Program: 29th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies (formerly IIPS) (93rd American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting)

Registration for Student Conference and Short Course

Location: 4th Street Atrium (Austin Convention Center)

Registration for Short Course and Conference for Early Career Professionals

Location: 4th Street Atrium (Austin Convention Center)

Registration Open for Annual Meeting

Location: 4th Street Atrium (Austin Convention Center)

WeatherFest

Location: Exhibit Hall 1 (Austin Convention Center)

Registration Continues Through January 9

Location: 4th Street Atrium (Austin Convention Center)

Plenary Session

13th Presidential Forum: Taking Predictions to the Next Level: Expanding Beyond Today's Weather, Water, and Climate Forecasting and Projections

Location: Ballroom D (Austin Convention Center)

Hosts: (Joint between the 13th Presidential Forum: Taking Predictions to the Next Level: Expanding Beyond Today; the 27th Conference on Hydrology; the 11th Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 17th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS); the 11th Conference on Artificial and Computational Intelligence and its Applications to the Environmental Sciences; the Symposium on Prediction of the Madden-Julian Oscillation; the First Symposium on the Weather and Climate Enterprise; the Eighth Symposium on Policy and Socio-economic Research; the 16th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the First Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation’s Readiness, Responsiveness, and Resilience to High Impact Weather Events; the Third Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using Python; the Sixth Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications; the Special Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the Special Symposium on the Next Level of Predictions in Tropical Meteorology: Techniques, Usage, Support, and Impacts; the 10th Conference on Space Weather; the Symposium on the Role of Statistical Methods in Weather and Climate Prediction; the Sixth Conference on the Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data; the 11th History Symposium; the 20th Conference on Applied Climatology; the 29th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies (formerly IIPS); the Robert A. Duce Symposium; the Third Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; the Fourth Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the 25th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; and the Fourth Conference on Environment and Health )

8:30 AM

Opening Remarks (by AMS President Dr. Louis Uccellini and Co-Chairs Troy Kimmel/Ken Carey will introduce Texas and Local Representatives)

Recorded Presentation

8:35 AM

Warm Welcome to Austin!

8:45 AM

Introduction of Guest Speakers (by Dr. Louis Uccellini)

8:50 AM

"Predicting Weather and Climate: Scientific Progress and Future Opportunities" Dr. Alan Thorpe, European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts

Recorded Presentation

9:10 AM

"River/Rainfall Forecast Fusion Cells" Major General Michael Walsh, US Army Corps of Engineers

Recorded Presentation

9:30 AM

"Cloudy with the Chance of Insight" Dr. Tony Hey, Microsoft Research

Recorded Presentation

9:50 AM

"Where Citizens are Looking" Dr. Nigel Snoad, Google Crisis Response

Recorded Presentation

10:10 AM

Audience Question and Answer (moderated by Dr. William (Bill) Hooke)

Recorded Presentation

10:25 AM

Closing Remarks (by Dr. Louis Uccellini)

Spouses' Coffee

Location: Hilton Hotel (Austin Convention Center)

Coffee Break

Location: Ballroom D Foyer (Austin Convention Center)

5

From Predictions to Impact Based Decisions: Linking Water, Weather, Coastal and Climate

Location: Ballroom G (Austin Convention Center)

Hosts: (Joint between the 27th Conference on Hydrology; the 29th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies (formerly IIPS); the 25th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 20th Conference on Applied Climatology; the 11th Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the Special Symposium on Advancing Weather and Climate Forecasts: Innovative Techniques and Applications; the Symposium on the Role of Statistical Methods in Weather and Climate Prediction; and the First Symposium on the Weather and Climate Enterprise )

Moderator: Paul Sandifer, Chief Science Advisor, NOAA's National Ocean Service, Charleston, SC

Panelists: James Porter, Chief, Water System Operations, Bureau of Water Supply, NYC Department of Environmental Protection, Grahamsville, NY; Robert Hartman, NOAA/NWS, Sacramento, CA; John C. Schaake, Consulting Hydrologist, Annapolis, MD

11:00 AM

John Schaake Presentation

11:15 AM

NYC Water Supply by Jim Porter

Lunch Break

Session 1A

Communicating Weather Information via Mobile Devices

Location: Room 11AB (Austin Convention Center)

Host: 29th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies (formerly IIPS)

Cochairs: Michael Eilts, Weather Decision Technologies, Norman, OK; George D. Emmitt, Simpson Weather Associates, Charlottesville, VA

1:30 PM

1A.1

Weather Satellite Data for Mobile Devices

David Parker, SSEC/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and L. E. Gumley and T. H. Achtor

Recorded Presentation

1:45 PM

1A.2

Providing Push-Type Weather Alerts to Android Devices Using Google App Engine and Google Cloud Messaging Technologies

Joe H. Barrett III, Silver Spring Software, Inc., Silver Spring, MD

Recorded Presentation

2:00 PM

1A.3

RadarScope: Professional-Grade Data Visualization in a Mobile Consumer App

Justin R. Greenfield, Weather Decision Technologies, Inc., Norman, OK; and M. Wolfinbarger, R. A. Young, and S. N. Blackburn

Recorded Presentation

Session 1B

International Applications: Latest Challenges for Disseminating and accessing Weather Data, Forecasts and Warnings

Location: Room 12A (Austin Convention Center)

Host: 29th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies (formerly IIPS)

Cochairs: Erik Andersson, ECMWF, Reading, Berkshire; John R. Lincoln, US Navy/WMO (Ret.) and Consultant, Berryville, VA

1:30 PM

1B.1

Metview: Helping to make best use of ECMWF's data

Stephan Siemen, ECMWF, Reading, Berks., United Kingdom; and B. Raoult, I. Russell, F. Ii, and S. Kertesz

Recorded Presentation

1:45 PM

1B.2

ECMWF point database: providing direct access to any model output grid-point values

Baudouin Raoult, ECMWF, Reading, Berks., United Kingdom; and S. Lamy-Thepaut and C. Sahin

Recorded Presentation

2:00 PM

1B.3

French forecasters workstation. Synergie-next : Synopsis project. Last news

Patricia Salerno, METEO FRANCE, Toulouse, France; and A. Lasserre-Bigorry, F. Marty, J. Nicolau, and H. Vandeputte

Recorded Presentation

2:15 PM

1B.4

METIS: Modernization of the Royal Netherlands Air Force Meteorological Workstation System

Richard Stedronsky, Enterprise Electronics Corporation, Enterprise, AL; and J. Cahall

Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

Location: Exhibit Hall 3 (Austin Convention Center)

Poster Session

Posters

Location: Exhibit Hall 3 (Austin Convention Center)

Host: 29th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies (formerly IIPS)

Organizer: Scott Jacobs, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, College Park, MD

1

Recent Advancements of the COAMPS-OS® Dashboard: a Web GIS Tool for Military Meteorologists

Chad Hutchins, NRL, Monterey, CA; and J. Cook, D. Martinez, D. A. Geiszler, G. Love, and Q. Zhao

Handout (7.4 MB)

2

Fostering national and international collaborations for Arctic Resources using a Virtual Collaboratory

Rahul Ramachandran, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and A. Kulkarni, M. McEniry, A. Lin, S. Tanner, and S. Graves

3

Numerical Simulation and Radar Analysis of a Lake-Effect Snow Event: What Goes on in Yonder Clouds?

Kevin H. Goebbert, Valparaiso Univ, Valparaiso, IN; and C. A. Clark, R. Evaristo, T. M. Bals-Elsholz, and E. J. Thompson

Handout (2.0 MB)

4

What Does Peer Review of Data Sets Mean and What Roles do Data Archiving and Quality Control Have in the Processes?

