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Saturday, 6 January 2018

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
9:20 AM
Welcome from AMS Acting President
Roger Wakimoto, Univ. of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
9:35 AM
Address from the Edward Lorenz Teaching Excellence Award Winner
Susan van den Heever, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO
9:50 AM
Usable Science: Connecting science to action
Susan K. Avery, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO

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

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
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

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

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
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
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

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

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.

1:35 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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
4:15 PM
Concluding Remarks
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

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


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

Sunday, 7 January 2018

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


Scout Event
Location: Room 4ABC (ACC) (Austin, Texas)

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


AMS Information Desk
Location: Austin, Texas

Registration
Location: Atrium Lobby (Austin, Texas)

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

9:00 AM-9:45 AM: Sunday, 7 January 2018


Session 1
Welcome and Networking with Your Peers
Location: Room 12A (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Sixth AMS Conference for Early Career Professionals
Cochairs: Christopher J. Schultz, NASA MSFC; Irene Sans, WFTV/ClimaData

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
10:00 AM
A Fork in the Graduate School Road: MS or PhD?
David J. Stensrud, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
10:15 AM
Perspective on Finding Graduate School Funding
Kristen Lani Rasmussen, Colorado State Univ, Fort Collins, CO
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

10:15 AM
Getting The Mentor and Mentoring That You Want
Melissa Burt, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CA
10:30 AM

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

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
10:52 AM
Python
Brian E. J. Rose, SUNY, Albany, NY
11:00 AM
Matlab
James M. Kurdzo, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA
11:08 AM
GIS
Matthew J. Taraldsen, Esri, St. Paul, MN
11:16 AM
Web Development
Lori K. Brown, IMSG, College Park, MD
11:24 AM
WRF
Simona Seastrand, PEMDAS Technologies and Innovations, Inc., Fairfax Station, VA
11:32 AM
NCL
William Capehart, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD

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

11:45 AM-1:00 PM: Sunday, 7 January 2018


Conference for Early Career Professionals Lunch Break (On Your Own)

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.

12:00 PM-3:45 PM: Sunday, 7 January 2018


Speaker Ready Room
Location: Room 11AB (ACC) (Austin, Texas)

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


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

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)

1:00 PM-1:30 PM: Sunday, 7 January 2018


Session 3
Panel Discussion: Implicit Bias in the Sciences:  Communication Strategies
Location: Room 12A (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Sixth AMS Conference for Early Career Professionals
Chair: Matt Rogers, Commodity Weather Group, LLC
Panelists: Lawrence Locker, Commodity Weather Group, LLC; Karen Naufel, Commodity Weather Group, LLC; Joy Losee, University of Florida; Gregory Webster, University of Florida

1:30 PM-2:00 PM: Sunday, 7 January 2018


Session 4
Conflict Resolution In the Workplace
Location: Room 12A (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Sixth AMS Conference for Early Career Professionals
Chair: Matthew E. Anderson, NOAA/NWS
Facilitators: Kim J. Runk, NOAA/NWS Operations Proving Ground; Susan A. Jasko, California University of Pennsylvania

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


Session 5
Panel Discussion: Future State of Jobs in the Sciences
Location: Room 12A (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Sixth AMS Conference for Early Career Professionals
Chair: Bradford Johnson, The Univ. of Georgia
Moderator: Marshall Shepherd, Univ. of Georgia
Panelists: Andrea Bleistein, NOAA/NWS; Matt Lanza, Cheniere Energy; Kerrin A. Jeromin, WPEC-TV CBS12; Elisabeth A. Cohen, NOAA/Boulder Labs and Operations

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

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


Newcomer's Welcome and Informational Exchange
Location: Room 19AB (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Recording files available
Session 6
Presidential Coffee Break and Networking with AMS Professionals
Location: Room 12A (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Sixth AMS Conference for Early Career Professionals
Cochairs: Christopher J. Schultz, NASA MSFC; Matt Rogers, Commodity Weather Group, LLC
Keynote: Roger, M. Wakimoto, University of California, Los Angeles
- Dr. Roger Wakimoto AMS President
- Steve Root - President AWCIA

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


Presidential Forum
Location: Ballroom D (ACC) (Austin, Texas)

5:15 PM-6:15 PM: Sunday, 7 January 2018


98th Annual Review, New Fellows, Featured Awards and Business Meeting
Location: Ballroom G (ACC) (Austin, Texas)

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
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

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


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

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

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
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

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

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

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

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

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
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


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

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

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
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
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
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

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
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

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

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

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

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

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

S153
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

S156
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


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

6:30 PM-7:30 PM: Sunday, 7 January 2018


Welcome Reception Honoring Newly Elected Fellows and Featured Award Winners
Location: EFG Foyer (ACC) (Austin, Texas)

7:00 PM-9:00 PM: Sunday, 7 January 2018


Colour of Weather Reception
Location: 408 (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)

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


American Weather and Climate Industry Association (AWCIA) and Early Career Professionals Reception
Location: Salon J (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)

7:30 PM-9:30 PM: Sunday, 7 January 2018


CoRiolis Reception
Location: 602 (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)

Monday, 8 January 2018

7:15 AM-8:15 AM: Monday, 8 January 2018


How To Become a Better Presenter
Location: Room 18A (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Side Panels
Organizer: Susan A. Jasko, California University of Pennsylvania

7:30 AM-6:00 PM: Monday, 8 January 2018


AMS Information Desk
Location: Austin, Texas

Registration
Location: Atrium Lobby (Austin, Texas)

Speaker Ready Room
Location: Room 11AB (ACC) (Austin, Texas)

8:00 AM-5:30 PM: Monday, 8 January 2018


Local Chapter Posters
Location: Exhibit Hall 3 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)

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


Plenary Session 2
Welcoming Address
Location: Austin, Texas

8:45 AM-9:00 AM: Monday, 8 January 2018


Plenary Session
Welcome
Location: Room 3 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 21st Atmospheric Science Librarians International Conference
Chair: Frederick Stoss, State Univ. of New York

8:45 AM-9:30 AM: Monday, 8 January 2018

Recording files available
Session 1
Opening Remarks and Core Science Keynote.
Location: Room 8 ABC (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Eighth Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using Python
Chair: Scott Collis, Argonne National Laboratory
Speaker: Scott Collis, Argonne National Laboratory
8:45 AM
Welcoming Remarks
Recording files available
Session 1A
Land Surface Conditions and Atmospheric Composition
Location: Room 9 C (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 20th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry
Chair: Min Huang, George Mason Univ.
8:45 AM
1A.1
9:00 AM
1A.2
Vegetation Phenology Contributes to Seasonal Patterns of Isoprene above a Rain Forest in Central Amazonia
Dandan Wei, Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA; and J. D. Fuentes, T. Gerken, M. Chamecki, A. M. Trowbridge, P. Stoy, G. G. Katul, G. Fisch, O. C. Acevedo, A. O. Manzi, C. von Randow, and R. M. N. Santos

8:45 AM-9:45 AM: Monday, 8 January 2018

Recording files available
Session 1
Cloud-Radiation Interactions of Absorbing Aerosols—Part I
Location: Room 12A (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 10th Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions
Cochairs: Paquita Zuidema, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS; Yan Feng, Argonne National Laboratory
8:45 AM
1.1
9:00 AM
1.2
Measurements of Radiation-Induced Condensational Growth of Cloud/Mist Droplets
Quinn Brewster, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and E. McNichols

9:15 AM
1.3
The Impact of Radiation Absorbing Aerosols on the Intensity and Organization of Several Mesoscale Regimes (Invited Presentation)
Susan C. van den Heever, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and J. Bukowski, L. Grant, S. R. Herbener, S. Kawecki, P. J. Marinescu, J. M. Park, and S. M. Saleeby
Recording files available
Session 1
Emerging Technologies in Atmospheric Dispersion and Air Pollution Modeling
Location: Salon G (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 20th Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA
Chair: Paul Bieringer, Aeris
8:45 AM
1.1
Development of the Next Generation Air Quality Modeling System
Jonathan E. Pleim, EPA, Research Triangle Park, NC; and R. C. Gilliam, D. Wong, H. Foroutan, J. A. Herwehe, O. R. Bullock Jr., G. A. Pouliot, C. Hogrefe, and L. Ran
9:15 AM
1.3
9:30 AM
1.4
Large-Eddy Simulation (LES) Based System for Producing Coupled Urban and Indoor Airborne Contaminant Transport and Dispersion Solutions
Paul Bieringer, Aeris, Louisville, CO; and A. J. Piña, G. Bieberbach Jr., H. J. J. Jonker, and M. Sohn
Recording files available
Joint Session 4
Soil Dust I: Lofting, Transport, Characterization, and Interactions with Clouds and Climate
Location: Room 9AB (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Hosts: (Joint between the 10th Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions; and the 20th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry )
Cochairs: Ottmar Möhler, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology; Naruki Hiranuma, West Texas A&M Univ.
8:45 AM
J4.1
Heterogeneous Ice Nucleation of Dusts: Overview of Results from the INUIT Project (Invited Presentation)
Joachim Curtius, Goethe Univ., Frankfurt, Germany; and S. Augustin-Bauditz, H. Bingemer, C. Budke, H. Clemen, K. Diehl, M. Ebert, S. Eriksen Hammer, F. Frank, J. Fröhlich-Nowoisky, S. Grawe, S. Hartmann, N. Hiranuma, K. Höhler, N. Hoffmann, L. B. Hande, C. Hoose, K. Kandler, A. Kiselev, R. Kohl, T. Koop, A. T. Kunert, T. Leisner, S. Mertes, O. Möhler, M. Niemand, U. Pöschl, B. Pummer, N. Reicher, I. Reichardt, D. Rose, Y. Rudich, T. Schiebel, J. Schneider, J. Schrod, I. Steinke, F. Stratmann, M. Szakall, R. Ullrich, B. Weber, D. Weber, S. Weinbruch, H. Wex, and P. Yordanova
9:15 AM
J4.2
A Comprehensive Dataset on the Immersion Freezing Behavior of Cellulose Particles
Naruki Hiranuma, West Texas A&M Univ., Canyon, TX; and K. Adachi, D. Bell, F. Belosi, H. Beydoun, B. Bhaduri, H. Bingemer, C. Budke, F. Conen, K. Cory, J. Curtius, P. J. DeMott, O. Eppers, S. Grawe, S. Hartmann, N. Hoffmann, K. Höhler, D. Imre, E. Jantsch, K. Kandler, A. Kiselev, T. Koop, G. Kulkarni, A. Mayer, O. Möhler, M. Murakami, B. J. Murray, M. D. Petters, M. Piazza, M. Polen, N. Reicher, S. Robrecht, Y. Rudich, A. Saito, T. Schiebel, G. P. Schill, J. Schneider, M. Scott, L. Segev, E. Stopelli, R. C. Sullivan, K. J. Suski, M. Szakall, T. Tajiri, H. Taylor, H. Tekleab, Y. Tobo, D. Weber, H. Wex, T. F. Whale, C. Whiteside, K. Yamashita, A. Zelenyuk, and S. Zorn
9:30 AM
J4.3
How the Emitted Size Distribution and Mixing State of Feldspar Affect the Ice Nucleating Particle Number Concentration in a Global Model
Jan P. Perlwitz, Climate, Aerosol, and Pollution Research, LLC, Bronx, NY; and A. M. Fridlind, D. A. Knopf, R. L. Miller, and C. Pérez García-Pando

8:45 AM-10:00 AM: Monday, 8 January 2018

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Session 1
AI Techniques Applied to Environmental Science: Part I
Location: Room 7 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 17th Conf on Artificial and Computational Intelligence and its Applications to the Environmental Sciences
Chair: Edwin Campos, Uptake Technologies
8:45 AM
1.1
Real-Time and Climatological Storm Classification Using Machine Learning
Amy McGovern, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and E. Jergensen, C. Karstens, H. Obermeier, and T. Smith
9:00 AM
1.2
Real-Time and Climatological Storm Classification Using Support Vector Machines
Eli Jergensen, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and A. McGovern, C. Karstens, H. Obermeier, and T. Smith
9:15 AM
1.3
Examining Atmospheric Drivers of Temperature, Clouds, and Radiation at Summit, Greenland, with Self-Organizing Maps
Michael Gallagher, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and M. Shupe and N. Miller

9:30 AM
1.4
9:45 AM
1.5
Reduced Order Modeling for Global Atmospheric Chemistry Simulation Data
Meghana Velegar, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and C. A. Keller and J. N. Kutz
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Session 1
Advances in Data Assimilation
Location: Ballroom G (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 22nd Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)
Chair: Robert Atlas, NOAA/AOML
8:45 AM
1.1
Data Assimilation Develoments at ECMWF (Invited Presentation)
Florence Rabier, Director General - European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF), Reading, Berkshire, U.K.; and S. English and H. Hersbach
9:15 AM
1.2
Enhancing Data Assimilation of GPM Observations
Takemasa Miyoshi, RIKEN, Kobe, Japan; and S. Kotsuki, K. Terasaki, K. Kondo, G. Y. Lien, K. Kurosawa, M. Satoh, H. Tomita, and E. Kalnay
9:30 AM
1.3
Adopting NCEP’s Hybrid 4DEnVar Data Assimilation System to the FV3GFS
Rahul Mahajan, EMC, College Park, MD; and D. T. Kleist, C. Thomas, J. S. Whitaker, and R. Treadon
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Session 1
Assessing or Mitigating Weather Observation Uncertainty
Location: Room 16AB (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Sixth Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology Special Symposium
Cochairs: Michael Robinson, MITRE Corporation; Gordon Brooks, 557th Weather Wing
8:45 AM
1.1
The Role of Observation Uncertainty in the Verification of Global Forecasts of Convective Hazards
Laura Melling, CIRES, Boulder, CO; and A. Laing, M. S. Wandishin, and M. A. Petty
9:00 AM
1.2
EDR/RMS-G Correlation Analysis
Michael J. Emanuel, FAA, Atlantic City, NJ; and G. Meymaris, L. Cornman, J. Sherry, and D. Mulally
9:15 AM
1.3
The Geographical Distribution of Downburst Frequency Across Spaceport Florida
Tania M. Garza, Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT), Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, OH; and O. A. Nava and W. P. Roeder
9:30 AM
1.4
9:45 AM
1.5
On the Interpolation of Three-Dimensional Radar Observations to Flight Levels
Heather D. Reeves, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma and NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK
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Session 1
BSISO and Monsoon Variability
Location: Salon K (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Sixth Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Sub-Seasonal Monsoon Variability
Cochairs: Scott W. Powell, Colorado State Univ.; Da Yang, Univ. of California
8:45 AM
1.1
Observations and Modelling of the Boreal Summer Intraseasonal Oscillation during the Bay of Bengal Boundary-Layer Experiment (BoBBLE)
Nicholas P. Klingaman, National Centre for Atmospheric Science, Reading, UK; and S. C. Peatman, A. J. Matthews, and P. N. Vinayachandran
9:00 AM
1.2
Coupled Simulations of the 2016 Summer BSISO Event over the Maritime Continent
Shuguang Wang, Columbia Univ., New York, NY; and A. H. Sobel, C. Y. Lee, J. Pullen, and J. Nie

9:15 AM
1.3
9:30 AM
1.4
Role of North Indian Ocean Air–Sea Interaction in Summer Monsoon Intraseasonal Oscillation
Lei Zhang, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and W. Han, Y. Li, and E. D. Maloney
9:45 AM
1.5
Investigating the Tropical Coastal Convection Systems Using Cloud Resolving Simulations and Satellite Observation
Wei-Ting Chen, National Taiwan Univ., Taipei, Taiwan; and C. M. Wu, W. M. Tsai, and P. J. Chen
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Session 1
Better Communication through Social Media
Location: Ballroom E (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Sixth Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation
Cochairs: Douglas Hilderbrand, NOAA/NWS; Jennifer Sprague, NOAA/NWS; Dave Jones, StormCenter Communications, Inc.
8:45 AM
1.1
9:00 AM
1.2
Using Video to Communicate Weather Hazards
Tim Brice, NOAA/NWS/Weather Forecast Office in El Paso, TX, Santa Teresa, NM; and J. Laney and C. Dennhardt
9:15 AM
1.3
A Weather-Ready Nation Success Story in Social Media Engagement: #SafePlaceSelfie
Douglas Hilderbrand, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and T. Boucher, M. Barry, and C. Pieper
9:45 AM
1.5
Communicating Impactful Weather across the U.S./Mexico Border using Social Media
Jason Laney, NOAA/NWS/Weather Forecast Office in El Paso, TX, Santa Teresa, NM; and T. Brice and M. Pazos
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Joint Session 1
Bob's Legacy and TV Weather History
Location: Ballroom B (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Hosts: (Joint between the Robert T. Ryan Symposium; and the 46th Conference on Broadcast Meteorology )
Chair: Joe Murgo, WTAJ-TV
9:00 AM
J1.2
Creating the Nation's First TV Weather Website—WeatherNet4
Dave Jones, StormCenter Communications, Inc., Halethorpe, MD
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Session 1
Community Global Modeling: Next Generation Global Prediction System (NGGPS) and beyond: Improvements in Global Models, Key Components of Global Models and Statistical Techniques to Evaluate Those Improvements—Part I
Location: Room 14 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Eighth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations
Cochairs: Vijay Tallapragada, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC; Betsy Weatherhead, NOAA/OAR/ESRL/GSD
8:45 AM
1.1
The Next Generation Global Prediction System (NGGPS) Program Update
Fred Toepfer, NOAA/Office of Science and Technology Integration, Silver Spring, MD; and H. Tolman, T. L. Schneider, I. Stajner, and S. Warren
9:00 AM
1.2
Global Model Test Bed: Fostering Community Involvement in NOAA's Next-Generation Global Prediction System
Ligia Bernardet, NOAA/GSD, Univ. of Colorado/CIRES, and Developmental Testbed Center, Boulder, CO; and G. J. Firl, L. Nance, B. Kuo, V. Tallapragada, M. Farrar, F. Toepfer, and G. Grell
9:45 AM
1.5
Integrating Unified Gravity Wave Physics Research into the Next Generation Global Prediction System for NCEP Research to Operations
Jordan C. Alpert, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, College Park, MD; and V. Yudin, T. Fuller-Rowell, and R. A. Akmaev
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Session 1
Creating and Communicating Medium- to Long-Term Forecasts and Uncertainty in the Coastal Environment
Location: Room 12B (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 16th Symposium on the Coastal Environment
Cochairs: Nickitas Georgas, Stevens Institute of Technology; Chester Huang, Department of the Interior
8:45 AM
1.1
Forecasting Seasonal Sea Level Changes for Pacific Islands
Matthew J. Widlansky, Univ. of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI; and M. A. Merrifield, P. R. Thompson, H. Annamalai, and J. J. Marra
9:00 AM
1.2
Development of the NWS’ Probabilistic Extratropical Storm Surge Model and Postprocessing Methodology
Huiqing Liu, NOAA/NWS/Office of Scientific and Technical Information/Meteorological Development Laboratory/DSB, Silver Spring, MD; and A. A. Taylor
9:15 AM
1.3
Probabilistic Track Generation for Hurricane Storm Surge Estimates
Jessica L Smith, Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC; and B. Blanton and R. Luettich

9:30 AM
1.4
Long-Range Forecasting of Marine Advection Fog along the U.S. Gulf Coast
Derek Ortt, StormGeo, Houston, TX; and C. Hebert and J. Basciani
9:45 AM
1.5
NOAA’s High Tide Bulletin and the Prediction of High Tide Flooding
Gregory Dusek, NOAA, Silver Spring, MD; and W. Sweet and C. Barry
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Panel Discussion 1
Defining User Needs for Water Prediction Priority Products and Services Using Social Science
Location: Room 6B (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 13th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice
Moderator: Mary G. Mullusky, NOAA/NWS
Panelists: Peter Colohan, Executive Office of the President; Arleen O'Donnell, Eastern Research Group; Rachel Hogan Carr, NASA
8:45 AM
PD1.1
Defining User Needs for Water Prediction Priority Products and Services Using Social Science
Mary G. Mullusky, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and P. Colohan and A. O'Donnell
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Session 1
Ensemble and Multimodel Forecasting — Part I: Representation of Model Uncertainty
Location: Room 19AB (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 25th Conference on Probability and Statistics
Cochairs: Elizabeth A. Satterfield, NRL; Daniel Hodyss, NRL
9:00 AM
1.2
Introducing Land Surface Perturbations in the Global Ensemble Forecast System
Maria Gehne, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado and NOAA, Boulder, CO; and T. M. Hamill, G. Bates, W. Kolczynski Jr., and P. Pegion
9:15 AM
1.3
Preliminary Testing of Stochastic Physics Schemes for the Next Global Ensemble Forecast System (GEFS) Implementation
Bing Fu, NCEP, College Park, MD; and X. Zhou, D. Hou, W. Kolczynski Jr., P. J. Pegion, and Y. Zhu
9:30 AM
1.4
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Session 1
Hope is Not a Plan:  Communication for Community Resilience
Location: Room 5ABC (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Sixth Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise
Chair: Thomas Bedard, National Disaster Preparedness Training Center
8:45 AM
1.1
9:00 AM
1.2
Weather Alerts and Emergency Management—Are We Crying Wolf?
Eric Frank, Clark Regional Emergency Services Agency, Vancouver, WA

9:45 AM
1.5
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Session 1
Hydrometeorological Extremes for Hydrologic Design
Location: Room 18A (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 32nd Conference on Hydrology
Cochairs: Kathleen D. Holman, Department of the Interior; Victoria Bahls, MetStat, Inc.; Charles D. McWilliams, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
8:45 AM
1.1
9:00 AM
1.2
9:15 AM
1.3
Accounting for Uncertainties in NOAA Atlas 14 Precipitation Frequency Estimates
Sanja Perica, NOAA, Silver Spring, MD; and S. Pavlovic, M. St. Laurent, C. Trypaluk, D. Unruh, and O. Wilhite

9:30 AM
1.4
Precipitation Frequency Analysis over Complex Terrain Using the High-Resolution Rapid Refresh
Trevor Alcott, ESRL, Boulder, CO; and E. P. James, K. Mahoney, and R. Cifelli
9:45 AM
1.5
Precipitation Frequency Analysis in Regions of Complex Topography
Kathleen Holman, Bureau of Reclamation, Denver, CO; and A. Verdin, D. P. Keeney, and J. Kanney

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Session 1
Innovations in Climate and Health Education
Location: Room 17B (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Ninth Conference on Environment and Health
Cochairs: Kim Knowlton, Natural Resources Defense Council; John Balbus, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
8:45 AM
1.1
Helping Healers Heal the World: Materials and Methods to Help Health Professionals Understand Climate and Health Connections
John Balbus, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD; and C. Sorensen
9:00 AM
1.2
Engaging GLOBE Students in Data Collection for Environment and Health
Julie S. Malmberg, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. Moore and R. Low
9:15 AM
1.3
Global Climate and Health Education for Health Professionals
Kim Knowlton, Columbia Univ., New York, NY; and B. Shea and J. Shaman
9:30 AM
1.4
Real-Time Climate Information for Decision-Making in Health for Africa
Wassila M. Thiaw, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Climate Prediction Center, College Park, MD
9:45 AM
Discussion

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Session 1
Major Impacts of 2017 - Drought/Wildfire
Location: Ballroom D (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Major Weather Events and Impacts of 2017
Chair: Klaus Wolter, CIRES, Univ. of Colorado Boulder
8:45 AM
1.1
2017 US Northern Plains Drought
Laura Edwards, State of South Dakota, Aberdeen, SD; and T. E. Fransen and D. Kluck
9:15 AM
1.3
Meteorological Observations and Review of the Gatlinburg Wildfire
Matthew E. Anderson, NOAA/NWS, Morristown, TN; and A. Pritchett
9:30 AM
1.4
The 6 March 2017 Southern Great Plains Firestorm: Operational Preparedness and Fire Environment Perspectives
Barry R. Bowers, NOAA/NWS Forecast Office, Norman, OK; and T. T. Lindley, G. P. Murdoch, B. R. Smith, and D. Daily
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Session 1
New Projects and Opportunities for Renewable Energy Research
Location: Room 15 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Ninth Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy
Chair: Jeff Freedman, SUNY
8:45 AM
1.1
Meteorology Research in DOE’s Atmosphere to Electrons (A2e) Program
Joel W. Cline, DOE, Washington, DC; and W. J. Shaw and S. Haupt
9:00 AM
1.2
The U.S. DOE Mesoscale to Microscale Coupling Project: Extending Boundary Layer Flow Simulation to Complex Environments
Jeffrey D. Mirocha, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA; and S. E. Haupt
9:15 AM
1.3A
IEA Wind Task 36 Forecasting
Gregor Giebel, DTU Technical Univ. of Denmark, Roskilde, Denmark; and J. W. Cline, C. Draxl, H. P. Frank, B. M. Hodge, G. Kariniotakis, J. W. Messner, C. Möhrlen, P. Pinson, and W. J. Shaw
9:30 AM
1.4
Validation of a 14-year High-Resolution WRF Dataset for Wind Resource Assessment over Alaska
Jared A. Lee, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and L. Xue, A. J. Newman, A. J. Monaghan, P. Doubrawa, C. Draxl, L. Kilcher, and G. Scott
9:45 AM
1.5
Five-Year Continental and Offshore Unified Wind and Solar Dataset from the Experimental HRRR Model: Preliminary Verification and Dataset Uses
Eric P. James, CIRES, Univ. of Colorado Boulder, and NOAA/ESRL/GSD, Boulder, CO; and S. G. Benjamin and M. Marquis
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Session 1
Observational Platforms for Space Weather—Part I
Location: Salon J (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 15th Conference on Space Weather
Chair: Robert M. Robinson, Inspace
8:45 AM
1.1
Fundmental Challenges in Space Weather of the Ionosphere Thermosphere System
Larry J. Paxton, Johns Hopkins Univ. Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD; and E. Miller

9:00 AM
1.2
The Space Weather Forecast Testbed (SWFT) as a Community Resource to Advance Understanding of Space Weather Forecast
Anthony J. Mannucci, JPL/California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA; and C. Wang, X. Meng, O. P. Verkhoglyadova, B. T. Tsurutani, G. Rosen, E. M. Lynch, and A. S. Sharma
9:15 AM
1.3
Ionospheric Remote Sensing Using GPS Radio Occultation and Ultraviolet Photometry Aboard the ISS
Scott A. Budzien, NRL, Washington, DC; and A. W. Stephan, C. Coker, S. P. Powell, B. O'Hanlon, T. E. Humphreys, R. L. Bishop, J. Gross, and S. Chakrabarti
9:30 AM
1.4
Space Weather Resources Available through the American Chain of Incoherent Scatter Radars
Anthea Coster, MIT, Westford, MA; and P. J. Erickson, R. Varney, E. Kendall, D. L. Hysell, M. Milla, and C. Brum
9:45 AM
1.5
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Session 1
Transforming Communication through Co-Production of Knowledge
Location: Ballroom F (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 13th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice
Cochairs: Renee McPherson, Univ. of Oklahoma; Jennifer A. Spinney, Univ. of Western Ontario
8:45 AM
1.1
Public and Private Sector Roles in the Co-Production of Climate Decision Support Tools for Agriculture
Tonya Haigh, National Drought Mitigation Center, Lincoln, NE; and J. Klink and A. S. Mase
9:00 AM
1.2
Identifying Users, Diagnosing Understandability Challenges, and Developing Prototype Solutions for NOAA Climate Prediction Center's Temperature and Precipitation Outlooks
Melissa A. Kenney, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD; and M. D. Gerst, A. E. Baer, A. Speciale, D. DeWitt, J. Gottschalck, and S. Handel
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Session 1
Using Alternative Presentation Formats to Inform Your Audience
Location: Ballroom C (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 27th Symposium on Education
Cochairs: Reginald Blake, New York City College of Technology, City Univ. of New York; Danny E. Mattox, University of Oklahoma
8:45 AM
1.1
Communicating New Satellite Technologies through the Use of Blogs
Scott Lindstrom, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and S. Bachmeier and T. J. Schmit
9:00 AM
1.2
Thinking Globally: Enhancing Learning with NOAA Earth System Data Visualization Tools—SOS, SOSx, NOAA View
Elizabeth L. Russell, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and C. McDougall, H. Peddicord, and D. P. Pisut
9:15 AM
1.3
A Textbook Case of Going Virtual
John A. Knox, The Univ. of Georgia, Athens, GA; and S. Ackerman and T. Whittaker
9:30 AM
1.4
Updates to the "Modtran Infrared Light in the Atmosphere" Website
Douglas Pease, Univ. of Connecticut, Storrs, CT; and D. Archer
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Session 1A
Aerosols, Clouds, and Climate 
Location: Salon F (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 31st Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Cochairs: Adam H. Sobel, Columbia Univ.; Geeta G. Persad, Carnegie Institution for Science
8:45 AM
1A.1
Aerosol Impact on Seasonal Prediction Using FIM-Chem-iHYCOM Coupled Model
Shan Sun, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado Boulder and NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and G. Grell and L. Zhang

9:00 AM
1A.2
Constraining Aerosol Forcing from the Land Surface Temperature Record
Zhaoyi Shen, Princeton Univ., Princeton, NJ; and Y. Ming and I. M. Held
9:15 AM
1A.3
The Influence of Emission Location on the Magnitude and Spatial Distribution of Aerosols' Climate Effects
Geeta G. Persad, Carnegie Institution for Science, Stanford, CA; and K. Caldeira
9:30 AM
1A.4
Regional Fingerprints and Energy Budget Analysis of Southern Hemispheric Warming
Kwang-Yul Kim, Seoul National Univ., Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South)
9:45 AM
1A.5
Aerosol vs. Greenhouse Gas Influences on Tropical Cyclone Potential Intensity and the Hydrologic Cycle
Adam H. Sobel, Columbia Univ., Palisades, NY; and S. J. Camargo, K. A. Emanuel, and M. Previdi
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Session 1A
Quasi-Operational Products You Can Use Now, Part I
Location: Room 17A (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 34th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies
Cochairs: Jennifer Luppens Mahoney, NOAA/ESRL/GSD; Kevin Kelleher, ESRL; Tiffany C. Vance, NOAA
8:45 AM
1A.1
Hazard Services: Progress Report
Tracy Lee Hansen, NOAA/OAR/ESRL/GSD, Boulder, CO; and C. Golden, Y. Guo, N. Hardin, T. J. LeFebvre, J. L. Mahoney, K. L. Manross, S. Murphy, D. Nietfeld, E. Polster, J. E. Ramer, G. J. Wade, J. Wakefield, S. Williams, and S. Zhuo
9:00 AM
1A.2
Hazard Services: Utilizing Recommenders to Create Hazardous Information
Nathan Hardin, CIRA, Boulder, CO; and D. Nietfeld, T. L. Hansen, and Y. Guo
9:15 AM
1A.3
Evaluation of a Machine-Learning Model for the Prediction of Heavy and Extreme Rainfall
Russ S. Schumacher, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and G. R. Herman, D. R. Stovern, S. Perfater, and B. Albright
9:30 AM
1A.4
Advances in Using Random Forests to Forecast Heavy Precipitation and Flash Floods
Gregory R. Herman, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and R. S. Schumacher
9:45 AM
1A.5
The Weather Archived and Visualization Environment (WAVE)
Bill Rasch, NOAA/NWS, Sacramento, CA; and T. Wilson, J. Q. Stewart, R. Walsh, and D. Nietfeld
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Session 1B
Decadal–Multidecadal Variability (Predictability) in the Atlantic 
Location: 616 AB (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 31st Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Cochairs: R. Saravanan, Texas A&M Univ.; Pedro DiNezio, Univ. of Texas
8:45 AM
1B.1
Loosening the AMOC's Grip on the Atlantic Climate (Invited Presentation)
Amy Clement, Univ. of Miami, Miami, FL; and S. Lozier and M. Cane
9:15 AM
1B.3
Decadal Variability and Predictability of the North Atlantic Oscillation
Rosie Eade, Met Office, Exeter, United Kingdom; and A. A. Scaife, D. M. Smith, and H. L. Ren
9:30 AM
1B.4A
Multidecadal Changes of the South Atlantic Ocean Angola–Benguela Front
Edward K. Vizy, Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX; and K. H. Cook

9:45 AM
1B.5
Long-Range Dependence in Millennial-Scale Climate Models
James Franke, Univ. of Chicago, Chicago, IL; and M. L. Stein, M. Haugen, and E. Moyer
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Session 1B
Measurement and Modeling of Atmospheric Ammonia—Part I
Location: Room 18CD (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 20th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry
Cochairs: J. X. Warner, Univ. of Maryland; Jeffrey L. Collett Jr., Colorado State Univ.
9:00 AM
1B.2
Modeling Atmospheric Ammonia in Summer Arctic
Wanmin Gong, EC, Downsview, Canada; and S. R. Beagley, C. Whaley, J. Zhang, G. Wentworth, and J. G. Murphy
9:15 AM
1B.3
Quantifying Emissions of NH3 and NOx from Agricultural Sources and Biomass Burning Using SOF
N. Kille, Univ. of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO; and B. Dix and R. Volkamer
9:30 AM
1B.4
A Comparison of Satellite-Retrieved, Modeled, and Measured NH3/CO Ratios in Biomass Burning Plumes
Dale J. Allen, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD; and K. E. Pickering, J. X. Warner, L. D. Oman, S. A. Strode, R. R. Dickerson, and Z. Wei
10:00 AM
Evaluation of Ambient Ammonia Measurements using QC-Tildas - Ilana Pollack
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Session 1B
Services Update
Location: Room 10AB (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 34th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies
Cochairs: Randall Bass, FAA; Scott Jacobs, NOAA/NWS
8:45 AM
1B.1
U.S. Air Force Weather Service Update
Ralph O. Stoffler, U.S. Air Force, Washington, DC
9:00 AM
1B.2
Navy Update—Commander Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command/Oceanographer of the Navy
John Okon, Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command and Oceanographer of the Navy, Stennis Space Center, MS; and D. McCarren
9:15 AM
1B.3
FAA Update
M. Pat Murphy, FAA, Washington, DC
9:30 AM
1B.4
NWS Update
Louis Uccellini, NOAA National Weather Service (NWS), Silver Spring, MD
9:45 AM
Discussion

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Joint Session 2
Advancing the Use of Earth Observations to Benefit Global Food Security and Agriculture
Location: Room 18B (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Hosts: (Joint between the 32nd Conference on Hydrology; and the 13th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice )
Cochairs: Christa D. Peters-Lidard, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center; Danielle Wood, MIT; Margaret M. Hurwitz, Science Systems and Applications, Inc.; Bradley Doorn, NASA
8:45 AM
J2.1
Advancing the Use of Earth Observations to Benefit Global Food Security and Agriculture (Invited Presentation)
Debra Peters, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Las Cruces, NM; and A. Bartuska and R. Tetrault

9:00 AM
J2.2
Enhancing Famine Early Warning Systems with Improved Forecasts, Satellite Observations, and Hydrologic Simulations (Invited Presentation)
Chris C. Funk, USGS, Santa Barbara, CA; and J. P. Verdin, W. M. Thiaw, A. Hoell, S. Shukla, A. McNally, G. Galu, N. S. Novella, D. Korecha, K. R. Arsenault, M. Robjohn, J. Rowland, M. Budde, C. Peters-Lidard, T. Magadzire, E. Bekele, L. S. Harrison, P. Peterson, C. Pomposi, and G. Husak
9:15 AM
J2.3
Riding the Wave of Combined Drought Indicators to Enhance Drought Early Warning for Decision Support
Mark D. Svoboda, National Drought Mitigation Center, Lincoln, NE; and B. Wardlow, B. Fuchs, C. Poulsen, J. Swigart, C. R. Hain, R. McDonnell, and C. M. U. Neale
9:30 AM
J2.4
Prediction of Winter Wheat High Yield from Remote Sensing–Based Model: Application in the United States and Ukraine
Eric Vermote, NASA, Greenbelt, MD; and B. Franch, J. C. Roger, S. Skakun, I. Becker-Reshef, and C. O. Justice
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Joint Session 3
Special Session on JPSS
Location: Salon H (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)
Hosts: (Joint between the 14th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the 22nd Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography; and the Sixth AMS Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation )
Cochairs: Mitchell Goldberg, NOAA/NESDIS/JPSSO; Ivan Csiszar, NOAA/NESDIS/JPSS
9:00 AM
J3.2
First VIIRS Imagery from JPSS-1
Donald W. Hillger, NOAA/NESDIS, Fort Collins, CO; and T. J. Kopp, C. J. Seaman, S. D. Miller, D. T. Lindsey, and J. Torres
9:15 AM
J3.3
The JPSS CrIS Instrument and the Evolution of Space-Based Sounders
Ronald J. Glumb, Harris Corporation, Fort Wayne, IN; and L. Suwinski, S. Wells, R. Malloy, A. J. Glumb, and M. C. Colton
9:30 AM
J3.4
An All-Weather, Multi-Platform Hyperspectral Retrieval System: The NOAA Unique Combined Atmospheric Processing System (NUCAPS); Recent Algorithm Enhancements Geared Toward Near–Real Time and Long-Term User Applications
Antonia Gambacorta, IMSG, College Park, MD; and N. Nalli, F. Iturbide-Sanchez, C. Tan, K. Zhang, X. Xiong, M. Wilson, B. Sun, C. D. Barnet, L. L. Strow, T. S. King, L. Soulliard, A. Wheeler, N. Smith, L. Zhou, T. Reale, A. Sharma, W. W. Wolf, and M. Goldberg
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Joint Session 5
Advances in CubeSats and SmallSats to Improve Earth Science, Weather Forecasting, Space Weather Prediction, Hydrology Studies, or Climate Monitoring—Part I
Location: 615 AB (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)
Hosts: (Joint between the Eighth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; the 14th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; and the First Conference on Earth Observing SmallSats )
Cochairs: Robert Bauer, NASA Earth Science Technology Office; Margaret Caulfield
9:00 AM
J5.2
High-Resolution Tomography of Upper Tropospheric and Lower Stratospheric Water Vapor with Spaceborne Active Microwave Limb Sounding
Nathaniel Livesey, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and W. G. Read, A. J. Tang, G. Chattopadhyay, T. Reck, R. Stachnik, R. Jarnot, M. L. Santee, J. Kocz, C. Felten, J. Kooi, and S. Padmanabhan

