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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| 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
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| 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
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| 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 ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) 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 ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Baudouin Raoult, ECMWF, Reading, Berks., United Kingdom; and G. Aubert and M. Gutierrez |
| ![](http://www.confex.com/static/images/flag.png) | 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? ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Dave Spiegl, MSC, Toronto, ON, Canada; and P. Wong, R. Campbell, O. Jacobsen, and B. Fehr |
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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 |
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| 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
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| 1:30 PM | 2B.1 | INCREASING FORECAST ACCURACY BY MECHANICALLY COMBINING HUMAN AND AUTOMATED PREDICTIONS USING A KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEM ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) 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
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| 4:00 PM | 2B.5 | An Introduction to the Observing System Monitoring Center ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) 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) ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Stephen Del Greco, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and S. Ansari |
| ![](http://www.confex.com/static/images/flag.png) | 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 ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Bin Wang, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI |
| 4:45 PM | | Paper 2B.8 has been moved. New Paper number 5B.10
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| 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 ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Jason A. Karvelot, Davis Instruments, Corp., Hayward, CA |
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| 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
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| | 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
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| | 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
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| | 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 |
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| 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
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| | 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 |
| ![](http://www.confex.com/static/images/flag.png) | 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 |
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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
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| 8:30 AM | J2.1 | The National Severe Storms Laboratory Historical Weather Data Archives Data Management And Web Access System ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) 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 ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) 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
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| 11:00 AM | J2.6 | Interactive Web Access to Ocean Surface Currents Analyses – Realtime Data ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) 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 |
| ![](http://www.confex.com/static/images/flag.png) | 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 |
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| 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
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| 8:30 AM | 3A.1 | Hazardous weather detection and display capability for US Navy ships ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Timothy Maese, BCI, Moorestown, NJ; and J. A. Hunziker, H. S. Owen, M. Harven, L. Wagner, R. Wilcox, G. Cavalieri, and K. Koehler |
| ![](http://www.confex.com/static/images/flag.png) | 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 ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) 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
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| 11:00 AM | 3A.6 | FORECAST PERFORMANCE OF AN OPERATIONAL MESO-GAMMA-SCALE MODELLING SYSTEM FOR SOUTHERN FLORIDA ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) 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 ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) 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 ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Donald W. Denbo, JISAO/Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and K. T. McHugh, J. R. Osborne, P. Sorvik, and A. J. Venturato |
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| 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
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| 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 ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) 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 ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) 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) ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) 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 ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Don Murray, UCAR/Unidata, Boulder, CO; and J. McWhirter |
| 9:45 AM | | Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
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| 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 ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) 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 ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) 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 ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) John L. Schattel Jr., NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and A. A. Taylor, P. R. Hershberg, and R. Bunge |
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| 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
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| 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 ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) 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 ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) 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
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| 3:30 PM | 4A.7 | An Automated Visibility Detection Algorithm Utilizing Camera Imagery ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) 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 ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) 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 ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Adam Mohr, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND; and L. F. Osborne Jr. |
| ![](http://www.confex.com/static/images/flag.png) | 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 ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Phil Zuzolo, The Boeing Company, Springfield, VA |
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| 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
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| 1:30 PM | 4B.1 | Verification of National Weather Service warnings using geographic information systems ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) 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) ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) John B. Settelmaier, NOAA/NWS, Fort Worth, TX |
| 2:00 PM | 4B.3 | Enhanced, high-density severe storm verification ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) 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 ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) 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 ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Keith Stellman, NOAA/NWS, Fort Worth, TX; and P. Kirkwood and J. E. Burks |
| 3:00 PM | | Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall
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| 3:30 PM | 4B.7 | A continuous field approach to using GIS to model weather RADAR terrain occultation ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) 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 ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) 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 ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) 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 |
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| 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
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| 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 ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) 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
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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
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| 8:30 AM | 5A.1 | XGOHI, Extended GOES High-Inclination Mission for South-American Coverage ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) 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 ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) 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 ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Todd Berendes, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and R. Ramachandran, J. Rushing, and S. Graves |
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| 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
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| 8:30 AM | 5B.1 | NEXRAD Product Improvement—Update 2007 ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) 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 ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) 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 ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) 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 ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) 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 ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Greg Meymaris, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. K. Williams |
| 9:45 AM | 5B.6 | Real time clutter identification and mitigation for NEXRAD ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) J.C. Hubbert, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and M. Dixon and C. J. Kessinger |
| 10:00 AM | | Coffee Break in Meeting Room Foyer
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| 10:30 AM | 5B.7 | Impacts of wind farms on WSR-88D operations and policy considerations ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) 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 ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) 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 ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) 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 ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Sebastian M. Torres, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and C. D. Curtis |
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| 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
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| 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 ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) 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 ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) 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 ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Stephen Del Greco, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and J. N. Lott, R. Ray, D. Dellinger, F. Smith, and P. Jones |
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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 ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) 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 ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) 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 ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Howard J. Diamond, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Silver Spring, MD; and M. R. Helfert |
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| 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
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| 1:30 PM | 7.1 | MPAR program overview and status ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) 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 ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) 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) ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) 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
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| 4:00 PM | 7.5 | Comparison of storm evolution characteristics: The NWRT and WSR-88D ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) 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 ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) 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 ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) 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 ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) 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 ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Guifu Zhang, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and R. J. Doviak |
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| 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
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| | 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 |
| ![](http://www.confex.com/static/images/flag.png) | 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 |
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| | 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 |
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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
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| 8:30 AM | 8A.1 | Target tracking at the National Weather Radar Testbed: a progress report on detecting and tracking aircraft ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) 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 ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) 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
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| 9:15 AM | 8A.3A | REFRACTIVITY MEASUREMENTS FROM GROUND CLUTTER USING THE NATIONAL WEATHER RADAR TESTBED PHASED ARRAY RADAR ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) 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 ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Greg Meymaris, NCAR, Boulder, CO |
| 9:45 AM | 8A.5 | Callibration of Zdr for NEXRAD ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) 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
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| 11:15 AM | 8A.6 | CASA IP1: Network Operations and Initial Data ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) 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 |
| ![](http://www.confex.com/static/images/flag.png) | 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 ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) 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 |
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| 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
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| 8:30 AM | 8B.1 | A New Paradigm for Mesoscale Meteorology: Grid and Web Service-Oriented Research and Education in LEAD ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) 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 ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) 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 ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) 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
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| 11:00 AM | 8B.6 | LEAD at the Unidata workshop: demonstrating democratization of NWP capabilities ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) 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 ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Anne Wilson, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and T. Baltzer and J. Caron |
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| 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
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| 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 ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) 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: ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) 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 ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) 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 ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) 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 |
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| 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
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| 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) ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) 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 ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) 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
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| 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 ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) 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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