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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)
	10:45 AM-12:15 PM, Monday, 216AB Session 1A Global Meteorological and Hydrological Service Updates Part I
Cochairs: Fred Branski, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; Michael D. Eilts, Weather Decision Technologies, Inc., Norman, OK; Terry C. Tarbell, RS Information Systems, Inc, McLean, VA
10:45 AM 1A.1 National Weather Service (NWS) Services Update   D. L. Johnson, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD 11:15 AM 1A.2 Address from the NOAA Administrator   Conrad C. Lautenbacher, NOAA, Washington, DC 11:45 AM 1A.3 Address from the Deputy Secretary of Commerce   David Sampson, Dept. of Commerce, Washington, DC
	10:45 AM-12:00 PM, Monday, 217A Session 1B International Applications - Part I
Cochairs: John R. Lincoln, US Navy/WMO (Ret.) and Consultant, Berryville, VA; Howard J. Diamond, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Silver Spring, MD; Alfred Hofstadler, ECMWF, Reading United Kingdom
10:45 AM 1B.1 Implementation of the phase 1 of TIGGE   Baudouin Raoult, ECMWF, Reading, Berks., United Kingdom; and M. Fuentes, D. Schuster, T. Yoksas, J. Urban, D. Brown, and S. J. Worley 11:00 AM 1B.2 Implementation and plans for TIGGE at NCAR and ECMWF   Douglas Schuster, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and S. J. Worley, B. Raoult, M. Fuentes, J. Urban, and N. C. Wilhelmi 11:15 AM 1B.3 The EU funded SIMDAT project: components for building the WMO Information System   Baudouin Raoult, ECMWF, Reading, Berks., United Kingdom; and G. Aubert and M. Gutierrez 1B.4 SCRIBE- Update on EC's forecast production tool   Richard E. Jones, EC, Dorval, QC, Canada 11:30 AM 1B.5 Who needs Sudoku when you have a puzzle like Data Management?   Dave Spiegl, MSC, Toronto, ON, Canada; and P. Wong, R. Campbell, O. Jacobsen, and B. Fehr
	1:30 PM-5:15 PM, Monday, 216AB Session 2A GLOBAL METEOROLOGICAL AND HYDROLOGICAL SERVICE UPDATES PART II
Cochairs: Fred Branski, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; Michael D. Eilts, Weather Decision Technologies, Inc., Norman, OK; Terry C. Tarbell, RS Information Systems, Inc, McLean, VA
1:30 PM 2A.1 Air Force Meteorological and Hydrological Services Update   Lawrence A. Stutzriem, HQ USAF/A3O-W, Washington, DC 2:00 PM 2A.2 USN Meteorological and Hydrological Services Update   Timothy McGee, Naval Meteorology and Oceanography, Stennis Space Center, MS 2:30 PM Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break   4:00 PM 2A.3 WMO Services Update   Michel Jarraud, WMO, Geneva, Switzerland 4:30 PM 2A.4 ECMWF Meteorological and Hydrological Services Update   Dominique Marbouty, ECMWF, Reading, Berks., United Kingdom 5:00 PM 2A.5 Impact of a New Requirements Process on Technology Infusion in the National Weather Service   LeRoy Spayd, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD
	1:30 PM-5:30 PM, Monday, 217A Session 2B International Applications - Part II (The last seven papers in this session are "overflow" papers from the joint session on Global Earth Observations with IOAS–AOLS)
Cochairs: John R. Lincoln, US Navy/WMO (Ret.) and Consultant, Berryville, VA; Howard J. Diamond, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Silver Spring, MD; Alfred Hofstadler, ECMWF, Reading United Kingdom
1:30 PM 2B.1 INCREASING FORECAST ACCURACY BY MECHANICALLY COMBINING HUMAN AND AUTOMATED PREDICTIONS USING A KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEM   Harvey Stern, BOM, Melbourne, Vic., Australia 1:45 PM 2B.2 Building and Sustaining International Scientific Partnerships Through Data Sharing   Mohan Ramamurthy, Unidata/UCAR, Boulder, CO; and T. Yoksas and L. I. Miller 2:00 PM 2B.3 On thinning methods for data assimilation of satellite observations   Tilo Ochotta, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany; and C. Gebhardt, V. Bondarenko, D. Saupe, and W. Wergen 2:15 PM 2B.4 GEOSS: Comprehensive, Coordinated, and Sustained Earth Observations for Disaster Reduction.   Helen M. Wood, NOAA, Silver Spring, MD; and T. C. Adang 2:30 PM Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break   4:00 PM 2B.5 An Introduction to the Observing System Monitoring Center   Kevin M. O'Brien, JISAO/University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and S. Hankin, R. Schweitzer, K. Kern, B. Smith, T. Habermann, and N. Auerbach 4:15 PM 2B.6 Radar visualization and data exporter tools to support interoperability and the Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS), from the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA's) National Climatic Data Center (NCDC)   Stephen Del Greco, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and S. Ansari 2B.7 Warning Decision Support System – integrated information based severe weather feature extraction and analysis from NEXRAD radar (WSR-88D) Archived Data at NOAA's National Climatic Data Center   Steve Ansari, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and C. Hutchins 4:30 PM 2B.7A Trends in Seoul (1778-2004) summer precipitation   Bin Wang, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI 4:45 PM Paper 2B.8 has been moved. New Paper number 5B.10   5:00 PM 2B.9 The role of the Molniya Orbit Imager in the Global Observing System   Lars P. Riishojgaard, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD 5:15 PM 2B.10 New Cooperative Observer Networks and Instrumentation Data Quality   Jason A. Karvelot, Davis Instruments, Corp., Hayward, CA
	2:30 PM-4:00 PM, Monday, Exhibit Hall C Joint Poster Session 1 Climate change: in Hydrometeorological Variables, Detection & Attribution (Joint Between the 19th Conference on Climate Variability and Change, 23rd Conference on IIPS, Climate Change Manifested by Changes in Weather, and the 5th Conference on Artificial Intelligence and its Applications to Environmental Sciences)
Chair: Aiguo Dai, NCAR, Boulder, CO