9:15 AM
J5.3
RainCube, A Ka-band Precipitation Radar in a 6U CubeSat
Shivani S Joshi, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and E. Peral, S. Tanelli, J. Sauder, N. Chahat, D. Price, and S. Statham
9:30 AM
J5.4
Enabling Global Observations of Clouds and Precipitation at Fine Spatiotemporal Scales from 6U-Class SmallSat Constellations: Temporal Experiment for Storms and Tropical Systems Technology Demonstration (TEMPEST-D)
Steven C. Reising, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and T. C. Gaier, S. Padmanabhan, C. D. Kummerow, B. H. Lim, C. Heneghan, V. Chandrasekar, W. Berg, S. T. Brown, J. Carvo, and M. Pallas

9:45 AM
J5.5
Simulation of Temporal Observations by the TEMPEST CubeSat over a Hailstorm in the Dallas–Fort Worth Area
Chandrasekar Radhakrishnan, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and C. V. Chandra and S. C. Reising


Session 7
Panel Discussion: Effective Resume Building
Location: Room 6A (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Sixth AMS Conference for Early Career Professionals
Chair: Bill Burkey, ERM
Panelists: J. Michael Coyne, NOAA/NWS; Joe Arellano, National Weather Service; Derek J. Posselt, JPL; Marshall Moss, AccuWeather, Inc; Ashley Schroat, Hewlett Packard Enterprises; Jose Suarez, Telemundo
Facilitator: Bill Burkey, ERM

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)

9:15 AM
1.3
Characterizing Radiosonde GPS with a Simulation for Pressure Calculation Verification
Evan Keeler, CyberData Technologies, Herndon, VA; and M. K. Lataille
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Session 1
Model Physics Uncertainty
Location: Room 4ABC (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Third Symposium on Multi-scale Predictability: Data-model Integration and Uncertainty Quantification for Climate and Earth System Monitoring and Prediction
Cochairs: Fuqing Zhang, Pennsylvania State Univ.; Kerry A. Emanuel, MIT
9:45 AM
1.3

9:00 AM-9:45 AM: Monday, 8 January 2018

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Session 1
AMS Update
Location: Room 3 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 21st Atmospheric Science Librarians International Conference
Chair: Jinny Nathans, American Meteorological Society
9:00 AM
1.1
AMS Publications: The Year in Review and Forecast for 2018
Kenneth F. Heideman, AMS, Director of Publications, Boston, MA
9:15 AM
1.2
AMS Books Program
Sarah Jane Shangraw, AMS, Boston, MA
9:30 AM
1.3
AMS Monographs: The Changing Publishing Landscape
Michael Friedman, AMS, Boston, MA

9:00 AM-11:00 AM: Monday, 8 January 2018


Spouse's Coffee
Location: 602 (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)

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

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Session 2
Atmospheric Halogen Chemistry—Part I
Location: Room 9 C (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 20th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry
Chair: Ross Salawitch, Univ. of Maryland
9:30 AM
2.1
Stratospheric Ozone Response to Future Volcanic Eruptions
J. Eric Klobas, Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA; and D. M. Wilmouth, D. Weisenstein, J. G. Anderson, and R. J. Salawitch
9:45 AM
2.2
Stratospheric Injection of Bromine from VSL Biogenic Sources Inferred from CONTRAST and ATTREX Observations
Pamela Wales, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD; and R. J. Salawitch, J. M. Nicely, D. C. Anderson, T. Canty, E. Atlas, S. Schauffler, V. Donets, R. A. Lueb, M. Navarro, D. Chen, L. G. Huey, D. Tanner, R. Volkamer, T. Koenig, S. Baidar, B. Dix, A. Weinheimer, G. M. Wolfe, T. Hanisco, S. Hall, K. Ullmann, A. Saiz-Lopez, R. P. Fernandez, D. Kinnison, J. F. Lamarque, S. Honomichl, and L. L. Pan
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Session 2
Working With Large and Complex Datasets.
Location: Room 8 ABC (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Eighth Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using Python
Chair: Scott Collis, Argonne National Laboratory
9:30 AM
2.1
PySpark for "Big" Atmospheric Data Analysis
Anderson Banihirwe, Univ. of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR; and K. Paul and D. Del Vento
9:45 AM
2.2
Analyzing Large Radar Datasets Using Python
Robert Jackson, ANL, Argonne, IL; and S. Collis, Z. Sherman, G. Palanisamy, S. Giangrande, J. Kumar, and J. C. Hardin

9:45 AM-10:00 AM: Monday, 8 January 2018

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Session 2
MGA Update
Location: Room 3 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 21st Atmospheric Science Librarians International Conference
Chair: Paula McCoy, Managing Editor, Science and Taxonomy
9:45 AM
2.1
New MGA and ProQuest Content and Features
Paula McCoy, Managing Editor, Science and Taxonomy

Plenary Session 3
CMAAP and Air Pollution Meteorology Award Ceremony
Location: Salon G (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 20th Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA

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


Coffee Break

10:00 AM-6:00 PM: Monday, 8 January 2018


Member Services Desk
Location: Atrium Lobby (Austin, Texas)

10:30 AM-11:45 AM: Monday, 8 January 2018

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Session 2
Historical Weather and Climate Events, Forecasting, and Public Communication and Impacts—Part II
Location: Room 2 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 16th History Symposium
Chair: Lourdes B. Avilés, Plymouth State University
10:30 AM
2.1
10:45 AM
2.2
Lessons We Must Learn—Deadly Tornadoes in Central Texas
Lon Curtis, Private Meteorologist, Round Rock, TX

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


Panel Discussion 1
Defining “Vulnerability”: When One Size Fits None
Location: Ballroom E (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Sixth Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation
Moderator: Trevor Boucher, NOAA/NWSFO
Panelists: Linda Wasserman, Texas Impact; Rachella Shephard, Educational Resource Center on Deafness; Alyssa V. Bates, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma and NWS Warning Decision Training Division; Matthew Bolton, How The Weatherworks
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Keynote Speaker Session 1
Opening Keynote Presentation
Location: Room 3 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 21st Atmospheric Science Librarians International Conference
Keynote: Katherine Heyhoe, Texas Tech Univ.
10:30 AM
KS1.1
Program Outline and Keynote Introduction

10:45 AM
KS1.2
Climate Change in Changing Times
Katherine Heyhoe, Texas Tech Univ., Lubbock, TX
11:15 AM
KS1.3
Keynote Q&A

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Session 2
AI Techniques for Environmental Science and Extreme Weather
Location: Room 7 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 17th Conf on Artificial and Computational Intelligence and its Applications to the Environmental Sciences
Chair: William W. Hsieh, Univ. of British Columbia
10:30 AM
2.1
Applying Image Recognition to Enhance Fisheries Management Capabilities
Tzofi Klinghoffer, The Univ. of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL; and C. R. Perez, R. Vincent, P. Perdikaris, and C. Chryssostomidis
10:45 AM
2.2
Computational Linguistics and the Communication of Weather Forecasts
Harvey Stern, Univ. of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
11:15 AM
2.4
Predicting 12-hour Storm Reports Using Random Forest Classification
David Harrison, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma/NOAA/SPC, Norman, OK; and J. W. Rogers
11:30 AM
2.5
11:45 AM
2.6
SASSE: Object-Oriented Analysis, Classifying and Nowcasting of Convective Storms in Finland
Roope Tervo, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland; and J. Karjalainen, S. Oksman, and P. Rossi
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Session 2
Active Learning Demonstrations from the Atmospheric Sciences
Location: Ballroom C (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 27th Symposium on Education
Cochairs: Danny E. Mattox, University of Oklahoma; Daria B. Kluver, Central Michigan Univ.
2.2
Developing New Methods in Winter Weather Warning Education in the NWS
James G. LaDue, NOAA/NWS/Office of Chief Learning Officer/Warning Decision Training Division, Norman, OK; and S. Mullens, A. V. Bates, M. J. Sienkiewicz, C. S. Spannagle, B. N. Grant, J. J. Zeltwanger, M. A. Bohorquez, and D. D. Streu
2.3
Active Learning in Forecast Uncertainty Communication: A Role-Playing Game Demonstration
Tsvetomir Ross-Lazarov, UCAR/COMET, Boulder, CO; and B. Guarente and A. M. Smith
2.4
Kinesthetic Learning of Atmospheric Dynamics
Perry J. Samson, Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; and M. Moldwin
2.6
The Greenhouse Gas Game: Using Play to Learn Complex Concepts
Renee Minaya, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and T. Barnes, E. Carpenter, B. Hatheway, A. Lotko, M. Mueller, and J. Ristvey Jr.

2.8
Drones for Engineering in the Atmospheric Sciences
John Ristvey Jr., UCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. Russell

2.9
Satellites 101: Basic Image Analysis Based on Resolution
Victoria L. Gorman, Citizen Science Education Program, Medford, NJ

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Session 2
Advancing Forecast Capabilities for Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Decision Support
Location: Room 16AB (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Sixth Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology Special Symposium
Cochairs: Judy Ghiradelli, NWS; Tammy J. Farrar, FAA
10:30 AM
2.1
Calibrated Probabilistic Forecasts of Aviation Hazards Using Multiple Global Ensembles
Ken Stone, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. O. Pinto, M. Steiner, M. Strahan, R. Bass, and C. P. Kalb
10:45 AM
2.2
Guidance on Optimally Presenting Probabilistic Ceiling and Visibility Forecasts for the Aviation Community
Stephanie Avey, NWS/NCEP/AWC, Kansas City, MO; and S. Alvidrez, S. A. Lack, A. Cross, J. A. Kankiewicz, and R. Bastholm
11:00 AM
2.3
11:45 AM
2.6
Improvements in the Detection and Prediction of Volcanic Ash for Aviation at the Australian Bureau of Meteorology
Chris Lucas, BOM, Melbourne, Australia; and R. J. Potts, M. J. Zidikheri, R. A. Dare, M. Manickam, A. Wain, and A. Bear-Crozier
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Session 2
Climate Change and Health
Location: Room 17B (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Ninth Conference on Environment and Health
Chair: Kristie L. Ebi, Univ. of Washington
10:30 AM
2.1
The Health Risks at 2.0°C Climate Warming Are Higher Than the Risks at 1.5°C of Warming
Kristie L. Ebi, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and P. Berry, T. Hasegawa, K. Hayes, A. J. Monaghan, and S. Paz

11:00 AM
2.5
11:15 AM
Discussion

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Session 2
Community Global Modeling: Next Generation Global Prediction System (NGGPS) and beyond: Improvements in Global Models, Key Components of Global Models and Statistical Techniques to Evaluate Those Improvements—Part II
Location: Room 14 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Eighth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations
Cochairs: Vijay Tallapragada, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC; Curtis Alexander, NOAA/ESRL/GSD
10:30 AM
2.1
OSSE with NGGPS to Evaluate and Improve the Usage of Arctic Observations. Preparation for YIOO and beyond.
Michiko Masutani, EMC, College Park, MD; and D. H. Bromwich, J. Tribbia, and R. Grumbine

10:45 AM
2.2
11:00 AM
2.3
11:15 AM
2.4
11:30 AM
2.5
Comparison of Microphysics Schemes in FV3GFS
Ruiyu Sun, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC and IMSG, College Park, MD; and A. Chen, F. Yang, S. Moorthi, and V. Tallapragada

11:45 AM
2.6
Partial Cloudiness in Microphysics Schemes
Ruiyu Sun, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC and IMSG, College Park, MD; and G. Thompson and V. Tallapragada

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Session 2
Current and Future Observing Systems
Location: Ballroom G (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 22nd Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)
Chair: Sharanya J. Majumdar, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS
11:00 AM
2.2
Intra-Agency Engagement in NOAA's Force Architecture/ Fleet Recapitalization
Amanda Mitchell, Integrity Applications Inc., Silver Spring, MD; and G. Nixon, S. Garver, J. A. Hubbard, and J. W. Peter
11:15 AM
2.3
Using a Spectrum of OSSEs of Varying Complexity to Support Satellite Mission Design
Derek J. Posselt, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and H. Su, L. Wu, H. Nguyen, W. McCarty, and R. Atlas

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Session 2
Dynamics and Physics of the MJO
Location: Salon K (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Sixth Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Sub-Seasonal Monsoon Variability
Cochairs: Naoko Sakaeda, NOAA; Ángel F. Adames, GFDL
10:45 AM
2.2
Trio-Interacton Theory for Madden–Julian Oscillation
Bin Wang, Univ. of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI; and G. Chen and F. Liu
11:00 AM
2.3
The Multiscale Impacts of Organized Convection in Global 2D Cloud Resolving Models
Noah D. Brenowitz, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and A. J. Majda
11:15 AM
2.4
The Dynamics of Westerly Wind Bursts
Minmin Fu, Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA; and E. Tziperman
11:30 AM
2.5
Modeling the Interaction of the Madden–Julian Oscillation and the Quasi-Biennial Oscillation
Zane K Martin, Columbia Univ., New York, NY; and S. Wang, J. Nie, and A. H. Sobel
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Session 2
Ensemble and Multimodel Forecasting — Part II: Methods and Practice
Location: Room 19AB (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 25th Conference on Probability and Statistics
Cochairs: Judy E. Ghirardelli, NOAA/NWS/Meteorological Development Laboratory; Isidora Jankov, CIRA/Colorado State Univ.
10:45 AM
2.2
Obtaining Consistent Probabilistic Predictions through Statistical Post-Processing of Ensembles
Nina Schuhen, Norwegian Computing Center, Oslo, Norway; and T. L. Thorarinsdottir and F. Stordal

11:00 AM
2.3
A Smart Extension of the Search Space for Use with the Analog Ensemble Technique
Laura Clemente-Harding, Pennsylvania State Univ., State College, PA; and G. S. Young, G. Cervone, L. Delle Monache, and S. E. Haupt
11:30 AM
2.5
Performance of the 2017 Real-Time HWRF-Based Ensemble and Combined HWRF/HMON/COAMPS-TC Multimodel Ensemble
Zhan Zhang, NOAA, College Park, MD; and W. Wang, L. Zhu, B. Liu, A. Mehra, and V. Tallapragada
11:45 AM
2.6
Initial Verification of IMPROVER: The New Met Office Post-Processing System
Jonathan Flowerdew, UKMO, Exeter, UK; and R. Crocker and R. Harbord

Panel Discussion 2
Federal Agency Budgets for Weather, Water, and Climate: A Guide to Current Proposals and Recent Shifts
Location: Room 6B (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 13th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice
Moderator: Paul Higgins, AMS Policy Program
Panelists: Michael Henry, American Institute of Physics; Jack D. Fellows, ORNL (Retired)
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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
10:45 AM
2.2
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
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
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

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Session 2
Major Weather Impacts of 2017 - Cool Season Events
Location: Ballroom D (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Major Weather Events and Impacts of 2017
Chair: Charles Woodrum, NWS
10:30 AM
2.1
The Fickle Winter of 2016-17 (Invited Presentation)
David Novak, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, College Park, MD
10:45 AM
2.2
Impactful Rains in California and Snow, Ice, and Cold in Oregon in Early 2017
Lance F. Bosart, SUNY, Albany, NY; and T. Burg and A. M. Bentley
11:00 AM
2.3
Observations of California’s Epic 2017 Water Year from Satellite and a 21st Century Ground-based Observing Network
Allen B. White, NOAA, Boulder, CO; and P. J. Neiman, D. J. Gottas, G. A. Wick, M. Hughes, and L. S. Darby
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Session 2
Nationwide Network of Networks
Location: Room 5ABC (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Sixth Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise
Chair: John Horel, Univ. of Utah
11:15 AM
2.3
The DTN/Pioneer Ag Weather Network in 2018
James H. Block, DTN, Minneapolis, MN; and D. Austin
11:30 AM
2.4
TexMesonet: Lessons from a Texas Statewide Mesonet
Kantave M. Greene, Texas Water Development Board, Austin, TX
11:45 AM
2.5
CASA WX: How Users Are Benefiting from a Network of Networks Deployment in Dallas–Fort Worth
Apoorva Bajaj, Univ. of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA; and B. Philips, V. Chandrasekar, E. J. Lyons, H. Chen, F. Junyent, M. Zink, K. A. Brewster, and F. H. Carr
Recording files available
Session 2
Novel Observational Techniques for the Coastal Environment
Location: Room 12B (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 16th Symposium on the Coastal Environment
Cochairs: Gregory Dusek, NOAA; Art Miller, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
10:30 AM
2.1
Significant Wave Height and Dynamic Water Level Analysis at NOAA Tide Gauges
Katie Kirk, NOAA, Silver Spring, MD; and G. Dusek and W. Sweet
10:45 AM
2.2
Assimilation of Observed Water Levels into Storm Surge Model Predictions
Taylor Asher, Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC; and R. Luettich, J. G. Fleming, and B. Blanton
11:00 AM
2.3
Managing 30 Years' of Continuous Coastal Data Collection via Water Data for Texas
Evan Turner, Texas Water Development Board, Austin, TX; and S. Negusse and C. Schoenbaechler
11:45 AM
2.6
Remote Sensing of Coastal Environments Using Microwave Thermodynamic Profilers and Radar Wind Profilers
Kimberly A. Reed, Radiometrics Corporation, Boulder, CO; and L. Blanchette, T. Wilfong, and R. Ware

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Session 2
Paleoclimate Analysis and Projection
Location: Room 4ABC (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Third Symposium on Multi-scale Predictability: Data-model Integration and Uncertainty Quantification for Climate and Earth System Monitoring and Prediction
Chair: Fuqing Zhang, Pennsylvania State Univ.
10:30 AM
2.1
11:00 AM
2.2
Recording files available
Session 2
Results from the Great American Solar Eclipse
Location: Salon J (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 15th Conference on Space Weather
Chair: Barbara Thompson, NASA
10:30 AM
2.1
Ionospheric Signatures of the 21 August 2017 Solar Eclipse
Anthea Coster, MIT, Westford, MA; and L. Goncharenko, S. Zhang, P. J. Erickson, J. Soohoo, E. Derome, J. Swoboda, G. Earle, L. Kordella, D. J. Knipp, and T. Bullet
10:45 AM
2.2
The Far-Away Effects of Solar Eclipse
Larisa Goncharenko, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Westford, MA; and A. Coster, P. J. Erickson, and S. Zhang
11:15 AM
2.4
Small Unmanned Aircraft System Flights during the 2017 Solar Eclipse
Edward J. Dumas Jr., NOAA and Oak Ridge Associated Universities, Oak Ridge, TN; and T. Lee, M. Buban, R. J. Dobosy, and B. B. Baker
11:30 AM
2.5
Impact of Eclipse of 21 August 2017 on the Atmospheric Boundary Layer
Kevin R. Knupp, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and R. A. Wade and B. M. Lund
11:45 AM
2.6
Initial Results of HamSCI Ham Radio 21 August 2017 Eclipse Ionospheric Experiments
Nathaniel A. Frissell, Ham Radio Science Citizen Investigation, Newark, NJ; and J. R. Ackermann, D. Bern, F. Ceglia, G. Earle, P. J. Erickson, A. Gerrard, R. Gerzoff, P. Gladstone, S. W. Gunning, J. D. Huba, J. D. Katz, E. Miller, M. Moses, S. E. Reyer, S. W. Rose, A. Shovkoplyas, H. W. Silver, P. Smith, J. S. Vega, M. L. West, and R. Williams
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Session 2
Specialized Applications: Emergency Response, Defense, and Air Transportation
Location: Salon G (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 20th Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA
Chair: Ronald G. Meris, Defense Threat Reduction Agency
10:45 AM
2.2
HPAC 6.4 Model Validation and Analysis: Assessing DTRA Reachback Real-World Cases
Yaítza Luna-Cruz, Defense Threat Reduction Agency Reachback, Fort Belvoir, VA; and S. Runyon
11:00 AM
2.3
Incorporation of Visibility Estimates into the Sage Toolkit
Steven E. Peckham, U.S. Army, Hanover, NH; and D. Khona and M. Paquette

11:15 AM
2.4
Plume Rise from Aircraft Sources
Jeffrey Weil, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and S. Arunachalam
Recording files available
Session 2
The Second Wind Forecast Improvement Project (WFIP2): Part I

Location: Room 15 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Ninth Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy
Cochairs: Caroline Draxl, National Renewable Energy Laboratory; Yelena Pichugina, NOAA/ESRL/Chemical Sciences Division (CSD) and CIRES/Univ. of Colorado
10:30 AM
2.1
The Wind Forecast Improvement Prohect 2 (WFIP2): Overview and Preliminary Model Improvements
Melinda Marquis, NOAA, Boulder, CO; and J. Olson, J. Kenyon, M. D. Toy, Y. Pichugina, A. Choukulkar, T. A. Bonin, R. Banta, L. Bianco, I. V. Djalalova, K. McCaffrey, J. M. Wilczak, K. Lantz, C. N. Long, S. Redfern, J. McCaa, E. P. Grimit, J. W. Cline, W. Shaw, and J. Sharp
10:45 AM
2.2
Improvements to Low-Level Wind Forecasts in Complex Terrain from WFIP2
Jaymes S. Kenyon, NOAA/ESRL and CIRES, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and J. B. Olson, M. D. Toy, J. M. Brown, W. M. Angevine, M. Marquis, Y. Pichugina, A. Choukulkar, T. A. Bonin, R. Banta, L. Bianco, I. V. Djalalova, K. McCaffrey, J. M. Wilczak, K. Lantz, C. N. Long, S. Redfern, J. Sharp, J. McCaa, M. T. Stoelinga, E. P. Grimit, J. W. Cline, W. J. Shaw, J. K. Lundquist, K. A. Lundquist, B. Kosovic, P. A. Jimenez, L. K. Berg, and V. R. Kotamarthi
11:00 AM
2.3
Identification and Analysis of Forecast Model Large Error Events During WFIP2
James Wilczak, NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and K. McCaffrey, I. V. Djalalova, L. Bianco, J. B. Olson, J. Kenyon, M. T. Stoelinga, J. Sharp, M. Pekour, D. Cook, G. Scott, R. Eckman, and S. Otarola-Bustos
11:15 AM
2.4
Identification and Characterization of Cold Pool Events during WFIP2
Katherine McCaffrey, CIRES, Boulder, CO; and J. M. Wilczak, L. Bianco, I. V. Djalalova, R. Banta, T. A. Bonin, W. A. Brewer, A. Choukulkar, D. Cook, R. L. Coulter, H. J. S. Fernando, K. Friedrich, L. Leo, J. K. Lundquist, P. Muradyan, and Y. Pichugina
11:45 AM
2.6
Parametric and Initial Condition Sensitivity of Wind Ramp Events
Nicholas H. Smith, Texas Tech Univ., Lubbock, TX; and B. C. Ancell
Recording files available
Session 2
Transforming Communication through Co-Production of Knowledge II
Location: Ballroom F (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 13th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice
Cochairs: Renee McPherson, Univ. of Oklahoma; Jennifer A. Spinney, Univ. of Western Ontario
10:30 AM
2.1
Engaging with Users of Climate Information and the Co-Production of Knowledge
Michael C. Kruk, Earth Resources Technology, Inc., Asheville, NC; and B. A. A. Parker, R. S. Vose, J. Marra, R. R. Heim Jr., K. Werner, and P. Malsale
10:45 AM
2.2
Practical Tips to Establish an Actionable Science Portfolio
Gustavo A. Bisbal, Northwest Climate Science Center, Corvallis, OR
11:00 AM
2.3
Using Citizen Science to Support Drought-Related Decision-Making
Amanda Farris, Carolinas Integrated Sciences and Assessments, Columbia, SC; and K. Lackstrom
Recording files available
Session 2A
Drought Analysis and Prediction, Part I
Location: Room 18A (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 32nd Conference on Hydrology
Cochairs: Michael Hobbins, CIRES; Mark D. Svoboda, National Drought Mitigation Center; Jason A. Otkin, Univ. of Wisconsin–Madison; Joshua K. Roundy, Univ. of Kansas
10:30 AM
2A.1
Impacts of Pixel Scale and Phenology on the Satellite-Based Evaporative Stress Index (Invited Presentation)
Martha C. Anderson, USDA-ARS, Beltsville, MD; and Y. Yang, F. Gao, C. Hain, J. A. Otkin, and Y. Yang
10:45 AM
2A.2
Developing Integrative Soil Moisture Products to Improve Drought Monitoring and Forecasting in the United States (Invited Presentation)
Trent Ford, Southern Illinois Univ., Carbondale, IL; and S. M. Quiring, J. M. Lucido, and M. L. Strobel
11:00 AM
2A.3
Drought Depiction in the Noah-MP (Multiphysics) Land Surface Model in the North American Land Data Assimilation System (NLDAS)
David M. Mocko, SAIC at NASA GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and C. D. Peters-Lidard, S. Wang, S. V. Kumar, and Y. Xia
11:15 AM
2A.4
The Evaporative Stress Index as an Indictor for Flash Drought Across the United States Using Reanalysis Datasets
Jordan I. Christian, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. B. Basara, J. A. Otkin, E. D. Hunt, and X. Xiao
11:30 AM
2A.5
Monitoring Droughts and Floods through the Assimilation of GRACE and GRACE Follow-On Data
Matthew Rodell, NASA, Greenbelt, MD; and B. Li, H. Beaudoing, A. Getirana, S. V. Kumar, B. F. Zaitchik, S. V. Bettadpur, H. Save, B. Wardlow, and M. D. Svoboda
11:45 AM
2A.6
Development of a Global Evaporative Stress Index Based on Thermal and Microwave LST toward Improved Monitoring of Agricultural Drought
Christopher Hain, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL; and M. C. Anderson, J. A. Otkin, T. R. H. Holmes, F. Gao, and X. Zhan
Recording files available
Session 2A
Quasi-Operational Products You Can Use Now, Part II
Location: Room 17A (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 34th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies
Cochairs: Jennifer Luppens Mahoney, NOAA/ESRL/GSD; Kevin Kelleher, ESRL; Tiffany C. Vance, NOAA
10:30 AM
2A.1
The FX-CAVE System Demonstration for the National Interagency Fire Weather Program
Evan Polster, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Boulder, CO; and W. Roberts, P. Schultz, and E. D. Delgado
10:45 AM
2A.2
Investigating the Use and Integration of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Imagery in the Damage Survey Process within the NOAA/NWS Damage Assessment Toolkit (DAT)
Lori A. Schultz, Earth System Science Center/Univ. of Alabama/NASA Short-Term Prediction Research and Transition Center, Huntsville, AL; and J. R. Bell, J. B. Nicoll, R. Gens, A. L. Molthan, and F. J. Meyer
11:00 AM
2A.3
Testing and Enhancement of the Rapidly Updating Real Time Mesoscale Analysis (RU-RTMA) and Work toward a Three-Dimensional RU-RTMA
Stephen S. Weygandt, NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and M. Hu, C. Hartsough, G. Ge, T. T. Ladwig, C. R. Alexander, J. M. Brown, and S. Benjamin
11:15 AM
2A.4
INSITE: IDSS for Aviation Weather
Melissa A. Petty, NOAA/ESRL/GSD and CIRA, Boulder, CO; and A. Terborg, P. Hamer, G. J. Layne, M. S. Wandishin, M. Rabellino, and M. Turpin
11:30 AM
2A.5
Quasi-Operational Functionality in MADIS
Greg Pratt, OAR, Boulder, CO; and L. A. Benjamin
11:45 AM
Discussion

Recording files available
Session 2A
Role of Water in Shaping Features of the Climate System
Location: Salon F (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 31st Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Cochairs: Jonathan E. Martin, Univ. of Wisconsin–Madison; Samuel N. Stechmann, Univ. of Wisconsin
10:30 AM
2A.1
10:45 AM
2A.2
Assessing the Impacts of Climate Variability on Extratropical Cyclone Development and Strength
Gregory Tierney, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC; and D. J. Posselt and J. F. Booth
11:00 AM
2A.3
Moist Baroclinic Instability over a Wide Range of Climates: From Periodic Waves to Diabatic Rossby Vortices
Paul A. O'Gorman, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA; and T. M. Merlis and M. S. Singh
11:15 AM
2A.4
11:30 AM
2A.5
11:45 AM
2A.6
The Sensitivity of the Water Vapor Budget to SSTs and Aerosols within Radiative Equilibrium Experiments
Susan C. van den Heever, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and L. D. Grant, S. R. Herbener, and S. M. Saleeby
Recording files available
Session 2B
Decadal–Multidecadal Variability (Predictability) in the Pacific 
Location: 616 AB (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 31st Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Cochairs: R. Saravanan, Texas A&M Univ.; Pedro DiNezio, Univ. of Texas
10:30 AM
2B.1
Characterizing Pacific Ocean Regime Shifts
Matthew Newman, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado and NOAA/ESRL/Physical Sciences Division, Boulder, CO; and S. Kumar

10:45 AM
2B.2
The impact of Low-Level Cloud Feedback on Persistent Changes in Atmospheric Circulation in the Pacific
Robert Burgman, Florida International Univ., Miami, FL; and B. Kirtman, A. C. Clement, and H. Vazquez

11:00 AM
2B.3
Decadal Attribution of the Fast Warming and Global Warming Hiatus Periods in the ERA-Interim
Xiaoming Hu, Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL; and S. A. Sejas, M. Cai, P. C. Taylor, Y. Deng, and S. Yang

11:15 AM
2B.4
11:30 AM
2B.5
Climatology and ENSO variation of Outgoing Longwave Radiation as Depicted By TOVS, AIRS, CERES, and MERRA2
Jae N. Lee, JCET, Baltimore, MD; and J. Susskind, L. Iredell, and Y. K. Lim

11:45 AM
2B.6
Recording files available
Session 2B
Disseminating Earth Science and Climate Information for Better Decision Making, Part I
Location: Room 10AB (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 34th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies
Cochairs: Eugene Burger, NOAA/ERL/PMEL; Tiffany C. Vance, NOAA; Alex Coletti, SM Resources Corp.
10:30 AM
2B.1
Making Data Available on the Cloud for Decision Support Applications through NOAA's Big Data Project
Edward J. Kearns, NOAA, Asheville, NC; and S. Glass, O. Brown, J. Brannock, A. Simonson, and J. O'Neil
10:45 AM
2B.2
Supporting Climate Services in Europe: The Copernicus Climate Data Store
Cedric Bergeron, ECMWF, Reading, UK; and B. Raoult and A. Lopez-Alos
11:00 AM
2B.3
Transitioning an Early Warning System for Harmful Algal Blooms on Pacific Northwest Beaches to Operations
Vera Trainer, NOAA, Seattle, WA; and N. Banas, R. McCabe, B. M. Hickey, P. MacCready, B. Bormann, M. Hunter, R. Kudela, M. Suddleson, C. Alex, and T. C. Vance
11:15 AM
2B.4
Using Real-Time Data Notification Services for Decision Support Systems
Chris Galli, Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and J. D. Horel
11:30 AM
2B.5
Adding a Black Scholes Routine to Quantitative Risk Assessment Decision Support Systems
Alessandro Coletti, SMRC, Sterling, VA; and T. DeFelice, A. De Nicola, M. L. Villani, and G. Vicoli
11:45 AM
2B.6
The Expert to Novice Spectrum: An Eye-Tracking Evaluation of How User Experience Shapes Interactions with a Climate Decision Support System
Lindsay C. Maudlin, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC; and K. S. McNeal, C. N. Davis, H. D. Aldridge, R. P. Boyles, and R. Atkins
Recording files available
Session 2B
Precipitation Processes and Observations for Atmospheric, Land Surface, and Hydrological Modeling, Part I
Location: Room 18B (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 32nd Conference on Hydrology
Cochairs: Emad Habib, Univ. of Louisiana; Yu Zhang, Univ. of Texas at Austin; Paul A. Kucera, UCAR
10:30 AM
2B.1
An Operational Passive Microwave Snowfall Rate Product and Its Application in Hydrology
Huan Meng, NOAA/NESDIS/Center for Satellite Applications and Research, College Park, MD; and J. Dong, C. Kongoli, R. R. Ferraro, B. Yan, L. Zhao, P. Xie, and R. Joyce
10:45 AM
2B.2
Errors Analysis on Estimating Raindrop Size Distribution in a Mei-Yu Front Heavy Rainfall Process
Zhimin Zhou, Institute of Heavy Rain, China Meteorological Administration, Wuhan City, China; and Z. Fu

11:00 AM
2B.3A
Global-Scale Evaluation of 22 Precipitation Datasets Using Gauge Observations and Hydrological Modeling
Hylke Beck, Princeton Univ., Princeton, NJ; and N. Vergopolan, M. Pan, V. Levizzani, A. I. J. M. van Dijk, G. Weedon, L. Brocca, F. Pappenberger, G. J. Huffman, and E. F. Wood
11:15 AM
2B.4
Multi-Radar Multi-Sensor (MRMS) QPE Products Update—2016/2017
Jian Zhang, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and K. W. Howard, L. Tang, S. M. Martinaitis, Y. Qi, S. B. Cocks, C. Langston, B. T. Kaney, and K. Cooper

11:30 AM
2B.5
Comparison of Ground-Based Observations for Detecting Falling Snow
Bailey Swick, St. Cloud State Univ., Thief River Falls, MN; and A. Tokay, D. A. Marks, J. L. Pippitt, D. B. Wolff, and W. Petersen
11:45 AM
2B.6
Probabilistic Quantitative Precipitation Estimates with Ground- and Space-Based Radars
Pierre-Emmanuel Kirstetter, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. J. Gourley and J. Zhang
Recording files available
Session 3
Model Data Fusion
Location: Room 8 ABC (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Eighth Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using Python
Chair: Johnny Lin, Univ. of Washington
10:30 AM
3.1
MetPy Advancement and Community-Driven Development
Ryan M. May, UCAR/Unidata, Boulder, CO; and J. R. Leeman
10:45 AM
3.2
The Pythonic Future of Postprocessing at ECMWF
Stephan Siemen, ECMWF, Reading, U.K.; and I. Russell and B. Raoult
11:15 AM
3.4
TINT—TINT Is Not TITAN. Easy-to-Use Tracking Code Based on TITAN—Details and Uses
Mark H. Picel, ANL, Argonne, IL; and S. Collis, B. Raut, S. Carani, R. Jackson, M. van Lier-Walqui, and A. M. Fridlind
11:30 AM
3.5
From Storm Prediction Center: Science Support Branch Import Science, Research, and Operations
Race Clark III, CIMMS, Norman, OK; and D. Cleaver, J. Correia Jr., M. S. Elliott, C. Grunzke, R. M. Hepper, C. D. Karstens, J. Liang, N. J. Nauslar, B. Roberts, N. A. Wendt, and P. T. Marsh
11:45 AM
3.6
Python for Radiance Diagnostics in the Global Forecast Dropout Prediction Tool
Andrew Eichmann, NOAA/NESDIS, College Park, MD; and K. Kumar and J. C. Alpert
Recording files available
Session 3A
Atmospheric Halogen Chemistry—Part II
Location: Room 9 C (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 20th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry
Chair: Ross Salawitch, Univ. of Maryland
10:30 AM
3A.1
11:00 AM
3A.2
Modelling the Impact of Reactive Halogens on Tropospheric Ozone
Alfonso Saiz-Lopez, Institute of Physical Chemistry Rocasolano–Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Madrid, Spain
11:30 AM
3A.3
The Montreal Protocol and the Pathway from CFCs to Climate-Friendly Compounds and Technologies
Paul A. Newman, NASA GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and D. W. Fahey, E. L. Fleming, M. M. Hurwitz, F. Li, Q. Liang, S. A. Montzka, J. A. Pyle, B. Safari, and G. Velders

Recording files available
Session 3B
Measurement and Modeling of Atmospheric Ammonia—Part II
Location: Room 18CD (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 20th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry
Cochairs: Jeff Collett, Colorado State Univ.; Xiaohong Liu, Univ. of Wyoming
10:30 AM
3B.1
10:45 AM
3B.2
Atmospheric NH3 Dynamics in Relation to PM2.5 Pollution in the North China Plain (Invited Presentation)
Xuejun Liu, China Agricultural Univ., Beijing, Beijing, China; and W. Xu, Y. Zhang, and A. Tang

