Session 13 19th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation

Program Chairs: C. Bruce Baker , NOAA/OAR/ARL/ATDD ; Alexandria McCombs , Univ. of South Carolina

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Sunday, 7 January 2018

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12:00 PM-4:00 PM: Sunday, 7 January 2018


WeatherFest
Location: Exhibit Hall 1 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)

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

Monday, 8 January 2018

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8:30 AM-8:45 AM: Monday, 8 January 2018


Plenary Session 2
Welcoming Address
Location: Austin, Texas

8:45 AM-10:15 AM: Monday, 8 January 2018

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Session 1
Intercomparison and Calibration of Instruments I
Location: Room 13AB (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 19th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation
Chair: C. Bruce Baker, NOAA/OAR/ARL/ATDD
8:45 AM
1.1
Updates on SNPP and JPSS-1 OMPS Sensor Data Records
Chunhui Pan, Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center/Univ. of Maryland, College Park, College Park, MD; and F. Weng, C. T. Beck, D. Liang, and L. Zhou

Handout (1.3 MB)

9:00 AM
1.2
Quantification of the Intraseasonal to Interannual Variation of Total Precipitable Water Derived from Microwave Radiometers using COSMIC Radio Occultation from 2006 to 2016
Shu-peng Ho, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and L. Peng
Recorded Presentation

9:15 AM
1.3
Characterizing Radiosonde GPS with a Simulation for Pressure Calculation Verification
Evan Keeler, CyberData Technologies, Herndon, VA; and M. K. Lataille
Recorded Presentation

1.4
Comparison of Thermodynamic Variables Measured from a Mobile Platform with U-Tube and Gill Shields

1.5
Impact of High Ice Water Content on Airborne Measurements from the NSF/NCAR Gulfstream V Aircraft

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


Coffee Break

10:30 AM-12:00 PM: Monday, 8 January 2018

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Session 2
Intercomparison and Calibration of Instruments II
Location: Room 13AB (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 19th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation
Chair: Alexandria McCombs, Univ. of South Carolina
10:30 AM
2.1
Errors and Adjustments for WMO-SPICE Tipping-Bucket Precipitation Gauges
John Kochendorfer, NOAA, Oak Ridge, TN; and M. E. Earle, A. Reverdin, R. Nitu, R. Rasmussen, Y. A. Roulet, S. Buisan, S. D. Landolt, and T. Laine
Recorded Presentation

10:45 AM
2.2
Intercomparison of New York State Mesonet Wind Data: Propeller Wind Monitor versus Sonic Anemometer
Junhong Wang, SUNY, Albany, NY; and N. Bain, N. Bassill, and J. A. Brotzge
Recorded Presentation

11:00 AM
2.3
Challenges and Solutions for Calibration of Rain Measurements from Novel Weather Stations
Shane Bussmann, Understory, Inc., Somerville, MA; and K. E. Willmot and A. Kubicek
Recorded Presentation

11:15 AM
2.4
Intercomparison of Three Generations of Infrared Gas Analyzers
Seth Laurence Kutikoff, Kansas State Univ., Manhattan, KS; and X. Lin, S. R. Evett, P. Gowda, P. D. Colaizzi, J. Moorhead, G. Marek, D. Brauer, and R. Aiken
Recorded Presentation

11:30 AM
2.5
A Comparison of Vertical Motion Estimates within Supercells during C3LOUD-Ex
Peter J. Marinescu, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and S. C. van den Heever, A. J. Drager, L. D. Grant, S. W. Freeman, P. C. Kennedy, and M. M. Bell

2.6
Evaluation of Some Candidates for Measuring the Reference Air Temperature Including Very Thin Thermocouples and Ground-Based Microwave Radiometer

12:00 PM-2:00 PM: Monday, 8 January 2018


Lunch Break

2:00 PM-3:00 PM: Monday, 8 January 2018

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Lecture 1
2018 Haurwitz Lecture
Location: Salon K (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)
Cochairs: Ángel F. Adames, GFDL; Scott W. Powell, Colorado State Univ.
2:00 PM
L1.1
Some Observations of Normal Modes in the Atmosphere (Invited Presentation)
George N. Kiladis, ESRL, Boulder, CO
Recorded Presentation

