22nd Conference on Hydrology (Expanded View)

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Program Chairpersons:
Bart Nijssen, 3TIER

Compact View of Conference

Sunday, 20 January 2008
7:30 AM-9:30 AM, Sunday 2008
Short Course Registration
 
9:00 AM-6:00 PM, Sunday 2008
Conference Registration
 
12:00 PM-4:00 PM, Sunday 2008, Exhibit Hall B
7th Annual WeatherFest
 
Monday, 21 January 2008
7:30 AM-5:30 PM, Monday 2008
Registration continues through Thursday, 24 January
 
9:00 AM-10:15 AM, Monday 2008, 223
Session 1 Weather to Climate Scale Hydrological Forecasting
CoChair: Thomas Adams, NOAA/NWS, Wilmington, OH
Chair: Bart Nijssen, 3TIER, Seattle, WA
1.1Experiments on Global Ensemble Streamflow Forecast Experiments on Global Ensemble Streamflow Forecast Based on Coupled GFS-Noah Modeling System  
Dingchen Hou, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC and SAIC, Camp Springs, MD; and K. Mitchell and Z. Toth
9:00 AM1.2The Hydrological Cycle of the MJO: A Pathway to Prediction at Subseasonal Time Scales   wrf recording
Duane Edward Waliser, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and B. Tian, E. Fetzer, W. T. Liu, and M. J. Schwartz
9:15 AM1.3Reducing uncertainty in hydrologic predictions in data sparse regions: A case study in southern Africa   wrf recording
Kathryn van Werkhoven, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA; and T. Wagener
9:30 AM1.4Development of a prototype flash-flood prediction system for the Colorado Front Range using the coupled WRF/Noah-distributed hydrometerological prediction system   wrf recording
David J. Gochis, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and D. N. Yates
9:45 AM1.5Assessing Vertical Profiles of Reflectivity (VPR's) To Detect Extreme Rainfall: Implications for Flash Flood Monitoring and Prediction   wrf recording
Amos Dodson, North Carolina State University, Blackstone, VA; and S. Van Cooten, K. Howard, J. Zhang, and X. Xu
 
10:15 AM-10:45 AM, Monday 2008
Coffee Break (Mon a.m.)
 
10:45 AM-11:45 AM, Monday 2008, 223
Session 2A Weather To Climate Scale Hydrological Forecasting, Part II
CoChair: Thomas Adams, NOAA/NWS, Wilmington, OH
Chair: Bart Nijssen, 3TIER, Seattle, WA
10:45 AM2A.1Climate change, rainfall extremes, and population at risk   wrf recording
Auroop R. Ganguly, ORNL, Oak Ridge, TN; and S. Khan, G. Kuhn, Y. Fang, D. J. Erickson, M. L. Branstetter, and G. Ostrouchov
11:00 AM2A.2Historic climate impacts on seasonal soil frost in the Midwestern United States   wrf recording
Tushar Sinha, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN; and K. A. Cherkauer
11:15 AM2A.3Grid-size Dependence on Statistical Precipitation Indices  
Kenji Kamiguchi, MRI, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan; and O. Arakawa and O. Arakawa
11:30 AM2A.4A formal evaluation of storm type versus storm motion  extended abstract wrf recording
Jose Miranda, Univ. of Missouri, Columbia, MO; and N. I. Fox
 
10:45 AM-11:45 AM, Monday 2008, 224
Session 2B Water Resources Management and Application
Chair: C. Adam Schlosser, MIT, Cambridge, MA
10:45 AM2B.1The National Water Bank Partnership: An Interdisciplinary Scientific Collaboration for Sustainable Water   wrf recording
Suzanne Van Cooten, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and K. Hurt and K. C. Crawford
11:00 AM2B.2Dynamic risk management in water systems - new methodology for reservoir operation   wrf recording
F. Assis Souza Filho, International Reserarch Institute for Climate and Society - Columbia University, New York, NY; and C. Brown
11:15 AM2B.3Reservoir management in a hydrological routing scheme   wrf recording
Heinz-Theo Mengelkamp, GKSS Research Center, Geesthacht, Germany; and H. Messal and J. Sutmoeller
2B.4Accounting for Uncertainty Propagation:Stream Flow Forecasting using Multiple Climate and Hydrological Models  
Paul Block, International Research Institute for Climate and Society, Palisades, NY; and F. A. Souza Filho and L. Sun
 
11:45 AM-1:30 PM, Monday 2008
Opening Plenary Session Featuring Mayor Nagin of New Orleans (Cash & Carry Lunch)
 
1:30 PM-2:30 PM, Monday 2008, 223
Session 3 Water Resources Management And Application, Part II
Chair: C. Adam Schlosser, MIT, Cambridge, MA
1:30 PM3.1Assessment of daily evapotranspiration in irrigated projects in Northeast Brazil using SEBAL/METRIC algorithms  
Bernardo Barbosa da Silva, Federal University of Campina Grande, Campina Grande, PB, Brazil; and S. T. A. D. Silva, C. A. C. D. Santos, and M. V. C. Bezerra
1:45 PM3.2Verification of Ensemble Streamflow Predictions from the Lower Mississippi River Forecast Center   wrf recording
Eric T. Jones, NOAA/NWS, Slidell, LA
2:00 PM3.3Free drainage or not: an evaluation of simulated soil moisture profiles by the Noah land surface model in the Mississippi region   wrf recording
Bailing Li, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and C. Peters-Lidard, S. V. Kumar, S. Rheingrover, and V. Anantharaj
2:15 PM3.4Using independent NCDC gauges to analyze precipitation values from the OneRain Corporation algorithm and the National Weather Service procedure  
Steven M. Martinaitis, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and H. Fuelberg, J. L. Sullivan, and C. Pathak
 
2:30 PM-4:00 PM, Monday 2008, Exhibit Hall B
Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break (mon p.m.)
 
