96th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting

Teacher's Workshop and Share-a-Thon

Location: Versailles Ballroom (Hilton Riverside)

A Beginner's course to Using Python in Climate and Meteorology

Location: Room 357 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Session 1

Welcoming Remarks

Location: La Nouvelle C ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Host: 15th Annual Student Conference

Cochairs: Joshua J. Alland, University at Albany/SUNY; Kristy C. Carter, University of South Carolina; Daniel Rothenberg, MIT

9:00 AM

1.1

Welcome from the Student Conference Planning Committee

Joshua J. Alland, University at Albany/SUNY, Albany, NY; and K. C. Carter and D. Rothenberg

Recorded Presentation

9:10 AM

1.2

Welcome from the AMS

Alexander MacDonald, NOAA/ESRL and AMS President, Boulder, CO

Recorded Presentation

9:20 AM

1.3

Address from the Edward N. Lorenz Teaching Excellence Award Winner

Jonathan E. Martin, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI

Recorded Presentation

Session 2

Get the Most out of this Conference: How to Develop Yourself as a Professional

Location: La Nouvelle C ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Host: 15th Annual Student Conference

Chair: Kristy C. Carter, University of South Carolina

9:30 AM

2.1

Unlocking the AMS Annual Meeting on Bourbon Street

Eric R. Snodgrass, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL

Recorded Presentation

9:40 AM

2.2

Sharp? Or Well Rounded? Your AMS 2016 Choices!

Kevin Kloesel, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK

Recorded Presentation

9:50 AM

2.3

Finding Your Dream Job, Success, and Fulfillment Through Enhanced Professional and Personal Networking Opportunities

Kenneth Carey, Earth Resources Technology, Laurel, MD

Recorded Presentation

10:00 AM

Q&A

Recorded Presentation

Break

Panel Discussion 3A

Breakout Panel Session Rotation 1: What’s Your Passion? Skill-Based Careers in Meteorology: Operational Meteorology

Location: La Nouvelle C ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Host: 15th Annual Student Conference

Moderator: Dakota C. Smith, Colorado State University

Panelists: Kat Hawley, NWS; Erik S. Pytlak, Bonneville Power Administration; Suzanne Van Cooten, Lower Mississippi River Forecast Center; Ryan J. Harris, United States Air Force

Panel Discussion 3B

Breakout Panel Session Rotation 1: What’s Your Passion? Skill-Based Careers in Meteorology: Communications

Location: Room 252/254 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Host: 15th Annual Student Conference

Moderator: Gaige Hunter Kerr, The Johns Hopkins University

Panelists: Joshua D. Eachus, WBRZ; Dr. Gina M Eosco, Eastern Reseach Group; Susan A. Jasko, California Univ. of Pennsylvania; Michael Lowry, The Weather Channel

10:25 AM

E. Achus

Recorded Presentation

Panel Discussion 3C

Breakout Panel Session Rotation 1: What’s Your Passion? Skill-Based Careers in Meteorology: Research

Location: Room 255/257 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Host: 15th Annual Student Conference

Moderator: Aaron Hill, Texas Tech University

Panelists: Kristin M. Kuhlman, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma/NOAA/NSSL; Kristen L. Corbosiero, University at Albany/SUNY; Ian M. Giammanco, Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety; Leslie M. Hartten, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado and NOAA/ESRL/Physical Sciences Division; Matthew R. Kumjian, The Pennsylvania State University

10:25 AM

Calhoun

Recorded Presentation

Panel Discussion 4A

Breakout Panel Session Rotation 2: What’s Your Passion? Skill-Based Careers in Meteorology: Operational Meteorology

Location: La Nouvelle C ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Host: 15th Annual Student Conference

Moderator: Dakota C. Smith, Colorado State University

Panelists: Kat Hawley, NWS; Stuart Miller, United States Air Force; Erik S. Pytlak, Bonneville Power Administration; Suzanne Van Cooten, NWS; Ryan J. Harris, United States Air Force

Panel Discussion 4B

Breakout Panel Session Rotation 2: What’s Your Passion? Skill-Based Careers in Meteorology: Communications

Location: Room 252/254 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Host: 15th Annual Student Conference

Moderator: Gaige Hunter Kerr, Johns Hopkins University

Panelists: Joshua D. Eachus, WBRZ; Dr. Gina M Eosco, Eastern Reseach Group; Susan A. Jasko, California Univ. of Pennsylvania; Michael Lowry, The Weather Channel

Panel Discussion 4C

Breakout Panel Session Rotation 2: What’s Your Passion? Skill-Based Careers in Meteorology: Research

Location: Room 255/257 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Host: 15th Annual Student Conference

Moderator: Aaron Hill, Texas Tech University

Panelists: Kristin M. Kuhlman, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma/NOAA/NSSL; Kristen L. Corbosiero, University at Albany/SUNY; Ian M. Giammanco, Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety; Leslie M. Hartten, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado and NOAA/ESRL/Physical Sciences Division; Matthew R. Kumjian, The Pennsylvania State University

Lunch (Sponsored by the Weather Company)

Location: La Nouvelle A ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Session 5

Introduction to Conversations with Professionals

Location: La Nouvelle C ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Host: 15th Annual Student Conference

Speakers: Thomas J. Bogdan, UCAR; Daniel P. Brown, NOAA/NWS/NHC; Michael Chapman, AMS Intelligent Transportation Systems; Curtis Louis Walker, AMS Intelligent Transportation Systems; Emily V. Fischer, Colorado State University; Michael Fowler, Vaisala; Bart Geerts, Univ. of Wyoming; Alek J. Krautmann, NWS; Bill Lapenta, NOAA/NWS/NCEP; Frank Marks, AOML; Margaret Orr, WDSU – New Orleans; Jeffrey Pereira, NOAA Corps; Rebecca Waddington, NOAA Corps; Emily N. Wilson, Delta Air Lines

Cochairs: Stacey M. Hitchcock, Colorado State University; J.P. Kalb, San Jose State University

1:00 PM

Stacey Hitchcock

Recorded Presentation

Session 6A

Conversations with Professionals

Location: Room 345 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Host: 15th Annual Student Conference

Speaker: Thomas J. Bogdan, UCAR

Session 6B

Conversations with Professionals

Location: Room 346/347 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Host: 15th Annual Student Conference

Speaker: Daniel P. Brown, NOAA/NWS/NHC

Session 6C

Conversations with Professionals

Location: Room 348/349 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Host: 15th Annual Student Conference

Speakers: Michael Chapman, AMS Intelligent Transportation Systems; Curtis Louis Walker, AMS Intelligent Transportation Systems

Session 6D

Conversations with Professionals

Location: Room 350/351 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Host: 15th Annual Student Conference

Speaker: Emily V. Fischer, Colorado State University

Session 6E

Conversations with Professionals

Location: Room 352 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Host: 15th Annual Student Conference

Speaker: Michael Fowler, Vaisala

Session 6F

Conversations with Professionals

Location: Room 353 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Host: 15th Annual Student Conference

Speaker: Bart Geerts, Univ. of Wyoming

Session 6G

Conversations with Professionals (Cancelled)

Location: Room 255/257 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Host: 15th Annual Student Conference

Speaker: Matthew Green, FEMA

Session 6H

Conversations with Professionals

Location: Room 252/254 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Host: 15th Annual Student Conference

Speaker: Alek J. Krautmann, NWS

Session 6I

Conversations with Professionals

Location: Room 245 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Host: 15th Annual Student Conference

Speaker: Bill Lapenta, NOAA/NWS/NCEP

Session 6J

Conversations with Professionals

Location: Room 244 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Host: 15th Annual Student Conference

Speaker: Frank Marks, AOML

Session 6K

Conversations with Professionals

Location: Room 243 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Host: 15th Annual Student Conference

Speaker: Margaret Orr, WDSU – New Orleans

Session 6L

Conversations with Professionals

Location: Room 242 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Host: 15th Annual Student Conference

Speakers: Jeffrey Pereira, NOAA Corps; Rebecca Waddington, NOAA Corps

Session 6M

Conversations with Professionals

Location: Room 255/257 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Host: 15th Annual Student Conference

Speaker: Emily N. Wilson, Delta Air Lines

Session 7

Integrated Warning Team I: Introduction to Emergency Management

Location: La Nouvelle C ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Host: 15th Annual Student Conference

Speakers: Tanja Fransen, NOAA/NWS; Kevin A. Kloesel, University of Oklahoma

Chair: Thomas Bedard, National Disaster Preparedness Training Center

3:15 PM

Tom Bedard

Recorded Presentation

Break

Location: La Nouvelle Foyer ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Session 8

Extreme Weather Events

Location: La Nouvelle C ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Host: 15th Annual Student Conference

Chair: Colin Raymond, Columbia University

4:00 PM

8.1

A Tale of Two Blizzards: Communicating Risk and Forecast Uncertainty to the Public During Two Significant Northeast Storms

Melissa Di Spigna, National Weather Service New York CWSU, Upton, NY

Recorded Presentation

4:15 PM

8.2

Forecasting Fire Weather in the United States

Ariel E. Cohen, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/SPC, Norman, OK

Recorded Presentation

4:30 PM

8.3

The Devastating Flash Floods of 2015

J.J. Gourley, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK

Recorded Presentation

4:45 PM

8.4

Wanted: A New Type of Meteorologist for Decision Support in a Crisis

Kenneth Graham, NOAA/NWS, New Orleans, LA

Recorded Presentation

5:00 PM

Concluding Remarks

Recorded Presentation

AMS Career Fair Opening Reception

Location: Hall E ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

WeatherReady Nation Scout Event

Location: Room 252/254 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Registration for Short Courses and Conference for Early Career Professionals

Location: Hall D pre-function ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

AMS Volunteer Project

Coastal Surge and Inundation Modeling Short Course

Location: Room 352 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

GIS Tutorial for Atmospheric Sciences

Location: Room 354 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

A Beginner's course to Using Python in Climate and Meteorology

Location: Room 357 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

AMS Short Course on Meteorological Measurements and Instrumentation

Location: Room 350/351 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

AMS Short Course: GOES-R and JPSS Preview for Users

Location: Room 355 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Introduction to PyNIO and Related Python Tools for Geoscientific Data Analysis Short Course

Location: Room 356 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Registration for Student Conference and Short Courses

Location: Hall D pre-function ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Session 1

Opening Remarks

Location: Room 243 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Host: Fourth AMS Conference for Early Career Professionals

Cochairs: Matthew C. Lacke, Jefferson County Department of Health; Jared Rennie, CICS/North Carolina State University; Christopher J. Schultz, NASA/MSFC

Keynote Speaker Session 9

Keynote Address

Location: La Nouvelle C ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Host: 15th Annual Student Conference

Chair: Joshua J. Alland, SUNY

9:00 AM

9.1

Developing Leadership Skills

Roger Wakimoto, NSF, Arlington, VA

Recorded Presentation

Registration Open for Annual Meeting

Location: Hall D pre-function ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Break

Location: La Nouvelle Foyer ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Break

Session 10A

Breakout Session: Preparing for your Future: How to Succeed in Graduate School

Location: La Nouvelle C ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Host: 15th Annual Student Conference

Chair: Kenzie Krocak, University of Oklahoma

9:45 AM

10A.1

Things to Consider when Applying to Graduate School

William A. Gallus Jr., Iowa State University, Ames, IA

Recorded Presentation

10:00 AM

10A.2

Choosing an Academic Adviser

April L. Hiscox, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC

Recorded Presentation

10:15 AM

10A.3

From Survival to Success in Graduate School

Susan C. Van den Heever, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO

Recorded Presentation

10:30 AM

Q&A

Session 10B

Breakout Session: Preparing for your Future: Weather Outside the Lines

Location: La Nouvelle A ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Host: 15th Annual Student Conference

Chair: Danielle Kozlowski, WSI

9:45 AM

10B.1

Experiences and Opportunities in Atmospheric Observation Using Unmanned Aerial Systems

Jamie L. Dyer, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS

Recorded Presentation

10:00 AM

10B.2

Wild about Weather

David W. Chapman, Okemos High School, Okemos, MI; and K. Murphy

Recorded Presentation

10:15 AM

10B.3

Mentors, Networking, and a Career Outside the Lines

Steve Graham, NASA Outreach/Education, n/a, n/a

Recorded Presentation

10:30 AM

Q&A

Joint Session 1

Making Yourself Stand Out: Communication and Networking

Location: Room 243 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Hosts: (Joint between the Fourth AMS Conference for Early Career Professionals; and the 15th Annual Student Conference )

Keynote: Kim J. Runk, NOAA/NWS

Cochairs: Cody Kirkpatrick, Indiana University; Samantha A. Tushaus, Space Science and Engineering Center

9:45 AM

Introductory Remarks

9:50 AM

Keynote Speaker: Becoming Indispensable

10:15 AM

Small Group Rotating Discussions

Joint Session 2A

Group Discussion 1: Creating or Improving Your Elevator Pitch

Location: Room 244 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Hosts: (Joint between the Fourth AMS Conference for Early Career Professionals; and the 15th Annual Student Conference )

Facilitator: Angel McCoy, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management

Joint Session 2B

Group Discussion 2: Sweat the Small Stuff: What Matters in a Job Interview

Location: Room 242 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Hosts: (Joint between the Fourth AMS Conference for Early Career Professionals; and the 15th Annual Student Conference )

Facilitator: Wes Hyduke, Schneider Electric

Joint Session 2C

Group Discussion 3: Communication When It Counts

Location: Room 245 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Hosts: (Joint between the Fourth AMS Conference for Early Career Professionals; and the 15th Annual Student Conference )

Facilitator: Matt Rogers, Commodity Weather Group, LLC

Break

Location: La Nouvelle Foyer ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Session 11A

Breakout Session: Beyond the Weather: Tools of the Trade

Location: La Nouvelle C ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Host: 15th Annual Student Conference

Cochairs: Stacey M. Hitchcock, Colorado State University; Aryeh J. Drager, Colorado State University

10:50 AM

LaTeX

Jordan R. Bell, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL

Audio File
Recorded Presentation

10:55 AM

Version Control

Emily V. Fischer, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO

Recorded Presentation

11:00 AM

Fortran

Steve Herbener, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO

Recorded Presentation

11:05 AM

AWIPS

Eric P. Jacobsen, NWS Warning Decision Training Division, Norman, OK

Recorded Presentation

11:10 AM

Python

Patrick T. Marsh, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/SPC, Norman, OK

Recorded Presentation

11:15 AM

WRF

Andrew E. Mercer, Mississippi State Univ., Mississippi State, MS

Recorded Presentation

11:20 AM

WSI

Kweilyn Murphy, WDSU – New Orleans, n/a, n/a

Recorded Presentation

11:25 AM

Big Data

Kevin Tyle, University at Albany, SUNY, Albany, NY

Recorded Presentation

11:30 AM

GIS

Greg Dobson, University of North Carolina, Asheville, NC

Recorded Presentation

Panel Discussion 11B

Breakout Session: Beyond the Weather: Getting the Word Out: Science Policy and Communication

Location: La Nouvelle A ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Host: 15th Annual Student Conference

Moderator: Matthew D. Flournoy, University of Oklahoma

Panelists: Nolan J. Doesken, Colorado State Climatologist; Jen Henderson, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Paul Higgins, AMS Policy Program; Paul A. Newman, NASA/GSFC

10:50 AM

Science Policy and Communication -- Josh Alland

Recorded Presentation

Break

Session 12

Embracing the Interface of Science and Society

Location: La Nouvelle C ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Host: 15th Annual Student Conference

Speaker: Louis W. Uccellini, Director, NOAA/NWS

Chair: Erik R. Nielsen, Colorado State University

12:00 PM

Ongoing Evolution of the National Weather Service and Skill Set of the Future Workforce

Louis W. Uccellini, NWS, Silver Spring, MD

Recorded Presentation

Weatherfest

Location: Hall C ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Session 13

Closing Remarks and Poster Session Announcements

Location: La Nouvelle C ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Host: 15th Annual Student Conference

12:30 PM

Closing Remarks -- Josh Alland

Recorded Presentation

AMS Volunteer Project

Lunch (On Your Own)

Session 2

Getting the Ball Rolling: An Open Dialog with Your Peers

Location: Room 243 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Host: Fourth AMS Conference for Early Career Professionals

Chair: Matthew C. Lacke, Jefferson County Department of Health

Session 3

Remarks from the AMS President

Location: Room 243 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Host: Fourth AMS Conference for Early Career Professionals

Speaker: Alexander MacDonald, NOAA/ESRL

Soil Moisture Short Course

Location: Room 348/349 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Session 4

Small Group Rotating Discussions: Mentors and Soft Skills for Early Career Professionals

Location: Room 243 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Host: Fourth AMS Conference for Early Career Professionals

Cochairs: Erik S. Pytlak, Bonneville Power Administration; Elizabeth McGiffin, KTVL-TV CBS10

1:40 PM

Introductory Remarks

1:45 PM

Small Group Rotating Discussions

Session 5A

Group Discussion 1: Selecting a Mentor

Location: Room 243 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Host: Fourth AMS Conference for Early Career Professionals

Facilitator: Wendy Abshire, UCAR/COMET

Session 5B

Group Discussion 2: Soft Skills in the Workplace

Location: Room 244 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Host: Fourth AMS Conference for Early Career Professionals

Facilitator: Jon Nese, Pennsylvania State University

Workshop Session 14B

Résumé Workshop I

Location: Room 238/239 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Host: 15th Annual Student Conference

Speakers: Christopher Alston, Mars, Inc.; Carolyn Brinkworth, UCAR; Rebecca Haacker, NCAR; Valerie Sloan, UCAR

Chair: Olga V. Tweedy, The Johns Hopkins University

2:00 PM

Applying for Jobs in Academia or Grad School -- Valerie Sloan

Recorded Presentation

2:00 PM

Deep Dive Into Private Sector Careers -- Chris Alston

Recorded Presentation

Workshop Session 14A

Integrated Warning Team II: In Their Rainboots Workshop

Location: La Nouvelle C ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Host: 15th Annual Student Conference

Speakers: Tanja Fransen, NOAA/NWS; Matthew J. Moreland, NOAA/NWSFO

Chair: Thomas Bedard, National Disaster Preparedness Training Center

2:00 PM

Josh Alland

Recorded Presentation

Newcomer’s Welcome and Informational Exchange

Location: Room 255/257 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Session 6

Networking with AMS Professionals and Coffee Break

Location: Room 243 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Host: Fourth AMS Conference for Early Career Professionals

Speaker: Frederick H. Carr, University of Oklahoma

Cochairs: Christopher J. Schultz, University of Alabama; Andrew L. Molthan, NASA/MSFC

Workshop Session 15

Résumé Workshop II

Location: Room 238/239 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Host: 15th Annual Student Conference

Speakers: Carolyn Brinkworth, NCAR; Rebecca Haacker, NCAR; Valerie Sloan, UCAR; Nicholas Troiano, Mars Inc.

Chair: Olga V. Tweedy, The Johns Hopkins University

3:30 PM

Josh Alland

Recorded Presentation

GoExtreme at AMS 2016

Location: Room 244 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Moderator: Kenneth Dewey, Univ. of Nebraska

Panel Discussion 1

Perspectives from a Panel of Professionals

Location: Room 243 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Host: Fourth AMS Conference for Early Career Professionals

Moderator: Matthew C. Lacke, Jefferson County Department of Health

Panelists: Joshua D. Durkee, Western Kentucky University; Christopher Alston, Mars, Inc.; Kerrin A. Jeromin, WPEC-TV CBS12; Charlie Woodrum, NWS

96th Annual Review, New Fellows, and Featured Awards

Location: Room 252/254 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Session 7

Closing Remarks

Location: Room 243 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Host: Fourth AMS Conference for Early Career Professionals

Cochairs: Matthew C. Lacke, Jefferson County Department of Health; Jared Rennie, CICS/North Carolina State University; Christopher J. Schultz, NASA/MSFC

AMS Career Fair

Location: Hall E ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Poster Session

Student Conference Poster Session

Location: Hall E ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Host: Events

Welcome Reception Honoring Newly Elected Fellows and Featured Award Winners

Location: Room 252/254 Foyer ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Poster Session 1

Student Conference Poster Session

Location: Hall E ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Host: 15th Annual Student Conference

Chair: Daniel Rothenberg, MIT

S1

Effects of 19th Century Records on Precipitation Trends for Select Midwestern Cities

Brendan C. Wallace, Midwestern Regional Climate Center, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL; and N. E. Westcott

S3

The Correlation between Mercury, Ions, and Weather Conditions at PA-47

Ashley Orehek, Millersville University, Millersville, PA; and A. Yarosh, P. Lueng, and R. Clark

S2

Aldehyde and Seek: Tracking R-CHO Production through the Ozonolysis of VOCs in Household Air Fresheners

S4

Improved Performance by the TIE-GCM with the Inclusion of Helium as a Major Species

Frederick R. Schmidt, Air Force Institute of Technology, WPAFB, OH; and R. D. Loper, E. K. Sutton, and W. F. Bailey

S5

The relationship of turbulence and nitrogen oxides within and above a tropical forest canopy

Scott Meyer, Dallas, TX; and J. D. Fuentes and T. Gerken

S6

Estimation of Tropospheric OH and Cl concentrations inferred from Non-Methane Hydrocarbons ratios over Southern California

Karimar Ledesma, UPRM, Mayaguez, PR; and D. R. Blake

S7

Comparison of Front Range and East Coast power plant emissions using airborne measurement instrumentation aboard the NSF NCAR C-130

Meghan H. Stell, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and T. Campos

S8

Predicting and comparing fugitive methane emissions in northeast Pennsylvania using numerical weather prediction

Michael J.W. Stewart, University of Georgia, Athens, GA; and Z. Barkley, T. Lauvaux, K. Davis, N. L. Miles, D. K. Martins, A. Karion, and C. Sweeney

S9

Quantitative Analysis of Generation Processes of Greenhouse Gases Emitted from Landfill Sites Using Remote Sensing Technology

Usaama A. Van, Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU), Jackson Heights, NY; and M. R. Nakamura

S10

Evaluation of ClearSky2 for PM2.5 Concentrations and Plume Rise

Charles C. Morris, Valparaiso Univeristy, Saint Augustine, FL; and J. Vaughan and B. K. Lamb

S11

Changes in Aerosol Optical Depth and PM2.5 Concentrations due to Trash Burning

Rachel Cucinotta, STORM- Student Organization of Meteorology, Mt. Laurel, NJ; and J. Kodros, B. Ford, C. Wiedinmyer, and J. R. Pierce

S12

Evaluating the Variability of Saharan Dust Plume Origin and Composition from In Situ Samples

Daniel Yeager, Howard University, Washington, DC; and V. Morris

S13

Aerosol Optical Depth Measurements Using a Handheld Sun Photometer

Edmar Felix Ruano, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and C. K. Landry, T. W. Spencer, and C. Nowotarski

S14

Direct Measurement of the Impact of Atmospheric Processing on the Size and Properties of Sub- and Super-micron Aerosol Particles

Gary Aaron Alexander, Texas A&M, Reno, NV; and D. R. Collins and M. A. Salgado

S15

Studies in California Wildfires, Aerosols, and Health Effects

Lenetta Mallory, NCAS, Jackson, MS; and J. Darensbourg, R. S. Reddy, and M. Fadavi

S16

Preliminary Analysis of Aerosol Concentrations Near a Proposed Silica Transfer Station

Matthew C. Sanders, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY; and S. D. Brooks

S17

Size Resolved Aerosol Composition around Rocky Mountain National Park

Rachel Sussman, CMMAP, La Verne, CA

S18

Examining Ice Nuclei Efficiency and Optical Properties of the Resulting Ice Crystals

Matthew B. Wilson, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and S. D. Brooks, G. Xu, J. Zenker, K. Collier, and F. Team

S19

Optical Properties, Hygroscopicity, and Morphology of Β-Caryophyllene Secondary Organic Aerosol

Stephanie Michelle Neumann, Penn State University, University Park, PA; and M. B. Altaf and M. Freedman

S20

Transport of Canadian Wildfire Smoke to the Mid-Atlantic U.S

Shelbi N. Tippett, JCET/Univ. of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD; and J. Roman

Handout (2.7 MB)

S21

Regional Aerosol-Cloud Analysis: Vertical Distributions and Seasonal Fluctuations from CALIOP

Ashley Heikkila, University of Hawai'i at Manoa, Honolulu, HI; and J. Small Griswold

S22

Quantification of aerosol-cloud shortwave radiative effects in stratiform cloud cover

Alyson Rose Douglas, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI

S23

An Analysis of Stratospheric Intrusion Ozone Events and Their Meteorological Influences

Elizabeth Lennartson, University of Iowa, Ames, IA; and C. Maiers, W. J. Gutowski, and A. McClure-Begley

S24

Hemispheric Differences in the Transport of Chemical Tracers in the Tropical Lower Stratosphere

Olga V. Tweedy, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; and D. Waugh

S26

Forecasting Air Quality in a Changing Atmosphere during Recent Historically Low Ozone Years in Delaware

Faith A. Eherts, Penn State University, University Park, PA

S25

The Effects of Atmospheric Chemistry on Projected Ozone Concentrations in Response Emission Control Strategies in the South Coast Air Basin

S27

Testing an Inexpensive Ozone Micro-Sensor Against Research Grade Ozone Sensors

Luke Leclair-Marzolf, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT

S28

Ground Level Ozone Production on High Albedo Days in Denver, CO

Jordan Kehaulani Wilkes, Metropolitan State University of Denver, Denver, CO

S29

Convection and Redistribution of Tropospheric Ozone in Central Amazonia

Randy J. Chase, SUNY, Brockport, NY; and J. D. Fuentes, T. Gerken, D. Wei, C. Schumacher, L. Machado, R. M. N. Santos, S. T. Martin, and S. Springston

S30

The correlation between surface temperature, humidity, and snow crystal type to upper atmospheric conditions in Boulder, CO

Joel Hansen, Metropolitan State University of Denver, Denver, CO

S31

Estimating the Transient Climate Response

Brooke K. Adams, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY; and M. Winton

S32

The Atmospheric Circulation Conditions During the Amundsen and Scott South Pole Race, 1911-1912

Megan E. Jones, Ohio University, Athens, OH; and R. L. Fogt

S33

The Southern Hemisphere Dynamics of Forecast Uncertainty in the THORPEX Interactive Grand Global Ensemble (TIGGE)

Matthew D. Miksch, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and M. A. Herrera and I. Szunyogh

S34

Analysis of a better-resolved stratosphere on seasonal forecasts of the Northern Hemisphere Winter

Andre Hernandez-Espiet, University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez, Mayaguez, PR; and J. H. Richter and C. C. Chen

S35

Modulation of Variability and Projected Change in Winter Precipitation by Extratropical Cyclone Activity over Mid-latitude Regions

Joseph P. Clark, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY; and E. K. M. Chang

S36

The role of temperature and precipitation on mass balance of the Taku and Lemon Creek Glaciers, Alaska (1946-2015)

Arianna Varuolo-Clarke, UCAR, BOULDER, CO; and M. Beedle

S37

Midlatitude Atmospheric Response to Arctic Amplification Using Pre-Industrial Climate Model Integrations

Douglas E. Miller, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN; and Y. Wu

Handout (358.6 kB)

S38

Exploring links between Madden-Julian Oscillation and Antarctic sea ice

Haadi ElSaawy, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD; and G. R. Henderson and B. S. Barrett

S39

Comparison of Antarctic Cross Polarization Gradient Ratio Melt Quantities to Automated Surface Station Readings

John Reasons Jr., Univ of Tenn at Martin, Martin, TN; and C. Karmosky

S40

Effects of a Warming Climate on Daily Snowfall Events in the Northern Hemisphere

James Danco, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and A. M. DeAngelis, B. Raney, and A. J. Broccoli

Handout (2.3 MB)

S41

A meteorological perspective of the hazardous outcomes during two consecutive February-March 2015 winter storms across Kentucky

Tori A. Hampton, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY; and J. Durkee

S42

Implications of Storm Size on Baroclinicity Generation by Snow Cover

Gabriel Bromley, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin; and A. R. Desai, J. E. Martin, M. Notaro, and S. J. Vavrus

S43

Examining Intensity During Extratropical Transition

Justin Alexander Baldizon Stark, CMMAP, Miami, FL

S44

Sensitivity of Strong Extratropical Cyclones to Large-Scale Climate Variability in the United States

Khara Lukancic, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL; and J. T. Schoof

Handout (2.6 MB)

S45

Investigating the Relationship of Jet Streams with the Intensity and Track of North American Lee Cyclones

Kai Melamed-Turkish, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada; and K. Bowley, D. E. Atallah, and D. J. Gyakum

S46

North American Cyclone Teleconnection Relationships

Richard A. Diegan III, Department of Agriculture, Geosciences, and Natural Resources, Martin, TN; and R. M. Simpson and C. Karmosky

S47

Three-Dimensional Climatology of Upper-Level Wind Speed Trends for Brazil from 1980–2014

Joshua M. Gilliland, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA; and B. D. Keim

S48

A 16-year Climatology of the West African Offshore Rainfall Maximum

Kelly Marie Nunez Ocasio, University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez, Mayagüez,, PR; and J. L. Evans and H. L. Hamilton

S49

Verification of GEFS Precipitation across the Eastern U.S

Nicholas Hayden Balderas, NSF, Katy, TX; and A. Mejia and R. Siddique

S50

Investigating Atmospheric Rivers Affecting Southern California

Sarah M. Harris, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA; and L. Carvalho

S51

New Metric for Defining the Time of Extratropical Transition of Tropical Cyclones

Ajay Raghavendra, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, FL; and S. M. Milrad

Manuscript (653.3 kB)

Handout (2.5 MB)

S53

Examining Tropical Cyclone Development in the Southwest Caribbean Sea

Breanna L. Zavadoff, SUNY Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY; and T. J. Galarneau Jr.

S54

TC Induced SST Anomalies in the Eastern Pacific

Andrew Huang, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and R. Sriver

S55

Observations of Low-Level Environments and Their Effects on Tornadoes Produced by Land-Falling Hurricanes

Jackeline Michelle Fain, Ohio University Chapter of the American Meteorological Society, athens, OH; and S. R. Marzola and J. Houser

S56

A GIS-Analysis of Tornadogenesis within Hurricanes

Montana Etten-Bohm, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL

S52

Synoptic-scale precursors to the extratropical transitions of tropical cyclones that impacted the Northeast: an analysis of Irene (2011), Sandy (2012) and Andrea (2013)

S57

Radial and Azimuthal Variations in Convective Burst Structure in Tropical Cyclones from Airborne Doppler Observations

Joshua B. Wadler, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and R. F. Rogers

S58

Which Hurricane Attributes are most Strongly Correlated with Maximum Storm Surge Height?

Stephen Kreller, University of Louisiana Monroe, Monroe, LA; and K. D. Leppert II and L. J. Hopper Jr.

