15th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation

Program Chair: C. Bruce Baker , NOAA/OAR/ARL/ATDD

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Sunday, 17 January 2010

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7:30 AM-9:00 AM: Sunday, 17 January 2010


Short Course Registration

9:00 AM-6:00 PM: Sunday, 17 January 2010


Annual Meeting Registration Begins

12:00 PM-4:00 PM: Sunday, 17 January 2010


Weatherfest

3:00 PM-4:00 PM: Sunday, 17 January 2010


First-Time Attendee Briefing
Location: B314 (GWCC)

5:00 PM-6:00 PM: Sunday, 17 January 2010


Annual Meeting Review and Fellows Awards
Location: B314 (GWCC)

6:00 PM-7:00 PM: Sunday, 17 January 2010


Fellows Reception
Location: Exhibit Hall B2 (GWCC)

Monday, 18 January 2010

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7:30 AM-5:30 PM: Monday, 18 January 2010


Registration Open

9:00 AM-10:30 AM: Monday, 18 January 2010


Presidential Forum
Location: Thomas Murphy Ballroom 1 and 2 (GWCC)

10:30 AM-11:00 AM: Monday, 18 January 2010


Coffee Break in Meeting Room Foyer

11:00 AM-12:00 PM: Monday, 18 January 2010

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Session 1
Hydrometeorological Measurements I
Location: B302 (GWCC)
Host: 15th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation
Chair: Bruce B. Baker, NOAA
  11:00 AM
1.1
An acoustic disdrometer
Philip N. Winder, University of Hull, Hull, United Kingdom; and K. S. Paulson
Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (309.9 kB)

  11:15 AM
1.2
The characteristics and preliminary quality control of soil moisture and temperature observations at US Climate Reference Network sites
William G. Collins, Riverside Technology, Inc., Fort Collins, CO
Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (852.7 kB)

  11:30 AM
1.3
Precipitation-Measurement Intercomparison for NOAA's Historical Climatology Network: The Effects of Wind Shield and Sensor Type
John Kochendorfer, NOAA/ERL/ARL/ATDD, Oak Ridge, TN; and B. B. Baker, M. E. Hall, T. P. Meyers, and T. Wilson
Recorded presentation

  11:45 AM
1.4
Test comparison of new low cost weighing precipitation gauge to NOAA CRN reference gauges with double alter shields
Bruce R. Robinson, Belfort Instrument Co., Baltimore, MD; and J. S. Hoover
Recorded presentation

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Monday, 18 January 2010


Lunch Break

1:30 PM-2:30 PM: Monday, 18 January 2010

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Session 2
Hydrometeorological Measurements II
Location: B302 (GWCC)
Host: 15th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation
Chair: William G. Collins, Riverside Technology, Inc.
  1:30 PM
2.1
2.1 has moved to Poster 268

  1:45 PM
2.2
Characteristics of hail in the U.S. from a high density volunteer observing network
Zach Schwalbe, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and N. J. Doesken, H. Reges, J. Turner, and R. Cifelli
Recorded presentation

  2:00 PM
2.3
Use of GPS Receivers as a Soil Moisture Network for Water Cycle Studies
John J. Braun, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and K. M. Larson, E. E. Small, V. Zavorotny, and E. Gutmann
Recorded presentation

  2:15 PM
2.4
Precipitation Characteristics Measured by Micro Rain Radar and PARSIVEL disdrometer
Joo-Wan Cha, National Institute Meteorological Research/KMA, Seoul, South Korea; and K. H. Chang, Y. J. Choi, J. Y. Jeong, H. Y. Yang, and J. W. Jung

2:30 PM-4:00 PM: Monday, 18 January 2010


Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
Location: Exhibit Hall B2 (GWCC)

Poster Session
15th Symposium on Meteorological Measurements and Instruments Poster Session
Location: Exhibit Hall B2 (GWCC)
Host: 15th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation
 
257
Equipment and instrumentation used at a Kentucky Mesonet environmental monitoring station
Stephen Struebig, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY; and D. Grabowski, S. A. Foster, and R. Mahmood

 
258
A deployable Modular Profiling Network
Stephen A. Cohn, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and W. O. J. Brown and B. Lindseth

