Session: Student Poster Session (90th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting)

S1

Evaluating the usage, performance, and limitations of the WSR-88D Doppler radar system in Alaska

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

S2

Global climatology of the planetary boundary layer inversions

Angelica M. Betancourt-Negron, NOAA/NWSFO Huntsville, AL/ University of Puerto Rico- Rio Piedras, Huntsville, AL; and D. J. Seidel

S3

Development toward an Advanced Aerobiological Vegetable Disease Forecasting Tool

Lara E. Pagano, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; and A. P. Sims, T. Keever, and R. Boyles

S4

Tsunami warning signs—educational, annoying or ignored?

Antonia L. Rosati, Santa Monica College, Santa Monica, CA

Handout (147.4 kB)

S5

Databasing of AOC weather data for public access

Kelly Scott, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO; and P. Flaherty

S6

A citizen science campaign encouraging urban forest professionals to engage the public in the collection of tree phenological data

Karl C. Clarke, UCAR, Boulder, CO

S7

Increasing potential predictability of Indian summer monsoon wet and dry spells

Neena Joseph Mani, JIFRESSE/Univ. of California, Pasadena, CA; and B. N. Goswami

S8

Lightning Activity in Atlantic Tropical Cyclones:Using the Long-Range Lightning Detection Network (LLDN)

Lumari Pardo-Rodriguez, UCAR/SOARS, Lajas, PR

S9

Anomaly and Mean Weather Patterns Associated with Extreme High and Low Temperatures during summer and winter in Southeast Alaska

Richard, C. Lam, NOAA/NWSFO, Juneau, AK

S10

Retrieval of Global Land Surface Emissivity Maps from AMSR-E Passive Microwave Data Using Different Skin Temperature Data

Hamidreza Norouzi, NOAA-CREST, New York, NY; and M. Temimi and R. Khanbilvardi

S11

Sensible heating over the Tibetan Plateau and the onset of Asian Monsoon

Li Xu, George Mason University, Calverton, MD

S12

A Comparison of Icing Pilot Reports to Weather Conditions

Brooke Lewis, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and C. A. Wolff

S13

Flash floods: A spatial and temporal analysis—A case study of the flash floods in southwestern Missouri in March 2008

Daniel A. Pollak, Pennsylvania State University & NCAR/SOARS, State College, PA

Handout (1.8 MB)

S14

A method for determining the historical climatology of East Coast Winter Storms

Jase E. Bernhardt, Northeast Regional Climate Center, Ithaca, NY

Handout (965.6 kB)

S15

A higher order tracer transport scheme for icosahedral hexagonal grids

Maximo Q. Menchaca, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and W. C. Skamarock

S16

Loss of Significance and Multidecadal Variability of the Madden-Julian Oscillation

E. Suhas, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune, India; and B. N. Goswami

S17

Synoptic environments and convective modes associated with significant tornadoes in the contiguous United States—a null case dataset

Darren V. Snively, NOAA/Ohio University, Athens, OH; and R. L. Thompson and J. S. Grams

S18

"Identifying QBO and Seasonal Variations in Stratospheric Chemical Species using UARS HALOE Data"

John Anderson, Hampton Univ., Hampton, VA; and B. A. Crandall and N. M. Pothier

S19

Impacts of super-resolution data on National Weather Service warning decision making

Jonathan M. Vogel, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada; and C. D. Payne, C. A. Van Den Broeke, and L. R. Lemon

Handout (366.5 kB)

S20

The relationship between sea breezes and rainfall along western Mexico during the North American Monsoon

Vanessa Marie Vincente, UCAR/SOARS and Valparaiso University

S21

Turbulent flux responses to leaf density changes

Miliaritiana L. Robjhon, Howard University, Washington, DC; and E. Joseph, C. A. Stearns, and M. K. Payne

S22

Effects of drop size distribution on NEXRAD rain rate estimation

Nazario D. Ramirez-Beltran, Univ. of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, PR; and E. J. Suarez-Vazquez and S. Cruz-Pol

Handout (328.2 kB)

S23

Poleward moisture transport by a Recurving Tropical Cyclone and its effect on Midlatitude Precipitation

Graylen L. Boone, UCAR/NCAR, Gates, NC; and C. A. Davis and R. S. Schumacher

S24

Improving Hurricane Intensity Awareness by Creating a Radius of 64 Knot Winds Scale and NASA Satellite Monitoring System for the Atlantic Basin and Gulf of Mexico

Josh David Stodghill, NASA DEVELOP, Mobile, AL; and A. M. Billiot, R. M. Penton, A. K. Dixon, and A. J. Eiserloh Jr.

