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Program Chairpersons:
Angelyn G. Kolodziej, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma and NOAA/NSSL
John M. Lanicci, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ.

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Saturday, 16 January 2010
	7:30 AM-9:00 AM, Saturday Student Conference Registration
	9:00 AM-9:30 AM, Saturday, B206 Session 1 Welcome and Introductions
9:00 AM 1.1 Welcome from the SCPC   Angelyn G. Kolodziej, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma and NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK 9:05 AM 1.2 Welcom from the AMS   Thomas R. Karl, NOAA/NCDC, Asheville, NC 9:10 AM 1.3 Message from the AMS Teaching Excellence Award Winner   Douglas N. Yarger, Retired, formerly Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA 9:20 AM 1.4 Welcome from Your Peers   Marcus D. Walter, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
	9:30 AM-10:00 AM, Saturday, B206 Session 2 Group Breakout Activity (What YOU Want Out of This)
	10:00 AM-11:00 AM, Saturday, B206 Session 3 Get the Most Out of this Conference: How to Develop Yourself as a Professional
Chair: James M. Kurdzo, Atmospheric Radar Research Center, School of Meteorology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
10:00 AM 3.1 Being Flexible and Multi-Faceted: Embracing the Future of Atmospheric Science and Services   Eileen Shea, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Honolulu, HI 10:15 AM 3.2 Sharp? Or well rounded? The physics of setting goals   Kevin A. Kloesel, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 10:30 AM 3.3 Private Sector Meteorology   Kenneth Carey, Noblis, Inc., Falls Church, VA 10:45 AM 3.4 Role as a scientist in the community   Richard Clark, Millersville Univ., Millersville, PA
	11:00 AM-12:00 PM, Saturday, B206 Panel Discussion 1 Panel of Young Professionals
Panelists: Lara E. Pagano, NOAA/NWS, Newport, NC; Chris Smith, NBC Maryland; Chris Walsh, Georgia Emergency Management Association Moderator: Anthony E. Reinhart, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
	12:00 PM-1:00 PM, Saturday, B313/314 Networking Lunch
	1:00 PM-1:30 PM, Saturday, B206 Session 4 Introduction to Session 4: Broad Perspective of the Job Market vs. Academia
Chair: Jon Nese, Penn State University, University PARK, PA
	1:30 PM-2:50 PM, Saturday, B206 Session 4A Academia
Chair: Lara E. Pagano, NOAA/NWS, Newport, NC
1:30 PM 4A.1 The how-to’s of publishing papers   David M. Schultz, Universities of Helsinki and Manchester/Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland 1:50 PM 4A.2 Good habits of a graduate student   Cody Kirkpatrick, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL 2:10 PM 4A.3 Timeline before graduation   Frederick H. Carr, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 2:30 PM 4A.4 Internship and funding opportunities   Owen H. Shieh, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
	1:30 PM-2:50 PM, Saturday, B207 Session 4B The Job Market
Chair: Heather A. Dinon, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
1:30 PM 4B.1 Standing out in the job hunt   Robert Baron, Baron Services, Inc., Huntsville, AL 1:50 PM 4B.2 Using the Internet professionally   Ryan Boyles, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 2:10 PM 4B.3 Government job opportunities   Trisha D. Palmer, NOAA/NWSFO, Peachtree City, GA 2:30 PM 4B.4 Employment in the physical sciences   Roman Czujko, American Institute of Physics, College Park, MD
	2:50 PM-3:00 PM, Saturday Break
	3:00 PM-4:00 PM, Saturday, B206 Session 5 HOT Topics in Local Weather
Chair: Renee Curry, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
3:00 PM 5.1 The Atlanta Tornado: CNN perspective   Brandon Miller, CNN, Atlanta, GA 3:15 PM 5.2 Atlanta Air Route Traffic Control Center   Charles A. West, NOAA/NWS, Hampton, GA 3:30 PM 5.3 Health effects of climate change   Paul Schramm, Center for Disease Control, Atlanta, GA 3:45 PM 5.4 The Historic Atlanta Flood of 2009   John Feldt, NOAA/NWS Southeast River Forecast Center, Peachtree City, GA
	4:00 PM-5:00 PM, Saturday, B206 Session 6 Weather Outside the Lines
