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Program Chairpersons:
Lynn A. Sherretz, NOAA/ESRL
Joanne Volk, Meteorological Service of Canada
Dale Ferguson, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics

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Sunday, 20 January 2008
	7:30 AM-9:30 AM, Sunday Short Course Registration
	9:00 AM-6:00 PM, Sunday Conference Registration
	12:00 PM-4:00 PM, Sunday, Exhibit Hall B 7th Annual WeatherFest
Monday, 21 January 2008
	7:30 AM-5:30 PM, Monday Registration continues through Thursday, 24 January
	9:00 AM-10:15 AM, Monday, 226-227 Panel Discussion 1 Key Challenges and Opportunities in Aviation Weather and How They Are Being Addressed
Panelists: Kenneth M. Leonard, FAA, Washington, DC; Jack Hayes, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; Steve Ricketts, EC, Edmonton, AB Canada Cochairs: Joanne Volk, Meteorological Service of Canada, Gatineau, QC Canada; Bruce Carmichael, NCAR, Boulder, CO
NWS Vision for Aviation Weather: J. Hayes     Key Challenges and Opportunities in Aviation Weather and How they are being Addressed: K. Leonard     Key Challenges and Opportunities in Aviation Weather: A Canadian Perspective: S. Rickets
	10:15 AM-10:45 AM, Monday Coffee Break (Mon a.m.)
	10:45 AM-11:45 AM, Monday, 226-227 Session 2 Convection, Decision Support Systems and Air Traffic Management Part I
Cochairs: Steve Ricketts, EC, Edmonton, AB Canada; Lynn Sherretz, NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO
10:45 AM 2.1 Evaluation of weather impact models in departure management decision support: operational performance of the Route Availability Planning Tool (RAPT) prototype   Rich DeLaura, MIT, Lexington, MA; and M. Robinson, R. Todd, and K. MacKenzie 11:00 AM 2.2 Application of models for decision-making in difficult environments to improve air traffic management during severe convective weather   James E. Evans, MIT, Lexington, MA; and M. Robinson 11:15 AM 2.3 Quantification of Predicted Impact of Convective Weather on Air Traffic and Comparison with Actual Impact   Alexander Klein, Air Traffic Analysis, Inc, Fairfax, VA; and S. Kavoussi, D. Hickman, M. Phaneuf, D. Simenauer, and T. MacPhail 11:30 AM 2.4 Operational Demonstration of a Convective Forecast Process, for Traffic Flow Decision Making at a Major Airport: Aviation User & Meteorology Producer Perspectives   Thomas H. Fahey III, Northwest Airlines, Minneapolis, MN; and M. Bardou, A. Berge, D. Francisco, D. Fulmer, J. Margraf, G. Schmeling, and I. Aslakson
	11:45 AM-1:30 PM, Monday Opening Plenary Session Featuring Mayor Nagin of New Orleans (Cash & Carry Lunch)
	1:30 PM-2:30 PM, Monday, 226-227 Session 3 Convection, Decision Support Systems and Air Traffic Management Part II
Cochairs: Steve Ricketts, EC, Edmonton, AB Canada; Lynn A. Sherretz, NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO
1:30 PM 3.1 Transitioning NCAR's Autonowcast System Capability Into NWS Operations   Mamoudou Bocar Ba, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and S. Smith, S. O'Donnell, K. Sperow, X. Tan, R. D. Roberts, T. Saxen, D. Albo, S. J. Fano, and D. Megenhardt 1:45 PM 3.2 Evaluating the performance of different synoptic regime settings on the NCAR Auto-Nowcaster   Eric J. Nelson, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. Roberts, T. Saxen, H. Cai, J. Pinto, and M. Steiner 2:00 PM 3.3 Measuring the utilization of available aviation system capacity during convective weather   Michael Robinson, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA; and W. Moser and J. E. Evans 2:15 PM 3.4 Key research issues for near term operational use of integrated convective weather-ATM decision support systems   James E. Evans, MIT/Lincoln Lab, Lexington, MA
	2:30 PM-4:00 PM, Monday, Exhibit Hall B Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break (mon p.m.)
