Poster Session 1 |
| | Student Conference General Poster Session |
| | P1.1 | Ekman driven cyclones/anti-cyclones and wind driven ocean circulation using “Weather in a Tank”
David Beesley, Univ. of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, MA; and J. Olejarz, A. Tandon, and J. Marshall |
| | P1.2 | Geophysical fluid experiments in undergraduate education
Seth Clevenstine, Millersville University, Millersville, PA; and B. K. Fling |
| | P1.3 | Implementing a C++ interface for netCDF-4
Shanna-Shaye Sashai Forbes, University of California, Berkeley, CA |
| | P1.4 | A student centered, student led, volunteer forecasting organization at the University of Oklahoma
Patrick T. Marsh, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and D. Bodine, K. H. Goebbert, C. M. Shafer, and M. J. Laufersweiler |
| | P1.5 | Weather Break: a broadcast skills enhancing program for students
Beth Dickey, Creighton University, Omaha, NE; and J. R. Gomez, R. Caniglia, A. Rudersdorf, and D. J. M. Schrage |
| | P1.6 | Correlation of meteorological variables and Major League Baseball home runs
Benjamin J. Ogle, Millersville University, Millersville, PA; and R. A. Bayer, B. J. Edwards, S. R. Gindhart, L. C. Valentine, and A. N. Wallace |
| | P1.7 | Analyzing conventional and emerging radar technologies for the May 8th, 2007 central Oklahoma tornado case
Jared Rennie, Plymouth State University, Plymouth, NH |
| | P1.8 | Error in the WSR-88D ZS (snow) algorithm
Laura Christine Kruep, NSF, Charlotte, NC; and J. LaDue |
| | P1.9 | Communicating weather radar to public audiences 
Rachel E. Butterworth, Iowa State University, Ames, IA; and K. A. Kloesel, C. Cervato, and W. A. Gallus |
| | P1.10 | Interpreting historical storminess data: A web portal for Pacific regional resilience
Thomas A. Sabbatelli, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA; and J. Marra and E. Shea |
| | P1.11 | Hurricane & Tropical Storm Impacts over the South Florida Metropolitan Area: Mortality & Government
Ian C. Colon Pagan Sr., UPR Rio Piedras - SOARS, Patillas, PR |
| | P1.12 | Interactions between individuals during response to tornado warnings
Danielle E. Turner, Millersville University, Lancaster, PA |
| | P1.13 | National Weather Service warning performance associated with watches
Jessica A. Ram, Pennsylvania State University, Kennett Square, PA; and P. T. Schlatter, E. M. Quoetone, and R. H. Johns |
| | P1.14 | Crest Stage Relationships for River Systems in Georgia
Kar’retta N. Venable, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS; and K. Frantz |
| | P1.15 | Enhancements to flash flood warnings: automated inclusion of known flash flood-prone areas
Audra C. Hennecke, NOAA/NWS, Sterling, VA; and S. J. Rogowski, S. A. Rogowski, S. A. Listemaa, and R. D. Hitchens |
| | P1.16 | Floods and the Built Environment
Douglas James Gavin, UCAR/COMET, Jackson, MS |
| | P1.17 | Evaluating the utility of satellite-based precipitation estimates for flood forecasting in ungauged basins
Koray K. Yilmaz, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and H. V. Gupta and T. Wagener |
| | P1.18 | Effects of land cover characteristics on urban hydrological systems: an analysis for the Colorado Front Range
Armand D. Silva, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA; and D. J. Gochis |
| | P1.19 | Verification and analysis of soil water content measurements from the Oklahoma Mesonet
Aaron M. Gleason, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. B. Basara |
| | P1.20 | The Onset, Cessation and Dry Spells of the Small Rainy Season (Belg) of Ethiopia
Mesay Abebe Habtemariam Sr., National Meteorological Agency, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia |
| | P1.21 | Using ensemble prediction systems to estimate medium range temperature forecast error
Peter M. Finocchio, AER, Beverly, MA; and D. B. Hogan and S. M. Leidner |
| | P1.22 | Aspects of 6 June, 2007: a null "moderate risk" of severe weather
Jonathan Thomas Kurtz, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE |
| | P1.23 | Case analysis of the Friday, 13 April 2007 Colorado “false alarm” snowstorm
Jonathan D. D. Meyer, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO; and M. L. Massey and P. Nutter |
| | P1.24 | Convective initiation during the early evening boundary layer transition period: A case study
