Program: 26th Conference on Hydrology (92nd American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting (January 22-26, 2012))

Registration for Student Conference and Short Course

Location: New Orleans Convention Center

Short Course Registration

Location: New Orleans Convention Center

Registration Open for Annual Meeting

Location: New Orleans Convention Center

WeatherFest

92nd Annual Review and Fellows Awards

Welcome Reception Honoring the Newly Elected Fellows

Registration Continues Through January 25

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

Spouses' Coffee

Coffee Break

Joint Session 1

Drought Definition, Analysis, Impacts, Prediction, and Management I

Location: Room 352 (New Orleans Convention Center )

Hosts: (Joint between the 26th Conference on Hydrology; and the 24th Conference on Climate Variability and Change )

Cochairs: Richard Heim, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC; Michael J. Brewer, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC; Kingtse C. Mo, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/CPC; Allan Howard, National Agroclimate Information Service; Don Wilhite, Univ. of Nebraska

11:00 AM

J1.1

The Enigma of Drought: Challenges of Definition, Early Warning, Preparedness, and Policy [INVITED]

Don Wilhite, Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE

Recorded Presentation

11:15 AM

J1.2

Drought and Its Driving Factors and Features Worldwide [INVITED]

Ronald E. Stewart, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada

Recorded Presentation

11:30 AM

J1.3

Global and Regional Drought Occurrence Under Past and Future Climate Change [INVITED]

Justin Sheffield, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ; and J. Kam and E. F. Wood

Recorded Presentation

11:45 AM

J1.4

Drought When It's Not Obvious

Laura M. Edwards, DRI, Reno, NV; and K. T. Redmond

Recorded Presentation

Themed Joint Session 2

Extreme Weather and Climate Change

Location: Room 243 (New Orleans Convention Center )

Hosts: (Joint between the Seventh Symposium on Policy and Socio-Economic Research; the 21st Symposium on Education; the 24th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; and the 26th Conference on Hydrology )

Cochairs: David R. Easterling, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC; Kimberly E. Klockow, Univ. of Oklahoma

11:00 AM

TJ2.1

Causes of Weather and Climate Extremes: Communicating the State of Knowledge

Thomas R. Karl, NOAA/NCDC, Asheville, NC

Recorded Presentation

11:30 AM

TJ2.2

The IPCC Special Report on Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation

Roger S. Pulwarty, NOAA, Boulder, CO; and C. Field, V. Barros, K. L. Ebi, T. Stocker, D. Qin, and P. Midgely

Recorded Presentation

Joint Session 2

Hydroclimatological Applications of the Global Precipitation Measurement Mission 1: Mission Overview and Major Elements

Location: Room 256 (New Orleans Convention Center )

Hosts: (Joint between the 18th Conference on Satellite Meteorology, Oceanography and Climatology/ First Joint AMS-Asia Satellite Meteorology Conference; and the 26th Conference on Hydrology )

Chair: James Marshall Shepherd, Univ. of Georgia

11:00 AM

J2.1

Next-Generation Global Precipitation Data for Hydrometeorogical Applications (invited)

Arthur Y. Hou, NASA GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and D. B. Kirschbaum

Recorded Presentation

11:15 AM

J2.2

Directions in Global Flood Nowcasts and Forecasts Using Satellite Precipitation Observations—Into the GPM Era

Robert F. Adler, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and H. Wu Sr., G. J. Huffman, H. Pierce, Y. Hong, Y. Tian, and F. Policelli

Recorded Presentation

11:30 AM

J2.3

A Transition Scenario for the NASA GPM Precipitation Processing System to the NOAA Operations

Chandra R. Kondragunta, NOAA/NESDIS, Silver Spring, MD; and R. R. Ferraro, R. A. Fulton, J. Pereira, K. Hampton, L. Zhao, and D. Hermreck

Recorded Presentation

11:45 AM

J2.4

Quantifying Errors in TRMM-Based Multi-Sensor QPE Products Over Land in Preparation for GPM

Christa Peters-Lidard, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and Y. Tian

Recorded Presentation

Lunch Break

1

Extreme Weather and Climate Change

Location: Room 243 (New Orleans Convention Center )

Hosts: (Joint between the Seventh Symposium on Policy and Socio-Economic Research; the 21st Symposium on Education; the 24th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; and the 26th Conference on Hydrology )

Organizer: Kimberly E. Klockow, Oklahoma Climatological Survey

Moderator: William Hooke, AMS

Panelists: James A. Brey, American Meteorological Society; Craig Colton, LSU; David R. Easterling, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC

Joint Session 3

Drought Definition, Analysis, Impacts, Prediction, and Management II

Location: Room 352 (New Orleans Convention Center )

Hosts: (Joint between the 26th Conference on Hydrology; and the 24th Conference on Climate Variability and Change )

Cochairs: Richard Heim, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC; Michael J. Brewer, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC; Kingtse C. Mo, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/CPC; Allan Howard, National Agroclimate Information Service; Don Wilhite, Univ. of Nebraska

1:30 PM

J3.1

The U.S./Canadian GEO Bilateral Drought Indices and Definitions Study—Overview and Current Status [INVITED]

Richard R. Heim Jr., NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and A. Howard

Recorded Presentation

1:45 PM

J3.2

Canadian Experiences Applying Drought Indices and Drought Monitoring to Agriculture [INVITED]

Allan Howard, National Agroclimate Information Service, Regina, SK, Canada

Recorded Presentation

2:00 PM

J3.3

Evaluation of Regional Downscaling Predictions of Future Drought Probabilities in the Western United States

K.C. King, DRI, Reno, NV; and J. F. Mejia, D. McEvoy, and D. Koracin

Recorded Presentation

2:15 PM

J3.4

Soil Moisture and Runoff Forecasts From the Climate Forecast System Version 2

Li-Chuan Chen, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and K. Mo and M. Y. Lee

Joint Session 4

Hydroclimatological Applications of the Global Precipitation Measurement Mission 2: Algorithms, Retrievals, and Validation I

Location: Room 256 (New Orleans Convention Center )

Hosts: (Joint between the 18th Conference on Satellite Meteorology, Oceanography and Climatology/ First Joint AMS-Asia Satellite Meteorology Conference; and the 26th Conference on Hydrology )

Chair: Song Yang, Naval Research Lab

1:30 PM

J4.1

A Parametric Rainfall Retrieval Algorithm for GPM

Christian D. Kummerow, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and D. Randel and G. Elsaesser

Recorded Presentation

1:45 PM

J4.2

Developing Winter Precipitation Algorithm Over C3VP

Nai-Yu Wang, The Cooperative Institute for Climate Studies/Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD; and K. Gopalan, R. Ferraro, and F. J. Turk

2:00 PM

J4.3

Extending the Microwave Integrated Retrieval System (MiRS) to TRMM and GPM

Leslie Moy, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and S. A. Boukabara, F. Iturbide-Sanchez, K. J. Garrett, and C. Grassotti

Recorded Presentation

2:15 PM

J4.4

Information Content of Combined Dual-Frequency Radar and Radiometer Observations of Precipitation From GPM

Stephen Joseph Munchak, NASA/GSFC/Univ. of Maryland, Greenbelt, MD; and M. Grecu and W. S. Olson

Recorded Presentation

Poster Session 1

Advances in Estimating Land Surface Evaporation and Associated Applications

Location: Hall E (New Orleans Convention Center )

Host: 26th Conference on Hydrology

Chair: Martha C. Anderson, USDA/ARS

Cochairs: Christa D. Peters-Lidard, NASA/GSFC; Michael Hobbins, NOAA/NWS

15

Estimate and Forecast Regional Evapotranspiration Using the WRF-ACASA Coupled Model

Liyi Xu, University of California Davis, Davis, CA; and R. D. Pyles and K. T. Paw U

16

National Weather Service Forecast Reference Evapotranspiration Across the Western US

Cynthia K. Palmer, NOAA/NWS, San Diego, CA; and H. D. Osborne

17

Contributing Ground Observations of Precipitation and Reference Evapotranspiration From a Nationwide Volunteer Network -- CoCoRaHS

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

18

Derivation of High-Altitude, Hay Meadow Crop Coefficients for North Park, Colorado Utilizing Lysimeter, Atmometer, Evaporation Pan and Weather Station Data

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

Crop Irrigation Monitoring and Management Support in California with the Terrestrial Observation and Prediction System

19

Comparing Irrigation Consumptive Use From Remotely-Sensed Data with Conventional Estimates for the South Platte River Basin, Colorado

Timothy C. Martin, Riverside Technology, Inc., Fort Collins, CO; and P. Burkhalter, R. Alvarado, R. Allen, E. Wilson, and J. Polly

20

Landsat Evapotranspiration Data: A Powerful Tool for Conflict Resolution

Anthony Morse, Spatial Analysis Group, Boise, ID

21

Land Surface Evaporation Analysis with Satellite and Land Surface Model Data

Alan E. Lipton, AER, Inc., Lexington, MA; and P. Liang, J. F. Galantowicz, J. L. Moncet, C. Jimenez, C. Prigent, F. Aires, and G. Uymin

22

NASA GLDAS Evapotranspiration Data and Climatology

Hualan Rui, NASA/GSFC and ADNET, Greenbelt, MD; and H. Beaudoing, M. Rodell, W. Teng, and B. Vollmer

23

Drivers of Evapotranspiration Under Climate Change: Insolation and Insulation

Brent M. Lofgren, NOAA/GLERL, Ann Arbor, MI

Poster Session 2

Benchmarking, Identification and Verification in Land Surface Modeling

Location: Hall E (New Orleans Convention Center )

Host: 26th Conference on Hydrology

Chair: Sujay V. Kumar, SAIC

Cochairs: Joseph A. Santanello Jr., NASA-GSFC; Christa D. Peters-Lidard, NASA/GSFC; Michael Ek, NOAA/NWS/NCEP

34

Land Surface Verification Toolkit (LVT): A Formal Benchmarking and Evaluation Framework for Land Surface Models

Sujay V. Kumar, SAIC, Greenbelt, MD; and C. Peters-Lidard, J. A. Santanello Jr., K. W. Harrison, and A. Kumar

35

An Automated Online Land Surface Model Benchmarking and Evaluation Tool

Gab Abramowitz, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia

36

Evaluating the Skill of Land Surface Model Predictions for Global Agricultural Drought Monitoring

Wade Crow, USDA, Beltsville, MD; and S. Kumar, J. Bolten, and C. Peters-Lidard

37

Validation and Verification of the Operational Land Analysis Activities At the Air Force Weather Agency