	2:30 PM-4:00 PM, Monday, Exhibit Hall B Poster Session 1 Convection, Decision Support Systems, and Air Traffic Management Posters
P1.1 Statistical guidance for Terminal Aerodrome Forecasts from the Localized Aviation MOS Program   David E. Rudack, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and J. E. Ghirardelli   P1.2 Oceanic Convection Diagnosis and Nowcasting   Cathy Kessinger, NCAR, Boulder, Colorado; and H. Cai, N. Rehak, D. Megenhardt, J. Hawkins, and E. R. Williams   P1.3 Forecasting of Weather Bringing Disruption to Airport Operations Caused by Tropical Cyclones   Ping Cheung, Hong Kong Observatory, Kowloon, Hong Kong; and P. P. W. Li   P1.4 Linear contrail detection over the eastern United States from AVHRR and MODIS data   Lance A. Avey, SSAI, Hampton, VA; and R. Palikonda, P. Minnis, and D. P. Duda   P1.5 Observed uses and Air Traffic Flow Management benefits of the Route Availability Planning Tool during the 2007 convective weather season   Michael Robinson, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA; and R. DeLaura and J. E. Evans   P1.6 The Advanced Satellite Aviation Weather Products (ASAP) initiative: Research and transition activities in convective and turbulence diagnosis and nowcasting   John R. Mecikalski, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL; and T. A. Berendes, W. F. Feltz, K. M. Bedka, S. J. Paech, H. Iskendarian, R. D. Sharman, and J. J. Murray   P1.7 Sodar acoustic enclosure versus ambient acoustic noise, ground clutter and aerodynamically generated wind noise   Jean-Michel Fage Sr., REMTECH, Saint James, NY   P1.8 Statistical characteristics of the wind dependence of snow and freezing fog events at several major airports for improving Runway Visual Range (RVR) performance   Thomas A. Seliga, Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, Cambridge, MA; and D. A. Hazen and S. Burnley   P1.9 Marine Stratus Decision Support System for SFO: Does it reduce aircraft delays?   Nikole M. Ray, San Jose State University; and M. J. Delman and D. Reynolds   P1.10 Developing Tools for Calibrating Four-Dimensional Aviation Weather Forecasts   Holly M. Uhlenhake, RS Information Systems, Silver Spring, MD; and T. R. Boyer and D. P. Ruth   P1.11 Optimized Flight Routing Based on Weather Impacts Grids   David I. Knapp, U.S. Army Research Laboratory, White Sands Missile Range, NM; and T. Jameson, E. Measure, and A. Butler   P1.12 Modeling convective weather avoidance in enroute airspace   Rich DeLaura, MIT, Lexington, MA; and M. Robinson, M. Pawlak, and J. E. Evans   P1.13 Development of a lightning nowcasting system for Hong Kong International Airport   Peter P.W. Li, Hong Kong Observatory, Kowloon, Hong Kong; and S. Y. Lau and D. S. Lau   P1.14 Comprehensive storm-scale and microscale observational requirements for the current aviation enterprise and for NextGen   John J. Murray, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA; and D. Helms and C. Miner   P1.15 A statistical study of the weather impact on punctuality at Frankfurt Airport   Danijela Markovic, Institute of Meteorology and Climatology, Hannover, Germany; and T. Hauf and P. Röhner   P1.16 Transformation of NAS to NextGen and FAA Weather Architecture Impacts: An Update   Cheryl G. Souders, FAA, Washington, DC; and R. C. Showalter   P1.17 Evaluation of the 2 foot-lambert (fL) dawn and dusk thresholds for Runway Visual Range (RVR) airport applications   Thomas A. Seliga, Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, Cambridge, MA; and D. A. Hazen and S. Burnley   P1.18 Determination of the Predictability of aviation-relevant Characteristics of convective Weather   Richard E. Bateman, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and M. Steiner, D. Megenhardt, C. Phillips, and J. Pinto   P1.19 GOES-R Aviation Algorithm Working Group: Toward meeting aviation-related requirements   Wayne F. Feltz, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and K. L. Pryor, M. J. Pavolonis, J. R. Mecikalski, W. L. Smith, and D. T. Lindsey   P1.20 Platform for Meso-Scale Weather Prediction in Aerospace Applications   Yosef Gavriel Tirat-Gefen, Aerospace Division, Castel Research Inc., Fairfax, VA; and J. C. G. Pimentel   P1.21 An Assessment of clear-air echo occurrences to develop an advanced wind shear detection system for precipitation- free conditions   Kenichi Kusunoki, MRI, Tsukuba, Japan; and C. Tetsuya, M. Yutaka, T. Aoshima, H. Kobayashi, F. Mawashi, F. Taka, Y. Hirakawa, and H. Kiyota   P1.22 An interactive training approach to support the operational use of Air Traffic Management Convective Weather Decision Support Tools   Michael Robinson, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA; and J. E. Evans   P1.23 Cloud-to-ground lightning as a proxy for nowcasts of VIL and echo tops   Haig Iskenderian, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA   P1.24 A continental dense fog event associated with precipitation and low clouds   Nancy Westcott, Midwestern Regional Climate Center, Illinois State Water Survey, INRS, University of Illinois, Champaign, Illinois; and D. A. R. Kristovich   P1.25 Prototyping new products for the Canadian Air Navigation System: 'TAFPlus' and 'V-CMAC'   Bruno Larochelle, EC - Canadian Meteorological Aviation Centre, Edmonton, AB, Canada; and S. Laroche, M. Schaffer, R. Honch, and M. Kothbauer   P1.26 A meteorological system for planning and evaluating glider flights in Pennsylvania USA   Edward E. Hindman, The City University of New York, New York, NY; and S. M. Saleeby and O. Liechti   P1.27 Near real-time detection of seafog using MTSAT   Jae H. Kim, Pusan National University, Pusan, South Korea; and J. Ha and K. Ha   P1.28 TAFWarn - a situational awareness tool : helping forecasters monitor TAFs in an age of information overload   Erik De Groot, EC, Edmonton, AB, Canada; and R. Honch   P1.29 Use of Multiple Weather Products for Air Traffic Strategic Planning   Michelle Duquette, The MITRE Corporation, McLean, VA; and J. Huhn
