Program: 26th Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and 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

Session 1

Global Meteorological and Hydrological Service Updates - Part 1

Location: B217 (GWCC)

Host: 26th Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology

Cochairs: Ward R. Seguin, Consultant; M. D. Eilts, Weather Decision Technologies, Inc.

11:00 AM

1.1

More than 25 Years of the Interactive Information Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology Conference

Howard J. Diamond, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Silver Spring, MD; and W. F. Roberts, W. R. Seguin, and T. M. Whittaker

Recorded presentation

11:30 AM

1.2

European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts Meteorological and Hydrological Services Update

Walter Zwieflhofer, ECMWF, Reading, Berks, United Kingdom

Recorded presentation

Joint Session 3

Weather & Transportation I

Location: B312 (GWCC)

Hosts: (Joint between the Fifth Symposium on Policy and Socio-economic Research; the 26th Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology; and the Second AMS Conference on International Cooperation in the Earth System Sciences and Services )

Cochairs: Michael B. Chapman, NCAR; S. Edward Boselly, Weather Solutions Group

11:00 AM

J3.1

The Clarus regional demonstration

Paul A. Pisano, Federal Highway Administration, Washington, DC; and B. McKeever and F. C. Klein

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (1.0 MB)

11:15 AM

J3.2

Providing Road and Atmospheric Weather Hazard Products to Drivers � Current Progress And Future Challenges

Sheldon D. Drobot, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and M. B. Chapman, G. Wiener, P. A. Pisano, and B. McKeever

Recorded presentation

11:30 AM

J3.3

A decision-support system for winter weather maintenance of roads, bridges, and runways

Michael B. Chapman, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and S. D. Drobot and W. P. Mahoney III

Recorded presentation

11:45 AM

J3.4

Baselining Current Road Weather Information

Leon F. Osborne, Meridian Environmental Technology, Inc., Grand Forks, ND; and R. D. Hart, S. Conger, and R. Alfelor

Recorded presentation

Lunch Break

Joint Session 4

Weather & Transportation II

Location: B312 (GWCC)

Hosts: (Joint between the Fifth Symposium on Policy and Socio-economic Research; the 26th Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology; and the Second AMS Conference on International Cooperation in the Earth System Sciences and Services )

Cochairs: Sheldon D. Drobot, NCAR; Paul Pisano, Federal Highway Administration

1:30 PM

J4.1

Using Oklahoma City Micronet Data to Address Surface Transportation Challenges

Jeffrey B. Basara, Oklahoma Climatological Survey, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and R. A. McPherson, B. G. Illston, J. C. Reiss, and M. Degiacomo

Recorded presentation

1:45 PM

J4.2

Different Decisions for Users of the Same Decision Support Tool

Michael B. Chapman, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and E. Haave

Recorded presentation

2:00 PM

J4.3

Assessment of Weather-Related Congestion On Utah's Highways:Investigation of Event Impacts From the Winter of 2008-09'

Ralph Patterson, UDOT, Salt Lake City, UT; and K. Barjenbruch, G. Blackwelder, R. Graham, B. Hansen, G. Merrill, J. Miller, M. Seaman, and J. Williams

Recorded presentation

2:15 PM

J4.4

Mobile Meteorological Observation (M2O) Network

Brian Bell, Global Science & Technology, Fairmont, WV

Recorded presentation

Session 2A

Global Meteorological and Hydrological Service Updates - Part 2

Location: B217 (GWCC)

Host: 26th Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology

Cochairs: Ward R. Seguin, Consultant; M. D. Eilts, Weather Decision Technologies, Inc.

1:30 PM

2A.1

National Weather Service Services Update

Vickie Nadoloski, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD

Recorded presentation

2:00 PM

2A.2

Federal Aviation Administration Services Update

Jaime Figueroa, FAA, Washington, DC

Session 2B

International Applications Part I

Location: B218 (GWCC)

Host: 26th Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology

Cochairs: John R. Lincoln, US Navy/WMO (Ret.) and Consultant; Howard J. Diamond, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC; Erik Andersson, ECMWF

1:30 PM

2B.1

ECMWF web re-engineering project

Baudouin Raoult, ECMWF, Reading, Berks., United Kingdom; and S. Siemen, C. Valiente, P. Bispham, S. Lamy-Thepaut, and A. Brady

Recorded presentation

1:45 PM

2B.2

Metview 4 & Magics++�answering new challenges of increasing volumes of data

Stephan Siemen, ECMWF, Reading, Berks., United Kingdom

Recorded presentation

2:00 PM

2B.3

Reprocessing of 14 years of GTS data at CPTEC/INPE for distribution

Waldenio Gambi de Almeida, CPTEC/INPE, Cachoeira Paulista, S.P., Brazil; and A. S. A. Pessoa, A. L. T. Ferreira, M. V. S. Mendes, R. F. Gl�ria, S. H. S. Ferreira, and J. Weber

Recorded presentation

2:15 PM

2B.4

An integrated meteorological system for the Belgium air traffic control agency

Richard Stedronsky, IPS MeteoStar, Englewood, Colorado; and M. G. Taylor

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (2.0 MB)

Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

Location: Exhibit Hall B2 (GWCC)

Poster Session

IIPS Poster Session Part I

Host: 26th Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology

Cochairs: Scott T. Shipley, George Mason Univ.; Stephen M. Holt, Noblis, Inc.; Marjorie McGuirk, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC; Anthony Arguez, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC

45

Enhancing metadata available from MADIS for the National Mesonet

Michael F. Barth, NOAA/ESRL/GSD, Boulder, CO; and P. A. Miller and D. Helms

46

The University of South Alabama Mesonet: Challenges and opportunities for the future

Sytske Kimball, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL

Handout (1.6 MB)

47

Georeferenced imagery in 3D Visualization of WRF output

Alan Norton, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. Brownrigg and J. Clyne

