Program: 24th Conference on IIPS (88th Annual Meeting (20-24 January 2008))

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Location: Exhibit Hall B (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Registration continues through Thursday, 24 January

1

IIPS Keynote Talks

Location: 206 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 24th Conference on IIPS

Cochairs: Ward R. Seguin, NOAA/OAR; Howard J. Diamond, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC; Michael D. Eilts, Weather Decision Technologies, Inc.

Papers:

9:00 AM

1.1

The Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer

Dr. Edward Linsenmeyer, Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer and Senior Scientist Naval Surface Warfare, Panama City, FL

Recorded presentation

9:30 AM

1.2

Transferring Meteorological Technologies from Research to Operations: Challenges and Successes in the Private Sector

J. T. Johnson, Weather Decision Technologies, Norman, OK

Recorded presentation

10:00 AM

1.3

Q&A, Ward Seguin Moderator

Coffee Break (Mon a.m.)

2A

International Applications - Part I

Location: 206 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 24th Conference on IIPS

Cochairs: John R. Lincoln, US Navy/WMO (Ret.) and Consultant; Alfred Hofstadler, ECMWF

Papers:

10:45 AM

2A.1

Fog and thunderstorm forecasting in Melbourne, Australia

Harvey Stern, Bureau of Meteorology, Melbourne, Vic., Australia

http://www.bom.gov.au

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (890.3 kB)

11:00 AM

2A.2

The concept of triggers – staying ahead of (severe) weather developments

Marcel Molendijk, KNMI, De Bilt, Netherlands; and N. Maat

Recorded presentation

11:15 AM

2A.3

Recent developments of a new meteorological workstation at the UK Met Office:

Alan M. Radford, The U.K. Met Office, Exeter, United Kingdom; and P. Trevelyan

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (38.4 kB)

11:30 AM

2A.4

The EU funded BRIDGE project

Baudouin Raoult, ECMWF, Reading, Berks., United Kingdom

Recorded presentation

2B

Global Meteorological and Hydrological Service Updates - Part I

Location: 207 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 24th Conference on IIPS

Cochairs: Ward R. Seguin, NOAA/OAR; Michael D. Eilts, Weather Decision Technologies, Inc.

Papers:

10:45 AM

2B.1

World Meteorological Organization Service Update

Donald E. Hinsman, WMO, Geneva, Switzerland

Recorded presentation

11:15 AM

2B.2

ECMWF Meteorological and Hydrological Services Update

Dominique Marbouty, ECMWF, Reading, Berks., United Kingdom; and D. W. Zwieflhofer

Recorded presentation

Opening Plenary Session Featuring Mayor Nagin of New Orleans (Cash & Carry Lunch)

3A

Global Meteorological and Hydrological Service Updates - Part II

Location: 206 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 24th Conference on IIPS

Cochairs: Ward R. Seguin, NOAA/OAR; Michael D. Eilts, Weather Decision Technologies, Inc.

Papers:

1:30 PM

3A.1

National Weather Service (NWS) Services Update;

Dr. Jack Hayes, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD

Recorded presentation

2:00 PM

3A.2

USN Meteorological and Hydrological Services Update

David W. Titley, Commander, Navy Meteorology and Oceanography Command, Stennis Space Center, MS

Recorded presentation

3B

International Applications - PART II [the Last Six Papers in This session are 'overflow' papers from the Joint Session on Global Earth Observations with IOAS-AOLS]

Location: 207 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 24th Conference on IIPS

Cochairs: John R. Lincoln, US Navy/WMO (Ret.) and Consultant; Alfred Hofstadler, ECMWF

Papers:

1:30 PM

3B.1

The UCAR Africa Initiative – Overview and Update

Tom Yoksas, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. Bruintjes, B. Foote, S. Heck, S. Herrmann, L. Hoswell, P. A. Kucera, A. Laing, B. L. Lamptey, M. W. Moncrieff, R. Pandya, M. Ramamurthy, R. Roberts, T. Spangler, T. T. Warner, and M. Weingroff

http://www.africa.ucar.edu

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (40.3 kB)

2:00 PM

3B.2

GEONETCast Americas – A GEOSS Environmental Data Dissemination System

Richard A. Fulton, NOAA, Silver Spring, MD; and P. Seymour and L. Moodie

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (406.6 kB)

2:15 PM

3B.3

Spatial Variability in Differences between Multi-sensor and Raingage Precipitation Estimates within the Central United States

Nancy Westcott, Midwestern Regional Climate Center, Illinois State Water Survey, INRS, University of Illinois, Champaign, Illinois

Poster PDF (535.2 kB)

Poster Session 1

IIPS Poster Session I

Location: Exhibit Hall B (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 24th Conference on IIPS

Cochairs: Stephen M. Holt, Noblis, Inc.; Marjorie McGuirk, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC; Anthony Arguez, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC; Scott T. Shipley, George Mason Univ.

Papers:

P1.1

Recent results of a new requirements process on technology infusion in the National Weather Service

P1.2

The WestMap Stakeholder-Driven Interactive Data Access and Analysis Resource Interface for Fine-Scale Climate Data

Mary F. Glueck, Department of Geography and Regional Development, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and A. C. Comrie, K. Redmond, H. J. Reinbold, J. T. Abatzoglou, and C. Daly

Poster PDF (224.7 kB)

P1.3

Experimental gridded warning guidance for severe convective weather threats

Gregory J. Stumpf, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, and NOAA/NWS, Norman, OK; and T. M. Smith, D. L. Andra Jr., D. W. Burgess, J. G. LaDue, L. R. Lemon, M. A. Magsig, K. Manross, D. J. Miller, S. Nelson, K. L. Ortega, K. Scharfenberg, and D. W. Sharp

P1.4

Integrating a Geographic Information System into Storm Assessment: The Southeast Alabama Tornado Outbreak of 1 March 2007

J. Parks Camp, NOAA/NWS, Tallahassee, FL

Poster PDF (1.9 MB)

P1.5

Automatic mesurements of Japanese cedar / cypress pollen concentration and the numerical forecasting at Tokyo metropolitan area

Motoo Suzuki, Japan Meteorological Business Support Center, Tokyo, Japan; and M. Tonouchi, H. Kumagai, S. Komatsu, and K. Murayama

Poster PDF (73.2 kB)

P1.6

Finding the sources of inaccurate 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 III

P1.7

Plans for the NOAA Research Meteorological Assimilation Data Ingest System

Patricia A. Miller, NOAA/ESRL/GSD, Boulder, CO; and M. F. Barth and L. A. Benjamin

P1.8

Detecting synoptic scale precursors of tornado outbreaks

Lance M. Leslie, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and M. B. Richman, C. A. Doswell III, A. E. Mercer, and C. M. Shafer

P1.9

An Advanced Next Generation Processing, Archival, and Distribution System for Global Atmospheric Science Research and Applications

John M. Kusterer, NASA, Hampton, VA; and D. E. Cordner, J. W. Closs, P. Piatko, and N. A. Ritchie