JP1.1 Spatial coherence of rainfall variations using the Oklahoma Mesonet   K. Margret Sturgis, Oklahoma Climatological Survey and Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and R. A. McPherson, M. B. Richman, and D. J. Karoly   Poster Moved. New Paper Number 4A.11A     JP1.2A What can we (not?!) say about historical temperature changes from Radiosonde records?   Peter Thorne, UK Met Office, Exeter, United Kingdom; and M. McCarthy and H. Titchner   JP1.3 Blocking in the Northern and Southern Hemisphere: An update to include 2000 - 2006   Joseph V. Clark, Univ. of Missouri, Columbia, MO; and K. M. Mihalka and A. R. Lupo   JP1.4 GPS radio occultations of arctic temperature profiles   Jaclyn Trzaska, Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, NJ; and J. Francis and D. E. Veron   JP1.5 Identifying Connections Between Temperature Trends and Station Changes in the United States   Rebecca A. Smith, Florida State Univ./COAPS, Tallahasssee, FL; and J. J. O'Brien   JP1.6 Comparison of glacier-inferred temperatures with observations and climate model simulations   Diandong Ren, Univ. of Oklahoma/CAPS, Norman, OK; and D. J. Karoly   JP1.7 Assessing the trends of Southern Hemisphere transient wave activity in reanalyses and rawinsonde observations   Yanjuan Guo, SUNY, Stony Brook, NY; and E. K. M. Chang   JP1.8 Comparative study on the land-cover change and global warming impacts on regional climate in Northeast Asia   Tomonori Sato, Univ. of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Japan; and F. Kimura   Poster JP1.9 has been moved. New paper number 2B.7A in the 23IIPS Program     JP1.10 The search for ocean influences on midlatitude cyclones   Richard E. Danielson, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada   JP1.11 Regional climate change expected in Eastern/Central Europe   Judit Bartholy, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary; and R. Pongracz, C. Torma, and A. Hunyady   JP1.12 Increased Precipitation is Climate Change imposed by Anthropogenic Activities   Pankaj Kumar Sinha, Cochin University of Science & Technology, Cochin, India   JP1.13 Impact of land cover on the regional response to global warming   Ming Cai, Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL; and Y. K. Lim and E. Kalnay   JP1.14 Evidence in support of the climate change-Atlantic hurricane hypothesis   James B. Elsner, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL   JP1.15 Detected trends in extreme temperature and precipitation indices in the Central/Eastern European region   Rita Pongracz, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary; and J. Bartholy
	2:30 PM-4:00 PM, Monday, Exhibit Hall C Poster Session 1 Poster Session I
Cochairs: Stephen M. Holt, Mitretek Systems, Falls Church, VA; Scott T. Shipley, Earth Resources Technology, Jessup, MD
P1.1 Usage of RWIS in New Hampshire for Monitoring Environmental and Pavement   Brendon Hoch, Plymouth State Univ., Plymouth, NH; and J. P. Koermer, W. L. Real, and S. W. Gray   P1.2 Delaware Environmental Observing System: An Update   David R. Legates, University of Delaware, Newark, DE; and D. J. Leathers, T. DeLiberty, G. E. Quelch, and K. Brinson   P1.3 Weather influences on power outages in New Hampshire: Development of a Web based decision making tool   Bridget M. Bixby, Plymouth State University, Plymouth, NH; and E. G. Hoffman P1.4 Evolution of NWS Severe Weather Warning Polygons: Precise Threat Area Identification and Tracking   Gregory J. Stumpf, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, and NOAA/NWS, Norman, OK; and K. Scharfenberg, M. A. Magsig, K. L. Ortega, and V. Lakshmanan   P1.5 Building a Partnership and Infrastructure for Predicting Tropical Cyclones, Surge and Innundation for the Southeastern United States: The SCOOP Project   Gerald J. Creager, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; and P. Bogden, G. Allen, H. C. Graber, S. Graves, R. Luettich, P. Sheng, and H. Wang   P1.6 Exploring Meterological Variables in Hurricanes using Giovanni   Suraiya P. Ahmad, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and J. E. Johnson, G. G. Leptoukh, and S. J. Kempler   P1.7 NASA GES DISC Web Portal and Services for Supporting Hurricane Monitoring, Research and Outreach Activities   Zhong Liu, George Mason University/CEOSR, Fairfax, VA and NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and G. Leptoukh, D. Ostrenga, J. Hulka, and L. Carlaw   P1.8 Comparison of tornadic and non-tornadic supercells using the National Weather Service's Graphical Forecast Editor   J. Brad McGavock, NOAA/NWSFO, Tulsa, OK; and R. B. Darby, S. F. Piltz, and J. M. Frederick   P1.9 Analysis of WRF and MM5 mesoscale model forecasts to distinguish tornado outbreaks from primarily nontornadic severe weather outbreaks   Chad M. Shafer, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and A. E. Mercer, M. B. Richman, L. M. Leslie, and C. A. Doswell   P1.10 The development of the real time mesoscale analysis system at NCEP   Manuel S.F.V. De Pondeca, SAIC/NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC, Camp Springs, MD; and G. S. Manikin, S. Y. Park, D. F. Parrish, W. S. Wu, G. DiMego, J. C. Derber, S. Benjamin, J. D. Horel, S. M. Lazarus, L. Anderson, B. Colman, G. E. Mann, and G. Mandt   P1.11 The RTMA Background - Hourly Downscaling of RUC Data to 5-km Detail   Stan Benjamin, NOAA/ESRL/GSD, Boulder, CO; and J. M. Brown, G. S. Manikin, and G. Mann   P1.12 Presenting and validating forecast model uncertainty for single and multi-model ensembles   Michael Sze, AER, Lexington, MA; and D. B. Hogan, X. Papadakis, and S. Massa   P1.13 Evaluating optimal techniques for compressing NOGAPS data sets for quick response applications   Young Yee, Mkey Technologies, LLC, Las Cruces, NM; and E. Vidal, S. Cabrera, A. Aguirre, and A. Lucero   P1.14 On the use of WRF Portal to support the Developmental Testbed Center   Mark W. Govett, NOAA/ESRL/GSD, Boulder, CO; and J. S. Smith   P1.15 THREDDS Data Server: Case Studies   Ethan R. Davis, UCAR/Unidata, Boulder, CO; and J. Caron, R. P. Kambic, and Y. Ho   P1.16 Java libraries for reading GRIB and BUFR or you can't always get what you want but if you try sometimes you get what you need   Robert P. Kambic, Unidata/UCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. Caron, E. Davis, and Y. Ho