	4:00 PM-5:30 PM, Monday, 226-227 Session 4 Convection, Decision Support Systems and Air Traffic Management Part III
Cochairs: Steve Ricketts, EC, Edmonton, AB Canada; Lynn A. Sherretz, NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO
4:00 PM 4.1 Integration of probabilistic Weather Information with Air Traffic Management Decision Support Tools: A conceptual Vision for the Future   Matthias Steiner, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and C. K. Mueller, G. Davidson, and J. A. Krozel 4.2 An ATM View of Progress-to-Date on Integrating Probabilistic Weather Forecasts with ATM Decision Making for NGATS   Goli Davidson, Goli Davidson Consulting, San Francisco, CA; and M. Steiner and W. Chan   The Marine Stratus Initiative and Effect of Stratus on Arrival Rates of SFO: M.J. Delman   4:15 PM 4.3 Researching concepts about weather and efficient management of air traffic   Reza Eftekari, MITRE/CAASD, McLean, VA 4:30 PM 4.4 Weather and Radar Processor (WARP) products for en-route controller displays   James G. Stobie, ENSCO, Inc., Falls Church, VA; and A. Moosakhanian, J. Johnson, P. Jackson, and W. N. Brown 4:45 PM 4.5 Forecasters' role in decision making at European Mainport Amsterdam   Nico Maat, KNMI, De Bilt, Netherlands; and M. Molendijk and J. Sondij 5:00 PM 4.6 Canadian airport nowcasting project (CAN-Now): Preliminary results and plans for future   George A. Isaac, Science and Technology Branch, Environment Canada, Toronto, ON, Canada; and M. Bailey, F. Boudala, B. Clark, S. Cober, N. Donaldson, N. Driedger, S. Gravel, I. Gultepe, D. Hudak, P. Joe, J. Reid, Z. Vukovic, A. Ling, and G. Simard 5:15 PM 4.7 An Aviation Weather Decision Support System (AWDSS) for the Dubai International Airport   Charles A. Barrere Jr., Weather Decision Technologies, Inc., Norman, OK; and M. Eilts, J. Johnson, R. Fritchie, P. Spencer, B. Shaw, Y. Li, W. Ladwig, R. Schudalla, and D. Mitchell
	5:30 PM-7:30 PM, Monday, Exhibit Hall A Formal Opening of Exhibits with Reception (Cash Bar)
Tuesday, 22 January 2008
	8:30 AM-9:45 AM, Tuesday, 207 Joint Panel Discussion 1 Enhancing the Connectivity between Research and Applications for the Benefit of Society Part I (Joint between the 24th Conference on IIPS, the Symposium on Linkages among Societal Benefits, Prediction Systems and Process Studies for 1-14 day Weather Forecasts, the 5th GOES Users' Conference, the 12th Conference on IOAS-AOLS, the 13th Conference on Aviation, Range and Aerospace Meteorology, and the Third Symposium on Policy and Socio-Economic Research)
Panelists: Steve Tracton, ONR, Arlington, VA; Mark DeMaria, NOAA/NESDIS, Ft. Collins, CO; James J. Gurka, NOAA/NESDIS/GOES-R Program Office, Greenbelt, MD; Rebecca Morss, NCAR, Boulder, CO; Thomas Whittaker, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; Stewart Cober, Science and Technology Branch, Environment Canada, Toronto, ON Canada Moderator: Mary H. Hayden, Univ. of Colorado, Colorado Springs, CO
Mary H. Hayden     Steve Tracton     Mark DeMaria     James J. Gurka     Rebecca Morss     Thomas Whittaker     Stewart Cober     Panel Discussion
	8:30 AM-9:45 AM, Tuesday, 226-227 Session 5 Nowcasting and Modeling Part I
Cochairs: Tim Wilfong, Wilfong and Associates, Boulder, CO; Rob Honch, EC, Edmonton, AB Canada
8:30 AM 5.1 An improved method to represent aviation emissions in air quality modeling systems and their impacts on air quality   Sarav Arunachalam, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC; and B. H. Baek, B. Wang, N. Davis, A. Holland, Z. Adelman, U. Shankar, F. Binkowski, A. Hanna, T. Thrasher, and P. Soucacos 8:45 AM 5.2 Implementation of the WRF model for the Dubai International Airport Aviation Weather Decision Support System (AWDSS)   Brent L. Shaw, Weather Decision Technologies, Inc., Norman, OK; and C. A. Barrere, R. L. Carpenter, and P. L. Spencer 9:00 AM 5.3 High-frequency updating of weather model prediction in the NextGen era   Stan Benjamin, NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and J. Brown and S. S. Weygandt 9:15 AM 5.4 Using probabilistic forecast guidance and an update technique to generate terminal aerodrome forecasts   Mark Oberfield, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and M. R. Peroutka and C. Abelman 9:30 AM 5.5 A High-resolution Rapidly-updated Meteorological Data Analysis System for Aviation Applications   C.S. Lau, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, New Territories, Hong Kong; and J. T. K. Wan, M. C. Chu, and P. P. W. Li
	9:45 AM-11:00 AM, Tuesday, Exhibit Hall B Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break (Tue a.m.)
