Program: 23rd Conference on Hydrology (89th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting )

23rd Conference on Hydrology

Program Chair: Bart Nijssen , 3TIER, Inc.

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Saturday, 10 January 2009

7:30 AM-10:00 AM: Saturday, 10 January 2009

Student Conference Badge Pick-up Only

Sunday, 11 January 2009

7:30 AM-9:00 AM: Sunday, 11 January 2009

Short Course Registration

9:00 AM-6:00 PM: Sunday, 11 January 2009

Annual Meeting Registration Begins

12:00 PM-4:00 PM: Sunday, 11 January 2009

Weatherfest

Location: Northballroom A (Phoenix Convention Center)

3:00 PM-4:00 PM: Sunday, 11 January 2009

First-Time Attendee Briefing

Location: Room 130 (Phoenix Convention Center)

5:00 PM-7:00 PM: Sunday, 11 January 2009

Fellows Reception

Location: Hall 5 (Phoenix Convention Center)

Monday, 12 January 2009

7:30 AM-5:30 PM: Monday, 12 January 2009

Registration Open

8:30 AM-10:15 AM: Monday, 12 January 2009

Presidential Forum

Location: Ballroom ABC (Phoenix Convention Center)

10:15 AM-10:45 AM: Monday, 12 January 2009

Coffee Break in Meeting Room Foyer

Location: Phoenix Convention Center

10:45 AM-12:00 PM: Monday, 12 January 2009

Hydrology and Water Resources

Location: Room 127BC (Phoenix Convention Center)

Sponsor: 23rd Conference on Hydrology

Chair: Bart Nijssen, 3TIER, Inc.

Papers:

10:45 AM

1.1

From research to operations: transition projects in NOAA's Hydrometeorological Testbed

Timothy Schneider, NOAA/OHD, Boulder, CO

Recorded presentation

11:00 AM

1.2

Estimation of potential evapotranspiration from merged CERES and MODIS observations

Anand K. Inamdar, NCSU, Asheville, NC; and A. French

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.1 MB)

11:15 AM

1.3

Effects of multi-sensor radar and rain gauge data on hydrologic modeling in relatively flat terrain

Steven M. Martinaitis, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and H. E. Fuelberg and C. Pathak

Recorded presentation

11:30 AM

1.4

Optimizing precipitation estimates using merged observations and model output: A case study in the California Sierra Nevada Mountains

Edward I. Tollerud, NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and J. A. Mcginley, S. L. Mullen, T. Vukicevic, H. Yuan, C. Lu, and I. Jankov

Poster PDF (627.5 kB)

11:45 AM

1.5

A two-year analysis of precipitation variability at the Tar Creek Superfund Site

Amanda J. Schroeder, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and H. R. Campbell and J. B. Basara

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.0 MB)

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Monday, 12 January 2009

Lunch Break

1:30 PM-2:30 PM: Monday, 12 January 2009

Drought Prediction, Monitoring and Mitigation—I

Location: Room 127BC (Phoenix Convention Center)

Sponsor: 23rd Conference on Hydrology

Chair: Wade T. Crow, USDA/ARS

Papers:

1:30 PM

2.1

A GOES-Based Drought Product Using Thermal Remote Sensing of Evapotranspiration

Martha C. Anderson, USDA/ARS, Beltsville, MD; and W. P. Kustas, J. R. Mecikalski, and C. R. Hain

Recorded presentation

1:45 PM

2.2

Drought Monitoring and Forecasts Using Microwave and Optical Satellite Observations and Noah Land Surface Model Predictions

Xiwu Zhan, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and S. V. Kumar, K. Mitchell, F. Weng, and C. Peters-Lidard

Recorded presentation

2:00 PM

2.3

Analysis, Validation and Application of the NCEP Multi-model NLDAS Products for Drought Monitoring and Prediction

Youlong Xia, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Camp Springs, MD; and K. E. Mitchell, E. F. Wood, L. Luo, J. Sheffield, D. P. Lettenmaier, A. W. Wood, B. A. Cosgrove, C. J. Alonge, J. Meng, H. Wei, M. Ek, P. Restrepo, J. C. Schaake, K. Mo, and R. T. Pinker

Recorded presentation

2:15 PM

2.4

The national integrated drought information system (NIDIS)-drought portal status and plans

Michael J. Brewer, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and J. Symonds and R. Heim

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (110.6 kB)

2:30 PM-4:00 PM: Monday, 12 January 2009

Poster Session 1

Hydrology and Water Resources

Location: Hall 5 (Phoenix Convention Center)

Sponsor: 23rd Conference on Hydrology

Chair: Bart Nijssen, 3TIER, Inc.

Papers:

P1.1

Long-term eddy covariance measurements of evaporation and surface energy budget over an open water surface in Mississippi, U.S.A

Heping Liu, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS; and Y. Zhang, H. Jiang, and L. Sheng

P1.2

Assessment of radar-based precipitation products in the CONUS for advances in multi-sensor precipitation reanalysis

Brian R. Nelson, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and D. Kim and D. J. Seo

Poster PDF (501.4 kB)

P1.3

NASA Water Resources Program Contributions for Societal Benefit

P1.4

Quantifying the Spatial and Temporal Variability of the Surface Energy Budget and Soil Moisture During a Period of Historic Precipitation

P1.5

Multiple-Criteria Calibration of a Distributed Watershed Model Using Spatial Regularization and Response Signatures

Prafulla Pokhrel, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and K. K. Yilmaz and H. V. Gupta

P1.6

Monitoring ecohydrological dynamics in the north american monsoon region from remote sensing and ground-based observations

Luis Arturo Méndez-Barroso, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM; and E. Vivoni

