17th Annual Student Conference

Program Chairs: Aryeh J. Drager , Colorado State University ; Stacey M. Hitchcock , Colorado State Univ. ; Erik R. Nielsen , Colorado State Univ.

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Saturday, 6 January 2018

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7:30 AM-10:00 AM: Saturday, 6 January 2018


Registration for Short Courses and Student Conference
Location: Atrium Lobby (Austin, Texas)

8:00 AM-9:00 AM: Saturday, 6 January 2018


Student Conference Breakfast
Location: EFG Foyer (ACC) (Austin, Texas)

9:00 AM-10:10 AM: Saturday, 6 January 2018

Recording files available
Session 1
Welcoming Remarks
Location: Ballroom D (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 17th Annual Student Conference
9:00 AM
Welcome from the Student Conference Planning Commitee
Aryeh J. Drager, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and S. M. Hitchcock and E. R. Nielsen
Recorded Presentation

9:20 AM
Welcome from AMS Acting President
Roger Wakimoto, Univ. of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
Recorded Presentation

9:35 AM
Address from the Edward Lorenz Teaching Excellence Award Winner
Susan van den Heever, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO
Recorded Presentation

9:50 AM
Usable Science: Connecting science to action
Susan K. Avery, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO
Recorded Presentation

10:10 AM-10:25 AM: Saturday, 6 January 2018


Student Conference AM Break
Location: EFG Foyer (ACC) (Austin, Texas)

10:25 AM-11:10 AM: Saturday, 6 January 2018


Session 2A
Breakout Panel Session: Public Sector
Location: Ballroom D (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 17th Annual Student Conference
Chair: Kristy C. Carter, Iowa State University
Speakers: Charlie Woodrum, NWS; Daniel Nietfeld, NOAA/OAR/ESRL; Pamela L. Heinselman, NOAA/NSSL; Nicholas L. Hampshire, NOAA/NWS; Katherine Ertell, FEMA
10:25 AM
2A - Breakout Panel Session: Public Sector


Session 2B
Breakout Panel Session: Media
Location: Ballroom E (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 17th Annual Student Conference
Chair: Matthew D. Flournoy, Univ. of Oklahoma
Speakers: Keli Pirtle, NOAA; Mariel Ruiz, THV11; Robert Henson, Weather Underground; Janice Huff, WNBC
10:25 AM
2B - Breakout Panel Session: Media

Recording files available
Session 2C
Breakout Panel Session: Academia and Research
Location: Ballroom F (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 17th Annual Student Conference
Chair: Aaron Alexander, University of California
Speakers: Vernon Morris, Howard University; Robin Tanamachi, Purdue Univ.; Courtney Schumacher, Texas A&M Univ.; Julio T. Bacmeister, NCAR; David D. Turner, NOAA/ESRL
10:25 AM
2C - Breakout Panel Session: Academia and Research
Recorded Presentation


Session 2D
Breakout Panel Session: Private Sector
Location: Ballroom G (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 17th Annual Student Conference
Chair: Ajay Raghavendra, University at Albany, State University of New York
Speakers: Sara Tucker, Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corporation; B. David Dillahunt, Southwest Airlines Co.; Anthony R. Lupo, Univ. of Missouri; Rebecca DePodwin, Accu Weather; Andrew Murray, OpenSnow
10:25 AM
2D - Breakout Panel Session: Private Sector

11:15 AM-12:00 PM: Saturday, 6 January 2018


Session 3A
Breakout Panel Session: Public Sector
Location: Ballroom D (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 17th Annual Student Conference
Chair: Kristy C. Carter, Iowa State University
Speakers: Charlie Woodrum, NWS; Daniel Nietfeld, NOAA/OAR/ESRL; Nicholas L. Hampshire, NOAA/NWS; Pamela L. Heinselman, NOAA/NSSL; Katherine Ertell, FEMA
11:15 AM
3A - Breakout Panel Session: Public Sector

Recording files available
Session 3B
Breakout Panel Session: Media
Location: Ballroom E (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 17th Annual Student Conference
Chair: Matthew D. Flournoy, Univ. of Oklahoma
Speakers: Keli Pirtle, NOAA; Mariel Ruiz, THV11; Robert Henson, Weather Underground; Janice Huff, WNBC
11:15 AM
3B - Breakout Panel Session: Media
Recorded Presentation

Recording files available
Session 3C
Breakout Panel Session: Academia and Research
Location: Ballroom F (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 17th Annual Student Conference
Chair: Aaron Alexander, Univ. of California
Speakers: Vernon Morris, Howard University; Courtney Schumacher, Texas A&M Univ.; Robin Tanamachi, Purdue Univ.; Julio T. Bacmeister, NCAR; David D. Turner, NOAA/ESRL
11:15 AM
3C - Breakout Panel Session: Academia and Research
Recorded Presentation


Session 3D
Breakout Panel Session: Private Sector
Location: Ballroom G (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 17th Annual Student Conference
Chair: Ajay Raghavendra, University at Albany, State University of New York
Speakers: Sara Tucker, Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corporation; B. David Dillahunt, Southwest Airlines Co.; Anthony R. Lupo, Univ. of Missouri; Rebecca DePodwin, Accu Weather; Andrew Murray, OpenSnow
11:15 AM
3D - Breakout Panel Session: Private Sector

12:00 PM-1:00 PM: Saturday, 6 January 2018


Student Conference Luncheon
Location: Exhibit Hall 5 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)

1:00 PM-1:30 PM: Saturday, 6 January 2018

Recording files available
Session 4
Introduction to Conversations with Professionals
Location: Ballroom D (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 17th Annual Student Conference
Cochairs: Gaige Hunter Kerr, Johns Hopkins Univ.; Minh Duc Phan, East Carolina Univ.
1:00 PM
Introduction to Conversations with Professionals
Recorded Presentation

1:35 PM-3:45 PM: Saturday, 6 January 2018


Session 5A
Conversations with Professionals
Location: Ballroom E (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 17th Annual Student Conference
Cochairs: Gaige Hunter Kerr, Johns Hopkins Univ.; Minh Duc Phan, East Carolina Univ.
Speaker: Stephen Bennett, Riskpulse
1:35 PM
5A - Conversations with Professionals


Session 5B
Conversations with Professionals
Location: Ballroom G (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 17th Annual Student Conference
Chair: Minh Duc Phan, East Carolina Univ.
CoChair: Gaige Hunter Kerr, Johns Hopkins Univ.
Speaker: Jamison Hawkins, Lockheed Martin
1:35 PM
5B - Conversations with Professionals


Session 5C
Conversations with Professionals
Location: Room 16AB (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 17th Annual Student Conference
Cochairs: Gaige Hunter Kerr, Johns Hopkins Univ.; Minh Duc Phan, East Carolina Univ.
Speaker: Cesunica Ivey, Univ. of Nevada
1:35 PM
5C - Conversations with Professionals


Session 5D
Conversations with Professionals
Location: Room 18A (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 17th Annual Student Conference
Cochairs: Gaige Hunter Kerr, Johns Hopkins Univ.; Minh Duc Phan, East Carolina Univ.
Speaker: Karen Kosiba, Center for Severe Weather Research
1:35 PM
5D - Conversations with Professionals


Session 5E
Conversations with Professionals
Location: Room 18CD (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 17th Annual Student Conference
Cochairs: Gaige Hunter Kerr, Johns Hopkins Univ.; Minh Duc Phan, East Carolina Univ.
Speaker: Michael C. Morgan, University of Wisconsin
1:35 PM
5E - Conversations with Professionals


