Poster Session 1 |
| | Student Conference Posters |
| | P1.1 | Gulf Coast forest damage detection and carbon flux estimation using ICESat GLAS and Landsat TM 
Jason Brent Jones, NASA DEVELOP Program, Stennis Space Center, MS; and L. M. Childs, M. W. Brozen, M. C. Batina, A. Maki, A. O. Brooks, J. W. Frey, and C. Chappell |
| | P1.2 | Evaluation of NWS watch and warning performance related to tornadic events
Kelly M. Keene, National Weather Center Research Experiences for Undergraduates, Norman, OK ; and P. T. Schlatter, J. E. Hales, and H. Brooks |
| | P1.3 | Applying Wind Climatology to Oklahoma Prescribed Burns
Jeffrey Scott Zuczek, National Weather Center Research Experience for Undergraduates, Kennett Square, PA; and M. A. Shafer |
| | P1.4 | The response of university students to Severe Weather Watches
Rebecca Marie Belobraydich, National Weather Center REU, Norman, OK; and M. D. Biddle |
| | P1.5 | An outline of the process needed for student understanding of hurricanes and El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO)
Karl C. Clarke, UCAR, Boulder, CO |
| | P1.6 | The practicality of geoengineering
Allison Marquardt, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ; and A. Robock, B. Kravitz, and G. Stenchikov |
| | P1.7 | Evaluation of the Environmental Protection Agency / National Weather Service Ultraviolet Index forecast against independent UV measurements: Phoenix Arizona (2000-2006)
Jessica M. Nolte, NOAA/NWS, Phoenix, AZ; and K. DeBiasse and B. M. Svoma |
| | P1.8 | The 18 October 2007, Nappanee, IN Tornado Viewed by a WSR-88D Radar and a Dual-Polarized Radar
Stephanie L. Dunten, Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN |
| | P1.9 | Investigating the ability of CLM-CN 3.5 to accurately simulate vegetation density
Eowyn C. Connolly-Brown, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY |
| | P1.10 | Seasonal frequency of fronts and surface baroclinic zones in the Great Lakes region
Melissa Payer, University at Albany, Albany, NY; and R. Maliawco, N. Laird, and E. G. Hoffman |
| | P1.11 | Semi-Empirical Projections of Future Atlantic Tropical Cyclone Activity
Thomas A. Sabbatelli, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA; and M. E. Mann, J. L. Evans, and S. K. Miller |
| | P1.12 | Atmospheric Aerosol Chemistry in the Arctic: Results from the 2008 International Polar Year (IPY) ICEALOT Experiment
Maria C. Zatko, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA |
| | P1.13 | Midlevel Cloud Properties from the A-train
Joel P. Scott, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and S. L. Nasiri |
| | P1.14 | Regional analysis of heavy precipitation over Puerto Rico during 1975-2005
Luis D. Padilla-Bauzá Sr., University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez, PR; and R. Méndez-Tejeda |
| | P1.15 | The Super Tuesday Tornado Outbreak from February 2008
Richard J. Krupar III, Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN; and A. E. Reynolds, T. Brown, A. McMillan, D. Liang, and J. A. Womble |
| | P1.16 | QPF Verification for the Alaska-Pacific River Forecast Center
Richard, C. Lam, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK |
| | P1.17 | How Integrating MODIS Data Enhances Numerical Predictions of Sea Breezes
Jordan Gerth, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI |
| | P1.18 | Cold temperature ozone production in a mountain basin
Ryan R. Neely III, NOAA, Boulder, Colorado; and R. C. Schnell, S. J. Oltmans, J. V. Molenar, A. B. White, and M. S. Endres |
| | P1.19 | Analysis on 2008 Ice Disaster and its causes in Southern China
Tiantian Liu, Meteorological Bureau of HuNan Province, Changsha, Hunan, China; and N. Liu, C. Liao, and J. Ren |
| | P1.20 | The Relationship of Transient Upper-Level Troughs to Variability of the North American Monsoon System
Stephen W. Bieda III, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and C. L. Castro, S. L. Mullen, A. C. Comrie, and E. S. Pytlak |
| | P1.21 | The environmental impacts on the structure and evolution of a cirrus anvil during the CRYSTAL-FACE campaign in Florida 2002
Nicole Ann Hastings, Univ. of Wyoming, Laramie, WY |
| | P1.22 | Estimating correlations from a coastal ocean model for localizing an Ensemble Transform Kalman filter
Jonathan Poterjoy, Millersville University, Millersville, PA; and R. N. Hoffman and S. M. Leidner |
| | P1.23 | Impacts of climate change on the summer rainfall of the Southern Rocky Mountains
