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Sponsor: Interaction of the Sea and Atmosphere Special Session


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Poster Submissions
Sponsor: Interaction of the Sea and Atmosphere Special Session

Saturday, 13 January 2007

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Sat 13 Jan

12:00 AM-1:00 AM: Saturday, 13 January 2007


Oral Submissions
Sponsor: Sixth Annual Student Conference

12:00 AM-12:00 AM: Saturday, 13 January 2007


Poster Session
Poster Submissions
Sponsor: Sixth Annual Student Conference

Papers:
 
P1.1
Radar and Surface Measurements of Boundary Layer Convergence Zones
Theresa Abigail Aguilar, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX; and T. M. Weckwerth

 
P1.2
Using portable automated research micrometeorological stations (PARMS) deployed at the Tar Creek Superfund for a QPE analysis
Heather R. Campbell, Oklahoma Climatological Survey, Norman, OK; and D. R. Cheresnick and J. Basara

 
P1.3
Science on a Sphere: Design and Implementation of an Educational Marketing Needs Assessment for Developing Community Outreach
Diana Cooper, Hampton University, Hampton, VA; and R. L. Beale

 
P1.4
Methods for a Warm-Season Convective Wind Climatology for the Florida Space Coast
Kristin A. Cummings, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and E. J. Dupont

 
P1.5
The Influence of Low-Level Stable Layers on Damaging Surface Winds within Bow Echoes
Jonathan J. Cunningham, Lyndon State College, Lyndonville, VT; and N. T. Atkins

 
P1.6
The Influence of Low-Level Stable Layers on Damaging Surface Winds within Bow Echoes
Jonathan J. Cunningham, Lyndon State College, Lyndonville, VT; and N. T. Atkins

 
P1.7
Validation of a Polarimetric Radar Hail Detection Algorithm Using a Fuzzy Logic Approach
Alicia M. Dale, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and L. D. Carey and V. Chandrasekar

 
P1.8
The variability of regional climate conditions associated with Lake Champlain lake-effect snow systems
Jared Desrochers, Department of Geoscience, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY; and M. Payer and N. Laird

 
P1.9
A comparison of large-scale influences on tropical cyclogenesis in the Eastern Pacific
Anthony C. Didlake Jr., UCAR/SOARS, New Haven, CT

 
P1.10
GIS-based Radar Rainfall Verification
Braxton Lee Edwards, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma; and O. Wilhelmi, D. N. Yates, and C. Worster

 
P1.11
Satellite-based studies of smoke-cloud interactions in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of South America
Daniel T. Eipper, NASA/GSFC, Lititz, PA; and S. Gasso

 
P1.12
Developing a C++ interface for netCDF-4
Shanna-Shaye Sashai Forbes, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX

 
P1.13
The Effect of Terrain on CASA Radars
Chris Gilson, Meteorology Program, Department of Geography, Northern Illinois University, California, PA

 
P1.14
Media Influence on Hurricane Rita
Nicholas L. Hampshire, NOAA/NWS, Fort Worth, TX; and S. D. Winkley

 
P1.15
New York State Finger Lakes winter lake-effect events: event characteristics
Natasha Hodas, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY; and R. Sobash and N. Laird

 
P1.16
Recent Weakening of the In-Phase Relationship between the Indian and Following Australian Summer Monsoon
Matthew A. Janiga, Valparaiso University, Albany, NY; and J. Y. Yu

 
P1.17
Using GIS and NJWXNET observations to study NJ mesoscale weather phenomena
Ryan M. Kelly, Kean University, Union, NJ; and S. Yoh

 
P1.18
Radiative Influences on the Bergeron-Findeisen process in Arctic mixed-phase clouds
Zach Lebo, Penn State University, University Park, Pennsylvania; and N. Johnson and J. Y. Harrington

 
P1.19
An analysis of the impact of Hurricane Isabel's flooding on the Chesapeake Bay region and the accuracy of the SLOSH model in predicting this flooding
Kathleen Nicole Mahan, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD

 
P1.20
An evaluation and comparison of microphysics fields in Dennis (2005) at various lifecycle stages
Eric C. Meyers, Millersville University, Millersville, PA; and R. Rogers

 
P1.21
Linked Environments for Atmospheric Discovery: Helping build capacity for end-users
Eric C. Meyers, Millersville University, Millersville, PA; and J. Vogt, K. Sanders, J. Kurdzo, H. Kunsman, C. Kelly, B. Potter, R. Junod, N. Banks, L. Plourde, and M. Patrick

 
P1.22
Examination of measurements and simulations of aerosol optical depth during the MILAGRO campaign
Alicia Middleton, NASA DEVELOP National Program, Hampton, VA; and L. K. Bell, D. Muthulingam, B. Mather, G. Stevens, D. Tigerino Miranda, N. Loney, R. A. Ferrare, and G. Carmichael

 
P1.23
WRF model response to physics perturbations during Hurricane Rita
Zachary Christian Morgan, College Station, TX; and R. M. Mosier, S. Wang, J. Harvey, and F. Zhang

 
P1.24
A climatological study of Lake Champlain lake-effect snow band events
Melissa Payer, SUNY Albany, Albany, NY; and J. Desrochers and N. Laird

 
P1.25
Eye & eyewall structure climatology derived from recon vortex message reports and their use toward statistical intensity forecasting
David Joseph Piech, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and R. Hart

 
P1.26
Boundary layer structure and aerosols from ship observations over the Eastern Caribbean
K.L. Rasmussen, University of Washington, WA; and G. P. Izzo

 
P1.27
Assessing the Precision of GPS Radio Occultation
Luna M. Rodriguez, Graduate Student, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA

 
P1.28
Understanding local wind circulations over White Sands Missile Range
Armand D. Silva, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA

 
P1.29
New York State Finger Lakes Winter lake-effect events: Surface, sounding, and synoptic environment
Ryan Sobash, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and N. Hodas and N. Laird

 
P1.30
Using CALIPSO to study the influence of the Saharan Air Layer (SAL) on the intensity of tropical cyclones
Christopher Spells, Hampton University, Hampton, VA; and J. Anderson and M. P. McCormick

 
P1.31
Mesoscale and Microscale Meteorological Feature Climatology in the Alaska Region using Synthetic Aperture Radar
Matthew Stepp, Millersville University, Millersville, PA; and T. D. Sikora and G. S. Young

 
P1.32
Haze Events and Visibility Variations for Several Sites across New Hampshire
Karen Thorp, Hobart & William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY; and N. Laird

 
P1.33
LEAD Ontology Vocabulary
J. Vogt, Millersville University, Millersville, PA; and C. Warren and A. Cardona

 
P1.34
Evaluating Ozone Formation Sensitivities in the Mexico City Metropolitan Area
Julien Wang, UCAR, Baltimore, MD

 
P1.35
The Oklahoma City Urban Micronet Test Facility
Thomas E. Winning Jr., Oklahoma Climatololgical Survey, Norman, OK; and B. G. Illston, M. M. Ferris, and J. B. Basara

 
P1.36
Improving Visualization Tools for Solving Difficult Problems in Cloud Microphysics
Jennifer L. Bewley, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN; and S. Lasher-Trapp, D. Ebert, Y. Song, and N. Svakhine

 
P1.37
Characteristics of Sea Surface Temperatures (SSTs) between 23ºC and 24ºC West of the Galápagos Islands
Douglas J. Gavin, Jackson State University, 39217, Jackson, MS; and L. M. Hartten, N. Gordon, R. Markel, and K. Diaz

 
P1.38
Compact Aircraft Lidar for Aerosol Atmospheric Profiling
Jasper Lewis Jr., Hampton University, Hampton, VA; and R. De Young

 
P1.39
Correlating atmospheric water vapor and hurricane intensity
Talea Mayo, University of Texas, Austin, Austin, TX

 
P1.40
Comparison of CHAMP Radio Occultations with Global Model Forecasts: 2005 Hurricane Season
Michael Kevin Hernandez, Pennsylvania State University, Miami, FL; and Y. H. Kuo, D. C. Hunt, W. Abshire, J. Weber, and A. C. Didlake Jr.

 
P1.41
The Impact of Megacities on the emission of NO2 using GOME and SCIAMACHY data
Imani Morris, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS; and S. Massie, T. Barnes, B. Lefer, A. Wilson, and B. L. Edwards

7:30 AM-10:00 AM: Saturday, 13 January 2007


Student Conference Registration
Location: Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center

Sunday, 14 January 2007

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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)

5:00 PM-7:00 PM: Sunday, 14 January 2007


Poster Session 1
Poster Session
Location: Exhibit Hall C (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: 16th Symposium on Education
Chairs: Marianne J. Hayes, AMS Education Resource Educator; Kathleen A. Murphy, AMS Education Resource Educator

Papers:
 
P1.1
Weather, Weather, Weather at National Hispanic University
Cecilia Serrano, AMS, San Jose, CA

 
P1.2
Weather & Climate Studies at The University of Southern Mississippi, Department of Geography and Geology

 
P1.3
Utilizing GLOBE as an Inquiry-Based Teaching Strategy in the Shenandoah Valley
M.K. Handley, James Madison Univ., Harrisonburg, VA; and M. Fenzel, M. Blanchard, and C. J. Brodrick

 
P1.4
Using online chat and discussion forums to foster student understanding of weather and oceanography topics and concepts
Matthew J. Benus, Purdue Univ., Hammond, IN

 
P1.5
Using Historic Events in Teaching the AMS Online Meteorology Course
Lallie F. Scott, Northeastern State Univ., Tahlequah, OK

 
P1.6
Use of radiosonde launch video coupled with data analysis lab activity to increase understanding of upper air data in an undergraduate introductory meteorology course
Tim R. Walsh, Wayland Baptist Univ., Plainview, TX; and M. Bryan

 
P1.7
The sea & sky connection in a high school physical science class
Ann Kelly, AMS/AERA, St. Louis, MO

 
P1.8
The Role of Government in Meteorological and Oceanographic Education

 
P1.9
Teaching Online Weather at Gavilan College
Andrew H. Van Tuyl, Gavilan College, Gilroy, CA

 
P1.10
Teaching Online Ocean Studies at Sacramento City College, Sacramento, California
Michael Hunter, Sacramento City College, Sacramento, CA

 
P1.11
Teaching meteorological instrumentation on the cruise liner Explorer of the Seas
Bruce Albrecht, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and S. Vargus, I. Jo, C. Maxwell, L. Farmer, and E. Williams

 
P1.12
Teaching elementary students about climate variability through the Globe Program
William R. Huskin, Central Bucks School District, Doylestown, PA

 
P1.13
Teaching an online oceanography laboratory course using the American Meteorological Society online ocean studies curriculum
Jacquelyn Hams, Los Angeles Valley College, Valley Glen, CA

 
P1.14
Supporting research efforts through enhanced education and hands-on learning: Issues of data quality and quantity
Lauren Bodenhamer, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and S. Postawko, M. Morrissey, and M. Koeka

 
P1.15
Successfully incorporating a "weather model' into an introductory meteorology class: what does it take?
Donna J. Charlevoix, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL

 
P1.16
SPaRCE (Schools of the Pacific Rainfall Climate Experiment): Fifteen years of integrating research and education
Melissa Koeka, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and S. Postawko, L. Bodenhamer, and M. Morrissey

 
P1.17
SOAP: An undergraduate education and research program to measure and understand the climatology of storms in Southeast Texas
Courtney Schumacher, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; and K. Brugman, L. Hopper, and C. Hernandez

 
P1.18
SERC resources for weather and climate educators
Bill Bruihler, Science Education Resource Center, Northfield, MN

 
P1.19
Results of the initial offering of Online Ocean Studies at Palo Alto College
Glen S. Tanck, Palo Alto College, San Antonio, TX

 
P1.20
Progress in the Implementation Of Online Ocean Studies in the Department of Environmental, Earth and Geospatial Sciences at North Carolina Central University
Harris E. Williams, North Carolina Central University, Durham, NC

 
P1.21
Professional Development for Undergraduate Minority Meteorology Students Through the NOAA Educational Partnership with Minority Serving Institutions
John L. Shoemake Sr., Jackson State University, Jackson, MS; and M. D. Benjamin, S. L. Dixon, K. D. Hair, M. L. Jones, and Q. D. Jones

 
P1.22
Preliminary results of a new laboratory exercise to study microscale spatial temperature changes on a university campus
Steven B. Newman, Central Connecticut State Univ., New Britain, CT

Poster PDF (1.4 MB)
 
P1.23
Overcoming inertia: Building acceptance of and interest in new meteorology and oceanography courses
David M. Lawrence, J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College, Richmond, VA

 
P1.24
Online Ocean Course at Columbus State University

 
P1.25
OK-WARN: Oklahoma Weather Alert Remote Notification
Vincent T. Wood, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK

Poster PDF (191.5 kB)
 
P1.26
Laboratory Exercises for Enhancing Alaska Pacific University's online oceanography courses
Richard L. Myers Jr., Alaska Pacific University, Anchorage, AK

 
P1.27
Introducing Online Ocean Studies at a large urban community college
Alta S. Cate, Houston Community College, Central Campus, Houston, TX

 
P1.28
Integration of Globe Protocols Across the High School Science Curriculum
Michael Jaycox, Rockingham County Public Schools, Harrisonburg, VA; and R. Kohrs and D. Zook

 
P1.29
Integrating online weather studies into a university flight training program at Southeastern Oklahoma State University
Gene A. Hetsel, Southeastern Oklahoma State University, Durant, OK

Poster PDF (2.2 MB)
 
P1.30
Initiating Introduction of Online Weather Studies

 
P1.31
Implementing Online Introductory Oceanography Lab and Lecture courses in a Large Urban University
Neptune Srimal, Florida International Univ., Miami, FL

 
P1.32
Implementing AMS Online Weather Studies and Online Ocean Studies at Columbia Union College
Serhii Kalynovskyi, Columbia Union College, Takoma Park, MD

 
P1.33
Implementation Process of Online Ocean Studies Course for Non-Science Major Students
Valentina S. David, Bethune-Cookman College, Daytona Beach, FL

 
P1.34
Implementation of the AMS Online Ocean Studies into the distance course in Ocean Observing
Alexander V. Soloviev, Nova Southeastern Univ., Dania Beach, FL; and M. A. Tinsley and J. Dougan

 
P1.35
Implementation of AMS Online Ocean Studies Course at CCSN, Las Vegas, Nevada
Barbara Graham, College Southern Nevada, North Las Vegas, NV

 
P1.36
Hurricanes and the Collapse of the Georgetown Rice Culture
Everett Spell, Columbia College, Columbia, SC; and M. Griffin

 
P1.37
Getting my feet wet: implementing Online Ocean Studies at the University of Texas at San Antonio
Stuart J. Birnbaum, Univ. of Texas, San Antonio, TX

 
P1.38
First-time teaching of online oceanography at a small community college
Michael T. Leach, 1500 North 3rd Street, Grants, NM

Poster PDF (44.3 kB)
 
P1.39
Expanding Science Courses with Meteorology at Kapi`olani Community College

 
P1.40
Crafting an entertaining and informative weather display at the Lubbock Science Spectrum
Mark R. Conder, NOAA/NWSFO, Lubbock, TX; and J. Weaver, S. Cobb, B. Lamarre, G. Skwira, C. Hill, E. Calianese, L. Vannozzi, and J. Hickman

Poster PDF (1.8 MB)
 
P1.41
Convective Initiation in New Jersey (through student professional development)
Paul J. Croft, Kean Univ., Union, NJ; and S. L. Koenigstein, J. Lewis, R. Matthews, M. C. Rod, and M. Szczepanski

 
P1.42
An earth science hands-on activity based on Hurricane Katrina
Pedro Ramirez, California State University, Los Angeles, CA; and S. LaDochy and W. C. Patzert

Poster PDF (394.7 kB)
 
P1.43
AMS Online Weather Studies Course at Gallaudet University
Henry David Snyder, Gallaudet University, Washington, DC

 
P1.44
AMS Online Oceanography: implementation and delivery at the community college level
John M. Patterson, Paul D. Camp Community Collete, Suffolk, VA

 
P1.45
Activity Report on AMS Online Weather and Ocean Studies Courses at the University of Houston Downtown, Houston, Texas
Ayorinde O. Idowu, University of Houston Downtown, Houston, TX

 
P1.46
Study of Environmental Factors Contributing to Severity of Wildfires in Volusia County, Florida
Rachelle Aupperle, Bethune-Cookman College, Daytona Beach, FL; and V. S. David

 
P1.47
Probabilistic forecasting and the future of meteorology: Training for changing roles

 
P1.48
Preparing college students for On-Line Weather Studies
Melanie Patton Renfrew, Los Angeles Harbor College, Wilmington, CA

 
P1.49
Practicality in Teaching Weather
Dahwei Chang, College of the Southwest, Hobbs, NM

 
P1.50
Poster-Connecting weather to the environment: A short course on watersheds for weather broadcasters
Joseph Lamos, UCAR/COMET, Boulder, CO; and M. Kelsch, D. Owens, D. Sliter, and S. Espinoza

 
P1.51
Education and Climate
Ricardo J. Morales De Jesús, Univ. of Puerto Rico, San Juan

Poster PDF (561.8 kB)
 
P1.52
Building Diversity in Meteorological Education in Texas Universities
Mary Jo Richardson, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; and R. Orville

 
P1.53
Meeting the weather and ocean education challenges in New York State
Michael J. Passow, White Plains Middle School/Columbia Univ., Palisades, NY; and J. R. Ebert and W. Powell

 
P1.54
Conveying Global Circulation Patterns in HDTV
Ned Gardiner, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY; and J. J. Janowiak

Monday, 15 January 2007

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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 1
Presidential Forum Celebrating Martin Luther King Day: Environmental Justice
Location: Ballroom C2 (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: Presidential Forum

Papers:
  9:00 AM
PL1.1
Opening Remarks
Franco Einaudi, AMS President, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD

  9:10 AM
PL1.2
The Connection between the Martin Luther King Legacy and Environmental Justice
Warren M. Washington, NCAR, Boulder, CO

  Recorded presentation
  9:40 AM
PL1.3
Climate Change and Equity: Some Win and Some Lose, But All Need to Adapt
Maria Carmen Lemos, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

  Recorded presentation
  9:55 AM
PL1.4
Presentation of the Charles Anderson Award AMS Board on Women and Minorities
Shirley T. Murillo, NOAA/AOML/HRD, Miami, FL; and F. Einaudi

  Recorded presentation

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

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


Coffee Break Reception - Sponsored by Ball Aerospace
Location: 210A (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
Agency Updates on Space Weather Activities
Location: 210A (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: Fourth Symposium on Space Weather
Chairs: Robert McCoy, Office of Naval Research; Genene Fisher, AMS Policy Program

Papers:
  10:45 AM
1.1
The NSF and Emerging Opportunities in Space Weather
Richard Behnke, NSF, Arlington, VA

  11:00 AM
1.2
Space Weather for the DoD Warfighter: An Agency Level Update
Mark Zettlemoyer, U.S. Air Force, Arlington, VA

  11:15 AM
1.3
Recent Activities at the NOAA Space Environment Center
Thomas J. Bogdan, Space Environment Center, National Centers for Environmental Prediction, Boulder, CO

  11:30 AM
1.4
NASA's contribution to Space Weather
Richard R. Fisher, NASA/Sun-Earth Connection Division, Washington, DC

  11:45 AM
1.5
The global community of magnetic observatories
Jeffrey Love, USGS, Denver, CO


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:
  10:45 AM
1.1
Neural network retrievals of precipitation and atmospheric temperature and moisture profiles from high-resolution microwave and infrared sounding data
William J. Blackwell, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA; and F. W. Chen

  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)

1
Big Texas Weather & Our Increasingly Big Workload
Location: 205 (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: 35th Conference on Broadcast Meteorology
Chair: Mark Nelsen, KPTV

Papers:
  10:45 AM
1.1
Introduction to San Antonio
Alex Garcia, KABB-TV, San Antonio, TX

  Recorded presentation
  11:00 AM
1.2
We're NOT on TV anymore
Gene A. Norman Jr., WGCL-TV, Atlanta, GA

  Recorded presentation
  11:15 AM
1.3
What's your Plus in the 24/7 world?
Jillene Wahl, WYFF-TV, Greenville, SC

  Recorded presentation
  11:30 AM
1.4
Blogging from the weather center-Is it worth your time?
Mark Nelsen, KPTV, Portland, OR

  Recorded presentation
  11:45 AM
1.5
PCGRIDDS-Really getting your hands dirty in the data!
Greg Fishel, WRAL-TV, Raleigh, NC

  Recorded presentation

1
Data Accessibility (includes Weather Station Histories)
Location: 206A (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: 16th Conference on Applied Climatology
Chair: Andrea Bair, NOAA/NWS

Papers:
  10:45 AM
1.1
Criteria for a good weather observation site from 1826–2006
Glen Conner, Western Kentucky Univ., Bowling Green, KY

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (120.8 kB)
  11:00 AM
1.2
The first weather service modernization program, 1899–1909
Stephen R. Doty, Doty Data Services, Arden, NC

  11:15 AM
1.3
The forms tell a tale-unique weather observing practices of the 19th century
Raymond T. Truesdell, National Interest Security Company, Asheville, NC; and J. Cooper, J. E. Freeman, and D. L. O'Connell

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (2.9 MB)
  11:30 AM
1.4
The development of GeoProfiles for United States Historical Climatology Network stations in Kentucky
Stuart A. Foster, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY; and R. Mahmood and A. Littell

  Recorded presentation
  11:45 AM
1.5
Impacts of Data Format Variability on Environmental Visual Analysis Systems
Rich Domikis, The Boeing Company, Springfield, VA; and J. E. Douglas and L. Bisson

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (91.3 kB)

1
K-12 and Popular Education Initiatives
Location: 206B (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: 16th Symposium on Education
Organizers: Kathleen A. Murphy, AMS Education Resource Educator; Shirley T. Murillo, NOAA/AOML/HRD

Papers:
  10:45 AM
1.1
Young Scholars Program
Marianne J. Hayes, Fairfax County (VA) Public Schools, Springfield, VA

  Recorded presentation
  11:00 AM
1.2
Providing informal geoscience education for Upward Bound students: Integrated Design for Geoscience Education (IDGE)
Tina J. Cartwright, West Virginia State University, Institute, WV; and T. Ensign

http://www.wvscience.org

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.6 MB)
  11:15 AM
1.3
Promoting Earth Systems Education using Geospatial Technologies
John D. Moore, Burlington County Institute of Technology, Medford, NJ

  Recorded presentation
  11:30 AM
1.4A
Earth2Class: Communicating Scientific Discoveries to Classroom Educators
Michael J. Passow, White Plains Middle School/Columbia Univ., Palisades, NY; and G. J. Iturrino, C. M. Assumpcao, and F. D. Baggio

  Recorded presentation
  11:45 AM
1.5
The history and sustainability of the CIMSS student workshop on atmospheric, earth, and space science at the University of Wisconsin in Madison.
Margaret Mooney, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and G. S. Wade, W. L. Smith, T. H. Achtor, S. Ackerman, L. Avila, J. Brunner, and R. Pertzborn

  Recorded presentation

1
Model Diagnostics - Climate Change Studies
Location: 214B (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: 19th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Chair: Gerald L. Potter, LLNL

Papers:
  10:45 AM
1.1
Changes in the Arctic Oscillation under increased atmospheric greenhouse gases
Aiming Wu, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; and W. W. Hsieh, G. Boer, and F. W. Zwiers

  11:00 AM
1.2
Can IPCC AR4 climate models simulate present extreme daily precipitation distributions and their future changes under global warming scenarios?
Cheng-Ta Chen, National Taiwan Normal Univ., Taipei, Taiwan; and T. R. Knutson

  Recorded presentation
  11:15 AM
1.3
Stratospheric variability and trends in climate model simulations
Eugene Cordero, San Jose State Univ., San Jose, CA

  Recorded presentation
  11:30 AM
1.4
Climate variability over South America in IPCC-AR4 simulations of the 20th century
Carolina Vera, CIMA/Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Buenos Aires-CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina; and G. Silvestri

  Recorded presentation
  11:45 AM
1.5
Assessing consistency between EOS MLS and ECMWF analyzed and forecast estimates of cloud ice
Jui-Lin Li, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and D. E. Waliser, J. H. Jiang, and A. M. Tompkins

  Recorded presentation

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)

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


1
Presidential Forum on Bridging the Studies of Weather and Climate: Part I
Location: Ballroom C2 (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: Presidential Forum
Cochairs: Mary M. Cairns, Retired; Dian J. Seidel, NOAA/ARL

Papers:
  10:45 AM
1.1
Studies at the Interface between Weather and Climate: An Overview
John Michael Wallace, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA

  Recorded presentation
  11:15 AM
1.2
Shared Challenges for Weather Prediction and Climate Models
Anthony Hollingsworth, ECMWF, Reading, Berks., United Kingdom

  Recorded presentation
  11:45 AM
1.3
Bias in climate models: a weather-scale approach to their understanding
Richard B. Rood, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

  Recorded presentation

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

10:45 AM-2:30 PM: Monday, 15 January 2007


Joint Session 7
Measurements and Modeling of Aerosols (Joint with Ninth Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry, Forum on Climate Change as Manifested by Changes in Weather, and 19th Conference on Climate Variability and Change)
Location: 212A (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsors: (Joint between the Ninth Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the 19th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; and the AMS Forum: Climate Change Manifested by Changes in Weather )
CoChair: Yang Zhang, North Carolina State Univ.

Papers:
  10:45 AM
J7.1
Improvements to Aerosol Size Distributions in CMAQ
Robert A. Elleman, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and D. S. Covert

  Recorded presentation
  11:00 AM
J7.2
Simulating Secondary Organic Aerosol: Accuracy versus Computational Efficiency
Ping Liu, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC; and Y. Zhang

 
J7.4
Coupling of CB05 gas-phase chemical mechanism with MADRID aerosol module in WRF/Chem

  11:30 AM
J7.3
Size Distribution and Hygroscopic Properties of Agricultural Aerosols
Naruki Hiranuma, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; and S. D. Brooks, B. W. Auvermann, and R. Littleton

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (423.4 kB)
  11:45 AM
J7.5
Evaluation of the aerosol direct effect on a mesoscale simulation
Steven E. Peckham, NOAA/ESRL/GSD and CIRES-Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and G. A. Grell, S. A. McKeen, J. D. Fast, R. Zaveri, and S. Chung

  12:00 PM
Recognition of NASA Student Travel Award Winners in the field of Atmospheric Chemistry

  12:15 PM
J7.5a
Lunch Break

  1:45 PM
J7.6
Dust sandstorm dynamics analysis in Northern China by means of atmospheric, emission, dispersion modeling
Massimiliano Pasqui, Institute of Biometeorology and National Research Council/IBIMET-CNR, Firenze, FI, Italy; and L. Bottai, C. Busillo, F. Calastrini, G. Gualtieri, F. Guarnieri, P. Scalas, and L. Torriano

 
J7.7
Episodic particulate matter modeling in a semi-arid/arid area over the U.S./Mexico border: Incorporating a wind-blown dust emissions model into the MODELS-3/CMAQ system

  2:15 PM
J7.8
The Instability associated with the Cross-Atlantic Transport of Saharan Dust and its Meteorological Implications
Sun Wong, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; and A. E. Dessler, P. R. Colarco, and A. Da Silva

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (196.6 kB)
  2:30 PM
J7.9
Comparison of AEROSE I and AEROSE II Surface Level Ozone Measurements and Ozonesonde Profiles within Saharan Dust and Biomass Burning Plumes
Michelle D. Hawkins, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and V. R. Morris, N. R. Nalli, and E. Joseph

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.1 MB)

11:45 AM-5:30 PM: Monday, 15 January 2007


2B
General Session on Climate Variability
Location: 214C (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: 19th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Chair: Bradfield Lyon, International Research Institute for Climate and Society

Papers:
  11:45 AM
2B.1A
The climate of 2006 in historical perspective
Karin Gleason, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and R. Heim, D. Levinson, S. Stephens, and C. Tankersley

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (776.9 kB)
  12:00 PM
Lunch Break

  1:30 PM
2B.1
Climatic Normals for Changing Climate
Konstantin Y. Vinnikov, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD; and R. E. Livezey and H. M. Van den Dool

  Recorded presentation
  1:45 PM
2B.2
An update on observed stratospheric temperature trends
William J. Randel, NCAR, Boulder, CO

  Recorded presentation
  2:00 PM
2B.3
Opposing effects of reflective and absorptive Rossby wave breaking events on the intraseasonal NAO: A feedback mechanism for the interannual NAO
Gudrun Magnusdottir, University of California, Irvine, CA; and J. T. Abatzoglou

  Recorded presentation
  2:15 PM
2B.4
Atmospheric blockings - Their influence on the NAO and PNA
Mischa Croci-Maspoli, MeteoSwiss, Zurich, Switzerland; and C. B. Schwierz and H. C. Davies

Poster PDF (204.9 kB)
  2:30 PM
Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

  4:00 PM
2B.5
The interannual and interdecadal variability in hurricane acticity over the Atlantic and Eastern Pacific Ocean
Anthony R. Lupo, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO; and T. K. Latham, T. H. Magill, J. V. Clark, and P. S. Market

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (151.3 kB)
  4:15 PM
2B.6
The non-stationary correlation between Sahel precipitation indices and Atlantic Hurricane activity
Andreas H. Fink, Univ. of Cologne, Cologne, Germany; and J. M. Schrage

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.6 MB)
 
2B.7
Decadal variability of ENSO persistence barrier in ocean heat content and its phase Lag with the SST barrier

  4:45 PM
2B.8
The Thermal and Dynamical Structure of the Atmosphere during the 1998-2000 La Nina
Amir Shabbar, MSC, Toronto, ON, Canada; and B. Yu

  5:00 PM
2B.9
Assessment of US climate variations using the US Climate Extremes Index
Bryan A. Burkholder, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and D. J. Karoly

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (525.6 kB)
  5:15 PM
2B.10
A new method for time series filtering near endpoints
Anthony Arguez, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and P. Yu and J. J. O'Brien

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (154.6 kB)

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


Lunch Break

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


Joint Session 1
Educational Outreach and the Broadcast Media (Joint with 35th Conference on Broadcast Meteorology and 16th Symposium on Education)
Location: 205 (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsors: (Joint between the 16th Symposium on Education; and the 35th Conference on Broadcast Meteorology )
Organizers: Wayne Hart, WEHT-TV; David R. Smith, United States Naval Academy

Papers:
  1:30 PM
J1.1
Recalling Our Early Influences: How the Past Can Help Us Reach Out to Viewers and Students
Vince Condella, WITI-TV, Fox 6, Milwaukee, WI

  Recorded presentation
  2:00 PM
J1.2
Synergistic collaborations between the University of Wisconsin and WISC-TV 3
Margaret Mooney, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and G. Cannalte, S. Ackerman, J. E. Martin, and E. J. Hopkins

  Recorded presentation
  2:15 PM
J1.3
Citizen Science: Obtaining Environmenta Literacy through Science, Education , and Media Collaborations
Robert P. Wanton, NOAA/NWS, Mt. Holly, NJ; and J. D. Moore, K. Orr, and W. Huskin

  Recorded presentation

1
Towards an Integrated Earth System Analysis-Part I
Location: 212B (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: 11th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)
Chair: Randall M. Dole, NOAA/ESRL

Papers:
  1:30 PM
1.1
Progress toward integrated Earth system analysis
Kevin E. Trenberth, NCAR, Boulder, CO

  Recorded presentation
  2:00 PM
1.2
Ocean data assimilation-current status and future directions toward an Integrated Earth System Analysis
Michele M. Rienecker, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD

  2:15 PM
1.3
Current capabilities and future directions for land surface data assimilation
Randal D. Koster, NASA, Greenbelt, MD; and R. H. Reichle

  Recorded presentation

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:
  1:30 PM
2.1
Dynamical-Statistical Models for Lightning Prediction to 48-hr Over Canada and the United States (Invited Speaker)
William R. Burrows, Environment Canada, Edmonton, AB, Canada

Poster PDF (471.5 kB)
  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
Biometeorology and Aerobiology
Location: 206A (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: 16th Conference on Applied Climatology
Chair: Karen E. Tomic, University of Alberta

Papers:
  1:30 PM
2.1
Modeling the development and population density of West Nile vectors using climate data
Arthur T. DeGaetano, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY; and H. F. Gong, C. J. M. Koenraadt, and L. C. Harrington

  Recorded presentation
  1:45 PM
2.2
Does Climate Control Valley Fever Incidence in California?
Charles S. Zender, Univ. of California, Irvine, CA; and J. Talamantes and S. Behseta

http://www.ess.uci.edu/~zender

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (288.5 kB)
  2:00 PM
2.3
Exploratory analysis of the potential health impacts of climatic variability and air pollution
Adel F. Hanna, Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC; and A. Xiu, K. Yeatts, P. Robinson, Z. Zhu, and J. Pinto

Poster PDF (289.4 kB)
  2:15 PM
2.4
A mortality-based heat wave climatology for U.S. cities
Robert E. Davis, Univ. of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA; and P. C. Knappenberger, P. J. Michaels, and W. M. Novicoff


2
Presidential Forum on Bridging the Studies of Weather and Climate: Part II
Location: Ballroom C2 (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: Presidential Forum
Cochairs: Randall M. Dole, NOAA-CIRES/CDC; Mary M. Cairns, Retired

Papers:
  1:30 PM
2.1
PREDICTABILITY OF WEATHER AND SHORT-TERM CLIMATE VARIABILITY OR DYNAMICS OF WEATHER AND SHORT-TERM CLIMATE VARIABILITY ON SUB-SEASONAL TIME SCALES
Michael C. Morgan, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

  Recorded presentation
  2:00 PM
2.2
Atmospheric Rivers: Connecting Weather And Climate In The Water Cycle
F. Martin Ralph, NOAA/ESRL/PSD, Boulder, CO

  Recorded presentation

2
space weather effects on aviation and impacts for the next generation air transportation system
Location: 210A (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: Fourth Symposium on Space Weather
Chairs: Joseph Kunches, NOAA/Space Environment Center; Marsha Korose, NorthropGrumman IT/TASC

Papers:
  1:30 PM
2.1
Policy Issues in Integrating Space Weather Information into Aviation Operations
Genene Fisher, AMS Policy Program, Washington, DC; and B. Jones

  1:45 PM
2.2
The FAA's Office of Commercial Space Transportation: recent activities, regulations, and current events in the commercial space sector
Karen Shelton-Mur, FAA Commercial Space Transportation, Washington, DC

  2:00 PM
2.3
Pilot perspective on space weather affects on the future of commercial aviation
Michael D. Holland, American Airlines, Double Oak, TX

  Recorded presentation
  2:15 PM
2.4
Effectively Managing American Airline's High-Latitude, Long-Range Operations
Ray Howland, American Airlines, Fort Worth, TX

  Recorded presentation

1:30 PM-2:45 PM: Monday, 15 January 2007


1
Heat and Public Health: Ways to Mitigate the Problem
Location: 207B (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: Heat and Public Health: Ways to Mitigate the Problem

Papers:
  1:30 PM
1.1
The Development of a Warm Weather Relative Stress Index for Environmental Applications
Laurence Kalkstein, Applied Climatologists, Inc., Marco Island, FL

  Recorded presentation
  1:45 PM
1.2
Heat Health Weather Products And Services Provided By NOAA's National Weather Services
Jannie G. Ferrell, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and P. Stokols

  Recorded presentation
 
1.3
: What Happens When an Excessive Heat Warning is Issued: Stakeholder Activity in Seattle

  2:15 PM
1.3
What Happens When an Excessive Heat Warning is Issued: Stakeholder Activity in the Pacific Northwest
Tyree Wilde, National Weather Service, Portland, OR

  Recorded presentation
  2:30 PM
1.4
A THREE YEAR REVIEW OF THE OPERATIONAL HEAT STRESS ASSESSMENT SYSTEM AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE NEW ORLEANS/BATON ROUGE
Paul Trotter, NOAA/NWS, Baton Rouge, LA; and D. Griffin

  Recorded presentation
  2:45 PM
1.5
Exploring spatial patterns of societal vulnerability to extreme heat
Olga Wilhelmi, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and C. K. Uejio and J. Samenow

  Recorded presentation

1:30 PM-3:00 PM: Monday, 15 January 2007


1
Session 1
Location: 208 (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: Fifth Annual Users Forum
Chair: Michael Steinberg, AccuWeather, Inc.