Session 5F
Conversations with Professionals
Location: Room 19AB (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 17th Annual Student Conference
Cochairs: Gaige Hunter Kerr, Johns Hopkins Univ.; Minh Duc Phan, East Carolina Univ.
Speaker: Andrew T. Pirring, INNOVIM, LLC
1:35 PM
5F - Conversations with Professionals


Session 5G
Conversations with Professionals
Location: Room 12A (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 17th Annual Student Conference
Cochairs: Gaige Hunter Kerr, Johns Hopkins Univ.; Minh Duc Phan, East Carolina Univ.
Speaker: Alan Sealls, President, National Weather Association, WKRG-TV
1:35 PM
5G - Conversations with Professionals


Session 5H
Conversations with Professionals
Location: Room 12B (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 17th Annual Student Conference
Cochairs: Gaige Hunter Kerr, Johns Hopkins Univ.; Minh Duc Phan, East Carolina Univ.
Speaker: Robert Tournay, 16th Weather Squadron
1:35 PM
5H - Conversations with Professionals


Session 5I
Conversation with Professionals
Location: Room 13AB (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 17th Annual Student Conference
Cochairs: Gaige Hunter Kerr, Johns Hopkins Univ.; Minh Duc Phan, East Carolina Univ.
Speaker: Kevin W. Van Leer, Risk Management Solutions, Inc
1:35 PM
5I - Conversation with Professionals


Session 5J
Conversations with Professionals
Location: Room 14 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 17th Annual Student Conference
Cochairs: Gaige Hunter Kerr, Johns Hopkins Univ.; Minh Duc Phan, East Carolina Univ.
Speaker: Andrea Bleistein, NOAA/NWS
1:35 PM
5J - Conversations with Professionals


Session 5K
Conversations with Professionals
Location: Room 15 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 17th Annual Student Conference
Cochairs: Gaige Hunter Kerr, Johns Hopkins Univ.; Minh Duc Phan, East Carolina Univ.
Speaker: Danielle Wood, MIT
1:35 PM
5K - Conversations with Professionals


Session 6A
Graduate Student Panel (Rotations 1,2)
Location: Ballroom F (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 17th Annual Student Conference
Speakers: Sean W. Freeman, Colorado State Univ.; Nicholas S. Grondin, Louisiana State Univ.; Makenzie Krocak, Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies
1:35 PM
Graduate Student Panel (Rotations 1,2)


Session 6B
Graduate Student Panel (Rotations 3,4,5)
Location: Ballroom F (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 17th Annual Student Conference
Speakers: Ajay Raghavendra, University at Albany, State University of New York; Zoey Rosen, Colorado State University; Kristy C. Carter, Iowa State University; Aaron K. Scott, University of North Dakota
1:35 PM
Graduate Student Panel (Rotations 3,4,5)


Session 7
Graduate School Admissions Panel
Location: Ballroom D (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 17th Annual Student Conference
Speakers: Sharan Majumdar, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS; Jeffrey L Collett Jr., Colorado State University; Christie Upchurch, University of Oklahoma
1:35 PM
Graduate School Admissions Panel

3:45 PM-4:00 PM: Saturday, 6 January 2018


Student Conference PM Break
Location: EFG Foyer (ACC) (Austin, Texas)

4:00 PM-5:00 PM: Saturday, 6 January 2018

Recording files available
Session 8A
Integrated Warning Team I: Introduction to Emergency Management (Part 1)
Location: Ballroom D (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 17th Annual Student Conference
Chair: W. Massey Bartolini, Univ. at Albany, SUNY
Speakers: Tanja E. Fransen, NOAA/NWS; Eric Frank, Clark Regional Emergency Services Agency; Nate Johnson, NBC Owned Television Stations Group; Kevin Kloesel, University of Oklahoma
4:00 PM
Integrated Warning Team I: Introduction to Emergency Management (Part 1)

4:15 PM
Concluding Remarks
Recorded Presentation

Recording files available
Session 8B
Resume Workshop, Part I
Location: Ballroom E (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 17th Annual Student Conference
Chair: Elizabeth Lennartson, University of Iowa
Speakers: Kerry Kidwell-Slak, Society of Physics Students; Cesunica Ivey, Univ. of Nevada; Richard Smith, NOAA/NWS; Stephen Bennett, Riskpulse; Tim Ryan, KVUE
4:00 PM
Resume Workshop, Part I
Recorded Presentation

5:30 PM-7:30 PM: Saturday, 6 January 2018


AMS Career Fair
Location: Exhibit Hall 5 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)

Sunday, 7 January 2018

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8:00 AM-9:00 AM: Sunday, 7 January 2018


Student Conference Breakfast
Location: EFG Foyer (ACC) (Austin, Texas)

8:30 AM-9:00 AM: Sunday, 7 January 2018


Meet President Roger M. Wakimoto and Presidential Forum Speaker Richard Alley
Location: EFG Foyer (ACC) (Austin, Texas)

9:00 AM-9:30 AM: Sunday, 7 January 2018

Recording files available
Session 9
Extreme Weather Events
Location: Ballroom D (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 17th Annual Student Conference
Chair: Aaron K. Scott, University of North Dakota
9:00 AM
Messaging Challenges with Harvey: Forecasting a Prolonged Record Event
Daniel Reilly, NWS, Dickinson, TX
Recorded Presentation

9:15 AM
Atmospheric Rivers and their Influence on US Precipitation Extremes
Jason Cordeira, Plymouth State University, Plymouth, NH
Recorded Presentation

9:30 AM-9:45 AM: Sunday, 7 January 2018


Student Conference AM Break 1

9:45 AM-10:40 AM: Sunday, 7 January 2018

Recording files available
Session 10A
Navigating Graduate School
Location: Ballroom E (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 17th Annual Student Conference
9:45 AM
Living the Simple Life: The Career-Life Balance
Dana Veron, Univ. of Delaware, Newark, DE
Recorded Presentation

10:00 AM
A Fork in the Graduate School Road: MS or PhD?
David J. Stensrud, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
Recorded Presentation

10:15 AM
Perspective on Finding Graduate School Funding
Kristen Lani Rasmussen, Colorado State Univ, Fort Collins, CO
Recorded Presentation

10:30 AM
Q&A

Recording files available
Session 10B
Building Professional Relationships
Location: Ballroom F (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 17th Annual Student Conference
9:45 AM
Shhh, Quiet: An Introvert's Guide to Networking
Lorena Medina Luna, NCAR, Boulder, CO

10:00 AM
Going Beyond Just Being 'Social' in the Era of Social Media
Jamie Rhome, NOAA/NHC, Miami, FL
Recorded Presentation

10:15 AM
Getting The Mentor and Mentoring That You Want
Melissa Burt, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CA
Recorded Presentation

10:30 AM
Q & A

9:45 AM-11:45 AM: Sunday, 7 January 2018

Recording files available
Joint Session 1
Essential Skills for Effective Science Communication
Location: Room 12A (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Hosts: (Joint between the 17th Annual Student Conference; and the Sixth AMS Conference for Early Career Professionals )
Cochairs: Cody Kirkpatrick, Indiana University; Ryan J. Kramer, University of Miami
9:45 AM
Introductory Remarks with Co-Chairs
Cody Kirkpatrick, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN; and R. J. Kramer
Recorded Presentation

