Program: 24th Conference on Hydrology (90th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting)

Short Course Registration

Annual Meeting Registration Begins

Weatherfest

First-Time Attendee Briefing

Location: B314 (GWCC)

Annual Meeting Review and Fellows Awards

Location: B314 (GWCC)

Fellows Reception

Location: Exhibit Hall B2 (GWCC)

Registration Open

Presidential Forum

Location: Thomas Murphy Ballroom 1 and 2 (GWCC)

Coffee Break in Meeting Room Foyer

Joint Session 1

Mitigation and adaptation to climate change

Location: B216 (GWCC)

Hosts: (Joint between the 12th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the 20th Conference on Probability and Statistics in the Atmospheric Sciences; the 24th Conference on Hydrology; the 22nd Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the First Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the Committee on Climate Services; the Fifth Symposium on Policy and Socio-economic Research; and the First Environment and Health Symposium )

Chair: David R. Easterling, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC

11:00 AM

J1.1

Regional climate modeling and decision aids

Glenn Higgins, Northrop Grumann TASC, Chantilly, VA; and D. Apling, R. Alliss, and H. Kiley

Recorded presentation

11:15 AM

J1.2

Bounded rationality in climate change policy development

Amanda H. Lynch, Brown University, Providence, RI; and R. D. Brunner

11:30 AM

J1.5

Climate Change Adaptation in Southwest Ecosystems

Gregg M. Garfin, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

Recorded presentation

11:45 AM

J1.3

Seeing the world through a political lens: the connection between weather and climate change perceptions and beliefs

Hank Jenkins-Smith, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and K. H. Goebbert, K. E. Klockow, M. Nowlin, and C. Silva

Recorded presentation

12:00 PM

J1.4

Advancing Climate Adaptation in Wildlife Conservation

Amanda Staudt, National Wildlife Federation, Reston, VA; and D. Inkley, P. Glick, B. Stein, N. Edelson, and J. Kostyack

Recorded presentation

Lunch Break

Session 1

Hydrometeorological Representation and Applications of Reanalyses

Location: B304 (GWCC)

Host: 24th Conference on Hydrology

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

1:30 PM

1.1

A Historical Record of Actual Evapotranspiration in Sub-Saharan Africa using Climate Reanalysis and Remote Sensing Data

Michael T. Marshall, USGS, Flagstaff, AZ; and K. Tu, C. Funk, and J. Michaelsen

Recorded presentation

2:00 PM

1.2

Evaluation of the 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

1.3

Moisture recycling over the central United States diagnosed from the North American Regional Reanalysis

2:30 PM

1.3A

The NCEP Climate Forecast System Reanalysis

Michael Ek, NOAA/NCEP/EMC, Camp Springs, MD

Joint Session 14

Educational Outreach in the Atmospheric, Oceanic and Hydrologic Sciences

Location: B214 (GWCC)

Hosts: (Joint between the 19th Symposium on Education; the 12th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the 18th Conference on Applied Climatology; and the 24th Conference on Hydrology )

Cochairs: Kathleen A. Murphy, AMS Education Resource Educator; Susan Q. Foster, UCAR

1:30 PM

J14.1

Mapping the UK's urban heat islands

Sylvia .H.E. Knight, Royal Meteorological Society, Reading, United Kingdom; and R. Fordham

Recorded presentation

1:45 PM

J14.2

Educating citizens about severe weather awareness following the 22 May 2008 Northern Colorado tornado

Paul Nutter, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO; and D. Gaardner

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (544.1 kB)

2:00 PM

J14.3

Weather & Climate�Weatherwise Magazine's Newest Series

H. Michael Mogil, How the Weatherworks, Naples, FL; and M. Benner

Recorded presentation

2:15 PM

J14.4

Climate adaptation in coastal communities: A Sea Grant Climate Network approach to outreach

Jessica C. Whitehead, South Carolina Sea Grant Consortium, Charleston, SC; and C. Conger, R. H. Bacon, and J. Brown

Recorded presentation

Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

Location: Exhibit Hall B2 (GWCC)

Poster Session

Hydrology Posters Part I

Host: 24th Conference on Hydrology

Cochairs: Susan C. Steele-Dunne, TU Delft; Rolf H. Reichle, NASA/GSFC

136

The relationship between total precipitable water and precipitation rate

Kelly M. Howell, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and S. Q. Kidder and T. H. Vonder Haar

Handout (297.7 kB)

137

The Uncertainty of Background Brightness Temperatures in Microwave Land Rainfall Algorithm

Eun-Kyoung Seo, Kongju National University, Kongju, Chung Nam, South Korea

138

Introducing water budget constraint to improve land data assimilation performance

M. Tugrul Yilmaz, USDA/ARS, Beltsville, MD; and T. DelSole and P. R. Houser

139

Evaluating the impact of parameter estimation on data assimilation performance: A case study for soil moisture simulation

Kenneth W. Harrison, NASA-GSFC and Univ. of Maryland, Greenbelt, MD; and S. V. Kumar, S. Yatheendradas, C. D. Peters-Lidard, and J. A. Santanello Jr.

