl

  9:30 AM
4.5
Moving from Research to Applications: NASA's EOS Data for Decision Makers
Satya Kalluri, Raytheon Company, Upper Marlboro, MD; and P. Gilruth

  9:45 AM
4.6
Developing pilot climate services for the Pacific Northwest: the University of Washington Climate Impacts Group
Edward L. Miles, JISAO/Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and P. W. Mote, A. F. Hamlet, N. Mantua, D. P. Lettenmaier, R. N. Palmer, and A. K. Snover

  10:00 AM
4.7
Remote Sensing for Improved Environmental Decision Making—PNWRC Land Resources Project
Nancy Glenn, Idaho State University, Boise, ID; and T. Windholtz, G. Petrie, K. Steinmaus, R. Lee, and R. Hruska

  10:15 AM
4.8
Reducing Uncertainties in the Science Underlying Weather Modification
Michael Garstang, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA

  10:30 AM
4.9
High resolution regional weather modeling: facts and fantasies
James R. Stalker, Regional Earth System Predictability Research, Inc., Santa Fe, NM; and K. Caldwell

  10:45 AM
National Weather Service Climate Record Activities
Robert J. Leffler, NOAA/NWS Climate Services Division, Silver Spring, MD; and M. Berger, M. J. Brewer, J. Koepsell, and R. E. Livezey

  11:00 AM
Meeting your weather needs without looking foolish
Phillip D. Breuser, Weather Consultants, North Bend, WA

  11:15 AM
A newsletter on climate science and products for users
Michael A Fortune, Climate Science Forum, Silver Spring, MD

http://climate-science.org

  11:30 AM
Object-Oriented Enterprise Architectures Using Industry-Standard Methodology
Bruce R. Carter, CCM, SI International Engineering Inc., Colorado Springs, CO; and R. Byrd

Poster PDF (1.4 MB)
  11:45 AM
Coffee Break

  12:15 PM
Remote Sensing for Improved Water Management—the PNWRC Water Resources Project
Dennis P. Lettenmaier, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and M. McGuire, K. Humes, V. P. Walden, B. Harshburger, R. Qualls, W. Zhao, M. Wigmosta, R. Leung, R. Hruska, D. Garen, T. Perkins, and R. Abromavich

  12:30 PM
Coffee Break

  1:00 PM
Session Discussion

  1:45 PM
Fourth Presidential Policy Forum: Weather and National Security

  3:45 PM
Lunch Break

9:15 AM-9:15 AM: Wednesday, 14 January 2004


REGISTRATION AND COFFEE

9:30 AM-10:00 AM: Wednesday, 14 January 2004


Coffee Break

10:00 AM-10:00 AM: Wednesday, 14 January 2004


Fourth Presidential Policy Forum: Weather and National Security (Room 6AB)
Sponsors: (Joint between the Events; the The Norm Phillips Symposium; the 17th Conference on Probablity and Statistics in the Atmospheric Sciences; the 14th Conference on Applied Climatology; the Symposium on Space Weather; the 18th Conference on Hydrology; the 20th International Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology; the 20th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting/16th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction; the 15th Symposium on Global Change and Climate Variations; the Symposium on Forecasting the Weather and Climate of the Atmosphere and Ocean; the Symposium on Planning, Nowcasting, and Forecasting in the Urban Zone; and the Interactive Symposium on the Nexus of Coastal Urban Environments )

10:00 AM-12:00 PM: Wednesday, 14 January 2004


1
Weather and National Security
Sponsor: Fourth Presidential Policy Forum
Organizers: Elbert W. (Joe) Friday, American Meteorological Society; William H. Hooke, AMS

Papers:
  10:00 AM
1.1
  10:20 AM
1.2
Weather and National Security: US Navy Perspective
Robert Winokur, Technical Director for the Oceanographer of the Navy, Washington, DC

  10:40 AM
1.3
Atmospheric modeling challenges for homeland security
Nancy Suski, Department of Homeland Security, Washington, DC

  11:00 AM
1.4
  11:20 AM
Dr. Elbert W. (Joe) Friday, President AMS

  11:30 AM
Questions/Discussion

  11:45 AM
Questions/Discussion

10:15 AM-10:15 AM: Wednesday, 14 January 2004


Break

10:30 AM-10:45 AM: Wednesday, 14 January 2004


2
Keynote Speaker
Sponsor: Seventh Atmospheric Science Librarians International Conference
Moderator: Jinny Nathans, Archivist, AMS

11:45 AM-11:45 AM: Wednesday, 14 January 2004


Lunch Break

12:00 PM-1:00 PM: Wednesday, 14 January 2004


Lunch Break

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Wednesday, 14 January 2004


Lunch Break

12:30 PM-7:30 PM: Wednesday, 14 January 2004


Exhibit Hours

1:00 PM-1:30 PM: Wednesday, 14 January 2004


3
Invited Speakers
Sponsor: Seventh Atmospheric Science Librarians International Conference

1:00 PM-2:30 PM: Wednesday, 14 January 2004


2
Session 2 (Room 604)
Location: Room 604
Sponsor: Interactive Symposium on the Nexus of Coastal Urban Environments
Chair: Robert Weisberg, University of South Florida

Papers:
  1:00 PM
2.1
NOAA Physical Oceanographic Real-Time System (PORTS) in New York Harbor
Michael Szabados, NOAA/National Ocean Service, Silver Spring, MD

  1:15 PM
2.2
  1:30 PM
2.3
  1:45 PM
2.4
Coastal Communities and Redevelopment
Bob Goodwin, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

  2:00 PM
2.5
Natural Hazards and Oceanic Phenomena
Jim Good, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR

  2:15 PM
2.6
Fisheries Contamination from Runoff in Urban Settings
Tracy Collier, NOAA/ National Marine Fishery Service, Seattle, WA

1:00 PM-5:30 PM: Wednesday, 14 January 2004


3
Space Weather Impacts, Models and Forecast Capabilities (Room 617)
Location: Room 617
Sponsor: Symposium on Space Weather
Cochairs: Christopher St. Cyr, NASA/GSFC; Barbara Poppe, NOAA/Space Environment Center

Papers:
  1:00 PM
3.1
Impacts of solar and solar-terrestrial processes on technologies
Louis J. Lanzerotti, Bell Laboratories and New Jersey Institute of Technology, Murray Hill, NJ

  1:30 PM
3.2
The Center for Integrated Space Weather Modelling
Timothy L. Killeen, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and W. J. Hughes, C. C. Goodrich, J. G. Luhmann, M. K. Hudson, D. N. Baker, R. E. Lopez, and S. C. Solomon

  1:45 PM
3.3
The National Space Weather Program: An example of successful Federal interagency coordination to meet the Nation’s space weather forecast and warning requirements
Frank L. Estis, NOAA/Office of the Federal Coordinator for Meteorological Services and Supporting Research, Silver Spring, MD

  2:00 PM
3.4
Terrestrial Weather and Space Weather Fusion as an Operational Tool
Stephen S. Carr, Johns Hopkins University/Applied Physics Lab., Laurel, MD; and E. E. Hume

http://

  2:30 PM
3.6
Space Weather Effects on SOHO and its Leading Role in the Early-Warning System for Space Weather
Paal Brekke, European Space Agency, Greenbelt, MD; and L. B. Fleck, S. V. Haugan, T. Van Overbeek, H. Schweitzer, and M. Chaloupy

Poster PDF (675.5 kB)
  2:45 PM
3.7
Using Branch Prediction and Speculative Execution to Forecast Space Weather
Isidoros Doxas, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and W. Horton

  3:00 PM
3.8
The Role of Polar Mesospheric Clouds in Terrestrial and Space Weather
David A. Mackler, Embry Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, FL

  3:15 PM
3.9
Correlation Study of Strong Geomagnetic Storms and the Ionosphere
Donald E. Cotten, City Univesity of New York Queensborough Community College, Bayside, NY; and P. J. Marchese and T. D. Cheung

  3:30 PM
Solar energetic particles effect on the Earth/ionosphere in quiet geomagnetic condition
Paul J. Marchese, City University of New York Queensborough Community College, Bayside, NY; and D. E. Cotten and T. D. Cheung

  3:45 PM
High flux solar protons in coronal mass ejection
Tak David Cheung, City University of New York Queensborough Community College, Bayside, NY; and D. E. Cotten and P. J. Marchese

  4:00 PM
Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break (Exhibits open 1:30–7:30 P.M.)

1:30 PM-2:30 PM: Wednesday, 14 January 2004


5
Regional Climate Models and Observations (Parallel with Session J8) (Room 609/610)
Location: Room 609/610
Sponsor: 14th Conference on Applied Climatology
Chair: Douglas A. Stewart, Environmental Dynamics Research, Inc.

Papers:
 
5.1
A statistical-dynamical model for quantifying regional storm climates

  1:45 PM
5.2
Observations of the Diurnal Evolution of Lake-Effect Precipitation Occurrence
David A. R. Kristovich, ISWS and Univ. of Illinois, Champaign, IL; and M. L. Spinar

  2:00 PM
5.3
On the development of a regional climate model for the Central Europe
Tomas Halenka, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic; and R. Huth, L. Metelka, A. Farda, R. Mladek, S. Kliegrova, J. Kysely, P. Sedlak, L. Pokorna, Z. Huthova, and M. Janousek

  2:15 PM
5.4
Intercomparison of inter-annual variability of North American Monsoon in Regional Climate Model Simulations
Christopher J. Anderson, Iowa State University, Ames, IA; and R. W. Arritt, W. J. Gutowski Jr., E. S. Takle, Z. Pan, J. A. Taylor, M. Dvorak, J. O. Roads, and A. Nunes

  2:30 PM
The along-shore variability of tropical cyclone landfalls
Douglas A. Stewart, Environmental Dynamics Research, Inc., Lantana, FL


Joint Session 8
Heat Health Warning Systems: Part II (Joint between the 14th Conference on Applied Climatology and the Symposium on Planning, Nowcasting, and Forecasting in the Urban Zone; Room 619/620)
Location: Room 619/620
Sponsors: (Joint between the Symposium on Planning, Nowcasting, and Forecasting in the Urban Zone; and the 14th Conference on Applied Climatology )
Chair: Laurence Kalkstein, Univ. of Delaware

Papers:
  1:30 PM
General guidance for urban intervention in response to extreme heat events
Alan D. Perrin, EPA, Washington, DC; and J. P. Samenow and N. J. Dietsch

  1:45 PM
Use of heat/health warning systems by the utility industry
Steve Lee, Entergy Services, Inc., Jackson, MS; and C. Chouest

  2:00 PM
Heat watch/warning wystems save lives: estimated costs and benefits for Philadelphia 1995–1998
Kristie L Ebi, EPRI, Palo Alto, CA; and T. J. Teisberg, L. Kalkstein, L. Robinson, and R. Weiher

  2:15 PM
Changing Heat Wave Mortality in U.S. Cities
Robert E. Davis, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA; and P. C. Knappenberger, P. J. Michaels, and W. M. Novicoff


Joint Session 9
Data Assimilation and observational network design: Part VI (Joint between the Symposium on Forecasting the Weather and Climate of the Atmosphere and Ocean and the 20th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting/16th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction) (ROOM 605/606)
Location: Room 605/606
Sponsors: (Joint between the 20th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting/16th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction; and the Symposium on Forecasting the Weather and Climate of the Atmosphere and Ocean )
Organizer: Timothy Hogan, Naval Research Lab

Papers:
  1:45 PM
Improved Super-Ob Radar Radial Wind Precision for the NCEP Data Assimilation and Forecast System
Jordan C. Alpert, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Camp Springs, MD; and K. V. Kumar and Y. Song

  2:00 PM
Assimilating Radar Data For Real-time Short-term Snowband Forecasting
Mei Xu, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and N. A. Crook, Y. Liu, and R. Rasmussen

  2:15 PM

13
Applications in Meteorology, Oceanography, Hydrology and Climatology Part II (ROOM 6B)
Location: Room 6B
Sponsor: 20th International Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology
Cochairs: Carl Thormeyer, FNMOC; Anderson White, University of Oklahoma; Jim Cooper, Earth Satellite Corporation

Papers:
  1:45 PM
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
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 Jr.

  2:15 PM
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

http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/AboutUs/FocusAreas/MEADExpedition.html

Poster PDF (254.7 kB)

16
Climatologies (ROOM 607)
Location: Room 607
Sponsor: 20th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting/16th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction
Chair: Suzanne Van Cooten, NDBC

Papers:
  1:30 PM
A climatology of large-scale North Pacific cyclones and their predictability
Linda M. Keller, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and M. C. Morgan

  1:45 PM
A climatological study of 100 mm or greater days in northern California
Norman W. Junker, NOAA/NWS, Camp Springs, MD; and R. H. Grumm, R. Hart, and L. F. Bosart

  2:00 PM
Global climatology of closed 1000–500 hPa thickness highs and lows
Thomas J. Galarneau, Jr., University at Albany/SUNY, Albany, NY; and L. F. Bosart, A. R. Aiyyer, and E. H. Atallah

  2:15 PM
Cool season tornadoes in the southeast United States: A climatological and case study perspective
Alicia C. Wasula, University at Albany/SUNY, Albany, NY; and L. F. Bosart, R. Schneider, S. J. Weiss, and R. H. Johns

1:30 PM-4:30 PM: Wednesday, 14 January 2004


5
Ensemble Forecasting (Room 602/603)
Location: Room 602/603
Sponsor: 17th Conference on Probablity and Statistics in the Atmospheric Sciences
Cochairs: Laurence J. Wilson, MSC; Richard W. Katz, NCAR

Papers:
 
5.1
Using Ensemble DMOS to produce probabilistic forecasts

  1:45 PM
5.2
Pre-processing of Atmospheric Forcing for Ensemble Streamflow Prediction
John Schaake, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and S. Perica, M. Mullusky, J. Demargne, E. Welles, and L. Wu

  2:00 PM
5.3
Model Consensus and Ensemble Weighting for spot forecasts
Brian J. Etherton, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, NC

  2:30 PM
5.5
Ensemble Re-Forecasting: Improving Medium-Range Forecast Skill Using Retrospective Forecasts
Thomas M. Hamill, NOAA-CIRES Climate Diagnostics Center, Boulder, CO; and J. S. Whitaker and X. Wei

  3:00 PM
5.7
Toward a nonlinear ensemble filter for high-dimensional systems
C. Snyder, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and T. Bengtsson and D. Nychka

  3:15 PM
Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break (Exhibits open 1:30–7:30 P.M.)