	9:45 AM-11:00 AM, Tuesday, Exhibit Hall B Poster Session 2 Modeling and Range Posters
P2.1 Simulation of ground winds time series for the NASA Crew Launch Vehicle (CLV)   Stanley I. Adelfang, Stanley Associates, Huntsville, AL   P2.2 Sea state and weather assessment capability for NASA's Constellation Program   Robert E. Barbre Jr., Jacobs Engineering, Huntsville, AL; and V. W. Keller   P2.3 Surface Landing Site Weather Analysis for NASA's Constellation Program   Karen M. Altino, Jacobs Engineering/MSFC, Huntsville, AL; and K. L. Burns   P2.4 Earth Global Reference Atmospheric Model 2007 (Earth-GRAM07) Applications for the NASA Constellation Program   Fred W. Leslie, NASA, Huntsville, AL; and C. G. Justus   P2.5 An investigation of stratospheric winds in support of the High Altitude Airship   George D. Modica, AER, Lexington, MA; and T. Nehrkorn and T. T. Myers   P2.6 Comparison of the KSC-ER Cloud-to-Ground Lightning Surveillance System (CGLSS) and the U.S. National Lightning Detection Network™ (NLDN)   Jennifer G. Ward, NASA, Kennedy Space Center, FL; and K. L. Cummins and E. P. Krider   P2.7 Assessment of the importance of certain wind towers in the Cape Canaveral AFS/Kennedy Space Center mesonet for predicting convective winds   James P. Koermer, Plymouth State University, Plymouth, NH; and W. P. Roeder   P2.8 Forecasting cool season daily peak winds at Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station   Joe H. Barrett III, ENSCO, Applied Meteorology Unit, Cocoa Beach, FL; and D. A. Short and W. P. Roeder   P2.9 Discrete Gust Model for Launch Vehicle Assessments   Frank B. Leahy, NASA/MSFC, Huntsville, AL   P2.10 Hail disdrometer array for launch systems support   John E. Lane, ASRC Aerospace, Kennedy Space Center, FL; and D. W. Sharp, T. Kasparis, and N. J. Doesken   P2.11 The 2006 Kennedy Space Center Range Reference Atmosphere model validation study and sensitivity analysis to the performance of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Space Shuttle vehicle   K. Lee Burns, Raytheon/Jacobs ESTS Group, Huntsville, AL; and R. K. Decker, B. Harrington, and C. Merry   P2.12 Evaluating the performance of WRF model high-altitude forecasts   Michael E. Baldwin, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN; and A. E. Reinhart, C. Selby, and J. P. Sullivan   P2.13 Beyond Nowcasting of Thunderstorms: An Assessment of Various Blending Techniques for Increased Forecasting Skill at 2 - 6 h Lead Times   James O. Pinto, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and H. Cai, G. Lee, J. W. Wilson, M. Steiner, R. Bullock, D. Albo, S. S. Weygandt, and C. L. Phillips   P2.14 Aviation Team of the Mid-South   James W. Duke, James Duke Meteorology, Memphis, TN; and S. D. Boyette   P2.15 Investigation into environmental conditions for storm initiation over the ocean using satellite data   Huaqing Cai, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and C. Kessinger, N. Rehak, and D. Megenhardt   P2.16 The Shonai area railroad weather project: scientific objectives and experimental design   Kenichi Kusunoki, MRI, Tsukuba, Japan; and T. Imai, H. Suzuki, T. Takemi, B. Kotaro, M. Nakazato, W. Mashiko, S. Hayashi, H. Inoue, T. Fukuhara, T. Shibata, and W. Kato   P2.17 A blended training approach for creating effective terminal aerodrome forecasts   Tom W. Dulong, NOAA/NWS, Oklahoma City, OK; and P. G. Witsaman, V. C. Johnson, and D. A. Wesley   P2.18 Wind nowcasting to support continuous descent approaches   Philip Gill, UK Met Office, Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom; and D. Turp and M. Madgin   P2.19 Towards improved contrail parameterizations for climate-scale models   David P. Duda, National Institute of Aerospace, Hampton, VA; and P. Minnis and L. Avey   P2.20 New TAMDAR fleets and their impact on Rapid Update Cycle (RUC) forecasts   William R. Moninger, NOAA/ESRL/GSD, Boulder, CO; and S. G. Benjamin, B. D. Jamison, T. W. Schlatter, T. L. Smith, and E. J. Szoke
	11:00 AM-6:00 PM, Tuesday, Exhibit Hall A Exhibits Open (Tuesday)
	11:00 AM-12:00 PM, Tuesday, 226-227 Session 6 Nowcasting and Modeling Part II
Cochairs: Timothy L. Wilfong, Sr., ENSCO, Inc, Boulder, CO; Rob Honch, EC, Edmonton, AB Canada
11:00 AM 6.1 Wind Updates for Automated Air Traffic Control Systems Using COAMPS®/NAVDAS   Patricia M. Pauley, NRL, Monterey, CA; and K. Sashegyi 11:15 AM 6.2 Implementation of the radar-enhanced RUC   Stan Benjamin, NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and S. Weygandt, J. M. Brown, T. Smirnova, D. Devenyi, K. Brundage, G. Grell, S. Peckham, T. W. Schlatter, T. L. Smith, and G. S. Manikin 11:30 AM 6.3 A real-time automated ceiling and visibility analysis system   Richard E. Bateman, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and P. Herzegh, G. Wiener, and J. Cowie 11:45 AM 6.4 Effect of TAMDAR on RUC short-term forecasts of aviation-impact fields for ceiling, visibility, reflectivity, and precipitation   Edward J. Szoke, CIRA/Colorado State Univ. and NOAA, Boulder, CO; and S. G. Benjamin, R. S. Collander, B. D. Jamison, W. R. Moninger, T. W. Schlatter, B. Schwartz, and T. L. Smith
	12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Tuesday, 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, 226-227 Session 7 Nowcasting and Modeling Part III
Cochairs: Timothy L. Wilfong, Sr., ENSCO, Inc, Boulder, CO; Rob Honch, EC, Edmonton, AB Canada
1:30 PM 7.1 Rapid-refresh testing: examples of forecast performance   John M. Brown, NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and T. G. Smirnova, S. G. Benjamin, B. Jamison, and S. S. Weygandt 1:45 PM 7.2 An Automated National-Scale Ceiling and Visibility Forecast System: Development Progress   Jennifer L. Black, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. E. Bateman, P. H. Herzegh, G. Wiener, J. Cowie, and C. J. Kessinger 2:00 PM 7.3 Nearcasting convective destabilization of isolated summer-time convection using objective tools which optimize the impact of sequences of GOES moisture products   Ralph A. Petersen, CIMSS/University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and R. M. Aune 2:15 PM 7.4 Ongoing development and testing of generalized cloud analysis package within GSI for initializing Rapid Refresh   Ming Hu, ESRL Global Systems Division, Boulder, CO; and S. S. Weygandt, S. Benjamin, and M. Xue 2:30 PM 7.5 Hourly convective probability forecasts from an experimental RUC with radar data assimilation   Stephen S. Weygandt, NOAA / ESRL / GSD, Boulder, CO; and S. Benjamin, T. G. Smirnova, J. M. Brown, and K. J. Brundage
	3:00 PM-3:30 PM, Tuesday, Exhibit Hall A Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall (tues p.m.)