Chair: Jesse Nusbaumer, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
4:00 PM 6.1 International Meteorology   Rajul E. Pandya, UCAR/SOARS, Boulder, CO 4:15 PM 6.2 Forensic Meteorology   H. Michael Mogil, How the Weatherworks, Naples, FL 4:30 PM 6.3 The role of FEMA   Rebecca Jennings, FEMA, Washington, DC 4:45 PM 6.4 Space Weather   Delores J. Knipp, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
	5:00 PM-5:15 PM, Saturday, B206 Session 7 Closing Remarks and End of Day 1 Feedback
	5:30 PM-7:30 PM, Saturday, Exhibit Hall B2 Career Fair and Graduate School Reception
Sunday, 17 January 2010
	9:00 AM-9:45 AM, Sunday, B206 Panel Discussion 2 A unique collaboration: VORTEX-2 students and professionals
Panelists: Christopher C. Weiss, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX; Christopher J. Nowotarski, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA; Casey E. Letkewicz, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC Moderator: Mariana Scott, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL
	9:45 AM-10:15 AM, Sunday, B206 Session 8 Conversations with Professionals I
Speakers: Sepideh Yalda, Millersville Univ., Millersville, PA; Ada Monzón, Univision, San Juan, PR; Ray Ban, The Weather Channel, Atlanta, GA; William J. Murtagh, NOAA/NWS/Space Weather Prediction, Boulder, CO; Nelsie Ramos, National Hurricane Center, Miami, FL; Alan Lustig, JP Morgan and Chase, Houston, TX; Louis W. Uccellini, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Camp Springs, MD; Marina M. Timofeyeva, UCAR, Boulder, CO and NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; John Morales, NBC Miami, Miami, FL; Roberta Balstad, Weather, Climate, and Society Journal; Vickie Nadolski, NWS, Silver Spring, MD; Mary Glackin, NOAA, Washington, DC Chair: Marcus D. Walter, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
	10:15 AM-12:15 PM, Sunday, Break-out Rooms 202, 203, 204, and 207 Session 9 Conversations with Professionals II (Rotate between rooms every 15 or 20 minutes)
Speakers: Sepideh Yalda, Millersville Univ., Millersville, PA; Ada Monzón, Univision, San Juan, PR; Ray Ban, The Weather Channel, Atlanta, GA; William J. Murtagh, NOAA/NWS/Space Weather Prediction, Boulder, CO; Nelsie Ramos, National Hurricane Center, Miami, FL; Alan Lustig, JP Morgan and Chase, Houston, TX; Louis W. Uccellini, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Camp Springs, MD; Marina M. Timofeyeva, UCAR, Boulder, CO and NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; John Morales, NBC Miami, Miami, FL; Roberta Balstad, Weather, Climate, and Society Journal; Vickie Nadolski, NWS, Silver Spring, MD; Mary Glackin, NOAA, Washington, DC Chair: Marcus D. Walter, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
	11:45 AM-12:15 PM, Sunday, B206 AMS Student Chapter Town Hall Meeting
Moderators: Christopher J. Schultz, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; Elise V. Schultz, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL
	12:15 PM-12:30 PM, Sunday, B206 Closing Remarks
	2:00 PM-4:00 PM, Sunday, B206 Session 10 Education Forum on Improving Your Writing Skills for Students and Scientists
Chair: David M. Schultz, Universities of Helsinki and Manchester/Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki Finland
	5:30 PM-7:00 PM, Sunday, Exhibit Hall B2 Poster Session Student Poster Session
S1 Evaluating the usage, performance, and limitations of the WSR-88D Doppler radar system in Alaska   Luke E. Madaus, University of Washington, Seattle, WA   S2 Global climatology of the planetary boundary layer inversions   Angelica M. Betancourt-Negron, NOAA/NWSFO Huntsville, AL/ University of Puerto Rico- Rio Piedras, Huntsville, AL; and D. J. Seidel   S3 Development toward an Advanced Aerobiological Vegetable Disease Forecasting Tool   Lara E. Pagano, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; and A. P. Sims, T. Keever, and R. Boyles   S4 Tsunami warning signs—educational, annoying or ignored?   