Program: 21st Conference on Hydrology (87th AMS Annual Meeting)

Plenary Session for the Presidential Forum (Presidential Forum will then run parallel to other sessions throughout the day)

Location: Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center

1

Global Water and Energy Cycle Prediction

Location: 209 (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)

Sponsor: 21st Conference on Hydrology

Cochairs: Guiling Wang, Univerisity of Connecticut; Michael G. Bosilovich, NASA/GSFC/GMAO

Papers:

1:30 PM

1.1

GEWEX Water and Energy Budget Studies

John Roads, SIO/Univ. of California, La Jolla, CA

Recorded presentation

1:45 PM

1.2

Surface Water and Energy Budgets for the Mississippi River Basin

Xia Feng, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA; and P. R. Houser

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (295.3 kB)

2:00 PM

1.3

The effect of vegetation biophysical processes (VBP) in UCLA AGCM global precipitation simulations

Yongkang Xue, Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA; and C. R. Mechoso, R. Vasic, H. S. Kang, J. Farrara, G. J. Collatz, and A. Arakawa

2:15 PM

1.4

Terrestrial Water Storage Change from 1948-2004 as Modeled by a Land Surface Model

Guo-Yue Niu, University of Texas, Austin, TX; and Z. L. Yang

Recorded presentation

2:30 PM

1.4A

Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

4:00 PM

1.5

Uncertainty in precipitation-frequency change and its impacts in an integrated global climate-change assessment

C. Adam Schlosser, MIT, Cambridge, MA; and A. Sokolov, C. E. Forest, and D. Kicklighter

Recorded presentation

4:15 PM

1.6

Evaluation of global precipitation in reanalyses

Michael Bosilovich, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and J. Chen, F. R. Robertson, and R. F. Adler

http://gmao.gsfc.nasa.gov/

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (520.7 kB)

4:30 PM

1.7

NASA-African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Activies (NAMMA-06) Senegal Precipitation Measurements during August-September 2006

Gregory S. Jenkins, Howard Univ., Washington, DC; and E. Joseph, P. A. Kucera, J. D. Fuentes, J. Gerlach, A. Gaye, and M. Ndiaye

Recorded presentation

4:45 PM

1.8

Microphysics and their linkages to precipitation processes during NAMMA -06

Aaron Pratt, Howard University, Washington, DC; and G. S. Jenkins and A. J. Heymsfield

Recorded presentation

Joint Poster Session 1

CLIMATE ASPECTS OF HYDROMETEOROLOGY POSTERS (Joint with 21st Conference on Hydrology)

Location: Exhibit Hall C (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)

Sponsors: (Joint between the AMS Forum: Climate Aspects of Hydrometeorology; and the 21st Conference on Hydrology )

Organizers: Paul R. Houser, George Mason Univ./Center for Research on Environment and Water; Ana P. Barros, Duke Univ.; Christa Peters-Lidard, NASA/GSFC

Papers:

JP1.1

The Impact of an Earthquake-Generated Tsunami on the Earth-Atmosphere System: Year 2004 Indian Ocean Case History Example

Ayorinde O. Idowu, Univ. of Houston, Houston, TX

JP1.2

Comparison of precipitable water vapor measurements from AIRS and MODIS on the Aqua satellite

Michael J. Garay, Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA; and E. J. Fetzer and A. Eldering

JP1.3

Water Balance of an Irrigated Watershed with Seasonally Drought in Southern China

Yuanshu Jing Sr., Nanjing Univ., Nanjing, China; and Z. Bin III and H. Zepp

JP1.4

Observations and Influence of Groundwater on Surface Fluxes Using the NOAH Land Suraface Model in the Nebraska Sand Hills

David B. Radell, NOAA/NWS, Bohemia, NY; and C. M. Rowe

Poster PDF (706.8 kB)

JP1.5

A study of the intensity and duration of the North American Monsoon as a function of winter and spring snowcover

Anna Marie Nordfelt, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and S. Quiring

Poster PDF (197.9 kB)

JP1.6

On the Ice Control producing 5th Generation Water Resources and suppressing Global Warming

Hi-Ryong Byun, Pukyong National University, Busan, South Korea

http://atmos.pknu.ac.kr/~mdr/

Poster PDF (196.1 kB)

JP1.7

On the validation of the simulation of early season precipitation in the island of Puerto Rico using a mesoscale atmospheric model

Daniel E. Comarazamy, Univ. of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico; and J. E. Gonzalez

Poster PDF (326.2 kB)

JP1.8

Possible hydrological effects of detected change in vegetation cover in Eastern Europe based on remotely sensed data

Judit Bartholy, E�tv�s Lor�nd University, Budapest, Hungary; and R. Pongracz, Z. Dezso, A. Kern, Z. Barcza, and I. Bogardi

JP1.9

Metrics to Characterize Land Controls in the Dynamical Evolution of Cloud and Precipitation Patterns: An Illustration Study in North America

Kun Tao, Duke Univ., Durham, NC; and A. P. Barros

JP1.10

Investigation on the circulation of Urban Boundary Layer induced by urbanized land surface

Soohyun Park, Seoul National Univ., Seoul, South Korea; and B. Kim and G. Lim

Poster PDF (575.7 kB)

JP1.11

Impacts of UHI and aerosols on hydrological variables

Heather Yael Glickman, NOAA-CREST/ City University of New York/ CUNY Graduate Center, New York, NY; and S. Mahani and R. Khanbilvardi1

JP1.12

Dynamic vegetation model for the descriptions of evapotranspiration and photosynthetic carbon sink observed at a rice paddy

Jeng-Lin Tsai, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan; and B. J. Tsuang