Matthew S. Mayernik, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and C. Eaker, M. D. Daniels, W. G. Strand, S. Williams, and S. J. Worley

5

A Framework for Automated Forecast Verification and Dissemination of Performance Information

Paul Hamer, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Boulder, CO; and M. A. Petty and J. L. Mahoney

Handout (1.0 MB)

6

An Algorithm for Diagnosis of Aircraft Engine Icing Conditions

George P. McCabe Jr., NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. A. Haggerty and G. Cunning

Handout (630.5 kB)

7

Development of an Interagency Response Plan for Volcanic Ash Episodes Impacting California

G. Scott Birch, NOAA/NWS, Salt Lake City, UT; and J. M. Osiensky

8

The Advanced Objective Dvorak Technique: Advancing from NAWIPS to AWIPS II

John Thomas Bartlett, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Camp Springs, MD; and S. Jacobs and M. Mainelli

9

Advancements in Forecast Technology For Improving Heat Safety in Sports

Wes Hyduke, Schneider Electric, Minneapolis, MN

Handout (4.1 MB)

10

Real-Time Radar Product Generation on the Compute Cloud

Eric J. Lyons, CASA, Amherst, MA; and M. Zink, D. K. Krishnappa, and D. Irwin

11

Online Tools to Inter-compare TRMM Precipitation Products

Zhong Liu, CSISS/George Mason University and NASA GES DISC, Greenbelt, MD; and D. Ostrenga, W. Teng, and S. Kempler

Handout (1.1 MB)

12

Online Access, Visualization and Analysis of TRMM Composite Climatology Products

Zhong Liu, CSISS/George Mason University, Fairfax, VA; and D. Ostrenga, W. Teng, and S. J. Kempler

Handout (1.2 MB)

13

Newly Released Version 7 TRMM Multi-satellite Precipitation Analysis (TMPA) Products and Data Services at NASA GES DISC

Dana Ostrenga, ADNET Systems, Inc. and NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and Z. Liu, W. Teng, and S. J. Kempler

14

Relationship of Graupel Shape to Differential Reflectivity: Theory and Observations

Raquel Evaristo, Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN; and T. M. Bals-Elsholz, E. R. Williams, D. J. Smalley, M. F. Donovan, and A. Fenn

Manuscript (1.3 MB)

Handout (2.7 MB)

15

Differential Reflectivity Calibration for the WSR-88D

16

Windfarms suppression in dual polarization radar

Svetlana Monkahova Bachmann, Lockheed Martin, Syracuse, NY; and P. Bronecke and Y. Al-Rashid

17

Automated real-time mitigation of ground clutter contamination for Dual-Polarization Doppler weather radars using the alternating transmission mode

David A. Warde, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma and NOAA/OAR/NSSL, Norman, OK; and S. M. Torres

Handout (2.5 MB)

18

Volumetric Supercell and Tornado Analysis with Six-Second Temporal Resolution Using the Atmospheric Imaging Radar

James M. Kurdzo, Advanced Radar Research Center, School of Meteorology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and F. Nai, D. J. Bodine, R. D. Palmer, and S. M. Torres

Handout (12.9 MB)

19

Enhancements to the National Weather Radar Testbed Phased Array Radar Storm Tracking Function

David L. Priegnitz, CIMMS/University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and S. M. Torres and P. L. Heinselman

Manuscript (467.9 kB)

Handout (2.4 MB)

20

Spectrum-Time Estimation and Processing (STEP): Real-time implementation on Solid State X-band Radar

Ryan M. May, Enterprise Electronics Corporation, Norman, OK; and R. Stafford and M. Knight

21

Developing Probabilistic Hail Guidance from Multi-radar, Multi-sensor Data and High Resolution Hail Reports

Kiel L. Ortega, Univ. of Oklahoma/CIMMS and NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK

Handout (733.0 kB)

22

Geospatial properties of tropical cyclone rain bands as detected by ground-based radar

Corene J. Matyas, Univ. of Florida, Gainesville, FL

Session 2A

Communication Technologies for Accessing and Distributing Climate, Weather, and Hydrologic Data, Forecasts, and Information

Location: Room 11AB (Austin Convention Center)

Host: 29th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies (formerly IIPS)

Chair: Timothy Crum, Retired, NWS, Norman, OK

4:00 PM

2A.1

Spatially Combining Census Data with the Storm Prediction Center's Convective Outlooks to Enhance Decision Support Services

Matthew Duplantis, NWSFO, Shreveport, LA

4:15 PM

2A.2

Virtual CHILL (VCHILL): Bringing Radar to Remote Users

Joseph Hardin, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and M. Rausch and V. Chandrasekar

Recorded Presentation

4:30 PM

2A.3

A Web Based Portal for Integrated Real Time Access to Multiple Data Streams

Edwin W. Eloranta, University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison, WI; and J. P. Garcia and R. Garcia

Recorded Presentation

4:45 PM

2A.4

A Web-Based Tsunami Forecasting Tool: Design Approach and Implementation

Eugene Burger, NOAA/OAR/PMEL, Seattle, WA; and L. kamb and T. Nakamura

Recorded Presentation

5:00 PM

2A.5

Development of Environmental Decision Support System: Unifying Cross-Discipline Data Access Through Open Source Tools

Shawn Freeman, Northrop Grumman, Chantilly, VA; and K. Darmenova, G. Higgins, and D. Apling

5:15 PM

2A.6

Status of Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) Standards for Meteorology

Marie-Francoise Voidrot-Martinez, METEO-FRANCE, Toulouse, France; and C. Little and J. de La Beaujardière

Recorded Presentation

Session 2B

Special International Applications Session on THE IMPACT AND METEOROLOGICAL CHALLENGES OF VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS

Location: Room 12A (Austin Convention Center)

Host: 29th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies (formerly IIPS)

Cochairs: Erik Andersson, ECMWF, Reading, Berkshire; John R. Lincoln, US Navy/WMO (Ret.) and Consultant, Berryville, VA

4:00 PM

2B.1

Monitoring Eruptions in Iceland, an Intergrated Approach

Halldor Bjornsson, Icelandic Meteorological Office, Reykjavik, Iceland; and G. N. Petersen, S. von Löwis, P. Arason, and S. Karlsdóttir

Recorded Presentation

4:15 PM

2B.2

Radar imaging of Icelandic eruptions: Lessons learnt and future preparations

Richard F. Yeo, Icelandic Meteorological Office, Reykjavík, Iceland; and G. S. Sigurgsson

Recorded Presentation

4:30 PM

2B.3

On the difficulty to define a threshold for “visible ash”

Bernadett Weinzierl, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, DLR, Oberpfaffenhofen, Wessling, Germany; and D. Sauer, A. Minikin, O. Reitebuch, F. Dahlkötter, B. Mayer, C. Emde, I. Tegen, J. Gasteiger, A. Petzold, A. Veira, U. Kueppers, and U. Schumann

Recorded Presentation

4:45 PM

2B.4

To define 'Discernible Ash'

Ian Lisk, UK Met Office, Exeter, United Kingdom

Recorded Presentation

5:00 PM

2B.5

The Sensitivity of Lidar Systems used in the Detection of Tropospheric Volcanic Emissions: A Review

Deborah S. Lee, Met Office, Exeter, United Kingdom

Recorded Presentation

5:15 PM

2B.6

A Tool to Facilitate Global Volcanic Ash Collaboration

Jeffrey M. Osiensky, NOAA/NWS, Anchorage, AK; and D. Bensimon, P. Webley, and L. G. Mastin

Recorded Presentation

Reception and Exhibits Opening

Location: Exhibit Hall 4 (Austin Convention Center)

Session 3A

Information Systems Technologies for Generation, Communication, and Interpretation of Satellite Data

Location: Room 12A (Austin Convention Center)

Host: 29th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies (formerly IIPS)

