Program: 16th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation (92nd American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting (January 22-26, 2012))

16th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation

Program Chair: Kenneth H. Underwood , Atmospheric Systems Corporation

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Saturday, 21 January 2012

7:30 AM-10:00 AM: Saturday, 21 January 2012

Registration for Student Conference and Short Course

Location: New Orleans Convention Center

Sunday, 22 January 2012

7:30 AM-9:00 AM: Sunday, 22 January 2012

Short Course Registration

Location: New Orleans Convention Center

9:00 AM-6:00 PM: Sunday, 22 January 2012

Registration Open for Annual Meeting

Location: New Orleans Convention Center

12:00 PM-4:00 PM: Sunday, 22 January 2012

WeatherFest

4:00 PM-5:00 PM: Sunday, 22 January 2012

92nd Annual Review and Fellows Awards

5:30 PM-7:00 PM: Sunday, 22 January 2012

Welcome Reception Honoring the Newly Elected Fellows

Monday, 23 January 2012

7:30 AM-5:30 PM: Monday, 23 January 2012

Registration Continues Through January 25

9:00 AM-10:30 AM: Monday, 23 January 2012

Session 1

12th Presidential Forum: Technology In Research and Operations—How We Got Here and Where We’Re Going

Location: La Nouvelle B-C (New Orleans Convention Center )

Hosts: (Joint between the Seventh Symposium on Policy and Socio-Economic Research; the 17th Conference on Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA; the 12th Presidential Forum: Technology in Research and Operations—How We Got Here and Where We’re Going; the 26th Conference on Hydrology; the Special Symposium on Technological Advances: Impacts on Hurricane Research and Forecast Improvements; the Second Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using Python; the 10th History Symposium; the 28th Conference on Interactive Information Processing Systems (IIPS); the 21st Symposium on Education; the Eighth Annual Symposium on Future Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the 24th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 16th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS); the 21st Conference on Probability and Statistics in the Atmospheric Sciences; the 14th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the Fourth Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions; the Third Aviation, Range and Aerospace Meteorology Special Symposium on Weather-Air Traffic Management Integration; the 10th Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 10th Conference on Artificial Intelligence Applications to Environmental Science; the 16th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation; the 18th Conference on Satellite Meteorology, Oceanography and Climatology/ First Joint AMS-Asia Satellite Meteorology Conference; the Ninth Conference on Space Weather; the Second Conference on Transition of Research to Operations: Successes, Plans, and Challenges; the Third Symposium on Environment and Health; and the Third Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy )

9:00 AM

Scientific research and operational environmental services are profoundly affected by the introduction and application of new technologies and it seems as though these advances are now accelerating, challenging our community to constantly become better at what we do and to serve society in new and more powerful ways. We welcome two highly distinguished keynote speakers for our Presidential Forum and each will address the theme of our 92nd Annual Meeting from his and her uniquely personal perspectives.

9:15 AM

Welcoming remarks and introductions by Jonathan T. Malay, AMS President

Recorded Presentation

9:20 AM

PL1.1

The Future of Weather and Global Change Services: What can our science and technology provide

Warren M. Washington, NCAR, Boulder, CO

Recorded Presentation

9:45 AM

PL1.2

Technology for a Weather-Ready Nation

Kathryn Sullivan, NOAA, Washington, DC

Recorded Presentation

10:10 AM

President Malay will then be joined by Mr. George J. Komar, Director, NASA Earth Science Technology Office, Science Mission Directorate, and they will briefly discuss their thoughts about changes in the AMS community’s technological capabilities and in society twenty years and more into the future. They will then engage with the audience in an interactive dialog which should be an exciting and stimulating exercise of envisioning our future.

