13th Annual Student Conference

Program Chairs: Rosimar Rios-Berrios , University of Albany, SUNY ; Ethan D. Peck , Univ. of Colorado ; Kelsey Mulder , University of Manchester

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Saturday, 1 February 2014

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7:30 AM-10:00 AM: Saturday, 1 February 2014


Registration for Student Conference and Short Courses

9:00 AM-9:30 AM: Saturday, 1 February 2014


Session 1
Welcoming Remarks
Location: Georgia Ballroom 3 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 13th Annual Student Conference
  9:00 AM
Welcome from the Student Conference Planning Committee: Rosimar Rios-Berrios, Kelsey Mulder and Ethan Peck, Student Conference Co-Chairs

  9:15 AM
Welcome from the AMS, Dr. J. Marshall Shepherd, President of the AMS

9:30 AM-10:30 AM: Saturday, 1 February 2014


Session 2
Get the Most out of this Conference: How to Develop Yourself as a Professional
Location: Georgia Ballroom 3 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 13th Annual Student Conference
Chair: Stacey M. Hitchcock, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma

10:30 AM-11:30 AM: Saturday, 1 February 2014


Session 3
Extreme Weather Events
Location: Georgia Ballroom 3 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 13th Annual Student Conference
Chair: Joshua J. Alland, SUNY

11:30 AM-12:00 PM: Saturday, 1 February 2014


Session 4
Introduction to Conversations with Professionals
Location: Georgia Ballroom 3 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 13th Annual Student Conference
Cochairs: Samantha A. Tushaus, University of Michigan; Logan C. Dawson, Purdue University

12:00 PM-1:15 PM: Saturday, 1 February 2014


Networking Lunch
Location: Georgia Ballroom 3 (The Georgia World Congress Center )

1:15 PM-3:15 PM: Saturday, 1 February 2014


Session 5
Conversations with Professionals (Each Discussion will be 15 minutes, then 5 minutes for rotations)
Location: Rooms C207, C209, C210, C211, C212, C213, C301, and C302 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 13th Annual Student Conference
Cochairs: Samantha A. Tushaus, University of Michigan; Logan C. Dawson, Purdue University

3:00 PM-3:30 PM: Saturday, 1 February 2014


Session
AMS Student Chapter Town Hall Meeting (Specifically for Student Chapter Officers, but Open to All)
Location: Georgia Ballroom 3 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 13th Annual Student Conference
Presider: Kristy C. Carter, University of South Carolina

3:15 PM-3:30 PM: Saturday, 1 February 2014


Break

3:30 PM-4:30 PM: Saturday, 1 February 2014


Session 6
Weather Outside the Lines
Location: Georgia Ballroom 3 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 13th Annual Student Conference
Chair: Nicholas E. Rothfuss, Central Michigan University

4:30 PM-5:00 PM: Saturday, 1 February 2014


Panel Discussion 1
Panel of Young Professionals
Location: Georgia Ballroom 3 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 13th Annual Student Conference

5:30 PM-7:30 PM: Saturday, 1 February 2014


Career Fair and Graduate School Reception

Sunday, 2 February 2014

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8:30 AM-9:20 AM: Sunday, 2 February 2014


Session 7
Keynote Speaker
Location: Georgia Ballroom 3 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 13th Annual Student Conference
Chair: Jennifer C. DeHart, University of Washington
  8:30 AM
TBA

  8:45 AM
Message from the Edward N. Lorenz Teaching Excellence Award Winner. Dr. Daniel Keyser, University of Albany, Albany, NY

9:20 AM-9:30 AM: Sunday, 2 February 2014


Break

9:30 AM-10:40 AM: Sunday, 2 February 2014


Panel Discussion 2
Breakout Panel Discussions: Understanding Sectors within Meteorology
Host: 13th Annual Student Conference
  9:30 AM
* Rotation 1 is from 9:30-10:00am & Rotation 2 is from 10:10-10:40am *


Panel Discussion 2A
Panel a: Academia
Location: Georgia Ballroom 3 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 13th Annual Student Conference
Moderator: Diamilet Pérez-Betancourt, MIT

Panel Discussion 2B
Panel B: Private Sector
Location: Room C301 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 13th Annual Student Conference
Moderator: Adam H. Turchioe, University at Albany/SUNY

Panel Discussion 2C
Panel C: Public Sector
Location: Room C302 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 13th Annual Student Conference
Moderator: Carl Jones, Florida State University

10:45 AM-11:15 AM: Sunday, 2 February 2014


Panel Discussion 3
Wrap-up Panel Session: The Weather Enterprise
Location: Georgia Ballroom 3 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 13th Annual Student Conference
Moderator: Annareli Morales, Colorado State University