9:50 AM
Keynote Address
Kerry H. Cook, The Univ. of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
Recorded Presentation

10:15 AM-11:45 AM: Sunday, 7 January 2018


Joint Session 2A
Presentation Styles for All Situations
Location: Room 12A (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Hosts: (Joint between the 17th Annual Student Conference; and the Sixth AMS Conference for Early Career Professionals )
Speaker: Betsy Weatherhead, University of Colorado, Boulder

Joint Session 2B
The Choices One Must Make When Writing Effectively
Location: Room 16AB (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Hosts: (Joint between the 17th Annual Student Conference; and the Sixth AMS Conference for Early Career Professionals )
Speaker: Michael Ventrice, The Weather Company/IBM

Joint Session 2C
You've Got an Audience, Now Keep Your Audience!
Location: Room 19AB (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Hosts: (Joint between the 17th Annual Student Conference; and the Sixth AMS Conference for Early Career Professionals )
Speaker: James Caron, Macquarie Group, Sugarland, TX

10:40 AM-10:50 AM: Sunday, 7 January 2018


Student Conference AM Break 2

10:50 AM-11:45 AM: Sunday, 7 January 2018

Recording files available
Session 11A
Tools of the Trade
Location: Ballroom D (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 17th Annual Student Conference
Cochairs: Sean W. Freeman, Colorado State Univ.; C. Todd Rhodes, Coastal Carolina Univ.
10:50 AM
Session Introduction
Sean W. Freeman, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and C. T. Rhodes
Recorded Presentation

10:52 AM
Python
Brian E. J. Rose, SUNY, Albany, NY
Recorded Presentation

11:00 AM
Matlab
James M. Kurdzo, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA
Recorded Presentation

11:08 AM
GIS
Matthew J. Taraldsen, Esri, St. Paul, MN
Recorded Presentation

11:16 AM
Web Development
Lori K. Brown, IMSG, College Park, MD
Recorded Presentation

11:24 AM
WRF
Simona Seastrand, PEMDAS Technologies and Innovations, Inc., Fairfax Station, VA
Recorded Presentation

11:32 AM
NCL
William Capehart, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD
Recorded Presentation

11:40 AM
Q &A
Recorded Presentation


Session 11B
Social Media and Communication
Location: Ballroom E (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 17th Annual Student Conference
Chair: Makenzie Krocak, Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies
Speakers: Ed Maibach, George Mason Univ.; Jeannette Sutton, Univ. of Kentucky; Keli Pirtle, NOAA; Richard Smith, NOAA/NWS

11:45 AM-12:00 PM: Sunday, 7 January 2018


Student Conference AM Break 3

12:00 PM-12:30 PM: Sunday, 7 January 2018


Session 12
Keynote Speaker
Location: Ballroom D (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 17th Annual Student Conference
Chair: Erik R. Nielsen, Colorado State Univ.
Speaker: Katharine Hayhoe, Texas Tech Univ.

12:30 PM-12:35 PM: Sunday, 7 January 2018


Session
Closing Remarks and Poster Session Announcements
Location: Ballroom D (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 17th Annual Student Conference

12:35 PM-2:00 PM: Sunday, 7 January 2018


Student Conference Lunch Break (On Your Own)

2:00 PM-3:30 PM: Sunday, 7 January 2018


Session 13A
Integrated Warning Team II: In Their Rainboots Workshop
Location: Room 16AB (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 17th Annual Student Conference
Chair: W. Massey Bartolini, Univ. at Albany, SUNY

2:00 PM-3:45 PM: Sunday, 7 January 2018


Session 13B
Resume Workshop II: Resume and CV Review
Location: Ballroom E (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 17th Annual Student Conference
Chair: Elizabeth Lennartson, University of Iowa

Session 13C
Broadcast Tape Swap
Location: Ballroom F (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 17th Annual Student Conference
Cochairs: C. Todd Rhodes, Coastal Carolina Univ.; Nicholas S. Grondin, Louisiana State Univ.
Panelists: Janice Huff, WNBC; Mariel Ruiz, THV11; Alan Sealls, President, National Weather Association, WKRG-TV

Session 13D
Writing Workshop
Location: Ballroom G (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 17th Annual Student Conference
Chair: Zoey Rosen, Colorado State University
Speakers: Alex Garcia, KABB-TV; H. Michael Mogil, How The Weatherworks; Matthew Bolton, How The Weatherworks; Margaret Benner, Weatherwise Magazine; Jeff Rosenfeld, American Meteorological Society

4:00 PM-5:00 PM: Sunday, 7 January 2018


Plenary Session 1
18th Presidential Forum: Transforming Communication in the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise—Focusing on Challenges Facing Our Sciences
Location: Ballroom D (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
4:00 PM
PL1.1
Transforming Communication in the Environmental Sciences: Some Thoughts from a Reluctant Participant (Invited Presentation)
Richard B. Alley, Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA

6:15 PM-8:15 PM: Sunday, 7 January 2018


AMS Career Fair
Location: Exhibit Hall 5 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)

Student Conference Poster Session
Location: Exhibit Hall 5 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)

Poster Session
Atmospheric Chemistry, Aerosols, and Air Quality
Location: Exhibit Hall 5 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 17th Annual Student Conference
S1
Assessing Spatiotemporal Variability in NO2 and O3 Along the Korean Peninsula Using Remote Sensing and Ground-Based Observations
Chi Yan Rachel Li, New York City College of Technology, Brooklyn, NY; and O. Parker and M. Tzortziou

S2
Investigations into Ozone Concentrations Via Mobile Measurements during High Ozone Events As a Part of the 2017 Lake Michigan Ozone Study
Kyle Geib, University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire, WI; and M. McIlquham, M. Sanchez, M. Dai, W. Blouin, and P. Cleary

S3
Preliminary AERI Data Analysis for Lake Michigan Ozone Study
Jack Bruno, Space Science Engineering Center, Madison, WI

S4
Validation of Ozonesondes in the 2017 El Paso Ozone Transport Field Study and the San Antonio Field Study
Ana Quevedo, Saint Edwards Univ., Austin, TX; and D. DuBois, J. H. Flynn III, A. Kotsakis, M. Medina, G. A. Morris, M. Spychala, C. Valles, and P. J. Walter

S5
Investigating Elevated Concentrations of Dimethyl Sulfide in the Coachella Valley
Charley Fite, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, NC; and S. Hughes and D. R. Blake

S6
Odor and Emissions Analysis of Air from Marijuana Growing Facilities
Riley E Lewis, New College of Florida, Sarasota, FL; and B. T. Jobson and M. Wen

S7
An Evaluation of Aerosol Optical Depth Using Stellar Photometry.
Megan Rennie, University of Nevada, Reno, NV; and W. P. Arnott

S8
The Role of Deep Convection in Assessing the Vertical Transport of CO2 in Mesoscale Models
Tyler Leicht, Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY; and S. Feng and T. Lauvaux

S9
Weather and Air Quality Forecasts and Observations for the OWLETS Campaign
Lindsey Rodio, NASA/LaRC, Hampton, VA; and M. Pippin, T. Berkoff, E. Gargulinski, P. Sanchez, J. Schroeder, B. Farris, T. Knepp, and J. Madigan

S10
Evaluation of AIRPACT Air Quality Forecasts Against Ground-based Remote Sensing Observations
John M Perkins IV, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and Y. Lee