2:00 PM-4:15 PM: Monday, 8 January 2018

Recording files available
Session 3
Innovative Measurements
Location: Room 13AB (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 19th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation
Chair: Frank Defina, Vaisala
2:00 PM
3.1
A Novel Use of Multirotor sUAS to Sample Severe Convective Storms during the C3LOUD-Ex Field Campaign
Sean W. Freeman, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and J. Bukowski, S. M. Hitchcock, L. D. Grant, P. J. Marinescu, and S. C. van den Heever
Recorded Presentation

2:15 PM
3.2
Updates to the NCAR Dropsonde Sensor Module and Improvements to the Measurements of Tropospheric Pressure, Temperature, Humidity, and Wind Profiles
Holger Vömel, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and T. Hock, M. Goodstein, K. Young, and I. Suhr
Recorded Presentation

2:30 PM
3.3
A New Low-Cost Sensor for Determining Heat and Moisture Fluxes
Temple Lee, NOAA/ARL/ATDD and CIMMS, Oak Ridge, TN; and J. Kochendorfer, R. J. Dobosy, C. B. Baker, and M. Buban
Recorded Presentation

2:45 PM
3.4
A New Method for Ground-Based Sun Photometer Radiometric Calibration Using AERONET Data inside the Same City
Yuan Li, China Meteorological Administration, Beijing, China; and X. Li, H. Wang, W. Wang, Y. Wang, and H. Yan
Recorded Presentation

3:00 PM
3.5
Designing and Building Reliable, Low-Cost Lightning Detection Equipment
Timothy Logan, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; and S. N. Lane, N. Raggo, and C. Perez
Recorded Presentation

3:15 PM
3.6
A Machine Learning System for Pressure-Based Wind Profiling—Proof-of-Concept Results
David L. Pepyne, Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA; and M. Zink, S. Ramkumar, L. Emerson, and C. Gao

3:30 PM
3.7
A New Technique for Determining Freezing Drizzle, Ice Pellets, and Frost from Archived ASOS Data
Scott D. Landolt, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and S. DiVito, J. Shepard, and A. J. Schwartz

3:45 PM
3.8
Evaluation of Radar Reflectivity Structures during Six High-Impact Midlatitude Wintertime Cyclone Simulations
Sebastian S. Harkema, The University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL; and S. D. Nicholls and A. E. Emory
Recorded Presentation

4:00 PM
3.9
Above-Ground Thermodynamic Observations in Convective Storms from Balloon-Borne Probes Acting as Pseudo-Lagrangian Drifters
Paul Markowski, Pennsylvania State Univ., Univ. Park, PA; and Y. P. Richardson and S. J. Richardson
Recorded Presentation

4:15 PM-6:00 PM: Monday, 8 January 2018


Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
Location: Exhibit Hall 3 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)

6:00 PM-8:00 PM: Monday, 8 January 2018


Exhibits Opening and Reception
Location: Exhibit Hall 4 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)

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


Ryan Symposium Reception
Location: The Reverbery at the Hilton (Austin, Texas)

Tuesday, 9 January 2018

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8:30 AM-10:00 AM: Tuesday, 9 January 2018

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Session 4
Network Design and Accuracy
Location: Room 13AB (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 19th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation
Chair: Bradley G. Illston, Oklahoma Mesonet/Oklahoma Climatological Survey/Univ. of Oklahoma
8:30 AM
4.1
The Univ. of Utah MesoWest Mesonet
Alexander A. Jacques, Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and E. T. Crosman and J. D. Horel
Recorded Presentation

8:45 AM
4.2
Exploring the Operational Value of High-Resolution 1-Second Sounding Data
Barry R. Bowers, NOAA/NWS Forecast Office, Norman, OK; and J. Holmes, R. Barnes, F. Mitchell, and T. T. Lindley
Recorded Presentation

9:00 AM
4.3
Averaging Timescale for Near-Surface Turbulent Vertical Heat and Moisture Fluxes in the Convective Boundary Layer
Song-Lak Kang, Gangneung-Wonju National Univ., Gangneung, Korea, Republic of (South); and K. T. L. Lee

9:15 AM
4.4
Local Siting Impacts on a Mesoscale Network: A Review of NYS Mesonet Site Characteristics and WMO Siting Criteria
Jerald A. Brotzge, Univ. at Albany, SUNY, Albany, NY; and N. Bassill, S. Soroka, and J. Wang
Recorded Presentation

9:30 AM
4.5
Transforming a Modern Observations Network
Jonathan P. Taylor, Met Office, Exeter, UK
Recorded Presentation