2:30 PM-4:00 PM, Monday 2008, Exhibit Hall B
Poster Session 1 Weather to Climate Scale Hydrological Forecasting
CoChair: Thomas Adams, NOAA/NWS, Wilmington, OH
Chair: Bart Nijssen, 3TIER, Seattle, WA
 P1.1Examining Preconvective Heavy Rainfall Environments Utilizing Observational and Model Analysis Proximity Soundings  extended abstract
Michael J. Paddock, NOAA/NWS, Phoenix, AZ; and C. E. Graves and J. T. Martinelli
 P1.2An overview of the summer 2007 excessive rain event in the Southern Plains  extended abstract
Kevin H. Goebbert, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and A. D. Schenkman, C. M. Shafer, and N. Snook
 P1.3Analysis of Twenty-Five Years of Heavy Rainfall Events in the Texas Hill Country  extended abstract
Amy Schnetzler, Univ. of Missouri, Columbia, MO; and P. S. Market and J. W. Zeitler
 P1.4Hydrometeorological Analysis of Flooding Events in San Antonio, TX  
Hatim Sharif, Univ. of Texas, San Antonio, TX; and S. Chintalapudi, X. Wang, H. Xie, and J. W. Zeitler
 P1.5Hydrometeorological Analysis of the 2002 Guadalupe River Flood, TX  
Hatim Sharif, Univ. of Texas, San Antonio, TX; and A. Elhassan
 P1.6Evaluation of diurnal variations in precipitation over East Asia in the WRF and RSM  
Myung-Seo Koo, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea; and K. S. S. Lim, J. Choi, J. W. Lee, and S. Y. Hong
 P1.7Monitoring rainfall and predicting flash flooding: Integrating observation networks and radar data  extended abstract
Jessica A. Schultz, NOAA/NWSFO, Fort Worth, TX; and B. Carle
 P1.8Combined Rainfall-Runoff Forecast System based on the TOPMODEL for Han River basin  extended abstract
Ki-Ho Chang, National Institute of Meteorological Research, Seoul, South Korea; and J. H. Kim, C. H. Cho, and M. J. Lee
 P1.9Medium-Range Ensemble Hydrologic Forecasting for Western Washington State  
Andrew W. Wood, 3TIER, Inc., Seattle, WA; and S. Shukla and N. Voisin
 P1.10Evaluation of a global flood prediction system within the Mississippi River basin  
Nathalie Voisin, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and A. W. Wood and D. P. Lettenmaier
 P1.11A New Product to Help Forecast Convective Initiation in the 1-6 Hour Time Frame  
John Walker, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and J. Mecikalski
 
2:30 PM-4:00 PM, Monday 2008, Exhibit Hall B
Poster Session 2 Water Resources Management and Application
Chair: C. Adam Schlosser, MIT, Cambridge, MA
 P2.1Analysis of radar and gauge rainfall during the warm season in Oklahoma  extended abstract
Bin Wang, Wuhan Institute of Heavy Rain of China Meteorological Administration and NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and J. Zhang, W. Xia, K. Howard, and X. Xu
 P2.2The effect of hydrologic model calibration on seasonal streamflow forecast performance  
Xiaogang Shi, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and A. W. Wood and D. P. Lettenmaier
 P2.3Use of NASA Satellite and Modeling Products to Improve the US Bureau of Reclamation AWARDS ET Toolbox in the Middle Rio Grande  
David L. Toll, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and K. R. Arsenault, J. Dong, M. Ozdogan, A. Rentsch, S. Bowser, R. Stodt, R. Allen, M. Tasumi, and C. Robison
 P2.4Using NOAA CPC Local Three-Month Temperature Outlooks to support fisheries management  
Levi D. Brekke, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Denver, CO; and J. J. Barsugli, G. J. McCabe, and R. Yaworsky
 P2.5Modeling streamflow using gauge-only versus radar-derived rainfall  
John L. Sullivan Jr., Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and H. E. Fuelberg, S. M. Martinaitis, D. Bottcher, B. Jacobson, J. Bradberry, J. Mandrup-Poulsen, D. Gilbert, and T. S. Wu
 
4:00 PM-4:30 PM, Monday 2008, 223
Session 4 Water Resources Management And Application, Part III
Chair: C. Adam Schlosser, MIT, Cambridge, MA
4:00 PM4.1Assessing Gauge Adjusted Radar Rainfall Estimation for use in local Flash Flood Prediction  extended abstract wrf recording
Beth Marie Clarke, Weather Decision Technologies Inc, Norman, OK; and C. A. Kudym and A. K. Albers
4:15 PM4.2Multi-decadal Climate Variability or Change and Reservoir Performance: The Colorado River Compact  
F. Assis Souza Filho, International Reserarch Institute for Climate and Society/Columbia University, New York, NY; and U. Lall and H. H. Kwon
 
5:30 PM-7:30 PM, Monday 2008, Exhibit Hall A
Formal Opening of Exhibits with Reception (Cash Bar)
 