S11
Formaldehyde as an Air Toxic: Indoor and Outdoor Exposure and Risk
Allison Eames, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC; and M. Wen, Y. Huangfu, and T. B. Jobson

S12
Frequency and Characteristics of Volcanic Ash Resuspension and Dust Events in Iceland
Mary K. Butwin, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland; and S. von Löwis, M. A. Pfeffer, and Þ. Þorsteinsson

S13
Raman Microspectroscopy: Surveying Phytoplankton Bloom Emissions and Their Effect on Seeding Clouds
Kiana McFadden, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS; and J. A. Mirrielees, E. Wilbourn, A. Whitesell, D. C. O. Thornton, and S. Brooks

S14
A Closer Look at the Abundance of Oxygenated VOCs in the Colorado Front Range during Spring and Summer 2015
Daniel Rodriguez, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO; and A. Abeleira, J. Lindaas, I. Pollack, D. K. Farmer, L. Gratz, and E. V. Fischer

S15
Mean Streets: An Analysis on Street Level Pollution in NYC
Granville Parker, NSF, Brooklyn, NY

S16
Do Synoptic Weather Patterns Have an Effect on Boundary Layer Depths?
Kylie T. Hoffman, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; and S. Pal, K. J. Davis, and R. M. Pauly

S17
Emissions of Water Vapor from Indianapolis and Washington, D.C. in Winter
Kristan Morgan, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN; and O. Salmon, P. B. Shepson, X. Ren, A. B. Marquardt Collow, M. A. Miller, A. G. Carlton, M. O. L. Cambaliza, A. Heimburger, J. D. Fuentes, B. H. Stirm, R. Grundman II, and R. R. Dickerson

S18
Synoptical Analysis of Aerosols from Biomass Burning and their Impacts on Severe Hail Events in the Contiguous United States
Joseph E. Trujillo, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and S. E. Truesdale

S19
The Linkage of Atmospheric Rivers and Air Quality over Northern California
Monica Lynn Fox, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA; and J. M. Ryoo and S. Chiao

S20
Connection between Upstream Atmosphere and Cloud Formation at Whiteface Mountain
Matthew J Brewer, SUNY, Albany, NY

S21
Classifying Atmospheric Aerosols using Raman Spectroscopy
Tyler Ryan Richman, CICS, College Park, MD; and D. C. Doughty III

S22
Assessment of Optical Properties Variation and Discrimination of Aerosol and Cloud with a Multiple-Wavelength Elastic-Raman Lidar in New York City
Anjeza Arapi, CREST, New York, NY; and Y. Wu, F. Moshary, A. Fernandez, and M. Arend

S23
Analysis of an Inverse Gaussian Plume Modeling Method for Estimating Methane Emissions from Underground Pipeline Leaks
Matthew Steven Roetcisoender, Washington State University, Pullman, WA


Poster Session
Climate
Location: Exhibit Hall 5 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 17th Annual Student Conference
S24
Analysis of Daily Timescale Surface Temperature Variability in the Community Atmosphere Model
Pedro A Brea, University of Texas, Richardson, TX; and I. R. Simpson and K. A. McKinnon

S25
The Role of 20th Century Tropical Sea Surface Temperatures on Antarctic Atmospheric Circulation Variability
Michael Garberoglio, Ohio University, Athens, OH; and R. L. Fogt

S26
Analyzing the Frequency of High Amplitude Wave Patterns and Their Relationship with Extreme Weather Events in the United States
Jennifer Shepard, Metropolitan State University, Denver, CO; and S. K. Bokn and K. Schuenemann

S27
Historical multi-model analysis of solid precipitation in the Great Lakes region
Karlie A. Wells, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; and A. L. Steiner

S28
Climatology of Extreme Precipitation in the Midwestern U.S.
Paul Campion, Loyola University, Chicago, IL; and P. Jing

S29
Trends of Extreme Precipitation Events in Contiguous US
Christian K. Landry, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and C. J. Schwartz and J. W. Nielsen-Gammon

S30
Evaluation of CMIP5 Precipitation Trends Across Multiple Scales
Eric Molten, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and K. D. Musgrave and C. D. Kummerow

S31
Assessment of Precipitation in CMIP5 Models Using TRMM Data
Taylor Aydell Sr., Univ. of Louisiana, Monroe, LA; and M. Etten-Bohm and C. Schumacher

S32
The Changes of North America Mean and Extreme Snowfall Observed Since 1950 and Their Future Projection Under a 1.5ºC Global Warming Scenario
Benjamin O. Johnson, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; and Y. Xu

S33
Observing and Analyzing Variations of Daily Precipitation: The Impact of the El Niño/Southern Oscillation on Kiritimati Island
Ebone Smith, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA; and L. M. Hartten, X. W. Quan, and A. Reiser

S34
A Synoptic Climatology of Frozen Precipitation Events in Central and Eastern North Carolina
Mohin A. Patel, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA

S35
Understanding the Cloud-dynamics Interactions in the Southern Oceans and Tropics by Using Legacy Satellites
Xuechang Liu, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN

S36
Changes in Tropospheric Stability and the Frequency of Moist Convection in the Northern Hemisphere Extratropics
Glenn Liu, CUNY Hunter College, New York, NY; and R. Korty

S37
Atmospheric River Activity in a 4xCO2 Climate Simulation
Jessica Solomon, Humboldt State Univ., Arcata, CA; and S. W. Powell, J. W. Whitaker, and E. D. Maloney

S38
Variability of Precipitable Water Content in the Atacama Desert
Tomas J Aguilar, US Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD; and B. S. Barrett and J. C. Marin

S39
Measuring the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation

S40
Evaluation of Intra-seasonal Variability of the Asian Monsoon in GFDL's Latest Climate Model
Bridgette Befort, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS; and Y. Ming and S. Clark

S41
On the Linkage Between Asian Summer Monsoon and Tropopause Folds
Yutian Wu, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN; and G. Chen, L. M. Taylor, and P. Zhang

S42
An Evaluation and Analysis of a New Monthly Atmospheric Pressure Dataset for Antarctica Since 1957
Logan N Clark, Ohio University, Athens, OH; and R. L. Fogt

S43
Downscaled Tropical Cyclones in Paleoclimate Simulations: Intermodel Variability
Quinton Anthony Lawton, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; and R. Korty

S44
Examining the Impact of Climate Change on Stratosphere-Troposphere Exchange
Jordan Benjamin, MIT, Cambridge, MA; and M. Abalos and A. de la Camara

S45
Climate Influence on Susquehanna River Streamflow Dynamics
Matthew V. Koszuta, Northland College, Ashland, WI; and C. Spence and K. Keller

Handout (5.3 MB)

S46
Decadal Wind Chill Temperature Trends for Canada and the United States
Andrew Westgate, Lyndon State College, Lyndonville, VT

S47
Trends of Extreme Wind Chill Temperature across Canada and the United States
Haley Okun, Hobart & William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY

S48
Dynamic and Thermodynamic Mechanisms for the Onset of the Southeastern United States Convective Season
Hannah Wells, East Carolina Univ., Greenville, NC; and T. Rickenbach and R. Ferreira

S49
The Regional Variability of the Hadley Circulation and its Relation to Precipitation and Atmospheric Dynamics
Sarah M Szymborski, University of Illinois at Urbana, Urbana, IL

S50
Fourier Analysis of Monthly Differences in Temperature Trends in Observation data sets and Climate Models
Alexa Zabaske, Saint. Cloud State University, Clearwater, MN; and J. Nielsen-Gammon