1:30 PM-5:15 PM: Wednesday, 14 January 2004


9
Observed Climate Change: Part II (Room 6C)
Location: Room 6C
Sponsor: 15th Symposium on Global Change and Climate Variations
Chair: David Changnon, Northern Illinois University

Papers:
  1:30 PM
9.1
Interannual and long-term changes in middle atmosphere temperature from HALOE
Ellis Remsberg, NASA/LRC, Hampton, VA; and L. Deaver

Poster PDF (82.8 kB)
  1:45 PM
9.2
Update on Microwave-Based Atmospheric Temperatures by UAH
John R. Christy, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and R. W. Spencer and D. Braswell

Poster PDF (138.1 kB)
  2:00 PM
9.3
A Self-Consistent Analysis of Climate Trend in MSU/AMSU Satellite Observations
Konstantin Y. Vinnikov, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and N. C. Grody

  2:15 PM
9.4
Describing global temperature changes during the past half century
Dian J. Seidel, NOAA/ARL, Silver Spring, MD

  2:30 PM
9.5
Some Trends of Relative Sea Level in The Pacific
Bernard J. Kilonsky, Univ. of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI; and M. Merrifield

  2:45 PM
9.6
Recent trends in the Southern Oscillation
Todd Mitchell, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and J. M. Wallace

  3:00 PM
9.7
Interdecadal Changes in Potential Intensity of Tropical Cyclones
Melissa Free, NOAA/ARL, Silver Spring, MD; and M. Bister and K. Emanuel

  3:15 PM
9.8
Variability of extreme precipitation events in Tijuana, Mexico
Tereza Cavazos, Centro de Investigacion Cientifica de Educacion Superior de Ensenada, Ensenada, B. C., Mexico; and D. Rivas

  3:30 PM
9.9
Detecting Arctic climate change using Köppen climate classification and satellite NDVI
Muyin Wang, JISAO/Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and J. E. Overland

  3:45 PM
Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

1:30 PM-5:30 PM: Wednesday, 14 January 2004


12
Radar IIPS and Applications Part II (ROOM 613/614)
Location: Room 613/614
Sponsor: 20th International Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology
Cochairs: Robert Borchers, SAIC; Anderson White, University of Oklahoma; Robert Saffle, NOAA/NWS; Douglas Forsyth, NOAA/NSSL

Papers:
  1:30 PM
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
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

  2:15 PM
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

  2:30 PM
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

  2:45 PM
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

  3:00 PM
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

  3:15 PM
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

  3:30 PM
Radar mosaic generation algorithms being developed for FAA WARP system
Joseph C. Lang, Unisys Weather Information Services, Kennett Square, PA

  3:45 PM
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

Poster PDF (2.2 MB)
  4:00 PM
Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

1:30 PM-5:45 PM: Wednesday, 14 January 2004


4
Hydrologic data assimilation techniques and methods (Room 6E)
Location: Room 6E
Sponsor: 18th Conference on Hydrology
Organizer: Paul R. Houser, NASA/GSFC

Papers:
  1:30 PM
4.1
Soil Moisture Estimation Using Surface Backscattering Coefficients Observed by the Tropical Rain Measurement Mission Precipitation Radar
Shinta Seto, Communications Research Laboratory, Tokyo, Japan; and A. Robock, L. Luo, T. Oki, T. Iguchi, and K. Musiake

  1:45 PM
4.2
Land surface data assimilation
Paul R. Houser, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD

  2:00 PM
4.3
  3:00 PM
4.5
  3:45 PM
4.7
Soil Moisture Initialization for Climate Prediction: Characterization of Model Observation Errors
Wenge Ni-Meister, Hunter College of the City University of New York, New York City, NY; and J. Walker and P. R. Houser

  4:15 PM
Coffee Break with Formal Poster Viewing

1:30 PM-2:45 PM: Wednesday, 14 January 2004


Joint Session 10
Probabilistic Forecasting/Ensembles: Part III (Joint between the Symposium on Forecasting the Weather and Climate of the Atmosphere and Ocean and the 20th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting/16th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction) (Room 6A)
Location: Room 6A
Sponsors: (Joint between the 20th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting/16th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction; and the Symposium on Forecasting the Weather and Climate of the Atmosphere and Ocean )
Organizer: Carolyn A. Reynolds, NRL

Papers:
  1:30 PM
  1:45 PM
Computing the odds on a good probability forecast
Leonard Allen Smith, London School of Economics and Oxford University, London, United Kingdom

  2:00 PM
The Role of Human Forecasters During the 21st Century
Clifford Mass, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

  2:15 PM
Ensemble forecasting and adaptive sampling in Monterey Bay during the AOSN-II Experiment
Sharanya J. Majumdar, RSMAS/University of Miami, Miami, FL; and C. H. Bishop, Y. Chao, Z. Li, J. K. Choi, and P. F. J. Lermusiaux

  2:30 PM

2:30 PM-2:30 PM: Wednesday, 14 January 2004


Break Sponsored by ISI

2:30 PM-3:45 PM: Wednesday, 14 January 2004


Poster Session 2
Hydrologic Data Assimilation Techniques and Methods Posters (Hall 4AB)
Location: Hall 4AB
Sponsor: 18th Conference on Hydrology
Organizer: Paul R. Houser, NASA/GSFC

Papers:
 
P2.1
The Use of Model Input and Model Parameter Ensembles in Hydrologic Modeling

 
Verification of rainfall estimates over Africa using RFE, NASA MPA-RT and CMORPH
Kevin B. Laws, RSIS Inc. and NOAA/NWS/NCEP/CPC, Camp Springs, MD; and J. E. Janowiak and G. J. Huffman

Poster PDF (526.4 kB)
 
Assessment of satellite rainfall estimation in simulating land surface processes
Emmanouil Anagnostou, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT; and K. H. Lee, T. Dinku, M. S. Alamgir, D. Wang, and A. Tadese

2:30 PM-4:00 PM: Wednesday, 14 January 2004


Poster Session 1
Poster Session (Hall 4AB)
Location: Hall 4AB
Sponsor: Interactive Symposium on the Nexus of Coastal Urban Environments

Papers:
 
Synopsis of a workshop on coastal climatologies for the southeastern United States
Michael J. Janis, Southeast Regional Climate Center, Columbia, SC; and D. W. Gamble and B. Simpson

http://www.sercc.net/projects/ccw_info.htm

 
Variation of flow within the MUST building array
Matthew A. Nelson, Unversity of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and M. J. Brown, D. Zajic, and J. C. Klewicki

http://

 
Area-averaged profiles over the Mock Urban Setting Test array
Matthew A. Nelson, Unversity of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and M. J. Brown, E. R. Pardyjak, and J. C. Klewicki


Poster Session 1
Space Weather Posters
Location: Hall AB
Sponsor: Symposium on Space Weather

Papers:
 
A Sequential Estimator for Assimilation of Ground- and Space-Based Mesospheric and Lower Thermospheric Winds
Ruth S. Lieberman, Northwest Research Associates, Boulder, CO; and D. M. Riggin and R. R. Garcia

Poster PDF (463.8 kB)
 
Passive global, real-time TEC monitoring using lightning detection
Morris B. Pongratz, LANL, Los Alamos, NM; and D. M. Suszcynsky, T. J. Fitzgerald, and A. R. Jacobson

 
Space and terrestrial weather support for military communications
Steve McNew, Northrop Grumman Mission Systems, Colorado Springs, CO; and R. Prochaska, J. Carson, and H. Keyser

 
Waiting time statistics of halo coronal mass ejection events
Larry Corrales, Research Foundation, City University of New York, Bayside, NY

 
Operational Real-Time Run of the UAF Eulerian Parallel Polar Ionosphere Model (UAF EPPIM) and its Forecasting Capabilities.
Sergei Maurits, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK; and J. McAllister and B. Watkins


Poster Session 2
Atmospheric Oscillations and Boundary Layer Processes (Hall 4AB)
Location: Hall 4AB
Sponsor: 15th Symposium on Global Change and Climate Variations

Papers:
 
P2.1
Propagation mechanism of boreal summertime intraseasonal oscillation

 
Red Shift Phenomena Revealed in the Zonal Winds Oscillations Probably Induced by the Sunspot Cycle
G.-H. Lim, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea; and A. -. S. Suh and Y. Suh

Poster PDF (812.9 kB)
 
The Madden-Julian Oscillation Signal in the Arctic Oscillation
Jee-Hoon Jeong, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea; and C. H. Ho

Poster PDF (276.0 kB)
 
Wave-mean-flow interaction and the annular mode
David J. Lorenz, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and D. L. Hartmann

 
A seasonal intercomparison of the dominant modes of climatic variability
Kevin J. Rennert, JISAO/Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and J. M. Wallace

 
Indian Ocean response to atmospheric intraseasonal oscillations
Galina Chirokova, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and P. J. Webster

 
Assessing the influence of decadal climate variability and climate change on snowpacks in the Pacific Northwest
Alan F. Hamlet, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and P. Mote and D. P. Lettenmaier

 
Synoptic disturbances in the east Pacific ITCZ and their effect on the boundary layer
Yolande Serra, JISAO/Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and M. Cronin and M. McPhaden

 
A Theory for Long Term Changes in the General Circulation—Corilis effect in the Solar System
John C. Freeman, Weather Research Center, Houston, TX; and J. F. Hasling

http://www.wxresearch.org/papers/coriolis2col.pdf

Poster PDF (143.6 kB)
 
Does the Antarctic Oscillation Modulate Tropical Cyclone Activity in the Northwestern Pacific
Joo-Hong Kim, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea; and C. H. Ho

Poster PDF (230.6 kB)
 
Comparing convergence and/or moist-air advection zones from TPW analyses
Arief Sudradjat, University of Maryland and CICS/ESSIC, College Park, MD; and R. Ferraro

 
Simple Experiments on the Relationship of Air Temperature to SST in the Tropics
Philip J. Regulski, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and D. L. Hartmann

 
P2.15
Synoptic climatology of PM2.5 and PM10 in Tucson, Arizona

 
Near-surface flow regimes: Recent changes and tools for prognoses
S.C. Pryor, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN; and J. T. Schoof and R. J. Barthelmie

Poster PDF (736.2 kB)
 
Planetary Boundary Layer Height: Lidar and Radiosonde based Observations
Segayle C. Walford, Howard University, Washington, DC; and B. B. Demoz and E. Joseph

Poster PDF (257.6 kB)
 
A fire scenario builder for coarse-scale modeling of current and future fire effects based on future climate scenarios
Narasimhan Larkin, USDA Forest Service, Seattle, WA; and D. McKenzie, S. M. O'Neill, S. Ferguson, and D. V. Sandberg

 
The International Polar Year 2007–2008
Sheldon Drobot, The National Academies, Washington, DC; and C. Elfring

 
Seasonal heat budget of the California Current
Kathleen A. Edwards, APL and Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and K. A. Kelly

Poster PDF (260.9 kB)

Poster Session 2
Atmospheric, Oceanic and Land Observations
Location: Hall AB
Sponsor: Eighth Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface

Papers:
 
The role of the helicopter-borne turbulence probe Helipod in joint field campaigns
Thomas Spiess, Aerospace Systems/Technical Univ., Braunschweig, Germany; and P. Zittel and J. Bange

Poster PDF (1.6 MB)
 
Wave observation system for the Puerto Rican coastline
Mykola Vysotskyy, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez, PR; and R. G. Williams

Poster PDF (322.1 kB)
 
Tropopause height behavior within meteorological regimes
Marcos F. Andrade, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and R. D. Hudson and M. B. Follette

 
Source modeling of microbaroms in the Pacific
Mark C. Willis, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI; and M. Garces, C. Hetzer, and S. Businger

http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/MET/Faculty/businger/personnel/mwillis

Poster PDF (748.8 kB)
 
The Hurricane-Flood-Landslide Continuum—Forecasting Hurricane Effects At Landfall
Andrew J. Negri, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and J. H. Golden and R. G. Updike

Poster PDF (646.8 kB)
 
Scatterometer Inferred Winds in the Vicinity of the Gulf Stream
Joseph M. Sienkiewicz, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Camp Springs, MD

Poster PDF (2.5 MB)
 
Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer Data Available for Atmosphere, Ocean and Land Surface Characterization
Nancy A. Ritchey, SAIC and NASA/Langley Atmospheric Sciences Data Center, Hampton, VA

Poster PDF (769.5 kB)
 
Impact of the QuikSCAT Surface Winds on the Summer Precipitation Simulation over the US Great Plains
Cheng-Zhi Zou, NOAA/NESDIS/ORA and Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation, Camp Springs, MD; and W. Zheng

Poster PDF (520.6 kB)
 
Hurricane Force Extratropical Cyclones as Observed by the QuikSCAT Scatterometer
Joan Ulrich Von Ahn, STG, Inc. and NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Camp Springs, MD; and J. M. Sienkiewicz, J. Copridge, J. Min, and T. Crutch

Poster PDF (129.9 kB)
 
Water Vapor and Cirrus Clouds over the Western United States
Ryan L. Lawless, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and P. Yang, B. C. Gao, and W. Wiscombe

 
Global seasonal variations of cirrus clouds using the Terra MODIS instrument
Marjorie Shoemake, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and L. Panetta, P. Yang, and B. C. Gao

 
Impact of sub-visible thin cirrus on longwave radiation energy budget
Guang Guo, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and P. Yang, Y. X. Hu, and M. G. Mlynczak

 
Microphysical and optical properties of cirrus clouds from airborne near-infrared measurements
Kerry G. Meyer, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and P. Yang, B. C. Gao, and W. Wiscombe

 
Potential advantages of using the Far-Infrared spectral signature for studying ice clouds
Ping Yang, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and M. G. Mlynczak, H. Wei, D. Kratz, B. A. Baum, Y. X. Hu, W. J. Wiscombe, A. Heidinger, and M. I. Mishchenko

http://

 
Study of tropical cirrus clouds from Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) measurements
Kerry G. Meyer, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and P. Yang and B. C. Gao

 
Study the microphysical and optical properties of cirrus clouds from Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) measurements
Heli Wei, Texa A&M University, College Station, TX; and P. Yang, J. Li, H. L. Huang, B. Baum, and F. Sun

