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Saturday, 3 January 2015

7:30 AM-10:00 AM: Saturday, 3 January 2015


Registration for Student Conference and Short Courses
Location: Lobby of Exhibit Hall 5 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

8:30 AM-5:00 PM: Saturday, 3 January 2015


AMS Short Course: Advanced Python for Climate Science: From Numpy to Parallel Computing
Location: 211B West Building (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

8:30 AM-5:30 PM: Saturday, 3 January 2015


AMS Short Course:a Beginner’S Course to Using Python in Climate and Meteorology
Location: 211A West Building (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

9:00 AM-9:30 AM: Saturday, 3 January 2015


Session 1
Welcome Remarks
Location: North Ballroom CD (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 14th Annual Student Conference
Cochairs: Rosimar Rios-Berrios, SUNY; Kelsey Mulder, University of Manchester; Daniel A. Rothenberg, MIT
  9:00 AM
Welcome from the 14th Student Conference Planning Committee: Rosimar Rios-Berrios, Kelsey Mulder, and Daniel Rothenberg, Co-Chairs

  9:05 AM
Welcome from the AMS: Bill Gail, President of the AMS

9:30 AM-10:00 AM: Saturday, 3 January 2015


Session 2
Get the Most out of this Conference: How to Develop Yourself as a Professional
Location: North Ballroom CD (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 14th Annual Student Conference
Speakers: Dr. Gary Lackmann, North Carolina State Univ.; Owen H. Shieh, University of Hawaii
Chair: Joshua J. Alland, SUNY

Get Primed for the AMS Student Conference by learning how to use this time wisely. You'll get tips on how to network, walk up to big-name scientists, and how to make yourself competitive in achieving your future goals.

10:00 AM-10:15 AM: Saturday, 3 January 2015


Coffee Break

10:15 AM-11:00 AM: Saturday, 3 January 2015


Panel Discussion 1A
Breakout Panel Session Rotation 1: Forecasting
Location: North Ballroom CD (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 14th Annual Student Conference
Speakers: John Tharp, Weather Decision Technologies; Todd Lericos, NOAA/NWS; Paul J. Roebber, University of Wisconsin
Chair: Samantha A. Tushaus, University of Michigan

Panel Discussion 1B
Breakout Panel Session Rotation 1: Communication
Location: 122BC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 14th Annual Student Conference
Speakers: Keli Pirtle, NOAA; Jorge Torres, KOB-TV; Ginger Zee, ABC News/Good Morning America; J. Marshall Shepherd, University of Georgia
Chair: Matthew J. Lauridsen, Texas Tech University

Panel Discussion 1C
Breakout Panel Session Rotation 1: Research
Location: 127ABC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 14th Annual Student Conference
Speakers: James Correia Jr., CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma/NOAA/NWS/SPC; Jeffrey Anderson, NCAR; Jonathan E. Martin, University of Wisconsin; Elizabeth A. Ritchie, University of Arizona
Chair: Daniel J. Halperin, Florida State University

11:15 AM-12:00 PM: Saturday, 3 January 2015


Panel Discussion 2A
Breakout Panel Session Rotation 2: Forecasting
Location: North Ballroom CD (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 14th Annual Student Conference
Speakers: John Tharp, Weather Decision Technologies; Todd Lericos, NOAA/NWS; Paul J. Roebber, University of Wisconsin
Chair: Samantha A. Tushaus, University of Michigan

Session 2B
Breakout Panel Session Rotation 2: Communication
Location: 122BC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 14th Annual Student Conference
Speakers: Keli Pirtle, NOAA; Jorge Torres, KOB-TV; Ginger Zee, ABC News/Good Morning America; J. Marshall Shepherd, University of Georgia
Chair: Matthew J. Lauridsen, Texas Tech University

Panel Discussion 2C
Breakout Panel Session Rotation 2: Research
Location: 127ABC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 14th Annual Student Conference
Speakers: James Correia Jr., CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma/NOAA/NWS/SPC; Jeffrey Anderson, NCAR; Jonathan E. Martin, University of Wisconsin; Elizabeth A. Ritchie, University of Arizona
Chair: Daniel J. Halperin, Florida State University

12:00 PM-1:00 PM: Saturday, 3 January 2015


Lunch

1:00 PM-1:30 PM: Saturday, 3 January 2015


Session 3
Introduction to Conversations with Professionals
Location: North Ballroom CD (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 14th Annual Student Conference
Speakers: Christopher A. Davis, NCAR; Jennifer K. Vanos, Texas Tech University; Lt. Christine Schultz, NOAA Corps; Lt. Cmdr. Rebecca Waddington, NOAA Corps; Bernadette Woods Placky, Climate Central; Delores J. Knipp, Univ. of Colorado; Brian Hoeth, NOAA/NWS; Amber Sullins, ABC15 (KNXV-TV); Jonathan J. Rutz, NOAA/NWS; Christina C. Crowe, NOAA/NWS; Katherine Meinig, US Air Force; Wendy Schreiber-Abshire, UCAR/COMET; Nic Wilson, Vaisala; Michael Ventrice, WSI Corporation

Stretch your mind by learning about the wide variety of careers in meteorology. From traditional to non-traditional careers, each professional will give a 2-3 minute introduction on why you will want to talk to them. Note their room numbers to visit during Session 5.

1:30 PM-3:30 PM: Saturday, 3 January 2015


Session 4A
Conversation with Professionals
Location: 123 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 14th Annual Student Conference
Speaker: Christopher A. Davis, NCAR
Cochairs: Ryan J. Kramer, University of Miami; Stacey M. Hitchcock, Colorado State University

Stretch your mind by learning about the wide variety of careers in meteorology. Visit professionals to have small group discussion with them about their job. This is a great opportunity to ask questions and have discussions with top professionals. *Each discussion will be 15 minutes with 5 minutes for rotations.

Session 4B
Conversation with Professionals
Location: 124A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 14th Annual Student Conference
Speaker: Jennifer K. Vanos, Texas Tech University
Cochairs: Ryan J. Kramer, University of Miami; Stacey M. Hitchcock, Colorado State University

Stretch your mind by learning about the wide variety of careers in meteorology. Visit professionals to have small group discussion with them about their job. This is a great opportunity to ask questions and have discussions with top professionals. *Each discussion will be 15 minutes with 5 minutes for rotations.

Session 4C
Conversation with Professionals
Location: 122BC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 14th Annual Student Conference
Speakers: Lt. Christine Schultz, NOAA Corps; Lt. Cmdr. Rebecca Waddington, NOAA Corps
Cochairs: Ryan J. Kramer, University of Miami; Stacey M. Hitchcock, Colorado State University

Stretch your mind by learning about the wide variety of careers in meteorology. Visit professionals to have small group discussion with them about their job. This is a great opportunity to ask questions and have discussions with top professionals. *Each discussion will be 15 minutes with 5 minutes for rotations.

Session 4D
Conversation with Professionals
Location: 124B (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 14th Annual Student Conference
Speaker: Bernadette Woods Placky, Climate Central
Cochairs: Ryan J. Kramer, University of Miami; Stacey M. Hitchcock, Colorado State University

Stretch your mind by learning about the wide variety of careers in meteorology. Visit professionals to have small group discussion with them about their job. This is a great opportunity to ask questions and have discussions with top professionals. *Each discussion will be 15 minutes with 5 minutes for rotations.

Session 4E
Conversation with Professionals
Location: 125AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 14th Annual Student Conference
Speaker: Delores J. Knipp, Univ. of Colorado
Cochairs: Ryan J. Kramer, University of Miami; Stacey M. Hitchcock, Colorado State University

Stretch your mind by learning about the wide variety of careers in meteorology. Visit professionals to have small group discussion with them about their job. This is a great opportunity to ask questions and have discussions with top professionals. *Each discussion will be 15 minutes with 5 minutes for rotations.

Session 4F
Conversation with Professionals
Location: 122BC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 14th Annual Student Conference
Speaker: Brian Hoeth, NOAA/NWS
Cochairs: Ryan J. Kramer, University of Miami; Stacey M. Hitchcock, Colorado State University

Stretch your mind by learning about the wide variety of careers in meteorology. Visit professionals to have small group discussion with them about their job. This is a great opportunity to ask questions and have discussions with top professionals. *Each discussion will be 15 minutes with 5 minutes for rotations.

Session 4G
Conversation with Professionals
Location: 126A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 14th Annual Student Conference
Speaker: Amber Sullins, ABC15 (KNXV-TV)
Cochairs: Ryan J. Kramer, University of Miami; Stacey M. Hitchcock, Colorado State University

Stretch your mind by learning about the wide variety of careers in meteorology. Visit professionals to have small group discussion with them about their job. This is a great opportunity to ask questions and have discussions with top professionals. *Each discussion will be 15 minutes with 5 minutes for rotations.

Session 4H
Conversation with Professionals
Location: North Ballroom CD (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 14th Annual Student Conference
Speaker: Jonathan J. Rutz, NOAA/NWS
Cochairs: Ryan J. Kramer, University of Miami; Stacey M. Hitchcock, Colorado State University

Stretch your mind by learning about the wide variety of careers in meteorology. Visit professionals to have small group discussion with them about their job. This is a great opportunity to ask questions and have discussions with top professionals. *Each discussion will be 15 minutes with 5 minutes for rotations.

Session 4I
Conversation with Professionals
Location: North Ballroom CD (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 14th Annual Student Conference
Speaker: Christina C. Crowe, NOAA/NWS
Cochairs: Ryan J. Kramer, University of Miami; Stacey M. Hitchcock, Colorado State University

Stretch your mind by learning about the wide variety of careers in meteorology. Visit professionals to have small group discussion with them about their job. This is a great opportunity to ask questions and have discussions with top professionals. *Each discussion will be 15 minutes with 5 minutes for rotations.

Session 4J
Conversation with Professionals
Location: 126BC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 14th Annual Student Conference
Speaker: Katherine Meinig, US Air Force
Cochairs: Ryan J. Kramer, University of Miami; Stacey M. Hitchcock, Colorado State University

Stretch your mind by learning about the wide variety of careers in meteorology. Visit professionals to have small group discussion with them about their job. This is a great opportunity to ask questions and have discussions with top professionals. *Each discussion will be 15 minutes with 5 minutes for rotations.

Session 4K
Conversation with Professionals
Location: 128AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 14th Annual Student Conference
Speaker: Wendy Schreiber-Abshire, UCAR/COMET
Cochairs: Ryan J. Kramer, University of Miami; Stacey M. Hitchcock, Colorado State University

Stretch your mind by learning about the wide variety of careers in meteorology. Visit professionals to have small group discussion with them about their job. This is a great opportunity to ask questions and have discussions with top professionals. *Each discussion will be 15 minutes with 5 minutes for rotations.

Session 4L
Conversation with Professionals
Location: 127ABC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 14th Annual Student Conference
Speaker: Nic Wilson, Vaisala
Cochairs: Ryan J. Kramer, University of Miami; Stacey M. Hitchcock, Colorado State University

Stretch your mind by learning about the wide variety of careers in meteorology. Visit professionals to have small group discussion with them about their job. This is a great opportunity to ask questions and have discussions with top professionals. *Each discussion will be 15 minutes with 5 minutes for rotations.

Session 4M
Conversation with Professionals
Location: 127ABC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 14th Annual Student Conference
Speaker: Michael Ventrice, WSI Corporation
Cochairs: Ryan J. Kramer, University of Miami; Stacey M. Hitchcock, Colorado State University

Stretch your mind by learning about the wide variety of careers in meteorology. Visit professionals to have small group discussion with them about their job. This is a great opportunity to ask questions and have discussions with top professionals. *Each discussion will be 15 minutes with 5 minutes for rotations.

3:30 PM-4:00 PM: Saturday, 3 January 2015


AMS Student Chapter Town Hall Meeting (Specifically for Student Chapter Officers, but open to all)
Location: North Ballroom CD (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Moderator: Kristy C. Carter, University of South Carolina

This meeting is specifically designed for Student Chapter Officers, but it is open to everyone. Get a chance to hear from the award-winning chapters in the country and discuss the joys and pains of running an AMS chapter.

Coffee Break

4:00 PM-5:00 PM: Saturday, 3 January 2015


Session 5
Extreme Weather Events
Location: North Ballroom CD (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 14th Annual Student Conference
Speakers: Russ S. Schumacher, Colorado State University; Jason Samenow, Washington Post; John J. Brost, NOAA/NWSFO; Josh Morgerman, iCyclone.com
Chair: Kevin A. Biernat, University at Albany, SUNY

5:00 PM-5:30 PM: Saturday, 3 January 2015


Session 6
Closing Remarks
Location: North Ballroom CD (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 14th Annual Student Conference

5:30 PM-7:30 PM: Saturday, 3 January 2015


AMS Career Fair and Graduate School Reception
Location: North Ballroom AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

Sunday, 4 January 2015

7:30 AM-9:00 AM: Sunday, 4 January 2015


Registration for Short Courses and Conference for Early Career Professionals
Location: Lobby of Exhibit Hall 5 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

8:30 AM-5:00 PM: Sunday, 4 January 2015


AMS Short Course: Advanced Python for Climate Science: From Numpy to Parallel Computing
Location: 211B West Building (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

8:30 AM-5:30 PM: Sunday, 4 January 2015


AMS Short Course:a Beginner’S Course to Using Python in Climate and Meteorology
Location: 211A West Building (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

9:00 AM-9:30 AM: Sunday, 4 January 2015


Session 7
Keynote Speaker: Meteorology in the 21st Century-The Enterprise at Warp Speed
Location: North Ballroom CD (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 14th Annual Student Conference
Speaker: Robert Ryan, Consulting Meteorologist
Chair: Rosimar Rios-Berrios, SUNY

9:00 AM-6:00 PM: Sunday, 4 January 2015


Registration Open for Annual Meeting
Location: Lobby of Exhibit Hall 5 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

9:30 AM-9:45 AM: Sunday, 4 January 2015


Coffee Break

9:40 AM-10:25 AM: Sunday, 4 January 2015


Joint Session 1
Communication and Your Career: The Power of Your Words and Visuals
Location: 124AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint between the Third Annual Conference for Early Career Professionals; and the 14th Annual Student Conference )
Facilitators: Christopher J. Schultz, University of Alabama/NASA/MSFC; Cody Kirkpatrick, Indiana University; Joshua J. Alland, SUNY
Speakers: Sarah Tessendorf, UCAR; John J. Brost, NOAA/NWSFO; Eric C. Bruning, Texas Tech Univ; Kathryn Prociv, The Weather Channel; Gina M. Eosco, Cornell University; Daniel Porter, NOAA

Joint session with the AMS 14th Annual Student Conference
  9:40 AM
Introductory Remarks

  9:45 AM
A Career in Science Doesn’t Involve Writing, Does It? Speaker: Dr. Sarah Tessendorf

  10:05 AM
Why Science-Based Presentations are Normally Terrible and What You Can Do About It. Speaker: John Brost

9:45 AM-10:45 AM: Sunday, 4 January 2015


Session 8A
Shaping your Future: How to Succeed in Grad School
Location: North Ballroom CD (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 14th Annual Student Conference
Speakers: Melissa A. Burt, Center for Multiscale Modeling of Atmospheric Processes; Clark Evans, University of Wisconsin
Chair: Annareli Morales, University of Michigan

Session 8B
Shaping your Future: Maneuvering the Job Market: Professional Development for the Career Track
Location: 129AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 14th Annual Student Conference
Speakers: Christopher Alston, Mars, Inc.; Rebecca Haacker-Santos, UCAR
Chair: Justin Kyle Weber, University of Wisconsin

10:25 AM-11:40 AM: Sunday, 4 January 2015


Small Group Rotating Discussions

Participants will divide into 3 small groups which will rotate between the different 20-minute discussion topics. Each group will start in their assigned discussion (numbered 1-3). All groups will rotate to the next discussion in numerical order moving from 1 through 3 and back to 1, if needed. For example, if your group starts in "Group Discussion 2," you then proceed to "Group Discussion 3" and then to "Group Discussion 1." By the end, each group will participate in all 3 discussion topics. Proposed timeline: 10:30 AM: All three discussions will start; 10:50 AM: All rotate for next group discussion; 11:15 AM: All rotate for final group discussion; 11:40 AM: All discussions end.

10:30 AM-11:40 AM: Sunday, 4 January 2015


Joint Session 2A
Group Discussion 1: Write Something People Will Want to Read.
Location: 124AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint between the Third Annual Conference for Early Career Professionals; and the 14th Annual Student Conference )
Facilitators: Eric C. Bruning, Texas Tech Univ; Sarah Tessendorf, UCAR

Joint Session 2B
Group Discussion 2: Adaptive Communication: One Message Doesn't Fit All
Location: 125AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint between the 14th Annual Student Conference; and the Third Annual Conference for Early Career Professionals )
Facilitators: Gina M. Eosco, Cornell University; Daniel Porter, NOAA

Joint Session 2C
Group Discussion 3: Make Your Presentation a Conduit, Not a Crutch
Location: 126BC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint between the 14th Annual Student Conference; and the Third Annual Conference for Early Career Professionals )
Facilitators: Kathryn Prociv, The Weather Channel; John J. Brost, NOAA/NWSFO

10:45 AM-11:00 AM: Sunday, 4 January 2015


Break

11:00 AM-12:00 PM: Sunday, 4 January 2015


Session 9
Experiences beyond the Classroom: Getting your Hands Dirty in the Field
Location: North Ballroom CD (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 14th Annual Student Conference
Speakers: Jim Steenburgh, University of Utah; Angela K. Rowe, Univ. of Washington; Russ S. Schumacher, Colorado State Univ.; Kiel L. Ortega, OU/CIMMS and NOAA/OAR/NSSL
Chair: Ángel F. Adames-Corraliza, University of Washington

Some of the best lessons are learned outside of the classroom. This panel discussion will focus on ways you can make a difference in the field.

Session 10
Experiences beyond the Classroom: Getting the Word Out: Science Policy and Communication
Location: 129AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 14th Annual Student Conference
Speakers: Ilissa Ocko, Environmental Defense Fund; Andrea Melvin, Oklahoma Mesonet/Oklahoma Climatological Survey; Jamie Rhome, National Hurricane Center; Kimberly E. Klockow, NOAA
Chair: Erik R. Nielsen, Colorado State University

Some of the best lessons are learned outside of the classroom. This panel will focus on ways you can make a difference through policy.

12:00 PM-12:30 PM: Sunday, 4 January 2015


Session 11
YOU are the Future of Weather, Water, and Climate
Location: North Ballroom CD (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 14th Annual Student Conference
Speaker: James F. Kimpel, NSSL/University of Oklahoma/AMS
Chair: Peter J. Marinescu, Colorado State University

12:00 PM-4:00 PM: Sunday, 4 January 2015


WeatherFest
Location: Hall 1 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

12:30 PM-12:35 PM: Sunday, 4 January 2015


Session 12
Closing Remarks
Location: North Ballroom CD (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 14th Annual Student Conference

12:35 PM-2:00 PM: Sunday, 4 January 2015


Lunch on your Own

1:00 PM-1:15 PM: Sunday, 4 January 2015


Session 1
Opening Remarks
Location: 124AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Third Annual Conference for Early Career Professionals
Facilitators: Matthew C. Lacke, Jefferson County Department of Health; Erik S. Pytlak, Bonneville Power Administration; Jared Rennie, Cooperative Institute for Climate and Satellites/North Carolina State University
Speaker: Bill Gail, Global Weather Corp
  1:00 PM
Welcome from the Early Career Professionals Conference Chairs

  1:05 PM
Welcome from the AMS President William Gail

1:15 PM-3:15 PM: Sunday, 4 January 2015


Session 2
Small Group Rotating Discussions: Workplace Skills for Early Career Professionals
Host: Third Annual Conference for Early Career Professionals
Facilitator: Erik S. Pytlak, Bonneville Power Administration

Participants will divide into 3 small groups which will rotate between the different 30-minute discussion topics. Each group will start in their assigned discussion (numbered 1-3). All groups rotate to the next discussion in numerical order moving from 1 through 3 and back to 1, if needed. For example, if your group starts in "Group Discussion 2," you then proceed to "Group Discussion 3" and then to "Group Discussion 1." By the end, each group will participate in all 3 discussion topics. Proposed timeline: 1:20 PM: All three discussions will start; 1:50 PM: All rotate for next group discussion; 2:25 PM: All rotate for final group discussion; 3:15 PM: All discussions end.
  1:15 PM
Introductory Remarks

1:20 PM-3:15 PM: Sunday, 4 January 2015


Session 2A
Group Discussion 1: Is it time to move on from the first job?
Location: 124AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Third Annual Conference for Early Career Professionals
Facilitator: Paul T. Schlatter, NOAA/NWS

Session 2B
Group Discussion 2: Becoming a leader in the workforce.
Location: 125AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Third Annual Conference for Early Career Professionals
Facilitator: Kim J. Runk, NOAA/NWS

Session 2C
Group Discussion 3: How to balance your work and personal life.
Location: 126BC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Third Annual Conference for Early Career Professionals
Facilitator: Rebecca Haacker-Santos, UCAR

2:00 PM-5:00 PM: Sunday, 4 January 2015


Session
Energy minicourse (AMS Energy Committee), WeatherFest, and other
Location: 129AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 14th Annual Student Conference

3:00 PM-4:00 PM: Sunday, 4 January 2015


Newcomer’s Welcome and Informational Exchange
Location: 127ABC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

3:15 PM-3:30 PM: Sunday, 4 January 2015


Coffee Break

3:30 PM-4:00 PM: Sunday, 4 January 2015


Panel Discussion 1
Supporting AMS Programs and Opportunities
Location: 124AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Third Annual Conference for Early Career Professionals
Moderator: Isha Renta, Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division
Panelists: Alexander MacDonald, NOAA/ESRL; Kenneth Carey, Earth Resources Technology (ERT), Inc.; Chad M. Kauffman, California University of Pennsylvania

4:00 PM-5:00 PM: Sunday, 4 January 2015


Panel Discussion 2
Conversations with Professionals
Location: 124AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Third Annual Conference for Early Career Professionals
Moderator: Matthew C. Lacke, Jefferson County Department of Health
Panelists: Amber Sullins, ABC15 (KNXV-TV); Jamie Rhome, National Hurricane Center; Lourdes B. Avilés, Plymouth State University; Matthew Alto, AccuWeather

4:00 PM-5:30 PM: Sunday, 4 January 2015


95th Annual Review, New Fellows, and Featured Awards
Location: 122BC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

5:00 PM-5:15 PM: Sunday, 4 January 2015


Session 3
Closing Remarks
Location: 124AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Third Annual Conference for Early Career Professionals
Facilitators: Matthew C. Lacke, Jefferson County Department of Health; Erik S. Pytlak, Bonneville Power Administration; Jared Rennie, Cooperative Institute for Climate and Satellites/North Carolina State University

5:00 PM-7:00 PM: Sunday, 4 January 2015


AMS Career Fair
Location: North Ballroom AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

5:45 PM-7:15 PM: Sunday, 4 January 2015


Poster Session
Student Conference Poster Session
Host: 14th Annual Student Conference
 
S2
Automated Sunspot Detection & Classi cation Using SOHO MDI Imagery
Samantha R. Howard, Air Force Institute of Technology, WPAFB, OH; and W. F. Bailey, K. S. Bartlett, and R. D. Loper

 
S3
A Solar Forecasting Model Based on The National Digital Forecast Database
Andrew Polasky, Carleton College, Northfield, MN; and R. Ellingson

 
S4
Correlation of solar X-ray flux and SID modified signal strength
Shannon N. Kranich, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH; and W. F. Bailey, R. D. Loper, and K. S. Balasubramaniam

 
S5
Remote sensing of CO2, CH4, CO, and H2O from geostationary orbit
Xi Xi, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA; and V. Natraj, M. Luo, Q. Zhang, R. L. Shia, S. P. Sander, and Y. Yung

 
S6
Off Shore Monitoring with the GOES-R Fog and Low Status Prediction Product
Kelcey Smith, United States Coast Guard Academy, New London, CT

 
S7
A Shallow Convection Latent Heating Algorithm for CloudSat
Ethan L. Nelson, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI; and T. S. L'Ecuyer

 
S9
Detection of Land Cover Change and Drought Trend Using Brightness Temperature and Microwave Emission
Yanna Chen, New York City College of Technology, Brooklyn, NY; and H. Norouzi, A. AghaKouchak, M. Bhambri, and D. R. Blake

 
S11
Comparison of NOAA-CREST Soil Moisture Measurements with AMSR-2
Akiema Forbes, NOAA, Brooklyn, NY; and H. Norouzi, D. R. Blake, and M. Temimi

 
S12
Comparison of Two Differents Type of Ceilometers
Francois Junior Mertil, New York City College of Technology, Brooklyn, NY

Handout (569.9 kB)

 
S13
A Trend Analysis of Global and Regional CALIOP-Based Aerosol Vertical Distribution
Travis D. Toth, Univ. of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND; and J. Zhang, J. R. Campbell, J. S. Reid, and M. A. Vaughan

 
S14
Gliding Unmanned Meteorological Platform (GUMP)
Brett F. Dean, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Bunnell, FL

 
S15
Atmospheric Data and the Prediction of Launch Points for Large Scientific Balloons
Lizxandra Flores Rivera, University of Puerto Rico, Ponce, PR; and E. H. Teets Jr.

 
S16
Measurements of a Mid-Atlantic Low-Level Jet Offshore Using a Pulsed Doppler LIDAR from a Moving Platform
Edward J. Strobach, University of Maryland at Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD; and L. C. Sparling
Manuscript (34.4 kB)

 
S17
Comparison of RAP Forecast Wind Data with LIDAR Measurements in the Maryland Wind Energy Area
Daniel Wesloh, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD; and S. Rabenhorst and R. Delgado

 
S18
Skill of the WRF Model's Wind Speed, Direction, and Shear Forecasts for an Iowa Wind Farm
Meghan J. Mitchell, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and E. S. Takle and R. A. Walton

 
S19
An Analysis of Regional and Seasonal Wind Characteristics and Energy Output
Rachael N. Isphording, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, FL; and C. Herbster

 
S20
Characterization of Ambient Offshore Turbulence Intensity from Analysis of Nine Offshore Meteorological Masts in Northern Europe
Daniel A. Pollak, Technical University of Denmark (European Wind Energy Masters Program), Langhorne, PA; and N. G. Nygaard, M. M. Jimémez, A. Sathe, and R. Wagner

 
S21
The Effects of the Bishop Hill Illinois Wind Farm on Near-Surface Wind Patterns
Nicholas P. Stewart, Western Illinois Univ., Macomb, IL; and S. T. Cohan and R. L. Herman

 
S22
Summertime Wind Speed Trends in Southern California
Esha Rahman, NOAA, BROOKLYN, NY

 
S23
Wind Chill Temperatures of North America: Decadal and Regional Trends
Macy E. Howarth, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY; and N. F. Laird

 
S24
Seasonal and Diurnal Variation of Wind Chill Temperatures
Michael Brackett, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina; and M. E. Howarth and N. F. Laird

 
S25
An Analysis of Optimal Meteorological Conditions at Selected NASCAR Facilities
Carolyn Kiss, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, FL; and D. R. Barry and D. C. Herbster

Handout (964.7 kB)

 
S28
Meteorological Displays for a Cloud and Visibility Observatory
Megan Murat, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and A. Harte, D. Bosworth, B. Sullivan, S. Vaxter, E. Lewis, C. Rindfuss, D. Conlee, and S. L. Nasiri

 
S27
A Raspberry Pi Interface for Ceilometers
James J. Coy, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and M. McKeown and D. Conlee

 
S29
Cloud Camera Technology for Meteorology Education
Lauren E. Replogle, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and D. Bosworth and D. Conlee

 
S30
Radar Observations of Storms for Education
Megan Amanatides, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; and S. Berry, N. A. Corbin, J. Endries, M. A. Miller, and S. E. Yuter

Handout (1.5 MB)

 
S31
 
S33
 
S34
Availability of Weather Warning Communication Technologies
Aisha C. Reed Haynes, NOAA Graduate Sciences Program Scholar, Silver Spring, MD

 
S35
The California King Fire through Social Media
Kayla R. Novak, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA; and B. A. Davis

 
S36
Weather, Climate, and Influenza in the United States: An Exploration of the Flu Season
Erin Marie Markovich, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL; and E. R. Snodgrass

 
S37
The role of climate and socioeconomic factors on the spatiotemporal variability of cholera in Nigeria
Auwal F. Abdussalam, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom; and J. Thornes and G. Leckebusch

 
S38
A Global Investigation of the Impacts of Landfalling Tropical Cyclones on Societies
Denise L. Balukas, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and E. A. Ritchie and K. M. Wood

 
S39
Reducing Flooding Vulnerability of Chicago Critical Facilities
Mary E. Woloszyn, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL; and A. Carne

 
S40
Rebuilding Decisions in Central Oklahoma - Student Conference
Nadajalah L. Bennett, CAPS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Arlington, TX; and A. Krautmann and M. A. Shafer

Handout (499.0 kB)

 
S41
"2011 Tornado Outbreaks: Comparing Fatality Demographics in the United States"
Shadya J. Sanders, Howard Univ., Washington, DC; and T. Adams-Fuller and E. Joseph

 
S47
Definition of Dry Thunderstorms for Use in Verifying SPC Fire Weather Products
Paul X. Flanagan, Oklahoma Climatological Survey, Norman, OK; and C. J. Melick, J. W. Rogers, I. L. Jirak, A. R. Dean, and S. J. Weiss
Manuscript (1.6 MB)

Handout (1.3 MB)

 
S49
Climatology of Convective Mode of Tornadoes in the OAX CWA
Andrew Kalin, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE; and D. Nietfeld

 
S50
Thermodynamic Conditions Associated with Significant Tornadoes in the High Plains Region
Tyler Keith Croan, Metropolitan State University of Denver, Highlands Ranch, CO

 
S55
Examining Polarimetric Characteristics of Electronic Interference In Weather Radar Data
Thong N. Phan, CAPS/Univ. of Oklahoma, McAlester, OK; and V. Lakshmanan and J. Krause

 
S56
Organization of Side Lobe Structures from Doppler on Wheels 6
Jonathan A. Adams, Western Illinois University, Macomb, IL; and J. Cundiff and R. L. Herman

Handout (2.8 MB)

 
S57
Analysis of Radar-Derived Cloud Reflectivity from a Low Pressure System in June over Boulder, Colorado
William Ray Evonosky, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL; and J. Layne and R. V. Martes

 
S58
 
S61
Influences of the Palmer Divide on Convective Storm Initiation
Andrew J. Schwartz, Metropolitan State University of Denver, Denver, CO; and R. Hansen, D. Blanche, B. Thorne, J. Hansen, D. Carcagno, K. Steinmann, A. Trellinger, T. Croan, K. Schuenemann, S. Landolt, and S. Ng

 
S62A
Spatial Correlations: examining the relative agreement between temporally correlated flashes from three different lightning detection systems
Timothy Marc DesRoches, United States Air Force Academy, USAF Academy, CO; and M. L. Gauthier and D. R. Vollmer

 
S63
Numerical Investigation of the Relationship Between Topography and Tornado Occurrence in the Mid-Mississippi Valley
Brendan C. Wallace, Midwestern Regional Climate Center, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL; and M. L. Buker

 
S64
Influence of Topography on Supercell Thunderstorms
Samuel Thomas Waldusky, Northland College, Ashland, WI; and L. P. Van Roekel

 
S66
Observations of Wall Cloud Evolution and Structure in Supercell Thunderstorms during VORTEX2
Ben Adkins, Lyndon State College, Lyndonville, VT; and K. St. Germain and N. T. Atkins

 
S67
Using the Mesoscale Model Evaluation Testbed (MMET) to test physic options in the Weather Research & Forecasting (WRF) model
Anthony D. Torres, University of Michigan/SOARS (UCAR), Ypsilanti, MI; and J. K. Wolff, M. Harrold, C. L. Phillips, and D. J. Posselt

 
S68
Evaluation in the Bias of Temperature Measurements Based on Siting Criteria Used for Climate Observing Systems
Jordan McCormick, NOAA/ERL/ARL/ATDD, Mechanicsburg, PA; and B. B. Baker and J. Kochendorfer

 
S69
Defining the Spatial and Average Intensity of the Louisville Urban Heat Island
Joshua Matthew Clark, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO; and C. J. Shellito

 
S70
 
S71
Landsat Retrieved Surface Properties Effects on the Day Time Temperature Pattern in New York City
Awolou Silvere Sossa, NOAA CREST REU/ City College of New York, bronx, NY; and B. Vant-Hull, R. Nazari, and M. Karimi

 
S73
A Seasonal Investigation of Heat Fluxes in the New York City Region
Selma Skoko-Dobryansky, NSF, New York, NY; and S. Didari, H. Norouzi, and D. R. Blake

 
S74
Surface Energy Budget Closure in Sagebrush Landscape
Raleigh Grysko, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY

 
S75
The Diurnal cycle of the convective boundary layer over land from ACARS data
Amanda Arlene Mercer, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; and R. Y. W. Chang and I. A. Folkins

 
S76
 
S77
Multi instrument classification of atmospheric boundary layer stability
Raymond Bishir, City College of New York, New York, NY; and S. Neufeld, I. Valerio, D. M. Vazquez, J. Gonzalez, and M. Arend

 
S78
Influence of Lake Superior Surface Temperature on Thunderstorms
Kevin M. Haas, Northland College, Ashland, WI; and L. P. Van Roekel

 
S79
Forecast Sensitivity of Lake-effect Snow to Choice of Boundary Layer Parameterization Scheme
Robert Conrick, National Weather Center Research Experiences for Undergraduates Program, Norman, OK; and H. D. Reeves

 
S80
The Impact of a Short-Wave Trough on Boundary-Layer Evolution during a Lake-Effect Snow Event
Elliott P. Morrill, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY; and S. A. Callahan and N. D. Metz

 
S81
The Impacts of the Passage of Three Distinct Short-Wave Troughs on a Prolonged Lake-Effect Snow Event
Shay A. Callahan, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY; and E. P. Morrill and N. D. Metz

 
S84
Climatology of Great Lakes Lake-Effect: Relation to Climate Patterns
Coltin D. Grasmick, Univ. of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO; and L. C. Gaudet and N. F. Laird

 
S85
Predecessor Snow Events associated with Extratropical Cyclones
Matthew C. Sanders, Hobart and William Smith College, Geneva, NY; and N. D. Metz

 
S86
Radar-Based Surface Snowfall Partitioning Near Marquette, Michigan During the 2012-2013 Winter Season
Mitch Ziesemer, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI; and M. S. Kulie and T. L'Ecuyer

 
S88
Simulating the February 2014 North Carolina Snow Event
Warren E. Pettee, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC; and B. I. Magi and M. D. Eastin

 
S89
 
S91
Weather Patterns for Significant Snowfall Events in Prince William Sound, AK, Part 2
Kristy C. Carter, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC; and J. A. Nelson Jr. and T. C. Chen

 
S92
Southern Appalachian Cold Air Damming (CAD): A Climatology and Simulation of Case Studies
Jared Rackley, Univ. of Georgia, Athens, GA; and J. A. Knox

 
S93
A Climatology of Cold Surges along the African Highlands
Caitlin Crossett, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY; and N. D. Metz

 
S95
Understanding of extreme snow melt runoff events: a case study of the Chesapeake Basin
Kricket M'Shel Masters, U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD; and G. R. Henderson, D. J. Leathers, D. A. Robinson, and T. Mote

 
S98
Geospatial Modelling of the Harlem River Pollution
MODOU sene Jr., EMC, New York, NY

 
S100
Lake Superior Submesoscale Eddies
Brandon Michael Boswell, Northland College, Ashland, WI; and L. P. Van Roekel

 
S101
 
S104
Observations of Wind Asymmetries in Atlantic Tropical Cyclones
Erin Mary Dougherty, University of Virginia & SOARS, Charlottesville, VA; and C. A. Davis and R. E. Davis

 
S105
A Statistical Take on the Hurricane's Structure and Its Spatial Extent
Robert G. Nystrom, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL; and A. Askoy

 
S106
Evaluating forecast accuracy of tropical cyclones undergoing rapid size changes in the North Atlantic
Ethan K. Smith, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and E. A. Ritchie and K. M. Wood

 
S107
An Extreme Event in the Eyewall of Hurricane Felix
Kelly Marie Nunez Ocasio, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez,, PR; and S. D. Aberson and J. Zhang

 
S108
Sensitivity of rapid intensification in NCEP'S hurricane weather and research (HWRF) model
Lauren Carter, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL; and V. Tallapragada and C. Kieu

Handout (6.0 MB)

 
S110
Effects of Atmospheric Aerosols on Tropical Cyclones using a High Resolution Global Climate Model
Benjamin David Dillahunt, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, FL; and M. G. Flanner and C. M. Zarzycki

 
S111
Exploratory Usage of Global WRF for Ensemble Tropical Storm Simulations
Renee Richardson, Coastal Carolina University, Conway, SC

 
S113
The effects of Mesoscale SST gradients on Tropical Cyclone Development
Russell Henderson Glazer, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and R. E. Hart and M. Bourassa

 
S114
The impacts of surface drag coefficient on the intensification and energetics of Typhoon Megi (2010)
Rochelle Cayanan Coronel, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan; and M. Sawada and T. Iwasaki

 
S115
Contrasting a non-developing African mesoscale convective system with the precursor to Hurricane Helene (2006)
Glorianne M. Rivera, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus, Mayagüez, PR; and H. L. Hamilton, J. L. Evans, and J. D. Fuentes

 
S116
Intraseasonal Variability of Tropical Cyclogenesis over the East Atlantic
Robert G. Nystrom, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL; and Z. Wang

 
S117
The Caribbean Metocean Network: A simpler way to keep on track
José Gabriel Lebrón, UPR-RUM Physics Department, San Juan, PR; and J. Capella

 
S118
 
S119
Growth of Tropical Cumulus Congestus Clouds
Katherine L. Towey, Plymouth State University, Plymouth, NH; and M. P. Jensen

 
S120
Temporal and Spatial Variability of Tropical Rain Rates over Kwajalein Atoll
Kaitlin Ann Rutt, Millersville University, Lewisberry, PA; and C. Schumacher and F. Ahmed

 
S121
The Tropical Impedance of Interhemispheric Transport
Xiaokang Wu, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; and D. Waugh

 
S122
How do meridional modes structure and growth depend on mean state asymmetry
Cristian Martinez-Villalobos, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and D. J. Vimont

 
S123
Breakdown of ITCZ-like PV Patterns
Ajay Raghavendra, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, FL; and T. A. Guinn
Manuscript (1.9 MB)

Handout (1.9 MB)

 
S126
Verifying the Patterns of the Antarctic Dipole Using Reanalysis Data
Amanda M. Walker, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX

 
S127
 
S128
Washington Windstorms: Seasonality and Relationship to ENSO
Alexandra L. Caruthers, Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN; and K. A. Bumbaco and N. A. Bond

 
S129
An Investigation of the Limitations of Ensemble Precipitation Forecasts
Barrett Goudeau, University of Louisiana at Monroe, Monroe, LA; and M. A. Herrera and I. Szunyogh

 
S130
 
S132
Hurricane Sandy-Like Tropical Cyclones in the Historical Record
Reginald Johnson, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

Handout (8.2 MB)

 
S134
 
S135
Quantification of Uncertainty in Return Values for Extreme Precipitation Events in the Western US
Margaret Duffy, Haverford College, Haverford, PA; and P. Pall, M. F. Wehner, D. Stone, and C. Paciorek

 
S136
The Effects of Extreme Precipitation Events on Climatology
Pamela Eck, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY; and N. D. Metz

 
S137
 
S138
Heat Event Climatology in New Jersey
John C. McCarty, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ; and D. A. Robinson and M. R. Gerbush

 
S140
Climate Change Effects on Fire Risk in the Northeast U.S
Gaige Hunter Kerr, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; and A. T. DeGaetano

 
S141
Spatial variability of ambient ozone concentrations during 3 heat waves in the Northeast Megaregion of the United States
Brittiny Dhital, New York City College of Technology, City University of New York, Brooklyn, NY; and B. Rosenzweig and C. Vorosmarty

 
S142
Agricultural Yield Impacts from ENSO through Observation and Modelling
Lauraleigh Heffner, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, IL; and A. Jain and Y. Song

 
S144
Modeling and Satellite Remote Sensing of the Meteorological Effects of Irrigation during the 2012 Central Plains Drought
Clint Aegerter, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE; and J. Wang, C. Ge, A. L. Kessner, A. Sharma, L. Judd, B. Wardlow, J. You, M. D. Shulski, S. Irmak, and A. Kilic

 
S145
Anomalous Early Onset of Spring Across North America
Zachary Michael Labe, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY; and T. Ault

 
S146
Analysis of Temperature Change Signatures for a Transect Along Eastern North America
Aidan R. Kuroski, Brockport, NY; and R. Chase and K. Oliver

 
S147
The Influence of the Madden Julian Oscillation on Severe Convective Storm Likelihood
Hank A. Leslie, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD; and B. S. Barrett

 
S148
 
S149
CMIP5 GCM Alaskan Extreme Precipitation Events and Their Physical Processes Analyzed Using Self-Organizing Maps
Kevin Smalley, Texas A&M University, Bryan, TX; and W. Gutowski and J. M. Glisan

 
S152
A Study Examining the Relationship Between Arctic Amplification and Cloud Cover Over Greenland
Kathryn Steinmann, Metropolitan State University of Denver, Denver, CO

 
S154
Historical Antarctic station-based pressure changes in austral summer during the 20th century
Grant A. Witte, Ohio University, Athens, OH; and R. L. Fogt

 
S155
An Evaluation of Applying Ensemble Data Assimilation to an Antarctic Mesoscale Model
Lori Jean Wachowicz, NWC REU, Norman, OK; and S. Cavallo and D. Parsons

 
S156
Atmospheric Variability along the Antarctic Coast
Matthew Bessasparis, Millersville University, Carlisle, PA

 
S157
 
S159
Characterizing Arctic Land Surfaces Using a Forward Looking Infrared (FLIR) Camera
Berenice Oseguera, NOAA-CREST, Mount Vernon, NY; and N. C. Steiner and K. McDonald

 
S160
What can Pliocene tell us about Global Warming?
Michelle Elizabeth Frazer, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ; and Y. Ming

 
S161
New Catalog of Resources Enables Paleoclimate Research on Weather, Water, and Climate Change
Ryan Lingo, California University of Pennsylvania, California , PA; and K. A. Horlick and D. M. Anderson

 
S162
Investigating climate responses to large volcanic eruptions in an ensemble of climate model simulations
Arianna Varuolo-Clarke, Lyndon State College, Lyndonville, VT; and B. Medeiros

 
S163
Analysis of Effects of Volcano Locations on Climate
Alexa Brotzman, Metropolitan State University of Denver, Denver, CO

 
S164
 
S165
 
S166
Dust Plume Properties in the Vicinity of the Bodele Depression
Ty Luna Limpasuvan, Coastal Carolina University, Conway, SC; and D. L. Wu

 
S168
Remote Sensing and In-Situ Investigation over Western Puerto Rico during Saharan Dust Season
Jose Algarin, University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez, Mayaguez, PR; and H. Parsiani and N. Hosannah

 
S170
Detailed measurements of cloud drop activation and hygroscopicity in the desert Southwest of the United States
Brian P. Balch, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and E. Crosbie, T. Shingler, and A. Sorooshian

 
S171
EFFECTS OF CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS ON CLOUD FORMATION POTENTIAL OF AMINIUM CARBOXYLATE AEROSOLS
Megan A. McKeown, NASA, Hampton, VA; and M. E. Gomez, D. R. Collins, A. Lavi, Y. Rudich, and R. Zhang

 
S172
the effect of molecular structure on phase transitions of atmospheric aerosol particles
Jessica Munyan, Rider University, Lawrence Township, NJ; and M. A. Freedman and M. Altaf

 
S173
Physiology and Isoprene Emissions of Drought-Stressed and Ozone Exposed Plants in a Laboratory Chamber
Amanda S. Harte, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and G. L. Haas and G. W. Schade

 
S176
Impacts of upstream wildfire emissions on CO, CO2, and PM2.5 concentrations in Salt Lake City, Utah
Derek V. Mallia, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and J. Lin and S. Urbanski

 
S177
Fusing Spatial Kriging with Satellite Estimates to Obtain a Regional Estimation of PM2.5
Daniel Vidal, City College of New York, New York, NY; and B. Gross, N. Malakar, and L. Cordero

 
S178
Developing an Updated Statistical Ozone Model for Operational Air Quality Forecasting in the Philadelphia Metropolitan Area
Alexandria J. Herdt, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA; and W. F. Ryan and A. K. Huff

 
S179
Identifying Long-range Sources of Ozone Utilizing an Adjoint Method
Alicia C. Camacho, NCAR, Elgin, IL; and D. Henze, K. Lapina, and Y. Davila

 
S180
Considering Air-sea Coupling Improves the Simulation of the Tropospheric Ozone in a Chemical Transport Model
Jieun Wie, Chonbuk National University, Jeonju, Jeollabuk-do, South Korea; and B. K. Moon

 
S181
Ozone in the Free Troposphere: The Impact of Synoptic Meteorology on Ozone Transport to Southern California
Abby L. Kenyon, Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, Indiana; and S. R. Schill and T. Bertram

Handout (8.2 MB)

 
S183
Downward transport of ozone due to convection near Manaus, Brazil
Randy J. Chase, SUNY, Brockport, NY; and J. D. Fuentes and T. Gerken

 
S184
Impact of Tropopause Structure on Supercell Transport
Emily M. Maddox, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND; and G. L. Mullendore

 
S185
 
S186
Wildfire Pollution and its Effects on the Microphysical and Electrical Properties of Pyrocumulus
Renee Duff, Millersville University, Millersville, PA; and L. D. Grant and S. C. van den Heever

 
S187
Electrification and Lightning within Pyrocumulus Clouds
Kendell LaRoche, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND; and T. J. Lang

 
S188
Utilizing Four Dimensional Lightning Data and Dual-Polarization Radar to Develop Lightning Forecast Guidance
Andrew J. Travis, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH; and K. S. Bartlett and R. S. Wacker

Handout (9.1 MB)

 
S189
A Lightning Climatology of Pennsylvania, with Urban Heat Island Applications:
Justin William Whitaker, Wofford College, Spartanburg, SC; and J. Nese

 
S191
Observational Capabilities of the FRONT Network: 21 May 2014
Julie I. Barnum, Missouri State University, Springfield, MO; and S. Y. Murphy, P. Kennedy, and C. V. Chandra

 
S194
Sensitivity of a Simulated Squall Line to the Microphysical Representation of Graupel
Steven Michael Naegele, Pennsylvania State University/Significant Opportunities in Atmospheric Research and Science, University Park, PA; and S. A. Tessendorf, G. Thompson, and T. Eidhammer

 
S195
 
S197
In-flight Icing Study
Jeffrey Herrera, USAFA, USAF Academy, CO

5:45 PM-8:00 PM: Sunday, 4 January 2015


Fellows Reception
Location: North Ballroom Foyer (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

9:00 PM-11:00 PM: Sunday, 4 January 2015


Fifth Annual AMS Reception for Early Career Professionals
Location: Sheraton Phoenix, Valley of the Sun D/E (Sheraton Phoenix)

Monday, 5 January 2015

7:30 AM-6:00 PM: Monday, 5 January 2015


Registration Continues through January 7
Location: Lobby of Exhibit Hall 5 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

9:00 AM-10:30 AM: Monday, 5 January 2015

Recording files available
Plenary Session 1
15th Presidential Forum: Will Weather Change Forever—Anticipating Meteorology in 2040
Location: North Ballroom CD (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint between the Major Weather Events and Societal Impacts of 2014; the Eugenia Kalnay Symposium; the Harry R. Glahn Symposium; the 31st Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 29th Conference on Hydrology; the 27th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 24th Symposium on Education; the 20th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography; the 20th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification; the 19th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS); the 19th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction; the 18th Conference on Middle Atmosphere; the 17th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the 17th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 13th Conference on Artificial Intelligence; the 13th Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 13th History Symposium; the 12th Conference on Space Weather; the 11th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the 10th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the Eighth Annual CCM Forum: Certified Consulting Meteorologists; the Seventh Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications; the Seventh Conference on the Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data; the Seventh Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions; the Sixth Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the Sixth Conference on Environment and Health; the Fifth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; the Fifth Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using Python; the Third Annual Conference for Early Career Professionals; the Third Symposium on the Weather and Climate Enterprise; the Third Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation’s Readiness, Responsiveness, and Resilience to High Impact Weather Events; the Third Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the Third Symposium on Prediction of the Madden-Julian Oscillation: Processes, Prediction and Impact; the First Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate; the Special Symposium on Model Postprocessing and Downscaling; the Special Symposium on the South Asia Monsoon; the Air Pollution Meteorology and Human Health Symposium; and the 15th Presidential Forum )
Program Chair: Kathryn Sullivan, NOAA
Moderator: Kimberly E. Klockow, NOAA
Keynote: Kathryn Sullivan, NOAA
Panelists: Bernadette Woods Placky, Climate Central; Mac Devine, IBM Cloud Services Division; Kathryn Sullivan, NOAA; Curtis L. Walker, University of Nebraska

Twenty five years hence, meteorology will be much different and expand far beyond the traditional weather forecast. Personal sensors will monitor weather nearly everywhere. Advanced computing will allow us to forecast at perhaps minute scales and kilometer resolutions, customized for each particular user. Post-mobile devices will enable instantaneous use of the information – even in remote areas of today’s developing nations. Transportation will be safer, businesses will operate more efficiently, events will automatically schedule around anticipated weather, and much more. Operational weather forecasts will be interlaced with new environmental elements that impact economic, health, energy, and security decisions. Many aspects of our daily lives will change forever. Climate change’s possibilities add a critical dimension to community resiliency. Should global weather patterns be altered, forecasting could become more challenging than today. The recent release of the fifth IPCC synthesis report has brought focus to this particular issue. Dr. Kathryn Sullivan, NOAA Administrator, will lead the session with a keynote on her vision for the meteorology enterprise in the year 2040. Following her keynote, the panelists - representing different demographics and perspectives - will then provide their vision, accompanied by a moderated discussion among the panelists.
  9:00 AM
William B (Bill) Gail: Introductory remarks
  9:08 AM
Kimberly E. Klockow: Moderator welcoming remarks
  9:16 AM
Dr. Kathryn Sullivan: AMS 2015 Annual Meeting Presidential Forum Keynote
  9:24 AM
Curtis Walker: Will Weather Change Forever – Anticipating Meteorology in 2040
  9:32 AM
Bernadette Woods Placky: Will Weather Change Forever? Anticipating Meteorology in 2040
  9:40 AM
Mac Devine: The Perfect Storm Intensifies - The Convergence of BigData, Cloud and the Internet of Things is Now at Full Strength

9:00 AM-11:00 AM: Monday, 5 January 2015


Spouses' Coffee

10:30 AM-11:00 AM: Monday, 5 January 2015


Coffee Break
Location: North Ballroom Foyer (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

Space Weather Coffee Break—Sponsored by Ball Aerospace
Location: 227A-C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

11:00 AM-11:45 AM: Monday, 5 January 2015

Recording files available
Session 1
Software Applications Linking Weather to Energy Decision Support
Location: 224B (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Sixth Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy
Cochairs: Heidi Centola, CME Group; Lawrence C. Gloeckler, SUNY
  11:30 AM
1.3

11:00 AM-12:00 PM: Monday, 5 January 2015

Recording files available
Session 1
10th Anniversary of the POLICY/SOCIETY Symposium
Location: 226AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 10th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice
Cochairs: Julie L. Demuth, NCAR; Sheldon D. Drobot, NCAR; Mark A. Shafer, Oklahoma Climatological Survey
Recording files available
Session 1
AI Techniques for Decision Support
Location: 124B (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 13th Conference on Artificial Intelligence
Chair: Haig Iskenderian, MIT Lincoln Laboratory
  11:00 AM
1.1
Hail Size Prediction with Machine Learning Applied to Storm-Scale Ensembles: Spring 2014 Evaluation and Physical Understanding
David John Gagne, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and A. McGovern, J. Brotzge, M. C. Coniglio, J. Correia Jr., and M. Xue
  11:15 AM
1.2
The Offshore Precipitation Capability
Mark S. Veillette, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA; and H. Iskenderian, C. J. Mattioli, and E. P. Hassey
Recording files available
Session 1
Agency Updates 1
Location: 227A-C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 12th Conference on Space Weather
Chair: Robert P. McCoy, Univ. of Alaska
  11:15 AM
1.2
Recording files available
Session 1
Air Pollution Meteorology Observational Studies
Location: 128AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Air Pollution Meteorology and Human Health Symposium
Chair: Tetsuji Yamada, Yamada Science & Art Corporation
  11:00 AM
1.1
Dispersion Characteristics of Project Sagebrush Phase 1
Kirk L. Clawson, NOAA/ARL, Idaho Falls, ID; and D. Finn and R. Eckman
  11:45 AM
1.4
The Impact of the Chesapeake Bay Climate and Boundary Layer Dynamics on Air Pollutant Concentrations during Smog Episodes
Daniel L. Goldberg, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and C. P. Loughner, M. Tzortziou, J. W. Stehr, K. Pickering, T. Vinciguerra, T. Canty, R. J. Salawitch, and R. Dickerson
Recording files available
Joint Session 1
Air pollution and air quality impacts on health-Part I
Location: 228AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint between the Sixth Conference on Environment and Health; and the Air Pollution Meteorology and Human Health Symposium )
Cochairs: Paul Bieringer, NCAR; Lauren Jean Thie, North Carolina Department of Health & Human Services

Development of modeling systems addressing emissions, meteorology, atmospheric dispersion, exposure, and corresponding health implications; including observational, applied, or validation study designs
  11:00 AM
Welcoming Remarks

  11:45 AM
J1.2
Dispersion Model or Statistical Model?
Steven R. Hanna, Hanna Consultants, Kennebunkport, ME; and A. Venkatram
Recording files available
Session 1
Assimilation of Observations for High-Impact Weather
Location: 131AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 19th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)
Chair: Robert Atlas, NOAA/AOML
  11:00 AM
1.1
“Big Data Assimilation” Revolutionizing Severe Weather Forecasting (Core Science Lecture)
Takemasa Miyoshi, RIKEN Advanced Institute for Computational Science, Kobe, Japan; and M. Kunii, J. J. Ruiz, H. Seko, S. Satoh, T. Ushio, Y. Ishikawa, H. Tomita, and K. Bessho
  11:30 AM
1.2
On the Impact of UAS Observations on High-Resolution Mesoscale Forecasts
James D. Doyle, NRL, Monterey, CA; and T. R. Holt, D. D. Flagg, C. M. Amerault, D. A. Geiszler, T. Haack, J. E. Nachamkin, P. M. Pauley, and D. P. Tyndall
Recording files available
Joint Session 1
  11:00 AM
J1.1
Benchmarking as utilisation of information by land surface models
Gab Abramowitz, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia; and M. Best and S. V. Kumar
  11:15 AM
J1.2
Confronting global land-atmosphere models with coupled process metrics
Paul A. Dirmeyer, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA; and A. Tawfik, S. Halder, H. Norton, J. Wu, M. G. Bosilovich, J. A. Santanello Jr., and M. B. Ek
  11:30 AM
J1.3
Integrated metrics and benchmarking for the North American Land Data Assimilation System (NLDAS) (Invited Presentation)
David Mocko, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and C. Peters-Lidard, S. V. Kumar, S. Wang, K. R. Arsenault, G. S. Nearing, Y. Xia, M. B. Ek, and J. Dong

  11:45 AM
J1.4
Evaluating Enhanced Streamflow Forecasting Techniques in the context of Reclamation and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Water Management
Levi D. Brekke, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Denver, CO; and A. W. Wood, A. J. Newman, B. Nijssen, K. Sampson, T. M. Hopson, M. Clark, and J. R. Arnold

Recording files available
Joint Panel Discussion 1
Enterprise View of Satellites
Location: 231ABC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint between the 20th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography; the 11th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; and the Third Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation )
Moderator: Mitch Goldberg, NOAA/NESDIS
Panelists: John Malay, Lockheed Martin/AMS President; Stephen M. Volz, NOAA/NESDIS; David McCarren, (Acting) Federal Coordinator for Meteorological Services and Supporting Research; Johannes Schmetz, EUMETSAT

The enterprise view of environmental satellites, a vision of a “system of systems” of spacecraft, sensors, and ground assets, is rapidly evolving from a concept to reality. It is driven by the need for government agencies and stakeholders to more effectively and efficiently obtain and share improved satellite data and data products for multiple applications under very challenging budget conditions. The enterprise view is being realized through the establishment of new national and international agreements to promote the sharing of data, and new organizational structures and system architectures to better collect, process, distribute, and use satellite data products from a constellation of satellites. A panel of senior scientists and managers will discuss the pathway and current progress in implementing this new paradigm.
  11:00 AM
Stephen Volz
  11:15 AM
Johannes Schmetz
  11:30 AM
John Malay

  11:45 AM
David McCarren

Recording files available
Session 1
Evaluation and Use of Lightning Technology
Location: 225AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Seventh Conference on the Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data
Chair: Jason Jordan, NOAA/NWSFO
  11:00 AM
1.1
  11:30 AM
1.3
Lightning Mapping with Inexpensive Acoustic Arrays
Rene Arechiga, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM; and M. Stock, R. J. Thomas, H. Erives, and W. Rison
  11:45 AM
1.4
Determination of Detection Efficiency of Lightning Detection Systems using Bayesian Analysis
Phillip M. Bitzer, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL; and J. Burchfield and H. J. Christian Jr.
Recording files available
Session 1
Extratropical upper troposphere/lower stratosphere, Part 1
Location: 212A West Building (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 18th Conference on Middle Atmosphere
Chair: Gloria L. Manney, NorthWest Research Associates & New Mexico Tech
  11:00 AM
1.1
Climatology and Variability in Extratropical Multiple Tropopause Regions of Trace Gases from MLS, HIRDLS and ACE-FTS
Michael J. Schwartz, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and G. L. Manney, M. I. Hegglin, N. J. Livesey, and M. L. Santee

  11:15 AM
1.2
The Tropopause Inversion Layer in the GEOS-5 Data Assimilation: Sensitivity to the Observing System
Krzysztof Wargan, Science Systems and Applications, Inc., Greenbelt, MD; and W. McCarty and S. Pawson
  11:45 AM
1.4
A Lagrangian Particle Perspective of Tropopause Folds
Marc K. Collins, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and M. H. Hitchman
Recording files available
Session 1
Global Warming Hiatus-Part I
Location: 122BC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 27th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Cochairs: Shang-Ping Xie, Univesity of California; Thomas L. Delworth, NOAA/GFDL

Global average temperature has increased by 0.8oC over the 20th century but this warming trend has slowed or even stalled for the past 15 years. This warming hiatus has caused much confusion and debate but at the same time offers a scientific opportunity to study climate change dynamics in action. Mechanisms proposed include a slowdown in net radiative forcing, and interference by natural variability. This session showcases rapidly advancing research on the physical mechanisms and various impacts of this hiatus event. Topics of particular interest include interdecadal variability and the interaction with forced climate change, radiative forcing and related processes, and ocean heat storage as pertinent to the hiatus.
  11:15 AM
1.2
  11:45 AM
1.4
A Link Between the Hiatus in Global Warming and North American Drought
Thomas L. Delworth, NOAA/GFDL, Princeton, NJ; and F. Zeng, A. Rosati, G. Vecchi, and A. T. Wittenberg

Recording files available
Session 1
Impacts of aerosols on storm dynamics, cloud physics, and precipitation I
Location: 223 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Seventh Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions
Cochairs: Wei-Kuo Tao, NASA/GSFC; Susan C. van den Heever, Colorado State Univ.
  11:15 AM
1.2
An Observation and CRM Based Analysis of Large Scale Aerosol-Convection Interaction in the Tropics
Derek J. Posselt, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; and E. M. Wilcox and T. Yuan
  11:30 AM
1.3
MCS precipitation intensity, distribution and efficiency response to increased aerosol concentrations
Michal Clavner, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and W. R. Cotton and S. C. van den Heever

  11:45 AM
1.4
Recording files available
Session 1
Madden-Julian Oscillation in Global Climate Models
Location: 229AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Third Symposium on Prediction of the Madden-Julian Oscillation: Processes, Prediction and Impact
Cochairs: Duane E. Waliser, JPL; Brian Mapes, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS
  11:00 AM
1.1
MJO Energetics Associated with Equatorially Asymmetric Convective Heating
Wen-wen Tung, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN; and M. C. Bowers

  11:15 AM
1.2
CAM Heating Experiments and the Role of the Background Atmosphere in MJO Propagation
Fiaz Ahmed, Texas A&M University, Bryan, TX; and C. L. Lappen and C. Schumacher
  11:30 AM
1.3
Geographical Variability of Processes Associated with the MJO
Brandon Wolding, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and E. Maloney
Recording files available
Session 1
Pre-College Education Initiatives I
Location: 125AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 24th Symposium on Education
Cochairs: John Moore, AMS Board on Outreach and Precollege Education; David W. Chapman, Okemos High School; Jeffrey A. Yuhas, Morristown-Beard School
  11:00 AM
1.1
Strengthening K-12 Teachers through AMS Education Program Professional Development Programs
Robert S. Weinbeck, AMS, Washington, DC; and J. A. Brey, I. W. Geer, E. W. Mills, and K. A. Nugnes
  11:15 AM
1.2
Practice into Policy: AMS Earth System Education Policy Statement
John Moore, AMS Board on Outreach and Precollege Education, Laurel Springs, NJ; and D. J. Charlevoix and R. gird
  11:30 AM
1.3
Promoting a Weather Ready Nation Through Serious Games
David Harrison, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and Z. A. Roux, A. McGovern, and W. G. Blumberg
Recording files available
Session 1
Python for the Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
Location: 129B (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Fifth Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using Python
Chair: Johnny Wei-Bing Lin, University of Washington

Provides a summary of recent advances in the use of Python in the atmospheric and oceanic sciences. The first talk is the Core Science Keynote for the Python Symposium.
  11:00 AM
1.1
The Rising Tide of Python (Core Science Lecture)
Kevin H. Goebbert, Valparaiso Univ., Valparaiso, IN
  11:45 AM
1.3
Modernizing the Operational Workflow and Automation of the NCEP Hurricane Weather Research and Forecast (HWRF) Modeling System using Python and Rocoto
Samuel Trahan, NCEP EMC / IMSG, College Park, MD; and T. Brown, S. Hsiao, B. Thomas, C. Holt, L. Bernardet, V. Tallapragada, H. L. Tolman, C. C. Magee, B. Kyger, and W. Lapenta
Recording files available
Session 1
Research to operations successes
Location: 129A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 17th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology
Cochairs: Jaclyn A. Shafer, ENSCO, Inc.; John Mecikalski, University of Alabama
  11:30 AM
1.3
The High-Resolution Rapid Refresh (HRRR): The Operational Implementation and Future Direction with the Aviation Community
Curtis R. Alexander, NOAA/ESRL/Global Systems Division and CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and S. S. Weygandt, S. Benjamin, D. C. Dowell, M. Hu, T. G. Smirnova, J. B. Olson, J. S. Kenyon, J. M. Brown, E. P. James, and I. Jankov
  11:45 AM
1.4
Physics in the HRRR and RAP: recent progress and future plans
John M. Brown, NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and T. G. Smirnova, J. B. Olson, G. Grell, J. S. Kenyon, D. C. Dowell, C. R. Alexander, E. P. James, S. S. Weygandt, and M. Hu
Recording files available
Session 1
Surface wave effects on oceanic turbulence and air-sea interaction, from small scale to climate scale, Part 1
Location: 224A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 19th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction
Chair: Isaac Ginis, University of Rhode Island
  11:30 AM
1.2
High Wavenumber Ocean Wave Spectra Determined through Polarimetric Imaging
Christopher J. Zappa, Columbia University, Palisades, NY; and D. A. Le Bel and M. L. Banner

  11:45 AM
1.3
Surface wave effects in the NEMO ocean model
Oyvind Breivik, ECMWF, Reading, United Kingdom; and K. Mogensen, J. R. Bidlot, and P. A. Janssen
Recording files available
Joint Session 1
The 2014 US National Climate Assessment: Science, Policy, and the Future-Part I
Location: 121BC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint between the 27th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; and the 10th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice )
Cochairs: Emily Therese Cloyd, US Global Change Research Program; Kristen Averyt, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado

In May 2014, the third US National Climate Assessment was publicly released by the White House. Building on efforts such as the IPCC 5th Assessment, and previous National Climate Assessments, the 2014 NCA incorporates a broad scope of the best available science relevant to decision making at multiple scales. The NCA also included important transdisciplinary efforts bridging physical and social sciences, and the communications enterprise. This session will highlight the major scientific highlights of the 2014 NCA, the process as envisioned and executed, the “ongoing assessment” concept, and policy implications. Topics within the session are not limited to direct NCA contributions. Of particular interest are sector specific and regional climate information, methods and perspectives on science communication, the policy implications at multiple scales, and next steps. Contributions that connect IPCC and regional, state, or local assessment activities with the NCA are also encouraged.
  11:00 AM
J1.1
Recording files available
Session 1
Urban Chemical Cartography: Charting Spatial Gradients with Novel Measurement Platforms
Location: 124A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 17th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry
Cochairs: Misti Levy Zamora, Texas A&M University; Eduardo P. Olaguer Jr., Houston Advanced Research Center
  11:15 AM
1.2
The Benzene and other Toxics Exposure (BEE-TEX) Study
Eduardo P. Olaguer Jr., Houston Advanced Research Center, Woodlands, TX; and J. Stutz, C. E. Kolb, S. C. Herndon, W. Vizuete, and M. H. Erickson

  11:30 AM
1.3
A novel method to determine the spatial distribution of BTEX using long-path absorption spectroscopy
Jochen Stutz, University of California, Los Angeles, CA; and S. C. Hurlock, O. Pikelnaya, J. Festa, T. Catalina, C. Fedele, and E. P. Olaguer Jr.

  11:45 AM
1.4
Analysis of Lower Tropospheric Trace Gas Profiles Obtained from a Unique Combination of Aircraft and Tethered Balloon Observations
G. Mazzuca, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and R. D. Clark, K. Pickering, R. Dickerson, A. J. Weinheimer, and D. Stein-Zweers
Recording files available
Session 1
Weather Ready Nation Keynote Addresses
Location: 221A-C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Third Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation’s Readiness, Responsiveness, and Resilience to High Impact Weather Events
Cochairs: Dave Jones, StormCenter Communications, Inc.; Kenneth Carey, Earth Resources Technology (ERT), Inc.
 