S25

Climatology of lake-effect precipitation events over the Lake Tahoe, CA/NV region

Andrew Stieneke, Raleigh, NC; and S. Ganetis and N. F. Laird

S26

Documentation and Analysis of Flash Flood Prone Streams and Subwatershed Basins in Pulaski County, Virginia

Anthony Phillips, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA

Handout (612.8 kB)

S27

Developing a reliable predictor of lightning initiation and cessation through radar analysis

Greg Seroka, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX

Handout (2.9 MB)

S28

A stochastic daily mean temperature model for weather derivatives

Jeffrey P. Viel, NWC REU, Charlton, MA; and T. Connor

S29

Operational uses for an objective overshooting top detection algorithm

Sarah A. Monette, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and K. Bedka and W. Feltz

S30

Forecasting Southern Plains wind ramp events using the WRF model at 3km

Kristen Taylor Bradford, NWC REU, Norman, OK; and R. L. Carpenter Jr. and B. Shaw

Handout (376.6 kB)

S31

Impact of Vegetation on the Energy and Water Balance of a Temperate Wetland

Gregory J. Cutrell, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE; and J. Lenters, K. Herman, E. Istanbulluoglu, A. Kilic, D. Scott, and S. Walters

S32

Climatology of Lake-Effect Precipitation Events over the Great Salt Lake, UT

Benjamin Albright, Howard University, Washington, DC; and J. Popp and N. F. Laird

S33

Improving the radar Z-R relationships over Puerto Rico

Nazario D. Ramirez-Beltran, Univ. of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, PR; and C. J. Carrasquillo and S. Cruz-Pol

Handout (481.1 kB)

S34

Study of 3-D total lightning activity relative to radar-inferred storm parameters

Aaron Preston, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK

S35

Initial Tests of an Automated Freezing Drizzle Detection Algorithm applied to ASOS

Matthew Dewey, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and S. Landolt, C. A. Wolff, and M. K. Politovich

S36

A Survey of Impacts Resulting from the Drought of 2007 in Kentucky

Crystal J. Bergman, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE

Handout (709.5 kB)

S37

Cloud photogrammetry and single-Doppler radar analysis of the 5 June 2009 La Grange, WY tornado during VORTEX 2

Rachel Ducharme, Lyndon State College, Lyndonville, VT; and A. McGee and N. Atkins

S38

Quality Assessment of a Winter Road Maintenance Decision Support System

Eric Haave, NCAR, Boulder, Colorado; and M. B. Chapman and S. Linden

S39

Reconsidering the role of Rossby waves and inertia-gravity waves in the Madden-Julian Oscillation (MJO)

Alex Omar Gonzalez, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO

S40

Verification of ESTOFEX lightning and severe weather forecasts

Alex Kowaleski, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA; and H. E. Brooks and C. A. Doswell III

S41

Evaluation of the CALIPSO Satellite Cloud Sub-Type Classification Product over a Global Distribution

Christopher J. Slocum, NASA/LRC DEVELOP National Program, University Park, PA

S42

A Case Study of the 13-14 February 2007 Extended Sleet Event

Matthew S. Potter, University at Albany, Albany, NY; and P. A. Selmer

S43

The influence of ENSO on tropical cyclone trajectories in the South Indian Ocean

Kevin D. Ash, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; and C. J. Matyas

S44

Comparison of the VORTRAC retrieved structure of Hurricane Danny (1997) to prior analyses

Matthew B. Paulus, UCAR, Boulder, CO

Handout (264.6 kB)

S45

Sources of carbon monoxide and formaldehyde in North American determined from high-resolution atmospheric data

Scot M. Miller, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA; and D. M. Matross, A. Andrews, D. B. Millet, M. Longo, E. W. Gottlieb, A. I. Hirsch, C. Gerbig, J. C. Lin, B. C. Daube, R. C. Hudman, P. L. S. Dias, V. Y. Chow, and S. C. Wofsy