Tuesday, 16 January 2007
	8:30 AM-11:45 AM, Tuesday, 214C Joint Session 2 Joint Session between 19th Conference on Climate Variability and Change and 23IIPS (Joint between the 23rd Conference on IIPS and the 19th Conference on Climate Variability and Change)
Cochairs: Stephen M. Holt, Mitretek Systems, Falls Church, VA; Nancy N. Soreide, NOAA/PMEL, Seattle, WA; John Roads, SIO/Univ. of California, La Jolla, CA; Lucie A. Vincent, EC, Toronto, ON Canada
8:30 AM J2.1 The National Severe Storms Laboratory Historical Weather Data Archives Data Management And Web Access System   Willa H. Zhu, JISAO/Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and D. M. Schultz, D. Kennedy, K. Kelleher, and N. Soreide 8:45 AM J2.2 Observing System Web Portal   Nancy N. Soreide, NOAA/PMEL, Seattle, WA; and J. Sirott, D. W. Denbo, and W. H. Zhu 9:00 AM J2.3 NOAA's integrated observations and data management analysis tools   Martin Yapur, NOAA/NESDIS, Silver Spring, MD; and R. Reining and J. Barkley 9:15 AM J2.4 NOAA State of the Arctic Report   Jacqueline A. Richter-Menge, ERDC-Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, Hanover, NH; and J. E. Overland, A. Proshutinsky, V. Romanovsky, and N. Soreide 9:30 AM J2.5 Making Space-based Sensors Discoverable on the Internet Using A Service Oriented Architecture and Open Geospatial Consortium Standards   Dan Mandl, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and S. W. Frye and P. Cappalaere 9:45 AM Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break   11:00 AM J2.6 Interactive Web Access to Ocean Surface Currents Analyses – Realtime Data   Willa H. Zhu, JISAO/Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and F. Bonjean, G. Lagerloef, N. N. Soreide, and J. J. O'Brien 11:15 AM J2.7 Geoprocessing Sea Ice Datasets to Derive Climate Fields   Tracy DeLiberty, University of Delaware, Newark, DE; and S. Ackley, C. Geiger, M. Van Woert, and A. Worby J2.8 A Java Based Graphical User Interface for Numerical Model Simulation and Analysis   Rahul Ramachandran, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and U. S. Nair, S. Graves, R. M. Welch, and R. Pielke 11:30 AM J2.8A Tropical Cyclone Wind Probablities: Better Defining Uncertainty at the National Hurricane Center   Christopher W. Landsea, NOAA/NWS/TPC/NHC, Miami, FL; and R. D. Knabb
	8:30 AM-12:00 PM, Tuesday, 216AB Session 3A Applications in Meteorology, Oceanography, Hydrology and Climatology
Cochairs: Carl D. Thormeyer, KSBW-8, Marina, CA; Timothy Crum, NOAA/NEXRAD Radar Operations Center, Norman, OK
8:30 AM 3A.1 Hazardous weather detection and display capability for US Navy ships   Timothy Maese, BCI, Moorestown, NJ; and J. A. Hunziker, H. S. Owen, M. Harven, L. Wagner, R. Wilcox, G. Cavalieri, and K. Koehler 3A.2 US Air Force Interactive Ensemble Visualizations   R., Bruce Telfeyan, Air Force Weather Agency, Offutt AFB, NE; and D. M. Rozema, Major, USAF and L. A. Byerle, Major, USAF 8:45 AM 3A.2A Building a Partnership and Infrastructure for Predicting Tropical Cyclones, Surge and Innundation for the Southeastern United States: The SCOOP Project   Gerald J. Creager, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX 9:00 AM 3A.3 Temperature Ensemble Spread as a Real Time Forecasting Tool at The Weather Channel   Jeral G. Estupińán, The Weather Channel, Atlanta, GA; and J. Koval and R. Lucksinger 9:15 AM 3A.4 TABULAR PRODUCT EVOLUTION USING EXTENSIBLE MARKUP LANGUAGE   Steven R. Olson, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and M. R. Peroutka, J. E. Calkins, D. Young, A. P. Noel, A. Thomas, E. Danaher, and J. Huddleston 9:30 AM 3A.5 A principal component analysis of tornado outbreaks.   Andrew E. Mercer, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and C. M. Shafer, M. B. Richman, C. A. Doswell, and L. Leslie 9:45 AM Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break   11:00 AM 3A.6 FORECAST PERFORMANCE OF AN OPERATIONAL MESO-GAMMA-SCALE MODELLING SYSTEM FOR SOUTHERN FLORIDA   Anthony P. Praino, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY; and L. A. Treinish 11:15 AM 3A.7 Tools used by the spaceflight meteorology group to evaluate the space shuttle weather flight rules for landing forecasts   Brian Hoeth, NOAA/NWS, Houston, TX; and T. Garner, R. Lafosse, and T. D. Oram 11:30 AM 3A.8 NOAA Tsunami Forecasting System: Using numerical modeling tools to assist in tsunami warning guidance   Angie J. Venturato, JISAO/Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and D. W. Denbo, K. T. McHugh, J. R. Osborne, P. Sorvik, and C. Moore 11:45 AM 3A.9 NOAA Tsunami Forecasting System: Design and implementation using Service Oriented Architecture   Donald W. Denbo, JISAO/Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and K. T. McHugh, J. R. Osborne, P. Sorvik, and A. J. Venturato
	8:30 AM-12:00 PM, Tuesday, 217A Session 3B Challenges in Data Access, Distribution, and Use
Cochairs: Thomas M. Whittaker, SSEC/CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; Nancy N. Soreide, NOAA/PMEL, Seattle, WA
8:30 AM 3B.1 In Situ Data Access   Nancy N. Soreide, NOAA/PMEL, Seattle, WA 8:45 AM 3B.2 DAP-enabled Server-side Data Reduction and Analysis   Daniel L. Wang, Univ. of California, Irvine, CA; and C. S. Zender and S. F. Jenks 9:00 AM 3B.3 DapperM: A Matlab interface to Dapper an OPeNDAP in-situ data service   Donald W. Denbo, JISAO/Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and J. Sirott and W. H. Zhu 9:15 AM 3B.4 High performance distributed data reduction and analysis with the netCDF Operators (NCO)   Charles S. Zender, Univ. of California, Irvine, CA; and D. L. Wang 9:30 AM 3B.5 Evolving IDV—Creating Better Tools for the Community   Don Murray, UCAR/Unidata, Boulder, CO; and J. McWhirter 9:45 AM Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break   11:00 AM 3B.6 Evolving standards for interdisciplinary data integration   Ben Domenico, UCAR, Boulder, CO 11:15 AM 3B.7 Transitioning the Meteorological Assimilation Data Ingest System (MADIS) into NWS Operations   James R. McNitt, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and J. Facundo, J. O'Sullivan, and M. Campbell 11:30 AM 3B.8 NOAA National Climatic Data Center's marine data services: history, challenges and vision   Anne M. Waple, STG, Inc., Asheville, NC; and A. Hall, S. Ansari, S. A. Del Greco, D. Manns, and R. Baldwin 11:45 AM 3B.9 Disseminating National Weather Service digital forecasts using open geospatial standards   John L. Schattel Jr., NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and A. A. Taylor, P. R. Hershberg, and R. Bunge