4.6
Development of a Prioritisation Framework for the Evolution of the UK Observing Network

10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Tuesday, 9 January 2018


Coffee . Break

10:30 AM-12:00 PM: Tuesday, 9 January 2018

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Session 5
Use of UAVs for Atmospheric Research That Includes Discussions on Platforms, Instrumentation, Regulations, and Science—Part I
Location: Room 13AB (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 19th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation
Chair: Edward J. Dumas Jr., NOAA and Oak Ridge Associated Universities
10:30 AM
5.1
On the Use of UAS for Prediction of Severe Convective Storm Initiation
Steven E. Koch, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and P. B. Chilson, B. Argrow, M. Fengler, and T. T. Lindley
Recorded Presentation

10:45 AM
5.2
Atmospheric Distributed Temperature Sensing Measurements Using UAS and Tethered Balloons
Darielle Dexheimer, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM; and D. Callow, C. Longbottom, D. Novick, and C. Wilson
Recorded Presentation

11:00 AM
5.3
Results from the Collaboration Leading Operational Unmanned Development for Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics 2017 Flight Campaign
Jamey Jacob, Oklahoma State Univ., Stillwater, OK; and P. B. Chilson, A. Houston, and S. Smith
Recorded Presentation

11:15 AM
5.4
Optimization of Rotary-Wing UAS as an Atmospheric Sensing Platform
Brian Greene, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and P. B. Chilson, J. Salazar, S. Duthoit, A. Segales, C. Fiebrich, W. Doyle, B. Wolf, S. Waugh, S. E. Fredrickson, S. P. Oncley, L. Tudor, and S. Semmer
Recorded Presentation

11:30 AM
5.5
Development of an Autonomous Uav Atmospheric Profiling System: Initial Implementation and First Results
Phillip B. Chilson, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and A. R. Segales Espinosa, B. Greene, J. Salazar, A. Umeyama Matsumoto, C. A. Fiebrich, R. Huck, J. Grimsley, M. B. Yeary, R. D. Palmer, M. E. Weber, K. Carson, and S. Teja Kanneganti
Recorded Presentation

11:45 AM
5.6
Observing Atmospheric Parameters Using Quadcopters
Sytske Kimball, Univ. of South Alabama, Mobile, AL; and C. Montalvo, M. Mulekar, L. Schibelius, C. Carithers, and C. Kolakoski
Recorded Presentation

1:30 PM-3:30 PM: Tuesday, 9 January 2018

Recording files available
Session 6
Use of UAVs for Atmospheric Research That Includes Discussions on Platforms, Instrumentation, Regulations, and Science II
Location: Room 13AB (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 19th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation
Chair: Temple Lee, NOAA/ARL/ATDD and CIMMS
1:30 PM
6.1
An Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Site Investigation of the 29 April 2017 Canton, Texas, Tornado
Melissa A. Wagner, Arizona State Univ., Tempe, AZ; and R. Doe

1:45 PM
6.2
High Wind Damage Assessment of the June 12th Tornado Outbreak in the Northern High Plains Utilizing Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV)
Melissa A. Wagner, Arizona State Univ., Tempe, AZ; and C. Hahn, R. Cox, and R. Doe
Recorded Presentation

2:00 PM
6.3
Harnessing the Power of the Ardupilot and Pixhawk for UAS Atmospheric Research: An Integrative Approach
Antonio R. Segales, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and P. B. Chilson, J. Martin, A. Umeyama, B. R. Greene, and S. Duthoit
Recorded Presentation

2:15 PM
6.4
Surface Layer Profiling in Complex Terrain using an Instrumented Multi-rotor Copter
Stephan F. J. De Wekker, Univ. of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA; and C. Woolsey, J. Gonzalez-Rocha, H. McClelland, R. Palomaki, and G. C. Lewin
Recorded Presentation

2:30 PM
6.5
Long-Path Spectroscopy to an Airborne Retroreflector on a Quadcopter
Kevin Cossel, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, CO; and E. Waxman, F. Giorgetta, M. Cermak, I. Coddington, D. Hesselius, S. Ruben, W. Swann, G. Rieker, and N. Newbury
Recorded Presentation

2:45 PM
6.6
Outcomes of the NCAR/EOL Workshop Unmanned Aircraft Systems for Atmospheric Research
Holger Vömel, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and C. A. Wolff, S. P. Oncley, J. A. Moore, S. Ellis, and D. Axisa
Recorded Presentation

