| Monday, 15 January 2007 |
| 9:00 AM-10:15 AM, Monday
Plenary Session for the Presidential Forum (Presidential Forum will then run parallel to other sessions throughout the day) |
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| 2:30 PM-4:00 PM, Monday, Exhibit Hall C
Joint Poster Session 1 CLIMATE ASPECTS OF HYDROMETEOROLOGY POSTERS (Joint with 21st Conference on Hydrology) |
Organizers: Paul R. Houser, George Mason Univ./Center for Research on Environment and Water, Calverton, MD; Ana P. Barros, Duke Univ., Durham, NC; Christa Peters-Lidard, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD
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| | JP1.1 | The Impact of an Earthquake-Generated Tsunami on the Earth-Atmosphere System: Year 2004 Indian Ocean Case History Example
Ayorinde O. Idowu, Univ. of Houston, Houston, TX |
| | JP1.2 | Comparison of precipitable water vapor measurements from AIRS and MODIS on the Aqua satellite
Michael J. Garay, Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA; and E. J. Fetzer and A. Eldering |
| | JP1.3 | Water Balance of an Irrigated Watershed with Seasonally Drought in Southern China
Yuanshu Jing Sr., Nanjing Univ., Nanjing, China; and Z. Bin and H. Zepp |
| | JP1.4 | Observations and Influence of Groundwater on Surface Fluxes Using the NOAH Land Suraface Model in the Nebraska Sand Hills 
David B. Radell, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE; and C. M. Rowe |
| | JP1.5 | A study of the intensity and duration of the North American Monsoon as a function of winter and spring snowcover
Anna Marie Nordfelt, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and S. Quiring |
| | JP1.6 | On the Ice Control producing 5th Generation Water Resources and suppressing Global Warming
Hi-Ryong Byun, Pukyong National University, Busan, South Korea |
| | JP1.7 | On the validation of the simulation of early season precipitation in the island of Puerto Rico using a mesoscale atmospheric model
Daniel E. Comarazamy, Univ. of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico; and J. E. Gonzalez |
| | JP1.8 | Possible hydrological effects of detected change in vegetation cover in Eastern Europe based on remotely sensed data
Judit Bartholy, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary; and R. Pongracz, Z. Dezso, A. Kern, Z. Barcza, and I. Bogardi |
| | JP1.9 | Metrics to Characterize Land Controls in the Dynamical Evolution of Cloud and Precipitation Patterns: An Illustration Study in North America
Kun Tao, Duke Univ., Durham, NC; and A. P. Barros |
| | JP1.10 | Investigation on the circulation of Urban Boundary Layer induced by urbanized land surface
Soohyun Park, Seoul National Univ., Seoul, South Korea; and B. Kim and G. Lim |
| | JP1.11 | Impacts of UHI and aerosols on hydrological variables
Heather Yael Glickman, NOAA/CREST/City University of New York, New York, NY; and S. Mahani and R. Khanbilvardi1 |
| | JP1.12 | Dynamic vegetation model for the descriptions of evapotranspiration and photosynthetic carbon sink observed at a rice paddy
Jeng-Lin Tsai, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan; and B. J. Tsuang |
| | JP1.13 | Impact of land use change on the boundary layer development and cloud formation in Southwest Australia
Salvi AsefiNajafabady, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL; and Y. Wu, U. S. Nair, R. A. Pielke, T. J. Lyons, J. Hacker, and R. M. Welch |
|  | JP1.14 | Assessing the Performance of CLASS in the Canadian Regional Climate Model
Edmond Chan, EC, Toronto, ON, Canada; and M. D. MacKay and D. L. Verseghy |