 
259
CentNet—A deployable 100-station network for surface exchange research
Steven P. Oncley, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and S. Semmer, T. W. Horst, J. Militzer, G. Maclean, K. Knudson, C. Golubieski, and L. L. Dong

 
260
Victoria's highest temperature on record, 123.5°F (50.8°C), at Mildura, on 6 January 1906—but is it valid?
Harvey Stern, Bureau of Meteorology, Melbourne, Vic., Australia; and J. Cornall-Reilly, P. McBride, and A. Fitzgerald

Handout (1.2 MB)

 
261
Satellite image characteristics of intense tropical cyclones

 
262
Melbourne's highest temperature on record, 117°F (47.2°C), on Black Thursday, 6 February 1851—but is it valid?
Harvey Stern, Bureau of Meteorology, Melbourne, Vic., Australia; and J. Cornall-Reilly, P. McBride, and A. Fitzgerald

Handout (756.8 kB)

 
263
Site identification and selection for the Kentucky Mesonet
James Kyle Thompson, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY; and S. A. Foster and R. Mahmood

 
264
Retrieval Atmospheric Water Vapor and Other Trace Gas Profiles from Pseudo-Monochromatic Radiance Spectra
Y. Qu, ITT SSD, Fort Wayne, IN

 
265
Testing a low-cost radiosonde system for possible use in adaptive sounding networks
Michael W. Douglas, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and J. F. Mejia

 
268
Local random errors in drop-counting rain gauges
P. W. Chan, Hong Kong Observatory, Hong Kong, China; and C. M. Li and G. J. Ciach

Handout (399.9 kB)

4:00 PM-5:30 PM: Monday, 18 January 2010

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Session 3
Data quality control
Location: B302 (GWCC)
Host: 15th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation
Chair: Edward J. Dumas Jr., NOAA
  4:00 PM
3.1
A quantitative comparison of automated and manual precipitation gage quality control techniques
Edward I. Tollerud, NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and R. J. Caldwell, D. Kim, and S. Vasiloff
Recorded presentation

  4:15 PM
3.2
Robust spatial quality control of road weather sensor measurements
Tressa L. Fowler, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and M. Limber, S. Sullivan, M. B. Chapman, S. D. Drobot, and T. L. Jensen
Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (718.2 kB)

  4:30 PM
3.3
Quality Assurance Methods for the Kentucky Mesonet
Megan M. Ferris, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY; and S. Struebig, M. Grogan, S. Foster, and R. Mahmood
Recorded presentation

  4:45 PM
3.4
Meteorological instrumentation performance and data quality using temperature, relative humidity, and wind sensors in Barrow, Alaska
Jenni Prell, ANL, Argonne, IL; and M. Ritsche
Recorded presentation

  5:00 PM
3.5
Quality Control of Meteorological Data for the Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program
James C. Liljegren, ANL, Lemont, IL; and S. Tschopp, K. Rogers, F. Wasmer, L. Liljegren, and M. Myirski
Recorded presentation

5:30 PM-7:30 PM: Monday, 18 January 2010


Opening of the Exhibit Hall with Reception
Location: Exhibit Hall B1 (GWCC)

Tuesday, 19 January 2010

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8:30 AM-9:45 AM: Tuesday, 19 January 2010

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Session 4
Remote Sensing: Modeling, Observations, and Analysis
Location: B302 (GWCC)
Host: 15th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation
Chair: William R. Pendergrass, NOAA/ERL/ARL/ATDD
  8:30 AM
4.1
Observation, analysis, and modeling of the sea breeze circulation during the NOAA/ARL-JSU meteorological field experiment summer 2009
William R. Pendergrass, NOAA/ERL/ARL/ATDD, Oak Ridge, TN; and L. Myles, C. A. Vogel, Y. Anjaneyulu, V. B. R. Dodla, H. P. Dasari, J. M. Baham, R. Hughes, C. Patrick, J. Young, and S. Swanier
Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (1.9 MB)

  8:45 AM
4.2
Analysis and prediction of the atmospheric boundary layer characteristics during the NOAA/ARL-JSU meteorological field experiment, summer-2009
William Pendergrass, NOAA/OAR/ARL/ATDD, Oak Ridge, TN; and L. Myles, C. A. Vogel, H. P. Dasari, V. B. R. Dodla, Y. Anjaneyulu, J. M. Baham, R. Hughes, C. Patrick, J. Young, and S. Swanier
Recorded presentation

