87th AMS Annual Meeting

Joint Session 3: AMS Forum: Climate Aspects of Hydrometeorology

AMS Forum: Climate Aspects of Hydrometeorology

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Monday, 15 January 2007

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

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


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:
 
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

 
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

 
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)
 
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)
 
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)
 
Possible hydrological effects of detected change in vegetation cover in Eastern Europe based on remotely sensed data
Judit Bartholy, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary; and R. Pongracz, Z. Dezso, A. Kern, Z. Barcza, and I. Bogardi

 
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)
 
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

 
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

 
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

 
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Assessing the Performance of CLASS in the Canadian Regional Climate Model

 
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

Tuesday, 16 January 2007

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


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
Linking Water, Carbon and Nitrogen Cycles (INVITED)
Elisabeth A. Holland, NCAR, Boulder, CO

  9:00 AM
Hydrological impacts of deforestation in small catchments in Brazilian Amazonian
Ralph Trancoso, National Institute for Research in Amazônia, 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
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
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

  9:45 AM
Coffee Break with Formal Poster Viewing

  11:00 AM
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

  11:15 AM
  11:30 AM
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

  11:45 AM
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

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


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
  2:00 PM
  2:15 PM
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

  2:30 PM
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
Climate Forecasts and Water Macro Allocation in Ceará, Brazil
Francisco Assis Filho Souza Filho, IRI, Columbia University, Palisades, NY; and U. Lall

  3:00 PM
Coffee Break

  3:30 PM
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

  3:45 PM
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
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)
  4:30 PM
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

  4:45 PM
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
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.

Wednesday, 17 January 2007

8:30 AM-12:00 PM: Wednesday, 17 January 2007


Joint Session 3
Forecasting Water Cycle Components at Different Spatial and Temporal Scales (Joint with Climate Change Manifested by Changes in Weather and Climate Aspects of Hydrometeorology)
Location: 214A (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsors: (Joint between the AMS Forum: Climate Aspects of Hydrometeorology; and the AMS Forum: Climate Change Manifested by Changes in Weather )
Organizers: Ana P. Barros, Duke Univ.; Christa Peters-Lidard, NASA/GSFC

Papers:
  8:30 AM
Prediction of Elements of the Hydrologic Cycle at Climatic Time Scale: Observations and Prospects (INVITED)
Upmanu Lall, International Research Institute for Climate Prediction, New York, NY

  9:00 AM
Dynamic Bayesian Networks for Spatio-Temporal Downscaling of Seasonal Climate to Daily Weather Forecasts
Abedalrazq F. Khalil, Columbia Univ., New York, NY; and H. H. Kwon and U. Lall

  9:15 AM
Assessment of dynamic downscaling of the continental U.S. regional climate using the Eta/SSiB Regional Climate Model
Yongkang Xue, University of California, Los Angeles, CA; and R. Vasic, Z. Janjic, F. Mesinger, and K. Mitchell

  9:30 AM
Climatic aspects of hydrometeorology and water resources – the role of drought (INVITED)
Dennis P. Lettenmaier, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

  10:00 AM
Coffee Break

  10:30 AM
When model results and observations disagree . . .
Andrew A. Lacis, NASA/GISS, New York, NY

  10:45 AM
Extreme Floods in Urban Watersheds (INVITED)
James A. Smith, Princeton Univ., Princeton, NJ

  11:15 AM
Cool season heavy rainfall events over west central Florida
Charles H. Paxton, NOAA/NWSFO, Ruskin, FL; and A. Reynes and J. C. McMichael