Tuesday, 22 January 2008
8:30 AM-9:45 AM, Tuesday 2008, 224
Joint Session 1 Land-Atmosphere Interactions (Joint between the 22nd Conference on Hydrology and the 20th Conference on Climate Variability and Change)
CoChair: Yongkang Xue, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
Chair: Randal D. Koster, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD
8:30 AMJ1.1Analysis of Large Scale Spatial Variability of Soil Moisture Data using a Geostatistical Method  extended abstract wrf recording
Tarendra Lakhankar, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and A. S. Jones, C. L. Combs, M. Sengupta, and T. H. Vonder Haar
8:45 AMJ1.2Analysis and Verification of Soil Water Content Measurements from the Oklahoma Mesonet  extended abstract wrf recording
Aaron M. Gleason, Oklahoma Climatological Survey, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. B. Basara
9:00 AMJ1.3Analysis of Surface Energy Budget Data Over Varying Land-Cover Conditions  extended abstract wrf recording
John B. Barr, Oklahoma Climatological Survey, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. B. Basara, W. P. Kustas, and J. H. Prueger
9:15 AMJ1.4Replicating horizontal variability in latent and sensible heat flux over a heterogeneous surface: The IHOP_2002 Western Track   wrf recording
Margaret LeMone, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and M. Tewari, F. Chen, J. G. Alfieri, and D. Niyogi
9:30 AMJ1.5The structure of the convective boundary layer in and around Oklahoma City  extended abstract wrf recording
Kodi L. Nemunaitis, Oklahoma Climatological Survey, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. Basara
 
9:45 AM-11:00 AM, Tuesday 2008, Exhibit Hall B
Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break (Tue a.m.)
 
9:45 AM-11:00 AM, Tuesday 2008, Exhibit Hall B
Joint Poster Session 1 Land-Atmosphere Interactions (Joint between the 22nd Conference on Hydrology and the 20th Conference on Climate Variability and Change)
CoChair: Yongkang Xue, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
Chair: Randal D. Koster, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD
 JP1.1Assessing the Performance of CLASS in the Canadian Regional Climate Model  
Edmond Chan, EC, Toronto, ON, Canada; and M. MacKay and D. Verseghy
 JP1.2Evapotranspiration over an irrigated cotton field  
Haimei Jiang, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS; and S. Liu and H. P. Liu
 JP1.3ENSO based low-frequency precipitation and nutrient load oscillations in the Little River Watershed, Georgia  
Victoria W. Keener, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; and G. Feyereisen, J. W. Jones, and U. Lall
 JP1.4Korea land data assimilation system (KLDAS) and its application using WRF  
Yoon-Jin Lim, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea; and T. Y. Lee and K. Y. Byun
 JP1.5Evaluating NARR surface variables and NLDAS using observations from the Oklahoma Mesonet  extended abstract
Justin W. Monroe, Oklahoma Climatological Survey, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. B. Basara and D. L. Toll
 JP1.6Evaluating land-atmosphere interactions in climate models using high-frequency ARM observations  
Thomas J. Phillips, LLNL, Livermore, CA; and J. S. Boyle, J. J. Hnilo, S. A. Klein, G. L. Potter, and S. Xie
 JP1.7Impacts of global climate change on the surface energy budget and water balances in the past 50 years  
Li Sheng, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS; and S. Liu and H. P. Liu
 JP1.8Evaluation of different Approaches for Estimating Evaporation over an open Water Surface  
Yu Zhang, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS; and H. Jiang, L. Sheng, H. Liu, and Q. L. Williams
 JP1.9Do Clouds Follow Deforestation Over the Amazon?  
Frederic J. F. Chagnon, MIT, Cambridge, MA; and R. L. Bras, J. Wang, E. Williams, A. K. Betts, N. O. Renno, L. A. T. Machado, R. Knox, and G. Bisht
 
11:00 AM-6:00 PM, Tuesday 2008, Exhibit Hall A
Exhibits Open (Tuesday)
 
11:00 AM-12:00 PM, Tuesday 2008, 224
Session L1 Robert E. Horton Lecture
11:00 AML1.1Hydrology in the Global Change Era   wrf recording
Dennis P. Lettenmaier, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
 
12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Tuesday 2008, La Louisiane
Presidental Forum: Hurricane Katrina: Looking Back to Look Ahead (Cash & Carry) (Presidental Forum will run parallel to the other sessions throughout the afternoon)
 
1:30 PM-3:00 PM, Tuesday 2008, 223
Session 5 Drought Assessment And Prediction
Chair: Wade T. Crow, USDA/ARS, Beltsville, MD
1:30 PM5.1Robustness of agricultural drought indices derived from land surface model integrations   wrf recording
Randal D. Koster, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and Z. Guo and P. A. Dirmeyer
1:45 PM5.2The University of Washington Surface Water Monitor: an experimental platform for national hydrologic assessment and prediction  extended abstract wrf recording
Andrew W. Wood, 3TIER, Inc., Seattle, WA
2:00 PM5.3Application of NARR-based NLDAS ensemble simulations to continental-scale drought monitoring  extended abstract wrf recording
Brian A. Cosgrove, NASA/GSFC and SAIC, Greenbelt, MD; and C. J. Alonge
2:15 PM5.4Monitoring and Predicting of the 2007 US Drought  
Lifeng Luo, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ; and E. F. Wood
2:30 PM5.5Global drought in the second half of the twentieth century   wrf recording
Konstantinos Andreadis, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and J. Sheffield, E. Wood, and D. Lettenmaier
2:45 PM5.6Progress in drought and flood monitoring through volunteer observing -- The Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network (CoCoRaHS)   wrf recording
Nolan J. Doesken, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and H. Reges, R. Cifelli, and J. Turner
 