Michael J. Shaw, NASA, Offutt AFB, NE; and S. V. Kumar, C. D. Peters-Lidard, and J. D. Cetola

38

A Multi-Model Multi-Forcing Ensemble Approach to Uncertainty Assessment for Snowpack Predictions in Alaska Using the NASA Land Information System

Yuqiong Liu, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and C. D. Peters-Lidard, S. V. Kumar, and Y. Tian

39

An Alternate and Robust Approach to Calibration for the Estimation of Land Surface Model Parameters Based on Remotely Sensed Observations

Guido Salvucci, Boston University, Boston, MA; and D. Entekhabi

40

Regional-Scale River Modeling Using Thousands of Mapped Rivers, off-the-Shelf Runoff Products and Hundreds of Stream Flow Gages

Cédric H. David, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX; and Z. L. Yang and S. Hong

Poster PDF (18.4 MB)

Poster Session 3

Hydrologic Prediction and Verification for Water and Energy Resources and Other Applications

Location: Hall E (New Orleans Convention Center )

Host: 26th Conference on Hydrology

Cochairs: Sankar Arumugam, North Carolina State Univ.; Kevin He, Riverside Technologies Inc; Konstantinos Andreadis, JPL; Andrew W. Wood, NOAA/NWS Colorado Basin River Forecast Center

41

Verification of the MMEFS Real-Time Probabilistic Hydrologic Forecast System

Thomas Adams, NOAA/NWS, Wilmington, OH

42

New Tools to Track Data Through the Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service Processes

C. Michael Callahan, NOAA/NWS, Louisville, KY

Manuscript (685.6 kB)

Poster PDF (653.7 kB)

43

Water Budget Analysis of the Upper Zambezi River Basin (UZRB) and the Northern Kalahari Aquifer (NKA)

Jing Tao, Duke University, Durham, NC; and A. P. Barros

44

Neural Ensemble Bayesian Nowcasting of Geostationary Multispectral Imagery for Hydro-Meteorological Applications

Michele de Rosa, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Rome, Italy; and F. S. Marzano and A. Eleuteri

45

What's New for Snow in NOAA's 1981-2010 U.S. Climate Normals?

Imke Durre, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and M. Squires, R. S. Vose, A. Arguez, S. Applequist, and X. Yin

Manuscript (248.1 kB)

46

A Testbed for Climate and Streamflow Forecasting in the Colorado River Basin

Andrew W. Wood, NOAA/NWS Colorado Basin River Forecast Center, Salt Lake City, UT; and K. Werner and M. Schmidt

47

Hydrological Impacts and Resultant Mitigation Due to a Record Snowpack in the Central Rockies During the 2011 Season

Aldis Strautins, NOAA/NWS, Grand Junction, CO; and J. Ramey, J. Colton, M. Booth, and M. Meyers

48

Quantitative Diagnosis of Water Resource Climate by Precipitation

Sang-Min Lee, Pukyong National University, Busan, South Korea; and H. R. Byun and K. H. Kim

Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

Joint Poster Session 1

Advances in Methods and Applications of Land Data Assimilation Systems

Location: Hall E (New Orleans Convention Center )

Hosts: (Joint between the 26th Conference on Hydrology; and the 16th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS) )

Cochairs: Rolf H. Reichle, NASA/GSFC; Susan C. Steele-Dunne, TU Delft; Michael Ek, NOAA/NWS/NCEP; Youlong Xia, IMSG at NOAA/NCEP Environmental Modeling Center

24

Land Data Assimilation of Satellite-Based Soil Moisture Products Using the Land Information System Over the NLDAS Domain

David M. Mocko, SAIC at NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and S. V. Kumar, C. D. Peters-Lidard, and Y. Tian

Poster PDF (1.7 MB)

25

Improvement of Microwave Land Emissivity Calculation and Its Impact on Satellite Data Assimilation

Weizhong Zheng, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Camp Springs, MD; and M. Ek, J. Derber, P. Van Delst, G. Gayno, and F. Weng

26

Enhancement of High Resolution Hydrological Modeling on the CONUS HRAP Grid Using Operational NOAA NCEP and NOAA OHD Models

Jiarui Dong, NOAA/NCEP/EMC, Camp Springs, MD; and B. Cosgrove, M. Ek, and K. C. Mo

27

Validation of Model-Simulated Land Skin Temperature in the North American Land Data Assimilation System Phase 2

Youlong Xia, IMSG at NOAA/NCEP Environmental Modeling Center, College Park, MD; and M. Ek, J. Sheffield, B. Livneh, and E. F. Wood

28

Implementation of GLDAS in the NCEP Operational Global Climate and Weather Forecast Systems

Jesse Meng, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Camp Springs, MD; and H. Wei, R. Yang, and M. Ek

29

Assimilation of Remotely Sensed AMSR-E and GlobSnow Snow Data in CaLDAS Land Assimilation System

Sheena J. Solomon, EC, Dorval, QC, Canada; and S. Bélair, C. Derksen, L. Wang, M. L. Carrera, and B. Bilodeau

30

Assimilation of Terrestrial Water Storage From GRACE in a Snow-Dominated Basin

Barton A. Forman, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and R. H. Reichle and M. Rodell

31

Offline Land Surface Temperature Assimilation in Numerical Weather Prediction Output

Thomas R. H. Holmes, USDA, Beltsville, MD; and W. T. Crow

32

Ensemble Kalman Filter Data Assimilation of AMSR-E Soil Moisture Estimates Into the SHEELS Land Surface Model

Clay B. Blankenship, USRA, Huntsville, AL; and W. L. Crosson

33

Reducing Water Imbalance in Land Data Assimilation: Ensemble Filtering without Perturbed Observations

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

Session 1

Benchmarking, identification and verification in land surface modeling

Location: Room 352 (New Orleans Convention Center )

Host: 26th Conference on Hydrology

Chair: Joseph A. Santanello Jr., NASA-GSFC

Cochairs: Christa D. Peters-Lidard, NASA/GSFC; Michael Ek, NOAA/NWS/NCEP; Sujay V. Kumar, SAIC

4:00 PM

1.1

Joint GEWEX/GLASS-GHP Project: Land Surface Model Benchmarking

Michael Ek, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Suitland, MD; and G. Abramowitz, S. Benedict, S. Williams, J. A. Santanello Jr., P. J. Van Oevelen, C. D. Peters-Lidard, M. Best, E. Blyth, T. P. Meyers, M. Rodell, S. V. Kumar, and S. Katz

Recorded Presentation

4:15 PM

1.2

Usefulness of Benchmarking for Global Land Surface Model Development

Gianpaolo Balsamo, ECMWF, Reading, United Kingdom; and C. Albergel, M. Balzarolo, A. Beljaars, S. Boussetta, J. C. Calvet, E. Dutra, T. Kral, D. Papale, P. de Rosnay, and I. Sandu

Recorded Presentation

4:30 PM

1.3

The International Land Model Benchmarking (ILAMB) Project: Water and Energy Cycle Benchmarking [INVITED]

David M. Lawrence, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and E. Blyth, M. Best, J. Randerson, and F. Hoffman

Recorded Presentation

4:45 PM

1.4

Verification of Simulations and Uncertainty Estimations in Ensemble Land Surface Simulations: Exercises in the Global Soil Wetness Project Phase 3 [INVITED]

Hyungjun Kim, UC Center for Hydrologic Modeling, Irvine, CA; and T. Oki, P. A. Dirmeyer, S. I. Seneviratne, S. Kanae, and J. S. Famiglietti

5:00 PM

1.5

Evaluating the Use of Single and Multi-Stream Information in a Multi-Scale Framework for the Proper Benchmarking and Verification of Land Surface Models

Luis A. Bastidas, Utah State Univ., Logan, UT

Recorded Presentation

5:15 PM

1.6

Understanding Uncertainty in Physics-Based Snow Models

Martyn Clark, NCAR, Boulder, CO

Joint Session 5

Hydroclimatological Applications of the Global Precipitation Measurement Mission 3: Algorithms, Retrievals, and Validation II

Location: Room 256 (New Orleans Convention Center )

Hosts: (Joint between the 18th Conference on Satellite Meteorology, Oceanography and Climatology/ First Joint AMS-Asia Satellite Meteorology Conference; and the 26th Conference on Hydrology )

Chair: George J. Huffman, NASA/GSFC

4:00 PM

J5.1

New GSMaP Over-Land Precipitation Retrieval Algorithm

Kazumasa Aonashi, MRI, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan; and H. Ishimoto and K. Imaoka

Recorded Presentation

4:15 PM

J5.2

Physical Modeling of Microwave Surface Emissivity From Passive Microwave Satellite Observations

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

Recorded Presentation

4:30 PM

J5.3

Design and Early Tests of the Day-1 GPM Combined Precipitation Algorithm: IMERG

George J. Huffman, NASA/GSFC/SSAI, Greenbelt, MD; and D. T. Bolvin, D. Braithwaite, K. L. Hsu, R. J. Joyce, C. Kidd, S. Sorooshian, P. Xie, and S. H. Yoo

Recorded Presentation

4:45 PM

J5.4

An Evaluation of Microwave Land Surface Emissivities for Use in Precipitation Algorithms

Cecilia Hernandez, ESSIC/UMD, College Park, MD; and R. R. Ferraro and C. D. Peters-Lidard

Recorded Presentation

5:00 PM

J5.5

An Examination of Potential Satellite Precipitation Estimation Inputs Required for a Poleward Extension of CMORPH

Robert J. Joyce, Wyle Information Systems/NOAA/NWS/NCEP/CPC, Boca Raton, FL; and P. Xie

Recorded Presentation

5:15 PM

J5.6

Improving Geostationary Satellite Rainfall Estimates Using Lightning Information: Underlying Statistical Relationships

Weixin Xu, ESSIC/UMD, College Park, MD; and R. Adler and N. Y. Wang

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (453.9 kB)

Reception and Exhibits Opening

Session 2

Advances in Estimating Land Surface Evaporation and Associated Applications I

Location: Room 352 (New Orleans Convention Center )

Host: 26th Conference on Hydrology

Chair: Michael Hobbins, NOAA/NWS

Cochairs: Christa D. Peters-Lidard, NASA/GSFC; Martha C. Anderson, USDA/ARS

8:30 AM

2.1

Using Satellite Data and Global Weather Data Sets to Estimate Operational ET Anomalies for Drought and Crop Performance Monitoring [INVITED]

Gabriel B. Senay, USGS EROS, sioux falls, SD; and J. Verdin, R. singh, and S. Bohms