  9:00 AM
4.3
Numerical prediction of atmospheric mixed layer variations over the Gulf Coast region during NOAA/ARL-JSU meteorological field experiment summer 2009—sensitivity to vertical resolution and parameterization of surface and boundary layer processes
William Pendergrass, NOAA/OAR/ARL/ATDD, Oak Ridge, TN; and L. Myles, C. A. Vogel, V. B. R. Dodla, Y. Anjaneyulu, H. P. Dasari, J. M. Baham, R. Hughes, C. Patrick, J. H. Young, and S. Swanier
Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (2.6 MB)

  9:15 AM
4.4
Short range numerical weather prediction for the Gulf Coast region during the NOAA/ARL-JSU meteorological field experiment of summer 2009
William Pendergrass, NOAA/OAR/ARL/ATDD, Oak Ridge, TN; and L. Myles, C. A. Vogel, V. B. R. Dodla, H. P. Dasari, Y. Anjaneyulu, J. M. Baham, R. Hughes, C. Patrick, J. H. Young, and S. Swanier

  9:30 AM
4.5
Use of airborne incident and reflected solar radiation to characterize spatial variability of land use and Earth skin temperature around research tower sites
Edward J. Dumas Jr., NOAA, Oak Ridge, TN; and B. B. Baker, T. P. Meyers, D. L. Senn, S. Corda, and J. F. Muratore
Recorded presentation

9:45 AM-11:00 AM: Tuesday, 19 January 2010


Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
Location: Exhibit Hall B2 (GWCC)

11:00 AM-12:00 PM: Tuesday, 19 January 2010

Recording files available
Session 5
Remote Sensing: Air Quality/Detection of Atmospheric Gases
Location: B302 (GWCC)
Host: 15th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation
Chair: Christoph A. Vogel, NOAA/OAR/ARL/ATDD
  11:00 AM
5.1
Ultra-compact imaging Fourier transform spectrometer for the measurement of atmospheric trace gases
A. Hugh. Mortimer, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
Recorded presentation

 
5.2
New concept for modulation of a continuous wave (CW) lidar system that allows accurate retrieval of column integrated CO2 in the presence of clouds for the ASCENDS mission

  11:15 AM
5.3
Investigation of boundary layer structures with ceilometer using a novel robust algorithm
Christoph Münkel, Vaisala GmbH, Hamburg, Germany; and R. Roininen
Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (2.6 MB)

  11:45 AM
5.4
Comparison of Mixing Heights using Radiosondes and the Vaisala CL31 Mixing Height Algorithm
Christine Haman, University of Houston, Houston, TX; and B. L. Lefer, M. E. Taylor, G. Morris, and B. Rappenglueck
Recorded presentation

11:00 AM-6:00 PM: Tuesday, 19 January 2010


Exhibits Open
Location: Exhibit Hall B1 (GWCC)

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Tuesday, 19 January 2010


Kuettner Symposium Luncheon
Location: B208 (GWCC)
  12:00 PM
B1.1
Joach Kuettner—A Man in Love with the Sky
Einar Enevoldson, The Perlan Project, Emeryville, CA


Lunch Break (Cash and Carry in Exhibit Hall)

1:30 PM-3:00 PM: Tuesday, 19 January 2010

Recording files available
Session 6
Intercomparison and calibration of instrumentation
Location: B302 (GWCC)
Host: 15th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation
Chair: John Kochendorfer, NOAA
  1:30 PM
6.1
An assessment of the Geonor T-200B used with a large octagonal double fence wind shield as an automated reference for the gauge measurement of solid precipitation
Craig D. Smith, EC, Saskatoon, SK, Canada; and D. Yang
Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (330.3 kB)

  1:45 PM
6.2
Recalibrating AMSU-A observations on NOAA-16
Cheng-Zhi Zou, NOAA/NESDIS/Center for Satellite Applications and Research, Camp Springs, MD; and W. Wang
Recorded presentation

  2:00 PM
6.3
A comparison of University of South Alabama Mesonet precipitation and solar radiation sensors
Sytske Kimball, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL
Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (1.8 MB)