| | JP1.15 | Application and evaluation of the Kalman Filter data assimilation approaches in the Noah land surface model
Yan Luo, Center for Research on Environment and Water, Calverton, MD; and P. R. Houser and X. Zhan |
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| Tuesday, 16 January 2007 |
| 8:30 AM-12:00 PM, Tuesday, 214A
Joint Session 1 Impacts of Terrestrial Changes on Weather and Climate (Joint with 21st Conference on Hydrology and Climate Aspects of Hydrometeorology) |
Organizers: Christa Peters-Lidard, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; Ana P. Barros, Duke Univ., Durham, NC; Paul R. Houser, George Mason Univ./Center for Research on Environment and Water, Calverton, MD
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| 8:30 AM | J1.1 | Linking Water, Carbon and Nitrogen Cycles (INVITED)
Elisabeth A. Holland, NCAR, Boulder, CO |
| 9:00 AM | J1.2 | Hydrological impacts of deforestation in small catchments in Brazilian Amazonian
Ralph Trancoso, National Institute for Research in Amazônia, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil; and J. Tomasella, R. D. C. D. Silva, M. T. F. Monteiro, D. A. Rodriguez, and L. A. Cuartas |
| 9:15 AM | J1.3 | The Sensitivity of North American Warm Season Precipitation to Vegetation and Groundwater Dynamics
Xiao-Yan Jiang, Univ. of Texas, Austin, 78712, TX; and G. Y. Niu and Z. L. Yang |
| 9:30 AM | J1.4 | The Southwest Australian Bunny Fence Experiment
Udaysankar S. Nair, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and T. J. Lyons, J. Hacker, R. M. Welch, R. A. Pielke, S. Asefi, and Y. Wu |
| 9:45 AM | | Coffee Break with Formal Poster Viewing
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| 11:00 AM | J1.5 | The impact of current and future urban land use on coastal convective precipitation
J. Marshall Shepherd, Univ. of Georgia, Athens, GA; and M. Manyin and D. Messen |
| 11:15 AM | J1.6 | Analysis of the Influence of Irrigation on Hydroclimate in the California Central Valley using Regional Climate Model Ensemble Simulations
Jiming Jin, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory/Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA; and N. L. Miller |
| 11:30 AM | J1.7 | Impacts of northern lakes on local seasonal climate 
Zhenxia Long, Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Dartmouth, NS, Canada; and W. A. Perrie, J. R. Gyakum, R. Laprise, and D. Caya |
| 11:45 AM | J1.8 | A Numerical Study of the Hydrometeorological Dryline in Northwest India during the Monsoon
Sen Chiao, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL; and A. P. Barros |
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| 1:30 PM-5:30 PM, Tuesday, 214A
Joint Session 2 Water Resource Issues Associated with Weather and Climate Change (Joint with the 21st Conference on Hydrology and Climate Aspects of Hydrometeorology) |
Organizers: Bart Nijssen, 3TIER, Seattle, WA; Alan F. Hamlet, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; Ana P. Barros, Duke Univ., Durham, NC; Christa Peters-Lidard, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD
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| 1:30 PM | J2.1 | Global warming and water availability: the "big picture" (INVITED)
P. C. D. Milly, USGS, Princeton, NJ |
| 2:00 PM | J2.2 | Atmospheric Transfer of Surface Water between Basins and Between Nations
Paul A. Dirmeyer, COLA, Calverton, MD; and K. L. Brubaker |
| 2:15 PM | J2.3 | Implications of changing 20th century precipitation variability for water management in the western U.S.
