Program: 23rd Conference on IIPS (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

1B

International Applications - Part I

Location: 217A (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)

Sponsor: 23rd Conference on IIPS

Cochairs: John R. Lincoln, US Navy/WMO (Ret.) and Consultant; Howard J. Diamond, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC; Alfred Hofstadler, ECMWF

Papers:

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

http://tigge.ecmwf.int

Poster PDF (145.7 kB)

11:00 AM

1B.2

Implementation and plans for TIGGE at NCAR and ECMWF

Douglas Schuster, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and S. J. Worley, B. Raoult, M. Fuentes, J. Urban, and N. C. Wilhelmi

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (46.9 kB)

11:15 AM

1B.3

The EU funded SIMDAT project: components for building the WMO Information System

Baudouin Raoult, ECMWF, Reading, Berks., United Kingdom; and G. Aubert and M. Gutierrez

http://www.ecmwf.int/services/grid/simdat/

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (999.0 kB)

1B.4

SCRIBE- Update on EC's forecast production tool

11:45 AM

1B.5

Who needs Sudoku when you have a puzzle like Data Management?

Dave Spiegl, MSC, Toronto, ON, Canada; and P. Wong, R. Campbell, O. Jacobsen, and B. Fehr

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (26.3 kB)

1A

Global Meteorological and Hydrological Service Updates Part I

Location: 216AB (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)

Sponsor: 23rd Conference on IIPS

Cochairs: Fred Branski, NOAA/NWS; Michael D. Eilts, Weather Decision Technologies, Inc.; Terry C. Tarbell, RS Information Systems, Inc

Papers:

10:45 AM

1A.1

National Weather Service (NWS) Services Update

D. L. Johnson, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD

Recorded presentation

11:15 AM

1A.2

Address from the NOAA Administrator

Conrad C. Lautenbacher, NOAA, Washington, DC

11:45 AM

1A.3

Address from the Deputy Secretary of Commerce

David Sampson, Dept. of Commerce, Washington, DC

2A

GLOBAL METEOROLOGICAL AND HYDROLOGICAL SERVICE UPDATES PART II

Location: 216AB (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)

Sponsor: 23rd Conference on IIPS

Cochairs: Fred Branski, NOAA/NWS; Michael D. Eilts, Weather Decision Technologies, Inc.; Terry C. Tarbell, RS Information Systems, Inc

Papers:

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

Recorded presentation

2:30 PM

2A.2A

Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

4:00 PM

2A.3

WMO Services Update

Michel Jarraud, WMO, Geneva, Switzerland

Recorded presentation

4:30 PM

2A.4

ECMWF Meteorological and Hydrological Services Update

Dominique Marbouty, ECMWF, Reading, Berks., United Kingdom

Recorded presentation

5:00 PM

2A.5

Impact of a New Requirements Process on Technology Infusion in the National Weather Service

LeRoy Spayd Jr., NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD

Recorded presentation

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)

Location: 217A (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)

Sponsor: 23rd Conference on IIPS

Cochairs: John R. Lincoln, US Navy/WMO (Ret.) and Consultant; Howard J. Diamond, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC; Alfred Hofstadler, ECMWF

Papers:

1:30 PM

2B.1

INCREASING FORECAST ACCURACY BY MECHANICALLY COMBINING HUMAN AND AUTOMATED PREDICTIONS USING A KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEM

Harvey Stern, BOM, Melbourne, Vic., Australia

http://www.weather-climate.com

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (316.6 kB)

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

Poster PDF (44.9 kB)

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

Poster PDF (195.8 kB)

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

2B.4A

Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

4:00 PM

2B.5

An Introduction to the Observing System Monitoring Center

Kevin M. O'Brien, JISAO/University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and S. Hankin, R. Schweitzer, K. Kern, B. Smith, T. Habermann, and N. Auerbach

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (367.3 kB)

4:15 PM

2B.6

Radar visualization and data exporter tools to support interoperability and the Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS), from the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA's) National Climatic Data Center (NCDC)

Stephen Del Greco, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and S. Ansari

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (375.7 kB)

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

4:45 PM

2B.7A

Trends in Seoul (1778-2004) summer precipitation

Bin Wang, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI

Recorded presentation

5:00 PM

Paper 2B.8 has been moved. New Paper number 5B.10

5:15 PM

2B.9

The role of the Molniya Orbit Imager in the Global Observing System

Lars P. Riishojgaard, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD

Recorded presentation

5:30 PM

2B.10

New Cooperative Observer Networks and Instrumentation Data Quality

Jason A. Karvelot, Davis Instruments, Corp., Hayward, CA

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.4 MB)

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)

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

Sponsors: (Joint between the 19th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the AMS Forum: Climate Change Manifested by Changes in Weather; the Fifth Conference on Artificial Intelligence Applications to Environmental Science; and the 23rd Conference on IIPS )

Chair: Aiguo Dai, NCAR

Papers:

Poster JP1.9 has been moved. New paper number 2B.7A in the 23IIPS Program

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 PDF (1.1 MB)

JP1.2

Poster Moved. New Paper Number 4A.11A

JP1.2A

What can we (not?!) say about historical temperature changes from Radiosonde records?