Poster 140 has been moved to 2.3A

141

Applications of the ALEXI soil moisture model and highlights of current projects

John Mecikalski, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and C. R. Hain and L. A. Schultz

142

Intercomparisons between LSM and satellite-retrieved estimates of surface (0-5 cm) and root-zone (5-100 cm) soil moisture across the continental United States

Christopher R. Hain, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and W. T. Crow, M. C. Anderson, and J. R. Mecikalski

Session 2

Hydrometeorological Representation and Applications of Reanalyses

Location: B304 (GWCC)

Host: 24th Conference on Hydrology

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

4:00 PM

2.1

Software Package for Gauge-Only Precipitation Analysis

Dongsoo Kim, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and D. J. Seo

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (170.9 kB)

4:15 PM

2.2

Quantifying and Comparing the Intensification of Extreme Rainfall Frequency from NCEP and ERA40 Reanalysis Data

Shih-Chieh Kao, ORNL, Oak Ridge, TN; and A. R. Ganguly

4:30 PM

2.3 moved to Poster 566

4:30 PM

2.3A

CPC unified gauge-based analysis of global daily precipitation

Pingping Xie, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Camp Springs, MD; and M. Chen and W. Shi

4:45 PM

2.4

The influence of karst hydrology on local planetary boundary layer

R. D. Leeper, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY; and R. Mahmood and A. I. Quintanar

Recorded presentation

5:00 PM

2.5

Development of a New Precipitation Dataset for Model Downscaling and Bias Correction

Michael Charles, EMC, Camp Springs, MD; and Z. Toth, D. Hou, and R. Krzysztofowicz

Recorded presentation

5:15 PM

2.6

Assessing the changes in hydrological budget including anthropogenic effect estimated by the reanalyses and rain-gauge based precipitation data over Asia

Akiyo Yatagai, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, Kyoto, Japan

Joint Session 2

The emergence of new scientific partnerships

Location: B312 (GWCC)

Hosts: (Joint between the Fifth Symposium on Policy and Socio-economic Research; the 14th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 20th Conference on Probability and Statistics in the Atmospheric Sciences; the 24th Conference on Hydrology; the 18th Conference on Applied Climatology; the First Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; and the First Environment and Health Symposium )

Chair: Genevieve E. Maricle, Arizona State Univ.

4:00 PM

J2.1

Climate Adaptation Partnerships in Semiarid North America

Gregg M. Garfin, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

Recorded presentation

4:15 PM

J2.2

The FEMA Hurricane Liaison Team: Bridging the Communication Gap (because Great Minds Don't Always Think Alike)

Matthew Green, FEMA, Miami, FL

4:30 PM

J2.3

Partnership between the Dr�avni hidrometeorolo�ki zavod (DHMZ) and the University of Oklahoma (OU)

Ivan Cacic, Dr�avni hidrometeorolo�ki zavod, Zagreb, Croatia; and B. Ivančan-Picek, B. Lipov�ćak, K. Pandzic, B. Terek, V. Tuti�, G. Zuccon, K. Crawford, R. A. McPherson, K. L. Nemunaitis-Monroe, and J. T. Snow

Recorded presentation

4:45 PM

J2.4

The Norman, Oklahoma Chamber of Commerce Weather Committee: A Framework for New Partnerships Among Industry, Government and Academia

Kelvin K. Droegemeier, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and W. L. Qualley, V. Rose, and A. M. Suggs

Recorded presentation

5:00 PM

J2.5

The Weather And Society *Integrated Studies (WAS*IS) Program: yesterday, today, and tomorrow

G. Thomas Behler Jr., NCAR, Boulder, CO; and E. Gruntfest, J. Demuth, J. K. Lazo, and E. Laidlaw

Recorded presentation

5:15 PM

J2.6

User engagement activities at NOAA's national climatic data center

Tamara G. Houston, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (195.7 kB)

Opening of the Exhibit Hall with Reception

Location: Exhibit Hall B1 (GWCC)

Session 3

Advances in Hydrological Remote-Sensing and Data Assimilation Part I

Location: B304 (GWCC)

Host: 24th Conference on Hydrology

Cochairs: Susan C. Steele-Dunne, TU Delft; Rolf H. Reichle, NASA/GSFC

8:30 AM

3.1

SWOT, The Surface Water and Ocean Topography Satellite Mission [INVITED]

Doug Alsdorf, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH; and K. Andreadis, P. Bates, S. Biancamaria, E. A. Clark, M. Durand, H. Lee, D. P. Lettenmaier, N. Mognard, D. Moller, E. Rodriguez, and C. K. Shum