Recorded Presentation

9:00 AM-11:00 AM: Monday, 23 January 2012

Spouses' Coffee

10:30 AM-11:00 AM: Monday, 23 January 2012

Coffee Break

11:00 AM-12:00 PM: Monday, 23 January 2012

Session 1

Data Quality Control

Location: Room 239 (New Orleans Convention Center )

Host: 16th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation

Chair: Sytske K. Kimball, Univ. of South Alabama

11:00 AM

1.1

Extending the Period of Record Using Observation Station Pedigrees

Glen Conner, Western Kentucky Univ., Bowling Green, KY

Recorded Presentation

11:15 AM

1.2

An Online Data Quality Control Procedure with the NCAR RTFDDA System

Yonghui Wu, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and Y. Liu, N. Jacobs, P. Childs, F. Vandenberghe, L. Pan, and J. C. Knievel

Recorded Presentation

11:30 AM

1.3

Quality Control Methods for the North Carolina ECONet

Sean Heuser, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC; and A. P. Sims, R. P. Boyles, M. S. Brooks, and A. Syed

Recorded Presentation

11:45 AM

1.4

Quality Control of Dropsonde and Radiosonde Datasets: Common Data Problems and Correction Methods

Kathryn Young, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. Wang and C. L. Martin

Recorded Presentation

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Monday, 23 January 2012

Lunch Break

1:30 PM-2:30 PM: Monday, 23 January 2012

Session 2

Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere Part I

Location: Room 239 (New Orleans Convention Center )

Host: 16th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation

Chair: Craig B. Clements, San Jose State Univ.

1:30 PM

2.1

Comparison of Vertical Velocity Measurements From a Coherent Doppler Lidar and a Vertically Staring 915 MHz Radar Wind Profiler

Rob K. Newsom, PNNL, Richland, WA; and E. Campos, R. L. Coulter, and M. L. Fischer

Recorded Presentation

1:45 PM

2.2

Measuring Wake Vortices and Wind Shears in Real-Time with a Scanning Wind Doppler Lidar

Ludovic Thobois, LEOSPHERE, Paris, France; and L. Sauvage and S. Loaec

Recorded Presentation

2:00 PM

2.3

New Generation Compact Pulsed Infrared Coherent Doppler Lidars Validation Against Wind Profiler Radar and Radiosonde Measurements At the Lindenberg GRUAN Site

Bernd Stiller, DWD, Tauche, Germany; and R. Leinweber, S. Emeis, S. Lolli, M. Mauder, L. Sauvage, and L. Thobois

Recorded Presentation

Poster PDF (1.1 MB)

2.4

Catch the Wind (CTW) Vindicator® Laser Anemometer

2:30 PM-4:00 PM: Monday, 23 January 2012

Poster Session 1

Posters

Location: Hall E (New Orleans Convention Center )

Host: 16th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation

217

Development of the Low Altitude Wind Shear(LAWS) Monitoring System by Acoustic Remote Sensing in Airports

Yoshiki Ito, Sonic Corporation, Tokyo, Japan; and T. Hayashi, S. Hirai, A. Ootani, S. Matsushima, H. Sunasaka, T. Suzuki, and D. Yoshida

The Environment Canada Snow Measurement Intercomparison Facilities: Overview and Results

218

U.S. Climate Reference Network Metadata Quality Assurance

Devin Thomas, STG, Inc., Asheville, NC; and M. Palecki

Manuscript (115.8 kB)

219

Development of a wind protection device for crops on plateaus near cliffs

Maro Tamaki, Okinawa Prefectural Agricultural College, Nago, Japan; and Y. Ito, S. Tamaki, and J. I. Tsutsumi

Manuscript (79.2 kB)

220

Analysis of the March 30, 2011 Hail Event At Shuttle Launch Pad 39A

John E. Lane, EASi-ESC, Kennedy Space Center, FL; and N. J. Doesken, T. Kasparis, and D. Sharp

Manuscript (1.1 MB)

Poster PDF (3.2 MB)

221

Characterizing Inflow Conditions Across the Rotor Disk of A Utility Scale Wind Turbine

Andrew Clifton, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO; and J. K. Lundquist, N. D. Kelley, G. Scott, S. Schreck, D. A. Pollak, M. L. Aitken, and D. Jager

222

Vaisala National Lightning Detection Network (NLDN®): Quality Updates

Amitabh Nag, Vaisala Inc., Tucson, AZ; and M. J. Murphy, N. Hembury, and J. A. Cramer

223

Identifying Low-Level Jets From the North American Regional Reanalysis: A Comparison with Rawinsonde Observations

Claudia K. Walters, Univ. of Michigan, Dearborn, MI; and S. Husseini, J. A. Winkler, J. Nikolic, and S. Zhong

224

A New Instrument for High-Speed, High Resolution Stereoscopic Photography of Falling Hydrometeors with Simultaneous Measurement of Fallspeed