P1.7

Field Scale Variability in Soil Temperature and Moisture in Seasonally Frozen Ground

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

Poster Session 2

Drought Prediction, Monitoring and Mitigation

Location: Hall 5 (Phoenix Convention Center)

Sponsor: 23rd Conference on Hydrology

Chair: Wade T. Crow, USDA/ARS

Papers:

P2.1

Influence of Niño sea-surface temperatures and soil moisture on summer precipitation in the U.S. Great Plains

Lei Meng, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and S. Quiring

P2.2

The impact of groundwater-surface water interactions on drought forecasting and characterization

P2.3

Canadian Drought Alert and Monitoring Program (CDAMP)

Don MacIver, EC, Toronto, ON, Canada; and N. Comer, S. Fernandez, B. Wang, H. Auld, and J. Klaassen

P2.4

Human amplification of drought-caused fire emissions in Indonesia since 1960

Robert Field, Univ. of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; and G. van der Werf, O. Roswintiarti, and S. Shen

P2.5

Developing a state-level drought impact monitoring program: Arizona DroughtWatch

Michael A. Crimmins, Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

Location: Hall 5 (Phoenix Convention Center)

4:00 PM-5:30 PM: Monday, 12 January 2009

Drought Prediction, Monitoring and Mitigation—II

Location: Room 127BC (Phoenix Convention Center)

Sponsor: 23rd Conference on Hydrology

Chair: Wade T. Crow, USDA/ARS

Papers:

4:00 PM

3.1

The Physical Earth Sciences Requirements to Address the Social-Economical Impacts of Adaptation and Mitigation to Changing Extreme Events: Drought as an Example

P.J. Van Oevelen, International GEWEX Project Office, Silver Spring, MD

Recorded presentation

4:15 PM

3.2

Using Data-Models to Monitor and Forecast Drought

Ana P. Barros, Duke Univ., Durham, NC

Recorded presentation

4:30 PM

3.3

The PAC: A tool for monitorng and forecasting the initiation, longevity, and demise of droughts

Phil Arkin, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and J. E. Janowiak

Recorded presentation

4:45 PM

3.4

The development of objectively-derived, probabilistic, and verifiable drought prediction methodologies

Bradfield Lyon, International Research Institute for Climate and Society, Palisades, NY; and M. A. Bell

Recorded presentation

5:00 PM

3.5

A climatological analysis associating spring tornadic activity with antecedent precipitation and drought in the Southeastern United States

Marshall Shepherd, University of Georgia, Athens, GA; and D. Niyogi, T. L. Mote, and J. Entin

Recorded presentation

5:15 PM

3.6

Drought Predictability in Mexico

Francisco Munoz-Arriola, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and S. Shukla, L. Luo, T. Bohn, A. Munoz Orozco, and D. P. Lettenmaier

5:25 PM-5:30 PM: Monday, 12 January 2009

Sessions Adjourn for the Day

5:30 PM-7:30 PM: Monday, 12 January 2009

Opening of the Exhibit Hall with Reception

Location: Hall 4 (Phoenix Convention Center)

Tuesday, 13 January 2009

8:30 AM-9:45 AM: Tuesday, 13 January 2009

Joint Session 1

Advances in Atmospheric Reanalysis—I

Location: Room 127BC (Phoenix Convention Center)

Sponsors: (Joint between the 23rd Conference on Hydrology; and the 21st Conference on Climate Variability and Change )

Chair: Michael G. Bosilovich, NASA/GSFC/GMAO

Papers:

8:30 AM

J1.1

The evolution of tropical easterly waves across Central America and Mexico: Comparisons of historical radiosonde measurements with reanalyses

Yolande Serra, Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and G. N. Kiladis

Recorded presentation

8:45 AM

J1.2

Dynamically-downscaled global reanalyses to resolve mesoscale variability in precipitation statistics and their association with large scale circulations

James O. Pinto, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and D. L. Rife, J. A. Grim, and A. Monaghan

Recorded presentation

9:00 AM

J1.3

Winter season forecast experiments with the NCEP coupled forecast system (CFS) using different land models and different initial land states

Rongqian Yang, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Camp Springs, MD; and K. Mitchell and J. Meng

Recorded presentation

9:15 AM

J1.4

Comparison of ERA-Interim and ERA-40 reanalyses with observations over river basins

Alan K. Betts, Atmospheric Research, Pittsford, VT; and M. Koehler and Y. Zhang

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.3 MB)

9:30 AM

J1.5

Modern Era Retrospective-analysis for Research and Applications (MERRA) global water and energy budgets

Michael G. Bosilovich, NASA/GSFC/GMAO, Greenbelt, MD; and F. R. Robertson and J. Chen

Recorded presentation

Joint Session 3

Policy, Social and Economic Dimensions of Water

Location: Room 121A (Phoenix Convention Center)

Sponsors: (Joint between the Fourth Symposium on Policy and Socio—Economic Research; and the 23rd Conference on Hydrology )

Cochairs: Adam Schlosser, MIT; Jessica C. Whitehead, South Carolina Sea Grant Consortium

Papers:

8:30 AM

J3.1

Water in the 21st century—a reality check

Pamela L. Stephens, NSF, Arlington, VA; and W. Hooke

Recorded presentation

8:45 AM

J3.2

The Impact of Daily Global Climate Datasets on the Modeling of Global and National Food and Water Systems

Kenneth Stzrepek, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and A. McCluskey, M. Rosegrant, and C. A. Schlosser

9:00 AM

J3.3

Exploration of Hydrologic Dynamics during the Colonial Era in the Northeastern United States

Mark B. Green, City College of New York, New York, NY; and C. J. Vorosmarty and A. Schlosser

9:15 AM

J3.4

Climate change adaptation in New York State: extreme rainfall, storm water, and policy implications

Lee M. Tryhorn, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

9:30 AM

J3.5

Information flows and policy: climate, cyclones, and adaptive water-resources management at the U.S.-Mexico border

Gregg M. Garfin, Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and C. Scott, R. Varady, M. Wilder, A. Coles, A. J. Ray, N. Pineda-Pablos, and M. Montero

Recorded presentation

9:45 AM-11:00 AM: Tuesday, 13 January 2009

Joint Poster Session 2

Observations/Studies of High—Impact Weather in Urban Regions

Location: Hall 5 (Phoenix Convention Center)

Sponsors: (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; Bart Nijssen, 3TIER, Inc.