S46

Exploring the possible existence of embedded supercell thunderstorms

Dustin Edwin Pittman, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN; and R. J. Trapp

S47

Viability of weather dissemination via social network technologies

Justin M. Wittrock, NWC REU, Ames, IA; and K. K. Droegemeier and S. A. Erickson

S48

Quantifying the onset of extra-tropical transition using four-dimensional analysis techniques

Diedra D. Boyd, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS; and J. L. Dyer

S49

Developing the Ozarks pulse thunderstorm index

Doug Thomas Cramer, NOAA/NWSFO, Springfield, MO; and N. A. Lock

Handout (658.5 kB)

S50

Orographic Effects On Tropical Cyclogenesis Over Eastern Pacific Ocean

Van Nguyen, North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC; and Y. L. Lin and G. Tang

S51

Passage of Tropical Cyclones over Mountainous Islands Part I: Control Experiment

Ian C. Colon-Pagan, North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC; and Y. L. Lin, Y. H. Kuo, and S. Koch

S52

Examining the Effect of Tornadoes on Population in Oklahoma

Eric Scott Apel, Western Illinois University, Macomb, IL; and R. D. Ostrowski and P. A. Watson

S53

Evaluation of WSR-88D Methods to Predict Warm Season Convective Wind Events at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station and Kennedy Space Center

Jared Rennie, Plymouth State University, Plymouth, NH

S54

Spatial and temporal variability of precipitation in the Okavango-Kwando-Zambezi catchment, southern Africa

Andrea E. Gaughan, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; and P. R. Waylen

S55

Validation and development of existing and new RAOB based warm-season convective wind forecasting tools for Cape Canaveral Air Force Station and Kennedy Space Center

Mitchell H. McCue, Plymouth State University, Plymouth, NH

S56

Kinematic structure and evolution of the 9 March 2006 Mississippi/Alabama bow echo

Calvin Elkins, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL

S57

Climatology of Lake-Effect Clouds over the Great Lakes

Lindsey Higgins, Byrd Polar Research Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH; and D. Zelinsky and N. F. Laird

S58

Improving the Skill of the NWS's Extratropical Total Water Level Forecast System

Rosimar Rios-Berrios, NOAA/NWS/OST/MDL and UPRM, Mayagüez, PR

Handout (1.1 MB)

S59

Transverse cirrus bands and aviation turbulence

Emily N. Wilson, Univ. of Georgia, Athens, GA; and L. C. Paulik, J. A. Knox, A. S. Bachmeier, M. Carter, J. E. Tarantino, and M. J. Mays

S60

Reduction in surface ozone concentrations under ultra-high temperatures in central California

Adam James Davis, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; and R. C. Owen, S. Sillman, and A. Steiner

S61

The correlation between tornadoes and population density changes in Illinois

David J. Anderson, Western Illinois University, Macomb, IL; and J. A. Maples Sr.

S62

Modeling Wildfire Behavior and Analyzing Emissions

Marques A. Cameron, SOARS, Woodbridge, VA

S63

Frequency, duration and synoptic setting of late summer heat waves in Georgia

Myron Thomas Petro, University Of Georgia, Athens, GA; and J. A. Knox

S64

The effects of cloud cover on photosynthesis in a subalpine forest ecosystem focusing on Niwot Ridge, Colorado

Raymond Jay Detweiler, UCAR, Boulder, CO

S65

Weather's impact on Golf Attendance

John Parkinson, Western Illinois University, Macomb, IL; and G. Matson

S66

Rainfall Climatology Study of Puerto Rico

Mayra Oyola, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez, PR; and A. F. Adames, I. Del Valle, J. M. Maldonado, A. Marrero, I. Ramos, and L. F. Bejarano, Ph.D

S67

Effects of the Saharan Air Layer on the 2006 Atlantic Hurricane Season, using level 2.0 AERONET AOT/AOD datasets

Mayra I. Oyola, Howard University, California, MD

S68

Linking climate to landscape: Investigating the response of vegetation to precipitation variability in a semi-arid catchment area of southern Africa