S59

Numerical Simulations of the Storm Surge associated with Hurricane Isabel (2003)

Britney E. Hamilton, North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC; and Y. L. Lin

S60

Simulated response of the African monsoon and tropical precipitation to orbital precession

Jane Smyth, Yale University, New Haven, CT; and S. A. Hill and Y. Ming

S61

The Periodic Behavior of Tropical Available Potential Energy

Lindsey E. Nytes, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI; and G. J. Tripoli

Handout (1.6 MB)

S62

The potential vorticity budget of multi-scale MJO models

Amanda Back, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA; and J. A. Biello and A. J. Majda

S63

The Influence of the Madden-Julian Oscillation on Large Daily Precipitation Events in West Africa

Awolou Silvere Sossa, UCAR/SOARS, Boulder, CO; and B. Liebmann, I. Blade, D. Allured, H. Hendon, and A. Hoell

S64

Exploring the synoptic differences between MJO initiation events identified by multiple algorithms

Rosa M. Vargas, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR)-National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), Boulder, CO; and L. M. Hartten

S65

An Evaluation and Constraint of Thermodynamic Boundary Conditions over the Maritime Continent

Jennifer Bukowski, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; and D. J. Posselt, J. S. Reid, and S. A. Atwood

Handout (579.2 kB)

S66

Depicting Aviation Weather Threats in the Upper Troposphere in Hurricanes

Vanessa M. Przybylo, NOAA/AOML/HRD, Queensbury, NY

S67

Modeling Boundary Crossing Supercells

Aaron K. Scott, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND; and M. S. Gilmore

S68

Impacts of Graupel Parameterization on Idealized and Real Case Simulations of Squall Lines

Steven Michael Naegele, Pennsylvania State University/Significant Opportunities in Atmospheric Research and Science, University Park, PA; and S. Tessendorf, T. Eidhammer, and G. Thompson

S69

Impacts of Forest Fire Smoke on Deep Convective Clouds in WRF-CHEM Simulations

Azusa Takeishi, Yale University, New Haven, CT; and T. Storelvmo

S70

WRF Model Precipitation Type Algorithms and Verification

Samuel C. Roback, State Climate Office of North Carolina, Raleigh, NC; and A. Sims

S72

Effects of Low-Level Vertical Wind Shear Orientation on Low-Level Rotation in Simulated Supercell Thunderstorms

Felicia R. Guarriello, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and C. J. Nowotarski

S73

Sensitivity of Physical Parameterization Schemes to Stochastic Initial Conditions of WRF Tornado Outbreak Simulations

Michelle Anne Elmore, Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS

S74

Understanding and Predicting Nocturnal Convection Initiation using an Ensemble-based Multi-scale Data Assimilation System

Samuel K. Degelia, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma; and X. Wang and D. J. Stensrud

S71

Sensitivity of a cold season, nocturnal squall line to planetary boundary layer and microphysical parameterizations

S75

Gust Front Detection Using Neuro-Fuzzy Algorithm with Polarimetric WSR-88D

Amber J. Liggett, Millersville University, Beaver, PA; and T. Y. Yu

S76

Operational uses of Spectrum Width to Improve Warnings for Quasi-Linear Convection in the Western Great Lakes

Brett Borchardt, NOAA/NWS, Romeoville, IL; and E. Lenning and M. Friedlein

S77

Radar-detected Mesocyclone Tilt in Tornadic and Nontornadic Supercells

Michelle M. Serino, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and C. J. Nowotarski

Handout (19.8 MB)

S78

Investigating Tornado Genesis Events Within the ARMOR Domain

Christopher A. Lisauckis, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and K. R. Knupp, T. A. Murphy, T. A. Coleman, and A. W. Lyza

S79

Comparison of NEXRAD and GOES Identification of Overshooting Convection

Carolina A. Bieri, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and J. Cooney, K. Bedka, C. R. Homeyer, and K. P. Bowman

S80

Analysis of a Complex Mesovortex Evolution during the Second 30 June - 1 July 2014 Derecho Event

Adam W. Clayton, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and A. W. Lyza and R. Wade

S81

A U.S. climatology of mesoscale convective systems

Alex M. Haberlie, Northern Illinois Univ., DeKalb, IL; and W. S. Ashley

Handout (2.3 MB)

S82

Comparison of USA Tornado Days for Two Climatological Periods

Alexandra Marmo, Purdue University, Lafayette, IN; and E. M. Agee

S83

Investigating the Environments of Null Tornado Cases in North Alabama and Southern Middle Tennessee

Amanda M. Murphy, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL; and K. A. Biernat, B. C. Carcione, and C. B. Darden

S84

A Detailed Climatology of Central North Carolina Tornadoes

Raelene C. Campbell, NOAA, Valparaiso, IN; and J. Blaes and B. Locklear

S85

Synoptic-scale Precursors and Characteristics of High-end Tornado Outbreaks in the Southeastern Region of the United States

Benjamin David Dillahunt, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, FL; and S. M. Milrad

Manuscript (1.4 MB)

Handout (3.7 MB)

S87

Classification and Analysis of Tornado Outbreaks in Dixie Alley and Tornado Alley

Elisa M. Murillo, University of Louisiana at Monroe, Monroe, LA; and T. A. Murphy

S88

Tornado Climatology for the Appalachian Mountains Region of the Eastern United States

James J. Morrow, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA

S89

Nocturnal Tornado Outbreak Climatology

Alexander M. Elmore, Mississippi State University, Mascoutah, IL; and M. Brown, A. E. Mercer, and C. Fuhrmann

S90

Analysis of the 5 July 2015 Nocturnal Convective Initiation Event During the PECAN Field Campaign

Alexander Staarmann, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL

S91

Analysis of the 14 July 2015 Nocturnal Convective Initiation Event During the PECAN Field Campaign

Ashley L. Ravenscraft, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Meridianville, AL

S92

Using profiles of water vapor, vertical wind, temperature, and pressure from continuously-operated instruments to characterize turbulent patterns and fluxes between the surface and boundary layer during the PECAN 2015 field campaign

K. Weber, NCAR and University of Colorado-Boulder, Boulder, CO; and T. M. Weckwerth and P. D. Blanken

S93

Examining the Nocturnal Stable Boundary Layer and Low-Level Jet during PECAN

Natalie Midzak, Millersville University, Millersville, PA; and M. McAuliffe, D. Bludis, C. Dearth, K. Fisher, M. Green, J. Hane, V. Hower, K. Morganti, E. Ntonados, A. Orehek, K. Piarulli, K. Pozsonyi, C. Prestine, N. Strickland, R. Clark, and T. Sikora

S86

The Impact of Dry Air on Location and Strength of Tornado Outbreaks Associated with Land Falling Atlantic Basin Tropical Cyclones

S94

Evolution and structure of night time waves and bores

Glorianne M. Rivera-Santiago, University of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and B. B. Demoz and R. Delgado

S95

Assessing the Southeast Pacific Stratocumulus Cloud Fraction Transition in MERRA Using CloudSat/CALIPSO

Claire E. Schirle, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE; and A. D. Rapp and A. Zapalac

S96

Clear Lake Texas Extreme Rain Event Case Study

David S. Bonnette, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and C. J. Nowotarski and L. Wood

S97

Multi-scale Analysis of August 11th 2014 Metro Detroit Flash Flooding

Patrick Evan Saunders, Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI; and D. M. A. Baxter

S98

Vertical Motions in Convective Clouds Over Darwin, Australia

Holly M. Mallinson, Texas A&M University, Monroe, LA; and C. Schumacher and F. Ahmed

S100

A New Technique for Stratus Forecasting in the San Francisco Bay Area

J.P. Kalb, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA

Handout (319.3 kB)

S102

Environmental Factors Contributing to the Development of Above-Anvil Cirrus Plumes

Joel McAuliffe, NSF, Stephens City, VA

S103

Examining the Relative Motion of Derecho- and Non-Derecho-Producing QLCSs with Respect to the Mean Wind

Matthew A. Campbell, CAPS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Columbus, OH; and A. E. Cohen, A. R. Dean, S. F. Corfidi, M. C. Coniglio, S. J. Corfidi, and C. M. Mead

S104

Comparison of Orographic and Thermal Forcings on Mesoscale Convective Systems

Jordan L. Baker, NSF, Raleigh, NC; and R. D. Wiegand

S105

Surface Ice Melt Driven by Föhn-Like Winds at the Base of the Transantarctic Mountains

Nicholas James Morgan, University of Tennessee at Martin, Martin, TN; and D. C. Karmosky

S106

Conditions Favorable for the Occurrence of Trapped Mountain Lee Waves Downstream of Oʻahu

Liye Li, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI; and Y. L. Chen

S107

Lake-to-Lake Influence on Lake-Effect Snow Amounts in the Lake Michigan Snowbelt

Jessica M. McDonald, St Cloud State University, St Cloud, MN; and D. Doeblin and N. F. Laird

S108

Characteristics of Dendritic Growth Zones during Lake-Effect, Synoptic-Scale, and Lake-Enhanced Winter Storms

Stephen VanHoesen, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY; and K. Murphy, N. D. Metz, and N. F. Laird

S109

A Seasonal Analysis of Dendritic Growth Zones during Lake-Effect, Synoptic-Scale, and Lake-Enhanced Winter Storms

Kelley Murphy, State University of New York at Oneonta, Oneonta, NY; and S. VanHoesen, N. F. Laird, and N. D. Metz

S99

Comparing Environmental Conditions of Convective Storms Producing Damaging Winds and Hail

S110

An Enhanced Look At Radar And Profiling Observations Of The Interaction Between A Lake-effect Snow Band And A Shallow Cold Front During The Ontario Winter Lake-effect Systems (OWLeS) Experiment

Kyle S. Pennington, The University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and K. R. Knupp

S111

The Impacts of the Passage of Three Distinct Short-Wave Troughs on a Prolonged Lake-Effect Snow Event during OWLeS

Shay A. Callahan, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY; and N. D. Metz, C. C. Crossett, and E. P. Morrill

S112

A Climatology of the Interaction between Short-Wave Troughs and Shore-Parallel Lake-Effect Snowstorms off of Lake Ontario

Zachary Bruick, Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, Indiana; and E. Ott and N. D. Metz

S101

Understanding the Features and Mechanisms of the Great Plains Low-Level Jet in the CMIP5 Models

S113

Forecasting sea breeze enhanced thunderstorms at Eglin Air Force Base: A comparison between empirical methods and the high resolution rapid refresh model

Matthew P. King, Air Force Institute of Technology, WPAFB, OH; and K. S. Bartlett and R. Wacker

S114

High-Resolution Island-Scale Climate Modeling in the Southern Caribbean

Renée C. Elder, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ

S115

A case study of the 2012 High Park fire in Colorado

Amanda G. Hazelton, MSU scams, Littleton, CO

S116

Potential MJO Impacts on Global Wildfires

Matthew Mace McKinney, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Coral Gables, FL

S117

Comparison of Texas A&M WRF convection-allowing forecasts with other high-resolution models

Armani L. Cassel, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and J. P. McCarthy and C. J. Nowotarski

S118

Verification of RUC analyses using VORTEX2 soundings for non-tornadic and tornadic supercell environments

Brice E. Coffer, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC

Handout (1.1 MB)

S119

Comparison of the TAMU-WRF Simulated Reflectivity to Radar Observations

Brittany J. Toy, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and T. W. Spencer, C. K. Landry, and C. Nowotarski

S120

Evaluating the Impact of the Summit Station, Greenland Radiosonde Program on Data Modelers and Forecast Services

Carlos J. Martinez, NOAA/Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and S. Starkweather, C. J. Cox, A. Solomon, and M. Shupe

S121

Reliability and Skill of the Air Force Weather Agency's Ensemble Prediction Systems

Derek Adam Burns, Air Force Institute of Technology, Dayton, OH; and K. S. Bartlett and R. Wacker

S122

Monitoring Land-Cover Changes in Lake Urmia Basin Using LandSat Imagery

Amarou Bah, Brooklyn, NY; and N. Fazel

S123

Analysis of the Spatial and Temporal Correlation Statistics of Soil Moisture Observed in the Russian River Basin

Enrique R. Chon, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and R. J. Zamora

S124

A climatology of peak stream discharge in relation to rapid ablation events in the Chesapeake Basin, 1950-2009

Julia L. Arthur, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD; and G. R. Henderson, D. J. Leathers, D. A. Robinson, and T. Mote

S125

Using Satellite Imagery to Monitor Large Lakes; Case Study Lake Hamun and Lake Eyre

Rezwon Islam, New York City College of Technology, Brooklyn, New York; and A. Bah, H. Norouzi, and A. AghaKouchak

S126

Quality Control of Wind Data from 50-MHz Doppler Radar Wind Profiler

Austin D. Vacek, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL

S127

Doppler Lidar Retrievals in LUMEX and PECAN: Dual Doppler and Vertical Wind Analyses

Brian J. Carroll, JCET/Univ. of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD; and A. Choukulkar, R. Delgado, A. Brewer, J. K. Lundquist, A. Muschinski, and B. B. Demoz

S128

Investigations of a Doppler Wind LIDAR on a Moving Platform

Edward J. Strobach, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD; and L. C. Sparling and S. Rabenhorst

S129

Low-level Wind Comparisons Using Multiple Sensing Technologies

Trenton Wade Spencer, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and E. F. Ruano, B. E. Barker, and D. T. Conlee

S130

Statistical Validation of Calibrated Wind Data Collected from NOAA's Hurricane Hunter Aircraft

Kelly Graham, State University of New York College at Oneonta, Oneonta, NY

S131

Intercomparison of Remotely Sensed Atmospheric Profiles with Dropsonde Observations from the Global Hawk Unmanned Aircraft

Rachel B. Norris, NOAA/ESRL/PSD, Boulder, CO; and G. A. Wick

S132

Derived Snowfall Accumulation Using Optical Sensors

Alex Trellinger, Metropolitan State University of Denver, Niwot, CO

S133

Nowcasting Surface Snowfall Rates by Utilizing Radar Reflectivity and Velocity–Azimuth Display Vertical Wind Profiles

Andrew J. Schwartz, NCAR, Boulder, CO

S135

Merging Radar-only QPE and Rain Gauge Data via Conditional Bias-penalized Optimal Estimation

Beomgeun Kim, The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX; and D. J. Seo, B. R. Nelson, and O. P. Prat

Manuscript (93.6 kB)

S136

WS600 Ultrasonic Weather Sensor Precipitation Accuracy

Brandon Thorne, Metropolitan State University of Denver, Denver, CO

S137

Temperature, Pressure, and Humidity (Tempredity) Quantifications

Oluwaseun .O. Ojimi, NSF, Pikesville, MD

S138

Assessing CALIPSO Version 4 Attenuated Backscatter 532 nm Calibration with NASA LaRC Airborne High Spectral Resolution Lidar Measurements

Travis D. Toth, Univ. of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND; and M. A. Vaughan, J. W. Hair, C. F. Butler, C. A. Hostetler, and R. A. Ferrare

S139

Evaluation of the VIIRS Cloud Base Height Intermediate Product Retrieval Algorithm for Single-layer Water Clouds

Kyle E. Fitch, Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT), Wright-Patterson AFB, OH; and K. S. Bartlett, R. Wacker, K. C. Gross, and K. Hutchison

S140

A Comparison of Cloud and Aerosol Measurements Between OCO-2 and CALIPSO

Emily Rosenthal, Millersville University, Millersville, PA; and C. W. O'Dell, R. Nelson, and H. Q. Cronk

S141

Bias and Observation Error Characterization of the Fengyun-2F Stretched Visible and Infrared Spin Scan Radiometer for Its Radiance Assimilation

Lu Ren, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; and C. Da and M. Yin

S134

Polarimetric Radar Detection of the Melting Layer using X- and S-band Frequencies

S142

Global Snowfall: A Remote Sensing and Reanalysis Perspective

Marian E. Mateling, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and M. S. Kulie and T. L'Ecuyer

S143

Can Microwave Emissivity Show Us Global Drought Estimates?

Yanna Chen, New York City College of Technology, Brooklyn, NY; and H. Norouzi, D. R. Blake, and A. AghaKouchak

S144

Non-internet meteorological data reception for emergency and remote applications

Jamison P. McCarthy, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and S. Vaxter, D. Bonnette, D. Conlee, and C. J. Nowotarski

S145

Analysis of ZDR Columns to Aid Severe Weather Forecasting

Aidan R. Kuroski, Brockport, NY; and J. M. Billings and K. R. Cook

S146

Climatology of NEXRAD Dual-Polarization Radar Moments and Derived Products in Select CONUS Regions

Luke L. Davis, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO

S147

Comparison of Doppler Radar Correlation Coefficient, Spectrum Width, and Normalized Rotation in Areas of Rotational Circulations and Convergence Boundaries to Observed Convective Phenomena

Brian R. Greene, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, IL; and T. Funk, K. Deitsch, and Z. Taylor

S148

Comparison of Z-R relationships using the Doppler on Wheels, the WSR 88D, and In-Situ Gauge Data

Brett F. Dean, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Florida; and M. Kane and M. Barnett

S149

Examining the Changes in The Tornado Debris Signature with different Debris Types

Allison T. LaFleur, Lyndon State College, Lyndonville, VT; and N. T. Atkins

S150

Determining the Radar Error in a Tornadic Low-Level Wind Field

Lauriana C. Gaudet, Lyndon State College, Falmouth, ME; and A. T. LaFleur and N. T. Atkins

S151

Interactions between Mesocyclones and Wave Anomalies: Three Case Studies

James L. Dollahite, University of Tennessee at Martin, Martin, TN; and D. C. Karmosky

S152

An Examination of High Impact Severe Weather Events in the Mid-Atlantic Region

Joseph G. Egan, NOAA, Valparaiso, OH; and R. H. Grumm

S153

Satellite Base Soil Moisture Product Validation Using Ground Observations

Christian Campo, NSF, East Elmhurst, NY; and H. Norouzi

S154

A comparison of the VLF waveform and optical emissions using ground based and spaced based lightning detection methods

Jacquelyn Ringhausen, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL

S156

Synoptic Climatology of High-Impact Wind Events on the Indian River Lagoon

Alex J. Robertson, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL

S157

Onshore Wind Acceleration Across the Indian River Lagoon

Mohamed M. Al-Sabri Jr., Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL

S158

An Analysis of Low Level Vertical Wind Shear Climatology in Illinois

Alexander J. Adams, Western Illinois University, Macomb, IL; and B. C. Wallace, M. L. Buker, and R. L. Herman

S159

Assessment of the Meteorological Elements associated with Coastal Damaging Storms on Eastern Lake Ontario

Matthew Grieco, NOAA, Staten Island, NY; and A. T. DeGaetano

S160

Modeling in the Microscale- The Atmospheric Boundary Layer Environment (ABLE) Model

Amanda Hendrix, The Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD

S161

Extremely Dense Fog Events along the I-77 Corridor of the Virginia Blue Ridge

Benjamin Louis Dominguez, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA

S162

National Weather Service Icing Accumulation Forecast Product: An Investigation of Accuracy and Potential for Integration

Dwight Blanche, Metropolitan State University of Denver, Denver, CO

S163

Urban Form, Urban Heat and Implications for Future Development in the Context of the Durham-Orange County Light Rail Project

Elizabeth M. B. Doran, Duke University, Durham, NC

S155

NLDN and ENTLN Observations of Sprite-Producing Lightning

S164

Retrieving Vegetation Reflectance at Beltsville Using Phothosynthetically Active Radiation (PAR) Sensor and a Spectroradiometer Positioned at an Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS)

Francois Junior Mertil, New York City College of Technology, Brooklyn, NY

S165

LOCAL COMMUNITY-BASED AIR QUALITY MONITORING NETWORK IN THE EAGLE FORD SHALE

Geoffrey S. Roest, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX

S166

An Evaluation of the MOD17 Gross Primary Production Algorithm in a Mangrove Forest

Hannah Wells, Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN; and R. G. Najjar, M. Herrmann, J. D. Fuentes, and J. Ruiz-Plancarte

S167

Atmospheric Effects on Carbon Cycling in a Coastal Salt Marsh

Katharine Wunsch, University of Missouri- Columbia, Columbia, MO; and J. D. Fuentes and J. Ruiz-Plancarte

S168

Surface Energy Budget in Sagebrush Landscape

Raleigh Grysko, Washington State University, Pullman, WA

S169

Accuracy of Frost and Freeze Forecasts for Northwestern Michigan Wine Growers

Kevin C. Prince, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, MI

S170

It's not always cloudy in the Pacific Northwest: Characterizing the solar resource and solar irradiance variability

Nevin Schaeffer, Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA; and L. M. Hinkelman and T. P. Ackerman

Handout (718.4 kB) Handout (6.4 MB)

S171

Spatial Analysis of Enhanced Precipitation Co-located with Wind Turbines in North Central Illinois

Nicholas Alan Delfino, Western Illinois University, Macomb, IL; and R. Herman

S172

Comparing Climatologies Between an ASOS Station, COOP Site, and a USA Mesonet Station in Pascagoula, MS

Nicholas S. Grondin, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL; and S. Kimball

S173

Meteorological applications of a continuously-operating micropulse lidar in Barcelona, Spain

Robert F. Banks, Barcelona Supercomputing Center, Barcelona, Spain; and J. M. Baldasano and M. Pandolfi

Handout (1.5 MB)

S174

A Study of the Effect of Meteorology on Atmospheric Visibility

Shaun T. Howe, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY; and N. Mahowald and V. Naik

S175

A New Approach to Monitor and Map Heat Exposure in a Semi-Outdoor Environment: A Football Stadium Case Study in West Texas

Travis Ray Reddick, Lubbock, TX

S176

Promoting adaptive management based on participative monitoring and knowledge networks

Claudia Coronel, Centrogeo, Mexico City, Mexico; and J. M. Madrigal Sr., J. Trujillo, A. Porras, C. Navarro, E. Bustamante, O. Ramos, F. Mendoza, E. Yepez, and J. Garatuza-Payan

Handout (3.7 MB)

S177

Modeling and Satellite Remote Sensing of the Meteorological Impacts of Irrigation

Clint Aegerter, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE; and J. Wang and C. Ge

S179

Quantifying the Impact of Changes in Atmospheric Vapor Pressure on Maize and Soybean Yields

Kelsie M. Ferin, Iowa State University Department of Geological and Atmospheric Sciences, Ames, IA; and A. VanLoocke and J. E. Bagley

S180

Wind patterns contribute to bloom initiation of Dinophysis along the Texas coast

Lauren E. Replogle, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and D. W. Henrichs and L. Campbell

S181

Climatological Analyses of Infestations of the Mountain Pine Beetle Dendrocronus ponderosae in the Crown of the Continent Ecosystem from 1962 to 2014

Mario Nicholas Garza, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA; and L. M. Resler, A. W. Ellis, and Y. Shao

S182

Finding the Best Historical Climate Dataset for Ecosytem Modeling

Michael Brackett, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina; and A. M. Wootten, G. M. Ely, and R. P. Boyles

S183

Quantifying the Influence of Irrigation and Meteorology on Water Use Efficiency at a Vineyard in Washington

Randy Bartoshevich, Washington State University Tri - Cities, Richland, WA; and J. Chi, S. Pressley, H. Liu, B. K. Lamb, P. O'Keeffe, P. Jacoby, and S. H. Sadeghi

S184

Reassessing the BATSE Catalogue of Terrestrial Gamma-ray Flashes

Amanda Sleinkofer, Millersville University, Millersville, PA

S185

Automated Sunspot Classification and Tracking using SDO Imagery

MacLane A. Townsend, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH; and R. D. Loper, K. S. Bartlett, and W. F. Bailey

S186

Relation between Intensity Contrast and Magnetic Field for Active and Quiet Regions Observed on the Solar Photosphere

Taylor Whitney, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE; and S. Criscuoli

S187

Estimation of High-Frequency Air-Sea Heat Flux Feedbacks in the Middle Latitudes

Bryan E. Kaiser, WHOI, Woods Hole, MA; and C. A. Clayson and S. R. Jayne

S188

Working within the private sector as a marine meteorologist

Gonzalo A. Agudelo Jr., Matthews-Daniel Co, Houston, TX

S189

The Impact of Climatological Variables on Kelp Canopy Area in the Santa Barbara Channel

Katelyn M. Zigner, Northwest Indiana Chapter of NWA/AMS, Valparaiso, IN; and J. Bausell and R. Kudela

S190

Low Oxygen Zone Water Masses and Their Link to Nitrous Oxide Production in the Eastern Pacific Ocean

Matthew Strauser, NOAA Sea Grant, University Park, PA; and V. Coles

S191

Increased occurrence of Central-Pacific El Niño in ERSST v4

Michael S. Diamond, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN; and R. Bennartz

Handout (10.6 MB)

S192

Seasonal and Regional Variability in North Pacific Upper-Ocean Turbulence

Ryan P. Creedon, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA; and M. F. Cronin and R. G. Najjar

S193

Eddy Length Scales in the Ross Sea From Observations and a Model

Zachary S. Wolff, University Park, PA; and J. M. Klinck

S178

Vertical Farming in Hawaii and Taiwan

S194

The Weather of Martian Dust Devils: Dust Devil Variability Across Different Timescales at Gusev Crater, Mars

Allyson D. Stanton, West Texas A&M University, Canyon, TX; and M. T. Lemmon

S195

The Application of Fractal Dimension in the Analysis of Cloud Structure

Anne Elizabeth Balogh, State College, PA

S196

Impact of vegetation on rooftop temperatures under a modular green roof system

Austin M. Silva, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and D. Smith, D. Bosworth, E. F. Ruano, B. J. Toy, S. Vaxter, C. Landry, and D. T. Conlee

S198

Approximating Wet-Bulb Temperature Using the One-Third Rule

David Nevius, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI; and J. A. Knox and P. Knox

S199

A Proposed Remote Sensing Early Warning Dura Home Earthquake System

Frederic Anglade, NSF NOAA- CREST 2 Research for Undergraduate Program at New York City College of Technology, CUNY, Brooklyn, NY

S200

Ingesting Geospatial Data into Hazard Services' Database for NWS Flood Alerts

Nkosi M. Muse, NCAR, Somerset, NJ; and K. Manross, J. Wakefield, T. Hansen, and S. Williams

S201

Changes in the U.S. Hurricane Disaster Landscape: The Relationship between Risk and Exposure

Ashley Irizarry, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL; and W. S. Ashley

S202

Risk Assessment of Outdoor Airport Workers Exposed to Lightning

Melinda Hatt, Millersville University, Millville, PA; and M. Steiner, W. Deierling, and K. Ikeda

S203

An Analytical Study Comparing the Outcomes and Successes of an REU Program Offering

Dr Reginald Blake, New York City College of Technology, Brooklyn, NY; and J. Liou-Mark and R. Santana

S204

Pioneering Pathways for Audience Engagement with Science On a Sphere

Joseph Lilek, NOAA, Boulder, CO; and B. Russell and H. Peddicord

S205

Storm-Scale Ensemble Modeling at Central Michigan University

Timothy Kirk Thielke, Central Michigan University, Sand Lake, MI; and A. N. Honor

S206

An Investigation of the Relationship between Vulnerable Populations and Hazard Casualties in Warning Dissemination Coverage Gaps

Aisha C. Reed Haynes, George Mason University, Silver Spring, MD

S207

Warning Systems in Franklin County, OH: Toward a StormReady Community

John R. Banghoff, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH; and S. E. Smith

S197

Sub-Orbital Space Flight Meteorological Landing Criteria

S208

Proposed Strategic Communications Plan to Support NOAA's Weather Ready Nation Objectives in the Hampton Roads Region

Asiah Williams, Howard University, Hampton, VA; and J. Anderson

S209

Effectiveness of the Pilot Project on Weather Communication in the Southeast US

Damon E. Matson, California University of Pennsylvania, California, PA; and K. Graham and J. D. Eachus

S210

Warning: Here it Comes, Investigating the Effects of Cueing and Cognitive Load on Attention and Memory of Severe Weather Alerts

Carie Cunningham, NA, NA, MI

S211

Evaluating Perceptions of Climate Change Impacts in the Greater Horn of Africa Using the Community Capitals Framework

Jacob Petr, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE; and D. Bathke

S212

Going Social: The Integration of Social Media into Severe Weather Operations at the National Weather Service Des Moines

Eric C. McCormick, NOAA, Norman, OK

S213

Expert and Public Perceptions of Risk from Toxic Algae Bloom Outbreaks in Lake Erie: An Analysis of Conventional and Social Media

Amber L. Hill, Kent State University, Kent, OH

S214

Protective Action And Evacuation Responses During Hurricane Katrina: A Gendered Analysis

Michelle A. Dovil, NCAS, Washington, DC

S215

Perceptions of Safety and its Gendered Differences: An Exploratory Analysis of Severe Weather Reactions

Shadya J. Sanders, Howard Univ., NCAS, Washington, DC; and T. Adams and E. Joseph

S216

Analysis of Frequency and Impacts of Storm Events and Service Assessments to Inform the National Weather Service (NWS) Operations and Workforce Analysis (OWA)

Jala M. Morrow, NOAA/NWS, Vicksburg, MS; and J. E. Ten Hoeve III

S217

Heart Attack Snow

Nathan A. Halm, Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, IL; and E. T. Dhanens and W. S. Ashley

S218

Communication Uncertainty of Winter Weather Forecasts to the Public through Social Media

Scott B. Sincoff, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS; and K. Sherman-Morris

S219

Geoscience Literacy and Public Policy in Oregon

Sydney E.P. Brahmavar, Mississippi State University, Portland, Oregon

S220

A Case Study of the April 29-30th Rainfall Event Along the Gulf Coast

Austin G. Clark, South Alabama Chapter of the American Meteorological Society, Mobile, AL

Annual Colour of Weather (CoWx) Networking Reception: ”Bridging the Gap by Building Diverse Relationships"

Location: Jefferson Ballroom (Hilton Riverside)

CoRiolis Reception

Location: Versailles Ballroom (Hilton Riverside)

Early Career Professionals Reception

Location: Napoleon Ballroom (Hilton Riverside)

Registration Continues through January 13

Location: Hall D pre-function ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Daily Weather Briefing

Location: Room 348/349 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Poster Hall Open

Location: Hall E ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Plenary Session 1

2016 Presidential Forum: Serving Society in Times of Crisis: Past, Present and Future

Location: La Nouvelle B-C ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Moderator: Maureen McCann, News 13

Panelists: Admiral Thad Allen, United States Coast Guard (ret), Executive Vice President Booz Allen Hamilton; Kerry Emanuel, MIT; Shirley Laska, University of New Orleans; Max Mayfield, WPLG-TV/Former NOAA/National Hurricane Center Director

This year’s Presidential Forum reflects upon the American Meteorological Society (AMS) annual meeting theme, "Earth System Science in Service to Society" that provides participants a better understanding of living through extreme events. Our society continues to experience the effects of more and more extreme events like hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, and drought, some as a result of our changing climate and others as a result of our expanding population. The AMS needs to continue to address lessons learned, and more importantly, identify what future actions it will take to help mitigate the impact of these devastating life-changing events. To highlight this, we’ve invited an outstanding panel of speakers – Admiral Thad Allen, United States Coast Guard (ret), Executive Vice President Booz Allen Hamilton; Max Mayfield, Director, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/National Hurricane Center (ret); Dr. Kerry Emanuel, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; and Dr. Shirley Laska, Professor Emerita, and founding past Director of the Center for Hazards Assessment, Response and Technology, University of New Orleans. Moderator Maureen McCann, News 13 Orlando, will lead a discussion of the panelists' personal experiences during Hurricane Katrina and Deepwater Horizon. The panel will also address AMS’s current activities that encompass research and forecasting of events and inspire our members to embrace a renewed sense of purpose as they direct our Society in the coming years.