Papers:

JP2.1

Observations of fronts from the Helsinki Testbed mesoscale observing network

David M. Schultz, Universities of Helsinki and Manchester/Finnish Meteorological Institute, 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 Jr. 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., NCAR, Boulder, CO; 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

Poster PDF (601.0 kB)

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

Poster PDF (2.4 MB)

JP2.9

The Phoenix Rainfall Index (PRI)

Paul M. Iñiguez, NOAA/NWS, Tempe, AZ

Poster PDF (2.6 MB)

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

Poster PDF (737.9 kB)

Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break (See poster listing in Monday's program)

Location: Hall 5 (Phoenix Convention Center)

11:00 AM-12:00 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2009

Joint Panel Discussion 1

Water in the West

Location: Room 121A (Phoenix Convention Center)

Sponsors: (Joint between the Fourth Symposium on Policy and Socio—Economic Research; and the 23rd Conference on Hydrology )

Moderator: Patricia Gober, Arizona State University

Panelists: Kathy Jacobs, U.S. Global Change Research Program; Jeanine Jones, California Department of Water Resources; Bradley H. Udall, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado

Joint Session 4

Advances in Atmospheric Reanalysis—II

Location: Room 127BC (Phoenix Convention Center)

Sponsors: (Joint between the 23rd Conference on Hydrology; and the 21st Conference on Climate Variability and Change )

Chair: Michael G. Bosilovich, NASA/GSFC/GMAO

Papers:

11:00 AM

J4.1

The interrelationships among water and energy parameters in reanalyses

Junye Chen, Univ. of Maryland/ESSIC & NASA/GSFC/GMAO, Greenbelt, MD; and M. G. Bosilovich

Recorded presentation

11:15 AM

J4.2

Atmospheric water cycle component interactions in the NCEP North American Regional Reanalysis

A.C. Ruane, NASA/GISS and Oak Ridge Associated Universities, New York, NY

Recorded presentation

11:30 AM

J4.3

The Multi-Source Analysis of Precipitation (MSAP)

Phillip A. Arkin, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and M. R. P. Sapiano and T. M. Smith

Recorded presentation

11:45 AM

J4.4

The Twentieth Century reanalysis project

Gilbert P. Compo, Univ. of Colorado/CIRES/Climate Diagnostics Center and NOAA/ESRL/PSD, Boulder, CO; and J. Whitaker and P. D. Sardeshmukh

Recorded presentation

Joint Session 6

Hydrology and AI: Status and Applications–I

Location: Room 125A (Phoenix Convention Center)

Sponsors: (Joint between the Seventh Conference on Artificial Intelligence and its Applications to the Environmental Sciences; and the 23rd Conference on Hydrology )

Chairs: Philippe Tissot, Texas A&M Univ.; Bart Nijssen, University of Arizona

Papers:

11:00 AM

J6.1

(Invited Speaker) Precipitation monitoring and streamflow flow forecasting using ANN models

Kuo-lin Hsu, Center for Hydrometeorology and Remote Sensing, Irvine, CA

Recorded presentation

11:30 AM

J6.2

A Simple Data-Driven Model for Streamflow Prediction

Valliappa Lakshmanan, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and J. J. Gourley, Z. Flamig, and S. Giangrande

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (213.4 kB)

11:45 AM

J6.3

Comparison of manual and automated quality control of operational hourly precipitation data of the national weather service

Dongsoo Kim, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and E. I. Tollerud, S. V. Vasiloff, and J. Caldwell

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (270.0 kB)

11:00 AM-6:00 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2009

Exhibits Open

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2009

Lunch Break (Cash and Carry in Exhibit Hall)

1:30 PM-3:00 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2009

Joint Session 2

Observations/Studies of High—Impact Weather in Urban Regions

Location: Room 124A (Phoenix Convention Center)

Sponsors: (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; Bart Nijssen, 3TIER, Inc.

Papers:

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

Recorded presentation

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

Recorded presentation

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

Recorded presentation

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

Recorded presentation

Comparisons of Distributed Hydrological Models

Location: Room 127BC (Phoenix Convention Center)

Sponsor: 23rd Conference on Hydrology

Chair: Michael B. Smith, NOAA/NWS

Papers:

1:30 PM

4.1

Results of phase 2 of the Distributed Model Intercomparison Project

Michael B. Smith, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and B. Cosgrove, S. Reed, Z. Zhang, F. Moreda, Z. Cui, N. Mizukami, and S. Sheldon

Recorded presentation

2:00 PM

4.2

Application of the TOPKAPI model within the DMIP 2 project

Gabriele Coccia, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy; and C. Mazzetti, E. A. Ortiz, and E. Todini

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.9 MB)

2:15 PM

4.3

A omparison of the NWS Distributed Versus Lumped Hydrologic Model

Eric T. Jones, NOAA/NWS, Slidell, LA; and K. Roth and K. Costanza

Recorded presentation

2:30 PM

4.4

Effects of biases in NEXRAD precipitation estimates and sub-basin resolution in the hydrologic modeling of Blue River Basin using a semi-distributed hydrologic model

Md. Zahidul Islam, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada; and T. Y. Gan

Recorded presentation

2:45 PM

4.5

Evaluating precipitation uncertainties using the Vflo hydrologic model

Jonathan Looper, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and B. E. Vieux and M. A. Moreno

3:00 PM

4.6

Tests of the Baron LIS Distributed Modeling System for a US basin

John McHenry, Baron Advanced Meteorological Systems, Raleigh, NC; and D. N. Yates, D. J. Gochis, and C. J. Coats Jr.