Antonia L. Rosati, Santa Monica College, Santa Monica, CA   S5 Databasing of AOC weather data for public access   Kelly Scott, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO; and P. Flaherty   S6 A citizen science campaign encouraging urban forest professionals to engage the public in the collection of tree phenological data   Karl C. Clarke, UCAR, Boulder, CO   S7 Increasing potential predictability of Indian summer monsoon wet and dry spells   Neena Joseph Mani, JIFRESSE/Univ. of California, Pasadena, CA; and B. N. Goswami   S8 Lightning Activity in Atlantic Tropical Cyclones:Using the Long-Range Lightning Detection Network (LLDN)   Lumari Pardo-Rodriguez, UCAR/SOARS, Lajas, PR   S9 Anomaly and Mean Weather Patterns Associated with Extreme High and Low Temperatures during summer and winter in Southeast Alaska   Richard, C. Lam, NOAA/NWSFO, Juneau, AK   S10 Retrieval of Global Land Surface Emissivity Maps from AMSR-E Passive Microwave Data Using Different Skin Temperature Data   Hamidreza Norouzi, NOAA-CREST, New York, NY; and M. Temimi and R. Khanbilvardi   S11 Sensible heating over the Tibetan Plateau and the onset of Asian Monsoon   Li Xu, George Mason University, Calverton, MD   S12 A Comparison of Icing Pilot Reports to Weather Conditions   Brooke Lewis, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and C. A. Wolff   S13 Flash floods: A spatial and temporal analysis—A case study of the flash floods in southwestern Missouri in March 2008   Daniel A. Pollak, Pennsylvania State University & NCAR/SOARS, State College, PA   S14 A method for determining the historical climatology of East Coast Winter Storms   Jase E. Bernhardt, Northeast Regional Climate Center, Ithaca, NY   S15 A higher order tracer transport scheme for icosahedral hexagonal grids   Maximo Q. Menchaca, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and W. C. Skamarock   S16 Loss of Significance and Multidecadal Variability of the Madden-Julian Oscillation   E. Suhas, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune, India; and B. N. Goswami   S17 Synoptic environments and convective modes associated with significant tornadoes in the contiguous United States—a null case dataset   Darren V. Snively, NOAA/Ohio University, Athens, OH; and R. L. Thompson and J. S. Grams   S18 "Identifying QBO and Seasonal Variations in Stratospheric Chemical Species using UARS HALOE Data"   John Anderson, Hampton Univ., Hampton, VA; and B. A. Crandall and N. M. Pothier   S19 Impacts of super-resolution data on National Weather Service warning decision making   Jonathan M. Vogel, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada; and C. D. Payne, C. A. Van Den Broeke, and L. R. Lemon   S20 The relationship between sea breezes and rainfall along western Mexico during the North American Monsoon   Vanessa Marie Vincente, UCAR/SOARS and Valparaiso University   S21 Turbulent flux responses to leaf density changes   Miliaritiana L. Robjhon, Howard University, Washington, DC; and E. Joseph, C. A. Stearns, and M. K. Payne   S22 Effects of drop size distribution on NEXRAD rain rate estimation   Nazario D. Ramirez-Beltran, Univ. of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, PR; and E. J. Suarez-Vazquez and S. Cruz-Pol   S23 Poleward moisture transport by a Recurving Tropical Cyclone and its effect on Midlatitude Precipitation   Graylen L. Boone, UCAR/NCAR, Gates, NC; and C. A. Davis and R. S. Schumacher   S24 Improving Hurricane Intensity Awareness by Creating a Radius of 64 Knot Winds Scale and NASA Satellite Monitoring System for the Atlantic Basin and Gulf of Mexico   Josh David Stodghill, NASA DEVELOP, Mobile, AL; and A. M. Billiot, R. M. Penton, A. K. Dixon, and A. J. Eiserloh Jr.   S25 Climatology of lake-effect precipitation events over the Lake Tahoe, CA/NV region   Andrew Stieneke, Raleigh, NC; and S. Ganetis and N. F. Laird   S26 Documentation and Analysis of Flash Flood Prone Streams and Subwatershed Basins in Pulaski County, Virginia   Anthony Phillips, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA   S27 Developing a reliable predictor of lightning initiation and cessation through radar analysis   Greg Seroka, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX   S28 A stochastic daily mean temperature model for weather derivatives   Jeffrey P. Viel, NWC REU, Charlton, MA; and T. Connor   