3:00 PM
6.7
PTH Sensor Siting on Rotary-Wing UAS
Adam L. Houston, Univ. of Nebraska−Lincoln, Lincoln, NE; and P. B. Chilson, A. Islam, A. Shankar, B. Greene, A. R. S. Espinosa, and C. Detweiler
Recorded Presentation

3:15 PM
6.8
Use of Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems in VORTEX-SE 2017 and LAFE 2017
Edward J. Dumas Jr., NOAA and Oak Ridge Associated Universities, Oak Ridge, TN; and T. Lee, M. Buban, and B. B. Baker
Recorded Presentation

3:45 PM-5:30 PM: Tuesday, 9 January 2018


Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
Location: Exhibit Hall 3 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)

Poster Session 1
Posters: 19th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation (19SMOI)
Location: Exhibit Hall 3 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 19th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation
657
Climate Correction of Radiosonde Temperature Biases in the Lower Stratosphere using GPS RO data from 2006 to 2016
Shu-peng Ho, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and L. Peng

657A
A New Reprocessing Scheme to Improve the Aqua AIRS Global Temperature and Water Vapor Retrievals in the Lower Troposphere and Stratosphere using GPS Radio Occultation Measurements
Shu-peng Ho, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and L. Peng

658
Improving Tornado Warning Decision Making through New Conceptual Models and Interrogation Techniques with WSR-88D Dual-Polarization Products
Aaron W. Johnson, NWS, Dodge City, KS; and J. Stoppkotte

659
Exploring the Capabilities of the CHM 15k Ceilometer to Detect Icing Conditions within Clouds
Jaylond Macari Harvey, Jackson State Univ., Jackson, MS; and S. D. Landolt and J. Wolff

Water vapor lidar observations for forecasting localized heavy rainfall in Tokyo metropolitan area

661
High-Frequency Observations of the Complex Terrain Boundary Layer during Perdigão
Andre Pattantyus, Army Research Laboratory, White Sands Missile Range, NM; and L. Bariteau, E. D. Creegan, C. M. Hocut, J. K. Lundquist, L. S. Leo, and H. J. S. Fernando

662
Enhancing Weather Surveillance with EEC 3.5GHz Dual-Pol Weather Radar for Local Weather Service
Qing Cao, Enterprise Electronics Corporation, Enterprise, AL; and M. Knight and R. Stedronsky

663
Applications of Doppler LIDAR Technology to Air Quality Management
Aris Fernandez, City College, New York, NY; and M. J. Campmier, A. Arapi, Y. Wu, F. Moshary, and M. Arend

664
Integration of Hail Sensor Data with CASA DFW Weather Radar System Using CHORDS
S. Ryan Gooch, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and V. Chandrasekar, M. Daniels, K. E. Willmot, and R. S. Bussman

665
Comparison of Concurrent Radar and Aircraft Measurements of Cirrus Clouds
Nicholas J. Gapp, Univ. of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND; and P. R. Harasti, D. J. Delene, J. M. Schmidt, and M. J. Anderson

Handout (695.1 kB)

666
Observations of the Diurnal Evolution of the Lower Boundary Layer in a Subtropical Environment Using a Small Unmanned Aerial System (sUAS)

667
Assessment and Validation of Microwave Humidity and Temperature Sounder Onboard FY-3C
Jieying He, National Space Science Center, Beijing, China

668
Comparing Four Colocated Rain Gauges under Varying Weather Conditions
Laura Lovett, Univ. of South Alabama, Mobile, AL; and S. Kimball

669
Comparison of AWOS, RSOIS, and Mesonet Dew Point Observations
Bradley G. Illston, Oklahoma Mesonet/Oklahoma Climatological Survey/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and K. A. Kloesel

566A
Soil Moisture and Surface Flux Variability at the Kessler Atmospheric and Ecological Field Station
Nicholas H. Balderas, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. B. Basara, R. Bajgain, Y. Zhang, X. Xiao, and H. R. Mahan

671
Data From a New, Low-Cost Thermopile Pyranometer Compare Well with High-End Pyranometers
Alan L. Hinckley, Campbell Scientific, Inc., Logan, UT; and M. Blonquist, G. B. Wheeler, and D. V. Baker

Handout (1.3 MB)

672
All-in-One Sensors—Looking into the Future of Meteorological Instrumentation Packages
Rebecca A. Tate, Oklahoma Climatological Survey, Norman, OK; and B. G. Illston