Timothy J. Garrett, Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and C. Fallgatter

An Inexpensive Automated Webcam-Based Laser Snow Depth Sensor Design

225

Measurements of Scattering Matrices of Non-Spherical Particles

Ron Li, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; and P. Yang

226

Weather Radar Virtual Signal Generator As Test Bench for Algorithm Development

Jinming Ge, Vaisala, Louisville, CO

227

Evaluation of Infrared Sky Imagers for the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Program

Victor R. Morris, PNNL, Richland, WA; and D. Klebe

Poster PDF (3.1 MB)

228

Optical Autocovariance Wind Lidar for Atmospheric Research

Sara C. Tucker, Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp., Boulder, CO; and C. Grund, T. Delker, M. Adkins, B. Good, P. Kaptchen, and D. Gleeson

229

Detection of Mesoscale Vortices and Their Role in Subsequent Convection

Matthew B. Paulus, UCAR, Boulder, CO

230

Helios: Real-Time Adaptive Weather Surveillance System Using Integrated Camera Networks and Enhanced Geospatial Processing Algorithms

Eric M. Dixon, ITT Exelis, Herndon, VA; and J. S. Sisskind and S. Israel

231

Investigation of the Vertical Structure of Nocturnal Cold Pools At the Lake Thunderbird Micronet

Nicole R. Ramsey, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and K. D. Sherburn, A. M. Shapiro, and P. M. Klein

232

Profiling the Antarctic Atmosphere Using the GPS Radio Occultation Technique From Stratospheric Balloons

Jennifer S. Haase, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN; and J. Maldonado-Vargas, F. Rabier, P. Cocquerez, M. Minois, V. Guidard, P. Wyss, A. Johnson, and B. J. Murphy

233

Measurements of GHGs in the US with a Dense Observing Network

Stan Heckman, Earth Networks, Germantown, MD; and E. Novakovskaia

234

Moisture Transport Measurements Using Ground Based GPS and Their Relation to Topographically Modified Sea Breeze Circulation At Mayaguez, Puerto Rico

Ryan Meiszberg, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN; and G. A. Villamil, J. S. Haase, K. H. Min, M. R. Jury, J. J. Braun, R. J. Trapp, M. E. Baldwin, N. S. Flecha, R. Rios, A. D. M. Nieves, K. A. Demchak, M. J. Dixon, B. M. Doogs, K. E. Fischer, B. N. Herrholtz, E. D. Larson, T. M. Lucko, C. K. Simpson, K. W. Van Leer, and J. M. Woznicki

235

Dual-Polarized Radar Observations of Two Arizona Dust Storms

Katherine, M. Willingham, CIMMS,Univ. of Oklahoma/NSSL, Norman, OK; and K. W. Howard and C. Dempsey

236

A Study of Rain-Induced Erosion in the Badlands National Park

Emily French, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD; and D. V. Kliche, L. Stetler, and P. L. Smith

Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

4:00 PM-5:30 PM: Monday, 23 January 2012

Session 3

Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere Part II

Location: Room 239 (New Orleans Convention Center )

Host: 16th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation

Chair: Kenneth H. Underwood, Atmospheric Systems Corporation

4:00 PM

3.1

First Year of Data From the Polarization LIDAR for the Detection of Cloud Phase, Particle Orientation and Stratospheric Aerosol At Summit, Greenland

Ryan R. Neely III, NCAR, Boulder, Colorado; and M. Hayman, J. P. Thayer, R. M. Hardesty, M. O'Neill, M. Shupe, and R. Stillwell

Recorded Presentation

4:15 PM

3.2

Development of An Eye-Safe Micro-Pulse Differential Absorption Lidar (DIAL) for Water Vapor Profiling in the Lower Troposphere

Amin R. Nehrir, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA; and K. S. Repasky, J. L. Carlsten, S. M. Spuler, R. E. Carbone, and T. M. Weckwerth

4:30 PM

3.3

The Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) Instrument and Future Measurement Requirements

Thomas S. Pagano, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and E. Fetzer

Recorded Presentation

4:45 PM

3.4

Advancements In A Multifunctional Fiber Laser Lidar for Measuring Atmospheric CO2 and O2

Jeremy T. Dobler, ITT Exelis, Fort Wayne, IN; and J. Nagel, V. L. Temyanko, T. S. Zaccheo, E. V. Browell, F. W. Harrison, and S. A. Kooi

Recorded Presentation

5:00 PM

3.5

On the Zenith Angular Effect of Residual Clouds and Aerosols in Clear-Sky IR Window Radiance Observations

Nicholas R. Nalli, NOAA/NESDIS, College Park, MD; and C. D. Barnet, A. Gambacorta, E. Maddy, and W. L. Smith Sr.