S29 Operational uses for an objective overshooting top detection algorithm   Sarah A. Monette, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and K. Bedka and W. Feltz   S30 Forecasting Southern Plains wind ramp events using the WRF model at 3km   Kristen Taylor Bradford, NWC REU, Norman, OK; and R. L. Carpenter Jr. and B. Shaw   S31 Impact of Vegetation on the Energy and Water Balance of a Temperate Wetland   Gregory J. Cutrell, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE; and J. Lenters, K. Herman, E. Istanbulluoglu, A. Kilic, D. Scott, and S. Walters   S32 Climatology of Lake-Effect Precipitation Events over the Great Salt Lake, UT   Benjamin Albright, Howard University, Washington, DC; and J. Popp and N. F. Laird   S33 Improving the radar Z-R relationships over Puerto Rico   Nazario D. Ramirez-Beltran, Univ. of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, PR; and C. J. Carrasquillo and S. Cruz-Pol   S34 Study of 3-D total lightning activity relative to radar-inferred storm parameters   Aaron Preston, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK   S35 Initial Tests of an Automated Freezing Drizzle Detection Algorithm applied to ASOS   Matthew Dewey, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and S. Landolt, C. A. Wolff, and M. K. Politovich   S36 A Survey of Impacts Resulting from the Drought of 2007 in Kentucky   Crystal J. Bergman, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE   S37 Cloud photogrammetry and single-Doppler radar analysis of the 5 June 2009 La Grange, WY tornado during VORTEX 2   Rachel Ducharme, Lyndon State College, Lyndonville, VT; and A. McGee and N. Atkins   S38 Quality Assessment of a Winter Road Maintenance Decision Support System   Eric Haave, NCAR, Boulder, Colorado; and M. B. Chapman and S. Linden   S39 Reconsidering the role of Rossby waves and inertia-gravity waves in the Madden-Julian Oscillation (MJO)   Alex Omar Gonzalez, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO   S40 Verification of ESTOFEX lightning and severe weather forecasts   Alex Kowaleski, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA; and H. E. Brooks and C. A. Doswell III   S41 Evaluation of the CALIPSO Satellite Cloud Sub-Type Classification Product over a Global Distribution   Christopher J. Slocum, NASA/LRC DEVELOP National Program, University Park, PA   S42 A Case Study of the 13-14 February 2007 Extended Sleet Event   Matthew S. Potter, University at Albany, Albany, NY; and P. A. Selmer   S43 The influence of ENSO on tropical cyclone trajectories in the South Indian Ocean   Kevin D. Ash, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; and C. J. Matyas   S44 Comparison of the VORTRAC retrieved structure of Hurricane Danny (1997) to prior analyses   Matthew B. Paulus, UCAR, Boulder, CO   S45 Sources of carbon monoxide and formaldehyde in North American determined from high-resolution atmospheric data   Scot M. Miller, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA; and D. M. Matross, A. Andrews, D. B. Millet, M. Longo, E. W. Gottlieb, A. I. Hirsch, C. Gerbig, J. C. Lin, B. C. Daube, R. C. Hudman, P. L. S. Dias, V. Y. Chow, and S. C. Wofsy   S46 Exploring the possible existence of embedded supercell thunderstorms   Dustin Edwin Pittman, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN; and R. J. Trapp   S47 Viability of weather dissemination via social network technologies   Justin M. Wittrock, NWC REU, Ames, IA; and K. K. Droegemeier and S. A. Erickson   S48 Quantifying the onset of extra-tropical transition using four-dimensional analysis techniques   Diedra D. Boyd, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS; and J. L. Dyer   S49 Developing the Ozarks pulse thunderstorm index   Doug Thomas Cramer, NOAA/NWSFO, Springfield, MO; and N. A. Lock   S50 Orographic Effects On Tropical Cyclogenesis Over Eastern Pacific Ocean   Van Nguyen, North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC; and Y. L. Lin and G. Tang   S51 Passage of Tropical Cyclones over Mountainous Islands Part I: Control Experiment   Ian C. Colon-Pagan, North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC; and Y. L. Lin, Y. H. Kuo, and