Recorded presentation

Joint Session 7

Hydrology and AI: Status and Applications—II

Location: Room 125A (Phoenix Convention Center)

Sponsors: (Joint between the Seventh Conference on Artificial Intelligence and its Applications to the Environmental Sciences; and the 23rd Conference on Hydrology )

Chairs: Philippe Tissot, Texas A&M Univ.; Bart Nijssen, University of Arizona

Papers:

1:30 PM

J7.1

The added value of surface data to radar-derived rainfall rate estimation using an artificial neural network

Benjamin Root, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and T. Y. Yu and M. Yeary

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (160.0 kB)

1:45 PM

J7.2

Winter hydrometeor classification using polarimetric radar and spatiotemporal relational probability trees

Andy L. Spencer, Canoga Park, CA; and A. McGovern, K. L. Elmore, and M. B. Richman

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (65.5 kB)

2:00 PM

J7.3

Time tracking of precipitation systems in observed and forecast data

Michael E. Baldwin, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN

Recorded presentation

2:15 PM

J7.4

Northern Hemispheric Flood Fingerprints

Kathleen E. Walls, Penn State University, University Park, PA; and P. G. Knight, H. N. Shirer, and G. S. Young

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (693.8 kB)

2:30 PM

J7.5

Discussion

3:00 PM-3:30 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2009

Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall

Location: Hall 4 (Phoenix Convention Center)

5:00 PM-6:00 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2009

Joint Session 12

Walter Orr Roberts Lecture

Location: Room 127BC (Phoenix Convention Center)

Sponsors: (Joint between the 16th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography; the 23rd Conference on Hydrology; and the 13th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS) )

Papers:

5:00 PM

Introduction by Walt Dabberdt, AMS President & Vaisala Inc., Boulder, CO

5:03 PM

J12.1

Climate Variability and Hydrologic Extremes: Lessons from the past, understanding of the present and prediction of the future—a personal viewpoint

Soroosh Sorooshian, Univ. of California, Irvine, CA

Recorded presentation

Wednesday, 14 January 2009

8:30 AM-10:00 AM: Wednesday, 14 January 2009

Advances in Data Assimilation Techniques and Their Applications to Land Surface State and Parameter Estimation in Hydrology—I

Location: Room 127B (Phoenix Convention Center)

Sponsor: 23rd Conference on Hydrology

Chair: Susan C. Steele-Dunne, TU Delft

Papers:

8:30 AM

5A.1

(Invited Speaker) Assimilation of GRACE terrestrial water storage data into a land surface model

Rolf H. Reichle, NASA, Greenbelt, MD; and B. F. Zaitchik and M. Rodell

9:00 AM

5A.2

The potential of distributed GRACE measurements to estimate spatially variable terrestrial water storage changes in the Colorado River basin

Peter A. Troch, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and S. Hasan, R. Uijlenhoet, R. Hurkmans, and M. Durcik

9:15 AM

5A.3

Recent progress and upcoming projects with the Canadian Land Data Assimilation System

Stéphane Bélair, Environment Canada, Dorval, QC, Canada; and B. Bilodeau, M. Carrera, N. Bernier, C. Derksen, D. Chan, and M. Ishizawa

9:30 AM

5A.4

Soil moisture assimilation with microwave brightness temperatures in Canadian prediction systems

Marco Carrera, Environment Canada, Dorval, QC, Canada; and S. Belair and B. Bilodeau

9:45 AM

5A.5

Synthetic experiments to estimate hillslope-scale soil moisture through assimilation of anticipated remotely sensed microwave products

Alejandro N. Flores, MIT, Cambridge, MA; and R. L. Bras and D. Entekhabi

Recorded presentation

Validation of Remotely-Sensed Hydrometeorological Observations—I

Location: Room 127C (Phoenix Convention Center)

Sponsor: 23rd Conference on Hydrology

Chair: Robert J. Kuligowski, NOAA/NESDIS

Papers:

8:30 AM

5B.1

Satellite Precipitation Validation Activities of the International Precipitation Working Group

Ralph Ferraro, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and C. Kidd, P. A. Arkin, and J. F. Turk

http://www.isac.cnr.it/~ipwg/IPWG.html

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (360.4 kB)

9:00 AM

5B.2

Comparison of high latitude GPCP monthly and daily satellite-based precipitation estimates with high latitude gauge observations

David T. Bolvin, SSAI and NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and R. F. Adler, G. J. Huffman, E. J. Nelkin, and J. Poutiainen

Recorded presentation

9:15 AM

5B.3

Assessing microwave-based satellite rain rate retrievals using TRMM ground validation data

David B. Wolff, NASA/GSFC and SSAI, Greenbelt, MD; and B. Fisher

Recorded presentation

9:30 AM

5B.4

Comparison of multi-sensor precipitation estimates over the lower Mississippi River alluvial plain

Jamie L. Dyer, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS

Recorded presentation

9:45 AM

5B.5

Real-time error reduction for satellite-based precipitation estimates

Yudong Tian, UMBC/GEST, Greenbelt, MD; and C. D. Peters-Lidard and J. B. Eylander