 
The study of cirrus clouds using ground-based high spectral resolution infrared measurements
Guang Guo, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and Q. Ji, P. Yang, and S. C. Tsay

 
Hyperspectral infrared ice cloud property retrieval demonstration—theoretical and case study analysis
Hung-Lung Huang, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and P. Yang, H. L. Wei, B. A. Baum, Y. Hu, P. Antonelli, and S. A. Ackerman

Poster PDF (459.3 kB)

Poster Session 2
IIPS Poster Session II
Location: Room 4AB
Sponsor: 20th International Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology
Chair: Steve Holt, Mitretek

Papers:
 
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

Poster PDF (85.2 kB)
 
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

 
GOES/R data distribution via commercial terrestrial and C-band satellite systems
Richard H. Warren, Computer Sciences Corporation, Chantilly, VA; and S. N. Bajpai

Poster PDF (1.4 MB)
 
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

Poster PDF (145.8 kB)
 
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

Poster PDF (722.6 kB)
 
Validation and Utility of Full Resolution GOES Sounder Retrievals
Jaime M. Daniels, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and G. E. Gray

 
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

 
An Observing System for Land Process Characterization featuring NPOESS
Thomas P. DeFelice, Raytheon Technical Services Company, ITSS, Upper Marlboro, MD

 
Satellite Ocean Remote Sensing at NOAA's NESDIS
Eric J. Bayler, NOAA/NESDIS/ORA, Camp Springs, MD

 
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

 
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

 
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

 
The NESDIS Sea Surface Height Science Team: transitioning from research to operations
Laury Miller, NOAA/NESDIS, Silver Spring, MD; and R. Cheney and E. J. Bayler

Poster PDF (913.0 kB)
 
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

Poster PDF (939.8 kB)
 
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

Poster PDF (168.2 kB)
 
NOAA/NESDIS Ocean Surface Winds Science Team
Paul Chang, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD

 
Ocean Color Science Team Activities at NOAA/NESDIS
Christopher S. Kinkade, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and C. W. Brown and D. K. Clark

 
Sea ice operational and research activities at NESDIS
Pablo Clemente-Colón, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Spring, MD; and M. VanWoert and D. McAdoo

 
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

http://

Poster PDF (2.6 MB)
 
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

Poster PDF (899.6 kB)
 
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

Poster PDF (2.7 MB)
 
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 Sr.

Poster PDF (569.1 kB)
 
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

Poster PDF (272.0 kB)
 
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

Poster PDF (1.5 MB)
 
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

http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/aeri/

Poster PDF (658.2 kB)
 
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

Poster PDF (2.1 MB)
 
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

Poster PDF (427.7 kB)
 
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

Poster PDF (1.8 MB)
 
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

Poster PDF (50.3 kB)
 
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

Poster PDF (1.1 MB)
 
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

Poster PDF (236.8 kB)
 
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

Poster PDF (642.3 kB)
 
Clear sky forward model development for GIFTS
Leslie Moy, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and D. Tobin, P. Van Delst, and H. Woolf

Poster PDF (707.1 kB)
 
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

Poster PDF (579.3 kB)
 
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

Poster PDF (92.4 kB)
 
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

Poster PDF (403.4 kB)
 
Future Technologies for Satellite Operations Centers
Scott R. Turner, The Aerospace Corporation, Chantilly, VA; and K. D. Shere and E. G. Howard

Poster PDF (24.6 kB)
 
Applications of NOAA MODIS Near Real Time Data
Kristina Sprietzer, Science and Technology Corp., Suitland, MD; and P. Haggerty and G. Legg

 
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

 
Near-Real-Time AMSR-E Processing at NOAA
Ivan Tcherednitchenko, Computer Sciences Corporation, Suitland, MD; and P. Haggerty, G. Legg, and R. Luczak

Poster PDF (142.1 kB)
 
CLAVR Applications at NOAA/NESDIS
David R. Donahue, Science and Technology Corporation, Suitland, MD; and J. Sapper, C. Jobson, and V. Kapoor

 
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 Jr.

 
GIS enhancement of Climate Prediction Center's Africa FEWS-NET products
Timothy B. Love, RSIS and NOAA/NWS/NCEP/CPC, Camp Springs, MD

Poster PDF (270.5 kB)
 
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


Poster Session 2
Regional Climate Models and Observations
Location: Hall AB
Sponsor: 14th Conference on Applied Climatology
Chair: Eric P Salathé Jr., JISAO/Univ. of Washington

Papers:
 
Mechanisims for a flooding over Korea in August of 2002
Kyong-Hye Kim, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea; and S. Y. Hong and Y. H. Byun

Poster PDF (1.2 MB)
 
High-resolution regional climate model for the Pacific Northwest
Eric P Salathé Jr., JISAO/Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and C. Mass, P. Zahn, and R. Steed

 
A Numerical Study of the Diurnal Patterns of Summer Precipitation in the North American Monsoon
Cheng-Zhi Zou, NOAA/NESDIS/ORA, Camp Springs, MD; and W. Zheng

Poster PDF (267.3 kB)
 
Synoptic conditions associated with dense fog in the Midwest
Nancy Westcott, ISWS and Univ. of Illinois, Champaign, IL

Poster PDF (66.4 kB)
 
The diurnal cycle of the circulation and cloudiness over the subtropical Southeast Pacific
René Garreaud, Univ. of Chile, Santiago, Chile; and R. Muñoz

Poster PDF (587.2 kB)
 
Validation of atmospheric boundary layer simulations with REMO by ground-based lidar measurements
Barbara Hennemuth, Max-Planck-Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany; and D. Jacob

http://

Poster PDF (370.3 kB)
 
Integration of ASOS weather data into model-derived solar radiation
Brian N. Belcher, Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY; and A. T. DeGaetano

Poster PDF (589.9 kB)

Poster Session 3
Climate Services
Location: Hall AB
Sponsor: 14th Conference on Applied Climatology
Chair: Tamara G. Houston, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC

Papers:
 
NOAA Climate Transition Program: a method for transitioning research to operations
Fiona Horsfall, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and H. Hill

Poster PDF (192.3 kB)
 
NOAA National Weather Service Professional Development Series in Climate Services
Marina Timofeyeva, UCAR, Boulder, CO and NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and D. Kann, E. O'Lenic, J. Adolphson, K. Weickmann, M. Newman, W. Schreiber-Abshire, R. Livezey, R. Leffler, K. Redmond, E. Luebehusen, and C. McGill

 
A newsletter forum on climate science and climate change for non-specialists
Michael A. Fortune, Climate Science Forum, Silver Spring, MD

http://climate-science.org

Poster PDF (478.7 kB)
 
 
Changes in NWS climate products and the role of customer feedback
Barbara E. Mayes, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and R. J. Leffler and R. E. Livezey

Poster PDF (2.8 MB)
 
A Climate Services Clearinghouse: A Comprehensive Guide to Climate Services and Products on the Web
Genevieve E. Maricle, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and R. A. Pielke Jr.

 
P3.8
Newspaper portrayal of climate data


Poster Session 3
Wednesday Posters
Location: Room 4AB
Sponsor: 20th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting/16th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction

Papers:
 
GOES Data Assimilation in MM5: Application for Texas Air Quality Study 2000
Arastoo Pour Biazar, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and R. McNider, K. Doty, S. L. Haines, W. Lapenta, R. J. Suggs, and G. Jedlovec

Poster PDF (548.0 kB)
 
The effect of differential cloud cover on the propagation of a surface cold front
James Correia Jr., Iowa State University, Ames, IA; and R. Arritt

Poster PDF (249.1 kB)
 
The experimental seasonal forecast and recent implementation of NCEP RSM
Hann-Ming Henry Juang, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC, Camp Springs, MD; and J. Wang and J. Han

Poster PDF (2.2 MB)
 
The distribution of precipitation over the Northeast accompanying landfalling and transitioning tropical cyclones
David P. DeLuca, University at Albany/SUNY, Albany, NY; and L. F. Bosart, D. Keyser, and D. R. Vallee

Poster PDF (450.5 kB)
 
Development of capability for regional mesoscale ensemble forecasts
Loren D. White, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS; and R. Zelazny and D. Lu

 
Atmospheric Prognostic and Dispersion Model Design for Use in the European ENSEMBLE Modeling Exercises
Robert L. Buckley, Savannah River Technology Center, Aiken, SC; and R. P. Addis

Poster PDF (319.5 kB)
 
Application of the Local Analysis and Prediction System (LAPS) diabatic initialization of mesoscale numerical weather prediction models for the IHOP-2002 field experiment
Brent L. Shaw, NOAA/ERL/FSL and CIRA, Boulder, CO; and S. Albers, D. Birkenheuer, J. Brown, J. McGinley, P. Schultz, J. Smart, and E. Szoke

http://laps.fsl.noaa.gov/IHOP_Forecasts

Poster PDF (298.6 kB)
 
Application of Scale-Recursive Estimation to Ensemble Forecasts: A Comparison of Coarse and Fine Resolution Simulations of a Deep Convective Storm
Fanyou Kong, CAPS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and K. K. Droegemeier, V. Venugopal, and E. Foufoula-Georgiou

Poster PDF (1.1 MB)
 
A successful simulation of a strong kona low: What it tells us about the role latent heat
Steven Businger, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI; and T. Cherubini

 
A comparison of an ensemble of positive/negative pairs and a centered spherical simplex ensemble
Xuguang Wang, Penn State University, University Park, PA; and C. H. Bishop and S. J. Julier

Poster PDF (880.4 kB)
 
Error Growth and Adaptive Observations
Hyun Mee Kim, MRI, Korea Meteorological Administration, Seoul, Korea; and Y. H. Youn and H. S. Chung

Poster PDF (23.1 kB)
 
Identifying state-dependent model error in NWP
Jonathan R. Moskaitis, MIT, Cambridge, MA; and J. Hansen, Z. Toth, and Y. Zhu

 
On-line Probability Forecasts with DIME
Leonard Allen Smith, London School of Economics & Pembroke College, Oxford, United Kingdom; and M. S. Roulston

 
CLOUDS AND PRECIPITATION FROM A GLOBAL NWP MODEL
Paul A. Vaillancourt, Meteorological Service of Canada, Dorval, QC, Canada; and S. Belair, M. Roch, and A. M. Leduc

Poster PDF (380.5 kB)

Poster Session 4
Data Reliability, Quality Asssessment and Usability
Location: Hall AB
Sponsor: 14th Conference on Applied Climatology
Chair: Derek S. Arndt, Oklahoma Climatological Survey

Papers:
 
Tools for displaying the robustness and density of an observing network over time
Derek S. Arndt, Oklahoma Climatological Survey, Norman, OK

Poster PDF (249.3 kB)
 
Quality of Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Program Data
Randy A. Peppler, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and K. L. Sonntag, A. R. Dean, and C. M. Shafer

Poster PDF (186.7 kB)
 
Using a dense precipitation gage network to estimate annual maximum daily precipitation
Kenneth A. Blumenfeld, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN; and R. Skaggs and J. Zandlo

Poster PDF (534.0 kB)
 
Evaluation of climate monitoring needs in southwestern national parks: The Saguaro National Park pilot study
Michael A. Crimmins, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and T. M. Mau-Crimmins and J. A. Hubbard

 
ASOS impact upon the calculation of the 1971–2000 climatic Normals: A case study for selected Southeastern U.S. stations
Patrick Taylor, California University of Pennsylvania, California, PA; and C. Kauffman

 
Use of Archived Weather Data from Spaceport Florida in Support of Space Shuttle Columbia Accident Investigation
Katherine A. Winters, 45th Weather Squadron, Patrick AFB, FL; and W. P. Roeder, J. T. Madura, and H. C. Herring

Poster PDF (210.7 kB)
 
Performance evaluation of climate sensors in the Canadian Climate Network
Gary Beaney, MSC, Downsview, ON, Canada; and T. Stapf and B. Sheppard

 
Observations of 1-minute rain rates using a vibrating-wire weighing-bucket rain gauge
Claude E. Duchon, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK

Poster PDF (374.4 kB)

Joint Poster Session 4
Heat/Health Warning Systems (Joint between the 14th Conference on Applied Climatology and the Symposium on Planning, Nowcasting, and Forecasting in the Urban Zone; Hall 4AB)
Location: Hall 4AB
Sponsors: (Joint between the Symposium on Planning, Nowcasting, and Forecasting in the Urban Zone; and the 14th Conference on Applied Climatology )
Chair: Laurence Kalkstein, Univ. of Delaware

Papers:

Joint Poster Session 5
Climate Variability (JOINT with THE 15TH SYMPOSIUM ON GLOBAL CHANGE AND CLIMATE VARIATIONS AND THE 14TH CONFERENCE ON APPLIED CLIMATOLOGY; Hall 4AB)
Location: Hall 4AB
Sponsors: (Joint between the 14th Conference on Applied Climatology; and the 15th Symposium on Global Change and Climate Variations )
Chair: David A. Robinson, Rutgers University

Papers:
 
Nonlinear patterns of North American winter surface air temperatures associated with El Niño/La Niña
Aiming Wu, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; and W. W. Hsieh and A. Shabbar

 
The El Niño-Southern Oscillation and its role in cold-season tornado outbreak climatology
Katherine H. Nunn, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY; and A. T. DeGaetano

Poster PDF (39.4 kB)
 
El Niño and precipitation in the peruvian Andes
Pablo Lagos, Instituto Geofisico del Peru, Lima, Peru; and Y. Silva and E. Nickl

 
Nonlinear Complex Principal Component Analysis, with Applications to Tropical Pacific Wind Variability
Sanjay S.P. Rattan, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; and W. W. Hsieh

 
Interannual and interdecadal variability in the Pacific region SST anomaly patterns and their impact on local climate
Anthony R. Lupo, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO; and F. A. Akyuz, I. I. Mokhov, E. P. Kelsey, D. K. Weitlich, and J. E. Woolard

Poster PDF (431.1 kB)
 
The impact of teleconnection patterns on air mass frequency and character in North American winters
Melissa Lynn Malin, Center for Climatic Research, University of Delaware, Newark, DE

 
Northern Hemisphere snow cover variability
David A. Robinson, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ

 
A climate report card for New Jersey
David A. Robinson, Office of the New Jersey State Climatologist, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ; and J. Parlagreco