Recorded Presentation

5:15 PM

3.6

The Diurnal Variability of Precipitable Water Vapor throughout Taiwan

John J. Braun, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and Y. H. Kuo, J. S. Hong, and C. T. Fong

Recorded Presentation

5:30 PM-7:30 PM: Monday, 23 January 2012

Reception and Exhibits Opening

Tuesday, 24 January 2012

8:30 AM-9:45 AM: Tuesday, 24 January 2012

Session 4

Accuracy

Location: Room 239 (New Orleans Convention Center )

Host: 16th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation

Chair: Sean C. Arms, Univ. of Oklahoma

8:30 AM

4.1

New and Improved Reconnaissance Data Collection with the NOAA G-IV

Richard G. Henning, NOAA Aircraft Operations Center, MacDill AFB, FL; and P. Flaherty, J. Parrish, A. B. Damiano, J. Williams, I. Sears, G. Defeo, N. Morgan, N. Hann, J. McFadden, A. Goldstein, and J. F. Gamache

Recorded Presentation

8:45 AM

4.2

An Investigation of the Consistency of TAO Buoy-Mounted Capacitance Gauges Along the Equatorial Tropical Pacific

Mark Morrissey, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and H. J. Diamond, M. McPhaden, and H. P. Freitag

Recorded Presentation

9:00 AM

4.3

Accuracy and Uncertainty of Pulsed Lidar Technology in Use for Wind Farm Projects

Matthieu Boquet, LEOSPHERE SAS, Paris, France

Recorded Presentation

9:15 AM

4.4

Error Estimate of Airborne Flux Measurement Derived From a Wind-Tunnel Test and An Atmospheric Case

Ronald J. Dobosy, NOAA/ATDD, Oak Ridge, TN; and E. J. Dumas Jr. and D. L. Senn

Recorded Presentation

9:30 AM

4.5

Towards Enhanced Accuracy in Upper-Air Observations—Progress Report on the Vaisala Reference Radiosonde Program

Heikki Turtiainen, Vaisala Oyj, Helsinki, Finland; and H. Jauhiainen, J. Lentonen, P. Survo, V. P. Viitanen, and W. F. Dabberdt

Recorded Presentation

9:00 AM-11:00 AM: Tuesday, 24 January 2012

Spouses' Coffee

9:30 AM-6:00 PM: Tuesday, 24 January 2012

Exhibit Hours

9:45 AM-11:00 AM: Tuesday, 24 January 2012

Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

11:00 AM-12:00 PM: Tuesday, 24 January 2012

Session 5

Specialized Instrumentation and Field Projects Part I

Location: Room 239 (New Orleans Convention Center )

Host: 16th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation

Chair: Steven P. Oncley, NCAR

11:00 AM

5.1

Crop-Wind-Energy EXperiment 2011 (CWEX11)

Daniel A. Rajewski, Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA; and E. S. Takle, T. W. Horst, S. P. Oncley, J. K. Lundquist, M. E. Rhodes, and K. K. spoth

Recorded Presentation

11:15 AM

5.2

Four-Dimensional Characterization of Inflow to and Wakes From a Multi-MW Turbine: The Turbine Wake and Inflow Characterization Study (TWICS2011)

Julie K. Lundquist, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and Y. Pichugina, R. M. Banta, N. D. Kelley, M. Aitken, R. J. Alvarez, W. A. Brewer, J. M. Brown, A. Clifton, J. D. Mirocha, and S. P. Sandberg

Recorded Presentation

11:30 AM

5.3

Scientific Viability of the USArray Transportable Array Network As a Real-Time Weather Monitoring Platform

Frank L. Vernon, Univ. of California, La Jolla, CA; and J. E. Tytell, B. Busby, J. Eakins, M. Hedlin, A. Muschinski, K. Walker, and B. Woodward

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (6.0 MB)