11:15 AM-12:00 PM: Sunday, 2 February 2014


Panel Discussion 4
National Climate Assessment (NCA) Panel
Location: Georgia Ballroom 3 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 13th Annual Student Conference
Moderator: Daniel Alexander Rothenberg, MIT

12:00 PM-12:15 PM: Sunday, 2 February 2014


Session
Closing Remarks
Location: Georgia Ballroom 3 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 13th Annual Student Conference

2:00 PM-4:00 PM: Sunday, 2 February 2014


Session 8
In Their Rainboots: Simulating the Weather Enterprise
Location: Georgia Ballroom 3 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 13th Annual Student Conference

5:00 PM-6:30 PM: Sunday, 2 February 2014


Poster Session 1
Student Posters: All Topics
Location: Hall C3 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 13th Annual Student Conference
 
S1
Investigating the Role of Two-Inch Soil Temperatures in Snowfall
Elizabeth N. Smith, California University of Pennsylvania, California, PA

 
S2
Comparative Dynamic and Thermodynamic Characteristics of Nontornadic New England Thunderstorm Environments
Manda Beth Chasteen, NOAA/NWS, Champaign, IL

 
S3
Inter-Annual Comparison of Satellite Passive Microwave Data with Ground based Radiometric Measurements
GuanNian Zeng, NOAA-CREST, New York, NY; and H. Choi, K. Thelusma, J. Muñoz, and T. Lakhankar

 
S4
Analysis of Wet and Dry Microburst Simulations and the Importance of the Elevated Dry Layer on Wet Microburst Formation and Strength
Kevin A. Biernat, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, MI; and L. Orf

 
S5
Validation and Calibration of the SWAT and SNTHERM Model
Benjamin Joseph, NSF, Brooklyn, NY

 
S6
Hail Occurence: relationship to intraseasonal oscillation
B.S. Barrett, U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD; and B. Henley

 
S7
An Evaluation of the Antarctic Mesoscale Prediction System using Unique New Data from the CONCORDIASI Field Program
James O. H. Russell, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma; and D. Parsons and S. Cavallo

Handout (1.2 MB)

 
S8
Analysis of precipitation organization, topography, and land use in North Carolina using the Multi-Sensor Precipitation Estimation (MPE) product
Christopher M. Zarzar, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC; and T. M. Rickenbach, R. Nieto-Ferreira, and B. R. Nelson

Handout (546.7 kB)

 
S9
An Investigation into the Impacts of Land Use/Land Cover on Cloud-to-Ground Lightning Activity
Nathan Owen, Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS; and P. G. Dixon

 
S10
Evaluation of the National Severe Storms Laboratory Mesoscale Ensemble
Brianna Marlene Lund, St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, MN; and D. M. Wheatley and K. H. Knopfmeier

 
S11
Landslide Susceptibility Assessment Based on GIS: A Case Study in Wanzhou County, Three Gorges Reservoir
Wang Jiajia Sr., China University of Geoscieces, Wuhan, China

 
S12
Observational Analysis and Numerical Simulations of a Case of Rotating Lake-Effect Snow over Lake Tahoe
Brian Crow, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO; and N. F. Laird and N. D. Metz

 
S13
The Impact of Precipitation Cell Morphology on Mercury Wet Deposition: Michigan
Pamela Eck, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY; and F. J. Marsik

 
S14
Characterization of Offshore Turbulence Intensity from Analysis of Ten Offshore Meteorological Masts in Northern Europe
Daniel A. Pollak, Technical University of Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark; and N. G. Nygaard and M. M. Jimémez

 
S15
Real-World Tests of a Tensor Stress Boundary Condition in a Regional Atmospheric Model: Mount Rainier and Mount Ngauruhoe
Julie I. Barnum, Missouri State University, Springfield, MO

 
S16
The Impact of Precipitation Cell Morphology on Mercury Wet Deposition: Florida
Alexandra L. Caruthers, Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN; and F. J. Marsik

 
S17
A Synoptic-Dynamic Analysis of Cases of Major Underestimation of the Forecast Uncertainty
Carlee F. Loeser, Salisbury University, Jarrettsville, MD; and M. A. Herrera and I. Szunyogh

 
S18
Simulating convective mode of mesoscale phenomena with a WRF-GEFS ensemble
John Lawson, Iowa State University, Ames, IA; and W. A. Gallus, Jr.

