Session: Radar Applications - Part I (87th AMS Annual Meeting)

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

217A (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)

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