9:00 AM

Presidential Forum on Serving Society in Times of Crisis: Past, Present and Future

Recorded Presentation

9:05 AM

Opening Remarks (by AMS President Alexander E. “Sandy” MacDonald)

9:15 AM

Introduction of Moderator McCann (MacDonald)

9:16 AM

Introduction of Speakers (McCann)

9:20 AM

Opening Remarks of Speakers

10:05 AM

Q&A

10:30 AM

Concluding Remarks

Spouses' Coffee

Location: Kabacoff (Hilton Riverside)

Coffee Break

Location: La Nouvelle Foyer ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Space Weather Coffee Break—Sponsored by Ball Aerospace

Location: Room 352 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Session 1

Advancements and Needs in Dispersion Modeling-Part I

Location: Room 243 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Host: 19th Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA

Chair: Paul Bieringer, Aeris

11:00 AM

Welcoming Remarks

11:15 AM

1.1

Evaluation of a GPU-Based Large-Eddy Simulation for Dispersion in the Atmospheric Boundary Layer

Jeffrey C. Weil, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and H. J. J. Jonker and D. F. Steinhoff

Recorded Presentation

11:30 AM

1.3

Modeling dispersion in a street network for emergency response scenarios: the DIPLOS project

Denise Hertwig, University of Reading, Reading, Berkshire, United Kingdom; and O. Coceal, V. Fuka, Z. T. Xie, T. G. Thomas, I. Castro, M. Carpentieri, P. Hayden, and A. Robins

Joint Session 1

Advancing and Leveraging Research into Operations, and Operations Feedback into Research Between and Among International Partners

Location: Room 244 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Hosts: (Joint between the Special Sessions on US-International Partnerships; the Fourth Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise; and the Sixth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations )

Cochairs: Kenneth Carey, Earth Resources Technology, Inc.; John Pereira, NOAA/NESDIS

11:00 AM

J1.1

Collaborative Efforts between the U.S. and U.K. to Advance Prediction of High Impact Weather

John S. Kain, NSSL, Norman, OK; and S. M. Willington, A. J. Clark, M. C. Coniglio, I. L. Jirak, S. J. Weiss, C. D. Karstens, K. H. Knopfmeier, M. Weeks, J. M. Wilkinson, N. Roberts, and H. Lean

Recorded Presentation

11:15 AM

J1.2

Evaluation of High Resolution Unified Model Configurations at the Hazardous Weather Testbed

Steven M. Willington, Met Office, Exeter, United Kingdom; and M. Weeks, J. M. Wilkinson, L. M. Gilchrist, D. Suri, H. W. Lean, N. Roberts, J. S. Kain, A. J. Clark, M. Coniglio, I. L. Jirak, S. J. Weiss, C. D. Karstens, K. H. Knopfmeier, and K. Hanley

Recorded Presentation

11:30 AM

J1.3

Transitioning the NASA GPM Data to NOAA Operations

Chandra R. Kondragunta, NOAA/OAR, Silver Spring, MD; and R. Ferraro, L. Zhao, and M. W. Johnson

Recorded Presentation

11:45 AM

J1.4

Polarimetric Radar and Surface Data Assimilation Using a Nested-LETKF System and an Ensemble-based Sensitivity Analysis for the Tornadic Supercell on 6 May 2012

Sho Yokota, MRI, Tsukuba, Japan; and H. Seko, M. Kunii, H. Yamauchi, and H. Niino

Recorded Presentation

Session 1

Building a Weather-Ready Nation Kickoff

Location: Room 255/257 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Host: Fourth 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.; Dave Jones, StormCenter Communications, Inc.; Jennifer Sprague, NOAA/NWS

11:00 AM

NOAA/NWS New Orleans WFO Meteorologist-in-Charge - Keynote Speaker: Ken Graham

Recorded Presentation

11:15 AM

1.1

10 Years After Katrina: Achievements, Opportunities, and Challenges for the Weather Enterprise

Thomas A. Birkland, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC

Recorded Presentation

11:30 AM

1.2

Building a Weather Ready Nation: External Engagement and Effective Communication

Macy E. Howarth, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY; and D. Hilderbrand

Recorded Presentation

11:45 AM

1.3

The Evolving Role of the Operations Proving Ground in the National Weather Service Research-to-Operations Process

Kim J. Runk, NOAA/NWS, Kansas City, MO; and C. M. Gravelle, K. L. Crandall, and D. W. Snyder

Recorded Presentation

Session 1

Celebrating 25 years of the AMS Symposium on Education

Location: Room 353 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Host: 25th Symposium on Education

Cochairs: Donna J. Charlevoix, UNAVCO; Diane M. Stanitski, NOAA ESRL Global Monitoring Division

11:00 AM

Opening Remarks from AMS President - Alexander MacDonald, NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO

Recorded Presentation

11:15 AM

1.2

25th Anniversary of the AMS Symposium on Education: A Community Response to Promoting Education for the Atmospheric and Oceanographic Sciences

David R. Smith, American Meteorological Society, Washington, DC

Recorded Presentation

11:45 AM

1.3

The Education Symposium at 25: Where do we go from here?

Rajul E. Pandya, American Geophysical Union, Boulder, CO

Recorded Presentation

Session 1

Crowdsourcing Data and Data Portals

Location: Room 348/349 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Host: 32nd Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies

Cochairs: Nazila Merati, Merati and Associates; Ken R. Waters, NOAA/NWS

11:00 AM

1.1

The Weather Observations Website (WOW) And The Future For Environmental Observations

Simon J. Gilbert, Met Office, UK, Exeter, United Kingdom

Recorded Presentation

11:15 AM

1.2

Crowdsourcing large-scale environmental data recovery

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

Recorded Presentation

11:30 AM

1.3

Assessment of Social Media Usage during Hurricane Sandy and the Development of a Twitter-based, Web Application for Real-time Communication of Storm-related Information

John Francis Edwards, Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS; and S. Mohanty, P. Fitzpatrick, and D. Martin

Recorded Presentation

11:45 AM

1.4

ASSESSING THE SKILL OF UPDATED PRECIPITATION TYPE DIAGNOSTICS FOR RAPID REFRESH WITH mPING

Tomer Burg, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma and NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and K. L. Elmore and H. Grams

Recorded Presentation

Session 1

Current Challenges of Aerosol-cloud Interactions in Regional and Global Climate Models

Location: Room 357 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Host: Eighth Symposium on Aerosol–Cloud–Climate Interactions

Chair: Andrew Gettelman, NCAR

Cochairs: Ruby Leung, PNNL; Yi Ming, GFDL

1.1

Assessing Aerosol-cloud Interactions at Global Scale Using Climate Models and Satellite Observations (Invited Presentation)

11:00 AM

1.1A

What Controls the Low Ice Number Concentration in the Upper Tropical Troposphere?

Cheng Zhou, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; and J. E. Penner, G. Lin, X. Liu, and M. Wang

11:15 AM

1.2

Exploring Links Between Biomass Burning Smoke and Tornado Likelihood: from Regional to Large-eddy Scale Simulations (Invited Presentation)

Pablo E. Saide, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and G. Thompson, T. Eidhammer, A. Da Silva, B. Pierce, and G. Carmichael

11:30 AM

1.3

On the Characteristics of Aerosol Indirect Effect Based on Dynamic Regimes in Global Climate Models

Shipeng Zhang, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China; and M. Wang, S. Ghan, A. Ding, H. Wang, K. Zhang, D. Neubauer, U. Lohmann, S. Ferrachat, T. Takeamura, A. Gettelman, H. Morrison, Y. Lee, D. T. Shindell, D. G. Partridge, P. Stier, Z. Kipling, and C. Fu

Recorded Presentation

11:45 AM

1.4A

Response of Indian Summer Monsoon to Middle East Dust in WRF-chem: Sensitivity to Dust Absorbing Properties and Initial Conditions

Qinjian Jin, The University of Texas, Austin, TX; and Z. L. Yang and J. Wei

Recorded Presentation

1.4

Aerosol Effects on Global Convective Precipitation in the Ncar Cam5

Joint Session 1

Drought Analysis and Prediction, Part I

Location: Room 240/241 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Hosts: (Joint between the 30th Conference on Hydrology; and the 28th Conference on Climate Variability and Change )

Cochairs: Joshua Roundy, University of Kansas; Eric F. Wood, Princeton University

11:00 AM

J1.1

Seasonal Scale Water Deficit Forecasting in East Africa and the Middle East Region Using the NMME Models Forecasts

Shraddhanand Shukla, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA; and C. C. Funk, B. F. Zaitchik, B. Narapusetty, K. R. Arsenault, and C. Peters-Lidard

11:15 AM

J1.2

Identifying the drivers of drought onset and cessation

Danielle C. Verdon-Kidd, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia; and B. R. Scanlon, T. Ren, and D. N. Fernando

Recorded Presentation

11:30 AM

J1.3

Can large scale sea ice cover changes affect precipitation patterns over California?

Ivana Cvijanovic, LLNL, Livermore, CA; and C. Bonfils, D. D. Lucas, B. D. Santer, and J. C. H. Chiang

Recorded Presentation

11:45 AM

J1.4

The Role of Stationary Rossby Waves in the Subseasonal Development of Drought over North America and Northern Eurasia

Hailan Wang, NASA, Hampton, VA; and S. D. Schubert and R. D. Koster

Recorded Presentation

Session 1

Evolving the Global Observing System

Location: Room 345 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Host: 20th 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

The NESDIS Role in Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems (Invited Presentation)

Stephen M. Volz, NOAA/NESDIS, Silver Spring, MD

Recorded Presentation

11:30 AM

1.2

Future Advances in Observing System Simulation Experiments

Ross N. Hoffman, NOAA/AOML, Miami, FL; and R. Atlas

Recorded Presentation

Handout (6.0 MB)

1.3

The Increasing Benefit to NWP from Higher Resolution Earth Observations from Space

Session 1

Future directions for the Federal Agencies, Part I

Location: Room 352 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Host: 13th Conference on Space Weather

Cochairs: Robert P. McCoy, Univ. of Alaska; Genene Fisher, NOAA/NWS

11:00 AM

1.1

NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Update

Thomas Berger, NOAA, Boulder, CO

Recorded Presentation

11:15 AM

1.2

U.S. Department of Defense Space Weather Services

Ralph O. Stoffler, US Air Force, Washington, DC

Recorded Presentation

11:30 AM

1.3

NASA Heliophysics & Space Weather Science

Steven Clarke, NASA HQ, Washington, DC

Recorded Presentation

11:45 AM

1.4

Space Weather Research at the National Science Foundation

Janet U. Kozyra, NSF, Arlington, VA

Recorded Presentation

Session 1

Hot Topics in Climate

Location: La Nouvelle A ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Host: 28th Conference on Climate Variability and Change

Chair: Daniel J. Vimont, University of Wisconsin - Madison

11:00 AM

1.1

The Obama–Xi Accord: A Need for Further Action

Ross J. Salawitch, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and W. Tribett, A. Hope, and T. Canty

Recorded Presentation

11:15 AM

1.2

The U.S. and Global Climate Conditions of 2015 in Historical Perspective

Jake Crouch, NOAA/NESDIS/National Centers for Environmental Information, Asheville, NC; and D. S. Arndt, K. Gleason, R. R. Heim Jr., A. Sanchez-Lugo, and J. Blunden

Recorded Presentation

11:30 AM

1.3

How Long Could the Current Hiatus in Global Warming Last?

Thomas R. Knutson, NOAA/GFDL, Princeton, NJ; and R. Zhang and L. W. Horowitz

Recorded Presentation

11:45 AM

1.4

Inevitable End-Of-Century Loss of Spring Snowpack over California's Sierra Nevada

Fengpeng Sun, University of California, Los Angeles, CA; and A. Hall, N. E. Berg, D. B. Walton, and M. Schwartz

Recorded Presentation

Themed Joint Session 1

Improving Communication of Threats to the Public

Location: Room 333-334 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Hosts: (Joint between the 11th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the Fourth Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise; and the AMS Board of Broadcast Meteorology )

Cochairs: Kathleen Sherman-Morris, Mississippi State University; Maureen McCann, News 13; Rob Eicher, WHDH

11:00 AM

TJ1.1

Designing an Arrival of TS Force Winds Graphic: An Interactive Session

Betty Hearn Morrow, SocResearch Miami and ERG, Miami, FL; and R. Berg

Recorded Presentation

11:15 AM

TJ1.2

Partnering for Safety: Enabling Alerting Authorities to Reach Affected Citizens Before, During and After Events

Jason L. Geer, The Weather Company, Atlanta, GA

Recorded Presentation

Handout (2.0 MB)

11:30 AM

TJ1.3

Evolution of Storm Prediction Center Communication in the Social Media Era

Patrick T. Marsh, NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center, Norman, OK; and S. A. Erickson, R. S. Schneider, W. F. Bunting, J. Correia Jr., S. A. Jasko, K. E. Klockow, K. Pirtle, G. W. Carbin, J. T. Ferree, C. M. Mead, and J. Liang

Recorded Presentation

11:45 AM

Discussion

Panel Discussion 1

Leveraging Financial Tools for Weather Risk Transfer in Energy

Location: Room 346/347 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Host: Seventh Conference on Weather, Climate, Water and the New Energy Economy

Moderators: Thomas Duncan, U.S. Bank; Josh Gugel, Pennsylvania State University

Panelists: Heidi Centola, Schneider Electric; Anjelina Belakovskaia, Univ. of Arizona; Kevin Stenson, MeteoGroup

Joint Session 1

Megacity Air Pollution

Location: Room 231/232 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Hosts: (Joint between the Mario J. Molina Symposium; and the 18th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry )

Chair: William Brune, Pennsylvania State University

CoChair: Misty levy, Texas A&M University

11:00 AM

J1.1

Real-time Mobile Lab Characterization of Urban Ambient Air Quality and Pollutant Emission Sources (Invited Keynote Presentation)

C. E. Kolb, Aerodyne Research Inc., Billerica, MA; and T. I. Yacovitch, J. R. Roscioli, G. R. Magoon, and S. C. Herndon

Recorded Presentation

11:15 AM

J1.2

Globalizing the United States Air Quality Success Story

William Brune, Penn State University, University Park, PA

Recorded Presentation

11:30 AM

J1.3

Reduction in Local Ozone Levels in Urban SãO Paulo Due to a Shift from Ethanol to Gasoline Use (Invited Presentation)

Franz Geiger, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL

Recorded Presentation

11:45 AM

J1.4

Elucidating Severe Urban Haze Formation in Beijing

Misti Levy Zamora, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and R. Zhang, S. Guo, and M. Hu

Recorded Presentation

Session 1

Network Design

Location: Room 350/351 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Host: 18th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation

Chair: Sytske Kimball, University of South Alabama

11:00 AM

1.1

Hail, Wind, Ground-Truth, and What We Can Learn

Eric Hewitt, Understory Weather, Somerville, MA; and N. Homeier, A. Kubicek, and A. Jacobs

Recorded Presentation

11:15 AM

1.2

Capabilities and Benefits of Coherent Doppler LIDARs for Future Weather Observing Networks

Ludovic Thobois, LEOSPHERE, Orsay, France; and J. P. Cariou, R. Krishnamurthy, R. Parmentier, and P. Drewniak

11:30 AM

1.3

Army Research Lab's Meteorological Sensor Array

Robb M. Randall, Army Research Lab, White Sands Missle Range, NM; and B. MacCall, J. Smith, and B. Carl

Recorded Presentation

11:45 AM

1.4

Crowd-Sourcing the Storm: A New Approach for Obtaining and Collating Scientific Tornado Observations

John T. Allen, Columbia University/IRI, Palisades, NY; and A. Seimon, T. Seimon, and S. Talbot

Recorded Presentation

Session 1

Numerical Modeling and Air-Sea Interactions with the MJO

Location: Room 338/339 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Host: Fourth Symposium on Prediction of the Madden-Julian Oscillation: Processes, Prediction and Impact

Cochairs: Matthew Janiga, NRL; James A. Ridout, NRL

11:00 AM

1.1

Ocean Feedbacks and Atmospheric Precursor Signals Associated with Eastward-propagating and Eastward-decaying Tropical Intraseasonal Convection (Invited Presentation)

Charlotte DeMott, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO

Recorded Presentation

11:15 AM

1.2

Breaking Down the MJOs Produced by NICAM (Invited Presentation)

Tomoki Miyakawa, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Japan

11:30 AM

1.3

Cloud-Resolving Model Sensitivity Studies of MJO Events during DYNAMO

Wei-Kuo Tao, NASA, Greenbelt, MD; and X. Li, S. Y. Kim, and M. I. Lee

Recorded Presentation

11:45 AM

1.4

Convection-permitting Model Simulations of the Processes Controlling the Diurnal Cycle Over the Maritime Continent During Different MJO Phases

Todd P. Lane, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; and C. L. Vincent

Recorded Presentation

Session 1

Python in the Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

Location: Room 225 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Host: Sixth Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using Python

Chair: Johnny Wei-Bing Lin

11:00 AM

1.1

The Language, Libraries and Culture of Python in Meteorology (Core Science Keynote)

Jonathan Helmus, ANL, Argonne, IL

Recorded Presentation
Audio File

Handout (3.2 MB)

Session 1

Regional Climate Services

Location: Room 245 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Host: 22nd Conference on Applied Climatology

Chair: Barbara E. Mayes Boustead, NOAA/NWS

1.1

Climate Services of Opportunity for the Missouri Basin

11:15 AM

1.2A

New Tools Available through the National Integrated Drought Information System's U.S. Drought Portal

Michael J. Brewer, NOAA/NESDIS/National Centers for Environmental Information, Asheville, NC; and O. Olsina, A. Fotos, P. Cogbill, J. Adams, and K. Bogan

Recorded Presentation

11:30 AM

1.3

Communicating Climate Science to Inform Natural Resource Management Decisions among Native American Communities in the Missouri River Basin

Crystal J. Stiles, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE; and N. A. Umphlett, M. D. Shulski, M. D. Svoboda, and D. R. Kluck

Recorded Presentation

How Does Regional Climate Collaboration Work? An Example From the Missouri River Basin

11:45 AM

1.4

Climate Services in Community and Sector-Specific Engagement in the Great Lakes: Localization of Climate Information and Barriers in Partnerships

William Baule, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; and L. Briley, D. Brown, E. Gibbons, S. Kalafatis, M. C. Lemos, and J. Andresen

Recorded Presentation

Session 1

Statistical Products for Weather Services – Part 1

Location: Room 226/227 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Host: 23rd Conference on Probability and Statistics in the Atmospheric Sciences

Chair: Eric Gilleland, NCAR

11:00 AM

1.1

Improved Aviation Forecast Guidance with a LAMP/HRRR Meld

Bob Glahn, NOAA/NWS/Meteorological Development Laboratory, Silver Spring, MD; and A. D. Schnapp, J. E. Ghirardelli, and J. S. Im

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (1.0 MB)

11:15 AM

1.2

LAMP Convection Probability and "Potential" Guidance: An Experimental Hi-res Upgrade

Jerome P. Charba, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and F. G. Samplatsky, A. J. Kochenash, P. E. Shafer, and J. E. Ghirardelli

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (1.7 MB)

11:30 AM

1.3

The National Blend of Global Models, Version One

Kathryn K. Gilbert, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/Weather Prediction Center, College Park, MD; and D. T. Myrick, J. P. Craven, J. P. Gagan, T. M. Hamill, D. R. Novak, D. P. Ruth, J. Settelmaier, J. E. Sieveking, and B. Veenhuis Jr.

Recorded Presentation

11:45 AM

1.4

Development of a New NAM-based MOS Precipitation Type System

Phillip E. Shafer, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and M. S. Antolik

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (467.2 kB)

Session 1

Synoptic-scale Ensemble Forecasting and Uncertainty Analysis in the Coastal Zone (Including Meteorology, Physical Oceanography and Ecology): Part I

Location: Room 342 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Host: 14th Symposium on the Coastal Environment

Cochairs: Michael J. DeFlorio, SIO/Univ. Of California; Patrick J. Fitzpatrick, Mississippi State Univ.

11:00 AM

1.1

Bias Correction of 10m Wind Forecasts near a Coastal Estuary in East Central Florida

Bryan P. Holman, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL; and S. M. Lazarus, M. Splitt, J. Colvin, R. J. Weaver, P. Taeb, and A. Saberi

Recorded Presentation

11:15 AM

1.2

Development of Operational Unstructured Model Storm Surge Guidance: Demonstration of Skill for Katrina

Sergey Vinogradov, ERT, Inc., Laurel, MD; and J. C. Feyen, Y. Funakoshi, and L. Kuang

Recorded Presentation

11:30 AM

1.3

Towards Ensemble Based Flood Forecasting

Alan Blumberg, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ; and I. Florescu, A. Yakubovskiy, P. Orton, Z. Ye, N. Georgas, P. Ludlow, J. Doyle, P. A. Reinecke, and J. Pullen

Recorded Presentation

11:45 AM

1.4

Forecasting Wind Set-up in a Coastal Estuary

Jeff Colvin, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL; and S. M. Lazarus, M. Splitt, and B. P. Holman

Recorded Presentation

Joint Session 1

Weather Observing Systems Via Airborne Platforms

Location: Room 355 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Hosts: (Joint between the 32nd Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; and the Fifth Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology Special Symposium )

Cochairs: Steve Abelman, FAA; Randall Bass, FAA

11:00 AM

J1.1

High Ice Water Content and Airborne Temperature Measurement Anomalies in Tropical Convection

Julie A. Haggerty, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. B. Jensen and K. E. Schick

Recorded Presentation

J1.2

Operational Experience and Applications Research with Aircraft Based Observations from the Water Vapor Sensing System, WVSS-II

11:15 AM

J1.2A

The Correlation of Aircraft Reported Relative Humidity to Ceiling Heights at Selected Hub Airports in the United States

Richard D. Mamrosh, NOAA/NWS, Green Bay, WI; and E. S. Brusky and S. Luchs

Recorded Presentation

11:30 AM

J1.3

Advances in Detection of High Ice Concentrations and Supercooled Drizzle from Commercial Aircraft

Darrel Baumgardner, Droplet Measurement Technologies, Boulder, CO; and M. Freer and A. Durant

Recorded Presentation

11:45 AM

J1.4

The ASAPS Weather Observing System for Remotely Piloted Aircraft

Brian D. Griffith, PEMDAS Technologies & Innovations, Monument, CO; and M. L. Gauthier

Themed Joint Session 2

Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Quantifying Uncertainties in Measurements and Models and Resultant Climate Impacts I

Location: Room 356 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Hosts: (Joint between the 18th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the 28th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 19th Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA; and the 22nd Conference on Applied Climatology )

Cochairs: Abhishek Chatterjee, USRA; A. Scott Denning, Colorado State University

11:00 AM

TJ2.1

Developing a Carbon Observing System

Berrien Moore III, National Weather Center/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK

Recorded Presentation

11:15 AM

TJ2.2

Long Term Monitoring of Greenhouse Gases at NOAA—a Fifty-plus Year Record (Invited Presentation)

James H. Butler, NOAA, Boulder, CO

Recorded Presentation

11:30 AM

TJ2.3

Preliminary Results from the First Year of Operations of the Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2) (Invited Presentation)

David Crisp, JPL, Pasadena, CA

Recorded Presentation

11:45 AM

TJ2.4

Empirically Constrained Estimates of Alaskan Regional Net Ecosystem Exchange of CO₂, 2012-2014

Jakob Lindaas, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA; and R. Commane, J. Benmergui, K. Luus, R. Y. W. Chang, C. E. Miller, J. M. Henderson, A. Karion, C. Sweeney, E. S. Euskirchen, D. Zona, W. C. Oechel, M. Ueyama, H. Iwata, Y. Harazono, J. C. Lin, B. C. Daube, J. V. Pittman, and S. C. Wofsy

Recorded Presentation

Joint Session 2

Land Model Benchmarking: Benchmarking, Verification and Validation in Terrestrial Hydrology, Part I

Location: Room 242 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Hosts: (Joint between the 30th Conference on Hydrology; and the 23rd Conference on Probability and Statistics in the Atmospheric Sciences )

Chair: Sujay V. Kumar, SAIC at NASA/GSFC

11:00 AM

J2.1

What is Benchmarking and How does it Relate to PLUMBING

Martin Best, UKMO, Exeter, United Kingdom; and G. Abramowitz, A. Pitman, and S. V. Kumar

Recorded Presentation

11:15 AM

J2.2

The Plumbing of Land Surface Models: Why are Models Performing so Poorly?

Ned Haughton, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; and G. Abramowitz, A. Pitman, and M. Best

Recorded Presentation

11:30 AM

J2.3

Why are the PLUMBER Results so Terrible? A Diagnostic Evaluation of the Errors in Land Surface Model Simulations Across FLUXNET Sites

Martyn Clark, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and B. Nijssen, N. Haughton, and G. Abramowitz

11:45 AM

J2.4

Benchmarking NLDAS-2 Soil Moisture and Evapotranspiration to Separate Uncertainty Contributions

Grey S. Nearing, NASA, Greenbelt, MD; and D. Mocko, C. Peters-Lidard, Y. Xia, and S. Kumar

Recorded Presentation

Themed Joint Session 3

High Impact Weather: Analysis, Prediction, and Interaction with Climate Changes: Part 1

Location: Room 238/239 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Hosts: (Joint between the 28th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 22nd Conference on Applied Climatology; and the Fourth AMS Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation (JCSDA) )

Chair: Dr. Richard Clark, Millersville Univ.

11:00 AM

TJ3.1

The Multi-dimensional Nature of the Impact of Severe Heat Waves

Michael F. Wehner, LBNL, Berkeley, CA; and D. Stone and F. Castillo

Recorded Presentation

11:15 AM

TJ3.2

Towards a Better Prediction and Mitigation of Heat Waves in Urban India

Violeta Toma, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA; and P. Webster, M. T. Jelinek, J. Belanger, and J. A. Curry

Recorded Presentation

11:30 AM

TJ3.4

The May 2015 Texas Floods vs. Strengthened El Niño Teleconnection

Shih-Yu (Simon) Wang, Utah State University, Logan, UT; and W. R. Huang, H. H. Hsu, and R. Gillies

Recorded Presentation

11:45 AM

TJ3.4

Atmospherical Environment of Extreme Wet and Dry Spells in West Africa

Christophe Lavaysse, European Commission, Ispra, Italy; and J. Vogt, J. Thielen, and P. Barbosa

Recorded Presentation

Themed Joint Session 4

Urban Studies that Support the Understanding of Urban Growth and Climate Variability Impacts on Health, Adaptation, and Resilience—Part I

Location: Room 228/229 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Hosts: (Joint between the Seventh Conference on Environment and Health; the 28th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 22nd Conference on Applied Climatology; and the Fourth Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation’s Readiness, Responsiveness, and Resilience to High Impact Weather Events )

Speaker: Karen DeSalvo, National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), Acting Assistant Secretary for Health

Chair: John Balbus, National Institute of Health

11:00 AM

Panel

11:15 AM

Themed Joint Session 4 - Urban Studies that Support the Understanding of Urban Growth and Climate Variability Impacts on Health, Adaptation, and Resilience—Part I

Recorded Presentation

11:30 AM

Urban Health, Resiliency, and Adaptation: What We Learned from Katrina (Invited Presentation)

Session 1

AI for Climate Informatics and Extreme Weather

Location: Room 354 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Host: 14th Conference on Artificial and Computational Intelligence and its Applications to the Environmental Sciences

Chair: Caren Marzban, University of Washington

11:30 AM

1.1

Compositing Parameterization Ensemble Simulations of Static Stability in East Coast Winter Storms Using Kernel Principal Component Analysis

Andrew Edward Mercer, Mississippi State Univ., Mississippi State, MS; and J. Dyer and S. Zhang

Recorded Presentation

11:45 AM

1.2

Using AI Techniques to Define the Roles of Temperature and Precipitation Anomalies in the Recent California Drought

Michael B. Richman, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and L. M. Leslie

Recorded Presentation

Celebrating 25 years of the AMS Symposium on Education

Location: Room 353 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Lunch Break

Presidential Town Hall Meeting: An Informal Discussion with Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker

Location: La Nouvelle C ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Hosts: (Joint between the Town Hall Meetings; and the 2016 Presidential Forum )

Speaker: Penny Pritzker, U.S Department of Commerce

12:15 PM

Panel

12:30 PM

Panel

12:45 PM

Presidential Town Hall - An informal discussion with Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker

Recorded Presentation

Town Hall Meeting: Weather Ready Nations (WRNs)

Location: Room 255/257 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Host: Town Hall Meetings

12:15 PM

Introduction -- Viviane Silva

Recorded Presentation

12:15 PM

Mary Power

Recorded Presentation

12:15 PM

Diane Campbell

Recorded Presentation

12:15 PM

Rebecca Hemingway

Recorded Presentation

12:15 PM

Sezin Tokar

Recorded Presentation

Town Hall Meeting: “Outside the Box” Skillsets for Staying Relevant and Landing the Next Job

Location: Room 244 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Host: Town Hall Meetings

Panelists: Richard D. Knabb, NOAA/NWS/NHC; Mike Wolfinbarger, Weather Decision Technologies, Inc.; Susan A. Jasko, California Univ. of Pennsylvania; Douglas Hilderbrand, NOAA/NWS; David Novak, Weather Prediction Center

12:15 PM

Jared Rennie

Daily Weather Briefing

Location: Room 348/349 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Session 2

AI Techniques Applied to Environmental Science Part I

Location: Room 354 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Host: 14th Conference on Artificial and Computational Intelligence and its Applications to the Environmental Sciences

Chair: John K. Williams, The Weather Company, an IBM Business

1:30 PM

2.1

Using Neural Networks to Fill Gaps in Satellite Measurements

Vladimir M. Krasnopolsky, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, College Park, MD; and S. Nadiga, A. Mehra, E. Bayler, and D. Behringer

Recorded Presentation

1:45 PM

2.2

Global Monitoring of Inland Surface Water Dynamics using Remote Sensing Data

Anuj Karpatne, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN; and A. Khandelwal, X. C. Chen, V. Mithal, and V. Kumar

Recorded Presentation

2:00 PM

2.3

Verification of the Spatial Structure of Gridded Forecasts

Caren Marzban, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and C. jones, N. Li, and S. Sandgathe

Recorded Presentation

Handout (4.0 MB)

Session 1

Communicating Weather and Climate Information, Risks and Uncertainty: Research and Applications

Location: Room 333-334 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Host: 11th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice

Chair: Renee McPherson, University of Oklahoma

1:30 PM

1.1

Sticky Questions and Endless Debates: Integrating Social and Behavioral Science into Meteorological Research and Practices

Zainab Ali, NOAA, Greensboro, NC; and K. E. Klockow

Recorded Presentation

1:45 PM

1.2

What's in a #Name? An Experimental Study Examining Perceived Credibility and Impact of Winter Storm Names

Adam M. Rainear, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT; and K. A. Lachlan and C. A. Lin

Recorded Presentation

2:00 PM

1.3

Applications of the Term "Pulse” as a Thunderstorm Mode Descriptor

Paul W. Miller, University of Georgia, Athens, GA; and T. L. Mote

2:15 PM

1.4

Communicating Geographic Information in Severe Weather Warnings

Matthew J. Taraldsen, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma and NOAA/NWS/WDTD, Norman, OK; and D. Morris and G. M. Schoor

Recorded Presentation

Joint Session 1

Methods for Identifying the MJO

Location: Room 338/339 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Hosts: (Joint between the Fourth Symposium on Prediction of the Madden-Julian Oscillation: Processes, Prediction and Impact; and the Seventh Conference on Weather, Climate, Water and the New Energy Economy )

Cochairs: Ping Liu, SUNY; Carl J. Schreck III, CICS/North Carolina State University

1:30 PM

J1.1

The MJO Skeleton Model: Stochastic Dynamics, Comparison with Observations, and Development of New MJO Indices (Invited Presentation)

Samuel N. Stechmann, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and H. R. Ogrosky and A. J. Majda

Recorded Presentation

1:45 PM

J1.2

Was there a December MJO during DYNAMO? (Invited Presentation)

Katherine H. Straub, Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, PA; and S. Sullivan

Recorded Presentation

2:00 PM

J1.3

Observations of Convective Organization by the MJO

George N. Kiladis, NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and J. Dias and K. Kikuchi

Recorded Presentation

2:15 PM

J1.4

The Evolution of the MJO as Revealed by Multivariate Principal Oscillation Analysis

Leslie M. Hartten, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado and NOAA/ESRL/Physical Sciences Division, Boulder, CO; and C. Penland and R. M. Vargas

Recorded Presentation

1

Perspective and Plans for Future Observing Systems in Earth System Science

Location: Room 252/254 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Hosts: (Joint between the 12th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the Fourth AMS Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation (JCSDA); the 20th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS); and the Sixth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations )

Moderator: Bill Baker, Tempus Global Data, Inc.