Jessica Busse, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL |
| | P1.25 | A comparison of GOES and MODIS imagery in operational forecasting
Jordan Gerth, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI |
| | P1.26 | Development of an improved forecasting technique for strong northeasterly winds in the western Gulf of Maine
Daniel S. Michaud, Plymouth State University, Plymouth, NH |
| | P1.27 | Effects of varying land-cover conditions on surface energy budgets
John B. Barr, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. B. Basara, W. P. Kustas, and J. H. Prueger |
| | P1.28 | Overview of the Hampton University 48-Inch LIDAR System
Robert Benjamin Lee III, Hampton University, Hampton, VA; and M. P. McCormick, Z. Tao, and D. Wu |
| | P1.29 | Water vapor retrieval using LIDAR measurements
Kevin R. Leavor, Hampton University, Hampton, VA; and M. P. McCormick, Z. Tao, and D. Wu |
| | P1.30 | Variability of surface air temperature over gently-sloped terrain
David Bodine, Atmospheric Radar Research Center, School of Meteorology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and P. Klein, S. Arms, E. Fedorovich, and A. M. Shapiro |
| | P1.31 | Behavior of WRF's boundary layer schemes and land surface models in simulations of an urban heat island
Natalie Umphlett, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE; and C. Rowe |
| | P1.32 | Analysis of wind data from the 2004 DAPPLE experiment in Westminster, UK
Maxime Perron, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. Barlow and P. M. Klein |
| | P1.33 | Numerical study of the Mid-Atlantic low-level jet
Catherine A. Sabol, Millersville University, Millersville, PA; and J. Limbacher |
| | P1.34 | Northern Hemisphere teleconnection patterns in relation to station temperature anomalies
Richard, Chohin Lam, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA |
| | P1.35 | Precipitation Relationships between the Great Plains, U.S. Southwest, and Mexican Monsoons
Melissa Marie Ackerman, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE; and R. Oglesby, Q. Hu, and S. Feng |
| | P1.36 | Two cases of extreme blocking events over Europe and North America
Justin M. Glisan, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO; and A. R. Lupo |
| | P1.37 | Global evolution of synoptic-scale vorticity maxima
Alec Setnor Bogdanoff, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL |
| | P1.38 | High resolution observations and modeling of a shallow, intense Great Plains cold front
Daniel C. Hartung, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. E. Martin, J. A. Otkin, D. D. Turner, W. F. Feltz, and T. J. Wagner |
| | P1.39 | Characterization of Selected Boundary Layer Convergence Zones as Observed in IHOP (2002) and REFRACTT (2006)
Theresa Abigail Aguilar, SOARS, Anton, TX; and T. M. Weckwerth and C. J. Kessinger |
| | P1.40 | Investigation of convective initiation along a Dryline using Observation and Numerical Weather Prediction Model
Mengsteab Weldegaber, Univ. of Maryland, Baltimore,, MD; and B. Demoz, S. Chiao, and L. Sparling |
| | P1.41 | The initiation and maintenance of convection along synoptically-quiescent drylines
Katherine L. Horgan, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX; and C. C. Weiss |
| | P1.42 | Case Study of Severe Wind Outbreak in NE Nebraska and NW Iowa August 20, 2007
Halley K. Holmes, Creighton University, Omaha, NE; and R. Caniglia, J. Martinelli, and A. Rudersdorf |
| | P1.43 | Using the WRF Model to Identify Genesis Mechanisms for Bow Echo Mesoscale Vortices
Michael St.Laurent Jr., Lyndon State College, Littleton, NH; and N. T. Atkins |
| | P1.44 | A Comparison of Inverted Troughs in the Central U.S
Tyler J. Fleming, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE; and M. R. Anderson |
| | P1.45 | Variations in subtropical storm types and their contribution to rainfall in southeast Texas
Dianne K. Boothby, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and A. C. Ferrel, L. J. Hopper, Jr., and C. Schumacher |
| | P1.46 | Storm divergence from the Aggie Doppler Radar (ADRAD): Synoptic forcing and convective/stratiform variations
Cameron R. Homeyer, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and A. J. Wiley |
| | P1.47 | Changes in mesoscale divergence structures based on storm evolution