Peter Thorne, Cooperative Insitute for Climate and Satellites; 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, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX; 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 PDF (681.2 kB)

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, E�tv�s Lor�nd 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, E�tv�s Lor�nd University, Budapest, Hungary; and J. Bartholy

Poster PDF (446.7 kB)

Poster Session 1

Poster Session I

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

Sponsor: 23rd Conference on IIPS

Cochairs: Stephen M. Holt, Mitretek Systems; Scott T. Shipley, Earth Resources Technology

Papers:

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

Poster PDF (409.1 kB)

P1.4

Evolution of NWS Severe Weather Warning Polygons: Precise Threat Area Identification and Tracking

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

Poster PDF (511.7 kB)

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 South Alabama, Mobile, AL; and A. E. Mercer, M. B. Richman, L. M. Leslie, and C. A. Doswell III

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

Poster PDF (271.4 kB)

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 II, 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

Joint Session 2

Joint Session between 19th Conference on Climate Variability and Change and 23IIPS

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

Sponsors: (Joint between the 23rd Conference on IIPS; and the 19th Conference on Climate Variability and Change )

Cochairs: Stephen M. Holt, Mitretek Systems; Nancy N. Soreide, NOAA/PMEL; John Roads, SIO/Univ. of California; Lucie A. Vincent, Environment Canada

Papers:

8:30 AM

J2.1

The National Severe Storms Laboratory Historical Weather Data Archives Data Management And Web Access System

Willa H. Zhu, JISAO/Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and D. M. Schultz, D. Kennedy, K. Kelleher, and N. Soreide

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (463.2 kB)

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

Recorded presentation

9:15 AM

J2.4

NOAA State of the Arctic Report

Jacqueline A. Richter-Menge, ERDC-Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, Hanover, NH; and J. E. Overland, A. Proshutinsky, V. Romanovsky, and N. Soreide

Recorded presentation

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

J2.5A

Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

11:00 AM

J2.6

Interactive Web Access to Ocean Surface Currents Analyses � Realtime Data

Willa H. Zhu, JISAO/Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and F. Bonjean, G. Lagerloef, N. N. Soreide, and J. J. O'Brien

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (473.4 kB)

11:15 AM

J2.7

Geoprocessing Sea Ice Datasets to Derive Climate Fields

Tracy DeLiberty, University of Delaware, Newark, DE; and S. Ackley, C. Geiger, M. Van Woert, and A. Worby

J2.8

A Java Based Graphical User Interface for Numerical Model Simulation and Analysis

11:45 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

3A

Applications in Meteorology, Oceanography, Hydrology and Climatology

Location: 216AB (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)

Sponsor: 23rd Conference on IIPS

Cochairs: Carl D. Thormeyer, KSBW-8; Timothy Crum, NOAA/NEXRAD Radar Operations Center

Papers:

8:30 AM

3A.1

Hazardous weather detection and display capability for US Navy ships

Timothy Maese, BCI, Moorestown, NJ; and J. A. Hunziker, H. S. Owen, M. Harven, L. Wagner, R. Wilcox, G. Cavalieri, and K. Koehler

http://www.bcisse.com

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (555.8 kB)

3A.2

US Air Force Interactive Ensemble Visualizations

9:00 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

9:15 AM

3A.3

Temperature Ensemble Spread as a Real Time Forecasting Tool at The Weather Channel

Jeral G. Estupi��n, The Weather Channel, Atlanta, GA; and J. Koval and R. Lucksinger

Recorded presentation

9:30 AM

3A.4

TABULAR PRODUCT EVOLUTION USING EXTENSIBLE MARKUP LANGUAGE

Steven R. Olson, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and M. R. Peroutka, J. E. Calkins, D. Young, A. P. Noel, A. Thomas, E. Danaher, and J. Huddleston

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (116.7 kB)

9:45 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 III, and L. Leslie

Recorded presentation

10:00 AM

3A.5A

Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

11:15 AM

3A.6

FORECAST PERFORMANCE OF AN OPERATIONAL MESO-GAMMA-SCALE MODELLING SYSTEM FOR SOUTHERN FLORIDA

Anthony P. Praino, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY; and L. A. Treinish

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (2.0 MB)