48

Using GIS to investigate relationships between lightning and storm structure

Sarah M. Glenn, Center for Spatial Analysis, Norman, OK

49

A Data Sharing Server for Environmental Data

Joe Sirott, Shuksan Software, LLC and NOAA/PMEL, Seattle, WA

50

Science Data Mangement System Tools for Creating Flexible Systems

51

An advanced web application for issuing storm reports

Matthew W. Davis, NOAA/NWS, La Crosse, WI

Handout (432.8 kB)

52

An updated student�developed weather data resource

Joe S. Young, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and K. H. Goebbert, T. A. Supinie, and M. J. Laufersweiler

53

Improvements on Cluster Identification and Tracking in a New Circulation Detection Algorithm

Madison L. Burnett, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and T. M. Smith and V. Lakshmanan

Handout (528.5 kB)

54

The NCEP Power 5 to Power 6 supercomputer transtion: lessons learned

Bradley S. Mabe, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Camp Springs, MD; and S. E. Cokley, C. C. Magee, and X. Wang

55

A high performance LDM data cluster

Robert C. Lipschutz, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Boulder, CO; and D. Hagerty, P. Hamer, P. Lannigan, and C. MacDermaid

Handout (1.3 MB)

Session 3A

Global Meteorological and Hydrological Service Updates - Part 3

Location: B217 (GWCC)

Host: 26th Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology

Cochairs: Ward R. Seguin, Consultant; M. D. Eilts, Weather Decision Technologies, Inc.

4:00 PM

3A.1

United States Air Force Weather Agency Meteorological Services Update

Fred Lewis, Director of Weather, Air Force Pentagon, Washington, DC

4:30 PM

3A.2

United States Navy Meteorological Services Update

Jonathan White, US Navy, Stennis Space Center, MS

Recorded presentation

Session 3B

International Applications Part II

Location: B218 (GWCC)

Host: 26th Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology

Cochairs: John R. Lincoln, US Navy/WMO (Ret.) and Consultant; Howard J. Diamond, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC; Erik Andersson, ECMWF

3B.1

Optimal display of large weather data on web

4:00 PM

3B.1A

A high concentration episode occurred at the beginning of 2009 pollen season in southern Kanto of Japan

Motoo Suzuki, Japan Meteorological Business Support Center, Tokyo, Japan; and M. Tonouchi

Recorded presentation

4:30 PM

3B.2

Introduction of MICAPS 3.1�A New Chinese Forecaster's Interactive System

Bing Luo, National Meteorological Center, CMA, Beijing, Beijing, China; and Y. Li and L. Cao

4:45 PM

3B.3

Convective scale modelling�the issues

Ewen McCallum, UK Met Office, Exeter, United Kingdom

Recorded presentation

5:00 PM

3B.4

The U.S. global climate observing system (GCOS) program: an update on continuing efforts to implement reference climate observation sites

Howard J. Diamond, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Silver Spring, MD

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (32.8 kB)

Opening of the Exhibit Hall with Reception

Location: Exhibit Hall B1 (GWCC)

Session 4

Applications in Meteorology, Oceanography, Hydrology and Climatology Part I

Location: B217 (GWCC)

Host: 26th Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology

Cochairs: Timothy Crum, Retired, NWS; Lola M. Olsen, NASA

8:30 AM

4.1

HPC Design for Estimating High Resolution Weather Conditions

Dorren R. Schmitt, The Weather Channel, Atlanta, GA; and J. Matthews III

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (333.3 kB)

8:45 AM

4.6

NWS WSR-88D AND TDWR-SPG DATA COLLECTION AND DISTRIBUTION NETWORK STATUS AND PLANS

Timothy Crum, Retired, NWS, Norman, OK; and M. J. Istok, S. A. Del Greco, S. Ansari, and A. Hall

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (199.5 kB)

9:00 AM

4.3

Are snow accumulation forecasts generally overdone?

Bruce Rose, The Weather Channel, Atlanta, GA; and J. Koval and E. Floehr

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (1.8 MB)

9:15 AM

4.4

Severe weather climatologies based on NEXRAD and other data from the Severe Weather Data Inventory (SWDI)

Mark Phillips, University of North Carolina at Asheville, Asheville, NC; and S. Ansari and S. A. Del Greco

Recorded presentation

9:30 AM

4.5

Improving the temporal and spatial resolution of the forecasts of sea-breeze generated convection along the southeast U.S. coast

Bryan A. Mroczka, NOAA/NWS, Tallahassee, FL; and J. P. Camp, K. J. Gould, and A. I. Watson

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (1.2 MB)

9:45 AM

4.2

A Graphical Examination of the Relationship between One to Six Day 300mb Hemispheric Forecasts and Climate Prediction Center (CPC) Climate Forecast Outlooks

Phil Zuzolo, The Boeing Company, Springfield, VA; and B. Zuzolo

Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

Location: Exhibit Hall B2 (GWCC)

Session 5A

Applications in Meteorology, Oceanography, Hydrology and Climatology Part II

Location: B217 (GWCC)

Host: 26th Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology

Cochairs: Timothy Crum, Retired, NWS; Lola M. Olsen, NASA

11:00 AM

5A.1

WRF-based hurricane simulation in the Environmental Data Cube Support System

John J. Holdzkom, AER, Suffolk, VA; and T. Nehrkorn, J. F. Galantowicz, S. Lowe, M. Horn, G. D. Modica, and S. M. Leidner

Recorded presentation

11:15 AM

5A.2

A tabulated ratio of record highs to record lows: a useful marker for on-going climate warming in the United States

Guy Walton Jr., The Weather Channel, Atlanta, GA; and G. Meehl

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (892.9 kB)

11:30 AM

5A.4

CEOS Climate Diagnostics Directory: Supporting Discovery of Climate Visualizations for Environmental Decision Making