  2:15 PM
6.4
Comparison of in situ UAV Turbulence Measurements with Tower and Scintillometer Data in LITFASS-2009
Jens Bange, Technical University Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany; and S. Martin and F. Beyrich

  2:30 PM
6.5
An evaluation of several wet bulb globe temperature algorithms at Dugway Proving Ground
Frank W. Gallagher, U.S Army, Dugway Proving Ground, Dugway, UT; and M. B. Curtis

Presentation PDF (223.5 kB)

 
6.6
In-flight spectral characterization and calibration stability estimates for the clouds and the earth's radiant energy system (CERES)

3:00 PM-3:30 PM: Tuesday, 19 January 2010


Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall
Location: Exhibit Hall B1 (GWCC)

3:30 PM-5:30 PM: Tuesday, 19 January 2010

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Session 7
New Observations
Location: B302 (GWCC)
Host: 15th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation
Chair: Junhong Wang, NCAR
  3:30 PM
7.1
Upper atmosphere humidity measurement with the APS sensor—1st progress report on the Vaisala Reference Radiosonde Program
Heikki Turtiainen, Vaisala Oyj, Helsinki, Finland; and H. Jauhiainen, J. Lentonen, V. P. Viitanen, P. Survo, and W. F. Dabberdt
Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (279.9 kB)

  3:45 PM
7.2
Improvement of interpolation techniques for APHRO_PR, a new gauge-based high-resolution daily precipitation data
Kenji Kamiguchi, MRI, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan; and O. Arakawa

  4:00 PM
7.3
Recent research on meteorological observations and instrumentation at KNMI
Hannelore I. Bloemink, KNMI, De Bilt, Netherlands; and M. J. de Haij and W. M. F. Wauben

Presentation PDF (643.2 kB)

  4:15 PM
7.4
Upper-air observations from driftsondes and dropsondes over Pacific Ocean from THORPEX Pacific Asian Regional Campaign (T-PARC)
Junhong Wang, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and K. Young and L. Zhang
Recorded presentation

  4:30 PM
7.5
Using weather balloon launches to understand the Fairbanks surface-based temperature inversion lifecycle
Julie A. Malingowski, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK; and D. Atkinson, J. Cherry, E. Stevens, and D. Morton
Recorded presentation

  4:45 PM
7.6
Integration of NEXRAD, marine radar, sodar and conventional anemometry for avian risk assessment
Kathleen E. Moore, Integrated Environmental Data, Berne, NY; and D. J. Capuano and J. A. Henningson
Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (118.0 kB)

  5:00 PM
7.7
SMARTSonde: A Small Multi-function Autonomous Research and Teaching Sonde
Phillip B. Chilson, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and N. Feng, B. Zielke, A. M. Gleason, P. M. Klein, T. A. Bonin, M. B. Yeary, W. Shalamunenc, A. G. Striz, P. Greenway, M. Jones, and J. Langston
Recorded presentation

  5:15 PM
7.8
Observations of Pressure Perturbations Within Heat Devils
Steven P. Oncley, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and O. K. Hartogensis
Recorded presentation

Wednesday, 20 January 2010

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8:30 AM-10:00 AM: Wednesday, 20 January 2010

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Session 8
Integrated instrumentation and observing systems for all applications
Location: B302 (GWCC)
Host: 15th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation
Chair: Sytske K. Kimball, Univ. of South Alabama
  8:30 AM
8.1
What's new at the NOAA Aircraft Operations Center: Improving the quality of research products along with direct online access to the data
Richard G. Henning, NOAA Aircraft Operations Center, MacDill AFB, FL; and A. B. Damiano, I. T. Sears, R. Almeida, L. Miller, and P. Flaherty
Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (431.3 kB)

  8:45 AM
8.2
Expansion of U.S. climate reference network capabilities
Michael Palecki, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and B. B. Baker
Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (289.4 kB)

  9:00 AM
8.3
Hourly precipitation data processing changes at NCDC
Stuart Hinson, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and J. H. Lawrimore and D. Manns
Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (177.3 kB)

  9:15 AM
8.4
The Enhancement of the Dugway Proving Ground Meteorological Sensing Capabilities
Frank W. Gallagher, U.S Army, Dugway Proving Ground, Dugway, UT; and D. Storwold
Recorded presentation