Forrest R. Stevens, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; and A. E. Gaughan and C. Gibbes

S69

Analysis and prediction of heavy banded snow events in the Northeastern United States using independent variables

Norman Shippee Jr., Plymouth State University, Plymouth, NH

S70

Comparison of ABL Heights

Sharome Goode, NCAR, Oklahoma City, OK; and S. Sokolovskiy, L. Cucurrull, and D. Hunt

S71

Climatology of Convection in Florida: Implications for Mercury Deposition

Eleanor Ferguson, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; and F. J. Marsik, D. J. Posselt, and G. J. Keeler

S72

Analysis of diurnal trends in stratocumulus drizzle from the VOCALS field campaign

Angel F. Adames, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus, Mayagüez, PR; and C. Aldereguia and S. E. Yuter

Handout (1018.8 kB)

S73

Interannual to decadal variability of dominant modes in the ocean circulation of the tropical western Indian Ocean

Rondrotiana Barimalala, Earth System Physics Section, Trieste, Italy; and A. Bracco, F. Kucharski, and A. Crise

S74

Re-examination of Northeast United States Drought Trends and Characteristics

Marcus D. Walter, SOARS/Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

S75

The impact of liquid water and ice in Arctic clouds on cloud radiative forcing and the surface energy budget

Elizabeth A. Maroon, MIT, Cambridge, MA; and A. B. Solomon and M. Shupe

S76

The Generation, Maintenance and Propagation of the pre-Helene African Easterly Wave and Mesoscale Convective System over Africa: A Numerical Study and Analysis of the Environment

James Spinks, North Carolina A & T State University, Greensboro, NC; and Y. L. Lin and G. Tang

S77

Fair-Weather diurnal wind field evolution in a complex mountainous region

Jonathan Michael Tippetts, Salt Lake City, UT; and C. D. Whiteman

Handout (76.9 kB)

S78

Laboratory Studies of Chlorine Activation by Nitrogen Oxides

Justin A. Perry, JISAO/Univ. of Washington/Morehouse College, Atlanta, GA; and T. P. Riedel and J. A. Thornton

S79

Evaluation of MERRA using CERES cloud objects for the 1998 El Nino - La Nina transition

Andrew Jongeward, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; and D. J. Posselt

S80

Statistical tropical cyclone track model for the western North Pacific with genesis dependence on large-scale climate state

Emmi Yonekura, Columbia University, New York, NY; and T. M. Hall

S81

Mesoscale variability in the Gulf of Mexico and its impact on the marine ecosystem

Yuley Cardona, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA; and A. Bracco

S82

Understanding the UHI effect of Minneapolis-St. Paul: a radar analysis of snowfall modification

Nyssa M. Perryman, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS; and P. G. Dixon

S83

Climatology Study of African Easterly Wave and Mesoscale Convective System in Northern Africa from 2004-2006

Wilson Jones, North Carolina A & T State University, Greensboro, NC

S84

Investigating the summertime midday precipitation peak in southeast Texas

Brad J. Reinhart, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and C. McCaskill, L. J. Hopper Jr., and C. Schumacher

S85

Evolution of a tornadic supercell and its environment sampled by the Phased Array Radar and Oklahoma City Micronet

Rick Hluchan, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and P. L. Heinselman

S86

Using atmospheric trajectories to study complex winter storms: Two case studies from central North Carolina

Christopher M. Fuhrmann, Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC

S87

Modeling aerosol impacts on convective storms in different environments

Rachel L. Storer, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and S. C. van den Heever and G. Stephens

S88

The DOW Radar Observations at Purdue study (DROPs)

Robert J. Trapp, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN; and J. Carley, J. Damjanovic, A. Eggink, J. Gebhard, K. Hoogewind, E. Jones, O. Kellner, B. Kraemer, M. Laureano, L. Little, R. Miller, D. Pittman, K. Quardokus, E. D. Robinson, B. Schwedler, D. Sheehan, D. Pittman, D. Solomon, and M. Toth

S89

A Study of the 9 April 2009 Tornado Outbreak over the Shreveport, Louisiana County Warning Area (CWA)

Ismarí Ramos, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez, PR; and A. Garza and K. Falk

