88th Annual Meeting (20-24 January 2008)

Session 6B: Radar IIPS and Applications, Part I

Wednesday, 23 January 2008: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
207 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Cochairs:  Timothy Crum, NOAA/NEXRAD Radar Operations Center; Douglas E. Forsyth, NOAA/NSSL; Julian Wang, NOAA/ARL and Robert E. Saffle, Noblis, Inc.
Papers:
  8:30 AM
NEXRAD product improvement -- update 2008
Robert E. Saffle, Noblis, Inc., Falls Church, VA; and M. Istok and G. S. Cate

  8:45 AM
Important considerations toward developing site-specific scanning strategies for WSR-88Ds
Randy M. Steadham, NOAA/Radar Operations Center, Norman, OK; and R. A. Brown

  9:00 AM
Impacts of wind farms on WSR-88D radars
Donald W. Burgess, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and T. Crum and R. J. Vogt

  9:15 AM
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

  9:30 AM
Real time mitigation of ground clutter
S. M. Ellis, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. C. Hubbert and M. Dixon

  9:45 AM
NEXRAD differential reflectivity calibration
J. C. Hubbert, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and F. Pratte, M. Dixon, and R. A. Rilling