88th Annual Meeting (20-24 January 2008)

Session 4A: Applications in Meteorology, Oceanography, Hydrology and Climatology - Part I

Tuesday, 22 January 2008: 11:00 AM-12:00 PM
206 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Cochairs:  Carl D. Thormeyer, KSBW-8 and Timothy Crum, NOAA/NEXRAD Radar Operations Center
Papers:
  11:00 AM
StickNet – A new portable, rapidly-deployable, surface observation system
Christopher C. Weiss, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX; and J. L. Schroeder

  11:15 AM
Convective Hazards Assessment Process: Revised Ricks Index
Robert J. Ricks Jr., NOAA/NWS, Slidell, LA; and T. Erickson

  11:30 AM
Tornado and Severe Thunderstorm Warning Forecast Skill and its Relationship to Storm Type
Eric M. Guillot, National Weather Center REU, Lyndonville, VT; and T. M. Smith, V. Lakshmanan, K. L. Elmore, D. W. Burgess, and G. J. Stumpf

  11:45 AM
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