JP1.13

Impact of land use change on the boundary layer development and cloud formation in Southwest Australia

Salvi AsefiNajafabady, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL; and Y. Wu, U. S. Nair, R. A. Pielke Sr., T. J. Lyons, J. Hacker, and R. M. Welch

JP1.14

Assessing the Performance of CLASS in the Canadian Regional Climate Model

JP1.15

Application and evaluation of the Kalman Filter data assimilation approaches in the Noah land surface model

Yan Luo, Center for Research on Environment and Water, Calverton, MD; and P. R. Houser and X. Zhan

Poster Session 1

Hydrometeorological Remote Sensing Posters

Location: Exhibit Hall C (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)

Sponsor: 21st Conference on Hydrology

Organizers: Robert J. Kuligowski, NOAA/NESDIS; Ralph R. Ferraro, NOAA/NESDIS

Papers:

P1.1

Validation of satellite-based rainfall estimates for hurricanes

Nasim Nourozi, NOAA/CREST at CUNY, New York, NY; and S. Mahani and R. Khanbilvardi

P1.2

Correlation of Polarimetric Radar Hail Signatures with MODIS Ground Truth Data

Mariana Oliveira Felix, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO; and P. Kennedy

Poster PDF (2.3 MB)

P1.3

The model for the space time variability of radar rainfall fields

Gang Xu, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and V. Chandrasekar

P1.4

Satellite-Based Prediction Nowcasting Capability for the New York City Metropolitan Area

Bernard Mhando, NOAA/CREST at CUNY, New York, NY

P1.5

Multi-Spectral Remotely Sensed Snowfall Rate Estimation

Yajaira Mejia, NOAA/CREST at City College of New York, New York, NY; and D. S. Mahani and R. Khanbilvardi

P1.6

Atmospheric water vapor from AIRS: an overview

Eric J. Fetzer, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and M. T. Chahine, B. Tian, B. H. Kahn, H. Ye, F. W. Irion, D. E. Waliser, B. H. Lambrigtsen, and A. Eldering

P1.7

The role of moisture transport from oceans in global water balance and in West Africa precipitation

W.T. Liu, JPL/California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA; and X. Xie

P1.8

Regional Validation of Existing Algorithms for SWE Estimations Using AMSR-E data

Narges Shahroudi, NOAA/CREST/CUNY, New York, NY

Joint Session 1

Impacts of Terrestrial Changes on Weather and Climate (Joint with 21st Conference on Hydrology and Climate Aspects of Hydrometeorology)

Location: 214A (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)

Sponsors: (Joint between the AMS Forum: Climate Aspects of Hydrometeorology; and the 21st Conference on Hydrology )

Organizers: Christa Peters-Lidard, NASA/GSFC; Ana P. Barros, Duke Univ.; Paul R. Houser, George Mason Univ./Center for Research on Environment and Water

Papers:

8:30 AM

J1.1

Linking Water, Carbon and Nitrogen Cycles (INVITED)

Elisabeth A. Holland, NCAR, Boulder, CO

9:00 AM

J1.2

Hydrological impacts of deforestation in small catchments in Brazilian Amazonian

Ralph Trancoso, National Institute for Research in Amaz�nia, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil; and J. Tomasella, R. D. C. D. Silva, M. T. F. Monteiro, D. A. Rodriguez, and L. A. Cuartas

9:15 AM

J1.3

The Sensitivity of North American Warm Season Precipitation to Vegetation and Groundwater Dynamics

Xiao-Yan Jiang, Univ. of Texas, Austin, 78712, TX; and G. Y. Niu and Z. L. Yang

9:30 AM

J1.4

The Southwest Australian Bunny Fence Experiment

Udaysankar S. Nair, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and T. J. Lyons, J. Hacker, R. M. Welch, R. A. Pielke Sr., S. Asefi, and Y. Wu

Recorded presentation

9:45 AM

Coffee Break with Formal Poster Viewing

11:00 AM

J1.5

The impact of current and future urban land use on coastal convective precipitation

J. Marshall Shepherd, Univ. of Georgia, Athens, GA; and M. Manyin and D. Messen

Recorded presentation

11:15 AM

J1.6

Analysis of the Influence of Irrigation on Hydroclimate in the California Central Valley using Regional Climate Model Ensemble Simulations

Jiming Jin, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory/Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA; and N. L. Miller

Recorded presentation

11:30 AM

J1.7

Impacts of northern lakes on local seasonal climate

Zhenxia Long, Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Dartmouth, NS, Canada; and W. A. Perrie, J. R. Gyakum, R. Laprise, and D. Caya

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (185.4 kB)

11:45 AM

J1.8

A Numerical Study of the Hydrometeorological Dryline in Northwest India during the Monsoon

Sen Chiao, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL; and A. P. Barros

Recorded presentation

2

Hydrometeorological Remote Sensing

Location: 211 (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)

Sponsor: 21st Conference on Hydrology

Organizers: Robert J. Kuligowski, NOAA/NESDIS; Ralph R. Ferraro, NOAA/NESDIS

Papers:

8:30 AM

2.1

Satellite rainfall estimates for real time flash flood guidance estimation

Konstantine P. Georgakakos, Hydrologic Research Center/SIO, San Diego, CA; and T. M. Carpenter and J. A. Sperfslage

2.2

Multi-sensor QPE in the National Mosaic and QPE (NMQ) system

9:15 AM

2.3

Spatial downscaling and evaluation of CMORPH analyses over the continental U.S.

