Session: R2O Enabling Partnerships — Part I (93rd American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting)

Wednesday, 9 January 2013: 4:00 PM-5:30 PM

Ballroom A (Austin Convention Center)

This session will describe partnerships among U.S. federal agencies, academia, industry, and other nations, which help to accelerate transitions from research to operations, and identify barriers and ways to overcome them.

Host: Third Conference on Transition of Research to Operations

Cochairs:

Nicolas Powell, Raytheon, Colorado Springs, CO and Alfred Tadros, Space Systems/Loral, Marketing and Sales, Palo Alto, CA

Papers:

4:00 PM

3.1

Enabling a High-Resolution, Coupled Hydro-Meteorological System for Operational Forecasting of Severe Weather and Flooding Events in Rio de Janeiro

Lloyd A. Treinish, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY; and A. P. Praino, J. Cipriani, U. Mello, L. Villa Real, P. A. Sesina, K. Mantripragada, R. Mittal, V. Saxena, and T. George

Recorded Presentation

Handout (10.6 MB)

4:15 PM

3.2

NOAA's Risk Reduction Activities in Preparation for the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Mission

Ralph R. Ferraro, NOAA/NESDIS/Center for Satellite Applications and Research, College Park, MD; and S. A. Boukabara, R. J. Kuligowski, F. Weng, P. Y. Groisman, P. Xie, and C. R. Williams

Recorded Presentation

4:30 PM

3.3

Progress toward observation of global wind profiles for weather and climate applications

R. Michael Hardesty, NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and L. P. Riishojgaard, W. Baker, G. D. Emmitt, B. Gentry, M. J. Kavaya, and S. Mango

Recorded Presentation

4:45 PM

3.4

Integration of a Road Surface Model into NWS Operations

Jonathan J. Rutz, NOAA/NWS, Salt Lake City, Utah; and C. V. Gibson

Recorded Presentation

5:00 PM