P1.10

Accurate and Rapid Positioning with the Online Positioning User Service - OPUS

Gerald L. Mader, NOAA, Silver Spring, MD; and N. D. Weston

P1.11

Implementing new flood survey techniques using Global Positioning Systems at theTallahassee, Florida, National Weather Service Office

P1.12

Weather Based Internet Map Services: Bringing NOAA's Weather Data to your Desktop

Bernd Haupt, Penn State Univ., University Park, PA; and M. C. Kelly, R. Baxter, and J. Spayd

http://live.psu.edu/story/25319

3A

Global Meteorological and Hydrological Service Updates-Part II (continued)

Location: 206 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 24th Conference on IIPS

Papers:

4:00 PM

3A.3

Air Force Weather (AFW) Meteorological and Hydrological Services Update

Fred Lewis, Director of Weather, Air Force Pentagon, Washington, DC

4:30 PM

3A.4

The future of aviation weather in a NextGen environment

Kenneth M. Leonard, FAA, Washington, DC

Recorded presentation

3B

International Applications Part II (Continued)

Location: 207 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 24th Conference on IIPS

Papers:

4:00 PM

3B.4

Terrestrial observation of vegetation health as a tool to monitor global socioeconomic activities

Felix Kogan, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and W. Guo

Recorded presentation

4:15 PM

3B.5

The integrated surface database: partnerships and progress

J. Neal Lott, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and R. S. Vose, S. A. Del Greco, T. F. Ross, S. Worley, and J. L. Comeaux

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (217.9 kB)

4:30 PM

3B.6

Underutilized observations for studying tropical climate variations: the historical pilot balloon data base

Michael W. Douglas, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and R. Orozco, J. F. Mejia, and J. Murillo

http://www.nssl.noaa.gov/projects/pacs

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.2 MB)

4:45 PM

3B.7

Inter-comparison of Water Vapor Mixing Ratio measured by Radiosonde and Howard University Raman Lidar

Micheal Hicks, NOAA Center for Atmospheric Science, Washington, DC; and M. Adam, E. Joseph, D. Venable, J. Facundo, J. Fitzgibbon, R. Connel, and D. Whitemen

Recorded presentation

5:00 PM

3B.8

French contribution to the Global Climate Observing System

Régis Juvanon du Vachat, Météo-France, PARIS, France

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (28.6 kB)

5:15 PM

3B.9

The U.S. Global Climate Observing System (GCOS) program: plans for progressing reference surface and upper air climate observations

Howard J. Diamond, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Silver Spring, MD

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (81.4 kB)

Formal Opening of Exhibits with Reception (Cash Bar)

Location: Exhibit Hall A (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Joint Session 2

Applications of artificial intelligence methods in the context of interactive information processing systems

Location: 206 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsors: (Joint between the Sixth Conference on Artificial Intelligence Applications to Environmental Science; and the 24th Conference on IIPS )

Chair: S. Lakshmivarahan, University of Oklahoma

Cochairs: Christina Lief, NOAA/NCDC; Julian Wang, NOAA/ARL

Papers:

8:15 AM

J2.1

Support vector regression in data assimilation

Hicham Mansouri, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and L. M. Leslie, M. B. Richman, and T. B. Trafalis

Recorded presentation

8:30 AM

J2.2

Use of the LEAD Portal for On-Demand Severe Weather Prediction

Keith A. Brewster, CAPS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and D. Weber, K. W. Thomas, K. K. Droegemeier, Y. Wang, M. Xue, S. Marru, D. Gannon, J. Alameda, B. F. Jewett, J. S. Kain, S. J. Weiss, and M. Christie

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (549.4 kB)

8:45 AM

J2.3

Using Spatiotemporal Relational Data Mining to Identify the Key Parameters for Anticipating Rotation Initiation in Simulated Supercell Thunderstorms

Nathan C. Hiers, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and A. McGovern, D. H. Rosendahl, R. A. Brown, and K. K. Droegemeier

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.1 MB)

9:00 AM

J2.4

An automated method for detecting precipitation and cell type from radar products

George L. Limpert, Univ. of Missouri, Columbia, MO; and S. A. Lack, N. I. Fox, and E. J. Sadler

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.4 MB)

9:15 AM

J2.5

Developing a Severe Weather Alert System

Ron Holmes, NOAA/NWSFO, State College, PA; and R. H. Grumm

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (149.4 kB)

9:30 AM

J2.6

Imputation of missing data with nonlinear relationships

Michael B. Richman, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and I. Adrianto and T. B. Trafalis

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (226.3 kB)

Joint Panel Discussion 1

Enhancing the Connectivity between Research and Applications for the Benefit of Society Part I

Location: 207 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsors: (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 )

Moderator: Mary H. Hayden, Univ. of Colorado

Panelists: Steve Tracton, Consulting Meterologist; Mark DeMaria, NOAA/NESDIS; James J. Gurka, NOAA/NESDIS/GOES-R Program Office; Rebecca Morss, NCAR; Thomas Whittaker, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin; Stewart Cober, Science and Technology Branch, Environment Canada

Papers:

8:30 AM

Mary H. Hayden

8:30 AM

Steve Tracton

Recorded presentation

8:30 AM

Mark DeMaria

Recorded presentation

8:30 AM

James J. Gurka

Recorded presentation

8:30 AM

Rebecca Morss

Recorded presentation

8:30 AM

Thomas Whittaker

Recorded presentation

8:30 AM

Stewart Cober

8:30 AM

Panel Discussion

Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break (Tue a.m.)

Location: Exhibit Hall B (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

4A

Applications in Meteorology, Oceanography, Hydrology and Climatology - Part I

Location: 206 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 24th Conference on IIPS

Cochairs: Carl D. Thormeyer, KSBW-8; Timothy Crum, NOAA/NEXRAD Radar Operations Center

Papers:

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

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (287.5 kB)

11:15 AM

4A.2

Convective Hazards Assessment Process: Revised Ricks Index

Robert J. Ricks Jr., NOAA/NWS, Slidell, LA; and T. Erickson

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (712.2 kB)

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

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (489.2 kB)

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 III

Recorded presentation

4B

Challenges in Data Access, Distribution, and Use - Part I

Location: 207 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 24th Conference on IIPS

Cochairs: Tom Whittaker, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin; Anthony Arguez, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC

Papers:

11:00 AM

4B.1

An Examination of the Life Cycle of Actionable Weather Information

Phil Zuzolo, The Boeing Company, Springfield, VA; and B. Zuzolo

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (162.8 kB)

11:15 AM

4B.2

The Arctic Observing Network and its Data Management Challenges

Florence Fetterer, NSIDC/CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and J. A. Moore

http://www.eol.ucar.edu/projects/aon-cadis/

Recorded presentation

11:30 AM

4B.3

Accessing the IPCC AR4 data: A day in the life of the GFDL data portal

Kevin M. O'Brien, JISAO/University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and S. Nikonov, R. Schweitzer, S. Hankin, V. Balaji, A. Manke, J. Li, and J. Callahan

Poster PDF (340.3 kB)