	1:30 PM-5:30 PM, Tuesday, 216AB Session 4A Advances and Applications in Transportation Weather
Cochairs: S. Edward Boselly, Weather Solutions Group, Olympia, WA; David J. Pace, SAIC, Washington, DC; Paul A. Pisano, Federal Highway Administration, Washington, DC
1:30 PM 4A.1 The safety, mobility and economic benefits of advanced weather applications and research for surface transportation planning and operations   Samuel P. Williamson, NOAA, Silver Spring, MD; and F. L. Estis 1:45 PM 4A.2 Analysis of Weather Events on U.S. Railroads   Michael A. Rossetti, Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, Cambridge, MA 2:00 PM 4A.3 The effects of residual chemical on the road during blowing/drifting snow events   Benjamin Hershey, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND; and L. F. Osborne Jr. 2:15 PM 4A.4 The challenges of staisfying road weather users in times of changing technolgoy   Leon F. Osborne Jr., Meridian Environmental Technology, Inc. and University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND 2:30 PM 4A.5 Evolution of the U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Clarus Initiative: Project Status and Future Plans   Paul A. Pisano, Federal Highway Administration, Washington, DC; and J. S. Pol, A. D. Stern, B. C. Boyce, and J. K. Garrett 2:45 PM 4A.6 Vehicles as Mobile Sensing Platforms for Meteorological Observations: A First Look   Andrew D. Stern, Mitretek Systems, Inc., Falls Church, VA; and P. A. Pisano, J. S. Pol, V. Shah, K. J. Biesecker, and C. Yeung 3:00 PM Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall   3:30 PM 4A.7 An Automated Visibility Detection Algorithm Utilizing Camera Imagery   Robert G. Hallowell, MIT Lincoln Lab., Lexington, MA; and M. Matthews and P. A. Pisano 3:45 PM 4A.8 Road weather sensor data validation   Jennifer Hanson, Surface Transportation Weather Research Center, Grand Forks, ND; and L. F. Osborne and M. Askelson 4:00 PM 4A.9 Modeling road pavement temperatures with skin temperature observations from the Oklahoma Mesonet   Jessica M. Rathke, Oklahoma Climatological Survey, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and R. A. McPherson 4:15 PM 4A.10 On the use of satellite cloud top pressure data in the estimation of snowfall occurrence and precipitation rates   Mark Askelson, Univ. of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND 4:30 PM 4A.11 Analysis of pavement radiation loading through pavement temperature   Adam Mohr, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND; and L. F. Osborne Jr. 4A.12 Development of automated systems for analysis and forecasting of ceiling and visibility for aviation   Paul H. Herzegh, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and G. Wiener, R. Bateman, A. Braeckel, J. Cowie, J. Simard, and B. Weekley 4:45 PM 4A.13 An exploration of an automated analysis product for ceiling and visibility: potential impacts on general aviation weather decision making   Richard E. Bateman, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and P. Herzegh 5:00 PM 4A.14 A Forecaster's Perspective of, and Post Analysis on, the April 2, 2006 Severe Weather Outbreak   Phil Zuzolo, The Boeing Company, Springfield, VA
	1:30 PM-5:30 PM, Tuesday, 217A Session 4B GIS Applications
Cochairs: Scott T. Shipley, Earth Resources Technology, Jessup, MD; Nancy N. Soreide, NOAA/PMEL, Seattle, WA; Ken R. Waters, NOAA/NWS, Honolulu, HI
1:30 PM 4B.1 Verification of National Weather Service warnings using geographic information systems   Ken R. Waters, NOAA/NWS, Honolulu, HI 1:45 PM 4B.2 Utilizing Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to assess gridded NWS forecasts of Probability of Precipitation (PoP) and Quantitative Precipitation Forecast (QPF)   John B. Settelmaier, NOAA/NWS, Fort Worth, TX 2:00 PM 4B.3 Enhanced, high-density severe storm verification   Travis M. Smith, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma and NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and K. L. Ortega and A. G. Kolodziej 2:15 PM 4B.4 Devising an online collaborative decision-support GIS for climate monitoring site selection   William G. McPherson Jr., Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and M. Yuan and N. Benson 2:30 PM 4B.5 Use of the Management Information and Retrieval System to Generate RADAR Beam Coverage Maps   Joseph Facundo, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and M. Carelli 2:45 PM 4B.6 RIDGE - Radar Integrated Display with Geospatial Elements. Planned Updates and Enhancements to the NWS New Radar Webpage   Keith Stellman, NOAA/NWS, Fort Worth, TX; and P. Kirkwood and J. E. Burks 3:00 PM Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall   3:30 PM 4B.7 A continuous field approach to using GIS to model weather RADAR terrain occultation   Dustin Howard, Center for Spatial Analysis, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and M. Yuan 3:45 PM 4B.8 Accessing geographic information services and visualization products at NOAA's National Climatic Data Center   Rich Baldwin, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and S. Ansari, N. Lott, and G. Reid 4:00 PM 4B.9 Emergency Management Tool to Monitor Coastal Storms and Associated Hazards   William K. Brooks, I. M. Systems Group, Inc./NOAA Coastal Services Center, Charleston, SC; and D. Marcy 4:15 PM 4B.10 Using ArcEngine to build Descision Support Tools for Tsunami Emergency Mangement and Planning   Nazila Merati, NOAA/PMEL and JISAO, Seattle, WA; and C. W. Moore, T. C. Vance, and C. Chamberlin 4:30 PM 4B.11 An Integrated Coastal Observation and Flood Warning System   Kenneth Carey, Mitretek Systems, Inc., Falls Church, VA; and B. Stamey, A. D. Stern, W. Smith, S. Lynn, G. Mineart, H. Wang, D. Forrest, J. Billet, and B. Smith 4:45 PM 4B.12 Integrating oceanographic models with GIS - ROMS and beyond   Tiffany C. Vance, NOAA/National Marine Fisheries Service, Seattle, WA; and C. Moore and S. Mesick 5:00 PM 4B.13 The journey of Hurricane Isabel as tracked by NASA Earth Observing Systems (EOS) instruments   Stephanie L. Granger, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and E. T. Olsen, E. J. Fetzer, C. Thompson, S. Y. Lee, and C. Moroney 5:15 PM 4B.14 A procedure development of incorporating and processing ICESat data into a GIS system   Burcu Cicek, Univ. of Texas, San Antonio, TX; and H. Xie and T. DeLiberty
