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

Second Conference on Transition of Research to Operations: Successes, Plans, and Challenges

Second Conference on Transition of Research to Operations: Successes, Plans, and Challenges

Program Chair: John Pereira , NOAA/NESDIS

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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

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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.

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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Themed Joint Session 5
Research to Operations: Impacts of Demonstrated Research Missions on Operational Meteorology, Oceanography, and Climate Applications Part I
Location: La Nouvelle A (New Orleans Convention Center )
Hosts: (Joint between the Second Conference on Transition of Research to Operations: Successes, Plans, and Challenges; and the 18th Conference on Satellite Meteorology, Oceanography and Climatology/ First Joint AMS-Asia Satellite Meteorology Conference )
Cochairs: Peter Wilczynski, NOAA/NESDIS; Alfred Powell, NOAA/NESDIS
  8:30 AM
Introductory Remarks: Donald Berchoff, NOAA/NWS Office of Science and Technology

  8:45 AM
Solar Wind Data and Coronal Mass Ejection Imagery for Geomagnetic Storm Forecasting
Benjamin Diedrich, NOAA/NESDIS, Silver Spring, MD; and D. Biesecker, W. J. Murtagh, and M. Simpson
  9:00 AM
GPS RO Observations As a Tool to Improve the Bias Correction of Microwave and Infrared Sounders
Lidia Cucurull, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Suitland, MD; and S. Healy, R. Gelaro, and L. L. Tsao
  9:15 AM
Preliminary Results From Assimilation of AIRS Radiance Data in the Rapid Refresh Model System
Haidao Lin, CIRA/Colorado State Univ. and NOAA/ESRL/GSD, Boulder, CO; and S. S. Weygandt, M. Hu, S. G. Benjamin, and P. Hofmann
  9:30 AM
Accessing the Value of Temporal Aspects of Satellite Observations
Liang Xu, NRL, Monterey, CA; and N. L. Baker, B. S. Chua, S. D. Swadley, R. Langland, B. Ruston, T. Rosmond, and C. M. Amerault

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


Exhibit Hours

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


Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

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

Recording files available
Themed Joint Session 6
Research to Operations: Impacts of Demonstrated Research Missions on Operational Meteorology, Oceanography, and Climate Applications Part II
Location: La Nouvelle A (New Orleans Convention Center )
Hosts: (Joint between the Second Conference on Transition of Research to Operations: Successes, Plans, and Challenges; and the 18th Conference on Satellite Meteorology, Oceanography and Climatology/ First Joint AMS-Asia Satellite Meteorology Conference )
Cochairs: Peter Wilczynski, NOAA/NESDIS; Alfred Powell, NOAA/NESDIS
  11:00 AM
Air Flow Through Winter Weather Systems Moving Over Mountains
Melinda M. Brugman, Environment Canada, Vancouver, BC, Canada; and A. M. Macdonald, R. Mo, J. A. Milbrandt, R. McTaggart-Cowan, J. Mailhot, T. Smith, J. Goosen, and G. A. Isaac

  11:15 AM
  11:30 AM
Monitoring Arctic Sea Ice: Product Development Considerations
Florence Fetterer, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and A. Windnagel, K. Gergely, W. Meier, and D. Scott
  11:45 AM
Progress and Processes for Generating NOAA's Climate Data Records
Shaida Johnston, Global Science & Technology, Inc, Asheville, NC; and W. J. Glance and E. Kearns

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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Themed Joint Session 8
Research to Operations: Impacts of Demonstrated Research Missions on Operational Meteorology, Oceanography, and Climate Applications Part III
Location: La Nouvelle A (New Orleans Convention Center )
Hosts: (Joint between the Second Conference on Transition of Research to Operations: Successes, Plans, and Challenges; and the 18th Conference on Satellite Meteorology, Oceanography and Climatology/ First Joint AMS-Asia Satellite Meteorology Conference )
Cochairs: Doug Whiteley, NOAA/NESDIS; Alfred Powell, NOAA/NESDIS
  1:45 PM
OceanSat-2 Scatterometer Products At NOAA
Paul S. Chang, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and S. Soisuvarn, Z. Jelenak, and J. M. Sienkiewicz
  2:45 PM
Navy Tropical Cyclone Satellite Meteorology: Research to Operations (R2O)
Jeffrey D. Hawkins, NRL, Monterey, CA; and T. F. Lee, K. Richardson, J. E. Solbrig, M. Surratt, F. J. Turk, A. P. Kuciauskas, S. Yang, R. L. Bankert, G. Poe, J. Vermeulen, J. Tesmer, Y. Wang, P. McCrone, and J. Kent