Panelists: Faisal Hossain, University of Washington; Tsengdar Lee, NASA; Paul A. Rosen, JPL; Jeffrey G. Masek, NASA/GSFC; Ralph O. Stoffler, U.S. Air Force

PD1.1

A Hybrid Backward-Forward Iterative Model for Improving Capacity Building of Earth Observations for Sustainable Societal Application in Developing Countries (Invited Presentation)

Faisal Hossain, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and N. Iqbal and H. Lee

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (76.0 kB)

PD1.2

Scientific Challenges and Opportunities in the NASA Weather Focus Area (Invited Presentation)

Tsengdar Lee, NASA, Washington, DC; and X. Zeng

Recorded Presentation

PD1.3

The NASA-ISRO SAR Mission: An International Partnership for Science and Society (Invited Presentation)

Paul A. Rosen, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and R. Kumar

Recorded Presentation

Handout (6.0 MB)

PD1.4

Landsat: Toward a Half-Century of Land Monitoring (Invited Presentation)

Jeffrey G. Masek, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and J. Dwyer

Recorded Presentation

PD1.5

The Future of DoD Space Based Environmental Monitoring (Invited Presentation)

Ralph O. Stoffler, U.S. Air Force, Washington, DC

Recorded Presentation

PD1.6

Panel Discussion

Panel Discussion 1

Snapshot of the Federal Policy Landscape

Location: Room 335/336 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Host: 11th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice

Moderator: Yael Seid-Green, American Meteorological Society

Panelists: Shalini Mohleji, NOAA; Roger Wakimoto, NSF; Laurie Chong, AMS Congressional Science Fellow

Session 1

Solar Forecasting: Energy Application Part 1

Location: Room 346/347 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Host: Seventh Conference on Weather, Climate, Water and the New Energy Economy

Chair: Subhashree Mishra, DOE

1:30 PM

1.1

Progress Toward Improved Solar Forecasts in Hourly Updated RAP and HRRR Forecasts

Stan Benjamin, NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and E. James, J. Kenyon, J. B. Olson, C. Alexander, and M. Marquis

Recorded Presentation

1:45 PM

1.2

Nowcasting Case Studies with SunCast

Jared A. Lee, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and S. E. Haupt, P. A. Jimenez, T. C. McCandless, M. A. Rogers, S. D. Miller, and X. Zhong

Recorded Presentation

2:00 PM

1.3

Accounting for the Effects of Unresolved Clouds in the Shortwave Irradiance Forecast of the WRF-Solar Model to Improve Solar Power Forecasts

P. Jimenez, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and S. Alessandrini, S. E. Haupt, and A. Deng

Recorded Presentation

2:15 PM

1.4

Using Diurnal Temperature Range to Examine the Climatology of Solar Energy Potential

Colton Zercher, Lyndon State College, Lyndonville, VT; and S. Y. Murphy, J. Hanrahan, and J. C. Shafer

Recorded Presentation

Lecture 1

Walter Orr Roberts Lecture

Location: La Nouvelle A ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

1:30 PM

L1.1

Understanding the Earth System through Numerical Modeling: Crossing the Disciplinary Frontiers (Invited Presentation)

V. Ramaswamy, NOAA/GFDL, Princeton, NJ

Recorded Presentation

Session 1

Welcome Session: Commission and the Weather, Water and Climate Enterprise

Location: Room 244 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Host: Fourth Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise

Keynote: Paul A. Pisano, USDOT/Federal Highway Administration

Cochairs: Christopher Strager, NOAA/NWS; Andrea Bleistein, NOAA/NWS

1:30 PM

Welcoming Remarks: CWWCE Commisioner, William P. Mahoney

1:35 PM

Keynote Address: Kenneth C. Spengler Award Winner

Recorded Presentation

2:15 PM

1.1

Highlights of the 2015 AMS Washington Forum

Shawn W. Miller, Raytheon Intelligence, Information and Services, Aurora, CO; and T. Fahy

Recorded Presentation

Handout (1.4 MB)

Session 2

Advancements and needs in dispersion modeling-Part II

Location: Room 243 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Host: 19th Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA

Chair: Luke Thomas Peffers, Florida State University

1:30 PM

2.1

Comparison of Meteorological Simulations created using Nudging, 3DVar and 4DVar with Respect to Key Meteorological Inputs for Air Quality and Dispersion Models

Andrew T. White, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and A. P. Biazar, R. T. McNider, and B. Dornblaser

Recorded Presentation

1:45 PM

2.2

Modeling the convective transport of pollutants from eastern Colorado, USA into Rocky Mountain National Park

Aaron J. Piña, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO; and R. S. Schumacher and A. S. Denning

Recorded Presentation

2:00 PM

2.3

Modeling Atmospheric Dispersion: A Comparison between hp-adaptive FEM and Local Meshless Methods

Darrell W. Pepper, University of Nevada Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV; and J. Waters

Recorded Presentation

2:15 PM

2.4

A Lagrangian Two-Particle Model for Dense Gas Dispersion Driven by LES Fields

Jeffrey C. Weil, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO

Recorded Presentation

Session 2

Evolving the NWS to Become Second to None

Location: Room 255/257 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Host: Fourth 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

1:30 PM

2.1

Update on the NWS Operations and Workforce Analysis

Joanne Swanson-Kagan, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and J. E. Ten Hoeve III, A. Bleistein, S. Pavlow, J. Morrow, and C. Draggon

Recorded Presentation

1:45 PM

2.2

Evolving the NWS with Impact-based Decision Support Services

Charlie Woodrum, NWS, Honolulu, HI; and M. Solum and J. J. Zeltwanger

Recorded Presentation

2:00 PM

2.3

Building a Weather-Ready Nation Through Social Media: Developing Trust One Tweet at a Time

Gregory Romano, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD

Recorded Presentation

2:15 PM

2.4

NCEP's Role in Building Preparedness and Resilience to High Impact Weather Events

Genene Fisher, NOAA/NWS, College Park, MD

Recorded Presentation

Session 2

Future directions for the Federal Agencies, Part II

Location: Room 352 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Host: 13th Conference on Space Weather

Chair: Geoff Crowley, Atmospheric & Space Technology Research Associates

1:30 PM

2.1

FEMA Space Weather Activities

Leviticus A. Lewis, FEMA, Washington, DC

Recorded Presentation

1:45 PM

2.2

Geomagnetic Weather: Where we are, Where we need to be

Jeffrey Love, USGS, Denver, CO; and W. Leith, C. Finn, E. J. Rigler, and A. Kelbert

Recorded Presentation

2:00 PM

2.3

Evolving Space Weather Needs Within the FAA

Karen shelton-Mur, Department of Transportation / FAA, Washington, DC

Recorded Presentation

2:15 PM

2.4

Space Environments and NASA's Engineering and Safety Center

Joseph I. Minow, NASA, Huntsville, AL

Recorded Presentation

Session 2

Kenneth Crawford Session, Part 1

Location: Room 245 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Host: 22nd Conference on Applied Climatology

Chair: Christopher A. Fiebrich, Oklahoma Climatological Survey

1:30 PM

2.1

The Colorado Agricultural Meteorological Network (CoAgMet): A Tortoise Among State Mesonets, but Making Progress

Nolan J. Doesken, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and W. A. Ryan and Z. Schwalbe

Recorded Presentation

1:45 PM

2.2

Societal Benefits of Mesonets: a New Jersey Example

David A. Robinson, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ

Recorded Presentation

2:00 PM

2.3

The Coastal and Inland Flooding Observation and Warning (CI-FLOW) Project

Kodi L. Nemunaitis-Monroe, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK

Recorded Presentation

2:15 PM

2.4

The National Mesonet Program

Curtis H. Marshall, NWS, Silver Spring, MD

Recorded Presentation

Session 2

Modeling and Teaching Modeling

Location: Room 225 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Host: Sixth Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using Python

Chair: Charles Doutriaux, LLNL

2.1

Why Python is the Ideal Language for Teaching Numerical Modeling

1:30 PM

2.2

A Python-based Parcel Model Framework for Studying Aerosol-Cloud Processes

Daniel A. Rothenberg, MIT, Cambridge, MA

Recorded Presentation

2:00 PM

2.3

Python bindings for atmospheric numerical models

Dorota Jarecka, University of Warsaw / NCAR, Boulder, CO; and S. Arabas and D. Del Vento

Recorded Presentation

2:15 PM

Each poster presenter, in order by their poster number, is provided with an opportunity to give a brief introduction to their poster presentation that will be given during the formal poster viewing following the session

Session 2

Pre-College Education Initiatives

Location: Room 353 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Host: 25th Symposium on Education

Cochairs: Jeffrey A. Yuhas, Morristown-Beard School; John Moore, AMS Board on Outreach and Precollege Education

1:30 PM

2.1

Citizen Science Education Program: Two Years Later, an Update

Victoria L. Gorman, Medford Memorial Middle School, Medford, NJ

Recorded Presentation

1:45 PM

2.2

NEW! Aerosols and Sky Color GLOBE Elementary Storybook

Sarah A. Crecelius, NASA LaRC/SSAI, Hampton, Virginia; and J. Taylor

Recorded Presentation

2.3

Lightning and Hurricane Safety Knowledge and the Effects of Education Modes on Elementary School Children

2:15 PM

2.4

Storm Lab: Teaching Kids that Air Masses Drive the Weather Using Serious Games

Andrea Balfour, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and T. Davis and A. McGovern

Recorded Presentation

Joint Session 2

Soil Dust I: Lofting and Transport, Characterization, and Interactions with Clouds and Storms

Location: Room 357 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Hosts: (Joint between the Eighth Symposium on Aerosol–Cloud–Climate Interactions; and the 18th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry )

Chair: Ottmar Moehler, Institute of Technology

Cochairs: Paquita Zuidema, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS; Paola Formenti, Universite Paris Est

1:30 PM

J2.1

Assessing the Varied Sources of Ice Nucleating Particles from Soils and Their Atmospheric Abundances

Paul J. DeMott, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and K. J. Suski, T. C. J. Hill, E. J. T. Levin, C. S. McCluskey, O. Moehler, N. Hiranuma, T. Schiebel, K. Hoehler, M. D. Petters, A. Bertram, R. Mason, C. Chou, and F. Team

Recorded Presentation

1:45 PM

J2.2

Immersion Freezing Experiments Using PM10 Filter Samples from Cape Verde

André Welti, Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, Leipzig, Germany; and S. Hartmann, E. Beaudin, N. Samtleben, P. Herenz, and F. Stratmann

2:00 PM

J2.3

Cloud Ice Formation by Arable Soil Dust Aerosol

Kristina Höhler, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany; and R. Ullrich, T. Schiebel, I. Steinke, K. Suski, E. Levin, R. Funk, P. J. DeMott, and O. Möhler

Recorded Presentation

2:15 PM

J2.4

The Importance of Soil Dust for Mixed-phase Clouds in Global Climate Models

Luisa Ickes, ETH, Zürich, Switzerland; and T. Stanelle and U. Lohmann

Session 2

State Mesonet Standards and Procedures

Location: Room 350/351 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Host: 18th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation

Chair: Alexandria McCombs, University of South Carolina

1:30 PM

2.1

The National Weather Service Ceilometer Planetary Boundary Layer Project Update

Micheal Hicks, NOAA/NWS, Sterling, VA; and D. Atkinson, B. B. Demoz, and K. C. Vermeesch

Recorded Presentation

1:45 PM

2.2

Meso-scale Equivalent Temperature in Kentucky

Keri Younger, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY; and R. Mahmood, G. Goodrich, R. A. Pielke Sr., J. D. Durkee, and X. Fan

2:00 PM

2.3

The New York State Mesonet: Siting Process and Challenges

Jerald A. Brotzge, New York State Mesonet, Albany, NY; and C. Thorncroft, E. Joseph, N. Farruggio, S. Perez, E. Kane, W. Flamholtz, S. Soroka, P. Naple, S. D. Miller, J. R. Minder, J. Wang, A. Drumm, and A. Gallagher

Recorded Presentation

2:15 PM

2.4

New York State Mesonet: From Data Quality to Scientific Highlights

Junhong Wang, SUNY, Albany, NY; and J. Brotzge, N. Bain, and N. Bassill

Recorded Presentation

Session 2

Statistical Products for Weather Services – Part 2

Location: Room 226/227 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Host: 23rd Conference on Probability and Statistics in the Atmospheric Sciences

Chair: Matthew S. Wandishin, NOAA/ESRL/GSD, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado

1:30 PM

2.1

Bayesian Model Averaging and DICast Forecasts - Ensuring Consistency

James Cowie, NCAR, Boulder, CO

Recorded Presentation

1:45 PM

2.2

Bias Correction of Station Parameters Worldwide from Unified Model Forecasts

David L. Keller, 557th Weather Wing , Offutt AFB, NE

Recorded Presentation

2:00 PM

2.3

Real-time Monitoring and Flagging of Extreme Value Forecasts - A Practical Example

Gerard Croteau, EC, Dorval, QC, Canada

Recorded Presentation

2:15 PM

2.4

Probabilistic Hazard Detection using a Time-lagged Ensemble

Trevor Alcott, OAR, Boulder, CO; and C. R. Alexander and I. Jankov

Recorded Presentation

Session 2

Synoptic-scale Ensemble Forecasting and Uncertainty Analysis in the Coastal Zone Including Meteorology, Physical Oceanography and Ecology: Part II

Location: Room 342 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Host: 14th Symposium on the Coastal Environment

Cochairs: Nickitas Georgas, Stevens Institute of Technology; Patrick J. Fitzpatrick, Mississippi State Univ.

1:30 PM

2.1

Implementing the Nearshore Wave Prediction System as a Centralized, On-demand Marine Hazard Guidance System

Roberto Padilla-Hernandez, IMSG@NOAA/NWS/NCEP, College Park, MD; and A. Van der Westhuysen, P. Santos, A. Gibbs, D. Gaer, G. Dusek, J. W. Long, H. F. Stockdon, J. Notchey, D. King, and H. L. Tolman

Recorded Presentation

1:45 PM

2.2

Beta Testing with the Nearshore Wave Prediction System and Rip Current and Wave Run Up Forecasting at the Weather Forecast Office

Pablo Santos, NOAA/NWS, Miami, FL; and A. Van der Westhuysen, G. Dusek, J. W. Long, R. Padilla-Hernandez, C. H. Paxton, A. Gibbs, and D. gregoria

Recorded Presentation

2:00 PM

2.3

Methodology for Generating Ensemble Stream Discharge Forecasts to Feed an Ensemble Flood Forecasting System in a Coastal Flood Plain

Firas Saleh, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ; and N. Georgas, V. Ramaswamy, and A. Blumberg

Recorded Presentation

2:15 PM

2.4

Collaborative Development of a Forecast Capability for Water Levels in the Lower Pearl River Basin, LA/MS

Cheryl Ann Blain, NRL, Stennis Space Center, MS; and M. K. Cambazoglu, E. D. Smythe, S. Van Cooten, D. P. Brunet, A. Roberts, R. J. Moorhead II, K. M. Dresback, and R. L. Kolar

2

Urban Studies that Support the Understanding of Urban Growth and Climate Variability Impacts on Health, Adaptation, and Resilience—Part II

Location: Room 228/229 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Hosts: (Joint between the Seventh Conference on Environment and Health; the 28th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 22nd Conference on Applied Climatology; and the Fourth Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation’s Readiness, Responsiveness, and Resilience to High Impact Weather Events )

Moderator: Jennifer Vanos, Texas Tech University

Panelists: Kristie L. Ebi, ClimAdapt, LLC; Roger Pulwarty, NOAA; John Balbus, National Institute of Health

1:30 PM

Health and Cascading Systems Failure -- John Balbus

Recorded Presentation

1:30 PM

Kris Ebi

Recorded Presentation

1:30 PM

Roger Pulwarty

Recorded Presentation

Session 2A

Advancements in Information Systems Technology

Location: Room 355 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Host: 32nd Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies

Cochairs: Gerald Dittberner, Harris Corporation; Randall Bass, FAA

1:30 PM

2A.1

Preparing for the Next Generation of Satellites in AWIPS II: National Centers Perspective

Monica L. Bozeman, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Miami, FL; and M. J. Folmer, C. Mello, A. Terborg, G. Grosshans, M. Sardi, M. DeMaria, and S. Leyva

Recorded Presentation

1:45 PM

2A.2

Leveraging HPC Technologies to Accelerate GOES-R Product Processing and Distribution

Brad Brown-Bergtold, Harris Corporation, Melbourne, FL; and J. Gundy

Recorded Presentation

Handout (1014.5 kB)

2:00 PM

2A.3

Evolution of Data Product Processing at JPSS

Kathryn Shontz, Noblis for NOAA/NESDIS/JPSS, Lanham, MD; and M. Goldberg

Recorded Presentation

2:15 PM

2A.4

Weather Enterprise Service Provider Technologies

Wayne Van Sickle, Harris Corporation, Melbourne, FL

Recorded Presentation

Session 2A

Field Experiments I

Location: Room 344 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Host: 20th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)

Chair: Bill Proenza, NOAA/NWS

1:30 PM

2A.1

On Forecast Sensitivity and Impact of Dropwindsonde Observations during HS3 and TCI

James D. Doyle, NRL, Monterey, CA; and J. R. Moskaitis, P. G. Black, P. A. Reinecke, and C. M. Amerault

Recorded Presentation

1:45 PM

2A.2

Hurricane Imaging Radiometer (HIRAD) 2014 and 2015 Observations

Daniel J. Cecil, NASA/MSFC, Huntsville, AL; and S. Biswas and W. L. Jones

Recorded Presentation

2:00 PM

2A.3

Study of The Impact of NASA Global Hawk Unmanned Aircraft Dropwindsonde Observations on Tropical Cyclone Track, Intensity and Structure

Hui Christophersen, NOAA/AOML and Univ. of Miami/CIMAS, Miami, FL; and A. Aksoy, J. Dunion, B. Dahl, L. Bucci, K. Ryan, and P. Dodge

Recorded Presentation

2:15 PM

2A.4

A First Look at the Impact of Coyote UAS Observations from Hurricane Edouard (2014) on Tropical Cyclone Data Assimilation and Prediction

Altug Aksoy, University of Miami and NOAA/AOML, Miami, FL; and J. J. Cione, H. Christophersen, B. Dahl, B. Annane, L. Bucci, and R. Atlas

Recorded Presentation

Session 2B

AWIPS System Updates, Part I

Location: Room 348/349 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Host: 32nd Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies

Cochairs: William F. Roberts, OAR; Jason E. Burks, NASA/MSFC

1:30 PM

2B.1

AWIPS Across the National Weather Service Enterprise

Ronla K. Henry, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and J. Tatum and E. L. Phillips

Recorded Presentation

1:45 PM

2B.2

The NOAA Weather Radio/Broadcast Message Handler (NWR/BMH) Project

Steve S. Schotz, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and R. K. Henry, J. P. Buchman, and J. Naleszkiewicz

Recorded Presentation

2:00 PM

2B.3

The Tsunami IT Modernization Project

Bobby Martinez, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and J. P. Buchman, J. Naleszkiewicz, and R. K. Henry

Recorded Presentation

2:15 PM

2B.4

The Ensemble Tool in AWIPS II - Progress Report

Paul Schultz, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and E. Polster and X. Jing

Recorded Presentation

Session 2B

Data Assimilation: Ocean and Coupled Models I

Location: Room 345 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Host: 20th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)

Chair: Matthew J. Carrier, NRL

1:30 PM

2B.1

A New Coupled 4DVAR Assimilation System for Coupled Ocean-Wave Models

Cheryl Ann Blain, NRL, Stennis Space Center, MS; and M. Orzech, M. J. Carrier, H. E. Ngodock, I. Souopgui, and S. Smith

1:45 PM

2B.2

Developing an EnKF Data Assimilation System for the Canadian MEOPAR Project, the Benefits and Costs of High Resolution

Dominik Jacques, EC, Dorval, PQ, Canada; and L. Fillion, W. Chang, and S. J. Baek

Recorded Presentation

2:00 PM

2B.3

An Overview of the Naval Research Laboratory ocean surface flux (NFLUX) system

Jackie C. May, NRL, Stennis Space Center, MS; and C. Rowley and C. N. Barron

Recorded Presentation

2B.4

Towards an Operational Hybrid Global Ocean Data Assimilation System at NCEP

2:15 PM

2B.4A

Investigating the Potential Impact of the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) Altimeter on Ocean Mesoscale Prediction

Matthew J. Carrier, NRL, Stennis Space Center, MS; and H. E. Ngodock, S. Smith, and I. Souopgui

Recorded Presentation

Joint Session 3

Drought Analysis and Prediction, Part II

Location: Room 240/241 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Hosts: (Joint between the 30th Conference on Hydrology; and the 28th Conference on Climate Variability and Change )

Cochairs: Joshua Roundy, University of Kansas; Eric F. Wood, Princeton University

1:30 PM

J3.1

Exploring Tools for Quantifying and Ameliorating Meteorological Drought Deficits

Michael C. Kruk, ERT, Inc., Asheville, NC; and R. R. Heim Jr., K. Werner, and R. S. Vose

Recorded Presentation

1:45 PM

J3.2

Assessing the evolution of soil moisture and vegetation conditions during the 2012 United States flash drought

Jason A. Otkin, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI; and M. C. Anderson and C. Hain

Recorded Presentation

2:00 PM

J3.3

An investigation of soil moisture extremes over the 2012 drought

Ronald D. Leeper, Cooperative Institute for Climate and Satellites-North Carolina (CICS-NC), North Carolina State University, Asheville, NC; and J. E. Bell and M. Palecki

Recorded Presentation

2:15 PM

J3.4

EDDI examines the current California drought: early warning and monitoring of agricultural and hydrologic drought with the new Evaporative Demand Drought Index

Michael Hobbins, NOAA, Boulder, CO; and D. McEvoy, J. Huntington, A. Wood, C. Morton, and J. Verdin

Recorded Presentation

Joint Session 3

Stratospheric Chemistry

Location: Room 231/232 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Hosts: (Joint between the Mario J. Molina Symposium; and the 18th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry )

Chair: Sasha Madronich, NCAR

CoChair: Guy Brasseur, UCAR

1:30 PM

J3.1

Four Decades of Ozone Layer Depletion: What We Did Right and What We Could Have Done Different? (Invited Keynote Presentation)

A. R. Ravishankara, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO

Recorded Presentation

1:45 PM

J3.2

An Historical Perspective on Ozone Research: From 1840 to 1970 (Invited Presentation)

Guy Brasseur, UCAR, Boulder, CO

Recorded Presentation

2:00 PM

J3.3

The Future Ozone Layer Conundrum

Amy Hawes Butler, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and J. S. Daniel, D. W. Fahey, R. W. Portmann, A. R. Ravishankara, and K. H. Rosenlof

Recorded Presentation

2:15 PM

J3.4

Ground-based Microwave Measurements of ClO in the Stratosphere

Gerald E. Nedoluha, NRL, Washington, DC; and B. J. Connor, T. Mooney, J. W. Barrett, A. Parrish, R. M. Gomez, I. Boyd, D. R. Allen, M. Kotkamp, S. Kremser, T. Deshler, and M. L. Santee

Recorded Presentation

Joint Session 4

Land Model Benchmarking: Benchmarking, Verification and Validation in Terrestrial Hydrology, Part II

Location: Room 242 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Hosts: (Joint between the 30th Conference on Hydrology; and the 23rd Conference on Probability and Statistics in the Atmospheric Sciences )

Chair: Sujay Kumar, NASA/GSFC

1:30 PM

J4.1

Benchmarking a Land-Atmosphere Flux Model using Information Flow Process Networks

Benjamin L. Ruddell, Arizona State University, Mesa, AZ; and D. Drewry

1:45 PM

J4.2

Use of a Priori Benchmarks to Evaluate the Performance of a Physically Based Hydrologic Model

Andrew J. Newman, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and N. Mizukami, M. Clark, A. W. Wood, L. D. Brekke, and J. R. Arnold

Recorded Presentation

2:00 PM

J4.3

CONUS-Scale Model Evaluation and Benchmarking for National Streamflow Prediction

Aubrey Dugger, NCAR, Boulder, Colorado; and D. Gochis, A. RafieeiNasab, J. McCreight, D. Yates, L. Karsten, K. Sampson, W. Yu, M. Somos, F. Salas, and D. Maidment

Recorded Presentation

2:15 PM

J4.4

Benchmarking Different Approaches for Harnessing Predictability in Climate and Hydrologic Initial Conditions for Seasonal Runoff Prediction

Andrew W. Wood, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and P. Mendoza, E. Rothwell, M. Clark, L. Brekke, J. R. Arnold, and S. Gangopadhyay

Themed Joint Session 5

Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Quantifying Uncertainties in Measurements and Models and Resultant Climate Impacts II

Location: Room 356 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Hosts: (Joint between the 18th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the 28th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 19th Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA; and the 22nd Conference on Applied Climatology )

Cochairs: A. Scott Denning, Colorado State University; Sean Crowell, University of Oklahoma

1:30 PM

TJ5.1

The Uncertainty of Gridded CO₂ Emissions Data

Eric Marland, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC; and S. Hogue, R. J. Andres, and G. Marland

Recorded Presentation

1:45 PM

TJ5.2

Understanding Urban Carbon Emissions (Invited Presentation)

Riley Duren, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and C. Miller, K. Gurney, E. Kort, S. Feng, P. Rao, R. Keeling, R. Weiss, K. R. Verhulst, F. Hopkins, J. Miller, S. Newman, M. L. Fischer, S. Lehman, M. Falk, and B. Croes

2:00 PM

TJ5.3

Evaluating Ambient Concentrations and Local Emissions of Greenhouse Gases (GHGs) in the San Francisco Bay Area of California Using a Comprehensive Fixed-site and Mobile Monitoring Network

Abhinav Guha, Bay Area Air Quality Management District, San Francisco, CA; and J. Bower, P. Martien, S. Randall, A. Young, H. Hilken, and E. Stevenson

Recorded Presentation

2:15 PM

TJ5.4

The Four Corners Methane Hotspot: Implications for Emission Inventories (Invited Presentation)

Mavendra Dubey, LANL, Los Alamos, NM; and K. R. Costigan, R. Lindenmaier, C. Frankenberg, E. Kort, A. J. Turner, and D. J. Jacob

Recorded Presentation

Joint Session 5

Joint Research and Coordinated Observations in Hydrometeorology, Extremes and High-Impact Events in the US and Asia Part 1

Location: Room 343 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Hosts: (Joint between the Special Sessions on US-International Partnerships; and the 30th Conference on Hydrology )

Chair: Kenneth Carey, Earth Resources Technology (ERT), Inc.