Lola M. Olsen, NASA, Greenbelt, MD

Recorded presentation

11:45 AM

5A.4

Integration of NAWIPS decoders within AWIPS II

David Plummer, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Camp Springs, MD; and S. Jacobs, T. Lee, and B. A. Gordon

Recorded presentation

12:00 PM

5A.3

The Piazza Degree: temperature as a function of time

Pietro Piazza, Pietro Piazza, P.E., Palm Coast, FL

Presentation PDF (2.9 MB)

Session 5B

Mobile Platforms

Location: B218 (GWCC)

Host: 26th Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology

Cochairs: M. D. Eilts, Weather Decision Technologies, Inc.; Paul A. Pisano, Federal Highway Administration; George D. Emmitt, Simpson Weather Associates

11:00 AM

5B.1

How an iPhone can change the weather (business)

Russell Heilig, Davis Instruments, Hayward, CA

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (14.3 kB)

11:15 AM

5B.2

Creation and Manipulation of Meteorological Products for Mobile Devices

Russell Dengel, SSEC/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

Recorded presentation

11:30 AM

5B.3

Using Twitter to receive storm reports

Tim Brice, NOAA/NWS, Santa Teresa, NM; and C. Pieper

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (155.3 kB)

11:45 AM

5B.4

Utilizing mobile devices for enhanced storm damage surveys

J. Parks Camp, NOAA/NWS, Tallahassee, FL; and K. Stellman and J. Settelmaier

Recorded presentation

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 6A

GIS Applications and Mashups Part I

Location: B217 (GWCC)

Host: 26th Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology

Cochairs: Ken R. Waters, NOAA/NWS; Nazila Merati, ClipCard

1:30 PM

6A.1

Development of web-based GIS applications for decision support and situational awareness

Brian P. Walawender, NOAA/NWS, Kansas City, MO; and M. W. Davis

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (2.1 MB)

1:45 PM

6A.2

Fog Occurrence, Distribution, and Coverage through GIS Analysis

Paul J. Croft, Kean University, Union, NJ; and T. Anderson and A. Ottati

Presentation PDF (262.4 kB)

2:00 PM

6A.3

GIS development of the Southern Climate Impacts Planning Program

William G. McPherson Jr., University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. E. Hocker and M. Yuan

Recorded presentation

2:15 PM

6A.4

Development of a GIS snowstorm database

Michael F. Squires, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and R. Baldwin, G. Reid, C. Tabor, and A. Wilson

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (379.3 kB)

2:30 PM

6A.5

A geospatial analysis of radar reflectivity data from landfalling tropical cyclones

Corene J. Matyas, Univ. of Florida, Gainesville, FL

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (534.2 kB)

2:45 PM

6A.6

HabitatSpace � GIS based tools for marine habitat delineation and marine spatial planning

Tiffany C. Vance, NOAA/National Marine Fisheries Service, Seattle, WA; and S. Mesick and D. Steube

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (2.4 MB)

Session 6B

Interactive Processing Systems Part I

Location: B218 (GWCC)

Host: 26th Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology

Cochairs: William Roberts, OAR; Ward R. Seguin, Consultant

1:30 PM

6B.1

Technology and communication methods used to increase awareness and mitigate impacts during the devastating Ohio Valley winter storm on January 26-28, 2009

Andrea M. Lammers, NOAA/NWSFO, Louisville, KY

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (1.1 MB)

1:45 PM

6B.2

National Weather Service Science and Technology Roadmap

Don Berchoff, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and P. Davidson and P. Roohr

Recorded presentation

2:00 PM

6B.3

NOAA's integrated water forecasting program

Gary Carter, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and J. Ingram

Recorded presentation

2:15 PM

6B.4

Hazard Information Services vision

Tracy Lee Hansen, NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and T. J. LeFebvre, C. S. Bullock, J. Wakefield, J. Ramer, S. Williams, G. J. Stumpf, K. Scharfenberg, J. T. Ferree, B. C. Motta, E. Gruntfest, S. Romano, M. K. Zappa, and W. F. Roberts

2:30 PM

6B.5

Social science initiatives in the development of the Next Generation hazardous weather products

Monica K. Zappa, Univ. of Oklahoma/Social Science Woven into Meteorology, Norman, OK; and E. Gruntfest and H. Lazrus

Recorded presentation

2:45 PM

6B.6

McIDAS-V - A powerful data analysis and visualization tool for multi and hyperspectral environmental satellite data

Thomas H. Achtor, SSEC/CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and T. D. Rink, T. M. Whittaker, and J. Staude

Recorded presentation

Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall

Location: Exhibit Hall B1 (GWCC)

Session 7A

GIS Applications and Mashups Part II

Location: B217 (GWCC)

Host: 26th Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology

Cochairs: Ken R. Waters, NOAA/NWS; Nazila Merati, ClipCard

3:30 PM

7A.1

Putting meteorological data into the context of the community:

Peter Trevelyan, The U.K. Met Office, Exeter, United Kingdom; and J. Tandy

Recorded presentation

3:45 PM

7A.2

National Weather Service GIS Data and GIS Enterprise

Ira Graffman, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and K. L. Sheets

7A.3

Providing Improved Access to Real-time Data for Flood Response in Hawaii

4:00 PM

7A.3

A Geographic Information System Based Reanalysis of the 3 December 1978 Bossier City, Louisiana Tornado

Douglas Butts, NOAA/NWS, Shreveport, LA; and K. Stellman

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (814.7 kB)

4:30 PM

7A.4

NOAA National Weather Service's National Digital Forecast Database available as a mobile service and KML service in addition to a shapefile service and image service

Jayme L. Laber, NOAA/NWS, Oxnard, CA

Recorded presentation

4:45 PM

7A.5

National Weather Service RIDGE 2 Radar Data Architecture and Warning Geographic Information System Services