S. Koch   S52 Examining the Effect of Tornadoes on Population in Oklahoma   Eric Scott Apel, Western Illinois University, Macomb, IL; and R. D. Ostrowski and P. A. Watson   S53 Evaluation of WSR-88D Methods to Predict Warm Season Convective Wind Events at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station and Kennedy Space Center   Jared Rennie, Plymouth State University, Plymouth, NH   S54 Spatial and temporal variability of precipitation in the Okavango-Kwando-Zambezi catchment, southern Africa   Andrea E. Gaughan, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; and P. R. Waylen   S55 Validation and development of existing and new RAOB based warm-season convective wind forecasting tools for Cape Canaveral Air Force Station and Kennedy Space Center   Mitchell H. McCue, Plymouth State University, Plymouth, NH   S56 Kinematic structure and evolution of the 9 March 2006 Mississippi/Alabama bow echo   Calvin Elkins, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL   S57 Climatology of Lake-Effect Clouds over the Great Lakes   Lindsey Higgins, Byrd Polar Research Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH; and D. Zelinsky and N. F. Laird   S58 Improving the Skill of the NWS's Extratropical Total Water Level Forecast System   Rosimar Rios-Berrios, NOAA/NWS/OST/MDL and UPRM, Mayagüez, PR   S59 Transverse cirrus bands and aviation turbulence   Emily N. Wilson, Univ. of Georgia, Athens, GA; and L. C. Paulik, J. A. Knox, A. S. Bachmeier, M. Carter, J. E. Tarantino, and M. J. Mays   S60 Reduction in surface ozone concentrations under ultra-high temperatures in central California   Adam James Davis, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; and R. C. Owen, S. Sillman, and A. Steiner   S61 The correlation between tornadoes and population density changes in Illinois   David J. Anderson, Western Illinois University, Macomb, IL; and J. A. Maples Sr.   S62 Modeling Wildfire Behavior and Analyzing Emissions   Marques A. Cameron, SOARS, Woodbridge, VA   S63 Frequency, duration and synoptic setting of late summer heat waves in Georgia   Myron Thomas Petro, University Of Georgia, Athens, GA; and J. A. Knox   S64 The effects of cloud cover on photosynthesis in a subalpine forest ecosystem focusing on Niwot Ridge, Colorado   Raymond Jay Detweiler, UCAR, Boulder, CO   S65 Weather's impact on Golf Attendance   John Parkinson, Western Illinois University, Macomb, IL; and G. Matson   S66 Rainfall Climatology Study of Puerto Rico   Mayra Oyola, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez, PR; and A. F. Adames, I. Del Valle, J. M. Maldonado, A. Marrero, I. Ramos, and L. F. Bejarano, Ph.D   S67 Effects of the Saharan Air Layer on the 2006 Atlantic Hurricane Season, using level 2.0 AERONET AOT/AOD datasets   Mayra I. Oyola, Howard University, California, MD   S68 Linking climate to landscape: Investigating the response of vegetation to precipitation variability in a semi-arid catchment area of southern Africa   Forrest R. Stevens, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; and A. E. Gaughan and C. Gibbes   S69 Analysis and prediction of heavy banded snow events in the Northeastern United States using independent variables   Norman Shippee Jr., Plymouth State University, Plymouth, NH   S70 Comparison of ABL Heights   Sharome Goode, NCAR, Oklahoma City, OK; and S. Sokolovskiy, L. Cucurrull, and D. Hunt   S71 Climatology of Convection in Florida: Implications for Mercury Deposition   Eleanor Ferguson, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; and F. J. Marsik, D. J. Posselt, and G. J. Keeler   S72 Analysis of diurnal trends in stratocumulus drizzle from the VOCALS field campaign   Angel F. Adames, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus, Mayagüez, PR; and C. Aldereguia and S. E. Yuter   S73 Interannual to decadal variability of dominant modes in the ocean circulation of the tropical western Indian Ocean   Rondrotiana Barimalala, Earth System Physics Section, Trieste, Italy; and A. Bracco, F. Kucharski, and A. Crise   S74 Re-examination of Northeast United States Drought Trends and Characteristics   Marcus D. Walter, SOARS/Cornell University, Ithaca, NY   