Poster Session
Local Meteorology and Fire Weather
Location: Exhibit Hall 5 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 17th Annual Student Conference
S51
Using 311 Data as a Proxy For Weather Impacts
Xuebin Zou, NOAA, New York, NY

S52
Long term Hindcasting of Surface Water Temperatures for the Highland Lakes on the Lower Colorado River in Texas
Myles Savage, Lower Colorado River Authority, Austin, TX; and R. Anderson and B. Rose

S53
Using Multiple Metrics to Analyze Trends and Sensitivity of Climate Variability in New York City
Jiehao Huang, NOAA CREST, Brooklyn, NY; and J. Booth and K. L. Towey

S54
New York Hydro-Meteorological Testbed (NY-uHMT): Data Processing and Visualization
Amarou Bah, City College, New York, NY

S55
'Assessment of the Heat Island Effect Using remote Sensing'
Kevin Geronimo, CUNY New York City College of Technology, Brooklyn, NY; and C. Groome and C. A. Lopez

S56
An Analysis of the Miami Urban Heat Island and its Potential Influence on Precipitation Distribution in South Florida
Nicholas J. Kedzuf, RSMAS, Miami, FL
Manuscript (1.0 MB)

S57
Examining Beaver Island Wetland Ecosystems Using Dynamically Downscaled WRF Simulations
Cody Michael Converse, Central Michigan University, Wyoming, MI; and D. B. Kluver

S58
Comparison between the National Digital Forecast Database and Observed Heat Index Across the Southeastern United States
Lexia Christine Williams, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; and A. Hiatt and A. Sims

S59
Statistical Prediction of Waterspout Probability
Taylor Adams, Valparaiso Univ., Valparaiso, IN; and A. Devanas

S60
Forecasting for High School Athletics
Matt Rice, Apex High School, Cary, NC

S61
Assessing Drought Conditions of the Navajo Nation Reservation using Remote Sensing Data
Krystal N. Sanchez Castaneda, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA; and C. Schmidt and A. McCullum

S62
A Re-Evaluation of Critical Fire Weather Criteria in the Southeastern United States
David W. Stang, OU School of Meteorology, Norman, OK

S63
Sensitivities of the Atmospheric Response to a Wildland Fire using a Cloud-Resolving Model
Marshall Stageberg, Michigan State University, Lansing, MI; and A. F. Srock and J. J. Charney

S64
Simulating Meteorological Conditions in Forest Gaps using a Coupled Fire-Atmosphere Model
Marshall Stageberg, Michigan State University, Lansing, MI; and J. J. Charney, S. Zhong, S. E. Arcand, M. Kulseth, M. T. Kiefer, and W. E. Heilman

S65
Atmospheric Pressure Fluctuations in Natural and Wind-Farm Boundary Layers
Aaron J. Mehner, Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN; and D. A. Rajewski, S. Purdy, and E. S. Takle

S66
Quantifying Wind Turbine Wake Effects on the Downwind Environment in Different Boundary Layer Conditions by Analyzing LIDAR and Surface Flux Spectra
Patrick D. Murphy, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and J. K. Lundquist


Poster Session
Mesoscale Meteorology, Lightning, and Radar
Location: Exhibit Hall 5 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 17th Annual Student Conference
S67
Impacts of Aerosols on Deep Convective Storms
Joseph W. G. Moody, Univ. of Northern Colorado, Fort Collins, CO

S68
Difficulties with Classifying and Analyzing the Low Level Jet in a Convection Allowing Ensemble
Emily N. Tinney, NWC REU, Norman, OK; and J. Correia Jr.

S69
Illustrating Predictability for Nocturnal Tornado Events in the Southeastern United States
Ryan C. Bunker, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and A. E. Cohen, J. Hart, A. Gerard, and K. E. Klockow-McClain

S70
Patterns Associated with Cold Season Severe Weather and Tornado Events
Elissa A. Smith, Texas A&M University / NOAA, College Station, TX; and R. Grumm and C. Ross

S71
How Forecasters Anticipate Nocturnal, Cool-Season Southern Tornado Events
David P. Nowicki, NOAA, Oxford, MS; and A. Gerard, K. E. Klockow-McClain, A. E. Cohen, and J. Hart

S72
Case Study of Thunderstorm Rotation Patterns in a Tornadic and Non-Tornadic Supercell near Scranton, PA on Feb 25 2017
Michael Hosek, Hamilton College, Clinton, NY

S73
Observational and Numerical Identification of Downdraft Generated Surface Vertical Vorticity
Jacob Vancil, Texas Tech University, LUBBOCK, TX; and J. Dahl

S74
Statistical Comparison and Simulations of Supercells in Environments with Varying Significant Tornado Parameters
Erin A. Jones, Millersville University, Millersville, PA; and C. J. Nowotarski

S75
Severe Weather associated with Warm-Season Stationary Fronts East of the Rocky Mountains
Samuel Bartlett, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY; and D. Johnson and N. D. Metz

S76
Tornadoes, Hail, and Wind associated with Warm-Season Stationary Fronts East of the Rocky Mountains
Darby Johnson, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY; and S. Bartlett and N. D. Metz

S77
A Statistical Examination of Severe Tornadic and Nontornadic Quasi-Linear Convective Systems
Devin Chehak, Univ of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and J. W. Frame

S78
Quantitative Verification of Storm Prediction Center 1300 UTC Tornado Outlooks
Alex Erwin, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and J. W. Frame

S79
How Close Is The National Weather Service To 1-Hour Tornado Warnings?
Kayleen Torres, NOAA, Silver Spring,, MD

S80
Northern Alabama/Southern Middle Tennessee Severe Weather Environmental Climatology
Michael E Main, SUNY, Albany, NY

S81
An Evaluation of Significant Wind-Driven Hail Events across the United States
Zachary A. Hiris, Oswego State University, Oswego, NY; and M. A. Fowle

S82
Differentiating Plowable Hailstorms from Heavy Rain Events in the Colorado Springs Area
Joshua Lave, Metropolitan State University, Denver, CO

S83
Identifying Patterns in Lake Effect Snow Intensification over Lake Erie
Drew W. Koeritzer, NOAA/NWS, Cleveland, OH; and S. Jamison and R. LaPlante

S84
Airborne Radar Observations and Model Analysis of a Secondary Circulation within a Shallow Lake-Effect Snow Band
Philip T. Bergmaier, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY; and B. Geerts and X. Chu

S85
Aircraft Icing in Alaska
Cameron Andrew Hoover, United States Air Force Academy, USAFA, CO

S86
Characteristics of Temperature Inversions in Wintry Mix Precipitation Events
Daniel M. Hueholt, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; and S. Yuter, M. A. Miller, L. Lovell, and L. R. Allen

S87
A Twelve-Year Cold Air Damming Climatology of Northern New England
Briana Stewart, Plymouth State University, Plymouth, NH; and J. Cunningham and E. G. Hoffman

S88
On the Seasonality of Cold Air Pooling Dynamics across Scales
Ali Malek, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR; and J. Jones

Handout (927.7 kB) Handout (941.3 kB)

S89
Meteorological Overview and Model Analysis of the Historic June 23rd, 2017 Mid-Michigan Flooding
Heather M. Richards, Central Michigan University, Greenville, MI

S90
Quantifying the Relationship Between Land-Sea Temperature Gradient and Sea Breezes on the United States Gulf Coast
Rebekah Cheatham, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL; and S. Kimball