Roque Vinicio Céspedes, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Hialeah, FL; and G. J. Holland and R. D. Loft |
| | P1.24 | Observing tropical ice as an intraseasonal oscillation variable
Holly Searcy Ramey, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL |
| | P1.25 | The AMO and Sahel rainfall - strong potential for seasonal forecasting of droughts
Amin K. Dezfuli, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL |
| | P1.26 | Upslope snow climatology on the Allegheny Front Range
Joseph Peter Wegman, SUNY, Oswego, NY |
| | P1.27 | Vulnerability metrics of hurricane forecast accuracy
Adam D. Arnold, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA; and J. L. Evans |
| | P1.28 | Assessing tropical cyclone contribution to global annual rainfall
Christopher L. Williams, SOARS/UCAR, Atlanta, GA; and F. D. Marks |
| | P1.29 | Analysis of Aerosol Size Spectrum Measurements from North Dakota, Saudi Arabia, and Mali
Kelsey Watkins, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND |
| | P1.30 | A stereoscopic cloud top height retrieval technique from combined geostationary and low earth orbiting satellites
Bruce Veenhuis Jr., Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and G. Liu |
| | P1.31 | The interannual variability of biomass burning in North America using MODIS data: observations and meteorological influences
David A. Peterson, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE; and J. Wang, L. Remer, and C. Ichoku |
| | P1.32 | The evaluation and application of CALIPSO products by NASA DEVELOP students
Alexander Matus, DEVELOP National Program, Hampton, VA; and B. Scarino, D. Henderson, and B. Lee |
| | P1.33 | Application of the Statistical Theory of Extreme Values to Heat Waves
Marcus D. Walter, NCAR / SOARS, Ithaca, NY |
| | P1.34 | Comparison of Water Vapor Measurements from GPS Atmospheric Remote Sensing Techniques
Ian C. Colon-Pagan, North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC; and B. Kuo, W. S. Schreiner, D. Hunt, and J. J. Braun |
| | P1.35 | Determining useful forecasting parameters for lake-effect snow events on the west side of Lake Michigan
Bradley M. Hegyi, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN; and K. A. Kloesel |
| | P1.36 | Analysis and verification of multi-sensor precipitation estimates for the Texas Coastal Bend
Angelica M. Villarreal, Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi, TX; and P. E. Tissot and R. G. Hay |
| | P1.37 | Nocturnal inversions over the Central Plains of the U.S. (1960-2007)
Karen Galvin, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS; and P. G. Dixon |
| | P1.38 | Sensitivity of mesoscale wind speed surface analyses to surface observations in the urban-wildlife interface
Matthew Clayton Brewer, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and J. Horel and D. Tyndall |
| | P1.39 | Influence of the El Niño Southern Oscillation on Seasonal Global Clouds
Sarah A. Monette, Madison, WI; and M. H. Hitchman |
| | P1.40 | Convective transport of chemical constituents at Northern Alabama and Central Oklahoma; A numerical analysis
Lumari Pardo-Rodriguez, SOARS, UCAR, Lajas, PR |
| | P1.41 | Hydroxyl radical and sulfuric acid concentrations in Manitou Experimental Forest
Talea Mayo, University of Texas, Austin, TX; and L. Mauldin, J. McGrath, and T. Petaja |
| | P1.42 | Late season tropical cyclone formation over the northeastern Atlantic Ocean: 1975-2005
Rachel G. Mauk, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH |
| | P1.43 | Illustrating Stratified Ekman Upwelling with Weather in a Tank
Carter Chamberlain, Univ. of Massachussetts, North Dartmouth, MA; and A. Tandon and J. Marshall |
| | P1.44 | Precipitation distributions for storm types in southeast Texas
Jennifer M. Stein, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas; and M. D. Cohen, L. J. Hopper, and C. Schumacher |
| | P1.45 | Point based comparison study of Daymet and PRISM temperature interpolations from 1980 to 2003
Rebecca A. Scully, Utah State University, Logan, UT; and M. A. White |
| | P1.46 | Summertime urban heat Island in Newark, New Jersey and its relationship with urban particulate matter
Christopher Thuman, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ |
|  | P1.47 | Flow and momentum flux measurement by LIDAR over a forest canopy during NIFTY