1:30 PM

J5.1

The Contribution of the Global Space-based InterCalibration System to US-International Partnerships

Mitchell Goldberg, JPSS, Lanham, MD

Recorded Presentation

2:00 PM

J5.2

Improving Prediction and Monitoring of High Impact Landfall Tropical Cyclones over the US and Asia through Satellite Data Assimilation

Xiaolei Zou, University of Maryland, College Park, MD

Recorded Presentation

2:15 PM

J5.3

Building the High-Quality Satellite Sensor Data Records for Climate and Weather Applications

Fuzhong Weng, NOAA, College Park, MD

Recorded Presentation

Themed Joint Session 6

High Impact Weather: Analysis, Prediction, and Interaction with Climate Changes: Part 2

Location: Room 238/239 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Hosts: (Joint between the 28th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 22nd Conference on Applied Climatology; and the Fourth AMS Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation (JCSDA) )

Chair: Richard Clark, Millersville University

TJ6.1

Decreasing Frequency of Monsoon Depressions in the 21st Century

1:45 PM

TJ6.2

Reduced Weather Variability Indicated by Decreases in Atmospheric Energy Spectra

Nicholas R. Cavanaugh, LBNL, Berkeley, CA; and T. A. O'Brien and W. D. Collins

Recorded Presentation

2:00 PM

TJ6.3

Seasonal Predictability of Severe Thunderstorms based on ENSO: Methodology and Evaluation of the 2015 forecast

John T. Allen, Columbia University/International Research Institute for Climate and Society, Palisades, NY; and M. K. Tippett and A. H. Sobel

Recorded Presentation

2:15 PM

TJ6.4

An Investigation of Spatial Redistribution of USA Tornado Activity and Its Relationship to Climate Change

Ernest Agee, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN; and S. Childs

Recorded Presentation

Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

Location: Hall D/E ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Poster Session 1

19AIRPOL Posters

Host: 19th Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA

272

Developments in Hydrocarbon Gas Standards at NIST: Supporting the World Meteorological Organization Measurement Infrastructure

Christina E. Liaskos, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD; and G. C. Rhoderick

Handout (1.4 MB)

273

Summer Seasonal Variation of Baseline Ozone and Source Analysis for California

Arthur John Eiserloh Jr., San Jose State University, San Jose, CA; and S. Chiao

274

Spatial and Temporal Distribution of Summer Ozone Near the Great Salt Lake

Ansley Long, University of Utah, Salt Lake City - Salt Lake, UT; and J. D. Horel and X. Dong

275

Verification Tools for Air Quality Models

Radenko Pavlovic, EC, Dorval, QC, Canada; and S. Gilbert, H. Landry, P. A. Beaulieu, and M. D. Moran

Manuscript (300.5 kB)

Handout (1.3 MB)

276

The Impact of Wind Direction on the Location of High Ozone in the Houston-Galveston-Brazoria Area

Kasey Lynn Savanich, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Austin, TX; and Z. Fang, P. Leung, F. Mercado, and J. Steets

Handout (2.5 MB)

277

Applications of the numerical Green's function to urban flows

Keith Ngan, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong; and K. W. Lo and J. G. Jackson

Handout (1.7 MB)

278

Analysis of 2010-2014 Ground-Level Ozone at Trinidad Head, CA

Elizabeth Lennartson, Iowa State University, Ames, IA; and I. Petropavlovskikh and A. McClure-Begley

279

Effects of the 2015 summer wildfires in western Canada on air quality in eastern North America

Frank S. Dempsey, AMS member, Locust Hill, ON, Canada

Handout (2.0 MB)

280

Lagrangian exposure and residence times for urban street-canyon models

Ka Wai Lo, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong; and K. Ngan

Handout (3.6 MB)

282

Studies on Ambient Air Quality at Kollyanpur , Dhaka City

Koninika Tanzim, AER, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Poster Session 1

32EIPT Monday/Tuesday Posters

Host: 32nd Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies

Cochairs: Kevin Tyle, University at Albany/SUNY; Scott Jacobs, NOAA/NWS/NCEP

38

Valuing Weather and Climate: Economic Assessment of Meteorological and Hydrological Services

Jeffrey K. Lazo, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and G. Anderson, H. Kootval, D. Kull, J. Clements, G. Fleming, T. Frei, D. Letson, B. Mills, A. Perrels, D. Rogers, C. Vaughan, J. W. Zillman, S. Olsson, and J. Carson

39

Data Management Foundation for Non-Disruptive Weather Information Dissemination

Jeff Lupfer, NetApp, Vienna, VA; and G. Chiorello and M. J. Schmitt

40

Contrail cloud radiative forcing over the Northern Hemisphere derived from two years of MODIS observations

Douglas A. Spangenberg, SSAI, Hampton, VA; and P. Minnis, D. P. Duda, and S. T. Bedka

Handout (2.6 MB)

41

Automated Storm-based Scheduling at the National Weather Radar Testbed Phased Array Radar

David L. Priegnitz, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK

Manuscript (595.8 kB)

Handout (1.7 MB)

42

Mobile Air Quality Measurements on Light Rail and Helicopter

Alexander A. Jacques, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and E. T. Crosman, J. D. Horel, L. Mitchell, B. Fasoli, and L. Leclair-Marzolf

Handout (2.3 MB)

43

Geospatial Meteorology and Oceanography Analysis and Display System

James D. Dykes, NRL, Stennis Space Center, MS; and S. DeRada, B. Penta, S. McCarthy, and A. Hudson

44

Evaluating the WRF-EMS Performance During the 2015 Winter Weather Events across Northern Louisiana

Travis Washington, NOAA/NWS, Shreveport, LA; and J. Hansford, C. K. Palmer, and M. Duplantis

45

Polarimetric Radar Detection of Hail using X- and S-Band Frequencies

Kyle Chudler, University of Michigan, Ann, MI; and P. Kennedy

46

Operation and First Results of EWR E750 Dual Polarization Radar in Dallas- Fort Worth (DFW) Urban Test Bed

Guy Blase, EWR Weather Radar, Saint Louis, Missouri; and V. Chandrasekar, B. J. Philips, and H. Chen

47

Improving Operational MADIS

Greg Pratt, NOAA/ESRL/GSD, Boulder, CO; and L. A. Benjamin, T. Kent, G. Padmanabhan, M. Leon, L. Cheatwood, R. Collander, M. Vrencur, S. Pritchett, L. Cano, and C. H. Marshall

48

Using Early Mission Data from SMAP and ICESat-2 to Inform Polar Class Rules

Vanessa M. Escobar, NASA/GSFC/Science Systems and Applications, Inc., Greenbelt, MD; and S. Delgado

Poster 49 will now be presented as J3.5A

50

Characteristics and Observations of “Black Ice” in the Atlanta Metropolitan Area

Christopher D. Bosma, School of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, Atlanta, GA; and S. E. Nelson, S. A. Listemaa, and K. M. Stellman

Handout (2.3 MB)

51

An AWIPS2 Plug-In for Display of mPING Data

Kimberly L. Elmore, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma/NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and D. L. Andra Jr. and A. R. Anderson

52

NOAA Observing System Integrated Analysis (NOSIA-II) Integration with the Broader Federal Earth Observation Assessment Effort

David Helms, NOAA/NESDIS, Silver Spring, MD; and M. LaJoie and R. C. Reining

Manuscript (836.7 kB)

53

Thirty-plus (30+) Years of Snowstorm Climatology Obtained From MERRA Reanalysis

Kwo-Sen Kuo, GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and M. L. Rilee, A. Oloso, and R. Ramachandran

Handout (3.1 MB)

Poster Session 1

Advances in Using Python in the Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

Location: Hall E ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Host: Sixth Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using Python

Chair: David Brown, NCAR

446

Siphon: Extracting Data from THREDDS Data Servers in Multiple Ways using Python

Sean C. Arms, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. M. May

Handout (2.6 MB)

447

Hagelslag: Scalable Object-Based Severe Weather Analysis and Forecasting

David John Gagne II, CAPS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and A. McGovern, N. Snook, R. A. Sobash, J. D. Labriola, J. K. Williams, S. E. Haupt, and M. Xue

Handout (3.3 MB)

448

Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Data Integrator (ADI) for OS X

Krista L. Gaustad, PNNL, Richland, WA; and J. vonderfecht, B. Ermold, and C. Sivaraman

Handout (4.9 MB)

449

Using Geographical Surface Characteristics to Detect Near Real-Time Valley Fog

Shane Hubbard, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and M. J. Pavolonis and C. G. Calvert

450

Converting to Python: Roadblocks and Missing Functionality

Ryan M. May, UCAR/Unidata, Boulder, CO; and K. H. Goebbert and S. C. Arms

Handout (1.5 MB)

451

Parallelizing Climate Data Management System, version 3 (CDMS3)

Denis Nadeau, LLNL, Livermore, CA; and D. Williams, C. Doutriaux, and J. Painter

452

Calculating CAPE, CIN, LCL, and LFC from WRF Model Output in Parallel using F2PY-Wrapped FORTRAN Functions and MPI4PY

Timothy S. Sliwinski, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX; and S. Kang

453

Scientific analysis and visualization of tropical cyclone's using CloudSat and A-Train data in python

Natalie Tourville, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO

454

PyStormTracker: A Parallel Object-Oriented Cyclone Tracker in Python

Albert M. W. Yau, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY; and K. Paul and J. Dennis

Poster Session 1

CE Posters

Host: 14th Symposium on the Coastal Environment

316

An Analysis of the 22 November 2014 Gulf Coast Seiche

Timothy W. Humphrey, NOAA/NWSFO, Lake Charles, LA; and J. Brazzell

Poster Session 1

Data Assimilation: Data Impact Experiments and OSSEs

Location: Hall D/E ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Host: 20th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)

243

NOSIA-II Calibration using Sensitivity Studies

Aaron Pratt, NOAA/NESDIS, Silver Spring, MD; and D. Helms

244

On the Predictability of Hurricane Track and Intensity Using an OSSE Framework

Bachir Annane, NOAA/AOML/HRD, Miami, FL; and L. Bucci, J. Delgado, A. Aksoy, R. Atlas, and S. T. Murillo

245

OSSE Assessment of a Hyperspectral Sounder and its Potential Impact on Hurricane Forecasts

Kelly Ryan, NOAA/AOML and University of Miami, Miami, FL; and R. Atlas, L. Bucci, J. Delgado, B. Annane, and S. Murillo

246

A LETKF algorithm with divergence constraint for convective-scale radar data assimilation in the scenario of OSSEs

Gang Zhao, CAPS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and M. Xue

247

Ensemble Transform Sensitivity Method for Targeted Observations: An OSSE Case Study

Hongli Wang, CIRA/Colorado State University, Boulder, CO; and T. Peevey, J. M. English, A. Kren, and L. Cucurull

248

Variational Assimilation of Cloud Liquid/Ice Water Path and its Impact on NWP

Hongli Wang, CIRA/Colorado State University, Boulder, CO; and Y. Chen and L. Cucurull

249

Quantifying Accuracy and Dispersion of Ensemble Forecasts of Severe Convection Using an Object-Based Technique

Brock Burghardt, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX; and B. C. Ancell

250

Adaptive Observation Strategies based on the Retrospective Optimal Interpolation using the Lorenz-40 variable model

Nam-Kyu Noh, Seoul National Univertisy, Seoul, South Korea; and G. H. Lim

Poster 251 has moved. New paper number is 2B.4A

252

WSR-88D Radar Data Assimilation at NCEP

Shun Liu, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC, College Park, MD; and J. R. Carley, W. S. Wu, B. S. Ferrier, M. Pyle, G. DiMego, and J. C. Derber

253

Performing Model Space Localization for Satellite Radiances in an Ensemble Kalman Filter

Jeffrey S. Whitaker, NOAA/ESRL/Physical Sciences Division, Boulder, CO ; and L. Lei

254

3D Estimates of Analysis and ShortRange Forecast Error Variances

Jie Feng, NOAA, Boulder, CO; and M. Pena, H. Wang, and Z. Toth

255

The Use of the Breeding Method for Nested WRF-ARW Simulations

James P. Cipriani, IBM Research, Yorktown Heights,, NY; and K. Ide

256

DART: New Research Using Ensemble Data Assimilation in Geophysical Models

Jeffrey Anderson, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and K. Raeder, T. Hoar, N. Collins, G. Romine, J. Barre, B. Gaubert, A. F. Arellano Jr., S. Wuerth, S. Y. Ha, A. P. Mizzi, and L. N. Anderson

Handout (15.8 MB)

257

Improving Global and Hurricane Forecasts Using Time-lagged Ensembles in the GFS 4DEnVar Hybrid Data Assimilation System

Bo Huang, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and X. Wang

258

Multi-model Cross Pollination in Time

Hailiang Du, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL; and L. Smith

Poster 259 has moved. New paper number is 7.2A

260

Evaluation of the Direct and Indirect Assimilation of Radar Reflectivity using the WRFDA 3D-Var

Eder P. Vendrasco, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais, Cachoeira Paulista, Brazil; and D. L. Herdies

261

Sensitivity of High-Resolution WRF Forecasts to Radiosonde Observations over Central TX

Mark David Benoit, University (Texas A&M), College Station, TX; and D. T. Conlee and C. J. Nowotarski

262

Observing System Experiments in the Dallas-Fort Worth Testbed

Frederick H. Carr, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and A. P. Osborne, M. T. Morris, and K. A. Brewster

Manuscript (1.7 MB)

Handout (2.5 MB)

263

Investigating a WRF-Based Mixed Variational and Nudging Data Assimilation Scheme for the US Army Convective-Scale Nowcasting System

Robert E. Dumais Jr., U.S. Army Research Laboratory, White Sands Missile Range, NM; and B. P. Reen, H. Cai, Y. Xie, H. Jiang, and S. albers

264

Integrated Physical Modelling of the Lake George, NY Watershed

Lloyd Treinish, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY; and C. Watson, C. James, A. Praino, H. Kolar, F. Liu, E. Ragnoli, F. O'Donncha, and L. C. V. Real

Handout (3.0 MB)

265

Progress of All-Sky SEVIRI Radiance Assimilation in NCEP NAMRR System

Xiaoyan Zhang, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and A. Collard, J. Carley, and G. DiMego

266

Towards the Assimilation of All-Sky Infrared Radiances of Selected Humidity Sensitive IASI Channels at NCEP/EMC

Li Bi, NOAA/NCEP/EMC/I.M. Systems Group, College Park, MD; and A. Collard, E. Liu, J. A. Jung, and J. C. Derber

267

Assimilation of GPM GMI rainfall product with GSI system

Xuanli Li, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and B. T. Zavodsky and J. R. Mecikalski

268

Variational Cloud-Clearing with CrIS Data at NCEP

269

Quantifying the Impact of a Potential Gap in Afternoon Orbit Satellite Radiances on the North American Mesoscale (NAM) Forecast System

Edward Colon, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC/I.M. Systems Group, College Park, MD; and G. DiMego, E. Rogers, and J. R. Carley

270

The Documentation of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Nonhydrostatic Icosahedral Model (NIM)

Christina Bonfanti, NOAA/ESRL and CIRES, Boulder, CO

Joint Poster Session 1

Drought Analysis and Prediction Posters

Hosts: (Joint between the 30th Conference on Hydrology; and the 28th Conference on Climate Variability and Change )

Cochairs: Joshua Roundy, University of Kansas; Eric F. Wood, Princeton University

80

Utilizing NASA Earth Observations to Monitor Drought Severity in Texas for Wildfire Mitigation Support

Megan Elizabeth Buzanowicz, NASA/DEVELOP, Hampton, VA; and L. Lykens, Z. Richards, and K. Ross

81

A correlation analysis comparing satellite-based drought indicators with yields of major Brazilian crops

82

Critical Aspects of the Coastal Drought Index: Length of Salinity Data Record and Ecological Response Data

Paul Conrads, USGS, Columbia, SC; and D. L. Tufford and L. S. Darby

83

Use of Land Surface and Routing Models with Satellite Altimetry to Evaluate Risks to Hydropower during Drought

Jeanne M. Roningen, US Army Corps of Engineers, Hanover, NH; and J. B. Eylander

84

Probabilistic U.S. Drought Monitor Predictions Using Anomalies in Precipitation, Soil Moisture, and Evapotranspiration

David J. Lorenz, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. A. Otkin, M. Svoboda, C. Hain, and M. C. Anderson

85

Competitive influences on droughts: present and future

Céline Bonfils, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA; and G. Anderson, B. Santer, B. Cook, T. Phillips, and I. Cvijanovic

86

Role of Calibration on Ensemble Streamflow Prediction for Seasonal Agricultural Drought Forecasts

Daniel Anthony Rico, Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE; and K. Smith, J. Chacon, G. Corzo, and F. Munoz-Arriola

87

Assessing the Association of Drought to Wildfire in California Using a Regional Climate Model Ensemble

Debasish PaiMazumder, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and P. Jain, J. M. Done, and M. Flannigan

88

Development of an Objective High Spatial Resolution Soil Moisture Index

Bradley T. Zavodsky, NASA/MSFC, Huntsville, AL; and J. L. Case and K. D. White

Handout (1.2 MB)

Poster Session 1

Environment & Health Poster Session I

Host: Seventh Conference on Environment and Health

430

Influence of Wind Direction and Speed on Formation of 2014 Lake Erie Harmful Algae Bloom

Patrick L. Lawrence, Univ. of Toledo, Toledo, OH

432

Assessing the Impact of Climate on the Two Vectors of Chikungunya Virus and Dengue Fever in Brownsville, Texas

Kelly L. Neely, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX; and J. K. Vanos and J. K. Vanos

431

Vulnerability Mapping of Malaria Occurrences in the North-Central Region of Nigeria using Temperature Thresholds as an Indicator

433

Effect of Meteorological Variables on Pulmonary Embolism Mortality

Priscilla Venancio Ikefuti, University of Sao Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil; and L. V. Barrozo and A. L. Braga

434

Applications Using AIRS Data

Sharon Ray, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and T. Pagano, E. Fetzer, B. Lambrigtsen, J. Teixeira, E. Olsen, S. Licata, C. K. Thompson, J. Hall, S. Granger, A. Behrangi, D. Drewry, and J. Wallace

Poster Session 1

GOES-R/JPSS Poster Session I

Host: 12th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems

325

Estimation of Outgoing Longwave Radiation from Cross-track Infrared Sounder (CrIS) Radiance Measurements

Kexin Zhang, NOAA/NESDIS, College Park, MD; and F. Sun, Q. Liu, C. Tan, and N. Nali

326

Ongoing Monitoring and Analysis of NOAA-Unique CrIS/ATMS Processing System (NUCAPS) Sounding Product Using NPROVS and its Expansion

Bomin Sun, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR, College Park, MD; and A. L. Reale, M. Pettey, F. Tilley, N. R. Nalli, and Q. Liu

327

Transitioning the Enterprise Winds Algorithm to Multiple Operational Platforms

Tianxu Yu, IMSG, College Park, MD; and M. Fan, S. Sampson, J. E. Wrotny, A. Li, H. Xie, R. Chen, W. Wolf, J. Daniels, W. Straka, and A. K. Heidinger

328

The Microwave Snow Scattering Signature: Precipitation Regime Dependence

Samantha A. Tushaus, Space Science and Engineering Center, Madison, WI; and M. S. Kulie

329

Using Averaging Kernels to Study the Vertical Resolution of the CrIS and IASI Retrieval Products

Flavio Iturbide-Sanchez, STAR, College Park, MD; and Q. Liu, N. R. Nalli, C. Tan, A. Gambacorta, and C. D. Barnet

330

Handling Hydrometeor-impacted Satellite Data in an Inversion and Data Assimilation System by Accounting for Optical Properties

331

The Use of Multi-Parameter Vegetation Remote Sensing in Land Surface Data Assimilation

Michael Barlage, NCAR, Boulder, CO

332

Assimilation of All Sky Radiances from Research to Operations

Francois Vandenberghe, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. Hacker, G. Descombes, B. J. Jung, H. Shao, D. Xu, and C. Zhou

333

NWP Background Adjustment Through 1DVAR Preprocessing of Satellite Radiances

Kevin Garrett, RTi, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR, College Park, MD; and E. Maddy and S. Boukabara

334

Science Algorithms Transition to Operations: Lessons Learned

Priyanka Roy, I.M Systems Group, College Park, MD; and W. Wolf, T. King, and D. Powell

339

ASSISTT R2O Tool: STAR Algorithm Processing Framework

Zhuo Zhang, IMSG, College Park, MD; and M. Walters, R. Rollins, S. Sampson, W. Wolf, and A. Li

340

ASSISTT Near Real-Time Processing

Meizhu Fan, IMSG, College Park, MD; and H. Xie, Y. Zhao, S. Sampson, W. Wolf, J. Lindeman, A. Li, and J. M. Daniels

Estimation of precipitable water and cloud liquid water over ocean from dual oxygen absorption band sounding instruments to support the assimilation of secondary generation microwave observations on board FY-3 satellite

335

Accounting for Cloud Microphysical Properties in Variational Data Assimilation of Passive Microwave Brightness Temperatures

341

Migration to Operational Enterprise Algorithms

Walter Wolf, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR, College Park, MD; and J. Daniels, S. Sampson, L. Zhou, T. King, and B. Das

342

Dust Detection using IR channels of Himawari-8

Keiko Yamamoto, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and A. Heidinger and S. Ackerman

337

Diagnosing Tropical Cyclones in the Central Pacific with the VIIRS Day Night Band

343

Aerosol-forecast-oriented Data Assimilation of Himawari-8 Aerosol Products

Tsuyoshi Thomas Sekiyama, MRI, Tsukuba, Japan; and K. Yumimoto, H. Murakami, M. Kikuchi, T. M. Nagao, T. Y. Tanaka, A. Ogi, and T. Maki

345

A BUFR and GRIB Tailoring System for Satellite Operational Products

Yi Song, I.M. Systems Group, College Park, MD; and T. Kings and W. Wolf

346

JPSS-1 CrIS Measurement Noise Covariance Characterization at Full Spectral Resolution

Denis Tremblay, Science Data Processing/NOAA, College Park, MD; and Y. Han, L. Wang, Y. Chen, X. Jin, and X. Xiong

347

Initial Development of Himawari-8 Aerosol Product in JAXA

Maki Kikuchi, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Ibaraki, Japan; and T. M. Nagao and H. Murakami

349

Shadow Detection Using near UV Data for Improving Aerosol Retrieval over Land

Toshiro Inoue, Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Japan; and M. Hashimoto

350

Near-Real Time Processing of S-NPP CrIS Full Spectral Resolution SDR Data at NOAA/STAR

Xiaozhen Xiong, NOAA/NESDIS, College Park, MD; and Y. Han, Y. Chen, L. Wang, D. Tremblay, X. Jin, and L. Zhou

351

Wavelength Registration Correction for the S-NPP OMPS Nadir Instruments

Alin Catalin Tolea, NOAA/NESDIS, College Park, MD; and C. Pan, T. Beck, and L. Flynn

344

JPSS and S-NPP Vegetation Index Products, and Algorithm Development

352

Ship-Based Campaigns Supporting S-NPP CrIS/ATMS Sounder Validation: CalWater/ACAPEX and AEROSE

Nicholas R. Nalli, NOAA/NESDIS, College Park, MD; and V. Morris, E. Joseph, C. D. Barnet, Q. Liu, T. Reale, J. W. Smith, A. Gambacorta, C. Tan, B. Sun, F. Iturbide-Sanchez, D. Wolfe, M. Wilson, T. S. King, W. Wolf, and F. Tilley

Manuscript (2.3 MB)

353

GOES-R ASSISTT: Updated Software Algorithm Packages for GOES-R Operations

Jonathan E. Wrotny, I.M. Systems Group, College Park, MD; and E. McWilliams, A. Ken, B. Morris, T. Yu, H. Lu, S. Sampson, W. Wolf, W. C. Straka III, A. K. Heidinger, and J. M. Daniels

354

Results from Evaluating Different GOES-R Scanning Strategies at the NWS Operations Proving Ground

Chad M. Gravelle, NWS Operations Proving Ground/CIMSS, Kansas City, MO; and K. J. Runk

355

ASSISTT Regression Testing: Quality Control of Scientific Algorithm Source Code Updates

Eric McWilliams, I.M. Systems Group, College Park, MD; and J. E. Wrotny, Z. Zhang, Y. Zhao, S. Sampson, W. Wolf, and W. Straka III

348

Configuration of Direct Broadcast Content for Soumi NPP and Future JPSS Spacecraft

356

ASSISTT R2O Tools: Content Generation

Veena Jose, NOAA/NESDIS, College Park, MD; and Y. Zhao, J. Raymond, S. Sampson, V. Mikles, K. Sprietzer, M. Walters, J. Lindeman, W. Wolf, and N. Rao

357

Application of an Algorithm Change Process to the GOES-R Ground Segment

Ryan Williams, Stellar Solutions, Inc., Chantilly, VA

Handout (3.1 MB)

358

STAR ASSISTT: Facilitating JPSS Algorithm Change Process

Valerie J. Mikles, IMSG at NOAA/NESDIS/STAR, College Park, MD; and B. Das, W. Wolf, M. Tsidulko, Q. Zhao, V. Dharmawardane, W. Chen, and K. Sprietzer

359

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, R. Holtz, R. Garcia, G. Martin, G. Quinn, A. Li, M. Fan, and J. M. Daniels

360

The Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) Program Algorithm Change Process (ACP): Past, Present and Future

Ashley Nechole Griffin, Arctic Slope Regional Corporation (ASRC) Space and Defense (AS&D, Inc.), Beltsville, MD

361

Employing Short Courses to Prepare for the GOES-R Satellite Series

Mathew M. Gunshor, CIMSS, Madison, WI; and T. J. Schmit, C. C. Schmidt, S. S. Lindstrom, J. J. Gerth, M. Mooney, T. M. Whittaker, S. J. Goodman, and J. J. Gurka

362

Design and Fabrication of a Simple Sensor For UAS-based Satellite Calibration/Validation

Samuel Oge, Brooklyn, NY

363

A Blended Ice Concentration Product based on Visible/infrared and Microwave

Yinghui Liu, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. R. Key

364

The Utility of NUCAPS Soundings in operational forecasting

Daniel Nietfeld, NOAA/NWS, Valley, NE

365

Quality Assurance Procedure for STAR JPSS Program

Xingpin Luo Liu, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR IMSG, College Park, MD; and L. Zhou, M. G. Divakarla, T. Valenzuela, and T. Atkins

366

An Improved Approach for Automated Cloud Detection in VIIRS Imagery

Sarah I. Fairman, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO; and G. J. Jedlovec

367

Providing Researchers and Forecasters with Enterprise Meteorological Algorithms, CSPP SDR and ADL an operations to application Success story

Scott Mindock, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and G. Martin, R. Garcia, K. Strabala, G. Cureton, L. Gumley, and A. Huang

368

Combining GOES Super Rapid Scan Satellite Data, Radar Fields and Total Lightning Observations to Gain Understanding of In-cloud Processes Related to the Occurrence of Lightning in a Thunderstorm

Jason Apke, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and J. R. Mecikalski, C. P. Jewett, X. Li, and L. D. Carey

369

The Influence of Spatial Resolution on the Inference of Ice Cloud Particle Morphological Parameters from Multi-angle Satellite Observations

Souichiro Hioki, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and P. Yang

Manuscript (2.5 MB)

Handout (3.5 MB)

370

Multi-mission Satellite Management

Kerry Grant, Raytheon Intelligence, Information and Services, Aurora, CO; and B. Dougherty and M. Teter

371

Methods and Tools for Product Quality Maintenance in JPSS CGS

Kerry Grant, Raytheon Intelligence, Information and Services, Aurora, CO; and W. Ibrahim, K. Brueske, and P. Smit

372

Rapid Algorithm Integration in the JPSS CGS

Kerry Grant, Raytheon Intelligence, Information and Services, Aurora, CO; and M. Jamilkowski and S. W. Miller

373

GOES-R Impact on NCEP Computing

James Gundy, Harris Coprporation, Melbourne, FL; and G. Kowalski, B. A. Brown-Bergtold, and A. Weiner

Handout (2.7 MB)

374

GOES-R GRB direct readout at NWS National Centers

Harlan Yates, Harris Corporation, Melbourne, FL; and L. Nielsen and A. Weiner

375

Level-2 Products in the CSPP-GEO Direct Broadcast Package

Geoff Cureton, CIMSS/SSEC/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and S. Mindock, K. Strabala, R. Garcia, G. Martin, and L. Gumley

376

The Accuracy of Aerosol Satellites' AOD Products over China

Jinyuan Xin Sr., The Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China; and L. Wang and Y. Wang

Handout (7.4 MB)

377

Using Total Lightning Data to Improve Real-Time Tropical Cyclone Intensity Forecasts

Andrea B. Schumacher, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and M. DeMaria

378

The Alaska Direct Broadcast Quick Guides: Local Training to Meet Local Needs

Eric Stevens, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK; and C. Dierking and G. Bryson

379

Application of GOES-R LAP algorithm to AHI on Himawari-8

Yong-Keun Lee, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and Z. Li, J. Li, and T. J. Schmit

380

Calibration Validation Of The Cross-track Infrared Sounder (CrIS) With The Aircraft Based Scanning High-resolution Interferometer Sounder (S-HIS)

Joe K. Taylor, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI; and D. C. Tobin, H. E. Revercomb, F. A. Best, R. K. Garcia, A. Merrelli, and M. Goldberg

381

Finding Fires: The Next Generation

Christopher C. Schmidt, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

382

Evaluation of Multi-layer Cloud Property Retrievals from Optimal Estimation and Bayesian Retrieval Algorithms

Yifeng Ding, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and P. Yang and S. L. Nasiri

384

The Use of Multiple GOES Sounder Water Vapor Channels to Monitor the Evolution of Mid-level Dry Air in Northeastern U.S. Convective Events

Christopher M. Gitro, NOAA/NWS Kansas City/Pleasant Hill, MO Weather Forecast Office, Pleasant Hill, MO; and D. Bikos and C. M. Gravelle

385

GOES-R Level 2 Products: Ground System Testing with Simulated Data

Paul A. Van Rompay, Atmospheric and Environmental Research, Inc., Greenbelt, MD; and R. Kaiser, S. Kalluri, E. J. Kennelly, T. S. Zaccheo, J. Gundy, H. E. Snell, and A. Weiner

383

Joint Polar Satellite System – 1 (JPSS-1) Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite Instrument (VIIRS) Performance, Comparisons to Suomi National Polar-Orbiting Partnership (SNPP) VIIRS Performance, and Impacts to EDRs

Themed Joint Poster Session 1

Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Quantifying Uncertainties in Measurements and Models and Resultant Climate Impacts Posters

Location: Hall D/E ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Hosts: (Joint between the 18th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the 28th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 19th Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA; and the 22nd Conference on Applied Climatology )

Cochairs: Abhishek Chatterjee, USRA; A. Scott Denning, Colorado State University; Sean Crowell, University of Oklahoma

283

Implementing Environmental Corrections to Increase the Accuracy of a Low-Cost CO₂ Sensor

Cory R. Martin, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and N. Zeng, X. Ren, R. R. Dickerson, B. Turpie, K. Prasad, K. Weber, J. Whetstone, and S. Ghosh

284

A Laser Absorption Spectrometry System, for Monitoring the Spatial Distribution of CO₂ over Paris, France

Jeremy T. Dobler, Harris Corp., Fort Wayne, IN; and T. S. Zaccheo, M. Braun, T. G. Pernini, P. Ciais, and G. Broquet

Handout (3.4 MB)

285

Real-Time Monitoring and Mapping of CO₂ Concentrations Over Extended Urban Area: Mapping the Two-Dimensional Distribution of CO₂ over Paris, France

T. Scott Zaccheo, AER, Lexington, MA; and T. G. Pernini, J. T. Dobler, C. Botos, and N. Blume

286

Toward Reduced Transport Errors in a High Resolution Urban CO₂ Inversion System

Aijun Deng, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA; and T. Lauvaux, B. Gaudet, N. Miles, K. Davis, M. Hardesty, K. Gurney, and A. Brewer

Manuscript (481.2 kB)

Handout (335.1 kB)

287

An Airborne Campaign to Quantify and Reduce Atmospheric Transport Errors in Regional Estimates of Greenhouse Gas Fluxes

Kenneth J. Davis, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA; and T. Lauvaux and T. ACT America Science Team

288

The Need for an Integrated Global Greenhouse Gas Information System (IG³IS)

Diane M. Stanitski, NOAA ESRL Global Monitoring Division, Boulder, CO; and J. H. Butler, P. L. DeCola, O. A. Tarasova, and D. E. Terblanche

289

Development and Implementation of a Carbon Data Assimilation System for the Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2) Mission

Abhishek Chatterjee, USRA, Greenbelt, MD; and B. Weir, L. Ott, S. R. Kawa, and S. Pawson

291

The GeoCARB Mission

Sean Crowell, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and B. Moore and P. Rayner

290

OCO-2 Observations of Africa Fire CO₂ Emissions

292

Comparision of GOSAT XCO2 with CO₂ Column from PCTM Modeling

Yuping Liu, NASA, Greenbelt, MD; and S. R. Kawa and G. J. Collatz

293

Evaluating Sensitivity of Simulated Atmospheric CO₂ to Varied Transport Model Versus Prior Surface Flux

Caroline Palmer Normile, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA; and K. Davis, T. Lauvaux, L. Diaz, N. Miles, and S. Richardson

294

Understanding and Modeling Tropical Grasslands Using Remotely Sensed Fluorescence and Soil Moisture

Dakota C. Smith, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and A. S. Denning and I. Baker