11:45 AM

5.4

Integrated Observing System for Characterization of Boundary Layer Processes and Air/Sea Interaction

Clinton MacDonald, Sonoma Technology, Inc., Petaluma, CA; and C. Huang, A. Ray, P. Roberts, L. Bariteau, W. Gibson, C. Fairall, S. Pezoa, and K. H. Underwood

Recorded Presentation

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Tuesday, 24 January 2012

Lunch Break

1:30 PM-3:00 PM: Tuesday, 24 January 2012

Session 6

Specialized Instrumentation and Field Projects Part II

Location: Room 239 (New Orleans Convention Center )

Host: 16th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation

Chair: Stephen A. Cohn, NCAR

1:30 PM

6.1

Investigating the Structure of Long Lake-Axis-Parallel Lake-Effect Snow Bands with a Doppler on Wheels

Daniel J. Ruth, SUNY, Oswego, NY; and K. D. Jaszka, B. W. Rathbun, R. S. Schrom, T. J. Kress, S. Steiger, and A. Stamm

Recorded Presentation

1:45 PM

6.2

Unprecedented Upper-Air Observations Over Antarctic and Surrounding Ocean From Concordiasi Driftsonde Data

Junhong Wang, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and T. Hock, S. A. Cohn, D. Lauritsen, C. Martin, N. Potts, A. L. Reale, B. Sun, and F. Tilley

Recorded Presentation

2:00 PM

6.3

Optimization of In-Situ Aircraft and UAS Observations for Various Assimilation Techniques

Neil A. Jacobs, AirDat LLC, Morrisville, NC; and P. Childs, H. Richardson, F. Gao, X. Zhang, X. Y. Huang, X. Zhang, and Y. Liu

Recorded Presentation

2:15 PM

6.4

Classification of Precipitation Types in Lake-Effect Snow Events Using Dual-Polarimetric Doppler Radar Observations

Eric T. Ahasic, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and J. Frame and T. R. Cermak

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (1.2 MB)

2:30 PM

6.5

Integrated Ground-Based Observations of Atmospheric Waves and Convective Snow in Winter Cyclones During Profiling of Winter Storms

Ryan A. Wade, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and K. R. Knupp

Recorded Presentation

2:45 PM

6.6

Dual-Polarization Observations of Vortices and Cellular Convection within Lake-Effect Snow Bands

Timothy R. Cermak, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and J. Frame and E. T. Ahasic

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (1.1 MB)

3:00 PM-3:30 PM: Tuesday, 24 January 2012

Coffee Break

Meet the President

Location: Room 242 (New Orleans Convention Center )

3:30 PM-5:30 PM: Tuesday, 24 January 2012

Joint Session 2

The Climate Reference Network: A Decade Later

Location: Room 355 (New Orleans Convention Center )

Hosts: (Joint between the 24th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; and the 16th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation )

Chair: Bruce B. Baker, NOAA/Atmospheric Turbulence and Diffusion Division

3:30 PM

J2.1

An Overview of the U.S. Climate Reference Network (USCRN) System

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

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (50.2 kB)

3:45 PM

J2.2

An Overview of the US Regional Climate Reference Network

David R. Easterling, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and C. Ward, J. H. Lawrimore, and M. Palecki

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (297.4 kB)

4:00 PM

J2.3

US Climate Reference Network Temperature Record: An Initial Examination

Michael Palecki, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (116.5 kB)

4:15 PM

J2.4

Solid Precipitation Testbed Plans, Activities and Results to Date

Tilden P. Meyers, NOAA, Oak Ridge, TN; and B. B. Baker, R. M. Rasmussen, and R. Nitu

4:30 PM

J2.5

Calibrating GOES-Based Insolation Products for Climatological Analyses of Evapotranspiration Over the U.S

Martha C. Anderson, USDA/ARS, Beltsville, MD; and G. Diak, J. R. Mecikalski, and C. Hain

Recorded Presentation

4:45 PM

J2.6

Characterization of the Spatial Variability of Land Surface Temperature Around NOAA CRN Sites Using Airborne and Satellite Measurements

Praveena Krishnan, NOAA, Oak Ridge, TN; and J. Kochendorfer, B. B. Baker, E. J. Dumas Jr., T. P. Meyers, P. C. Guillevic, S. Corda, J. F. Muratore, and B. Martos