Introductory Remarks

  11:00 AM
1.1
Holly Bamford, NOAA/NOS, Silver Spring, MD - Invited Presentation

  11:30 AM
1.3
NOAA's Weather-Ready Nation Ambassador Initiative
Douglas Hilderbrand, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD
  11:45 AM
1.4
The Next Generation Global Prediction System
William Lapenta, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, College Park, MD; and F. Toepfer
Recording files available
Session 1A
International Applications for the Monitoring and Prediction of Weather Hazards including Volcanic Ash - Part I
Location: 132AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 31st Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies
Cochairs: Ian Lisk, UK Met Office; John R. Lincoln, US Navy/WMO (Ret.) and Consultant; Erik Andersson, ECMWF
  11:30 AM
1A.3
Toward an Integrated Solution to Mitigate the Impact of Volcanic Ash to Aviation
John J. Murray, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA; and T. D. Fairlie, J. P. Vernier, M. J. Pavolonis, J. Seiglaff, F. Prata, F. Dezitter, D. Pieri, J. Lekki, and N. A. Krotkov
  11:45 AM
1A.4
R&D to support volcanic ash dispersion forecsting for aviation
Barbara J.B. Stunder, NOAA/OAR/ARL, College Park, MD; and A. Crawford, S. Albersheim, and M. J. Pavolonis
Recording files available
Session 1B
Open Data Standards and Sharing
Location: 131C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 31st Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies
Cochairs: Gerald Dittberner, Harris Corporation; Mohan K. Ramamurthy, Unidata/UCAR
  11:00 AM
Introductory Remarks

  11:15 AM
1B.1
Application of CF Metadata Conventions to GOES-R Weather Products
Randy Horne, Excalbur Laboratories, Inc., Melbourne, FL; and E. J. Kennelly, G. Meehan, A. Rao, and A. Weiner
  11:45 AM
1B.3
Making OGC standards work – interoperability testing between meteorological systems
Stephan Siemen, ECMWF, Reading, Berks., United Kingdom; and C. Little and M. F. Voidrot

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Monday, 5 January 2015


Lunch Break

12:15 PM-1:15 PM: Monday, 5 January 2015


Early Career Committee
Location: 126A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Recording files available
Presidential Town Hall Meeting: Fulfilling the Vision of Weather, Water, and Climate Information at NOAA
Location: 127ABC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

As highlighted at the Presidential Forum, the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise has an exciting future in store as we focus on meeting the evolving societal needs in the coming decades. NOAA is energized to continue the partnership with all components of the Enterprise, especially as they pertain to NOAA's priorities for the next 5 years. At this town hall, NOAA Administrator, Dr. Kathryn Sullivan will discuss NOAA's plans for evolving the National Weather Service, building community resilience, and investing in observations. As an Enterprise, we will ensure the United States continues to push cutting edge research, technology, and improved predictions to its partners and the public. Following her opening remarks, Dr. Sullivan will engage in a lively discussion with all those interested in helping to build a Weather-Ready Nation.
  12:15 PM
Presidential Town Hall Meeting: Fulfilling the Vision of Weather, Water, and Climate Information at NOAA

Town Hall Meeting: Accessibility for People with Disabilities
Location: 128AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Speakers: Melissa A. Burt, Center for Multiscale Modeling of Atmospheric Processes; Imke Durre, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC

The AMS membership includes individuals who have physical limitations, such as blindness or vision impairment, hearing loss or limited hand use or mobility. Individuals with disabilities have a great deal to contribute to our field and desire to participate. Making meetings accessible to people with disabilities not only encourages inclusion, but it also brings forth diverse perspectives, effective partnerships, and enhanced opportunities for all participants. We would like to propose a town-hall meeting to commence a discussion on the topic of making AMS meetings fully accessible to people with disabilities. The session will serve as a platform to address accessibility barriers and needs of participants with disabilities. We intend to invite a few speakers and engage the AMS membership on a panel discussion on this topic. We hope to explore answers to questions like why is it important to fully engage people with disabilities, what is the role of AMS in this engagement, how can AMS meetings be made accessible, etc. This discussion, the first of its kind at the AMS Annual Meeting, will serve as a guide to plan accessible AMS events in the future. We will summarize the discussions in a follow-up report that will form the basis of further action on this topic.
Recording files available
Town Hall Meeting: Effective Resume Writing
Location: 125AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Speaker: Jared Rennie, Cooperative Institute for Climate and Satellites/North Carolina State University

The Board for Early Career Professionals invites you to participate in a panel discussion regarding building a resume that will make you stand out in a sea of job applications. Panelists from academic, broadcast, government, and private sectors will be on hand to share past experiences, and provide tips and techniques to write an effective resume, whether it’s for your first, second, or subsequent job. Talks will be given by each panelist, along with a Q&A session at the end. Topics will include: •Tailoring your resume for every job application. •Understanding what skill sets hiring managers look for. •Recognizing the difference between a resume and curriculum vitae (CV). •Knowing what to leave off a resume. •Making an eye-catching demo tape. •Going above and beyond. All members of the AMS community, including undergraduate and graduate students, post docs, and early career professionals are encouraged to attend this one hour town hall meeting.
  12:15 PM
Effective Resume Writing
Recording files available
Town Hall Meeting: NWS Model Development Forum
Location: 126BC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

The mission of NWS global models is to provide the best possible numerical forecasts to our customers. A key element in providing accurate forecasts is the availability of accurate numerical guidance provided by computer models, mostly provided by NCEP. To address growing service demands and improve the accuracy of the forecasts, NWS needs to remain at the cutting-edge of research and model development and continuously transition science advances from research community to operations (R2O). Given the tremendously increased complexities of weather, climate and environmental prediction systems in the last two decades, the demands for more and more rigorous technology transfer processes and quality management procedures are increased. In an effort to foster more effective communications and successful research to operation transition to improve NWS operational models, NWS and OAR are sponsoring a Town Hall Meeting on NWS Model Development Forum. The purpose is to explain to the partners and stakeholders operational constraints and management procedures for the NWS model development and transition processes, and to get feedback on the expectations and requirements from the community.
  12:15 PM
William Lapenta
  12:30 PM
Hendrik Tolman
  12:45 PM
Isaac Ginis
  1:00 PM
Stan Benjamin
Recording files available
Town Hall Meeting: Watch out! A review of the National Weather Service's watch, warning, advisory hazard messaging system. It's advised you attend. You have been warned!
Location: 121BC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

For generations, the National Weather Service has utilized the terms "Watch", "Warning", and "Advisory" (WWA) to convey expectations of impact and level of forecast certainty associated with expected weather and water hazards. However, results of numerous NWS Service Assessments, initial social science research and other interactions with partners and the public suggests that many people misunderstand these terms - or confuse the terms one to another. In addition, there exists confusion among the 100+ products NWS uses to differentiate among the type, impact and forecast certainty of these hazards. In response, NWS has initiated a "Hazards Simplification (or "Haz Simp") study to assess whether there may exist alternatives to WWA that would prove to be more intuitive, more easily understood and/or more easily communicated to users for the purpose of inspiring desired action by the public. This effort has now engaged social research and Phase I of this research has now been completed. High level results from the 20 focus groups held among the public, emergency managers, broadcasters and NWS forecasters during Phase I are as follows: •Most people misunderstand the term "Advisory". •Many supported the use of a hierarchical, color-based scheme to express varying levels of forecast certainty and impact (such as is employed by the European "Meteoalarm" system). •Some people believe the system is working well enough and that enhanced education would increase understanding. •Any change should be considered carefully and executed gradually. The purpose of this Town Hall will be to present the results of "Haz Simp Phase I" and engage discussion from participants on their reaction and suggested options/alternatives for moving forward based on these results. Feedback on how "institutionalized" WWA is in partner and public decision making processes will also be welcomed. Also, all Annual Meeting attendees will be invited to visit the "Haz Simp" booth in the Exhibition Hall, where prototypes developed based on the Phase I results will be available for comment as part of Phase II of this project.
  12:15 PM
Haz Symp - Elliott Jacks

12:45 PM-1:05 PM: Monday, 5 January 2015


Daily Weather Briefings
Location: 132AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

1:30 PM-2:00 PM: Monday, 5 January 2015

Recording files available
Session 2
Energy Risk Management and the Importance of Linking Weather to Energy Planning
Location: 224B (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Sixth Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy
Cochairs: Heidi Centola, CME Group; Lawrence C. Gloeckler, SUNY
  1:30 PM
2.1
Natural Gas Prices and the Extreme Winters of 2011/12 and 2013/14: Causes, Indicators, and Interactions
Carl J. Schreck III, North Carolina State University, Asheville, NC; and S. Bennett, J. Cordeira, J. Crouch, J. Dissen, A. L. Lang, D. Margolin, A. O'Shay, J. Rennie, and M. Ventrice

1:30 PM-2:30 PM: Monday, 5 January 2015


Panel Discussion 1
A Snapshot of the Federal Policy Landscape for the AMS Community
Location: 226C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 10th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice
Moderator: Shali Mohleji, AMS
Panelists: Paul Higgins, AMS; Timothy Stryker, U.S. National Science and Technology Council, Executive Office of the President; Fern Gibbons, Senate Commerce, Science & Transportation Committee; Allison Schwier, 2014-2015 AMS Congressional Fellow
  1:30 PM
Timothy Stryker

  1:45 PM
Paul Higgins

  2:00 PM
Fern Gibbons

  2:15 PM
Allison Schwier

  2:30 PM
PD1.1
Recording files available
Joint Session 1
Assessing the Skill of Statistical Downscaling Techniques: Questioning Assumptions and Quantifying Value
Location: 124B (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint between the Special Symposium on Model Postprocessing and Downscaling; and the 13th Conference on Artificial Intelligence )
Cochairs: Michael E. Baldwin, Purdue University; Carlos Felipe Gaitan, University of Oklahoma/NOAA-GFDL
  1:30 PM
J1.1
Bias Correction of Simulated Precipitation by Quantile Mapping: Preserving Relative Changes in Quantiles and Extremes
Alex J. Cannon, Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium, Victoria, BC, Canada; and S. R. Sobie and T. Q. Murdock

  1:45 PM
J1.2
Verification of Probabilistic Downscaling
Megan C. Kirchmeier-Young, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and D. J. Lorenz and D. J. Vimont
  2:00 PM
J1.3
  2:15 PM
J1.4
Hyperlocal Downscaling using WRF: Science, Technology and Applications
Wallace Hogsett, Weather Analytics, Bethesda, MD; and S. Cecelski and R. Rogers

Recording files available
Joint Session 1
Madden-Julian Oscillation in Cloud Permitting Models
Location: 229AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint between the Third Symposium on Prediction of the Madden-Julian Oscillation: Processes, Prediction and Impact; and the 19th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS) )
Cochairs: Shuyi S. Chen, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS; Samson Hagos, PNNL
  1:30 PM
  1:45 PM
J1.1A
Moist entropy and the simulation of convection processes in Madden Julian Oscillation
Samson Hagos, PNNL, Richland, WA; and Z. Feng, C. N. Long, C. Zhao, M. Martini, and L. Berg

  2:15 PM
J1.3
Recording files available
Joint Session 1
Weather Observing Systems Via Airborne Platforms
Location: 131C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint between the 31st Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; and the 17th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology )
Cochairs: Randall Bass, FAA; William H. Bauman III, ENSCO, Inc.
  1:30 PM
J1.1
Detection of High Ice Water Content (HIWC) Conditions: Assessment of a Nowcasting Tool Using Data from the HAIC-HIWC International Field Campaign
Julie A. Haggerty, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. L. Black, G. P. McCabe Jr., G. Cunning, J. W. Strapp, A. Grandin, R. J. Potts, and T. Ratvasky
  2:15 PM
J1.3
in situ turbulence observations from commercial aircraft
R. D. Sharman, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. M. Pearson, G. Meymaris, L. B. Cornman, and T. J. Farrar

Recording files available
Session 2
Surface wave effects on oceanic turbulence and air-sea interaction, from small scale to climate scale, Part 2
Location: 224A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 19th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction
Chair: W. Kendall Melville, SIO/Univ. Of California
  1:30 PM
2.1
Langmuir Turbulence in Algebraic Reynolds Stress Models (Invited Presentation)
Ramsey R. Harcourt, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and E. A. D'Asaro, A. Y. Shcherbina, M. F. Cronin, and J. Thomson
  1:45 PM
2.2
Observations of the Diurnal Cycle of Near Surface Dissipation and Shear
Brian Ward, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland; and G. Sutherland, G. Reverdin, L. Marie, G. Brostrom, R. Harcourt, O. Breivik, and K. H. Christensen

  2:00 PM
2.3
Upper ocean Langmuir turbulence parameterization in the KPP model in tropical cyclone conditions
Brandon Reichl, University of Rhode Island, Narragansett, RI; and T. Hara, I. Ginis, D. Wang, and T. Kukulka
Recording files available
Session 2
Aerosol impacts on shallow clouds I
Location: 223 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Seventh Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions
Cochairs: Yangang Liu, Brookhaven National Laboratory; Leo Donner, NOAA/GFDL
  1:30 PM
2.1A
The impacts of aerosols and boundary layer characteristics on the properties of continental shallow cumuli during RACORO
Hee-Jung Yang, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL; and R. M. Rauber and G. M. McFarquhar
  1:45 PM
2.2
  2:15 PM
2.4
Microphysical consequences of the spatial distribution of ice nucleation in mixed-phase stratiform clouds
Fan Yang, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI; and M. Ovchinnikov and R. A. Shaw

Recording files available
Session 2
Agency Updates 2
Location: 227A-C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 12th Conference on Space Weather
Chair: Genene Fisher, NOAA/NWS
  1:30 PM
2.1
  1:45 PM
2.2
Recording files available
Session 2
Air Pollution / Health Modeling and Prediction Systems
Location: 128AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Air Pollution Meteorology and Human Health Symposium
Chair: Ivanka Stajner, NOAA/NWS
  1:45 PM
2.2
  2:00 PM
2.3
A multi-scale modelling system for the urban atmospheric environment
Julian C. R. Hunt, University College London and Cambridge Environmental Research Consultants Ltd, Cambridge, United Kingdom; and D. Carruthers, J. Stocker, S. Di Sabatino, and J. C. H. Fung
  2:15 PM
Paper 2.4 has moved. New poster number 930

Recording files available
Joint Session 2
Air pollution and air quality impacts on health-Part II
Location: 228AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint between the Sixth Conference on Environment and Health; and the Air Pollution Meteorology and Human Health Symposium )
Cochairs: Rex Britter, MIT; Lauren Jean Thie, North Carolina Department of Health & Human Services

Development of modeling systems addressing emissions, meteorology, atmospheric dispersion, exposure, and corresponding health implications; including observational, applied, or validation study designs
  1:30 PM
J2.1
Controls of seasonal high-level ozone statistics in the Northeastern US, part I: An examination of 1993–2012
E. M. Oswald, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, Burlington, VT; and L. A. L. Dupigny-Giroux, E. M. Leibensperger, R. Poirot, and J. Merrell
  1:45 PM
J2.2
Data fusion of Satellite AOD and WRF meteorology for improved PM25 estimation for northeast USA
Nabin Malakar, City College of New York, New York, NY; and L. Cordero, B. Gross, D. Vidal, and F. Moshary
  2:15 PM
J2.4
Air Quality and Health Impacts: A novel approach to an international cooperative monitoring project in Uasin Gishu County, Kenya
Donna A. Hartz, Arizona State Univ., Tempe, AZ; and R. Pope, G. Simiyu, A. Middel, P. Cheboss, and P. Raburu
Recording files available
Session 2
Communications: Public Safety & Educational Approaches to a WRN
Location: 221A-C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Third Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation’s Readiness, Responsiveness, and Resilience to High Impact Weather Events
Cochairs: Dave Jones, StormCenter Communications, Inc.; Jennifer Sprague, NOAA/NWS
  1:30 PM
2.1
Climate Change Education through TV Weathercasts
Jim Gandy, WLTX-TV, Columbia, SC; and J. Witte, E. Maibach, H. Cullen, X. Zhao, B. Klinger, and K. Rowan
  2:00 PM
2.3
Engaging with the Public in California about Drought
Timothy M. Gann, University of California, Merced, CA; and M. H. Conklin, J. P. Gonzales, and T. Matlock
Recording files available
Joint Session 2
  1:45 PM
J2.2
Adaptation of Advanced Weather Forecast Verification tools to Climate Problems: Opportunities and Challenges
Caspar M. Ammann, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and B. G. Brown, L. Buja, T. Fowler, W. J. Gutowski, E. Gilleland, J. Halley-Gotway, and L. Kaatz

  2:00 PM
J2.3
A Continental Divide Hydrometeorological Observatory for Integrated Hydrologic Data Assimilation and Prediction Development
David J. Gochis, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. McCreight, A. Dugger, R. M. Rasmussen, M. Clark, A. W. Wood, and D. N. Yates
Recording files available
Joint Session 2
Design of next generation retrieval, data assimilation, and data fusion algorithms, especially as pertains to an integrated view of the Earth system
Location: 231ABC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint between the 20th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography; the 11th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; and the Third Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation )
Cochairs: Jordan Gerth, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin; Sid A. Boukabara, NOAA/NESDIS
  1:30 PM
J2.1
Towards Atmosphere-Ocean Coupled Assmilation with the GEOS: Skin SST developments & analysis of MW observations
Santha Akella, NASA, Greenbelt, MD; and R. Todling, M. J. Suarez, J. Jin, and W. McCarty

  1:45 PM
J2.2
Variational Cloud-clearing with CrIS data at NCEP
Haixia Liu, EMC/IMSG, College Park, MD; and A. Collard and J. C. Derber
  2:00 PM
J2.3
A First Look at GEWEX's Integrated Global Water and Energy Product
Christian D. Kummerow, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and W. B. Rossow, P. Stackhouse Jr., R. F. Adler, C. A. Clayson, and E. F. Wood
Recording files available
Session 2
Extratropical upper troposphere/lower stratosphere, Part 2
Location: 212A West Building (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 18th Conference on Middle Atmosphere
Chair: Shigeo Yoden, Kyoto University
  1:45 PM
2.2
Case Study of a Cold-Season, north Pacific Jet Retraction Event
Melissa L. Breeden, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. E. Martin
  2:00 PM
2.3
Quantifying isentropic stratosphere-troposphere exchange (STE) of ozone
Huang Yang, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY; and G. Chen, Q. Tang, P. Hess, and D. Plummer

Recording files available
Session 2
General Topics in Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology - Part I
Location: 129A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 17th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology
Cochairs: Edward H. Teets Jr., NASA; Winnie Crawford, ENSCO, Inc.
  1:30 PM
2.1A
  1:45 PM
2.2
Towards an analysis tool for ceiling and visibility
Sarah Umdasch, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; and R. Steinacker and M. Dorninger

  2:00 PM
2.3
Airborne Weather Observation Applications and Benefits Assessment for Air Traffic Management
Jarrod Lichty, AvMet Applications, Inc., Reston, VA; and T. J. Farrar, M. Phaneuf, R. S. Lee, J. L. Bewley, and D. O'Donnell
  2:15 PM
2.4
Terminal Weather System with Fast-Scanning Phased Array Weather Radar in Japan
Eiichi Yoshikawa, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan; and A. Kanda, T. Ushio, and K. Kusunoki

Recording files available
Session 2
Global Warming Hiatus-Part II
Location: 122BC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 27th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Cochairs: Thomas L. Delworth, NOAA/GFDL; Shang-Ping Xie, Univesity of California
  1:30 PM
2.1
  1:45 PM
2.2
Projections of a rebound in warming out of the current hiatus
Matthew H. England, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
  2:00 PM
2.3
Contribution of Natural Decadal Variability to Global-Warming Acceleration and Hiatus
Masahiro Watanabe, Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa-shi, Chiba, Japan; and H. Shiogama, H. Tatebe, M. Hayashi, M. Ishii, and M. Kimoto

  2:15 PM
2.4
Tropical modulations of global mean temperature
Shang-Ping Xie, Univesity of California, La Jolla, CA; and C. Y. Wang

Recording files available
Session 2
Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Measurements, Processes and Impacts I
Location: 124A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 17th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry
Cochairs: Berrien Moore III, National Weather Center/Univ. of Oklahoma; Sean Crowell, University of Oklahoma; Abhishek Chatterjee, NCAR

Over the last decade, significant advances have been made in both in situ and remote sensing technologies for measuring greenhouse gases (GHGs). In addition, the planned launch of the Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO-2) and the Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) instruments later this year should yield more information on GHGs than ever before. While these multiple observational platforms provide a significant potential for the monitoring of GHG emissions, more and more uncertainties are coming to light regarding our understanding of the global and regional budgets of GHGs, and in the identification and quantification of their climate feedback sensitivities. This session solicits abstracts that address these uncertainties using models and observations, and provides new insights on process understanding across a variety of spatial and temporal scales. We encourage contributions on current and prospective observation technologies for GHGs, modeling studies to quantify GHG budgets and their associated uncertainties, evaluation and benchmarking of GHG estimates from Earth System Models using contemporary observations, and integration of observations and models to augment our process-based understanding.
  1:45 PM
2.2
MuQuantification of high-resolution, bottom-up fossil fuel CO2 emissions at the global, national and urban landscape domains
Kevin Gurney, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ; and S. Asefi-Najafabady, R. Patarasuk, P. Rayner, X. Zhang, Y. Song, D. O'Keeffe, I. Razlivanov, D. Mendoza, Y. Zhou, J. Huang, and B. Benes

  2:00 PM
2.3
A multiyear, global gridded fossil fuel CO2 emissions data product: evaluation and analysis of results
salvi Asefi-Najafabady, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ; and P. Rayner, K. Gurney, A. McRobert, Y. Song, K. Coltin, J. Huang, C. Elvidge, and K. Baugh
Recording files available
Session 2
Inside Weather Forecast Operations: Practices and Tools to Promote Weather Safety
Location: 226AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 10th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice
Chair: Richard Smith, NOAA/NWS
  1:30 PM
2.1
Forecaster “Best Practices” during Operations in the Hazardous Weather Testbed Hydrology Experiment 2014
Elizabeth Mintmire Argyle, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. Gourley, C. Ling, R. Clark III, Z. L. Flamig, M. M. Gutierrez, J. M. Erlingis, S. M. Martinaitis, and B. R. Smith

  2:15 PM
2.4
Recording files available
Session 2
International Applications for the Monitoring and Prediction of Weather Hazards including Volcanic Ash - Part II
Location: 132AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 31st Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies
Cochairs: John R. Lincoln, US Navy/WMO (Ret.) and Consultant; Ian Lisk, UK Met Office; Erik Andersson, ECMWF
  1:30 PM
2.1
European modelling and analysis of atmospheric composition (including volcanic emissions)
Richard Engelen, ECMWF, Reading, Berkshire, United Kingdom; and B. Raoult, J. Flemming, and E. Andersson
  2:00 PM
2.3
Impact of Volcanic Ash on European Air Traffic: Simulated Eruption of Volcano Stromboli
Ruzica Vujasinovic, DLR = German Aerospace Center, Braunschweig, Germany; and T. Luckova, A. Lau, and M. Schultz

  2:15 PM
2.4
The U.S. Interagency Volcanic Hazards Sciences and Services Coordination Group
John J. Murray, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA; and C. Miner, R. Tatusuko, M. Strahan, C. Mandeville, M. Guffanti, C. R. Holliday, G. Swanson, J. Kibler, M. J. Pavolonis, B. J. B. Stunder, J. M. Osiensky, D. Moore, L. G. Mastin, T. Murray, D. Schneider, and C. Neal

Recording files available
Session 2
Lightning Warning and Prediction
Location: 225AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Seventh Conference on the Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data
Chair: Scott M. Steiger, SUNY
  1:30 PM
2.1
Development of a MOS Thunderstorm System for the ECMWF Model
Phillip E. Shafer, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and D. E. Rudack
  1:45 PM
2.2
  2:00 PM
2.3
  2:15 PM
2.4
Airport Lightning Warnings with NLDN Cloud and Cloud-to-ground Lightning Data
Ronald L. Holle, Vaisala, Inc., Tucson, AZ; and N. W. S. Demetriades and A. Nag
Recording files available
Session 2
Modeling, Analysis, and Learning
Location: 129B (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Fifth Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using Python
Chair: Scott Collis, ANL
  1:30 PM
2.1
  1:45 PM
2.2
PyGeode: A python package for analyzing large gridded datasets
Peter Hitchcock, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom; and M. Neish
  2:15 PM
Each poster presenter, in order by their poster number is provided with an opportunity to give a brief intro of their poster presentation that will be given during the formal poster viewing following the session

Recording files available
Session 2
Observation System Simulation Experiments (OSSEs) I
Location: 131AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 19th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)
Chair: Zhaoxia Pu, University of Utah
  1:30 PM
2.1
Observing System Simulation Experiments to evaluate the potential impact of proposed observing systems on hurricane prediction
Robert Atlas, NOAA/AOML, Miami, FL; and L. Bucci, A. Aksoy, B. Annane, R. N. Hoffman, G. D. Emmitt, Y. Xie, S. J. Majumdar, J. Delgado, and L. Cucurull
  1:45 PM
2.2
A new Doppler Wind Lidar concept for obtaining space-based vector winds throughout the troposphere: data product simulations
George D. Emmitt, Simpson Weather Associates, Charlottesville, VA; and S. C. Tucker and S. A. Wood

  2:15 PM
2.4
Recording files available
Session 2
Pre-college Education Initiatives II
Location: 125AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 24th Symposium on Education
Cochairs: David W. Chapman, Okemos High School; Jeffrey A. Yuhas, Morristown-Beard School; John Moore, AMS Board on Outreach and Precollege Education

This is a continuation of Pre-college Education Initiatives I.
  1:30 PM
2.1
Connecting Climate Change Education with the 'Teacher behind the Closed Door'
Michael J. Passow, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, Palisades, NY; and T. Takahashi, J. I. Goes, K. L. Smith, M. R. Kaplan, and N. Boelman
  1:45 PM
2.2
AMS Research: From Poster to Classroom
Danny E. Mattox, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and M. K. Corbett and A. D. Melvin
  2:15 PM
2.4
AMS K12 Distinguished Educator
John Moore, AMS Board on Outreach and Precollege Education, Laurel Springs, NJ
Recording files available
Joint Session 2
The 2014 US National Climate Assessment: Science, Policy, and the Future-Part II
Location: 121BC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint between the 27th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; and the 10th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice )
Cochairs: Emily Therese Cloyd, US Global Change Research Program; Kristen Averyt, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado
  1:30 PM
J2.1
  1:45 PM
J2.2
The State of Adaptation and the Role of Climate Information (Invited Presentation)
Joel B. Smith, Stratus Consulting Inc., Boulder, CO; and R. Bierbaum and A. Lee
  2:00 PM
J2.3
Science-policy Challenges in Climate Assements
Hilda Joan Blanco, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

  2:15 PM
J2.4
Science and Communication Issues Associated with Precipitation in the NCA
Kenneth E. Kunkel, Cooperative Institute for Climate and Satellites, Asheville, NC
Recording files available
Joint Session 3
Air-Sea Interaction and the Coastal Environment: Part 1
Location: 130 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint between the 13th Symposium on the Coastal Environment; and the 19th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction )
Cochairs: Hyodae Seo, WHOI; Young-Oh Kwon, WHOI
  1:30 PM
J3.1
Air-Sea Coupling in an Eastern Boundary Current Region (Invited Presentation)
Roger M. Samelson, Oregon State Univ., Corvallis, OR; and D. B. Chelton, E. D. Skyllingstad, A. Kurapov, and N. Perlin
  2:15 PM
J3.3
Coupled modeling of eddy-wind interaction in the California Current System
Hyodae Seo, WHOI, Woods Hole, MA; and A. J. Miller and J. R. Norris

2:30 PM-4:00 PM: Monday, 5 January 2015


Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
Location: Hall 4 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

Poster Session 1
3rd Weather-Ready Nation Symposium Poster Session
Host: Third Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation’s Readiness, Responsiveness, and Resilience to High Impact Weather Events
 
414
Development of a GIS-based Spatial Decision System for Tornadoes in Mississippi
Duanjun Lu, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS; and S. Abdullah and H. A. L. Longwith

 
416
Skywarn: Current Updates and Future Opportunities
Tanja Fransen, NOAA/NWS, Glasgow, MT; and R. Smith, J. J. Jans, and C. Maier

Handout (191.7 kB)

 
418
Using High Resolution Weather Model Output in Support of the HYSPLIT Dispersion Model
Peter F. Blottman, NOAA/National Weather Service Forecast Office, Melbourne, FL; and D. Sharp and J. Dreher
Manuscript (540.1 kB)


Poster Session 1
ARAM Posters - Part I
Host: 17th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology
 
304
Overview of the 2014 Aviation Weather Testbed Summer Experiment
Steven A. Lack, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/Aviation Weather Center, Kansas City, MO; and B. R. J. Schwedler, A. M. Terborg, A. R. Harless, B. P. Pettegrew, S. Silberberg, R. L. Solomon, D. Vietor, D. R. Bright, M. P. Murphy, D. Blondin, M. Strahan, and B. Entwistle

 
305
New COMET Training on Convection, Turbulence and Icing
Elizabeth Mulvihill Page, UCAR/COMET, Boulder, CO; and T. Ross-Lazarov, W. R. Bua, and M. Weingroff

 
306
Using Ensemble Models for Probabilistic Turbulence Forecasting at the Aviation Weather Center/Aviation Weather Testbed
Brian P. Pettegrew, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Kansas City, MO; and D. R. Bright

Handout (4.3 MB)

 
307
 
Paper 309 has been moved. New paper number is 2.1A.


Poster Session 1
Advances in Using Python in the Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
Host: Fifth Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using Python
Chair: Mary Haley, NCAR

This session covers the breadth of recent advances in using Python for data analysis, visualization, workflow integration, modeling, and teaching.
 
394
Toolbox for Evaluating Ensembles Using an Information Gain Measure
Hannah Aizenman, City College of New York, New York, NY; and M. Grossberg, I. Gladkova, and N. Krakauer

Handout (1.7 MB)

 
395
GeoJS: Web Geospatial Visualization Library for Climate and Geospatial Datasets
Aashish Chaudhary, Kitware, Clifton Park, NY; and C. Harris and J. D. Beezley

 
396
Parallel-UVCDAT / Python for Diurnal Cycle Analysis
Curt Covey, LLNL, Livermore, CA; and C. Doutriaux and D. Williams

 
398
Accessing NetCDF4 Data in Python
Ward Fisher, UCAR/NCAR, Boulder, CO

 
399
Dataflow of a Multiple Instrument On-Demand Processing Engine with Python and DPLKit
Joseph P. Garcia, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and E. Eloranta and R. K. Garcia

 
400
Ensemble Model Visualization and Decision Support Tools with Python
Steven J. Greybush, Penn State Univ., University Park, PA; and R. H. Grumm

 
401
Examples of Python-based Ensemble Displays for Decision Support
Richard Grumm, NOAA/NWSFO, State College, PA; and S. J. Greybush

 
402
SHARPpy: Fueling the Python Cult
Kelton T. Halbert, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and W. G. Blumberg and P. Marsh
Manuscript (607.2 kB)

Handout (38.6 MB)

 
403
 
404
Cartopy and Tephi: Open source Python packages for visualising geospatial and thermodynamic data
Bill Little, Met Office, Exeter, United Kingdom; and R. Hattersley

Handout (3.0 MB)

 
405
Iris and pyugrid: Consistent access to structured and unstructured grids
Bill Little, Met Office, Exeter, United Kingdom; and R. Hattersley

Handout (2.0 MB)

 
Poster 406 will now be presented as 3.4A

 
408
Using Python as an Integrated Software Platform for the PACRAIN Program
Michael D. Klatt, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. S. Greene and M. L. Morrissey

Handout (660.8 kB)

 
409
Computation, Analysis and Visualization of In-Situ and Remote Sensing Data using Python
Jared Rennie, Cooperative Institute for Climate and Satellites/North Carolina State University, Asheville, NC; and A. Buddenberg, K. Gassert, R. D. Leeper, L. E. Stevens, and S. E. Stevens

Handout (3.5 MB)

 
410
Accessing McIDAS ADDE Satellite Data Servers in Python
Jerrold O. Robaidek, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and R. Garcia, D. A. Santek, D. Parker, and D. Stettner

 
411
A Python-Based Plotter for Model-Derived Polarimetric Radar Variables
Timothy A. Supinie, CAPS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and D. Dawson and Y. Jung

 
412
Pyodec: Streamline and standardize methods for decoding non-structured data files
Joseph S. Young, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT


Poster Session 1
Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions I (Mon)
Host: Seventh Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions
Cochairs: Sonia M. Kreidenweis, Colorado State University; Jiwen Fan, PNNL
 
351
Saharan Air Layer Dust Loading: Effects on Convective Strength in Tropical Cloud Clusters
Randall J. Hergert, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL; and J. M. Collins, J. P. Dunion, and C. H. Paxton

 
354
ACONVEX—Aerosols, Clouds, cONvection, Experiment—A new site in central Amazonia for long term monitoring of aerosol-clouds-convection interactions
Henrique M. J. Barbosa, Physics Institute, São Paulo, Brazil; and T. Pauliquevis, D. K. Adams, P. Artaxo, G. Cirino, B. Barja, A. Correia, H. Gomes, D. A. Gouveia, M. B. Padua, N. M. E. Rosario, R. A. F. Souza, R. M. N. Santos, L. Sapucci, and B. T. Portela

Handout (5.8 MB)

 
355
Simulation of Biomass Burning Aerosol Transport Over the South African-Atlantic Region
Dr Harshvardhan, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN; and S. Das, M. Chin, and H. Bian

Handout (578.1 kB)

 
356
Regional Aerosol Trends and Potential Impacts on Clouds in the Western North Atlantic Ocean
Andrew Jongeward, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and Z. Li

 
357
Characterizing Arctic Ice and Mixed-phase Clouds Using ARM Ground-based Measurement
Shaoyue Qiu, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND; and X. Dong and B. Xi

 
358
Deriving Properties of Marine Low Clouds over the Remote Oceans with A-Train
Gerald G. Mace, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and D. J. Posselt and S. J. Cooper

 
360
Impact of Asian aerosols on precipitation over California: An observational and model-based approach
Aaron Naeger, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL; and B. T. Zavodsky, A. L. Molthan, and J. M. Creamean

 
Poster 361 has been moved. New paper number is 2.1A.

 
Poster 363 has been moved. New paper number is 5.3A.

 
364
 
365
Implementation of a New Empirical Relationship between Aerosol and Cloud Droplet Number Concentrations to HadGEM2-AO
Hannah Lee, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea; and S. S. Yum and S. Shim

 
366
An investigation and discussion on the performance and use of cloud droplet activation parameterisations
Emma Louise Simpson, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom; and P. Connolly and G. McFiggans

 
Poster 368 has been moved. New paper number is 7.4A.


Poster Session 1
Atmospheric Chemistry Poster Session 1 (Mon)
Host: 17th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry
Cochairs: Tom Jobson, Washington State Univeristy; Jonathan Jiang, JPL
 
283
Sensitivity study of the multicomponent aerosol optical properties with various mixture types, refractive index and particle diameter
Chang Hoon Jung, Kyungin Women's University, Incheon, South Korea; and J. Lee and Y. P. Kim

 
284
Chemical and Physical Processing of CCN and their Effects on Clouds
Stephen R. Noble, DRI, Reno, NV; and J. G. Hudson

 
285
 
288
Assessing Air Quality Models In Coastal Marine Environments Under Different PBL Physics in the Gulf of Mexico
Jose Hernandez, Bureau of Ocean and Energy Management, New Orleans, LA

 
290
Measurement and Analysis of offshore fog occurrences
Joerg Bendfeld, University of Paderborn, Paderborn, Germany; and S. Balluff and S. Krauter
Manuscript (690.5 kB)

 
291
The Impact of Dimethyl Sulfide Emissions on the Earth System
Philip J. Cameron-Smith, LLNL, Livermore, CA; and S. M. Elliott, S. J. Ghan, M. Shrivastava, D. Lucas, and M. Maltrud

 
292
Numerical and observational studies of fogs formed over the southern coastal region of the Korean Peninsula
WonHeung Kim, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea; and S. S. Yum, C. K. Kim, and K. Choi

 
293
 
294
Atmospheric Chemistry Knowledge Gaps for Accidental Releases of Chlorine from Railcars
Steven R. Hanna, Hanna Consultants, Kennebunkport, ME; and J. Chang, J. Hearn, B. B. Hicks, S. B. Fox, M. Whitmire, and D. P. Storwold Jr.

 
Poster 296 has been moved. New paper number is 4.4A.

 
Poster 297 has been moved. New paper number is 5.1A.

 
298
A Model of the Oxidation of Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds in Cloud and Fog Droplets
Jershon Dale Eagar, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ; and P. Herckes and B. Ervens

 
299
Pyruvic acid photolysis: Characterization of the secondary organic aerosol formed
Rachel Severson, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO; and S. Nakao and S. Kreidenweis

 
300
A Study of the Aqueous Phase Processing of Organic Aerosols through Carbon Stable Isotope Analysis
Denise Napolitano, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ; and P. Herckes

 
301
Calibration and initial measurements with a low-cost and moderate-precision CO2 sensor
Cory R. Martin, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and N. Zeng, K. Weber, W. Tribett, T. Kelly, R. Dickerson, and X. Ren

 
303
Characteristics of the Vertical Ozone Structures Measured at Huntsville in 2013
Shi Kuang, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and M. J. Newchurch, J. Burris, L. Wang, B. Johnson, P. Cullis, G. Huang, and W. Cantrell


Poster Session 1
Coastal Environment Posters
Host: 13th Symposium on the Coastal Environment
 
315
Mangrove Livelihood and Extreme Weather Events
Marisa Brumfield, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and M. J. Osland and R. H. Day

 
316
Development of a regional ocean-atmosphere coupled model for studies of mid-latitude climate
T. Miyama, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Yokohama, Japan


Poster Session 1
Computational and Data Advances: Hydrological Remote Sensing and Data Assimilation Posters
Host: 29th Conference on Hydrology
Chair: John B. Eylander, US Army Corps of Engineers
 
11
 
14
Compressed Dual-Polarimetry for Meteorological Radars
Kumar Vijay Mishra, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA; and A. Kruger, W. F. Krajewski, and W. Xu

 
15
Estimating Daily Actual Evapotranspiration using Remotely Sensed Data over East Asia Region
Soo-Jae Park, National Institute of Meteorological Research, KMA, Jeju, South Korea; and Y. Kim and J. Shin

 
16
CHARACTERIZATION OF BURIED SUPRAGLACIAL LAKES OVER THE GREENLAND ICE SHEET
Casey A. Joseph, University of Maryland College Park, Easton, MD; and L. S. Koenig and D. J. Lampkin

 
20
Uncertainty in radar snowfall estimation: Vertical structure of snow storm and microphysical processes
GyuWon Lee, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, South Korea; and J. E. Lee

 
31A

Poster Session 1
Global Warming Hiatus Posters
Host: 27th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Cochairs: Shang-Ping Xie, Univesity of California; Gerald Meehl, NCAR
 
Poster 53 has been moved. New paper number is 3.1A.

 
54
Monitoring Climate Signatures with High Spectral Resolution Infrared Satellite Measurements
Daniel H. DeSlover, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and R. Knuteson, D. C. Tobin, and H. Revercomb


Joint Poster Session 1
Joint Satellite Program Poster Session I
Hosts: (Joint between the 20th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography; the 11th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; and the Third Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation )
Cochairs: Derek J. Posselt, University of Michigan; Christopher S. Velden, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin; George P. Kablick III, University of Maryland, College Par; Jim G. Yoe, NOAA/NESDIS; Gary McWilliams, JPSS Program Office/Army Research Laboratory
 
140
Satellite observations of Hurricane Bill (2009): links to African easterly waves and precipitation patterns
H. Barbosa, Laboratory for Analyzing and Processing Satellite Images, Maceio, Brazil; and V. Nietosvaara and L. M. Silva

 
141
GOES-R AIT: Development of Standard Test Data Sets for Routine Testing
Jonathan E. Wrotny, I.M. Systems Group, College Park, MD; and Z. Zhang, S. Sampson, W. Wolf, and W. Straka III

 
142
Building OSSE system at JCSDA
Michiko Masutani, EMC, College Park, MD; and J. S. Woollen, S. P. F. Casey, T. Zhu, Z. Ma, K. Kumar, S. A. Boukabara, K. Ide, L. Cucurull, and R. N. Hoffman
Manuscript (5.1 MB)

 
144
Comparisons of ASCAT Wind Vectors and Buoy Wind Data in China's Coastal Waters
Xiaoping Xie, Jiangsu Province Meteorological Bureau, Nanjing, China; and J. Wei and L. Huang

 
145
Improving Satellite Quantitative Precipitation Estimates By Using Cloud Optical Depth
Ronald Stenz, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND; and X. Dong, B. Xi, and R. J. Kuligowski

 
147
Data assimilation improves model forecast for cold air aloft in Alaska region
Jiang Zhu, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK; and E. Stevens, E. Weisz, K. Nelson, and T. Heinrichs

 
149
Mid-Pacific ground-truth data for validation of the CrIMSS sensor suite aboard Suomi-NPP
Andrew Keeler Mollner, The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, CA; and J. Wessel, S. D. LaLumondiere, P. Karuza, M. Williams, P. Belden, K. M. Gaab, W. Lotshaw, N. R. Nalli, A. Gambacorta, Q. Liu, C. D. Barnet, T. Reale, C. Tan, and F. Iturbide-Sanchez

 
150
The MTG-IRS Level 2 Processor: Data Assimilation
Stephen A. Tjemkes, EUMETSAT, Darmstadt, Germany; and P. Antonelli, S. de Haan, G. J. Marseille, and R. Stuhlmann

Handout (658.3 kB)

 
154
Analysis and Forecast Impacts from a 1DVAR Preprocessor-Driven Quality Control in the NCEP GDAS/GFS
Kevin Garrett, NOAA/NESDIS, College Park, MD; and S. A. Boukabara

 
155
Tropical Cyclone Diurnal Cycle as Observed by TRMM
Kenneth D. Leppert II, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL; and D. J. Cecil

Handout (6.1 MB)

 
156
Inter-Comparison of CrIS Radiances with AIRS and IASI toward Infrared Hyperspectral Benchmark Measurements
Likun Wang, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and Y. Han, Y. Chen, X. Jin, and D. Tremblay

 
157
Use of JPSS ATMS-MIRS Retrievals to Improve Tropical Cyclone Intensity Forecasting
Galina Chirokova, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and M. DeMaria, R. T. DeMaria, J. F. Dostalek, and J. L. Beven

Handout (2.0 MB)

 
158
NESDIS' Atmospheric Motion Vector (AMV) Nested Tracking Algorithm: Exploring its Performance
Jaime Daniels, NOAA, College Park, MD; and W. Bresky, S. Wanzong, A. Bailey, C. S. Velden, and A. Allegrino

 
160
Development of a CALIPSO IIR radiance simulator
Chia-Pang Kuo, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and P. Yang, S. L. Nasiri, and Y. Hu

Handout (4.5 MB)

 
162
Land surface albedo from a constellation of geostationary satellites compared and fused with polar-orbiting data
Jessica L. Matthews, Cooperative Institute for Climate and Satellites , Asheville, NC; and E. Mannshardt, B. Reich, A. Lattanzio, and M. Takahashi

 
164
CrIS/VIIRS Collated Products and Evaluation
Haibing Sun, IMSG/NESDIS-STAR, College Park, MD; and W. Wolf, T. King, and S. Sampson

Handout (736.4 kB)

 
165
Using Hyperspectral Sounders to Detect Cold Air Aloft over Alaska
Eric Stevens, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK; and E. Weisz, K. Nelson, and J. Zhu

 
168
Prototype of an ensemble radar and satellite data assimilation system for Warn-on-Forecast
Thomas A. Jones, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and K. H. Knopfmeier, D. M. Wheatley, G. J. Creager, P. Minnis, and R. Palikonda

 
169
Quasi-real-time analysis of solar radiation with photovoltaic power using geostationary satellite
Hideaki Takenaka, Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute (AORI), the University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Japan; and T. Y. Nakajima, T. Inoue, A. Higuchi, T. Takamura, and T. Nakajima

 
170
Advancing Marine Forecasting Capability with Lightning Density and Overshooting Top Detection
Colleen Elizabeth Wilson, University of Maryland, College Park, MD

 
172
Forward Light Scattering and Radiative Transfer Modeling Capabilities in Support of Retrieving Ice Cloud and Dust Properties From Satellite Observations
Ping Yang, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and S. L. Nasiri, L. Bi, B. Yi, S. Hioki, C. P. Kuo, Y. Ding, J. Zhang, and G. Xu

 
174
Optimization of the usage of AMV data within the GSI
Eric Maddy, NOAA/NESDIS, College Park, MD; and K. Garrett and S. A. Boukabara

 
176
Overview of O2R and R2D Activities at JCSDA and NESDIS. S4 and JIBB Upgrades Status
Krishna Kumar, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR/JCSDA, COLLEGE PARK, MD; and J. A. Jung, S. A. Boukabara, S. Nolin, and J. Stroik

 
181
Preliminary Assessment the Assimilation of AMSR2 and GMI Data in the NCEP GDAS
Erin Jones, NOAA/NESDIS, College Park, MD; and K. Garrett, E. Maddy, K. Kumar, and S. A. Boukabara

 
182
CrIS/ATMS Sounding Data Products and Services at NOAA/NESDIS
Awdhesh Sharma, NOAA/NESDIS/OSPO/SPSD, College Park, MD

 
183
Temperature Profiles and Lapse Rate Climatology within Clouds Derived from GPS RO Data Collocated with CloudSat
Shengpeng Yang, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, China; and X. Zou

 
185
Tropical Cyclone Structures Captured by Satellite Total Ozone Instruments
Hui Wang, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL

 
186
Mapping Oil for the Destroyed Taylor Energy Site in the Gulf of Mexico
Christopher J. Warren, NOAA/NESDIS, College park, MD; and A. Macfadyen and C. Henry

 
187
GOES Sounder and Cloud Optical-depth Data Impact on variational LAPS Analysis and Forecast
Yuanfu Xie, NOAA, Boulder, CO; and J. Peng, D. Birkenheuer, and S. Albers

 
188
 
189
Machine Learning Algorithms for Tropical Cyclone Center Fixing and Eye Detection
Robert T. DeMaria, CIRA/CSU, Fort Collins, CO; and G. Chirokova, J. A. Knaff, and J. F. Dostalek
Manuscript (526.1 kB)

 
190
Regional and Interannual Comparisons of Marine Stratocumulus Precipitation Detected Using an AMSR-E 89-GHz Passive Microwave Based Method
Matthew A. Miller, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; and M. L. Frey and S. E. Yuter

 
191
A Bispectral Composite Threshold Approach for Automatic Cloud Detection in VIIRS Imagery
Frank J. LaFontaine, Raytheon, Huntsville, AL; and G. Jedlovec

 
193
Applying Satellite Aerosol Retrievals for Improved Lightning Predictions
Tong Ren, Texas A & M University, College Station, TX; and S. L. Nasiri, J. Mecikalski, and L. Carey

 
194
Application of SNPP VIIRS Green Vegetation Fraction in the NCEP Global Forecast System
Weizhong Zheng, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, College Park, MD; and M. B. Ek, Z. Jiang, and M. Vargas

 
195
The Utility of Next Generation GOES Satellite Measurement Techniques for Assessing Lightning Initiation, Intensity and Charge Structure
Jason Apke, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and J. Mecikalski, X. Li, L. Carey, and C. P. Jewett

 
197
Development of Independent Assessment Tool at NOAA/NESDIS/STAR/JCSDA
Deyong Xu, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR/JCSDA, College Park, MD; and K. Kumar and S. A. Boukabara

 
198
 
199
A Climatology of Precipitating Open-cell Convection over the Northeast Gulf of Alaska
Todd D. Sikora, Millersville University, Millersville, PA; and E. B. Wendoloski and R. E. Marter Jr.

Handout (673.0 kB)

 
201
The July 2012 Niobrara Valley Wildfires and their Aftermath: Satellite and Radiative Characteristics
Timothy J. Wagner, Creighton University, Omaha, NE; and B. H. Decicco, A. A. Ellis, R. M. Hepper, L. C. Mahoney, M. Salerno, C. B. Risanto, K. Wright, and J. F. Schalles

 
202
Reducing Striping and Non-uniformities in VIIRS Day/Night Band (DNB) Imagery
Stephen Mills, Stellar Solutions Inc., Palo Alto, CA; and S. D. Miller
Manuscript (4.5 MB)

Handout (4.5 MB)

 
203
CERES FLASHFlux: Near Term Global Satellite-based Radiative Fluxes for Science and Applications
Parchai K. Sawaengphokhai, SSAI, Hampton, VA; and P. Stackhouse Jr., D. P. Kratz, S. K. Gupta, and A. C. Wilber

 
204
Generating Clear-Sky Composites Over Canada From VIIRS
Alexander P. Trishchenko, Canada Centre for Remote Sensing, Ottawa, ON, Canada

 
206
SUOMI NPP and JPSS1 Vegetation Index EDR
Marco Vargas, NOAA, College Park, MD

 
207
The NOAA Daily Optimum Interpolation SST: Status and planned improvements
Viva F. Banzon, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and D. Saunders, A. Burden, C. Liu, and M. Urzen

Handout (2.3 MB)

 
209
Ice cloud particle roughness inferred from satellite polarimetric observations
Souichiro Hioki, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and P. Yang and B. Baum
Manuscript (1.1 MB)

Handout (226.8 kB)

 
Poster 211 has moved. New paper number is 1A.2A

 
212
Assessment of Hyper-spectral Infrared Sensors CrIS and IASI Spectral Accuracy Using Community Radiative Transfer Model
Yong Chen, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX; and Y. Han, F. Weng, L. Wang, D. Tremblay, and X. Jin

 
213
Comparison of Different Calibration Approaches in S-NPP CrIS Full Spectral Resolution Processing
Yong Chen, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX; and Y. Han, L. Wang, D. Tremblay, X. Jin, and F. Weng

 
214
Impacts of assimilating land observational data products on NCEP numerical weather prediction models
Xiwu Zhan, NOAA/NESDIS, College Park, MD; and J. Liu, L. Fang, J. Yin, C. Hain, W. Zheng, and M. B. Ek

 
215
GRAFIIR and JAFIIR – Efficient End-to-End Semi Automated GEO and LEO Sensor Performance Analysis and Verification Systems
Mathew Gunshor, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and H. Zhang, E. Schiffer, and A. Huang

 
216
Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder (ATMS) Geolocation Analysis
M. P. Esplin, Space Dynamics Laboratory, North Logan, UT; and B. Esplin, K. Robinson, and D. Scott

 
217
Ocean Surface Carbon Dioxide Fugacity Observed from Space
W. Timothy Liu, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and X. Xie

 
219
Comparison of LEO Satellite Moisture Retrieval Derived Total Precipitable Water to GPS Network over Alaska
Richard Dworak, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and R. Petersen

 
220
Transition of Vegetation Health Product to S-NPP/ and JPSS/VIIRS
Wei Guo, IMSG Inc., Fairfax, VA; and F. Kogan

 
221
Validation of GOES-R LAP algorithm with MODIS measurements
Yong-Keun Lee, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and Z. Li, E. Borbas, J. Li, and T. J. Schmit

 
224
Assimilation of GPM GMI rainfall product with WRF GSI
Xuanli Li, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and J. Mecikalski and B. T. Zavodsky

 
225
Development and Impact Study of Community Satellite Data Thinning and Representation Optimization Tool
Tong Zhu, CIRA/NOAA/NESDIS/STAR/Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation, College Park, MD; and S. A. Boukabara

Handout (3.2 MB)

 
226
Improvement of ice cloud modeling capabilities in the Community Radiative Transfer Model
Bingqi Yi, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and P. Yang, Q. Liu, P. van Delst, S. A. Boukabara, and F. Weng


Poster Session 1
Monday Poster Session
Host: 24th Symposium on Education
Chair: David W. Chapman, Okemos High School
 
105
 
106
Lessons Learned From a Modern Day Synoptic Meteorology Laboratory
Jeffrey B. Basara, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK

 
110
 
111
Modifying an Existing Undergraduate Research Experience to Include and Support Students in Two-Year Programs
Dr Reginald Blake, New York City College of Technology, Brooklyn, NY; and J. Liou-Mark

 
112
Increasing Geoscience Understanding through a Hazards-Based Workshop for Science Teachers
Kathleen Sherman-Morris, Mississippi State Univ., Mississippi State, MS; and R. Clary, M. E. Brown, and J. Diaz-Ramirez

 
114
A New Approach to Sharing Curriculum and Data
Jeff Weber, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. McWhirter and D. Dirks

 
115
Providing Meaningful Work Study Experiences for Meteorology Students
Brendon Hoch, Plymouth State University, Plymouth, NH; and J. Cordeira, C. Chenard, and C. K. Hoch

 
116
Visualizing Operational Leo and Geo Satellites in Real-time Utilizing WebGL
Jerrold O. Robaidek, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and C. Suplinski and R. A. Kohrs

 
121
Climate Studies at a Small Community College
Rick Wiedenmann, New Mexico State University, Carlsbad, NM

 
122
A University/High School Forecasting Classroom
Jeffrey A. Yuhas, Morristown-Beard School, Morristown, NJ; and W. G. Blumberg, K. Halbert, M. Yalch, T. Ruggiero, E. Mushlitz, M. Stropkay, J. Bailey-Wells, O. Braunstein, and S. Nadler

 
127
Diversity in support of diversity: Diversity of offerings of AMS Climate Studies for a diversity of student population
David Quesada, Saint Thomas University, Miami Gardens, FL; and R. M. Jones, B. C. Hedquist, T. E. Gill, and J. Sheermohamed

Handout (7.1 MB)

 
128
Opportunities for Dialogue on Climate Change - Engaging Students on How to Get Something Done
Stephen Lane, Concord-Carlisle Regional High School, Concord, MA; and J. A. Yuhas, E. Mushlitz, and J. Bailey-Wells

 
132
Reflections on The COMET Program's 25 Years of Innovative Education and Training and a Look at the Road Ahead
Richard A. Jeffries, UCAR/COMET, Boulder, CO; and G. Byrd, W. Schreiber-Abshire, E. M. Page, B. Muller, and T. Alberta

 
133
 
134
Development of a New Undergraduate Course on Global Change
Hatim Sharif, Univ. of Texas, San Antonio, TX

 
137
UCARConnect and UCAR Live - for You
Teri Eastburn, UCAR, Boulder, Colorado; and R. Haacker Santos

 
138

Poster Session 1
Poster Session - Part I
Host: 31st Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies
Cochairs: Nancy N. Soreide, NOAA/PMEL; Jennifer Luppens Mahoney, NOAA/ESRL/GSD; Scott Jacobs, NOAA/NWS/NCEP

Monday and Tuesday Poster Session for EIPT Conference focusing on topics covered during the first two days of sessions.
 
1
 
2
Application of Radionuclide Signatures to Short Duration/Pulse Atmospheric Releases
Steven R. Chiswell, Savannah River National Laboratory, Aiken, SC; and R. Kurzeja, R. Buckley, and D. Werth

 
3
Improving Weather and Emergency Management Messaging: The Tulsa Weather Message Experiment
Kenneth Galluppi, Arizona State University, Mesa, AZ; and S. Piltz, K. Nuckles, B. E. Montz, J. Correia Jr., and R. Riley
Manuscript (2.3 MB)

Handout (7.6 MB)

 
4
NOAA Meteorological Assimilation Data Ingest System (MADIS) Current Operational Status and Future Plans
Greg Pratt, NOAA/ESRL/GSD, Boulder, CO; and L. Benjamin, T. Kent, G. Padmanabhan, L. K. Cheatwood, M. Vrencur, T. McClung, S. Pritchett, L. J. Cano, S. Jacobs, C. Shelton, D. Saunders, and P. Jones

 
5
Sensitivity Analysis of Hurricane Evacuation Casualties and Costs in Florida
Michael Lowe, Pennsylvania State Univ., Harrisburg, PA; and J. L. Evans and G. S. Young

 
6
AWIPS-2 Activities at COMET
Timothy Alberta, UCAR/COMET, Boulder, CO; and R. Bubon, J. Rener, M. Kelsch, D. Keissling, and E. M. Page

 
7
The Spatial and Temporal Variability of Rain Microphysics
Katie E. Voitik, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and J. Hardin and V. Chandrasekar

 
8
AN INTEGRATED MODELING AND OBSERVING SYSTEM FOR THE STUDY OF ECOLOGY OF LAKE GEORGE IN THE JEFFERSON PROJECT
Anthony P. Praino, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY; and L. A. Treinish, H. Kolar, J. Cipriani, E. Dow, M. Kelly, F. Liu, F. O'Donncha, E. Ragnoli, M. Passow, and L. Villa Real

 
9
Characterizing the Detectability of Atmospheric Emission Signals
Robert L. Buckley, Savannah River National Laboratory, Aiken, SC; and D. W. Werth

Handout (4.0 MB)

 
10
Prototyping a Standard Mobile Urban Microclimate Platform
Benjamin L. Ruddell, Arizona State University, Mesa, AZ


Poster Session 1
Posters
Location: 128AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Air Pollution Meteorology and Human Health Symposium
 
Air Pollution and Observational Studies Posters

 
434
Vertical ozone variation over urban and rural sites in California Central Valley
Segun Ogunjemiyo, California State University, Fresno, CA; and A. Hasson, S. Omolayo, and S. Ashkan

 
437
Development of observed meteorological database to understand the wet deposition and dispersion processes over Fukushima, Japan in March 2011
Akiyo Yatagai, Solar-Terrestrial Environment Laboratory, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan; and A. Watanabe, M. Ishihara, H. Ishikawa, and K. Takara

 
438
Observations and Numerical Modeling of Wintertime Cold Air Pools in the Uintah and Salt Lake Basins
Christopher S. Foster, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and B. Blaylock, J. D. Horel, and E. T. Crosman

 
Source Models and Atmospheric Dispersion Studies Posters

 
439
Spatial patterns of air pollution in the Delhi Metropolitan Region
Shouraseni Sen Roy, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL

 
440
A Study of Regional Air Pollution in Spring using WRF/CMAQ Model over Pearl River Delta, China
Qi Fan, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China; and J. Lan, Y. Liu, X. Wang, and Y. Feng

 
441
Comparison of the Regional Impacts of Aircraft Emissions at Major International Airports in Korea on Ozone
Sang-Keun Song, Jeju National University, Jeju, South Korea; and Y. H. Kang, Z. H. Shon, and S. Y. Yoo

 
442
A Source Term Estimation Method for a Nuclear Accident, using Atmospheric Dispersion Models
Ryohji Ohba, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan; and M. Kim, M. Oura, S. kato, M. Takigawa, P. Bieringer, B. Lauritzen, and M. Drews

 
930
Forecasting of pollen dispersal of oak trees using the CMAQ system
Mijin Kim, National Institute of Meteorological Research, Jeju-do, South Korea; and Y. K. Lim, C. Cho, K. R. Kim, M. J. Han, Y. Kim, and B. C. Choi


Poster Session 1
Posters, Part 1 (Monday / Tuesday)
Host: 18th Conference on Middle Atmosphere

Posters on: - extratropical upper troposphere / lower stratosphere - gravity waves - middle atmospheric climate variability and change - tropical tropopause layer - middle atmospheric transport
 
270
Balloon-borne Observations of Lower Stratospheric Water Vapor at the Antarctic Syowa Station
Yoshihiro Tomikawa, National Institute of Polar Research, Tokyo, Japan; and K. Sato, M. Tsutsumi, T. Nakamura, and N. Hirasawa

 
272
Gravity Waves and Vertical Mixing in the Tropical Tropopause Layer during ATTREX
Leonhard Pfister, NASA, Moffett Field, CA; and T. V. Bui, R. Ueyama, E. Jensen, and B. H. Lim

 
Poster 274 has been moved. New paper number is 9.1A

 
274A
Wintertime Northern Hemisphere response to the Pacific Decadal Oscillation in WACCM
Andrew Kren, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Boulder, CO; and D. R. Marsh, A. K. Smith, and P. Pilewskie

 
276
How Seasonal Variations of High Latitude Total Ozone are Controlled by Transport Barriers
John C. Gille, Univ. of Colorado and NCAR, Boulder, CO; and S. Karol, D. E. Kinnison, J. F. Lamarque, and V. Yudin

 
Poster 277 has been moved. New paper number is 14.2A

 
278
Impact of Interactive Ozone on Climate Reconstruction in an Earth System Model: the Case of Antarctica in mid-Holocene
Satoshi Noda, Kyoto University, Kyoto city, Japan; and R. Mizuta, M. Deushi, K. Kodera, K. Yoshida, A. Kitoh, S. Murakami, Y. Adachi, and S. Yoden

 
279
Past and Future Radiative Forcing by Climate Active Agents in the EMAC Chemistry-Climate Model
C. Gellhorn, Freie Universitaet Berlin, Berlin, Germany; and U. Langematz, S. Meul, S. Oberländer, J. Abalichin, S. Dietmüller, M. Ponater, and B. Ayarzagüena

 
280
Effect of Stratospheric Ozone Depletion on the DMS and its Related Aerosols in the Southern Hemisphere
Hiroaki Naoe, MRI, Tsukuba, Japan; and M. Deushi, T. Y. Tanaka, K. Yoshida, T. Maki, and N. Oshima

 
281
 
282
Impact of a super-volcanic eruption on general circulation and chemistry in the middle atmosphere
Makoto Deushi, MRI, Tsukuba, Japan; and Y. Adachi, A. Obata, and T. Y. Tanaka


Poster Session 1
Space Weather Poster Session
Host: 12th Conference on Space Weather
 
317
Center for Integrated Space Weather Modeling Introductory Laboratory on the Extended Neutral Atmosphere
Delores J. Knipp, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and M. Wiltberger, N. Gross, and S. C. Solomon

 
318
A History of Federal Involvement in Space Weather
Eoin D. McCarron, Science and Technology Policy Institute, Washington, DC; and S. Jonas

 
319
Realtime Monitoring of Electric Fields for Power Grid And Other Applications
Geoff Crowley, Atmospheric & Space Technology Research Associates, Boulder, CO; and C. Fish, I. Azeem, C. Winkler, M. Pilinski, A. Reynolds, J. Kunches, D. Hunton, and G. Thompson

 
320
SuperMAG: Global and Continuous Space Weather Monitoring
Jesper Gjerloev, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD; and N. J. Fox, R. Barnes, and S. Ohtani

 
321
Exploring Solar Signals: A Bayesian Approach to Developing a Composite Mg II Index Record
Sara J. Swenson, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Boulder, CO; and O. Coddington and M. Snow

 
322
Solar Flare Signatures in Nitric Oxide Emissions using SABER Data
Elliot C. Shiben, Space@vt, Blacksburg, VA


Joint Poster Session 1A
 
21
Application Oriented Land Surface Model Improvement Efforts at CRREL
Michael Shaw, SAIC/NASA Goddard/USACE/ERDC/CRREL, Hanover, NH; and J. B. Eylander and J. M. Roningen

 
24
Role of Biological Soil Crusts in Hydrologic Modeling of Western High-Desert Ecosystems
Kristen M. Whitney, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ; and E. R. Vivoni, M. Duniway, J. Bradford, S. C. Reed, and J. Belnap

 
26
A Statistical Evaluation of Hydrologic Forecasting on the Missouri River From 1983 to 2013
A. Juliann Meyer, NOAA/NWS, Pleasant Hill, Missouri; and N. O. Schwein and L. W. Larson
Manuscript (735.8 kB)

Handout (5.7 MB)

 
28
Energy flux and water use efficiency measurements in a maize and soybean cropping system
Nicholas Christopher Moyo, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa; and M. J. Savage

Handout (4.1 MB)


Poster Session 2
Regional climate variability and change Posters
Host: 27th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
 
Poster 57 has moved. New paper number is 13A.1.

 
59
Attribution of Atlantic Multidecadal Variability to External Forcing, Internal Variability and Weather Noise
Ioana Colfescu, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA; and E. K. Schneider

 
60
 
62
Examining Changes in North Atlantic Extratropical Cyclones with Climate Change
Allison C. Michaelis, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; and M. L. Cipullo, J. A. Willison, G. M. Lackmann, and W. A. Robinson

 
64
 
65
Changing Jet-Stream Waviness Assessed Using Self-Organizing Maps (SOMs)
Jennifer A. Francis, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ; and N. Skific, J. J. Cassano, and E. N. Cassano

Handout (7.5 MB)

 
66
Examination of Future Severe Convective Storms in the United States through High-Resolution Dynamical Downscaling
Kimberly Hoogewind, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN; and M. E. Baldwin and R. J. Trapp

 
67
Dual Heuristics for Assessment of Hydrologic Sensitivities to Climate Change in Watersheds of the Lower Colorado Basin
Kevin W. Murphy, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ; and B. S. Murphy and A. W. Ellis

Handout (1.9 MB)

 
68
Climate Extremes in a High-Resolution Regional Model Ensemble over the Continental United States
Deeksha Rastogi, ORNL, Oak Ridge, TN; and R. Mei and M. Ashfaq

 
69
Long-Term Internal Variability Effects on Centennial Dynamic Sea Level Projections
Mohammad Hadi Bordbar, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research, Kiel, Germany; and T. Martin, M. Latif, and W. Park

 
70
Coupled regional climate simulations of the future precipitation climate of the Central Andes
Stephen D. Nicholls, NASA-Goddard Space Flight Center and Oak Ridge Associated Universities, Greenbelt, MD; and K. I. Mohr

 
71
Spectral Analysis of GCM Output using Digital Filtering Techniques
Farahnaz Taghavi, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran; and D. Yazgi and A. Neyestani

 
72
Multi-model Approach for Projecting Extremes Related to the Lack and Excess of Precipitation in Central/Eastern Europe
Rita Pongrácz, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary; and J. Bartholy and A. Kis
Manuscript (1.5 MB)

Handout (355.1 kB)

 
73
Variations of Broad-scale Asian summer monsoon circulation and possible causes
Zhiyan Zuo, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, Beijing, China; and S. Yang, R. Zhang, A. Kumar, and Y. Xue

 
75
Intensification of pre-monsoon tropical cyclones in the Bay of Bengal and impacts from aerosols
Shih-Yu (Simon) Wang, Utah State University, Logan, UT; and B. M. Buckley and J. H. Yoon

 
77
Local vs. remote controls on forced Sahelian rainfall
Spencer A. Hill, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ; and Y. Ming

Handout (1.2 MB)

 
80
The Causes and Predictability of the 2014 Balkans Flooding
Yehui Chang, NASA, Greenbelt, MD; and S. Schubert

 
81
 
84
Assessing Significance of Global Climate Change in Local Climate Time Series
Marina Timofeyeva, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and A. Bair, R. E. Livezey, A. Hollingshead, F. Horsfall, and J. C. Meyers

 
85
Adventures with November Snowfall: Time Series, Synoptic Classification, and Modeling of Snow Days in the Lake Michigan Region
Craig Clark, Valparaiso Univ., Valparaiso, IN; and A. Young, E. Delap, K. Heinlein, R. Connelly, A. Caruthers, A. VanDe Guchte, Z. Sefcovic, D. Koning, A. Carne, H. Boney, B. Ganesh-Babu, K. H. Goebbert, and S. Fingerle

 
89
A recent tornado outbreak under pseudo-global warming
Robert J. Trapp, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN; and K. Hoogewind, M. E. Baldwin, and S. Lasher-Trapp

 
90
Quantifying the Strength of Water Cycle Variations over the US
Xia Feng, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA; and P. Houser

 
91
Precipitation Organization in a Warmer Climate
Mark Nissenbaum, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC; and R. Ferreira and T. M. Rickenbach

 
95

Poster Session
1st Poster Session on Research to Operations
Host: Fifth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations
Cochairs: Stephen A. Mango, NOAA/NESDIS/OSD; John Pereira, NOAA/NESDIS
 
383
HWT-Hydro: Evaluation of Experimental Forecast and Nowcast Tools
Zachary L. Flamig, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. Gourley, E. M. Argyle, B. R. Smith, R. Clark III, S. M. Martinaitis, and L. P. Rothfusz

Handout (19.1 MB)

 
384
Validation of a Modified Fog Algorithm at WFO Miami using NASA SPoRT Satellite Imagery and Surface Observations
Alannah Irwin, Florida International University, Miami, FL; and J. G. Estupiñán, B. Diehl, J. C. Maloney, and A. Kennedy

Handout (1.9 MB)

 
386
The MRMS system configuration to support Research-To-Operations Process
Carrie Langston, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and K. Cooper

Handout (607.3 kB) Handout (2.0 MB)

 
387
Reliability of 3-Hour Probability of Precipitation Forecasts Produced by the National Weather Service Office in Miami Florida
Ana P. Ortiz, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and J. G. Estupiñán, A. Kennedy, J. C. Maloney, and R. Nicora

Handout (1013.5 kB)

 
389
Verifying Model Output Statistic Variables and Observer Forecasts for Mount Washington, New Hampshire
Michael Dorfman, Mount Washington Observatory, North Conway, NH; and M. A. Carmon and E. P. Kelsey

 
392
Improving Physical Parameterizations of the Operational Hurricane Model Using Aircraft Observations
Jun Zhang, NOAA/AOML and Univ. of Miami/CIMAS, Miami, FL; and F. D. Marks Jr., S. Gopalakrishnan, R. Rogers, and V. Tallapragada

 
393
Continuity of Solar Observations
Naaman Michael Simpson, NOAA/NESDIS, Silver Spring, MD; and P. Mulligan, D. Biesecker, S. A. Mango, J. Pereira, and R. Rutledge


Poster Session
Air-sea interaction at the mesoscale, and effect on planetary scale climate
Host: 19th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction
Cochairs: Dominic J. Salisbury, University of Leeds; Shenfu Dong, Univ. of Miami/NOAA/AOML
 
249
Surface storm tracks over the ocean in global climate models
R. Justin Small, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. Booth, Y. O. Kwon, and R. Msadek

 
250
Response of atmosphere-ocean system to latitudinal shifts of the North Pacific subarctic frontal zone: basin-scale two-way feedback
Bunmei Taguchi, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan; and M. Nonaka, N. Schneider, and H. Nakamura

 
251
The roles of latent and sensible heat fluxes in the atmospheric response to sea surface temperature fronts
Kohei Takatama, International Pacific Research Center/Univ. of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI; and N. Schneider, H. Nakamura, M. Nonaka, and B. Taguchi


Poster Session
Air-sea interaction in tropical cyclone (high wind) conditions
Host: 19th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction
CoChair: Dominic J. Salisbury, University of Leeds
 
253
Wave and Wind Direction Effects on SFMR Brightness Temperatures
Heather M. Holbach, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and E. W. Uhlhorn and M. A. Bourassa

 
255
Langmuir turbulence under Hurricane Gustav
Tobias Kukulka, Univ. of Delaware, Newark, DE; and T. Rabe, B. Reichl, I. Ginis, T. Hara, E. A. D'Asaro, and R. Harcourt


Poster Session
Energy Poster Session
Host: Sixth Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy
 
372
A Global Survey of Kelvin Waves and Tropical Cyclogenesis
Carl J. Schreck III, North Carolina State University, Asheville, NC

 
374
NOAA ISIS and SURFRAD stations for verification of solar forecasts for the Solar Forecast Improvement Project (SFIP)
Kathleen Lantz, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and J. J. Michalsky, M. Marquis, G. B. Hodges, E. Hall, J. Wendell, and D. Longenecker

 
375
Characterization Of Mesoscale Variability in WRF - a Coastal Low-level Jet Case Study
Ken Tay, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore; and J. K. Lundquist, M. Skote, and T. Y. Koh

 
376
Impact of Climate Change on Commercial and Residential Building Energy Consumption
Jianhua Huang, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ; and K. Gurney

 
378
Intra-hour solar power forecasts using a real-time irradiance monitoring network
Antonio T. Lorenzo, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and W. F. Holmgren, M. Leuthold, C. K. Kim, A. D. Cronin, and E. A. Betterton

 
379
The MDA Solar Power Forecast System: Sub-hourly variability and behind-the-meter generation
Stephen D. Jascourt, MDA Information Systems LLC, Gaithersburg, MD; and D. Kirk-Davidoff, C. C. Cassidy, and T. Hartman

Handout (840.1 kB)


Joint Poster Session
Joint Poster Session on Air Pollution and Air Quality Impacts on Health
Location: Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings
Host: Sixth Conference on Environment and Health
 
380
Dispersion of pollutants based on a reaction-diffusion model
David Quesada, Saint Thomas University, Miami Gardens, FL

Handout (19.3 MB)

 
381
Application of satellite-based estimate of UV data for skin cancer studies
Jun Wang, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE; and J. Zeng and Y. Liu


Poster Session
Laboratory, field, and satellite measurements of air-sea interaction processes
Host: 19th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction
CoChair: Dominic J. Salisbury, University of Leeds
 
257
Coupled Air-Sea Processes and EM Ducting Research (CASPER)
Qing Wang, NPS, Monterey, CA; and R. Burkholder, H. J. S. Fernando, D. Khelif, R. K. Shearman, and L. Shen

 
258
Response of low-level clouds to the Kuroshio Extension front in the early summer: Field measurements
Yoshimi Kawai, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Yokosuka, Japan; and T. Miyama, S. IIzuka, A. Manda, M. K. Yoshioka, S. I. Katagiri, Y. Tachibana, and H. Nakamura

Handout (2.0 MB)

 
260
Wavenumber Dependence of Surface Roughness Over a Variety of Wind Conditions
Nathan J. M. Laxague, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and B. Haus and D. Bogucki

Handout (4.9 MB)

 
261
Passive remote sensing of oceanic whitecaps: Further developments
Magdalena D. Anguelova, NRL, Washington, DC; and M. H. Bettenhausen, W. F. Johnston, and P. W. Gaiser


Poster Session
Madden-Julian Oscillation Symposium Posters
Host: Third Symposium on Prediction of the Madden-Julian Oscillation: Processes, Prediction and Impact
Cochairs: Samson Hagos, PNNL; Carl J. Schreck III, North Carolina State University

Madden-Julian Oscillation symposium posters
 
419
 
420
Stochastic Forcings Associated with MJO Initiation Over the Indian Ocean
Leslie M. Hartten, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado and NOAA/ESRL/Physical Sciences Division, Boulder, CO; and C. Penland

 
Poster 421 has been moved. New paper is J1.1A

 
422
SMART-R Latent Heating and Divergence Profiles during DYNAMO/CINDY2011/AMIE
Fiaz Ahmed, Texas A&M University, Bryan, TX; and C. Schumacher

 
427
A High-Resolution Merged Wind Dataset for DYNAMO: Progress and future plans
Timothy J. Lang, NASA/MSFC, Huntsville, AL; and J. Mecikalski, X. Li, T. Chronis, T. Castillo, K. Hoover, W. A. Brewer, J. Churnside, B. J. McCarty, P. Hein, S. Rutledge, B. Dolan, A. A. Matthews, and E. J. Thompson

Handout (7.1 MB)

 
429
Simulations of Cloud-Radiation Interaction with Imposed Large Scale Dynamics from the DYNAMO Northern Sounding Array
Shuguang Wang, Columbia Univ., New York, NY; and A. H. Sobel and A. M. Fridlind

 
432
Radar analysis of storms over equatorial Indian Ocean during DYNAMO experiment
Sachin M. Deshpande, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, PUNE, Maharastra, India; and J. Vivekanandan, S. K. Das, M. Dixon, and T. Prabhakaran

 
433
Vertical Structure and Physical Processes of the MJO: A Global Model Evaluation Project
Duane E. Waliser, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and X. Jiang, N. P. Klingaman, P. K. Xavier, S. J. Woolnough, and J. Petch


Poster Session
Monday Poster Session
Host: Seventh Conference on the Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data
Chair: Michael Stock, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
 
335
Lightning Mapping Arrays: Recent Developments
Dan Rodeheffer, New Mexico Tech/Lightning Mapping Array, Socorro, NM; and W. Rison, R. J. Thomas, H. E. Edens, P. R. Krehbiel, and G. Aulich

 
336
Lightning Fatalities in Colombia from 2000 to 2009
Norberto Navarrete-Aldana, Simón Bolívar Hospital, Bogota, Colombia; and M. A. Cooper and R. L. Holle

Handout (774.1 kB)

 
337
The Washington D.C. Lightning Mapping Array (DCLMA)
Douglas Kahn, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and S. D. Rudlosky, S. J. Goodman, R. J. Blakeslee, and J. Bailey

 
342
Nowcasting of hail using the lightning jump algorithm and radar
Alex B. Young, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and T. Chronis, E. V. Schultz, L. Carey, C. J. Schultz, K. M. Calhoun, and K. L. Ortega

 
343
 
344
A Lightning Climatology of Pennsylvania, with Urban Heat Island Applications
Justin William Whitaker, Wofford College, Spartanburg, SC; and J. Nese

 
Poster 345 has been moved. New paper number is 6.1A

 
347
Characteristics of Lightning 3D Distributions and Polarimetric Parameters in a Thunderstorm
Syugo Hayashi, MRI, Tsukuba, Japan; and C. Marui and F. Fujibe

 
348
The Intra-Cloud Lightning Fraction in the Continental United States
Gina M. Medici, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and K. Cummins, W. J. Koshak, S. D. Rudlosky, R. J. Blakeslee, S. J. Goodman, D. J. Cecil, and D. R. Bright
Manuscript (933.6 kB)

Handout (2.1 MB)

 
350
Lightning Imaging Sensor (LIS) sampling error due to TRMM orbit
Dennis E. Buechler, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and R. J. Blakeslee and H. J. Christian Jr.