Alan F. Hamlet, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and P. W. Mote and D. P. Lettenmaier |
| 2:30 PM | J2.4 | Climate Forecasts and Water management - Possibilities and Challenges
Sankar Arumugam, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC; and U. Lall, A. F. De Souza, and C. Brown |
| 2:45 PM | J2.5 | Climate Forecasts and Water Macro Allocation in Ceará, Brazil
Francisco Assis Filho Souza Filho, IRI, Columbia University, Palisades, NY; and U. Lall |
| 3:00 PM | | Coffee Break
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| 3:30 PM | J2.6 | An Experimental System for a Global Flood Watch: From Satellite Precipitation Data to a Flood Inundation Map
Yang Hong, Goddard Earth Science and Technology Center, Greenbelt, MD; and R. Adler, R. Brakenridge, and G. J. Huffman |
| 3:45 PM | J2.7 | Using Multiple-Sensor Quantitative Precipitation Estimation for Flood Forecasting in the Lower Colorado River Basin
Beth Clarke, Weather Decision Technologies, Norman, OK; and C. Barrere, M. Luna, and D. Yates |
| 4:00 PM | J2.8 | Flash Flood Prediction in Italy: Development and Testing of a New Capability
J. William Conway, Weather Decision Technologies, Inc., Norman, OK; and C. Barrere, G. Formentini, L. Lago, A. Rossa, and M. Calza |
| 4:15 PM | J2.9 | Effects of evapotranspiration and rainfall fluxes on the hydrologic water balance in the Arbuckle-Simpson Aquifer region
Baxter E. Vieux, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and C. Calderon |
| 4:30 PM | J2.10 | Developing tools for monitoring moisture conditions at the local level in the State of Texas
Steven M. Quiring, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and J. W. Nielsen-Gammon |
| 4:45 PM | J2.11 | Coupling land hydrology to a cloud resolving model - Evaluation for warm season conditions
Shanti Bhushan, Duke University, Durham, NC; and B. Ana P |
| 5:00 PM | J2.12 | A Study of Predecessor Rainfall Events (PRE) in Advance of Tropical Cyclones
Matthew Cote, State Univ. of New York, Albany, NY; and M. L. Jurewicz |
| 5:15 PM | J2.13 | Synoptic and Mesoscale Patterns Associated with Super-Cooled Liquid Water over the Medicine Bow and Sierra Madre Mountains
Melissa A. Goering, NOAA/NWSFO, Cheyenne, WY; and T. Jensen and D. Copley |
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| Wednesday, 17 January 2007 |
| 8:30 AM-12:00 PM, Wednesday, 214A
Joint Session 3 Forecasting Water Cycle Components at Different Spatial and Temporal Scales (Joint with Climate Change Manifested by Changes in Weather and Climate Aspects of Hydrometeorology) |
Organizers: Ana P. Barros, Duke Univ., Durham, NC; Christa Peters-Lidard, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD
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| 8:30 AM | J3.1 | Prediction of Elements of the Hydrologic Cycle at Climatic Time Scale: Observations and Prospects (INVITED)
Upmanu Lall, International Research Institute for Climate Prediction, New York, NY |
| 9:00 AM | J3.2 | Dynamic Bayesian Networks for Spatio-Temporal Downscaling of Seasonal Climate to Daily Weather Forecasts
Abedalrazq F. Khalil, Columbia Univ., New York, NY; and H. H. Kwon and U. Lall |
| 9:15 AM | J3.3 | Assessment of dynamic downscaling of the continental U.S. regional climate using the Eta/SSiB Regional Climate Model
Yongkang Xue, University of California, Los Angeles, CA; and R. Vasic, Z. Janjic, F. Mesinger, and K. Mitchell |
| 9:30 AM | J3.4 | Climatic aspects of hydrometeorology and water resources – the role of drought (INVITED)
Dennis P. Lettenmaier, University of Washington, Seattle, WA |
| 10:00 AM | | Coffee Break
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| 10:30 AM | J3.5 | When model results and observations disagree . . .
Andrew A. Lacis, NASA/GISS, New York, NY |
| 10:45 AM | J3.6 | Extreme Floods in Urban Watersheds (INVITED)
James A. Smith, Princeton Univ., Princeton, NJ |
| 11:15 AM | J3.7 | Cool season heavy rainfall events over west central Florida
Charles H. Paxton, NOAA/NWSFO, Ruskin, FL; and A. Reynes and J. C. McMichael |
| 11:30 AM | J3.8 | An Examination of Central Gulf Coast Rainfall Quantities to Characterize the Hydrologic Impacts of Gulf of Mexico Tropical Systems
Suzanne Van Cooten, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK |
| 11:45 AM | J3.9 | Effect of Mean Midtropospheric Winds on Monthly Precipitation Anomolies in the Central Rocky Mountain Region
Donna F. Tucker, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS |
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