11:30 AM

3A.7

Tools used by the spaceflight meteorology group to evaluate the space shuttle weather flight rules for landing forecasts

Brian Hoeth, NOAA/NWS, Houston, TX; and T. Garner, R. Lafosse, and T. D. Oram

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (517.4 kB)

11:45 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

12:00 PM

3A.9

NOAA Tsunami Forecasting System: Design and implementation using Service Oriented Architecture

Donald W. Denbo, JISAO/Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and K. T. McHugh, J. R. Osborne, P. Sorvik, and A. J. Venturato

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (230.9 kB)

3B

Challenges in Data Access, Distribution, and Use

Location: 217A (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)

Sponsor: 23rd Conference on IIPS

Cochairs: Thomas M. Whittaker, SSEC/CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin; Nancy N. Soreide, NOAA/PMEL

Papers:

8:30 AM

3B.1

In Situ Data Access

Nancy N. Soreide, NOAA/PMEL, Seattle, WA

Recorded presentation

8:45 AM

3B.2

DAP-enabled Server-side Data Reduction and Analysis

Daniel L. Wang, Univ. of California, Irvine, CA; and C. S. Zender and S. F. Jenks

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (80.5 kB)

9:00 AM

3B.3

DapperM: A Matlab interface to Dapper an OPeNDAP in-situ data service

Donald W. Denbo, JISAO/Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and J. Sirott and W. H. Zhu

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (275.1 kB)

9:15 AM

3B.4

High performance distributed data reduction and analysis with the netCDF Operators (NCO)

Charles S. Zender, Univ. of California, Irvine, CA; and D. L. Wang

http://nco.sf.net

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (254.5 kB)

9:30 AM

3B.5

Evolving IDV�Creating Better Tools for the Community

Don Murray, UCAR/Unidata, Boulder, CO; and J. McWhirter

http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/idv

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (227.5 kB)

9:45 AM

3B.5A

Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

11:00 AM

3B.6

Evolving standards for interdisciplinary data integration

Ben Domenico, UCAR, Boulder, CO

Recorded presentation

11:15 AM

3B.7

Transitioning the Meteorological Assimilation Data Ingest System (MADIS) into NWS Operations

James R. McNitt, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and J. Facundo, J. O'Sullivan, and M. Campbell

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (233.7 kB)

11:30 AM

3B.8

NOAA National Climatic Data Center's marine data services: history, challenges and vision

Anne M. Waple, STG, Inc., Asheville, NC; and A. Hall, S. Ansari, S. A. Del Greco, D. Manns, and R. Baldwin

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (279.3 kB)

11:45 AM

3B.9

Disseminating National Weather Service digital forecasts using open geospatial standards

John L. Schattel Jr., NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and A. A. Taylor, P. R. Hershberg, and R. Bunge

http://www.weather.gov/forecasts/xml/OGC_servives/

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (250.3 kB)

4A

Advances and Applications in Transportation Weather

Location: 216AB (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)

Sponsor: 23rd Conference on IIPS

Cochairs: S. Edward Boselly, Weather Solutions Group; David J. Pace, SAIC; Paul A. Pisano, Federal Highway Administration

Papers:

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

Recorded presentation

1:45 PM

4A.2

Analysis of Weather Events on U.S. Railroads

Michael A. Rossetti, Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, Cambridge, MA

Poster PDF (97.2 kB)

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.

Recorded presentation

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

Recorded presentation

2:30 PM

4A.5

Evolution of the U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Clarus Initiative: Project Status and Future Plans

Paul A. Pisano, Federal Highway Administration, Washington, DC; and J. S. Pol, A. D. Stern, B. C. Boyce, and J. K. Garrett

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (582.3 kB)

2:45 PM

4A.6

Vehicles as Mobile Sensing Platforms for Meteorological Observations: A First Look

Andrew D. Stern, Mitretek Systems, Inc., Falls Church, VA; and P. A. Pisano, J. S. Pol, V. Shah, K. J. Biesecker, and C. Yeung

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.9 MB)

3:00 PM

4A.6A

Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall

3:30 PM

4A.7

An Automated Visibility Detection Algorithm Utilizing Camera Imagery

Robert G. Hallowell, MIT Lincoln Lab., Lexington, MA; and M. Matthews and P. A. Pisano

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (2.3 MB)

3:45 PM

4A.8

Road weather sensor data validation

Jennifer Hanson, Surface Transportation Weather Research Center, Grand Forks, ND; and L. F. Osborne Jr. and M. Askelson

4:00 PM

4A.9

Modeling road pavement temperatures with skin temperature observations from the Oklahoma Mesonet

Jessica M. Rathke, Oklahoma Climatological Survey, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and R. A. McPherson

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.1 MB)

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

Recorded presentation

4:30 PM

4A.11

Analysis of pavement radiation loading through pavement temperature

Adam Mohr, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND; and L. F. Osborne Jr.