	3:30 PM-5:45 PM, Tuesday, 206B Joint Session 3 Toward a Cyberinfrastructure for Education in Atmospheric and Related Sciences (Joint with 23rd Conference on IIPS and 16th Symposium on Education)
Chairs: Rajul Pandya, UCAR, Boulder, CO; Thomas M. Whittaker, SSEC/CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
3:30 PM J3.1 AIRNow Educational Tools: A Targeted Approach to Informing the Public About the Quality of the Air We Breathe   Scott A. Jackson, U.S. EPA, Research Triangle Park, NC; and N. D. Conatser, J. E. White, T. Dye, R. A. Wayland, and P. Dickerson 3:45 PM J3.2 Bridging the gap between Earth science and students: An integrated approach using NASA Earth science climate data   Erica J. Alston, NASA/LaRC, Hampton, VA; and L. H. Chambers, S. W. Moore, P. C. Oots, C. S. Phelps, and D. Diones 4:00 PM J3.3 Toward weather/health education in online CPR classes   Margaret Lynn Fowke, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD 4:15 PM J3.4 Interactive GIS-based Environmental Activities for K-12 Educators   Linda Parrish, University of Delaware, Newark, DE; and T. DeLiberty and D. R. Legates 4:30 PM J3.5 Offering Advanced Meteorology Education at a Distance: The COMET Planetary Boundary Layer Symposium   Bruce Muller, UCAR/COMET, Boulder, CO; and J. P. Lamos, B. C. Motta, and B. Greg 4:45 PM J3.6 Web-based responder system for the geosciences   Perry J. Samson, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; and B. Van der Pluijm and S. Teasley 5:00 PM J3.7 On-line meteorology textbooks for survey course on extreme weather   Perry J. Samson, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; and C. D. Ahrens 5:15 PM J3.8 Reusable Content Objects (RCOs) for Science Education   Steve Ackerman, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and T. Whittaker, T. Jasmine, and L. Howles 5:30 PM Concluding Remarks
Wednesday, 17 January 2007
	8:30 AM-10:00 AM, Wednesday, 216AB Session 5A Satellite IIPS and Applications
Cochairs: Gerald J. Dittberner, NOAA/NESDIS, Silver Spring, MD; Thomas M. Whittaker, SSEC/CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
8:30 AM 5A.1 XGOHI, Extended GOES High-Inclination Mission for South-American Coverage   Shahram Tehranian, Nortel Government Solutions, Lanham, MD; and J. L. Carr, S. Yang, A. Swaroop, and K. Mckenzie 8:45 AM 5A.2 Bayesian cloud mask for GOES-SST operational products   Eileen Maria Maturi, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and A. Harris, C. J. Merchant, C. Old, and J. Mittaz 9:00 AM 5A.3 Comparison of NASA-Langley satellite derived cloud top microphysical properties with research aircraft data   Jennifer L. Black, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and F. McDonough, J. A. Haggerty, S. D. Landolt, B. C. Bernstein, and C. A. Wolff 9:15 AM 5A.4 A Robust Framework for Distributed Processing of GIFTS Hyperspectral Data   Abhishek Agarwal, Nortel Government Solutions, Lanham, MD; and S. Tehranian, A. Swaroop, and K. Mckenzie 9:30 AM 5A.5 Hierarchical PCA Based Data Fusion   Abhishek Agarwal, Nortel Government Solutions, Lanham, MD; and H. EL-Askary, T. El-Ghazawi, M. Kafatos, and J. Le-Moigne 9:45 AM 5A.6 ADaM-IVICS: A software tool to mine satellite data   Todd Berendes, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and R. Ramachandran, J. Rushing, and S. Graves
	8:30 AM-11:30 AM, Wednesday, 217A Session 5B Radar Applications - Part I
Cochairs: Timothy Crum, NOAA/NEXRAD Radar Operations Center, Norman, OK; Douglas E. Forsyth, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; William F. Roberts, NOAA/ERL/FSL, Boulder, CO; Robert E. Saffle, Mitretek Systems, Silver Spring, MD
8:30 AM 5B.1 NEXRAD Product Improvement—Update 2007   Robert E. Saffle, Mitretek Systems, Silver Spring, MD; and G. S. Cate and M. Istok 8:45 AM 5B.2 An update on the NWS WSR-88D Level II data collection and distribution networik and plans for changes   Timothy Crum, NOAA/NEXRAD Radar Operations Center, Norman, OK; and S. D. Smith, T. Sandman, J. Casamento, P. Cragg, W. M. Blanchard, and M. J. Istok 9:00 AM 5B.3 Plans for testing the feasibility of site-specific scanning strategies for WSR-88Ds   Randy M. Steadham, NOAA/Radar Operations Center/Applications Branch, Norman, OK; and R. A. Brown 9:15 AM 5B.4 Open Radar Data Acquisition (ORDA) Calibration Analysis   Robert W. Macemon, RS Information Systems, Norman, OK; and N. K. Patel, A. D. Free, G. W. Jim, and J. R. Cory 9:30 AM 5B.5 Spectrum width estimators for the NEXRAD ORDA: evaluation and recommendation   Greg Meymaris, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. K. Williams 9:45 AM 5B.6 Real time clutter identification and mitigation for NEXRAD   J.C. Hubbert, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and M. Dixon and C. J. Kessinger 10:00 AM Coffee Break in Meeting Room Foyer   10:30 AM 5B.7 Impacts of wind farms on WSR-88D operations and policy considerations   Richard J. Vogt, NOAA/NWS, Norman, OK; and T. Crum, J. R. Reed, J. T. Snow, R. D. Palmer, B. Isom, and D. W. Burgess 10:45 AM 5B.8 Investigation of point echoes from GPS-enabled aircraft to detect anomalous propagation   Scott T. Shipley, Earth Resources Technology, Jessup, MD; and R. Saffle and M. H. Jain 11:00 AM 5B.9 A statistical evaluation of the SMPRF range-velocity mitigation technique   E. Ruzanski, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and J. C. Hubbert, V. Chandrasekar, and G. Meymaris 11:15 AM 5B.10 Initial implementation of super-resolution data on the NEXRAD network   Sebastian M. Torres, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and C. D. Curtis
