89th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting

Joint Poster Session 7: Natural Hazards

Wednesday, 14 January 2009: 2:30 PM-4:00 PM
Hall 5 (Phoenix Convention Center)
Cochairs:  Wayne F. Feltz, CIMSS/University of Wisconsin and Brian Hughes, NOAA/NESDIS
Papers:
 
JP7.1
Atmospheric instability and airmass parameters derived from MSG data using temperature and humidity information from IASI on Metop-A

 
Ongoing enhancements to satellite nowcasting of 0-1 hour convective initiation
John R. Mecikalski, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and W. M. MacKenzie Jr., J. R. Walker, and C. Siewert

 
A new product to help forecast convective initiation in the 1-6 hour timeframe
John R. Walker, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and J. R. Mecikalski and W. M. MacKenzie Jr.

 
Optimizing the impact of GOES sounder products in very—short—range forecasts—recent results and future plans
Ralph A. Petersen, CIMSS/University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and R. M. Aune

 
Development of objective overshooting top and anvil temperature couplet detection algorithms for GOES-R ABI
Kristopher M. Bedka, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. C. Brunner and W. F. Feltz

 
Cloud model based interpretation of satellite observed IR features of enhanced-V and cold ring on top of severe thunderstorms
Pao K. Wang, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and M. Setvak, R. Rabin, and A. S. Bachmeier

 
Using geostationary imagers for convective and lightning initiation nowcasting
Justin Sieglaff, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and K. M. Bedka, W. F. Feltz, and M. J. Pavolonis

 
An Evaluation of a Convection Diagnosis Algorithm over the Gulf of Mexico Using NASA TRMM Observations
Michael Donovan, MIT, Lexington, MA; and E. R. Williams, C. Kessinger, N. Rehak, H. Cai, D. L. Megenhardt, R. L. Bankert, and J. D. Hawkins

Poster PDF (1.1 MB)
 
WF_ABBA Version 6.5: An overview of the improvements and trend analyses of fires from 1995 to present over the western Hemisphere
Jason C. Brunner, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and C. C. Schmidt, E. M. Prins, J. M. Feltz, J. P. Hoffman, and S. S. Lindstrom

 
Recent WF_ABBA fire detection and characterization algorithm validation efforts at CIMSS
Jay P. Hoffman, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and C. C. Schmidt, E. M. Prins, S. S. Lindstrom, and J. C. Brunner

 
The Tropical Cyclone Structure (TCS-08) near real-time and science studies satellite product suite
Jeffrey D. Hawkins, NRL, Monterey, CA; and F. J. Turk, K. Richardson, R. Bankert, C. Mitrescu, C. Velden, D. C. Herndon, A. Wimmers, T. Olander, S. D. Miller, and J. E. Kent

Poster PDF (376.7 kB)
 
JP7.12
Propagating patterns in 6.7 µm imagery in re-intensifying tropical-to extratropical cyclone transitions

 
Tropical cyclone applications of NPOESS and GOES-R
Mark DeMaria, NOAA/NESDIS, Fort Collins, CO

 
The NOAA/NESDIS OMI volcanic SO2 cloud and Aerosol Index online, near-real-time distribution system
Gilberto A. Vicente, NOAA, Camp Springs, MD; and G. Serafino, A. Krueger, S. Carn, K. Yang, N. Krotkov, M. Guffanti, and P. Levell

http://satepsanone.nesdis.noaa.gov/pub/OMI/OMISO2/index.html

 
Nowcasting aircraft turbulence from tropopause folds operationally for GOES-R
Anthony Wimmers, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and W. Feltz