Recorded Presentation

5:00 PM

J2.7

US Climate Reference Network Soil Moisture/Temperature Monitoring

Jesse Eugene Bell, Cooperative Institute for Climate and Satellites/North Caroline State University, Asheville, NC; and M. Palecki

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (1.2 MB)

5:15 PM

J2.8

Precipitation Quality Assurance Methods for Weighing Bucket Precipitation Gauges Having Three Redundant Measurements

Ronald D. Leeper, Cooperative Institute for Climate and Satellites, Asheville, NC; and E. Davis and M. Palecki

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (151.5 kB)

Session 7

Instrument Test Beds

Location: Room 239 (New Orleans Convention Center )

Host: 16th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation

Cochairs: Roy M. Rasmussen, NCAR; Scott D. Landolt, NCAR

3:30 PM

7.1

The NOAA/FAA/NCAR Winter Precipitation Test Bed: How Well Are We Measuring Snow?

Roy M. Rasmussen, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and B. Baker, J. Kochendorfer, T. Meyers, S. Landolt, A. Fischer, J. Black, J. M. Thériault, P. A. Kucera, D. Gochis, C. D. Smith, R. Nitu, and E. Gutmann

Recorded Presentation

4:00 PM

7.2

The Importance of Wind Shielding At the NOAA/FAA/NCAR Winter Precipitation Testbed

John Kochendorfer, NOAA, Oak Ridge, TN; and C. B. Baker, M. E. Hall, S. D. Landolt, S. Cristanelli, R. M. Rasmussen, and T. P. Meyers

Recorded Presentation

4:15 PM

7.3

Manual Measurements of Snow Compared to Automated Precipitation Gauges in Different Wind Shield Configurations

Jennifer L. Black, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and S. D. Landolt and R. M. Rasmussen

Recorded Presentation

4:30 PM

7.4

Theoretical Study on the Correlation Between Snowflake Type and Gauge Collection Efficiency

Julie M. Thériault, UQAM, Montréal, QC, Canada; and R. M. Rasmussen, K. Ikeda, and S. D. Landolt

Recorded Presentation

4:45 PM

7.5

Precipitation Gauge Performance During High-Wind/High-Rate Snowfall Events

Scott D. Landolt, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. M. Rasmussen and J. L. Black

Recorded Presentation

5:00 PM

7.6

Canadian Test Bed for the Assessment of Instruments Measuring Solid Precipitation

Rodica Nitu, EC, Toronto, ON, Canada; and D. D. Yang

Recorded Presentation

5:15 PM

7.7

Using Sonic Anemometers for Design and Testing of Wind Shields

Tilden P. Meyers, NOAA, Oak Ridge, TN; and J. Kochendorfer, M. E. Hall, C. B. Baker, and E. Dumas

Recorded Presentation

7:00 PM-9:00 PM: Tuesday, 24 January 2012

Aksel Wiin-Nielsen Symposium Banquet

Wednesday, 25 January 2012

8:30 AM-10:00 AM: Wednesday, 25 January 2012

Session 8

Observations

Location: Room 239 (New Orleans Convention Center )

Host: 16th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation

Chair: William R. Pendergrass, NOAA/ERL/ARL/ATDD

8:30 AM

8.1

Mechanism Study of Different Precipitation Caused by MCC in China

Jing Xi Sr., NOAA/NSSL, Yulin, China

8:45 AM

8.2

The Potential Perils of Averaging Wind Speed and Wind Direction, Using Data From a Variety of Data Providers

Sytske Kimball, Univ. of South Alabama, Mobile, AL

Recorded Presentation

9:00 AM

8.3

Field Experiment on the Effects of a Nearby Asphalt Road on Temperature Measurement

Takashi Hamagami, Japan Meteorological Agency, Ibaraki, Japan; and M. Kumamoto, T. Sakai, H. Kawamura, S. Kawano, T. Aoyagi, M. Otsuka, and T. Aoshima

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (1.1 MB)

9:15 AM

8.4

Gust Front Vs. Non-Gust Front Thunderstorms: An Investigation Into Storm Characteristics and Environmental Conditions

Theresa A. Aguilar, South Dakota School of Mines & Technology, Rapid City, SD; and R. Roberts, T. M. Weckwerth, D. Kliche, and P. Smith

