88th Annual Meeting (20-24 January 2008)

: Symposium on Recent Developments in Atmospheric Applications of Radar and Lidar

Symposium on Recent Developments in Atmospheric Applications of Radar and Lidar

Program Chairs: Tammy M. Weckwerth , NCAR ; Gelsomina Pappalardo , CNR- IMAA ; Belay B. Demoz , NASA/GSFC ; Howard B. Bluestein , Univ. of Oklahoma

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Sunday, 20 January 2008

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


Short Course Registration

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


Conference Registration

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


7th Annual WeatherFest
Location: Exhibit Hall B (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Monday, 21 January 2008

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


Registration continues through Thursday, 24 January

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


Coffee Break (Mon a.m.)

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


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

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


Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break (mon p.m.)
Location: Exhibit Hall B (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

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


Formal Opening of Exhibits with Reception (Cash Bar)
Location: Exhibit Hall A (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Tuesday, 22 January 2008

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


1
RADAR/LIDAR Studies from Space
Location: 210 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Sponsor: Symposium on Recent Developments in Atmospheric Applications of Radar and Lidar
Chair: G. Mace, University of Utah

Papers:
  9:00 AM
1.1
Spaceborne Lidar-radar Observations of Winter-time Polar Clouds
Graeme Stephens, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and J. P. Blanchet

  9:30 AM
1.3
Cirrus Cloud and Polar Stratospheric Cloud Measurements from CALIPSO
M. Patrick McCormick, Hampton University, Hampton, VA; and H. Nazaryan and M. T. Hill

  9:45 AM
1.4
Discussion

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


Poster Session 1
Recent Developments in Atmospheric Applications of Radar and lidar
Location: Exhibit Hall B (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Sponsor: Symposium on Recent Developments in Atmospheric Applications of Radar and Lidar
Cochairs: Belay B. Demoz, NASA/GSFC; Tammy M. Weckwerth, NCAR; Gelsomina Pappalardo, CNR/IMAA; Howard B. Bluestein, Univ. of Oklahoma

Papers:
 
Raman-shifted Eye-safe Aerosol Lidar (REAL): Scanning, eye-safe, aerosol lidar at 1.5 microns
Shane D. Mayor, California State University Chico, Chico, CA; and S. M. Spuler and B. M. Morley

 
Using a low-order model to detect and characterize tornadoes in multiple-Doppler radar data
Corey K. Potvin, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and A. M. Shapiro, T. Y. Yu, M. Xue, and J. Gao

Poster PDF (834.9 kB)
 
Simulation testbed for atmospheric LIDAR: application to CO2 measurements
J. Stewart Hager, AER, Inc., Lexington, MA; and H. E. Snell, T. S. Zaccheo, J. Dobler, and M. E. Dobbs

 
Development of high resolution and fast scanning radar
Katsuyuki Imai, Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Osaka, Japan; and T. Ushio and Z. I. Kawasaki

 
High resolution assimilation of CASA radar data from a tornadic convective system
Alexander D. Schenkman, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and A. M. Shapiro, K. Brewster, M. Xue, J. Gao, and N. Snook

Poster PDF (719.2 kB)
 
Observing Systems Simulation Experiments at NCEP -OSSEs for realistic adaptive targeted DWL, Uniform Observation and AIRS
Michiko Masutani, EMC, Camp Springs, MD; and J. S. Woollen, H. Sun, G. D. Emmitt, Y. Song, Y. Xie, S. J. Lord, and Z. Toth

http://www.emc.ncep.noaa.gov/research/OSSE/AMS2008/NCEP_OSSE_DWL_UniObs_AIRS_P1-7.pdf

Poster PDF (1.5 MB)
 
Development of a modular wind profiling network (MPN)
William O. J. Brown, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and P. B. Chilson, S. A. Cohn, T. Hock, J. R. Jordan, D. Law, B. Lindseth, R. D. Palmer, M. K. Politovich, and T. Y. Yu

Poster PDF (1.6 MB)
 
CloudSat precipitation profiling algorithm—model description
Cristian Mitrescu, NRL, Monterey, CA; and J. M. Haynes, T. S. L'Ecuyer, J. Turk, and S. D. Miller

 
Oxygen band radar for sea surface air pressure measurements: Applications for tropical storm forecasts
Bing Lin, NASA/LaRC, Hampton, VA; and Y. Hu, S. Harrah, D. Fralick, and R. Lawrence