Matthew Garcia, Univ. of Maryland Baltimore County/GEST and NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and Y. Tian, C. D. Peters-Lidard, J. B. Eylander, C. Daly, R. Joyce, and J. Janowiak

Recorded presentation

9:30 AM

2.4

Validation Results for Daily Precipitation Estimates Over Del Plata Basin

Daniel A. Vila, Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, College Park, MD; and E. H. Berbery and R. R. Ferraro

Recorded presentation

9:45 AM

2.4A

Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

11:00 AM

2.5

An intercomparison between mean areal precipitation from gauges and a multisensor procedure

Dennis D. VanCleve Jr., Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL; and H. E. Fuelberg

Recorded presentation

11:15 AM

2.6

An intercomparison of precipitation values from the OneRain Corp. algorithm and the National Weather Service procedure

Steven M. Martinaitis, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and H. E. Fuelberg, J. L. Sullivan, Jr., and C. Pathak

Recorded presentation

11:30 AM

2.7

Verifying High-Resolution Satellite Precipitation Estimates on Sub-Daily Scales: Results for Southern China

Jianyin Liang, CMA Guangdong Meteorological Administration, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China; and P. Xie

Poster PDF (488.2 kB)

11:45 AM

2.8

Global Landslide Hazard Assessment Using Satellite Precipitation Information

Yang Hong, Goddard Earth Science and Technology Center, Greenbelt, MD; and R. Adler, G. J. Huffman, and A. Negri

Recorded presentation

12:00 PM

2.8A

Lunch Break

1:30 PM

2.9

Hydrologically-based assessment of remotely sensed precipitation products in the North American Monsoon region of western Mexico

David J. Gochis, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and S. Nesbitt and W. Yu

1:45 PM

2.10

Streamflow prediction in ungaged watersheds: statistical modeling with remote sensing

Blake P. Weissling, Univ. of Texas, San Antonio, TX; and H. Xie

2:00 PM

2.11

Assessment of uncertainty and utility of soil moisture retrievals in a data assimilation experiment

Rolf H. Reichle, NASA/GSFC and Univ. of Maryland, Greenbelt, MD; and W. T. Crow, R. D. Koster, H. Sharif, and S. Mahanama

2:15 PM

2.12

A framework of the specification of modeling and observation uncertainties for land data assimilation of remote sensing retrievals

Wade T. Crow, USDA ARS, Beltsville, MD

Recorded presentation

2:30 PM

2.13

Impact of Observational Data Preprocessing on their Assimilation in NASA's Land Information System Using the Kalman Filters

Xiwu Zhan, USDA/ARS, Beltsville, MD; and W. T. Crow, S. V. Kumar, P. R. Houser, C. D. Peters-Lidard, and T. J. Jackson

Recorded presentation

2:45 PM

2.14

Evaluation of the retrieved AMSR-E soil moisture using the North American Regional Reanalysis data

Kyoung-Wook Jin, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and E. Njoku and S. Chan

3:00 PM

2.14A

Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall

3:30 PM

2.15

Paper 2.15 has been moved. New Poster number P1.8

3:45 PM

2.16

An empirical model to estimate soil moisture over vegetated areas

Nazario D. Ramirez, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico; and R. Vasquez, C. Calderon, and E. Harmsen

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (516.9 kB)

4:00 PM

2.17

High-resolution monitoring of snow properties using the WRF technology

Do Hyuk Kang, Duke University, Durham, NC; and A. P. Barros

Recorded presentation

4:15 PM

2.18

Modeling of wet snowpack evolution and radiobrightness

Yi-Ching Chung, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; and R. D. De Roo and A. W. England

4:30 PM

2.19

Using land cover data to improve estimated snow pack properties by microwave data

Amir E Azar, NOAA/CREST, New York, NY; and T. Lakhankar, H. Ghedira, P. Romanov, N. Shahroudi, and D. R. Khanbilvardi

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (687.2 kB)

4:45 PM

2.20

Reconstructing snow water equivalent in the Rio Grande headwaters using remotely sensed snow cover data and a spatially distributed snowmelt model

Noah P. Molotch, Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA

Recorded presentation

Joint Session 2

Water Resource Issues Associated with Weather and Climate Change (Joint with the 21st Conference on Hydrology and Climate Aspects of Hydrometeorology)

Location: 214A (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)

Sponsors: (Joint between the AMS Forum: Climate Aspects of Hydrometeorology; and the 21st Conference on Hydrology )

Organizers: Bart Nijssen, 3TIER, Inc.; Alan F. Hamlet, University of Washington; Ana P. Barros, Duke Univ.; Christa Peters-Lidard, NASA/GSFC

Papers:

1:30 PM

J2.1

Global warming and water availability: the "big picture" (INVITED)

P. C. D. Milly, USGS, Princeton, NJ

2:00 PM

J2.2

Atmospheric Transfer of Surface Water between Basins and Between Nations

Paul A. Dirmeyer, COLA, Calverton, MD; and K. L. Brubaker

Recorded presentation

2:15 PM

J2.3

Implications of changing 20th century precipitation variability for water management in the western U.S.