	3:30 PM-5:30 PM, Tuesday, 226-227 Session 8 Range
Cochairs: William P. Roeder, 45 Weather Squadron, Patrick AFB, FL, FL; Frederick R. Mosher, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, FL
3:30 PM 8.1 A new handbook for the development of space vehicle terrestrial environment design requirements   Dale L. Johnson, NASA/MSFC, Huntsville, AL; and W. W. Vaughan 3:45 PM 8.2 Analysis of proposed 2007-2008 revisions to the Lightning Launch Commit Criteria for United States space launches   J. E. Dye, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and E. P. Krider, F. J. Merceret, J. C. Willett, M. Bateman, D. Mach, W. D. Rust, R. L. Walterscheid, T. P. O'Brien, and H. J. Christian 4:00 PM 8.3 Triggered lightning risk assessment for RLVs at three commercial sites in California, New Mexico and Oklahoma   R. L. Walterscheid, The Aerospace Corporation, Los Angeles, CA; and E. P. Krider, J. C. Willett, G. W. Law, G. S. Peng, J. L. Roeder, R. W. Seibold, F. S. Simmons, and K. Shelton-Mur 4:15 PM 8.4 Defining the Natural Atmospheric Environment Requirements for the NASA Constellation Program   Barry C. Roberts, NASA/MSFC, Huntsville, AL; and F. B. Leahy 4:30 PM 8.5 Convective winds at the Florida Spaceport: year-3 of Plymouth State research   Heather A. Dinon, Plymouth State University, Plymouth, NH; and M. J. Morin, J. P. Koermer, and W. P. Roeder 4:45 PM 8.6 Performance of the new Four-Dimensional Lightning Surveillance System (4DLSS) at the Kennedy Space Center/Cape Canaveral Air Force Station complex   Martin J. Murphy, Vaisala Inc., Tucson, AZ; and K. L. Cummins, N. W. S. Demetriades, and W. P. Roeder 5:00 PM 8.7 NWS Spaceflight Meteorology Group Support for the NASA Constellation Orion Vehicle   Timothy Oram, NWS Spaceflight Meteorology Group, Houston, TX; and T. Garner 5:15 PM 8.8 Development of a new data tool for computing launch and landing availability with respect to surface weather   K. Lee Burns, Raytheon/Jacobs ESTS Group, Huntsville, AL; and K. M. Altino
Wednesday, 23 January 2008
	8:30 AM-10:00 AM, Wednesday, 226-227 Joint Session 5 Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) Part I (Joint between the 13th Conference on Aviation, Range and Aerospace Meteorology and the 24th Conference on IIPS)
Chairs: David J. Pace, FAA, Washington, DC; Mary M. Cairns, NOAA/Office of the Federal Coordinator for Meteorology, Silver Spring, MD
8:30 AM J5.1 General overview (JPDO and Wx IPT reorganization and Joint Weather Program)   Mark Andrews, Weather IPT, Washington, DC 9:00 AM J5.2 Research and Development priorities for NextGen weather   John McCarthy, JPDO Weather Working Group Chief Scientist (retired) and Aviation Weather Associates, Inc., Palm Desert, CA; and B. Carmichael 9:15 AM J5.3 Public and private sector roles in weather   Richard Heuwinkel, FAA, Washington, DC; and K. Johnston 9:30 AM J5.4 Multi-agency Network Enabled Weather on the FAA's SWIM DOC Test Bed   Richard C. Deininger, Tectura Corporation, Bellevue, WA; and O. Newell and G. Thompson 9:45 AM J5.5 US Government Environmental Datacube (4DCube) Harmonization   Kim Curry, United States Navy (USN), Washington DC, DC; and D. J. Pace, T. Hopkins, and R. Hardwick
	10:00 AM-10:30 AM, Wednesday Coffee Break (Wed a.m.)