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (499.0 kB)

4A.12

Development of automated systems for analysis and forecasting of ceiling and visibility for aviation

5:00 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

Poster PDF (205.6 kB)

5:15 PM

4A.14

A Forecaster's Perspective of, and Post Analysis on, the April 2, 2006 Severe Weather Outbreak

Phil Zuzolo, The Boeing Company, Springfield, VA

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (796.4 kB)

4B

GIS Applications

Location: 217A (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)

Sponsor: 23rd Conference on IIPS

Cochairs: Scott T. Shipley, Earth Resources Technology; Nancy N. Soreide, NOAA/PMEL; Ken R. Waters, NOAA/NWS

Papers:

1:30 PM

4B.1

Verification of National Weather Service warnings using geographic information systems

Ken R. Waters, NOAA/NWS, Phoenix, AZ

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (299.5 kB)

1:45 PM

4B.2

Utilizing Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to assess gridded NWS forecasts of Probability of Precipitation (PoP) and Quantitative Precipitation Forecast (QPF)

John B. Settelmaier, NOAA/NWS, Fort Worth, TX

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/srh/ssd/assess/assessment.html

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (540.6 kB)

2:00 PM

4B.3

Enhanced, high-density severe storm verification

Travis M. Smith, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma and NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and K. L. Ortega and A. G. Kolodziej

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (766.5 kB)

2:15 PM

4B.4

Devising an online collaborative decision-support GIS for climate monitoring site selection

William G. McPherson Jr., Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and M. Yuan and N. Benson

2:30 PM

4B.5

Use of the Management Information and Retrieval System to Generate RADAR Beam Coverage Maps

Joseph Facundo, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and M. Carelli

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (2.2 MB)

2:45 PM

4B.6

RIDGE - Radar Integrated Display with Geospatial Elements. Planned Updates and Enhancements to the NWS New Radar Webpage

Keith Stellman, NOAA/NWS, Shreveport, LA; and P. Kirkwood and J. E. Burks

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/ridge

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (570.6 kB)

3:00 PM

4B.6A

Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall

3:30 PM

4B.7

A continuous field approach to using GIS to model weather RADAR terrain occultation

Dustin Howard, Center for Spatial Analysis, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and M. Yuan

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (447.6 kB)

3:45 PM

4B.8

Accessing geographic information services and visualization products at NOAA's National Climatic Data Center

Rich Baldwin, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and S. Ansari, N. Lott, and G. Reid

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (679.7 kB)

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

Recorded presentation

4:15 PM

4B.10

Using ArcEngine to build Descision Support Tools for Tsunami Emergency Mangement and Planning

Nazila Merati, JISAO, Seattle, WA; and C. W. Moore, T. C. Vance, and C. Chamberlin

Recorded presentation

4:30 PM

4B.11

An Integrated Coastal Observation and Flood Warning System

Kenneth Carey, Mitretek Systems, Inc., Falls Church, VA; and B. Stamey, A. D. Stern, W. Smith, S. Lynn, G. Mineart, H. Wang, D. Forrest, J. Billet, and B. Smith

4:45 PM

4B.12

Integrating oceanographic models with GIS - ROMS and beyond

Tiffany C. Vance, NOAA/National Marine Fisheries Service, Seattle, WA; and C. Moore and S. Mesick

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.5 MB)

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

Recorded presentation

Joint Session 3

Toward a Cyberinfrastructure for Education in Atmospheric and Related Sciences (Joint with 23rd Conference on IIPS and 16th Symposium on Education)

Location: 206B (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)

Sponsors: (Joint between the 16th Symposium on Education; and the 23rd Conference on IIPS )

Chairs: Rajul Pandya, UCAR; Thomas M. Whittaker, SSEC/CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin

Papers:

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, EPA, Research Triangle Park, NC; and N. D. Conatser, J. E. White, T. Dye, R. A. Wayland, and P. Dickerson

Recorded presentation

3:45 PM

J3.2

Bridging the gap between Earth science and students: An integrated approach using NASA Earth science climate data

Erica J. Alston, NASA/LaRC, Hampton, VA; and L. H. Chambers, S. W. Moore, P. C. Oots, C. S. Phelps, and D. Diones

http://mynasadata.larc.nasa.gov

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (521.2 kB)

4:00 PM

J3.3

Toward weather/health education in online CPR classes

Margaret Lynn Fowke, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD

Recorded presentation

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

Recorded presentation

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

Recorded presentation

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

Recorded presentation

5:30 PM

J3.9

Concluding Remarks

5A

Satellite IIPS and Applications

Location: 216AB (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)