 
S19
A Preliminary Examination of Data Obtained during the Ontario Winter Lake-Effect Systems Project
Christopher J. Johnston, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL; and J. W. Frame, S. Steiger, J. Wurman, and K. A. Kosiba

 
S20
Phenomenology of intracloud lightning leaders
Kelcy N. Brunner-Miller, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and P. M. Bitzer and H. J. Christian

 
S21
Physical Processes that determine Daily Extreme Precipitation over Southern Alaska given by CMIP5 GCMs Using SOMs
Kevin Smalley, Iowa State University, Ames, IA; and W. Gutowski

 
S22
A Case Study of the 30 June-1 July 2011 Lake Michigan-Crossing MCS
Macy E. Howarth, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY; and N. D. Metz

 
S23
Verification of the University of Washington's 12 km Probabilistic Ensemble Forecast for Small Craft Advisories in the Strait of Juan de Fuca
Bryan Burlingame, Central Michigan University, Saint Clair Shores, MI

 
S24
Trend Analysis for Precipitation Frequency Estimates in Puerto Rico
Pedro I. Matos-Llavona, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez, PR

 
S25
Comparisons between Observed and WRF Simulated Precipitation Organization in the Southeast US
Mark Nissenbaum, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC; and R. Ferreira

 
S26
Influence of Synoptic Cold Fronts on Microclimates in Watkins Glen Gorge
Chad W. Hecht, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY; and N. F. Laird

 
S27
Predictability of Impacts Associated with the February 2011 'Groundhog's Day' Storm
Stephanie A. Bonney, Central Michigan University, Rockford, MI; and M. A. Baxter

 
S28
Using Surface Observations in Conjunction with Remotely Sensed Observations to Understand the PBL Processes in Long Lake-Axis Parallel (LLAP) Snows
Alycia Gilliland, Metropolitan State University of Denver, Denver, CO

 
S29
Mobile Upper Air Operations in Support of the MPEX Field Experiment
Avery Tomasco, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and J. Hernandez, C. Thomas, R. Sodowsky, L. Barta, C. Holt, and D. Conlee

 
S30
Analysis of Convective Weather Impact Prediction on Arrival Routes in the New York Airspace
Morgan E. Gorris, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

 
S31
Are GFS 500hPa Forecasts More Consistent when the Energy is over land?
Eswar R. Iyer, Iowa State University, Ames, IA

 
S32
The Great Colorado Flood of September 2013 Forecast Model Analysis
Casey D. McClure, Metropolitan State University, Denver, CO

 
S33
Temperature Drift in Pilot Weather Station Instruments
William Schwind, University of Tennessee, Martin, TN; and R. M. Simpson and C. Karmosky

 
S35
The Effect of the Balcones Escarpment on Forecasting Major South Central Texas Rainfall Events
Alexandra M., Keclik, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and R. S. Schumacher

 
S34
Convective Systems in the Atmospheric Rivers: Case studies

 
S36
Analysis of Multiday Episodic Ozone Action Days (OAD) across Mississippi from 1999 to 2010
Hope-Anne L. Longwith, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS; and K. M. Greene

 
S37
Impacts of canonical and Modoki El Nino on tropical Atlantic SST
Dillon J. Amaya, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and G. R. Foltz

 
S38
Diagnostic Understanding of CWRF Performance over the Chesapeake Bay
Stephanie S. Rushley, NOAA/NCAS, Washington, DC; and X. Z. Liang

 
S39
Simulating Diurnal Variability Over the Southeast United States
Christopher Selman, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and V. Misra

Handout (1.6 MB)

 
S40
An estimation of the contribution from TRMM-identified extreme storms to the total precipitation in South America
Megan M. Chaplin, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and K. L. Rasmussen, M. D. Zuluaga, and R. A. Houze Jr.

 
S41
Predictive Skill of the Seasonal CFSv2 Forecasts for Extreme Weather Patterns in the Southern Plains
Rebecca LaPorta, NOAA/NCAS, Washington, DC; and D. L. Carlis

 
S42
Effect of rotational moisture advection on the amplitude and phase speed of the MJO in aquaplanet SP-CAM3
Andrew P. Vande Guchte, Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN; and M. S. Pritchard

 
S43
Spatial and seasonal variability of the meteorological effects on avalanche potential in Colorado's mountain ranges
Alan Smith, Metropolitan State University, Denver, CO

 
S44
Field and Forest Microclimate Conditions at Hanley Biological Preserve
Katherine M. Coughlin, Hobart & William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY; and N. F. Laird

 
S45
Predictive Skill of Temperature and Precipitation Forecast Deviations from Climatology in the Boulder, Colorado Flood and the August 2013 Central US Drought
Vincent Anthony Carretti, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and E. R. Snodgrass

 
S46
The Effectiveness of the Tompkins County Department of Transportation's Deicing Strategies in Ithaca, NY
Roop K. Singh, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

 
S47
Statistical Analysis between Soil Wetness Variational Index and Precipitation
Jhonatan Alvizurez, NOAA, Staten Island, NY; and S. Kraatz and K. Tesfagiorgis

 
S48
Supercell Thunderstorms and Lake Michigan
Benjamin Roob Jr., Northland College, Ashland, WI

 
S49
Idealized 3-D Numerical Simulations of Tornado-like Multi-vortex Systems: Comparison with Theory
Alexander J. Adams, Western Illinois University, Macomb, IL; and J. T. Vancil and M. L. Buker

 
S50
Analysis of TRMM-identified extreme precipitation systems in Africa: Storm characteristics and contributions to the total rainfall
Alexandria C. Gingrey, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and M. D. Zuluaga, K. L. Rasmussen, and R. A. Houze Jr.