1:45 PM-2:45 PM, Tuesday 2008, 224
Joint Session 2 Land-Atmosphere Interactions, Part II (Joint between the 20th Conference on Climate Variability and Change and the 22nd Conference on Hydrology)
CoChair: Yongkang Xue, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
Chair: Randal D. Koster, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD
1:45 PMJ2.2Effects of environmental factors on evaporation over an open water surface in Mississippi, U.S.A  
Heping Liu, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS; and Y. Zhang, L. Sheng, and H. Jiang
J2.1The Lake-Atmosphere Turbulent EXchanges (LATEX) field measurement campaign  
Elie Bou-Zeid, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland; and N. Vercauteren, H. Huwald, U. Lemmin, C. Meneveau, J. Selker, and M. B. Parlange
2:00 PMJ2.3Signatures of land-atmosphere feedback in a 360-year tree-ring record   wrf recording
Randal D. Koster, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and H. C. Fritts and M. Suarez
2:15 PMJ2.4North American Snow Depth Responses to Climate  
Yan Ge, Columbia University, New York, NY; and G. Gong
2:30 PMJ2.5Snow and warming   wrf recording
Philip W. Mote, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and R. Brown
 
3:00 PM-3:30 PM, Tuesday 2008, Exhibit Hall A
Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall (tues p.m.)
 
3:30 PM-5:15 PM, Tuesday 2008, 224
Joint Session 3 Land-Atmosphere Interactions, Part III (Joint between the 22nd Conference on Hydrology and the 20th Conference on Climate Variability and Change)
CoChair: Yongkang Xue, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
Chair: Randal D. Koster, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD
3:30 PMJ3.1Using photosynthesis-based canopy resistance model and new MODIS-based data to improve the presentation of vegetation transpiration in the Noah land surface model  extended abstract wrf recording
Anil Kumar, NCAR / Purdue University, Boulder, CO; and F. Chen, D. Niyogi, J. G. Alfieri, K. Manning, M. Ek, and K. Mitchell
3:45 PMJ3.2Minimum canopy resistance for croplands and grasslands during the 2002 International H2O Project   wrf recording
Joseph G. Alfieri, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN; and D. Niyogi, P. D. Blanken, F. Chen, M. Ek, A. Kumar, M. A. LeMone, and K. Mitchell
4:00 PMJ3.3Controlling factors and uncertainty in dynamic vegetation modeling at seasonal and interannual scales – a study using the SSiB4/TRIFFID  
Yongkang Xue, University of California, Los Angeles, CA; and Z. Zhang and P. M. Cox
4:15 PMJ3.4Evaluation of GCM surface processes over West Africa using offline land surface models and observations   wrf recording
Aaron A. Boone, CNRM, Toulouse, Midi-Pyrenees, France; and I. Poccard-Leclercq and Y. K. Xue
4:30 PMJ3.5Impact of Different Surface Layer Schemes and Snow Albedo Formulations on Cold-season Simulations by the Noah Land-surface Model   wrf recording
Michael Ek, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Camp Springs, MD; and K. Mitchell, Y. Xia, V. Wong, A. Slater, and B. Livneh
4:45 PMJ3.6An Observation-Based Formulation of Snow Cover Fraction and Its Evaluation over Large North American River Basins  
Guo-Yue Niu, University of Texas, Austin, TX; and Z. L. Yang
5:00 PMJ3.7Mass balance of the Haig Glacier using mesoscale modeling   wrf recording
Amanda S. Adams, Univ. of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada; and S. Marshall
 
3:30 PM-5:30 PM, Tuesday 2008, 223
Session 6 Drought Assessment And Prediction, Part II
Chair: Wade T. Crow, USDA/ARS, Beltsville, MD
3:30 PM6.1A Hydrologic Model-Based Drought Monitoring System for Washington State  
Shraddhanand Shukla, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and A. W. Wood
3:45 PM6.2Identifying time-lag relationships between vegetation condition and climate to produce vegetation outlook maps and monitor drought  extended abstract wrf recording
Tsegaye Tadesse, National Drought Mitigation Center, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE; and B. D. Wardlow and J. H. Ryu
4:00 PM6.3Drought and its relationship to long-term climatological indicators in the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin  extended abstract wrf recording
Kelly Stevens, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and P. Ruscher
4:15 PM6.4Snowmelt, drought, and vegetation in the western US: regional-scale patterns and predictability  
Mathew Barlow, Univ. of Massachusetts, Lowell, MA
6.5Regional climate model simulations of a severe Canadian Prairie drought event: A model inter-comparison study  
Kit K. Szeto, EC, Toronto, ON, Canada; and B. Rockel, K. H. Szeto, C. G. Jones, M. D. MacKay, J. Roads, and R. E. Stewart
4:30 PM6.6Numerical forecasting of drought impact on wheat yield by combining agrohydrological models, remote sensing and data assimilation  
Majid Vazifedoust, Wageningen University, Wageningen, Netherlands; and J. C. Van Dam, W. G. M. Bastiaanssen, and R. A. Feddes
4:45 PM6.7Monitoring drought from space: global approach  
Felix Kogan, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD
5:00 PM6.8Mapping Flash Drought in the U.S. Southern Great Plains   wrf recording
Gabriel B. Senay, SAIC-USGS/EROS, sioux falls, SD; and M. E. Budde, J. F. Brown, and J. P. Verdin
 
