88th Annual Meeting (20-24 January 2008)

Amit Tandon, Univ. of Massachusetts, North Dartmouth, MA; and L. Illari, J. Marshall, S. Lee, G. McKinley, M. C. Morgan, R. D. Clark, T. W. N. Haine, and K. Mackin

P1.42

Teaching with tanks: geophysical fluid experiments in undergraduate education

Richard D. Clark, Millersville Univ., Millersville, PA; and S. Clevenstine, L. Illari, J. Marshall, A. Tandon, S. Lee, T. W. N. Haine, G. McKinley, M. Morgan, and K. Mackin

P1.43

Summer Season Convective Initiation � Students as Independent Researchers

Paul J. Croft, Kean Univ., Union, NJ

Poster PDF (350.4 kB)

P1.44

Implementing Weather Studies in Multiple Formats for Non-Science and Science Majors

Bruce E. Allison, Wesley College, Dover, DE

Poster PDF (370.2 kB)

P1.45

Ocean studies: from the virtual world to the real

Barbara Hillery, SUNY, Old Westbury, NY

Poster PDF (201.3 kB)

P1.46

Online Lab Science Course: Meeting the needs of a non-traditional student

James E. Edson Jr., Univ. of Arkansas, Monticello, AR

P1.47

Developing online teaching tools using Python, Zope, and Plone

Jeffrey G. Pittman, Lamar Univ., Beaumont, TX

P1.48

An assessment of a weather forecasting contest in multi-leveled meteorology classes

Joby Hilliker, West Chester Univ., West Chester, PA

Poster PDF (223.4 kB)

P1.49

YouTube as a tool for meteorological education

Timothy J. Wagner, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and S. Ackerman

P1.50

Lessons learned from Katrina - diabetes preparations before the next storm

Peggy B. Bourgeois, Southeast Association of Diabetes Educators (S'eLADE), Baton Rouge, LA

P1.51

Service learning through Earth Gauge

Redina L. Herman, Western Illinois Univ., Macomb, IL

P1.52

A new operational forecasting webpage at the University of Oklahoma

Kevin H. Goebbert, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and C. M. Shafer, P. T. Marsh, and M. J. Laufersweiler

P1.53

Hurricane Weather Support and Education at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

Randell J. Barry, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach, FL

Poster PDF (70.2 kB)

P1.54

International focus group� virtually there with VISITview

Bernadette H. Connell, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Ft. Collins, CO; and V. Castro, M. Davison, A. Mostek, and T. M. Whittaker

Poster PDF (170.7 kB)

P1.55

An Online Textbook: A Rich Resource for Tropical Meteorology Education

Arlene Laing, UCAR/COMET, Boulder, CO; and J. L. Evans and W. Abshire

http://www.meted.ucar.edu/tropical/textbook/

Poster PDF (2.5 MB)

P1.57

Cyclones, cones, and confusion: Perspectives from forecasters

Gina M. Eosco, Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY

P1.58

The IODP �School of Rock: Exploring Ocean Cores at the Gulf Coast Repository�

Michael J. Passow, Columbia Univ., Palisades, NY; and L. Peart, M. Leckie, D. Thomas, and S. Katz Cooper

P1.59

The NCAR Climate Discovery Online Course Sequence for Middle and High School Educators

Roberta M. Johnson, NESTA, Boulder, CO; and S. Henderson, L. Gardiner, B. Hathaway, K. Meymaris, R. Russell, D. Ward, and S. Foster

P1.60

Online Ocean Studies

Carlos J. Ayarza Real, Univ. of Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR

Poster Session 1

Student Conference General Poster Session

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

Sponsor: Seventh Annual AMS Student Conference

Papers:

P1.1

Ekman driven cyclones/anti-cyclones and wind driven ocean circulation using �Weather in a Tank�

David Beesley, Univ. of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, MA; and J. Olejarz, A. Tandon, and J. Marshall

P1.2

Geophysical fluid experiments in undergraduate education

Seth Clevenstine, Millersville University, Millersville, PA; and B. K. Fling

P1.3

Implementing a C++ interface for netCDF-4

Shanna-Shaye Sashai Forbes, University of California, Berkeley, CA

P1.4

A student centered, student led, volunteer forecasting organization at the University of Oklahoma

Patrick T. Marsh, NOAA/NSSL & OU/CIMMS/SoM, Norman, OK; and D. Bodine, K. H. Goebbert, C. M. Shafer, and M. J. Laufersweiler

P1.5

Weather Break: a broadcast skills enhancing program for students

Beth Dickey, Creighton University, Omaha, NE; and J. R. Gomez, R. Caniglia, A. Rudersdorf, and D. J. M. Schrage

P1.6

Correlation of meteorological variables and Major League Baseball home runs

Benjamin J. Ogle, Millersville University, Millersville, PA; and R. A. Bayer, B. J. Edwards, S. R. Gindhart, L. C. Valentine, and A. N. Wallace

P1.7

Analyzing conventional and emerging radar technologies for the May 8th, 2007 central Oklahoma tornado case

Jared Rennie, Plymouth State University, Plymouth, NH

P1.8

Error in the WSR-88D ZS (snow) algorithm

Laura Christine Kruep, NSF, Charlotte, NC; and J. LaDue

P1.9

Communicating weather radar to public audiences

Rachel E. Butterworth, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and K. A. Kloesel, C. Cervato, and W. A. Gallus Jr.

Poster PDF (793.6 kB)

P1.10

Interpreting historical storminess data: A web portal for Pacific regional resilience

Thomas A. Sabbatelli, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA; and J. Marra and E. Shea

P1.11

Hurricane & Tropical Storm Impacts over the South Florida Metropolitan Area: Mortality & Government

Ian C. Colon Pagan Sr., UPR Rio Piedras - SOARS, Patillas, PR

P1.12

Interactions between individuals during response to tornado warnings

Danielle E. Turner, Millersville University, Lancaster, PA

P1.13

National Weather Service warning performance associated with watches

Jessica A. Ram, Pennsylvania State University, Kennett Square, PA; and P. T. Schlatter, E. M. Quoetone, and R. H. Johns

P1.14

Crest Stage Relationships for River Systems in Georgia

Kar�retta N. Venable, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS; and K. Frantz

P1.15

Enhancements to flash flood warnings: automated inclusion of known flash flood-prone areas

Audra C. Hennecke, NOAA/NWS, Sterling, VA; and S. J. Rogowski, S. A. Rogowski, S. A. Listemaa, and R. D. Hitchens

P1.16

Floods and the Built Environment

Douglas James Gavin, UCAR/COMET, Jackson, MS

P1.17

Evaluating the utility of satellite-based precipitation estimates for flood forecasting in ungauged basins

Koray K. Yilmaz, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and H. V. Gupta and T. Wagener

P1.18

Effects of land cover characteristics on urban hydrological systems: an analysis for the Colorado Front Range

Armand D. Silva, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA; and D. J. Gochis

P1.19

Verification and analysis of soil water content measurements from the Oklahoma Mesonet

Aaron M. Gleason, NOAA/NWS, Calera, AL; and J. B. Basara

P1.20

The Onset, Cessation and Dry Spells of the Small Rainy Season (Belg) of Ethiopia

Mesay Abebe Habtemariam Sr., National Meteorological Agency, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Poster PDF (1.4 MB)

P1.21

Using ensemble prediction systems to estimate medium range temperature forecast error

Peter M. Finocchio, AER, Beverly, MA; and D. B. Hogan and S. M. Leidner

P1.22

Aspects of 6 June, 2007: a null "moderate risk" of severe weather

Jonathan Thomas Kurtz, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE

P1.23

Case analysis of the Friday, 13 April 2007 Colorado �false alarm� snowstorm

Jonathan D. D. Meyer, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO; and M. L. Massey and P. Nutter

P1.24

Convective initiation during the early evening boundary layer transition period: A case study

Jessica Busse, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL

P1.25

A comparison of GOES and MODIS imagery in operational forecasting

Jordan Gerth, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

P1.26

Development of an improved forecasting technique for strong northeasterly winds in the western Gulf of Maine

Daniel S. Michaud, Plymouth State University, Plymouth, NH

P1.27

Effects of varying land-cover conditions on surface energy budgets

John B. Barr, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. B. Basara, W. P. Kustas, and J. H. Prueger

P1.28

Overview of the Hampton University 48-Inch LIDAR System

Robert Benjamin Lee III, Hampton University, Hampton, VA; and M. P. McCormick, Z. Tao, and D. Wu

P1.29

Water vapor retrieval using LIDAR measurements

Kevin R. Leavor, Hampton University, Newport News, VA; and M. P. McCormick, Z. Tao, and D. Wu

P1.30

Variability of surface air temperature over gently-sloped terrain

David Bodine, Atmospheric Radar Research Center, School of Meteorology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and P. Klein, S. Arms, E. Fedorovich, and A. M. Shapiro

P1.31

Behavior of WRF's boundary layer schemes and land surface models in simulations of an urban heat island

Natalie Umphlett, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE; and C. Rowe

P1.32

Analysis of wind data from the 2004 DAPPLE experiment in Westminster, UK

Maxime Perron, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. Barlow and P. M. Klein

P1.33

Numerical study of the Mid-Atlantic low-level jet

Catherine A. Sabol, Millersville University, Millersville, PA; and J. Limbacher

P1.34

Northern Hemisphere teleconnection patterns in relation to station temperature anomalies

Richard, Chohin Lam, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA

P1.35

Precipitation Relationships between the Great Plains, U.S. Southwest, and Mexican Monsoons

Melissa Marie Ackerman, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE; and R. Oglesby, Q. Hu, and S. Feng

P1.36

Two cases of extreme blocking events over Europe and North America

Justin M. Glisan, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO; and A. R. Lupo

Poster PDF (487.4 kB)

P1.37

Global evolution of synoptic-scale vorticity maxima

Alec Setnor Bogdanoff, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL

P1.38

High resolution observations and modeling of a shallow, intense Great Plains cold front

Daniel C. Hartung, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. E. Martin, J. A. Otkin, D. D. Turner, W. F. Feltz, and T. J. Wagner

P1.39

Characterization of Selected Boundary Layer Convergence Zones as Observed in IHOP (2002) and REFRACTT (2006)

Theresa Abigail Aguilar, SOARS, Anton, TX; and T. M. Weckwerth and C. J. Kessinger

P1.40

Investigation of convective initiation along a Dryline using Observation and Numerical Weather Prediction Model

Mengsteab Weldegaber, Univ. of Maryland, Baltimore,, MD; and B. Demoz, S. Chiao, and L. Sparling

P1.41

The initiation and maintenance of convection along synoptically-quiescent drylines

Katherine L. Horgan, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX; and C. C. Weiss

P1.42

Case Study of Severe Wind Outbreak in NE Nebraska and NW Iowa August 20, 2007

Halley K. Holmes, Creighton University, Omaha, NE; and R. Caniglia, J. Martinelli, and A. Rudersdorf

P1.43

Using the WRF Model to Identify Genesis Mechanisms for Bow Echo Mesoscale Vortices

Michael St.Laurent Jr., Lyndon State College, Littleton, NH; and N. T. Atkins

P1.44

A Comparison of Inverted Troughs in the Central U.S

Tyler J. Fleming, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE; and M. R. Anderson

P1.45

Variations in subtropical storm types and their contribution to rainfall in southeast Texas

Dianne K. Boothby, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and A. C. Ferrel, L. J. Hopper, Jr., and C. Schumacher

P1.46

Storm divergence from the Aggie Doppler Radar (ADRAD): Synoptic forcing and convective/stratiform variations

Cameron R. Homeyer, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and A. J. Wiley

P1.47

Changes in mesoscale divergence structures based on storm evolution

Jordan Moore, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and A. Fanning, J. Stachnik, and C. Schumacher

P1.48

Hurricane Katrina reanalysis over South Florida

Michael Kevin Hernandez, Pennsylvania State University, Miami, FL

P1.49

ICESat estimates of forest canopy height loss for post-hurricane timber damage detection and assessment decision support

Jason Brent Jones, NASA DEVELOP Program, Stennis Space Center, MS; and L. M. Childs

P1.50

Radar analysis of deep convection in landfalling tropical cyclone rainbands: tornadic and nontornadic cells

Heather B. Anderson, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, NC; and M. D. Eastin

P1.51

A climatology of tropical cyclone pinhole eyes in the Atlantic basin

Kate Musgrave, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO

P1.52

Analysis of deep convective cell motions within an intense hurricane

Brett G. Odom, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, NC; and M. D. Eastin

P1.53

Development of a hurricane secondary eyewall formation index

Matthew Sitkowski, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. Kossin

P1.54

An Analysis of the Three-Dimensional Wind Field of Hurricane Ivan (2004) Using Radar Data

Michael D. Williams, The University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and K. Knupp

P1.55

Reanalysis of the 1945 Homestead Hurricane

Christopher Micheal Luckett, NOAA, Jackson, MS

P1.56

Simulation of hurricane-ocean interaction for hurricane Katrina: Coupling the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model with a 1-D ocean model

Kimberly R. Trent, SOARS, Fresh Meadows, NY; and G. J. Holland and R. Rotunno

P1.57

Late season tropical cyclone formation in the northeastern Atlantic Ocean: 1975-2005

Rachel G. Mauk, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH; and J. S. Hobgood

P1.58

The effect of dust optical properties on surface radiative energy budget and atmospheric thermodynamics during Aerose-III

Adrian Flores, NOAA Center for Atmospheric Sciences, Washington, DC; and E. Joseph, N. R. Nalli, and V. Morris

P1.59

A Statistical Analysis of Trade Wind Cumulus Properties Relevant to Warm Rain Formation

Amanda M. Sheffield, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN; and S. Lasher-Trapp

P1.60

The Daily Cycle of Winds at Estaci�n Obispo, Mexico, during the North American Monsoon

McArthur Jones Jr., Millersville University and UCAR/SOARS, Millersville, PA; and L. M. Hartten

P1.61

Calculating the moist static energy budget around the ITCZ in idealized WRF simulations

Scott W. Powell, University of Miami, Miami, FL; and D. S. Nolan

Poster PDF (838.1 kB)

P1.62

Large-scale tropical circulations induced by heat sources in two simple models

Alex Omar Gonzalez, CMMAP, State College, PA

P1.63

Identification of mesoscale convective features using satellite imagery data

Annelise Lenz, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and W. F. Feltz, K. M. Bedka, R. E. Holz, and J. Sieglaff

P1.64

Using radio occultation soundings to study Mesoscale Convective Systems

Cecille M. Villanueva Birriel, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras, PR; and W. Schreiner and B. Kuo

Poster PDF (2.6 MB)

P1.65

Development of methodology and tools for determining the impact of cloud-cover on satellite sensors

Luke McGuire, Univ. of Oklahoma, Lewisburg, PA; and H. E. Snell and T. S. Zaccheo

P1.66

Data exploration study of atmospheric TIR signals associated with tectonic faulting and earthquake processes

Noam Reisner, NASA DEVELOP at Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD; and C. P. Normile, M. Perekupka, M. Zuhurudeen, J. Wang, and S. Risman

P1.67

Improving the assessment capabilities of Encephalitis in Alabama by integrated use of NASA TRMM mission

Jamie E. Favors, NASA, Mobile, AL; and B. Stringer and F. W. Baker

P1.68

Atmospheric Measurements aboard C-130 During the Pacific Atmospheric Sulfur Experiment

Anastasia G. Yanchilina, Creighton University, Omaha, NE; and L. Mauldin and R. Anderson

Poster PDF (1.3 MB)

P1.69

Effects of Meteorological Forcing on Transport and Fate of CDOM in the South Atlantic Bight

Lauren W. Urban, Creighton University, Omaha, NE

P1.70

Atmospheric forcing on lobster post-larvae settlement

Andrew J. Pershing, Gulf of Maine Research Institute, Portland, ME; and R. Wahle and P. C. Meyers

P1.71

Using remote sensing technologies to monitor the health of the Chesapeake Bay

Jill L. Gribbin, NASA, Greenbelt, MD; and M. Ferrucci, L. Kelly, and S. Risman

P1.72

Climate influences on Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) in Sequim Bay, Washington State

Alisha R. Fernandez, University of Colorado and NOAA/NCAR, Seattle, WA; and S. K. Moore and V. Trainer

P1.73

Compiling a climatology of smoke plume injection heights from satellite measurements

Shawn R. Gindhart, Millersville University, Millersville, PA; and C. Ichoku

P1.74

Interannual Variability of Wildfires in the Missouri - Arkansas region

Melissa D. Chesser, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri; and A. R. Lupo, D. Albert, and C. C. Buonanno

P1.75

Atmospheric Influence on the Propagation of Radio Station Waves

Scott Mowaswes, Kean University, Union, New Jersey

P1.76

Seasonal trends in stratospheric water vapor as derived from SAGE II data

Marilee M. Roell, LRC, Hampton, VA; and R. Fu

P1.77

Changes in Arctic Snowfall/Total Precipitation Ratios

Ryan L. Ruhge, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE; and S. Feng and M. P. Lawson

P1.78

Interpretation of Return Levels Under a Changing Climate

Marcus D. Walter, Pennsylvania State Univ. / NCAR, University Park, PA

P1.79

Predicting and assessing adaptive capacity of water management to climate variability and change in Northeast Brazil

Nathan L. Engle, Joint Global Change Research Institute, College Park, MD

P1.80

Spatial and temporal precipitation patterns for the Great Plains

Caitlin I. Ross, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE; and M. R. Anderson

P1.81

Regional variability of CAPE and deep shear from reanalysis

Victor Gensini, National Weather Center REU Program, Dekalb, IL

P1.82

Meridional Energy Transport Discrepancies in Transient and Equilibrium Climate Simulations

Benjamin Katsuo Johnson, OAR, College Park, MD

P1.83

The effect of CO2 stabilization on uptake rates in land and ocean sinks as a function of ocean circulation, vegetation type, and CO2 fertilization

Zi Zi A. Searles, NCAR, San Francisco, CA

P1.84

Comparing the Antarctic bipolar seesaw under glacial and interglacial conditions

Katherine A. Pingree, Plymouth State University, Plymouth, NH; and C. Morrill

P1.85

Neural Networks as a tool for Spatio-temporal Interpolation in the Gulf of Maine

Fran�ois P. Neville, University of Maine, Orono, ME

P1.86

The Sensational Seiche of Lake Erie

Sarah M. Dillingham, University of Georgia, Athens, GA

P1.87

Ekman Transport and Tidal Variations in the Gulf of Maine

Norman Shippee Jr., Plymouth State University, Plymouth, NH

P1.88

Trends and Sources of Aerosols in Alaska

Ashley N. Wallace, Millersville University, Millersville, PA

P1.89

Intensive observation of Sand ans Dust Stroms using ground-based Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy in Anmyeon, Korea

Byung-Il Lee III, National Institute of Meteorological Research, Seoul, South Korea; and Y. Kim III, E. H. Sohn, M. J. Kim, G. M. Lee III, and J. H. Park III

P1.90

Ozone dependency of the background current in ozonesondes

Karen A. Diaz, NCAR/Significant Opportunities for Atmospheric Research and Science, San Juan, PR

P1.91

Improving Data Quality when Sampling Oxygen-18 Isotopes in Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide

Lumari Pardo-Rodriguez, SOARS, UCAR, Lajas, PR

P1.92

Characteristics of PM_2.5 carbonaceous aerosol in Tianjin,China

Weifang Li, Nankai University, Tianjin, China; and Z. Bai, C. Zhang, A. Liu, and J. Wei

P1.93

Comparing simulations to observations of photochemical reactive gaseous pollutants above and downwind of Mexico City

Christopher L. Williams, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and D. McKenna

P1.94

Multivariate linear regression analysis to assess atmospheric ion deposition at PA47

Brittany Potter, Millersville University, Millersville, PA; and M. Sutcliffe

P1.95

Local Minimum of Tropical Cyclogenesis in the Eastern Caribbean

Owen H. Shieh, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY; and S. J. Colucci

Fellows Reception

Location: R02-R03 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Hurricane on the Bayou Showing 1

Location: R08-R09 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Audio Visual Storage

Location: 213 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

BAMS

Location: 203 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Press Briefing

Location: 202 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Press Office

Location: 201 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Speaker Ready Room/IT

Location: 212 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Daily Weather Briefing

Location: 206 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: Event

National Weather Service, NOAA All hands Meeting

Location: 207 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Registration continues through Thursday, 24 January

Weather Video Preview Theater

Location: 225 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Coffee Break Reception - Sponsored by Ball Aerospace

Joint Session 1

The Richard Hallgren Symposium Opening Session

Location: R04 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsors: (Joint between the The Richard Hallgren Symposium; and the Third Symposium on Policy and Socio-Economic Research )

Papers:

8:30 AM

Welcoming Remarks, Richard A. Anthes, AMS President

8:35 AM

J1.1

Keynote Address

John W. Zillman, Chair, GCOS Steering Committee, Melbourne, Australia

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (337.3 kB)

Joint Session 1

Increasing public awareness on tropical cyclone forecasting (Part 1)

Location: 209 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsors: (Joint between the 17th Symposium on Education; and the Tropical Meteorology Special Symposium )

Cochairs: David R. Smith, United States Naval Academy; Robert Hart, Florida State University

Papers:

8:30 AM

J1.1

Welcoming Remarks

David R. Smith, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD; and R. Hart

8:45 AM

J1.2

Preparing the public for the onset of the next hurricane

Ahsha Tribble, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/TPC, Miami, FL

Recorded presentation

9:15 AM

J1.3

Introducing America's Emergency Network

Bryan Norcross, The Weather Channel, Atlanta , GA

Recorded presentation

9:30 AM

J1.4

Building hurricane awareness in Florida

Paul Ruscher, Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL; and B. Nelson

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (120.7 kB)

9:45 AM

J1.5

Hurricane research to operations: Bridging the "valley of death"

Christopher Landsea, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/National Hurricane Center, Miami, FL

1

AIR QUALITY MODELING AND FORECASTING-I

Location: 220 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 15th Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA

Chair: Brian K. Eder, NERL/EPA /ARL/NOAA

Papers:

9:00 AM

1.1

An evaluation of the WRF-CMAQ experimental air quality forecast model for the summer of 2007

Brian K. Eder, NERL/EPA /ARL/NOAA, Research Triangle Park, NC; and R. Mathur, D. Kang, and S. Yu

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (192.4 kB)

9:15 AM

1.2

Comparison of observed, MM5 and WRF model-simulated, and HPAC/SCIPUFF-assumed boundary layer meteorological variables for three days during the IHOP field experiment

Steven R. Hanna, Hanna Consultants, Kennebunkport, ME; and E. Hendrick, L. Santos, B. Reen, D. R. Stauffer, A. Deng, J. T. McQueen, M. Tsidulko, and I. Sykes

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.4 MB)

9:30 AM

1.3

Analysis and inter-comparison of air quality models for the El Paso-Juarez Airshed

Tatiana Gonzalez, Howard University, Washington D.C., DC; and R. M. Fitzgerald, D. Lu, and W. R. Stockwell

9:45 AM

1.4

Model representation of local �air quality climatology"

Stephen F. Mueller, Tennessee Valley Authority, Muscle Shoals, AL

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (868.8 kB)

10:00 AM

1.5

Application of Potential Vorticity in a comprehensive air quality forecast model for Ozone

Hsin-mu Lin, STC, Hampton, VA and NOAA/ARL/ERL, Research Triangle Park, NC; and R. Mathur, S. A. McKeen, P. C. Lee, and J. Mcqueen

1

Atmospheric Observations for Weather and Climate-I

Location: 204 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 12th Conference on IOAS-AOLS

Chair: Joel Susskind, NASA/GSFC

Papers:

9:00 AM

1.1A

AIRS data sets for atmospheric and climate research (Formerly 1.2)

Bjorn H. Lambrigtsen, JPL and California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA; and E. Fetzer and T. Pagano

9:15 AM

1.2A

Atmospheric Remote-sensing Imaging Emission Spectrometer (ARIES) measurement concept for improving weather and climate prediction (Formerly 1.1)

Thomas S. Pagano, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and M. Chahine, H. H. Aumann, and R. Kakar

Recorded presentation

9:30 AM

1.3

GPS radio occultation as part of the global observing system for atmosphere

A. J. Mannucci, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and C. O. Ao, B. A. Iijima, B. D. Wilson, and T. P. Yunck

Recorded presentation

9:45 AM

1.4

A new network to monitor the radiative forcing of global warming

W.F.J. Evans, North West Research Associates, Redmond, WA

10:00 AM

1.5

U.S. Climate Reference Network (USCRN): A unique national long-term climate monitoring network

C. Bruce Baker, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and M. Helfert

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (104.8 kB)

1

Ensemble Forecasting Including Post Processing I

Location: 219 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 19th Conference on Probability and Statistics

Chairs: Roman Krzysztofowicz, University of Virginia; David W. Titley, Navy Meteorology and Oceanography Command

Papers:

9:00 AM

1.1

Impact of a stochastic perturbation scheme on global ensemble forecast

Dingchen Hou, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC and SAIC, Camp Springs, MD; and Z. Toth, Y. Zhu, and W. Yang

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (201.4 kB)

9:15 AM

1.2

Medium-range ensemble forecasting with a local ensemble transform Kalman filter and JMA bred- and singular-vector EPS

Takemasa Miyoshi, Japan Meteorological Agency, Tokyo, Japan; and R. Sakai, M. Yamaguchi, and Y. Sato

Recorded presentation

9:30 AM

1.3

Assessing Predictability of Atmospheric Predictability with an Ensemble Kalman Filter

Elizabeth A. Satterfield, NRL, Monterey, CA; and I. Szunyogh

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (595.9 kB)

9:45 AM

1.4

Ensemble forecasts based on ET with rescaling

Mozheng Wei, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Camp Springs, MD; and Z. Toth, Y. Zhu, and R. Wobus

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (297.4 kB)

10:00 AM

1.5

Objective Analysis Using Modelled Correlation Structure

Albert R. Boehm, retired, Huntsville, AL

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (109.3 kB)

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

Panel Discussion 1

Key Challenges and Opportunities in Aviation Weather and How They Are Being Addressed

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

Sponsor: 13th Conference on Aviation, Range and Aerospace Meteorology

Panelists: Kenneth M. Leonard, FAA; Dr. Jack Hayes, NOAA/NWS; Steve Ricketts, EC

Cochairs: Joanne Volk, Meteorological Service of Canada; Bruce Carmichael, NCAR

Papers:

9:00 AM

NWS Vision for Aviation Weather: J. Hayes

Recorded presentation

9:00 AM

1.1

Key Challenges and Opportunities in Aviation Weather and How they are being Addressed: K. Leonard

Recorded presentation

9:00 AM

Key Challenges and Opportunities in Aviation Weather: A Canadian Perspective: S. Rickets

Recorded presentation

1

Space Weather Agency Updates

Location: 221 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: Fifth Symposium on Space Weather

Cochairs: Robert McCoy, Office of Naval Research; Genene Fisher, AMS

Papers:

9:00 AM

1.1

NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center � A New Focus on Products and Services

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

Recorded presentation

9:15 AM

1.2

New Space Weather Initiatives from the National Science Foundation

Richard Behnke, NSF, Arlington, VA

Recorded presentation

9:30 AM

1.3

Space Weather for the DoD Warfighter: An Agency Level Update

Col. Patrick Condray, AFWA, Offutt AFB, NE

9:45 AM

1.4

Space Weather Update from NASA Headquarters

Richard Fisher, Earth-Sun System Division, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC

Recorded presentation

10:00 AM

1.5

Space Weather Effects on NASA Space Systems

Mark Weyland, NASA - Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX

Recorded presentation

1

Texas AQ2006 Field and Modeling Studies-I

Location: 230 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 10th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry

Chair: Eduardo P. Olaguer Jr., Houston Advanced Research Center

Papers:

9:00 AM

1.1

TexAQS II and the TERC Research Program

Eduardo P. Olaguer Jr., Houston Advanced Research Center, Woodlands, TX; and J. P. Pinto

Recorded presentation

9:15 AM

1.2

Organic aerosol formation at Aldine, TX in the 2006 Houston Triangle Experiment

Xiao-Ying Yu, PNNL, Richland, WA; and J. Zheng, T. Onasch, M. Canagaratna, M. Alexander, J. Neece, R. Zhang, D. Worsnop, and C. Berkowitz

Recorded presentation

9:30 AM

1.3

Aerosol and trace volatile organic gas measurements at deer park and bayland park in the 2006 Houston triangle experiment

M. L. Alexander, PNNL, Richland, WA; and X. Y. Yu, J. Ortega, M. Newburn, B. T. Jobson, R. Zaveri, J. Neece, D. Worsnop, J. Jayne, T. Onasch, M. Canagaratna, and C. Berkowitz

Recorded presentation

9:45 AM

1.4

VOC Measurements Using PTR-MS during TexAQS II 2006

Jun Zheng, Texas A&M Univeristy, College Station, TX; and R. Zhang, X. Y. Yu, and C. Berkowitz

Recorded presentation

10:00 AM

1.5

Analysis of primary vs. secondary fraction of formaldehyde in the Houston area during TexAQS-II

Bernhard Rappenglueck, University of Houston, Houston, TX; and S. Alvarez, M. Buhr, D. Byun, V. Coarfa, B. Czader, P. Dasgupta, M. Estes, L. Kauffman, S. Kim, M. Leuchner, W. Luke, M. Shauck, and G. Zanin

Poster PDF (804.1 kB)

1

Weather to Climate Scale Hydrological Forecasting

Location: 223 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 22nd Conference on Hydrology

Chair: Bart Nijssen, 3TIER, Inc.

CoChair: Thomas Adams, NOAA/NWS

Papers:

1.1

Experiments on Global Ensemble Streamflow Forecast Experiments on Global Ensemble Streamflow Forecast Based on Coupled GFS-Noah Modeling System

9:15 AM

1.2

The Hydrological Cycle of the MJO: A Pathway to Prediction at Subseasonal Time Scales

Duane Edward Waliser, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and B. Tian, E. Fetzer, W. T. Liu, and M. J. Schwartz

Recorded presentation

9:30 AM

1.3

Reducing uncertainty in hydrologic predictions in data sparse regions: A case study in southern Africa

Kathryn van Werkhoven, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA; and T. Wagener

Recorded presentation

9:45 AM

1.4

Development of a prototype flash-flood prediction system for the Colorado Front Range using the coupled WRF/Noah-distributed hydrometerological prediction system

David J. Gochis, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and D. N. Yates

Recorded presentation

10:00 AM

1.5

Assessing Vertical Profiles of Reflectivity (VPR's) To Detect Extreme Rainfall: Implications for Flash Flood Monitoring and Prediction

Amos Dodson, North Carolina State University, Blackstone, VA; and S. Van Cooten, K. Howard, J. Zhang, and X. Xu

Recorded presentation

1A

Adaptation to Climate Change

Location: 215-216 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 20th Conference on Climate Variability and Change

Organizers: Rosina Bierbaum, Univ. of Michigan; Peter Backlund, NCAR

Chair: David R. Easterling, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC

Papers:

9:00 AM

1A.1A

Overview: Rosina Bierbaum

Recorded presentation

9:15 AM

1A.1

Outcomes from the first National Summit on Coping with Climate Change

Peter Backlund, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. Bierbaum

Recorded presentation

9:30 AM

1A.2

Management Options to help the water sector adapt to Climate Change

Kathy Jacobs, U.S. Global Change Research Program, Washington, DC

Recorded presentation

10:00 AM

1A.3

Opportunities to Anticipate and Adapt to the Effects of Climate Change on Water Quality

Joel Scheraga, EPA, Washington, DC

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.1 MB)

1B

African Climate: I. Past and Future

Location: 217-218 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 20th Conference on Climate Variability and Change

Chair: Kerry H. Cook, The University of Texas at Austin

Papers:

9:00 AM

1B.1

Holocene hydrological changes in North Africa (Invited)

Fran�oise Gasse Sr., CNRS-France, Aix-en-Provence, France

Recorded presentation

9:30 AM

1B.2

Regional projections of future changes in climate in tropical Africa under greenhouse gas forcing and land cover changes

Heiko Paeth, University of W�rzburg, W�rzburg, Germany; and M. Christoph and A. H. Fink

Recorded presentation

9:45 AM

1B.3

The relationship between temperature and precipitation in the Sahel as a diagnostic of land-atmosphere feedbacks of relevance to climate change

Alessandra Giannini, International Research Institute for Climate and Society/Columbia University, Palisades, NY

Recorded presentation

10:00 AM

1B.4

Forcing of Sahel rainfall change and variability in the CMIP models

Michela Biasutti, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY

http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~biasutti/Sahel_JC2008.pdf

Recorded presentation

Joint Panel Discussion 4

History and Current Status of International Cooperation in the Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences and Services

Location: R04 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsors: (Joint between the The Richard Hallgren Symposium; and the Third Symposium on Policy and Socio-Economic Research )

Moderator: Michel Jarraud, WMO

Panelists: Geoffrey Holland, 2WE Associates; Tillmann Mohr, EUMETSAT; James Rasmussen, WMO Consultant on WIGOS; Thomas Rosswall, ICSU

Papers:

9:15 AM

JPD4.1

The Oceans

Geoffrey Holland, 2WE Associates, Parksville, BC, Canada

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (49.9 kB)

9:30 AM

JPD4.2

International Cooperation of Meteorological/ Earth Observing Satellites

Tillmann Mohr, EUMETSAT, Darmstadt, Germany

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (34.1 kB)

9:45 AM

JPD4.3

International Cooperation in Meteorology � the Example of the World Weather Watch

James Rasmussen, WMO Consultant on WIGOS, Frederick, MD

Poster PDF (85.3 kB)

10:00 AM

Thomas Rosswall

10:00 AM

Panel Discussion

Coffee Break (Mon a.m.)

Coffee Break Reception - Sponsored by Ball Aerospace

Panel Discussion 1

Bridging the Gap: Initiatives Spanning the Physical and Social Sciences

Location: 228-229 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: Third Symposium on Policy and Socio-Economic Research

Moderators: Mark A. Shafer, Oklahoma Climatological Survey; Genevieve E. Maricle, Arizona State Univ.

Panelists: William Hooke, AMS; Eve Gruntfest, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma; Kelvin K. Droegemeier, Univ. of Oklahoma; Susan K. Avery, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution; Josh Foster, Center for Clean Air Policy (CCAP)

Papers:

10:45 AM

PD1.1

AMS Policy Program update

William Hooke, AMS Policy Program, Washington, DC

10:57 AM

PD1.2

The WAS * IS (Weather and Society * Integrated Studies) movement: A 2008 update

Eve Gruntfest, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Colorado Springs, CO; and J. Demuth, S. D. Drobot, and J. K. Lazo

Recorded presentation

11:09 AM

PD1.3

The National Weather Center

Kelvin Droegemeier, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. T. Snow and J. F. Kimpel

Recorded presentation

11:21 AM

PD1.4

University and federal collaboration in Boulder

Susan K. Avery, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA

Recorded presentation

11:33 AM

PD1.5

Crossing the Valley of Death: 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 (91.5 kB)

11:45 AM

Mark A. Shafer

11:45 AM

Genevieve E. Maricle

11:45 AM

Panel Discussion

2

AIR QUALITY MODELING AND FORECASTING-II

Location: 220 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 15th Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA

Chair: Michael D. Moran, EC

Papers:

10:45 AM

2.1

Particle dispersion in an urban environment

Mario F. Trujillo, Applied Research Lab, State College, PA; and A. E. Parkhill and S. E. Haupt

Recorded presentation

11:00 AM

2.2

Predicted acid deposition critical-load exceedances across Canada from a one-year simulation with a regional particulate-matter model

Michael D. Moran, EC, Toronto, ON, Canada; and Q. Zheng, R. Pavlovic, S. Cousineau, V. S. Bouchet, M. Sassi, P. A. Makar, W. Gong, and C. Stroud

Poster PDF (2.5 MB)

11:15 AM

2.3

Automatic verification of the BlueSky smoke forecasting system

Robert Solomon, USDA Forest Service, Seattle, WA; and N. Larkin, S. O'Neill, T. Strand, and B. Potter

11:30 AM

2.4

Smoke forecasting using the BlueSky smoke modeling framework

Narasimhan Larkin, USDA Forest Service, Seattle, WA; and D. Sullivan, S. O'Neill, S. Raffuse, R. Solomon, C. Krull, M. Rorig, and T. Strand

2

Advances in Space Weather and Impacts

Location: 221 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: Fifth Symposium on Space Weather

Cochairs: Robert McCoy, Office of Naval Research; Genene Fisher, NOAA/NWS

Papers:

10:45 AM

2.1

The National Space Weather Program

Samuel P. Williamson, NOAA, Silver Spring, MD

Recorded presentation

11:00 AM

2.2

Draft Forecasts from Real-time Runs of Physics-Based Models � A Road to the Future

Michael Hesse, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and L. Rastaetter, P. MacNeice, M. Kuznetsova, M. Maddox, and D. Berrios

Recorded presentation

11:15 AM

2.3

Impacts of the December 2006 Solar Radio Bursts on GPS Operations

Charles S. Carrano, Atmospheric and Environmental Research, Lexington, MA; and C. T. Bridgwood and K. M. Groves

Poster PDF (1.4 MB)

11:30 AM

2.4

Geomagnetic Storms and the Security of Electricity Supply in the Netherlands

Kevin F. Forbes, Catholic Univ., Washington, DC; and C. St Cyr

2

Atmospheric Observations for Weather and Climate-II

Location: 204 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 12th Conference on IOAS-AOLS

Chair: Thomas S. Pagano, JPL

Papers:

10:45 AM

2.1

An Improved Data Reduction Tool in Support of the Real-Time Assimilation of NASA Satellite Data Streams

Michael Splitt, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL; and S. M. Lazarus, M. Lueken, R. Ramachandran, X. Li, S. Movva, B. T. Zavodsky, S. Graves, and W. Lapenta

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (373.7 kB)

11:00 AM

2.2

An empirical emissivity model for complex surfaces

Janice L. Bytheway, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and C. Kummerow

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (167.9 kB)

11:15 AM

2.3

Global Environmental Micro Sensors Test Operations in the Natural Environment

John Manobianco, ENSCO Inc., Melbourne, FL; and M. Adams and M. Buza

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (278.4 kB)

11:30 AM

2.4

Effect of atmospheric hydrometeors on millimeter wave transmissions

Donna F. Tucker, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS; and D. Smith, D. DePardo, T. Euler, P. Youngberg, and H. W. Johnson

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (675.9 kB)

2

Convection, Decision Support Systems and Air Traffic Management Part I

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

Sponsor: 13th Conference on Aviation, Range and Aerospace Meteorology

Cochairs: Steve Ricketts, EC; Lynn Sherretz, NOAA/ESRL

Papers:

10:45 AM

2.1

Evaluation of weather impact models in departure management decision support: operational performance of the Route Availability Planning Tool (RAPT) prototype

Rich DeLaura, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA; and M. Robinson, R. Todd, and K. MacKenzie

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.0 MB)

11:00 AM

2.2

Application of models for decision-making in difficult environments to improve air traffic management during severe convective weather

James E. Evans, MIT, Lexington, MA; and M. Robinson

Recorded presentation

11:15 AM

2.3

Quantification of Predicted Impact of Convective Weather on Air Traffic and Comparison with Actual Impact

Alexander Klein, Air Traffic Analysis, Inc, Fairfax, VA; and S. Kavoussi, D. Hickman, M. Phaneuf, D. Simenauer, and T. MacPhail

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.6 MB)

11:30 AM

2.4

Operational Demonstration of a Convective Forecast Process, for Traffic Flow Decision Making at a Major Airport: Aviation User & Meteorology Producer Perspectives

Thomas H. Fahey III, Northwest Airlines, Minneapolis, MN; and M. Bardou, A. Berge, D. Francisco, D. Fulmer, J. Margraf, G. Schmeling, and I. Aslakson

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (399.1 kB)

2

Ensemble Forecasting Including Post Processing II

Location: 219 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 19th Conference on Probability and Statistics

Chairs: Roman Krzysztofowicz, University of Virginia; David W. Titley, Navy Meteorology and Oceanography Command

Papers:

10:45 AM

2.1

Assessing probabilistic forecasts of multivariate quantities, with an application to ensemble predictions of surface winds

Tilmann Gneiting, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany; and L. Stanberry, E. P. Grimit, and N. A. Johnson

11:00 AM

2.2

Ensemble based probabilistic forecast verification

Yuejian Zhu, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC, Camp Springs, MD; and Z. Toth

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (171.0 kB)

11:15 AM

2.3

Calibration of Probabilistic ECMWF and GFS Temperature and Precipitation Forecasts Using Reforecasts

Tom Hamill, NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and R. Hagedorn and J. Whitaker

Recorded presentation

2.4

Assumed PDF reforecasting

Joint Session 2

Increasing public awareness on tropical cyclone forecasting (Part 2)

Location: 209 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsors: (Joint between the 17th Symposium on Education; and the Tropical Meteorology Special Symposium )

Cochairs: Robert Hart, Florida State University; David R. Smith, United States Naval Academy

Papers:

10:45 AM

J2.1

Improving Public Awareness to Enhance National Preparedness

John P. Philbin, FEMA, Washington, DC

Recorded presentation

11:15 AM

J2.2

Communicating hurricane awareness through distance learning

Timothy Spangler, UCAR/COMET, Boulder, CO

2

Texas AQ2006 Field and Modeling Studies-II

Location: 230 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 10th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry

Chair: Jochen Stutz, Univ. of California

Papers:

10:45 AM

2.1

HNO3 Measurements Using ID-CIMS during Tex AQS II 2006 Campaign

Jun Zheng, Texas A&M Univeristy, College Station, TX; and R. Zhang

Recorded presentation

11:00 AM

2.2

Photochemical and meteorological conditions during the 2006 TexAQS II Radical and Aerosol Measurement Project (TRAMP)

Barry L. Lefer, University of Houston, Houston, TX; and B. Rappenglueck, J. H. Flynn, W. T. Luke, and C. B. Clements

Recorded presentation

11:15 AM

2.3

Influence of vertical mixing on the distribution of trace gases during the 2006 TRAMP experiment in Houston, TX

Jochen Stutz, Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA; and H. J. Oh, O. Pikelnaya, S. C. Hurlock, B. Lefer, J. Flynn, B. Rappenglueck, C. J. Flynn, W. Brune, J. E. Dibb, and R. Griffin

11:30 AM

2.4

Nocturnal boundary layer evolution in Houston during the TEXAQSII campaign

Bridget M. Day, University of Houston, Houston, TX; and C. B. Clements and B. Rappenglueck

Recorded presentation

2A

Adaptation to Climate Change (continued)

Location: 215-216 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 20th Conference on Climate Variability and Change

Chair: Rosina Bierbaum, Univ. of Michigan

Papers:

10:45 AM

2A.1

Energy Systems and Adaptation issues

Sue Tierney, Analysis Group, Inc., Boston, MA

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (63.9 kB)

11:15 AM

2A.2

The Nexus between Mitigation and Adaptation

John P. Holdren, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

Recorded presentation

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

2A

Weather To Climate Scale Hydrological Forecasting, Part II

Location: 223 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 22nd Conference on Hydrology

Chair: Bart Nijssen, 3TIER, Inc.

CoChair: Thomas Adams, NOAA/NWS

Papers:

10:45 AM

2A.1

Climate change, rainfall extremes, and population at risk

Auroop R. Ganguly, ORNL, Oak Ridge, TN; and S. Khan, G. Kuhn, Y. Fang, D. J. Erickson III, M. L. Branstetter, and G. Ostrouchov

Recorded presentation

11:00 AM

2A.2

Historic climate impacts on seasonal soil frost in the Midwestern United States

Tushar Sinha, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; and K. A. Cherkauer

Recorded presentation

11:15 AM

2A.3

Grid-size Dependence on Statistical Precipitation Indices

Kenji Kamiguchi, MRI, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan; and O. Arakawa and O. Arakawa

11:30 AM

2A.4

A formal evaluation of storm type versus storm motion

Jose Miranda, Univ. of Missouri, Columbia, MO; and N. I. Fox

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (396.8 kB)

2B

African Climate: II. African Easterly Waves and Dust

Location: 217-218 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 20th Conference on Climate Variability and Change

Chair: William K. M. Lau, NASA/GSFC

Papers:

10:45 AM

2B.1

North African dust production: past, present and future (Invited)

Richard Washington, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Recorded presentation

11:00 AM

2B.2

Dust interaction with african climate (Invited)

Natalie Mahowald, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY; and M. Yoshioka and A. M. Sealy

Recorded presentation

11:15 AM

2B.3

On the generation mechanisms of African easterly waves (Invited)

Jen-Shan Hsieh, Department of Oceanography, Texas A & M University, College Station, TX; and K. H. Cook

Recorded presentation

11:30 AM

2B.4

Radar Observations of African Easterly Wave Convection During NAMMA

Robert Cifelli, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO; and T. Lang, S. A. Rutledge, B. Smull, and P. A. Kucera

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

2B

Water Resources Management and Application

Location: 224 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 22nd Conference on Hydrology

Chair: C. Adam Schlosser, MIT

Papers:

10:45 AM

2B.1

The National Water Bank Partnership: An Interdisciplinary Scientific Collaboration for Sustainable Water

Suzanne Van Cooten, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and K. Hurt and K. C. Crawford

Recorded presentation

11:00 AM

2B.2

Dynamic risk management in water systems - new methodology for reservoir operation

F. Assis Souza Filho, International Reserarch Institute for Climate and Society - Columbia University, New York, NY; and C. Brown

Recorded presentation

11:15 AM

2B.3

Reservoir management in a hydrological routing scheme

Heinz-Theo Mengelkamp, GKSS Research Center, Geesthacht, Germany; and H. Messal and J. Sutmoeller

Recorded presentation

2B.4

Accounting for Uncertainty Propagation:Stream Flow Forecasting using Multiple Climate and Hydrological Models

Joint Panel Discussion 5

History and Current Status of International Cooperation in the Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences and Services (Continued)

Location: R04 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsors: (Joint between the Third Symposium on Policy and Socio-Economic Research; and the The Richard Hallgren Symposium )

Papers:

10:45 AM

JPD1.1

Panel Discussion

Lunch Break: Luncheon Speaker, Brig. Gen. John J. Kelly, NOAA, Washington, D.C

Location: R05 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

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

Joint Panel Discussion 6

Future of International Cooperation in Science and Services

Location: R04 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsors: (Joint between the The Richard Hallgren Symposium; and the Third Symposium on Policy and Socio-Economic Research )

Moderator: William Easterling, Penn State University

Panelists: Robert Corell, The Pew Center; Martin Parry, UK Met Office; Robert Landis, Landis Associates; Otis Brown, RSMAS/Univ. of Miami

Papers:

1:15 PM

JPD6.3

Future of International Cooperation in Meteorological and Related Services

Robert Landis, Landis Associates, Alexandria, VA

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (718.6 kB)

1:30 PM

JPD6.5

THE NEW CHALLENGING FUTURE OF �EMERGENCY� CLIMATE RESEARCH

Ann Henderson-Sellers, World Climate Research Programme, Geneva, Switzerland

Poster PDF (260.4 kB)

1:45 PM

William Easterling

1:45 PM

Robert Corell

1:45 PM

Martin Parry

1:45 PM

Otis Brown

Recorded presentation

1:45 PM

Panel Discussion

1

An Overview of Data Assimilation

Location: 211 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: Data Assimilation Education Forum

Chair: Mary M. Cairns, Retired

Papers:

1:30 PM

1.1a

Welcome: M. Cairns

Recorded presentation

1:45 PM

1.1

What is data assimilation? A tutorial

Andrew Jones, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO

Recorded presentation

2:15 PM

1.2

Challenges and practical applications of data assimilation in numerical weather prediction

Stephen J. Lord, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC, Camp Springs, MD

Recorded presentation

2:30 PM

1.3

Identifying current and future shortfalls in data assimilation education

Michele M. Rienecker, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD

Recorded presentation

1

Informal Educational Outreach

Location: 209 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 17th Symposium on Education

Cochairs: Susan Q. Foster, UCAR; Shirley T. Murillo, NOAA/AOML/HRD

Papers:

1:30 PM

1.1

Why does NOAA Invest in Education?

Louisa Koch, NOAA, Washington, DC

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.9 MB)

2:00 PM

1.2

Solar max and the radio wave : MIT Haystack Observatory's multifaceted approach to Space Weather outreach

Madeleine Needles, MIT Haystack Observatory, Westford, MA; and P. J. Erickson and P. Pratap

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (33.4 kB)

2:15 PM

1.3

CoCoRaHS (The Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network) the Accidental Network: Evolving Collaborations

Henry Reges, CoCoRaHS/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and N. J. Doesken, R. C. Cifelli, and J. Turner

http://www.cocorahs.org

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (132.3 kB)

3

AIR QUALITY MODELING AND FORECASTING-III

Location: 220 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 15th Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA

Chair: Ronald L. Petersen, CPP, Inc.

Papers:

1:30 PM

3.1

Improved Building Dimension Inputs for AERMOD

Ronald L. Petersen, CPP, Inc., Fort Collins, CO

Recorded presentation

1:45 PM

3.2

Roadside Air Quality Simulation Model in Japan Clean Air Program

Yasuo Yoshikawa, Japan Petroleum Energy Center / Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Atsugi-shi, Japan; and A. Ito, S. Hayashi, and S. Terada

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (773.8 kB)

2:00 PM

3.3

Source inversion using the collector footprint methodology

Dragan Zajic, LANL, Los Alamos, NM; and M. J. Brown

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (246.6 kB)

2:15 PM

3.4

Examining Various Spatial Scales of a Hypothetical Chlorine

Kerrie J. Long, Penn State Univ., State College, PA; and S. E. Haupt, F. J. Zajaczkowski, and L. J. Peltier

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (2.1 MB)

3

Atmospheric Observations for Weather and Climate-III

Location: 204 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 12th Conference on IOAS-AOLS

Chair: John Manobianco, ENSCO Inc.

Papers:

1:30 PM

3.1

Retrieval of 3-D Water Vapor Field Using a Remote Sensor Network of Scanning Compact Microwave Radiometers

Sharmila Padmanabhan, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and J. Vivekanandan, S. C. Reising, and F. Iturbide-Sanchez

Recorded presentation

1:45 PM

3.2

A multi-sensor strategy to investigate precipitation at higher latitudes

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

Recorded presentation

2:00 PM

3.3

Quality Control of Daily Precipitation Reports at NOAA/CPC

Mingyue Chen, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/CPC, Camp Springs, MD; and P. Xie, W. Shi, V. Silva, V. Kousky, W. Higgins, and J. E. Janowiak

Poster PDF (239.4 kB)

2:15 PM

3.4

Synergisms and comparisons between airborne Doppler Wind Lidar observations and other remote and in-situ wind measurements and model forecasts

Steven Greco, Simpson Weather Associates, Charlottesville, VA; and G. D. Emmitt, S. A. Wood, C. O'Handley, and H. Jonsson

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (326.9 kB)

3

Convection, Decision Support Systems and Air Traffic Management Part II

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

Sponsor: 13th Conference on Aviation, Range and Aerospace Meteorology

Cochairs: Steve Ricketts, EC; Lynn A. Sherretz, NOAA/ESRL

Papers:

1:30 PM

3.1

Transitioning NCAR's Autonowcast System Capability Into NWS Operations

Mamoudou Bocar Ba, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and S. Smith, S. O'Donnell, K. Sperow, X. Tan, R. D. Roberts, T. Saxen, D. Albo, S. J. Fano, and D. Megenhardt

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (75.8 kB)

1:45 PM

3.2

Evaluating the performance of different synoptic regime settings on the NCAR Auto-Nowcaster

Eric J. Nelson, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. Roberts, T. Saxen, H. Cai, J. Pinto, and M. Steiner

Poster PDF (186.8 kB)

2:00 PM

3.3

Measuring the utilization of available aviation system capacity during convective weather

Michael Robinson, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA; and W. Moser and J. E. Evans

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.6 MB)

2:15 PM

3.4

Key research issues for near term operational use of integrated convective weather-ATM decision support systems

James E. Evans, MIT/Lincoln Lab, Lexington, MA

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (483.3 kB)

3

Developments In Data Assimilation

Location: 221 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: Fifth Symposium on Space Weather

Chair: Geoff Crowley, Atmospheric & Space Technology Research Associates

Papers:

1:30 PM

3.1

Data Assimilation and the Global Assimilation of Ionospheric Measurements (GAIM) Model at AFWA

Matthew P. Sattler, AFWA, Offutt AFB, NE

Recorded presentation

1:45 PM

3.2

Improving operational solar wind forecasts

Craig D. Fry, Exploration Physics International, Inc., Huntsville, AL

2:00 PM

3.3

Validating the Communication/Navigation Outage Forecasting System (C/NOFS) algorithms using data from the COSMIC campaigns

C. R. Baker, Air Force Research Lab. (AFRL), Hanscom AFB, MA; and O. de la Beaujardiere, J. M. Retterer, L. F. McNamara, and D. Hysell

2:15 PM

3.4

An operational assessment of ionospheric model assimilation and forecasting

Angeline G. Burrell, AER, Lexington, MA; and N. A. Bonito and G. M. Gugliotti Fishman

Recorded presentation

3

Ensemble Forecasting Including Post Processing III

Location: 219 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 19th Conference on Probability and Statistics

Chairs: Tom Hamill, NOAA/ESRL; Tilmann Gneiting, Heidelberg University

Papers:

1:30 PM

3.1

Combined approaches for ensemble post-processing

Thomas M. Hopson, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. P. Hacker

Recorded presentation

1:45 PM

3.2

A regime-dependent bias correction approach

Jun Du, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Camp Springs, MD; and G. DiMego

Recorded presentation

2:00 PM

3.3

Probabilistic ensemble MOS forecasts of a continuous variable

Bob Glahn, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and M. Peroutka, J. R. Wiedenfeld, J. Wagner, and B. Jackson

Poster PDF (1.4 MB)

2:15 PM

3.4

Probability forecasts for water levels at the coast of the Netherlands

Hans De Vries, KNMI, De Bilt, Netherlands

http://www.knmi.nl/~jwdv/WAQUA/EPS/

Recorded presentation

3

Texas AQ2006 Field and Modeling Studies-III

Location: 230 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 10th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry

Chair: Crystal C. Reed, Texas A&M Univ.

Papers:

1:30 PM

3.1

Evolution and Structure of the Urban Boundary Layer in Houston

Craig B. Clements, San Jose State Univ., San Jose, CA; and B. Rappengl�ck, R. Perna, B. Day, M. Patel, B. Lefer, and G. Morris

Recorded presentation

1:45 PM

3.2

Aircraft analysis of air quality attributes near a stationary front during TEXAQSII

Richard T. McNider, Earth System Science Center, Huntsville, AL; and A. Pour Biazar, K. Doty, S. Alvarez, M. Shauck, M. Buhr, J. W. Nielsen-Gammon, and E. P. Olaguer Jr.

Recorded presentation

2:00 PM

3.3

Airborne mercury speciation atop the Moody tower, University of Houston 2006 TRAMP study

Steven Brooks, NOAA/ERL/ARL/ATDD, Oak Ridge, TN; and W. Luke, M. Cohen, P. Kelley, B. Rappenglueck, B. Lefer, M. Leuchner, and J. Flynn

Recorded presentation

2:15 PM

3.4

Investigation of limited radical source strength in the Houston regulatory ozone model

William Vizuete, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA; and H. Jeffries

3

Water Resources Management And Application, Part II

Location: 223 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 22nd Conference on Hydrology

Chair: C. Adam Schlosser, MIT

Papers:

1:30 PM

3.1

Assessment of daily evapotranspiration in irrigated projects in Northeast Brazil using SEBAL/METRIC algorithms

Bernardo Barbosa da Silva, Federal University of Campina Grande, Campina Grande, PB, Brazil; and S. T. A. D. Silva, C. A. C. D. Santos, and M. V. C. Bezerra

1:45 PM

3.2

Verification of Ensemble Streamflow Predictions from the Lower Mississippi River Forecast Center

Eric T. Jones, NOAA/NWS, Slidell, LA

Recorded presentation

2:00 PM

3.3

Free drainage or not: an evaluation of simulated soil moisture profiles by the Noah land surface model in the Mississippi region

Bailing Li, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and C. Peters-Lidard, S. V. Kumar, S. Rheingrover, and V. Anantharaj

Recorded presentation

2:15 PM

3.4

Using independent NCDC gauges to analyze precipitation values from the OneRain Corporation algorithm and the National Weather Service procedure

Steven M. Martinaitis, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and H. Fuelberg, J. L. Sullivan Jr., and C. Pathak

3A

African Climate: III. Convection and Synoptic Systems

Location: 215-216 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 20th Conference on Climate Variability and Change

Chair: Edward K. Vizy, Cornell University

Papers:

1:30 PM

3A.1

Intraseasonal and interannual variability of the characteristics of West African convective systems (Invited)

Karen I. Mohr, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and C. D. Thorncroft, C. J. Alonge, and W. -. K. Tao

Recorded presentation

1:45 PM

3A.2

Cycles of deep convection over central and southern Africa

A. G. Laing, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. E. Carbone and V. Levizzani

Recorded presentation

2:00 PM

3A.3

A 3-4 day Convective Oscillation between East Africa and Equatorial Congo during Boreal Summer

Chris D. Thorncroft, University at Albany, SUNY, Albany, NY; and A. Mekonnen

Recorded presentation

2:15 PM

3A.4

Convectively coupled Kelvin waves and convective systems over equatorial Africa

Thi Thuy Hanh Nguyen, Laboratoire de M�t�orologie Dynamique (LMD), Paris, France; and J. P. Duvel

Recorded presentation

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

Impacts of Climate Changes

Location: 217-218 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 20th Conference on Climate Variability and Change

Chair: David R. Easterling, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC

Papers:

1:30 PM

3B.1

Climate Change and Chicago: Projections and Potential Impacts

Donald J. Wuebbles, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and K. Hayhoe

Recorded presentation

1:45 PM

3B.2

Analysis of weather patterns associated with air quality degradation and potential health impacts

Adel F. Hanna, Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC; and J. P. Pinto, Q. Meng, A. Xiu, P. J. Robinson, K. Yeatts, and Z. Zhu

Recorded presentation

2:00 PM

3B.3

An index to measure the influences of climate on residential natural gas demand

Ahira Sanchez-Lugo, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and J. Lawrimore, D. Wuertz, and K. Hamilton

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (372.0 kB)

2:15 PM

3B.4

Simulated carbon losses from the land surface exceed emissions from fossil fuel burning

Paul A. T. Higgins, American Meteorological Society, Washington, DC

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)

Joint Session 8

Tropical Cyclones and Climate Change Part I

Location: R02-R03 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsors: (Joint between the Tropical Meteorology Special Symposium; and the 20th Conference on Climate Variability and Change )

Chair: Hugh E. Willoughby, Florida International University

Papers:

1:30 PM

J8.1

Downscaling hurricane climatologies from IPCC AR4 climate models: Results and uncertainties

Kerry Emanuel, MIT, Cambridge, MA

Recorded presentation

1:45 PM

J8.2

Is there a discernible anthropogenic impact on Atlantic hurricane activity?

Thomas R. Knutson, NOAA/GFDL, Princeton, NJ

Recorded presentation

2:00 PM

J8.3

Global warming and tropical cyclone landfall frequency in East Asia

Johnny C. L. Chan, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Recorded presentation

2:15 PM

J8.4

Hurricanes and Global Warming: Expectations versus Observations

Christopher W. Landsea, NOAA/NWS/TPC/NHC, Miami, FL

Recorded presentation

Poster Session 1

African Climate Poster Session

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

Sponsor: 20th Conference on Climate Variability and Change

Chair: Kerry H. Cook, The University of Texas at Austin

Papers:

P1.1

Four-dimensional climate data sets of the AMMA special observing period-3

Leonard Druyan, NASA/GISS, New York, NY; and M. Fulakeza, P. Lonergan, and E. Noble

http://wamme.geog.ucla.edu/simulations.html

Poster PDF (737.3 kB)

P1.2

Climatology and interannual variability of South African synoptic scale storms

Timothy Eichler, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, Mo; and W. Higgins

P1.3

The impact of dynamic vegetation on dust and Sahel precipitation

Andrea M. Sealy, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and N. Mahowald

P1.4

East African temperature variations and their possible causes

J. R. Christy, Earth System Science Center, Huntsville, AL; and W. B. Norris and R. T. McNider

P1.5

A reexamination of the statistical relationships between West African precipitation anomalies and Atlantic hurricane activity

Jon M. Schrage, Creighton Univ., Omaha, NE; and A. H. Fink

P1.6

Genesis of African Easterly Waves

Chris D. Thorncroft, University at Albany, SUNY, Albany, NY; and N. M. J. Hall and G. N. Kiladis

P1.7

Subseasonal prediction of cumulative precipitation over the Sahel with the NCEP Climate Forecasting System

Augustin Vintzileos, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC, Camp Springs, VA; and W. M. Thiaw

P1.8

Convectively coupled Kelvin waves over tropical Africa during the boreal summer: Structure and variability

Ademe Mekonnen, North Carolina A & T State University, New York, NC; and C. D. Thorncroft and G. N. Kiladis

P1.9

Index insurance for drought in the Millennium Villages Project

M. Neil Ward, International Research Institute for Climate and Society, Palisades, NY; and E. M. Holthaus and A. Siebert

P1.10

Annual cycle of the Saharan heat low and its role in the coupled West African monsoon system

Hanh Nguyen, SUNY Albany, Albany, NY; and C. D. Thorncroft, C. Zhang, and P. Peyrille

P1.11

Statistical characterization of the dry spell risk during the west African monsoon from meteorological station data

Asher Siebert, International Research Institute for Climate and Society, Palisades, NY; and N. Ward, O. Ndiaye, and P. Kangah

Poster PDF (1.3 MB)

P1.12

Impacts of dust on West African climate during 2005 and 2006

Moctar Camara, Howard University, Washington, DC; and G. Jenkins and A. Konare

P1.13

A climatology of African warm-season rainfall episodes based on a combined IR/MW precipitation estimate approach

Samantha Melani, LaMMA -Institute of Biometeorology (IBIMET-CNR), Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy; and A. Antonini, V. Levizzani, R. Ginnetti, M. Pasqui, A. Ortolani, A. G. Laing, and R. E. Carbone

P1.14

A Synoptic and Structural Analysis of the 11 September 2006 West African Squall Line

Jonathan W. Smith, Howard University, Washington, DC; and M. Delonge, S. Chan, A. Diop, B. Koltz, D. Grant, S. Diatta, S. Salak, and T. Fall

P1.15

Possible Interactions between a West African Squall Line Event and the SAL

Aaron Pratt, Howard Univ., Washington, DC; and T. L. Battle, D. Robertson, and B. Dickey

P1.16

Interactions of the West African Monsoon circulation and the Tropical Atlantic SSTs in a coupled regional climate model

Samson M. Hagos, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York; and K. H. Cook

P1.17

The effect of dust optical properties on surface radiative energy budget and atmospheric thermodynamics during Pirata/Aerose-III

Adrian Flores, Howard University, Washington, DC; and E. Joseph, N. R. Nalli, and V. Morris

P1.18

Wavelet-Based Monthly-to-Seasonal Rainfall Predictions for Ethiopia

Zewdu Segele, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and P. J. Lamb and L. M. Leslie

Poster Session 1

Atmospheric Chemistry Poster Session I

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

Sponsor: 10th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry

Papers:

P1.1

An insight into the vertical structure of the atmosphere during TEXAQS-II: Understanding the effect of the upper-level meteorology on Houston's surface ozone levels

Ryan Perna, University of Houston, Houston, TX; and B. Rappenglueck and S. Zhong

Poster PDF (1.1 MB)

P1.2

Bidirectional mercury exchange over surface waters simulated by a regional air pollution model

Jesse O. Bash, EPA, Research Triangle Park, NC; and E. J. Cooter

Poster PDF (236.9 kB)

P1.3

The Vertical Mixing Experiment during TexAQS II

Bernhard Rappenglueck, University of Houston, Houston, TX; and S. Alvarez, R. Boudreaux, M. Buhr, D. Byun, F. Y. Cheng, C. Clements, J. Flynn, R. Fuller, L. Kauffman, B. Lefer, M. Leuchner, W. Luke, B. McEvoy-Day, G. Morris, F. Ngan, L. Pedemonte, R. Perna, M. Shauck, and G. Zanin

P1.4

Comparative Analysis of PAN data at the Moody Tower and the Aldine site during TexAQS II

Bernhard Rappenglueck, University of Houston, Houston, TX; and D. Byun, B. Czader, S. Kim, M. Leuchner, and R. Schmitt

P1.5

Infrared spectra of aerosol samples from Mexico City during MILAGRO and MCMA 2003

Kristy L. Kelley, University of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR; and A. Mangu, J. S. Gaffney, and N. A. Marley

Poster PDF (139.1 kB)

P1.6

Relationships between specific VOC fingerprints and ratios of peroxyacylnitrate (PAN) compounds in Houston, TX during TexAQS II

Michael Leuchner, University of Houston, Houston, TX; and B. Rappenglueck

Poster PDF (163.4 kB)

P1.7

A Statistical Overview of Results from the Houston Triangle Campaign

Carl Berkowitz, PNNL, Richland, WA; and M. L. Alexander, X. Y. Yu, Y. Xie, and B. T. Jobson

P1.8

Determination of aerosol absorption constants by using integrating sphere spectrometry from MILAGRO and MCMA 2003 field samples

Surya P. Kilaparty, University of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR; and K. L. Kelley, A. Mangu, J. S. Gaffney, and N. A. Marley

Poster PDF (354.4 kB)

P1.9

An examination of air quality measurements and simulations over Mexico City, Mexico and Houston, Texas

Amy Jo Swanson, NASA/LRC, Hampton, VA; and G. H. Stevens, B. Scarino, J. S. Swim, N. I. Makar, M. A. D. Stevens, and R. A. Ferrare

http://www.personal.psu.edu/ajs5073/AMS2008.htm

Poster PDF (576.7 kB)

P1.10

Quantifying the effect of the sea-breeze circulation on local winds at Houston, Texas

James Tobin, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and J. Nielsen-Gammon

P1.11

The impact of residual layer ozone on surface ozone levels in Houston, Texas during TexAQS II

Bonne J. Ford, Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN; and G. Morris, E. Thompson, B. Rappenglueck, B. Lefer, D. W. Byun, X. Li, R. Perna, R. Boudreaux, B. McEvoy-Day, L. Pedemonte, and A. Chow

Poster PDF (396.0 kB)

P1.12

Impacts of Biogenic Emissions on Photochemical Ozone Production in Houston, Texas

Renyi Zhang, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and G. Li

P1.13

Sensitivity of Gaseous and Aerosol Predictions to Gas-Phase Chemical Mechanisms

Ying Pan, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC; and X. M. Hu and Y. Zhang

Poster Session 1

Convection, Decision Support Systems, and Air Traffic Management Posters

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

Sponsor: 13th Conference on Aviation, Range and Aerospace Meteorology

Papers:

P1.1

Statistical guidance for Terminal Aerodrome Forecasts from the Localized Aviation MOS Program

David E. Rudack, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and J. E. Ghirardelli

P1.2

Oceanic Convection Diagnosis and Nowcasting

Cathy Kessinger, NCAR, Boulder, Colorado; and H. Cai, N. Rehak, D. Megenhardt, J. Hawkins, and E. R. Williams

http://www.rap.ucar.edu/projects/ocn

Poster PDF (1.2 MB)

P1.3

Forecasting of Weather Bringing Disruption to Airport Operations Caused by Tropical Cyclones

Ping Cheung, Hong Kong Observatory, Kowloon, Hong Kong; and P. P. W. Li

Poster PDF (981.0 kB)

P1.4

Linear contrail detection over the eastern United States from AVHRR and MODIS data

Lance A. Avey, SSAI, Hampton, VA; and R. Palikonda, P. Minnis, and D. P. Duda

P1.5

Observed uses and Air Traffic Flow Management benefits of the Route Availability Planning Tool during the 2007 convective weather season

Michael Robinson, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA; and R. DeLaura and J. E. Evans

Poster PDF (2.0 MB)

P1.6

The Advanced Satellite Aviation Weather Products (ASAP) initiative: Research and transition activities in convective and turbulence diagnosis and nowcasting

John R. Mecikalski, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL; and T. A. Berendes, W. F. Feltz, K. M. Bedka, S. J. Paech, H. Iskendarian, R. D. Sharman, and J. J. Murray

P1.7

Sodar acoustic enclosure versus ambient acoustic noise, ground clutter and aerodynamically generated wind noise

Jean-Michel Fage Sr., REMTECH, Saint James, NY

P1.8

Statistical characteristics of the wind dependence of snow and freezing fog events at several major airports for improving Runway Visual Range (RVR) performance

Thomas A. Seliga, Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, Cambridge, MA; and D. A. Hazen and S. Burnley

Poster PDF (759.1 kB)

P1.9

Marine Stratus Decision Support System for SFO: Does it reduce aircraft delays?

Nikole M. Ray, San Jose State University; and M. J. Delman and D. Reynolds

P1.10

Developing Tools for Calibrating Four-Dimensional Aviation Weather Forecasts

Holly M. Uhlenhake, RS Information Systems, Silver Spring, MD; and T. R. Boyer and D. P. Ruth

Poster PDF (2.3 MB)

P1.11

Optimized Flight Routing Based on Weather Impacts Grids

David I. Knapp, U.S. Army Research Laboratory, White Sands Missile Range, NM; and T. Jameson, E. Measure, and A. Butler

Poster PDF (78.3 kB)

P1.12

Modeling convective weather avoidance in enroute airspace

Rich DeLaura, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA; and M. Robinson, M. Pawlak, and J. E. Evans

Poster PDF (486.2 kB)

P1.13

Development of a lightning nowcasting system for Hong Kong International Airport

Peter P.W. Li, Hong Kong Observatory, Kowloon, Hong Kong; and S. Y. Lau and D. S. Lau

Poster PDF (348.0 kB)

P1.14

Comprehensive storm-scale and microscale observational requirements for the current aviation enterprise and for NextGen

John J. Murray, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA; and D. Helms and C. Miner

P1.15

A statistical study of the weather impact on punctuality at Frankfurt Airport

Danijela Markovic, Institute of Meteorology and Climatology, Hannover, Germany; and T. Hauf and P. R�hner

P1.16

Transformation of NAS to NextGen and FAA Weather Architecture Impacts: An Update

Cheryl G. Souders, FAA, Washington, DC; and R. C. Showalter

Poster PDF (176.9 kB)

P1.17

Evaluation of the 2 foot-lambert (fL) dawn and dusk thresholds for Runway Visual Range (RVR) airport applications

Thomas A. Seliga, Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, Cambridge, MA; and D. A. Hazen and S. Burnley

Poster PDF (216.3 kB)

P1.18

Determination of the Predictability of aviation-relevant Characteristics of convective Weather

Richard E. Bateman, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and M. Steiner, D. Megenhardt, C. Phillips, and J. Pinto

Poster PDF (959.8 kB)

P1.19

GOES-R Aviation Algorithm Working Group: Toward meeting aviation-related requirements

Wayne F. Feltz, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and K. L. Pryor, M. J. Pavolonis, J. R. Mecikalski, W. L. Smith Jr., and D. T. Lindsey

P1.20

Platform for Meso-Scale Weather Prediction in Aerospace Applications

Yosef Gavriel Tirat-Gefen, Aerospace Division, Castel Research Inc., Fairfax, VA; and J. C. G. Pimentel

P1.21

An Assessment of clear-air echo occurrences to develop an advanced wind shear detection system for precipitation- free conditions

Kenichi Kusunoki, MRI, Tsukuba, Japan; and C. Tetsuya, M. Yutaka, T. Aoshima, H. Kobayashi, F. Mawashi, F. Taka, Y. Hirakawa, and H. Kiyota

Poster PDF (240.2 kB)

P1.22

An interactive training approach to support the operational use of Air Traffic Management Convective Weather Decision Support Tools

Michael Robinson, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA; and J. E. Evans

P1.23

Cloud-to-ground lightning as a proxy for nowcasts of VIL and echo tops

Haig Iskenderian, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA

Poster PDF (364.8 kB)

P1.24

A continental dense fog event associated with precipitation and low clouds

Nancy Westcott, Midwestern Regional Climate Center, Illinois State Water Survey, INRS, University of Illinois, Champaign, Illinois; and D. A. R. Kristovich

Poster PDF (334.5 kB)

P1.25

Prototyping new products for the Canadian Air Navigation System: 'TAFPlus' and 'V-CMAC'

Bruno Larochelle, EC - Canadian Meteorological Aviation Centre, Edmonton, AB, Canada; and S. Laroche, M. Schaffer, R. Honch, and M. Kothbauer

P1.26

A meteorological system for planning and evaluating glider flights in Pennsylvania USA

Edward E. Hindman, The City University of New York, New York, NY; and S. M. Saleeby and O. Liechti

Poster PDF (1.7 MB)

P1.27

Near real-time detection of seafog using MTSAT

Jae H. Kim, Pusan National University, Pusan, South Korea; and J. Ha and K. Ha

P1.28

TAFWarn - a situational awareness tool : helping forecasters monitor TAFs in an age of information overload

Erik De Groot, EC, Edmonton, AB, Canada; and R. Honch

Poster PDF (82.4 kB)

P1.29

Use of Multiple Weather Products for Air Traffic Strategic Planning

Michelle Duquette, The MITRE Corporation, McLean, VA; and J. Huhn

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

Poster Session 1

IOAS Poster Session I: Data Assimilation and Impact Studies

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

Sponsor: 12th Conference on IOAS-AOLS

Chair: Shirley T. Murillo, NOAA/AOML/HRD

Papers:

P1.1

Assimilation of HIRS/3 Brightness Temperature in Cloud Condition and Its Impact to CHANCHU Typhoon

Weiyu Ding, Guangzhou Institute of Tropical and Marine Meteorology, Guangzhou, China

P1.2

Adjoint sensitivity study of transcritical flow along the California coast

Clark M. Amerault, NRL, Monterey, CA; and J. Doyle

P1.3

Assimilation of GOES radiances to improve forecasting of mid-level, mixed phase clouds

Curtis J. Seaman, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and J. A. Kankiewicz, S. Longmore, M. Sengupta, and T. H. Vonder Haar

P1.4

Assimilation of Indian Observation through WRF-Var Modeling System and its Impact

Ashish Routray, Indian Institute of Technology, Hauz Khas, New Delhi, India; and U. C. Mohanty and S. R. H. Rizvi

P1.5

Simulations of space-based CO2 measurements: measurement impacts on mesoscale transport modeling

Tom Connor, AER, Lexington, MA; and H. E. Snell, T. S. Zaccheo, and L. McGuire

P1.6

Simulation of the impact of new aircraft and space-based ocean surface wind measurements on H*Wind analyses

Timothy L. Miller, NASA/MSFC, Huntsville, AL; and R. M. Atlas, P. G. Black, J. L. Case, S. S. Chen, R. E. Hood, J. W. Johnson, L. Jones, C. S. Ruf, and E. W. Uhlhorn

Poster PDF (454.3 kB)

P1.7

Sensitivity of the Real-Time Mesoscale Analysis to background field characteristics

Daniel Tyndall, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and M. S. F. V. De Pondeca and J. Horel

P1.8

The impact of data assimilation on Arctic atmospheric circulation in the NCAR Community Atmosphere Model

Justin E. Bagley, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and E. DeWeaver

P1.9

A one-season assimilation and impact study of NESDIS and Navy's WindSat retrieved data in the NCEP global data assimilation system

Li Bi, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. A. Jung, M. C. Morgan, and J. F. Le Marshall

Poster PDF (344.0 kB)

P1.10

A General-Purpose Ensemble Assimilation Facility: DART

Jeffrey Anderson, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and T. Hoar, N. Collins, K. Raeder, and H. Liu

P1.11

Combining QuikSCAT and MISR Wind Observations to Characterize Tropospheric Winds

Michael Garay, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA; and C. Moroney, W. T. Liu, and R. Davies

P1.12A

(Formerly 15A.5) Estimating the impact of AIRS data in WRF forecasts with the ensemble transform Kalman filter

Shelley O. Holmberg, Univ. of North Carolina, Charlotte, NC; and B. J. Etherton

Poster Session 1

Poster Session P1

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

Sponsor: 15th Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA

Papers:

P1.1

A multi-meteorology air quality ensemble

P1.2

Impacts of atmospheric blocking on regional air quality over East Asia

Jiyoung Kim, National Institute of Meteorological Research, Dongjak-gu, Seoul, South Korea; and H. S. Lee

Poster PDF (170.6 kB)

P1.3

Bombay Plume transport, structure, and microphysical interactions over the Arabian Sea during Indian Winter Monsoon

Andrew C. Martin, Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL

Poster PDF (273.1 kB)

P1.4

Modeling Effects of Atmospheric Aerosols on Microphysical Processes of Warm Cloud

Xiaochen Liu, National Univ. of Ireland, Maynooth, Ireland; and Q. Liu and J. Sweeney

Poster PDF (165.1 kB)

P1.5

Andrew J. Annunzio, Penn State Univ., University Park, PA; and S. E. Haupt and G. Young

P1.6

Source Characterization and Meteorology Retrieval using a Genetic Algorithm with SCIPUFF

Kerrie J. Long, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA; and S. E. Haupt and G. Young

P1.7

Adding Realism to Source Characterization with a Genetic Algorithm

Luna M. Rodriguez, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA; and S. E. Haupt and G. Young

Poster PDF (302.0 kB)

Poster Session 1

Space Weather Posters

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

Sponsor: Fifth Symposium on Space Weather

Papers:

P1.1

Stakeholder Involvement in Space Weather Modeling Integration

Kevin Starr, Northrop Grumman Mission Systems, Colorado Springs, CO; and S. McNew

P1.2

Various Ways of the Solar Energy Impact on the Earth's Climate and Weather

Ludmila Makarova Sr., Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute, Saint-Petersburg, Saint-Petersburg, Russia; and A. Shirochkov Sr.

Poster PDF (25.2 kB)

P1.3

NASA's LWS Radiation Belt Storm Probes Mission � space weather beacons in the radiation belts

Joseph M. Grebowsky, NASA, Greenbelt, MD; and D. G. Sibeck, D. E. Rowland, O. C. St. Cyr, and B. Giles

P1.4

Analysis of long-term temperature trends in the upper atmosphere over Millstone Hill

James M. Kurdzo, Atmospheric Radar Research Center, School of Meteorology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK

P1.5

Method of generating auroral inputs based on DMSP SSJ electron particle data at high-temporal resolution for use with the Air Force standard atmospheric radiative transmittance models

James M. Griffin, AER, Lexington, MA; and T. Connor, W. Gallery, C. Paxson, H. E. Snell, M. J. Kendra, and J. H. Brown

P1.6

Ionospheric Scintillation Products Derived from the COSMIC Satellite Constellation

Keith M. Groves, Air Force Research Laboratory, Hanscom AFB, MA; and C. S. Lin, M. Starks, T. Beach, R. Caton, and C. S. Carrano

P1.7

JPL/USC GAIM: Using COSMIC and Ground-Based GPS Data To Estimate Ionospheric State in Near Real-Time

Attila Komjathy, NASA JPL/Caltech, Pasadena, CA; and B. Wilson, V. Akopian, A. J. Mannucci, and X. Pi

P1.8

Do bursts of activity define the solar cycle and do they have forecast potential?

Julia L. R. Saba, Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Center, Greenbelt, MD; and K. T. Strong

P1.9

Ionospheric measurements for the Long Wavelength Array

Christopher Watts, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM; and K. F. Dymond, N. Kassim, and L. W. A. Team

http://lwa.unm.edu/

P1.10

Continuous FUV/EUV imaging of ionospheric activity from geosynchronous orbit

Kent Wood, NRL, Washington, DC; and K. Dymond, M. Kowalski, J. M. Picone, and R. McCoy

P1.11

An overview of next generation charged-particle instruments for geosynchronous orbit

E. A. MacDonald, LANL, Los Alamos, NM; and H. O. Funsten, E. E. Dors, J. Burward-Hoy, M. F. Thomsen, J. T. Steinberg, and V. Jordanova

P1.12

Impact of terrestrial weather on the thermosphere and ionosphere

Timothy J. Fuller-Rowell, NOAA SEC and CIRES Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and R. A. Akmaev, F. Wu, A. Anghel, H. Wang, N. Maruyama, E. Araujo-Pradere, M. Codrescu, M. Iredell, S. Moorthi, H. Juang, Y. T. Hou, G. Millward, A. D. Richmond, and A. Maute

P1.13

A Semi-Empirical Model for Forecasting Relativistic Electrons at Geostationary Orbit

Wladislaw Lyatsky, NASA/MSFC and Oak Ridge Associated Universities, Huntsville, AL; and G. V. Khazanov

Poster PDF (204.4 kB)

Joint Poster Session 1

Tropical Cyclones and Probability/Statistics Posters

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

Sponsors: (Joint between the Tropical Meteorology Special Symposium; and the 19th Conference on Probability and Statistics )

Cochairs: Robert Hart, Florida State University; C.�cile Penland, NOAA/ESRL/PSD3; Richard W. Katz, NCAR

Papers:

JP1.1

Reduction of boundary layer dropsonde winds to estimate surface winds and their comparison with SFMR data in landfalling Hurricane Katrina

Richard G. Henning, Consulting Meteorologist, Niceville, FL

Poster PDF (1.0 MB)

JP1.2

National Hurricane Center forecast verification

James L. Franklin, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/TPC, Miami, FL

JP1.3

Employing Hurricane Wind Probabilities to Convey Forecast Uncertainty and Potential Impact through NWS Field Office Forecast Products

Pablo Santos, NOAA/NWS, Miami, FL; and D. W. Sharp, G. Rader, and M. Volkmer

Poster PDF (1.3 MB)

JP1.4

The Hurricane Severity Index � A New Way of Estimating a Tropical Cyclone's Destructive Potential

Chris Hebert, ImpactWeather, Inc., Houston, TX; and B. Weinzapfel and M. Chambers

Poster PDF (1.2 MB)

JP1.5

Development of a new storm surge index for prediction of storm surge associated with landfalling tropical cyclones

Mark R. Jordan II, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and C. A. Clayson

JP1.6

The accuracy of the slosh model in predicting the flooding of the chesapeake bay region during Hurricane Isabel

Kathleen Nicole Inde, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD; and D. R. Smith

Poster PDF (895.9 kB)

JP1.7

Using uncertainty information to improve hurricane impact communication

Barry S. Goldsmith, NOAA/NWS, Ruskin, FL; and R. J. Ricks Jr.

Poster PDF (2.1 MB)

JP1.8

Radiance assimilation in a mesoscale model for improving Hurricane Track Forecast

Zhiquan Liu, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and H. Lin, D. Barker, and J. Xu

JP1.9

Deconstructing the Ensemble Transform Kalman Filter adaptive sampling methodology for tropical cyclones

Sharanya J. Majumdar, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL

JP1.10

Impact of GPS Radio Occultation Observations on Ensemble Analyses and Forecasts of Tropical Storms

Hui Liu, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. Anderson, Y. H. Kuo, Y. Chen, and C. Snyder

JP1.11

Hurricane Initialization Using TOMS Ozone Data

Yonghui Wu, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and X. Zou

JP1.12

Observing System Experiments for Three Targeting Techniques in the Atlantic Basin

S. D. Aberson, AOML/Hurricane Research, Miami, FL; and S. J. Majumdar, M. S. Peng, and C. A. Reynolds

JP1.13

Use of radar data for TC initialization and intensity forecasts

Jin-Luen Lee, NOAA/ESRL/GSD, Boulder, CO; and A. E. MacDonald, W. Lee, and W. Wang

JP1.14

A preferred scale for warm core instability in a non-convective moist basic state

Brian H. Kahn, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and D. M. Sinton

Poster PDF (643.4 kB)

JP1.15

Secondary eyewall formation in two idealized, full-physics modeled hurricanes

Wesley D. Terwey, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and M. T. Montgomery

JP1.16

Comparison of deep convection in the outer rainbands of landfalling hurricanes: Tornadic and nontornadic cells and their local environments

Matthew D. Eastin, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC; and M. C. Link, H. B. Anderson, and M. D. Parker

JP1.17

Multiscale variability of the internal structure of Hurricane Isabel during landfall

Renee Curry, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and M. I. Biggerstaff

JP1.18

Physical processes associated with surface wind field uncertainty in Hurricanes Katrina and Rita (2005): Use of present and future observational tools

Peter G. Black, NOAA/AOML/HRD, Miami, FL; and E. W. Uhlhorn, J. F. Gamache, R. D. Knabb, J. Carswell, P. S. Chang, S. Lorsolo, R. E. Hood, L. Jones, I. PopStefanija, and A. S. Goldstein

JP1.19

The overland intensification of Tropical Depression Erin: assessment and mesoscale observation

Derek S. Arndt, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and G. D. McManus, B. G. Illston, J. B. Basara, D. B. Demko, and R. A. McPherson

JP1.20

2004 Hurricane Danielle Tropical Cyclogenesis Forecasting Study Using the NCAR Advanced Research WRF Model

Nelsie A. Ramos, NOAA/Center for Atmospheric Sciences and Howard University, Washington, DC

JP1.21

Multimodel comparison study for hurricane case

Duanjun Lu, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS; and R. Reddy and Q. L. Williams

JP1.22

WRF-NMM model case studies for the AMMA project during the 2006 Atlantic Hurricane Season

Jamese D. Sims, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC, Camp Springs, MD

JP1.23

Numerical simulation of extreme wind gusts assocaited with a landfalling tropical cyclone

JP1.24

WRF forecasts/simulations of Tropical cyclones Debby and Helene during the SOP-3 NAMMA/AMMA field campaign

Gregory S. Jenkins, Howard Univ., Washington, DC; and S. Chiao and M. Cox

JP1.25

Sensitive experiments of changing vertical levels in numerical weather prediction model on tropical cyclone

LianTang Deng, China Meterological Administration, Beijing, China

Poster PDF (244.3 kB)

JP1.26

Diagnosing Transport and Mixing in Unstable Barotropic Hurricane-like Vortices

Eric Hendricks, NRL, Monterey, CA; and W. H. Schubert

JP1.27

Correlating Convective Bursts in Tropical Cyclones with Rapid Intensification using TRMM Precipitation Radar Reflectivity Profiles

Andrew B. Hagen, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS; and R. Rogers

Poster PDF (505.5 kB)

JP1.28

Angular momentum and cloud torques in TCs: An airborne Doppler radar perspective

Stephen R. Guimond, COAPS/Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and P. D. Reasor and T. N. Krishnamurti

JP1.29

Determining surface winds from doppler radar data during hurricane passages over Florida

Philip D. Hayes, Northrop Grumman, Chantilly, VA; and H. E. Fuelberg and R. E. Hart

JP1.30

Predicting hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico: Nexrad-in-space (NIS) and its potential impact

William E. Lewis, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and G. J. Tripoli, E. A. Smith, S. Tanelli, and E. Im

JP1.31

Assimilation of Multi-Satellite Data in Improving Hurricane Intensity Forecasting

Zhaoxia Pu, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and X. Li

JP1.32

Superensemble forecasts of hurricane intensity from a suite of mesoscale models

Melanie Kramer, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and T. N. Krishnamurti

JP1.33

Improving Hurricane Intensity Forecasting via Microphysical Parameterization Methods in a Mesoscale Model

Cerese Marie Albers, The Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and D. T. N. Krishnamurti

JP1.34

The experimental graphical tropical weather outlook

Jamie R. Rhome, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/TPC/NHC, Miami, FL; and D. P. Brown, J. L. Franklin, C. W. Landsea, C. Lauer, and C. Juckins

JP1.35

Multimodel approach based on evidence theory for forecasting hurricane/typhoon tracks: further improvements

JP1.36

Wind speed-damage correlation in Hurricane Katrina

Timothy P. Marshall, Haag Engineering Co., Dallas, TX

Poster PDF (1.3 MB)

JP1.37

Network analysis of U.S. hurricanes

JP1.38

Evaluation of the surface wind fields of the GFDL coupled forecast for Hurricane Ivan using H*Wind Analysis

Isha M. Renta-L�pez, Howard University, Washington, DC; and M. D. Powell and V. Morris

JP1.39

Parameterized wind gusts associated with a severe landfalling tropical cyclone

Hamish A. Ramsay, NASA GISS/ Columbia University, New York, New York; and L. M. Leslie and M. L. M. Wong

JP1.40

The uncertainty in wave characteristics and tropical cyclogenesis prediction

Maria K. Flatau, NRL, Monterey, CA; and M. Peng and C. Reynolds

JP1.41

Eye & eyewall climatology derived from reconnaissance vortex reports and their use toward using an eyewall phase diagram to improve hurricane intensity forecasts

David Joseph Piech, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and R. Hart

JP1.42

Defining uncertainty in hurricane maximum surface wind estimation

Stephanie Ann Mullins, University of Louisiana - Monroe, Monroe, LA; and P. G. Black, C. S. Velden, M. D. Powell, E. W. Uhlhorn, T. Olander, A. Burton, and J. L. Beven II

JP1.43

Improved Measures of Hurricane Hurricane Destructive Potential Based on Integrated Kinetic Energy

Mark D. Powell, NOAA/AOML/HRD, Miami, FL

Poster Session 1

Weather to Climate Scale Hydrological Forecasting

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

Sponsor: 22nd Conference on Hydrology

Chair: Bart Nijssen, 3TIER, Inc.

CoChair: Thomas Adams, NOAA/NWS

Papers:

P1.1

Examining Preconvective Heavy Rainfall Environments Utilizing Observational and Model Analysis Proximity Soundings

Michael J. Paddock, NOAA/NWS, Phoenix, AZ; and C. E. Graves and J. T. Martinelli

Poster PDF (528.4 kB)

P1.2

An overview of the summer 2007 excessive rain event in the Southern Plains

Kevin H. Goebbert, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and A. D. Schenkman, C. M. Shafer, and N. Snook

Poster PDF (417.7 kB)

P1.3

Analysis of Twenty-Five Years of Heavy Rainfall Events in the Texas Hill Country

Amy Schnetzler, Univ. of Missouri, Columbia, MO; and P. S. Market and J. W. Zeitler

Poster PDF (97.5 kB)

P1.4

Hydrometeorological Analysis of Flooding Events in San Antonio, TX

Hatim Sharif, Univ. of Texas, San Antonio, TX; and S. Chintalapudi, X. Wang, H. Xie, and J. W. Zeitler

P1.5

Hydrometeorological Analysis of the 2002 Guadalupe River Flood, TX

Hatim Sharif, Univ. of Texas, San Antonio, TX; and A. Elhassan

P1.6

Evaluation of diurnal variations in precipitation over East Asia in the WRF and RSM

Myung-Seo Koo, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea; and K. S. S. Lim, J. Choi, J. W. Lee, and S. Y. Hong

P1.7

Monitoring rainfall and predicting flash flooding: Integrating observation networks and radar data

Jessica A. Schultz, NOAA/NWSFO, Fort Worth, TX; and B. Carle

Poster PDF (1.8 MB)

P1.8

Combined Rainfall-Runoff Forecast System based on the TOPMODEL for Han River basin

Ki-Ho Chang, National Institute of Meteorological Research, Seoul, South Korea; and J. H. Kim, C. H. Cho, and M. J. Lee

http://weamod.metri.re.kr

Poster PDF (118.5 kB)

P1.9

Medium-Range Ensemble Hydrologic Forecasting for Western Washington State

Andrew W. Wood, 3TIER, Inc., Seattle, WA; and S. Shukla and N. Voisin

P1.10

Evaluation of a global flood prediction system within the Mississippi River basin

Nathalie Voisin, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Seattle, WA; and A. W. Wood and D. P. Lettenmaier

P1.11

A New Product to Help Forecast Convective Initiation in the 1-6 Hour Time Frame

John Walker, Univ. of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL; and J. Mecikalski

Poster Session 2

General Climate Studies: Poster Session

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

Sponsor: 20th Conference on Climate Variability and Change

Chair: J. Roads, SIO/Univ. of California

CoChair: Gerald L. Potter, LLNL

Papers:

P2.1

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: A Synthesis of the Fourth Assessment Report

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

http://www.bom.gov.au

Poster PDF (2.5 MB)

P2.2

Attribution of extreme variability of temperature to major teleconnections and development of probabilistic aides for decision makers using logistic regression: a case stduy of a Florida frost hollow

Bartlett C. Hagemeyer, NOAA/NWS, Melbourne, FL

Poster PDF (1.5 MB)

P2.3

Validation of four satellite-derived rainfall products using gage data from densely populated raingauge network over the Korean peninsula

P2.4

Stratocumulus sensitivity to aerosols and dynamics

P2.5

Impacts of Climate Change on Energy Demand in Greater Dublin Region, Ireland

Xiaochen Liu, Department of Geography, National University of Ireland Maynooth, Maynooth, Ireland; and J. Sweeney

Poster PDF (1.6 MB)

P2.6

A new satellite derived precipitation data set for studying trends in extreme events

Ralph R. Ferraro, NOAA/NESDIS, College Park, MD; and T. Smith, M. Sapiano, R. Joseph, and H. Meng

Poster PDF (693.7 kB)

P2.7

Use of climate data to further enhance quality assurance of Oklahoma Mesonet observations

Peter K. Hall Jr., Oklahoma Mesonet, Norman, OK; and C. R. Morgan, A. D. Gartside, N. E. Bain, R. Jabrzemski, and C. A. Fiebrich

Poster PDF (256.8 kB)

P2.8

The European Heat Wave & Drought Event of 2003

Jason R. Webster, Creighton University, Omaha, NE

http://www.jasonrwebster.com/

P2.9

Analyses and Comparisons of Two Reanalyses for Tropical Monthly v -component wind field

Yujing Qin, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China; and P. Wang

P2.10

Monitoring Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide and Related Carbon Impacts Research

P2.11

Upwelling and Coastal Climate Variability in Southern California, 1998-2007: A Return to the Cool Phase of Pacific Decadal Oscillation?

Pedro Ramirez, California State University, Los Angeles, CA; and S. LaDochy and W. C. Patzert

Poster PDF (255.5 kB)

P2.12

Poster P2.12 has been moved. New paper number 13A.4A

P2.13

Two types of strong Northeast Asian summer monsoon

Jung-Eun Kim, Yonsei Univ., Seoul, South Korea; and S. W. Yeh and S. Y. Hong

P2.14

The global increase in blocking occurrences

Anthony R. Lupo, University of Missouri - Columbia, Columbia, MO; and J. V. Clark, K. Puricelli, and A. S. Kelly

Poster PDF (153.6 kB)

P2.15

Characteristics of boundary-layer decoupling and cloud properties revealed

David K. Mansbach, SIO/Univ. Of California, La Jolla, CA; and J. R. Norris

P2.16

Science policy changes are necessary for information archival to support producing long term climate data records from remote sensing data

Albert J. Fleig, PITA Analytic Sciences, Bethesda, MD

P2.17

Covariate analysis of severe weather across Australia

Stephanie M. Verbout, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and K. H. Goebbert, L. M. Leslie, M. Leplastrier, and A. Gero

P2.18

Recent trend of Hadley and Walker circulation shown in water vapor transport potential

Seong-Chan Park, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Seoul, South Korea; and B. J. Sohn

Poster PDF (418.1 kB)

P2.19

Diurnal and seasonal wind variability for selected stations in southern california climate regions

Charles J. Fisk, Naval Base Ventura County, Point Mugu, CA., Point Mugu, California

Poster PDF (2.6 MB)

P2.20

Does the Madden-Julian Oscillation Influence Aerosol Variability?

Baijun Tian, UCLA, Pasadena, CA; and D. E. Waliser, R. A. Kahn, Q. Li, Y. Yung, T. Tyranowski, I. Geogdzhayev, M. I. Mishchenko, and O. Torres

P2.21

Examination of Canadian Climate Immediately after Sept. 11, 2001

William A. Van Wijngaarden, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada

Poster PDF (198.0 kB)

P2.22

Shortwave aerosol radiative effect over the global oceans using GOCART and satellite data

Thomas A. Jones, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and S. A. Christopher

P2.23

Temperature extremes variability in the south of South America in relation to Atlantic SST and the Southern Annular Mode

Mariana Barrucand, CONICET/Departamento de Ciencias de la Atm�sfera y los Oc�anos (FCEN-UBA), Buenos Aires, Argentina; and M. Rusticucci and W. Vargas

Poster PDF (2.6 MB)

P2.24

The influence of urbanization on precipitation patterns in the Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) Metroplex since 1900

Anna Marie Nordfelt, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and S. M. Quiring

P2.25

Analysis of historical surface temperature data across a heterogeneous landscape in lower Mississippi river valley

Jiale Xu, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS; and V. Anantharaj, Q. Lu, and U. S. Nair

P2.26

From Climate Variability to Climate Change: Challenges and Opportunities to Agricultural Extension

Clyde William Fraisse, Univ. of Florida, Gainesville, FL; and N. E. Breuer, D. F. Zierden, and K. T. Ingram

Poster PDF (284.8 kB)

P2.27

Teleconnection between the precipitation rates over the Red Sea and El Nino/Southern Oscillation (ENSO)

Dr. Yehia Yehia Hafez Sr., Cairo University, Giza, Egypt; and M. El - Rafy Sr.

Poster PDF (205.4 kB)

P2.28

Characterizing the Vertical Latent Heating Structure of the MJO using TRMM

Duane Edward Waliser, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and X. Jiang, J. L. Li, B. Tian, W. S. Olson, M. Grecu, W. -. K. Tao, S. E. Lang, A. M. Tompkins, and T. S. L'Ecuyer

P2.29

Isolating non-ENSO signals in the historical climate record

Prashant Sardeshmukh, Climate Diagnostics Center/CIRES/University of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and G. P. Compo

P2.30

Pacific Pan-decadal Variability in observation, reanalyses and IPCC AR4 CGCM simulations

Junye Chen, Univ. of Maryland/ESSIC & NASA/GSFC/GMAO, Greenbelt, MD; and H. Wang, A. D. Del Genio, B. Carlson, and M. G. Bosilovich

P2.31

The tropical Pacific barrier layer's multi-temporal scale variability and its thermodynamic effects

Qiuxia Wu, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, Beijing, China; and Y. Yin

P2.32

Seasonal Rainfall and ENSO over the Tropical Pacific Region

Luke He, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Camp Springs, MD; and E. Olenic and D. A. Unger

Poster Session 2

Water Resources Management and Application

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

Sponsor: 22nd Conference on Hydrology

Chair: C. Adam Schlosser, MIT

Papers:

P2.1

Analysis of radar and gauge rainfall during the warm season in Oklahoma

Bin Wang, Wuhan Institute of Heavy Rain of China Meteorological Administration and NOAA/NSSL, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China; and J. Zhang, W. Xia, K. Howard, and X. Xu

Poster PDF (431.4 kB)

P2.2

The effect of hydrologic model calibration on seasonal streamflow forecast performance

Xiaogang Shi, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and A. W. Wood and D. P. Lettenmaier

P2.3

Use of NASA Satellite and Modeling Products to Improve the US Bureau of Reclamation AWARDS ET Toolbox in the Middle Rio Grande

David L. Toll, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and K. R. Arsenault, J. Dong, M. Ozdogan, A. Rentsch, S. Bowser, R. Stodt, R. Allen, M. Tasumi, and C. Robison

P2.4

Using NOAA CPC Local Three-Month Temperature Outlooks to support fisheries management

Levi D. Brekke, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Denver, CO; and J. J. Barsugli, G. J. McCabe, and R. Yaworsky

P2.5

Modeling streamflow using gauge-only versus radar-derived rainfall

John L. Sullivan Jr., Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and H. E. Fuelberg, S. M. Martinaitis, D. Bottcher, B. Jacobson, J. Bradberry, J. Mandrup-Poulsen, D. Gilbert, and T. S. Wu

Joint Poster Session 3

Tropical Cyclones and Climate Change Poster Session

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

Sponsors: (Joint between the Tropical Meteorology Special Symposium; and the 20th Conference on Climate Variability and Change )

Cochairs: Robert Hart, Florida State University; Thomas R. Knutson, NOAA/GFDL

Papers:

JP3.1

An enhanced tropical cyclone data set for the Australian region

Blair Trewin, Australian Bureau of Meteorology, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Poster PDF (212.9 kB)

JP3.2

Chimeric Equatorial Waves as a Better Descriptor for �Convectively-Coupled Equatorial Waves�

Winston C. Chao, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD

Poster PDF (106.0 kB)

JP3.3

Variations of Atlantic tropical cyclones and climate change since the mid eighteenth century

Cary J. Mock, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC; and M. Chenoweth, D. A. Glenn, S. F. Dodds, S. O. Holmberg, H. F. Young, J. Tanis, R. L. Murphy, L. J. Stroup, I. M. Altamirano, and C. W. Landsea

JP3.4

Understanding tropical cyclogenesis as part of NAMMA 2006: A case study of wave development (Debby) versus non development (Ernesto) in the eastern Atlantic

Edward K. Vizy, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY; and K. H. Cook

JP3.5

Investigating barotropic instability of the African Easterly Jet and its potential for development in the NASA fvGCM

Marangelly Fuentes, Howard University Program in Atmospheric Sciences, Washington, DC; and O. Reale and V. Morris

JP3.6

Atlantic hurricane increases and carbon dioxide rise

William M. Gray, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO

JP3.7

Influence of the Amazon/Orinoco plume on Atlantic hurricanes

Kerry H. Cook, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin; and E. K. Vizy

JP3.8

Conversion from Shear to Curvature Vorticity, Organization of Convection, and Hurricane Genesis

Benjamin Schenkel, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and D. T. N. Krishnamurti, S. Pattnaik, M. K. Biswas, and A. Simon

JP3.9

Interdecadal variability of the typhoon activity in Autumn

Chih-Hua Tsou, Department of Earth Sciences, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan; and C. J. Lee

JP3.10

Relationships between the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Atlantic-East Pacific tropical cyclone activity

Bradford S. Barrett, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and L. M. Leslie

JP3.11

A typhoon loss estimation model for China

Peter J. Sousounis, AIR Worldwide Corporation, Boston, MA; and H. He, M. L. Healy, V. K. Jain, G. Ljung, Y. Qu, and B. Shen-Tu

Poster PDF (1.5 MB)

JP3.12

Structure on eastward-moving cloud clusters in 2007 January MJO

Tetsuo Nakazawa, MRI, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

JP3.13

The role of deep tropical convection on the distribution of water within the UTLS region

Maria R. Russo, Centre for Atmospheric Science, Cambridge, United Kingdom; and C. Chemel, J. A. Pyle, R. S. Sokhi, and C. Schiller

JP3.14

Transition from a Mixed Rossby-gravity Wave to a Tropical Cyclone

Xiaqiong Zhou, university of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI; and B. Wang, X. Ge, and Q. Ding

JP3.15

Modeling Studies of Island Induced Convective Activities in Puerto Rico Region

Melissa Sheffer, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL; and S. Chiao and I. Matos

JP3.16

Tropical Cyclone Induced Tornados Associated With The Formation of Tropical Storm Barry

Andrew Devanas, NOAA/NWS, Key WEst, FL; and P. Santos, D. Gregoria, and K. Kasper

Poster PDF (1.2 MB)

JP3.17

Characterization of the Streamers over the Caribbean

Evelyn Rivera-Acevedo, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL; and S. Chiao, O. Bermudez, and I. Matos

JP3.18

A Climatological Feature of Typhoon Making Landfall over the Korean Peninsula

Baek-Jo Kim, National Institute of Meteorological Research, Seoul, South Korea; and K. S. Choi

Poster PDF (2.0 MB)

JP3.19

Exergetics of deep moist convection

Peter R. Bannon, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA

JP3.20

Taking the pulse of climate change: NOAA's TAO buoys go from �research� to �operational�

Phoebe Woodworth, NOAA, Honolulu, HI

JP3.21

Are tropical cyclones feeding more extreme rainfall events?

William K. M. Lau, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and Y. Zhou and J. H. -. T. Wu

JP3.22

Experiments on WRF Hurricane Initialization (WRF-HI) � An Approach Based on WRF Variational Data Assimilation of Remote-Sensing and Synthetic Observations

Qingnong Xiao, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and X. Zhang, Z. Liu, W. Wang, C. A. Davis, G. J. Holland, P. J. Fitzpatrick, Y. Li, C. Hill, and H. R. Winterbottom

Poster PDF (1.4 MB)

JP3.23

Role of large-scale environment in the interannual variability of Australian region tropical cyclones

Hamish Andrew Ramsay, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and L. M. Leslie, P. J. Lamb, and M. Leplastrier

JP3.24

The Impacts of Dust and Humidity Fields on Atlantic Hurricane Activities

Donglian Sun, George Mason University, Fairfax, Viriginia; and M. Kafatos and Z. Boybeyi

JP3.25

Developing verse non-developing tropical disturbances for tropical cyclone formations

Melinda S. Peng, NRL, Monterey, CA; and B. Fu and T. Li

JP3.26

Reconciling water vapor fields measured by AIRS and HSB � A tropical case study using Hurricane Lili

Evan Fishbein, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and E. Fetzer and B. H. Lambrigtsen

JP3.27

Atmospheric teleconnections and Australian region tropical cyclone variability 1970�2005

Kevin H. Goebbert, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and L. M. Leslie

JP3.28

Observing hurricanes and severe storms with the GeoSTAR-PATH mission

Bjorn H. Lambrigtsen, JPL and California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA; and S. Brown

JP3.29

A view of synoptic variability in the tropical east to central Pacific and Atlantic

JP3.30

High-resolution upper air measurement from Cape Verde during NAMMA, the NASA African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analyses Project

JP3.31

Quantifying the Contribution of Tropical Cyclones to Extreme Rainfall along the Coastal Southeastern United States

J. Marshall Shepherd, Univ. of Georgia, Athens, GA; and A. Grundstein and T. Mote

JP3.32

Distributions and trends of death and destruction from hurricanes in the United States, 1900-2006

Hugh E. Willoughby, Florida International University, Miami, FL

JP3.33

Building capacity to forecast and respond to storm inundation in Hawaii

Wes Browning, NOAA/NWS/Honolulu Weather Forecast Office, Honolulu, HI

JP3.34

Education through interaction with data sets - Hurricane Katrina and the Integrated Data Viewer

Troy Allison, University of North Carolina Charlotte, Charlotte, NC; and S. O. Holmberg, B. J. Etherton, and J. Weber

JP3.35

Upper ocean thermal structure and the western North Pacific supertyphoons

I.-I. Lin, Dept. of Atmospheric Sciences, Taipei, Taiwan; and I. F. Pun and C. C. Wu

JP3.36

Coastal observations of disturbed weather in Senegal during the 2006 NAMMA field campaign

Gregory S. Jenkins, Howard Univ., Washington, DC; and P. A. Kucera, E. Joseph, J. D. Fuentes, A. T. Gaye, J. Gerlach, F. Roux, A. Protat, D. Bouniol, and N. Viltard

JP3.37

An evaluation of long-term variability of tropical storm and hurricane activity in the Atlantic

Jose Maliekal, SUNY, Brockport, NY

Poster PDF (382.5 kB)

JP3.38

Next Generation Airborne Hurricane Imaging Radiometer (HIRad) - Improved Forecast Skill with Wide Field Imagery

Linwood Jones, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL; and P. G. Black, S. S. Chen, R. E. Hood, J. W. Johnson, C. S. Ruf, A. Mims, and C. C. Hennon

Poster PDF (1.3 MB)

JP3.39

On the Climatology of Tropical Cyclones in the North Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico

L. J. Pietrafesa, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; and S. Bao, T. I. Yan, and D. Dickey

JP3.40

Possible climate impacts of Saharan dust on frequency and intensity of tropical cyclones

Kyu-Myong Kim, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Greenbelt, MD; and W. K. M. Lau

JP3.41

The utility of the ERA40 Cyclone Phase Space in Trend Diagnosis and North Atlantic Tropical Cyclone Reanalysis

Danielle Manning, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and R. Hart

JP3.42

The possible winter impact from recurving tropical cyclones

Robert Hart, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and L. F. Bosart and C. Hosler

JP3.43

Estimating local memory of tropical cyclones through MPI anomaly evolution

Robert Hart, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and R. Maue and M. C. Watson

JP3.44

Analysis of the Wind Field Evolution Associated with the Extratropical Transition of Bonnie (1998)

Clark Evans, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. Hart

JP3.45

Tropical cyclone trends and attribution from reanalysis datasets

Ryan N. Maue, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and R. Hart and M. A. Bourassa

JP3.46

Tropical Storm Debby and the SAL: A comparative analysis with TD 8 from the NAMMA 2006 field campaign

Aaron Pratt, Howard University, Washington, DC; and G. S. Jenkins

JP3.47

Are there regimes in Tropical Cyclone Activity in the North Atlantic?

S. D. Aberson, Hurricane Research Division, AOML, Miami, FL

JP3.48

Retrospective multidecadal simulation of E Asiuan Typhoon activity

JP3.49

NEXRAD in Space: A Solution to the Hurricane Intensity Prediction Problem

Gregory J. Tripoli, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and V. Chandrasekar, S. S. Chen, G. Holland, E. Im, R. Kakar, W. E. Lewis, F. D. Marks Jr., A. Mugnai, E. A. Smith, and S. Tanelli

JP3.50

Characterization of the Saharan Air Layer (SAL) during NAMMA 2006 DC-8 Flight Missions

Tamara L. Battle, Howard Univ., Washington, DC; and G. Jenkins

JP3.51

The Role Played by Blocking over the Northern Hemisphere on Hurricane KATRINA

Dr. Yehia Yehia Hafez Sr., Cairo University, Giza, 12613, Egypt

Poster PDF (408.0 kB)

JP3.52

NOAA's Hurricane Forecasting Improvement Project Plan

Fred Toepfer, NOAA/NWS, Silver Springs, MD

Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break (mon p.m.)

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

4

Water Resources Management And Application, Part III

Location: 223 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 22nd Conference on Hydrology

Chair: C. Adam Schlosser, MIT

Papers:

4:00 PM

4.1

Assessing Gauge Adjusted Radar Rainfall Estimation for use in local Flash Flood Prediction

Beth Marie Clarke, Weather Decision Technologies Inc, Norman, OK; and C. A. Kudym and A. K. Albers

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (810.8 kB)

4:15 PM

4.2

Multi-decadal Climate Variability or Change and Reservoir Performance: The Colorado River Compact

F. Assis Souza Filho, International Reserarch Institute for Climate and Society/Columbia University, New York, NY; and U. Lall and H. H. Kwon

Joint Session 9

Tropical Cyclones and Climate Change Part II

Location: R02-R03 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsors: (Joint between the Tropical Meteorology Special Symposium; and the 20th Conference on Climate Variability and Change )

Chair: Hugh E. Willoughby, Florida International University

Papers:

4:00 PM

J9.1

Quantifying the uncertainty in hurricane response to climate fluctuations and trends

Greg Holland, NCAR, Boulder, CO

Recorded presentation

4:15 PM

J9.2

Hurricane variability and trends: The varying roles of sea surface temperature

James P. Kossin, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (2.0 MB)

Panel Discussion 1

Education Capabilities Panel: Developing the Data Assimilation Skills to Meet Research, Development and Operational Needs

Location: 211 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: Data Assimilation Education Forum

Moderator: Margaret McCalla, NOAA/Office of the Federal Coordinator for Meteorology

Panelists: Jeffrey Anderson, NCAR; Eugenia Kalnay, University of Maryland; Richard D. Clark, Millersville Univ.; Patricia A. Phoebus, NRL

Papers:

4:00 PM

Margaret McCalla

Recorded presentation

4:00 PM

Jeffrey Anderson

Recorded presentation

4:00 PM

Eugenia Kalnay

Recorded presentation

4:00 PM

Richard D. Clark

Recorded presentation

4:00 PM

Patricia A. Phoebus

Recorded presentation

4:00 PM

Panel Discussion

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

1

Societal Dimensions of Hazards I

Location: 228-229 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: Third Symposium on Policy and Socio-Economic Research

Cochairs: Eileen Shea, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC; Tanja E. Fransen, NOAA/NWS

Papers:

4:00 PM

1.1

Natural drought

Kelly Redmond, Western Regional Climate Center, Reno, NV

Recorded presentation

4:15 PM

1.2

The pathway to resiliency

Don Wilhite, Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE

Recorded presentation

4:30 PM

1.3

What does "success" mean for earthquake mitigation policy?

Kevin Vranes, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO

Recorded presentation

4:45 PM

1.4

"Under the Weather": Environmental extremes and Health Care Delivery in the U.S

Wendy Marie Thomas, AMS, Washington, DC

Recorded presentation

5:00 PM

1.5

The use of predictions in flood decision making: Three cases in weather and climate

Rebecca E. Morss, NCAR, Boulder, CO

Recorded presentation

5:15 PM

1.6

Collaborative approaches to the development of climate-based decision support systems: What role for social sciences?

Todd A. Crane, Univ. of Georgia, Athens, GA; and C. Roncoli, N. E. Breuer, J. O. Paz, C. W. Fraisse, K. T. Ingram, D. F. Zierden, G. Hoogenboom, and J. O'Brien

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (61.7 kB)

2

K-12 EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH

Location: 209 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 17th Symposium on Education

Cochairs: Shirley T. Murillo, NOAA/AOML/HRD; Susan Q. Foster, UCAR

Papers:

4:00 PM

2.1

NSTA National Meetings:Wild About Weather Short Courses

Kathleen A. Murphy, AMS Education Resource Educator, St. Louis, MO; and J. Kramper and K. Ehrhardt

Recorded presentation

4:15 PM

2.2

Discovery of coastal environments

Barbara K. Walton-Faria, Thompson Middle School, Newport, RI

Recorded presentation

4:30 PM

2.3

Understanding clouds, weather, climate, and modeling: education and outreach from the Center for Multi-scale Modeling of Atmospheric Processes

Susan Q. Foster, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and S. Denning, D. A. Randall, R. M. Johnson, J. Bergman, H. Drossman, L. Gardiner, B. Hatheway, R. Russell, B. Jones, J. Lanting, R. Pandya, L. Pitot, and D. Swartz

Recorded presentation

4:45 PM

2.4

Atmospheric Science and Climate Literacy Workshop Progress Report

Roberta M. Johnson, NESTA, Boulder, CO; and J. T. Snow, S. Q. Foster, S. M. Buhr, M. McCaffery, F. Niepold, P. Pennington, and C. Manduca

Recorded presentation

5:00 PM

2.5

EarthWatch Institute's Climate Change at Arctic's Edge: Live from the Field

John D. Moore, Burlington County Institute of Technology, Medford, NJ

Recorded presentation

5:15 PM

2.6

Earth system science education for teachers in western Washington

Michael R. Witiw, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Worldwide, Everett, WA; and E. Close

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (27.6 kB)

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

R�gis Juvanon du Vachat, M�t�o-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)

4

Atmospheric Observations for Weather and Climate-IV

Location: 204 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 12th Conference on IOAS-AOLS

Chair: Bjorn H. Lambrigtsen, JPL and California Institute of Technology

Papers:

4:00 PM

4.1

Antarctic surface temperature comparison study on satellite approximations and land-based measurements

Jesse R. Docken, Augsburg College, St. Paul, MN; and N. Petit

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (111.8 kB)

4:15 PM

4.2

The Helsinki Testbed Program: An integrated atmospheric observing and modeling system

David M. Schultz, University of Helsinki and Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland; and W. F. Dabberdt, J. Damski, E. Gregow, J. Koskinen, J. Poutiainen, R. Pyle, and H. Turtiainen

Recorded presentation

4:30 PM

4.3A

Update on the Consensus Reference Concept for Testing Radiosondes (Formerly 4.4)

Joseph Facundo, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and J. Fitzgibbon and C. Bower

Poster PDF (428.6 kB)

4:45 PM

4.4A

The Consensus Reference Methodology as it Applies to a Radiosonde under Test (Formerly 4.3)

James Fitzgibbon, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and A. Hawse and R. Brown

Poster PDF (328.5 kB)

5:00 PM

4.5

New Cooperative Observer Networks and Instrumentation Data Quality - An Update

Jason A. Karvelot, Davis Instruments, Corp., Hayward, CA

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (474.6 kB)

4.6

Integrated hi-resolution weather and transportation visualization for the next generation air picture

5:30 PM

4.6A

Analysis sensitivity to the observations within an ensemble Kalman filter (Formerly 6.3)

Junjie Liu, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA; and E. Kalnay

4

Convection, Decision Support Systems and Air Traffic Management Part III

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

Sponsor: 13th Conference on Aviation, Range and Aerospace Meteorology

Cochairs: Steve Ricketts, EC; Lynn A. Sherretz, NOAA/ESRL

Papers:

4:00 PM

4.1

Integration of probabilistic Weather Information with Air Traffic Management Decision Support Tools: A conceptual Vision for the Future

Matthias Steiner, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and C. K. Mueller, G. Davidson, and J. A. Krozel

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (488.4 kB)

4.2

An ATM View of Progress-to-Date on Integrating Probabilistic Weather Forecasts with ATM Decision Making for NGATS

4:30 PM

The Marine Stratus Initiative and Effect of Stratus on Arrival Rates of SFO: M.J. Delman

Recorded presentation

4:30 PM

4.3

Researching concepts about weather and efficient management of air traffic

Reza Eftekari, MITRE/CAASD, McLean, VA

Recorded presentation

4:45 PM

4.4

Weather and Radar Processor (WARP) products for en-route controller displays

James G. Stobie, ENSCO, Inc., Falls Church, VA; and A. Moosakhanian, J. Johnson, P. Jackson, and W. N. Brown

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1005.4 kB)

5:00 PM

4.5

Forecasters' role in decision making at European Mainport Amsterdam

Nico Maat, KNMI, De Bilt, Netherlands; and M. Molendijk and J. Sondij

Recorded presentation

5:15 PM

4.6

Canadian airport nowcasting project (CAN-Now): Preliminary results and plans for future

George A. Isaac, Science and Technology Branch, Environment Canada, Toronto, ON, Canada; and M. Bailey, F. Boudala, B. Clark, S. Cober, N. Donaldson, N. Driedger, S. Gravel, I. Gultepe, D. Hudak, P. Joe, J. Reid, Z. Vukovic, A. Ling, and G. Simard

5:30 PM

4.7

An Aviation Weather Decision Support System (AWDSS) for the Dubai International Airport

Charles A. Barrere Jr., Weather Decision Technologies, Inc., Norman, OK; and M. Eilts, J. Johnson, R. Fritchie, P. Spencer, B. Shaw, Y. Li, W. Ladwig, R. Schudalla, and D. Mitchell

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (365.2 kB)

4

Ensemble Forecasting Including Post Processing IV

Location: 219 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 19th Conference on Probability and Statistics

Chairs: Tom Hamill, NOAA/ESRL; Tilmann Gneiting, Heidelberg University

Papers:

4:00 PM

4.1

Storm of the Century? Insights from a massive ensemble forecast experiment

Peter S. Dailey, AIR-Worldwide, Boston, MA; and R. G. Fovell

Recorded presentation

4:15 PM

4.2

Algorithm and Sensitivity Analysis of Information-Theoretic Ensemble-Based Observation Targeting

Han-Lim Choi, MIT, Cambridge, MA; and J. P. How and J. Hansen

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (395.3 kB)

4:30 PM

4.3

Skill-based consolidation of multi-model ensembles using Bayesian Model Averaging (BMA) and ensemble regression

Dan C. Collins, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/CPC, Camp Springs, MD; and D. A. Unger and E. A. O'Lenic

Recorded presentation

4:45 PM

4.4

Accounting for wind energy forecast uncertainty

Eric P. Grimit, 3TIER, Inc., Seattle, WA; and C. Potter

Recorded presentation

5:00 PM

4.5

Bayesian Processor of Ensemble: Concept and Development

Roman Krzysztofowicz, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA

5:15 PM

4.6

Conditional Dependence and Sufficient Statistics of an Ensemble

Roman Krzysztofowicz, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA

4

Frank Gifford Memorial Session

Location: 220 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 15th Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA

Chair: Steven R. Hanna, Hanna Consultants

Papers:

4:00 PM

4.1

A simple urban dispersion model tested with Madison Square Garden 2005 (MSG05) tracer observations

Steven R. Hanna, Hanna Consultants, Kennebunkport, ME; and E. Baja

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.8 MB)

4.2

Concentration variability and dispersion model evaluation using coupled Lagrangian particle and LES models

4:30 PM

4.3

Studies of Transport and Dispersion in Coastal Regions

K. Shankar Rao, NOAA/ARL/ATDD, Oak Ridge, TN; and R. F. Kamada

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (498.0 kB)

4:45 PM

4.4

Numerical simulations of air flows and transport of airborne materials in the exterior and interior of buildings in complex terrain

Tetsuji Yamada, YSA Corporation, Santa Fe, NM

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (258.3 kB)

5:00 PM

4.5

Atmospheric turbulence and diffusion estimates derived from plume image analysis

Carmen J. Nappo, NOAA/ARL/ATDD, Oak Ridge, TN; and D. Miller and A. L. Hiscox

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (2.3 MB)

5:15 PM

4.6

A coupled Eulerian and Lagrangian mixing model for intermittent concentration time series incorporating meandering

Massimo Cassiani, Duke Univ., Durham, NC; and P. Franzese and J. D. Albertson

Recorded presentation

4

New Data Sources And Products

Location: 221 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: Fifth Symposium on Space Weather

Cochairs: Geoff Crowley, Atmospheric & Space Technology Research Associates; W. Dean Pesnell, NASA

Papers:

4:00 PM

4.1

Micro-satellites for space weather research: plans for a NSF program

Therese Moretto Jorgensen, NSF, Arlington, VA; and R. M. Robinson and R. A. Behnke

Recorded presentation

4:15 PM

4.2

Mitigating aviation communication and satellite orbit operations surprises from adverse space weather

W. Kent Tobiska, Utah State Univ., Logan, UT

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (419.4 kB)

4:30 PM

4.3

Using Solar and In-Situ Observations to Improve and Constrain Corona & Solar Wind Models

C. Nick Arge, Air Force Research Lab, Kirtland AFB, NM; and M. J. Owens

Recorded presentation

4:45 PM

4.4

The Low-latitude Ionospheric Sensor Network (LISN) � The First Distributed Observatory in South America

Cesar E. Valladares, Boston College, Brighton, MA

5:00 PM

4.5

Ionospheric electron density measurements using COSMIC

Kenneth F. Dymond, NRL, Washington, DC; and S. A. Budzien, P. A. Bernhardt, C. Rocken, and S. Syndergaard

Recorded presentation

5:15 PM

4.6

STEREO observations of the solar corona using the SECCHI experiment

Simon P. Plunkett, NRL, Washington, DC; and R. A. Howard, J. D. Moses, A. Vourlidas, D. G. Socker, J. S. Newmark, D. Wang, R. Baugh, J. Davila, O. C. St. Cyr, W. T. Thompson, J. Lemen, J. -. P. Wuelser, R. A. Harrison, C. J. Davis, C. J. Eyles, J. M. Defise, J. -. P. Halain, V. Bothmer, J. -. P. Delaboudiniere, F. Auchere, R. Mercier, and M. -. F. Ravet

Recorded presentation

4

Texas AQ2006 Field and Modeling Studies-IV

Location: 230 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 10th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry

Chair: Daewon W. Byun, NOAA/OAR/ARL

Papers:

4:00 PM

4.1

Retrospective Simulations of Meteorology and Air Quality for the Second Texas Air Quality Study in 2006

Daewon W. Byun, University of Houston, Houston, TX; and F. Ngan, D. G. Lee, X. Li, S. T. Kim, H. C. Kim, and F. Y. Cheng

4:15 PM

4.2

Performance Evaluation of a Year-long Run of an Air Quality Forecasting System For Southeast Texas

Xiangshang Li, University of Houston, Houston, TX; and D. Lee, S. T. Kim, H. C. Kim, F. Ngan, F. Y. Cheng, and D. Byun

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (233.1 kB)

4:30 PM

4.3

Impact of clouds and aerosols on photochemistry during the TexAQS II Radical and Aerosol Measurement Project (TRAMP)

James H. Flynn, University of Houston, Houston, TX; and B. Lefer, B. Rappenglueck, M. Leuchner, J. Olson, G. Chen, W. Brune, X. Ren, J. Mao, W. T. Luke, J. E. Dibb, and J. Stutz

4:45 PM

4.4

The role of background versus locally contributed ozone during the TexAQS2 field campaign

James Tobin, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and J. Nielsen-Gammon

Recorded presentation

5:00 PM

4.5

Receptor Modeling of C₂ - C₁₀ VOCs in Houston, TX during TexAQS II

Michael Leuchner, University of Houston, Houston, TX; and B. Rappenglueck

Poster PDF (103.6 kB)

5:15 PM

4.6

Application of a variable-grid air quality model to simulate on-shore/off-shore emissions near coastal areas

Adel F. Hanna, Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC; and K. Alapaty, R. Mathur, S. Arunachalam, A. Xiu, and U. Shankar

Recorded presentation

4A

African Climate: IV. West Africa

Location: 215-216 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 20th Conference on Climate Variability and Change

Chair: Wassila M. Thiaw, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/CPC

Papers:

4:00 PM

4A.1

A comparison of coastal radio sounding stations during NAMMA-06

Gregory S. Jenkins, Howard Univ., Washington, DC; and S. Sall, A. T. Gaye, D. Badiane, F. Kebe, M. Camara, and E. Joseph

Recorded presentation

4:15 PM

4A.2

Dynamics of the West African monsoon jump

Kerry H. Cook, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin; and S. M. Hagos, J. F. Newman, and E. K. Vizy

Recorded presentation

4:30 PM

4A.3

West Africa Desert Locust infestations: connections with regional atmospheric circulation patterns

Chiara Vallebona, CNR, Firenze, Italy; and A. Crisci, A. Di Vecchia, L. Genesio, G. Maracchi, and M. Pasqui

Recorded presentation

4:45 PM

4A.4

Evolution of latent heating profiles of the West African Monsoon

C. Zhang, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and S. M. Hagos and G. Gu

Recorded presentation

5:00 PM

4A.5

Seasonal evolution of the West African Heat Low: a climatological perspective

Christophe Lavaysse, CNRS, Paris, France; and C. Flamant, S. Janicot, J. P. Lafore, D. J. Parker, and J. Pelon

Recorded presentation

5:15 PM

4A.6

Intraseasonal Variability in the Equatorial Atlantic-West Africa during March-June

Guojun Gu, NASA/GSFC and ESSIC, Univ. of Maryland, Greenbelt, MD

Recorded presentation

4B

Impacts of Climate Changes (continued)

Location: 217-218 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 20th Conference on Climate Variability and Change

Chair: Juliane Fry, Reed College

Papers:

4:00 PM

4B.1

Multi-catchment investigation of the impacts of climate change on hydrology in Ireland

Susan C. Steele-Dunne, TU Delft, Delft, Netherlands; and R. McGrath, P. Lynch, T. Semmler, S. Wang, J. A. Hanafin, and P. Nolan

4:15 PM

4B.2

Projected climate change impacts on lakes/wetlands extent and their hydrologic processes in Michigan State

Vimal Mishra, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN; and K. A. Cherkauer and L. C. Bowling

Recorded presentation

4:30 PM

4B.3

Refinements in index insurance pricing via dendroclimatology, in the context of a nonstationary background state

Arthur M. Greene, IRI = International Research Institute for Climate and Society (The Earth Institute, Columbia University), Palisades, NY; and D. Osgood and L. Goddard

Recorded presentation

4:45 PM

4B.4

Impacts of weather and climate on commercial motor vehicles

Michael A. Rossetti, Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, Cambridge, MA; and M. Johnsen

Poster PDF (997.6 kB)

5:00 PM

4B.5

Climate variability and change with implications for transportation

Thomas C. Peterson, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and M. McGuirk, T. G. Houston, A. Horvitz, and M. F. Wehner

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (2.1 MB)

5:15 PM

4B.6

Climate Change / Climate Variability, System Vulnerability and Planning for Adaptive Strategies

T.N. Balasubramanian, M.S.Swaminathan Research Foundation, Chennai, TamilNadu, India; and A. A. Nambi

Recorded presentation

1

Application of Artificial Intelligence to Storm Surge Forecasting

Location: 205 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: Sixth Conference on Artificial Intelligence Applications to Environmental Science

Organizer: Philippe E. Tissot, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi

Papers:

4:00 PM

1.1a

Opening Remarks

Recorded presentation

1.1

Storm surge prediction in the UK and the role for artificial intelligence systems

4:30 PM

1.1b

Filling up Gaps in Wave Data using Genetic Programming (GP): K Ustoorikar

Recorded presentation

4:45 PM

1.2

Storm surge prediction using NN and GP

S. B. Charhate, Mumbai, India; and M. C. Deo

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (468.2 kB)

5:15 PM

1.3

Using ensembles of artificial neural networks for storm surge predictions in the North Sea

Daniel Bruce Prouty, Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi, TX; and P. E. Tissot and A. A. Anwar

Recorded presentation

5:30 PM

1.4

Implementation of a neural network based surge prediction system for the Texas coast

Philippe E. Tissot, Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi, TX; and J. Davis, N. Durham, and W. G. Collins

Recorded presentation

5:45 PM

1.5

Discussion regarding the application of AI to storm surge forecasting

Joint Panel Discussion 1

Tropical Cyclones and Climate Change Panel Discussion: Kossin, Landsea, Holland, Chan, Emanuel, Knutson

Location: R02-R03 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsors: (Joint between the Tropical Meteorology Special Symposium; and the 20th Conference on Climate Variability and Change )

Moderator: Hugh E. Willoughby, Florida International University

Panelists: Kerry A. Emanuel, MIT; Christopher Landsea, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/National Hurricane Center; James P. Kossin, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC; Thomas R. Knutson, NOAA/GFDL; Johnny C. L. Chan, City University of Hong Kong; Greg J. Holland, NCAR

Papers:

4:30 PM

JPD1.1

Tropical Cyclones and Climate Change Panel Discussion

Kerry Emanuel, MIT, Cambridge, MA; and C. Landsea, J. Kossin, T. R. Knutson, J. C. L. Chan, and G. Holland

Recorded presentation

5:30 PM

Hugh E. Willoughby

5:30 PM

Christopher Landsea

5:30 PM

James P. Kossin

5:30 PM

Thomas R. Knutson

5:30 PM

Johnny C. L. Chan

5:30 PM

Greg J. Holland

Forum Ends

Formal Opening of Exhibits with Reception (Cash Bar)

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

5

Special Session on Assessing Diversity among Geoscientists

Location: 219 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 19th Conference on Probability and Statistics

Chair: Leslie M. Hartten, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado and NOAA/ESRL/PSD

Papers:

7:00 PM

5.1

Distinguishing between signal and noise in diversity data

Roman Czujko, American Institute of Physics, College Park, MD

Recorded presentation

7:30 PM

5.2

Statistical analysis of survey data related to gender issues among academic AMS members

Donna F. Tucker, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS; and J. A. Winkler

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (89.7 kB)

8:00 PM

Discussion

Board on Enterprise Planning Town Hall Meeting on Building America�s Resilience to Hurricane Disasters

Location: 205 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: Town Hall Meetings

NOAA Reanalysis User Needs

Location: 204 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: Town Hall Meetings

Office of Oceanic & Atmospheric Research (OAR) and National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

Location: 205 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: Town Hall Meetings

Audio Visual Storage

Location: 213 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

BAMS

Location: 203 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Press Briefing

Location: 202 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Press Office

Location: 201 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Speaker Ready Room/IT

Location: 212 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Is the Weather Enterprise Ready for the Next Administration?

Location: 208 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: Town Hall Meetings

Organizer: Laura Curtis, UCAR

Daily Weather Briefing

Location: 206 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: Event

Weather Video Preview Theater

Location: 225 (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 7

Future of International Cooperation in Observing Systems

Location: R04 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsors: (Joint between the The Richard Hallgren Symposium; and the Third Symposium on Policy and Socio-Economic Research )

Moderator: Gordon McBean, University of Western Ontario

Panelists: Sue Barrell, Australian Bureau of Meteorology; Neil Gordon, New Zealand Meteorological Service; Richard Spinrad, Oregon State Univ.; Gregory Withee, NOAA/NESDIS; David J. Hofmann, NOAA/ESRL

Papers:

8:15 AM

JPD7.1

The Future of International Cooperation in Observing Systems

Sue Barrell, Australian Bureau of Meteorology, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Poster PDF (63.0 kB)

8:30 AM

JPD7.2

Future International Cooperation in Observing Systems

Neil D. Gordon, Meteorological Service of New Zealand, Kelburn, Wellington, New Zealand

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (342.1 kB)

8:45 AM

JPD7.3

Future of International Cooperation in Observing Systems

Richard Spinrad, Oregon State Univ., Corvallis, OR

Poster PDF (15.2 kB)

9:00 AM

JPD7.4

Future of International Cooperation in Observing Systems I

Gregory Withee, NOAA/NESDIS, Silver Spring, MD

Poster PDF (20.0 kB)

9:15 AM

David J. Hofmann

Recorded presentation

9:15 AM

Gordon McBean

9:15 AM

Panel Discussion

1

Forum Introductions

Location: 214 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: Sixth Users Forum

Cochairs: William P. Mahoney III, NCAR; Burrell E. Montz, Binghamton Univ.

Papers:

8:30 AM

1.1

Introductions

1

4th NPOESS Symposium - Keynote Address

Location: R01 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: Fourth Symposium on Future National Operational Environmental Satellites

Papers:

8:30 AM

Welcoming Remarks, Dan Stockton, NPOESS Integrated Program Office, Silver Spring, MD

Recorded presentation

8:33 AM

Introduction of Director, National Weather Service by Conrad C. Lautenbacher Jr. VADM(Ret.), Undersecretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere

8:35 AM

1.1

Keynote Address - "Bridging Between Research and Operations"

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

Recorded presentation

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

1

Hurricane Studies and Forecasting using Lightning Data

Location: 222 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: Third Conference on Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data

Chair: Daniel J. Cecil, Univ. of Alabama

Papers:

8:30 AM

1.1

Lightning as a precursor of Atlantic hurricane activity

Colin G. Price, Tel Aviv Univ., Tel Aviv, Israel; and Y. Yair and M. Asfur

Recorded presentation

9:00 AM

1.2

Analysis of inner core lightning rates in 2005-2006 Atlantic and East Pacific tropical cyclones using Vaisala's Long Range Lightning Detection Network (LLDN)

Nicholas W. S. Demetriades, Vaisala, Inc., Tucson, AZ; and R. L. Holle

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.5 MB)

9:15 AM

1.3

Operational applications of long-range lightning data at the National Hurricane Center

Richard D. Knabb, NOAA/TPC/NHC, Miami, FL; and J. P. Cangialosi, C. Lauer, B. Maher, M. Willis, N. W. S. Demetriades, and R. L. Holle

Recorded presentation

9:30 AM

1.4

Global studies of tropical cyclones using the World Wide Lightning Location Network

Natalia N. Solorzano, Bard High School Early College II, Elmhurst, NY; and J. N. Thomas and R. H. Holzworth

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (193.3 kB)

Joint Session 1

Land-Atmosphere Interactions

Location: 224 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsors: (Joint between the 22nd Conference on Hydrology; and the 20th Conference on Climate Variability and Change )

Chair: Randal D. Koster, NASA/GSFC

CoChair: Yongkang Xue, University of California

Papers:

8:30 AM

J1.1

Analysis of Large Scale Spatial Variability of Soil Moisture Data using a Geostatistical Method

Tarendra Lakhankar, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and A. S. Jones, C. L. Combs, M. Sengupta, and T. H. Vonder Haar

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (190.6 kB)

8:45 AM

J1.2

Analysis and Verification of Soil Water Content Measurements from the Oklahoma Mesonet

Aaron M. Gleason, Oklahoma Climatological Survey, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. B. Basara

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (163.4 kB)

9:00 AM

J1.3

Analysis of Surface Energy Budget Data Over Varying Land-Cover Conditions

John B. Barr, Oklahoma Climatological Survey, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. B. Basara, W. P. Kustas, and J. H. Prueger

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.4 MB)

9:15 AM

J1.4

Replicating horizontal variability in latent and sensible heat flux over a heterogeneous surface: The IHOP_2002 Western Track

Margaret LeMone, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and M. Tewari, F. Chen, J. G. Alfieri, and D. Niyogi

Recorded presentation

9:30 AM

J1.5

The structure of the convective boundary layer in and around Oklahoma City

Kodi L. Nemunaitis, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. Basara

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (2.2 MB)

1

World Wide High Impact Weather - 2007

Location: R08-R09 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: IMPACTS: Weather 2007

Chair: Joseph T. Schaefer, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/SPC

Papers:

8:30 AM

1.1

International Events

Klaus E. Wolter, NOAA/ERL/CDC, Boulder, CO

Recorded presentation

9:00 AM

1.2

Tempest, fire and flood�European Weather in 2007

Roger Brugge, University of Reading, Reading, Berks., United Kingdom

Recorded presentation

9:30 AM

1.3

Arctic Sea Ice: 2007's Surprising Minimum

Florence Fetterer, NSIDC/CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and J. Stroeve and W. Meier

Recorded presentation

3

Technology and Teaching Tools in the University Classroom

Location: 209 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 17th Symposium on Education

Cochairs: Donna J. Charlevoix, UCAR; Diane M. Stanitski, Geocation, LLC

Papers:

8:30 AM

3.1

Integrating LEAD Research in Education

Sepideh Yalda, Millersville Univ., Millersville, PA; and E. N. Wiziecki, R. D. Clark, E. C. Meyers, H. Gadde, T. Daley, R. Junod, S. States, S. Cecelski, and J. Kurdzo

Recorded presentation

8:45 AM

3.2

Reflections on a large-lecture, introductory meteorology course: Goals, assessment and opportunities for improvement

Jonathan D. W. Kahl, Univ. of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI

Recorded presentation

9:00 AM

3.3

Technology & Research Integration � An Atmosphere of Learning for Students (TRIALS)

Paul J. Croft, Kean Univ., Union, NJ

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (44.1 kB)

9:15 AM

3.4

Experiences in undergraduate teaching with �Weather in a tank'

Lodovica Illari, MIT, Cambridge, MA; and J. Marshall, A. Tandon, R. D. Clark, S. Lee, T. W. N. Haine, G. McKinley, M. C. Morgan, and K. Mackin

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (105.2 kB)

9:30 AM

3.5

Use of a business process model as a teaching tool in an undergraduate weather forecasting course

John M. Lanicci, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach, FL

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (182.5 kB)

Joint Session 3

Tropical Cyclones and Probability/Statistics 1

Location: R02-R03 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsors: (Joint between the Tropical Meteorology Special Symposium; and the 19th Conference on Probability and Statistics )

Chair: Richard W. Katz, NCAR

Papers:

8:30 AM

J3.1

Global warming, U.S. hurricanes, and insured losses

James B. Elsner, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and T. H. Jagger

http://garnet.fsu.edu/~jelsner/www

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (388.4 kB)

9:00 AM

J3.2

Changes in number and intensity of tropical cyclones

William M. Briggs, Weill Cornell Medical School, New York, NY

Recorded presentation

9:15 AM

J3.3

Recurving tropical cyclones and downstream impacts as revealed by singular vectors

Carolyn A. Reynolds, NRL, Monterey, CA; and M. S. Peng and J. H. Chen

Recorded presentation

9:30 AM

J3.4

Inter-comparison of Targeted Observation Guidances for Tropical Cyclones in the Western North Pacific

Chun-Chieh Wu, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan; and J. H. Chen, M. S. Peng, S. J. Majumdar, C. A. Reynolds, R. Buizza, M. Yamaguchi, S. Aberson, P. H. Lin, T. Nakazawa, K. H. Chou, and S. G. Chen

Recorded presentation

5

Advanced Methods for Data Assimilation-I

Location: 204 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 12th Conference on IOAS-AOLS

Chair: Kayo Ide, University of Maryland

Papers:

8:30 AM

5.1

Tests of a Prototype Ensemble Data Assimilation System at NCEP

Jeffrey Whitaker, NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and T. Hamill

Recorded presentation

8:45 AM

5.2

The Relation between Ensemble Size and Expected Error in Ensemble Filter Data Assimilation

Jeffrey Anderson, NCAR, Boulder, CO

Recorded presentation

9:00 AM

5.3

Local ensemble transform Kalman filtering with JMA global model

Takemasa Miyoshi, Japan Meteorological Agency, Tokyo, Japan; and Y. Sato, T. Kadowaki, and M. Kazumori

Recorded presentation

9:15 AM

5.4

Recent developments for an operational Canadian global assimilation and prediction capability for the coupled atmosphere-ocean-ice system

Harold Ritchie, Environment Canada, Dartmouth, NS, Canada; and F. Davidson, J. Loder, Y. Lu, P. Pellerin, W. Renaud, M. Taillefer, K. Thompson, and D. Wright

Poster PDF (291.1 kB)

9:30 AM

5.5

Current status and recent developments in the NCEP global data assimilation system

Daryl T. Kleist, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Camp Springs, MD; and J. C. Derber, R. Treadon, D. Parrish, W. S. Wu, and M. Rancic

Recorded presentation

5

Air quality and climate change

Location: 230 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 10th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry

Chair: Renyi Zhang, Texas A&M University

Papers:

8:30 AM

5.1

Simulating the Effect of Aerosols on Regional Climate Using WRF/Chem

Yang Zhang, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC; and X. Y. Wen, X. M. Hu, and C. J. Jang

8:45 AM

5.2

The impact of global changes on the long-range transport of Asian emissions to the western United States, and the implications on regional air quality

Jeremy Avise, Washington State Univeristy, Pullman, WA; and J. Chen, B. Lamb, C. Wiedinmyer, A. Guenther, E. Salathe, and C. Mass

Recorded presentation

9:00 AM

5.3

Coupling atmospheric chemistry/aerosols to regional climate model in high resolution

Tomas Halenka, Charles Univ., Prague, Czech Republic; and P. Huszar and M. Belda

Recorded presentation

9:15 AM

5.4

Climate Change in China and Its Relationship with Air Quality during the Past 130 Years: Model Simulations and Correlation with Satellite Observations

Xinyu Wen, Peking University, Beijing, China; and S. Wang, Y. Hu, T. Zhou, Y. Zhang, and Z. Zhao

9:30 AM

5.5

A global climatology of clean and polluted clouds

Jonathon H. Jiang, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and H. Su, S. Massie, M. R. Schoeberl, and N. Livesey

5

New Developments with Physics-Based Forecast Models Part I

Location: 221 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: Fifth Symposium on Space Weather

Chair: Joseph Kunches, NOAA/SWPC

Papers:

8:30 AM

5.1

Applying the Real-time Forecast Models from the Center for Integrated Space Weather Modeling

Michael Gehmeyr, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and G. Millward, D. Baker, and D. Odstrcil

Recorded presentation

8:45 AM

5.2

An accurate real-time method of predicting storm-time global ionospheric dynamics using 1 AU solar-wind data

James Chen, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC; and J. D. Huba and S. Slinker

Recorded presentation

9:00 AM

5.3

Probability distributions of electron precipitation at high magnetic latitudes

D. M. Ober, Air Force Research Laboratory, Hanscom AFB, MA; and E. G. Holeman, D. A. Hardy, W. J. Burke, L. C. Gentile, and K. H. Bounar

Recorded presentation

9:15 AM

5.4

Sensitivity of the Earth's magnetosphere to solar wind activity:Three-dimensional macroparticle model

Suleiman Baraka, Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris, IAP-CNRS-UPMC, Paris, FL, France; and L. Ben Jaffel

9:30 AM

5.5

Towards weather prediction in the whole atmosphere-ionosphere system: A coupled model of Integrated Dynamics through Earth's Atmosphere (IDEA)

Rashid A. Akmaev, NOAA SWPC, Boulder, CO; and T. Fuller-Rowell, F. Wu, A. Anghel, H. Wang, M. Iredell, S. Moorthi, H. -. M. Juang, Y. -. T. Hou, G. H. Millward, A. D. Richmond, and A. Maute

5

Nowcasting and Modeling Part I

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

Sponsor: 13th Conference on Aviation, Range and Aerospace Meteorology

Cochairs: Tim Wilfong, Wilfong and Associates; Rob Honch, EC

Papers:

8:30 AM

5.1

An improved method to represent aviation emissions in air quality modeling systems and their impacts on air quality

Saravanan Arunachalam, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC; and B. H. Baek, B. Wang, N. Davis, A. Holland, Z. Adelman, U. Shankar, F. Binkowski, A. Hanna, T. Thrasher, and P. Soucacos

http://www.ie.unc.edu/cempd/projects/FAA/index.cfm

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (335.5 kB)

8:45 AM

5.2

Implementation of the WRF model for the Dubai International Airport Aviation Weather Decision Support System (AWDSS)

Brent L. Shaw, Weather Decision Technologies, Inc., Norman, OK; and C. A. Barrere Jr., R. L. Carpenter Jr., and P. L. Spencer

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (866.8 kB)

9:00 AM

5.3

High-frequency updating of weather model prediction in the NextGen era

Stan Benjamin, NOAA/ESRL/GSD, Boulder, CO; and J. Brown and S. S. Weygandt

Recorded presentation

9:15 AM

5.4

Using probabilistic forecast guidance and an update technique to generate terminal aerodrome forecasts

Mark Oberfield, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and M. R. Peroutka and C. Abelman

Poster PDF (574.8 kB)

9:30 AM

5.5

A High-resolution Rapidly-updated Meteorological Data Analysis System for Aviation Applications

C.S. Lau, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, New Territories, Hong Kong; and J. T. K. Wan, M. C. Chu, and P. P. W. Li

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (2.7 MB)

5

Pollutant Transport, Transformation, and Removal Processes

Location: 220 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 15th Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA

Chair: Robert D. Bornstein, San Jose State University

Papers:

8:30 AM

5.1

Simulations of met conditions during a Houston ozone episode and the NYC DHS MSG tracer study with urbanized MM5 (uMM5)

R. Bornstein, San Jose State Univ., San Jose, CA; and E. Weinroth, R. Balmori, and H. Taha

Recorded presentation

8:45 AM

5.2

Improvements to a Fast-Response Urban Wind Model

Matthew A. Nelson, LANL, Los Alamos, NM; and B. Addepalli, F. Hornsby, A. A. Gowardhan, E. Pardyjak, and M. J. Brown

http://www.lanl.gov/projects/quic

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (904.1 kB)

9:00 AM

5.3

A Coupled Mesoscale and Microscale Modeling Capability

William Coirier, CFD Research Corporation, Huntsville, AL; and S. V. Marella, H. Q. Yang, J. R. Mayes, S. Kim, F. Chen, J. Michalakes, S. Miao, and M. Bettencourt

9:15 AM

5.4

The impact of convective parameter sensitivity on simulated global atmospheric CO distributions

Lesley Ott, ORAU/NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and S. Pawson and J. T. Bacmeister

Recorded presentation

9:30 AM

5.5

Apportionment of Contributors to Ozone in three U.S./Mexico Border Twin-cities

Chune Shi, Arizona State Univ., Tempe, AZ; and H. J. S. Fernando

Poster PDF (79.7 kB)

5A

African Climate: V. Eastern and Southern Africa

Location: 215-216 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 20th Conference on Climate Variability and Change

Chair: Chidong Zhang, University of Miami/RSMAS

Papers:

8:30 AM

5A.1

Abrupt rainfall transitions over the Greater Horn of Africa: observations and regional model simulations

Emily E. Riddle, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY; and K. H. Cook

Recorded presentation

8:45 AM

5A.2

The role of upper tropospheric easterly waves on the synoptic time scale convection over East Africa

Ademe Mekonnen, North Carolina A & T State University, New York, NC; and C. D. Thorncroft

Recorded presentation

9:00 AM

5A.3

Monsoon breaks over northern Africa: Role of cold air surges

Edward K. Vizy, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY; and K. H. Cook

Recorded presentation

9:15 AM

5A.4

Why did the southern Africa teleconnection �hang up� during the 1997-98 El Ni�o?

Bradfield Lyon, International Research Institute for Climate and Society, Palisades, NY; and S. J. Mason

Recorded presentation

9:30 AM

5A.5

A regional climate modeling study of climate change over the Greater Horn of Africa

Jared Bowden, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC; and F. H. M. Semazzi

Recorded presentation

5B

General Climate Studies: Observations I

Location: 217-218 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 20th Conference on Climate Variability and Change

Chair: Edward A. O'Lenic, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/CPC

Papers:

8:30 AM

5B.1

Thermal Structure and Variability of the Tropical Tropopause Layer Derived from AIRS Observations

Baijun Tian, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and E. J. Fetzer, D. E. Waliser, and B. H. Lambrigtsen

Recorded presentation

8:45 AM

5B.2

AIRS-based atmospheric parameter climatologies: a high quality tool for monitoring short-, and longer-term climate variabilities and �trends�

Gyula I. Molnar, GEST/Univ. of Maryland, Greenbelt, MD; and J. Susskind

Recorded presentation

9:00 AM

5B.3

Global Climatology of Tropospheric CO from the Atmospheric InfraRed Sounder (AIRS)

Wallace McMillan, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD; and L. Yurganov, K. Evans, and C. D. Barnet

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (2.8 MB)

9:15 AM

5B.4

Estimation of top of the atmosphere global aerosol direct radiative effect using CERES, MODIS and MISR

Falguni Patadia, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and P. Gupta and S. A. Christopher

Recorded presentation

9:30 AM

5B.5

Calculating cloud feedbacks from changes in temperature using daily satellite and reanalysis data

Neil D. Gordon, SIO/Univ. Of California, La Jolla, CA; and J. R. Norris

Recorded presentation

2

Emergency Management and Rescue Operations-I

Location: 214 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: Sixth Users Forum

Chair: Burrell E. Montz, Binghamton Univ.

Papers:

8:45 AM

2.1

The Impact of Hurricane Evacuations on Harris County Emergency Management Operations

Jennifer Suter, Harris County Office of Homeland Security & Homeland Management, Houston, TX

Recorded presentation

9:15 AM

2.2

Impact of Hurricanes on Coastal Construction and Building Codes

Thomas Lee Smith, TLSmith Consulting, Inc., Rockton, IL

Recorded presentation

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

9:15 AM

1.2

CALIPSO�Advancing our Understanding of Clouds and Aerosols in Climate, Weather, and Air Quality

Charles Trepte, NASA, Hampton, VA

Recorded presentation

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

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (691.5 kB)

9:45 AM

1.4

Discussion

2

NPOESS/METOP Overview and Status

Location: R01 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: Fourth Symposium on Future National Operational Environmental Satellites

Chair: Mike Haas, NPOESS IPO

Papers:

9:00 AM

2.1A

Overview: J. Schmetz

Recorded presentation

9:45 AM

2.1

NPOESS/MetOp Program Status

Dan Stockton, Program Executive Office, NPOESS Program, Silver Spring, MD; and E. Koenneman

Recorded presentation

10:30 AM

2.2

Status of METOP-A

Johannes Schmetz, EUMETSAT, Darmstadt, Germany

Recorded presentation

11:15 AM

2.3

National Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS)

Dan Stockton, Program Executive Office, NPOESS Program, Silver Spring, MD

Recorded presentation

Poster Session 1

4th NPOESS Symposium Poster Session

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

Sponsor: Fourth Symposium on Future National Operational Environmental Satellites

Papers:

P1.1

A lunar spectral flux database for quantitative VIIRS Day/Night Band environmental applications

Steven D. Miller, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and R. Turner

Poster PDF (507.7 kB)

P1.2

Validation of daily global land surface albedo and anisotropy products from VIIRS

Miguel O. Rom�n III, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at Boston University, Boston, MA; and C. B. Schaaf, J. Liu, Y. Shuai, A. H. Strahler, C. K. Gatebe, and O. Coddington

P1.3

Restoration of NPOESS climate capabilities - climate data records

Jeff L. Privette, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and B. R. Barkstrom, J. J. Bates, M. Bonadonna, K. Boyd, D. Cecil, B. Cramer, G. K. Davis, T. R. Karl, J. A. Kaye, C. Koblinsky, M. Tanner, and D. F. Young

Poster PDF (83.1 kB)

P1.4

Restoration of NPOESS climate capabilities - a mission roadmap

Jeff L. Privette, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and D. F. Young, M. Tanner, C. Koblinsky, J. A. Kaye, T. R. Karl, G. K. Davis, B. Cramer, D. Cecil, K. Boyd, M. Bonadonna, J. J. Bates, and B. R. Barkstrom

P1.5

NESDIS integrated product validation in preparation for NPOESS

Tony Reale, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR, Suitland, MD; and B. Sun and M. Pettey

P1.6

Towards the Direct Assimilation of Upper Atmospheric Sounding Radiance Data from the Special Sensor Microwave Imager Sounder (SSMIS)

Nancy L. Baker, NRL, Monterey, CA; and S. D. Swadley and W. F. Campbell

P1.7

Optical Properties of Aerosols and Clouds as seen from the JPL Galileo probe in 1990

P1.8

NOAA/NESDIS process to transition satellite products from research to operations

Eileen Maria Maturi, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and S. Goodman, H. Drahos, T. Schott, D. Benner, A. Irving, and T. Smith

P1.9

CrIS SDR Error Analysis

Nikita S. Pougatchev, Space Dynamics Laboratory, Logan, UT; and G. E. Bingham, M. P. Esplin, G. W. Cantwell, V. V. Zavyalov, and D. A. Fegruson

P1.10

Global and seasonal comparisons of VIIRS and MODIS cloud masks to CALIPSO cloud indications

P1.11

Dissemination and Use of NPOESS Data in AWIPS II

Gary J. Jedlovec, NASA/MSFC, Huntsville, AL; and J. E. Burks

P1.12

NPOESS Cross-track Infrared Sounder (CrIS) retrieval characteristics defined using proxy Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer (IASI) measurements

Daniel K. Zhou, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA; and X. Liu, A. M. Larar, W. L. Smith Sr., P. Schluessel, L. L. Strow, S. A. Mango, and K. St.Germain

P1.13

Benchmark measurements for achieving societal objectives

John A. Dykema, Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA; and R. Holz, D. Tobin, D. B. Kirk-Davidoff, S. S. Leroy, R. O. Knuteson, F. A. Best, H. E. Revercomb, and J. G. Anderson

P1.14

Supporting the Environmental Satellite Systems Journey from Research to Operations through Training and Education

Patrick Dills, UCAR/COMET, Boulder, CO; and M. Weingroff and W. Schreiber-Abshire

http://www.meted.ucar.edu/topics_satellite.php

Poster PDF (2.6 MB)

P1.15

NPOESS System Architecture

Frank Hinnant, Eagle Consulting, LLC, Lansing, NC

P1.16

An NPOESS Feasibility Study to Retrieve Deep Soil Moisture Using WindSat Data and a Temporal Variational Data Assimilation Method

Andrew Jones, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and T. Lakhankar, C. L. Combs, S. Longmore, G. Mason, G. McWilliams, M. Mungiole, M. Sengupta, and T. H. Vonder Haar

P1.17

The Joint Airborne IASI Validation Experiment (JAIVEx) and Select Contributions from NAST-I

Allen M. Larar, NASA Langley Researc Center, Hampton, VA; and W. L. Smith Sr., H. E. Revercomb, D. K. Zhou, X. Liu, D. Tobin, J. P. Taylor, P. Schl�ssel, and S. A. Mango

P1.18

MIS Soil Moisture Algorithm Risk Reduction Study Using WindSat Data

Li Li, NRL, Washington, DC; and P. Gaiser and G. McWilliams

P1.19

NPOESS Space Weather Data Products and Archive Within NOAA

William F. Denig, NOAA/NESDIS, Boulder, CO; and D. C. Wilkinson and R. Viereck

P1.20

Tropical Cyclone Applications of NPOESS Soundings

Mark DeMaria, NOAA/NESDIS, Ft. Collins, CO; and R. T. DeMaria, D. W. Hillger, and R. Mazur

P1.21

Atmospheric Temperature and Moisture Profile Retrievals Using more than Eight Thousand Channels

Xu Liu, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA 23681, Hampton, VA; and D. K. Zhou, A. M. Larar, W. L. Smith Sr., P. Schl�ssel, J. P. Taylor, H. Revercomb, and S. A. Mango

P1.22

Real-time satellite-derived ocean surface specific humidity

Neil Van de Voorde, Planning Systems, Inc., Stennis Space Center, MS; and C. Rowley

P1.23

High Vertically Resolved Atmospheric State Revealed with IASI Single FOV Retrievals under all Weather Conditions

Daniel K. Zhou, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA; and X. Liu, A. M. Larar, W. L. Smith Sr., J. P. Taylor, P. Schl�ssel, L. L. Strow, and S. A. Mango

P1.24

NPOESS Command, Control, and Communications Segment (C3S)

Paul B. Koster, Raytheon Intelligence and Information Systems, Aurora, CO

P1.25

COMET Online Training: Monitoring the Wildland Fire Lifecycle

Thomas F. Lee, NRL, Monterey, CA; and A. P. Kuciauskas, M. Weingroff, P. Dills, and D. M. Moore

P1.26

NPOESS Environmental Data Record (EDR) Production

Kerry D. Grant, Raytheon Intelligence and Information Systems, Aurora, CO; and R. Hughes

P1.27

NPOESS/VIIRS Cloud Top Temperature - Algorithm Performance Case Study

Eric Wong, Northrup Grumman Aerospace Systems, Redondo Beach., CA; and S. C. Ou

P1.28

NPOESS Field Terminal Segment

Joseph Bradley, Raytheon Intelligence and Information Systems, Omaha, NE

P1.29

The NOAA/NESDIS NPOESS/MetOp Derived Cloud Products System

Gilberto A. Vicente, NOAA, Camp Springs, MD; and A. K. Heidinger

http://www.osdpd.noaa.gov/PSB/Pclavr/clavrxgridcell/daily/index.html

P1.30

WindSat Space Borne Polarimetric Microwave Radiometer: Sensor Capability and NPOESS Risk Reduction

Peter W. Gaiser, NRL, Washington, DC; and M. H. Bettenhausen, L. Li, I. S. Adams, and W. Johnston

P1.31

Detection of Mineral Dust Using MODIS Thermal Infrared Window Data: Application to the NPOESS Program

Richard A. Hansell Jr., Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA; and S. C. Ou, K. N. Liou, J. K. Roskovensky, S. Tsay, C. Hsu, and Q. Ji

P1.32

NPOESS Interface Data Processing Segment

Kerry D. Grant, Raytheon Intelligence and Information Systems, Aurora, CO

P1.33

NPOESS Interface Data Processing Segment Hardware

William J. Sullivan, Raytheon Intelligence and Information Systems, Aurora, CO

P1.34

International Polar Orbiter Processing Package (IPOPP)

John Overton, NPOESS IPO, Silver Spring, MD; and B. Thomas, P. Coronado, K. Brentzel, and L. E. Gumley

P1.35

Estimation of cloud height and emissivity from METOP/AVHRR and VIIRS

Andrew K. Heidinger, NOAA/NESDIS, Madison, WI; and M. J. Pavolonis and C. G. Calvert

P1.36

OMPS - The Next Generation Sensor Suite for Global Ozone Monitoring

Scott C. Asbury, Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp., Boulder, CO; and S. Cass, L. Farwell, K. Eastman, Q. Remund, and J. Rodriguez

P1.37

Removing Stray Light Contamination from the OMPS Limb Profiler

John W. Bergman, Computational Physics, Inc., Boulder, CO; and D. F. Rault, J. Hornstein, and J. Lumpe

P1.38

Building a System Comprehensive Calibration and Validation Community for the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System

Heather Kilcoyne, NOAA/NESDIS/JPSS, Lanham, MD

P1.39

A Blended Total Water Vapor Product for the Analysis and Forecast of Weather Hazards

Sheldon J. Kusselson, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and S. Q. Kidder and J. M. Forsythe

P1.40

Government Resource for Algorithm Verification, Independent Testing, and Evaluation (GRAVITE): Establishing the Technical Validity and Operational Viability of the NPP and NPOESS Data Products

Bonnie Reed, NPOESS IPO, Silver Spring, MD

P1.41

NOAA's NPOESS Data Exploitation (NDE) Products: Transitioning from Research to Operations

Tom Schott, NOAA/NESDIS, Suitland, MD; and S. L. Bunin and J. G. Yoe

P1.42

NPP Science Data Segment

Robert J. Schweiss, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD

P1.43

IDPS Software and Sustainment Philosophy

P1.44

Pre-Flight CrIS SDR Algorithm Performance Assessment

Vladimir Zavyalov, Space Dynamics Laboratory, Logan, UT; and G. Bingham, H. Johnson, N. S. Pougatchev, M. P. Esplin, G. W. Cantwell, D. Ferguson, and L. Chidester

P1.45

NPOESS Data Formats

Richard Ullman, NPOESS IPO, Silver Spring, MD

P1.46

Retrievals of Mixed-Phase Cloud Properties During NPOESS

S. C. Ou, Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA; and X. Wang, D. Hagan, A. W. Dybdahl, M. Mussetto, L. D. Carey, K. N. Liou, J. Niu, J. A. Kankiewicz, S. Kidder, and T. H. Vonder Haar

P1.47

NPOESS' Key to Low Data Latency: SafetyNet^TM

Michael L. Jamilkowski, Raytheon Intelligence and Information Systems, Greenbelt, MD; and G. Cook, D. G. Lubar, and P. Azarewicz

P1.48

Algorithm for Flagging High-Scatter Pixels on VIIRS

Stephen Mills, Northrop Grumman Space Technology, Redondo Beach, CA; and J. Lamoureux Christiansen and K. Jordan

P1.49

Remote Sensing of Cirrus Vertical Size Profile Using MODIS Data

Xingjuan Wang, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA; and K. N. Liou, S. C. Ou, G. Mace, and M. Deng

P1.50

Optimization of NPOESS CrIMSS EDR Algorithm

Richard J. Lynch, AER, Inc., Cambridge, MA; and Y. He, G. Uymin, D. B. Hogan, H. E. Snell, D. Hagan, and M. Mussetto

P1.51

CrIS preflight testing

M. P. Esplin, Space Dynamics Laboratory, North Logan, UT; and G. E. Bingham

P1.52

NPOESS Microwave Imager/Sounder (MIS) Sensor Definition and Trade Studies

David Kunkee, The Aerospace Corporation, Los Angeles, CA; and C. Brann

P1.53

CLASS Vision

Robert Rank, NOAA/NESDIS, Suitland, MD; and F. Vizbulis

P1.54

CrIMSS Pre-launch Calibration Activities and On-Orbit Validation Plans

Denise Hagan, Northrop Grumman Space Technology, Redondo Beach, CA; and D. Tremblay, J. Predina, G. Kratz, P. Lee, and C. Wang

P1.55

Retrieval of Precipitation Using NPOESS Microwave Sensors

Frederick W. Chen, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA; and L. J. Bickmeier, W. J. Blackwell, L. G. Jairam, and R. V. Leslie

P1.56

Aerosol Measurements from the VIIRS Instrument During NPOESS

John M. Jackson, Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems, Redondo Beach, CA; and E. Vermote and E. Shettle

P1.57

Sea Surface Temperature Measurements from the VIIRS Instrument During NPOESS

John M. Jackson, Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems, Redondo Beach, CA; and R. Evans, D. May, and P. J. Minnett

P1.58

Predicted Performance of the VIIRS Cloud Mask Algorithm

Keith Hutchison, Center for Space Research, Austin, TX; and B. Iisager, J. M. Jackson, J. K. Roskovensky, T. J. Kopp, A. K. Heidinger, and R. A. Frey

P1.59

Preparation for NPOESS/NPP Early On Orbit Cross Comparison with Other Satellite Instruments

Zi-Ping Sun, Northrop Grumman Space Technology, Redondo Beach, CA; and C. Cao

P1.60

The NPOESS Spacecraft Earth Observing Platform

MaryAnn Chory, Northrop Grumman Space Technology, Redondo Beach, CA; and D. Adkins, M. Bahrain, and M. Wehner

Poster PDF (1.5 MB)

P1.61

NOAA's National Data Centers, CLASS, and Data Producers � Roles and Responsibilities for Data Archive and Access

Robert Rank, NOAA/NESDIS, Suitland, MD; and F. Vizbulis

P1.62

Impact of the VIIRS 8.5 Micron Channel on Cloud Products

Andrew Heidinger, NOAA, Madison, WI

P1.63

Accessing and Using NPOESS Data Products

Suzanna Diener, Raytheon Company, Aurora, CO

P1.64

Status and Activities of the NPOESS Visible Infrared Imager Suite (VIIRS), in Preparation for Delivery to the NPP Spacecraft

Hal Bloom, NPOESS IPO, Silver Spring, MD; and G. Ross and M. Ayers

P1.65

Status and Activities of the NPOESS Advanced Technology Sounder (ATMS), in Preparation for Delivery to the NPOESS Spacecraft

Hal Bloom, NPOESS IPO, Silver Spring, MD; and C. Brann

P1.66

Status and Activities of the NPOESS CERES in Preparation for Delivery to the NPP Spacecraft

Hal Bloom, NPOESS IPO, Silver Spring, MD; and R. Hamilton

P1.67

Status and Activities of the NPOESS Cross-Track Infrared Sounder, in Preparation for Delivery to the NPP Spacecraft

Hal Bloom, NPOESS IPO, Silver Spring, MD; and R. Slonaker

P1.68

The NPOESS Ozone Mapping and Profiling Suite (OMPS) Calibration & Validation Plans

James Done, Northrop Grumman Space Technology, Redondo Beach, CA; and T. Samec, P. Lee, and R. Buss

P1.69

Ocean Color Remote Sensing: Validation Approaches for the Coming Decades

Patty Pratt, Northrop Grumman Space Technology, Redondo Beach, CA

Joint Poster Session 1

Land-Atmosphere Interactions

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

Sponsors: (Joint between the 22nd Conference on Hydrology; and the 20th Conference on Climate Variability and Change )

Chair: Randal D. Koster, NASA/GSFC

CoChair: Yongkang Xue, University of California

Papers:

JP1.1

Assessing the Performance of CLASS in the Canadian Regional Climate Model

Edmond Chan, EC, Toronto, ON, Canada; and M. MacKay and D. Verseghy

JP1.2

Evapotranspiration over an irrigated cotton field

Haimei Jiang, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS; and S. Liu and H. P. Liu

JP1.3

ENSO based low-frequency precipitation and nutrient load oscillations in the Little River Watershed, Georgia

Victoria W. Keener, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; and G. Feyereisen, J. W. Jones, and U. Lall

JP1.4

Korea land data assimilation system (KLDAS) and its application using WRF

Yoon-Jin Lim, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea; and T. Y. Lee and K. Y. Byun

JP1.5

Evaluating NARR surface variables and NLDAS using observations from the Oklahoma Mesonet

Justin W. Monroe, Oklahoma Climatological Survey, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. B. Basara and D. L. Toll

Poster PDF (1.1 MB)

JP1.6

Evaluating land-atmosphere interactions in climate models using high-frequency ARM observations

Thomas J. Phillips, LLNL, Livermore, CA; and J. S. Boyle, J. J. Hnilo, S. A. Klein, G. L. Potter, and S. Xie

JP1.7

Impacts of global climate change on the surface energy budget and water balances in the past 50 years

Li Sheng, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS; and S. Liu and H. P. Liu

JP1.8

Evaluation of different Approaches for Estimating Evaporation over an open Water Surface

Yu Zhang, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS; and H. Jiang, L. Sheng, H. Liu, and Q. L. Williams

JP1.9

Do Clouds Follow Deforestation Over the Amazon?

Frederic J. F. Chagnon, MIT, Cambridge, MA; and R. L. Bras, J. Wang, E. R. Williams, A. K. Betts, N. O. Renno, L. A. T. Machado, R. Knox, and G. Bisht

Poster Session 1

Lightning Applications, Studies and Technology in the Atmospheric Sciences

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

Sponsor: Third Conference on Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data

Chair: Kristin M. Kuhlman, Univ. of Oklahoma

Papers:

P1.1

Cell mergers and their impact on cloud-to-ground lightning over the Houston area

Michael L. Gauthier, 45th Weather Squadron, Patrick Air Force Base, FL; and W. A. Petersen and L. D. Carey

P1.2

Examining a possible relationship between positive dominated storms and cloud-top ice crystal size

Daniel T. Lindsey, NOAA/NESDIS, Fort Collins, CO

Poster PDF (274.8 kB)

P1.3

Spatial distribution of lightning data relative to kinematics in a HP tornadic supercell storm during TELEX

K. M. Kuhlman, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and D. R. MacGorman and M. I. Biggerstaff

Poster PDF (831.9 kB)

P1.4

Narrow bipolar events, strong VHF pulses and the detection of severe weather from GPS orbit

P1.5

Relationship between lightning location and polarimetric radar signatures in an MCS

N. R. Lund, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma and NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and D. R. MacGorman, W. D. Rust, T. J. Schuur, P. R. Krehbiel, W. Rison, T. Hamlin, J. M. Straka, and M. I. Biggerstaff

Poster PDF (1.6 MB)

P1.6

Spatial and time distribution of thunderstorms in SOWMEX-2007

Po-Hsiung Lin, National Taiwan Univ., Taipei, Taiwan; and P. K. Wang and S. A. Liao

Poster PDF (905.6 kB)

P1.7

Hurricane lightning: a new campaign to investigate hurricane intensification by using lightning observations

Xuan-Min Shao, LANL, Los Alamos, NM; and J. D. Harlin, T. Hamlin, D. M. Suszcynsky, and C. A. Jeffery

Poster PDF (2.1 MB)

P1.8

Seasonality of thunderstorms seen by TRMM

Daniel J. Cecil, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL

Poster PDF (1.9 MB)

P1.9

Using TRMM to resolve the ensemble of global tropical thunderstorms

Anita LeRoy, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and W. A. Petersen and D. J. Cecil

P1.10

Tennessee Valley Total and Cloud-to-ground Lightning Climatology Comparison

Dennis Buechler, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and R. J. Blakeslee, J. M. Hall, and E. W. McCaul Jr.

P1.11

Characteristics of positive cloud-to-ground lightning

Scott David Rudlosky, Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL; and H. E. Fuelberg

P1.12

Characteristics of cloud-to-ground lightning in warm season thunderstorms

Stacy A. Fleenor, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and C. Biagi, E. P. Krider, K. L. Cummins, and K. E. Kehoe

Poster PDF (1.4 MB)

P1.13

Houston LDAR II network: An evaluation of LDAR derived parameters with traditional NLDN metrics in southeast Texas thunderstorms

Joseph W. Jurecka, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and R. E. Orville

Poster PDF (185.7 kB)

P1.14

The ZEUS lightning network in Brazil

Carlos A. R. Morales, University of Sao Paulo, S�o Paulo, Brazil; and F. Sales, F. G. Pinheiro, K. S. C�mara, and E. N. Anagnostou

P1.15

Determination of a Limited Scope Network's Lightning Detection Efficiency

John T. Rompala, Univ. of Wisconsin, Stout, WI; and R. Blakeslee

Poster PDF (276.9 kB)

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:

P1.1

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

P1.2

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)

P1.3

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

P1.4

Development of high resolution and fast scanning radar

Katsuyuki Imai, Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Osaka, Japan; and T. Ushio and Z. I. Kawasaki

P1.5

Cloud occurrence, layering and overlap from combined cloudsat and calipso data

G. Mace, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT

P1.6

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)

P1.7

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)

P1.8

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)

P1.9

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

P1.10

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

P1.11

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)

P1.12

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)

P1.13

Characterization of the vertical profiles of snow clouds by CloudSat radar data

Guosheng Liu, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL

P1.14

VORTRAC�A Utitility to Deduce Central Pressure and Radius of maximum wind of Landfalling Tropical Cyclones Using WSR-88D data

Wen-Chau Lee, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and P. R. Harasti and M. M. Bell

P1.15

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)

P1.16

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

P1.17

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)

P1.18

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

P1.19

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

P1.20

Cloud Climatology from CALIPSO: Algorithm Theoretical Basis, Performance and Global Cloud Statistics

Yongxiang Hu, NASA/LRC, Hampton, VA; and B. Lin

P1.21

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

P1.22

Studies of the lifecycle of tropical cloud systems using CloudSat/CALIPSO

Brian J. Soden, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL

P1.23

Use of coincident CloudSat & TRMM radar reflectivity cross-sections to investigate diurnal cycle of precipitation within marine stratocumulus cloud environments

Eric A. Smith, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt,, MD; and H. M. Carty, K. S. Kuo, and S. Yang

P1.24

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

P1.26

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)

P1.27

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)

P1.28

Using A-train to establish the effects of Saharan Dust on the development and intensity of tropical cyclones

Thomas A. Kovacs, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI

Poster PDF (1.9 MB)

P1.29

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

Poster Session 2

Modeling and Range Posters

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

Sponsor: 13th Conference on Aviation, Range and Aerospace Meteorology

Papers:

P2.1

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)

P2.2

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)

P2.3

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)

P2.4

Earth Global Reference Atmospheric Model 2007 (Earth-GRAM07) Applications for the NASA Constellation Program

Fred W. Leslie, NASA, Huntsville, AL; and C. G. Justus

Poster PDF (126.4 kB)

P2.5

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)

P2.6

Comparison of the KSC-ER Cloud-to-Ground Lightning Surveillance System (CGLSS) and the U.S. National Lightning Detection Network� (NLDN)

Jennifer G. Ward, NASA, Kennedy Space Center, FL; and K. L. Cummins and E. P. Krider

Poster PDF (361.4 kB)

P2.7

Assessment of the importance of certain wind towers in the Cape Canaveral AFS/Kennedy Space Center mesonet for predicting convective winds

James P. Koermer, Plymouth State University, Plymouth, NH; and W. P. Roeder

Poster PDF (244.3 kB)

P2.8

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)

P2.9

Discrete Gust Model for Launch Vehicle Assessments

Frank B. Leahy, NASA/MSFC, Huntsville, AL

Poster PDF (193.8 kB)

P2.10

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)

P2.11

The 2006 Kennedy Space Center Range Reference Atmosphere model validation study and sensitivity analysis to the performance of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Space Shuttle vehicle

K. Lee Burns, Raytheon/Jacobs ESTS Group, Huntsville, AL; and R. K. Decker, B. Harrington, and C. Merry

Poster PDF (291.8 kB)

P2.12

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

P2.13

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

P2.14

Aviation Team of the Mid-South

James W. Duke, James Duke Meteorology, Memphis, TN; and S. D. Boyette

P2.15

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)

P2.16

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)

P2.17

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

P2.18

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)

P2.19

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)

P2.20

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)

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

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

1

Weather and climate in early US history

Location: 211 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: Presidential History Symposium

Speakers: John W. Nielsen-Gammon, Texas A&M Univ.; Paul Ruscher, The Florida State University

Chair: Kristine C. Harper, New Mexico Tech/University of Utah

Papers:

11:00 AM

1.1

Revisiting Benjamin Franklin and his role as America's first geoscientist

Paul Ruscher, Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (91.0 kB)

11:30 AM

1.2

March 1843: The most abnormal month ever?

John Nielsen-Gammon, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and B. McRoberts

Recorded presentation

2

Applications of Lightning Data in Tropical Meteorology

Location: 222 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: Third Conference on Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data

Chair: Timothy J. Lang, Colorado State University

Papers:

11:00 AM

2.1

Global tropical lightning trends: Has tropical lightning frequency responded to global climate change?

Walter A. Petersen, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL AL; and D. Buechler

11:30 AM

2.2

Meteorological conditions contributing to the development of thunderstorms in the city of S�o Paulo, Brazil

Carlos A. R. Morales, University of Sao Paulo, S�o Paulo, Brazil; and R. Porfirio da Rocha and R. J. Bombardi

Recorded presentation

11:45 AM

2.3

Using lightning and high resolution spaceborne precipitation products to monitor and understand North American Monsoon processes

Stephen W. Nesbitt, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and N. J. Schiffer

Recorded presentation

Panel Discussion 2

Developing Science Policy Curricula

Location: 228-229 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: Third Symposium on Policy and Socio-Economic Research

Moderator: Genene Fisher, AMS

Panelists: Margaret Reams, Louisiana State Univ.; John T. Snow, University of Oklahoma; Jameson Wetmore, Arizona State Univ.

Papers:

11:00 AM

PD2.1

Margaret Reams

Recorded presentation

3

Data Products

Location: R01 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: Fourth Symposium on Future National Operational Environmental Satellites

Chair: Karen St Germain, NOAA/IPO

Papers:

11:00 AM

3.1A

Introduction: P. Moffa

Recorded presentation

11:30 AM

3.1

Verification of the CrIMSS Environmental Data Products for the NPOESS Preparatory Project

Phil Moffa, Northrop Grumman Space Technology (NGST), Redondo Beach, CA, CA; and D. Gu and R. Chu

Recorded presentation

12:00 PM

3.2

The Atmosphere Product and Evaluation and Test Element (PEATE) for the NPOESS Preparatory Project (NPP)

Liam E. Gumley, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

Recorded presentation

3

Emergency Management and Rescue Operations-II

Location: 214 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: Sixth Users Forum

Chair: Burrell E. Montz, Binghamton Univ.

Papers:

11:00 AM

3.1

FEMA's Use and Misuse of Tropical and Hurricane Forecasts

Brandon Bolinski, FEMA, Region IV, Atlanta, GA

Recorded presentation

11:30 AM

3.2

Living on the Edge with Wind, Rain and Weather

Windell A. Curole, S. LaFourche Levee District, Galliano, LA

Recorded presentation

4

Extending our Reach in Atmospheric Science

Location: 209 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 17th Symposium on Education

Cochairs: Diane M. Stanitski, NOAA; Donna J. Charlevoix, UCAR

Papers:

11:00 AM

4.1

The National Weather Service Tallahassee Student Mentorship Program

Kelly G. Godsey, NOAA/NWS, Tallahassee, FL; and J. S. Rubio and A. I. Watson

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (431.4 kB)

11:15 AM

4.2

A long-term plan for eliminating the lack of diversity in the atmospheric sciences

Quinton L. Williams, Jackson State Univ., Jackson, MS

Recorded presentation

11:30 AM

4.3

5. A multidisciplinary research course on hurricane Katrina for Freshman students at Howard University

Gregory Jenkins, Howard Univ., Washington, DC; and G. Middendorf and J. Reidy

Recorded presentation

11:45 AM

4.4

NC-FIRST: weather information and training for North Carolina emergency managers

Jessica L. Losego, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (827.1 kB)

Joint Session 4

Tropical Cyclones and Probability/Statistics 2

Location: R02-R03 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsors: (Joint between the Tropical Meteorology Special Symposium; and the 19th Conference on Probability and Statistics )

CoChair: C.�cile Penland, NOAA/ESRL/PSD3

Papers:

11:00 AM

J4.1

EVALUATING UNCERTAINTY IN NEAR-TERM ATLANTIC HURRICANE ACTIVITY

Peter S. Dailey, AIR-Worldwide, Boston, MA; and G. Zuba, G. Ljung, and J. Guin

Recorded presentation

11:15 AM

J4.2

Inherent uncertainties in hurricane prediction

Fuqing Zhang, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX

Recorded presentation

11:30 AM

J4.3

An information-theoretic approach to quantifying the uncertainty in operational tropical cyclone intensity predictions, with application to forecast verification

Jonathan R. Moskaitis, Naval Research Laboratory, Monterey, CA

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (50.4 kB)

11:45 AM

J4.4

Operational tropical cyclone wind speed probability products from the National Hurricane Center

Richard D. Knabb, NOAA/TPC/NHC, Miami, FL; and M. Mainelli and M. DeMaria

Recorded presentation

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)

6

ADVANCED METHODS FOR DATA ASSIMILATION-II

Location: 204 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 12th Conference on IOAS-AOLS

Chair: Jeffrey Whitaker, NOAA/ESRL

CoChair: Tom Hamill, NOAA/ESRL

Papers:

11:00 AM

6.1

The development of the First-Order Time extrapolation to the Observation (FOTO) method and its application in the NCEP global data assimilation system

Miodrag Rancic, SAIC, Camp Springs, MD; and J. C. Derber, D. Parrish, R. Treadon, and D. T. Kleist

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (479.7 kB)

11:15 AM

6.2

Accounting for and correcting model errors in the EnKF

Eugenia Kalnay, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and H. Li, T. Miyoshi, and C. M. Danforth

http://www.atmos.umd.edu/~ekalnay/Hong-Dissertation_final3.pdf

Recorded presentation

11:30 AM

6.3 will present as paper 4.6A

11:45 AM

6.3A

Estimation of observation impact without adjoint model in an ensemble Kalman filter

Junjie Liu, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA; and E. Kalnay

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (422.6 kB)

12:00 PM

6.4

Reduced-order observation sensitivity in 4D-Var data assimilation

Dacian N. Daescu, Portland State University, Portland, OR; and I. M. Navon

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.1 MB)

6

Application of remote sensing measurements for air quality modeling

Location: 230 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 10th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry

Chair: J.R. Arnold, NOAA/ARL/ASMD

Papers:

11:00 AM

6.1

Remote sensing measurements for air quality research and applications

Bruce Doddridge, NASA, Hampton, VA

Recorded presentation

11:15 AM

6.2

Application of satellite aerosol optical depth and airborne lidar data for monitoring fine particulate formation and transport in San Joaquin Valley, California

Jassim A. Al-Saadi, NASA, Hampton, VA; and R. Rosen, C. Bohnenkamp, J. Szykman, D. A. Chu, J. Hair, C. Hostetler, R. Ferrare, G. Arcemont, C. Kittaka, and J. Lewis

Recorded presentation

11:30 AM

6.3

Seven year trend analysis of satellite data for particulate matter air quality applications

Pawan Gupta, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and S. A. Christopher

Recorded presentation

11:45 AM

6.4

Use of satellite tropospheric products for evaluation and improvement of the AIRPACT-3 air quality forecast system

Farren L. Herron-Thorpe, Washington State University, Pullman, WA; and T. Lewis, J. Vaughan, G. Mount, L. Emmons, and B. K. Lamb

Recorded presentation

6

Laboratory Experiments and Field Observations

Location: 220 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 15th Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA

Chair: Michael J. Brown, LANL

Papers:

11:00 AM

6.1

Limits of Fidelity in Urban Plume Dispersion Modeling-Sensitivities to the Input Wind Direction

Michael J. Brown, LANL, Los Alamos, NM; and D. Zajic and A. Gowardhan

Poster PDF (792.5 kB)

11:15 AM

6.2

Concentration Fluctuations in a Downtown Urban Area � Analysis of Concentration Data from the Joint Urban 2003 Full-Scale and Wind-Tunnel Measurements

Petra Klein, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and B. Leitl, M. Schatzmann, and D. Young

11:30 AM

6.3

Trends in Estimated Mixing Depth Daily Maximums

Robert L. Buckley, Savannah River National Laboratory, Aiken, SC; and A. DuPont, R. J. Kurzeja, and M. J. Parker

Poster PDF (332.0 kB)

11:45 AM

6.4

Preliminary results from a single building air flow patterns field study

Gail-Tirrell Vaucher, Army Research Laboratory, White Sands Missile Range, NM NM; and R. Cionco, M. Bustillos, R. Brice, and S. D'Arcy

Poster PDF (84.7 kB)

6

New Developments with Physics-Based Forecast Models Part II

Location: 221 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: Fifth Symposium on Space Weather

Chair: Robert McCoy, Office of Naval Research

Papers:

11:00 AM

6.1

Seamless ocean-atmosphere model � effect of upward propagating waves on the thermosphere and ionosphere

Robert W. Schunk, Utah State University, Logan, UT UT; and L. C. Gardner, L. Scherliess, D. C. Thompson, and J. J. Sojka

Recorded presentation

11:15 AM

6.2

Thermospheric structures and variabilities from the NCAR Whole Atmosphere Community Climate Model

Han-Li Liu, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. G. Roble, A. Maute, A. D. Richmond, L. Qian, S. C. Solomon, M. E. Hagan, J. McInerney, D. R. Marsh, R. R. Garcia, D. E. Kinnison, F. Sassi, and B. A. Boville

Recorded presentation

11:30 AM

6.3

Using Space Weather Variability in Evaluating the Environment Design Specifications for NASA's Constellation Program

Victoria N. Coffey, NASA/MSFC, Huntsville, AL; and J. I. Minow, M. B. Bruce, and J. W. Howard Jr.

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (553.5 kB)

11:45 AM

6.4

Analysis of the response function relating the solar wind electric field to the dayside magnetic reconnection rate

Gerard T. Blanchard, Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, LA; and S. R. Sundeen and K. B. Baker

Recorded presentation

6

Nowcasting and Modeling Part II

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

Sponsor: 13th Conference on Aviation, Range and Aerospace Meteorology

Cochairs: Timothy L. Wilfong Sr., ENSCO, Inc; Rob Honch, EC

Papers:

11:00 AM

6.1

Wind Updates for Automated Air Traffic Control Systems Using COAMPS�/NAVDAS

Patricia M. Pauley, NRL, Monterey, CA; and K. Sashegyi

Recorded presentation

11:15 AM

6.2

Implementation of the radar-enhanced RUC

Stan Benjamin, NOAA/ESRL/GSD, Boulder, CO; and S. Weygandt, J. M. Brown, T. Smirnova, D. Devenyi, K. Brundage, G. Grell, S. Peckham, T. W. Schlatter, T. L. Smith, and G. S. Manikin

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.9 MB)

11:30 AM

6.3

A real-time automated ceiling and visibility analysis system

Richard E. Bateman, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and P. Herzegh, G. Wiener, and J. Cowie

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (564.1 kB)

11:45 AM

6.4

Effect of TAMDAR on RUC short-term forecasts of aviation-impact fields for ceiling, visibility, reflectivity, and precipitation

Edward J. Szoke, CIRA/Colorado State Univ. and NOAA, Boulder, CO; and S. G. Benjamin, R. S. Collander, B. D. Jamison, W. R. Moninger, T. W. Schlatter, B. Schwartz, and T. L. Smith

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (2.8 MB)

6A

African Climate: VI. Modeling Studies

Location: 215-216 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 20th Conference on Climate Variability and Change

Chair: A. G. Laing, NCAR

Papers:

11:00 AM

6A.1

Modeling the semi-arid Sahel Climate West African -- Monsoon Modeling and Evaluation (WAMME) Initiative and its first set of experiments (Invited)

Yongkang Xue, University of California, Los Angeles, CA; and W. K. M. Lau, K. H. Cook, and A. WAMME Team

11:15 AM

6A.2

Variability of the West African monsoon system in the new NCEP CFS model

Wassila M. Thiaw, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/CPC, Camp Springs, MD; and V. B. Kumar, K. C. Mo, and A. Vintzileos

Recorded presentation

11:30 AM

6A.3

How do the large-scale models represent the West African Monsoon mean state and variability (the AMMA-MIP experiment)?

Alessandro Dell'Aquila, ENEA, Roma, Italy; and F. Favot, F. Guichard, F. Hourdin, S. Janicot, T. Losada, I. Musat, R. Roca, and P. M. Ruti

Recorded presentation

11:45 AM

6A.4

Simulation of West African Monsoon in a set of atmospheric general circulation model uncoupled/ coupled to ocean models of varying complexity

Sylwia Trzaska, Columbia University, Palisades, NY; and D. Dewitt and D. Lee

6B

General Climate Studies: Observations II

Location: 217-218 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 20th Conference on Climate Variability and Change

Chair: Bradfield Lyon, International Research Institute for Climate and Society

Papers:

11:00 AM

6B.1

Intercomparisons of AIRS, AMSR-E, and CloudSat for improving GPCP high-latitude precipitation estimates

Eric J. Nelkin, SSAI and NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and G. J. Huffman, R. F. Adler, D. T. Bolvin, J. Susskind, and J. M. Haynes

Recorded presentation

11:15 AM

6B.2

Assessment of high latitude GPCP Version 2 monthly and One-Degree Daily precipitation estimates using ground-based observations

David T. Bolvin, SSAI and NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and R. F. Adler, G. J. Huffman, and E. J. Nelkin

Recorded presentation

11:30 AM

6B.3

A new global analysis of precipitation

Mathew R. P. Sapiano, Colarado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and T. Smith and P. A. Arkin

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (610.9 kB)

11:45 AM

6B.4

Precipitation reanalysis/reconstructions based on satellite and in situ data

Phillip A. Arkin, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and T. Smith and M. R. P. Sapiano

Recorded presentation

Joint Session 11

Record Floods of 2007 and their Impacts

Location: R08-R09 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsors: (Joint between the IMPACTS: Weather 2007; and the Third Symposium on Policy and Socio-Economic Research )

Chair: Christopher W. Landsea, NOAA/NWS/TPC/NHC

Papers:

11:00 AM

J11.1

Record June and July Floods in the UK

Keith Groves, UK Met Office, Exeter, United Kingdom

Recorded presentation

11:15 AM

J11.2

August Flooding in the Upper Mississippi Valley

Lisa Schmit, NOAA/NWS, Chanhassen, MN

11:30 AM

J11.3

OK/TX Floods with TS Erin�Aug. 2007

Derek S. Arndt, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC

Recorded presentation

11:45 AM

J11.4

The August 8, 2007 Floods in New York City

Michael E. Wyllie, MIC, WFO, Upton, NY

Recorded presentation

L1

Robert E. Horton Lecture

Location: 224 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 22nd Conference on Hydrology

Papers:

11:00 AM

L1.1

Hydrology in the Global Change Era

Dennis P. Lettenmaier, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

Recorded presentation

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)

Panel Discussion 1

Fires, Droughts, and Climate Change

Location: R08-R09 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: IMPACTS: Weather 2007

Moderator: Eve Gruntfest, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma

Papers:

1:30 PM

PD1.1

Evolving Drought Situation over the last Decade

Michael Hayes, National Drought Mitigation Center, Lincoln, NE

Recorded presentation

1:45 PM

PD1.2

2007 Winter Southern Plains Prairie Fires

Kenneth C. Crawford, Oklahoma Climatological Survey, Norman, OK

Recorded presentation

2:00 PM

PD1.3

2007 Florida/Georgia Fires

W. Craig Fugate, Florida Division of Emergency Management, Tallahassee, FL

Recorded presentation

2:15 PM

PD1.4

2007 Tinderbox in the Inter-mountain West

Timothy J. Brown, DRI, Reno, NV

Recorded presentation

2:30 PM

PD1.5

Potential Impacts of Global Warming

Steven W. Running, The University of Montana, Missoula, MT

Recorded presentation

Joint Session 1

Forecasting/products enabled by next generation instrumentation on GOES-R and other satellites-I

Location: R02-R03 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsors: (Joint between the Fifth Symposium on Space Weather; and the 5th GOES Users' Conference )

Chair: Keith T. Strong, Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Center (retired)

Papers:

1:30 PM

J1.1

New space observations and modeling of the solar atmosphere

George A. Doschek, NRL, Washington, DC

Recorded presentation

2:00 PM

J1.2

Predicting solar activity: today, tomorrow, next year

W. Dean Pesnell, NASA, Greenbelt, Maryland

Recorded presentation

2:30 PM

J1.3

EXIS: The next generation of solar EUV and X-ray Sensors for GOES-R

F.G. Eparvier, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and T. N. Woods, W. McClintock, P. C. Chamberlin, A. R. Jones, and R. Viereck

Recorded presentation

2:45 PM

J1.4

Space weather forecasting with petascale computing

Michael Wiltberger, NCAR, Boulder, CO

Recorded presentation

Joint Session 1

Measurements and Modeling of Aerosols and Clouds-I

Location: 220 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsors: (Joint between the 15th Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA; and the 10th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry )

Chair: Jeffrey S. Gaffney, Univ. of Arkansas

Papers:

1:30 PM

J1.1

Biogenic carbon dominance based on 13C/12C and 14C measurements of total carbon at T-0 and T-1 sites during MILAGRO

Jeffrey S. Gaffney, Univ. of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR; and N. A. Marley, N. C. Sturchio, L. Heraty, N. Martinez, K. Hardy, and T. Guilderson

Poster PDF (130.0 kB)

1:45 PM

J1.2

A Comparison of aerosol optical properties at T1 and T0 during the MILAGRO field study

Nancy A. Marley, Univ. of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR; and J. S. Gaffney, T. Castro, and A. Salcido

Poster PDF (216.2 kB)

2:00 PM

J1.3

Variability of Georgia and Florida air quality as a function of radar derived aerosol coverage and height

Thomas A. Jones, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and S. A. Christopher

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (2.9 MB)

2:15 PM

J1.4

Modeling the transport and dispersion of smoke aerosols from the May 2007 Georgia fires

Yuling Wu, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and U. S. Nair, T. Jones, and S. A. Christopher

Recorded presentation

2:30 PM

J1.5

Scanning Electron Microscope and Micro-Chemical Speciation of Sulfate-dominated, lead-bearing aerosols, New York City, 2007

Nicholas C. Steiner, City College of New York, New York, NY; and S. St. John, D. Breger, and J. C. Steiner

Recorded presentation

2:45 PM

J1.6

The impact of aerosols on medium range weather forecasts

Sarah Lu, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Camp Springs, MD; and H. Huang, J. McQueen, R. Treadon, Y. T. Hou, and A. Da Silva

2

Professional meteorology: airlines, the public, and minority science education

Location: 211 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: Presidential History Symposium

Speakers: Roger D. Turner, University of Pennsylvania; Doria B. Grimes, NOAA Central Library (Retired); Loren D. White, Jackson State University

Chair: Diane Rabson, NCAR

Papers:

1:30 PM

2.1

Finding the Friendly Skies: Meteorology within US Airlines, 1919-1941

Roger D. Turner, Univ. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Recorded presentation

2:00 PM

2.2

Why the weather?

Doria B. Grimes, NOAA Central Library (Retired), Silver Spring, MD

Recorded presentation

2:30 PM

2.3

The Meteorology Program at Jackson State University: Three decades of leadership in developing minority scientists

Loren D. White, Jackson State Univ., Jackson, MS; and R. S. Reddy Jr., H. Liu, and Q. L. Williams

Recorded presentation

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

Recorded presentation

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

Recorded presentation

2:00 PM

2.3a

P1.21 will present in place of withdrawn 2.3

Recorded presentation

2.3

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

2:30 PM

Discussion

3

Recent Advances in Lightning Technology and Transfer to Operations

Location: 222 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: Third Conference on Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data

Chair: Walter A. Petersen, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center

Papers:

1:30 PM

3.1

Visualization of Naturally produced lightning strikes using high speed imaging

Timothy M. Samaras, Applied Research Associates, Inc., Littleton, CO; and W. A. Lyons

2:00 PM

3.2

The DC Lightning Mapping Array

Paul Krehbiel, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM

2:30 PM

3.3

Pre-launch Algorithms and Risk Reduction in Support of the Geostationary Lightning Mapper for GOES-R and Beyond

Steven J. Goodman, NOAA/NESDIS/ORA, Camp Springs, MD; and R. J. Blakeslee, W. Koshak, W. Petersen, D. E. Buechler, P. R. Krehbiel, P. Gatlin, and S. Zubrick

Recorded presentation

2:50 PM

3.4

The Geostationary Lightning Mapper Instrument for GOES-R

H.J. Christian Jr., Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL

Recorded presentation

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

4

Data Assimilation

Location: R01 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: Fourth Symposium on Future National Operational Environmental Satellites

Chair: Lars Peter Riishojgaard, JCSDA

Papers:

1:30 PM

4.1A

Introduction: Lars Peter Riishojgaard

Recorded presentation

2:00 PM

4.1

The Assimilation of Data from the MetOp Satellite at the Met Office

Fiona Hilton, UK Met Office, Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom; and N. Atkinson, B. Candy, S. English, J. R. Eyre, and S. Keogh

2:30 PM

4.2

Recent Developments in the Assimilation of Satellite Observations at ECMWF

Jean-No�l Th�paut, ECMWF, Shinfield Park, Reading, United Kingdom; and P. Bauer

3:00 PM

4.3

Data Assimilation in the NPOESS Era: U.S. Navy's Plans and Progress

Nancy L. Baker, NRL, Monterey, CA; and B. Ruston and P. A. Phoebus

Recorded presentation

3:30 PM

4.4

Improvements to the NCEP Global and Regional Data Assimilation Systems

Stephen J. Lord, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC, Camp Springs, MD; and J. Derber, R. Treadon, D. Kleist, D. Parrish, W. S. Wu, J. Purser, and M. Pondeca

4

Extreme Weather, Climate Change, and the Energy Industry - I

Location: 214 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: Sixth Users Forum

Chair: Jon Davis, Chesapeake Energy Corporation

Papers:

1:30 PM

4.1

Energy Operations in New Orleans During and After Hurricane Katrina

Brent Dorsey, Entergy Corporation, New Orleans, LA

Recorded presentation

2:00 PM

4.2

Forecasting Deep Water Currents in the Gulf of Mexico

Cort Cooper, Chevron Petroleum Technology Company, San Ramon, CA

Recorded presentation

2:30 PM

4.3

Evacuation of Shell's Operations during Tropical Activity

Wanda Holomis, Shell Trading, N/a

5

Drought Assessment And Prediction

Location: 223 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 22nd Conference on Hydrology

Chair: Wade T. Crow, USDA/ARS

Papers:

1:30 PM

5.1

Robustness of agricultural drought indices derived from land surface model integrations

Randal D. Koster, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and Z. Guo and P. A. Dirmeyer

Recorded presentation

1:45 PM

5.2

The University of Washington Surface Water Monitor: an experimental platform for national hydrologic assessment and prediction

Andrew W. Wood, 3TIER, Inc., Seattle, WA

http://www.hydro.washington.edu/forecast/monitor/

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (2.9 MB)

2:00 PM

5.3

Application of NARR-based NLDAS ensemble simulations to continental-scale drought monitoring

Brian A. Cosgrove, NASA/GSFC and SAIC, Greenbelt, MD; and C. J. Alonge

http://ldas.gsfc.nasa.gov/monitor/

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.2 MB)

2:15 PM

5.4

Monitoring and Predicting of the 2007 US Drought

Lifeng Luo, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI; and E. F. Wood

2:30 PM

5.5

Global drought in the second half of the twentieth century

Konstantinos Andreadis, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and J. Sheffield, E. Wood, and D. Lettenmaier

Recorded presentation

2:45 PM

5.6

Progress in drought and flood monitoring through volunteer observing -- The Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network (CoCoRaHS)

Nolan J. Doesken, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and H. Reges, R. Cifelli, and J. Turner

Recorded presentation

Joint Session 5

Hurricane Katrina-Looking Back to Look Ahead: Part I

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

Sponsors: (Joint between the Presidential Forum; the Third Symposium on Policy and Socio-Economic Research; and the Tropical Meteorology Special Symposium )

Chair: William Hooke, AMS

Papers:

1:30 PM

J5.1

Perspectives on Operational Hurricane Forecasting

Max Mayfield, WPLG-TV/Former National Hurricane Center Director, Miami, FL

Recorded presentation

2:00 PM

J5.2

Hurricane Research: Prospects for Improved Forecasts

Kerry A. Emanuel, MIT, Cambridge, MA

Recorded presentation

2:30 PM

J5.3

The Social Context of Meteorology: A view Post-Katrina

Shirley Laska, Center for Hazards Assessment, New Orleans, LA

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)

7

ADVANCED METHODS FOR DATA ASSIMILATION-III

Location: 204 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 12th Conference on IOAS-AOLS

Chair: S. Mark Leidner, AER

Papers:

1:30 PM

7.1

Towards A Unified Variational/Ensemble Data Assimilation System for WRF

Dale M. Barker, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and Z. Liu, H. Shao, M. Demirtas, H. Huang, and S. Rugg

1:45 PM

7.2

Ensemble-based Kalman Filters in Strongly Nonlinear Dynamics

Zhaoxia Pu, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and J. P. Hacker

2:00 PM

7.3

The back and forth nudging algorithm for data assimilation

Jacques Blum, University of Nice Sophia Antipolis, Nice, France; and D. Auroux

Recorded presentation

2:15 PM

7.4

Observing system and strategy for Lagrangian data assimilation (LaDA) in the ocean

Kayo Ide, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and C. K. R. T. Jones and G. Vernieres

2:30 PM

7.5

Data assimilation in chaotic systems, using Floquet vectors

Adel Ahanin, MIT, Cambridge, MA; and D. McLaughlin and D. Entekhabi

Recorded presentation

2:45 PM

7.6

Simultaneous estimation of inflation factor and observation errors within the EnKF

Hong Li, Shanghai Typhoon Institute, Shanghai, China, Shanghai, China; and E. Kalnay and T. Miyoshi

http://www.atmos.umd.edu/~ekalnay/Hong-Dissertation_final3.pdf

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (2.9 MB)

7

Nowcasting and Modeling Part III

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

Sponsor: 13th Conference on Aviation, Range and Aerospace Meteorology

Cochairs: Timothy L. Wilfong Sr., ENSCO, Inc; Rob Honch, EC

Papers:

1:30 PM

7.1

Rapid-refresh testing: examples of forecast performance

John M. Brown, NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and T. G. Smirnova, S. G. Benjamin, B. Jamison, and S. S. Weygandt

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (954.1 kB)

1:45 PM

7.2

An Automated National-Scale Ceiling and Visibility Forecast System: Development Progress

Jennifer L. Black, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. E. Bateman, P. H. Herzegh, G. Wiener, J. Cowie, and C. J. Kessinger

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.3 MB)

2:00 PM

7.3

Nearcasting convective destabilization of isolated summer-time convection using objective tools which optimize the impact of sequences of GOES moisture products

Ralph A. Petersen, CIMSS/University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and R. M. Aune

Recorded presentation

2:15 PM

7.4

Ongoing development and testing of generalized cloud analysis package within GSI for initializing Rapid Refresh

Ming Hu, ESRL Global Systems Division, Boulder, CO; and S. S. Weygandt, S. Benjamin, and M. Xue

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.7 MB)

2:30 PM

7.5

Hourly convective probability forecasts from an experimental RUC with radar data assimilation

Stephen S. Weygandt, NOAA / ESRL / GSD, Boulder, CO; and S. Benjamin, T. G. Smirnova, J. M. Brown, and K. J. Brundage

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.6 MB)

7A

General Climate Studies: Observations III

Location: 215-216 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 20th Conference on Climate Variability and Change

Chair: Baijun Tian, UCLA

Papers:

1:30 PM

7A.1

Satellite retrieval of land surface temperature: challenges and opportunities

Ana C. T. Pinheiro, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC (STG, Inc contractor), Asheville, NC; and J. L. Privette, J. J. Bates, and J. Pedelty

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (121.6 kB)

1:45 PM

7A.2

Comparison of Temperature in the Lower Stratosphere from Microwave Measurements using COSMIC Radio Occultation Data: the Early Results

Shu-peng Ho, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and B. Kuo, M. D. Goldberg, C. Z. Zou, and W. S. Schreiner

Recorded presentation

2:00 PM

7A.3

The annual cycle of surface radiation budget over Europe

Pamela E. Mlynczak, SSAI, Hampton, VA; and G. L. Smith and R. Hollmann

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.6 MB)

2:15 PM

7A.4

A Global Monthly Land Surface Air Temperature Analysis for 1948-present

Yun Fan, Office of Science and Technology, Silver Spring, MD; and H. van den Dool

Recorded presentation

2:30 PM

7A.5

The climate of 2007 in historical perspective

Jay Lawrimore, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and R. Heim, D. H. Levinson, A. Sanchez-Lugo, D. Wuertz, L. Love-brotak, and E. Godfrey

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (263.8 kB)

2:45 PM

7A.6

Does it rain more on weekends?

David M. Schultz, University of Helsinki and Finnish Meteorological Institute, FI-00101, Helsinki, Finland; and S. Mikkonen, A. Laaksonen, and M. B. Richman

Recorded presentation

7B

Climate of 20th Century (C20C) Part I

Location: 217-218 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 20th Conference on Climate Variability and Change

Organizers: Chris K. Folland, United Kingdom Meteorological Office; James L. Kinter III, COLA

Chair: James L. Kinter III, COLA

Papers:

1:30 PM

7B.1

The CLIVAR C20C modelling project: selected 20th century changes

Adam A. Scaife, Hadley Centre, Met Office, Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom; and F. Kucharski, C. K. Folland, J. L. Kinter III, D. Fereday, S. Grainger, K. E. Jin, J. Knight, S. Kusunoki, M. J. Nath, T. Nakaegawa, P. Pegion, S. D. Schubert, P. Sporyshev, J. Syktus, A. Voldoire, J. H. Yoon, and T. Zhou

Recorded presentation

1:45 PM

7B.2

The CLIVAR C20C project: Decadal and interannual Indian rainfall variability

Fred Kucharski, Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy; and A. A. Scaife, J. H. Yoo, C. K. Folland, J. L. Kinter III, D. Fereday, K. E. Jin, M. J. Nath, P. Pegion, P. V. Sporyshev, A. Voldoire, J. H. Yoon, and T. Zhou

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (34.8 kB)

2:00 PM

7B.3

Simulating the Actual Climate of the 20th Century with a coupled GCM

Meizhu Fan, George Mason University/COLA, Calverton, MD; and E. K. Schneider

Recorded presentation

2:15 PM

7B.4

Tropical belt expansion observed during the late 20th century and relation to 21st century climate model projections

Dian J. Seidel, NOAA/ARL, Silver Spring, MD; and Q. Fu, R. D. Hudson, W. J. Randel, and T. Reichler

Recorded presentation

2:30 PM

7B.5

Annual cycle of the tropical intraseasonal oscillation simulated by CAM3 with a modified convection scheme

Min Dong, Beijing Climate Center, China Meteorological Administration, Beijing, China; and T. Wu and G. J. Zhang

Recorded presentation

2:45 PM

7B.6

Changes in cloudiness and related variables over Russia, 1950�2000

Garrett P. Marino, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA; and D. Kaiser

Recorded presentation

2

Forecasting contest submissions (Participants will present the results of their model forecasts of the posted dataset)

Location: 205 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: Sixth Conference on Artificial Intelligence Applications to Environmental Science

Chair: Valliappa Lakshmanan, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, NOAA/NSSL

CoChair: Elizabeth E. Ebert, BMRC

Papers:

1:30 PM

2.1

The 2008 Artificial Intelligence Competition

Valliappa Lakshmanan, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and E. E. Ebert and S. E. Haupt

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (365.8 kB)

1:45 PM

2.2

Using random forests and fuzzy logic for automated storm type identification

John K. Williams, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. Abernethy

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (206.5 kB)

2:00 PM

2.3

Using a Decision Tree and a Neural Network to Identify Severe Weather Radar Characteristics

Ron Holmes, NOAA/NWSFO, State College, PA

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (162.4 kB)

2:15 PM

2.4

Using Multiple Machine Learning Techniques to Improve the Classification of a Storm Set

David John Gagne II, University of Oklahoma School of Meteorology, Norman, OK; and A. McGovern

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (38.1 kB)

2:30 PM

2.5

A storm-type classifier using support vector machines and fuzzy logic

Jenny Abernethy, NCAR/RAL, Boulder, CO; and J. K. Williams

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (613.6 kB)

2:45 PM

2.6

Genetic Algorithm optimization of principal component approach to clustering for storm type identification

Luna M. Rodriguez, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA

Recorded presentation

3:00 PM

2.7

Support Vector Machine Classification using the AI Competition Data Set

Kimberly L. Elmore, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma and NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and M. B. Richman

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (256.6 kB)

Joint Session 2

Land-Atmosphere Interactions, Part II

Location: 224 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsors: (Joint between the 20th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; and the 22nd Conference on Hydrology )

Chair: Randal D. Koster, NASA/GSFC

CoChair: Yongkang Xue, University of California

Papers:

J2.1

The Lake-Atmosphere Turbulent EXchanges (LATEX) field measurement campaign

1:45 PM

J2.2

Effects of environmental factors on evaporation over an open water surface in Mississippi, U.S.A

Heping Liu, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS; and Y. Zhang, L. Sheng, and H. Jiang

2:15 PM

J2.3

Signatures of land-atmosphere feedback in a 360-year tree-ring record

Randal D. Koster, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and H. C. Fritts and M. Suarez

Recorded presentation

2:30 PM

J2.4

North American Snow Depth Responses to Climate

Yan Ge, Columbia University, New York, NY; and G. Gong

2:45 PM

J2.5

Snow and warming

Philip W. Mote, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and R. Brown

Recorded presentation

6

Statistical Climatology

Location: 219 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 19th Conference on Probability and Statistics

Chairs: C.�cile Penland, NOAA/ESRL/PSD3; Elise V. Johnson, Univ. of Alabama

Papers:

1:45 PM

6.2

On the proper order of Markov chain for precipitation occurrence

J.T. Schoof, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL; and S. C. Pryor

Recorded presentation

2:00 PM

6.3

Regression-based methods for finding coupled patterns

Michael K. Tippett, International Research Institute for Climate and Society, Palisades, NY; and T. DelSole, S. J. Mason, and A. G. Barnston

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (904.6 kB)

2:15 PM

Paper 6.4 moved. New Paper Number 10.1A

2:30 PM

6.5

The Relation of El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO) to Winter Tornado Outbreaks

Ashton Robinson Cook, NOAA/NWS SPC, Norman, OK; and J. T. Schaefer

Recorded presentation

2:45 PM

6.6

Balancing the Earth's radiation budget

G. Louis Smith, National Institute of Aerospace, Hampton, VA

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (281.3 kB)

Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall (tues p.m.)

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

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 2

Forecasting/products Enabled by Next Generation Instrumentation on GOES-R and Other Satellites-II

Location: R02-R03 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsors: (Joint between the Fifth Symposium on Space Weather; and the 5th GOES Users' Conference )

Chair: George A. Doschek, NRL

Papers:

3:30 PM

J2.1

Looking to the future of space weather specification and geospace forecasting

D. N. Baker, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO

4:00 PM

J2.2

Space weather products and forecasts in the GOES-R era

Joseph Kunches, NOAA/SWPC, Boulder, CO

4:30 PM

J2.3

The Evolution of National Polar-orbiting Operational Satellite System (NPOESS) Space Environmental Sensing Capabilities

Michael Bonadonna, Office of the Federal Coordinator for Meteorology, Silver Spring, MD

4:45 PM

J2.4

The PECOS mission of small space weather satellites in the post DMSP era

O. De la Beaujardiere, Air Force Research Lab, Hanscom AFB, MA; and F. J. Rich, D. A. Cooke, J. Mozer, D. Ober, C. Huang, and L. C. Gentile

2

High Impact 2007 US Weather

Location: R08-R09 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: IMPACTS: Weather 2007

Chair: Tanja E. Fransen, NOAA/NWS

Papers:

3:30 PM

2.1

The Summer of 2007: How Hot Was It and What Did We Do About It?

Laurence Kalkstein, Univ. of Miami, Marco Island, FL; and S. Sheridan, E. Jacks, and J. G. Ferrell

Recorded presentation

3:45 PM

2.2

Year in Review: Major U.S. Flooding in 2007

Gary Carter, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and G. Austin, T. Graziano, and F. Richards

Recorded presentation

4:00 PM

2.3

Major Recent Winter Weather Events in the US: Overview and Impacts

Douglas Wesley, UCAR, Boulder, CO

Recorded presentation

4:15 PM

2.3a

"Jokulhlaups" (Glacier-Dammed Lake Releases)

Christopher Strager, NOAA/NWS, Moon Township, PA

Recorded presentation

4:30 PM

2.4

Atlantic Hurricanes

Richard D. Knabb, NOAA/TPC/NHC, Miami, FL

Recorded presentation

4:45 PM

2.5

The 2007 U.S. Tornado Season: Large Outbreaks Scattered Throughout the Year, Most Fatalities in Eight Years

Joseph T. Schaefer, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/SPC, Norman, OK; and G. W. Carbin

Recorded presentation

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

Recorded presentation

4:00 PM

3.3

The TWiLiTE airborne direct detection Doppler lidar for tropospheric wind profiling

Bruce Gentry, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD

Recorded presentation

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

Recorded presentation

4:30 PM

3.5

Discussion

3

Severe weather and historical impacts: tornadoes and hurricanes

Location: 211 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: Presidential History Symposium

Speakers: Robert Henson, UCAR; Pat J. Fitzpatrick, Mississippi State Univ.; Timothy A. Coleman, Univ. of Alabama

Chair: Doria B. Grimes, NOAA Central Library (Retired)

Papers:

3:30 PM

3.1

The 1883 Holden tornado warning system and its applications today

Timothy Coleman, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (365.7 kB)

4:00 PM

3.2

From Galveston 1900 to New Orleans 2005: The process and people involved in disseminating U.S. hurricane warnings

Robert Henson, UCAR, Boulder, CO

Recorded presentation

4:30 PM

3.3

Some lesser-known hurricane events which impacted society

Pat J. Fitzpatrick, Mississippi State Univ., Stennis Space Center, MS; and A. Fernandez

Recorded presentation

Joint Session 6

Hurricane Katrina-Looking Back to Look Ahead: Part II

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

Sponsors: (Joint between the Presidential Forum; the Third Symposium on Policy and Socio-Economic Research; and the Tropical Meteorology Special Symposium )

Chair: William Hooke, AMS

Papers:

3:30 PM

J6.1

Race, Place, and the Environment in the Aftermath of Katrina

Beverly Wright, Dillard University, Deep South Center for Environmental Justice, Baton Rouge, LA

Recorded presentation

4:00 PM

J6.2

The Role of Mission Journalism in Disasters

Mark Schleifstein, Times-Picayune, New Orleans, LA

Recorded presentation

4:30 PM

J6.3

How the Perception of a Hurricane's Structure at Landfall Can Directly Impact Preparation For and Recovery From a Storm Like Katrina

Keith G. Blackwell, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL

Recorded presentation

Joint Session 3

Land-Atmosphere Interactions, Part III

Location: 224 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsors: (Joint between the 22nd Conference on Hydrology; and the 20th Conference on Climate Variability and Change )

Chair: Randal D. Koster, NASA/GSFC

CoChair: Yongkang Xue, University of California

Papers:

3:30 PM

J3.1

Using photosynthesis-based canopy resistance model and new MODIS-based data to improve the presentation of vegetation transpiration in the Noah land surface model

Anil Kumar, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and F. Chen, D. Niyogi, J. G. Alfieri, K. Manning, M. Ek, and K. Mitchell

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (917.4 kB)

3:45 PM

J3.2

Minimum canopy resistance for croplands and grasslands during the 2002 International H2O Project

Joseph G. Alfieri, USDA/ARS, Beltsville, MD; and D. Niyogi, P. D. Blanken, F. Chen, M. Ek, A. Kumar, M. A. LeMone, and K. Mitchell

Recorded presentation

4:00 PM

J3.3

Controlling factors and uncertainty in dynamic vegetation modeling at seasonal and interannual scales � a study using the SSiB4/TRIFFID

Yongkang Xue, University of California, Los Angeles, CA; and Z. Zhang and P. M. Cox

4:15 PM

J3.4

Evaluation of GCM surface processes over West Africa using offline land surface models and observations

Aaron A. Boone, CNRM, Toulouse, Midi-Pyrenees, France; and I. Poccard-Leclercq and Y. K. Xue

Recorded presentation

4:30 PM

J3.5

Impact of Different Surface Layer Schemes and Snow Albedo Formulations on Cold-season Simulations by the Noah Land-surface Model

Michael Ek, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Camp Springs, MD; and K. Mitchell, Y. Xia, V. Wong, A. Slater, and B. Livneh

Recorded presentation

4:45 PM

J3.6

An Observation-Based Formulation of Snow Cover Fraction and Its Evaluation over Large North American River Basins

Guo-Yue Niu, University of Texas, Austin, TX; and Z. L. Yang

5:00 PM

J3.7

Mass balance of the Haig Glacier using mesoscale modeling

Amanda S. Adams, Univ. of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada; and S. Marshall

Recorded presentation

7

Probability Forecasting

Location: 219 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 19th Conference on Probability and Statistics

Cochairs: G. Louis Smith, National Institute of Aerospace; Carolyn A. Reynolds, NRL

Papers:

3:30 PM

7.1

Probabilistic Forecasts from the National Digital Forecast Database

Roman Krzysztofowicz, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA; and W. B. Evans

3:45 PM

7.2

The Role of Climatic Autocorrelation in Probabilistic Forecasting

Roman Krzysztofowicz, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA; and W. B. Evans

4:00 PM

7.3

Mining �Optimal� Conditions for Rapid Intensifications of Tropical Cyclones

Ruixin Yang, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA; and J. Tang and M. Kafatos

Poster PDF (72.9 kB)

4:15 PM

7.4

Probabilistic guidance for hurricane storm surge

Arthur A. Taylor, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and B. Glahn

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (198.1 kB)

7.5

GFS-Based MOS Opaque Sky Cover Guidance for the Contiguous United States, Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico

4:45 PM

7.6

Probabilistic Hydrometeorological Forecasting in a Coupled Ensemble Framework

Jonathan M. Hobbs, Iowa State University, Ames, IA

Recorded presentation

5:00 PM

7.7

Developing a peak wind probability forecast tool for Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station

Winifred C. Lambert, ENSCO, Inc., Cocoa Beach, FL; and D. A. Short and W. P. Roeder

http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/amu

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (289.7 kB)

Joint Session 2

Measurements and Modeling of Aerosols and Clouds-II

Location: 220 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsors: (Joint between the 15th Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA; and the 10th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry )

Chair: John N. McHenry, Baron Advanced Meteorological Systems, LLC

Papers:

3:30 PM

J2.1

Improving Operational Aerosol Forecasting through Assimilation of Satellite-based Observations andAdvances in Numerical Model Components: Status and Progress

John N. McHenry, Baron Advanced Meteorological Systems, LLC, Raleigh, NC; and R. Husar, C. Hsu, C. J. Coats Jr., M. J. Jeong, J. Warner, and S. Datta

Recorded presentation

3:45 PM

J2.2

Forecasting and measurement of mineral dust concentrations in Kuwait and Iraq

Benjamin H. Barnum, Johns Hopkins Univ., Laurel, MD; and N. S. Winstead, G. R. Brooks, B. Telfeyan, P. M. Murray, L. Burke, P. Ginoux, and A. Carr

4:00 PM

J2.3

A Satellite based multi-sensor approach to assess multi-year biomass burning aerosol radiative impacts over Amazonia

Falguni Patadia, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and P. Gupta, S. A. Christopher, J. S. Reid, and E. Hyer

Recorded presentation

4:15 PM

J2.4

A numerical simulation study of fog and visibility in local airports over the Korean peninsula using the WRF model

Cheol-Han Bang, Yonsei Univ., Seoul, South Korea; and J. Lee and S. Y. Hong

Recorded presentation

4:30 PM

J2.5

Effects of Aerosols on Shallow Marine Clouds in Bay of Bengal

Matthew Igel, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC; and N. Meskhidze, A. Aiyyer, and L. Remer

Recorded presentation

4:45 PM

J2.6

Estimating PM₁₀ Emissions from Crop Harvest Using Different Techniques: Atmospheric Tracer and Inverse Dispersion Model

Guowang Qiu, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada; and E. Pattey

Recorded presentation

5:00 PM

J2.7

Evidence of mineral dust altering cloud microphysics and precipitation

Qilong Min, SUNY, Albany, NY; and R. Li, E. Joseph, S. Wang, Y. Hu, and V. Morris

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

5

Extreme Weather, Climate Change, and the Energy Industry - II

Location: 214 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: Sixth Users Forum

Chair: Jon Davis, Chesapeake Energy Corporation

Papers:

3:30 PM

5.1

The Use of Remote Sensing in the Gulf of Mexico

Bud Pope, Spatial Energy, Boulder, CO

4:00 PM

5.2

Providing Logistical Support to Offshore Operations

Ron Hughes, Global Industries, Ltd., Houston, TX

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.5 MB)

4:30 PM

5.3

Evacuation of Offshore Platforms: The Process, The Problems, and the Information to Make Critical Decision Making

Jeff Zimmerman, McDermott Industries International, Houston, TX

Recorded presentation

5:00 PM

5.4

Meteorological Data Requirements for Wind Energy

Jerry H. Crescenti, Iberdrola Renewables, Portland, OR

5:30 PM

Operational Experiences and Lessons Learned from Katrina: M.S. Beeman

Recorded presentation

5

Societal Benefits: Improving Models and Tools

Location: R01 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: Fourth Symposium on Future National Operational Environmental Satellites

Cochairs: Michele Rieneker, NASA/GSFC/GMAO; John A. Haynes, NASA

Papers:

3:30 PM

5.1A

Introductory Remarks

Recorded presentation

3:45 PM

5.1

Assessing the Performance of the GEOS-5 Data Assimilation System Using High Resolution Satellite Data

J. Bacmeister, GEST, GMAO/GSFC/NASA, Greentbelt, MD; and P. Pegion, M. J. Suarez, and M. Rienecker

Recorded presentation

4:00 PM

5.2

Satellite-Derived Land Surface Fields in the Data Assimilation, Validation and Forcing of the Land Component of NCEP Global and Regional Weather and Climate Prediction Models

Kenneth Mitchell, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Camp Springs, MD; and J. D. Tarpley, C. Peters-Lidard, M. A. Friedl, X. Zeng, L. Jiang, R. H. Reichle, P. R. Houser, and X. Zhan

4:15 PM

5.3

Constraining Atmospheric Composition by Assimilating NPOESS Observations

Steven Pawson, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD

Recorded presentation

4:30 PM

5.4A

Introduction of F. Felts

Recorded presentation

4:45 PM

5.4

NPOESS Impact on the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen)

Wayne F. Feltz, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and D. B. Johnson and S. D. Miller

Recorded presentation

5:00 PM

Introduction of W. L. Crosson

Recorded presentation

5:15 PM

5.5

Exploiting Satellite Remote-Sensing Data in Fine Particulate Matter Characterization for Serving the Environmental Public Health Tracking Network (EPHTN): The HELIX-Atlanta Experience and NPOESS Implications

Mohammad Al-Hamdan, Universities Space Research Association, Huntsville, AL; and W. L. Crosson, A. Limaye, D. Rickman, D. A. Quattrochi, M. G. Estes Jr., J. R. Qualters, A. H. Sinclair, D. D. Tolsma, and K. A. Adeniyi

Recorded presentation

5:30 PM

5.5A

Closing Remarks by C. Hoffman

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)

6

Drought Assessment And Prediction, Part II

Location: 223 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 22nd Conference on Hydrology

Chair: Wade T. Crow, USDA/ARS

Papers:

3:30 PM

6.1

A Hydrologic Model-Based Drought Monitoring System for Washington State

Shraddhanand Shukla, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and A. W. Wood

3:45 PM

6.2

Identifying time-lag relationships between vegetation condition and climate to produce vegetation outlook maps and monitor drought

Tsegaye Tadesse, National Drought Mitigation Center, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE; and B. D. Wardlow and J. H. Ryu

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (172.3 kB)

4:00 PM

6.3

Drought and its relationship to long-term climatological indicators in the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin

Kelly Stevens, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and P. Ruscher

http://yankee.met.fsu.edu/~paul/ACF/KStevensThesis.pdf

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1021.1 kB)

4:15 PM

6.4

Snowmelt, drought, and vegetation in the western US: regional-scale patterns and predictability

Mathew Barlow, Univ. of Massachusetts, Lowell, MA

6.5

Regional climate model simulations of a severe Canadian Prairie drought event: A model inter-comparison study

4:45 PM

6.6

Numerical forecasting of drought impact on wheat yield by combining agrohydrological models, remote sensing and data assimilation

Majid Vazifedoust, Wageningen University, Wageningen, Netherlands; and J. C. Van Dam, W. G. M. Bastiaanssen, and R. A. Feddes

5:00 PM

6.7

Monitoring drought from space: global approach

Felix Kogan, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD

5:15 PM

6.8

Mapping Flash Drought in the U.S. Southern Great Plains

Gabriel B. Senay, USGS EROS, sioux falls, SD; and M. E. Budde, J. F. Brown, and J. P. Verdin

Recorded presentation

8

Mesoscale Data Assimilation

Location: 204 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 12th Conference on IOAS-AOLS

Chair: Timothy L. Miller, NASA/MSFC

Papers:

3:30 PM

8.1

The current status and future of the WRF Developmental Testbed Center

Robert L. Gall, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and S. Koch, L. Nance, and L. R. Bernardet

Recorded presentation

3:45 PM

8.2

Impact of airborne Doppler radar data on the numerical simulation of Hurricane Dennis (2005)

Xuanli Li, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and Z. Pu and J. Sun

Recorded presentation

4:00 PM

8.3

Multi-Doppler Radar Analysis of a Tornadic Thunderstorm using a 3D Variational Data Assimilation Technique and ARPS model

Edward J. Natenberg, MESO, Inc., Troy, NY; and J. Gao

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (290.6 kB)

4:15 PM

8.4

Assimilation of radar reflectivity data using a diabatic digital filter within the Rapid Update Cycle

Stephen S. Weygandt, NOAA/ESRL/GSD, Boulder, CO; and S. G. Benjamin, T. G. Smirnova, and J. M. Brown

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (2.0 MB)

4:30 PM

8.5

Impacts of Airborne Doppler Radar Data Assimilation on the forecasts of Hurricane Karina (2005)

Qingnong Xiao, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and X. Zhang, C. A. Davis, J. D. Tuttle, G. J. Holland, and P. J. Fitzpatrick

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (361.8 kB)

4:45 PM

8.6

PBL state estimates with surface observations, a column model and an ensemble filter: probabilistic evaluation under various mesoscale regimes

Joshua P. Hacker, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and D. Rostkier-Edelstein

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (56.0 kB)

5:00 PM

8.7

Mesoscale assimilation of rain-affected observations

Clark M. Amerault, NRL, Monterey, CA; and X. Zou and J. Doyle

Recorded presentation

5:15 PM

8.8

Towards improved forecasts of atmospheric and oceanic circulations over the complex terrain of the Eastern Mediterranean

Themis Chronis, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL; and J. L. Case, A. Papadopoulos, E. N. Anagnostou, J. R. Mecikalski, and S. L. Haines

Poster PDF (317.5 kB)

8

Range

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

Sponsor: 13th Conference on Aviation, Range and Aerospace Meteorology

Cochairs: William P. Roeder, 45 Weather Squadron; Frederick R. Mosher, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

Papers:

3:30 PM

8.1

A new handbook for the development of space vehicle terrestrial environment design requirements

Dale L. Johnson, NASA/MSFC, Huntsville, AL; and W. W. Vaughan

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (672.1 kB)

3:45 PM

8.2

Analysis of proposed 2007-2008 revisions to the Lightning Launch Commit Criteria for United States space launches

J. E. Dye, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and E. P. Krider, F. J. Merceret, J. C. Willett, M. Bateman, D. Mach, W. D. Rust, R. L. Walterscheid, T. P. O'Brien, and H. J. Christian

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (59.6 kB)

4:00 PM

8.3

Triggered lightning risk assessment for RLVs at three commercial sites in California, New Mexico and Oklahoma

R. L. Walterscheid, The Aerospace Corporation, Los Angeles, CA; and E. P. Krider, J. C. Willett, G. W. Law, G. S. Peng, J. L. Roeder, R. W. Seibold, F. S. Simmons, and K. Shelton-Mur

Poster PDF (243.2 kB)

4:15 PM

8.4

Defining the Natural Atmospheric Environment Requirements for the NASA Constellation Program

Barry C. Roberts, NASA/MSFC, Huntsville, AL; and F. B. Leahy

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (37.4 kB)

4:30 PM

8.5

Convective winds at the Florida Spaceport: year-3 of Plymouth State research

Heather A. Dinon, Plymouth State University, Plymouth, NH; and M. J. Morin, J. P. Koermer, and W. P. Roeder

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (502.1 kB)

4:45 PM

8.6

Performance of the new Four-Dimensional Lightning Surveillance System (4DLSS) at the Kennedy Space Center/Cape Canaveral Air Force Station complex

Martin J. Murphy, Vaisala Inc., Tucson, AZ; and K. L. Cummins, N. W. S. Demetriades, and W. P. Roeder

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.0 MB)

5:00 PM

8.7

NWS Spaceflight Meteorology Group Support for the NASA Constellation Orion Vehicle

Timothy Oram, NWS Spaceflight Meteorology Group, Houston, TX; and T. Garner

Recorded presentation

5:15 PM

8.8

Development of a new data tool for computing launch and landing availability with respect to surface weather

K. Lee Burns, Raytheon/Jacobs ESTS Group, Huntsville, AL; and K. M. Altino

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (26.3 kB)

8A

General Climate Studies: Variability (ENSO, MJO, NAO, etc.)

Location: 215-216 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 20th Conference on Climate Variability and Change

Chair: Gerald L. Potter, LLNL

Papers:

3:30 PM

8A.1

A Two-Oscillator View of ENSO and Its Decadal Modulation

Jin-Yi Yu, University of California-Irvine, Irvine, CA; and H. Y. Kao and F. Sun

Recorded presentation

3:45 PM

8A.2

Recent intensification of ENSO-MJO interaction

Jong-Seong Kug, KORDI, Ansan, South Korea; and F. F. Jin, A. Timmermann, and I. S. Kang

Recorded presentation

4:00 PM

8A.3

Thermodynamic balance and changes to the regional circulation during the monsoon onset

Roop K. Saini, University of Massachusetts - Lowell, Lowell, MA; and M. Barlow

Recorded presentation

4:15 PM

8A.4

Intraseasonal teleconnection between the summer Eurasian wavetrain and the Indian monsoon

Qinghua Ding, Department of Meteorology, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI; and B. Wang

Recorded presentation

4:30 PM

8A.5

Examination of the relationship between snow cover anomalies over the Tibetan Plateau and East Asian summer monsoon onsets using MODIS satellite snow mapping and NCEP/DOE reanalysis data

Li Xu, George Mason University, Calverton, MD; and Z. Pu

4:45 PM

8A.6

The Southwestern Monsoon in California as indicated by GPS precipitable water

James D. Means, SIO/Univ. Of California, La Jolla, CA; and D. R. Cayan

Recorded presentation

5:00 PM

8A.7

Does upper and middle tropospheric relative humidity (RH) remain constant as global temperatures rise?

William M. Gray, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO

Recorded presentation

5:15 PM

8A.8

Nonlinear Time Series Modelling of Lahore's Precipitation

Muhammad Jawed Iqbal, Universityy, Karachi 75270, Pakistan; and M. S. Khan

8B

Climate Prediction

Location: 217-218 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 20th Conference on Climate Variability and Change

Chair: Aiguo Dai, NCAR

Papers:

3:30 PM

8B.1

Low Emission Future Climate Change Simulations

Warren M. Washington, NCAR, Boulder, CO

3:45 PM

8B.2

Smoke and mirrors: Is geoengineering a solution to global warming?

Luke Oman, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD; and A. Robock and G. L. Stenchikov

4:00 PM

8B.3

Future mid-latitude summer drought: contrasts between North America and Europe

Dave Rowell, Met Office Hadley Centre, Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom

Recorded presentation

4:15 PM

8B.4

Future Climate of the North Pacific as Projected by IPCC-AR4 Models

Muyin Wang, University of Washington, Seattle,, WA; and J. E. Overland

4:30 PM

8B.5

An assessment of ENSO-driven potential predictability implied by coupled GCM experiments with prescribed Eastern Tropical Pacific SSTs

Dong Eun Lee, Columbia University, Palisades, NY; and D. G. Dewitt

Recorded presentation

4:45 PM

8B.6

Assessing the Skill of an All-season Statistical Forecast Model for the Madden-Julian Oscillation

Xianan Jiang, JIFRESSE/UCLA and JPL/Caltech, Pasadena, CA; and D. E. Waliser, M. C. Wheeler, C. Jones, M. I. Lee, and S. Schubert

5:00 PM

8B.7

Verification of hemispheric-wide winter temperature forecasts based on fall snow and atmospheric anomalies

Judah Cohen, AER, Lexington, MA; and C. Fletcher

Recorded presentation

5:15 PM

8B.8

The Impact of air-sea coupling on boreal winter predictability in the Indo-Pacific

Kathy Pegion, COLA, Calverton, MD

Recorded presentation

4

Lightning and Electrical Processes in Convective to Mesoscale Storms

Location: 222 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: Third Conference on Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data

Chair: Martin J. Murphy, Vaisala

Papers:

3:30 PM

4.1

The evolution of total lightning and radar characteristics of two mesoscale convective systems over Houston

Charles L. Hodapp, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; and L. D. Carey, R. E. Orville, and B. Ely

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (325.1 kB)

3:45 PM

4.2

A review of enhanced monitoring and analysis techniques to characterize lightning and transient luminous events

Walter A. Lyons, FMA Research, Inc., Fort Collins, CO; and S. A. Cummer, S. A. Rutledge, T. Lang, E. R. Williams, T. M. Samaras, C. S. Keen, R. H. Holzworth, T. E. Nelson, J. Meyer, and R. Marshall

Recorded presentation

4:00 PM

4.3

Meteorological Origin of Q-bursts and Sprites over West Africa

Earle Williams, MIT, Lexington, MA; and Y. Hobara, R. A. Boldi, W. A. Lyons, B. Russell, V. Mushtak, G. Satori, J. Bor, C. G. Price, E. Greenberg, E. Williams, and R. H. Holzworth

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.3 MB)

4:30 PM

4.4

The relationship between total lightning, ice mass, liquid water mass and convective rainfall

Wiebke Deierling, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and W. A. Petersen and S. Ellis

4:45 PM

4.5

Flash rate, electrical, microphysical, and dynamical relationships across a simulated storm spectrum

Ariel E. Cohen, NOAA/NWSFO, Jackson, MS; and E. R. Mansell

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (890.9 kB)

5:00 PM

4.6

Electrical and polarimetric radar observations of a HP supercell on 29 May 2004 during TELEX

Clark D. Payne, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and T. J. Schuur, W. D. Rust, D. R. MacGorman, M. I. Biggerstaff, K. M. Kuhlman, E. C. Bruning, and N. R. Lund

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (884.8 kB)

5:15 PM

4.7

Small, continual lightning activity in the overshooting turret of supercell storms

D. R. MacGorman, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and K. M. Kuhlman, E. C. Bruning, D. Rust, P. R. Krehbiel, and M. I. Biggerstaff

Recorded presentation

5:30 PM

4.8

A statistical framework for the analysis of large lightning and radar datasets

Timothy J. Lang, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and S. A. Rutledge

Recorded presentation

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

Symposium Ends

1

Q&A with Concluding Remarks

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

Chair: William Hooke, AMS

Papers:

5:00 PM

1.1

Q & A/Concluding Remarks

A National Global Ensemble Prediction System, as the core of the National Unified Operational Prediction Capability (NUOPC)

Location: 228-229 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: Town Hall Meetings

Organizer: Ray Toll, SAIC

7

Vision for Human Evolution into Space

Location: 221 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: Fifth Symposium on Space Weather

Papers:

5:15 PM

7.1

Keynote Address: Vision for Human Evolution into Space

Peter Diamandis, X PRIZE Foundation, Los Angeles, CA

Recorded presentation

Sixth Users Forum Adjourns

Symposium Ends

Town Hall Meeting: AMS Green Meetings

Location: 204 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: Town Hall Meetings

Audio Visual Storage

Location: 213 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

BAMS

Location: 203 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Press Office

Location: 201 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Speaker Ready Room/IT

Location: 212 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Positioning NOAA for Future Success

Location: 205 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: Town Hall Meetings

Daily Weather Briefing

Location: 206 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: Event

Press Briefing

Location: 202 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Weather Video Preview Theater

Location: 225 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Registration and Coffee

Location: 211 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Joint Panel Discussion 2

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

Location: R08-R09 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsors: (Joint between the 20th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 10th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the The Committee on Applied Climatology; the The Board on the Urban Environment; the The Measurements STAC; the 15th Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA; and the Third Symposium on Policy and Socio-Economic Research )

Moderator: David M. Schultz, Univ. of Helsinki/Finnish Meteorological Institute

Panelists: Henry Reges, CoCoRaHS/Colorado State Univ.; Kenneth Schere, NOAA/ERL/ARL; S. Pal S. Arya, Department of marine, earth and atmospheric sciences, North Carolina State University; Heidi Cullen, The Weather Channel/Georgia Institute of Technology; Anthony Brazel, Arizona State Univ.; John T. Snow, University of Oklahoma

Papers:

8:30 AM

David M. Schultz

Recorded presentation

8:30 AM

Henry Reges

Recorded presentation

8:30 AM

Kenneth Schere

Recorded presentation

8:30 AM

S. Pal S. Arya

8:30 AM

Heidi Cullen

Recorded presentation

8:30 AM

Anthony Brazel

Recorded presentation

8:30 AM

John T. Snow

Recorded presentation

8:30 AM

Panel Discussion

1

Progress on Linking Prediction and Societal Benefit

Location: 214 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: Symposium on Linkages among Societal Benefits, Prediction Systems and Process Studies for 1-14 day Weather Forecasts

Chair: Rebecca Morss, NCAR

CoChair: Jim Hansen, NRL

Papers:

8:30 AM

1.1

Making Predictions Useful: Harder Than We Think, More Rewarding Than We Imagine (Keynote Speaker)

William Hooke, AMS Policy Program, Washington, DC

Recorded presentation

9:00 AM

1.2

Keynote: To be Determined II

Paul Kovacs, Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction, Toronto, ON, Canada

Recorded presentation

9:30 AM

1.3

Panel Discussion: Progress on Linking Prediction and Societal Benefit

Jim Hansen, NRL, Monterey, CA; and R. Morss, W. Hooke, D. P. Jorgensen, P. Kovacs, and D. Parsons

1

Welcome and Keynote

Location: R02-R03 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 5th GOES Users' Conference

Cochairs: Gary K. Davis, NOAA/NESDIS; James J. Gurka, NOAA/NESDIS/GOES-R Program Office

Papers:

8:30 AM

1.1

Introductions (Logistics & Conference Format)

James J. Gurka, NOAA/NESDIS/GOES-R Program Office, Greenbelt, MD; and G. K. Davis

Recorded presentation

8:45 AM

1.2

Welcome / Conference Overview / Goals (Invited Speaker)

Abigail Harper, NOAA/NESDIS, Silver Spring, MD

9:00 AM

1.3

GOES: a Key Component of GEOSS (Invited Speaker)

Mary E. Kicza, NOAA/NESDIS, Silver Spring, MD

Recorded presentation

9:15 AM

1.4

GOES (End) Users: Who They Are, How They Matter, What They'll Need, and Why They'll Pay (Invited Speaker)

William Hooke, AMS, Washington, DC

Recorded presentation

9:45 AM

1.5

Geostationary satellites in a WMO perspective

Jerome Lafeuille, WMO Space Programme, Geneva, Switzerland

Recorded presentation

Joint Session 3

Bridging the Gap between Artificial Intelligence and Statistics in Applications to Environmental Science-I

Location: 219 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsors: (Joint between the 19th Conference on Probability and Statistics; and the Sixth Conference on Artificial Intelligence Applications to Environmental Science )

Chairs: Michael B. Richman, Univ. of Oklahoma; William M. Briggs, Weill Cornell Medical School

Papers:

8:30 AM

J3.1

Quantile Regression

Caren Marzban, University of Washington/APL, Seattle, WA

Recorded presentation

9:00 AM

J3.2

Improving Bayesian neural network predictions of N. American seasonal climate by correcting for extrapolations

Aiming Wu, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; and W. W. Hsieh, A. J. Cannon, and A. Shabbar

Recorded presentation

9:15 AM

J3.3

Neural Network Compound Parameterization with a Quality Control of Larger Errors for Robust and Fast Calculation of Physical Processes in Numerical Environmental Models

Vladimir M. Krasnopolsky, NCEP/NWS/NOAA (SAIC), Camp Springs, MD; and M. S. Fox-Rabinovitz, H. L. Tolman, and A. A. Belochitski

Recorded presentation

9:30 AM

J3.4

An Artificial Neural Network to Forecast Thunderstorm Location: Performance Enhancement Attempts

Waylon G. Collins, NOAA/NWS, Corpus Christi, TX; and P. Tissot

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (522.1 kB)

9:45 AM

J3.5

Statistical modeling of tornadic and non-tornadic severe weather outbreaks

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

Recorded presentation

Joint Session 4

Land-Atmosphere Interactions, Part IV

Location: 224 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsors: (Joint between the 22nd Conference on Hydrology; and the 20th Conference on Climate Variability and Change )

Chair: Yongkang Xue, University of California

CoChair: Randal D. Koster, NASA/GSFC

Papers:

8:30 AM

J4.1

Initialization of LSM in JMANHM

Daisuke Miura, Japan Meteorological Agency, Tokyo, Japan; and M. Oh'Izumi

8:45 AM

J4.2

Stratosphere-troposphere coupling and links with Eurasian land-surface variability

Judah Cohen, AER, Lexington, MA; and M. Barlow, P. Kushner, and K. Saito

Recorded presentation

9:00 AM

J4.3

Summer Season Predictions with the NCEP Coupled Forecast System Using Different Land Models and Different Initial Land States

Rongqian Yang, NOAA/NCEP/EMC, Camp Springs, MD; and K. Mitchell, J. Meng, H. Wei, and G. Gayno

9:15 AM

J4.4

The Impact of using GLDAS/Noah initial land states on GFS Forecasts

Helin Wei, NOAA/NCEP/EMC, Camp Springs, MD; and K. Mitchell and J. Meng

9:30 AM

J4.5

Soil Moisture, Evaporation and Convection: Do better land surface initial conditions produce a better precipitation forecast?

Christa D. Peters-Lidard, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and C. J. Alonge, J. A. Santanello Jr., S. V. Kumar, J. L. Eastman, W. K. Tao, and J. J. Shi

9:45 AM

J4.6

Verification of NAEFS land-surface forecasts

Wanru Wu, NOAA/NWS/OHD, Silver Spring, MD; and K. Mo

Recorded presentation

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:

8:30 AM

4.1

NASA High-Altitude Cloud and Precipitation Radars for Process Studies and Satellite Validation

Gerald M. Heymsfield, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD

Recorded presentation

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

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (205.9 kB)

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

Evaluation of the representation of clouds in NWP models using radar and lidar:The Cloudnet project

Anthony J. Illingworth, University of Reading, Reading, Berks., United Kingdom

Recorded presentation

9:30 AM

4.5

Discussion

5

Lightning Safety

Location: 222 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: Third Conference on Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data

Chair: Stephen J. Hodanish, NOAA/NWS

Papers:

8:30 AM

5.1

How lightning kills and injures

Mary Ann Cooper, MD, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (85.7 kB)

9:00 AM

5.2

Lightning kills � play it safe -- NOAA's efforts to educate the public on the dangers of lightning

John S. Jensenius Jr., NOAA/NWS, Gray, ME; and D. Franklin and S. J. Hodanish

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (469.3 kB)

9:30 AM

5.3

An analysis of short notice outdoor lightning risk reduction and comments on why it should not be taught

William P. Roeder, Struck by Lightning.org, Yarmouth, MA

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (86.2 kB)

9:45 AM

5.4

Lightning-caused deaths and injuries in the vicinity of vehicles

Ronald L. Holle, Holle Meteorology & Photography, Oro Valley, AZ

Poster PDF (107.3 kB)

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)

9

Data Impacts: Cosmic Observations and Applications-I

Location: 204 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 12th Conference on IOAS-AOLS

Chair: Qian Wu, NCAR

Papers:

8:30 AM

9.1

Overview of the COSMIC/FORMOSAT-3 Mission

Ying-Hwa Kuo, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and C. Rocken, R. A. Anthes, and N. Yen

Recorded presentation

8:45 AM

9.2

A Remarkable Radio Occultation Constellation Program �The Most Accurate and Stable Space-Borne Thermometers

Nick Yen, National Space Organization, Hsin-Chu, Taiwan; and C. H. V. Chu, C. J. Fong, T. Y. Liu, S. S. Chen, Y. A. Liou, and B. Kuo

Recorded presentation

9:00 AM

9.3

Intercomparison of integrated water vapor retrievals from SSM/I and COSMIC

Gary A. Wick, NOAA/ESRL/PSD, Boulder, CO; and Y. H. Kuo, F. M. Ralph, T. K. Wee, and P. J. Neiman

Recorded presentation

9:15 AM

9.4

A Composite Analysis of Tropical Cyclone Structure Using GPS RO Observations

Henry R. Winterbottom, The Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and X. Zou and Q. Xiao

Recorded presentation

9:30 AM

9.5

A method for automatic detection of the tropical atmospheric boundary layer height using COSMIC radio ocultation data

Peng Guo, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and Y. H. Kuo and S. Sokolovskiy

9:45 AM

9.6

Comparison of atmospheric boundary layer structure as detected by COSMIC GPS radio occultation soundings and simulated by the WRF model

Yan Liu, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and Y. H. Kuo, S. Sokolovskiy, and P. Guo

9A

General Climate Studies: Climate Dynamics

Location: 215-216 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 20th Conference on Climate Variability and Change

Chair: Toshiaki Shinoda, NOAA-CIRES/CDC

Papers:

8:30 AM

9A.1

Zonal jet structure and the leading mode of variability

Dennis L. Hartmann, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and S. J. Eichelberger

Recorded presentation

8:45 AM

9A.2

Evolution and Structures of Tropical Instability Waves in the Pacific Ocean and Its Interannual Variation

Toshiaki Shinoda, NRL, Stennis Space Center, MS; and G. Kiladis and P. E. Roundy

Poster PDF (917.8 kB)

9:00 AM

9A.3

An investigation of cold-air cyclogenesis along the East Coast of the United States

Christopher J. Warren, Plymouth State Univ., Plymouth, NH; and E. G. Hoffman

Recorded presentation

9:15 AM

9A.4

Impact of Polar night jet on the Ural blocking circulation in boreal winter

Wen Zhou, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China; and L. Wang, W. Chen, J. Chan, and R. H. Huang

Recorded presentation

9:30 AM

9A.5

Dynamical aspects of the 1993 upper Mississippi River Basin floods

Ana M. B. Nunes, SIO/Univ. of California, La Jolla, CA; and J. Roads

9:45 AM

9A.6

Indian ocean influences on North Atlantic climate

Prashant Sardeshmukh, CDC/CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and S. I. Shin

9B

Climate of the 20th Century (C20C) Part II

Location: 217-218 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 20th Conference on Climate Variability and Change

Chair: Adam A. Scaife, Hadley Centre, Met Office

Papers:

8:30 AM

9B.1

The evolution of ENSO-monsoon relationship in GCM experiments

Emilia Kyung Jin, COLA, Calverton, MD; and J. L. Kinter III

8:45 AM

9B.2

Understanding variations in ENSO impacts through a pacemaker ensemble

Benjamin A. Cash, COLA, Calverton, MD

9:00 AM

9B.3

ENSO teleconnections in the South Pacific extratropical atmospheric circulation in the HADAM3 general circulation model

Steve Harangozo, British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, Cambs, United Kingdom

Recorded presentation

9:15 AM

9B.4

The enhanced PNA-like climate response to Pacific interannual and decadal variability

Bin Yu, AES, Toronto, ON, Canada; and F. W. Zwiers and A. Shabbar

Recorded presentation

9:30 AM

9B.5

The North Pacific Oscillation/West Pacific teleconnection pattern: Mature phase structure

Megan Linkin, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD; and S. Nigam

Recorded presentation

9B.6

Why did the Western Pacific Subtropical High experience a westward extension in the past decades?

10:00 AM

9B.6A

East Asian Summer Monsoon's Response to SST, Greenhouse Gas, and Aerosol Forcings

Hongmei Li, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and A. Dai, T. Zhou, R. Yu, and J. Lu

Joint Panel Discussion 8

The Science of Communications: What We Know We Didn't Know but Convinced Ourselves Otherwise

Location: 228-229 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsors: (Joint between the Seventh Communications Workshop; and the Third Symposium on Policy and Socio-Economic Research )

Moderator: Anthony Socci, AMS Policy Program

Panelists: Chris Mooney, Seed Magazine; Arthur Lupia, Univ. of Michigan; Baruch Fischhoff, Carnegie Mellon Univ.

Papers:

8:30 AM

Anthony Socci

Recorded presentation

8:30 AM

Arthur Lupia

Recorded presentation

8:30 AM

Baruch Fischhoff

Recorded presentation

8:30 AM

Chris Mooney

Recorded presentation

8:30 AM

Molly Bentley

Recorded presentation

8:30 AM

Panel Discussion

Recorded presentation

1

Education of Future Industrial Meteorologists

Location: R04 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: CCM Forum

Panelists: Ronald N. Keener, Duke Power; Frederick H. Carr, Univ. of Oklahoma

Chair: Peter J. Robinson, Univ. of North Carolina

Papers:

8:40 AM

1.1

Introductory Remarks, Gerald J. Mulvey, Northrop Grumman Corporation, Redondo Beach, CA

Recorded presentation

8:45 AM

1.2

Panel Discussion - Education of Future Consultants

Peter Robinson, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC

Recorded presentation

9:15 AM

1.3

Educating potential consultants

Peter J. Robinson, Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC

Recorded presentation

9:30 AM

1.4

The M.S. in Professional Meteorology Degree Program at the University of Oklahoma: A Partnership between Academia and the Private Sector

Frederick H. Carr, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK

Recorded presentation

1A

Welcome Address: Jean Phillips, ASLI Chairperson, SSEC Library, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

Location: 211 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Papers:

8:45 AM

1A.1

Welcoming Remarks

ASLI Introductions

Location: 211 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

7

Validation of Hydrometeorological Observations

Location: 223 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 22nd Conference on Hydrology

Chair: Robert J. Kuligowski, NOAA/NESDIS

CoChair: Chandra R. Kondragunta, NOAA/NWS

Papers:

9:00 AM

7.1

Satellite-Derived Precipitation Verification Activities of the International Precipitation Working Group (IPWG)

F. Joseph Turk, NRL, Monterey, CA; and P. A. Arkin, E. Ebert, R. R. Ferraro, J. J. Janowiak, C. Kidd, M. Sapiano, and D. A. Vila

Recorded presentation

9:30 AM

7.2

An inter-comparison of five high resolution satellite precipitation estimates with three-hourly gauge data

Mathew R. P. Sapiano, Colarado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and P. A. Arkin

Recorded presentation

9:45 AM

7.3

Performance of High-Resolution Satellite Precipitation Products over China

Yan Shen, CMA National Meteorological Information Center, Beijing, China; and A. Xiong and P. Xie

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (751.8 kB)

1

Session 1

Location: 211 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 11th Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International

Papers:

9:15 AM

1.1

Widgets and Wikies and Blogs, Oh My! � Emerging Technology Tools to Connect You to Your Users

Linda Musser, Librarian, Penn State Univ., State College, PA

Recorded presentation

Break

Panel Discussion 1

Forensic Meteorlogists

Location: R04 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: CCM Forum

Moderator: Steven W. Harned, Atlantic States Weather, Inc.

Panelists: Jan Null, San Francisco State University; Steve Wistar, AccuWeather, Inc

Papers:

9:45 AM

Steven W. Harned

Recorded presentation

9:45 AM

Jan Null

9:45 AM

Steve Wistar

9:45 AM

Panel Discussion

Coffee Break (Wed a.m.)

2

Keynote Address

Location: 211 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 11th Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International

Papers:

10:00 AM

2.1

Divine Wind: The History and Science of Hurricanes

Kerry A. Emanuel, MIT, Cambridge, MA

Recorded presentation

Coffee Break

2

Session II - Industrial Meteorologists in Forensic Meteorology

Location: R04 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: CCM Forum

Panelists: Jan Null, San Francisco State University; Steve Wistar, AccuWeather, Inc

Speakers: Gerald J. Mulvey, Northrop Grumman Corporation; Marsha L. Baum, University of New Mexico School of Law

Chair: Steven W. Harned, Atlantic States Weather, Inc.

Papers:

10:30 AM

2.1

Legal Implications of Forecasting

Marsha L. Baum, University of New Mexico School of Law, Albuquerque, NM

Recorded presentation

10:45 AM

2.2

A Forensic Meteorological Perspective on the American Revolutionary War Battles of Trenton and Princeton

Gerald J. Mulvey, Northrop Grumman Corporation, Redondo Beach, CA; and E. Abrams

Recorded presentation

Joint Session 5

Land-Atmosphere Interactions, Part V

Location: 224 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsors: (Joint between the 22nd Conference on Hydrology; and the 20th Conference on Climate Variability and Change )

Chair: Yongkang Xue, University of California

CoChair: Randal D. Koster, NASA/GSFC

Papers:

10:30 AM

J5.1

Investigation of Land Surface Conditions Impact on Processes and Predictability of the North American Monsoon

Xia Feng, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA; and M. G. Bosilovich, P. R. Houser, and J. D. Chern

Recorded presentation

10:45 AM

J5.2

Soil moisture impacts on convective margins

Benjamin R. Lintner, Rutgers University, Rutgers, NJ; and J. D. Neelin

Recorded presentation

J5.3

Influence of sea surface temperature on soil moisture and precipitation interactions

11:15 AM

J5.4

Numerical model simulations of regional weather and climate impacts due to changes in historical landuse in lower Mississippi river valley

Valentine Anantharaj, Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS; and U. S. Nair, A. Song, L. Wasson, S. Christopher, P. J. Fitzpatrick, and R. King

11:30 AM

J5.5

Detection and Analysis of the Climatic Signal of Land Use Change on the Tibetan Plateau

Jiming Jin, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory/Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA; and N. L. Miller

Recorded presentation

2

Information Briefings: Baseline Instruments-I

Location: R02-R03 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 5th GOES Users' Conference

Cochairs: Tim Walsh, NOAA/NESDIS GOES-R Program Office; Timothy J. Schmit, NOAA/NESDIS/ORA

Papers:

10:30 AM

2.1

GOES-R Program Status

Greg Mandt, NOAA/NESDIS, Greenbelt, MD

Recorded presentation

11:00 AM

2.2

The ABI (Advanced Baseline Imager) on the GOES-R series

Timothy J. Schmit, NOAA/NESDIS, Madison, WI; and J. J. Gurka, M. M. Gunshor, and J. Li

Recorded presentation

11:30 AM

2.3

Geostationary Lightning Mapper for GOES-R and Beyond

Steven J. Goodman, NOAA/NESDIS/ORA, Camp Springs, MD; and R. J. Blakeslee and W. Koshak

Recorded presentation

Joint Session 2

Operational Perspectives on the Societal--Prediction Link

Location: 214 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsors: (Joint between the Symposium on Linkages among Societal Benefits, Prediction Systems and Process Studies for 1-14 day Weather Forecasts; and the 12th Conference on IOAS-AOLS )

Chair: Zhaoxia Pu, University of Utah

Papers:

10:30 AM

J2.1

The role of user-relevant verification in linking societal benefits to prediction systems

Laurence J. Wilson, MSC, Dorval, QC, Canada; and B. Brown

Recorded presentation

10:45 AM

J2.2

TIGGE and NAEFS: Research and operational developments in multi-center ensemble forecasting

Zoltan Toth, NWS/NCEP, Camp Springs, MD; and P. Bougeault, A. Methot, M. Rosengaus, P. Shi, S. Worley, and Y. Zhu

Recorded presentation

11:00 AM

J2.3

Using TIGGE data to understand systematic errors of atmospheric river forecasts

Tom Hamill, NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and G. Wick, J. Whitaker, J. W. Bao, F. M. Ralph, and P. J. Neiman

Recorded presentation

11:15 AM

J2.4

Extending ensemble-based adaptive sampling into the medium range

Sharanya J. Majumdar, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and K. J. Sellwood

Recorded presentation

11:30 AM

J2.5

Recent results from Winter Storm Reconnaissance (WSR) program 2007

Yucheng Song, IMSG and NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC, Camp Springs, MD; and Z. Toth

11:45 AM

J2.6

Extreme rainfall, hurricanes, and the Madden-Julian Oscillation: Impacts and predictability

Mathew Barlow, Univ. of Massachusetts, Lowell, MA; and J. Rhoads

Recorded presentation

Joint Session 3

Atmospheric Chemistry, Turbulent Mixing, And Boundary Layer Dynamics

Location: 220 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsors: (Joint between the 15th Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA; and the 10th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry )

Chair: Nelson L. Seaman, Penn State Univ.

Papers:

10:30 AM

J3.1

Evaluation of meander-like wind variance in high-resolution WRF model simulations of the stable nocturnal boundary layer

Nelson L. Seaman, Penn State Univ., University Park, PA; and B. Gaudet, A. Deng, S. Richardson, D. R. Stauffer, and L. Mahrt

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (924.8 kB)

10:45 AM

J3.2

Large eddy simulation of the atmospheric boundary layer under various stability conditions

Mohamed M. Hefny, Univ. of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan; and R. Ooka

11:00 AM

J3.3

Investigation of carbon monoxide in the city of S�o Paulo using large eddy simulation

Georgia Codato, University of S�o Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil; and A. Oliveira, J. Soares, E. Marques Filho, and U. Rizza

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (565.5 kB)

11:15 AM

J3.4

Impact of land use change on the evolution of convective boundary layer

Yuling Wu, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and U. U. Nair, T. J. Lyons, J. Hacker, R. M. Welch, and R. A. Pielke Sr.

Recorded presentation

11:30 AM

J3.5

Identifying differences in polar and mid-latitude turbulent bursting events

Julie A. Phillipson, Texas Tech Univ., Lubbock, TX; and S. Basu and X. Gilliam

Recorded presentation

11:45 AM

J3.6

Ship-based lidar measurements of nocturnal mean winds, mixing height and boundary layer dynamics and correlation to Houston ozone measurements during TexAQS II

Sara Tucker, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, and NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and W. A. Brewer, C. J. Senff, R. M. Banta, and W. M. Angevine

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (193.6 kB)

Joint Session 4

Bridging the Gap between Artificial Intelligence and Statistics in Applications to Environmental Science-II

Location: 219 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsors: (Joint between the 19th Conference on Probability and Statistics; and the Sixth Conference on Artificial Intelligence Applications to Environmental Science )

Chairs: Michael B. Richman, Univ. of Oklahoma; William M. Briggs, Weill Cornell Medical School

Papers:

10:30 AM

J4.1

Data Requirements for Assimilating Concentration Data with a Genetic Algorithm

Sue Ellen Haupt, Penn State Univ., University Park, PA; and K. J. Long, G. Young, and A. Beyer-Lout

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (873.2 kB)

10:45 AM

J4.2

A Cloud Detection Algorithm Applied to a Whole Sky Imager Instrument using Neural Networks

Andy Linfoot, Northrop Grumman IT/TASC, Chantilly, VA; and R. Alliss

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (565.0 kB)

11:00 AM

J4.3

Development of an automated approach for identifying convective storm types using reflectivity and near-storm environment data

Steven A. Lack, NOAA/ESRL/GSD/CIRES Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and N. I. Fox

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (261.0 kB)

11:15 AM

J4.4

A Bayesian framework for storm tracking using a hidden-state representation

Lucas Scharenbroich, University of California, Irvine, CA; and C. C. Wang, H. Stern, P. Smyth, and G. Magnusdottir

11:30 AM

J4.5

Multivariate cluster analysis for automated identification of precipitating weather systems

Michael E. Baldwin, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN

Recorded presentation

11:45 AM

J4.6

Automated Classification of Convective Areas from Radar Reflectivity Using Decision Trees

David John Gagne II, University of Oklahoma School of Meteorology, Norman, OK; and A. McGovern and J. Brotzge

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (551.8 kB)

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

ARM's cloud research using combined radar, lidar, and passive microwave measurements

Warren J. Wiscombe, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and P. Kollias

Recorded presentation

10:45 AM

5.2

GAW Aerosol Lidar Observations Network (GALION)

Raymond M. Hoff, JCET/Univ. of Maryland, Baltimore, MD; and J. Boesenberg

Recorded presentation

11:00 AM

5.3

EARLINET correlative measurements for the CALIPSO mission

Gelsomina Pappalardo, CNR/IMAA, Tito Scalo, Italy; and J. B�senberg, A. Amodeo, A. Ansmann, A. Apituley, L. A. Arboledas, D. Balis, C. B�ckmann, A. Chaikovsky, A. Comeron, G. D'Amico, V. Freudenthaler, A. Giunta, I. Grigorov, G. Hansen, I. Mattis, L. Mona, D. M�ller, 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

Recorded presentation

11:30 AM

5.5

Discussion

6

Lightning Prediction Using Observations and Models

Location: 222 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: Third Conference on Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data

Chair: Christopher B. Darden, NOAA/NWS

Papers:

10:30 AM

6.1

Predicting the Location and Intensity of Lightning Using an Experimental Automated Statistical Method

Phillip D. Bothwell, NOAA/NCEP/SPC, Norman, OK

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (648.0 kB)

10:45 AM

6.2

Producing gridded probabilistic guidance for warm season lightning over Florida

P. E. Shafer; and H. E. Fuelberg

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.9 MB)

11:00 AM

6.3

Use of high-resolution WRF simulations to forecast lightning threat

Eugene W. McCaul Jr., USRA, Huntsville, AL; and K. M. LaCasse, S. J. Goodman, and D. J. Cecil

Recorded presentation

11:15 AM

6.4

The warning time for cloud-to-ground lightning in isolated, ordinary thunderstorms over Houston, Texas

Nathan C. Clements, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; and R. E. Orville

http://www.met.tamu.edu/ciams/ldar/index.html

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.6 MB)

11:30 AM

6.5

Cloud-to-ground lightning warnings using total lightning mapping and electric field mill observations

Martin J. Murphy, Vaisala Inc., Tucson, AZ; and R. L. Holle and N. W. S. Demetriades

Poster PDF (80.4 kB)

11:45 AM

6.6

Empirical forecasting of lightning cessation at the Kennedy Space Center

Geoffrey T. Stano, ENSCO/SPoRT, Huntsville, AL; and H. E. Fuelberg and W. P. Roeder

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (603.7 kB)

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. Pag�

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, M�t�o-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)

8

Validation of Hydrometeorological Observations, Part II

Location: 223 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 22nd Conference on Hydrology

Chair: Robert J. Kuligowski, NOAA/NESDIS

CoChair: Chandra R. Kondragunta, NOAA/NWS

Papers:

10:30 AM

8.1

A Satellite View of Global Water and Energy Cycling

Paul R. Houser, George Mason Univ./Center for Research on Environment and Water, Calverton, MD; and C. A. Schlosser, B. Lin, and J. Entin

Recorded presentation

11:00 AM

8.2

TRMM Ground Validation at Melbourne, Florida: 1999-2007

David B. Wolff, NASA/GSFC and SSAI, Greenbelt, MD; and B. Fisher, J. Wang, and A. Tokay

Recorded presentation

11:15 AM

8.3

Validation of the NWS Stage IV Multi-Sensor Precipitation Estimates (MPE) in Mid-Atlantic Region

Boone F. Larson, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, LA; and A. Tokay, E. Habib, and B. R. Nelson

Recorded presentation

11:30 AM

8.4

Validation of the hydro-estimator rainfall retrieval algorithm over Puerto Rico

Nazario D. Ramirez, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez, PR; and S. Cruz-Pol, R. J. Kuligowski, J. M. Castro, and X. Ortiz

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (398.4 kB)

11:45 AM

8.5

Blending Soil Moisture Retrievals from TMI, AMSR-E and WindSat Observations and Noah LSM Simulations for a Combined Soil Moisture Data Product

Xiwu Zhan, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and T. J. Jackson, J. Meng, M. Cosh, F. Weng, D. Tarpley, and K. Mitchell

Recorded presentation

Joint Session 10

Climate Policy, Vulnerability, and Adaptation

Location: 230 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsors: (Joint between the Third Symposium on Policy and Socio-Economic Research; and the 20th Conference on Climate Variability and Change )

Cochairs: Juliane Fry, Reed College; Mark A. Shafer, Oklahoma Climatological Survey

Papers:

10:30 AM

J10.1

Adaptive governance: proposals for climate change adaptation science, policy and decision making

Amanda H. Lynch, Monash Univ., Clayton, Vic., Australia; and R. D. Brunner

10:45 AM

J10.2

Robustness as a Framework for Climate Change Policy

Zach Pirtle, Arizona State Univ., Tempe, AZ

11:00 AM

J10.3

Managing climate uncertainties

Marilyn Averill, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO

Recorded presentation

11:15 AM

J10.4

Carbon cycle feedbacks to warming imply a need for strong climate policy

Paul A. T. Higgins, AMS, Washington, DC

Recorded presentation

11:30 AM

J10.5

State Climate Action Plans: The Opportunity for Adaptation Response

Susan K. Avery, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA; and B. H. Udall

Recorded presentation

11:45 AM

J10.6

Adaptation, policy research and the IPCC: Where are we going (and why am I in this hand basket)?

Roger Pulwarty, NOAA/CIRES/CDC, Boulder, CO

Recorded presentation

10

Data Impacts: Cosmic Observations and Applications-II

Location: 204 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 12th Conference on IOAS-AOLS

Chair: Ying-Hwa Kuo, UCAR

Papers:

10:30 AM

10.1

Profiling the Atmosphere with an Airborne GPS Receiver System

Feiqin Xie, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN; and J. S. Haase, T. Lulich, P. Muradyan, J. L. Garrison, S. Syndergaard, and E. Calais

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (677.3 kB)

10:45 AM

10.2

The structure of the moist troposphere from COSMIC radio occultation signals

Sergey Sokolovskiy, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and C. Rocken, D. Lenschow, Y. H. Kuo, R. Anthes, W. Schreiner, D. Hunt, and P. Guo

Recorded presentation

11:00 AM

10.3

Analysis of the tropical cyclone environment using COSMIC data

Pat J. Fitzpatrick, Mississippi State Univ., Stennis Space Center, MS; and C. Hill, Y. Lau, and D. Stettner

Recorded presentation

11:15 AM

10.4

The detection of an intense atmospheric river impacting the Pacific Northwest using satellite-based COSMIC soundings

Paul J. Neiman, NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and G. A. Wick, F. M. Ralph, Y. H. Kuo, T. K. Wee, Z. Ma, G. H. Taylor, and M. D. Dettinger

11:30 AM

10.5

Longitudinal Structure in Ionosphere observed by COSMIC and Possible Influence from the Mesosphere

Qian Wu, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and S. C. Solomon, S. Syndergaard, and B. Kuo

11:45 AM

10.6

Operational implementation of COSMIC data into the NCEP's global data assimilation system

Lidia Cucurull, NOAA/NESDIS, Suitland, MD; and J. C. Derber

Recorded presentation

10A

General Climate Studies: Regional Analysis

Location: 215-216 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 20th Conference on Climate Variability and Change

Chair: Richard R. Heim Jr., Scientific Services Division, National Climatic Data Center, NOAA

Papers:

10:30 AM

10A.1

Putting current North America drought conditions into a multi-century perspective. Part 1: constructing the paleo drought dataset

Edward R. Cook, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY; and R. S. Vose, R. R. Heim Jr., and J. H. Lawrimore

Recorded presentation

10:45 AM

10A.2

Putting current North America drought conditions into a multi-century perspective. Part 2: Using the blended product in operational drought monitoring

Richard Heim, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and R. S. Vose, J. Lawrimore, and E. R. Cook

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (628.1 kB)

11:00 AM

10A.3

Contributions of Water Vapor and Temperature to the Interannual Variability of Precipitation: An Evaluation from North American Regional Reanalysis

Er Lu, Iowa State University, Ames, IA; and E. Takle

10A.4

New climate dataset extends continuous U.S. weather records back over 100 years

11:30 AM

10A.5

Detection of trends in timing of low flows in Canadian stream flows

Eghbal Ehsanzadeh, Ottawa University, Ottawa, ON, Canada; and K. Adamowski

11:45 AM

10A.6

Characteristics of ice cloud forcing due to ice clouds over the tropics

Gang Hong, SSAI, Hampton, VA; and P. Yang

Recorded presentation

10B

Climate of the 20th Century (C20C) Part III

Location: 217-218 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 20th Conference on Climate Variability and Change

Chair: Fred Kucharski, Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics

Papers:

10:30 AM

10B.1

An assessment of low frequency changes in tropical cyclone formation in the North Atlantic basin

Philip Pegion, NASA/GSFC/GMAO/SAIC, Greenbelt, MD; and S. D. Schubert, M. Suarez, K. Emanuel, and J. Bacmeister

Recorded presentation

10:45 AM

10B.2

The summer North Atlantic Oscillation - past, present and future

Chris K. Folland, United Kingdom Meteorological Office, Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom; and H. Linderholm, J. Hurrell, S. Ineson, J. Knight, A. Scaife, and R. Eastman

Recorded presentation

11:00 AM

10B.3

Evidence of a late 20th century North Atlantic wet regime

Steven A. Mauget, USDA, Lubbock, Texas

Recorded presentation

11:15 AM

10B.4

Cluster analysis of North Atlantic / European circulation types and links with tropical Pacific sea surface temperatures

David Fereday, Hadley Centre, Met Office, Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom; and J. Knight, A. A. Scaife, and C. K. Folland

Recorded presentation

11:30 AM

10B.5

Summer daytime cooling trend in the north-central United States during the 20th century's peak global warming

Zaitao Pan, St. Louis Univ., St. Louis, MO; and M. Segal and X. Li

Recorded presentation

11:45 AM

10B.6

The effects of temperature and precipitation trends on U.S. drought

David R. Easterling, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and J. Lawrimore, R. Heim, and T. W. R. Wallis

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (954.5 kB)

3

Session 3

Location: 211 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 11th Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International

Papers:

11:00 AM

3.1

The NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Library: Re-inventing Services and Re-Connecting Users

Gene Major, Program Manager,Library Associates, NASA/GSFC Library, Lanham, MD

Recorded presentation

3

The Role of the CCM in Severe Weather

Location: R04 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: CCM Forum

Panelists: John Toohey-Morales, NBC Telemundo and Climadata; Michael D. Eilts, Weather Decision Technologies, Inc.

CoChair: Jack Henz, HDR, Inc.

Papers:

11:00 AM

3.1

Panel Discussion - Industrial Meterologists and Severe Weather

Jack Henz, HDR, Inc., Denver, CO

Recorded presentation

11:30 AM

3.1A

My Vision of the Role of the Private Sector in Severe Weather: M. Eilts

Recorded presentation

11:45 AM

3.2

Did the Norwegian Dawn encounter a rogue wave during its voyage on April 16, 2005?

Lee E. Branscome, Climatological Consulting Corporation, Palm Beach Gardens, FL; and M. N. Campbell

12:00 PM

3.3

Fine scale analysis of the convective scale wind fields of Katrina and their relationship to the surge event

Richard G. Henning, Consulting Meteorologist, Niceville, FL

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.4 MB)

Exhibits Open (wednesday)

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

Lunch Break

Forum Ends

Ad Hoc Committee on Uncertainty in Forecasts (ACUF)

Location: 208 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: Town Hall Meetings

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

Town Hall Meeting: Joining Researchers, Forecasters, and Users to Tackle Challenges in Tropical Cyclone Prediction (Joint session between BOGM, BPSM, and WAF)

Location: 209 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsors: (Joint between the Town Hall Meetings; and the 5th GOES Users' Conference )

Women's Luncheon

Location: R05 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

4

Session 4

Location: 211 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 11th Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International

Papers:

1:00 PM

4.1

Usage of Article Databases and Electronic Journals by Academic Atmospheric Scientists

Kari Kozak, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

Recorded presentation

Joint Session 1

The use of Artificial Intelligence in the field of Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology

Location: 205 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsors: (Joint between the Sixth Conference on Artificial Intelligence Applications to Environmental Science; and the 13th Conference on Aviation, Range and Aerospace Meteorology )

Chair: John K. Williams, NCAR

CoChair: Joanne Volk, Meteorological Service of Canada

Papers:

1:15 PM

J1.1

Update on WIND-3: an analog forecasting system for ceiling and visibility

Bjarne Hansen, Environment Canada, Dorval, QC, Canada; and I. Gultepe and A. Ling

Recorded presentation

1:45 PM

J1.2

Short-term wind forecasting at the Hong Kong International Airport by applying chaotic oscillatory-based neural network to LIDAR data

K.M. Kwong, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China; and P. W. Chan

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (711.7 kB)

2:00 PM

J1.3

A regional classifier approach to aviation turbulence prediction

Jennifer Abernethy, NCAR/RAL, Boulder, CO; and R. Sharman and G. Wiener

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (507.0 kB)

2:15 PM

J1.4

A machine learning approach to finding weather regimes and skillful predictor combinations for short-term storm forecasting

John K. Williams, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and D. A. Ahijevych, C. J. Kessinger, T. R. Saxen, M. Steiner, and S. Dettling

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.1 MB)

3

Information Briefings: Baseline Instruments-II

Location: R02-R03 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 5th GOES Users' Conference

Cochairs: Tim Walsh, NOAA/NESDIS GOES-R Program Office; Timothy J. Schmit, NOAA/NESDIS

Papers:

1:30 PM

3.1

High Spectral and Temporal Resolution Imaging Sounders for GOES

Henry. E. Revercomb, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

Recorded presentation

1:45 PM

3.2

GOES-R Solar and Space Environment Data Products: Benefiting Users

S. Hill, NOAA/NWS, Boulder, CO; and H. J. Singer, T. Onsager, R. Viereck, and D. Biesecker

Recorded presentation

2:00 PM

3.3

Poster Preview by Tim Schmit, NOAA/NESDIS, Madison, WI

Recorded presentation

2

High-Impact Weather Events

Location: 214 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: Symposium on Linkages among Societal Benefits, Prediction Systems and Process Studies for 1-14 day Weather Forecasts

Chair: Lloyd A. Treinish, IBM Systems and Technology Group

Papers:

2.1

NWS Alaska Region: Science and Data Needs in an Era of Changing Climate

1:45 PM

2.2

Is the Data Damaged? Assessing the Quality and Reliability of Societal and Economics Damage Data on Extreme Weather Events

Jeffrey K. Lazo, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and N. F. Bushek and E. Laidlaw

Recorded presentation

2.3

Looking at High-Impact Weather and Product and Service Needs from a Local Perspective

2:15 PM

2.4

Towards the development of a revised Thorpex Africa science plan

Andre F. Kamga, African Center for Meteorological Application to Development, Niamey, Niger; and A. Diongue Niang, E. Afiesimama, A. Diedhiou, B. L. Lamptey, O. Ndiaye, M. Kamara, and R. Roehrig

Poster PDF (136.1 kB)

Panel Discussion 3

Coping with drought

Location: 228-229 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: Third Symposium on Policy and Socio-Economic Research

Moderator: Roger Pulwarty, NOAA/CIRES/CDC

Panelists: Shaun McGrath, Western Governors' Association; Timothy W. Owen, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC; Hope Mizzell, South Carolina Department of Natural Resources; Brad Rippey, USDA; Mark Svoboda, National Drought Mitigation Center

Papers:

1:30 PM

PD3.1

Coping with Drought

Roger Pulwarty, NOAA/CIRES/CDC, Boulder, CO

Recorded presentation

1:45 PM

Shaun McGrath

1:45 PM

Timothy W. Owen

1:45 PM

Hope Mizzell

1:45 PM

Brad Rippey

1:45 PM

Mark Svoboda

1:45 PM

Panel Discussion

Recorded presentation

Joint Session 4

Photochemical Modeling and Monitoring-I

Location: 220 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsors: (Joint between the 15th Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA; and the 10th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry )

Chair: Yang Zhang, North Carolina State Univ.

Papers:

1:30 PM

J4.1

Analysis of the impact of meteorological model performance on CMAQ model predictions and performance

K. Wyat Appel, EPA, Research Triangle Park, NC; and R. C. Gilliam

Recorded presentation

1:45 PM

J4.2

Some Preliminary Results from the Development of Global WRF/Chem

Yang Zhang, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC; and X. Y. Wen, W. C. Skamarock, G. A. Grell, S. E. Peckham, S. J. Ghan, and R. C. Easter

2:00 PM

J4.3

Investigating the impact of high resolution meteorological input and emissions on modeling ozone in the Pacific Northwest

Ying Xie, US Environmental Protection Agency, NC; and B. K. Lamb

Recorded presentation

2:15 PM

J4.4

Analysis of the Mexico City urban plume at Altzomoni site at 4.000 m a.s.l

Bernhard Rappenglueck, Univ. of Houston, Houston, TX; and R. Steinbrecher, R. Forkel, J. Allan, L. Russell, M. Grutter, and D. Baumgardner

Poster PDF (579.5 kB)

7

Assimilation of Lightning Data into Numerical Models

Location: 222 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: Third Conference on Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data

Chair: Lawrence D. Carey, University of Alabama in Huntsville

Papers:

1:30 PM

7.1

The Promise of Long-Range Lightning Networks in Storm Analysis and Forecasting

Steven Businger, Univ. of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.3 MB)

7.2

Lightning Data Assimilation using an Ensemble Kalman Filter

2:15 PM

7.2A

Dynamical - Statistical Models for Lightning Prediction to 48-hr

William R. Burrows, EC, Edmonton, AB, Canada

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (471.4 kB)

2:30 PM

7.3

Use of lightning data to enhance radar assimilation within the Rapid Update Cycle model

Thomas W. Schlatter, NOAA/GSD/CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and S. S. Weygandt, S. Benjamin, and J. M. Brown

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (2.2 MB)

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-Col�n, 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

8

Forecast Evaluation I

Location: 219 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 19th Conference on Probability and Statistics

Cochairs: Marina M. Timofeyeva, UCAR, Boulder, CO and NOAA/NWS; Barbara G. Brown, NCAR

Papers:

1:30 PM

8.1

The value of information map: a tool for combining statistical and economic metrics of forecast quality

Arthur A. Small III, Venti Risk Management, State College, PA

Recorded presentation

1:45 PM

8.2

Verification of The Weather Channel Probability of Precipitation Forecasts

J. Eric Bickel, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and S. D. Kim

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (396.2 kB)

2:00 PM

8.3

The accuracy of weather forecasts for Melbourne, Australia

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

http://www.bom.gov.au

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.0 MB)

8.4

Another look at proper scoring rules for probability forecasts

11A

NOAA's Climate Test Bed (CTB)

Location: 215-216 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 20th Conference on Climate Variability and Change

Chair: Wayne Higgins, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/CPC

CoChair: Ben P. Kirtman, COLA

Papers:

1:30 PM

11A.1

Multi-model ENSO prediction with CFS and CCSM

Ben P. Kirtman, COLA, Calverton, MD

Recorded presentation

1:45 PM

11A.2

ENSO Variability and Predictability during 2005-2007

Dongxiao Zhang, NOAA/ERL/PMEL, Seattle, WA; and M. McPhaden

Recorded presentation

2:00 PM

11A.3

Using the NCEP Climate Test Bed to Execute and Assess Summer Season Predictions with the NCEP Coupled Forecast System (CFS) Using Different Land Models and Initial Land States

Kenneth Mitchell, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Camp Springs, MD; and R. Yang, J. Meng, H. Wei, and G. Gayno

Recorded presentation

2:15 PM

11A.4

Subseasonal prediction with the NCEP CFS: Forecast skill and prediction barriers for Tropical Intraseasonal Oscillations

Augustin Vintzileos, EMC/NCEP/NWS/NOAA, Camp Springs, VA; and H. L. Pan

Recorded presentation

11B

Walter Orr Roberts Lecture

Location: 217-218 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 20th Conference on Climate Variability and Change

Lecturer: William Neff, NOAA/ESRL-PSD

Papers:

1:30 PM

11B.1

Learning from Antarctica: Climate variability and change, stable boundary-layers and chemistry, and a few surprises on the high plateau

William Neff, NOAA/ESRL-PSD, Boulder, CO

Recorded presentation

11

Data Impacts: Cosmic Observations and Applications-III

Location: 204 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 12th Conference on IOAS-AOLS

Chair: Lidia Cucurull, NOAA/NESDIS

Papers:

1:30 PM

11.1

Assimilation of COSMIC GPS RO soundings with WRF3DVAR and its impact on the prediction of Typhoon Shan Shan (2006)

Shu-Ya Chen, National Central University, Jhongli, Taiwan; and C. Y. Huang and Y. H. Kuo

http://

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (11.8 kB)

1:45 PM

11.2

Improving Analyses and Forecasts of the Asian Monsoon with GPS Radio Occultation Refractivity Observations

Hui Liu, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. Anderson, Y. H. Kuo, Y. Chen, and C. Snyder

Recorded presentation

2:00 PM

11.3

An impact study of FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC GPS radio occultation and dropsonde data on WRF simulations

Fang-Ching Chien, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan; and B. Kuo

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (918.9 kB)

2:15 PM

11.4

Impact of COSMIC Refractivity Observations in Multi-domain Applications at the NCAR DATC

Hui Shao, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and D. Barker, Y. R. Guo, S. Rizvi, Y. H. Kuo, and J. Powers

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.0 MB)

2:30 PM

11.5

Impact of driftsonde and COSMIC soundings on typhoon prediction: An OSSE study

Ying-Hwa Kuo, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and T. Iwabuchi, Y. R. Guo, T. K. Wee, H. Wang, H. Liu, Y. Chen, H. Huang, and D. Parsons

Recorded presentation

5

Session 5

Location: 211 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 11th Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International

Papers:

1:45 PM

5.1

Using Climate-Scale Resources for Mesoscale Modeling

Morgan E. Brown, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK

Recorded presentation

Break

Poster Session 1

Fifth GOES Users' Confererence Poster Session

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

Sponsor: 5th GOES Users' Conference

Papers:

P1.1

ABI system overview

P1.2

ABI scan scenario capabilities

David Crain, GeoMetWatch, Las Vegas, NV; and P. Griffith

P1.3

Candidate approaches for the real-time generation of cloud properties from GOES-R ABI

Andrew K. Heidinger, NOAA/NESDIS, Madison, WI

P1.4

GOES-R architecture framework

John W. Linn III, Noblis, Falls Church, VA; and L. Shipley

P1.5

Development of the GOES-R AWG product processing system framework

Walter Wolf, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR, Camp Springs, MD; and L. Zhou, P. Keehn, Q. Guo, S. Sampson, S. Qiu, and M. D. Goldberg

P1.6

GOES-R Downlink Services for Users

John Schimm, Northrop Grumman, Redondo Beach, CA; and J. Castellon, L. Kincaid, and L. E. Urner

Poster PDF (169.3 kB)

P1.7

The GOES ABI ground processing development system

Jon Ormiston, ITT Space Systems Division, Fort Wayne, IN; and J. Blume, J. Ring, and J. Yoder

P1.8

Development of the GOES-R ABI Outgoing Longwave Radiation product

Hai-Tien Lee, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and I. Laszlo and A. Gruber

Poster PDF (1.3 MB)

P1.9

Applying split window technique for land surface temperature measurement from GOES-R advanced baseline imager

Yunyue Yu, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and D. Tarpley, M. K. Rama Varma Raja, H. Xu, and K. Y. Vinnikov

P1.10

Development and validation of a BRDF model for ice mapping for the future GOES-R Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) using Artificial Neural Network

Hosni Ghedira, NOAA-CREST, New York, NY; and M. Temimi, R. Nazari, P. Romanov, and R. Khanbilvardi

Poster PDF (624.7 kB)

P1.11

GOES-R wind retrieval algorithm development

Iliana Genkova, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and S. Wanzong, C. S. Velden, D. A. Santek, J. Li, E. R. Olson, and J. A. Otkin

http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/~ilianag/

P1.12

Validation of a GOES-R Broadband Shortwave Surface Transmission and TOA Albedo LUT method

Fred G. Rose, SSAI, Hampton, VA; and Q. Fu, I. Laszlo, and T. P. Charlock

Poster PDF (1.7 MB)

P1.13

Validation of the Community Radiative Transfer Model (CRTM) against AVHRR Clear-Sky Processor for Oceans (ACSPO) Nighttime Radiances for improved cloud detection and physical SST retrievals

XingMing Liang, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and A. Ignatov, Y. Kihai, A. K. Heidinger, Y. Han, and Y. Chen

Poster PDF (2.8 MB)

P1.14

Examining the MTSAT-1R solar channel calibration

Hyoung-wook Chun, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea; and B. J. Sohn

Poster PDF (128.6 kB)

P1.15

GOES-R ABI calibration approach

David S. Smith, ITT Space Systems Division, Fort Wayne, IN

P1.16

The Global Space-based Inter-Calibration System (GSICS): A status report

Xiangqian Wu, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and M. Goldberg

P1.17

Inter-calibration of geostationary imagers with MetOP/IASI hyperspectral measurements

Likun Wang, Dell Perot System, Camp Spring, MD; and C. Cao

P1.18

Generating synthetic infrared GOES-R ABI Images with AVHRR and GOES images

William J. Emery, Univ of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and C. Roessler

P1.19

Synthetic GOES-R Imagery Development and Uses

Lewis Grasso, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and M. Sengupta and D. T. Lindsey

P1.20

Large-scale WRF model simulations used for GOES-R research activities

Jason A. Otkin, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and A. Huang, T. Greenwald, E. R. Olson, and J. Seiglaff

P1.21

New instrumentation for characterizing the Moon as a standard for space-based radiometry

Allan Smith, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD; and S. Lorentz, H. Yoon, R. Datla, D. Pollock, T. C. Stone, and J. Tansock

P1.22

Preliminary study of lunar calibration for geostationary imagers

Seiichiro Kigawa, Japan Meteorological Agency, Kiyose-shi, Tokyo, Japan; and K. Miyaoka

P1.23

Synthesis of Angular Distribution Models (ADMs) for use in Radiative Flux Estimates from the Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI)

Xiaolei Niu, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and R. Pinker

P1.24

Use of SEVIRI cloud properties to simulate radiative fluxes from GOES-R ABI

R. T. Pinker, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and R. Hollmann and H. Wang

P1.25

Effect of GOES-R image navigation and registration errors on atmospheric motion vectors

Gary J. Jedlovec, NASA/MSFC/Short-Term Prediction Research and Transition (SPoRT) Center, Huntsville, AL

P1.26

GOES-13 End-to-End INR Performance Verification and Post Launch Testing

Christopher A. Carson, Boeing Space & Intelligence Systems, Las Cruces, NM; and J. L. Carr and C. Sayal

Poster PDF (1.5 MB)

P1.27

The ABI Image and Navigation Registration

Ken Ellis, ITT Space Systems Division, Fort Wayne, IN; and K. Gounder, P. Griffith, D. Igli, A. Kamel, J. Ogle, and V. Virgilio

P1.28

The ABI star sensing and star selection

Ken Ellis, ITT Space Systems Division, Fort Wayne, IN; and K. Gounder, P. Griffith, E. Hoffman, D. Igli, J. Ogle, and V. Virgilio

Poster PDF (295.1 kB)

P1.29

ABI instrument performance simulation

Ken Ellis, ITT Space Systems Division, Fort Wayne, IN; and R. D. Forkert, J. Witulski, and V. N. Virgilio

P1.30

GOES-R Proxy Data Management System

Tong Zhu, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and M. J. Kim, F. Weng, M. Goldberg, A. Huang, M. Sengupta, D. K. Zhou, and B. Ruston

Poster PDF (166.9 kB)

P1.31

Simulation of GOES-R ABI Radiances for OSSE

Tong Zhu, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and F. Weng, M. Masutani, S. Lord, J. Woollen, Q. Liu, and S. A. Boukabara

Poster PDF (231.0 kB)

P1.32

Multi-spectral precipitation estimation using Artificial Neural Networks

Ali Behrangi, Center for Hydrometeorology and Remote Sensing (CHRS), Irvine, CA; and K. L. Hsu, S. Sorooshian, and R. Kuligowski

P1.33

Improving Nowcasting of convective storm development using MSG SEVIRI, MODIS, and GOES-12 imagery as risk reduction for GOES-R ABI

Kristopher M. Bedka, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and W. F. Feltz, J. Sieglaff, and J. R. Mecikalski

P1.34

GOES Winter Precipitation efficiency algorithm

Robert M. Rabin, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and J. Hanna

P1.35

Proxy ABI datasets relevant for fire detection that are derived from MODIS data

Scott S. Lindstrom, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison SSEC/CIMSS, Madison, WI; and C. C. Schmidt, E. M. Prins, J. Hoffman, J. Brunner, and T. J. Schmit

Poster PDF (150.0 kB)

P1.36

Validating GOES active fire detection product using ASTER and ETM+

Wilfrid Schroeder, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and I. Csiszar, E. M. Prins, C. C. Schmidt, and M. G. Ruminski

P1.37

GOES-R ABI fire detection and monitoring development activities

Christopher C. Schmidt, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and S. Lindstrom, J. Hoffman, J. Brunner, and E. M. Prins

P1.38

Quantifying uncertainties in fire size and temperature measured by GOES-R ABI

Manajit Sengupta, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and L. Grasso, D. W. Hillger, R. Brummer, and M. DeMaria

Poster PDF (105.0 kB)

P1.39

Quality Assessment of the GOES-R AWG Level 2 Product Processing System

Lihang Zhou, Perot System, Fairfax, VA; and W. W. Wolf, S. Qu, P. Keehn, Q. Guo, S. Sampson, and M. D. Goldberg

P1.40

Trade-off studies on future GOES hyperspectral infrared sounding instrument

Jinlong Li, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. Li, T. J. Schmit, and J. J. Gurka

P1.41

Sounder options in the GOES-R era

David Crain, GeoMetWatch, Las Vegas, NV

P1.42

Hyperspectral infrared alone cloudy sounding algorithm development

Elisabeth Weisz, Univ. of Wisconsin/CIMSS, Madison, WI; and J. Li, C. Y. Liu, D. K. Zhou, H. L. Huang, and M. Goldberg

P1.43

Improved GOES water vapor products over CONUS � planning for GOES-R

Daniel Birkenheuer, NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and S. I. Gutman, S. Sahm, and K. Holub

Poster PDF (345.5 kB)

P1.44

Aerosol size density characterization for single scattering using Artificial Neural Network

Andres Bonilla, Univ. of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez, PR; and H. Parsiani

Poster PDF (1.0 MB)

P1.45

AER general 1D-Var retrieval infrastructure: transition from research to operations

Richard J. Lynch, AER, Inc., Lexington, MA; and J. L. Moncet, A. Lipton, D. Hogan, R. d'Entremont, and H. Snell

P1.46

The GOES-R User Readiness Group, engaging and preparing the users for GOES-R data

Kenneth H. Lowe, Noblis, Falls Church, VA; and M. Goldberg and J. Daniels

P1.47

Overview of GOES-R Analysis Facility for Instrument Impacts on Requirements (GRAFIIR) Planned Activities and Recent Progress

Allen Huang, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and M. Goldberg

P1.48

GOES-R Algorithm Working Group: Space weather team update

S. Hill, NOAA/NWS, Boulder, CO; and H. J. Singer, T. Onsager, R. Viereck, D. Biesecker, C. C. Balch, D. C. Wilkinson, M. Shouldis, P. Loto'aniu, J. Gannon, and L. Mayer

P1.49

Space weather products from the GOES-R magnetometer

Paul T.M. Loto'aniu, NOAA/NWS, Boulder, CO; and H. J. Singer

P1.50

Improving space weather forecasts using solar coronagraph data

Simon P. Plunkett, NRL, Washington, DC; and A. Vourlidas, D. R. McMullin, K. Battams, and R. C. Colaninno

P1.51

GOES-N EUVS observations during post-launch testing

Douglas J. Strickland, Computational Physics, Inc., Springfield, VA; and J. S. Evans, W. K. Woo, D. R. McMullin, S. P. Plunkett, and R. Viereck

P1.52

GOES-N EUVS field of view sensitivities and modeling

Donald R. McMullin, Praxis, Inc., Alexandria, VA; and D. J. Strickland, J. S. Evans, W. K. Woo, S. P. Plunkett, and R. Viereck

P1.53

Enhancing the Geostationary Lightning Mapper for improved performance

David B. Johnson, NCAR, Boulder, CO

Poster PDF (696.1 kB)

P1.54

A microwave sounder for geostationary orbit

Bjorn H. Lambrigtsen, JPL and California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA

P1.55

Activities of GOES-R land applications working group team

Dan Tarpley, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and Y. Yu, P. Romanov, E. Prins, K. Gallo, F. Kogan, H. Xu, M. K. RamaVarma Raja, K. Y. Vinnikov, M. Goldberg, S. Qiu, and J. L. Privette

P1.56

Seasonal, Diurnal, and Weather Related Variations of Clear Sky Land Surface Temperature: A Statistical Assessment

Konstantin Y. Vinnikov, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and Y. Yu, M. K. Rama Varma Raja, J. D. Tarpley, and M. D. Goldberg

P1.57

Enhanced Observation Capability of the New Generation Geostationary Satellites for Better Vegetation Monitoring

Peter Romanov, University of Maryland and NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and H. Xu and D. Tarpley

P1.58

Comparison of GOES cloud classification algorithms employing explicit and implicit physics

Richard L. Bankert, NRL, Monterey, CA; and C. Mitrescu, S. D. Miller, and R. H. Wade

Poster PDF (1.1 MB)

P1.59

Estimation of Sea and Lake Ice Characteristics with GOES-R ABI

Xuanji Wang, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. R. Key, Y. Liu, and W. Straka III

Poster PDF (1.5 MB)

P1.60

On the use of geostationary satellites for remote sensing in the high latitudes

Yinghui Liu, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. Key and X. Wang Sr.

P1.61

Operational GOES-SST and MSG-SEVIRI-SST products for GOES-R risk reduction

Eileen Maria Maturi, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and A. Harris, J. Mittaz, and J. Sapper

P1.62

Overview of the NESDIS heritage AVHRR Sea Surface Temperature Calibration/Validation system

Dilkushi De Alwis, NOAA/NESDIS and CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Camp Springs, MD; and A. Ignatov, J. Sapper, P. Dash, W. G. Pichel, Y. Kihai, and X. Li

P1.63

Validation of Real-Time GOES Products Using GLAS and CALIPSO Data

Louis Nguyen, NASA/LaRC, Hampton, VA; and P. Minnis, D. A. Spangenberg, J. K. Ayers, R. Palikonda, M. L. Nordeen, and T. L. Chee

P1.64

The Manual Cloud Filtering of GOES-satellite data through combined use of satellite and ground measurements

M. K. Rama Varma Raja, I. M. Systems Group, Inc. and NOAA/NESDIS/STAR, Camp Springs, MD; and Y. Yu, D. Tarpley, H. Xu, and K. Y. Vinnikov

P1.65

Status update from the GOES-R Hydrology Algorithm Team

Robert J. Kuligowski, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD

P1.66

Conditions influencing Hurricane Emily's (2005) precipitation patterns and upper tropospheric outflow

P1.67

Possible impacts of GOES-R temporal resolution on tropical cyclone intensity estimates

John L. Beven II, NOAA/AOML/NHC/TPC, Miami, FL; and C. S. Velden and T. L. Olander

P1.68

Verifying large-scale, high-resolution simulations of clouds for GOES-R activities

Thomas Greenwald, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. Sieglaff, Y. K. Lee, H. L. Huang, J. Otkin, E. Olson, and M. Gunshor

P1.69

Retrieving cloud properties for multilayered clouds using simulated GOES-R data

Fu-Lung Chang, National Institute of Aerospace, Hampton, VA; and P. Minnis, B. Lin, R. Palikonda, M. Khaiyer, S. Sun-Mack, and P. Yang

P1.70

Nighttime retrieval of cloud microphysical properties for GOES-R

Patrick W. Heck, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and P. Minnis, R. Palikonda, C. R. Yost, F. L. Chang, and A. K. Heidinger

Poster PDF (1.3 MB)

P1.71

Nearcasting convective destabilization using objective tools which optimize the impact of sequences of GOES moisture products

Ralph A. Petersen, CIMSS/University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and R. M. Aune

P1.72

Transitioning GOES-based nowcasting capability into the GOES-R era

Brian L. Vant-Hull, NOAA/CREST CCNY, New York, NY; and M. Ba, R. Rabin, D. S. Mahani, R. J. Kuligowski, A. Gruber, and S. B. Smith

P1.73

Nowcasting of Thunderstorms from GOES Infrared and Visible Imagery

Valliappa Lakshmanan, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and R. M. Rabin

Poster PDF (902.4 kB)

P1.74

Mission Availability Improvements for GOES-R

Larry E. Urner, Northrop Grumman, Redondo Beach, CA; and J. Castellon, M. Hanson, and S. Sawyer

Poster PDF (26.6 kB)

P1.75

Determination of aircraft icing threat from satellite

William L. Smith Jr., NASA/LaRC, Hampton, VA; and P. Minnis and D. A. Spangenberg

P1.76

Cloud statistics over agricultural and mixed forest areas

Valentine Anantharaj, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS; and U. S. Nair, D. Berendes, S. Asefi, and J. G. Fairman Jr.

P1.77

Comparison of atmospheric profiles from hyperspectral and multispectral IR radiances on depicting hurricane thermodynamic structures

Hong Qiu, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. Li, E. Weisz, and C. Y. Liu

P1.78

Development of severe weather products for the GOES-R Advanced Baseline Imager

Daniel T. Lindsey, NOAA/NESDIS, Fort Collins, CO; and D. W. Hillger and L. Grasso

P1.79

Algorithm and Software Development of Atmospheric Motion Vector Products for the GOES-R ABI

Jaime M. Daniels, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and W. Bresky, C. Velden, I. Genkova, S. Wanzong, and D. Santek

P1.80

An enhanced IDEA product with GOES AOD

Hai Zhang, JCET/Univ. of Maryland, Baltimore, MD; and R. M. Hoff, S. Kondragunta, I. Laszlo, and A. Wimmers

P1.81

An initial assessment of the GOES Microburst Windspeed Potential Index

Kenneth L. Pryor, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD

http://www.orbit.nesdis.noaa.gov/smcd/opdb/kpryor/mburst/mwpi.html

Poster PDF (728.8 kB)

P1.82

GOES-R Applications for the Assessment of Aviation Hazards

Kenneth L. Pryor, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and W. Feltz, J. R. Mecikalski, M. Pavolonis, and W. L. Smith Jr.

http://ams.allenpress.com/perlserv/?request=get-abstract&doi=10.1175%2FBAMS-88-10-1589

P1.83

Application of Multi-Spectral Data to Space Shuttle Landing Operations

Doris A. Hood, NWS Spaceflight Meteorology Group, Houston, TX; and T. Garner and T. Oram

P1.84

Weather Information and Decision Systems (WxIDS): Looking to the future of data processing and decision support systems

Dylan Powell, Lockheed Martin, Greenbelt, MD; and J. A. Dutton, J. Ross, J. Sroga, C. F. Chang, R. Pickens, S. Pitter, K. Leesman, G. Young, P. G. Knight, N. L. Seaman, J. Nese, G. Haselfeld, R. Wessels, and M. Dhondt

P1.85

Development of simulated GOES products for the GFS and the NAM

Hui-ya Chuang, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Camp Springs, MD; and B. Ferrier

P1.86

Current GOES Sounder applications and future needs

Jun Li, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and T. J. Schmit, J. J. Gurka, J. Daniels, M. D. Goldberg, and P. Menzel

P1.87

GOES-R ABI proxy data set generation at CIMSS

Mathew M. Gunshor, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and E. Olson, J. Sieglaff, T. Greenwald, A. Huang, and J. A. Otkin

P1.88

GOES-R mesoscale product development

Renate Brummer, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and M. DeMaria, J. Knaff, B. H. Connell, J. F. Dostalek, and D. Zupanski

Poster PDF (105.5 kB)

P1.89

GOES-R/ABI legacy profile algorithm evaluation with MSG/SEVIRI

Xin Jin, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and J. Li, T. J. Schmit, J. Li, E. Weisz, and Z. Li

P1.90

High spatial and temporal resolution retrievals obtained from the combination of GOES-R multispectral ABI and joint polar satellite ultraspectral radiances

William Smith Sr., Hampton Univ., Hampton, VA; and S. Kireev, D. Zhou, A. M. Larar, X. Liu, M. D. Goldberg, and E. M. Maturi

P1.91

Real-time display of simulated GOES-R experimental products

Donald W. Hillger, NOAA/NEDSIS/StAR/RAMM Branch, Fort Collins, CO CO

P1.92

Recasting HYDRA into the next generation of McIDAS

Thomas D. Rink, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and T. Whittaker, T. H. Achtor, B. Flynn, G. Dengel, and K. Baggett

P1.93

Looking Ahead to GOES-R Space Weather Data Archive, Access, and User Services

Daniel C. Wilkinson, NOAA/NESDIS, Boulder, CO; and W. F. Denig

P1.94

Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES) in support of NOAA's Climate Reference Network (CRN)

Debra Braun, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC

Poster PDF (23.9 kB)

P1.95

Remapping GOES Imager Instrument Data for South American Operations, Implementing the XGOHI System

Shahram Tehranian, Nortel Government Solutions, Lanham, MD; and J. L. Carr, S. Yang, H. Madani, S. Vasanth, K. Mckenzie, T. J. Schmit, A. Swaroop, and R. DiRosario

Poster PDF (389.2 kB)

P1.96

GOES-10 @ 60 West � a Wisconsin perspective

Timothy J. Schmit, NOAA/NESDIS, Madison, WI; and J. Li, J. P. Nelson III, A. J. Schreiner, G. S. Wade, and Z. Li

http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/rt/goes10.php

Poster PDF (266.5 kB)

P1.97

Deep convection defined by split window

Toshiro Inoue, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan

http://grns1.mri-jma.go.jp

P1.98

GOES-R 2008 User Conference Poster Abstract for the NOAA CLASS Project

Robert Rank, NOAA/NESDIS, Suitland, MD; and F. Vizbulis

Poster Session 1

General Poster Session for the Symposium on Linkages among Societal Benefits, Prediction Systems, and Process Studies for 1-14 day Weather Forecasts

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

Sponsor: Symposium on Linkages among Societal Benefits, Prediction Systems and Process Studies for 1-14 day Weather Forecasts

Chair: Jim Hansen, NRL

Papers:

P1.1

Lake-effect research at SUNY Oswego

P1.2

Island-scale Airflow and the Maui Vortex Under Summer Trade-wind Conditions

DaNa L. Carlis, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Camp Springs, MD; and Y. L. Chen

Poster PDF (2.0 MB)

Poster Session 1

Policy and Socio-Economic Research Posters

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

Sponsor: Third Symposium on Policy and Socio-Economic Research

Cochairs: Julie Demuth, NCAR; Sheldon D. Drobot, NCAR

Papers:

P1.1

150 Billion Served: Households' Sources, Perceptions, Uses, and Values of Weather Forecast Information

Jeffrey K. Lazo, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. E. Morss and J. Demuth

P1.2

Sources, perceptions, values, and confidence in weather information: Relationships with weather salience

Alan E. Stewart, Univ. of Georgia, Athens, GA

P1.3

Communicating Weather Information to the Public: People's Reactions and Understandings of Weather Information and Terminology

Scott W. Powell, National Weather Center REU, Norman, OK, and Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and H. D. O'Hair

Poster PDF (641.8 kB)

P1.4

Ad Hoc Committee on Uncertainty in Forecasts (ACUF)

P1.5

The National Academies' Disasters Roundtable

William Hooke, AMS, Washington, DC

P1.6

Profile of the AMS membership residing outside the United States of America: Its implications for international collaboration

Ernesto Mu�oz, New Mexico Consortium, Los Alamos, NM; and R. Czujko

P1.7

Decision Support for Public Health and Safety Related to Air Quality

M.L. Deaton, James Madison Univ., Harrisonburg, VA; and C. J. Brodrick, R. E. Davis, S. Gawtry, J. Giraytys, D. M. Hondula, D. Knight, T. Lee, L. Sitka, and P. J. Stenger

Poster PDF (2.8 MB)

P1.8

Application of NASA spaceborne observations and models for informing management and policy decision making in the energy sector

Richard S. Eckman, NASA/LaRC, Hampton, VA; and P. W. Stackhouse Jr.

P1.9

Space weather information for aviation operational risk management

Genene Fisher, AMS, Washington, DC; and B. Jones

P1.10

The critical importance of data collection and analysis methodology in financial decision making for Wind Turbine projects

Lucille M. Olszewski, Blackwater Environmental Services, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA; and J. R. Sonnenmeier

P1.11

An estimation of the economic benefits of the Oklahoma Mesonet to the State of Oklahoma

Kimberly E. Klockow, Oklahoma Climatological Survey, Norman, OK; and R. A. McPherson and D. Sutter

P1.12

Advances in the effectiveness and feasibility of climate policy

Paul A. T. Higgins, AMS, Washington, DC

P1.13

Climate Change versus Climate Policy: An Integrated Global Model Analysis

C. Adam Schlosser, MIT, Cambridge, MA; and M. Webster, A. Sokolov, C. Forest, D. Kicklighter, J. Reilly, and S. Paltsev

P1.14

Adaptation through interaction: A case study from Alpine Shire, Victoria, Australia

Lee M. Tryhorn, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY; and A. H. Lynch

P1.15

Recollections of climate in the Denver metropolitan area

Julie S. Malmberg, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and P. D. Blanken

P1.16

Weather Disasters and the Law

Marsha L. Baum, Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM

P1.17

Applying improved vulnerability theory for reducing the risk and cost of weather disasters

Olga Wilhelmi, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. Pulwarty, H. Lazrus, I. Kelman, and J. C. Gaillard

P1.18

Decision making by Austin, Texas, residents in hypothetical tornado scenarios

David M. Schultz, Univ. of Helsinki/Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland; and E. Gruntfest, C. Benight, S. D. Drobot, L. R. Barnes, and M. H. Hayden

P1.19

The societal impact of the tornado warning process

Kevin M. Simmons, Austin College, Sherman, TX; and D. Sutter

P1.20

Assessing people's actions and attitudes during the December 20-21, 2006, Colorado Front Range winter storm

Sheldon D. Drobot, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. Demuth

http://www.colorado.edu/hazards/research/qr/qr192/qr192.html

Poster PDF (2.1 MB)

P1.21

To travel or not to travel: The case of AMS 2007

Kimberly E. Klockow, Oklahoma Climatological Survey, Norman, OK; and R. A. Peppler

P1.22

Climate change, hurricane risk, and future evolutions of socio-economic losses in the U.S

St�phane Hallegatte, M�t�o-France, Nogent-sur-Marne, France

P1.23

Estimating deceased victim totals from Hurricane Katrina

John C. Mutter, Columbia Univ., New York, NY; and R. M. Garfield

P1.24

Hurricanes and poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean

John C. Mutter, The Earth Institute at Columbia University, New York, NY; and E. M. Holthaus

P1.25

The whirling media coverage of seasonal hurricane forecasts: A closer look at media framing of scientific uncertainty and preparedness

Gina M. Eosco, Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY

P1.26

Reponses to Hurricane and Flood Warnings: Lessons from Florida and New York

Burrell E. Montz, Binghamton Univ., Binghamton, NY

P1.27

Vulnerability to Flooding in Western Puerto Rico: Towards a more holistic approach

Jenniffer M. Santos-Hernandez, Univ. of Delaware, Newark, DE; and A. Rojas-Gonzalez

P1.28

An interdisciplinary study of NOAA NWS flood inundation map utilization: flood hazards and the role of inundation mapping in planning and mitigating future impacts

Wendy L. Pearson, NOAA/NWS, Kansas City, MO

P1.29

Weathering drought: one state's experience

Bob Sandbo, Oklahoma Water Resources Board, Oklahoma City, OK; and B. Vance, G. McManus, and M. A. Shafer

http://www.owrb.ok.gov/supply/drought/drought_index.php

Poster PDF (776.8 kB)

P1.30

A Window on Drought Information, Impacts and Implications

Timothy W. Owen, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and M. Svoboda and R. Pulwarty

http://www.drought.gov

P1.31

Drought Scenario 2008--Potential Impacts on Ethanol Production: What Role Can NIDIS Play in this Scenario?

Mark Svoboda, National Drought Mitigation Center, Lincoln, NE; and Y. Ding, B. Fuchs, and M. Hayes

Poster PDF (2.0 MB)

P1.32

Associated between mortality and ambulance call-out during heat episodes in London, UK, 1998 - 2006

Glenn Russell McGregor, Univ. of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand; and T. Wolf

P1.33

Developing a multi-agency Heat/Health Warning System (HHWS) to provide consistent information to diverse customers

Julie Adolphson, NOAA, Pleasant Hill, MO; and L. Kalkstein, S. Fortin, and A. Bailey

P1.34

Developing a heat health watch-warning system for rural locations

Katrina L. Frank, Univ. of Delaware, Newark, DE; and L. Kalkstein

P1.35

Results of a developmental test of the heat stress index: does it have operational potential?

Jannie G. Ferrell, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and L. Kalkstein

P1.36

Results of an interdisciplinary workshop to validate partner requirements for excessive heat information and alerts

Elliott Jacks, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD

P1.37

Disaster Weather Communication, Education and Training for First Responders - A WAS*IS Initiative

Joshua J. Jans, Spotter Network, Austin, TX; and C. S. Keen

http://www.mnsu.edu/weather/FinalAMS2008ckjj.pdf

Poster PDF (309.9 kB)

P1.38

Improving storm based warnings

John T. Ferree, NOAA/NWS, Norman, OK; and H. L. White

P1.39

Rainfall Estimates or Tornado Detection?: An Assessment Based on the Needs of Emergency Managers

William Donner, Univ. of Delaware, Newark, DE; and D. Grainger, H. Rodriguez, W. Diaz, J. M. Santos, and D. Marks

P1.40

Evaluation of CASA data and technology for the severe weather warning

P1.41

WAS*IS Partnership Initiative: Improving communication and collaboration within the weather enterprise for the benefit of society

Melissa Tuttle Carr, The Weather Channel, Atlanta, GA; and K. Barjenbruch

Poster Session 1

Posters: Probability and Statistics in the Atmospheric Sciences

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

Sponsor: 19th Conference on Probability and Statistics

Papers:

P1.1

Limitations of an observations-based system for ultra-short-term forecasts

Joby Hilliker, West Chester University, West Chester, PA; and G. Akasapu and G. S. Young

Poster PDF (154.6 kB)

P1.2

Integration of aerosols and meteorological data sets into a neural network system

Pawan Gupta, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and S. A. Christopher

P1.3

Composites of tornadic and non-tornadic severe weather outbreaks

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

P1.4

Developing the Local 3 Month Precipitation Outlook

Jenna C. Meyers, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and M. Timofeyeva, D. A. Unger, and A. C. Comrie

P1.5

Evaporation monthly time series stochastic generation in semiarid region of Northeast Brazil

Francisco de Assis Salviano de Sousa Sr., Federal University of Campina Grande, Campina Grande, Para�ba, Brazil; and A. M. T. D. Medeiros Sr. and B. B. D. Silva

P1.6

A numerical simulation study of a meso-beta scale heavy rainfall over Korea using the WRF model

Ji-Woo Lee, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea; and S. Y. Hong

P1.7

Analysis of Variations in United States Tornado Warning Performance

P1.8

The development of forecast confidence measures using NCEP ensembles

Robert Hart, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and A. V. Durante and A. I. Watson

P1.9

Using Gumbel distribution to estimate return intervals for extreme wind events for Alaska and Hawaii

O. Francis-Chythlook, Univ. of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK; and D. E. Atkinson

Poster Session 2

Atmospheric Chemistry Poster Session 2

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

Sponsor: 10th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry

Papers:

P2.1

Measurements of Solar Irradiance, Aerosols and Ozone with a Multi-filter Rotating Shadowband Radiometer (MFRSR)

R. Suseela Reddy, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS; and R. Karim and Q. L. Williams

P2.2

Impact of the 2006 Augustine volcano eruption on local weather

Morgan E. Brown, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK; and N. M�lders

P2.3

Using remotely sensed data to characterize the sweat farm road wildfire's effects upon air quality in Atlanta, GA

Erica J. Alston, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA

P2.4

A feasibility study of the MARGA tool as an aerosol analyzer

Rufus White, Howard Univ., Washington, DC; and V. R. Morris

Poster PDF (235.4 kB)

P2.5

Observational Evidence of enhanced middle/upper tropospheric ozone over the Equatorial Tropical Atlantic during the summer of 2006

Gregory S. Jenkins, Howard Univ., Washington, DC; and M. Camara

P2.6

CMAQ air quality forecasts using satellite aerosol retrievals

Eun-Su Yang, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and A. P. Biazar and S. A. Christopher

P2.7

OMI and CERES derived aerosol radiative forcings in North Africa

Eun-Su Yang, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and P. Gupta and S. A. Christopher

P2.8

Global measurements of atmospheric chemical constituents from the TES instrument

Linda A. Hunt, SSAI, Hampton, VA

http://eosweb.larc.nasa.gov

Poster PDF (134.4 kB)

P2.9

Tropospheric ozone events during AEROSE cruise 2007

Cassie A. Stearns, Howard University, Beltsville, MD; and E. Joseph, N. R. Nalli, V. Morris, A. M. Thompson, and B. Bojkov

P2.10

MODIS and CALIPSO Observations of Smoke Pollution Episodes

Nikisa S. Jordan, JCET/Univ. of Maryland, Baltimore, MD; and C. Ichoku and R. M. Hoff

P2.11

The lake shadow effect of lake breeze circulations and recent examples from GOES visible satellite imagery

Frank S. Dempsey, Pickering, ON, Canada

Poster PDF (2.6 MB)

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)

Poster Session 2

IOAS Poster Session II: Observing Systems

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

Sponsor: 12th Conference on IOAS-AOLS

Chair: Howard A. Friedman, NOAA/AOML/HRD

Papers:

P2.1

The effect of radiosonde dry bias on measurements of convective instability in the southern Great Plains

Timothy J. Wagner, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and D. D. Turner and S. A. Ackerman

P2.2

Comparisons of measurements of atmospheric stability from ground-based remote sensing instruments

Timothy J. Wagner, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and W. F. Feltz and S. A. Ackerman

P2.3

Utilizing COSMIC radio occultation soundings to estimate convective potentials over oceans

Michael Kevin Hernandez, Univ. of Miami, Miami, FL; and Y. H. Kuo, D. C. Hunt, and R. Hauser

Poster PDF (292.7 kB)

P2.4

Regional variability of soil moisture from SCAN measurements: implication for land surface modeling and assimilation

Georgy Mostovoy, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS; and V. Anantharaj and L. Wasson

Poster PDF (276.2 kB)

P2.5

Impacts of increased density of automated surface weather observations in the Florida Keys on nowcasts

Paul Ruscher, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and A. Devanas, H. Anderson, and J. Turner

http://yankee.met.fsu.edu/~paul/COMET-KEY/comet-final.doc

P2.6

Seasonal characteristics of land surface-atmosphere interactions over a heterogeneous landscape

Miliaritiana Robjhon, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/CPC, Camp Spring, MD; and E. Joseph and J. D. Fuentes

P2.7

Retrievals of atmospheric thermodynamic structure from University of Wisconsin Scanning-High-resolution Interferometer Sounder (S-HIS) upwelling radiance observations using a Bayesian Maximum A Posteriori (MAP) inverse method

Sarah Bedka, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and P. Antonelli, D. DeSlover, S. Dutcher, R. Knuteson, H. Revercomb, W. Smith Sr., J. Taylor, D. Tobin, H. Woolf, and D. Zhou

Poster PDF (1.8 MB)

P2.8

Analysis of Aerosol Properties Derived from MODIS, AERONET, and Shipborne Measurements During AEROSE Field Campaigns

Tamil Maldonado-Vega, NOAA/NCAS, Washington, DC; and D. A. Chu and V. Morris

P2.9

Comparison of sea surface heights derived from the navy coastal ocean model with satellite altimetry in the Gulf of Mexico

Eurico D'Sa, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA; and D. S. Ko and M. Korobkin

Poster PDF (631.7 kB)

P2.10

Atmospheric and interdisciplinary applications of the Mississippi Mesonet

Loren D. White, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS; and E. Matlack, V. S. Challah, D. Mullins, and D. Lipscomb

P2.11

Potential for monitoring of fog and dew events using mesonet data

Loren D. White, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS

P2.12

Sampling Errors of Climate Monitoring Constellations

Renu Joseph, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD; and D. B. Kirk-Davidoff and J. G. Anderson

Poster PDF (2.9 MB)

P2.13

Rooftop weather stations as viable mesonet contributors - validation experiments

Paul Ruscher, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and A. Hicks

http://etd.lib.fsu.edu/theses/available/etd-04032006-152254/

P2.14

Further evaluation of the WVSS-II moisture sensor using co-located in-situ and remotely sensed observations

Ralph A. Petersen, CIMSS/University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and S. Bedka, W. F. Feltz, E. R. Olson, and D. Helms

Joint Poster Session 2

Land-Atmosphere Interactions, Part II

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

Sponsors: (Joint between the 22nd Conference on Hydrology; and the 20th Conference on Climate Variability and Change )

Chair: Yongkang Xue, University of California

CoChair: Randal D. Koster, NASA/GSFC

Papers:

JP2.1

Case studies of land atmosphere interaction within the 12km North American land data assimilation system (NLDAS-E) project

Charles J. Alonge, NASA/GSFC and SAIC, Greenbelt, MD; and B. A. Cosgrove

JP2.2

Impact of soil moisture initialization on numerical weather forecasting over the Mississippi Delta Region

Valentine Anantharaj, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS; and G. Mostovoy, U. S. Nair, and P. J. Fitzpatrick

Poster PDF (599.4 kB)

JP2.3

Land-atmosphere coupling strength in the GEOS-5 AGCM

Sarith Mahanama, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and R. D. Koster, J. T. Bacmeister, R. H. Reichle, and M. J. Suarez

JP2.4

Retrospective forcing of the NCEP Noah land surface model with observations from the OASIS network

Michael P. Morris, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. B. Benefield and J. B. Basara

Poster PDF (1.2 MB)

JP2.5

Intercomparison of land surface process scheme in a global model: The single-column tests and seasonal prediction

KyungHee Seol, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea, Seoul, South Korea; and S. Y. Hong, H. S. Kang, M. Kananitsu, and J. Roads

JP2.6

Multi-scale modeling of land-atmosphere interactions in the North American monsoon system

Loren D. White, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS

JP2.7

Examining the relationship between fall/spring soil moisture and summer precipitation in the northern Great Plains

Lei Meng, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and S. Quiring

Poster PDF (153.4 kB)

JP2.8

Anabatic flow development in the context of atmospheric stability and resulting orographic convection: A cumulus photogrammetric, in-situ and Doppler observations (CuPIDO) study

Cory Demko, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY; and B. Geerts

Poster Session 2

Lightning Safety, Protection, Prediction and Operational Applications

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

Sponsor: Third Conference on Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data

Chair: William P. Roeder, Struck by Lightning.org

Papers:

P2.2

Behavior of lightning and updrafts for severe and non-severe storms in northern Alabama

Elise V. Johnson, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and W. A. Petersen

Poster PDF (324.4 kB)

P2.3

The utility of lightning jumps in severe thunderstorms in the Tennessee Valley

Christopher J. Schultz, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and W. A. Petersen

Poster PDF (91.6 kB)

P2.4

Applications of Lightning Data at the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison

Scott S. Lindstrom, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison SSEC/CIMSS, Madison, WI; and A. S. Bachmeier

Poster PDF (220.6 kB)

P2.5

Integration of lightning and precipitation data for land management agencies

Dean Hazen, NOAA/NWS, Pocatello, ID; and M. Williamson

Poster PDF (229.9 kB)

P2.6

The relation between lightning and wildfires in Florida

Scott David Rudlosky, Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL; and H. E. Fuelberg

P2.8

Flow regime based climatologies of lightning probabilities for spaceports and airports

William H. Bauman III, ENSCO, Inc., Cocoa Beach, FL; and M. Volkmer, D. Sharp, S. M. Spratt, and R. Lafosse

Poster PDF (375.8 kB)

P2.9

Developing GFS-based MOS thunderstorm guidance for Alaska

Phillip E. Shafer, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and K. K. Gilbert

Poster PDF (283.8 kB)

P2.10

Analysis of Surface Electric-Field Contours Before First and After Last Observed Lightning Flashes in Air-Mass Thunderstorms over Kennedy Space Center

Dustin E. Williams, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and W. H. Beasley and P. T. Hyland

Poster PDF (2.1 MB)

P2.11

Operational evaluation of lightning precursors from a network of field meters at Dugway Proving Ground

Margaret B. Kimball, U.S Army, Dugway Proving Ground, Dugway, UT; and F. W. Gallagher III

Poster PDF (1.8 MB)

P2.12

Emission Current from Static Dissipator Devices under Rain and Wind Conditions

Stanislaw Grzybowski, Mississippi State Univ., Mississippi State, MS; and C. D. Taylor

Poster PDF (206.9 kB)

P2.13

Florida lightning deaths and injuries 2004-2007

Charles H. Paxton, NOAA/NWSFO, Ruskin, FL; and J. Colson and N. Carlisle

Poster PDF (388.3 kB)

P2.14

Recent changes in lightning safety

William P. Roeder, Struck by Lightning.org, Yarmouth, MA

Poster PDF (295.6 kB)

P2.15

Leon the Lightning Safety Lion says: �WHEN THUNDER ROARS � GO INDOORS!� - NOAA's efforts regarding children's lightning safety

Stephen J. Hodanish, NOAA/NWS, Pueblo, CO; and K. Torgerson, J. S. Jensenius Jr., M. A. Cooper MD, M. Utley, and W. P. Roeder

Poster PDF (348.8 kB)

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:

P2.1

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)

P2.2

Mixing layer height assessment with a compact lidar ceilometer

Christoph M�nkel, Vaisala GmbH, Hamburg, Germany; and R. Roininen

Poster PDF (2.2 MB)

P2.3

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)

P2.4

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)

P2.5

Evaluation of an MPL Cloud Detection Algorithm as a Reference for Ceilometer Testing Within the ASOS PI Program

Aaron J. Poyer, NOAA/NWS, Sterling, VA

Poster PDF (713.1 kB)

P2.6

Case for a climate-driven synergy between 3D cloud tomography using radar or microwaves and fine-resolution oxygen A-band spectroscopy

Anthony B. Davis, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and P. Kollias and Q. Min

Poster PDF (1.2 MB)

P2.7

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)

P2.8

Combination of measurements from a millimeter wave cloud radar and a high spectral resolution lidar at Eureka

Jasmine R�millard, McGill University, Montr�al, QC, Canada; and P. Kollias, M. Shupe, and E. W. Eloranta

Poster PDF (891.0 kB)

P2.9

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)

P2.10

How can radar data improve microwave cloud tomography retrievals?

Dong Huang, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY; and Y. Liu and W. Wiscombe

P2.11

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

P2.12

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)

P2.13

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)

P2.14

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)

P2.15

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)

P2.16

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

P2.17

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)

P2.18

High spectral resolution lidar emulation via Doppler cloud radar spectrum processing and its implications for cloud phase identification

Edward Luke, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY; and P. Kollias and M. Shupe

P2.19

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

P2.20

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

P2.22

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

P2.23

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)

P2.24

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

P2.25

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

P2.26

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)

P2.27

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)

P2.28

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

P2.30

DOW and DIAL observations in COPS

Tammy M. Weckwerth, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and V. Wulfmeyer and J. W. Wilson

Poster Session 3

Climate Model and Prediction Poster Session

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

Sponsor: 20th Conference on Climate Variability and Change

Chair: Aiguo Dai, NCAR

Papers:

P3.1

Realtime GLDAS/LIS execution at NOAA/NCEP

Jesse Meng, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Camp Springs, MD; and K. Mitchell, H. Wei, R. Yang, and C. Peters-Lidard

P3.2

Forecasting the Northern Australian Wet Season for Graziers

Alexis Donald, Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Water, Toowoomba, Qld, Australia; and S. Lennox, M. C. Wheeler, F. Lo, and H. Meinke

P3.3

Assessing trends in observed and modelled climate extremes over Australia in relation to future projections

Lisa V. Alexander, Monash Univ., Clayton, Vic., Australia; and J. Arblaster

P3.4

Simulated 21st century dynamics and hydrology of the Great Plains low-level jet

Kerry H. Cook, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin; and C. M. Patricola, Z. S. Launer, and E. K. Vizy

P3.5

Simulating the precipitation interannual variability over South America using the NCEP Eta/AGCM nested model system

Fernando H. De Sales, Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA; and Y. Xue

P3.6

Forecasting cotton yields over the southeastern US using NCEP Climate Forecast System

Guillermo A. Baigorria, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; and M. Chelliah, C. C. Romero, K. Mo, J. W. Jones, J. J. O'Brien, and R. W. Higgins

http://plaza.ufl.edu/gbaigorr/GB/GBPublications.htm

Poster PDF (559.4 kB)

P3.7

The Diurnal Cycle in NASA's Modern Era Retrospective-Analysis for Research and Applications (MERRA)

Myong-In Lee, UMBC/GEST, Greenbelt, MD; and S. D. Schubert

P3.8

An evaluation of climate model precipitation over the United States

Melissa S. Bukovsky, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and D. J. Karoly

Poster PDF (2.8 MB)

P3.9

How sensitive are radiative properties of ice clouds in CAM3.0 to the ice crystal habit, inclusions and surface roughness?

Zhibo Zhang, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; and P. Yang

P3.10

Accurate and Fast Neural Network Emulations of Long Wave Radiation for the NCEP Climate Forecast System Model

Vladimir M. Krasnopolsky, NCEP/NWS/NOAA (SAIC), Camp Springs, MD; and M. S. Fox-Rabinovitz, Y. T. Hou, S. J. Lord, and A. A. Belochitski

P3.11

Evaluating the Surface Energy Budget in the Weather Research and Forecasting Model

P3.12

Effects of gravity wave drags induced by both orography and cumulus convection on the weather and climate prediction in a global model

Jong-Hun Jeon, Yonsei University, Seoul, Seoul, South Korea; and S. Y. Hong

P3.13

On the evolution of initialized and model generated Tropical Storms in the NCEP Climate Forecasting System as a function of horizontal resolution

Augustin Vintzileos, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC, Camp Springs, VA; and H. L. Pan and T. Marchok

P3.14

Coherent structures in cold air outbreaks

P3.15

Characteristics in the moist process of JMA-GSM

Kengo Miyamoto, AESTO/JMA, Tokyo, Japan; and T. Komori

P3.16

Bias in dynamically downscaled precipitation data and its impact on simulated streamflow in climate change impact studies

Susan C. Steele-Dunne, TU Delft, Delft, Netherlands; and R. McGrath, P. Lynch, T. Semmler, S. Wang, J. A. Hanafin, and P. Nolan

P3.17

Investigation of the cloud-radiation interaction in a general circulation model

Suryun Ham, Dept. of Atmospheric Science, Seoul, South Korea; and S. Y. Hong, Y. H. Byun, and J. Kim

P3.18

Precipitation intensity of East Asian summer monsoon in the 20th-century simulations by AOGCMs for the IPCC AR4

Shoji Kusunoki, MRI, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan; and O. Arakawa, O. Arakawa, A. Kitoh, and A. Kitoh

P3.19

High-resolution simulation of the East Asian summer monsoon in the NCEP RSM

Yoo-Bin Yhang, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea; and S. Y. Hong and H. S. Kang

P3.20

Twentieth-century temperature change as simulated by an atmospheric general circulation model

Zaizhi Wang, Beijing Climate Center, China Meteorological Administration, Beijing, China; and M. Dong, L. Wang, Q. Li, and T. Wu

P3.21

A modified dynamic framework for atmospheric spectral model and its application

Tongwen Wu, Beijing Climate Center, China Meteorological Administration, Beijing, China; and F. Zhang

P3.22

Development of a regional climate model (BCC_RegCM) and its simulation and hindcast over different regions

Yiming Liu, Beijing Climate Center, China Meteorological Administration, Beijing, China; and Y. Ding, J. C. L. Chan, and S. Saeed

Poster PDF (1.1 MB)

P3.23

Lyapunov exponents for barotropic circulation regimes

Athar Hussain, University of Missouri - Columbia, Columbia, Missouri; and A. R. Lupo and S. Dostoglou

Poster PDF (424.0 kB)

P3.24

Examining wind energy's impact on local climate

Amanda S. Adams, Univ. of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada; and D. W. Keith

P3.25

A global assessment of the joint distribution of twentieth-century temperature and precipitation in the CMIP3 coupled climate models

F. Assis Souza Filho, International Reserarch Institute for Climate and Society - Columbia University, New York, NY; and A. M. Greene and U. Lall

P3.26

The role of water vapor feedback on the amplitude of season cycle in the global mean surface air temperature

Qigang Wu, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and D. J. Karoly and G. R. North

P3.27

Implementation of a double-moment warm-phase microphysics in the WRF single-moment 6-class microphysics scheme

Kyo-Sun Sunny Lim, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea; and S. Hong and J. Dudhia

P3.28

A downscaled future climate over Asia using the NCEP regional spectral model

E-Hyung Park, Yonsei Univ., Seoul, South Korea; and S. Y. Hong

P3.29

Extremes in high resolution regional climate model: Preliminary results of simulations in EC FP6 project CECILIA

Tomas Halenka, Charles Univ., Prague, Czech Republic; and M. Belda and J. Miksovsky

Poster Session 3

Turbulence, Volcanic Ash, and Instrumentation Posters

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

Sponsor: 13th Conference on Aviation, Range and Aerospace Meteorology

Papers:

P3.1

Using WRF-ARW Data to Forecast Turbulence at Small Scales

Jeffrey E. Passner, Army Research Laboratory, White Sands Missile Range, NM; and D. I. Knapp

Poster PDF (187.4 kB)

P3.2

Development of a rapid-update turbulence nowcast product

Larry B. Cornman, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and G. Wiener and T. Tasset

P3.3

Analysis on the Spatial and Temporal Distribution of the Aircraft Turbulences Occurred in South Korea for the Recent 10 years

Jung-Hoon Kim, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea; and H. Y. Chun

P3.4

A new direction in clear-air turbulence forecasting based on spontaneous imbalance, Part I: Application of theory

John A. Knox, Univ. of Georgia, Athens, GA; and D. W. McCann and P. D. Williams

Poster PDF (152.2 kB)

P3.5

Performance of LIDAR-based turbulence detection algorithm

P. W. Chan, Hong Kong Observatory, Hong Kong, China; and K. M. Kwong

Poster PDF (1.0 MB)

P3.6

A new direction in clear-air turbulence forecasting based on spontaneous imbalance, Part II: case studies and statistical results

Donald W. McCann, McCann Aviation Weather Reaserch, Inc., Overland Park, KS; and J. A. Knox and P. D. Williams

Poster PDF (323.4 kB)

P3.7

Recent Meteorological Data Collection and Analysis In Support of United States Wake Turbulence Program

Hadi S. Wassaf, Volpe Center, Research and Innovative Technologies Administration (RITA), Cambridge, MA; and A. Tabrizi and W. Frank

Poster PDF (192.5 kB)

P3.8

Climatology of upper-level turbulence using in-situ measurements of eddy dissipation rate

Jennifer Abernethy, NCAR/RAL, Boulder, CO

P3.9

Clear air turbulence forecasts: algorithms intercomparison using AMDAR Intensive Observation Period over Western Europe

Agathe Drouin, M�t�o France, Toulouse, France; and C. Le Bot, C. Pag�, and T. Ludjet

Poster PDF (200.4 kB)

P3.10A

Developments in numerical clear air turbulence forecasting at the UK Met Office

Debi Turp, UK Met Office, Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom; and P. Gill

Poster PDF (289.6 kB)

P3.11

Automated volcanic ash dispersion forecasts

Ming Liu, NRL, Monterey, CA; and D. L. Westphal, J. S. Reid, T. L. Tsui, J. Cook, D. A. Geiszler, and M. Frost

P3.12

New automated methods for detecting volcanic ash and determining mass loading from infrared radiances: Looking towards the NPOESS and GOES-R Era's

Michael J. Pavolonis, NOAA/NESDIS, Madison, WI

P3.13

Global composite of volcanic ash �split window� geostationary satellite images

Frederick R. Mosher, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, FL

Poster PDF (930.1 kB)

P3.14

NRL satellite volcano ash plume monitoring

Jeffrey D. Hawkins, NRL, Monterey, CA; and S. D. Miller, A. P. Kuciauskas, R. L. Bankert, F. J. Turk, K. Richardson, T. F. Lee, and J. E. Kent

Poster PDF (346.3 kB)

P3.15

A methodology for the design of meteorological instrumentation networks

Jeffrey H. Copeland, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and L. Carson and A. Yates

Poster PDF (1.0 MB)

P3.16

Development of a Transfer Function for the ASOS All-Weather Precipitation Accumulation Gauge

Jennifer M. Dover, NOAA/NWS, Sterling, VA

Poster PDF (288.2 kB)

P3.17

A Study of Barometric Altimeter Errors in High Latitude Regions

Young Yee, Mkey Technologies, LLC, Las Cruces, NM; and E. Yee

Poster PDF (190.1 kB)

P3.18

Snow gauge performance during the Denver blizzards of December, 2006

Scott D. Landolt, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. L. Black, R. M. Rasmussen, and A. W. Tripp

Poster PDF (444.7 kB)

Poster Session 3

Validation of Hydrometeorological Observations

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

Sponsor: 22nd Conference on Hydrology

Chair: Robert J. Kuligowski, NOAA/NESDIS

CoChair: Chandra R. Kondragunta, NOAA/NWS

Papers:

P3.1

Validation of the tropical rainfall potential (TRAP)

Michelle Spampata, Riverside Technology Inc, Camp Springs, MD; and A. Schwartz, M. Turk, S. Kusselson, and R. Edmundson

P3.2

Prototype products for ground validation in the GPM-era

David A. Marks, NASA/GSFC and SSAI, Greenbelt, MD; and D. B. Wolff and D. S. Silberstein

P3.3

Validation of a blended-snow product using station observations and satellite images

Dorothy K. Hall, NASA, Greenbelt, MD; and J. L. Foster, P. M. Montesano, G. A. Riggs, R. E. J. Kelly, and J. B. Eylander

P3.4

A comparison of evolving multisensor precipitation estimation methods based on impacts on flow prediction using a distributed hydrologic model

David H. Kitzmiller, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and F. Ding, S. Van Cooten, K. Howard, C. Langston, J. Zhang, H. Moser, R. J. Kuligowski, D. Kim, Y. Zhang, and D. Riley

Poster PDF (1.5 MB)

P3.5

DISCOVER merged water vapor product validation

Deborah K. Smith, Remote Sensing Systems, Santa Rosa, CA; and K. Hilburn and F. J. Wentz

Poster Session 4

Climate of the 20th Century (C20C) Poster Session

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

Sponsor: 20th Conference on Climate Variability and Change

Chair: Chris K. Folland, United Kingdom Meteorological Office

CoChair: James L. Kinter III, COLA

Papers:

P4.1

Are Australian climate trends linear?

David Jones, BOM, Vic., 3001, Australia; and R. Fawcett

P4.2

The three dimensional structure and time evolution of the decadal variability revealed in ECMWF reanalyses

Taehyoun Shim, Korea Polar Research Institute, Incheon, South Korea; and G. H. Lim and D. I. Lee

Poster PDF (1.1 MB)

P4.3

Low-frequency variability of the Indian Monsoon-ENSO relation and the Tropical Atlantic: The 'weakening' of the '80s and '90s

Fred Kucharski, Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy; and A. Bracco, J. H. Yoo, and F. Molteni

Poster PDF (32.2 kB)

P4.4

Mechanisms of a rapid global climate shift across the late 1960s

P4.5

Adjusting archived radiosonde data using complete validated and inferred radiosonde metadata to compute unbiased atmospheric temperature and moisture trends

Steven R. Schroeder, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX

Poster PDF (80.7 kB)

P4.6

Can stable isotopes of hydrogen and oxygen tell you which way the wind is blowing or has blown in the past?

James Robert Lawrence, Univ. of Houston, Houston, TX; and S. D. Gedzelman

P4.7

The myth of the 1970s global cooling scientific consensus

Thomas C. Peterson, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and W. M. Connolley and J. Fleck

Poster PDF (681.5 kB)

P4.8

El Nino teleconnections in an atmospheric model

Sarah Ineson, Met Office Hadley Centre, Met Office, Exeter, United Kingdom; and A. A. Scaife

P4.9

Interaction between low frequency teleconnections and US precipitation

P4.10

Intraseasonal Teleconnection between North American and Western North Pacific Monsoons with 20-day Time Scale

Xianan Jiang, JIFRESSE/UCLA and JPL/Caltech, Pasadena, CA; and N. C. Lau

P4.11

Study of the frequency of extreme daily precipitation on the south of Andes mountain range . Temporary variability in the period 1961-2003 and relation with the Antartic Oscillation

Federico Ariel Robledo, Departament of Atmospheric and Ocean Sciences, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina; and O. C. Penalba

Poster PDF (136.9 kB)

P4.12

Response of the strating dates and the length of seasons and the Yellow River in mainland China to global warming

Yundi Jiang, National climate center/China Meteorological Administration, Beijing, China

P4.13

Utilizing high-resolution precipitation products to assess climate impacts

P4.14

Observations of a global-warming reverse-reaction: California coastal summer daytine cooling

R. Bornstein, San Jose State Univ., San Jose, CA; and B. Lebassi, J. E. Gonzalez, D. Fabris, E. P. Maurer, N. L. Miller, and C. Milesi

P4.15

RAMS simulations of a global-warming reverse-reaction: California coastal summer daytime cooling

B. Lebassi, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA; and J. E. Gonzalez, D. Fabris, E. P. Maurer, N. L. Miller, C. Milesi, and R. Bornstein

Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break (wednesday p.m.)

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

Poster Session P2

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

Sponsor: 15th Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA

Papers:

P2.1

The WRF Model's new explicit numerical diffusion and its effects on transport and dispersion in the planetary boundary layer

Jason C. Knievel, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and G. H. Bryan, J. H. Copeland, and J. P. Hacker

Poster PDF (610.6 kB)

P2.2

Characterization of local air quality over Lake Clarke at Long Level, Pennsylvania

Geoffrey L. Baum, Millersville Univ., Millersville, PA; and B. M. Crowthers, T. D. Sikora, and R. D. Clark

P2.3

Dispersion Modeling with a Dense Network of Meteorological Observations using ARMADA (Army RDT&E Meteorological Architecture for Data Archival) at Dugway Proving Ground

P2.4

Does the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model reproduce the characteristics of atmospheric surface layers accurately?

Rachel Rogers, Texas Tech Univ., Lubbock, TX; and S. Basu

P2.5

The Empirical Mode Decomposition and Intermittent Turbulence

Christina Ho, Texas Tech Univ., Lubbock, TX; and X. Gilliam, J. A. Phillipson, and S. Basu

Poster PDF (339.3 kB)

P2.6

Aerosol and Plume Height Measurements from Satellites for Air Quality Studies

Nancy A. Ritchey, SSAI, Hampton, VA; and J. W. Closs, L. A. Hunt, J. M. Kusterer, and K. A. Cannon

P2.7

A stochastic model for the collection growth of ice particles

Lester Alfonso Sr., Universidad Autonoma de la Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico

Poster PDF (62.2 kB)

6

Session 6

Location: 211 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 11th Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International

Papers:

3:00 PM

6.1

Why the Weather.?

Doria B. Grimes, NOAA Central Library (Retired), Silver Spring, MD

Recorded presentation

7

Session 7

Location: 211 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 11th Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International

Papers:

3:30 PM

7.1

Linking Earth Science Data Information and NASA Scientific and Technical Information

Juliet Pao, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA VA

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)

9

Forecast Evaluation II

Location: 219 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 19th Conference on Probability and Statistics

Cochairs: Marina M. Timofeyeva, UCAR, Boulder, CO and NOAA/NWS; Barbara G. Brown, NCAR

Papers:

4:00 PM

9.1

Intercomparison of spatial verification methods

D. Ahijevych, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and E. Gilleland, B. Brown, E. Ebert, L. Holland, and C. Davis

http://www.ral.ucar.edu/projects/icp/

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (285.0 kB)

4:15 PM

9.2

An assessment of forecast performance using Model Evaluation Tools (MET)

Lacey Holland, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. E. Halley Gotway, B. G. Brown, D. A. Ahijevych, E. Gilleland, and L. B. Nance

Recorded presentation

4:30 PM

9.3

Applying a Procrustes shape analysis verification scheme to nowcast ensemble forecast members to determine accuracy of diagnosed convective mode

Neil I. Fox, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO; and S. A. Lack and A. Micheas

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (726.8 kB)

4:45 PM

9.4

Observing verification trends and applying a methodology to probabilistic precipitation forecasts at a National Weather Service forecast office

Sam Lashley, NOAA/NWSFO, Syracuse, IN; and A. Lammers, L. Fisher, R. Simpson, J. Taylor, S. Weisser, and J. Logsdon

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (826.5 kB)

Joint Session 7

Land-Atmosphere Interactions, Part VI

Location: 223 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsors: (Joint between the 22nd Conference on Hydrology; and the 20th Conference on Climate Variability and Change )

Chair: Yongkang Xue, University of California

CoChair: Randal D. Koster, NASA/GSFC

Papers:

4:00 PM

J7.1

Response of the mean global vegetation distribution to interannual climate variability

Michael Notaro, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

Recorded presentation

4:15 PM

J7.2

A modeling and observational framework for diagnosing local land-atmosphere coupling on diurnal time scales

Joseph A. Santanello Jr., ESSIC/UMCP and NASA-GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and C. D. Peters-Lidard and S. V. Kumar

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (365.4 kB)

4:30 PM

J7.3

Control of Surface Temperature Gradient over West Africa

Man-li Wu, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and S. Schubert, O. Reale, M. Suarez, R. D. Koster, and P. Pegion

Recorded presentation

4:45 PM

J7.4

Lake Breeze simulation using an integrated RAMS and LIS modeling systems evaluated using ARMOR radar observations

Salvi Asefi, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and U. S. Nair, V. Anantharaj, K. Knupp, and Y. Wu

Recorded presentation

J7.5

Simulated future river discharges under IPCC SRES scenarios: Yangtze, Ganges, Brahmaputra, Blue Nile and Murray-Darling

2

Societal Dimensions of Hazards II

Location: 228-229 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: Third Symposium on Policy and Socio-Economic Research

Cochairs: Genevieve E. Maricle, Arizona State Univ.; Jameson Wetmore, Arizona State Univ.

Papers:

4:00 PM

2.1

The Assessment of Weather Related Risk-Taking Behavior

Alan E. Stewart, Univ. of Georgia, Athens, GA

Recorded presentation

4:15 PM

2.2

Elements of a flood disaster: The role of vulnerability in disaster risk reduction

Olga Wilhelmi, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and I. Kelman

Recorded presentation

4:30 PM

2.3

How can meteorological advances influence the cost of U.S. landfalling hurricanes?

Joel B. Gratz, ICAT Managers, LLC, Boulder, CO

Recorded presentation

4:45 PM

2.4

The Department of Homeland Security's management of natural disasters

Shali Mohleji, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO

5:00 PM

2.5

A Perspective on Flood Hazard Mitigation

French Wetmore, French & Associates, Ltd., Steilacoom, WA

Recorded presentation

5:15 PM

2.6

Discussion

3

Providing forecasts to support user decisions

Location: 214 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: Symposium on Linkages among Societal Benefits, Prediction Systems and Process Studies for 1-14 day Weather Forecasts

Chair: Jim Hansen, NRL

Papers:

4:00 PM

3.1

Does society benefit from very long range day-to-day weather forecasts?

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

http://www.bom.gov.au

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (457.0 kB)

4:15 PM

3.2

Developing daily insect migration risk forecasts for Midwest agricultural decision makers

David Changnon, Northern Illinois Univ., DeKalb, IL; and M. Sandstrom

Recorded presentation

4:30 PM

3.3

The feasibility of an extreme cold warning system for livestock in northeastern Montana

Katrina L. Frank, Univ. of Delaware, Newark, DE; and T. E. Fransen, C. A. Bogel, D. E. Simonsen, T. L. Salem Jr., and L. Kalkstein

Recorded presentation

4:45 PM

3.4

Coupled air-ocean prediction supporting operational planning during a major fleet exercise

Steven W. Payne, Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command, Stennis Space Center, MS; and D. W. Titley and E. Gough

Recorded presentation

5:00 PM

3.5

Evaluation and utilization of a meso-γ-scale numerical weather prediction system for emergency management operations

Lloyd A. Treinish, IBM Systems and Technology Group, Yorktown Heights, NY; and A. P. Praino and K. D. Neafcy

Recorded presentation

5:15 PM

3.6

Designing an end-to-end decision model for CASA networks

B. Philips, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA; and R. Krzysztofowicz, W. Donner, E. Bass, D. Pepyne, H. Rodriguez, W. Diaz, and K. A. Kloesel

Recorded presentation

4

Geostationary Satellites as a part of GEOSS

Location: R02-R03 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 5th GOES Users' Conference

Cochairs: Eric Madsen, NESDIS; Jim Purdom, CIRA

Papers:

4:00 PM

4.1

EUMETSAT's Geostationary Satellites as a part of GEOSS

Johannes Schmetz, EUMETSAT, Darmstadt, Germany

4:15 PM

4.2A

Korea

Ae-Sook Suh, National Meteorological Satellite Center, Korea Meteorological Administration, Jincheon-gun, Chungbuk, South Korea

Recorded presentation

4:30 PM

4.3

Plans for Japan's Satellite Program

Toru Hashimoto, MSC/JMA, Tokyo, Japan

Recorded presentation

4:45 PM

4.4

Indian Meteorological Satellite Missions : Current and Planned

P.C. Joshi, Indian Space Research Organisation, Ahmedabad, India

Recorded presentation

5:00 PM

4.5

China (Invited Speaker)

To be Determined, TBD, N/a, TBD

Recorded presentation

5:15 PM

4.6A

Russia (Invited Speaker)

Joint Session 5

Photochemical Modeling and Monitoring-II

Location: 220 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsors: (Joint between the 15th Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA; and the 10th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry )

Chair: Jason K.S. Ching, NOAA

Papers:

4:00 PM

J5.1

Descriptions of sub-grid model variability and methods for incorporation in advanced applications of CMAQ

Jason K. Ching, USEPA/ORD/NERL/AMD, Research Triangle Park, NC NC; and V. Isakov and M. A. Majeed

Recorded presentation

4:15 PM

J5.2

A Nudging Strategy for Mesobeta-Scale WRF Simulations Suitable for Retrospective Air Quality Modeling

Tanya L. Otte, NOAA/ERL/ARL, Research Triangle Park, NC

4:30 PM

J5.3

The Impact of Nudging in the Meteorological Model for Retrospective Air Quality Simulations

Tanya L. Otte, NOAA/ERL/ARL, Research Triangle Park, NC

4:45 PM

J5.4

3D Air Quality and the Clean Air Interstate Rule: Lagrangian sampling of CMAQ model results to aid regional pollution accountability metrics

T. Duncan Fairlie, NASA, Hampton, VA; and J. Szykman, R. Scheffe, F. Dimmick, R. B. Pierce, A. Gilliland, J. Engel-Cox, S. Weber, J. Al-Saadi, and C. Kittaka

Poster PDF (2.8 MB)

5:00 PM

J5.5

Analysis of ambient ozone and precursor monitoring data in New Orleans and Baton Rouge, Louisiana before and after Hurricane Katrina

Mark E. Sather, EPA, Dallas, TX

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.2 MB)

5:15 PM

J5.6

Can Meteorologically Adjusted Ozone Trends Estimate the Impact of the NOx SIP Call?

Adrienne M. Wootten, North Carolina State Univ., Louisburg, NC NC; and G. Antczak

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.3 MB)

Joint Session 6

Advances in Atmospheric Reanalysis

Location: 224 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsors: (Joint between the 20th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; and the 22nd Conference on Hydrology )

Chair: Michael Bosilovich, NASA/GSFC

CoChair: J. Roads, SIO/Univ. of California

Papers:

4:00 PM

J6.1

Comparison of MERRA with ERA-40 on river basin scales

Alan K. Betts, Atmospheric Research, Pittsford, VT; and M. G. Bosilovich

Recorded presentation

4:15 PM

J6.2

Evaluation of a reanalysis system with CEOP station observations and multi-model analysis

Michael G. Bosilovich, NASA/GSFC/GMAO, Greenbelt, MD; and D. Mocko, J. O. Roads, and A. K. Betts

Recorded presentation

4:30 PM

J6.3

Dominant balances and exchanges of the atmospheric water cycle in the Reanalysis-2 at diurnal, annual, and intraseasonal time scales

A.C. Ruane, NASA/GISS and Oak Ridge Associated Universities, New York, NY; and J. O. Roads

Recorded presentation

4:45 PM

J6.4

A preliminary study of global water and energy cycles in a NASA reanalysis system

Junye Chen, Univ. of Maryland/ESSIC & NASA/GSFC/GMAO, Greenbelt, MD; and M. G. Bosilovich

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (822.2 kB)

5:00 PM

J6.5

Simulated Land Surface Hydrological Variability and Their Impacts on Weather and Climate Anomalies Over the US

Yun Fan, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/CPC/RSIS, Camp Springs, MD; and H. Van den Dool

Recorded presentation

5:15 PM

J6.6

A regional re-analysis approach for modeling the West African monsoon rainfall diurnal cycle

Massimiliano Pasqui, Institute of Biometeorology - National Research Council (IBIMET-CNR), Roma, Italy; and F. Guarnieri and S. Melani

Recorded presentation

8

Use of Lightning Data in the Operational Warning and Decision Making Process

Location: 222 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: Third Conference on Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data

Chair: Stephen W. Nesbitt, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Papers:

4:00 PM

8.1A

Lightning mapping data as a tool for assessing storm structure and evolution

E. C. Bruning, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and W. D. Rust, D. R. MacGorman, M. I. Biggerstaff, and P. R. Krehbiel

Recorded presentation

8.1

Lightning Observations during an Intense Winter Storm in Northeast Minnesota and Northwest Wisconsin on 1 March 2007

4:30 PM

8.2

Total lightning observations of supercells in the warning decision process over North Central Texas

Christopher M. McKinney, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; and L. D. Carey and G. R. Patrick

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (739.9 kB)

4:45 PM

8.3

Severe Weather Precursors in the Lightning Activity of Tennessee Valley Thunderstorms

P. N. Gatlin, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and S. J. Goodman

Recorded presentation

5:00 PM

8.4

The Utility of Total Lightning Tools and Technologies - Four Years of Operational Case Studies

Christopher B. Darden, NOAA/NWS, Huntsville, AL; and J. Burks, D. E. Buechler, J. M. Hall, and S. J. Goodman

Recorded presentation

5:15 PM

8.5

VHF total lightning mapping data use for thunderstorm nowcasting at weather forecast offices

Nicholas W. S. Demetriades, Vaisala, Inc., Tucson, AZ; and D. E. Buechler, C. B. Darden, G. R. Patrick, and A. Makela

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (65.6 kB)

5:30 PM

8.6

A comparison of lightning flashes as observed by the lightning imaging sensor and the North Alabama lightning mapping array

Monte Bateman, Universities Space Research Association, Huntsville, AL; and D. M. Mach, E. W. McCaul Jr., J. Bailey, and H. J. Christian Jr.

Recorded presentation

9

Turbulence and Wind Shear Part I

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

Sponsor: 13th Conference on Aviation, Range and Aerospace Meteorology

Cochairs: A. Bruce Carmichael, NCAR; Kevin L. Johnston, NOAA/NWS

Papers:

4:00 PM

9.1

The prediction of mountain wave turbulence

Robert D. Sharman, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. Abernethy and R. Frehlich

Recorded presentation

4:15 PM

9.2

Storm top cirrus plumes and jumping cirrus as indicators of clear air turbulence generated by deep convective storms

Pao K. Wang, Univ. if Wisconsin, Madison, WI

Recorded presentation

4:30 PM

9.3A

Satellite-derived mountain wave turbulence interest field detection

Wayne F. Feltz, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. A. Otkin, K. M. Bedka, S. A. Ackerman, A. Wimmers, R. D. Sharman, and J. R. Mecikalski

Recorded presentation

4:45 PM

9.4

Remote detection and real-time alerting for in-cloud turbulence

Jason A. Craig, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. K. Williams, G. Blackburn, S. Linden, and R. Stone

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (254.7 kB)

5:00 PM

9.5

Case studies of widespread turbulence in the vicinity of mesoscale convective systems using 13-km RUC analyses

Stanley B. Trier, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. D. Sharman and R. G. Fovell

Recorded presentation

5:15 PM

9.6

Satellite signatures associated with significant convectively-induced turbulence events

Kristopher M. Bedka, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and W. F. Feltz, J. R. Mecikalski, R. D. Sharman, A. Lenz, and J. Sieglaff

Recorded presentation

12

Detection and attribution of climate change: Part I

Location: 215-216 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 20th Conference on Climate Variability and Change

Chair: Gerald Meehl, NCAR

Papers:

4:00 PM

12.1

The mid-1970s climate shift in the Pacific and the relative roles of forced versus inherent decadal variability

Gerald A. Meehl, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and A. Hu and B. D. Santer

Recorded presentation

4:15 PM

12.2

Oceanic Influences on Recent Continental Warming

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

Recorded presentation

4:30 PM

12.3

Relationships between global precipitation and surface temperature on inter-annual and longer time scales during 1979-2006

Robert Adler, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and G. Gu and G. J. Huffman

Recorded presentation

4:45 PM

12.4

Correlations between temperature and precipitable water over the oceans

Carl. A. Mears, Remote Sensing Systems, Santa Rosa, CA; and F. J. Wentz, B. D. Santer, K. E. Taylor, and M. F. Wehner

Recorded presentation

5:00 PM

12.5 is now 14A.4A

5:00 PM

12.5A

The relative importance of tropical variability forced from the North Pacific through ocean pathways

Amy B. Solomon, NOAA/CIRES-CDC, Boulder, CO; and S. I. Shin, M. A. Alexander, and J. P. McCreary Jr.

5:15 PM

12.6 is now 14A.3A

5:15 PM

12.6A

Observed and Modeled Drivers of Arctic Change

Jennifer Francis, Rutgers University, Marion, MA; and E. Hunter

Recorded presentation

12

Land and Ocean Observations

Location: 204 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 12th Conference on IOAS-AOLS

Chair: Michael Garay, JPL/Caltech

Papers:

4:00 PM

12.1

Evaluation of the Campbell SR-50^� sensor in triplicate for automation of U.S. snowfall and snow depth measurements and work towards operational status

Wendy A. Ryan, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and N. J. Doesken

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (186.6 kB)

12.2

Persistent imprints of mid-latitude ocean fronts high into the atmosphere

4:30 PM

12.3

Significant wave height in the Gulf of Mexico: validation of Jason-1 measurement against buoy data

Mitsuko Korobkin, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA; and E. D'Sa

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (163.6 kB)

4:45 PM

12.4

Operational field test and evaluation of NDBC's compact ocean observing system configured for ocean wave, meteorological, and ocean current profiling measurements

Richard L. Crout, NOAA/NDBC, Stennis Space Center, MS; and R. V. Hervey and R. H. Bouchard

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (54.5 kB)

5:00 PM

12.5

Integrated Observing Systems at NOAA's National Ocean Service: Using Diversity as Strength

Marie C. Colton, NOAA National Ocean Service, Silver Spring, MD; and S. Gill, M. Erickson, and S. White

Recorded presentation

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)

ASLI's CHOICE BOOK AWARD PRESENTATION AT ASLI BOOTH IN PUBLISHERS' ROW

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

17th Symposium on Education Adjourns

Symposium on Linkages among Societal Benefits, Prediction Systems and Process Studies for 1-14 day Weather Forecasts Adjourns

Third Conference on Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data Adjourns

Reception in Exhibit Hall (Cash Bar) (Wednesday)

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

Annual ASLI Dinner

AMS Annual Awards Banquet at the Hilton Riverside Hotel

Audio Visual Storage

Location: 213 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

BAMS

Location: 203 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Press Office

Location: 201 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Speaker Ready Room/IT

Location: 212 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Daily Weather Briefing

Location: 206 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: Event

Exhibitor Breakfast

Location: 208 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Press Briefing

Location: 201-202 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Coffee

Location: 211 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Weather Video Preview Theater

Location: 225 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Panel Discussion 1

Discovery � Access � Preservation: Libraries� Roles in Data Services

Location: 211 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 11th Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International

Moderator: Colleen Nunn, NCAR Librarian

Panelists: Chris Sherrat, Librarian, Lindgren Library, MIT; Joseph L. Comeaux, NCAR; Juliet Pao, NASA Langley Research Center; Nancy A. Ritchey, SSAI; Anita Colby, Librarian, UCLA Science and Engineering Library; Allaina Howard, Librarian and Analog Data Archivist, National Snow and Ice Data Center

Papers:

8:15 AM

Colleen Nunn

8:15 AM

Chris Sherrat

8:15 AM

Joseph L. Comeaux II

Recorded presentation

8:15 AM

Juliet Pao

8:15 AM

Nancy A. Ritchey

Recorded presentation

8:15 AM

Anita Colby

8:15 AM

Allaina Howard

Recorded presentation

8:15 AM

Panel Discussion

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)

3

Application-Oriented Research

Location: 228-229 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: Third Symposium on Policy and Socio-Economic Research

Cochairs: Genevieve E. Maricle, Arizona State Univ.; Wendy Marie Thomas, AMS

Papers:

8:30 AM

3.1

Providing weather forecast uncertainty information to the public: Findings from a nationwide survey

Julie Demuth, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. E. Morss and J. K. Lazo

Recorded presentation

8:45 AM

3.2

Knowing weather and climate: how do peoples with extended interaction histories with the natural environment recognize or forecast meteorological events?

Randy A. Peppler, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK

Recorded presentation

9:00 AM

3.3

Lessons of the Lower Ninth: Methodology and Epistemology of Video Ethnography

Wesley Shrum, Louisiana State Univ., Baton Rouge, LA

9:15 AM

3.4

How to achieve benefit from application-oriented research: lessons from the Naval Research Laboratory's meteorology division

Nathaniel J. Logar, Center for Science and Technology Policy Research, Boulder, CO

Recorded presentation

9:30 AM

3.5

Communication practice as theory in warning events

Jenifer C. G. Martin, NCAR, Boulder, CO

Recorded presentation

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

Recorded presentation

8:30 AM

Steven J. Weiss

Recorded presentation

8:30 AM

Stephen Goodman

Recorded presentation

8:30 AM

Bob Alder

Recorded presentation

8:30 AM

Paul R. Houser

Recorded presentation

8:30 AM

Edgar L. Andreas

Recorded presentation

8:30 AM

David L. Spittlehouse

Recorded presentation

8:30 AM

Howie (Cb) Bluestein

Recorded presentation

8:30 AM

Panel Discussion

Recorded presentation

5

GOES Data Products & Instrument Operations

Location: R02-R03 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 5th GOES Users' Conference

Cochairs: Thomas M. Renkevens, NOAA/NESDIS/OSDPD; Vanessa Griffin, NOAA/NESDIS

Papers:

8:30 AM

5.1

Recommendations from the fourth GOES Users' Conference

James J. Gurka, NOAA/NESDIS/GOES-R Program Office, Greenbelt, MD; and T. J. Schmit and D. Reynolds

Recorded presentation

8:45 AM

5.2

GOES-R User Requirements Change Process

Barbara B. Pfarr, GOES-R Program Systems Engineering, Greenbelt, MD; and W. Mazur and M. Todirita

Recorded presentation

9:00 AM

5.3

GOES-R Products and Implementation Schedule

Donald Gray, NESDIS GOES-R Program Office, Greenbelt, MD

Recorded presentation

9:15 AM

5.4

NOAA/NESDIS GOES-R Algorithm Working Group (AWG) and its Role in the Development and Readiness of GOES-R Product Algorithms

Mitchell D. Goldberg, NOAA/NESDIS/ORA, Camp Springs, MD; and J. Daniels

Recorded presentation

9:30 AM

5.5

GOES-R Ground Segment Overview

Robin Pfister, NASA GOES-R Program Office, Greenbelt, MD

Recorded presentation

7

All Other Aspects of Air Pollution Meteorology

Location: 220 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 15th Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA

Chair: Eugene Yee, Defence R&D Canada - Suffield

Papers:

8:30 AM

7.1

Inverse dispersion of an unknown number of contaminant sources

Eugene Yee, Defence R&D Canada - Suffield, Medicine Hat, AB, Canada

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (393.5 kB)

8:45 AM

7.2

The effect of local circulations on ozone transport in the Houston-Galveston Area during TexAQS II

Monica R. Patel, Univ. of Houston, Houston, TX; and B. Lefer

Recorded presentation

9:00 AM

7.3

Fresno Eddy recirculation and its impact on ozone buildup in the San Joaquin Valley of California

Scott Beaver, Univ. of California, Davis, CA; and A. Palazoglu and A. Singh

Recorded presentation

9:15 AM

7.4

Sequence analysis of surface wind field patterns to identify recurring scenarios favoring poor air quality around Houston, Texas

Swathi Pakalapati, Louisiana State Univ., Baton Rouge, LA; and J. A. Romagnoli, S. Beaver, and A. Palazoglu

Recorded presentation

9:30 AM

7.5

Assessment of Baseline Air Quality in Wyoming's Green River Basin Prior to Accelerated Gas and Oil Well Development

Sera M. Bargo, Univ. of Wyoming, Laramie, WY; and D. C. Montague

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (370.5 kB)

7

Stratospheric Ozone and Tropospheric Weather-I

Location: 230 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 10th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry

Chair: John Hornstein, NRL

Papers:

8:30 AM

7.1

Introduction to the Special Session on Stratospheric Ozone and Tropospheric Weather

John Hornstein, NRL, Washington, DC

Recorded presentation

8:45 AM

7.2

The generation of NWP model initial conditions from satellite total column ozone data, and their validation

Dorothy A. Durnford, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada; and J. R. Gyakum and E. H. Atallah

Recorded presentation

9:00 AM

7.3

Impacts of EOS-Aura ozone data on GEOS-5 meteorological analyses

Steven Pawson, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and I. Stajner, M. Sienkiewicz, and N. Brubaker

Recorded presentation

9:15 AM

7.4

Using the GOES SFOV total column ozone product to examine non-convective high wind events associated with mid-latitude cyclones

John A. Knox, Univ. of Georgia, Athens, GA; and C. C. Schmidt, S. M. Dillingham, J. D. Durkee, C. M. Fuhrmann, J. D. Frye, A. E. Stewart, and M. C. Lacke

9:30 AM

7.5

Correlation of AIRS mid-tropospheric CO2 with weather patterns and ground sources

Moustafa Chahine, NASA/JPL, Pasadena, CA; and X. Jiang, E. T. Olsen, L. Chen, Q. Li, T. S. Pagano, Y. Yung, and J. Randerson

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)

10

Turbulence and Wind Shear Part II

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

Sponsor: 13th Conference on Aviation, Range and Aerospace Meteorology

Cochairs: A. Bruce Carmichael, NCAR; Kevin L. Johnston, NOAA/NWS

Papers:

8:30 AM

10.1

An update on turbulence reporting from commercial aircraft

Larry B. Cornman, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and G. Meymaris, J. Prestopnik, and T. Tasset

Recorded presentation

8:45 AM

10.2

A wind forecast algorithm to support Wake Turbulence Mitigation for Departures (WTMD)

Frank M. Robasky, MIT Lincoln Lab, Lexington, MA; and D. A. Clark

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (686.8 kB)

9:00 AM

10.3

Comparison of Rapid Update Cycle (RUC) Model Crosswinds with LIDAR Crosswind Measurements at St. Louis Lambert International Airport

Suilou Huang, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA; and F. M. Robasky and D. A. Clark

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (483.7 kB)

9:15 AM

10.4

Comparative analysis of Terminal Wind-Shear Detection Systems

John Y. N. Cho, MIT Lincoln Lab, Lexington, MA; and R. G. Hallowell and M. E. Weber

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (909.5 kB)

9:30 AM

10.5

Diagnosing hazardous turbulence associated with thunderstorms

John K. Williams, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and G. E. Blackburn, J. A. Craig, S. Linden, and R. D. Sharman

Recorded presentation

13

Assimilation of Ocean and Land Surface Observations into Models-I

Location: 204 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 12th Conference on IOAS-AOLS

Chair: Marie C. Colton, NOAA National Ocean Service

Papers:

8:30 AM

13.1

Evaluating ocean ensembles and adaptive sampling of ocean glider observations in Monterey Bay

Sharanya J. Majumdar, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and C. H. Bishop, Y. Chao, Z. Li, J. Farrara, and P. F. J. Lermusiaux

Recorded presentation

8:45 AM

13.2

A Physically Consistent Method for the Assimilation of Land Surface Temperature Tendencies

Scott M. Mackaro, Metropolitan State College of Denver, Denver, CO; and R. T. McNider and A. P. Biazar

Recorded presentation

9:00 AM

13.3

Impact of assimilating modified synthetic profiles on global ocean sound speed prediction

Charlie N. Barron, NRL, Stennis Space Center, MS; and R. H. Helber, L. F. Smedstad, and M. R. Carnes

Recorded presentation

9:15 AM

13.4

A numerical model for tsunami caused by the earthquake displacements on the ocean bottom

Cheng Ting, Southeast College, Houston, TX

9:30 AM

13.5

High-resolution specification of the land and ocean surface for improving regional mesoscale model predictions

Jonathan L. Case, ENSCO, Inc., Huntsville, AL; and G. T. Stano, M. Splitt, S. M. Lazarus, W. L. Crosson, W. M. Lapenta, G. J. Jedlovec, and C. D. Peters-Lidard

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

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (675.4 kB)

13A

Detection and attribution of climate change: Part II

Location: 215-216 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 20th Conference on Climate Variability and Change

Chair: Gilbert P. Compo, Physical Sciences Division/ESRL/NOAA

Papers:

8:30 AM

13A.1

Scalar trend prediction in climate change

Stephen S. Leroy, Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA; and J. A. Dykema and J. G. Anderson

Recorded presentation

8:45 AM

13A.2

Detecting a greenhouse warming signal using only maximum daily temperatures

Richard T. McNider, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL; and J. R. Christy and W. B. Norris

Recorded presentation

9:00 AM

13A.3

Asymmetries in spring and autumn temperature trends over western North America: The role of circulation

John T. Abatzoglou, DRI, Reno, NV; and K. T. Redmond

Recorded presentation

13A.4

An assessment of regional record-breaking statistics in annual mean temperature

9:30 AM

13A.4A

Trends in the onset, severity and duration of the North American Monsoon (1918�2006)

Steven M. Quiring, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and A. M. Nordfelt

Recorded presentation

9:45 AM

13A.5

Attributing Anthropogenic Climate Influence on Observed Changes in Physical and Biological Systems

David J. Karoly, Univ. of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia; and C. Rosenzweig

Recorded presentation

13B

Climate Modeling and Diagnostics Part I

Location: 217-218 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 20th Conference on Climate Variability and Change

Chair: Aiguo Dai, NCAR

Papers:

8:30 AM

13B.1

US CLIVAR MJO Working Group: MJO Climate Simulation Diagnostics

Duane Edward Waliser, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and K. R. Sperber, L. Donner, J. Gottschalck, H. H. Hendon, W. Higgins, I. S. Kang, D. Kim, E. D. Maloney, M. W. Moncrieff, S. Schubert, W. Stern, F. Vitart, B. Wang, W. Wang, K. M. Weickmann, M. C. Wheeler, S. Woolnough, and C. Zhang

Recorded presentation

8:45 AM

13B.2

The importance of high-frequency sea-surface temperatures to the intraseasonal variability of the Indian summer monsoon

Nicholas P. Klingaman, Walker Institute for Climate System Research, Department of Meteorology, University of Reading, Reading, Berkshire, United Kingdom; and P. M. Inness, J. M. Slingo, and H. Weller

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.8 MB)

9:00 AM

13B.3

Coupled Model Simulations of Boreal Summer Intraseasonal (30-50 day) Variability, Part 1: Systematic Errors and Caution on Use of Metrics

Kenneth R. Sperber, LLNL, Livermore, CA; and H. Annamalai

Recorded presentation

9:15 AM

13B.4

Tropical influences on southwest Asia precipitation in a global atmospheric model

Andrew Hoell, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA; and M. Barlow and F. P. Colby Jr.

Recorded presentation

9:30 AM

13B.5

Development and application of a coupled regional atmosphere-ocean model: air-sea interaction of the tropical instability waves over the Atlantic ocean

Jen-Shan Hsieh, Department of Oceanography, Texas A & M University, College Station, TX; and C. Wen, P. Chang, and R. Saravanan

1

Session I

Location: R04 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: The Peter Hobbs Symposium

Chair: Steven A. Rutledge, Colorado State University

Papers:

8:30 AM

Welcoming Remarks

Recorded presentation

8:45 AM

1.1

Ice Particle Physics and Laboratory Studies

Roland List, Univ. of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

Recorded presentation

9:15 AM

1.2

Out of the lab and into the air: Peter Hobbs and the physics and dynamics of real clouds

Robert A. Houze Jr., University of Washington, Seattle, WA

Recorded presentation

9:45 AM

1.3

Cloud physics and the satellite era

Graeme Stephens, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO

10:15 AM

1.4

Memories of Peter V. Hobbs

Steven Rutledge, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO

9

Advances in Remote Sensing and Data Assimilation in Hydrology

Location: 223 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 22nd Conference on Hydrology

Chair: Susan C. Steele-Dunne, TU Delft

Papers:

8:45 AM

9.1

Applying GEOSS Concepts to Precipitation Related Observation Requirements in NOAA

Chandra R. Kondragunta, NOAA/NESDIS, Silver Spring, MD; and P. M. Taylor, J. Pereira, L. O'Connor, and R. Mairs

Recorded presentation

9.2

An automated radar technique for the identification of warm rain processes

9.3

BREAM: A simple but effective model to allow better radar QPE in flash flood situations for radars with partial beam blocking

9:30 AM

9.4

An improved GOES parallax correction scheme for rainfall estimation

J. Clay Davenport, I.M. Systems Group, Inc, Camp Springs, MD; and R. J. Kuligowski

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (206.8 kB)

9:45 AM

9.5

Efficient assimilation of satellite precipitation observations into a cloud resolving model to support hydrologic applications

Mircea Grecu, University of Maryland, Baltimore County and NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and E. Anagnostou

10

Climate Forecasting

Location: 219 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 19th Conference on Probability and Statistics

Cochairs: Laurence J. Wilson, MSC; Bob Glahn, NOAA/NWS

Papers:

10.1

Improved statistical seasonal forecasts using extended training data

9:00 AM

10.1A

Looking for patterns in global sea surface temperatures and North American fire danger with positive matrix factorization

Timothy J. Brown, DRI, Reno, Nevada; and J. R. Banta and B. L. Hall

Recorded presentation

9:15 AM

10.2

Robust nonlinear canonical correlation analysis for seasonal prediction of tropical Pacific sea surface temperatures

Alex J. Cannon, Meteorological Service of Canada, Vancouver, BC, Canada; and W. W. Hsieh

Recorded presentation

9:30 AM

10.3

Forecast error dynamics in a coupled ocean-atmosphere prediction system

Malaquias Pena, SAIC and EMC/NCEP/NOAA, Camp Springs, MD; and Z. Toth

9:45 AM

10.4

A Probabilistic Climatic Model for Predicting Seasonal Rainfall in Paraiba State, Brazil

Bernardo Barbosa da Silva, Federal University of Campina Grande, Campina Grande, PB, Brazil; and F. D. A. S. Souza, V. D. P. R. Silva, and C. C. Braga

Panel Discussion 2

Forecasting the Future of Atmospheric Science Librarianship

Location: 211 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 11th Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International

Moderator: Madeleine Needles, MIT Haystack Observatory

Papers:

9:30 AM

PD2.1

Panel Discussion

Poster Session 4

Advances in Remote Sensing and Data Assimilation in Hydrology

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

Sponsor: 22nd Conference on Hydrology

Chair: Susan C. Steele-Dunne, TU Delft

Papers:

P4.1

Soil Moisture Evaluation of the Long Island Central Pine Barrens Ecosystem

Michael A. Edwards, NOAA, Silver Spring, MD; and M. Winslow and D. R. Blake

P4.2

Planetary boundary layer height climatology from GPS/COSMIC moisture profiles

Chi O. Ao, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and T. K. Chan, B. A. Iijima, J. L. Li, A. J. Mannucci, B. Tian, and D. E. Waliser

P4.3

Impact of GPROF Database on TRMM TMI Retrievals of Precipitation over Korean Peninsula

Geun-Hyeok Ryu, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea; and B. J. Sohn and E. K. Seo

P4.4

Near real time snow data assimilation for streamflow forecasting using MODIS snow data products

Qiuhong Tang, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and A. W. Wood and D. P. Lettenmaier

http://www.hydro.washington.edu/forecast/rsda/

P4.5

An intercomparison between LSM and satellite-retrieved estimates of volumetric soil moisture across the continental United States

Christopher R. Hain, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and W. T. Crow, J. R. Mecikalski, and M. C. Anderson

P4.6

Estimates of total downwelling surface radiation using a high-resolution cloud product and an Ensemble Kalman Smoother

Barton A. Forman, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD; and S. A. Margulis

P4.7

Updating atmospheric forecast model initial analyses by assimilating surface flux data

Andrew A. Taylor, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and L. M. Leslie and D. J. Stensrud

Poster Session 4

Radar and Icing Posters

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

Sponsor: 13th Conference on Aviation, Range and Aerospace Meteorology

Papers:

P4.1

An update of the LIDAR Windshear Alerting System (LIWAS) in Hong Kong

P. W. Chan, Hong Kong Observatory, Hong Kong, China; and M. L. Kuo and C. M. Li

Poster PDF (1.4 MB)

P4.2

The Real-Time Verification System (RTVS-NG): Integrating data to support user-based verification

Nick D. Matheson, NOAA/ESRL/GSD, Boulder, CO; and M. A. Petty, D. S. Schaffer, S. Madine, and J. Mahoney

P4.3

Development of a Polarimetric Space-Time Radar for Airborne Weather Hazard Monitoring

Yan Zhang, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK

http://arrc.ou.edu/~rockee/

Poster PDF (493.8 kB)

P4.4

Three-dimensional radar mosaic integrating WSR-88Ds and Canadian radar network

Jian Zhang, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and C. Langston, K. Howard, W. Xia, and P. I. Joe

Poster PDF (2.3 MB)

P4.5

Three-Dimensional Mosaic of the Eddy Dissipation Rate Fields from WSR-88Ds

Ming Fang, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. Zhang, J. K. Williams, and J. A. Craig

Poster PDF (389.1 kB)

P4.6

Development of a lead-time metric for assessing skill in forecasting the onset of IFR events: poster and laptop presentation of a prototype web tool and database

Andrew Loughe, NOAA/ESRL/GSD/CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and S. Madine and J. Mahoney

Poster PDF (554.8 kB)

P4.7

Investigation of a severe microburst near Phoenix, Arizona as seen by a mobile Doppler radar and the KIWA WSR-88D

Steven V. Vasiloff, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and K. Howard

Poster PDF (1.7 MB)

P4.8

Analysis of 3-D NEXRAD Mosaic Reflectivity Data Colocated with Research Aircraft And Satellite Data: Implications on In-flight Icing

David Serke, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and F. McDonough and M. K. Politovich

Poster PDF (473.1 kB)

P4.9

Development and testing of a liquid equivalent real-time sensor system in support of aircraft ground deicing operations

Roy Rasmussen, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and S. Landolt

P4.10

Comparison of NASA-Langley Satellite-Derived Cloud Properties with Pilot Reports in Aircraft Icing Scenarios

Jennifer Black, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. A. Haggerty, S. D. Landolt, F. McDonough, C. A. Wolff, P. Minnis, and L. Nguyen

Poster PDF (256.6 kB)

P4.11

Using CloudSat data to validate icing products

Cory A. Wolff, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and T. F. Lee, C. Mitrescu, S. D. Landolt, and S. D. Miller

Poster PDF (87.8 kB)

P4.12

Dust detection and quantification from MODIS IR bands using Artificial Neural Network (ANN) model

Sang-Sam Lee, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea; and B. J. Sohn

Poster PDF (424.5 kB)

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

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

Break

8

AMS Publishing updates

Location: 211 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 11th Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International

Papers:

10:15 AM

8.1

AMS Publishing Update

Kenneth F. Heideman, AMS, Director of Publications, Boston, MA

Recorded presentation

10:45 AM

8.2

Progress on Glossary Changes

Jean Phillips, Librarian, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

Recorded presentation

11:00 AM

8.3

BAMS Update

Jeff Rosenfeld, Editor, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, Boston, MA

11:15 AM

8.4

What is the Future of AMS Conference Proceedings?

Jean Phillips, Librarian, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. Nathans

Recorded presentation

Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

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

2

Session II

Location: R04 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: The Peter Hobbs Symposium

Chair: Robert A. Houze Jr., University of Washington

Papers:

11:00 AM

2.1

Advances in cloud chemistry

Mary C. Barth, NCAR, Boulder, CO

Recorded presentation

11:30 AM

2.2

Microphysics in Cloud Models: Parameterizations vs Explicit Approaches

William R. Cotton, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO

Recorded presentation

11

Statistical Downscaling

Location: 219 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 19th Conference on Probability and Statistics

Chairs: Daniel S. Wilks, Cornell University; James B. Elsner, Florida State University

Papers:

11:00 AM

11.1

Downscaling forecasts of Indian monsoon rainfall using a nonhomogeneous hidden Markov model

Arthur M. Greene, Columbia University/IRI, Palisades, NY; and A. W. Robertson

Recorded presentation

11:15 AM

11.2

Statistical Downscaling Approach and its Application

Bo Cui, EMC, Camp Springs, MD; and Z. Toth, Y. Zhu, and D. Hou

Recorded presentation

11:30 AM

11.3

Gridded MOS guidance in the national digital guidance database

Bob Glahn, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and K. K. Gilbert, R. Crosgrove, D. Ruth, and K. Sheets

http://www.weather.gov/mdl/synop/gmos.html

Poster PDF (397.3 kB)

11:45 AM

11.4

Optimized merging of hourly precipitation with daily COOP precipitation data

Dongsoo Kim, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (121.7 kB)

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, K�ln, 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)

Panel Discussion 4

State of the Field: Social Dimensions

Location: 228-229 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: Third Symposium on Policy and Socio-Economic Research

Moderator: Genevieve E. Maricle, Arizona State Univ.

Panelists: Genevieve E. Maricle, Arizona State Univ.; Elizabeth McNie, Purdue University; Tind Shepper Ryen, US House of Representatives; Eileen Shea, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC

Papers:

11:00 AM

PD4.1

State of the Field: Social Dimensions

Genevieve E. Maricle, Arizona State Univ., Tempe, AZ; and E. McNie, T. S. Ryen, and E. Shea

Recorded presentation

11:15 AM

Elizabeth McNie

11:15 AM

Tind Shepper Ryen

11:15 AM

Eileen Shea

Recorded presentation

11:15 AM

Panel Discussion

6

GOES Data Products and Instrument Operations-II

Location: R02-R03 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 5th GOES Users' Conference

Cochairs: Thomas M. Renkevens, NOAA/NESDIS/OSDPD; Robin Pfister, NASA GOES-R Program Office

Papers:

11:00 AM

6.1

Rapid Scan Operations for GOES

C. L. Hampton; and Christopher Wheeler, NOAA/NESDIS, Suitland, MD and B. Hughes

Recorded presentation

11:15 AM

6.2

Future GOES-R Instrument Operations � Capabilities and Constraints

Tim Walsh, NOAA/NESDIS GOES-R Program Office, Greenbelt, MD; and T. J. Schmit

Recorded presentation

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)

8

All Other Aspects of Air Pollution Meteorology, Part II

Location: 220 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 15th Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA

Chair: Allen B. White, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado

Papers:

11:00 AM

8.1

Parameterization of NWP uncertainty for dispersion modeling

L. Joel Peltier, Applied Research Laboratory/Penn State Univ., University Park, PA; and S. E. Haupt, J. C. Wyngaard, D. R. Stauffer, A. Deng, and J. A. Lee

Recorded presentation

11:15 AM

8.2

The importance of terrain and building definitions for transport and dispersion CFD simulations of pollutants

Fernando E. Camelli, George Mason Univ., Fairfax, VA; and D. Wong, M. Sonwalkar, and R. Lohner

11:30 AM

8.3

Using hidden Markov models of variable release schedules in the estimation of unknown source parameters

John M. Shuford, ENSCO Inc., Melbourne, FL; and K. Denelsbeck and S. Seely

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (210.0 kB)

11:45 AM

8.4

Impact of Surface Heterogeneity on Atmospheric Dispersion

Udaysankar S. Nair, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and Y. Wu

Recorded presentation

12:00 PM

8.5

Use of virtual scenarios for meteorological, dispersion, and atmospheric chemistry modeling

Randolph J. Evans, Siemens Energy, Inc., Orlando, FL; and V. Chynwat, J. Dreher, and M. Kienzle

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (256.6 kB)

8

Stratospheric Ozone and Tropospheric Weather-II

Location: 230 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 10th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry

Chair: John Hornstein, NRL

Papers:

11:00 AM

8.1

Column versus Profile Correlations between Ozone and PV

John Hornstein, NRL, Washington, DC

Recorded presentation

11:15 AM

8.2

Mini-holes and their opposites: The role of barotropic instabilities in their displacements

H. Teitelbaum, Laboratoire de M�t�orologie Dynamique, Paris, France; and M. Moustaoui

Recorded presentation

11:30 AM

8.3

A cold pool reference frame for analyzing polar stratospheric clouds and tropospheric forcing

Michael D. Fromm, NRL, Washington, DC; and J. M. Alfred

11:45 AM

8.4

Multi-scale predictability of high-impact stratospheric turbulence

Alex Mahalov, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ; and M. Moustaoui and B. Nicolaenko

Recorded presentation

12:00 PM

8.5

Recent new evidences of troposphere-to-stratosphere transport by deep convective storms

Pao K. Wang, Univ. if Wisconsin, Madison, WI

10

Advances in Remote Sensing and Data Assimilation in Hydrology, Part II

Location: 223 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 22nd Conference on Hydrology

Chair: Susan C. Steele-Dunne, TU Delft

Papers:

11:00 AM

10.1

A Canadian precipitation analysis combining surface observations and remotely sensed data with a numerical weather prediction: applications to hydrological prediction and land-data assimilation

Vincent Fortin, Meteorological Research Division, Environment Canada, Dorval, QC, Canada; and J. Marcoux, M. Carrera, P. Bourgouin, B. Casati, S. B�lair, and I. Dore

10.2

Background and observation errors in the new Canadian Land Data Assimilation System

11:30 AM

10.3

Quantifying the Impact of Land Surface Properties on Satellite-based Precipitation Estimates

Yudong Tian, UMBC/GEST, Greenbelt, MD; and C. Peters-Lidard, J. B. Eylander, M. Garcia, and J. Zeng

Recorded presentation

11:45 AM

10.4

Enhancing satellite-based precipitation estimates over land using spaceborne surface soil moisture retrievals

Wade T. Crow, USDA/ARS, Beltsville, MD; and R. Bindlish

Recorded presentation

11

Verification

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

Sponsor: 13th Conference on Aviation, Range and Aerospace Meteorology

CoChair: Joanne Volk, Meteorological Service of Canada

Papers:

11:00 AM

11.1

AWRP Quality Assessment Research Team (QART): User-based verification and NextGen alignment

Jennifer Mahoney, NOAA/ESRL/GSD, Boulder, CO

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (464.1 kB)

11:15 AM

11.2

The Real-Time Verification System (RTVS-NG): A new verification framework

Sean Madine, OAR, Boulder, CO; and N. D. Matheson, M. A. Petty, D. S. Schaffer, and J. Mahoney

Recorded presentation

11:30 AM

11.3

Aligning forecast verification with user-specific needs - an example for aviation

Michael P. Kay, NOAA/ESRL/CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and S. Madine, J. Mahoney, and J. E. Hart

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (172.6 kB)

11:45 AM

11.4

A lead-time metric for assessing skill in forecasting the onset of IFR events

Andrew Loughe, NOAA/ESRL/GSD/CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and S. Madine, J. Mahoney, and M. Graf

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (554.7 kB)

12:00 PM

11.5

Statistical assessment of explicit model forecasts of convection using a new object-based approach

Cody L. Phillips, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. O. Pinto, M. Steiner, R. M. Rasmussen, and N. Oien

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (325.4 kB)

14

Assimilation of Ocean and Land Surface Observations into Models-II

Location: 204 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 12th Conference on IOAS-AOLS

Chair: George D. Emmitt, Simpson Weather Associates

Papers:

11:00 AM

14.1

A multi-season study of the effects of MODIS sea-surface temperatures on operational WRF forecasts at NWS Miami, FL

Jonathan L. Case, ENSCO, Inc., Huntsville, AL; and P. Santos, M. Splitt, S. M. Lazarus, K. K. Fuell, S. L. Haines, S. R. Dembek, and W. M. Lapenta

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

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (490.1 kB)

11:15 AM

14.2

Stochastic generation of precipitation ensembles using remotely sensed information

R. Wojcik, MIT, Cambridge, MA; and A. Konings, S. Friedman, D. McLaughlin, and D. Enthekabi

11:30 AM

14.3

Impact of MODIS-derived land surface and vegetation data within the RAMS atmospheric model

Jonathan G. Fairman Jr., UA Huntsville, Huntsville, AL; and U. S. Nair and S. A. Christopher

Recorded presentation

11:45 AM

14.4

The influence of lidar based water vapor assimilation on a regional forecast over the Mid-Atlantic

Segayle Walford, Howard University, Washington, DC; and E. Joseph

Recorded presentation

12:00 PM

14.5

The impact of satellite altimeters on upper ocean parameter simulations

Robert W. Helber, NRL, Stennis, MS; and J. F. Shriver, C. Barron, and G. A. Jacobs

Recorded presentation

14A

Detection and attribution of climate change: Part III

Location: 215-216 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 20th Conference on Climate Variability and Change

Chair: Gerald L. Potter, LLNL

Papers:

11:00 AM

14A.1

Changes and Variations in Continental Freshwater Discharge from 1949-2004

Aiguo Dai, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and T. Qian and K. E. Trenberth

Recorded presentation

11:15 AM

14A.2

Arctic Report Card shows continuing change in most environmental indicators

Nancy N. Soreide, NOAA/PMEL, Seattle, WA; and J. A. Richter-Menge, J. E. Overland, and J. Calder

http://www.arctic.noaa.gov/reportcard/

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (300.5 kB)

11:30 AM

Paper 14A.3 is now 12.6A

11:30 AM

14A.3A

Mid-tropospheric Temperature Quasi-biannual Variability

Hartmut H. Aumann, JPL, Pasadena, CA

Recorded presentation

11:45 AM

14A.4

Paper 14A.4 is now 12.5A

11:45 AM

14A.4A

Effect of desert dust on the biological activity of ocean surface

Vani Starry Manoharan, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL; and U. S. Nair and R. M. Welch

Recorded presentation

12:00 PM

14A.5

An examination of the interannual and multidecadal variability of drought in the United States

Jose Maliekal, The College at Brockport, Brockport, NY

Recorded presentation

14B

Climate Modeling and Diagnostics Part II

Location: 217-218 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 20th Conference on Climate Variability and Change

Chair: Duane E. Waliser, JPL

Papers:

11:00 AM

14B.1

A Test of the Simulation of Tropical Convective Cloudiness by a Cloud-Resolving Model

Dennis L. Hartmann, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and M. A. Lopez, P. N. Blossey, R. Wood, C. S. Bretherton, and T. L. Kubar

Recorded presentation

11:15 AM

14B.2

Comparisons of CloudSat Upper Level Cloud Measurements with EOS MLS Measurements, ECMWF, GEOS5 Analyses and GCM Simulations

Jui-Lin Li, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and D. Waliser, C. P. Woods, J. D. Chern, J. Jiang, J. Bacmeister, A. M. Tompkins, W. -. K. Tao, D. G. Vane, and G. Stephens

11:30 AM

14B.3

Evaluating water vapor in the NCAR CAM3 climate model with RRTMG/McICA using modeled and observed AIRS spectral radiances

Michael J. Iacono, AER, Inc, Lexington, MA

Poster PDF (1.3 MB)

11:45 AM

14B.4

Using Metrics to Explore the Relationship Between Simulated Mean Climate and Variability

Peter J. Gleckler, LLNL, Livermore, CA; and K. R. Sperber and K. E. Taylor

12:00 PM

14B.5

Diagnosing effective heat capactity in the IPCC AR4 model runs

Daniel B. Kirk-Davidoff, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD; and A. Kleidon

Recorded presentation

Exhibits Open (thurs)

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

Panel Discussion 1

Future Operations Panel

Location: R02-R03 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 5th GOES Users' Conference

Moderator: Thomas M. Renkevens, NOAA/NESDIS/OSDPD

Panelists: Joseph T. Schaefer, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/SPC; Christopher B. Darden, NOAA/NWS; Bob Breck, WVUE-TV; Christopher Velden, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin; Lars Peter Riishojgaard, JCSDA; John McMillen, AFWA/A5RS

Papers:

11:30 AM

Thomas M. Renkevens

Recorded presentation

11:30 AM

Joseph T. Schaefer

11:30 AM

Christopher B. Darden

11:30 AM

Bob Breck

11:30 AM

Christopher Velden

11:30 AM

Lars Peter Riishojgaard

11:30 AM

John McMillen

11:30 AM

Panel Discussion

Lunch

Hurricane on the Bayou Showing 2

Location: R08-R09 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

2008/2009 Planning Luncheon

Location: 210 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

NASA Science Mission Directorate

Location: 205 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: Town Hall Meetings

Symposium Luncheon

Location: R05 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

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

Keynote Speaker Session L1

Lunch Presentation: Satellite Meteorology of Tropical Cyclones in the GOES-R Era (Lunch Box Provided Courtesy of the GOES-R Industry Partners)

Location: R02-R03 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 5th GOES Users' Conference

Papers:

12:15 PM

KS1.1

Satellite meteorology of tropical cyclones in the GOES-R era

John L. Beven II, NOAA/AOML/NHC/TPC, Miami, FL; and M. DeMaria and C. Velden

Recorded presentation

9

Vendor and Publisher Updates

Location: 211 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 11th Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International

Papers:

1:00 PM

9.1

Proquest (MGA)

Vicki Soto, Aquatic and Meteorological Sciences, Cambridge Scientific Abstracts (CSA), Bethesda, MD; and C. Readinger and M. Miyazaki

Recorded presentation

1:30 PM

9.2

American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Karine Blaufuss, Marketing and Membership, American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC

Recorded presentation

2:00 PM

9.3

Web of Science, Thomson Scientific

Paul Torpey, Global Sales Support Manager, Thomson Scientific, Philadelphia, PA

Recorded presentation

2:30 PM

9.4

Wiley

Speaker Tbd, Wiley Publishing, Chichester, United Kingdom

Panel Discussion 1

Cloud Physics Panel: The Future of Cloud Physics

Location: R04 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: The Peter Hobbs Symposium

Moderator: Greg M. McFarquhar, Univ. of Illinois

Panelists: Leo Donner, GFDL; Ann M. Fridlind, NASA; R. Paul Lawson, SPEC Inc; Jay Mace, Univ. of Utah; Clifford F. Mass, University of Washington; Raymond A. Shaw, Michigan Technological University

Papers:

1:30 PM

Greg M. McFarquhar

Recorded presentation

1:30 PM

Leo Donner

1:30 PM

Ann M. Fridlind

1:30 PM

R. Paul Lawson

1:30 PM

Jay Mace

1:30 PM

Clifford F. Mass

1:30 PM

Raymond A. Shaw

1:30 PM

Panel Discussion

Joint Session 6

Air Quality Forecasting Including Chemical Data Assimilation

Location: 220 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsors: (Joint between the 15th Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA; and the 10th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry )

Chair: Sue Ellen Haupt, Penn State Univ.

Papers:

1:30 PM

J6.1

Paradigms for Source Characterization

Sue Ellen Haupt, Penn State Univ., University Park, PA; and G. Young

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (494.1 kB)

1:45 PM

J6.2

Source Characterization and Meteorology Retrieval Including Atmospheric Boundary Layer Depth Using a Genetic Algorithm

Andrew J. Annunzio, Penn State Univ., University Park, PA; and S. E. Haupt and G. Young

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (297.5 kB)

2:00 PM

J6.3

Concentration Assimilation into Wind Field Models for Dispersion Modeling

Anke Beyer-Lout, Penn State Univ., University Park, PA; and G. Young and S. E. Haupt

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (377.0 kB)

2:15 PM

J6.4

Sensitivity of CMAQ to urbanized meteorological fields based on National Urban Database and Access Portal Tools (NUDAPT)

Jason K. Ching, USEPA/ORD/NERL/AMD, Research Triangle Park, NC NC; and H. Taha, F. Chen, and S. Miao

Recorded presentation

2:30 PM

J6.5

NOAA-EPA's National Air Quality Forecast Capability: Testing expanded capabilities

Paula M. Davidson, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and J. McQueen, R. Mathur, R. Draxler, S. Kondragunta, S. Jackson, and K. Carey

2:45 PM

J6.6

Assimilation of SCIAMACHY total column CO

Andrew Tangborn, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and I. Stajner, S. Pawson, M. Buchwitz, I. Khlystova, and J. Burrows

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (255.4 kB)

7

GOES-R USERS� FORUM-I

Location: R02-R03 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 5th GOES Users' Conference

Cochairs: Mark DeMaria, NOAA/NESDIS; Kevin Schrab, NOAA/NWS

Papers:

1:30 PM

7.1

Hurricane intensity changes associated with the Gulf of Mexico Loop Current and Eddies using GOES sea surface temperatures and satellite altimetry

Nan D. Walker, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA; and R. R. Leben, S. Balasubramanian, C. Pilley, and A. Haag

Recorded presentation

1:45 PM

7.2

Potential Socio-Economic Benefits of GOES-R

Sharon K. Bard, Centrec Consulting Group, LLC, Savoy, IL; and T. A. Doehring and S. T. Sonka

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (237.7 kB)

2:00 PM

7.3

Preparing for GOES-R+ User Training and Education

Anthony Mostek, NOAA/NWS, Boulder, CO; and M. DeMaria and J. J. Gurka

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)

11

Advances in Remote Sensing and Data Assimilation in Hydrology, Part III

Location: 223 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 22nd Conference on Hydrology

Chair: Susan C. Steele-Dunne, TU Delft

Papers:

1:30 PM

11.1

Impact of Land Surface Representation in the Assimilation of Surface Soil Moisture

Sujay V. Kumar, Univ. of Maryland Baltimore County/GEST, Greenbelt, MD; and R. H. Reichle, R. D. Koster, and C. D. Peters-Lidard

Recorded presentation

2:00 PM

11.2

Assessing the role of hillslope-scale heterogeneity in soil moisture remote sensing and data assimilation using microwave radiometry

Alejandro N. Flores, MIT, Cambridge, MA; and V. Y. Ivanov, D. Entekhabi, and R. L. Bras

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (156.0 kB)

2:15 PM

11.3

Accounting for bias of model simulations in land data assimilation

Yan Luo, Center for Research on Environment and Water, Calverton, MD; and P. R. Houser and X. Zhan

11.4

Soil moisture monitoring at national scale with assimilation of satellite products: the experimental operational system of the Italian civil protection

2:45 PM

11.5

A Global Soil Moisture Network developed within the GEOSS Framework

P.J. Van Oevelen, International GEWEX Project Office, Silver Spring, MD MD; and T. Jackson and P. Viterbo

Recorded presentation

12

Extreme Weather and Climate

Location: 219 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 19th Conference on Probability and Statistics

Cochairs: Arthur M. Greene, Columbia University/IRI; Timothy J. Brown, DRI

Papers:

1:30 PM

12.1

A preliminary survey of costly past weather events in southern California and a look at other potentially costly weather events

Ivory J. Small, NOAA/NWS, San Diego, CA

Poster PDF (597.7 kB)

1:45 PM

12.2

Anticipating extreme hurricane losses

Thomas H. Jagger, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and J. B. Elsner

Recorded presentation

2:00 PM

12.3

Stochastic modeling of hurricane damage: Reanalysis of updated data

Richard W. Katz, NCAR, Boulder, CO

Recorded presentation

2:15 PM

12.4

Precipitation extremes in a ten-year high-resolution data set

George J. Huffman, NASA/GSFC and SSAI, Greenbelt, MD; and R. Adler, Y. Hong, D. T. Bolvin, E. J. Nelkin, and Y. Tian

Recorded presentation

2:30 PM

12.5

Toward predicting extremely active and break India summer monsoon

Qinghua Ding, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI; and B. Wang

Recorded presentation

2:45 PM

12.6

Mid-Level Front Induced by Interaction of the Typhoon and Middle-Latitude Trough: A Case of Typhoon RUSA in August 2002

Eun-Hyuk Baek, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea; and G. H. Lim

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (737.3 kB)

12

Radar

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

Sponsor: 13th Conference on Aviation, Range and Aerospace Meteorology

Cochairs: Rodney J. Potts, CAWCR; James Stobie, SAIC

Papers:

12.1

Multi-Function Phased Array Radar (MPAR) Program Update

1:45 PM

12.2

Aviation applications of Doppler LIDAR � experience in Hong Kong

P. W. Chan, Hong Kong Observatory, Hong Kong, China; and C. M. Shun

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (2.1 MB)

2:00 PM

12.3

Improving weather radar data quality for aviation weather needs

David J. Smalley, MIT Lincoln Lab., Lexington, MA; and E. Mann, C. Ivaldi, and B. J. Bennett

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.7 MB)

2:15 PM

12.4

Strong wind shears in stratiform precipitation observed with weather radar

Valery Melnikov, University of Oklahoma/CIMMS, Norman, OK; and R. J. Doviak

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (2.0 MB)

2:30 PM

12.5

Development and testing of the VAHIRR radar product

Joe H. Barrett III, ENSCO, Applied Meteorology Unit, Cocoa Beach, FL; and J. Miller, D. Charnasky, R. Gillen, R. Lafosse, B. R. Hoeth, D. A. Hood, and T. M. McNamara

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (2.1 MB)

2:45 PM

12.6

WSR-88D observed spatial spectra of turbulence in precipitation

Ming Fang, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and R. J. Doviak

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (322.3 kB)

15A

Data Impact Tests: Real and Simulated Observations-I

Location: 204 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 12th Conference on IOAS-AOLS

Chair: Robert Atlas, NOAA/AOML

Papers:

1:30 PM

15A.1

Potential impacts of a space-based Doppler Wind Lidar

George D. Emmitt, Simpson Weather Associates, Charlottesville, VA; and S. A. Wood, R. Atlas, and J. Terry

Recorded presentation

1:45 PM

15A.2

Progress in Joint OSSEs,Three Joint OSSE nature runs and simulation of observation

Michiko Masutani, EMC, Camp Springs, MD; and J. S. Woollen, R. Errico, Y. Xie, T. Zhu, H. Sun, J. Terry, R. Yang, S. Greco, N. Prive, E. Andersson, T. W. Schlatter, A. Stoffelen, F. Weng, O. Reale, L. P. Riishojgaard, G. D. Emmitt, S. J. Lord, Z. Toth, G. J. Marseille, V. Anantharaj, K. Fielding, G. McConaughy, S. J. Worley, C. F. Shih, M. Yanaguchi, J. C. Jusem, C. M. Hill, P. J. Fitzpatrick, D. Devenyi, S. S. Weygandt, S. A. Wood, Y. Song, E. Liu, D. N. Groff, M. Hart, G. Gayno, A. Da Silva, M. J. McGill, D. Kleist, Y. Sato, and S. A. Boukabara

http://www.emc.ncep.noaa.gov/research/JointOSSEs

Poster PDF (60.5 kB)

2:00 PM

15A.3

CO2 Data Assimilation with the Coupled Atmosphere-Vegetation Model Using Local Ensemble Transform Kalman Filter

Ji-Sun Kang, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and E. Kalnay, N. Zeng, J. Liu, and I. Fung

http://ams2008/jskang

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (117.6 kB)

2:15 PM

15A.4

Data assimilation experiments using quality controlled AIRS Version 5 temperature soundings

Joel Susskind, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD

Recorded presentation

2:30 PM

Paper 15A.5 moved. New Paper Number P1.12A

2:30 PM

15A.6

Impact of satellite-derived ocean winds on hurricane forecasting at global and regional scales

S. Mark Leidner, AER, Norman, OK; and J. Ardizzone, J. Terry, E. Brin, and R. Atlas

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.0 MB)

15A

Detection and attribution of climate change: Part IV

Location: 215-216 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 20th Conference on Climate Variability and Change

Chair: Muyin Wang, University of Washington

Papers:

1:30 PM

15A.1

Interactions between ozone and climate: 1960-2100

Steven Pawson, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and R. S. Stolarski, A. R. Douglass, J. Perlwitz, and J. E. Nielsen

Recorded presentation

1:45 PM

15A.2

Historical trends in the jet streams

Cristina L. Archer, Carnegie Institution, Stanford, CA; and K. Caldeira

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.5 MB)

2:00 PM

15A.3

Trends in extreme snowfall years in the contiguous U.S

Kenneth E. Kunkel, ISWS, Champaign, IL; and M. A. Palecki, L. Ensor, D. A. Robinson, K. G. Hubbard, D. R. Easterling, and K. T. Redmond

Recorded presentation

2:15 PM

15A.4

Climate and wind energy: recent trends in wind speed and potential effects of climate change

Jeffrey M. Freedman, AWS Truewind LLC, Albany, NY; and J. W. Zack and B. H. Bailey

Recorded presentation

2:30 PM

15A.5

A preliminary assessment of future changes in the severe thunderstorm environment in North America

Patrick T. Marsh, NOAA/NSSL & OU/CIMMS/SoM, Norman, OK; and D. J. Karoly and H. E. Brooks

Recorded presentation

2:45 PM

15A.6

Impact of climate change in the Po valley: downscaling high resolution RegCM output by coupling with ChYM hydrological model

Erika Coppola, Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Trieste, Italy; and F. Giorgi, X. Gao, B. Tomassetti, and M. Verdecchia

Recorded presentation

15B

Climate Modeling and Diagnostics Part III

Location: 217-218 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 20th Conference on Climate Variability and Change

Chair: A.C. Ruane, NASA/GISS and Oak Ridge Associated Universities

Papers:

1:30 PM

15B.1

An alternate grid technique for GCMs: results of running physics and dynamics on different grids

Andrea M. Molod, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD

Recorded presentation

1:45 PM

15B.2

Implementing a double Fourier series dynamic core into a global atmospheric model

Hoon Park, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea; and S. Y. Hong and H. B. Cheong

Recorded presentation

2:00 PM

15B.3

Using the "radiative kernel" technique to calculate climate feedbacks in NCAR's Community Atmospheric Model

Karen M. Shell, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR; and J. T. Kiehl and C. A. Shields

Recorded presentation

2:15 PM

15B.4

A new parameterization of gravity wave drag based on ray theory for use in GCMs

Hye-Yeong Chun, Yonsei Univ., Seoul, South Korea; and H. J. Choi and I. S. Song

Recorded presentation

2:30 PM

15B.5

Diagnosing structural errors in climate model parameterizations

Vincent E. Larson, Univ. of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI; and J. C. Golaz Jr., J. Hansen, D. P. Schanen, and B. M. Griffin

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.8 MB)

2:45 PM

15B.6

Grid-scale relationship between precipitation and topography in a global 20km-mesh atmospheric GCM

Osamu Arakawa, MRI, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan; and K. Kamiguchi and A. Kitoh

Recorded presentation

15B

Results from Recent Field Experiments and Their Potential Relevance to Operational Prediction

Location: 205 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 12th Conference on IOAS-AOLS

Chair: Bill Proenza, NOAA/NWS

Papers:

1:30 PM

15B.1

TAMDAR-related impacts on the AirDat operational WRF-ARW

Peter Childs, AirDat, Morrisville, NC; and N. Jacobs, M. Croke, and Y. Liu

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (415.7 kB)

1:45 PM

15B.2

Ensemble-based data assimilation for cloud-resolving hurricane prediction: experiments with radar, satellite and dropsonde observations from RAINEX

Yonghui Weng, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA; and F. Zhang

Recorded presentation

2:00 PM

15B.3

NOAA's 2005 & 2006 Saharan Air Layer Experiment (SALEX) aircraft missions: Tropical Storm Irene, Tropical Storm Debby & Hurricane Helene

Jason P. Dunion, NOAA/AOML/HRD, Miami, FL

Recorded presentation

2:15 PM

15B.4

The first successful unmanned aerial system (UAS) mission into a tropical cyclone (Ophelia 2005)

Joseph J. Cione, NOAA/AOML, Miami, FL; and E. W. Uhlhorn, G. Cascella, S. J. Majumdar, C. Sisko, N. Carrasco, M. D. Powell, P. Bale, G. Holland, P. Turlington, D. Fowler, C. W. Landsea, and C. L. Yuhas

Recorded presentation

2:30 PM

15B.5

The West African pilot balloon network during the NAMMA-2006 and implications for the future of the African pilot balloon sounding network

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

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

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.0 MB)

2:45 PM

15B.6

The effects of horizontal grid spacing and vertical resolution on TAMDAR data assimilation in short-range mesoscale forecasts

Allan Huffman, AirDat, Morrisville, NC; and P. Childs, M. Croke, and Y. Liu

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (2.3 MB)

3:00 PM

15B.7

High resolution assimilation of CASA and NEXRAD radar data in near-real time: Results from Spring 2007 and plans for Spring of 2008

Keith A. Brewster, CAPS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. Brotzge, K. W. Thomas, Y. Wang, M. Xue, J. Gao, D. Weber, and K. Howe

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (545.7 kB)

Panel Discussion 2

International User Panel on Lessons Learned from Current GOES Including GOES 10 and Implications for GOES-R Preparations

Location: R02-R03 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 5th GOES Users' Conference

Moderator: Donald E. Hinsman, WMO

Panelists: Luiz Machado, National Space Research Institute; Marcelo Colazo, National Commission for Space Activities (CONAE); David Grimes, MSC; Paulo Manso, National Meteorological Institute

Papers:

2:15 PM

Donald E. Hinsman

2:15 PM

Luiz Machado

Recorded presentation

2:15 PM

Marcelo Colazo

Recorded presentation

2:15 PM

David Grimes

2:15 PM

Paulo Manso

2:15 PM

Panel Discussion

10th Conference on Atmospheric Chemisty Adjourns

15th Joint Conference on Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA Adjourns

Break

Coffee Break and Exhibit Hall Raffle

Coffee Break and Exhibit Hall Raffle (Thurs)

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

ASLI Business Meeting

Location: 211 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

3

Session III

Location: R04 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: The Peter Hobbs Symposium

Chair: John Michael Wallace, Univ. of Washington

Papers:

3:30 PM

3.1

ADVENTURES IN CLOUD SEEDING

Arthur Rangno, Greenwood Station, Seattle, WA

Recorded presentation

4:00 PM

3.2

Clouds, Climate and Global Change

Dennis L. Hartmann, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA

Recorded presentation

16

Climate Modeling and Diagnostics Part IV

Location: 215-216 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 20th Conference on Climate Variability and Change

Chair: Timothy Eichler, Saint Louis University

Papers:

3:30 PM

16.1

A Southern Ocean cyclone climatology based on high resolution NWP model output

Amanda Lynch, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia; and P. Uotila and J. J. Cassano

Recorded presentation

3:45 PM

16.2

Climatology and interannual variability of mid-latitude storms in the NCEP CFS model

Timothy Eichler, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, Mo; and W. Higgins

Recorded presentation

4:00 PM

16.3

Regional-scale processes associated with future summer drying over Central America

Sara A. Rauscher, The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy; and F. Giorgi and N. S. Diffenbaugh

Recorded presentation

4:15 PM

16.4

Modeling Ocean-Atmosphere Interactions in the Peru Current System

Dian A. Putrasahan, SIO/Univ. Of California, La Jolla, CA; and H. Seo, A. J. Miller, and J. O. Roads

Recorded presentation

4:30 PM

16.5

The global hydrological and energy cycles at Last Glacial Maximum in CCSM3

Melissa A. Burt, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and D. A. Randall and B. Otto-Bliesner

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (372.9 kB)

8

GOES-R Users' Forum-II

Location: R02-R03 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 5th GOES Users' Conference

Cochairs: Kevin J. Schrab, NOAA/NWS/Office of Science and Technology; Mark DeMaria, NOAA/NESDIS

Papers:

3:30 PM

8.1

United Airlines Polar Operations

Michael Stills, United Airlines, Chicago, IL

Recorded presentation

3:45 PM

8.2

Use of Satellite Data at National Weather Service Forecast Offices

Donald M. Moore, NOAA/NWS, Billings, MT

Recorded presentation

4:00 PM

8.3

GOES Imagery Applications at the Aviation Weather Center

Steven Silberberg, AWC/NCEP, Kansas City, MO

Recorded presentation

4:15 PM

8.4

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Future use of GOES-R in Air Quality Assessments

James Szykman, USEPA, Hampton, VA; and J. A. Al-Saadi, T. Pace, R. Mathur, G. Pouliot, D. A. Chu, R. B. Pierce, S. Kondragunta, C. Kittaka, A. Soja, R. Scheffe, and J. Fishman

Recorded presentation

4:30 PM

8.5

Multi-Spectral Data for Space Shuttle Landing Operations

Doris A. Hood, NWS Spaceflight Meteorology Group, Houston, TX

Recorded presentation

4:45 PM

8.6

Concluding Remarks by Gary Davis, NOAA/NESDIS, Silver Spring, MD

12

Advances in Remote Sensing and Data Assimilation in Hydrology, Part IV

Location: 223 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 22nd Conference on Hydrology

Chair: Susan C. Steele-Dunne, TU Delft

Papers:

3:30 PM

12.1

A new blended global snow product using visible, passive microwave, and scatterometer satellite data

James L. Foster, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and D. K. Hall, J. B. Eylander, G. A. Riggs, E. J. Kim, M. Tedesco, S. V. Nghiem, R. E. J. Kelly, and B. J. Choudhury

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (600.5 kB)

4:00 PM

12.2

Analysis and of estimation snowpack properties using CLPX data

Amir E Azar, NOAA-CREST, New York, NY; and A. Powell, D. Seo, and R. Khanbilvardi

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (228.6 kB)

4:15 PM

12.3

Disaggregation of GOES-land surface temperatures using MODIS observations

Anand K. Inamdar, NCSU, Asheville, NC; and A. French

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (2.5 MB)

4:30 PM

12.4

Implementation of a global MODIS evapotranspiration algorithm for 2000-2006

Qiaozhen Mu, The University of Montana, Missoula, MT; and M. Zhao, F. A. Heinsch, and S. W. Running

Recorded presentation

4:45 PM

12.5

National irrigated lands mapping via an automated remote sensing-based methodology

Jesslyn Brown, SAIC, Sioux Falls, SD; and B. D. Wardlow, S. Maxwell, S. Pervez, and K. Callahan

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.3 MB)

13

Inflight Icing

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

Sponsor: 13th Conference on Aviation, Range and Aerospace Meteorology

Cochairs: George Issac, EC; M. K. Politovich, NCAR

Papers:

3:30 PM

13.1

An evaluation of the performance of the Forecast Icing Product (FIP)

Michael B. Chapman, NOAA/ESRL/GSD/CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and J. Mahoney, S. Madine, and J. K. Henderson

Recorded presentation

3:45 PM

13.2

SIGMA: diagnosis and nowcasting of in-flight icing supporting aircrew and ATM decision making process

Christine Le Bot, M�t�o France, Toulouse, France; and C. Pag� and A. Drouin

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (216.6 kB)

4:00 PM

13.3

Integration of satellite-derived cloud phase, cloud top height, and liquid water path into an operational aircraft icing nowcasting system

Julie A. Haggerty, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and F. McDonough, J. Black, S. Landolt, C. Wolff, S. Mueller, P. Minnis, and W. L. Smith Jr.

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (226.6 kB)

4:15 PM

13.4

Inflight icing detection with onboard microwave radiometry

Charles C. Ryerson, EDRC/CRREL, Hanover, NH; and G. G. Koenig, A. Reehorst, and F. Scott

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (256.2 kB)

4:30 PM

13.5

Forecasting supercooled large drop icing conditions

Frank McDonough, NCAR, Boulder, CO

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (427.2 kB)

4:45 PM

13.6

Detection of Aircraft Icing Conditions Using an Enhanced Cloud Retrieval Method Applied to Geostationary Satellite Data

Patrick Minnis, NASA/LaRC, Hampton, VA; and F. L. Chang, M. M. Khaiyer, W. L. Smith Jr., L. Nguyen, D. A. Spangenberg, and R. Palikonda

Recorded presentation

16

Data Impact Tests: Real and Simulated Observations-II

Location: 204 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Sponsor: 12th Conference on IOAS-AOLS

Chair: Jason P. Dunion, University of Miami/RSMAS/CIMAS & NOAA/AOML/HRD

Papers:

3:30 PM

16.4

Analysis and Prediction of an Intense African Easterly Wave and its associated High Impact Weather

Chris D. Thorncroft, SUNY, Albany, NY; and S. J. Majumdar

Recorded presentation

3:45 PM

16.2

Relative forecast impact from aircraft, profiler, rawinsonde, VAD, GPS-PW, METAR and mesonet observations for hourly assimilation in the RUC

S. G. Benjamin, NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and B. D. Jamison, W. R. Moninger, B. E. Schwartz, and T. W. Schlatter

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (805.6 kB)

4:00 PM

16.3

Sensitivity of the Real-Time Mesoscale Analysis to Mesonet Observations

John Horel, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and B. Olsen, D. Tyndall, and M. Pondeca

Recorded presentation

4:15 PM

16.1

Large Forecast Degradations Due to Synoptic Surveillance during the 2004 and 2005 Hurricane Seasons

S. D. Aberson, Hurricane Research Division, AOML, Miami, FL

Recorded presentation

4:30 PM

16.5

High-resolution Three-dimensional Wind Analysis of CASA IP-1 and WSR-88D Radar Data using the ARPS 3DVAR

Jidong Gao, CAPS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and K. Brewster, Y. Wang, K. W. Thomas, J. Brotzge, and M. Xue

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.4 MB)

4:45 PM

16.6

PenAir-based TAMDAR-related impacts on short-range mesoscale forecasts over Alaska

Meredith Croke, AirDat, Morrisville, NC; and N. Jacobs, P. Childs, and Y. Liu

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (503.3 kB)

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)

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