 
A new application utilizing Google Earth to project vertical information of clouds and aerosols obtained by CALIPSO
Paul Thomas Ewing, Pennsylvania State University, Huntingtown, MD; and N. A. Gasperoni, T. N. Hillyer, B. S. Hughes, J. W. Carpenter, and J. Gleason

Poster PDF (1.8 MB)
 
Multi-patterns to Reduce Sidelobe Effects on the National Weather Radar Testbed
Guifu Zhang, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and R. J. Doviak, C. Curtis, and Q. Cao

Poster PDF (374.4 kB)
 
Characterization of the vertical profiles of snow clouds by CloudSat radar data
Guosheng Liu, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL

 
High resolution weather radar through pulse compression
Timothy A. Alberts, Univeristy of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and P. B. Chilson, B. L. Cheong, R. D. Palmer, and M. Xue

Poster PDF (1.3 MB)
 
Surface backscatter observed by CloudSat's CPR: interpretation and correction
Simone Tanelli, JPL/California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA; and S. V. Nghiem, S. L. Durden, and E. Im

 
New combined lidar and radar measurement capability from Wyoming King Air
Zhien Wang, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY; and P. Wechsler, J. R. French, A. Rodi, S. Haimov, and W. Kuestner

Poster PDF (297.0 kB)
 
Use of airborne Doppler Wind Lidar to optimize the utility of UAV and space-based systems
George D. Emmitt, Simpson Weather Associates, Charlottesville, VA; and S. A. Wood, S. Greco, C. O'Handley, and H. Jonsson

 
Nexrad-In-Space (NIS): Anticipated advances in hurricane monitoring & track-intensity predictions
Eric A. Smith, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and V. Chandrasekar, S. S. Chen, G. J. Holland, E. Im, R. Kakar, W. E. Lewis, F. D. Marks Jr., S. Tanelli, and G. J. Tripoli

 
The global distribution of drizzle in marine stratocumulus observed by CloudSat and CALIPSO
Zhien Wang, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY; and D. Leon, G. L. Stephens, D. M. Winker, D. G. Vane, and D. Liu

 
Studies of the lifecycle of tropical cloud systems using CloudSat/CALIPSO
Brian J. Soden, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL

 
Use of active remote sensors to improve the accuracy of cloud top heights derived from thermal satellite observations
Christopher Rogers Yost, Science Systems and Applications, Inc., Hampton, VA; and P. Minnis, S. Sun-Mack, Y. Chen, and M. J. McGill

http://www-pm.larc.nasa.gov/

Poster PDF (246.0 kB)
 
P1.25
Cirrus production by tropical mesoscale convective systems as seen by CloudSat and CALIPSO

 
Application of the NASA A-Train to evaluate clouds simulated by the Weather Research and Forecast Model
Andrew L. Molthan, University of Alabama Huntsville, Huntsville, AL; and G. J. Jedlovec and W. M. Lapenta

http://weather.msfc.nasa.gov/sport

Poster PDF (702.0 kB)
 
CALIPSO data and tools available from NASA's Atmospheric Science Data Center
Linda A. Hunt, SSAI/NASA Langley Atmospheric Science Data Center, Hampton, VA

http://eosweb.larc.nasa.gov

Poster PDF (126.7 kB)
 
A preliminary arctic cloud climatology and heat budget from CloudSat and CALIPSO
Aaron J. Schwartz, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and T. H. Vonder Haar


Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break (Tue a.m.)
Location: Exhibit Hall B (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

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


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

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


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)

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


2
Radar/lidar Studies from Space
Location: 210 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Sponsor: Symposium on Recent Developments in Atmospheric Applications of Radar and Lidar
Chair: Simone Tanelli, JPL/California Institute of Technology

Papers:
  1:30 PM
2.1
On the Use of CloudSat and MODIS data for Estimating Hurricane Intensity
Zhengzhao Luo, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and G. Stephens, K. A. Emanuel, D. G. Vane, N. Tourville, and J. M. Haynes

http://www.sci.ccny.cuny.edu/~luo/publications/Luo_IEEE_2007.pdf

  1:45 PM
2.2
EarthCARE mission consolidation phase: Update on the lidar, radar, imager and radiometer onboard one single space platform
Tobias Wehr, ESA, Noordwijk, Netherlands; and D. Lajas, P. Ingmann, M. Eisinger, A. Lefebvre, and A. Heliere