Alan F. Hamlet, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and P. W. Mote and D. P. Lettenmaier

Recorded presentation

2:30 PM

J2.4

Climate Forecasts and Water management - Possibilities and Challenges

Sankar Arumugam, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC; and U. Lall, A. F. De Souza, and C. Brown

2:45 PM

J2.5

Climate Forecasts and Water Macro Allocation in Cear�, Brazil

Francisco Assis Filho Souza Filho, IRI, Columbia University, Palisades, NY; and U. Lall

3:00 PM

J2.5A

Coffee Break

3:30 PM

J2.6

An Experimental System for a Global Flood Watch: From Satellite Precipitation Data to a Flood Inundation Map

Yang Hong, Goddard Earth Science and Technology Center, Greenbelt, MD; and R. Adler, R. Brakenridge, and G. J. Huffman

Recorded presentation

3:45 PM

J2.7

Using Multiple-Sensor Quantitative Precipitation Estimation for Flood Forecasting in the Lower Colorado River Basin

Beth Clarke, Weather Decision Technologies, Norman, OK; and C. Barrere, M. Luna, and D. Yates

Poster PDF (431.7 kB)

4:00 PM

J2.8

Flash Flood Prediction in Italy: Development and Testing of a New Capability

J. William Conway, Weather Decision Technologies, Inc., Norman, OK; and C. Barrere, G. Formentini, L. Lago, A. Rossa, and M. Calza

Poster PDF (345.9 kB)

4:15 PM

J2.9

Effects of evapotranspiration and rainfall fluxes on the hydrologic water balance in the Arbuckle-Simpson Aquifer region

Baxter E. Vieux, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and C. Calderon

Recorded presentation

4:30 PM

J2.10

Developing tools for monitoring moisture conditions at the local level in the State of Texas

Steven M. Quiring, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and J. W. Nielsen-Gammon

Recorded presentation

4:45 PM

J2.11

Coupling land hydrology to a cloud resolving model - Evaluation for warm season conditions

Shanti Bhushan, Duke University, Durham, NC; and B. Ana P

5:00 PM

J2.12

A Study of Predecessor Rainfall Events (PRE) in Advance of Tropical Cyclones

Matthew Cote, State Univ. of New York, Albany, NY; and M. L. Jurewicz Sr.

5:15 PM

J2.13

Synoptic and Mesoscale Patterns Associated with Super-Cooled Liquid Water over the Medicine Bow and Sierra Madre Mountains

Melissa A. Goering, NOAA/NWSFO, Cheyenne, WY; and T. Jensen and D. Copley

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.7 MB)

Joint Session 4

Joint session between 19CVC and 21st Conf. on Hydrology

Location: 214B (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)

Sponsors: (Joint between the 19th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; and the 21st Conference on Hydrology )

Papers:

8:30 AM

J4.1

Seasonal Precipitation Predictions over North American using the Eta RegionalClimate Model

Rongqian Yang, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Camp Springs, MD; and K. Mitchell

Recorded presentation

8:45 AM

J4.2

Precipitation probability distributions in drought-prone regions

Gilbert P. Compo, U. of Colorado/CIRES/Climate Diagnostics Center and NOAA/ESRL/PSD, Boulder, CO CO; and P. Sardeshmukh and C. A. Smith

Recorded presentation

9:00 AM

J4.3

Evidence for interannual to decadal variations in Hadley and Walker Circulations and links to water and energy fluxes

F. R. Robertson, NASA/MSFC, Huntsville, AL; and M. G. Bosilovich and T. L. Miller

9:15 AM

J4.4

Evaluations of land/ocean skin temperatures observed in the ISCCP satellite datasets, and assimilated in the NCEP and ERA reanalyses

Ben-Jei Tsuang, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan; and M. D. Chou, Y. Zhang, and A. Roesch

9:30 AM

J4.5

Effects of past and future climate change on ski areas

Philip W. Mote, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and A. F. Hamlet, J. Casson, and D. Reading

Recorded presentation

9:45 AM

J4.6

Analyses of heavy rainfall variations in the U.S. from the reprocessed Hydrometeorological Automated Data System (HADS) data

Dongsoo Kim, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (58.1 kB)

3

Coupled Hydrological Modeling

Location: 213A (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)

Sponsor: 21st Conference on Hydrology

Organizers: Susan C. Dunne, University College Dublin; Paul Dirmeyer, COLA

Papers:

3.1

The sensitivity of QPF verification to the choice of verification data: A study from the DWFE

8:45 AM

3.2

The new NESDIS Hydro-Estimator algorithm

Robert J. Kuligowski, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and J. C. Davenport

Recorded presentation

9:00 AM

3.3

Generating river discharge estimates for the Bay of Bengal using NASA'S Land Information System

John E. M. Brown, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.1 MB)

9:15 AM

3.4

Test Application of a distributed hydrologic LSM with subsurface and overland flow routing for a tropical storm event in an Appalachian headwater basin

Matthew Garcia, Univ. of Maryland Baltimore County/GEST and NASA-GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and S. V. Kumar, D. J. Gochis, D. N. Yates, J. McHenry, T. Burnet, C. J. Coats Jr., and J. Condrey

Recorded presentation

9:30 AM

3.5

Sensitivity analysis of variability in reflectivity-rainfall relationships on runoff prediction

Chakradhar Goud Malakpet, Univ. of Louisiana, Lafayette, LA; and E. Habib, E. A. Meselhe, and A. Tokay

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (581.0 kB)

9:45 AM

3.6

Modeling of flash flood occurrence frequency in Southern California

Theresa M. Carpenter, Hydrologic Research Center, San Diego, CA; and K. P. Georgakakos

Recorded presentation

10:00 AM

3.6A

Coffee Break

10:30 AM

3.7

The Land Information System: A new common infrastructure for land data assimilation at NASA and AFWA

John B. Eylander, US Army Corp of Engineers, Hanover, NH; and S. V. Kumar and C. D. Peters-Lidard

Recorded presentation

10:45 AM

3.8

Evaluation of the influence of fine scale land surface representation on convective processes using the coupled LIS-WRF system

Sujay V. Kumar, Univ. of Maryland Baltimore County/GEST, Greenbelt, MD; and C. Peters-Lidard, J. Eastman, and W. -. K. Tao

Recorded presentation

11:00 AM

3.9

Evaluation of Streamflow Forecasts Based on Coupled GFS-Noah Ensemble Forecasting System