 
S51
Sensitivity of Simulated Drylines to Boundary Layer Parameterization and Grid-Spacing
Brice E. Coffer, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC

Handout (940.0 kB)

 
S52
Diagnosis of the meteorological conditions associated with sprites and lightning with large Change Moment Changes (CMC) over Oklahoma
Lizxandra Flores Rivera, University of Puerto Rico, Ponce, PR; and T. J. Lang

 
S53
Significance of the Time Between Preliminary Breakdown and Return Stoke for Negative Cloud-to-Ground Flashes
Geoffrey Heidelberger, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL

 
S54
The Structure of Lightning in Convective Storms in Varying Pre-Convective Environments during the Deep Convective Clouds and Chemistry Field Campaign
Kurtis Pinkney, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND; and G. L. Mullendore, B. C. Bigelbach, M. Scott, P. N. Gatlin, and L. D. Carey

 
S55
Modeling El Nino Southern Oscillation and its interaction with the Atmosphere by combining the Delayed Action Oscillator and the Lorenz Models
David Quesada, St. Thomas University, Miami Gardens, FL; and H. Castro

 
S56
Lightning Density and Overshooting Tops: A Look into the Future of Offshore Storm Forecasting
Alexandra Stinner, US Coast Guard, New London, CT

 
S57
Evaluation of Road Surface Temperature Forecasts
Michael E. Baldwin, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN; and J. Bozell, V. Garcia, P. Hockerman, M. Seedorf, C. Susdorf, and A. White

 
S58
Variations in Raindrop Size Distributions Associated with Diverse Storm Types and Structures
Anthony G. Viramontez, University of Louisiana, Monroe, LA; and L. J. Hopper Jr.

 
S59
Air Mass Origin and Fine Scale Radar and Thermodynamic Structure of a Warm Front over the Midwestern United States
Matthew K. Macomber, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and D. M. Plummer, A. A. Rosenow, R. M. Rauber, G. McFarquhar, and B. F. Jewett

 
S60
A GIS Evaluation of Cobb's Snowfall Algorithm as a Prediction Tool for Emergency Managers
Ashley Diane Feaster, Emporia State University, Emporia, KS

 
S61
An Assessment of WRF Model Forecast Skill for the White Mountains of New Hampshire
Matthew D. Cann, Plymouth State University, Plymouth, NH; and E. P. Kelsey

 
S62
Establishing a correlation between the Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect in New York City and the land cover
Awolou Silvere Sossa, NOAA CREST REU/ City College of New York, bronx, NY; and M. Karimi, C. Curtis, D. R. Khanbilvardi, and B. L. Vant-Hull

 
S63
An analysis of Ozone (O3) transport across Mississippi using trajectory mapping from 1999-2010
DeVondria D. Reynolds, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS; and K. M. Greene

 
S64
Estimating methane emissions from natural gas extraction using tower-based atmospheric monitoring
Juliana N. Ciccarelli, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA; and T. Lavaux, N. Miles, S. Richardson, and K. Davis

 
S65
How the Chemical Composition of the Pre-storm and Inflow Regions Compare to Each Other and to the Outflow Region of Deep Convection in the Upper Troposphere
Meghan J. Applegate, NCAR, Van Meter, IA; and M. C. Barth and M. Kennedy

 
S66
Impact of long-lived Greenhouse Gases (GHGs) on tropospheric chemistry
Fernanda Ramos-Garcés, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR; and V. Naik and L. W. Horowitz

 
S67
Sources of Free Tropospheric Ozone Enhancements in CA
Matthew Davey, Lyndon State College, Cranston, RI; and N. Grossberg and B. L. Lefer

 
S68
Annual Variation of mesospheric sodium at Arecibo, Puerto Rico
Erick M. García, University of Puerto Rico, Arecibo, PR; and S. Raizada

 
S69
Modeling the Effect of Fuel Moisture and Meteorology on Wildfire Model Emissions
Megan Elizabeth Buzanowicz, Millersville University, Millersville, PA; and F. L. Herron-Thorpe and J. Vaughan

 
S70
Developing a Climatology of Snowfall Events in Oneonta, New York
David M. Loveless, State University of New York College, Oneonta, NY; and M. L. Godek

Handout (1.4 MB)

 
S71
The Influence of Vertical Wind Shear and the El Niño-Southern Oscillation on Hurricanes in the Tropical Atlantic
Justin William Whitaker, Wofford College, Spartanburg, SC

 
S72
The Atmospheric and Environmental Conditions Responsible for High Stream Flow at the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest in New Hampshire
David Morgan, Plymouth State University, Plymouth, NH; and E. P. Kelsey and S. Bailey