295

Global Multiscale Modeling of Coupled Carbon-Climate Processes

A. Scott Denning, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and I. Baker, M. Phillips, M. Branson, and D. Randall

296

Mapping the Spatial Distribution of Methane in Houston, Texas

Beata Czader, Rice University, Houston, TX; and D. Cohan, N. Sanchez, F. Tittel, and R. Griffin

297

Identification of Methane Emission Sources in the Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area

Jonathan R. Hansford, University of Maryland, College Park, Ellicott City, MD; and D. Ahn, R. J. Salawitch, X. Ren, M. Cohen, and R. R. Dickerson

Handout (3.0 MB)

298

Identification of Carbon Dioxide Emission Sources in Baltimore/Washington Metropolitan Area

Doyeon Ahn, University of Maryland, College Park, College Park, MD; and J. R. Hansford, R. J. Salawitch, X. Ren, M. Cohen, and R. R. Dickerson

299

Ensemble Air Quality Prediction at Convection-Resolving Resolutions for the Continental United States

Xiao-Ming Hu, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and M. Xue, F. Kong, and B. Moore

300

Carbon Sequestration Status of Sunaulo Ghaympe Danda Community Forest, Mid Kathmandu Valley, Nepal

Pabitra Dahal, Goldengate International College, Bhaktapur, Nepal

Manuscript (430.0 kB)

Handout (309.8 kB)

Poster Session 1

Hydrometeorological Extremes Posters

Host: 30th Conference on Hydrology

Chair: John N. McHenry, Baron Advanced Meteorological Systems, LLC

54

A comparison of the May 1990 and May 2015 high impact river flooding events in Arkansas

Christopher C. Buonanno, NOAA/NWS, North Little Rock, AR; and J. F. Lesko and T. Clarke

Manuscript (1.7 MB)

55

2015 Red River Basin Flood Event: Timeline and Impacts

Tony O. Hurt Jr., Jackson State University, Jackson, MS; and J. Glinskas

Handout (1.6 MB)

56

Improving Flood and Flash Flood Forecasts Across South Florida

Stephen Konarik, NOAA/NWS, Miami, FL; and L. kelly

Manuscript (454.6 kB)

Handout (2.8 MB)

57

Comparing Vertical Distributions of Water Vapor Flux within Two Landfalling Atmospheric Rivers

Jonathan J. Rutz, NOAA/NWS, Salt Lake City, Utah; and D. A. Lavers and M. D. Dettinger

58

Twin Floods: A Case Study Comparison of the Great Red River Floods of 1990 and 2015

59

An 11-Year Climatology of Atmospheric River Conditions within Different Watersheds along California and Their Association with Floods and Flash Floods

Klint T. Skelly, NOAA NWS, Plymouth, NH; and C. W. Hecht and J. Cordeira

60

Upstream Evolution of Landfalling Atmospheric Rivers and Their Impacts on Precipitation Distributions along the U.S. West Coast

Chad W. Hecht, Plymouth State University, Plymouth, NH; and K. T. Skelly and J. Cordeira

Poster Session 1

Major Weather Impacts in 2015

Host: IMPACTS: Major Weather Events and Impacts of 2015

Cochairs: Tanja Fransen, NOAA/NWS; Klaus E. Wolter, ESRL/Univ of Colorado-CIRES

488

The Use of Dual Polarization Radar Precipitation Products during a Small Scale Urban Flash Flood

Lance Wood, NOAA, Dickinson, TX; and C. Roeseler and J. Lindner

489

Tropical Storm Bill – Overview of Societal Impacts, Response and Local Decision Support Challenges and Successes

Thomas Johnstone, NOAA/NWSFO, Old Hickory, TN; and J. S. Evans, L. Wood, and J. Metz

490

The Red River Flood of 2015: Communication and Impacts

Christopher Nuttall, NOAA/NWS, Shreveport, LA; and C. K. Palmer and W. Parker

Handout (4.4 MB)

491

Public Health Partnerships during the 2015 Northern U.S. Wildfire Smoke Intrusion

Tanja E. Fransen, NOAA/NWS, Glasgow, MT

Handout (769.6 kB)

492

The January 26-27, 2015 Winter Storm in the Northeastern United States and the Challenges for Mesoscale Weather Forecasting

James P. Cipriani, IBM Research, Yorktown Heights, NY; and C. D. Watson

Poster 493 has been moved. New paper number 3.4A

494

Evaluating the WRF-ARW Performance During the 2015 Winter Weather Events

Jason Hansford, NOAA/NWS, Shreveport, LA; and C. K. Palmer, M. Duplantis, and T. Washington

495

The 14 July 2015 Tennessee Valley Tornado Event: Challenges in QLCS Tornado Forecasting and Identification

Anthony W. Lyza, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and R. Wade, K. Knupp, B. C. Carcione, S. Latimer, and C. J. Stumpf

Poster 496 has been moved. New paper number 2.4A

Joint Poster Session 1

Mario J. Molina Symposium Posters

Hosts: (Joint between the Mario J. Molina Symposium; and the 18th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry )

Chair: Mario J. Molina, University of California

1

Impacts of Aerosols on Precipitation and Thunderstorms in China

Li Cai, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China; and Y. Lin and R. Zhang

2

Hygroscopic Characteristics of Alkylaminium Carboxylate Aerosols

3

Reactivity of Ferryl (FeIVO2+) and Mn(III) with Inorganic and Organic Species of Atmospheric Liquid Phases

Virender K. Sharma, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX

4

Atmospheric Aerosol Nonsphericity Over the Loess Plateau in Northwest China

Tian Pengfei, Key Laboratory for Semi-Arid Climate Change of the Ministry of Education, Lanzhou, China

Handout (2.7 MB)

Observation of aerosol activation in urban Beijing

5

Biomass Burning Smoke and Deep Convection during the 2011 Midlatitude Continental Convective Clouds Experiment (MC3E)

Timothy Logan, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX

6

Impacts of Megacities on Air Pollution and Climate (Invited Presentation)

Tong Zhu, Peking University, Beijing, China

7

Optical Properties of Polymers Relevant to Secondary Organic Aerosols

Wilmarie Marrero-Ortiz, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and Z. Du, Y. Wang, M. E. Gomez, S. Guo, S. Madronich, M. Hu, and R. Zhang

8

The Kinetics of the ClO-Dimer Cycle

Ross J. Salawitch, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and T. Canty

9

Variation of Radiative Properties During Black Carbon Aging: Theoretical and Experimental Intercomparison

Cenlin He, University of California, Los Angeles, CA; and K. N. Liou, Y. Takano, R. Zhang, M. levy, P. Yang, Q. Li, and L. R. Leung

Handout (756.8 kB)

10

Global Climate Models Intercomparison of Anthropogenic Aerosols Effects on Regional Climate over North Pacific

Jiaxi Hu, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and Y. Wang, Y. Lin, B. Pan, and R. Zhang

11

Sensitivity of Contribution of Organic Aerosol on Aerosol Optical Properties in Refractive Index and Hygroscopicity

Chang Hoon Jung, Kyungin Women's University, Incheon, South Korea; and J. Lee, H. J. Shin, and Y. P. Kim

12

Assessment of the Impacted Area Generated by Freight Transportation over Unpaved Roads Using CFD

Jose Huertas, Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Toluca, Mexico; and D. Prato Sr., J. C. Miranda Sr., and A. Valencia Sr.

13

Methodology to Model the Dispersion Pollutants Exposed to Chemical Reactions, Using Gaussian Models

Jose Huertas, Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Toluca, Mexico; and D. Prato and A. Valencia Sr.

14

Soot Formation and Properties from Combustion of Toluene in a Shock Tube

Chong Qiu, University of North Alabama, Florence, AL; and A. F. Khalizov, R. Zhang, B. Hogan, and E. L. Petersen

15

Radiative Properties of Soot Superaggregates in the Infrared

Yang Yu, Aerosol Impacts and Research Laboratory, St. Louis, MO; and I. Arnold and R. K. Chakrabarty

Handout (2.3 MB)

16

Impacts of Saharan Dust on Regional Climate and Tropical Cyclogenesis over the Atlantic Basin

Bowen Pan, Texas A&M University, College Station, College Station, TX; and Y. Wang, J. Hu, Y. Lin, and R. Zhang

17

Acid-catalyzed Multiphase reaction of Oxygenated Volatile Organic Compounds with Hydrogen Peroxide

Weigang Wang, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China; and Q. Liu and M. Ge

18

Measurements of Diffusion Coefficients of Organic Dyes in Proxies of Atmospheric Particles and Comparison with Predictions Using the Stokes-Einstein Equation

Dagny Anna Ullmann, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; and Y. Chenyakin, S. Kamal, and A. K. Bertram

Handout (1.3 MB)

19

Aerosol Effects on Precipitation and Lightning Activity over Houston, Texas

Yun Lin, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and Y. Wang, R. Zhang, and R. E. Orville

20

Decadal Record of Ammonia Observed by AIRS

Juying X. Warner, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and Z. Wei, L. L. Strow, J. Nowak, R. Dickerson, and R. Dickerson

21

Anthropogenic Influence on Decadal Aerosol Trends over the Western North Atlantic Ocean

Andrew Jongeward, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and Z. Li and J. Xiong

22

Size-differentiated Inorganic Chemical Composition of Atmospheric Particles at the T1 Supersite during the MILAGRO Field Campaign

Telma Castro, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico; and O. Peralta, D. Salcedo, J. Santos, M. I. Saavedra, M. L. Espinosa, A. Salcido, A. T. Celada-Murillo, H. Álvarez, G. Carabalí, and S. Madronich

23

A Laboratory Study to Constrain Gas-Phase Formic Acid and Acetic Acid Sources

Dhruv Mitroo, Washington University, St. Louis, MO; and M. Baasandorj, D. B. Millet, and B. Williams

24

Comparing and Verifying WRF Simulations of Water Vapor for TC Ingrid (September 2013)

Thomas Daniel Allison, Tallahassee, FL; and H. E. Fuelberg

Handout (2.6 MB)

25A

Satellite retrieval of cloud condensation nuclei concentrations by using clouds as CCN chambers (Invited Presentation)

Daniel Rosenfeld, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel

26

Volatile Organic Compounds in the Atmosphere of Mexico City

Jessica P. Garzon-Barrera, Universidad Tecnologica Equinoccial de Ecuador, Santo Domingo, Ecuador; and J. Huertas, M. Huertas, M. Magaña, B. Cardenas, T. Watanabe, S. wakamatsu, S. Blanco-Jimenez, and T. Maeda

Manuscript (3.3 MB)

25

OH-Initiated Oxidation of m-Xylene on Black Carbon Aging

27

Aerosol Hygroscopic Properties in Seoul during the KORUS-AQ Pre-Campaign

Minsu Park, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea; and S. S. Yum, N. Kim, G. N. Bae, K. H. Kwak, H. J. Shin, J. S. Park, I. H. Song, and J. Y. Ahn

28

Polymer Formation on Atmospheric Nanoparticles and Its Effect on Aerosol Hygroscopicity

Wen Xu, Aerodyne Research, Inc, Billerica, MA; and M. Gomez-Hernandez, S. Guo, M. levy, J. R. Secrest, W. Marrero-Ortiz, D. R. Collins, and R. Zhang

29

Impact of Asian Dust Storm on Aerosol Chemistry of Xian, Central China: Rapid Heterogeneous Formation of Nitrate

Gehui Wang, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an, China

31

Airborne In-Situ Measurements of Formaldehyde over California: First Results from the Compact Formaldehyde Fluorescence Experiment (COFFEE) Instrument

Josette E. Marrero, NASA, Moffett Field, CA; and J. St. Clair, E. L. Yates, T. Tanaka, J. M. Ryoo, W. Gore, A. K. Swanson, L. T. Iraci, and T. Hanisco

32

Evidence for trans-β-IEPOX as the Main Surface-Active Component of Isoprene-Derived SOA Particles

Mary Alice Upshur, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL; and S. T. Martin, R. J. Thomson, and F. M. Geiger

33

The Role of Organic Species on Aerosol Nucleation and Growth

Jeremiah R. Secrest, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and W. Weigang, Y. Zhu, and R. Zhang

34

Secondary Aerosol Formation and Growth Analysis Using the mCAGE Environmental Chambers

Manuel A. Salgado, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and D. R. Collins

30

Variations of Aerosol Particles Hygroscopicity During the Dust and Haze Events from Filed Measurements in Spring 2015 in Urban Beijing, China

35

Assessing the Potential for the Reactions of Epoxides with Amines on Secondary Organic Aerosol Particles

Santino J. Stropoli, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH; and M. J. Elrod

36

Chlorine-Catalyzed Ozone Loss: UV Absorption Cross Sections, Quantum Yield, and Equilibrium Constant of ClOOCl

David Wilmouth, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA; and J. Klobas and J. G. Anderson

37

Aerosols Modeling in the Tropical Atlantic During the Summer of 2009 and Comparisons with Observational Data from the AERosol and Ocean Science Expedition (AEROSE 2009)

Jose M. Tirado, Howard Univ., Washington, DC; and V. R. Morris

Poster Session 1

Measurements Poster Session I

Host: 18th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation

301

The Power to Predict: Innovations and Increased Demand for the World's Most Powerful S-Band Weather Radars

Richard Stedronsky, Enterprise Electronics Corporation, Enterprise, AL

Handout (14.5 MB)

302

Improved Fog and Marine Layer Prediction via Microwave Remote Sensing

303

February 6th Case Study of an Atmospheric River Event Using GPS Radio Occultation

Kelsey M. Malloy, SIO/Univ. of California, Abington, PA

304

Cloud Seeding Experiments: A New Perspective on Utilizing Aerial Drones

Jodie E. Clark, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA; and S. Chiao

305

Environmental Monitoring and Collaborative Research at the Cary Institute in New York State

Victoria R. Kelly, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, NY; and G. M. Lovett

306

A Comparison of Lightning Flashes Observed by Ground-Based Detection Networks and Video

James J. Coy Jr., Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and K. M. Kuhlman and A. Seimon

Handout (1.3 MB)

307

Development of a Rapidly Deployable Network of Hail Impact Disdrometers

Ian M. Giammanco, Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety, Richburg, SC; and C. J. P. Estes and W. E. Cranford

Manuscript (1.2 MB)

Handout (2.6 MB)

308

Comparison of Snowfall Rate from Gauge, Ground Radar, Space Radar, and Space Radiometer over the Contiguous United States

Ryan C. Smith, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and Y. You

309

A First Look at Warm Rain Latent Heating from CloudSat

Ethan L. Nelson, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI; and T. S. L'Ecuyer

310

Procedures and Advances in Mount Washington Observatory's Mountainous Mesonet Sites

Michael Dorfman, Mount Washington Observatory, North Conway, NH; and K. O'Brien and E. P. Kelsey

311

Evaluating Observed Differences in Co-Located Rainfall Measurements at a Highly Exposed Field Research Station in Scotland, UK

Michael Deering Pollock, Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom; and M. Dutton, A. Black, P. F. Quinn, and E. O'Connell

Handout (1.3 MB) Handout (918.6 kB)

312

Observations and Operational Application of the 23 Nov. 2014 QLCS Tornadic Event: Persistent Regeneration of Weak Tornadoes with Pronounced Tornado Debris Signatures

Adam Baker, NOAA/NWSFO, Peachtree City, GA; and J. T. Deese, S. E. Nelson, and G. Lackmann

Handout (2.2 MB)

Accuracy of Doppler LIDAR Estimates of Vertical Wind Shear and Turbulence From a Moving Platform

313

Measuring the Transition From the Convectively Unstable Boundary Layer to the Stable Nocturnal Boundary Layer

Michael Kenneth Beall, NPS, Monterey, CA; and G. R. Eberle

314

Measurements of Turbulence Dissipation Rates in the Planetary Boundary Layer from Wind Profiling Radars

Katherine McCaffrey, NOAA/ESRL/PSD, Boulder, CO; and L. Bianco, P. Johnston, and J. M. Wilczak

Poster 315 has been moved. New paper number 6B.4A

Poster Session 1

Monday/Tuesday Poster Session

Host: 28th Conference on Climate Variability and Change

121

Analyses of Heat Index and Heat Waves over the Caribbean

Nazario D. Ramirez-Beltran, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez, PR; and J. E. Gonzalez, J. M. Castro, C. M. Salazar, and M. E. Angeles

Handout (1.1 MB)

122

Using a High-Resolution Global Climate Model to Simulate Extreme Extratropical Cyclones

Arielle J. Catalano, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ; and A. J. Broccoli and S. Kapnick

123

Generating Climate Extremes Indices (CLIMDEX) by Using Semi-Parametric Quantile Regression Models

Yang Li, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China; and C. Yang

Handout (664.7 kB)

124

Projected Sea Ice-Free Conditions in Arctic Waters

Frederic B. Laliberte, EC, Toronto, ON, Canada; and S. Howell and P. J. Kushner

125

A Case Study of Large Snowfall Event Variability in the Upper Colorado River Basin

Johnathan P. Kirk, Kent State University, Kent, OH

126

A Multi-step Approach for Downscaling Daily Precipitation Extremes from Historical Analogs

Christopher M. Castellano, Northeast Regional Climate Center, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY; and A. T. DeGaetano

Carbon Sequestration Trend of Sunaulo Ghaympe Danda Community Forest, Kathmandu, Nepal

Manuscript (430.7 kB)

127

Downscaled Projections of Extreme Precipitation in New York State

Christopher M. Castellano, Northeast Regional Climate Center, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY; and A. T. DeGaetano

128

Orographic Impact on Precipitation Amount in the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest, New Hampshire

Matthew D. Cann, Plymouth State University, Plymouth, NH; and E. P. Kelsey

129

Drought and Pluvial Dipole Events within the Great Plains of the United States

Katarina Christian, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY; and J. Christian and J. B. Basara

131

A Dynamical Downscaling Study in the Great Lakes Region Using the WRF/Lake Model: Historical Simulation and Future Projection

Chuliang Xiao, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; and B. M. Lofgren

130

Simulated Precipitation Extremes Associated with Tropical Cyclones in a Warmer Climate from Very High Resolution Climate Models

133

Linkages Between Arctic Summer Circulation Regimes and Regional Sea Ice Anomalies: Drivers of Retreat?

Mark C. Serreze, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and A. H. Lynch, J. Stroeve, E. N. Cassano, and A. Crawford

134

Determination of Roughness Length at Ny-Alesund-Svalbard Using near Neutral Conditions

Armando Pelliccioni, Istituto Nazionale Assicurazione contro gli Infortuni sul Lavoro, Monteporzio Catone, Italy; and F. Tampieri, A. P. Viola, and M. Mazzola

Manuscript (217.7 kB)

Climate Variability and Change over the Arid and Semi-Arid lands of Kenya

135

Extreme Wet and Dry Events over Southeast Brazil and Associated Atmospheric Circulation Patterns

Silvia Regina Santos da Silva, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and V. Kousky

132

Variability, Predictability, and Risk in the Alaskan Arctic Waters

136

Recent Performances of the High-Resolution Rapid Refresh (HRRR) model in Southern California

Ivory J. Small, NOAA/NWS, San Diego, CA

Handout (476.6 kB)

137

Synoptic and Local Influences on a Summertime, Long-Lived, Mixed-Phase Cloud Event Over Summit, Greenland: A Modeling Perspective

Mallory Paige Row, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and S. M. Cavallo and D. D. Turner

138

Mid-Latitude Weather and Climate Extremes Induced by Sea-Ice Loss over the Baffin and Labrador Seas

Cory Francis Baggett, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA; and S. Lee

139

Reproducibility of Atmospheric Conditions Around Japan by CMIP5 for the Assessment of Future Change in Extreme Precipitation with Statistical Downscaling Approach

Shunya Wakamatsu, Japan Meteorological Agency, Tokyo, Japan; and K. Ishihara

140

Refinement of Horizontal Resolution in Dynamical Downscaling of Climate Information Using WRF: Costs, Benefits, and Lessons Learned

O. Russell Bullock Jr., EPA, Research Triangle Park, NC; and E. Salmon

141

Characterizing the December 2013 extreme rainfall event over the Eastern Caribbean

Leonard A. Nurse, University of The West Indies, Bridgetown, Barbados; and J. L. Charlery, L. Pologne, and A. R. T. Joyette

Handout (2.7 MB)

142

Do Thermodynamics Constrain How the Arctic Atmospheric Heat Engine Can Change in a Warming Climate?

Frederic B. Laliberte, EC, Toronto, ON, Canada; and J. D. Zika and S. Howell

143

Projected Storm Track Changes in CMIP5 Model Simulations

Albert M. W. Yau, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY; and K. Paul, J. Dennis, and E. K. M. Chang

145

Evolution of Extreme Precipitation: A Satellite Based Investigation

Ryan Louis Gonzalez, Center for Multiscale Modeling of Atmospheric Processes, Fort Collins, CO; and C. Kummerow and J. Bytheway

146

Anthropogenic Forcing on the Hadley Circulation in CMIP5 simulations

Yongyun Hu, Peking University, Beijing, China; and L. Tao and J. Liu

Handout (947.3 kB)

147

Principal Roles of the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation in Variations of Circulation and Precipitation in North America

Qi Hu, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE; and M. Veres

148

Trends in Extreme Geopotential Heights over North America: Another Perspective to Investigate Extreme Weather Events

Fuyao Wang, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and S. Vavrus

144

Are the American Monsoons Becoming Shorter?: Evaluation of CMIP5 Simulations and Projections

149

The Human Influence on Global Warming

Austin Hope, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and T. Canty, N. Mascioli, and R. J. Salawitch

150

The Downstream Response to Explosive Extratropical Cyclone Intensification over the North Pacific

Kevin M. Lupo, Plymouth State University, Plymouth, NH; and J. Cordeira and E. G. Hoffman

151

Jet Stream Variability: Creating a Jet Index

Jeffrey M. Schmidt, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA; and G. S. Young, D. W. Titley, S. D. Goldberger, and S. K. Miller

152

Estimating Impacts of North Atlantic Tropical Cyclones Using an Index of Damage Potential

Debasish PaiMazumder, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. M. Done, E. Towler, and C. Kishtawal

154

Analysis of Extreme Reversals in Monthly, Seasonal, and Annual Precipitation Anomalies across the United States, 1895–2014

Michael L. Marston Jr., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA; and A. W. Ellis

155

Large Precipitation Events in Northern Vermont Compared to Global Temperature Anomalies and Carbon Dioxide Concentrations

Melissa Eleanor Segall, Lyndon State College, Lyndonville, VT; and T. Bacchus

153

Recurring Cold Winters over the Gulf Stream and Implications for Northern Hemisphere Ocean Circulation

Future Trends in Extreme Temperatures over the Western U.S.: The Influence of Terrain and Coastlines

Poster Session 1

POSTER: Fourth Symposium on Prediction of the Madden-Julian Oscillation: Processes, Prediction and Impact

Host: Fourth Symposium on Prediction of the Madden-Julian Oscillation: Processes, Prediction and Impact

457

Pathways to Better Prediction of the MJO Initiation over the Indian Ocean

Ajda Savarin, RSMAS, Miami, FL; and S. S. Chen

Handout (11.4 MB)

458

Bimodal Representation of Convection for Extended Range Prediction with a Modified Kain-Fritsch Cumulus Scheme

James A. Ridout, NRL, Monterey, CA

Handout (1.3 MB)

459

Coupled COAMPS Prediction of CINDY/DYNAMO MJO 1

Sue Chen, NRL, Monterey, CA; and S. Gerbersek, J. M. Schmidt, M. Flatau, and P. May

460

Observing Atmospheric Waves' Impacts on Troposphere down to Surface during ASIRI-RAWI Campaign

Patrick Conry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN; and L. S. Leo, Y. Wang, V. Amelie, U. Jinadasa, C. Wang, B. W. Blomquist, E. Creegan, C. Hocut, B. MacCall, L. K. Yeo, S. Pillay, N. Lalande, U. Adikari, and H. J. S. Fernando

461

Understanding How CYGNSS Will Depict Convective Variability by Ingesting a High Temporal Resolution WRF Simulation in NASA's End-to-End Simulator

Tyler Castillo, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and J. Mecikalski, T. J. Lang, T. Chronis, and X. Li

462

The Interaction of Eastward Propagating Equatorial Modes with the Maritime Continent

Maria K. Flatau, NRL, Monterey, CA; and J. Ridout, C. Reynolds, T. Shinoda, S. Chen, and J. Schmidt

463

Ocean-Atmosphere Interaction during the 2011 DYNAMO MJOs in COAMPS Simulations

Tommy G. Jensen, NRL, Stennis Space Center, MS; and S. Chen, M. K. Flatau, and T. Shinoda

464

On the Nonlinear Kinetic Energy Transfer Between MJO and Synoptic Scales

Sarvesh Kumar Dubey, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and T. N. Krishnamurti

465

ENSO Modulation of MJO Event Variability in Observations, GCMs, and the Skeleton Model

466

Coupled Atmosphere-Ocean Simulations of the MJO during 2015

Matthew Janiga, NRL, Monterey, CA; and N. P. Barton and C. Reynolds

467

The Role of DYNAMO In-situ Observations in Improving NASA CERES-like Surface Atmosphere Radiation Estimation through Improving GMAO Reanalysis

Hailan Wang, NASA, Hampton, VA; and D. Achuthavarier, S. D. Schubert, W. Su, and N. Loeb

468

Use of CYGNSS in Understanding the Onset and Convective Properties in a Weak MJO from the DYNAMO December 2011 Event

Kacie Hoover, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and J. R. Mecikalski, X. Li, T. J. Lang, and T. Chronis

469

Mesoscale Wind Divergence Profiles in the Indian Ocean during the DYNAMO Field Campaign

Arunchandra Susheela Chandra, RSMAS, Miami, FL; and B. E. Mapes

470

Influence of Lateral Boundary Conditions on Regional Extended-Range Simulations of the MJO

Xiaodong Hong, NRL, Monterey, CA; and C. A. Reynolds, J. Doyle, P. May, and J. A. Ridout

471

Impact of Atmospheric Convectively Coupled Equatorial Kelvin Waves on the Upper Ocean Variability

Dariusz B. Baranowski, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and M. Flatau, P. J. Flatau, A. J. Matthews, and S. P. Malinowski

472

Linkage between Seasonal Seychelles-Chagos Thermocline Ridge and MJO formation

Subrahmanyam Bulusu, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC; and J. D'Addezio

473

A Stochastic Skeleton Model for the MJO

Sulian Thual, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York, NY; and A. J. Majda

Dynamics of the Near-Surface Layer of the Equatorial Ocean under Anomalous Rainfall

474

Study of SST Impact to MJO Prediction through GEFS Model

Yuejian Zhu, NCEP, College Park, MD; and M. Pena, W. Li, D. Hou, X. Zhu, and Q. Zhang

475

Numerical Simulation of MJO Genesis: The Impact of the DYNAMO Data

Xuanli Li, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and J. R. Mecikalski, T. J. Lang, and T. Chronis

Poster Session 1

Host: 22nd Conference on Applied Climatology

235

Numerical Simulations on Influence of Urban Land Cover Expansion and Anthropogenic Heat Release on Urban Meteorological Environment in Pearl River Delta,China

Ning Zhang, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China; and X. Wang

236

Evaluation of Regional Climate Services in the Great Plains and Midwest

237

A New Index for Drought Monitoring: Precipitation Evapotranspiration Difference Condition Index

Liyan Tian, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas; and S. M. Quiring

238

A Comparison Of 20 Years Of Automated And Manual Rainfall Observations At Over 250 Locations Across Oklahoma

Monique A. Sellers, Oklahoma Climatological Survey, Norman, OK; and C. A. Fiebrich and C. R. Luttrell

239

Objective Tracking of Easterly Wave Disturbances over Northeast Brazil

Helber Gomes, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Diadema, Brazil; and T. Ambrizzi, K. I. Hodges, and M. C. L. Silva

240

The Second Modern-Era Retrospective Analysis for Research and Applications (MERRA-2) Data and Enhanced Services Available at the GES DISC

Dana Ostrenga, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and B. Vollmer, M. G. Bosilovich, B. Deshong, and S. Shen

241

Finding the Best Historical Climate Dataset for Ecological Modeling

Michael Brackett, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina; and A. M. Wootten, G. M. Ely, and R. P. Boyles

242

Mapping Daily Light Integrals for Greenhouse Production

Joanne Logan, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN; and C. E. Sams and J. Faust

Poster Session 1

Poster Session I: Atmospheric Sciences Education

Host: 25th Symposium on Education

156

Advancing Atmospheric Science Education: a View of the Broader Landscape and Potential Directions and Approaches

157

Cloud Computing in Atmospheric Science Education

Curtis N. James, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott, AZ; and J. Weber

Handout (862.7 kB)

158

Use of Low Cost Computational Platforms for Integration of K-12 Education and Research

Udaysankar S. Nair, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL; and R. Mahmood and E. Rappin

159

Meteorological Support for Atmospheric Impacts Relative to Research in the Radio Science Community: A Call for Collaboration

Robert E. Marshall, Mount Pleasant Meteorology, Woodford, VA

160

Using Simple Classroom Demonstrations as Meteorological Teaching and Learning Tools

Bruce A. Albrecht, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL

Poster Session 1

Poster Session on Transitioning Research to Operations - I

Host: Sixth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations

Cochairs: Stephen A. Mango, NOAA/NESDIS/OPPA Affiliate; Nicolas Powell, Raytheon

435

Impact of Quikscat and AIRS Data Assimilation on Simulations of the Catarina Hurricane

Maria Cristina Lemos da Silva, University of Sao Paulo (IAG/USP)/CLIMATEMPO, São Paulo, Brazil; and P. L. Silva Dias and H. Gomes

436

An Analysis of ZDR Columns to Improve Severe Weather Forecasting

Aidan R. Kuroski, Brockport, NY; and J. Billings Wright and K. R. Cook

437

An Impact Study of Cloud Optical Properties in Weather Modeling

Ming Liu, NRL, Monterey, CA; and J. Schmidt, S. Yang, and M. Peng

438

Upcoming Changes to the NCEP Production Suite

Hendrik L. Tolman, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, College Park, MD

439

Convective Simulations Using A WRF Microphysics Ensemble

Joshua Markel, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND; and M. S. Gilmore

440

Capabilities and Limitations of New Lightning Data Sets in Operations

Doug T. Kahn, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and S. D. Rudlosky

441

Long Term Evaluation of NCEP, NSSL, and a New NSSL WRF Microphysical Parameterizations Ensemble

Ronald Stenz, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND; and X. Dong, A. Kennedy, M. Gilmore, J. Markel, and D. Goines

442

The Earth Climate Hyperspectral Observatory: Advances in Cloud and Aerosol Remote Sensing

Peter Pilewskie, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and O. Coddington, S. Schmidt, G. Kopp, and T. Sparn

443

Precipitation Forecast Verification from Operational Weather Models

Max Marchand, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and H. Fuelberg

Handout (3.5 MB)

444

Research to Operations Transition of Stochastic Physics into the NCEP Global Ensemble

Walter Kolczynski Jr., NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC via IMSG, College Park, MD; and P. Pegion, T. Hamill, J. S. Whitaker, G. Bates, M. Gehne, D. Hou, Y. Zhu, X. Zhou, C. A. Reynolds, J. Berner, and I. Jankov

445

Objective Storm Tracking Using Echo Top Height Maxima from High-Resolution Three-Dimensional Radar Observations

Cameron R. Homeyer, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK

Handout (1.3 MB)

Poster Session 1

Poster Session: Chemistry and Aerosols - Mon/tue

Host: Eighth Symposium on Aerosol–Cloud–Climate Interactions

Chair: Sonia M. Kreidenweis, Colorado State University

398

Improved Understanding of the Vertical Distribution of Simulated Dust Distribution in the Saharan Air Layer During the ICE-D Field Campaign with the WRF-CHEM Model

Sen Chiao, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA; and G. S. Jenkins

399

Shortwave Direct Radiative Effects of Above Cloud Aerosols Over Global Oceans Derived From Eight Years of CALIOP and MODIS Observations

Zhibo Zhang, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD

400

Observations and Characteristics of Particles in the 0.5 to 2.5 micron Size Range

Sonia M. Kreidenweis, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and P. J. DeMott

401

Temporal Variations of Absorbing Aerosols above Clouds

Ian Chang, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and S. A. Christopher

402

Dense Cloud or Aerosol Plume Geometry Reconstruction in 3D from Airborne Multiangle Imaging: Proof of Concept

404

Quantification of Aerosol-cloud Shortwave Radiative Effects in Tropical Stratiform Cloud Cover

Alyson Rose Douglas, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and T. S. L'Ecuyer

403

Biosphere-atmosphere Exchange of NOx, CH4, and O3 in Central Amazonia

405

The Direct Effect of Aerosol on Planetary Boundary Layer (PBL)

Yuwei Zhang, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and Z. Li

406

On the Angular Effect of Undetected Clouds in Infrared Window Radiance Observations: Aircraft Experimental Analyses

Nicholas R. Nalli, NOAA/NESDIS, College Park, MD; and W. L. Smith Sr. and Q. Liu

407

In Cloud Production Mechanisms of Carbon Dioxide and Methane

Ahmet Cemal Saydam, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey; and A. Hadji Ali Ghandi

Manuscript (730.8 kB)

409

Aerosol Concentration and Size Distribution: Aircraft Measurements in North China

Xiaoyan Ma, University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, China

Manuscript (11.3 kB)

410

The Cloud Droplet Relative Dispersion Effect - Does It Exist?