8:45 AM

2.2

Conditioning Ambient Weather Data to Reflect An Evaporating Surface in SemiArid Climates [INVITED]

Richard Allen, University of Idaho, Kimberly, ID

Recorded Presentation

9:00 AM

2.3

Development of a High Spatial and Temporal Resolution Evapotranspiration Product Through Integration of Landsat and MODIS Land Surface Data [INVITED]

Terri S. Hogue, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA; and J. Kim

9:15 AM

2.4

An Intercomparison of Remote Sensing and Model-Based Estimates of Evapotranspiration Over the CONUS [INVITED]

Christopher Hain, Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, University of Maryland, Camp Springs, MD; and M. C. Anderson and X. Zhan

Recorded Presentation

9:30 AM

2.5

Developing Long-Term Climate Data Records for Global Land Evapotranspiration

Eric F. Wood, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ; and R. Meynadier, J. Sheffield, and R. K. Vinukollu

Spouses' Coffee

Exhibit Hours

Joint Poster Session 2

Drought Definition, Analysis, Impacts, Prediction, and Management

Location: Hall E (New Orleans Convention Center )

Hosts: (Joint between the 26th Conference on Hydrology; and the 24th Conference on Climate Variability and Change )

Cochairs: Richard Heim, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC; Michael J. Brewer, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC; Kingtse C. Mo, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/CPC; Allan Howard, National Agroclimate Information Service; Don Wilhite, Univ. of Nebraska

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Flooded in Drought? An Examination of the Frequency of Drought Conditions in the Southern United States in Relation to High Flow Conditions on the Mississippi River At Memphis, TN

Royce L. Fontenot, NOAA/NWS, Slidell, LA

Poster PDF (3.6 MB)

50

Analysis of Meteorological Drought At Arid Rajasthan Using Standardized Precipitation Index

Surendra Poonia, Central Arid Zone Research Institute, India, Jodhpur, India; and A. S. Rao

51

An Objective Methodology to Optimally Merge Satellite and Model Based Soil Moisture Products for Obtaining a New Drought Product

M. Tugrul Yilmaz, USDA/ARS, Beltsville, MD; and W. T. Crow, M. C. Anderson, and C. Hain

52

An Assessment of Canadian Prairie Drought: Past, Present, and Future

Barrie R. Bonsal, EC, Saskatoon, SK, Canada; and P. Gachon, R. Aider, and S. Lapp

53

Water Vapor Pressure & Temperature Trends in North America During 1948–2010

54

Drying Trends Over China Based on the Standardized Precipitation Evapotranspiration Index

Li Weiguang Sr., China Meteorological Administration, Haikou , China, China; and C. Huilin and Y. Xue

55

Connecting the Pacific to Regional Climate for Decadal Prediction: A Successful Case in the Western U.S.

Shih-Yu Wang, Utah State University, Logan, UT; and R. Gillies and L. E. Hipps

56

Prediction of New Drought Class Transitions Using Markov Chains

Chi-Han Cheng, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL

Preliminary Analysis on the Service Demand and Review of Progress in the Field of Drought Research in China

57

Spatio-Temporal Characteristics of Drought in East Asia

Su-Bin Oh, Pukyong National University, Busan, South Korea; and H. R. Byun

58

Spatiotemporal Characteristics of Drought Occurrences in North Korea

Bo-Ra Lee, Pukyong National University, Busan, South Korea; and H. R. Byun

59

Regional Characteristics Analysis of Drought Climatology in Australia Using the Effective Drought Index

Ji-Sun Lee, Pukyong National University, Busan, South Korea; and H. R. Byun

60

Identifying Environmental Databases for Drought Impact Studies in the NIDIS Southeast Pilot Study

Pamela N. Knox, Univ. of Georgia, Athens, GA; and L. S. Darby, C. McNutt, and D. E. Stooksbury

61

Hydrometeorological, Vegetative and Demographic Indices for Drought Analysis and Monitoring in Lake Chad Basin

Churchill O. Okonkwo, Howard University, Washington, DC

Poster 62 has been moved. New Paper Number is J9.3A

Joint Poster Session 3

Remote Sensing of Hydrometeorological Variables

Location: Hall E (New Orleans Convention Center )

Hosts: (Joint between the 26th Conference on Hydrology; and the 18th Conference on Satellite Meteorology, Oceanography and Climatology/ First Joint AMS-Asia Satellite Meteorology Conference )

Cochairs: Chandra R. Kondragunta, NOAA/NESDIS; Thomas J. Jackson, USDA/ARS

63

SMOS Soil Moisture Validation in the U.S

Thomas J. Jackson, USDA/ARS, Beltsville, MD; and R. Bindlish, M. Cosh, T. Zhao, Y. Kerr, and D. Leroux

64

Using SMOS Observations to Assess and Calibrate Soil Moisture and L-Band Brightness Temperature From the NASA GEOS-5 Modeling and Assimilation System

Gabriëlle De Lannoy, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and R. H. Reichle and V. Pauwels

65

Inundation Extent Mapping with Soil Moisture Active-Passive (SMAP) Mission L-Band SAR Data

John F. Galantowicz, AER, Lexington, MA; and A. Samanta

66

The Difficulty in Evaluating Soil Moisture Ocean Salinity (SMOS) Satellite Retrievals of Soil Moisture Over the Central United States with Currently Available in Situ Observations

Thomas W. Collow, Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, NJ; and A. Robock, J. B. Basara, and B. G. Illston

67

Downscaling Satellite-Based Soil Moisture Observations: Applications Across Climate Regimes and Comparison of C- and L-Band Products

Giuseppe Mascaro, Univ. of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy; and E. R. Vivoni and R. Deidda

68

NOAA Soil Moisture Operational Product System (SMOPS) and Its Soil Moisture Retrieval From AMSR-E and WindSat

Jicheng Liu, I.M. Systems Group at NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and X. Zhan, L. Zhao, K. A. Jensen, and X. Wang

69

Soil Moisture Sensitivity of Microwave Signatures of a Growing Elephant Grass: A Bioenergy Crop

Mary Morris, Penn State Univ., Jenkintown, PA; and P. W. Liu and J. Judge

70

A Modified K-Means Algorithm for GOES-R Rainfall Potential

Zhihua Zhang, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and R. J. Kuligowski and V. Lakshmanan

71

NOAA-CREST Field Experiment: Remote Sensing of Snow Properties Using Microwave Radiometry

Tarendra Lakhankar, NOAA-CREST, The City Univ. of New York, New York, NY; and J. Muñoz, P. Romanov, and D. R. Khanbilvardi

Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

Joint Session 6

Advances in Methods and Applications of Land Data Assimilation Systems I

Location: Room 350/351 (New Orleans Convention Center )

Hosts: (Joint between the 26th Conference on Hydrology; and the 16th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS) )

Cochairs: Rolf H. Reichle, NASA/GSFC; Susan C. Steele-Dunne, TU Delft; Michael Ek, NOAA/NWS/NCEP; Youlong Xia, IMSG at NOAA/NCEP Environmental Modeling Center

11:00 AM

J6.1

An EnKF Dual Assimilation of Thermal-Infrared and Microwave Satellite Observations of Soil Moisture Into the Noah Land Surface Model [INVITED]

Christopher Hain, Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, University of Maryland, Camp Springs, MD; and W. T. Crow, M. C. Anderson, and J. Mecikalski

Recorded Presentation

11:15 AM

J6.2

Online Vegetation Opacity Parameter Estimation Over Little Washita Watershed Using AMSR-E Passive Microwave Observations

Jean A. Fitzmaurice, USDA, Beltsville, MD; and W. T. Crow

Recorded Presentation

11:30 AM

J6.3

The Impact of Satellite Rainfall Error Characterization on the Estimation of Soil Moisture Fields in a Land Data Assimilation System

Viviana Maggioni, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT; and R. H. Reichle and E. Anagnostou

Recorded Presentation

11:45 AM

J6.4

Combining the Assimilation of Near-Surface Soil Moisture From Passive and Active Microwave Sensors

Clara Draper, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and R. H. Reichle, G. J. M. De Lannoy, Q. Liu, R. de Jeu, and W. Wagner

Recorded Presentation

Themed Joint Session 7

Technology Advances for the Water Information Customer

Location: Room 352 (New Orleans Convention Center )

Hosts: (Joint between the 26th Conference on Hydrology; and the 28th Conference on Interactive Information Processing Systems (IIPS) )

Cochairs: Larry E. Brazil, Riverside Technology, Inc.; Gary Carter, NOAA/NWS

11:00 AM

TJ7.1

U.S. Geological Survey Innovations in Water-Data Collection and Delivery [INVITED]

William H. Werkheiser, USGS, Reston, VA; and G. T. Fisher

Recorded Presentation

11:30 AM

TJ7.2

National Weather Service Flash Flood Warning Services

Peter R. Ahnert, NOAA/NWS, State College, PA; and E. Clark, P. Corrigan, and H. L. White

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (1.4 MB)

Poster PDF (7.5 MB)

11:45 AM

TJ7.3

Are You Flood Aware?