Recorded presentation

9:00 AM

3.2

The SMAP Level 4 Surface and Root-zone Soil Moisture (L4_SM) product

Rolf H. Reichle, NASA, Greenbelt, MD; and W. T. Crow, R. D. Koster, and J. Kimball

9:15 AM

3.3

An ensemble-Kalman filter-based dual assimilation of thermal-IR and passive microwave retrievals of soil moisture

Christopher R. Hain, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and W. T. Crow, M. C. Anderson, and J. R. Mecikalski

Recorded presentation

9:30 AM

3.4

Impact of Calibration Error of Microwave Brightness Temperatures on Soil Moisture Retrievals

Xiwu Zhan, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD

Recorded presentation

Joint Session 3

Data Collection, Interpretation, Assimilation, and Stewardship

Location: B306 (GWCC)

Hosts: (Joint between the 14th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS); the First Symposium on Planetary Atmospheres; the 14th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 12th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the 20th Conference on Probability and Statistics in the Atmospheric Sciences; the 24th Conference on Hydrology; and the 18th Conference on Applied Climatology )

Chair: Stan Benjamin, NOAA/ESRL/GSD

8:30 AM

J3.1

The Impacts on Air Traffic of Volcanic Ash from the 2009 Mt. Redoubt Eruption

Alexander Matus, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI; and L. A. Hudnall, J. J. Murray, and A. Krueger

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (341.4 kB)

8:45 AM

J3.2

UrbanNet: Urban Environment Monitoring and Modeling with a Wireless Sensor Network

Paul J. Croft, Kean University, Union, NJ; and P. Morreale, F. Qi, A. Tropek, and M. Andujar

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (2.6 MB)

9:00 AM

J3.3

Network of Weather and Climate Observing Networks (NOWCON)

Samuel P. Williamson, Office of the Federal Coordinator for Meteorology, Silver Spring, MD; and J. E. Stailey and S. J. Taijeron

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (237.1 kB)

9:15 AM

J3.4

Comparison of COOP and new HCN-M temperature products

John R. Christy, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL

Recorded presentation

9:30 AM

J3.5

The Impact of Temporally Varying Snowfall Rates on Holdover Time using the LWE and Check Time Systems

Roy Rasmussen, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and S. Landolt, J. Black, and A. Gaydos

Recorded presentation

Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

Location: Exhibit Hall B2 (GWCC)

Session 3B

Advances in Hydrological Remote-Sensing and Data Assimilation Part II

Location: B304 (GWCC)

Host: 24th Conference on Hydrology

Cochairs: Susan C. Steele-Dunne, TU Delft; Rolf H. Reichle, NASA/GSFC

11:00 AM

3B.1

Multiscale ensemble filtering in snow data assimilation [INVITED]

Konstantinos Andreadis, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and D. Lettenmaier

Recorded presentation

11:30 AM

3B.2

Acquiring observation error covariance information for land data assimilation systems

Wade T. Crow, USDA/ARS, Beltsville, MD

Recorded presentation

11:45 AM

3B.3

A modeling and verification study of summer precipitation systems using NASA surface initialization datasets

Jonathan L. Case, ENSCO, Inc., Huntsville, AL; and S. V. Kumar, J. Srikishen, and G. J. Jedlovec

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (903.4 kB)

Exhibits Open

Location: Exhibit Hall B1 (GWCC)

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)

Session 4

Hydrology: New Demands on Science and Services

Location: B304 (GWCC)

Host: 24th Conference on Hydrology

Chair: Dennis P. Lettenmaier, University of Washington

1:30 PM

4.1

Special colloquium on Hydrology: new demands on science and services

Peter Gleick, Pacific Institute, Oakland, CA; and R. Harding, P. C. D. Milly, and B. H. Udall

2:00 PM

4.2

Evaporation and Soil Moisture Measurement

Richard Harding, CEH Wallingford, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

Recorded presentation

2:30 PM

4.3

New Demands on Science and Services: Hydrology

P. C. D. Milly, USGS, Princeton, NJ

Recorded presentation

3:00 PM

4.4

Hydrology

Bradley H. Udall, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO

Recorded presentation

Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall

Location: Exhibit Hall B1 (GWCC)

Session 5

Drought Prediction, Monitoring and Mitigation

Location: B304 (GWCC)

Host: 24th Conference on Hydrology

Chair: Wade T. Crow, USDA/ARS

3:30 PM

5.1

Exploring mechanisms and predictability of U.S. drought using remote sensing, hydrological modeling, reanalysis and the NCEP Climate Forecast System

Justin Sheffield, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ; and L. Luo and E. F. Wood

4:00 PM

5.2

Progress of the NOAA/NCEP NLDAS Drought Monitor and NLDAS Products

Youlong Xia, NWS/NCEP/EMC, Camp Springs, MD; and M. Ek, E. F. Wood, L. Luo, J. Sheffield, D. P. Lettenmaier, B. Livneh, D. Mocko, B. Cosgrove, J. Meng, H. Wei, V. Koren, J. C. Schaake, K. Mo, and K. Mitchell