S91
The Relationship between Convective Sea-Breezes and Atmospheric Instability Parameters
Caroline Kolakoski, Univ. of South Alabama, Mobile, AL

S92
A Comparison of Multi-Radar/Multi-Sensor Quantitative Precipitation Estimates with Mid-Level Frontogenesis for Nocturnal Elevated Convection in the Corn Belt Region

S93
The TETRA-II Experiment to Observe Terrestrial Gamma Flashes at Ground Level – Analysis of Nearby Thunderstorm Activity and Comparison with Lightning Data
Deirdre Smith, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA

S94
Geostationary Lightning Mapper Comparison to Cloud Optical Depth in Various Storm Environments
Robert FitzGerald Garrett, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS; and C. Burnett

S95
Spectral Analysis of Intracloud Lightning
Kevin C Larson, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; and E. A. Smith, C. J. Nowotarski, and R. E. Orville

S96
Correlations of Lightning Occurrence with Weather Parameters in Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Jan J van der Veken Jr., Millersville University, Millersville, PA; and A. J. DeCaria

S97
Determining Optimal Lightning Warning Radii for Kennedy Space Center
Kaitlyn Brown, United States Air Force Academy, USAF Academy, CO; and R. S. Wacker

S98
Use of Experimental Lightning Detector During Hurricane Harvey
Samantha Lane, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and T. Logan

S99
Analyzing the Use of Satellite Microwave Remote Sensing Data for Lightning Estimations in the Southeast United States
Stephanie P. Edwards, Univ. of North Carolina, Charlotte, NC; and B. I. Magi

S100
Debiasing Supercell Thunderstorm Density Distribution in the Great Plains
Madeline R. Diedrichsen, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE; and A. Houston, C. Oppermann, and A. Torres

S101
Comparisons of Mid-Altitude Radial Convergence Signatures in Severe Storms from KDGX and KULM
Janae N Elkins, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS; and E. E. Carpenter, D. Lu, T. A. Murphy, and A. T. C. Hanks

S102
Investigation of Dendritic Growth/Aggregation Signatures in WSR-88D Dual-Polarization Radar
Marquette N. Rocque, University at Albany, Albany, NY; and K. R. Cook

S103
Weekly Cycle in NEXRAD Rain Rates
Ryan Sullivan, NSF, Norwood, MN

S104
GridRad: A New High-Resolution Four-Dimensional Gridded Radar Data Set
Tyler M. Fenske, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and K. P. Bowman, C. R. Homeyer, and J. W. Cooney

S105
Validation of a C-Band Snowfall Water Equivalent Algorithm with S-Band Radar over Lake Ontario
Brandon M Taylor, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada

Handout (2.9 MB)


Poster Session
Numerical Weather Prediction
Location: Exhibit Hall 5 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 17th Annual Student Conference
S106
Examining the Diurnal Cycle of Precipitation in the NCEP Global Forecast System
Kevin Zolea, Kean Univ., Sayreville, NJ; and V. Tallapragada, M. P. Row, G. H. White, F. Yang, and T. A. Dorian

S107
Evaluating the Predictability of Summertime Precipitation in the Southeastern United States
Daniel James Lloveras, GFDL, Princeton, NJ; and X. Yang

S108
Simulation on the Afternoon Convective Precipitation Triggered by Soil Moisture over the Tibetan Plateau
Lan Luan, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN; and X. Meng, S. Lyu, P. W. Staten, B. Han, Z. Li, and L. Zhao

S109
Modeling the Effects of Soil Moisture on the 2016 New York Summer Drought
Marc J Alessi, Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY; and A. DeGaetano and T. Ault

S110
An Evaluation of Numerical Weather Prediction Models in Forecasting Atmospheric Rivers
Kyle M. Nardi, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and E. A. Barnes

S111
Evaluating High-Resolution Guidance From Pre-Implementation Configurations
Cody H. Snell, University of Maryland, College Park, Mount Airy, MD; and D. T. Kleist and G. Manikin

S112
Analysis of Accurate and Inaccurate HRRR Forecasts for Heavy Banded Snowfall in the Central United States

S113
Correlation of Snow D/V Relationships to Mean Snow-Water Equivalent (SWE) Using a Gamma-based Mixture Model
Noah Brubaker, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD; and A. Tokay and D. D. Kliche

S114
The Effects of Translation and Surface Roughness on Tornado Structure and Flow
Martin A Satrio, Advanced Radar Research Center, Norman, OK; and D. J. Bodine, A. Rinehart, and T. Maruyama

S115
Evaluating and Understanding the Simulated Global Monsoon in the GFDL AM4 Model
Baoqiang Xiang, NOAA/GFDL, UCAR, Princeton, NJ; and S. Lin

S116
Visualizing the Seasonal Shift of IPF Precipitation in the SE United States
Mary Ruth Brown, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC; and R. Nieto Ferreira and T. Rickenbach

S117
A Hazard Vulnerability Climatology for the state of Ohio from 1985-2014
Adam X Andresen, California University, California, PA

S118
The Truck Blowover Algorithm for the Pikalert® System
Brittany Welch, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and A. Anderson, S. Linden, and W. Petzke

S119
Traffic Analysis
Harrys K Houngbedji, CUNY New York City College Of Technology, Bronx, NY; and D. Wilson

S120
Comparing Feature-Based vs Ensemble-Based Tools to Estimate and Communicate Weather Forecast Risk and Uncertainty
Sarah Zabawa, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD; and W. Capehart

S121
Using Modified Bred Vector Ensembles to Improve Forecasting in Multi-Scale Dynamical Systems
Brent Giggins, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia; and G. Gottwald


Poster Session
Observations and Instrumentation
Location: Exhibit Hall 5 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 17th Annual Student Conference
S122
Convolution Neural Network to Classify Ice Crystal Habit
Javier A. Villegas, Univ. of Illinois at Urbana−Champaign, Urbana, IL; and J. Um and G. McFarquhar

S123
Snowflake Mixtures in Coastal Northeast United States Winter Storms
Levi Lovell, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; and S. E. Yuter, M. A. Miller, and E. Scott

S124
An Observational Study of Snow Ratio Evolution in North American Midlatitude Cyclones
Judson W. Buescher, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE; and M. R. Anderson

S125
Qualitative Analysis of Ice Accumulation and Shedding on a Cable Stayed Bridge
Chandrasekar Venkatesh, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH; and S. E. Haji Agha Mohammad Zarbaf, A. Helmicki, V. hunt, D. Nims, and A. Abdelaal

S126
Assessment of Low Cloud Cover Changes in the Presence of Shortwave-Absorbing Smoke
Daniel James Lloveras, RSMAS, Miami, FL; and P. Zuidema

S127
Retrieving Cloud Optical Depth for Low Level Clouds using Mini Micro Pulsed LiDAR
Nigel J. Franklyn, New York City College of Technology, Brooklyn, NY; and V. Vladutescu

S128
Characteristics of Hail Events near the Sierras de Córdoba, Argentina
Jeremiah O. Piersante, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and D. A. Hence, S. Tessendorf, and R. M. Rasmussen

S129
Statistical Methods for Determination of Aircraft Static Pressure Defect
Timothy Keebler, Millersville Univ., Millersville., PA

S130
Energy Balance of Urban Turfgrass in a Semi-Arid environment

S131
Evaluating the Accuracy of Hourly Precipitation Data in the U.S.
Amanda Hendrix, Millersville Univ., Millersville, PA; and B. Hoggatt