Jordan Moore, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and A. Fanning, J. Stachnik, and C. Schumacher |
| | P1.48 | Hurricane Katrina reanalysis over South Florida
Michael Kevin Hernandez, Univ. of Miami, Miami, FL |
| | P1.49 | ICESat estimates of forest canopy height loss for post-hurricane timber damage detection and assessment decision support
Jason Brent Jones, NASA DEVELOP Program, Stennis Space Center, MS; and L. M. Childs |
| | P1.50 | Radar analysis of deep convection in landfalling tropical cyclone rainbands: tornadic and nontornadic cells
Heather B. Anderson, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, NC; and M. D. Eastin |
| | P1.51 | A climatology of tropical cyclone pinhole eyes in the Atlantic basin
Kate Musgrave, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO |
| | P1.52 | Analysis of deep convective cell motions within an intense hurricane
Brett G. Odom, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, NC; and M. D. Eastin |
| | P1.53 | Development of a hurricane secondary eyewall formation index
Matthew Sitkowski, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. Kossin |
| | P1.54 | An Analysis of the Three-Dimensional Wind Field of Hurricane Ivan (2004) Using Radar Data
Michael D. Williams, The University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and K. Knupp |
| | P1.55 | Reanalysis of the 1945 Homestead Hurricane
Christopher Micheal Luckett, NOAA, Jackson, MS |
| | P1.56 | Simulation of hurricane-ocean interaction for hurricane Katrina: Coupling the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model with a 1-D ocean model
Kimberly R. Trent, SOARS, Fresh Meadows, NY; and G. J. Holland and R. Rotunno |
| | P1.57 | Late season tropical cyclone formation in the northeastern Atlantic Ocean: 1975-2005
Rachel G. Mauk, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH; and J. S. Hobgood |
| | P1.58 | The effect of dust optical properties on surface radiative energy budget and atmospheric thermodynamics during Aerose-III
Adrian Flores, NOAA Center for Atmospheric Sciences, Washington, DC; and E. Joseph, N. R. Nalli, and V. Morris |
| | P1.59 | A Statistical Analysis of Trade Wind Cumulus Properties Relevant to Warm Rain Formation
Amanda M. Sheffield, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN; and S. Lasher-Trapp |
| | P1.60 | The Daily Cycle of Winds at Estación Obispo, Mexico, during the North American Monsoon
McArthur Jones Jr., Millersville University and UCAR/SOARS, Millersville, PA; and L. M. Hartten |
| | P1.61 | Calculating the moist static energy budget around the ITCZ in idealized WRF simulations
Scott W. Powell, University of Miami, Miami, FL; and D. S. Nolan |
| | P1.62 | Large-scale tropical circulations induced by heat sources in two simple models
Alex Omar Gonzalez, CMMAP, State College, PA |
| | P1.63 | Identification of mesoscale convective features using satellite imagery data
Annelise Lenz, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and W. F. Feltz, K. M. Bedka, R. E. Holz, and J. Sieglaff |
| | P1.64 | Using radio occultation soundings to study Mesoscale Convective Systems
Cecille M. Villanueva Birriel, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras, PR; and W. Schreiner and B. Kuo |
| | P1.65 | Development of methodology and tools for determining the impact of cloud-cover on satellite sensors
Luke McGuire, Univ. of Oklahoma, Lewisburg, PA; and H. E. Snell and T. S. Zaccheo |
| | P1.66 | Data exploration study of atmospheric TIR signals associated with tectonic faulting and earthquake processes
Noam Reisner, NASA DEVELOP at Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD; and C. P. Normile, M. Perekupka, M. Zuhurudeen, J. Wang, and S. Risman |
| | P1.67 | Improving the assessment capabilities of Encephalitis in Alabama by integrated use of NASA TRMM mission
Jamie E. Favors, NASA, Mobile, AL; and B. Stringer and F. W. Baker |
| | P1.68 | Atmospheric Measurements aboard C-130 During the Pacific Atmospheric Sulfur Experiment
Anastasia G. Yanchilina, Creighton University, Omaha, NE; and L. Mauldin and R. Anderson |
| | P1.69 | Effects of Meteorological Forcing on Transport and Fate of CDOM in the South Atlantic Bight
Lauren W. Urban, Creighton University, Omaha, NE |
| | P1.70 | Atmospheric forcing on lobster post-larvae settlement