Papers:
  1:30 PM
1.1
Introduction
William P. Mahoney III, NCAR, Boulder, CO

  1:35 PM
1.2
U.S. economic sensitivity to weather: Study results
Jeff Lazo, NCAR, Boulder, CO

  Recorded presentation
  2:00 PM
1.3
Role and impact of weather at Northwest Airlines
Thomas H. Fahey III, Northwest Airlines, Minneapolis, MN

  Recorded presentation
  2:30 PM
1.4
AMS - Weather & Climate Information Fifth User' Forum
Rick Curtis, Northwest Airline, Minneapolis, MN

  Recorded presentation

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


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

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


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

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


2A
Model Diagnostic Studies - General
Location: 214B (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: 19th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Chair: Gerald L. Potter, LLNL

Papers:
  1:30 PM
2A.1
Wide band power and harmonic amplitude of precipitation
A.C. Ruane, ECPC, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD, La Jolla, CA; and J. O. Roads

  Recorded presentation
  1:45 PM
2A.2
Variability of the Antarctic Intermediate Water across the Equatorial Atlantic in 2004 Detected from ARGO Float Data Using the Optimal Spectral Decomposition Method
Peter C. Chu, NPS, Monterey, CA; and O. Melnichenoko and L. M. Ivanov

  Recorded presentation
  2:00 PM
2A.3
Influence of surface water on US regional climate forecasts
A. M. B. Nunes, SIO/Univ. of California, La Jolla, CA; and J. Roads

  2:15 PM
2A.4
Evaluation of cloud-radiation interaction within a single column model and regional climate modeling frameworks
Suryun Ham, Dept. of Atmospheric Science, Seoul, South Korea; and H. Park and S. Y. Hong

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (826.6 kB)
  2:30 PM
2A.4A
Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

  4:00 PM
2A.5
Identifying climate model deficiencies in simulating tropical intraseasonal variability: application of weather-forecasting and single-column-modeling methodologies
Gerald L. Potter, LLNL, Livermore, CA; and J. S. Boyle, S. A. Klein, S. Xie, J. J. Hnilo, D. L. Williamson, J. Olson, R. Pincus, X. Wei, and G. Zhang

  Recorded presentation
  4:15 PM
2A.6
Effects of volcanoes on the vertical temperature profile in models and radiosonde observations
Melissa Free, NOAA/ARL, Silver Spring, MD; and J. Lanzante

  4:30 PM
2A.7
Impact of drifted basic states on the simulated tropical intraseasonal variability in a coupled ocean-atmosphere GCM
Harun Ar Rashid, BMRC, Melbourne, Vic., Australia; and O. Alves and H. Hendon

  4:45 PM
2A.8
Evaluation of the WRF model for regional climate downscaling driven by CCSM3 at T85 resolution
Jeff Chun-Fung Lo, University of Texas, Austin, TX; and Z. L. Yang

  Recorded presentation
  5:00 PM
2A.9
The impact of the boundary layer parameterization on the weather and climate of the GEOS-5 model
Caterina M. Tassone, SAIC, Greenbelt, MD; and J. T. Bacmeister and L. L. Takacs

  Recorded presentation
  5:15 PM
2A.10
Why simulating the ITCZ in GCMs is so difficult
Winston Chao, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and M. J. Suarez, J. T. Bacmeister, B. Chen, and L. L. Takacs


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)

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


Poster Session 1
Applied Climate Poster Session #1
Location: Exhibit Hall C (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: 16th Conference on Applied Climatology

Papers:
 
P1.1
Fog climatology along the Atlantic coast of Nova Scotia
Teresa Canavan, MSC, Dartmouth, NS, Canada; and W. Sanford

Poster PDF (214.6 kB)
 
P1.2
A pilot study of clear-islands in fog and near surface stratus clouds in central California
S. Jeffrey Underwood, University of Nevada, Reno, NV; and P. S. Cleary

 
P1.3
Visualization of seasonal-diurnal climatology of visibility in fog and precipitation at Canadian airports
Bjarne Hansen, EC, Dorval, QC, Canada; and I. Gultepe, P. King, G. Toth, and C. Mooney

 
P1.4
Regional atmospheric circulation and surface temperatures predicting cotton yields in the southeastern USA
Guillermo A. Baigorria, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; and J. W. Hansen, N. Ward, J. W. Jones, and J. J. O'Brien

 
P1.5
Investigating the climatology of high ozone occurrences in southeast Texas
James Tobin, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and J. W. Nielsen-Gammon

 
P1.6
Effects of climate change on energy demand in Orlando, Florida
William L. Crosson, USRA, Huntsville, AL; and J. A. Klumpp, M. G. Estes Jr., and T. Bell

 
P1.7
Status report on NWS climate services and plans for the future
Diana Perfect, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and M. Timofeyeva, M. J. Brewer, and R. Livezey

 
P1.8
Integrating assessments of user needs with weather research: developing user-centric tools for reservoir management
Andrea J. Ray, NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and J. J. Barsugli and T. Hamill

Poster PDF (1.2 MB)

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:
 
P1.1
Going Nonlinear: Towards Automated Puff Intercept
George Young, Penn State Univ., University Park, PA; and S. E. Haupt

Poster PDF (214.5 kB)
 
P1.2
Statistical downscaling of a specific weather pattern for rainfall forecast using techniques of artificial intelligence
María Cleofé Valverde Ramírez, INPE, São Paulo, Brazil

 
P1.3
Wheat Yield Prediction using Artificial Neural Networks
Babak Safa, Iranian Meteorological Organization, Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran; and A. Khalili, M. Teshnehlab, and A. M. Liaghat

 
P1.4
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)

Poster Session 1
Atmospheric Chemistry Poster Session 1
Location: Exhibit Hall C (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: Ninth Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry

Papers:
 
P1.1
The Atmospheric Radiation Measurement program Tandem Differential Mobility Analyzer: Instrument description and summary of 1st year of data
Don R. Collins, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; and C. Spencer

 
P1.2
Investigation of the Saharan air layer (SAL) during NAMMA '06
Tamara L. Battle, Howard Univ., Washington, DC; and G. S. Jenkins and B. E. Anderson

 
P1.3
Estimating carbonaceous aerosol emissions from fires in boreal forests of North America in July 2004
Mariya Petrenko, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN; and M. Chin, T. Diehl, T. Kucsera, and A. J. Soja

 
P1.4
AEROSE: Ongoing field investigations of downwind transport of aerosols from Saharan and Sub-Saharan Africa across the Tropical Atlantic
Vernon R. Morris, Howard Univ., Washington, DC; and M. Hawkins, N. Nalli, E. Joseph, M. Goldberg, P. J. Minnett, and L. Roldan

 
P1.5
The impact of regional meteorology on aerosol concentrations over the Great Lakes region
Heather L. Woods, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and T. Holloway and S. N. Spak

 
P1.6
The effects of cloud attenuation on air quality: a comparison of model treatments
Patrick D. Dolwick, NOAA/OAR/ARL, Research Triangle Park, NC

 
P1.7
Spatial, vertical, and temporal variability of aerosol concentration and properties in Houston
Crystal C. Reed, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; and N. F. Taylor, C. Spencer, D. Axisa, and D. R. Collins

 
P1.8
Linking light extinction by aerosols to ambient relative humidity during MILAGRO
Runjun Li, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; and D. R. Collins

 
P1.9
Linking chemical changes in soot and polyaromatics to cloud droplet formation
Laura E. Mason, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; and S. Brooks

 
P1.10
Lagrangian trajectory analysis of episodes during the MILAGRO field campaign
Benjamin De Foy, St. Louis Univ., St. Louis, MO; and L. T. Molina

 
P1.11
Impacts of anthropogenic aerosols on ice nucleation and cloud formation
Adam P. Fornea, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; and S. Brooks

 
P1.12
Flux measurement of trace gases and aerosols in Mexico City during the MILAGRO 2006 field campaign
Rasa Grivicke, Washington State Univ., Pullman, WA; and S. Pressley, B. Lamb, H. Westberg, E. Allwine, B. T. Jobson, E. Velasco, M. Alexander, J. L. Jimenez, and E. Nemitz


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, Eötvös Loránd 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


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, Eötvös Loránd 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, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary; and J. Bartholy

Poster PDF (446.7 kB)

Poster Session 1
Data impact tests and OSSEs
Location: 212B (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: 11th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)

Papers:
 
P1.1
The Operational Hurricane Surveillance Mission for Hurricane Frances on 01 September 2004
Nelsie A. Ramos, NOAA/Center for Atmospheric Sciences and Howard University, Washington, DC; and S. D. Aberson

 
P1.2
2004 Hurricane Danielle Tropical Cyclogenesis Forecasting Study Using the NCAR Advanced Research WRF Model
Nelsie A. Ramos, Howard University, Washington, DC; and G. S. Jenkins

Poster PDF (386.8 kB)
 
P1.3
The Impact of Atmospheric InfraRed Sounder (AIRS) Profiles on Short-term Weather Forecasts
Shih-Hung Chou, NASA/MSFC, Huntsville, AL; and B. T. Zavodsky, G. J. Jedlovec, and W. M. Lapenta

Poster PDF (376.2 kB)
 
P1.4
Recent Modis Data Assimilation Experiments in the NCEP GFS
Tom H. Zapotocny, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. A. Jung, R. Treadon, and J. F. Le Marshall

Poster PDF (389.1 kB)
 
P1.5
NOAA Polar Orbiting Satellite Observing System Experiments using the NCEP GDAS
James A. Jung, CIMSS, Madison, WI; and T. H. Zapotocny, J. F. Le Marshall, and R. Treadon

Poster PDF (917.2 kB)
 
P1.6
Investigation of WRFVAR performance on hurricane simulation
Duanjun Lu, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS; and R. S. Reddy and L. White

 
P1.7
Impact study of AMSR-E radiances in the NCEP global data assimilation system
Masahiro Kazumori, NPD/JMA, Tokyo, Japan; and Q. Liu, R. Treadon, J. C. Derber, F. Weng, and S. J. Lord

 
P1.8
Assessing The Forecast Impact Of WindSat/Coriolis Data In The NCEP GDAS/GFS
Li Bi, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. F. Le Marshall, T. H. Zapotocny, J. Jung, and M. C. Morgan

Poster PDF (300.8 kB)
 
P1.9
Characterizing and understanding the differences between GOES WF_ABBA and MODIS fire products and implications for data assimilation
Jay P. Hoffman, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and E. M. Prins, C. C. Schmidt, S. A. Ackerman, and J. S. Reid

Poster PDF (444.9 kB)
 
P1.10
Assimilation of real-time tsunami event data into forecasting models
Angie J. Venturato, JISAO/Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and E. Gica, D. W. Denbo, and V. V. Titov


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 Poster Session 1
Observation and Datasets-Part I (Joint between the 16th Conference on Applied Climatology and the 14th Symposium on Meteorological Observations and Instrumentation)
Location: Exhibit Hall C (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsors: (Joint between the 16th Conference on Applied Climatology; and the 14th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation )

Papers:
 
JP1.1
Will the real Los Angeles stand up: Impacts of a weather station's relocation on climatic records (and record weather)
William C. Patzert, NASA/JPL, Pasadena, CA; and S. LaDochy, J. K. Willis, and T. Mardirosian

Poster PDF (171.7 kB)
 
JP1.2
Using sensitive variables to validate and complete global historical radiosonde metadata-Toward computing atmospheric climate trends adjusted for instrument changes
Steven R. Schroeder, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX

Poster PDF (173.9 kB)
 
JP1.3
The determination and description of surface weather types in central sudan using the principal components analysis and non- hierarchical clustering methods
Khadiga Abdelmola, Atrstotle Univ., Thessaloniki, Greece

 
JP1.4
Three-dimensional airflow analysis inside snow gauge shielding to determine snow gauge collection efficiencies
Scott D. Landolt, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. M. Rasmussen

Poster PDF (870.7 kB)
 
JP1.5
Potential climate applications from a global geostationary satellite data set
Kenneth R. Knapp, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC

Poster PDF (371.0 kB)
 
JP1.6
The Mississippi Mesonet: Phase 2
Loren D. White, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS; and E. Matlack

http://jsumesonet.jsums.edu/index.htm

Poster PDF (291.6 kB)
 
JP1.7
The cause of the positive cloud to ground lightning anomaly over the Midwest Unites States: An exploratory survey from 2000 to 2005
Mariana Oliveira Felix, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO; and G. R. Huffines and R. E. Orville

 
JP1.8
Identification of intra-month daily mean temperature modes using principal components analysis
Charles J. Fisk, Naval Base, Point Mugu, CA

Poster PDF (329.6 kB)
 
JP1.9
Assessment of discontinuities due to joining precipitation observations in Canada
Lucie A. Vincent, EC, Toronto, ON, Canada; and E. Mekis

Poster PDF (38.6 kB)
 
JP1.10
Improved Accuracy in Measuring Precipitation with the NERON Network in New England
Cynthia R. Morgan, Oklahoma Climatological Survey, Norman, OK; and G. R. Essenberg, K. C. Crawford, and C. A. Fiebrich

Poster PDF (219.2 kB)
 
JP1.11
Winter Test of All-Weather Precipitation Accumulation Gauge for ASOS 2005-2006
Christopher M. Greeney, SAIC, Sterling, VA; and J. V. Fiore Jr., J. M. Dover, and M. L. Salyards

Poster PDF (1.6 MB)
 
JP1.12
Storing and organizing ARM Program measurements documentation for data quality purposes
Kenneth E. Kehoe, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and R. A. Peppler, K. L. Sonntag, and S. T. Moore

Poster PDF (425.1 kB)
 
JP1.13
ROVER: RENCI Outreach Vehicles for Education and Research
Jessica L. Proud, Renaissance Computing Institue, Chapel Hill, NC; and K. Galluppi

 
JP1.14
Performing quality control on wave measurements in extreme events


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


Poster Session 1
Space weather posters
Location: Exhibit Hall C (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: Fourth Symposium on Space Weather

Papers:
 
P1.1
Validation of the Community Radiative Transfer Model for Upper Air Sounding channels of the Special Sensor Microwave Imager (SSMIS)
Clay B. Blankenship, NRL, Monterey, CA; and S. D. Swadley and N. Baker

 
P1.2
Environmental Space Situaltional Awareness and Joint Space Effects
Kelly J. Hand, Headquarters Air Force Space Command, Peterson AFB, CO; and M. France, R. Benz, T. Holts, T. Longmire, and B. T. Hendrickson

Poster PDF (642.0 kB)
 
P1.3
Estimation of solar wind pressure and its impact on geomagnetic field during energetic solar events
Hari Om Vats, Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India


Joint Poster Session 2
Model Diagnostics and General Climate Variability (Joint with Climate Change Manifested by Changes in Weather and 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; and the AMS Forum: Climate Change Manifested by Changes in Weather )

Papers:
 
JP2.1
Impact of precipitation characteristics on model's horizontal resolution and orography
Akio Kitoh, MRI, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan; and O. Arakawa

 
JP2.2
Low-level cloud amount simulated by an atmospheric general circulation model with a 20-km grid size
Shoji Kusunoki, MRI, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan; and T. Inoue and H. Kawai

 
JP2.3
Downscaled 1997/1998 Summer over East Asia using the Regional Spectral Model
E-Hyung Park, Yonsei Univ., Seoul, South Korea; and S. Y. Hong

Poster PDF (832.7 kB)
 
JP2.4
Extreme hydrologic events from an ensemble of CCSM3 climate change simulations
Marcia L. Branstetter, ORNL, Oak Ridge, TN; and D. J. Erickson III

 
JP2.5
Implementation of a Double Fourier Series (DFS) Dynamic Core in a Global Numerical Weather Prediction Model
Hoon Park, Yonsei Univ., Seoul, South Korea; and H. B. Cheong and S. Y. Hong

Poster PDF (405.8 kB)
 
JP2.6
The Role of MJO in Ensemble Forecasts of the 1997/98 El Niño in the POAMA1 System
Li Shi, BMRC, Melbourne, Vic., Australia; and O. Alves, H. H. Hendon, and G. Wang

 
JP2.8
NCEP global ensemble based anomaly forecast
Yuejian Zhu, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC, Camp Springs, MD; and Z. Toth

 
JP2.9
Assessment of the Severe Weather Environment in North America Simulated by Global Climate Models
Patrick T. Marsh, NOAA/NSSL & OU/CIMMS/SoM, Norman, OK; and H. Brooks and D. J. Karoly

Poster PDF (608.4 kB)
 
JP2.10
Assessment of global climate models performance from the characterization of duration, intensity and frequency of daily rainfall. Application to African Sahel
Amadou Idrissa Bokoye, EC/MSC/Ouranos Consortium, Inc., Montreal, QC, Canada; and P. Gachon, N. Gauthier, D. Parishkura, A. Cotnoir, G. Vigeant, and J. Milton

Poster PDF (632.0 kB)
 
JP2.11
A successful story in predicting NAM events by the operational NCEP's GFS model
Ming Cai, Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL; and C. S. Shin and H. Van den Dool

 
JP2.12
Asian dust - pollution interactions inducing more solar radiation absorption: Results from ground-based sky radiation measurements
B. J. Sohn, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea; and T. Nakajima, H. W. Chun, and K. Aoki

 
JP2.13
Interaction between dust storms, precipitation and Gulf of California moisture surges in the Paso del Norte region
Karina Apodaca, Howard University, Washington, DC; and D. V. R. Morris, A. Y. Lozano, J. Negrete, and D. R. M. Fitzgerald

 
JP2.14
Climatology of sub-monthly wave patterns associated with tropical cyclone tracks over the East Asian monsoon area during July-August season
Ken-Chung Ko, National Kaohsiung Normal Univ., Kaohsiung, Taiwan; and H. H. Hsu

 
JP2.15
Recurving typhoons and eastern North Pacific predictability as revealed by singular vectors
Carolyn A. Reynolds, NRL, Monterey, CA

 
JP2.16
The relationship between ENSO, PNA, and AO/NAO and extreme storminess, rainfall, and temperature variability during the Florida dry season: thoughts on predictability and attribution
Bartlett C. Hagemeyer, NOAA/NWS, Melbourne, FL

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/mlb/enso/mlbnino.html

Poster PDF (583.7 kB)
 
JP2.17
Atmospheric blocking and patterns of low-frequency variability arising from the breaking of upper level Rossby waves
T. J. Woollings, Univ. of Reading, Reading, Berks., United Kingdom; and B. J. Hoskins and M. Blackburn

Poster PDF (484.2 kB)
 
JP2.18
Comparison of observed and modeled trends in annual extremes of temperature and precipitation
Dmitry Kiktev, Hydrometeorological Centre of Russia, Moscow, Russia; and J. Caesar and L. V. Alexander

 
JP2.19
Understanding the climatology of small-scale patterns of orographic precipitation: progress from the Olympic Mountains
Justin R. Minder, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and A. M. Anders, G. H. Roe, and D. Durran

 
JP2.20
Innovations in Spatial Analysis in the Bureau of Meteorology
David Jones, BOM, Vic., 3001, Australia; and D. X. Wang, N. Plummer, D. I. Grant, and A. Rea

 
JP2.21
Links between West Africa monsoon variability and summer anomalies in the western Mediterranean
Marina Baldi, IBIMET/CNR, Rome, Italy; and G. A. Dalu and M. Gaetani

 
JP2.22
On the mechanisms resulting in post-fire flash floods: a case study
Lee Tryhorn, Monash University, Clayton, Vic., Australia; and A. Lynch and R. Abramson

 
JP2.23
Climate Variability and the Texas Fire Weather Season of 2005–2006: An Historic Perspective of a Statewide Disaster
Kurt M. Van Speybroeck, NOAA/NWS, Brownsville, TX; and A. R. Patrick and M. C. Oaks

Poster PDF (211.7 kB)
 
JP2.24
Bioclimatological aspects of sudden cardiovascular death cases
Rita Pongracz, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary; and J. Bartholy, Z. Kis, K. Toro, G. Dunai, N. Szlavik, and E. Keller

 
JP2.25
Southern California upwelling: Is recent weakening a result of global warming?
Steve LaDochy, California State University, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA; and P. Ramirez and W. C. Patzert

Poster PDF (128.0 kB)
 
JP2.26
Abrupt Seasonal Migration of the ITCZ into the Summer Hemisphere
Peng Xian, NRL, Monterey, CA; and R. L. Miller


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)
  5:00 PM
3.5
The future role of humans in the weather forecasting process - to provide input to a system that mechanically integrates judgmental (human) and automated predictions?
Harvey Stern, Bureau of Meteorology, Melbourne, Vic., Australia

http://www.weather-climate.com

Poster PDF (316.9 kB)

4:00 PM-5:30 PM: Monday, 15 January 2007


1
Hydrological Measurements
Location: 207A (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: 14th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation
Chair: C. Bruce Baker, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC

Papers:
  4:00 PM
1.1
Using liquid-equivalent snow gauge measurements to determine snow depth-Preliminary Results
Kevin Van Galloway, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and S. D. Landolt and R. M. Rasmussen

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.4 MB)
  4:15 PM
1.2
The use of a wetness sensor in precipitation measurements for the U.S. Climate Reference Network
William G. Collins, Riverside Technology, Inc., Fort Collins, CO; and C. B. Baker

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (497.7 kB)
  4:30 PM
1.3
The effects of condensation on the outside wall of a Geonor precipitation gauge
Alisa Holley, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and M. E. Hall

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (65.8 kB)
  4:45 PM
1.4
Development of the All-Weather Precipitation Accumulation Gauge transfer function for ASOS
Jennifer M. Dover, NOAA/NWS, Sterling, VA; and J. V. Fiore Jr.

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (277.9 kB)
  5:00 PM
1.5
Correcting the wind bias in snowfall measurements made with a Geonor T-200B precipitation gauge and Alter wind shield
Craig D. Smith, EC, Saskatoon, SK, Canada

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (416.6 kB)
  5:15 PM
1.6
Continued Operational Testing of Various Precipitation Sensors and Protective Shields in Support of the United States Climate Reference Network (USCRN)
Lee W. Larson, Short and Associates, Prairie Village, KS; and C. B. Baker, E. L. May, H. Bogin, and W. G. Collins

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (450.3 kB)

Joint Session 2
Communicating Climate Information to and through the Broadcast Community (Joint between the 35th Conference on Broadcast Meteorology and the 16th Conference on Applied Climatology)
Location: 205 (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsors: (Joint between the 16th Conference on Applied Climatology; and the 35th Conference on Broadcast Meteorology )
Chair: Henry Reges, CoCoRaHS/Colorado State Univ.

Papers:
  4:00 PM
J2.1
State climatologists serving the public through interactions with the media
David A. Robinson, Rutgers Univ., Piscataway, NJ

  Recorded presentation
  4:15 PM
J2.2
Drought and the media: a perspective from the Illinois state climatologist
James R. Angel, ISWS, Champaign, IL; and K. E. Kunkel

  Recorded presentation
  4:30 PM
J2.3
Misinterpretation of probabilistic seasonal climate outlooks by resource management professionals
Holly C. Hartmann, Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and N. Haas

  Recorded presentation
  4:45 PM
J2.4
The Effect of Sensor Placement on Climatological Records
Sean Sublette, WSET Television, Lynchburg, VA

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.5 MB)
  5:00 PM
J2.5
Climate Information for the broadcast community
Jay Lawrimore, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and K. Gleason, D. H. Levinson, T. W. Owen, and D. M. Anderson

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (200.7 kB)
  5:15 PM
J2.6
NWS New Climate Products and Services: Tools for Communicating Climate Information
Fiona Horsfall, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and D. Perfect and G. Romano


2
K-12 AND POPULAR EDUCATION INITIATIVES (cont)
Location: 206B (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: 16th Symposium on Education
Chairs: Shirley T. Murillo, NOAA/AOML/HRD; Kathleen A. Murphy, AMS Education Resource Educator

Papers:
  4:00 PM
2.1
A summary report on EWOC 2006: An international conference to promote weather, ocean, and climate education
David R. Smith, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD; and S. Q. Foster and J. M. Walker

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (47.8 kB)
  4:15 PM
2.2
Online Climate and Global Change Education through the National Center for Atmospheric Research
Roberta M. Johnson, NESTA, Boulder, CO; and E. Gardiner, R. Russell, D. L. Ward, S. Q. Foster, and S. Henderson

  Recorded presentation
  4:30 PM
2.3
How Partnering National Research Laboratories, Informal Science Educators, and Shoppers Converge at the Twenty Ninth Street Wonders of Science Project
Susan Q. Foster, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and L. Carbone, R. M. Johnson, S. Van Gundy, L. Adams, K. Becker, E. CoBabe-Ammanns, L. Curtis, P. Dusenbery, R. Foy, C. Himes, C. Howell, C. Knight, L. Koch, R. Morehouse, T. O'Brian, J. Rooney, and P. Schassburger

  Recorded presentation
  4:45 PM
2.4
Educational Applications of the Science on a Sphere at the National Maritime Center
John Anderson, Hampton University, Hampton, VA; and W. L. Smith Sr., R. L. Beale, D. Q. Robinson, B. H. Maggi, S. Ackerman, T. H. Achtor, T. Whittaker, and M. Mooney

  Recorded presentation
  5:00 PM
2.5A
Starting a local K-12 Student Chapter
Kathleen A. Murphy, AMS Education Resource Educator, St. Louis, MO

  Recorded presentation
  5:15 PM
2.6
Using Oceanography Examples to Teach Chemical Principles-A Sea of Connections!
Bruce G. Smith, University of Wisconsin Colleges, Appleton, WI

  Recorded presentation

2
Towards an Integrated Earth System Analysis-Part II
Location: 212B (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: 11th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)
Chair: Anjuli Bamzai, U.S. Department of Energy

Papers:
  4:00 PM
2.1
Initiating an operational Canadian global assimilation and prediction capability for the coupled atmosphere-ocean-ice system
C. Harold Ritchie, EC, Dartmouth, NS, Canada; and D. Bancroft, A. Cameron, G. M. Flato, J. Loder, K. Thompson, and D. Wright

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (15.1 kB)
  4:15 PM
2.2
Atmospheric analysis and reanalysis: current capabilities and future directions
Phillip A. Arkin, University of Maryland, College Park, MD

  Recorded presentation
  4:30 PM
2.3
A Tropospheric Assessment of Contemporary Global Reanalyses in the Polar Regions
David H. Bromwich, Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH; and R. L. Fogt, K. I. Hodges, and J. E. Walsh

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (791.5 kB)
  4:45 PM
2.4
Status of current capabilities and future directions for carbon cycle data assimilation
Scott A. Denning, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and S. Doney, D. Zupanski, S. R. Kawa, G. J. Collatz, and S. Pawson

http://biocycle.atmos.colostate.edu

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (831.7 kB)
  5:15 PM
2.5
Method and results of retrieval of HDO/H2O in atmosphere from satellite IMG/ADEOS and ground-based FTIR data
A. Yu Toptygin, Ural State Univ., Yekaterinburg, Russia; and K. G. Gribanov, V. I. Zakharov, Y. Kasai, A. Kagawa, Y. Murayama, R. Imasu, G. A. Schmidt, G. Hoffmann, and J. Jouzel


3
Presidential Forum on Bridging the Studies of Weather and Climate: Part III
Location: Ballroom C2 (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: Presidential Forum
Cochairs: Ana P. Barros, Duke Univ.; Dian J. Seidel, NOAA/ARL

Papers:
  4:00 PM
3.1
Detection and Attribution of Regional Climate
Peter Stott, Hadley Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis, UK Met Office, Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom

  Recorded presentation
  4:30 PM
3.2
Towards Attributing Greenhouse Gas Induced Changes In The Water Cycle
Gabriele Hegerl, Duke University, Durham, NC

  Recorded presentation
  5:00 PM
3.3
Is Global Climate Change Affecting Hurricanes?
Kerry Emanuel, MIT, Cambridge, MA

  Recorded presentation

4:00 PM-5:45 PM: Monday, 15 January 2007


3
developments in data assimilation
Location: 210A (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: Fourth Symposium on Space Weather
Chairs: W. Dean Pesnell, NASA; Marsha Korose, NorthropGrumman IT/TASC

Papers:
  4:00 PM
3.1
Aspects of data assimilation peculiar to space weather forecasting
George Siscoe, Boston University, Boston, MA

  Recorded presentation
  4:15 PM
3.2
A Thermosphere-Ionosphere Data Assimilation Model Component for a Seamless Ocean-Atmosphere Model
Robert W. Schunk, Utah State University, Logan, UT; and L. Scherliess, D. C. Thompson, J. J. Sojka, and L. Zhu

  Recorded presentation
  4:30 PM
3.3
USU GAIM: An operational data assimilation model of the ionosphere
Ludger Scherliess, Utah State University, Logan, UT; and R. W. Schunk, J. J. Sojka, and D. C. Thompson

  4:45 PM
3.4
Four dimensional imaging of Space Weather events using IDA3D
Gary S. Bust, Atmospheric & Space Technology Research Associates, San Antonio, TX; and G. Crowley

  Recorded presentation
  5:00 PM
3.5
Radiation belt data assimilation with an ensemble Kalman filter
Josef Koller, LANL, Los Alamos, NM; and R. H. W. Friedel, G. D. Reeves, and Y. Chen

http://www.lanl.gov/projects/dream/

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (688.4 kB)
  5:15 PM
3.6
Capabilities and Limitations of Ensemble Data Assimilation
Jeffrey Anderson, NCAR, Boulder, CO

  Recorded presentation
  5:30 PM
3.7
An "observation-nudging"-based FDDA for WRF-ARW for mesoscale data assimilation and forecasting
Yubao Liu, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and A. Bourgeois, T. Warner, and S. Swerdlin

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (144.2 kB)

4:00 PM-6:00 PM: Monday, 15 January 2007


2
Session 2
Location: 208 (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: Fifth Annual Users Forum
Chair: Kathy Lucas, Sonalysts

Papers:
  4:00 PM
2.1
Use and impact of weather information in the energy trading industry
Jon Davis, Chesapeake Energy Corporation, Chicago, IL

  Recorded presentation
  4:30 PM
2.2
Impact of weather at Duke Energy
Nick Keener, Duke Energy, Charlotte, NC

  Recorded presentation
  5:00 PM
2.3
Impact of weather information delivery on the golf course industry
Jay Karen, National Golf Course Owners Association, Charleston, SC

  Recorded presentation
  5:30 PM
2.4
Closing remarks and adjourn
William P. Mahoney III, NCAR, Boulder, CO

  Recorded presentation

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


Sessions end for the day

5:30 PM-7:30 PM: Monday, 15 January 2007


Formal Opening of Exhibits with Reception (Cash Bar)
Location: Exhibit Hall D (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)

Tuesday, 16 January 2007

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8:25 AM-9:45 AM: Tuesday, 16 January 2007


1
Major International Events
Location: Ballroom C2 (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: Impacts of 2006's Weather: Major Stories of the Year
Chair: Joseph Schaefer, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/NSSL/SPC

Papers:
  8:25 AM
Welcoming Remarks

  8:30 AM
1.1
International Events
Klaus E. Wolter, NOAA/ERL/CDC, Boulder, CO

  9:00 AM
1.2
Tropical Cyclones in the Western North Pacific
Shoji Kusunoki, MRI, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan; and N. Mannoji

  9:30 AM
1.3
Unusual European Weather
Roger Brugge, University of Reading, Reading, Berks., United Kingdom

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


Arakawa Symposium scheduled for the day

8:30 AM-8:55 AM: Tuesday, 16 January 2007


Keynote Speaker Session 1
3rd Symposium on Future National Operational Environmental Satellites
Location: 217D (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: Third Symposium on Future National Operational Environmental Satellites
Speaker: Louis W. Uccellini, NOAA/NWS/NCEP

Papers:
  8:30 AM
1.1
Use of Satellite Data in Numerical Weather Prediction: Present Status and Future Challenges
Louis Uccellini, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Camp Springs, MD

  Recorded presentation

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


2
Show Us Your Latest & Greatest! Vendor Presentations
Location: 205 (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: 35th Conference on Broadcast Meteorology
Chair: Yolanda Amadeo, WALB-TV

Papers:
  8:30 AM
2.1
New television system capabilities
Kenneth Reeves, AccuWeather, Inc., State College, PA; and M. R. Smith, M. A. Steinberg, and R. Ayres

  Recorded presentation
  8:45 AM
2.2
WSI. The disruptive weather company
Chris Goode, EEC, Andover, MA

  Recorded presentation
  9:00 AM
2.3
Weather Graphics that Connect with Viewers
Ben T. Zimmerman, Weather Central, Inc., Madison, WI

  Recorded presentation
  9:15 AM
2.4
Baron's Complete Weather Solution
Robert Baron, Baron Services, Inc., Huntsville, AL


3
University Educational Initiatives
Location: 206B (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: 16th Symposium on Education
Chairs: Donna J. Charlevoix, Univ. of Illinois; Diane M. Stanitski, Shippensburg Univ.