Corey Pieper, NOAA/NWS, Fort Worth, TX; and P. Kirkwood, B. P. Walawender, J. Burks, A. Sutula, K. Stellman, S. Rae, and A. Murray

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (1.2 MB)

5:00 PM

7A.6

Verification of Gridded Morning Temperatures at NWS Miami, FL

Gordon Strassberg, NOAA/NWS, Miami, FL; and J. B. Settelmaier

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (2.0 MB)

Joint Session 5

Using Technology to Move Beyond Lectures

Location: B214 (GWCC)

Hosts: (Joint between the 19th Symposium on Education; and the 26th Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology )

Cochairs: Lola M. Olsen, NASA; Thomas M. Whittaker, SSEC/CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin; Rajul Pandya, UCAR

3:30 PM

J5.1

LectureTools: An Advanced Student Response System for the Geosciences

Perry J. Samson, Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

4:00 PM

J5.2

An internet based aviation meteorology course

Donna F. Tucker, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (25.2 kB)

4:15 PM

J5.3

The impact of online applets on learning in an introductory meteorology lecture

Timothy J. Wagner, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and S. Ackerman

Recorded presentation

4:30 PM

J5.4

The Lecture � what is it and why do we do it?

Steven Ackerman, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

4:45 PM

J5.5

Blended learning course development at Western Illinois University: meeting the needs of the first-generation college student in a hybrid class

Redina L. Herman, Western Illinois Univ., Macomb, IL

Recorded presentation

5:00 PM

J5.6

Lessons Learned from Conducting an International Student Climate Investigation: Data, Collaboration and Social Networking

Donna J. Charlevoix, The GLOBE Program, Boulder, CO; and E. E. Geary and M. Hoffman

Recorded presentation

5:15 PM

J5.7

A low-cost electronic chart wall for undergraduate program enhancement

Don T. Conlee, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and M. Perrotte and C. Mouchyn

Recorded presentation

Session 7B

Interactive Processing Systems Part II

Location: B218 (GWCC)

Host: 26th Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology

Cochairs: William Roberts, OAR; Ward R. Seguin, Consultant

3:30 PM

7B.1

The LEAD Gateway II: A Hardened, Persistent Community Resource for Meteorological Research and Education

Beth Plale, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN; and K. K. Droegemeier and C. Mattocks

Recorded presentation

3:45 PM

7B.2

Advanced Forecaster Tools for Workflow Efficinency using Web Based Transactions

Matthew G. Taylor, IPS MeteoStar, Englewood, CO; and R. Stedronsky

Recorded presentation

4:00 PM

7B.3

Introduction of NOAA's Community Hydrologic Prediction System

Jon M. Roe, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and C. Dietz, P. Restrepo, R. Shedd, R. Horwood, H. Opitz, B. Olsen, R. Hartman, J. Halquist, and E. Welles

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (219.1 kB)

4:15 PM

7B.4

AWIPS Technology Infusion Overview and Status

Ronla K. Henry, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and E. Mandel, S. Schotz, T. Hopkins, O. Brown-Leigh, A. M. Tarro, and J. Vogel

Recorded presentation

4:30 PM

7B.5

NAWIPS Integration with AWIPS II Technology Infusion�Status update year 2

David Plummer, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Camp Springs, MD; and S. Jacobs, S. Gilbert, B. A. Gordon, S. S. Schotz, and R. K. Henry

Recorded presentation

4:45 PM

7B.6

NAWIPS integration of Product Generation within AWIPS II

David Plummer, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Camp Springs, MD; and S. Jacobs, S. Gilbert, and B. A. Gordon

Recorded presentation

5:00 PM

7B.7

The implementation of the Graphical Forecaster Editor for a national center marine domain

Ariel E. Cohen, NOAA/NWSFO, Jackson, MS; and E. Christensen, C. Juckins, J. P. Cangialosi, C. Lauer, H. D. Cobb III, and M. Nelson

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (724.8 kB)

5:15 PM

7B.8

NCEP's new model anlayses and guidance web site

Michelle Mainelli, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Camp Springs, MD; and B. A. Gordon and S. Jacobs

Recorded presentation

Session 8

Radar IIPS I - Part 1

Location: B217 (GWCC)

Host: 26th Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology

Cochairs: Timothy Crum, Retired, NWS; Douglas E. Forsyth, NOAA/NSSL; Julian Wang, NOAA/ARL; Robert E. Saffle, Noblis, Inc.

8:30 AM

8.1

NEXRAD Product Improvement � Update 2010

Robert E. Saffle, Noblis, Inc., Falls Church, VA; and G. S. Cate and M. J. Istok

Recorded presentation

8:45 AM

8.2

Evaluating a Storm Tracking Algorithm

Valliappa Lakshmanan, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and T. M. Smith

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (239.3 kB)

9:00 AM

8.3

An Improved Storm Cell Identification and Tracking (SCIT) Algorithm based on DBSCAN Clustering and JPDA Tracking Methods

Jenny L. Matthews, Georgia Tech Research Institute, Severe Storms Research Center, Atlanta, GA; and J. Trostel

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (716.2 kB)

9:15 AM

8.4

Application of an improved SCIT algorithm to investigate lightning characteristics of a tornado outbreak in Georgia

John Trostel, Georgia Tech Research Institute, Severe Storms Research Center, Atlanta, GA; and J. Matthews

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (1.3 MB)

9:30 AM

8.5

Hail reflectivity signatures from two adjacent WSR-88Ds: carrier frequency and calibration issues

Valery M. Melnikov, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and R. R. Lee and N. J. Langlieb

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (1.3 MB)

9:45 AM

8.6

A novel ground-clutter-contamination mitigation solution for the NEXRAD network: the CLEAN-AP filter

David A. Warde, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and S. M. Torres

Recorded presentation

Joint Session 14

Earth Science Information Systems Part I

Location: B218 (GWCC)

Hosts: (Joint between the 22nd Conference on Climate Variability and Change; and the 26th Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology )

Cochairs: Nancy N. Soreide, NOAA/PMEL; Stephen M. Holt, Noblis, Inc.