Duick Young, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN; and S. C. Pryor and R. Barthelmie |
| | P1.48 | Statistical Analysis of the Correlations between the Sea Surface Temperatures and the West African Monsoon Precipitation in Western Sahel, Central Sahel, and Guinea Coast Regions
Anastasia G. Yanchilina, Creighton University, Omaha, NE; and D. J. M. Schrage |
| | P1.49 | The Effects of Differential Rotation on 1-2 Solar Mass Stars
Marques Cameron, Norfolk State University, Norfolk, VA |
| | P1.50 | Analysis of WRF-ARW simulations of the 22 May 2008 Windsor, CO tornado using WSR-88D radar data
Grant E. Gutierrez, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO; and C. L. Moon, D. A. Koch, and S. P. Rocheford |
| | P1.51 | CIMSS Educational Outreach Activities: Summer 2008
Luke Schiferl, CIMSS/SSEC/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and S. Ackerman and M. Mooney |
| | P1.52 | Optical and Radiative Properties of Aerosols over Southwestern Puerto Rico
Yaítza Luna-Cruz, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez, PR; and C. U. Pabón-Ortiz, R. Armstrong, H. J. Jiménez, and E. Joseph |
| | P1.53 | Analysis of daily monsoonal wind circulations in the lower troposphere over Estación Obispo, Mexico using wind profilers and the Gulf Surge Index
Sandra Leticia Diaz, NCAR/SOARS, Boulder, CO; and L. M. Hartten |
| | P1.54 | Lagrangian satellite imagery
Daniel J. Halperin, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and C. G. Herbster and F. R. Mosher |
| | P1.55 | Black Carbon Radiative Effect on Tropical Precipitation
Aaron M. Adams, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Coconut Grove, FL |
| | P1.56 | An interactive instructional pathway to LEAD portal data and tools
Sean States, Millersville Univ., Millersville, PA; and R. Junod, S. Cecelski, B. Kerschner, R. Carp, J. Kurdzo, K. Ketchell, D. S. Yalda, and D. R. Clark |
| | P1.57 | An Overview of the Marine Climate of Lincoln Rock, Alaska
Kevin A. Bowley, NOAA/NWSFO, State College, PA |
| | P1.58 | A climatology of the mid-Atlantic winter-time jet stream
Robert Junod, Millersville Univ., Millersville, PA; and S. R. Baxter and D. S. Yalda |
| | P1.59 | Defining the early evening boundary layer transition using sodar and surface data
Jessica Busse, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL |
| | P1.60 | Detection of flooded areas using AMSR-E observations
Alexander R. Davies, Millersville University, Millersville, PA; and X. Zhan and A. Kumar |
| | P1.61 | Understanding Hurricane Intensity Using Sea Surface Height and Temperature Information
John Sears, NASA, Salem, NH; and R. E. Hood and F. J. LaFontaine |
| | P1.62 | Distribution of Hydrometeors Inside Regions of Vertical Motion in Thunderstorms
Jacob R. Beitlich, Univ. if Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and P. K. Wang |
| | P1.63 | Radar characteristics of tornado producing mini-supercell in Tropical Storm Erin (2007)
Christina Holt, NWC REU & CASA, Mobile, AL; and K. A. Kloesel |
| | P1.64 | The February 2007 “Valentine's Day Storm”: diagnosis and impact on the Washington, DC area
Elizabeth J. Thompson, Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN; and B. J. Lasorsa and S. Zubrick |
| | P1.65 | High flow events in small watersheds in New York State
Andrew J. Shook, Cornell Unviersity, Ithaca, NY; and A. DeGaetano |
| | P1.66 | A case study of a Coastally Trapped Wind and Stratus Event along the Northern Coast of the Gulf of Alaska
Emily L. Niebuhr, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and M. Hitchman |
| | P1.67 | Spatial database analysis of atmospheric deposition and terrestrial accumulation of mercury within Acadia National Park
Melinda S. Diehl, University of Maine, Orono, ME |
| | P1.68 | Mass Media During Natural Disasters and Vulnerability of Coastal Communities: A Case Study of the San José Community in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
Luis D. Padilla-Bauzá, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez, PR; and A. Monzón |
| | P1.69 | Formation of African Easterly Waves and Mesoscale Convective Systems over Eastern Africa and its Implication to Tropical Cyclogenesis over Eastern Atlantic Ocean
James Spinks, North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC; and Y. L. Lin, G. Tang, and W. Jones |
| | P1.70 | Drop-size distributions of storm types in southeast Texas