 
S73
Santa Ana Winds and Their Impacts on Soutehrn California
Brittany S. Hailey, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS; and A. Gershunov

 
S74
An Assessment of the Impact of Flooding on Bird Populations Using the Philadelphia Temporal Synoptic Index (TSI)
Erin Potter, University of Delaware, Newark, DE; and D. J. Leathers

 
S75
A Hydrometeorological Investigation of Precipitation and Water Resource Variability in Barbados
Veronica Olexa Hall, Bowling Green, KY; and J. Polk, G. Ouellette, and J. D. Durkee

 
S76
Variability in Atmospheric Thermodynamic Soundings (VATS): The Drought of Summer 2012, Revisited
Sonia Lasher-Trapp, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and C. L. Ambriz, J. L. Bauer, S. C. Buehler, S. J. Childs, S. E. Chun, H. Fang, R. R. Fridley, V. J. Gruber, A. E. Hake, S. M. Haley, C. T. Hardin, T. D. Heckstall, C. S. Lewis, K. B. McEnany, B. M. Owen, M. R. Price, H. P. Taylor, C. S. Tully, N. K. Vezina, and J. R. Wilson

 
S77
Climatological Analysis of Hail within the Central Appalachian Mountains Region of the Eastern United States
Ashley Taylor Athey, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA; and A. W. Ellis and L. G. Yokley

 
S78
Warm Season Cloud to Ground Lightning Climatology for Georgia
Steve Gregg, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA; and S. E. Nelson

 
S79
Pattern-based Snowfall Climatology for North Georgia
Matthew Yannetti, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA; and S. E. Nelson and A. R. Gibbs

 
S80
A Climatology of Precipitation Efficiency for the Central Appalachian Mountains Region
James J. Morrow, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA; and N. Luchetti and D. A. Ellis

 
S82
The Effects of Global Warming on Temperature and Precipitation Trends in Northeast America
Felicia, Melissa Francis, NOAA/CREST, New York, NY; and J. Neustadt

 
S83
A Climatological Study of the Prominent Winds at Mount Washington, New Hampshire
Kevin Cronin, Plymouth State University, Plymouth, NH; and E. P. Kelsey

 
S84
Assessing the Impact of Climate Change and Variability on Sweet Potatoes in East Africa
Saul D. Ddumba, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI; and J. Andresen, J. A. Winkler, N. J. Moore, and J. Olson

 
S85
Measuring the effects on environmental conditions on biodiversity
Mara A. Freilich, Brown University, Providence, RI; and S. Connolly

 
S86
Cyclones And Sea Ice: Studying the Feedbacks
Miguel Segura, Brown University, Providence, RI; and M. Tsukernik, T. E. Arbetter, and A. H. Lynch

 
S87
Intraseasonal influences on terrestrial snow cover in the Arctic
Emily Kreyenhagen, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD; and G. R. Henderson and B. S. Barrett

 
S88
Cold Surges along the African Highlands
Caitlin Crossett, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY; and N. D. Metz

 
S89
Comparative Analysis of Brazil Current System Oceanic Transports in Four IPCC AR4 Climate Models
Carina Stefoni Böck, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; and L. P. D. F. Assad and L. Landau

 
S90
An Investigation of Extreme Wet Bulb Globe Temperatures across the Contiguous United States
Minh Duc Phan, University of Georgia, Athens, GA; and C. A. Williams and A. Grundstein

 
S91
Impacts of Snow-Albedo Feedback in the Tibetan Plateau, Himalayas and Central Asia
Eric Sinsky, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ; and D. Ghatak and J. R. Miller

 
S92
Seasonal Variations of Water, Energy, and Carbon Fluxes Across a Moisture Gradient in West Africa
A. S. Denning; and D. C. Smith and I. Baker

 
S93
Last Millennium Climate Change in CMIP5 Models
Elynn Wu, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and A. Atwood and D. Frierson

 
S94
The Effects of Global Dimming/Brightening on Climate Change
Brett F. Dean, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, FL

 
S95
Spatial Precipitation Trends and Effects of Climate Change on the Hawaiian Hualalai Aquifer
Alyssa D. Hendricks, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and S. R. Fassnacht and S. Stevenson

 
S96
ENSO is More Powerful and Frequent with a Significant Change to the Southeast U.S
Carlysle McNaught, COAPS, Tallahassee, FL; and J. J. O'Brien and S. Strazzo

 
S97
Evaluation of Advanced Research WRF (ARW) on Hurricane Humberto (2007)
Jared W. Marquis, University of Louisiana, Houston, TX; and G. J. Williams

Handout (1.0 MB)

 
S98
Evaluating El Niño Southern Oscillation Simulations in the Climate Forecast System Model
Kelly M. Nunez Ocasio, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez, PR; and A. Kumar