8:30 AM

J14.1

U.S. and global in situ datasets for the analysis of climate variability and change

Jay Lawrimore, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and B. Gleason, C. N. Williams Jr., M. J. Menne, and W. E. Angel

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (177.6 kB)

8:45 AM

J14.2

On the use of a coastal mesonet to improve operations at an NWS forecast office

James Titlow III, WeatherFlow Inc., Poquoson, VA; and M. Willis

Recorded presentation

9:00 AM

J14.3

Multigraph: interactive data graphs on the web

Mark Phillips, Univ. of North Carolina, Asheville, NC; and D. Eldreth

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (688.3 kB)

9:15 AM

J14.4

An Operational Tsunami Forecast Tool

Donald W. Denbo, JISAO/Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and J. R. Osborne, C. K. Pells, and M. A. Traum

Recorded presentation

9:30 AM

J14.5

Communicating recent changes in the Arctic environment

Nancy N. Soreide, NOAA/PMEL, Seattle, WA; and J. E. Overland, J. A. Richter-Menge, H. Eicken, and J. Calder

Recorded presentation

9:45 AM

J14.6

A record of Washington D.C. dew point temperatures from the 1840s

Paula J. Brown, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and A. T. DeGaetano

Coffee Break in Meeting Room Foyer

Session 9

Radar IIPS I - Part 2

Location: B217 (GWCC)

Host: 26th Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology

Cochairs: Timothy Crum, Retired, NWS; Douglas E. Forsyth, NOAA/NSSL; Julian Wang, NOAA/ARL; Robert E. Saffle, Noblis, Inc.

10:30 AM

9.1

Evaluation of the Vortex Detection and Characterization (VDAC) technique using multiple-Doppler observations of intense vortices

Corey K. Potvin, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and A. Shapiro and J. Gao

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (2.7 MB)

10:45 AM

9.2

Dual-Doppler wind analysis of convective storms using the vertical vorticity equation

Corey K. Potvin, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and A. Shapiro and J. Gao

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (1.3 MB)

11:00 AM

9.3

Alternative approaches to staggered PRT clutter filtering

Gregory Meymaris, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. Hubbert and M. Dixon

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (184.2 kB)

9.4

The use of spectral processing to improve radar spectral moments

Joint Session 7

Earth Science Information Systems Part II

Location: B218 (GWCC)

Hosts: (Joint between the 26th Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology; and the 22nd Conference on Climate Variability and Change )

Cochairs: Nancy N. Soreide, NOAA/PMEL; Stephen M. Holt, Noblis, Inc.

10:30 AM

J7.1

Northern Hemisphere snow cover extent during the satellite era

David A. Robinson, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ; and T. W. Estilow

Recorded presentation

11:00 AM

J7.2

10 years of height-resolved cloud-track winds from the Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) instrument on the Terra satellite

Michael J. Garay, Raytheon Corporation, Pasadena, CA; and K. Mueller, C. Moroney, V. Jovanovic, D. L. Wu, and D. J. Diner

Recorded presentation

Exhibits Open

Lunch Break (Cash and Carry in Exhibit Hall)

Session 10A

Information Systems Technology in Support of Satellite Data Applications Part I

Location: B217 (GWCC)

Host: 26th Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology

Cochairs: Gerald J. Dittberner, Dittberner Science and Technology; Dongsoo Kim, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC

1:30 PM

10A.1

NOAA's NPOESS data exploitation project: re-usable tools and services (invited)

Geof Goodrum, NOAA/NESDIS, Suitland, MD; and J. G. Yoe, J. Silva, G. Roth, and P. MacHarrie

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (367.6 kB)

1:45 PM

10A.2

The National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) Interface Data Processing Segment (IDPS)

Joseph Mulligan, NOAA/NESDIS/JPSS, Silver Spring, MD; and M. M. Ripley

Recorded presentation

2:00 PM

10A.3

NOAA / NESDIS satellite operations: product generation and distribution services

Thomas M. Renkevens, NOAA/NESDIS/OSDPD, Camp Springs, MD; and B. Hughes and G. Serafino

Recorded presentation

2:15 PM

10A.4

Next-Generation Blade-based Architecture for GOES Sensor Processing System (SPS)

Shahram Tehranian, Nortel Government Solutions, Lanham, MD; and A. Agarwal, S. Vasanth, and K. Mckenzie

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (1.5 MB)

Session 10B

Radar IIPS II - Part 1

Location: B218 (GWCC)

Host: 26th Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology

Cochairs: Timothy Crum, Retired, NWS; Douglas E. Forsyth, NOAA/NSSL; Robert E. Saffle, Noblis, Inc.; Julian Wang, NOAA/ARL

1:30 PM

10B.1

The characterization of the effect of antenna polarization errors on simultaneous horizontal and vertical transmitt polarization data

J.C. Hubbert, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and S. M. Ellis, M. Dixon, and G. Meymaris

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (833.2 kB)

1:45 PM

10B.2

Mitigation of cross-polar interference in polarimetric weather radar

James J. Stagliano Jr., Propagation Research Associates, Inc., Marietta, GA; and E. J. Holder

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (47.7 kB)

2:00 PM

10B.3

Multi-Doppler and polarimetric analysis of a tornado and rear-inflow jet

Vivek N. Mahale, Advanced Radar Research Center, Norman, OK; and J. A. Brotzge, J. Gao, K. A. Brewster, and M. Xue

Recorded presentation

2:15 PM

10B.4

Polarimetric signatures of melting hail at S and C bands. Detection and short-term forecast