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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Themed Joint Session 10
Enhancing Operational Capabilities: Progress and Plans for R2O-Enabling Technologies Part I
Location: La Nouvelle A (New Orleans Convention Center )
Hosts: (Joint between the Second Conference on Transition of Research to Operations: Successes, Plans, and Challenges; the 28th Conference on Interactive Information Processing Systems (IIPS); and the Second Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using Python )
Cochairs: George Komar, NASA/ESTO; John Pereira, NOAA/NESDIS; Gerald J. Dittberner, Harris Corporation
  3:30 PM
Introductory Remarks: George Komar, NASA Earth Science Technology Office

  3:45 PM
Doppler Lidar Technology for Space-Based Observations of Tropospheric Winds
R. Michael Hardesty, NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and W. Baker, B. Gentry, M. J. Kavaya, G. D. Emmitt, S. Mango, and L. P. Riishojgaard
  4:15 PM
High Altitude Imaging Wind and Airborne Profiler—Real-Time Data Goals and Challenges
Gerald M. Heymsfield, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and J. Carswell and L. Li
  4:30 PM
Wind Profiling with the Optical Autocovariance Wind Lidar: Results of Validation Testing
Sara C. Tucker, Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp., Boulder, CO; and C. Grund, T. Delker, M. Adkins, B. Good, P. Kaptchen, and D. Gleeson
  4:45 PM
Impact of GPS Observations on New GOES-R Water Vapor Product Development and Testing
Seth I. Gutman, NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and D. L. Birkenheuer, K. Holub, and T. Koyama
  5:00 PM
COSMIC-2. Taking Global Navigation Satellite System Radio Occultation (GNSSRO) and Space Weather Sensing to the Next Level
David R. Ector, NOAA/NESDIS, Boulder, CO; and L. Cucurull, D. Mamula, P. Wilczynski, and P. R. Straus
  5:15 PM
Future Microwave Sounders in Research and Operations
Bjorn H. Lambrigtsen, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and T. Gaier, P. Kangaslahti, and A. Tanner

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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Themed Joint Session 11
Enhancing Operational Capabilities: Progress and Plans for R2O-Enabling Technologies Part II
Location: La Nouvelle A (New Orleans Convention Center )
Hosts: (Joint between the Second Conference on Transition of Research to Operations: Successes, Plans, and Challenges; the 28th Conference on Interactive Information Processing Systems (IIPS); and the Second Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using Python )
Cochairs: George Komar, NASA/ESTO; John Pereira, NOAA/NESDIS; Gerald J. Dittberner, Harris Corporation
  8:30 AM
The Multiangle SpectroPolarimetric Imager (MSPI) and Its Broadband Quarter Wave Retarder Challenge
Stacey R. Sueoka, Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and D. J. Diner, R. Chipman, S. C. McClain, and C. Bradley
  8:45 AM
Development of An Internally-Calibrated Wide-Band Airborne Microwave Radiometer to Improve Coastal and Enable Over-Land Wet-Tropospheric Correction for SWOT
Steven C. Reising, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and P. Kangaslahti, S. T. Brown, D. E. Dawson, A. Lee, D. Albers, D. J. Hoppe, B. Khayatian, O. Montes, T. C. Gaier, A. B. Tanner, C. Parashare, S. Padmanabhan, X. Bosch-Lluis, K. Gilliam, and S. P. Nelson
  9:00 AM
An 8-40 GHz Wideband Instrument for Snow Measurements
Timothy E. Durham, Harris Corporation, Melbourne, FL
  9:30 AM
Weather and Terrain Integration for Mission Planning
Laura Clemente, Engineer Research and Development Center, Alexandria, VA
  9:45 AM
Better Mission Planning Through Terrain and Weather Integration
Susan Frankenstein, CRREL, Hanover, NH; and J. B. Eylander