 
S99
ENSO Forecast Model Initialization Using an Analogue Approach
John-Paul Michael, Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL; and V. Misra and E. P. Chassignet

 
S100
Developing a Tennessee Climate Atlas
Chelsea O. Cooper, Univ. of Tennessee, Martin, TN; and E. M. Daubs, R. A. Diegan, R. E. Smith, H. L. Wallsmith, and R. M. Simpson

 
S101
Arctic Ice and Cloud Feedbacks in CMIP5 Models
Abigail Lauren Ahlert, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and D. A. Randall and M. A. Burt

 
S102
Climatological Thermodynamic Analysis of Elevated Nocturnal Mesoscale Convective Systems on the Great Plains
Jessica J. Choate, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL

 
S103
Extreme Weather Events in the National Weather Service Brownsville County Warning Area Part II: Hurricanes, Flooding, and Extreme Heat
Joeseph J. Martinez, NOAA/NWS, Cidra, PR

 
S104
Warm Season Cumulus Cloud Base Height Climatology for Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport
Emily Madison, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA; and S. E. Nelson

 
S105
Validating ENSO teleconnections in the South-East US
Bappaditya Nag, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and V. Misra and S. Bastola

 
S106
Assessing Storm Prediction Center Tornado Outbreak Forecasts using Synoptic-Scale Composite Analysis
Alyssa V. Bates, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS; and A. E. Mercer

 
S107
Composites of Tornadic and Nontornadic Severe Weather Outbreaks in the Northeast
Andrew M. Fisher, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ

 
S108
Numerical Simulations of Vorticity Generation along an Idealized Rear-Flanking Downdraft
Jacob T. Vancil, Western Illinois Univ., Bushnell, IL; and A. J. Adams and M. L. Buker

 
S109
Forecasting and Intercepting the 28 May 2013 Bennington, KS Tornadic Supercell: A Student Perspective
Kevin M. Wagner, Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN; and B. Wolf, T. Bals-Elsholz, and K. Goebbert

 
S110
Doppler Radar Observations of Vortices in a Left-Moving Supercell Thunderstorm on 26 May 2009
Mark D. Savin, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and J. Frame

 
S111
Impacts of the large-scale circulation on the formation of Cape Verde storms
Robert G. Nystrom, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and Z. Wang

 
S112
A Climatology of Tropical Cyclone Impacts across the NWS Newport/Morehead City County Warning Area
Zachary P. Sefcovic, Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN; and D. A. Glenn

 
S113
Detection and Diagnosis of Tropical Storms in High-Resolution Atmospheric Models
Keren Rosado, Howard University /NCAS/NCEP, Washington, DC; and V. Balaji and K. Olivo

 
S114
A TRMM Precipitation Rate Analysis of the Extratropical Transitioning (ET) of Tropical Cyclones in the North Atlantic
Christian R. Kamrath, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

 
S115
Global Ensemble Forecast System (GEFS) Performance on Hurricanes
Ana P. Torres, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez, PR

 
S116
Extreme Weather Events in the NWS Brownsville County Warning Area: Freezes, Tornadoes and Hail
Jose Algarin-Ballesteros, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez, PR; and G. Bogorad and D. Butts Jr.

 
S117
The Influence of Topographic Variability on Severe Weather
Colton D. Eddy, Northland College, Ashland, WI

 
S118
Westward Tracking Extratropical Cyclones: A Historical Climatology of Storms Similar to Hurricane Sandy
Zachary Zambreski, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY; and A. T. DeGaetano

 
S119
Using Teleconnection Indices to Predict Seasonal Tornado Outbreak Frequency
Kent H. Sparrow, Mississippi State Univ., Mississippi State, MS; and A. E. Mercer

 
S120
Characteristics of Boundary Layer Structure and Evolution of a Landfalling Hurricane with High-Resolution Numerical Simulations

 
S121
Damage Survey Analysis of the 20 May 2013 Moore Tornado
Kelly M. Butler, Lyndon State College, Lyndonville, VT; and K. R. Flynn, N. T. Atkins, and R. Wakimoto
Manuscript (22.8 kB)

 
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Effects of Ice Microphysics on Hurricane Intensity
Casey Peirano, SUNY, Albany, NY; and C. P. Riedel, O. Kintigh, and J. Straka

 
S123
On the use of Synoptic Composites for Distinguishing Rapid and non-Rapid Intensification in Tropical Cyclones
Alexandria D. Grimes, Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS; and A. E. Mercer

 
S124
A Three-Ingredients Approach to Anticipating Mesovortex Genesis
McKenna W. Stanford, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL; and J. S. Schaumann and J. P. Gagan

 
S125
North Atlantic Hurricanes Contributed by African Easterly Waves North and South of the African Easterly Jet, Part II
Joshua J. Alland, SUNY, Albany, NY; and T. C. Chen