673
NCAR Earth Observing Laboratory—An End-to-End Observational Science Enterprise
Vanda Grubišić, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and B. Baeuerle, T. Hock, J. L. Stith, W. C. Lee, J. Ranson, A. Rockwell, and G. Stossmeister

674
In Situ Hail Observations Using a Rapidly Deployable Network of Hail Impact Disdrometers
Ian M. Giammanco, Univ. of North Carolina, Charlotte, NC; and T. M. Brown-Giammanco

675
Using Kites for Meteorological Measurement
Alison D. Nugent, Univ. of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI; and D. DeCou

676
New York State Mesonet: Implementation of an Eddy Covariance Flux Subnetwork
Jason M. Covert, SUNY, Albany, NY; and S. D. Miller, J. A. Brotzge, N. Farruggio, J. M. Schwab, N. Bain, E. Kane, J. Sicker, S. McKim, S. Perez, D. Johnston, C. W. Appleby, and P. Naple

Handout (3.2 MB)

677
Quality Control Techniques Applied to ISFS and ISS Perdigão Field Campaign Data
Matthew B. Paulus, NCAR, Boulder, CO

678
Establishing a System for Long-Term Monitoring (LTM) of Quality Metrics for Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) Environmental Data Records
Ryan C. Smith, IMSG, College Park, MD; and T. Atkins, L. K. Brown, C. Brown, and L. Zhou

679
The Impact of Damage Indicator Density on Southern Plains Tornado Intensity
Michael M. French, Stony Brook Univ., SUNY, Stony Brook, NY

680
Evaluation of Numerical Weather Prediction Models Using Continuous Meteorological Observations at the Iqaluit Supersite, Nunavut, Canada

681
Open Resource Modules for Undergraduate and Graduate Training in Meteorological Instrumentation and Measurements
Richard D. Clark, Millersville Univ., Millersville, PA; and A. Rockwell and A. Stevermer

682
A Polarimetric and Microphysical Analysis of the Stratiform Rain Region of MCSs
Amanda M. Murphy, School of Meteorology, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and A. V. Ryzhkov, P. Zhang, G. McFarquhar, W. Wu, and D. M. Stechman

683
Kinematic Observations from the RiVorS Field Project

684
The Influence of Cold Front Passage on Turbulent Fluxes in a Forested Coastal Wetland
Alexandria McCombs, Univ. of South Carolina, Columbia, SC; and S. T. Allen and A. L. Hiscox

685
Analysis of Orographically Enhanced Precipitation during an Atmospheric River Event for the OLYMPEX Field Campaign
Timothy J. Cady, Univ. of Kansas, Lawrence, KS; and A. Naeger and A. L. Molthan

686
Influence of "Small" Elevation Changes on Mesoscale Temperature Variations
Nathan Crowdus, Western Kentucky Univ., Bowling Green, KY; and R. Mahmood

Wednesday, 10 January 2018

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8:30 AM-10:00 AM: Wednesday, 10 January 2018

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Session 7
Integrated Instrumentation and Observing Systems for All Applications
Location: Room 13AB (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 19th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation
Chair: Yvette Richardson, Pennsylvania State Univ.
8:30 AM
7.1
Using R to Promote Data Interoperability in the Atmospheric Science Community
Joshua A. Roberti, National Ecological Observatory Network, Boulder, CO; and R. H. Lee, C. Flagg, and L. Stanish
Recorded Presentation

8:45 AM
7.2
The Army Research Laboratory’s Atmospheric Science Center
David I. Knapp, Army Research Laboratory, White Sands Missile Range, NM; and C. M. Hocut, B. T. MacCall, and J. A. Smith
Recorded Presentation

9:00 AM
7.3
Novel Observations of the 2013 El Reno Tornado: Confirming Ground-Up Tornadogenesis through Coupled Rapid-Scan Radar Data and Crowd-Sourced Storm Chaser Videography
Jana B. Houser, Ohio Univ., Athens, OH; and A. Seimon, K. J. Thiem, H. B. Bluestein, S. Talbot, J. C. Snyder, and J. T. Allen
Recorded Presentation

9:15 AM
7.4
WMO Vision for WIGOS in 2040: On Observing Network Design in a Rapidly Changing Business Environment
Lars Peter Riishojgaard, WMO, Geneva, Switzerland

9:30 AM
7.5
Assessment of the Repeatability and Stability of Wind Measurements of More Than 400 Coherent Doppler Lidar Units
Ludovic Thobois, Leosphere, Orsay, France; and P. Mazoyer