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


Themed Joint Session 15
Research to Operations Pathway for Satellite Data Algorithms and Products
Location: Room 343/344 (New Orleans Convention Center )
Hosts: (Joint between the Eighth Annual Symposium on Future Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; and the Second Conference on Transition of Research to Operations: Successes, Plans, and Challenges )
Cochairs: John E. Ogren, NOAA/NWS; Alfred Powell, NOAA/NESDIS
  10:30 AM
From Research and Development to Operations and Applications
Johannes Schmetz, EUMETSAT, Darmstadt, Germany; and L. Sarlo, L. Schüller, K. Holmlund, R. Stuhlmann, D. Klaes, and P. Schlüssel

  11:00 AM
Joint Polar Satellite System Support for NOAA Satellite Proving Ground
Mitch Goldberg, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and J. Furgerson, H. Kilcoyne, G. McWilliams, and C. Hoffman

  11:15 AM
The GOES-R Proving Ground: 2012 Update
James J. Gurka, NESDIS GOES-R Program Office, Greenbelt, MD; and S. Goodman, T. J. Schmit, M. DeMaria, A. Mostek, C. W. Siewert, and B. Reed

  11:30 AM
NWS Decision Support Services and An Operations Proving Ground
John E. Ogren, NOAA/NWS, Kansas City, MO

  11:45 AM
Operationalizing a Research Sensor: MODIS to VIIRS
Jeffery J. Puschell, Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems, El Segundo, CA; and K. D. Grant and D. C. Smith

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


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

12:15 PM-1:15 PM: Wednesday, 25 January 2012


Town Hall Meeting: NASA’s Progress and Plans for Enabling Programs
Location: Room 245 (New Orleans Convention Center )
 
Stephen Volz, NASA Earth Science Division

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

Recording files available
Themed Joint Session 17
Innovative Methods of Processing, Integrating and Analyzing Observations From Satellites Part I
Location: Room 348/349 (New Orleans Convention Center )
Hosts: (Joint between the 18th Conference on Satellite Meteorology, Oceanography and Climatology/ First Joint AMS-Asia Satellite Meteorology Conference; the 16th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS); and the Second Conference on Transition of Research to Operations: Successes, Plans, and Challenges )
Cochairs: Robert Atlas, NOAA/AOML; William M. Lapenta, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC; Elizabeth Nolan, Riverside Technology, Inc.
  1:30 PM
Atmospheric Trends From Satellite Hyperspectral Radiance Measurements
William L. Smith Sr., Hampton Univ./Univ. of Wisconsin, Seaford, VA; and E. Weisz, R. Knuteson, S. Dutcher, and H. Revercomb
  1:45 PM
  2:00 PM
An Object Oriented Approach to Automated Production of Satellite Imagery and Products
Jeremy Solbrig, NRL, Monterey, CA; and M. Surratt, K. Richardson, and J. D. Hawkins
  2:15 PM
Mapping Total Precipitable Water Over North America by Blending GOES Sounder, GPS, and Mirs Observations
Yoichi P. Shiga, Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; and D. Hammerling, S. Kidder, and J. Forsythe
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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


Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

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


Themed Joint Session 18
Innovative Methods of Processing, Integrating and Analyzing Observations From Satellites Part II
Location: Room 342 (New Orleans Convention Center )
Hosts: (Joint between the 16th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS); the 18th Conference on Satellite Meteorology, Oceanography and Climatology/ First Joint AMS-Asia Satellite Meteorology Conference; and the Second Conference on Transition of Research to Operations: Successes, Plans, and Challenges )
Cochairs: Robert Atlas, NOAA/AOML; William M. Lapenta, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC; Elizabeth Nolan, Riverside Technology, Inc.
  4:00 PM
Evaluation of Satellite Precipitation's Spatial Patterns with EOF Analysis and Shannon Entropy
Wei Chu, Univ. of California, Irvine, CA; and X. Gao and S. Sorooshian