  2:00 PM
P1.21 will present in place of withdrawn 2.3

 
2.3
Airborne and future spaceborne Doppler wind lidar observations with ADM-Aeolus for weather forecast applications

  2:30 PM
Discussion

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


Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall (tues p.m.)
Location: Exhibit Hall A (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

3:30 PM-5:00 PM: Tuesday, 22 January 2008


3
Combined radar/lidar instrumentation and new Technologies
Location: 210 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Sponsor: Symposium on Recent Developments in Atmospheric Applications of Radar and Lidar
Chair: Syed Ismail, NASA

Papers:
  3:30 PM
3.1
Nexrad-In-Space—A geostationary satellite Doppler weather radar for hurricane studies
Eastwood Im, JPL / California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA; and V. Chandrasekar, S. S. Chen, G. J. Holland, R. Kakar, F. D. Marks Jr., E. A. Smith, S. Tanelli, and G. J. Tripoli

  3:45 PM
3.2
Development of Advanced Radar and Lidar Platform Suite for Interdisciplinary Airborne and Ground-based Remote-sensing Research
James A. Moore, NCAR/EOL, Boulder, CO; and J. Vivekanandan, W. Lee, E. Loew, S. D. Mayor, and S. M. Spuler

  4:15 PM
3.4
High-resolution water-vapor measurement using a ground-based, mobile differential absorption lidar system
Volker Wulfmeyer, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany; and A. Behrendt, M. Shiler, S. Pal, A. Riede, H. S. Bauer, G. Wagner, A. Fix, M. Wirth, G. Ehret, U. Wandinger, and D. Althausen

  4:30 PM
3.5
Discussion

Wednesday, 23 January 2008

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


4
Radar-Lidar observations and applications
Location: 210 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Sponsor: Symposium on Recent Developments in Atmospheric Applications of Radar and Lidar
Chair: G. D. Emmitt, Simpson Weather Associates

Papers:
  8:45 AM
4.2
Structure of meridional moisture transport over the US Southern Great Plains observed by co-deployed airborne wind and water vapor lidars
R. Michael Hardesty, NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and W. A. Brewer, C. J. Senff, B. J. McCarty, G. Ehret, A. Fix, C. Kiemle, and E. I. Tollerud

  9:00 AM
4.3
The use of radar and lidar to study the microphysical processes in water clouds
Herman Russchenberg, Delft Univ. of Technology, Delft, Netherlands; and O. Krasnov, A. Khain, and M. Pinsky

  9:15 AM
4.4
  9:30 AM
4.5
Discussion

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


Coffee Break (Wed a.m.)

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


5
Radar/Lidar networks and integration with other instruments
Location: 210 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Sponsor: Symposium on Recent Developments in Atmospheric Applications of Radar and Lidar
Chair: Shane D. Mayor, California State University Chico

Papers:
  10:30 AM
5.1
  10:45 AM
5.2
GAW Aerosol Lidar Observations Network (GALION)
Raymond M. Hoff, JCET/Univ. of Maryland, Baltimore, MD; and J. Boesenberg

  11:00 AM
5.3
EARLINET correlative measurements for the CALIPSO mission
Gelsomina Pappalardo, CNR/IMAA, Tito Scalo, Italy; and J. Bösenberg, A. Amodeo, A. Ansmann, A. Apituley, L. A. Arboledas, D. Balis, C. Böckmann, A. Chaikovsky, A. Comeron, G. D'Amico, V. Freudenthaler, A. Giunta, I. Grigorov, G. Hansen, I. Mattis, L. Mona, D. Müller, V. Mitev, D. Nicolae, A. Papayannis, M. R. Perrone, A. Pietruczuk, M. Pujadas, J. P. Putaud, F. Ravetta, V. Rizi, V. Simeonov, N. Spinelli, T. Trickl, U. Wandinger, and M. Wiegner

  11:15 AM
5.4
Distributed Collaborative Adaptive Radar Network: The CASA IP-1 Testbed Observations
V. Chandrasekar, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and D. J. McLaughlin, J. A. Brotzge, M. Zink, B. D. Phillips, and Y. Wang