11:00 AM
3B.3
The Underappreciated Role of Nonvolatile Cations on Aerosol Ammonium–Sulfate Molar Ratios
Rodney Weber, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA; and H. Guo and A. Nenes
11:15 AM
3B.4
Increased Atmospheric Ammonia over the World’s Major Agricultural Areas Detected from Space
J. X. Warner, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD; and Z. Wei, R. R. Dickerson, L. L. Strow, Y. Wang, and Q. Liang
11:45 AM
3B.6
Initial Applications of the New Cross-Track Infrared Sounder (CrIS) Satellite Observations of Ammonia
Mark W. Shephard, Environment Canada, Toronto, Canada; and S. K. Kharol, C. McLinden, C. E. Sioris, K. Cady-Pereira, E. Dammers, J. J. Siemons, L. Zhang, C. Whaley, J. Zhang, A. Segers, M. Schaap, J. M. O'Brien, P. A. Makar, and R. Vet
Recording files available
Joint Session 6
Bob's Legacy Continued: Mentoring and AMS Involvement
Location: Ballroom B (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Hosts: (Joint between the Robert T. Ryan Symposium; and the 46th Conference on Broadcast Meteorology )
Chair: Todd Glickman, MIT
J6.1
Paper J6.1 has been moved. New paper number J1.3A

10:30 AM
J6.2
10:45 AM
J6.3
Mentoring: An Integral Part of the Meteorological Profession
H. Michael Mogil, How The Weatherworks, Naples, FL
11:00 AM
J6.4
The Roadmap: Become an AMS-Certified Broadcast Meteorologist
Irene Sans, WFTV/ClimaData, Orlando, FL; and E. McGiffin
11:15 AM
J6.5
The AMS Board of Best Practices: Communicating Winter Weather Forecast Uncertainty
George Frederick Jr., Univ. of the Incarnate Word, Georgetown, TX; and G. J. Mulvey
11:45 AM
J6.7
Recording files available
Joint Session 7
Communicating the Value of Satellite Data to the Public
Location: Salon H (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)
Hosts: (Joint between the 14th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the 22nd Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography; the 13th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; and the Sixth AMS Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation )
Cochairs: Kathryn Shontz, NOAA/NESDIS/OSAAP; Susan A. Jasko, California University of Pennsylvania
10:30 AM
J7.1
Communicating Value: A Mutual Exploration, an Ongoing Conversation—Not a Sales Pitch
William Hooke, Associate Executive Director of AMS, Washington, DC
11:00 AM
J7.2
Communicating the Value of the Satellite Data: Examples from NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
Margarita Gregg, NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI, Asheville, NC; and K. Arzayus, M. J. Brewer, K. S. Casey, E. Kihn, K. V. Matthews, S. Mesick, J. L. Privette, N. A. Ritchey, M. Tanner, R. S. Vose, and M. Wohlgemuth
11:30 AM
J7.4
What Is a Satellite Measurement? Communicating Abstract Satellite Science Concepts to the World
Nadia Smith, Science and Technology Corporation, Columbia, MD; and K. Shontz and C. D. Barnet
Recording files available
Joint Session 8
Impacts of Aerosol–Cloud Interaction on Radiation
Location: Room 12A (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Hosts: (Joint between the 10th Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions; and the 20th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry )
Cochairs: Jun Wang, Univ. of Iowa; Zhibo Zhang, Univ. of Maryland
10:30 AM
J8.1
11:15 AM
J8.4
Effects of Biomass Smoke from Southern Africa on Stratocumulus over the Southeastern Atlantic based on Satellite Observations and WRF-Chem Model Simulations (Invited Presentation)
Xiaohong Liu, Univ. of Wyoming, Laramie, WY; and Z. Lu, Z. Zhang, C. Zhao, K. Meyer, C. Wu, C. Rajapakshe, Z. Yang, and J. E. Penner
11:30 AM
J8.5
Modeling the Impact of New Particle Formation on Regional Cloud Radiative Forcing
Ryan C. Sullivan, Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY; and P. Crippa, H. Matsui, R. Leung, C. Zhao, A. Thota, and S. C. Pryor


Session 8
Perspectives on Leadership for Early Career Professionals
Location: Room 6A (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Sixth AMS Conference for Early Career Professionals
Cochairs: Matthew C. Lacke, Jefferson County Department of Health; Mona Behl, The Univ. of Georgia; Jared Rennie, CICS/North Carolina State Univ.; Bradford Johnson, The Univ. of Georgia
Moderator: Matthew C. Lacke, Jefferson County Department of Health
Speakers: Dr. Sepideh Yalda, Millersville Univ.; Michelle D. Hawkins, NOAA/NWS; Mary Glackin, The Weather Company; Mike Clay
Recording files available
Joint Session 9
Soil Dust II: Lofting, Transport, Characterization, and Interactions with Clouds and Climate
Location: Room 9AB (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Hosts: (Joint between the 10th Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions; and the 20th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry )
Cochairs: Ottmar Möhler, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology; Naruki Hiranuma, West Texas A&M Univ.
10:30 AM
J9.1
Intercomparison of Ice Nucleation Measurements at a Mountaintop Field Observatory (Invited Presentation)
Sarah D. Brooks, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; and S. S. Petters, D. J. Cziczo, P. J. DeMott, M. D. Petters, K. D. Froyd, M. A. Zawadowicz, A. G. Hallar, I. B. McCubbin, and F. Team
11:00 AM
J9.2
Saharan Dust Signature Characterization during AEROSE 2015
Daniel Yeager, Howard Univ., Washington, DC; and V. R. Morris
11:15 AM
J9.3
Frequency and Characteristics of Volcanic Ash and Dust Suspension Events in Iceland
Mary K. Butwin, Univ. of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland; and S. von Löwis, M. A. Pfeffer, and Þ. Þorsteinsson
11:30 AM
J9.4
Southwestern New Mexico Thunderstorm Outflow Dust Events in 2017
David DuBois, New Mexico State Univ., Las Cruces, NM; and G. Lundeen and Z. Ghodsi Zadeh
11:45 AM
J9.5
Comparison of Saharan Dust Surface Mass Observations and Lidar in Miami, FL, to the MERRA2 Reanalysis
Samantha Kramer, RSMAS, Miami, FL; and P. Zuidema, R. Delgadillo, A. da Silvia, C. Alvarez, L. Custals, A. Barkley, C. J. Gaston, and J. M. Prospero
Recording files available
Joint Session 10
Advances in CubeSats and SmallSats to Improve Earth Science, Weather Forecasting, Space Weather Prediction, Hydrology Studies, or Climate Monitoring—Part II
Location: 615 AB (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)
Hosts: (Joint between the Eighth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; the 14th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; and the First Conference on Earth Observing SmallSats )
Cochairs: Stephen A. Mango, NOAA/NESDIS/Office of Projects, Planning, and Analysis Affiliate; Eric Fetzer, JPL/California Institute of Technology
10:45 AM
J10.2
Implementation of CubeSat Solar Irradiance Measurements: CSIM Solar Spectral Irradiance Continuity and On-Orbit Validation
Erik Richard, Univ. of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO; and D. Harber, G. Drake, P. Pilewskie, and T. N. Woods

11:00 AM
J10.3
Applications of NASA TROPICS Data for Tropical Cyclone Analysis, Nowcasting, and Impact
Bradley T. Zavodsky, NASA/MSFC, Huntsville, AL; and J. P. Dunion, W. J. Blackwell, S. A. Braun, D. S. Green, C. S. Velden, R. Adler, J. H. Cossuth, J. J. Murray, and M. J. Brennan
11:30 AM
J10.5
Enabling Observations of Ice Cloud Particle Size and Humidity Profiles in the Upper Troposphere/Lower Stratosphere from the Tropospheric Water and Cloud ICE (TWICE) Millimeter and Sub-millimeter Wavelength Radiometer Instrument for 6U-Class Satellites
Steven C. Reising, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and P. Kangaslahti, E. Schlecht, J. Jiang, X. Bosch-Lluis, M. Ogut, Y. Goncharenko, B. Kilmer, R. Cofield, S. Padmanabhan, N. Chahat, S. T. Brown, W. Deal, A. Zamora, K. Leong, S. Shih, and G. Mei

11:45 AM
J10.6
Developing Vicarious Calibration for Smallsat Microwave Instruments using Lunar Radiation
Hu Yang, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, College Park, MD; and F. Weng

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


Lunch Break

12:15 PM-1:15 PM: Monday, 8 January 2018


Beyond the Status Quo: Creating a Culture of Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity in Atmospheric Sciences and Related Fields   (CANCELED)
Location: Room 18A (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Town Hall Meetings
Organizer: Mona Behl, The Univ. of Georgia

NASA’s Earth Science Flight Program - Investments In And Planning For The Next-Generation Earth Observatories: Eric Ianson (NASA HQ)
Location: 615 AB (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Town Hall Meetings
Organizer: Robert Bauer, NASA Earth Science Technology Office

NOAA and NASA Use of Commercial Space-based Weather and Earth Science Data
Location: Room 18CD (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Side Panels
Organizer: Kate S. Becker, NESDIS
12:15 PM
408.1
Karen St. Germain
Karen St. Germain, NOAA/NESDIS/OSAAP, Silver Spring, MD

12:30 PM
Sandra Cauffman
Sandra Cauffman, NASA, Washington, DC

12:15 PM-1:45 PM: Monday, 8 January 2018

Recording files available
Presidential Town Hall Meeting: The Devastating 2017 Hurricane Season: Opportunities, Challenges, and Future Directions for the Weather Enterprise
Location: Ballroom D (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Presidential Town Hall Meetings
Cochairs: Tanja E. Fransen, NOAA/NWS; Maureen McCann, Spectrum News 13; Zhuo Wang, Univ. of Illinois at Urbana−Champaign
Moderator: Marshall Shepherd, Univ. of Georgia
Introductory Remarks
Louis Uccellini, NOAA National Weather Service (NWS), Silver Spring, MD
12:15 PM
Response, Recovery and Future Mitigation
Tony Robinson, FEMA Region 6, Denton, TX
12:30 PM
Flooding Impacts from Hurricane Harvey
Jeff Lindner, Harris County Flood Control District, Houston, TX
12:42 PM
Communication Challenges and Best Practices
John Toohey-Morales, WTVJ NBC-6, Miami, FL
12:54 PM
Storm Surge Communication and Impacts
Jamie R. Rhome, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/TPC/NHC, Miami, FL
1:06 PM
Impacts from 2017 Season in Puerto Rico
Ada Monzón, WIPR-TV, San Juan, PR
1:18 PM
Connections to Climate and Future Research Opportunities
Kerry Emanuel, MIT, Cambridge, MA

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

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Session 3
WAS*IS in Action
Location: Room 5ABC (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Sixth Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise
Chair: Claudia Nierenberg, NOAA
2:00 PM
3.1

2:00 PM-2:45 PM: Monday, 8 January 2018

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Joint Session 11
More Topics in Communication
Location: Ballroom B (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Hosts: (Joint between the Robert T. Ryan Symposium; and the 46th Conference on Broadcast Meteorology )
Chair: Cheryl Nelson, Cummins Inc. and WTKR-TV
J11.1
Paper J11.1 has been moved. New paper number J6.7

2:00 PM
J11.2
Use of Bayesian Statistics to Quantify Risk in Forensic Science: A Paradigm for Communicating Weather Risk?
Allan C. Eustis, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD

2:15 PM
J11.3
2:30 PM
J11.4
Climate Communication in a Red State
John Nielsen-Gammon, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX

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.
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Session 3
Regional and Coastal Hydrodynamic Model Coupling—Part I
Location: Room 12B (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 16th Symposium on the Coastal Environment
Cochairs: Michael DeFlorio, JPL; Nickitas Georgas, Stevens Institute of Technology
2:00 PM
3.1
Comparison between Wave, Surge, and Inundation Models over Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands
Joannes Westerink, Univ. of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN; and A. Van der Westhuysen, C. Anselmi, R. Calzada, J. Gonzalez, J. M. Perez, J. R. Rhome, E. Rodriguez, and J. Smith
2:15 PM
3.2
Improving Tidal Simulations in the NWS’ Extratropical Storm Surge Model along the Coasts of Alaska and the Gulf of Mexico
Huiqing Liu, NOAA/NWS/Office of Scientific and Technical Information/Meteorological Development Laboratory/DSB, Silver Spring, MD; and A. A. Taylor
2:30 PM
3.3
Basin to Inlet Scale Unstructured Grid Hydrodynamic Circulation Modeling of the Indian Ocean, Western Pacific Ocean, and Adjacent Marginal Seas
Joannes Westerink, Univ. of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN; and W. Pringle, A. Suhardjo, D. Wirasaet, J. Meixner, S. Brus, and A. B. Kennedy
2:45 PM
3.4
Exploring Coastal Hazards in Virginia and North Carolina via Reanalysis of 2011 Hurricane Irene with Future Sea Level Rise
Andrew L. Molthan, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA; and D. Loftis, J. R. Bell, J. Srikishen, D. Sun, D. Bekaert, S. Cohen, J. J. Murray, and D. S. Green
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Joint Session 12
Core Science Keynotes
Location: Room 18CD (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Hosts: (Joint between the 20th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; and the 10th Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions )
Cochairs: Jonathan Jiang, JPL; Ottmar Möhler, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
2:00 PM
J12.1
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Joint Session 14
Direct Broadcast Capabilities for Polar-Orbiting and Geostationary Satellites and Their Use in Support of Societal Needs
Location: Salon H (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)
Hosts: (Joint between the 14th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the 22nd Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography; and the Sixth AMS Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation )
Cochairs: Satya Kalluri, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR; Kathleen Strabala, CIMSS
2:00 PM
J14.1
Operational Capabilities, Products, and Customers of the NOAA Direct Broadcast Real Time Network
Liam Gumley, CIMSS/Space Science and Engineering Center/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
2:30 PM
J14.3
Status of the GOES-R Series GOES Rebroadcast
James McNitt, NESDIS, Silver Spring, MD; and M. Seybold
2:45 PM
J14.4
CSPP Geo Software for Processing Direct Broadcast Data from a New Generation of Geostationary Satellites
Graeme Martin, Univ. of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI; and L. Gumley, N. Bearson, J. Braun, G. Cureton, A. De Smet, R. Garcia, T. Jasmin, S. Mindock, E. Schiffer, and K. Strabala

2:00 PM-3:15 PM: Monday, 8 January 2018

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Session 3
AI Techniques for Decision Support
Location: Room 7 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 17th Conf on Artificial and Computational Intelligence and its Applications to the Environmental Sciences
Chair: Edwin Campos, Uptake Technologies
2:00 PM
3.1
Using Machine Learning to Forecast Severe Thunderstorm Winds on a CONUS-Wide Grid
Ryan A. Lagerquist, CIMMS, Norman, OK; and A. McGovern, M. B. Richman, and T. Smith
2:15 PM
3.2
Automatic Integrated Control of Lawn Irrigation with Rainwater Harvesting for Water Conservation and Stormwater Reduction
Fatemeh Habibi Ardekani, Univ. of Texas, Arlington, TX; and J. lee, S. Noh, and D. J. Seo

2:30 PM
3.3
A Decision Support Tool for Optimal Control of Planet Temperature Using Reinforcement Learning
Phuong D. Ngo, University of Tromsø (UiT), The Arctic Univ. of Norway, Tromsø, Norway; and M. Tejedor and F. Godtliebsen

2:45 PM
3.4
The Construction of an Earth Science Knowledge Network
Tsengdar Lee, NASA, Washington, DC; and J. Zhang and R. Ramachandran
3:00 PM
3.5
Using Machine Learning to Predict Warm-Season Convection over Northeastern Colorado
Gregory R. Herman, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and R. S. Schumacher
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Session 3
History of Observations and Measurements
Location: Room 2 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 16th History Symposium
Chair: Lourdes B. Avilés, Plymouth State University
2:00 PM
3.1
25 Years of NOAA-Supported Climate Field Experiments
Kenneth Mooney, NOAA, Silver Spring, MD; and W. Higgins, J. Huang, S. Lucas, J. Todd, and M. Patterson
2:15 PM
3.2
The International Indian Ocean Expedition—An Indian Perspective
Joy Merwin Monteiro, Stockholm Univ., Stockholm, Sweden
2:30 PM
3.3
History of Satellite Observations of East Pacific Atmospheric Rivers
Thomas Vonder Haar, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and J. M. Forsythe and C. J. Seaman
2:45 PM
3.4
The Hundred Year Hunt for the Red Sprite
Walter A. Lyons, WeatherVideoHD.TV, Fort Collins, CO
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Session 3B
Community Global Modeling: Next Generation Global Prediction System (NGGPS) and beyond: Improvements in Global Models, Key Components of Global Models and Statistical Techniques to Evaluate Those improvements—Part III
Location: Room 14 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Eighth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations
Cochairs: Louis Cantrell Jr., NOAA/NESDIS/Office of Projects, Planning, and Analysis/Technology, Planning and Integration for Observation; Curtis Alexander, NOAA/ESRL/GSD
2:00 PM
3B.1
2:15 PM
3B.2
2:30 PM
3B.3
Evaluation of the FV3-powered Next Generation Unified Prediction System System for Medium-Range Weather Prediction
Shian-Jiann Lin, NOAA/GFDL, Pricenton, NJ; and L. Zhou, J. H. Chen, L. Harris, X. Chen, and S. Rees
2:45 PM
3B.4
The New Dynamical Kernel of the Global Environmental Multiscale Model with Height-Based Vertical Coordinate
Syed Zahid Husain, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Dorval, Canada; and C. Girard
3:00 PM
3B.5
Inter-model Storm-Scale Comparisons from the 2017 HWT Spring Forecasting Experiment
Corey K. Potvin, CIMMS, and NOAA/OAR/NSSL, Norman, OK; and J. R. Carley, A. J. Clark, L. J. Wicker, and J. S. Kain
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Joint Session 13
Joint Session with the AMS Board on the Urban Environment. Part I: Urban Flow and Dispersion Processes and Modeling
Location: Salon G (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)
Hosts: (Joint between the 20th Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA; and the Board on the Urban Environment )
Chair: Jeffrey Weil, NCAR
2:00 PM
J13.1
Development and Evaluation of Improved Building Downwash Algorithms for Solid and Streamlined Structures
Ron L. Petersen, Cermak Peterka Petersen (CPP), Inc., Fort Collins, CO; and S. A. Guerra
2:15 PM
J13.2
2:30 PM
J13.3
Ventilation Potential in High-Rise Cities
Denise Hertwig, Univ. of Reading, Reading, UK; and S. Grimmond, H. Gough, J. Barlow, O. Coceal, and A. Robins

2:45 PM
J13.4
Tall Building Effects and Their Representation in Fast Urban Dispersion Models
Denise Hertwig, Univ. of Reading, Reading, UK; and L. Soulhac, V. Fuka, T. Auerswald, O. Coceal, P. Hayden, A. Robins, and Z. T. Xie

3:00 PM
J13.5
Blending Hardware and Software Innovations in Mobile Urban Sensing Technologies
Maider Llaguno-Munitxa, Princeton Univ., Princeton, NJ; and B. Bogosian, E. Bou-Zeid, A. Al Tair, D. Radcliff, Z. Chen, S. Fischer, Y. Ryu, J. Kim, and J. Bae

2:00 PM-3:30 PM: Monday, 8 January 2018


Session 3
International Perspectives and Observation
Location: Room 3 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 21st Atmospheric Science Librarians International Conference
Chair: Frederick Stoss, State Univ. of New York
2:00 PM
3.1
Delivering Best Practices of ICT for Youth in Agricultural Development
Ratih Nawangwulan, Wageningen Univ. and Research Centre, Wageningen, Netherlands
Manuscript (265.2 kB)

2:30 PM
3.2
Importance of Weather Forecasting for Climate-Smart Agriculture
Kirit Shelat, National Council for Climate Change, Ahmedabad, India

3:00 PM
3.3
Water Conservation Irrigation Practices for More Produce out of Crops
Saripalli SuryaNarayan, Indian Institute of Bridge Engineers, Mumbai, India
Manuscript (1.5 MB)

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Session 4
Data and Visualization Tools
Location: Room 8 ABC (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Eighth Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using Python
Chair: Sheri Mickelson, NCAR
2:00 PM
4.1
Enipy, Python Tools for Working with Earth Networks Lightning Data
Michael Stock, Earth Networks, Germantown, MD; and J. Lapierre
2:15 PM
4.2
A RESTful API for Python-Based Server-Side Analysis of High-Resolution Soil Moisture Downscaling Data
Mattheus P. Ueckermann, Creare LLC, Hanover, NH; and J. Bieszczad and D. R. Callender
2:30 PM
4.3
Using Python to QA and QC Data from the ZiaMet Weather Station Network
Stan Engle, New Mexico State Univ., Las Cruces, NM; and D. DuBois
2:45 PM
4.4
The Python-ARM Radar Toolkit: The Expected and Unexpected Uses of an Open Source Radar Toolkit
Zach Sherman, ANL, Argonne, IL; and S. Collis, R. Jackson, M. H. Picel, and J. Helmus
3:00 PM
4.5
Working with Tabular Geospatial Data using Pandas & Geopandas
Hannah Aizenman, City College of New York, New York, NY

3:15 PM
4.6
Analyzing Soundings with MetPy and Siphon
Ryan M. May, UCAR/Unidata, Boulder, CO

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

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Session 3
Observational Platforms for Space Weather—Part II
Location: Salon J (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 15th Conference on Space Weather
Chair: James F. Spann, NASA HQ
2:15 PM
3.2
Towards Operational Prediction of Medium- and Small-Scale Traveling Ionospheric Disturbances: A Navy Forecasting Prototype
Stephen D. Eckermann, NRL, Washington, DC; and D. Broutman, J. D. Doyle, Q. Jiang, J. Ma, and K. A. Zawdie
2:30 PM
3.3
Small-Scale O+ Density Observations from WINCS/SWATS
Andrew Nicholas, ; and F. A. Herrero, K. Dymond, K. A. Zawdie, A. W. Stephan, and T. T. Finne

2:45 PM
3.4
Recent Ionosphere Collection Results from a 3U CubeSat GNSS-RO Constellation
Timothy Duly, Spire Global Inc., Boulder, CO; and D. Ector, V. Irisov, V. Nguyen, O. Nogues-Correig, L. Tan, and T. Yuasa
3:00 PM
3.5
Multi-Site Tomographic Imaging and Characterization of Ionospheric Disturbances
Joseph Comberiate, Johns Hopkins Univ. Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD; and E. Miller, J. Noto, J. Fentzke, and J. Riccobono

3:15 PM
3.6
Converting the Ionosphere into a Laboratory without Walls—Active Ionospheric Research with HAARP
Robert P. McCoy, Univ. of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK; and C. Fallen and B. Bristow
3:30 PM
3.8
Space-Based Sentinels for Measurement of Infrared Cooling in the Thermosphere for Improved Space Weather Forecasting
Martin G. Mlynczak, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA; and D. J. Knipp, L. A. Hunt, and D. Weimer
3:45 PM
3.9
DORIS Observations from LEO for 3D Space Weather
David Rainwater, Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX

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


Panel Discussion 1
The AMS Student Experience at the Washington Forum
Location: Room 6A (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Sixth Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise
Cochairs: Heidi Centola, The Weather Company | IBM Watson & Cloud Platform; Thomas Fahy, Capitol Meteorologics
Moderator: Yaítza Luna-Cruz, Defense Threat Reduction Agency Reachback
Panelists: Cassandra Shivers, Howard Univ./NCAS; Amanda Hendrix, Millersville Univ.; Keenan C. Eure, Univ. of Maryland; Julio E. Ceniceros, Univ. of Texas at El Paso/NCASM
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Session 2
Effective Communication and Partnership Techniques to Effect Change in Preparedness Behavior
Location: Ballroom E (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Sixth Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation
Cochairs: Douglas Hilderbrand, NOAA/NWS; Jennifer Sprague, NOAA/NWS; Dave Jones, StormCenter Communications, Inc.
2:15 PM
2.2
2:30 PM
2.3
Extreme Weather Experience: Experiential Weather Edutainment
Erik Salna, Extreme Events Institute, Florida International Univ., Miami, FL
2:45 PM
2.4
Building a Weather-Ready Nation through the Integration of Communication and Education
Amber J. Liggett, Millersville Univ., Beaver, PA; and M. Scarzello Fairbanks and K. Garrett
3:15 PM
2.6
3:30 PM
2.7
Building the Weather-Ready Nation Ambassador Initiative in U.S. Territories
Charlie Woodrum, NWS, Honolulu, HI; and W. B. Aydlett, M. L. Aydlett, E. Lutu-McMoore, and J. Taifane
3:45 PM
2.8
The "One Wyoming" Weather-Ready Nation Initiative
Tim Troutman, NWS, Riverton, WY; and C. Hahn
Manuscript (185.5 kB)

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Session 3
Breaking the Mold: Leveraging New Data, Capabilities, and Practices in Support of Evolving Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Operations
Location: Room 16AB (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Sixth Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology Special Symposium
Cochairs: Cecilia Miner, NOAA/NWS; Bruce Telfeyan, 557 Weather Wing
2:00 PM
3.1A
Accuracy of New York Automated Wind Compression Tool
Victor Klimenko, AvMet Applications, Reston, VA; and M. Klopfenstein
2:15 PM
3.2
Evaluating High-Resolution Model Data for Aviation Impacts due to Cloud and Visibility for the San Francisco International Airport
Steven A. Lack, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/Aviation Weather Center, Kansas City, MO; and A. Cross, D. Bentley, C. S. Bartholomew, P. Buchanan, I. A. Boutle, S. Avey, and S. Alvidrez
2:30 PM
3.3
Advanced Weather Datasets for UAV Operations
Anuj Agrawal, Earth Networks, Germantown, MD

2:45 PM
3.4A
Assessment of Dual-Polarized Radar Coverage in the Terminal Airspaces of Commercial Airports
Jacqueline Waters, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma and NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and H. D. Reeves and A. Keys
3:00 PM
3.5
Operational Unmanned Mission Execution Forecasts at Dugway Proving Ground
John Pace, Dugway Proving Ground, Dugway, UT; and E. N. Vernon
3:15 PM
3.6
Quantifying the Relationship between Storm Size and Forecast Uncertainty for Enhanced Blending
James O. Pinto, NCAR/Research Applications Laboratory, Boulder, CO; and M. Steiner, K. Stone, and D. Albo
3:30 PM
3.7
Integrating GOES-16 Satellite into Convective Porosity Determination at CWSU Houston
Roland Nunez, NWS/Center Weather Service Unit, Houston, TX; and E. Zappe
3:45 PM
3.8
Optimizing Prediction of Lightning Initiation by Identifying Towers of Supercooled Water with Dual-Polarization Radar
Omar A. Nava, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, OH; and W. P. Roeder
4:00 PM
3.9A
Gap-Filling Radar Observations of a Snow Squall at San Luis Valley Regional Airport
Andrew A. Rosenow, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma and NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and K. W. Howard and J. Meitín
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Session 3
Data Assimilation in Coupled Process Models
Location: Ballroom G (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 22nd Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)
Chair: Neil Barton, NRL
CoChair: Sue Chen, NRL
2:00 PM
3.1
Description and Verification of a U.S. Naval Research Lab’s Loosely Coupled Data Assimilation System for the Navy’s Earth System Model
Neil Barton, NRL, Monterey, CA; and E. J. Metzger, O. M. Smedstad, B. Ruston, A. Wallcraft, T. R. Whitcomb, J. Ridout, L. Zamudio, P. Posey, C. Reynolds, J. G. Richman, and M. W. Phelps
2:15 PM
3.2
3:00 PM
3.5
First Steps Toward a Coupled Ocean–Atmosphere Data Assimilation System at the Canadian Meteorological Center
Sergey Skachko, EC, Dorval, QC, Canada; and J. M. Bélanger, M. Buehner, L. Garand, E. Lapalme, S. Laroche, M. Reszka, F. Roy, G. Smith, and D. Surcel-Colan
3:15 PM
3.6
Relative Importance of Different Observation Types for Improving Arctic Sea Ice Modeling
Yongfei Zhang, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and C. M. Bitz, J. Anderson, N. Collins, J. Hendricks, T. Hoar, and K. Raeder
3:30 PM
3.7
Is Soil Moisture a Major Factor That Affects Short-Range Near-Surface Weather Forecasts?
Zhaoxia Pu, Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and J. Liu and M. B. Ek
3:45 PM
3.8
Improving Atmospheric Fluxes with Ocean Reanalysis
Jim Carton, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, College Park, MD; and G. Chepurin, L. Chen, and S. Grodsky
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Session 3
Data Assimilation, Reanalysis and Data–Model Integration
Location: Room 4ABC (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Third Symposium on Multi-scale Predictability: Data-model Integration and Uncertainty Quantification for Climate and Earth System Monitoring and Prediction
Chair: Kerry A. Emanuel, MIT
3:00 PM
3.3
Exploring Online Data Assimilation for Paleoclimate Reconstruction Using an Idealized OSSE Framework
Atsushi Okazaki, RIKEN, Kobe, Japan; and T. Miyoshi, K. Yoshimura, and F. Zhang
3:15 PM
3.4
Earth System Modeling 2.0: A Blueprint for Models that Learn from Global Observations and Targeted High-Resolution Simulations (Invited Presentation)
Tapio Schneider, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA; and S. Lan, A. Stuart, and J. Teixeira

3:45 PM
3.5
Tests of Single-Column Model Physics Using RACORO Data and Bayesian Calibration
Charles Jackson, Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX; and A. M. Vogelmann and W. Lin
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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
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
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
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
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
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
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Session 3
Major Impacts of 2017 - Warm Season Events
Location: Ballroom D (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Major Weather Events and Impacts of 2017
Chair: Tanja E. Fransen, NOAA/NWS
2:00 PM
3.1
Global Weather and Climate Extremes of 2017 (Invited Presentation)
Klaus Wolter, CIRES, Univ. of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO
2:30 PM
3.3
Super Typhoon Hato — Observations, Forecasting and Warning
P. W. Chan, Hong Kong Observatory, Hong Kong, China; and T. C. Lee
2:45 PM
3.4
Tropical Cyclone Debbie (2017): Evaluating Analytically- and Numerically-Driven Wind and Storm Tide Hazards and Impacts
Richard J Krupar III, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD; and M. S. Mason, T. Kloetzke, D. J. Smith, and D. Henderson
3:00 PM
3.5
3:15 PM
3.6
Comparison of Radar and Ground based Hail Observations During the May 8 Hail Storm in Denver, Colorado
V. Chandrasekar, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and S. K. Biswas, I. Arias, K. E. Willmot, S. Bussmann, and A. Kubicek

3:30 PM
3.7
The May 17,2017 Derecho in Iowa, Illinois and Wisconsin
David A. Imy, NSSL, Norman, OK; and A. J. Clark
3:45 PM
3.8
The 2017 Tornado and Severe Weather Season (Invited Presentation)
Russell Schneider, NOAA/NCEP/SPC, Norman, OK; and P. Marsh
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Session 3
Pre-College Education Initiatives
Location: Ballroom C (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 27th Symposium on Education
Cochairs: Peter Dorofy, Rowan University; Jeffrey A. Yuhas, Morristown-Beard School
2:00 PM
3.1
Encouraging Young Women to Pursue STEM Fields: GiRLS GLOW
Cynthia K. Palmer, NOAA/NWS, Shreveport, LA; and B. Hughes, L. Frantz-May, W. Parker, M. Valverde, and F. Bowser
2:15 PM
3.2
Data in the Classroom: New Tools for Engaging Students with Data
Daniel P. Pisut, IMSG, Silver Spring, MD; and A. F. Dean
2:30 PM
3.3
Engaging Students in Real-Time Geovisualizations through Augmented Reality: A NASA Mission Earth Project
John D. Moore, Institute for Earth Observations at Pamyra Cove, Laurel Springs, NJ; and K. Czajkowski and P. Dorofy
2:45 PM
3.4
The Next Generation Science Standards: "The Cliff Notes"
Victoria L. Gorman, Citizen Science Education Program, Medford, NJ
3:00 PM
Break

3:15 PM
3.5
The 242 Mile Connection: How a Raspberry Pi and Stratospheric Exploration Brought Us Together
Charles John Peachey, Concord Carlisle Weather Services, Walden Street, MA; and R. Carchia, M. Corcoran, R. Tone, and J. Winstanley
3:45 PM
3.7
Modernization of the AMS DataStreme Project
Chad M. Kauffman, American Meteorological Society, Washington, DC; and W. Abshire, I. W. Geer, K. L. O'Neill, K. A. Nugnes, E. W. Mills, and A. E. Stimach
4:00 PM
3.8
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Session 3
The Second Wind Forecast Improvement Project (WFIP2): Part II
Location: Room 15 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Ninth Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy
Cochairs: Katherine McCaffrey, CIRES; Melinda Marquis, NOAA
2:15 PM
3.2
Assessment of the WRF Wind Farm Parameterization for Easterly Wake Events during the Second Wind Forecast Improvement Project
Rochelle Worsnop, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and J. K. Lundquist, B. Kosovic, P. A. Jimenez, Y. Pichugina, A. Choukulkar, T. A. Bonin, and B. J. McCarty
2:30 PM
3.3
Boundary Layer Depth Variability Over Complex Terrain as Observed During the WFIP2
Paytsar Muradyan, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL; and R. Coulter, R. Kotamarthi, D. Cook, T. J. Martin, H. J. S. Fernando, L. Leo, and S. Otarola

2:45 PM
3.4
Comparison of Boundary Layer Heights in the Columba River Gorge and Basin form Wind Profiling Radars and Numerical Weather Prediction Models during WFIP2
Laura Bianco, CIRES, Boulder, CO; and I. V. Djalalova, J. M. Wilczak, K. McCaffrey, J. B. Olson, J. Kenyon, K. Lantz, and C. N. Long
3:00 PM
3.5
Cloud Fraction and Cloud Base Measurements from Scanning Doppler Lidar during WFIP-2
Timothy A. Bonin, NOAA/CIRES, Boulder, CO; and C. N. Long, K. Lantz, A. Choukulkar, Y. Pichugina, B. J. McCarty, R. M. Banta, W. A. Brewer, and M. Marquis
3:15 PM
3.6
Surface Solar Radiation Observations at Three Sites across the Columbia River Basin as Part of the Wind Forecasting Improvement Project (WFIP-2)
Kathleen Lantz, NOAA, Boulder, CO; and C. N. Long, A. McComiskey, A. Kumler, M. Marquis, J. B. Olson, J. Kenyon, G. B. Hodges, E. Hall, and J. Wendell

3:30 PM
3.7
Evaluating Model Skill at Predicting Recurrent Diurnal Summertime Wind Patterns in the Columbia River Basin during WFIP-2
Robert M. Banta, NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and Y. Pichugina, W. A. Brewer, A. Choukulkar, C. Bonfanti, B. J. McCarty, T. A. Bonin, S. P. Sandberg, J. B. Olson, J. Kenyon, S. Benjamin, K. Lantz, C. N. Long, A. McComiskey, L. Bianco, I. V. Djalalova, J. Wilczak, J. Sharp, D. Cook, R. Eckman, M. T. Stoelinga, J. McCaa, M. Marquis, W. J. Shaw, and J. W. Cline
3:45 PM
3.8
Advancing NWP Wind Forecasts in Complex Terrain by Lidar Technology
Yelena Pichugina, NOAA/ESRL/Chemical Sciences Division (CSD) and CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and R. Banta, T. A. Bonin, A. W. Brewer, A. Choukulkar, B. J. McCarty, J. W. Cline, H. J. S. Fernando, J. Kenyon, R. Krishnamurthy, M. Marquis, and J. B. Olson
4:00 PM
3.9
WFIP2 Experiment: Wind Speed Ramp Events at 80 m above the Ground
Irina V. Djalalova, CIRES, Boulder, CO; and L. Bianco, J. Wilczak, J. B. Olson, J. Kenyon, E. Akish, M. T. Stoelinga, L. K. Berg, D. Cook, R. Coulter, R. Eckman, H. J. S. Fernando, E. P. Grimit, L. Leo, M. Marquis, P. Muradyan, S. Otarola, M. Pekour, G. Scott, and J. Sharp
Recording files available
Session 3
Verification and Validation — Part I: Communicating Probabilistic Information and Predictive Skill
Location: Room 19AB (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 25th Conference on Probability and Statistics
Cochairs: William Campbell, NRL; Matthew S. Wandishin, NOAA/ESRL/GSD and CIRES/Univ. of Colorado
2:00 PM
3.1
Fostering Open Communication about Forecast Improvement (Invited Presentation)
Betsy Weatherhead, University of Colorado, Boulder, Boulder, CO
2:30 PM
3.2
Unified Verification System
Ivanka Stajner, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and T. L. Jensen, G. Manikin, L. F. Bosart, B. Strong, M. Ek, and V. Tallapragada
2:45 PM
3.3
Enhancing Community Collaborations through NWP Software Containers
John Halley Gotway, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. K. Wolff, K. R. Fossell, M. Harrold, T. L. Jensen, T. Burek, and J. Exby
3:00 PM
Break