  9:30 AM
8.5
Integrated polar-GOES-GPSRO satellite product comparisons using the NOAA products validation system (NPROVS)
Anthony L. Reale, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and F. Tilley and B. Sun
Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (406.5 kB)

  9:45 AM
8.6
The Integrated Upper Air Water Vapor System
Joseph Facundo, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD
Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (512.8 kB)

10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Wednesday, 20 January 2010


Coffee Break in Meeting Room Foyer

10:30 AM-12:00 PM: Wednesday, 20 January 2010

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Session 9
Network design
Location: B302 (GWCC)
Host: 15th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation
Chair: Joseph Facundo, NOAA/NWS
  10:30 AM
9.1
Mesoscale Convective Complexes over the China during 2005 to 2008
Jing Xi Sr., NOAA/NSSL, Yulin , Shaanxi, China

Presentation PDF (3.0 MB)

  10:45 AM
9.2
Analysis of summer convection over central Alabama
Gary D. Goggins, NOAA/NWSFO, Calera, AL; and M. L. Grantham, S. W. Unger, K. B. Laws, K. J. Pence, and L. C. Dawson
Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (879.6 kB)

  11:00 AM
9.3
Performance of the CASA radar network during the May 13, 2009 Anadarko tornado
B. Philips, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA; and V. Chandrasekar, J. Brotzge, M. Zink, H. Rodriguez, C. League, and W. Diaz
Recorded presentation

  11:15 AM
9.4
Challenges associated with classifying urban meteorological stations: the Oklahoma City Micronet example
Amanda J. Schroeder, Oklahoma Climatological Survey, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. B. Basara
Recorded presentation

  11:30 AM
9.5
The recent availability of low-cost radiosonde systems and their implications for adaptive sounding arrays
Michael W. Douglas, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and J. F. Mejia
Recorded presentation

  11:45 AM
9.6
Achieving Climate/Weather-Quality Data from a Tiered Network-of-Networks
Ken Crawford, Oklahoma Climatological Survey, Norman, OK; and C. A. Fiebrich, R. A. McPherson, and D. P. Todey
Recorded presentation

11:00 AM-6:30 PM: Wednesday, 20 January 2010


Exhibits Open

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Wednesday, 20 January 2010


Lunch Break (Cash and Carry in Exhibit Hall)

1:30 PM-2:30 PM: Wednesday, 20 January 2010

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Session 10
Instrument test-beds
Location: B302 (GWCC)
Host: 15th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation
Chair: Bruce B. Baker, NOAA
  1:30 PM
10.1
Intercomparsion of wind measurements at adjacent test grid locations
Margaret B. Curtis, US Army Dugway Proving Ground, Dugway, UT
Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (212.7 kB)

  1:45 PM
10.2
Visibility Sensors: Testing to Operations For NOAA's PORTS®
Edward B. Roggenstein, Ocean Systems Test & Evaluation Program, Cheaspeake, VA; and K. Egan, M. Bushnell, and K. Hathaway
Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (376.1 kB)

  2:00 PM
10.3
Shipboard meteorological sensor comparison: ICEALOT 2008
Daniel E. Wolfe, NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and L. ThomasArrigo
Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (153.5 kB)

  2:15 PM
10.4
Using passenger vehicles to diagnose road weather conditions—results from the Detroit Intellidrive (SM) testbed
Michael B. Chapman, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and S. D. Drobot, T. Jensen, and C. Johansen
Recorded presentation

2:30 PM-4:00 PM: Wednesday, 20 January 2010


Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
Location: Exhibit Hall B2 (GWCC)

Poster Session
15th Symposium on Meteorological Measurements and Instruments Poster Session
Location: Exhibit Hall B2 (GWCC)
Host: 15th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation
 
539
On the Relationships between TRMM-observed Quantities and Lightning Frequency
Weixin Xu, Colorado State University, Fort Collins; and E. J. Zipser

Handout (17.9 kB)