Recorded presentation

4:15 PM

5.3

New techniques for climate and drought information delivery at the national climatic data center

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

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (109.2 kB)

4:30 PM

5.4

Towards integrating GRACE terrestrial water storage data into the U.S. and North American Drought Monitors

Rasmus Houborg, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and M. Rodell, J. S. Famiglietti, R. Heim, J. Lawrimore, B. Li, R. H. Reichle, M. Rosencranz, M. Svoboda, B. D. Wardlow, B. F. Zaitchik, and R. Tinker

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (2.6 MB)

4:45 PM

5.5

Water balance in the agricultural watershed of Kumamoto groundwater region

Kenji Tanaka, Kumamoto Univ., Kumamoto, Japan; and H. Mizuno, D. Kuwamoto, H. Taniguchi, T. Hokamura, and F. Yamada

Presentation PDF (1.4 MB)

Joint Session 4

Research on extreme weather and climate events and inter-relationships

Location: B216 (GWCC)

Hosts: (Joint between the 22nd Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the First Symposium on Planetary Atmospheres; the First Environment and Health Symposium; the 20th Conference on Probability and Statistics in the Atmospheric Sciences; the 24th Conference on Hydrology; the 18th Conference on Applied Climatology; the First Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; and the Committee on Climate Services )

Chair: David R. Easterling, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC

3:30 PM

J4.1

The relative increase of record high maximum temperatures compared to record low minimum temperatures in the U.S

Gerald Meehl, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and C. Tebaldi, G. Walton, D. R. Easterling, and L. R. McDaniel

Recorded presentation

3:45 PM

J4.2

A common Midwestern question: Where have all our 90�F days gone?

David Changnon, Northern Illinois Univ., DeKalb, IL; and V. A. Gensini and J. Prell

Recorded presentation

4:00 PM

J4.3

Using large scale circulation indices to predict the intensity of cold air outbreaks over extended time scales across the southeastern U.S

Charles E. Konrad, NOAA Southeastern Regional Climate Center, Chapel Hill, NC

Recorded presentation

4:15 PM

J4.4

Heat waves and cold spells in a warming climate

Karsten Steinhaeuser, ORNL, Oak Ridge, TN; and A. R. Ganguly

Recorded presentation

4:30 PM

J4.6

Extreme european weather regimes

Ricardo Morais Fonseca, Portugal; and B. J. Hoskins and M. Blackburn

Recorded presentation

4:45 PM

J4.7

Meteorological features of observed trends in U.S. heavy precipitation events

Kenneth E. Kunkel, DRI, Reno, NV; and D. R. Easterling, B. E. Gleason, D. A. R. Kristovich, R. A. Smith, and L. Ensor

Recorded presentation

5:00 PM

J4.8

Contemporary climatic changes in North America and Northern Eurasia with foci on extreme events and transitions through environmentally and socio-economically significant thresholds

Pavel Ya. Groisman, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and R. W. Knight and T. R. Karl

5:15 PM

J4.5

Climatological, meteorological, and societal implications for the large number of fatalities from central Florida Dry Season tornadoes during El Ni�o

Bartlett C. Hagemeyer, NOAA/NWS, Melbourne, FL; and L. A. Jordan, A. L. Moses, S. M. Spratt, and D. F. Van Dyke III

Presentation PDF (2.0 MB)

Joint Session 15

Hydrology Applications in a Non-Stationary Climate

Location: B212 (GWCC)

Hosts: (Joint between the 18th Conference on Applied Climatology; the 22nd Conference on Climate Variability and Change; and the 24th Conference on Hydrology )

Cochairs: David C. Bader, Oak Ridge National Laboratory; James Noel, NOAA/NWS/Ohio River Forecast Center

3:30 PM

J15.1

Water in a changing climate: implications for water resources design (Invited)

Eric F. Wood, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ

Recorded presentation

4:00 PM

J15.2

Climate and Extreme Events: A Hydrologic perspective (Invited)

Soroosh Sorooshian, University of California, Irvine, CA; and X. Gao, K. L. Hsu, B. Imam, and J. Li

Recorded presentation

4:30 PM

J15.3

Seasonal numerical forecasts of the Ganges and Brahmaputra river flow

Peter J. Webster, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA; and J. Jian, H. R. Chang, and T. M. Hopson

4:45 PM

J15.4

Projecting Climate Change Impacts on Seasonal Water Supply Forecasting Error

Levi D. Brekke, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Denver, CO; and D. Garen, K. Werner, and D. Laurine

Recorded presentation

5:00 PM

J15.5

A comparative study of model initialization for the Noah land surface model using LIS

Roshan K. Shrestha, EMC, College Park, MD; and P. R. Houser

Recorded presentation

5:15 PM

J15.6

Structure and Detectability of Trends in Hydrological Measures over the western United States

Tapash Das, SIO/Univ. of California, La Jolla, CA; and H. G. Hidalgo, M. D. Dettinger, D. R. Cayan, D. W. Pierce, C. Bonfils, T. P. Barnett, G. Bala, and A. Mirin

Recorded presentation

Session 6

Robert E. Horton Lecture

Location: B304 (GWCC)

Host: 24th Conference on Hydrology

Chair: Bart Nijssen, 3TIER, Inc.