10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Wednesday, 10 January 2018


Coffee Break

10:30 AM-12:00 PM: Wednesday, 10 January 2018

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Session 8
Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere I
Location: Room 13AB (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 19th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation
Chair: April L. Hiscox, Univ. of South Carolina
10:30 AM
8.1
Profiling Radar and Snow Microphysical Properties from Extended Ground Observations in the Upper Great Lakes
Mark S. Kulie, Michigan Technological Univ., Houghton, MI; and C. Pettersen, D. Beachler, T. Kluber, L. F. Bliven, J. Lenters, D. B. Wolff, and W. A. Petersen
Recorded Presentation

10:45 AM
8.2
Dissipation Characteristics of Tornadic Vortex Signatures Associated with Long-Duration Tornadoes
Michael M. French, Stony Brook Univ., SUNY, Stony Brook, NY; and D. M. Kingfield
Recorded Presentation

11:00 AM
8.3
Using GPSRO to Study Arctic and Subarctic Winter Temperature Inversion Layers
Gilberto Javier Fochesatto, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and C. O. Ao, P. Vergados, K. N. Wang, A. Komjathy, and A. Mannucci
Recorded Presentation

11:15 AM
8.4
Wind in the New York City Built Environment: Applications of LIDAR and In Situ Observations
Mark Joseph Campmier, City College, New York, NY; and M. Arend, F. Moshary, and A. Fernandez
Recorded Presentation

11:30 AM
8.5
The Lidar Radar Open Software Environment (LROSE): Progress and Plans
Michael M. Bell, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and M. J. Dixon and W. C. Lee
Recorded Presentation

11:45 AM
8.6
Airborne Doppler Wind Lidar Measurements during the NASA Convective Processes Experiment (CPEX)
Ramesh Kakar, NASA, Washington, DC
Recorded Presentation

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Wednesday, 10 January 2018


Lunch Break

1:30 PM-2:30 PM: Wednesday, 10 January 2018

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Lecture 2
2018 Horton Lecture
Location: Room 18A (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
1:30 PM
L2.1
Rain Rates from Space: Past & Future (Invited Presentation)
Gerald R. North, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX
Recorded Presentation

1:30 PM-3:45 PM: Wednesday, 10 January 2018

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Session 9
Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere II
Location: Room 13AB (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 19th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation
Chair: Sytske Kimball, Univ. of South Alabama
1:30 PM
9.1
An Analysis of Coordinated Observations from NOAA's Ronald Brown Ship and G-IV Aircraft in a Landfalling Atmospheric River over the North Pacific during CalWater-2015
Paul J. Neiman, NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and N. Gaggini, C. W. Fairall, J. Aikins, J. R. Spackman, R. Leung, J. Fan, J. C. Hardin, N. Nalli, and A. White
Recorded Presentation

1:45 PM
9.2
Observed Characteristics of Tropopause Polar Vortices over Summit Station, Greenland
Sarah Borg, CIMMS, Norman, OK; and S. Cavallo and D. D. Turner
Recorded Presentation

2:00 PM
9.3
Multi-Instrument Observations of Prolonged Stratified Wind Layers at the Iqaluit Supersite
Zen Mariani, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Toronto, ON, Canada; and A. Dehghan, G. Gascon, P. Joe, and D. Hudak
Recorded Presentation

Handout (1.8 MB)

2:15 PM
9.4
High-Altitude Temperature Sounding (HATS): A Passive Approach for 3D Observation of Upper Atmosphere Dynamics.
Larry L. Gordley, G & A Technical Software, Newport News, VA; and B. T. Marshall and D. C. Fritts
Recorded Presentation

2:30 PM
9.5
GNSS Radio Occultation Excess Phase Data including Integrated Uncertainty Estimation and Intercomparison between Processing Centers
Josef Innerkofler, Austrian Science Fund–DK Climate Change, Univ. of Graz, Graz, Austria; and C. Pock, G. Kirchengast, M. Schwärz, A. Jäggi, Y. Andres, C. Marquardt, D. Hunt, W. Schreiner, and J. Schwarz

2:45 PM
9.6
NCAR/EOL Airborne Phased Array Radar (APAR): Recent Progress and Future Development Efforts
Louis L. Lussier III, NCAR, Broomfield, CO; and J. A. Moore, W. C. Lee, E. Loew, J. Vivekanandan, V. Grubišić, P. S. Tsai, M. J. Dixon, J. M. Emmett, M. Lord, K. Hwang, and J. Ranson
Recorded Presentation

