87th AMS Annual Meeting

: Fifth Conference on Artificial Intelligence Applications to Environmental Science

Fifth Conference on Artificial Intelligence Applications to Environmental Science

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Sunday, 14 January 2007

12:00 AM-12:00 AM: Sunday, 14 January 2007


Sun 14 Jan

7:30 AM-9:00 AM: Sunday, 14 January 2007


Short Course Registration
Location: East Registration (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)

9:00 AM-6:00 PM: Sunday, 14 January 2007


Conference Registration
Location: East Registration (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)

Monday, 15 January 2007

12:00 AM-12:00 AM: Monday, 15 January 2007


Mon 15 Jan

7:30 AM-6:00 PM: Monday, 15 January 2007


Registration continues through Thursday, 18 January
Location: East Registration (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)

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


Plenary Session for the Presidential Forum (Presidential Forum will then run parallel to other sessions throughout the day)
Location: Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center

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


Coffee Break
Location: Meeting Room Foyer (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)

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


1
Artificial Intelligence and Remote Sensing
Location: 210B (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: Fifth Conference on Artificial Intelligence Applications to Environmental Science
Chair: John K. Williams, NCAR

Papers:
  11:00 AM
1.2
A hybrid machine learning and fuzzy logic approach to CIT diagnostic development
John K. Williams, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. Craig, A. Cotter, and J. K. Wolff

Poster PDF (231.2 kB)
  11:15 AM
1.3
A random-forest turbulence prediction algorithm
Andrew Cotter, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. K. Williams, R. K. Goodrich, and J. A. Craig

Poster PDF (198.8 kB)
  11:30 AM
1.4
Support vector machines for regional clear-air turbulence prediction
Jennifer A. Abernethy, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. Sharman

Poster PDF (766.0 kB)
  11:45 AM
1.5
Using artificial intelligence to optimize wireless sensor network deployments for sub-alpine biogeochemical process studies
Lynette L. Laffea, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and J. K. Williams, R. K. Monson, and R. H. Han

Poster PDF (37.0 kB)

12:15 PM-1:30 PM: Monday, 15 January 2007


Lunch Break

1:30 PM-2:30 PM: Monday, 15 January 2007


2
Artificial Intelligence and Forecasting - Part I
Location: 210B (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: Fifth Conference on Artificial Intelligence Applications to Environmental Science
Chair: S. Lakshmivarahan, University of Oklahoma

Papers:
  2:00 PM
2.2
Use of an Artificial Neural Network to Forecast Thunderstorm Location
Waylon G. Collins, NOAA/NWS, Corpus Christi, TX; and P. Tissot

Poster PDF (509.2 kB)
  2:15 PM
2.3
Creating spatio-temporal tornado probability forecasts using fuzzy logic and motion variability
V. Lakshmanan, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and K. L. Ortega and T. M. Smith

Poster PDF (543.2 kB)

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


Poster Session 1
Artificial Intelligence and Environmental Science Posters
Location: Exhibit Hall C (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: Fifth Conference on Artificial Intelligence Applications to Environmental Science

Papers:
 
Going Nonlinear: Towards Automated Puff Intercept
George Young, Penn State Univ., University Park, PA; and S. E. Haupt

Poster PDF (214.5 kB)
 
Wheat Yield Prediction using Artificial Neural Networks
Babak Safa, Iranian Meteorological Organization, Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran; and A. Khalili, M. Teshnehlab, and A. M. Liaghat

 
3D Classification of Winter North Atlantic Geopotential Field Variability with the Help of Kohonen Maps (SOM)
Ladislav Metelka, Czech Hydrometeorological Institute, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic

Poster PDF (1.2 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

 
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)
 
Poster Moved. New Paper Number 4A.11A

 
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

 
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

 
GPS radio occultations of arctic temperature profiles
Jaclyn Trzaska, Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, NJ; and J. Francis and D. E. Veron

 
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

 
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

 
The search for ocean influences on midlatitude cyclones
Richard E. Danielson, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada

 
Regional climate change expected in Eastern/Central Europe
Judit Bartholy, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary; and R. Pongracz, C. Torma, and A. Hunyady

 
Increased Precipitation is Climate Change imposed by Anthropogenic Activities
Pankaj Kumar Sinha, Cochin University of Science & Technology, Cochin, India

 
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

 
Evidence in support of the climate change-Atlantic hurricane hypothesis
James B. Elsner, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL

 
Detected trends in extreme temperature and precipitation indices in the Central/Eastern European region
Rita Pongracz, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary; and J. Bartholy

Poster PDF (446.7 kB)

Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
Location: Exhibit Hall C (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)

4:00 PM-5:15 PM: Monday, 15 January 2007


3
Artificial Intelligence and Forecasting - Part II
Location: 210B (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: Fifth Conference on Artificial Intelligence Applications to Environmental Science
Chair: Valliappa Lakshmanan, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, NOAA/NSSL

Papers:
  4:00 PM
3.1
ANN Training Methods Targeting Performance during Extreme Events
Philippe Tissot, Texas A&M Univ., Corpus Christi, TX; and B. Zimmer

  4:15 PM
3.2
Application of Decision Support methods to Weather Sensitive Operations
Rich Domikis, The Boeing Company, Springfield, VA; and J. L. Scollins, M. Glanzmann, and L. Bisson

Poster PDF (644.9 kB)
  4:30 PM
3.3
A Fingerprinting Technique for Major Weather Events
Benjamin Root, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and P. G. Knight, R. H. Grumm, R. Holmes, J. Ross, and G. S. Young