  11:30 AM
5.5
Discussion

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


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

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


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

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


Poster Session 2
Recent Developments in Atmospheric Applications of Radar and lidar
Location: Exhibit Hall B (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Sponsor: Symposium on Recent Developments in Atmospheric Applications of Radar and Lidar
Chairs: Belay B. Demoz, NASA/GSFC; Tammy M. Weckwerth, NCAR; Gelsomina Pappalardo, CNR- IMAA; Howard B. Bluestein, Univ. of Oklahoma

Papers:
 
Improving numerical forecasting of the wind by using LIDAR data in the Local Analysis and Prediction System (LAPS)
Svenja Koos, University of Hannover, Hannover, Germany; and C. S. Lau and P. W. Chan

Poster PDF (2.1 MB)
 
Mixing layer height assessment with a compact lidar ceilometer
Christoph Münkel, Vaisala GmbH, Hamburg, Germany; and R. Roininen

Poster PDF (2.2 MB)
 
TDWR-LIDAR dual Doppler analysis of 2D wind field associated with subtropical squall lines
P. W. Chan, Hong Kong Observatory, Hong Kong, China; and A. M. Shao

Poster PDF (1.9 MB)
 
An inter-comparison of raindrop size distributions retrieved from polarimetric radar parameters
Michael P. Morris, University of Oklahoma Atmospheric Radar Research Center, Norman, OK; and P. B. Chilson, A. V. Ryzhkov, T. J. Schuur, M. Teshiba, G. Zhang, Q. Cao, R. D. Palmer, and L. M. Kanofsky

Poster PDF (252.5 kB)
 
Measurements of convective turbulence using an autonomous Doppler lidar system
Fay Davies, Univ. of Salford, Salford, United Kingdom; and C. G. Collier and G. N. Pearson

Poster PDF (130.2 kB)
 
Combination of measurements from a millimeter wave cloud radar and a high spectral resolution lidar at Eureka
Jasmine Rémillard, McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada; and P. Kollias, M. Shupe, and E. W. Eloranta

Poster PDF (891.0 kB)
 
Theoretical Threhold Reflectivity for Drizzling Clouds and Aerosol Indirect Effects
Yangang Liu, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY; and B. Geerts, M. A. Miller, P. H. Daum, and R. L. McGraw

Poster PDF (123.1 kB)
 
How can radar data improve microwave cloud tomography retrievals?
Dong Huang, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY; and Y. Liu and W. Wiscombe

 
Observations of severe convective storms with a mobile, phased-array, X-band Doppler radar
Howard B. Bluestein, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and R. Bluth, J. Knorr, I. PopStefanija, B. Seeger, R. Tanamachi, J. Houser, J. Snyder, and M. French

 
An examination of the hail detection algorithm over central Alabama
Kevin B. Laws, NOAA/NWSFO, Calera, AL; and S. W. Unger and J. Sirmon

Poster PDF (211.9 kB)
 
Microphysical size sorting revealed by dual-polarization Doppler radar
Matthew R. Kumjian, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma and NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and A. V. Ryzhkov

Poster PDF (1.3 MB)
 
Close-range observations of a tornadic supercell with C-band polarimetric Doppler radar
Matthew R. Kumjian, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma and NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and A. V. Ryzhkov, J. L. Alford, M. Knight, and J. W. Conway

Poster PDF (1.6 MB)
 
A case study evaluating Distributed Collaborative Adaptive Sensing: Analysis of the 8 May 2007 minisupercell event
J. Brotzge, CAPS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and L. R. Lemon, D. L. Andra Jr., and K. Hondl

Poster PDF (1.7 MB)
 
Vortical hot towers observed by NASA's ER-2 Doppler radar (EDOP)
Stephen R. Guimond, COAPS/Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and G. M. Heymsfield

 
Impact of Spatial Over-sampling by Phase-Array Radar on Convective-Storm Analysis using Ensemble Kalman Filter
Ting Lei, CAPS of University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and M. Xue, T. Y. Yu, and M. Teshiba

Poster PDF (82.1 kB)
 
Assimilation of CASA radar data for a tornadic convective system using ensemble Kalman filters
Nathan Snook, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and M. Xue and A. D. Schenkman

 
Long-term lidar and radar observations of Arctic stratus at two locations
Gijs de Boer, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, Berkeley, CA; and E. W. Eloranta and J. P. Garcia