Papers:
  8:30 AM
3.1
Integrating web-based technological classroom tools into an undergraduate radar and satellite meteorology course
Mark S. Kulie, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI; and S. A. Ackerman and R. Bennartz

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.7 MB)
  8:45 AM
3.2
Implementation of the WRF Model for Teaching Scientific Methodology in an Undergraduate Tropical Meteorology Course
Jon M. Schrage, Creighton Univ., Omaha, NE

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (71.4 kB)
  9:00 AM
3.3
Experiences in integrating WRF model in undergraduate meteorology curriculum
Shing Yoh, Kean University, Union, NJ

http://hurri.kean.edu/nwpmodel

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (42.0 kB)
 
3.4
Teaching Excellence Award Winner Talk

  9:30 AM
3.4A
An interactive thermodynamic diagram for use in meteorology instruction
Gregory Byrd, UCAR/COMET, Boulder, CO; and A. Bol and A. Laing

http://meted.ucar.edu/mesoprim/skewt/

Poster PDF (410.5 kB)

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


1
Oral Presentations
Location: 217C (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: The Akio Arakawa Symposium
Chair: Chin-Hoh Moeng, NCAR

Papers:
  8:30 AM
1.1
Introductory Remarks

  8:45 AM
1.2
Non-linear Computational Instability - its Discovery and Initial Solutions. Early Triumphs for Numerical Meteorology and Professor Arakawa
Douglas K. Lilly, NOAA/NSSL/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK

  Recorded presentation
  9:15 AM
1.3
Retrospective View of Early Climate Modeling
Warren M. Washington, NCAR, Boulder, CO

  Recorded presentation

2
Integrated Instrumentation and Networks for Climate Studies
Location: 207A (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: 14th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation
Chair: Michael R. Helfert, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC

Papers:
  8:30 AM
2.1
Using the Foothills Climate Array (FCA) to examine chinooks of Southwestern Alberta
Amanda S. Adams, Univ. of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada; and S. Marshall

  Recorded presentation
  8:45 AM
2.2
Temperature deviation study of three co-located platinum resistance thermometers
Alisa Holley, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and S. Gros and M. E. Hall

  9:00 AM
2.3
Rain Gauge Measurements in Mid-Atlantic Region
Ali Tokay, JCET/Univ. of Maryland Baltimore County, Greenbelt, MD; and P. G. Bashor and V. L. McDowell

  Recorded presentation
  9:15 AM
2.4
A SensorSpaces system for data acquisition and real-time management of field measurements
Young Yee, Mkey Technologies, LLC, Las Cruces, NM; and E. Vidal Jr., S. Cabrera, and G. Rosiles

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (393.4 kB)
  9:30 AM
2.5
A QPE analysis using portable automated research micrometeorological stations (PARMS) deployed at the Tar Creek Superfund Site
Heather R. Campbell, Oklahoma Climatological Survey, Norman, OK; and D. R. Cheresnick and J. B. Basara

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (406.2 kB)

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

  Recorded presentation
  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

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (324.7 kB)
  9:00 AM
4.3A
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

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.9 MB)
  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

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (190.9 kB)
  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)

8:30 AM-10:00 AM: Tuesday, 16 January 2007


1
emerging lidar methods in addressing atmospheric issues (multiple scattering and associated benefits in lidar application)
Location: 207B (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: Third Symposium on LIDAR Atmospheric Applications
Chair: David N. Whiteman, NASA/GSFC
CoChair: David W. Roberts, Georgia Tech Research Institute

Papers:
  8:30 AM
1.1
Wide Angle Imaging Lidar: Validation for Clouds at Night and Progress Toward Aerosol and Daytime Capabilities
Igor N. Polonsky, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and A. B. Davis and S. P. Love

  Recorded presentation
 
1.2
Lidar measurements of industrial plumes near an escarpment

  9:00 AM
1.3
An Airborne High Spectral Resolution Lidar based on an Iodine Absorption Filter
Michael Esselborn, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany; and M. Wirth, A. Fix, and G. Ehret

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (560.5 kB)
  9:15 AM
1.4
Evaluation of a new autonomous Doppler lidar system during the Helsinki international testbed field campaign
Karen E. Bozier, University of Salford, Salford, United Kingdom; and G. N. Pearson and C. G. Collier

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.2 MB)
  9:30 AM
1.5
Lidar to Support Ground-Based Astronomy
David W. Roberts, Georgia Tech Research Institute, Atlanta, GA; and G. Gimmestad and J. M. Stewart

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (313.5 kB)
  9:45 AM
1.5A
Coffee Break


4
New Data Sources and Products
Location: 210A (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: Fourth Symposium on Space Weather
Chairs: Robert McCoy, Office of Naval Research; Genene Fisher, AMS Policy Program

Papers:
  8:30 AM
4.1
Detecting equatorial plasma bubbles with GPS phase scintillation
Angeline G. Burrell, AER, Lexington, MA; and M. Colerico and G. M. Gugliotti Fishman

  Recorded presentation
  8:45 AM
4.2
Global measurement of the energetic ion precipitation from the storm time ring current using ENAs
Craig J. Pollock, Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX; and J. M. Jahn and A. Isaksson

  Recorded presentation
  9:00 AM
4.3
Space Weather Effects of the Earth's Plasmasphere
Jerry Goldstein, Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX; and B. R. Sandel

  9:15 AM
4.4
Characterization of the Near-Earth Environment to provide an Ionospheric Specification for use in operational impact assessments
Gina M. Gugliotti Fishman, AER, Lexington, MA; and N. A. Bonito, K. M. Farnham, and B. W. Sheeley

  9:30 AM
4.5
Mid-latitude electron density gradients and their impact on GPS signal strength
M. J. Colerico, AER, Lexington, MA; and N. A. Bonito, A. G. Burrell, and B. Reinisch

  9:45 AM
4.6
Midlatitude Ionospheric Effects of SAPS Electric Fields
Geoff Crowley, Atmospheric & Space Technology Research Associates, San Antonio, TX; and T. Garner, A. D. Richmond, and R. G. Roble

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


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

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
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 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
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

1
Initial Results from MILAGRO and Texas2006
Location: 212A (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: Ninth Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry
Cochairs: Jeffrey S. Gaffney, Univ. of Arkansas; V. Rao Kotamarthi, ANL

Papers:
  8:30 AM
1.1
Vertical variation of nocturnal nitrogen chemistry in Mexico City during MILAGRO
Jochen Stutz, Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA; and L. Lawrence, O. Pikelnaya, and S. C. Hurlock

  Recorded presentation
  8:45 AM
1.2
Aerosol Residence Times in Mexico City
Jeffrey S. Gaffney, Univ. of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR; and N. A. Marley, N. C. Sturchio, and N. Martinez

  9:00 AM
1.3
Rain Event Impacts on Aerosol Optical Properties: Mexico City 2003 and 2006
Nancy A. Marley, Univ. of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR; and J. S. Gaffney

  9:15 AM
1.4
Evolution of aerosol hygroscopicity in the Mexico City plume
Jason M. Tomlinson, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; and R. Li, R. J. Osborn, and D. R. Collins

  Recorded presentation
  9:30 AM
1.5
Airborne High Spectral Resolution Lidar aerosol measurements during MILAGRO and TexAQS/GoMACCS
Richard A. Ferrare, NASA/LRC, Hampton, VA; and C. A. Hostetler, J. W. Hair, A. L. Cook, D. B. Harper, S. Burton, A. Clarke, P. B. Russell, and J. Redemann

Poster PDF (268.6 kB)
  9:45 AM
1.5a
Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

  11:00 AM
1.6
Air Quality forecast using WRF/NMM-CMAQ during the TexAQS 2006
Pius C. Lee, NCEP/EMC, Camp Springs, MD; and S. A. McKeen, J. McQueen, D. Kang, M. Tsidulko, S. Lu, H. M. Lin, G. DiMego, N. Seaman, and P. M. Davidson

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (320.7 kB)
  11:15 AM
1.7
Study of high pollution events in the Houston - Galveston area using CMAQ simulations with an extended version of SAPRC99 chemical mechanism
Beata Czader, Univ. of Houston, Houston, TX; and D. W. Byun and S. Kim

  11:30 AM
1.8
Trajectory Analysis for Source-receptor Relation of High O3 events over Houston/Galveston Area during Summer 2005
Fong Ngan, NOAA/ARL, Silver Spring, MD; and D. Byun

  11:45 AM
1.9
A numerical study to understand impact of meteorological fields on Houston's high O3 problem using CMAQ/MM5
Fang-Yi Cheng, Univ. of Houston, Houston, TX; and S. T. Kim and D. W. Byun

Poster PDF (288.7 kB)

3
Detection and attribution of regional climate change
Location: 214B (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: 19th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Chair: Aiguo Dai, NCAR

Papers:
  8:30 AM
3.1
Detection of Human Influence on 20th Century Precipitation Trends
Xuebin Zhang, EC, Toronto, ON, Canada; and F. W. Zwiers, G. Hegerl, F. H. Lambert, N. P. Gillett, and S. Solomon

  8:45 AM
3.2
Implications of changes in the atmospheric circulation on the detection and attribution of regional surface air temperature trends
Qigang Wu, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and D. J. Karoly

  Recorded presentation
 
3.3
Satellite measurements of radiative forcing by greenhouse gases

  9:15 AM
3.4
Changes in the Fabric of the Arctic's Greenhouse Blanket
Jennifer A. Francis, Rutgers University, Highlands, NJ; and J. Trzaska and E. Hunter

  Recorded presentation
  9:30 AM
3.5
On the Origin of the Tropical Atlantic Decadal Oscillation based on the
Gyu-Ho Lim, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea; and Y. C. Suh and B. M. Kim

Poster PDF (505.7 kB)
  9:45 AM
3.5A
Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

  11:00 AM
3.6
Detection of a Global and Caribbean climate changes
Nazario D. Ramirez, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico; and O. Julca and J. Gonzalez

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (366.8 kB)
  11:15 AM
3.7
Trends in Northern Hemisphere winter storm track activity in reanalysis, observations, and GCM simulations
Edmund K. M. Chang, SUNY, Stony Brook, NY; and X. Xia

  11:30 AM
3.8
Modeling the effects of global warming and land use changes on California
Bryan C. Weare, University of California, Davis, CA; and H. Du

  Recorded presentation
  11:45 AM
3.9
The 20th century East Asian summer monsoon simulated by coupled climate models of IPCC AR4
Tianjun Zhou, LASG, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China; and A. Dai

  Recorded presentation

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. Estupiñán, 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)

8:30 AM-4:00 PM: Tuesday, 16 January 2007


3
Assimilation of Observations (Ocean, Atmosphere, and Land Surface) into Models
Location: 212B (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: 11th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)
Chair: Lars Peter Riishojgaard, JCSDA

Papers:
  8:30 AM
3.1
Building the next generation global atmospheric data assimilation system at the National Centers for Environmental Prediction
Stephen Lord, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC, Camp Springs, MD; and J. C. Derber and Z. Toth

  Recorded presentation
  8:45 AM
3.2
NCEP's gridpoint statistical interpolation analysis system
John C. Derber, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC, Camp Springs, MD; and R. Treadon, W. S. Wu, D. F. Parrish, and D. T. Kleist

  9:00 AM
3.3
The Global Ocean Data Assimilation System (GODAS) at NCEP
David Behringer, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Camp Springs, MD

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.6 MB)
  9:15 AM
3.4
Assimilating specific humidity observations with Local Ensemble Transform Kalman filter
Junjie Liu, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA; and E. Kalnay

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (203.1 kB)
  9:30 AM
3.5
Testing of techniques for error analysis in assimilation of cloudy radiances
Rosanne Polkinghorne, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and T. Vukicevic and K. F. Evans

Poster PDF (139.3 kB)
  9:45 AM
Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

  11:00 AM
3.6
An Investigation of the characterization of cloud contamination in hyperspectral radiances
Will McCarty, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD; and G. J. Jedlovec, A. L. Molthan, and J. F. LeMarshall

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (464.7 kB)
  11:15 AM
3.7
A HWRF numerical study of the wind field expansion with Hurricane Katrina during a period of rapid intensification
Christopher M. Hill, Geosystems Research Institute, Stennis Space Center, MS; and P. J. Fitzpatrick, Q. Xiao, J. Sun, Y. Li, and N. Tran

  Recorded presentation
  11:30 AM
3.8
An Improved Data Reduction Tool in Support of the Real-Time Assimilation of NASA Satellite Data Streams
Michael Splitt, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL; and S. Lazarus, M. Lueken, R. Ramachandran, X. Li, S. Movva, S. Graves, B. Zavodsky, and W. M. Lapenta

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (361.1 kB)
  11:45 AM
3.9
Investigation of WRF performance on Southwestern U.S during the Summer of 2006
Jitin Arora, University of Texas, El Paso, TX; and R. M. Fitzgerald, D. Lu, and C. A. Brock

  Recorded presentation
  12:00 PM
Lunch Break

  1:30 PM
3.10
Variational quality control at NCEP
Xiujuan Su, SAIC, Camp Springs, MD; and J. Derber, D. Parrish, and R. Treadon

  Recorded presentation
  1:45 PM
3.11
Assimilation of simulated CASA radar data of varied storm types using EnSRF for convective storm analyses and forecasts
Elaine S. Godfrey, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and K. Droegemeier, M. Xue, and M. Tong

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (472.1 kB)
  2:00 PM
3.12
A wildland fire Dynamic Data-Driven Application System
Janice L. Coen, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. D. Beezley, L. S. Bennethum, C. C. Douglas, M. Kim, R. Kremens, J. Mandel, G. Qin, and A. Vodacek

http://www-math.cudenver.edu/~jmandel/fires/

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (479.5 kB)
  2:15 PM
3.13
On Using Data Assimilation in Dispersion Modeling
Anke Beyer, Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA; and G. Young and S. E. Haupt

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (167.0 kB)
  2:30 PM
3.14
Variational Doppler Radar Data Assimilation for the Weather Research and Forecasting Model
Qingnong Xiao, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. Sun, W. C. Lee, E. Lim, J. Gu, S. Sugimoto, X. Zhang, Y. R. Guo, D. M. Barker, X. Y. Huang, and Y. H. Kuo

  Recorded presentation
 
3.15
On the utility of the UND MAAP cycling system for short-term numerical weather prediction

  3:00 PM
Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall

  3:30 PM
3.16
Observation sensitivity analysis using the adjoint of the Gridpoint Statistical Interpolation (GSI) analysis scheme
Yanqiu Zhu, SAIC, Greenbelt, MD; and R. Gelaro

  Recorded presentation
  3:45 PM
3.17
An objective nowcasting tool that optimizes the impact of satellite derive sounder products in very-short-range forecasts
Ralph A. Petersen, CIMSS/University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and R. M. Aune

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.3 MB)

8:30 AM-4:30 PM: Tuesday, 16 January 2007


3
*Weather and Society * Integrated Studies (WAS*IS)*
Location: 206A (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: 16th Conference on Applied Climatology
Cochairs: David A. Robinson, Rutgers Univ.; David Changnon, Northern Illinois University

Papers:
  8:30 AM
3.1
Culture Change is Underway: WAS*IS (Weather and Society - Integrated Studies) Progress Report
Eve Gruntfest, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, CO; and J. Demuth and J. K. Lazo

  Recorded presentation
  8:45 AM
3.2
Decision Support in NOAA's National Weather Service
Fiona Horsfall, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and J. Laver and P. Schultz

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (36.0 kB)
  9:00 AM
3.3
Assessing how the U.S. public understands and uses weather forecast uncertainty information
Julie Demuth, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. E. Morss, J. K. Lazo, and A. E. Stewart

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (113.0 kB)
  9:15 AM
3.4
An assessment of hazard warning verification from a social perspective
Steven Stewart, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and K. Barjenbruch, K. Pennesi, J. Deo, S. A. Erickson, P. L. Heinselman, A. J. Ray, R. Low, R. A. Wolf, and A. Coles

  Recorded presentation
  9:30 AM
3.5
Weather Salience in a Random Sample of United States Residents
Alan E. Stewart, Univ. of Georgia, Athens, GA; and J. Demuth, J. K. Lazo, and R. E. Morss

  Recorded presentation
  9:45 AM
3.5a
Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

  11:15 AM
3.6
The development of an insect migration forecast product for pest management: An example of interaction among atmospheric scientists and the product user
Michael Sandstrom, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois; and D. Changnon

  Recorded presentation
  11:30 AM
3.7
Societal Aspects of Tornado Warnings
Somer A. Erickson, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and H. Brooks

  Recorded presentation
  11:45 AM
3.8
Skill of the Aviation Weather Center's Collaborative Convective Forecast Product (CCFP)
Jonathan W. Slemmer, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/Aviation Weather Center, Kansas City, MO

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (279.0 kB)
  12:00 PM
3.8a
Lunch Break

 
3.9
Patterns of Wind Damage from Hurricane Charley: A Case Study of Charlotte County

  2:00 PM
3.10
Increasing Societal Resilience to Winter Weather
Tanja E. Fransen, NOAA/NWS, Glasgow, MT; and O. Wilhelmi

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (25.4 kB)
  2:15 PM
3.11
Exploring spatial patterns of societal vulnerability to extreme heat
Olga Wilhelmi, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and C. K. Uejio and J. P. Samenow

  Recorded presentation
  2:30 PM
3.12
An Ecological Assessment of Coupled Climate Change and Human Activities on Wetlands in Zhalong Natural Reserve, China
Yankun Sun, Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI; and J. Qi, G. Lei, and H. Zhang

http://Yankun Sun_Zhalong Climate Change

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (457.8 kB)
  2:45 PM
3.13
Driving under the influence of weather: Perceptions of flash floods and vehicle safety
Sheldon D. Drobot, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and E. Gruntfest, L. R. Barnes, C. Benight, D. M. Schultz, and J. Demuth

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (52.1 kB)
  3:00 PM
3.14
Integrating end user needs into system design and operation: the Center for Collaborative Adaptive Sensing of the Atmosphere (CASA)
B. Philips, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA; and D. Pepyne, D. Westbrook, E. Bass, J. Brotzge, W. Diaz, K. A. Kloesel, J. Kurose, D. J. McLaughlin, H. Rodriguez, and M. Zink

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (348.6 kB)
  3:15 PM
3.14a
Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall

  3:45 PM
3.15
Vulnerability to disasters in Puerto Rico: Incorporating the social, physical and built environment to radar scanning srategies
Jenniffer M. Santos, Disaster Research Center, University of Delaware, Newark, DE; and J. Miller, A. González, M. G. Beaton, and X. Ortiz

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (2.0 MB)
  4:00 PM
3.16
Towards an Understanding of Hazardous Weather-A WAS*IS Perspective on First Responders
Joshua J. Jans, Minnesota State University, Mankato, MN; and C. S. Keen

http://www.mnsu.edu/weather/ams2007.pdf

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (813.3 kB)
  4:15 PM
3.17
The Underestimation of Hurricane Damage Potential
Alan E. Stewart, Univ. of Georgia, Athens, GA

  Recorded presentation
  4:30 PM
3.18
The social justice of weather: hurricane risk management in Latin America and the Caribbean
Eric M. Holthaus, Columbia University, New York, NY

  Recorded presentation

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


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

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


1
NPOESS Overview and Status
Location: 217D (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: Third Symposium on Future National Operational Environmental Satellites
Chair: Carl Hoffman, NOAA/NESDIS/JPSS

Papers:
  9:00 AM
1.1
National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) Program Status
Dan Stockton, NPOESS Integrated Program Office, Silver Spring, MD; and D. Ryan

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


Poster Session 1
Applications and Exploitation of NPOESS and GOES-R Data Products I
Location: Exhibit Hall C (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: Third Symposium on Future National Operational Environmental Satellites
Chair: Gary Mineart, Mitretek Systems, Inc.

Papers:
 
P1.1
User Interaction with the GOES-R Series of Weather Satellites
August J. Ryberg Jr., NOAA/NESDIS/Mitretek Systems, Greenbelt, MD; and P. Nguyen and L. Shipley

 
P1.2
The WindSat passive microwave radiometer: forecaster applications
Thomas F. Lee, NRL, Monterey, CA; and F. J. Turk, J. D. Hawkins, S. D. Miller, J. Goerss, M. H. Bettenhausen, and Z. Jelenak

 
P1.3
The Virtual GOES-R Observing Experiment System (VGOES) - A strategy to accelerate GOES development and benefits
Jeffery T. Sroga, Lockheed Martin, Newtown, NJ; and J. A. Dutton, J. Ross, D. A. Bennett, S. Richardson, R. Miehle, A. Feingold, D. Bevis, J. Walmsley, N. Larsen, and D. Powell

 
P1.4
The trade study for Hyperspectral Environmental Suite (HES) on GOES-R
Jinlong Li, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. Li, T. J. Schmit, W. P. Menzel, and J. J. Gurka

 
P1.5
The GOES-R Hydrology Algorithm Team: Progress and plans
Robert J. Kuligowski, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD

 
P1.6
The EPS/MetOp system: overview and first Results
K. Dieter Klaes, European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites, Darmstadt, Germany; and Y. Buhler, M. Cohen, J. Schmetz, P. Edwards, and T. Phulpin

 
P1.7
Surface emissivity retrieved from satellite IR hyperspectral data and its impact on other retrieval products
Daniel K. Zhou, NASA/LaRC, Hampton, VA; and A. M. Larar, X. Liu, and W. L. Smith Sr.

 
P1.8
Solar sails and artificial Lagrange orbits for remote sensing, telecommunications, and space weather applications
Benjamin Diedrich, NOAA/NESDIS, Silver Spring, MD; and P. Mulligan

 
P1.9
Snow cover assessment and updating for denied areas using AVHRR and SSM/I
Steven F. Daly, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Hanover, NH; and E. Ochs, S. Newman, J. Hardy, C. Vuyovich, J. Gagnon, and B. Tracy

 
P1.10
Simulated GOES-R Advanced Baseline Imager Measurements for Hurricane Katrina
Min-Jeong Kim, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and F. Weng and T. Zhu

 
P1.11
NPOESS Data Exploitation Plans for Product Processing
Tom Schott, NOAA/NESDIS, Suitland, MD; and S. L. Bunin

 
P1.12
NOAA Product Processing from Metop Satellites
Tom Schott, NOAA/NESDIS, Suitland, MD; and S. L. Bunin

 
P1.13
Modelling and Simulation of the GOES-R Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM) Instrument Performance
James Bergstrom, Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp, Boulder, CO; and D. Down, S. Hagerty, T. Updike, and S. J. Varlese

 
P1.14
Model analyses towards a robust and accurate physical-statistical Sea Surface Temperature (SST) algorithm for the use with the current and future satellite IR sensors
Alexander Ignatov, NOAA/NESDIS/ORA, Camp Springs, MD; and P. Dash and Y. Kihai

 
P1.15
Lossless compression studies for NOAA GOES-R hyperspectral environmental suite
Bormin Huang, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and A. Ahuja, Y. Sriraja, H. L. Huang, M. D. Goldberg, T. J. Schmit, and R. W. Heymann

 
P1.16
Improved aviation weather diagnostics and forecasting using future generation GOES-R data
Wayne F. Feltz, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and K. M. Bedka, M. J. Pavolonis, J. R. Mecikalski, J. J. Murray, D. B. Johnson, C. S. Velden, and S. A. Ackerman

 
P1.17
GOES-R Proxy data for Mesoscale weather systems
Tong Zhu, Colorado State Univ./CIRA at NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and F. Weng

 
P1.18
GOES-R color product development
Donald W. Hillger, NOAA/NEDSIS/StAR/RAMM Branch, Fort Collins, CO CO; and M. DeMaria

 
P1.19
GOES-R AWG Integration Team: Interface with the System Prime
Walter Wolf, QSS Group, Inc., Lanham, MD; and L. Zhou and M. Goldberg

 
P1.20
GOES-R AWG Integration Team: Interface with the AWG Application Teams
Lihang Zhou, QSS Group Inc., Lanham, MD; and W. W. Wolf and M. Goldberg

 
P1.21
GOES-R Algorithm Working Group: Space Weather Team Update
S. Hill, NOAA/NWS, Boulder, CO; and H. J. Singer, T. Onsager, R. Viereck, D. Biesecker, C. C. Balch, and D. C. Wilkinson

 
P1.22
GOES-R Algorithm Working Group Sounding Application Team

 
P1.23
GOES Satellite Data Distribution: Past, Present, and Future
Thomas M. Renkevens, NOAA/NESDIS GOES-R, Greenbelt, MD; and J. Paquette

 
P1.24
GOES Infrared Sounders - the future perspective from the current applications
Jun Li, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and T. J. Schmit, W. P. Menzel, and J. J. Gurka

 
P1.25
Evaluation of simulated GOES-R HES and ABI thermal radiance measurements
Thomas Greenwald, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and H. L. Huang, D. Tobin, P. Yang, J. Otkin, E. R. Olson, and L. Moy

 
P1.26
Determining cloud type and freezing thresholds
Richard Anstett, Lockheed Martin Integrated Systems & Solutions, King of Prussia, PA

 
P1.27
Climate requirements for future national operational environmental satellite systems: bridging the weather-climate gap
John J. Bates, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and B. R. Barkstrom and J. Privette

 
P1.28
Clear sky atmospheric motion vectors derived from the GOES Sounder and simulated GOES-R hyperspectral moisture retrievals
Christopher S. Velden, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and S. Wanzong, I. Genkova, D. A. Santek, J. Li, E. R. Olson, and J. A. Otkin

 
P1.29
CLASS Vision
Rick Vizbulis, NOAA/NESDIS, Suitland, MD; and R. Rank

 
P1.30
Class and NOAA's national data centers - partnering to strengthen the understanding of climate and oceans
Rick Vizbulis, NOAA/NESDIS, Suitland, MD; and R. Rank

 
P1.31
An Overview of the GOES-13 Science Test
Donald W. Hillger, NOAA/NEDSIS/StAR/RAMM Branch, Fort Collins, CO CO; and T. J. Schmit

 
P1.32
Advancing short-term satellite-based convective nowcasting into the GOES-R era
John R. Mecikalski, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL; and W. M. Mackenzie, Jr., K. M. Bedka, and W. F. Feltz

 
P1.33
Adapting operational GOES-SST algorithms to Meteosat Second Generation-SEVIRI for GOES-R Risk Reduction
Eileen Maria Maturi, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and A. Harris, W. Smith Sr., and J. Mittaz

 
P1.34
A validation for retrieving cloud optical and microphysical properties in the IR region with MODIS and AIRS
Kevin J. Garrett, I. M. Systems Group, Camp Springs, MD; and P. Yang and S. L. Nasiri

 
P1.35
A methodology study of estimating ice cloud geometrical thickness from satellite infrared and visible measurements
Gang Hong, SSAI, Hampton, VA; and P. Yang

 
P1.36
A Geostationary Microwave Sounder: Design and Applications
Bjorn H. Lambrigtsen, JPL, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA; and A. Tanner, T. Gaier, P. Kangaslahti, and S. Brown

 
P1.37
Baseline instruments for the GOES-R series
Timothy J. Schmit, NOAA/NESDIS, Madison, WI; and J. J. Gurka, T. M. Renkevens, M. M. Gunshor, and J. Li


Poster Session 1
Poster Session
Location: Exhibit Hall C (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: The Akio Arakawa Symposium

Papers:
 
P1.1
Studying Cloud Processes with the Cloud-resolving Modeling Approach: Professor Arakawa's Vision
Kuan-Man Xu, LRC, Hampton, VA

 
P1.2
Representing the effects of atmospheric waves in large-scale atmospheric models
Young-Joon Kim, NRL, Monterey, CA

 
P1.3
Potential Vorticity Aspects of the MJO
Matthew T. Masarik, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and W. H. Schubert

 
P1.4
Large-eddy simulation of evaporatively driven entrainment in cloud-topped mixed layers
Takanobu Yamaguchi, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO

 
P1.5
GCSS/WGNE Pacific Cross-section Intercomparison (GPCI): the physics of general circulation models
Joao Teixeira, NATO Undersea Research Centre, La Spezia, Italy; and G. Group

 
P1.6
Building a theoretical foundation for studying the ITCZ
Winston C. Chao, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD

 
P1.7
Application of a 3-D potential-enstrophy-conserving, compressible, nonhydrostatic model to a global-to-urban scale grid for use in regional and urban scale modeling
Gerard Ketefian, Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA; and M. Z. Jacobson

 
P1.8
A Non-hydrostatic Hybrid Vertical Coordinate Dynamical Core
Mike Toy, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO

 
P1.9
A flow-following finite-volume icosahedral model
Jin-Luen Lee, NOAA/ERL/FSL, Boulder, CO; and R. Bleck, A. E. MacDonald, J. -. W. Bao, and S. Benjamin

 
P1.10
2D modeling of cumulus convection
Steven K. Krueger, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT

 
P1.11
Understanding the summertime large-scale circulation: implications for monsoon dynamics
Simona Bordoni, Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA; and T. Schneider and B. Stevens

 
P1.12
Sensitivities of stratocumulus organization to precipitation
Verica Savic-Jovcic, Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA; and B. Stevens

 
P1.13
Low clouds and climate sensitivity
Brian Medeiros, Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA; and B. Stevens

 
P1.14
Formulation of Normal Flux in the Quasi-3D Network
Joon-Hee Jung, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and A. Arakawa

 
P1.15
Multi-point Explicit Differencing (MED) for Time Integrations of the Wave Equation
Celal S. Konor, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and A. Arakawa

 
P1.16
A Geodesic Atmospheric Model With A Quasi-Lagrangian Vertical Coordinate
Ross P. Heikes, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO


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

11:00 AM-11:30 AM: Tuesday, 16 January 2007


2
Oral Presentations: Part II
Location: 217C (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: The Akio Arakawa Symposium

Papers:
  11:00 AM
2.1
Breeding: a simple way to understand complex dynamics
Eugenia Kalnay, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD

  11:30 AM
2.2
Multi-Scale Problems in the Coupled Atmosphere-Ocean System
Carlos R. Mechoso, Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA

11:00 AM-12:00 PM: Tuesday, 16 January 2007


1
Volunteers and Pioneers
Location: 213A (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: Presidential History Symposium
Organizer: Kristine C. Harper, Florida State University

Papers:
  11:00 AM
1.1
George Washington Carver - Volunteer Weather Observer
Doria B. Grimes, NOAA Central Library (Retired), Silver Spring, MD

  Recorded presentation
  11:30 AM
1.2
Andrija Mohorovicic: A pioneer of atmospheric rotor research?
Vanda Grubisic, DRI, Reno, NV; and M. Orlic


Keynote Speaker Session 2
GOES-R Overview and Status
Location: 217D (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: Third Symposium on Future National Operational Environmental Satellites
Chair: Michael Crison, NOAA/NESDIS

Papers:
  11:00 AM
2.1
Keynote Speaker: NOAA Satellite and Information Service: Looking Ahead
Mary E. Kicza, NOAA/NESDIS, Silver Spring, MD

  11:30 AM
2.2
GOES Program Status
Mark Mulholland, NOAA/NESDIS, Silver Spring, MD

  11:45 AM
2.3
GOES-R Program Overview
Anthony Comberiate, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD


4
University Educational Initiatives II
Location: 206B (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: 16th Symposium on Education
Chairs: Donna J. Charlevoix, Univ. of Illinois; Diane M. Stanitski, Shippensburg Univ.

Papers:
  11:00 AM
4.1
Broadening Participation in the Atmospheric and Related Sciences though an Alliance for Undergraduate Research
Rebecca Haacker-Santos, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. Pandya and A. Calhoun

  Recorded presentation
  11:15 AM
4.2
International Research Experiences for Graduate and Undergraduate Students during NAMMA.
Gregory S. Jenkins, Howard Univ., Washington, DC; and A. Gaye

  Recorded presentation
  11:30 AM
4.3
Students Partnering with Faculty in the Kean University Meteorology Research Program
Paul J. Croft, Kean Univ., Union, NJ; and S. L. Koenigstein, J. Lewis, R. Matthews, M. C. Rod, and M. Szczepanski

  Recorded presentation
  11:45 AM
4.4
Integrating Research and Education: Strategies for Teaching Science Students about Public Outreach
Steve Ackerman, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and S. Dunwoody, R. Yaros, and G. Zenner


5
Constellation Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere and Climate (COSMIC)
Location: 210A (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: Fourth Symposium on Space Weather
Chairs: Robert McCoy, Office of Naval Research; Genene M. Fisher, AMS

Papers:
  11:00 AM
5.1
Early Results of Ionospheric Measurements from the FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC Mission
Stig Syndergaard, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and C. Rocken, W. S. Schreiner, and D. C. Hunt

  Recorded presentation
  11:15 AM
5.2
Tiny Ionospheric Photometer science program, data products, and operations on COSMIC
Scott A. Budzien, NRL, Washington, DC; and K. F. Dymond, D. H. Chuah, and C. Coker

  Recorded presentation
  11:30 AM
5.3
JPL/USC GAIM 4DVAR: Using COSMIC Occultations To Estimate Ionospheric State and Drivers in Near Real-Time
Brian Wilson, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and V. Akopian, L. Mandrake, X. Pi, C. Wang, and G. Hajj

  11:45 AM
5.4
Autonomous space-based radio monitors of the ionosphere
Paul A. Bernhardt, NRL, Washington, DC; and C. L. Siefring

  Recorded presentation

11:00 AM-12:15 PM: Tuesday, 16 January 2007


Joint Panel Discussion 1
Summer 2006 Extreme Drought, Floods, Heat
Location: Ballroom C2 (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsors: (Joint between the Impacts of 2006's Weather: Major Stories of the Year; and the AMS Forum: Climate Change Manifested by Changes in Weather )
Moderator: Randall M. Dole, NOAA-CIRES/CDC
Panelists: Roger S. Pulwarty, (Drought in the Southwest) NOAA-CIRES Climate Diagnostics Center; David R. Vallee, (Floods in New England) NOAA/NWS; Timothy J. Brown, (Wildfires in the Plains) DRI; Laurence S. Kalkstein, (The Heat Stress Index) Univ. of Delaware; David Runyan, (Summer Heat Wave) NOAA/NWS

Papers:
  11:00 AM
Drought in the Southwest
Roger Pulwarty, NOAA/CIRES/CDC, Boulder, CO

  Recorded presentation
  11:10 AM
Floods in New England
David R. Vallee, NOAA/NWS, Taunton, MA

  Recorded presentation
  11:20 AM
Wildfires in the Plains
Timothy J. Brown, DRI, Reno, NV

  Recorded presentation
  11:30 AM
The Heat Stress Index
Laurence S. Kalkstein, Univ. of Delaware, Newark, DE

  Recorded presentation
  11:40 AM
Summer Heat Wave
David Runyan, NOAA/NWS, Phoenix, AZ

  11:50 AM
Panel Discussion

11:00 AM-3:15 PM: Tuesday, 16 January 2007


2
Lidar Networks, Automated Operations, And Long Term Climate Observations
Location: 207B (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: Third Symposium on LIDAR Atmospheric Applications
Chair: Richard Ferrare, NASA/LRC
CoChair: Lucia Mona, CNR- IMAA

Papers:
  11:00 AM
2.1
A Decade of Raman Lidar Water Vapor, Aerosol, and Cloud Observations at the ARM Southern Great Plains Site
D.D. Turner, SSEC/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and R. A. Ferrare, J. E. M. Goldsmith, D. Petty, M. B. Clayton, L. A. Brasseur, T. Tooman, Z. Wang, and J. M. Comstock

  11:30 AM
2.2
EARLINET-ASOS: European Aerosol Research Lidar Network-Advanced Sustainable Observation System
Gelsomina Pappalardo, CNR/IMAA, Potenza, Italy; and J. Bösenberg, A. Amodeo, A. Ansmann, A. Apituley, L. A. Arboledas, D. Balis, C. Böckmann, A. Chaikovsky, A. Comeron, V. Freudenthaler, G. Hansen, V. Mitev, D. Nicolae, A. Papayannis, M. R. Perrone, A. Pietruczuk, M. Pujadas, J. P. Putaud, F. Ravetta, V. Rizi, V. Simeonov, N. Spinelli, D. Stoyanov, T. Trickl, and M. Wiegner

Poster PDF (60.0 kB)
  11:45 AM
2.3
Microphysical aerosol parameters from optical data
Christine Böckmann, Univ. of Potsdam, Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany; and D. Müller

  12:00 PM
2.3A
Lunch Break

  1:30 PM
2.4
4DVAR Assimilation of Lidar Data into Mesoscale Numerical Weather Prediction Models
Hans-Stefan Bauer, Univ. of Hohenheim, 70599 Stuttgart, Germany; and M. Grzeschik, F. Zus, A. Behrendt, and V. Wulfmeyer

  2:00 PM
2.5
Comparing water vapor vertical profiles using CNR - IMAA Raman lidar and CloudNET data
Lucia Mona, CNR/IMAA, Potenza, Italy; and A. Amodeo, G. Pappalardo, C. Cornacchia, F. Madonna, and E. O'Connor

Poster PDF (821.1 kB)
  2:15 PM
2.6
FAIR WEATHER CLIMATOLOGY REVEALED BY THE CCNY LIDAR
Stanley David Gedzelman, The City College of New York, New York, NY; and K. Y. Kong, F. Moshary, H. Y. Glickman, B. Gross, and L. Charles

Poster PDF (326.0 kB)
  2:30 PM
2.7
Detection and Retrieval of Thin Cirrus Properties Over Dark Water from MISR with Comparisons to Ground-based Lidar
Michael Garay, JPL/Univ. of California/Caltech, Pasadena, CA; and R. A. Kahn, J. M. Comstock, and E. J. Welton

  2:45 PM
2.8
Application of lidar and sun photometer measurements to aerosol radiative forcing calculations
Ferdinando De Tomasi, Univ. of Lecce, Lecce, Italy; and A. M. Tafuro, S. Kinne, and M. R. Perrone

Poster PDF (93.3 kB)
  3:00 PM
2.9
Airborne High Spectral Resolution Lidar Aerosol Measurements
Richard Ferrare, NASA/LRC, Hampton, VA; and C. A. Hostetler, J. W. Hair, A. L. Cook, and D. B. Harper

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


Arakawa Symposium Luncheon
Speaker: Masahide Kimoto, Univ. of Tokyo
Chair: David A. Randall, Colorado State Univ.