Cochairs: Randall Bass, FAA, Washington, DC; Gerald Dittberner, Harris Corporation, Greenbelt, MD

8:30 AM

3A.1

The Ground Segment Architecture for GOES-R – post CDR update

Dennis Hansen, Harris Corporation, Melbourne, FL; and S. Kalluri, J. Bristow, G. Dittberner, and A. Weiner

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (93.7 kB)

8:45 AM

3A.2

GOES Ground System modernization

Keith McKenzie, NOAA/NESDIS, Suitland, MD; and J. A. Reese

Recorded Presentation

9:00 AM

3A.3

A GeoServices Infrastructure for Near-Real-Time Access to Suomi NPP Satellite Data

John D. Evans, Global Science & Technology, Inc., Greenbelt, MD; and E. G. Valente, W. Hao, and S. R. Chettri

Recorded Presentation

9:15 AM

3A.4

Second Generation Mission Management System

Arthur T. McClinton Jr., Noblis, Falls Church, VA; and K. McKenzie

Recorded Presentation

9:30 AM

3A.5

Global Satellite Composites – 20 Years of Evolution

Richard A. Kohrs, SSEC/Univ. Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. O. Robaidek, M. A. Lazzara, and D. A. Santek

Recorded Presentation

Session 3B

Road Weather Applications

Location: Room 11AB (Austin Convention Center)

Host: 29th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies (formerly IIPS)

Chair: Paul Pisano, FHWA, Washington, DC

CoChair: James P. Koermer, Plymouth State University, Plymouth, NH

8:30 AM

3B.1

Use of Connected Vehicle Data in Road Weather Management Applications

Paul Pisano, FHWA, Washington, DC; and C. Hill

Recorded Presentation

8:45 AM

3B.2

Translating Connected Vehicle Observations into Practical Road Weather Applications

Michael Chapman, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and S. D. Drobot, P. Pisano, G. Guevara, G. Weiner, A. Anderson, B. Lambi, C. Burghardt, and J. Prestopnik

Recorded Presentation

9:00 AM

3B.3

Further Development of the UND Pavement Precipitation Accumulation Estimation System: Complex Terrain Applications and Full Utilization of Clarus Data

Jeffrey S. Tilley, Univ. of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND ; and M. Askelson

Recorded Presentation

9:15 AM

3B.4

The Impact of Cloud Type on Surface Radiation and Road Pavement Temperature

Curtis Louis Walker, AMS Intelligent Transportation Systems, Boulder, CO; and A. Anderson, M. Chapman, and S. D. Drobot

Recorded Presentation

Handout (3.2 MB) Handout (4.9 MB)

Themed Joint Session 14

Water Resources Applications of Hydrometeorological Analyses and Predictions Part I

Location: Room 10A (Austin Convention Center)

Hosts: (Joint between the 27th Conference on Hydrology; and the 29th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies (formerly IIPS) )

Cochairs: Andrew W. Wood, NOAA/NWS Colorado Basin River Forecast Center, Salt Lake City, UT; Larry E. Brazil, Riverside Technology, Inc., Fort Collins, CO

8:30 AM

TJ14.1

Using Hydrologic Forecasts for Dynamic Management of New York City's Reservoir Releases for the Delaware River Basin

W. Joshua Weiss, Hazen and Sawyer, Baltimore, MD; and L. Wang, P. Rush, and T. Murphy

Recorded Presentation

Handout (2.0 MB)

8:45 AM

TJ14.2

INVITED Forecast-Based Reservoir Management for Turbidity Control: A Case Study using New York City's Operations Support Tool

Lucien Wang, NOVA Consulting & Engineering, New York, NY; and W. J. Weiss, G. Pyke, M. Zion, and J. Porter

Recorded Presentation

9:00 AM

TJ14.3

Hindcasts – A Crucial Component of Water Resources Forecast Services

Dan Sheer, Hydrologics Inc, Columbia, MD; and J. C. Schaake

Recorded Presentation

9:15 AM

TJ14.4

INVITED Statistical Post-Processing To Improve Hydrometeorological Forecasts

Qingyun Duan, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China; and A. Ye, Y. Tao, and M. Xiao

Recorded Presentation

9:30 AM

TJ14.5

Assessment of uncertainties on the impact of climate change on water resources management using an integrated Earth System Model: application over the Snake River Basin

Nathalie Voisin, PNNL, Seattle, WA; and M. Huang, H. Li, R. Leung, and M. Wigmosta

Recorded Presentation

Themed Joint Session 16

Economic Impacts and Value of Improved Forecast Information

Location: Room 19A (Austin Convention Center)

Hosts: (Joint between the Eighth Symposium on Policy and Socio-economic Research; and the 29th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies (formerly IIPS) )

Chair: Randy A. Peppler, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK

8:30 AM

TJ6.1

Update on the Weather Enterprise Request for Proposal (RFP) to Evaluate the Size and Impact of the Weather Community

Scott Rayder, UCAR, Washington, DC

Recorded Presentation

8:45 AM

TJ16.2

Urban Meteorology: Forecasting, Monitoring, and Meeting Users' Needs

John T. Snow, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and X. Zeng and K. Thomas

Recorded Presentation

9:00 AM

TJ16.3

Policy Issues in Electricity Demand Response: The Weather Connection

Ellen Klicka, AMS, Washington, DC

Recorded Presentation

9:15 AM

TJ16.4

The Path to Green Energy: Fort Collins' efforts to help businesses lower energy costs and greenhouse gas emissions

Daniel R. Miller, The Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH

Recorded Presentation

9:30 AM

TJ16.5

Exploring the Socio-economic Dimensions of Rainfall Variability on Subsistence Agriculturalists in Mozambique

Julie A. Silva, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD; and C. J. Matyas

Recorded Presentation

Spouses' Coffee

Location: Hilton Hotel (Austin Convention Center)

Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

Location: Exhibit Hall 3 (Austin Convention Center)

Themed Joint Poster Session

Water Resources Applications of Hydrometeorological Analyses and Predictions Posters

Location: Exhibit Hall 3 (Austin Convention Center)

Hosts: (Joint between the 27th Conference on Hydrology; and the 29th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies (formerly IIPS) )

Cochairs: Larry E. Brazil, Riverside Technology, Inc., Fort Collins, CO; Andrew W. Wood, NCAR, Boulder, CO

82

Improving Efficiency and Accuracy in Weather Forecasting and Climate Monitoring by Using IT and ICT technology as Infrastructure

Isack Baliyendeza Yonah, Tanzania Meteorological Agency (TMA), Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; and W. K. Kikwasi

83

Variability in Sublimation in the Upper Colorado River Basin

Morgan C. Phillips, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and N. J. Doesken

Handout (3.9 MB)

84

Identification of California Inter-Climate Division Modes of Seasonal Precipitation Variability (1895-6 thru 2011-12 seasons)

Charles J. Fisk, Naval Base Ventura County, Point Mugu, CA

Manuscript (475.3 kB)

85

Verification of Ensemble Forecasts for the New York City Operations Support Tool

Gerald N. Day, Riverside Technology, inc., Fort Collins, CO; and J. C. Schaake, M. Thiemann, S. Draijer, and L. Wang

86

The Hydrologic Ensemble Prediction Experiment

John C. Schaake, Consultant, Annapolis, MD; and A. W. Wood, J. Thielen, F. Pappenberger, and R. Hartman

87

Diagnostic Tools for Hydrologic Ensemble Forecast Operations

John C. Schaake, Consultant, Annapolis, MD; and R. Hartman

88

Assessment of hydrological uncertainty in a changing climate in the Pacific Northwest River Basins

Venkataramana Sridhar, Boise State University, Boise, ID; and W. T. A. Jaksa, X. Jin, M. Khanal, and A. Tyagi