11:45 AM

4B.4

Adventures in web services for large geophysical datasets

Joe Sirott, Sirott and Associates, Seattle, WA

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (74.5 kB)

Exhibits Open (Tuesday)

Location: Exhibit Hall A (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Presidental Forum: Hurricane Katrina: Looking Back to Look Ahead (Cash & Carry) (Presidental Forum will run parallel to the other sessions throughout the afternoon)

Location: La Louisiane (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Joint Session 3

Using technology to enhance learning: innovations and evidence (Part 1)

Location: 209 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsors: (Joint between the 17th Symposium on Education; and the 24th Conference on IIPS )

Cochairs: Rajul Pandya, UCAR; Tom Whittaker, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin; Marjorie McGuirk, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC

Papers:

1:30 PM

J3.1

Connecting students to science through the interactive use of NASA Earth science climate data

Erica J. Alston, NASA/LaRC, Hampton, VA; and L. H. Chambers, P. C. Oots, S. W. Moore, C. S. Phelps, and D. Diones

http://mynasadata.larc.nasa.gov

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (172.4 kB)

J3.2

The sky's the limit – developing and implementing a technology-based, interdisciplinary course in atmospheric science for high school students

2:00 PM

J3.3

On-line education activities and opportunities

Margaret Mooney, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and S. Ackerman, T. Whittaker, and L. Avila

Recorded presentation

2:15 PM

J3.4

Applications of automated weather stations in an extension service setting

Paul Ruscher, Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL

http://opie.met.fsu.edu/~realm/realm2/about-realm2.pdf

Recorded presentation

2:30 PM

J3.5

Educational mismatches between traditional dynamic meteorology lessons and applied forecaster training with high-resolution gridded diagnostics

Paul Nutter, Univ. of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (752.6 kB)

2:45 PM

J3.6

The National Severe Weather Workshop Scenario: Interactive adult learning for integrated warning team members

Dale A. Morris, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and D. Arndt, J. Burchett, S. J. Corfidi, J. T. Ferree, D. Freeman, G. Kitch, D. S. LaDue, D. McCarthy, J. McLaughlin, E. M. Quoetone, P. T. Schlatter, R. Smith, and J. L. Winslow

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.4 MB)

3:00 PM

J3.7A

New Tools, Old Dogs

Steven A. Ackerman, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

Recorded presentation

5A

GIS Applications

Location: 206 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 24th Conference on IIPS

Cochairs: Ken R. Waters, NOAA/NWS; Nazila Merati, JISAO

Papers:

1:30 PM

5A.1

Use of a Geographic Information System to assess gridded weather forecasts

John B. Settelmaier, NOAA/NWS, Fort Worth, TX

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/srh/ssd/assess/assessment.html

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (955.8 kB)

1:45 PM

5A.2

GIS applications at NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard

Jayme L. Laber, NOAA/NWS, Oxnard, CA

Recorded presentation

2:00 PM

5A.3

The New GIS Services from the NWS

Keith Stellman, NOAA/NWS, Shreveport, LA; and P. Kirkwood and I. Graffman

Recorded presentation

2:15 PM

5A.4

SevereClear – a situational awareness necessity

Darone Jones, NOAA/NWS, Salt Lake City, UT; and G. Machala, J. Burks, J. Morris, A. Sutula, J. Pelton, M. Foster, P. Kirkwood, and B. Carcione

Recorded presentation

2:30 PM

5A.5

Using GIS and Ensemble NWP Output for Infrastructure Impacts Forecasts

Jennifer Boehnert, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. Hacker and B. Bush

Recorded presentation

2:45 PM

5A.6

NWS Inter-Regional Integrated Services (IRIS) Database

Craig Schmidt, NOAA/NWS, Salt Lake City, UT; and P. Flatt, E. Lenning, M. Seaman, M. Solum, and M. Sutton

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (66.7 kB)

5B

Linked Environments for Atmospheric Discovery (LEAD)

Location: 207 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 24th Conference on IIPS

Cochairs: Christina Lief, NOAA/National Climatic Data Center; Michael D. Eilts, Weather Decision Technologies, Inc.

Papers:

1:30 PM

5B.1

Linked Environments for Atmospheric Discovery (LEAD): Web services for meteorological research and education

Kelvin Droegemeier, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. Alameda, K. Brewster, M. Christie, R. D. Clark, B. Domenico, D. Gannon, S. Graves, E. Joseph, S. Marru, B. Plale, R. Ramachandran, M. K. Ramamurthy, D. Reed, J. Rushing, A. Rossi, S. Tanner, K. W. Thomas, D. Weber, R. B. Wilhelmson, A. Wilson, M. Xue, and S. Yalda

http://portal.leadproject.org

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (835.9 kB)

1:45 PM

5B.2

The LEAD testbed system at the Unidata program center: a medium term online repository of meteorological data

Tom Baltzer, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and B. Kelly, A. Wilson, and M. Ramamurthy

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (564.5 kB)

2:00 PM

5B.3

Create an archive with the THREDDS Data Repository

Anne Wilson, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and T. Baltzer and J. Caron

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (34.7 kB)

2:15 PM

5B.4

Storm Clustering for Data-driven Weather Forecasting

Xiang Li, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and R. Ramachandran, S. Movva, S. Graves, B. Plale, and N. Vijayakumar

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (77.0 kB)

2:30 PM

5B.5

LEAD: Automatic triggering of high resolution forecasts in response to severe weather indications from the NOAA Storm Prediction Center

R. B. Wilhelmson, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL; and B. F. Jewett, J. Alameda, A. Rossi, S. Hampton, D. Weber, K. Thomas, Y. Wang, and K. Droegemeier

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (94.8 kB)

2:45 PM

5B.6

The LEAD-WxChallenge pilot project: enabling the community

Richard D. Clark, Millersville University, Millersville, PA; and S. Marru, M. Christie, D. Gannon, B. G. Illston, K. Droegemeier, and T. Baltzer

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (18.9 kB)

5B

Linked Environments for Atmospheric Discovery (LEAD) (Continued)

Location: 207 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 24th Conference on IIPS

Papers:

5B.7

Preliminary results from the spring 2007 experiment of the NOAA Hazardous Weather Test Bed: Application of LEAD to the explicit prediction of deep eonvection via ensembles and dynamically adaptive forecasts

Joint Session 4

Using technology to enhance learning: innovations and evidence (Part 2)

Location: 209 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsors: (Joint between the 17th Symposium on Education; and the 24th Conference on IIPS )

Cochairs: Tom Whittaker, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin; Marjorie McGuirk, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC; Rajul Pandya, UCAR

Papers:

3:30 PM

J4.1

Are we graduating too many atmospheric scientists? An update

John A. Knox, Univ. of Georgia, Athens, GA

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (176.3 kB)

3:45 PM

J4.2

Undergraduate experience with technology in an education and research program to measure and understand the climatology of storms in Southeast Texas

Larry J. Hopper Jr., Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; and C. Schumacher, K. Brugman, C. Hernandez, U. Karadkar, M. Nordt, and R. Furuta

Recorded presentation

4:00 PM

J4.3

Preparing a blended learning course in atmospheric sciences: curriculum, assessment and the online experience