Dingchen Hou, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC and SAIC, Camp Springs, MD; and Z. Toth, K. Mitchell, D. Lohmann, and H. Wei

Recorded presentation

4

Land-Atmosphere Interactions 1

Location: 213A (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)

Sponsor: 21st Conference on Hydrology

Organizers: Deborah K. Nykanen, Minnesota State University; Hatim Sharif, Univ. of Texas; Andrea N. Hahmann, NCAR

Papers:

1:30 PM

4.1

Launching Phase II of NLDAS: Adding a Seasonal Prediction Component and 25-year Land Reanalysis

Youlong Xia, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Camp Springs, MD; and K. Mitchell, E. F. Wood, D. P. Lettenmaier, L. Luo, A. Wood, H. Wei, B. A. Cosgrove, C. Peters-Lidard, J. Schaake, and P. J. Restrepo

Recorded presentation

1:45 PM

4.2

An evaluation of the sensitivity of mesoscale weather forecasts to the choice of forcing in a land data assimilation system

Andrea N. Hahmann, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and Y. Liu, T. Warner, and F. Chen

2:00 PM

4.3

Sensitivity of Land Surface Model Simulations to Atmospheric Forcing and Other Factors

Matthew Rodell, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and H. Kato, A. Sheffield, and B. F. Zaitchik

Recorded presentation

2:15 PM

4.4

Evaluation of parameter transferability for land surface models across semi-arid environments

Enrique Rosero, Utah State University, Logan, UT; and L. A. Bastidas

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (507.0 kB)

2:30 PM

4.4A

Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

4:00 PM

4.5

Impact of canopy resistance formulation on the long-term evolution of soil moisture and evaporation

Anil Kumar, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and F. Chen, D. Niyogi, K. Manning, M. Ek, and K. Mitchell

4.6

Surface roughness parameterization in the NCEP operational WRF-NMM (mesoscale model)

4:30 PM

4.7

Quantifying the strength of soil moisture-precipitation coupling and its sensitivity to changes in surface water budget

Guiling Wang, Univerisity of Connecticut, Storrs Mansfield, CT; and Y. Kim and D. Wang

Recorded presentation

4:45 PM

4.8

Impact of vegetation feedback on the response of precipitation to antecedent soil moisture anomalies over North America

Yeonjoo Kim, Univ. of Connecticut, Storrs Mansfield, CT; and G. Wang

Recorded presentation

5:00 PM

4.9

Influences of urbanization on precipitation and water resources in the metropolitan Beijing area

Chao-lin Zhang, Institute of Urban Meteorology, China Meteorological Administration, Beijing, China; and F. Chen, S. G. Miao, Q. C. Li, and C. Y. Xuan

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (2.7 MB)

5:15 PM

4.10

The impact of soil moisture on the formation of the African Easterly Jet

Man-li Wu, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and S. D. Schubert, O. Reale, M. J. Suarez, R. Koster, and P. Pegion

Poster Session 2

Land-Atmosphere Interactions Posters

Location: Exhibit Hall C (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)

Sponsor: 21st Conference on Hydrology

Organizers: Deborah K. Nykanen, Minnesota State University; Hatim Sharif, Univ. of Texas; Zong-Liang Yang, Univ. of Texas; Binayak Mohanty, Texas A&M University; Andrea N. Hahmann, NCAR

Papers:

P2.1

The Role of Precipitation in the Coupling of the Land Surface with the Atmosphere

Joseph G. Alfieri, USDA/ARS, Beltsville, MD; and D. Niyogi, P. D. Blanken, M. A. LeMone, and F. Chen

P2.2

Single column model analysis of land-atmosphere coupling strength

Sarith Mahanama, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and R. D. Koster, J. T. Bacmeister, P. Liu, M. J. Suarez, and R. H. Reichle

P2.3

Simulation-based Hydroclimatic Trends in the Arkansas/Red River Basin

Hatim Sharif, Univ. of Texas, San Antonio, TX; and N. L. Miller

P2.4

Sensitivity of local surface weather forecasts to initial soil moisture fields: case studies over the Mississippi Delta region

Georgy Mostovoy, Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS; and V. Anantharaj

Poster PDF (1.4 MB)

P2.5

Retrospective and real-time forcing data for the South American Land Data Assimilation System initiative

Luis Gustavo G. De Goncalves, NASA/GSFC and ORAU, Greenbelt, MD; and D. L. Toll, D. Herdies, E. Larroza, R. Borges, M. Bottino, J. Rozante, J. Shuttleworth, M. Rodell, B. A. Cosgrove, and J. Aravequia

P2.6

Influence of the soil moisture anomaly on the 1997 heavy precipitation in central of US

Yu Zhang, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS

P2.7

Evaluation of the Land Surface Physics in Single Column Model and Their Impact on Seasonal Prediction

Yoo-Bin Yhang, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea; and S. Y. Hong

P2.8

Effects of the Tibetan snow on the East Asia summer monsoon with global and regional models

KyungHee Seol, Yonsei Univ., Seoul, South Korea; and S. Hong

Poster PDF (282.0 kB)

P2.9

Effects of Soil Moisture on Planetary Boundary Layer Structure: Numerical Simulations

Ning Zhang, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS; and H. Liu

P2.10

Distributed hydrological modeling in a micro-scale rainforest catchment in Central Amazonia, Brazil: DHSVM calibration

Luz Adriana Cuartas, National Institute for space research - INPE, S�o Jos� dos Campos, SP, Brazil; and J. Tomasella, C. A. Nobre, A. D. Nobre, C. D. Renn�, M. G. Hodnett, and M. Waterloo