George Smith, Riverside Technology, inc., Fort Collins, CO; and N. Babel, M. McDonald, and A. Volckens

Recorded Presentation

Lunch Break

Session 3A

Advances in Estimating Land Surface Evaporation and Associated Applications II

Location: Room 352 (New Orleans Convention Center )

Host: 26th Conference on Hydrology

Chair: Christa D. Peters-Lidard, NASA/GSFC

Cochairs: Michael Hobbins, NOAA/NWS; Martha C. Anderson, USDA/ARS

1:30 PM

3A.1

Land Surface Tiling: Benefits and Limitations in Representing Sub-Grid Processes

Gianpaolo Balsamo, ECMWF, Reading, United Kingdom; and A. Manrique-Sunen, A. I. Nordbo, and A. Beljaars

Recorded Presentation

1:45 PM

3A.2

MODIS-Based ET (by CREMAP) in Basin-Scale Hydrology

Jozsef Szilagyi, University of Nebraska-Lincoln/Budapest University of Technology, Lincoln, NE

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (19.0 kB)

2:00 PM

3A.3

Estimation and Application of Long-Term Basin-Scale Evapotranspiration in North American Land Data Assimilation System Phase 2: A Novel Approach

Youlong Xia, IMSG at NOAA/NCEP Environmental Modeling Center, College Park, MD; and M. B. Ek, J. Sheffield, B. Cosgrove, A. Wang, and E. F. Wood

Recorded Presentation

2:15 PM

3A.4

Improving Evapotranspiration Estimation Through Soil Moisture Data Assimilation

Sujay V. Kumar, SAIC, Greenbelt, MD; and C. Peters-Lidard, D. M. Mocko, and Y. Tian

Recorded Presentation

2:30 PM

3A.5

Global Terrestrial Evapotranspiration From Remote Sensing: The History and Progress of Two Mechanistic, Energy-Balance, Dedicated Products

Joshua B. Fisher, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and Q. Mu, C. Jimenez, R. K. Vinukollu, A. Polhamus, G. Badgley, and K. Tu

Recorded Presentation

2:45 PM

3A.6

Estimation of Large Scale Daily Evapotranspiration Using Geostationary Satellite Observations and Numerical Weather Prediction Model Output

Li Jia, Alterra, Wageningen, Netherlands; and G. Hu, M. Menenti, Z. Li, E. V. Meijgaard, and X. Shen

Session 3B

Hydrologic Prediction and Verification for Water and Energy Resources and other applications

Location: Room 350/351 (New Orleans Convention Center )

Host: 26th Conference on Hydrology

Cochairs: Sankar Arumugam, North Carolina State Univ.; Kevin He, Riverside Technologies Inc; Konstantinos Andreadis, JPL; Andrew W. Wood, NOAA/NWS Colorado Basin River Forecast Center

1:30 PM

3B.1

Utilizing Probabilistic Forecasts for Colorado River Reservoir Operations: Decision Making and Risk Management [INVITED]

Katrina Grantz, Bureau of Reclamation, Salt Lake City, UT; and H. Hermansen and S. Tighi

Recorded Presentation

1:45 PM

3B.2

Integrated Water Resources Science and Services (IWRSS): A New Partnership to Enhance Water Resources Services

Thomas Graziano, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and D. Cline, G. Carter, and M. G. Mullusky

Recorded Presentation

2:00 PM

3B.3

Large-Scale Climate Variability and Local Hydroclimate Relationships Used As Drivers in a Hydrologic Model to Predict the Hydrology of the Upper Colorado River Basin

Rebecca A. Smith, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and N. J. Doesken and C. Kummerow

Recorded Presentation

2:15 PM

3B.4

Coupling Hydrologic Forecast Models and the Upper Rio Grande Water Operations Model

Amy Volckens, Riverside Technology, Inc., Fort Collins, CO; and P. W. McKee, A. Louise, and C. B. Loveland

Recorded Presentation

2:30 PM

3B.5

Optimal Bayesian Downscaling CFSv2 for Hydrological Seasonal Forecast Over CONUS

Xing Yuan, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ; and E. F. Wood and J. K. Roundy

Recorded Presentation

2:45 PM

3B.6

Improving Short Term Streamflow Forecasts by Combining a Statistical and Distributed Hydrological Model

Kenneth T. Waight, AWS Truepower, LLC, Troy, NY; and G. E. Van Knowe

Joint Session 7

Hydroclimatological Applications of the Global Precipitation Measurement Mission 4: Algorithms, Retrievals, and Validation III

Location: Room 256 (New Orleans Convention Center )

Hosts: (Joint between the 18th Conference on Satellite Meteorology, Oceanography and Climatology/ First Joint AMS-Asia Satellite Meteorology Conference; and the 26th Conference on Hydrology )

Chair: David B. Wolff, NASA/GSFC and SSAI

1:30 PM

J7.1

Assessing Version 7 TRMM Satellite Estimates Using TRMM Ground Validation Data

David B. Wolff Sr., NASA, Greenbelt, MD; and K. R. Morris

Recorded Presentation

1:45 PM

J7.2

California's Hydrometeorology Testbed Legacy Project: A New Opportunity for GPM and Other Satellite Calibration/Validation Activities

Allen B. White, NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and M. L. Anderson, M. D. Dettinger, F. M. Ralph, A. Hinojosa Jr., and D. Cayan

Recorded Presentation

2:00 PM

J7.3

An Experimental Study of the Small-Scale Variability of Rainfall At the Southern Delmarva Peninsula

Rigoberto Roche, Florida International Univ., Miami, FL; and A. Tokay and P. G. Bashor

Recorded Presentation

2:15 PM

J7.4

Global map of precipitation: An example of data fusion from satellite, ground radar and rain gauge

V. Chandrasekar, Colorado State University, Fort Collins; and M. Le, A. Alqudah, and D. Willie

Recorded Presentation

2:30 PM

J7.5

Summertime Rainfall and the Spatial Variability of 4D Microphysics in the Southern Appalachians

Anna M. Wilson, Duke Univ., Durham, NC; and A. P. Barros

Recorded Presentation

2:45 PM

J7.6

Comparison of Instantaneous Rainfall Rate Fields From TRMM PR and a Dense Gauge Network

Eyal Amitai, NASA/GSFC/Chapman Univ., Greenbelt, MD; and D. C. Goodrich, C. Unkrich, E. Habib, and B. Thill

Coffee Break

Meet the President

Location: Room 242 (New Orleans Convention Center )

Joint Session 8

Advances in Methods and Applications of Land Data Assimilation Systems II

Location: Room 352 (New Orleans Convention Center )

Hosts: (Joint between the 26th Conference on Hydrology; and the 16th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS) )

Cochairs: Rolf H. Reichle, NASA/GSFC; Susan C. Steele-Dunne, TU Delft; Michael Ek, NOAA/NWS/NCEP; Youlong Xia, IMSG at NOAA/NCEP Environmental Modeling Center

3:30 PM

J8.1

Use of Satellite Data for Land Surface Analysis At ECMWF [INVITED]

Patricia de Rosnay, ECMWF, Reading, Berkshire, United Kingdom; and C. Albergel, G. Balsamo, S. Boussetta, J. C. Calvet, C. Gruhier, S. Hasenauer, L. Isaksen, Y. Kerr, J. Muñoz Sabater, T. Pellarin, and W. Wagner

Recorded Presentation

3:45 PM

J8.2

Computationally Affordable Methods to Reactualize Land Surface Conditions From Reanalyses Projects

Gianpaolo Balsamo, ECMWF, Reading, United Kingdom; and D. P. Dee

Recorded Presentation

4:00 PM

J8.3

Application of Long-Term NLDAS-2 Products: Hydroclimatic Trends Over the Continental United States From 1979 to 2009

Youlong Xia, IMSG at NOAA/NCEP Environmental Modeling Center, College Park, MD; and M. B. Ek, J. Sheffield, and E. F. Wood

Recorded Presentation

4:15 PM

J8.4

Uncertainties in North American Land Data Assimilation Systems Over the Contiguous United States

Kingtse C. Mo, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/CPC, Camp Springs, MD; and L. C. Chen, S. Shukla, T. Bohn, and D. P. Lettenmaier

Recorded Presentation

4:30 PM

J8.5

Assimilation of SMOS L-Band Brightness Temperatures within the Canadian Land Data Assimilation System (CaLDAS)

Marco L. Carrera, EC, Dorval, QC, Canada; and S. Belair, B. Bilodeau, and S. Solomon

4:45 PM

J8.6

Land Data Assimilation in the Arctic System Reanalysis

Michael Barlage, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and D. H. Bromwich and L. S. Bai

Recorded Presentation

5:00 PM

J8.7

Land Surface Data Assimilation: Dart and CLM

Yongfei Zhang, University of Texas, Austin, TX; and T. Hoar, W. J. Sacks, T. Craig, A. Fox, J. Anderson, and Z. L. Yang

Recorded Presentation

5:15 PM

J8.8

Assimilation of SMOS Observations Into the Catchment Land Surface Model

Gabriëlle J.M. De Lannoy, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and R. H. Reichle, Q. Liu, and C. Draper

Recorded Presentation

Joint Session 9

Drought Definition, Analysis, Impacts, Prediction, and Management III

Location: Room 350/351 (New Orleans Convention Center )

Hosts: (Joint between the 26th Conference on Hydrology; and the 24th Conference on Climate Variability and Change )

Chair: Kingtse C. Mo, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/CPC

Cochairs: Richard Heim, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC; Michael J. Brewer, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC; Allan Howard, National Agroclimate Information Service; Don Wilhite, Univ. of Nebraska

3:30 PM

J9.1

The Global Drought Monitor Portal—the Foundation for a Global Drought Early Warning System [INVITED]

Michael J. Brewer, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and R. Heim, W. Pozzi, J. Vogt, and J. Sheffield

Recorded Presentation

3:45 PM

J9.2

Efforting a Global Drought Early Warning System (GDEWS): Decision Support Activities of the National Drought Mitigation Center (NDMC) [INVITED]

Mark D. Svoboda, National Drought Mitigation Center, Lincoln, NE; and M. J. Hayes

Recorded Presentation

J9.3

Drought Triggers for Australia

4:00 PM

J9.3A

Spatial Patterns of Drought Inidicators and Triggers

Joseph P. Robine, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE; and D. J. Bathke, M. D. Svoboda, J. Nothwehr, C. J. Bergman, N. A. Wall, T. K. Bernadt, and M. J. Hayes

Recorded Presentation

4:15 PM

J9.4

Standardized Precipitation and Evaporative Stress Index for Agricultural Drought Monitoring in Sub-Saharan Africa

Michael T. Marshall, USGS, Flagstaff, AZ; and G. Husak

Recorded Presentation

4:30 PM

J9.5

Development of a High-Resolution Drought Monitoring Tool for the Eastern United States

D. Brent McRoberts, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; and J. Nielsen-Gammon, R. P. Boyles, R. V. Cumbie, and D. Niyogi

Recorded Presentation

4:45 PM

J9.6

Verification and Expansion of the Moisture Balance Drought Index within the United States

Andrew W. Ellis, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA; and G. M. Garfin, M. Lenart, R. S. Vose, and K. W. Murphy

Recorded Presentation

5:00 PM

J9.7

Decadal Droughts and Consequent Climate Information Needs of Stakeholders in the Missouri River Basin

Vikram M. Mehta, The Center for Research on the Changing Earth System, Clarksville, MD; and N. J. Rosenberg, K. Mendoza, C. Knutson, R. Olsen, N. A. Wall, T. K. Bernadt, and M. J. Hayes

Recorded Presentation

Poster PDF (19.0 MB)

5:15 PM

J9.8

Investigating the Experiences of Watersheds and Hydrologic Basins to Improve Drought Planning in the U.S

Crystal J. Bergman, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE; and M. J. Hayes, D. J. Bathke, C. L. Knutson, and Z. Tang

