Session 4A |
| | Applications in Meteorology, Oceanography, Hydrology and Climatology - Part I |
| | Cochairs: Carl D. Thormeyer, KSBW-8, Salinas, CA; Timothy Crum, NOAA/NEXRAD Radar Operations Center, Norman, OK
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| 11:00 AM | 4A.1 | StickNet – A new portable, rapidly-deployable, surface observation system  
Christopher C. Weiss, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX; and J. L. Schroeder |
| 11:15 AM | 4A.2 | Convective Hazards Assessment Process: Revised Ricks Index
Robert J. Ricks Jr., NOAA/NWS, Slidell, LA; and T. Erickson |
| 11:30 AM | 4A.3 | Tornado and Severe Thunderstorm Warning Forecast Skill and its Relationship to Storm Type
Eric M. Guillot, National Weather Center REU, Lyndonville, VT; and T. M. Smith, V. Lakshmanan, K. L. Elmore, D. W. Burgess, and G. J. Stumpf |
| 11:45 AM | 4A.4 | Evaluation of WRF forecasts of tornadic and nontornadic outbreaks when initialized with synoptic scale input
Chad M. Shafer, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and A. E. Mercer, L. M. Leslie, M. B. Richman, and C. A. Doswell |