Poster 89 has been moved. New paper number TJ24.2A

90

Assessment of Precipitation Mappings Using Distributed Hydrologic Modeling

Chengmin Hsu, NOAA, Boulder, CO; and L. Johnson and R. Cifelli

91

Assessment of Warm-Season Rainfall Variability and Trends over the Lower Mississippi River Alluvial Valley

Jamie L. Dyer, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS; and A. E. Mercer

Themed Joint Session 20

Decision Making using Advanced Technology: Risk-based Predictions and Risk-informed Communication for the Water Information Customer

Location: Room 12A (Austin Convention Center)

Hosts: (Joint between the 29th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies (formerly IIPS); and the 27th Conference on Hydrology )

Chair: Larry E. Brazil, Riverside Technology, Inc., Fort Collins, CO

CoChair: Andrew W. Wood, NOAA/NWS Northwest River Forecast Center, Portland, Oregon, OR

11:00 AM

TJ20.1

Leveraging CHPS for NWS Weather Forecast Office Decision Support

Robert Hartman, NOAA/NWS, Sacramento, CA; and H. Opitz and N. Dean

Recorded Presentation

11:15 AM

TJ20.2

Use of Hydrologic Forecasts in Reservoir and Water Supply Management: Formulation, Testing and Implementation

Dan Sheer, Hydrologics Inc, Columbia, MD

Recorded Presentation

11:30 AM

TJ20.3

State of the Art Quality/Quantity Management: New York City's Operations Support Tool

Grantley Pyke, Hazen and Sawyer, Baltimore, MD; and J. Porter

Recorded Presentation

11:45 AM

TJ20.4

Use of Hydrologic Monitoring and Predictions to Support Water Management: Bureau of Reclamation Applications in Development of Monthly to Seasonal Operations Outlooks

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

Recorded Presentation

Themed Joint Session 21

Applying Machine Learning Techniques for Information Processing

Location: Room 11AB (Austin Convention Center)

Hosts: (Joint between the 29th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies (formerly IIPS); and the 11th Conference on Artificial and Computational Intelligence and its Applications to the Environmental Sciences )

Cochairs: V. Lakshmanan, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; Amy McGovern, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK

11:00 AM

TJ21.1

McIDAS-V, visualization and data analysis for Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership

William C. Straka III, Space Science and Engineering Center/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and T. Jasmin, T. D. Rink, D. T. Lindsey, D. W. Hillger, S. D. Miller, and T. H. Achtor

Recorded Presentation

11:15 AM

TJ21.2

Nowcast Expert System with the Social Network Weather-Reports in Japan

Kunihiro Naito, Weathernews Inc., Norman, OK; and J. Ikai, T. Hanyu, B. L. Cheong, and T. Y. Yu

Recorded Presentation

11:30 AM

TJ21.3

Statistical Reconstruction of a 13.3 micron channel for VIIRS using Multisensor Data Fusion with application to Cloud-Top Pressure Estimation

Irina Gladkova, City College of New York, NOAA/CREST, New York, NY; and J. Cross III, P. Menzel, A. Heidinger, and M. Grossberg

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (2.2 MB)

11:45 AM

TJ21.4

Inter-agency Earth-Observation Integrated Analysis

Eric J. Miller, NOAA/NESDIS, Silver Spring, MD; and J. Crowe, M. Yapur, R. Reining, B. Schmidt, V. Ries, C. Vadnais, M. R. Babcock, and J. Barrett

Recorded Presentation

Lunch Break

Session 4

Quasi-operational Systems: Products you can use now

Location: Room 11AB (Austin Convention Center)

Host: 29th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies (formerly IIPS)

Cochairs: Kevin Kelleher, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; V. Lakshmanan, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK

1:30 PM

4.1

Visualizing Geostationary and Polar Orbiting Satellite Weather Products in McIDAS-V

Joleen M. Feltz, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and M. Feltz, E. Garms, K. Bah, and R. Knuteson

1:45 PM

4.2

The Vaisala Radar-Based Nowcasting System

Evan Ruzanski, Vaisala, Inc., Louisville, CO

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (400.4 kB)

Handout (7.4 MB)

2:00 PM

4.3

The WeatherSTAR 4000 Emulator for Quasi-Operational Dissemination of Real-time Weather Data

Bill Goodwill, Software Developer, Harrison, ME; and N. Smith

Recorded Presentation

2:15 PM

4.4

Graphical and Analytical Software Visualization Tools for Evaluating Meteorological and Air Quality Model Performance

Irene Lee, Exponent, Natick, MA

Manuscript (908.6 kB)

Handout (2.6 MB)

2:30 PM

4.5

The High-Resolution Rapid Refresh (HRRR): Accessibility of Next Generation Convective-Scale Forecast Guidance from Research to Operations

Curtis Alexander, NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory, Boulder, CO; and S. S. Weygandt, S. Benjamin, D. C. Dowell, T. G. Smirnova, E. P. James, P. Hofmann, M. Hu, and J. Brown

Recorded Presentation

2:45 PM

4.6

A Prototype Operational Coupled Model System for Total Water Level with Application to Coastal Inundation in North Carolina

Randall L. Kolar, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and K. M. Dresback, J. G. Fleming, R. Luettich, E. Tromble, S. Van Cooten, J. J. Gourley, Y. Hong, C. Kaiser, C. M. Szpilka, Z. L. Flamig, K. Kelleher, and K. L. Nemunaitis

Themed Joint Session 24

Water Resources Applications of Hydrometeorological Analyses and Predictions Part II

Location: Room 10B (Austin Convention Center)

Hosts: (Joint between the 27th Conference on Hydrology; and the 29th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies (formerly IIPS) )

Chair: Levi D. Brekke, Bureau of Reclamation, Denver, CO

1:30 PM

TJ24.1

A New Training Partnership Focused on Climate Change Impact on Water Resources

Wendy Schreiber-Abshire, UCAR/COMET, Boulder, CO; and M. Kelsch, L. D. Brekke, S. Gangopadhyay, and C. Hennig

Recorded Presentation

TJ24.2

A Downscale Approach to Providing Inter-seasonal Streamflow Forecasts for the Mississippi River

1:45 PM

TJ24.2A

Assessment of Hydrological Responses to Climate Change in Himalayan Headwater Watershed

Ram P. Neupane, Baylor University, Waco, TX; and J. D. White

Recorded Presentation

2:00 PM

TJ24.3

GEWEX and its new Grand Science Questions

P.J. Van Oevelen, International GEWEX Project Office, Columbia, MD

Recorded Presentation

2:15 PM

TJ24.4

Development and Evaluation of a Global Hydrological Ensemble Forecasting System

Yu Zhang, Universtiy of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and Y. Hong, J. J. Gourley, X. Wang, and X. Xue

Recorded Presentation

2:30 PM

TJ24.5

Water-Resource Assessments of Basins within Developed and Developing Countries: The Role of Regional Climate Uncertainty, Policy, and Economics

C. Adam Schlosser, MIT, Cambridge, MA; and C. Arndt, E. Blanc, K. Strzepek, C. Fant, A. Gueneau, X. Gao, H. Jacoby, A. P. Sokolov, and J. Thurlow

Recorded Presentation

2:45 PM

TJ24.6

INVITED Use of Hydrologic Monitoring and Predictions to Support Water Management: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Applications in Support of Hourly to Weekly River Regulation

David Raff, US Army Corps of Engineers, Alexandria, VA

Coffee Break

Location: Exhibit Hall 4 (Austin Convention Center)

Meet the President

Location: Room 1 (Austin Convention Center)

Joint Session 2

Technology for Education

Location: Room 13AB (Austin Convention Center)

Hosts: (Joint between the 22nd Symposium on Education; and the 29th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies (formerly IIPS) )

Cochairs: Thomas M. Whittaker, SSEC/CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; Lourdes Avilés, Plymouth State Univ., Plymouth, NH

3:30 PM

J2.1

Using iPads to Teach Artificial Intelligence through Meteorology

Branden Thomas Katona, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and B. Pirtle and A. McGovern

Recorded Presentation

3:45 PM

J2.2

Interactive, collaborative case studies using the IDV and RAMADDA

Sean Cody Arms, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. Weber and J. McWhirter

Recorded Presentation

4:00 PM

J2.3

WxChallenge: Engaging and Aiding Forecasting Instruction to Students

Bradley G. Illston, Oklahoma Climatological Survey/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. B. Basara, C. C. Weiss, G. Lackmann, and L. J. Hopper Jr.