Joseph C. Picca, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and A. V. Ryzhkov

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (1.4 MB)

Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

Location: Exhibit Hall B2 (GWCC)

Poster Session

IIPS Poster Session Part II

Host: 26th Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology

Cochairs: Scott T. Shipley, George Mason Univ.; Stephen M. Holt, Noblis, Inc.; Marjorie McGuirk, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC; Anthony Arguez, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC

390

A multi-band, multi-mission phased array radar network in the CONUS

James M. Kurdzo, Atmospheric Radar Research Center, School of Meteorology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and R. D. Palmer

Handout (925.0 kB)

391

Facilitating tropical cyclone analysis of hurricane satellite (HURSAT) imagery with Google Earth

Philip T. Bergmaier, Millersville University, Millersville, PA; and K. R. Knapp

Handout (612.6 kB)

392

Suppression of the wind farm contribution from the atmospheric radar returns

Svetlana M. Bachmann, Lockheed Martin, Syracuse, NY; and Y. Al-Rashid, P. Bronecke, R. D. Palmer, and B. Isom

Handout (746.9 kB)

393

Diagnosis of azimuthal shear associated with tornadoes

Travis Visco, National Weather Center REU, Patchogue, NY; and V. Lakshmanan, T. M. Smith, and K. L. Ortega

394

TRMM Data Service Updates

Zhong Liu, George Mason University/CEOSR, Fairfax, VA and NASA/GSFC GES DISC, Greenbelt, MD; and D. Ostrenga and G. Leptoukh

395

Updates of Online Visualization and Analysis of Global Merged Geostationary Satellite Infrared Dataset

Zhong Liu, George Mason University/CEOSR, Fairfax, VA and NASA/GSFC GES DISC, Greenbelt, MD; and D. Ostrenga and G. Leptoukh

396

Comparing radar signatures to high-resolution hail reports

Tiffany C. Meyer, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma and NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and J. M. E. Lamers and K. L. Ortega

Handout (1.2 MB)

397

A signal processing roadmap for NEXRAD

Richard L. Ice, Air Force Weather Agency, Norman, OK; and G. S. Cate, R. E. Saffle, D. Sirmans, D. S. Zrnic, S. M. Torres, D. A. Warde, J. C. Hubbert, and A. D. Free

398

Immersive multi-scale visualization of downscaling climate models

Albert J. Hermann, JISAO/Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and J. Sirott and N. N. Soreide

399

Java OceanAtlas expanded to include TAO El Nino time series data

J.R. Osborne, JISAO/Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA

563 has been moved to 3B.1A

Session 11A

Information Systems Technology in Support of Satellite Data Applications Part II

Location: B217 (GWCC)

Host: 26th Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology

Cochairs: Gerald J. Dittberner, Dittberner Science and Technology; Dongsoo Kim, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC

4:00 PM

11A.1

Adapting Satellite Data for Display on Mobile Devices

Russell Dengel, SSEC/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

Recorded presentation

4:15 PM

11A.2

International Polar Orbiter Processing Package (IPOPP)

John Overton, NPOESS IPO, Silver Spring, MD; and G. Fesenger, B. Reed, and W. M. Thomas

4:30 PM

11A.3

NASA Goddard Giovanni Support for YOTC

Dana Ostrenga, ADNET Systems, Inc. and NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and G. Leptoukh and D. E. Waliser

Recorded presentation

4:45 PM

11A.4

The development and use of graphical programs for real-time and long-term monitoring of environmental satellite products with the NOAA Products Validation System (NPROVS)

Michael Pettey, NOAA/NESDIS, Suitland, MD; and T. Reale and B. Sun

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (2.4 MB)

Session 11B

Radar IIPS II - Part 2

Location: B218 (GWCC)

Host: 26th Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology

Cochairs: Timothy Crum, Retired, NWS; Douglas E. Forsyth, NOAA/NSSL; Robert E. Saffle, Noblis, Inc.; Julian Wang, NOAA/ARL

4:00 PM

11B.1

Lightning threat nowcasting with polarimetric weather radar

James J. Stagliano Jr., Propagation Research Associates, Inc., Marietta, GA

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (157.5 kB)

4:15 PM

11B.2

Experimental lightning advisories/warnings for point locations in East Central Florida

Brad James Reinhart, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and M. Volkmer, S. Spratt, and D. Sharp

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (1.5 MB)

4:30 PM

11B.3

Multifunction Surveillance Radar Testing � HWDDC and the SPS-48E Meteorological and Aircraft Surveillance Capability

Timothy Maese, BCI, Moorestown, NJ; and H. S. Owen, J. A. Hunziker, F. Yezril, L. Wagner, and R. Case

Recorded presentation

11B.4

Introduction to SWAN System and Its Application

5:00 PM

11B.5

Updates on Radar Refractivity Retrieval � Quality Control Improvements and the 2009 Field Experiment to Determine Causes of Bias

Daniel S. Michaud, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and R. D. Palmer, D. Bodine, P. L. Heinselman, B. L. Cheong, and P. B. Chilson

Recorded presentation

5:15 PM

11B.6

A Comparison of Warm and Cool Season Tornadic Quasi-Linear Convective Systems in North Alabama

Stephen Latimer, NOAA/NWS, Huntsville, AL; and A. Kula

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (1.7 MB)

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 1

Global environmental observing systems including, but not limited to, the Global Climate Observing System (GCOS), Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS), and Global Terrestrial Observing System (GTOS) - Part I

Location: B217 (GWCC)

Hosts: (Joint between the 26th Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology; and the 14th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS) )

Cochairs: Howard J. Diamond, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC; John R. Lincoln, US Navy/WMO (Ret.) and Consultant

8:30 AM

J1.1

The Global Climate Observing System(GCOS) after World Climate Conference-3: The GCOS role in the new Global Framework for Climate Services

