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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
1.1 Experiments 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 AM 1.2 The Hydrological Cycle of the MJO: A Pathway to Prediction at Subseasonal Time Scales   Duane Edward Waliser, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and B. Tian, E. Fetzer, W. T. Liu, and M. J. Schwartz 9:15 AM 1.3 Reducing uncertainty in hydrologic predictions in data sparse regions: A case study in southern Africa   Kathryn van Werkhoven, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA; and T. Wagener 9:30 AM 1.4 Development of a prototype flash-flood prediction system for the Colorado Front Range using the coupled WRF/Noah-distributed hydrometerological prediction system   David J. Gochis, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and D. N. Yates 9:45 AM 1.5 Assessing Vertical Profiles of Reflectivity (VPR's) To Detect Extreme Rainfall: Implications for Flash Flood Monitoring and Prediction   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 AM 2A.1 Climate change, rainfall extremes, and population at risk   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 AM 2A.2 Historic climate impacts on seasonal soil frost in the Midwestern United States   Tushar Sinha, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN; and K. A. Cherkauer 11:15 AM 2A.3 Grid-size Dependence on Statistical Precipitation Indices   Kenji Kamiguchi, MRI, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan; and O. Arakawa and O. Arakawa 11:30 AM 2A.4 A formal evaluation of storm type versus storm motion   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 AM 2B.1 The National Water Bank Partnership: An Interdisciplinary Scientific Collaboration for Sustainable Water   Suzanne Van Cooten, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and K. Hurt and K. C. Crawford 11:00 AM 2B.2 Dynamic risk management in water systems - new methodology for reservoir operation   F. Assis Souza Filho, International Reserarch Institute for Climate and Society - Columbia University, New York, NY; and C. Brown 11:15 AM 2B.3 Reservoir management in a hydrological routing scheme   Heinz-Theo Mengelkamp, GKSS Research Center, Geesthacht, Germany; and H. Messal and J. Sutmoeller 2B.4 Accounting 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 PM 3.1 Assessment 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 PM 3.2 Verification of Ensemble Streamflow Predictions from the Lower Mississippi River Forecast Center   Eric T. Jones, NOAA/NWS, Slidell, LA 2:00 PM 3.3 Free drainage or not: an evaluation of simulated soil moisture profiles by the Noah land surface model in the Mississippi region   Bailing Li, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and C. Peters-Lidard, S. V. Kumar, S. Rheingrover, and V. Anantharaj 2:15 PM 3.4 Using 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
P1.1 Examining Preconvective Heavy Rainfall Environments Utilizing Observational and Model Analysis Proximity Soundings   Michael J. Paddock, NOAA/NWS, Phoenix, AZ; and C. E. Graves and J. T. Martinelli   P1.2 An overview of the summer 2007 excessive rain event in the Southern Plains   Kevin H. Goebbert, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and A. D. Schenkman, C. M. Shafer, and N. Snook   P1.3 Analysis of Twenty-Five Years of Heavy Rainfall Events in the Texas Hill Country   Amy Schnetzler, Univ. of Missouri, Columbia, MO; and P. S. Market and J. W. Zeitler   P1.4 Hydrometeorological 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   P1.5 Hydrometeorological Analysis of the 2002 Guadalupe River Flood, TX   Hatim Sharif, Univ. of Texas, San Antonio, TX; and A. Elhassan   P1.6 Evaluation 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   P1.7 Monitoring rainfall and predicting flash flooding: Integrating observation networks and radar data   Jessica A. Schultz, NOAA/NWSFO, Fort Worth, TX; and B. Carle   P1.8 Combined Rainfall-Runoff Forecast System based on the TOPMODEL for Han River basin   Ki-Ho Chang, National Institute of Meteorological Research, Seoul, South Korea; and J. H. Kim, C. H. Cho, and M. J. Lee   P1.9 Medium-Range Ensemble Hydrologic Forecasting for Western Washington State   Andrew W. Wood, 3TIER, Inc., Seattle, WA; and S. Shukla and N. Voisin   P1.10 Evaluation 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   P1.11 A 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
P2.1 Analysis of radar and gauge rainfall during the warm season in Oklahoma   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   P2.2 The 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   P2.3 Use 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   P2.4 Using 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   P2.5 Modeling 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 PM 4.1 Assessing Gauge Adjusted Radar Rainfall Estimation for use in local Flash Flood Prediction   Beth Marie Clarke, Weather Decision Technologies Inc, Norman, OK; and C. A. Kudym and A. K. Albers 4:15 PM 4.2 Multi-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 AM J1.1 Analysis of Large Scale Spatial Variability of Soil Moisture Data using a Geostatistical Method   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 AM J1.2 Analysis and Verification of Soil Water Content Measurements from the Oklahoma Mesonet   Aaron M. Gleason, Oklahoma Climatological Survey, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. B. Basara 9:00 AM J1.3 Analysis of Surface Energy Budget Data Over Varying Land-Cover Conditions   John B. Barr, Oklahoma Climatological Survey, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. B. Basara, W. P. Kustas, and J. H. Prueger 9:15 AM J1.4 Replicating horizontal variability in latent and sensible heat flux over a heterogeneous surface: The IHOP_2002 Western Track   Margaret LeMone, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and M. Tewari, F. Chen, J. G. Alfieri, and D. Niyogi 9:30 AM J1.5 The structure of the convective boundary layer in and around Oklahoma City   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