 
540
Airborne Radar Validation Experiments for the Orographic Cloud Seeding in the Taeback Mountains during the 2008–2009 Winter
Jae-Won Jung, National Institute Meteorological Research/KMA, Seoul, South Korea; and K. H. Chang, J. Y. Jeong, J. W. Cha, H. Y. Yang, K. Y. Nam, S. J. Lee, K. L. Kim, Y. J. Choi, M. J. Lee, Y. H. Kim, H. Lee, K. Kim, S. N. Oh, and G. Lee

 
Poster 541 moved. New paper number 13.1A

 
541.A
Lightning Data Assimilation over the Pacific Ocean
Antti T. Pessi, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI; and S. Businger and T. Cherubini

 
542
Intercomparison study of Daegwallyeong Cloud Physics Observation System (CPOS) Products during 2006-2008
Ha-Young Yang, National Institute Meteorological Research/KMA, Seoul, South Korea; and J. Y. Jeong, K. H. Chang, J. W. Cha, J. W. Jung, J. Y. Bae, S. J. Lee, Y. J. Choi, K. L. Kim, and H. M. Cho

 
543
Warm fog dissipation and validation by the hygroscopic seeding
Jin-Yim Jeong, National Institute Meteorological Research/KMA, Seoul, South Korea; and K. H. Chang, J. W. Cha, J. W. Jung, H. Y. Yang, J. Y. Bae, M. J. Lee, Y. H. Kim, H. Lee, K. L. Kim, and Y. J. Choi

 
544
Validation of version 6 retrievals of AIRS temperature, water vapor and cloud data
Fredrick Irion, JPL, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA; and E. Fetzer, B. Kahn, E. Manning, V. Dang, N. S. Pougatchev, and K. Yau

 
545
The relationship between lightning and hail events in Ohio during June 2008 based on Lightning/2000 software
Christopher A. Redmond, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD; and R. L. Fogt

 
546
Planned addition of a tail Doppler radar to the NOAA Gulfstream G-IV: Potential future opportunities for new flight profiles
Richard G. Henning, NOAA Aircraft Operations Center, MacDill AFB, FL; and J. Parrish, J. Williams, N. Ash, I. Sears, and R. Almeida

 
547
The relationships between soil moisture and boundary layer cloud development over the United States Mid-Atlantic region
Teferi Dejene, Howard University, Beltsville, MD; and E. Joseph, C. Stearns, M. Robjhon, and F. Nzeffe

4:00 PM-5:30 PM: Wednesday, 20 January 2010

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Session 11
Lidar and Sodar Applications and techniques
Location: B302 (GWCC)
Host: 15th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation
Chair: Kenneth H. Underwood, Atmospheric Systems Corporation
  4:00 PM
11.1
Comparison of advanced SoDAR mesonet and NWS airport stations from June 2009 Nor'easter
Elizabeth Walls, Second Wind Inc., Somerville, MA; and N. LaWhite and B. Logue
Recorded presentation

  4:15 PM
11.2
Development of All-fiber coherent Doppler LIDAR system for wind sensing
Sameh Abdelazim, City College of New York, New York, NY; and D. Santoro, M. Arend, F. Moshary, and S. Ahmed
Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (486.4 kB)

  4:30 PM
11.3
Airborne Doppler Wind Lidar: investigating tropical cyclones with curtains of wind profiles
George D. Emmitt, Simpson Weather Associates, Charlottesville, VA; and S. Greco
Recorded presentation

  4:45 PM
11.4
An automatic planetary boundary layer height retrieval method with compact EZ backscattering lidar
Sophie Loaec, LEOSPHERE, Paris, France; and L. Sauvage, M. Boquet, S. Lolli, A. El Filali, and I. Xueref-Remy
Recorded presentation

  5:00 PM
11.5
Validation of a new 1.5µm Doppler Wind Lidar for PBL Dynamic Studies and continuous operations
Matthieu Boquet, LEOSPHERE SAS, Paris, France; and L. Sauvage, S. Lolli, and J. P. Cariou
Recorded presentation

  5:15 PM
11.6
Evaluating SODAR performance and data quality in subarctic western Alaska
Cyrena-Marie Druse, McVehil-Monnett Associates, Englewood, CO
Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (558.5 kB)

5:30 PM-6:30 PM: Wednesday, 20 January 2010


Reception in Exhibit Hall (Cash Bar)
Location: Exhibit Hall B1 (GWCC)