Recorded presentation

Joint Session 8

Forecasts, Nowcasts and Warning Systems in Urban Areas

Location: Room 126B (Phoenix Convention Center)

Sponsors: (Joint between the Symposium on Urban High Impact Weather; and the 23rd Conference on Hydrology )

Cochairs: Bart Nijssen, 3TIER, Inc.; Thomas Adams, NOAA/NWS

Papers:

8:30 AM

J8.1

(Invited Speaker)The Hydrology and Hydrometeorology of Flash Floods in Urban Environments

James A. Smith, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ

Recorded presentation

8:45 AM

J8.2

Convective storm nowcasting using the Space-Time Meso Analysis System

Steven Koch, NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and Y. Xie, J. A. Mcginley, and S. Albers

Recorded presentation

9:00 AM

J8.3

Considerations for Urban Floods Monitoring using X-band Dual-polarization Radar Network

V. Chandrasekar, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and M. Maki, Y. Wang, and K. Nakane

9:15 AM

J8.4

Assessment of urban hydrologic prediction accuracy using radar

John M. Imgarten, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and B. E. Vieux

Recorded presentation

9:30 AM

J8.5

The extreme wind warning and its role in improving public preparation and response to extreme landfalling hurricane winds in the urban environment

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

Recorded presentation

J8.6

Heat and Health warnings in the Netherlands

10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Wednesday, 14 January 2009

Coffee Break in Meeting Room Foyer

Location: Phoenix Convention Center

10:30 AM-11:45 AM: Wednesday, 14 January 2009

Validation of Remotely-Sensed Hydrometeorological Observations—II

Location: Room 127C (Phoenix Convention Center)

Sponsor: 23rd Conference on Hydrology

Chair: Robert J. Kuligowski, NOAA/NESDIS

Papers:

10:30 AM

6B.1

A Comparison of Evolving Multisensor Precipitation Estimation Methods

David Kitzmiller, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and F. Ding, Y. Zhang, D. Brewer, S. Van Cooten, K. Howard, C. Langston, J. Zhang, H. Moser, D. Moran, and D. Kim

Recorded presentation

10:45 AM

6B.2

The use of dual-polarimetric radar data to improve rainfall estimation across the Tennessee River Valley

Walter A. Petersen, NASA / MSFC, Huntsville, AL ; and P. N. Gatlin, L. Carey, and S. R. Jacks

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (578.4 kB)

11:00 AM

6B.3

A Study of Comparison of Reflectivity Using WSR-88D and Disdrometers

Aaron C. Ferrel, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and A. Tokay, L. Carey, C. Schumacher, and D. B. Wolff

Recorded presentation

11:15 AM

6B.4

Raindrop Size Distribution: Inter-Storm Variability

Collin Baxter Lawrence, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and A. Tokay, L. Carey, C. Schumacher, and D. B. Wolff

Recorded presentation

11:30 AM

6B.5

Mapping evapotranspiration in Alto Piranhas Basin - 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 and A. C. Braga

10:30 AM-12:00 PM: Wednesday, 14 January 2009

Advances in Data Assimilation Techniques and Their Applications to Land Surface State and Parameter Estimation in Hydrology—II

Location: Room 127B (Phoenix Convention Center)

Sponsor: 23rd Conference on Hydrology

Chair: Susan C. Steele-Dunne, TU Delft

Papers:

10:30 AM

6A.1

(Invited Speaker) Rainfall Uncertainty Estimation Using Observed Streamflow Data

Jasper A. Vrugt, LANL, Los Alamos, NM

Recorded presentation

11:00 AM

6A.2

Stochastic Generation of Precipitation Replicates for Ensemble Forecasting and Data Assimilation

R. Wojcik, MIT, Cambridge, MA; and D. McLaughlin, A. Konings, and D. Entekhabi

Recorded presentation

11:15 AM

6A.3

A New Data Assimilation Framework for Enhancing Hydrologic Predictions Using Remotely-Sensed Surface Soil Moisture Retrievals

Wade T. Crow, USDA/ARS, Beltsville, MD; and D. Ryu

Recorded presentation

11:30 AM

6A.4

Uncertainty analysis for land surface model predictions: Application to the Sib3 model at tropical and semi-desert locations

Luis A. Bastidas, Utah State Univ., Logan, UT; and J. Roundy, L. G. Goncalves, J. Shuttleworth, R. Rosolem, S. Saleska, and N. Restrepo-Coupe

Recorded presentation

11:45 AM

6A.5

Comparison of Bias Mitigation Strategies for Skin Temperature Assimilation

Sujay V. Kumar, SAIC, Greenbelt, MD; and R. H. Reichle and C. Peters-Lidard

Recorded presentation

11:00 AM-6:00 PM: Wednesday, 14 January 2009

Exhibits Open

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Wednesday, 14 January 2009

Lunch Break (Cash and Carry in Exhibit Hall)

1:30 PM-2:30 PM: Wednesday, 14 January 2009

Hydrological Impacts of Land Use Change

Location: Room 127B (Phoenix Convention Center)

Sponsor: 23rd Conference on Hydrology

Chair: C. Adam Schlosser, MIT

Papers:

1:30 PM

7A.1

Urbanization impacts on the hydroclimatology of the Upper Great Lakes Region

Laura C. Bowling, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN; and V. Mishra, K. A. Cherkauer, G. Yang, L. Ming, D. Niyogi, and B. Pijanowski

Recorded presentation

1:45 PM

7A.2

Impacts of remotely-sensed, seasonal land cover dynamics on distributed hydrological response in two forested mountain settings

Taufique H. Mahmood, New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology, Socorro, NM; and E. R. Vivoni