Recorded Presentation

Joint Session 10

Hydroclimatological Applications of the Global Precipitation Measurement Mission 5: Products and Applications

Location: Room 256 (New Orleans Convention Center )

Hosts: (Joint between the 18th Conference on Satellite Meteorology, Oceanography and Climatology/ First Joint AMS-Asia Satellite Meteorology Conference; and the 26th Conference on Hydrology )

Chair: Chandra R. Kondragunta, NOAA/NESDIS

3:30 PM

J10.1

Sparse Downscaling and Adaptive Fusion of Multi-Sensor Precipitation

Efi Foufoula-Georgiou Sr., Univ. of Minnesota/National Center for Earth Surface Dynamics, Minneapolis, MN; and M. Ebtehaj II

3:45 PM

J10.2

Application of TRMM Data to Multisatellite Rainfall Estimation and Hydrologic Forecasting

Robert J. Kuligowski, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and Y. Li, Y. Zhang, H. Lee, D. H. Kitzmiller, and D. J. Seo

Recorded Presentation

4:00 PM

J10.3

Ensemble Assimilation of Precipitation-Affected Microwave Radiances Overland

sara Q. Zhang, NASA, Greenbelt, MD; and A. Y. Hou, M. Zupanski, and S. cheung

4:15 PM

J10.4

Advancing Rainfall-Triggered Landslide Forecasting Using near Real-Time Global Precipitation Measurement Products

Dalia Bach Kirschbaum, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and R. F. Adler and C. D. Peters-Lidard

Recorded Presentation

4:30 PM

J10.5

The Vertical Structure of Precipitation in Tropical Cyclones As Seen by the TRMM PR

Deanna A. Hence, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and R. A. Houze Jr.

Recorded Presentation

4:45 PM

J10.6

Up-Scaling Disdrometer, Profiler, and Scanning Radar Observations to Satellite Footprints

Christopher R. Williams, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado and NOAA ESRL, Boulder, CO; and A. Tokay and D. B. Wolff

Recorded Presentation

5:00 PM

J10.7

An Intercomparison of Model Simulations and VPR Estimates of the Vertical Structure of a Mesoscale Convective System During MC3E

Anna M. Wilson, Duke Univ., Durham, NC; and A. P. Barros and C. R. Williams

Recorded Presentation

Lecture L1

Bernhard Haurwitz Lecture

Location: Room 235/236 (New Orleans Convention Center )

Hosts: (Joint between the Fourth Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions; 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 26th Conference on Hydrology; the 28th Conference on Interactive Information Processing Systems (IIPS); 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 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 Ninth Conference on Space Weather; and the Second Conference on Transition of Research to Operations: Successes, Plans, and Challenges )

5:00 PM

L1.1

On the role of cloud-radiative effects in tropical dynamics and climate change

Sandrine Bony-Lena, Laboratoire de Meteorologie Dynamique/Le Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris, France

Recorded Presentation

Aksel Wiin-Nielsen Symposium Banquet

Joint Session 11

Land Surface-Atmosphere Interactions I

Location: Room 352 (New Orleans Convention Center )

Hosts: (Joint between the 24th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; and the 26th Conference on Hydrology )

Cochairs: Yongkang Xue, University of California; Randal D. Koster, NASA/GSFC

J11.1

The Kenaston Evaporation and Evapotranspiration Flux Experiment (KEEFEX) – Overview and Preliminary Results

8:30 AM

J11.1A

Revisiting GLACE: Why Is Land-Atmosphere Coupling Strong in the Sahel?

Ruth E. Comer, Met Office, Exeter, United Kingdom; and G. M. Martin

Recorded Presentation

8:45 AM

J11.2

Soil Moisture and Heat Flux Monitoring Using Distributed Temperature Sensing: New Field Observations From Oklahoma and Delft

Susan C. Steele-Dunne, Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands; and J. Jansen, C. Hatch, T. Ochsner, G. Dong, N. van de Giesen, S. Tyler, J. Selker, and M. Cosh

9:00 AM

J11.3

Relationship Between Snow Extent and Mid-Latitude Storm Tracks From NARR Objectively Derived Storm Position and Snow Cover

Matthew Rydzik, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and A. R. Desai

Recorded Presentation

9:15 AM

J11.4

Using Historical Precipitation, Temperature, and Runoff Observations to Evaluate Evaporation Formulations in Land Surface Models

Randal D. Koster, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and S. Mahanama

Recorded Presentation

9:30 AM

J11.5

Surface Skin Temperature and the Interplay Between Sensible and Ground Heat Fluxes Over Arid Regions

Xubin Zeng, Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and Z. Wang and A. Wang

Recorded Presentation

9:45 AM

J11.6

Implementation of Noah-MP Land Surface Model in HRLDAS and WRFV3.3 and Preliminary Results Using Coupled WRF/Noah-MP

Mukul Tewari, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and F. Chen, K. W. Manning, M. Barlage, J. Refslund, J. Dudhia, G. Y. Niu, Z. L. Yang, and J. Cetola

Recorded Presentation

Joint Session 12

Remote Sensing of Hydrometeorological Variables I

Location: Room 350/351 (New Orleans Convention Center )

Hosts: (Joint between the 26th Conference on Hydrology; and the 18th Conference on Satellite Meteorology, Oceanography and Climatology/ First Joint AMS-Asia Satellite Meteorology Conference )

Cochairs: Chandra R. Kondragunta, NOAA/NESDIS; Thomas J. Jackson, USDA/ARS

8:30 AM

J12.1

SMOS Application in Hydrometeorology [INVITED]

Yann Kerr, CESBIO, Toulouse, France; and A. al Bitar, C. Gruhier, and O. Merlin

Recorded Presentation

8:45 AM

J12.2

The NASA Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) Mission: Products and Applications [INVITED]

Dara Entekhabi, MIT, Cambridge, MA; and E. Njoku and P. O'Neill

Recorded Presentation

9:00 AM

J12.3

SMOS OBSERVATIONS to Evaluate SMAP SOIL Moisture Algorithms

Rajat Bindlish, USDA, Beltsville, MD; and T. J. Jackson, M. Cosh, T. Zhao, S. Chan, P. O'Neill, E. Njoku, A. Colliander, and Y. Kerr

9:15 AM

J12.4

Assimilation of Satellite Based Soil Moisture Data in the National Weather Service's Flash Flood Guidance System

Dugwon Seo, NOAA/CREST/CCNY/CUNY, New York, NY; and T. Lakhankar, R. Khanbilvardi, and B. Cosgrove

Recorded Presentation

Poster PDF (329.5 kB)

9:30 AM

J12.5

Long Term Observation and Validation of WindSat Soil Moisture Data

Li Li, NRL, Washington, DC; and R. Bindlish, T. J. Jackson, D. Truesdale, and P. Gaiser

Recorded Presentation

9:45 AM

J12.6

Aqua AMSR-E Soil Moisture Retrieval: Evaluation and Potential Algorithm Improvement

Iliana E. Mladenova, USDA/ARS, Beltsville, MD; and T. J. Jackson, R. Bindlish, M. Cosh, E. Njoku, and S. Chan

Spouses' Coffee

Coffee Break

Meet the President

Location: Room 242 (New Orleans Convention Center )

Exhibit Hours

Joint Session 13

Land Surface-Atmosphere Interactions II

Location: Room 352 (New Orleans Convention Center )

Hosts: (Joint between the 26th Conference on Hydrology; and the 24th Conference on Climate Variability and Change )

Cochairs: Yongkang Xue, University of California; Randal D. Koster, NASA/GSFC

10:30 AM

J13.1

A Probabilistic Bulk Model of Land-Atmosphere Interactions

Pierre Gentine, Columbia University, New York, NY; and A. K. Betts, B. R. Lintner, K. Findell, and F. D'Andrea

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (17.5 kB)

10:45 AM

J13.2

Diagnosing the Nature of Land-Atmosphere Coupling: A Case Study of Dry/Wet Extremes in the SGP

Joseph A. Santanello Jr., NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and S. Kumar, C. Peters-Lidard, and A. D. Kennedy

Recorded Presentation

11:00 AM

J13.3

Assessing the Role of Land Surface Hydrology in the Development of Terrain-Induced Convection

David J. Gochis, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and E. R. Vivoni and T. Xiang

Recorded Presentation

11:15 AM

J13.4

External Climate Forcings and Vegetation Interannual and Decadal Variability in West Africa

Yongkang Xue, University of California, Los Angeles, CA; and G. song and P. M. Cox

11:30 AM

J13.5

Role of Vegetation Dynamics in Precipitation Variability in the Amazon Region

Guiling Wang, Univerisity of Connecticut, Storrs, CT; and S. Sun and R. Mei

Recorded Presentation

11:45 AM

J13.6

On the Dynamics of the July 2010 Pakistan Precipitation Events and the Central Role of Land Surface–Atmosphere Interactions

Olivia Martius, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland; and M. Graf, H. Joos, E. Madonna, B. Mueller, S. Pfahl, J. Sedlacek, S. Schemm, H. Sodemann, M. Sprenger, A. Winschall, and H. Wernli

Recorded Presentation

Joint Session 14

Remote Sensing of Hydrometeorological Variables II

Location: Room 350/351 (New Orleans Convention Center )

Hosts: (Joint between the 26th Conference on Hydrology; and the 18th Conference on Satellite Meteorology, Oceanography and Climatology/ First Joint AMS-Asia Satellite Meteorology Conference )

Cochairs: Chandra R. Kondragunta, NOAA/NESDIS; Thomas J. Jackson, USDA/ARS

10:30 AM

J14.1

Earth Observation and the GEWEX Regional Hydroclimate Projects

P.J. Van Oevelen, International GEWEX Project Office, Silver Spring, MD

Recorded Presentation

10:45 AM

J14.2

Global Assessment of Land Surface Temperature From Geostationary Satellites and Model Estimates

Rolf H. Reichle, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and Q. Liu, P. Minnis, A. M. da Silva Jr., R. Palikonda, and C. R. Yost

Recorded Presentation

11:00 AM

J14.3

Observations of Convective Cloud Towers and Precipitation Initiation, Intensity and Frequency

Brian L. Vant-Hull, NOAA-CREST CCNY, New York, NY; and S. Mahani, R. Khanbilvardi, and R. M. Rabin

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (327.3 kB)

11:15 AM

J14.4

Deep-Dive Validation of the GOES-R Rainfall Rate Algorithm with TRMM PR and Nimrod Radars