Recorded Presentation

4:15 PM

J2.4

WeatherVideoHD.TV - A Resource and Marketplace for Earth Science Education Videos and Images

Walter A. Lyons, WeatherVideoHD.TV, Fort Collins, CO; and R. Gobeille

Recorded Presentation

4:30 PM

J2.5

The CIMSS iPad Library and ESIP Teacher Workshops

Margaret Mooney, CIMSS/SSEC/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and L. Dahlman, S. Ackerman, N. Jackson, L. H. Chambers, and T. M. Whittaker

Recorded Presentation

4:45 PM

J2.6

The Weather and Climate Toolkit

Steve Ansari, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and J. N. Lott and S. A. Del Greco

Recorded Presentation

5:00 PM

J2.7

Using Satellite Imagery and New Software to Enhance Inquiry and Understanding through NASA's CERES S'COOL Project

Sarah A. Crecelius, NASA LaRC/SSAI, Hampton, Virginia; and L. H. Chambers, T. M. Rogerson, T. Coleman, and P. M. Lewis

5:15 PM

J2.8

Beyond multiple-choice and clickers: using mobile devices for multi-dimensional feedback in the classroom

Ramalingam Saravanan, Texas A & M Univ., College Station, TX

Recorded Presentation

Session 5

Emerging technologies for research and operational Interactive Processing Systems

Location: Room 12A (Austin Convention Center)

Host: 29th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies (formerly IIPS)

Cochairs: Scott Jacobs, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, College Park, MD; William Roberts, OAR, Boulder, CO

3:30 PM

5.1

Introduction to the NOAA Earth Information System (NEIS)

Jebb Q. Stewart, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Ft. Collins, and NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and D. L. Davis, E. Hackathorn, J. Lynge, C. MacDermaid, R. Pierce, and J. S. Smith

Recorded Presentation

3:45 PM

5.2

Transforming Legacy Weather Applications into Service-Based Decision Support Tools

Don Berchoff, Unisys Corporation, Reston, VA

Recorded Presentation

4:00 PM

5.3

Analyzing VIIRS and CrIS Data with HYDRA2

Thomas D. Rink, SSEC/CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and L. E. Gumley, K. I. Strabala, and W. P. Menzel

Recorded Presentation

4:15 PM

5.4

Respective Strengths and Weaknesses of SciDB, MapReduce-HDFS, and a Custom Technique for a Data-Intensive Analysis System

Kwo-Sen Kuo, NASA GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and J. Rushing, R. Ramachandran, G. Fekete, D. Duffy, and T. Clune

Recorded Presentation

4:30 PM

5.5

SSEC Web Map Service: Real-time and Forecast Product Mashups

David Parker, CIMSS, Madison, WI; and D. A. Santek, S. Batzli, N. Bearson, and R. Dengel

Recorded Presentation

4:45 PM

5.6

The Integrated Data Viewer (IDV) feature updates

Julien Chastang, UCAR, boulder, Colorado; and Y. Ho and S. C. Arms

Recorded Presentation

5:00 PM

5.7

Using the Eclipse Parallel Tools Platform in Support of Atmospheric Sciences High Performance Computing

Jay Alameda, National Center for Supercomputing Applications, Champaign, IL; and B. F. Jewett

Recorded Presentation

5:15 PM

5.8

Building a National Network of Mobile Platforms for Weather Detection

Paul, O.G. Heppner, Global Science & Technology, Inc., Greeenbelt, MD

Recorded Presentation

Duce Symposium Banquet

Location: Hilton Hotel (Austin Convention Center)

Joint Session 6

NASA Pre-formulation Earth Science Missions

Location: Ballroom A (Austin Convention Center)

Hosts: (Joint between the Third Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; and the 29th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies (formerly IIPS) )

Cochairs: Thomas S. Pagano, JPL, Pasadena, CA; Stephen A. Mango, NOAA/NESDIS/OSD, Silver Spring, MD

8:30 AM

J6.1

The Pre-Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem (PACE) mission

Stephen Volz, NASA, Washington, DC

Recorded Presentation

8:45 AM

J6.2

NASA's Aerosol-Cloud-Ecosystems (ACE) Mission

David O'C. Starr, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD

Recorded Presentation

9:00 AM

J6.3

The NASA Geostationary Coastal and Air Pollution Events (GEO-CAPE) Mission

Jassim A. Al-Saadi, NASA, Washington, DC; and P. Bontempi, L. Iraci, A. Mannino, D. J. Jacob, J. Salisbury, D. Edwards, P. DiGiacomo, S. Kondragunta, B. Schaeffer, R. Scheffe, J. Szykman, and T. Watkins

Recorded Presentation

9:15 AM

J6.4

Preparing for the PATH mission

Bjorn H. Lambrigtsen, JPL, Pasadena, CA

9:30 AM

J6.5

Time-variable gravity measurements from GRACE and GRACE-FO for hydrology and climate applications

Felix W. Landerer, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and M. Watkins, V. Zlotnicki, C. Boening, and D. Wiese

9:45 AM

J6.6

Pre-formulation Planning for CLARREO

David F. Young, NASA langley Research Center, Hampton, VA; and B. A. Wielicki, M. G. Mlynczak, K. J. Thome, and K. Jucks

Recorded Presentation

Session 6A

AWIPS II System Update Part I

Location: Room 11AB (Austin Convention Center)

Host: 29th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies (formerly IIPS)

Cochairs: Scott Jacobs, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, College Park, MD; William Roberts, OAR, Boulder, CO

8:30 AM

6A.1

AWIPS II Migration Status

Ronla K. Henry, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and T. Hopkins, E. Mandel, and N. Dipasquale

Recorded Presentation

8:45 AM

6A.2

Integrated Hazard Information Services -- Phase 1 -- Forecaster Tools in AWIPS II

Tracy Lee Hansen, NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO

Recorded Presentation

9:00 AM

6A.3

AWIPS II Extended – Thin Client

Steve S. Schotz, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and R. K. Henry, J. Lane, S. Davison, N. Jensen, and F. P. Griffith

Recorded Presentation

9:15 AM

6A.4

AWIPS II Extended – Data Delivery

Steve S. Schotz, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and R. K. Henry, J. E. Calkins, B. Gockel, C. Ortiz, and R. Peter

Recorded Presentation

9:30 AM

6A.5

AWIPS II Extended – Collaboration

Steve S. Schotz, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and R. K. Henry, B. Rood, W. Zhou, U. H. Grote, and N. Jensen

Recorded Presentation

Session 6B

Radar Technologies: Past, Present and Future - Part I

Location: Room 12A (Austin Convention Center)

Host: 29th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies (formerly IIPS)

Cochairs: Timothy Crum, Retired, NWS, Norman, OK; Douglas Forsyth, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; Robert E. Saffle, Noblis, Inc., Falls Church, VA; Mark B. Yeary, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK

8:30 AM

6B.1

WSR-88D Radar Projects - Update 2013

Timothy Crum, Retired, NWS, Norman, OK; and S. D. Smith, J. N. Chrisman, R. E. Saffle, R. W. Hall, and R. J. Vogt

