Session 8 Understanding and Mitigating the Impacts of Clouds, Visibility and Winter Weather on Aviation Operations

Wednesday, 25 January 2017: 10:30 AM-12:00 PM
Conference Center: Skagit 2 (Washington State Convention Center )
Host: 18th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology
Cochairs:
Judy E. Ghirardelli, NOAA/NWS/Meteorological Development Laboratory, Silver Spring, MD and Steven A. Lack, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/Aviation Weather Center, Kansas City, MO

Papers:
10:30 AM
8.1
Recent Improvements to Ceiling and Visibility Forecasts in the RAP and HRRR Models
Jaymes Kenyon, NOAA/ESRL and CIRES, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and T. T. Ladwig, J. B. Olson, J. M. Brown, S. G. Benjamin, C. Alexander, and S. S. Weygandt
Recorded Presentation

10:45 AM
8.2
Cloud and Visibility Guidance Research in the Aviation Weather Testbed
Benjamin R. J. Schwedler, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/Aviation Weather Center & CIRA, Kansas City, MO; and S. A. Lack and A. Cross
Recorded Presentation

11:00 AM
8.3
The London Model: forecasting fog at 333m resolution
Ian A. Boutle, Met Office, Exeter, UK; and A. Finnenkoetter, P. Buchanan, and T. Howard

11:15 AM
8.4
Impacts of the Implementation of the Automated Surface Observing System (ASOS) on the Reports of Precipitation Type in Airport Terminal Areas Around the United States
Scott D. Landolt, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and A. J. Schwartz, A. Gaydos, and S. DiVito

11:30 AM
8.5
Multi-Model Ensemble Forecasts of Precipitation Type at European Airports
Jaakko Nuottokari, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland; and K. Ylinen, J. Kauhanen, S. Neiglick, J. Ylläsjärvi, and J. Kilpinen
Recorded Presentation

11:45 AM
8.6
Meso-Gamma and Microscale Variability of Snowfall Rate Across an Airport Terminal Area
Andrew J. Schwartz, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and S. D. Landolt, J. Cyccone, A. Jachcik, A. Gaydos, R. K. Goodrich, and S. DiVito
Recorded Presentation

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