Yaping Li, I. M. Systems Group, Camp Springs, MD; and R. J. Kuligowski

Recorded Presentation

J14.5 has been moved. New paper number J7.6

11:30 AM

J14.5A

The GOES-R Probability of Rainfall Algorithm

Richard Barnhill, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and R. J. Kuligowski

Recorded Presentation

11:45 AM

J14.6

An Analysis of the Seasonal, Spatiotemporal Cloud-to-Ground Lightning-Precipitation Relationship in the Southeast US

William Baldwin, Mississippi State Univ., Starkville, MS; and J. L. Dyer

Recorded Presentation

Lunch Break

Location: Room 242 (New Orleans Convention Center )

Lecture L2

Robert E. Horton Lecture

Location: Room 350/351 (New Orleans Convention Center )

Hosts: (Joint between the 26th Conference on Hydrology; the Events; the Second Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using Python; the 10th Conference on Artificial Intelligence Applications to Environmental Science; the 28th Conference on Interactive Information Processing Systems (IIPS); the Special Symposium on Technological Advances: Impacts on Hurricane Research and Forecast Improvements; 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 Special Symposium on the Tornado Disasters of 2011; and the Second Conference on Transition of Research to Operations: Successes, Plans, and Challenges )

1:30 PM

L2.1

Use of Remote Sensing Data to Diagnose the Closure Relationship Between Landsurface Water and Energy Balance

Dara Entekhabi, MIT, Cambridge, MA

Recorded Presentation

Joint Poster Session 4

Regional Climate Modeling and/or Downscaling of Climate Variability and Change for Local Scale Assessment

Location: Hall E (New Orleans Convention Center )

Hosts: (Joint between the 26th Conference on Hydrology; and the 24th Conference on Climate Variability and Change )

Cochairs: Christopher L. Castro, University of Arizona; Ruby Leung, PNNL; Dennis Lettenmaier, Univ. of Washington; Francina Dominguez, Univ. of Arizona

364

The Relative Value of Dynamically Vs. Statistically Downscaled CFS Seasonal Forecasts for Seasonal Hydrological Forecasting

Shraddhanand Shukla, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and D. P. Lettenmaier

365

Alternate Estimates of CLIMATE Projections for Southeast USA

James Obrien, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL

366

Distribution and Intensity of Extreme Winter Precipitation in Seasonal Forecasts

Andrew J. Ansorge, Iowa State University, Ames, IA; and R. W. Arritt

Poster PDF (813.5 kB)

367

A Regional Climate Model Evaluation System: Facilitating the Use of Contemporary Satellite and Other Observations for Evaluating Regional Climate Model Fidelity

Duane Edward Waliser, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and J. Kim, C. Mattman, C. Goodale, A. Hart, P. Zimdars, and P. Lean

368

Weather Generators, Bootstrapping or Delta Change Method: Looking for the Best Performance for Climate Change Applications In Agriculture

Guillermo A. Baigorria, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; and C. C. Romero

369

Climate Models' Skill of Simulating High-Resolution Spatial Patterns of the Precipitation Field in the Western United States

Wei Chu, University of California, Irvine, CA; and X. Gao and S. Sorooshian

370

Evaluation of Precipitation Patterns in High-Resolution Dynamically Downscaled HadGEM2-ES Over the Intra-Americas Sea on Regional and Local Scales

Kerrie L. Geil, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and Y. Serra

371

The Meteorology of Kilimanjaro Over One Year At One Kilometer

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

372

Development of Decision Support Systems for Estimating Salinity Intrusion Effects Due to Climate Change on the South Carolina and Georgia Coast

Paul Conrads, USGS, Columbia, SC; and E. Roehl Jr., D. L. Tufford, G. Carbone, K. Dow, and J. C. Whitehead

373

Elevation Correction and Interpolation Bias in Regional Climate Model Data Analysis

Seth A. McGinnis, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. A. Thompson, D. W. Nychka, and L. O. Mearns

374

Detection of Global Warming Reverse-Reaction Coastal Cooling Along the Entire California Coast

Pedro sequera, City College of New York, New York, NY; and J. Gonzalez, R. Bornstein, and A. T. Ghebreegziabher

375

Relationship Between Urban Warming and Surface Wind Speed–A Numerical Study on Climatic Changes Induced by Land Surface Modifications

Toshinori Aoyagi, MRI, Tsukuba, Japan; and N. Seino

Poster PDF (1.6 MB)

376

Validation of the Uniparthenope ARW-WRF Model for a Convective Case Study

377

Towards An Understanding of the Impact of Land Surface Heterogeneity on Regional Climate in the New York-New Jersey Region

June Yeung, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ; and J. Smith, M. L. Baeck, and G. Villarini

378

Climate Change in the Casco Bay and Great Bay Watersheds: Past, Present, and Future

Elizabeth Ann Burakowski, Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space/University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH; and C. P. Wake, K. Hayhoe, A. M. K. Stoner, S. J. Miller, and C. Bohlen

379

Future Hydrological Predictions: Does Dynamical Downscaling Add Any Value?

Moetasim Ashfaq, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN; and S. C. Kao and N. S. Diffenbaugh

Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

Session 4

Flood Analysis, Monitoring, Prediction and Management I

Location: Room 352 (New Orleans Convention Center )

Host: 26th Conference on Hydrology

Cochairs: David Welch, NOAA/NWS; Witold F. Krajewski, IIHR Hydrosciences and Engineering; Jonathan Brazzell, NOAA; Patricia Brown, NOAA

4:00 PM

4.1

NWS/OHRFC Operational Experience with the Ohio River Community HEC-RAS Model

Thomas Adams, NOAA/NWS, Wilmington, OH; and X. Chen, J. E. Heim, R. Davis, and J. S. Young

Recorded Presentation

4:15 PM

4.2

Characterization of Flood Response Time Scales for the Kickapoo River Watershed

Deborah K. Nykanen, Minnesota State University, Mankato, MN; and S. D. Dummer, S. D. Buan, M. M. DeWeese, and M. A. Welvaert

Recorded Presentation

4:30 PM

4.3

Flash Flooding Over the Southern Appalachians: An Abbreviated Climatology with Forecasting Methods & Techniques

Anthony D. Phillips, Ball State University, Muncie, IN; and D. A. Call and J. S. M. Coleman

Recorded Presentation

4:45 PM

4.4

Satellite-Based Rainfall Estimates Uncertainties: Flood Forecasting in the Narayani River

Guleid Artan, ASRC Research and Technology Solutions contractor to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS),, Sioux Falls, SD; and M. Shrestha, S. Bajracharya, D. Gautam, and S. Tokar

5:00 PM

4.5

Flooding Forecasting in the City of Rio De Janeiro Using Historical Data

Ulisses Mello, IBM Brazil Research Laboratory, São Paulo, SP, Brazil; and L. Villa Real, K. Mantripragada, P. A. Sesini, L. Treinish, A. Praino, J. Cipriani, V. Saxena, T. George, and R. Mittal

5:15 PM

4.6

Calibrating Two Sophisticated Distributed Operational Hydrological Prediction Models for Romania: Final Results

John N. McHenry, Baron Advanced Meteorological Systems, LLC, Raleigh, NC; and T. K. Burnet, C. J. Coats Jr., S. Datta, R. E. Imhoff, D. Gochis, and C. D. Peters-Lidard

Recorded Presentation

Joint Session 15

Land Surface-Atmosphere Interactions III

Location: Room 350/351 (New Orleans Convention Center )

Hosts: (Joint between the 26th Conference on Hydrology; and the 24th Conference on Climate Variability and Change )

Cochairs: Yongkang Xue, University of California; Randal D. Koster, NASA/GSFC

4:00 PM

J15.1

Modeling the Impact of Irrigation on Great Plains Precipitation

Keith J. Harding, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN; and P. K. Snyder

Recorded Presentation

4:15 PM

J15.2

The South Asian Monsoon Onset in An Idealized Setting: Unsteady Response Driven by Land-Atmosphere Processes

Massimo A. Bollasina, NOAA/GFDL, Princeton, NJ; and Y. Ming

4:30 PM

J15.3

Impact of Land Surface Parameterizations on Summer-Season Predictions in the NCEP Climate Forecast System

R. Yang; and M. Ek and J. Meng

Recorded Presentation

J15.4

The Summer Precipitation Responses to Local Soil Moisture Anomaly As Simulated by the Community Atmosphere Model (CAM): A Study in North America

4:45 PM

J15.4A

An Investigation of the Role of Daytime Land-Atmosphere Interactions on Nocturnal Convective Activity Using a Coupled Land-Cloud Allowing Model

Jessica Marie Erlingis, Duke University, Durham, NC; and A. P. Barros and P. Shrestha

Recorded Presentation

5:00 PM

J15.5

Toward Improving Precipitation Analysis Over North America Using An Atmospheric Regional Ensemble Prediction System

Christophe Lavaysse, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; and M. Carrera, M. K. Yau, B. Davison, N. Gagnon, S. Bélair, and M. Charron

5:15 PM

J15.6

The radiative forcing of fires; Global model estimates for past, present and future

Daniel Ward, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY; and S. Kloster, N. Mahowald, B. Rogers, J. Randerson, and P. Hess

Recorded Presentation

Awards Banquet Reception in the Exhibit Hall

92nd AMS Awards Banquet

Session 5

Flood Analysis, Monitoring, Prediction and Management II

Location: Room 352 (New Orleans Convention Center )

Host: 26th Conference on Hydrology

Cochairs: David Welch, NWS; Witold F. Krajewski, IIHR Hydrosciences and Engineering; Jonathan Brazzell, NOAA; Patricia Brown, NOAA

8:30 AM

5.1

Forecast Average Recurrence Interval Precipitation Maps for the United States: A New Way of Communicating the Location and Magnitude of High Impact Precipitation Events

Tye W. Parzybok, METSTAT Inc, Windsor, CO; and B. L. Shaw

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (1.1 MB)

Poster PDF (2.2 MB)

8:45 AM

5.2

Calculation of Hurricane Storm Surge Probability Using SLOSH Data

David S. Schlotzhauer, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS; and J. L. Dyer

Recorded Presentation

9:00 AM

5.3

Assessing 21st Century Changes in Flood Risk Related to Climate Change Along the Upper Mississippi River, USA

Keith A. Cherkauer, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN; and S. M. Rutkowski and J. W. F. Remo

Recorded Presentation

9:15 AM

5.4

Evaluating the Impact of Hurricane Seasons 2004 and 2005 on the SE US Water Cycle