Matthew Raper, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and C. Schumacher, L. J. Hopper, and K. E. Brugman |
| | P1.71 | An observational analysis of middle tropospheric stable layers over the tropical western pacific ARM sites
Bradley R. Charboneau, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; and D. J. Posselt |
| | P1.72 | Potential Parameters for Prediction of Tropical Cyclone Genesis
Jason Hwang, University of Miami, Palmetto Bay, FL; and S. S. Chen |
| | P1.73 | Assesment of Computer Technology in West Cental Illinois Elementary Schools
Ryan D. Wichman Sr., Western Illinois University, Macomb, IL; and M. S. Tucker II and C. A. Parrott |
| | P1.74 | Local AMS student chapter and Eagle chapter of Chi Epsilon Pi at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach
Daniel J. Halperin, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, FL; and K. L. Seaman and R. Haley |
| | P1.75 | Verification of the ratio of iodine to ozone in typical ozonesonde cathode solutions
L. A. Baran, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY; and J. L. Mercer and T. Deshler |
| | P1.76 | State of tropical instability waves in a current generation coupled climate model
Balachandrudu Narapusetty, George Mason University, Calverton, MD |
| | P1.77 | An analysis of the 2007-2008 tornado cool season
Madison L. Burnett, National Weather Center Research Experience for Undergraduates, Norman, OK; and G. W. Carbin and J. Schaefer |
| | P1.78 | An updated warm season convective wind climatology for the Florida Spaceport
Christopher J. Ander, Plymouth State University, Plymouth, NH ; and A. J. Frumkin and J. P. Koermer |
| | P1.79 | Orographic Effects on the Evolution of African Easterly Wave-Mesoscale Convective Systems over Northern Africa
Wilson Jones, North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC; and G. Tang, Y. L. Lin, and J. Spinks |
| | P1.80 | An assessment of air quality in the Houston region by NASA DEVELOP students
Amy Sanders, DEVELOP National Program, Hampton, VA; and R. Legatt, D. Doddridge, B. Baxley, E. Roberts, and L. Lynaugh |
| | P1.81 | Effects of Orography on the Genesis of Hurricane Javier (2004) in the Eastern Pacific Ocean
Van Nguyen, North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC; and Y. L. Lin |
| | P1.82 | A data visualization of the ASCENDS mission by NASA DEVELOP students
Thomas Nelson Hillyer, NASA LaRC, Hampton, VA; and A. Kramolisch, B. Hughes, J. Atkins, J. Wilkins, and J. Crouch |
| | P1.83 | An Investigation of Entrainment in Trade Wind Cumuli
Amanda M. Sheffield, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN; and S. Lasher-Trapp |
| | P1.84 | An Investigation of Entrainment in Trade Wind Cumulus Clouds
Amanda M. Sheffield, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN; and S. Lasher-Trapp |
| | P1.85 | Investigating middle school and college students' conceptions and misconceptions about wind, fog, and tornadoes
Elizabeth Polito, San Francisco State Univ., San Francisco, CA; and K. Tanner, J. P. Monteverdi, and O. Garcia |
| | P1.86 | Does southeast Texas need an additional upper-air station?
Amanda Fanning, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and B. Haines, J. Stachnik, and C. Schumacher |
| | P1.87 | A case study of the July 24, 2008 New Hampshire tornado
Jennifer F. Newman, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY; and S. J. Colucci |
| | P1.88 | New England Winter Severity Indices
Anthony R. Fusco, Plymouth State University, Plymouth, NH |
| | P1.89 | A composite-based diagnostic study of Colorado lee cyclogenesis
Doug A. Koch, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO; and P. Nutter and E. Thaler |
| | P1.90 | Relationships between Vegetation Boundaries and Severe Local Storms in the Delta Region of Mississippi
David Paul Keeney, Mississipi State University, Mississippi State, MS; and D. M. Brown |
| | P1.91 | Northern Hemisphere tropical cyclone activity
Ryan N. Maue, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL |
| | P1.92 | Observed Ozone in the Troposphere and Stratosphere in Varying Atmospheric Conditions
Jessica Guerrero, NSF, Howard Beach, NY |
| | P1.93 | Comparing National Weather Service and Local TV Station Radar Estimates of Rainfall
David Zelinsky, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN; and D. Pezzute, M. Ervin, B. Simpson, K. Burris, J. Stengel, J. Pace, J. Nusbaumer, R. Tharp, J. S. Haase, and M. E. Baldwin |