  4:45 PM
3.4
A Neural Network to Aid Forecasters in Identifying Significant Weather Events
Ron Holmes, NOAA/NWSFO, State College, PA; and R. H. Grumm and G. S. Young

http://nws.met.psu.edu/NN

Poster PDF (1.3 MB)

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


Sessions end for the day

Tuesday, 16 January 2007

12:00 AM-12:00 AM: Tuesday, 16 January 2007


Tue 16 Jan

8:30 AM-9:45 AM: Tuesday, 16 January 2007


4
Applications of Artificial Intelligence
Location: 210B (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: Fifth Conference on Artificial Intelligence Applications to Environmental Science
Chair: Michael B. Richman, University of Oklahoma

Papers:
  8:30 AM
Paper 4.1 moved. New paper number 4.3A

  8:31 AM
4.2
Assimilating Monitored Data into Dispersion Models
Sue Ellen Haupt, Penn State Univ., State College, PA; and G. Young and L. J. Peltier

  8:45 AM
4.3
Characterizing Contaminant Source and Meteorological Forcing using Data Assimilation with a Genetic Algorithm
Kerrie J. Long, Penn State Univ., University Park, PA; and S. E. Haupt, G. Young, and C. T. Allen

  9:00 AM
Anticipating the formation of tornadoes through data mining
Amy McGovern, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and D. H. Rosendahl, A. Kruger, M. G. Beaton, R. A. Brown, and K. K. Droegemeier

  9:15 AM
4.4
ANN Predictive Water Temperature Modeling of Cold Water Events in a Shallow Lagoon
Robyn Ball, Texas A&M Univ., Corpus Christi, TX; and P. Tissot, B. Zimmer, J. S. Adams, and B. Sterba-Boatwright

http://lighthouse.tamucc.edu/Main/RobynBall

  9:30 AM
4.5
A Machine Learning Tool to Forecast PM10 Level
G. Raimondo, Polytechnic Univ., Turin, Italy; and A. Montuori, W. Moniaci, E. Pasero, and E. Almkvist

Poster PDF (241.8 kB)

9:45 AM-11:00 AM: Tuesday, 16 January 2007


Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
Location: Exhibit Hall C (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)

11:00 AM-6:00 PM: Tuesday, 16 January 2007


Exhibits Open
Location: Exhibit Hall D (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Tuesday, 16 January 2007


Lunch Break

12:00 PM-1:45 PM: Tuesday, 16 January 2007


Arakawa Symposium Luncheon
Location: Marriott Rivercenter

1:40 PM-5:00 PM: Tuesday, 16 January 2007


Joint Session 3
Artificial Intelligence and Climate Applications (Joint between 5th Conference on Applications of Artificial Intelligence in the Environmental Sciences and 19th Conference on Climate Variability and Change)
Location: 210B (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsors: (Joint between the Fifth Conference on Artificial Intelligence Applications to Environmental Science; and the 19th Conference on Climate Variability and Change )
Cochairs: Antonello Pasini, CNR; Vladimir M. Krasnopolsky, Univ. of Maryland and SAIC at NOAA/NCEP/EMC

Papers:
  1:40 PM
Welcoming Remarks

  2:15 PM
Accurate and fast neural network emulation of full, long, and short wave, model radiation used for decadal climate simulations with NCAR CAM
Vladimir M. Krasnopolsky, Univ. of Maryland and NOAA/NCEP/EMC/SAIC, Camp Springs, MD; and M. Fox-Rabinovitz and A. Belochitski

Poster PDF (34.6 kB)
  2:45 PM
Linking Climatic Variables with Colombian Development Indicators via Inductive Learning Tools
John Alexander Segura Sr., Hydrosciences Research Group, Bogotá, Colombia; and R. J. Brito, Y. R. Coronel, and N. Obregón

  3:00 PM
Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall

  4:00 PM
Robust nonlinear multivariate statistical models for climate analysis
Alex J. Cannon, Meteorological Service of Canada, Vancouver, BC, Canada; and W. W. Hsieh

  4:15 PM
Finding interesting climate phenomena by exploratory statistical techniques
Alexander Ilin, Helsinki University of Technology, Espoo, Finland; and H. Valpola and E. Oja

http://www.cis.hut.fi/alexilin/climate/

  4:30 PM
Multiple imputation through machine learning algorithms
Michael B. Richman, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and T. B. Trafalis and I. Adrianto

  4:45 PM
Object-oriented analysis of precipitation systems in NCEP Stage II analyses
Michael E. Baldwin, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN; and R. J. Trapp

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


Sessions end for the day

Wednesday, 17 January 2007

12:00 AM-12:00 AM: Wednesday, 17 January 2007


Wed 17 Jan

11:00 AM-6:45 PM: Wednesday, 17 January 2007


Exhibits Open
Location: Exhibit Hall D (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)

5:30 PM-6:45 PM: Wednesday, 17 January 2007


Reception in Exhibit Hall (Cash Bar)
Location: Exhibit Hall D (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)

7:00 PM-9:30 PM: Wednesday, 17 January 2007


AMS Annual Awards Banquet
Location: Ballroom C123 (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)

Thursday, 18 January 2007

12:00 AM-12:00 AM: Thursday, 18 January 2007


Thur 18 Jan

11:00 AM-4:00 PM: Thursday, 18 January 2007


Exhibits Open
Location: Exhibit Hall D (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)

3:00 PM-3:30 PM: Thursday, 18 January 2007


Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall and Raffle
Location: Exhibit Hall D (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)

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


Registration Desk Closes

4:00 PM-4:00 PM: Thursday, 18 January 2007


Exhibits Close

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


Conference Ends

6:00 PM-9:00 PM: Thursday, 18 January 2007


Rasmusson Symposium Banquet