Eric R. Snodgrass, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and D. J. Charlevoix and J. V. Clark

Recorded presentation

4:15 PM

J4.4

Classroom Response Systems in Statistics Courses

Michael B. Richman, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and T. J. Murphy, C. C. McKnight, and R. Terry

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (155.9 kB)

4:30 PM

J4.5

Satellite observations in science education

Tommy Jasmin, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and T. Whittaker and S. Ackerman

Recorded presentation

4:45 PM

J4.6

Building a framework to facilitate interactive and dynamic educational case study modules

Jeff Weber, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and B. Etherton and S. O. Holmberg

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (80.6 kB)

5:00 PM

J4.7

Utilizing UNIDATA's Integrated Data Viewer as an undergraduate meteorology classroom tool

Mark S. Kulie, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI; and S. A. Ackerman and R. Bennartz

Recorded presentation

5A

GIS Applications (Continued)

Location: 206 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 24th Conference on IIPS

Papers:

3:30 PM

5A.7

The IRIS StormLog Application

Eric Lenning, NOAA/NWS Chicago WFO, Romeoville, IL; and D. Borsum, M. Solum, M. Sutton, and M. Seaman

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (450.5 kB)

3:45 PM

5A.8

National Weather Service warnings using GIS

Ken R. Waters, NOAA/NWS, Phoenix, AZ

Recorded presentation

4:00 PM

5A.9

Development of an Operational Inland Flooding Forecast Tool: A Geodatabase of Tropical Cyclone Induced Precipitation

R. Jason Caldwell, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Denver, CO; and G. M. Forthun

Recorded presentation

4:15 PM

5A.10

A geospatial database and climatology of severe weather data

Steve Ansari, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and S. A. Del Greco and M. Phillips

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (405.4 kB)

4:30 PM

5A.11

Server GIS: Lessons Learned from an ESRI ArcServer© Demonstration Project at the NWS Central Region Headquarters

Wendy L. Pearson, NOAA/NWS, Kansas City, MO; and K. S. Lander

4:45 PM

5A.12

Integrating GIS, WRF and NJWXNET to study NJ mesoscale weather phenomena

Ryan M. Kelly, Kean University, Union, NJ; and S. Yoh

Recorded presentation

5:00 PM

5A.13

Incorporation of AIRS, AMSR-E and TRMM observations into a GIS: A case study involving transport of water vapor over the Pacific Ocean

Stephanie L. Granger, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and E. J. Fetzer, B. H. Kahn, R. Raskin, S. Kopp, and A. Turner

Recorded presentation

5:15 PM

5A.14

Employing geographic information systems for gridded model output statistics

Kari L. Sheets, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (943.2 kB)

5C

Internet Applications & Cyberinfrastucture

Location: 208 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 24th Conference on IIPS

Cochairs: Michael D. Eilts, Weather Decision Technologies, Inc.; Christina Lief, NOAA/National Climatic Data Center

Papers:

3:45 PM

5C.1

NSSL's prototype enhanced severe thunderstorm database

Kevin Scharfenberg, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma and NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK, Norman, OK; and T. M. Smith, C. Legett, K. L. Manross, K. L. Ortega, and A. G. Kolodziej

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (156.3 kB)

4:00 PM

5C.2

A public release of WRF Portal: a graphical user interface for WRF

Mark W. Govett, Earth System Research Laboratory, Boulder, CO; and J. S. Smith

Recorded presentation

4:15 PM

5C.3

The WRF Domain Wizard: The WPS GUI

Jeff S. Smith, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Ft Collins, CO; and P. T. McCaslin and M. W. Govett

Recorded presentation

4:30 PM

5C.4

Adding Modern AJAX Web-services to Existing Data Distribution Systems

Roland Schweitzer, Weathertop Consulting, LLC, College Station, TX; and S. Hankin, A. Manke, J. Callahan, K. M. O'Brien, J. Malczyk, and J. Li

http://ferret.pmel.noaa.gov/LAS

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (605.3 kB)

4:45 PM

5C.5

The PDA Animated Weather (PAW) Service

Russell Dengel, Space Science and Engineering Center (SSEC) University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI; and B. Bellon and J. Robaidek

Recorded presentation

5:00 PM

5C.6

Use of NOAA's nowCOAST GIS Web Mapping Services for Emergency Management and Homeland Security

Shelley Schindler, NOAA/NOS, Silver Spring, MD; and J. G. W. Kelley, M. Wengren, and J. Greenlaw

Recorded presentation

Joint Session 5

Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) Part I

Location: 226-227 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsors: (Joint between the 13th Conference on Aviation, Range and Aerospace Meteorology; and the 24th Conference on IIPS )

Chairs: David J. Pace, FAA; Mary M. Cairns, Retired

Papers:

8:30 AM

J5.1

General overview (JPDO and Wx IPT reorganization and Joint Weather Program)

Mark Andrews, Weather IPT, Washington, DC

Recorded presentation

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

Recorded presentation

9:15 AM

J5.3

Public and private sector roles in weather

Richard Heuwinkel, FAA, Washington, DC; and K. Johnston

Recorded presentation

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

Recorded presentation

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

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (79.9 kB)

6A

Interactive Processing Systems

Location: 206 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 24th Conference on IIPS

Cochairs: William F. Roberts, NOAA; Ward R. Seguin, NOAA/OAR

Papers:

8:30 AM

6A.1

The evolution of AWIPS – progress and future plans

Jason P. Tuell, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and R. K. Henry, J. D. Lawson, and F. P. Griffith

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (377.0 kB)

8:45 AM

6A.2

Application migration within the new AWIPS architecture

Jason P. Tuell, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and R. K. Henry, J. Olsen, J. D. Lawson, and F. P. Griffith

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (65.5 kB)

9:00 AM

6A.3

Integrating NAWIPS into the new NWS service oriented architecture

Steve Schotz, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Camp Springs, MD; and J. P. Tuell, S. Jacobs, D. Plummer, S. Gilbert, and R. K. Henry

Poster PDF (79.0 kB)

9:15 AM

6A.4

Testing strategies for the next generation AWIPS

Kenneth L. Stricklett, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and J. P. Tuell, R. K. Henry, P. K. Pickard, J. D. Lawson, and F. P. Griffith

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (113.9 kB)

9:30 AM

6A.5

Findings of the four-dimensional storm cell investigator alpha test at WFO Omaha-Valley during the 2007 convective season

Daniel Nietfeld, NOAA, Valley, NE

Recorded presentation

9:45 AM

6A.6

Can OGC Web Services Work in an Operational Setting?

Mark W. Govett, Earth System Research Laboratory, Boulder, CO

Recorded presentation

6B

Radar IIPS and Applications, Part I

Location: 207 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 24th Conference on IIPS

Cochairs: Timothy Crum, NOAA/NEXRAD Radar Operations Center; Douglas E. Forsyth, NOAA/NSSL; Julian Wang, NOAA/ARL; Robert E. Saffle, Noblis, Inc.