	10:30 AM-12:00 PM, Wednesday, 226-227 Joint Session 6 Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) Part II (Joint between the 13th Conference on Aviation, Range and Aerospace Meteorology and the 24th Conference on IIPS)
Cochairs: David J. Pace, FAA, Washington, DC; Mary M. Cairns, NOAA/Office of the Federal Coordinator for Meteorology, Silver Spring, MD
10:30 AM J6.1 Evolution of FAA's Weather and Radar Processor (WARP) into the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen)   James Stobie, SAIC, Washington, DC; and A. Moosakhanian, P. Jackson, and W. N. Brown 10:45 AM J6.2 FLYSAFE - An Approach to Flight Safety - using GML/XML objects to define hazardous volumes of space for aviation   Andrew K. Mirza, Met Office, Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom; and S. Geindre and C. Pagé 11:00 AM J6.3 Scale of automation and the human role in generating weather information for the Next Generation Air Transportation Four Dimension (4D) Weather Cube   Kevin L. Johnston, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD 11:15 AM J6.4 The single authoritative source for weather information   Bruce Carmichael, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and D. J. Pace 11:30 AM J6.5 Consolidated Storm Prediction for Aviation (CoSPA)   Marilyn M. Wolfson, MIT, Lexington, MA; and W. J. Dupree, R. M. Rasmussen, M. Steiner, S. G. Benjamin, and S. S. Weygandt 11:45 AM J6.6 Integration of terminal area probabilistic meteorological forecasts in NAS-wide traffic flow management decision making   George Hunter, Sensis Corporation, Campbell, CA; and K. Ramamoorthy
	11:00 AM-6:30 PM, Wednesday, Exhibit Hall A Exhibits Open (wednesday)
	12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Wednesday Lunch Break (Cash & Carry in Exhibit Hall) (Wednesday)
	1:15 PM-2:30 PM, Wednesday, 205 Joint Session 1 The use of Artificial Intelligence in the field of Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology (Joint between the Sixth Conference on Artificial Intelligence Applications to Environmental Science and the 13th Conference on Aviation, Range and Aerospace Meteorology)
CoChair: Joanne Volk, Meteorological Service of Canada, Gatineau, QC Canada Chair: John K. Williams, NCAR, Boulder, CO
1:15 PM J1.1 Update on WIND-3: an analog forecasting system for ceiling and visibility   Bjarne Hansen, Environment Canada, Dorval, QC, Canada; and I. Gultepe and A. Ling 1:45 PM J1.2 Short-term wind forecasting at the Hong Kong International Airport by applying chaotic oscillatory-based neural network to LIDAR data   K.M. Kwong, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China; and P. W. Chan 2:00 PM J1.3 A regional classifier approach to aviation turbulence prediction   Jennifer Abernethy, NCAR/RAL, Boulder, CO; and R. Sharman and G. Wiener 2:15 PM J1.4 A machine learning approach to finding weather regimes and skillful predictor combinations for short-term storm forecasting   John K. Williams, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and D. A. Ahijevych, C. J. Kessinger, T. R. Saxen, M. Steiner, and S. Dettling
	2:30 PM-4:00 PM, Wednesday, Exhibit Hall B Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break (wednesday p.m.)
	2:30 PM-4:00 PM, Wednesday, Exhibit Hall B Poster Session 3 Turbulence, Volcanic Ash, and Instrumentation Posters
P3.1 Using WRF-ARW Data to Forecast Turbulence at Small Scales   Jeffrey E. Passner, Army Research Laboratory, White Sands Missile Range, NM; and D. I. Knapp   P3.2 Development of a rapid-update turbulence nowcast product   Larry B. Cornman, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and G. Wiener and T. Tasset   P3.3 Analysis on the Spatial and Temporal Distribution of the Aircraft Turbulences Occurred in South Korea for the Recent 10 years   Jung-Hoon Kim, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea; and H. Y. Chun   P3.4 A new direction in clear-air turbulence forecasting based on spontaneous imbalance, Part I: Application of theory   John A. Knox, Univ. of Georgia, Athens, GA; and D. W. McCann and P. D. Williams   P3.5 Performance of LIDAR-based turbulence detection algorithm   P. W. Chan, Hong Kong Observatory, Hong Kong, China; and K. M. Kwong   P3.6 A new direction in clear-air turbulence forecasting based on spontaneous imbalance, Part II: case studies and statistical results   Donald W. McCann, McCann Aviation Weather Reaserch, Inc., Overland Park, KS; and J. A. Knox and P. D. Williams   P3.7 Recent Meteorological Data Collection and Analysis In Support of United States Wake Turbulence Program   Hadi S. Wassaf, Volpe Center, Research and Innovative Technologies Administration (RITA), Cambridge, MA; and A. Tabrizi and W. Frank   P3.8 Climatology of upper-level turbulence using in-situ measurements of eddy dissipation rate   Jennifer Abernethy, NCAR/RAL, Boulder, CO   P3.9 Clear air turbulence forecasts: algorithms intercomparison using AMDAR Intensive Observation Period over Western Europe   Agathe Drouin, Météo France, Toulouse, France; and C. Le Bot, C. Pagé, and T. Ludjet   P3.10A Developments in numerical clear air turbulence forecasting at the UK Met Office   Debi Turp, UK Met Office, Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom; and P. Gill   P3.11 Automated volcanic ash dispersion forecasts   Ming Liu, NRL, Monterey, CA; and D. L. Westphal, J. S. Reid, T. L. Tsui, J. Cook, D. A. Geiszler, and