3:00 PM
9.7
High-Temporal-Resolution Observations from the 2017 Atmospheric Imaging Radar Field Campaign
Casey B. Griffin, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and D. J. Bodine, J. Lujan Jr., A. Mahre, J. M. Kurdzo, and R. D. Palmer
Recorded Presentation

3:15 PM
9.8
Characterization of Snowfall Properties at High Latitude Sites through Coincident Radar, Snowflake, and Fallspeed Observations
Steven J. Cooper, Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and C. Pettersen, N. B. Wood, M. Wolff, C. E. Schirle, T. L'Ecuyer, W. A. Petersen, and L. F. Bliven

3:30 PM
9.9
Remote Sensing of the Thermodynamic Precursors and Subsequent Tornado Vortex via Radiometer Observations: An EF-5 Case Study
Kimberly A. Reed, Radiometrics Corporation, Boulder, CO; and D. Berchoff, F. H. Carr, L. Blanchette, R. Hansen, R. Ware, and T. Wilfong

3:45 PM-5:30 PM: Wednesday, 10 January 2018


Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
Location: Exhibit Hall 3 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)

7:00 PM-9:00 PM: Wednesday, 10 January 2018


98th AMS Awards Banquet
Location: Ballroom D (ACC) (Austin, Texas)

Thursday, 11 January 2018

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8:30 AM-9:30 AM: Thursday, 11 January 2018

Recording files available
Session 10
Specialized Instrumentation
Location: Room 13AB (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 19th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation
Chair: Michael Buban, ARL
8:30 AM
10.1
Dual-Wavelength Polarimetric Radar Analysis of the 20 May 2013 Moore, OK, Tornado
Alexandra F. Borunda, California State Univ., Fullerton, CA; and C. B. Griffin and D. J. Bodine
Recorded Presentation

8:45 AM
10.2
Site-Specific Solar Power Assessment using In Situ Atmospheric Measurements
Gail Vaucher, Army Research Laboratory, White Sands Missile Range, NM

10.3
Transmit Beamspoiling for Airborne Phased Array Radar Antenna

9:15 AM
10.4
Using Laboratory Methods under Extreme Conditions to Better Understand Refractory Cloud Formation in Exoplanet Atmospheres
Erika Kohler, NASA, Greenbelt, MD; and F. Ferguson

9:30 AM-10:30 AM: Thursday, 11 January 2018


Exhibit Hall Breakfast
Location: Exhibit Hall 4 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)

10:30 AM-12:00 PM: Thursday, 11 January 2018

Recording files available
Session 11
Field Projects I
Location: Room 13AB (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 19th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation
Chair: Sytske Kimball, Univ. of South Alabama
10:30 AM
11.1
Evaluation of In Situ Sensors: How the NWS Has Moved Forward
Ryan Brown, CyberData Technologies, Herndon, VA; and G. Kochanowicz, E. Keeler, M. K. Lataille, and J. M. Dover
Recorded Presentation Manuscript (334.6 kB)

10:45 AM
11.2
Studying Vortex-SE Weather Events By Comparing a Scale-Aware PBL Scheme in the HRRR Model at Varying Resolutions to Observations
Jason M. English, CIRES, Univ. of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO; and D. D. Turner, J. B. Olson, and J. S. Kenyon
Recorded Presentation

11:00 AM
11.3
ICICLE: Winter 2018–19 In-Cloud Icing and Large-Drop Experiment
Ben C. Bernstein, Leading Edge Atmospherics, Boulder, CO; and S. DiVito, J. T. Riley, T. Bond, D. J. Rovito, M. J. Gunzelman, S. D. Landolt, S. Tessendorf, J. A. Haggerty, and M. Wolde
Recorded Presentation

11:15 AM
11.4
The Role of Surface Heterogeneities on Low-Level Vorticity Production and Boundary Layer Characteristics during VORTEX-SE
Michael Buban, ARL, Oak Ridge, TN; and T. Lee, C. B. Baker, and T. P. Meyers
Recorded Presentation

11:30 AM
11.5
Analyzing the Effects of Complex Terrain in Northeastern Alabama Severe Weather Events Using Multiple Profiling Systems, Doppler Radar, and In Situ Measurements during the VORTEX-SE 2017 Field Campaign
Anthony W. Lyza, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and K. R. Knupp, D. D. Turner, R. Wade, and T. A. Murphy
Recorded Presentation