Wednesday, 23 January 2008
8:30 AM-10:00 AM, Wednesday 2008, 224
Joint Session 4 Land-Atmosphere Interactions, Part IV (Joint between the 22nd Conference on Hydrology and the 20th Conference on Climate Variability and Change)
CoChair: Randal D. Koster, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD
Chair: Yongkang Xue, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
8:30 AMJ4.1Initialization of LSM in JMANHM  
Daisuke Miura, Japan Meteorological Agency, Tokyo, Japan; and M. Oh'Izumi
8:45 AMJ4.2Stratosphere-troposphere coupling and links with Eurasian land-surface variability   wrf recording
Judah Cohen, AER, Lexington, MA; and M. Barlow, P. Kushner, and K. Saito
9:00 AMJ4.3Summer Season Predictions with the NCEP Coupled Forecast System Using Different Land Models and Different Initial Land States  
Rongqian Yang, NOAA/NCEP/EMC, Camp Springs, MD; and K. Mitchell, J. Meng, H. Wei, and G. Gayno
9:15 AMJ4.4The Impact of using GLDAS/Noah initial land states on GFS Forecasts  
Helin Wei, NOAA/NCEP/EMC, Camp Springs, MD; and K. Mitchell and J. Meng
9:30 AMJ4.5Soil Moisture, Evaporation and Convection: Do better land surface initial conditions produce a better precipitation forecast?  
Christa D. Peters-Lidard, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and C. J. Alonge, J. A. Santanello, S. V. Kumar, J. L. Eastman, W. K. Tao, and J. J. Shi
9:45 AMJ4.6Verification of NAEFS land-surface forecasts   wrf recording
Wanru Wu, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/CPC, Camp Springs, MD; and K. Mo
 
9:00 AM-10:00 AM, Wednesday 2008, 223
Session 7 Validation of Hydrometeorological Observations
CoChair: Chandra R. Kondragunta, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD
Chair: Robert J. Kuligowski, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD
9:00 AM7.1Satellite-Derived Precipitation Verification Activities of the International Precipitation Working Group (IPWG)   wrf recording
F. Joseph Turk, NRL, Monterey, CA; and P. A. Arkin, E. Ebert, R. R. Ferraro, J. J. Janowiak, C. Kidd, M. Sapiano, and D. A. Vila
9:30 AM7.2An inter-comparison of five high resolution satellite precipitation estimates with three-hourly gauge data   wrf recording
Mathew R. P. Sapiano, Cooperative Institute for Climate Studies (CICS/UMD), College Park, MD; and P. A. Arkin
9:45 AM7.3Performance of High-Resolution Satellite Precipitation Products over China  extended abstract wrf recording
Yan Shen, CMA National Meteorological Information Center, Beijing, China; and A. Xiong and P. Xie
 
10:00 AM-10:30 AM, Wednesday 2008
Coffee Break (Wed a.m.)
 
10:30 AM-11:45 AM, Wednesday 2008, 224
Joint Session 5 Land-Atmosphere Interactions, Part V (Joint between the 22nd Conference on Hydrology and the 20th Conference on Climate Variability and Change)
CoChair: Randal D. Koster, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD
Chair: Yongkang Xue, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
10:30 AMJ5.1Investigation of Land Surface Conditions Impact on Processes and Predictability of the North American Monsoon   wrf recording
Xia Feng, George Mason University, Calverton, MD; and M. G. Bosilovich, P. R. Houser, and J. D. Chern
10:45 AMJ5.2Soil moisture impacts on convective margins   wrf recording
Benjamin R. Lintner, Unversity of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA; and J. D. Neelin
J5.3Influence of sea surface temperature on soil moisture and precipitation interactions  
Kingtse Mo, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/CPC, Camp Springs, MD
11:00 AMJ5.4Numerical model simulations of regional weather and climate impacts due to changes in historical landuse in lower Mississippi river valley  
Valentine Anantharaj, Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS; and U. S. Nair, A. Song, L. Wasson, S. Christopher, P. J. Fitzpatrick, and R. King
11:15 AMJ5.5Detection and Analysis of the Climatic Signal of Land Use Change on the Tibetan Plateau   wrf recording
Jiming Jin, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory/Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA; and N. L. Miller
 
10:30 AM-12:00 PM, Wednesday 2008, 223
Session 8 Validation of Hydrometeorological Observations, Part II
CoChair: Chandra R. Kondragunta, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD
Chair: Robert J. Kuligowski, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD
10:30 AM8.1A Satellite View of Global Water and Energy Cycling   wrf recording
Paul R. Houser, George Mason Univ./Center for Research on Environment and Water, Calverton, MD; and C. A. Schlosser, B. Lin, and J. Entin
11:00 AM8.2TRMM Ground Validation at Melbourne, Florida: 1999-2007   wrf recording
David B. Wolff, NASA/GSFC and SSAI, Greenbelt, MD; and B. Fisher, J. Wang, and A. Tokay
11:15 AM8.3Validation of the NWS Stage IV Multi-Sensor Precipitation Estimates (MPE) in Mid-Atlantic Region   wrf recording
Boone F. Larson, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, LA; and A. Tokay, E. Habib, and B. R. Nelson
11:30 AM8.4Validation of the hydro-estimator rainfall retrieval algorithm over Puerto Rico  extended abstract wrf recording
Nazario D. Ramirez, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez, PR; and S. Cruz-Pol, R. J. Kuligowski, J. M. Castro, and X. Ortiz
11:45 AM8.5Blending Soil Moisture Retrievals from TMI, AMSR-E and WindSat Observations and Noah LSM Simulations for a Combined Soil Moisture Data Product   wrf recording
Xiwu Zhan, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and T. J. Jackson, J. Meng, M. Cosh, F. Weng, D. Tarpley, and K. Mitchell
 
11:00 AM-6:30 PM, Wednesday 2008, Exhibit Hall A
Exhibits Open (wednesday)
 
12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Wednesday 2008
Lunch Break (Cash & Carry in Exhibit Hall) (Wednesday)
 
2:30 PM-4:00 PM, Wednesday 2008, Exhibit Hall B
Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break (wednesday p.m.)
 