M. Frost   P3.12 New automated methods for detecting volcanic ash and determining mass loading from infrared radiances: Looking towards the NPOESS and GOES-R Era's   Michael J. Pavolonis, NOAA/NESDIS, Madison, WI   P3.13 Global composite of volcanic ash “split window” geostationary satellite images   Frederick R. Mosher, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, FL   P3.14 NRL satellite volcano ash plume monitoring   Jeffrey D. Hawkins, NRL, Monterey, CA; and S. D. Miller, A. P. Kuciauskas, R. L. Bankert, F. J. Turk, K. Richardson, T. F. Lee, and J. E. Kent   P3.15 A methodology for the design of meteorological instrumentation networks   Jeffrey H. Copeland, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and L. Carson and A. Yates   P3.16 Development of a Transfer Function for the ASOS All-Weather Precipitation Accumulation Gauge   Jennifer M. Dover, NOAA/NWS, Sterling, VA   P3.17 A Study of Barometric Altimeter Errors in High Latitude Regions   Young Yee, Mkey Technologies, LLC, Las Cruces, NM; and E. Yee   P3.18 Snow gauge performance during the Denver blizzards of December, 2006   Scott D. Landolt, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. L. Black, R. M. Rasmussen, and A. W. Tripp
	4:00 PM-5:30 PM, Wednesday, 226-227 Session 9 Turbulence and Wind Shear Part I
Cochairs: A. Bruce Carmichael, NCAR, Boulder, CO; Kevin L. Johnston, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD
4:00 PM 9.1 The prediction of mountain wave turbulence   Robert D. Sharman, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. Abernethy and R. Frehlich 4:15 PM 9.2 Storm top cirrus plumes and jumping cirrus as indicators of clear air turbulence generated by deep convective storms   Pao K. Wang, Univ. if Wisconsin, Madison, WI 4:30 PM 9.3A Satellite-derived mountain wave turbulence interest field detection   Wayne F. Feltz, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. A. Otkin, K. M. Bedka, S. A. Ackerman, A. Wimmers, R. D. Sharman, and J. R. Mecikalski 4:45 PM 9.4 Remote detection and real-time alerting for in-cloud turbulence   Jason A. Craig, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. K. Williams, G. Blackburn, S. Linden, and R. Stone 5:00 PM 9.5 Case studies of widespread turbulence in the vicinity of mesoscale convective systems using 13-km RUC analyses   Stanley B. Trier, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. D. Sharman and R. G. Fovell 5:15 PM 9.6 Satellite signatures associated with significant convectively-induced turbulence events   Kristopher M. Bedka, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and W. F. Feltz, J. R. Mecikalski, R. D. Sharman, A. Lenz, and J. Sieglaff
	5:30 PM-6:30 PM, Wednesday, Exhibit Hall A Reception in Exhibit Hall (Cash Bar) (Wednesday)
	7:00 PM-9:00 PM, Wednesday AMS Annual Awards Banquet at the Hilton Riverside Hotel
Thursday, 24 January 2008
	8:30 AM-9:45 AM, Thursday, 226-227 Session 10 Turbulence and Wind Shear Part II
Cochairs: A. Bruce Carmichael, NCAR, Boulder, CO; Kevin L. Johnston, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD
8:30 AM 10.1 An update on turbulence reporting from commercial aircraft   Larry B. Cornman, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and G. Meymaris, J. Prestopnik, and T. Tasset 8:45 AM 10.2 A wind forecast algorithm to support Wake Turbulence Mitigation for Departures (WTMD)   Frank M. Robasky, MIT Lincoln Lab, Lexington, MA; and D. A. Clark 9:00 AM 10.3 Comparison of Rapid Update Cycle (RUC) Model Crosswinds with LIDAR Crosswind Measurements at St. Louis Lambert International Airport   Suilou Huang, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA; and F. M. Robasky and D. A. Clark 9:15 AM 10.4 Comparative analysis of Terminal Wind-Shear Detection Systems   John Y. N. Cho, MIT Lincoln Lab, Lexington, MA; and R. G. Hallowell and M. E. Weber 9:30 AM 10.5 Diagnosing hazardous turbulence associated with thunderstorms   John K. Williams, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and G. E. Blackburn, J. A. Craig, S. Linden, and R. D. Sharman
	9:45 AM-11:00 AM, Thursday, Exhibit Hall B Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break (Thurs a.m.)
	9:45 AM-11:00 AM, Thursday, Exhibit Hall B Poster Session 4 Radar and Icing Posters
P4.1 An update of the LIDAR Windshear Alerting System (LIWAS) in Hong Kong   P. W. Chan, Hong Kong Observatory, Hong Kong, China; and M. L. Kuo and C. M. Li   P4.2 The Real-Time Verification System (RTVS-NG): Integrating data to support user-based verification   Nick D. Matheson, OAR, Boulder, CO; and M. A. Petty, D. S. Schaffer, S. Madine, and J. Mahoney   P4.3 Development of a Polarimetric Space-Time Radar for Airborne Weather Hazard Monitoring   Yan Zhang, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK   P4.4 Three-dimensional radar mosaic integrating WSR-88Ds and Canadian radar network   Jian Zhang, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and C. Langston, K. Howard, W. Xia, and P. I. Joe   P4.5 Three-Dimensional Mosaic of the Eddy Dissipation Rate Fields from WSR-88Ds   Ming Fang, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. Zhang, J. K. Williams, and J. A. Craig   P4.6 Development of a lead-time metric for assessing skill in forecasting the onset of IFR events: poster and laptop presentation of a prototype web tool and database   Andrew Loughe, NOAA/ESRL/GSD/CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and