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (2.4 MB)

8:45 AM

6B.2

NWS - FAA Radar Projects - Update 2013

Michael J. Istok, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and R. E. Saffle and B. Bumgarner

Recorded Presentation

Handout (552.9 kB)

9:00 AM

6B.3

Operational Applications Using the Recently Upgraded WSR-88D to Dual-Polarization

Clark D. Payne, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma and NWS/WDTB, Norman, OK; and J. B. Boettcher, A. C. Wood, L. R. Lemon, and M. L. Sessing

Recorded Presentation

9:15 AM

6B.4

Updates to the NEXRAD Turbulence Detection Algorithm

Gregory Meymaris, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. K. Williams, J. A. Craig, G. Blackburn, and F. McDonough

Recorded Presentation

6B.5

An Overview of the 27 April 2011 Super Outbreak over North Alabama and Southern Tennessee

Spouses' Coffee

Location: Hilton Hotel (Austin Convention Center)

Coffee Break

Location: Exhibit Hall 4 (Austin Convention Center)

Meet the President

Location: Room 1 (Austin Convention Center)

Joint Session 7

Continuation of NASA Pre-Formulation Earth Science Missions, and New Opportunities in Science and Technology

Location: Ballroom A (Austin Convention Center)

Hosts: (Joint between the Third Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; and the 29th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies (formerly IIPS) )

Cochairs: Thomas S. Pagano, JPL, Pasadena, CA; Gerald Dittberner, Harris Corporation, Greenbelt, MD

10:30 AM

J7.1

The HyspIRI Mission: Science and Measurements

Simon Hook, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and R. O. Green and E. M. Middleton

10:45 AM

J7.2

Active Sensing of CO2 Emissions over Nights, Days, and Seasons

Berrien Moore III, National Weather Center/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and P. Rayner and S. Crowell

Recorded Presentation

11:00 AM

J7.3

Coherent Doppler Wind Lidar Development for NASA Space-Based 3-D Winds Mission

Upendra Nath Singh, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA; and M. J. Kavaya, J. Yu, M. Petros, and G. J. Koch

Recorded Presentation

11:15 AM

J7.4

Ultraviolet-Shortwave Infrared Hyperspectral Module

Jeffery J. Puschell, Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems, El Segundo, CA; and L. Cook and J. Silny

Recorded Presentation

11:30 AM

J7.5

Advances in Multiangle Imaging for Future Satellite Systems

David J. Diner, Jet Propulsion Laboratory / Caltech, Pasadena, CA; and M. Garay, V. Jovanovic, C. Moroney, K. Mueller, M. Bull, S. Geier, B. Rheingans, F. Xu, R. Chipman, A. Davis, S. Liu, and D. L. Wu

11:45 AM

J7.6

The Next Frontier: Nanosatellite Constellations for High-Resolution Microwave Earth Remote Sensing

William J. Blackwell, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA

Recorded Presentation

Session 7A

AWIPS II System Update - Part II

Location: Room 11AB (Austin Convention Center)

Host: 29th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies (formerly IIPS)

Cochairs: Scott Jacobs, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, College Park, MD; William Roberts, OAR, Boulder, CO

10:30 AM

7A.1

AWIPS II Technology Infusion at the National Centers — Status Update

David Plummer, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, College Park, MD; and M. Mainelli and S. Jacobs

Recorded Presentation

10:45 AM

7A.2

Migrating NSHARP Algorithms and Displays to AWIPS II

Scott Jacobs, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, College Park, MD; and D. Plummer, T. Lee, and C. Chen

11:00 AM

7A.3

AWIPS II Application Development - A SPoRT Perspective

Matthew Smith, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL; and K. M. McGrath and J. E. Burks

Recorded Presentation

11:15 AM

7A.4

Evolution of the Forecast Decision Support Environment

William F. Roberts, OAR, Boulder, CO; and T. J. LeFebvre

Recorded Presentation

11:30 AM

7A.5

AWIPS II for the University Community: Performance Testing at the Unidata Program Center

Michael James, UCAR/Unidata Program Center, Boulder, CO

Recorded Presentation

Session 7B

Radar Technologies: Past, Present and Future - Part II

Location: Room 12A (Austin Convention Center)

Host: 29th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies (formerly IIPS)

Cochairs: Timothy Crum, Retired, NWS, Norman, OK; Douglas E. Forsyth, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; Robert E. Saffle, Noblis, Inc., Falls Church, VA; Mark B. Yeary, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK

10:30 AM

7B.1

Dual-Scan and Dual-Polarization Measurements to Detect Ground Clutter mixed with Weather Signals

Yinguang Li, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and G. Zhang and R. J. Doviak

Recorded Presentation

10:45 AM

7B.2

Investigation of debris and precipitation in tornadoes using a large-eddy simulation model and polarimetric radar observations

David J. Bodine, Advanced Radar Research Center, School of Meteorology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and T. Maruyama and R. D. Palmer

Recorded Presentation

11:00 AM

7B.3

High-Resolution Tornado Observations Using the Atmospheric Imaging Radar

Feng Nai, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and R. D. Palmer, S. M. Torres, J. M. Kurdzo, and D. Bodine

Recorded Presentation

11:15 AM

7B.4

An Optimized Pulse Compression Waveform for High-Sensitivity Weather Radar Observations

James M. Kurdzo, Advanced Radar Research Center, School of Meteorology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and B. L. Cheong, R. D. Palmer, G. Zhang, and J. B. Meier

Recorded Presentation

11:30 AM

7B.5

A New Compact Polarimetric Solid-State X-Band Radar: System Description and Performance Analysis

Bradley M. Isom, Enterprise Electronics Corporation, Enterprise, AL; and J. Helvin, M. Jones, and M. Knight

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (1.4 MB)

Lunch Break

Joint Session 8

Commercial Capabilities and Opportunities

Location: Ballroom A (Austin Convention Center)

Hosts: (Joint between the Third Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; and the 29th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies (formerly IIPS) )

Cochairs: John Dyster, Orbital Sciences Corp., Gilbert, AZ; Bryan Benedict, Intelsat General Corporation, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA

1:30 PM

J8.1

Commercially-Hosted Payloads: Low-Cost Research to Operations

Carl Schueler, Orbital Sciences Corporation, Santa Barbara, CA

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (658.5 kB)

1:45 PM

J8.2

WDT Decision Support Systems: Research To Operations: Technology Transfer To International Weather Services, Aviation Operations, And Other Agencies

J. William Conway, Weather Decision Technologies, Inc., Norman, OK; and B. L. Shaw, B. Clarke, E. D. Mitchell, Z. M. DuFran, and M. Eilts

2:00 PM

J8.3

GeoMetWatch: A global, commercial Hyperspectral Imaging/Sounding System

David J. Crain, GeoMetWatch, Las Vegas, NV

Recorded Presentation

2:15 PM

J8.4

Commercial Partnerships In Space Weather: A View from Industry

Charles M. Chafer, Space Services Holdings, Inc., Houston, TX; and H. Moore

Recorded Presentation

Themed Joint Session 38

Tools for making use of climate predictions and earth systems analysis: GIS and Python Part I

Location: Room 12B (Austin Convention Center)

Hosts: (Joint between the Third Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using Python; the 29th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies (formerly IIPS); the 27th Conference on Hydrology; the 25th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; and the 20th Conference on Applied Climatology )

Chair: Johnny Wei-Bing Lin

1:30 PM

TJ38.1

Reducing Barriers to the Use of Climate Data in Adaptation Planning (invited)

Richard B. Rood, Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

Recorded Presentation

2:00 PM

TJ38.2

Usable Science—integration of atmospheric data with traditional GIS tools (invited)

Jennifer Boehnert, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and O. Wilhelmi