Recorded Presentation

9:30 AM

8.5

Application of a Portable Doppler Wind Lidar for Wildfire Plume Measurements

Allison Charland, San Jose State Univ., San Jose, CA; and C. B. Clements

Recorded Presentation

9:45 AM

8.6

Spectral Characteristics of near-Surface Turbulent Flow Over West Texas Terrain

Christoph A. Vogel, NOAA/OAR/ARL/ATDD, Oak Ridge, TN; and W. Pendergrass

Recorded Presentation

9:00 AM-11:00 AM: Wednesday, 25 January 2012

Spouses' Coffee

10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Wednesday, 25 January 2012

Coffee Break

Meet the President

Location: Room 242 (New Orleans Convention Center )

10:00 AM-6:15 PM: Wednesday, 25 January 2012

Exhibit Hours

10:30 AM-12:00 PM: Wednesday, 25 January 2012

Session 9

Network Design

Location: Room 239 (New Orleans Convention Center )

Host: 16th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation

Chair: Sytske K. Kimball, Univ. of South Alabama

10:30 AM

9.1

Kentucky Mesonet: An Overview and Update

Rezaul Mahmood, Western Kentucky Univ., Bowling Green, KY; and S. Foster

Recorded Presentation

10:45 AM

9.2

An Overview of Infrastructure and Processes of the North Carolina Mesonet

Mark S. Brooks, NC State Univ., Raleigh, NC; and S. Heuser, A. Syed, A. P. Sims, and R. P. Boyles

Recorded Presentation

11:00 AM

9.3

Creating a Clearer Picture: The Value of Continuous Measurements in Environmental Observing Networks

Amena Ali, Earth Networks, Germantown, MD; and E. Novakovskaia and W. Callahan

Recorded Presentation

11:15 AM

9.4

FRONT: The Front Range Observational Network Testbed

John C. Hubbert, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and P. C. Kennedy, V. Chandrasekar, S. Rutledge, W. C. Lee, V. Bringi, T. M. Weckwerth, J. Wilson, D. A. Brunkow, M. Dixon, J. George, E. Loew, J. Van Andel, A. Phinney, R. A. Rilling, and S. M. Ellis

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (3.8 MB)

11:30 AM

9.5

A Statistical Comparison of Weather Stations in Carberry, Manitoba

Guy Ash, Canadian Wheat Board, Winnipeg, MB, Canada; and H. Wright

Recorded Presentation

11:45 AM

9.6

Comparison of Precipitation and Temperature Data From Colorado CRN/RCRN (Climate Reference Network/Regional Climate Reference Network) Stations to Collocated NWS Cooperative and CoAgMet (Colorado Agricultural Meteorological Network) Stations

Wendy A. Ryan, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and N. Doesken

Recorded Presentation

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Wednesday, 25 January 2012

Lunch Break

Location: Room 242 (New Orleans Convention Center )

2:30 PM-4:00 PM: Wednesday, 25 January 2012

Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

4:00 PM-5:30 PM: Wednesday, 25 January 2012

Session 10

New Measurement Technologies

Location: Room 239 (New Orleans Convention Center )

Host: 16th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation

Chair: Steven P. Oncley, NCAR

4:00 PM

10.1

NCAR In-Situ Data Acquisition Software for Airborne and Surface Measurements

Gordon Maclean, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and C. Webster

Recorded Presentation

4:15 PM

10.2

Overview of NCAR Dropsonde Technologies for Various Applications

Terry Hock, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and D. Lauritsen, C. Martin, N. Potts, and C. Bradley

Recorded Presentation

4:30 PM

10.3

A General Purpose FPGA Based Radar Controller and Signal Processor

Charles Martin, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and E. Loew and C. Burghart

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (916.7 kB)

Poster PDF (916.7 kB)

4:45 PM

10.4

Measurement of Boundary Layer Structure and Evolution Using Lidar Ceilometer

Steven R. Chiswell, Savannah River National Laboratory, Aiken, SC; and M. J. Parker

Recorded Presentation

5:00 PM

10.5

Wireless Sensor Array Demonstration

John Militzer, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and S. Semmer

Manuscript (1.2 MB)

5:15 PM

10.6

The NCAR 449 MHz Modular Wind Profiler Development

William O. J. Brown, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and S. A. Cohn and B. Lindseth