	10:30 AM-12:00 PM, Wednesday, 216AB Session 6 Interactive Processing Systems
Cochairs: Ward R. Seguin, NOAA/OAR, Silver Spring, MD; William F. Roberts, NOAA/ERL/FSL, Boulder, CO
10:30 AM 6.1 The evolution of AWIPS   Jason P. Tuell, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and R. K. Henry, J. D. Lawson, E. L. Bensman, and F. P. Griffith 10:45 AM 6.2 Overview of the new AWIPS SOA   John D. Lawson, Raytheon Company, Plano, TX; and J. P. Tuell, F. P. Griffith, and R. K. Henry 11:00 AM 6.3 Warning Decision Support System - Integrated Information (WDSS-II) Progress and Plans   Kurt D. Hondl, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and V. Lakshmanan, T. M. Smith, and G. J. Stumpf 11:15 AM 6.4 The new NWS Concept of Operations: A strategic road map   Jason P. Tuell, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and D. McCarthy, G. S. Foltz, J. L. Partain, L. Dunn, W. F. Bunting, and M. P. Foster 11:30 AM 6.5 The next generation of McIDAS: Interactive processing for multi- and hyper-spectral environmental satellite data   Thomas H. Achtor, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and T. M. Whittaker and T. D. Rink 11:45 AM 6.6 Surface data processing and integration at NOAA's National Climatic Data Center   Stephen Del Greco, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and J. N. Lott, R. Ray, D. Dellinger, F. Smith, and P. Jones
	1:30 PM-5:30 PM, Wednesday, 216AB Joint Session 4 Global Earth Observations (Joint between 11 IOAS-AOLS and 23 IIPS)
Cochairs: Howard J. Diamond, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Silver Spring, MD; John R. Lincoln, US Navy/WMO (Ret.) and Consultant, Berryville, VA
1:30 PM J4.1 The Global Climate Observing System (GCOS) and its Users: Fifteen Years On   John Zillman, Bureau of Meteorology, Melbourne, Vic., Australia 2:00 PM J4.2 The Global Climate Observing System: Defining the requirements, addressing the needs   David M. Goodrich, Global Climate Observing System Secretariat, Geneva, Switzerland 2:15 PM J4.3 Systematic Observation Requirements for Satellite-based Products for Climate   Paul Mason, University of Reading, Reading, Berks., United Kingdom; and S. Bojinski 2:30 PM Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break   4:00 PM J4.4 Improving the Operation of the GCOS Surface and Upper Air Networks   Richard K. Thigpen, GCOS Secretariat, Silver Spring, MD 4:15 PM J4.5 Lead centers for global climate observing system data   M. Lawrence Nicodemus, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and P. Alford 4:30 PM J4.6 NOAA's Scientific Data Stewardship program: connecting essential climate variables to science questions and societal impacts for long-term information access   Bruce R. Barkstrom, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and J. J. Bates and J. Privette 4:45 PM J4.7 Pacific Island Global Climate Observing System (PI-GCOS): Addressing Pacific island weather and climate issues through international cooperation   Dean Solofa, SPREP, Apia, Samoa; and S. Postawko and M. Morrissey 5:00 PM J4.8 The PACRAIN/PI-GCOS automated rain gauge initiative   Michael D. Klatt, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and M. L. Morrissey and J. S. Greene 5:15 PM J4.9 The U.S. Global Climate Observing System (GCOS) program: plans for high elevation and high latitude GCOS surface network sites based on the benchmark U.S. Climate Reference Network (CRN) system   Howard J. Diamond, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Silver Spring, MD; and M. R. Helfert
	1:30 PM-5:30 PM, Wednesday, 217A Session 7 Multifunction Phased Array Radar (MPAR)
Cochairs: David J. Pace, FAA, Washington, DC; Douglas E. Forsyth, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK
1:30 PM 7.1 MPAR program overview and status   William Benner, Federal Aviation Administration, Atlantic City, NJ; and G. Torok, N. Gordner-Kalani, M. Batista-Carver, and T. Lee 1:45 PM 7.2 Multifunction Phased Array Radar: Technical Synopsis, Cost Implications and Operational Capabilities   Mark E. Weber, MIT, Lexington, MA; and J. Cho and J. Herd 2:00 PM 7.3 Preliminary Multifunction Phased Array Radar (MPAR) Preprototype Development   Jeffrey Herd, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA; and S. Duffy, M. Vai, F. Willwerth, and L. Retherford 2:15 PM 7.4 Update on the National Weather Radar Testbed (Phased Array)   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 2:30 PM Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break   4:00 PM 7.5 Comparison of storm evolution characteristics: The NWRT and WSR-88D   Pamela L. Heinselman, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and K. L. Manross, D. L. Priegnitz, and R. Adams 4:15 PM 7.6 Optimization of weather update time and data quality using phased-array radar   Tian-You Yu, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and M. B. Orescanin, C. D. Curtis, D. S. Zrnic, and D. E. Forsyth 4:30 PM 7.7 Polarization Selection For Weather Phased Array Radar   Jerry E. Crain, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and D. Staiman 4:45 PM 7.8 Characteristics of microburst events observed with the National Weather Radar Testbed phased array radar   Travis M. Smith, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma and NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and P. L. Heinselman and D. Priegnitz 5:00 PM 7.9 Beam multiplexing on the NWRT: looking ahead   Christopher D. Curtis, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and T. Y. Yu 5:15 PM 7.10 A theory for phased-array weather-radars to measure crossbeam wind, shear and turbulence   Guifu Zhang, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and R. J. Doviak
	2:30 PM-4:00 PM, Wednesday, Exhibit Hall C Poster Session 2 Poster Session II