Papers:

8:30 AM

6B.1

NEXRAD product improvement -- update 2008

Robert E. Saffle, Noblis, Inc., Falls Church, VA; and M. Istok and G. S. Cate

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (2.4 MB)

8:45 AM

6B.2

Important considerations toward developing site-specific scanning strategies for WSR-88Ds

Randy M. Steadham, NOAA/Radar Operations Center, Norman, OK; and R. A. Brown

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (368.7 kB)

9:00 AM

6B.3

Impacts of wind farms on WSR-88D radars

Donald W. Burgess, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and T. Crum and R. J. Vogt

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.3 MB)

9:15 AM

6B.4

An update on policy considerations of wind farm impacts on WSR-88D systems

Richard J. Vogt, Tri-Agencies' (Dept. of Commerce, Defense & Transportation) Radar Operations Center, Norman, OK; and T. Crum, J. T. Snow, R. D. Palmer, B. Isom, D. W. Burgess, and M. S. Paese

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (697.6 kB)

9:30 AM

6B.5

Real time mitigation of ground clutter

S. M. Ellis, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. C. Hubbert and M. Dixon

9:45 AM

6B.6

NEXRAD differential reflectivity calibration

J. C. Hubbert, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and F. Pratte, M. Dixon, and R. A. Rilling

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (2.3 MB)

Joint Session 6

Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) Part II

Location: 226-227 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsors: (Joint between the 13th Conference on Aviation, Range and Aerospace Meteorology; and the 24th Conference on IIPS )

Cochairs: David J. Pace, FAA; Mary M. Cairns, Retired

Papers:

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

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (162.9 kB)

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

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (2.0 MB)

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

Recorded presentation

11:15 AM

J6.4

The single authoritative source for weather information

Bruce Carmichael, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and D. J. Pace

Recorded presentation

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

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (2.5 MB)

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

Poster PDF (377.4 kB)

6A

Interactive Processing Systems (Continued)

Location: 206 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 24th Conference on IIPS

Papers:

10:30 AM

6A.7

Developing data analysis and visualization capabilities for interactive processing of multi- and hyper-spectral environmental satellite data: an update on McIDAS-V

Thomas H. Achtor, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and T. D. Rink and T. M. Whittaker

Recorded presentation

10:45 AM

6A.8

Tools for integrating distributed computing with interactive visualization in McIDAS-V

Ray Garcia, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and B. M. Flynn, R. O. Knuteson, T. M. Whittaker, T. D. Rink, T. H. Achtor, S. Mindock, S. T. Dutcher, M. Smuga-Otto, and G. D. Martin

Poster PDF (345.5 kB)

11:00 AM

6A.9

Interactive quality assurance practices

Karsten Shein, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (192.7 kB)

11:15 AM

6A.10

An integrated forecast production system

Claude Landry, MSC, Dorval, QC, Canada; and R. Verret, R. Jones, D. Vigneux, J. McLean, R. Parent, J. -. F. Deschenes, J. -. P. Talbot, M. Holly, and M. Nadeau

Recorded presentation

11:30 AM

6A.11

Synergie, French Forecaters Workstation - specific tools for Tropical Cyclone

Antoine Lasserre-Bigorry, Météo-France, Toulouse Cedex, France; and J. N. Degrace, M. F. Voidrot Martinez, and E. Arbogast

Recorded presentation

11:45 AM

6A.12

Plans for the NOAA/DHS Geo-Targeted Alerting System

Richard Jesuroga, NOAA/OAR/ESRL/GSD, Boulder, CO; and U. H. Grote and X. Jing

Recorded presentation

6B

Radar IIPS and Applications, Part I (Continued)

Location: 207 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 24th Conference on IIPS

Papers:

10:30 AM

6B.7

Assessment of the impact of radar refractivity retrievals by forecasters

Pamela L. Heinselman, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and B. L. Cheong, R. D. Palmer, K. D. Hondl, and D. Bodine

Recorded presentation

10:45 AM

6B.8

Prediction and Mitigation of Anomalous Propagation with the Total Atmospheric Effects Mitigation (TAEM) System

James J. Stagliano Jr., Propagation Research Associates, Inc., Marietta, GA; and J. C. Kerce, G. M. Hall, R. D. Bock, E. J. Holder, S. F. Dugas, and F. Vandenberghe

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (920.7 kB)

11:00 AM

6B.9

A new way to investigate dynamics in a storm using Doppler spectra from weather radar

T.-Y. Yu, University of Oklahoma, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Norman, Ok 73019-1023, OK; and R. Reinoso-Rondinel Sr. and R. D. Palmer

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (2.4 MB)

11:15 AM

6B.10

Terminal Doppler Weather Radar for NWS Operations: Phase 3 Update

Michael J. Istok, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and A. D. Stern, R. E. Saffle, B. R. Klein, N. Shen, Y. Song, Z. Wang, W. M. Blanchard, and B. Bumgarner

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.6 MB)

6B.11

Estimating weather radar coverage for the 2010 Winter Olympics

11:45 AM

6B.12

The National Severe Storms Laboratory's QPE verification system

Steven V. Vasiloff, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and B. Kaney

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (414.0 kB)

Exhibits Open (wednesday)

Location: Exhibit Hall A (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Lunch Break (Cash & Carry in Exhibit Hall) (Wednesday)

7A

Applications in Meteorology, Oceanography, Hydrology and Climatology - Part II

Location: 206 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 24th Conference on IIPS

Cochairs: Carl D. Thormeyer, KSBW-8; Timothy Crum, NOAA/NEXRAD Radar Operations Center

Papers:

1:30 PM

7A.1

The NOAA Transition of Research Applications to Climate Services (TRACS) Program

Josh Foster, Center for Clean Air Policy (CCAP), Washington, DC

http://www.climate.noaa.gov/cpo_pa/nctp/

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (91.6 kB)

1:45 PM

7A.2

Implementation of a new Marine Weather Warning Bulletin by the National Weather Service

Mark A. Tew, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and G. E. Mann, E. Jillson, S. Nelaimischkies, and R. May

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (30.4 kB)

2:00 PM

7A.3

Development of operational regional snowfall indices

Michael F. Squires, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and J. H. Lawrimore, R. Heim, D. A. Robinson, M. R. Gerbush, and T. Estilow

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (341.6 kB)

2:15 PM

7A.4

An assessment of Arctic sea ice forecasts on seasonal time scales

Ignatius G. Rigor, APL, Seattle, WA; and T. Arbetter, M. Ortmeyer, P. Clemente-Colón, and J. Woods

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (24.1 kB)

7B

Satellite IIPS and Applications

Location: 207 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 24th Conference on IIPS

Cochairs: Gerald J. Dittberner, NOAA/NESDIS; Tom Whittaker, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin; Dongsoo Kim, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC

Papers:

1:30 PM

7B.1

MADIS-T Satellite Radiance and Sounding Data Processing Subsystem

Abhishek Agarwal, Nortel Government Solutions, Lanham, MD; and S. Tehranian, J. R. McNitt, J. Facundo, and A. Swaroop

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (373.3 kB)

1:45 PM

7B.2

Economic benefits of polar winds from MODIS and GOES-R winds

Robert Reining, NOAA/NESDIS, Silver Spring, MD; and J. V. Sterling

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (134.6 kB)

7B.3

Tropopause characteristics in Atmospheric Infrared Sounder and Global Positioning System occultation observations

2:15 PM

7B.4

Adaptive Sky: distributed cloud monitoring using multi-instrument, multi-platform sensor webs

Michael Garay, Jet Propulsion Laboratory / Caltech, Pasadena, CA; and J. Ng, Y. Wang, and M. C. Burl

Recorded presentation

Poster Session 2

IIPS Poster Session II

Location: Exhibit Hall B (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 24th Conference on IIPS

Cochairs: Stephen M. Holt, Noblis, Inc.; Marjorie McGuirk, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC; Anthony Arguez, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC; Scott T. Shipley, George Mason Univ.