Recorded Presentation

5:30 PM-6:30 PM: Wednesday, 25 January 2012

Awards Banquet Reception in the Exhibit Hall

7:00 PM-10:00 PM: Wednesday, 25 January 2012

92nd AMS Awards Banquet

Thursday, 26 January 2012

9:00 AM-12:00 PM: Thursday, 26 January 2012

Exhibit Hours

9:45 AM-11:00 AM: Thursday, 26 January 2012

Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

11:00 AM-12:00 PM: Thursday, 26 January 2012

Session 11

Intercomparison and Calibration of Instruments Part I

Location: Room 239 (New Orleans Convention Center )

Host: 16th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation

Chair: Wendy A. Ryan, Colorado State Univ.

11:00 AM

11.1

Experiments on Using Scintillometers to Infer the Turbulent Surface Fluxes

Edgar L. Andreas, NorthWest Research Associates, Inc., Lebanon, NH

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (499.1 kB)

11:15 AM

11.2

Accuracy Issues of Temperature Measurements for C_T²—Determination Using Sonic Anemometer-Thermometers

Ulrich Weisensee, Deutscher Wetterdienst, Tauche OT Lindenberg, Germany; and J. P. Leps

11:30 AM

11.3

Evaluating Data Quality and Performance Characteristics of An Ultrasonic Anemometer Versus Propeller Anemometers in Subarctic Western Alaska

Cyrena-Marie Druse, McVehil-Monnett Associates, Englewood, CO

Recorded Presentation

11:45 AM

11.4

Wind Tunnel Testing of An Aircraft Turbulence Probe

Edward J. Dumas Jr., NOAA, Oak Ridge, TN; and R. Dobosy, D. Senn, B. Baker, M. F. Witinski, D. S. Sayres, C. E. Healy, and J. Munster

Recorded Presentation

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Thursday, 26 January 2012

Lunch Break

T. N. Krishnamurti Symposium Luncheon

Location: Room 345 (New Orleans Convention Center )

1:30 PM-3:00 PM: Thursday, 26 January 2012

Session 12

Intercomparison and Calibration of Instruments Part II

Location: Room 239 (New Orleans Convention Center )

Host: 16th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation

Chair: Roy M. Rasmussen, NCAR

1:30 PM

12.1

8th WMO Intercomparison of High Quality Radiosonde (China 2010)

Tim Oakley, Met Office, Exeter, United Kingdom; and J. Nash, H. Vomel, and L. Wei

Recorded Presentation

1:45 PM

12.2

Airborne Validation of Laser CO₂ and O₂ Column Measurements

Edward V. Browell, NASA/LaRC, Hampton, VA; and J. T. Dobler, S. A. Kooi, M. A. Fenn, Y. Choi, S. A. Vay, F. W. Harrison, and B. Moore III

Recorded Presentation

2:00 PM

12.3

The ETgage—A Manual Device for Measuring Reference Evapotranspiration

Nolan J. Doesken, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and J. Altenhofen, H. Reges, W. A. Ryan, Z. Schwalbe, J. Turner, and N. Newman

Recorded Presentation

2:15 PM

12.4

Recent Work on the Georgia Tech High School Field Mill Project: Improvements, Calibrations and Field Deployment

John Trostel, Georgia Tech Research Institute, Atlanta, GA ; and T. Perry, M. Bond, and S. Pfohl

Recorded Presentation

2:30 PM

12.5

The Reproducibility of GPS Radio Occultation for Climate Monitoring: Profile to Profile Inter-Comparison of CHAMP Climate Bending Angle, Refractivity, Temperature, and Geo-Potential Height Records 2002-2008 From Different Data Centers

Shu-peng Ho, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and G. Kirchengast, J. Wickert, A. Mannucci, A. Steiner, H. Gleisner, A. Von Engeln, C. Marquardt, and B. Kuo

Recorded Presentation

2:45 PM

12.6

Optimizing Weather Radar Through Ground-Based Disdrometer Data

Kurt Nemeth, OTT, Kempten, Germany

3:00 PM-3:05 PM: Thursday, 26 January 2012

Registration Closes

3:00 PM-3:30 PM: Thursday, 26 January 2012

Coffee Break

Meet the President

5:00 PM-5:05 PM: Thursday, 26 January 2012

AMS 92nd Annual Meeting Adjourns

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