 
S126
Role of coastal topography in pre-tropical cyclone disturbance formation
Konstantine Louis Pryles, University of Georgia, Duluth, GA; and J. L. Evans and J. D. Fuentes
Manuscript (2.8 MB)

 
S127
Factors Affecting the Trajectory and Intensification of Tropical Cyclone Yasi
Chelsea. L. Parker, Brown University, Providence, RI; and A. H. Lynch and M. Tsukernik

 
S128
The Structure and Evolution of Tropical Cyclones in the North Atlantic Ocean Basin
Ajay Raghavendra, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, FL
Manuscript (540.1 kB)

Handout (939.4 kB)

 
S129
Eyewall Mesovortices in Hurricane Fabian (2003) using the HWRF Ensemble Data Assimilation System (HEDAS)
Sarah Dunn Ditchek, Yale University, New Haven, CT; and S. D. Aberson

 
S130
Sandy 2012: The Perfect Surge
Robbie Martin Munroe, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC; and C. M. Zarzar

Handout (632.0 kB)

 
S131
Effect of Hurricanes on Sea Surface Temperatures
Travis James Bush, Berlin, MD

Handout (493.3 kB)

 
S132
Future Changes in the Atlantic Warm Pool: An Implication for the Occurrence of Intense Hurricanes
Alexandra N. Ramos, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez, PR; and S. K. Lee, D. B. Enfield, and C. Wang

 
S133
Automated Detection of Radar Severe Weather Signatures
Matthew Wiesner, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada; and J. Hardin and V. Chandrasekar

 
S134
Visualization of the 3-Dimensional Structure of Clouds and Water Vapor in the Hurricane Environment
Genevieve M. Burgess, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and R. O. Knuteson, P. Menzel, H. E. Revercomb, Y. Plokhenko, and W. L. Smith Sr.

 
S135
Importance of tree type and precipitation estimates for modeling hurricane-induced power outages
Christopher M. Maderia, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX

Handout (2.4 MB)

 
S136
Effects of Model Physics Options on Simulated Storm Depth
Johnathan J. Metz, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND; and G. L. Mullendore and L. E. Christensen

 
S137
Determining the vertical distribution of volcanic plumes and SO2 column amounts from 2004–2013
Jonathan Martinez, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and S. Massie and R. R. Neely III

 
S138
The Effect of Absorptive Aerosol Layers on Atmospheric Dynamics
Lance L. Rayborn, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, FL

 
S139
Variability of Mineral Aerosols in the Atmosphere
Molly B. Smith, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY; and N. M. Mahowald

Handout (781.4 kB)

 
S140
An Evaluation of Utilizing Passive and Active Satellite Aerosol Products as Proxies for Surface-Based PM2.5 Concentrations
Travis D. Toth, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND; and J. Zhang, J. R. Campbell, E. J. Hyer, J. S. Reid, Y. Shi, and D. L. Westphal

 
S141
Using Satellite Aerosol Optical Depth Data to Evaluate Simulations of Biomass Burning Emissions in the NASA Aerosol Model GOCART
Zachary Thomas Fasnacht, NASA, Greenbelt, MD; and M. Chin and M. Petrenko

 
S142
Influence of Microphysics Choice on Downburst Development in Simulated Air Mass Thunderstorms
Nicholas E. Rothfuss, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, MI; and L. Orf

 
S143
Comparison of emissions inventories of anthropogenic air pollutants in Asia with a special focus on China's transport sector
Margarita V. Korobkov, Emory University, Atlanta, GA; and E. Saikawa, Y. Zhao, J. I. Kurokawa, Q. Zhang, and T. Ohara

 
S144
Growth of Tropical Cumulus Congestus Clouds
Katherine Towey, SUNY, Albany, NY; and M. Jensen and T. Toto

 
S145
Can Saharan Dust Serve as Cloud Nuclei for Boundary-Layer Clouds in South Florida?
Sara Purdue, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and P. Zuidema

 
S146
Pollution Transportation Affects Wisconsin
Stephanie R. Lein, Northland College, Burlington, WI

 
S147
The role of coagulation in the growth of aerosol particles at a remote site in Alabama
Karimar Ledesma-Maldonado, University of Puerto Rico, Carolina, PR; and D. R. Collins

 
S148
Positive Matrix Factorization (PMF) Analysis of PM2.5 Speciation Data from DISCOVER-AQ Sites: Baltimore, MD and Fresno, CA
Daniel Wesloh, JCET/Univ. of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD; and D. Orozco, R. Delgado, and R. M. Hoff

 
S149
African dust impact on the size distribution of aerosols in the Caribbean: Observations from Atmospheric Observatory in Cabezas de San Juan, Puerto Rico
Mariana Quiñones-Rosado, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras, PR; and O. L. Mayol-Bracero, P. Vallejo, P. Formenti, B. Andrews, and J. Ogren