John Zillman, Bureau of Meteorology, Melbourne, Vic., Australia

Recorded presentation

8:45 AM

J1.2

GCOS Program and Associated Workplans

Carolin Richter, GCOS Secretariat, Geneva, Switzerland

Recorded presentation

9:00 AM

J1.3

Spatial representativeness of GCOS Reference Upper-Air Network observations

Dian J. Seidel, NOAA, College Park, MD; and T. Reale, B. Sun, and M. Pettey

Recorded presentation

9:15 AM

J1.4

Impacts of Temporal and Spatial Mismatch between Radiosonde Launch and Satellite Overpass on the Accuracy Assessment of Satellite Retrievals: Daily vs. Weekly vs. Monthly Scales

Bomin Sun, IMSG & NOAA/NESDIS/STAR, Suitland, MD; and T. Reale, C. Z. Zou, M. Pettey, and F. Tilley

Recorded presentation

9:30 AM

J1.5

Operational NESDIS daily 0.1degree global SST Analysis

Eileen Maria Maturi, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR, Camp Springs, MD; and A. Harris, J. Sapper, H. Gu, L. Ma, and W. Meng

Joint Session 6

Virtual Globe technology and applications Part I

Location: B218 (GWCC)

Hosts: (Joint between the 26th Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology; and the Presidential Forum )

Cochairs: Scott T. Shipley, George Mason Univ.; Nazila Merati, ClipCard; Nancy N. Soreide, NOAA/PMEL

8:30 AM

J6.1

WxAzygy^TM Transparent Interface for Google Earth

Scott T. Shipley, WxAnalyst, Fairfax, VA; and S. J. Cantrell and A. Peterlin

Recorded presentation

8:45 AM

J6.2

Three dimensional spherical display systems for education and outreach

Richard A. Kohrs, SSEC/Univ. Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and M. Mooney

Recorded presentation

9:00 AM

J6.3

Satellite imagery and virtual globe cloud layer simulation from NWP model fields

John F. Galantowicz, AER, Lexington, MA; and J. J. Holdzkom, T. Nehrkorn, R. P. D'Entremont, and S. Lowe

Recorded presentation

9:15 AM

J6.4

Technology Infusion for the Next Generation Real Time Mission Monitor

Richard J. Blakeslee, NASA/MSFC, Huntsville, AL; and H. M. Goodman, J. M. Hall, Y. M. He, H. Conover, K. Regner, D. Hardin, J. Lu, M. Garrett, and T. Smith

Recorded presentation

9:30 AM

Questions

Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

Location: Exhibit Hall B2 (GWCC)

Exhibits Open

Joint Session 8

Virtual Globe technology and applications Part II

Location: B218 (GWCC)

Hosts: (Joint between the Presidential Forum; and the 26th Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology )

Cochairs: Scott T. Shipley, George Mason Univ.; Nazila Merati, ClipCard; Nancy N. Soreide, NOAA/PMEL

11:00 AM

J8.1

Radar Integrated Display using Geospatial Elements Version 2 (RIDGE2) and Virtual Globes

Keith Stellman, NOAA/NWS, Peachtree City, GA; and P. Kirkwood, C. Pieper, J. E. Burks, B. P. Walawender, A. Sutula, and A. Murray

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (273.1 kB)

11:15 AM

J8.2

Supporting operational weather forecasting with Google Earth

Andy Cox, The Weather Channel, Atlanta, GA; and R. Lucksinger and D. Eck

Recorded presentation

11:30 AM

J8.3

Visualizing dynamic weather and ocean data with Google Earth 5

Cris Castello, Google, Inc., Mountain View, CA; and P. Giencke

Recorded presentation

Joint Session 2

Global environmental observing systems including, but not limited to, the Global Climate Observing System (GCOS), Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS), and Global Terrestrial Observing System (GTOS)- Part II

Location: B217 (GWCC)

Hosts: (Joint between the 26th Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology; and the 14th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS) )

Cochairs: Howard J. Diamond, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC; John R. Lincoln, US Navy/WMO (Ret.) and Consultant

11:00 AM

J2.1

Quality assurance of PACRAIN tipping bucket gauge data

Michael D. Klatt, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. S. Greene and M. L. Morrissey

Recorded presentation

11:15 AM

J2.2

Climate observations and seasonal rainfall forecasting in the Pacific Islands

Dean Solofa, SPREP, Apia, Samoa; and M. Morrissey and S. Postawko

Recorded presentation

11:30 AM

J2.3

The Tropical Atmosphere Ocean Array (TAO) for the 21st Century

Landry J. Bernard III, NOAA/NDBC, Stennis Space Center, MS; and R. Bouchard, L. A. LeBlanc, R. Crout, J. Zhou, K. J. Kern, D. C. Petraitis, and C. C. Teng

Recorded presentation

11:45 AM

J2.4

Effect of the Earth Science Decadal Survey on NASA and NOAA�Three Years Later

Randall G. Bass, ITT Corp, Herndon, VA; and R. Fitzhugh and L. Jairam

Recorded presentation

12:00 PM

J2.5

Observing the climate for development

William E. Westermeyer, Global Climate Observing System Secretariat, Geneva, Switzerland

Recorded presentation

Session 14A

Challenges in Data Access, Distribution, and Use including, but not limited to, issues raised in the National Academy of Sciences report Observing Weather and Climate from the Ground Up - Part I

Location: B217 (GWCC)

Host: 26th Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology

Cochairs: Anthony Arguez, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC; John D. Horel, University of Utah

1:30 PM

14A.1

Planned product improvements for the NOAA Meteorological Assimilation Data Ingest System (MADIS)

Patricia A. Miller, NOAA/ESRL/GSD, Boulder, CO; and D. Helms, M. F. Barth, L. A. Benjamin, R. S. Collander, and T. Kent