2:30 PM-4:00 PM, Wednesday 2008, Exhibit Hall B
Joint Poster Session 2 Land-Atmosphere Interactions, Part II (Joint between the 22nd Conference on Hydrology and the 20th Conference on Climate Variability and Change)
CoChair: Randal D. Koster, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD
Chair: Yongkang Xue, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
 JP2.1Case studies of land atmosphere interaction within the 12km North American land data assimilation system (NLDAS-E) project  
Charles J. Alonge, NASA/GSFC and SAIC, Greenbelt, MD; and B. A. Cosgrove
 JP2.2Impact of soil moisture initialization on numerical weather forecasting over the Mississippi Delta Region  extended abstract
Valentine Anantharaj, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS; and G. Mostovoy, U. S. Nair, and P. J. Fitzpatrick
 JP2.3Land-atmosphere coupling strength in the GEOS-5 AGCM  
Sarith Mahanama, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and R. D. Koster, J. T. Bacmeister, R. H. Reichle, and M. J. Suarez
 JP2.4Retrospective forcing of the NCEP Noah land surface model with observations from the OASIS network  extended abstract
Michael P. Morris, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. B. Benefield and J. B. Basara
 JP2.5Intercomparison of land surface process scheme in a global model: The single-column tests and seasonal prediction  
KyungHee Seol, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea, Seoul, South Korea; and S. Y. Hong, H. S. Kang, M. Kananitsu, and J. Roads
 JP2.6Multi-scale modeling of land-atmosphere interactions in the North American monsoon system  
Loren D. White, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS
 JP2.7Examining the relationship between fall/spring soil moisture and summer precipitation in the northern Great Plains  extended abstract
Lei Meng, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and S. Quiring
 JP2.8Anabatic flow development in the context of atmospheric stability and resulting orographic convection: A cumulus photogrammetric, in-situ and Doppler observations (CuPIDO) study  
Cory Demko, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY; and B. Geerts
 
2:30 PM-4:00 PM, Wednesday 2008, Exhibit Hall B
Poster Session 3 Validation of Hydrometeorological Observations
CoChair: Chandra R. Kondragunta, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD
Chair: Robert J. Kuligowski, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD
 P3.1Validation of the tropical rainfall potential (TRAP)  
Michelle Spampata, Riverside Technology Inc, Camp Springs, MD; and A. Schwartz, M. Turk, S. Kusselson, and R. Edmundson
 P3.2Prototype products for ground validation in the GPM-era  
David A. Marks, NASA/GSFC and SSAI, Greenbelt, MD; and D. B. Wolff and D. S. Silberstein
 P3.3Validation of a blended-snow product using station observations and satellite images  
Dorothy K. Hall, NASA, Greenbelt, MD; and J. L. Foster, P. M. Montesano, G. A. Riggs, R. E. J. Kelly, and J. B. Eylander
 P3.4A comparison of evolving multisensor precipitation estimation methods based on impacts on flow prediction using a distributed hydrologic model  extended abstract
David H. Kitzmiller, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and F. Ding, S. Van Cooten, K. Howard, C. Langston, J. Zhang, H. Moser, R. J. Kuligowski, D. Kim, Y. Zhang, and D. Riley
 P3.5DISCOVER merged water vapor product validation  
Deborah K. Smith, Remote Sensing Systems, Santa Rosa, CA; and K. Hilburn and F. J. Wentz
 
4:00 PM-5:30 PM, Wednesday 2008, 224
Joint Session 6 Advances in Atmospheric Reanalysis (Joint between the 20th Conference on Climate Variability and Change and the 22nd Conference on Hydrology)
CoChair: J. Roads, SIO/Univ. of California, La Jolla, CA
Chair: Michael Bosilovich, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD
4:00 PMJ6.1Comparison of MERRA with ERA-40 on river basin scales   wrf recording
Alan K. Betts, Atmospheric Research, Pittsford, VT; and M. G. Bosilovich
4:15 PMJ6.2Evaluation of a reanalysis system with CEOP station observations and multi-model analysis   wrf recording
Michael G. Bosilovich, NASA/GSFC/GMAO, Greenbelt, MD; and D. Mocko, J. O. Roads, and A. K. Betts
4:30 PMJ6.3Dominant balances and exchanges of the atmospheric water cycle in the Reanalysis-2 at diurnal, annual, and intraseasonal time scales   wrf recording
A.C. Ruane, NASA/GISS and Oak Ridge Associated Universities, New York, NY; and J. O. Roads
4:45 PMJ6.4A preliminary study of global water and energy cycles in a NASA reanalysis system  extended abstract wrf recording
Junye Chen, Univ. of Maryland/ESSIC & NASA/GSFC/GMAO, Greenbelt, MD; and M. G. Bosilovich
5:00 PMJ6.5Simulated Land Surface Hydrological Variability and Their Impacts on Weather and Climate Anomalies Over the US   wrf recording
Yun Fan, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/CPC/RSIS, Camp Springs, MD; and H. Van den Dool
5:15 PMJ6.6A regional re-analysis approach for modeling the West African monsoon rainfall diurnal cycle   wrf recording
Massimiliano Pasqui, Institute of Biometeorology - National Research Council (IBIMET-CNR), Firenze, FI, Italy; and F. Guarnieri and S. Melani
 