11:45 AM
11.6
An Analysis of Tornado-Emitted Infrasound during the VORTEX-SE Field Campaign
Barrett Goudeau, Univ. of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL; and K. R. Knupp, W. G. Frazier, R. Waxler, C. Talmadge, and C. Hetzer
Recorded Presentation

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Thursday, 11 January 2018


Lunch Break

1:30 PM-2:30 PM: Thursday, 11 January 2018

Recording files available
Lecture 3
Walter Orr Roberts Lecture
Location: Room 16AB (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
1:30 PM
L3.1
New Perspectives on the Role of Internal Variability in Regional Climate Change and Climate Model Evaluation (Invited Presentation)
Clara Deser, NCAR, Boulder, CO
Recorded Presentation

1:30 PM-3:00 PM: Thursday, 11 January 2018

Recording files available
Session 12
Field Projects II
Location: Room 13AB (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 19th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation
Chair: John Kochendorfer, NOAA
1:30 PM
12.1
Mobile Observations of Near-Surface Vorticity Features North of the Supercell Updraft
Sean Waugh, NSSL, Norman, OK; and K. L. Ortega, A. E. Reinhart, E. N. Rasmussen, D. W. Burgess, and E. R. Mansell
Recorded Presentation

1:45 PM
12.2
The Rivers of Vorticity in Supercells (RiVorS) Field Project
Erik N. Rasmussen, CIMMS/NSSL and Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and S. Waugh, D. W. Burgess, M. C. Coniglio, M. D. Flournoy, M. C. Mahalik, and E. R. Mansell
Recorded Presentation

2:00 PM
12.3
Remote and Autonomous Measurements of Precipitation in Antarctica
Mark W. Seefeldt, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and S. D. Landolt, A. J. Monaghan, and J. Lentz
Recorded Presentation

2:15 PM
12.4
Land–Atmosphere Feedback Experiment (LAFE): First Results
David D. Turner, NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and V. Wulfmeyer
Recorded Presentation

2:30 PM
12.5
Synoptic and Mesoscale Processes Affecting the Evolution of a Cold-Air Pool in a Forested Mountain Valley
Eric P. Kelsey, Plymouth State Univ., Plymouth, NH; and M. D. Cann, K. Lupo, and L. J. Haddad
Recorded Presentation

2:45 PM
12.6
Spatial and Temporal Variability in Midlatitude Cold Pools from C3LOUD-Ex Observations
Leah D. Grant, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and S. C. van den Heever, P. J. Marinescu, S. W. Freeman, J. Bukowski, and P. C. Kennedy

3:00 PM-3:30 PM: Thursday, 11 January 2018


Coffee Break

3:30 PM-5:00 PM: Thursday, 11 January 2018

Recording files available
Session 13
All Aspects of Observations (including New Observations and Physical Parameterizations)
Location: Room 13AB (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 19th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation
Chair: Scott D. Landolt, NCAR
3:30 PM
13.1
Advances in Fog Microphysics Research in China
Duanyang Liu, Jiangsu Meteorological Observatory, Nanjing, China; and Z. Li and W. Yan
Recorded Presentation

Handout (2.1 MB)

3:45 PM
13.2
The Application of the Principal-Component-Based Radiative Transfer Model for Satellite Intercalibration
Wan Wu, SSAI, Hampton, VA
Recorded Presentation

4:00 PM
13.3
Statistical Analysis of Heatburst Events Across Oklahoma from 1997 to 2016
Robert H. Van Kleeck, Lyndon State College, Lyndonville, VT; and B. G. Illston
Recorded Presentation

4:15 PM
13.4
Utilizing Multiple Platforms to Assess the Role of Wave Features in the 30 June–1 July 2014 Midwestern QLCS Tornado Outbreak
Anthony W. Lyza, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and E. Lenning, M. Friedlein, R. Castro, and K. R. Knupp
Recorded Presentation

4:30 PM
13.5
General Hail Occurrence Frequency in Convective Storms Using mPING Data
Stormi Noll, CAPS, Norman, OK; and K. L. Elmore and D. M. Kingfield
Recorded Presentation

4:45 PM
13.6
Analyzing the Thermodynamic Impact of Shear on Tropical Cyclones Using Dropsondes
Emily Paltz, Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE; and L. Nguyen, R. F. Rogers, and J. Zawislak
Recorded Presentation Manuscript (618.0 kB)

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