Adele L. Igel, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado; and S. C. van den Heever

408

Comparative Analysis of Dust and Anthropogenic Aerosol Characteristics Based on In-situ Sunphotometer measurements and AIRS Observations in North China

411

Studying the Impacts of Future Climate and Emission Changes on Air Quality in China Using the Two-Way Coupled WRF-CMAQ

Chaopeng Hong, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China; and Q. Zhang, Y. Zhang, and K. B. He

413

The Significance and Measurement of Ice Nucleating Particles (INPs) in the Atmosphere

Dereje Abera Workneh, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; and B. J. Murray

Manuscript (74.4 kB)

Handout (1.6 MB)

Poster 414 has been moved. New paper number is 1.4A

415

Exploring Climatology and Long-Term Variations of Global Dust Deposition from NASA Reanalysis MERRA-2 with Giovanni

Suhung Shen, NASA, Greenbelt, MD; and D. Ostrenga, B. Vollmer, and Z. Li

Handout (870.9 kB)

412

Observational Evidence for the Convective Transport of Dust Over the Central United States

416

A Geomorphic Approach to Characterizing Material Availability in Numerical Dust Transport Models

Sandra L. Jones, US Army, Hanover, NH

Poster 417 has been moved. New paper number is TJ12.5A.

418

Long-range saharan dust observations made in south Florida during the summers of 2014 and 2015

Paquita Zuidema, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and R. Delgadillo and S. Kramer

419

2015 Extreme Wildfire Events in Canada and Smoke Forecasts with the FireWork System

Radenko Pavlovic, EC, Dorval, QC, Canada; and P. A. Beaulieu, H. Landry, S. Cousineau, M. D. Moran, and S. Gravel

420

Separate quantification of isoprene oxidation products via the hydroperoxyl and nitric-oxide pathways over Amazonia and the implication for aerosol formation

Yingjun Liu, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA; and K. A. McKinney, T. Watson, S. Springston, M. Dorris, J. C. Rivera-Rios, F. N. Keutsch, R. Seco, S. Kim, J. Shilling, A. Guenther, L. D. Yee, G. Isaacman-VanWertz, A. H. Goldstein, J. F. D. Brito, R. A. F. Souza, S. Duvoisin, A. Manzi, and S. T. Martin

421

The Potential Contribution of Plant Materials to the Ice Nucleation Activity of Vegetated Soil Dust

Ottmar Möhler, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany; and N. Hiranuma, R. Ullrich, and C. Hoose

422

Modeling Secondary Organic Aerosol and Its Climatic Impacts using WRF/Chem over Continental U.S.: Sensitivity to Gas-Phase Mechanisms and Secondary Organic Aerosol Treatments

Khairunnisa B. Yahya, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; and T. Glotfelty, K. Wang, and Y. Zhang

Poster Session 1

Poster Session: Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice

Host: 11th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice

386

Impact of Earth Networks Lightning Data and Dangerous Thunderstorm Alerts on Forecasters' Warning Decision and Confidence

Rashida D. S. Francis, National Weather Center REU Program, Norman, OK; and K. M. Kuhlman and D. LaDue

387

Multiple-Vehicle (Chain-Reaction) Accidents and Radar Signatures

David A. Call, Ball State University, Muncie, IN; and C. M. Wilson and K. N. Shourd

388

WDTD/OLCO Training: Using Social Media to Empower the Public

Stephen Mullens, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK

Poster 389 has been moved. New paper number 6.6A

389A

Enhancing National Climate Services for Malaria Control in Eastern Africa

Aisha Sekelaga Muhammad, International Research Institute for Climate and Society/Columbia University, New York, NY; and M. Thomson, A. Woyessa, T. Dinku, D. Korecha, R. Cousin, A. G. Barnston, and B. Lyon

390

Information and Trust During Hurricane Ike

Robert Prestley, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA; and J. Nielsen-Gammon and E. Berger

391

Methods of Engagement: RISA Approaches

Caitlin Fiona Simpson, NOAA, Silver Spring, MD

392

Urban Sustainability Maps — Tool for City Development based on Climate, Human, and Spatial Components

393

Health and Hazards in Oregon: Policy Insights from Providing Local Climate Services in Practice

Josh Foster, Oregon Climate Change Research Institute, Corvallis, OR

394

Health and Hazards in Oregon: Insights from Providing Local Climate Services in Practice

Josh Foster, Oregon Climate Change Research Institute, Corvallis, OR

395

Modeling Analysis of Emission Sources for Ozone Concentration over El Paso, TX

Duanjun Lu, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS; and R. M. Fitzgerald and W. R. Stockwell

Poster 396 titled: A Labor Market Analysis of the Electricity Sector for 2030 using the National Energy with Weather System Simulator. L. M. Terry, NOAA/Univ. of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL; C. T. Clack, M. Marquis, P. D. Picciano, and J. Paine (Full Abstract details and text can be found under J6.4A)

397

Analysis of Future Potential of Index Insurance in West Africa using CMIP 5 GCM results

Poster Session 1

Poster Viewing

Host: Seventh Conference on Weather, Climate, Water and the New Energy Economy

423

Quantifying the Economic and Grid Reliability Impacts of Improved Wind Power Forecasting

424

Improving Offshore Wind Energy Resource Estimates Using Doppler Wind Lidar: Research to Operation

Alexandra St.Pé, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD; and F. Daham, G. Antoszewski, S. Rabenhorst, Q. Liu, and R. Delgado

425

Regional Studies for Renewable Wind Energy Using the Second Modern-Era Retrospective analysis for Research and Applications (MERRA-2) Dataset

Tatiana DaSilva, NASA/GSFC, Lanham, MD; and D. Ostrenga, S. Shen, and K. MacRitchie

426

Quantifying the Effect of Lidar Turbulence Error on Wind Power Prediction

Jennifer F. Newman, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO; and A. Clifton

Handout (2.8 MB)

427

Application of Ensemble Forecast and Linear Regression Method in Improving PM10 Forecast over Beijing Areas

Si Huang, IBM Research, Beijing, China

428

The Forecast is Too Sunny and the Observations are Biased

Stephen D. Jascourt, MDA Information Systems LLC, Gaithersburg, MD; and D. Kirk-Davidoff, C. C. Cassidy, and T. Hartman

Handout (2.1 MB)

429

Weather Driven Renewable Energy Analysis, Modeling New Technologies

Julia Paine, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and C. T. Clack

Handout (15.3 MB)

Poster Session 1

Posters, 11-12 January

Host: 23rd Conference on Probability and Statistics in the Atmospheric Sciences

217

Nonlinear Local Lyapunov Vectors and Their Potential Application in Ensemble Prediction

Jie Feng, NOAA, Boulder, CO; and J. Li, R. Ding, and D. Liu

218

Application of the Analog Ensemble Methodology to Land Surface Conditions

Laura Harding, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA; and A. Fisher

219

Improvement of Anomaly Forecast for Extreme Weather Events

Hong Guan, Systems Research Group Inc./EMC/NCEP/NOAA, College Park, MD; and Y. Zhu, Y. Luo, and B. Cui

220

Quantification of Forecast Uncertainty Using Polynomial Chaos Expansion

Junjun Hu, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and S. Lakshmivarahan and J. Lewis

221

Impacts of Physics Parameterization and Data Assimilation on Synoptic Feature Modeling in Severe Weather Outbreaks

Erin A. Thead, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS; and A. E. Mercer and J. L. Dyer

Handout (1.4 MB)

222

Probabilistic Ensemble Forecasting using Bayesian Model Averaging

Steven Beale, Amec Foster Wheeler Environment & Infrastructure, St. John's, NF, Canada; and T. Bullock

223

A Probabilistic Statistical Climatological Relationship between Precipitable Water Vapor and Precipitation for Near-Real Time Forecasting Applications

Jacola A. Roman, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and R. Knuteson, S. Hubbard, S. Ackerman, and H. Revercomb

224

Using FRiskNH Model to Determine Freeze in New Mexico Vineyards

Elizabeth Arleen Smith, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM

225

Modeling Range-Dependent Biases in Long-Term Radar-Based Precipitation Estimates

John Nielsen-Gammon, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; and D. B. McRoberts

Handout (2.4 MB)

226

A High-Wind Prediction Model for Bordeaux, Wyoming

Zach Finch, NOAA/NWS, Cheyenne, WY; and D. T. Lindsey

Manuscript (701.4 kB)

Handout (731.9 kB)

227

Diagnostic Variables Governing Rapid Intensification of Tropical Cyclones Revealed Through Composite Analysis

Alexandria D. Grimes, Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS; and A. E. Mercer

228

Clustering of Multi-model Hurricane Sandy Track and Cyclone Phase Space Forecasts using a Regression Mixture Model

Alex Kowaleski, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA; and J. L. Evans

229

Examining Intensity Trends During Extratropical Transition

Justin Alexander Baldizon Stark, CMMAP, Miami, FL

230

Benchmarking and Verification of Rapid Intensification/Weakening of Tropical Cyclone Forecasts by HWRF Model

Mrinal K. Biswas, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. H. Gotway, T. Fowler, and L. R. Bernardet

231

Statistical Drought Forecasting in South Central Oklahoma

Virginia G. Silvis, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and M. D. Hunter, R. McPherson, H. Lazrus, and M. B. Richman

232

Short Term Forecasting of Solar Irradiance using Data Analytics and Probabilistic Cloud Cover Forecasts

Peter J. Isaacson, The Aerospace Corporation, Chantilly, VA; and G. J. Bloy, E. B. Wendoloski, and C. N. Mutchler

233

Bayesian Analysis of Lightning Data Sets

Phillip M. Bitzer, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and J. Burchfield

234

Mitigating the Impact of Weather Forecast Error in Electric and Natural Gas Load Forecasting

Wes Hyduke, Schneider Electric, Minneapolis, MN

Handout (470.4 kB)

Poster Session 1

Session 1

Host: Fourth Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise

455

Improving Multi-Radar Multi-Sensor Cloud-to-Ground Probabilities

Tiffany C. Meyer, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and K. M. Kuhlman

Handout (1.3 MB)

456

Preparing for Climate Change Along the U.S.-Mexico Border

Gregg M. Garfin, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and H. C. Hartmann, A. Roberson, M. K. Briggs, J. Bennett, and D. P. Brown

Poster Session 1

Space Weather Posters

Host: 13th Conference on Space Weather

Chair: Robert P. McCoy, Univ. of Alaska

317

Geomagnetic Disturbances and Geomagnetic Induced Currents

Lawrence J. Zanetti, APL, Laurel, MD; and B. Anderson, H. Korth, R. M. Robinson, and A. Pulkkinen

318

Dst Profile Investigation with Gamma Distribution and Diffusion-Like Distribution

M. Chantale Damas, CUNY/Queensborough Community College, Brooklyn, NY; and T. Cheung, Y. Dong, S. Peng, and Z. Yang

Manuscript (64.0 kB)

319

extreme poynting flux over the polar cap region

320

DSCOVR Science Archive Data and Access from NCEI

William Rowland, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and S. M. Codrescu, M. Tilton, R. Redmon, P. Loto'aniu, J. Cartwright, H. McCullough, and W. F. Denig

322

Geomagnetic storms: How bad can they be?

Chigomezyo M. Ngwira, The Catholic University of America, Greenbelt, MD

Manuscript (39.6 kB)

321

NLDN and ENTLN Observations of Sprite-Inducing Lightning

323

Geomagnetically induced currents in the ground beneath our feet: The view from near space

Daniel T. Welling, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

Manuscript (107.2 kB)

324

Geomagnetically induced currents in the ground beneath our feet: The view from outer space

N. P. Savani, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD; and A. Pulkkinen and L. I. GIC Working Group

Manuscript (61.5 kB)

Joint Poster Session 2

Land Model Benchmarking: Benchmarking, Verification and Validation in Terrestrial Hydrology Posters

Location: New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center

Hosts: (Joint between the 30th Conference on Hydrology; and the 23rd Conference on Probability and Statistics in the Atmospheric Sciences )

Chairperson/Person in Charge: Michael B. Ek, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC

Chair: Sujay Kumar, NASA/GSFC

89

Comparison of Global Mountain Snow Storage Estimates and the Prospect of Improvement with Regional Climate Modeling

Melissa L. Wrzesien, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH; and M. T. Durand and T. M. Pavelsky

90

Basin-Scale Evaluation of the Land Surface Water Budget in the NCEP Operational and Research NLDAS-2 Systems

Youlong Xia, IMSG at EMC/NCEP, College Park, MD; and M. Ek, B. Cosgrove, K. Mitchell, C. Peters-Lidard, M. J. Brewer, D. M. Mocko, S. V. Kumar, H. Wei, J. Meng, and L. Luo

91

The Uncertainty of Precipitation-type Observations and its Effect on the Validation of the Forecast Precipitation Type

Heather D. Reeves, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma and NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK

92

Evaluating Evaporation Components in Flux Data and Model Output

Emma L. Robinson, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Wallingford, United Kingdom; and E. Blyth

Handout (1.2 MB)

93

Evaluating a High-resolution Operational LDAS/LSM with In-situ Soil Measurements Throughout North Carolina

John N. McHenry, Baron Advanced Meteorological Systems, LLC, Raleigh, NC; and A. Sims and D. T. Olerud

94

Similarity Assessment of NLDAS Multi-Model Ensemble Outputs

Shugong Wang, SAIC at NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and S. Kumar, D. Mocko, C. Peters-Lidard, Y. Xia, and M. Ek

95

Quantifying the Mismatch between Snow and Climate in Global Reanalyses and Land Models

Patrick D. Broxton, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and X. Zeng and N. Dawson

96

Estimates of Global Surface Hydrology and Heat Fluxes from the Community Land Model (CLM4.5) with Four Atmospheric Forcing Datasets: Intercomparison and Assessment

Aihui Wang, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China; and X. Zeng and D. Guo

97

The North American Land Data Assimilation System (NLDAS) Science Testbed: An Environment for the Systematic Evaluation and Benchmarking of NLDAS Outputs

David M. Mocko, SAIC at NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and S. V. Kumar, S. Wang, K. R. Arsenault, C. Peters-Lidard, G. S. Nearing, Y. Xia, M. B. Ek, and J. Dong

98

An Evaluation of the ERDC CRREL FASST Land Surface Model Relative to Measurements and a Comparable, Widely Used Land Surface Model

99

The Land Verification Toolkit---A Common Methodology For Benchmarks, Evaluation Procedures, And Metrics For The Land Surface Modeling Community

Jerry Wegiel, SAIC, Greenbelt, MD; and S. V. Kumar, C. Peters-Lidard, M. Best, M. B. Ek, S. G. Benjamin, J. D. Cetola, J. B. Eylander, K. R. Arsenault, J. Geiger, D. M. Mocko, S. Wang, C. Franks, R. L. Ruhge, E. D. Hunt, T. A. Lewiston, M. Freimund, N. Wright, T. Smirnova, S. Rheingrover, K. W. Harrison, Y. Tian, Y. Liu, J. A. Santanello Jr., and M. Shaw

100

Stochastic Analysis of Nonlinear Sorption at the Cape Cod Tracer Site

Neal T. Graham, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and F. Miralles-Wilhelm

Poster Session 2

Poster Session II: Outreach

Host: 25th Symposium on Education

161A

Living with Climate Change: An Undergraduate Course for Western Alaska

Todd A. Radenbaugh, University of Alaska, Dillingham, AK

Handout (15.4 MB)

161

Implementing Learning Paths to meet Professional Earth Systems Competencies in NOAA's National Weather Service

162

Long term Impacts of a One-week Professional Development Program for Undergraduate Students

Valerie Sloan, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. Haacker and T. Barnes

Handout (526.8 kB)

163

CoCoRaHS WxTalk Webinars - Sharing Weather and Climate Knowledge with the Public

Henry Reges, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and N. J. Doesken, N. Newman, Z. Schwalbe, and J. Turner

Handout (6.7 MB)

164

Weather and Water Go Hand in Hand: Education and Outreach at the Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology

Andrea Sealy, Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology, St. James, Barbados; and K. A. Caesar and D. Farrell

Handout (2.2 MB) Handout (1.6 MB)

165

Teaching the Weather Merit Badge: STEM Education in the Boy Scouts of America Organization

Brian Blaylock, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT

Handout (1.1 MB)

166

What do Docents Transfer to their Lives from an Earthquake and Tsunami Exhibit?

Shelley Olds, UNAVCO, Boulder, CO

Handout (16.6 MB)

167

Outreach to Children -- A Unique Opportunity to Excite Weather Interest in Hospitalized Children

Laura Paulik, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and G. J. Alaka Jr.

Handout (3.6 MB)

Poster Session 3

Poster Session III: Pre-College Education Initiatives

Host: 25th Symposium on Education

168

Creating Experiences for K-12 Students to Ehance their Understanding of Meteorological Processes in Complex Terrain

Stephan F.J. De Wekker, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA; and S. Pal

169

Developing a Yearlong NGSS Learning Sequence Focused on Climate Solutions: Opportunities, Challenges and Reflections

Eugene Cordero, San Jose State Univ., San Jose, CA; and D. C. Centeno, E. Walsh, and E. Metzger

170

Integrated Science for Pre-service High School Teachers: Combining Physics, Meteorology and Astronomy

Redina L. Herman, Western Illinois Univ., Macomb, IL; and R. T. Gordon and L. M. Barden-Gabbei

171

First Approaches toward Teaching K – 12 Weather and Climate with an NGSS Approach

Michael J. Passow, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, Palisades, NY

172

Going Beyond the Classroom: Weather + Science = Energy Efficiency in School Communities

Victoria L. Gorman, Medford Memorial Middle School, Medford, NJ; and S. Humenik

173

High School Broadcast Meteorology Program

Jeffrey A. Yuhas, Morristown-Beard School, Morristown, NJ; and R. Dorwart, O. Braunstein, and S. Nadler

Oklahoma Teacher Climate Summit: Teaching Climate Science By Understanding Forests

174

STEM Education in a High School Meteorology Program

Jeffrey A. Yuhas, Morristown-Beard School, Morristown, NJ; and T. Margosian, H. Kern, V. Sharma, and B. Rechler

175

Measuring the Accuracy of Hyperlocal Forecasting through Onset of Precipitation Predictions

Stephen Lane, Concord-Carlisle Regional High School, Concord, MA; and T. Ruggiero, T. Wurts, and J. Bailey-Wells

176

ESIP Education Workshops

Margaret Mooney, CIMSS, SSEC, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and L. Dahlman, P. M. Lewis, and E. Robinson

Handout (3.7 MB)

177

Use of GLOBE Protocols to Promote the Next Generation Science Standards

Paul E. Adams, Fort Hays State University, Hays, Kansas

Handout (1.4 MB)

178

Climate Changes

Christine A. Fuentes, Universidad Interamericana de Puerto Rico Aguadilla, Aguadilla, PR

Manuscript (250.3 kB)

Handout (1.9 MB)

Joint Poster Session 3

Remote Sensing Applications in Hydrology Posters

Location: New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center

Hosts: (Joint between the 30th Conference on Hydrology; and the 20th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS) )

Chairperson/Person in Charge: David J. Gochis, NCAR

Cochairs: Christopher Hain, University of Maryland; John B. Eylander, US Army Corps of Engineers

101

Observation of Hailstorm with Higher Spatial Resolution Using a Compact Dual Polarimetric X-Band Weather Radar

Toshiaki Takaki, Furuno Electric Co., LTD., Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan; and M. Hayano, S. Oishi, and E. Nakakita

Handout (579.4 kB)

102

Quantitative precipitation estimation using the characteristics of raindrop size distribution based on the maximum diameter

Sung-A Jung, KMA, Seoul, South Korea; and D. I. Lee, J. H. Kim, and J. S. Ko

103

Incorporate Satellite Precipitation Product into Radar-Gage Multisensor Precipitation Estimation Algorithm

Yuxiang He, NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and Y. Zhang, R. J. Kuligowski, and R. Cifelli

Handout (4.6 MB)

104

Development of Hydrometeor Classification Algorithm for Korea Precipitation Systems

In-Hae Cho, KMA, Seoul, South Korea; and M. K. Suk, K. Y. Nam, and J. S. Ko

Handout (2.7 MB)

105

Temporal filtering methods for operational snow covered area mapping

Blaine F. Morriss, CRREL (Cold Regions Research and Engineering Lab), Hanover, NH; and E. Ochs, T. A. Lewiston, E. J. Deeb, S. F. Daly, S. D. Newman, and J. B. Eylander

106

Mapping the extent and dynamics of lakes in high northern latitudes of North America

Mark L. Carroll, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and M. Wooten, C. DiMiceli, and R. Sohlberg

107

Pre-monsoon Drought and Heat Wave in India Observed from Space

W. Timothy Liu, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and X. Xie

108

Validation of Global Soil Moisture Products from SMAP Radiometer Observations and their Application in NCEP Global Forecast System

Weizhong Zheng, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, College Park, MD; and J. Liu, L. Fang, J. Yin, X. Zhan, and M. B. Ek

Poster Session 4

Poster Session IV: University Education Initiatives

Host: 25th Symposium on Education

179

Exploring the Persistence of Climate Change and Global Warming Misconceptions of Environmental Science Majors after taking a Global Climate Change Class

Jay P. Muza, Broward College, Davie, FL

Manuscript (93.3 kB)

Handout (982.7 kB)

180

Revitalizing Introductory Earth Science Survey Courses with Modern Active Learning Tutorials

Timothy Slater, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY; and S. Slater

181

Evidence of Climate change within the five Regions in Virginia

Darlette M. Meekins, Virginia State University, Glen Allen, VA; and S. sriharan

182

AMS Climate Studies Course: Preparation and Implementation

Ivetta V. Abramyan, Florida State College, Jacksonville, FL

183

Modeling Carbon Cycle through the Earth System as a Formative Tool for Learning about Systems Theory and Complexity

184A

Puerto Rico Climate Change and Human Health Teaching Model

Maria C. Ortiz, Universidad Metropolitana, San Juan, PR; and C. Morales

Manuscript (11.3 kB)

Handout (5.1 MB)

184

Using Weatherbug, Davis Instruments and Pasco for teaching about Forest Meteorology, Agrometeorology, and Micrometeorology

185

Teaching Undergraduates Scientific Writing: VU Perspective

Kevin H. Goebbert, Valparaiso Univ., Valparaiso, IN; and T. M. Bals-Elsholz, C. Clark, A. J. Stepanek, and B. J. Wolf

Handout (475.5 kB)

186

To Master or Not to Master; That Is the Question

Teresa Bals-Elsholz, Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN; and C. Clark, K. Goebbert, A. Stepanek, and B. Wolf

Manuscript (439.2 kB)

187

Supporting Upper-level Earth Sciences Coursework at Universities: Supplemental Laboratory Packages and Webinars from The COMET® Program

Andrea M. Smith, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and M. Kelsch and J. B. Basara

Handout (2.9 MB)

188

Development and Implementation of an Inquiry Based Lab Approach and Severe Weather Tool (SWAT) to Expose Students to Authentic Research

David Flory, Iowa State University, Ames, IA; and W. A. Gallus Jr., C. Cervato, and C. Ogilvie

189

Implementation of "Weather and Climate Studies" course at North Carolina A&T

Ademe Mekonnen, North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC

Handout (2.7 MB)

190

Experiential Learning Applied to a MATLAB-based Undergraduate NWP Course

Thomas A. Guinn, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, FL

Manuscript (593.0 kB)

191

Chaos and Atmospheric Predictability

Isimar de Azevedo Santos, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro, Macaé, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; and J. Buchmann

Manuscript (50.8 kB)

Handout (133.2 kB)

192

Supervised College Teaching from the Supervised College Teacher's Perspective

Anthony W. Lyza, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and K. R. Knupp and L. D. Carey

193

Developing a Complete Curriculum in Meteorology at a Two-Year College

Paul L. Sirvatka, College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, IL

195

A Mock United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) for Undergraduates at the University of Oklahoma

Renee A. McPherson, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and A. Bamzai, E. Martin, and B. Moore III

Handout (23.7 MB)

196

A Pre- and Post-Test Given to Climate Students to Gauge their Learning

Scott S. Lindstrom, Madison Area Technical College, Madison, WI; and M. A. Lazzara, M. K. Harkey, and S. Lynds

194

Teaching Big Data Workforce Skills Through Tropical Cyclone Investigations

197A

Meteorology Courses at St. Philip’s College, San Antonio, TX. A New Spectrum of Opportunities for Community College Students

Carmen Nava-Fischer, St. Philip's College, San Antonio, TX, San Antonio, TX

198

Providing Application-Driven GIS Education for Earth System Science

Amanda M. Weigel, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and R. Griffin and K. Bugbee

199

Meteorological Applications in a Collaborative Classroom and Stereo Visualization Laboratory

Brian J. Billings, Millersville University, Millersville, PA; and R. J. Kubesh, S. E. Arcand, and M. C. Gill

197

Introducing Climate Science in the General Education Curriculum

200

Driving Climate Studies Curriculum Through a High Traffic Texas Common Course Numbering System Environment

Brett Cummins, Brookhaven College, Farmers Branch, TX

Handout (8.4 MB)

Joint Poster Session 4

The NASA Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) Mission Status and Early Results Posters

Hosts: (Joint between the 30th Conference on Hydrology; and the Sixth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations )

Cochairs: Dara Entekhabi, MIT; Chandra R. Kondragunta, NOAA/OAR; John Pereira, NOAA/NESDIS; Eni Njoku, JPL

109

SMAP Active Passive Soil Moisture Dynamics During the Climate Extremes Across the Southern and Western US During Spring and Early Summer 2015

N. Das, NASA/JPL, Pasadena, CA; and D. Entekhabi and S. H. Yueh

110

Inland Open Water-Body Detection Using Multipolarized L-band SMAP SAR

Seung-Bum Kim, Caltech/JPL, Pasadena, CA; and D. Entekhabi and S. H. Yueh

111

Mapping Field-Scale Soil Moisture Using Ground-Based L-Band Passive Microwave Observations in Western Puerto Rico

Jonathan Muñoz-Barreto, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez, PR; and T. Lakhankar, X. Zhan, R. Tirado-Corbalá, and R. Khanbilvardi

112

Converting Between SMOS and SMAP Level-1 Brightness Temperature Observations Over Nonfrozen Land

Gabriëlle J.M. De Lannoy, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and R. H. Reichle, J. Peng, Y. Kerr, R. Castro, E. J. Kim, and Q. Liu

Poster Session 5

Poster Session V: Promoting Diversity in Atmospheric Sciences

Host: 25th Symposium on Education

201

Implementing the AMS Climate Change course to fulfill the science requirement at Wesley College

Stephanie Stotts, Wesley College, Dover, DE

202

‘Climate and the Real World' a Climate Studies Diversity Project at NMSU

David DuBois, New Mexico State Univ., Las Cruces, NM

203

AMS Climate Studies Implementation at San Antonio College

John Strybos, Alamo Colleges - San Antonio College, Live Oak, Texas

Handout (606.7 kB) Handout (1.2 MB)

204

Introducing Climate Studies at Community College of Philadelphia

Margaret Stephens, Community College of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA

205

Trends in Atmospheric Science Degrees in Underrepresented Groups

Marlene Kaplan, NOAA, Silver Spring, MD; and T. Christenson

206

Climate Studies at KCKCC

Ernest M. May, Kansas Community College, Kansas City, KS

207

On the Use of Multi-Disciplinary Climate Literacy Teaching in Building Interest in Science

Gerald J. Mulvey, University of the Incarnate Word, San Antonio, TX

Handout (1.1 MB)

208

Outcomes and Applications of the AMS/NSF Consortium for Ocean Leadership, MSI REaCH Project Workshop: Tools for the University Professor

Gerald J. Mulvey, University of the Incarnate Word, San Antonio, TX

Handout (802.8 kB)

209

NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory Student Development Program: Expanding on Traditional Student Internship Opportunities

Ann Thorne, OAR, Boulder, CO

210

Implementing Climate Literacy at a Tribal College

Rebecca R. Edler, Sustainable Development Institute, College of Menominee Nation, Keshena, WI

211

Linking Climate Science and Biodiversity through Experiential Learning at Chowan University

James ″Bo″ Dame, Chowan University, Murfreesboro, NC; and H. L. McGuire

Handout (3.4 MB)

212

Teaching Aids in the Discussion of Climatology

Gerald J. Mulvey, University of the Incarnate Word, San Antonio, TX

Handout (912.1 kB)

213

Engaging Critical Thinking in Marine Science: The Paleoclimatology-Oceanography Hybrid Course

DeBonne Natalie Wishart, Central State University, Wilberforce, OH

214

Online Geoscience Education Among Ancient and Current Cultures

David M. Stokowski, New Mexico State University, Grants, NM

Handout (8.2 MB)

215

Cheyney University Climate Education

Sakkar A. Eva, Cheyney University of Pennsylvania, Cheyney, PA

216

Online Climate and Weather Education for Underrepresented Undergraduate Students

Kazuhiro Sonoda, Heritage University, Toppenish, WA

Session 2

Katrina +10: Reflecting on Hurricane Katrina and Planning Ahead for Future Weather and Climate Extremes

Location: Room 333-334 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Host: 11th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice

Chair: Olga Wilhelmi, NCAR

4:00 PM

2.1

Looking Back to Move Forward: The Ecology of Warning 10 Years After Katrina

Vankita Brown, NOAA, Silver Spring, MD; and L. Myers

Recorded Presentation

4:15 PM

2.2

Recovery Migration After Hurricanes Katrina and Rita: Spatial Concentration and Intensification in the Migration System

Elizabeth Fussell, Brown University, Providence, RI; and K. Curtis and J. DeWaard

Recorded Presentation

Handout (11.3 MB)

4:30 PM

2.3

Preparing for the Storm: A New Community Resilience Planning Guide

Therese P. McAllister, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD; and S. A. Cauffman and E. D. Kuligowski

Recorded Presentation

4:45 PM

2.4

A Political Ecology of Extremes: Narrating Urgency in the Anthropocene

Amanda H. Lynch, Brown University, Providence, RI; and S. Veland

Session 2

US CLIVAR Session on Ocean Fingerprints of Decadal-to-Centennial Natural Variability and Anthropogenic Change

Location: La Nouvelle A ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Host: 28th Conference on Climate Variability and Change

Cochairs: David Halpern, JPL; Antonietta Capotondi, University of Colorado; Renellys Christine Perez, NOAA/AOML; Arthur J. Miller, SIO/Univ. Of California

4:00 PM

2.1

Indian and Pacific heat shift temporarily hides Earth's warming

Veronica Nieves, University of California, Los Angeles, CA; and J. Willis and W. C. Patzert

4:15 PM

2.2

Decadal-to-Centennial Variations of Tropical Ocean Currents Over the Next 400 Years Under Increasing Greenhouse Gas Emissions

David Halpern, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and R. Bleck, L. Nazarenko, G. Schmidt, and N. Tausnev

Recorded Presentation

4:30 PM

2.3

Is ENSO Really Changing?