Sponsor: 23rd Conference on IIPS

Cochairs: Gerald J. Dittberner, NOAA/NESDIS; Thomas M. Whittaker, SSEC/CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin

Papers:

8:30 AM

5A.1

XGOHI, Extended GOES High-Inclination Mission for South-American Coverage

Shahram Tehranian, Nortel Government Solutions, Lanham, MD; and J. L. Carr, S. Yang, A. Swaroop, and K. Mckenzie

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (804.0 kB)

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

Poster PDF (372.5 kB)

9:15 AM

5A.4

A Robust Framework for Distributed Processing of GIFTS Hyperspectral Data

Abhishek Agarwal, Nortel Government Solutions, Lanham, MD; and S. Tehranian, A. Swaroop, and K. Mckenzie

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (250.3 kB)

9:30 AM

5A.5

Hierarchical PCA Based Data Fusion

Abhishek Agarwal, Nortel Government Solutions, Lanham, MD; and H. EL-Askary, T. El-Ghazawi, M. Kafatos, and J. Le-Moigne

9:45 AM

5A.6

ADaM-IVICS: A software tool to mine satellite data

Todd Berendes, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and R. Ramachandran, J. Rushing, and S. Graves

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (271.6 kB)

5B

Radar Applications - Part I

Location: 217A (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)

Sponsor: 23rd Conference on IIPS

Cochairs: Timothy Crum, NOAA/NEXRAD Radar Operations Center; Douglas E. Forsyth, NOAA/NSSL; William F. Roberts, NOAA; Robert E. Saffle, Mitretek Systems

Papers:

8:30 AM

5B.1

NEXRAD Product Improvement�Update 2007

Robert E. Saffle, Mitretek Systems, Silver Spring, MD; and G. S. Cate and M. Istok

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.4 MB)

8:45 AM

5B.2

An update on the NWS WSR-88D Level II data collection and distribution networik and plans for changes

Timothy Crum, NOAA/NEXRAD Radar Operations Center, Norman, OK; and S. D. Smith, T. Sandman, J. Casamento, P. Cragg, W. M. Blanchard, and M. J. Istok

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (274.4 kB)

9:00 AM

5B.3

Plans for testing the feasibility of site-specific scanning strategies for WSR-88Ds

Randy M. Steadham, NOAA/Radar Operations Center/Applications Branch, Norman, OK; and R. A. Brown

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (175.2 kB)

9:15 AM

5B.4

Open Radar Data Acquisition (ORDA) Calibration Analysis

Robert W. Macemon, RS Information Systems, Norman, OK; and N. K. Patel, A. D. Free, G. W. Jim, and J. R. Cory

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (365.9 kB)

9:30 AM

5B.5

Spectrum width estimators for the NEXRAD ORDA: evaluation and recommendation

Greg Meymaris, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. K. Williams

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (184.9 kB)

9:45 AM

5B.6

Real time clutter identification and mitigation for NEXRAD

J.C. Hubbert, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and M. Dixon and C. J. Kessinger

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (2.7 MB)

10:00 AM

5B.6A

Coffee Break in Meeting Room Foyer

10:30 AM

5B.7

Impacts of wind farms on WSR-88D operations and policy considerations

Richard J. Vogt, Tri-Agencies' (Dept. of Commerce, Defense & Transportation) Radar Operations Center, Norman, OK; and T. Crum, J. R. Reed, J. T. Snow, R. D. Palmer, B. Isom, and D. W. Burgess

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.1 MB)

10:45 AM

5B.8

Investigation of point echoes from GPS-enabled aircraft to detect anomalous propagation

Scott T. Shipley, Earth Resources Technology, Jessup, MD; and R. Saffle and M. H. Jain

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (567.9 kB)

11:00 AM

5B.9

A statistical evaluation of the SMPRF range-velocity mitigation technique

E. Ruzanski, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and J. C. Hubbert, V. Chandrasekar, and G. Meymaris

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (596.9 kB)

11:15 AM

5B.10

Initial implementation of super-resolution data on the NEXRAD network

Sebastian M. Torres, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and C. D. Curtis

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (147.6 kB)

6

Interactive Processing Systems

Location: 216AB (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)

Sponsor: 23rd Conference on IIPS

Cochairs: Ward R. Seguin, NOAA/OAR; William F. Roberts, NOAA

Papers:

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

Recorded presentation

10:45 AM

6.2

Overview of the new AWIPS SOA

John D. Lawson, Raytheon Company, Plano, TX; and J. P. Tuell, F. P. Griffith, and R. K. Henry

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (94.0 kB)

11:00 AM

6.3

Warning Decision Support System - Integrated Information (WDSS-II) Progress and Plans