S. Madine and J. Mahoney   P4.7 Investigation of a severe microburst near Phoenix, Arizona as seen by a mobile Doppler radar and the KIWA WSR-88D   Steven V. Vasiloff, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and K. Howard   P4.8 Analysis of 3-D NEXRAD Mosaic Reflectivity Data Colocated with Research Aircraft And Satellite Data: Implications on In-flight Icing   David Serke, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and F. McDonough and M. K. Politovich   P4.9 Development and testing of a liquid equivalent real-time sensor system in support of aircraft ground deicing operations   Roy Rasmussen, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and S. Landolt   P4.10 Comparison of NASA-Langley Satellite-Derived Cloud Properties with Pilot Reports in Aircraft Icing Scenarios   Jennifer Black, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. A. Haggerty, S. D. Landolt, F. McDonough, C. A. Wolff, P. Minnis, and L. Nguyen   P4.11 Using CloudSat data to validate icing products   Cory A. Wolff, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and T. F. Lee, C. Mitrescu, S. D. Landolt, and S. D. Miller   P4.12 Dust detection and quantification from MODIS IR bands using Artificial Neural Network (ANN) model   Sang-Sam Lee, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea; and B. J. Sohn
	11:00 AM-4:00 PM, Thursday, Exhibit Hall A Exhibits Open (thurs)
	11:00 AM-12:15 PM, Thursday, 226-227 Session 11 Verification
CoChair: Joanne Volk, Meteorological Service of Canada, Gatineau, QC Canada
11:00 AM 11.1 AWRP Quality Assessment Research Team (QART): User-based verification and NextGen alignment   Jennifer Mahoney, NOAA/ESRL/GSD, Boulder, CO 11:15 AM 11.2 The Real-Time Verification System (RTVS-NG): A new verification framework   Sean Madine, OAR, Boulder, CO; and N. D. Matheson, M. A. Petty, D. S. Schaffer, and J. Mahoney 11:30 AM 11.3 Aligning forecast verification with user-specific needs - an example for aviation   Michael P. Kay, NOAA/ESRL/CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and S. Madine, J. Mahoney, and J. E. Hart 11:45 AM 11.4 A lead-time metric for assessing skill in forecasting the onset of IFR events   Andrew Loughe, NOAA/ESRL/GSD/CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and S. Madine, J. Mahoney, and M. Graf 12:00 PM 11.5 Statistical assessment of explicit model forecasts of convection using a new object-based approach   Cody L. Phillips, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. O. Pinto, M. Steiner, R. M. Rasmussen, and N. Oien
	12:15 PM-1:30 PM, Thursday Lunch Break (Cash & Carry in Exhibit Hall) (Thurs)
	1:30 PM-3:00 PM, Thursday, 226-227 Session 12 Radar
Cochairs: Rodney J. Potts, CAWCR, Melbourne, Vic. Australia; James Stobie, SAIC, Washington, DC
12.1 Multi-Function Phased Array Radar (MPAR) Program Update   William Benner, FAA, Atlantic City, NJ; and G. S. Torok, M. Batista-Carver, T. Y. Lee, and B. Blasewitz 1:30 PM 12.2 Aviation applications of Doppler LIDAR – experience in Hong Kong   P. W. Chan, Hong Kong Observatory, Hong Kong, China; and C. M. Shun 1:45 PM 12.3 Improving weather radar data quality for aviation weather needs   David J. Smalley, MIT Lincoln Lab., Lexington, MA; and E. Mann, C. Ivaldi, and B. J. Bennett 2:00 PM 12.4 Strong wind shears in stratiform precipitation observed with weather radar   Valery Melnikov, University of Oklahoma/CIMMS, Norman, OK; and R. J. Doviak 2:15 PM 12.5 Development and testing of the VAHIRR radar product   Joe H. Barrett III, ENSCO, Applied Meteorology Unit, Cocoa Beach, FL; and J. Miller, D. Charnasky, R. Gillen, R. Lafosse, B. R. Hoeth, D. A. Hood, and T. M. McNamara 2:30 PM 12.6 WSR-88D observed spatial spectra of turbulence in precipitation   Ming Fang, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and R. J. Doviak
	3:00 PM-3:30 PM, Thursday, Exhibit Hall A Coffee Break and Exhibit Hall Raffle (Thurs)
	3:30 PM-5:00 PM, Thursday, 226-227 Session 13 Inflight Icing
Cochairs: George Issac, EC, Toronto, ON Canada; M. K. Politovich, NCAR, Boulder, CO
3:30 PM 13.1 An evaluation of the performance of the Forecast Icing Product (FIP)   Michael B. Chapman, NOAA/ESRL/GSD/CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and J. Mahoney, S. Madine, and J. K. Henderson 3:45 PM 13.2 SIGMA: diagnosis and nowcasting of in-flight icing supporting aircrew and ATM decision making process   Christine Le Bot, Météo France, Toulouse, France; and C. Pagé and A. Drouin 4:00 PM 13.3 Integration of satellite-derived cloud phase, cloud top height, and liquid water path into an operational aircraft icing nowcasting system   Julie A. Haggerty, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and F. McDonough, J. Black, S. Landolt, C. Wolff, S. Mueller, P. Minnis, and W. L. Smith 4:15 PM 13.4 Inflight icing detection with onboard microwave radiometry   Charles C. Ryerson, EDRC/CRREL, Hanover, NH; and G. G. Koenig, A. Reehorst, and F. Scott 4:30 PM 13.5 Forecasting supercooled large drop icing conditions   Frank McDonough, NCAR, Boulder, CO 4:45 PM 13.6 Detection of Aircraft Icing Conditions Using an Enhanced Cloud Retrieval Method Applied to Geostationary Satellite Data   Patrick Minnis, NASA/LaRC, Hampton, VA; and F. L. Chang, M. M. Khaiyer, W. L. Smith, L. Nguyen, D. A. Spangenberg, and R. Palikonda

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