 
S150
Developing high resolution AOD imaging compatible with weather forecast model outputs for PM2.5 estimation
Daniel Vidal, City College of New York, New York, NY

 
S151
Reconstruction of MASTER Images Using DINEOF and 3D Inpaint
Maribel Torres-Velázquez, NASA, Guayanilla, PR

 
S152
Satellite Estimates of the Barrier Layer in the Indian Ocean

 
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The Turkana Jet and its role in interannual variability
Peter Dellagrotta, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and S. E. Nicholson

 
S153
Caribbean and Adjacent Regions Sea Level Monitoring System for Tsunami and Other Coastal Applications
Hector M. Crespo-Jones, NOAA/NWS, Mayaguez, PR; and C. von Hillebrandt

 
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Soil Moisture Dynamics: A Comparison of the SMOS Satellite to the South Fork In-Situ Network
Wesley Rondinelli, Iowa State University, Ames, IA; and B. K. Hornbuckle, M. Cosh, and J. C. Patton
Manuscript (178.7 kB)

 
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Measurements of Offshore Wind Resources over Maryland for Strategic Planning and Development of Offshore Wind Energy Projects
Farrah Daham, JCET/Univ. of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD; and G. Antoszewski, D. Wesloh, A. St. Pé, and R. Delgado

 
S156
Detecting Azimuth-Dependent Biases in Radar Precipitation Estimates
Matthew T. Morris, North Carolina State University, Stanardsville, VA

 
S157
Getting to Know Dual-Pol: A Case Study Comparison of C-Band and S-Band Dual-Polarization Radars in Northern Alabama
Jacquelyn Ringhausen, NOAA, Hardin, IL

 
S158
Ground Reference and Ancillary Data Validation of Freeze-Thaw State Products of Alaska
Berenice Oseguera, NOAA-CREST, New York, NY; and J. Pinales and K. McDonald

 
S159
Using Multiple Instrument Measurements To Assess Integrated Water Vapor Path From A Multispectral Microwave Radiometer
James Fallon, City College of New York, New York, NY; and Z. Han, F. Moshary, and B. Gross

 
S160
Reducing Chlorophyll Content in Soybeans Alters the Surface Energy Balance
Kaitlin Togliatti, USDA, Urbana, IL; and A. VanLoocke, R. A. Slattery, C. J. Bernacchi, and D. R. Ort

 
S161
Evaluation of Vaisala RS-92 Radiosonde Water Vapor Dry Bias Correction Algorithms Using Long-Term ARM Datasets
Andrew M. Dzambo, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and D. D. Turner

Handout (1.6 MB)

 
S162
Meteorological interpretation of S- and X-band warm season echoes, using the CSU-CHILL dual-frequency radar
Jacqueline Costello, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and E. M. Dougherty

 
S163
Wireless Sensor Data Transmission Techniques in High Precision Meteorological Instrumentation
Jeffrey C. Cohen, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and A. Tomasco, J. Rivas, and D. T. Conlee

 
S164
Determining the Optimal Sampling Rate of a Sonic Anemometer Based on the Shannon-Nyquist Sampling Theorem
Andrew Mahre, University of Texas, Austin, TX; and G. J. Creager

 
S165
Micrometeorological Instrumentation of a Green Roof and Living Walls Project
Kathryn Westerman, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and R. J. Chilton, K. J. Cobb, L. E. Seidensticker, G. Sims, L. Gerber-Chavez, H. Upton, and D. T. Conlee

 
S166
Tornado damage mitigation: What National Weather Center visitors know and why they aren't mitigating
Kody M. Gast, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO; and J. A. Brotzge and D. LaDue

 
S167
Risk Perceptions of Hurricane Track Forecasts
Idamis Del Valle Martinez, Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS; and K. Sherman-Morris

 
S168
A Calculated Risk: One Storm Chase Group's Experience with the El Reno and OKC Tornadoes
Jennifer Henderson, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA

 
S169
Teaching High School Students Machine Learning
Renautha Rose, NOAA, New York, NY

 
S170
Exploring the effectiveness of Integrated Warning Teams
Caleb Darnell Johnson, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Silver Creek, MS; and L. P. Rothfusz

 
S171
A National Tornado Awareness Training Course
Owen H. Shieh, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI

 
S172
Characteristics and Anthropogenic Indications of Blue Hole Five, San Salvador, Bahamas
Tashiana C. Osborne, Saint Cloud State University, St. Cloud, MN; and E. Flynn, N. Spano, M. J. Berman, K. Brady, P. Gnivecki, A. Michelson, A. Myrbo, and L. E. Park

 
S173
Beta-testing of New InterMet Systems Radiosonde Software
Sarah E. Spivey, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and D. T. Conlee, M. Murat, and R. C. Sodowsky

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