JP1.1 Assessing the Performance of CLASS in the Canadian Regional Climate Model   Edmond Chan, EC, Toronto, ON, Canada; and M. MacKay and D. Verseghy   JP1.2 Evapotranspiration over an irrigated cotton field   Haimei Jiang, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS; and S. Liu and H. P. Liu   JP1.3 ENSO 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   JP1.4 Korea 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   JP1.5 Evaluating NARR surface variables and NLDAS using observations from the Oklahoma Mesonet   Justin W. Monroe, Oklahoma Climatological Survey, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. B. Basara and D. L. Toll   JP1.6 Evaluating 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   JP1.7 Impacts 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   JP1.8 Evaluation 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   JP1.9 Do 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 AM L1.1 Hydrology in the Global Change Era   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 PM 5.1 Robustness of agricultural drought indices derived from land surface model integrations   Randal D. Koster, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and Z. Guo and P. A. Dirmeyer 1:45 PM 5.2 The University of Washington Surface Water Monitor: an experimental platform for national hydrologic assessment and prediction   Andrew W. Wood, 3TIER, Inc., Seattle, WA 2:00 PM 5.3 Application of NARR-based NLDAS ensemble simulations to continental-scale drought monitoring   Brian A. Cosgrove, NASA/GSFC and SAIC, Greenbelt, MD; and C. J. Alonge 2:15 PM 5.4 Monitoring and Predicting of the 2007 US Drought   Lifeng Luo, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ; and E. F. Wood 2:30 PM 5.5 Global drought in the second half of the twentieth century   Konstantinos Andreadis, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and J. Sheffield, E. Wood, and D. Lettenmaier 2:45 PM 5.6 Progress in drought and flood monitoring through volunteer observing -- The Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network (CoCoRaHS)   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 PM J2.2 Effects 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 J2.1 The 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 PM J2.3 Signatures of land-atmosphere feedback in a 360-year tree-ring record   Randal D. Koster, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and H. C. Fritts and M. Suarez 2:15 PM J2.4 North American Snow Depth Responses to Climate   Yan Ge, Columbia University, New York, NY; and G. Gong 2:30 PM J2.5 Snow and warming   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 PM J3.1 Using photosynthesis-based canopy resistance model and new MODIS-based data to improve the presentation of vegetation transpiration in the Noah land surface model   Anil Kumar, NCAR / Purdue University, Boulder, CO; and F. Chen, D. Niyogi, J. G. Alfieri, K. Manning, M. Ek, and K. Mitchell 3:45 PM J3.2 Minimum canopy resistance for croplands and grasslands during the 2002 International H2O Project   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 PM J3.3 Controlling 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 PM J3.4 Evaluation of GCM surface processes over West Africa using offline land surface models and observations   Aaron A. Boone, CNRM, Toulouse, Midi-Pyrenees, France; and I. Poccard-Leclercq and Y. K. Xue 4:30 PM J3.5 Impact of Different Surface Layer Schemes and Snow Albedo Formulations on Cold-season Simulations by the Noah Land-surface Model   Michael Ek, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Camp Springs, MD; and K. Mitchell, Y. Xia, V. Wong, A. Slater, and B. Livneh 4:45 PM J3.6 An 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 PM J3.7 Mass balance of the Haig Glacier using mesoscale modeling   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 PM 6.1 A Hydrologic Model-Based Drought Monitoring System for Washington State   Shraddhanand Shukla, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and A. W. Wood 3:45 PM 6.2 Identifying time-lag relationships between vegetation condition and climate to produce vegetation outlook maps and monitor drought   Tsegaye Tadesse, National Drought Mitigation Center, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE; and B. D. Wardlow and J. H. Ryu 4:00 PM 6.3 Drought and its relationship to long-term climatological indicators in the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin   Kelly Stevens, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and P. Ruscher 4:15 PM 