 
JP5.10
Examining the frequency of daily extreme events during Oklahoma’s climate record

 
The Recent Increase in Western US Streamflow Variability and Persistence
Thomas C. Pagano, USDA/Natural Resources Conservation Service/National Water and Climate Center, Portland, OR; and D. Garen

Poster PDF (246.8 kB)
 
Wind climate analyses for a 61-m tower in the Southeast
Allen H. Weber, Savannah River Technology Center, Aiken, SC; and R. L. Buckley and R. J. Kurzeja

http://www.srs.gov/weathercenter/winds/C_C_winds.pdf

Poster PDF (318.3 kB)
 
Intraseasonal variability of subtropical cyclone occurrence in the central and eastern Pacific Ocean
Jason A. Otkin, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. E. Martin

Poster PDF (1.1 MB)
 
Interannual variability of North America summer precipitation in CAM2.0 and NSIPP AMIP-like simulations
Alfredo Ruiz-Barradas, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and S. Nigam

 
Paper JP5.15 moved to session 8 in the 15th Symp on Global Change/Climate Variations, new paper number 8.3A

 
Global Precipitation Climatology from AMSU Passive Microwave Satellite Observations
Frederick W. Chen, MIT, Cambridge, MA; and D. H. Staelin

Poster PDF (701.7 kB)
 
High-latitude cloud and surface radiative properties from space
Joannes Berque, SIO/Univ. of California, La Jolla, CA; and D. Lubin and R. Somerville


Poster Session 5
Spatial Climate Technologies and Products
Location: Hall AB
Sponsor: 14th Conference on Applied Climatology
Chair: George H. Taylor, Oregon State University

Papers:
 
Up-To-Date Monthly Climate Maps for the Conterminous United States
Christopher Daly, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR; and W. Gibson, M. Doggett, J. Smith, and G. Taylor

Poster PDF (1.4 MB)
 
Poster P5.2 now in Session 5, new paper number 5.1A

 
An Exploratory Study of Corn Earworm Immigration into the Northeast US Via Air Currents
Matthew Welshans, Penn State University, University Park, PA; and S. Fleischer, P. Knight, and D. Miller

 
A 20-year daily Africa precipitation climatology using satellite and gauge data
Timothy B. Love, RS Information Systems, Inc. and NOAA/NWS/NCEP/CPC, Camp Springs, MD; and V. Kumar, P. Xie, and W. Thiaw

Poster PDF (450.2 kB)

Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break (Hall 4AB)

2:45 PM-3:15 PM: Wednesday, 14 January 2004


4
ASLI Contributed Papers
Sponsor: Seventh Atmospheric Science Librarians International Conference
Moderator: Madeleine Needles, Librarian, MIT Haystack Observatory

Papers:
  2:45 PM
4.1
Bjerknes and Son - and NOAA's Treasures
Doria B. Grimes, Library Contract Operations, NOAA Central Library, Silver Spring, MD

  3:00 PM
4.2
Digitization of Air Force Weather Technical Documents
Susan Tarbell, Librarian, Air Force Weather Technical Library, Asheville, NC

4:00 PM-4:00 PM: Wednesday, 14 January 2004


Conference Ends


Exhibit Hall open until 7:30 p.m.

4:00 PM-5:30 PM: Wednesday, 14 January 2004


Joint Session 4
Applications of Seasonal Predictions (Joint with the 15th Symp on Global Change and Climate Variations and 14th Conf on Applied Climatology (Room 609/610)
Location: Room 609/610
Sponsors: (Joint between the 14th Conference on Applied Climatology; and the 15th Symposium on Global Change and Climate Variations )
Chair: Timothy J. Brown, DRI

Papers:
  4:00 PM
Forecasting Rainfall and Floods in Bangladesh on Weekly to Seasonal Time Scales: Climate Forecast Applications in Bangladesh (Formerly Poster JP1.12)
Peter J. Webster, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA; and A. R. Subbiah, T. M. Hopson, C. Hoyos, R. L. Grossman, H. -. R. Chang, K. Sahami, T. N. Palmer, D. L. T. Anderson, and A. Hossain

  4:15 PM
Helping resource managers apply seasonal predictions: considerations of equity in providing knowledge development and decision support tools
Holly C. Hartmann, Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and B. Imam, E. Lay, D. Lamb, and S. Sorooshian

  4:30 PM
National Long-range Hydrologic Prediction System
Qingyun Duan, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and J. Schaake

  4:45 PM
Use of a weather generator to disaggregate seasonal forecasts: Application to forecasting streamflow
M. P. Clark, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and L. E. Hay and S. Gangopadhyay

  5:00 PM
Climate, fuels, fire and decisions: The making of national monthly and seasonal wildland fire outlooks
Timothy J. Brown, DRI, Reno, NV; and G. G. Garfin, T. Wordell, R. Ochoa, and B. Morehouse

  5:15 PM
 
J4.1A
Winter Precipitation Forecasts over the Southern High Plains


Joint Session 7
Joint Urban 2003 Field Study and Urban Mesonets (Joint between the Eighth Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems in the Atmosphere, Oceans and Land Surface and the Symposium on Planning, Nowcasting, and Forecasting in the Urban Zone; Room 618)
Location: Room 618
Sponsors: (Joint between the Symposium on Planning, Nowcasting, and Forecasting in the Urban Zone; and the Eighth Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface )
Chair: Gayle A. Sugiyama, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Papers:
  4:00 PM
Overview of Joint Urban 2003—An Atmospheric Dispersion Study in Oklahoma City
K. Jerry Allwine, PNNL, Richland, WA; and M. J. Leach, L. W. Stockham, J. S. Shinn, R. P. Hosker, J. F. Bowers, and J. C. Pace

Poster PDF (1.2 MB)
  4:15 PM
VARIABILITY OF SENSIBLE HEAT FLUXES IN A SUBURBAN AREA OF OKLAHOMA CITY
C. S. B. Grimmond, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN; and H. B. Su, B. Offerle, B. Crawford, S. Scott, S. Zhong, and C. Clements

http://

Poster PDF (432.5 kB)
  4:30 PM
Joint URBAN 2003 Street Canyon Experiment
Michael J. Brown, LANL, Los Alamos, NM; and D. Boswell, G. Streit, M. Nelson, T. McPherson, T. Hilton, E. R. Pardyjak, S. Pol, P. Ramamurthy, B. Hansen, P. Kastner-Klein, J. Clark, A. Moore, D. Walker, N. Felton, D. Strickland, D. Brook, M. Princevac, D. Zajic, R. Wayson, J. MacDonald, G. Fleming, and D. Storwold

  4:45 PM
Measurements of net radiation, ground heat flux and surface temperature in an urban canyon
Frank J. Gouveia, LLNL, Livermore, CA; and M. J. Leach and J. H. Shinn

http://

  5:00 PM
Wind and Turbulence Observations in Joint Urban 2003
Young Yee, U.S. Army Research Laboratory, White Sands Missile Range, NM; and E. Vidal Jr., J. Yarbrough, E. Creegan, S. Elliott, D. Ligon, and D. Garvey

  5:15 PM
Observations of turbulent kinetic energy dissipation rate in the urban environment
Julie K. Lundquist, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO; and J. H. Shinn and F. Gouveia

Poster PDF (786.5 kB)

Joint Session 11
Probabilistic Forecasting/Ensembles: Part IV (Joint between the Symposium on Forecasting the Weather and Climate of the Atmosphere and Ocean and the 20th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting/16th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction) (ROOM 6A)
Location: Room 6A
Sponsors: (Joint between the 20th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting/16th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction; and the Symposium on Forecasting the Weather and Climate of the Atmosphere and Ocean )
Organizer: Gregory J. Hakim, University of Washington

Papers:
  4:00 PM
The indistinguishable states approach to probabilistic forecasting
Kevin Judd, UCAR/NRL/University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia; and L. Smith

  4:15 PM
Can deterministic ensemble-based filters provide correct probabilistic forecasts?
W. Gregory Lawson, MIT, Cambridge, MA; and J. A. Hansen

  4:30 PM
On the challenges of identifying the ''best'' ensemble member in operational forecasting
David Bright, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/Storm Prediction Center, Norman, OK; and P. Nutter

  4:45 PM
Probabilistic forecasts of convection: How do we do it?
Cynthia K. Mueller, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and B. G. Brown and D. Megenhardt

  5:00 PM
  5:15 PM
RUC Short-Range Ensemble Forecast System
Chungu Lu, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Ft. Collins and NOAA/ERL/FSL, Boulder, CO; and S. Benjamin, J. Du, and S. Tracton


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Satellite IIPS and Applications (ROOM 6B)
Location: Room 6B
Sponsor: 20th International Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology
Cochairs: Gerald Dittberner, NOAA/NESDIS; Fred P Lewis, IPS Meteostar, Inc

Papers:
  4:15 PM
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

  4:45 PM
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
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
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


17
WRF Model Development & Applications: Part III (ROOM 605/606)
Location: Room 605/606
Sponsor: 20th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting/16th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction
Chair: Robert L. Gall, NOAA/NWS

Papers:
  4:00 PM
WRF simulations of rainfall coherence over the continental United States
S. B. Trier, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and C. A. Davis, R. E. Carbone, and S. Frederick

  4:45 PM
Verification Techniques Appropriate for Cloud-Resolving NWP Models
Christopher Davis, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and B. G. Brown, R. Bullock, M. Chapman, K. Manning, R. Morss, and A. Takacs

  5:15 PM
Consideration of diffuse radiation in the Noah Land Surface Model
Dev Niyogi, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC; and K. Alapaty, H. I. Chang, D. Chen, F. Chen, T. Holt, A. Qureshi, and V. K. Saxena


18
Cyclogenesis and Winter Weather (ROOM 607)
Location: Room 607
Sponsor: 20th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting/16th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction
Chair: Jeffrey A. Lerner, FNMOC

Papers:
  4:15 PM
Extratropical Cyclones with Warm Sector Baroclinic Zones and their Relationship to Severe Weather
Nicholas D. Metz, Oklahoma Weather Center Research Experience for Undergraduates and Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN; and D. M. Schultz and R. Johns

  5:00 PM
Utilizing Idealized Mesoscale Model Simulations to Aid the Prediction of Lake-Effect Snowstorms
Neil F. Laird, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and D. A. R. Kristovich

Poster PDF (396.9 kB)
  5:15 PM
Cold-Air Damming: Physical Mechanisms, Synoptic Settings, and Model Representation
Gary M. Lackmann, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; and W. M. Stanton

Poster PDF (220.4 kB)

4:00 PM-5:45 PM: Wednesday, 14 January 2004


3
Session 3 (Room 604)
Location: Room 604
Sponsor: Interactive Symposium on the Nexus of Coastal Urban Environments
Chair: Julie Pullen, NRL

Papers:
  4:15 PM
3.2
Hurricane Storm Surge Simulations for the Tampa Bay Region
Robert Weisberg, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, FL

  4:30 PM
3.3
Tsunamis
Frank Gonzalez, NOAA/OAR/PMEL, Seattle, WA

  4:45 PM
3.4
The Puget Sound Regional Synthesis Model (PRISM)
Paul Storck, 3 Tier Environmental Forecast Group, Seattle, WA

  5:00 PM
3.5
Hazardous Materials
David McKinnie, NOAA/ National Ocean Service, Silver Spring, MD

  5:15 PM
Panel Discussion

  5:30 PM
Symposium Ends

4:45 PM-4:45 PM: Wednesday, 14 January 2004


Sessions end for the day

5:15 PM-5:15 PM: Wednesday, 14 January 2004


Conference Ends

5:30 PM-5:30 PM: Wednesday, 14 January 2004


Conference Ends


Pre-AMS Banquet reception in Exhibit Hall


Sessions end for the day

6:00 PM-6:00 PM: Wednesday, 14 January 2004


ASLI Dinner

6:00 PM-7:30 PM: Wednesday, 14 January 2004


Reception in Exhibit Hall (Cash Bar)

7:30 PM-7:30 PM: Wednesday, 14 January 2004


AMS Annual Awards Banquet

Thursday, 15 January 2004

12:00 AM-12:00 AM: Thursday, 15 January 2004


THUR 15 JAN


THUR 15 JAN


THUR 15 JAN

6:00 AM-6:00 AM: Thursday, 15 January 2004


THUR 14 JAN


THUR 15 JAN

8:30 AM-9:40 AM: Thursday, 15 January 2004


1
Session 1
Sponsor: Women in the Atmospheric Sciences Special Session

Papers:
  8:30 AM
1.1
Welcome and Introduction
Susan Avery, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO

  9:10 AM
1.4
Working with Dual-Career Couples: A Ten-Year Perspective
John T. Snow, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK

  9:25 AM
1.5
Women in the WMO
Vickie Nadolski, NOAA/NWS, Salt Lake City, UT

8:30 AM-9:45 AM: Thursday, 15 January 2004


Joint Session 5
Climate Change and Urban Areas (Joint with the Symp. on Planning, Nowcasting and Forecasting in the Urban Zone and 15th Symp. on Global Change and Climate Variations; Room 609/610)
Location: Room 609/610
Sponsors: (Joint between the 15th Symposium on Global Change and Climate Variations; and the Symposium on Planning, Nowcasting, and Forecasting in the Urban Zone )
Chair: Dian J. Seidel, NOAA/ARL

Papers:
  8:30 AM
Detection of urban effects in the climate record
Thomas R. Karl, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC

  9:00 AM
Impact of land-use change and urbanization on climate
Ming Cai, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and H. Li and E. Kalnay

  9:15 AM
The impact of climate change on our cities
Martin Best, Met Office, Wallingford, United Kingdom; and R. Betts

  9:30 AM
Modeling future climate and air quality in the New York City metropolitan area
Kevin L. Civerolo, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, Albany, NY; and J. Biswas, C. Hogrefe, J. Rosenthal, K. Knowlton, B. Lynn, J. Y. Ku, R. Goldberg, C. Rosenzweig, and P. Kinney


10
Climate Models: Evaluation and Projections, Part II (Room 608)
Location: Room 608
Sponsor: 15th Symposium on Global Change and Climate Variations
Chair: Gerald L. Potter, LLNL