Cochairs: Stephen M. Holt, Mitretek Systems, Falls Church, VA; Scott T. Shipley, Earth Resources Technology, Jessup, MD
P2.1 NWS Concept of Operations - An IT perspective   Jason P. Tuell, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and G. S. Foltz, J. L. Partain, W. F. Bunting, L. Dunn, and M. P. Foster   P2.2 Overview of the AWIPS SOA   John D. Lawson, Raytheon Company, Plano, TX; and J. P. Tuell, F. P. Griffith, and R. K. Henry   P2.3 Performance measures for the AWIPS communications network   Kenneth L. Stricklett, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and K. B. Nguyen and M. D. Buckingham P2.4 An Updated SST Satellite Match-up System   Dorlisa Hommel, Raytheon Information Solutions, Upper Marlboro, MD   P2.5 Experience and lessons learned regarding configuration and control of an advanced 4 dimensional variational satellite data assimilation system   Scott Longmore, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and A. Jones, A. Carheden, T. Vukicevic, and T. H. Vonder Haar   P2.6 Common basedata format supports research and operational NEXRAD radar requirements   Michael H. Jain, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and B. Bumgarner, E. Forren, and S. D. Smith   P2.7 The Multi-Radar Storm Cell Identification and Tracking (MR-SCIT) algorithm   Kevin L. Manross, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma and NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and R. D. Sigler, T. M. Smith, G. J. Stumpf, and K. L. Ortega   P2.8 New science for the WSR-88D: testing a major mode on the SIGMET RVP8   Rick D. Rhoton, RS Information Systems Inc., Norman, Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and D. S. Saxion, R. L. Ice, D. A. Warde, and O. E. Boydstun   P2.9 New science for the WSR-88D: implementing a major mode on the SIGMET RVP8.   Darcy S. Saxion, RS Information Systems Inc., Norman Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and R. D. Rhoton, R. L. Ice, D. A. Warde, O. E. Boydstun, S. M. Torres, G. Meymaris, and W. D. Zittel   P2.10 Clutter Mitigation Decision System Performance Evaluation in the WSR-88D   David A. Warde, SI International, Norman Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and R. L. Ice, R. D. Rhoton, D. S. Saxion, O. E. Boydstun, D. S. Berkowitz, and M. Dixon   P2.11 Optimizing clutter filtering in the WSR-88D   Richard L. Ice, RS Information Systems, Inc., Norman, OK; and D. A. Warde, A. D. Free, R. D. Rhoton, D. S. Saxion, C. A. Ray, N. K. Patel, O. E. Boydstun, D. S. Berkowitz, J. N. Chrisman, J. C. Hubbert, C. J. Kessinger, M. Dixon, and S. M. Torres   P2.12 A Method to Reduce the Clutter Filter Induced Data Bias by Improving the Vertical Application of WSR-88D Bypass Maps   Joe N. Chrisman, NOAA/NWS, Norman, OK; and C. A. Ray   P2.13 Spectral densities of polarimetric variables for retrieving winds and determining scatterer types   Svetlana Bachmann, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and D. S. Zrnic   Poster P2.14 has been moved. New Paper Number 8A3.A     P2.14A Improving Angular Resolution Using Adaptive Processing for Multifunction Phased Array Radar   Khoi D. Le, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and R. D. Palmer, T. -. Y. Yu, G. Zhang, S. M. Torres, and B. L. Cheong   P2.15 A Data Quality Comparison of the WSR-88D Legacy Radar Data Acquisition (RDA) to the Open RDA (ORDA), in a Challenging Clutter Regime   Charles A. Ray, RS Information Systems, Norman, OK; and J. N. Chrisman   P2.16 WSR-88D ORDA Antenna Gain and Beamwidth Algorithms   Alan D. Free, SI International, Norman, OK; and N. K. Patel, R. L. Ice, and O. E. Boydstun
Thursday, 18 January 2007
	8:30 AM-12:00 PM, Thursday, 217A Session 8A Radar Applications- Part II
Cochairs: Douglas E. Forsyth, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; William F. Roberts, NOAA/ERL/FSL, Boulder, CO; Robert E. Saffle, Mitretek Systems, Silver Spring, MD; Timothy Crum, NOAA/NEXRAD Radar Operations Center, Norman, OK
8:30 AM 8A.1 Target tracking at the National Weather Radar Testbed: a progress report on detecting and tracking aircraft   Mark Yeary, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and B. McGuire, D. Forsyth, W. Benner, G. Torok, and M. B. Yeary 8:45 AM 8A.2 Update to the National Weather Radar Testbed Radar Control Interface   David Priegnitz, NOAA/NSSL and CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and D. E. Forsyth 9:00 AM Paper 8A.3 has been moved new Poster Number P2.14A   9:15 AM 8A.3A REFRACTIVITY MEASUREMENTS FROM GROUND CLUTTER USING THE NATIONAL WEATHER RADAR TESTBED PHASED ARRAY RADAR   Boon Leng Cheong, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and R. D. Palmer, C. D. Curtis, T. Y. Yu, D. S. Zrnic, and D. Forsyth 9:30 AM 8A.4 The use of spectral processing to improve radar spectral moments   Greg Meymaris, NCAR, Boulder, CO 9:45 AM 8A.5 Callibration of Zdr for NEXRAD   J. C. Hubbert, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and F. Pratte, R. A. Rilling, and S. M. Ellis 10:00 AM Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break   11:15 AM 8A.6 CASA IP1: Network Operations and Initial Data   J. Brotzge, CAPS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and K. Brewster, V. Chandrasekar, B. Philips, S. Hill, K. Hondl, B. Johnson, E. Lyons, D. McLaughlin, and D. Westbrook 8A.7 Dynamic and adaptive steering of CASA radar network   Gang Xu, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and V. Chandrasekar 11:30 AM 8A.7A A Method to Reduce the Clutter Filter Induced Data Bias by Improving the Vertical Application of WSR-88D Bypass Maps   Joe N. Chrisman, NOAA/NWS, Norman, OK; and C. A. Ray 11:45 AM 8A.8 Future Terminal Doppler Weather Radar Products for NWS Operations   Michael Istok, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and A. D. Stern, R. Saffle, M. A. Fresch, B. Klein, N. Shen, D. J. Stein, Y. Song, and W. M. Blanchard 12:00 PM 8A.9 WARP Optimal Mosaic Algorithm Evaluation   Jeffrey A. Weinrich, Dimensions International, Linwood, NJ; and R. Low
	8:30 AM-11:30 AM, Thursday, 216AB Session 8B Linked Environments for Atmospheric Discovery (LEAD)