Julien Brun, Duke University, Durham, NC; and A. P. Barros

Recorded Presentation

9:30 AM

5.5

Decision Support Services Provided for the Historic 2011 Missouri River Flood

Daniel Nietfeld, NOAA, Valley, NE

Joint Session 16

Regional Climate Modeling and/or Downscaling of Climate Variability and Change for Local Scale Assessment I

Location: Room 350/351 (New Orleans Convention Center )

Hosts: (Joint between the 26th Conference on Hydrology; and the 24th Conference on Climate Variability and Change )

Cochairs: Christopher L. Castro, University of Arizona; Ruby Leung, PNNL; Dennis Lettenmaier, Univ. of Washington; Francina Dominguez, Univ. of Arizona

8:30 AM

J16.1

Added Value Generated by Regional Climate Models [INVITED]

Hans von Storch, Helmholtz Zentrum Geesthacht, Geesthacht, Germany; and F. Feser

Recorded Presentation

9:00 AM

J16.2

Regional Climate Modeling: The Issues of Large Scale Nudging, and Lateral Boundary Conditions [INVITED]

Fedor Mesinger, NCEP/EMC, Camp Springs, MD; and K. Veljovic

Recorded Presentation

9:30 AM

J16.3

Regional Climate Change Across the Continental U.S. Projected From Downscaling IPCC AR5 Simulations

Tanya L. Otte, EPA, Research Triangle Park, NC; and C. G. Nolte, M. J. Otte, G. Faluvegi, and D. Shindell

Recorded Presentation

Exhibit Hours

Poster Session 4

Flood Analysis, Monitoring, Prediction and Management

Location: Hall E (New Orleans Convention Center )

Host: 26th Conference on Hydrology

Cochairs: David Welch, NOAA/NWS; Witold F. Krajewski, IIHR Hydrosciences and Engineering; Jonathan Brazzell, NOAA; Patricia Brown, NOAA

380

Predictability of Flooding Events in Southern Mexico

Francisco Munoz-Arriola, SIO/Univ. Of California, La Jolla, CA; and S. Shukla

381

Decision Support Services - National Weather Service's Involvement During the Historic Missouri River and Souris River Basin Floods

Joshua W. Scheck, NOAA/NWS, Bismarck, ND; and J. Keeney

Poster PDF (622.1 kB)

382

Atmospheric Contributors to the 14 June 2010 Flash Flood in Oklahoma City

Jeffrey B. Basara, Oklahoma Climatological Survey, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and B. G. Illston and G. McManus

383

An AMBER Playback of the Tennessee Flash Floods of May 2010: Contributions of Tropical Rainfall

Robert S. Davis, NOAA/NWS, Pittsburgh, PA

Manuscript (7.3 MB)

Poster PDF (1.1 MB)

An Advanced Flash Flood Prediction Algorithm

384

Modeling the Major Pakistan Floods of 2010: A Coupled Atmospheric-Hydrologic Forecasting Scheme for the Indus Valley

Kristofer Shrestha, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA; and V. E. Toma and P. J. Webster

385

Spatio-Temporal Pattern Characteristics of Precipitation Extremes Over the Northern US: Attribution to Flood Risk

Indrani Pal, International Research Institute for Climate and Society, Palisades, NY; and U. Lall and M. Cane

386

Middle Atlantic River Forecast Center Flood Climatology Analysis

Charles Chillag, NOAA/NWS/Middle Atlantic River Forecast Center, State College PA, State College, PA; and A. MacFarlane

Manuscript (566.4 kB)

Poster PDF (1.1 MB)

387

A Comparison of Model Precipitation Forecasts for Hurricane Ida (2009)

Jessica R. Taheri, Center for Multiscale Modeling of Atmospheric Processes (CMMAP), Frederick, MD; and B. D. McNoldy and W. H. Schubert

Joint Poster Session 5

Land Surface-Atmosphere Interactions

Location: Hall E (New Orleans Convention Center )

Hosts: (Joint between the 26th Conference on Hydrology; and the 24th Conference on Climate Variability and Change )

Cochairs: Yongkang Xue, University of California; Randal D. Koster, NASA/GSFC

388

How Is Current Land Surface Models Simulated Soil Moisture Over the US? The Inter-Comparison with SCAN Observations

Li Xu, COLA, Calverton, MD

389

Revisiting GLACE: The Role of the Land Surface in Land-Atmosphere Coupling

Ruth E. Comer, United Kingdom Meteorological Office, Exeter, United Kingdom; and M. Best

Poster PDF (962.4 kB)

390

Climate Response to the Physiological Forcing of Carbon Dioxide in Radiative-Convective Equilibrium: An Idealized Study

T.W. Cronin, MIT, Cambridge, MA; and K. A. Emanuel and R. G. Prinn

391

Land-Atmosphere Coupling Strength in EC-Earth Recent Past and Future Climate Simulations

Craig R. Ferguson, The University of Tokyo Institute of Industrial Science, Tokyo, Japan; and B. J. J. M. van den Hurk, R. Bintanja, and E. F. Wood

392

Quantifying the Effect of Land Use Change on Regional Climate Patterns in the Southwestern US

Kremena Darmenova, Northrop Grumman Corporation, Chantilly, VA; and D. Apling and G. Higgins

393

The Urban Influence on Heavy Precipitation Events in the Southeastern United States

Anna M. Trevino, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA; and R. V. Rohli

394

Soil Moisture-Precipitation Relationship Over the U.S.: Results From Observations, Reanalysis Data, and Numerical Models

Guiling Wang, Univerisity of Connecticut, Storrs, CT; and R. Mei and H. Gu

395

Evaluation of the New Crop Option in CAM4/CLM4CN Using Midwestern, United States Site Observations

Graylen L. Boone, NCAR, Gates, NC; and S. Levis

396

Vegetation Dynamics and Climate Variability in West Africa

Guoqiong Song, University of California, Los Angeles, CA; and Y. K. Xue

397

Seasonal and Interannual Variations in Synoptic Weather Events Regulating the Surface Energy Budget Over a Southern Inland Water in the USA

Heping Liu, Washington State University, Pullman, WA; and Q. Zhang

398

The Relationship Between Climate and the Mountain Pine Beetle in Colorado

Sarah Tessendorf, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and E. Robitschek, J. Mackaro, and D. Gochis

399

Precipitation Variation Associated with Urban Development of the Washington DC Metropolitan Region

Cassie A. Stearns, Howard University, Beltsville, MD; and E. Joseph

Poster 400 has been moved. New paper number J15.4A

401

Annual Land Cover Change Impacts on Mount Kilimanjaro

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

402

The Impact of Soil Initialization and Land Use Land Cover on Subseasonal Forecasting in Northern and Central Mexico

Arturo I. Quintanar, Centro de Ciencias de la Atmosfera UNAM, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico; and B. Martinez-Lopez and J. Zavala-Hidalgo

403

The Weather/Water Quality Connection: Hydroclimatic Relationships for Water Quality in Southern Lancaster County Tributaries of the Chesapeake Bay

Kathleen V. Schreiber, Millersville Univ., Millersville, PA

Poster Session 5

Precipitation Processes and Observations for Atmospheric, Land Surface, and Hydrological Modeling

Location: Hall E (New Orleans Convention Center )

Host: 26th Conference on Hydrology

Cochairs: Thomas Adams, NOAA/NWS; Pingping Xie, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/CPC

404

Precipitation Characteristics Along a Semiarid Mountain Front in the North American Monsoon Region: Implications for Hydrologic Modeling and Ecosystem Distribution

Enrique R. Vivoni, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ; and G. Mascaro, D. Gochis, A. Robles-Morua, L. A. Mendez-Barroso, C. J. Watts, J. C. Rodriguez, and L. El-Ashmawy

405 has been moved. New paper number 7.5A

406

Retrievals of Warm-Rain Microphysics Using X-Band Polarimetric Radar Data

Matthew R. Kumjian, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma and NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK ; and A. V. Ryzhkov, S. Trömel, M. Diederich, K. Mühlbauer, and C. Simmer

Manuscript (5.6 MB)

407

Introduction to CREST Land Emissivity Product

Hamidreza Norouzi, New York City College of Technology-CUNY, NOAA/CREST, Brooklyn, NY; and M. Temimi, W. B. Rossow, M. Azarderakhsh, and R. Khanbilvardi

408

Inclusion of 3-Hourly Accumulated Precipitation Analysis to the Climatology-Calibrated Precipitation Analysis (CCPA)

Yan Luo, EMC/NCEP/NWS/NOAA, Camp Springs, MD; and D. Hou, Y. Zhu, and Y. Lin

409

Ensemble-Based Analysis of the May 2010 Extreme Rainfall in Tennessee and Kentucky

Samantha L. Lynch, Colorado State University and Texas A&M University, Fort Collins, CO; and R. S. Schumacher

410

Determining the Optimal Parameter Scheme for Numerical Prediction of Warm-Season Rainfall in the Southeast US

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

411

Impact of the Subgrid-Scale Moisture Variability on the Global Feature of Precipitation in GCM

So-Young Kim, Next Generation Model Development Center, Seoul, South Korea; and I. S. Song and J. Kim

412

Evaluation of the Utility of the TRMM Real Time Product for Global Hydrologic Prediction

Huilin Gao, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and N. Voisin, J. Sheffield, G. J. Huffman, and D. P. Lettenmaier

413

Assessment of Uncertainties Satellite Precipitation Estimates in Hydrological Applications: Preliminary Results

Aline Schneider Falck, INPE, Cachoeira Paulista, Brazil; and D. A. Vila and J. Tomasella

414

Analysis of Moisture Transport and Its Impact on Mid-Latitude Precipitation by Tropical Storm Hermine (2010)

Vanessa Marie Vincente, UCAR, Boulder, CO

415

Do the Global Forecast System (GFS) and the North American Mesoscale (NAM) Models Have Displacement Biases in Their Mesoscale Convective System Forecasts?

