Session: RADAR - WSR-88D Program and Operational Radar Experiences (97th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting)

Thursday, 26 January 2017: 3:30 PM-5:00 PM

608 (Washington State Convention Center )

Host: 33rd Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies

Cochairs:

Michael J. Istok, NOAA/NWS, Office of Observations/Radar Operations Center, Silver Spring, MD; Mark Yeary, ARRC, Norman, OK and Kurt D. Hondl, NOAA, NOAA/ National Severe Storms Laboratory, Norman, OK

Papers:

3:30 PM

9A.1

NEXRAD Product Improvement–Update 2017

Michael J. Istok, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and D. W. Burgess, R. L. Ice, M. Jain, R. L. Murnan, and J. A. Schultz

Recorded Presentation

3:45 PM

9A.2

Monitoring the Performance of the Polarimetric WSR-88D–Calibration and Sensitivity

Richard L. Ice, NOAA/NWS, Norman, OK; and L. M. Richardson, A. E. Daniel, A. D. Free, R. W. Macemon, J. C. Krause, G. Secrest, R. R. Lee, V. Melnikov, and J. C. Hubbert

Recorded Presentation

Handout (4.1 MB)

4:00 PM

9A.3

Differential Reflectivity Calibration Sensitivity to Temperature and Experimental Verification

J. C. Hubbert, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and M. Dixon

Recorded Presentation

4:15 PM

9A.4

Detecting and Tracking Airborne Volcanic Ash with WSR-88D Radars

Donald W. Burgess, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and V. M. Melnikov and R. L. Murnan

Recorded Presentation