Poster Session
Poster Session - 10th Symposium on Societal Applications
Host: 10th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice
Chair: Holly C. Hassenzahl, Weather Central, LP
 
324
Evaluating Subjective Uncertainty Information in National Hurricane Center Tropical Cyclone Discussions
Andrea B. Schumacher, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and O. Vila and V. M. Vincente

 
325
SCIPP RISA: Incorporating the WAS*IS Vision in Climate Services
Rachel E. Riley, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK

Handout (1.1 MB)

 
327
Towards a Better Understanding of Hurricane Disaster Risk: Assessing the Inland Hazards Associated with Hurricanes in the U.S. Atlantic Basin
Dereka Carroll, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Dallas, TX; and R. J. Trapp and J. M. Done

 
328
Improved Communication through Integrated Warning Team Workshops
Jessica L. Fieux, NOAA/NWSFO, Peachtree City, GA; and K. Stellman

 
331
What Color is the Sky?: Engaging Students as Atmospheric Scientists through Aerosol Observations
Jessica Taylor, NASA Langley, Hampton, VA; and L. Chambers, M. Pippin, S. A. Crecelius, and K. Damadeo

Handout (683.5 kB)

 
332
Rebuilding Decisions in Central Oklahoma
Nadajalah L. Bennett, CAPS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Arlington, TX; and A. Krautmann and M. A. Shafer

Handout (499.0 kB)

 
333
Development of a Black Ice Prediction Model for Emergency Preparedness and Response
Benjamin A. Toms, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and Y. Hong and J. B. Basara

 
451
They Had the Facts, Why Didn’t They Act: Understanding and Improving Public Response to National Weather Service’s Coastal Flood Forecast
Burrell E. Montz, East Carolina Univ., Greenville, NC; and R. H. Carr, K. Maxfield, S. Hoekstra, K. Semmens, L. Goldman, and S. Frankel

 
457
Evaluating usability and adoption of agro-climate decision support tools
Melissa Widhalm, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN; and J. Klink, K. Kies, V. Koundinya, E. McKinney, E. Kluetmeier, and C. Hart


Poster Session
Poster Session 1
Host: 20th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification

Tuesday poster session
 
230
MISR Identification of Atmospheric and Surface Changes in the Salton Basin, 2000-2013
Olga V. Kalashnikova, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and M. Garay, M. Valdez, and D. J. Diner


Poster Session
Surface wave effects on oceanic turbulence and air-sea interaction, from small scale to climate scale
Host: 19th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction
CoChair: Dominic J. Salisbury, University of Leeds
 
Poster 262 has been moved. New paper number is 8.1.

 
263
Transient Separation-Like Airflow over Wind Waves and Its Impact on Air-sea Momentum Flux
Richard C.Z. Zhang, New York University, New York, NY; and T. Hara and P. P. Sullivan

 
264
Vertical profiles of the wave-coherent airflow over ocean waves
Laurent Grare, SIO/Univ. Of California, La Jolla, CA; and L. Lenain and W. K. Melville

 
265
An assessment of turbulence closure schemes based on ocean observations and large eddy simulations
Dong Wang, University of Delaware, Newark, DE; and T. Kukulka and A. J. Plueddemann


Poster Session
The role of air-sea interaction in climate variability and change
Host: 19th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction
CoChair: Dominic J. Salisbury, University of Leeds
 
266
In-situ observations of air-sea interaction in the South East Pacific
Sebastien P. Bigorre, WHOI, Woods Hole, MA; and R. A. Weller

 
268
Regional Forcing Mechanisms for Winter Precipitation Variability in Coastal New England
Samuel T. Amdur IV, Williams College, Williamstown, MA; and Y. O. Kwon, C. C. Ummenhofer, and M. S. Cook

Handout (3.4 MB)

 
269

4:00 PM-5:15 PM: Monday, 5 January 2015

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Session 3
Energy Applications for Weather/Climate Data
Location: 224B (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Sixth Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy
Cochairs: Melinda Marquis, NOAA; Jennifer F. Newman, University of Oklahoma
  4:00 PM
3.1
  4:15 PM
3.2
Radar Wind Profiler Deployments to Improve Short-Term Forecasting for Wind Plants
Julia Flaherty, PNNL, Richland, WA; and W. J. Shaw, J. M. Wilczak, A. White, T. Ayers, and J. R. Jordan
  4:30 PM
3.3
Modeling the variability of renewable generation and electrical demand in RTOs and cities with reanalyzed winds, insolation and temperature
Daniel Kirk-Davidoff, MDA Information Systems LLC, Gaithersburg, MD; and S. D. Jascourt and C. C. Cassidy
  4:45 PM
3.4
Impacts of Wind Farms on Cumulus Cloud Development in the Central Great Plains
Laren C. Mahoney, Creighton University, Omaha, NE; and T. J. Wagner, T. L'Ecuyer, and M. S. Kulie

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Joint Session 3
The 2014 US National Climate Assessment: Science, Policy, and the Future-Part III
Location: 121BC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint between the 27th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; and the 10th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice )
Cochairs: Emily Therese Cloyd, US Global Change Research Program; Kristen Averyt, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado
  4:15 PM
J3.2
  4:30 PM
J3.3
  5:00 PM
J3.6

4:00 PM-5:30 PM: Monday, 5 January 2015

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Session 1
Computational and Data Advances: Hydrological Remote Sensing I (Joint between the 29th Conference on Hydrology and the Committee on Probability and Statistics)
Location: 127ABC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 29th Conference on Hydrology
Cochairs: John B. Eylander, US Army Corps of Engineers; Xiwu Zhan, NOAA/NESDIS
  4:00 PM
1.1
An Empirical Model of High Spatial and Temporal Resolution for Radar Rainfall Nowcasting
Nazario D. Ramirez-Beltran, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez, PR; and L. E. Torres Molina, J. M. Castro, S. Cruz-Pol, J. G. Colom-Urtariz, and N. Hosannah
  4:15 PM
1.2
High-resolution Precipitation Observation Using Compact X-Band Weather Radar
Toshiaki Takaki, Furuno Electric Co., LTD., Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan; and Y. Ishigaki, Y. Asada, M. Hayano, M. Minowa, and Y. Takechi

Handout (3.0 MB)

  4:30 PM
1.3
2D Wind Field Estimation with Higher Spatial Resolution Using Dual Compact X-Band Weather Radars
Masahiro Minowa, Furuno Electric Co., LTD., Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan; and T. Takaki, Y. Takechi, Y. Asada, M. Hayano, Y. Ishigaki, and T. Kashiwa

Handout (1.3 MB)

  5:00 PM
1.5
Remote Sensing of Urban Oasis Actual Evapotranspiration to Aid Irrigated Landscape Water Conservation
Roger Kjelgren, Utah State University, Logan, UT; and L. E. Hipps, R. Gillies, and A. Torres
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Themed Joint Session 1
The Last Mile: Methods and Technologies for Delivering Custom Weather, Water, and Climate Information to Everyone in the World
Location: 124B (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint between the 13th Conference on Artificial Intelligence; the 31st Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; and the Special Symposium on Model Postprocessing and Downscaling )
Cochairs: V. Lakshmanan, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma; Amy McGovern, Univ. of Oklahoma
  4:00 PM
TJ1.1
Scaling Machine Learning Models to Produce High Resolution Gridded Solar Power Forecasts
David John Gagne, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and S. E. Haupt, S. Linden, J. K. Williams, A. McGovern, G. Wiener, J. A. Lee, and T. C. McCandless
  4:15 PM
TJ1.2
Generation of Ensemble-Based Hazardous Weather Guidance Products from Rapidly Updating Models: The HRRR Convective Probabilistic Forecast (HCPF) and Related Post-Processing Work
Stephen S. Weygandt, NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and C. R. Alexander, J. A. Hamilton, S. Benjamin, E. P. James, T. G. Smirnova, M. Hu, and I. Jankov
  4:30 PM
TJ1.3
Big Data is Critical for the Weather Ready Nation
Nancy Grady, SAIC, Oak Ridge, TN; and J. O. Olson and T. M. Anselmo
  4:45 PM
TJ1.4
  5:00 PM
TJ1.5
Weather for the Road: a Mobile Solution
Philipe Tissot, Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi, TX; and D. Stephen and D. Fonseca
  5:15 PM
TJ1.6
Cloud-Based Numerical Weather Prediction for Near Real-time Forecasting and Disaster Response
Andrew L. Molthan, NASA/MSFC, Huntsville, AL; and J. L. Case, J. Venner, R. Schroeder, M. Checchi, B. T. Zavodsky, and R. O'Brien
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Session 2
Analysis of DYNAMO Observations
Location: 229AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Third Symposium on Prediction of the Madden-Julian Oscillation: Processes, Prediction and Impact
Cochairs: Chidong Zhang, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS; Carl J. Schreck III, North Carolina State University
  4:00 PM
2.1
Cloud Structure Under Suppressed Conditions in DYNAMO
Angela K. Rowe, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and R. A. Houze Jr.
  4:30 PM
2.3
Multiscale structure of the MJO events during the CINDY/DYNAMO field campaign
Kazuyoshi Kikuchi, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI; and G. N. Kiladis, J. Dias, and T. Nasuno

  5:00 PM
2.5
Characteristics Shallow and deep Cumulus convection observed during DYNAMO
Denny Alappattu, NPS, Monterey, CA; and Q. Wang, D. Khelif, N. Guy, D. Jorgensen, M. K. Witte, P. Y. Chuang, and C. J. Zappa
  5:15 PM
2.6
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Joint Session 2
Technology Advances – Weather Testbeds
Location: 131C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint between the 31st Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; and the Fifth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations )
Cochairs: Randall Bass, FAA; John Pereira, NOAA/NESDIS
  4:15 PM
J2.2
Developing a Tropical Cyclone Genesis Forecast Tool using Global Model Output
Daniel J. Halperin, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and R. E. Hart, H. E. Fuelberg, and J. Cossuth
  4:30 PM
J2.3
  5:15 PM
J2.6
The Inaugural Hazardous Weather Testbed – Hydrology (HWT-Hydro) Experiment
Race Clark III, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. Gourley, Z. L. Flamig, E. M. Argyle, B. R. Smith, S. M. Martinaitis, L. P. Rothfusz, and Y. Hong

Panel Discussion 2
Ten Years of the WAS*IS (Weather and Society*Integrated Studies) Movement: How the First Decade’s Culture Change will Shape Action in the Next Decade
Location: 226AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 10th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice
Moderators: J. Greg Dobson, University of North Carolina; Eve Gruntfest, NCAR; Julie L. Demuth, NCAR
Panelists: Rebecca E. Morss, NCAR; Gina M. Eosco, Cornell University; Rebecca Jennings, FEMA; Daniel Nietfeld, NOAA/NWS; Russ S. Schumacher, Colorado State University; J. Marshall Shepherd, University of Georgia
  4:00 PM
Panel Discussion

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Session 3
Aerosol impacts on shallow clouds II
Location: 223 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Seventh Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions
Cochairs: Yangang Liu, Brookhaven National Laboratory; Leo Donner, NOAA/GFDL
  4:00 PM
3.1
Impacts of anthropogenic aerosols on the Formation and Development of Fog in North China Plain
Xingcan Jia, Beijing Weather Modification Office, Beijing, China; and J. Quan

  4:15 PM
3.2
On the relationship between aerosols and shallow cloud fraction as a function of region, season and aerosol type
Jennifer D. Small Griswold, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI; and J. Jiang, H. Su, and C. Zhai
  4:30 PM
3.3
Aerosols changing with distance to shallow clouds: reality or artifact?
Tamas Varnai, JCET/Univ. of Maryland, Baltimore, MD; and A. Marshak, G. Wen, W. Yang, K. F. Evans, and R. Wood
  4:45 PM
3.4
A framework for aerosol-cloud interactions monitoring
Karolina Sarna, Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands; and H. W. J. Russchenberg
  5:15 PM
3.6
A Multi-Model Analysis of cloud water response to anthropogenic aerosols
Minghuai Wang, PNNL, Richland, WA; and S. Ghan, S. Zhang, H. Wang, D. Neubauer, U. Lohmann, S. Ferrachat, T. Takemura, D. G. Partridge, Y. Lee, A. Gettelman, and H. Morrison
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Joint Session 3
Air pollution and air quality impacts on health-Part III
Location: 228AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint between the Sixth Conference on Environment and Health; and the Air Pollution Meteorology and Human Health Symposium )
Cochairs: Jonathan E. Pleim, EPA; Lauren Jean Thie, North Carolina Department of Health & Human Services

Development of modeling systems addressing emissions, meteorology, atmospheric dispersion, exposure, and corresponding health implications; including observational, applied, or validation study designs
  4:00 PM
J3.1
  4:45 PM
J3.4
Combined Impacts of Urban Pollution and Wildland Fire Emissions on Human Health
Aaron Kaulfus, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and U. Nair, S. Alexander, S. A. Christopher, and A. P. Biazar

  5:00 PM
J3.5
Recording files available
Session 3
Applications for end users
Location: 227A-C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 12th Conference on Space Weather
Chair: Richard D. Clark, Millersville University
  4:00 PM
3.2
Space Weather Services in Commercial Aviation
Robert Rutledge, NOAA/NWS, Boulder, CO

  4:15 PM
3.3
Operational advances for atmospheric radiation dose rate specification
W. Kent Tobiska, Space Environment Technologies, Pacific Palisades, CA; and D. Bouwer, J. Bailey, L. Didkovsky, K. Judge, H. Garrett, W. Atwell, B. Gersey, R. Wilkins, D. Rice, R. W. Schunk, D. Bell, C. J. Mertens, X. Xu, G. Crowley, A. Reynolds, I. Azeem, M. Wiltberger, S. Wiley, S. Bacon, E. H. Teets Jr., A. Sim, and L. Dominik
  4:45 PM
3.5
DMSP SSUSI Space Weather for Users
Larry Paxton, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab, Laurel, MD; and R. Schaefer, G. Bust, Y. Zhang, H. Kil, E. Miller, M. A. Kelly, J. Comberiate, M. Weiss, and J. Hicks
  5:00 PM
3.6
Preparing for GOES-R Operations: Finalizing the Ground System Operational Science Algorithms for GOES-R Level 1 Space and Solar Products
Christian M. Alcala, AER, Lexington, MA; and E. J. Kennelly, P. A. Van Rompay, H. E. Snell, R. Race, F. Adimi, T. S. Zaccheo, and A. Weiner
  5:15 PM
3.7
Forecasting Dst index using the ENLIL solar wind data through the Rice neural network prediction model
Ramkumar Bala, Rice University, Houston, TX; and W. K. Tobiska, D. Bouwer, and P. H. Reiff

Recording files available
Session 3
Data and Visualization
Location: 129B (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Fifth Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using Python
Chair: Aashish Chaudhary, Kitware
  4:00 PM
3.1
Making "biggish" dense data easy to use
Bill Little, Met Office, Exeter, United Kingdom; and R. Hattersley
  4:30 PM
3.3
  4:45 PM
3.4A
Designing and implementing radar algorithms in Python
Jonathan Helmus, ANL, Argonne, IL; and K. North, S. E. Giangrande, and S. Collis
  5:15 PM
3.6
Python for 4-D Visualization of Air Quality Data
Cesunica Ivey, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA; and S. Pearse, A. Norton, M. C. Barth, G. Pfister, and F. Flocke

Recording files available
Session 3
Global Warming Hiatus-Part III
Location: 122BC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 27th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Cochairs: Gerald Meehl, NCAR; Matthew H. England, University of New South Wales
  4:15 PM
3.2
Varying Planetary Heat Sink Led to Global-Warming Slowdown and Acceleration
Ka-Kit Tung, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and X. Chen

  4:45 PM
3.4
Decadal Variability of Clouds and its Contributions to Global Warming Hiatus
Hui Su, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and J. Jiang, T. P. J. Shen, and Y. Yung
  5:00 PM
3.5
Drivers of hiatus periods: volcanic eruptions, decadal variability and aerosols
Nicola Maher, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia; and A. Sen Gupta, M. H. England, and S. McGregor
  5:15 PM
3.6
Role of Stratospheric Water Vapor in Global Warming from GCM Simulations Constrained by MLS Observation
Yuan Wang, California Institute of Technology/JPL, Pasadena, CA; and H. Su, J. Jiang, N. Livesey, M. L. Santee, and P. C. Stek
Recording files available
Session 3
Gravity Waves
Location: 212A West Building (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 18th Conference on Middle Atmosphere
Chair: Elisa Manzini, Max-Planck-Institut fuer Meteorologie
  4:00 PM
3.1
An Overview of Gravity Wave Observations and Modeling during DEEPWAVE
James D. Doyle, NRL, Monterey, CA; and D. C. Fritts, R. B. Smith, S. D. Eckermann, M. Taylor, A. Doernbrack, M. Uddstrom, P. A. Reinecke, C. A. Reynolds, and Q. Jiang
  4:15 PM
3.2
Stratospheric Gravity Wave Activity during the 2014 DEEPWAVE Field Campaign: An Observational Perspective Using Satellite Nadir Radiances
Stephen D. Eckermann, NRL, Washington, DC; and J. D. Doyle, D. C. Fritts, R. B. Smith, J. Ma, M. Taylor, A. Doernbrack, and M. Uddstrom
  4:30 PM
3.3
Stratospheric mountain wave propagation and dissipation over New Zealand
Christopher G. Kruse, Yale University, New Haven, CT; and R. B. Smith, D. C. Fritts, J. D. Doyle, S. D. Eckermann, M. J. Taylor, A. Dörnbrack, and M. Uddstrom
  5:00 PM
3.5
Covering gravity wave propagation from the troposphere to the mesosphere by combining lidar measurements with WRF-ARW modeling
Peggy Achtert, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom; and B. Ehard, J. Wagner, G. Baumgarten, S. Gisinger, A. Dörnbrack, J. Gumbel, and M. Rapp

Recording files available
Session 3
Green House Gas Emissions: Measurements, Processes and Impacts II
Location: 124A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 17th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry
Cochairs: Sean Crowell, University of Oklahoma; Abhishek Chatterjee, NCAR
  4:00 PM
3.1
Assimilation of satellite carbon dioxide retrievals and calibration of their error statistics
Brad Weir, USRA/NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and S. Pawson, L. Ott, K. Wargan, J. E. Nielsen, R. Todling, T. Machida, and M. Sasakawa
  4:15 PM
3.2
Quantifying the benefit of total column CO2 observations for constraining the global carbon budget: An inter-comparison study of top-down flux estimates based on GOSAT observations with bottom-up flux estimates from MsTMIP
Abhishek Chatterjee, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and A. M. Michalak, X. Qiu, E. D. Cody, C. O'Dell, D. N. Huntzinger, S. R. Kawa, T. Oda, C. R. Schwalm, V. Yadav, and M. MsTMIP Core and Modeling Teams

  4:30 PM
3.3
  4:45 PM
3.4
  5:00 PM
3.5
Airborne Lidar Measurements of Carbon Dioxide Regional and Point Sources
Robert T. Menzies, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and G. D. Spiers and J. C. Jacob

  5:15 PM
3.6
Synergies in a Constellation of Greenhouse Gas Observing Satellites
Sean Crowell, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and B. Moore III and P. Rayner
Recording files available
Session 3
Integrating WRN into New Methods, Products and Services
Location: 221A-C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Third Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation’s Readiness, Responsiveness, and Resilience to High Impact Weather Events
Cochairs: Douglas Hilderbrand, NOAA/NWS; Kenneth Carey, Earth Resources Technology (ERT), Inc.
  4:30 PM
3.3
  5:00 PM
3.5
Evolving Outdoor Safety with Lightning Toolkits
Charlie Woodrum, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and M. Kyle, E. Bentley, and K. K. Oudeman
Recording files available
Session 3
Laboratory, field, and satellite measurements of air-sea interaction processes
Location: 224A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 19th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction
Cochairs: Adrian H. Callaghan, SIO/Univ. Of California; Magdalena D. Anguelova, NRL
  4:15 PM
3.2
Imaging the bubbles under breaking waves, using a novel high resolution camera
Raied Al-Lashi, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom; and S. Gunn and H. Czerski

  4:30 PM
3.3
HiWinGS Buoy Measurements of Wave Statistics and Energy Spectra
Matthew J. Amison, University of Leeds, Pudsey, England; and L. Bariteau, B. W. Blomquist, I. M. Brooks, H. Czerski, C. W. Fairall, J. Hare, B. J. Huebert, A. Matei, S. J. Norris, R. W. Pascal, J. Prytherch, M. J. Yang, and M. J. Yelland
  4:45 PM
3.4
Marine X-band Radar Based Near-surface Current Profiling
Björn Lund, University of Miami, RSMAS, Miami, FL; and J. Campana, H. C. Graber, and E. J. Terrill

  5:15 PM
3.6
Recording files available
Session 3
Meteorological Applications and Utility of Lightning Data
Location: 225AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Seventh Conference on the Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data
Chair: Larry Carey, University of Alabama
  4:30 PM
3.2
Insight into the physical and dynamical processes that control rapid increases in total flash rate
Christopher J. Schultz, University of Alabama/NASA/MSFC, Huntsville, AL; and L. Carey, E. V. Schultz, R. J. Blakeslee, and S. J. Goodman
  4:45 PM
3.3
Investigating the Application of Total Lightning Measurements to Diagnose Convective Turbulence
Wiebke Deierling, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. K. Williams, S. A. Al-Momar, J. A. Craig, R. D. Sharman, M. Steiner, J. Krozel, and C. Kessinger

  5:00 PM
3.4
Implementation of Lightning-Based Early Warning Systems Outside the U.S
Jim Anderson, Earth Networks, Germantown, MD; and A. Davidov and M. Borges
Recording files available
Session 3
Mobile Apps for Weather
Location: 132AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 31st Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies
Cochairs: M. D. Eilts, Weather Decision Technologies, Inc.; George D. Emmitt, Simpson Weather Associates
  4:00 PM
3.1
Dissemination of Earth Remote Sensing Data for use in the NOAA/NWS Damage Assessment Toolkit
Andrew L. Molthan, NASA/MSFC, Huntsville, AL; and J. E. Burks, J. P. Camp, K. M. McGrath, and J. R. Bell
  4:15 PM
3.2
  4:30 PM
3.3
  4:45 PM
3.4
Seasonality Pro: Visualizing Real-Time Model Data on the iPad
Mike Piatek-Jimenez, Gaucho Software, LLC., Mount Pleasant, MI
  5:00 PM
3.5
RadarScope - Maintaining and Supporting a Professional Tool in a World of Consumer Apps
J. Michael Wolfinbarger, Weather Decision Technologies, Inc., Norman, OK; and J. R. Greenfield, R. A. Young, S. N. Blackburn, and R. Kimes
  5:15 PM
3.6
Using Mobile as an Early Warning Platform
Jim Anderson, Earth Networks, Germantown, MD; and A. Ali and D. Chai
Recording files available
Session 3
Observation System Simulation Experiments (OSSEs) II
Location: 131AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 19th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)
Chair: George D. Emmitt, Simpson Weather Associates
  4:00 PM
3.1
A 7-km Non-Hydrostatic Global Mesoscale Simulation for OSSEs with the Goddard Earth Observing System model (GEOS-5)
William M. Putman, NASA, Greenbelt, MD; and A. Darmenov, A. Da Silva, R. Gelaro, A. Molod, L. Ott, and M. J. Suarez
  4:15 PM
3.2
Initial Validation of a New OSSE Capability
Sean P. F. Casey, JCSDA/Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, College Park, MD; and H. Wang, R. Atlas, R. N. Hoffman, S. A. Boukabara, Y. Xie, Z. Toth, and J. S. Woollen
  4:30 PM
3.3
North Atlantic OSSEs in support of improved hurricane forecasting: Nature Run evaluation
Villy H. Kourafalou, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and G. R. Halliwell Jr., R. Atlas, H. S. Kang, M. F. Mehari, M. Le Henaff, L. K. Shay, R. Lumpkin, and G. Goni
  5:00 PM
3.5
  5:15 PM
3.6
Remote sensing of CO2, CH4, CO, and H2O from geostationary orbit
Xi Xi, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA; and V. Natraj, M. Luo, Q. Zhang, R. L. Shia, S. P. Sander, and Y. Yung

Recording files available
Joint Session 3
Satellite Testbeds and Proving Ground Activities
Location: 230 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint between the 11th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; and the 20th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography )
Cochairs: Christopher Velden, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin; Wayne F. Feltz, University of Wisconsin
  4:15 PM
J3.2
  4:30 PM
J3.3
Results from GOES-R Proving Ground Activities within the Storm Prediction Center
William Line, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma and NOAA/NWS/SPC, Norman, OK
  4:45 PM
J3.4
The ‘Unusual' Evolution of Hurricane Arthur 2014: GOES-R and JPSS Satellite Proving Ground Perspective
Michael J. Folmer, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD; and J. P. Cangialosi, J. Halverson, E. Berndt, J. M. Sienkiewicz, S. J. Goodman, and M. Goldberg
  5:00 PM
J3.5
CIRA Proving Ground Activities in Preparation for the GOES-R Era
Ed Szoke, NOAA/ESRL/GSD and CIRA, Boulder, CO; and R. Brummer, D. Bikos, S. Miller, B. Connell, D. A. Molenar, and M. DeMaria
Recording files available
Session 3
Source Models and Atmospheric Dispersion Studies
Location: 128AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Air Pollution Meteorology and Human Health Symposium
Chair: Pablo Huq, Univ. of Delaware
  4:00 PM
3.1
On the propagation of dense gas clouds from a continuous source
Pablo Huq, Univ. of Delaware, Newark, DE; and T. Spicer
  4:15 PM
3.2
Highly-resolved Modeling of Emissions and Concentrations of Carbon Monoxide, Carbon Dioxide, Nitrogen Oxides, and Fine Particulate Matter in Salt Lake City, Utah
Daniel Mendoza, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and J. Lin, L. Mitchell, J. Ehleringer, K. Gurney, R. Patarasuk, D. O'Keeffe, T. Song, and J. Huang
  4:45 PM
3.4
Simulating wildfire smoke plumes within a time-reversed Lagrangian Particle Dispersion Model
John Lin, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and D. V. Mallia, S. Urbanski, and A. Kochanski
  5:00 PM
3.5
  5:15 PM
3.6
Changes in Horizontal Plume Distributions at Larger Turbulence Intensities
Richard Eckman, NOAA/ARL, Idaho Falls, ID; and D. Finn and K. Clawson
Recording files available
Joint Session 4
Air-Sea Interaction and the Coastal Environment: Part 2
Location: 130 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint between the 13th Symposium on the Coastal Environment; and the 19th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction )
Cochairs: Hyodae Seo, WHOI; R. Justin Small, UCAR
  4:00 PM
J4.1
Understanding Decadal Variations in the Southeastern Atlantic Climate
Edward K. Vizy, University of Texas, Austin, TX; and K. H. Cook

  4:15 PM
J4.2
Fortnightly atmospheric tides forced by spring and neap tides in coastal waters
Shinsuke Iwasaki, Kyushu University, Kasuga, Japan; and A. Isobe and Y. Miyao

  4:30 PM
J4.3
Studies of island regions using observations and air-sea coupled modeling
Julie Pullen, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ; and R. Caldeira, J. D. Doyle, and P. May
  4:45 PM
J4.4
Upwind Coastline-induced Downdrafts and Influence on Growth of the Lake-effect Convective Boundary Layer
David A. R. Kristovich, Illiinois State Water Survey/Prairie Research Institute/University of Illinois, Champaign, IL; and L. Bard and L. Stoecker
  5:00 PM
J4.5
  5:15 PM
J4.6
The structure of pressure anomalies generating 1979 meteotsunami in Nagasaki Japan
Kenji Tanaka, Hiroshima Institute of Technology, Hiroshima, Japan; and D. Ito and F. Yamada

Recording files available
Joint Session 4
Citizen Science
Location: 226C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint between the 10th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; and the 24th Symposium on Education )
Cochairs: Julie S. Malmberg, UCAR; Mark A. Shafer, Oklahoma Climatological Survey

Session documents the many uses of data that are increasingly available through public participation in earth observing. Presentations for work that evaluates the outcomes of a program or policy.
  4:00 PM
J4.1A
Citizen Science: Forms of Engagement
Mark A. Shafer, Oklahoma Climatological Survey, Norman, OK
  4:15 PM
J4.2
S'COOL ROVER: Citizen Science Cloud Observations Promoting Individual Learning and NASA CERES Science Objectives
Sarah A. Crecelius, NASA LaRC/SSAI, Hampton, Virginia; and L. Chambers and T. M. Rogerson
  4:30 PM
J4.3
CoCoRaHS: Recruiting and Retaining Volunteer Observers for a Citizen Science Precipitation Network
Henry Reges, CoCoRaHS/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and A. Bergantino, N. J. Doesken, Z. Schwalbe, J. Turner, and N. Newman
  4:45 PM
J4.4
Do members of organized groups submit better data to citizen science projects than individual participants?
Theresa M. Crimmins, USA National Phenology Network, Tucson, AZ; and A. H. Rosemartin, J. Weltzin, and L. Barnett
Recording files available
Joint Session 4
Societal Benefits of Satellite Data Applications
Location: 231ABC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint between the 11th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; and the 20th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography )
Cochairs: Mitchell Goldberg, NOAA/NESDIS/JPSS; Sid A. Boukabara, NOAA/NESDIS
  4:00 PM
J4.1
Invited Presentation: KMA Vice Administrator Jung
  4:30 PM
J4.2
  4:45 PM
J4.3
Societal Benefits and Economic Value of the GOES-R Series Satellites
Steven J. Goodman, NOAA/NESDIS/GOES-R Program Office, Greenbelt, MD
  5:00 PM
J4.4
Joint Polar Satellite System Socio-Economic Benefits
Ajay Mehta, NOAA/NESDIS, Lanham, MD; and M. Goldberg and J. Furgerson

5:30 PM-7:30 PM: Monday, 5 January 2015


Reception and Exhibits Opening
Location: Hall 5 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

7:00 PM-8:30 PM: Monday, 5 January 2015

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Town Hall Meeting: Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy – Applying Big Weather Data to Address Today’s Energy Challenges
Location: 126BC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Speaker: John Bosse, Schneider Electric

There is a tight correlation between weather and energy consumption but the relationship between meteorology and the electricity grid runs much deeper. The industry has undergone many changes and our Nation’s grid is increasingly more complex. From the integration of large scale wind generation and the complexities introduced from their intermittent behavior, to the disruptive forces of distributed solar generation and it’s ever increasing footprint, to maintaining overall grid resiliency in the wake of Super-Storm Sandy and other large scale severe weather outbreaks. These challenges with their increasing levels of complexity are being met head on by increased computational resources, big weather data in the form of increased observations and model output, and other big data being collected by the utilities. The topics this Town Meeting will address broadly are: 1.Distributed Solar and its impact in Southern California. What is the “duck curve” and what can be done to mitigate its impact on the grid? 2.Outage modeling is now real, and in place within several utilities. How are outage models performing, and how are the utilities using big weather data to push the envelope further? 3.Resiliency isn’t just a difficult word to spell. All aspects of our Nation’s Energy Complex are dealing with climate adaptation. What role can the meteorological community play in this planning work? This Town Hall Meeting is held in conjunction with the AMS Energy Committee and the AMS Renewable Energy Committees’ Sixth Conference on Weather, Climate and the New Energy Economy. Immediately following this Town Hall Meeting, joins us for an "Energizing" Happy Hour reception. Kick off the night's activities with light appetizers and drinks. Full details on the reception will be provided at the town hall meeting.
  7:00 PM
Resilience - Joseph Casola
  7:15 PM
Jamie Exon

  7:30 PM
Renato Derech

7:00 PM-10:00 PM: Monday, 5 January 2015


Arizona Science Center Reception

Tuesday, 6 January 2015

7:00 AM-8:15 AM: Tuesday, 6 January 2015


Town Hall Meeting: Open Environmental Information: A Discussion about Needs and Paths Forward
Location: 121BC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Speaker: Warren L. Qualley, Harris Corporation

What is meant by Open Environmental Information? What are the gaps today for access to government-held environmental information and services? What are the impacts of those gaps and what are the societal benefits if those gaps are closed? How do we close the gaps and how rapidly can this be done? Who should take on the role to close the gaps? The Town Hall will include a panel and moderator and will encourage audience participation. The following are excerpts from the Terms of Reference of the COEIS and is provided as additional background for the Town Hall. “Open, timely access to rich state-of-the-science environmental data, model output, archives and information is crucial for the Weather and Climate Enterprise to optimally serve the nation. To help NOAA and similar sources of environmental data ( federal, state, municipalities, etc.) ensure that such services are created and shared according to the principles of the open services paradigm, it is important to have clear and open exchanges amongst members of the Enterprise. This is especially true in an era of not only rapidly evolving information services, but also in uncertain fiscal conditions that may limit service options. It is also true that private industry, academia, and other organizations and institutions have access to data, model output, archives and information that is of communitywide value and must be included in the open dialogue. The American Meteorological Society is uniquely positioned to host and catalyze such exchanges. The primary goals of open environmental information services are to ensure that: a.The Weather and Climate Enterprise, and therefore the nation as a whole, realize maximum value from environmental information services by ensuring that all potentially useful and relevant information is available to the entire Enterprise; b.New environmental information services and technologies are developed openly in symbiotic partnership with all elements of the Enterprise such that the resulting services achieve optimal utility and efficacy when deployed. This includes development in the broadest sense, and includes data bases, access systems, models, data assimilation schemes, applications, measurement and observing systems, and so forth. The purpose of the COEIS is to build and strengthen bridges between various sectors of the weather and climate communities to help achieve the open environmental information services goals. While much of the focus of COEIS will be towards NOAA environmental services and the communities that develop and use such services, the committee will also work to foster open services with other domestic and foreign members of the Enterprise. While there are a number of forums in which NOAA and related government agencies currently engage the Enterprise on related topics, the COEIS would provide an explicit AMS entity to help encourage, create, promote, organize, expand, standardize, and execute these generally ad hoc efforts today.”
  7:00 AM
Open Environmental Information - NWS - Laura Furgone

  7:15 AM
Open Environmental Information - Matt Parker

  7:30 AM
Open Environmental Information - Ryan

  7:45 AM
Open Environment Information - Seablon

  8:00 AM
Open Environmental Information - Ban

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Town Hall Meeting: Strategic Planning Update for UCAR and NCAR
Location: 126A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Speaker: Gloria Kelly, UCAR

The National Center for Atmospheric Research and its managing entity, the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, have undertaken strategic planning over the last two years. The UCAR plan is in the final draft stages after input from UCAR's 103 member universities. The NCAR plan has recently been finalized after community consultation and input from NSF. The two documents that have emerged will work in concert with each other, with UCAR's plan supporting the science goals outlined in the NCAR plan. This town hall will update attendees on the current status of the UCAR plan, including broad themes and objectives and the emergent goals related to research, facilities, services, education, training, and other activities of broad interest. A brief overview of NCAR's future directions based on its new strategic plan will also be provided.
  7:00 AM
Town Hall Meeting: Strategic Planning Update for UCAR and NCAR -- Speaker: Gloria Kelly, UCAR

7:30 AM-8:15 AM: Tuesday, 6 January 2015


Town Hall Meeting: Future Challenges for NMHSs and the Opportunities of Partnership Working
Location: 124A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

8:00 AM-8:30 AM: Tuesday, 6 January 2015


Town Hall Meeting: Local AMS Chapter Town Hall
Location: 232A-C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

Looking for ideas for your local AMS chapter? Have an idea to share? Interested in learning about local AMS chapters? Join us at the first ever Local AMS Chapter Town Hall - designed for both student and regular chapter officers, members and prospective members. This town hall will be held on Tuesday, January 6, 2015 from 8:00am to 8:30am. The Chapter of the Year award winners will begin the town hall by sharing activities that have worked well for them over the past year. All chapters are invited to share their successful activities, in addition to, their challenges to seek advice from other chapters. Those interested in joining a local chapter are also invited to attend to learn about local AMS chapters and how to participate. The Local Chapter Affairs Committee and local AMS chapters from across the country invite you to take part in this information sharing session!

8:30 AM-9:30 AM: Tuesday, 6 January 2015

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Session 4
Lightning Safety and Protection
Location: 225AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Seventh Conference on the Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data
Cochairs: William P. Roeder, 45th Weather Squadron; Brody R. Fuchs, Colorado State University
  8:30 AM
4.1
Some Aspects of Global Lightning Impacts
Ronald L. Holle, Vaisala, Inc., Tucson, AZ
  8:45 AM
4.2
A Follow-up Study of a Large Group of Children Struck by Lightning
Mary Ann Cooper, University of Illinois, River Forest, IL; and L. Silva, R. Blumenthal, and N. Pliskin

8:30 AM-9:45 AM: Tuesday, 6 January 2015

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Session 1
Coastal Climate - Observations and Modeling: Part 1
Location: 130 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 13th Symposium on the Coastal Environment
Chairs: Andre J. van der Westhuysen, NOAA/NWS/NCEP; Michael J. DeFlorio, SIO/Univ. Of California
  8:45 AM
1.2
Diurnal Coastal Wind Cycles Near the Critical Latitude
John Nielsen-Gammon, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; and A. McNeel
  9:00 AM
1.3
Observing, modeling, and predicting the Delaware Sea Breeze
Dana Veron, University of Delaware, Newark, DE; and C. Hughes, J. Gilchrist, and J. Lodise
  9:15 AM
1.4
Coastal clouds along northern Chile: climatology and trends
Ricardo C. Muñoz, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile; and J. Quintana and M. Falvey

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Session 1
Global Weather Impacts in 2014
Location: 229AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Major Weather Events and Societal Impacts of 2014
Chair: Tanja Fransen, NOAA/NWS
  8:30 AM
1.1
Global Weather and Climate Event Summary 2014 (Invited Presentation)
Klaus E. Wolter, ESRL/Univ of Colorado-CIRES, Boulder, CO
  8:45 AM
1.2
UK Storms of Winter 2013-4
Brian William Golding, Met Office, Exeter, United Kingdom; and H. Lewis
  9:00 AM
1.3
The Debris Flow Disaster Caused by Back Building Squall Lines in Hiroshima, Japan
Kenji Tanaka, Hiroshima Institute of Technology, Hiroshima, Japan; and T. Tsuchida, K. Ichii, Y. Kawahara, N. Kumamoto, and M. Kaibori

  9:30 AM
1.5
Recording files available
Session 1
Introduction and Accomplishments
Location: 211A West Building (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Harry R. Glahn Symposium
Chair: David A. Unger, NOAA/CPC
CoChair: Barbara G. Brown, NCAR
  8:30 AM
Introduction - David Unger

  9:45 AM
1.3
An Overview of the Model Output Statistics System (Invited Presentation)
Kathryn K. Gilbert, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and M. S. Antolik, S. D. Scallion, P. E. Shafer, J. E. Ghirardelli, Y. Fan, and G. A. Wagner
Recording files available
Session 1
NASA Earth Observation Systems and Applications for Health and Air Quality: Moving from Research to Operational End Users
Location: 228AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Sixth Conference on Environment and Health
Chair: Sue M. Estes, NASA/UAH

Domestic and International officials have increasingly recognized links between environment and health. The World Health Organization (WHO) states “environmental hazards are responsible for as much as a quarter of the total burden of disease worldwide.” NASA maintains a diverse constellation of Earth observing research satellites and sponsors research in developing satellite data applications across a wide spectrum of areas including environmental health; infectious disease; air quality standards, policies, and regulations; and the impact of climate change on health and air quality. Successfully providing predictions with the accuracy and specificity required by decision makers will require advancements over current capabilities in a number of interrelated areas. These areas include observations, modeling systems, forecast development, application integration, and the research to operations transition process. NASA has been a primary partner with local, state, Federal, and international operational agencies over the past twelve years in these areas.
  8:30 AM
1.1
  8:45 AM
1.2
Middle East Desert Dust Exposure: Health Risks from Metals and Microbial Pathogens
Mark Lyles, U.S. Navy, Newport, RI; and H. L. Fredrickson, A. J. Bednar, H. B. Fannin, D. W. Griffin, and T. M. Sobecki
  9:15 AM
1.4
Use of Satellite Observations for Improved Air Pollution Exposure Estimates
Arastoo Pour Biazar, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and R. T. McNider, D. S. Cohan, A. T. White, R. Zhang, B. Dornblaser, and M. Estes
Recording files available
Session 1
Observations and Modeling of Inadvertent and Advertent Weather Modification I
Location: 211B West Building (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 20th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification
Chair: Roy M. Rasmussen, NCAR
  8:45 AM
1.2
  9:15 AM
1.4
Inadvertent Weather Modification Resulting From Anthropogenic Emissions and Photochemistry
Paul, A. Makar, EC, Toronto, ON, Canada; and W. Gong, C. Stroud, M. D. Moran, S. Gravel, J. A. Milbrandt, J. Zhang, A. Akingunola, B. Pabla, P. Cheung, and Q. Zheng
Recording files available
Session 2
Computational and Data Advances: Hydrological Remote Sensing II
Location: 127ABC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 29th Conference on Hydrology
Cochairs: John B. Eylander, US Army Corps of Engineers; Xiwu Zhan, NOAA/NESDIS
  8:30 AM
2.1
  8:45 AM
2.2
Development, Demonstration, and Evaluation of Flood Product due to Snow/Ice Melting from Suomi-NPP/VIIRS Data
Sanmei Li, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA; and D. Sun, M. Goldberg, B. Sjoberg, D. A. Santek, and J. J. Gerth
  9:00 AM
2.3
An Examination of Frozen Precipitation Impacts on MRMS Q3 during Winter Precipitation Events
Steven M. Martinaitis, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma and NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and S. B. Cocks, Y. Qi, B. T. Kaney, J. Zhang, and K. Howard
Manuscript (1.5 MB)

  9:15 AM
2.4
  9:30 AM
2.5
MRMS Q3 Performance during the 2013-14 Cool Season
Stephen B. Cocks, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma and NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and S. M. Martinaitis, Y. Qi, J. Zhang, and K. Howard
Manuscript (2.4 MB)

Recording files available
Session 3
Factors Affecting the Perception of Weather and Climate Risk - I
Location: 226AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 10th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice
Cochairs: Kimberly E. Klockow, NOAA; Randy A. Peppler, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma

Session explores the what, how, why, and “what now?” surrounding the perception of risk of severe weather and other forms of weather and climate. Presentations for foundational research on this topic.
  9:15 AM
3.4
Developing the Weather DOSPERT: A New Weather Risk Taking Scale
Paul Hettler, California University of Pennsylvania, California, PA; and S. A. Jasko and C. M. Kauffman
  9:30 AM
Discussion

Recording files available
Session 3
University Education Initiatives
Location: 125AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 24th Symposium on Education
Cochairs: Alison F.C. Bridger, San Jose State University; Teresa M. Bals-Elsholz, Valparaiso Univ.
  8:30 AM
3.1
Developing Summer Research Experiences for all Academic Levels: From High School to Four- Year Colleges
Rebecca Haacker-Santos, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. L. Batchelor, S. Landolt, and V. Sloan

  8:45 AM
3.2
Our Changing Climate: A Brand New Way to Study Climate Science
James A. Brey, AMS, Washington, DC; and C. M. Kauffman, K. A. Nugnes, I. W. Geer, R. S. Weinbeck, and E. W. Mills
  9:00 AM
3.3
Evaluation of AMS Education Resources during Digital Transition
Chad M. Kauffman, California University of Pennsylvania, California, PA; and J. A. Brey, K. A. Nugnes, I. W. Geer, R. S. Weinbeck, E. W. Mills, A. Asokan, K. L. O'Neill, L. A. Johnson-Systermann, and K. L. Mercadante

  9:30 AM
3.5
Enhancing Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REUs) in the Atmospheric Sciences
Valerie Sloan, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. Haacker-Santos

Recording files available
Session 4
Air-sea interaction in tropical cyclone (high wind) conditions, Part 1
Location: 224A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 19th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction
Chair: Alexander V. Babanin, Swinburne University of Technology
  8:45 AM
4.2
  9:00 AM
4.3
Observations of Tropical Cyclone-Generated Directional Wave Spectra from Surface Buoys during the ITOP Experiment
Clarence Olin Collins III, NRL, Stennis Space Center, MS; and H. Potter, B. Lund, H. C. Graber, W. M. Drennan, H. Tamura, and E. Rogers

  9:15 AM
4.4
High-frequency Oscillations in Eyewalls of Tropical Cyclones
Weibiao Li, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China; and S. Chen, Y. Lu, and Z. Wen
  9:30 AM
4.5
Tropical cyclone-induced ocean response: A comparative study between the South China Sea and Northwest Pacific Ocean
Wei Mei, SIO/Univ. Of California, La Jolla, CA; and M. Lien, I. I. Lin, and S. P. Xie

Recording files available
Session 4
Data Assimilation: Updates on Assimilation Schemes and Analysis Products I
Location: 131AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 19th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)
Chair: William M. Putman, NASA
  8:30 AM
4.1
The NASA Modern Era Reanalysis for Research and Applications, Version-2 (MERRA-2)
Ronald Gelaro, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and W. McCarty, A. M. Molod, M. J. Suarez, L. L. Takacs, and R. Todling

  9:00 AM
4.3
The 2014/2015 projected expansion of NCEP's RTMA and URMA
Manuel Pondeca, I.M. Systems Group, Inc./NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC, College Park, MD; and J. Carley, S. Levine, Y. Lin, Y. Zhu, J. McQueen, G. Manikin, R. J. Purser, G. DiMego, D. F. Parrish, V. Osychny, and J. H. G. M. Alves
  9:15 AM
4.4
A Status Update for the NAMRR, an Hourly-Updated Version of NAM Forecast System
Jacob Carley, I.M. Systems Group Inc./NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC, College Park, MD; and E. Rogers, S. Liu, B. Ferrier, E. Aligo, M. Pyle, X. Zhang, and G. DiMego
  9:30 AM
4.5
Accommodating Changes in the Data Stream at NRL/FNMOC: The TAC to BUFR Migration
Patricia M. Pauley, NRL, Monterey, CA; and D. Tyndall, C. McGregor, L. Troutman, and G. Hoisington
Recording files available
Session 4
Extreme Events and WRN
Location: 221A-C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Third Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation’s Readiness, Responsiveness, and Resilience to High Impact Weather Events
Cochairs: Kenneth Carey, Earth Resources Technology (ERT), Inc.; Jennifer Sprague, NOAA/NWS
  8:30 AM
4.1
  9:30 AM
4.5
Recording files available
Session 4
Fog and Cloud Chemistry, Biology and Deposition - I
Location: 124A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 17th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry
Cochairs: Pierre Herckes, Arizona State University; Jeffrey L. Collett Jr., Colorado State University
  8:30 AM
4.1
Cloud chemistry and aerosol processing during the HCCT-2010 hill cap cloud experiment
Dominik van Pinxteren, TROPOS, Leipzig, Germany; and L. Poulain, K. W. Fomba, K. Müller, A. Tilgner, S. Henning, F. Stratmann, S. Mertes, E. Harris, B. Sinha, J. Schneider, T. Lee, J. L. Collett, L. Whalley, D. Heard, B. D'Anna, C. George, and H. Herrmann

  9:00 AM
4.2
Cloud Water Chemistry Measured at Mt. Bamboo in East Asia since 1996
Neng-Huei (George) Lin, National Central University, Chung-Li, Taiwan

  9:15 AM
4.3
The Biology of Coastal Fog
Kathleen C. Weathers, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, NY; and M. E. Dueker and B. Han

  9:30 AM
4.4A
Characterization of chemical composition and aerosol processing by clouds and fogs from different field studies (Baengyeong Island and Daegwallyeong, South Korea)
Taehyoung Lee, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Yongin, South Korea; and A. J. Boris, J. Kim, Y. Lim, J. Ahn, Y. S. Park, J. Y. Jeong, S. Lee, S. Cho, T. Park, and J. L. Collett Jr.
Recording files available
Session 4
General Topics in Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology - Part III
Location: 129A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 17th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology
Cochairs: Matt Fronzak, The MITRE Corporation; Claudia V. McKnight, The MITRE Corporation
  8:30 AM
4.1
  8:45 AM
4.2
Evaluation of an Airport Capacity Prediction Model for Strategizing Air Traffic Management
Shin-Lai Tien, The MITRE Corporation, McLean, VA; and S. Roy, C. P. Taylor, C. Wanke, and R. Dhal
  9:15 AM
4.4
Improving nowcasting by blending extrapolation and NWP model forecasts
Yunsung Hwang, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma/NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and V. Lakshmanan, A. Clark, and S. Koch
  9:30 AM
4.5
Recording files available
Session 4
Linkages between terrestrial and space weather
Location: 227A-C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 12th Conference on Space Weather
Chair: Delores J. Knipp, Univ. of Colorado
  8:45 AM
4.2
  9:00 AM
4.3
  9:30 AM
4.5
What Causes Tidal Amplitude and Phase Changes During Sudden Stratospheric Warming?
Houjun Wang, NOAA SWPC and CIRES Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and R. A. Akmaev

Recording files available
Session 4
Middle atmosphere climate variability and change, Part 1
Location: 212A West Building (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 18th Conference on Middle Atmosphere
Chair: Amy H. Butler, NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory
  8:30 AM
4.1
Observed Stratospheric Temperature Changes during the Satellite Era
Dian J. Seidel, NOAA, College Park, MD; and I. Moradi, C. A. Mears, J. Nash, W. J. Randel, R. Saunders, D. W. J. Thompson, and C. Z. Zou
  8:45 AM
4.2
Variability and Trends in Dynamical Forcing of Tropical Lower Stratospheric Temperatures
Stephan Fueglistaler, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ; and M. Abalos, T. Flannaghan, P. Lin, and W. J. Randel
  9:00 AM
4.3
Stratospheric Water Vapor Feedbacks in a simple GCM
Martin Jucker, New York University, New York, NY; and M. Lytle, D. M. Frierson, and E. P. Gerber

  9:15 AM
4.4
Northern winter climate change: Assessment of uncertainty in CMIP5 projections related to stratosphere-troposphere coupling
Elisa Manzini, Max-Planck-Institut fuer Meteorologie, Hamburg, Germany; and A. Y. Karpechko, J. Anstey, M. Baldwin, R. X. Black, C. Cagnazzo, N. Calvo, A. Charlton-Perez, B. Christiansen, P. Davini, E. Gerber, M. A. Giorgetta, L. J. Gray, S. C. Hardiman, Y. Y. Lee, D. R. Marsh, B. A. Mc Daniel, A. Purich, A. Scaife, D. Shindell, S. W. Son, S. Watanabe, and G. Zappa
  9:30 AM
4.5
Improving analysis of stratospheric transport variability from SF6 and CO2 measurements
Eric A. Ray, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and F. L. Moore and K. H. Rosenlof
Recording files available
Session 4
Parameterizations of aerosol-cloud interactions in regional and global models I
Location: 223 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Seventh Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions
Cochairs: Leo Donner, NOAA/GFDL; Steven Ghan, PNNL
  9:00 AM
4.2
Activation of Cloud Droplets in Large-scale Models
William R. Cotton, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and R. Walko and G. G. Carrio
  9:15 AM
4.3
  9:30 AM
4.4
Modelling Aerosol-Cloud-Meteorology Interaction in an On-line Air Quality Model
Wanmin Gong, EC, Downsview, ON, Canada; and P. A. Makar and J. A. Milbrandt
Recording files available
Session 4
Short-Range Forecast Modeling for Solar Electric Generation
Location: 224B (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Sixth Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy
Chair: Brian D'Agostino, Sempra Energy
  8:30 AM
4.1
WRF-Solar to Advance Solar Power Forecasting
Pedro A. Jimenez, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and S. E. Haupt, J. Hacker, and J. Dudhia
  8:45 AM
4.2
Predicting Distributed Solar Power Production for Utilities
Julia M. Pearson, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and S. E. Haupt, T. L. Jensen, C. Burghardt, T. C. McCandless, T. Brummet, and S. Dettling
  9:00 AM
4.3
Comparison of Solar Energy Nowcasting Techniques
Jared A. Lee, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and S. E. Haupt, P. Jimenez Munoz, T. C. McCandless, M. A. Rogers, and S. D. Miller
  9:15 AM
4.4
Clustering Techniques for Improved Solar Forecasting and Utility Operations
Carlos F.M. Coimbra, University of California, La Jolla, CA

  9:30 AM
4.5
An Integrated Operational System for Solar Power Forecasting
Duane Apling, Northrop Grumman Corporation, McLean, VA; and G. Higgins, K. Darmenova, and S. Freeman
Recording files available
Session 4A
AWIPS System Updates - Part I
Location: 132AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 31st Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies
Cochairs: Scott Jacobs, NOAA/NWS/NCEP; William Roberts, OAR
  8:30 AM
4A.1
Evolution of AWIPS: AWIPS II Migration and Vision for the Next Decade
Ronla K. Henry, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and J. Tatum, E. Mandel, S. Garrard, S. S. Schotz, and M. B. Miller
  8:45 AM
4A.2
AWIPS II Extended – Extended Projects Overview and Status
Steve S. Schotz, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and R. K. Henry and M. B. Miller
  9:00 AM
4A.3
Hazard Services Progress Report -- An AWIPS II Extended Project to Improve the Ability to Communicate Hazard Information in a Digital World
Joseph Wakefield, OAR, Boulder, CO; and M. Churma, C. Golden, T. Hansen, K. Manross, M. Nash, J. Ramer, R. Rood, J. Sanchez, D. Schaffer, S. S. Schotz, and S. Williams
  9:15 AM
4A.4
The Ensemble Tool in AWIPS II
Paul Schultz, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and E. Polster, X. Jing, T. J. LeFebvre, and W. Roberts
  9:30 AM
4A.5
Forecast Decision Support Environment - A Progress Report
Thomas J. LeFebvre, NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and K. Manross and J. Kerr
Recording files available
Session 4A
Arctic circulation and sea-ice variability and trends: Structure and mechanisms
Location: 121BC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 27th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Chair: Jim Carton, University of Maryland, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science
  8:30 AM
4A.1
How reasonable is the Arctic/subArctic ocean in historical CMIP5 simulations?
Yanni Ding, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and J. Carton, G. Chepurin, S. Hakkinen, and M. Steele
Manuscript (661.7 kB)

  9:00 AM
4A.3
A history of Western Arctic sea ice extent: A tale of two ice cores
Stacy E. Porter, Byrd Polar Research Center, Columbus, OH; and E. Mosley-Thompson and L. G. Thompson
  9:15 AM
4A.4
Robust Arctic sea-ice influence on the frequent Eurasian cold winters in the recent past
Masato Mori, Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa-shi, Chiba, Japan; and M. Watanabe, H. Shiogama, J. Inoue, and M. Kimoto

  9:30 AM
4A.5
Recording files available
Session 4B
Information Systems Technology for Generation, Communication, Interpretation and Exploitation of Satellite Data
Location: 131C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 31st Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies
Cochairs: Randall Bass, FAA; Gerald Dittberner, Harris Corporation
  8:30 AM
Alexander Werbos
  8:45 AM
4B.1
Data Recipes: Toward Creating How-To Knowledge Base for Earth Science Data
Suhung Shen, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and C. Lynnes, J. Acker, and T. Beaty
  9:00 AM
4B.2
Using Progressive Resolution to Visualize large Satellite Image dataset
Yuan Ho, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. Chastang, T. Yoksas, and D. murray
  9:30 AM
4B.4
Reprocessing with the S-NPP Common Matchup Tool
Albert N. Danial, Northop Grumman, Redondo Beach, CA; and S. Jackson
  9:45 AM
4B.5
Approaching GOES-R Launch: Overview of Baseline Level 2 Products Generated from End-to-End Runs with Simulated Data
Paul A. Van Rompay, AER, Greenbelt, MD; and E. J. Kennelly, H. E. Snell, S. Kalluri, T. S. Zaccheo, and A. Weiner
Recording files available
Session 4B
Rasmusson-Wyrtki session on ENSO, Tropical Ocean-Atmosphere Interactions, and Global Climatic Impacts: 20 Years after TOGA-Part I
Location: 122BC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 27th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Chair: Michael McPhadden, NOAA/PMEL

The decade long International Tropical Ocean Global Atmosphere (TOGA) program ended twenty years ago in December 1994. TOGA fundamentally advanced our understanding of tropical ocean-atmosphere interactions and their global impacts, established a new observing system for El Niño and the Southern Oscillation (ENSO) research and forecasting, and served as an incubator for the development of skillful seasonal prediction models. It paved the way for much subsequent progress in climate research and its legacy still resonates throughout the scientific community. This session will celebrate that legacy and pay tribute to two renowned scientists whose pioneering studies laid the foundation for TOGA and contributed greatly to its success: Gene Rasmusson and the late Klaus Wyrtki. Presentations are encouraged that highlight climate variability and change in the tropics, the global impacts of the tropics in the climate system, and advances in seasonal to decadal time scale climate forecasting. Presentations on evolving 2014 El Niño-like conditions are also encouraged.
  8:30 AM
Introduction - Mike McPhaden

  8:45 AM
4B.1
Milestones on the Road toTOGA
Eugene M. Rasmusson, University of Maryland, College Park, MD

  9:30 AM
4B.3
ENSO-like Variability 1900-2013
John M. Wallace, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and X. Chen
Recording files available
Joint Session 5
Program overviews and status for new operational environmental satellite systems
Location: 231ABC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint between the 11th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the 20th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography; and the Third Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation )
Cochairs: Mitchell Goldberg, NOAA/NESDIS/JPSS; Steven J. Goodman, NOAA/NESDIS/GOES-R Program Office
  8:30 AM
J5.1
GOES-R Program Overview
Greg Mandt, NOAA/NESDIS, Greenbelt, MD; and M. Stringer
  9:00 AM
J5.3
Program Status of DoD Weather Satellites
Brian Kabat, US Air Force, Washington, DC
  9:15 AM
J5.4
Status of EUMETSAT Satellite Programs: Recent Developments of Future Programs and Improved Utilisation of Current Programs
Johannes Schmetz, EUMETSAT, Darmstadt, Germany; and K. Holmlund, P. Schlüssel, R. Stuhlmann, L. Schüller, J. Schulz, M. Cohen, and S. Rota
  9:30 AM
J5.5
Status and Plans of Next Generation Japanese Geostationary Meteorological Satellites Himawari-8/9
Masahiro Hayashi, Meteorological Satellite Center of Japan Meteorological Agency, Kiyose, Japan; and K. Bessho and T. Ohno
Recording files available
Joint Session 5
Water and Society - On the Edge Session I: Addressing the Risk Tolerance and Tipping Points of Communities Faced with Extreme Lack/Surplus of Precipitation
Location: 126BC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint between the 29th Conference on Hydrology; and the 10th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice )
Cochairs: Nancy Beller-Simms, NOAA; Stephanie Herring, NOAA

Increased climate warming has brought more frequent and severe weather events which include more intense precipitation and extreme heat. These events put human lives and ecosystems at risk, cost billions of dollars, and create havoc for planning, particularly in communities that do not fully understand the potential impact and ramifications of weather and climate. As a result, communities, working with their water utilities, are facing decisions previously unimagined from trucking in potable water during severe droughts to assure survival of their residents to spending large sums of money to move water supply and treatment infrastructure in response to flooding. Using the water sector as a framing, this session concentrates on understanding and avoiding the increased potential risk communities face from a changing climate. This session will explore how communities assess their risks and risk tolerance to establish planning thresholds, and the kind of information, tools and outreach they need to manage a future of changing precipitation patterns. Talks should address how communities assess their water supply risks and thresholds in terms of too much/too little water, what needs to be taken into consideration in determining these tipping points, and what decision support tools, methods, and approaches communities are using to prepare for and adapt to potential extreme events. A final panel will discuss lessons learned from these studies, including where each community needs to make individualized decisions and where a common framework can serve everyone in their thinking.
  9:00 AM
J5.3
Tools for the Assessment of Regional Robustness Towards Flood and Drought Events under Climate Change
Marjolein Mens, Deltares, Delft, Netherlands; and L. Bouwer, J. Kind, J. Obeysekera, and E. Welles

  9:15 AM
J5.4
  9:30 AM
J5.5
Using Historical Ensembles for Context in an African Food and Water Security Decision Support System
Amy McNally, ESSIC/UMD at NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and K. R. Arsenault, B. Narapusetty, and C. D. Peters-Lidard

9:00 AM-11:00 AM: Tuesday, 6 January 2015


Spouses' Coffee

9:45 AM-11:00 AM: Tuesday, 6 January 2015


Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
Location: Hall 4 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

Poster Session 1
Observing System Simulation Experiments (OSSEs), Data Assimilation Methodologies and Products
Host: 19th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)
 
Poster 231 has been moved. New paper number is 8.2A.