1:30 PM-2:30 PM: Tuesday, 16 January 2007


Joint Session 8
Air Quality and Climate Change (Joint with Ninth Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry, Forum on Climate Change as Manifested by Changes in Weather, and 19th Conference on Climate Variability and Change)
Location: 212A (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsors: (Joint between the Ninth Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the 19th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; and the AMS Forum: Climate Change Manifested by Changes in Weather )
CoChair: Brian K. Lamb, Washington State Univ.

Papers:
  1:30 PM
J8.1
Assessment of Long-Term Impacts of Regional Climate Changes on Air Quality
Yang Zhang, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC; and R. Leung

  Recorded presentation
  1:45 PM
J8.2
Global climate change impacts on air quality in North America
Efthimios Tagaris, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA; and K. J. Liao, K. Manomaiphiboon, A. G. Russell, S. He, J. H. Woo, P. Amar, and L. R. Leung

http://presentation

Poster PDF (107.0 kB)
  2:00 PM
J8.3
Impacts of Biogenic and Anthropogenic Emissions on Photochemical Oxidants over the Pearl River Delta Region, China
Xuemei Wang, Sun Yat-sen Univ., Guangzhou, Guangdong, China; and L. Wenshi and Z. L. Yang

  Recorded presentation
  2:15 PM
J8.4
A comparison of AURA/MLS CO measurement with 2 global chemical models
Jonathan Jiang, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and L. Neary, J. McConnell, H. Su, and J. Kaminski

  Recorded presentation

1:30 PM-3:00 PM: Tuesday, 16 January 2007


Panel Discussion 1
Panel on Participatory Action Research methodology and applications Part 1
Location: 209 (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: Second Symposium on Policy and Socio-economic Research
Moderator: Shirley Laska, Center for Hazards Assessment
Panelists: Peter Park, University of Massachusetts; James Kunde, University of Texas at Arlington; Kristina Peterson, University of New Orleans- CHART

Papers:
  1:30 PM
2.1
Introduction
Shirley Laska, Center for Hazards Assessment, New Orleans, LA

  Recorded presentation
  1:45 PM
2.2
Participatory Action Research In Disaster Management, with application in Meteorology
Peter Park, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA

  Recorded presentation
  2:00 PM
2.3
The Three Big Issues in Public Management Today
James Kunde, Univ. of Texas, Arlington, TX

  Recorded presentation
  2:15 PM
2.4
Kristina Peterson
Kristina Peterson, University of New Orleans- CHART, New Orleans, LA

  Recorded presentation
  2:30 PM
2.5
Questions and Answers

  Recorded presentation

Panel Discussion 1
Weather Impacts on Sports and Entertainment Venues
Location: Ballroom C2 (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: Impacts of 2006's Weather: Major Stories of the Year
Moderator: Christopher W. Landsea, NOAA/NWS/TPC/NHC
Panelists: Ronald L. Holle, (Lightning) Vaisala; Scott Rae, (Dallas Metro Tornado Risk Study) North Central Texas Council of Governments; Leslie R. Lemon, (The Severe Storm Threat to Large Event Venues) Univ. of Oklahoma and NOAA/NWS; Jim Kramper, (The Bush Stadium Microburst) NOAA/NWS

Papers:
  1:30 PM
Lightning
Ronald L. Holle, Vaisala, Tucson, AZ

  1:45 PM
Dallas Metro Tornado Risk Study
Scott Rae, North Central Texas Council of Governments, Arlington, TX

  2:00 PM
The Severe Storm Threat to Large Event Venues
Leslie R. Lemon, Univ. of Oklahoma and NOAA/NWS, Norman, OK

  Recorded presentation
  2:15 PM
The Bush Stadium Microburst
Jim Kramper, NOAA/NWS, St. Charles, MO

  Recorded presentation
  2:30 PM
Panel Discussion

  2:45 PM
SkyGuard Warning for St. Louis Cardinals

  Recorded presentation
  3:00 PM
RMeTS Journals now Published by Wiley

  Recorded presentation

2
Meteorology and Politics
Location: 213A (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: Presidential History Symposium
Chair: Diane Rabson, NCAR

Papers:
  1:30 PM
2.1
The south polar front: the poltical context of Antarctic meteorology, 1939-1959
Adrian Howkins, Univ. of Texas, Austin, Texas

  2:00 PM
2.2
From scientific Siberia to Astro-Boulder: the early development of Boulder, Colorado as a city of atmospheric knowledge
Joseph P. Bassi, Univ. of California, Santa Barbara, CA

  2:30 PM
2.3
Weather diplomacy: mitigating the 1966-67 Bihar drought
Kristine C. Harper, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL

  Recorded presentation

3
Improving Climate Data Records Using reference-Quality In Situ Upper-Air Observations I Session Chair: Junhong Wang, NCAR, Boulder, CO
Location: 207A (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: 14th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation
Chair: Junhong Wang, NCAR

Papers:
  1:30 PM
3.1
Vertical atmospheric profiling in Lindenberg since 1905
Franz H. Berger, German Meteorological Service, Lindenberg, Germany; and D. Engelbart, W. Adam, and U. Leiterer

  Recorded presentation
  1:45 PM
3.2
Towards a GCOS reference upper air network
David M. Goodrich, Global Climate Observing System Secretariat, Geneva, Switzerland

  Recorded presentation
  2:00 PM
3.3
Historical monitoring of upper-air temperature changes
Dian J. Seidel, NOAA/ARL, Silver Spring, MD; and P. Thorne

  Recorded presentation
  2:15 PM
3.4
Comparison of 10-year (1996-2005) Operational radiosonde data with ARM radiosonde and remote sensing data
Kathryn Young, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. Wang

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (995.0 kB)
  2:30 PM
3.5
A Candidate GCOS Atmospheric Reference Observations Network (GARON) Consisting of ARM, BSRN and WMO Reporting Sites and Satellite / In-situ Data Collection Strategies
Anthony L. Reale, NOAA/NESDIS, Washington, DC; and E. G. Dutton

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.5 MB)
  2:45 PM
3.6
Application of Microwave Radiometry to Improving Climate Data Records
James C. Liljegren, ANL, Argonne, IL; and M. P. Cadeddu

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (297.3 kB)

3
Polar Observations
Location: 217D (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: Third Symposium on Future National Operational Environmental Satellites
Chair: Mike Haas, NPOESS IPO/Aerospace Corp.

Papers:
  1:30 PM
3.1
The National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) Sensor Suite
Hal Bloom, NPOESS Integrated Program Office, Silver Spring, MD

  1:45 PM
3.2
The National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) Data Products
Michael Bonadonna, Office of the Federal Coordinator for Meteorology, Silver Spring, MD

  2:00 PM
3.3
The EUMETSAT Polar System: First Results from MetOp-A
K. Dieter Klaes, European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites, Darmstadt, Germany; and M. Cohen, J. Schmetz, and L. Sarlo

  2:15 PM
3.4
The EUMETSAT's Network of Satellite Application Facilities
Lothar Schueller, EUMETSAT, Darmstadt, Germany; and L. Sarlo

  2:30 PM
3.5
NESDIS Polar Data Exploitation
Gene Legg, NOAA/NESDIS, Suitland, MD


4B
The African Monsoon
Location: 214C (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: 19th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Chair: John E. Janowiak, NWS/NCEP/CPC

Papers:
  1:30 PM
4B.1
Modes of Variability and Projections on to Recent Flooding and Severe drought Events over Africa
Wassila M. Thiaw, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/CPC, Camp Springs, MD

  1:45 PM
4B.2
Characterization of the diurnal cycle of the West African Monsoon around the monsoon onset
Benjamin Sultan, IRD, Paris, France; and S. Janicot and P. J. Drobinski

Poster PDF (228.4 kB)
  2:00 PM
4B.3
Impact of the West African summer monsoon intra-seasonal variability on the life cycle of convective systems
Serge Janicot, IRD, Paris, France; and F. Mounier

Poster PDF (1.0 MB)
  2:15 PM
4B.4
40 days periodicity mode of variability in the West and Central African monsoon
Flore Mounier, CNRS, Paris, France; and S. Janicot

http://www.lodyc.jussieu.fr/~fmlod/ams4b4.pdf

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.4 MB)
  2:30 PM
4B.5
Waves interactions during the 1984 African monsoon onset
Flore Mounier, CNRS, Paris, France; and S. Janicot and G. N. Kiladis

http://www.lodyc.jussieu.fr/~fmlod/ams4b5.ppt

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (759.0 kB)
  2:45 PM
4B.6
Subseasonal forecasting with the NCEP Climate Forecasting System in the Western Sahel and tropical Atlantic
Augustin Vintzileos, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC, Camp Springs, VA; and H. L. Pan, W. M. Thiaw, D. Behringer, D. Stokes, and S. Saha

  Recorded presentation

5
University Educational Initiatives III
Location: 206B (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: 16th Symposium on Education
Chairs: Donna J. Charlevoix, Univ. of Illinois; Diane M. Stanitski, Shippensburg Univ.

Papers:
  1:30 PM
5.1
Using Podcasts to Distribute Real Time Multimedia Meteorological Products
Brendon Hoch, Plymouth State Univ., Plymouth, NH; and L. Avilés

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (2.9 MB)
  1:45 PM
5.2
IDV Perspective: Climatology of the 2005 Hurricane Season
Shelley O. Holmberg, Univ. of North Carolina, Charlotte, NC; and B. Etherton and J. Weber

Poster PDF (98.2 kB)
  2:00 PM
5.4
Meteorology and oceanography come together in college courses
Robert H. Stewart, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (76.7 kB)
  2:15 PM
5.5
Integration of Lecture, Laboratory and Hands-On Activities in an Introductory Severe Weather Course for Non-Majors
Lourdes B. Avilés, Plymouth State Univ., Plymouth, NH

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (147.1 kB)
  2:30 PM
Concluding Remarks
David R. Smith, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD


6
new developments with physics-based forecast models
Location: 210A (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: Fourth Symposium on Space Weather
Chairs: Joseph Kunches, NOAA/Space Environment Center; W. Dean Pesnell, NASA

Papers:
  1:30 PM
6.1
Extending NOGAPS-ALPHA into the lower thermosphere
David E. Siskind, NRL, Washington, DC; and S. Eckermann, J. P. McCormack, L. Coy, and T. F. Hogan

  1:45 PM
6.2
Chaotic divergence in a whole-atmosphere climate model
Han-Li Liu, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and F. Sassi, R. R. Garcia, and B. A. Boville

  2:00 PM
6.3
Bridging terrestrial and space weather: A new coupled general circulation model (GCM) of Integrated Dynamics through Earth's Atmosphere (IDEA)
Rashid A. Akmaev, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and T. J. Fuller-Rowell, N. Maruyama, F. Wu, M. D. Iredell, S. Moorthi, and H. Juang

  Recorded presentation
  2:15 PM
6.4
Modeling equatorial spread F: New simulation results
J. D. Huba, NRL, Washington, DC; and G. Joyce

  Recorded presentation
  2:30 PM
6.5
Three dimensional space weather maps of large electron density gradients during magnetic storms obtained from Ionospheric Data Assimilation Three-Dimensional (IDA3D)
Gary S. Bust, Atmospheric & Space Technology Research Associates, San Antonio, TX; and G. Crowley

  2:45 PM
6.6
Measurement of Ionospheric Wave Parameters Using An HF Doppler System
Geoff Crowley, Atmospheric & Space Technology Research Associates, San Antonio, TX

1:30 PM-5:15 PM: Tuesday, 16 January 2007


4
Advanced Methods for Data Assimilation
Location: 208 (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: 11th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)
Chair: Michele M. Rienecker, NASA/GSFC

Papers:
  1:30 PM
4.1
Ensemble data assimilation with the NCEP Global Forecast System
Jeffrey S. Whitaker, NOAA/ERL/CDC, Boulder, CO

  Recorded presentation
  1:45 PM
4.2
Using an ensemble data assimilation system for climate model development
Jeffrey Anderson, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and K. Raeder, T. Hoar, and N. Collins

  Recorded presentation
  2:00 PM
4.3
Recent development of global and regional local ensemble transform Kalman filters (LETKF) at JMA
Takemasa Miyoshi, Japan Meteorological Agency, Tokyo, Japan; and S. Yamane, Y. Sato, K. Aranami, and T. Enomoto

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.2 MB)
  2:15 PM
4.4
The Canadian Meso4dvar continental analysis system: Pre-operational evaluations
Luc Fillion, MSC, Dorval, PQ, Canada; and M. Tanguay, Z. Liu, E. Lapalme, N. Ek, C. Page, and S. Pellerin

Poster PDF (892.1 kB)
  2:30 PM
4.5
Assessing observation impact using the adjoint of the GEOS-5 data assimilation system
Ronald Gelaro, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and Y. Zhu

  Recorded presentation
  2:45 PM
4.6
Issues in Assimilation of Lagrangian Data
Kayo Ide, University of California, Los Angeles, CA

  3:00 PM
4.6a
Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall

  3:30 PM
4.7
An alternative to bias correction in retrievals and direct radiances assimilation
Steven J. Fletcher, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and M. Zupanski

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (80.4 kB)
  3:45 PM
4.8
Ensemble Kalman filter in the presence of model errors
Hong Li, Shanghai Typhoon Institute, Shanghai, China, Shanghai, China; and E. Kalnay, T. Miyoshi, and C. M. Danforth

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (208.0 kB)
  4:00 PM
4.9
Comparing Local Ensemble Transform Kalman Filter with 4D-Var in a quasi-geostrophic model
Shu-Chih Yang, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD; and E. Kalnay

  4:15 PM
4.10
A hybrid ensemble transform Kalman filter(ETKF)-3DVAR data assimilation scheme for WRF
Xuguang Wang, School of Meteorology, University of Oklahoma, OK; and D. Barker, C. Snyder, and T. Hamill

  Recorded presentation
  4:30 PM
4.11
Four-dimensional variational assimilation without using the adjoint model
Hyo-Jong Song, Seoul National Univ., Seoul, South Korea; and G. H. Lim and H. S. Lee

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (193.1 kB)
  4:45 PM
4.12
Predictor-corrector and morphing ensemble filters for the assimilation of sparse data into high-dimensional nonlinear systems
Jan Mandel, University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center, and National Center for Atmospheric Research, Denver, CO; and J. D. Beezley

http://www-math.cudenver.edu/~jmandel/papers/#ametsoc07

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (661.1 kB)
  5:00 PM
4.13
Evaluating the ability of the Ensemble Transform Kalman Filter to predict the influence of observations on 3-6 day forecasts
Kathryn J. Sellwood, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and S. J. Majumdar and D. Hodyss

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (178.2 kB)

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


1
Climate and Extreme Weather Events
Location: 214D (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: AMS Forum: Climate Change Manifested by Changes in Weather
Organizers: Randall M. Dole, NOAA-CIRES/CDC; Richard B. Rood, University of Michigan

Papers:
  1:30 PM
1.1
A comparison of model produced climate extremes with observed and projected trends for the 20th and 21st centuries
David R. Easterling, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and B. Gleason, K. E. Kunkel, and R. J. Stouffer

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.9 MB)
  2:00 PM
1.2
Extremes and El Nino
Gerald A. Meehl, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and C. Tebaldi

  Recorded presentation
  2:30 PM
1.3
The ecological impacts of regional-scale drought-induced tree die-off: implications and challenges for atmospheric sciences
David D. Breshears, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

  3:00 PM
1.3A
Coffee Break

  3:30 PM
1.4
Simulating the synoptic climatology of extreme precipitation events under global warming
William J. Gutowski Jr., Iowa State University, Ames, IA; and S. S. Willis, J. C. Patton, B. R. Schwedler, R. W. Arritt, and E. S. Takle

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (2.7 MB)
  4:00 PM
1.5
Fine-scale processes regulate the response of extreme events to global climate change
Noah S. Diffenbaugh, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN; and J. Pal, R. J. Trapp, and F. Giorgi

  Recorded presentation
  4:15 PM
1.6
Occurrence of heavy precipitation and streamflow in Southern California
Theresa M. Carpenter, Hydrologic Research Center/Univ. of California, San Diego, CA; and K. P. Georgakakos

  4:30 PM
1.7
Heightened tropical cyclone activity in the North Atlantic: Natural variability or climate trend?
Greg Holland, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and P. Webster

  4:45 PM
1.8
Can we detect climate trends in extreme tropical cyclones?
Christopher W. Landsea, NOAA/NWS/TPC/NHC, Miami, FL; and B. A. Harper, K. Hoarau, and J. A. Knaff

  Recorded presentation
  5:00 PM
1.9
The water and energy budgets of hurricanes and implications for climate change
Kevin E. Trenberth, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. Fasullo

  Recorded presentation
  5:15 PM
1.10
Abrupt changes in rainfall during the twentieth century
Gemma T. Narisma, Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment, Madison, WI; and R. Licker and J. Foley


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 Ceará, 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)

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

1:30 PM-5:45 PM: Tuesday, 16 January 2007


4A
Changes in hydrometeorological fields
Location: 214B (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: 19th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Chair: Aiguo Dai, NCAR

Papers:
  1:30 PM
4A.1
Is Rainfall Increasing in the Tropics?
Robert F. Adler, NASA/GSFC and U. Md. College Park/ESSIC, Greenbelt, MD; and G. Gu and G. J. Huffman

  Recorded presentation
  1:45 PM
4A.2
Improved monitoring of hemispheric snow cover extent
David A. Robinson, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ; and T. Estilow

  Recorded presentation
  2:00 PM
4A.3
Trends in United States snowfall: 1948–2005
Dale Kaiser, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN; and E. L. Soderstrom

  Recorded presentation
  2:15 PM
4A.4
Seasonal variability of snow cover over Tibetan Plateau: Analysis from high resolution MODIS satellite data
Li Xu, George Mason University, Calverton, MD; and Z. Pu

  Recorded presentation
  2:30 PM
4A.5
Origins of the Caribbean rainfall bimodal behavior
J.E. Gonzalez, Santa Clara Univ., Santa Clara, CA; and M. E. Angeles, D. E. Comarazamy, N. D. Ramirez, and C. A. Tepley

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.0 MB)
  2:45 PM
4A.6
Diurnal, Synoptic, Subseasonal and Interannual Acceleration of the Global Hydrological Cycle in IPCC AR4 Model Simulations
Duane Edward Waliser, JPL, Pasadena,, CA; and K. W. Seo, S. Schubert, and E. Njoku

  Recorded presentation
  3:00 PM
4A.6A
Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall

  3:30 PM
4A.7
Simulated change of drought over Asia under global warming scenario
Do-Woo Kim, Pukyung National University, Busan, South Korea; and H. R. Byun and S. U. Han

  3:45 PM
4A.8
The characteristic and periodicity of drought events in Korea
Sun-Ju Lee, Pukyung National University, Busan, South Korea; and H. R. Byun, S. U. Han, and D. W. Kim

  4:00 PM
4A.9
Early Detection of Climate Change Signals in Local Historical High Frequency Precipitation Series
Bernardo Gozzini, IBIMET - CNR, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy; and G. Maracchi, F. Meneguzzo, M. Pasqui, G. Menduni, B. Mazzanti, and F. Volpini

Poster PDF (2.4 MB)
  4:15 PM
4A.10
Possible Impacts of Climate Change on Heavy Rainfall-related Streamflow: An Application to Thames River, London, Ontario, Canada
Chad Shouquan Cheng, EC, Toronto, ON, Canada; and G. Li

  4:30 PM
4A.11
Paper Moved. New Poster Number JP1.2A

  4:31 PM
4A.11A
Wind trends in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland 1960–2004 and their relation to the North Atlantic Oscillation
Gwenna Corbel, UHI Millennium Institute, Thurso, United Kingdom; and J. T. Allen and S. W. Gibb

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (249.2 kB)
  4:45 PM
4A.12
Comparing Ten Years of Measurements of Tropical Upper-Tropospheric Water Vapor by MOZAIC with the ECMWF Product
Zhengzhao Luo, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and D. Kley, R. Johnson, and H. G. J. Smit

  Recorded presentation
  5:00 PM
4A.13
Interannual variations of upper tropospheric water vapor, temperature, clouds and SST
Hui Su, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and J. H. Jiang, X. Huang, and W. G. Read

  Recorded presentation
  5:15 PM
4A.14
Trends in cloud types in Canada
Ewa J. Milewska, EC, Toronto, ON, Canada

  Recorded presentation

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
J3.1
Welcoming Remarks

  1:45 PM
J3.2
Hybrid Numerical Climate and Weather Prediction Models Combining Deterministic and Statistical Learning Model Components (Invited Speaker)
Vladimir M. Krasnopolsky, NCEP/NWS/NOAA (SAIC), Camp Springs, MD; and M. S. Fox-Rabinovitz

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (20.9 kB)
  2:15 PM
J3.3
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)
  2:30 PM
J3.4
Predictability in past and future climate conditions: a preliminary analysis by neural networks using unforced and forced Lorenz systems as toy models
Antonello Pasini, CNR, Rome, Italy

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (237.5 kB)
  2:45 PM
J3.5
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
J3.5a
Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall

  3:30 PM
J3.6
Nonlinear principal component analysis: A new information criterion for model selection in noisy climate datasets (Invited Speaker)
William W. Hsieh, Univ. of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

  Recorded presentation
  4:00 PM
J3.7
Robust nonlinear multivariate statistical models for climate analysis
Alex J. Cannon, Meteorological Service of Canada, Vancouver, BC, Canada; and W. W. Hsieh

  Recorded presentation
  4:15 PM
J3.8
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/

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.7 MB)
  4:30 PM
J3.9
Multiple imputation through machine learning algorithms
Michael B. Richman, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and T. B. Trafalis and I. Adrianto

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (315.5 kB)
  4:45 PM
J3.10
Object-oriented analysis of precipitation systems in NCEP Stage II analyses
Michael E. Baldwin, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN; and R. J. Trapp

  Recorded presentation

2:00 PM-3:00 PM: Tuesday, 16 January 2007


3
Oral Presentations III
Location: 217C (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: The Akio Arakawa Symposium
Chair: Wayne H. Schubert, Colorado State Univ.

Papers:
  2:00 PM
3.1
"Two Worlds" View on the General Circulation of the Atmosphere - From Phillips (1956) to NICAM (2006) and Beyond
Taroh Matsuno, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Yokohama, Japan; and N. Team

  Recorded presentation
  2:30 PM
3.2
Forty years of cloud parameterization, and a look forward: The influence of Akio Arakawa
David A. Randall, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO

3:00 PM-3:30 PM: Tuesday, 16 January 2007


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

3:30 PM-5:00 PM: Tuesday, 16 January 2007


2
Notable U.S. Weather during 2006
Location: Ballroom C2 (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: Impacts of 2006's Weather: Major Stories of the Year
Chair: Eileen Shea, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC

Papers:
  3:30 PM
2.1
U.S. Hurricane Season
James L. Franklin, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/TPC, Miami, FL

  3:45 PM
2.2
U.S. Tornado Season
Joseph T. Schaefer, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/SPC, Norman, OK; and D. W. McCarthy and G. W. Carbin

  4:00 PM
2.3
U.S. Winter Weather
Paul J. Kocin, Atlanta, GA

  4:15 PM
2.4
Forty Days of Rain: March Madness in Paradise
Nezette Rydell, NOAA/NWSFO, Honolulu, HI; and M. Marshall

  4:45 PM
2.5
The State of Tsunami Science and Warnings Two Years After the Sumatra Tsunami
Eddie N. Bernard, NOAA/PMEL/TIME, Seattle, WA


3
Climate Change
Location: 213A (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: Presidential History Symposium
Chair: Joseph P. Bassi, Univ. of California

Papers:
  3:30 PM
3.1
Steam, combustion, and CO2: The life and work of Guy Stewart Callendar
James Rodger Fleming, Colby College, Waterville, ME

  Recorded presentation
  4:00 PM
3.2
An overview of climate change coverage in US and international media since 1950
Robert Henson, UCAR, Boulder, CO

  Recorded presentation
  4:30 PM
3.3
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: History, challenges, outlook
Richard C. J. Somerville, Scripps/Univ. of California, La Jolla, CA

  Recorded presentation

4
Improving Climate Data Records Using Reference-Quality In Situ Upper-Air Observations II
Location: 207A (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: 14th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation
Chair: Peter Thorne, Cooperative Insitute for Climate and Satellites

Papers:
  3:30 PM
4.1
Validation of Microwave Sounders' Lower Stratosphere Temperature Trend using GPS RO Data
Shu-peng Ho, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and B. Kuo and Z. Zeng

  Recorded presentation
  3:45 PM
4.2
Use of Radiosondes and Satellites for Mutual Inhomogeneity Detection
John R. Christy, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and W. B. Norris and R. W. Spencer

Poster PDF (152.1 kB)
  4:00 PM
4.3
Monitoring the quality of global radiosonde humidity record using ground-based GPS measurements
Junhong Wang, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and L. Zhang

  Recorded presentation
  4:15 PM
4.4
Examination of potential biases in radiosonde temperature and humidity records in Canada
Lucie A. Vincent, Environment Canada, Toronto, ON, Canada; and E. Milewska

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (36.5 kB)
  4:30 PM
4.5
Comparison of weather data from the Remote Automated Weather Station network and the North American Regional Reanalysis
Beth L. Hall, DRI, Reno, NV; and T. J. Brown

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (241.3 kB)
  4:45 PM
4.6
Accurate Referencing of Satellite Data to Radiosonde Profiles; Theory and Case Study
Nikita S. Pougatchev, Space Dynamics Laboratory, Logan, UT; and D. J. Seidel, G. A. Bingham, S. V. Kireev, and D. C. Tobin

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (793.3 kB)

3:30 PM-5:15 PM: Tuesday, 16 January 2007


1
Policy and socio-economic research methodology and applications
Location: 209 (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: Second Symposium on Policy and Socio-economic Research
Cochairs: William Hooke, AMS Policy Program; Shirley Laska, Center for Hazards Assessment

Papers:
  3:30 PM
1.1
Working at the boundary: facilitating communication in climate change adaptation research
Amanda H. Lynch, Monash University, Clayton, Vic., Australia; and L. Tryhorn, R. Abramson, and L. V. Alexander

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (158.4 kB)
  3:45 PM
1.2
Climate change science mid-life crisis—challenges and opportunities
John J. Bates, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (34.8 kB)
  4:00 PM
1.3
Native American Representation in Weather-Related Fields…An Opportunity for Science Program and Policy Success
Suzanne Van Cooten, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK

  Recorded presentation
  4:15 PM
1.4
Sensitivity of the United States Economy to Weather Variability
Jeffrey K. Lazo, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and P. Larsen and D. Waldman

  4:30 PM
1.5
What We Know About Tornado Casualties and How to Reduce Them
Daniel Sutter, University of Texas - Pan American, Edinburg, TX; and K. M. Simmons

  Recorded presentation
  4:45 PM
1.6
Shifting Research Priorities: The Role of Human Dimensions of Global Change Research
Genevieve E. Maricle, Arizona State Univ., Tempe, AZ

  5:00 PM
1.7
Defining "usable" science
Lisa Dilling, Center for Science and Technology Policy Research/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and M. C. Lemos

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


4
GOES-R Observations
Location: 217D (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: Third Symposium on Future National Operational Environmental Satellites
Chair: Thomas M. Renkevens, NOAA/NESDIS/OSDPD

Papers:
  3:30 PM
4.1
The ABI (Advanced Baseline Imager) on GOES-R
Timothy J. Schmit, NOAA/NESDIS, Madison, WI; and W. P. Menzel, J. Gurka, and M. M. Gunshor

  Recorded presentation
  4:00 PM
4.2
The Next GOES Sounder
Paul Menzel, NOAA/NESDIS, Madison, WI; and T. J. Schmit, J. J. Gurka, and J. Li

  4:30 PM
4.3
Washington D.C. Lightning Mapping Array Demonstration Project Risk Reduction for GOES Lightning Mapper Data
Stephan B. Smith, NOAA/NWS/OST, Silver Spring, MD; and S. J. Goodman and P. R. Krehbiel

  4:45 PM
4.4
Oceanic Applications of Geostationary products - NOAA GOES and EUMETSAT Meteosat Second Generation (MSG)
Richard Legeckis, NOAA/NESDIS, Silver Spring, MD

  5:00 PM
4.5
Understanding the Space Environment with GOES-R Solar and Space Environment Data
S. Hill, NOAA/NWS, Boulder, CO; and H. J. Singer, T. G. Onsager, R. Viereck, and D. Biesecker

  5:15 PM
4.6
GOES-R Data Distribution and Products
Thomas M. Renkevens, NOAA/NESDIS/OSDPD, Camp Springs, MD


4
Oral Presentations IV
Location: 217C (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: The Akio Arakawa Symposium
Chair: David A. Randall, Colorado State Univ.