Andrew J. Pershing, Gulf of Maine Research Institute, Portland, ME; and R. Wahle and P. C. Meyers |
| | P1.71 | Using remote sensing technologies to monitor the health of the Chesapeake Bay
Jill L. Gribbin, NASA, Greenbelt, MD; and M. Ferrucci, L. Kelly, and S. Risman |
| | P1.72 | Climate influences on Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) in Sequim Bay, Washington State
Alisha R. Fernandez, University of Colorado and NOAA/NCAR, Seattle, WA; and S. K. Moore and V. Trainer |
| | P1.73 | Compiling a climatology of smoke plume injection heights from satellite measurements
Shawn R. Gindhart, Millersville University, Millersville, PA; and C. Ichoku |
| | P1.74 | Interannual Variability of Wildfires in the Missouri - Arkansas region
Melissa D. Chesser, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri; and A. R. Lupo, D. Albert, and C. C. Buonanno |
| | P1.75 | Atmospheric Influence on the Propagation of Radio Station Waves
Scott Mowaswes, Kean University, Union, New Jersey |
| | P1.76 | Seasonal trends in stratospheric water vapor as derived from SAGE II data
Marilee M. Roell, LRC, Hampton, VA; and R. Fu |
| | P1.77 | Changes in Arctic Snowfall/Total Precipitation Ratios
Ryan L. Ruhge, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE; and S. Feng and M. P. Lawson |
| | P1.78 | Interpretation of Return Levels Under a Changing Climate
Marcus D. Walter, Pennsylvania State Univ. / NCAR, University Park, PA |
| | P1.79 | Predicting and assessing adaptive capacity of water management to climate variability and change in Northeast Brazil
Nathan L. Engle, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI |
| | P1.80 | Spatial and temporal precipitation patterns for the Great Plains
Caitlin I. Ross, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE; and M. R. Anderson |
| | P1.81 | Regional variability of CAPE and deep shear from reanalysis
Victor Gensini, National Weather Center REU Program, Dekalb, IL |
| | P1.82 | Meridional Energy Transport Discrepancies in Transient and Equilibrium Climate Simulations
Benjamin Katsuo Johnson, OAR, College Park, MD |
| | P1.83 | The effect of CO2 stabilization on uptake rates in land and ocean sinks as a function of ocean circulation, vegetation type, and CO2 fertilization
Zi Zi A. Searles, NCAR, San Francisco, CA |
| | P1.84 | Comparing the Antarctic bipolar seesaw under glacial and interglacial conditions
Katherine A. Pingree, Plymouth State University, Plymouth, NH; and C. Morrill |
| | P1.85 | Neural Networks as a tool for Spatio-temporal Interpolation in the Gulf of Maine
François P. Neville, University of Maine, Orono, ME |
| | P1.86 | The Sensational Seiche of Lake Erie
Sarah M. Dillingham, University of Georgia, Athens, GA |
| | P1.87 | Ekman Transport and Tidal Variations in the Gulf of Maine
Norman Shippee Jr., Plymouth State University, Plymouth, NH |
| | P1.88 | Trends and Sources of Aerosols in Alaska
Ashley N. Wallace, Millersville University, Millersville, PA |
| | P1.89 | Intensive observation of Sand ans Dust Stroms using ground-based Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy in Anmyeon, Korea
Byung-Il Lee III, National Institute of Meteorological Research, Seoul, South Korea; and Y. Kim, E. H. Sohn, M. J. Kim, G. M. Lee, and J. H. Park |
| | P1.90 | Ozone dependency of the background current in ozonesondes
Karen A. Diaz, NCAR/Significant Opportunities for Atmospheric Research and Science, San Juan, PR |
| | P1.91 | Improving Data Quality when Sampling Oxygen-18 Isotopes in Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide
Lumari Pardo, SOARS, UCAR, New York, NY |
| | P1.92 | Characteristics of PM2.5 carbonaceous aerosol in Tianjin,China
Weifang Li, Nankai University, Tianjin, China; and Z. Bai, C. Zhang, A. Liu, and J. Wei |
| | P1.93 | Comparing simulations to observations of photochemical reactive gaseous pollutants above and downwind of Mexico City
Christopher L. Williams, SOARS/UCAR, Atlanta, GA; and D. McKenna |
| | P1.94 | Multivariate linear regression analysis to assess atmospheric ion deposition at PA47
Brittany Potter, Millersville University, Millersville, PA; and M. Sutcliffe |
| | P1.95 | Local Minimum of Tropical Cyclogenesis in the Eastern Caribbean
Owen H. Shieh, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY; and S. J. Colucci |