S132
Spatial Patterns in Summer Precipitation Changes across Complex, Mountainous Terrain in the Northeastern United States
Celia G. Fisher, Lyndon State College, Lyndonville, VT; and J. Hecht and J. Hanrahan

S133
The Effectiveness of Using Limited Gauge Measurements for Bias Adjustment of Satellite-Based Precipitation Estimation over Saudi Arabia
Raied Alharbi Sr., University of California, Irvine, CA; and K. Hsu, S. Sorooshian, and D. Braithwaite

S134
Rain Gauge Analysis of Precipitation on Oahu
Kiefer A Hermann, University of Hawai'i at Manoa, Honolulu, HI; and A. D. Nugent

S135
An Atmospheric Hydraulic Jump in the Santa Barbara Channel
Timothy W Juliano, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY

S136
Carbon Dioxide Flux Bias Correction Assessment in Eddy Covariance Towers Over Long Term Agricultural Sites
Victoria Dziekan, Washington State University, Pullman, WA; and E. S. Russell, S. N. Pressley, and B. K. Lamb

S137
Urbanova: Integration of Smart City Sensors and Air Quality Modeling in a Western US City
Jilliann Peery, Willamette Univ., Salem, OR; and B. K. Lamb, V. Walden, M. Grubbs, and P. O'Keefe

S138
Investigation of Low Altitude Ice Accretion Physics on Small Unmanned Aircraft
Alyssa Avery, Oklahoma State Univ., Stillwater, OK; and L. Bunting and J. Jacob
Manuscript (402.1 kB)

S139
Estimation and Evaluation of Atmospheric CT2 using Small Unmanned Aerial Systems
Morgan E. Schneider, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and P. B. Chilson

S140
Change in Wind Patterns Associated with a Total Solar Eclipse
Adam Houston, Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE; and W. M. Shanti

S141
Laboratory Measurements of the Size Distribution and Cloud Condensation Nuclei Spectrum Potential Ice Nuclei
Alexa Ann Otto, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND; and D. Delene

S142
Temperature Variance along the Path of Totality, Solar Eclipse 2017

S143
Measuring Solar Coronal Magnetism during the Total Solar Eclipse of 2017
Keon Gibson, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and S. Sewell, S. Tomczyk, A. Boll, J. Burkepile, P. Judge, and B. Berkey

S144
Relating Delta T and Stability to Eclipse Occlusion Percentages in Oklahoma for 21 August 2017 Total Eclipse
Jack Dimpsey III, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and G. Kendrick

Handout (1.0 MB)

S145
Great American Eclipse Weather Phenomena
Anthony V Papol, Brown Univ., Pendleton, OR


Poster Session
Social Science, Communication, and Education
Location: Exhibit Hall 5 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 17th Annual Student Conference
S146
An Overview of NCEP: Products, Services, and Impacts
Mariama Feaster, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS; and G. Fisher

S147
Building a Weather-Ready Nation (WRN) through the Integration of Communication and Education
Amber J. Liggett, Millersville Univ., Beaver, PA; and M. Scarzello Fairbanks and K. Garrett

S148
Understanding the National Weather Service's Customers and Decision Support Needs for Climate Data, Products and Services
Mary Rose Mangan, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and J. E. Ten Hoeve III and V. Silva

S149
Using NWSChat to Strengthen the Integrated Warning Team: Operational Applications of External Event Integration
Robert MacDonald, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK

S150
From No-Notice Events to Crying Wolf: How Southeast U.S. Emergency Managers and First Responders Navigate Forecast Uncertainty
Rachael N. Cross, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and D. LaDue, S. Ernst, and T. Kloss

S151
The Historic Tornadoes of 2011: A Case Study on Weather Preparedness
ena keys, NCAS, columbia, MD

S152
Biases and Heuristics in Tornado Warning Response
Alyssa Cannistraci, NOAA, Sykesville, MD; and K. E. Klockow-McClain and A. Gerard

S153
Future Flood Risk Perceptions Following Hurricane Matthew: A Study of Eastern North Carolinians
Samantha Connolly, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC

S154
Impact of Past Experiences with Tornadoes on Future Decisions in Nebraska
Emily Paltz, Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE; and M. Hayes and M. S. Van Den Broeke

S155
A Survey of the Effectiveness of Warnings by Media and Public Officials for Evacuation of Hurricane Harvey
Megan Montgomery, Metropolitan State University, Denver, CO

S156
An Assessment of High Impact Sub-Advisory (HISA) Snowfall Events and Efforts to Improve Forecast Communication
Jacob J. Petr, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE; and M. R. Anderson

S157
A Statistical Analysis Of Data Users Of The Oklahoma Mesonet

S158
The Penn State Campus Weather Service: An Unrivaled Combination of Forecasting and Broadcasting Experience for Students
Andy Moffitt, Campus Weather Service, State College, PA; and N. Bergren

S159
Making Weather, Water, and Climate Messages More Acceptable, Memorable, Sharable, and Actionable: Lessons from the Science of Science Communication.
Jessica Hubbard, George Mason Univ., Fairfax, VA; and E. Maibach

S160
Understanding and Communicating Local Climate Change
Jacob C. Muller, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and D. W. Titley, S. K. Miller, and A. M. Walker

S161
Potential Applications of Low Power Amateur Radio Digital Modes in Meteorology
Lucero Marquez, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and Q. A. Lawton, T. M. Fenske, K. L. Squires, and D. T. Conlee

S162
Development of an Air Quality Sensor for Use in Teaching Introductory Environmental Engineering
Yoni Rodriguez, Washington State Univ., Pullman, WA; and K. Gubsch, M. Grubbs, P. O'Keeffe, and V. Walden

S163
The Oklahoma Weather Lab and the Southern Climate Impacts Planning Program: How This One of a Kind Partnership is Pioneering Public-Aimed Mid-Range Forecasts
Ty Dickinson, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and E. Lopez, S. Riley, M. Boone, and M. A. Shafer

Bridging the Climate Information Usability Gap: Participatory Action Research with Agricultural Communities of Northern New England


Poster Session
Synoptic Meteorology
Location: Exhibit Hall 5 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 17th Annual Student Conference
S164
Comparing and Contrasting the Extreme Flood Index (EFI) Diagnostic Metric for Mid-Latitude Floods and Tropical Cyclones
Jonathon Klepatzki, Embry Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, FL; and S. M. Milrad

S165
Climatology and Trends of Heatwaves in the Southeast United States
Shealynn Cloutier Bisbee, Embry Riddle Aeronautical Univeristy, Daytona Beach, FL; and S. M. Milrad

S166
A Climatology of Short-Wave Troughs in the Great Lakes Region and their Concurrence with Lake-Effect Snow
Peyton K. Capute, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY; and Z. S. Bruick, M. M. Neureuter, E. Ott, M. Sessa, and N. D. Metz

S167
Influence of the Low-Level Jet on Marine Boundary Layer Winds During Cold Air Advection
Leland MacDonald, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; and C. E. Barnes and S. P. Rowley

S168
Low Level Jet Making the Atmosphere Unstable Again
Christopher Rattray, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada; and D. B. Parsons and A. Shapiro
Manuscript (114.5 kB)

S169
Snow Band Movement and Rain Occurrence in Northeast U.S. Winter Storms
Luke R Allen, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; and S. E. Yuter, L. M. Tomkins, and M. A. Miller