 
P2.21
Relationship of clouds and dust to thermodynamic structure during ARM West Africa Mobile Facility deployment

 
Long-term synthesis of ARM millimeter cloud radar and micropulse lidar observations
Karen L. Johnson, BNL, Upton, NY; and M. Jensen, P. Kollias, and E. E. Clothiaux

 
A Field Experiment to Study Rain Microphysics Using Video Disdrometers, A Profiler, and Polarimetric S and X-Band Radars
Guifu Zhang, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and Q. Cao, M. Xue, P. B. Chilson, M. P. Morris, R. D. Palmer, J. Brotzge, T. J. Schuur, E. A. Brandes, K. Iketa, A. V. Ryzhkov, D. S. Zrnic, and E. Jessup

Poster PDF (1.7 MB)
 
LASE Measurements of Water Vapor, Aerosol, and Cloud Distributions in Regions of African Easterly Waves and Saharan Dust Layers
Syed Ismail, NASA, Hampton, VA; and E. Browell, R. Ferrare, A. Notari, S. Kooi, C. Butler, T. N. Krishnamurti, J. P. Dunion, and G. Heymsfield

 
Identification of Aerosols Above the Planetary Boundary Layer: ELF and ALEX Ride the A-Train
Ruben Delgado, JCET/Univ. of Maryland, Baltimore, MD; and P. Schou, L. Zhu, M. Woodman, M. Seybold, K. J. McCann, and R. M. Hoff

 
A study of wintertime mixed-phase clouds over land using satellite and aircraft observations
Yoo-Jeong Noh, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and J. A. Kankiewicz, S. Q. Kidder, and T. H. Vonder Haar

Poster PDF (1.3 MB)
 
An analytical expression for doppler spectra related to terminal velocity with non-uniform drop size distribution
Ming Fang, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and R. J. Doviak and P. Zhang

Poster PDF (152.2 kB)
 
CFLOS and cloud statistics from satellite and their impact on future space-based Doppler Wind Lidar development
George D. Emmitt, Simpson Weather Associates, Charlottesville, VA; and S. Greco, D. M. Winker, and Y. Hu

Poster PDF (162.7 kB)
 
P2.29
Assimilation of Radar-Retrieved Rain-Water Mixing Ratio with the WRF 3DVAR System

 
DOW and DIAL observations in COPS
Tammy M. Weckwerth, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and V. Wulfmeyer and J. W. Wilson


Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break (wednesday p.m.)
Location: Exhibit Hall B (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

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


Reception in Exhibit Hall (Cash Bar) (Wednesday)
Location: Exhibit Hall A (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

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


AMS Annual Awards Banquet at the Hilton Riverside Hotel

Thursday, 24 January 2008

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


Joint Panel Discussion 3
Enhancing the Connectivity between Research and Applications for the Benefit of Society Part III
Location: R08-R09 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Sponsors: (Joint between the 22nd Conference on Hydrology; the Symposium on Recent Developments in Atmospheric Applications of Radar and Lidar; the The Severe Local Storms Committee; the The Air-sea Interaction Committee; the The Agricultural and Forecast Meteorology Committee; the Third Conference on Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data; and the Third Symposium on Policy and Socio-Economic Research )
Moderator: Pam L. Heinselman, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma
Panelists: Steven J. Weiss, NOAA/NCEP/SPC; Steve Goodman, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR; Bob Alder, Senior Scientist in the Laboratory for Atmospheres; Paul R. Houser, George Mason Univ./Center for Research on Environment and Water; Edgar L. Andreas, NorthWest Research Associates, Inc.; David L. Spittlehouse, British Columbia Ministry of Forests and Range

Papers:
  8:30 AM
Pam L. Heinselman

  8:30 AM
Steven J. Weiss

  8:30 AM
Stephen Goodman

  8:30 AM
  8:30 AM
Paul R. Houser

  8:30 AM
Edgar L. Andreas

  8:30 AM
David L. Spittlehouse

  8:30 AM
Howie (Cb) Bluestein

  8:30 AM
Panel Discussion

9:45 AM-11:00 AM: Thursday, 24 January 2008


Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break (Thurs a.m.)
Location: Exhibit Hall B (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

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


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

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


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

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


Coffee Break and Exhibit Hall Raffle (Thurs)
Location: Exhibit Hall A (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)