 
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Impact Analysis of LEO Hyperspectral Sensor IFOV size on the next generation NWP model forecast performance
Agnes Lim, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. A. Jung, H. L. Huang, Z. Li, J. Otkin, and M. Goldberg

 
236
Ensemble transform sensitivity and tropical cyclone targeted observation: An OSSE case study
Hongli Wang, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Boulder, CO; and Y. Xie, R. N. Hoffman, R. Atlas, and Z. Toth

 
237
An OSSE experiment for a CubeSat Humidity Sounders Concept
Longtao Wu, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and H. Su, S. Padmanabhan, Z. Li, N. Niamsuwan, S. Tanelli, Z. Li, and D. E. Waliser

 
238
CYGNSS data and surface wind analysis
Bachir Annane, Univ. of Miami/CIMAS and NOAA/AOML/HRD, Miami, FL, Miami, FL, FL; and B. McNoldy, J. Delgado, L. Bucci, R. Atlas, and S. Majumdar
Manuscript (2.5 MB)

Handout (2.9 MB)

 
239
OSSE Evaluation of a Hyperspectral Sounder and its Potential Impact on Hurricane Prediction
Lisa Bucci, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and B. Annane, J. Delgado, and R. Atlas
Manuscript (908.3 kB)

 
240
DART: Tools and Support for Ensemble Data Assimilation Research, Operations, and Education
Jeffrey Anderson, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and T. Hoar, N. Collins, K. Raeder, H. Kershaw, G. Romine, A. P. Mizzi, A. Chatterjee, A. Karspeck, C. M. Zarzycki, S. Y. Ha, J. Barre, and B. Gaubert

Handout (14.8 MB)

 
241
Local Ensemble Transform Kalman Filter with Nonhydrostatic Icosahedral Atmospheric Model NICAM
Takemasa Miyoshi, RIKEN Advanced Institute for Computational Science, Kobe, Japan; and K. Terasaki, M. Sawada, and S. Kotsuki

 
242
Assimilation of Global Positioning System Radio Occultation Observations into KIAPS-LETKF system
Youngsoon Jo, Korea Institute of Atmospheric Prediction Systems, Seoul, South Korea; and J. S. Kang, B. J. Jung, H. Kwon, and S. Shin

 
243
Varying localization scales based upon observation impact in a serial ensemble filter
Jeffrey S., Whitaker, NOAA/ESRL/PSD, Boulder, CO ; and L. Lei

 
245
Assimilation of Wind Speed and Direction with Real Observations
Feng Gao, Panasonic Avionics Corporation, Morrisville, NC; and X. Y. Huang

 
248
Variational Aircraft Temperature Bias Correction in the NCEP's GSI Analysis System
Yanqiu Zhu, IMSG@NOAA/NCEP/EMC, College Park, MD; and J. Derber, R. J. Purser, B. A. Ballish, and J. Whiting


Poster Session 1
Posters
Host: Harry R. Glahn Symposium
 
Poster 443 has been moved. Will now be paper 2.4A in the POSTDOWN Symposium

 
444
Some aspects of the verification of weather forecasts for Melbourne, Australia
Harvey Stern, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Vic., Australia; and N. E. Davidson
Manuscript (638.6 kB)

Handout (619.6 kB)

 
446
Statistical Post-Processing of GEFS Ensemble Forecasts for Precipitation Accumulations
Michael Scheuerer, NOAA, Boulder, CO; and T. M. Hamill and P. J. Pegion

 
449
Forty Years of NWS Forecasts: Past Performance and Future Advances
Tabitha L. Huntemann, NOAA/National Weather Service, Silver Spring, MD; and D. E. Rudack and D. P. Ruth
Manuscript (1.6 MB)

Handout (1.2 MB)


Poster Session 2
ARAM Posters - Part II
Host: 17th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology
 
312
Federal Aviation Administration Multi-Radar Multi-Sensor System Research to Operations Accomplishments
Courtney Maciejewski, Data Transformation Corp., Atlantic City, NJ; and S. Abelman and V. Passetti

Handout (756.4 kB) Handout (523.2 kB)


Poster Session 2
Advances in evaporation and evapotranspiration estimates
Host: 29th Conference on Hydrology
Cochairs: Chris Hain, NOAA/NESDIS; Michael Hobbins, NOAA; Jennifer C. Adam, Washington State University

Advances in the estimation of evapotranspiration (ET) and atmospheric evaporative demand (Eo) are made across a broad range of scales and techniques, from in-situ observations to remote sensing and modeling. Specific topics for this session might include: • estimating ET from various perspectives: remote sensing platforms, ground-based point observations and parameterizations, plant-based experimentation, and water budgets • operational ET estimation • land surface-atmosphere feedbacks • future remote sensing missions and needs for ET • Eo as an input to operational LSMs to derive ET, schedule crop irrigation, and as a metric of hydroclimatic trends and variability
 
35
Evaluation of Multimodel and Multiscale NLDAS-2 Evapotranspiration Using Different Observations
Youlong Xia, NOAA/NCEP/EMC, IMSG, College Park, MD; and M. Hobbins, Q. Mu, and M. B. Ek

 
36
Improving Estimates of Evaporation from Earth's Largest Lake System
Andrew Gronewold, NOAA, Ann Arbor, MI; and P. D. Blanken, C. Spence, J. Lenters, B. Kerkez, W. Leger, K. Paige, T. Slawecki, F. Seglenieks, V. Fortin, N. J. Froelich, S. Ruberg, D. E. Wolfe, and C. W. Fairall

 
37
Observations of Evapotranspiration in the Russian River basin, California
Robert J. Zamora, NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and C. Hsu, L. E. Johnson, and R. Cifelli

Handout (831.9 kB)


Joint Poster Session 2
Regional Climate Partnerships: Connecting Climate Science and Decision Making Posters
Hosts: (Joint between the 27th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; and the 10th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice )
 
96
Climate webinars as a platform for supporting extended networks in Alaska
Nathan Kettle, Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy, Fairbanks, AK; and S. F. Trainor


Poster Session 3
Hydrometeorological Extremes: Flood Analysis and Prediction Posters
Location: 127ABC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 29th Conference on Hydrology
Cochairs: Andrew W. Wood, NCAR; David J. Gochis, NCAR
 
38
Flood Analysis and Mitigation Strategies in the Santa Catarina Watershed: Multimodel Applications for Stakeholder-driven Solutions
Jorge Cazares-Rodriguez, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ; and E. R. Vivoni, D. D. White, and A. I. Ramirez

 
42
Flood Inundation Mapping for Flood Prediction, Analysis, and Emergency Management
Kristina Falat Murphy, Michael Baker International, Lakewood, CO

 
44
Downscaled Ensemble Reforecasts of Extreme Rainfall Events
Erik R. Nielsen, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and R. S. Schumacher

 
47
Effect of Latent Heating on Mesoscale Vortex Development during Extreme Precipitation: Colorado, September 2013
Annareli Morales, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; and R. S. Schumacher and S. M. Kreidenweis

Handout (8.4 MB)

 
48
Relationships of Hydro-Climate Indices (HCI) to Volumetric Flow in the Platte River Basin
John F. Henz, Dewberry Consultants, Phoenix, AZ; and B. Workman and S. Geiger

 
50
Tracking flood producing storms in the Baltimore metropolitan region
Brianne K. Smith, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ; and J. Smith and M. L. Baeck

11:00 AM-12:00 PM: Tuesday, 6 January 2015

Recording files available
Panel Discussion 1
AMS Information Statement on Bachelor’s Degree in Atmospheric Sciences
Location: 125AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 24th Symposium on Education
Moderators: John A. Knox, University Of Georgia; John D. Horel, University of Utah
  11:00 AM
Panel - John Horel
Recording files available
Lecture 1
Bernhard Haurwitz Memorial Lecture
Location: 122BC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint between the 15th Presidential Forum; the Major Weather Events and Societal Impacts of 2014; the Eugenia Kalnay Symposium; the Harry R. Glahn Symposium; the 31st Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 29th Conference on Hydrology; the 24th Symposium on Education; the 20th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography; the 20th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification; the 19th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS); the 19th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction; the 27th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 18th Conference on Middle Atmosphere; the 17th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the 17th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 13th Conference on Artificial Intelligence; the 13th Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 13th History Symposium; the 12th Conference on Space Weather; the 11th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the 10th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the Seventh Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications; the Seventh Conference on the Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data; the Seventh Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions; the Sixth Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the Sixth Conference on Environment and Health; the Fifth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; the Third Symposium on the Weather and Climate Enterprise; the Third Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation’s Readiness, Responsiveness, and Resilience to High Impact Weather Events; the Third Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the Third Symposium on Prediction of the Madden-Julian Oscillation: Processes, Prediction and Impact; the First Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate; and the Special Symposium on Model Postprocessing and Downscaling )
  11:00 AM
L1.1
Model Diagnoses of El Nino Teleconnections to the Global Atmosphere-Ocean System
Ngar-Cheung Lau, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Recording files available
Joint Session 1
Space weather education initiatives
Location: 227A-C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint between the 12th Conference on Space Weather; and the 24th Symposium on Education )
Cochairs: William B. Cade III, Baylor University; Melissa A. Burt, Center for Multiscale Modeling of Atmospheric Processes
  11:00 AM
J1.1
An Assessment of Undergraduate Student Perspectives on Space Weather
Joseph B.H. Baker, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA; and K. D. McConnell and D. G. Sweeney
  11:15 AM
J1.2
Lessons learned from the CISM Space Weather Summer School
Michael Wiltberger, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and N. Gross, W. J. Hughes, and D. J. Knipp

Joint Panel Discussion 1
Water and Society - On the Edge Session II: Panel Discussion on Addressing the Risk Tolerance and Tipping Points of Communities Faced with Extreme Lack/Surplus of Precipitation
Location: 126BC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint between the 29th Conference on Hydrology; and the 10th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice )
Moderators: Nancy Beller-Simms, NOAA; Stephanie Herring, NOAA
Panelists: Kathy Jacobs, University of Arizona; Mark A. Shafer, Oklahoma Climatological Survey

This panel discussion will further the topics discussed in the 8:30 session with the same name. In both sessions, we use the water sector as an example, to better understand how to lessen the risk associated with a changing climate. The previous talks addressed how communities assess their water supply risks and thresholds in terms of too much/too little water, what needs to be taken into consideration in determining these tipping points, and what decision support tools, methods, and approaches communities are using to prepare for and adapt to potential extreme events. This panel will discuss lessons learned from these studies, including where each community needs to make individualized decisions and where a common framework can serve everyone in their thinking. Among the questions we will ask are: (1) What is the value of using thresholds and tipping points as a framework for decision making and assessing risk? (2) What are the best practices that were learned from the session 1 talks, and how can they be adopted in other decision making contexts? and (3) How can an interdisciplinary approach bring physical and social sciences together to establish thresholds and tipping points within a specific context (i.e., users, geographic location, population, etc…)?
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Session 1
Welcome Session: Commission on the Weather and Climate Enterprise
Location: 222A-C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Third Symposium on the Weather and Climate Enterprise
Cochairs: Andrea Bleistein, NOAA/NWS; Christopher Strager, NOAA/NWS

Key note opening remarks to be given by Dr. Joel Myers, Founder, Chairman and President, Accuweather.
  11:00 AM
1.1
Transforming the Weather Enterprise (Invited Presentation)
Joel N. Myers, AccuWeather Inc, State College, PA
  11:30 AM
1.2
Highlights from the 2014 AMS Washington Forum
Shawn W. Miller, Raytheon Intelligence, Information and Services, Aurora, CO; and T. Fahy
Recording files available
Session 2
AI Techniques for Numerical Weather Prediction
Location: 124B (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 13th Conference on Artificial Intelligence
Cochairs: David John Gagne, NCAR; Timothy S. Sliwinski, Texas Tech University
  11:15 AM
2.1A
The AMS-AI 2015-2016 Contest
Valliappa Lakshmanan, Climate Corporation, Seattle, WA; and J. Julian, R. Minkowski, and A. Pasch
  11:45 AM
2.3
Postprocessing of Numerical Weather Forecasts Using Online Sequential Extreme Learning Machines
Aranildo Rodrigues Lima Jr., Univ. of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; and A. J. Cannon and W. W. Hsieh
Recording files available
Session 2
Climate Change and Infectious Disease: From Models to Applications
Location: 228AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Sixth Conference on Environment and Health
Chair: Mary H. Hayden, NCAR
  11:00 AM
2.1
Climate change influences on the annual onset of Lyme disease in the United States
Andrew J. Monaghan, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and S. Moore, K. Sampson, C. B. Beard, and R. J. Eisen
Recording files available
Session 2
Coastal Climate - Observations and Modeling: Part 2
Location: 130 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 13th Symposium on the Coastal Environment
Cochairs: Andre J. van der Westhuysen, NOAA/NWS/NCEP; Michael J. DeFlorio, SIO/Univ. Of California
  11:00 AM
Remarks: The STAC Committee on the Coastal Environment - Andre Van Der Westhuysen
  11:15 AM
2.1
High-resolution Dynamical Downscaling for Shenzhen Microclimate
Yuewei Liu, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and Y. Liu, L. Pan, W. Y. Y. Cheng, L. Li, and Y. Jiang
  11:45 AM
2.3
Linking synoptic weather and ocean light attenuation variability in the Gulf of Mexico: constructing a 65-year Kd-Index
Cameron C. Lee, Kent State University, Kent, OH; and S. C. Sheridan, C. Hu, B. B. Barnes, D. Pirhalla, V. Ransibrahmanakul, and K. Shein
Recording files available
Session 2
Drought and Wildfire Impacts from 2013 and 2014
Location: 229AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Major Weather Events and Societal Impacts of 2014
Chair: Klaus E. Wolter, ESRL/Univ of Colorado-CIRES
  11:00 AM
2.1
The 2014 Wildfire Season
Timothy J. Brown, DRI, Reno, NV
  11:30 AM
2.3
The 2013 Rim Fire: Implications for Predicting Extreme Fire Spread, Pyroconvection, and Smoke Emissions
David A. Peterson, National Research Council, Monterey, CA; and E. J. Hyer, J. R. Campbell, M. Fromm, J. W. Hair, C. F. Butler, and M. A. Fenn
Recording files available
Session 2
Model Output Statistics (MOS)
Location: 211A West Building (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Harry R. Glahn Symposium
Chair: Ward R. Seguin, Consultant
CoChair: David A. Unger, NOAA/CPC
Recording files available
Session 2
Observations and Modeling of Inadvertent and Advertent Weather Modification II
Location: 211B West Building (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 20th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification
Chair: Masataka Murakami, MRI
  11:45 AM
2.4
The Driving Thermodynamic Force of Pyrocumulus Formation
Alexander J. Schaefer, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD
Recording files available
Session 3
Computational and Data Advances: Land Data Assimilation Techniques and Systems I
Location: 127ABC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 29th Conference on Hydrology
Cochairs: Michael B. Ek, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC; Youlong Xia, NOAA/NCEP/EMC, IMSG; Rolf H. Reichle, NASA/GSFC
  11:00 AM
3.1
Multivariate assimilation of satellite-derived remote sensing datasets in the North American Land Data Assimilation System (NLDAS)
Sujay V. Kumar, SAIC at NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and C. Peters-Lidard, D. Mocko, R. H. Reichle, K. R. Arsenault, B. F. Zaitchik, Y. Liu, M. B. Ek, H. Kato, and Y. Xia
  11:15 AM
3.2
The SMAP Level 4 Surface and Root Zone Soil Moisture (L4_SM) data assimilation product
Rolf H. Reichle, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and G. J. M. De Lannoy, W. T. Crow, J. Kimball, R. D. Koster, and Q. Liu
Recording files available
Session 4
Factors Affecting the Perception of Weather and Climate Risk - II
Location: 226AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 10th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice
Cochairs: Randy A. Peppler, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma; Heather Lazrus, NCAR
  11:00 AM
4.1
  11:45 AM
4.4
Recording files available
Session 5
Air-sea interaction in tropical cyclone (high wind) conditions, Part 2
Location: 224A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 19th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction
Chair: Tetsu Hara, University of Rhode Island
  11:15 AM
5.2
  11:30 AM
5.3
Computational and laboratory experiments on microphysics of the air-sea interface under hurricane conditions
Alexander V. Soloviev, Nova Southeastern University Oceanographic Center, Dania Beach, FL; and M. McGauley, B. Hamilton, M. Donelan, B. Haus, N. J. M. Laxague, D. Ortiz-Suslow, I. Ginis, and R. Lukas
  11:45 AM
5.4
A New Drag Coefficient Formulation and its Impact on the GFDL and HWRF Hurricane Model Predictions
Isaac Ginis, University of Rhode Island, Narragansett, RI; and M. A. Bender, B. Thomas, M. J. Morin, V. Tallapragada, and A. V. Soloviev
Recording files available
Session 5
Data Assimilation: Updates on Assimilation Schemes and Analysis Products II
Location: 131AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 19th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)
Chair: Patricia M. Pauley, NRL
  11:00 AM
5.1
Performance of KIAPS-LETKF data assimilation system
Ji-Sun Kang, KIAPS, Seoul, Korea; and B. J. Jung, Y. Jo, S. Shin, J. H. Kim, H. W. Chun, and H. Kwon
  11:15 AM
5.2
  11:30 AM
5.3
Recent Developments of NCAR 4D-Relaxation Ensemble Kalman Filter System
Yubao Liu, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and Y. Wu, L. Pan, A. Bourgeois, G. Roux, J. Knievel, J. Hacker, J. Pace, F. W. Gallagher, and S. F. Halvorson
  11:45 AM
5.4
Recording files available
Session 5
Fog and Cloud Chemistry, Biology, and Deposition - II
Location: 124A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 17th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry
Cochairs: Pierre Herckes, Arizona State University; Jeffrey L. Collett Jr., Colorado State University
  11:00 AM
5.1A
Multi-year measurements of radiation fog composition at a rural site in Pennsylvania
Derek J. Straub, Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, PA; and D. E. Ressler

  11:15 AM
5.2
Observation of Aqueous Processing of Organic Aerosol Components in Fog Water at Baengnyeong Island, South Korea
Alexandra J. Boris, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and T. Lee, S. Cho, J. Yeom, Y. Desyaterik, and J. L. Collett, Jr.
  11:30 AM
5.3
Recording files available
Session 5
Middle atmosphere climate variability and change, Part 2
Location: 212A West Building (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 18th Conference on Middle Atmosphere
Chair: Clara Orbe, NASA/GSFC
  11:15 AM
5.2
Sensitivity of the Northern Hemisphere Winter Stratosphere to the Strength of Volcanic Eruptions
Matthias Bittner, Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany; and C. Timmreck, H. Schmidt, M. Toohey, and K. Krüger
  11:30 AM
5.3
Sensitivity of Stratospheric Circulation Response to Different Geographic Locations of the Arctic Sea Ice Loss
Lantao Sun, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and C. Deser, R. Tomas, and L. M. Polvani
  11:45 AM
5.4
Southern Hemisphere climate trends skewed by coarse temporal resolution of specified stratospheric ozone
Sean M. Davis, NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and R. R. Neely III, D. R. Marsh, K. L. Smith, L. M. Polvani, K. H. Rosenlof, R. W. Portmann, and P. J. Young
Recording files available
Session 5
Parameterizations of aerosol-cloud interactions in regional and global models II
Location: 223 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Seventh Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions
Cochairs: Steven Ghan, PNNL; Leo Donner, NOAA/GFDL
  11:15 AM
5.2
Improved representation of cloud-aerosol interactions in WRF-Chem parameterized convection
Larry K. Berg, PNNL, Richland, WA; and M. Shrivastava, R. C. Easter, J. Fast, E. G. Chapman, and Y. Liu
  11:30 AM
5.3A
Parameterization of Compensating Aerosol-Cloud Interaction Factors for Climate Models
Yangang Liu, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY; and J. Chen and C. Lu
  11:45 AM
5.4
Recording files available
Session 5
Short-Range Forecast Modeling for Solar Electric Generation II
Location: 224B (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Sixth Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy
Chair: Yelena L. Pichugina, NOAA
  11:00 AM
5.1
Solar Metrics — The Relationship Between Forecast System Component Behavior and the Overall Score
Tara L. Jensen, NCAR/Research Applications Laboratory, Boulder, CO; and A. R. S. Anderson, B. G. Brown, S. E. Haupt, and T. Fowler
  11:15 AM
5.2
Weather Based Irradiance Modeling of the Solar Strand at the University at Buffalo
John McGreevy, SUNY, Buffalo, NY; and T. Singh and M. Majji

  11:45 AM
5.4
Solar Forecasts from the 3-km High-Resolution Rapid Refresh
Eric P. James, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado and NOAA/ESRL/GSD, Boulder, CO; and S. Benjamin, J. B. Olson, M. Marquis, and C. R. Alexander
Recording files available
Session 5
Turbulence and Wind Shear - Part I
Location: 129A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 17th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology
Cochairs: Matt Fronzak, The MITRE Corporation; Edward H. Teets Jr., NASA
  11:00 AM
5.1
Testing the Performance of Radar and Lidar Vertical Wind Shear Detection at Frankfurt and Munich Airports
Thomas Ernsdorf, German Weather Service, Offenbach, Germany; and B. R. Beckmann
  11:15 AM
5.2
A New Ultra-Fast Scanning Doppler Wind Lidar And Results From The Trials During The UFO Project
Rémy Parmentier, LEOSPHERE SAS, Paris, France; and S. Loaec, J. P. Cariou, L. Thobois, G. Gorju, R. Krishna Murthy, A. dolfi, and W. renard

  11:30 AM
5.3
  11:45 AM
5.4
Operational Doppler radar turbulence detection capability for the Taiwan AOAWS
John K. Williams, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and G. Meymaris, J. A. Craig, and J. Cowie
Recording files available
Session 5
Utility and Impact of Lightning Data in Operations
Location: 225AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Seventh Conference on the Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data
Chair: Kristin M. Calhoun, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma/NOAA/NSSL
  11:00 AM
5.1
Variations in Operational Total Lightning Visualizations
Brian C. Carcione, NOAA/NWSFO, Huntsville, AL; and G. T. Stano and K. D. White
  11:15 AM
5.2
Use of the West Texas Lightning Mapping Array in Operations at WFO Lubbock
Jason Jordan, NOAA/NWSFO, Lubbock, TX; and S. R. Cobb and E. C. Bruning
  11:30 AM
5.3
Bridging the Watch to Warning DSS Gap with Lightning Derived Petals
James Frederick, NOAA/NWSFO, Tulsa, OK; and S. Piltz and S. A. Amburn
  11:45 AM
5.4
Forecaster Use and Evaluation of Earth Network's Total Lightning and Dangerous Thunderstorm Alerts in NOAA's Hazardous Weather Testbed
Darrel M. Kingfield, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma/NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and K. M. Calhoun, T. C. Meyer, M. Elliott, and D. LaDue
Recording files available
Session 5
WRN Tropical Weather Impact Improvements
Location: 221A-C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Third Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation’s Readiness, Responsiveness, and Resilience to High Impact Weather Events
Cochairs: Douglas Hilderbrand, NOAA/NWS; Dave Jones, StormCenter Communications, Inc.
  11:00 AM
5.1
Implementation Plans for New Tropical Cyclone Products by the National Weather Service
Mark A. Tew, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and D. P. Santos, F. Alsheimer, S. White, D. Sharp, M. Belk, J. Kuhn, and M. Dion
  11:15 AM
5.2
Improving Storm Surge Risk Communication
Jamie Rhome, National Hurricane Center, Miami, FL; and N. Hardin, D. P. Santos, S. White, M. Belk, and T. J. LeFebvre
  11:45 AM
5.4
Recording files available
Session 5A
AWIPS System Updates - Part II
Location: 132AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 31st Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies
Cochairs: William Roberts, OAR; Scott Jacobs, NOAA/NWS/NCEP

Continuation of AWIPS session
  11:15 AM
5A.2
Update on LAPS in AWIPS II
Craig Hartsough, NOAA, Boulder, CO; and L. Wharton, P. McCaslin, K. Holub, Y. Xie, H. Jiang, S. Albers, and Z. Toth
  11:30 AM
5A.3
Recording files available
Joint Session 6
Economic Impacts and Value of Improved Forecast Information
Location: 131C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint between the 31st Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; and the 10th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice )
Cochairs: Randall Bass, FAA; Kimberly E. Klockow, NOAA
  11:00 AM
J6.1
Tornadoes: A Costly Yet Complicated Risk for Midwest Metropolitan Areas
Megan E. Linkin, Swiss Re America Holding Corporation, Armonk, NY; and K. Orwig and D. N. Nelson
  11:15 AM
J6.2
  11:30 AM
J6.3
Assessment and Measurement of Impacts on Public Weather Service in China
Huiling Yuan, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China; and M. Sun and Y. Wang

Recording files available
Joint Session 6
How satellite data are being used to advance our understanding of fundamental weather and climate processes in the atmosphere, oceans, land surface, and cryosphere, and will continue to improve our ability to observe, analyze, predict, and communicate weather and climate data at a new level of fidelity and timeliness
Location: 231ABC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint between the 20th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography; the 11th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; and the Third Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation )
Cochairs: Derek J. Posselt, University of Michigan; Steve Ackerman, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin
  11:00 AM
J6.1
A New View of Snowfall: A Multi-Year Global Snowfall Census from Spaceborne Radar
Mark S. Kulie, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and N. B. Wood, T. S. L'Ecuyer, and R. Bennartz
  11:30 AM
J6.3
  11:45 AM
J6.4
Using Satellite Observations to Understand Cloud-Climate Interactions: The Subtropical Cloud Transition
Joao Teixeira, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and M. Lebsock, P. Kalmus, G. Matheou, and K. Suselj

Recording files available
Joint Session 7
Regional Climate Partnerships: Connecting Climate Science and Decision Making-Part I
Location: 121BC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint between the 27th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; and the 10th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice )
Cochairs: Kevin Werner, NOAA; Adam Parris, NOAA

The impacts of climate variability and change manifest in dramatically different ways. Coastal regions grapple with storm surge and sea level rise; urban areas endure heat waves that affect public health and safety; and forested regions with drought and wildfire. These impacts are overlaid on vastly different social, political, and economic systems, creating a patchwork of different risk and vulnerability profiles at sub-national scales. The breadth and depth of this challenge requires multiple partners with different expertise, collaborating across regional scales. This session invites papers that describe the importance and value of regional collaborations, challenges faced in coordination, examples of bridging science with decision making, and other co-production models. Papers that focus on particular engagements with NOAA RISA, DOI Climate Science Centers, USDA Regional Climate Hubs, State Climatologists, Sea Grant, and Regional Climate Centers are encouraged.
  11:00 AM
J7.1
Building Stakeholder Partnerships: Putting Science Into Practice
Mark A. Shafer, Oklahoma Climatological Survey, Norman, OK
  11:15 AM
J7.2
Climate Training Workshops for Native American Tribes
Alek Krautmann, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and R. Riley, A. Taylor, and M. A. Shafer
Recording files available
Joint Session 7
Satellite Observations for Climate
Location: 230 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint between the 20th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography; the 11th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; and the Third Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation )
Cochairs: Hank Revercomb, University of Wisconsin; Gary Jedlovec, NASA/MSFC NSSTC

Joint Session between 20th SatMet Conference, 11GOES-R/JPSS Symposium, and 3rd JCSDA Symposium
  11:00 AM
J7.1
Historical GOES AMV Re-processing
Steve Wanzong, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and D. A. Santek, C. S. Velden, J. Daniels, D. Stettner, W. Bresky, and A. Bailey
  11:15 AM
J7.2
Decadal-scale variability of AIRS cloud top properties
Brian H. Kahn, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and T. L'Ecuyer, S. L. Nasiri, and C. M. Naud
  11:30 AM
J7.3

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Tuesday, 6 January 2015


Harry R. Glahn Symposium Luncheon
Location: 213AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

Lunch Break

12:15 PM-1:15 PM: Tuesday, 6 January 2015

Recording files available
Workshop
AMS Publications Workshop —The Inside Scoop on Peer Review and How Publishing a Research Article is Changing
Location: 226AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Town Hall Meeting
  12:15 PM
Faster, Cheaper, and More Nimble: Improvements and Innovations in Publishing AMS Journals - Ken Heideman
  12:30 PM
All About Peer Review and How Authors Can Maximize Success - Christa Peters-Lidard


New Ideas Forum: Networking and Idea Exchange for Student and Early Career Members
Location: 126A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Speaker: Andrew L. Molthan, NASA/MSFC

Student and early career members of the AMS represent the next generation of educators, scientists, broadcasters, and technical professionals that will continue to advance the weather enterprise. As their careers grow, these members will assume greater roles in the advancement of our scientific and related capabilities, supporting a broader thematic goal of “Fulfilling the Vision of Weather, Water, and Climate Information for Every Need, Time, and Place.” The AMS supports student and early career members in many ways, such as long-standing conferences catering to their specific needs and interests, and the technical meetings and sessions to be held during the 95th Annual Meeting in Phoenix. Student and early career members can also benefit from presenting, exchanging, and discussing their research interests and goals in an informal setting, fostering and growing the social networks critical to their future success. The New Ideas Forum offers additional opportunities for student and early career members to engage the community during the weeklong AMS Annual Meeting. We are introducing The New Ideas Forum as a way for attendees to provide a brief, informal overview of their current and future interests in a collegial setting. Informal discussions are encouraged across all aspects of our discipline, including basic science, applied science, education, new technology, policy interests, or future directions you feel our field may be headed. Participants will be given the opportunity to introduce themselves to their community, share highlights of their interests, and engage in questions and answers with their peers. The goal of the session is to increase networking opportunities for student and early career members participating in the Annual Meeting, and to encourage partnerships among student, early, and later-career members that can lead to mentoring opportunities, business or proposal collaborations, and other activities of mutual benefit. This Tuesday lunch-hour session will focus on activities of student and early-career members. Interested participants, including mid- and late-career members, are invited to stop by the Town Hall Meeting session on Tuesday. Session chairs will help to coordinate an informal exchange among attendees while ensuring time for all to participate. Participants will then be provided up to 5 minutes to present their interests. A few presentation charts are welcome, but not required. Ideally, this session will function as a “speed round” of introductions and interactions among attendees to share their new ideas and future goals.

Session
Students
Host: New Ideas Forum

Town Hall Meeting: Advances in OCONUS Satellite Applications Enabled by the Current and New Generation of Polar-orbiting and Geostationary Environmental Satellites
Location: 121BC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Speaker: Gary McWilliams, JPSS Program Office/Army Research Laboratory

The current and new generation of operational polar-orbiting and geostationary environmental satellite systems (JPSS, GCOM-W, Metop, DMSP, GOES-R and Himawari) are being accompanied by new and improved user applications. Many of these improved applications are being made available to regions outside the conterminous United States (OCONUS) through direct broadcast (DB) technology and by other means. These user applications include tropical cyclone monitoring, volcanic ash tracking, river flood assessment, and low cloud and fog forecasting. These new user applications are anticipated to become critical tools for weather forecasters and environmental managers in regions with a scarcity of other data. The use of direct broadcast antennas offers the user many advantages such as reduced data latency, the ability to network with other DB sites to create wider regional coverage, and the ability to assimilate these data into forecast models to help generate locally-unique products. The Town Hall will convene a panel with broad expertise in satellite data applications and DB technology to discuss these new satellite applications, their current operational use, and the evaluation of their impact to the user communities in OCONUS regions.
  12:15 PM
Advances in OCONUS Satellite Applications Enabled by the Current and New Generation of Polar-Orbiting and Geostationary Environmental Satellites - Gary McWilliams

  12:30 PM
Steve Ackerman

  12:45 PM
Carven Scott

  1:00 PM
Gary Jedlovec

  1:15 PM
Bill Ward

  1:30 PM
Kota Prasad


Town Hall Meeting: Dawn of a New Age in Water Prediction – The National Water Center
Location: 128AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Speaker: David S. Green, NASA Headquarters

This AMS Town Hall meeting is expected to raise awareness of the unprecedented opportunity to innovate, coordinate and collaborate in the water sector to address 21st century water resource and management challenges such as water shortages and security, water quality and hydrologic extremes. Speakers from academia and federal agencies (including NOAA’s National Weather Service (NWS), the U.S. Geological Survey and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers) will discuss how strong involvement through the National Water Center (NWC) will enhance joint planning and co-development of new science as well as the transition of research results to sustained applications and operations. The NWC provides the capacity to transform, integrate and modernize hydrology and water resource science-based services to improve resiliency and build a more Weather and Water Ready Nation. Designed for optimal coordination and collaboration across the climate, water and weather enterprise, the NWC promotes a total water approach that fosters linkages between riverine and coastal water outcomes. By working closely with the community-of-practice (academia, industry) as well as various regional and local actors (end-users such as farmers, federal, state, regional and local water resource managers, commercial enterprises…) this approach will catalyze development and exploitation of state-of-the-science and infrastructure to enable sustainable solutions. Demand-driven innovation, merging interdisciplinary and new information, will contribute to the knowledge base supporting decision making in water resource and emergency management as well as key sectors such as transport, tourism, fisheries, agriculture, biotech, resource extraction and energy. The intended result is for the NWC to provide the Nation’s most trusted and authoritative source for comprehensive and integrated water predictions including critical data, models, analyses, and forecast information to enhance resilience to high impact extreme hydrometeorological events. Recognizing the advanced challenges, NWC-partnerships are being created to strengthen capabilities and do new things that focus on key areas including data interoperability, enterprise GIS, improving observational capacity, and numerical modeling to simulate hydrologic processes and the water budget at very high resolution. As an example, the NWC will operate and improve end-to-end early warning and Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) systems, and make available and accessible the predictive information and related data, models, maps and forecast products for optimizing decision-support services.

Town Hall Meeting: Developing Climate Scenarios for the 4th National Climate Assessment and the Sustained Assessment Process
Location: 124A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Speaker: David R. Easterling, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC

Scenarios of future physical climate conditions provide the necessary unifying foundation for internally consistent consideration of impacts and for modeling of impacts performed specifically for the climate assessment process. The development of scenarios for the Fourth U.S. National Climate Assessment and the Sustained Assessment process is already beginning and this Town Hall is intended to provide a mechanism for gathering input from the climate community on the scenarios process. Issues to be addressed include, but are not limited to, the use of CMIP3 vs. CMIP5 model simulations, statistical and dynamical downscaling, higher temporal resolution (e.g. sub-daily) scenarios, and integration with other types of scenarios such as land-use or population change.

Town Hall Meeting: NASA Earth Science Division Town Hall Meeting
Location: 125AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Speaker: Jack A. Kaye, NASA, Science Mission Directorate

This Town Hall session will provide an opportunity for the earth science community to interact with members of the leadership team and staff of the Earth Science Division (ESD) of NASA’s Science Mission Directorate. Brief presentations by the ESD leadership will precede a longer opportunity for audience questions. Topics to be addressed in the Town Hall session include scientific accomplishments and programmatic milestones from the past year, current programmatic directions, and NASA’s progress towards implementing the missions identified in the June 2010 report "Responding to the Challenge of Climate and Environmental Change:NASA’s Plan for a Climate-Centric Architecture for Earth Observations and Applications from Space" which incorporates recommendations from the National Research Council’s 2007 Decadal Survey for Earth Science, “Earth Science and Applications from Space: National Imperatives for the Next Decade and Beyond.” Recent developments in the Venture Class program and? the non-flight parts of the NASA program (research and analysis, applied sciences, technology) and NASA's involvement in interagency and international programs will also be reviewed.
  12:15 PM
Introduction - Michael Freilich


Town Hall: Report of an International Roadmap on Space Weather: Science of space weather and its impact on life and society
Location: 127ABC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Speaker: Kendra Greb, UCAR Visiting Scientist Programs

With the rapid development of the technological infrastructure upon which modern society depends comes a growing appreciation of the hazards presented by the phenomena around our home planet that we call space weather. The complexity of the coupled Sun-Earth system, the sparseness by which it can be covered by remote-sensing and in-situ instrumentation, and the costs of the required observational and computational infrastructure warrant an international approach with feasible, affordable solutions. COSPAR and the steering committee of the International Living With a Star program tasked a multi-disciplinary, international team with the development of a roadmap with the goal of demonstrably improving our observational capabilities for, scientific understanding of, and ability to forecast the various aspects of space weather. This presentation reviews the significance of space weather, and summarizes the roadmap, its top-priority recommendations, and their underlying rationale.

12:45 PM-1:05 PM: Tuesday, 6 January 2015


Daily Weather Briefings
Location: 132AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

1:30 PM-3:00 PM: Tuesday, 6 January 2015

Recording files available
Panel Discussion 1
Communicating the State of Understanding of Climate and Climate Change
Location: 222A-C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Third Symposium on the Weather and Climate Enterprise
Moderators: Robert Ryan, Consulting Meteorologist; Jenny Dissen, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC/CICS
Panelists: Andrea Thompson, Climate Central; Don Wuebbles, University of Illinois; Jim Gandy, WLTX-TV; Susan Joslyn, University of Washington; Xubin Zeng, University of Arizona

Effective communication of climate and climate change information remains a challenging goal. The scientific terminology and public understanding of “climate” has changed significantly over the years. Scientific understanding of the “climate system” has made major advances in the past decades as the interdependency of the atmosphere, oceans, biosphere, land surfaces, ice, soil moisture , etc., have become part of “climate”. Human responses to climate and climate change have historically been driven by adaptation to relatively slow changes. Observations and research show climate and its many components now is changing at a rate not seen in human history. Can we more effectively communicate the certainty and the uncertainties of climate and climate change for both better public understanding and better decision making in a rapidly changing climate environment? A distinguished panel of science communicators, climate scientists, social scientists, decision makers and users of climate, climate and global change information will address a number of these questions and discuss pertinent issues with the attendees. It is the intent of the CECWCI that review/synopsis of the panel/town hall session will also be widely disseminated and published.
  1:30 PM
PD1.1
Communicating the State of Understanding of Climate and Climate Change
Robert Ryan, Consulting Meteorologist, McLean, VA; and J. Dissen
Recording files available
Session 1
History of Weather
Location: 128AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 13th History Symposium
  1:30 PM
1.1
Overview of the Storm Prediction Center
Roger Edwards, SPC/NWS/NOAA, Norman, OK; and G. W. Carbin and S. F. Corfidi
  2:30 PM
1.3
The 1821 Norfolk-Long Island Hurricane: The East Coast's $100 billion event
Megan E. Linkin, Swiss Re America Holding Corporation, Armonk, NY
Recording files available
Joint Session 1
Marine aerosols: Sources, chemistry, and cloud-climate interactions I
Location: 124A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint between the 17th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the 19th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction; and the Seventh Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions )
Cochairs: Nicholas Meskhidze, North Carolina State University; Philip Rasch, PNNL
  1:45 PM
J1.2
Evidence for New Particle Formation in the Summertime Arctic near Resolute Bay, Nunavut, Canada
Julia Burkart, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; and M. Willis, F. Koellner, J. Schneider, H. Bozem, P. Hoor, R. Ghahremaninezhadgharelar, G. Wentworth, A. L. Norman, R. Brauner, C. Konrad, A. Herber, R. Leaitch, and J. P. D. Abbatt

  2:00 PM
J1.3
Hygroscopic growth and cloud droplet activation of marine hydrogels
Kyle Dawson, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; and S. Suda, M. D. Petters, and N. Meskhidze

  2:30 PM
J1.5
New instrument for measuring size-resolved submicron sea-salt particle production from ocean
Nicholas Meskhidze, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; and M. D. Petters, R. E. Reed, and K. Dawson

  2:45 PM
J1.6
Sources and Properties of Cloud Condensation Nuclei in the Marine Boundary Layer
P. K. Quinn, NOAA, Seattle, WA; and T. S. Bates, D. J. Coffman, K. J. Schulz, and L. M. Russell

Recording files available
Themed Joint Session 2
Human Alteration of Weather and Climate: Engineering, Ethics, and Politics
Location: 211B West Building (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint between the 20th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification; and the Seventh Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions )
Chair: David L. Mitchell, DRI
  2:00 PM
TJ2.3
Radiative Forcing by Coastal Anthropogenic Emissions Explains Observed 20th Century Southeast Pacific Cooling
Scott N. Spak, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA; and P. E. Saide, M. Mena, and G. R. Carmichael

  2:15 PM
TJ2.4
  2:30 PM
TJ2.5
On The Climate response to Cirrus Cloud Seeding
Trude Storelvmo, Yale University, New Haven, CT; and W. R. Boos and N. Herger
Recording files available
Session 3
Dissemination and Decision Support
Location: 211A West Building (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Harry R. Glahn Symposium
Chair: Barbara G. Brown, NCAR
CoChair: Ward R. Seguin, Consultant
  1:30 PM
Introduction - David Unger

  2:45 PM
3.4
Statistical Post Processing for US Navy Ship Routing (Invited Presentation)
James Hansen, NRL, Monterey, CA; and J. E. Peak, E. A. Satterfield, J. Morford, J. McLay, C. Hutchins, W. Henry, R. Bankert, and M. E. Gorris

Recording files available
Session 3
Major Weather Impacts in 2014
Location: 229AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Major Weather Events and Societal Impacts of 2014
Chair: Klaus E. Wolter, ESRL/Univ of Colorado-CIRES
  1:30 PM
3.1
  2:15 PM
3.4
Late Season Mountain Wave Wind Event in Juneau, Alaska
Richard Lam, NOAA/NWS Juneau Forecast Office, Juneau, AK; and J. Garner
  2:30 PM
3.5
An Overview of the 28 April 2014 Tornado Outbreak in the Tennessee Valley
Christopher B. Darden, NOAA/NWSFO, Huntsville, AL; and B. C. Carcione, D. J. Nadler, K. D. White, and B. R. Williams
  2:45 PM
3.6
Recording files available
Session 3
Modeling of Global, Regional and Coastal Atmospheric and Ocean Systems: Part 1
Location: 130 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 13th Symposium on the Coastal Environment
Cochairs: Hyodae Seo, WHOI; Mona Behl, Texas A&M University
  1:45 PM
3.2
  2:00 PM
3.3
  2:45 PM
3.6
Including Empirical Wave Runup in an Operational Forecast Model for Coastal Water Levels
Joseph W. Long, USGS, Saint Petersburg, FL; and J. R. Overbeck, K. S. Doran, H. F. Stockdon, A. J. van der Westhuysen, A. Gibbs, D. King, and C. H. Paxton
Recording files available
Session 4
Computational and Data Advances: Land Data Assimilation Techniques and Systems II
Location: 127ABC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 29th Conference on Hydrology
Cochairs: Michael B. Ek, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC; Youlong Xia, NOAA/NCEP/EMC, IMSG; Rolf H. Reichle, NASA/GSFC
  1:30 PM
4.1
A Successful Example of Transitioning Research to NCEP Operations: The North American Land Data Assimilation System (NLDAS)
Michael B. Ek, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC, College Park, MD; and Y. Xia, H. Wei, J. Meng, K. Mitchell (retired), E. F. Wood, J. Sheffield, C. Peters-Lidard, D. Mocko, B. Cosgrove, D. P. Lettenmaier, K. Mo, W. Ebisuzaki, M. Rosencrans, L. Luo, and E. Luebehusen
  2:00 PM
4.3
Data Assimilation of Soil Moisture in a Distributed Hydrologic Model: A Case Study over the Russian River Basin
Andrea R. Thorstensen, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA; and P. Nguyen, K. Hsu, R. J. Zamora, and S. Sorooshian
  2:45 PM
4.6
Recording files available
Session 4
Outreach and Broader Impacts
Location: 125AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 24th Symposium on Education
Cochairs: Melissa A. Burt, Center for Multiscale Modeling of Atmospheric Processes; Julie S. Malmberg, UCAR
  2:00 PM
4.3
Beyond the Controversy: An Oklahoma/Texas Teacher Workshop on Climate Science
Monica O'Brien Deming, Oklahoma Climatological Survey, Norman, OK; and D. E. Mattox, M. K. Corbett, A. Melvin, K. A. Kloesel, G. McManus, A. Krautmann, and B. G. Illston
  2:15 PM
4.4
Museum as Field Station — Making Environmental Science Public
Mary Miller, Exploratorium, San Francisco, CA; and S. Schwartzenberg, S. Tung, R. Hipschman, and C. Raleigh
  2:30 PM
4.5
The Role of Weather Museums in Early Science Education
Jill F. Hasling, John C. Freeman Weather Museum at Weather Research Center, Houston, TX; and G. J. Mulvey
  2:45 PM
4.6
Outreach and Broader Impacts — Closer than You Think!
Teri Eastburn, UCAR, Boulder, Colorado; and V. Silva, R. gird, and K. Kloesel
Recording files available
Session 5
Advances in observations and modeling (1)
Location: 227A-C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 12th Conference on Space Weather
Chair: Richard Behnke, NSF
  1:30 PM
5.1
Towards a National Space Weather Predictive Capability
Nicola J. Fox, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD; and M. Ryschkewitsch, M. A. Kelly, B. Anderson, R. Barnes, J. Comberiate, R. Demajistre, R. Erlandson, J. Gjerloev, C. Michaelis, V. Merkin, E. Miller, L. Paxton, M. Sitnov, T. Sotirelis, G. Stephens, and A. Ukhorskiy
  1:45 PM
5.2
Data Assimilation Models for Space Weather Specifications and Forecasts
Robert W. Schunk, Utah State Univ., Logan, UT; and L. Scherliess, V. Eccles, L. C. Gardner, J. J. Sojka, and L. Zhu
  2:00 PM
5.3
Geomagnetic Disturbances – Prediction and Verification
Lawrence J. Zanetti, APL, Laurel, MD; and B. Anderson and H. Korth
  2:30 PM
5.5
Ionospheric Forecast During Sudden Stratospheric Warming Using the IDEA Model
Houjun Wang, NOAA SWPC and CIRES Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and R. A. Akmaev, T. Fuller-Rowell, T. W. Fang, and J. Wang
  2:45 PM
5.6
Extreme geoelectric fields induced by magnetic storm sudden impulses
Jeffrey J. Love, USGS, Denver, CO; and E. J. Rigler and A. Swidinsky

Recording files available
Session 5
Hydrometeorological Extremes: Flood Analysis and Prediction I
Location: 126BC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 29th Conference on Hydrology
Cochairs: David J. Gochis, NCAR; Andrew W. Wood, NCAR
  1:30 PM
5.1
Evaluation of flash flood products from the Flooded Locations And Simulated Hydrographs (FLASH) project
Jonathan Gourley, NOAA, Norman, OK; and Z. L. Flamig, H. Vergara, R. Clark III, P. E. Kirstetter, G. Terti, Y. Hong, and K. Howard
  1:45 PM
5.2
A Real-time Multi-source Flash Flood Verification Database in Support of NOAA/NWS Weather Prediction Center Research and Operations
Brian Cosgrove, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and W. Hogsett, F. Barthold, T. Workoff, D. R. Novak, J. J. Gourley, Z. Flamig, and M. Klein
  2:15 PM
5.4
Multi-scale statistical properties of rainfall in flash flood producing storms
Deborah K. Nykanen, Minnesota State University, Mankato, MN; and S. DeVinny, S. D. Buan, M. M. DeWeese, and P. J. Restrepo
  2:45 PM
5.6
Forecasting surface water flooding in the UK with a convection-permitting ensemble
Brian William Golding, Met Office, Exeter, United Kingdom; and R. Swinbank, N. Roberts, K. Mylne, and G. Leoncini
Recording files available
Session 5
Rasmusson-Wyrtki session on ENSO, Tropical Ocean-Atmosphere Interactions, and Global Climatic Impacts: 20 Years after TOGA-Part II
Location: 122BC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 27th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Chair: Clara Deser, NCAR
  1:30 PM
5.1
A nonlinear framework for advancing our understanding of ENSO in climate models
Pedro N. DiNezio, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI

  2:00 PM
5.3
Progresses Since TOGA in Understanding El Niño Dynamics
Fei-Fei Jin, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI

  2:15 PM
5.4
The Curious Case of the El Niño That Never Happened: A perspective from 40 years of progress in climate research and forecasting
Michael McPhaden, NOAA/ERL/Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, Seattle, WA; and A. Timmermann, M. J. Widlansky, M. A. Balmaseda, and T. N. Stockdale
  2:30 PM
5.5
Identifying unpredictable components of El Niño
Cécile Penland, NOAA/ESRL/Physical Sciences Division, Boulder, CO
Recording files available
Session 6
Air-sea interaction at the mesoscale, and effect on planetary scale climate, Part 1
Location: 224A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 19th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction
Cochairs: Young-Oh Kwon, WHOI; Arnaud Czaja, Imperial College
  2:00 PM
6.3
Ocean Meso-scale Eddies Influencing Weather Patterns in the North Pacific
Xiaohui Ma, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and P. Chang, R. Saravanan, R. Montuoro, J. S. Hsieh, X. Lin, D. Wu, and L. Wu

  2:30 PM
6.5
  2:45 PM
6.6
Recording files available
Session 6
Data Assimilation: Hybrid Schemes
Location: 131AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 19th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)
Chair: Jeffrey Anderson, NCAR
  2:00 PM
6.3
Regional Applications of the GSI-Hybrid Data Assimilation for High-Resolution Tropical Storm Forecasts
Chunhua Zhou, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and H. Shao, L. R. Bernardet, M. Tong, and V. Tallapragada
  2:15 PM
6.4
Recent Improvements of GSI 3DVAR-Ensemble Hybrid Data Assimilation System for Rapid Refresh and High Resolution Rapid Refresh
Ming Hu, NOAA/ESRL/Global Systems Division, Boulder, CO; and S. S. Weygandt, D. C. Dowell, S. Benjamin, J. S. Whitaker, and C. R. Alexander
  2:30 PM
6.5
Development and evaluation of a multi-functional data assimilation testbed based on EnKF and WRFVar with various hybrid options
Yonghui Weng, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA; and F. Zhang, J. Poterjoy, Y. Ying, C. Melhauser, D. Tao, S. J. Greybush, X. Zhang, and J. Sun

  2:45 PM
6.6
Advancing the Rapid Refresh Cloud and Precipitation Hydrometeor Analysis Towards Hybrid Ensemble-Variational Data Assimilation
Therese Thompson Ladwig, NOAA/ESRL/Global Systems Division and CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and M. Hu, S. S. Weygandt, S. Benjamin, D. C. Dowell, and C. R. Alexander
Recording files available
Session 6
Electric Generation Forecast Modeling for Wind and Solar
Location: 224B (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Sixth Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy
Cochairs: Evan G. Osler, NRG Systems, Inc.; James M. Wilczak, NOAA/ESRL
  1:30 PM
6.1
Power Curve Modeling in Complex Terrain Using Statistical Models
Vera Bulaevskaya, LLNL, Livermore, CA; and S. Wharton, A. Clifton, G. Qualley, and W. Miller

  1:45 PM
6.2
An Operational Forecasting System for Renewable Power in the Southwest US Using NWP, Satellite Imagery, and DG PV Production Data
William F. Holmgren, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and M. Leuthold, C. K. Kim, A. T. Lorenzo, E. A. Betterton, and A. D. Cronin
  2:15 PM
6.4
Improvements in Satellite-Derived Short-Term Insolation Forecasting: Statistical Comparisons, Challenges for Advection-Based Forecasts, and New Techniques
Matthew A. Rogers, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and S. D. Miller, J. M. Haynes, A. Heidinger, S. E. Haupt, and M. Sengupta
  2:30 PM
6.5
  2:45 PM
6.6
HRRR/Rapid Refresh Assimilation/Modeling improvements for Wind/Solar Energy Guidance
Stan Benjamin, NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and J. B. Olson, E. James, J. Brown, C. Alexander, and J. Kenyon
Recording files available
Session 6
General Applications of Atmospheric Electricity and Lightning Data
Location: 225AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Seventh Conference on the Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data
Chair: Wiebke Deierling, NCAR
  1:30 PM
6.1A
Analyzing the Relationship Between Positive and Negative Leader Growth and Continuing Current
Jeff Lapierre, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM; and R. Sonnenfeld, H. E. Edens, and M. Stock
  1:45 PM
6.2
Coordinated 3-D Lightning Mapping, Balloon-borne Electric Field, and Polarimetric Radar Observations of Triggered Lightning Flashes at Camp Blanding, Florida
Donald R. MacGorman, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and M. I. Biggerstaff, S. Waugh, J. Pilke, M. A. Uman, D. Jordan, T. Ngin, W. Gamerota, G. Carrie, and P. T. Hyland
  2:30 PM
6.5
Investigation of the electrification of pyrocumulus clouds
Timothy J. Lang, NASA/MSFC, Huntsville, AL; and K. LaRoche, B. Baum, M. Bateman, and D. Mach
  2:45 PM
6.6
Recording files available
Session 6
Middle atmosphere climate variability and change / Tropical tropopause layer
Location: 212A West Building (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 18th Conference on Middle Atmosphere
Chair: Stephan Fueglistaler, Princeton University
  1:30 PM
6.1
  2:00 PM
6.3
Processes controlling tropical tropopause temperature and stratospheric water vapour
Steven C. Hardiman, Met Office, Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom; and I. A. Boutle, A. C. Bushell, N. Butchart, M. J. P. Cullen, P. R. Field, K. Furtado, J. Manners, S. F. Milton, F. M. O'Connor, B. Shipway, C. Smith, D. Walters, K. D. Williams, N. Wood, L. Abraham, J. Keeble, and A. C. Maycock
  2:45 PM
6.6
Influence of the Madden-Julian Oscillation on the Tropical Tropopause Layer during the 2011-12 DYNAMO Field Campaign
Erin L. Dagg, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and T. Birner and R. H. Johnson

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Session 6
Science & Technology Approaches to a WRN – Part 1
Location: 221A-C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Third Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation’s Readiness, Responsiveness, and Resilience to High Impact Weather Events
Cochairs: Douglas Hilderbrand, NOAA/NWS; Jennifer Sprague, NOAA/NWS
  1:45 PM
6.2
HIWeather: bringing an international perspective to weather readiness
Brian William Golding, Met Office, Exeter, United Kingdom; and S. C. Jones
  2:00 PM
6.3
The National Weather Service Impacts Catalog
Kevin Scharfenberg, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and J. Crockett, J. Keyes, M. W. Davis, W. M. Thomas, and L. Dunn
  2:30 PM
6.5
Findings from the 2014 Hazardous Weather Testbed Probabilistic Hazard Information Experiment
Christopher D. Karstens, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and G. J. Stumpf, D. M. Kingfield, C. Ling, L. Hua, T. M. Smith, J. Correia Jr., K. M. Calhoun, K. L. Ortega, C. J. Melick, and L. P. Rothfusz
  2:45 PM
6.6
CASA Dallas Fort Worth Urban Demonstration Network: A Living Lab for Innovations in Severe Weather Warning and Response
Brenda J. Philips, Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA; and V. Chandrasekar, M. Thoerner, T. McClung, A. Bajaj, D. J. Seo, C. League, and J. Brotzge

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Session 6
Turbulence and Wind Shear - Part II
Location: 129A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 17th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology
Cochairs: Timothy H. Miner, Allied Pilots Association; Cecilia Miner, NOAA/NWS
  1:30 PM
6.1
High Resolution Clear-Air Turbulence Observations With Mode S
Jacek M. Kopeć, Univ. of Warsaw, Warszawa, Poland; and K. Bajer and S. de Haan
  1:45 PM
6.2
Intensity of Thunderstorm-Generated Turbulence Revealed by Large-Eddy Simulation
Todd P. Lane, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; and R. D. Sharman

  2:00 PM
6.3
Eddy Dissipation Rate (EDR) Uplink Demonstration Capacity and Efficiency Benefits Quantification
Tammy J. Farrar, FAA, Washington, DC; and R. S. Lee, M. Phaneuf, M. Robinson, J. Bracken, E. Frazier, and W. Watts
  2:15 PM
6.4
Assessment of Wind Shear Forecast Performance and Implications on Wind Compression Impacts
Colleen Reiche, AvMet Applications Inc., Reston, VA; and M. Robinson, B. Niu, D. O'Donnell, and M. Kay
  2:30 PM
6.5
The New Turbulence Nowcast from Schneider Electric
Donald W. McCann, McCann Aviation Weather Research, Inc., Overland Park, KS; and D. W. Lennartson
  2:45 PM
6.6
Global Turbulence Forecasts for Aviation
R. D. Sharman, NCAR, Boulder, CO

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Session 6A
Quasi-Operational Products you can use now
Location: 131C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 31st Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies
Cochairs: Lakshmanan Valliappa, The Climate Corporation; Kevin Kelleher, NOAA/NSSL
  1:30 PM
6A.1
NOAA IDP-GIS: MOVING GIS INTO OPERATIONS
Tony LaVoi, NOAA, Chaarleston, SC; and K. Ward, K. Pelman, V. Silva, and N. Parikh
  1:45 PM
6A.2
The High-Resolution Rapid Refresh (HRRR): The Operational Implementation
Curtis R. Alexander, NOAA/ESRL/Global Systems Division and CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and G. Manikin, S. Benjamin, S. S. Weygandt, G. DiMego, M. Hu, and T. G. Smirnova
  2:00 PM
6A.3
Rapid Refresh: NCEP operational upgrade and work toward version 3 and the North American Rapid Refresh Ensemble (NARRE)
Stephen S. Weygandt, NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and S. Benjamin, T. G. Smirnova, M. Hu, J. B. Olson, H. Lin, C. R. Alexander, G. Manikin, E. P. James, I. Jankov, J. Brown, and D. C. Dowell
  2:15 PM
6A.4
The Path to Achieving Operational Status for NOAA's Meteorological Assimilation Data Ingest System (MADIS)
Tim McClung, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and S. Pritchett, G. Pratt, L. Benjamin, T. Kent, G. Padmanabhan, L. K. Cheatwood, and M. Vrencur
  2:45 PM
6A.6
Applications of geodetic techniques to atmospheric and environmental studies
Shelley Olds, UNAVCO, Boulder, CO; and C. M. Puskas and J. J. Braun
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Session 6B
RADAR - MPAR Program and Radar Research
Location: 132AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 31st Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies
Cochairs: Mark B. Yeary, University of Oklahoma; Michael J. Istok, NOAA/NWS; Kurt D. Hondl, NOAA/NSSL; Robert E. Saffle, Noblis, Inc.
  1:30 PM
6B.1
Multi-Function Phased Array Radar (MPAR) Program and Plans
Kurt D. Hondl, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and M. J. Emanuel and J. E. Stailey
  1:45 PM
6B.2
Cylindrical Polarimetric Phased Array Radar Demonstrator
Caleb Fulton, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. Meier, R. Kelley, S. Karimkashi, M. McCord, I. Meier, G. Zhang, R. Palmer, A. Zahrai, D. Schmidt, R. J. Doviak, D. Zrnic, L. Bhowmik, and A. Byrd
  2:00 PM
6B.3
A Dual Polarization Phased Array Radar Demonstrator
Kurt D. Hondl, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and A. Zahrai, D. Zrnic, B. M. Isom, D. Conway, M. Fosberry, H. Thomas, M. Harger, A. Mankame, J. Cho, R. Kelley, J. B. Meier, and M. McCord
  2:15 PM
6B.4
  2:30 PM
6B.5
Adaptive Waveform Design Applications for a Multi-Sector MPAR
James M. Kurdzo, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and R. Palmer, B. L. Cheong, R. Kelley, and C. Fulton
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Joint Session 8
Do Climate Services Make a Difference? Evaluating the Development and Provision of Climate Information
Location: 226C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint between the 10th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; and the 27th Conference on Climate Variability and Change )
Chair: Zack S. Guido, University of Arizona

This session focuses on efforts that have evaluated how climate services have influenced resource management, policy, or other decision contexts. Presentations can highlight useful metrics and effective research design for evaluating climate services as well as documented outcomes of climate service activities. Presentations for work that evaluates the outcomes of a program or policy.
  2:30 PM
J8.5
CCAFS' Innovative Tool Measure the Value of Climate Services for Farmers
Alexa Jay, CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security, Palisades, NY; and A. Tall
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Joint Session 8
Selections of Student Research within the Joint Satellite Program
Location: 231ABC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint between the 20th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography; the 11th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; and the Third Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation )
Cochairs: George P. Kablick III, University of Maryland, College Par; Shaima L. Nasiri, Texas A & M University

Pulling student submissions from each of the three conferences within the Joint Satellite Program, this session will highlight the innovations being made by young scientists.
  2:00 PM
J8.3
Limb Correction of Individual Infrared Channels Used in RGB Composite Products
Nicholas J. Elmer, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and E. Berndt, G. J. Jedlovec, and F. J. LaFontaine
  2:15 PM
J8.4
Temperature and moisture retrieval from AIRS measurements under cloudy condition over East Asia
Ahreum Lee, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea; and B. J. Sohn, H. Han, H. S. Jang, and E. Weisz
  2:30 PM
J8.5
Development of a Near-Real Time Hail Damage Swath Identification Algorithm for Vegetation
Jordan R. Bell, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and A. L. Molthan, L. A. Schultz, K. M. McGrath, and J. E. Burks
  2:45 PM
J8.6A
Investigating the effect of ENSO upon oceanic rainfall estimates
David Henderson, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and C. D. Kummerow
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Joint Session 9
Weather and Climate Information for Emergency Response Planning - I
Location: 226AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint between the 10th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the Sixth Conference on Environment and Health; and the Third Symposium on the Weather and Climate Enterprise )
Cochairs: Susan A. Jasko, California Univ. of Pennsylvania; John A. Haynes, NASA

Session explores the roles weather and forecasting play in human health and happiness, community viability, public health practice, and increases in demand for weather DSS in health.
  1:30 PM
J9.1
Investigating Co-Variability Between Mortality and Slow Atmospheric Oscillations
Augustin Vintzileos, University of Maryland/Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, Camp Springs, MD; and S. C. Sheridan, C. C. Lee, J. Gottschalck, and M. Halpert
  1:45 PM
J9.2
  2:00 PM
J9.3
Comparing the Impact of Spatial Resolution on Modeling Extreme Heat Vulnerability
Austin C. Stanforth, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN; and D. P. Johnson
  2:15 PM
J9.4
Integrated Models and Tools for Heat-health Decision Making
Olga Wilhelmi, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. Boehnert and M. H. Hayden
  2:45 PM
Discussion

3:00 PM-3:30 PM: Tuesday, 6 January 2015


Coffee Break
Location: Hall 5 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

Meet the President
Location: 126A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

3:30 PM-4:30 PM: Tuesday, 6 January 2015

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Session 2
Other Topics Analyzed Through the Lens of History
Location: 128AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 13th History Symposium
  3:30 PM
2.1
Astronomy or Meteorology or ?: Sun-Weather Connection Research as a Borderland Science
Joseph P. Bassi, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University/Worldwide, Lompoc, CA

  3:45 PM
2.2
Richard Assmann and the Discovery of the Stratosphere
Thomas Birner, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and K. Boyd
  4:00 PM
2.3
Meteorological Aspects of the First Flight Over Everest
Dr Harshvardhan, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
  4:15 PM
2.4

3:30 PM-5:00 PM: Tuesday, 6 January 2015

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Session 7
Turbulence and Wind Shear - Part III
Location: 129A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 17th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology
Cochairs: Le Jiang, I.M. Systems Group, Inc.; Edward H. Teets Jr., NASA
  4:30 PM
7.5
Variability of Turbulence Potentials along the Trans-Atlantic Wind-Optimal Flight Route
Jung-Hoon Kim, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Kansas City, MO; and W. N. Chan, B. Sridhar, R. D. Sharman, and P. D. Williams
  4:45 PM
7.6

3:30 PM-5:15 PM: Tuesday, 6 January 2015

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Session 7
Wind Modeling for Short-Range Forecasting
Location: 224B (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Sixth Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy
Cochairs: Larry K. Berg, PNNL; Eric E. Wertz, MDA Information Systems, LLC
  4:00 PM
7.3
Meteorological Analysis of Large Power-Error Events in the Wind Forecast Improvement Project (Wfip) Data Set
James M. Wilczak, NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and L. Bianco, I. V. Djalalova, D. J. Gottas, P. J. Neiman, and J. B. Olson
  4:15 PM
7.4
Development of a wind turbine icing event database
Daniel R. Adriaansen, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and P. Prestopnik, D. Blanche, and M. Politovich
  4:30 PM
7.5
  5:00 PM
7.7
Investigating Marine Boundary Layer Parameterizations for Improved Off-Shore Wind Predictions by Combining Observations with Models via State Estimation
Luca delle Monache, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. Hacker, B. Kosovic, J. A. Lee, F. Vandenberghe, Y. Wu, A. Clifton, S. Hawkins, J. N. Nissen, and D. Rostkier-Edelstein

3:30 PM-5:30 PM: Tuesday, 6 January 2015

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Joint Session 2
Marine aerosols: Sources, chemistry, and cloud-climate interactions II
Location: 124A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint between the 19th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction; the 17th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; and the Seventh Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions )
Cochairs: Nicholas Meskhidze, North Carolina State University; Philip Rasch, PNNL
  3:30 PM
J2.1
Advancing understanding of the marine biogeochemical influence on primary sea spray aerosol composition
Susannah M. Burrows, PNNL, Richland, WA; and S. M. Elliott, A. Frossard, D. T. McCoy, L. M. Russell, X. Liu, O. Ogunro, R. Easter, and P. Rasch

  3:45 PM
J2.2
Identifying links between sea spray ice nucleating particles and oceanic biological activity
Christina S. McCluskey, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and T. C. J. Hill, E. J. T. Levin, G. Cornwell, C. Sultana, C. Lee, H. A. Al-Mashat, O. Laskina, V. H. Grassian, C. M. Beall, K. A. Moore, K. A. Prather, D. Pham, R. C. Moffet, S. M. Kreidenweis, and P. J. DeMott
  4:00 PM
J2.3
Combined X-ray and Raman Spectroscopic Techniques Linking Sea Spray Aerosol to Surface Water Characteristics
Josephine Y. Aller, SUNY, Stony Brook, NY; and P. A. Alpert, D. A. Knopf, W. Kilthau, D. Bothe, T. W. Wilson, B. J. Murray, and J. Radway

  4:15 PM
J2.4
Ice nuclei in the sea surface microlayer
Theodore W. Wilson, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom; and L. A. ladino, P. A. Alpert, T. F. Whale, J. P. D. Abbatt, J. Y. Aller, A. K. Bertram, M. Breckels, C. Judd, D. A. Knopf, R. H. Mason, L. Miller, E. Polishchuk, C. L. Schiller, M. Si, W. Kilthau, J. P. S. Wong, O. Wurl, J. D. Yakobi-Hancock, and B. J. Murray

  4:30 PM
J2.5
On the Production of Large Ice Number Concentrations in Maritime Cumuli
Sonia Lasher-Trapp, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and D. Leon and P. J. DeMott

  4:45 PM
J2.6
  5:00 PM
J2.7
An investigation of the Enhanced Southern Oceans Anomaly (ESOA) over high latitude oceans
Jianglong Zhang, Univ. of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND; and M. Christensen, T. D. Toth, J. S. Reid, E. J. Hyer, J. R. Campbell, and X. Zhang

  5:15 PM
J2.8
The effect of sulfate aerosol and organic matter in sea spray aerosol on Southern Ocean cloud droplet number concentration and albedo
Daniel T. McCoy, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and S. M. Burrows, S. M. Elliott, D. P. Grosvenor, D. L. Hartmann, P. Rasch, and R. Wood

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Session 3
AI for Climate Informatics
Location: 124B (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 13th Conference on Artificial Intelligence
Chair: William W. Hsieh, Univ. of British Columbia
  3:30 PM
3.1
Attribution of Extreme Summer Temperatures in SE Australia
Michael Richman, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and L. Leslie and K. Flenory
  3:45 PM
3.2
Diagnosing Tropical Cyclone Intensification Composite Variability using Reanalyses
Andrew Edward Mercer, Mississippi State Univ., Mississippi State, MS; and A. D. Grimes
  4:00 PM
3.3
Creating Post-Event Storm Tracks for Severe Weather Climatologies
V. Lakshmanan, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and B. S. Herzog and D. M. Kingfield
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Session 3
Orographic Cloud Seeding: Numerical Modeling
Location: 211B West Building (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 20th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification
Chair: Roy M. Rasmussen, NCAR
  4:00 PM
3.2
Can Wintertime Orographic Clouds Be over Seeded by AgI?
Lulin Xue, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and I. Geresdi, R. M. Rasmussen, S. A. Tessendorf, V. P. Holbrook, D. Blestrud, M. L. Kunkel, B. Glenn, and S. Parkinson
  4:30 PM
3.4
A Real-time Cloud Seeding Guidance System based on the WRF Model: System refinements and new results
Sarah A. Tessendorf, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and L. Xue, C. Weeks, R. M. Rasmussen, D. Blestrud, V. P. Holbrook, M. L. Kunkel, and S. Parkinson

 
Paper 3.5 has been moved. It is now poster 924.