Recorded Presentation

Session 8

Radar Technologies: Past, Present and Future - Part III

Location: Room 12A (Austin Convention Center)

Host: 29th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies (formerly IIPS)

Cochairs: Timothy Crum, Retired, NWS, Norman, OK; Douglas E. Forsyth, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; Robert E. Saffle, Noblis, Inc., Falls Church, VA; Mark B. Yeary, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK

1:30 PM

8.1

Progress and Plans for a Multifunction Phased Array Radar

Kurt D. Hondl, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and M. J. Emanuel and J. E. Stailey

Recorded Presentation

1:45 PM

8.2

New weather-surveillance capabilities for NSSL's phased-array radar

Sebastian M. Torres, CIMMS/University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and R. Adams, C. D. Curtis, E. Forren, I. R. Ivic, D. L. Priegnitz, J. Thompson, and D. A. Warde

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (202.0 kB)

2:00 PM

8.3

Simulated NWS Tornado Warning Decisions Using Rapid-scan Radar Data

Pamela L. Heinselman, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and D. LaDue, D. M. Kingfield, R. Hoffman, and B. W. MacAloney II

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (489.7 kB)

2:15 PM

8.4

A Framework For Adaptive Weather Sensing With Multi-mission Phased Array Radar

Tian. Y. Yu, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and S. M. Torres and B. Liu

Recorded Presentation

2:30 PM

8.5

Considerations and Selection of Polarization Mode for future Multi-mission Phased Array Radar (MPAR)

yasser Al-Rashid, Lockheed Martin MS2, Moorestown, NJ; and G. Zhang

Recorded Presentation

Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

Location: Exhibit Hall 3 (Austin Convention Center)

Joint Session 1

Technology Supporting Earth Science Information

Location: Room 11AB (Austin Convention Center)

Hosts: (Joint between the 29th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies (formerly IIPS); and the 25th Conference on Climate Variability and Change )

Cochairs: Gerald Dittberner, Harris Corporation, Greenbelt, MD; Nancy N. Soreide, NOAA/PMEL, Seattle, WA; Tom Whittaker, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

4:00 PM

J1.1

2012 Arctic Report Card—tracking recent environmental changes

Martin Jeffries, Office of Naval Research & University of Alaska Fairbanks, Arlington, VA; and J. E. Overland, J. A. Richter-Menge, and N. N. Soreide

Recorded Presentation

4:15 PM

J1.2

Data Discovery and Access to The International Surface Pressure Databank

Thomas A. Cram, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and G. P. Compo, C. McColl, D. Schuster, and S. Worley

Recorded Presentation

4:30 PM

J1.3

GLIDER: A tool built on open framework to visualize, analyze and mine satellite imagery

Rahul Ramachandran, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and T. Berendes, M. Maskey, and S. J. Graves

Recorded Presentation

4:45 PM

J1.4

Arctic Rediscovery

Kevin R. Wood, JISAO/Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and M. Mollan, P. Brohan, and N. N. Soreide

Recorded Presentation

5:00 PM

J1.5

Making earth science data more accessible: experience with compression and chunking

Russell K. Rew, UCAR, Boulder, CO

Recorded Presentation

5:15 PM

J1.6

Improving the Estimation of PBL Thermodynamic Structure from Advanced Infrared Sounder Observation

Chian-Yi Liu, National Central University, Taoyuan, Taiwan; and J. Li, T. H. Lin, and G. R. Liu

Recorded Presentation

3

Using Data Mining to Improve Our Understanding of the Connections between Health, the Environment, and Weather

Location: Room 18A (Austin Convention Center)

Hosts: (Joint between the 11th Conference on Artificial and Computational Intelligence and its Applications to the Environmental Sciences; the 29th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies (formerly IIPS); and the Fourth Conference on Environment and Health )

Moderator: Amy McGovern, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK

Panelists: Heather G. Basara, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; John Balbus, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD; Olga Wilhelmi, NCAR, Boulder, CO

4:00 PM

Data Mining for Climate and Health: A Federal Perspective by John Balbus

Recorded Presentation

4:15 PM

Spiders, Bots and Mining... oh my! by Heather Basara

Session 9

Radar Technologies: Past, Present and Future - Part IV

Location: Room 12A (Austin Convention Center)

Host: 29th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies (formerly IIPS)

Cochairs: Timothy Crum, Retired, NWS, Norman, OK; Douglas E. Forsyth, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; Robert E. Saffle, Noblis, Inc., Falls Church, VA; Mark B. Yeary, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK

4:00 PM

9.1

Prospects of clear air monitoring with the MPAR

Eric P. Jacobsen, NWS Warning Decision Training Division, Norman, OK; and P. B. Chilson and V. M. Melnikov

Recorded Presentation

4:15 PM

9.2

Using Sidelobe Cancellation to Mitigate Ground Clutter on the National Weather Radar Testbed

Christopher D. Curtis, CIMMS/NSSL, Norman, OK; and M. B. Yeary

Recorded Presentation

4:30 PM

9.3

Coding and Beam Multiplexing for Phased Array Radar

Dusan Zrnic, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and V. Melnikov and R. J. Doviak

Recorded Presentation

4:45 PM

9.4

Evaluation of the Clutter Mitigation Decision Performance as a Function of Clutter to Signal Ratio

Scott Ellis, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and M. Dixon, J. Hubbert, and G. Meymaris

Recorded Presentation

5:00 PM

9.5

Estimating radar beam blockage from thermal noise with verification by precipitation coverage

Robert A. Rilling, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and M. Dixon and J. Hubbert

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (557.8 kB)

Themed Joint Session 41

Tools for making use of climate predictions and earth systems analysis: GIS and Python Part II

Location: Room 12B (Austin Convention Center)

Hosts: (Joint between the Third Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using Python; the 29th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies (formerly IIPS); the 27th Conference on Hydrology; the 25th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; and the 20th Conference on Applied Climatology )

Chair: Johnny Wei-Bing Lin

4:00 PM

TJ41.1

The Use of GIS and Python Scripting for Processing and Mapping National and Regional Climate Data Simulations (invited)

J. Greg Dobson, University of North Carolina, Asheville, NC; and J. D. Morgan, K. E. Kunkel, and L. E. Stevens

Recorded Presentation

4:30 PM

TJ41.2

The Google Earth Engine Python API (invited)

Tyler A. Erickson, Google Inc., Mountain View, CA

5:00 PM

Panel Discussion

Awards Banquet Reception in the Exhibit Hall

Location: Exhibit Hall 4 (Austin Convention Center)

93rd AMS Awards Banquet

Location: Ballroom D (Austin Convention Center)

Joint Session 3

User System Readiness for Exploiting the New Generation of Environmental Satellites Part 1

Location: Ballroom G (Austin Convention Center)

Hosts: (Joint between the Ninth Annual Symposium on Future Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; and the 29th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies (formerly IIPS) )

Cochairs: Kathleen Fontaine, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; Bruce H. Thomas, The Aerospace Corporation, Offutt Air Force Base, NE

8:30 AM

J3.1

Observing Systems Capability Analysis and Review Tool (OSCAR)

Jerome Lafeuille, WMO, Geneva 2, Switzerland; and N. Hettich

Recorded Presentation

8:45 AM

J3.2

Operational Environmental Satellites in the Era of Big Data: Progress Report for 2012 and Beyond

Natalia Donoho, NOAA/NESDIS, College Park, MD; and M. Seybold, T. Renkevens, and M. Mainelli

J3.3

New Developments in NOAA's Comprehensive Large Array-Data Stewardship System

9:00 AM

J3.3A

GOES-R Features that Allow Near-Continuous Observation

Susan L. Linch, Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company, Denver, CO; and S. D. Jolly and P. J. Hartley

Recorded Presentation

9:15 AM

J3.4

NOAA Product Distribution & Access - Where it is going and what can I expect?

