Program Chairs:
- Indicates paper has been withdrawn from meeting
- Indicates paper is an Award WinnerMonday, 23 January 2017
10:30 AM-11:00 AM: Monday, 23 January 2017
Coffee Break (6th Floor Foyer)
Location: Washington State Convention Center
11:00 AM-12:00 PM: Monday, 23 January 2017
Joint Session
1
Big Data in the Coastal Environment
Location: Conference Center: Chelan 4 (Washington State Convention Center )
Hosts: (Joint
between the 15th Symposium on the Coastal Environment;
and the 33rd Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies
)
Cochairs:
11:45 AM
J1.4
Joint Session
2
Disseminating Earth Science and Climate Information for Better Decision Making, Part I
Location: 608 (Washington State Convention Center )
Hosts: (Joint
between the 33rd Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies;
and the 12th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice
)
Cochairs:
Joint Session
3
International Applications: Sharing Environmental Big Data, Part I
Location: 611 (Washington State Convention Center )
Hosts: (Joint
between the 33rd Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies;
and the Second Symposium on US-International Partnerships
)
Cochairs:
12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Monday, 23 January 2017
Lunch Break
1:30 PM-2:00 PM: Monday, 23 January 2017
Lecture
1
Walter Orr Roberts Lecture
Location: Conference Center: Tahoma 2 (Washington State Convention Center )
Hosts: (Joint
between the 33rd Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies;
the 31st Conference on Hydrology;
the 29th Conference on Climate Variability and Change;
the 28th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting / 24th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction;
the 26th Symposium on Education;
the 21st Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface;
the 19th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry;
the 18th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology;
the 15th Conference on Artificial and Computational Intelligence and its Applications to the Environmental Sciences;
the 15th Symposium on the Coastal Environment;
the 14th Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography;
the 14th Conference on Space Weather;
the 13th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems;
the Major Weather Impacts of 2016;
the 12th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice;
the Ninth Symposium on Aerosol–Cloud–Climate Interactions;
the Eighth Conference on Weather, Climate, Water and the New Energy Economy;
the Eighth Conference on Environment and Health;
the Eighth Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications;
the Eighth Conference on the Meteorological Application of Lightning Data;
the Seventh Conference on Transition of Research to Operations;
the Seventh Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using Python;
the Fifth Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise;
the Fifth Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation’s Readiness, Responsiveness, and Resilience to High Impact Weather Events;
the Fifth Symposium on Prediction of the Madden-Julian Oscillation: Processes, Prediction and Impact;
the Second Symposium on US-International Partnerships;
and the 13th Symposium of the Urban Environment
)
Speaker:
1:30 PM-2:30 PM: Monday, 23 January 2017
Joint Session
4
Disseminating Earth Science and Climate Information for Better Decision Making, Part II
Location: 608 (Washington State Convention Center )
Hosts: (Joint
between the 33rd Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies;
and the 12th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice
)
Cochairs:
Joint Session
5
International Applications: Sharing Environmental Big Data, Part II
Location: 611 (Washington State Convention Center )
Hosts: (Joint
between the 33rd Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies;
and the Second Symposium on US-International Partnerships
)
Cochairs:
2:30 PM-4:00 PM: Monday, 23 January 2017
Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
Location: 4E (Washington State Convention Center )
Poster Session
1
EIPT Monday Posters
Location: 4E (Washington State Convention Center )
Host: 33rd Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies
Cochairs:
4:00 PM-5:30 PM: Monday, 23 January 2017
Session
1
Mapping and GIS for Weather and Climate
Location: 608 (Washington State Convention Center )
Host: 33rd Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies
Cochairs:
4:30 PM
Paper 1.3 will now present at 5pm and Paper 1.5 will present at 4:30 pm
Themed Joint Session
2
Remote Sensing Education Experiences
Location: 308 (Washington State Convention Center )
Hosts: (Joint
between the 26th Symposium on Education;
and the 33rd Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies
)
Cochairs:
Joint Session
7
International Applications: Global Initiatives for MultiHazard
Impact Based Science to Services
including Volcanic Ash
Location: 611 (Washington State Convention Center )
Hosts: (Joint
between the 33rd Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies;
the 18th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology;
and the Second Symposium on US-International Partnerships
)
Cochairs:
4:00 PM
J7.1
5:30 PM-7:30 PM: Monday, 23 January 2017
Reception and Exhibits Opening
Location: 4AB (Washington State Convention Center )
Tuesday, 24 January 2017
8:30 AM-10:00 AM: Tuesday, 24 January 2017
Joint Panel Discussion
1
Making Climate Information Available to Decision Makers: Challenges, Risks, and Uncertainty
Location: Conference Center: Yakima 1 (Washington State Convention Center )
Hosts: (Joint
between the Fifth Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise;
the 33rd Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies;
and the 12th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice
)
Moderator:
Panelists:
Session
2A
Software Engineering and Cyberinfrastructure
Location: 608 (Washington State Convention Center )
Host: 33rd Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies
Cochairs:
Session
2B
Weather and the Roads, Part I
Location: 611 (Washington State Convention Center )
Host: 33rd Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies
Cochairs:
10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Tuesday, 24 January 2017
Coffee Break
Location: 4AB (Washington State Convention Center )
10:30 AM-12:00 PM: Tuesday, 24 January 2017
Session
3A
Adding Value to Weather and Water Forecasts through APIs and Web Services - Does Increased Data Availability Lead to Improvements?