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Joint Session 3
The Use of Social Media in Education, Outreach and Training
Location: 125AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint between the 24th Symposium on Education; and the 31st Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies )
Cochairs: Margaret Mooney, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin; Thomas M. Whittaker, SSEC/CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin
  3:30 PM
J3.1
Using Google Hangouts for Weather Education
Tim Brice, NOAA/NWS/Weather Forecast Office in El Paso, TX, Santa Teresa, NM; and M. Pazos
  3:45 PM
J3.2
Pictures are Worth 1,000 Shares: Connecting Social Media with Visual Data to Improve Communications Strategies
Daniel P. Pisut, I.M. Systems Group, Silver Spring, MD; and H. Samuelson, G. Jungbluth, and L. Saunders
  4:15 PM
J3.4
  4:30 PM
J3.5
The use of Blogs, Twitter and YouTube for outreach at CIMSS
Scott S. Lindstrom, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and A. S. Bachmeier
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Session 4
Future Directions
Location: 211A West Building (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Harry R. Glahn Symposium
Chair: Barbara G. Brown, NCAR
CoChair: David A. Unger, NOAA/CPC
  4:30 PM
4.4
Taiwan CWB MOS System (Invited Presentation)
Jonq-Gong Chern, Taiwan Central Weather Bureau, Taipei, Taiwan, Taiwan
  4:45 PM
4.5
Forecasting Regional Chance of Occurrence through Aggregation of MOS PoPs (Invited Presentation)
George S. Young, Penn State, University Park, PA; and S. D. Goldberger, J. Verlinde, C. J. Hanlon, and J. Nese
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Session 4
Modeling of Global, Regional and Coastal Atmospheric and Ocean Systems: Part 2; Novel observational techniques
Location: 130 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 13th Symposium on the Coastal Environment
Cochairs: Hyodae Seo, WHOI; Mona Behl, Texas A&M University
  3:45 PM
4.2
A Wave, Surge and Inundation Modeling Testbed for Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands: Year 1 progress
Andre J. van der Westhuysen, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, College Park, MD; and C. Anselmi, R. Calzada, J. C. Feyen, C. Forbes, J. Gonzalez, A. Mercado, J. Morell, J. Rhome, E. Rodriguez, J. Smith, J. Veeramony, and J. Westerink
  4:00 PM
4.3
Numerical Simulation of Storm Surge Generated by Hurricane Arthur with an Air-Sea Coupled Model
Fan Zhang, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Cambridge, MD; and M. Li, S. Lee, and A. C. Ross

  4:15 PM
4.4
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Session 4
US Weather Impacts in 2014
Location: 229AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Major Weather Events and Societal Impacts of 2014
Chair: Tanja Fransen, NOAA/NWS
  4:15 PM
4.4
The Severe CONUS Ice Season of 2013-2014
Brian Jackson, NOAA/NESDIS, Suitland, MD
  4:30 PM
4.5
Societal Impacts and Response to the 28 January 2014 Atlanta Winter Storm
Keith Stellman, NOAA/NWS, Peachtree City, GA; and J. L. Fieux, S. E. Nelson, T. D. Palmer, A. Baker, J. T. Deese, and A. R. Gibbs
  4:45 PM
4.6
Southern Nevada Impacts Associated with Tropical Moisture from Hurricane Norbert (Invited Presentation)
Michael J. Paddock, NOAA/NWSFO, Las Vegas, NV; and J. Pullin and C. Steele

Handout (3.8 MB)

  5:00 PM
4.7
  5:15 PM
4.8

Session 5
NOSIA - NOAA Observing System Integrated Analysis
Location: 226C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 10th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice
Cochairs: David Helms, NOAA/NESDIS; Eric Miller, NOAA/NESDIS; Martin Yapur, NOAA/NESDIS
  3:30 PM
5.1
Evolution of NOAA's Observing System Investment Assessment Process
Eric Miller, NOAA/NESDIS, Silver Spring, MD; and H. W. Tileston III

  4:15 PM
5.4
NOAA Observing System Integrated Analysis (NOSIA) Methodology
Martin Yapur, NOAA/NESDIS, Silver Spring, MD; and D. Helms and E. Miller

  4:30 PM
5.5
  4:45 PM
5.6
OSEs, OSSEs and the NOSIA Capability
Aaron Pratt, NOAA/NESDIS, Silver Spring, MD; and D. Helms, L. Cantrell, R. C. Reining, and V. Ries

Handout (953.3 kB)

  5:00 PM
5.7
NOAA Observing System Integrated Analysis - II: The Characterization of Interconnectivity
Louis Cantrell Jr., Integrated Systems Solutions, Inc, Dunn Loring, VA; and M. L. Austin
Manuscript (669.1 kB)

  5:15 PM
Discussion

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Session 6
Advances in Observations and Modeling (2)
Location: 227A-C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 12th Conference on Space Weather
Chair: W. Dean Pesnell, NASA
  3:45 PM
6.2
Stormed Ionospheric Weather Observed by Using FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC
Jann-Yenq Liu, National Central University, Chung-Li, Taiwan; and C. T. Hsu
  4:00 PM
6.3
The role of nitric oxide in thermospheric response to different storm drivers
Delores J. Knipp, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and W. K. Tobiska, B. Bowman, L. M. Kilcommons, and R. McGranaghan

  4:15 PM
6.4
Flare response to the thermospheric diurnal neutral wind measured by the Fabry-Perot Interferometers
Akiyo Yatagai, Solar-Terrestrial Environment Laboratory, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan; and K. Shiokawa

  4:30 PM
6.5
Prediction of Ionospheric Activity from the AL Index Time Series Using the Ensemble Transform Kalman Filter
Erin M. Lynch, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and A. S. Sharma, E. Kalnay, and K. Ide

  4:45 PM
6.6
Storm-time variations in aurora and thermospheric compositions
Yongliang Zhang, Johns Hopkins Univ. Applied Physics Lab, Laurel, MD; and L. Paxton, R. Schaefer, and H. Kil
  5:15 PM
6.8
Advancements in empirical geomagnetic field modeling during the Van Allen Probes era
Grant Stephens, John Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD; and M. Sitnov, H. Korth, and A. Ukhorskiy
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Session 6
Hydrometeorological Extremes: Flood Analysis and Prediction II
Location: 127ABC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 29th Conference on Hydrology
Cochairs: Andrew W. Wood, NCAR; David J. Gochis, NCAR
  3:30 PM
6.1
  3:45 PM
6.2
HRRR model performance for the September 2013 northeastern Colorado floods
Ed Szoke, NOAA/ESRL/GSD and CIRA, Boulder, CO; and S. Benjamin, C. R. Alexander, E. P. James, J. Brown, D. T. Lindsey, and B. Jamison
  4:00 PM
6.3
Results from the NWS Flash Flood Summit: A community-based initiative for modernized operational flash flood modeling and forecasting
Edward Clark, NOAA/NWS/Office of Climate, Water, and Weather Services, Silver Spring, MD; and K. E. Abshire and M. G. Mullusky

  4:15 PM
6.4
Numerical Modeling of Flash Floods over Complex Terrain near Black Hills, South Dakota
Brian Freitag, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and E. Foshee, U. Nair, and Y. Wu
  4:30 PM
6.5
  4:45 PM
6.6
Real-time Flash Flood Observational Datasets in Support of the NSSL's 2014 HWT-Hydro Experiment
Brandon R. Smith, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. Gourley, L. P. Rothfusz, R. Clark III, J. M. Erlingis, Z. L. Flamig, E. Mintmire, K. L. Ortega, and B. Cosgrove
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Session 6
Impacts of aerosols on storm dynamics, cloud physics, and precipitation II
Location: 223 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Seventh Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions
Cochairs: Susan C. van den Heever, Colorado State Univ.; Wei-Kuo Tao, NASA/GSFC
  3:30 PM
6.1
  4:00 PM
6.3
  4:15 PM
6.4
Aerosol-induced microphysical processes and electrification in pyrocumulus
Leah D. Grant, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and R. Duff and S. C. van den Heever

  4:45 PM
6.6
  5:00 PM
6.7
Impacts of Aerosol Vertical Location and Concentration on MCS Convective and Stratiform Regions
Peter J. Marinescu, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and S. M. Saleeby, S. C. van den Heever, S. M. Kreidenweis, and P. J. DeMott

  5:15 PM
6.8
Anthropogenic Pollution Contribution to the Catastrophic 2013 Sichuan Flood in Southwest China
Jiwen Fan, PNNL, Richland, WA; and Y. Yang, D. Rosenfeld, L. Y. R. Leung, and Z. Li

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Session 7
Data Assimilation: New Methodologies I
Location: 131AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 19th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)
Chair: Derek J. Posselt, University of Michigan
  4:00 PM
7.3
The 10,240-member ensemble Kalman filtering with an intermediate AGCM without localization
Keiichi Kondo, RIKEN Advanced Institute for Computational Science, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan; and T. Miyoshi
  4:15 PM
7.4
  4:30 PM
7.5
  4:45 PM
7.6
  5:00 PM
7.7
Data Assimilation with a Climatologically Augmented Local Ensemble Transform Kalman Filter
Matthew R. Kretschmer, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and E. Ott and B. R. Hunt

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Session 7
Lightning Physics, Photography and Videography
Location: 225AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Seventh Conference on the Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data
Chair: Eric C. Bruning, Texas Tech Univ

Details regarding lightning physics and corresponding scientific applications of lightning photography and videography.
  3:45 PM
7.2
On-Shore and Off-Shore Storm Characteristic Results Over East Central Florida
Jennifer G. Wilson, NASA/Kennedy Space Center, Kennedy Space Center, FL; and K. Cummins, A. A. Simpson, R. G. Brown, A. L. Hinckley, and W. Rison

  4:00 PM
7.3
Observations of the Initiation of Lightning Flashes
William Rison, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM; and P. R. Krehbiel, M. Stock, H. E. Edens, X. M. Shao, R. J. Thomas, and M. A. Stanley

  4:15 PM
7.4
Digital Still Photography of Weakly Luminous Electrical Breakdown Phenomena
Harald E. Edens, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM

  4:30 PM
7.5
Recent observations from the flash-continuous broadband VHF lightning interferometer at Langmuir Laboratory
Michael Stock, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM; and P. R. Krehbiel, J. Lapierre, W. Rison, H. E. Edens, and R. J. Thomas
  4:45 PM
7.6
Video and Photographic Investigations of Lightning and Transient Luminous Events (TLEs) during PhOCAL 2014
Walter A. Lyons, WeatherVideoHD.TV, Fort Collins, CO; and T. A. Warner, T. J. Lang, W. Rison, S. A. Cummer, M. G. McHarg, T. Ashcraft, K. Palivec, J. Yue, T. E. Nelson, H. E. Edens, and M. A. Stanley

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Session 7
Science & Technology Approaches to a WRN – Part 2: Decision Support Services
Location: 221A-C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Third Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation’s Readiness, Responsiveness, and Resilience to High Impact Weather Events
Cochairs: Douglas Hilderbrand, NOAA/NWS; Dave Jones, StormCenter Communications, Inc.
  3:30 PM
7.1
New York State Resiliency Institute for Storms and Emergencies: Translate Weather and Climate Research to Actions
Minghua Zhang, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY; and E. K. M. Chang and B. Colle
  3:45 PM
7.2
NYS RISE contributions to enhance resiliency of New York State against impacts of Sandy-like storms
Edmund K. M. Chang, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY; and M. Zhang and B. Colle

Handout (3.9 MB)

  4:15 PM
7.4
  5:00 PM
7.7
Development of the Environmental Decision Support System: Towards Web-Based Impact-Driven Decision Support Services
Shawn Freeman, Northrop Grumman, Chantilly, VA; and G. Higgins, K. Darmenova, A. Maffei, and D. Apling
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Session 7
The role of air-sea interaction in climate variability and change, Part 1
Location: 224A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 19th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction
Cochairs: Hisashi Nakamura, Univ. of Tokyo; R. Justin Small, UCAR
  3:45 PM
7.2
Investigating the atmospheric response to a realistic shift in the Oyashio sea surface temperature front
Matthew Newman, University of Colorado/CIRES and NOAA/ESRL/Physical Sciences Division, Boulder, CO; and D. Smirnov, M. Alexander, Y. O. Kwon, and C. Frankignoul
  4:00 PM
7.3
A New Paradigm for Decadal-scale Mid-latitude Air-Sea Interaction
Guidi Zhou, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research, Kiel, Germany; and M. Latif, R. Greatbatch, and W. Park
  4:45 PM
7.6
Summertime surface and subsurface temperature variability in the North Pacific in the last decade
Masami Nonaka, JAMSTEC, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan; and S. Hosoda, Y. Sasai, and H. Sasaki
  5:00 PM
7.7
Are Southern Ocean Swells important for ENSO and Indian Ocean Dipole?
Yalin Fan, US Naval Research Laboratory, Stennis Space Center, MS; and E. Rogers and T. Jensen
  5:15 PM
7.8
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Session 7
Tropical tropopause layer / Middle atmosphere transport
Location: 212A West Building (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 18th Conference on Middle Atmosphere
Chair: Richard S. Stolarski, Johns Hopkins Univ.
  3:45 PM
7.2
  4:00 PM
7.3
Quantifying the Contribution of Vertical Mixing to the Tape Recorder Signal
Anne S. Glanville, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and T. Birner
  4:15 PM
7.4
Lagrangian approach to quantifying processes influencing the lower stratosphere using Aura MLS observations
Nathaniel Livesey, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and M. L. Santee, G. L. Manney, M. Schwartz, and M. Rex

  4:30 PM
7.5
  4:45 PM
7.6
Hemispheric differences in tropical lower stratospheric transport
Darryn Waugh, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; and R. S. Stolarski, M. Abalos, L. Oman, D. Kinnison, and W. J. Randel
  5:00 PM
7.7
Transport of QBO-induced middle stratospheric variability to the Antarctic lower stratosphere on a one year time scale
Susan E. Strahan, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and L. Oman, L. Coy, and A. R. Douglass

  5:15 PM
7.8
A Journey on the Stratospheric Highway: From Tropical Wind to Polar Spring
Luke Oman, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and S. E. Strahan, A. R. Douglass, and L. Coy

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Session 7A
RADAR - Signal Processing for Next Generation Radars
Location: 132AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 31st Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies
Cochairs: Mark B. Yeary, University of Oklahoma; Kurt D. Hondl, NOAA/NSSL; Michael J. Istok, NOAA/NWS; Robert E. Saffle, Noblis, Inc.
  3:30 PM
7A.1A
Raytheon Polarimetric X-Band Phased Array Radar: Single and Netted Radar System
Anthony P. Hopf, Raytheon Company, Tewksbury, MA; and J. Bourgeois, P. Drake, and T. J. Flynn

  3:45 PM
7A.2
  4:00 PM
7A.3
Emulation of Polarimetric Weather Radar Signals from Tornadic Debris
Boon Leng Cheong, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and D. J. Bodine, T. Maruyama, C. Fulton, S. M. Torres, and R. Palmer
  4:15 PM
7A.4
Adaptive Null-Forming for the Spy-1A at the National Weather Radar Testbed
John Lake, Univ. of Oklahoma, ARRC, Norman, OK; and C. D. Curtis and M. B. Yeary
  4:30 PM
7A.5
  4:45 PM
7A.6
Hybrid Scan and Joint Signal Processing for A High Efficient MPAR
Guifu Zhang, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and D. Zrnic, L. Borowska, and Y. Al-Rashid
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Session 7B
Road Weather Applications
Location: 131C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 31st Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies
Cochairs: Paul Pisano, Federal Highway Administration; Ralph Patterson, NarwhalMet; James P. Koermer, Plymouth State University
  3:30 PM
7B.1
FHWA Road Weather Managment Program Integrated Mobile Observations (IMO) Project
Brenda C. Boyce, Booz Allen Hamilton, Washington, DC; and P. Pisano and G. N. Guevara
  3:45 PM
7B.2
Real-time Applications of Weather and Pavement Data Generated by Mobile Platforms
Paul, O.G. Heppner, Global Science & Technology, Inc., Greenbelt, MD
  4:00 PM
7B.3
Evaluation of MoPED Observations in Surface Analyses
John D. Horel, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and D. Xia and P. O. G. Heppner
  4:15 PM
7B.4
The Pathfinder Project: Collaborative Messaging for Traveler Information
Paul Pisano, Federal Highway Administration, Washington, DC; and D. Carpenter, K. Barjenbruch, L. Dunn, R. Patterson, and L. Sturges
  4:45 PM
7B.6
Development of an Index for Estimating Road Weather Severity Based on Energy
Michael E. Baldwin, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN; and K. Hoogewind, C. Miller, and D. W. Snyder
  5:00 PM
7B.7
Developing an Inexpensive Dust Detection and Alert System
Ken R. Waters, NOAA/NWS, Phoenix, AZ; and D. Leins
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Joint Session 9
Research/studies that assess the impact of satellite data on forecast skill
Location: 230 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint between the 20th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography; the 11th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; and the Third Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation )
Cochairs: Jordan Gerth, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin; Nancy Baker, NRL
  4:15 PM
J9.4
Evaluation of the impact of satellite radiance data within the hybrid variational/EnKF Rapid Refresh data assimilation systems
Haidao Lin, CIRA/Colorado State Univ. and NOAA/ESRL/GSD, Boulder, CO; and S. S. Weygandt, M. Hu, C. R. Alexander, and S. Benjamin
  4:45 PM
J9.6
Assimilation of All-sky Microwave Radiances in the NCEP's Global Forecast System
Yanqiu Zhu, IMSG@NOAA/NCEP/EMC, College Park, MD; and E. Liu, A. Collard, D. T. Kleist, and J. Derber
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Joint Session 10
Regional Climate Partnerships: Connecting Climate Science and Decision Making-Part II
Location: 121BC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint between the 27th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; and the 10th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice )
Cochairs: Kevin Werner, NOAA; Adam Parris, NOAA
  3:30 PM
J10.1
Midwestern Regional Climate Center: Building partnerships across sectors
Beth L. Hall, Illinois State Water Survey/Midwestern Regional Climate Center, Champaign, IL; and M. S. Timlin
  4:45 PM
Panel Discussion

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Joint Session 10
User readiness for new operational environmental satellite systems
Location: 231ABC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint between the 11th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; and the 20th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography )
Cochairs: Bill Sjoberg, NESDIS/JPSS; Satya Kalluri, NOAA/NESDIS
  3:30 PM
J10.1
Joint Polar Satellite System's Operational and Research Applications from Suomi NPP
Mitchell Goldberg, NOAA/NESDIS/JPSS, Lanham, MD; and K. Shontz, B. Sjoberg, I. Guch, and R. R. Ferraro
  3:45 PM
J10.2
Active fire data from Suomi NPP VIIRS to serve end user applications
Ivan A. Csiszar, NOAA/NESDIS, College Park, MD; and E. Ellicott, L. Giglio, W. Schroeder, C. O. Justice, M. G. Ruminski, and S. Kondragunta
  4:00 PM
J10.3
Mapping Flood Induced by Hurricane Storm Surge Using the NPP/JPSS ATMS Data
Donglian (Lillian) Sun, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA; and W. Zheng, S. Li, A. Stefanidis, and M. Goldberg
  4:15 PM
J10.4
Preparing Users for the Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) on GOES-R
Timothy J. Schmit, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR, Madison, WI; and M. Gunshor, K. Bah, J. Gerth, B. Pierce, and S. J. Goodman
  4:30 PM
J10.5
Preparing Users for the Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM) on GOES-R
Steven J. Goodman, NOAA/NESDIS/GOES-R Program Office, Greenbelt, MD; and S. D. Rudlosky, G. T. Stano, K. M. Calhoun, L. Carey, P. Dills, P. Roohr, B. C. Motta, and J. LaDue
  4:45 PM
J10.6
  5:00 PM
J10.7
Infusing Information from SNPP and GOES-R Observations for Improved Monitoring of Weather, Water and Climate
Pingping Xie, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/CPC, College Park, MD; and R. J. Joyce, S. Wu, and F. Sun

  5:15 PM
J10.8
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Joint Session 11
Weather and Climate Information for Emergency Response Planning - II
Location: 226AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint between the 10th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the Sixth Conference on Environment and Health; and the Third Symposium on the Weather and Climate Enterprise )
Cochairs: Kristie L. Ebi, ClimAdapt, LLC; George Luber, CDC

Session explores tools and programs community clinicians and health officials use to prepare for and respond to weather emergencies. Presentations for work that transitions research to applications.
  3:30 PM
J11.1
Sneaky Weather and Scene Safety: How do first responders know?
Margaret L. Fowke, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD

  3:45 PM
J11.2
Weather Training For Emergency Managers: A Perspective From The EM Community
Kenneth Galluppi, Arizona State University, Mesa, AZ; and E. C. Kurtz and B. E. Montz
  4:00 PM
J11.3
An Outcomes-Based Heat Information System Prototype for Phoenix, Arizona
Benjamin L. Ruddell, Arizona State University, Mesa, AZ; and S. L. Harlan, D. M. Hondula, A. Jamison, D. Pettiti, D. M. Ruddell, and S. Yang

  4:15 PM
J11.4
New Evidence from a Hot Climate: Considering Multiple Health Events, Exposure Variables, and Trigger Points for Interventions Related to Health Impacts of High Temperatures
Sharon, L. Harlan, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ; and D. M. Hondula, D. B. Petitti, S. Yang, G. Chowell, and B. L. Ruddell
  4:45 PM
J11.6
  5:00 PM
J11.7
MEDMI: experience in building a structure for environment & health research in the UK
Brian William Golding, Met Office, Exeter, United Kingdom; and L. Fleming, A. Haines, A. Kessel, C. Whitmore, C. Sarran, and S. Hajat
  5:15 PM
Discussion

3:30 PM-5:45 PM: Tuesday, 6 January 2015

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Session 6
Rasmusson-Wyrtki session on ENSO, Tropical Ocean-Atmosphere Interactions, and Global Climatic Impacts: 20 Years after TOGA-Part III
Location: 122BC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 27th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Chair: Stephen E. Zebiak, International Research Institute for climate prediction, Columbia University
  3:30 PM
6.1
  3:45 PM
6.2
  4:00 PM
6.3
  4:15 PM
6.4
Transition characteristics and predictability of ENSO diversity
Chen Chen, Columbia University, Palisades, NY; and M. Cane, A. T. Wittenberg, and D. Chen
  4:30 PM
6.5
Influence of Two Types of El Niños on the East Asian Climate During Boreal Summer: A Numerical Study
Zhiping Wen, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China; and Z. Chen, R. Wu, P. Zhao, and J. Cao
  5:15 PM
6.8
  5:30 PM
6.9
Why is 2014 El Niño not a super El Niño?
Li-Ciao Hong, Research Center for Environmental Change, Taipei, Taiwan; and H. Lin and F. F. Jin

5:30 PM-6:30 PM: Tuesday, 6 January 2015


Town Hall Meeting: Education Symposium Discussion
Location: 125AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

The Symposium on Education seeks input to help formulate ideas for activities and sessions for the 2016 annual AMS meeting. Please join us for an inclusive conversation about the Education Symposium. We seek ideas to make the symposium even more dynamic, to better connect it to research and other research-focused symposia, and to interest more annual meeting attendees in participating. We welcome your ideas and suggestions.

6:00 PM-7:00 PM: Tuesday, 6 January 2015

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Session
Town Hall Meeting: Weather in Search, Social, and Mobile
Location: 126BC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint between the Third Symposium on the Weather and Climate Enterprise; and the Town Hall Meeting )

Weather information is being used in exciting new ways. The forefront of this innovation is online applications such as search, social, and mobile. This Town Hall panel brings together four key players in this space – Facebook, Twitter, Google, and Microsoft – to discuss how they use weather to reach billions of consumers, often in novel ways. David Kenny, CEO of The Weather Company, will moderate. Panelists include: • Bryan Hurren, strategic partnerships manager at Facebook • Andrew Fitzgerald, Media Partnerships team at Twitter • Arial Gronau, technical program manager at Google • Brett Tanzer, weather program manager at Microsoft
  6:00 PM
Town Hall Meeting: Weather in Search, Social, and Mobile - Ariel Gronau
  6:15 PM
Weather and Microsoft - Brett Tanzer

6:00 PM-7:30 PM: Tuesday, 6 January 2015

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Town Hall Meeting: Weather Risk Management: What Does it Mean and Where is it Going?
Location: 127ABC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

Wikipedia defines Weather Risk Management as “a way for organizations to limit their financial exposure to disruptive weather events.” The Weather Risk Management Association defines it as “having two facets: (1) The management of the financial consequences adverse weather for those with natural exposure to weather; and (2) Commercial trading of weather risk, both in its own right and in conjunction with a variety of commodities. “ Willis Group’s website cites “Traditional insurance offers protection against events such as floods and storms, but in the UK and in Europe there is not yet a wide use of protection against the effects of seasonal weather patterns such as temperature, rainfall or sunshine. However, these factors can have a major influence on corporate results and many firms publicly acknowledge this. As weather hedging becomes more commonplace, blaming the weather for poor results will become less acceptable.” The CME Group says “To help manage [the] impact on consumers and corporations, CME Group’s product slate has grown to meet customer needs by offering multiple risk management opportunities related to temperature, snowfall, frost, rainfall and hurricanes in more than 50 cities worldwide. Weather futures and options are available for block trading, which are privately negotiated futures, options, or combination transactions.” The term “Weather Risk Management” means many different things across our professional community. Weather trading, commodity trading, insurance, reinsurance and hedging are all terms of art. But what does it all really mean?? Who protects their business from weather risk? What information do they need in order to ‘manage weather risk?’ What is weather risk?? What does Weather Risk Management mean for meteorologists? What opportunities does it present? How have those opportunities changed since the first financial products were introduced in the late 1990s? Where is the market headed and what does that mean for information providers, experts, and customers? Join our panel of experts as we discuss the future for Weather Risk Management.
  6:00 PM
Town Hall Meeting: Weather Risk Management: What Does it Mean and Where is it Going? - S. Bennett

6:00 PM-8:30 PM: Tuesday, 6 January 2015


Town Hall Meeting: Wind-wave-current interactions, high winds, and tropical cyclone
Location: 124A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Speaker: Alexander V. Babanin, Swinburne University of Technology

We will discuss a new initiative for complex measurements in hurricanes with the purpose of advancing hurricane modeling. Physics of air-sea interactions, wave dynamics, atmospheric boundary layer, and upper ocean currents/mixing are very different in extreme winds compared to more benign conditions. However, our ability to observe and understand these physics is very limited. Often extrapolations from moderate conditions are relied upon even though they may not be physically justified. While theoretical research and numerical modeling of physics under extreme wind conditions have improved significantly over the last decade, there is little experimental and field evidence to validate and calibrate the models. In this meeting, we will discuss a new initiative to measure surface waves, air-sea fluxes, near-surface ocean turbulence/currents/mixing, and structure of the near-surface atmospheric boundary layer in extreme wind conditions for use in model validation. Please follow the link for more details (http://www.po.gso.uri.edu/airsea/ASI2015hurricane/Extreme_Events_meeting_AMS_2015.pdf)

Wednesday, 7 January 2015

7:00 AM-8:00 AM: Wednesday, 7 January 2015


Town Hall Meeting: The Weather Coalition: An Organizational Status and a Broad Legislative Update
Location: 223 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

The Weather Coalition (WC) welcomes new and returning members, as well as non-members interested in learning about the Weather Coalition and its activities, to this Town Hall event. The Weather Coalition Co-Chairs will provide a status of the organization, summarize activities associated with weather-related advocacy and legislation that took place across the past year, and discuss expected activities during 2015. Invited speaker Scott Rayder of UCAR will provide a legislative update that will focus on House and Senate legislative activities, budgets, and the recent elections.

7:00 AM-8:15 AM: Wednesday, 7 January 2015


Town Hall Meeting: Lessons learned about coping with high impact hydro-meteorological events in the US: “A stepping stone panel discussion for the 2015 DRR Summit on Lessons Learned about Lessons Learned
Location: 126A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Speaker: Curt Barrett, Consultant to USAID Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA)

Globally, high impact hydrometeorological events such as floods, flash floods, mudslides and droughts cause more humanitarian and economic losses than all other natural hazards. A key solution to mitigating climate, weather and water catastrophes is to establish End-to-End Early warning systems (EWS) as part of sustained and durable Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) programs. Country Donors, Finance Institutions, Hydrometeorological Organizations, such as the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), and Federal agencies, such as NOAA, have established and strengthened EWS capacity in regions where climate-extreme events have caused major disasters, such as in Central America (Hurricane Mitch 1998), and yet after each disaster these systems have fallen into disrepair. There are many technical and social/cultural lessons that should be learned from capacity building hydrometeorological projects that are not captured and used to restructure projects to improve sustainability. Instead, we keep making many of the same design, development, operation and maintenance mistakes and keep getting the same results. Recent studies (Glance and Baudoin,2014) of hydrometeorological projects reveals lessons are not learned. In fact lessons are not readily learned nor applied by many of the players responsible for and investing in building capacity of National Hydrological and Meteorological Services required to support key sectors and vulnerable communities. A “Lessons Learned” conference is planned in 2015 to address the question why the international community is not learning from history and what must be done to change effective practices. In the U.S., hydrometeorological disasters such as Katrina and Sandy have had a significant impact on the economy and building resilience to future high impact events. How does the U.S. and its partners learn from disaster preparedness, response and recovery and are there more effective approaches and practices that will contribute to lesson learning internationally? Are there international approaches from which the US can learn ? A panel will discuss the Lessons learning processes in the US, how it can be improved and how the US could/should work in the Global theater of building resilience to the new normal of extreme and high-impact events.

7:30 AM-8:15 AM: Wednesday, 7 January 2015

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Presidential Town Hall Meeting: President Obama's Climate Action Plan, Climate Impacts and EPA Action
Location: 127ABC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
  7:30 AM
Presidential Town Hall Meeting: President Obama's Climate Action Plan, Climate Impacts and EPA Action

8:30 AM-9:00 AM: Wednesday, 7 January 2015


Session 1
Welcome and Introductions
Location: 129B (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 18th Annual Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International (ASLI)
Chair: Matthew D. Ramey, UCAR
  8:30 AM
Welcome and Introductions - Matt Ramey

8:30 AM-10:00 AM: Wednesday, 7 January 2015

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Session 1
Advances in Satellite Observations and Earth Science
Location: 232A-C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Fifth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations
Cochairs: Brian Mischel, Riverside Technology Inc.; Tom Pagano, NASA/JPL
  8:30 AM
1.1
Implementation of Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution (TEMPO) (Invited Presentation)
Kelly Chance, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, MA; and X. Liu, R. Suleiman, D. E. Flittner, J. Al-Saadi, and S. Janz
  8:45 AM
1.2
TSIS on the International Space Station: Continuity of the Solar Irradiance Data Record
Peter Pilewskie, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and T. Sparn, G. Kopp, E. Richard, R. F. Cahalan, and W. F. Denig

  9:00 AM
1.3
New Small Satellite Capabilities for Microwave Atmospheric Remote Sensing
William J. Blackwell, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA; and K. Cahoy
  9:15 AM
1.4
Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System (CYGNSS): All Weather Observations of Surface Winds in Tropical Cyclones and Hurricanes
Derek J. Posselt, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; and C. S. Ruf, A. Ridley, V. Zavorotny, S. Gleason, A. O'Brien, M. P. Clarizia, S. J. Katzberg, J. T. Johnson, J. L. Garrison, R. Atlas, and S. J. Majumdar
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Joint Session 1
Applications of Lidar in the Energy Sector
Location: 211A West Building (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint between the Seventh Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications; and the Sixth Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy )
Cochairs: Sara C. Tucker, Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.; Rebecca M. Pauly, University of Wyoming
  8:45 AM
J1.2
Evaluation of the Six-Beam Lidar Scanning Strategy at the Boulder Atmospheric Observatory
Jennifer F. Newman, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and T. A. Bonin, P. M. Klein, S. Wharton, P. B. Chilson, A. Muschinski, A. Sathe, L. M. Root, and S. Tichkule
  9:00 AM
J1.3
Two-component wind fields from single scanning aerosol lidar
Shane D. Mayor, California State Univ., Chico, CA; and P. Dérian, C. F. Mauzey, and M. Hamada

  9:15 AM
J1.4
Lidar Uncertainty Measurement Experiment (LUMEX) – An Overview
Aditya Choukulkar, CU Boulder/NOAA/ESRL/CSD, Boulder, CO; and W. A. Brewer, R. M. Banta, R. M. Hardesty, Y. L. Pichugina, C. J. Senff, S. P. Sandberg, A. M. Weickmann, G. Antoszewski, B. J. Carroll, R. Delgado, J. K. Lundquist, M. E. Rhodes, B. Kosovic, A. Muschinski, K. S. Barr, and D. Wolfe
  9:30 AM
J1.5
Dual Doppler Lidar Wind Profiling in the Lidar Uncertainty Measurement Experiment (LUMEX)
Brian J. Carroll, JCET/Univ. of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD; and A. Choukulkar, R. Delgado, R. M. Hardesty, S. P. Sandberg, G. Antoszewski, W. A. Brewer, J. K. Lundquist, and A. Muschinski
  9:45 AM
J1.6
Lidar Uncertainty Measurement Experiment (LUMEX) – Profiling lidar Intercomparisons
Julie K. Lundquist, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and M. E. Rhodes, J. C. Y. Lee, P. T. Quelet, R. Robey, C. St. Martin, K. Tay, B. Vanderwende, R. Worsnop, B. Kosovic, A. Choukulkar, W. A. Brewer, R. M. Banta, R. M. Hardesty, Y. L. Pichugina, C. J. Senff, S. P. Sandberg, A. M. Weickmann, G. Antoszewski, B. J. Carroll, R. Delgado, A. Muschinski, and D. E. Wolfe
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Session 1
Climate Change and the Human System
Location: 229A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Eugenia Kalnay Symposium
Chair: Ghassem R. Asrar, Joint Global Change Research Institute/PNNL
  8:30 AM
1.1
Population and the Earth System
Eugenia Kalnay, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and S. Motesharrei and J. R. Rivas
  8:45 AM
1.2
  9:00 AM
1.3
Exploring Water Management Options with COWA: A Coupled Human-Climate-Water Model
Safa Motesharrei, University of Maryland and National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center, College Park, MD; and C. Gustafson, F. Zhao, J. R. Rivas, H. Wu, N. Zeng, F. Miralles-Wilhelm, and E. Kalnay

  9:15 AM
1.4
Projection of Global Warming During the Next Four Decades
Ross J. Salawitch, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and N. Mascioli, A. Hope, and T. Canty

  9:30 AM
1.5
Recording files available
Session 1
Maximizing the Utility of Ensembles
Location: 123 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Special Symposium on Model Postprocessing and Downscaling
Cochairs: Brian J. Etherton, NOAA/OAR/ESRL; Barbara G. Brown, NCAR
  8:30 AM
1.1
A Hybrid, Analog-NWP Ensemble
F. Anthony (Tony) Eckel, Microsoft, Bellevue, WA; and L. delle Monache
  9:30 AM
1.5
Producing a Synthesis Forecast and Uncertainty Estimation From Multiple, Disparate Forecast Products
Matthew S. Wandishin, NOAA/ESRL/Global Systems Division/CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and G. Layne, M. A. Petty, and B. J. Etherton
  9:45 AM
1.6
Poster Introductions (Invited Presentation)
Barbara G. Brown, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and B. J. Etherton and S. Sellars
Recording files available
Joint Session 2
MJO Prediction and Tropical Cyclones
Location: 224B (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint between the Sixth Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; and the Third Symposium on Prediction of the Madden-Julian Oscillation: Processes, Prediction and Impact )
Cochairs: John Bosse, Schneider Electric; Matthew Janiga, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS
  8:30 AM
J2.1
  9:00 AM
J2.3
Wake Vortex Formation and Tropical Cyclogenesis West of Sumatra During DYNAMO
Caitlin M. Fine, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and R. H. Johnson
  9:15 AM
J2.4
Recording files available
Session 2
Mind the Gap — Building Bridges Between the Public and Private Sectors to Advance Climate Services
Location: 222A-C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Third Symposium on the Weather and Climate Enterprise
Chair: Stephanie Herring, NOAA

Every day, public officials, business leaders and private citizens are making decisions that depend on understanding how climate will change over the course of the next 1, 10, to 100 years. To meet the rising demand for information that these decisions require, a suite of climate service information providers has emerged. The climate services enterprise in the United States includes entities from public, private, academic and non-governmental organizations. As the climate service enterprise grows with the demand for information, it is increasingly important that the public and private sector in particular work as partners if nation is fulfill the vision of climate information for every need, time and place. This session will explore the climate service value chain and the relationship between the public and private sectors in optimizing the development and delivery of climate services. The session will focus on understanding what decision makers need, and how climate service providers across sectors supply this information. How is information generated by the public and private sectors, and then delivered to the decision maker? Are there best practices for the partnership between the public and private sectors that the AMS community should be aware of? The Climate Services Committee would also expects that this session will explore how the AMS Community can work to ensure continuing support for the basic infrastructure on which climate services rely, and inform the dialog between the public and private climate service sectors as it has successfully done for the weather sector.
  8:45 AM
2.2
A New Approach to Climate Services at NOAA's National Climatic Data Center
Jeffrey L. Privette, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and T. G. Houston, D. P. Brown, J. Dissen, K. Gleason, and R. A. Leduc Clarke
  9:00 AM
2.3
Bridging the Gap Between Seasonal Forecasts and Decisions to Act
John A. Dutton, Prescient Weather Ltd, State College, PA; and R. P. James and J. D. Ross
  9:15 AM
2.4
Recording files available
Themed Joint Session 3
Communication Challenges: Communicating the Costs, Impacts, and Needs of the Weather, Water and Climate Enterprise - Part 1
Location: 221A-C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint between the Third Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation’s Readiness, Responsiveness, and Resilience to High Impact Weather Events; the 10th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; and the Sixth Conference on Environment and Health )
Cochairs: Eileen Shea, NOAA/Pacific Fisheries Science Center; Douglas Hilderbrand, NOAA/NWS
  8:30 AM
TJ3.1
Extreme Weather Resulting in Health Outcomes: Touchstone Events Communication
Justin S. Dumas, Florida Department of Health and Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and M. A. Jagger, A. M. Wootten, and M. L. Griffin

  9:00 AM
TJ3.3
  9:15 AM
TJ3.4
The HHS Sustainable and Climate Resilient Health Care Facilities Initiative
John Balbus, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD
  9:30 AM
TJ3.5
Assessment of Efforts to Communicate and Warn for Extreme Heat Events
Michelle D. Hawkins, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and V. Brown, J. G. Ferrell, P. Stokols, and J. Trtanj
Recording files available
Joint Session 3
Soil dust: Lofting and transport, characterization, and interactions with clouds and storms I
Location: 223 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint between the Seventh Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions; and the 17th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry )
Cochairs: Ottmar Moehler, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology; Paola Formenti, Laboratoire Interuniversitaire des Systemes Atmospheriques
  9:00 AM
J3.3
  9:15 AM
J3.4
Dust in AIDA Cloud Chamber Immersion Freezing Experiments
Romy Ullrich, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany; and I. Steinke, N. Hiranuma, C. Hoose, O. Möhler, M. Niemand, and R. Wagner

  9:30 AM
J3.5
A Field Campaign for Tropical Convective Precipitation During Saharan Dust Season
Nathan Hosannah, The City College of New York, New York, NY; and H. Parsiani, J. E. González, N. D. Ramirez, D. V. Morris, and R. A. Armstrong
  9:45 AM
J3.6
The Relative Impacts of the SAL Relative Humidity and Dust Loading upon Tropical Cyclone Development
Stephen R. Herbener, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and S. M. Saleeby and S. C. van den Heever
Recording files available
Session 4
Orographic Cloud Seeding: Results of the Wyoming Weather Modification Pilot Project
Location: 211B West Building (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 20th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification
Chair: Masataka Murakami, MRI
  8:30 AM
4.1
The Wyoming Winter Orographic Cloud Seeding Program (Wwmpp): Program Overview and Design Aspects in Its Evaluation
Daniel Breed, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and C. Weeks, R. M. Rasmussen, S. A. Tessendorf, B. A. Boe, and T. Deshler
  9:00 AM
4.3
An Evaluation of the WRF Model Simulations from the WWMPP Using Observations
Sarah A. Tessendorf, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and K. Ikeda, C. Weeks, L. Xue, C. Liu, R. M. Rasmussen, and D. Breed
  9:15 AM
4.4
Evaluation of the Wyoming Weather Modification Pilot Project (WWMPP)
Roy M. Rasmussen, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and C. Weeks, D. Breed, S. A. Tessendorf, K. Ikeda, L. Xue, B. A. Boe, and T. Deshler
  9:45 AM
4.5
What Does the Model Tell Us about the Seeding Effect: Results of WRF Simulations of WWMPP Seeding Cases in 3 Seasons
Lulin Xue, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. M. Rasmussen, S. A. Tessendorf, D. Breed, C. Weeks, K. Ikeda, and C. Liu
Recording files available
Session 5
Innovations in University Instruction - Synoptic Meteorology
Location: 125AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 24th Symposium on Education
Cochairs: John A. Knox, University Of Georgia; Mark W. Seefeldt, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado
  9:00 AM
5.3
Weaving Together Theory and Practice in Synoptic Meteorology
Kevin H. Goebbert, Valparaiso Univ., Valparaiso, IN
  9:30 AM
5.5
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Session 6
Atmospheric Convection: Impact on Atmospheric Composition and Chemistry I
Location: 124A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 17th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry
Cochairs: Eric Jensen, NASA; Jonathan Jiang, JPL
  8:30 AM
6.1
Composition of the Asian Summer Monsoon: Climatology and variability from 10 years of Aura MLS measurements
Michelle L. Santee, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and G. L. Manney, M. Schwartz, N. Livesey, J. L. Neu, and W. G. Read

  8:45 AM
6.2
Composite Ozone Anomaly Patterns Generated by Strong Convective Events
Ian Folkins, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
  9:00 AM
6.3
Observational Evidence of the Moistening of the Lower Stratosphere by Tropical Deep Convection
Hui Su, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and J. Jiang, X. Wang, H. H. Aumann, and W. G. Read
  9:30 AM
6.5
Signature of a Pacific Hurricane in the Composition of the Upper Troposphere over Socorro, New Mexico
Ken Minschwaner, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM; and G. L. Manney, I. Petropavlovskikh, A. M. Thompson, L. A. Torres, B. Johnson, Z. D. Lawrence, and B. Sutherland
Recording files available
Session 6
Integrated Weather/Warning Team (IWT): Past, Present, and Future
Location: 226AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 10th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice
Cochairs: James Correia Jr., OU CIMMS NOAA/NWS/SPC; Jennifer Henderson, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Julie L. Demuth, NCAR; Gina M. Eosco, Cornell University

Session explores the history, current, and future conceptions of the “integrated team” underpinning IWTs, and welcomes talks exploring the value and lessons learned from IWTs, questions about how they should be organized and run, and how to continue momentum after an IWT. Presentations for work that evaluates the outcomes of a program or policy.
  9:00 AM
6.3
The Role of NWSChat in Integrated Warning Team Communications
Brenda J. Philips, Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA; and C. League
  9:15 AM
6.4
  9:30 AM
Panel Discussion

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Session 7
US and Mexico Border Region: North American Monsoon I
Location: 127ABC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 29th Conference on Hydrology
Cochairs: Yolande Serra, University of Arizona; Christopher Castro, University or Arizona; Enrique R. Vivoni, Arizona State University

The North American Monsoon (NAM) defines the summer season hydroclimatology of the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico with important interactions between oceanic, atmospheric, land surface and ecological processes. This session invites contributions on recent advances in understanding the NAM, including its predictability, physical processes, and societal implications. Of particular interest are studies using field datasets, such as those from the North American Monsoon Experiment (NAME) and subsequent activities, and numerical modeling efforts stemming from those activities. We welcome studies focused across a range of time scales from the diurnal cycle up to interannual predictions under climate change scenarios.
  8:45 AM
7.2
Regional Climate Model Projection Credibility for the North American Monsoon
Melissa S. Bukovsky, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and C. M. Carrillo, D. J. Gochis, and L. O. Mearns
  9:30 AM
7.5
The Dominant Synoptic-Scale Modes of North American Monsoon Precipitation
Simona Seastrand, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and Y. Serra, C. Castro, and E. A. Ritchie
  9:45 AM
Q&A

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Session 7A
Regional climate variability and change: Detection and attribution of temperature and precipitation variations: Role of greenhouse gases, anthropogenic aerosols, and multidecadal natural variability; high-resolution regional climate projections
Location: 121BC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 27th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Chair: David W. J. Thompson, Colorado State University
  8:30 AM
7A.1
Sinuosity: A robust measure of mid-tropospheric waviness
Jonathan E. Martin, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and S. Vavrus, F. Wang, and J. A. Francis
  8:45 AM
7A.2
  9:00 AM
7A.3
Free and Forced Changes of the Surface Atmospheric Circulation and Storminess Extremes over the last 140 years
Prashant D. Sardeshmukh, CIRES, Univ. of Colorado and Physical Sciences Division/ESRL/NOAA, Boulder, CO; and G. P. Compo, C. Penland, and C. McColl

  9:15 AM
7A.4
Forced and Natural North Atlantic SST Impacts on U.S. Hydroclimate in Observations and CMIP5 Models
Mingfang Ting, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory/Columbia University, Palisades, NY; and C. Li, B. Cook, and Y. Kushnir
  9:45 AM
7A.6
Estimating the role of natural variability in climate change using observations
David W. J. Thompson, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO; and E. A. Barnes, C. Deser, and W. E. Foust

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Session 7B
The Peter J. Lamb Session on Climate Variability in Precipitation Processes-Part I
Location: 122BC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 27th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Cochairs: Michael Richman, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma; Lance Leslie, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma

This session is dedicated to Dr. Peter J. Lamb. Because Dr. Lamb's interests encompassed a wide scope of precipitation processes studies from around the globe, research concerned with precipitation variability from any geographical region or location are welcome. Targeted presentations can be observational, modeling, or a combination of either related to precipitation processes, at time scales spanning the continuum of weather to climate.
  8:30 AM
7B.1
Ensemble-Based Empirical Prediction of Ethiopian Monthly-to-Seasonal Monsoon Rainfall
Zewdu Segele, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and M. Richman, L. Leslie, and P. J. Lamb
  9:00 AM
7B.3
Case Studies of Intense Tropical Cyclone Rainfall in the Philippines
Irenea L. Corporal-Lodangco, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and L. Leslie and M. Richman

  9:30 AM
7B.5
A New Approach to Extract Monthly High Resolution Information for Precipitation from GCM Scenarios and Predictions
M. Neil Ward, Centro Euro-Mediterraneo sui Cambiamenti Climatici, Bologna, Italy; and S. Materia, S. Gualdi, and A. Navarra

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Session 8
APIs and Web Services for Accessing, Integrating and Using Weather, Water, Climate and Societal Information via Desktop and Mobile Platforms
Location: 131C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 31st Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies
Cochairs: George Smith, Riverside Technology, inc.; Larry E. Brazil, Riverside Technology, Inc.
  8:45 AM
8.2
NOAA's Weather and Climate Toolkit
Stephen A. Del Greco, NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI, Asheville, NC; and S. Ansari
  9:15 AM
8.4
Weather and air traffic, together: INtegrated Support for Impacted air-Traffic Environments (INSITE)
Brian J. Etherton, NOAA/OAR/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and G. J. Layne, P. Hamer, M. Rabellino, M. S. Wandishin, and M. A. Petty
  9:30 AM
8.5
  9:45 AM
8.6
Increasing the Availability and Utility of Weather and Climate Data to Meet Decision Maker Needs
George Smith, Riverside Technology, inc., Fort Collins, CO; and W. Seguin, M. McDonald, and L. E. Brazil
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Session 8
Impact of Assimilating Observations I
Location: 131AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 19th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)
Chair: Ronald Gelaro, NASA/GSFC
  8:45 AM
8.2A
Efforts on Assimilation of Indian Satellite data at NCMRWF
Vijapurapu S. Prasad, National Center for Medium Range Weather Forecasting/New Okhla Industrial Development Authority, NOIDA, India; and C. J. Johny, S. K. Singh, M. D. Gupta, J. P. George, S. I. Rani, E. N. Rajagpoal, and S. Basu
  9:15 AM
8.4
Assimilation of Surface Meteorological Observations in COAMPS NAVDAS and COAMPS-AR
Daniel P. Tyndall, NRL, Monterey, CA; and P. M. Pauley, N. Baker, and C. M. Amerault
  9:30 AM
8.5
Aerosol Data Assimilation for Regional Weather and Air-Quality Forecasts Using WRF/Chem
Zhiquan Liu, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and H. C. Lin, C. Schwartz, and D. Chen
  9:45 AM
8.6
Meteorological Sensor Array (MSA) Observations and High Resolution Model Validation
Gail Vaucher, Army Research Laboratory, White Sands Missile Range, NM; and R. Edmonds
Manuscript (467.1 kB)

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Session 8
Lightning Climatology
Location: 225AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Seventh Conference on the Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data
Chair: Amitabh Nag, Vaisala Inc.
  9:30 AM
8.5
  9:45 AM
8.6
Projected increase in lightning strikes in the United States due to global warming
David M. Romps, University of California, Berkeley, CA; and J. T. Seeley, D. Vollaro, and J. Molinari

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Session 8
Range, Aerospace, and Commercial Spaceport
Location: 129A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 17th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology
Cochairs: William H. Bauman III, ENSCO, Inc.; Winnie Crawford, ENSCO, Inc.
  8:45 AM
8.2
  9:00 AM
8.3
Critical Support Issues for Commercial Space Transportation Space Weather Services
J. Kunches, Atmospheric & Space Technology Research Associates, Boulder, CO; and G. Crowley, I. Azeem, C. Winkler, and M. Pilinski
  9:30 AM
8.5
Convection Nowcasting Products Available at the Army Test and Evaluation Command Ranges
Cathy Kessinger, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and W. Deierling, D. Megenhardt, E. Nelson, S. Dettling, and M. Steiner
  9:45 AM
8.6
Recording files available
Session 8
Sea surface processes and fluxes: 2013 HiWinGS (The High Winds Gas Exchange Study)
Location: 224A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 19th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction
Chair: Ian M. Brooks, University of Leeds
  8:30 AM
8.1A
Wave boundary layer turbulence over surface waves in a strongly forced condition
Tetsu Hara, University of Rhode Island, Narragansett, RI; and P. P. Sullivan
  9:00 AM
8.3
Estimation of gas phase, water phase transfer velocity from air-sea flux measurements of methanol and acetone during the HiWinGS cruise
Mingxi Yang, Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Plymouth, United Kingdom; and B. W. Blomquist and P. Nightingale
  9:15 AM
8.4
Wave breaking and sea state dependence of gas transfer velocities
Sophia E. Brumer, Columbia University, Palisades, NY; and C. J. Zappa, C. W. Fairall, L. Bariteau, B. W. Blomquist, M. Yang, I. M. Brooks, and B. J. Huebert

  9:30 AM
8.5
Observations from the High Wind Gas Exchange Study (HiWinGS): Gas transfer in the Labrador Sea at wind speeds above 15 m/s
Byron W. Blomquist, Department of Oceanography, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI; and B. J. Huebert, C. W. Fairall, L. Bariteau, and J. Hare
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Session 8
Sudden stratospheric warmings
Location: 212A West Building (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 18th Conference on Middle Atmosphere
Chair: Peter Hitchcock, University of Cambridge
  8:30 AM
8.1
A new look at the stratospheric sudden warming of 1979 using a modern data assimilation system
Steven Pawson, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and L. Coy, K. Wargan, and E. Remsberg

  8:45 AM
8.2
The predictability of the Stratospheric Sudden Warming of January 2013 in various NWP systems
Om Tripathi, University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom; and A. J. Charlton, M. P. Baldwin, S. D. Eckermann, D. Jackson, Y. Kuroda, C. A. Reynolds, G. Roff, S. W. Son, and T. Stockdate
  9:15 AM
8.4
  9:45 AM
8.6
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Joint Session 11
Preparing for GOES-R series including instrument overviews, data access/flow, and user/education training
Location: 230 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint between the 20th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography; and the 11th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems )
Cochairs: Steven J. Goodman, NOAA/NESDIS/GOES-R Program Office; Timothy J. Schmit, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR
  8:45 AM
J11.2
  9:00 AM
J11.3
MetEd Resources at the Ready as Users Prepare for GOES-R+
Wendy Schreiber-Abshire, UCAR/COMET, Boulder, CO; and P. Dills and M. Weingroff
  9:15 AM
J11.4
Transition, Training, and Assessment of Multispectral Composite Imagery in Support of the NWS Aviation Forecast Mission
Kevin K. Fuell, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and G. J. Jedlovec, A. LeRoy, and L. A. Schultz
  9:30 AM
J11.5
Impacts of Improved Quality Control for GOES Imager Radiance Assimilation on Tropical Cyclone Forecasts Using HWRF
Zhengkun Qin, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, China; and X. Zou

  9:45 AM
J11.6
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Joint Session 12
Role of Social Science in Coastal Management and Decision-Making
Location: 130 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint between the 13th Symposium on the Coastal Environment; and the 10th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice )
Cochairs: Mona Behl, Texas A&M University; Randy A. Peppler, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma
  8:30 AM
J12.1
Coastal Storm Events and Property Damages Associated with Winter Storms in the Tri-State Area
Cari Shimkus, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, Palisades, NY; and M. Ting, S. Adamo, M. Madajewicz, Y. Kushnir, and J. Booth
  9:00 AM
J12.3
Near Real-Time Coastal Measurements and Predictions on Mobile Devices
Philipe Tissot, Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi, TX; and B. Koskowich, D. Stephen, and F. Picarazzi
  9:15 AM
J12.4
  9:45 AM
J12.6
Coastal Hurricane Prediction and Communication Dynamics in the Modern Information Environment
Rebecca E. Morss, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. Anderson, L. Palen, and K. M. Anderson
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Joint Session 12
The Global Precipitation Measurement Mission--Part 1
Location: 231ABC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint between the 20th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography; and the 29th Conference on Hydrology )
Cochairs: Kenneth Carey, Earth Resources Technology (ERT), Inc.; Ralph R. Ferraro, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR

Joint Session with the 29th Conference on Hydrology
  8:30 AM
J12.1
Current Status and Future Outlook for NOAA/NESDIS Operational Precipitation Products
Ralph R. Ferraro, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR, College Park, MD; and L. Zhao, S. Q. Kidder, C. R. Kondragunta, R. J. Kuligowski, H. Meng, P. C. Meyers, B. R. Nelson, N. Y. Wang, and X. Zhan
  8:45 AM
J12.2
Rainfall Estimates from GPM's Constellation of Radiometers
Christian D. Kummerow, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and D. Randel and W. Berg
  9:15 AM
J12.4
Day 1 for the Integrated Multi-satellitE Retrievals for GPM (IMERG) Data Sets
George J. Huffman, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and D. T. Bolvin, D. Braithwaite, K. Hsu, R. J. Joyce, C. Kidd, S. Sorooshian, and P. Xie
 
Paper J12.5 has moved. New paper number is J13.1A

  9:45 AM
J12.6
Real-Time Forecasting of Precipitation and Hydrology for GPM Field Campaigns
Christa D. Peters-Lidard, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and D. Wu, Y. Liu, E. M. Kemp, and W. K. Tao

9:00 AM-9:30 AM: Wednesday, 7 January 2015


Session 7
Core Science Lecture on The State and Future of Space Weather
Location: 227A-C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 12th Conference on Space Weather
Chair: Delores J. Knipp, Univ. of Colorado
  9:00 AM
7.1
The State and Future of Space Weather (Core Science Lecture)
Louis Lanzerotti, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ

9:00 AM-10:00 AM: Wednesday, 7 January 2015

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Session 1
Management/Operations
Location: 128AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Eighth Annual CCM Forum: Certified Consulting Meteorologists
  9:45 AM
1.2
How a small firm can effectively participate in the NOAA Weather Ready Nation (WRN) Ambassador program
Alicia C. Wasula, PhD, Shade Tree Meteorology, LLC, Niskayuna, NY; and R. Westergard
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Session 2
Professional Organizations: Bringing Us Forward (Keynote)
Location: 129B (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 18th Annual Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International (ASLI)
Speakers: Bryan Heidorn, University of Arizona; Ruth Kneale, Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope

ASLI is pleased to bring Dr Heidorn and Ruth Kneale to present on the topic of librarian competencies and the roles our professional organizations play in our development. With challenging budgets, job redefinition, and the need for ongoing skill and knowledge creation, how do these groups support us? How might they evolve to further meet our educational needs? We will explore these questions, aware of our relationships to some scientific societies.
  9:00 AM
Professional Organizations: Bringing Us Forward (Keynote) - Bryan Heidorn

  9:15 AM
Professional Organizations: Bringing Us Forward (Keynote) - Ruth Kneale

9:00 AM-11:00 AM: Wednesday, 7 January 2015


Spouses' Coffee

9:30 AM-10:00 AM: Wednesday, 7 January 2015

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Session 8
Key Challenges in Space Weather
Location: 227A-C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 12th Conference on Space Weather
Chair: Delores J. Knipp, Univ. of Colorado
  9:30 AM
8.1
Scientific Aspects of Forecasting Ionospheric Space Weather
A. J. Mannucci, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and O. Verkhoglyadova, X. Meng, B. T. Tsurutani, X. Pi, E. M. Lynch, S. Sharma, A. Ridley, W. B. Manchester, C. Wang, and G. Rosen
  9:45 AM
8.2
Solar Cycle 24 at Six Years: Over the Peaks and Through the Streams
W. Dean Pesnell, NASA, Greenbelt, Maryland

10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Wednesday, 7 January 2015


Coffee Break
Location: Hall 5 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

Meet the President
Location: 126A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

10:30 AM-11:15 AM: Wednesday, 7 January 2015

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Session 2
Fiscal/Accounting
Location: 128AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Eighth Annual CCM Forum: Certified Consulting Meteorologists
  10:30 AM
2.1

10:30 AM-11:45 AM: Wednesday, 7 January 2015

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Session 3
Growing ASLI to Deliver the Vision
Location: 129B (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 18th Annual Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International (ASLI)
Chair: Christine Sherratt, MIT Libraries, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  10:30 AM
3.1
ASLI: An Information Society for Atmospheric Sciences
Doria B. Grimes, NOAA Central Library (Retired), Silver Spring, MD; and J. Triplehorn
  10:45 AM
3.2
ASLI at 18: Coming of Age
Jan Thomas, NOAA, College Park, MD
  11:15 AM
3.4
  11:30 AM
3.5
Thinking Together about our Future
Bryan Heidorn, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and R. Kneale, C. Sherratt, and J. Harbster

10:30 AM-12:00 PM: Wednesday, 7 January 2015

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Panel Discussion 1
Views and Perspectives on Earth's Unique Climate in Our Solar System
Location: 228AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Sixth Conference on Environment and Health
Moderator: J. Marshall Shepherd, Univ. of Georgia
Panelists: John Balbus, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences; Rear Admiral David W. Titley, Center for Solutions to Weather and Climate Risk/Penn State Univ.; Ghassem R. Asrar, Joint Global Change Research Institute/PNNL; Phil Christensen, Arizona State University; Giulio Boccaletti, The Nature Conservancy
Cochairs: Stephen Ambrose, NASA/GSFC; Karen Andersen, NCAR
  10:30 AM
Ghassem Asrar, PhD
  10:45 AM
John M. Balbus, M.D.
  11:00 AM
Giulio Boccaletti, Ph.D
  11:15 AM
Phil Christensen, Ph.D
  11:30 AM
David Titley, Ph.D, Rear Admiral (ret.) USN
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Session 2
Atmospheric and Oceanic Modeling
Location: 229A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Eugenia Kalnay Symposium
Chair: Takemasa Miyoshi, University of Maryland
  10:45 AM
2.2
Revisiting Kalnay's “Rules for Physics Interoperability” 25 Years Later
James D. Doyle, NRL, Monterey, CA; and M. Iredell, P. Tripp, J. Dudhia, T. Henderson, J. Michalakes, J. A. Ridout, J. Rosinski, S. Rugg, R. Adams Selin, T. R. Whitcomb, K. Lutz, and D. McCarren
  11:00 AM
2.3
A unified model of the planetary boundary layer and shallow cumulus convection
David Andrew New, University of Maryland, College Park, College Park, MD
  11:15 AM
2.4
  11:30 AM
2.5
Carbon-Weather Data Assimilation
Inez Fung, University of California, Berkeley, CA
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Session 2
Innovative Sensors and Methods
Location: 232A-C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Fifth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations
Cochairs: George Komar, NASA/ESTO; Robert Bauer, GSFC
  11:00 AM
2.3
Airborne Demonstration of High-frequency Airborne Microwave and Millimeter-wave Radiometer (HAMMR) to Improve Spatial Resolution of Wet-Tropospheric Path Delay Corrections for Coastal and Inland Water Altimetry
Steven C. Reising, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and P. Kangaslahti, A. B. Tanner, S. T. Brown, S. Padmanabhan, X. Bosch-Lluis, V. Hadel, T. Johnson, O. Montes, C. Parashare, B. Khayatian, D. E. Dawson, T. C. Gaier, and B. Razavi

  11:15 AM
2.4
A Compact SSI Instrument (CSIM)
Erik Richard, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO

  11:30 AM
2.5
Fusion of Hurricane Models and Observations: Developing the Technology to Improve the Forecasts
Svetla Hristova-Veleva, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and M. Boothe, S. G. Gopalakrishnan, Z. Haddad, B. Knosp, B. Lambrigtsen, P. P. Li, M. Montgomery, N. Niamsuwan, T. P. Shen, V. Tallapragada, S. Tanelli, and F. J. Turk
  11:45 AM
2.6
Using AIRS Data to Detect Temperature Inversions in Near-Real Time
Mark Barker, NASA DEVELOP National Program, Pasadena, CA; and A. Schochet and J. Sanchez
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Panel Discussion 2
Mind the Gap — Building Bridges Between the Public and Private Sectors to Advance Climate Services
Location: 222A-C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Third Symposium on the Weather and Climate Enterprise
Moderator: Stephanie Herring, NOAA
Panelists: Mary M. Glackin, The Weather Company; Thomas R. Karl, NOAA/NCDC; Sascha Peterson, Institute for Sustainable Communities/American Society of Adaptation Professionals

This panel will build off the presentations from the first session and continue to explore the relationship between the public and private sectors in optimizing the development and delivery of climate services. This panel will focus on: identifying lessons learned that can be applied to other locales and/or sectors; exploring best practices for the partnership between the public and private sectors; and the role of the broader AMS community in fostering these relationships for climate services as it has successfully done for the weather sector.
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Session 2
Statistical and Dynamical Downscaling
Location: 123 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Special Symposium on Model Postprocessing and Downscaling
Cochairs: Barbara G. Brown, NCAR; Brian J. Etherton, NOAA/OAR/ESRL
 
Paper 2.3 has been moved. New poster number is 927.

  11:00 AM
2.3A
The Development of NAEFS Statistical Post-Processing System
Bo Cui, IMSG at EMC/NCEP, College Park, MD; and Y. Zhu and H. Guan

  11:15 AM
2.4A
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Joint Panel Discussion 3
Advancing the Space Weather Enterprise: An Interactive Discussion
Location: 227A-C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint between the Third Symposium on the Weather and Climate Enterprise; the 10th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; and the 12th Conference on Space Weather )
Moderators: Matthew J. Parker, Savannah River National Laboratory; Genene Fisher, NOAA/NWS
Panelists: Geoff Crowley, Atmospheric & Space Technology Research Associates; Robert P. McCoy, Univ. of Alaska; Thomas E. Berger, NOAA/NWS; Jeffrey Newmark, NASA
  10:30 AM
Matthew J. Parker
  10:45 AM
  11:00 AM
  11:15 AM
Goeff Crowley
  11:30 AM
Jeff Newmark
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Joint Session 3
Applications of Lidar in the Energy Sector - II
Location: 211A West Building (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint between the Seventh Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications; and the Sixth Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy )
Cochairs: Shane D. Mayor, California State Univ.; Brian J. Carroll, JCET/Univ. of Maryland Baltimore County
  10:30 AM
J3.1
New DOE Lidar Buoys for MABL Measurements in Support of Offshore Wind Energy
William J. Shaw, PNNL, Richland, WA; and J. A. Ward, G. Matzat, A. Duerr, J. W. Cline, R. K. Newsom, S. Matzner, and M. Pekour
  10:45 AM
J3.2
New DOE Lidar Buoys: Evaluation of lidar wind profiles obtained during initial offshore performance tests
Rob K. Newsom, PNNL, Richland, WA; and S. Matzner, M. Pekour, W. J. Shaw, J. A. Ward, G. Matzat, A. Duerr, and J. W. Cline
  11:15 AM
J3.4
Investigating low-level jet wind profiles using two different lidar scanning strategies
Brian Joseph Vanderwende, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and J. K. Lundquist
  11:30 AM
J3.5
Using Doppler Wind Lidar to Assess Meteorological Controls on Offshore Wind Power Generation
Ruben Delgado, JCET/Univ. of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD; and N. Goudarzi, S. Rabenhorst, F. Daham, G. Antoszewski, D. Wesloh, and A. St. Pé
  11:45 AM
J3.6
Low Level Jet properties and the rotor layer wind shear from offshore lidar measurements
Yelena L. Pichugina, NOAA, Boulder, CO; and R. M. Banta, W. A. Brewer, A. Choukulkar, R. M. Hardesty, A. M. Weickmann, and S. P. Sandberg

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Joint Session 4
Soil dust: Lofting and transport, characterization, and interactions with clouds and storms II
Location: 223 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint between the Seventh Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions; and the 17th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry )
Cochairs: Paola Formenti, Laboratoire Interuniversitaire des Systemes Atmospheriques; Ottmar Moehler, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
  10:30 AM
J4.1
An improved model for mineral dust emission (Invited Presentation)
Jasper F. Kok, University of California, Los Angeles, CA; and N. M. Mahowald, G. Fratini, J. Gillies, M. Ishizuka, J. Leys, M. Mikami, S. U. Park, M. S. Park, R. S. Van Pelt, and T. Zobeck
  10:45 AM
J4.2A
New Observations of Miami Saharan Dust Events
Paquita Zuidema, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and S. Kramer, S. Purdue, R. Delgadillo, K. Voss, J. Prospero, and B. Albrecht
  11:15 AM
J4.4
Mapping Dust Source Regions in North Africa using MISR Satellite-Derived Cloud Motion Vectors and Aerosol Products
Michael Garay, NASA/JPL/California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA; and O. Kalashnikova
  11:30 AM
J4.5
Vertical profiles of mineral dust in mixed East Asian pollution plumes based on Raman spectrometer lidar measurements
Matthias Tesche, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, United Kingdom; and D. Müller, Y. M. Noh, B. Tatarov, D. H. Shin, S. K. Shin, and Y. Kim

  11:45 AM
J4.6A
Size distribution and optical properties of long-range transported African dust
Paola Formenti, Laboratoire Interuniversitaire des Systemes Atmospheriques, Creteil, France; and P. Vallejo, C. Denjean, K. Desboeufs, M. Quinones, F. Cassola, and O. L. Mayol-Bracero
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Session 4
AI Techniques Applied to Environmental Science
Location: 124B (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 13th Conference on Artificial Intelligence
Chair: John K. Williams, NCAR
  10:30 AM
4.1
Testing Deep Learning Techniques on Environmental Datasets
William W. Hsieh, Univ. of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
  10:45 AM
4.2
Short-term Precipitation Forecasting with Radar and Gauge Data: Going Beyond the Z-R Relation
Reza Hosseini, IBM Research, Singapore, Singapore; and X. Liu, J. Singh, J. R. Kalagnanam, and L. A. Treinish
  11:00 AM
4.3
Calculation of PAH Maps using SVM in Urban Areas
Armando Pelliccioni, INAIL, Monteporzio Catone, Rome, Italy; and A. Cristofari and S. E. Haupt
Manuscript (191.4 kB)

  11:30 AM
4.5
Discovering Typical Canadian Cyclone Tracks
Ryan A. Lagerquist, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and Y. Bilan-Wallace and S. Hoffman
  11:45 AM
4.6
Spatial Analysis of Analog Ensemble Forecasts for Wind Forecasting
Laura Harding, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA; and G. Cervone
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Themed Joint Session 4
Communication Challenges: Communicating the Costs, Impacts, and Needs of the Weather, Water and Climate Enterprise - Part 2
Location: 221A-C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint between the Third Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation’s Readiness, Responsiveness, and Resilience to High Impact Weather Events; the 10th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; and the Sixth Conference on Environment and Health )
Cochairs: Douglas Hilderbrand, NOAA/NWS; David Richard Perkins IV, Univ. of North Carolina
  10:30 AM
TJ4.1
Science that drives service: the NWS Impact-Based Warning Demonstration
Michael Hudson, NOAA/NWS, Kansas City, MO; and R. Wagenmaker, G. Mann, B. T. Smith, R. L. Thompson, and J. T. Ferree
  11:00 AM
TJ4.3
Social and Behavioral Influences on Decision-making by Emergency Managers
Burrell E. Montz, East Carolina Univ., Greenville, NC; and K. Galluppi, J. L. Losego, J. Correia Jr., and R. E. Riley
  11:15 AM
TJ4.4
The Role of Cooling Centers in Climate Adaptation: Observations from the Phoenix Heat Relief Network Evaluation Project
David M. Hondula, Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ; and A. Asburry, D. Bentz, V. Berisha, N. Boryczka, J. Eneboe, K. Goodin, E. W. Johnston, E. Kuras, S. Lewis, M. Luc, M. McCullough, A. Mohamed, M. C. Roach, B. Salas, K. Starr, and J. Uebelherr
  11:30 AM
Discussion

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Joint Session 4
Extratropical Interactions with the MJO
Location: 224B (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint between the Sixth Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; and the Third Symposium on Prediction of the Madden-Julian Oscillation: Processes, Prediction and Impact )
Cochairs: Carl J. Schreck III, North Carolina State University; Matthew Janiga, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS
  10:30 AM
J4.1
Impact of the MJO on the Initiation of Mesoscale Convective System over the US Corn Belt
Elisabeth F. Callen, Iowa State University, Ames, IA; and T. C. Chen
  11:45 AM
J4.6
Extratropical Influence on the MJO Seasonality
Marcus N. Morgan II, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL; and P. Ray
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Session 5
Case Studies: Part 1
Location: 130 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 13th Symposium on the Coastal Environment
Cochairs: Michael J. DeFlorio, SIO/Univ. Of California; Andre J. van der Westhuysen, NOAA/NWS/NCEP
  10:30 AM
5.1
  11:00 AM
5.3
Future flood frequency under sea level rise scenarios, case study of Annapolis MD
Gina R. Henderson, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD; and D. L. Kriebel and J. D. Geiman

  11:15 AM
5.4
Nearshore Wave and Current Measurements/Predictions on the Texas Coast
Philipe Tissot, Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi, TX; and L. Dell, J. Rizzo, and D. Williams
  11:30 AM
5.5
Weather Effects on Surface Water as Waterfowl Habitat
Tara Rodgers, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and S. DeMaso and N. Enwright
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Session 5
WWMPP Associated Studies: Climatology and ASCII Field Program
Location: 211B West Building (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 20th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification
Cochairs: Don A. Griffith, North American Weather Consultants; Lulin Xue, NCAR
  10:45 AM
5.2
The AgI Seeding Cloud Impact Investigation (ASCII) Campaign: Key Findings and Lessons Learned
Bart Geerts, Univ. of Wyoming, Laramie, WY; and B. Pokharel, X. Jing, X. Chu, R. M. Rasmussen, D. Breed, and K. Friedrich
  11:45 AM
5.5
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Session 6
Innovations in University Instruction - Synoptic Meteorology II
Location: 125AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 24th Symposium on Education
Cochairs: John A. Knox, University Of Georgia; Mark W. Seefeldt, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado

A continuation of Innovations in University Instruction - Synoptic Meteorology I
  10:30 AM
6.1
Radar Observations of Storms for Education: A bridge between idealized conceptual diagrams and real weather
Sandra E. Yuter, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; and N. A. Corbin, M. A. Miller, S. M. Ellis, and P. C. Kennedy
  10:45 AM
6.2
  11:30 AM
6.5
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Session 7
Atmospheric Convection: Impact on Atmospheric Composition and Chemistry II
Location: 124A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 17th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry
Cochairs: Michelle L. Santee, JPL; Hui Su, JPL
  10:30 AM
7.1
High water vapor and associated signatures from MLS in the mid-latitude summer lowermost stratosphere: Implications for posited ozone destruction
Michael J. Schwartz, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and M. L. Santee, G. L. Manney, W. G. Read, N. J. Livesey, L. Froidevaux, and A. Lambert

  10:45 AM
7.2
Observations from MACPEX of enhanced chemical plumes and perturbations in tropopause structure in regions with deep convection
Gretchen L. Mullendore, Univ. of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND; and B. C. Bigelbach, L. E. Christensen, J. J. Metz, and K. Pinkney
  11:15 AM
7.4
Downward ozone transport associated with mesoscale convective storms in the central Amazon rainforest
Jose D. Fuentes, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA; and M. Chamecki, T. Gerken, X. M. Hu, G. G. Katul, A. O. Manzi, R. M. Nascimento dos Santos, P. Stoy, J. Tóta, A. M. Trowbridge, C. von Randow, C. Schumacher, and L. Machado

  11:30 AM
7.5
Investigation of Low Ozone in the Tropical Tropopause Layer (TTL) in the Western Tropical Pacific
Alexander David Haugstad, NOAA, Boulder, CO; and E. J. Hintsa, J. W. Elkins, J. D. Nance, F. L. Moore, G. S. Dutton, B. D. Hall, A. McClure-Begley, L. Pan, C. R. Homeyer, A. J. Weinheimer, S. Honomichl, T. L. Campos, B. C. Daube, J. V. Pittman, and S. C. Wofsy
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Session 7A
Evolving Climate Services to Meet the Needs of a Changing Climate - I
Location: 226C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 10th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice
Cochairs: Renee A. McPherson, South Central Climate Science Center; Nancy Beller-Simms, NOAA
  10:30 AM
7A.1
  11:15 AM
7A.4
National Climate Indicators System: Utility of Information of Indicators
Melissa A. Kenney, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and E. Clarke

  11:30 AM
7A.5
Informing Emergency and Risk Management With Climate Knowledge in Arid Urban Areas
Kenneth Galluppi, Arizona State University, Mesa, AZ; and H. Putnam, N. Chhettri, N. Selover, and A. Middel
  11:45 AM
7A.6A
NASA Earth Science Data Products for Farmer Management and Agro-Input Cell Phone Systems
Molly E. Brown, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and J. Hosler, M. Konlambigue, K. Bentil, and V. M. Escobar
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Session 7B
Responses to Natural Hazards
Location: 226AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 10th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice
Chair: Kathleen Sherman-Morris, Mississippi State Univ.