Kurt D. Hondl, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and V. Lakshmanan, T. M. Smith, and G. J. Stumpf

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (26.5 kB)

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

Recorded presentation

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

Recorded presentation

11:45 AM

6.6

Surface data processing and integration at NOAA's National Climatic Data Center

Stephen Del Greco, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and J. N. Lott, R. Ray, D. Dellinger, F. Smith, and P. Jones

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (94.9 kB)

Joint Session 4

Global Earth Observations (Joint between 11 IOAS-AOLS and 23 IIPS)

Location: 216AB (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)

Sponsors: (Joint between the 23rd Conference on IIPS; and the 11th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS) )

Cochairs: Howard J. Diamond, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC; John R. Lincoln, US Navy/WMO (Ret.) and Consultant

Papers:

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

Recorded presentation

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

Recorded presentation

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

Recorded presentation

2:30 PM

J4.3A

Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

4:00 PM

J4.4

Improving the Operation of the GCOS Surface and Upper Air Networks

Richard K. Thigpen, GCOS Secretariat, Silver Spring, MD

Recorded presentation

4:15 PM

J4.5

Lead centers for global climate observing system data

M. Lawrence Nicodemus, International Environmental Data Rescue Organization [IEDRO], Deale, MD; and P. Alford

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (115.7 kB)

4:30 PM

J4.6

NOAA's Scientific Data Stewardship program: connecting essential climate variables to science questions and societal impacts for long-term information access

Bruce R. Barkstrom, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and J. J. Bates and J. Privette

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (87.1 kB)

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

Recorded presentation

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

Recorded presentation

5:15 PM

J4.9

The U.S. Global Climate Observing System (GCOS) program: plans for high elevation and high latitude GCOS surface network sites based on the benchmark U.S. Climate Reference Network (CRN) system

Howard J. Diamond, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Silver Spring, MD; and M. R. Helfert

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (94.7 kB)

7

Multifunction Phased Array Radar (MPAR)

Location: 217A (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)

Sponsor: 23rd Conference on IIPS

Cochairs: David J. Pace, FAA; Douglas E. Forsyth, NOAA/NSSL

Papers:

1:30 PM

7.1

MPAR program overview and status

William Benner, Federal Aviation Administration, Atlantic City, NJ; and G. Torok, N. Gordner-Kalani, M. Batista-Carver, and T. Lee

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.0 MB)

1:45 PM

7.2

Multifunction Phased Array Radar: Technical Synopsis, Cost Implications and Operational Capabilities

Mark E. Weber, MIT, Lexington, MA; and J. Cho and J. Herd

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (292.6 kB)

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

Recorded presentation

2:15 PM

7.4

Update on the National Weather Radar Testbed (Phased Array)

Douglas E. Forsyth, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and J. F. Kimpel, D. S. Zrnic, R. Ferek, J. F. Heimmer, T. McNellis, J. E. Crain, A. M. Shapiro, R. J. Vogt, and W. Benner

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (55.9 kB)

2:30 PM

7.4A

Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

4:00 PM

7.5

Comparison of storm evolution characteristics: The NWRT and WSR-88D

Pamela L. Heinselman, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and K. L. Manross, D. L. Priegnitz, and R. Adams

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.3 MB)

4:15 PM

7.6

Optimization of weather update time and data quality using phased-array radar

Tian-You Yu, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and M. B. Orescanin, C. D. Curtis, D. S. Zrnic, and D. E. Forsyth

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (113.9 kB)

4:30 PM

7.7

Polarization Selection For Weather Phased Array Radar

Jerry E. Crain, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and D. Staiman

Poster PDF (228.5 kB)

4:45 PM

7.8

Characteristics of microburst events observed with the National Weather Radar Testbed phased array radar

Travis M. Smith, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma and NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and P. L. Heinselman and D. Priegnitz

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.6 MB)

5:00 PM

7.9

Beam multiplexing on the NWRT: looking ahead

Christopher D. Curtis, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and T. Y. Yu

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (114.9 kB)

5:15 PM

7.10

A theory for phased-array weather-radars to measure crossbeam wind, shear and turbulence

Guifu Zhang, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and R. J. Doviak

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.8 MB)

Poster Session 2

Poster Session II

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

Sponsor: 23rd Conference on IIPS

Cochairs: Stephen M. Holt, Mitretek Systems; Scott T. Shipley, Earth Resources Technology

Papers:

Poster P2.14 has been moved. New Paper Number 8A3.A

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

Poster PDF (35.3 kB)

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

Poster PDF (65.6 kB)

P2.4

An Updated SST Satellite Match-up System

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

Poster PDF (935.4 kB)

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

Poster PDF (106.6 kB)

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

Poster PDF (433.0 kB)