6.4 Snowmelt, drought, and vegetation in the western US: regional-scale patterns and predictability   Mathew Barlow, Univ. of Massachusetts, Lowell, MA 6.5 Regional 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 PM 6.6 Numerical 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 PM 6.7 Monitoring drought from space: global approach   Felix Kogan, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD 5:00 PM 6.8 Mapping Flash Drought in the U.S. Southern Great Plains   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 AM J4.1 Initialization of LSM in JMANHM   Daisuke Miura, Japan Meteorological Agency, Tokyo, Japan; and M. Oh'Izumi 8:45 AM J4.2 Stratosphere-troposphere coupling and links with Eurasian land-surface variability   Judah Cohen, AER, Lexington, MA; and M. Barlow, P. Kushner, and K. Saito 9:00 AM J4.3 Summer 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 AM J4.4 The 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 AM J4.5 Soil 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 AM J4.6 Verification of NAEFS land-surface forecasts   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 AM 7.1 Satellite-Derived Precipitation Verification Activities of the International Precipitation Working Group (IPWG)   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 AM 7.2 An inter-comparison of five high resolution satellite precipitation estimates with three-hourly gauge data   Mathew R. P. Sapiano, Cooperative Institute for Climate Studies (CICS/UMD), College Park, MD; and P. A. Arkin 9:45 AM 7.3 Performance of High-Resolution Satellite Precipitation Products over China   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 AM J5.1 Investigation of Land Surface Conditions Impact on Processes and Predictability of the North American Monsoon   Xia Feng, George Mason University, Calverton, MD; and M. G. Bosilovich, P. R. Houser, and J. D. Chern 10:45 AM J5.2 Soil moisture impacts on convective margins   Benjamin R. Lintner, Unversity of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA; and J. D. Neelin J5.3 Influence of sea surface temperature on soil moisture and precipitation interactions   Kingtse Mo, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/CPC, Camp Springs, MD 11:00 AM J5.4 Numerical 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 AM J5.5 Detection and Analysis of the Climatic Signal of Land Use Change on the Tibetan Plateau   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 AM 8.1 A Satellite View of Global Water and Energy Cycling   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 AM 8.2 TRMM Ground Validation at Melbourne, Florida: 1999-2007   David B. Wolff, NASA/GSFC and SSAI, Greenbelt, MD; and B. Fisher, J. Wang, and A. Tokay 11:15 AM 8.3 Validation of the NWS Stage IV Multi-Sensor Precipitation Estimates (MPE) in Mid-Atlantic Region   Boone F. Larson, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, LA; and A. Tokay, E. Habib, and B. R. Nelson 11:30 AM 8.4 Validation of the hydro-estimator rainfall retrieval algorithm over Puerto Rico   Nazario D. Ramirez, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez, PR; and S. Cruz-Pol, R. J. Kuligowski, J. M. Castro, and X. Ortiz 11:45 AM 8.5 Blending Soil Moisture Retrievals from TMI, AMSR-E and WindSat Observations and Noah LSM Simulations for a Combined Soil Moisture Data Product   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
JP2.1 Case 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   JP2.2 Impact of soil moisture initialization on numerical weather forecasting over the Mississippi Delta Region   Valentine Anantharaj, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS; and G. Mostovoy, U. S. Nair, and P. J. Fitzpatrick   JP2.3 Land-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   JP2.4 Retrospective forcing of the NCEP Noah land surface model with observations from the OASIS network   Michael P. Morris, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. B. Benefield and J. B. Basara   JP2.5 Intercomparison 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   JP2.6 Multi-scale modeling of land-atmosphere interactions in the North American monsoon system   Loren D. White, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS   JP2.7 Examining the relationship between fall/spring soil moisture and summer precipitation in the northern Great Plains   Lei Meng, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and S. Quiring   JP2.8 Anabatic 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
P3.1 Validation of the tropical rainfall potential (TRAP)   Michelle Spampata, Riverside Technology Inc, Camp Springs, MD; and A. Schwartz, M. Turk, S. Kusselson, and R. Edmundson   P3.2 Prototype 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   P3.3 Validation 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   P3.4 A comparison of evolving multisensor precipitation estimation methods based on impacts on flow prediction using a distributed hydrologic model   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   P3.5 DISCOVER 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 PM J6.1 Comparison of MERRA with ERA-40 on river basin scales   Alan K. Betts, Atmospheric Research, Pittsford, VT; and M. G. Bosilovich 4:15 PM J6.2 Evaluation of a reanalysis system with CEOP station observations and multi-model