Cochairs: Nancy N. Soreide, NOAA/PMEL, Seattle, WA; Michael D. Eilts, Weather Decision Technologies, Inc., Norman, OK
8:30 AM 8B.1 A New Paradigm for Mesoscale Meteorology: Grid and Web Service-Oriented Research and Education in LEAD   Kelvin Droegemeier, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and T. Baltzer, A. Wilson, M. Ramamurthy, and K. Lawrence 8:45 AM 8B.2 The LEAD Science Portal Problem Solving Environment.   Dennis Gannon, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN; and B. Plale, M. Christie, S. Marru, G. Kandaswamy, L. Fang, Y. Huang, S. Lee-Palickara, S. Jenson, N. Liu, S. Shirasuna, Y. Simmhan, A. Slominski, R. Ramachandran, R. D. Clark, K. Lawrence, and I. H. Kim 9:00 AM 8B.3 Siege: a graphical user interface to enable management of large numbers of weather simulations   Jay Alameda, National Center for Supercomputing Applications, Champaign, IL; and B. F. Jewett, R. B. Wilhelmson, A. Rossi, S. Hampton, T. Baltzer, and A. Wilson 9:15 AM 8B.4 Monitoring and orchestrating a mesoscale meteorological cyberinfrastructure   Lavanya Ramakrishnan, Renaissance Computing Institute, Chapel Hill, NC; and D. Reed 9:30 AM 8B.5 Integrating LEAD Research in Undergraduate Education   Richard D. Clark, Millersville University, Millersville, PA; and S. Yalda, D. Gannon, B. Plale, T. Baltzer, and E. C. Meyers 9:45 AM Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break   11:00 AM 8B.6 LEAD at the Unidata workshop: demonstrating democratization of NWP capabilities   Tom Baltzer, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and A. Wilson, S. Marru, A. Rossi, M. Christie, S. Hampton, D. Gannon, J. Alameda, M. Ramamurthy, and K. Droegemeier 11:15 AM 8B.7 The THREDDS data repository (TDR): for long term data storage and access   Anne Wilson, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and T. Baltzer and J. Caron
	1:15 PM-3:00 PM, Thursday, 216AB Session 9A Internet Applications and Cyberinfrastructure
Cochairs: Nancy N. Soreide, NOAA/PMEL, Seattle, WA; Michael D. Eilts, Weather Decision Technologies, Inc., Norman, OK
1:15 PM 9A.1 Data management and transport infrastructure for the SCOOP project   Gerald J. Creager, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; and D. Cote, M. Smith, J. MacLaren, T. Yoksas, S. Emmerson, S. R. Chiswell, and P. Bogden 1:30 PM 9A.2 Software architecture principles for web-application infrastructure – how Earth Science software systems such as the Live Access Server fit in   Roland H. Schweitzer, Weathertop Consulting, LLC, College Station, TX; and S. Hankin, K. M. O'Brien, J. Callahan, A. Manke, S. Du, and J. Li 1:45 PM 9A.3 A new production process based on a loosely coupled architecture:   Peter J. Trevelyan, The U.K. Met office, Exeter, United Kingdom; and A. Radford, G. Mallin, J. Tandy, and B. Wright 2:00 PM 9A.4 A OneNOAA Concept Prototype for Data Viewing   William F. Roberts, NOAA/OAR/GSD, Boulder, CO; and N. D. Gebauer and L. K. Cheatwood 2:15 PM 9A.5 Deployable Suite of Data Mining Web Services for Online Science Data Repositories   Sara Graves, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and R. Ramachandran, K. Keiser, M. Maskey, and C. Lynnes 2:30 PM 9A.6 Real time Filtering and Mining of NEXRAD Streams for Mesoscale Forecast and Prediction   Beth Plale, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN; and N. Vijayakumar, R. Ramachandran, X. Li, and T. Baltzer 2:45 PM 9A.7 WRF Portal and Domain Wizard: Graphical Tools For WRF   Jeff S. Smith, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Ft Collins, CO; and M. W. Govett and P. T. McCaslin
	1:30 PM-5:30 PM, Thursday, 217A Session 9B Next Generation Air Transportation System [NGATS]
Cochairs: David J. Pace, FAA, Washington, DC; John McCarthy, Aviation Weather Associates, Inc., Palm Desert, CA
1:30 PM 9B.1 An Update on Activities of the Joint Planning and Development Office (JPDO) Weather Integrated Product Team (IPT) supporting the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NGATS or NexGen)   Mark Andrews, Weather IPT, Washington, DC; and R. Heuwinkel, J. McCarthy, and S. Brown 2:00 PM 9B.2 The Next Generation Air Transportation System Weather Concept of Operations   Cheryl G. Souders, FAA, Washington, DC; and S. McGettigan, J. May, and E. R. Dash 2:30 PM 9B.3 Aviation Weather Forecasting Opportunities in the Next Generation Air Transportation System   Kevin L. Johnston, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and A. B. Carmichael 2:45 PM 9B.4 The Consolidated Aviation Storm Forecast   Marilyn Wolfson, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA; and R. M. Rasmussen 3:00 PM Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall and Raffle   3:30 PM 9B.5 Translating Weather Forecasts into Sector Capacity En Route Traffic Management   Stephen M. Zobell, The MITRE Corporation, McLean, VA; and L. Song and C. Wanke 3:45 PM 9B.6 Use of automated aviation weather forecasts in future NAS   George Hunter, Sensis Corporation, Campbell, CA; and B. Boisvert and K. Ramamoorthy 4:00 PM 9B.7 Network Enabled Operations for Weather Information   Kenneth M. Leonard, FAA, Washington, DC; and D. J. Pace and R. C. Deininger 4:15 PM 9B.8 Aircraft weather mitigation for the Next Generation Air Transportation System   H. Paul Stough III, NASA, Hampton, VA 4:30 PM 9B.9 Air Force Weather Net Enabled Operations   Don Berchoff, United States Air Force, Arlington, VA; and M. Howland and R. Hardwick 4:45 PM 9B.10 Issues Related to private/Public Roles and Responsibilities in Provision of Weather in the NGATS   Richard Heuwinkel, Weather IPT, JPDO/NGATS, Washington, DC., Washington, DC; and S. Kavoussi, M. Andrews, J. McCarthy, and S. Brown 5:00 PM 9B.11 Development of a consolidated global aviation turbulence forecasting system   Robert Sharman, NCAR, Boulder, CO 5:15 PM 9B.12 Initial operational capability of Next Generation Air Transportation System network enabled weather   Kenneth M. Leonard, FAA, Washington, DC; and D. J. Pace and R. C. Deininger

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