Papers:

P2.1

Accessing HDF5 data via OPeNDAP

MuQun Yang, The HDF Group, Champaign, IL; and H. K. Lee and J. Gallagher

http://hdfgroup.org

Poster PDF (581.2 kB)

P2.2

The importance of ACARS data in evaluating the near-storm environment of a nocturnal QLCS event

Angela Lese, NOAA/NWS, Louisville, KY; and J. Ammerman

Poster PDF (613.7 kB)

P2.3

Online visualization and analysis of NASA QuikSCAT and TRMM daily products

Zhong Liu, George Mason University/CEOSR, Fairfax, VA and NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and D. Ostrenga, G. G. Leptoukh, and S. J. Kempler

P2.4

Using Land Surface Modeling in a Decision Support System for Agriculture

P2.5

The Tornado Outbreak of 1-2 March 2007 in the National Weather Service Tallahassee Forecast Area

Andrew I. Watson, NOAA/NWS, Tallahassee, FL; and B. A. Mroczka, J. A. Fournier, J. P. Camp, and R. C. Goree

Poster PDF (2.8 MB)

P2.6

A bayesian approach to retrieve raindrop size distribution from polarimetric radar data

Qing Cao, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and G. Zhang

Poster PDF (1.2 MB)

P2.7

The Development of Web-Based Forecaster's Analysis System (WebFAS) at KMA

YongSang Kim, Korea Meteorological Administration, Seoul, South Korea; and D. I. Lee and S. H. Son

Poster PDF (225.1 kB)

P2.8

The clutter mitigation decision algorithm, evolution and integration in the WSR-88D

P2.9

Combined WSR-88D technique to reduce range aliasing using phase coding and multiple Doppler scans

W. David Zittel, NEXRAD Radar Operations Center, Norman OK, Norman, OK; and D. S. Saxion, R. D. Rhoton, and D. C. Crauder

Poster PDF (695.3 kB)

P2.10

Evaluation of a faster scanning strategy for the WSR-88D combined range aliasing mitigation techniques

Douglas. C. Crauder, National Weather Center, Research Experiences for Undergraduates, Stillwater, OK; and W. D. Zittel

Poster PDF (1.2 MB)

P2.11

New science for the WSR-88D: preparing staggered PRT for implementation on the SIGMET RVP8

P2.12

Compensation for Composite System Noise on Base Moments within the WSR-88D

David A. Warde, SI International, Norman Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and D. Sirmans, A. D. Free, R. L. Ice, and J. N. Chrisman

P2.13

An on-demand user interface for requesting multi-radar, multi-sensor time accumulated products to support severe weather verification

Kevin L. Manross, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma and NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and T. M. Smith, J. T. Ferree, and G. J. Stumpf

http://ondemand.nssl.noaa.gov

Poster PDF (196.8 kB)

7A

Applications in Meteorology, Oceanography, Hydrology and Climatology - Part II (Continued)

Location: 206 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 24th Conference on IIPS

Papers:

4:00 PM

7A.5

Estimation of upstream discharge in data-deprived riverine environments

John E. M. Brown, Naval Oceanographic Office, Stennis Space Center, MS; and C. A. Blain

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.1 MB)

7C

Challenges in Data Access, Distribution, and Use - Part II

Location: 207 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 24th Conference on IIPS

Cochairs: Tom Whittaker, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin; Anthony Arguez, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC

Papers:

4:15 PM

7C.1

Meteorological Assimilation Data Ingest System Transition Project Risk Reduction Activity

James A. McNitt, NOAA NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and J. Facundo and J. O'Sullivan

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (116.8 kB)

4:30 PM

7C.2

Experience with an enhanced netCDF data model and interface for scientific data access

Edward Hartnett, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. K. Rew

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (226.9 kB)

4:45 PM

7C.3

Weather Coder III: Web-Based Climate Data Ingest for NOAA's Cooperative Volunteer Observation Network

Kelly T. Redmond, DRI, Reno, NV; and G. McCurdy, G. Kelly, M. J. Brewer, T. W. Owen, and B. Bonack

Recorded presentation

5:00 PM

7C.4

Army RDT&E Meteorological Architecture for Data Archival (ARMADA)

Scott F. Halvorson, U.S. Army Dugway Proving Ground, Dugway, UT; and S. Krippner, C. L. Klemmer, E. Argenta, M. M. Kimball, and E. Laufenberg

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (240.9 kB)

5:15 PM

7C.5

Grids and beyond: netCDF-CF and ISO/OGC Features and Coverages

Ethan R. Davis, UCAR/Unidata, Boulder, CO; and J. Caron and B. Domenico

http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/staff/edavis/PapersPresentations/2008-01-AMS-GridPlus/

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (71.2 kB)

Reception in Exhibit Hall (Cash Bar) (Wednesday)

Location: Exhibit Hall A (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

AMS Annual Awards Banquet at the Hilton Riverside Hotel

Joint Session 1

Global Earth Observations Session (GCOS)

Location: 206 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsors: (Joint between the 24th Conference on IIPS; and the 12th Conference on IOAS-AOLS )

Cochairs: Howard J. Diamond, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC; John R. Lincoln, US Navy/WMO (Ret.) and Consultant

Papers:

8:30 AM

J1.1

The Future Development of the Global Climate Observing System

John W. Zillman, Bureau of Meteorology, Melbourne, Australia

Recorded presentation

9:00 AM

J1.2

The Global Climate Observing System: Responding to the International Climate Community

David M. Goodrich, WMO/GCOS, Geneva, Switzerland

Recorded presentation

9:30 AM

J1.3

Progress towards the WMO Integrated Global Observation Systems (WIGOS) and WMO Information System (WIS)

Donald E. Hinsman, WMO, Geneva, Switzerland; and J. Hayes, D. Schiessl, and J. Rasmussen

Poster PDF (64.8 kB)

8

Advances and Applications in Surface Transportation Weather

Location: 207 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 24th Conference on IIPS

Cochairs: Paul A. Pisano, Federal Highway Administration; S. Edward Boselly, Weather Solutions Group

Papers:

8:30 AM

8.1

U.S. highway crashes in adverse road weather conditions

Paul A. Pisano, Federal Highway Administration, Washington, DC; and L. C. Goodwin and M. A. Rossetti