Recorded presentation

2:00 PM

7A.3

Hydrologic response to urbanization in the Milwaukee River basin, WI

Guoxiang Yang, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN; and L. C. Bowling, K. A. Cherkauer, and B. C. Pijanowski

Recorded presentation

2:15 PM

7A.4

ARMOR And MAX Radar Observations Of The Lake Breeze Generated By A Small Anthropogenic Lake

Salvi Asefi, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and K. Knupp, U. S. Nair, R. M. Welch, and D. Phillips

Recorded presentation

Remote Sensing of High-Impact Hydrometeorological Events—I

Location: Room 127C (Phoenix Convention Center)

Sponsor: 23rd Conference on Hydrology

Chair: Robert J. Kuligowski, NOAA/NESDIS

Papers:

1:30 PM

7B.1

Global flood and landslide detection and prediction using satellite observations

Robert F. Adler, NASA/GSFC and Univ. of Maryland/ESSIC, Greenbelt, MD; and Y. Hong, D. B. Kirschbaum, and H. Pierce

Recorded presentation

2:00 PM

7B.2

Comparison of TRMM radar rainfall estimates with NOAA Next Generation QPE in high-impact hydrometeorological events

Eyal Amitai, Chapman University and NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and X. Llort

2:15 PM

7B.3

Precipitation extremes in the TMPA

George J. Huffman, NASA/GSFC and SSAI, Greenbelt, MD; and R. F. Adler, D. T. Bolvin, and E. J. Nelkin

Recorded presentation

2:30 PM-4:00 PM: Wednesday, 14 January 2009

Poster Session 3

Advances in Data Assimilation Techniques and Their Applications to Land Surface State and Parameter Estimation in Hydrology

Location: Hall 5 (Phoenix Convention Center)

Sponsor: 23rd Conference on Hydrology

Chair: Susan C. Steele-Dunne, TU Delft

Papers:

P3.1

Bias Reduction to Satellite Retrieved Soil Moisture in Land Data Assimilation

Yan Luo, Center for Research on Environment and Water, Calverton, MD; and G. J. M. De Lannoy, P. Houser, and X. Zhan

P3.2

Using high resolution land data assimilation system to improve prediction of soil temperature and moisture for agriculture application prediction of soil temperature and moisture for agriculture applicationUsing high Resol System to Improve Prediction of Soil Temperature and Moisture for Agriculture Application

Ying Zhang, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and F. Chen, W. Myers, K. W. Manning, and S. Linden

P3.3

Probabilistic prediction of recharge under future climate change scenarios

Gene-Hua Crystal Ng, MIT, Cambridge, MA; and D. McLaughlin, D. Entekhabi, and B. R. Scanlon

P3.4

Accounting for temporal variation of hydraulic conductivity in the calibration of a distributed hydrologic model

Heather Moser, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. J. Gourley and Y. Hong

Poster PDF (430.0 kB)

P3.5

Assimilation of microwave scatterometer observations to estimate soil moisture in West Africa

Jair Smits, Technical University of Delft, Delft, Netherlands; and M. M. Rutten, S. C. Steele-Dunne, and N. van de Giesen

P3.6

Quantitative precipitation estimates by the gauge network and high-resolution ensemble forecasts using the SMTAS technique

Huiling Yuan, CIRES, University of Colorado and NOAA/ESRL/GSD, Boulder, CO; and W. Li, Y. Xie, J. A. McGinley, E. I. Tollerud, and R. S. Collander

Poster Session 4

Remote Sensing of High-Impact Hydrometeorological Events

Location: Hall 5 (Phoenix Convention Center)

Sponsor: 23rd Conference on Hydrology

Chair: Robert J. Kuligowski, NOAA/NESDIS

Papers:

P4.1

GPS precipitable water mapping using RUC station pressures

James D. Means, SIO/Univ. Of California, La Jolla, CA; and D. R. Cayan

Poster PDF (519.7 kB)

P4.2

An operational assessment of the MODIS false color composite with the Great Falls, Montana National Weather Service

Gina Loss, NOAA/NWS, Great Falls, MT; and D. Bernhardt, K. K. Fuell, and G. T. Stano

Poster PDF (651.6 kB)

P4.3

Characteristics of warm season TRMM Precipitation Features over the eastern China

Yali Luo, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, Beijing, , China; and H. Wang and R. Zhang

Poster Session 5

Validation of Remotely-Sensed Hydrometeorological Observations

Location: Hall 5 (Phoenix Convention Center)

Sponsor: 23rd Conference on Hydrology

Chair: Robert J. Kuligowski, NOAA/NESDIS

Papers:

P5.1

Enhancement of the MODIS Daily Snow Albedo Product

Dorothy K. Hall, NASA, Greenbelt, MD; and C. B. Schaaf and G. A. Riggs

Poster PDF (280.7 kB)

P5.2

Intercomparison of the relationship between precipitation and mountain heights among gridded precipitation datasets

Osamu Arakawa, MRI, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan; and K. Kamiguchi and A. Kitoh

P5.3

Reexamining convective/stratiform classification of TRMM ground validation radar data

David S. Silberstein, NASA/GSFC and SSAI, Greenbelt, MD; and D. B. Wolff, D. A. Marks, and J. L. Pippitt

P5.4

Efficiency of a simple split-window for land surface temperature estimation using MODIS products

Juarez Dantas de Souza, State University of Paraíba, Campina Grande, PA, Brazil; and B. B. D. Silva and J. C. Ceballos

Poster PDF (302.9 kB)

P5.5

Satellite-derived precipitation: Its validation and integration with weather radar and raingauge data in applications for the south of Brazil

P5.6

Integrated water vapor retrieved from sky radiometer measurements with aid of microwave radiometer and radiosonde estimates of water vapor

Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

Location: Hall 5 (Phoenix Convention Center)