Papers:
  8:30 AM
The CCPP-ARM Parameterization Testbed (CAPT): Evaluating climate models in a weather forecasting framework
Thomas J. Phillips, LLNL, Livermore, CA; and G. L. Potter, D. L. Williamson, R. T. Cederwall, J. S. Boyle, M. Fiorino, J. J. Hnilo, J. G. Olson, S. Xie, and J. J. Yio

  8:45 AM
Stochastic climate simulators for diagnosing regional climate variability and model physics
John W. Bergman, NOAA/ERL/CDC, Boulder, CO; and P. D. Sardeshmukh and C. Penland

  9:00 AM
  9:15 AM
Projecting climate change in mesoscale river basins
Eric P Salathé Jr., JISAO/Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA

  9:30 AM
Global Changes of the Water Cycle Intensity
Michael Bosilovich, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and S. Schubert and G. Walker


Joint Session 14
Model Parameterization: Part II (Joint between the Symposium on Forecasting the Weather and Climate of the Atmosphere and Ocean and the 20th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting/16th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction) (ROOM 6A)
Location: Room 6A
Sponsors: (Joint between the 20th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting/16th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction; and the Symposium on Forecasting the Weather and Climate of the Atmosphere and Ocean )
Organizer: Craig H. Bishop, UCAR and NRL

Papers:
  8:45 AM
Evaluation of the bulk microphysical pathways and sensitivity studies for 13–14 December 2001 of IMPROVE2
Brian A. Colle, SUNY, Stony Brook, NY; and M. Garvert, J. B. Wolfe, and C. F. Mass

  9:15 AM
Modeling Entrainment and Boundary Layer Growth during a Bore Event using Different Turbulence Parameterizations and LES
Mariusz Pagowski, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins and NOAA/ERL/FSL, Boulder, CO; and S. Koch and J. W. Bao

  9:30 AM
Mesoscale Modeling Effects on Optical Turbulence Parameterization Performance
Frank H. Ruggiero, Air Force Research Laboratory, Hanscom AFB, MA; and D. A. DeBenedictis, R. J. Lefevre, and S. A. Early

Poster PDF (133.3 kB)

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Transition from Research to Operations (ROOM 605/606)
Location: Room 605/606
Sponsor: 20th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting/16th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction
Chair: John V. Cortinas Jr., NOAA/OAR

Papers:
  8:30 AM
The navy’s on-scene weather prediction system, COAMPS-OSTM
Daniel A. Geiszler, SAIC, Monterey, CA; and J. Kent, J. L. S. Strahl, J. Cook, G. Love, L. Phegley, J. Schmidt, Q. Zhao, F. Franco, L. Frost, M. Frost, D. Grant, S. Lowder, D. Martinez, and L. N. McDermid

Poster PDF (308.8 kB)
  8:45 AM
The VISIT program—transferring research to operations
Daniel T. Lindsey, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and D. Bikos, J. Weaver, and A. Mostek

http://www.cira.colostate.edu/ramm/visit/visithome.asp

Poster PDF (339.9 kB)
  9:00 AM
Transition from Research to Operations: Assessing Value of Experimental Forecast Products within the NWSFO Environment
William M. Lapenta, NASA/MSFC, Huntsville, AL; and R. Wohlman, J. T. Bradshaw, G. Jedlovec, S. Goodman, C. Darden, J. Burks, and P. Meyer

  9:30 AM
Collaborative Developments in Severe Weather Prediction in Western Australia
Bruce William Buckley, Insurance Australia Group, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; and L. M. Leslie, L. Qi, and J. LeMarshall

8:30 AM-11:15 AM: Thursday, 15 January 2004


1
Session 1 (Room 604)
Location: Room 604
Sponsor: Interactive Symposium on Private Sector Opportunities in Operational Coastal Oceanography, Meteorology, and Hydrology
Organizer: Christopher N. K. Mooers, RSMAS, University of Miami

Papers:
  8:30 AM
1.1
Advanced Offshore Forecasting and Ship Routing
Robert L. Cohen, Weathernews Oceanroutes, Sunnyvale, CA

  9:00 AM
1.3
Ship Motion Prediction and Vessel Stress Monitoring, etc.
Henry Chen, Oceanweather Inc., Cos Cob, CT

  9:15 AM
1.4
Ocean Instrumentation Industry Update – a 20 year Perspective
Harold Maxfield, RD Instruments, San Diego, CA

  9:30 AM
1.5
Use of Ocean Sensors on AUVs – an Application Overview
Kevin Mccarthy, Hydroid, Falmouth, MA

  9:45 AM
1.6
Experience with Coastal Mesonets
Jay Titlow III, WeatherFlow, Inc., Poquoson, VA

  10:00 AM
Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break(Hall 4AB)

8:30 AM-11:30 AM: Thursday, 15 January 2004


6
Statistical Climatology (Room 602/603)
Location: Room 602/603
Sponsor: 17th Conference on Probablity and Statistics in the Atmospheric Sciences
Cochairs: Roman Krzysztofowicz, University of Virginia; Simon J. Mason, International Research Institute for Climate Prediction

Papers:
  8:30 AM
6.1
Cross-validation for selection of statistical models
Simon J. Mason, International Research Institute for Climate Prediction, Palisades, NY; and M. K. Tippett

  9:00 AM
6.3
Evaluation of GCM/RCM by the classified synoptic systems' approach
Isabella Osetinsky, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel; and P. Alpert

Poster PDF (372.0 kB)
  9:15 AM
6.4
Getting rid of El Nino
Cécile Penland, NOAA-CIRES/Climate Diagnostics Center, Boulder, CO; and L. Matrosova

Poster PDF (120.5 kB)
  9:30 AM
6.5
Nonlinear Empirical Modeling
Sue Ellen Haupt, Utah State University, Logan, UT

Poster PDF (116.8 kB)
  9:45 AM
6.6
On the Chances of Being Struck by Cloud-to-Ground Lightning
E. Philip Krider, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and K. E. Kehoe

Poster PDF (584.1 kB)
  10:00 AM
6.7
The calculation of the statistical error of measured turbulent fluxes—considerations and improvement
Peter Zittel, Aerospace Systems at Technical Univ., Braunschweig, Germany; and T. Spiess and J. Bange

Poster PDF (149.3 kB)
  10:15 AM
Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

8:30 AM-11:31 AM: Thursday, 15 January 2004


7
Field Experiments (Room 618)
Location: Room 618
Sponsor: Eighth Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface

Papers:
  8:45 AM
7.2
Development of a Meteorological Particle Sensor for the Observation of Drizzle
Richard Lewis, NOAA/NWS, Sterling, VA; and S. G. White

Poster PDF (165.1 kB)
  9:00 AM
7.3
Development of the All-weather Precipitation Accumulation Gauge for ASOS
Stacy G. White, SAIC, Sterling, VA; and L. J. Winans and J. V. Fiore Jr.

Poster PDF (340.8 kB)
  9:15 AM
7.4
European UV Broad Band Filter Radiometer Reference Scale
Alexander Los, Kipp & Zonen B.V., Delft, Netherlands; and J. Gröbner

  9:30 AM
7.5
Comparison of S-HIS temperature and water vapor Retrievals to MM5 derived fields for THORPEX 2003
Paolo Antonelli, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and T. Cherubini, H. Revercomb, S. Businger, R. Knuteson, D. Posselt, and S. Ackerman

  9:45 AM
7.6
Improving coastal ocean modeling using in-situ data
Robert H. Weisberg, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, FL; and R. He, J. I. Virmani, and Y. Liu

  10:00 AM
7.7
Paper 7.7 has ben moved to Session 5, new paper number 5.1B

  10:01 AM
7.8
Results from the Winter Storm Reconnaisance Program 2002-2003
Lacey D. Holland, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Washington, DC; and Z. Toth, J. Moskaitis, S. Majumdar, C. H. Bishop, and R. Smith

  10:16 AM
Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

8:30 AM-11:45 AM: Thursday, 15 January 2004


16
Satellite IIPS and Applications Part II (ROOM 6B)
Location: Room 6B
Sponsor: 20th International Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology
Cochairs: Gerald Dittberner, NOAA/NESDIS; Fred P Lewis, IPS Meteostar, Inc

Papers:
  8:30 AM
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

Poster PDF (178.0 kB)
  8:45 AM
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
Clear Sky GAC Radiation Budget Product System at NESDIS
David R. Donahue, Science and Technology Corporation, Suitland, MD; and J. Sapper and V. Kapoor

Poster PDF (1.1 MB)
 
16.4
Monitoring and validation of NOAA AMSU-based hydrological products

  9:30 AM
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

Poster PDF (28.7 kB)
  9:45 AM
NOAA's NESDIS Satellite Oceanography
Eric J. Bayler, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and R. Cheney, P. Chang, D. Clark, K. Hughes, and A. Strong

Poster PDF (68.4 kB)
  10:00 AM
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

Poster PDF (701.8 kB)
  10:15 AM
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

  10:30 AM
Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break (Please Refer to Poster Session P2 for Title and Author Information)

  11:45 AM
Lunch Break

8:30 AM-12:00 PM: Thursday, 15 January 2004


6
Climate Services (Room 619/620)
Location: Room 619/620
Sponsor: 14th Conference on Applied Climatology
Chair: Roger S. Pulwarty, NOAA-CIRES Climate Diagnostics Center

Papers:
  8:30 AM
6.1
Climate Services: Where Do We Go From Here?
Mark A. Shafer, Oklahoma Climatological Survey, Norman, OK

  8:45 AM
6.2
Crafting climate services
Roger S. Pulwarty, NOAA-CIRES Climate Diagnostics Center, Boulder, CO; and K. T. Redmond

  9:00 AM
6.3
Meeting the climate needs of the US public: the next big challenge
Fiona Horsfall, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and H. Hill, R. Pulwarty, and K. Redmond

  9:15 AM
6.4
The National Weather Service's role as a partner for providing climate services at the regional and local levels
Robert E. Livezey, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and J. Koepsell, M. Timofeyeva, R. Leffler, F. Horsfall, A. Bair, G. Hufford, P. Leftwich, V. Murphy, H. Thurm, and J. Weyman

  9:30 AM
6.5
Developing effective partnerships for service provision at regional and local scales: A problem-based approach
Susan Avery, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and R. Dole and R. Livezey

  9:45 AM
6.6
Climate services from the state climatologist perspective
David A. Robinson, Office of the New Jersey State Climatologist, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ

  10:15 AM
6.8
Climate Services—A USDA Perspective
Phillip A. Pasteris, Global Water Resources, Portland, OR; and T. Puterbaugh and R. Motha

  10:30 AM
6.9
Climate science and services: some lessons from CLIMAS
Andrew C. Comrie, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and M. C. Lemos, M. Hughes, and J. Overpeck

  10:45 AM
Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break


15
Global Climate Observing System [GCOS] (ROOM 613/614)
Location: Room 613/614
Sponsor: 20th International Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology
Cochairs: Howard Diamond, NOAA/NESDIS; John Lincoln, Consultant

Papers:
  8:30 AM
Moving the GCOS Second Adequacy Report to Implementation
Paul Mason, GCOS Steering Committee and University of Reading, Reading, Berks., United Kingdom

  8:45 AM
Implementing Improvements in Global Observing Systems for Climate
Alan R. Thomas, Global Climate Observing System, Geneva, Switzerland

  9:00 AM
Improving the GCOS Surface and Upper air Networks
Richard K. Thigpen, GCOS Secretariat, Silver Spring, MD

  9:15 AM
The GCOS Regional Workshop Program: A Review and Appraisal
William E. Westermeyer, Global Climate Observing System Secretariat, Geneva, Switzerland

  9:45 AM
Data Management Framework of the Meteorological Service of Canada
Tsoi-Ching Yip, MSC, Toronto, ON, Canada; and M. Minuk

  10:00 AM
Satellite-based drought observing system
Felix Kogan, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD

  10:15 AM
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

Poster PDF (376.6 kB)
  10:30 AM
Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

8:30 AM-4:30 PM: Thursday, 15 January 2004


Joint Session 13
Seasonal to interannual climate prediction with emphasis on the 2002 El Nino (Joint with 15th Symp. on Global Change and Climate Variations and the Symp. on Forecasting Weather and Climate of the Atmosphere and Ocean (Room 6C)
Location: Room 6C
Sponsors: (Joint between the Symposium on Forecasting the Weather and Climate of the Atmosphere and Ocean; and the 15th Symposium on Global Change and Climate Variations )
Organizers: Michele M. Rienecker, NASA/GSFC; Stephen E. Zebiak, International Research Institute for climate prediction, Columbia University

Papers:
  8:30 AM
Evolution of the 2002-03 El Niño
Michael J. McPhaden, NOAA/Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, Seattle, WA

  8:45 AM
Predictability of the 1997 and 2002 El Ninos
Alicia Karspeck, Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY; and M. Cane and D. Chen

  9:00 AM
The termination of the 2002-3 El Niño
Gabriel A. Vecchi, JISAO/Univ. of Washington, Seattl, WA; and D. E. Harrison

  9:15 AM
The effect of ocean data assimilation on the spring predictability barrier of ENSO during the 1993–2002 decade
Augustin Vintzileos, GEST-UMBC and GMAO-NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and M. Rienecker, M. J. Suarez, and S. Schubert

 
J13.5
TRMM and the forecasting of the 2002-03 El Niño

  9:45 AM
Development of a new seasonal forecast model at NCEP
Hua-Lu Pan, EMC, Camp Springs, MD; and S. Saha, W. Wang, and G. White

  10:00 AM
Atmospheric Predictability of Seasonal Climate Means: Sensitivity to Annual Cycle and ENSO Variations
Cheng-Ta Chen, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan, Taiwan

Poster PDF (967.0 kB)
  10:15 AM
Observational impact on seasonal forecast skill using the NSIPP ocean data assimilation system
Chaojiao Sun, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and M. M. Rienecker and C. L. Keppenne

  10:45 AM
Generalized Inversion of the Bryan & Cox ocean model and Tropical Atmosphere -Ocean (TAO ) Data
Andrew F. Bennett, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR; and B. S. Chua

  11:30 AM
Initialization of unstable coupled systems by breeding ensembles
Shu-Chih Yang, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and M. Cai, M. Pena, and E. Kalnay

 
J13.13
Seasonal Forecasting Using Natural Analog Ensembles

  12:00 PM
ENSO forecast by Markov model since 1996: Strength, Weakness and Improvement
Yan Xue, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Camp Springs, MD; and V. Kousky