7:00 PM-9:00 PM: Wednesday, 20 January 2010


AMS Annual Awards Banquet
Location: Thomas Murphy Ballroom 1-4 (GWCC)

Thursday, 21 January 2010

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7:30 AM-8:30 AM: Thursday, 21 January 2010


Washington Symposium Breakfast
Location: B208 (GWCC)

8:30 AM-9:45 AM: Thursday, 21 January 2010

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Session 12
Improvement of Physical Parameterizations
Location: B302 (GWCC)
Host: 15th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation
Chair: Steven P. Oncley, NCAR
  8:30 AM
12.1
Advances in measurement of shortwave and longwave radiation at sea
Christopher W. Fairall, NOAA/ESRL/PSD, Boulder, CO; and E. F. Bradley, R. A. Weller, and R. Lukas
Recorded presentation

  8:45 AM
12.2
Inter-comparison of Vertical Profiling Instruments for Boundary Layer Measurements in an Urban Setting
Mark Arend, City College of New York, New York, NY; and B. Gross, F. Moshary, Y. Wu, and S. Ahmed
Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (338.7 kB)

  9:00 AM
12.3
Application of a sensor network to study the energy budget in urban canopies
Zhi-Hua Wang, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ; and E. Bou-Zeid and J. A. Smith
Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (120.4 kB)

  9:15 AM
12.4
On the behavior of the nondimensional wind shear in an urban roughness sublayer
Christoph A. Vogel, NOAA/OAR/ARL/ATDD, Oak Ridge, TN; and W. Pendergrass
Recorded presentation

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  9:30 AM
12.5
Improving the representation of snow crystal properties within a single-moment microphysics scheme
Andrew L. Molthan, NASA/MSFC, Huntsville, AL; and W. A. Petersen, J. L. Case, and S. R. Dembek
Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (674.8 kB)

9:45 AM-11:00 AM: Thursday, 21 January 2010


Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
Location: Exhibit Hall B2 (GWCC)

9:45 AM-1:30 PM: Thursday, 21 January 2010


Exhibits Open

1:30 PM-3:00 PM: Thursday, 21 January 2010

Recording files available
Session 13
Remote Sensing: satellites
Location: B302 (GWCC)
Host: 15th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation
Chair: Alisa Young, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC
 
13.1
Comparison of AIRS version 5 and microwave radiometer total precipitable water

  1:45 PM
13.1A
IEDRO's high resolution Automated Chart Digitizing Process (ACDP) for the development of worldwide environmental databases
M. Lawrence Nicodemus, International Environmental Data Rescue Organization, Deale, MD; and E. Root, Ph.D. and R. I. Crouthamel, D.Sc.
Recorded presentation

  2:00 PM
13.2
Combined satellite GPS radio occultation (RO) and high-resolution cloud wind (WindCam) instruments for weather, climate and society
Dong L. Wu, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and A. J. Mannucci, J. Teixeira, and D. J. Diner

  2:15 PM
13.3
NOAA / NESDIS operational satellite product generation: hazard detection and monitoring
Thomas M. Renkevens, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and B. Hughes and J. Kibler
Recorded presentation

  2:30 PM
13.4
Applying CloudSat/A-Train and ECMWF analysis data sets to constrain and evaluate cloud, convection and radiation parameterizations in climate models
Jui-Lin Li, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and W. T. Chen, D. Waliser, J. D. Chern, T. L. Kubar, W. L. Lee, and W. K. Tao

  2:45 PM
13.5
Evaluation of ASCAT high wind retrievals at NOAA Ocean Prediction Center
Khalil. A. Ahmad, NOAA/NESDIS/StAR - Perot Systems Government Services, Camp Springs, MD; and Z. Jelenak, J. M. Sienkiewicz, and P. S. Chang
Recorded presentation

  3:00 PM
13.6
The Development of a C-Band Advanced Scatterometer (ASCAT) Geophysical Model Function at NOAA/NESDIS
Seubson Soisuvarn, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and Z. Jelenak, P. S. Chang, and Q. Zhu
Recorded presentation

3:00 PM-3:30 PM: Thursday, 21 January 2010


Coffee Break in Meeting Room Foyer

5:00 PM-5:05 PM: Thursday, 21 January 2010


AMS 90th Annual Meeting Adjourns
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