S75 The impact of liquid water and ice in Arctic clouds on cloud radiative forcing and the surface energy budget   Elizabeth A. Maroon, MIT, Cambridge, MA; and A. B. Solomon and M. Shupe   S76 The Generation, Maintenance and Propagation of the pre-Helene African Easterly Wave and Mesoscale Convective System over Africa: A Numerical Study and Analysis of the Environment   James Spinks, North Carolina A & T State University, Greensboro, NC; and Y. L. Lin and G. Tang   S77 Fair-Weather diurnal wind field evolution in a complex mountainous region   Jonathan Michael Tippetts, Salt Lake City, UT; and C. D. Whiteman   S78 Laboratory Studies of Chlorine Activation by Nitrogen Oxides   Justin A. Perry, JISAO/Univ. of Washington/Morehouse College, Atlanta, GA; and T. P. Riedel and J. A. Thornton   S79 Evaluation of MERRA using CERES cloud objects for the 1998 El Nino - La Nina transition   Andrew Jongeward, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; and D. J. Posselt   S80 Statistical tropical cyclone track model for the western North Pacific with genesis dependence on large-scale climate state   Emmi Yonekura, Columbia University, New York, NY; and T. M. Hall   S81 Mesoscale variability in the Gulf of Mexico and its impact on the marine ecosystem   Yuley Cardona, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA; and A. Bracco   S82 Understanding the UHI effect of Minneapolis-St. Paul: a radar analysis of snowfall modification   Nyssa M. Perryman, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS; and P. G. Dixon   S83 Climatology Study of African Easterly Wave and Mesoscale Convective System in Northern Africa from 2004-2006   Wilson Jones, North Carolina A & T State University, Greensboro, NC   S84 Investigating the summertime midday precipitation peak in southeast Texas   Brad J. Reinhart, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and C. McCaskill, L. J. Hopper Jr., and C. Schumacher   S85 Evolution of a tornadic supercell and its environment sampled by the Phased Array Radar and Oklahoma City Micronet   Rick Hluchan, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and P. L. Heinselman   S86 Using atmospheric trajectories to study complex winter storms: Two case studies from central North Carolina   Christopher M. Fuhrmann, Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC   S87 Modeling aerosol impacts on convective storms in different environments   Rachel L. Storer, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and S. C. van den Heever and G. Stephens   S88 The DOW Radar Observations at Purdue study (DROPs)   Robert J. Trapp, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN; and J. Carley, J. Damjanovic, A. Eggink, J. Gebhard, K. Hoogewind, E. Jones, O. Kellner, B. Kraemer, M. Laureano, L. Little, R. Miller, D. Pittman, K. Quardokus, E. D. Robinson, B. Schwedler, D. Sheehan, D. Pittman, D. Solomon, and M. Toth   S89 A Study of the 9 April 2009 Tornado Outbreak over the Shreveport, Louisiana County Warning Area (CWA)   Ismarí Ramos, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez, PR; and A. Garza and K. Falk   S90 Correlation between vehicle miles driven and air quality in the U.S   Erica K. Dolinar, Millersville University, Millersville, PA   S91 Identifying Inland Impacts of Decaying Hurricanes Rita, Gustav, and Ike over Northern Louisiana and Northeast Texas   Idamis Del Valle, University of Puerto Rico Mayagüez Campus, Mayagüez, PR; and A. Garza and K. Stellman   S92 Classification of climatologic, synoptic and mesoscale patterns for tornadoes in the Mid-South (2009): Analysis of upper level jet streaks patterns to determine significant tornadoes development   Janice M. Maldonado, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez, PR; and T. L. Salem Jr. and J. Belles   S93 A Study of Cost of Hurricane Evacuations in Florida   Allyson Clark, Penn State University, State College, PA; and J. L. Evans   S94 Diurnal variation in the latent heat flux   Joel P. Scott, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and M. A. Bourassa and C. A. Clayson   S95 On the spatial variability of storm accumulations in Southeast Texas   Brian