  12:15 PM
Predictability of extratropical stormtrack variations
Gilbert P. Compo, NOAA-CIRES Climate Diagnostics Center, Boulder, CO; and P. D. Sardeshmukh

  12:45 PM
Predictability of Indian monsoon rainfall variability
Michael K. Tippett, Internation Research Institute for Climate Prediction, Palisades, NY; and T. DelSole

  1:00 PM
POAMA: an Australian ocean-atmosphere model for climate prediction
Guomin Wang, BMRC, Melbourne, Australia; and O. Alves, A. Zhong, N. Smith, A. Schiller, G. Meyers, F. Tseitkin, and S. Godfrey

  1:15 PM
Seasonal Predictions from the FSU Regional Climate Model
Steven D. Cocke, FSU, Tallahassee, FL; and T. E. LaRow and D. W. Shin

  1:30 PM
Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

  2:45 PM
Lunch Break

  4:15 PM
Coffee Break

  4:45 PM
A Hierarchy of Data-Based Enso Models
D. Kondrashov, University of California, Los Angeles, CA; and S. V. Kravtsov and M. Ghil

8:30 AM-5:30 PM: Thursday, 15 January 2004


1
A Review and Update of Norm Phillips Many Contributions (Room 615/616)
Location: Room 615/616
Sponsor: The Norm Phillips Symposium
Cochairs: Anthony Hollingsworth, ECMWF; Eugenia Kalnay, University of Maryland; Peter J. Webster, Georgia Institute of Technology

Papers:
  9:30 AM
1.3
Thanksgiving Weekend Storm of 1950
Robert E. Kistler, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC, Camp Springs, MD; and L. Uccellini and P. J. Kocin

  9:45 AM
1.4
Norm Phillips's Influence on Small Scale Numerical Simulations
Douglas K. Lilly, NOAA/NSSL and University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK

 
1.5
A preliminary report on the Japanese Alpine Club Mount McKinley weather project, 1990–2000

  10:30 AM
1.6
The implementation of fourth-order finite differencing for operational Nested Grid Model
Hann-Ming Henry Juang, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC, Camp Springs, MD; and J. E. Hoke

  10:45 AM
1.7
Wave Dispersion in Weather and Climate: Some Extensions of the Fundamental Work of N. A. Phillips
Peter J. Webster, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA

  11:15 AM
1.8
Dynamics and Physics of Predictability: Weather, Climate and Climate Change
J. Shukla, George Mason Univ. and COLA, Calverton, MD

  11:45 AM
1.9
Vortex Trajectories In Atmospheric Flows Represented By Spherical Harmonics
Bharat Khushalani, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

  12:00 PM
Dispersion of the effects of weather observations
Istvan Szunyogh, University of Maryland, College Park, MD

  12:15 PM
Professor N. A. Phillips' contributions to data assimilation
Anthony Hollingsworth, ECMWF, Reading, Berks., United Kingdom

  12:45 PM
Oceanic and Atmospheric Rossby Waves
Peter B. Rhines, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

  1:15 PM
Ensemble forecasting and data assimilation: past and future
Eugenia Kalnay, University of Maryland, College Park, MD

  1:45 PM
Norm Phillips and the Foucault Pendulum
Dennis W. Moore, PMEL, Seattle, WA

  2:15 PM
Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

  3:30 PM
Lunch Break

  5:00 PM
Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall

8:45 AM-8:45 AM: Thursday, 15 January 2004


Coffee

9:00 AM-9:30 AM: Thursday, 15 January 2004


5
Publishing and Vendor Relations
Sponsor: Seventh Atmospheric Science Librarians International Conference
Moderator: Susan Tarbell, Librarian, Air Force Weather Technical Library

Papers:
  9:00 AM
5.1
Killing the Print Journals
Keith Seitter, AMS Deputy Director, Boston, MA

  9:15 AM
5.2
Best Practices with Publishers: Negotiating Site Licenses for Online Journals
Maureen Woods, NOAA Seattle Regional Library, Seattle, WA; and G. Gray

9:00 AM-12:00 PM: Thursday, 15 January 2004


5
Orographic hydrometeorology and the associated challenges in both observation and forecasting (Room 6E)
Location: Room 6E
Sponsor: 18th Conference on Hydrology
Organizer: Robert J. Kuligowski, NOAA/NESDIS/ORA

Papers:
  9:00 AM
5.1
Orographic enhancements in precipitation: An intercomparison of two gauge-based precipitation climatologies
Mingyue Chen, RS Information Systems, Inc., Camp Springs, MD; and P. Xie, J. E. Janowiak, and P. A. Arkin

  9:15 AM
5.2
Characterizing the space-time variability of precipitation in the Himalayan range: analysis and synthesis
Ana P. Barros, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA; and T. Lang, S. Chiao, J. Putkonen, G. Kim, and E. Williams

  9:30 AM
5.3
  9:45 AM
5.4
Application of the SCIT Algorithm to South Korea Storm Data
Byunghyun Song, Korea Meteorological Administration, Meteorological Research Institute, Seoul, South Korea; and S. O'Donnell, S. Cheong, Y. Lee, F. Moeng, J. Nam, and S. Chung

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  10:00 AM
5.5
An evaluation of incorporating meteorological observations in a realtime hydrologic forecast system
Amy L Sansone, 3Tier Environmental Forecast Group, Seattle, WA; and P. Storck

  10:15 AM
5.6
Initiation of precipitating convection in mountainous regions
Donna F. Tucker, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS; and N. A. Crook

  10:30 AM
5.7
Orographic precipitation and the form of mountain ranges
Alison M. Anders, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and G. H. Roe, D. R. Durran, D. R. Montgomery, and B. Hallet

  10:45 AM
Coffee Break with Formal Poster Viewing

9:45 AM-9:45 AM: Thursday, 15 January 2004


Poster Session 2
Seasonal to interannual climate prediction with emphasis on the 2002 El Nino (Hall 4AB)
Location: Hall 4AB
Sponsor: Symposium on Forecasting the Weather and Climate of the Atmosphere and Ocean

Papers:
 
Can U.S. West Coast climate be forecast?
Steve LaDochy, California State University, Los Angeles, CA; and J. N. Brown, M. Selke, and W. C. Patzert

Poster PDF (1.6 MB)
 
CERES Data Products for Climate Studies
James V. Koziana, NASA LaRC/SAIC, Hampton, VA

 
P2.3
Examination of the skill produced by a natural analog ensemble system and its potential extension to solving the middle latitude 2-4 week forecast problem

 
Parameterization of subsurface temperatures in the Lamont ocean model using neural networks
Shuyong Li, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; and W. W. Hsieh and A. Wu

 
The importance of daily verses monthly SSTs in seasonal simulations
Kathleen V. Pegion, COLA, Calverton, MD; and B. P. Kirtman and J. Shukla


Brunch and Informal Networking

9:45 AM-11:00 AM: Thursday, 15 January 2004


Poster Session 1
Poster Session (Hall 4AB)
Location: Hall 4AB
Sponsor: Interactive Symposium on Private Sector Opportunities in Operational Coastal Oceanography, Meteorology, and Hydrology

Papers:
 
The public-private relationship one year after the National Research Council report
Joel N. Myers, AccuWeather, Inc., State College, PA; and B. L. Myers


Poster Session 3
ENSO and Monsoons (Hall 4AB)
Location: Hall 4AB
Sponsor: 15th Symposium on Global Change and Climate Variations

Papers:
 
P3.1
Variability of ENSO during the twentieth century: Evidence from three western Pacific islands

 
The global nonlinear impact of SST changes in the central tropical Pacific
Prashant D. Sardeshmukh, NOAA/CIRES/CDC, Boulder, CO; and G. P. Compo

 
P3.3
Establishment of the low-level wind anomalies over the western North Pacific during ENSO development

 
Differences between the North Pacific and ENSO Modes
Soon-Il An, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI; and B. Wang

Poster PDF (1.6 MB)
 
Changes in the Intraseasonal Variability of Precipitation over the United States Associated with ENSO
David Small, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH; and S. Islam

Poster PDF (632.7 kB)
 
Spatial coherence of Southwest U. S. rainfall on intraseasonal and interannual timescales
Eileen A. Hall-McKim, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and G. N. Kiladis

 
Atmospheric circulation associated to extreme rainfall events in Piura, Peru, in 2002
Ken Takahashi, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

Poster PDF (358.4 kB)
 
TRMM and the global interannual variability of rain over the past five decades
Ziad S. Haddad, JPL and California Institute of Technical, Pasadena, CA; and J. P. Meagher, R. F. Adler, E. Smith, E. Im, and S. L. Durden

Poster PDF (215.0 kB)
 
Low-frequency rainfall variability in northwest Africa and the Sahelian and Sudanian zones
Jon M. Schrage, Creighton University, Omaha, NE; and A. H. Fink, T. Bruecher, M. Christoph, P. Knippertz, and P. Speth

Poster PDF (549.1 kB)
 
Nonlinear response of the N. Hemisphere winter atmospheric circulation to El Niño/La Niña
Aiming Wu, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; and W. W. Hsieh

 
P3.11
The relationship between the Tibetan Plateau heating and East Asian summer monsoon rainfall

 
Study of East Asian Monsoon Intraseasonal Variability
Jun Jian, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA

 
Relation between Winter Monsoon Index and Air Temperature around Korean Peninsula
Yong-Hoon Youn, Meteorological Research Institute, Korea Meteorological Administration, Seoul, Korea; and I. S. Oh and H. S. Chung


Poster Session 3
Hydrometeorology Posters (Including Orographic and Scale Issues) (Hall 4AB)
Location: Hall 4AB
Sponsor: 18th Conference on Hydrology
Organizer: Robert J. Kuligowski, NOAA/NESDIS/ORA

Papers:
 
Analysing decadal land-cover change as a possible flood-inducing effect in the upper Tisza river basin in Eastern Europe
Rita Pongrácz, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary; and J. Bartholy, Z. Dezsô, Z. Barcza, and I. Bogardi

Poster PDF (424.2 kB)
 
Correction of global precipitation products for orographic effects
Jennifer C Adam, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and D. P. Lettenmaier and E. F. Wood

 
Downscaling of short-term ensemble atmospheric forcing for AHPS
John C. Schaake, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and M. Mullusky, E. Welles, L. Wu, and J. Demargne

 
Gage adjustment of radar rainfall estimations over Florida
Cris Castello, OneRain Inc., Orangevale, CA; and B. H. Hoblit and D. C. Curtis

 
Partitioning of precipitation into rain and snow in distributed hydrologic simulations in the Western Cascades, Oregon, USA
Edwin P. Maurer, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA; and J. Cetrone, S. Medina, and C. Mass

 
Satellite-based rainfall estimates as a driver of river forecasts in Mexico
Michael A Fortune, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and A. R. Teran


Poster Session 4
Thursday Posters
Location: Room 4AB
Sponsor: 20th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting/16th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction

Papers:
 
Wet Microburst—Student Training and Role in On-line Bibliography and Event Selection
Paul J. Croft, University of Louisiana, Monroe, LA; and P. Pyle and S. Blair

Poster PDF (126.3 kB)
 
Proximity Sounding Composites of Midwestern Thundersnow Events
Patrick S. Market, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO; and A. M. Oravetz, D. Gaede, E. Bookbinder, B. Pettegrew, and R. Thomas

Poster PDF (936.4 kB)
 
Training for the NWS graphical Interactive Forecast Preparation System (IFPS) and National Digital Forecast Database (NDFD)
Brian C. Motta, NOAA/NWS, Boulder, CO; and S. White, S. Beckman, R. Hamilton, P. Manousos, R. Knabb, L. Maximuk, T. Barker, and T. Hansen

 
Upper Air Constant-Pressure Composites of Midwestern Thundersnow Events
Patrick S. Market, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO; and A. M. Oravetz, D. Gaede, E. Bookbinder, R. Ebert, and C. Melick

Poster PDF (223.2 kB)
 
Validation Studies of 4DWX Forecasts and Analyses over Northern Utah
Elford G. Astling, West Desert Test Center, Salt Lake City, UT

 
Verification of oceanic weather diagnoses and forecasts for aviation weather elements
Agnes Takacs, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and B. G. Brown and J. Mahoney

Poster PDF (777.6 kB)
 
Verification of NCEP Workstation Eta model over east and west Africa
Vadlamani B. Kumar, RS Information Systems Inc. and NOAA/NWS/NCEP/CPC, Camp Springs, MD; and K. B. Laws, G. A. V. Duncan, and W. M. Thiaw

Poster PDF (145.4 kB)
 
On The Use of Radar Observations of Reflectivity in Veryfying Model Hydrometeor Fields
Qingyun Zhao, NRL, Monterey, CA; and J. Cook, J. Schmidt, M. Frost, P. Harasti, and B. Gaudet

Poster PDF (1.3 MB)
 
Wet Microburst—Bibliography, Annotation, Data
Paul J. Croft, University of Louisiana, Monroe, LA; and A. E. Gerard

Poster PDF (115.0 kB)
 
Opportunities for human forecasters to improve upon model forecasts now and in the future
Stephen D. Jascourt, UCAR/COMET, Silver Spring, MD; and W. R. Bua

Poster PDF (720.8 kB)
 
P4.13
2001–2003 Real-time use of cyclone phase diagrams to improve structural forecasting: model-based cyclone phase analysis, forecast, and verification

 
P4.15
COAMPS Dust Forecasting for Operation Iraqi Freedom

 
Diagnosis of winter time cold bias in the ETA and NMM Models
Hui-Ya Chuang, SAIC and NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Camp Springs, MD; and M. Ek, K. Mitchell, V. Wong, and Z. Janjic

Poster PDF (111.9 kB)
 
Improving the Great Lakes 30-day ice forecast
Sheldon Drobot, The National Academies, Washington, DC

 
A comparison of FSU2, NCEPR1, and NCEPR2 winds in the Tropical Pacific
Shawn R. Smith, COAPS/Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and R. Romero and M. A. Bourassa

Poster PDF (2.7 MB)
 
Multiscale Analyses of Moisture Transport by the Central Plains Low-Level Jet during IHOP
Edward I. Tollerud, NOAA/ERL/FSL, Boulder, CO; and B. D. Jamison, F. Caracena, S. E. Koch, D. L. Bartels, R. M. Hardesty, B. J. McCarty, C. Kiemle, and G. Ehret