Studies examining responses to severe weather, from behavioral (sheltering, evacuating) to cognitive or affective (anxiety, excitement). Documentation for recent events is particularly encouraged. Presentations for foundational research on this topic.
  10:30 AM
7B.1
Value of Improved Hurricane Warnings: Risk Information and Factors Affecting Stated Preferences
Jeffrey K. Lazo, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and A. Bostrom, R. E. Morss, J. L. Demuth, and H. Lazrus
  11:00 AM
7B.3
The influence of message and hazard characteristics on intended behavior in three weather and climate scenarios
Kathleen Sherman-Morris, Mississippi State Univ., Mississippi State, MS; and M. Warkentin, L. Strawderman, K. S. McNeal, P. Menard, and D. Carruth
  11:15 AM
7B.4
Motivators and Important Factors Influencing Tornado Decisions in Oklahoma During May 2013
Julia K. Ross, National Weather Center Research Experiences for Undergraduates, Norman, OK; and D. LaDue and J. Correia Jr.
  11:30 AM
7B.5
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Session 8
US and Mexico Border Region: North American Monsoon II
Location: 127ABC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 29th Conference on Hydrology
Cochairs: Yolande Serra, University of Arizona; Enrique R. Vivoni, Arizona State University
  11:10 AM
8.3
The North American Monsoon GPS TRANSECT Experiment 2013
David K. Adams, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico, Mexico, Mexico; and O. Ramos Perez, A. I. Quintanar, C. Minjarez Sosa, Y. Serra, L. Alatorre, A. Granados, and E. Vazquez
  11:40 AM
8.5
Lightning in the North American Monsoon: An Exploratory Climatology
Ronald L. Holle, Vaisala, Inc., Tucson, AZ; and M. J. Murphy
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Session 8A
  10:30 AM
8A.1
Changes in the global divergent overturning circulation, including the Hadley and Walker Circulations
Gilbert P. Compo, CIRES, Univ. of Colorado and Physical Sciences Division/ESRL/NOAA, Boulder, CO; and P. D. Sardeshmukh

  10:45 AM
8A.2
Does External Forcing Interfere with the AMOC's influence on North Atlantic Sea Surface Temperature?
Neil F. Tandon, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; and P. J. Kushner
  11:00 AM
8A.3
Influence of the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation on the Northern Hemisphere Climate in winter
Gudrun Magnusdottir, Univ. of California, Irvine, CA; and Y. Peings

  11:15 AM
8A.4
The Pacific Decadal Oscillation, Revisited
Matthew Newman, University of Colorado/CIRES and NOAA/ESRL/Physical Sciences Division, Boulder, CO; and M. Alexander, T. Ault, K. M. Cobb, C. Deser, E. Di Lorenzo, N. J. Mantua, A. J. Miller, S. Minobe, H. Nakamura, N. Schneider, and D. J. Vimont
  11:30 AM
8A.5
  11:45 AM
8A.6
Exploring Pacific climate variations and their impacts on East African Water Resources and Food Security
Chris C. Funk, USGS/Earth Resources Observation Systems, Santa Barbara, CA; and M. Hoerling, A. Hoell, B. Liebmann, J. Verdin, and G. eilerts
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Session 8B
The Peter J. Lamb Session on Climate Variability in Precipitation Processes-Part II
Location: 122BC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 27th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Cochairs: Michael Richman, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma; Lance Leslie, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma
  10:30 AM
8B.1
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Session 9
Decision Support Tools - Part I
Location: 129A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 17th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology
Cochairs: Benjamin R. J. Schwedler, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/AWC & CIRA; Le Jiang, I.M. Systems Group, Inc.
  10:30 AM
9.1
A Decision Support System for Station Keeping Stratospheric Balloons
Randall J. Alliss, Northrop Grumann Corporation, McLean, VA; and B. D. Felton, M. Mason, and A. Myckow

  10:45 AM
9.2
Aviation Weather Forecasts Beyond Today
Frederick R. Mosher, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach, FL
  11:15 AM
9.4
The Challenge of Determining Weather Requirements for the FAA's Decision Support Systems
Claudia V. McKnight, The MITRE Corporation, McLean, VA; and M. Fronzak and M. W. Huberdeau
  11:30 AM
9.5
Comparison of Radar-based Precipitation Mosaics
Joseph Grim, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and M. Steiner, J. O. Pinto, K. Stone, and D. Megenhardt
  11:45 AM
9.6
Development of the WAFS in Support of Meteorological Services for International Aviation
Steven Albersheim, FAA, Washington, DC; and M. K. Peterson, T. J. Helms Jr., and L. Burch
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Session 9
Impact of Assimilating Observations II
Location: 131AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 19th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)
Chair: Jonathan Poterjoy, NCAR
  10:45 AM
9.2
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Session 9
Results from the Deep Convective Clouds and Chemistry Experiment (DC3)
Location: 225AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Seventh Conference on the Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data
Chair: Timothy J. Lang, NASA/MSFC
  10:30 AM
9.1
Kinematic and Microphysical Control of Lightning Flash Rate over Northern Alabama
Lawrence Carey, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL; and E. V. Schultz, C. J. Schultz, A. L. Bain, R. M. Mecikalski, W. Deierling, W. A. Petersen, and K. Pickering
  11:00 AM
9.3
Flash Size and Rates Relative to the Evolving Kinematics and Microphysics of the 29 May Kingfisher Supercell Observed during DC3
Elizabeth DiGangi, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and D. R. MacGorman, C. L. Ziegler, M. I. Biggerstaff, D. Betten, and E. C. Bruning
  11:15 AM
9.4
A WRF-Chem analysis of flash rates, lightning-NOx production and subsequent trace gas chemistry of the 29-30 May 2012 convective event in Oklahoma during DC3
Kristin A. Cummings, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and K. Pickering, M. C. Barth, M. M. Bela, Y. Li, D. Allen, E. C. Bruning, D. R. MacGorman, S. Rutledge, B. Basarab, B. R. Fuchs, A. J. Weinheimer, I. B. Pollack, T. B. Ryerson, H. Huntrieser, and M. I. Biggerstaff

  11:30 AM
9.5
Anomalously Electrified Storms in Colorado: A search for physical mechanisms
Brody R. Fuchs, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and S. Rutledge, P. Kennedy, E. C. Bruning, and V. N. Bringi
  11:45 AM
9.6
Charge structure comparison of thunderstorms that experience synoptic-scale vs. mesoscale forcing: UPLIGHTS, DC3, and NMT storms
Julia N. Tilles, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM; and R. J. Thomas, W. Rison, T. A. Warner, J. H. Helsdon, and P. R. Krehbiel
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Session 9
Services Update (invited)
Location: 132AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 31st Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies
Facilitator: William Roberts, OAR
Speakers: Louis W. Uccellini, Director, NOAA/NWS; Jonathan White, US Navy; Jack A. Kaye, NASA, Science Mission Directorate
  10:30 AM
Director NWS - Louis Uccellini
  10:45 AM
U.S. Navy - Jonathan White
  11:00 AM
NASA Earth Science - Jack Kaye
  11:15 AM
Welcoming Remarks

  11:20 AM
Discussion

  12:30 PM
Concluding Remarks

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Session 9
Sudden stratospheric warmings / Stratosphere-troposphere coupling
Location: 212A West Building (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 18th Conference on Middle Atmosphere
Chair: Aditi Sheshadri, MIT
  10:30 AM
9.1A
Hemispheric Differences in Tropical Lower Stratospheric Constituent Seasonal Cycles
Richard S. Stolarski, Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD; and D. Waugh

  10:45 AM
9.2
Shape and Chemical Diagnostics of the Polar Vortices in WACCM
V. Lynn Harvey, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (Univerisity of Colorado), Boulder, CO; and K. Greer, C. Randall, J. France, L. Holt, R. Collins, D. R. Marsh, and D. Kinnison
  11:00 AM
9.3
The Disturbed Arctic Lower Stratospheric Vortex and Implications for Early Winter Polar Processing and Ozone Loss in 2012/2013
Gloria L. Manney, NorthWest Research Associates & New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM; and Z. D. Lawrence, M. L. Santee, N. J. Livesey, K. Minschwaner, A. Lambert, and M. C. Pitts
  11:15 AM
9.4
Statistics of mesospheric coolings during stratosperic warmings in observations and simulations
Christoph Zülicke, Leibniz Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Kühlungsborn, Germany; and E. Becker, V. Matthias, H. Schmidt, and H. L. Liu

  11:30 AM
9.5
Mesospheric and Lower Thermospheric Response to Major Sudden Stratospheric Warming Events
Varavut Limpasuvan, Coastal Carolina University, Conway, SC; and A. Chandran, Y. Orsolini, R. R. Garcia, and D. E. Kinnison

  11:45 AM
9.6
Future changes in Major Stratospheric Warmings in CCMI models
B. Ayarzagüena, Freie Universitaet Berlin, Berlin, Germany; and U. Langematz, L. M. Polvani, J. Abalichin, H. Akiyoshi, A. Klekociuk, M. Michou, O. Morgenstern, L. D. Oman, and K. Shibata
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Session 9
The role of air-sea interaction in climate variability and change, Part 2
Location: 224A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 19th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction
Cochairs: R. Justin Small, UCAR; Kit-Yan Choi, Princeton University
  10:45 AM
9.2
Mechanisms determining the atmospheric response to the Atlantic overturning circulation
Guillaume Gastineau, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France; and B. L'Hévéder
  11:00 AM
9.3
North Atlantic Blocking Variability and Role of the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation
Young-Oh Kwon, WHOI, Woods Hole, MA; and C. C. Ummenhofer, H. Seo, and T. M. Joyce

  11:15 AM
9.4
The extreme winter of 2013–14: Impacts on the subpolar North Atlantic
Jeremy P. Grist, National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, United Kingdom; and S. A. Josey, Z. L. Jacobs, R. Marsh, and B. Sinha

  11:30 AM
9.5
The severe winters of 1976–77 and 2013–14: Contrasting impacts on the Gulf Stream/North Atlantic Current
Zoe L. Jacobs, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom; and J. P. Grist, R. Marsh, S. A. Josey, and B. Sinha
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Joint Session 13
The Global Precipitation Measurement Mission--Part 2
Location: 231ABC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint between the 20th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography; and the 29th Conference on Hydrology )
Cochairs: Kenneth Carey, Earth Resources Technology (ERT), Inc.; Song Yang, Naval Research Laboratory

Joint Session with the 29th Conference on Hydrology
 
Paper J13.1 has moved. New paper number is J12.5A

  10:45 AM
J13.2
Assimilation of precipitation radars on TRMM and GPM Core satellites
Kozo Okamoto, MRI, Tsukuba, Japan; and K. Aonashi, S. Origuchi, and T. Tashima

  11:00 AM
J13.3
Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Mission Products and Services at the NASA Goddard Earth Sciences (GES) Data and Information Services Center (DISC)
Zhong Liu, CSISS/George Mason University, Fairfax, VA; and D. Ostrenga, B. Vollmer, B. Deshong, M. Greene, W. Teng, G. Vicente, and S. J. Kempler
  11:15 AM
J13.4
Hurricane GPROF: An improved hurricane rain rate retrieval for TRMM and GMI
Paula J. Brown, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and C. D. Kummerow

Recording files available
Joint Session 14
Algorithm Development I
Location: 230 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint between the 11th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; and the 20th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography )
Cochairs: Ivan A. Csiszar, NOAA/NESDIS; Fuzhong Weng, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR
  10:30 AM
J14.1
  10:45 AM
J14.2
Validation of the S-NPP NOAA-Unique CrIS/ATMS Processing System (NUCAPS) Operational EDR Products
Nicholas R. Nalli, NOAA/NESDIS, College Park, MD; and A. Gambacorta, Q. Liu, C. D. Barnet, T. Reale, C. Tan, F. Iturbide-Sanchez, B. Sun, L. Borg, E. Joseph, V. Morris, A. K. Mollner, T. King, W. Wolf, J. W. Smith, F. Tilley, and D. E. Wolfe
  11:00 AM
J14.3
Suomi-NPP Cross-Track Infrared Sounder (CrIS): Radiometric Calibration and Validation
David C. Tobin, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and H. Revercomb, R. Knuteson, J. Taylor, L. Borg, D. H. DeSlover, G. Martin, A. Merrelli, and T. Greenwald

  11:15 AM
J14.4
Survey of cloud optical parameters during night from lunar reflectance measurements
Andi Walther, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and S. D. Miller and A. Heidinger
  11:45 AM
J14.6
Development of an Algorithm Suite for MODIS and VIIRS Cloud Climate Data Record Continuity
Robert E. Holz, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and S. Platnick, A. Heidinger, G. Wind, R. Frey, and K. Meyer

11:15 AM-11:45 AM: Wednesday, 7 January 2015

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Session 3
Marketing/Advertising
Location: 128AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Eighth Annual CCM Forum: Certified Consulting Meteorologists
  11:15 AM
3.1

11:45 AM-12:00 PM: Wednesday, 7 January 2015


Panel Discussion 1
Panel Discussion
Location: 128AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Eighth Annual CCM Forum: Certified Consulting Meteorologists
  11:45 AM
PD1.1
Panel discussion involving the forum participants. This is the time for the audience to bring up specific matters for discussion.

12:00 PM-1:15 PM: Wednesday, 7 January 2015


Town Hall Meeting: Core Science Talk – Multi-hazard Impact Science with an Emphasis on Natural Hazards
Location: 131C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

The last few years has seen an increasing focus by the Met Office in the UK to provide Impact-based weather warnings in response to the public's, disaster management authorities' and Governments' needs to have a common, meaningful and understandable means of weather hazard communication. The UK's National Severe Weather Warning Service went impact-based in 2011 and a series of successfully communicated high impact flooding and wind storms events since then have provided ample evidence of the common language now being spoken between the scientists, planners and responders. The biggest challenge now is to further develop the underpinning science of weather hazard impact by integrating the mature science of weather forecasting with the developing science of hazard vulnerability and exposure. This necessarily requires an increasing dependency on other agencies and new databases, the development of interoperable science and visualisation frameworks and new and innovative means of monitoring and reporting hazard impact. The Natural Hazard Partnership, chaired by the Met Office, is leading the way in coordinating work in the UK to broaden the science to services pipeline into a range of multi-hazard impact assessments. This town hall talk looks to take us on the journey that is multi-hazard impact science into relevant and understandable assessments and warnings to the public, disaster management authorities and UK Governments. The second half of the town hall will feature an update and discussion of the Bárðarbunga volcanic activity and its impacts with updates from Sara Barsotti from the IMO and others.

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Wednesday, 7 January 2015


Eugenia Kalnay Symposium Luncheon
Location: 229B (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Speaker: Jagadish Shukla, George Mason Univ./COLA
  12:00 PM
B.1
Eugenia Kalnay: Scientist, Revolutionary, and a Concerned Citizen of the World
Jagadish Shukla, George Mason Univ./COLA, Fairfax, VA


Lunch Break

Women in the Atmospheric Sciences Luncheon
Location: 213AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

Weather-Ready Nation Student Luncheon
Location: 221A-C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

12:15 PM-1:15 PM: Wednesday, 7 January 2015


Session
Early-career members
Host: New Ideas Forum

Town Hall Meeting: DOE Data strategy for the atmospheric and climate sciences
Location: 124A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

Currently available systems to disseminate observations and model-generated data to atmospheric and climate scientists are varied, and funding agencies are exploring ways to harmonize data inventories into a form where researchers can access information in a seamless and efficient manner. We will summarize the DOE pathway towards unification of DOE data inventories, including investments to provide server side analysis, multi-dimensional visualization, federated data nodes, and options to overcome the growing data storage challenge. Within this Town Hall we hope to facilitate a forum whereby attendees can help shape our future plans.
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Town Hall Meeting: Future Directions for Employment for Newly Graduated Meteorologists
Location: 121BC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Speaker: Bruce Telfeyan, Air Force Weather Agency

The AMS Board on Higher Education, Board for Operational Government Meteorologists, and Weather Analysis and Forecast Committee invite you to participate in a panel discussion regarding employment opportunities and challenges for newly graduated meteorologists. Panelists from government and private sectors will be on hand to provide insight on where job opportunities are opening up and what future indicators are suggesting for the next several years. Short talks will be given by each panelist, along with a Q&A session at the end. Areas addressed will include: •Additional skills that make a new B.S. holder more competitive in the job market •Tips on finding job opportunities •Additional strategies to enhance your potential for employment •Benefits of additional education All members of the AMS community, including undergraduate and graduate students, post docs, and early career professionals are encouraged to attend this one hour town hall meeting.
  12:15 PM
John Toohey-Morales
  12:30 PM
John Knox

  12:45 PM
Marshall Moss

  1:00 PM
Jason Tuell

  1:15 PM
J.T. Johnson

  1:30 PM
Future Directions For Employment for Newly Graduated Meteorologists - Peter Telfeyan
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Town Hall Meeting: NASA ICESat-2 Mission Town Hall
Location: 130 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

The Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2) is the new space-based altimeter mission being developed for a target launch in 2017. ICESat-2 will continue important observations of ice-sheet elevation change, sea ice freeboard, and vegetation canopy height begun by the first ICESat mission, which operated from 2003 to 2009. This town hall discusses the primary ICESat-2 data products and highlights the different initiatives and goals of the ICESat-2 Applications program. Our goal is to elicit questions to foster the development of currently underrepresented thematic areas that will benefit from ICESat-2 measurements.
  12:15 PM
NASA ICESat-2 Mission Applications - Sabrina Delgado Arias
  12:30 PM
Overview and Updates - Sabrina Delgado Arias

Town Hall Meeting: NASA’s Earth Science Flight Program Investments in and Planning for the Next-Generation Earth Observatories – An Update
Location: 232A-C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

NASA has eleven Earth science missions currently in formulation and development, with eight scheduled to launch before the end of 2018. These include CATS (NET December 2014), SMAP (January 2015), SAGE III (2016), CYGNSS (2016), TEMPO (2017), GRACE FO (2017), ICESat-2 (2017), and ECOSTRESS (2018). These will join the fleet of seventeen operating NASA Earth science research satellites, including the recently launched Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission, OCO-2, and ISS-Rapidscat, as well as other US and international weather, climate, and research satellites. NASA also has the responsibility for defining and implementing, in coordination with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the nation’s Sustainable Land Imaging (SLI) program to follow the currently flying Landsat 7 and Landsat 8 missions. Additionally, NASA has been directed to continue the fundamental climate measurements of solar irradiance, Earth radiation budget, and Ozone profiling to extend these data records into the future. How will NASA meet these demanding measurement objectives? NASA’s Earth Science Division is working now, in collaboration with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the USGS, DOE, international partners, and with the industrial community on science studies, technology investments, and mission definition studies to prepare the next generation of satellites and observations for launch in 2019 and beyond. At this Town Hall meeting we will present the progress and plans for these next generation missions, including mission concepts from the 2007 NRC Decadal Survey (http://science.nasa.gov/earth-science/decadal-surveys/) and from the 2010 NASA Climate Plan (http://science.nasa.gov/earth-science/). We will identify opportunities for greater interaction with the NASA missions already in formulation and development, as well as opportunities for future collaboration as we move forward with this next generation of missions and measurements.

Town Hall Meeting: NASA’s Earth Science Flight Program Investments in and Planning for the Next-Generation Earth Observatories – An Update
Location: 232A-C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

NASA has eleven Earth science missions currently in formulation and development, with eight scheduled to launch before the end of 2018. These include CATS (NET December 2014), SMAP (January 2015), SAGE III (2016), CYGNSS (2016), TEMPO (2017), GRACE FO (2017), ICESat-2 (2017), and ECOSTRESS (2018). These will join the fleet of seventeen operating NASA Earth science research satellites, including the recently launched Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission, OCO-2, and ISS-Rapidscat, as well as other US and international weather, climate, and research satellites. NASA also has the responsibility for defining and implementing, in coordination with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the nation’s Sustainable Land Imaging (SLI) program to follow the currently flying Landsat 7 and Landsat 8 missions. Additionally, NASA has been directed to continue the fundamental climate measurements of solar irradiance, Earth radiation budget, and Ozone profiling to extend these data records into the future. How will NASA meet these demanding measurement objectives? NASA’s Earth Science Division is working now, in collaboration with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the USGS, DOE, international partners, and with the industrial community on science studies, technology investments, and mission definition studies to prepare the next generation of satellites and observations for launch in 2019 and beyond. At this Town Hall meeting we will present the progress and plans for these next generation missions, including mission concepts from the 2007 NRC Decadal Survey (http://science.nasa.gov/earth-science/decadal-surveys/) and from the 2010 NASA Climate Plan (http://science.nasa.gov/earth-science/). We will identify opportunities for greater interaction with the NASA missions already in formulation and development, as well as opportunities for future collaboration as we move forward with this next generation of missions and measurements.

Town Hall Meeting: NOAA’s NCDC Responds to the Deepening Southwestern Drought with Climate Data, Products, and Services
Location: 125AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Speaker: Kevin Werner, NOAA

In response to the deepening drought sweeping the southwestern US in 2014 and the perennial stress on the region’s water resources, NOAA’s National Climatic Data Center in Asheville, NC offers a suite of climate data, products, and services. End users requiring these products and services range from State Climatologists to regional and local water providers and agricultural extension agents. The drought products offered include the weekly US Drought Monitor Report, authorship in the Monthly North American Drought Monitor, and essential measurement variables including Soil moisture, Palmer Drought Indices (PDSI) the Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI) and the TD9658 Palmer Drought. NCDC also provides in-situ and satellite datasets and analysis of historical and current drought conditions. All of the climate data, products, and services offered by NCDC for drought response, focused on the southwestern US, will be presented and discussed. In addition, NCDC and NOAA continually seek to improve their support to decision makers. To that end, input will be solicited via discussion on emerging needs from decision makers and how those needs may be met through the nation’s climate archives and science.

Town Hall Meeting: Post-THORPEX Legacy Projects: High-Impact Weather (HIWeather) and a new proposed US initiative
Location: 126BC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Speaker: Sharanya J. Majumdar, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS

This Town Hall comprises two interconnected projects: the WMO/WWRP High-Impact Weather Project (HIWeather), and a new US initiative to develop a plan that integrates US interests in HIWeather with two other WMO/WWRP projects: the Polar Prediction and Subseasonal-to-Seasonal Prediction projects. This Town Hall will provide an opportunity to find out more about the activities that are planned and to question those involved about how to get involved. Despite dramatic improvements in forecast accuracy in the last decade, the global cost of high impact weather continues to grow at an alarming rate. HIWeather will focus global research on those aspects of the weather enterprise, both science- and service-related, that currently inhibit effective responses to forecasts and warnings, especially with regard to the impacts of urban flooding, wildfires, local extreme winds, disruptive winter weather and extreme heat/air pollution in megacities. Working together on these problems will both accelerate progress and enable less developed nations to benefit. In parallel, efforts have been underway since mid-2014 to engage the US community in the three aforementioned WMO/WWRP projects, and for participants to identify critical gaps, common scientific challenges and priorities. The next stage in the US is to develop a coordinated community project plan. In addition to introducing the structure for a US project plan, Town Hall participants are encouraged to provide feedback on the path forward, and contributions from the community to the drafting of the US project plan are encouraged.

Town Hall Meeting: “Hotspot Project”: What can we learn and what's next?
Location: 224A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Speaker: Hisashi Nakamura, Univ. of Tokyo

Midlatitude air-sea interaction, including the climatic impacts of strong western boundary currents and associated oceanic fronts, is drawing increasing attention from climate science community. These impacts have been studied extensively during a 5-year Japanese "Hotspot Project" launched in 2010. An overview and the main outcomes of this project are introduced in this Town Hall Meeting. We will discuss how the community can utilize the unique data obtained by the intensive observation campaigns around the Kuroshio Extension, and how we can coordinate international collaborations in future. Grab your lunch and join us for a lively discussion on the “hotspots of our climate system”.

12:45 PM-1:05 PM: Wednesday, 7 January 2015


Daily Weather Briefings
Location: 132AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

1:00 PM-1:30 PM: Wednesday, 7 January 2015


ASLI Choice Book Awards
Location: 129B (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

This year the awards for the best books published in 2014 will be presented in the ASLI Conference Room. Please join us to honor the authors and publishers!

1:30 PM-2:30 PM: Wednesday, 7 January 2015

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Joint Panel Discussion 1
Improving the Communication of Space Weather Information through the Media
Location: 227A-C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint between the Third Symposium on the Weather and Climate Enterprise; and the 12th Conference on Space Weather )
Moderator: Tom Champoux, AMS
Panelists: Jason Samenow, Washington Post; Jacob Wycoff, EarthNetworks; Jay Trobec, KELO-TV; Richard D. Clark, Millersville University
  1:30 PM
Introduction - Tom Champoux
  1:45 PM
Jason Samenow
  2:00 PM
Jacob Wycoff
  2:15 PM
  2:30 PM
Richard Clark
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Session 1
Lidar Data for Model Assimilation and Validation
Location: 211A West Building (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Seventh Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications
Cochairs: Rob K. Newsom, PNNL; Brian Joseph Vanderwende, Univ. of Colorado
  1:30 PM
1.1
Investigation of Lidar Vertical Wind Variance Errors at the Boulder Atmospheric Observatory
Timothy A. Bonin, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and J. F. Newman, P. M. Klein, P. B. Chilson, A. Muschinski, L. M. Root, and S. Tichkule
  2:00 PM
1.3
The utilization of numerical forecast models and airborne Doppler Wind Lidars for UAS flight path planning and energy extraction
Steven Greco, Simpson Weather Associates, Charlottesville, VA; and G. D. Emmitt, S. A. Wood, M. Costello, and M. Chtangeev
 
Paper 1.4 has been moved. New poster number is 928

  2:15 PM
1.4A
Polarization Lidar for the Detection of Cloud Phase and Particle Orientation
Robert A. Stillwell, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and R. R. Neely III, M. Hayman, J. P. Thayer, R. Barton Grimley, and M. Shupe
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Panel Discussion 1
Presentations and Panel Discussion: Altmetrics
Location: 129B (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 18th Annual Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International (ASLI)
Moderator: Matthew D. Ramey, UCAR
Panelists: Jinny Nathans, American Meteorological Society; Jason Dewland, University of Arizona Libraries; Fiona Murphy, Wiley; Matthew S. Mayernik, NCAR

This panel will engage the ASLI community in a discussion of alternative metrics (Altmetrics): what they measure, what librarians need to know, and how they are being used.
  1:30 PM
Altmetrics - Jinny Nathans
  1:45 PM
Altmetrics - Matthew Ramey
  2:00 PM
Altmetrics - Matthew Mayernik
  2:15 PM
Altmetrics - Jason Dewland


Lecture 2
Horton Lecture
Location: 127ABC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint between the Eugenia Kalnay Symposium; the 31st Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 27th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 24th Symposium on Education; the 20th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography; the 20th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification; the 19th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS); the 19th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction; the 29th Conference on Hydrology; the 18th Conference on Middle Atmosphere; the 17th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the 17th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 13th Conference on Artificial Intelligence; the 13th Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 13th History Symposium; the 12th Conference on Space Weather; the 11th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the 10th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the Eighth Annual CCM Forum: Certified Consulting Meteorologists; the Seventh Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications; the Seventh Conference on the Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data; the Seventh Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions; the Sixth Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the Sixth Conference on Environment and Health; the Fifth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; the Third Symposium on the Weather and Climate Enterprise; the Third Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation’s Readiness, Responsiveness, and Resilience to High Impact Weather Events; the Third Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the Third Symposium on Prediction of the Madden-Julian Oscillation: Processes, Prediction and Impact; the First Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate; and the Special Symposium on Model Postprocessing and Downscaling )
Chair: Michael B. Ek, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC
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Session 3
Advances in Satellite and Aircraft Observations and Sensors
Location: 232A-C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Fifth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations
Cochairs: Brian Mischel, Riverside Technology Inc.; Tom Pagano, NASA/JPL
  1:30 PM
3.1
The Future of GNSS-RO for Global Weather Monitoring and Prediction – A COSMIC-2 / FORMOSAT-7 Program Status Update
Kendra Cook, Canopy Consulting International, LLC, Kimball, SD; and P. Wilczynski, M. Wenkel, and J. Murphy
  2:00 PM
3.3
Research to Operations of Satellite Products within NESDIS
Thomas B. Schott, NOAA/NESDIS, Suitland, MD; and S. L. Bunin and B. Reed
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Session 3
CDC Building Resilience Against Climate Effects: Strategies and programs to confront the health implications of climate change - Part I
Location: 228AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Sixth Conference on Environment and Health
Chair: George Luber, CDC
  1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
  2:00 PM
3.2
Vulnerability of healthcare infrastructure to flooding in Georgia
Shubhayu Saha, CDC, Atlanta, GA; and A. Manangan and C. Marsteller

  2:15 PM
3.3
Internet search queries as a proxy for pollen counts
Matthew K. Parker, Mercer University, Macon, GA; and P. Schramm, S. Saha, A. Manangan, and G. Luber

Recording files available
Session 3
Data Assimilation
Location: 229A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Eugenia Kalnay Symposium
Chair: Kayo Ide, University of Maryland
  1:30 PM
3.1
Ensemble Methods and Data Assimilation
Brian R. Hunt, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
  1:45 PM
3.2
Greenhouse Gas Observations and Assimilation Methods for Emissions Estimates
R. Dickerson, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and N. Zeng, X. Ren, K. Ide, and E. Kanlay
  2:00 PM
3.3
Applying a 3DVAR-EnKF Hybrid Data Assimilation System to Typhoon Forecast Models
Hong Li, Shanghai Typhoon Institute, Shanghai, China; and J. Luo and B. Chen
  2:15 PM
3.4A
A Hybrid Global Ocean Data Assimilation System at UMD and NCEP
Steve Penny, University of Maryland , College Park, MD; and D. Behringer, J. Carton, and E. Kalnay
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Session 3
Post-Processing and Product Generation - Part 1
Location: 123 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Special Symposium on Model Postprocessing and Downscaling
Cochairs: Bob Glahn, NOAA/NWS/Meteorological Development Laboratory; Scott Sellars, Univ. of California
  1:30 PM
3.1
An Introduction to the National Blend of Global Models Project
Kathryn K. Gilbert, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and J. P. Craven, D. R. Novak, T. M. Hamill, J. Sieveking, D. P. Ruth, and S. J. Lord
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Panel Discussion 3
Streaming Media: The Choice Between "Movies" or Weather Products
Location: 222A-C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Third Symposium on the Weather and Climate Enterprise
Moderators: David G. Lubar, Aerospace Corporation, GOES-R Program Office; Carol Anne Clayson, WHOI
Panelists: Mark Paese, NOAA/NESDIS; Ivan Navarro, NWS; Jonathan Porter, AccuWeather; Mark Mulholland, NOAA/NESDIS

Federal spectrum sharing, both currently underway and proposed, and how it will affect meteorological users. Moving data from space to users may be impacted by other commercial interests. Understand how it may affect you, how you can speak up about proposed plans and what the next steps are in protecting meteorological radio frequency spectrum and the products it supports.
  1:30 PM
Introduction - Carol Anne Clayson
  1:45 PM
Future Spectrum Sharing - Mark Mulholland
  2:00 PM
DAA Perspective - Mark Paese
  2:15 PM
NWS Radiosondes - Ivan Navarro
  2:30 PM
Accuweather Spectrum Concerns - Jonathan Porter
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Joint Session 5
Applications of Artificial Intelligence Methods for Energy-Part I
Location: 124B (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint between the 13th Conference on Artificial Intelligence; and the Sixth Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy )
CoChair: Sue Ellen Haupt, NCAR
  1:30 PM
J5.1
An AI Approach to Forecasting Net Loads and Distributed Solar Production for Utilities
John K. Williams, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and G. Wiener, S. E. Haupt, T. Brummet, S. Dettling, and J. M. Pearson

Joint Session 5
Core Science Lecture
Location: 124A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint between the 17th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; and the Seventh Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions )
Cochairs: Sonia M. Kreidenweis, Colorado State University; Tom Jobson, Washington State Univeristy; Jiwen Fan, PNNL
Recording files available
Themed Joint Session 5
The New Scientists and Professionals: Ensuring a next-generation educated and supported to match the daunting spectrum of user and technology drivers
Location: 125AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint between the 24th Symposium on Education; the Third Annual Conference for Early Career Professionals; and the Third Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation’s Readiness, Responsiveness, and Resilience to High Impact Weather Events )
Facilitators: Julie S. Malmberg, UCAR; Diane M. Stanitski, NOAA
  1:30 PM
TJ5.1
GOES-R Education Proving Ground
Margaret Mooney, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and T. J. Schmit and S. Ackerman
  1:45 PM
TJ5.2
A Cloud-Based Mobile Weather Server to Support Emergency Response Meteorology Training and Operations
Curtis N. James, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott, AZ; and J. Weber, G. R. Woodall, and B. A. Klimowski
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Session 6
Case Studies: Part 2
Location: 130 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 13th Symposium on the Coastal Environment
Cochairs: Michael J. DeFlorio, SIO/Univ. Of California; Andre J. van der Westhuysen, NOAA/NWS/NCEP
  1:45 PM
6.2
  2:00 PM
6.3
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Session 6
Orographic Cloud Seeding: Wyoming and Idaho Physical Studies
Location: 211B West Building (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 20th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification
Chair: Bruce A. Boe, Weather Modification, Inc.
  2:00 PM
6.2
Methodologies for Trace Chemical Sampling and Analysis of Snow, Water and Soil in Support of the WWMPP: Summary and Lessons Learned
Jeffrey S. Tilley, DRI and Open Science Associates, LLC., Reno, NV; and A. Huggins, L. Layman, M. Fearon, R. David, F. McDonough, and K. Texeira

  2:15 PM
6.3
Trace Chemical Analyses of Snow during the WWMPP: Results and Implications for the Randomized Statistical Experiment
Jeffrey S. Tilley, DRI and Open Science Associates, LLC., Reno, NV; and A. Huggins, L. Layman, I. McCubbin, J. Dean, J. Juchtzer, K. Texeira, and F. McDonough

Recording files available
Session 8
Medium-Range, Sub-Seasonal and Seasonal Scale Forecast Techniques and Modeling for Energy Demand
Location: 224B (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Sixth Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy
Cochairs: Mitchell T. Baer, Dept. of Energy; Carl J. Schreck III, North Carolina State University
  2:00 PM
8.3
Global vs. Local MJO Forecast Skills
Chidong Zhang, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and J. LIng, P. Bauer, P. Bechtold, A. Beljaars, R. M. Forbes, F. Vitart, and M. Ulate
  2:15 PM
8.4
Heat waves and MJO: prospects for subseasonal excessive heat outlooks
Augustin Vintzileos, University of Maryland/Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, Camp Springs, MD; and J. Gottschalck
Recording files available
Session 8
Using Social Media for Communications, Information Gathering and Dissemination
Location: 221A-C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Third Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation’s Readiness, Responsiveness, and Resilience to High Impact Weather Events
Cochairs: Jennifer Sprague, NOAA/NWS; Dave Jones, StormCenter Communications, Inc.
  1:30 PM
8.1
NWS Social Media from a Regional Perspective
Brian Hoeth, NOAA/NWS, Fort Worth, TX; and K. M. Van Speybroeck, J. McNatt, and M. Wiley
  2:00 PM
8.3
The National Weather Service's Emerging Technology Integrated Work Team and Its Role in Information Delivery and Communication via Social Media
Corey Pieper, NOAA/NWS, Fort Worth, TX; and M. Hudson, D. R. Deroche, M. Solum, B. Ward, W. Levine, M. Gerber, D. J. Miller, P. K. Pickard, G. Limon, M. Bailey, S. Shea, J. Liang, and S. Potter
  2:15 PM
8.4
Leveraging Social Media to Provide Seamless Forecast Services
Brad Workman, Dewberry, Denver, CO; and S. Geiger, D. Smirnov, and J. F. Henz

Session 8A
(CANCELED) Evolving Climate Services to Meet the Needs of a Changing Climate - II
Location: 226C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 10th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice
Chair: Randy A. Peppler, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma
  1:30 PM
This Session Has Been Canceled

  1:45 PM
8A.1 has been moved to Poster number 457.

  2:15 PM
Paper 8A.3 has been moved. New paper number is 7A.6A.

Recording files available
Session 8B
Got Forecast?: Digital Media MashUp, Message Design, and Consistency of Content
Location: 226AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 10th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice
CoChair: Susan A. Jasko, California Univ. of Pennsylvania

This session will examine the communication of weather information across diverse publics, through and across multiple platforms, especially social and digital mobile media, and the challenges created by multiple, competing sources of weather information. Presentations for work that transitions research to operations.
  1:45 PM
8B.3
  2:15 PM
Discussion

Recording files available
Session 9A
Extreme events: Analysis of heat waves and polar air outbreaks—Part I
Location: 121BC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 27th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Chair: Nat Johnson, NOAA/GFDL
  2:00 PM
9A.3
Remote Influences of Atmospheric and Oceanic Variability on Heat Waves and Cold Spells in a Regional Climate Model
Tarun Verma, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and C. M. Patricola, J. S. Hsieh, R. Saravanan, and P. Chang
  2:15 PM
9A.4
Recording files available
Session 9B
  1:30 PM
9B.1
Statistical-dynamical seasonal prediction of tropical cyclones affecting New York State
Edmund K. M. Chang, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY; and H. M. Kim
  1:45 PM
9B.2
Impacts of Extratropical Wave Breaking on Atlantic Tropical Cyclone Activity
Zhuo Wang, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and G. Zhang

  2:00 PM
9B.3A
Distribution and variability of CAPE over the tropical oceans
Kimberly M. Wood, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and E. A. Ritchie
  2:15 PM
9B.4
How do meridional modes structure and growth depend on mean state asymmetry?
Cristian Martinez-Villalobos, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and D. J. Vimont
Recording files available
Session 10
Air-sea interaction at the mesoscale, and effect on planetary scale climate, Part 2
Location: 224A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 19th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction
Cochairs: Claude Frankignoul, Université Pierre et Marie Curie; Young-Oh Kwon, WHOI
  1:30 PM
10.1
The Gulf Stream—Troposphere connection: the role of moist dynamics (Invited Presentation)
Arnaud Czaja, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom; and B. Vanniere, R. Parfitt, and L. Sheldon

  2:00 PM
10.3
  2:15 PM
10.4
Dynamics of lower tropospheric vertical velocity induced by sea surface temperature fronts
Niklas Schneider, International Pacific Research Center/Univ. of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI; and R. J. Small, H. Nakamura, M. Nonaka, and B. Taguchi

Recording files available
Session 10
Decision Support Tools - Part II
Location: 129A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 17th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology
Cochairs: Matt Fronzak, The MITRE Corporation; Benjamin R. J. Schwedler, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/AWC & CIRA
  1:30 PM
10.1
Recent Improvements in Rapid Refresh and High-Resolution Rapid Refresh Forecasts of Low Ceilings
Jaymes S. Kenyon, NOAA, Boulder, CO; and J. B. Olson, J. M. Brown, C. R. Alexander, S. Benjamin, D. C. Dowell, G. Grell, M. Hu, E. P. James, T. G. Smirnova, and S. S. Weygandt
  1:45 PM
10.2
  2:00 PM
Paper 10.3 has moved. New paper number is 769A.

  2:15 PM
10.4
An Intercomparison of Schemes to Identify, Track, and Predict Convective Planetary Boundary Layer Phenomena
George Limpert, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE; and A. Houston, A. E. Reinhart, C. C. Weiss, and T. W. Nichols

Session 10
Defining sudden stratospheric warmings
Location: 212A West Building (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 18th Conference on Middle Atmosphere
Chair: Steven Pawson, NASA/GSFC

Community Discussion last 45 min
  1:30 PM
10.1
Defining Sudden Stratospheric Warmings
Amy Hawes Butler, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and D. J. Seidel, S. C. Hardiman, N. Butchart, T. Birner, and A. L. Match

  1:45 PM
Discussion

Recording files available
Session 10
Field Experiments I
Location: 131AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 19th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)
Chair: Bill Proenza, NOAA/NWS
  1:45 PM
10.2
  2:00 PM
10.3
Assimilation of UAS Observations from Trident Warrior 2013 into COAMPS NAVDAS
Daniel P. Tyndall, NRL, Monterey, CA; and J. D. Doyle, T. Holt, C. M. Amerault, D. D. Flagg, T. Haack, and J. E. Nachamkin
Recording files available
Session 10
Lightning in Tropical Cyclones
Location: 225AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Seventh Conference on the Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data
Chair: Natalia N. Solorzano, DigiPen Institute of Technology
  1:45 PM
10.2
Using Total Lightning Data to Improve Real-Time Tropical Cyclone Intensity and Genesis Forecasts
Andrea B. Schumacher, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and M. DeMaria and R. T. DeMaria
  2:00 PM
10.3
Cloud and Cloud-to-Ground Lightning Activity Associated with Hurricane Arthur
Amitabh Nag, Vaisala Inc., Louisville, CO; and R. L. Holle

Recording files available
Session 10
RADAR - Radar Meteorology Science & Applications
Location: 132AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 31st Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies
Cochairs: Mark B. Yeary, University of Oklahoma; Michael J. Istok, NOAA/NWS; Kurt D. Hondl, NOAA/NSSL; Robert E. Saffle, Noblis, Inc.
  1:30 PM
10.1
Real-time Dual-Doppler Wind Synthesis Applied to the Support of Research using Unmanned Aircraft Systems
Anthony E. Reinhart, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX; and C. C. Weiss, A. Houston, E. W. Frew, and B. Argrow
  1:45 PM
10.2
Recording files available
Joint Session 15
Direct broadcast capabilities for polar-orbiting and geostationary satellites
Location: 231ABC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint between the 11th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; and the 20th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography )
Cochairs: Gary McWilliams, JPSS Program Office/Army Research Laboratory; Liam E. Gumley, CIMSS/SSEC/Univ. of Wisconsin
  1:30 PM
J15.1
CSPP: Direct Broadcast Software for Operational Environmental Forecasters
Kathleen I. Strabala, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and L. E. Gumley, H. L. Huang, D. Hoese, J. Gerth, E. Weisz, W. L. Smith Jr., and N. Smith
  1:45 PM
J15.2
Community Satellite Processing Package (CSPP): Recent Progress and Future Updates
Liam E. Gumley, CIMSS/SSEC/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and H. L. Huang, S. Mindock, G. Martin, R. Garcia, G. Cureton, J. E. Davies, and K. I. Strabala
  2:00 PM
J15.3
Monitoring and Predicting the Intensity of Saharan Air Layer (SAL) Events Over the Caribbean Using Remote Sensing and a Dust Model Ensemble
Arunas P. Kuciauskas, NRL, Monterey, CA; and P. Lynch, E. J. Hyer, J. R. Campbell, L. Rosa, J. Prospero, S. D. Miller, J. E. Solbrig, and M. L. Surratt
  2:15 PM
J15.4
The MTG-IRS level 2 Processor: NWC applications
Stephen A. Tjemkes, EUMETSAT, Darmstadt, Germany; and P. Antonelli, J. Asmus, C. Herold, M. Koutek, S. de Haan, and R. Stuhlmann
Recording files available
Joint Session 16
Algorithm Development II
Location: 230 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint between the 11th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; and the 20th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography )
Cochairs: Kenneth Carey, Earth Resources Technology (ERT), Inc.; Vince Grano, JPSS Program Office
  1:45 PM
J16.2
Enterprise Plan for Algorithm Development and Integration to Operations
Walter Wolf, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR, College Park, MD; and J. Daniels, S. Sampson, L. Zhou, T. King, and B. Das
  2:00 PM
J16.3
Improvements and Extensions for Joint Polar Satellite System Algorithms
Kerry Grant, Raytheon Intelligence, Information and Services, Aurora, CO; and J. Feeley, S. W. Miller, and M. Jamilkowski
  2:15 PM
J16.4
JPSS Science Product Requirements and Implementation Evolution
Kathryn Shontz, Noblis for NOAA/NESDIS/JPSS, Lanham, MD; and M. Goldberg and A. Layns

2:30 PM-4:00 PM: Wednesday, 7 January 2015


Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
Location: Hall 4 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

Poster Session 1
Posters
Host: Eugenia Kalnay Symposium
 
882
Relationship between Warm Air Mass Transport into the Upper Polar Atmosphere and Cold Air Outbreaks in Winter
Ming Cai, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and Y. Yu, R. C. Ren, and H. van den Dool

 
883
 
885
A New Prognostic Cloud Cover Scheme for Mesoscale Models
chao sun, University of Maryland, Hyattsville, MD; and X. Z. Liang

 
886
Infrared brightness temperature assimilation using an LETKF at convection-resolving resolutions
Africa Perianez, Deutscher Wetterdienst, Offenbach, Germany; and J. Otkin, A. Schomburg, R. Faulwetter, H. Reich, C. Schraff, and R. Potthast

Handout (1.8 MB)

 
887
Dynamic Constraints in Local Ensemble Transform Kalman Filter (LETKF) for the Coastal Ocean
Ying Zhang, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and K. Ide, T. Miyoshi, and J. C. McWilliams

 
888
Outer Loops in 4D Hybrid Ensemble-Variational Data Assimilation for the NCEP GFS
Daryl T. Kleist, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and K. Ide and R. B. Mahajan

 
889
Vertical localization strategy for radiance data within KIAPS-LETKF system
Ji-Sun Kang, KIAPS, Seoul, Korea; and H. W. Chun, B. J. Jung, and J. H. Kim

 
890
Impact of assimilation of surface and cloud contaminated microwave observations on tropical cyclone simulations
Diandong Ren, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Australia; and M. Lynch, J. F. LeMarshall, and L. Leslie

 
892
Inducing Tropical Cyclones to Undergo Brownian Motion
Daniel Hodyss, NRL, Monterey, CA; and J. G. McLay, J. R. Moskaitis, and E. Serra

 
893
Ensembles, Predictability, Assimilation and Reanalysis on Mars
Steven J. Greybush, Penn State Univ., University Park, PA; and R. N. Hoffman, R. J. Wilson, Y. Zhao, M. J. Hoffman, K. Ide, T. Miyoshi, and E. Kalnay

 
895
Predictability of intense weather events over northern Greece
Ioannis Pytharoulis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, THESSALONIKI, Greece; and T. Karacostas, I. Tegoulias, S. Kotsopoulos, and D. Bampzelis
Manuscript (1.0 MB)

 
897
Ensemble dispersion simulation of the radioactive aerosol emitted from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant
Tsuyoshi Thomas Sekiyama, MRI, Tsukuba, Japan; and M. Kunii and M. Kajino

 
898
An Object-oriented Data Assimilation Toolkit — Community Data Assimilation Repository
Yuanfu Xie, NOAA, Boulder, CO; and Z. Toth and T. Brown

 
900
Performance Evaluation of the Chesapeake Bay Data Assimilation and Forecasting System
Kayo Ide, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and M. J. Hoffman and J. Cipriani

 
901
Applications of Ensemble Singular Vectors for the LETKF system combined with a global NWP model
Seoleun Shin, Korea Institute of Atmospheric Prediction Systems, Seoul, South Korea; and J. S. Kang, S. C. Yang, and T. Enomoto

 
902
 
903
Toward Assimilation of GPM-derived Precipitation Data with NICAM-LETKF
Takemasa Miyoshi, RIKEN Advanced Institute for Computational Science, Kobe, Japan; and S. Kotsuki, K. Terasaki, G. Y. Lien, and E. Kalnay

 
904
Evaluation of Tropical Cyclogenesis Forecasts in Different Synoptic-scale Environments
Weiwei Li, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and Z. Wang, M. Peng, and R. McTaggart-Cowan

 
905
Improving balance in the NCEP Hybrid Ensemble-Var data assimilation system
Catherine Thomas, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/IMSG, College Park, MD; and R. B. Mahajan, D. T. Kleist, M. Rancic, and M. J. Kim

 
906
Constraining carbon cycle climate interaction with a joint land-atmosphere carbon data assimilation approach
Ning Zeng, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and E. Kalnay, G. R. Asrar, S. Penny, J. S. Kang, and I. Fung

 
907
 
908
Intercomparison of an improved 20th Century reanalysis version 2c dataset spanning 1850 to 2012
Gilbert P. Compo, CIRES, Univ. of Colorado and Physical Sciences Division/ESRL/NOAA, Boulder, CO; and J. S. Whitaker, P. D. Sardeshmukh, B. S. Giese, and P. Brohan

 
911
Development of a Season/Flow Dependent Gravity Wave Drag Parameterization for the NOAA FIM Global Atmospheric Model
Johnathan J. Metz, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND; and M. Fiorino and J. W. Bao

 
912
Climate Change and Socioeconomics: A resilience based spatial outlook along US East Coast
Ibraheem M. P. Khan, University of Maryland, College Park, Hyattsville, MD; and K. Hubacek

 
913
Eta vs sigma: Precipitation scores, Gallus-Klemp test, and added value at large scales in NWP/RCM experiments
Fedor Mesinger, Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center , College Park, MD; and K. Veljovic

Handout (2.3 MB)

 
916
On the Northward Ageostrophic Wind associated with a Tropical Cyclone
Kazuo Saito, Meteorological Research Institute/Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
Manuscript (1.1 MB)

 
917
Use of APHRODITE Rain Gauge–Based Precipitation for Improving Middle East Seasonal Precipitation Forecasts by the Superensemble Method
Akiyo Yatagai, Solar-Terrestrial Environment Laboratory, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan; and T. N. Krishnamurti and V. Kumar


Poster Session 2
Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions II (Wed)
Host: Seventh Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions
Cochairs: Jeffrey R. Pierce, Colorado State University; Sonia M. Kreidenweis, Colorado State University
 
Poster 791 has been moved. New paper number is J4.2A.

 
793
WRF-Chem Sensitivity in an Saharan Dust Event
J.C. Teixeira, Universidade de Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal; and A. Rocha and A. C. Carvalho

 
Poster 794 has moved. New paper number is J4.6A.

 
795
Single Particle Mass Spectrometry of Soil and Dust Particles—Linking their Chemical Composition to Ice-Nucleation Activity
Berko Sierau, ETH, Zurich, Switzerland; and Y. Boose, F. Mahrt, J. D. Haskins, M. I. García, I. Steinke, C. Hoose, Z. A. Kanji, S. Nickovic, O. Möhler, S. Rodríguez, and U. Lohmann

 
796
 
797
Simulating the impacts of soil dust with ice-active organic compounds on cloud on regional scales
Matthias Hummel, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany; and C. Hoose, C. Schaupp, I. Steinke, and O. Möhler

 
798
The impact of biological aerosols on desert dust within the cloud droplet
Amir Hadji Ali Ghandi, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey; and A. C. Saydam

 
800
 
801
Characterization of the aerosol environment in spring 2011 during the Midlatitude Continental Convective Clouds Experiment (MC3E)
Sonia M. Kreidenweis, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and P. J. Marinescu, S. C. van den Heever, A. Jefferson, C. Kuang, J. Wang, and D. R. Collins

 
802
Observational study on relationship between aerosol and CCN spectra, and effect of observation-constrained CCN on WRF-simulated precipitation
Jing Duan, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, Beijing, China; and X. Guo, Y. Chen, and Y. Liu

 
803
 
805
Characterization of the effects of cloud heterogeneity on cloud fraction and cloud radiative effects
Clement Li, City College, New York, NY; and S. E. Schwartz, D. V. Vladutescu, and A. Aguirre
Manuscript (1.1 MB)

Handout (1.3 MB)

 
Poster 808 has been moved. New paper number is 11.3A.

 
810
 
Poster 811 has moved. New paper number is 9.2A.

 
Poster 812 has been moved. New paper number is 5.1A.


Poster Session 2
Atmospheric Chemistry Poster Session 2 (Wed)
Host: 17th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry
Cochairs: Jonathan Jiang, JPL; Jiwen Fan, PNNL

poster session for Atmospheric Convection and TropoChem sessions
 
744
Response of Middle Atmospheric Hydroxyl Radical to the 27-day Solar Forcing
Qiong Zhang, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA; and K. F. Li, S. Wang, Y. Yung, and S. P. Sander

 
747
Source Attribution of Aerosol Size Distributions at Whistler Mountain
Jessica Y. Ng, Scripps College, Claremont, CA; and S. D'Andrea, M. Wheeler, A. M. Macdonald, R. Leaitch, and J. R. Pierce

 
748
Organic Nitrogen in the Snowpack throughout the United States Rocky Mountains
Bret A. Schichtel, National Park Service, Fort Collins, CO; and K. B. Benedict, G. P. Ingersoll, Y. Desyaterik, K. Morris, W. C. Malm, and J. L. Collett Jr.

 
749
Top-down estimates of SO2 degassing emissions from the Turrialba Volcano using in situ measurements from Unmanned Aerial Systems and the WRF-STILT model
Xin Xi, NASA, Moffett Field, CA; and M. Johnson, M. Fladeland, D. Pieri, J. A. Diaz, S. Jeong, and G. Bland

 
Poster 750 has been moved. New paper number is 8.1A.

 
751
Concentrations and deposition of reactive nitrogen in Grand Teton National Park
Katherine B. Benedict, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and A. P. Sullivan, Y. Li, A. J. Prenni, X. Chen, E. J. T. Levin, D. Day, S. M. Kreidenweis, B. A. Schichtel, W. C. Malm, and J. L. Collett Jr.

 
753
High Resolution Inverse Modeling of Emissions in the Uinta Basin of Utah
Eduardo P. Olaguer Jr., Houston Advanced Research Center, Woodlands, TX

 
755
Resolution of Top Down with Bottom Up Estimates of Gas Field Methane Leakage
W.F.J. Evans, North West Research Associates, Redmond, WA

 
760
Potentially harmful Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) in the Fort Collins, Colorado area
Lauren Deanes, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI; and A. R. Evanoski-Cole, A. Clements, and J. L. Collett Jr.

 
761
Numerical Simulation of Global Atmospheric Chemical Transport with Three-dimensional Adaptive Wavelet-based Mesh Refinement
Artem N. Semakin, North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC; and Y. Rastigejev

 
763
Reconciling Model Differences to Obtain Robust Features of Convective Influence Calculations for the Tropical Tropopause Layer
John W. Bergman, Bay Area Environmental Research Inst., Petaluma, CA; and L. Pfister and E. Jensen

 
764
IMPACT OF EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS (HEAVY PRECIPITATION) ON CONCENTRATION LEVELS OF ORGANIC POLLUTANTS IN ARCTIC LAKES
Zaneta Polkowska, Gdansk University of Technology, Gdansk, Poland; and S. Lehmann, L. Franczak, G. Gajek, and W. Kociuba

 
765
2014 FireWork Performance Analysis
Radenko Pavlovic, EC, Dorval, QC, Canada; and D. Davignon, P. A. Beaulieu, and M. D. Moran

 
766
Uptake of NO and VOCs to a Photoactive Roadway Surface
Tom Jobson, Washington State Univeristy, Pullman, WA; and C. Toro and S. Chung


Joint Poster Session 2
Joint Satellite Program Poster Session II
Hosts: (Joint between the 20th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography; the 11th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; and the Third Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation )
Organizer: Kenneth Carey, Earth Resources Technology (ERT), Inc.
Cochairs: Derek J. Posselt, University of Michigan; Christopher S. Velden, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin; George P. Kablick III, University of Maryland, College Par; Jim G. Yoe, NOAA/NESDIS; Gary McWilliams, JPSS Program Office/Army Research Laboratory
 
603
Snowfall Rate Retrieval Using Passive Microwave Measurements and Its Applications in Weather Forecast and Hydrology
Huan Meng, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR, College Park, MD; and R. R. Ferraro, C. Kongoli, B. Yan, L. Zhao, J. Dong, N. Y. Wang, and B. T. Zavodsky

 
604
Testing, Troubleshooting and Integrating Changes to Joint Polar Satellite Systems (JPSS) Algorithms using Algorithm Development Library (ADL)
Bigyani Das, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR/IMSG, College Park, MD; and W. Wolf, W. Chen, M. Tsidulko, Y. Zhao, V. Mikles, K. Sprietzer, and V. Dharmawardane

Handout (1.1 MB)

 
605
JPSS-1 xDR Requirements Verification: Pre-Launch to Post-Launch Plans
Murty G. Divakarla, IM Systems Group, Inc., Rockville, MD; and L. Zhou, X. Liu, W. Wolf, E. Gottshall, J. Feeley, T. Atkins, R. S. Steadley, and R. Godin

 
606
Community Radiative Transfer Model (CRTM) Support To Cloud Radiance Assimilation
Quanhua Liu, NOAA/NESDIS, College Park, MD; and P. van Delst, D. Groff, H. Liu, E. Liu, M. Chen, A. Collard, S. A. Boukabara, F. Weng, and J. C. Derber

 
607
Effect of Solar Irradiance Fluctuations on S-NPP Reflective Band Calibration
Yelena Savranskaya, The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, CA; and J. Wicker, E. Haas, J. Cardema, and F. De Luccia
Manuscript (2.2 MB)

Handout (2.5 MB)

 
608
 
609
SUOMI NPP/VIIRS: Improvements in land cover monitoring and socioeconomic services
Felix Kogan, NOAA, College Park, MD; and M. Goldberg, T. B. Schott, and W. Guo

 
612
SNPP ATMS Striping Mitigation and Its Impacts on Numerical Weather Prediction
Xiaolei Zou, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and Y. Ma and F. Weng

 
613
Improvement of the Satellite-Based Microwave Physical Retrieval of Temperature and Water Vapor in NUCAPS
FLAVIO Iturbide-Sanchez, NOAA/NESDIS, College Park, MD; and A. Gambacorta, Q. Liu, T. Reale, N. R. Nalli, C. Tan, and B. Sun

 
614
JPSS CGS Architectural Overview and Technical Performance Measures
Shawn W. Miller, Raytheon Intelligence, Information and Services, Aurora, CO; and K. Grant and M. Jamilkowski

Handout (5.4 MB)

 
615
Adding a Mission to the JPSS CGS
Shawn W. Miller, Raytheon Intelligence, Information and Services, Aurora, CO; and K. Grant and M. Jamilkowski

Handout (5.8 MB)

 
616
Ensuring Continuity in the Earth Radiation Budget Climate Data Record: Radiation Budget Instrument
G. Louis Smith, Science Systems and Applications, Inc., Hampton, VA; and K. J. Priestley, M. Shankar, and N. Loeb

 
617
In-Flight Radiometric Calibration of SNPP VIIRS using Rayleigh scattering over oceanic oligotrophic regions
Alain Sei, Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems, Redondo Beach, CA; and B. Hauss, P. Pratt, and R. Frouin

 
618
MetEd Satellite Education Resources for GOES-R, S-NPP and JPSS User Readiness
Patrick Dills, UCAR/COMET, Boulder, CO; and W. Schreiber-Abshire and M. Weingroff

Handout (1.2 MB)

 
619
Maintaining JPSS Product Quality
Kerry Grant, Raytheon Intelligence, Information and Services, Aurora, CO; and W. Ibrahim, K. F. Brueske, and P. Smit

 
620
Rapid Algorithm Integration in the JPSS CGS
Kerry Grant, Raytheon Intelligence, Information and Services, Aurora, CO; and S. W. Miller and M. Jamilkowski

 
621
IMAPP: Supporting the Aqua and Terra Operational Community
Rebecca M. Cintineo, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and K. I. Strabala, L. E. Gumley, A. Huang, E. Borbas, E. Weisz, and B. Pierce

Handout (9.5 MB)

 
622
The TANSO-FTS-2 Instrument for the GOSAT-2 Greenhouse Gas Monitoring Mission
Ronald J. Glumb, Exelis Geospatial Systems, Fort Wayne, IN; and C. Lietzke, J. Bougher, A. D. Bell, and C. Ellsworth

Handout (2.6 MB)

 
623
Demonstrating S-NPP VIIRS Imagery via Naval Research Laboratory Satellite Websites
Arunas P. Kuciauskas, NRL, Monterey, CA; and J. Hawkins, J. E. Solbrig, R. L. Bankert, K. A. Richardson, M. L. Surratt, S. D. Miller, and J. Kent

 
624
SNPP VIIRS Solar Diffuser BRDF Degradation Trend Changes in Early 2014
Evan Haas, The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, CA; and F. J. DeLuccia
Manuscript (1.4 MB)

 
626
Testing the new land data sets in the NCEP parallel GFS
Helin Wei, NOAA/NCEP/EMC, College Park, MD; and M. B. Ek, J. Meng, and W. Zheng

 
629
Suomi NPP Day/Night Band (DNB) low light radiometry and long term radiometric characteristics
Lushalan Liao, Northrop Grumman Corporation, Redondo Beach, CA; and C. K. Liang

 
631
Development of Cloud Product toward Next Generation Geostationary Meteorological Satellites Himawari-8/9
Masahiro Hayashi, Meteorological Satellite Center of Japan Meteorological Agency, Kiyose, Japan

Handout (421.5 kB)

 
633
 
634
Cyclone Center: A Crowd Sourcing Application of the HURSAT-B1 Data Record
Christopher C. Hennon, Univ. of North Carolina, Asheville, NC; and K. R. Knapp, C. J. Schreck III, J. P. Kossin, and S. E. Stevens

Handout (345.5 kB)

 
635
HIRS-Derived Temperature and Humidity Profiles and Comparisons with Radiosonde Observations and GPS RO Derived Profiles
Lei Shi, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and J. L. Matthews, Q. Yang, and S. P. Ho

 
639
Comparing Vertical Distributions of Cloud Liquid Water and Ice from MODIS Collections 5 and 6 to CMIP5 Model Simulations
Katherine Pitts, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and S. L. Nasiri
Manuscript (2.1 MB)

Handout (14.3 MB)

 
640
The Radiation Budget Instrument (RBI): A New Standard for Measuring the Earth's Radiation Balance
Ronald J. Glumb, Exelis Geospatial Systems, Fort Wayne, IN; and C. Lietzke, S. Luce, R. Leszczynski, G. White, and H. Latvakoski

Handout (1.6 MB)

 
641
Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) Common Ground System (CGS) Use of Space Link Extension (SLE) Protocol
Michael Jamilkowski, Raytheon Intelligence, Information and Services (IIS), Greenbelt, MD; and G. Cordier, L. M. Roberts, and C. J. Tillery

 
642
The Solar Irradiance Climate Data Record
Odele Coddington, Laboratory of Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and J. Lean, P. Pilewskie, M. Snow, and D. Lindholm

 
644
Performance and Capabilities of the New Compact Ocean Wind Vector Radiometer System
Shannon Thomas Brown, JPL and California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA; and P. Focardi, A. Kitiyakara, F. Maiwald, O. Montes, S. Padmanabhan, R. Redick, D. Russell, J. Wincentsen, F. Wentz, K. Hilburn, and T. Meissner

 
645
Assimilating GPM/GMI and TRMM/TMI Microwave Radiance Data With GEOS-5
Jianjun Jin, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and M. J. Kim, W. McCarty, S. Akella, and W. Gu

 
646
Developing Climate Data Records from Microwave Water Vapor Channels
Isaac Moradi, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and R. R. Ferraro, J. Beuchamp, H. Meng, and T. Smith

 
648
Reprocessing NOAA's Geo-Polar Sea Surface Temperature Analysis
Xiaofang Zhu, Global Science and Technology, inc, College Park, MD; and E. Maturi, J. Mittaz, A. Harris, C. M. Eakin, A. Ignatov, and X. Zhou

 
649
A Unified and Coherent Land Surface Temperature and Emissivity (LST&E) Earth System Data Record (ESDR) for Earth Science Research
Pierre C. Guillevic, Jet propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA; and G. Hulley, S. Hook, C. Hain, E. Borbas, R. T. Pinker, M. C. Anderson, and R. Knuteson

 
650
Interpreting AMSR-E Liquid Water Path Products in Warm Precipitating Clouds using MODIS and CloudSat
Tom Greenwald, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI; and R. Bennartz, M. Lebsock, and C. O'Dell

 
651
A CERES-Consistent Cloud Property Climate Data Record From AVHRR Data
Patrick Minnis, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA; and B. Kristopher, D. David, K. Seiji, Q. Z. Trepte, B. Sarah, S. Benjamin, Y. Christopher, K. Konstantin, H. Gang, K. Mandana, P. Rabindra, G. Arun, B. Rajendra, H. Conor, S. Alok, and P. W. Heck

 
652
Global Top-of-Atmosphere Broadband Shortwave and Longwave Fluxes Derived from AVHRR
Mandana M. Khaiyer, SSAI, Hampton, VA ; and P. Minnis, K. M. Bedka, S. Kato, W. F. Miller, A. K. Shrestha, C. R. Yost, M. L. Nordeen, and B. Scarino

 
653
PERSIANN-CDR Daily Precipitation Used for High Resolution Long-term Trend Analysis of Global Precipitation Extreme
Hamed Ashouri, University of California, Irvine, CA; and K. L. Hsu, S. Sorooshian, and D. Braithwaite

 
654
Merged Satellite Microwave Radiometer Data Products for Climate Studies
Deborah K. Smith, Remote Sensing Systems, Santa Rosa, CA; and C. A. Mears, K. A. Hilburn, and L. Ricciardulli

Handout (3.4 MB)

 
655
Leaf Area Index and Fraction of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation Thematic Climate Data Record from AVHRR
Martin claverie, University of Maryland, College Park, DC; and E. Vermote and C. O. Justice

Handout (3.8 MB)

 
657
A Systematic Approach to Building Climate Data Records (CDRs)
Daniel Wunder, Global Science and Technology Inc., Asheville, NC; and W. J. Glance and X. Zhao

Handout (685.8 kB)

 
658
Systematic Evaluation of AIRS Version 6 Thermodynamic Phase, Effective Diameter, and Optical Depth Retrievals
Volkan H. Firat, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and S. L. Nasiri and B. H. Kahn

 
661
A Comparison Of SSM/I-Derived Global Marine Surface Specific Humidity Datasets
John Prytherch, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom; and E. C. Kent, S. Fangohr, and D. I. Berry

Handout (14.7 MB)

 
662
Improving the Quality of Extreme Precipitation Estimates Using Satellite Passive Microwave Rainfall Retrievals
Veljko Petkovic, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and C. D. Kummerow
Manuscript (998.8 kB)

 
664A
Snowfall Observations at NASA Wallops FLight Facility
Jorel Torres, Department of Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, Rapid City, SD; and A. Tokay, D. Kliche, D. B. Wolff, L. F. Bliven, and W. A. Petersen

 
665
Microwave Remote Sensing of Lake-Effect Snow in the GPM Era
Mark S. Kulie, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and S. A. Tushaus, Y. You, and N. Y. Wang

 
667
Improving satellite precipitation detection using Global Precipitation Measurement mission (GPM) and Ground Based Radar (NMQ)
Michael Angelo DiRosa, Colorado State University, Annandale-On-Hudson, NY; and J. King and C. D. Kummerow

 
668
GPM Snowfall Retrievals: Information Gained from Day 1 GPROF Empirical Databases
Marian E. Mateling, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and M. S. Kulie

 
669
Recent Improvements to the GOES-R Rainfall Rate Algorithm
Yaping Li, I. M. Systems Group, College Park, MD; and R. J. Kuligowski and Y. Hao

 
670
Improvement and Validation of NESDIS Satellite Snowfall Rate Algorithm
Jun Dong, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and H. Meng, C. Kongoli, and R. R. Ferraro

 
671
Improved ANN method for retrieving Asian dust AOT and altitude from AIRS measurements
Byeong-Gwon Kim, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea; and H. Han and B. J. Sohn

 
672
Aerosol Correction for Improving OMPS/LP Ozone Retrieval
Zhong Chen, SSAI, Lanham, MD; and P. K. Bhartia and R. Loughman

 
673
The MTG-IRS Level 2 Processor: background
Stephen A. Tjemkes, EUMETSAT, Darmstadt, Germany; and P. Antonelli, C. Serio, E. Holm, J. L. Moncet, G. Masiello Sr., and R. Stuhlmann

Handout (584.1 kB)

 
675
JPSS System Architecture S-NPP to the Future
Arron Layns, NOAA/NESDIS, Lanham, MD; and J. Furgerson, J. Feeley, A. N. Griffin, and G. Trumbower

 
676
Routine Validation of the GOES-R Multi-Satellite Processing System Framework
William Straka III, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and W. Wolf, S. Sampson, G. Quinn, R. Garcia, G. Martin, R. Rollins, M. Fan, and E. Schiffer

 
677
GOES-R AIT: Near-Real-Time Processing
Hua Xie, NOAA/NESDIS, College Park, MD; and M. Fan, S. Sampson, W. Wolf, J. Lindeman, Y. Zhao, A. Li, and J. Daniels

 
678
GOES-R AIT: Configuration Management
Yunhui Zhao, NOAA/NESDIS, College Park, MD; and S. Sampson, W. Wolf, and R. Garcia


Poster Session 2
Observing Systems, Algorithms for Assimilating Observations, Impact of Assimilating Observations
Host: 19th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)
 
687
Observation Impact and Forecast Sensitivity of Enhanced AMVs Using WRF for 2008 Typhoon Period
Myunghwan Kim, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea; and H. M. Kim, S. M. Kim, and J. Kim

 
689
 
690
 
691
Connections between atmospheric outflow and the upper ocean thermal structure in Hurricane Irene (2011)
Anthony L. Borrego, U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD; and S. Reynolds, J. Stapleton, E. R. Sanabia, and B. S. Barrett

 
692
Evolution of the Upper-Ocean Thermal Structure beneath Hurricanes Iselle and Julio (2014)
Elizabeth R. Sanabia, U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD; and S. R. Jayne, S. Reynolds, A. Borrego, and J. Stapleton

 
693
 
695
Effect of soil moisture uncertainty on the heavy rainfall prediction over the Korean Peninsula
Jun Kyung Kay, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea; and H. M. Kim and S. Y. Ha

 
696
Improving Assimilation of AMSU Radiances in Cloudy Situations with Collocated MODIS Cloud Mask
Hyojin Han, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. Li, M. Goldberg, P. Wang, J. Li, and Z. Li

 
697
Spatial Pressure Perturbation Analyses utilizing Earthscope's USArray Network
Alexander A. Jacques, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and J. D. Horel

Handout (2.2 MB)

 
699
Verification of Multiple Doppler Radar Analysis to Retrieve Three-dimensional Wind Field with High-spatiotemporal Resolution Capabilities of X-band Radar Network in Japan
Ken-ichi Shimose, National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention, Tsukuba, Japan; and S. Shimizu, T. Maesaka, K. Kieda, K. Iwanami, and D. I. Lee

 
700
An Experiment in Anti-Icing Technologies on Anemometers
Bradley G. Illston, Oklahoma Climatological Survey/University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK

 
701
Improvements in cold weather condition flux measurements with Gill 3 axis ultrasonic
Richard L. McKay, Gill Instruments Limited, Lymington, Hampshire, United Kingdom; and T. Stickland

 
703A
Constructing vertical profiles of kinematic turbulent fluxes during OWLeS field campaign
Timothy W. See Jr., Millersville University, Millersville, PA; and J. T. Simkins, T. D. Sikora, and R. D. Clark

 
704
A Low-cost Back-calculation Method for Massive On-site Diurnal Microclimate Observation
Shang Wang, the University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong

 
705
Targeting Near-Coastal Regions for Scatterometer Wind Retrieval Processing
F. Dayton Minor, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT; and D. G. Long and A. Paget

Handout (671.7 kB)

 
706
Newly calibrated passive microwave climate data record
Aaron Paget, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT; and M. J. Brodzik, J. Gotberg, M. Hardman, and D. G. Long

 
707
Integrated Cropland and Grassland Flux Tower Observation Sites over Grazinglands for Quantifying Surface-Atmosphere Exchange
Hayden R. Mahan, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and P. Wagle, R. Bajgain, Y. Zhou, J. B. Basara, X. Xiao, J. Duckles, J. Steiner, P. Starks, and B. Northup

 
708
Characteristic of Fog after Weir Construction around the Nakdong River in the Korean Peninsula
Kim Nam Hee, National Institute of Meteorological Research, Seogwipo-si, South Korea; and P. Jun Sang, K. Kyu Rang, L. Yun Kyu, C. Chang Bum, and C. Byoung Choel

 
710
Using Satellite, NWP, and Atmospheric Refraction Assessments to Enhance Radiative Transfer
Steven T. Fiorino, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright Patterson AFB, OH; and D. Meier, L. Burchett, M. Via, C. Rice, B. Elmore, and K. Keefer

Handout (6.1 MB)

 
711
Verification of North American Model Output Utilizing Mesoscale Network Observations
Bradley G. Illston, Oklahoma Climatological Survey/University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK

 
712
Soil Temperature Variability Across a Single Meteorological Station Footprint
Bradley G. Illston, Oklahoma Climatological Survey/University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK


Poster Session 2
Poster Session - Part II
Host: 31st Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies
Cochairs: Scott Jacobs, NOAA/NWS/NCEP; Nancy N. Soreide, NOAA/PMEL; Jennifer Luppens Mahoney, NOAA/ESRL/GSD

Wednesday and Thursday Poster Session for EIPT Conference focusing on topics covered during the last two days of sessions.
 