Papers:
  3:30 PM
4.1
PBL processes in GCMs
Chin-Hoh Moeng, NCAR, Boulder, CO

  Recorded presentation
  4:00 PM
4.2
Convective quasi-equilibrium: Arakawa's vision upheld and extended
J. David Neelin, Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA; and O. Peters

  4:30 PM
4.3
The Theory and Modeling of the ITCZ, Tropical Cyclones, and the MJO
Wayne H. Schubert, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO

  Recorded presentation
  5:00 PM
Concluding Remarks

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


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


7
Advances in Space Weather
Location: 210A (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: Fourth Symposium on Space Weather
Chairs: Joseph Kunches, NOAA/Space Environment Center; Robert McCoy, Office of Naval Research

Papers:
  3:30 PM
7.1
Report of Assessment Committee on National Space Weather Program
Louis J. Lanzerotti, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ

  Recorded presentation
  4:00 PM
7.2
Fractal statistics of Sun and IMF, a practical storm prediction tool
Donald E. Cotten, City University of New York, Bayside, NY; and T. D. Cheung, P. J. Marchese, G. Tremberger Jr., L. P. Johnson, S. A. Austin, G. Brathwaite, M. Chow, L. Corrales, J. Espinoza, and K. Leon

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (151.8 kB)
  4:15 PM
7.3
New Low-cost Microsatellites for Possible Space Weather Applications
Robert McCoy, Office of Naval Research, Arlington, VA

  Recorded presentation
  4:30 PM
7.4
Space science inputs to spacecraft design and anomaly resolution for high altitude spacecraft.
Thomas Paul O'Brien III, The Aerospace Corporation, Chantilly, VA; and J. Mazur and C. Tschan

  Recorded presentation
  4:45 PM
7.5
The SECCHI Experiment on the STEREO Mission
Simon P. Plunkett, NRL, Washington, DC; and R. A. Howard, J. D. Moses, A. Vourlidas, D. G. Socker, J. S. Newmark, J. W. Cook, J. Davila, J. Lemen, R. A. Harrison, C. J. Eyles, and J. M. Defise

  Recorded presentation
  5:00 PM
7.6
Space Weather and the Incidence of Reactive "Off-Cost" Operations in the PJM Power Grid
Kevin F. Forbes, Catholic Univ., Washington, DC; and C. St Cyr

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (345.3 kB)
  5:15 PM
7.7
Polar Mesospheric Cloud Prediction and Observation
Michael J. Kendra, AER, Lexington, MA; and J. M. Griffin

  Recorded presentation
  5:30 PM
7.8
Study of tropospheric turbulence using observation of shadow bands during a total solar eclipse
Hari Om Vats, Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India

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


Panel Discussion 2
Panel on Participatory Action Research methodology and applications Part 2
Location: 209 (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: Second Symposium on Policy and Socio-economic Research
Moderator: Shirley Laska, Center for Hazards Assessment
Panelists: Peter Park, University of Massachusetts; James Kunde, University of Texas at Arlington; Kristina Peterson, University of New Orleans- CHART

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


Sessions end for the day

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


Symposium Ends

Wednesday, 17 January 2007

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Wed 17 Jan

8:30 AM-8:50 AM: Wednesday, 17 January 2007


Registration and Coffee
Location: 208 (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)

8:30 AM-9:15 AM: Wednesday, 17 January 2007


3
Career Session
Location: 205 (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: 35th Conference on Broadcast Meteorology
Chair: Sean Sublette, WSET Television

Papers:
  8:30 AM
3.1
Broadcast Meteorology and the supply of weather forecasts: an exploration
Daniel Sutter, Univ. of Texas/Pan American, Edinburg, TX

  Recorded presentation
  8:45 AM
3.2
Broadcast Meteorology-How are we doing in 2006? Survey Results
Mark A. Reynolds, WJHL-TV, Johnson City, TN

8:30 AM-9:30 AM: Wednesday, 17 January 2007


1
Overview of connections between mesoscale processes and climate variability
Location: 206B (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: Symposium on Connections Between Mesoscale Processes and Climate Variability
Chair: F. Martin Ralph, NOAA/ESRL/PSD

Papers:
  8:30 AM
1.1
Mesoscale processes in precipitation systems (Invited)
Richard Rotunno, NCAR, Boulder, CO

  Recorded presentation
  9:00 AM
1.2
Multi-scale Interactions During the North American Monsoon (Invited)
Wayne Higgins, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/CPC, Camp Springs, MD; and D. J. Gochis

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.2 MB)

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


2
Effects of Meteorology on Atmospheric Chemistry and Air Quality
Location: 212A (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: Ninth Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry
Chair: Daewon W. Byun, Institute for Multi-dimensional Air Quality Studies, University of Houston, Houston, TX

Papers:
  8:30 AM
2.1
Using Google Tools to Assimilate Atmospheric Chemistry and Meteorology Data
Perry J. Samson, Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

  Recorded presentation
  8:45 AM
2.2
Transition probabilities to characterize synoptic scale dynamics affecting local ozone composition
Scott Beaver, Bay Area Air Quality Management District, San Francisco, CA; and A. N. Palazoglu and S. Tanrikulu

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (508.1 kB)
  9:00 AM
2.3
Lake Breeze Effects on Air Quality in the Southern Ontario
Hong Lin, EC, Toronto, ON, Canada; and Q. Li, D. Sills, J. Brook, L. Alexander, and P. King

  9:15 AM
2.4
A Numerical Study of Influences of Land-Use Change on Chemical Species over the Pearl River Delta Region, China
Xuemei Wang, Sun Yat-sen Univ., Guangzhou, Guangdong, China; and W. Lin, L. Yang, R. Deng, and Z. L. Yang

  Recorded presentation
  9:30 AM
2.5
Pacific Northwest regional air quality modeling and analysis of nitrogen, sulfur, ozone, and mercury atmospheric deposition
Mathew Porter, Washington State Univ., Pullman, WA; and J. Vaughan, J. Chen, J. Avise, and B. Lamb

  Recorded presentation
  9:45 AM
2.6
Examining the sensitivity of meteorological and chemical predictions to explicit microphysics schemes
Ashley N. Queen, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC; and Y. Zhang

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (31.3 kB)

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)

5
Accuracy and Calibration of Instrumentation
Location: 207A (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: 14th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation
Chair: Paul M. Fransioli, J3AQM, LLC

Papers:
  8:30 AM
5.1
Use of the Consensus Reference Concept for Testing Radiosondes
Joseph Facundo, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and J. Fitzgibbon

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.1 MB)
  8:45 AM
5.2
Sources of unexpected inaccuracies in temperature measurements
Richard N. Berler, KGNS TV, Laredo, TX

  Recorded presentation
  9:00 AM
5.3
Recalibration of MSU satellites for improving accuracy of atmospheric climate trend detection
Cheng-Zhi Zou, NOAA/ORA, Camp Springs, MD

  Recorded presentation
  9:15 AM
5.4
Calibration and Use of Site-Specific Urban Weather Observations Data using Microscale Modeling
William J. Coirier, CFD Research Corporation, Huntsville, AL; and S. Kim, S. C. Ericson, and S. Marella

Poster PDF (286.5 kB)
  9:30 AM
5.5
An Overview of the Oklahoma City Urban Micronet Test Facility
Thomas E. Winning Jr., Oklahoma Climatololgical Survey, Norman, OK; and B. G. Illston, M. M. Ferris, and J. B. Basara

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (345.1 kB)
  9:45 AM
5.6
An analysis of peak wind speed data from collocated mechanical and ultrasonic anemometers
David A. Short, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan; and L. A. Wells, F. J. Merceret, and W. P. Roeder

http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/amu/

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (179.3 kB)

5
Satellite Data Applications
Location: 217D (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: Third Symposium on Future National Operational Environmental Satellites
Chair: Greg Mandt, NOAA/NESDIS

Papers:
  8:30 AM
5.1A
Introduction and Overview
Greg Mandt, NOAA/NESDIS, Greenbelt, MD

  Recorded presentation
  8:35 AM
5.1
AFWA Cloud Forecasting
John B. Eylander, Headquarters Air Force Weather Agency, Offutt AFB, NE

  Recorded presentation
  8:50 AM
5.2
Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center Operations Update
Michael Clancy, FNMOC, Monterey, CA

  Recorded presentation
  9:20 AM
5.3
The Transition of NASA EOS Datasets to WFO Operations: A Model for Future Technology Transfer
Christopher B. Darden, NOAA/NWS, Huntsville, AL; and J. E. Burks, G. J. Jedlovec, and S. L. Haines

  Recorded presentation
  9:35 AM
5.4
Satellite Applications for TC Analysis and Forecasting at NOAA/NHC
Lixion A. Avila, NOAA/NWS/TPC, Miami, FL

  Recorded presentation
  9:50 AM
5.5
Critical Dependences of Space Weather Services on Current and Future Operational Environmental Satellites
Thomas J. Bogdan, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Boulder, CO

  Recorded presentation

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)

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


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

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


Joint Session 1
Analyses and applications spanning broad time and space scales (Joint Session between the 19th Conference on Climate Variability and Change and the 16th Conference on Applied Climatology)
Location: 214C (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsors: (Joint between the 19th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; and the 16th Conference on Applied Climatology )
Chair: Mathew Barlow, Univ. of Massachusetts

Papers:
  8:30 AM
J1.1
The impact of the MJO-bridging the gap between weather and climate
Alexis Donald, Queensland Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries, Toowoomba, Qld, Australia; and S. M. Lennox, H. Meinke, and N. C. White

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (590.3 kB)
  8:45 AM
J1.2
Linking weather and climate across time scales-A case study in Altay
Zhuoting Wu, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ; and H. Zhang and B. Li

Poster PDF (147.9 kB)
  9:00 AM
J1.3
Reliable statistical inference for weather and climate
Alexander Gluhovsky, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN; and E. Agee

Poster PDF (83.6 kB)
  9:15 AM
J1.4
Mutual Information, Non-Gaussianity and Asymmetry of the joint distribution NAO-Winter Precipitation over the Euro-Atlantic Region
Carlos Alberto Pires, Univ. of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal; and R. P. Perdigão

  Recorded presentation
 
J1.5
Intercomparison of the Stratospheric Performance of NCEP-NCAR and ERA-40 Reanalyses

  9:45 AM
J1.6
Global sea surface temperatures and North American fire danger variability
Timothy J. Brown, DRI, Reno, Nevada; and B. L. Hall

  10:00 AM
J1.6A
Coffee Break in Meeting Room Foyer

  10:30 AM
J1.7
Evaluating IPCC rainfall and food aid tendencies for food insecure Africa
Chris C. Funk, USGS, Santa Barbara, CA; and J. Verdin and M. Brown

  Recorded presentation
  10:45 AM
J1.8
Desert dust storms in Northern China: a trajectory analysis for the last 25 years
Francesca Guarnieri, NRC/IBIMET-CNR, Florence, Italy; and M. Pasqui

  11:00 AM
J1.9
An Observational and Modeling Study of the Winter-to-Spring Transition in East Asia-Onset of the South China Spring Rain
LinHo, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan; and X. Huang and N. C. Lau

  11:15 AM
J1.10
A preliminary back-trajectory and air mass climatology for the Shenandoah Valley (Formerly J3.16 for Applied Climatology)
Robert E. Davis, Univ. of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA; and L. Sitka, D. M. Hondula, S. Gawtry, D. Knight, T. Lee, and J. Stenger

Poster PDF (1.1 MB)

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)

8:30 AM-11:45 AM: Wednesday, 17 January 2007


3
space borne lidars
Location: 207B (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: Third Symposium on LIDAR Atmospheric Applications
Chair: Pierre H. Flamant, LMD/IPSL
CoChair: David P. Donovan, KNMI

Papers:
  8:30 AM
3.1
A Review of Spaceborne Lidar and a Look to the Future
M. Patrick McCormick, Hampton Univ., Hampton, VA

  Recorded presentation
  9:00 AM
3.2
Atmospheric Science Results from the First Polar Orbiting Lidar in Space: the NASA Geoscience Laser Altimeter System
Stephen P. Palm, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and J. D. Spinhirne, W. D. Hart, and D. L. Hlavka

  Recorded presentation
  9:30 AM
3.3
First results from CALIOP
David M. Winker, NASA/LaRC, Hampton, VA

Poster PDF (271.5 kB)
  10:00 AM
3.3A
Coffee Break

  10:30 AM
3.4
ADM-Aeolus: ESA's Doppler Wind Lidar Mission
Paul Ingmann, ESA, Noordwijk, Zuid Holland, Netherlands; and D. Lajas

http://www.esa.int/esaLP/LPadmaeolus.html

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (552.5 kB)
  11:00 AM
3.5
Using Lidar and Radar data to develop an Ice Cloud Particle Effective Radius Parameterization (from Technique to Testing).
David P. Donovan, KNMI, De Bilt, Netherlands; and G. -. J. van Zadelhoff, E. van Meijaard, W. H. Knap, and R. Boers

  Recorded presentation
  11:15 AM
3.6
Global ice cloud microphysical property retrieval by combining CloudSat radar and CALIPSO lidar measurements
Zhien Wang, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY; and M. Vaughan and S. A. Young

  11:30 AM
3.7
Lidar validation of CALIPSO and OMI using ground-based sensors from REALM
Raymond M. Hoff, JCET/Univ. of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD; and O. Torres, R. Delgado, and R. Rogers

http://alg.umbc.edu

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (502.5 kB)

4
Prediction (Use of Climate Statistics in Forecasting)
Location: 206A (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: 16th Conference on Applied Climatology
Chair: Chris C. Funk, UCSB

Papers:
  8:30 AM
4.1
The Madden-Julian Oscillation and subseasonal prediction
Mathew A. Barlow, University of Massachusetts, Lowell, MA; and D. Salstein

  Recorded presentation
  8:45 AM
4.2
The Application of Climate Data Sets in Calibrating Ensemble Guidance for the Prediction of Hazardous Weather
David R. Bright, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/SPC, Norman, OK; and M. S. Wandishin, S. J. Weiss, R. S. Schneider, and J. T. Schaefer

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (248.1 kB)
  9:00 AM
4.3
Systematic errors effect on seasonal predictive skill
Mei Zhao, COLA, Calverton, MD; and T. M. DelSole, P. Dirmeyer, and B. Kirtman

  9:15 AM
4.4
Statistical Climate Prediction for the southwestern U.S.: A 7-Year Assessment
Klaus E. Wolter, NOAA/ERL/CDC, Boulder, CO

  9:30 AM
4.5
Relationships between Precipitation in Korea and Northwestern Pacific High during Spring
Sang-Un Han, Pukyong National Univ., Busan, South Korea; and H. R. Byun, D. W. Kim, and S. J. Lee

  9:45 AM
4.6
Integrating observation and statistical forecasts over sub-Saharan Africa to support Famine Early Warning
Chris C. Funk, Univ. of California, Santa Barbara, CA; and J. Verdin and G. Husak

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.4 MB)
  10:00 AM
4.6a
Coffee Break in Meeting Room Foyer

  10:30 AM
4.7
Extreme Value Analysis of global reanalysis data
Eric Gilleland, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and M. Pocernich, B. G. Brown, and H. E. Brooks

  10:45 AM
4.8
Extension of the CPC MJO Index to Forecast Mode
Qin Zhang, RS Information Systems, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/CPC, Camp Springs, MD; and J. Gottschalck and Y. Xue

http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/people/wd52qz/mjoindex/MJO_INDEX.html

Poster PDF (468.7 kB)
  11:00 AM
4.9
Evaluation of WRF's ability to predict the coverage of air-mass thunderstorms and applications to short-term forecasting
Cody L. Phillips, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. Pinto and R. M. Rasmussen

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (389.6 kB)
  11:15 AM
4.10
Consolidation of Multi Method Forecasts of Pacific SST
Malaquias Pena, SAIC and EMC/NCEP/NOAA, Camp Springs, MD; and H. M. Van den Dool, D. Unger, and P. Peng

  11:30 AM
4.11
A climatological study of nighttime rapidly developing low cloud ceilings in a stable environment
William H. Bauman III, ENSCO, Inc., Cocoa Beach, FL; and J. H. Barrett, III, J. L. Case, M. M. Wheeler, and G. W. Baggett

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (800.4 kB)

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


2
Linking Weather and Climate
Location: 214D (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: AMS Forum: Climate Change Manifested by Changes in Weather
Organizers: Randall M. Dole, NOAA-CIRES Climate Diagnostics Center; Richard B. Rood, University of Michigan

Papers:
  8:30 AM
2.1
Weather - Climate and Subseasonal Forecasting
Klaus M. Weickmann, NOAA/ESRL/PSD, Boulder, CO; and E. Berry

  Recorded presentation
  9:00 AM
2.2
Tropical cyclones, continental closed anticyclones and organized mesoscale systems as important links between high-impact weather and seasonal climate
Lance Bosart, SUNY, Albany, NY

  Recorded presentation
  9:30 AM
2.3
The Impact of Large-Scale Climate Variability on Weather
Siegfried D. Schubert, Global Modeling and Assimilation Office, Greenbelt, MD; and M. Suarez, P. Pegion, Y. Chang, and J. Bacmeister

  Recorded presentation
  10:00 AM
2.3A
Coffee Break

  10:30 AM
2.4
Coupling of water vapor convergence, clouds, precipitation and land-surface processes in the climate over land
Alan K. Betts, Atmospheric Research, Pittsford, VT

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (962.4 kB)
  11:00 AM
2.5
From Cloud Organization to Climate Sensitivity—The Cloud Object Approach
Kuan-Man Xu, NASA/LRC, Hampton, VA; and B. A. Wielicki and T. Wong

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (105.0 kB)
  11:30 AM
2.6
Predictability and Forecast Skill of the Madden-Julian Oscillation
Duane Edward Waliser, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and J. L. Li, S. D. Schubert, B. P. Kirtman, H. L. Pan, and A. Vintzileos

  Recorded presentation
  11:45 AM
2.7
A unified approach to weather, climate, and earth-system prediction for the 21st century
Melvyn A. Shapiro, NOAA/ERL/ETL, Boulder, CO

  Recorded presentation

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
J3.1
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
J3.2
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
J3.3
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

  Recorded presentation
  9:30 AM
J3.4
Climatic aspects of hydrometeorology and water resources – the role of drought (INVITED)
Dennis P. Lettenmaier, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

  10:00 AM
J3.4a
Coffee Break

  10:30 AM
J3.5
When model results and observations disagree . . .
Andrew A. Lacis, NASA/GISS, New York, NY

  10:45 AM
J3.6
Extreme Floods in Urban Watersheds (INVITED)
James A. Smith, Princeton Univ., Princeton, NJ

  Recorded presentation
  11:15 AM
J3.7
Cool season heavy rainfall events over west central Florida
Charles H. Paxton, NOAA/NWSFO, Ruskin, FL; and A. Reynes and J. C. McMichael

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (675.2 kB)
  11:30 AM
J3.8
An Examination of Central Gulf Coast Rainfall Quantities to Characterize the Hydrologic Impacts of Gulf of Mexico Tropical Systems
Suzanne Van Cooten, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK

  Recorded presentation
  11:45 AM
J3.9
Effect of Mean Midtropospheric Winds on Monthly Precipitation Anomolies in the Central Rocky Mountain Region
Donna F. Tucker, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS

  Recorded presentation

8:30 AM-12:15 PM: Wednesday, 17 January 2007


6
Atmospheric Observations
Location: 210B (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: 11th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)
Chair: Frank Marks, NOAA/AOML/HRD

Papers:
  8:30 AM
6.1
Development and Evolution of a Tropical Storm System: Year 2005 Hurricane Katrina Case History
Ayorinde O. Idowu, University of Houston, Houston, TX

  8:45 AM
6.2
GFDL model output comparisons with surface wind observations for hurricane Ivan 2004
Isha M. Renta-López, Howard University, Washington, DC; and M. D. Powell and V. R. Morris

  9:00 AM
6.3
Observed integrated moisture fields within tropical storm systems
John J. Braun, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and T. Van Hove and T. Mayo

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (657.7 kB)
  9:15 AM
6.3
Simulating MODIS solar channels under cloudy condition using newly developed fast radiative transfer model
Jianguo Niu, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; and P. Yang

  Recorded presentation
  9:30 AM
6.4
AIRS observations of tropospheric humidity: how well do the models compare?
David W. Pierce, SIO/Univ. Of California, La Jolla, CA; and T. P. Barnett, E. J. Fetzer, P. J. Gleckler, and A. J. Braverman

  9:45 AM
6.5
Extending satellite microwave humidity retrievals from ocean to land
John M. Forsythe, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and S. Q. Kidder, K. M. Donofrio, A. S. Jones, and T. H. Vonder Haar

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (673.2 kB)
  10:00 AM
6.5a
Coffee Break in Meeting Room Foyer

  10:30 AM
6.6
Improved AIRS/AMSU soundings and error estimates
Joel Susskind, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and R. M. Atlas

  Recorded presentation
  10:45 AM
6.7
Atmosphere heat fluxes estimated from Terra and Aqua satellites
Alice Fan, SAIC, Hampton, VA; and B. Lin

  11:00 AM
6.8
CH4 in the atmosphere over the peatland ecosystem of West Siberia retrieved from AIRS/AQUA spectra
K. G. Gribanov, Ural State Univ., Yekaterinburg, Russia; and R. Imasu, A. Y. Toptygin, W. Bleuten, A. V. Naumov, A. V. Yevtyushkin, E. A. Dyukarev, and V. I. Zakharov

  11:15 AM
6.9
Early Results from the COSMIC/FORMOSAT-3 Mission
Ying-Hwa Kuo, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and C. Rocken, W. Schreiner, and R. A. Anthes

  Recorded presentation
  11:30 AM
6.10
Determining the accuracy and representativeness of wind profiler data
Ralph A. Petersen, CIMSS/University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and K. M. Bedka

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (125.1 kB)
  11:45 AM
6.11
Potential impacts of a space-based Doppler Wind Lidar
G. D. Emmitt, Simpson Weather Associates, Charlottesville, VA; and J. Terry and R. Atlas

 
6.12
Hyperspectral Applications of Geostationary Satellite Remotely Sensed Data

8:30 AM-5:00 PM: Wednesday, 17 January 2007


5
Data Impact Tests and Observing System Simulation Experiments (OSSE)
Location: 212B (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: 11th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)
Cochairs: G. David Emmitt, Simpson Weather Associates, Inc.; Ward R. Seguin, NOAA/OAR

Papers:
  8:30 AM
5.1
The use of global AIRS hyperspectral observations in numerical weather prediction
John F. Le Marshall, Bureau of Meteorology, Docklands, Victoria, Australia; and J. Jung, T. H. Zapotocny, W. L. Smith, D. K. Zhou, J. Derber, R. Treadon, S. Lord, M. Goldberg, and W. Wolf

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (145.3 kB)
  8:45 AM
5.2
Use of the ensemble Kalman filter in a global coupled seasonal prediction system: impact on prediction skill and other issues
Christian L. Keppenne, SAIC, Greenbelt, MD; and M. M. Rienecker, R. M. Kovach, J. Marshak, and J. P. Jacob

  Recorded presentation
  9:00 AM
5.3
Ensemble data assimilation of satellite radiances
Jeffrey Whitaker, NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and T. M. Hamill

  9:15 AM
5.4
Improved analyses and forecasts with AIRS retrievals using the local ensemble transform Kalman filter
Hong Li, Shanghai Typhoon Institute, Shanghai, China, Shanghai, China; and J. Liu, E. Fertig, E. Kalnay, J. Aravequia, I. Szunyogh, E. J. Kostelich, and R. Todling

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (352.9 kB)
  9:30 AM
5.5
Impact of ground-based GPS observations on the Canadian Regional Analysis and Forecast System
Stephen R. Macpherson, MSC, Dorval, QC, Canada; and G. Deblonde, J. Aparicio, and B. Casati

Poster PDF (712.0 kB)
  9:45 AM
5.6
The impact of data interaction on targeted observations with a 4D-Var data assimilation and forecast system
Dacian N. Daescu, Portland State University, Portland, OR; and I. M. Navon, S. Akella, and G. Erlebacher

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (420.7 kB)
  10:00 AM
Coffee Break in Meeting Room Foyer

  10:30 AM
5.7
The influence of observations on 1-10 day forecasts
Daniel Hodyss, NRL, Monterey, CA; and S. J. Majumdar

  Recorded presentation
  10:45 AM
5.8
Evaluation of WINDSAT surface wind data and its impact on ocean surface wind analyses and numerical weather prediction
Robert Atlas, NOAA/AOML, Miami, FL; and O. Reale, J. Ardizzone, J. Terry, J. -. C. Jusem, E. Brin, D. Bungato, and J. F. Le Marshall

Poster PDF (843.3 kB)
  11:00 AM
5.9
Analysis of Hurricanes Using Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) and COSMIC Satellite Data
Patrick J. Fitzpatrick, Geosystems Research Institute, Stennis Space Center, MS; and Q. Xiao, G. J. Holland, Y. H. Kuo, J. J. Cione, and C. M. Hill

  Recorded presentation
  11:15 AM
5.10
Applications in exploiting Synthetic Aperture Radar for hurricane initialization and simulation
Weizhong Zheng, QSS Group, Inc., Lanham, MD; and X. Li, C. Z. Zou, and W. G. Pichel

  Recorded presentation
  11:30 AM
5.11
The Impact of Low-Cost Lagrangian Drifters on Tropical Cyclone Analyses and Forecasts
Joe Dreher, ENSCO Inc., Cocoa Beach, FL; and J. Manobianco

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (602.4 kB)
  11:45 AM
5.12
The challenges of transferring observation research to operations
Ward R. Seguin, NOAA/OAR, Silver Spring, MD; and M. Uhart

  12:00 PM
Lunch Break (Cash & Carry available in the Exhibit Hall)

  1:30 PM
5.13
The impact of assimilating radar and SCAN data on a WRF simulation of a Mississippi Delta squall line
Patrick J. Fitzpatrick, Geosystems Research Institute, Stennis Space Center, MS; and Q. Xiao, J. Sun, E. Lim, C. M. Hill, Y. Li, N. Tran, and J. L. Dyer

  Recorded presentation
  1:45 PM
5.14
Sensitivity of Surface Analyses to RAWS observations
John D. Horel, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and D. Myrick

  2:00 PM
5.15
The Sensitivity of PBL Parameterizations Modeled by MM5 to Various Surface and Boundary Layer Parameters and their Impact on a Unique Satellite Data Assimilation Technique
Scott M. Mackaro, Metropolitan State College of Denver, Denver, CO

  Recorded presentation
  2:15 PM
5.16
Initialization of Hurricane Jeanne (2004) Using Airborne Doppler Radar Data
Qingnong Xiao, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and C. Davis, X. Zhang, J. Tuttle, G. Holland, and Y. H. Kuo

  Recorded presentation
  2:30 PM
Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

  4:00 PM
5.17
Impacts of assimilating Aura OMI and HIRDLS ozone on the NCEP Global Forecast System
Shuntai Zhou, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/CPC, Camp Springs, MD; and C. S. Long, A. J. Miller, L. E. Flynn, and T. Beck

 
5.18
An experimental framework for the evaluation of adaptive algorithms for observation thinning in data assimilation

  4:30 PM
5.19
The interaction between model resolution, observation resolution and observation density in data assimilation: a two-dimensional study
Vladimir Bondarenko, University of Constance, Constance, Germany; and T. Ochotta, D. Saupe, and W. Wergen

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (335.8 kB)
  4:45 PM
5.20
An OSSE study of TAMDAR data impact on mesoscale data assimilation and prediction
Yubao Liu, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and N. A. Jacobs, W. Yu, T. T. Warner, S. P. Swerdlin, and M. Anderson

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (446.9 kB)

8:50 AM-9:00 AM: Wednesday, 17 January 2007


Welcome Address. Susan Tarbell, Chair, Atmospheric Science Librarians International (ASLI)
Location: 208 (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: The Tenth Annual Atmospheric Science Librarians International (ASLI) Conference

9:00 AM-9:15 AM: Wednesday, 17 January 2007


ASLI Introductions
Location: 208 (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)

9:00 AM-10:00 AM: Wednesday, 17 January 2007


Joint Session 1
Town Hall Meeting (Joint between Sixth Communications and the Second Symposium on Policy and Socio-Economic Research
Location: 209 (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsors: (Joint between the Sixth Communications Workshop; and the Second Symposium on Policy and Socio-economic Research )

Papers:
  9:00 AM
J1.1
Completing the Forecast: Characterizing and Communicating Uncertainty for Better Decisions Using Weather and Climate Forecasts (2006)
Ray Ban, The Weather Channel, Atlanta, GA

9:15 AM-9:45 AM: Wednesday, 17 January 2007


Panel Discussion 1
Career Panel; Ask the Experts
Location: 205 (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: 35th Conference on Broadcast Meteorology
Moderator: Jay Prater, KAKE-TV
Panelists: Larry M. & Stephanie W. Rickel, Broadcast Image Group; Patrick McCreery, News Director, KPTV; Terry Crofoot, Terry Crofoot Group; Gary Koelfgen, KABB-TV; Jim Boyle, KSAT-TV

Papers:
  9:15 AM
Ask the Experts I
Larry M. & Stephanie W. Rickel, Broadcast Image Group, San Antonio, TX

  9:20 AM
Ask the Experts II
Patrick McCreery, News Director, KPTV, Portland, OR

  9:25 AM
Ask the Experts III
Terry Crofoot, Terry Crofoot Group, Calabasas, CA

  9:30 AM
Ask the Experts IV
Gary Koelfgen, KABB-TV, San Antonio, TX

  9:35 AM
Ask the Experts V
Jim Boyle, KSAT-TV, San Antonio, TX

  9:40 AM
Panel Discussion

9:25 AM-9:45 AM: Wednesday, 17 January 2007


1
ASLI History
Location: 208 (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: The Tenth Annual Atmospheric Science Librarians International (ASLI) Conference
Moderator: Susan Tarbell, Librarian, Air Force Weather Technical Library

Papers:
  9:25 AM
1.1
Celebrating Ten Years of Learning and Networking - The Atmospheric Science Librarians International
Madeleine Needles, Librarian, MIT Haystack Observatory, Westford, MA; and J. Triplehorn, M. Latyszewskyj, and E. Poole-Kober

  Recorded presentation

9:30 AM-2:30 PM: Wednesday, 17 January 2007


2
Mesoscale and global-scale phenomena important to regional climate
Location: 206B (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: Symposium on Connections Between Mesoscale Processes and Climate Variability
Chair: F. Martin Ralph, NOAA/ESRL/PSD

Papers:
  9:30 AM
2.1
Dynamical effect of land surface processes on summer precipitation over the United States and Mexico (Invited)
Kingtse Mo, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Camp Springs, MD; and W. Wu

  Recorded presentation
  10:00 AM
2.1A
Coffee Break

  10:30 AM
2.2
Meteorological characteristics and over-land impacts of atmospheric rivers affecting the West Coast of North America based on eight years of SSM/I satellite observations (Invited)
Paul J. Neiman, NOAA/Earth System Research Laboratory/Physical Sciences Division, Boulder, CO; and F. M. Ralph, G. Wick, J. D. Lundquist, M. D. Dettinger, and D. R. Cayan

  Recorded presentation
  10:45 AM
2.3
The diurnal cycle of warm season rainfall and its relationship to the genesis and propagation of mesoscale events. (Invited)
R. E. Carbone, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and C. C. Chen, T. D. Keenan, A. G. Laing, V. Levizzani, A. J. Pereira, and J. D. Tuttle

  Recorded presentation
  11:00 AM
2.4
Mesoscale disturbances on the periphery of closed anticyclones: A link between mesoscale processes and climate variability
Thomas J. Galarneau Jr., SUNY, Albany, NY; and L. Bosart

  Recorded presentation
  11:15 AM
2.5
Local minimum of tropical cyclogenesis in the eastern Caribbean Sea.
Owen H. Shieh, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY; and S. J. Colucci

  Recorded presentation
  11:30 AM
2.6
Evidence of forcing of Arctic regional climates by mesoscale processes
P. Ola G. Persson, CIRES and NOAA/ESRL/PSD, Boulder, CO; and R. Stone

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.1 MB)
  11:45 AM
2.7
An Investigation of the Climatic Variability and Forcing of Lake Champlain Lake-Effect Snow Systems
Neil Laird, Hobart & William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY; and J. Desrochers and M. Payer

  12:00 PM
2.7A
Lunch Break (Cash & Carry available in the Exhibit Hall)

  1:30 PM
2.8
Self Similarity and Scale Interactions in Organized Tropical Convection (Invited)
George N. Kiladis, NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory, Boulder, CO

  Recorded presentation
  2:00 PM
2.9
Westerly wind burst, MJO, and ENSO
Chidong Zhang, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and J. Zavala-Garay

  Recorded presentation
  2:15 PM
2.10
Interactions between oceanic tropical instability waves and the tropical atmosphere from multi-year satellite observations
Qiaoyan Wu, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and K. P. Bowman

  Recorded presentation

9:45 AM-10:30 AM: Wednesday, 17 January 2007


2
Key Note Speakers
Location: 208 (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: The Tenth Annual Atmospheric Science Librarians International (ASLI) Conference
Chair: Jean Phillips, Librarian, Univ. of Wisconsin

Papers:
  9:45 AM
2.1
Observations from the "Bridge to Knowledge" by The Weather Guys
Steven Ackerman, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. E. Martin

  Recorded presentation

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


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

10:30 AM-10:35 AM: Wednesday, 17 January 2007


1
General Introduction
Location: 217C (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: Certified Consulting Meteorologists Forum

Papers:
  10:30 AM
1.1
Session Agenda and signficance of being elected an Honorary Member
Gerald J. Mulvey, Northrop Grumman Corporation, Redondo Beach, CA

  Recorded presentation

10:30 AM-10:45 AM: Wednesday, 17 January 2007


Coffee Break
Location: 208 (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)

10:30 AM-11:15 AM: Wednesday, 17 January 2007


Joint Session 3
Communicating Uncertainty (Joint with 2nd Policy Symposium, 35th Conference on Broadcast Meteorology and 6th Communications Workshop)
Location: 205 (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsors: (Joint between the 35th Conference on Broadcast Meteorology; the Second Symposium on Policy and Socio-economic Research; and the Sixth Communications Workshop )
Chair: Veronica Johnson, NBC4

Papers:
  10:30 AM
J3.1
Communicating Uncertainty-A Policy and News Media Issue
Rebecca E. Morss, NCAR, Boulder, CO

  Recorded presentation
  10:45 AM
J3.2
Weather[sic] or Not we Know for Sure
Timothy A. Cohn, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA

  Recorded presentation
  11:00 AM
J3.3
7-Day, 10-Day, 14-Day Forecasts: How far can we go?
Glenn Schwartz, NBC10 - Philadelphia, Bala Cynwyd, PA

  Recorded presentation

10:30 AM-12:00 PM: Wednesday, 17 January 2007


6
Climate and Science Implications
Location: 217D (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: Third Symposium on Future National Operational Environmental Satellites
Chair: Grant Aufderhaar, Department of Defense/Aerospace Corp.

Papers:
  10:30 AM
6.1A
Introduction and Overview
Grant Aufderhaar, Department of Defense/Aerospace Corp.

  Recorded presentation
 
6.1
U.S. Climate Change Program: An Update on Progress and Future Challenges

  10:50 AM
6.2
Climate Capabilites with Restructured NPOESS
Thomas R. Karl, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and J. J. Bates, B. R. Barkstrom, C. J. Koblinsky, and M. D. Goldberg

  Recorded presentation
  11:20 AM
6.3
From EOS, through NPP, to NPOESS: The Satellite Climate Data Record
James Gleason, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and J. Butler

  Recorded presentation
  11:50 AM
6.4
The Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation (JCSDA) - Helping to Improve Climate, Weather, Ocean and Air Quality Forecasts and the Accuracy of Climate Data Sets
John F. LeMarshall, JCSDA, Camp Springs, MD; and S. Lord, M. M. Rienecker, P. Phoebus, J. Jung, J. Derber, M. Goldberg, F. Weng, L. P. Riishojgaard, and J. G. Yoe

  Recorded presentation

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)

10:30 AM-2:15 PM: Wednesday, 17 January 2007


3
Air Quality Forecasting
Location: 212A (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: Ninth Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry
Cochairs: Steven E. Peckham, NOAA/ESRL/GSD and CIRES-Univ. of Colorado; Robert A. Elleman, Univ. of Washington

Papers:
  10:30 AM
3.1
NOAA-EPA's National Air Quality Forecast Capability: Testing Expanded Capabilities
Paula M. Davidson, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and J. T. McQueen, R. Mathur, R. Draxler, R. A. Wayland, N. Seaman, and K. Carey

  10:45 AM
3.2
Update to and Recent Performance of the NAM-CMAQ Modeling system at NCEP operations
Jeffery T. McQueen, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Camp Springs, MD; and P. C. Lee, M. Tsidulko, S. Lu, G. DiMego, P. M. Davidson, and N. Seaman

  11:00 AM
3.3
PBL and ozone verification in NAM-CMAQ modeling system at NCEP
Marina Tsidulko, SAIC/NOAA/NCEP/EMC, Camp Springs, MD; and G. Dimego, M. Ek, J. McQueen, and P. C. Lee

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (658.4 kB)
  11:15 AM
3.4
On the development of linkage in the vertical coordinate between the WRF-NMM and CMAQ models
Hsin-mu Lin, STC and NOAA/ARL/ERL, Research Triangle Park, NC; and R. Mathur, T. L. Otte, P. C. Lee, and J. Pleim

 
3.5
An Examination of WRF/Chem: Physical Schemes, Nesting Options, and Grid Resolutions

  11:45 AM
3.6
Review of 2006 Numerical Air Quality Prediction Performance at Baron Advanced Meteorological Systems
John McHenry, Baron Advanced Meteorological Systems, Raleigh, NC; and D. T. Olerud, W. T. Smith, J. Vukovich, R. E. Imhoff, and C. J. Coats

  Recorded presentation
  12:00 PM
3.6a
Lunch Break (Cash & Carry Available in the Exhibit Hall)

  1:30 PM
3.7
Evaluation of the Airpact-3 Regional Air Quality Forecast System for Ozone and Speciated Aerosols
Jack Chen, Washington State Univ., Pullman, WA; and J. Vaughan, M. Porter, J. Avise, and B. Lamb

  Recorded presentation
  1:45 PM
3.8
AIRNow-Tech and AIRNow Gateway: A researcher's resource for air quality data
Timothy S. Dye, Sonoma Technology, Inc., Petaluma, CA; and N. D. Conatser, A. Chan, S. A. Jackson, J. E. White, and P. Dickerson

  Recorded presentation
  2:00 PM
3.9
Constraining tropospheric CO using ensemble-based data assimilation
Avelino F. Arellano Jr., NCAR, Boulder, CO; and K. Raeder, J. Anderson, and P. Hess

  Recorded presentation

10:35 AM-10:45 AM: Wednesday, 17 January 2007


2
How CCM makes a difference
Location: 217C (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: Certified Consulting Meteorologists Forum

Papers:
  10:35 AM
2.1
Why be a CCM?
Elliot Abrams, AccuWeather Inc., State College, PA

  Recorded presentation
  10:40 AM
2.2
The CCM Designation, Why I Obtained It, and What It Means to Me
Robert Baxter, T&B Sytems, Inc., Valencia, CA

  Recorded presentation

10:45 AM-11:00 AM: Wednesday, 17 January 2007


3
How the CCM Program Works
Location: 217C (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: Certified Consulting Meteorologists Forum

Papers:
  10:45 AM
3.1
Certified Consulting Meteorologist (CCM) Program
Jill Hasling, Weather Research Center, Houston, TX

  Recorded presentation
  10:55 AM
3.2
AMS Professional Development Program
Corinne Kazarosian, AMS, Boston, MA; and K. Savoie

  Recorded presentation

10:45 AM-11:15 AM: Wednesday, 17 January 2007


3
The Language of Atmospheric Science
Location: 208 (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: The Tenth Annual Atmospheric Science Librarians International (ASLI) Conference
Chair: Madeleine Needles, Librarian, MIT Haystack Observatory

Papers:
  10:45 AM
A Climate Lexicon
Alan E. Stewart, Univ. of Georgia, Athens, GA

  Recorded presentation

11:00 AM-11:30 AM: Wednesday, 17 January 2007


Panel Discussion 1
How the CCM Program Works
Location: 217C (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: Certified Consulting Meteorologists Forum
Panelists: Peter Robinson, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Jack Henz, HDR, Inc.; James Giraytys, SHENAIR Institute, James Madison Univ.; Walter A. Lyons, FMA Research Inc.