Daniel M. Beall, NOAA/NESDIS, Greenbelt, MD; and G. Wilkinson, R. Baker, and J. Hawkins

Recorded Presentation

9:30 AM

J3.5

Pre-Launch Assessment of the GOES-R Rainfall Rate Algorithm using Current GOES

Robert J. Kuligowski, NOAA/NESDIS, College Park, MD

Recorded Presentation

Joint Session 5

Data Stewardship: Technological Approaches and Solutions to Collecting, Preserving, Communicating Weather and Climate Data - Part I

Location: Room 12A (Austin Convention Center)

Hosts: (Joint between the 29th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies (formerly IIPS); and the 16th Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International )

Cochairs: Mohan K. Ramamurthy, UCAR, Boulder, CO; Steven Worley, NCAR, Boulder, CO

8:30 AM

J5.1

Improving Access to International Collections of Earth Observation Data

Martin Yapur, NOAA/NESDIS/Office of Projects, Planning, and Analysis/Technology, Planning and Integration for Observations, Silver Spring, MD; and K. R. McDonald, Y. Enloe, and A. E. Mitchell

Recorded Presentation

8:45 AM

J5.2

Successful Strategies for Overcoming the Obstacles in Acquisition, Management, and Analysis of CMIP5 Data

Jennifer Miletta Adams, COLA, Calverton, MD

Recorded Presentation

9:00 AM

J5.3

NWFD: A Comprehensive Forecast Database of CMA

Feng Xue, NMC.,CMA.,China, Beijing, China

Recorded Presentation

9:15 AM

J5.4

A Pseudo Object Oriented netCDF Application Interface Layer to “Simplify” Access to Satellite and Future Atmospheric Datasets

Scott Longmore, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and J. A. Knaff and M. DeMaria

Recorded Presentation

9:30 AM

J5.5

On the suitability of BUFR and GRIB for archiving data

John Caron, UCAR, Boulder, CO

Recorded Presentation

Session 10

Mapping and Social Media Technologies for Sharing Weather, Water, and Climate Data - Part I

Location: Room 11AB (Austin Convention Center)

Host: 29th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies (formerly IIPS)

Cochairs: Ken R. Waters, NOAA/NWS, Phoenix, AZ; Lori Armstrong, Esri, Redlands, CA

8:30 AM

10.1

Opportunities and Challenges of implementing Social Media across the Weather Enterprise

David Green, NOAA/NWS Office of Climate, Water & Weather Services, Silver Spring, MD; and E. Linzey

Recorded Presentation

8:45 AM

10.2

Video Nowcasts - Using Google Plus Hangouts to Disseminate Weather Information

Tim Brice, NOAA/NWS, Santa Teresa, NM

Recorded Presentation

9:00 AM

10.3

Environets: Connecting Data Providers and Users through an Online Social Community

Maggie Schoonover, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and N. Villa and J. D. Horel

Recorded Presentation

9:15 AM

10.4

Using Geographic Information System Tools to Explore Relationships between National Weather Service Overtime Expenditures and High Impact Weather Events

Jack Settelmaier, NOAA/NWS, Fort Worth, TX; and M. S. Hunter

Recorded Presentation

Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

Location: Exhibit Hall 3 (Austin Convention Center)

Session 11

Mapping and Social Media Technologies for Sharing Weather, Water, and Climate Data - Part II

Location: Room 11AB (Austin Convention Center)

Host: 29th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies (formerly IIPS)

Moderator: Lori Armstrong, Esri, Redlands, CA

Cochairs: Lori Armstrong, Esri, Redlands, CA; Ken R. Waters, NOAA/NWS, Phoenix, AZ

11:00 AM

11.1

Creation of a geospatial decision support tool for fisheries oceanography using ArcGIS Server

Tiffany C. Vance, NOAA/National Marine Fisheries Service, Seattle, WA; and S. Sontag

Recorded Presentation

11:15 AM

11.2

Automating NEXRAD Data Use in GIS and Hydrologic and Hydraulic Applications

Amit Sinha, Ph.D, Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc., Redlands, CA; and D. Djokic, Ph.D and L. Armstrong

Recorded Presentation

11:30 AM

11.3

The Application of Web MeteoGIS in Severe Weather Monitoring ,Warning and Emergency Response

Zhengguang Hu, National Meteorological Center, CMA, Beijing, Beijing, China; and B. Luo, Y. Li Sr., and S. Gao

Recorded Presentation

Lunch Break

Joint Session 4

User System Readiness for Exploiting the New Generation of Environmental Satellites Part 2

Location: Room 11AB (Austin Convention Center)

Hosts: (Joint between the 29th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies (formerly IIPS); and the Ninth Annual Symposium on Future Operational Environmental Satellite Systems )

Cochairs: Kathleen Fontaine, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; Bruce H. Thomas, The Aerospace Corporation, Offutt Air Force Base, NE

1:30 PM

J4.1

The GOES-R Product Generation Architecture – post CDR update

Gerald Dittberner, Harris Corporation, Greenbelt, MD; and S. Kalluri and A. Weiner

Recorded Presentation

J4.2

GOES-R GS Product Generation infrastructure operations

1:45 PM

J4.2A

The Ground Segment Architecture for GOES-R – Information for User Readiness

Dennis Hansen, Harris Corporation, Melbourne, FL; and S. Kalluri, J. Bristow, G. Dittberner, and A. Weiner

Recorded Presentation

2:00 PM

J4.3

End-to-End Design, Development and Testing of GOES-R Level 1 and 2 Algorithms

Alexander Werbos, Atmospheric and Environmental Research, Inc., Lexington, MA; and A. Copland, E. Steinfelt, P. A. Van Rompay, and T. S. Zaccheo

Recorded Presentation

2:15 PM

J4.4

Design and Development of the GOES-R Inspect and Analyze Client Visualization Application

Jordan Bentley, AER, Lexington, MA; and R. Feather, B. O'Reilly, M. Sze, and T. S. Zaccheo

Recorded Presentation

Joint Session 12

Data Stewardship: Technological Approaches and Solutions to Collecting, Preserving, Communicating Weather and Climate Data - Part II

Location: Room 12A (Austin Convention Center)

Hosts: (Joint between the 29th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies (formerly IIPS); and the 16th Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International )

Organizer: Mohan K. Ramamurthy, UCAR, Boulder, CO

CoChair: Steven Worley, NCAR, Boulder, CO

1:30 PM

J12.1

A 2013 Update on Access to Real Time and Archive NOAA Weather Radar Data

Timothy Crum, Retired, NWS, Norman, OK; and M. J. Istok, C. Horvat, D. J. Horvat, and S. Del Greco

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (2.4 MB)

1:45 PM

J12.2

The CUAHSI Water Data Center: Integrating Standards, Data, and Software to Empower Scientists to Discover, Use, Store, and Share Water Data

Alva L. Couch, CUAHSI = Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Sciences, Inc, Medford, MA; and R. P. Hooper, J. S. Arrigo, and J. Pollak

Recorded Presentation

2:00 PM

J12.3

A Web-based Tool for Translating Unstructured Data from Dataloggers into Standard Formats

Sean C. Arms, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. Oxelson Ganter, J. Weber, and M. K. Ramamurthy

Recorded Presentation

J12.4

Intellectual Property of the Software and Copyrights of the Data

2:30 PM

J12.5

Managing Dataset DOIs and Versions in a Dynamic Data Archive: The Research Data Archive at NCAR

Steven Worley, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. Dattore and Z. Ji

Recorded Presentation

Registration Closes

Coffee Break

Location: Levels 3 and 4 (Austin Convention Center)

Meet the President

Location: Room 1 (Austin Convention Center)

AMS 93rd Annual Meeting Adjourns

29th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies (formerly IIPS)

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