500
 
501
Empowering Metview users through a new user interface
Stephan Siemen, ECMWF, Reading, Berks., United Kingdom; and I. Russell, S. Kertesz, and F. Ii

 
502
GISC Washington
Robert Bunge, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and W. Smith Jr., L. Y. Tai, and P. Gillis

Handout (1.5 MB)

 
504
Verification of the Bragg Scatter Method on the WSR-88D
Joshua G. Gebauer, National Weather Center Research Experience for Undergraduates, Norman, OK; and J. G. Cunningham, W. D. Zittel, and R. R. Lee

 
505
UNIDATA ACTIVITIES AT TEXAS A & M INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY
Arturo Diaz, Texas A&M International University, Laredo, TX; and K. Tobin

 
506
Role of Climate Change in Vulnerability Assessments
Alex Coletti, Syneren Technologies Corp, College Park, MD; and A. De Nicola and C. K. Ngan
Manuscript (396.3 kB)

 
507
Observational Capabilities of the FRONT Network: 21 May 2014 Case
Julie I. Barnum, Missouri State University, Springfield, MO; and S. Y. Murphy, P. Kennedy, and V. Chandrasekar

 
508
NOAA’s Integrated Dissemination Program
Michelle Mainelli, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, College Park, MD; and B. Kyger, L. Cano, C. Shelton, and S. Jacobs

 
920
Using the Firefly optimization method in the convective parametrization of the model BRAMS to simulate the diurnal cycle of precipitation in South America
Ariane F. dos Santos, National Institute for Space Research, Cachoeira Paulista, SP, Brazil; and .. S. R. Freitas, M. A. Gan, J. G. Z. de Mattos, H. F. de Campos Velho, and G. Grell

 
923
Raytheon X-Band Polarimetric Phased-Array Radar: Weather Data Processing, First Look
David L. Pepyne, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA; and J. Trabal, F. Lok, P. Drake, T. J. Flynn, J. Clark, and A. P. Hopf


Poster Session 2
Posters, Part 2 (Wednesday / Thursday)
Host: 18th Conference on Middle Atmosphere

Posters related to: - sudden stratospheric warmings - stratosphere-troposphere coupling - middle atmospheric dynamics - reanalyses / data assimilation - ozone
 
731
Onset of circulation anomalies during stratospheric vortex weakening events: the role of planetary-scale waves
Patrick Martineau, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada; and S. W. Son

Handout (1.7 MB)

 
733
The interaction between stratospheric sudden warmings and ozone
Steven C. Hardiman, Met Office, Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom; and N. Butchart and F. M. O'Connor

Handout (1.1 MB)

 
734
Impact of Stratospheric Ozone Zonal Asymmetries on the Tropospheric Circulation
Olga V. Tweedy, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; and D. Waugh, L. Oman, and F. Li

 
735
A model study of tropospheric impacts of the Arctic ozone depletion
A. Yu. Karpechko, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland; and J. Perlwitz and E. Manzini

 
736
Seasonal Predictability over Europe arising from El Nino and Stratospheric Variability in the MPI-ESM Seasonal Prediction System
Daniela I.V. Domeisen, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany; and A. H. Butler, K. Fröhlich, M. Bittner, W. A. Müller, and J. Baehr

 
738
A Comprehensive Set of Polar Processing Diagnostics: Applications to Intercomparisons of Reanalysis Datasets
Zachary D. Lawrence, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM; and G. L. Manney, K. Minschwaner, M. L. Santee, and A. Lambert

 
739
Assimilation of MLS and OMPS-Limb Profiler Ozone into GEOS-5
Krzysztof Wargan, Science Systems and Applications, Inc., Greenbelt, MD; and S. Pawson, M. T. DeLand, P. Q. Xu, and P. K. Bhartia

 
740
Evaluation and correction of GEOS-5 pressure and temperature profiles between 40 and 70 km using Suomi/OMPS-LP data
Philippe Q. Xu, NASA/GSFC - SAIC, Greenbelt, MD; and P. K. Bhartia, M. T. DeLand, Z. Chen, and S. Pawson

Handout (1.2 MB)

 
742
Sunset–sunrise difference in solar occultation ozone measurements (SAGE II, HALOE, and ACE–FTS) and its relationship to tidal vertical winds
Takatoshi Sakazaki, Kyoto University, Uji, Japan; and M. Shiotani, M. Suzuki, J. Zawodny, D. E. Kinnison, M. J. McHugh, and K. A. Walker

 
926
Direct Impacts of Waves on Cold-Point Tropopause Temperature
Ji-Eun Kim, University of Colorado-Boulder, Boulder, CO; and M. J. Alexander

 
927
Connections between the TTL and sea surface temperatures: interannual variability and trends
Chaim I. Garfinkel, Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD; and D. W. Waugh, L. Wang, L. Oman, and M. M. Hurwitz


Poster Session 3
ARAM Posters - Part III
Host: 17th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology
 
767
Aerospace Meteorology and decision-making under uncertainty: development of weather decision support system for sounding rocket launch
Amaury Caruzzo, Instituto Tecnologico de Aeronautica, Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil; and M. C. N. Belderrain, G. Fisch, G. S. Young, C. J. Hanlon, and J. Verlinde
Manuscript (113.7 kB)

 
768
Pitot Tube Anemometry at the Mount Washington Observatory
Cyrena-Marie Briede, Mount Washington Observatory, North Conway, NH; and M. Carmon, M. Dorfman, P. Gagne, R. Knapp, M. Kyle, K. O'Brien, T. Padham, and R. Pushor

 
769A
A Demonstration to Validate the Minimum Weather Services for Oceanic and Remote Airspace
Cathy Kessinger, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and E. Frazier, G. Blackburn, and T. Lindholm

Handout (1.8 MB)

 
770
 
771
Turbulence beneath midlevel cloud bases: comparisons between numerical simulations and MU radar observations
Atsushi Kudo, Japan Meteorological Agency, Tokyo, Japan; and H. Luce, H. Hashiguchi, and R. Wilson


Poster Session 4
Computational and Data Advances: Precipitation Processes and Observations for Atmospheric, Land Surface, and Hydrological Modeling Posters
Host: 29th Conference on Hydrology
Cochairs: Yu Zhang, NOAA/NWS; Emad Habib, Univ. of Louisiana; George J. Huffman, NASA/GSFC; Jonathan Gourley, NOAA
 
509
Evaluation of NOAA Reforecast V2 Rainfall over India
Raghavendra Ashrit, National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting, Noida, U.P, India; and A. Roy, G. Iyengar, A. K. Mitra, and E. N. Rajagopal

 
511
Evaluation of OLR-based CPC high-resolution precipitation in GLDAS re-run experiment
Roshan K. Shrestha, EMC, College Park, MD; and J. Meng, P. Xie, P. A. Dirmeyer, M. B. Ek, and K. Mo

 
512
A Precipitation Climatology from the 3-km High-Resolution Rapid Refresh
Eric P. James, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado and NOAA/ESRL/GSD, Boulder, CO; and S. Benjamin and C. R. Alexander

 
514
 
Poster 515 will now be presented as paper 9.2A


Poster Session 4
Decadal-Multidecadal variability in Pacific and Atlantic basins Posters
Host: 27th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
 
533
Interannual to Multi-Decadal Variability of Indo-Pacific SST
Joanna M. Slawinska, Center for Prototype Climate Modeling, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates; and D. Giannakis

 
534
Climatic Significance of Multi-Decade Oscillations of the Upper Ocean Heat Content
Mikhail Vladimirovich Anisimov, P.P.Shirshov Institute of Oceanology RAS, Moscow, Russia; and V. I. Byshev, A. V. Gusev, A. L. Figurkin, S. N. Moshonkin, V. G. Neiman, I. V. Serykh, and V. B. Zalesny

 
536
Long Term Increase In Fog Occurrence Over The NW Pacific And NW Atlantic Fog Maximums
Clive E. Dorman, SIO/Univ. Of California, La Jolla, CA; and J. F. Mejia, D. Koracin, and D. McEvoy

 
537
North Pacific decadal variability: insights from a biennial ENSO environment
Deepthi Achuthavarier, USRA, Greenbelt, MD; and S. D. Schubert and Y. Vikhliaev

 
541
The effect of changes in the Hadley circulation on oxygen minimum zones in the ocean
Gabriela De La Cruz Tello, Significant Opportunities in Atmospheric Research and Science, San Jose, CA; and C. C. Ummenhofer and K. B. Karnauskas


Poster Session 5
Extreme Events Posters
Host: 27th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
 
542
Fire and Ice: California drought, Polar Vortex, and climate change
Shih-Yu (Simon) Wang, Utah State University, Logan, UT; and L. E. Hipps, R. Gillies, and J. H. Yoon

 
543
 
544
Spatial patterns of record-setting temperatures
Alex B. Kostinski, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI; and A. Anderson

 
545
Historical perspective on recent heat and cold extremes
Kenneth E. Kunkel, Cooperative Institute for Climate and Satellites, Asheville, NC

 
546
Temperature Extremes and Associated Large-Scale Meteorological Patterns in NARCCAP Regional Climate Models: Towards a framework for generalized model evaluation
Paul C. Loikith, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and D. E. Waliser, H. Lee, J. D. Neelin, J. Kim, B. R. Lintner, S. A. McGinnis, and L. O. Mearns

 
547
A Wind Chill Climatology of North America: Decadal and Regional Trends
Macy E. Howarth, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY; and M. Brackett and N. F. Laird

 
Paper 550 has been moved. New paper number is 10A.3.

 
551
A Climatological Study of Cold Surges along the African Highlands
Caitlin Crossett, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY; and N. D. Metz

 
552
Case Studies of Cold Surges along the African Highlands
Nicholas D. Metz, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY; and C. Crossett

 
919
Fire, drought, and El Nino: California in a warming world
Jin-Ho Yoon, PNNL, Richland, WA; and S. Y. Wang, R. Gillies, L. E. Hipps, B. Kravitz, and P. Rasch


Poster Session 5
US and Mexico Border Region: North American Monsoon Posters
Host: 29th Conference on Hydrology
Cochairs: Yolande Serra, University of Arizona; Enrique R. Vivoni, Arizona State University
 
518
 
519
Nogales, Sonora Flood Warning and Modeling Network
Erin Boyle, NOAA/NWSFO Tucson, Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and F. Gray and B. Iserman


Poster Session 6
Interannual variability Posters
Host: 27th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
 
553
Diagnostic Evaluation of NMME Precipitation and Temperature Forecasts for the Continental United States
Gregory S. Karlovits, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA; and G. Villarini, A. Bradley, and G. Vecchi

 
554
Enhanced Seasonal Predictability of the Arctic Oscillation and the Role of the Sea Surface Temperature Forcing
Daehyun Kang, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, Ulsan, South Korea; and M. I. Lee

 
555
Interannual Variability of the Atlantic Hadley Circulation and Predictability of Tropical Cyclone Activity
Gan Zhang, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and Z. Wang, M. Peng, J. H. Chen, and S. J. Lin

 
556
Top-of-atmosphere Radiation Budget and Global Mean Sea Surface Temperature
Shoichi Taguchi, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba, Japan

Handout (2.4 MB)

 
559
Influence of cloud radiative effects on the large-scale climate variability in the extratropics
Ying Li, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and D. W. J. Thompson


Poster Session 7
Subseasonal Variability Posters
Host: 27th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
 
561
Understanding Surface Variable Responses to the MJO in the CFS Reanalysis over the Americas
Michael Natoli, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and E. H. Berbery and E. J. Becker

 
562
 
565
A study of intraseasonal oscillations through mechanistic experiments in CAM4.0
Abheera Hazra, Earth Research Institute, Santa Barbara, CA; and V. Krishnamurthy and C. Jones

 
566
Changes to the intrinsic predictability of weather under extreme climate change
Justin G. McLay, NRL, Monterey, CA; and C. A. Reynolds and E. A. Satterfield

 
567
An Update of Cluster Analysis of the Northern Hemisphere Wintertime Regimes
Ming Bao, Nanjing Univeristy, Nanjing, China; and J. M. Wallace

 
568
On the relation between North American winter precipitation and storm tracks
Katherine E. Lukens, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and E. H. Berbery

 
569
Investigating the Performance of an Ensemble Prediction System in a Changing Climate
Elizabeth A. Satterfield, NRL, Monterey, CA; and J. McLay and C. A. Reynolds

 
571
Relationship between the ISO and the East Asian summer monsoon circulation patterns
Ken-Chung Ko, National Kaohsiung Normal Univ., Kaohsiung, Taiwan; and P. S. Chiu

 
573
Progress with FIM-iHYCOM coupled model toward improved stationary wave and blocking prediction at 1–9 months
Stan Benjamin, NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and S. Sun, R. Bleck, L. Li, J. Brown, and H. Li

 
574
A NARR-Derived Climatology of Southerly and Northerly Low-Level Jets over North America and Coastal Environs
Dana L. Doubler, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI; and J. A. Winkler, X. Bian, S. Zhong, and C. K. Walters


Poster Session
Coastal and marine boundary layers in the atmosphere and ocean
Host: 19th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction
Cochairs: Larry W. O'Neill, Oregon State Univ.; David H. Richter, University of Notre Dame
 
714
Mobile Doppler Radar Observations of an Intense Long Lake-Axis Parallel Lake-effect Snowband on 10–12 December 2013 During the Ontario Winter Lake-effect Systems Project
Dustin Conrad, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois; and N. Zelasko, J. W. Frame, and J. Mulholland
Manuscript (2.7 MB)

Handout (1.4 MB)


Poster Session
2nd Poster Session on Research to Operations
Location: Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings
Host: Fifth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations
Cochairs: Stephen A. Mango, NOAA/NESDIS/OSD; Chandra R. Kondragunta, NOAA/NESDIS
 
816
Update on NOAA's VLab
Ken Sperow, CIRA NOAA/NWS, CA; and S. Smith

 
817
CASA-DFW Radar Networking and Control Infrastructure as a Research-to-Operations Enabler
Eric J. Lyons, CASA, Amherst, MA; and D. L. Pepyne, V. Chandrasekar, H. Chen, A. Bajaj, B. J. Philips, J. Brotzge, D. Westbrook, and M. Zink

 
818
How Do Forecasters Utilize Output from a Convection-Permitting Ensemble Forecast System? Case Study of a High-Impact Precipitation Event
Clark Evans, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI; and D. F. Van Dyke III and T. Lericos

Handout (12.5 MB)

 
820
 
821
Improving Implementation Efficiency with Process Reviews of NESDIS Satellite Product Development Projects from Research to Operations
Priyanka Roy, I.M Systems Group, College Park, MD; and W. Wolf, T. B. Schott, and I. Guch

 
822
 
824
A Lightweight, Scalable Framework for Remote Sensing Algorithm Design, Development, and Transition to Operations
Alexander Werbos, AER, Lexington, MA; and D. B. Hogan, D. Hunt, E. Steinfelt, and T. S. Zaccheo

 
826
NOAA Satellite Technology Roadmap
David Hermreck, NOAA/NESDIS, Silver Spring, MD; and J. Pereira, K. Tewey, S. A. Mango, and J. Ostroy


Poster Session
Air-sea flux measurements, estimation, and parameterization
Host: 19th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction
Cochairs: Larry W. O'Neill, Oregon State Univ.; David H. Richter, University of Notre Dame
 
715
Validation of Satellite-Derived Near-Surface Air Temperature and Humidity using Dropsondes
Darren L. Jackson, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and G. A. Wick

 
716
Air-Sea Aerosol Flux and Sea State Measurements During HiWinGS
John Prytherch, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom; and S. J. Norris, I. M. Brooks, M. J. Amison, B. W. Blomquist, L. Bariteau, S. Brumer, H. Czerkski, C. W. Fairall, J. Hare, A. Matei, R. W. Pascal, M. J. Yelland, and C. J. Zappa

Handout (6.8 MB)

 
717
The Influence Of Sea State On The Generation Of Sea Spray Aerosol During WAGES
Sarah J. Norris, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom; and I. M. Brooks, B. I. Moat, R. W. Pascal, J. Prytherch, D. J. Tupman, and M. J. Yelland

 
718
A Controlled Towed Vehicle for Air-Sea Interaction Measurements
Djamal Khelif, Univ. of California, Irvine, CA; and R. Bluth, H. Jonsson, J. Barge, and R. Yamaguchi

Handout (786.0 kB)


Poster Session
Air-sea interaction at high latitudes
Host: 19th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction
Cochairs: Larry W. O'Neill, Oregon State Univ.; David H. Richter, University of Notre Dame
 
719
Characterising surface conditions during the Arctic Cloud in Summer Experiment (ACSE)
Dominic J. Salisbury, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom; and B. J. Brooks, J. Prytherch, P. Achtert, J. Sedlar, G. Sotiropoulou, M. Tjernstrom, O. Persson, M. Shupe, and B. I. Moat

 
Poster 720 has been moved. New paper number is 11.5A.

 
722
Influence of the Gulf Stream on the Barents Sea ice retreat and Eurasian coldness during early winter
Kazutoshi Sato, Graduate University for Advanced Studies, Tokyo, Japan; and J. Inoue and M. Watanabe
Manuscript (534.1 kB)


Poster Session
High Performance Computing Poster Session
Host: First Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate
Chair: Nazila Merati, Merati and Associates
 
831
Ensemble Weather Prediction at the Navy DSRC in Support of Army Testing Operations
Jason Knievel, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and H. H. Fisher, Y. Liu, and J. C. Pace

 
Poster 832 has been moved. New Paper number is 1.2A

 
833
Running MITgcm on 70,000 cores at NAS – Challenges and Results
Harper Pryor, NASA, Moffett Field, CA; and D. Chan, R. Ciotti, C. Henze, R. Hood, and B. Nelson

 
834
The NCCS High Performance Data Analysis System and Climate Model Data Services - Supporting Collaborative Climate Research
Laura Carriere, NASA, Greenbelt, MD; and G. L. Potter, M. McInerney, S. Ambrose, D. Duffy, J. L. Schnase, T. P. Maxwell, and B. Huffer


Joint Poster Session
Impact of air-sea interactions on Madden-Julian Oscillations
Host: 19th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction
Cochairs: Larry W. O'Neill, Oregon State Univ.; David H. Richter, University of Notre Dame

Joint between the 19th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction and the Third Symposium on Prediction of the Madden-Julian Oscillation: Processes, Prediction and Impact
 
723
Cloud-Resolving Large-Eddy Simulation of Tropical Convective Development and Surface Fluxes
E. D. Skyllingstad, Oregon State Univ., Corvallis, OR; and S. P. de Szoeke

 
724

Poster Session
Lidar Symposium Poster Session
Host: Seventh Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications
 
772
Monitoring Tropospheric Ozone Enhancement in the Front Range using the GSFC TROPOZ DIAL During DISCOVER - AQ 2014
John Sullivan, JCET/Univ. of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD; and T. J. McGee, R. M. Hoff, L. Twigg, and G. Sumnicht

 
775
A new technique for the retrieval of near surface water vapor using DIAL measurements
Syed Ismail, NASA, Hampton, VA; and S. A. Kooi, R. A. Ferrare, D. M. Winker, J. Hair, A. R. Nehrir, A. Notari, and C. A. Hostetler

 
928
Validating Model Simulations using Wind Lidar Profiles over the Maryland Offshore Wind Energy Area
Scott Rabenhorst, 3Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC; and R. Delgado and L. C. Sparling


Poster Session
Model Postprocessing and Downscaling
Host: Special Symposium on Model Postprocessing and Downscaling
Cochairs: Barbara G. Brown, NCAR; Brian J. Etherton, NOAA/OAR/ESRL; Scott Sellars, Univ. of California
 
927
An approach for filling time gaps of dynamic climate downscaling
Yongqiang Liu, USDA Forest Service, Athens, GA; and H. Tian, B. Tao, and J. Yang

 
835
Tests with parameterization of convection in cases of intense rainfall in mountainous regions
Daniela Carneiro Rodrigues, INPE, Cachoeira Paulista, Brazil

 
836
Forecast Improvement of Locally Heavy Rainfall Events Through Diagnosis and Examination of Model Precipitation Climatologies
Gregory R. Herman, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and R. S. Schumacher

 
837
Mountain precipitation forecasts from operational ensembles
Trevor I. Alcott, NOAA/NWS, Salt Lake City, UT

 
839
A Robust Post-processing Algorithm Based on Bayesian Model Averaging
Hong Guan, Systems Research Group Inc./EMC/NCEP/NOAA, College Park, MD; and Y. Zhu and B. Cui

 
840
An Investigation of the Spatiotemporal Variability of the Performance of Operational Global Ensemble Forecast Systems
Carlee F. Loeser, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and M. A. Herrera, B. Goudeau, and I. Szunyogh

 
842
Probabilistic Ensemble Forecasts of Turbulence for Aviation
Stephen R. Moseley, Met Office, Exeter, United Kingdom; and P. Buchanan and P. Gill

 
843
Using 2011-2014 SSEO Verification Metrics to Assess Uncertainty in Severe Weather Forecasts
Pamela Eck, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY; and J. Correia Jr.

 
846
Developing sub-domain verification methods based on GIS tools
Jeffrey A. Smith, U.S. Army Research Laboratory, WSMR, NM; and T. A. Foley and J. W. Raby

 
847
Projected Precipitation Changes within the Great Lakes Region: A Multi-scale Analysis of Precipitation Intensity and Seasonality
Samantha Basile, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; and A. Steiner, D. Brown, and A. Bryan


Poster Session
Poster Session 2
Host: 20th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification
Cochairs: Roy M. Rasmussen, NCAR; Masataka Murakami, MRI
 
680
Rainfall Enhancement in the Hajar Mountains, Oman
Raymond Chambers, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, Australia; and S. Beare, S. Peak, and M. Al-Kalbani

 
682
Trace Chemical Analyses of Water and Soil during the WWMPP: Results and Implied Environmental Impact
Jeffrey S. Tilley, DRI and Open Science Associates, LLC., Reno, NV; and A. Huggins, L. Layman, M. Fearon, R. David, and F. McDonough

 
683
 
685
Preliminary Results of Warm Fog Dissipation by Hygroscopic Particle Seeding
Jin-Yim Jeong, National Institute of Meteorological Research, Korea Meteorological Administration, Jeju, South Korea; and Y. S. Park, S. K. Seo, B. C. Choi, and J. C. Nam

 
924
Numerical Simulation of the Ground-based Cloud Seeding Experiments Using AgI Module
Sanghee Chae, National Institute of Meteorological Research, Korea Meteorological Administration, Jeju, South Korea; and H. Y. Yang, Y. S. Park, S. K. Seo, J. Y. Jeong, and B. C. Choi


Poster Session
Sea surface processes, including waves, spray, bubbles, and aerosol
Host: 19th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction
Cochairs: Larry W. O'Neill, Oregon State Univ.; David H. Richter, University of Notre Dame
 
726
Observing and Quantifying Lifetime Stages of Whitecaps using Infrared Imagery
Henry Potter, NRL, Washington, DC; and G. Smith, C. M. Snow, and M. D. Anguelova

 
727
HiWinGS Observations: Whitecap Fraction and Sea State
Matthew J. Amison, University of Leeds, Pudsey, England; and L. Bariteau, B. W. Blomquist, I. M. Brooks, H. Czerski, C. W. Fairall, J. Hare, B. J. Huebert, R. A. Jansen, A. Matei, S. J. Norris, R. W. Pascal, A. Prytherch, J. Prytherch, J. Talib, M. Yang, and M. J. Yelland

 
728
Coupled surface winds and ocean surface diurnal variability using WRF
Rachel R. Weihs, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and M. A. Bourassa


Poster Session
Wednesday Poster Session
Host: Seventh Conference on the Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data
Chair: Geoffrey T. Stano, ENSCO, Inc./NASA
 
777
Experimental Use of Total Lightning Data at the Aviation Weather Center/Aviation Weather Testbed
Brian P. Pettegrew, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Kansas City, MO; and S. A. Lack, B. R. J. Schwedler, R. L. Solomon, D. R. Bright, and B. Entwistle

Handout (3.3 MB)

 
778
Investigating the potential of X-band multi-parameter radar to detect convective storm associated with cloud-to-ground lightning in the warm season in Kanto region, Japan
Namiko Sakurai, National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention, Tsukuba, Japan; and S. Shimizu, Y. Shusse, S. I. Suzuki, T. Maesaka, K. Kieda, and K. Iwanami

 
780
The Impact of Lightning in Intensity Forecasts of an Idealized Tropical Cyclone Using the HWRF Model
Keren Rosado, Howard University/NCAS/NCEP, Washington, DC; and G. S. Jenkins, V. Tallapragada, C. Kieu, and L. Zhu

 
781
An Integrated 0-1 hour First-Flash Lightning Nowcasting, Lightning Amount and Lightning Jump Warning Capability
John Mecikalski, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and C. P. Jewett, L. Carey, B. T. Zavodsky, G. T. Stano, and T. Chronis

 
782
Implications of Varying Time Steps within Operational Total Lightning Information
Geoffrey T. Stano, ENSCO, Inc./NASA, Huntsville, AL; and B. C. Carcione and K. D. White
Manuscript (1.5 MB)

 
783
Expanding the Operational Use of Total Lightning Ahead of GOES-R
Geoffrey T. Stano, ENSCO, Inc./NASA, Huntsville, AL; and L. Wood, T. Garner, R. Nunez, D. Kann, J. Reynolds, N. Rydell, R. Cox, and W. R. Bobb
Manuscript (1.7 MB)

 
785
Investigating the Role of Electrified Clouds in the Global Electric Circuit with Emphasis on Oceanic and Non-lightning Producing Clouds
Wiebke Deierling, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and C. P. Kalb, M. Peterson, A. Baumgaertner, C. Liu, and D. Mach

 
789
Analysis of Proximity Alerts Based on Total Lightning
Christopher Sloop, Earth Networks, Germantown, MD; and W. H. Beasley, S. Heckman, F. R. Guarriello, and S. Humenik


Poster Session
Wednesday and Thursday Poster Session
Host: Sixth Conference on Environment and Health
 
813
Outdoor Thermal Comfort under Photovoltaic Canopy Structures–A Field Study at Arizona State University
Ariane Middel, arizona state university; and N. Selover, N. Chhetri, and B. Hagen

4:00 PM-4:30 PM: Wednesday, 7 January 2015

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Session 4
Core Science Lecture
Location: 228AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Sixth Conference on Environment and Health
Chair: George Luber, CDC

Session 7
Results from the Australian SNOWY HYDROO Orographic Cloud Seeding Randomized Program
Location: 211B West Building (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 20th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification
Chair: Roy M. Rasmussen, NCAR
  4:00 PM
7.1
Analysis of a Snowfall Enhancement Project in the Snowy Mountains of Australia (Invited Presentation)
Michael J. Manton, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia; and J. Denholm, K. Kemsley, S. L. Kenyon, A. Peace, J. Speirs, and L. Warren

4:00 PM-4:45 PM: Wednesday, 7 January 2015

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Session 10A
Extreme events: Analysis of heat waves and polar air outbreaks—Part II
Location: 121BC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 27th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Chair: Nat Johnson, NOAA/GFDL
  4:00 PM
10A.1
  4:15 PM
10A.2
Changes in Pacific Northwest Heat Waves under Anthropogenic Global Warming
Matthew C. Brewer, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and C. F. Mass
  4:30 PM
10A.3

4:00 PM-5:00 PM: Wednesday, 7 January 2015

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Panel Discussion 1
The State of the Coastal Environment
Location: 130 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 13th Symposium on the Coastal Environment
Moderator: Mona Behl, Texas A&M University
Panelists: Roger M. Samelson, Oregon State Univ.; Rick A. Luettich, University of North Carolina; Art Miller, Scripps Institution of Oceanography; Philipe Tissot, Texas A&M University; Andre J. van der Westhuysen, NOAA/NWS/NCEP
  4:00 PM
Remarks - The State of the Coastal Environment - Mona Behl

ASLI Business Meeting
Location: 129B (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

4:00 PM-5:15 PM: Wednesday, 7 January 2015

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Session 11
Utility of Lightning Data for High-Impact Weather
Location: 225AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Seventh Conference on the Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data
Chair: Christopher J. Schultz, University of Alabama/NASA/MSFC
  4:00 PM
11.1
  4:15 PM
11.2
Total Lightning Characteristics with Respect to Radar-Derived Mesocyclone Strength
Sarah M. Stough, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL; and L. Carey and C. J. Schultz
  5:00 PM
11.5
Verification of Earth Network's Dangerous Thunderstorm Alerts and National Weather Service Warnings
Tiffany C. Meyer, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma and NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and R. E. DiLuzio, M. Elliott, and K. M. Calhoun

4:00 PM-5:30 PM: Wednesday, 7 January 2015

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Session 2
Applications of Lidar to Air Quality
Location: 211A West Building (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Seventh Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications
Cochairs: Tammy M. Weckwerth, NCAR; John E. Yorks, NASA
  4:00 PM
Observations of Tropospheric Ozone Enhancement in Fort Collins Using the GSFC TROPOZ DIAL during DISCOVERAQ 2014 - John Sullivan
  4:15 PM
2.1
Remote sensing of PM2.5 from ground-based optical measurements
Siwei Li, Howard University, Washington, DC; and E. Joseph and Q. Min

  4:30 PM
2.2A
Observations of Tropospheric Ozone Enhancement in the Colorado Front Range using the GSFC TROPOZ DIAL During DISCOVER - AQ 2014
John Sullivan, JCET/Univ. of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD; and T. J. McGee, R. M. Hoff, L. Twigg, and G. Sumnicht

  4:45 PM
2.3
Summary of Micro-Pulse Lidar Data Obtained During NASA's DISCOVER-AQ Field Missions
Timothy Berkoff, NASA, Hampton, VA; and R. M. Hoff, R. Delgado, P. Sawamura, J. S. Compton, D. Orozco, J. Sullivan, R. M. Pauly, R. D. Clark, R. K. Uribe, J. Vivola, C. Delong, A. Thomas, E. Lawrence, T. Jones, P. L. DeCola, S. Mathur, Y. Zheng, G. Wyant, R. Blucher, R. Piatt, M. Abderrahman, D. K. Martins, H. Halliday, R. Auvil, M. Woodman, R. Connell, M. Hicks, B. B. Demoz, M. Tzortziou, P. De Rosa, R. A. Ferrare, C. A. Hostetler, and W. Lawrence

Handout (3.9 MB)

  5:00 PM
2.4
DIAL and Doppler Lidar Characterization of the Boundary Layer for Air Quality and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Studies
R. Michael Hardesty, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and W. A. Brewer, C. J. Senff, R. J. Alvarez II, A. O. Langford, R. M. Banta, A. Choukulkar, S. P. Sandberg, A. M. Weickmann, G. Kirgis, and Y. L. Pichugina
  5:15 PM
2.5
  5:30 PM
2.6
The HAWC-OAWL
Sara C. Tucker, Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp., Boulder, CO; and C. Weimer and W. S. Good
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Session 4
Applications, Products, and Models that support our ability to better understand and predict weather and climate extreme events - I
Location: 232A-C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Fifth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations
Cochairs: Chandra R. Kondragunta, NOAA/NESDIS; Stephen A. Mango, NOAA/NESDIS/OSD
  4:00 PM
4.1
Rapid Refresh: version 2 upgrade at NCEP and work toward version 3 and the North American Rapid Refresh Ensemble (NARRE)
Stephen S. Weygandt, NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and S. Benjamin, T. G. Smirnova, M. Hu, J. B. Olson, H. Lin, C. R. Alexander, G. Manikin, E. P. James, I. Jankov, J. M. Brown, and D. C. Dowell
  4:15 PM
4.2
The High Resolution Rapid Refresh (HRRR): The Operational Implementation
Curtis R. Alexander, NOAA/ESRL/Global Systems Division and CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and G. Manikin, S. Benjamin, S. S. Weygandt, G. DiMego, M. Hu, and T. G. Smirnova
  4:30 PM
4.3
The National Earth System Prediction Capability - Update
Jessie C. Carman, OAR, Silver Spring, MD; and D. Eleuterio, D. McCarren, and F. Toepfer
  4:45 PM
4.4
Intra-Cloud and Cloud to Ground Lightning Relationships to Severe Weather Characterization over the US CONUS
Themis Chronis, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and L. Carey, E. W. McCaul Jr., T. J. Lang, and S. J. Goodman
  5:00 PM
4.5
The Role in Verification in R2O Testing and Evaluation
Tara L. Jensen, NCAR/Research Applications Laboratory, Boulder, CO; and M. P. Mittermaier, T. Fowler, B. G. Brown, J. Halley Gotway, R. Bullock, J. K. Wolff, M. Harrold, E. Tollerud, L. B. Nance, and Y. H. Kuo
  5:15 PM
4.6
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Joint Panel Discussion 4
Making Climate Information Available to Decision Makers: Challenges, Risks, and Uncertainty
Location: 222A-C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint between the Third Symposium on the Weather and Climate Enterprise; the 31st Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; and the 10th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice )
Moderators: Stephen Ambrose, NASA/GSFC; Karen Andersen, NCAR
Panelists: Sharon Hays, Computer Sciences Corporation; Dave Jones, StormCenter Communications, Inc.; Tsengdar Lee, NASA; Warren Washington, NCAR

Often climate models and data are complex and built for use by climate scientists, but what about the decision makers looking for climate information to make decisions? Creating information from climate data and models involves making the data easy to understand and useful to citizen scientists and non-scientists alike. How can climate experts provide outlooks on climate useful for decisions on policy, infrastructure, resources, and life and safety? Some issues related to providing this information include data/model uncertainty, sampling errors, spatial resolution, model downscaling, visualization, liability, and risk management, to name a few. This panel will discuss plans, strategies, challenges, perspectives, technologies, and the future of climate change information and services for society.
  4:00 PM
Stephen Ambrose Introduction
  4:15 PM
Sharon Hays Remarks
  4:30 PM
Dave Jones Remarks
  4:45 PM
Tsengdar Lee Remarks

  5:00 PM
Warren Washington
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Session 4
Post-Processing and Product Generation - Part 2
Location: 123 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Special Symposium on Model Postprocessing and Downscaling
Cochairs: Scott Sellars, Univ. of California; Barbara G. Brown, NCAR
  4:00 PM
4.1
A Sample Size Sensitivity Test for MOS Precipitation Type
Phillip E. Shafer, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD
  4:15 PM
4.2
The Characteristics of GFS MOS Temperature Forecast Guidance Errors for the Past Decade
Yun Fan, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and K. K. Gilbert, D. E. Rudack, W. Yan, S. Scallion, and P. E. Shafer
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Session 4
Predictability
Location: 229A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Eugenia Kalnay Symposium
Chair: Jim Carton, University of Maryland, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science
  4:00 PM
4.1
  4:15 PM
4.2
Using Forecast and Analysis Temporal Variability to Diagnose Model Performance and Predictability
Carolyn A. Reynolds, NRL, Monterey, CA; and E. A. Satterfield and C. Bishop
  4:30 PM
4.3
NCEP Global Ensemble Forecast System in Past 20 Years
Yuejian Zhu, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC, College Park, MD

  4:45 PM
4.4
Ensemble prediction of subseasonal atmospheric anomalies
Malaquias Peña, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC, College Park, MD; and Y. Zhu, D. Hou, X. Zhou, and Z. Toth

  5:00 PM
4.5
Stories with Eugenia by Antonio J. Busalacchi

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Joint Session 5
Impact of air-sea interactions on Madden-Julian Oscillations
Location: 224A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint between the 19th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction; and the Third Symposium on Prediction of the Madden-Julian Oscillation: Processes, Prediction and Impact )
Cochairs: Samson Hagos, PNNL; Qing Wang, NPS
  4:15 PM
J5.2
The Madden-Julian Oscillation in a Coupled Data Assimilation System
Abhishek Chatterjee, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. Anderson, M. W. Moncrieff, N. Collins, G. Danabasoglu, T. J. Hoar, A. R. Karspeck, R. B. Neale, K. D. Raeder, and J. J. Tribbia

  4:30 PM
J5.3
Large-scale intraseasonal moisture convergence due to warm SST before convection
S. P. de Szoeke, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR; and E. Maloney, J. B. Edson, and C. DeMott

  4:45 PM
J5.4
Navy Global Predictions for the DYNAMO Time Period
Carolyn A. Reynolds, NRL, Monterey, CA; and J. A. Ridout, M. Flatau, J. Chen, J. G. Richman, T. G. Jensen, and J. F. Shriver
  5:00 PM
J5.5
Wave/wave and atmosphere/ocean interaction in MJO initiation
Maria Flatau, NRL, Monterey, CA; and S. Chen, T. G. Jensen, T. Shinoda, P. May, D. B. Baranowski, and P. J. Flatau

  5:15 PM
J5.6
The Effects of Air-Sea Coupling on the MJO Forecasting Vary Event-by-Event during the DYNAMO/CINDY Period
Joshua Xiouhua Fu, Univ. of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI; and W. Wang, J. Y. Lee, B. Wang, K. Kikuchi, J. Xu, J. Li, and S. Weaver
Recording files available
Joint Session 6
Applications of Artificial Intelligence Methods for Energy-Part II
Location: 124B (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint between the 13th Conference on Artificial Intelligence; and the Sixth Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy )
CoChair: Sue Ellen Haupt, NCAR
  4:00 PM
J6.1
A Multi-Faceted Approach Towards Solar Forecasting
Edwin Campos, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL; and E. Constantinescu, J. Wang, Z. Zhou, A. Botterud, D. Cook, H. F. Hamann, and S. Lu

  4:45 PM
J6.4
Machine Learning Based Multi-model Blending for Enhancing Renewable Energy Forecasting
Siyuan Lu, IBM, Yorktown Heights, NY; and Y. Hwang, I. Khabibrakhmanov, H. Dang, T. van Kessel, F. Marianno, X. Shao, and H. F. Hamann

  5:00 PM
J6.5
A Regime-Dependent Bayesian Approach to Short-Term Solar Irradiance Forecasts
Tyler C. McCandless, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and S. E. Haupt, G. S. Young, and A. J. Annunzio
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Themed Joint Session 6
Growing Importance of Extremes: The Example of Drought in California and the West
Location: 126BC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint between the 27th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; and the 29th Conference on Hydrology )
Cochairs: Veva Deheza, National Integrated Drought Information System; Kristen Averyt, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado

With the potential for more frequent and more intense extreme events in parts of the world as a consequence of climate change, there is increasing focus on science in the context of minimizing risk and vulnerability. This session will showcase the scientific advances, impacts, and lessons learned through the lens of Western drought events. Topics of interest include predictability of US drought on multiple scales, climate change attribution of drought, lessons gleaned from the applied science community, planning and processes for drought, and cascading impacts of drought on both the ecological and urban environments. Papers addressing social and economic impacts are particularly encouraged. Note that papers do not have to directly relate to Western US drought, but can also discuss impacts and response to other extreme events in other parts of the US and the world from which transferable lessons might be shared.
  4:00 PM
TJ6.1
  4:15 PM
TJ6.2
CalWater 2—Precipitation, Aerosols, and Pacific Atmospheric Rivers Experiment
F. Martin Ralph, SIO, La Jolla, CA; and J. R. Spackman, K. A. Prather, D. Cayan, P. J. DeMott, M. D. Dettinger, C. W. Fairall, L. R. Leung, D. Rosenfeld, S. Rutledge, D. Waliser, and A. White
  4:30 PM
TJ6.3
  4:45 PM
TJ6.4
Improving the Utility of Seasonal Outlooks of Anomalous Precipitation for California
Lance E. Watkins, NASA DEVELOP National Program, Hampton, VA; and E. J. Davis, A. Nothdurft, and A. Mendenhall

  5:15 PM
TJ6.6
The National Extreme Events Data and Research Center (NEED)
Dale Kaiser, ORNL, Oak Ridge, TN; and T. Wilbanks, T. Boden, R. Devarakonda, and J. Gulledge
Recording files available
Session 7
Aerosol impacts on cirrus clouds
Location: 223 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Seventh Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions
Cochairs: David L. Mitchell, DRI; Xiaohong Liu, University of Wyoming
  4:15 PM
7.2
Homogeneous and immersion freezing of inorganic and organic aerosol particles at cirrus temperatures
Ottmar Möhler, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany; and K. Höhler, T. Schmitt, and R. Wagner

  5:00 PM
7.5
Quantifying the Contribution of Soot and Dust to Ice Formation in Cirrus Clouds – a Model Study using a new Parameterization Framework
Romy Ullrich, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany; and N. Hiranuma, C. Hoose, O. Möhler, M. Niemand, I. Steinke, R. Wagner, and D. J. Cziczo

  5:15 PM
7.6
Intercomparison of Aerosol Indirect Effects Through Cirrus Clouds in Global Aerosol-Climate Models
Kai Zhang, PNNL, Richland, WA; and X. Liu, Y. Wang, D. Neubauer, U. Lohmann, S. Ferrachat, C. Zhou, J. E. Penner, D. Barahona, and X. Shi

Recording files available
Joint Session 7
MJO Prediction and Impacts
Location: 224B (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint between the Sixth Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; and the Third Symposium on Prediction of the Madden-Julian Oscillation: Processes, Prediction and Impact )
Cochairs: Carl J. Schreck III, North Carolina State University; Matthew Janiga, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS
  4:15 PM
J7.2
The influence of the MJO on Spring Equatorial West African convection
Fisseha Berhane, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; and B. F. Zaitchik
  4:45 PM
J7.4
  5:00 PM
J7.5
  5:15 PM
J7.6
The MJO signal in the NCEP Global Ensemble Forecast System
Malaquias Peña, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC, College Park, MD; and Y. Zhu, X. Zhou, D. Hou, and Q. Zhang

Recording files available
Session 7
University Education Initiatives II
Location: 125AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 24th Symposium on Education
Cochairs: Teresa M. Bals-Elsholz, Valparaiso Univ.; Alison F.C. Bridger, San Jose State University

A continuation of the University Education Initiatives I session
  4:15 PM
7.2
  4:30 PM
7.3
Operational Meteorology: A Viable Complement to a Traditional Meteorology Degree Program
Thomas A. Guinn, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, FL
  4:45 PM
7.4
Deployment of a Research Aircraft for Interdisciplinary Education
Melanie A. Wetzel, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott, AZ; and D. Ivanova, J. R. French, L. D. Oolman, and T. D. Drew
  5:15 PM
7.6
Recording files available
Session 8
Tropospheric Chemistry and Chemical Transport Modeling
Location: 124A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 17th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry
Cochairs: Tom Jobson, Washington State Univeristy; K. Pickering, NASA/GSFC
  4:00 PM
8.1A
  4:15 PM
8.2
Fine-scale application of the WRF-CMAQ modeling system to the 2013 DISCOVER-AQ San Joaquin Valley study
K. Wyat Appel, EPA, Research Triangle Park, NC; and R. Gilliam, J. E. Pleim, S. J. Roselle, and R. Mathur
  4:30 PM
8.3
Policy relevant science: Using satellite and aircraft observations to improve the CMAQ and CAMx regulatory air quality models
Timothy Canty, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and D. Anderson, S. Carpenter, D. L. Goldberg, L. Hembeck, L. N. Montgomery, T. Vinciguerra, X. Liu, R. J. Salawitch, and R. Dickerson
  4:45 PM
8.4
NOAA Air Quality predictions and challenges in large cities
Sikchya Upadhayay, NOAA/NWS/Office of Science and Technology/Syneren Technologies, Silver Spring, MD; and I. Stajner, P. Lee, D. Tong, L. Pan, J. McQueen, and J. Huang
  5:00 PM
8.5
WRF-Chem data assimilation of NOAA-Unique IASI carbon monoxide retrievals: Impact study on tropospheric ozone increases observed during the 2010 AEROSE Campaign
Jonathan W. Smith, National Research Council Postdoc Associate at NOAA/NESDIS/Center for Satellite Applications and Research, College Park, MD; and N. R. Nalli
  5:15 PM
8.6
Global Transport and Source-Receptor Relationships for Arsenic
Shiliang Wu, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI; and K. M. Wai and X. Li

Recording files available
Session 9
Computational and Data Advances: Precipitation Processes and Observations for Atmospheric, Land Surface, and Hydrological Modeling I
Location: 127ABC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 29th Conference on Hydrology
Cochairs: Yu Zhang, NOAA/NWS; Emad Habib, Univ. of Louisiana; George J. Huffman, NASA/GSFC; Jonathan Gourley, NOAA

The theme of this session is precipitation measurement/estimation techniques, and applications that demonstrate the downstream impacts of improved quantitative precipitation information for hydrologic, land surface, and weather modeling. Presentations in this session will focus on the following subjects: (1) Advances in precipitation measurement devices and methods; (2) Techniques for fusing precipitation observations from remote-sensing and in situ platforms, and related datasets; (3) Existing and emerging high-resolution real-time and retrospective precipitation data sets; (4) Effects of improving precipitation precision and accuracy on hydrologic predictions, fluxes from land surface models, Numeric Weather Model predictions, climate monitoring, and engineering design; (5) User requirements for precipitation information and gaps in existing data sets and observing platforms.
  4:15 PM
9.2A
  4:45 PM
9.4
Determing Quantitative Precipitation Forecast Duration to Optimize River Forecast Services
A. Juliann Meyer, NOAA/NWS, Pleasant Hill, Missouri; and L. D. Holts, M. M. DeWeese, R. H. Reckel, and N. O. Schwein
Recording files available
Session 9
Integrating Social Science into Weather Operations: What have we done, What are we doing, Where do we need to go?
Location: 226AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 10th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice
Cochairs: James Correia Jr., OU CIMMS NOAA/NWS/SPC; Kathleen Sherman-Morris, Mississippi State Univ.

Moderated panel, where panelists will highlight ongoing research, plans, or implemented strategies for integrating social sciences into operations.
  4:30 PM
9.4
Conversations on Consilience: SPC Operations and Social Science
Susan A. Jasko, California Univ. of Pennsylvania, California, PA; and G. W. Carbin, J. Correia Jr., R. S. Schneider, W. F. Bunting, K. Pirtle, P. Marsh, L. Myers, J. L. Peters, and E. M. Leitman
Recording files available
Session 9
Weather Warning Delivery: Reaching Everyone As Soon as Possible
Location: 221A-C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Third Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation’s Readiness, Responsiveness, and Resilience to High Impact Weather Events
Cochairs: Kenneth Carey, Earth Resources Technology (ERT), Inc.; Douglas Hilderbrand, NOAA/NWS
  4:00 PM
9.1
  4:15 PM
9.2
Saving Lives with NWS Activation of Wireless Alerts
Michael Gerber, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and R. Bunge and H. L. White
  4:30 PM
9.3
Weather Radio - Implementing Accessibility for Blind and Low-Vision Users in a Weather Safety and Alerting App
J. Michael Wolfinbarger, Weather Decision Technologies, Inc., Norman, OK; and M. D. Eilts and R. Kimes
  4:45 PM
9.4
  5:00 PM
9.5
Recording files available
Session 10B
Interannual variability: Inter-basin links; internally-generated vs. externally-forced basin variability; ocean-atmosphere structure and mechanisms in observations and climate simulations; progress prospects of monthly-to-seasonal prediction-Part II
Location: 122BC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 27th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Chair: R. Saravanan, Texas A&M University
  4:00 PM
10.1
Periodic variability in the large-scale middle latitude atmosphere
David W. J. Thompson, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO; and E. A. Barnes and Y. Li

  4:15 PM
10.2
On the diabatic heating of the North Atlantic storm-track
Rhys Parfitt, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom; and A. Czaja

Recording files available
Session 11
Convective Weather
Location: 129A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 17th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology
Cochairs: John Mecikalski, University of Alabama; Mike Robinson, AvMet Applications Inc.
  4:00 PM
11.1
  4:15 PM
11.2
Offshore 0–8 hour Forecasts for Aviation
Haig Iskenderian, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA; and P. M. Lamey, M. S. Veillette, C. J. Mattioli, and E. P. Hassey
  4:30 PM
11.3
  5:00 PM
11.5
Improved Methods for Blending Extrapolation-based with High-resolution Model Forecasts
James O. Pinto, NCAR/Research Applications Laboratory, Boulder, CO; and J. Grim, D. Ahijevych, and M. Steiner
Recording files available
Session 11
Field Experiments II
Location: 131AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 19th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)
Chair: Bjorn H. Lambrigtsen, JPL
  4:00 PM
11.1
  4:45 PM
11.4
  5:00 PM
11.5
Lower-Cost GPS Met Station Design for use in Dense Network Slant Path GPS-Met Estimates of Tropospheric Wet Delay and Precipitable Water Vapor
Aditya Nagarajan, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA; and M. C. Jacques, A. Lagace, D. L. Pepyne, M. Zink, and D. J. McLaughlin
  5:15 PM
11.6
Studies in Signal Processing Approaches for Infrasound Wind Noise Reduction
David L. Pepyne, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA; and A. Annan and D. J. McLaughlin

Recording files available
Session 11
RADAR - WSR-88D Program and Operational Radar Experiences
Location: 132AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 31st Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies
Cochairs: Mark B. Yeary, University of Oklahoma; Kurt D. Hondl, NOAA/NSSL; Michael J. Istok, NOAA/NWS; Robert E. Saffle, Noblis, Inc.
  4:00 PM
11.1
  4:15 PM
11.2
Geographical and Seasonal Availability of Light Rain, Dry Snow, and Bragg Scatter to Estimate WSR-88D ZDR System Bias
W. David Zittel, NOAA/NWS, Norman, OK; and R. R. Lee, L. M. Richardson, J. G. Cunningham, J. A. Schultz, and R. L. Ice
Manuscript (2.3 MB)

Handout (2.4 MB)

  4:30 PM
11.3
Improving the Quality of Dual Polarization Estimates with Multiscan Data Hybridization
Bradley M. Isom, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA
  4:45 PM
11.4
Polarimetric Weather Radar Calibration Using Solar Scans
Richard Ice, NOAA/NWS/ROC, Norman, OK; and A. K. Heck, J. G. Cunningham, W. D. Zittel, R. R. Lee, L. M. Richardson, and B. J. McGuire
  5:00 PM
11.5
Minimizing the impact of ground-clutter filtering along the zero-isodop in polarimetric Doppler weather radars
David A. Warde, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma and NOAA/OAR/NSSL, Norman, OK; and S. M. Torres
  5:15 PM
11.6
Assessing Variable Importance in a Radar QC Algorithm
V. Lakshmanan, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK

Recording files available
Session 11
Stratosphere-troposphere coupling
Location: 212A West Building (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 18th Conference on Middle Atmosphere
Chair: John R. Albers, University of Colorado
  4:00 PM
11.1
  4:15 PM
11.2
The Downward Influence of Sudden Warmings
Peter Hitchcock, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom; and I. R. Simpson
  4:30 PM
11.3
Absorbing- and reflecting sudden stratospheric warming events and their relationship with tropospheric circulation: Case studies
Kunihiko Kodera, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan; and H. Mukougawa, P. Maury, K. Matthes, M. Ueda, and C. Claud

  5:00 PM
11.5
Skillful Seasonal Prediction of the Southern Annular Mode and Antarctic Ozone
William Seviour, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; and S. C. Hardiman, L. J. Gray, N. Butchart, C. MacLachlan, and A. A. Scaife
  5:15 PM
11.6
Recording files available
Joint Session 17
Aquarius Mission--Modeling and Analysis of Satellite-based Salinity Data
Location: 231ABC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint between the 19th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction; and the 20th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography )
Cochairs: Frank J. Wentz, Remote Sensing Systems; Magdalena D. Anguelova, NRL
  4:00 PM
J17.1
Salinity anomaly as a trigger for ENSO events
Jieshun Zhu, NOAA/NCEP, College Park, MD; and B. Huang, R. H. Zhang, Z. Z. Hu, A. Kumar, M. A. Balmaseda, L. Marx, and J. L. Kinter III
  4:30 PM
J17.3
Three Years of Aquarius Salinity Measurements: Algorithm, Validation and Applications
Thomas Meissner, Remote Sensing Systems, Santa Rosa, CA; and F. J. Wentz, D. K. Smith, D. LeVine, and G. Lagerloef
Recording files available
Joint Session 18
Calibration and Validation I
Location: 230 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint between the 20th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography; and the 11th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems )
Cochairs: Johannes Schmetz, EUMETSAT; Paul Menzel, NOAA/NESDIS
  4:00 PM
J18.1
Validation of Level 2 Temperature and Water Vapor Profiles from JPSS and EUMETSAT Operational Polar Satellites using DOE ARM, SuomiNet, and COSMIC Datasets
Robert Knuteson, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and M. Feltz, J. Roman, J. Gartzke, S. Ackerman, H. Revercomb, D. Tobin, L. Borg, T. August, T. Hultberg, and T. Reale
  4:15 PM
J18.2
New Methodology for ATMS Noise Characterization
Miao Tian, Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, College Park, MD; and F. Weng
  4:45 PM
J18.4
Nonlinearity Analysis For JPSS-1 ATMS Instrument
Hu Yang, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and F. Weng, N. Sun, and M. Tian
  5:00 PM
J18.5
S-NPP CrIS Full Spectral Resolution SDR Processing and Quality Assessment
Yong Han, NOAA/NESDIS, College Park, MD; and Y. Chen, X. Jin, L. Wang, and D. Tremblay
  5:15 PM
J18.6
Reflector Emissivity Biases on ATMS
Kent L. Anderson, Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems, Azusa, CA; and V. Jacobo

4:30 PM-5:30 PM: Wednesday, 7 January 2015


Panel Discussion 1
Orographic Precipitation Panel Discussion
Location: 211B West Building (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 20th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification
Moderator: Sarah A. Tessendorf, NCAR
Panelists: Bruce A. Boe, Weather Modification, Inc.; Bart Geerts, Univ. of Wyoming; Shaun Parkinson, Idaho Power; Roy M. Rasmussen, NCAR; Michael J. Manton, Monash University
Recording files available
Session 5
CDC Building Resilience Against Climate Effects: Strategies and programs to confront the health implications of climate change - Part 2
Location: 228AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Sixth Conference on Environment and Health
Chair: George Luber, CDC
  4:30 PM
5.1
Pollen Trends and Respiratory-Related Emergency Department Visits, Sarasota, Florida
Meredith A. Jagger, Florida Department of Health, Tallahassee, FL; and K. W. Kintziger and S. Watkins

  4:45 PM
5.2
Modeling future population exposure to intra-urban extreme heat with fine-scale land use data
Kathryn C. Conlon, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and A. J. Monaghan, M. H. Hayden, and O. Wilhelmi
  5:00 PM
5.3
Assessing the Health Impacts of Hurricanes and Tropical Storms in Florida: Methodological Challenges and Solutions
Kristina W. Kintziger, Florida Department of Health, Tallahassee, FL; and M. A. Jagger, J. Maynard, S. Watkins, M. L. Griffin, and C. E. Konrad II

  5:15 PM
5.4
Building Resilience Against Climate Effects in Arizona: Lessons Learned Implementing CDC's BRACE Framework
Matthew C. Roach, Arizona Department of Health Services, Phoenix, AZ; and N. Chhetri, W. C. Chuang, N. Selover, D. M. Hondula, A. Middel, and A. Karner

5:30 PM-6:30 PM: Wednesday, 7 January 2015


Awards Banquet Reception in the Exhibit Hall
Location: Hall 5 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

7:00 PM-8:30 PM: Wednesday, 7 January 2015


Annual ASLI Dinner

7:00 PM-10:00 PM: Wednesday, 7 January 2015


95th AMS Awards Banquet
Location: North Ballroom (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

Thursday, 8 January 2015

8:30 AM-9:15 AM: Thursday, 8 January 2015

Recording files available
Session 9
High Density Weather Observing Networks Utilized in Wind/Solar Electric Generation
Location: 224B (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Sixth Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy
Chair: Randall P. Benson, Iberdrola Renewables
  8:30 AM
9.1
Results from the Position of Offshore Wind Energy Resources (POWER) Study
Melinda Marquis, NOAA, Boulder, CO; and J. Olson, R. M. Banta, Y. L. Pichugina, S. Benjamin, E. P. James, J. M. Wilczak, I. V. Djalalova, L. Bianco, J. Carley, and J. W. Cline
  8:45 AM
9.2
The Next-Generation Satellite Product for NREL's National Solar Radiation Data Base (NSRDB)
Manajit Sengupta, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO; and A. Habte, P. Gotseff, A. Lopez, A. Weekley, Y. Xie, C. C. Molling, and A. Heidinger

8:30 AM-9:30 AM: Thursday, 8 January 2015

Recording files available
Session 4
Vendor Updates
Location: 129B (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 18th Annual Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International (ASLI)
  8:30 AM
AMS Books Update - Sarah Jane Shangraw
  8:45 AM
Springer Update - Ron Doering

  9:00 AM
4.1
Collections Question Roundup

  9:15 AM
4.2
Wiley
Fiona Murphy, Wiley, Chichester, n/a, United Kingdom

  9:30 AM
4.3
ProQuest Atmospheric Science Collection
Rich Hummel, Sr. Project Manager, SciTech, Ann Arbor, MI
  9:45 AM
4.4
AMS Publications: Year in Review and 2015 Update
Kenneth F. Heideman, AMS, Director of Publications, Boston, MA; and S. J. Shangraw
Recording files available
Session 8
Hydroscopic Seeding of Convective Clouds I
Location: 211B West Building (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 20th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification
Chair: Bart Geerts, Univ. of Wyoming
  9:15 AM
8.3
Suitability of Atmospheric Conditions in North Dakota for Conducting Effective Hygroscopic Cloud Seeding
David Delene, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND; and N. Gapp, K. Hibert, and D. Langerud

8:30 AM-9:45 AM: Thursday, 8 January 2015

Recording files available
Session 1
Conversion of Code to Take Full Advantage of Phi or Gpgpu Capabilities I
Location: 128AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: First Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate
Cochairs: Brian J. Etherton, NOAA/OAR/ESRL; Carolyn A. Reynolds, NRL
  8:45 AM
1.2A
Performance Tuning of the JMA-NHM for the Super High-Resolution Experiment using the K Super Computer
Tsutao Oizumi, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology/Meteorological Research Institute, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan; and T. Kuroda, K. Saito, J. Ito, L. Duc, and K. Ito
  9:00 AM
1.3
Parallelization and Performance of the NIM for CPU, GPU and MIC
Mark W. Govett, NOAA/ESRL/GSD, Boulder, CO; and T. Henderson, J. Rosinski, J. Middlecoff, and R. A. Madden
  9:15 AM
1.4
Recording files available
Session 1
Monsoon Variability, Rainfall Distribution
Location: 125AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Special Symposium on the South Asia Monsoon
Cochairs: B. Wang, University of Hawaii; Eugenia Kalnay, University of Maryland

Papers dealing on Rainfall distribution, impacts and Mitigation and monoon variability
  8:30 AM
1.1
March of Buoyancy Elements during Extreme Monsoon Rainfall
Dr. Tiruvalam N. Krishnamurti, Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL; and V. Kumar, A. Simon, A. thomas, A. Bhardwaj, and S. Das
  8:45 AM
1.2
Monsoon and Agriculture in India
Laxman Singh Rathore, NOAA/NWS, New Delhi, N/A = Not Applic, India

  9:15 AM
1.4
The Potential for Microphysical Observations through polarimetric radar in the south Asian monsoon environment: Emerging Opportunities
Chandrasekar V. Chandra, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and S. M. Deshpande, S. K. Das, M. C. Kalapureddy, and K. Chakravarthy

  9:30 AM
1.5
Influence of anthropogenic warming on extremes in the Indian summer monsoon using cluster analysis
Deepti Singh, Stanford University, Stanford, CA; and D. E. Horton and N. S. Diffenbaugh
Recording files available
Joint Session 4
Space-Based Lidar Developments for Global Weather and Climate Information
Location: 211A West Building (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Seventh Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications
Cochairs: R. Michael Hardesty, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado; Jennifer F. Newman, University of Oklahoma
  8:30 AM
J4.1
Technology Advancement for Active Remote Sensing of Carbon Dioxide from Space Using the ASCENDS CarbonHawk Experiment Simulator: First Results
Michael D. Obland, NASA, Hampton, VA; and A. R. Nehrir, B. Lin, F. W. Harrison, S. A. Kooi, Y. Choi, J. Plant, M. Yang, C. Antill, J. Campbell, S. Ismail, B. Meadows, E. V. Browell, J. T. Dobler, T. S. Zaccheo, B. Moore III, and S. Crowell
  8:45 AM
J4.2
Atmospheric CO2 Column Measurements from Laser Absorption Spectrometry Lidar Systems
Bing Lin, NASA, Hampton, VA; and S. Ismail, F. W. Harrison, E. V. Browell, A. R. Nehrir, S. Kooi, J. T. Dobler, B. Meadows, and M. D. Obland
  9:00 AM
J4.3
Extending space-based global lidar measurements: The Cloud-Aerosol Transport System (CATS)
John E. Yorks, NASA, Greenbelt, MD; and M. J. McGill, S. P. Palm, D. L. Hlavka, P. Selmer, E. P. Nowottnick, M. A. Vaughan, and S. Rodier
  9:15 AM
J4.4
The ATHENA-OAWL Doppler Wind Lidar Mission
Carl Weimer, Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp., Boulder, CO; and S. Tucker, W. Baker, R. M. Hardesty, and L. P. Riishojgaard

  9:30 AM
J4.5
Airborne Doppler Wind Lidar studies for ADM cal/val and investigations of boundary layer Arctic wind fields
Steven Greco, Simpson Weather Associates, Charlottesville, VA; and G. D. Emmitt, S. A. Wood, M. J. Kavaya, G. J. Koch, J. J. Cassano, and K. Hines
Recording files available
Joint Session 4
Space-Based Lidar Developments for Global Weather and Climate Information
Location: 211A West Building (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Fifth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations
Cochairs: R. Michael Hardesty, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado; Jennifer F. Newman, University of Oklahoma
  8:30 AM
J4.1
Technology Advancement for Active Remote Sensing of Carbon Dioxide from Space Using the ASCENDS CarbonHawk Experiment Simulator: First Results
Michael D. Obland, NASA, Hampton, VA; and A. R. Nehrir, B. Lin, F. W. Harrison, S. A. Kooi, Y. Choi, J. Plant, M. Yang, C. Antill, J. Campbell, S. Ismail, B. Meadows, E. V. Browell, J. T. Dobler, T. S. Zaccheo, B. Moore III, and S. Crowell
  8:45 AM
J4.2
Atmospheric CO2 Column Measurements from Laser Absorption Spectrometry Lidar Systems
Bing Lin, NASA, Hampton, VA; and S. Ismail, F. W. Harrison, E. V. Browell, A. R. Nehrir, S. Kooi, J. T. Dobler, B. Meadows, and M. D. Obland
  9:00 AM
J4.3
Extending space-based global lidar measurements: The Cloud-Aerosol Transport System (CATS)
John E. Yorks, NASA, Greenbelt, MD; and M. J. McGill, S. P. Palm, D. L. Hlavka, P. Selmer, E. P. Nowottnick, M. A. Vaughan, and S. Rodier
  9:15 AM
J4.4
The ATHENA-OAWL Doppler Wind Lidar Mission
Carl Weimer, Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp., Boulder, CO; and S. Tucker, W. Baker, R. M. Hardesty, and L. P. Riishojgaard

  9:30 AM
J4.5
Airborne Doppler Wind Lidar studies for ADM cal/val and investigations of boundary layer Arctic wind fields
Steven Greco, Simpson Weather Associates, Charlottesville, VA; and G. D. Emmitt, S. A. Wood, M. J. Kavaya, G. J. Koch, J. J. Cassano, and K. Hines
Recording files available
Session 5
Modeling and Data Assimilation Techniques
Location: 232A-C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Fifth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations
Cochairs: Tom Pagano, NASA/JPL; Brian Mischel, Riverside Technology Inc.
  8:30 AM
5.1
The NWS Research to Operations Initiative: The Next Generation Global Prediction System
Fred Toepfer, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and D. DeWitt, H. Tolman, and I. Stajner

  8:45 AM
5.2
Results from a global non-hydrostatic dynamical core comparison using idealized tests
Jeffrey S., Whitaker, NOAA/ESRL/PSD, Boulder, CO ; and J. Doyle, W. C. Skamarock, J. Klemp, S. J. Lin, J. Lee, Z. Janjic, S. Gabersek, P. A. Reinecke, and K. C. Viner
  9:00 AM
5.3
Targeting on the Research to Operational Transition with the Basin-scale HWRF Modeling System
Xuejin Zhang, NOAA/AOML/HRD, Miami, FL; and T. Quirino, S. Trahan, Q. Liu, Z. Zhang, R. St. Fleur, S. Gopalakrishnan, V. Tallapragada, and F. D. Marks Jr.
  9:30 AM
5.5
Sea Level Forecasts and Early Warning Application in the Pacific
Md Rashed Chowdhury, Pacific ENSO Applications Climate Center, Honolulu, HI; and P. S. Chu
Recording files available
Session 6
Extreme Heat and Public Health I – Environmental factors
Location: 228AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Sixth Conference on Environment and Health
Chair: Juli Trtanj, NOAA/OAR/CPO

Extreme heat's impact on physical, mental, or emotional health of communities and tools which can improve future resilience or policy
  8:45 AM
6.2
Connecting Transportation Scenarios and Extreme Heat Exposure in Urban Areas
Alex Karner, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ; and D. M. Hondula and J. K. Vanos
  9:00 AM
6.3
Preliminary Observations of Extreme Temperatures and Heat-Related Illnesses in a High Plains Canyon Environment
T. Todd Lindley, NOAA/NWS, Amarillo, TX; and N. Fenner, T. Seymore, K. Buffalo, A. Moulton, S. Kersh, M. Hassell, and K. Scotten
Recording files available
Themed Joint Session 7
The Observations Gap: Approaches to filling observation gaps at higher space and time scales as neededfor next-generation forecasting and monitoring
Location: 231ABC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint between the 19th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS); the 20th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography; the 17th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 11th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the Seventh Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications; the Seventh Conference on the Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data; the Third Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the Seventh Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions; and the 17th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry )
Cochairs: Christopher Velden, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin; Sharanya J. Majumdar, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS
  8:30 AM
TJ7.1
The LAPS Cloud Analysis: Validation with All-sky imagery and development of a variational cloud assimilation
Steve Albers, NOAA & CIRA, Boulder, CO; and K. Holub, Y. Xie, Z. Toth, H. Jiang, and J. Zhou

  8:45 AM
TJ7.2
Using Connected Vehicle Data to Fill In the Observations Gap for Data Assimilation
Amanda R. S. Anderson, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. A. Lee, S. D. Drobot, and P. Pisano
  9:00 AM
TJ7.3
Recent Advancements in the TAMDAR Sensor Network Expansion
Neil Jacobs, Chief Atmospheric Scientist, Panasonic Avionics Corporation, Morrisville, NC; and D. Mulally, A. Anderson, J. Braid, P. Childs, A. Huffman, E. Wilson, and F. Gao
  9:30 AM
TJ7.5
Realization of PATH Goals using a Small Satellite Constellation
Albin Gasiewski, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and B. T. Sanders and D. W. Gallaher
Recording files available
Session 8
Impacts of aerosol-cloud interactions on radiation I
Location: 223 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Seventh Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions
CoChair: Jun Wang, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
  8:45 AM
8.2
Shortwave Radiative Effect of Above Cloud Aerosols Over Global Oceans Derived From 6 Years of CALIOP and MODIS Observations
Zhibo Zhang, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD; and K. Meyer, H. Yu, S. Platnick, and L. Oreopoulos
  9:00 AM
8.3
  9:30 AM
8.5
Assessment of long-term simulations with various observations for better understanding of aerosol effects on radiation “brightening” in the United States
Chuen Meei Gan, EPA, Research Triangle Park, NC; and J. E. Pleim, R. Mathur, C. Hogrefe, C. N. Long, J. Xing, D. Wong, R. Gilliam, S. J. Roselle, and C. Wei
Recording files available
Session 9
Impacts of Oil and Gas Development on Local and Regional Air Chemistry
Location: 124A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 17th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry
Cochairs: Eduardo P. Olaguer Jr., Houston Advanced Research Center; Jochen Stutz, University of California
  8:30 AM
9.1
Aerosol Properties and Snow Chemistry During the Uintah Basin Wintertime Ozone Study
T. S. Bates, JISAO/Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and P. K. Quinn, J. E. Johnson, K. J. Schulz, D. J. Coffman, S. J. Doherty, and J. M. Roberts

  9:15 AM
9.4
Testing Methods for Determining Emission Rates via Controlled Field Experiments
Landan P. MacDonald, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and B. L. Wells, A. Hecobian, A. Clements, K. Shonkwiler, J. R. Pierce, J. Ham, and J. L. Collett Jr.