Charles M. Yost, Texas A&M University and Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and R. S. Schumacher

Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

Session 6

Precipitation Processes and Observations for Atmospheric, Land Surface, and Hydrological Modeling I

Location: Room 352 (New Orleans Convention Center )

Host: 26th Conference on Hydrology

Cochairs: Thomas Adams, NOAA/NWS; Pingping Xie, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/CPC

11:00 AM

6.1

Recent Upgrades to the Climatology-Calibrated Precipitation Analysis (CCPA)

Yan Luo, EMC/NCEP/NWS/NOAA, Camp Springs, MD; and D. Hou, Y. Zhu, P. Xie, and Y. Lin

Recorded Presentation

11:15 AM

6.2

A Suite of Gauge-Based, Satellite-Derived and Gauge-Satellite Merged Analyses of Global Daily Precipitation

Pingping Xie, NOAA, Camp Springs, MD; and R. J. Joyce, S. H. Yoo, Y. Yarosh, and S. Wu

Recorded Presentation

11:30 AM

6.3

Automated Identification of Enhanced Rainfall Rates for Radar-Based QPE Using the near Storm Environment and Vertical Reflectivity Profiles

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

Recorded Presentation

11:45 AM

6.4

Climatology of Precipitation System Organization in North Carolina: Methodology and Early Results

Rosana Nieto-Ferreira, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC; and T. Rickenbach and L. Hall

Recorded Presentation

Joint Session 17

Regional Climate Modeling and/or Downscaling of Climate Variability and Change for Local Scale Assessment II

Location: Room 350/351 (New Orleans Convention Center )

Hosts: (Joint between the 26th Conference on Hydrology; and the 24th Conference on Climate Variability and Change )

Cochairs: Christopher L. Castro, University of Arizona; Ruby Leung, PNNL; Dennis Lettenmaier, Univ. of Washington; Francina Dominguez, Univ. of Arizona

11:00 AM

J17.1

The North American Regional Climate Change Assessment Program (NARCCAP): Overview of Complete Climate Change Results

Linda O. Mearns, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and N. Team

Recorded Presentation

11:15 AM

J17.2

Projections of Climate Change for the North American Monsoon From the NARCCAP Regional Climate Models

Melissa S. Bukovsky, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and L. O. Mearns

Recorded Presentation

11:30 AM

J17.3

Ensemble Downscaling of Winter Seasonal Forecasts

Raymond W. Arritt, Iowa State University, Ames, IA; and A. J. Ansorge and L. L. DeHaan

Recorded Presentation

11:45 AM

J17.4

Can a Regional Climate Model Improve the Ability to Forecast the North American Monsoon

Christopher L. Castro, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and H. I. Chang, F. Dominguez, and C. Carrillo

Recorded Presentation

Lunch Break

T. N. Krishnamurti Symposium Luncheon

Location: Room 345 (New Orleans Convention Center )

Session 7

Precipitation Processes and Observations for Atmospheric, Land Surface, and Hydrological Modeling II

Location: Room 352 (New Orleans Convention Center )

Host: 26th Conference on Hydrology

Cochairs: Thomas Adams, NOAA/NWS; Pingping Xie, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/CPC

1:30 PM

7.1

A 10-Year Survey of Extreme Rainfall on Multiple Timescales in the Central and Eastern United States

Russ S. Schumacher, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and S. N. Stevenson

Recorded Presentation

1:45 PM

7.2

An Assessment of the Impacts of Multiscale Precipitation Data Fusion on Hydrological Simulations

Shugong Wang, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; and X. Liang, T. Adams, W. Teng, and Y. Liang

Recorded Presentation

2:00 PM

7.3

Modelling of Seeder-Feeder Enhanced Rainfall Over the Mountains of North Wales

Graham Hall, University of Wales, Bangor, United Kingdom

Recorded Presentation

2:15 PM

7.4

Evaluation of Quantitative Precipitation Estimation (QPE) in Complex Terrain

Robert Cifelli, NOAA ESRL, Boulder, CO; and D. Streubel, D. W. Reynolds, and T. Schneider

7.5

Regional Climate and Variability of the Mississippi River Basin in MERRA

2:30 PM

7.5A

High Resolution Precipitation Estimates for Hydrologic Modeling in Southern California

Theresa M. Carpenter, Hydrologic Research Center, San Diego, CA; and K. P. Georgakakos

7.6

Use of Multiple Precipitation Data Sources for Improved Hydrologic Model Performance

2:45 PM

7.6A

Retrievals of Warm-Rain Microphysics Using X-Band Polarimetric Radar Data

Matthew R. Kumjian, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma and NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK ; and A. V. Ryzhkov, S. Trömel, M. Diederich, K. Mühlbauer, and C. Simmer

Recorded Presentation Recorded Presentation

Joint Session 18

Regional Climate Modeling and/or Downscaling of Climate Variability and Change for Local Scale Assessment III

Location: Room 350/351 (New Orleans Convention Center )

Hosts: (Joint between the 26th Conference on Hydrology; and the 24th Conference on Climate Variability and Change )

Cochairs: Christopher L. Castro, University of Arizona; Ruby Leung, PNNL; Dennis Lettenmaier, Univ. of Washington; Francina Dominguez, Univ. of Arizona

J18.1

An Overview of High-Latitude Specific Land Processes in the Canadian RCM and Assessment of Canadian Water Resources in a Changing Climate [INVITED]

1:30 PM

J18.1A

High-Resolution Simulation of South Florida's Summer Rainfall

Roque Vinicio Céspedes, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and B. J. Soden, A. C. Clement, J. Obeysekera, C. A. Mattocks, and R. L. Walko

Recorded Presentation

1:45 PM

J18.2

Quantifying the Likelihood of Regional Climate Change and Their Impacts: A Hybridized Approach

C. Adam Schlosser, MIT, Cambridge, MA; and K. Strzepek, X. Gao, C. Arndt, A. Gueneau, A. Sokolov, C. E. Forest, G. Yohe, J. Strzepek, S. Robinson, B. Boehlert, J. Neumann, and J. Thurlow

Recorded Presentation

2:00 PM

J18.3

Impacts of Alternative Land Management on Northern Great Plains Hydroclimate

William J. Capehart, South Dakota School of Mines, Rapid City, SD; and D. F. D'Amico, P. A. Norton, J. F. Stamm, V. Kovalskyy, and G. Henebry

Recorded Presentation

2:15 PM

J18.4

CWRF Downscaling Prediction of the U.S. Terrestrial Hydrology

Xin-Zhong Liang, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and M. Xu, S. Su, L. Chen, and X. Yuan

Recorded Presentation

2:30 PM

J18.5

Assessing the Uncertainty in Simulating Climate Change Impacts on Hydrological Processes Using Multiple Downscaling Methods: Application to the Lake Michigan Region

Wei-Chih Chen, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN; and K. Cherkauer and K. Hayhoe

Recorded Presentation

2:45 PM

J18.6

Preferences Among Hydrologic Models for Studies Involving Climate Change?

Levi D. Brekke, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Denver, CO

Registration Closes

Coffee Break

Meet the President

Session 8

Precipitation Processes and Observations for Atmospheric, Land Surface, and Hydrological Modeling III

Location: Room 352 (New Orleans Convention Center )

Host: 26th Conference on Hydrology

Cochairs: Thomas Adams, NOAA/NWS; Pingping Xie, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/CPC

3:30 PM

8.1

Quantifying ENSO, ENSO Teleconnection Patterns, and Western U.S. Extreme Precipitation Events Using Community Earth System Model

Michael J. DeFlorio, SIO/Univ. Of California, San Diego, CA; and D. W. Pierce, D. R. Cayan, and A. J. Miller

Recorded Presentation

3:45 PM

8.2

A Radar Rainfall Estimation Tool for Water Resource Management in California

Patrick N. Gatlin, The University of Alabama Huntsville, Huntsville, AL; and L. D. Carey and M. Felix Scott

Poster PDF (878.2 kB)

4:00 PM

8.3

Dual-Polarization and Q2 Algorithm Performance During Hurricane Irene

Steve Vasiloff, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and J. Zhang, K. Howard, J. Krause, L. Tang, S. B. Cocks, H. Moser, D. S. Berkowitz, C. Langston, and B. Kaney

Recorded Presentation

4:15 PM

8.4

High-Resolution Analog-Based Ensemble Precipitation Forecasts for Driving Probabilistic Streamflow Forecasts

William D. Scheftic, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and S. Wi, S. L. Mullen, J. B. Valdes, X. Zeng, K. L. Cummins, and H. V. Gupta

Recorded Presentation

4:30 PM

8.5

Spatiotemporal Distribution of Soil Moisture Over the Walnut Gulch Experimental Watershed

Susan Stillman, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and J. Ninneman, X. Zeng, R. L. Scott, and M. Zreda

Recorded Presentation

4:45 PM

8.6

Constraining Rainfall Replicates on Remote Sensed and In-Situ Measurements

Seyed Hamed Alemohammad, MIT, Cambridge, MA; and D. Entekhabi and D. McLaughlin

Recorded Presentation

Joint Session 19

Regional Climate Modeling and/or Downscaling of Climate Variability and Change for Local Scale Assessment IV

Location: Room 350/351 (New Orleans Convention Center )

Hosts: (Joint between the 26th Conference on Hydrology; and the 24th Conference on Climate Variability and Change )

Cochairs: Christopher L. Castro, University of Arizona; Ruby Leung, PNNL; Dennis Lettenmaier, Univ. of Washington; Francina Dominguez, Univ. of Arizona

J19.1

The CONVEX Project–Using Observational Evidence and Process Understanding to Improve Predictions of Extreme Rainfall Change [INVITED]

3:30 PM

J19.1A

Drought and Wetness Conditions in USA From a High Resolution Downscaled Climate

Xingang Fan, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY; and L. Chen, Z. Ma, G. Russell, and Z. Fan

Recorded Presentation

3:45 PM

J19.2

Simulated Change in Flash Flood Occurrence Frequency Under Climatic Change

Theresa M. Carpenter, Hydrologic Research Center, San Diego, CA; and K. P. Georgakakos

4:00 PM

J19.3

The Simulation of Heavy Lake-Effect Snowstorms Across the Great Lakes Basin Using a Regional Climate Model (RegCM4)

Azar Zarrin, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and M. Notaro and S. Vavrus

4:15 PM

J19.4

Evaluation of the Tropical Storm Track Over the Intra-Americas Sea in High-Resolution Dynamically Downscaled Reanalyses and Select IPCC Climate Models

Yolande Serra, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and E. C. Crosbie

Recorded Presentation

4:30 PM

J19.5

Statistical Downscaling Models of Meteorological Variables for Climate Change Impact Studies. Temporal Transferability and Uncertainties in Future Hydrological Projections

Matthieu Lafaysse, CNRM, Saint Martin d'Hères, France; and B. Hingray, A. Mezghani, L. Terray, and J. Gailhard

Recorded Presentation

Poster PDF (2.7 MB)

4:45 PM

J19.6

Error Correction of Precipitation Extremes: Performance and Implications for Scenarios

Matthias Themessl, University of Graz, Graz, Austria; and T. Mendlik and A. Gobiet

Recorded Presentation

AMS 92nd Annual Meeting Adjourns

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