4:00 PM-5:30 PM: Wednesday, 14 January 2009

Joint Session 5

Geographic Effects on Urban Weather and Climate

Location: Room 126A (Phoenix Convention Center)

Sponsors: (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

Papers:

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

Recorded presentation

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

Recorded presentation

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

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (260.3 kB)

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

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.4 MB)

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

Poster PDF (172.9 kB)

Remote Sensing of High-Impact Hydrometeorological Events—II

Location: Room 127B (Phoenix Convention Center)

Sponsor: 23rd Conference on Hydrology

Chair: Robert J. Kuligowski, NOAA/NESDIS

Papers:

4:00 PM

8.1

Characteristics of tropical cyclones in the several high resolution satellite based precipitation products

Renu Joseph, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD; and Y. Zhou, M. R. P. Sapiano, R. R. Ferraro, and T. Smith

Recorded presentation

4:15 PM

8.2

Improvements to the Self-Calibrating Multivariate Precipitation Retrieval (SCaMPR) for estimating high-impact rainfall events

Robert J. Kuligowski, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and R. Chen and Y. Li

Poster PDF (28.1 kB)

4:30 PM

8.3

An algorithm for detecting warm-top rainy clouds

Nazario D. Ramirez-Beltran, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez, PR; and R. J. Kuligowski, M. J. Cardona, E. W. Harmsen, S. Cruz-Pol, and J. M. Castro

Recorded presentation

4:45 PM

8.4

Flood monitoring over the Mississippi River watersheds using AMSR-E 37 GHz brightness temperature

Marouane Temimi, NOAA/CREST, New York, NY; and H. Ghedira, T. Lakhankar, and R. Khanbilvardi

5:00 PM

8.5

An update on the operational implementation of blended total precipitable water products

Sheldon J. Kusselson, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and S. Q. Kidder, J. M. Forsythe, A. S. Jones, and L. Zhao

Poster PDF (375.5 kB)

5:15 PM

8.6

Evaluation of Performance of Brigntness Temperature and Emissivity Data in Eastimating Snowpackpack Properties

Narges Shahroudi, NOAA/CREST/CUNY, New York, NY; and A. E Azar, D. Seo, D. R. Khanbilvardi, and A. Powell

5:25 PM-5:30 PM: Wednesday, 14 January 2009

Sessions Adjourn for the Day

5:30 PM-6:30 PM: Wednesday, 14 January 2009

Reception in Exhibit Hall (Cash Bar)

Location: Hall 4 (Phoenix Convention Center)

7:00 PM-9:00 PM: Wednesday, 14 January 2009

AMS Annual Awards Banquet

Location: Northballroom (Phoenix Convention Center)

Thursday, 15 January 2009

8:30 AM-9:45 AM: Thursday, 15 January 2009

Applications of Operational Weather and Climate Forecasts in End User Sectors

Location: Room 127B (Phoenix Convention Center)

Sponsor: 23rd Conference on Hydrology

Chair: Andrew W. Wood, 3TIER, Inc.

Papers:

8:30 AM

9.1

Gauge adjusted radar rainfall estimation and basin averaged rainfall for use in local flash flood prediction and runoff modeling

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

Poster PDF (1.4 MB)

8:45 AM

9.2

Generating short term hydrologic ensembles from numerical weather prediction model ensembles

Thomas Adams, NOAA/NWS, Wilmington, OH; and R. Shedd and J. Ostrowski

Recorded presentation

9:00 AM

9.3

Communicating hydrologic forecast uncertainty information ** INVITED **

Mary G. Mullusky, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and P. Restrepo, D. Page, L. Wolpert, T. Aten, L. Sager, and R. McCormack

Recorded presentation

9:15 AM

9.4

Optimizing probabilistic high resolution ensemble guidance for hydrologic prediction

Craig S. Schwartz, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK ; and J. S. Kain, D. R. Bright, S. J. Weiss, M. Xue, F. Kong, J. J. Levit, M. C. Coniglio, and M. S. Wandishin

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.7 MB)

9:30 AM

9.5

Hydrologic application of atmospheric forecasts: Multi-scale uncertainty issues

John C. Schaake, NOAA/NWS, Annapolis, MD

Recorded presentation

Joint Session 17

Remote Sensing Applications of GEOSS to the Hydrologic Cycle—I

Location: Room 127C (Phoenix Convention Center)

Sponsors: (Joint between the 23rd Conference on Hydrology; and the 16th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography )

Cochairs: Ralph R. Ferraro, NOAA/NESDIS; Chandra R. Kondragunta, NOAA/NWS

Papers:

8:30 AM

J17.1

(Invited Speaker) Contributions of TRMM and GPM to GEOSS

Arthur Y. Hou, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD

Recorded presentation

8:45 AM

J17.2

Reducing bias in the real-time TMPA

George J. Huffman, NASA/GSFC and SSAI, Greenbelt, MD; and R. F. Adler, D. T. Bolvin, and E. J. Nelkin

Recorded presentation

9:00 AM

J17.3

Inter-comparing high resolution satellite precipitation estimates at different scales

Phillip A. Arkin, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and M. R. P. Sapiano

Recorded presentation

9:15 AM

J17.4

CHOMPS: A new high resolution satellite derived precipitation data set for climate studies

Renu Joseph, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD; and T. Smith, M. R. P. Sapiano, and R. R. Ferraro

Recorded presentation

9:30 AM

J17.5

Uncertainties in oceanic rainfall retrievals from passive microwave observations

Thomas T. Wilheit, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX

Recorded presentation

9:45 AM-11:00 AM: Thursday, 15 January 2009

Poster Session 6

New Approaches to Hydrologic Prediction and Forecast Communication

Location: Hall 5 (Phoenix Convention Center)