5:00 PM

6.1

Weather, WATER, Climate, and Society: New Demands on Science and Services

John. C. Schaake, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD

Recorded presentation

Joint Session 5

Advances in Modeling, From Local through Regional to Large Scale, and From Deterministic to Ensemble-Probabilistic Prediction Part I

Location: B215 (GWCC)

Hosts: (Joint between the 22nd Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 14th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS); the First Symposium on Planetary Atmospheres; the 14th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 12th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the 20th Conference on Probability and Statistics in the Atmospheric Sciences; and the 24th Conference on Hydrology )

Chair: Ed Olenic, NOAA/NWS/CPC

8:30 AM

J5.1

On the seamless prediction of weather and climate

Timothy N. Palmer, ECMWF, Reading, United Kingdom

Recorded presentation

8:45 AM

J5.2

Performance of the NOAA FIM global ensemble prediction system for hurricanes during the 2009 season

Tom Hamill, NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and J. S. Whitaker and S. Benjamin

Recorded presentation

9:00 AM

J5.3

Why does cloud superparameterization improve the simulated daily rainfall cycle in a multiscale climate modeling framework?

Michael S. Pritchard, SIO/Univ. Of California, La Jolla, CA; and R. C. J. Somerville

Recorded presentation

9:15 AM

J5.4

North Pacific decadal variability and climate change in the IPCC AR4 models

Jason C. Furtado, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA; and E. Di Lorenzo

Recorded presentation

9:30 AM

J5.5

Aquaplanet GCM simulations of tropical intraseasonal variability

Eric D. Maloney, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and W. Hannah

Recorded presentation

9:45 AM

J5.6

Factors affecting forecast skill of the MJO over the Maritime Continent

Augustin Vintzileos, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC - SAIC, Camp Springs, MD

Recorded presentation

Session 7

Remote Sensing of Hydrometeorological Observations

Location: B304 (GWCC)

Host: 24th Conference on Hydrology

Chair: Chandra R. Kondragunta, NOAA

8:30 AM

7.1

Underestimation of QPE in a Flash Flood Situation Due to Partial Beam Blocking and Attenuation: Correction Using the BREAM model

Timothy A. Coleman, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and J. A. Westland

Recorded presentation

8:45 AM

7.2

Radar precipitation estimates in mountainous regions: corrections for partial beam blockage and general radar coverage limitations

Dennis A. Miller, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and D. H. Kitzmiller, S. Wu, and R. Setzenfand

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (456.5 kB)

9:00 AM

7.3

Errors in rainfall estimation in the southern Alaska WSR-88D network

Luke E. Madaus, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (776.2 kB)

9:15 AM

7.5

Satellite Derived Ensemble Tropical Rainfall Potential (eTRaP):2008 and 2009 Results

Sheldon J. Kusselson, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and E. Ebert, M. Seybold, S. Q. Kidder, and M. Turk

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (1.2 MB)

9:30 AM

7.6

Analysis of seasonal variation in cumulus cloud frequency of occurrence

Vani Starry Manoharan, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and J. Mecikalski and R. M. Welch

Recorded presentation

9:45 AM

7.4

Analysis of Satellite-derived Soil Moisture and Previous-Time Precipitation

F. Joseph Turk, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and Z. S. Haddad and L. Li

Coffee Break in Meeting Room Foyer

Joint Session 6

Advances in Modeling, From Local through Regional to Large Scale, and From Deterministic to Ensemble-Probabilistic Prediction Part II

Location: B215 (GWCC)

Hosts: (Joint between the 22nd Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 14th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS); the First Symposium on Planetary Atmospheres; the 14th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 12th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the 20th Conference on Probability and Statistics in the Atmospheric Sciences; and the 24th Conference on Hydrology )

Chair: Ed Olenic, NOAA/NWS/CPC

10:30 AM

J6.1

Quantifying Contributions to Polar Warming Amplification in a Coupled General Circulation Model

Ming Cai, Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL; and J. Lu

Recorded presentation

10:45 AM

J6.2

The development of a coupled hurricane storm surge forecasting Model for the Pascagoula River

David A. Ramirez Jr., NOAA/NWS, Slidell, LA

Recorded presentation

11:00 AM

J6.3

Evaluation of the new Australian climate model ACCESS

Ian G. Watterson, CAWCR, Aspendale, Victoria, Australia; and L. Rikus, B. Hu, and T. Elliott

Recorded presentation

11:15 AM

J6.4

Mesoscale circulations in the urban-coastal environment: a modeling analysis and assessment of sensitivity to high-fidelity representation of the urban canopy