P2.11

Correlation between precipitation, dust storms and Gulf of California moisture surges in the Paso del Norte region during the North American Monsoon

Astrid Y. Lozano, Univ. of Texas, El Paso, TX; and J. Negrete, R. M. Fitzgerald, K. Apodaca, and D. V. R. Morris

P2.12

Comparison of AGRMET model results with in situ soil moisture data

Cynthia L. Combs, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and D. L. Rapp, A. S. Jones, and G. Mason

Poster PDF (297.6 kB)

P2.13

Climate-induced changes in surface energy budget in high latitudes for the past two decades: modeling studies

Heping Liu, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS; and N. Zhang and Y. Zhang

P2.14

Assimilating MODIS Snow Cover Data for Global Snow Water Equivalent Estimation Using Ensemble Kalman Filter and An Improved Observational Operator

Hua Su, Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX; and Z. L. Yang and G. Y. Niu

P2.15

Application of the Canadian Land Surface Scheme with carbon and nitrogen cycles to agricultural crops in Eastern Ontario�model evaluation and sensitivity analysis

Paul A. Bartlett, Environment Canada, Toronto, ON, Canada; and I. B. Strachan, F. Yuan, M. A. Arain, and E. Pattey

P2.16

A comparison of cumulus parameterization schemes in the WRF model

Erin K. Gilliland, Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE; and C. M. Rowe

http://weather.unl.edu/~crowe/AMS2007

Poster PDF (1.7 MB)

Joint Poster Session 3

Diurnal (Joint between the 21st Conference on Hydrology, the 16th Conference on Applied Climatology, and the 19th Conference on Climate Variability and Change)

Location: Exhibit Hall C (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)

Sponsors: (Joint between the 19th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 16th Conference on Applied Climatology; and the 21st Conference on Hydrology )

Papers:

JP3.1

Detection of Migrating Tides in the Tropical Middle Atmosphere using the CHAMP Radio Occultation Data

Zhen Zeng, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and W. J. Randel, S. Sokolovskiy, C. Deser, Y. H. Kuo, M. E. Hagan, and J. Du

JP3.2

Poster JP3.2 has been moved. New Paper number is 5A.6A

JP3.3

Early morning rainfall over the Strait of Malacca

Mikiko Fujita, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Yokosuka, Japan; and F. Kimura, P. Wu, and M. Yoshizaki

Poster PDF (969.6 kB)

JP3.4

Diurnal variation of optically thin water cloud

Toshiro Inoue, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan; and K. Kawamoto

JP3.5

Interannual variability of diurnal warming of the sea surface temperature

Carol Anne Clayson, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida

Poster Session 3

Drought Assessment and Prediction Posters

Location: Exhibit Hall C (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)

Sponsor: 21st Conference on Hydrology

Organizers: Hatim Sharif, Univ. of Texas; Wade T. Crow, USDA/ARS

Papers:

P3.1

The Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network (CoCoRaHS): Timely Volunteer Precipitation Monitoring

Henry Reges, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and N. J. Doesken and J. Turner

P3.2

Drought identification and drought indices using ERA-40 reanalysis data

Emanuel Dutra, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal; and P. Viterbo and P. M. A. Miranda

Poster PDF (190.8 kB)

P3.3

Maps and Tools at NASA GES DISC for Supporting Global Drought Monitoring Activities

Zhong Liu, George Mason University/CEOSR, Fairfax, VA and NASA/GSFC GES DISC, Greenbelt, MD; and W. L. Teng, S. J. Kempler, C. Lim, H. Rui, L. Chiu, and E. Ocampo

Poster Session 4

Weather to Climate Scale Flood Forecasting Posters

Location: Exhibit Hall C (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)

Sponsor: 21st Conference on Hydrology

Organizers: Chandra R. Kondragunta, NOAA/NWS; John C. Schaake, NOAA/NWS

Papers:

P4.1

Potential real-time fully-automated operational rain gauge quality control tools for time-critical NWS hydrologic applications

Chandra R. Kondragunta, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and F. Ding and K. Shrestha

P4.2

New satellite data tools for precipitation analyses and forecasts

Sheldon J. Kusselson, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and M. A. Turk, S. Q. Kidder, J. M. Forsythe, and E. E. Ebert

P4.3

New Bayesian probabilistic forecasts of river discharge: Linking weather forecasts to intraseasonal prediction

carlos Hoyos, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA; and P. J. Webster

P4.4

Further investigation of sedimentation velocities of graupel and snow in the WRF Single-Moment 6-Class Microphysics scheme (WSM6)

Kyo-Sun Sunny Lim, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea; and S. Y. Hong and J. Dudhia

Poster PDF (890.5 kB)

P4.5

COMET^� Basic Hydrologic Sciences course: What happens to the rain and snow?

Wendy Schreiber-Abshire, UCAR/COMET, Boulder, CO; and M. Kelsch and L. Goldstein

P4.6

Assessing the capability of a regional-scale weather model to simulate extreme precipitation patterns and flooding: Central Texas, USA

P4.7

An Autocorrelation Correction Analysis to Simulate Daily Streamflow: An Application to the Thames River, London, Ontario, Canada

Chad Shouquan Cheng, EC, Toronto, ON, Canada; and G. Li

P4.8

A Study of Adaptive-Network-Based Fuzzy Inference System for Rainfall-Stage Forecasting on Lan-Yang Creek, Taiwan

5B

Drought Assessment and Prediction

Location: 211 (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)

Sponsor: 21st Conference on Hydrology

Organizers: Wade T. Crow, USDA/ARS; Hatim Sharif, Univ. of Texas

Papers:

8:30 AM

5B.1

Spaceborne drought mapping using thermal-infrared remote sensing

Martha C. Anderson, USDA/ARS, Beltsville, MD; and W. P. Kustas

Recorded presentation

9:00 AM

5B.2

Drought Monitoring and Prediction from Regional to Global Scales

Justin Sheffield, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ; and L. Luo and E. F. Wood

9:30 AM

5B.3

Assimilation of AMSR-E Soil Moisture into the USDA Global Crop Production Decision Support System

J. Bolten, USDA, Beltsville, MD; and W. Crow, X. Zhan, T. Jackson, C. Reynolds, and B. Doorn

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (143.1 kB)

9:45 AM

5B.3A

Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

11:00 AM

5B.4

Qualitative Comparison Between the Temporal Variation of Streamflow Index and Solar Flux Level: Continued Study and Analysis

Brenda Zuzolo, The Boeing Company, Springfield, VA

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (690.7 kB)

11:15 AM

5B.5

Forecasting the impact of drought on vegetation in Central Asia

Mathew A. Barlow, University of Massachusetts - Lowell, Lowell, MA

Recorded presentation

11:30 AM

5B.6

Drought and wel spells over the United States and Mexico

Kingtse Mo, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Camp Springs, MD; and J. K. E. Schemm

Recorded presentation

5A

Land-Atmosphere Interactions 2

Location: 209 (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)

Sponsor: 21st Conference on Hydrology

Organizers: Zong-Liang Yang, Univ. of Texas; Deborah K. Nykanen, Minnesota State University

Papers:

8:30 AM

5A.1

Improving Remotely Sensed Rainfall Estimates over Radar Gap Areas

Shayesteh Mahani, Co Operative Remote Sensing Science and Technology Centre (CREST), New York, NY; and R. Khanbilvardi

Recorded presentation

8:45 AM

5A.2

Storm surge issues of Hurricane Katrina

Patrick J. Fitzpatrick, Mississippi State University, Stennis Space Center, MS; and S. Bhate, Y. Li, Y. Lau, E. Valenti, B. Jelley, and B. Jacobsen

Recorded presentation

9:00 AM

5A.3

Impact of physical parameterization and land use land cover change on the simulation of the July 26, 2005 heavy rain event over Mumbai, India

Hsin-I Chang, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and A. Kumar, D. Niyogi, U. C. Mohanty, F. Chen, and J. Dudhia

Recorded presentation

9:15 AM

5A.4

Improved modeling of land-atmosphere interactions using a coupled version of WRF with the Land Information System

Jonathan L. Case, ENSCO, Inc., Huntsville, AL; and K. M. LaCasse, J. A. Santanello Jr., W. M. Lapenta, and C. D. Peters-Lidard

http://weather.msfc.nasa.gov/sport/

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (577.4 kB)

9:30 AM

5A.5

Sensitivity tests of precipitation forecast to soil moisture initial condition using NCEP WRF ensemble system

Jun Du, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Camp Springs, MD; and G. Gayno

Recorded presentation

9:45 AM

5A.5A

Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

11:00 AM

5A.6

Estimating Soil Hydraulic Parameters from Space

Binayak Mohanty, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and A. V. Ines

11:15 AM

5A.7

Determination of the land surface emissivity in the 8-12 micrometer window using ASTER and MODIS data

Thomas Schmugge, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM; and K. Ogawa

Recorded presentation

11:30 AM

5A.8

Identifying nonstationarity in the atmospheric surface layer

Edgar L. Andreas, U.S. Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, Hanover, NH; and C. A. Geiger, G. Trevi�o, and K. J. Claffey

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1014.4 kB)

11:45 AM

5A.9

A Method to estimate Spectral Radiation Components from Surface Net Radiation, using Long-term Ground Observations

Gi-Hyeon Park, Univ. of California, Irvine, CA; and X. Gao and S. Sorooshian

Poster PDF (203.8 kB)

6A

Land-Atmosphere Interactions 3

Location: 209 (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)

Sponsor: 21st Conference on Hydrology

Organizers: Deborah K. Nykanen, Minnesota State University; Binayak Mohanty, Texas A&M University

Papers:

1:30 PM

6A.1

Estimation of Convective Planetary Boundary Layer Evolution and Land-Atmosphere Interactions from MODIS and AIRS

Joseph A. Santanello Jr., NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and M. A. Friedl

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (265.0 kB)

1:45 PM

6A.2

A method to describe horizontal variability of daytime Sensible and Latent Heat Flux

Margaret A. LeMone, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and F. Chen, M. Tewari, J. G. Alfieri, and D. Niyogi

Recorded presentation

2:00 PM

6A.3

A new latent heat flux parameterization for land surface models

Christopher M. Godfrey, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and D. J. Stensrud and L. M. Leslie

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (681.6 kB)

2:15 PM

6A.4

A Sensitivity Study of a Energy-Budget Energy-Budget Accumulation and Ablation Model

Fan Lei, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and V. Koren, M. B. Smith, and F. Moreda

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (605.6 kB)

2:30 PM

6A.5

Modeling Regional-to-Global-Scale Terrestrial Water Storage Dynamics

Zong-Liang Yang, Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX; and G. Y. Niu

Recorded presentation

2:45 PM

6A.6

Simulation of regional changes in terrestrial water storage using two land-surface models

Lindsey E. Gulden, University of Texas, Austin, TX; and M. Rodell, G. Y. Niu, Z. L. Yang, P. J. -. F. Yeh, and J. S. Famiglietti

Recorded presentation

3:00 PM

6A.6A

Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall and Raffle

3:30 PM

6A.7

Global patterns of soil moisture�rainfall relationships

Arien (H.A.) Lam, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands; and M. F. P. Bierkens and B. J. J. M. Van den Hurk

