89th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting

: Seventh Conference on Artificial Intelligence and its Applications to the Environmental Sciences

Seventh Conference on Artificial Intelligence and its Applications to the Environmental Sciences

Program Chair: Sue Ellen Haupt , Penn State Univ.

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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-11:45 AM: Monday, 12 January 2009


Joint Session 1
Joint Session between the 7th Conference on Artificial Intelligence and the Meteorological Aspects of Air Pollution Committee—I
Location: Room 125A (Phoenix Convention Center)
Sponsor: Seventh Conference on Artificial Intelligence and its Applications to the Environmental Sciences
Chairs: Michael Brown, LANL; Antonello Pasini, CNR

Papers:
  10:45 AM
Assimilating Concentration Data into Dispersion Models with a Genetic Algorithm
Sue Ellen Haupt, Penn State Univ., University Park, PA; and K. J. Long, A. Beyer-Lout, and G. S. Young

  11:00 AM
Source Term Estimation using a Genetic Algorithm and SCIPUFF
Kerrie J. Schmehl, Penn State University, State College, PA; and S. E. Haupt, G. Young, L. M. Rodriguez, and M. McNeal III

  11:15 AM
Sheared Gaussian Coupled with Hybrid Genetic Algorithm for Source Characterization using CFD and FFT07 data
Luna M. Rodriguez, Penn State University, University Park, PA; and A. J. Annunzio, S. E. Haupt, and G. S. Young

  11:30 AM
Back trajectories for hazard origin estimation: BackHOE
George S. Young, Penn State Univ., University Park, PA; and J. Limbacher and S. E. Haupt

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


Lunch Break

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


Joint Session 3
Joint Session between the 7th Conference on Artificial Intelligence and the Meteorological Aspects of Air Pollution Committee—II
Location: Room 125A (Phoenix Convention Center)
Sponsor: Seventh Conference on Artificial Intelligence and its Applications to the Environmental Sciences
Chairs: Antonello Pasini, CNR; Michael Brown, LANL

Papers:
  1:30 PM
Accounting for wind direction uncertainty in the BERT event reconstruction tool
Michael D. Williams, LANL, Los Alamos, NM; and M. J. Brown and G. E. Streit

  1:45 PM
A comparison of Bayesian and conditional density models in probabilistic ozone forecasting
Song Cai, Univ. of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; and W. W. Hsieh and A. J. Cannon

  2:00 PM
Use of Neural Networks Models to Forecast Ozone pollutant in Rome Urban Area
Armando Pelliccioni, ISPESL, Monteporzio Catone, Italy; and F. Pungi, A. Ianni, and L. Bellina

  2:15 PM

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


Poster Session 1
Applications of Artificial Intelligence Poster Session
Location: Hall 5 (Phoenix Convention Center)
Sponsor: Seventh Conference on Artificial Intelligence and its Applications to the Environmental Sciences

Papers:
 
A COMPUTER VISION SYSTEM TO ANALYSE LIGHTNING FLASHES IMAGES
Rosangela B. B. Gin, Centro Universitario da FEI, Sao Bernardo do Campo, Sao Paulo, Brazil; and R. A.C. Bianchi and B. H.A. Pilon

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Poster PDF (159.4 kB)

Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
Location: Hall 5 (Phoenix Convention Center)

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


1
Applications of Artificial Intelligence—I
Location: Room 125A (Phoenix Convention Center)
Sponsor: Seventh Conference on Artificial Intelligence and its Applications to the Environmental Sciences
Chair: S. Lakshmivarahan, University of Oklahoma

Papers:
  4:00 PM
1.1
On the nonlinear relation between model parameters and forecast parameters
Caren Marzban, APL, Seattle, WA; and S. Sandgathe, D. Morison, and N. Lederer

  4:15 PM
1.2
Replacing Missing Data for Ensemble Systems
Tyler C. McCandless, Penn State University, University Park, PA; and S. E. Haupt and G. Young

  4:45 PM
1.4
Expanding the spatial awareness of spatiotemporal relational probability trees to improve the analysis of severe thunderstorm models
David John Gagne II, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and A. McGovern, N. C. Hiers, M. Collier, and R. A. Brown

  5:00 PM
1.5
Cluster analysis of kernel-based principal components
Michael B. Richman, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and I. Adrianto