Location: 608 (Washington State Convention Center )
Host: 33rd Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies
Cochairs:
Session
3B
Weather and the Roads, Part II
Location: 611 (Washington State Convention Center )
Host: 33rd Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies
Cochairs:
12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Tuesday, 24 January 2017
Lunch Break
1:30 PM-2:30 PM: Tuesday, 24 January 2017
Session
4A
Visualization Techniques for Climatology and Meteorology
Location: 611 (Washington State Convention Center )
Host: 33rd Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies
Chair:
CoChair:
Session
4B
AWIPS System Updates, Part I
Location: 608 (Washington State Convention Center )
Host: 33rd Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies
Cochairs:
2:30 PM-4:00 PM: Tuesday, 24 January 2017
Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
Location: 4E (Washington State Convention Center )
Poster Session
2
EIPT Tuesday Posters
Location: 4E (Washington State Convention Center )
Host: 33rd Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies
Cochairs:
4:00 PM-5:30 PM: Tuesday, 24 January 2017
Session
5
AWIPS System Updates, Part II
Location: 608 (Washington State Convention Center )
Host: 33rd Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies
Cochairs:
Joint Session
6
Disseminating Earth Science and Climate Information for Better Decision Making, Part III
Location: 611 (Washington State Convention Center )
Hosts: (Joint
between the 33rd Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies;
and the 12th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice
)
Cochairs:
Wednesday, 25 January 2017
8:30 AM-10:00 AM: Wednesday, 25 January 2017
Joint Session
8
Cloud Computing, Part I
Location: 611 (Washington State Convention Center )
Hosts: (Joint
between the 15th Conference on Artificial and Computational Intelligence and its Applications to the Environmental Sciences;
and the 33rd Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies
)
Cochairs:
Joint Session
9
Research to Operations: Transitioning from Science to Service, Part I
Location: 608 (Washington State Convention Center )
Hosts: (Joint
between the 33rd Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies;
the Seventh Conference on Transition of Research to Operations;
and the 12th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice
)
Cochairs:
10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Wednesday, 25 January 2017
Coffee Break
Location: 4AB (Washington State Convention Center )
10:30 AM-12:00 PM: Wednesday, 25 January 2017
Joint Session
10
Cloud Computing, Part II
Location: 611 (Washington State Convention Center )
Hosts: (Joint
between the 15th Conference on Artificial and Computational Intelligence and its Applications to the Environmental Sciences;
and the 33rd Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies
)
Cochairs:
Joint Session
11
Data Stewardship: Making Historical Data Available for Modern Science
Location: Conference Center: Chelan 5 (Washington State Convention Center )
Hosts: (Joint
between the 20th Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International;
and the 33rd Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies
)
CoChair:
Joint Session
12
Research to Operations: Transitioning from Science to Service, Part II
Location: 608 (Washington State Convention Center )
Hosts: (Joint
between the 33rd Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies;
the 12th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice;
and the Seventh Conference on Transition of Research to Operations
)
Cochairs:
12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Wednesday, 25 January 2017
Lunch Break
1:30 PM-2:30 PM: Wednesday, 25 January 2017
Joint Panel Discussion
1
Airborne Observations-Mandatory or Voluntary?
