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Program Chairpersons:
Lawrence D. Carey, University of Alabama in Huntsville
Timothy Lang, Colorado State University

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Saturday, 10 January 2009
	7:30 AM-10:00 AM, Saturday Student Conference Badge Pick-up Only
Sunday, 11 January 2009
	7:30 AM-9:00 AM, Sunday Short Course Registration
	9:00 AM-6:00 PM, Sunday Annual Meeting Registration Begins
	12:00 PM-4:00 PM, Sunday, Northballroom A Weatherfest
	3:00 PM-4:00 PM, Sunday, Room 130 First-Time Attendee Briefing
	5:00 PM-6:00 PM, Sunday, Room 130 Annual Meeting Review and Fellows Awards
	5:00 PM-7:00 PM, Sunday, Hall 5 Fellows Reception
Monday, 12 January 2009
	7:30 AM-5:30 PM, Monday Registration Open
	8:30 AM-10:15 AM, Monday, Ballroom ABC Presidential Forum
	10:15 AM-10:45 AM, Monday Coffee Break in Meeting Room Foyer
	10:45 AM-12:00 PM, Monday, Room 131A Joint Session 3 The Use of Lightning Data In Aviation Operations (Joint between the Fourth Conference on the Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data and the Aviation, Range and Aerospace Meteorology Special Symposium on Weather-Air Traffic Management Integration)
Chair: William P. Roeder, Private Meteorologist, Rockledge, FL
10:45 AM J3.1 Lightning warning systems for airport ramp operations   David B. Johnson, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and L. Heitkemper and R. F. Price 11:15 AM J3.2 Developments in the nowcasting total lightning flash rates using GOES satellite infrared convective cloud information   John R. Mecikalski, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL; and C. Siewert 11:45 AM J3.3 A thunderstorm and lightning alert service for airport operations   Rodney J. Potts, CAWCR, Melbourne, Vic., Australia
	12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Monday Lunch Break
	12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Monday, Room 132A Tim Oke Symp Luncheon
	1:30 PM-2:30 PM, Monday, Room 131A Session 1 Tropical Cyclone Studies and Forecasting using Lightning Data
Chair: Lawrence D. Carey, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL
1:30 PM 1.1 Lightning activity and intensity change in Cyclone Nargis   Natalia N. Solorzano, Bard High School Early College II, Elmhurst, NY; and J. N. Thomas and R. H. Holzworth 1:45 PM 1.2 Total lightning activity during the re-intensification of Tropical Storm Erin over Oklahoma on 18-19 August 2007   Donald R. MacGorman, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and T. J. Schuur and M. R. Kumjian 2:00 PM 1.3 Lightning and radar observations of Hurricane Rita landfall   Bradley G. Henderson, LANL, Los Alamos, NM; and D. M. Suszcynsky, K. C. Wiens, C. A. Jeffery, and R. E. Orville 2:15 PM 1.4 Electrified simulations of Hurricane Rita (2005) with comparisons to LASA data   Stephen R. Guimond, COAPS/Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and J. Reisner, C. A. Jeffery, and X. M. Shao
	2:30 PM-4:00 PM, Monday, Hall 5 Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
	2:30 PM-4:00 PM, Monday, Hall 5 Joint Poster Session 1 Lightning Safety and Protection, Including Applications in the Urban Zone (Co-sponosored by the AMS Commission on Education and Human Resources)
Chair: Ronald L. Holle, Holle Meteorology & Photography, Oro Valley, AZ
JP1.1 Research Required to Improve Lightning Safety   William P. Roeder, Private Meteorologist, Rockledge, FL   JP1.2 Last Minute Outdoor Lightning Risk Reduction—A Method To Estimate Its Effectiveness And Comments On Its Utility In Public Education   William P. Roeder, Private Meteorologist, Rockledge, FL   JP1.3 Lightning-caused deaths and injuries in and near dwellings and other buildings   Ronald L. Holle, Holle Meteorology & Photography, Oro Valley, AZ   JP1.5 Design considerations of Pad LC39B lightning protection system in support to the Constellation Program at the Kennedy Space Center   Carlos T. Mata, ASRC Aerospace, Kennedy Space Center, FL; and P. J. Medelius JP1.4 PAPER WITHDRAWN     JP1.6 Meteorological case studies of lightning strike victims in Colorado—an update   Stephen J. Hodanish, NOAA/NWS, Pueblo, CO
	2:30 PM-4:00 PM, Monday, Hall 5 Poster Session 1 Lightning Prediction and Operational Applications
Chair: Nicholas W. Demetriades, Vaisala, Inc., Tucson, AZ
P1.1 Experience with a Stand-Alone Electric-Field Meter with Siren and Strobe Lights for Lightning Hazard Warning at the Jimmie Austin Golf Club at the University of Oklahoma   William H. Beasley, School of Meteorology, Norman, OK; and A. L. Hinckley and L. D. Maxwell   P1.2 Another Look at Patterns in the Surface Electric Field in Relation to Cloud-to-Ground Lightning in Air-Mass Thunderstorms over Kennedy Space Center: False-Alarm Rates   Patrick T. Hyland, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and D. E. Williams and W. H. Beasley P1.3 Evaluation of the lightning watch and warning program for NASA's Johnson Space Center   Timothy Oram, NWS Spaceflight Meteorology Group, Houston, TX   P1.4 Experimental lightning forecasting in a National Weather Service Forecast Office   Gail Hartfield, NOAA/NWS, Raleigh, NC   P1.5 Lightning prediction by WFO Grand Junction using model data and graphical forecast editor smart tools   P. Frisbie, NOAA/NWSFO, Grand Junction, CO; and J. D. Colton and M. P. Meyers   P1.6 Lightning forecasting before the first strike   James J. Stagliano Jr., Propagation Research Associates, Inc., Marietta, GA; and B. Valant-Spaight, J. C. Kerce, G. M. Hall, R. D. Bock, E. J. Holder, and S. F. Dugas   P1.7 Predicting lightning potential on different time scales—a conceptual model and first results   Wiebke Deierling, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and C. Kessinger and E. Nelson   P1.8 Using the perfect prognosis technique for predicting cloud-to-ground lightning in mainland Alaska   Phillip D. Bothwell, NOAA/NCEP/SPC, Norman, OK; and D. Buckey   P1.9 Climatology of cloud-to-ground lightning in mainland Alaska   David Buckey, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK   P1.10 Inner core lightning in 2004–2007 Atlantic tropical cyclones using Vaisala's Long Range Lightning Detection Network (LLDN)   Nicholas W. S. Demetriades, Vaisala, Inc., Tucson, AZ; and R. L. Holle   P1.11 An Operational Perspective of Total Lightning Information   David J. Nadler, NOAA/NWS, Huntsville, AL; and C. B. Darden, G. T. Stano, and D. Buechler   P1.12 Utility of total lightning measurements for very short term forecasts of convection growth and decay at White Sands Missile Range   Eric Nelson, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and W. Deierling and C. Kessinger   P1.13 A Statistical Framework for the Development and Evaluation of a Lightning Jump Algorithm   Lawrence D. Carey, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL; and W. A. Petersen and C. J. Schultz   P1.14 Real-time Processing and Display of Lightning Mapping Array Data   Harald E. Edens, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM; and W. Rison, S. J. Hunyady, R. J. Thomas, P. R. Krehbiel, and W. P. Winn
	4:00 PM-5:30 PM, Monday, Room 131A Session 2 The Utility of Lightning Data In Operational Warning and Decision Making Processes
Chair: Stephen J. Hodanish, NOAA/NWS, Pueblo, CO
4:00 PM 2.1 Application of Vaisala VHF total lightning mapping network data at NWS Fort Worth/Dallas   Gregory R. Patrick, NOAA/NWS, Fort Worth, TX; and N. W. S. Demetriades 4:15 PM 2.2 Developing an enhanced lightning jump algorithm for operational use   Christopher J. Schultz, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and W. A. Petersen and L. Carey 4:30 PM 2.3 Comparative Lightning Characteristics of a Tornadic and Non—Tornadic Oklahoma Thunderstorm on 24–25 April 2006   Amanda M. Sheffield, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN; and P. D. Bothwell and J. Schaefer 4:45 PM 2.4 Utilizing WDSS-II to automate dataset preparation for a statistical investigation of total lightning and radar echoes within severe and non-severe storms   Scott D. Rudlosky, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and H. E. Fuelberg 5:00 PM 2.5 Comprehensive and location-specific lightning information service in Hong Kong   L.S. Lee, Hong Kong Observatory, Hong Kong, China 2.6 Electrical and hydrometeorological observations of thunderstorms in the south of Brazil—applications for weather forecast and protection   Cesar Beneti, SIMEPAR / Parana Meteorological System, Curitiba, Parana, Brazil; and A. J. Pereira Filho, M. Jusevicius, and L. Calvetti
	5:25 PM-5:30 PM, Monday Sessions Adjourn for the Day
	5:30 PM-7:30 PM, Monday, Hall 4 Opening of the Exhibit Hall with Reception
Tuesday, 13 January 2009
	8:30 AM-9:45 AM, Tuesday, Room 124A Joint Session 1 Measurements in the Urban Environment (Joint between the Eighth Symposium on the Urban Environment, the 11th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry, the Timothy R. Oke Symposium, the Special Symposium on Measurements in the Urban Environment and Observations, the Eighth Conference on Coastal Atmospheric and Oceanic Prediction and Processes, the 16th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography, and the Fourth Conference on the Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data)
Cochairs: Henry Revercomb, SSEC/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; Bjorn H. Lambrigtsen, JPL, Pasadena, CA
8:30 AM J1.1 An Overview of the Oklahoma City Micronet   Jeffrey B. Basara, Oklahoma Climatological Survey and University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and B. G. Illston, C. Fiebrich, R. McPherson, J. P. Bostic, P. Browder, D. Demko, C. Morgan, and K. Kessler 8:45 AM J1.2 Development of a NYC Meteorological Network with emphasis on vertical wind profiles in support of meteorological and dispersion models   Mark Arend, City College of New York, New York, NY; and D. Santoro, B. Gross, F. Moshary, S. Ahmed, and S. Abdelazim 9:00 AM J1.3 Urban meteorological observations in Helsinki, Finland   David M. Schultz, Univ. of Helsinki/FMI, Helsinki, Finland; and W. F. Dabberdt, J. Damski, E. Gregow, L. Järvi, J. Koskinen, A. Meskanen, J. Poutiainen, H. Turtiainen, T. Vesala, and Y. Viisanen 9:15 AM J1.4 The Environmental Prediction in Canadian Cities (EPiCC) network   James A. Voogt, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada; and T. R. Oke, O. Bergeron, N. R. Goodwin, S. Leroyer, B. R. Crawford, E. Christensen, B. E. Nanni, R. Tooke, D. van der Kamp, D. Aldred, S. Bélair, F. Chagnon, A. Christen, N. Coops, J. Mailhot, I. McKendry, I. B. Strachan, J. Wang, M. Benjamin, S. Grimmond, A. Lemonsu, and V. Masson 9:30 AM J1.5 Phoenix Urban Flash Flood Study (PUFFS)   Kenneth Howard, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and S. V. Vasiloff, C. Langston, J. Zhang, D. P. Jorgensen, and C. Dempsey
	8:30 AM-9:45 AM, Tuesday, Room 131A Session 3 Recent Advances in Lightning Technology and Transfer to Operations I
Chair: Martin J. Murphy, Vaisala, Tucson, AZ
8:30 AM 3.1 Recent advances in lightning research   E. Philip Krider, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and K. L. Cummins, M. M. F. Saba, and T. A. Warner 9:00 AM 3.2 Comparison of High-Speed Video and VHF LMA Data for CG Lightning Flashes   William H. Beasley, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and D. M. Jordan 3.3 VHF-VLF dual band lightning mapping array for hurricane intensification study   Xuan-Min Shao, LANL, Los Alamos, NM; and N. W. O'Conno, J. D. Harlin, T. D. Hamlin, and C. A. Jeffery 9:15 AM 3.3A Real time Processing and Display of Lightning Mapping Array Data   Harald E. Edens, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM; and W. Rison, S. J. Hunyady, R. J. Thomas, P. R. Krehbiel, and W. P. Winn 9:30 AM 3.4 World—wide lightning location network: improvements in global detection efficiency and estimated stroke energy   Erin H. Lay, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and C. J. Rodger, R. H. Holzworth, A. R. Jacobson, D. M. Suszcynsky, J. N. Thomas, and J. B. Brundell
	9:45 AM-11:00 AM, Tuesday, Hall 5 Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break (See poster listing in Monday's program)
	9:45 AM-11:00 AM, Tuesday, Hall 5 Joint Poster Session 2 Observations/Studies of High—Impact Weather in Urban Regions (Joint between the Fourth Symposium on Policy and Socio—Economic Research, the Symposium on Urban High Impact Weather, the Special Symposium on Measurements in the Urban Environment and Observations, the Eighth Conference on Coastal Atmospheric and Oceanic Prediction and Processes, the Eighth Symposium on the Urban Environment, the 23rd Conference on Hydrology, and the Fourth Conference on the Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data)
Cochairs: Pavlos Kollias, McGill University, Montréal, QC Canada; Bart Nijssen, 3TIER, Inc., Seattle, WA
JP2.1 Observations of fronts from the Helsinki Testbed mesoscale observing network   David M. Schultz, Univ. of Helsinki/FMI, Helsinki, Finland; and M. Leskinen   JP2.2 Development and Implementation of Multi-Scale Urban Test Beds   Samuel P. Williamson, Office of the Federal Coordinator for Meteorology, Silver Spring, MD; and W. D. Bach and W. R. Pendergrass   JP2.3 Diagnostic studies of extreme temperature events using modern reanalysis datasets   Robert X. Black, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA; and B. Miller and J. C. Furtado   JP2.4 Weathering the tropical cyclone: Improving public assistance via vulnerability assessment for the older population of New Hanover county, North Carolina   Rachel L. Godwin, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, NC   JP2.5 The importance of elevated mixed layers in urban heat eave events east of the Rockies   Thomas J. Galarneau Jr., SUNY, Albany, NY; and J. M. Cordeira and L. F. Bosart   JP2.6 Analysis of air transport patterns bringing dust storms to El Paso, Texas   Nancy Ivette Rivera Rivera, Univ. of Texas, El Paso, TX; and K. A. Gebhart, T. E. Gill, J. L. Hand, D. J. Novlan, and R. M. Fitzgerald   JP2.7 Analysis of extreme rainfall events near Austin, TX and Coffeyville, KS, during summer 2007   Kevin H. Goebbert, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and N. Snook, C. M. Shafer, and A. D. Schenkman   JP2.8 Development of a detailed database of flash flood observations   Jessica Marie Erlingis, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. J. Gourley, T. Smith, and K. L. Ortega   JP2.9 The Phoenix Rainfall Index (PRI)   Paul M. Iñiguez, NOAA/NWS, Tempe, AZ   JP2.10 An evaluation of brightness temperatures simulated by various WRF-ARW microphysical algorithms for an atmospheric river event affecting the California coast   Isidora Jankov, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Boulder, CO; and M. Sengupta, L. Grasso, D. Coleman, D. Zupanski, M. Zupanski, L. Daniel, and R. Brummer   JP2.11 Southwest Florida warm season tornado development   Jennifer M. Collins, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL; and C. H. Paxton, D. G. Noah, and A. N. Williams
	9:45 AM-11:00 AM, Tuesday, Hall 5 Poster Session 2 Lightning Applications and Studies in the Atmospheric Sciences
Chair: Eric C. Bruning, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
P2.1 Comparison of charge structures in storms dominated by positive and negative ground flashes   Eric C. Bruning, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and L. D. Carey, W. A. Petersen, R. J. Blakeslee, S. Goodman, W. D. Rust, and D. R. MacGorman   P2.2 Performance of a statistical framework for analyzing large lightning and radar datasets   Amanda R. S. Anderson, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and T. J. Lang and S. A. Rutledge   P2.3 Further progress on a framework for the statistical analysis of large radar and lightning datasets   Timothy J. Lang, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and S. A. Rutledge   P2.4 An evaluation of lightning flash characteristics using LDAR and NLDN networks with warm season Southeast Texas thunderstorms   Joseph W. Jurecka, NOAA/NWSFO, Lubbock, TX; and R. Orville   P2.5 Does the altitude of the charge source region influence stroke multiplicity?   Candace L. Cyrek, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX; and K. C. Wiens   P2.6 Microphysics complexity effects on storm evolution and electrification   Blake J. Allen, Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg, KS; and E. R. Mansell   P2.7 Lightning and anthropogenic NOx sources over the U.S. and the western North Atlantic Ocean: Impact on OLR from space-borne observations   Yunsoo Choi, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and J. Kim, A. Eldering, G. Osterman, Y. Yung, and K. N. Liou   P2.8 WRF-Chem Evaluation of Ozone Transport and Production by Lightning and Convection over Western and Central Africa   Jonathan Smith, Howard University, Washington, DC; and G. S. Jenkins and M. C. Barth   P2.9 Assimilation of lightning data using cloud analysis within the Rapid Refresh   Ming Hu, NOAA/ESRL/GSD and CIRES, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and S. S. Weygandt, S. G. Benjamin, J. M. Brown, S. E. Peckham, and T. G. Smirnova P2.10 Climate and Lightning: An updated TRMM-LIS Analysis   Walter A. Petersen, NASA / MSFC, Huntsville, AL ; and D. E. Buechler   P2.11 Using TRMM for thunderstom cell identification and lightning climatology   Anita LeRoy, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and W. A. Petersen and D. J. Cecil   P2.12 Tropical frequency and distribution of lightning based on 10 years of observations from space by the Lightning Image Sensor (LIS)   Rachel I. Albrecht, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD; and S. Goodman, D. E. Buechler, and T. Chronis   P2.13 Total Lightning Activity within Extreme Weather Events Observed by the TRMM LIS and OTD   Lawrence D. Carey, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL; and W. A. Petersen and H. J. Christian   P2.14 A Multi-platform Study of the Environment of Prolific Lightning Producing Storms in South Eastern South America   Mariana Felix, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL; and D. J. Cecil   P2.15 Narrow Bipolar Event discharges and intense VHF emissions: more on FORTE/LASA joint observations   Abram R. Jacobson, Univ. of Washington, Bellingham, WA
	11:00 AM-6:00 PM, Tuesday Exhibits Open
	11:00 AM-12:00 PM, Tuesday, Room 131A Session 4 Recent Advances in Lightning Technology and Transfer to Operations II
Chair: Walter A. Petersen, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL
11:00 AM 4.1 Overview of the operation and performance of the U.S. National Lightning Detection Network   Martin J. Murphy, Vaisala Inc., Tucson, AZ; and N. W. S. Demetriades, R. L. Holle, and K. L. Cummins 11:30 AM 4.2 An Overview of the United States Precision Lightning Network (USPLN)   Peter P. Neilley, WSI, Corp, Andover, MA; and R. B. Bent
	12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Tuesday Lunch Break (Cash and Carry in Exhibit Hall)
	1:30 PM-3:00 PM, Tuesday, Room 124A Joint Session 2 Observations/Studies of High—Impact Weather in Urban Regions (Joint between the Symposium on Urban High Impact Weather, the Special Symposium on Measurements in the Urban Environment and Observations, the Eighth Conference on Coastal Atmospheric and Oceanic Prediction and Processes, the Eighth Symposium on the Urban Environment, the 23rd Conference on Hydrology, the Fourth Conference on the Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data, the Fourth Symposium on Policy and Socio—Economic Research, the Timothy R. Oke Symposium, and the Impacts of 2008)
Cochairs: Pavlos Kollias, McGill University, Montréal, QC Canada; Bart Nijssen, 3TIER, Inc., Seattle, WA
1:30 PM J2.1 (Invited Talk) Fire at the Urban Interface: The San Diego County Wildfires of October 2007   Jim Purpura, NOAA/NWS, San Diego, CA 2:00 PM J2.2 Evolution of severe convection in the New York City Metropolitan Region   Brian A. Colle, SUNY, Stony Brook, NY ; and K. Lombardo and J. Murray 2:15 PM J2.3 An observational study of the movement of Lake Breeze Fronts in the vicinity of Chicago, IL   Jason M. Keeler, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and D. A. R. Kristovich 2:30 PM J2.4 An observational and modeling study of a rare tornadic storm in a major central business district: Possible linkages to drought and urban land cover   Dev Niyogi, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN; and M. J. Shepherd, M. Lei, W. O. Shem, and J. Entin 2:45 PM J2.5 Meteorological conditions associated with major storm surge events at New York City   Katherine Rojowsky, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY; and B. A. Colle and F. Bounaiuto
	1:30 PM-3:00 PM, Tuesday, Room 131A Session 5 Applications of Atmospheric Electricity and Lightning Data In the Atmospheric Sciences
Chair: Henry E. Fuelberg, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
1:30 PM 5.1 The impacts of urban-enhanced aerosols on downwind thunderstorms   Susan C. van den Heever, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 2:00 PM 5.2 Detecting Anthropogenic Impacts on Lightning: Is There an Obvious Signal?   Walter A. Petersen, NASA/MSFC, Huntsville, AL ; and L. D. Carey 2:15 PM 5.3 Simulated electrification and lightning in a small multicell storm   Edward R. Mansell, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK ; and E. C. Bruning and C. L. Ziegler 2:30 PM 5.4 Lightning behavior and its dependence on storm kinematic and precipitation processes in Northern Alabama   Elise V. Johnson, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and W. A. Petersen 2:45 PM 5.5 Volcanic lightning   R. J. Thomas, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM; and P. Krehbiel, W. Rison, and S. A. Behnke
	3:00 PM-3:30 PM, Tuesday, Hall 4 Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall
	3:30 PM-5:30 PM, Tuesday, Room 131A Session 6 Lightning Warning and Prediction Using Observations and Models
Chair: Christopher B. Darden, NOAA/NWS, Huntsville, AL
3:30 PM 6.1 Statistically-derived lightning forecast guidance prepared at Florida State University   Henry E. Fuelberg, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and P. Shafer, G. Stano, H. Anderson, S. D. Rudlosky, and P. Saunders 4:00 PM 6.2 Development, operational use, and evaluation of the perfect prog national lightning prediction system at the Storm Prediction Center   Phillip D. Bothwell, NOAA/NCEP/SPC, Norman, OK 4:30 PM 6.3 Short range ensemble forecast (SREF) calibrated thunderstorm probability forecasts: 2007–2008 verification and recent enhancements   David R. Bright, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/SPC, Norman, OK; and J. S. Grams 4:45 PM 6.4 An Algorithm to Nowcast Lightning Initiation and Cessation in Real-time   Valliappa Lakshmanan, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and T. Smith and K. D. Hondl 5:00 PM 6.5 The North Alabama Lightning Warning Product   Dennis E. Buechler, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and R. J. Blakeslee and G. T. Stano 5:15 PM 6.6 An assesment of cloud-to-ground lightning warning at Dugway Proving Ground using Kennedy Space Center algorithms   Margaret B. Kimball, U.S Army, Dugway Proving Ground, Dugway, UT; and F. W. Gallagher
	5:25 PM-5:30 PM, Tuesday Sessions Adjourn for the Day
Wednesday, 14 January 2009
	8:30 AM-10:00 AM, Wednesday, Room 126A Joint Session 6 Lightning and Atmospheric Chemistry—I (Joint between the Fourth Conference on the Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data and the 11th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry)
Chair: Kenneth E. Pickering, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD
8:30 AM J6.1 The influence of lightning NOx emissions on the summertime North American upper tropospheric ozone maximum   Owen R. Cooper, CIRES Univ. of Colorado/NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO 9:00 AM J6.2 Deep convective clouds and chemistry (DC3): Description of the field campaign and modeling of lightning NOx in the DC3 study areas   Mary C. Barth, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and C. Cantrell, S. A. Rutledge, W. Brune, C. Barthe, W. C. Skamarock, and M. Weisman 9:30 AM J6.3 Lightning and anthropogenic NOx sources over the U.S. and the western North Atlantic Ocean: Impact on tropospheric O3 from space borne observations   Yunsoo Choi, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and A. Eldering, G. Osterman, Y. Wang, D. Cunnold, Q. Yang, E. Bucsela, and K. E. Pickering 9:45 AM J6.4 NOx Production by Laboratory Simulated TLEs   Harold Peterson, NASA/MSFC, Huntsville, AL; and M. P. Bailey, J. Hallett, and W. Beasley
	10:00 AM-10:30 AM, Wednesday Coffee Break in Meeting Room Foyer
	10:30 AM-12:00 PM, Wednesday, Room 124A Joint Session 4 Modeling and Forecasting Urban Areas (Joint between the Eighth Symposium on the Urban Environment, the Timothy R. Oke Symposium, the Eighth Conference on Coastal Atmospheric and Oceanic Prediction and Processes, the 11th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry, the Fourth Conference on the Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data, and the 16th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography)
Chair: Gregory R. Carmichael, University of Iowa, Center for Global and Regional Environmental Research, Iowa City, IA
10:30 AM J4.1 Regional and Global Perspectives of Megacity Air Pollution   Gregory R. Carmichael, University of Iowa, Center for Global and Regional Environmental Research, Iowa City, IA 10:45 AM J4.2 GURME—the WMO GAW Urban Research Meteorology and Environment Project   Liisa Jalkanen, WMO/AREP, Geneva, Switzerland; and G. R. Carmichael 11:00 AM J4.3 Regional modeling and prediction of the extreme smoke episode in Buenos Aires, 15–20 April 2008   Ernesto Hugo Berbery, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD; and E. Kalnay and H. Ciappesoni 11:15 AM J4.4 How well can we model the Houston area for air pollution studies?   Wayne M. Angevine, CIRES, University of Colorado, and NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and M. Zagar and J. Brioude J4.5 Modeling of TexAQS–II Urban Air Quality Events   Daewon W. Byun, Institute for Multi-dimensional Air Quality Studies, University of Houston, Houston, TX; and F. Ngan, H. C. Kim, S. T. Kim, and D. Lee 11:30 AM J4.6 NOAA-EPA's National Air Quality Forecast Capability: Recent Progress in Providing Guidance for Cities   Paula Davidson, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and J. McQueen, R. Mathur, R. Draxler, R. A. Wayland, and I. Stajner
	10:30 AM-12:00 PM, Wednesday, Room 126A Joint Session 8 Lightning and Atmospheric Chemistry—II (Joint between the Fourth Conference on the Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data and the 11th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry)
Chair: Timothy J. Lang, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
10:30 AM J8.1 Development of a lightning NOx algorithm for WRF-Chem   Amanda Hansen, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and H. E. Fuelberg, K. E. Pickering, and S. Peckham 10:45 AM J8.2 A NASA Model for Improving the Lightning NOx Emission Inventory for CMAQ   William Koshak, NASA/MSFC, Huntsville, AL; and M. Khan, A. P. Biazar, M. Newchurch, and R. T. McNider J8.3 Lightning NOx emissions over the USA investigated using TES, NLDN, LRLDN, IONS data and the GEOS-Chem model   Line Jourdain, Edinburgh University, Edinburgh, United Kingdom; and S. S. Kulawik, H. M. Worden, K. E. Pickering, J. Worden, and A. M. Thompson 11:00 AM J8.4 Improving techniques for satellite-based constraints on the lightning parameterization in a global chemical transport model   Lee Thomas Murray, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA; and D. J. Jacob, J. A. Logan, and W. Koshak 11:15 AM J8.5 The Impacts of Lightning NOx on Tropospheric Chemistry   Yuan Wang, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and R. Zhang, Y. Diao, and X. Tie 11:30 AM J8.6 Lightning NOx production during the NASA TC4 experiment as observed by Aura/OMI   Kenneth E. Pickering, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and E. Bucsela, T. Huntemann, R. C. Cohen, A. Perring, J. Gleason, R. Blakeslee, D. V. Navarro, I. M. Segura, A. P. Hernández, and S. Laporte-Molina
	11:00 AM-6:00 PM, Wednesday Exhibits Open
	12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Wednesday Lunch Break (Cash and Carry in Exhibit Hall)
	2:30 PM-4:00 PM, Wednesday, Hall 5 Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
	4:00 PM-5:30 PM, Wednesday, Room 126A Joint Session 5 Geographic Effects on Urban Weather and Climate (Joint between the Eighth Conference on Coastal Atmospheric and Oceanic Prediction and Processes, the Timothy R. Oke Symposium, the 21st Conference on Climate Variability and Change, the Fourth Symposium on Policy and Socio—Economic Research, the Eighth Symposium on the Urban Environment, the 23rd Conference on Hydrology, and the Fourth Conference on the Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data)
Chair: William T. Thompson, NRL, Monterey, CA
4:00 PM J5.1 Assessing sea breeze and heat island interactions using coastal-urban mesoscale ensembles   Teddy R. Holt, NRL, Monterey, CA; and J. Pullen 4:30 PM J5.2 Urban effects on Sea Breeze Circulation over Huston, TX   Kazuyuki Ota, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and U. S. Nair, W. A. Petersen, L. D. Carey, and T. E. Nobis 4:45 PM J5.3 Variable impacts and differential response to flash flooding in the Paso del Norte metroplex (El Paso, Texas, USA / Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico)   Thomas E. Gill, University of Texas, El Paso, TX; and T. W. Collins and D. J. Novlan 5:00 PM J5.4 Modeling and forecasting lee side spillover precipitation resulting in major flooding in an urban valley location   Michael L. Kaplan, DRI, Reno, NV; and P. J. Marzette, C. S. Adaniya, K. C. King, and S. J. Underwood 5:15 PM J5.5 The evolution of lake-effect clouds and snow across Lake Michigan   Faye E. Barthold, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and D. A. R. Kristovich
	5:25 PM-5:30 PM, Wednesday Sessions Adjourn for the Day
	5:30 PM-6:30 PM, Wednesday, Hall 4 Reception in Exhibit Hall (Cash Bar)
	7:00 PM-9:00 PM, Wednesday, Northballroom AMS Annual Awards Banquet
Thursday, 15 January 2009
	9:45 AM-11:00 AM, Thursday, Hall 5 Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break (See poster listing in Wednesday's program)
	11:00 AM-4:00 PM, Thursday Exhibits Open
	12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Thursday, Room 131AB Hollingsworth Symp Luncheon
	12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Thursday Lunch Break (Cash and Carry in Exhibit Hall)
	1:30 PM-3:00 PM, Thursday, Room 131A Joint Session 7 Sustainable Urban Design (Joint between the Special Symposium on Aerosol–Cloud–Climate Interactions, the 11th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry, the Fourth Symposium on Policy and Socio—Economic Research, the Eighth Symposium on the Urban Environment, and the Fourth Conference on the Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data)
Chair: Eric Pardyjak, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
1:30 PM J7.1 The Centrality of Design in the Reduction of Urban Sprawl: A Summary of Issues   Emily Talen, Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ 2:00 PM J7.2 Urban climate modeling, heat island mitigation and local knowledge: co-producing science for urban policy   Lily Parshall, Columbia University, New York, NY; and J. Corburn 2:15 PM J7.3 Mitigating urban heat island effects with water and energy sensitive urban designs   Anthony J. Brazel, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ; and P. Gober, S. Grossman-Clarke, S. Myint, S. Grimmond, A. Q. Miller, R. Quay, and S. Rossi 2:30 PM J7.4 Simulations of the London urban climate: the LUCID project   Sylvia I. Bohnenstengel, University of Reading, Reading, Berks., United Kingdom; and A. Porson, M. Davies, and S. Belcher 2:45 PM J7.5 Optimization of urban designs for air quality and energy efficiency   Eric Pardyjak, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and P. Willemsen and D. E. Johnson
	3:00 PM-3:30 PM, Thursday, Hall 4 Coffee Break and Exhibit Hall Raffle
	5:15 PM-5:20 PM, Thursday AMS 89th Annual Meeting Adjourns

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