92nd American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting (January 22-26, 2012)

26th Conference on Hydrology

26th Conference on Hydrology

Program Chairs: Andrew W. Wood , NOAA/NWS ; Susan C. Steele-Dunne , University of Technology ; Rolf H. Reichle , NASA/GSFC

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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

Recording files available
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
  9:45 AM
Technology for a Weather-Ready Nation
Kathryn Sullivan, NOAA, Washington, DC
  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.

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

Recording files available
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
  11:15 AM
Drought and Its Driving Factors and Features Worldwide [INVITED]
Ronald E. Stewart, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
  11:30 AM
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
  11:45 AM
Drought When It's Not Obvious
Laura M. Edwards, DRI, Reno, NV; and K. T. Redmond
Recording files available
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
  11:30 AM
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
Recording files available
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
  11:15 AM
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
  11:30 AM
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

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


Lunch Break

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


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
Recording files available
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
  1:45 PM
Canadian Experiences Applying Drought Indices and Drought Monitoring to Agriculture [INVITED]
Allan Howard, National Agroclimate Information Service, Regina, SK, Canada
  2:15 PM
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

Recording files available
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
A Parametric Rainfall Retrieval Algorithm for GPM
Christian D. Kummerow, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and D. Randel and G. Elsaesser
  1:45 PM
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
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
  2:15 PM
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

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


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

 
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


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

 
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
 
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

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


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)

 
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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

 
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

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

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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
  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
  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
  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

  5:15 PM
1.6
Recording files available
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
New GSMaP Over-Land Precipitation Retrieval Algorithm
Kazumasa Aonashi, MRI, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan; and H. Ishimoto and K. Imaoka
  4:30 PM
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
  4:45 PM
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
  5:00 PM
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

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

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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
  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
  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

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


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
 
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

 
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

 
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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

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

Recording files available
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
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
  11:30 AM
  11:45 AM
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
Recording files available
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
  11:30 AM
National Weather Service Flash Flood Warning Services
Peter R. Ahnert, NOAA/NWS, State College, PA; and E. Clark, P. Corrigan, and H. L. White
  11:45 AM
Are You Flood Aware?
George Smith, Riverside Technology, inc., Fort Collins, CO; and N. Babel, M. McDonald, and A. Volckens

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


Lunch Break

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

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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
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
  1:45 PM
MODIS-Based ET (by CREMAP) in Basin-Scale Hydrology
Jozsef Szilagyi, University of Nebraska-Lincoln/Budapest University of Technology, Lincoln, NE
  2:00 PM
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
  2:15 PM
Improving Evapotranspiration Estimation Through Soil Moisture Data Assimilation
Sujay V. Kumar, SAIC, Greenbelt, MD; and C. Peters-Lidard, D. M. Mocko, and Y. Tian
  2:30 PM
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
  2:45 PM
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

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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
  1:45 PM
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
  2:15 PM
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
  2:30 PM
Optimal Bayesian Downscaling CFSv2 for Hydrological Seasonal Forecast Over CONUS
Xing Yuan, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ; and E. F. Wood and J. K. Roundy
  2:45 PM
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

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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
  1:45 PM
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
  2:00 PM
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
  2:15 PM
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
  2:45 PM
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

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

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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
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
  4:00 PM
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
  4:15 PM
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
  4:30 PM
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
Land Data Assimilation in the Arctic System Reanalysis
Michael Barlage, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and D. H. Bromwich and L. S. Bai
  5:00 PM
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
  5:15 PM
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
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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
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
 
J9.3
Drought Triggers for Australia

  4:00 PM
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
  4:30 PM
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
  4:45 PM
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
  5:00 PM
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
  5:15 PM
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
Recording files available
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
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
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
  4:00 PM
Ensemble Assimilation of Precipitation-Affected Microwave Radiances Overland
sara Q. Zhang, NASA, Greenbelt, MD; and A. Y. Hou, M. Zupanski, and S. cheung

  4:30 PM
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.
  4:45 PM
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

5:00 PM-6:00 PM: Tuesday, 24 January 2012

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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
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

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

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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
Revisiting GLACE: Why Is Land-Atmosphere Coupling Strong in the Sahel?
Ruth E. Comer, Met Office, Exeter, United Kingdom; and G. M. Martin
  8:45 AM
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

  9:45 AM
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
Recording files available
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
SMOS Application in Hydrometeorology [INVITED]
Yann Kerr, CESBIO, Toulouse, France; and A. al Bitar, C. Gruhier, and O. Merlin
  8:45 AM
  9:00 AM
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
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
  9:30 AM
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
  9:45 AM
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

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

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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
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
  10:45 AM
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
  11:00 AM
  11:15 AM
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
Role of Vegetation Dynamics in Precipitation Variability in the Amazon Region
Guiling Wang, Univerisity of Connecticut, Storrs, CT; and S. Sun and R. Mei
  11:45 AM
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
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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
Earth Observation and the GEWEX Regional Hydroclimate Projects
P.J. Van Oevelen, International GEWEX Project Office, Silver Spring, MD
  10:45 AM
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
  11:00 AM
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
  11:15 AM
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
 
J14.5 has been moved. New paper number J7.6

  11:30 AM
The GOES-R Probability of Rainfall Algorithm
Richard Barnhill, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and R. J. Kuligowski

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


Lunch Break
Location: Room 242 (New Orleans Convention Center )

1:30 PM-2:30 PM: Wednesday, 25 January 2012

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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 )

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


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

 
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

 
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

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

Recording files available
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
  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
  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
  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
Recording files available
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
Modeling the Impact of Irrigation on Great Plains Precipitation
Keith J. Harding, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN; and P. K. Snyder
 
J15.4
The Summer Precipitation Responses to Local Soil Moisture Anomaly As Simulated by the Community Atmosphere Model (CAM): A Study in North America

  5:00 PM
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
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

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

8:30 AM-9:45 AM: Thursday, 26 January 2012

Recording files available
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
  8:45 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
  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
  9:15 AM
5.4
Recording files available
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
Added Value Generated by Regional Climate Models [INVITED]
Hans von Storch, Helmholtz Zentrum Geesthacht, Geesthacht, Germany; and F. Feser
  9:30 AM
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

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


Exhibit Hours

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


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

 
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

 
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
 
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)

 
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

 
396
Vegetation Dynamics and Climate Variability in West Africa
Guoqiong Song, University of California, Los Angeles, CA; and Y. K. Xue

 
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


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

 
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

 
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

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

Recording files available
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
  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
  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
Recording files available
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
  11:30 AM
Ensemble Downscaling of Winter Seasonal Forecasts
Raymond W. Arritt, Iowa State University, Ames, IA; and A. J. Ansorge and L. L. DeHaan
  11:45 AM
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

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

Recording files available
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
  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
  2:00 PM
7.3
  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
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
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
Recording files available
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
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
  1:45 PM
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
  2:00 PM
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
  2:15 PM
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
  2:45 PM
Preferences Among Hydrologic Models for Studies Involving Climate Change?
Levi D. Brekke, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Denver, CO

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

3:30 PM-5:00 PM: Thursday, 26 January 2012

Recording files available
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
  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
  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
  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
  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
Recording files available
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
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
  3:45 PM
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
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

  4:45 PM
Error Correction of Precipitation Extremes: Performance and Implications for Scenarios
Matthias Themessl, University of Graz, Graz, Austria; and T. Mendlik and A. Gobiet

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


AMS 92nd Annual Meeting Adjourns