analysis   Michael G. Bosilovich, NASA/GSFC/GMAO, Greenbelt, MD; and D. Mocko, J. O. Roads, and A. K. Betts 4:30 PM J6.3 Dominant balances and exchanges of the atmospheric water cycle in the Reanalysis-2 at diurnal, annual, and intraseasonal time scales   A.C. Ruane, NASA/GISS and Oak Ridge Associated Universities, New York, NY; and J. O. Roads 4:45 PM J6.4 A preliminary study of global water and energy cycles in a NASA reanalysis system   Junye Chen, Univ. of Maryland/ESSIC & NASA/GSFC/GMAO, Greenbelt, MD; and M. G. Bosilovich 5:00 PM J6.5 Simulated Land Surface Hydrological Variability and Their Impacts on Weather and Climate Anomalies Over the US   Yun Fan, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/CPC/RSIS, Camp Springs, MD; and H. Van den Dool 5:15 PM J6.6 A regional re-analysis approach for modeling the West African monsoon rainfall diurnal cycle   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 PM J7.1 Response of the mean global vegetation distribution to interannual climate variability   Michael Notaro, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 4:15 PM J7.2 A modeling and observational framework for diagnosing local land-atmosphere coupling on diurnal time scales   Joseph A. Santanello Jr., ESSIC/UMCP and NASA-GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and C. D. Peters-Lidard and S. V. Kumar 4:30 PM J7.3 Control of Surface Temperature Gradient over West Africa   Man-li Wu, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and S. Schubert, O. Reale, M. Suarez, R. D. Koster, and P. Pegion 4:45 PM J7.4 Lake Breeze simulation using an integrated RAMS and LIS modeling systems evaluated using ARMOR radar observations   Salvi Asefi, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and U. S. Nair, V. Anantharaj, K. Knupp, and Y. Wu J7.5 Simulated 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     Steven J. Weiss     Stephen Goodman     Bob Alder     Paul R. Houser     Edgar L. Andreas     David L. Spittlehouse     Howie (Cb) Bluestein     Panel Discussion
	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 AM 9.1 Applying GEOSS Concepts to Precipitation Related Observation Requirements in NOAA   Chandra R. Kondragunta, NOAA/NESDIS, Silver Spring, MD; and P. M. Taylor, J. Pereira, L. O'Connor, and R. Mairs 9.2 An automated radar technique for the identification of warm rain processes   Xiaoyong Xu, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and K. Howard and J. Zhang 9.3 BREAM: 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 AM 9.4 An improved GOES parallax correction scheme for rainfall estimation   J. Clay Davenport, I.M. Systems Group, Inc, Camp Springs, MD; and R. J. Kuligowski 9:15 AM 9.5 Efficient 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
P4.1 Soil Moisture Evaluation of the Long Island Central Pine Barrens Ecosystem   Michael A. Edwards, NOAA, SILVER SPRING, MD; and M. Winslow and D. R. Blake   P4.2 Planetary 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   P4.3 Impact 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   P4.4 Near 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   P4.5 An 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   P4.6 Estimates 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   P4.7 Updating 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 AM 10.1 A 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 10.2 Background 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 AM 10.3 Quantifying the Impact of Land Surface Properties on Satellite-based Precipitation Estimates   Yudong Tian, UMBC/GEST, Greenbelt, MD; and C. Peters-Lidard, J. B. Eylander, M. Garcia, and J. Zeng 11:30 AM 10.4 Enhancing satellite-based precipitation estimates over land using spaceborne surface soil moisture retrievals   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 PM 11.1 Impact of Land Surface Representation in the Assimilation of Surface Soil Moisture   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 PM 11.2 Assessing the role of hillslope-scale heterogeneity in soil moisture remote sensing and data assimilation using microwave radiometry   Alejandro N. Flores, MIT, Cambridge, MA; and V. Y. Ivanov, D. Entekhabi, and R. L. Bras 2:15 PM 11.3 Accounting 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 11.4 Soil 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 PM 11.5 A Global Soil Moisture Network developed within the GEOSS Framework   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 PM 12.1 A new blended global snow product using visible, passive microwave, and scatterometer satellite data   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 PM 12.2 Analysis and of estimation snowpack properties using CLPX data   Amir E Azar, NOAA-CREST, New York, NY; and A. Powell, D. Seo, and R. Khanbilvardi 4:15 PM 12.3 Disaggregation of GOES-land surface temperatures using MODIS observations   Anand K. Inamdar, USDA/ARS, Maricopa, AZ; and A. French 4:30 PM 12.4 Implementation of a global MODIS evapotranspiration algorithm for 2000-2006   Qiaozhen Mu, The University of Montana, Missoula, MT; and M. Zhao, F. A. Heinsch, and S. W. Running 4:45 PM 12.5 National irrigated lands mapping via an automated remote sensing-based methodology   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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