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, Air Force Weather Agency, 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

Poster PDF (1003.0 kB)

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

Poster PDF (700.3 kB)

P2.13

Spectral densities of polarimetric variables for retrieving winds and determining scatterer types

Svetlana Bachmann, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and D. S. Zrnic

Poster PDF (977.0 kB)

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

Poster PDF (1.1 MB)

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

Poster PDF (1.0 MB)

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

Poster PDF (218.4 kB)

8B

Linked Environments for Atmospheric Discovery (LEAD)

Location: 216AB (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)

Sponsor: 23rd Conference on IIPS

Cochairs: Nancy N. Soreide, NOAA/PMEL; Michael D. Eilts, Weather Decision Technologies, Inc.

Papers:

8:30 AM

8B.1

A New Paradigm for Mesoscale Meteorology: Grid and Web Service-Oriented Research and Education in LEAD

Kelvin Droegemeier, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and T. Baltzer, A. Wilson, M. Ramamurthy, and K. Lawrence

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (435.8 kB)

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

Recorded presentation

9:00 AM

8B.3

Siege: a graphical user interface to enable management of large numbers of weather simulations

Jay Alameda, National Center for Supercomputing Applications, Champaign, IL; and B. F. Jewett, R. B. Wilhelmson, A. Rossi, S. Hampton, T. Baltzer, and A. Wilson

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (118.4 kB)

9:15 AM

8B.4

Monitoring and orchestrating a mesoscale meteorological cyberinfrastructure

Lavanya Ramakrishnan, Renaissance Computing Institute, Chapel Hill, NC; and D. Reed

Recorded presentation

9:30 AM

8B.5

Integrating LEAD Research in Undergraduate Education

Richard D. Clark, Millersville University, Millersville, PA; and S. Yalda, D. Gannon, B. Plale, T. Baltzer, and E. C. Meyers

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (271.7 kB)

9:45 AM

8B.5A

Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

11:00 AM

8B.6

LEAD at the Unidata workshop: demonstrating democratization of NWP capabilities

Tom Baltzer, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and A. Wilson, S. Marru, A. Rossi, M. Christie, S. Hampton, D. Gannon, J. Alameda, M. Ramamurthy, and K. Droegemeier

http://portal.leadproject.org

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (240.1 kB)

11:15 AM

8B.7

The THREDDS data repository (TDR): for long term data storage and access

Anne Wilson, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and T. Baltzer and J. Caron

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (37.3 kB)

8A

Radar Applications- Part II

Location: 217A (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)

Sponsor: 23rd Conference on IIPS

Cochairs: Douglas E. Forsyth, NOAA/NSSL; William F. Roberts, NOAA; Robert E. Saffle, Mitretek Systems; Timothy Crum, NOAA/NEXRAD Radar Operations Center

Papers:

8:30 AM

8A.1

Target tracking at the National Weather Radar Testbed: a progress report on detecting and tracking aircraft

Mark Yeary, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and B. McGuire, D. Forsyth, W. Benner, G. Torok, and M. B. Yeary

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (315.0 kB)

8:45 AM

8A.2

Update to the National Weather Radar Testbed Radar Control Interface

David Priegnitz, NOAA/NSSL and CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and D. E. Forsyth

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (443.1 kB)

9:00 AM

8A.3

Paper 8A.3 has been moved new Poster Number P2.14A

9:15 AM

8A.3A

REFRACTIVITY MEASUREMENTS FROM GROUND CLUTTER USING THE NATIONAL WEATHER RADAR TESTBED PHASED ARRAY RADAR

Boon Leng Cheong, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and R. D. Palmer, C. D. Curtis, T. Y. Yu, D. S. Zrnic, and D. Forsyth

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (322.8 kB)

9:30 AM

8A.4

The use of spectral processing to improve radar spectral moments

Greg Meymaris, NCAR, Boulder, CO

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (468.0 kB)

9:45 AM

8A.5

Callibration of Zdr for NEXRAD

J. C. Hubbert, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and F. Pratte, R. A. Rilling, and S. M. Ellis

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.3 MB)

10:00 AM

8A.5A

Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

11:15 AM

8A.6

CASA IP1: Network Operations and Initial Data

J. Brotzge, CAPS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and K. Brewster, V. Chandrasekar, B. Philips, S. Hill, K. Hondl, B. Johnson, E. Lyons, D. McLaughlin, and D. Westbrook

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (812.6 kB)

8A.7

Dynamic and adaptive steering of CASA radar network

11:45 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

Recorded presentation

12:00 PM

8A.8

Future Terminal Doppler Weather Radar Products for NWS Operations

Michael Istok, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and A. D. Stern, R. Saffle, M. A. Fresch, B. Klein, N. Shen, D. J. Stein III, Y. Song, and W. M. Blanchard

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.9 MB)

12:15 PM

8A.9

WARP Optimal Mosaic Algorithm Evaluation

Jeffrey A. Weinrich, Actionet Inc., Atlantic City, NJ; and R. Low

9A

Internet Applications and Cyberinfrastructure

Location: 216AB (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)

Sponsor: 23rd Conference on IIPS

Cochairs: Nancy N. Soreide, NOAA/PMEL; Michael D. Eilts, Weather Decision Technologies, Inc.