S170
Investigating Appalachian-Induced Fine-Scale Frontal Features during SEAR-MAR
Robert J. Capella, Millersville University, Millersville, PA; and E. L. Morehead

S171
The connection between Sea Ice Extent in the Barents-Kara Sea and the Frequency of the East Asian Cold Air Outbreaks
Dong Wan Kim, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL; and R. J. Trapp and Z. Wang

S172
A Climatology of Andean South American Cold Surges and their Continental Effect
Kevin C. Prince, Univ. of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI

S173
California NWS Watches, Warnings, and Advisories and Landfalling Atmospheric Rivers during 2007–2016
Molly M. Neureuter, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY; and L. Kelleher and J. M. Cordeira

S174
Likelihood of NWS Watches, Warnings, and Advisories in California on Days with Landfalling Atmospheric Rivers during 2007–2016
Liam Kelleher, Lyndon State College, Lyndonville, VT; and M. M. Neureuter and J. M. Cordeira

S175
A Case Study of Four Atmospheric River Events Over the Pacific West Coast
Isaac Arseneau, Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN; and W. Nuss

S176
The Influence of ENSO on the North Pacific Ocean through Daily Weather Changes
Keenan C. Eure, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and M. Newman and M. A. Alexander


Poster Session
Tropical Meteorology
Location: Exhibit Hall 5 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 17th Annual Student Conference
S177
Multi-Doppler Radar Analysis of Hurricane Matthew’s Eyewall Replacement Cycle
Alex J DesRosiers, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; and T. Y. Cha, M. M. Bell, and J. Martinez

S178
Multi-model Ensemble Track Clustering to Improve Tropical Cyclone Forecasting
Cole Evans, Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN; and A. Kowaleski and J. L. Evans

S179
Predictability of Atlantic Tropical Cyclone Activity on Sub-seasonal Time Scales
Kurt Hansen, RSMAS, Miami, FL; and S. Majumdar and B. Kirtman

S180
Aviation Weather Conditions Prior to Tropical Cyclone Landfalls
Alexander Paul Donato, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, FL; and D. R. Barry

S181
Analysis of Tropical Cyclone Intensity and Position Error Using the Dvorak Satellite Technique
Alex Tomoff, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA; and C. Landsea

S182
Assessing Storm Surge Parameters for Landfalling Tropical Storms Along the Northern Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Coast of the U.S.
Emma Thomas, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO; and R. Saravanan

S183
Using ASCAT Data to Determine Intensities of Developing Northwest Pacific Tropical Cyclones
Shelby O. Fatcheric, U.S. Air Force Academy, U.S. Air Force Academy, CO; and R. S. Wacker

S184
Hurricane Harvey and South Texas Tropical Cyclones
Jacob Hale, Texas A&M Univ., Corpus Christi, TX; and A. Kohutek, J. R. Hill, K. J. Nelson, and P. Tissot

S185
On the Ability of TAMUCC WRF to Forecast Hurricane Harvey: A Comparison of a Local WRF System and Observations from the Texas Coastal Bend
Steven Jones, TAMUCC Atmospheric Science Department, Corpus Christi, TX; and A. Romero, M. Riser, J. R. Hill, and K. J. Nelson

S185A
An Analysis of Storm Surge Swaths from Significant Gulf of Mexico Hurricanes
John A. Troutman, Louisiana State Univ., Baton Rouge, LA

S186
ADCIRC Model Verification of Tropical Cyclone Storm Surge in the Gulf of Mexico
Stephen Kreller, Louisiana State Univ., Baton Rouge, LA

S187
Best Pressure Level/Latitude Band to Track Tropical Easterly Waves Over Different Regions Using NCEP-NCAR Reanalysis Data
Sachin Thapa, Univ. of Louisiana, Monroe, LA; and K. D. Leppert II

S188
Visualizing Entrainment and Detrainment in a Large Eddy Simulation of Tropical Convection
Andrew Berrington, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; and G. Oh, A. Martin, and T. Diefenbach

S189
A Numerical Study of the Eastward Propagation of the Madden-Julian Oscillation 2007-08 (MJO 2007-08) over New Guinea Mountains and the Associated Rainfall

S190
Analysis of the role of Quasi-Biennial Oscillation on MJO eastward propagation through the Maritime Continent
Casey R Densmore, US Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD; and B. S. Barrett, E. R. Sanabia, and P. Ray

S191
The Madden-Julian Oscillation (MJO) and its Teleconnections
Marybeth Arcodia, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL


Poster Session
Water, Ecosystems, and Agriculture
Location: Exhibit Hall 5 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 17th Annual Student Conference
S192
Controls on Evapotranspiration Rates in a Mangrove Forest Following Hurricane Wilma in the Everglades, FL
Marina Howarth, Smith College, Northampton, MA; and J. D. Fuentes, A. Mejia, S. Garcia, and T. Mahjabin

S193
Exploring Oceanographic and Meteorological Data through the Time of Hurricane Irene and Superstorm Sandy
Shannon Evans, NSF, Brooklyn, NY

S194
Behavior of Sea Spray Particles in Very High Wind Conditions

S195
Arctic Lake Classification from NASA ABoVE Digital Color Infrared Airborne Imagery
Ethan D Kyzivat, Brown University, Providence, RI; and L. C. Smith, S. Cooley, L. Pitcher, J. Arvesen, and T. M. Pavelsky

Handout (4.5 MB)

S195A
Analyzing the Impact of Synoptic Weather on the Surface Energy Budget of a Large Inland Water Body
Justin C. Bonds, NCAS, Chicago, IL; and R. Grysko, Z. Gao, and H. Liu

S196
 Assessment of Lake Water Quality and Quantity Using Satellite Remote Sensing
Kameron Daniel, Student, CUNY, NY; and A. Suresh, S. Paredes, and T. Lakhankar

S197
Application of Remote Sensing Observations for the Detection of Lake Ice
Joel S. Chapman, New York City College of Technology, Brooklyn, NY; and M. Cinar and T. A. Miah

S198
Forecast Verification of the 2017 Flooding at Lake Oroville Using the National Water Model
Kimberly A. Brothers, Significant Opportunities in Atmospheric Research and Science, Boulder, CO; and L. K. Read and K. Sampson

S199
Mapping and Visualization of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Using Satellite Imagery
Elizabeth Ferreira, NSF/CREST/REU, Brooklyn, NY

S200
Global Food Security Parameters Studies Using Satellite Remote Sensing
Timothy Medina, Research Experiences for Undergraduates, Brooklyn, NY; and S. Ganti-Agrawal, D. Joshi, and T. Lakhankar

S201
On the Relationship Between Soil Moisture, Soil Temperature, and Land Cover-Central Crops Research Station, Clayton, North Carolina, USA
Timothy Andrew Henderson, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; and S. P. Heuser

S202
Trends in Irrigation and Streamflow in the National Climate Assessment-LDAS using the NASA Land Verification Toolkit software
Alex Robertson, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL

S203
The Difference in Water Use Efficiency Between Corn and Soybean
Emily Marrs, Iowa State University, Ames, IA; and K. Togliatti and A. VanLoocke

S204
Effects of Climate and Social Change on Pasture Productivity and Area in the Alay Valley, Kyrgyzstan 

Monday, 8 January 2018

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8:00 PM-10:30 PM: Monday, 8 January 2018


Fourth Annual Speed Networking Event for Students and Early Career Professionals
Location: Ballroom A (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
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