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


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

11:15 AM-12:00 PM: Wednesday, 17 January 2007


Joint Panel Discussion 1
Is Any Number Better Than No Number? (Joint between Sixth Communications, 35th Broadcast Conference, and the Second Symposium on Policy and Socio-Economic Research)
Location: 205 (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsors: (Joint between the 35th Conference on Broadcast Meteorology; the Second Symposium on Policy and Socio-economic Research; and the Sixth Communications Workshop )
Moderator: Veronica Johnson, NBC4
Panelists: Larry Rickel, The Broadcast Image Group; Stephanie Rickel, The Broadcast Image Group; Patrick McCreery, News Director, KPTV; Gary Koelfgen, KABB-TV

11:15 AM-3:00 PM: Wednesday, 17 January 2007


4
The History of Atmospheric Science
Location: 208 (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: The Tenth Annual Atmospheric Science Librarians International (ASLI) Conference
Cochairs: Jean Phillips, Librarian, Univ. of Wisconsin; Jinny Nathans, AMS

Papers:
  11:15 AM
4.1
40 Years of Observations from Geostationary Orbit
W. Paul Menzel, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

  Recorded presentation
  11:45 AM
Lunch Break

  1:00 PM
4.2
George Washington Carver as a Volunteer Weather Observer
Doria B. Grimes, NOAA Central Library (Retired), Silver Spring, MD

  Recorded presentation
  1:30 PM
4.3
The Papers of Guy Stewart Callendar: A digital archive on DVD
James Rodger Fleming, Colby College, Waterville, ME

  Recorded presentation
  2:00 PM
4.4
Data from the other side of the world, but...what shall we do with the paper?
Christine Sherratt, Lindgren Library, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA

  Recorded presentation
  2:30 PM
4.5
Break -- Join Susan Tarbell, ASLI Chair; Keith Seitter, AMS Executive Director and ASLI members at the ASLI Booth during the break for a special cake-cutting ceremony in celebration of ASLI’s 10th Anniversary.

11:15 AM-5:30 PM: Wednesday, 17 January 2007


5A
The diurnal cycle
Location: 214B (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: 19th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Chair: Kenneth R. Sperber, LLNL

Papers:
  11:15 AM
5A.1
Coupling of the diurnal cycle to the cloud field and surface radiation fluxes
Alan K. Betts, Atmospheric Research, Pittsford, VT

  Recorded presentation
  11:30 AM
5A.2
Diurnal cycles of cloud forcing of the surface radiation budget
Pamela E. Mlynczak, SAIC, Hampton, VA; and G. L. Smith, P. W. Stackhouse Jr., and J. C. Mikovitz

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (731.0 kB)
  11:45 AM
5A.3
Comparison of diurnal cycle of outgoing longwave flux from ERBE measurements with a climate model
G. Louis Smith, National Institute of Aerospace, Hampton, VA; and A. Slingo and P. E. Mlynczak

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.3 MB)
  12:00 PM
5A.3A
Lunch Break (Cash and Carry available in the Exhibit Hall)

  1:30 PM
5A.4
A Comparison of the Diurnal Cycle of Precipitation in Several High-resolution Satellite Datasets and Surface Observations
Aiguo Dai, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and X. Lin and K. L. Hsu

  Recorded presentation
  1:45 PM
5A.5
Impacts of diurnal variations in sea-surface temperature on deep convection over tropical oceans
Philip Cunningham, Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL; and C. A. Clayson

  Recorded presentation
 
5A.6
Diurnal variability of the tropical upper ocean and its climate impacts

  2:15 PM
5A.6A
A Diurnal Radiative Forcing of Dust Aerosols over East Asia
Ji-Young Kim, University of Albany/SUNY, Albany, NY; and W. C. Wang

  2:30 PM
5A.7
Modulation of Diurnal Cycle of Tropical Convective Clouds by the MJO
Baijun Tian, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and D. Waliser and E. Fetzer

  Recorded presentation
  2:45 PM
5A.7A
Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

  4:15 PM
5A.8
Influence of Sea-Surface Temperature on the Diurnal Cycle of the North American Monsoon System
Pingping Xie, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/CPC, Camp Springs, MD; and W. Wang, V. E. Kousky, W. Shi, and W. Higgins

  4:30 PM
5A.9
Diurnal Cycle Variations if Precipitation over the Americas
John E. Janowiak, NWS/NCEP/CPC, Camp Springs, MD; and V. Kousky and R. Joyce

  Recorded presentation
  4:45 PM
5A.10
Variations in the daily cycle along the Gulf of California during NAME 2004
Leslie M. Hartten, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado and NOAA/ESRL/PSD, Boulder, CO; and L. M. Rodriguez-Manzanet, P. Zuidema, and R. H. Johnson

  Recorded presentation
  5:00 PM
5A.11
Simulations of Warm Season Diurnal Cycle of Precipitation over the Continental United States and Northern Mexico in General Circulation Models
Myong-In Lee, UMBC/GEST, Greenbelt, MD; and S. Schubert, M. J. Suarez, I. M. Held, A. Kumar, J. E. Schemm, N. C. Lau, J. J. Ploshay, H. K. Kim, T. L. Bell, and S. H. Yoo

  Recorded presentation
  5:15 PM
5A.12
Diurnal variations of upper and middle tropospheric humidity and their relations to convective activities over tropical Africa from Meteosat-8 measurements
B. J. Sohn, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea; and E. S. Chung, J. Schmetz, and M. Koenig

  5:30 PM
5A.13
The Diurnal Cycle of Convection in the IPCC AR4 Models
Kenneth R. Sperber, LLNL/PCMDI, Livermore, CA

  Recorded presentation

11:30 AM-12:00 PM: Wednesday, 17 January 2007


4
Special Presentations
Location: 217C (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: Certified Consulting Meteorologists Forum

Papers:
  11:30 AM
4.1
Early History of the CCM Program
William Haggard, LLC, Asheville, NC

  Recorded presentation
  11:40 AM
4.2
The Certified Consulting Meteorologist as Forensic Scientist
Phil Falconer, Falconer Weather Information Service, LLC, Scotia, NY

  Recorded presentation
  11:50 AM
4.2
Certified Consulting Meteorologist (CCM): Making a Difference Now and into the Future!
Robert Iwanchuk, ENSR, Westford, MA; and J. Henz

  Recorded presentation

11:30 AM-5:30 PM: Wednesday, 17 January 2007


5B
Session Co-Sponsored by the Interaction of the Sea and Atmosphere
Location: 214C (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: 19th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Chair: Lisan Yu, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Papers:
  11:30 AM
5B.1
Variability of Sea-Air Interactions Associated with Tropical Cyclone/Hurricane Katrina
R. Suseela Reddy, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS; and A. Surakanti, H. Chekuru, M. Benjamin, and R. Karim

Poster PDF (548.3 kB)
  11:45 AM
5B.2
The response of Arctic sea ice to the North Pacific Oscillation
Megan Linkin, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD; and S. Nigam

  Recorded presentation
  12:00 PM
5B.2A
Lunch Break (Cash & Carry available in the Exhibit Hall)

  1:30 PM
5B.3
Paper 5B.3 has been moved. New Poster Number is JP2.25

  1:45 PM
5B.4
Roles of the MJO in the development of Oceanic Kelvin waves and ENSO
Paul E. Roundy, SUNY, Albany, NY

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (716.6 kB)
  2:00 PM
5B.5
Paper 5B.5 Moved. New Paper Number JP4.28

  2:15 PM
5B.6
Observed relationships between large-scale atmospheric variability and sea-surface temperatures in the Southern Hemisphere
Laura M. Ciasto, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and D. W. J. Thompson

  Recorded presentation
  2:30 PM
5B.6A
Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

  4:00 PM
5B.7
Influence of mean climate on simulation of ENSO
Xiaohua Pan, George Mason Univ./COLA, Beltsville, MD; and B. Huang and J. Shukla

  4:15 PM
5B.8
ENSO and associated overturning circulations from enhanced ENSO and associated overturning circulations from enhanced greenhouse gases
Zhengqing Ye Jr., University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada; and W. W. Hsieh Sr.

  Recorded presentation
  4:30 PM
5B.9
Effects of a diurnal sea surface temperature on surface fluxes and atmospheric variability
Christine Haman, University of Houston, Houston, TX; and C. A. Clayson

  Recorded presentation
  4:45 PM
5B.10
Decadal change in the tropical Pacific Ocean
Hye-Rim Kim, Yonsei Univ., Seoul, South Korea; and S. I. An

Poster PDF (960.7 kB)
  5:00 PM
5B.11
A model composite assessment of the enhancement of Arctic warming by sea ice retreat
Colin P. Murray, IARC, Fairbanks, AK; and J. E. Walsh

  Recorded presentation
  5:15 PM
5B.12
Large eddy simulation of coherent structures in cold air outbreaks
Ernest Agee, Purdue Univeristy, West Lafayette, IN; and B. MacCall and A. Gluhovsky

Poster PDF (414.6 kB)

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


Close of the Forum
Location: 217C (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Chair: Gerald J. Mulvey, Northrop Grumman Corporation

12:00 PM-1:00 PM: Wednesday, 17 January 2007


Panel Discussion 1
The Intersection of Congress, Satellites, and the User Community-Luncheon Speaker
Location: 217D (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: Third Symposium on Future National Operational Environmental Satellites
Speaker: Eric Webster, ITT Corp

Papers:
  12:00 PM
The Intersection of Congress, Satellites, and the User Community
Eric Webster, ITT Corp, Vienna, VA

  Recorded presentation

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Wednesday, 17 January 2007


Lunch Break (Cash & Carry available in the Exhibit Hall)
Location: Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center

1:30 PM-2:30 PM: Wednesday, 17 January 2007


4
Detection and Attribution of Regional Climate Change
Location: 214D (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: AMS Forum: Climate Change Manifested by Changes in Weather
Organizers: Randall M. Dole, NOAA/CIRES/CDC; Richard B. Rood, Univ. of Michigan

Papers:
  1:30 PM
4.1
Simulation of ocean circulation and heat content changes attributable to increasing greenhouse gases and aerosols
Thomas L. Delworth, NOAA/GFDL, Princeton, NJ

  2:00 PM
4.2
Attributing regional climate variations to tropical SST changes
Prashant Sardeshmukh, NOAA/ESRL/PSD, CDC/CIRES, Boulder, CO


4
Old Shows & New Ideas
Location: 205 (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: 35th Conference on Broadcast Meteorology
Chair: Ronald A. Hearst, KYTV

Papers:
  1:30 PM
4.1
30 years of the "Alaska Weather" show
Jim Peronto, NOAA/NWS, Anchorage, AK

  1:45 PM
4.2
Cascading weather and climate forecasts—“The Weather World story”
Jeffrey M. Warner, Penn State Univ., University Park, PA; and P. G. Knight

  Recorded presentation
  2:00 PM
4.3
Broadcast Meteorologist and Forensic Meteorology-Bridging the Gap
Gregory MacMaster, Broadcast/TV & Radio and Forensic Meteorologist, Traverse City, MI

  Recorded presentation

7
Advanced methods for data assimilation (Part II)
Location: 210B (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: 11th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)
Chair: Sharanya J. Majumdar, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS

Papers:
  1:30 PM
7.1
Assimilation of images in geophysical models
François-Xavier Le Dimet, Université Joseph-Fourier and INRIA, Grenoble, France

  Recorded presentation
  1:45 PM
7.2A
Adaptive estimation of background and observation errors within local ensemble transform kalman filter (Formerly Paper 7.4)
Eugenia Kalnay, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and H. Li and T. Miyoshi

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (176.6 kB)
  2:00 PM
7.3
Adaptive sampling with the Local Ensemble Transform Kalman Fitler (LETKF): implementation on a global model
Junjie Liu, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA; and E. Kalnay

  Recorded presentation
  2:15 PM
7.4A
Adaptive stochastic modeling using data assimilation (Formerly Paper 7.2)
James A. Hansen, MIT, Cambridge, MA; and C. é. Penland

  Recorded presentation

1:30 PM-3:00 PM: Wednesday, 17 January 2007


4
Lidar and Integrated Observations Within Large Field Programs
Location: 207B (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: Third Symposium on LIDAR Atmospheric Applications
Chair: David Turner, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin
CoChair: T. M. Weckwerth, NCAR

Papers:
  1:30 PM
4.1
Survey of key West African Monsoon features over Sahel and their evolution during the monsoon onset period in the framework of the African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis project
Cyrille N. Flamant, IPSL/CNRS, Paris, France; and J. Pelon, O. Reitebuch, A. M. Dabas, J. Cuesta, M. A. Miller, P. Drobinski, M. Chong, J. P. Cammas, P. H. Flamant, and D. Edouart

  2:00 PM
4.2
The Convective and Orographically-Induced Precipitation Study: COPS 2007
Andreas Behrendt, Univ. of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany; and V. Wulfmeyer, H. S. Bauer, C. Kottmeier, U. Corsmeier, G. C. Craig, and M. Hagen

  Recorded presentation
  2:30 PM
4.3
Lidar based multi-instrument monitoring of variables relevant to the understanding of saharan heat low dynamics during the monsoon onset period in the framework of the African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis project
Juan Cuesta, Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique / Institut Pierre-Simon Laplace, Palaiseau, France; and D. Edouart, M. Mimouni, C. N. Flamant, P. H. Flamant, A. Ouladichir, M. Kharef, M. Kharef, M. Zoukani, M. Zoukani, Y. Rouab, Y. Rouab, L. B. Boulkelia, L. Boulkelia, A. Abdouali, M. Salah Ferroudj, A. Bouklila, M. Kadi, B. Ouchène, L. Zeudmi-Sahraoui, A. Saanoune, and J. Pelon

  Recorded presentation
  2:45 PM
4.4
Water Vapor Validation Experiment - Satellite/Sondes - Overview and preliminary results
David N. Whiteman, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and B. B. Demoz, E. Joseph, D. Venable, R. M. Hoff, B. Bojkov, T. McGee, A. M. Thompson, B. F. Taubman, H. Vömel, L. Miloshevich, J. Ftizgibbon, F. J. Schmidlin, C. D. Barnet, and I. M. Restrepo

  Recorded presentation

1:30 PM-5:00 PM: Wednesday, 17 January 2007


2
characterizing and communicating policy & socio-economic information
Location: 209 (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: Second Symposium on Policy and Socio-economic Research
Cochairs: Genene Fisher, AMS Policy Program; Roger Pulwarty, NOAA/CIRES/CDC

Papers:
  1:30 PM
2.1
"But I was watching the weather report . . . how NWS Hurricane Forecast and GEOSS Data contribute to medical planning before hurricane season”
Margaret Lynn Fowke, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD

  Recorded presentation
  1:45 PM
2.2
Socio-Economic Impacts of Storm-based Warnings
Elliott Jacks, NOAA/NWS; and J. T. Ferree

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (74.8 kB)
  2:00 PM
2.3
Seaside, Oregon, Tsunami Vulnerability Assessment Pilot Study
Paula Dunbar, NOAA/National Geophysical Data Center, Boulder, CO; and D. Dominey-Howes and J. Varner

  Recorded presentation
  2:15 PM
2.4
Communicating surge information
Betty Hearn Morrow, SocResearch Miami, Miami, FL

  Recorded presentation
  2:30 PM
2.4A
Coffee Break

  4:00 PM
2.5
Use of Non-NOAA Data Sets for Emergency Response and Forecast Operations: Implications on NOAA Policy
Roger V. Pierce, OAR, Silver Spring, MD; and J. O'Sullivan

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (25.3 kB)
  4:15 PM
2.6
Public Warning Response Following Tornadoes in New Orleans, LA, and Springfield, MO: A Sociological Analysis
William Donner, Disaster Research Center, Newark, DE

Poster PDF (253.2 kB)
  4:30 PM
2.7
Use of information by National Weather Service forecasters and emergency managers during CALJET and PACJET-2001
Rebecca E. Morss, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and F. M. Ralph

  Recorded presentation
  4:45 PM
2.8
Societal and Economic Research and Applications priorities for the North American THORPEX program
Rebecca E. Morss, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. K. Lazo, H. Brooks, B. Brown, P. Ganderton, and B. Mills

  Recorded presentation

5
Precipitation and Drought
Location: 206A (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: 16th Conference on Applied Climatology
Cochairs: Mathew A. Barlow, University of Massachusetts - Lowell; Oliver Frauenfeld, University of Colorado

Papers:
  1:30 PM
5.1
Precipitation in the southeast United States during the twentieth century
Peter J. Robinson, Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC; and R. Redding

  1:45 PM
5.2
Eastern U.S. snowstorm characteristics
David Changnon, Northern Illinois Univ., DeKalb, IL; and S. Changnon

  2:00 PM
5.3
The Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network (CoCoRaHS): Volunteers Monitoring Precipitation across the Nation-the Next Step
Henry Reges, CoCoRaHS/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and N. J. Doesken and J. Turner

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (148.0 kB)
 
5.4
Citizen-based Drought Impacts Reporting in Arizona

  2:30 PM
5.5
Issues of drought within a state climate office
David A. Robinson, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ

  Recorded presentation
  2:45 PM
5.5a
Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

  4:15 PM
5.6
Relationships between tropical cyclones and heavy precipitation in the Carolinas
Charles E. Konrad, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC; and L. B. Perry

  Recorded presentation
  4:30 PM
5.7
An analysis of the Northern Gulf of Mexico sea breeze and associated thunderstorms
Christopher M. Hill, Geosystems Research Institute, Stennis Space Center, MS; and P. J. Fitzpatrick, Y. Lau, J. Corbin, S. Bhate, and P. G. Dixon

  Recorded presentation
 
5.8
Arizona's innovations in drought monitoring and knowledge exchange

  5:00 PM
5.9
The relationship between drought and wildfire in the US
Beth L. Hall, DRI, Reno, NV; and T. J. Brown

  Recorded presentation
  5:15 PM
5.10
MesoWest: One Approach to Integrate Surface Mesonets (Formerly Paper J3.23)
John D. Horel, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT

  Recorded presentation

1:30 PM-5:15 PM: Wednesday, 17 January 2007


3
THORPEX Special Session: Impacts of Processes over the Tropical Pacific and Indian Oceans on Mid-Latitude Weather and Predictability
Location: 214A (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: AMS Forum: Climate Change Manifested by Changes in Weather

Papers:
  1:30 PM
3.1
US THORPEX: Science, Structure, and Activities
Jim Hansen, NRL, Monterey, CA; and L. Bosart

  Recorded presentation
  1:45 PM
3.2
International Prospective on Research Plans for the Tropical Western Pacific
Gilbert Brunet, MSC, Dorval, PQ, Canada

  Recorded presentation
  2:15 PM
3.3
Interactions of middle latitude troughs and tropical disturbances on 4-6 week time scales
John E. Molinari, University at Albany/SUNY, Albany, NY; and D. Vollaro

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (339.7 kB)
  2:30 PM
3.4
The influence of the MJO on Midlatitude statistical predictability
Richard Kleeman, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York, NY; and M. Kadota

  Recorded presentation
  2:45 PM
3.5
Extratropical Forecast Errors Associated with Tropical Heating Anomalies
Joshua P. Hacker, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and G. J. Hakim

  Recorded presentation
  3:00 PM
3.5A
Coffee Break

  3:30 PM
3.6
Analysis of ensemble forecasts of tropical cyclone structure through extratropical transition
Jenni L. Evans, Penn State Univ, University Park, PA; and D. Veren

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (87.5 kB)
  4:00 PM
3.7
Research Issues on Tropical Convection and Two-way Interaction with the Large-scale Flow
Chidong Zhang, University of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and D. B. Parsons, J. Tribbia, and M. Moncrieff

  Recorded presentation
  4:30 PM
3.8
A Mass Circulation Paradigm for the Annular Mode Variability
Ming Cai, Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL; and R. -. C. Ren

  Recorded presentation
  4:45 PM
3.9
Bridging the gap between weather and climate
Greg Holland, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. Hurrell and Y. H. Kuo

  Recorded presentation
  5:00 PM
3.10
Quantifying dynamical predictability by time-dependent exponent curves: the technique of pseudo-ensembles
Wen-Wen Tung, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN; and J. Gao and J. Hu

  5:15 PM
3.11
Linking weather and climate forecasting
Zoltan Toth, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC, Camp Springs, MD

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


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)

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


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)

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


Poster Session 1
Poster Session
Location: Exhibit Hall C (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: Symposium on Connections Between Mesoscale Processes and Climate Variability

Papers:
 
P1.1
Baroclinicity influences on storm divergence in the subtropics
Larry J. Hopper Jr., University of Louisiana at Monroe, Monroe, LA; and C. Schumacher

Poster PDF (393.0 kB)
 
P1.2
MJO, organized convection, momentum transport and equatorial super-rotation
Mitchell W. Moncrieff, NCAR, Boulder, CO

 
P1.3
Relationship between climate variability and strong low level wind in the Gulf of Alaska
Haibo Liu, University of Alaska, Anchorage, AK; and P. Olsson and K. Volz

 
P1.4
Vertical structure of stratiform rain observed by profilers and the TRMM precipitation radar
Christopher R. Williams, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and K. S. Gage

 
P1.5
Thunderstorm Development at Vandenberg AFB
Leonard A. Wells, 30th Weather Squadron, Vandenberg AFB, CA

Poster PDF (286.5 kB)
 
P1.6
Cloud-to-ground lightning climatology of the lower Great Lakes
Jason M. Keeler, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, Urbana, IL; and S. M. Steiger and R. Orville

 
P1.7
Lake-effect Thunderstorms
Scott M. Steiger, SUNY, Oswego, NY; and R. Orville and J. Keeler

 
P1.8
Mapping the climatology of 0-1 hour convective initiation across the Southeastern U. S. and Central America
John R. Mecikalski, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL; and L. Gambill, K. M. Bedka, and H. Searcy

 
P1.9
Causes of summertime Texas drought
Boksoon Myoung, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and J. W. Nielsen-Gammon

 
P1.10
A method to illustrate and measure the relative sensitivity of RCMs to uncertainties in the physics parameterizations and the large-scale forcing
Jian-Wen Bao, NOAA/ESRL/PSD, Boulder, CO; and S. A. Michelson

Poster PDF (437.0 kB)
 
P1.11
Parameterization of cloud physics processes in marine stratocumulus based on integral moments of drop spectra
Alexei Belochitski, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD; and Y. Kogan

Poster PDF (286.4 kB)
 
P1.12
Some numerical accuracy issues relating to Klemp-Wilhelmson time differencing
Kevin C. Viner, NRL, Monterey, CA; and C. C. Epifanio

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


Poster Session 1
Lidar Applications In Atmospheric Studies
Location: Exhibit Hall C (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: Third Symposium on LIDAR Atmospheric Applications
Chair: Raymond M. Hoff, JCET/Univ. of Maryland Baltimore County
CoChair: Zhien Wang, University of Wyoming

Papers:
 
P1.1
Simulation testbed for atmospheric LIDAR applications
Hilary E. Snell, AER, Inc., Lexington, MA; and J. S. Hager and T. S. Zaccheo

Poster PDF (525.7 kB)
 
P1.2
Satellite to ground-based lidar comparisons using MPLNET data products
Timothy A. Berkoff, Goddard Earth Science and Technology Center/Univ. of Maryland Baltimore County, Greenbelt, MD; and L. Belcher, J. R. Campbell, J. D. Spinhirne, and E. J. Welton

Poster PDF (793.5 kB)
 
P1.3
Howard University Raman Lidar results during WAVES 2006 field campaign
Mariana Adam, Howard University, Washington, DC; and R. Connell, D. Venable, D. N. Whiteman, B. B. Demoz, and E. Joseph

Poster PDF (259.7 kB)
 
P1.4
Generation of visibility map at the Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) using LIDAR data
R.L.M. Chan, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong; and P. W. Chan and A. Y. S. Cheng

Poster PDF (1.3 MB)
 
P1.5
First results from the Measurements Of Humidity in the Atmosphere and Validation Experiment (MOHAVE) Overview of the Campaign and First Results
Thierry Leblanc, JPL, Wrightwood, CA; and I. S. McDermid, T. McGee, D. Whiteman, H. Vömel, and L. Miloshevich

Poster PDF (532.3 kB)
 
P1.6
CALIPSO Data at the Nasa Langley Atmospheric Science Data Center
Linda A. Hunt, Atmospheric Science Data Center, Hampton, VA; and C. Trepte and M. T. Ferebee

Poster PDF (2.8 MB)
 
P1.7
EarthCARE - Towards a Quantification of Cloud-Aerosol-Radiation Interactions
Tobias Wehr, ESA, Noordwijk, Zuid Holland, Netherlands; and P. Ingmann and D. Lajas

Poster PDF (203.9 kB)
 
P1.8
CNR-IMAA lidar system for aerosol study: 6 years of Raman measurements
Lucia Mona, CNR- IMAA, Potenza, Italy; and A. Amodeo, G. D'Amico, M. Pandolfi, and G. Pappalardo

Poster PDF (836.8 kB)
 
P1.9
Cloud type classification by combining CloudSat radar and CALIPSO lidar measurements
Zhien Wang, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY; and K. Sassen

 
P1.10
Characterization of a dry stratospheric intrusion event based on the application of a Rotational Raman Lidar
Paolo Di Girolamo, University of Basilicata, Potenza, Italy; and D. Summa, R. Ferretti, and C. Faccani

 
P1.11
Boundary Layer Studies using The Howard University Raman Lidar
Belay B. Demoz, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and D. Venable, M. Adam, and D. N. Whiteman

 
P1.12
Automated compact EZ Lidars for aerosol and cloud tracking and wind profiling
Iwona S. Stachlewska, LEOSPHERE Lidar Environmental Observations, Palaiseau, France; and L. Sauvage, P. Chazette, J. Sanack, J. P. Cariou, and M. Valla

Poster PDF (493.5 kB)
 
P1.13
AURA (TES), Radiosonde and Howard University Raman Lidar Intercomparison and Water Vapor Retrieval in the Waves Campaign
Eduardo Landulfo, Instituto de Pesquisas Energeticas e Nucleares/CNEN-SP, Sao Paulo, Brazil; and B. Bojkov, D. N. Whiteman, B. B. Demoz, D. Venable, M. Adam, R. Connell, E. Joseph, H. Vömel, A. Sobral Torres, R. F. Gisbert, and J. Comer

 
P1.14
Application of CCNY Lidar and ceilometers to the study of Aerosol Transport and PM2.5 monitoring
Leona Charles, The City College of New York, New York, NY; and S. Chaw, F. Moshary, B. Gross, S. Gedzelman, S. Ahmed, and V. Vladutescu

Poster PDF (2.9 MB)
 
P1.15
Aerosol optical properties from tropospheric Lidar and sun photometer during the GOA Aerosol Arctic Campaigns 2005 and 2006 at ALOMAR
Alvaro Efraín Bastidas Gustín Sr., Universidad Nacional de Colombia Sede Medellín, Medellín, Colombia; and E. Rodríguez, M. Frioud, M. Gausa, K. Stebel, N. Prats, S. Mogo, B. Torres, C. Toledano, A. Berjón, V. Cachorro, and A. M. de Frutos

Poster PDF (1.3 MB)
 
P1.16
Saharan dust uptake over Sahel associated with the inter-tropical discontinuity dynamics: observations and numerical simulation
Cyrille N. Flamant, IPSL/CNRS, Paris, France; and D. Bou Karam, P. Tulet, and C. Mari

 
P1.17
Aerosols and Clouds: Improved knowledge through space borne Lidar measurements
Dulce Lajas, ESA, Noordwijk, Zuid Holland, Netherlands; and P. Ingmann, T. Wehr, and A. Ansmann

Poster PDF (1.3 MB)
 
P1.18
Development and Demonstration of a Fiber Laser Sounder for
Michael E. Dobbs, ITT Industries Space Systems, LLC, Fort Wayne, IN; and B. Moore, E. V. Browell, and J. S. Hager

 
P1.19
DEPOLARIZATION LIDAR FOR DISCRIMINATION OF BIOLOGICAL AEROSOLS
Sangwoo Lee, Science & Engineering Services, Inc., Columbia, MD; and G. Li, J. Lei, I. H. Hwang, C. R. Prasad, H. S. Lee, and K. H. Kwon


Poster Session 1
Policy and socio-economic research posters
Location: Exhibit Hall C (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: Second Symposium on Policy and Socio-economic Research

Papers:
 
P1.1
The impact of climate change on global wind trends and wind resource assessment
Glenn E. Van Knowe, MESO, Inc., Troy, NY; and J. W. Zack, K. T. Waight, and M. Brower

 
P1.2
Forging a Public-Private Partnership Through Adult Education
Daphne S. LaDue, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and P. L. Heinselman, E. R. Johnson, J. Toohey-Morales, P. W. Thomas, and E. A. Mahoney


Poster Session 2
Applications and Exploitation of NPOESS and GOES-R Data Products II
Location: 217D (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: Third Symposium on Future National Operational Environmental Satellites
Chair: Gary Mineart, Mitretek Systems, Inc.