Papers:

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

Recorded presentation

1:30 PM

9A.2

Software architecture principles for web-application infrastructure � how Earth Science software systems such as the Live Access Server fit in

Roland H. Schweitzer, Weathertop Consulting, LLC, College Station, TX; and S. Hankin, K. M. O'Brien, J. Callahan, A. Manke, S. Du, and J. Li

http://ferret.pmel.noaa.gov/armstrong

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (55.3 kB)

1:45 PM

9A.3

A new production process based on a loosely coupled architecture:

Peter J. Trevelyan, The U.K. Met office, Exeter, United Kingdom; and A. Radford, G. Mallin, J. Tandy, and B. Wright

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (429.7 kB)

2:00 PM

9A.4

A OneNOAA Concept Prototype for Data Viewing

William F. Roberts, NOAA/OAR/GSD, Boulder, CO; and N. D. Gebauer and L. K. Cheatwood

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (190.4 kB)

2:15 PM

9A.5

Deployable Suite of Data Mining Web Services for Online Science Data Repositories

Sara Graves, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and R. Ramachandran, K. Keiser, M. Maskey, and C. Lynnes

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (111.5 kB)

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

Recorded presentation

9B

Next Generation Air Transportation System [NGATS]

Location: 217A (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)

Sponsor: 23rd Conference on IIPS

Cochairs: David J. Pace, FAA; John McCarthy, Aviation Weather Associates, Inc.

Papers:

1:30 PM

9B.1

An Update on Activities of the Joint Planning and Development Office (JPDO) Weather Integrated Product Team (IPT) supporting the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NGATS or NexGen)

Mark Andrews, Weather IPT, Washington, DC; and R. Heuwinkel, J. McCarthy, and S. Brown

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (28.4 kB)

2:00 PM

9B.2

The Next Generation Air Transportation System Weather Concept of Operations

Cheryl G. Souders, FAA, Washington, DC; and S. McGettigan, J. May, and E. R. Dash

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (403.4 kB)

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

Recorded presentation

3:00 PM

9B.4A

Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall and Raffle

3:30 PM

9B.5

Translating Weather Forecasts into Sector Capacity En Route Traffic Management

Stephen M. Zobell, The MITRE Corporation, McLean, VA; and L. Song and C. Wanke

Recorded presentation

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

Recorded presentation

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

Recorded presentation

4:15 PM

9B.8

Aircraft weather mitigation for the Next Generation Air Transportation System

H. Paul Stough III, NASA, Hampton, VA

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (103.5 kB)

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

Recorded presentation

4:45 PM

9B.10

Richard Heuwinkel, Weather IPT, JPDO/NGATS, Washington, DC., Washington, DC; and S. Kavoussi, M. Andrews, J. McCarthy, and S. Brown

Recorded presentation

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

Recorded presentation

Session 9B: 23rd Conference on IIPS

Monday, 15 January 2007

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

10:45 AM-12:00 PM: Monday, 15 January 2007

10:45 AM-12:15 PM: Monday, 15 January 2007

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

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

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

Tuesday, 16 January 2007

8:30 AM-11:45 AM: Tuesday, 16 January 2007

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

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

3:30 PM-5:45 PM: Tuesday, 16 January 2007

Wednesday, 17 January 2007

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

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

10:30 AM-12:00 PM: 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-11:30 AM: Thursday, 18 January 2007

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

1:15 PM-3:00 PM: Thursday, 18 January 2007

1:30 PM-5:30 PM: Thursday, 18 January 2007

Monday, 15 January 2007

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

10:45 AM-12:00 PM: Monday, 15 January 2007

10:45 AM-12:15 PM: Monday, 15 January 2007

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

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

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

Tuesday, 16 January 2007

8:30 AM-11:45 AM: Tuesday, 16 January 2007

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

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

3:30 PM-5:45 PM: Tuesday, 16 January 2007

Wednesday, 17 January 2007

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

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

10:30 AM-12:00 PM: 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-11:30 AM: Thursday, 18 January 2007

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

1:15 PM-3:00 PM: Thursday, 18 January 2007

1:30 PM-5:30 PM: Thursday, 18 January 2007