Antonietta Capotondi, CIRES, Univ. of Colorado and Physical Sciences Division, NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and P. D. Sardeshmukh

Recorded Presentation

2.4

Circulation and Water Mass Variability in the South Atlantic

Session 3B

Data Assimilation: Ocean and Coupled Models II

Location: Room 345 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Host: 20th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)

Chair: G. R. Halliwell Jr., NOAA/AOML

4:00 PM

3B.1

Impact of Assimilating Surface Velocity Observations on the Model Sea Surface Height using the NCOM-4DVAR

Matthew J. Carrier, NRL, Stennis Space Center, MS; and H. E. Ngodock, S. Smith, and P. A. Muscarella

Recorded Presentation

4:15 PM

3B.2

Recent Improvements to US Navy Sea Ice Coupled Modeling Systems Using High-Resolution Data

Michael W. Phelps, Jacobs Technology, Stennis Space Center, MS; and P. Posey, R. Allard, D. Hebert, J. Metzger, A. Wallcraft, and O. M. Smedstad

Recorded Presentation

4:30 PM

3B.3

Steep-Descending Mode Truncation in Ocean Spectral Data Assimilation with Comparison to Optimal Interpolation

Peter C. Chu, NPS, Monterey, CA; and C. Fan and T. Margolina

Recorded Presentation

4:45 PM

3B.4

Strongly Coupled EnKF Data Assimilation in Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Models

Travis C. Sluka, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and S. G. Penny, E. Kalnay, and T. Miyoshi

Recorded Presentation

Joint Session 6

Biennial AMS AI Contest

Location: Room 354 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Hosts: (Joint between the 14th Conference on Artificial and Computational Intelligence and its Applications to the Environmental Sciences; and the 30th Conference on Hydrology )

Chair: Carlos Felipe Gaitan, University of Oklahoma/NOAA-GFDL

4:00 PM

J6.1

Feature Engineering on Rainfall Matrices

Mike Kim, Booz Allen Hamilton, VA

4:15 PM

J6.2

Probability Distributions for Kaggle Rain Contest I

Gary Kim, BOEING

Recorded Presentation

4:30 PM

J6.3

Hourly Rainfall Estimation using Gradient Boosted Decision Trees

Devin Anzelmo, University of California, CA

4:45 PM

J6.4

4th Place Solution for “How much Did it Rain? II” Kaggle Competition

Shize Su, University of Virginia, Charlottesville; and A. Jacobs

Joint Session 8

The NASA Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) Mission Status and Early Results

Location: Room 240/241 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Hosts: (Joint between the 30th Conference on Hydrology; and the Sixth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations )

Cochairs: John B. Eylander, US Army Corps of Engineers; Dara Entekhabi, MIT; Chandra R. Kondragunta, NOAA/OAR; Eni Njoku, JPL; John Pereira, NOAA/NESDIS

4:00 PM

J8.1

The NASA Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) Mission Status and Early Results

Simon Yueh, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA; and D. Entekhabi, P. O'Neill, J. Entin, E. Njoku, and K. Kellogg

Recorded Presentation

4:15 PM

J8.2

An Intercomparison of SMAP Passive Soil Moisture Retrieval Algorithms

Steven Chan, NASA JPL, Pasadena, CA; and R. Bindlish, A. Colliander, F. Chen, P. O'Neill, T. Jackson, E. Njoku, A. Berg, T. Rowlandson, K. Caylor, M. Cosh, H. Al Jassar, E. Lopez-Baeza, J. Martinez-Fernandez, A. Gonzalez-Zamora, H. McNairn, A. Pacheco, M. Moghaddam, C. Montzka, C. Notarnicola, G. Niedrist, T. Pellarin, J. Pulliainen, K. Rautiainen, J. Ramos, M. Seyfried, Z. Su, Y. Zeng, R. van der Velde, M. Thibeault, W. Dorigo, M. Vreugdenhil, J. Walker, X. Wu, J. Asanuma, L. Dang, L. Pashaian, M. Spencer, D. Entekhabi, and S. Yueh

4:30 PM

J8.3

SMAP L2/L3 Soil Moisture Product Validation with Core Validation Sites

Thomas Jackson, USDA ARS Hydrology and Remote Sensing Laboratory; and A. Colliander, S. Chan, N. Das, S. Kim, S. Dunbar, R. Bindlish, A. Berg, T. Rowlandson, K. Caylor, M. Cosh, H. Al Jassar, E. Lopez-Baeza, J. Martinez-Fernandez, A. Gonzalez-Zamora, H. McNairn, A. Pacheco, M. Moghaddam, C. Montzka, C. Notarnicola, G. Niedrist, T. Pellarin, J. Pulliainen, K. Rautianen, J. Ramos, M. Seyfried, Z. Su, Y. Zeng, R. van der Velde, M. Thibeault, W. Dorigo, M. Vreugdenhil, J. Walker, X. Wu, J. Asanuma, L. Dang, L. Pashaian, M. Spencer, P. O'Neill, D. Entekhabi, S. Yueh, and E. Njoku

Recorded Presentation

4:45 PM

J8.4

First Results from the SMAP Level 4 Surface and Root Zone Soil Moisture (L4_SM) Data Product

Rolf H. Reichle, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and G. J. M. De Lannoy, R. D. Koster, J. Kimball, W. T. Crow, Q. Liu, J. Ardizzone, A. Berg, D. Bosch, T. Caldwell, A. Colliander, A. Conaty, M. Cosh, D. C. Goodrich, T. Jackson, S. Livingston, J. Prueger, T. Rowlandson, and P. Starks

Recorded Presentation

Session 1

Hydrometeorological Extremes, Part I

Location: Room 242 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Host: 30th Conference on Hydrology

Chair: John N. McHenry, Baron Advanced Meteorological Systems, LLC

1.1

Analysis of Spatial Dependence in Extreme Precipitation over the Southeast United States Using Radar and Gauge Observations

4:15 PM

1.2

Hydrometeorological Ensemble Prediction System for flash flood forecasting within HYMEX program

Béatrice Vincendon, CNRM, TOULOUSE, France; and O. Nuissier, F. Bouttier, S. Edouard, and V. Ducrocq

Recorded Presentation

4:30 PM

1.3

Rainfall distributions for varying environmental conditions along the Balcones Escarpment, Texas

Larry J. Hopper Jr., NOAA/NWS, New Braunfels, TX; and N. L. Hampshire

Recorded Presentation

4:45 PM

1.4

Flooding on the Mendenhall River from a Jokulhlaup: How to forecast a moving target

Scott D. Lindsey, NWS/Alaska Pacific River Forecast Center, Anchorage, AK; and E. H. Moran, E. Hood, and A. Jacobs

Recorded Presentation

5:00 PM

1.5

Using river ice time series (MODIS-AQUA) to identify and predict ice hazards

Simon Kraatz, NOAA-CREST, New York, NY; and R. Khanbilvardi and N. Devineni

Recorded Presentation

Session 3

Dispersion Modeling on a Range of Scales for Different Sources and Applications

Location: Room 243 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Host: 19th Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA

Chair: Saravanan Arunachalam, University of North Carolina

4:00 PM

3.1

Characterization of Source Emissions using Short Duration Measurements and Model Predictions

Steven R. Chiswell, Savannah River National Laboratory, Aiken, SC; and R. L. Buckley, R. J. Kurzeja, and B. J. Viner

4:15 PM

3.2

Simulation of Ship Emission Transport and Dispersion in Coastal Southern California Using the COAMPS® Model

Lee W. Eddington, Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division, Point Mugu, CA

4:30 PM

3.3

Dust and Air Quality Forecasting and Monitoring in the Eastern Caribbean

Ashford Reyes, Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology, St. James, Barbados; and A. Sealy, R. Chewitt, and D. Farrell

Recorded Presentation

4:45 PM

3.4

The Use of Regulatory Air Quality Models to Develop Successful Ozone Attainment Strategies

Timothy Canty, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and H. He, T. Vinciguerra, D. L. Goldberg, A. Ring, R. J. Salawitch, and R. R. Dickerson

Recorded Presentation

5:00 PM

3.5

Simulation of urban flows using a lattice Boltzmann model

Yansen Wang, U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD; and B. MacCall, C. Hocut, and G. Huynh

Recorded Presentation

Session 3

Success stories and lessons learned in Research to Operations (R2O)

Location: Room 352 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Host: 13th Conference on Space Weather

Chair: Michael Wiltberger, NCAR

4:00 PM

3.1

Research to Operations: How Does it Really Work?

William B. Cade III, Baylor University, Waco, TX

4:15 PM

3.2

Research to Operations Success in Operational Space Weather Forecasting

Robert Rutledge, NWS/SWPC, Boulder, CO; and G. Millward, R. Steenburgh, and D. Biesecker

4:30 PM

3.3

Advancing Space Weather Impact Modeling Capabilities

Masha Kuznetsova, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and M. M. Maddox, P. J. Macneice, M. L. Mays, A. A. Pulkkinen, L. Rastaetter, J. S. Shim, A. Taktakishvili, C. Wiegand, and Y. Zheng

Recorded Presentation

4:45 PM

3.4

Short-Term Forecasting Ground Magnetic Perturbations with the Space Weather Modeling Framework

Daniel T. Welling, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; and G. Toth, H. J. Singer, G. Millward, and T. Gombosi

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (56.1 kB)

5:00 PM

3.5

An All-Clear Space Weather Forecasting System Based on Magnetogram in Near Real Time

David A. Falconer, University of Alabama Huntsville, Huntsville, AL; and N. Barghouty and I. Khazanov

Recorded Presentation

Workshop Session 1

Brief Python Tutorials Workshop, Part I

Location: Room 225 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Host: Sixth Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using Python

Lecturers: Hannah Aizenman, City College of New York; David Brown, NCAR; Sheri Mickelson, NCAR

4:00 PM

IPython Notebook in Teaching

4:30 PM

Packaging a Module Using Conda

5:00 PM

Simple Ways to Increase Performance

Session 1

JPSS and GOES-R Instrument Innovators (Invited)

Location: Room 252/254 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Host: 12th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems

Cochairs: Mitchell Goldberg, JPSS; Frank J. DeLuccia, JPSS/Aerospace Corp

4:00 PM

1.1

A Brief History of the GOES-R Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM) (Invited Presentation)

Steven J. Goodman, NOAA/NESDIS/GOES-R Program Office, Greenbelt, MD; and H. J. Christian and R. J. Blakeslee

Recorded Presentation

4:15 PM

1.2

The Pre-launch History of the Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) on GOES-R (Invited Presentation)

Timothy J. Schmit, NOAA/NESDIS/Center for Satellite Applications and Research, Madison, WI; and M. M. Gunshor, J. J. Gurka, and W. P. Menzel

Recorded Presentation

4:30 PM

1.3

JPSS and GOES-R Instrument Innovators: VIIRS (Invited Presentation)

Jeffery J. Puschell, Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems, El Segundo, CA

Recorded Presentation

4:45 PM

1.4

CrIS - The Evolution of the Operational Advanced Sounder (Invited Presentation)

William L. Smith Sr., University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI; and H. E. Revercomb, F. A. Best, R. J. Glumb, K. D. Klaes, R. O. Knuteson, S. A. Mango, D. C. Tobin, and D. A. Santek

Recorded Presentation

5:00 PM

1.5

Approaching 50 Years of Earth Atmospheric Sensing from Space Using Passive Microwave Observations: A Retrospective (Invited Presentation)

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

Recorded Presentation

Panel Discussion 1

Utilizing Financial Tools for Weather Risk Transfer in Business Continuity, Supply Chain, and Capital Markets

Location: Room 244 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Host: Fourth Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise

Moderators: Ian M. Giammanco, Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety; Mark S. Russo, EarthRisk Technologies

Panelists: Mark Bove, MunichRe; James Waller, Guy Carpenter & Company, LLC; Mark S. Russo, EarthRisk Technologies

Session 2

Analysis of Observations from the DYNAMO/CINDY Field Campaign

Location: Room 338/339 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Host: Fourth Symposium on Prediction of the Madden-Julian Oscillation: Processes, Prediction and Impact

Cochairs: Charles Jones, Univ. of California; Tommy G. Jensen, NRL

4:00 PM

2.1

Madden-Julian Oscillation: Impact, Challenge, and Progress (Core Science Lecture)

Chidong Zhang, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL

Audio File
Recorded Presentation

4:30 PM

2.2

Cloud-Resolving Simulations of Convection during AMIE/DYNAMO

Matthew Janiga, NRL, Monterey, CA; and S. Wang, X. Li, and C. Zhang

Recorded Presentation

4:45 PM

2.3

Humidity, Wind Divergence, and Convection's Moisture Sensitivity in DYNAMO Data and an Attribution Model

Brian E. Mapes, Univeristy of Miami / RSMAS, Miami, FL

Recorded Presentation

5:00 PM

2.4

Impact of DYNAMO Observations on the NASA GEOS-5 Reanalysis and the Representation of the MJO Initiation over Tropical Indian Ocean

Deepthi Achuthavarier, GMAO/USRA, Greenbelt, MD; and H. Wang, S. Schubert, and M. E. Sienkiewicz

Recorded Presentation

5:15 PM

2.5

Examining Tropical Cyclone — Kelvin Wave Interactions using Adjoint Diagnostics

Carolyn A. Reynolds, NRL, Monterey, CA; and J. D. Doyle and X. Hong

Recorded Presentation

Panel Discussion 2

Building a Consistent Message: Establishing Ground Rules for the Weather Enterprise

Location: Room 335/336 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Host: 11th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice

Moderators: Kimberly E. Klockow, NOAA; Susan A. Jasko, California Univ. of Pennsylvania

Panelists: Dexter Accardo, St Tammany Parish; Joshua D. Eachus, WBRZ; Angela M. Fritz, Georgia Institute of Technology; Gina M. Eosco, Eastern Reseach Group; J. T. Johnson, Weather Decision Technologies; Bryan Norcross, The Weather Channel; Richard Smith, NOAA/NWSFO

4:00 PM

PD2.1

Building a Consistent Message: Establishing Ground Rules for the Weather Enterprise

Richard Smith, NOAA/NWSFO, Norman, OK; and D. Accardo, J. D. Eachus, E. Holthaus, G. M. Eosco, R. Jennings, J. T. Johnson, and D. Kenny

Recorded Presentation

Joint Session 2

Climate Change and Infectious Diseases

Location: Room 228/229 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Hosts: (Joint between the Seventh Conference on Environment and Health; and the Sixth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations )

Chair: Wendy Marie Thomas, NOAA/NWS

4:00 PM

J2.1

What is One Health: Why Should I Care, and What is the Connection to Climate, Weather and Water? (Core Keynote Lecture)

Juli Trtanj, NOAA/OAR/Climate Program Office, Silver Spring, MD

Recorded Presentation

4:30 PM

J2.2

Lessons Learned on Health Adaptation to Infectious Diseases in Low- and Middle-income Countries

Kristie L. Ebi, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

4:45 PM

J2.3

Nonstationary and Mediated Dynamics between Climate and Cholera Incidence in Piura, Peru, 1991-2001

Ivan J. Ramirez, The New School, New York, NY; and S. C. Grady

Manuscript (9.0 kB)

Handout (1.5 MB)

5:00 PM

J2.4

Impact of Changing Climate on Diarrheal Diseases: A Case Study for Cholera

Fariborz Nasr Azadani, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV; and A. Jutla and R. Colwell

J2.5

Modeling the Potential Impact of Climate Change on Vector-borne Diseases and Respiratory Viruses

Session 2

Solar Forecasting: Energy Application Part 2

Location: Room 346/347 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Host: Seventh Conference on Weather, Climate, Water and the New Energy Economy

Chair: Craig M. Smith, DRI

4:00 PM

2.1

Enabling High Penetration of Solar

Subhashree Mishra, DOE, Washington, DC; and R. Pitchumani

Recorded Presentation

4:15 PM

2.2

Geographic Smoothing of Solar PV: Results from Gujarat

Kelly Klima, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA; and J. Apt

Recorded Presentation

Handout (887.9 kB)

4:30 PM

2.3

Relating Solar Irradiance Variations and Weather across the Northwestern United States

Laura M. Hinkelman, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and N. Schaeffer and T. P. Ackerman

Recorded Presentation

4:45 PM

2.4

Enhanced Statistical Post-Processing of Solar Irradiance Predictions Using Optimized WRF Forecasts of Cloud Cover Categories

Campbell D. Watson, IBM Research, Yorktown Heights, NY; and I. Khabibrakhmanov, J. Cipriani, and S. Lu

5:00 PM

2.5

Coupling Numerical Weather Predictions to Demand and Solar Energy Forecasting Models in an Operational Setting

Vincent P.A. Lonij, IBM Research, Dublin, Ireland; and J. B. Fiot, B. Chen, J. Villumsen, F. Fusco, P. Pompey, Y. Gkoufas, M. Sinn, L. A. Treinish, J. Cipriani, A. P. Praino, I. Khabibrakhmanov, D. Tougas, M. Coombs, and A. Stamp

Recorded Presentation

5:15 PM

2.6

Development and Evaluation of Near-Real-Time Solar Power Forecasts

Duane Apling, Northrop Grumman Corporation, McLean, VA; and K. Darmenova and G. Higgins

Session 3

AWIPS System Updates, Part II

Location: Room 348/349 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Host: 32nd Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies

Cochairs: William F. Roberts, OAR; Jason E. Burks, NASA/MSFC

4:00 PM

3.1

AWIPS II for the University Community

Michael James, UCAR, Boulder, CO

Recorded Presentation

4:15 PM

3.2

Unifying In-flight and Terminal Aviation Forecast Information for a Continuum of Aviation Information

Cammye Sims, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and T. Hansen, T. J. LeFebvre, S. Pontius, and K. Manross

Recorded Presentation

4:30 PM

3.3

GSD's Short-term GFE Point Blender

Kevin L. Manross, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Boulder, CO; and T. J. LeFebvre and I. S. Tsai

Recorded Presentation

4:45 PM

3.4

Activities in the Experimental Products Development Team at SPoRT

Jason E. Burks, NASA/MSFC, Huntsville, AL

Recorded Presentation

5:00 PM

3.5

Developing AWIPS to support forecaster demands in the new generation of satellites

Jordan J. Gerth, CIMSS, Madison, WI

Recorded Presentation

5:15 PM

3.6

Ingesting Geospatial Data into Hazard Services' Database for National Weather Service Flood Alerts

Nkosi M. Muse, NOAA, Somerset, NJ; and K. Manross, J. Wakefield, T. Hansen, and S. Williams

Recorded Presentation

Handout (1003.3 kB)

Session 3

Building a WRN Through Innovative Partnerships

Location: Room 255/257 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Host: Fourth 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.; Shawn Freeman, Northrop Grumman

4:00 PM

3.1

Unlocking the Future of Wireless Emergency Alerts

Michael Gerber, NOAA, Silver Spring, MD; and R. Bunge and H. L. White

Recorded Presentation

4:15 PM

3.2

A Unique Partnership for a Common Goal

Gregory M. Schoor, NWS/OCLO/WDTD, Norman, OK

Recorded Presentation

4:30 PM

3.3

Web-based Integration of Social Media Streams with Weather and Infrastructure Data to Facilitate Decision-making During Hazardous Weather Episodes

Shawn Freeman, Northrop Grumman, Chantilly, VA; and G. Higgins, K. Darmenova, A. Maffei, and J. Lynch

Recorded Presentation

4:45 PM

3.4A

Impact based Decision Support Advisory for use in the National Air Space: Collaborative Aviation Weather Statement

Amy Bettwy, NOAA/NWS/Aviation Weather Center, Kansas City, MO; and J. Becker

Recorded Presentation

5:00 PM

3.5

Western Illinois University Outreach Events

Zachary Riel, Western Illinois University, Macomb, IL

Recorded Presentation

5:15 PM

3.6

Making Data and Mapping Platforms More Relevant and Useful during Decision Support

Rafael Ameller, StormCenter Communications, Inc., Halethorpe, MD

Recorded Presentation

Session 3

Kenneth Crawford Session, Part 2

Location: Room 245 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Host: 22nd Conference on Applied Climatology

Chair: Christopher A. Fiebrich, Oklahoma Climatological Survey

4:00 PM

3.1

The Impact of Nearly Two Decades of Co-Located Research-Quality Observations of Soil and Atmospheric Variables

Jeffrey B. Basara, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and B. G. Illston

Recorded Presentation

3.2

Soil Temperature Variability Across a Single Meteorological Station Footprint

4:15 PM

3.3

Ground Level and Aboveground Observations of Record Rainfall in May 2015 in Oklahoma

Claude E. Duchon, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and C. A. Fiebrich and B. G. Illston

Recorded Presentation

4:45 PM

3.4

Observational Analysis of Flash Flood Events in North Texas

Amanda J. Schroeder, NOAA/NWS Weather Forecast Office, Fort Worth, TX; and D. Cavanaugh, T. Ryan, and J. Dunn

Recorded Presentation

5:00 PM

3.5

The New York State Mesonet: A Technical Overview

Jerald A. Brotzge, SUNY, University at Albany, Albany, NY; and C. Thorncroft and E. Joseph

Recorded Presentation

5:15 PM

3.6

The Role of the Oklahoma Mesonet in Decision Support Services for a Weather-Ready Nation

David L. Andra Jr., NOAA/NWS/Weather Forecast Office, Norman, OK

Recorded Presentation

Session 3

Novel Oceanographic Observational Techniques

Location: Room 342 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Host: 14th Symposium on the Coastal Environment

Cochairs: Patrick J. Fitzpatrick, Mississippi State Univ.; Gregory Dusek, NOAA

4:00 PM

3.1

Measuring Wind-driven Wave Properties in a Coastal Estuary

Jeff Colvin, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL; and S. M. Lazarus, M. Splitt, and B. P. Holman

Recorded Presentation

4:15 PM

3.2

Coastal Currents and Waves along the Texas Coastal Bend: Measurements and Model Comparisons

Philipe Tissot, Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi, TX; and L. Dell

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (3.4 MB)

4:30 PM

3.3

Investigating the Relationships between Tropical Cyclones, Sediment Loading, and Algal Blooms over the Great Barrier Reef

Chelsea. L. Parker, Brown University, Providence, RI; and A. H. Lynch and S. Spera

Recorded Presentation

4:45 PM

3.4

The Effects of Chronic Salinity on the Carbon Cycle of Strawberry Swamp, SC

Alexandria McCombs, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC; and A. L. Hiscox, S. T. Allen, K. W. Krauss, J. Duberstein, and W. H. Conner

Recorded Presentation

5:00 PM

3.5

Mobile Transects of Gulf of Mexico Coastal Environment

Loren D. White, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS

Recorded Presentation

5:15 PM

3.6

Salinity and Hydrology Control Evapotranspiration From a Degraded Coastal Swamp

Scott T. Allen, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA; and A. McCombs, A. L. Hiscox, K. W. Krauss, J. Duberstein, W. H. Conner, and R. F. Keim

Session 3

Pre-college Education Initiatives II

Location: Room 353 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Host: 25th Symposium on Education

Cochairs: John Moore, AMS Board on Outreach and Precollege Education; Jeffrey A. Yuhas, Morristown-Beard School

4:00 PM

3.1

Verification of Satellite-Derived Cloud Properties Using Cloud Observations from Students and the General Public

Megan A. McKeown, NASA/LaRC, Hampton, VA; and K. M. Bedka, L. H. Chambers, S. A. Crecelius, and T. M. Rogerson

Recorded Presentation

4:15 PM

3.2

Promoting K-12 Teacher Involvement in Educational Research Projects

Jeffrey A. Yuhas, Morristown-Beard School, Morristown, NJ; and S. Lane

Recorded Presentation

4:30 PM

3.3

NOAA-CREST Pre-College Education & Training Model: High School Initiative in Remote Sensing of the Earth System Science and Engineering HIRES

Shakila B . Merchant, NOAA/CREST, New York, NY; and R. Khanbilvardi and E. T. A. Morimoto

Recorded Presentation

4:45 PM

3.4

Earth SySTEM: Observing the Earth Visualizing the Future

John Moore, AMS Board on Outreach and Precollege Education, Laurel Springs, NJ

Recorded Presentation

5:00 PM

3.5

Educating Students about Hurricane Hazards and Preparedness

John P. Cangialosi, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/National Hurricane Center, Miami, FL; and D. P. Brown, C. W. Knowlton, H. Morin, A. B. Damiano, and R. G. Henning

Recorded Presentation

5:15 PM

3.6

Invited Presentation: To See the Whole Elephant; Finding Opportunities for Collaboration in Education

Stephen Lane, Concord-Carlisle Regional High School, Concord, MA

Recorded Presentation

Session 3

Statistical Forecasting

Location: Room 226/227 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Host: 23rd Conference on Probability and Statistics in the Atmospheric Sciences

Chair: Eric Gilleland, NCAR

4:00 PM

3.2

Predicting Seasonal Tornado Activity

James B. Elsner, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL

Recorded Presentation

Handout (1.8 MB)

3.1

Modeling Large-Scale Atmospheric Flow Using a Mixture of Local Linear Empirical Models

4:30 PM

3.3

Sensitivity of Spatial Structure of Forecasts on Model Parameters

Caren Marzban, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and N. Li, C. Jones, and S. Sandgathe

Recorded Presentation

Handout (1.1 MB)

4:45 PM

3.4

The Temporal and Probabilistic Relationship between Lightning Jump Occurrence and Radar-Derived Thunderstorm Intensification

Christopher J. Schultz, NASA/MSFC, Huntsville, AL; and P. M. Bitzer, L. D. Carey, T. Chronis, and S. M. Stough

Recorded Presentation

5:00 PM

3.5

Convective Precipitation Estimation in Complex Terrain by using Cloud-to-ground Lightning

Carlos M. Minjarez-Sosa, Universidad de Sonora, Hermosillo, Mexico; and J. Waissman-Vilanova

Recorded Presentation

5:15 PM

3.6

Stochastic simulation of predictive space-time scenarios of wind speed using observations and physical model

Julie Bessac, ANL, Lemont, IL; and E. Constantinescu and M. Anitescu

Recorded Presentation

Session 3

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles for Atmospheric Research I

Location: Room 350/351 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Host: 18th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation

Chair: C. Bruce Baker, NOAA/OAR/ARL/ATDD

4:00 PM

3.1

Feasbility Evaluation of the Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Weather Observations for Operational Weather Prediction

Robbie E. Hood, NOAA Unmanned Aircraft Systems Program, Silver Spring, MD; and G. A. Wick, M. L. Black, J. P. Dunion, S. Van Cooten, R. J. Moorhead II, and J. R. Walker

Recorded Presentation

4:15 PM

3.2

Coyote Hurricane Airborne Observations and Sensing (CHAOS)

Joseph J. Cione, NOAA, Miami, FL; and K. Twining, E. A. Kalina, E. W. Uhlhorn, and A. Brescia

Recorded Presentation

4:30 PM

3.3

Exploring the Use of Unmanned Aerial Systems for Local-Scale Boundary Layer Observations in a Coastal Environment

Jamie L. Dyer, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS; and L. Wasson and R. J. Moorhead II

Recorded Presentation

4:45 PM

3.4

Integration of a Vector Electric-field Sonde into a Small UAS

Brian Argrow, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO ; and R. Sonnenfeld, J. Mack, D. Jensen, and G. Aulich

Recorded Presentation

5:00 PM

3.5

Using a Small Unmanned Aerial System for Atmospheric Research

Edward Dumas, NOAA, Oak Ridge, TN; and B. Baker and C. Brown

Recorded Presentation

5:15 PM

3.6

Atmospheric Boundary Layer Investigations Using an Instrumented Multi-Rotor Copter

Stephan F.J. De Wekker, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA; and N. Rose and R. Palomaki

Recorded Presentation

Session 3A

Field Experiments II

Location: Room 344 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Host: 20th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)

Cochairs: James D. Doyle, NRL; Daniel J. Cecil, NASA/MSFC

4:00 PM

3A.1

An Overview of Mesoscale Convective System Observations During the Plains Elevated Convection at Night (PECAN) Field Campaign

Russ S. Schumacher, CSU, Ft. Collins, CO; and M. C. Coniglio, S. M. Hitchcock, M. D. Parker, C. Ziegler, and M. Biggerstaff

Recorded Presentation

4:15 PM

3A.2

Observational and Numerical Analysis of the 24–25 June 2015 Mesoscale Convective System During PECAN

Stacey M. Hitchcock, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and R. S. Schumacher

Recorded Presentation

4:30 PM

3A.3

Impacts by Deep Convection on the Surrounding Environment: Observations and Model Analyses

Christopher A. Kerr, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and D. J. Stensrud and X. Wang

Recorded Presentation

4:45 PM

3A.4

HAMSR Observations from Recent Field Campaigns

Bjorn H. Lambrigtsen, JPL/California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA; and S. Brown and M. Schreier

5:00 PM

3A.5

Atmospheric Surface Forcing Corrections Derived from assimilating Ocean Observations using the NCOM-4DVAR

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