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (276.0 kB)

9:00 AM

8.2

Economic Sensitivity of Transportation to Weather and Value for Weather Forecasts

Emily Laidlaw, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. K. Lazo and J. Demuth

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (106.3 kB)

9:15 AM

8.3

Verification and practical application of the RWIS data for the New Hampshire Department of Transportation

Julie Anne Soper, Plymouth State University, Plymouth, NH

Recorded presentation

9:30 AM

8.4

Regional Demonstrations of the FHWA Clarus System

Paul A. Pisano, Federal Highway Administration, Washington, DC; and P. J. Kennedy, B. C. Boyce, and A. D. Stern

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.0 MB)

Joint Session 1

Global Earth Observations Session (GCOS) (Continued)

Location: 206 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsors: (Joint between the 24th Conference on IIPS; and the 12th Conference on IOAS-AOLS )

Papers:

11:00 AM

J1.4

The 20th century reanalysis project

Gilbert P. Compo, Climate Diagnostics Center/CIRES/University of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and J. S. Whitaker and P. D. Sardeshmukh

Recorded presentation

11:15 AM

J1.5

The AMMA radiosonde programme and its implications for the future of atmospheric monitoring over Africa

Andreas H. Fink, University of Cologne, Köln, Germany; and C. Thorncroft, S. Janicot, M. W. Douglas, A. Beljaars, D. J. Parker, E. Afiesimama, J. B. Ngamini, A. Augusti-Panareda, F. Dide, A. Diedhiou, T. Lebel, J. Polcher, J. L. Redelsperger, and G. Wilson

Recorded presentation

11:30 AM

J1.6

Monitoring and analyzing the Global Ocean Observing System with the Observing System Monitoring Center

Kevin M. O'Brien, JISAO/University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and N. Auerbach, J. Cartwright, T. Habermann, S. Hankin, K. Kern, M. Little, and R. Schweitzer

Poster PDF (515.1 kB)

11:45 AM

J1.7

Enhancing the spatial and temporal rainfall network in the Pacific Islands for Pacific Island GCOS

Dean Solofa, SPREP, Apia, Samoa; and M. L. Morrissey and S. Postawko

Recorded presentation

12:00 PM

J1.8

Assimilating tipping bucket rain gauge data into the PACRAIN database

Michael D. Klatt, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and M. L. Morrissey and J. S. Greene

http://pacrain.evac.ou.edu

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (86.1 kB)

8

Advances and Applications in Surface Transportation Weather (Continued)

Location: 207 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 24th Conference on IIPS

Papers:

11:00 AM

8.5

A Next Generation of Observations based on Passenger Vehicles

Andrew D. Stern, Noblis, Inc., Falls Church, VA; and P. A. Pisano, P. J. Kennedy, K. R. Petty, and W. P. Mahoney III

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (574.2 kB)

11:15 AM

8.6

Web-based weather and a road-state briefing system for highway maintenance decision makers

Peter J. Trevelyan, The U.K. Met Office, Exeter, United Kingdom; and A. M. Radford

Recorded presentation

11:30 AM

8.7

Use of a Maintenance Decision Support System to define winter severity indices

Jeffrey J. Kuntz, University of North Dakota, Surface Transportation Weather Research Center, Grand Forks, ND; and J. J. Mewes and L. F. Osborne, Jr.

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (63.1 kB)

11:45 AM

8.8

The Use of METRo (Model of the Environment and Temperature of the Roads) in Roadway Operation Decision Support Systems

Seth Linden, NCAR, Boulder, CO

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (977.3 kB)

12:00 PM

8.9

Maintenance Decision Support Systems: Research progress and continuing needs

John J. Mewes, Meridian Environmental Technology, Inc., Grand Forks, ND; and R. D. Hart, L. F. Osborne, B. Hershey, and D. L. Huft

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (75.8 kB)

Exhibits Open (thurs)

Location: Exhibit Hall A (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Lunch Break (Cash & Carry in Exhibit Hall) (Thurs)

9A

Radar IIPS and Applications, Part II

Location: 206 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 24th Conference on IIPS

Cochairs: Timothy Crum, NOAA/NEXRAD Radar Operations Center; Douglas E. Forsyth, NOAA/NSSL; Julian Wang, NOAA/ARL; Robert E. Saffle, Noblis, Inc.

Papers:

1:30 PM

9A.1

Another update on the National Weather Radar Testbed (Phased-Array)

Douglas E. Forsyth, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and J. F. Kimpel, D. S. Zrnic, R. Ferek, J. F. Heimmer, T. J. McNellis, J. E. Crain, A. M. Shapiro, R. J. Vogt, and W. Benner

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (110.9 kB)

1:45 PM

9A.2

Signal processing upgrades for the National Weather Radar Testbed

Sebastian M. Torres, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and C. Curtis, I. Ivic, and S. Bachmann

Recorded presentation

2:00 PM

9A.3

Introduction to multi-channel receiver development for the realization of multi-mission capabilities at the National Weather Radar Testbed

Mark Yeary, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and R. D. Palmer, M. Xue, T. -. Y. Yu, G. Zhang, A. Zahrai, J. E. Crain, Y. Zhang, R. J. Doviak, Q. Xu, and P. B. Chilson

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (491.2 kB)

2:15 PM

9A.4

Spectral identification and suppression of ground clutter contributions for phased array radar

Svetlana Bachmann, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and D. S. Zrnic and C. D. Curtis

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.1 MB)

2:30 PM

9A.5

Novel Adaptive Beamforming Techniques for Atmospheric Imaging Radars

Khoi D. Le, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and R. D. Palmer, B. L. Cheong, T. -. Y. Yu, G. Zhang, and S. M. Torres

Recorded presentation

2:45 PM

9A.6

Rapid sampling of low-altitude circulations by phased array radar

Pamela L. Heinselman, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and K. Manross, T. Smith, R. A. Brown, D. Priegnitz, and R. Hluchan

Recorded presentation

9B

Virtual Globe

Location: 207 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 24th Conference on IIPS

Cochairs: Nancy N. Soreide, NOAA/PMEL; Scott T. Shipley, George Mason Univ.

