88th Annual Meeting (20-24 January 2008)

Poster Session 2: Modeling and Range Posters

Tuesday, 22 January 2008: 9:45 AM-11:00 AM
Exhibit Hall B (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Papers:
 
Simulation of ground winds time series for the NASA Crew Launch Vehicle (CLV)
Stanley I. Adelfang, Stanley Associates, Huntsville, AL

Poster PDF (404.7 kB)
 
Sea state and weather assessment capability for NASA's Constellation Program
Robert E. Barbre Jr., Jacobs Engineering, Huntsville, AL; and V. W. Keller

Poster PDF (98.8 kB)
 
Surface Landing Site Weather Analysis for NASA's Constellation Program
Karen M. Altino, Jacobs Engineering/MSFC, Huntsville, AL; and K. L. Burns

Poster PDF (90.2 kB)
 
An investigation of stratospheric winds in support of the High Altitude Airship
George D. Modica, AER, Inc, Lexington, MA; and T. Nehrkorn and T. T. Myers

Poster PDF (394.2 kB)
 
Forecasting cool season daily peak winds at Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
Joe H. Barrett III, ENSCO, Applied Meteorology Unit, Cocoa Beach, FL; and D. A. Short and W. P. Roeder

Poster PDF (438.5 kB)
 
Discrete Gust Model for Launch Vehicle Assessments
Frank B. Leahy, NASA/MSFC, Huntsville, AL

Poster PDF (193.8 kB)
 
Hail disdrometer array for launch systems support
John E. Lane, EASi-ESC, Kennedy Space Center, FL; and D. W. Sharp, T. Kasparis, and N. J. Doesken

Poster PDF (2.8 MB)
 
Evaluating the performance of WRF model high-altitude forecasts
Michael E. Baldwin, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN; and A. E. Reinhart, C. Selby, and J. P. Sullivan

 
Beyond Nowcasting of Thunderstorms: An Assessment of Various Blending Techniques for Increased Forecasting Skill at 2 - 6 h Lead Times
James O. Pinto, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and H. Cai, G. Lee, J. W. Wilson, M. Steiner, R. Bullock, D. Albo, S. S. Weygandt, and C. L. Phillips

 
Aviation Team of the Mid-South
James W. Duke, James Duke Meteorology, Memphis, TN; and S. D. Boyette

 
Investigation into environmental conditions for storm initiation over the ocean using satellite data
Huaqing Cai, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and C. Kessinger, N. Rehak, and D. Megenhardt

Poster PDF (1.3 MB)
 
The Shonai area railroad weather project: scientific objectives and experimental design
Kenichi Kusunoki, MRI, Tsukuba, Japan; and T. Imai, H. Suzuki, T. Takemi, B. Kotaro, M. Nakazato, W. Mashiko, S. Hayashi, H. Inoue, T. Fukuhara, T. Shibata, and W. Kato

Poster PDF (867.6 kB)
 
A blended training approach for creating effective terminal aerodrome forecasts
Tom W. Dulong, NOAA/NWS, Oklahoma City, OK; and P. G. Witsaman, V. C. Johnson, and D. A. Wesley

 
Wind nowcasting to support continuous descent approaches
Philip Gill, UK Met Office, Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom; and D. Turp and M. Madgin

Poster PDF (134.3 kB)
 
Towards improved contrail parameterizations for climate-scale models
David P. Duda, National Institute of Aerospace, Hampton, VA; and P. Minnis and L. Avey

Poster PDF (414.3 kB)
 
New TAMDAR fleets and their impact on Rapid Update Cycle (RUC) forecasts
William R. Moninger, NOAA/ESRL/GSD, Boulder, CO; and S. G. Benjamin, B. D. Jamison, T. W. Schlatter, T. L. Smith, and E. J. Szoke

Poster PDF (438.9 kB)