Papers:
 
P2.1
Validation of mesoscale model output with satellite observations
Manajit Sengupta, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Ft. Collins, CO; and L. Grasso, D. T. Lindsey, and M. DeMaria

Poster PDF (245.6 kB)
 
P2.2
Using regression models to enhance signals in a dispersive radiative field: Reducing stray light corruption in the limb profiler of the Ozone Mapper Profiler Suite (OMPS)
John W. Bergman, Computational Physics, Inc., Boulder, CO; and L. E. Flynn, J. Hornstein, and J. Lumpe

 
P2.3
The VIIRS Fire Mask
Alain Sei, Northrop Grumman Space Technology, Redondo Beach, CA; and D. B. Hogan, T. Kennely, and S. Zaccheo

 
P2.4
The VIIRS cloud mask
Keith Hutchison, Center for Space Research, Austin, TX; and B. Lisager, J. M. Jackson, J. K. Roskovensky, A. K. Heidinger, M. J. Pavolonis, T. J. Kopp, and R. A. Frey

 
P2.5
The NPOESS field terminal segment
James Jensen, Raytheon Intelligence and Information Systems, Omaha, NE; and J. Bradley

 
P2.6
Synthetic GOES-R and NPOESS imagery of mesoscale weather events
Lewis Grasso, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and M. Sengupta and J. F. Dostalek

Poster PDF (95.7 kB)
 
P2.7
Status of the NPOESS VIIRS Instrument
Gary Ross, NOAA/NESDIS/NPOESS, Silver Spring, MD; and J. R. Swenson

 
P2.8
Simulation and test of the VIIRS sensor data record (SDR) algorithm for NPOESS
Stephen Mills, Northrop Grumman Space Technology, Redondo Beach, CA; and J. Lamoureux

 
P2.9
Sea surface temperature measurements from the VIIRS instrument during NPOESS
John M. Jackson, Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems, Redondo Beach, CA; and W. J. Emery

 
P2.10
Retrieval of sea ice age and concentration using the VIIRS sea ice characterization algorithm: preliminary tests with MODIS proxy data
Robert Mahoney, Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems, Redondo Beach, CA; and I. Appel and M. Kowitt

 
P2.11
Operational Cloud Detection Systems in the NPOESS GOES-R Era
Gilberto A. Vicente, NOAA, Camp Springs, MD; and A. K. Heidinger

 
P2.12
Operational and scientific applications of ozone data from NPP and NPOESS
John Hornstein, NPOESS IPO/NRL, Washington, DC; and L. E. Flynn, C. S. Long, R. McPeters, D. Gu, and D. Durnford

 
P2.13
OMPS - The Next Generation Sensor Suite for Global Ozone Monitoring
Scott C. Asbury, Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp., Boulder, CO; and J. Sneary, Q. Remund, and J. Rodriguez

 
P2.14
NSIPS: A Hub for NPOESS Cal/Val support
Bonnie Reed, General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems, Arlington, VA; and J. Zajic, C. Wang, A. Harrington, M. Wong, J. Bowser, J. Bay, C. Johnson, M. Johnson, and M. Echeverri

 
P2.15
NPOESS system architecture
Frank Hinnant, Eagle Consulting, LLC, Lansing, NC

 
P2.16
NPOESS storage area network (san)/fiber channel interface
James Austin, Raytheon Intelligence and Information Systems, Inc., Aurora, CO

 
P2.17
NPOESS soil moisture satellite data assimilation research using windsat data
Andrew Jones, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and C. L. Combs, S. Longmore, D. Rapp, T. H. Vonder Harr, T. Vukicevic, G. Mason, G. McWilliams, and M. Mungiole

 
P2.18
NPOESS Preparatory Project (NPP) Science Data Segment (SDS)
Robert J. Schweiss, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD

 
P2.19
NPOESS interface data processing segment
Kerry Grant, Raytheon Company, Aurora, CO

 
P2.20
NPOESS environmental data records
Mike Haas, NPOESS IPO, Silver Spring, MD

 
P2.21
NPOESS Command, Control, and Communications Segment (C3S)
Bill Sullivan, Raytheon, Aurora, CO

 
P2.22
Neural Network Retrievals of Precipitation and Atmospheric Temperature and Moisture Profiles from ATMS and CRIS
William J. Blackwell, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA; and F. Chen

 
P2.23
Modeling GOES-R 6.185–10.35 µm brightness temperature differences above cold thunderstorm tops
Daniel T. Lindsey, NOAA/NESDIS/RAMMB, Fort Collins, CO., Fort Collins, CO; and L. Grasso

 
P2.24
Mixed Phase Detection and Cloud Property Retrievals during NPOESS
Denise Hagan, Northrop Grumman Space Technology, Redondo Beach, CA; and S. Q. Kidder, A. Kankiewicz, T. H. Vonder Haar, and M. Mussetto

 
P2.25
Improvements to NPOESS temperature and moisture sounding by combining sounder and imaging instrument data
Richard J. Lynch, AER, Inc., Lexington, MA; and C. Richard, H. E. Snell, D. B. Hogan, A. Huang, D. Hagan, and M. Mussetto

 
P2.26
GOES-R transition from GOES Variable Format (GVAR) to GOES Rebroadcast Data
John W. Linn III, Mitretek Systems, Falls Church, VA; and L. Shipley

 
P2.27
Differentiating between clouds and aerosol during the NPOESS era
Keith Hutchison, Center for Space Research, Austin, TX; and B. Isager and J. M. Jackson

 
P2.28
Development and testing of the VIIRS land surface temperature using global modis proxy data and global synthetic data
Justin Ip, Northrop Grumman Space Technology, Redondo Beach, CA; and B. Hauss

 
P2.29
Coastal waters imaging: instrument and data utility issues
Stephanie R. Sandor-Leahy, Northrop Grumman Space Technology, Redondo Beach, CA; and P. Bissett, B. Hauss, and C. Mobley

 
P2.30
Cloud top temperatures of cirrus clouds retrieved from radiances in the NPOESS/VIIRS 8.55-µm and 12.0-µm Bandpasses
Eric Wong, Northrup Grumman Aerospace Systems, Redondo Beach., CA; and K. D. Hutchison, S. C. Ou, and K. N. Liou

 
P2.31
Analysis of Adjacency Effects for Two Lambertian Half-Spaces
Alain Sei, Northrop Grumman Space Technology, Redondo Beach, CA

 
P2.32
Air quality products from noaa's GOES-R advanced baseline imager (ABI) and hyperspectral environmental sounder (HES)
Shobha Kondragunta, NOAA/NESDIS, College Park, MD; and M. Goldberg

 
P2.33
Aerosol Measurements from the VIIRS Instrument During NPOESS
Eric Shettle, NRL, Washington, DC; and R. Halthore, E. Vermote, and J. M. Jackson

 
P2.34
A theoretical study of the uncertainties in the remote sensing of ice cloud optical thickness and effective size using high spectral resolution satellite observations
Zhibo Zhang, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD; and P. Yang, H. L. Huang, and J. Li

 
P2.35
WRF-simulated atmospheric profile datasets used to support GOES-R research activities
Jason A. Otkin, CIMSS/SSEC, Madison, WI; and H. L. Huang, E. R. Olson, and S. Wanzong

 
P2.36
The GOES-R ABI (Advanced Baseline Imager) and continuation of GOES-N class sounder products
Timothy J. Schmit, NOAA/NESDIS, Madison, WI; and J. Gurka, J. Li, and K. Schrab


Poster Session 2
Applied Climate Poster Session #2
Location: Exhibit Hall C (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: 16th Conference on Applied Climatology

Papers:
 
P2.1
Using flow regime lightning and sounding climatologies to initialize gridded lightning threat forecasts for east central Florida
Winifred C. Lambert, ENSCO, Inc., Cocoa Beach, FL; and D. A. Short, M. Volkmer, D. Sharp, and S. M. Spratt

http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/amu/

Poster PDF (1.4 MB)
 
P2.2
High-resolution simulation of the east-Asian summer monsoon using the regional spectral model
Jung-Eun Kim, Yonsei Univ., Seoul, South Korea; and S. Hong

 
P2.3
Forecast Performance of the New Local Three Month Temperature Outlook
Marina Timofeyeva, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and A. Bair, A. Hollingshead, R. E. Livezey, D. Unger, and H. C. Hartmann

 
P2.4
Developing the Local 3 Month Precipitation Outlook
Jenna C. Meyers, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and M. M. Timofeyeva, D. Unger, and A. C. Comrie

 
P2.5
Identification of cedar pollen source forests to impact on Tokyo urban area
Motoo Suzuki, Japan Meteorological Business Support Center, Tokyo, Japan; and M. Tonouchi and K. Murayama

Poster PDF (225.2 kB)
 
P2.6
Analysis of historical ARM measurements to detect trends and assess typical behavior
Sean T. Moore, Mission Research & Technical Services, Santa Barbara, CA; and R. A. Peppler, K. E. Kehoe, and K. L. Sonntag

Poster PDF (178.8 kB)
 
P2.7
A large-scale qualitative investigation of emergency managers' strategies for communicating weather information and warnings to the public
H. Dan O'Hair, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK


Poster Session 2
Atmospheric Chemistry Poster Session 2
Location: Exhibit Hall C (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: Ninth Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry

Papers:
 
P2.1
TES atmospheric chemistry data available from the NASA Langley Atmospheric Science Data Center
Linda A. Hunt, NASA Langley Atmospheric Science Data Center, Hampton, VA; and M. T. Ferebee

http://eosweb.larc.nasa.gov

Poster PDF (427.6 kB)
 
P2.2
Remote Measurements of Carbon Monoxide over North America and Europe during Summer-Fall 2004
Vickie S. Connors, NASA/LRC, Hampton, VA; and P. Hopkins, H. Reichle, G. Sachse, and W. McMillan

 
P2.3
Ozonesonde Campaign 2005 & 2006
Michael Woodman, Maryland Dept. of the Environment, Baltimore, MD; and D. Nguyen, D. Krask, M. Seybold, E. Joseph, V. Davis, R. M. Hoff, and R. Rogers

 
P2.4
Local-scale evaluation of MM5 meteorological fields for various air quality modeling applications
Jason Brewer, North Carolina State Univ./ U.S. EPA, Raleigh, NC; and P. D. Dolwick and R. Gilliam

 
P2.5
Development of Case Studies of Regional Poor Air Quality Episodes (Ozone) as Tools for Air Quality Forecasting
Bridget M. Bixby, Plymouth State Univ., Plymouth, NH; and K. M. Francoeur, L. Landry, M. J. Pierce, L. B. Avilés, E. G. Hoffman, S. T. K. Miller, and J. Zabransky

Poster PDF (740.8 kB)
 
P2.6
Characterization of surface ozone concentrations in the United States
Joseph Pinto, EPA, Research Triangle Park, NC; and M. Rizzo, L. McCluney, and T. Fitz-Simons

Poster PDF (407.1 kB)
 
P2.7
Characteristics of Mexico City cloud condensation nuclei
Robert J. Osborn, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; and R. Li and D. R. Collins

 
P2.8
Analyses of Winds and PM2.5 Concentrations from the ClearSky Ensemble Smoke Dispersion Forecast System
Charleston Ramos, Washington State Univ., Pullman, WA; and J. Vaughan and B. Lamb

 
P2.9
An investigation of loadings to Lake Erie of speciated Hg emissions from a coal fired power plant through Numerical Simulation of air concentration and deposition of Hg species
Sreerama M. Daggupaty, EC, Toronto, ON, Canada; and P. Blanchard, C. Banic, and P. Cheung

 
P2.10
An Analysis of Meteorological Factors that Influence Boundary Layer Ozone Concentrations Using Ozonesonde Data from Valparaiso, Indiana, Pellston, Michigan and Houston, Texas
Ashley D. Mefferd, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA; and G. Morris, C. Clark, and B. Johnson

http://physics.valpo.edu/ozone

Poster PDF (327.0 kB)

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, São José dos Campos, SP, Brazil; and J. Tomasella, C. A. Nobre, A. D. Nobre, C. D. Rennó, 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 2
Observation and Datasets-Part II (Joint between the 16th Conference on Applied Climatology and the 14th Symposium on Meteorological Observations and Instrumentation)
Location: Exhibit Hall C (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsors: (Joint between the 14th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation; and the 16th Conference on Applied Climatology )

Papers:
 
JP2.1
Operational Radiosondes: Summary of Temperature Errors
F. J. Schmidlin, NASA/GSFC, Wallops Island, VA; and E. T. Northam

 
JP2.2
Observations of three-body scattering signatures with a polarimetric and conventional WSR-88D radar
Darren R. Clabo, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma/NOAA, Norman, OK; and D. Zrnic

 
JP2.3
Noise dependencies for Geonor vibrating wire precipitation gauge
Alisa Holley, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and S. Gros and M. E. Hall

 
JP2.4
Mixing Height in Unstable Conditions: Measurements and Parameterizations
S. A. Hsu, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA; and B. W. Blanchard

Poster PDF (175.8 kB)
 
JP2.5
MADIS support for UrbaNet
Patricia A. Miller, NOAA/ESRL/GSD, Boulder, CO; and M. F. Barth, L. Benjamin, R. S. Artz, and W. R. Pendergrass

http://madis.noaa.gov

Poster PDF (370.2 kB)
 
JP2.6
Light rain retrievals using CloudSat 94-GHz radar data-Preliminary results
Cristian Mitrescu, NRL, Monterey, CA; and J. M. Haynes, T. S. L'Ecuyer, S. D. Miller, and F. J. Turk

Poster PDF (2.8 MB)
 
JP2.7
Numerical simulations of the electrification and microphysics of the 22nd February 1993 TOGA COARE tropical squall line case
Alexandre Fierro, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and L. M. Leslie, E. R. Mansell, and J. Straka

 
JP2.8
Improved accuracy in inferring the fine scale properties of rain rate from rain gauge time series
Paul D. Baxter, Univ. of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom; and K. S. Paulson

http://www.maths.leeds.ac.uk/~pdbaxt

Poster PDF (397.3 kB)
 
JP2.9
Evaluation of wind algorithms for reporting wind direction for use in air traffic control towers
Thomas A. Seliga, Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, Cambridge, MA; and D. A. Hazen

Poster PDF (530.5 kB)
 
JP2.10
Development of new wind profiler radar
Katsuyuki Imai, Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Osaka, Japan

 
JP2.11
Cloud photogrammetric studies in T-REX
Vanda Grubisic, DRI, Reno, NV; and B. Grubisic

 
JP2.12
Characterizing Middle to High Latitude Precipitation Over Land and Ocean: A Multisensor Approach
Benjamin T. Johnson, Univ. of Maryland/JCET and Univ. of Wisconsin, Greenbelt, MD; and G. W. Petty, G. Skofronick-Jackson, and J. Wang

 
JP2.13
Characterization of Anomalies Affecting Electric Field Mill Performance in Local Atmospheric Inversions—A Joint Study

 
JP2.14
Advanced Microwave Precipitation Radiometer (AMPR) signature of an inland flooding case in the Dominican Republic from Hurricane Georges (1998)
Courtney Denise Radley, NASA/MSFC, Huntsville, AL

 
JP2.15
A 23-year record of satellite-derived polar winds and its importance for climate reanalysis (Formerly J3.11)
Richard Dworak, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. Key, D. Santek, and C. Velden


Poster Session 2
Observations
Location: 212B (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: 11th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)

Papers:
 
P2.1
An ocean surface wind vector model for WindSat microwave radiometer using dual-polarization
Seubson Soisuvarn, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and Z. Jelenak and P. Chang

http://www.nesdis.noaa.gov/

Poster PDF (128.8 kB)
 
P2.2
The effect of ice crystal surface roughness on cloud effective particle size and optical thickness retrievals over ocean
Yu Xie, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and P. Yang

 
P2.3
Use of SCAN observations for validation of soil moisture spatial distribution simulated by the land-surface model over the Lower Mississippi Delta region
Georgy Mostovoy, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS; and V. Anantharaj, P. Houser, and C. D. Peters-Lidard

Poster PDF (1.7 MB)
 
P2.4
The Morphology of Eyewall Lightning Outbreaks in two Category Five Hurricanes
Kirt A. Squires, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI; and S. Businger

 
P2.5
Radiative effects of tropical thin cirrus clouds
Joonsuk Lee, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and A. E. Dessler, P. Yang, B. C. Gao, and S. Platnick

 
P2.6
Improving the assimilation of land-surface sensitive satellite channels in NCEP's Global Data Assimilation System (GDAS) by improving land-surface emission in the Community Radiative Transfer Model (CRTM)
Jesse Meng, University of Maryland Baltimore County, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, and NASA/GSFC, Camp Springs, MD; and K. Mitchell, H. Wei, J. C. Derber, G. Gayno, and Q. Liu

 
P2.7
A global infrared land surface emissivity database and its validation
Eva Borbas, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and L. Moy, S. W. Seemann, R. Knuteson, P. Antonelli, J. Li, H. L. Huang, I. Trigo, and L. Zhou

Poster PDF (664.0 kB)
 
P2.8
High Latitude Surface Temperature for Clear Fields of View from the AIRS Advanced Sounder
Robert Knuteson, SSEC/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and M. Evansen, S. C. Moeller, H. Revercomb, and D. C. Tobin

Poster PDF (223.0 kB)

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)

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


Joint Poster Session 4
Joint Poster: Climate & Extremes, Linking Weather and Climate (Joint with Second Symposium on Policy and Socio-economic Research, Symposium on Connections Between Mesoscale Processes and Climate Variability, 19th Conference on Climate Variability and Change, and Climate Change Manifested by Changes in Weather)
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 Symposium on Connections Between Mesoscale Processes and Climate Variability; and the Second Symposium on Policy and Socio-economic Research )

Papers:
 
JP4.1
An examination of the relationship between North Atlantic tropical storm activity and sea surface temperature using time series modeling
Jose Maliekal, The College at Brockport, Brockport, NY

 
JP4.2
Implications of enhanced persistence of atmospheric circulation over Europe for the occurrence and severity of temperature extremes
Jan Kysely, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Prague, Czech Republic

 
JP4.3
Hydrological variability and trends in global reanalyses
Junye Chen, Univ. of Maryland/ESSIC & NASA/GSFC/GMAO, Greenbelt, MD; and M. G. Bosilovich

Poster PDF (331.3 kB)
 
JP4.4
An investigation of ENSO-related parameters used to predict Australian tropical cyclone activity
Hamish A. Ramsay, Univ. of Oklahoma/CIMMS, Norman, OK; and K. H. Goebbert, M. Leplastrier, and L. M. Leslie

 
JP4.5A
Poster JP4.5 has been moved. New Paper number 2B.1A

 
JP4.6
The relationship between actual and potential intensities of tropical cyclones on an interannual time scale
Allison A. Wing, MIT, Cambridge, MA; and A. H. Sobel and S. J. Camargo

 
JP4.7
Observations and predictability of tropical cyclones in the Southwest Pacific Ocean
Kevin H. Goebbert, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and H. A. Ramsay, L. M. Leslie, and M. Leplastrier

 
JP4.8
Impact of ENSO, NAO, and PDO on monthly extreme temperature and precipitation
J. Brolley, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and J. O'Brien

 
JP4.9
Quantifying the influence of environmental conditions on the effect of winter wheat
Cynthia A. Van Den Broeke, Oklahoma Climatological Survey, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and R. A. McPherson

Poster PDF (861.2 kB)
 
JP4.10
Trends in Australia's climate means and extremes: a global context
Lisa V. Alexander, Monash Univ., Clayton, Vic., Australia; and N. Nicholls, A. Lynch, P. Hope, D. A. Collins, and B. Trewin

 
JP4.11
Utilizing the statistical downscaling model to project weather extremes - a Canadian example
Gary S. Lines, EC, Dartmouth, NS, Canada; and L. Titus

 
JP4.12
A generalized linear modeling approach to stochastic weather generators
Richard W. Katz, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and E. M. Furrer

 
JP4.13
Understanding the local and regional impacts of large wind farms
Amanda S. Adams, Univ. of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada; and D. W. Keith

 
JP4.14
Western Arctic storm surge and extreme cyclones: a factorial analysis of fifty years of flooding
Amanda H. Lynch, Monash Univ., Clayton, Vic., Australia; and L. R. Lestak, P. Uotila, E. N. Cassano, and L. Xie

 
JP4.15
Weather-Climate Linkage Leading to the 24-29 June 2006 Excessive East Coast Rainfall
Edward Berry, NOAA, Dodge City, KS; and K. M. Weickmann

Poster PDF (2.7 MB)
 
JP4.16
Trends towards wetter hurricane basins
J. Marshall Shepherd, Univ. of Georgia, Athens, GA; and T. L. Mote

 
JP4.17
Tornado climatology and predictability by ENSO phase in the North Central U.S.: A compositing study
Barbara E. Mayes, NOAA/NWS WFO Quad Cities IA/IL, Davenport, IA; and C. Cogil, G. Lussky, and R. Ryrholm

Poster PDF (819.9 kB)
 
JP4.18
The "Perfect Storms" of 1991: An intraseasonal example of a link between weather and climate
Jason M. Cordeira, Univ. of Albany/SUNY, Albany, NY; and L. F. Bosart

 
JP4.19
The Impact of Local and Global Climate Variation/Change on Extreme Weather Events in the South Central Texas
Xianwei Wang Sr., The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX; and H. Xie Sr. and H. Sharif

 
JP4.20
Severe convective storms in past and future climates using a scale-spanning, multiple-model approach
Robert J. Trapp, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN; and B. A. Halvorson, N. S. Diffenbaugh, and M. E. Baldwin

 
JP4.21
Predicting extreme hurricane winds in the United States
Thomas H. Jagger, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and J. B. Elsner

 
JP4.22
Interactions between flood management decisions and scientific uncertainty about the climatological risk of extreme flooding
Rebecca E. Morss, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and O. Wilhelmi, M. Downton, and E. Gruntfest

 
JP4.23
Influence of Climate Model Cloud and Convection Parameter Uncertainties on Present and Future Simulated Precipitation Extremes
Yi Deng, Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX; and C. Jackson

 
JP4.24
Impacts of recurving West Pacific tropical cyclones on extratropical predictability in the Northern Hemisphere
Heather M. Archambault, University at Albany/SUNY, Albany, NY; and D. Keyser and L. Bosart

 
JP4.25
Identifying patterns and trends in severe storm environments using re-analysis data.
Matthew J. Pocernich, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and E. Gilleland, H. Brooks, and B. Brown

 
JP4.26
ENSO and Global Daily to 3-Hourly Precipitation Extremes
Scott Curtis, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC; and S. Wuensch and R. F. Adler

 
JP4.27
Bridging the gap between weather and climate forecasting: Research priorities for intra-seasonal prediction
Zoltan Toth, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC, Camp Springs, MD; and M. Pena and A. Vintzileos

Poster PDF (61.3 kB)
 
JP4.28
Relation between subseasonal and interannual variability of Indian monsoon and potential for seasonal predictability in a coupled GCM
Deepthi Achuthavarier, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA; and V. Krishnamurthy

Poster PDF (1.2 MB)

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


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

3:00 PM-4:30 PM: Wednesday, 17 January 2007


5
Electronic Access to Atmospheric Science Information
Location: 208 (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: The Tenth Annual Atmospheric Science Librarians International (ASLI) Conference
Chair: Gene Major, Global Change Master Directory, SSAI

Papers:
  3:00 PM
5.1
The New Model for Library Services at the Environmental Protection Agency
Evelyn Poole-Kober, ASMD Library, USEPA, Research Triangle Park, NC

  3:30 PM
5.2
From the Warehouse to the Information Super Highway: Digitizing NOAA Documents
Kari Kozak, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC

  Recorded presentation
  4:00 PM
5.3
Update on Digitization of Air Force Documents: A New Portal
Susan Tarbell, Librarian, Air Force Weather Technical Library, Asheville, NC

3:45 PM-5:30 PM: Wednesday, 17 January 2007


5
Severe Storms: Coverage You Can Count On?
Location: 205 (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: 35th Conference on Broadcast Meteorology
Chair: Patrick T. Powell, WLUK-TV

Papers:
  3:45 PM
5.1
In the middle of the night
Gene A. Norman Jr., WGCL-TV, Atlanta, GA

  Recorded presentation
  4:00 PM
5.2
Coverage of major severe weather events
Ronald A. Hearst II, KYTV, Springfield, MO

  Recorded presentation
  4:15 PM
5.3
Using ARMOR. TV's first Dual Polarimetric Doppler radar
Dan Satterfield, WHNT-TV Huntsville, Huntsville, AL

  Recorded presentation
  4:30 PM
5.4
How Severe Storm Reports Are Increasing
Daniel McCarthy, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/SPC, Norman, OK; and J. T. Schaefer

  Recorded presentation
  4:45 PM
5.5
The Enhanced Fujita Scale
Daniel McCarthy, NOAA/NWS, Norman, OK; and J. T. Schaefer and C. Maier

  Recorded presentation
  5:00 PM
5.6
Storm-based Warnings-Changes to NWS Warnings for the Digital Age
John T. Ferree, NOAA/NWS, Norman, OK; and D. Freeman, E. Jacks, and J. M. Looney

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (756.6 kB)
  5:15 PM
5.7
All-Hazards radio-A Central Texas success story
Bob Rose, Lower Colorado River Authority, Austin, TX; and J. Spencer

4:00 PM-5:15 PM: Wednesday, 17 January 2007


8
Results From Recent Field Experiments and Their Potential Relevance to Operational Prediction
Location: 210B (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: 11th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)
Chair: John Manobianco, ENSCO Inc.

Papers:
  4:00 PM
8.1
Recent results from NOAA's Hurricane Intensity Forecast Experiment (IFEX)
Frank D. Marks Jr., NOAA/AOML/HRD, Miami, FL

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.8 MB)
  4:30 PM
8.2
Recent observations of tropical cyclones with a microwave sounder
Bjorn H. Lambrigtsen, JPL and California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA; and S. Brown, A. Tanner, J. Oswald, D. Dawson, and R. Denning

  4:45 PM
8.3
Ensemble Forecasting and Adaptive Sampling during Monterey Bay '06
Sharanya J. Majumdar, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and Y. Chao, Z. Li, J. Farrara, and P. F. J. Lermusiaux

  Recorded presentation
 
8.4
The impact of GOES data assimilation on air quality simulations during TexAQS2000

4:00 PM-5:30 PM: Wednesday, 17 January 2007


3
Approaches to the numerical parameterization of important physical processes
Location: 206B (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: Symposium on Connections Between Mesoscale Processes and Climate Variability
Chair: John Roads, SIO/Univ. of California

Papers:
  4:00 PM
3.1
New approaches to including mesoscale atmospheric processes in global numerical models (Invited)
David A. Randall, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO

  4:30 PM
3.2
Handling convection and turbulence for weather and climate models .... Can one size fit all? (Invited)
Hua-Lu Pan, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC, Camp Springs, MD; and J. Han

  Recorded presentation
  5:00 PM
Paper 3.3 moved. New Paper Number 4.2A

  5:01 PM
3.4
Towards parameterizing the impacts of gravity waves exited from baroclinic jet-front systems in climate models
Fuqing Zhang, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; and F. Sassi, J. H. Richter, and R. R. Garcia

  Recorded presentation

5
Detection and Attribution of Regional Climate Change II
Location: 214D (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: AMS Forum: Climate Change Manifested by Changes in Weather
Organizers: Randall M. Dole, NOAA/CIRES/CDC; Richard B. Rood, Univ. of Michigan

Papers:
  4:00 PM
5.1
Can regional surface warming trends be attributed to anthropogenic climate change??
David J. Karoly, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK

  Recorded presentation
  4:30 PM
5.2
Assessment of climate variability and change in the New York Metropolitan Region
Cynthia Rosenzweig, NASA/GISS, New York, NY

  5:00 PM
5.3
Detecting Trends in Tropical Rainfall Characteristics, 1979-2003
William K. M. Lau, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD

  Recorded presentation
 
5.4
Impact of a greener West Africa on the Mediterranean climate


6
New Observations
Location: 207A (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: 14th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation
Chair: Frank W. Gallagher III, Dugway Proving Ground

Papers:
  4:00 PM
6.1
Ultrasonic snow depth sensors for National Weather Service (NWS) snow measurements in the U.S.: Evaluation of operational readiness
Wendy A. Ryan, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and N. J. Doesken

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (404.9 kB)
  4:15 PM
6.2
Terrain-induced Rotor Experiment
Vanda Grubisic, DRI, Reno, NV; and J. D. Doyle

  4:30 PM
6.3
Preliminary operational evaluation of WindSat ocean surface vector winds at the Tropical Prediction Center/National Hurricane Center
Michael J. Brennan, NOAA/NWS, Miami, FL; and R. D. Knabb

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.1 MB)
  4:45 PM
6.4
On the use of observations from a dense mesonet to improve short-term, high-resolution meteorological model forecasts
Tanya L. Otte, NOAA/ERL/ARL, Research Triangle Park, NC; and L. J. Reynolds, R. Draxler, and T. Pierce

  Recorded presentation
  5:00 PM
6.5
Cloud seeding as a technique for studying aerosol-cloud Interactions in marine stratocumulus
Bruce Albrecht, Univ. of Miami, Miami, FL; and V. P. Ghate, P. Kollias, H. Jonsson, and D. Breed

  Recorded presentation
  5:15 PM
6.6
An Algorithm Deriving Snowfall from an Ensemble of Sonic Ranging Snow Depth Sensors
Alexandre Fischer, EC, Toronto, ON, Canada; and Y. Durocher

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (250.2 kB)

4:30 PM-5:00 PM: Wednesday, 17 January 2007


ASLI’s Choice Award and Exhibit Hall open until 6:30 p.m
Location: 208 (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)

5:00 PM-5:05 PM: Wednesday, 17 January 2007


Sessions end for the day
Location: 208 (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)

5:00 PM-5:30 PM: Wednesday, 17 January 2007


Panel Discussion 3
Panel on Participatory Action Research methodology and applications Part 3
Location: 209 (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: Second Symposium on Policy and Socio-economic Research
Moderator: Shirley Laska, Center for Hazards Assessment
Panelists: James Kunde, Univ. of Texas; Peter Park, University of Massachusetts; Kristina Peterson, University of New Orleans- CHART

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


Sessions end for the day

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)

6:00 PM-8:00 PM: Wednesday, 17 January 2007


Annual ASLI Dinner, sponsored by Cambridge Scientific Abstracts
Location: 208 (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

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


Thur 18 Jan

8:20 AM-12:00 PM: Thursday, 18 January 2007


1
Oral Session Part I
Location: 217C (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: The Eugene Rasmusson Symposium
Organizer: Sumant Nigam, Univ. of Maryland

Papers:
  8:20 AM
1.1
Introductory Remarks - Dian Seidel

  8:30 AM
1.2
Pioneering studies of Gene Rasmusson on the hydrologic cycle, the planetary boundary layer, and ENSO
John Michael Wallace, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA

  Recorded presentation
  9:00 AM
1.3
Drought in North America: The Solar-ENSO Connection
Mark Cane, Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY

  Recorded presentation
  9:30 AM
1.4
Beyond ENSO: The observational record of decadal climate variability in the Tropical Indo-Pacific Region
Clara Deser, NCAR, Boulder, CO

  Recorded presentation
  9:45 AM
1.4A
Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

  11:00 AM
1.5
Two complementary views of the atmospheric general circulation: the zonal-mean and zonally asymmetric perspectives
Ngar-Cheung Lau, NOAA/GFDL, Princeton, NJ

  Recorded presentation
  11:30 AM
1.6
The atmospheric hydrological cycle: Advances facilitated by Gene Rasmusson
Kevin E. Trenberth, NCAR, Boulder, CO

  Recorded presentation
  11:45 AM
1.7
Eugene Rasmussen and the early history of TRMM
Gerald R. North, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX

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


Rasmusson Symposium scheduled for the day

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


Coffee
Location: 208 (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)

8:30 AM-9:45 AM: Thursday, 18 January 2007


4
Approaches to the numerical parameterization of important physical processes (cont'd)
Location: 206B (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: Symposium on Connections Between Mesoscale Processes and Climate Variability
Chair: David Stensrud, NOAA/NSSL

Papers:
  8:30 AM
4.1
Embracing the climate and weather connection in the development of global and regional prediction models at NCEP's Environmental Prediction Center (EMC) (Invited)
Kenneth Mitchell, NOAA/NCEP/EMC, Camp Springs, MD; and S. J. Lord, H. L. Pan, M. D. Iredell, S. Saha, S. Moorthi, G. J. DiMego, M. Ek, R. Yang, H. Wei, H. Juang, and Y. T. Hou

  Recorded presentation
 
4.2
Parameterizing organized convection for climate models (Invited)

  9:30 AM
4.2A
Representing mesoscale convective organization in 10-km-grid global models
Mitchell W. Moncrieff, NCAR, Boulder, CO

  10:00 AM
4.5a
Superensemble Forecasts with a Suite of Mesoscale Models over the Continental United States
Donald F. Van Dyke III, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and T. Krishnamurti

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.2 MB)

6
Tropical Weather; Our Storm Stories
Location: 205 (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: 35th Conference on Broadcast Meteorology
Chair: David Bernard, WFOR-TV

Papers:
  8:30 AM
6.1
The Hurricane Hunters: The 2005 Hurricane Season
Speaker To Be Determined, 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron - USAF, Biloxi, MS

  Recorded presentation
  9:00 AM
6.2
Planning for Katrina
Carl C. Arredondo III, WWL-TV, New Orleans, LA

  Recorded presentation
  9:15 AM
6.3
Katrina: A personal perspective
Jeff Baskin, Chief Meteorologist KOIN-TV, Portland, OR

  9:30 AM
6.4
Hurricane Katrina-The drowning & rebirth of FOX 8
Bob Breck, WVUE-TV, New Orleans, LA

  Recorded presentation

7
Data Quality Control / Metadata
Location: 207A (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: 14th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation
Chair: Joseph Facundo, NOAA/NWS

Papers:
  8:30 AM
7.1
Validation of radiosondes using statistical reconstructions: data prior to 1958
Andrea N. Grant, ETH, Zurich, Switzerland; and S. Brönnimann and T. Ewen

  Recorded presentation
  8:45 AM
7.2
Strategies for evaluating quality control procedures
Imke Durre, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and M. J. Menne and R. S. Vose

Poster PDF (276.8 kB)
  9:00 AM
7.3
Operational transition of the data processing, quality control, and web services of the Tropical Atmosphere Ocean Array (TAO)
Richard Bouchard, NOAA/NDBC, Stennis Space Center, MS; and K. Kern, L. Bernard, C. C. Teng, R. Crout, D. T. Conlee, S. Birch, J. Zhou, R. Gagne, J. Boyd, T. Mettlach, R. Weir, J. Rauch, D. C. Petraitis, P. Spence, M. Follette, D. McCaffrey, M. Little, and B. Comstock

http://tao.noaa.gov/

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.1 MB)
  9:15 AM
7.4
Data rescue and quality control of Special Sensor Microwave/Imager (SSM/I) data
Hilawe Semunegus, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and J. J. Bates, R. R. Ferraro, F. Weng, and W. Berg

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (158.7 kB)
  9:30 AM
7.5
A Quality Assurance System for Canadian Pressure Data
Hui Wan, EC, Toronto, ON, Canada; and X. Wang and V. R. Swail

  Recorded presentation

9
Data impacts: TAMDAR
Location: 212B (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: 11th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)
Chair: Stan Benjamin, NOAA/ESRL/GSD

Papers:
  8:30 AM
9.1
TAMDAR/AMDAR data assessments using the RUC at NOAA's Global Systems Division
William R. Moninger, NOAA/ESRL/GSD, Boulder, CO; and S. G. Benjamin, R. S. Collander, B. D. Jamison, T. W. Schlatter, T. L. Smith, and E. J. Szoke

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (205.2 kB)
  8:45 AM
9.2
2006 TAMDAR impact experiment results for RUC humidity, temperature, and wind forecasts
Stan Benjamin, NOAA/ESRL/GSD, Boulder, CO; and W. R. Moninger, T. L. Smith, B. D. Jamison, E. J. Szoke, and T. W. Schlatter

Poster PDF (464.6 kB)
  9:00 AM
9.3
The effects of vertical resolution on the optimization of TAMDAR data in short-range mesoscale forecasts
Neil A. Jacobs, AirDat LLC, Morrisville, NC; and Y. Liu and C. M. Druse

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (895.4 kB)
  9:15 AM
9.4
Impact of TAMDAR on the RUC model: A look into some of the statistics
Ed Szoke, NOAA/ESRL/GSD and CIRA, Boulder, CO; and S. Benjamin, R. S. Collander, B. D. Jamison, W. R. Moninger, T. W. Schlatter, and T. L. Smith

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (951.8 kB)
  9:30 AM
9.5
Evaluating the benefits of TAMDAR data in aviation forecasting
Cyrena-Marie Druse, McVehil-Monnett Associates, Englewood, CO; and N. A. Jacobs

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (348.3 kB)

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


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)

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


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

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


Joint Session 5
intersection between climate change policy and economics (Joint between the 2nd Symposium on Policy and Socio-economic Research, 16th Conference on Applied Climatology, and the 19th Conference on Climate Variability and Change)
Location: 214C (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsors: (Joint between the 19th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the Second Symposium on Policy and Socio-economic Research; and the 16th Conference on Applied Climatology )
Cochairs: Mathew Barlow, Univ. of Massachusetts; Anthony Socci, AMS Policy Program

Papers:
  8:30 AM
J5.1
Using Weather Variability to Assess Socioeconomic Impacts of Climate:
Roberta Balstad, Columbia University, Bethesda, MD

  Recorded presentation
  8:45 AM
J5.2
The Role of Boundary Organizations in the Dissemination of Climate Information to Support Agricultural Production in Argentina
Alejandra Celis, CENTRO Estudios Sociales y Ambientales, Buenos Aires, Argentina; and M. G. Caputo and G. Podesta

  9:00 AM
J5.3
A Climate Services Division-A Second Look
Mark A. Shafer, Oklahoma Climatological Survey, Norman, OK

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (160.1 kB)
  9:15 AM
J5.4
Integration of climate change/variability science into transportation policy and decision making
Eric Lindquist, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX

  9:30 AM
J5.5
Individual Decision-Making: Where Climate and Policy Meet
Guillermo Podesta, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and E. U. Weber, F. Bert, D. Letson, C. A. Laciana, M. Re, and A. N. Menendez

  9:45 AM
J5.5A
Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

  11:00 AM
J5.6
Critical challenges in incorporating climate into management of the Colorado River
Andrea J. Ray, NOAA/CIRES/CDC, Boulder, CO; and D. Kenney

  Recorded presentation
  11:15 AM
J5.7
Atmospheric science policy on Capitol Hill; perspectives from the AMS-UCAR Congressional Science Fellow
James Bradbury, AMS/UCAR, Washington, DC

  11:30 AM
J5.8
Next steps for the AMS symposia on policy and socio-economic research
William Hooke, AMS Policy Program, Washington, DC

  12:00 PM
J5.9
Normalized U.S. Hurricane Damages: Why Are We Seeing Catastrophic Losses in Recent Years?
Christopher Landsea, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/TPC, Miami, FL

  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. Treviño, 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)

6
Linking weather and climate I
Location: 214B (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: 19th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Chairs: Edward O'Lenic, NOAA/NWS/CPC; Wayne Higgins (Chair after the Poster Viewing), NOAA/NWS/NCEP/CPC

Papers:
  8:30 AM
6.1
Extratropical stormtrack variations associated with global SST changes
Gilbert P. Compo, Climate Diagnostics Center, CIRES and PSD/ESRL/NOAA, Boulder, CO; and P. Sardeshmukh

  Recorded presentation
  8:45 AM
6.2
Tropical cyclone strength, related precipitation, and sea surface temperatures ahead of the cyclone tracks
Pavel Ya. Groisman, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and R. W. Knight, R. W. Reynolds, T. R. Karl, O. N. Bulygina, and P. Zhai

  9:00 AM
6.3
The possible seasonal climate impact from anomalous frequency of recurving tropical cyclones
Robert E. Hart, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and L. F. Bosart and C. Hosler

  Recorded presentation
  9:15 AM
6.4
The role of synoptic eddy and low-frequency flow (SELF) interaction in the MJO-midlatitude teleconnection
Lin-Lin Pan, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI; and T. Li

  Recorded presentation
  9:30 AM
6.5
The Convective Cold Top and Quasi-Equilibrium
Christopher E. Holloway, Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA; and J. D. Neelin

  Recorded presentation
  9:45 AM
6.5A
Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

  11:00 AM
6.6
U.S. snowfall trends for 1900–2005
Kenneth Kunkel, ISWS, Champaign, IL; and M. Palecki, K. G. Hubbard, D. A. Robinson, K. Redmond, D. R. Easterling, and L. Ensor

  Recorded presentation
  11:15 AM
6.7
THE ATLANTIC MULTIDECADAL OSCILLATION (AMO) AND WINTER SNOWFALL IN THE EASTERN US AND EURASIA
Joseph S. D'Aleo, Hudson Seven, LTD, Hudson, NH

  Recorded presentation
  11:30 AM
6.8
Impact and indicator based perspectives of ENSO influence on U.S. climate during winter
Anthony Arguez, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and R. Livezey, J. J. O'Brien, and S. R. Smith

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.7 MB)
  11:45 AM
6.9
Developing a lightning MOS for summer thunderstorms over southern California and northern Baja California Norte
Brandt D. Maxwell, San Diego, CA

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (301.4 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

8:30 AM-5:30 PM: Thursday, 18 January 2007


Joint Session 3
Observations and Data Sets (Joint between 14th Symposium on Meteorological Observations and Instrumentation and the 16th Conference on Applied Climatology)
Location: 206A (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsors: (Joint between the 16th Conference on Applied Climatology; and the 14th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation )
Cochairs: Christopher Daly, Oregon State Univ.; C. Bruce Baker, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC

Papers:
  8:30 AM
J3.1
An analysis of the Oklahoma City urban heat island
Jeffrey B. Basara, Oklahoma Climatological Survey, Norman, OK; and P. K. Hall, D. R. Cheresnick, and A. J. Schroeder

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (639.2 kB)
  8:45 AM
J3.2
Multi-Decadal Scale Temperature Cycles-Trends, Causes and Modifiers
Joseph S. D'Aleo, Hudson Seven Ltd., Hudson, NH

  Recorded presentation
  9:00 AM
J3.3
Impact of Automated Surface Observing Systems (ASOS) on the long-term temperature record: climatological significance
Patrick Taylor, LRC, Hampton, VA; and C. Kauffman

  Recorded presentation
  9:15 AM
J3.4
Design temperatures for heating and cooling applications in northern Colorado-an update
Wendy A. Ryan, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and N. Doesken and D. Swartz

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (143.6 kB)
  9:30 AM
J3.5
Shifts in the U. S. seasonal daily temperature range (DTR) peaks and dips in the 20th century
Rezaul Mahmood, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY; and N. Lawalin and S. A. Foster

  Recorded presentation
  9:45 AM
Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

  11:00 AM
J3.6
Exploring spatial and temporal variability of DTR among USHCN stations in the Ohio River Valley
Stuart A. Foster, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY; and R. Mahmood

  Recorded presentation
  11:15 AM
J3.7
Observer Bias in Daily Precipitation Measurements at United States Cooperative Network Stations
Christopher Daly, Oregon State Univ., Corvallis, OR; and W. Gibson, G. H. Taylor, M. Doggett, and J. Smith

http://mistral.oce.orst.edu/bias/

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.5 MB)
  11:30 AM
J3.8
A brief evaluation of precipitation from the North American Regional Reanalysis
Melissa S. Bukovsky, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and D. J. Karoly

  Recorded presentation
  11:45 AM
J3.9
Orographic Enhancements in Precipitation: Construction of a Global Monthly Precipitation Climatology from Gauge Observations and Satellite Estimates
Mingyue Chen, RS Information Systems, Inc., Camp Springs, MD; and P. Xie, J. Janowiak, and V. Kousky

Poster PDF (287.9 kB)
  11:59 AM
J3.10
Status and outlook for global combined precipitation estimates
George J. Huffman, NASA/GSFC and SSAI, Greenbelt, MD; and R. F. Adler, D. T. Bolvin, and E. J. Nelkin

  Recorded presentation
  12:14 PM
J3.11 moved. New paper number JP2.15

  12:15 PM
Lunch Break (Cash &Carry available in the Exhibit Hall)

  1:30 PM
J3.12
A synoptic climatology of blowing dust events in El Paso, Texas from 1932-2005
David J. Novlan, NOAA/NWSFO, Santa Teresa, NM; and M. P. Hardiman and T. E. Gill

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (2.3 MB)
  1:45 PM
J3.13
An updated warm-season convective wind climatology for the Florida space coast
Kristin A. Cummings, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and E. J. Dupont, A. J. Loconto, J. P. Koermer, and W. P. Roeder

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.1 MB)
  2:00 PM
J3.14
Maximum Wind Gust Return Periods for Oklahoma Using the Oklahoma Mesonet
Andrew J. Reader, Oklahoma Climatological Survey, Norman, OK

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (330.7 kB)
  2:15 PM
J3.15
Climatology of westerly wind events in the lee of the Sierra Nevada
Vanda Grubisic, DRI, Reno, NV; and M. Xiao

  2:30 PM
Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall and Raffle

  3:14 PM
J3.16 moved. New paper number J1.10

  3:15 PM
J3.17
A climatology of North American fire danger from the North American Regional Reanalysis dataset
Timothy J. Brown, DRI, Reno, Nevada; and W. M. Jolly and B. L. Hall

  3:30 PM
J3.18
Assessing Reference Evapotranspiration Observations in North Carolina
Fan Chen, Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC; and P. J. Robinson

  3:45 PM
J3.19
Progress in NOAA Data and Observation Services
Robert J. Leffler, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and M. J. Brewer, R. Livezey, and T. W. Owen

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (35.6 kB)
  4:00 PM
J3.20
A new paradigm in near real-time cooperative data ingest at NOAA's National Climatic Data Center
Karsten Shein, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and T. W. Owen

Poster PDF (94.7 kB)
  4:15 PM
J3.21
Statewide Monitoring of the Mesoscale Environment: A Technical Update
Kenneth C. Crawford, Oklahoma Climatological Survey, Norman, OK; and R. A. McPherson, C. A. Fiebrich, and R. L. Elliott

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (2.8 MB)
  4:30 PM
J3.22
Kentucky Mesonet: Instrumentation and an update
Rezaul Mahmood, Western Kentucky Univ., Bowling Green, KY; and S. A. Foster, C. B. Baker, and K. C. Crawford

  Recorded presentation
  4:45 PM
J3.23 moved. New paper number 5.10 in 16 Applied Climatology

  4:46 PM
J3.24
Satellite sounder-based atmospheric parameter climatologies: tools for monitoring/assessing short and long-term climate variabilities and trends
Gyula I. Molnar, JCET/Univ. of Maryland, Greenbelt, MD; and J. Susskind

  Recorded presentation

8:45 AM-9:30 AM: Thursday, 18 January 2007


6
Information Retrieval in the Atmospheric Sciences
Location: 208 (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: The Tenth Annual Atmospheric Science Librarians International (ASLI) Conference
Chair: Brian Voss, Librarian, NOAA Seattle Regional Library

Papers:
  8:45 AM
6.1
MGA Advanced Searching Techniques Works
Vicki Soto, Aquatic and Meteorological Sciences, Cambridge Scientific Abstracts (CSA), Bethesda, MD

  Recorded presentation

9:00 AM-12:00 PM: Thursday, 18 January 2007


5
Lidar Applications in Boundary Layer, Dispersion, and Wind Studies
Location: 207B (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: Third Symposium on LIDAR Atmospheric Applications
Chair: Cyrille Flamant, IPSL/CNRS
CoChair: Andreas Behrendt, University of Hohenheim

Papers:
  9:00 AM
5.1
Evolution of the Moisture Field During the Development of the Daytime Convective Boundary Layer
Tammy M. Weckwerth, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and L. J. Bennett, C. Kiemle, A. M. Blyth, C. Flamant, and Y. P. Richardson

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (670.0 kB)
  9:30 AM
5.2
Impact of surface heterogeneity in urban and rural areas on the atmospheric boundary layer using Doppler lidar.
Andrew K. A. P. Barkwith, University of Salford, Salford, United Kingdom; and K. E. Bozier and C. G. Collier

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.1 MB)
  9:45 AM
5.2A
Coffee Break

  11:00 AM
5.3
Nighttime aerosol dispersion and concentration measurements in the stable boundary layer via elastic backscatter lidar
April L. Hiscox, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA; and D. R. Miller, C. J. Nappo, J. Wang, D. Zajic, Y. P. Yee, E. D. Creegan, and R. M. Cionco

Poster PDF (184.3 kB)
  11:15 AM
5.4
Use of airborne doppler wind lidar to optimize the utility of UAV and space-based systems
G.D. Emmitt, Simpson Weather Associates, Charlottesville, VA; and S. A. Wood, S. Greco, C. O'Handley, and H. Jonsson

  11:30 AM
5.5
Dual-Doppler lidar measurements of flow over a suburban area
Rob K. Newsom, PNNL, Richland, WA; and R. Calhoun, D. Ligon, and K. J. Allwine

Poster PDF (2.6 MB)
  11:45 AM
5.6
Analysis of the southern Colorado Low-Level Jet by High Resolution Doppler Lidar data. Comparison to Great Plains LLJ climatologies.
Yelena Pichugina, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and R. M. Banta and N. D. Kelley

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (679.9 kB)

9:30 AM-10:00 AM: Thursday, 18 January 2007


7
Forensic Aspects of Meteorology
Location: 208 (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: The Tenth Annual Atmospheric Science Librarians International (ASLI) Conference
Chair: Maria Latyszewskyj, Librarian, Environment Canada

Papers:
  9:30 AM
7.1
CSI Downsview: Creative Scene Investigation
Philip Chadwick, Environment Canada, Toronto, ON, Canada

  Recorded presentation
  10:00 AM
Break

9:45 AM-11:00 AM: Thursday, 18 January 2007


Poster Session 1
Poster Session
Location: Exhibit Hall C (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: The Eugene Rasmusson Symposium

Papers:
 
P1.1
The robust lifecycles and seasonal impacts of El Niño and La Nina events
Narasimhan K. ("Sim") Larkin, USDA Forest Service, Seattle, WA; and D. E. Harrison

 
P1.2
The impact of wind farms on downstream storm tracks
Daniel Barrie, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and D. B. Kirk-Davidoff

 
P1.3
Ocean instabilities captured by breeding on a global ocean reanalysis
Matthew Joseph Hoffman, University of Maryland, Applied Math and Scientific Computing Program, College Park, MD 20742, MD; and E. Kalnay, J. Carton, and S. C. Yang

 
P1.4
Interannual variation of the instability waves in the tropical Pacific Ocean
Soon-Il An, Dept. of Atmospheric Sciences, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea

 
P1.5
Global variations in oceanic evaporation: what caused the upward trend in the recent decades?
Lisan Yu, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA

 
P1.6
Ensemble forecasts starting from coupled bred vectors with NASA coupled general circulation model
Shu-Chih Yang, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD; and E. Kalnay, M. Rienecker, and M. Cai

 
P1.7
Bio-Climate Feedbacks and ENSO Phase-locking
Raghu Murtugudde, ESSIC/Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD; and J. Ballabrera-Poy, R. H. Zhang, and A. J. Busalacchi

 
P1.8
August 2005 mesoscale convective system over West Africa. A case study
Benjamin L. Lamptey, NCAR, Boulder, CO

 
P1.9
Atmospheric water vapor transport and the hydrology of (Southwest) North America
David S. Gutzler, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM; and M. Strong and Z. Sharp


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

10:15 AM-11:45 AM: Thursday, 18 January 2007


8
Publishing and Product Updates, Part 1
Location: 208 (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: The Tenth Annual Atmospheric Science Librarians International (ASLI) Conference
Chair: Jinny Nathans, AMS

Papers:
  10:15 AM
8.1
Welcome Address (Including AMS Preprint Discussion)
Keith Seitter, AMS Executive Director, Boston, MA

  Recorded presentation
  10:45 AM
8.2
AMS Publishing Update
Kenneth F. Heideman, AMS, Director of Publications, Boston, MA

  Recorded presentation
  11:00 AM
8.3
AMS Book Publishing Update
Sarah Jane Shangraw, AMS, Book and Monograph Manager, Boston, MA

  11:15 AM
8.4
BAMS Update
Jeff Rosenfeld, Editor, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, Boston, MA

  11:30 AM
Questions and discussion from the floor

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


Joint Session 6
Haurwitz Lecture (Joint between MesoSymposium and 19 CVC)
Location: 206B (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsors: (Joint between the Symposium on Connections Between Mesoscale Processes and Climate Variability; and the 19th Conference on Climate Variability and Change )

Papers:
  11:00 AM
J6.1
The Hurricane-Climate Connection
Kerry Emanuel, MIT, Cambridge, MA

  Recorded presentation

11:00 AM-12:15 PM: Thursday, 18 January 2007


7
Tropical Weather II: Can We Do More?
Location: 205 (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: 35th Conference on Broadcast Meteorology
Chair: Katie Armato, KCTV

Papers:
  11:00 AM
7.1
Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans...what went wrong?
Warren Davis Nolan, WKRN TV, Nashville, TN

  Recorded presentation
  11:15 AM
7.2
Hurricane Rita threatens Houston, Texas-What the Media did right and wrong
Frank Billingsley, KPRC-TV, Houston, TX

  11:30 AM
7.3
Elements of an emergency communications plan-And why the current sytem doesn't work
Bryan Norcross, The Weather Channel, Atlanta , GA

  Recorded presentation
  11:45 AM
7.4
Hurricane visualization for tv viewers
Joe Witte, WJLA TV 7, Arlington, VA

  12:00 PM
7.5
Development prospects are good
Elliot Abrams, AccuWeather Inc., State College, PA

  Recorded presentation

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


8
Remote Sensing
Location: 207A (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: 14th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation
Chair: Kenneth R. Knapp, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC

Papers:
  11:00 AM
8.1
WSR-88D observations of volcanic ash
Jefferson Wood, NOAA/NWSFO, Anchorage, AK; and C. Scott and D. Schneider

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (590.2 kB)
  11:15 AM
8.2
Passive Microwave Rain Retrievals Using a New, Observations-Based, Parameterization of Sub-satellite Rain Variability
S. M. Hristova-Veleva, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and P. S. Callahan, R. S. Dunbar, B. W. Stiles, S. H. Yueh, J. N. Huddleston, S. V. Hsiao, G. Neumann, M. H. Freilich, B. A. Vanhoff, W. -. Y. Tsai, R. W. Gaston, E. Rodriguez, and D. E. Weissman

  11:30 AM
8.3
On-orbit Verification of Infrared Sounders on MetOP-A
Likun Wang, Dell Perot System, Camp Spring, MD; and C. Cao

  11:45 AM
8.4
MODIS infrared channel spectral response function calibration with co-located AIRS observation
Haibing Sun, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and W. Wolf, C. D. Barnet, L. Zhou, and M. Goldberg

Poster PDF (642.6 kB)
  12:00 PM
8.5
MODIS Infrared Channel Spectral Response Function Calibration with Co-located AIRS Observations
Haibing Sun, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and W. Wolf, C. D. Barnet, L. Zhou, and M. Goldberg

  12:15 PM
8.6
Calibrating geostationary satellite infrared sensors for climate applications
Kenneth R. Knapp, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (523.0 kB)

11:00 AM-2:30 PM: Thursday, 18 January 2007


10
Land and Ocean Observations
Location: 212B (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: 11th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)
Chair: Christopher N. K. Mooers, RSMAS, University of Miami

Papers:
  11:00 AM
10.1
Assessing the land albedo model of the new MODIS Aerosol retrieval over land Algorithm for urban scenes
Eduardo Hernandez, City College of New York, New York, NY; and M. M. Oo, L. Charles, B. Gross, M. Mihailidi, and F. Moshary

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (412.2 kB)
  11:15 AM
10.2
Improved Land Products from Multiple Satellite Data through Data Assimilation
Shunlin Liang, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and H. Fang, J. Townshend, and R. E. Dickinson

  11:30 AM
10.3
Marine wind analysis with the benefit of Radarsat-1 synthetic aperture radar data
Richard E. Danielson, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada; and M. Dowd and C. H. Ritchie

  11:45 AM
10.4
The HF radar national server and architecture project
Don T. Conlee, NOAA/NWS/National Data Buoy Center, Stennis Space Center, MS; and J. Harlan, E. J. Terrill, L. Hazard, M. Otero, P. L. Spence, and A. R. Diercks

http://hfradar.ndbc.noaa.gov

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (414.9 kB)
  12:00 PM
10.5
Operational evaluation of QuikSCAT ocean surface vector winds in tropical cyclones at the Tropical Prediction Center/National Hurricane Center
Michael J. Brennan, NOAA/NWS, Miami, FL; and R. D. Knabb

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (2.1 MB)
  12:15 PM
10.5a
Lunch Break (Cash & Carry available in the Exhibit Hall)

  1:30 PM
10.6
The Effect of Reabsorption of Chlorophyll Fluorescence and Elastic Scattering in Coastal Waters on the Efficacy of Retrieval Algorithms
Samir Ahmed, City College of the City University of New York, New York, NY; and A. Gilerson, J. Zhou, I. Ioannou, S. Hlaing, B. Gross, and F. Moshary

Poster PDF (264.3 kB)
  1:45 PM
10.7
Long Baroclinic Rossby Waves Identified in the Tropical North Atlantic from ARGO Profiling Floats Using the Optimal Decomposition Method
Peter C. Chu, NPS, Monterey, CA; and L. M. Ivanov, O. Melnickenko, and N. Wells

  Recorded presentation
  2:00 PM
10.8
NOAA's role in the expansion of the global ocean observing system for climate
Diane M. Stanitski, Shippensburg Univ., Shippensburg, PA; and M. Johnson

  Recorded presentation
  2:15 PM
10.9
Some OSSE issues for the coastal ocean observing system (COOS)
Christopher N. K. Mooers, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and D. S. Ko

  Recorded presentation

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


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

12:15 PM-1:30 PM: Thursday, 18 January 2007


Lunch Break (Cash & Carry available in the Exhibit Hall)

1:00 PM-5:05 PM: Thursday, 18 January 2007


9
Publishing and Product Updates, Part 2
Location: 208 (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: The Tenth Annual Atmospheric Science Librarians International (ASLI) Conference
Chair: Evelyn Poole-Kober, ASMD Library, USEPA

Papers:
  1:00 PM
9.1
Cambridge Scientific Abstracts (MGA)
Vicki Soto, Aquatic and Meteorological Sciences, Cambridge Scientific Abstracts (CSA), Bethesda, MD; and C. Emerson

  Recorded presentation
  1:30 PM
9.2
American Geophysical Union (AGU)
Nina Tristani, Marketing and Membership, American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC

  2:00 PM
9.3
Web of Science, Thomson Scientific
Paul Torpey, Global Sales Support Manager, Thomson Scientific, Philadelphia, PA

  Recorded presentation
  2:30 PM
9.4
Vendor TBD

  3:00 PM
Break

  3:15 PM
ASLI Business Meeting

  5:00 PM
Sessions end for the day

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


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

1:30 PM-2:00 PM: Thursday, 18 January 2007


Panel Discussion 2
Meet the Broadcast Board
Location: 205 (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: 35th Conference on Broadcast Meteorology
Moderator: Greg Fishel, WRAL-TV
Panelists: David Bernard, WFOR-TV; Gene A. Norman Jr., WGCL-TV; Jay Prater, KAKE-TV; Katie Armato, KCTV; Mark Nelsen, KPTV; Patrick T. Powell, WLUK-TV; Ronald A. Hearst II, KYTV; Sean Sublette, WSET Television; Veronica Johnson, NBC4; Wayne Hart, WEHT-TV; Yolanda Amadeo, WALB-TV

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


5
Comparisons between high-resolution regional and global models for studying climate
Location: 206B (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: Symposium on Connections Between Mesoscale Processes and Climate Variability
Chair: Philip W. Mote, Univ. of Washington

Papers:
  1:30 PM
5.1
Orographic Effects on Precipitation and its Interannual Variations (Invited)
L. Ruby Leung, PNNL, Richland, WA; and S. J. Ghan and Y. Qian

  2:00 PM
5.2
Interaction of weather and climate as diagnosed from hourly output 57-year dynamical downscaling of Reanalysis at 10km over California (Invited)
Masao Kanamitsu, SIO/Univ. of California, La Jolla, CA

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (287.6 kB)
  2:30 PM
5.3
Downscaling climate and weather forecasts using reforecast analogs (Invited)
Jeffrey Whitaker, NOAA, Boulder, CO; and T. M. Hamill

  Recorded presentation
  3:00 PM
Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall and Raffle

  3:30 PM
5.4
The enviroments of severe thunderstorms: global distribution and temporal changes (Invited)
Harold Brooks, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK

  Recorded presentation
  3:45 PM
5.5
Simulation of East Asian monsoon weather and climate using a high-resolution global GCM at GFDL
Ngar-Cheung Lau, NOAA/GFDL, Princeton, NJ

  Recorded presentation
  4:00 PM
5.6
Observed long-term California temperature-trends: coastal cooling and inland warming
B. Lebassi, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA; and J. E. Gonzles, D. Fabris, E. P. Maurer, R. Bornstein, and N. L. Miller

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (204.7 kB)
  4:15 PM
5.7
A study of tropical instability waves over the Atlantic using a coupled regional atmosphere–ocean model
Jen-Shan Hsieh, Department of Oceanography, Texas A & M University, College Station, TX; and P. Chang and R. Savaranan

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (976.5 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

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


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)

1:30 PM-5:00 PM: Thursday, 18 January 2007


2
Oral Session Part II
Location: 217C (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: The Eugene Rasmusson Symposium
Organizer: Clara Deser, NCAR

Papers:
  1:30 PM
2.1
Joy of climate analysis and monitoring
Kingtse Mo, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Camp Springs, MD

  Recorded presentation
  1:45 PM
2.2
A quick tour of ENSO impacts research from the 1980s to the present
Chester F. Ropelewski, International Research Institute for Climate Prediction, Columbia University, Palisades, NY

  Recorded presentation
  2:00 PM
2.3
The role of satellite observations in analyzing large-scale precipitation
Phillip A. Arkin, ESSIC, University of Maryland, College Park, MD

  Recorded presentation
  2:15 PM
2.4
Trends in Tropical Rainfall Characteristics : Observations and Modeling
William K. M. Lau, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD

  Recorded presentation
  2:30 PM
2.5
Warm-season hydroclimate variability over North America: Eugene Rasmusson's seminal contributions
Sumant Nigam, University of Maryland, College Park, MD

  Recorded presentation
  3:00 PM
2.5A
Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall and Raffle

  3:30 PM
2.6
The hydrologic cycle: An evolving view following the steps of Gene Rasmusson
Ernesto Hugo Berbery, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD

  Recorded presentation
  3:45 PM
2.7
Continental-scale hydrologic analyses and its development over the past Forty years.
Eric F. Wood, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ

  4:00 PM
2.8
Progress towards hydrometeorlogical forecasting
Soroosh Sorooshian, Center for Hydrometeorology and Remote Sensing (CHRS), University of California, Irvine., Irvine, CA

  Recorded presentation
  4:15 PM
2.9
Gene Rasmusson's leadership roles within the American Meteorological Society and the National Academies
Antonio J. Busalacchi Jr., ESSIC, University of Maryland, College Park, MD

  Recorded presentation
  4:30 PM
2.10
Communicating with Museum Audiences about Climate Science: Contributions of Gene Rasmusson
Peter Schultz, U.S. Climate Change Science Program, Washington, DC; and E. Shugart

  Recorded presentation
  4:45 PM
2.11
Gene Rasmusson as mentor
Mathew A. Barlow, University of Massachusetts - Lowell, Lowell, MA

  5:00 PM
2.12
Milestones on the road to climate system science
Eugene M. Rasmusson, University of Maryland, College Park, MD

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


7
Climate and Extreme Weather Events I
Location: 214B (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: 19th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Chairs: Kelly Redmond, Western Regional Climate Center; Edward O'Lenic (Chair after the Break), NOAA/NWS/CPC

Papers:
  1:30 PM
7.1
Tropical cyclones, drought, and the seasonal reversal of the ENSO rainfall signal in the Philippines
Bradfield Lyon, International Research Institute for Climate and Society, Columbia Univ., Palisades, NY; and S. J. Camargo, H. Cristi, E. R. Verceles, F. D. Hilario, and R. Abastillas

  Recorded presentation
  1:45 PM
7.2
Statistical analysis of factors affecting the genesis of tropical Atlantic cyclones in climate model simulations
R. Saravanan, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and S. Mahajan

  2:00 PM
7.3
A Multi-Millennial Record of Intense Hurricanes in New England
Philip Lane, MIT, Woods Hole, MA; and J. Donnelly

  Recorded presentation
  2:15 PM
7.4
U.S. temperature and precipitation extreme events, 1850–2005
Michael A. Palecki, ISWS, Champaign, IL; and K. E. Kunkel and J. R. Angel

  Recorded presentation
  2:30 PM
7.5
Closed anticyclones of subtropical and middle latitudes: A 54-year climatology (1950–2003) and three case studies of extreme heat waves
Thomas J. Galarneau Jr., SUNY, Albany, NY; and L. Bosart

  Recorded presentation
  2:45 PM
7.6
The Influence of Low Frequency and Synoptic Variability on the Timing, Magnitude, and Geographical Distribution of Extreme Wind Events
Jeffrey H. Yin, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and G. Branstator

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.4 MB)
  3:00 PM
7.6A
Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall and Raffle

  3:30 PM
7.7
The behavior of extreme cold-air outbreaks in a greenhouse-warmed world
Stephen J. Vavrus, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. E. Walsh, D. Portis, and W. L. Chapman

  Recorded presentation
  3:45 PM
7.8
Changes in North American extremes derived from daily weather data
Thomas C. Peterson, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and X. Zhang, M. B. India, and J. L. V. Aguirre

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (604.7 kB)
  4:00 PM
7.9
A Monte Carlo assessment of uncertainties in heavy precipitation frequency variations
Kenneth E. Kunkel, ISWS, Champaign, Illinois; and T. R. Karl and D. R. Easterling

  Recorded presentation
  4:15 PM
7.10
Statistical significance of the trends in the extremes of monthly precipitation over the US
Salil Mahajan, ORNL, Oak Ridge, TN; and R. Saravanan, G. North, and M. G. Genton

  Recorded presentation
  4:30 PM
7.11
High quality daily temperature and precipitation historical data sets for the Northeast United States: implications for sudies of climate extremes
Paula J. Brown, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA; and R. S. Bradley

  4:45 PM
7.12
A diagnostic study of atmospheric blocking using Lyapunov exponents over a 50 year period
Athar Hussain, Univ. of Missouri, Columbia, MO; and A. R. Lupo, C. Strong, and S. Dostoglou

  Recorded presentation
  5:00 PM
7.13
An adaptive multi-regressive method for summer seasonal forecast in the Mediterranean area
Massimiliano Pasqui, Institute of Biometeorology, National Research Council, Firenze, FI, Italy; and L. Genesio, A. Crisci, J. Primicerio, R. Benedetti, and G. Maracchi

  5:15 PM
7.14
The development of standardized anomalies for gradient fields as well as other fields—a preliminary investigation
Ivory J. Small, NOAA/NWS, San Diego, CA

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (2.0 MB)

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
Issues Related to private/Public Roles and Responsibilities in Provision of Weather in the NGATS
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

1:30 PM-5:45 PM: Thursday, 18 January 2007


6
Impacts of Aerosols on Weather and Climate
Location: 214D (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: AMS Forum: Climate Change Manifested by Changes in Weather

Papers:
  1:30 PM
6.1
Aerosol-Climate Research: The Kaufman-MODIS Era
V. Ramanathan, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, San Diego, CA

  2:00 PM
6.2
Wind and water supply reduction by aerosol particles
Mark Z. Jacobson, Stanford University, Stanford, CA; and Y. J. Kaufman

  Recorded presentation
  2:15 PM
6.3
The impacts of aerosols on Asian summer monsoon rainfall and circulation
Kyu-Myong Kim, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Greenbelt, MD; and W. K. M. Lau

  2:30 PM
6.4
"Weekend effect" for precipitation over eastern U.S.: Evidence for midweek intensification by pollution and historical evolution
Thomas L. Bell, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and K. M. Kim, D. Rosenfeld, J. M. Yoo, M. I. Lee, and M. Hahnenberger

  Recorded presentation
  2:45 PM
6.5
Global aerosol climatology in the EOS satellite era: Sources, transport, and atmospheric effects using the MODIS satellite data and the GOCART global model
Mian Chin, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD, MD; and L. A. Remer, T. Diehl, and H. Yu

  3:00 PM
6.5A
Coffee Break

  3:30 PM
6.6
MODIS aerosol observations used to constrain dust distributions and lifecycle in the NASA GEOS-5 model
Peter R. Colarco, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and E. Nowottnick and A. Da Silva

  3:45 PM
6.7
How 3D science can help to correctly interpret satellite data on aerosol-cloud interaction
Alexander Marshak, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and G. Wen, T. Varnai, and R. F. Cahalan

  Recorded presentation
  4:00 PM
6.8
Possibilities and Limitations of Current-Generation Satellite Aerosol Passive Remote Sensing, and Hopes for the Future
Ralph A. Kahn, JPL/Caltech, Pasadena, CA; and J. Martonchik, D. Diner, B. Gaitley, M. Garay, O. Kalashnikova, D. Nelson, K. Yau, and T. M. Team

  4:15 PM
6.9
Urban Aerosol Impact on Surface Energy and Hydrologic Cycles
Menglin Jin, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA; and J. M. Shepherd

  4:30 PM
6.10
Stratocumulus sensitivity to aerosols and dynamics
Guillaume Mauger, JISAO/Univ. of Washington, WA; and J. R. Norris

Poster PDF (357.6 kB)
  4:45 PM
6.11
An aerosol climatology from MODIS observations and products
Lorraine A. Remer, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and R. Kleidman and Y. Kaufman

  5:00 PM
6.12
Remote sensing of the aerosol-cloud boundary
Jens Redemann, Bay Area Environmental Research Institute, Ventura, CA; and Q. Zhang, P. B. Russell, P. Pilewskie, J. Livingston, B. Schmid, L. A. Remer, and R. A. Kahn

  5:15 PM
6.13
Aerosol retrievals using airborne lidar and MODIS measurements
Richard A. Ferrare, NASA/LaRC, Hampton, VA; and E. V. Browell, Y. Kaufman, J. F. Leon, M. Chin, C. Butler, V. G. Brackett, S. Burton, G. Chen, A. Clarke, P. B. Russell, J. Redemann, and L. A. Remer

Poster PDF (412.0 kB)
  5:30 PM
6.14
The Impact of Aerosols on the Color and Brightness of the Sun and Sky
Stanley David Gedzelman, The City College of New York, New York, NY

Poster PDF (89.1 kB)

2:00 PM-2:30 PM: Thursday, 18 January 2007


8
Professional Development & The Broadcast Board
Location: 205 (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: 35th Conference on Broadcast Meteorology
Chair: Greg Fishel, WRAL-TV

Papers:
  2:00 PM
8.1
Professional Development: Are you keeping track?
Robin John Reed, WDBJ-TV, Roanoke, VA

  Recorded presentation
  2:15 PM
8.2
Connecting weather to the environment: A short course on watersheds for weather broadcasters
Joseph Lamos, UCAR/COMET, Boulder, CO; and M. Kelsch, D. Owens, D. Sliter, and S. Espinoza

  Recorded presentation

2:30 PM-5:30 PM: Thursday, 18 January 2007


9
The Smartest People In The Newsroom? The Station Scientist
Location: 205 (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Sponsor: 35th Conference on Broadcast Meteorology
Chair: Gene A. Norman Jr., WGCL-TV

Papers:
  2:30 PM
9.1
Stargazing Highlights in 2007
J. Kelly Beatty, Night Sky Magazine, Cambridge, MA

  Recorded presentation
  3:00 PM
Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall with Raffle

  3:30 PM
9.2
Station Scientist Workshop
Paul H. Gross, WDIV-TV, Detroit, MI; and G. A. Norman Jr.

  4:45 PM
9.3
Your credibility as station scientist
Michael R. Smith, WeatherData, Inc., Wichita, KS; and M. A. Steinberg

  Recorded presentation
  5:00 PM
9.4
Discoveries and Breakthroughs Inside Science-Helping You be the Station Scientist
Emilie Lorditch, American Institute of Physics, College Park, MD; and A. Torres

  Recorded presentation

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

5:05 PM-5:10 PM: Thursday, 18 January 2007


Annual ASLI Field Trip will be on Friday, 19 January -- Southwest Research Institute, Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research, Daughters of the Republic of Texas at the Alamo. Lunch wil follow at a historic hotel
Location: 208 (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)

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

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