S90

Correlation between vehicle miles driven and air quality in the U.S

Erica K. Dolinar, Millersville University, Millersville, PA

S91

Identifying Inland Impacts of Decaying Hurricanes Rita, Gustav, and Ike over Northern Louisiana and Northeast Texas

Idamis Del Valle, University of Puerto Rico Mayagüez Campus, Mayagüez, PR; and A. Garza and K. Stellman

Handout (2.2 MB)

S92

Classification of climatologic, synoptic and mesoscale patterns for tornadoes in the Mid-South (2009): Analysis of upper level jet streaks patterns to determine significant tornadoes development

Janice M. Maldonado, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez, PR; and T. L. Salem Jr. and J. Belles

S93

A Study of Cost of Hurricane Evacuations in Florida

Allyson Clark, Penn State University, State College, PA; and J. L. Evans

S94

Diurnal variation in the latent heat flux

Joel P. Scott, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and M. A. Bourassa and C. A. Clayson

Handout (696.5 kB)

S95

On the spatial variability of storm accumulations in Southeast Texas

Brian Haines, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and R. Husted, J. Stachnik, and C. Schumacher

S96

The effects of convective clouds on vertical scalar transport using a numerically simulated flow field

Nicole Ngo, Columbia University, New York, NY; and C. H. Moeng and J. C. Weil

S97

Adaptation challenges to climate change disasters in the Karamoja cluster (cattle corridor) in Uganda

Nanteza Jamiat, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

S98

Standard error of radar estimated precipitation as a function of distance and intensity

Dustin Edwin Pittman, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN; and A. Eggink, J. Gebhard, B. Kraemer, L. Little, R. Miller, D. Sheehan, and D. Solomon

S99

Empirical analysis of the non-Gaussianity of global geopotential heights

Maxime Perron, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and P. Sura

S100

An Analysis of Sea Surface Temperature Anomalies in the AVHRR & AMSR + AVHRR Datasets

James J. Taeger, The Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and P. Sura

S101

On the changes in the distribution and strength of convection and the relationship with the rapid intensification of Super Typhoon Jangmi (2008)

Levi Thatcher, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and Z. Pu

S102

COPS Climatology

Tracy J. Emerson, NCAR, Boulder, CO

S103

The effect of marine cold-air outbreaks on tropical cyclone potential intensity in the Gulf of Mexico

Rebecca Hunniford, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and C. A. Clayson and A. S. Bogdanoff

S104

A space weather forecasting contest: Fall '09 summary

Brian D. Curtis, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA; and R. S. Weigel

S105

An Introductory Study of Warm Rain Productivity in Convective Clouds Influenced by Regional Climate Change

Kathleen Quardokus, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN; and S. M. Blakely, P. R. Brandt, K. E. Fischer, K. K. Gleason, B. J. Harvey, A. S. Keller, T. M. Lucko, R. M. Meizberg, C. A. Miller, J. M. Palac, J. C. Rogers, C. K. Simpson, K. J. Snow, K. W. van Leer, T. C. Ward, B. S. Westfall, C. M. Woodward, J. M. Woznicki, and S. Lasher-Trapp

S106

Thunderstorm Identification and Geospatial Distribution Study

Kathleen Quardokus, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN; and S. M. Blakely, P. R. Brandt, K. E. Fischer, K. K. Gleason, B. J. Harvey, A. S. Keller, T. M. Lucko, R. M. Meizberg, C. A. Miller, J. M. Palac, J. C. Rogers, C. K. Simpson, K. J. Snow, K. W. Van Leer, T. C. Ward, B. S. Westfall, C. M. Woodward, J. M. Woznicki, and R. J. Trapp

S107

Ocean response to hurricanes: A look a cold wake restratification

Robert L. Deal, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and C. A. Clayson

S108

Aerosol dispersion in the boundary layer after autumnal frontal passages in Central London and Suburban Oklahoma

Margaret Frey, ILREUM, Norman, OK

S109

Resolving the diurnal cycle in satellite derived sea surface temperatures and its significance on surface heat fluxes

Rachel R. Weihs, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL

S110

A case-by-case study of the Significant Tornado Parameter and non-tornadic supercells

Sarah M. Glenn, NOAA/NWS, Norman, OK