Poster PDF (206.3 kB)
 
Precipitation Forecasts Using the BFM and MM5
Jeffrey E. Passner, U. S. Army Research Laboratory, White Sands Missile Range, NM

Poster PDF (167.8 kB)
 
Towards an operational Canadian global coupled assimilation and modelling capacity
C. Harold Ritchie, MSC, Dorval, QC, Canada; and D. Bancroft, A. Cameron, and K. Thompson

Poster PDF (13.7 kB)

Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break (Hall 4AB)

10:15 AM-10:15 AM: Thursday, 15 January 2004


Coffee Break

10:30 AM-11:15 AM: Thursday, 15 January 2004


6
Product Updates from Information Providers
Sponsor: Seventh Atmospheric Science Librarians International Conference
Organizer: Maria Latyszewskyj, Librarian, Environment Canada

Papers:
  10:30 AM
6.1
The Web of Knowledge 2.0
Jeff Dougherty, Thomson-ISI, Philadelphia, PA; and K. Kulp

  10:45 AM
6.2
Swets Information Services
Karen Lund, Swets Blackwell, Runnemede, NJ

  11:00 AM
6.3
Wiley InterScience
Louise Breinholt, Society Journals Marketing Manager, John Wiley & Sons Ltd, London, United Kingdom

11:00 AM-11:30 AM: Thursday, 15 January 2004


Session 2
Sponsor: Women in the Atmospheric Sciences Special Session

Papers:
  11:15 AM

11:00 AM-12:00 PM: Thursday, 15 January 2004


22
Land Surface Processes (ROOM 607)
Location: Room 607
Sponsor: 20th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting/16th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction
Chair: Brent L. Shaw, NOAA/ERL/FSL

Papers:
  11:00 AM
  11:30 AM
development of high resolution land data assimilation system and its application to WRF
Fei Chen, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and K. W. Manning, D. N. Yates, M. A. LeMone, S. B. Trier, R. Cuenca, and D. Niyogi

  11:45 AM
Impacts of perturbed soil moisture conditions on short range ensemble variability
Christian J. Sutton, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and T. M. Hamill

11:00 AM-12:15 PM: Thursday, 15 January 2004


20
Forecast Automation (ROOM 6A)
Location: Room 6A
Sponsor: 20th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting/16th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction
Organizer: Ronald J. Miller, NOAA/NWSFO

Papers:
  11:00 AM
Assessing the utility of an automated 0-1 h thunderstorm product for air traffic managers
Dennis M. Rodgers, NOAA/ERL/FSL, Boulder, CO; and G. Pratt, L. Sherretz, T. Amis, Y. S. Chun, and J. T. Frimel

Poster PDF (106.3 kB)
  11:30 AM
Operational issues with a national digital forecast database
Elliot Abrams, AccuWeather Inc, State College, PA; and K. Reeves and M. A. Steinberg

  11:45 AM
Utah's 100 Inch Snowstorm: Structure, orographic precipitation processes, and implications for the NWS IFPS era
W. James Steenburgh, NOAA/CIRP and University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT

  12:00 PM
Performance of National Weather Service Forecasts Versus Model Output Statistics
Jeffrey A. Baars, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and C. Mass and M. Albright

Poster PDF (180.6 kB)

21
Ensemble Forecasting: Part I (ROOM 605/606)
Location: Room 605/606
Sponsor: 20th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting/16th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction
Chair: Adrian E. Raftery, University of Washington

Papers:
  11:00 AM
Performance of ensemble forecasts with multiple versions of NCEP's GFS model
Dingchen Hou, SAIC at NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC, Camp Springs, MD; and Z. Toth, Y. Zhu, and R. Wobus

  11:15 AM
On the need for perturbed LBCs in limited-area ensemble forecasts
Paul Nutter, CAPS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and M. Xue and D. Stensrud

Poster PDF (2.1 MB)
  11:30 AM
The NOAA/NWS/NCEP Short Range Eensemble Forecast (SREF) System: Evaluation of an Initial Condition Ensemble vs. Multiple Model Physics Ensemble Approach
Jun Du, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Camp Springs, MD; and J. McQueen, G. DiMego, T. Black, H. Juang, E. Rogers, B. Ferrier, B. Zhou, Z. Toth, and S. Tracton

Poster PDF (426.3 kB)
  11:45 AM
A non-linear fuzzy set technique for combining precipitation forecasts
Brian P. Mackey, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL

  12:00 PM
Ensemble methods for seasonal limited-area forecasts
Raymond W. Arritt, Iowa State University, Ames, IA; and E. al

Poster PDF (474.2 kB)

11:00 AM-3:00 PM: Thursday, 15 January 2004


11
Observed Seasonal/Interannual Variability (Room 608)
Location: Room 608
Sponsor: 15th Symposium on Global Change and Climate Variations
Chair: Bradfield Lyon, International Research Institute for Climate Prediction, Columbia Univ.

Papers:
  11:00 AM
The climate of 2003 in historical perspective
Levinson David, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and J. Lawrimore, R. Heim, A. Waple, S. Stephens, and C. Tankerlsey

  11:15 AM
Mechanisms of land rainfall anomalies associated with tropical Atlantic variability
J. David Neelin, University of California, Los Angeles, CA; and H. Su

  11:30 AM
The Scatter in Tropical Average Precipitation Anomalies
Hui Su, University of California, Los Angeles, CA; and J. D. Neelin

  11:45 AM
  12:00 PM
Nonlinear Scale Interactions Via Energy Exchanges Between the Pacific Decadal Oscillation and the El Nino-Southern Oscillation
L. Stefanova, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and T. N. Krishnamurti

Poster PDF (705.4 kB)
  12:15 PM
On the North Atlantic decadal variability
Lixin Wu, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and Z. Liu

  12:30 PM
Mechanisms for intraseasonal variability in the Northern Annular Mode
Robert X. Black, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA; and B. A. McDaniel

  12:45 PM
A Physically-Consistent Long-term Reconstruction of the Northern Annular Mode Using Tree Rings
Justin J. Wettstein, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and J. M. Wallace

  1:00 PM
Linear atmospheric response to ENSO associated SST meridional differential
Wilbur Y. Chen, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/CPC, Camp Springs, MD

  1:15 PM
A Model Study of Intraseasonal Oscillations over South America South America
Baode Chen, GEST, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD; and W. Chao

Poster PDF (207.8 kB)
  1:30 PM
Guinea Gulf SST and Mediterranean Summer Climate: analysis of the interannual variabilty
Marina Baldi, IbiMet - CNR, Rome, Italy; and F. Meneguzzo, G. Dalu, G. Maracchi, M. Pasqui, V. Capecchi, A. Crisci, and F. Piani

  1:45 PM
Lunch Break

11:15 AM-2:00 PM: Thursday, 15 January 2004


2
Session 2 (Room 604)
Location: Room 604
Sponsor: Interactive Symposium on Private Sector Opportunities in Operational Coastal Oceanography, Meteorology, and Hydrology

Papers:
  11:15 AM
2.1
Synergies between the IOOS and Oil-Spill Modeling
Eric Anderson, Applied Science Associates, Inc., Naragansett, RI

  12:00 PM
2.4
  12:15 PM
2.5
  12:45 PM
Lunch Break

11:30 AM-12:15 PM: Thursday, 15 January 2004


Panel Discussion

12:00 PM-12:00 PM: Thursday, 15 January 2004


Lunch Break

12:15 PM-1:30 PM: Thursday, 15 January 2004


Lunch Break

12:15 PM-1:45 PM: Thursday, 15 January 2004


Lunch Break

12:30 PM-6:00 PM: Thursday, 15 January 2004


Exhibit Hours

1:00 PM-1:45 PM: Thursday, 15 January 2004


7
Product Updates from Information Providers: Part II
Sponsor: Seventh Atmospheric Science Librarians International Conference
Organizer: Maria Latyszewskyj, Librarian, Environment Canada

Papers:
  1:00 PM
7.1
American Meteorological Society
Kenneth F. Heideman, Director of Publications, AMS, Boston, MA; and J. Rosenfeld

  1:15 PM
7.2
MGA
Michael Miyazak, Marketing Manager, Cambridge Scientific Abstracts, Bethesda, MD

  1:30 PM
7.3
Elsevier’s ScienceDirect
Armond S. DiRado, Account Development Manager, Elsevier, St. Louis, MO

1:30 PM-3:00 PM: Thursday, 15 January 2004


8
Assimilation of Observations (Ocean, Atmosphere, and Land-surface) into Models (Room 618)
Location: Room 618
Sponsor: Eighth Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface

Papers:
  1:30 PM
8.1
An Observing System for Land Process Characterization featuring NPOESS
Thomas P. DeFelice, Raytheon Technical Services Company, ITSS, Upper Marlboro, MD

Poster PDF (71.3 kB)
  1:45 PM
8.2
  2:00 PM
8.3
GPS water vapor observation errors
Seth I. Gutman, NOAA/FSL, Boulder, CO; and S. R. Sahm, S. G. Benjamin, and T. L. Smith

  2:15 PM
8.4
Analysis of TRACE-P observations using a four-dimensional variational data assimilation technique
Tianfeng Chai, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA; and G. R. Carmichael, D. N. Daescu, and A. Sandu

http://www.cgrer.uiowa.edu/people/tchai

  2:30 PM
8.5
  2:45 PM
8.6
Verifying modeled tropical convective systems during KWAJEX using surface flux and tethered balloon measurements
Thomas L. O'Halloran, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA; and J. D. Fuentes, W. K. Tao, C. L. Shie, and M. Garstang


Joint Session 12
Forecast Verification (Joint between the 17th Conference on Probability and Statistics and the 20th Conference on Weather and Forecasting/16th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction) (Room 6A)
Location: Room 6A
Sponsors: (Joint between the 17th Conference on Probablity and Statistics in the Atmospheric Sciences; and the 20th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting/16th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction )
Cochairs: William R. Burrows, MSC; Mary M. Cairns, Office of the Federal Coordinator for Meteorology

Papers:
  1:30 PM
Summer Season Verification of the First NWS Operational WRF Model Forecasts from the NOAA Coastal Storms Initiative Project in Northeast Florida
P. Bogenschutz, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and P. Ruscher, P. Welsh, J. Mahoney, J. A. McGinley, M. Kay, B. Shaw, J. Smart, J. Savadel, and J. McQueen

Poster PDF (441.6 kB)
  2:00 PM
The new and improved Localized Aviation MOS Program (LAMP) analysis and prediction system
Bob Glahn, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and J. E. Ghirardelli

Poster PDF (315.5 kB)
  2:15 PM
An Object-Oriented Approach to the Verification of Quantitative Precipitation Forecasts: Part I—Methodology
Randy Bullock, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and B. G. Brown, C. A. Davis, M. Chapman, K. W. Manning, and R. Morss

Poster PDF (232.3 kB)
  2:30 PM
An Object Oriented Approach to the Verification of Quantitative Precipitation Forecasts: Part II—Examples
Michael Chapman, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. Bullock, B. G. Brown, C. A. Davis, K. W. Manning, R. Morss, and A. Takacs

Poster PDF (216.2 kB)
  2:45 PM
Bias normalized precipitation scores
Fedor Mesinger, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC and UCAR, Camp Springs, MD; and K. Brill

Poster PDF (2.4 MB)

23
Ensemble Forecasting: Part II (ROOM 605/606)
Location: Room 605/606
Sponsor: 20th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting/16th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction
Chair: Clifford F. Mass, University of Washington

Papers:
  1:30 PM
An Eta model precipitation type mini-ensemble for winter weather forecasting
Geoffrey S. Manikin, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC, Camp Springs, MD; and K. F. Brill and B. Ferrier

  1:45 PM
An investigation of the mesoscale predictability over the Northeast U.S
Brian A. Colle, SUNY, Stony Brook, NY; and M. Jones, J. S. Tongue, and J. B. Olson

  2:00 PM
CONSTRUCTION OF AN ENSEMBLE OF FORECASTS USING ADJOINT-DERIVED SENSITIVITIES
Michael C. Morgan, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and D. T. Kleist

  2:15 PM
Evaluation of Short-Range Ensemble Forecasts during the SPC/NSSL 2003 Spring Program
Jason J. Levit, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma and NOAA/NWS/SPC, Norman, OK; and D. J. Stensrud, D. R. Bright, and S. J. Weiss

  2:30 PM
Flow-Dependent Calibration of Ensemble Spread Using Forecast Spectra
Joshua P. Hacker, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and D. P. Baumhefner

Poster PDF (1.1 MB)
  2:45 PM
High-Resolution Storm-Scale Ensemble Forecasts of the March 28, 2000 Fort Worth Tornadic Storms
Nicki L. Levit, CAPS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and K. K. Droegemeier and F. Kong

Poster PDF (2.7 MB)

1:30 PM-5:00 PM: Thursday, 15 January 2004


6
Scale Issues in Weather and Climate Modeling, Including Downscaling and Validation (Room 6E)
Location: Room 6E
Sponsor: 18th Conference on Hydrology
Organizer: Deborah K. Nykanen, Minnesota State University

Papers:
  1:30 PM
6.1
Scale issues in model verification: Methodological developments and a case-study with ARPS (INVITED)
Efi Foufoula, St. Anthony Falls Lab, Univeristy of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

  2:00 PM
6.2
A statistical-distributed modeling approach for flash flood prediction
Seann Reed, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and J. Schaake, V. Koren, D. J. Seo, and M. Smith

  2:15 PM
6.3
Orographic and meteorological influences on the space-time scaling of convective precipitation
Deborah K. Nykanen, Minnesota State University, Mankato, MN; and A. Rubert Godoy

  2:30 PM
6.4
  2:45 PM
6.5
A sub-gridscale precipitation classification system
Carlie J. Coats Jr., Baron Advanced Meteorological Systems, LLC, Research Triangle Park, NC; and R. E. Imhoff and J. N. McHenry

  3:00 PM
6.6
Scale-interaction between Data, Models and Parameters in Catchment Modeling (INVITED)
John C. Schaake, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and V. Koren and Q. Duan

  3:45 PM
6.8
Downscaling NOAA's seasonal Percipitation forecasts to predict hydrologic response
Jurgen D. Garbrecht, USDA/Agricultural Resource Service, El Reno, OK; and J. M. Schneider and X. J. Zhang