3:15 PM
3.4
An Overview of Verification in Support of GSD Model Development and the Evolution of Process-Oriented Analysis Tools
Jeffrey A. Hamilton, CIRES, Boulder, CO; and W. R. Moninger, K. Holub, M. B. Smith, R. Pierce, and B. Strong
3:30 PM
3.5
Evaluation of Global Model Physics Advancements using a Hierarchical Framework
Man Zhang, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado and NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and M. Harrold, J. K. Wolff, G. J. Firl, L. Bernardet, J. K. Henderson, H. Jiang, and G. Grell
3:45 PM
3.6
The Forecast Skill Card and the Diagonal Score
Zied Ben Bouallegue, ECMWF, Reading, UK; and T. Haiden and D. S. Richardson
4:00 PM
3.7
Linearization of Air Temperatures on the Pacific Ocean on the Equatorial Line
César Diez Chirinos, Universidad Nacional de Ingenieria, Lima, Peru; and C. J. Solano Sr.
Recording files available
Session 3A
Advances in Satellite Observations for Earth Science and Observing Technologies—Part I
Location: 615 AB (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Eighth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations
Cochairs: Bjorn H. Lambrigtsen, JPL/California Institute of Technology; Thomas Pagano, JPL/California Institute of Technology
2:15 PM
3A.2
DopplerScatt Instrument Concept for Simultaneous Measurements of Ocean Surface Vector Winds and Currents
Dragana Perkovic-Martin, ; and T. Gal, R. Rodriguez Monje, F. Nicaise, E. Rodriguez, K. Srinivasan, B. W. Stiles, and A. G. Wineteer
2:30 PM
3A.3
Observing Ice Clouds with Microwave-IR Polarimetric Radiometry: SWIRP Development
Dong L. Wu, NASA GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and M. Vega, W. Deal, R. Chipman, and P. Yang

2:45 PM
3A.4
Compact Midwave Imaging System (CMIS) for Near-Real-Time Cloud Sensing
Michael A. Kelly, Applied Physics Laboratory/The Johns Hopkins Univ., Laurel, MD; and D. L. Wu, J. H. Yee, J. D. Boldt, A. C. Goldberg, J. P. Wilson, C. A. Hibbitts, and A. Heidinger

3:15 PM
3A.6
Enabling Technology Transforms a Prototype GNSS Interferometric Reflectometry (GNSS-IR) System to Global Operation
Angelyn W. Moore, JPL, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA; and S. Hardman, C. Wong, S. Owen, D. Freeborn, K. M. Larson, and E. E. Small
3:30 PM
3A.7
3:45 PM
3A.8
A Next Generation Strategy for Weather Forecasting: Extending Observation Into the Upper Atmosphere
L. L. Gordley, GATS, Inc., Newport News, VA; and B. T. Marshall, D. C. Fritts, R. Lachance, and J. Fisher
4:00 PM
3A.9
Chasing the Shadows with the VIIRS Day/Night Band
Steven D. Miller, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and W. C. Straka III, C. J. Seaman, C. L. Combs, A. K. Heidinger, A. Walther, and J. E. Solbrig
Recording files available
Session 3A
Communicating Weather Information with a Focus on NWS Applications
Location: Ballroom F (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 13th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice
Chair: Richard Smith, NOAA/NWS
2:00 PM
3A.1
Baseline Measures of Reception, Comprehension, and Response to Severe Weather Forecasts and Warnings
Joseph T. Ripberger, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and C. Silva and H. Jenkins-Smith
2:15 PM
3A.2
WEA Transmission Bleed Over and Impact-Based Warnings
Valerie Sanders, WeatherCall Services, LLC, Parker, CO
2:30 PM
3A.3
Social Media Communication across the Weather Continuum: Introducing the Social Media Engagement Model for the National Weather Service
Jeannette Sutton, Univ. of Kentucky, Lexington, KY; and M. Olson, R. Prestley, S. Renshaw, S. Vos, and C. T. Butts
2:45 PM
3A.4
Improving Decision-Making Using Probabilistic Forecasting: A Case Study Using Experimental National Weather Service Snowfall Graphics
Linda Girardi, Eastern Research Group, Arlington, VA; and G. M. Eosco, J. Sharp, J. Sprague, and D. Soroka
3:00 PM
Break

3:15 PM
3A.5
3:30 PM
3A.6
3:45 PM
3A.7
The Impact of NWS Weather Forecast Office Culture on Tornado Warning Performance
Stephan B. Smith, NOAA/NWS/Office of Science and Technology Integration, Silver Spring, MD

4:00 PM
3A.8
Human Factors Affecting Tornado Warning Decisions in National Weather Service Forecast Offices
Frank Alsheimer, NWSFO, West Columbia, SC; and T. Johnstone, D. Sharp, V. Brown, and L. Myers
Recording files available
Session 3A
Drought Analysis and Prediction, Part II
Location: Room 18A (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 32nd Conference on Hydrology
Cochairs: Michael Hobbins, CIRES; Mark D. Svoboda, National Drought Mitigation Center; Jason A. Otkin, Univ. of Wisconsin–Madison; Joshua K. Roundy, Univ. of Kansas
2:00 PM
3A.1
VegOut-GHA: A Seasonal Vegetation Outlook for the Greater Horn of Africa (Invited Presentation)
Tsegaye Tadesse, National Drought Mitigation Center, Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE; and Y. A. Bayissa, G. B. Demisse, and B. Wardlow
2:30 PM
3A.3
Seasonal-Scale Drought Forecasting in Africa and the Middle East Using the NASA Land Information System (LIS)
Kristi R. Arsenault, NASA GSFC/SAIC, Greenbelt, MD; and S. Shukla, A. Hazra, C. D. Peters-Lidard, A. Getirana, S. Kumar, A. McNally, R. D. Koster, C. C. Funk, K. Bergaoui, R. McDonnell, J. B. Eylander, B. F. Zaitchik, H. S. Badr, and L. S. Harrison

2:45 PM
3A.4
Predicting Global Drought Conditions Using the North American Multi-Model Ensemble
Raymond B. Kiess, AWS, Asheville, NC; and J. P. Anthony, R. M. Randall, and R. D. Smith
3:00 PM
3A.5
Establishing Relationships between Drought and Wildfire Danger Indices for Improved Wildfire Risk Management
Dan McEvoy, DRI, Reno, NV; and T. Wall, T. J. Brown, J. Huntington, M. Hobbins, and M. Svoboda
3:15 PM
3A.6
Exploring the Relationship between Temporal and Spatial Dynamics of Drought Intensity and Dust Storm Point Sources in New Mexico, Texas, and Oklahoma 
Iyasu G. Eibedingil, Univ. of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX; and J. E. Ceniceros, T. E. Gill, T. Kandakji, M. Dominguez Acosta, A. D. Garcia, J. A. Lee, and J. Li

3:30 PM
3A.7
3:45 PM
3A.8
Advancing Ecological Drought with a Focus on Preparedness and Innovative Uses of Drought Prediction
Shelley Crausbay, Conservation Science Partners, Fort Collins, CO; and A. E. Cravens, J. McEvoy, A. Ramirez, J. Bradford, and S. Munson
4:00 PM
3A.9
Regional Drought Early Warning, Impacts, and Assessment for Water and Agriculture in the Rio Grande Basin, 2016–2017
David P. Brown, USDA, El Reno, OK; and T. K. Bernadt, D. DuBois, B. Fuchs, W. L. Hargrove, S. Hermitte, L. Kos, A. Kremen, M. A. Shafer, C. Steele, R. Steele, C. Turner, C. West, and C. Simpson
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Session 3A
International Applications: Making Environmental Hazard Science Useful, Usable, and Used
Location: Room 17A (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 34th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies
Cochairs: Ian Lisk, Met Office; Baudouin Raoult, ECMWF
2:00 PM
3A.1
Strengthening Disaster Risk Reduction across the Americas
David S. Green, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC; and J. J. Murray and T. M. Stough
2:15 PM
3A.2
Hazard Impact Framework: Developing Multi-Hazard Impact Models
Rebecca Hemingway, Met Office, Exeter, UK; and J. Mooney, O. Gunawan, T. Aldridge, and I. Lisk
2:30 PM
3A.3
The ARISTOTLE Multi-Hazard Expert Advice System for EU Disaster Response
Gavin Iley, UKMO, Exeter, UK; and G. Wotawa, D. Arnold, and A. Michelini
2:45 PM
3A.4
3:00 PM
3A.5
Discovery of Hidden Vulnerabilities in Critical Infrastructures
Alessandro Coletti, SMRC, Sterling, VA; and A. De Nicola, M. L. Villani, and G. Vicoli
3:15 PM
3A.6
Forecasting Flood Hazard on Real Time: Implementation of a New Surrogate Model for Hydrometeorological Events in an Andean Watershed
Maria Teresa Contreras, Univ. of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN; and C. Escauriaza, A. Taflanidis, and J. Westerink
3:30 PM
3A.7
The Gap between Availability and Use of Remotely Sensed Climate and Weather Data
Andrew Kruczkiewicz, IRI/Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre, Palisades, NY
3:45 PM
Discussion

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Session 3A
The Climate Science Special Report
Location: Salon F (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 31st Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Cochairs: David R. Easterling, NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI; Kenneth E. Kunkel, Cooperative Institute for Climate and Satellites
2:00 PM
3A.1
The Climate Science Special Report: An Overview (Invited Presentation)
Donald J. Wuebbles, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, Urbana, IL
3:00 PM
3A.4
The Fourth National Climate Assessment: A Tool for Informing Decisions (Invited Presentation)
Kristin Lewis, U.S. Global Change Research Program, Washington, DC; and D. R. Reidmiller, K. Reeves, and C. Avery
3:30 PM
3A.6
Large-Scale Circulation and Climate Variability (Invited Presentation)
Judith Perlwitz, NOAA/ESRL/Physical Sciences Division, Boulder, CO; and J. P. Kossin, T. R. Knutson, and A. LeGrande
3:45 PM
3A.7
Extremes and Attribution (Invited Presentation)
Russell Vose, NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI, Asheville, NC; and D. R. Easterling and K. E. Kunkel
4:00 PM
3A.8
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Session 3B
Building Resilience to Weather and Climate Extremes Across Scales
Location: Room 6B (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 13th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice
Chair: Lisa Dilling, Center for Science and Technology Policy Research
2:00 PM
3B.1
2:15 PM
3B.2
Drought Response and Planning in South Carolina: Challenges and Opportunities for Building Resilience across Scales and Sectors
Kirsten Lackstrom, Carolinas Integrated Sciences and Assessments, Columbia, SC; and H. Mizzell and E. Altman
2:45 PM
3B.4
Understanding and Responding to Ecological Drought: Supporting the National Drought Resilience Partnership in Montana’s Upper Missouri Headwaters
Amanda E Cravens, USGS, Fort Collins, CO; and A. Schwend, T. Laidlaw, J. McEvoy, S. Crausbay, A. Ramirez, N. Raheem, M. Cross, K. Hall, and S. Carter

3:00 PM
Break

3:15 PM
3B.5
4:00 PM
3B.8
Working with Decision-Makers to Improve Energy−Water System Resiliency in the Lower Hudson River Basin
Jack D. Fellows, ORNL (Retired), Oak Ridge, TN; and J. Pullen, J. E. Gonzalez, F. Saleh, V. Bhatt, and M. Schoonen
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Session 3B
Disseminating Earth Science and Climate Information for Better Decision Making, Part II
Location: Room 10AB (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 34th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies
Cochairs: Eugene Burger, NOAA/ERL/PMEL; Tiffany C. Vance, NOAA; Alex Coletti, SM Resources Corp.
2:00 PM
3B.1
The 2017 Update on the Arctic Report Card 
Eugene Burger, NOAA/ERL/PMEL, Seattle, WA; and J. A. Richter-Menge, J. E. Overland, and J. T. Mathis

2:15 PM
3B.2
Critical Review of NOAA’s Observation Requirements Process
Martin Yapur, NOAA/NESDIS/Office of Projects, Planning and Analysis, Silver Spring, MD; and L. McCulloch, M. LaJoie, T. V. Dinh, A. Mitchell, R. Reining, V. Ries, P. M. Taylor, L. O'Connor, D. Bludis, and A. Templeton
2:30 PM
3B.3
RadarScope: The Next Ten Years
Mike Wolfinbarger, Weather Decision Technologies, Inc., Norman, OK
2:45 PM
3B.4
CASA Alerts: Context-Aware Hyper-Local Severe Weather Alerting through X-Band Radars and Mobile Apps
Brenda J. Philips, Univ. of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA; and A. Bajaj, D. Westbrook, E. J. Lyons, M. Zink, A. Venkataramani, J. E. Trainor, C. E. League, and V. Chandrasekar
3:00 PM
Break

3:30 PM
3B.6
ESPDS Product Distribution and Access: A flexible data acquisition, data cataloging, data manipulation, and data delivery system for meteorological and other instrument data.
George Wilkinson, Solers, Greenbelt, MD; and R. Baker, M. Brogan, R. Niemann, D. M. Beall, S. Walsh, E. Richards, and T. Kowalski
3:45 PM
3B.7
CCDP: A GIS- and Web-Based Climate Change Data Portal for Better Decision Making
Xander Wang, Univ. of Louisiana, Lafayette, LA; and G. Huang

4:00 PM
3B.8
An Intelligent System for Discovery and Communication of Extreme Events
Ibrahim Demir, Univ. of Iowa, Iowa City, IA; and Y. Sermet and W. F. Krajewski
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Session 3B
ENSO Dynamics, Diversity, Prediction, and Impacts—Part I
Location: 616 AB (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 31st Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Cochairs: R. Saravanan, Texas A&M Univ.; Gudrun Magnusdottir, Univ. of California
2:00 PM
3B.1
ENSO and the Response to Global Warming
Dennis L. Hartmann, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and T. Kohyama
2:30 PM
3B.3
A Two-Year Forecast for a 60–80% Chance of La Niña in 2017–18
Pedro DiNezio, Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX; and C. Deser, A. Karspeck, S. Yeager, Y. M. Okumura, G. Danabasoglu, N. Rosenbloom, J. Caron, and G. A. Meehl
2:45 PM
3B.4
3:00 PM
3B.5
Contrasting Impacts of Slow and Fast Wind Variations on ENSO
Antonietta Capotondi, NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and P. D. Sardeshmukh
3:15 PM
3B.6
Influence of Westerly Wind Events Stochasticity on El Niño Amplitude: The case of 2014 vs. 2015.
Martin PUY, Institute for Geophysics, Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX; and J. Vialard, M. Lengaigne, E. Guilyardi, P. DiNezio, A. Voldoire, M. A. Balmaseda, G. Madec, C. Menkes, and M. J. McPhaden
3:30 PM
3B.7
Trans-Pacific ENSO Teleconnections Pose a Correlated Risk to Global Agriculture
Weston Anderson, Columbia Univ., New York, NY; and R. Seager, M. A. Cane, and W. Baethgen
3:45 PM
3B.8
A Tropical Ecological Forecasting Strategy for ENSO Based on a Global Modeling Framework
Forrest M. Hoffman, ORNL, Oak Ridge, TN; and M. Xu, N. O. Collier, P. Levine, and J. T. Randerson
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Session 3B
Precipitation Processes and Observations for Atmospheric, Land Surface, and Hydrological Modeling, Part II
Location: Room 18B (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 32nd Conference on Hydrology
Cochairs: Emad Habib, Univ. of Louisiana; Yu Zhang, Univ. of Texas at Austin; Paul A. Kucera, UCAR
2:00 PM
3B.1
Evaluation of a Mesoscale Convective System in Variable-Resolution CESM
Ashley E. Payne, Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; and C. Jablonowski
2:30 PM
3B.3
A Quick Summary of IMERG Versions and Features
George J. Huffman, NASA GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and D. T. Bolvin, D. Braithwaite, K. Hsu, R. J. Joyce, C. Kidd, E. J. Nelkin, S. Sorooshian, J. Tan, and P. Xie
2:45 PM
3B.4
3:00 PM
3B.5
Evaluation of the Mountain Mapper Product Generated by the Multi-Radar Multi-Sensor System (MRMS) over the Russian River Basin Region in California
Sounak K. Biswas, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and V. Chandrasekar, R. Cifelli, and J. Bytheway

3:30 PM
3B.7
Upgrading the United States Air Force Land Information System: Improvements to Global Precipitation Analysis
Eric M. Kemp, SSAI, Greenbelt, MD; and J. Wegiel, S. V. Kumar, J. Geiger, and C. D. Peters-Lidard

3:45 PM
3B.8
4:00 PM
3B.9
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Joint Session 15
NASA Earth Observation Systems and Applications for Health and Air Quality Models and Decisions
Location: Room 17B (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Hosts: (Joint between the Ninth Conference on Environment and Health; and the Eighth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations )
Cochairs: Sue M. Estes, Univ. of Alabama in Huntsville; John A. Haynes, NASA
2:00 PM
J15.1
2:15 PM
J15.2
2:30 PM
J15.3
How Remote Sensing of Vibrios Influence Public Health Decisions: Lessons Learned from Bengal Delta and Haiti
Antar Jutla, West Virginia Univ., Morgantown, WV; and S. Aziz, A. Huq, and R. Colwell

2:45 PM
J15.4
Smoke Exposure and Associated Health Effects across Several Fire Seasons and Locations in the Western United States
Bonne Ford, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and K. O'Dell, R. Gan, J. Liu, W. Lassman, M. Burke, G. Pfister, A. Vaidyanathan, J. Volckens, S. Magzamen, E. V. Fischer, and J. R. Pierce
3:00 PM
Break

3:15 PM
J15.5
Impact of Cloud Assimilation on Air Quality Simulations
Arastoo Pour Biazar, Univ. of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL; and A. T. White, R. T. McNider, B. Dornblaser, P. Cheng, and Y. Wu
3:30 PM
J15.6
An Operational System for Surveillance and Ecological Forecasting of West Nile Virus Outbreaks
Michael C. Wimberly, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. K. Davis, G. Vincent, A. Hess, and M. B. Hildreth
3:45 PM
J15.7
Chemical Data Assimilation to Improve Short-Term PM2.5 Predictions over the United States
Luca Delle Monache, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. Kumar, S. Alessandrini, P. E. Saide, J. Bresch, Z. Liu, G. Pfister, and D. P. Edwards
4:00 PM
J15.8
Web-Based Decision-Support Tools for Invasive Mosquitoes and Zika Virus Transmission Risk
Christopher M. Barker, Univ. of California, Davis, CA; and M. Marcantonio, M. Donnelly, and F. Melton

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


Panel Discussion 2
Valuing Climate Information and Networks for Improved Planning and Preparedness
Location: Room 5ABC (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Sixth Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise
Moderator: Claudia Nierenberg, NOAA
Panelists: Jennifer Helgeson, National Institute of Standards and Technology; Monica Grasso, NOAA; Malgosia Madajewicz, Columbia University; August Martin, ERM: Environmental Resources Management

2:45 PM-4:00 PM: Monday, 8 January 2018


Joint Panel Discussion 2
Best Practices and Innovations in Social Media
Location: Ballroom B (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Hosts: (Joint between the Robert T. Ryan Symposium; the 46th Conference on Broadcast Meteorology; and the Sixth AMS Conference for Early Career Professionals )
Moderator: Jason Samenow, Washington Post
Panelists: Rob Eicher, WHDH; Brad Panovich, WCNC-TV; Irene Sans, WFTV/ClimaData

3:00 PM-4:00 PM: Monday, 8 January 2018

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Session 4
Regional and Coastal Hydrodynamic Model Coupling—Part II
Location: Room 12B (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 16th Symposium on the Coastal Environment
Cochairs: Michael DeFlorio, JPL; Nickitas Georgas, Stevens Institute of Technology
3:00 PM
4.1
3:15 PM
4.2
Environmental Controls on Seasonal Carbon Dioxide Exchanges in a Salt Marsh of Virginia
Jesus Ruiz-Plancarte, Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA; and J. D. Fuentes, P. D'Odorico, and K. J. McGlathery

3:30 PM
4.3
COASTAL Act Program
Nicole P. Kurkowski, NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and M. Bilder
3:45 PM
4.4
Modeling of Storm-Induced Hurricane Inundation through a Comprehensive Flexible Coupling Framework.
Saeed Moghimi, NOAA, Silver Spring, MD; and A. Van der Westhuysen, A. Abdolali, Z. Ma, S. V. Vinogradov, J. Meixner, Y. Funakoshi, E. Myres, A. Chawla, A. Mehra, and F. Liu

3:15 PM-4:15 PM: Monday, 8 January 2018

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Session 2
Cloud-Radiation Interactions of Absorbing Aerosols—Part II
Location: Room 12A (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 10th Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions
Cochairs: Paquita Zuidema, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS; Yan Feng, Argonne National Laboratory
3:15 PM
2.1
A First Summary of the Layered Atlantic Smoke Interactions with Clouds (LASIC) Campaign in the Remote Southeast Atlantic
Paquita Zuidema, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and A. Adebiyi, A. C. Aiken, Y. Blanchard, V. Castro, J. Y. C. Chiu, B. Cunha, R. Delgadillo, C. J. Flynn, J. C. Hardin, B. M. Isom, P. Muradyan, K. Nitschke, L. Ramajiguru, L. D. Riihimaki, M. Ryczek, A. J. Sedlacek, S. Springston, J. Uin, J. Viegas, and J. Zhang
3:30 PM
2.2
Airborne and Satellite Imager Retrievals of Clouds and Above-Cloud Absorbing Aerosols during Oracles
Kerry Meyer, NASA GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and S. Platnick, G. T. Arnold, and J. Riédi
3:45 PM
2.3
Above-Cloud Aerosol Properties from Multi-Spectral Satellite and Aircraft Measurements during the ORACLES Field Campaign
Ian Chang, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and S. A. Christopher, J. Redemann, and S. E. LeBlanc
4:00 PM
2.4
Marine Stratocumulus Properties from the FPDR—PDI as a Function of Altitude and Aerosol during ORACLES Phase 1 and 2
Jennifer D. Small Griswold, Univ. of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI; and A. Heikkila and A. Dobracki

Session 3
MJO Propagation through the Maritime Continent
Location: Salon K (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Sixth Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Sub-Seasonal Monsoon Variability
Cochairs: Matthew Adam Janiga, UCAR; Noah D. Brenowitz, Univ. of Washington
3:15 PM
3.1
3:30 PM
3.2
Atmospheric Contributions to MJO Decay over the Maritime Continent
Charlotte A. DeMott, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and B. Wolding, E. D. Maloney, and D. A. Randall

3:45 PM
3.3
Simulations of MJO Propagation across the Maritime Continent: Impacts of SST Feedback
Jieshun Zhu, NOAA/NCEP, College Park, MD; and W. Wang and A. Kumar

4:00 PM
3.4
New Perspectives of the MJO from Tracking Its Precipitation
Chidong Zhang, PMEL, Seattle, WA; and J. LIng

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Session 4
Research to Operations: Selected Student Presentations
Location: Room 14 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Eighth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations
Cochairs: Martin Yapur, NOAA/NESDIS/Office of Projects, Planning and Analysis; Eric Fetzer, JPL/California Institute of Technology; Stephen A. Mango, NOAA/NESDIS/Office of Projects, Planning, and Analysis Affiliate
3:15 PM
4.1
A Cloud Analysis and Forecasting System (CAN) for the 2018 Winter Olympics
Yoonjin Lee, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and S. Albers, K. D. Ahn, C. D. Kummerow, Y. H. Lee, Z. Toth, and Y. Xie
3:30 PM
4.2
Relating Multi-Radar/Multi-Sensor Products to Lightning and Thunderstorm Severity
Kevin Thiel, Ohio Univ., Athens, OH; and I. R. Lee and K. Scharfenberg
3:45 PM
4.3
Developing and Testing Watch-Scale Forecast Products in the FACETs Paradigm
Makenzie Krocak, Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies, Norman, OK; and H. E. Brooks
4:00 PM
4.4
Simultaneous Retrieval of Dust Aerosol Optical Depth and Particle Size Using Spaceborne Lidar
Jiachen Ding, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; and P. Yang and R. E. Holz
Recording files available
Joint Session 16
Joint Session with the AMS Board on the Urban Environment. Part II: Urban Air Pollution Monitoring and Modeling
Location: Salon G (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)
Hosts: (Joint between the 20th Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA; and the Board on the Urban Environment )
Chair: Denise Hertwig, Univ. of Reading
3:15 PM
J16.1
3:30 PM
J16.2
Trend Analysis of Historical Ambient Ozone, NOx, and VOC Data in San Antonio, Texas
Mark J. Estes, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ), Austin, TX; and D. Westenbarger, B. Dornblaser, J. Steets, and J. Price

3:45 PM
J16.3
4:00 PM
J16.4
Annual PM2.5 State Implementation Plan Modeling for Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Using a Hybrid Plume/Grid Approach
Bart Brashers, Ramboll Environ, Lynnwood, WA; and R. Morris, J. Maranche, and A. J. Sadar
Recording files available
Joint Session 17
Satellite Testbeds and Proving Ground Activities
Location: Salon H (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)
Hosts: (Joint between the 14th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the 22nd Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography; and the Sixth AMS Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation )
Cochairs: Donald W. Hillger, NOAA/NESDIS; Huan Meng, NOAA/NESDIS/Center for Satellite Applications and Research
4:00 PM
J17.4
GOES-16 and Himawari-8 Integration at the Satellite Proving Ground for Marine, Precipitation, and Satellite Analysis
Michael J. Folmer, CICS, College Park, MD; and J. M. Sienkiewicz, J. D. Clark, H. D. Cobb III, N. A. Ramos, J. A. Nelson Jr., A. Orrison, M. Klein, J. Kibler, S. D. Rudlosky, S. J. Goodman, and M. Goldberg
Recording files available
Joint Session 18
Soil Dust III: Lofting, Transport, Characterization, and Interactions with Clouds and Climate
Location: Room 9AB (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Hosts: (Joint between the 10th Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions; and the 20th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry )
Cochairs: Ottmar Möhler, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology; Naruki Hiranuma, West Texas A&M Univ.
3:15 PM
J18.1
Dust-Infused Baroclinic Storm Clouds: The Evidence, Meteorology, and Some Implications
Michael D. Fromm, NRL, Washington, DC; and P. F. Caffrey and G. P. Kablick III
3:30 PM
J18.2
Impact of Simulated Dust Lofting Methodologies on Sea Breezes along the Arabian Peninsula
Stephen M. Saleeby, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and S. C. van den Heever and J. Bukowski
3:45 PM
J18.3
Disappearing Dust Plumes: Exploring the Roles of Water Vapor and Dust Properties in Detection from Satellite Observations
Sonia Kreidenweis, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and Q. Bian, L. Grasso, X. Xu, J. Bukowski, S. C. van den Heever, J. E. Solbrig, and S. Miller

4:00 PM
J18.4
Retrieving Dust Aerosols over Oceans from MODIS
Yaping Zhou, Morgan State Univ., Greenbelt, MD; and R. Levy, L. Remer, S. Mattoo, and R. Kleidman

3:30 PM-4:00 PM: Monday, 8 January 2018

Recording files available
Session 4
AI Applications to the Environment in Private Companies and Public−Private Partnerships
Location: Room 7 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 17th Conf on Artificial and Computational Intelligence and its Applications to the Environmental Sciences
Chair: Sarvesh Garimella, ACME AtronOmatic, LLC
3:30 PM
4.1
3:45 PM
4.2
Cloud Classification of Cellphone Photos by Machine Learning
Kun Yue, Moji Weather, Beijing, China; and J. Zhuang and L. Ding

3:30 PM-4:15 PM: Monday, 8 January 2018


Session 4
ASLI Book Awards
Location: Room 3 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 21st Atmospheric Science Librarians International Conference
Chair: Jinny Nathans, American Meteorological Society
Recording files available
Session 4
Notable Women and Minority Figures in Atmospheric Science
Location: Room 2 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 16th History Symposium
Chair: Lourdes B. Avilés, Plymouth State University
3:45 PM
4.2

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

Recording files available
Joint Session 19
Communication Then and Now
Location: Ballroom B (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Hosts: (Joint between the Robert T. Ryan Symposium; and the 46th Conference on Broadcast Meteorology )
Chair: Elizabeth McGiffin, KY3

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


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

Poster Session 1
20ATMChem Poster Session I
Location: Exhibit Hall 3 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 20th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry
Chair: Jonathan Jiang, JPL
Cochairs: Jeff Collett, Colorado State Univ.; Kenneth Pickering, Univ. of Maryland
184
Evaluation of Ambient Ammonia Measurements from a Research Aircraft Using a Fast-Response TILDAS Spectrometer with Active Passivation
Ilana Pollack, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and J. Lindaas, J. R. Roscioli, M. Agnese, and E. V. Fischer

Handout (2.6 MB)

185
Stable Isotopic Composition of NH3 at Regional and Urban Scales: Source and Transport Implications
J. David Felix, Texas A&M Univ, Corpus Christi, TX; and A. Berner, E. M. Elliott, and E. A. D. Alvarez

188
The Spatial and Temporal Distribution of Atmospheric Ammonia in Northern Colorado
Katherine B. Benedict, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and E. Bangs, Y. Li, Y. Shao, A. P. Sullivan, and J. L. Collett Jr.

189
Tropospheric and Stratospheric BrO Profiles from Mountaintops in the Remote Marine Atmosphere
Theodore K. Koenig, Univ. of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO; and B. Dix, F. Hendrick, N. Theys, M. Van Roozendael, J. Brioude, J. P. Cammas, and R. Volkamer

190
Bromine Conundrum over Tropical Oceans: A Missing BrO Sink in the Remote Marine Boundary Layer
R. Volkamer, Univ. of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO; and T. Koenig, B. Dix, R. Chiu, G. Tyndall, J. J. Orlando, E. C. Apel, S. Y. Wang, M. S. Long, and Y. Miyazaki

191
Aerosol Optical Properties with Polydisperse Size Distribution and Mixture Types during Smog and Asian Dust Events in Seoul, South Korea
Chang Hoon Jung, Kyungin Women's Univ., Incheon, Korea, Republic of (South); and J. Lee, J. Um, and Y. P. Kim

192
LaRC Modeling of Ozone Formation in San Antonio, Texas
Fangzhou Guo, Rice Univ., Houston, TX; and R. Griffin, A. Bui, B. Schulze, H. Wallace, J. H. Flynn III, M. Erickson, S. L. Alvarez, A. Kotsakis, S. Usenko, R. Sheesley, and S. Yoon

193
A Case Study of a Springtime Ozone Episode in the North China Plain
Sarah Benish, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD; and P. Stratton, X. Ren, H. He, and R. R. Dickerson

Poster 195 is now paper 7.3A

196
Impact of Convection and Long-Range Transport on Short-Lived Halocarbons in the UT/LS
E. Atlas, Univ. of Miami, Miami, FL; and S. Schauffler, M. Navarro, R. Lueb, R. Hendershot, and R. Ueyama


Poster Session 1
8th Research to Operations (8R2O)—Poster Session
Location: Exhibit Hall 3 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Eighth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations
270
National SOO-DOH Projects Initiative
David T. Myrick, NOAA/NWS/Office of Science and Technology Integration, Silver Spring, MD

271
NWS Headquarters 1STOP Initiative
Tim McClung, NOAA, Silver Spring, MD

272
Best Practices for Severe Thunderstorm Detection with Limited Low-Level Radar Data
Kevin M. Wagner, NOAA/NWS Forecast Office, Corpus Christi, TX

273
Evaluating the Impact of Grell–Freitas Convective Parameterization into Tropical Cyclone Simulations Using FV3GFS
Keren Rosado, NCAS/ESRL/GSD, Boulder, CO; and G. A. Grell, L. R. Bernardet, and E. A. Kalina

274
Toward Accurate, Efficient, and Consistent Global Flux Simulations
Chia-Pang Kuo, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; and P. Yang, X. Huang, D. Feldman, M. G. Flanner, C. Kuo, and E. Mlawer

275
Enhancing FAA/NWS Research-to-Operations to Support Global and Domestic Missions through the Unified Post Processor
Brian P. Pettegrew, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Kansas City, MO; and D. L. Sims, H. Y. Chuang, J. W. Scheck, and M. Strahan

278
On the Utility of Global Ensemble Forecast Systems for Tropical Cyclogenesis Forecasts
Alan Brammer, SUNY, Albany, NY; and C. Thorncroft and J. P. Dunion

279
Near-Real-Time CAPE Combining Hyperspectral IR Satellite Sounding and Surface Met Stations
Callyn Bloch, IMSG/NOAA/NESDIS/STAR, College Park, MD; and R. O. Knuteson and A. Gambacorta

Handout (3.7 MB)

280
A New Convective Index for Africa
Gabriel Donndelinger, U.S. Air Force/Department of Defense, Wright Patterson AFB, OH; and R. Tseng


Joint Poster Session 1
Advancing the Use of Earth Observations to Benefit Global Food Security and Agriculture
Location: Exhibit Hall 3 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Hosts: (Joint between the 32nd Conference on Hydrology; and the 13th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice )
Cochairs: Christa D. Peters-Lidard, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center; Danielle Wood, MIT; Margaret M. Hurwitz, Science Systems and Applications, Inc.; Bradley Doorn, NASA
9
Views of the 2016 Northern Plains Flash Drought: Farmer Perspectives and Remote Sensing Data
Tonya Haigh, National Drought Mitigation Center, Lincoln, NE; and J. A. Otkin and A. Mucia

10
Seasonal-Scale Water Deficit Forecasting in Africa and the Middle East Using NASA’s Land Information System (LIS)
Christa D. Peters-Lidard, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD; and K. R. Arsenault, S. Shukla, A. Getirana, A. McNally, R. D. Koster, B. F. Zaitchik, H. S. Badr, J. M. Roningen, S. Kumar, and C. C. Funk

11
Examining the Value of Global Seasonal Reference Evapotranspiration Forecasts to Support FEWS NET's Food Insecurity Outlooks
Dan McEvoy, DRI, Reno, NV; and S. Shukla, M. Hobbins, G. Husak, J. Huntington, C. C. Funk, D. Macharia, and J. Verdin

12
A New Global Reference Evapotranspiration Reanalysis Forced by MERRA2: Opportunities for Famine Early Warning, Drought Attribution, and Improving Drought Monitoring
Michael Hobbins, CIRES, Boulder, CO; and C. Dewes, D. McEvoy, S. Shukla, L. S. Harrison, S. L. Blakeley, A. McNally, and J. P. Verdin

13
Changing Precipitation Patterns Challenges Food Security in the Indus Basin
Ashish Kondal, West Virginia Univ., Morgantown, WV; and M. Usmani, L. Lin, and A. Jutla

15
Combining Surface Climate and Satellite Vegetation Data to Understand Agricultural Productivity in China
You Wu, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, China; and X. Z. Liang

17
A New Remote-Sensing Indicator for Measuring Degree of Crop Damage due to Natural Disasters
Liping Di, George Mason Univ., Fairfax, VA; and E. Yu and R. Shrestha

18
The Research on Disastrous Law of Drought and Flood in Hubei Province in China
Yue Zhou, Institute of Heavy Rain, China Meteorological Administration, Wuhan, China; and Y. Zhou and L. Ye


Poster Session 1
Aerosol–Cloud–Climate Interactions Posters I
Location: Exhibit Hall 3 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 10th Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions
Cochairs: Adele L. Igel, Univ. of California; Ottmar Moehler, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
244
Examining the Distributions of Ozone, Water Vapor, and Chemical Tracers from the CONTRAST Campaign
Kathryn M. Steinmann, San Jose State Univ., San Jose, CA; and M. Diao

245
Laboratory Investigation on the Immersion Freezing Behavior of Arctic Aerosols Collected in Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard
Kimberly Cory, West Texas A&M Univ. (WTAMU), Canyon, TX; and D. Cappelletti, M. Mazzola, R. Udisti, and N. Hiranuma

Poster 246 has been moved. New paper number is 4.6A

247
Analyzing Hygroscopic Particle Growth of West Antarctic Boundary Layer Aerosols during AWARE
Jeramy L. Dedrick, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; and J. Liu, L. M. Russell, G. Senum, J. Uin, C. Kuang, and D. Lubin

248
Evaluation of Arctic Clouds and Their Response to External Forcing in Climate Models
Yuan Wang, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA; and J. Jiang, Y. Ming, H. Su, and Y. Yung

249
Relationships between Ice Nucleation Process and Crystal Habit for Arctic Mixed-Phase Clouds—a Numerical Study
Tempei Hashino, Kyushu Univ., Kasuga, Japan; and G. de Boer, H. Okamoto, and G. J. Tripoli

250
Ice Nucleation Activity of Dust Particles Emitted from a Cattle Feeding Operation in the Texas Panhandle
Craig Whiteside, West Texas A&M Univ. (WTAMU), Canyon, TX; and B. W. Auvermann, J. Bush, C. Goodwin, R. McFarlin, and N. Hiranuma

251
Dust Forecasting: A Study of U.S. Air Force Numerical Weather Modeling Performance and Skill
Robert Tournay, 16th Weather Squadron, Offutt AFB, NE; and J. M. Hidalgo, W. T. Sedlacek, C. N. Chisler, G. Creighton, and E. Neemann

252
253
Is There a Relationship between the Immersion Freezing Activity and the Mineralogical Composition of Natural Dust Aerosols?
Ottmar Möhler, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany; and R. Ullrich, H. Bingemer, K. Höhler, N. Hoffmann, K. Kandler, T. Koop, A. Kiselev, N. Marsden, N. Reicher, Y. Rudich, T. Schiebel, M. Szakall, R. Wagner, D. Weber, and P. G. Weidler

254
Relative Contributions of Convective and Non-Convective Dust Lofting over the Arabian Peninsula
Jennifer Bukowski, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and S. C. van den Heever

255
Characterization of Marine Stratocumulus Clouds and Aerosol–Cloud Interactions during ORACLES
Ashley Heikkila, Univ. of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI; and J. D. S. Griswold, S. Howell, A. Dobracki, and M. Kacarab