  4:15 PM
A New Characterization of Mid-Level Clouds Using Satellite and Ground-Based Observations
Hongchun Jin, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; and S. L. Nasiri, L. Riihimaki, and S. A. McFarlane

  5:00 PM
Adaptive Retracking of Jason-1 Altimetry Data for Inland Waters on the Example of the Gorky Reservoir
Yuliya Troitskaya, Russian Academy of Sciences, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia; and G. Rybyshkina, I. Soustova, and S. Lebedev

  5:15 PM
Routine Satellite Derived Product Monitoring and Validation From GOES, JPSS and GOES-R
William Straka III, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and T. H. Achtor, T. D. Rink, A. K. Heidinger, T. J. Schmit, and T. Jasmin

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Themed Joint Session 19
Recent Advances in Data Management Technologies and Data Services
Location: Room 348/349 (New Orleans Convention Center )
Hosts: (Joint between the 28th Conference on Interactive Information Processing Systems (IIPS); the Second Conference on Transition of Research to Operations: Successes, Plans, and Challenges; and the Second Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using Python )
Cochairs: Mohan K. Ramamurthy, Unidata/UCAR; Jeffrey L. Privette, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC
  4:00 PM
Data Archival—Meeting the Needs of Future Generations
Heather B. Brown, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC
  4:15 PM
From Sensor to Archive: Data Flow, Tools and Management of Observational Data at NCAR's Earth Observing Laboratory
Michael D. Daniels, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and C. Martin, G. Stossmeister, and S. Williams

  4:30 PM
Arctic to Archive: End-to-End Data Support Services for the NSF Arctic Program
Florence Fetterer, National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC), Boulder, CO; and J. A. Moore, M. A. Parsons, M. C. Serreze, and S. Williams
  4:45 PM
Gridded Data Sub-Setting Services Through the NCAR Research Data Archive
Douglas Schuster, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and S. Worley, Z. Ji, R. Dattore, and D. Stepaniak
  5:00 PM
The TIGGE Model Validation Portal: An Improvement in Data Interoperability
Thomas A. Cram, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and D. Schuster, H. Wilcox, and S. Worley
  5:15 PM
The Polarimetric Radar Identification System (POLARIS): Leveraging Dual-Polarized Radar Data for Real-Time Operational Applications
Chris Porter, Weather Decision Technologies, Inc., Norman, OK; and B. C. Baranowski, B. Clarke, and B. Shaw

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
Themed Joint Session 22
Innovative Methods of Processing, Integrating and Analyzing Observations From Satellites Part III
Location: Room 356 (New Orleans Convention Center )
Hosts: (Joint between the 16th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS); the 18th Conference on Satellite Meteorology, Oceanography and Climatology/ First Joint AMS-Asia Satellite Meteorology Conference; and the Second Conference on Transition of Research to Operations: Successes, Plans, and Challenges )
Cochairs: Robert Atlas, NOAA/AOML; William M. Lapenta, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC; Elizabeth Nolan, Riverside Technology, Inc.
  8:45 AM
  9:00 AM
Monitoring the Characteristics of Satellite Microwave Water Vapor Observations Over the Ocean
Seth I. Gutman, NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and D. L. Birkenheuer, G. A. Wick, and K. Holub
  9:15 AM
AIRS Version 6 Product Improvements for Weather, Climate and Atmospheric Composition Research
Eric Fetzer, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and T. Pagano, J. Teixeira, and J. Susskind

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


Exhibit Hours

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


Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

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

Recording files available
Themed Joint Session 23
Research to Operations Testbeds Part I
Location: Room 242 (New Orleans Convention Center )
Hosts: (Joint between the Second Conference on Transition of Research to Operations: Successes, Plans, and Challenges; the 16th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS); and the 18th Conference on Satellite Meteorology, Oceanography and Climatology/ First Joint AMS-Asia Satellite Meteorology Conference )
Cochairs: John Murphy, NOAA/NWS; John Pereira, NOAA/NESDIS
  11:00 AM
Progress on Developing an Architecture for Climate Monitoring from Space (invited)
Barbara J. Ryan, Group on Earth Observations Secretariat, Geneva, Switzerland; and M. Dowell
  11:15 AM
NOAA/NESDIS Process for Research to Operations
Awdhesh Sharma, NOAA/NESDIS/OSPO/SPSD, College Park, MD; and T. Schott, A. Irving, M. Seybold, J. Paquette, D. R. Donahue, and S. L. Bunin
  11:30 AM
NESDIS Satellite Products From Research to Operations
Stacy L. Bunin, Noblis, Falls Church, VA; and T. Schott and K. Berberich