Papers:

1:30 PM

9B.1

Google Earth: Connecting awareness to action and the road ahead

Michael Jones, Google Earth, Mountain View, CA

2:00 PM

9B.2

Modeling a 3D world - challenges, progress and opportunities

Tamrat Belayneh, ESRI, Redlands, CA; and S. Kopp

Recorded presentation

2:30 PM

9B.3

Dynamically Updated Environmental Satellite Data in Google Earth: An Application to Tropical Meteorology

F. Joseph Turk, NRL, Monterey, CA; and S. Miller, J. Hawkins, and K. Richardson

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (398.0 kB)

2:45 PM

9B.4

NASA precipitation data in virtual globes: moving beyond 2D representations

Owen A. Kelley, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and E. Stocker

Poster PDF (1.1 MB)

9A

Radar IIPS and Applications, Part II (Continued)

Location: 206 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 24th Conference on IIPS

Papers:

3:30 PM

9A.7

Application of a monopulse phased array system to weather observations for detecting wind shear at sub-beamwidth resolution

Michihiro S. Teshiba, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and T. -. Y. Yu, G. E. Crain, G. Zhang, and M. Xue

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (693.7 kB)

3:45 PM

9A.9

Evaluation of the CASA System in the NOAA Hazardous Weather Test Bed

B. Philips, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA; and D. Westbrook, D. Pepyne, E. Bass, and D. J. Rude

Recorded presentation

4:00 PM

9A.10

Interaction of gravity waves and horizontal convective rolls: Observations from CASA collected 24 April 2007

J. Brotzge, CAPS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and K. Brewster, J. Gao, and M. Xue

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.4 MB)

4:15 PM

9A.11

The impact of radar data assimilation on a squall line in Mississippi

Pat J. Fitzpatrick, Mississippi State Univ., Stennis Space Center, MS; and Y. Li, C. Hill, H. Karan, E. Lim, and Q. Xiao

Recorded presentation

4:30 PM

9A.12

Using the WSR-88D Storm Structure Product to Develop a Climatology of Northern New England Convective Storms as a Function of Large-Scale Flow

Evan M. Lowery, Plymouth State University, Plymouth, NH; and E. G. Hoffman

Recorded presentation

4:45 PM

9A.13

Mobile Micro Rain Radar deployments in North Carolina

Jessica L. Proud, Renaissance Computing Institute, Chapel Hill, NC

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (136.5 kB)

5:00 PM

9A.14

Shipboard Weather Radar Sensing: Current and Planned Capabilities

Timothy Maese, BCI, Moorestown, NJ; and T. J. McNellis, L. Wagner, S. A. Sandgathe, K. Koehler, and R. Case

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (370.9 kB)

9B

Virtual Globe (Continued)

Location: 207 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 24th Conference on IIPS

Papers:

3:30 PM

9B.5

Archived severe weather warnings for virtual globe applications

Chad Hutchins, STG, Inc., Asheville, NC; and S. Ansari

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (568.4 kB)

3:45 PM

9B.6

Real-time and recent historical weather data in Google Earth

Travis M. Smith, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma and NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and V. Lakshmanan and K. L. Ortega

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.9 MB)

4:00 PM

9B.7

Visualization of meteorological satellite data in Google Earth

Thomas J. Kleespies, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (968.5 kB)

4:15 PM

9B.8

GeoFish - linking particle tracking models with GIS

Tiffany C. Vance, NOAA/National Marine Fisheries Service, Seattle, WA; and C. W. Moore and S. Mesick

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (891.1 kB)

4:30 PM

9B.9

Challenges of Displaying Dynamic Weather Content in Interactive Mapping Solutions

Scott Ganson, Weather Decision Techologies, Norman, OK; and J. T. Johnson

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (219.4 kB)

4:45 PM

9B.10

Currently available and supported graphics metafile formats and the challenges they present for use in forecasting applications

James E. Ramer, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Boulder, CO

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (472.9 kB)

9B.11

Visualizing in-situ data with Google Earth

5:15 PM

9B.12

Comparison of Virtual Globe technologies for depiction of radar beam propagation effects and impacts

Scott T. Shipley, George Mason Univ., Fairfax, Virginia; and R. M. Steadham and D. S. Berkowitz

http://wxanalyst.com/radar/

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (885.0 kB)

Conference Ends

: 24th Conference on IIPS

Sunday, 20 January 2008

7:30 AM-9:30 AM: Sunday, 20 January 2008

9:00 AM-6:00 PM: Sunday, 20 January 2008

12:00 PM-4:00 PM: Sunday, 20 January 2008

Monday, 21 January 2008

7:30 AM-5:30 PM: Monday, 21 January 2008

9:00 AM-10:15 AM: Monday, 21 January 2008

10:15 AM-10:45 AM: Monday, 21 January 2008

10:45 AM-11:45 AM: Monday, 21 January 2008

11:45 AM-1:30 PM: Monday, 21 January 2008

1:30 PM-2:30 PM: Monday, 21 January 2008

2:30 PM-4:00 PM: Monday, 21 January 2008

4:00 PM-5:00 PM: Monday, 21 January 2008

4:00 PM-5:30 PM: Monday, 21 January 2008

5:30 PM-7:30 PM: Monday, 21 January 2008

Tuesday, 22 January 2008

8:15 AM-9:45 AM: Tuesday, 22 January 2008

8:30 AM-9:45 AM: Tuesday, 22 January 2008

9:45 AM-11:00 AM: Tuesday, 22 January 2008

11:00 AM-12:00 PM: Tuesday, 22 January 2008

11:00 AM-6:00 PM: Tuesday, 22 January 2008

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Tuesday, 22 January 2008

1:30 PM-3:00 PM: Tuesday, 22 January 2008

3:30 PM-3:45 PM: Tuesday, 22 January 2008

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3:45 PM-5:15 PM: Tuesday, 22 January 2008

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8:30 AM-10:00 AM: Wednesday, 23 January 2008

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11:00 AM-6:30 PM: Wednesday, 23 January 2008

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Wednesday, 23 January 2008

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4:00 PM-4:15 PM: Wednesday, 23 January 2008

4:15 PM-5:30 PM: Wednesday, 23 January 2008

5:30 PM-6:30 PM: Wednesday, 23 January 2008

7:00 PM-9:00 PM: Wednesday, 23 January 2008

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8:30 AM-9:45 AM: Thursday, 24 January 2008

11:00 AM-12:15 PM: Thursday, 24 January 2008

11:00 AM-4:00 PM: Thursday, 24 January 2008

12:15 PM-1:30 PM: Thursday, 24 January 2008

1:30 PM-3:00 PM: Thursday, 24 January 2008

3:30 PM-5:15 PM: Thursday, 24 January 2008

3:30 PM-5:30 PM: Thursday, 24 January 2008

5:30 PM-5:30 PM: Thursday, 24 January 2008

Sunday, 20 January 2008

7:30 AM-9:30 AM: Sunday, 20 January 2008

9:00 AM-6:00 PM: Sunday, 20 January 2008

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Monday, 21 January 2008

7:30 AM-5:30 PM: Monday, 21 January 2008

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10:45 AM-11:45 AM: Monday, 21 January 2008

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4:00 PM-5:30 PM: Monday, 21 January 2008

5:30 PM-7:30 PM: Monday, 21 January 2008

Tuesday, 22 January 2008

8:15 AM-9:45 AM: Tuesday, 22 January 2008

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11:00 AM-6:00 PM: Tuesday, 22 January 2008

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Wednesday, 23 January 2008

8:30 AM-10:00 AM: Wednesday, 23 January 2008

10:30 AM-12:00 PM: Wednesday, 23 January 2008

11:00 AM-6:30 PM: Wednesday, 23 January 2008

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Wednesday, 23 January 2008

1:30 PM-2:30 PM: Wednesday, 23 January 2008

2:30 PM-4:00 PM: Wednesday, 23 January 2008