Location: 611 (Washington State Convention Center )
Hosts: (Joint
between the 33rd Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies;
and the 18th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology
)
Panelists:
Cochairs:
1:30 PM
Panelist
1:30 PM
Panelist
1:30 PM
Panelist
1:30 PM
Panelist
1:30 PM
Panelist
Lecture
2
Horton Lecture
Location: 602 (Washington State Convention Center )
Hosts: (Joint
between the 20th Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International;
the Second Symposium on Multi-scale Atmospheric Predictability;
the Observation Symposium: Progress, Problems, and Prospects;
the 33rd Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies;
the 29th Conference on Climate Variability and Change;
the 28th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting / 24th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction;
the 26th Symposium on Education;
the 21st Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface;
the 19th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry;
the 18th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology;
the 15th Conference on Artificial and Computational Intelligence and its Applications to the Environmental Sciences;
the 15th Symposium on the Coastal Environment;
the 14th Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography;
the 14th Conference on Space Weather;
the 13th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems;
the Major Weather Impacts of 2016;
the 13th Symposium of the Urban Environment;
the 12th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice;
the Ninth Symposium on Aerosol–Cloud–Climate Interactions;
the Eighth Conference on Weather, Climate, Water and the New Energy Economy;
the Eighth Conference on Environment and Health;
the Eighth Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications;
the Eighth Conference on the Meteorological Application of Lightning Data;
the Seventh Conference on Transition of Research to Operations;
the 31st Conference on Hydrology;
the Fifth Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise;
the Fifth Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation’s Readiness, Responsiveness, and Resilience to High Impact Weather Events;
the Fifth AMS Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation;
the Fifth Symposium on Prediction of the Madden-Julian Oscillation: Processes, Prediction and Impact;
the Third Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate;
the Special Symposium on Greening the Built Environment;
and the Events
)
Organizer:
Lecturer:
Cochairs:
1:30 PM
L2.1
Joint Session
13
The NOAA Big Data CRADAs-An Update and a Look at the Opportunities They Pose for the AMS Community and Its Members
Location: 608 (Washington State Convention Center )
Hosts: (Joint
between the 33rd Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies;
and the 15th Conference on Artificial and Computational Intelligence and its Applications to the Environmental Sciences
)
Organizers:
Moderator:
Panelists:
2:30 PM-4:00 PM: Wednesday, 25 January 2017
Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
Location: 4E (Washington State Convention Center )
Poster Session
3
EIPT Wednesday Posters
Location: 4E (Washington State Convention Center )
Host: 33rd Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies
Chair:
CoChair:
4:00 PM-5:30 PM: Wednesday, 25 January 2017
Joint Panel Discussion
2
Economic Impacts and Benefits of Weather Observations and Forecasts
Location: 611 (Washington State Convention Center )
Hosts: (Joint
between the 33rd Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies;
and the 12th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice
)
Panelists:
Cochairs:
4:00 PM
Panelist
4:00 PM
Panelist
4:00 PM
Panelist
4:00 PM
Panelist
4:00 PM
Panelist
Session
5A
Data in, Information out: Crowdsourcing and Other Tools for Data Gathering/Technologies for Distributing Climate, Weather and Hydrological Data
Location: 608 (Washington State Convention Center )
Host: 33rd Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies
Cochairs:
Paper 5A.3 will now present at 5pm and Paper 4A.5 will present at 4:30 pm
5:30 PM-6:30 PM: Wednesday, 25 January 2017
Awards Banquet Reception
Location: 4AB (Washington State Convention Center )
7:00 PM-10:00 PM: Wednesday, 25 January 2017
97th AMS Awards Banquet
Location: Ballroom 6ABCE (Washington State Convention Center )
Thursday, 26 January 2017
8:30 AM-9:30 AM: Thursday, 26 January 2017
Session
6
RADAR - MPAR Research and Development
Location: 611 (Washington State Convention Center )
Host: 33rd Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies
Cochairs:
Joint Session
14
Weather Information at Our Fingertips
Location: 608 (Washington State Convention Center )
Hosts: (Joint
between the 33rd Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies;
and the Seventh Conference on Transition of Research to Operations
)
Cochairs:
9:30 AM-10:30 AM: Thursday, 26 January 2017
Exhibit Hall Breakfast
Location: 4AB (Washington State Convention Center )
10:30 AM-12:00 PM: Thursday, 26 January 2017
Session
7A
RADAR - Signal Processing for Next Generation Radars
Location: 608 (Washington State Convention Center )
Host: 33rd Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies
Cochairs:
Session
7B
Quasi-Operational Products You Can Use: Tales from the Dry Side
Location: 611 (Washington State Convention Center )
Host: 33rd Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies
Chair:
Cochairs:
11:30 AM
7B.5
12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Thursday, 26 January 2017
Lunch Break
1:30 PM-3:00 PM: Thursday, 26 January 2017
Session
8A
RADAR - Radar Meteorology Science & Applications
Location: 608 (Washington State Convention Center )
Host: 33rd Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies
Cochairs:
Session
8B
Quasi-Operational Products You Can Use: Tales from the Wet Side
Location: 611 (Washington State Convention Center )
Host: 33rd Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies
Cochairs:
3:00 PM-3:30 PM: Thursday, 26 January 2017
Coffee Break
Location: Skybridge (Washington State Convention Center )
3:30 PM-5:00 PM: Thursday, 26 January 2017
Session
9A
RADAR - WSR-88D Program and Operational Radar Experiences
Location: 608 (Washington State Convention Center )
Host: 33rd Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies
Cochairs:
4:15 PM
9A.4
Session
9B
Quasi-Operational Products You Can Use: Tales from Both Sides
Location: 611 (Washington State Convention Center )
Host: 33rd Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies
Cochairs: