Session 9 Mapping and GIS for Weather and Climate

Wednesday, 10 January 2018: 1:30 PM-3:45 PM
Room 17A (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 34th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies
Cochairs:
Jason E. Burks, CIRA, NOAA/NWS MDL DSB, Huntsville, AL and Gerald J. Creager, CIMMS/University of Oklahoma and NOAA/NSSL, FRDD, Norman, OK

This session covers concepts and practices of mapping, modeling, and integrating atmospheric, hydrologic, and climatic data with GIS and related technologies, demonstrating the relevance of GIS to weather, hydrologic, and climate services.

Papers:
1:30 PM
9.1
An Automated Tornado Damage Assessment Model: Providing Rapid Situational Awareness to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Madeline Jones, New Light Technologies, Inc., Washington, DC; and R. Pitts
Recorded Presentation

1:45 PM
9.2
Using GIS to Investigate Land–Atmosphere Interactions Involved in Tornadogenesis
Amanda M. Weigel, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and R. Griffin, K. Knupp, A. L. Molthan, and T. A. Coleman
Recorded Presentation

9.3
Using GIS to Estimate Uplift due to the Balcones Escarpment in Central Texas

2:00 PM
9.3A
RealEarth: Bringing Meteorological and Atmospheric Science Imagery and Data to GIS
Sam Batzli, CIMSS, Madison–Madison, WI; and D. Parker, N. Bearson, R. Dengel, T. Jasmin, and D. Santek
Recorded Presentation

2:15 PM
9.4A
Using the ArcGIS Platform To Display and Analyze Meteorological Data
Matthew J. Taraldsen, Esri, St. Paul, MN
Recorded Presentation

2:30 PM
9.5
Creating a Climatological Snowfall Map for the NWS Buffalo County Warning Area Using an Ordinary Least-Squares Regression of PRISM Data with Residual Correction Scheme
Jefferson Wood, NWS, Buffalo, NY
Recorded Presentation

2:45 PM
9.6A
Using GIS to Monitor Key National Weather Service Assets Impacting Service Delivery
Jack Settelmaier, NOAA/NWS, Fort Worth, TX; and G. R. Patrick

3:00 PM
Discussion

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