  9:30 AM
9.5
Broadcasting Oil and Gas Production Related Emissions in Real-Time and Providing Near-Real Time Source Attribution Using a Mobile Laboratory
Matthew H. Erickson, Houston Advanced Research Center, The Woodlands, TX; and E. P. Olaguer Jr., A. Wijesinghe, J. Colvin, B. Neish, and J. Williams

Recording files available
Session 10
Building WRN Resilience through Science and Improved Decision Support Services for Climate and in the Arctic
Location: 221A-C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Third Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation’s Readiness, Responsiveness, and Resilience to High Impact Weather Events
Cochairs: Dave Jones, StormCenter Communications, Inc.; Douglas Hilderbrand, NOAA/NWS
  8:30 AM
10.1
Regional Climate Impact-Based Decision Support Services
Brian Hoeth, NOAA/NWS, Fort Worth, TX; and K. M. Van Speybroeck, J. McNatt, M. Wiley, V. Murphy, and D. P. Brown
  9:30 AM
Discussion

Recording files available
Session 10
Computational and Data Advances: Precipitation Processes and Observations for Atmospheric, Land Surface, and Hydrological Modeling II
Location: 127ABC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 29th Conference on Hydrology
Cochairs: Yu Zhang, NOAA/NWS; Emad Habib, Univ. of Louisiana; George J. Huffman, NASA/GSFC; Jonathan Gourley, NOAA
  9:00 AM
10.3
Global Storm Tracks, Climatology, and Variability using a Decade of Satellite Observations
Rebekah Esmaili, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD; and Y. Tian and D. A. Vila
  9:30 AM
10.5
Gridded Ensemble Precipitation and Temperature Estimates from Observations over the Contiguous United States
Andrew J. Newman, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and M. Clark, J. A. Craig, B. Nijssen, A. W. Wood, E. Gutmann, N. Mizukami, L. D. Brekke, and J. R. Arnold
Recording files available
Session 11
Air-sea interaction at high latitudes
Location: 224A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 19th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction
Cochairs: Henry Potter, NRL; Christopher J. Zappa, Columbia University
  8:30 AM
11.1
Surface Turbulent Exchange over the Arctic Ocean—Measurements from the SWERUS-C3 / ACSE Project (Invited Presentation)
Ian M. Brooks, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom; and J. Prytherch, D. J. Salisbury, B. J. Brooks, J. Sedlar, G. Sotiropoulou, M. Tjernstrom, P. O. G. Persson, M. Shupe, P. M. Crill, B. F. Thornton, B. I. Moat, and P. Achtert
  9:15 AM
11.4
  9:30 AM
11.5A
A relocatable coupled atmosphere-ocean prediction system
Harold Ritchie, EC, Dartmouth, NS, Canada; and N. Bernier, A. Charles, L. Fillion, H. Niu, R. Pawlowicz, and A. M. Thompson

Recording files available
Session 11
Hydrometeorological Extremes: Drought analysis and prediction I
Location: 126BC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 29th Conference on Hydrology
Cochairs: Christa Peters-Lidard, NASA/GSFC; Andrew W. Wood, NCAR; Siegfried Schubert, NASA/GSFC

This session invites papers that focus on scientific and operational, practical issues related to predicting and defining drought and reducing drought impacts. Topics of interest include the formulation and use of drought indices and definitions, and the characterization of drought impacts across the diverse climates of North America and the world. In particular, we welcome presentations spanning a range from drought analysis and prediction to management activities for high-impact drought events, on statewide to continental scales, and including applications such as drought early warning systems. Policy responses for managing drought are also of interest.
  8:30 AM
11.1
Development of a Coastal Drought Index Using Salinity Data
Paul Conrads, USGS, Columbia, SC; and L. S. Darby

  8:45 AM
11.2
Temporal changes in drought indices used to provide early warning of drought development over sub-seasonal time scales
Jason Otkin, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI; and M. C. Anderson, C. Hain, and M. D. Svoboda
  9:00 AM
11.3
Impact of Spatial and Temporal Index Weight Variation on Estimates of Drought Extents
Youlong Xia, NOAA/NCEP/EMC, IMSG, College Park, MD; and Z. Hao, T. W. Ford, C. Peters-Lidard, and M. B. Ek
  9:15 AM
11.4
Soil Moisture and Atmospheric Evolution Across Oklahoma During the 2011 Drought
Paul X. Flanagan, Oklahoma Climatological Survey, Norman, OK; and J. B. Basara
  9:30 AM
11.5
Toward Improving Predictability of Extreme Hydrometeorological Events in the Northern High Plains: Multi-scale Climate vs Land Surface Hydrology Modeling
Francisco Munoz-Arriola, Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE; and R. L. Walko, A. Mohammad Abadi, M. J. Otte, J. A. Torres-Alavez, and G. Lopez-Morteo

Recording files available
Session 11A
Advances in climate modeling and prediction-Part I
Location: 122BC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 27th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Chair: Yi Ming, GFDL
  8:30 AM
11A.1
Possible Aerosol Impacts on Tropical Cyclones
Yi Ming, GFDL, Princeton, NJ; and S. J. Lin

  8:45 AM
11A.2
Projected 21st century changes in the length of the tropical storm season in downscaled simulations and HIRAM
John G. Dwyer, MIT, Cambridge, MA; and S. J. Camargo, A. H. Sobel, M. Biasutti, K. A. Emanuel, M. Zhao, and G. Vecchi
  9:00 AM
11A.3
Global Projections of Intense Tropical Cyclone Activity for the Late 21st Century from Dynamical Downscaling of CMIP5/RCP4.5 Scenarios
Thomas R. Knutson, NOAA/GFDL, Princeton, NJ; and J. J. Sirutis, M. Zhao, R. E. Tuleya, M. A. Bender, and G. Villarini
  9:15 AM
11A.4
Global High-Resolution Tropical Cyclone Simulations: Climate Impacts and Model Sensitivities
Kevin A. Reed, SUNY, Stony Brook, NY; and J. Bacmeister, C. Hannay, M. Wehner, P. Lauritzen, and J. Truesdale
  9:30 AM
11A.5
Tropical Temperature Trends in AMIP Simulations and the Impact of SST Uncertainties
Stephan Fueglistaler, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ; and T. Flannaghan, I. M. Held, S. Po-Chedley, B. Wyman, and M. Zhao
Recording files available
Session 12
Ensemble Modeling/Climate Change
Location: 129A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 17th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology
Cochairs: John J. Murray, NASA Langley Research Center; Benjamin R. J. Schwedler, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/AWC & CIRA
  8:30 AM
12.1
Evaluation of Climate Impacts from Different Models for Aviation-Induced Contrails for Trans-Atlantic Flights
Jung-Hoon Kim, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Kansas City, MO; and B. Sridhar, W. N. Chan, N. Chen, J. Li, H. K. Ng, and U. Schumann
  8:45 AM
12.2
Probabilistic Guidance of Aviation Hazards for Transoceanic Flights
Ken Stone, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and M. Steiner, J. O. Pinto, C. P. Kalb, C. Kessinger, and M. Strahan
  9:00 AM
12.3
  9:15 AM
12.4
Generation of calibrated probabilistic forecasts of potential airspace capacity from a high resolution ensemble for en-route flight planning
James O. Pinto, NCAR/Research Applications Laboratory, Boulder, CO; and M. Steiner, E. Kuchera, G. Creighton, and S. Rentschler
  9:30 AM
12.5
Recording files available
Session 12
Middle atmosphere dynamics / stratosphere-troposphere coupling
Location: 212A West Building (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 18th Conference on Middle Atmosphere
Chair: Matthew Hitchman, University of Wisconsin - Madison
  9:15 AM
12.4
Responses of tropical deep convection to the QBO: cloud-resolving simulations
Ji Nie, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, Palisades, NY; and A. H. Sobel

Recording files available
Session 12A
Crowdsourcing Data and Data Portals - Part I
Location: 132AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 31st Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies
Cochairs: Ken R. Waters, NOAA/NWS; Nazila Merati, Merati and Associates
  8:45 AM
12A.2
A Photo Storm Report Mobile Application, Processing/Distribution System, and AWIPS-II Display Concept
Scott Longmore, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and S. D. Miller, D. Bikos, D. T. Lindsey, E. Szoke, D. A. Molenar, D. W. Hillger, R. Brummer, and J. A. Knaff
  9:15 AM
12A.4
Crowdsourcing for Land Cover and Land Use Change Research and Applications
Udaysankar Nair, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and D. Thau
Recording files available
Session 12B
Software Engineering
Location: 130 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 31st Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies
Cochairs: Jennifer Luppens Mahoney, NOAA/ESRL/GSD; William Roberts, OAR
  9:00 AM
12B.3
Toward an Integrated Development Environment for Atmospheric Sciences Codes
Jay Alameda, National Center for Supercomputing Applications, Champaign, IL; and J. L. Overbey
Recording files available
Joint Session 19
Factors influencing the design and operation of satellites and satellite instrumentation for observing the atmosphere, oceans, and the Earth
Location: 230 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint between the 20th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography; and the 11th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems )
Cochairs: Shaima L. Nasiri, Texas A & M University; Jeffrey Hawkins, NRL
  9:15 AM
J19.4
  9:30 AM
J19.5

8:30 AM-10:00 AM: Thursday, 8 January 2015

Recording files available
Session 11B
Subseasonal variability: Spatiotemporal structure in the troposphere (and stratosphere); link with teleconnection patterns and MJO; dynamical and thermodynamic mechanisms; hydroclimate impacts; potential predictability; representation in climate simulations-Part I
Location: 121BC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 27th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Cochairs: Michelle L'Heureux, NOAA/CPC; Andrew Hoell, University of California
  8:30 AM
11B.1A
Intraseasonal teleconnections between South America and South Africa
Alice M. Grimm, Federal University of Parana, Curitiba, Brazil; and C. Reason

  8:45 AM
11B.2
Impacts of variability and projected change in midlatitude storm tracks on the hydroclimate of the U.S. Southwest during winter
Edmund K. M. Chang, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY; and C. Zheng, P. Lanigan, A. M. W. Yau, and J. D. Neelin

  9:15 AM
11B.4
Tropically forced tapping of potential energy by planetary scale waves and the subsequent Arctic warming
Cory Francis Baggett, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA; and S. Lee
  9:30 AM
11B.5

8:45 AM-9:45 AM: Thursday, 8 January 2015

Recording files available
Session 3
Emerging Services within the Weather and Climate Enterprise
Location: 222A-C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Third Symposium on the Weather and Climate Enterprise
Chair: Christopher Strager, NOAA/NWS
  9:00 AM
3.1
  9:15 AM
3.2
CASA DFW Urban Demonstration Network: A regional approach to Network of Networks
Brenda J. Philips, Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA; and A. Bajaj, V. Chandrasekar, J. Brotzge, F. H. Carr, D. J. Seo, E. J. Lyons, D. L. Pepyne, F. Junyent, A. Everly, M. Thoerner, J. Ortiz, K. Oden, P. O. G. Heppner, S. Woll, and D. Lapoint
  9:30 AM
3.3
Developing Climate Resilience Toolkit Decision Support Training Section
Marina Timofeyeva, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and D. Herring, J. Keck, and J. C. Meyers

9:15 AM-9:45 AM: Thursday, 8 January 2015

Recording files available
Session 10
New Technologies for the Production of Renewable Energy
Location: 224B (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Sixth Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy
Chair: Joel W. Cline, U.S. Department of Energy
  9:15 AM
10.1

9:45 AM-11:00 AM: Thursday, 8 January 2015


Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
Location: Hall 4 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

Poster Session 1

Poster presentations
 
848
Warm Indian Ocean, Weak Asian Monsoon
Mathew Koll Roxy, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune, Pune, Maharashtra, India; and P. Terray, K. Ritika, R. Murtugudde, A. Karumuri, and B. N. Goswami

Handout (2.3 MB)

 
849
Indo-Pak heavy rainfall events: Role of Indo-Pacific SST and large-scale dynamics
Milind Mujumdar, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune, Maharashtra , India; and P. Priya, T. Sabin, T. Pascal, and R. Krishnan

 
850
Role of tropical Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean dynamics on Indian summer monsoon rainfall simulation and prediction in CFSv2 coupled model
Gibies George, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune, Maharashtra, India; and D. N. Rao, C. T. Sabeerali, S. Mahapatra, A. Srivastava, and A. S. Rao
Manuscript (293.8 kB)

 
852
Recent development of Cloud and Convection Parameterization for improved simulation of tropical Intraseasonal Oscillation in Climate Forecast System (CFS) Model
R. Phani, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune, India; and A. Santra, B. B. Goswami, M. Ganai, P. Mukhopadhyay, M. Mahakur, M. F. Khairoutdinov, and B. Goswami

 
853
Investigating the systematic biases on intraseasonal time-scale in NCEP CFSv2 simulated Indian Summer monsoon – an effort of improvement through Superparameterization technique
Bidyut B. Goswami, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada; and M. S. Deshpande, R. Phani, P. Mukhopadhyay, A. S. Rao, R. Murtugudde, M. F. Khairoutdinov, and B. N. Goswami

 
854
Role of Aerosols in Modulating Cloud Liquid Water During Active-Break Cycle of Indian Summer Monsoon: A Modeling Study
Anwesa Bhattacharya, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India; and A. Chakraborty and V. Venugopal

 
855
Natural and forced Asian monsoon rainfall – SST relationship
Xiaoqiong Li, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, Palisades, NY; and M. Ting

 
856
Impact of model resolution in the Extended Range Prediction of Indian summer monsoon and 2013 North Indian Heavy Rainfall Event
AK Sahai, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune, Maharashtra, India; and S. Joseph, S. Sharmila, S. Abhilash, N. Borah, R. Chattopadhyay, M. Rajeevan, and A. Kumar

 
857
The influence of lapse rate and moist static energy budget on the vertical structure of the ITCZ
Vishal Dixit, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, Karnataka, India; and J. Srinivasan

 
858
MONSOON INTRASEASONAL VARIABILITY DURING EXTREME YEARS: OBSERVATION & COUPLED MODEL SIMULATION
S. Sharmila, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune, Maharashtra, India; and A. Sahai, S. Joseph, R. Chattopadhyay, and S. Abhilash

 
860
Observed changes in southwest monsoon rainfall over India during 1901–2011
Madhavan Rajeevan, Ministry of Earth Sciences, New Delhi, India; and P. Guhathakurta

 
861
Dominating Controls for Wetter South Asian Summer Monsoon in the 21st Century
Rui Mei, ORNL, Oak Ridge, TN; and M. Ashfaq, D. Rastogi, L. Y. R. Leung, and F. Dominguez

 
863
CAIPEEX Phase III Ganga Basin experiment: probing the effect of pollution on monsoon clouds
T. V. Prabha, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune, Maharashtra, India; and Y. Tiwari, P. Murugavel, B. Padmakumari, M. Konwar, C. Subharthi, B. Balaji, R. S. Maheshkumar, P. Safai, P. Rao, S. Nair, E. A. Reshmi, S. Patade, T. Dharmaraj, M. P. Raju, S. G. Narkhedkar, K. Chakravarti, A. Mahajan, S. Tiwari, M. Varghese, A. Srivastava, Gopalakrishnan, S. Chakravarty, D. Siingh, G. Pandithurai, Y. Bhavani Kumar, A. Jayaraman, N. Malap, K. Anandakumar, P. Pradeep Kumar, P. R. Sinha, D. Ojha, B. Raneesh, K. Nandakumar, B. Goswami, and M. Rajeevan

 
864
Increase in resolution is key in improving GCMs over South Asia
Moetasim Ashfaq, ORNL, Oak Ridge, TN; and D. Rastogi, R. Mei, D. Touma, and L. R. Leung

 
866
 
868
Predicting Indian summer monsoon onset over Kerala on extended range using an Ensemble Prediction System based on CFSv2
Susmitha Joseph, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune, Maharashtra, India; and A. Sahai, S. Abhilash, N. Borah, R. Chattopadhyay, and M. Rajeevan

 
869
A new perspective on the distribution of clouds over the Western Ghats using Doppler weather radar observations
Subrata Kumar Das, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune, Maharashtra, India; and S. M. Deshpande, K. Chakravarty, and M. C. Kalapureddy

 
870
Dust Induced Radiative effect on Marine Clouds during Monsoon Breaks
Harikishan Gandham, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune, Maharashtra, India; and B. PadmaKumari, R. S. Maheskumar, and J. R. Kulkarni

 
871
 
872
Real Time Extended Range Prediction of 2013 Indian Summer Monsoon: An Assessment
N. Borah, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune, Maharashtra, India; and A. Sahai, S. Abhilash, R. Chattopadhyay, S. Joseph, S. Sharmila, and A. Kumar

 
873
Influence of Pre-onset Land-Atmosphere conditions on the Indian Summer Monsoon Rainfall variability
Archana Rai, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune, Maharashtra, India; and S. K. Saha, S. Pokhrel, and S. Krishna

 
874
How useful is the extra-tropical Sea Surface Temperature in predicting the seasonal mean monsoon over South Asia?
Rajib Chattopadhyay, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune, Maharashtra, India; and R. Phani, A. S. Rao, and B. N. Goswami

 
875
 
876
Using multipliers that statistically tag errors arising from individual terms of model physics and dynamics in a forecast model for reduction of systematic errors
Sarvesh Kumar Dubey, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and D. T. N. Krishnamurti, A. Bhardwaj, and A. thomas

 
877
Indian summer monsoon precipitation extremes and their relation with global sea surface temperatures
Jayashree Revadekar, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune, Maharashtra, India; and H. Varikoden


Poster Session 6
Hydrometeorological Extremes: Drought analysis and prediction Posters
Host: 29th Conference on Hydrology
Cochairs: Christa Peters-Lidard, NASA/GSFC; Siegfried Schubert, NASA/GSFC; Andrew W. Wood, NCAR
 
521
Local Contributors and Predictability of Flash Drought at the Marena Oklahoma In Situ Sensor Testbed (MOISST) During 2012
Jeffrey B. Basara, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. Otkin, H. R. Mahan, M. C. Anderson, C. Hain, P. Wagle, and X. Xiao

 
524
Assessing Land Surface Hydrologic Resilience to Extreme Hydrometeorological Events in Natural and Water-controlled Ecosystems
Mallory K. Morton, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE; and K. Smith, A. M. Abadi, I. Luna, and F. Munoz-Arriola

 
525
 
526
The Physical Basis of the Evaporative Demand Drought Index
Michael Hobbins, NOAA, Boulder, CO; and D. McEvoy, A. W. Wood, J. Verdin, and J. Huntington

 
528
Drought monitoring and seasonal hydrological prediction with the NCEP CFS using the Noah-MP land model
Rongqian Yang, NOAA/NWS/NCEP and I.M. Systems Group, College Park, MD; and M. B. Ek and J. Meng

 
530
Toward a Drought Seasonal Forecast in the Platte River Basin
Daniel Anthony Rico, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE; and C. E. Ancona, A. Rosales, L. Castro, G. Lopez-Morteo, and F. Munoz-Arriola


Poster Session 9
Advances in climate modeling and prediction Posters
Host: 27th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
 
581
The General Circulation of the Atmosphere and Climate Changes
Vladimir Krupchatnikov, Siberian Research Hydrometeorology Institute, Novosibirsk, Russia; and Y. Martynova, I. Borovko, and T. Shulgina

 
582
Convective and Stratiform Precipitation Characteristics in an Ensemble of Regional Climate Model Simulations
Jan Kysely, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Prague, Czech Republic; and Z. Rulfova, A. Farda, and M. Hanel

 
Poster 583 has been moved. New paper number is 12A.2A.

 
584
Diagnosing Factors Influencing AMOC Decline in Climate Models
Abigail Lauren Ahlert, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and M. Winton

 
585
Toward Understanding Climatic Influences on Cold-Season Tornado Events
Samuel Childs, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and S. Weaver

Handout (1.9 MB)

 
586
The SWAP, a day-to-day monitoring tool for drought (as well as flood)
Er Lu, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, China; and W. Cai, Z. Jiang, and Q. Zhang

 
587
Quantification of the Anthropogenic Contribution to Global Warming
Austin Hope, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and T. Canty, N. Mascioli, and R. J. Salawitch

 
Poster 588 has been moved. New paper number is 9B.3A.

 
589
The seasonal predictability induced by the transient eddies
Chihiro Matsukawa, Japan Meteorological Agency, Tokyo, Japan; and Y. Takaya and S. Maeda

 
590
Uncertainty quantification of daily precipitation extremes
Michael F. Wehner, LBNL, Berkeley, CA; and P. Pall, M. Duffy, D. Stone, C. Paciorek, and W. D. Collins

 
591
Regional Climate Model Experiment Using RegCM Subgridding Options in the Framework of Med-CORDEX
Judit Bartholy, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary; and R. Pongracz, I. Pieczka, F. D. Kelemen, A. Kis, and K. Andre
Manuscript (1.4 MB)

Handout (789.6 kB)

 
592
Sensitivity of Tropical Cyclones to Parameterized Convection in the NASA GEOS5 Model
Young-Kwon Lim, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and S. Schubert, O. Reale, M. I. Lee, A. Molod, and M. J. Suarez

 
593
Decadal and Long-Term U.S. Trends of Extreme Precipitation and Temperature Using CMIP5 Hindcast Data
Steve T. Stegall, Cooperative Institute for Climate and Satellites, Asheville, NC; and K. E. Kunkel

 
595
Quantifying the climatological environmental influence on tropical cyclone intensity
Sarah Strazzo, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and J. Elsner and T. H. Jagger

 
596
Response of Summer Precipitation over the Yangtze River Basin to the Equatorial Pacific SST Anomalies: A Simulation Study with CAM3
Hui Li, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology/Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, Nanjing, China; and E. Lu, P. Zhai, S. Zhou, and Y. Wang

 
597

Poster Session 10
General Topics in Climate Variability and Change
Host: 27th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
 
598
Industry scale application of solar panels and global climate
Aixue Hu, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and S. Levis, G. Meehl, W. Han, W. M. Washington, K. Oleson, and G. Strand

 
599
What is New in Version 2 of the Integrated Global Radiosonde Archive?
Imke Durre, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and X. Yin, S. Applequist, R. S. Vose, and J. D. Arnfield

 
602
Towards the Understanding and Development of an Urban-influenced Climate Framework
Bradford Johnson, University of Georgia, Athens, GA; and J. M. Shepherd

11:00 AM-12:00 PM: Thursday, 8 January 2015

Recording files available
Session 2
Conversion of Code to Take Full Advantage of Phi or Gpgpu Capabilities II
Location: 128AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: First Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate
Cochairs: Mark W. Govett, NOAA/ESRL/GSD; Brian J. Etherton, NOAA/OAR/ESRL
  11:00 AM
2.1
GPU Accelerated Surface Energy Balance Computations for Urban Environment Simulation
Matthew Overby, University of Minnesota, Duluth, MN; and P. Willemsen, E. Pardyjak, and R. Stoll
  11:15 AM
2.2
Recording files available
Session 2
Monsoon Dynamics
Location: 125AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Special Symposium on the South Asia Monsoon
Cochairs: Duane E. Waliser, JPL; Dr. Tiruvalam N. Krishnamurti, Florida State Univ.

Papers dealing in Monsoon Dynamics
  11:00 AM
2.1
Who leads when El Niño Dances with the Indian Monsoon?
Bala Narapusetty, NASA/GSFC/UMD/ESSIC, Greenbelt, MD; and R. Murtugudde, A. Kumar, and H. Wang

  11:15 AM
2.2
Observational aspects of the South Asian Monsoon
G. S. Bhat, Indian Institute of Science Bangalore, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Recording files available
Session 3
Lidar Applications to Climate and Weather: Water Vapor Lidar
Location: 211A West Building (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Seventh Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications
Cochairs: Timothy Berkoff, NASA; Timothy A. Bonin, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado
  11:00 AM
3.1
Compact, Automated Differential Absorption Lidar for Tropospheric Profiling of Water Vapor
David M. Sonnenfroh, Physical Sciences Inc., Andover, MA; and S. Coleman, R. Minelli, R. Wainner, K. S. Repasky, and A. R. Nehrir
  11:30 AM
3.3
A new water vapor and aerosol profiling lidar system for measurements in the lower stratosphere and troposphere
Syed Ismail, NASA, Hampton, VA; and A. R. Nehrir, A. Notari, J. Hair, R. A. Ferrare, S. A. Kooi, C. A. Hostetler, T. Chuang, T. Refaat, K. H. Rosenlof, E. Jensen, and P. A. Newman

Lecture 3
Walter Orr Roberts Lecture
Location: 124A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint between the Major Weather Events and Societal Impacts of 2014; the 15th Presidential Forum; the Eugenia Kalnay Symposium; the Harry R. Glahn Symposium; the 31st Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 29th Conference on Hydrology; the 27th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 24th Symposium on Education; the 20th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography; the 20th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification; the 19th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS); the 19th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction; the 17th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the 18th Conference on Middle Atmosphere; the 17th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 13th Conference on Artificial Intelligence; the 13th Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 13th History Symposium; the 12th Conference on Space Weather; the 11th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the 10th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the Seventh Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications; the Seventh Conference on the Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data; the Seventh Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions; the Sixth Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the Sixth Conference on Environment and Health; the Fifth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; the Fifth Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using Python; the Third Symposium on the Weather and Climate Enterprise; the Third Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation’s Readiness, Responsiveness, and Resilience to High Impact Weather Events; the Third Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the Third Symposium on Prediction of the Madden-Julian Oscillation: Processes, Prediction and Impact; the First Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate; the Special Symposium on Model Postprocessing and Downscaling; and the Air Pollution Meteorology and Human Health Symposium )
  11:00 AM
L3.1
Recording files available
Joint Session 4
Data Stewardship: Ensuring the Value of Data from Real-Time to Posterity
Location: 130 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint between the 31st Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; and the 18th Annual Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International (ASLI) )
Cochairs: Mohan K. Ramamurthy, Unidata/UCAR; Matthew S. Mayernik, NCAR
  11:00 AM
Open Discussion - Matthew Mayernik
  11:50 AM
J4.3
Using OGC's WCS2.0 to Extract Real Rime Metadata:-
Peter J. Trevelyan, Met Office, Exeter, United Kingdom; and R. Prudden
Recording files available
Session 6
Applications, Products, and Models that Support our Ability to Better Understand and Predict Weather and Climate Extreme Events — II
Location: 232A-C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Fifth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations
Cochairs: Nicolas Powell, Raytheon; Stephen A. Mango, NOAA/NESDIS/OSD
  11:15 AM
6.2
A Global to Local Scale Hurricane Forecast system
Sundararaman Gopalakrishnan, NOAA/AOML/HRD, Miami, FL; and T. Black, T. Quirino, V. Tallapragada, Z. Janjic, and T. L. Schneider
  11:45 AM
6.4
Sensitivity Checks on the Effects of Shallow Clouds on the Initiation of Deep Convection in the North American Mesoscale Parallel (NAMX) 4km CONUSNEST
Donald E. Lippi, I.M. Systems Group at NOAA/NCEP/Environmental Modeling, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD; and J. Carley, B. Ferrier, E. Aligo, and D. T. Kleist
Recording files available
Session 7
Extreme Heat and Public Health II – Exposure, sensitivity and communication
Location: 228AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Sixth Conference on Environment and Health
Chair: Sue M. Estes, NASA/UAH
  11:00 AM
7.1
Relationships between Excessive Heat and Daily Mortality over the Coterminous U.S
William L. Crosson, USRA, Huntsville, AL; and M. Z. Al-Hamdan, M. G. Estes Jr., S. M. Estes, and D. A. Quattrochi
  11:30 AM
7.3
A Multiscalar Thermal Analysis of Urban Playgrounds
Jennifer K. Vanos, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX; and B. Ruddell, E. Kuras, and A. Middel
  11:45 AM
7.4
Heterogeneity in Individually Experienced Temperatures (IETs): New insights into heat exposure from Boston and Phoenix
Evan Kuras, Boston University, Boston, MA; and D. M. Hondula, S. L. Harlan, B. L. Ruddell, and J. Brown-Saracino
Recording files available
Session 9
Hygroscopic Seeding of Convective Clouds II
Location: 211B West Building (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 20th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification
Chair: Masataka Murakami, MRI
  11:00 AM
9.1
The Development of the DAPHNE Conceptual Model for the Potentiality of Designing a Precipitation Enhancement Project in Thessaly, Greece
Theodore Karacostas, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece; and I. Pytharoulis, I. Tegoulias, D. Bampzelis, S. Kartsios, S. Kotsopoulos, P. Zanis, E. Katragkou, P. Mouskos, and K. Tympanidis
  11:30 AM
9.2
Utilizing TITAN Software for Hail Analysis to Aid in Mission Guidance
T. Connor Nelson, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD; and A. G. Detwiler and D. Kliche
Recording files available
Session 9
Impacts of aerosol-cloud interactions on radiation II
Location: 223 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Seventh Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions
Cochairs: Jun Wang, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Jonathan Jiang, JPL
  11:15 AM
9.2A
Investigating the Climatic Impacts of Globally Shifted Anthropogenic Emissions
Yuan Wang, California Institute of Technology/JPL, Pasadena, CA; and J. H. Jiang and H. Su

  11:30 AM
9.3
Aerosol induced changes in cloud radiative forcing from long-term ground and global satellite observations
Hongru Yan, University of Maryland and Lanzhou University, College Park, MD; and J. Peng and Z. Li
  11:45 AM
9.4
Convective cloud inhibition attributed to dust and smoke aerosols in sub-Saharan African
Michael G. Tosca, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and D. J. Diner, M. J. Garay, and O. Kalashnikova

Recording files available
Session 11
Building WRN through Forecast Fundamentals (Observing Systems & Training)
Location: 221A-C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Third Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation’s Readiness, Responsiveness, and Resilience to High Impact Weather Events
Cochairs: Jennifer Sprague, NOAA/NWS; Kenneth Carey, Earth Resources Technology (ERT), Inc.
  11:15 AM
11.2
SCOOP — New Ocean Observing System for NDBC
Craig Kohler, NOAA/NDBC, Stennis Space Center, MS
  11:30 AM
11.3
Weather Monitoring Capabilities from the Alaskan USArray Deployment
Jonathan E. Tytell, University of California, La Jolla, CA; and F. Vernon, J. Eakins, B. Busby, and K. Hafner
  11:45 AM
Discussion

Recording files available
Session 11
Climate Data and Modeling Applied to Long-Term Renewable Energy Resource Development
Location: 224B (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Sixth Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy
Chair: Jennifer F. Newman, University of Oklahoma
  11:00 AM
11.1
National Energy with Weather System (NEWS) sets bounds on cost effective wind and solar PV deployment without storage
Christopher T. Clack, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and A. MacDonald, A. Alexander, A. Dunbar, Y. Xie, and J. M. Wilczak
  11:30 AM
11.3
Hydroclimatic impacts of perennial biofuel crop expansion
Melissa A. Wagner, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ; and M. Georgescu, M. Wang, A. Mahalov, and G. Miguez-Macho
Recording files available
Session 12
Coastal and marine boundary layers in the atmosphere and ocean
Location: 224A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 19th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction
Cochairs: Todd D. Sikora, Millersville University; Ramsey Harcourt, University of Washington
  11:00 AM
12.1
Background covariance of diagnostic variables describing low-altitude refractivity based on ensembles
Neil D. Gordon, Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command, San Diego, CA; and T. Haack, A. Zhao, and T. Rogers
  11:15 AM
12.2
Origin and Frequency of Near-Surface Statically Stable Layers and Elevated Weak-Static Stability Layers during the Ontario Winter Lake-Effect Systems (OWLeS) Project
Todd D. Sikora, Millersville University, Millersville, PA; and R. D. Clark, D. T. Eipper, S. J. Greybush, M. L. Jurewicz Sr., D. A. R. Kristovich, and G. S. Young
  11:45 AM
12.4
Recording files available
Session 12
Hydrometeorological Extremes: Drought analysis and prediction II
Location: 127ABC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 29th Conference on Hydrology
Cochairs: Christa Peters-Lidard, NASA/GSFC; Siegfried Schubert, NASA/GSFC; Andrew W. Wood, NCAR
  11:00 AM
12.1
Probabilistic Seasonal Prediction of Drought Using Multivariate Observations
Ali Behrangi, JPL/California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA; and H. Nguyen and S. L. Granger

  11:15 AM
12.2
Improved rainfall estimates and predictions for 21st century drought early warning
Chris C. Funk, USGS/Earth Resources Observation Systems, Santa Barbara, CA; and P. peterson, S. Shukla, G. Husak, M. landsfeld, A. Hoell, D. pedreros, J. B. Roberts, F. R. Robertson, T. Tadesse, B. F. Zaitchik, J. rowland, and J. Verdin
  11:45 AM
12.4
An Update on the Global Drought Information System
Siegfried Schubert, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD
Recording files available
Session 12A
Assimilation of observational and remote sensing data for enhancing meteorological model in the coastal areas
Location: 131C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 19th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)
Cochairs: Kenneth Carey, Earth Resources Technology (ERT), Inc.; C. H. (Chester) Huang, Department of Interior
  11:00 AM
12A.1
Improving assimilation of advanced IR sounder radiances in NWP with cloud detection from collocated imager cloud mask
Pei Wang, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. Li, J. Li, Z. Li, T. J. Schmit, and H. Han
  11:45 AM
12A.4
Data assimilation and diagnosis of bias for WRF over the Gulf of Mexico
Chris Snyder, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and Z. Liu, C. Davis, T. Galarneau, X. Y. Huang, and S. Rizvi
Recording files available
Session 12B
Regional climate variability and change: Detection and attribution of temperature and precipitation variations: Role of greenhouse gases, anthropogenic aerosols, and multidecadal natural variability; high-resolution regional climate projections-Part II
Location: 122BC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 27th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Chair: Massimo A. Bollasina, University of Edinburgh
  11:15 AM
12B.2
  11:30 AM
12B.3
The Regional Climate Response to Absorption-Driven Solar Dimming over East Asia
Geeta G. Persad, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ; and Y. Ming, D. Paynter, and V. Ramaswamy
Recording files available
Session 12B
Data Assimilation: New Methodologies II
Location: 131AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 19th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)
Chair: Xuguang Wang, University of Oklahoma
  11:00 AM
12B.1
Dual-Polarization Radar Data Assimilation in Deep Convective Storms: Information Content in the Ice-Phase Region
Derek J. Posselt, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; and X. Li, S. A. Tushaus, and J. Mecikalski
  11:15 AM
12B.2
Bayesian Exploration of Multivariate Orographic Precipitation Sensitivity
Samantha A. Tushaus, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; and D. J. Posselt, M. Miglietta, R. Rotunno, and L. delle Monache
Recording files available
Session 13
Decision Support Tools - Part III
Location: 129A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 17th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology
CoChair: Mike Robinson, AvMet Applications Inc.
  11:00 AM
13.1
INtegrated Support for Impacted air-Traffic Environments (INSITE)
Brian J. Etherton, NOAA/OAR/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and G. J. Layne, M. S. Wandishin, P. Hamer, and M. A. Petty
  11:15 AM
13.2
An assessment of a forecast tool for convective weather impacts at the TRACON scale
Brian J. Etherton, NOAA/OAR/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and G. J. Layne, L. Paulik, M. S. Wandishin, and M. A. Petty
  11:30 AM
13.3
Demonstrating feasibility of tactical turbulence alerts
John K. Williams, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and E. Frazier, B. Barron, G. Blackburn, C. Kessinger, T. A. Lindholm, and M. Delemarre
  11:45 AM
13.4
Demonstration of a Convective Weather Product into the Flight Deck
Cathy Kessinger, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and G. Blackburn, N. Rehak, A. Ritter, K. Milczewski, K. Sievers, D. Wolf, and J. Olivo
Recording files available
Session 13
Middle atmosphere dynamics, Reanalysis systems, Data assimilation
Location: 212A West Building (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 18th Conference on Middle Atmosphere
Chair: Sean M. Davis, NOAA/ESRL
  11:15 AM
13.2
How well do momentum diagnostics explain extratropical stratospheric variability in reanalysis datasets?
Patrick Martineau, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada; and S. W. Son and M. Taguchi
  11:45 AM
13.4
Effects of New Data Types and Data Assimilation System Upgrades on Middle Atmosphere Dynamics in GEOS-5 Reanalyses
Lawrence Coy, Science Systems and Applications, Inc., Greenbelt, MD; and W. McCarty and S. Pawson

Recording files available
Session 13B
Crowdsourcing Data and Data Portals- Part II
Location: 132AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 31st Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies
Cochairs: Nazila Merati, Merati and Associates; Ken R. Waters, NOAA/NWS

Split session into two to accomodate Radar change
  11:00 AM
13B.1
  11:15 AM
13B.2
Improving Arctic reanalysis with citizen-science
Kevin R. Wood, JISAO/Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and M. Mollan, P. Brohan, and N. N. Soreide
  11:30 AM
13B.3
Crowdsourcing Computations in the Cloud for Disaster Risk Management
John D. Evans, Global Science & Technology, Inc., Greenbelt, MD; and W. Hao and S. Chettri
Recording files available
Joint Session 20
Development of innovative methods of processing, combining, assimilating and analyzing the observations from satellites, and the development of applications such as those related to energy security, and land and ocean remote sensing applications (e.g., soil moisture, ocean color).
Location: 231ABC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint between the 20th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography; the 11th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; and the Third Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation )
Cochairs: George P. Kablick III, University of Maryland, College Par; John Mecikalski, University of Alabama
  11:15 AM
J20.2
Assimilation of thermodynamic information in cloudy regions from advanced IR sounder for tropical cyclone forecasts
Jun Li, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and M. Goldberg, P. Wang, H. Han, T. J. Schmit, A. Lim, Z. Li, and J. Li
  11:30 AM
J20.3
Near-Real Time Satellite-Retrieved Cloud and Surface Properties for Nowcasting and Assimilation
Rabindra Palikonda, SSAI/NASA/LaRC, Hampton, VA; and P. Minnis, G. Hong, Q. Z. Trepte, D. A. Spangenberg, B. Shan, B. Scarino, S. Sun-Mack, T. L. Chee, F. L. Chang, J. K. Ayers, W. L. Smith Jr., K. Bedka, L. Nguyen, and P. W. Heck
Recording files available
Joint Session 21
NOAA Satellite Data Operations
Location: 230 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint between the 11th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; and the 20th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography )
Cochairs: Michael Jamilkowski, Raytheon Intelligence, Information and Services (IIS); Heather Kilcoyne, NOAA/NESDIS

Session to discuss current future satellite data operational capabilities.
  11:00 AM
J21.1
NOAA Satellites: Updates, Products, and More!
Natalia Donoho, NOAA/NESDIS, College Park, MD; and T. Renkevens

  11:15 AM
J21.2
  11:30 AM
J21.3
NOAA's ESPDS - NDE: The Operational Enterprise Ground Solution for S-NPP and Beyond
Dylan Powell, Lockheed Martin, Greenbelt, MD; and P. MacHarrie, D. M. Beall, and J. Hawkins
  11:45 AM
J21.4

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Thursday, 8 January 2015


Lunch Break

Birds of a Feather Lunch
Location: 129B (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

Due to unforeseen circumstances, Springer Lunch and Learn is cancelled. Instead, please join us for a “” Lunch. Depending on interests, we’ll offer topics for small groups to discuss over lunches at nearby venues. Flock to the group of your choice, or perhaps we’ll migrate together.

12:15 PM-1:15 PM: Thursday, 8 January 2015


Town Hall Meeting: Future of the Weather Enterprise
Location: 222A-C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

To advance the dialogue on the collaboration of private, public, and adademic elements of the weather enterprise for the future, panelists will discuss weather services infrastructure, trends, and innovations as a wrap-up to the Annual Meeting Theme of "Fullilling the Vision of Weather, Water, Climate Information for Every Need, Time, and Place" in collaboration with the AMS Commission ont he Weather and Climate Enterprise.
  12:15 PM
Overview - Jim Abraham

12:45 PM-1:05 PM: Thursday, 8 January 2015


Daily Weather Briefings
Location: 132AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

1:30 PM-2:00 PM: Thursday, 8 January 2015

Recording files available
Session 5
Meteorology and Physics: Shared History, Common Future
Location: 129B (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 18th Annual Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International (ASLI)
Cochairs: Jinny Nathans, American Meteorological Society; Elaina Vitale, American Institute of Physics

This session will feature common ground these two archivists find in their interwoven disciplines: past, present and future.
  1:30 PM
Meteorology and Physics - Jinny Nathans
  1:45 PM
Meteorology and Physics - Elaina Vitale

1:30 PM-2:15 PM: Thursday, 8 January 2015

Recording files available
Session 4
Lidar Applications to Climate: Observations of Arctic and Mixed Phase Clouds
Location: 211A West Building (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Seventh Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications
Cochairs: Timothy Berkoff, NASA; Timothy A. Bonin, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado
  1:30 PM
4.1
Design of an Autonomous Polarized Raman Lidar for Arctic Observations
Ryan R. Neely III, Univ. of Leeds, CIRES and Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado; and R. Stillwell, M. O'Neill, M. Hayman, J. P. Thayer, D. D. Turner, R. M. Hardesty, R. J. Alvarez II, and M. Shupe
  1:45 PM
4.2
  2:00 PM
4.3
Arctic Cloud Microphysical Characteristics from 8-year Space-based lidar CALIOP Measurements
Sang-Woo Kim, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea; and H. Yeo, J. H. Jeong, M. H. Kim, S. W. Son, B. M. Kim, S. J. Kim, and S. C. Yoon

1:30 PM-3:00 PM: Thursday, 8 January 2015

Recording files available
Session 1A
Display and use of satellite data for both research and operational purposes, including weather, ocean, and climate monitoring and forecasting
Location: 230 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 20th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography
Cochairs: Donald W. Hillger, NOAA/NESDIS; Derek J. Posselt, University of Michigan
  1:45 PM
1A.1A
 
Paper 1A.2 has moved. New paper number is 211A

  2:00 PM
1A.2A
Supporting Disaster Assessment and Response with the VIIRS Day-Night Band
Lori A. Schultz, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL ; and T. A. Cole and A. L. Molthan
 
Paper 1A.5 has moved. New paper number is 1A.1A

  2:45 PM
1A.6
Combining multiple satellite datasets for the detection and verification of aircraft icing
Laura Paulik, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and B. J. Etherton, G. J. Layne, M. S. Wandishin, and M. A. Petty
Recording files available
Session 1B
Satellite Climate Data Records and Applications I
Location: 231ABC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 20th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography
Cochairs: Xuepeng Zhao, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC; Kenneth R. Knapp, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC
  1:45 PM
1B.2
Recalibrating HIRS Sensors to Produce a 30 year Record of Radiance Measurements Useful for Cloud and Moisture Trend Analysis
W. Paul Menzel, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison; and C. Cao, R. Frey, E. Borbas, B. Baum, and N. A. Bearson
  2:00 PM
1B.3
Observed Global and Regional Variation in Earth's Water Vapor
John Forsythe, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and T. Vonder Haar and H. Cronk
  2:30 PM
1B.5
Long-term cloud cover trends over the U.S. from ground-based data and satellite products
Hyelim Yoo, NOAA/OAR/ARL, College Park, MD 20740, MD; and M. Free and B. Sun
  2:45 PM
1B.6
Climate Data Records Using Radio Occultation And Coordination with Other Upper Air Observing Systems such as GRUAN and GSICS
A. J. Mannucci, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and C. O. Ao, E. R. Kursinski, O. Verkhoglyadova, B. A. Iijima, and P. Vergados
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Session 3
Monsoon Predictability-I
Location: 125AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Special Symposium on the South Asia Monsoon
Cochairs: Laxman Singh Rathore, NOAA/NWS; Jagadish Shukla, George Mason Univ./COLA
  1:30 PM
3.1
Improving Monsoon Prediction With a Coupled EnKF Data Assimilation System
Eugenia Kalnay, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and J. Carton, S. G. Penny, D. Hotta, G. Y. Lien, and T. Sluka
  1:45 PM
3.2
Predictable Mode Analysis of Asian Summer Monsoon Rainfall Predictability
Bin Wang, Univ. of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI; and B. Xiang and J. Y. Lee
  2:00 PM
3.3
Bottom boundary currents in rotating beta plane source-sink experiments
Ruby Krishnamurti, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and D. T. N. Krishnamurti
  2:15 PM
3.4
Promises and Prospects for Predicting the South Asian Monsoon
James L. Kinter III, COLA, Fairfax, VA; and P. A. Dirmeyer, B. Huang, E. K. Schneider, R. Bombardi, S. Halder, C. S. Shin, R. Shukla, and B. Singh

  2:45 PM
3.6
Predictability of High Resolution Models in the Indian Monsoon Region
V. Krishnamurthy, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA

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Session 3
Optimizing Codes for HPC Improvement
Location: 128AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: First Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate
Cochairs: Alexander O. Tardy, NOAA/NWS; Nazila Merati, Merati and Associates
  1:30 PM
3.1
NCEP Central Operations Lesson Learned on WCOSS I/O Management
Michelle Mainelli, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, College Park, MD; and B. Kyger and S. Earle
  1:45 PM
3.2
Optimizing Storage Performance of Existing Reproducible Workflows in a Shared HPC Cluster
Patrick Calhoun, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and B. S. Herzog, K. H. Knopfmeier, and H. Neeman

  2:00 PM
3.3
Runtime Optimization for the High-Resolution Rapid Refresh Forecast Model
Curtis R. Alexander, NOAA/ESRL/Global Systems Division and CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and J. Michalakes, T. G. Smirnova, M. Hu, and G. Manikin
  2:15 PM
3.4
Improving the Scalability of the Basin Scale HWRF Model
Javier Delgado, NOAA/AOML, Miami, FL; and T. Quirino, X. Zhang, and S. Gopalakrishnan
  2:30 PM
3.5
Targeting Atmospheric Climate Models for Massively Parallel, Accelerated Computing Platforms
Matthew R. Norman, ORNL, Oak Ridge, TN; and V. G. Anantharaj, R. Archibald, I. Carpenter, K. Evans, J. Larkin, and P. Micikevicius

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Session 7
Testbeds and Proving Grounds
Location: 232A-C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Fifth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations
Cochairs: John Pereira, NOAA/NESDIS; Stephen A. Mango, NOAA/NESDIS/OSD
  1:30 PM
7.1
  1:45 PM
7.2
The Hurricane Forecast Improvement Project: Recent Operational Implementations
Frank D. Marks Jr., NOAA/AOML, Miami, FL; and F. Toepfer, R. L. Gall, E. Rappaport, and V. Tallapragada
  2:30 PM
7.5
  2:45 PM
7.6
NOAA Climate Test Bed (CTB) Overview
Jin Huang, NOAA, College Park, MD; and P. M. Davidson

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Session 10
Aerosol sources and impacts on clouds and climate
Location: 223 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Seventh Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions
Cochairs: Richard Leaitch, EC; Sonia M. Kreidenweis, Colorado State University
  1:30 PM
10.1
  1:45 PM
10.2
Asian Tropopause Aerosol Layer (ATAL): composition, origin, and radiative forcing estimates
T. Duncan Fairlie, NASA, Hampton, VA; and J. P. Vernier, M. Natarajan, K. Bedka, L. Thomason, F. G. Wienhold, J. Bian, and B. G. Martinsson
  2:00 PM
10.3
Quantifying sources, deposition, transport and radiative forcing of black carbon over the Himalayas and Tibetan Plateau
Hailong Wang, PNNL, Richland, WA; and R. Zhang, Y. Qian, P. Rasch, R. Easter, P. L. Ma, B. Singh, J. Huang, and Q. Fu
  2:15 PM
10.4
Air pollution and climate response to aerosol direct radiative effects: a modeling study of decadal trends across the northern hemisphere
Jia Xing, EPA, Research Triangle Park, NC; and R. Mathur, J. E. Pleim, C. Hogrefe, C. M. Gan, D. Wong, and C. Wei
  2:30 PM
10.5
Simulating Direct Effects of Dust Aerosol on Arid and Semi-arid Regions Using an Aerosol–Climate Coupled System
Hua Zhang, National Climate Center/China Meteorological Administration, Beijing, China
  2:45 PM
10.6
Interaction between the Mixed-Layer Aerosol Direct Effect and Boundary Layer Depth
Virginia R. Sawyer, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and Z. Li and S. Liu
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Session 10
Sources, Transport, Deposition, and Impacts of Atmospheric Reactive Nitrogen I
Location: 124A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 17th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry
Cochairs: Bret A. Schichtel, National Park Service; Jeffrey L. Collett Jr., Colorado State University
  1:30 PM
10.1
  2:00 PM
10.3
Midwest Wintertime PM2.5 Response to NOx and NH3 Emissions Controls
Scott N. Spak, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA; and C. O. Stanier, N. Riemer, Y. J. Kim, and G. R. Carmichael

  2:30 PM
10.5
Aerosol liquid water driven by anthropogenic nitrate: implications for lifetimes of water-soluble organic gases and potential for secondary organic aerosol formation
Natasha Hodas, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA; and A. P. Sullivan, K. Skog, F. N. Keutsch, J. L. Collett, S. Decesari, M. C. Facchini, A. Carlton, A. Laaksonen, and B. J. Turpin
  2:45 PM
10.6
Nitrate, Nitric Acid, and Ammonia in the Upper Midwest—Measurements and Reactive Production Pathways
Charles O. Stanier, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA; and Y. J. Kim, S. N. Spak, G. R. Carmichael, and N. Riemer
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Session 12
Building a WRN through Partnerships
Location: 221A-C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Third Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation’s Readiness, Responsiveness, and Resilience to High Impact Weather Events
Cochairs: Douglas Hilderbrand, NOAA/NWS; Dave Jones, StormCenter Communications, Inc.
  1:30 PM
12.1
Recording files available
Session 13
Air-sea flux measurements, estimation, and parameterization
Location: 224A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 19th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction
Chair: Christopher J. Zappa, Columbia University
  1:45 PM
13.2
Numerical Improvements in the Exchange of Heat and Momentum at the Atmosphere-Ocean Interface
Aaron Rosenberg, University of Connecticut, Groton, CT; and K. Lombardo and J. B. Edson
  2:00 PM
13.3
The Effects of Sea Surface Temperature Gradients on Surface Turbulent Fluxes
John Daniel Steffen, Florida State University/Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies, Tallahassee, FL; and M. A. Bourassa
  2:15 PM
13.4
  2:30 PM
13.5
Autonomous Wave Gliders for Air-sea Interaction Research
Kathryn Hermsdorfer, NPS, Monterey, CA; and Q. Wang, R. J. Lind, R. T. Yamaguchi, and J. Kalogiros

  2:45 PM
13.6
Turbulence Transitions and Advective Boundary Layers over the Sea
Larry Mahrt, NorthWest Research Associates, Corvallis, OR; and E. L. Andreas and D. Vickers
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Session 13A
Advances in climate modeling and prediction-Part III
Location: 121BC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 27th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Chair: Christopher Castro, University or Arizona
  1:45 PM
13A.2
Implementation and testing of variable soil depth in the global land surface model CLM4.5
Michael A. Brunke, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and P. D. Broxton, J. Pelletier, D. J. Gochis, P. Hazenberg, D. M. Lawrence, G. Y. Niu, P. A. Troch, and X. Zeng
  2:00 PM
13A.3
  2:15 PM
13A.4
Stratospheric vs. tropospheric effects on circulation changes in a simple GCM
Martin Jucker, New York University, New York, NY; and C. W. Cairns and G. K. Vallis

  2:30 PM
13A.5
The relationship between ENSO variability and the mean state: results from the paleoclimate simulations
Weipeng Zheng, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Beijing, China; and L. Chen and Y. Q. Yu

  2:45 PM
13A.6
Urban effects on the North American monsoon precipitation of 2002–2010: a study within the context of severe weather events
Thang Luong, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and C. Castro, S. Grossman-Clarke, M. Jares, H. I. Chang, and C. M. Carrillo

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Session 13A
Data Assimilation: Aircraft and Ground-Based Data
Location: 131C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 19th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)
Chair: Ryan K. Decker, NASA/MSFC
  1:30 PM
13A.1
The Use of Doppler Radar Observations at NCEP
Shun Liu, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC, College Park, MD; and G. DiMego, M. Pyle, W. S. Wu, J. Carley, S. Guan, and J. C. Derber
  1:45 PM
13A.2
Assimilation of wind profiles from multiple Doppler Radar Wind Profilers for space launch vehicle applications
Ryan K. Decker, NASA/MSFC, Huntsville, AL; and R. E. Barbre Jr., R. Leach, J. R. Walker, and J. Brenton
  2:00 PM
13A.3
Optimization of In-situ Aircraft Observations for Various Assimilation Techniques
Neil Jacobs, Chief Atmospheric Scientist, Panasonic Avionics Corporation, Morrisville, NC; and F. Gao, P. Childs, X. Y. Huang, and H. Wang
  2:30 PM
13A.5
Assimilation of Dual-polarimetric Radar Observations with Real Case Studies
Traci Fehnel, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and J. Mecikalski, X. Li, and D. J. Posselt
  2:45 PM
13A.6
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Session 13B
Observing Systems: In Situ and Remote
Location: 131AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 19th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)
Chair: Albin Gasiewski, University of Colorado
  1:30 PM
13B.1
A Coupled-Path Retrieval Algorithm for High Resolution Imagers
Mary Morris, Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; and C. S. Ruf, S. Biswas, and S. Farrar
  1:45 PM
13B.2
Comparison of Selected In-situ and Remote Sensing Technologies for Atmospheric Humidity Measurement
Petteri Survo, Vaisala Oyj, Helsinki, Finland; and T. Leblanc, R. Kivi, H. Jauhiainen, and R. Lehtinen
Manuscript (1.4 MB)

Handout (1.4 MB)

  2:00 PM
13B.3
  2:15 PM
13B.4
Accessing real time atmospheric profiler and sounding comparison with MesoWest's Above Surface Network
Joseph S. Young, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and J. D. Horel and C. Galli
  2:30 PM
13B.5
The Revitalized Tropical Atmosphere-Ocean Array (TAO)
Richard H. Bouchard, NOAA/NDBC, Stennis Space Center, MS; and H. H. Portmann, K. O'Neil, S. Cucullu, and J. Jenner

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Session 13B
  1:30 PM
13B.1
  2:00 PM
13B.3
Recording files available
Session 14
Icing/winter weather
Location: 129A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 17th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology
Cochairs: Cecilia Miner, NOAA/NWS; Timothy H. Miner, Allied Pilots Association
  1:30 PM
14.1
FAA Sponsored Aircraft Icing Weather Research Initiatives
Dino J. Rovito, FAA, Washington, DC; and T. Bond, J. Riley, M. Politovich, G. Cunning, S. Abelman, W. Fellner, and M. Gunzelman
  2:00 PM
14.3
Winter-Weather Stakeholder Decision Mapping for Weather Decision Support Shortfall Identification
Jennifer L. Bewley, AvMet Applications Inc., Reston, VA; and J. Lichty, E. Hahn, D. O'Donnell, M. Robinson, and R. S. Lee
  2:15 PM
14.4
  2:30 PM
14.5
Simulation of Meteorological Fields for Icing Applications at the Summit of Mount Washington
Sandra L. Jones, US Army, Hanover, NH; and K. F. Jones, K. J. Claffey, R. Oglesby, C. M. Rowe, and J. B. Eylander

  2:45 PM
14.6
Diagnosing Aircraft Icing Potential from Satellite Cloud Retrievals
William L. Smith Jr., NASA LaRC, Hampton, VA; and P. Minnis, C. Fleeger, and D. Spangenberg
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Session 14
Middle atmosphere dynamics
Location: 212A West Building (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 18th Conference on Middle Atmosphere
Chair: Luke Oman, NASA/GSFC
  1:30 PM
14.1
What drives the Brewer-Dobson circulation?
Naftali Cohen, Yale University, New Haven, CT; and E. P. Gerber and O. Buhler
  1:45 PM
14.2A
Solar Signals in CMIP-5 Simulations: The Ozone Response
L. L. Hood, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and S. Misios, D. M. Mitchell, E. Rozanov, L. J. Gray, K. Tourpali, K. Matthes, H. Schmidt, G. Chiodo, R. Thieblemont, D. Shindell, and A. Krivolutsky
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Session 14A
Disseminating Earth Science and Climate Information for Better Decision Making
Location: 132AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 31st Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies
Cochairs: Alex Coletti, Syneren Technologies Corp; Nancy N. Soreide, NOAA/PMEL
  1:45 PM
14A.2
Open and interoperable NWS geospatial data from NOAA IDP NextGen IT Web Services
Ryan L. Solomon, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Kansas City, MO; and L. J. Cano, M. R. Peroutka, S. R. Olson, K. Mars, P. K. Pickard, C. MacDermaid, K. Ward, W. Marr, A. Braeckel, and B. R. J. Schwedler
  2:00 PM
14A.3
WISE: A Weather Visualization Tool for Operational Environments
Igor Oliveira, IBM Research, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil; and R. Cerqueira, M. N. D. Santos, V. C. V. B. Segura, J. P. F. Ramirez, K. Mantripragada, and P. Jourdan
  2:15 PM
14A.4
Arctic Report Card: Update for 2014
Nancy N. Soreide, NOAA/PMEL, Seattle, WA; and M. Jeffries, J. A. Richter-Menge, and J. E. Overland

  2:30 PM
14A.5
A Novel Sounding Protocol for Lower Boundary Layer Characterization
C. Subramanian, VIT University, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India; and A. Verma, A. Goenka, and S. Ghosh
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Session 14B
Mapping and GIS for Weather and Climate
Location: 130 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 31st Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies
Cochairs: Lori Armstrong, Esri; Ken R. Waters, NOAA/NWS
  1:30 PM
14B.1
GIS Efforts in NOAA - Past, Present and Future
Kari Sheets, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and K. Pelman, K. Ward, V. Silva, and N. Parikh
  2:00 PM
14B.3
Yucatán Hurricane Hazard Assessment: A GIS Methodology for Modeling Hurricane Hazards
Amanda M. Weigel, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and R. Griffin
  2:15 PM
14B.4
Experimental NWS Graphical Short-Fuse Warnings
Derek R. Deroche, NOAA/NWS, Kansas City, MO; and K. Scharfenberg, C. Pieper, and B. P. Walawender

2:00 PM-3:00 PM: Thursday, 8 January 2015

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Session 6
Beyond Books and Journals: Changes in the Sources of Atmospheric Information
Location: 129B (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 18th Annual Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International (ASLI)
Chair: Jennifer Harbster, Library of Congress
  2:15 PM
6.2
Bringing Historical Weather Data into the Digital Age
Christin Chenard, Plymouth State University, Plymouth, NH; and B. Hoch
  2:30 PM
6.3
EarthCube: Its Place and Purpose
Rachael Black, Earthcube, Tucson, AZ
  2:45 PM
6.4
How a New Catalog of Resources Enables Paleoclimate Research
Ryan Lingo, California University of Pennsylvania, California , PA

2:15 PM-3:00 PM: Thursday, 8 January 2015

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Session 5
Automated Operational Lidars and Lidar Networks I
Location: 211A West Building (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Seventh Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications
Cochairs: Monique Walker, NASA/GSFC; Zhien Wang, University of Wyoming
  2:15 PM
5.1
Routine High Spectral Resolution Measurements of Extinction: Challenges and Progress
Edwin W. Eloranta, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. P. Garcia, I. Razenkov, M. Lawson, and R. A. Ferrare
  2:45 PM
5.3
Combined measurements of aerosol and cloud detection, characterization and classification using coherent doppler lidar
Philippe Royer, LEOSPHERE, Orsay, France; and M. Boquet, J. P. Cariou, L. Sauvage, L. Thobois, and R. Parmentier

3:00 PM-3:05 PM: Thursday, 8 January 2015


Registration Closes

3:00 PM-3:30 PM: Thursday, 8 January 2015


Coffee Break
Location: Meeting room foyers (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

Meet the President
Location: 126A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

3:30 PM-4:15 PM: Thursday, 8 January 2015

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Session 6
Automated Operational Lidars and Lidar Networks II
Location: 211A West Building (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Seventh Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications
Cochairs: Zhien Wang, University of Wyoming; Monique Walker, NASA/GSFC
  3:30 PM
6.1
The National Weather Service’s Ceilometer Planetary Boundary Layer Project
Micheal Hicks, NOAA/NWS, Sterling, VA; and D. Atkinson, B. B. Demoz, K. C. Vermeesch, and R. Delgado
  3:45 PM
6.2
  4:00 PM
6.3
Automatic Coherent Structure Detection in a Dual Doppler Lidar Horizontal Wind Field Data Set
Thomas Damian, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany; and C. Stawiarski and K. Träumner
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Session 7
Moving Forward in Our Spaces and Services
Location: 129B (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 18th Annual Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International (ASLI)
Chair: Gene Major, Program Manager,Library Associates, NASA/GSFC Library
  3:30 PM
7.1
From Then Until Now: What Changed, What Didn’t
Amy Butros, UC San Diego Library, San Diego, CA
  3:45 PM
7.2
The Road to Redesigning the Goddard Library Space: The Goddard Information Collaboration Center (GIC**2)
Gene Major, Program Manager,Library Associates, NASA/GSFC Library, Greenbelt, MD
  4:00 PM
7.3
News at NOAA Libraries: Where We Are, Where we’re Going
Brian Voss, Librarian, NOAA Seattle Regional Library, Seattle, WA

3:30 PM-5:00 PM: Thursday, 8 January 2015

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Session 2
Satellite Climate Data Records and Applications II
Location: 231ABC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 20th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography
Cochairs: Kenneth R. Knapp, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC; Xuepeng Zhao, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC
  3:30 PM
3.1
The PATMOS-x Cloud CDR: Climate Applications and Methods for Usage
Michael J. Foster, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and A. Heidinger, A. Walther, D. Botambekov, and M. J. Hiley
  3:45 PM
3.2
An Improved Microwave Satellite Data Set for Hydrological and Meteorological Applications
Wenze Yang, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and H. Meng and R. R. Ferraro
  4:15 PM
3.4
Climate Data Record for High-Resolution Global Precipitation
Pingping Xie, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/CPC, College Park, MD; and R. J. Joyce and S. Wu

  4:30 PM
3.5
Land Long Term Climate Data Records from AVHRR, MODIS and VIIRS
Eric Vermote, NASA, Greenbelt, MD; and C. O. Justice, M. claverie, I. A. Csiszar, D. Meyer, R. Myneni, S. devadiga, E. Masuoka, and R. wolfe
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Session 4
Monsoon Predictability-II
Location: 125AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Special Symposium on the South Asia Monsoon
Cochairs: Brian E. Mapes, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS; Sumant Nigam, University of Maryland

Papers dealing with monsoon prediction
  3:30 PM
4.1
  3:45 PM
4.2
Simulation of monsoon intraseasonal oscillations in a coarse resolution aquaplanet GCM
Boualem Khouider, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada; and A. M. Ravindran and A. J. Majda
  4:00 PM
4.3
Subseasonal-to-seasonal monsoon prediction in the Met Office coupled initialized forecasting system GloSea5
Andrew G. Turner, University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom; and S. J. Bush, G. M. Martin, and S. J. Woolnough
  4:15 PM
4.4
Efforts on Seasonal Forecasts under the Monsoon Mission
Suryachandra Rao Anguluri, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune, Maharashtra, India; and A. Hazra, R. Chattopadhyay, S. Ali, A. Dhakate, G. George, K. Saluknke, R. Dandi, and S. Mahapatra
  4:30 PM
4.5
Development of CFS based Grand Ensemble Prediction System for the Extended Range Forecasting of Indian Summer Monsoon
S. Abhilash, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune, India; and A. Sahai, N. Borah, S. Joseph, R. Chattopadhyay, S. Sharmila, M. Rajeevan, B. E. Mapes, and A. Kumar
  4:45 PM
4.6
Examination of the Challenges in Weekly to Seasonal Numerical Forecast of the Indian Monsoon
Nihat Cubukcu, Weather Predict Consulting Inc, Raleigh, NC; and D. Bachiochi and E. Williford
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Session 4
Visualization/Access of Large Data Volumes
Location: 128AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: First Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate
Cochairs: Tiffany C. Vance, NOAA/National Marine Fisheries Service; Gerald J. Creager, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma/NSSL

As dataset sizes increase, and petascale computational systems are becoming more common, moving large data sets between computational resources and separate analysis sites has become problematical. This session will examine examine approaches to access, postprocess and visualize large data sets remotely, and discuss methods to move large data sets efficiently, if need be.
  3:30 PM
4.1
  3:45 PM
4.2
Supporting the Data Flow of High Resolution Climate Modeling
Amy R. Langenhorst, NOAA/GFDL, Princeton, NJ; and C. Wilson, K. Paffendorf, E. Mason, J. Durachta, and V. Balaji
  4:15 PM
4.4
Browser-Based Remote Data Analysis and Visualization
R. Saravanan, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas
  4:30 PM
4.5
Visualizing Forecast Uncertainty in a Model Physics Parameterization Ensemble of the 29 June 2012 Derecho
Erin A. Thead, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS; and S. Zhang
  4:45 PM
4.6
Extremely High-Resolution Weather Model Simulation, Data Processing, and Visualization
Si Liu, Texas Advanced Computing Center, Austin, TX; and J. Cazes, G. Foss, G. Abram, D. Cook, and C. Stair
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Session 8
Local and Regional Weather Research and Prediction
Location: 232A-C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Fifth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations
Cochairs: Chandra R. Kondragunta, NOAA/NESDIS; Stephen A. Mango, NOAA/NESDIS/OSD
  3:30 PM
8.1
  4:45 PM
8.6
Verification of Storm Prediction Center Winter Weather Mesoscale Discussions
Christopher D. McCray, Lyndon State College, Lyndonville, VT; and C. J. Melick, W. F. Bunting, I. L. Jirak, A. E. Cohen, A. R. Dean, P. Marsh, and J. L. Guyer
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Session 11
Cloud condensation nuclei (CCN) and ice nuclei (IN)
Location: 223 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Seventh Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions
Cochairs: Jiwen Fan, PNNL; Sonia M. Kreidenweis, Colorado State University
  3:30 PM
11.1
Observations of Aerosol Particles and Cloud in the Summertime Arctic near Resolute Bay, Nunavut, Canada (Invited Presentation)
Richard Leaitch, EC, Toronto, ON, Canada; and J. Burkart, M. Willis, J. Abbatt, F. Koellner, J. Schneider, H. Bozem, C. Konrad, A. Herber, and A. Korolev
  3:45 PM
11.2
Cloud Processing making Bimodal CCN spectra
James G. Hudson, DRI, Reno, NV; and S. R. Noble
  4:00 PM
11.3A
  4:15 PM
11.4
How important are glassy SOA ice nuclei for the formation of cirrus clouds?
Cheng Zhou, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; and J. E. Penner, G. Lin, X. Liu, and M. Wang

  4:30 PM
11.5
Real-time Measurements of Fluorescent Biological Aerosol Particles in the Atmosphere and in Clouds
Cynthia H. Twohy, NorthWest Research Associates, Redmond, WA; and G. McMeeking, P. J. DeMott, D. W. Toohey, C. S. McCluskey, T. C. J. Hill, J. Anderson, G. Kulkarni, and J. L. Stith

  4:45 PM
11.6
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Session 11
Sources, Transport, Deposition, and Impacts of Atmospheric Reactive Nitrogen II
Location: 124A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 17th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry
Cochairs: Joel A. Thornton, University of Washington; Tom Jobson, Washington State Univeristy
  3:45 PM
11.2
Prediction system for nitrogen deposition in Rocky Mountain National Park
Aaron J. Piña, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO; and R. S. Schumacher, B. Faulkner, and A. S. Denning
  4:00 PM
11.3
Reactive nitrogen in Rocky Mountain National Park during the Front Range Air Pollution and Photochemistry Experiment (FRAPPE)
Katherine B. Benedict, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and A. J. Prenni, A. R. Evanoski-Cole, A. P. Sullivan, Y. Zhou, B. C. Sive, B. A. Schichtel, and J. L. Collett Jr.
  4:30 PM
11.5
Impacts of Oil and Gas Development in the North Dakota Bakken Formation Region on Winter Particulate Matter and Associated Precursor Gases
Ashley R. Evanoski-Cole, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and A. J. Prenni, M. Schurman, D. Day, A. P. Sullivan, Y. Li, B. C. Sive, Y. Zhou, J. L. Hand, K. A. Gebhart, B. A. Schichtel, and J. L. Collett Jr.
  4:45 PM
11.6
Reactive Nitrogen Composition and Origin in the United States Rocky Mountains
Bret A. Schichtel, National Park Service, Fort Collins, CO; and K. B. Benedict, W. C. Malm, A. J. Prenni, T. M. Thompson, M. G. Barna, K. A. Gebhart, D. Day, M. A. Rodriguez, E. J. T. Levin, J. L. Collett Jr., and S. M. Kreidenweis
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Session 14
Data Assimilation: Satellite Algorithms
Location: 131AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 19th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)
Chair: Mary Morris, Univ. of Michigan
  3:30 PM
14.1
A near real time regional satellite data assimilation system for high impact weather research and application
Jinlong Li, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. Li, P. Wang, H. Han, T. J. Schmit, M. Goldberg, and S. J. Goodman
  3:45 PM
14.2
Analysis and bias correction of land surface temperature in the GEOS-5 global atmospheric modeling and assimilation system
Clara Draper, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and R. H. Reichle, A. Da Silva, and B. Scarino

  4:00 PM
14.3
Relaxation of Satellite Thinning for 4DEnVar
Miodrag Rancic, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, College Park, MD; and D. T. Kleist, R. B. Mahajan, and C. Thomas

  4:30 PM
14.6
Improving Cloud Simulation in WRF Through Assimilation of GOES Observations
Andrew T. White, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and A. P. Biazar, R. T. McNider, B. Dornblaser, and K. Doty
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Session 14
  3:45 PM
14.2
The Future of Malawi's Growing Season
Edward K. Vizy, University of Texas, Austin, TX; and K. H. Cook, J. Chimphamba, and B. McCusker
  4:00 PM
14.3
Attribution of trends in rising nighttime temperatures in the Western US
Roberto J. Mera, Union of Concerned Scientists, Washington, DC; and D. Rupp, P. W. Mote, and M. R. Allen
  4:15 PM
14.4
End-of-century projections of North American atmospheric river events in CMIP5 climate models
Michael Warner, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and C. F. Mass and E. Salathe
  4:30 PM
14.5
Pattern of climate response to CO2, sulfate and black carbon in CESM1
Yangyang Xu, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and S. P. Xie, J. F. Lamarque, and W. M. Washington

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Session 15
Ozone
Location: 212A West Building (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 18th Conference on Middle Atmosphere
Chair: John Gille, NCAR
  3:30 PM
15.1
ENSO effects on stratospheric ozone: A nudged model perspective
Peter Braesicke, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany; and O. Kirner, S. Versick, and P. Joeckel
  3:45 PM
15.2
Extratropical Lower Stratospheric and Tropospheric Ozone in High Resolution Analyses by the GEOS-5 Ozone Assimilation System
Mark A. Olsen, NASA/GESTAR, Greenbelt, MD; and K. Wargan, S. Pawson, J. C. Witte, and J. E. Nielsen
  4:00 PM
15.3
Trends in the vertical distribution of ozone: Assessment and implications in terms of ozone recovery
Birgit Hassler, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and N. R. P. Harris, F. Tummon, and K. H. Rosenlof
  4:15 PM
15.4
The Scientific Assessment of Ozone Depletion: 2014 (Core Science Lecture)
Paul A. Newman, NASA, Greenbelt, MD; and A. L. Ajavon, J. A. Pyle, and A. R. Ravishankara
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Session 15A
Communication Technologies for Accessing and Distributing Climate, Weather and Hydrological Data
Location: 132AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 31st Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies
Cochairs: Alex Coletti, Syneren Technologies Corp; Nancy N. Soreide, NOAA/PMEL
  3:30 PM
NOAA IDP: An overview - Michelle Mainelli
  4:00 PM
15A.2
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Session 15B
Visualization Techniques for Climatology and Meteorology
Location: 130 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 31st Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies
Cochairs: Kathrin Häb, University of Kaiserslautern; Nazila Merati, Merati and Associates
  3:30 PM
15B.1
From SYNERGIE to SYNERGIE-Next : the french forecaster workstation
Jean Nicolau, METEO-FRANCE, TOULOUSE, France; and A. Lasserre, F. Marty, P. Salerno, H. Vandeputte, and L. Marchand
  3:45 PM
15B.2
  4:00 PM
15B.3
The Tracking Meteogram, an AWIPS II Tool for Time-Series Analysis
Jason E. Burks, NASA/MSFC, Huntsville, AL; and K. Sperow
  4:15 PM
15B.4
Visual analytics and microclimate analysis: A use case for a visualization tool developed for mobile measurements
Kathrin Häb, University of Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern, RLP, Germany; and A. Middel, B. L. Ruddell, and H. Hagen
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Joint Session 22
Calibration and Validation II
Location: 230 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint between the 20th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography; and the 11th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems )
Cochairs: Wanda Harding, NOAA/NESDIS/JPSS; Fuzhong Weng, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR
  3:30 PM
J22.1
Advances in AMSR2 Precipitation Retrievals
Patrick C. Meyers, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD; and R. R. Ferraro, N. Y. Wang, and S. D. Rudlosky
  3:45 PM
J22.2
Ocean Surface Vector Wind, Sea Ice and Soil Moisture Retrieval from Microwave Radiometer Measurements
Degui Gu, Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems, Redondo Beach, CA; and H. Agravante

  4:00 PM
J22.3
Suomi NPP VIIRS Imagery Update
Donald W. Hillger, NOAA/NESDIS, Fort Collins, CO; and C. J. Seaman, S. D. Miller, T. J. Kopp, R. Williams, and G. Mineart
  4:15 PM
J22.4
Issues in Developing and Validating Satellite Land Surface Temperature Product
Yunyue Yu, NOAA/NESDIS, College Park, MD; and Y. Liu, P. Yu, Z. Wang, and I. A. Csiszar
  4:30 PM
J22.5
Suomi NPP Terrestrial Data Products and their use in NOAA operations
Ivan A. Csiszar, NOAA/NESDIS, College Park, MD; and X. Zhan, M. Vargas, Y. Yu, M. B. Ek, and M. Román

3:30 PM-5:30 PM: Thursday, 8 January 2015

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Session 14
Sea surface processes, including waves, spray, bubbles, and aerosol
Location: 224A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 19th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction
CoChair: Edgar L. Andreas, NorthWest Research Associates, Inc.
  3:45 PM
14.2
Comparison of bubble plume data with foam measurements, gas flux data and aerosol measurements
Adrian Matei, University College, London, United Kingdom; and H. Czerski, R. Al-Lashi, S. Gunn, I. M. Brooks, M. J. Amison, R. W. Pascal, N. Hall-Patch, B. W. Blomquist, and L. Bariteau
  4:15 PM
14.4
Actively Breaking and Maturing Oceanic Whitecap Observations
Brian Scanlon, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland; and S. D. Miller and B. Ward
  4:45 PM
14.6
The influence of non-wind based parameters on estimating the active and total whitecap coverage globally
Aaron Paget, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT; and M. A. Bourassa

  5:00 PM
14.7
Passive microwave signature of sea spray aerosol production
Ivan B. Savelyev, NRL, Washington, DC; and M. D. Anguelova, G. M. Frick, D. J. Dowgiallo, P. A. Hwang, P. F. Caffrey, and J. P. Bobak
  5:15 PM
14.8
Whitecap Fraction of Actively Breaking Waves from Satellite Observations
Magdalena D. Anguelova, NRL, Washington, DC; and E. Rogers and P. A. Hwang

4:15 PM-4:30 PM: Thursday, 8 January 2015


Closing Remarks
Location: 129B (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

5:00 PM-5:05 PM: Thursday, 8 January 2015


AMS 95th Annual Meeting Adjourns