Recorded presentation

1:45 PM

14A.2

Viewing Mesonets as Dynamical Systems

John D. Horel, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT

Recorded presentation

2:00 PM

14A.3

The Need for the Essential Coastal In-Situ Environmental Monitoring System

L. J. Pietrafesa, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC

Recorded presentation

2:15 PM

14A.4

The Kentucky Mesonet: Perspectives on data access, distribution, and use for a mesoscale surface network

D. Michael Grogan, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY; and S. A. Foster and R. Mahmood

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (2.5 MB)

2:30 PM

14A.5

Content, discovery, and accessibility enhancements to the NCAR Research Data Archive

Douglas Schuster, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and S. Worley

Recorded presentation

2:45 PM

14A.6

Flexible data import for McIDAS-V

David A. Santek, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and D. Parker, T. Jasmin, and J. Caron

Session 14B

Radar IIPS III - Part 1

Location: B218 (GWCC)

Host: 26th Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology

Cochairs: Timothy Crum, Retired, NWS; Douglas E. Forsyth, NOAA/NSSL; Robert E. Saffle, Noblis, Inc.; Julian Wang, NOAA/ARL

1:30 PM

14B.1

Progress report on the National Weather Radar Testbed (Phased Array)

Douglas E. Forsyth, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and J. F. Kimpel, D. S. Zrnic, R. Ferek, J. Heimmer, T. McNellis, J. E. Crain, A. M. Shapiro, R. J. Vogt, and W. Benner

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (130.8 kB)

1:45 PM

14B.2

Update on signal processing upgrades for the National Weather Radar Testbed phased-array radar

Sebastian M. Torres, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and R. Adams, C. Curtis, E. Forren, I. Ivic, D. Priegnitz, J. Thompson, and D. Warde

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (653.9 kB)

2:00 PM

14B.3

A status report on the RF and digital components of the multi-channel receiver development at the National Weather Radar Testbed

M. Yeary, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. E. Crain, A. Zahrai, R. Kelley, J. Meier, Y. Zhang, I. Ivic, C. Curtis, R. Palmer, T. Y. Yu, G. Zhang, R. J. Doviak, P. B. Chilson, M. Xue, and Q. Xu

Recorded presentation

14B.4

Demonstration of schedule-based scanning at the National Weather Radar Testbed

2:30 PM

14B.7

Summary of IMAR Symposium II

Judson E. Stailey, Office of the Federal Coordinator for Meteorology, Silver Spring, MD

Recorded presentation

2:45 PM

14B.4A

A Review of The Second Multifunction Phased Array Radar (MPAR) Symposium

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

Presentation PDF (268.6 kB)

3:00 PM

14B.5

Optimized scan strategy for phased array weather radar

Svetlana M. Bachmann, Lockheed Martin, Syracuse, NY; and Y. Al-Rashid

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (1.1 MB)

3:15 PM

14B.6

Task prioritization on phased-array radar scheduler for adaptive weather sensing

Ricardo Reinoso-Rondinel, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and S. M. Torres and T. Y. Yu

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (569.0 kB)

Coffee Break in Meeting Room Foyer

Session 15B

Radar IIPS III - Part 2

Location: B218 (GWCC)

Host: 26th Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology

Cochairs: Timothy Crum, Retired, NWS; Douglas E. Forsyth, NOAA/NSSL; Robert E. Saffle, Noblis, Inc.; Julian Wang, NOAA/ARL

3:30 PM

15B.1

The impact of elevation scan spacing on observations of heat bursts sampled by the National Weather Radar Testbed Phased Array Radar

Adam J. Smith, School of Meteorology and Atmospheric Radar Research Center, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and P. B. Chilson and P. L. Heinselman

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (2.9 MB)

3:45 PM

15B.2

Exploiting NWRT PAR capabilities to improve temporal data resolution

Pamela L. Heinselman, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and S. M. Torres

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (2.4 MB)

4:00 PM

15B.3

Range oversampling techniques on the National Weather Radar Testbed

Christopher D. Curtis, CIMMS/NSSL, Norman, OK; and S. M. Torres

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (363.7 kB)

Session 15A

Challenges in Data Access, Distribution, and Use including, but not limited to, issues raised in the National Academy of Sciences report Observing Weather and Climate from the Ground Up - Part II

Location: B217 (GWCC)

Host: 26th Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology

Cochairs: Anthony Arguez, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC; John D. Horel, University of Utah

3:30 PM

15A.1

A renewed look at Distributed Discovery of Earth Science Data; Leveraging the Open Geospatial Consortium's (OGC) Catalog Services for the Web (CS-W) to serve NASA's metadata to the Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS)

Scott A. Ritz, WYLE Information Systems, Greenbelt, MD; and L. M. Olsen, T. B. Stevens, and R. T. Northcutt

Recorded presentation

3:45 PM

15A.2

The NOAA climate services portal: a new centralized resource for distributed climate information

J. Neal Lott, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and D. Herring, J. Boyd, S. Handel, F. Niepold, and E. Shea

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (2.0 MB)

4:00 PM

15A.3

An update on the Global Observing Systems Information Center (GOSIC) portal: development of new data access tools

Christina Lief, NOAA/NCDC, Asheville, NC

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (214.2 kB)

4:15 PM

15A.4

Lossless differential compression of weather radar data in universal format using motion estimation and compensation

W. David Pan, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and P. R. Harasti, M. D. Frost, Q. Zhao, J. Cook, T. Maese, and L. Wagner

Presentation PDF (449.1 kB)

AMS 90th Annual Meeting Adjourns

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

26th Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology

Sunday, 17 January 2010

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

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

Monday, 18 January 2010

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

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

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

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

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

1:30 PM-2:15 PM: Monday, 18 January 2010

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

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

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

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

Tuesday, 19 January 2010

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

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

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

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

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

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

90th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting

January 16 - 21, 2010