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

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Themed Joint Session 24
Research to Operations Testbeds Part II
Location: Room 242 (New Orleans Convention Center )
Hosts: (Joint between the Second Conference on Transition of Research to Operations: Successes, Plans, and Challenges; the 16th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS); and the 18th Conference on Satellite Meteorology, Oceanography and Climatology/ First Joint AMS-Asia Satellite Meteorology Conference )
Cochairs: John Murphy, NOAA/NWS; John Pereira, NOAA/NESDIS
  1:30 PM
  1:45 PM
  2:00 PM
Navy Experience in Taking Research to Operations
Ted Tsui, NRL, Monterey, CA; and M. S. Peng

  2:15 PM
The NOAA Hazardous Weather Testbed Experimental Forecast Program: Bridging the Gap Between Research and Operations
Steven J. Weiss, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/SPC, Norman, OK; and J. S. Kain, M. C. Coniglio, I. L. Jirak, C. J. Melick, C. W. Siewert, P. T. Marsh, R. A. Sobash, A. R. Dean, A. J. Clark, J. Correia, M. Xue, F. Kong, K. W. Thomas, D. R. Novak, J. J. Levit, J. Du, T. L. Jensen, and R. Schneider
  2:30 PM
Transition of a Coupled Ocean/Atmosphere Mesoscale Prediction System Into Joint Operations At the U.S. Navy's METOC Centers
Frank L. Bub, Naval Oceanographic Office, Stennis Space Center, MS; and M. S. Swenson, J. Doyle, S. Chen, T. A. Smith, and D. A. Geiszler
  2:45 PM
Hurricane WRF: Transition of Research to Operations Facilitated by the Developmental Testbed Center
Ligia Bernardet, NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and S. Bao, V. Tallapragada, S. Trahan, Z. Zhang, M. K. Biswas, T. P. Brown, D. Stark, and L. Carson

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
Themed Joint Session 25
Research to Operations Testbeds Part III
Location: Room 242 (New Orleans Convention Center )
Hosts: (Joint between the Second Conference on Transition of Research to Operations: Successes, Plans, and Challenges; the 16th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS); and the 18th Conference on Satellite Meteorology, Oceanography and Climatology/ First Joint AMS-Asia Satellite Meteorology Conference )
Cochairs: John Murphy, NOAA/NWS; Jeffery Clegg, NOAA/NESDIS
  3:45 PM
Building a Framework for Evaluating NPP and JPSS VIIRS Cloud Property Retrievals
Shaima L. Nasiri, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and P. Yang, B. Baum, and A. K. Heidinger

  4:00 PM
Integrated Decision Support for Climate Variability and Change
Shailendra Kumar, Northrop Grumman Corporation, Austin, TX; and S. Cantrell, G. Higgins, J. Marshall, and F. VanWijngaarden
  4:15 PM
Scriptable Access to Climate Data for Operational Products and Services
Mark S. Brooks, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC; and B. E. Aldridge
  4:30 PM
Dallas Fort Worth Urban Demonstration Network
Brenda J. Philips, Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA; and V. Chandrasekar, F. H. Carr, J. Brotzge, P. Rees, C. E. League, and A. Bajaj
  4:45 PM
Enabling An Advanced Numerical Weather Prediction Model for Operational Forecasting in Rio De Janeiro
Lloyd Treinish, IBM , Yorktown Heights, NY; and A. P. Praino, J. Cipriani, U. Mello, K. Mantripragada, L. Villa Real, V. Saxena, T. George, and R. Mittal

Poster PDF (8.7 MB)

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


AMS 92nd Annual Meeting Adjourns