Michael Carter, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS; and J. M. Shepherd, S. Burian, and I. Jeyachandran

Recorded presentation

11:30 AM

J6.5

Ensemble downscaling of seasonal forecasts

R. W. Arritt, Iowa State University, Ames, IA

Recorded presentation

11:45 AM

J6.6

The misrepresentation of Tropical SSTs in climate models

Prashant D. Sardeshmukh, Univ. of Colorado/CIRES/CDC and NOAA/ESRL/PSD, Boulder, CO; and S. I. Shin

Session 8

Remote Sensing of Hydrometeorological Observations

Location: B304 (GWCC)

Host: 24th Conference on Hydrology

Chair: Chandra R. Kondragunta, NOAA/NWS

10:30 AM

8.1

Toward an improvement of surface identification in land precipitation retrieval algorithm

Arief Sudradjat, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and R. R. Ferraro

10:45 AM

8.2

Assigning tropical rainfall rates for multisensor QPE using environmental moisture fields and vertical profiles of reflectivity

Heather Moser, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and K. Howard, J. Zhang, and S. Vasiloff

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (2.5 MB)

11:00 AM

8.3

Validation of NOAA's Multi-Sensor Precipitation Estimate in the Mid-Atlantic Region

Kurtulus Ozturk, Turkish State Meteorological Service, Kalaba, Ankara, Turkey; and A. Tokay, B. F. Larson, E. Habib, and B. R. Nelson

Recorded presentation

11:15 AM

8.4

Evaluation of the impacts of ingesting TRMM data on the accuracy of quantitative precipitation estimates Obtained via the SCaMPR framework

Yu Zhang, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and D. Kitzmiller, D. Seo, R. J. Kuligowski, and Y. Li

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (774.9 kB)

11:30 AM

8.5

Validation of Satellite Rainfall Products over Africa and S. America

Tufa Dinku, Columbia University, Palisades, NY

Recorded presentation

Exhibits Open

Lunch Break (Cash and Carry in Exhibit Hall)

Session 9

Water Resources and Forecasting Applications

Location: B304 (GWCC)

Host: 24th Conference on Hydrology

Cochairs: Thomas Adams, NOAA/NWS; Andrew W. Wood, 3TIER, Inc.

1:30 PM

9.1

Using paleo-climate data to assess management options related to shortage risk on the Colorado River

Kiyomi Morino, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and R. Bark

Recorded presentation

1:45 PM

9.2

National Water Resources Outlook

James Noel, NOAA/NWS/Ohio River Forecast Center, Wilmington, OH; and T. Adams and K. Werner

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (286.8 kB)

2:00 PM

9.3

Hydrological Applications Research within GEWEX

P.J. Van Oevelen, International GEWEX Project Office, Silver Spring, MD; and E. F. Wood and D. P. Lettenmaier

Recorded presentation

Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

Location: Exhibit Hall B2 (GWCC)

Poster Session

Hydrology Posters Part II

Host: 24th Conference on Hydrology

Chair: Chandra R. Kondragunta, NOAA/NWS

440

Atmospheric Conditions that Led to the Roma, Texas Floods of August 2008

Barry S. Goldsmith, NOAA/NWS, Brownsville, TX; and R. Q. Hart and J. Estupi��n

Handout (707.7 kB)

441

Challenges in implementing NWSRFS in Romania

Jeff Vukovich, Baron Advanced Meteorological Systems, LLC., Raleigh, NC; and T. K. Burnet

442

Does the poleward retreat of mid-latitude synoptic systems, reflected by a decline in rainfall and an increase in MSL pressure at Melbourne, suggest Australia's Great Artesian Basin as a possible back-up source of water?

Harvey Stern, Bureau of Meteorology, Melbourne, Vic., Australia; and P. McBride, J. Cornall-Reilly, and J. Dahni

Handout (191.5 kB)

443

Inundation Mapping using Hydraulic model and Geographic Information System Case Study: Tar River basin during Hurricane Floyd

Keren J. Cepero, NOAA/NWS, Raleigh, NC; and S. Reed and C. Aschwanden

Handout (140.8 kB)

444

Merging medium-range weather forecasts and seasonal climate outlooks to improve seasonal hydrologic prediction

Andrew W. Wood, 3TIER, Inc., Seattle, WA; and M. Wiley and B. Nijssen

445

Noah land surface model modifications for improved snowpack and water resource prediction in the Colorado Rockies

Michael Barlage, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and F. Chen, M. Tewari, and K. Ikeda

446

Analysis of satellite observed rain fall amounts and discharge measurements at the Datong Hydrologic Station

Alice Fan, SAIC, Hampton, VA; and B. Lin and P. Y. Maa

447

Predicting severe hail in the WFO LWX County Warning Area: toward increased accuracy in hail size forecasts

Matthew R. Kramar, NWSFO Baltimore/Washington, Sterling, VA; and J. Waters

Handout (849.0 kB)

566

An Analysis of Heavy Rainfall Weather Systems over Louisiana

Boniface J. Mills, Univ. of Louisiana, Monroe, LA ; and K. Falk, J. Hansford, and B. Richardson

Session 10

Water Resources and Forecasting Applications

Location: B304 (GWCC)

Host: 24th Conference on Hydrology

Cochairs: Thomas Adams, NOAA/NWS; Andrew W. Wood, 3TIER, Inc.