Haines, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and R. Husted, J. Stachnik, and C. Schumacher   S96 The effects of convective clouds on vertical scalar transport using a numerically simulated flow field   Nicole Ngo, Columbia University, New York, NY; and C. H. Moeng and J. C. Weil   S97 Adaptation challenges to climate change disasters in the Karamoja cluster (cattle corridor) in Uganda   Nanteza Jamiat, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda   S98 Standard error of radar estimated precipitation as a function of distance and intensity   Dustin Edwin Pittman, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN; and A. Eggink, J. Gebhard, B. Kraemer, L. Little, R. Miller, D. Sheehan, and D. Solomon   S99 Empirical analysis of the non-Gaussianity of global geopotential heights   Maxime Perron, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and P. Sura   S100 An Analysis of Sea Surface Temperature Anomalies in the AVHRR & AMSR + AVHRR Datasets   James J. Taeger, The Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and P. Sura   S101 On the changes in the distribution and strength of convection and the relationship with the rapid intensification of Super Typhoon Jangmi (2008)   Levi Thatcher, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and Z. Pu   S102 COPS Climatology   Tracy J. Emerson, NCAR, Boulder, CO   S103 The effect of marine cold-air outbreaks on tropical cyclone potential intensity in the Gulf of Mexico   Rebecca Hunniford, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and C. A. Clayson and A. S. Bogdanoff   S104 A space weather forecasting contest: Fall '09 summary   Brian D. Curtis, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA; and R. S. Weigel   S105 An Introductory Study of Warm Rain Productivity in Convective Clouds Influenced by Regional Climate Change   Kathleen Quardokus, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN; and S. M. Blakely, P. R. Brandt, K. E. Fischer, K. K. Gleason, B. J. Harvey, A. S. Keller, T. M. Lucko, R. M. Meizberg, C. A. Miller, J. M. Palac, J. C. Rogers, C. K. Simpson, K. J. Snow, K. W. van Leer, T. C. Ward, B. S. Westfall, C. M. Woodward, J. M. Woznicki, and S. Lasher-Trapp   S106 Thunderstorm Identification and Geospatial Distribution Study   Kathleen Quardokus, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN; and S. M. Blakely, P. R. Brandt, K. E. Fischer, K. K. Gleason, B. J. Harvey, A. S. Keller, T. M. Lucko, R. M. Meizberg, C. A. Miller, J. M. Palac, J. C. Rogers, C. K. Simpson, K. J. Snow, K. W. Van Leer, T. C. Ward, B. S. Westfall, C. M. Woodward, J. M. Woznicki, and R. J. Trapp   S107 Ocean response to hurricanes: A look a cold wake restratification   Robert L. Deal, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and C. A. Clayson   S108 Aerosol dispersion in the boundary layer after autumnal frontal passages in Central London and Suburban Oklahoma   Margaret Frey, ILREUM, Norman, OK   S109 Resolving the diurnal cycle in satellite derived sea surface temperatures and its significance on surface heat fluxes   Rachel R. Weihs, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL   S110 A case-by-case study of the Significant Tornado Parameter and non-tornadic supercells   Sarah M. Glenn, NOAA/NWS, Norman, OK   S111 Comparison of GPS Dropsondes between developing and non-developing disturbances in the Atlantic   Diamilet Pérez, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus, Mayagüez, PR   S112 The Role of Midlatitude Circulations in Triggering Extratropical Convection during the 2004 North American Monsoon   Bo Tan, DRI, Reno, NV; and A. Joros and M. L. Kaplan   S113 Analysis and characterization of Convective Monsoonal Surges into the Northern Great Basin   Andrew Joros, DRI, Reno, NV; and M. L. Kaplan and B. Tan   S114 Statistical Prediction of the Storm Surge Associated with Cool Weather Storms at The Battery, New York   Kamila Wisniewska, Hunter College, CUNY, Ridgewood, NY   S115 Observational Study of the Great Salt Lake Breeze   Cody Oppermann, University of Nebraska - Lincoln, Lincoln, NE; and E. T. Crosman and J. Horel

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