Sponsor: 23rd Conference on Hydrology

Cochairs: Andrew W. Wood, 3TIER, Inc.; Mary G. Mullusky, NOAA/NWS

Papers:

P6.1

Investigating Preconvective Synoptic and Frontal Heavy Rainfall Atmospheric Settings Utilizing Proximity Soundings

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

Poster PDF (637.9 kB)

P6.2

The presentation of risk and uncertainty in hydrologic forecasts by the U.S. National Weather Service

Thomas Adams, NOAA/NWS, Wilmington, OH

P6.3

QPFHelper: Application of the “Mountain Mapper” precipitation forecast technique within the Graphical Forecast Editor

Chris V. Gibson, NOAA/NWS, Salt Lake City, UT; and K. Pomeroy

Poster PDF (1016.0 kB)

P6.4

Avoiding Disaster across Western Colorado: The 2007-08 Winter Season Near-Record Snowfall and impact on the Spring Runoff

Jeffery D. Colton, NOAA/NWS, Grand Junction, CO; and J. Ramey, M. P. Meyers, B. A. Lawrence, and A. Strautins

Poster PDF (329.6 kB)

P6.5

Distributed flood forecasting for different radar-based products in the Colorado Front Range

Hernan Moreno, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM; and E. R. Vivoni and D. J. Gochis

Joint Poster Session 9

Remote Sensing Applications of GEOSS to the Hydrologic Cycle

Location: Hall 5 (Phoenix Convention Center)

Sponsors: (Joint between the 16th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography; and the 23rd Conference on Hydrology )

Cochairs: Ralph R. Ferraro, NOAA/NESDIS; Chandra R. Kondragunta, NOAA/NWS

Papers:

JP9.1

Improvement of Cold Season Land Precipitation Retrievals through the use of Field Campaign Data and High Frequency Microwave Radiative Transfer Model

JP9.2

Snowfall estimation from multi-spectral satellite-based information

Cecilia Hernandez, NOAA/CREST, New York, NY; and S. Mahani and R. Khanbilvardi

JP9.3

Potential reduction of uncertainty in passive microwave precipitation retrieval by the inclusion of dynamic and thermodynamic constraints as part of the cloud dynamics and radiation database approach

W. Y. Leung, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and A. V. Mehta, A. Mugnai, E. A. Smith, and G. J. Tripoli

JP9.4

The South American Land Data Assimilation System (SALDAS): the rainfall retrieval methodology

Daniel A. Vila, Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, College Park, MD; and L. G. G. D. Goncalves

JP9.5

Tropical Rainfall-Surface Temperature Relations and 10-year Composite Rainfall Climatology from TRMM

Jian-Jian Wang, NASA/GSFC and GEST/Univ. of Maryland, Greenbelt, MD; and R. Adler, G. Gu, and G. J. Huffman

JP9.6

How TRMM Precipitation Radar and Microwave Imager retrieved rain rates differ

Eun-Kyoung Seo, Kongju National University, Kongju, Chung Nam, South Korea; and G. Liu

Poster PDF (193.8 kB)

JP9.7

Combined Radar-Radiometer Analysis of Global Rain and Cloud Microphysics

Stephen Joseph Munchak, NASA GSFC and University of Maryland, Greenbelt, MD; and C. Kummerow

JP9.8

Typhoon rainfall estimation by Bayesian approach from TMI observations over oceans around Taiwan

Wann-Jin Chen, Chung Cheng Institute of Technology / National Defense Univ., Tahsi, Taoyuan, Taiwan; and J. C. Hu, J. Y. C. Chiu, Y. C. Lin, and G. R. Liu

JP9.9

Evaluation of GPM-era satellite precipitation estimates for potential hydrological applications

F. J. Turk, NRL, Monterey, CA; and V. Anantharaj, G. Mostovoy, P. R. Houser, Q. Lu, and Y. Ling

JP9.10

Estimates of Terrestrial Freshwater Discharge Using Satellite Data

Alice Fan, SAIC, Hampton, VA; and B. Lin

Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break (See poster listing in Wednesday's program)

Location: Hall 5 (Phoenix Convention Center)

11:00 AM-12:15 PM: Thursday, 15 January 2009

Verification of Hydrological Forecasts—I

Location: Room 127B (Phoenix Convention Center)

Sponsor: 23rd Conference on Hydrology

Chair: Mary G. Mullusky, NOAA/NWS

Papers:

11:00 AM

10.1

On development of a performance measure for extreme quantitative precipitation forecasts using data from HMT-2006 in California

F. Martin Ralph, NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and E. Sukovich, P. J. Neiman, N. W. Junker, and D. W. Reynolds

Recorded presentation

11:15 AM

10.2

A new soil moisture observational network in Arizona: design, deployment and preliminary results

Robert J. Zamora, NOAA/ETL, Boulder, CO; and E. Clark, D. Brandon, and T. Schneider

Recorded presentation

11:30 AM

10.3

Event-based streamflow simulation using the TREX distributed model and ensemble forecasts from the HMT-west project

Huiling Yuan, CIRES, University of Colorado and NOAA/ESRL/GSD, Boulder, CO; and J. J. Gourley, P. Schultz, J. A. McGinley, Z. Flamig, and C. J. Anderson

Recorded presentation

11:45 AM

10.4

Optimization of quantitative precipitation forecast time horizons used in river forecasts

Noreen O. Schwein, NOAA/NWS, Kansas City, MO; and K. S. Lander

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (289.7 kB)

12:00 PM

10.5

National Weather Service river flood warning verification

Mary G. Mullusky, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and E. Wells, T. Helble, and T. Graziano

Recorded presentation

Joint Session 18