4:00 PM

10.1

Multiobjective, manifoldly constrained Monte Carlo optimization and uncertainty estimation for an operational hydrologic forecast model

Sean W. Fleming, BC Hydro, Burnaby, BC, Canada; and F. A. Weber and S. Weston

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (1.1 MB)

4:30 PM

10.2

A comparison of statistical and explicit short-term hydrological forecasting techniques

Glenn E. Van Knowe, MESO, Inc., Troy, NY; and K. T. Waight, M. Ceperuelo, J. Aymam�, S. Par�s, S. Arumugam, and J. Oh

Presentation PDF (622.6 kB)

4:45 PM

10.3

Dynamic-enforced Statistical Downscaling of Global Seasonal Prediction of Precipitation for Regional Hydrological Applications

Yubao Liu, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and D. Rostkier-Edelstein, A. Givati, W. Wu, G. Descombes, T. Warner, and S. Swerdlin

Recorded presentation

Joint Session 7

Communication Among Stakeholders That Addresses Issues of Policy, Operations, and New Opportunities

Location: B212 (GWCC)

Hosts: (Joint between the 18th Conference on Applied Climatology; the 14th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the First Environment and Health Symposium; the 12th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the 24th Conference on Hydrology; the Presidential Forum; the Third Annual CCM Forum; and the Fifth Symposium on Policy and Socio-economic Research )

Chair: Gregg M. Garfin, University of Arizona

4:00 PM

J7.1

Great expectations: Improving climate data services

Trisha U. Ralph, EC, Toronto, ON, Canada; and H. Lau and T. H. Sopoco

Presentation PDF (69.3 kB)

4:15 PM

J7.2

Customer satisfaction at NOAA's NESDIS data centers

Tamara G. Houston, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (582.0 kB)

4:30 PM

J7.3

Applied climatology guidance for development of Army materiel for world wide use

Charles C. Ryerson, Cold Regions Research & Engineering Laboratory, Hanover, NH; and L. Spears, G. Stullenbarger, and L. Page

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (357.7 kB)

4:45 PM

J7.4

NOAA Climate Users Engagement Using Training and Education Activities

Marina Timofeyeva, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and J. Verdin, J. Jones, and R. S. Pulwarty

Recorded presentation

5:00 PM

J7.5

Developing indicators to support climate change policy and programs

Jason Samenow, EPA, Washington, DC

Recorded presentation

5:15 PM

J7.6

Beyond the boundary: it takes a village to provide climate services

Daniel Ferguson, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and G. Owen

Recorded presentation

Reception in Exhibit Hall (Cash Bar)

Location: Exhibit Hall B1 (GWCC)

AMS Annual Awards Banquet

Location: Thomas Murphy Ballroom 1-4 (GWCC)

Washington Symposium Breakfast

Location: B208 (GWCC)

Joint Session 8

Surface/Atmosphere Interactions Part I

Location: B216 (GWCC)

Hosts: (Joint between the 22nd Conference on Climate Variability and Change; and the 24th Conference on Hydrology )

Cochairs: Yongkang Xue, University of California; Randy Koster, NASA/GSFC

8:30 AM

J8.1

Identifying parameters to describe local land-atmosphere coupling

M. Ek, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Suitland, MD; and C. Jacobs, J. A. Santanello Jr., and O. Tuinenburg

Recorded presentation

8:45 AM

J8.2

Investigation of land surface process over the ARM SGP in 1997 summer using a single-column model

Kyung-Hee Seol, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea; and S. Y. Hong and M. Kanamitsu

9:00 AM

J8.3

A Modeling and Observational Framework for Diagnosing Local Land-Atmosphere Coupling on Diurnal Time Scales

Christa Peters-Lidard, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and J. A. Santanello Jr., S. V. Kumar, C. Alonge, and W. K. Tao

9:15 AM

J8.4

Idealized model for changes in equilibrium temperature, mixed layer depth and boundary layer cloud over land in a doubled CO2 climate

Alan K. Betts, Atmospheric Research, Pittsford, VT

Recorded presentation

9:30 AM

J8.5

Great Plains irrigation produces enhanced summer precipitation in the Midwest

Anthony DeAngelis, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ; and Y. Fan, A. Robock, M. D. Kustu, and D. A. Robinson

Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

Location: Exhibit Hall B2 (GWCC)

Exhibits Open

Joint Session 11

Surface/Atmosphere Interactions Part II

Location: B216 (GWCC)