256
Radiative Effects on the Growth of Cloud Droplets in a 3D LES Model
Xin Zhou, Stony Brook Univ., Stony Brook, NY; and Y. Liu, S. Endo, and S. Yoo


Poster Session 1
Drought Analysis and Prediction
Location: Exhibit Hall 3 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 32nd Conference on Hydrology
Cochairs: Michael Hobbins, CIRES; Mark D. Svoboda, National Drought Mitigation Center; Jason A. Otkin, Univ. of Wisconsin–Madison; Joshua K. Roundy, Univ. of Kansas
19
Do Floods Terminate a Drought?
Michael C. Kruk, Earth Resources Technology, Inc., Asheville, NC; and R. R. Heim Jr., D. McEvoy, and A. M. Sheffield

21
Combining GEFS with CHIRPS Precipitation Estimates to Bias Correct Precipitation Forecasts for Food Security Analysis
Martin Landsfeld, Univ. of California, Santa Barbara, CA; and C. C. Funk, L. S. Harrison, P. Peterson, S. Shukla, and G. Husak

22
Improving the Communication of Drought Conditions in Canada—Advancements in the Canadian Drought Monitor
Trevor Hadwen, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Regina, Canada; and P. Cherneski, L. Richard, M. Magendrathajan, and M. McBurney

23
Recovery of Hydrological Conditions in California: A GIS Case Study
Zachary S. Bruick, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and J. Wei, A. Savtchenko, and W. Yang

24
Local Drought Management
Mark A. Shafer, Southern Climate Impacts Planning Program, Norman, OK

25
A New 34-Year Satellite-Based Monthly Tmax Climate Data Record, the Climate Hazards Infrared/MERRA2 Tmax with Stations: CHIMERRAS Tmax
Pete Peterson, Univ. of California, Climate Hazards Group, Santa Barbara, CA; and S. Peterson, A. Meiburg, C. C. Funk, J. Michaelsen, F. Davenport, G. Husak, S. Shukla, D. Pedreros, D. Macharia, N. Mata, K. Knapp, and T. Dinku

26
Subseasonal-to-Seasonal Climate Forecast Rodeo
Ken Nowak, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Denver, CO; and R. Cifelli and L. D. Brekke

27
Drivers of Atmospheric Evaporative Demand during African Droughts
Laura S. Harrison, Univ. of California, Santa Barbara, CA; and S. L. Blakeley, M. Hobbins, C. Dewes, C. C. Funk, S. Shukla, P. Peterson, and G. Husak

28
Generating Forecasts of Reservoir Storage Using Climate Information from Probability of Exceedance (POE) Plots of Seasonal Rainfall
D. Nelun Fernando, Texas Water Development Board, Austin, TX; and J. Zhu and S. Negusse

29
Satellite WRSI-Based Drought Vulnerability Functions and Agricultural Drought Risks Using Paired CHIRPS and Reference ET GRIDS in Senegal
Harikishan Jayanthi, USGS, Sioux Falls, SD; and G. Husak, C. C. Funk, J. P. Verdin, M. T. Hobbins, T. Magadzire, A. Adoum, and G. Galu

31
Development of Prototype National Water Model Soil Moisture Products for Drought Monitoring
Mimi Hughes, CIRES, Boulder, CO; and R. J. Zamora, D. L. Jackson, R. Cifelli, R. S. Webb, D. DeWitt, and P. Colohan

32
GRACE-Assimilated Drought Indicators for Drought Monitor
Hualan Rui, NASA GSFC and Adnet Systems, Greenbelt, MD; and B. Vollmer, W. Teng, C. F. Loeser, H. Beaudoing, and M. Rodell

33
Prediction of Winter Wheat Yield Loss Caused By Dry-Hot Wind Based on Remote Sensing
Ying Li, China Meteorological Administration/Henan Key Laboratory of Agrometeorological Support and Applied Technique, Zhengzhou, China; and H. Chen, X. Wang, and H. Zhang
Manuscript (338.0 kB)

Handout (48.9 MB)

34
The Southeast Drought and Wildfires of 2016: How It Developed and What We Learned
Pamela N. Knox, The Univ. of Georgia, Athens, GA; and C. E. Konrad and C. E. Konrad

35
The Evolution of Drought Planning in Georgia Since 2000: A Cautionary Tale
Pamela N. Knox, The Univ. of Georgia, Athens, GA; and D. E. Stooksbury

37
Madden–Julian Oscillation and Summer Precipitation/Drought in the Canadian Prairies
Zhenhua Li, Univ. of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada; and Y. Li, A. Manson, and B. R. Bonsal


Poster Session 1
GOES-R/JPSS Poster Session I
Location: Exhibit Hall 3 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 14th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems
Cochairs: Gary McWilliams, NESDIS JPSS Program Office/Science and Technology Corporation; Tim Schmit, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR
213
Using VIIRS Aerosol Products to Assess the Impact of Wildfire Emissions on Observed Air Quality in the Mid-Atlantic Region
Amy K. Huff, Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA; and W. F. Ryan, S. Kondragunta, and H. Zhang

214
Comparison of Data from the North Georgia Lightning Mapping Array and the GOES-16 Global Lightning Mapper
John M. Trostel, Georgia Tech. Research Institute, Atlanta, GA; and J. L. Losego and M. R. Frank

215
CSPP SDR 3.0 Support for JPSS-1 and CrIS FS
Scott Mindock, Univ. of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI; and G. Martin, R. Garcia, K. Strabala, L. Gumley, and A. Huang

216
SDI Grb Appliance: An Excellent Way to Process the GOES-R Grb Data Stream
Scott Mindock, Univ. of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI; and J. Beavers and R. A. Kohrs

218
Assessment of the Impact of ABI Radiance Assimilation NWP Skill
Xiaolei Zou, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD; and L. Lin, X. Zhuge, and Z. Qin

219
Advancing New Satellite Products into Operations: CIRA's NWS Proving Ground Plans
Ed Szoke, NOAA/ESRL/GSD and CIRA, Boulder, CO; and D. Bikos, B. H. Connell, S. D. Miller, R. Brummer, D. T. Lindsey, D. W. Hillger, D. A. Molenar, and C. J. Seaman

220
New Frontiers in GOES-R ABI Validation: A Feasibility Study for Using Near-Surface Unmanned Aircraft Systems
Aaron J. Pearlman, GeoThinkTank LLC, Washington, DC; and F. P. Padula, T. C. Liu, X. Shao, C. Cao, and S. J. Goodman

Poster 221 has been moved. New paper number is 6B.4A

222
GOES-16: Year One
Christopher C. Schmidt, Univ. of Wisconsin/CIMSS, Madison, WI

223
Himawari Support in the CSPP-GEO Direct Broadcast Package
Geoff Cureton, Univ. of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI

225
GOES-16 Sensor Data: NRL Ground Station Reception and GeoIPSTM Processing
Richard L. Bankert, NRL, Monterey, CA; and K. A. Richardson, M. L. Surratt, A. P. Kuciauskas, J. H. Cossuth, S. D. Miller, and J. E. Solbrig

226
Atlantic Ocean Hurricane Force Storms: Identifying Stratospheric Air Intrusions and the Effects of Hurricane Force Wind Events on the Iceberg Limit
Kristina Mazur, NCEP Student Internship Program, Ocean Prediction Center, College Park, MD; and M. J. Folmer, L. J. Phillips, J. M. Sienkiewicz, and E. Berndt

227
Anticipating Winter Weather with Next-Generation Satellite Sensors
Emily Berndt, MSFC, Huntsville, AL; and S. S. Harkema and M. J. Folmer

228
CSPP Geo GRB: Direct Broadcast Software for GOES-16
Nick Bearson, Univ. of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI; and T. Jasmin, S. Mindock, J. Braun, and G. Martin

229
Joint Polar Satellite System Data Products and Applications
Bonnie Reed, JPSS, Suitland, MD; and A. Layns and M. J. Folmer

230
CICS-MD Contributions to NOAA Satellite Water Cycle Products and Services
Patrick C. Meyers, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD; and R. R. Ferraro, E. H. Berbery, N. Y. Wang, H. Meng, S. D. Rudlosky, J. Dong, and Y. You

232
ABI Imagery: From Concept to Operations
Mathew M. Gunshor, Univ. of Wisconsin/CIMSS, Madison, WI; and T. J. Schmit, J. M. Feltz, K. Bah, H. Zhang, and J. P. Nelson III

233
Validation of the SNPP CrIS Full-Resolution NUCAPS Trace Gas EDRs
Nicholas R. Nalli, IMSG, College Park, MD; and A. Gambacorta, C. Tan, F. Iturbide-Sanchez, C. D. Barnet, M. Wilson, X. Xiong, and Q. Liu

234
VISIT and SHyMet Training Activities at CIMSS
Scott S. Lindstrom, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and A. S. Bachmeier, J. J. Gerth, T. J. Schmit, M. M. Gunshor, D. Bikos, E. J. Szoke, and B. H. Connell

235
Retirement/Divestiture of Geostationary and Polar Orbiting Satellite Products
Ame Fox, NOAA, Silver Spring, MD; and C. Best, J. D. Sims, A. Layns, A. Hall, B. Hefner, and N. Ritchey
Manuscript (88.9 kB)

Handout (72.5 MB) Handout (1.8 MB)

236
Streamlining On-Demand Access to Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) Data Products for Weather Forecasting
John D. Evans, Global Science & Technology, Inc., Greenbelt, MD; and D. Tislin

237
Evaluation of NUCAPS products in AWIPS-II: Results from the 2017 HWT
Ashley Wheeler, Science and Technology Corporation (STC), Columbia, MD; and N. Smith, A. Gambacorta, and C. D. Barnet
Manuscript (468.2 kB)

Handout (7.9 MB)

238
Deployment of the First-Ever Operational Network of Commercially-Provided GOES-16 Direct-Receive Ground Stations in Central and South America
Richard Stedronsky, Enterprise Electronics Corporation, Enterprise, AL; and E. Baptiste and H. Y. Shin

239
240
Utilizing MBSE to Modularly Architect the NESDIS Ground Enterprise
Patrick Barnes, Jeffries Technology Solutions, Inc., Herndon, VA

241
Lessons Learned Processing Data from Live GOES-16 Data Using the Operational Algorithms
Erik Steinfelt, AER, Lexington, MA; and D. Hogan, E. J. Kennelly, P. A. Van Rompay, A. Werbos, and T. S. Zaccheo


Poster Session 1
Monday Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
Location: Exhibit Hall 3 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Ninth Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy
257
Can Surface Roughness Changes Explain Terrestrial Wind Stilling?
Jacob Coburn, Univ. of Minnesota, Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN

258
Using Lidar and Nacelle-Mounted Anemometer Measurements to Analyze a Complex Terrain Effect on Wind Flow Pattern
Brandi J. McCarty, CIRES, Univ. of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO; and Y. Pichugina, A. Choukulkar, T. A. Bonin, A. Brewer, M. Marquis, and J. Sharp

259
WFIP2 Validation and Verification Strategy
Caroline Draxl, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO; and R. Banta, L. K. Berg, L. Bianco, T. A. Bonin, A. Choukulkar, A. Clifton, J. W. Cline, E. Colon, I. V. Djalalova, E. P. Grimit, K. Holub, J. S. Kenyon, B. Kosovic, V. R. Kotamarthi, K. Lantz, C. Long, J. K. Lundquist, J. McCaa, K. McCaffrey, J. F. Newman, J. B. Olson, Y. Pichugina, J. Sharp, W. J. Shaw, N. H. Smith, M. D. Toy, V. Ghate, and R. Worsnop

Poster 260 has been moved. New paper number is 1.3A

261
Overview of WFIP2 Model Validation Efforts
Melinda Marquis, NOAA, Boulder, CO; and Y. Pichugina, R. Banta, A. Choukulkar, T. A. Bonin, B. J. McCarty, L. Bianco, I. V. Djalalova, K. McCaffrey, J. M. Wilczak, K. Lantz, C. N. Long, J. B. Olson, J. S. Kenyon, M. Toy, K. Holub, R. Pierce, C. Draxl, J. F. Newman, A. Clifton, J. K. Lundquist, R. Worsnop, B. C. Ancell, L. K. Berg, K. A. Lundquist, and J. W. Cline

262
Can Wakes be Accurately Characterized in Complex Terrain?
Aditya Choukulkar, Univ. of Colorado Boulder and NOAA/ESRL/Chemical Sciences Division, Boulder, CO; and B. J. McCarty, Y. Pichugina, T. A. Bonin, R. M. Banta, S. P. Sandberg, A. Weickmann, and W. A. Brewer

263
Analysis of Waked Wind Flow in Complex Terrain from Doppler Lidar Measurements
Yelena Pichugina, NOAA/ESRL/Chemical Sciences Division (CSD) and CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and N. Persson, A. Choukulkar, R. M. Banta, T. A. Bonin, W. A. Brewer, B. J. McCarty, S. P. Sandberg, and A. M. Weickmann


Poster Session 1
Nationwide Network of Networks—Poster Sessions
Location: Exhibit Hall 3 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Sixth Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise
Chair: John Horel, Univ. of Utah
286
The South Alabama Mesonet—Impacts on the North-Central Gulf Coast Community
Sytske Kimball, Univ. of South Alabama, Mobile, AL; and W. D. Terwey, S. Schultze, and N. S. Grondin

287
Modernizing the Georgia Mesonet to Provide Real-Time Weather Services
Ian D. Flitcroft, Univ. of Georgia, Griffin, GA

289
Recent Improvements to the Access of Mesonet Observations via MesoWest
Alexander A. Jacques, Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and J. D. Horel, C. Galli, J. Pechmann, A. Abernathy, and J. S. Young

290
Network Analysis of the Former USRCRN Stations across New Mexico
David DuBois, New Mexico State Univ., Las Cruces, NM; and S. Engle


Poster Session 1
Poster Session I
Location: Exhibit Hall 3 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 31st Conference on Climate Variability and Change
82
Relationships between Subtropical Marine Low Stratiform Cloudiness and Estimated Inversion Strength in CMIP5 Models
Tsuyoshi Koshiro, MRI, Tsukuba, Japan; and M. Shiotani, H. Kawai, and S. Yukimoto

84
Contributions of Asian Pollution and SST Forcings on Precipitation Change in the North Pacific
Sang-Wook Yeh, Hanyang Univ., Ansan, Korea, Republic of (South)

86
Effect of Aggregated Black Carbon Aging on Their Infrared Absorption and Longwave Radiative Forcing
Yu Wu, Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China; and T. Cheng

87
Effects of Mixing States on the Multiple-Scattering Properties of Black Carbon Aerosols
Tianhai Cheng, Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China; and Y. Wu

91
Linear Analysis of Moisture Transport due to Baroclinic Waves
Alfredo N Wetzel, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and L. M. Smith and S. N. Stechmann

93
Detecting Climate Trends Using AIRS, IASI, and CrIS Brightness Temperature Spectra
Daniel DeSlover, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and R. O. knuteson, D. Tobin, and H. Revercomb

94
Understanding an Intermodal Diversity of the Northwestern Pacific SST in CMIP5 RCP Scenarios
Dong-Won Yi, Hanyang Univ., Ansan, Korea, Republic of (South); and S. W. Yeh

Handout (1.4 MB)

95
Moist Processes as Triggers for Tipping Points in Weather–Climate Interactions
Derek J. Posselt, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and G. Tierney, F. He, and A. Morales

Poster 98 has been moved. New paper number 1B.4A

99
A Process-Based Assessment of Decadal-Scale Surface Temperature Evolutions in the NCAR CCSM4’s 25-Year Hindcast Experiments
Junwen Chen, Sun Yat-sen Univ., Guangzhou, China; and Y. Deng, W. Lin, and S. Yang

101
Room for Improvement in Seasonal-to-Decadal Climate Prediction
Sang-Ik Shin, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado Boulder and NOAA/ESRL/Physical Sciences Division, Boulder, CO; and M. Newman

102
Trying Out a Planetary Ring System for ENSO Prediction
Lucy Hancock, Consultant, Washington, DC; and R. B. Chadwick

Handout (2.2 MB)

103
New ENSO Identification: Applications for Seasonal Prediction
Michael Ventrice, The Weather Company/IBM, Andover, MA

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106
Different Decaying Characteristics for Two Types of El Niño and Their Relationships with the Summer Rainfall in China
Shengjie Chen, Jiangsu Meteorological Observatory, Nanjing, China; and J. He

107
GEOS-5 Seasonal Forecast System: ENSO Prediction Skill and Bias
Anna Y. Borovikov, SSAI, Greenbelt, MD; and R. Kovach and J. Marshak

Handout (4.0 MB)

108
The Role of the South Pacific Oscillation in ENSO Predictions
Jason C. Furtado, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and Y. You

110
A Case Study of Coastal El Niño Event in Early 2017
Noriyuki Adachi, JMA, Tokyo, Japan; and K. Takemura, H. Sato, and K. Kamiguchi
Manuscript (1.2 MB)

Handout (1.6 MB)

112
Examining Diurnal Variability across the Equatorial Pacific Basin associated with ENSO
Tony O. Hurt Jr., Significant Opportunities in Atmospheric Research and Science, Boulder, CO; and N. Sakaeda, J. Dias, and G. N. Kiladis

113
Understanding Long-Lead ENSO Predictions within the Framework of Recent ENSO Events.
Boniface O. Fosu, Utah State Univ., Logan, UT; and S. Y. Wang

114
Cold Season Southwest Asia Precipitation Sensitivity to El Niño–Southern Oscillation Events
Andrew Hoell, NOAA, Boulder, CO; and M. Barlow, T. Xu, and T. Zhang

115
The Relationships Between El Niño Southern Oscillation and Climate Extremes in Paraná River Basin, Brazil
Eliane Barbosa Santos, Brazil; and E. D. Freitas, S. A. A. Rafee, T. Fujita, A. P. Rudke, J. A. Martins, L. D. Martins, R. Hallak, and R. A. F. Souza
Manuscript (888.9 kB)

Handout (1.3 MB)


Poster Session 1
Poster Session I—Education
Location: Exhibit Hall 3 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 27th Symposium on Education
Cochairs: Diane M. Stanitski, NOAA ESRL Global Monitoring Division; Ann Reiser, NOAA
120
The Use of VR and AR Applications for Meteorological Education
Brian J. Billings, Millersville Univ., Millersville, PA; and P. Dorofy

121
Mixed Reality Visualization of Rocket Launch Weather Criteria
Armani L. Cassel, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; and E. Munoz and N. McHenry

122
Using Physical Intuition To Teach Concepts in Dynamics
Robert G. Fovell, Univ. at Albany, Albany, NY

123
Students of Purdue Observing Tornadic Thunderstorms for Research (SPOTTR): A Severe Storms Field Work Course at Purdue University
Robin Tanamachi, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN; and D. T. Dawson II, M. E. Baldwin, and L. Carleton Parker

Handout (8.3 MB)

124
Student Knowledge Structures: Considering a Fluid Parcel
Kathleen Quardokus Fisher, Florida International Univ., Miami, FL; and L. Saucer

125
Precipitating Change: Integrating Meteorology, Mathematics, and Computational Thinking
Amanda Hendrix, Millersville Univ., Millersville, PA; and N. Marcum-Dietrich, C. Staudt, T. Moher, and M. Bruozas

126
Creating and Using OER Materials in an Intro-Level Atmospheric Science Class
Alison D. Nugent, Univ. of Hawaii at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI; and J. D. S. Griswold and C. Karamperidou

127
Impacts of the NSF-Funded ACES S-STEM Project on Atmospheric Sciences Students at a Public Liberal Arts University
Douglas K. Miller, Univ. of North Carolina, Asheville, NC; and M. Cameron, C. M. Godfrey, J. D. Brock, and C. C. Hennon
Manuscript (411.5 kB)

Handout (3.9 MB)

129
The Views of an "Adjunct" Teaching Upper Division Meteorology
George Frederick Jr., Univ. of the Incarnate Word, Georgetown, TX

130
Engaging Prospect Students in Meteorology with a Mobile Weather Station at the Alamo Colleges District
John Strybos, Alamo Colleges–San Antonio College, Live Oak, Texas

131
Using Twitter and Interactive Broadcasts to Engage and Empower Meteorology Students
Theresa Ruggiero, Concord-Carlisle Regional High School, Concord, MA

133
Updates to "Modtran Infrared Light in the Atmosphere"
Douglas Pease, Univ. of Connecticut, Storrs, CT; and D. Archer

134
136
Cloudy or Not, Here Comes the Meteorology!
Teresa M. Bals-Elsholz, Valparaiso Univ., Valparaiso, IN; and K. H. Goebbert and A. J. Stepanek

137
Cloud Identification Exercise
Wendilyn J. Flynn, Univ. of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO
Manuscript (34.3 kB)

Handout (34.3 kB)

138
The AMS Student Conference "Tools of the Trade" Session: An Open-Access Resource for Developing Computing Skills in the Atmospheric Sciences
Aryeh J. Drager, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and S. M. Hitchcock, C. T. Rhodes, S. W. Freeman, E. R. Nielsen, and J. A. Knox

Handout (9.0 MB)

139
Tips on Preparing Students for Careers Outside of Academia
Valerie Sloan, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. Haacker and R. L. Batchelor

140
Communicating One's Skill Set: Learning to Translate Experiences for Future Employers in Meteorology
Adam J. Stepanek, Valparaiso Univ., Valparaiso, IN; and T. M. Bals-Elsholz

141
Developing an Educational Program Using Science on a Sphere
Michelle Corcoran, Morristown-Beard School, Morristown, NJ; and R. Tone, J. A. Yuhas, and E. L. Russell

142
Expanding the Footprint of MBWS
Rebecca Tone, Morristown-Beard School, Morristown, NJ; and C. Norteman, M. Corcoran, J. Schneider, R. Carchia, J. Dubose, M. DeSimone, V. Sharma, and J. A. Yuhas

143
Creating a High School Weather Community: Information from Us, for Us
Henry Nelson, Concord-Carlisle Regional High School, Concord, MA; and W. Hickman, E. Marano, and T. Ruggiero

145
Collaborative Teaching to Enhance Science Elementary School Pre-Service Teacher Knowledge of Climate
Felicia Widerlewis, Edward Waters College, Jacksonville, FL; and J. Arnold and A. Miller-Jenkins

146
Place-Based Learning about Climate with Elementary GLOBE
Lisa S. Gardiner, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and B. Hatheway, J. Taylor, D. M. Stanitski, and T. R. Harte

147
An Intrusive Research Mentoring Program in Remote Sensing for Undergraduate Minority Students
Reginald Blake, New York City College of Technology, City Univ. of New York, Brooklyn, NY; and J. Liou-Mark, H. Norouzi, and L. Yuen-Lau

150
Undergraduate Student Experiences as Part of the NSF-IUSE Geoscience Engagement and Outreach Program: Student Research Using GIS-Based Spatial Analysis of Rain Rates
Corene J. Matyas, Univ. of Florida, Gainesville, FL; and K. Stofer, J. Judge, H. Lannon, and B. Lanman
Manuscript (421.7 kB)

Handout (900.3 kB)

151
Pathways to Atmospheric Science Through Immersion in Geoscience Research
Melissa A. Burt, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and S. Bililign, A. S. Denning, K. Schimmel, A. Mekonnen, Y. L. Lin, J. Zhang, M. Jha, and B. Banks

152
The Next Generation of Leaders is Here! Taking the SOARS Program Nationally
Rebecca Haacker, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and T. Mayo, R. L. Batchelor, and D. A. Hence

153
Coloring as a Means to Lightning Data Exploration
Deborah K. Smith, Univ. of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL; and T. Smith, L. Sinclair, A. M. Weigel, and K. Bugbee

155
Community-Based Problem Solving to Introduce Inclusive STEM Pedagogies
Richard Wagner, Metropolitan State Univ. of Denver, Denver, CO; and J. Johnson


Poster Session 1
Poster Session Monday
Location: Exhibit Hall 3 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Ninth Conference on Environment and Health
264
El Niño−Southern Oscillation Variability and Its Effects on Cholera Occurrence Rates
Kayla A. Cotterman, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Vicksburg, MS; and E. M. Yeates

265
Zika in Americas
Rita Colwell, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD; and A. Jutla

266
Analyzing the Relationship between Suspected Meningitis Cases and the Simulated WRF PM10 Concentrations in West Africa
Moussa Gueye, Pennsylvania State Univ., Univ. Park, PA; and K. Coker and G. S. Jenkins

267
The Evaluation of Particulate Dust Measurements in Senegal, Cape Verde and Burkina Faso during 2016 and 2017
Gregory S. Jenkins, Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA; and J. M. Gernand, E. Brito, M. Drame, M. camara, D. Niang, J. Rouamba, H. Diallo, and D. Rimm

268
Climate Change and Health Vulnerability in Informal Urban Settlements of Kaduna Metropolis, Northern, Nigeria
Auwal F. Abdussalam, Kaduna State Univ., Kaduna, Nigeria; and M. T. Dansabo

269
National Cattle Comfort Advisor: A Decision Support Tool for Cattle Heat and Cold Stress Management
Albert Sutherland, Oklahoma State Univ., Norman, OK; and C. Richards, M. Rolf, M. D. Klatt, and R. Jabrzemski


Poster Session 1
Posters
Location: Exhibit Hall 3 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 34th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies
Cochairs: Kevin R. Tyle, SUNY; Scott S. Lindstrom, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin
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Application of a High Performance Computing Package to the R Script for Assessment of Climate Suitability for a Crop
Shinwoo Hyun, Seoul National Univ., Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South); and K. S. Kim

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Atmospheric Blocking and Intercomparison of Objective Detection Methods: Flow Field Characteristics
Marielle C. Pinheiro, Univ. of California, Davis, CA; and P. Ullrich and R. Grotjahn

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Drought.gov, the Website for the National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS)
Steve Ansari, NOAA/NESDIS/National Centers for Environmental Information, Asheville, NC; and N. McCraw, A. Stowell, and K. Bogan

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Tuna and Data Standards: The Use of Rosetta in the Oceanographic In Situ Data Interoperability Project (OIIP)
Sean C. Arms, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and V. M. Tsontos, C. H. Lam, N. Quach, C. K. Thompson, F. Platt, and J. Roberts

Handout (5.7 MB)

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Crowd-Sourced Environmental Sensing Using Mobile Devices on Land and Sea
Marc Shapiro, Creare LLC, Hanover, NH; and J. Bieszczad and D. R. Callender


Poster Session 1
Posters 1
Location: Exhibit Hall 3 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Eighth Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using Python
283
Vertical Interpolation with MetPy
Tyler J. Wixtrom, Texas Tech Univ., Lubbock, TX; and R. M. May, J. R. Leeman, and K. H. Goebbert

284
A Python Reference Implementation of Standard Drought and Climate Indicators
James Adams, NOAA, Asheville, NC; and S. Ansari and D. S. Arndt


Poster Session 1
Space Weather Posters I
Location: Exhibit Hall 3 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 15th Conference on Space Weather
Chair: Michael Wiltberger, NCAR
197
Telling the Story of Space Weather
William B. Cade III, Baylor Univ., Waco, TX

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GOES-R Space Weather Capabilities: Improved Measurements and New Products
Margaret Tilton, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and W. Rowland, S. M. Codrescu, D. Seaton, and R. Redmon

203
Space Weather Intelligence System (SPRINTS)
Alexander Engell, NextGen Federal Systems, Havre de Grace, MD

204
Quantifying the Effect of Solar Storms on Total Electron Count (TEC) in the Ionosphere over U.S. Sector Using Neural Networks
Disha Sardana, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Univ., Blacksburg, VA; and G. Earle

205
First Results from the Solar Ultraviolet Imager on GOES-16
Daniel Seaton, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and J. M. Darnel, C. G. Edwards, D. P. Mathur, D. S. Sabolish, R. Seguin, M. Shaw, L. Shing, G. Slater, and G. Vasudevan

206
Unphysical Behavior in IRI-2016 and Suitability for Space Weather Operations
David Rainwater, Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX; and A. Kuck and C. Deal

208
The Great American Eclipse Weather Phenomena
Anthony V Papol, Brown Univ., Pendleton, OR; and V. Papol

209
Surface Flux Measurements during the 21 August 2017 Total Solar Eclipse
W. Scott Gunter, Columbus State Univ., Columbus, GA

212
Method and Validation for Determining Hooke TID Parameters from GNSS Data
Jacob Schofield, Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX; and D. Rainwater


Poster Session 2
Hydrometeorological Extremes for Hydrologic Design
Location: Exhibit Hall 3 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 32nd Conference on Hydrology
Cochairs: Kathleen D. Holman, Department of the Interior; Victoria Bahls, MetStat, Inc.; Charles D. McWilliams, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
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Meteorological Review on 10 Significant Annual Precipitations in Seoul during 1778–2016
Jae Won Lee, KMA, Incheon, Korea, Republic of (South); and D. S. Kim

41
Developing an Accessible Database of Extreme Storms for Hydrologic Modeling and Research
George W Hayes III, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha, NE; and C. D. McWilliams and B. P. Mulcahy

44
A Web-Based Stochastic Storm Transposition Toolkit for Physically Based Rainfall and Flood Hazard Analysis
Daniel B. Wright, Daniel B., Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and G. Yu and K. Holman

45
Everyone at the Table: Colorado and New Mexico’s Comprehensive Approach to Modernizing Extreme Precipitation Estimation for Dam Safety Decision-Making
Kelly Mahoney, NOAA, Boulder, CO; and B. McCormick, T. Alcott, R. Cifelli, E. P. James, and R. S. Webb


Poster Session 3
Precipitation Processes and Observations for Atmospheric, Land Surface, and Hydrological Modeling
Location: Exhibit Hall 3 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 32nd Conference on Hydrology
Cochairs: Emad Habib, Univ. of Louisiana; Yu Zhang, Univ. of Texas at Austin; Paul A. Kucera, UCAR
48
Evaluation of Precipitation from NU-WRF Models at Multiple Spatiotemporal Resolutions over CONUS
Yuqi Zhang, Univ. of Kansas, Lawrence, KS; and J. K. Roundy and J. A. Santanello

49
The NCEP's Climatology-Calibrated Precipitation Analysis (CCPA) Version 4
Yan Luo, NOAA/NCEP/EMC and IMSG, College Park, MD; and Y. Zhu, D. Hou, Y. Lin, and P. Xie

50
Characteristics of Raindrop Size Distribution in a Mei-Yu Front Heavy Rainfall Process over Central China
Chunguang Cui Sr., China Meteorological Administration, Wuhan, China; and Z. Zhou, Z. Fu, and X. Dong

52
Developments within the TAMSAT Group for Long-Term Rainfall Monitoring and Assessement across Africa
Ross Maidment, Univ. of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom; and E. Black, M. Young, and H. Greatrex

55
An Evaluation of Quantitative Precipitation Estimators over the Western United States
Matthew E. Jeglum, NOAA/NWS, Salt Lake City, UT; and C. Kahler, P. Veals, and A. Edman

Handout (2.1 MB)

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An Operational Real-Time and Seasonal Hydrologic Forecasting System (HFS) for the Upper Zambezi Basin, Africa
Rodrigo Valdés-Pineda, Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and J. B. Valdés, E. Demaria, T. Roy, M. Durcik, S. Wi, A. Serrat-Capdevila, J. Brent Roberts, and F. R. Robertson

57
Intercomparison of Reflectivity Measurements between GPM DPR and NEXRAD Radars
Munsung Keem, Univ. of Iowa, Iowa City, IA; and B. C. Seo and W. F. Krajewski

58
Advancing Precipitation Estimation in Data-Sparse Regions—The MRMS Multi-Sensor QPE Product
Steven M. Martinaitis, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma and NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and C. Langston, J. Zhang, K. W. Howard, and Y. Qi

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Current Advancements and Future Direction of Gauge Ingest and Quality Control in the MRMS System
Steven M. Martinaitis, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma and NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and C. Langston, Y. Qi, S. B. Cocks, J. Zhang, and K. W. Howard

61
Changes in Patterns of Rainy Days in Nigeria
Sheyi, Adewole Aworinde, Adeyemi college of education, Ondo, Nigeria

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A Long-Term Global Precipitation Dataset Based on the Latest Advances in GPM Algorithm Development and Sensor Intercalibration
Wesley Berg, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and C. D. Kummerow, V. Petković, and P. J. Brown

64
Application of Multi-Radar Multi-Sensor Precipitation Product in Flash Flood Modeling
Almoutaz A. El Hassan, Prairie View A&M Univ., Prairie View, TX; and H. K. Bayabil, A. Fares, E. Risch, and H. Sharif

65
Near-Coastal Sea Surface Temperature Variability and Its Impact on Landfalling Atmospheric Rivers in California
Rachel Weihs, SIO/Univ. of California, La Jolla, CA; and F. Cannon and F. M. Ralph

66
Improving the Drought Monitoring Capabilities of Land Surface Models by Integrating Bias-Corrected, Gridded Precipitation Estimates
D. Brent McRoberts, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; and S. M. Quiring, B. T. Zavodsky, C. D. Peters-Lidard, J. W. Nielsen-Gammon, J. L. Case, and D. M. Mocko


Poster Session 4
Severe Precipitation Detection, Estimation, Forecast and Hydrometeorological Applications, Posters
Location: Exhibit Hall 3 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 32nd Conference on Hydrology
Chair: Ming Xue, Univ. of Oklahoma
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Convective-Permitting Simulations of Extreme Weather and Climate Events in El Salavador with the Weather Research and Forecasting Model
Christopher L. Castro, Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and C. Ochoa-Moya and A. I. Quintanar

Handout (2.2 MB)

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Assessment of Distributed Hydrological Model Products for Flash Flood Operations
James Halgren, RTI International, Fort Collins, CO; and L. E. Johnson, T. Coleman, and R. Cifelli

70
A Scale to Characterize the Strength and Impacts of Atmospheric Rivers
Jonathan J. Rutz, NWS, Salt Lake City, UT; and F. M. Ralph, M. Dettinger, J. M. Cordeira, L. J. Schick, M. L. Anderson, C. Smallcomb, and D. W. Reynolds

71
Dynamical Insights into Extreme Short-Term Precipitation Associated with Supercells and Mesovortices
Erik R. Nielsen, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and R. S. Schumacher

Handout (14.8 MB)

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Forecasting and Simulation of Floods in Western Boundary Basin Ilam,Iran
Farahnaz Taghavi, Univ. of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

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The Research on Hydrometeorology Coupling Method in Basin Flood Warning and Forecasting
Tao Peng, Institute of Heavy Rain, China Meteorological Administration, Wuhan, China; and T. Peng, C. G. Cui, Z. Y. Yin, T. Y. Shen, and J. C. Wang

74
Multi-Sensor QPE for Operational Hydrological Application in Brazil
Cesar Beneti, Parana Meteorological System (SIMEPAR), Curitiba, Brazil; and R. V. Calheiros, L. Calvetti, M. Sorribas, C. Oliveira, R. L. Neundorf, J. Ruviaro, and A. Breda

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Tackling the Verification of Flash Floods
Gregory R. Herman, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and R. S. Schumacher

76
High-Resolution Quantitative Precipitation Estimation from Measurement of S-Band Doppler Weather Radar Network over Eastern China
Chaoying Huang, Key Laboratory of Environment Change and Resources Use in Beibu Gulf (Guangxi Teachers Education Univ.), Nanning, China; and S. Chen, Z. Liang, and B. Hu

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MRMS Precipitation Estimates Using Specific Attenuation
Stephen B. Cocks, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma and NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and L. Tang, Y. Wang, J. Zhang, A. Ryzhkov, P. Zhang, and K. W. Howard

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Quantitative Precipitation Estimation Using X-Band Dual-Pol Phase-Array Radar Measurements over Southern China
Sheng Chen, Sun Yat-Sen Univ., Guangzhou, China; and A. Zhang, J. Hu, and W. Yuan

79
Improving Multisensor Estimation of Heavy-to-Extreme Precipitation via Conditional Bias-Penalized Optimal Estimation
Mohammad Nabatian, Univ. of Texas, Arlington, TX; and D. J. Seo, S. Noh, L. Tang, J. Zhang, D. Kitzmiller, and G. Fall

81
The Caribbean Dewetra Platform
Shawn Anthony Boyce, Caribbean Insitute for Meteorology and Hydrology, Saint James, Barbados; and D. Farrell

Handout (2.8 MB)


Poster Session
6MJO Poster Session
Location: Exhibit Hall 3 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Sixth Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Sub-Seasonal Monsoon Variability
Cochairs: Ángel F. Adames, GFDL; Scott W. Powell, Colorado State Univ.
293
The Role of Tropical Cyclones in Maintaining or Disrupting MJO Circulations
Lawrence C. Gloeckler, SUNY, Albany, NY; and P. E. Roundy

298
Impacts of MJO Phase Speeds on Global Circulations in MIROC5 Model Data
Kaitlyn Krzyzaniak, SUNY, Albany, NY; and P. E. Roundy

299
Sensitivity of the Phase Speed of MJO Convection to the Low-Frequency Intensity of the Subtropical Jet Stream
Paul E. Roundy, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, NY; and R. M. Setzenfand and K. Krzyzaniak

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The Rossby Wave Train Related to the Madden–Julian Oscillation and Its Impacts over North America
Cheng Zheng, Stony Brook Univ., Stony Brook, NY; and E. K. M. Chang, H. M. Kim, M. Zhang, and W. Wang

302
The Relationship between Summer Intraseasonal Oscillations Indices and Local Conditions
Maria K. Flatau, NRL, Monterey, CA; and S. Chen and C. Reynolds