Recorded presentation

3:45 PM

6A.8

The Connection between Precipitation Recycling and Land Surface Memory

Paul A. Dirmeyer, COLA, Calverton, MD; and C. A. Schlosser

Recorded presentation

4:00 PM

6A.9

Land-atmosphere feedbacks: precipitation recycling in the NAMS region

Francina Dominguez, Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and P. Kumar

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (2.2 MB)

4:15 PM

6A.10

Influences of land-atmosphere interactions on precipitation during 9-21 June IHOP-2002

Stanley B. Trier, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and F. Chen and K. W. Manning

Recorded presentation

6B

Weather to Climate Scale Flood Forecasting

Location: 211 (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)

Sponsor: 21st Conference on Hydrology

Organizers: Chandra R. Kondragunta, NOAA/NWS; John C. Schaake, NOAA/NWS

Papers:

1:30 PM

6B.1

Detecting the entire spectrum of stream flooding with Flash Flood Monitoring and Prediction (FFMP) program

Robert S. Davis, NOAA/NWS, Pittsburgh, PA

Recorded presentation

2:00 PM

6B.2

Spatially-variable, physically-derived flash flood guidance

John A. Schmidt, NOAA/NWS, Tulsa, OK; and A. J. Anderson and J. H. Paul

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.1 MB)

2:15 PM

6B.3

Evaluation of a distributed real-time semi-arid flash-flood forecasting model utilizing radar data in the Tucson, Arizona area

David C. Goodrich, USDA/ARS, Tucson, AZ; and S. Yatheendradas, T. Wagerer, H. V. Gupta, C. Unkrich, and M. Schaffner

Recorded presentation

2:30 PM

6B.4

Orographic influences on the spatial scaling of heavy convective rainfall in mountainous regions and effects on streamflow prediction

Deborah K. Nykanen, Minnesota State University, Mankato, MN

Recorded presentation

2:45 PM

6B.5

Hydrologic Evaluation of Radar Rainfall Retrievals for Urban Flood Forecasting

Baxter E. Vieux, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and S. Bell, R. Nichols, and P. B. Bedient

Recorded presentation

3:00 PM

6B.5A

Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall and Raffle

3:30 PM

6B.6

Seamless Daily to Seasonal Ensemble Flood Forecasting for Bangladesh

Thomas M. Hopson, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and P. J. Webster and H. R. Chang

3:45 PM

6B.7

Development of a strategy for including long-range climate forecast information in ensemble forcing for hydrologic ensemble prediction

J. C. Schaake, NOAA/NWS, Annapolis, MD; and P. J. Restrepo, D. J. Seo, R. Hartman, K. Werner, L. Wu, and J. Demargne

Recorded presentation

4:00 PM

6B.8

ENSO-Based Index Insurance: Approach and Peru Flood Risk Management Application

Abedalrazq F. Khalil, Columbia University, New York, NY; and H. H. Kwon, U. Lall, M. Miranda, and J. Skees

4:15 PM

6B.9

On the Origin of Floods in the USA: The Role of Large Scale Climate Processes

Hyun-Han Kwon, Columbia Univ., New York, NY; and A. F. Khalil and U. Lall

4:30 PM

6B.10

ENSO Forcing of Streamflow Conditions in the Pearl River Basin

R. Jason Caldwell, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Denver, CO; and R. J. Ricks Jr.

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (807.1 kB)

Session 6B: 21st Conference on Hydrology

Monday, 15 January 2007

9:00 AM-10:15 AM: Monday, 15 January 2007

1:30 PM-5:00 PM: Monday, 15 January 2007

2:30 PM-4:00 PM: Monday, 15 January 2007

Tuesday, 16 January 2007

8:30 AM-12:00 PM: Tuesday, 16 January 2007

8:30 AM-5:00 PM: Tuesday, 16 January 2007

1:30 PM-5:30 PM: Tuesday, 16 January 2007

Wednesday, 17 January 2007

8:30 AM-10:00 AM: Wednesday, 17 January 2007

8:30 AM-11:15 AM: Wednesday, 17 January 2007

1:30 PM-5:30 PM: Wednesday, 17 January 2007

2:30 PM-4:00 PM: Wednesday, 17 January 2007

Thursday, 18 January 2007

8:30 AM-11:45 AM: Thursday, 18 January 2007

8:30 AM-12:00 PM: Thursday, 18 January 2007

1:30 PM-4:30 PM: Thursday, 18 January 2007

1:30 PM-4:45 PM: Thursday, 18 January 2007

Monday, 15 January 2007

9:00 AM-10:15 AM: Monday, 15 January 2007

1:30 PM-5:00 PM: Monday, 15 January 2007

2:30 PM-4:00 PM: Monday, 15 January 2007

Tuesday, 16 January 2007

8:30 AM-12:00 PM: Tuesday, 16 January 2007

8:30 AM-5:00 PM: Tuesday, 16 January 2007

1:30 PM-5:30 PM: Tuesday, 16 January 2007

Wednesday, 17 January 2007

8:30 AM-10:00 AM: Wednesday, 17 January 2007

8:30 AM-11:15 AM: Wednesday, 17 January 2007

1:30 PM-5:30 PM: Wednesday, 17 January 2007

2:30 PM-4:00 PM: Wednesday, 17 January 2007

Thursday, 18 January 2007

8:30 AM-11:45 AM: Thursday, 18 January 2007

8:30 AM-12:00 PM: Thursday, 18 January 2007

1:30 PM-4:30 PM: Thursday, 18 January 2007

1:30 PM-4:45 PM: Thursday, 18 January 2007