  4:15 PM
Effects of Spatial and Temporal Aggregation on the Accuracy of Downscaled Precipitation Estimates in the Upper Colorado River Basin
Subhrendu Gangopadhyay, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and M. Clark, B. Rajagopalan, K. Werner, and D. Brandon

  4:30 PM
Coffee Break

1:30 PM-5:15 PM: Thursday, 15 January 2004


18
Advances and Applications in Transportation Weather Part II (ROOM 6B)
Location: Room 6B
Sponsor: 20th International Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology
Cochairs: Ed Boselly, Washington State Department of Transportation; David Pace, SAIC

Papers:
  1:45 PM
Graphical Forecasts For Aviation
Jack May, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Kansas City, MO; and M. Andrews

  2:00 PM
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

Poster PDF (1.4 MB)
  2:15 PM
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 III

Poster PDF (1007.4 kB)
  2:30 PM
  2:45 PM
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
  3:15 PM
A dynamic—stochastic approach to road and bridge frost forecasting
John J. Mewes, Meridian Environmental Technology, Inc., Grand Forks, ND; and R. Hart

Poster PDF (92.6 kB)
  3:30 PM
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

Poster PDF (104.8 kB)
  3:45 PM
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

  4:00 PM
Weather research for surface transportation: the roadway environment
John T. Snow, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and A. C. Staudt

  4:15 PM
An automated real-time road weather system (ARROWS) for highway maintenance personnel
S. Edward Boselly, Washington State Department of Transportation, Olympia, WA

  4:45 PM
Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall

1:30 PM-5:30 PM: Thursday, 15 January 2004


7
Data Reliability, Quality Assessment and Usability (Room 619/620)
Location: Room 619/620
Sponsor: 14th Conference on Applied Climatology
Cochairs: Christopher Daly, Oregon State University; Kelly T. Redmond, DRI

Papers:
  1:30 PM
7.1
Toward an automated tool for detecting relationship changes within series of observations
Derek S. Arndt, Oklahoma Climatological Survey and Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and K. T. Redmond

  1:45 PM
7.2
New techniques in quality assurance of hourly meteorological data: Resolving multiple flags through a decision tree
Daniel Y. Graybeal, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY; and A. T. DeGaetano and K. L. Eggleston

Poster PDF (92.1 kB)
  2:00 PM
7.3
A Probabilistic-Spatial Approach to the Quality Control of Climate Observations
Christopher Daly, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR; and W. Gibson, M. Doggett, J. Smith, and G. Taylor

  2:15 PM
7.4
The Value of a Quality Assurance Meteorologist
Janet E. Martinez, Oklahoma Climatological Survey, Norman, OK; and C. A. Fiebrich and M. A. Shafer

  2:30 PM
7.5
Data quality assessment: Why we need to share
Nathaniel B. Guttman, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC

  2:45 PM
7.6
Quality control of pre-1948 cooperative observer network data
Kenneth E. Kunkel, ISWS, Champaign, IL; and D. R. Easterling, K. Hubbard, K. Redmond, K. Andsager, M. Kruk, and M. Spinar

  3:00 PM
7.7
  3:15 PM
7.8
  3:30 PM
7.9
A comparison of methods for the identification of steps in temperature series: an overview
Lucie A. Vincent, MSC, Downsview, ON, Canada; and J. F. Ducré-Robitaille and G. Boulet

  4:00 PM
The impact of precipitaton frequency on gaugesite monitoring algorithms
Barbara G. Brown, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and E. I. Tollerud and T. L. Fowler

  4:30 PM
Ensuring Quality Snow Observations at LCD Stations
Andy Horvitz, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and J. Lawrimore, R. Leffler, R. Stone, T. Townsend, A. Dunham, N. Doesken, and K. T. Redmond

  4:45 PM
Nineteenth Century Weather Observers: A Whodunit
Glen Conner, Western Kentucky Univ., Bowling Green, KY

  5:00 PM
Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall


17
GIS Applications (ROOM 613/614)
Location: Room 613/614
Sponsor: 20th International Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology
Cochairs: Nancy Soreide, NOAA/PMEL; Scott Shipley, Raytheon ITSS

Papers:
  1:30 PM
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
NetCDF into GIS: the good, the bad, and the ugly
John Caron, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and S. Nativi

  2:00 PM
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
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

Poster PDF (1.3 MB)
  2:30 PM
Integrating GIS Data with geoscience data using Unidata's IDV
Don Murray, UCAR/Unidata, Boulder, CO; and T. Whittaker, J. McWhirter, and S. Wier

http://my.unidata.ucar.edu/content/software/IDV

  2:45 PM
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
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

  3:15 PM
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

  3:30 PM
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

  3:45 PM
Serving NEXRAD data with Open Source GIS
Daryl Herzmann, Iowa State University, Ames, IA; and R. Arritt

  4:00 PM
GIS Data and Applications at the Lower Mississippi River Forecast Center
Keith M. Stellman, NOAA/NWS, Slidell, LA; and D. M. Welch

Poster PDF (659.5 kB)
  4:15 PM
A discussion of the flooding threshold in eastern North Dakota utilizing SWAT
Damon M. Grabow, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND

Poster PDF (637.9 kB)
  4:30 PM
Data retrieval based on spatiotemporal characteristics of weather events
May Yuan, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. McIntosh

  4:45 PM
Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall

  5:15 PM
Automated Weather Decision Support Systems (Formerly Paper Number 18.8)
Ronald Sznaider, Meteorlogix, Minneapolis, MN

2:00 PM-3:15 PM: Thursday, 15 January 2004


3
Session 3 (Room 604)
Location: Room 604
Sponsor: Interactive Symposium on Private Sector Opportunities in Operational Coastal Oceanography, Meteorology, and Hydrology
Chair: Mary G. Altalo, SAIC

Papers:
  2:00 PM
3.1
Subsea Fiber Optic Cable Networks for Data Acquisition and Telemetry
Jim Byous, Gulf Fiber Corporation, Houston, TX

  2:45 PM
Coffee Break

3:00 PM-3:00 PM: Thursday, 15 January 2004


Break Sponsored by Swets Blackwell


Conference Ends

3:00 PM-3:30 PM: Thursday, 15 January 2004


Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall


Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall (Exhibits open 1:30-6:00 P.M.)

3:00 PM-3:00 PM: Thursday, 15 January 2004


Registration Desk Closes

3:15 PM-3:15 PM: Thursday, 15 January 2004


Panel Discussion 1
The Challenges of Building Meteorological Observing Equipment for the Coastal Environment (Room 604)
Location: Room 604
Sponsor: Interactive Symposium on Private Sector Opportunities in Operational Coastal Oceanography, Meteorology, and Hydrology
Moderator: Paul M. Fransioli, J3AQM, LLC


ASLI Business Meeting

3:30 PM-5:00 PM: Thursday, 15 January 2004


Joint Session 13
Verification of Gridded Forecasts (Joint between the 20th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting/16th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction and the17th Conference on Probablity and Statistics in the Atmospheric Sciences) (Room 6A)
Location: Room 6A
Sponsors: (Joint between the 20th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting/16th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction; and the 17th Conference on Probablity and Statistics in the Atmospheric Sciences )
Chair: Mary M. Cairns, Office of the Federal Coordinator for Meteorology

Papers:
  3:30 PM
MVT—An Automated Mesoscale Verification Tool
Scott A. Sandgathe, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and L. Heiss

Poster PDF (1.3 MB)
  3:45 PM
A global version of MM5: Method and verification
Jimy Dudhia, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. F. Bresch

Poster PDF (396.7 kB)
  4:00 PM
Verifying mesoscale model precipitation forecasts using an acuity-fidelity approach
Stephen F. Marshall, WSI Corporation, Andover, MA; and P. J. Sousounis and T. A. Hutchinson

Poster PDF (555.6 kB)
  4:15 PM
Use of a modified Ebert-McBride technique to verify IHOP QPF as a function of convective system morphology
Jeremy S. Grams, Iowa State University, Ames, IA; and W. A. Gallus Jr., L. S. Wharton, S. Koch, E. E. Ebert, and A. Loughe

Poster PDF (269.4 kB)
  4:30 PM
Composite-Based Verification of Precipitation Forecasts from a Mesoscale Model
Jason E. Nachamkin, NRL, Monterey, CA; and S. Chen and J. Schmidt

Poster PDF (267.9 kB)
  4:45 PM
Examination of the performance of several mesoscale models for convective forecasting during IHOP
Edward J. Szoke, NOAA/ERL/FSL, Boulder, CO; and J. M. Brown and B. Shaw

http://laps.fsl.noaa.gov/szoke/IHOP/ihopmodeleval.html

Poster PDF (2.3 MB)

24
Forecast Uncertainty (ROOM 605/606)
Location: Room 605/606
Sponsor: 20th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting/16th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction
Organizer: Nicholas A. Bond, JISAO/Univ. of Washington and NOAA/PMEL

Papers:
  3:30 PM
Predictive reliability and the scale-bridging capacity of nested models
Ana P. Barros, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA; and K. -. C. Harm and S. Chiao

  4:00 PM
Forecasting Mesoscale Uncertainty: Short-Range Ensemble Forecast Error Predictability
Eric P. Grimit, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and C. F. Mass

  4:15 PM
Spatial bias errors in the operational NCEP Eta model
Kimberly L. Elmore, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and D. Schultz and M. Baldwin

  4:30 PM
The risks and rewards of high resolution and ensemble numerical weather prediction
Paul J. Roebber, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI; and D. M. Schultz, B. A. Colle, and D. J. Stensrud

  4:45 PM

25
Model Numerics
Location: Room 607
Sponsor: 20th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting/16th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction
Organizer: Edward L. Bensman

Papers:
  3:30 PM
The use of a cartesian terrain-intersecting grid in a Fourier-based solution of the Helmholtz problem of an implicit nonhydrostatic forecast model
R. James Purser, SAIC and NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Camp Springs, MD; and S. J. Thomas

http://sgi62.ncep.noaa.gov:8080/jpurser/NWP.25.1.purser.pdf

Poster PDF (174.1 kB)
  3:45 PM
A fully-implicit semi-Lagrangian nonhydrostatic model employing a pressure-hybrid vertical coordinate
Sajal K. Kar, I.M. Systems Group, Inc., Kensington, MD; and R. J. Purser, S. G. Gopalakrishnan, and G. J. Dimego

Poster PDF (112.1 kB)
  4:00 PM
Application of the Rapid Update Cycle at 10-13 km—Initial testing
Stanley G. Benjamin, NOAA/ERL/FSL, Boulder, CO; and T. G. Smirnova, K. Brundage, S. S. Weygandt, G. A. Grell, J. M. Brown, D. Devenyi, B. M. Schwartz, and T. L. Smith

  4:15 PM
Dependence of Hurricane Intensity and Structures on Vertical Resolution
Da-lin Zhang, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and X. Wang

  4:30 PM
Development of Fully Parallelized Regional Spectral Model at NCEP
Jongil Han, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC, Camp Springs, MD; and H. M. H. Juang

  4:45 PM
Sparse Matrix Techniques for Coupling Independent Hydrological and Meteorological Models
Carlie J. Coats, Baron Advanced Meteorological Systems, Research Triangle Park, NC; and C. Peters-Lidard

3:30 PM-5:30 PM: Thursday, 15 January 2004


Joint Session 6
Observed Climate Variability (JOINT with THE 15TH SYMPOSIUM ON GLOBAL CHANGE AND CLIMATE VARIATIONS AND THE 14TH CONFERENCE ON APPLIED CLIMATOLOGY (Room 609/610)
Location: Room 609/610
Sponsors: (Joint between the 14th Conference on Applied Climatology; and the 15th Symposium on Global Change and Climate Variations )
Chair: Arthur T. DeGaetano, Cornell Univ.

Papers:
  3:30 PM
Verifying the Reanalysis and climate models outputs using a 56-Year data set of reconstructed global precipitation
Mingyue Chen, RS Information Systems, Inc., Camp Springs, MD; and P. Xie, J. E. Janowiak, P. A. Arkin, and T. M. Smith

  3:45 PM
Low Latitude Zonally Symmetric Circulations in the NCEP Reanalyses
Ioana M. Dima, JISAO/Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and J. M. Wallace

  4:00 PM
 
J6.4
The Storms of 2003 in the Midwest

  4:30 PM
Recent climate variability in Antarctica from satellite-derived temperature data
David P. Schneider, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and E. J. Steig and J. Comiso

  4:45 PM
Monitoring climate change from geostationary satellites
Herbert Jacobowitz, Short & Associates, Inc., Silver Spring, MD; and G. J. Dittberner and J. J. Gurka

  5:00 PM
  5:15 PM
Geostatistical Analysis of local versus Regional Feedback on Regional Climate: Synthesis of Insitu Observations and Global Analysis over Senegal, Western Africa
Souleymane Fall, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; and D. Niyogi, F. Semazzi, R. Anyah, and J. Bowden

Poster PDF (218.0 kB)

4:00 PM-5:00 PM: Thursday, 15 January 2004


4
Session 4 (Room 604)
Location: Room 604
Sponsor: Interactive Symposium on Private Sector Opportunities in Operational Coastal Oceanography, Meteorology, and Hydrology
Chair: Robert L. Cohen, Weathernews Oceanroutes

Papers:
  4:00 PM
4.1
The Status and Plans for Coastal-IOOS
Eric Lindstrom, OCEAN.US/NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC

  4:15 PM
4.2
SEA-COOS: A Representative Regional Coastal Observing System
Christopher N. K. Mooers, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL

  4:30 PM
Panel

4:30 PM-4:30 PM: Thursday, 15 January 2004


Exhibit Hall open until 6:00 p.m.

5:00 PM-5:00 PM: Thursday, 15 January 2004


Conference Ends


Symposium Ends

5:00 PM-6:00 PM: Thursday, 15 January 2004


Reception in Exhibit Hall (Cash Bar)

5:30 PM-5:30 PM: Thursday, 15 January 2004


Conference Ends

6:00 PM-6:00 PM: Thursday, 15 January 2004


Norm Phillips Banquet

Friday, 16 January 2004

8:30 AM-4:30 PM: Friday, 16 January 2004


Annual ASLI Field Trip: Visits to the Microsoft Archives and Museum, the Boeing Technical Library, and the NOAA Regional Library. Cost: $40 (Lunch not included).