305
Influence of Madden–Julian Oscillation on Wintertime Rainfall Extremes in Southern China and Its Predictability
Hong-Li Ren, Beijing Climate Center, China Meteorological Administration, Beijing, China; and P. Ren

308
Impacts of the Madden–Julian Oscillation (MJO) on Rainfall in Sri Lanka
I M Shiromani Priyanthika Jayawardena, Department of Meteorology, Colombo, Sri Lanka; and M. C. Wheeler, W. L. Sumathipala, and B. R. S. B. Basnayake

Handout (2.9 MB)

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Influence of Convectively Coupled Equatorial Waves, the MJO, and ENSO on the Environment of Tropical Cyclones in Coupled Atmosphere–Ocean Subseasonal Prediction Systems
Matthew Adam Janiga, UCAR, Monterey, CA; and C. J. Schreck III, J. Ridout, M. Flatau, N. Barton, W. A. Komaromi, and C. Reynolds

312
Space–Time Spectral Analysis of Top Heaviness and Gross Moist Stability
Ángel F. Adames, GFDL, Plainsboro, NJ; and K. Inoue

313
Toward Understanding MJO Diversity
Joshua Xiouhua Fu, Univ. of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI

314
An Assessment of Subseasonal Forecast Skill Using an Extended Global Ensemble Forecast System (GEFS)
Yuejian Zhu, NCEP, College Park, MD; and X. Zhou, W. Li, D. Hou, E. Sinsky, B. Fu, H. Guan, and C. Melhauser

315
Mean and Intraseasonal Variability Simulated by NCEP CFSv2 during Boreal Winter: Impact of Horizontal Resolution
Shilpa Malviya, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune, India; and P. Mukhopadhyay, R. Phani, A. Dakate, and K. Salunke

316
Ocean Mixing's Role in Convectively Coupled Kelvin Waves
Kandaga Pujiana, NOAA, Seattle, WA; and M. McPhaden

318
Prediction and Predictability of the Madden–Julian Oscillation in the NASA GEOS-5 Seasonal-to-Subseasonal System
Deepthi Achuthavarier, GMAO/USRA, Greenbelt, MD; and R. D. Koster, J. Marshak, S. Schubert, and A. Molod


Poster Session
Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Hazard Detection, Decision Support, and Policy Advancements
Location: Exhibit Hall 3 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Sixth Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology Special Symposium
Chair: Gordon Brooks, 557th Weather Wing
319
Improving Weather Guidance for Aviation Decision-Making: Enhancements to Rap and HRRR Deterministic and Ensemble Prediction Systems, including Ensemble-Based Data Assimilation, Forecast, and Post-Processing Components
Stephen S. Weygandt, NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and C. R. Alexander, D. C. Dowell, J. Kenyon, E. P. James, T. T. Ladwig, M. Hu, J. B. Olson, T. G. Smirnova, T. Alcott, I. Jankov, J. M. Brown, and S. Benjamin

320
Expanding the Localized Aviation MOS Program (LAMP) Suite of Aviation Guidance to Support the National Weather Service's National Blend of Models
Judy E. Ghirardelli, NOAA/NWS/Meteorological Development Laboratory, Silver Spring, MD; and J. P. Charba, P. E. Shafer, B. Glahn, F. G. Samplatsky, A. D. Schnapp, A. J. Kochenash, C. Huang, M. Allard, G. Sindic-Rancic, F. Guarriello, A. Gibbons, M. Masuda, and W. Ahue

321
Ground-Based Remote Sensing Techniques for Space Launch Decision Support
Tim Wilfong, Radiometrics Corporation, Boulder, CO; and D. Berchoff, K. Brewster, F. H. Carr, N. A. Gasperoni, E. Lau, S. A. McLaughlin, R. Ware, and M. Xue

322
Blending Model and Observations for a Ceiling and Visbility Product for Alaska
Rita D. Roberts, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. Cowie, J. O. Pinto, T. L. Fowler, D. Megenhardt, D. A. Wesley, and J. A. Colavito

323
Estimating Visibility from FAA Camera Installations in Remote Regions of Alaska for General Aviation Awareness
Michael Matthews, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA; and R. G. Hallowell

324
Transition NCAR's Graphical Turbulence Guidance Algorithm into NCEP Operations
Yali Mao, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/Environmental Modeling Center, College Park, MD; and H. Y. Chuang

325
Multi-Model Ensemble Forecasts of Aviation Turbulence
Luke N. Storer, Univ. of Reading, Reading, UK; and P. Gill and P. D. Williams

325A
Global Response of Clear-Air Turbulence to Climate Change
Luke N. Storer, Univ. of Reading, Reading, UK; and P. D. Williams and M. M. Joshi

326
Unparalleled Access to Aviation Weather Data using the MetOcean Application Profile of the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) Web Coverage Service (WCS)
Steven R. Olson, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and P. R. Hershberg, P. Trevelyan, and G. Percivall

327
Collaborative Digital Aviation Grid Process at the Aviation Weather Testbed and Operations Proving Ground
Austin Cross, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/Aviation Weather Center, Kansas City, MO; and S. A. Lack, J. W. Scheck, S. Avey, K. J. Runk, C. M. Gravelle, D. W. Snyder, and K. L. Crandall

328
Recent Upgrads to East China ATMB High Resolution Aviation Weather Forecast Capability: Real-Time Operation of eIAWSTM-R3R
Jing Cheng, IMSG, Rockville, MD; and S. Liu, Y. Weng, J. M. García-Rivera, Y. Li, W. Guo, Q. Xing, Q. Shi, X. Li, Z. Chen, X. Wang, and L. Jiang

329
Impacts of the Enterprise Integrated Aviation Weather System Forecast Products on Air Traffic Flow Management in East China
José M. García-Rivera, IMSG, Rockville, MD; and J. Cheng, R. Chen, W. Guo, Y. Weng, Y. Li, and L. Jiang

331
Improving Summertime Convective Wind Forecasting in the Southeastern United States
Ray L Christensen II, U.S. Air Force, Department of Defense, Barksdale Air Force Base, LA

Handout (535.9 kB)

333
Analysis of Total Lightning Flash Rates Over Florida
Thomas A. Mazzetti, Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL; and H. E. Fuelberg

334
Radar Thresholds and Lightning Prediction at Wallops Flight Facility
Evan Edward Thomas, NASA, Wallops Island, VA; and A. Thomas and N. Kyper

335
The Remote Oceanic Meteorology Information Operational (ROMIO) Demonstration
Cathy Kessinger, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and E. Frazier, T. A. Lindholm, J. Olivo, B. Barron, G. Blackburn, B. Watts, R. Stone, D. Keany, D. Tyler, and T. J. Horsager

Handout (411.2 kB)

336
An Update on the Global Weather Hazards Project and Next Steps
James Olivo, Basic Commerce & Industry, Inc., Moorestown, NJ; and L. Lin, V. Hoang, M. Nayote, C. Kessinger, D. Megenhardt, O. Matz, A. Ritter, D. Wolf, K. Sievers, R. Scheinhartz, and J. Cahall

Handout (1.9 MB)

337
Development of Diagnostics of Near-Cloud Aviation Turbulence based on Convective Gravity Wave Drag Parameterization
Soo-Hyun Kim, Yonsei Univ., Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South); and H. Y. Chun, R. D. Sharman, and S. B. Trier

339
Weather Support for Collaborative Decision-Making in Aviation
Shun Liu, IMSG, Rockville, MD; and Y. Weng, W. Guo, R. Chen, J. Cheng, M. Fang, Y. Li, C. Tan, and L. Jiang

342
Using Wind Profilers to Examine Non-Convective Low-Level Wind Shear in North Carolina
Ryan Ellis, NOAA/NWSFO, Raleigh, NC; and B. Smith and K. Dedeaux

343
The Intelligent and Multifunctional eIAWS Nowcasting System (IMnowcastor) and Its Performance at East China Region
Ruiyue Chen, IMSG, Rockville, MD; and Y. Weng, C. Tan, M. Fang, W. Guo, J. Cheng, L. Jiang, Q. Xing, Q. Shi, C. Wei, X. Li, Z. Chen, and X. Wang

345
Updates to the Changes Included in Amendment 78 to Annex 3: Meteorological Service for International Air Navigation
M. Pat Murphy, FAA, Washington, DC; and M. K. Peterson, T. J. Helms Jr., L. Burch, and G. M. Porter

346
SkyCast: A Wind and Thermodynamic Profiling System (WTPS) for Aviation Applications
Bill Conway, Weather Decision Support Systems, International, Norman, OK; and D. Patton, S. A. McLaughlin, R. Ware, K. A. Reed, T. Wilfong, L. Blanchette, and E. M. Lau

347
Estimation of Aviation Turbulence using High Vertical-Resolution Radiosonde Data and Comparison with In Situ Flight Data
Hye-Yeong Chun, Yonsei Univ., Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South); and H. C. Ko

348
FAA NextGen Weather Product Suite
Alfred Moosakhanian, FAA, Washington, DC

349
Offshore Precipitation Capability in Support of the FAA Caribbean Initiative
Mark S. Veillette, MIT, Lexington, MA; and M. Tucker, R. Segers, A. Moosakhanian, R. Bass, S. Bodkin, and R. Novia

350
Turbulence Assessment in Areas Identified by the Convective Diagnosis Oceanic (CDO) Product
Joseph A. Grim, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and C. Kessinger and G. Meymaris

351
Optimizing Dropsonde Location to Improve Estimates of a Wind Profile at a Remote Location
Joseph A. Grim, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and A. P. Mizzi, J. C. Knievel, and F. Vandenberghe

353
Current and Future Efforts Using 3D Cloud Fraction for Aviation Forecasting
J. Adam Kankiewicz, CIRA, Kansas City, MO; and S. Avey, S. A. Lack, and A. Cross

354
Building a Quality-Controlled Database of Meteorological Data from NASA Kennedy Space Center and the United States Air Force’s Eastern Range
James C. Brenton, Jacobs, Huntsville, AL; and R. E. Barbre Jr., J. M. Orcutt, and R. K. Decker
Manuscript (356.5 kB)

356
Using an Interdisciplinary Approach to Assess General Aviation Pilot Weather Knowledge
Thomas A. Guinn, Embry–Riddle Aeronatical Univ., Daytona Beach, FL; and N. DeFilippis, J. M. Lanicci, Y. Ortiz, J. M. King, R. L. Thomas, and E. L. Blickensderfer

360
WARP Selectable Mosaic Generator: Weather Improvements for Air Traffic Controllers
Ryan Low, FAA, Egg Harbor Township, NJ; and J. Markiewicz

361
An Impact-Based Verification Approach for the TFM Convective Forecast (TCF)
Melissa A. Petty, NOAA/ESRL/GSD and CIRA, Boulder, CO; and G. J. Layne, M. S. Wandishin, J. E. Hart, P. Hamer, and M. Rabellino

363
Improved Provision of Aviation Weather Information: Evaluating Legacy Products for Transition and/or Retirement
M. Pat Murphy, FAA, Washington, DC; and L. Burch, T. J. Helms Jr., and T. P. Kiley Jr.

364
The Impacts of Rising Temperatures on Aircraft Takeoff Performance
Ethan David Coffel, Columbia Univ., New York, NY; and T. R. Thompson and R. M. Horton


Poster Session
Major Weather Impacts of 2017 Poster Session
Location: Exhibit Hall 3 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Major Weather Events and Impacts of 2017
Cochairs: Klaus Wolter, CIRES, Univ. of Colorado Boulder; Tanja E. Fransen, NOAA/NWS
374
The U.S. and Global Climate Conditions of 2017 in Historical Perspective
Jake Crouch, NOAA/NESDIS/National Centers for Environmental Information, Asheville, NC; and D. S. Arndt, A. Sanchez-Lugo, K. Gleason, and C. Fenimore

376
Inland Impacts from Hurricane Matthew across North Carolina
Jonathan Blaes, NOAA/NWS, Raleigh, NC

377
A Synoptic, Mesoscale and Radar Review for the Southeast Tennessee Tornado Outbreak of 30 November 2016
Jeremy L. Buckles, NOAA/NWS, Morristown, TN; and E. M. Hagner and D. G. Hotz

378
Case Study of the High Impact 6 Jan 2017 Icing Event across Central Mississippi
Eric E. Carpenter, NOAA/NWSFO, Jackson, MS; and B. Bryant and C. Entremont

380
Analysis of Multiple Atmospheric River Impacts on California in Early 2017
Alison F.C. Bridger, San Jose State Univ., San Jose, CA; and L. Bate

381
382
2 April 2017 Louisiana Tornado Outbreak
Robert Megnia, NWS, Lake Charles, LA; and T. W. Humphrey and J. Rackley

383
An Analysis of the Spring 2017 Record Flooding Event in Northern Arkansas
Christopher C. Buonanno, NOAA/NWS, North Little Rock, AR; and T. Clarke and J. B. Hood

384
A Case of Prolific QLCS Tornado Production: The Lower Mississippi River Valley Tornado Outbreak of 30 April, 2017
Chad Entremont, NOAA/NWS Forecast Office, Jackson, MS; and A. E. Cohen, N. Fenner, S. K. Hefferan, J. D. Lamb, and T. Winesett

385
A Radar and Warning Decision Analysis of an Anomalous Tornadic Supercell in the Texas Panhandle
Mark R. Conder, NOAA/NWS Forecast Office, Lubbock, TX; and S. Cobb and G. Skwira

386
388
Operational Use of Experimental Warn-on-Forecast Guidance Prior to the 16 May 2017 Elk City, Oklahoma Tornado
Gabriel S. Garfield, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. J. Choate, P. L. Heinselman, T. Lindley, P. S. Skinner, and R. Smith

390
Fine-Scale Multiple-Doppler and Thermodynamic Observations in an Eclipse
Joshua Wurman, Center for Severe Weather Research, Boulder, CO; and K. Kosiba


Poster Session
Monday Poster Session
Location: Exhibit Hall 3 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 25th Conference on Probability and Statistics
120A
160
Overview of National Blend of Models Version 3.1. Part II: Bulk Verification and High Impact Examples
Jeffrey P. Craven, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and T. L. Huntemann, D. W. Plumb Jr., and D. E. Rudack

162
Using the Big Weather Web Ensemble to Examine Systemic Biases in WRF Model Parameterizations
Russ S. Schumacher, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and K. R. Tyle and G. R. Herman

163
NAEFS System Upgrade and Its New Products
Bo Cui, IMSG at EMC/NCEP, College Park, MD; and Y. Zhu, H. Guan, and Y. Luo

164
Using Forecast Ensembles to Assess Boundary Layer Uncertainty and Characteristics
Clint Leeper, South Dakota School of Mines, Rapid City, SD; and W. Capehart and T. Phillips


Poster Session
Poster Session - Monday
Location: Exhibit Hall 3 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Third Symposium on Multi-scale Predictability: Data-model Integration and Uncertainty Quantification for Climate and Earth System Monitoring and Prediction
365
Effects of Ocean Mesoscale Eddies on Atmospheric Circulation and Predictability
Yinglai Jia, Ocean Univ. of China, Qingdao, China; and P. Chang, I. Szunyogh, and R. Saravanan

366
368
A Spurious Warming Trend in the NMME Equatorial Pacific SST Hindcasts
Chul-Su Shin, George Mason Univ., Fairfax, VA; and B. Huang

369
Predictability of Sundowners—A Downslope Windstorm near Santa Barbara, California
Craig M. Smith, DRI, Reno, NV; and B. J. Hatchett and M. L. Kaplan

371
372
Evaluating Tropical Cyclones Simulated by a Global Convection-Permitting Model
K. Ryder Fox, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM; and F. Judt and D. A. Ahijevych

373
A Realization of Bias Correction Method in the GMAO Coupled System
Yehui Chang, NASA, Greenbelt, MD; and R. D. Koster, H. Wang, S. Schubert, and M. J. Suarez


Poster Session P1
Data Assimilation: Advances in Methodologies
Location: Exhibit Hall 3 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 22nd Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)
165
Assimilation of Polar Winds Data in HRRR-Alaska
Jiang Zhu, Univ. of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK; and D. Morton, E. Stevens, T. Heinrichs, M. Hu, and T. Alcott

166
Evaluation of Tropical Cyclone Relocation on Operational NCEP GFS/GDAS
Troy J. Arcomano, Univ. of Maryland, Oakhurst, NJ; and D. T. Kleist and C. R. Martin

167
Analyzing the Sensitivity of Hail Prediction to Model Grid Spacing
Tyler Edward Green, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach, FL; and A. McGovern and N. Snook

168
Test of a Hybrid 3DEnVAR and WRF-DART Analysis and Forecast System during the HWT Spring Experiments in 2017
Yunheng Wang, CIMMS, Norman, OK; and J. Gao, P. S. Skinner, D. M. Wheatley, J. J. Choate, T. A. Jones, and G. Creager
Manuscript (7.6 MB)

Handout (5.8 MB)

170
An Evaluation of Changes to the NSSL Experimental Warn-on-Forecast System for Ensembles (NEWS-e) in Spring 2017
Francesca M. Lappin, CAPS, Norman, OK; and D. Wheatley and K. H. Knopfmeier
Manuscript (10.0 MB)

171
Empowering Geoscience with Improved Data Assimilation Using the Data Assimilation Research Testbed "Manhattan" Release
Timothy Hoar, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and K. Raeder, S. Ha, A. P. Mizzi, N. Pedatella, J. Liu, Y. Zhang, A. Karspeck, S. Karol, C. M. Bitz, H. L. Liu, C. Snyder, W. C. Skamarock, N. Collins, J. Hendricks, J. Anderson, and H. Kershaw

172
Assimilating Differential Reflectivity Columns into the High-Resolution Rapid Refresh Using Latent Heating Forcing
Shawn Murdzek, The Pennsylvania State Univ., Univ. Park, PA; and D. Dowell, T. Ladwig, M. Hu, C. R. Alexander, S. Benjamin, and J. M. Brown

173
Noise Filtering Property of Incremental Analysis Update Method in Convective-Scale Ultra-Rapid Updating 3DVAR Analysis Cycle
Ken-Ichi Shimose, National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience, Tsukuba, Japan; and S. Shimizu, R. Kato, and K. Iwanami

174
Development and Testing of 3D- and 4D-EnVar Subhourly Data Assimilation in the HRRR
Jeff Beck, NOAA/ESRL/GSD and CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Boulder, CO; and M. Hu, H. Shao, C. Zhou, and J. M. Brown

176
A Coupled Model Data Assimilation Study with Particle Filter
Yuxin Zhao, Harbin Engineering Univ., Harbin, China; and S. Yang, S. Zhang, and C. Liu

177
Model Sensitivity-Determinate Multiparameter Estimation in Coupled Climate Models
Yuxin Zhao, Harbin Engineering Univ., Harbin, China; and X. Deng, S. Zhang, Z. Liu, and C. Liu

Handout (789.9 kB)

178
Addressing a Warm/Dry Bias over Central North America with Improved Boundary Layer and Land Surface Physics and Data Assimilation
David D. Turner, NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and S. Benjamin, J. B. Olson, G. Grell, J. S. Kenyon, and C. Alexander

179
Improve GSI Forward Model for Surface Observation in Complex Terrain Area
Ming Hu, ESRL/GSD and CU/CIRES, Boulder, CO; and J. B. Olson, T. Ladwig, S. Weygandt, S. Benjamin, and C. R. Alexander

180
A Preprocessing System for Satellite Data Assimilation: Assessing the Impact on NWP Forecasts and Analyses
Erin Jones, Riverside Technology, Inc. and NOAA/NESDIS/STAR, College Park, MD; and K. Garrett, E. Maddy, and S. A. Boukabara

181
High-Resolution Meteorological Surface Analysis using GSI 2D-Var-Based Ensemble-Variational Hybrid Method
Zhan Li, The Weather Network, Oakville, ON, Canada; and Y. Chen, Z. Wang, I. Russell, and P. Taylor

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)

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)

Tuesday, 9 January 2018

7:00 AM-8:15 AM: Tuesday, 9 January 2018


Advancing NOAA’s Subseasonal and Seasonal Prediction in Support of the Weather Act of 2017
Location: Room 14 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Town Hall Meetings
Organizer: Hendrik Tolman, NOAA
Facilitator: Timothy L. Schneider, NWS/Office of Science and Technology Integration
Panelist: David DeWitt, NOAA/NWS

7:30 AM-6:00 PM: Tuesday, 9 January 2018


AMS Information Desk
Location: Austin, Texas

Member Services Desk
Location: Atrium Lobby (Austin, Texas)

Registration
Location: Atrium Lobby (Austin, Texas)

Speaker Ready Room
Location: Room 11AB (ACC) (Austin, Texas)

8:00 AM-5:30 PM: Tuesday, 9 January 2018


Local Chapter Posters
Location: Exhibit Hall 3 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)

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

Recording files available
Session 1
Overview of Peter Webster's Contributions (Invited Presentation)
Location: Ballroom G (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Peter J. Webster Symposium
Chair: Chidong Zhang, PMEL

Plenary Session
Social Gathering
Location: Room 3 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 21st Atmospheric Science Librarians International Conference

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

Recording files available
Session 1
Advances in Software Environments and Tools for Exploiting High Performance Computing (HPC)
Location: Room 10C (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Fourth Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate
Chair: Gerald J. Creager, CIMMS/University of Oklahoma and NOAA/NSSL
CoChair: Timothy S. Sliwinski, Texas Tech University
9:00 AM
1.3
Cloud-Enabled Large-Scale Land Surface Model Simulations with the NASA Land Information System
Daniel Duffy, NASA GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and G. Vaughan, M. Clark, C. Peters-Lidard, B. Nijssen, G. S. Nearing, S. Kumar, S. Rheingrover, and J. Geiger
Recording files available
Session 1
Core Science Talk Reviewing the State of the Art of Cloud Seeding
Location: Room 16AB (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 21st Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification
Chair: Roy Rasmussen, NCAR

8:30 AM-9:45 AM: Tuesday, 9 January 2018

Recording files available
Session 4B
ENSO Dynamics, Diversity, Prediction, and Impacts—Part II
Location: 616 AB (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 31st Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Cochairs: R. Saravanan, Texas A&M Univ.; Jin-Yi Yu, Univ. of California
8:45 AM
4B.2
Evolving Impacts of Multiyear La Niña Events on Atmospheric Circulation and U.S. Drought
Yuko M. Okumura, Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX; and P. DiNezio and C. Deser
9:00 AM
4B.3
Factors Determining the Asymmetry of ENSO 
De-Zheng Sun, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and J. Liang and X. Q. Yang
9:15 AM
4B.4
A Hierarchy of Models for ENSO Diversity in Past, Present, and Future
Christina Karamperidou, Univ. of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI; and K. Takahashi, B. Dewitte, and R. Xie

9:30 AM
4B.5
What Controls the Duration of El Niño and La Niña Events?
Xian Wu, The Univ. of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX; and Y. M. Okumura and P. DiNezio

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

Recording files available
Session 1
Best Practices (from across the Weather Enterprise)
Location: Salon K (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Special Symposium on Impact-Based Decision Support Services
Chair: Clark Evans, Univ. of Wisconsin
8:30 AM
1.1
IDSS: Where We Stand and What Lies before Us (Core Science Keynote)
Susan A. Jasko, California University of Pennsylvania, California, PA
9:00 AM
1.2
Warning Received: The Use of Weather Warning Tools in Impact-Based Decision Support Services
Laura Myers, Univ. of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL; and T. L. Brown, S. A. Jasko, and S. Gallman
9:15 AM
1.3
Implementation of the WFO Tulsa Vision for Local Impact-Based Decision Support Services
Karen Hatfield, NOAA/NWSFO, Tulsa, OK; and S. F. Piltz, E. J. Calianese Jr., J. M. Frederick, J. B. McGavock, and M. E. Plate
9:45 AM
1.5A
Delivering and Improving Impact-Based Seasonal Outlooks for South-Central Texas
Larry J. Hopper Jr., NWS, New Braunfels, TX; and T. Dickinson and J. W. Zeitler
Recording files available
Session 1
Convection Initiation
Location: Room 6A (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: A Special Symposium on Plains Elevated Convection At Night (PECAN)
CoChair: Brian J. Carroll, Univ. of Maryland, Baltimore County
8:45 AM
1.2
Radar Rainfall Statistics during PECAN
Tammy M. Weckwerth, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and U. Romatschke
9:00 AM
1.3
Mesoscale Ascent in Nocturnal Low-Level Jets
Alan Shapiro, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and E. Fedorovich and J. Gebauer
9:30 AM
1.5
Physical Processes Influencing Elevated Convection Initiation during 25–26 June PECAN: Observations and Numerical Simulations
Stanley B. Trier, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. D. Roberts, J. Sun, T. M. Weckwerth, and J. W. Wilson
Recording files available
Themed Joint Session 1
Development and Communication of High-Resolution, Ensemble Forecast Information for Forecasting Extreme Weather
Location: Room 5ABC (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Hosts: (Joint between the Sixth Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise; the 34th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; and the 25th Conference on Probability and Statistics )
Chair: Jeffrey P. Craven, NOAA/NWS
8:45 AM
TJ1.2
Development of the High-Resolution Rapid Refresh Ensemble (HRRRE) toward an Operational Convective-Allowing Ensemble Data Assimilation and Forecast System
Therese T. Ladwig, NOAA/ESRL/GSD and CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and D. C. Dowell, C. R. Alexander, M. Hu, J. Beck, I. Jankov, T. Alcott, B. D. Jamison, J. A. Hamilton, J. M. Brown, S. S. Weygandt, and S. G. Benjamin
9:00 AM
TJ1.3
Incorporating Time of UH Occurrence in the Generation of Ensemble-Derived Tornado Probabilities
Burkely T. Gallo, CIMMS/NSSL, Norman, OK; and A. J. Clark, B. T. Smith, R. L. Thompson, I. L. Jirak, and S. R. Dembek
9:15 AM
TJ1.4
NWS Forecasters’ Interpretations, Uses, and Needs Regarding High-Resolution, Ensemble-Based Guidance
Julie L. Demuth, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. E. Morss, I. Jankov, C. R. Alexander, T. Alcott, D. Nietfeld, and T. Jensen
9:30 AM
TJ1.5
Thorough Probabilistic Verification of Storm Prediction Center Forecasts
Gregory R. Herman, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and E. R. Nielsen and R. S. Schumacher
9:45 AM
Discussion

Recording files available
Session 1
Forecasting and Weather Observing
Location: Ballroom B (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 46th Conference on Broadcast Meteorology
Chair: Doug Heady, KOAM-TV
8:30 AM
Welcoming Remarks

8:45 AM
1.1
A Preliminary Exploration of Human Environmental Perception: Observed Rainfall Rates
Matthew J. Bolton, Saint Leo Univ., Saint Leo, FL; and H. M. Mogil, L. K. Ault, and G. T. Harvey
9:00 AM
1.2
Advances in Storm Surge Modeling, Forecasting, and Warnings: An Update on NOAA's Efforts to Improve Storm Surge Awareness and Prediction
Jamie R. Rhome, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/TPC/NHC, Miami, FL; and C. L. Fritz, T. Trogdon, L. Paulik, W. Booth, T. Sharon, E. Gibney, M. Lowry, and P. J. Manougian

9:30 AM
1.4
A Decade of New England Tornadoes
Matthew Cappucci, Harvard Univ., Plymouth, MA
Recording files available
Panel Discussion 1
Next Steps in Space Weather Research and Forecasting
Location: Salon J (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 15th Conference on Space Weather
Chair: Richard A. Behnke, Retired
Moderator: William J. Murtagh, NOAA
Panelists: Steven Clarke, Office of Science and Technology Policy; Louis Uccellini, NOAA National Weather Service (NWS); Paul Shepson, NSF; Elsayed Talaat, NASA; Ralph O. Stoffler, U.S. Air Force; Kenyetta Blunt, FEMA
8:30 AM
Introduction - Richard Behnke
8:30 AM
Opening Slides - Willaim Murtagh
8:30 AM
Speaker 1 - Steven Clarke
8:30 AM
Speaker 2 - Louis Uccellini
Recording files available
Themed Joint Session 2
Television Meteorologists as Educators
Location: Ballroom C (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Hosts: (Joint between the 27th Symposium on Education; and the 46th Conference on Broadcast Meteorology )
Cochairs: Jon Nese, Pennsylvania State University; Cheryl Nelson, Cummins Inc. and WTKR-TV
8:30 AM
TJ2.1
9:00 AM
TJ2.3
Educating Television Viewers About Uncertainty
Jon M. Nese, The Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA
9:30 AM
TJ2.5
Recording files available
Session 3
Aerosol Deep Convection Interaction
Location: Room 12A (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 10th Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions
Chair: Adele L. Igel, Univ. of California
8:30 AM
3.1
Aerosol–Convection Covariability: Results from Field Campaigns and Model Ensembles
Derek J. Posselt, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and J. S. Reid, J. Bukowski, R. L. Storer, and F. He

8:45 AM
3.2
Comparing the Aerosol Impacts on Deep Convective Updraft Characteristics in Two Cloud-Resolving Models
Peter J. Marinescu, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and B. White, M. Heikenfeld, S. C. van den Heever, P. Stier, and A. M. Fridlind
9:00 AM
3.3
Lightning Enhancement over Major Shipping Lanes
Katrina S. Virts, NASA, Huntsville, AL; and J. A. Thornton, R. H. Holzworth, and T. P. Mitchell
9:15 AM
3.4
Lightning and Associated Convection Features in the Presence of Absorbing Aerosols over Northern Alabama
Tong Ren, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; and A. D. Rapp, J. R. Mecikalski, and J. Apke
9:30 AM
3.5
Dependence of Aerosol Transport on Meteorological and Surface Properties within Tropical Sea Breeze Convection
Jungmin Minnie Park, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and A. L. Igel and S. C. van den Heever
9:45 AM
3.6
African and Tropical Western Pacific Deep Convective Impact to the Tropical Lower Stratosphere
Melody Avery, NASA, Hampton, VA; and K. H. Rosenlof, M. R. Schoeberl, K. M. Bedka, D. Painemal, A. E. Dessler, M. A. Vaughan, and B. Getzewich
Recording files available
Session 3
The Future of Predictive Services in AmericaPart I
Location: Ballroom E (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Sixth Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation
Cochairs: Douglas Hilderbrand, NOAA/NWS; Jennifer Sprague, NOAA/NWS; Dave Jones, StormCenter Communications, Inc.
8:30 AM
3.1
8:45 AM
3.2
Comprehensive Reimagining of Emergency Alerting
Michael Gerber, NOAA, Silver Spring, MD; and C. Hodan
9:00 AM
3.3
WPC Pursuing Deeper Stakeholder Engagement for Future Innovation
Kathryn K. Gilbert, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/Weather Prediction Center, College Park, MD; and G. M. Eosco, L. Girardi, G. W. Carbin, D. R. Novak, M. Klein, and J. Sprague
9:15 AM
3.4
Context-Aware Weather Warning Systems
Brenda J. Philips, Univ. of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA; and J. E. Trainor, D. Westbrook, A. Bajaj, and E. J. Lyons

9:30 AM
3.5
Building a Maritime Weather-Ready Nation
Thomas J. Cuff, NOAA/NWS/Ocean Prediction Center, College Park, MD
Recording files available
Session 3
Vectorborne Diseases: From Basic Research to Early Warning
Location: Room 17B (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Ninth Conference on Environment and Health
Cochairs: Andrew Monaghan, NCAR; Mary H. Hayden, NCAR/RAL
8:30 AM
3.1
Climatic Variables and the Persistence in Malaria Morbidity in Mutale Municipality, South Africa: A 19-year Data Analysis
Abiodun Morakinyo Adeola, South African Weather Service, Pretoria, South Africa; and H. Rautenbach and J. O. Botai

8:45 AM
3.2
Meterologically Driven Dengue Fever Simulations in Sonora Mexico
Cory W. Morin, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and A. J. Monaghan, M. H. Hayden, D. A. Quattrochi, and K. C. Ernst
9:00 AM
3.3
ZikaZoneUSA: An Experience in Climate and Health Product Development
Marjorie McGuirk, CASE Consultants International, Asheville, NC; and B. Lugo and J. Hicks
9:15 AM
3.4
Integrating Environmental Monitoring and Disease Surveillance to Forecast Malaria Epidemics
Michael C. Wimberly, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and T. Gebrehiwot, C. L. Merkord, A. Mihretie, D. Nekorchuk, W. Yalew, and G. M. Henebry
9:30 AM
3.5
Climate Variability and Malaria over the Sahel Country of Senegal
Ibrahima Diouf, Cheikh Anta Diop Univ., Dakar, Senegal; and W. M. Thiaw, B. Rodríguez-Fonseca, A. Deme, J. A. Ndione, and A. T. Gaye
9:45 AM
Discussion

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Session 4
Addressing The Audience: Communicating Effectively to Users of Weather and Climate Data and Information
Location: Ballroom F (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 13th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice
Chair: Katy Vincent Matthews, NOAA/NESDIS/National Centers for Environmental Information
8:30 AM
4.1
What Defines a Severe Thunderstorm? Perceptions from a Cross Section of Residents of the Lower Rio Grande Valley in South Texas 
Barry S. Goldsmith, NOAA/NWSFO, Brownsville, TX; and K. Sherman-Morris, J. J. Schroeder, and M. M. Torres
9:00 AM
4.3
Stella! Social Media and Affective Content in the Context of a Major Snowstorm
Adam M. Rainear, Univ. of Connecticut, Storrs, CT; and K. A. Lachlan
9:15 AM
4.4
Engaging Stakeholders in Embracing Uncertainty in Climate Projections for Adaptation Planning
Derek H. Rosendahl, South Central Climate Science Center, Norman, OK; and J. Blackband, R. A. McPherson, E. Mullens, and A. M. Wootten
9:30 AM
4.5
Bridging the Boundary: Lessons in Building Climate Adaptation Capacity in Southern California
Alyssa Newton Mann, Univ. of Southern California Sea Grant Program, Los Angeles, CA; and P. Grifman, N. Sadrpour, and J. Finzi Hart
9:45 AM
4.6
How to Get More People to Believe Science Is Not Fake News
Elliot Abrams, AccuWeather Inc., State College, PA
Recording files available
Session 4
Atmospheric Composition and Chemistry
Location: Room 4ABC (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Third Symposium on Multi-scale Predictability: Data-model Integration and Uncertainty Quantification for Climate and Earth System Monitoring and Prediction
Chair: Kenneth J. Davis, Pennsylvania State Univ.
9:30 AM
4.3
Constraining Surface Carbon Dioxide Fluxes Using Advanced Ensemble-Based Data Assimilation Techniques (Invited Presentation)
Hans W. Chen, Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA; and F. Zhang, T. Lauvaux, K. J. Davis, and R. B. Alley
Recording files available
Session 4
Ensemble and Multimodel Forecasting — Part III: S2S
Location: Room 19AB (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 25th Conference on Probability and Statistics
Chair: Tara L. Jensen, NCAR/RAL
8:30 AM
4.1
Improving the Skill of CFSv2 Seasonal Forecast over Northern South America
Maria C. Angel, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Medellin, Colombia; and C. D. Hoyos
8:45 AM
4.2
Prediction of Short-Term Climate Extremes Using North American Multimodel Ensemble
Emily Becker, NOAA, College Park, MD; and D. C. Collins and H. van den Dool
9:15 AM
4.4
Novel Extended-Range Storm Impact Outlooks for Finland
Terhi K. Laurila, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland; and O. Hyvärinen, A. Mäkelä, A. Vajda, and H. Gregow
9:30 AM
4.5
Predicting Regime Changes in the Lorenz Model with Ensemble Spread
Erin M. Lynch, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD; and K. C. Eure, E. Kalnay, and S. Sharma
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Session 4
Hurricanes of 2017: Part I
Location: Ballroom D (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Major Weather Events and Impacts of 2017
Chair: Klaus Wolter, CIRES, Univ. of Colorado Boulder
8:30 AM
4.1
Low Altitude Coyote UAS Missions into Major Hurricane Maria
Joseph J. Cione, NOAA, Miami, FL; and K. Ryan, A. Aksoy, B. A. Dahl, J. Zhang, E. A. Kalina, B. B. Baker, and E. J. Dumas Jr.
8:45 AM
4.2
The Role of Small-Scale Vortices in Enhancing Surface Winds and Damage in Hurricane Harvey
Joshua Wurman, Center for Severe Weather Research, Boulder, CO; and K. Kosiba
9:00 AM
4.3
New Remote Sensing Technologies to Monitor Tropical Cyclones in Near Real-Time
Chris Vagasky, Vaisala, Inc., Louisville, CO; and M. J. Murphy, R. Said, and S. Early
9:15 AM
4.4
A Review of NCEP Model Guidance for Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria
Geoffrey S. Manikin, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC, College Park, MD; and L. C. Dawson, T. A. Dorian, C. Guastini, and A. Mehra
9:30 AM
4.5
The 2017 NOAA Hurricane Forecast Improvement Program (HFIP) Real-Time Experiments
Sundararaman Gopalakrishnan, NOAA/AOML/HRD, Miami, FL; and M. A. Bender, G. J. Alaka Jr., X. Zhang, S. J. Lin, F. Toepfer, and F. D. Marks Jr.
Recording files available
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
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
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
9:30 AM
4.5
Transforming a Modern Observations Network
Jonathan P. Taylor, Met Office, Exeter, UK
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Session 4
New Methods for Wind Forecasting
Location: Room 15 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Ninth Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy
Cochairs: Justin Sharp, Sharply Focused LLC; Bradfield Lyon, Columbia University/IRI
8:30 AM
4.1
8:45 AM
4.2
Improving the Analog Ensemble Wind Power Forecasts for Rare Events
Stefano Alessandrini, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and L. Delle Monache, S. Sperati, and S. E. Haupt
9:00 AM
4.3
Generating Wind Power Scenarios for Probabilistic Ramp Event Prediction Using Multivariate Statistical Post-Processing
Rochelle Worsnop, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and M. Scheuerer, T. M. Hamill, and J. K. Lundquist
9:15 AM
4.4
Benefits of a Multimodel Ensemble for Hub-Height Wind Prediction in Mountainous Terrain
David M. Siuta, Univ. of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; and R. B. Stull
9:30 AM
4.5
2017−18 HRRRv3/RAPv4 Cloud and Wind Modeling/Assimilation Improvements toward Increased Renewable Penetration
Stan Benjamin, NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and J. B. Olson, J. S. Kenyon, T. Ladwig, E. P. James, C. R. Alexander, M. Hu, J. M. Brown, S. S. Weygandt, and M. Marquis
9:45 AM
4.6
Very Short-Term Wind Power Forecasting Using Remote Sensing Data: Experiments with a LIDAR Simulator
Laura Valldecabres Sanmartin, Forwind, Univ. of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany; and G. Steinfeld, L. von Bremen, and M. Kühn