4:00 PM-5:15 PM, Wednesday 2008, 223
Joint Session 7 Land-Atmosphere Interactions, Part VI (Joint between the 22nd Conference on Hydrology and the 20th Conference on Climate Variability and Change)
CoChair: Randal D. Koster, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD
Chair: Yongkang Xue, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
4:00 PMJ7.1Response of the mean global vegetation distribution to interannual climate variability   wrf recording
Michael Notaro, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
4:15 PMJ7.2A modeling and observational framework for diagnosing local land-atmosphere coupling on diurnal time scales  extended abstract wrf recording
Joseph A. Santanello Jr., ESSIC/UMCP and NASA-GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and C. D. Peters-Lidard and S. V. Kumar
4:30 PMJ7.3Control of Surface Temperature Gradient over West Africa   wrf recording
Man-li Wu, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and S. Schubert, O. Reale, M. Suarez, R. D. Koster, and P. Pegion
4:45 PMJ7.4Lake Breeze simulation using an integrated RAMS and LIS modeling systems evaluated using ARMOR radar observations   wrf recording
Salvi Asefi, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and U. S. Nair, V. Anantharaj, K. Knupp, and Y. Wu
J7.5Simulated future river discharges under IPCC SRES scenarios: Yangtze, Ganges, Brahmaputra, Blue Nile and Murray-Darling  
Jun Jian, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA; and P. Webster
 
5:30 PM-6:30 PM, Wednesday 2008, Exhibit Hall A
Reception in Exhibit Hall (Cash Bar) (Wednesday)
 
7:00 PM-9:00 PM, Wednesday 2008
AMS Annual Awards Banquet at the Hilton Riverside Hotel
 
Thursday, 24 January 2008
8:30 AM-9:45 AM, Thursday 2008, R08-R09
Joint Panel Discussion 3 Enhancing the Connectivity between Research and Applications for the Benefit of Society Part III (Joint between the 22nd Conference on Hydrology, the Symposium on Recent Developments in Atmospheric Applications of Radar and Lidar, the The Severe Local Storms Committee, the The Air-sea Interaction Committee, the The Agricultural and Forecast Meteorology Committee, the Third Conference on Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data, and the Third Symposium on Policy and Socio-Economic Research)
Panelists: Steven J. Weiss, NOAA/NCEP/SPC, Norman, OK; Steve Goodman, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR, Camp Springs, MD; Bob Alder, Senior Scientist in the Laboratory for Atmospheres; Paul R. Houser, George Mason Univ./Center for Research on Environment and Water, Calverton, MD; Edgar L. Andreas, NorthWest Research Associates, Inc., Lebanon, NH; David L. Spittlehouse, British Columbia Ministry of Forests and Range, Victoria, BC Canada
Moderator: Pam L. Heinselman, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
 Pam L. Heinselman   wrf recording
 Steven J. Weiss   wrf recording
 Stephen Goodman   wrf recording
 Bob Alder   wrf recording
 Paul R. Houser   wrf recording
 Edgar L. Andreas   wrf recording
 David L. Spittlehouse   wrf recording
 Howie (Cb) Bluestein   wrf recording
 Panel Discussion   wrf recording
 
8:45 AM-9:30 AM, Thursday 2008, 223
Session 9 Advances in Remote Sensing and Data Assimilation in Hydrology
Chair: Susan C. Steele-Dunne, TU Delft, Delft Netherlands
8:45 AM9.1Applying GEOSS Concepts to Precipitation Related Observation Requirements in NOAA   wrf recording
Chandra R. Kondragunta, NOAA/NESDIS, Silver Spring, MD; and P. M. Taylor, J. Pereira, L. O'Connor, and R. Mairs
9.2An automated radar technique for the identification of warm rain processes  
Xiaoyong Xu, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and K. Howard and J. Zhang
9.3BREAM: A simple but effective model to allow better radar QPE in flash flood situations for radars with partial beam blocking  
Timothy A. Coleman, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and K. Knupp
9:00 AM9.4An improved GOES parallax correction scheme for rainfall estimation  extended abstract wrf recording
J. Clay Davenport, I.M. Systems Group, Inc, Camp Springs, MD; and R. J. Kuligowski
9:15 AM9.5Efficient assimilation of satellite precipitation observations into a cloud resolving model to support hydrologic applications  
Mircea Grecu, University of Maryland, Baltimore County and NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and E. Anagnostou
 
9:45 AM-11:00 AM, Thursday 2008, Exhibit Hall B
Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break (Thurs a.m.)
 
9:45 AM-11:00 AM, Thursday 2008, Exhibit Hall B
Poster Session 4 Advances in Remote Sensing and Data Assimilation in Hydrology
Chair: Susan C. Steele-Dunne, TU Delft, Delft Netherlands
 P4.1Soil Moisture Evaluation of the Long Island Central Pine Barrens Ecosystem  
Michael A. Edwards, NOAA, SILVER SPRING, MD; and M. Winslow and D. R. Blake
 P4.2Planetary boundary layer height climatology from GPS/COSMIC moisture profiles  
Chi O. Ao, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and T. K. Chan, B. A. Iijima, J. L. Li, A. J. Mannucci, B. Tian, and D. E. Waliser
 P4.3Impact of GPROF Database on TRMM TMI Retrievals of Precipitation over Korean Peninsula  
Geun-Hyeok Ryu, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea; and B. J. Sohn and E. K. Seo
 P4.4Near real time snow data assimilation for streamflow forecasting using MODIS snow data products  
Qiuhong Tang, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and A. W. Wood and D. P. Lettenmaier
 P4.5An intercomparison between LSM and satellite-retrieved estimates of volumetric soil moisture across the continental United States  
Christopher R. Hain, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and W. T. Crow, J. R. Mecikalski, and M. C. Anderson
 P4.6Estimates of total downwelling surface radiation using a high-resolution cloud product and an Ensemble Kalman Smoother  
Barton A. Forman, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA; and S. A. Margulis
 P4.7Updating atmospheric forecast model initial analyses by assimilating surface flux data  
Andrew A. Taylor, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and L. M. Leslie and D. J. Stensrud
 