  5:15 PM
1.6
Comparison of random forest, artificial neural network, and multi-linear regression: a water temperature prediction case
Robyn L. Ball, Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi, TX; and P. Tissot, B. Zimmer, and B. Sterba-Boatwright

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


2
Applications of Artificial Intelligence—II
Location: Room 125A (Phoenix Convention Center)
Sponsor: Seventh Conference on Artificial Intelligence and its Applications to the Environmental Sciences
Chair: John K. Williams, NCAR

Papers:
  8:30 AM
2.1
A Data Mining Approach to Soil Temperature and Moisture Prediction
William Myers, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and S. Linden and G. Wiener

  8:45 AM
2.2
Arctic blizzard prediction by nonlinear statistical downscaling of GFS Reforecast model outputs
Zhen Zeng, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; and W. W. Hsieh, W. R. Burrows, and A. Giles

  9:00 AM
2.3
  9:15 AM
2.4
Developing a global atmospheric turbulence decision support system for aviation
John K. Williams, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. D. Sharman and C. J. Kessinger

  9:30 AM
2.5
UAV navigation by expert system for contaminant mapping
George S. Young, Penn State Univ., University Park, PA; and Y. Kuroki and S. E. Haupt

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


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 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
  11:30 AM
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

  11:45 AM
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

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 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
  1:45 PM
  2:00 PM
  2:15 PM
Northern Hemispheric Flood Fingerprints
Kathleen E. Walls, Penn State University, University Park, PA; and P. G. Knight, H. N. Shirer, and G. S. Young

  2:30 PM
Discussion

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


Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall
Location: Hall 4 (Phoenix Convention Center)

3:30 PM-5:30 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2009


3
Forecasting Contest
Location: Room 125A (Phoenix Convention Center)
Sponsor: Seventh Conference on Artificial Intelligence and its Applications to the Environmental Sciences
Chair: Michael B. Richman, Univ. of Oklahoma

Papers:
  3:30 PM
3.1
Polarimetric Radar and validation data for the 2008 artificial intelligence competition
Kimberly L. Elmore, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma and NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and M. B. Richman

  3:45 PM
3.2
Probabilistic hedging of the True Skill Statistic
Neil Gordon, Meteorological Service of New Zealand, Kelburn, Wellington, New Zealand; and D. Kilminster and A. Ziegler

Poster PDF (269.3 kB)
  4:15 PM
3.4
Regime Dependent Precipitation Type Forecasting
Tyler C. McCandless, Penn State University, University Park, PA

  4:30 PM
3.5
Employing stratified data mining models
Valliappa Lakshmanan, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK

  5:00 PM
3.7
Ensemble classifier for winter storm precipitation in polarimetric radar data
Emmanuel Goossaert, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and R. Alam

5:25 PM-5:30 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2009


Sessions Adjourn for the Day

Wednesday, 14 January 2009

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


Joint Session 2
Applications of artificial learning techniques in climate variability, especially as it relates to the urban environment
Location: Room 125A (Phoenix Convention Center)
Sponsors: (Joint between the 21st Conference on Climate Variability and Change; and the Seventh Conference on Artificial Intelligence and its Applications to the Environmental Sciences )
Cochairs: William W. Hsieh, Univ. of British Columbia; Sue Ellen Haupt, Penn State Univ.

Papers:
  8:30 AM
  8:45 AM
Fast neural network emulations of long wave radiation for the NCEP Climate Forecast System Model: seasonal prediction and climate simulation
Vladimir M. Krasnopolsky, NCEP/NWS/NOAA (SAIC), Camp Springs, MD; and M. S. Fox-Rabinovitz, S. J. Lord, Y. T. Hou, and A. A. Belochitski

  9:15 AM
Statistical seasonal prediction of extreme precipitation in winter over Canada
Zhen Zeng, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; and W. W. Hsieh and A. Shabbar

  9:30 AM
Post-processing GCM forecasts of seasonal extreme climate using machine learning methods
Joel Finnis, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; and W. W. Hsieh, Z. Zeng, A. Shabbar, W. Merryfield, and H. Lin

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


Coffee Break in Meeting Room Foyer
Location: Phoenix Convention Center

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)

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


Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
Location: Hall 5 (Phoenix Convention Center)

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

5:15 PM-5:20 PM: Thursday, 15 January 2009


AMS 89th Annual Meeting Adjourns