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Session 4
Observing System Simulation Experiments (OSSEs), Part I
Location: Room 14 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 22nd Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)
Chair: George R. Halliwell Jr., NOAA/AOML
8:30 AM
4.1
An Observing System Simulation Experiment with a Constellation of Radio Occultation Satellites
Lidia Cucurull, NOAA/OAR/AOML, Boulder, CO; and R. Atlas, R. Li, M. Mueller, and R. Hoffman
8:45 AM
4.2
Geostationary HyperSpectral Sounder (Geo-HSS) Constellation: A Global OSSE Assessment
Sean Casey, Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies, Miami, FL; and R. Atlas, R. N. Hoffman, L. Cucurull, and A. C. Kren
9:00 AM
4.3
Impact Analysis of LEO Hyperspectral Sensor IFOV Size on the Next-Generation High-Resolution NWP Model Forecast Performance
Agnes Lim, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and A. Huang, J. A. Jung, Z. Li, F. W. Nagle, G. Quinn, J. Woollen, S. B. Healy, J. A. Otkin, M. Goldberg, and R. Atlas
9:15 AM
4.4
Characteristics of 3D Atmospheric Motion Vectors (AMV) from Water Vapor Feature-Tracking Technique
Hui Su, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and D. J. Posselt, L. Wu, K. J. Mueller, N. Niamsuwan, F. W. Irion, and T. Pagano
9:30 AM
4.5
NASA’s GMAO Atmospheric Motion Vectors Simulator: Description and Application to the MISTiC Winds Concept
David Carvalho, NASA GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and W. McCarty, R. Errico, and N. Prive

9:45 AM
4.6
An OSSE Investigating a Constellation of 4–5-μm Infrared Sounders
Will McCarty, NASA GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and J. Blaisdell, M. Cordero-Fuentes, D. Carvalho, M. Chattopadhyay, R. Errico, R. Gelaro, L. Kouvaris, I. Moradi, S. Pawson, N. Prive, M. Sienkiewicz, and J. Susskind
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Session 4
Severe Precipitation Detection, Estimation, Forecast and Hydrometeorological Applications
Location: Room 18B (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 32nd Conference on Hydrology
Cochairs: Youcun Qi, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma and NOAA/NSSL; Ming Xue, Univ. of Oklahoma
8:30 AM
4.1
Improving Satellite-Based Rainfall Retrievals By Incorporating High-Resolution Ground Radar Network Observations (Invited Presentation)
Haonan Chen, Colorado State Univ. and NOAA/Earth System Research Laboratory, Fort Collins, CO; and V. Chandrasekar, R. Cifelli, and P. Xie
9:00 AM
4.3
Operational Strengths and Challenges for the New Dual-Pol MRMS QPE on a Real-Time System
Stephen B. Cocks, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma and NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and L. Tang, Y. Wang, J. Zhang, A. Ryzhkov, P. Zhang, and K. W. Howard
9:15 AM
4.4
Application of the High-Resolution Rapid Refresh (HRRR) to the Bay Area Advanced Quantitative Precipitation Information Project
Curtis R. Alexander, NOAA/ESRL/GSD, Boulder, CO; and E. James, J. M. Brown, D. D. Turner, S. G. Benjamin, G. Pratt, V. Chandrasekar, and R. Cifelli
9:30 AM
4.5
9:45 AM
4.6
Hurricane Harvey’s Flooding Across Harris County
Jeffry S. Evans, NOAA/NWS/Weather Forecast Office, Dickinson, TX; and J. Lindner
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Session 4A
Atmospheric Composition and Modeling—Part I
Location: Room 18CD (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 20th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry
Cochairs: Richard S. Eckman, NASA/LARC; Kenneth W. Jucks, NASA Headquarters
8:30 AM
4A.1
Constraining Hydrocarbon Emissions over the Indian Subcontinent Based on HCHO Observations from OMI and GOME-2
Sreelekha Chaliyakunnel, Univ. of Minnesota, St.Paul, MN; and D. B. Millet and K. C. Wells
8:45 AM
4A.2
9:00 AM
4A.3
CO in the Tropical Troposphere: Spatiotemporal Variations and Retrieval Sensitivities from Several Space-Based Sensors
Lucien Froidevaux, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA; and R. Fuller, J. X. Warner, M. Park, H. M. Worden, and D. E. Kinnison
9:15 AM
4A.4
Evaluation of Surface Ozone Chemistry in Regulatory Air Quality Models through the Use of OMI Observations and Ground-Based Data
Timothy P. Canty, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD; and A. M. Ring, M. R. Marvin, S. J. Roberts, L. Hembeck, G. M. Wolfe, R. J. Salawitch, and R. R. Dickerson

9:45 AM
4A.6
Tropospheric NO2 Observations from Airborne Remote Sensors during Discover-AQ: Retrieval and Evaluation
Lok N. Lamsal, USRA, Columbia, MD; and M. Fiollett-Cook, K. E. Pickering, S. Janz, M. Kowalewski, C. P. Loughner, and B. Duncan
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Session 4A
Convection-Resolving/Eddy-Permitting Climate Modeling
Location: Salon F (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 31st Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Cochairs: Samson Hagos, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; Kuan-Man Xu, NASA Langley Research Center
8:30 AM
4A.1
A New Mechanism for Warm-Season Precipitation Response to Global Warming Based on Convection-Permitting Simulations
Aiguo Dai, Univ. at Albany, SUNY, Albany, NY; and R. M. Rasmussen, C. Liu, K. Ikeda, and A. F. Prein
8:45 AM
4A.2
9:00 AM
4A.3
Projected Changes over Western Canada Using Convection-Permitting Regional Climate Model
Yanping Li, Univ. of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada; and S. Kurkute and L. Chen
9:30 AM
4A.5
Changes in the Convective Population and Thermodynamic Environments in Convection-Permitting Regional Climate Simulations over the United States
Kristen Lani Rasmussen, Colorado State Univ, Fort Collins, CO; and A. F. Prein, R. M. Rasmussen, K. Ikeda, and C. Liu
9:45 AM
4A.6
Low Cloud Feedback in an Ultraparameterized Global Climate Model with Explicitly Simulated Boundary Layer Turbulence
Christopher S. Bretherton, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and H. Parishani, M. S. Pritchard, M. C. Wyant, and M. F. Khairoutdinov
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Session 4A
Data in, Information Out: Crowdsourcing and Other Tools for Data Gathering
Location: Room 17A (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 34th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies
Cochairs: Eugene Burger, NOAA/ERL/PMEL; Tiffany C. Vance, NOAA; Jared Rennie, North Carolina Institute for Climate Studies
8:30 AM
4A.1
Drought Information Supported by Citizen Scientists (DISCS)
Andrew L. Molthan, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA; and M. Maskey, C. Hain, P. Meyer, U. Nair, C. Handyside, K. D. White, and M. Amin
8:45 AM
4A.2
Low-Cost Crowdsourcing Sensor Package for Drought-Related Decision Making
Chris Phillips, Univ. of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL; and U. Nair and C. Handyside
9:00 AM
4A.3
9:45 AM
Discussion

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Session 4B
The ATom Mission—Part I
Location: Room 9 C (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 20th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry
Cochairs: Michael J. Prather, NASA USRA; Steven Wofsy, Harvard Univ.
9:00 AM
4B.3
The Chemical Context of ATom-1: Insights from Satellite Observations and Modeling
S. A. Strode, NASA USRA, Greenbelt, MD; and J. Liu, L. Lait, R. Commane, B. Daube, S. Wofsy, A. Conaty, P. A. Newman, and M. J. Prather
9:15 AM
4B.4
Influences of Air Masses Sampled by the ATom Mission
Eric A. Ray, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO
9:30 AM
4B.5
Ozone and Related Trace Gases over the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans: Comparison of Results from the ATom Mission and Model Studies
Eric J. Hintsa, NOAA, Boulder, CO; and F. L. Moore, G. S. Dutton, B. D. Hall, A. McClure-Begley, J. D. Nance, J. W. Elkins, C. Thompson, J. Peischl, T. B. Ryerson, J. Liu, S. A. Strode, A. M. Fiore, and L. T. Murray
9:45 AM
4B.6
Understanding CO in the Most Remote Atmosphere: Direct Emissions and Secondary Chemistry
Roisin Commane, Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA; and B. Daube, H. Bian, A. M. Fiore, N. J. Blake, D. R. Blake, R. Hornbrook, J. Liu, E. A. Marais, S. A. Montzka, L. T. Murray, J. M. Nicely, P. Novelli, M. Parrington, E. A. Ray, S. A. Strode, and S. C. Wofsy
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Session 4B
Weather and Roads—from Observations to Actionable Information, Part I
Location: Room 10AB (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 34th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies
Cochairs: Paul A. Pisano, U.S. Department of Transportation/Federal Highway Administration; Brenda C. Boyce, Booz Allen Hamilton
8:30 AM
4B.1
The Future of Transportation and Weather Needs
Ben Ellis, Jaguar Land Rover North America, LLC, Portland, OR

9:00 AM
4B.2
Testing and Implementation of Mobile Road Condition Information to Serve the Transportation System
Virve Karsisto, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland; and P. Nurmi
9:15 AM
4B.3
The Truck Blowover Algorithm for the Pikalert® System
Brittany Welch, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and A. Anderson, S. Linden, and W. Petzke
9:30 AM
4B.4
Elements for Predicting Road Conditions
Brenda C. Boyce, Booz Allen Hamilton, Alexander, AR; and P. A. Pisano and G. Guevara
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Session 5
AI Techniques for Numerical Weather Predictions
Location: Room 7 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 17th Conf on Artificial and Computational Intelligence and its Applications to the Environmental Sciences
Chair: Surya Karthik Mukkavilli, University of New South Wales/CSIRO Australia/World Energy Meteorology Council UK/GroundObs Ltd.
8:30 AM
5.1
NCAR's Gridded Atmospheric Forecast System (GRAFS)
Sue Ellen Haupt, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and D. J. Gagne II, J. Cowie, S. Linden, G. Wiener, and J. A. Lee
8:45 AM
5.2
Nonlinear Averaging of NCEP Wave Model Ensemble Using an Ensemble of NNs
Vladimir M. Krasnopolsky, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, College Park, MD; and R. Campos, J. H. G. M. Alves, and S. G. Penny
9:00 AM
5.3
Exploring Using Artificial Intelligence (AI) for NWP and Situational Awareness Applications
Sid A. Boukabara, NOAA/NESDIS, College Park, MD; and E. Maddy, K. Ide, K. Garrett, E. Jones, K. Kumar, N. Shahroudi, and A. Neiss
9:15 AM
5.4
Automated Detection of Bird Roosts using NEXRAD Radar Data and Convolutional Neural Networks
Carmen Chilson, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and K. Avery, A. McGovern, E. Bridge, D. Sheldon, and J. F. Kelly
9:30 AM
5.5
Using Random Forests to Assess Environmental Modulation of Mesocyclone Intensity in the NSSL Experimental Warn-on-Forecast System for Ensembles
Patrick S. Skinner, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and C. K. Potvin, D. M. Wheatley, K. H. Knopfmeier, and L. J. Wicker
9:45 AM
5.6
Machine Learning with Numerical Weather Prediction Cloud Forecasts for Optical Communications Support
Alexandria M. Russell, Northrop Grumann Corporation, McLean, VA; and B. D. Felton and R. J. Alliss
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Session 5
Advances in Satellite Observations for Earth Science and Observing Technologies—Part II
Location: 615 AB (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Eighth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations
Cochairs: Martin Yapur, NOAA/NESDIS/Office of Projects, Planning and Analysis; Thanh Vo Dinh, NOAA/NESDIS/Office of Projects, Planning and Analysis
8:45 AM
5.2
Processing Raw Advanced Baseline Imager Data to Level 1b on the Ground
Satya Kalluri, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR, College Park, MD; and C. M. Alcala, J. L. Carr, and P. C. Griffith
9:30 AM
5.5
Boundary Layer Profiling for High-Impact Weather Analysis and Nowcasting
Randolph Ware, Radiometrics, Boulder, CO; and D. Berchoff, M. Beauharnois, L. Blanchette, K. Brewster, J. Brotzge, F. H. Carr, W. Conway, B. Demoz, J. M. Freedman, N. A. Gasperoni, I. Gultepe, K. Knupp, E. Lau, D. M. Holland, E. Joseph, M. Mahaffey, C. MacDonald, S. A. McLaughlin, R. Parmentier, K. A. Reed, P. Roller, N. Sette, C. Thorncroft, S. Vanderburg, D. Voytenko, P. Wiker, and T. Wilfong
9:45 AM
5.6
Study of the Doppler Weather Radar 3D Mosaic Data in Strong Convective Weather Forecasting and Early Warning
Yungang Chen, Beijing Piesat Information & Technology Limited, Beijing, China; and K. Zhang, W. Guo, and Y. Wang

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Session 5
Building Knowledge Using Python
Location: Room 8 ABC (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Eighth Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using Python
Chair: Robert Jackson, ANL
8:30 AM
5.1
Drilling down from Python Statistical Analyses to Rich Interactive Case Study Visualizations, within Jupyter Notebooks
Brian Mapes, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and Y. Ho, S. K. Cheedela, and J. McWhirter
9:00 AM
5.3
Improving Training in Environmental Sciences with Jupyter Notebooks
Stephan Siemen, ECMWF, Reading, U.K.; and S. Lamy-Thepaut and J. Wagemann
9:15 AM
5.4
9:45 AM
5.6
The Diagnostic Package for Climate Variability by the NOAA Modeling Diagnostic Task Force
Chih-Chieh Chen, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and A. Gettelman, E. Maloney, Y. Ming, and J. D. Neelin
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Joint Session 20
Land Surface–Atmosphere Interactions, Part I
Location: Room 18A (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Hosts: (Joint between the 32nd Conference on Hydrology; the 31st Conference on Climate Variability and Change; and the 22nd Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS) )
Cochairs: Yongkang Xue, Univ. of California; Randal D. Koster, NASA GSFC; Michael B. Ek, NOAA/NWS; Joseph A. Santanello, NASA GSFC; Steven M. Quiring, Ohio State Univ.
8:30 AM
J20.1
Do State-of-the-Art CMIP5 ESMs Accurately Represent Observed Vegetation-Rainfall Feedbacks? Focus on the Sahel
Michael Notaro, Univ. of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI; and F. Wang, Y. Yu, J. Mao, X. Shi, and Y. Wei
8:45 AM
J20.2
9:15 AM
J20.4
Local versus Remote Soil Moisture Contributions to Near-Surface Temperature Variability
Randal D. Koster, NASA GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and S. Schubert, H. Wang, and Y. Chang
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Joint Session 21
Joint Session with the AMS Board on the Urban Environment — Part III: Microclimate and Air Quality Ad in EU Cities: Results from the EU-Iscape Project
Location: Salon G (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)
Hosts: (Joint between the 20th Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA; and the Board on the Urban Environment )
Chair: Silvana Di Sabatino, Alma Mater Universita' di Bologna
8:30 AM
J21.1
Exposure Reduction by Green Vegetation Barriers in Near-Road Environments: The Guildford Iscape Case Study
Prashant Kumar, Univ. of Surrey, Guildford, UK; and K. V. Abhijith, A. C. Rai, S. Di Sabatino, B. Pulvirenti, F. Pilla, J. Gallagher, A. McNabola, R. Baldauf, B. Broderick, A. Drebs, and K. Jylhä

8:45 AM
J21.2
Assessing Environmental Impacts and Socioeconomic Benefits of Green Infrastructure: The Vantaa iSCAPE Case Study
Kirsti Jylhä, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland; and A. Drebs, A. Mäkelä, C. Fortelius, V. Nurmi, A. Votsis, L. Maidell-Münster, S. Stibe, A. Maerz, L. Barrett, S. Di Sabatino, F. Barbano, A. F. Brunetti, B. Pulvirenti, P. Kumar, and F. Pilla
9:00 AM
J21.3
Mechanisms of Ventilation in Real Street Canyon: The Bologna iSCAPE Case Study
Francesco Barbano, Univ. of Bologna, Bologna, Italy; and C. Barbieri, E. Brattich, A. F. Brunetti, S. Di Sabatino, A. Drebs, P. Kumar, E. Minguzzi, M. Nardino, F. Pilla, B. Pulvirenti, and L. Torreggiani

9:15 AM
J21.4
The Effect of Trees on Temperature Hot Spots within a Urban Heat Island: CFD Analysis of the Bologna Case Study
Federico Prandini, Univ. of Bologna, Bologna, Italy; and B. Pulvirenti, F. Barbano, S. Di Sabatino, E. Brattich, A. Drebs, P. Kumar, K. Jylhä, E. Minguzzi, M. Nardino, F. Pilla, L. Torreggiani, and C. Barbieri

9:30 AM
J21.5
Urban Heat Island, Air Pollution, and Climate Change: The Bologna (IT) iSCAPE Case Study
Silvana Di Sabatino, Alma Mater Universita' di Bologna, Bologna, Italy; and F. Barbano, C. Barbieri, E. Brattich, A. F. Brunetti, A. Drebs, P. Kumar, K. Jylhä, E. Minguzzi, M. Nardino, F. Pilla, B. Pulvirenti, L. Torreggiani, and A. Valmassoi

9:45 AM
J21.6
A Lagrangian Stochastic Urban Footprint Model: Model Development and Evaluation
Chenghao Wang, Arizona State Univ., Tempe, AZ; and Z. Wang, J. Yang, and Q. Li
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Joint Session 22
National and International Program Overviews for Environmental Satellites (Invited)
Location: Salon H (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)
Hosts: (Joint between the 14th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the Eighth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; the 22nd Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography; and the Sixth AMS Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation )
Cochairs: Mitchell Goldberg, NOAA/NESDIS/JPSSO; Daniel T. Lindsey, NOAA/NESDIS
9:30 AM
J22.4
The EUMETSAT Satellite Programmes—Providing Continuity for the Future (Invited Presentation)
Kenneth Holmlund, EUMETSAT, Darmstadt, Germany; and P. Schlüssel, R. Stuhlmann, B. Bojkov, R. Munro, D. Klaes, F. Montagner, J. Grandell, and D. Just
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Joint Session 23
Observing System Concepts
Location: Room 9AB (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Hosts: (Joint between the First Conference on Earth Observing SmallSats; and the 22nd Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography )
Chair: Carl Schueler, Orbital Sciences Corporation
8:30 AM
J23.1
RAVAN CubeSat Results: Technologies and Science Demonstrated on Orbit
William H. Swartz, APL, Laurel, MD; and S. R. Lorentz, P. M. Huang, A. W. Smith, Y. Yu, S. M. Reilly, N. M. Reilly, E. L. Reynolds, J. Carvo, and D. L. Wu
8:45 AM
J23.2
INSPIRESat-1: Science Expectations for an Ionosphere Exploring CubeSat
William Ray Evonosky, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and T. W. Fang and A. Chandran
9:00 AM
J23.3
The CubeSat Radiometer Radio Frequency Interference Technology Validation (CUBERRT) Mission
Sidharth Misra, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and C. Ball, J. T. Johnson, C. C. Chen, A. O'Brien, G. Smith, C. McKelvey, M. Andrews, L. Garry, R. Bendig, C. Felten, S. T. Brown, R. Jarnot, J. Kocz, D. Bradley, P. Mohammed, J. Lucey, K. Horgan, M. Fritts, Q. Bonds, C. Duran-Aviles, M. Solly, J. R. Piepmeier, D. Laczkowski, M. Pallas, and E. Krauss

9:15 AM
J23.4
Designing the MetNet-1: A Small Satellite for Responsive Weather Measurements
Daniel Guerin, Brandywine Photonics, Exton, PA; and J. Fisher, J. Julian, Z. Burns, and L. L. Gordley
9:30 AM
J23.5
Atmospheric Temperature Sensing through Star Field Imaging on a Small Satellite
Zach Burns, Brandywine Photonics, Exton, PA; and D. Guerin, J. Fisher, J. Julian, and L. L. Gordley
9:45 AM
J23.6
MetNet: Development of a Small Weather Satellite Network Combining Limb and Nadir Observations
John Fisher, Brandywine Photonics, Exton, PA; and D. Guerin, Z. Burns, J. Julian, L. L. Gordley, D. C. Fritts, M. Klein, R. Lachance, C. Fish, E. Stromberg, and P. McBride

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

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Keynote Speaker Session 2
Keynote Address
Location: Room 3 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 21st Atmospheric Science Librarians International Conference
Keynote: Loriene Roy, Univ. of Texas
9:00 AM
KS2.1
Welcome and Keynote Introduction

9:15 AM
KS2.2
9:45 AM
KS2.3
Keynote Q&A


Panel Discussion 3
The New Weather Enterprise: Toward Better Public, Private, and Academic Collaborations
Location: Room 1 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Sixth Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise
Moderator: Betsy Weatherhead, University of Colorado, Boulder
Panelists: Antonio Busalacchi, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR); Conrad C. Lautenbacher, GeoOptics; Melinda Marquis, NOAA
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Session 5
Case studies—Part I
Location: Room 12B (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 16th Symposium on the Coastal Environment
Cochairs: Mona Behl, The Univ. of Georgia; Chester Huang, Department of the Interior
9:15 AM
5.2
The Impact of Weather Model Resolution on the Simulated Hydrodynamics of Lake George, NY, in June 2017
Campbell D. Watson, IBM Research, New York, NY; and G. Auger, J. P. Cipriani, E. Dow, M. Henderson, H. Kolar, and L. A. Treinish
9:45 AM
5.4
A Coupled Storm Surge and Wind Wave Model for the Gulf of Alaska and the Bering Chukchi and Beaufort Seas
Brian Joyce, Notre Dame, South Bend, IN; and J. Westerink and A. J. Van der Westhuysen

9:00 AM-11:00 AM: Tuesday, 9 January 2018


Spouse's Coffee
Location: 602 (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)

9:00 AM-6:00 PM: Tuesday, 9 January 2018


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

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

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Session 2
Review of Winter Orographic Cloud Seeding
Location: Room 16AB (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 21st Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification
Chair: Roy Rasmussen, NCAR
9:30 AM
2.1
Wintertime Glaciogenic Orographic Cloud Seeding—A Review
Robert M. Rauber, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and B. Geerts, L. Xue, J. French, K. Friedrich, R. M. Rasmussen, S. A. Tessendorf, D. Blestrud, M. L. Kunkel, and S. Parkinson

9:45 AM-10:00 AM: Tuesday, 9 January 2018

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Session 5
Variability and Change in Jets and Storm Tracks—Part I
Location: 616 AB (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 31st Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Cochairs: Walter Robinson, North Carolina State Univ.; Nathaniel C. Johnson, Princeton Univ.

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


Coffee . Break

Meet President Roger M. Wakimoto
Location: Exhibit Hall 4 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)

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

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Session 2
Challenges for Weather, Water, and Climate Modeling at Exascale
Location: Room 10C (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Fourth Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate
Chair: Marc Cotnoir, CSRA, Inc.
10:30 AM
2.1
An Update on the Parallelization of the FV3 Model for CPU, GPU, and MIC Processors
Mark W. Govett, NOAA/ESRL/GSD, Boulder, CO; and C. W. Harrop, J. Middlecoff, D. Rosenberg, J. Rosinski, L. Stringer, and Y. Yu
10:45 AM
2.2
ECMWF's Next-Generation IO and Product Generation for the IFS Model
Tiago Quintino, ECMWF, Reading, U.K.; and B. Raoult, P. Maciel, and S. Smart
11:00 AM
2.3
Exascale—How Are We Going to Get There from Here?
Marc Cotnoir, CSRA, Inc., Fairfax, VA; and R. Hood
11:15 AM
2.4
Code Design and Performance Considerations for Exascale Computing
Yonggang G. Yu, NOAA/ESRL/GSD, Boulder, CO; and D. Rosenberg, B. J. Etherton, M. W. Govett, and J. Schramm
Manuscript (112.2 kB)

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Session 6
Case Studies—Part II
Location: Room 12B (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 16th Symposium on the Coastal Environment
Cochairs: Mona Behl, The Univ. of Georgia; Chester Huang, Department of the Interior
10:30 AM
6.1
A New NOAA Research Initiative to Advance the Seasonal Prediction of Living Marine Resources and Coastal High Water Levels
Mark A. Merrifield, Univ. of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI; and A. Capotondi, M. Jacox, D. Barrie, A. Mariotti, H. M. Archambault, and R. B. Griffis
10:45 AM
6.2
Improving Coastal Wind Forecasting in the Delaware Bay
Eric Allen, Univ. of Delaware, Newark, DE; and D. Veron
11:00 AM
6.3
Evaluation and Challenges Using the Nearshore Wave Prediction System on Oahu, Hawaii, through the 2016–2017 Winter Season
Alex Gibbs, NOAA, Honolulu, HI; and A. Van der Westhuysen, S. Flampouris, P. Caldwell, P. Santos, and R. Padilla-Hernandez
Manuscript (657.3 kB)

11:15 AM
6.4

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

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Session 2
Bores and LLJs
Location: Room 6A (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: A Special Symposium on Plains Elevated Convection At Night (PECAN)
CoChair: Hristo Georgiev Chipilski, Univ. of Oklahoma
10:30 AM
2.1
Thermodynamic Profiling during Undular Bore and Cold Pool Conditions at PECAN FP2
Belay Demoz, Univ. of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD; and B. J. Carroll, R. Delgado, K. Vermeesch, and D. Whiteman
10:45 AM
2.2
11:00 AM
2.3
When You Get Bore-d: A Composite Analysis of the Impacts of Bore Passage on Boundary Layer Structure and Instability
Timothy J. Wagner, CIMSS, Madison, WI; and D. M. Loveless, D. D. Turner, S. A. Ackerman, and W. F. Feltz
11:15 AM
2.4
11:30 AM
2.5
Examining Common Features of the Low-Level Jet during PECAN
Joshua G. Gebauer, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and A. Shapiro, E. Fedorovich, P. Klein, and E. N. Smith
11:45 AM
2.6
The Great Plains Low-Level Jet during PECAN: Observed and Simulated Characteristics
Elizabeth N. Smith, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and P. M. Klein, E. Fedorovich, J. A. Gibbs, and J. G. Gebauer
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Session 2
Needs (Physical and Social Science research, Practice, etc.)
Location: Salon K (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Special Symposium on Impact-Based Decision Support Services
Chair: Morgan Barry, NOAA/NWS
11:00 AM
2.3
Making Impact-Based Information and Advice Impactful
Rebecca Hemingway, Met Office, Exeter, UK; and I. Lisk
11:15 AM
2.4
11:30 AM
2.5
An Overview of the NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center’s Integrated Machine-Based Predictive Analytics for Convective Threats to Society (IMPACTS) Statistical Model
Patrick T. Marsh, NOAA/NWS/Storm Prediction Center, Norman, OK; and R. Clark III, R. S. Schneider, H. E. Brooks, S. A. Erickson, and A. R. Dean
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Session 2
The Past, Present, and Future of TV Weather Broadcasting
Location: Ballroom B (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 46th Conference on Broadcast Meteorology
Chair: Doug Heady, KOAM-TV
10:45 AM
2.2
Preparing Future Broadcast Meteorologists for the Changes in Station Roles
Gerald J. Mulvey, Univ. of the Incarnate Word, San Antonio, TX; and K. Deleon
11:15 AM
2.4
Augmented Reality: The Next-Generation Weather Messaging Tool
Mike Chesterfield, The Weather Channel, Atlanta, GA; and M. Sitkowski
11:30 AM
2.5
Flying Blind: Covering San Angelo's Worst Storm in Years without Power
Joshua E. Johns, KLST-TV, San Angelo, TX; and D. S. Smith

Themed Joint Session 3
Communicating Information and Risk in the Energy Sector
Location: Room 15 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Hosts: (Joint between the Ninth Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; and the Eighth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations )
Cochairs: Justin Sharp, Sharply Focused LLC; Aidan Tuohy, Electric Power Research Institute
Panelists: Stephen Bennett, Riskpulse; G. David Emmitt, Simpson Weather Associates, Inc.; Jason Samenow, The Washington Post, Capital Weather Gang; George McLean, Avangrid; Sue Haupt, NCAR
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Session 3
Tropical Dynamics and Waves (Invited Presentations)
Location: Ballroom G (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Peter J. Webster Symposium
Chair: Shuyi Chen, Univ. of Washington
11:00 AM
3.2
Equatorial Waves and Peter Webster
Matthew C. Wheeler, Bureau of Meteorology, Melbourne, Australia; and G. N. Kiladis
11:15 AM
3.3
Spatiotemporal Variability of the Tropical Dynamical Warm Pool and Its Influence on Continental Precipitation
Carlos D. Hoyos, Univ. Nacional de Colombia, Medellin, Colombia; and D. C. Cruz and P. J. Webster
11:30 AM
3.4
11:45 AM
3.5
Tropic World
Dennis L. Hartmann, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and B. D. Dygert
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Session 3
Winter Orographic Clouds Physical Measurements
Location: Room 16AB (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 21st Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification
Chair: Roy Rasmussen, NCAR
10:30 AM
3.1
An Overview of the SNOWIE Field Campaign
Sarah A. Tessendorf, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. French, K. Friedrich, B. Geerts, R. M. Rauber, R. M. Rasmussen, L. Xue, D. Blestrud, M. L. Kunkel, and S. Parkinson
10:45 AM
3.2
Spatiotemporal Evolution of Seeded Orographic Winter Clouds Using High-Resolution Radar Observations
Katja Friedrich, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and J. Aikins, J. French, B. Geerts, S. Tessendorf, R. M. Rauber, R. Rasmussen, L. Xue, D. Blestrud, M. L. Kunkel, and S. Parkinson
11:00 AM
3.3
Multifrequency Radar Reflectivity Analysis of Seeded Orographic Winter Clouds
Bart Geerts, Univ. of Wyoming, Laramie, WY; and C. D. Grasmick, B. Pokharel, K. Friedrich, and S. J. Haimov
11:15 AM
3.4
Microphysical Evolution of Seeded Wintertime Orographic Clouds
Jeffrey R. French, Univ. of Wyoming, Laramie, WY; and A. Majewski, B. Geerts, K. Friedrich, S. Tessendorf, R. M. Rauber, R. M. Rasmussen, L. Xue, D. Blestrud, and M. L. Kunkel

11:30 AM
3.5
Observations of Supercooled Liquid via Ground-Based Radiometer Measurements and the Implications for Winter Cloud Seeding
Kimberly A. Reed, Radiometrics Corporation, Boulder, CO; and D. Axisa, D. Serke, R. Ware, and T. Wilfong
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Session 4
Aerosol–Cloud Interactions in High Latitudes
Location: Room 12A (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 10th Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions
Cochairs: Yuan Wang, California Institute of Technology; Chuanfeng Zhao, Beijing Normal Univ.
10:30 AM
4.1
Impacts of Aerosols from Biomass Burning and Anthropogenic Pollution Sources on Low-Level Arctic Clouds
Timothy J. Garrett, Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and Q. Coopman, J. Riedi, and D. Finch
10:45 AM
4.2
Observational Studies of Aerosol–Cloud Interactions along the North Slope of Alaska (Invited Presentation)
Gijs de Boer, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and M. Maahn, M. Norgren, J. M. Creamean, M. Shupe, F. Mei, G. Feingold, and G. M. McFarquhar
11:15 AM
4.4
The Influence of Local and Long-Range Transported Aerosol Particles on Arctic Mixed-Phase Clouds
Luisa Ickes, Stockholm Univ., Stockholm, Sweden; and C. Hoose and A. M. L. Ekman

11:30 AM
4.5
Boundary Layer Aerosol Sources and Cloud Interactions in the Summertime Remote Arctic
Adele L. Igel, Univ. of California, Davis, CA; and A. Ekman, C. Leck, M. Tjernstrom, J. Savre, and J. Sedlar
11:45 AM
4.6A
Long-Term in-Situ Observations of Aerosol–Cloud Interactions in Northern Finland
Heikki Lihavainen, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland; and N. Kivekäs, E. Asmi, D. Brus, K. Doulgeris, M. Komppula, and Y. Viisanen

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Session 4
Effective Strategies for Increasing Minority Participation in the Atmospheric Sciences
Location: Ballroom C (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 27th Symposium on Education
Cochairs: Reginald Blake, New York City College of Technology, City Univ. of New York; Janet Liou-Mark, New York City College of Technology, City Univ. of New York
10:30 AM
4.1
Including Indigenous Voices through Climate Adaptation Planning
Renee A. McPherson, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and A. Taylor and A. Phleger
11:00 AM
4.3
Building Mentoring Relationships Between Alumni and Students of Jackson State University
John P. Moore III, NWS, Jackson, MS, MS; and J. D. Sims, C. Woods, W. Parker, L. Alomassor, A. R. Cook, H. Hasberry, F. Zeigler, and D. Hill
11:15 AM
4.4
Sparks for Change: Supporting and Retaining Minority Faculty in the Geosciences
Rebecca L. Batchelor, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. Kirsch, B. King, S. Habtes, and J. Crockett
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Themed Joint Session 4
Machine Learning and Statistics in Data Science
Location: Room 7 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Hosts: (Joint between the 17th Conf on Artificial and Computational Intelligence and its Applications to the Environmental Sciences; and the 25th Conference on Probability and Statistics )
Chair: Amy McGovern, University of Oklahoma
10:30 AM
TJ4.1
11:00 AM
TJ4.2
Convolutional Neural Network for Rain/No-Rain Detection from Satellite Observations
Kun Zhang, Beijing Presky Co., Ltd., Beijing, China; and H. Xia, H. Zhang, C. Lin, and W. Guo

11:15 AM
TJ4.3
Self-Organizing Maps for Tornadic Near-Storm Environments
Alexandra Anderson-Frey, Pennsylvania State Univ., Univ. Park, PA; and Y. P. Richardson, A. R. Dean, R. L. Thompson, and B. T. Smith
11:30 AM
TJ4.4
Improving Forecasts of Extreme Values by Machine Learning Models Using Occam's Razor
William W. Hsieh, Univ. of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
11:45 AM
TJ4.5
Spatial Structure Evaluation of Unsupervised Deep Learning for Atmospheric Data
David John Gagne II, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and S. E. Haupt and D. W. Nychka
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Session 4
Major Scientific Challenges in Space Weather—Part I
Location: Salon J (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 15th Conference on Space Weather
Chair: Valbona Kunkel, NOAA/NWS/EMC via IMSG
10:30 AM
4.1
Modeling Geomagnetic Storms Based on Predicted Solar Wind Properties
Jonathan Krall, NRL, Washington, DC; and J. D. Huba and V. Kunkel
10:45 AM
4.2
Day-to-Day Variability and Predictability of the Ionosphere
Tomoko Matsuo, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and C. T. Hsu, T. W. Fang, and T. J. Fuller-Rowell

11:00 AM
4.3
Comparison of Two Medium Energy Electron Data Sets in WACCM
Josh Pettit, Univ. of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO; and C. Randall, E. D. Peck, D. R. Marsh, C. Bardeen, and X. Fang
11:15 AM
4.4
Understanding and Forecasting Upper Atmosphere Nitric Oxide through Data Mining Analysis of TIMED/SABER Data
Delores J. Knipp, Univ. of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO; and S. Flynn, T. Matsuo, M. G. Mlynczak, and L. A. Hunt
11:30 AM
4.5
Earth-Affecting Coronal Mass Ejections without Obvious Low Coronal Signatures
Nariaki Nitta, Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Center, Palo Alto, CA; and T. Skov

11:45 AM
4.6
SEP Modeling Based on Global Heliospheric Models at the CCMC
M. Leila Mays, GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and J. Luhmann, D. Odstrcil, H. Bain, N. A. Schwadron, M. Gorby, Y. Li, K. Lee, C. Zeitlin, C. Lee, L. Jian, R. Mewaldt, and A. Galvin