11:00 AM-4:00 PM, Thursday 2008, Exhibit Hall A
Exhibits Open (thurs)
 
11:00 AM-12:15 PM, Thursday 2008, 223
Session 10 Advances in Remote Sensing and Data Assimilation in Hydrology, Part II
Chair: Susan C. Steele-Dunne, TU Delft, Delft Netherlands
11:00 AM10.1A Canadian precipitation analysis combining surface observations and remotely sensed data with a numerical weather prediction: applications to hydrological prediction and land-data assimilation  
Vincent Fortin, Meteorological Research Division, Environment Canada, Dorval, QC, Canada; and J. Marcoux, M. Carrera, P. Bourgouin, B. Casati, S. Bélair, and I. Dore
10.2Background and observation errors in the new Canadian Land Data Assimilation System  
Bernard Bilodeau, Meteorological Research Division, Environment Canada, Dorval, QC, Canada; and S. Bélair, P. Grunmann, and M. Carrera
11:15 AM10.3Quantifying the Impact of Land Surface Properties on Satellite-based Precipitation Estimates   wrf recording
Yudong Tian, UMBC/GEST, Greenbelt, MD; and C. Peters-Lidard, J. B. Eylander, M. Garcia, and J. Zeng
11:30 AM10.4Enhancing satellite-based precipitation estimates over land using spaceborne surface soil moisture retrievals   wrf recording
Wade T. Crow, USDA/ARS, Beltsville, MD; and R. Bindlish
 
12:15 PM-1:30 PM, Thursday 2008
Lunch Break (Cash & Carry in Exhibit Hall) (Thurs)
 
1:30 PM-3:00 PM, Thursday 2008, 223
Session 11 Advances in Remote Sensing and Data Assimilation in Hydrology, Part III
Chair: Susan C. Steele-Dunne, TU Delft, Delft Netherlands
1:30 PM11.1Impact of Land Surface Representation in the Assimilation of Surface Soil Moisture   wrf recording
Sujay V. Kumar, Univ. of Maryland Baltimore County/GEST, Greenbelt, MD; and R. H. Reichle, R. D. Koster, and C. D. Peters-Lidard
2:00 PM11.2Assessing the role of hillslope-scale heterogeneity in soil moisture remote sensing and data assimilation using microwave radiometry  extended abstract wrf recording
Alejandro N. Flores, MIT, Cambridge, MA; and V. Y. Ivanov, D. Entekhabi, and R. L. Bras
2:15 PM11.3Accounting for bias of model simulations in land data assimilation  
Yan Luo, Center for Research on Environment and Water, Calverton, MD; and P. R. Houser and X. Zhan
11.4Soil moisture monitoring at national scale with assimilation of satellite products: the experimental operational system of the Italian civil protection  
Giorgio Boni, CIMA - Italy, Savona, Italy; and L. Campo, F. Caparrini, F. Castelli, F. Delogu, L. Ferraris, L. Rossi, and F. Siccardi
2:30 PM11.5A Global Soil Moisture Network developed within the GEOSS Framework   wrf recording
P.J. Van Oevelen, International GEWEX Project Office, Silver Spring, MD MD; and T. Jackson and P. Viterbo
 
3:00 PM-3:30 PM, Thursday 2008, Exhibit Hall A
Coffee Break and Exhibit Hall Raffle (Thurs)
 
3:30 PM-5:00 PM, Thursday 2008, 223
Session 12 Advances in Remote Sensing and Data Assimilation in Hydrology, Part IV
Chair: Susan C. Steele-Dunne, TU Delft, Delft Netherlands
3:30 PM12.1A new blended global snow product using visible, passive microwave, and scatterometer satellite data  extended abstract wrf recording
James L. Foster, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and D. K. Hall, J. B. Eylander, G. A. Riggs, E. J. Kim, M. Tedesco, S. V. Nghiem, R. E. J. Kelly, and B. J. Choudhury
4:00 PM12.2Analysis and of estimation snowpack properties using CLPX data  extended abstract wrf recording
Amir E Azar, NOAA-CREST, New York, NY; and A. Powell, D. Seo, and R. Khanbilvardi
4:15 PM12.3Disaggregation of GOES-land surface temperatures using MODIS observations  extended abstract wrf recording
Anand K. Inamdar, USDA/ARS, Maricopa, AZ; and A. French
4:30 PM12.4Implementation of a global MODIS evapotranspiration algorithm for 2000-2006   wrf recording
Qiaozhen Mu, The University of Montana, Missoula, MT; and M. Zhao, F. A. Heinsch, and S. W. Running
4:45 PM12.5National irrigated lands mapping via an automated remote sensing-based methodology  extended abstract wrf recording
Jesslyn Brown, SAIC, Sioux Falls, SD; and B. D. Wardlow, S. Maxwell, S. Pervez, and K. Callahan
 
5:00 PM, Thursday 2008
Conference Ends
 

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