Hosts: (Joint between the 22nd Conference on Climate Variability and Change; and the 24th Conference on Hydrology )

Chair: Yongkang Xue, University of California

11:00 AM

J11.1

Groundwater-land surface-atmosphere feedbacks: impacts of groundwater on land-atmosphere fluxes, convective storms, and frontal precipitation

Ian M. Ferguson, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO; and R. M. Maxwell

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (1.1 MB)

11:15 AM

J11.2

Four-dimensional visualization and analysis of convective rainfall generation along an abrupt land use / land cover boundary in northwest Mississippi

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

Recorded presentation

11:30 AM

J11.3

Global evidence of hydroclimate changes due to urbanization

J. Marshall Shepherd, Univ. of Georgia, Athens, GA

Recorded presentation

11:45 AM

J11.4

Vegetation and climate variability in North America�a study using the SSiB4/TRIFFID biophysical/dynamic vegetation model

Yongkang Xue, University of California, Los Angeles, CA; and Z. Q. Zhang

12:00 PM

J11.5

Impacts of land surface processes on the South American Monsoon System simulations: A GCM study

Hsi-Yen Ma, Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA; and C. R. Mechoso, Y. Xue, H. Xiao, C. M. Wu, and F. De Sales

Recorded presentation

Joint Session 12

Surface/Atmosphere Interactions Part III

Location: B216 (GWCC)

Hosts: (Joint between the 22nd Conference on Climate Variability and Change; and the 24th Conference on Hydrology )

Chair: Yongkang Xue, University of California

1:30 PM

J12.1

The heat low over Pakistan/northwestern India: spatiotemporal evolution and forcing mechanisms

Massimo A. Bollasina, NOAA/GFDL, Princeton, NJ; and S. Nigam

Recorded presentation

1:45 PM

J12.2

Impact of land use change on the regional climate of Mount Kilimanjaro

Jonathan G. Fairman Jr., Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and U. S. Nair and S. A. Christopher

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (568.0 kB)

2:00 PM

J12.3

Impact of Vegetation on the Global Monsoons

Michael Notaro, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

Recorded presentation

2:15 PM

J12.4

The Second Phase of the Global Land-Atmosphere Coupling Experiment (GLACE-2)

Randal D. Koster, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and T. Yamada, S. Mahanama, Z. Guo, P. A. Dirmeyer, and B. J. J. M. Van den Hurk

Recorded presentation

2:30 PM

J12.5

The Impact of Coupled versus Observed SST on Summer Season Predictions over America with the NCEP CFS Using Different Land Surface Models and Different Initial Conditions

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

Recorded presentation

2:45 PM

J12.6

Effects of land-atmosphere coupling strength on coupled WRF/Noah model 0-24 h forecasts of warm-season precipitation in the central United States

S. B. Trier, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and F. Chen, K. W. Manning, and M. A. LeMone

Coffee Break in Meeting Room Foyer

Joint Session 13

Surface/Atmosphere Interactions Part IV

Location: B216 (GWCC)

Hosts: (Joint between the 22nd Conference on Climate Variability and Change; and the 24th Conference on Hydrology )

Chair: Yongkang Xue, University of California

3:30 PM

J13.1

The African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis land surface model inter-comparison project (ALMIP): Applications in coupled model studies

Aaron A. Boone, CNRM, Toulouse, Midi-Pyrenees, France

Recorded presentation

3:45 PM

J13.2

Oceanic origin of the precipitation jump in the Sahel

W. Timothy Liu, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and X. Xie and K. B. Katsaros

Recorded presentation

4:00 PM

J13.3

Investigation of Southern Great Plains atmospheric moisture budget for CLASIC

Peter J. Lamb, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and A. Zangvil and D. H. Portis

Recorded presentation

4:15 PM

J13.4

Quantifying land-atmosphere interaction with satellite remote sensing: Current capabilities, findings, and limits

Craig R. Ferguson, Atmospheric Sciences Research Center, University at Albany, SUNY, Albany, NY; and E. F. Wood

Recorded presentation

4:30 PM

J13.5

What really caused the Dust Bowl?

Jeffrey A. Lee, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX; and T. E. Gill

Recorded presentation

4:45 PM

J13.6

Multiscale Atmospheric Simulations Over a Complex and Heterogeneous Terrain: Surface Variability and Land-Atmosphere Interactions

Charles Talbot, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ; and E. Bou-Zeid and J. Smith

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (677.1 kB)

5:00 PM

J13.7

Evaluating Modeled Snow-Atmosphere Coupling for Different Atmospheric and Physiographic Conditions

Kristi R. Arsenault, George Mason University, Calverton, MD; and F. Chen, M. Barlage, P. A. Dirmeyer, P. R. Houser, and K. Manning

Recorded presentation

AMS 90th Annual Meeting Adjourns

90th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting January 16 - 21, 2010

24th Conference on Hydrology

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90th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting

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