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Panel Discussion 4
Public–Private Partnership Opportunities for National Meteorological and Hydrometeorological Service Modernization
Location: Room 5ABC (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Sixth Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise
Moderator: Sheldon D. Drobot, Harris
Keynote: Makoto Suwa, World Bank
Panelists: Paul A. Kucera, UCAR; Courtney Draggon, NOAA/NWS; Jonathan Porter, AccuWeather, Inc; Robert Baron, Baron Services, Inc.
10:30 AM
Panel Discussion
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Session 4
The Future of Predictive Services in America: Part II
Location: Ballroom E (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Sixth Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation
Cochairs: Douglas Hilderbrand, NOAA/NWS; Andrea Bleistein, NOAA/NWS
10:30 AM
4.1
Evolving to Achieve a Weather-Ready Nation
David Novak, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, College Park, MD
10:45 AM
4.2
Building a Weather-Ready Nation (WRN) by Transforming the National Weather Service’s Dissemination Systems
Michelle Mainelli, Office of Dissemination, Silver Spring, MD; and C. S. Brunner, C. Hodan, B. Werwinski, and B. Dunford
11:15 AM
4.4
Evolving the NWS: The Impacts Catalog Component
Wendy Marie Thomas, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and M. W. Davis, M. Jackson, and M. Tew
11:30 AM
4.5
National Blend of Models Field Demonstrations: A Closer Look
Cammye Sims, NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and D. Cobb, M. J. Hudson, and M. A. Tew
11:45 AM
4.6
Using Geospatial Web Services to Transform Weather, Water, and Climate Information Communication
Kari L. Sheets, NWS, Bohemia, NY; and C. S. Brunner, S. Gilbert, N. Parikh, and D. Rinker
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Session 5
Hurricanes of 2017Part II
Location: Ballroom D (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Major Weather Events and Impacts of 2017
Chair: Owen H. Shieh, Joint Typhoon Warning Center
10:30 AM
5.1
Advanced Analysis and Prediction of Hurricane Harvey with NOAA’s Newly Developed NGGPS Model and Assimilation of the Newly Launched GOES-16 All-Sky Radiance
Fuqing Zhang, Pennsylvania State Univ., State College, PA; and X. Chen, M. Minamide, R. Nystrom, S. J. Lin, and L. Harris
10:45 AM
5.2
11:00 AM
5.3
Supporting the Movement of Fleet Utility Vehicles for the Restoration of Power: An Example of the Weather Enterprise at Work
Dave Jones, StormCenter Communications, Inc., Halethorpe, MD; and T. Moran, R. de Ameller, T. Wible, and E. Robinson

11:15 AM
5.4
NASA Earth Science Disasters Program Response Activities During Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria in 2017
Jordan R. Bell, Univ. of Alabama—Huntsville, Huntsville, AL; and L. A. Schultz, A. L. Molthan, D. B. Kirschbaum, M. Román, S. H. Yun, F. J. Meyer, K. A. Hogenson, R. Gens, H. M. Goodman, S. Owen, R. Amini, Y. Lou, M. Glasscoe, D. S. Green, J. J. Murray, J. C. Struve, J. Seepersad, and V. Thompson
11:30 AM
5.5
Harvey: An Exceptional Rainfall Event (Invited Presentation)
John W. Nielsen-Gammon, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX
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Session 5
Hydrometeorological Extremes, Part I
Location: Room 18B (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 32nd Conference on Hydrology
Cochairs: Eleonora Demaria, USDA–ARS; John N. McHenry, Baron Advanced Meteorological Systems, LLC; Konstantinos Andreadis, JPL; Daniel Rodriguez, Instituto Alberto Luiz Coimbra de Pós-Graduação e Pesquisa de Engenharia–Univ. Federal do Rio de Janeiro
10:45 AM
5.2
Using Optical Remote Sensing and Synthetic Aperture Radar for Near-Real-Time Response to the Central U.S. Flooding in April–May 2017
Jordan R. Bell, Univ. of Alabama—Huntsville, Huntsville, AL; and L. A. Schultz, M. Jones, A. L. Molthan, S. A. Arko, K. A. Hogenson, and F. J. Meyer
11:00 AM
5.3A
Primary Atmospheric Drivers of Pluvial Years in the United States Great Plains
Paul X. Flanagan, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. B. Basara, J. C. Furtado, and X. Xiao
11:15 AM
5.4
The Rapid Response Flood Team (RAFT) Paradigm
Amanda J. Schroeder, NOAA/NWS, Fort Worth, TX; and D. Giardino, G. K. Waller, A. Austin-Smith, and K. S. Lander
11:30 AM
5.5
Rain Type and Flood Events in Southern of Brazil
Diego Oliveira de Souza Sr., National Center for Monitoring and Early Warning of Natural Disasters (CEMADEN), São José dos Campos, Brazil; and R. S. A. Palharini, G. S. B. Miranda, P. H. M. de Souza, and M. G. D. Nascimento
11:45 AM
5.6
National Water Model Forecast Evaluation of Extreme Hydrometeorological Events over the Western United States
Francesca Viterbo, NOAA, Boulder, CO; and A. R. Thorstensen, R. Cifelli, M. Hughes, L. E. Johnson, D. J. Gochis, A. W. Wood, K. Nowak, and K. Dahm
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Session 5
Land Surface and Hydrology
Location: Room 4ABC (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Third Symposium on Multi-scale Predictability: Data-model Integration and Uncertainty Quantification for Climate and Earth System Monitoring and Prediction
Chair: Zong-Liang Yang, The University of Texas at Austin
11:00 AM
5.2
11:30 AM
5.3
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Session 5
Librarians Responding to Changes and Challenges
Location: Room 3 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 21st Atmospheric Science Librarians International Conference
Chair: Frederick Stoss, State Univ. of New York
10:30 AM
5.1
11:00 AM
5.2
Response and Resiliency: Challenges in the Aftermath of a Disaster
Joyce Shaw, Univ. of Southern Mississippi, Ocean Springs, MS
11:30 AM
5.3
AMS Career Development Services and Resources for Librarians
Scott M. Mackaro, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville

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Session 5
Observing System Simulation Experiments (OSSEs)Part II
Location: Room 14 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 22nd Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)
Chair: Lidia Cucurull, NOAA/OAR/AOML
10:30 AM
5.1
Impact of a Proposed Constellation of Radio Occultation Data on Tropical Cyclone Forecasts
Michael Mueller, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and A. C. Kren, L. Cucurull, R. Atlas, R. N. Hoffman, G. Ge, and T. R. Peevey
10:45 AM
5.2
A 2-km Basin-Scale Nature Run for a Hurricane Regional OSSE System
Javier Delgado, Univ. of Miami/Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies and NOAA/AOML/HRD, Miami, FL; and L. Bucci, K. Ryan, and R. Atlas
11:00 AM
5.3
Idealized OSSE Evaluation of Ocean Profiler Assimilation for Improving Mesoscale Ocean Analysis and Prediction
George R. Halliwell Jr., NOAA/AOML, Miami, FL; and V. H. Kourafalou, R. Atlas, and M. Le Henaff
11:30 AM
5.5
Assimilation of UAS-Supercell Datasets in an OSSE Framework
Jason M. Keeler, Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE; and A. L. Houston
11:45 AM
5.6
Terrestrial Snow Observing System Simulation Experiment (OSSE) in the Context of a Snow Mass Mission Concept Study
Camille Garnaud, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Dorval, Canada; and S. Bélair, C. Derksen, M. Carrera, B. Bilodeau, M. Abrahamowicz, N. Gauthier, and V. Vionnet
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Session 5
Use of UAVs for Atmospheric Research That Includes Discussions on Platforms, Instrumentation, Regulations, and SciencePart 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
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
11:00 AM
5.3
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
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
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
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Session 5
Verification and Validation — Part II: High Resolution
Location: Room 19AB (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 25th Conference on Probability and Statistics
Chair: Dana Strom, AceInfo Solutions
10:30 AM
5.1
Communicating Predictive Skill Through Recent Advances in MET
Tara Jensen, NCAR and Developmental Testbed Center, Boulder, CO; and J. H. Gotway, T. Fowler, and B. Brown
10:45 AM
5.2
A Community Effort for Convection Allowing Mode (CAM) Scorecarding
Tara Jensen, NCAR and Developmental Testbed Center, Boulder, CO; and J. Halley Gotway, A. J. Clark, P. L. Heinselman, J. K. Wolff, P. Skinner, C. R. Alexander, J. Carley, G. Manikin, and I. L. Jirak
11:00 AM
5.3
Evaluation of Hail Size Forecasting Models during the 2016 Hazardous Weather Testbed Spring Experiment
David John Gagne II, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. Adams-Selin, G. Thompson, B. Gallo, A. McGovern, G. Romine, C. Schwartz, N. Snook, and R. A. Sobash
11:30 AM
5.5
Modeling and Correcting Reporting Biases in the SPC Tornado Database
Corey K. Potvin, CIMMS, and NOAA/OAR/NSSL, Norman, OK; and C. Broyles, P. S. Skinner, and H. E. Brooks
11:45 AM
5.6
An Evaluation of Ensembles Available within the Community Leveraged Unified Ensemble (CLUE) during the Hazardous Weather Testbed (HWT)
Jeff Beck, NOAA/ESRL/GSD and CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Boulder, CO; and I. Jankov, J. K. Wolff, M. Harrold, T. Hertneky, P. S. Skinner, and J. M. Brown
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Session 5A
Atmospheric Composition and Modeling—Part II
Location: Room 18CD (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 20th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry
Cochairs: Richard S. Eckman, NASA/LARC; Kenneth W. Jucks, NASA Headquarters
10:30 AM
5A.1A
Estimating Convective Entrainment Rates Associated with Deep Convection Using Aura CO and CloudSat Observations
Ryan Stanfield, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and H. Su, J. Jiang, L. Huang, Z. Luo, and A. Molod
10:45 AM
5A.2
A Decade of Changes in Global SO2 Pollution: Insights from Aura/Ozone Monitoring Instrument
Can Li, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD; and C. McLinden, V. Fioletov, N. A. Krotkov, S. Carn, J. Joiner, Y. Zhang, D. Streets, H. He, X. Ren, Z. Li, and R. R. Dickerson
11:00 AM
5A.3
More Accurate OMI Tropospheric NO2 Retrievals, Aided by NASA's A-Train High-Resolution Data
Nickolay A. Krotkov, NASA GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and L. N. Lamsal, A. Vasilkov, S. Marchenko, W. Qin, E. S. Yang, Z. Fasnacht, D. Haffner, W. H. Swartz, R. Spurr, and J. Joiner
11:15 AM
5A.4
Lightning NOx Production per Flash in the Midlatitudes and Tropics Derived from OMI NO2, and WWLLN Observations
K. E. Pickering, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD; and E. J. Bucsela, D. J. Allen, R. H. Holzworth, and N. A. Krotkov
11:30 AM
5A.5
A Reevaluation of the Contribution of Very-Short-Lived Bromocarbons to Stratospheric Bromine Loading Based on Satellite BrO
Pamela Wales, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD; and R. J. Salawitch, T. P. Canty, R. M. Suleiman, K. Chance, S. Choi, J. Joiner, R. McPeters, P. K. Bhartia, T. Kurosu, G. Mount, E. Spinei, W. R. Simpson, D. Donohoue, B. Johnson, D. E. Kinnison, and S. Tilmes
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Session 5A
Individual Responses to Extreme Weather
Location: Ballroom F (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 13th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice
Chair: Kathleen Sherman-Morris, Mississippi State University
10:30 AM
5A.1
The Weather Channel Heuristic: Potential Evidence for a Sleeper Effect when Naming Storms
Adam M. Rainear, Univ. of Connecticut, Storrs, CT; and X. Lin, K. A. Lachlan, and P. R. Spence
10:45 AM
5A.2
A Difference in the Details: Assessing the Impact of Region on Tornado Threat Awareness and Knowledge
Makenzie Krocak, Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies, Norman, OK; and J. T. Ripberger, H. Jenkins-Smith, and C. Silva
11:00 AM
5A.3
Biases and Heuristics in Warning Response
Alyssa Cannistraci, NOAA, Sykesville, MD; and K. Klockow and A. Gerard
11:15 AM
5A.4
Why Don't They Leave? Examining Barriers That Prevent Protective Actions During Severe Weather Events
Cassandra A Shivers-Williams, Howard Univ., Washington, DC; and A. P. Cole Dixon and T. Adams
11:30 AM
5A.5
Envisioning Flood Risk: Communicating Storm Surge Forecasts Through Maps and 3D Visualizations
Olga Wilhelmi, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. Boehnert, H. Lazrus, J. Gambill, R. E. Morss, J. L. Demuth, K. Dickinson, and C. Langemeier
11:45 AM
5A.6
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Session 5A
Software Engineering and Cyberinfrastructure
Location: Room 17A (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 34th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies
Cochairs: Brenda C. Boyce, Booz Allen Hamilton; Aashish Chaudhary, Kitware; William F. Roberts, OAR
10:30 AM
5A.1
Improving Capacity Planning for Archiving Environmental Data
Michael E. Fotta, Global Science & Technology, Inc., Fairmont, WV
10:45 AM
5A.2
Increasing Access to the Results of NSF-Funded Scientific Research at NCAR
Kate Young, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and L. Cully, J. Aquino, R. A. Rilling, J. Allison, M. Dye, M. B. Paulus, J. Jubera, and B. Baeuerle
11:00 AM
5A.3
Standardizing Observation Data for the A2e WFIP2 Project
Matt C. Macduff, PNNL, Richland, WA; and C. Sivaraman
11:15 AM
5A.4
Containing the Future
Zachary L. Flamig, Univ. of Chicago, Chicago, IL; and W. Wells and R. Grossman
11:30 AM
5A.5
NOAA Virtual Lab (VLab) Services
Kenneth S. Sperow, CIRA NOAA/NWS, Arroyo Grande, CA; and J. E. Burks
11:45 AM
5A.6
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Session 5B
Inspiring Engagement for Climate Resilience
Location: Room 6B (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 13th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice
Chair: Jenny Dissen, CICS-NC
10:45 AM
5B.2
Customer Use Cases and Analytics for Climate Data at NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information
Michael J. Brewer, NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI, Asheville, NC; and T. G. Houston, A. Hollingshead, J. Dissen, and N. Jones
11:00 AM
5B.3
The European Union Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) at ECMWF
Freja Vamborg, ECMWF, Reading, UK; and J. N. Thépaut, D. Dee, C. Buontempo, H. Hersbach, and A. Brookshaw
11:15 AM
5B.4
Clark County Climate Variability and Global Climate Model Selection Process with Southern Nevada Water Agency
Julie Kalansky, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA; and A. M. Sheffield, K. Brooks, J. Johnson, D. Cayan, and D. W. Pierce
11:30 AM
5B.5
Moving Beyond Data Portals: How Insurers and NGOs are Using Tailored Weather Data for International Development Operations
Helen Greatrex, International Research Institute for Climate and Society, Palisades, NY; and D. Osgood and A. Kruczkiewicz
11:45 AM
5B.6A
Communicating Climate Information across Binational Boundaries at the Regional Scale—Lessons Learned from North America
Meredith Muth, NOAA, Silver Spring, MD; and B. Appleby, S. Borisoff, B. R. Brettschneider, D. P. Brown, J. Saldaña Colín, S. Deland, R. J. Fleetwood, G. M. Garfin, E. De Groot, M. Ibarra, D. R. Kluck, S. Leroy, E. Mecray, J. L. Partain Jr., R. Thoman, and M. E. Woloszyn
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Session 5B
The ATom Mission—Part II
Location: Room 9 C (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 20th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry
Cochairs: Michael J. Prather, NASA USRA; Steven Wofsy, Harvard Univ.
10:45 AM
5B.2
Spatial and Temporal Representativeness of ATom Transects Using GEOS-5 and GMI–CTM Simulations
Junhua Liu, NASA USRA, Greenbelt, MD; and S. A. Strode, M. J. Prather, L. Lait, A. Conaty, M. R. Damon, S. D. Steenrod, P. A. Newman, R. Commane, B. C. Daube, S. C. Wofsy, T. B. Ryerson, J. Peischl, C. Thompson, H. Bian, and S. E. Strahan
11:15 AM
5B.4
Evaluation of the Reactive Nitrogen Budget of the Remote Atmosphere in Global Models Using Airborne Measurements
Lee Thomas Murray, Univ. of Rochester, Rochester, NY; and S. A. Strode, A. M. Fiore, J. F. Lamarque, M. J. Prather, C. Thompson, J. Peischl, T. B. Ryerson, H. Allen, D. R. Blake, W. Brune, J. Crounse, J. W. Elkins, S. Hall, E. J. Hintsa, L. G. Huey, M. Kim, F. L. Moore, K. Ullmann, P. O. Wennberg, and S. C. Wofsy

11:30 AM
5B.5
Distributions of Nonmethane Hydrocarbons and Oxygenated VOCs and Their Contribution to Chemical Reactivity and HOx Production in the Most Remote Troposphere during the NASA Atmospheric Tomography (ATom) Experiment
Eric C. Apel, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. Hornbrook, A. Hills, J. J. Orlando, L. K. Emmons, J. F. Lamarque, E. Asher, T. Hanisco, G. M. Wolfe, J. St. Clair, C. Sweeney, K. McKain, M. Kim, J. Crounse, P. Wennberg, T. B. Ryerson, C. Thompson, J. Peischl, E. A. Ray, N. J. Blake, S. Meinardi, B. Barletta, I. J. Simpson, D. Blake, W. Brune, B. Daube, R. Commane, and S. Wofsy
11:45 AM
5B.6
The Atmospheric Tomography Mission (ATom): Comparing the Chemical Climatology of Reactive Species from Measurements and Global Models
Clare Marie Flynn, Univ. of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA; and M. J. Prather, X. Zhu, P. O. Wennberg, M. Kim, J. Crounse, T. B. Ryerson, C. Thompson, J. Peischl, T. Hanisco, G. Diskin, B. C. Daube, R. Commane, K. McKain, E. C. Apel, N. J. Blake, D. R. Blake, J. Elkins, F. L. Moore, E. J. Hintsa, S. Hall, K. Ullman, S. A. Strode, S. D. Steenrod, S. E. Strahan, J. F. Lamarque, A. M. Fiore, L. W. Horowitz, J. Mao, L. T. Murray, D. T. Shindell, and S. Wofsy

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Session 5B
Weather and Roads—from Observations to Actionable Information, Part II
Location: Room 10AB (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 34th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies
Cochairs: Paul A. Pisano, U.S. Department of Transportation/Federal Highway Administration; Brenda C. Boyce, Booz Allen Hamilton
10:30 AM
5B.1
Convergence of Weather and Vehicles Technologies
Paul A. Pisano, U.S. Department of Transportation/Federal Highway Administration, Washington, DC; and G. Guevara, R. Alfelor, R. Murphy, and B. C. Boyce
10:45 AM
5B.2
MDSS Assessment of Recommendations Study
Robert D. Hart, Iteris, Inc, Tucson, AZ; and B. W. Hershey and D. L. Huft
11:00 AM
5B.3
A Road State Climatology from the Global Weather Corp. Road Weather Forecasts
Danny Cheresnick, Global Weather Corporation, Boulder, CO; and J. Thompson, B. Gail, B. Myers, and N. Rehak
11:15 AM
5B.4
Developing a Winter Severity Index to Improve Safety and Mobility
Curtis L. Walker, Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE; and D. Steinkruger, P. Gholizadeh, B. Dao, S. Hasanzadeh, M. R. Anderson, and B. Esmaeili
11:30 AM
5B.5
The Integration of Clarus into the NWS's MADIS
Leon A. Benjamin, CIRES, Boulder, CO; and G. Pratt
11:45 AM
5B.6
Communicating Road Weather Impacts to the Traveling Public
Paul A. Pisano, U.S. Department of Transportation/Federal Highway Administration, Washington, DC; and G. Guevara, R. Alfelor, R. Murphy, and B. C. Boyce
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Session 6
Advances in Communication Processes and Technology to Improve the End-to-End Communication of Earth or Space Environment Observations, Products, or Information to Operational End Users and the Public
Location: 615 AB (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Eighth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations
Cochairs: Eric J. Miller, NOAA/NESDIS; David Bludis, NOAA/NESDIS/OPPA
10:30 AM
6.1
Communicating NCEP Model Upgrades
Carissa L. Klemmer, NCEP, College Park, MD
10:45 AM
6.2
Communicating NOAA’s Integrated Observing System Portfolio and the Work of the NOAA Observing Systems Council
Eric J. Miller, NOAA/NESDIS, Silver Spring, MD; and D. Bludis, A. Pratt, S. Sarkar, and A. Steckel
11:00 AM
6.3
FACETs - The 2017/2018 Hazard Services–Probabilistic Hazard Information (HS-PHI) Experiments at the NOAA Hazardous Weather Testbed
Tracy Lee Hansen, NOAA/OAR/ESRL/GSD, Boulder, CO; and G. J. Stumpf, A. V. Bates, C. Ling, K. L. Manross, A. Gerard, C. Golden, Y. Guo, J. J. James, D. M. Kingfield, J. G. LaDue, T. C. Meyer, D. Nietfeld, L. P. Rothfusz, and S. Williams
11:30 AM
6.5
Transitioning Turbulence Research Into Airline Operations
Tammy J. Farrar, FAA, Washington, DC; and G. Meymaris, T. Rahmes, B. Watts, N. J. Polderman, and R. Stone
11:45 AM
6.6
Global Graphical Turbulence Guidance (G-GTG) for World Area Forecast System (WAFS) Upgrade
Jung-Hoon Kim, Colorado State Univ./CIRA, Fort Collins, CO; and R. D. Sharman, C. Batholomew, M. Strahan, J. W. Scheck, J. C. H. Cheung, and P. Buchanan
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Session 6
Methods and Studies Associated with Source Attribution and Chemical/Meteorological Data Assimilation
Location: Salon G (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 20th Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA
Chair: Ariel F. Stein, NOAA
10:30 AM
6.1
Source Term Estimation from Persistent Measurement of Airborne Contaminants
Steven R. Chiswell, Savannah River National Laboratory, Aiken, SC

10:45 AM
6.2
Using Tracer Experiment Data to Test and Evaluate the HYSPLIT Lagrangian Model Inverse System
Ariel F. Stein, ARL, College Park, MD; and T. Chai and F. Ngan

11:15 AM
6.4
Application of a Lightning Data Assimilation Technique to Improve Transport and Dispersion Simulations
Nicholas K. Heath, Air Force Technical Applications Center, Patrick Air Force Base, FL
11:30 AM
6.5
Examining Changes in Ozone over the Western United States via Assimilation of Satellite Ozone Products in a Chemistry-Transport Model
Gregory Osterman, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and J. L. Neu, T. Walker, D. Fu, S. Kulawik, and K. Bowman

12:00 PM
Wildfire Smoke Forecasts Associated with the 2014 Pu'u 'O' Lava Flows - Andre Pattantyus
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Session 6A
Climate Sensitivity—Part I
Location: Salon F (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 31st Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Cochairs: Scott Weaver, Environmental Defense Fund; Kerry H. Cook, The Univ. of Texas at Austin
10:30 AM
6A.1
Improving Constraints on Climate System Properties with Additional Data and New Statistical and Sampling Methods (Invited Presentation)
Alex G. Libardoni, Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA; and C. E. Forest, A. P. Sokolov, and E. Monier

11:00 AM
6A.3
Understanding Variability in Transient Climate Response
Brooke K. Adams, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; and A. E. Dessler

11:15 AM
6A.4
Climate Feedbacks from Internal Variability
Jonah Bloch-Johnson, Univ. of Chicago, Chicago, IL; and M. Rugenstein and D. Abbot
11:30 AM
6A.5
Intermodel Warming Projection Spread: Inherited Traits from Control Climate Diversity
Xiaoming Hu, Sun Yat-Sen Univ., Guangzhou, China; and P. Taylor, M. Cai, S. Yang, Y. Deng, and S. A. Sejas
11:45 AM
6A.6
Projected Changes in Atmospheric Stability for Japan Using Large Ensemble Simulations
Sho Kawazoe, JAMSTEC, Yokohama, Japan; and M. Fujita, S. Sugimoto, Y. Okada, S. Watanabe, R. Mizuta, A. Murata, M. Ishii, and H. Kawase

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Session 6B
Variability and Change in Jets and Storm Tracks—Part II
Location: 616 AB (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 31st Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Cochairs: Walter Robinson, North Carolina State Univ.; Nathaniel C. Johnson, Princeton Univ.
10:30 AM
6B.1
10:45 AM
6B.2
Projected Narrowing and Reinforcement of the NH Jet in Winter—Effects of Arctic and Tropical Processes
Gudrun Magnusdottir, Univ. of California, Irvine, CA; and Y. Peings and J. Cattiaux
11:00 AM
6B.3
11:15 AM
6B.4
Impacts of Decreasing Extratropical Cyclone Activity in Summer on Extreme Heat Events
Chen-Geng Ma, Stony Brook Univ., Stony Brook, NY; and E. K. M. Chang
11:30 AM
6B.5
The PNA Teleconnection in Different Climate States
Yongyun Hu, Peking Univ., Beijing, China; and Y. Wang
11:45 AM
6B.6
A Modified Persistent Anomaly Index Applied to Present and Future Climates
Rebecca Lee Miller, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC; and G. M. Lackmann and W. A. Robinson
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Joint Session 24
Land Surface–Atmosphere Interactions, Part II
Location: Room 18A (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Hosts: (Joint between the 32nd Conference on Hydrology; the 31st Conference on Climate Variability and Change; and the 22nd Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS) )
Cochairs: Yongkang Xue, Univ. of California; Randal D. Koster, NASA GSFC; Michael B. Ek, NOAA/NWS; Joseph A. Santanello, NASA GSFC; Steven M. Quiring, Ohio State Univ.
10:30 AM
J24.1
Investigation of Land–Atmosphere Feedbacks in Oklahoma Using Local Coupling Metrics
Ryann Ashley Wakefield, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. B. Basara
11:00 AM
J24.3
Potential Reemergence of Seasonal Soil Moisture Anomalies in North America
Matthew Newman, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado and NOAA/ESRL/Physical Sciences Division, Boulder, CO; and S. Kumar, Y. Wang, and B. Livneh
11:15 AM
J24.4
Moisture Sources for Flash Floods in the United States
Jessica M. Erlingis, Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, College Park, MD; and J. J. Gourley
11:30 AM
J24.5
Observed Influence of Vegetation Variability and Change on the Climate of South America
Divyansh Chug, Univ. of Illinois at Urbana−Champaign, Urbana, IL; and F. Dominguez
11:45 AM
J24.6
Satellite Observations Revealed Major Biophysical Climate Effects of Grassland–Cropland Conversion over East Asia Drylands
Gensuo Jia, CAS Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Beijing, China; and W. Ma and W. Lu

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Joint Session 25
Assessments of Air Pollution Exposure Variability and Health
Location: Room 17B (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Hosts: (Joint between the Ninth Conference on Environment and Health; and the 20th Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA )
Cochairs: Karin Ardon-Dryer, Texas Tech Univ.; Jennifer Vanos, Arizona State Univ.
10:30 AM
J25.1
Health First: Ahmedabad's Air Information Response Plan
Anjali Jaiswal, Natural Resources Defense Council, San Francisco, CA; and G. Beig, C. Shah, B. Solanki, A. Tiyagi, D. Mavalankar, and K. Knowlton
11:00 AM
J25.3
The Impacts of Dust Storm Particles on Human Lung Cells: An Analysis at the Single Cell Level
Karin Ardon-Dryer, Texas Tech Univ., Lubbock, TX; and C. Mock, J. Reyes, and G. Lahav
11:15 AM
J25.4
Developing an Early Warning for Onset of Allergenic Pollen Season
Fiona Lo, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and C. M. Bitz and J. J. Hess
11:30 AM
J25.5
Can We Predict Thunderstorm Asthma Epidemics: A Case Study of 7 Events in Melbourne, Australia
Andrew Grundstein, The Univ. of Georgia, Athens, GA; and P. W. Miller, J. Silver, and J. M. Shepherd
11:45 AM
Discussion

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Joint Session 25
Special Session on GOES-R
Location: Salon H (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)
Hosts: (Joint between the 14th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the 46th Conference on Broadcast Meteorology; the 22nd Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography; and the Sixth AMS Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation )
Cochairs: Daniel T. Lindsey, NOAA/NESDIS; Jorge Torres, KOB-TV
10:30 AM
J25.1
Geostationary Lightning Mapper: Post Launch Test Results
Clemens E. Tillier, Lockheed Martin, Palo Alto, CA; and S. F. Edgington, H. Demroff, R. van Bezooijen, H. J. Christian Jr., and P. M. Bitzer
10:45 AM
J25.2
GOES-R Series ABI Mode and Mesoscale Domain Sector Request Process
Kathryn W. Mozer, NOAA/NESDIS/OSPO, Greenbelt, MD; and D. Nietfeld, M. Seybold, E. M. Guillot, J. K. Zajic, B. Rapp, B. Gockel, C. M. Gravelle, and P. O'Reilly
11:15 AM
J25.4
Workshops on GOES-16 Data for National Weather Service SOOs and DOHs
Bill Ward, NWS, Honolulu, HI; and F. Alsheimer, B. C. Carcione, C. B. Entwistle, R. D. Ewald, M. T. Stavish, G. T. Stano, K. W. Mozer, J. J. Gerth, S. S. Lindstrom, T. J. Schmit, C. M. Gravelle, K. J. Runk, M. A. Bowlan, J. G. LaDue, J. E. Ogren, E. J. Szoke, and D. Bikos
11:30 AM
J25.5
Using the Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) on GOES-16 to Visualize Solar Eclipses
Timothy J. Schmit, NOAA/NESDIS/Center for Satellite Applications and Research, Madison, WI; and M. M. Gunshor, J. M. Feltz, K. Bah, K. W. Mozer, and J. P. Nelson III
11:45 AM
J25.6
Advanced Imagery Applications Development for GOES-16 ABI
Steven D. Miller, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and D. T. Lindsey, C. J. Seaman, J. E. Solbrig, Y. J. Noh, L. Grasso, and K. Micke
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Joint Session 27
The Role of Atmospheric Rivers in Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise
Location: Room 1 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Hosts: (Joint between the Sixth Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise; and the 32nd Conference on Hydrology )
Chair: Duane E. Waliser, JPL
10:30 AM
J27.1
Sensitivity of High-Impact Extratropical Cyclones to Water Vapor Filaments
James D. Doyle, NRL, Monterey, CA; and C. M. Amerault and C. A. Reynolds
10:45 AM
J27.2
An Assessment of Numerical Weather Prediction Models in Forecasting Atmospheric Rivers
Kyle M. Nardi, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and E. A. Barnes
11:00 AM
J27.3
Lessons in Communicating Rain Shadow Science in Western Nevada
Zoey Rosen, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
11:15 AM
J27.4
11:30 AM
J27.5
The ECMWF Extreme Forecast Index for Water Vapour Transport
David A. Lavers, ECMWF, Reading, UK; and E. Zsoter, D. S. Richardson, and F. Pappenberger
Recording files available
Joint Session 28
MJO Impacts on Global Weather and the Energy Sector
Location: Room 2 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Hosts: (Joint between the Sixth Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Sub-Seasonal Monsoon Variability; the Ninth Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; and the Sixth Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise )
Cochairs: Ángel F. Adames, GFDL; Scott W. Powell, Colorado State Univ.
Recording files available
Joint Session 29
Enabling Technologies and Their Maturation
Location: Room 9AB (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Hosts: (Joint between the First Conference on Earth Observing SmallSats; and the 22nd Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography )
Chair: John Pereira, NOAA/NESDIS
10:30 AM
J29.1
Assessments of CubeSat MicroMas-2 and CIRAS Impacts on NWP through Global OSSE
Narges Shahroudi, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR, College Park, MD; and Y. Zhou, T. Zhu, S. A. Boukabara, K. Ide, R. N. Hoffman, and R. Atlas
10:45 AM
J29.2
Leveraging CubeSat Technology to Address Nighttime Imagery Requirements over the Arctic
John J. Pereira, NESDIS, Silver Spring, MD; and D. Mamula, M. Caulfield, F. W. Gallagher III, D. Spencer, E. Petrescu, J. Ostroy, D. W. Pack, and A. LaRosa
11:00 AM
J29.3
Flight Demonstration of a Hyperspectral Infrared 6U CubeSat
Ronald J. Glumb, Harris Corporation, Fort Wayne, IN; and M. Lapsley, A. J. Glumb, and P. Mantica
11:15 AM
J29.4
A Compact Microwave Temperature and Humidity Sounder—Microwave CubeSat Sounder
Marian Klein, Boulder Environmental Sciences and Technology, Boulder, CO; and C. Dunlap, T. Hohman, Z. Wang, and K. Ramsdale
11:30 AM
J29.5
Use of CubeSats for High-Density Global Coverage
Peter Platzer, Spire Global, Inc., Boulder, CO; and A. E. MacDonald
11:45 AM
J29.6

10:45 AM-12:00 PM: Tuesday, 9 January 2018

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Session 6
Modeling Using Python
Location: Room 8 ABC (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Eighth Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using Python
Chair: Mary Haley, NCAR
10:45 AM
6.1
Using Parallel Python Tools to Postprocess Data for CMIP6
Sheri Mickelson, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and K. Paul
11:00 AM
6.3
Sympl and CliMT: Building Model Hierarchies, the Python Way.
Joy Merwin Monteiro, Stockholm Univ., Stockholm, Sweden; and R. Caballero and J. McGibbon
11:15 AM
6.4
Veros—A High-Performance Ocean Simulator Written in Pure Python
Dion Häfner, Niels Bohr Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark; and R. L. Jacobsen, C. Eden, M. Jochum, M. R. B. Kristensen, R. Nuterman, and B. Vinter
11:30 AM
6.5
Objective Characterization of Tropical Cyclones for Model Development
Kevin J. Dougherty, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD; and S. Abarca and D. T. Kleist
11:45 AM
6.6
High-Dimensional Lorenz Modeling in Python: Chaotic, Limit Cycle, and Quasi-Periodic Solutions
Sara Faghih-Naini, Friedrich-Alexander Univ., Erlangen, Germany; and B. W. Shen

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Tuesday, 9 January 2018


Lunch Break

Women in Atmospheric Sciences Luncheon
Location: Ballroom A (ACC) (Austin, Texas)

12:15 PM-1:15 PM: Tuesday, 9 January 2018


EarthCube: A Community-driven Cyberinfrastructure for the Geosciences – A Progress Report
Location: Room 10AB (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Town Hall Meetings
Organizer: Mohan K. Ramamurthy, UCAR

Environmental Information for Resilience in Infrastructure
Location: Room 18B (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Town Hall Meetings
Organizer: Annette Hollingshead, Global Science and Technology, Inc.
Facilitators: Michael J. Brewer, NOAA/NESDIS/National Centers for Environmental Information; Jenny Dissen, CICS-NC; Timothy Owen, NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
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NASA Earth Science Division Town Hall
Location: Room 19AB (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Town Hall Meetings
Organizer: Jack A. Kaye, NASA, Science Mission Directorate
Panelists: Michael H. Freilich, NASA Earth Science Division, Science Mission Directorate; Sandra Cauffman, NASA; Lawrence Friedl, NASA; Eric Ianson, NASA; Patricia Jacobberger-Jellison, NASA; Robert Bauer, NASA Earth Science Technology Office; Jack A. Kaye, NASA, Science Mission Directorate
12:15 PM
NASA Earth Science Division Twon Hall - Thomas Zurbuchen

NOAA Modeling Development Forum
Location: Room 14 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Town Hall Meetings
Organizer: Michael B. Ek, NOAA/NWS
Facilitator: Hendrik Tolman, NOAA
Panelist: Vijay Tallapragada, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC
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Presidential Town Hall Meeting: Integrating Social and Behavioral Sciences within the Weather Enterprise—Discussion of a new study from the National Academies
Location: Ballroom F (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Presidential Town Hall Meetings
Chair: William Hooke, AMS Policy Program
12:15 PM
Presidential Town Hall Meeting: Integrating Social and Behavioral Sciences within the Weather Enterprise—Discussion of a new study from the National Academies

The Outlook for Evidence-Based Decision-Making
Location: Room 17B (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Town Hall Meetings
Organizer: Paul Higgins, AMS Policy Program

Unlocking the Value of Satellite Observations for the Public through Cloud-Based Access
Location: Room 18CD (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Side Panels
Organizer: Gary McWilliams, NESDIS JPSS Program Office/Science and Technology Corporation
12:15 PM
Ed Kearns

12:15 PM
Zachary Flamig

12:15 PM
Otis Brown

12:15 PM
Philip Snyder

12:50 PM-1:30 PM: Tuesday, 9 January 2018


Daily Weather Briefings
Location: Room 17A (ACC) (Austin, Texas)

1:15 PM-2:30 PM: Tuesday, 9 January 2018

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Session 7
Modeling and Prediction of Weather and Dispersion in Mountainous and Complex Terrain Environments
Location: Salon G (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 20th Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA
Chair: Astrid Suarez, Air Force Technical Applications Center
1:15 PM
7.1
Complex Terrain Modeling Still Woefully Short of Goals
Gale F. Hoffnagle, TRC Environmental Consultants, Windsor, CT
1:30 PM
7.2
Atmospheric Transport of Agricultural Nitrogen Emissions from Eastern Colorado into Rocky Mountain National Park
Aaron J. Piña, Aeris LLC, Louisville, CO; and R. S. Schumacher, A. S. Denning, B. Faulkner, J. S. Baron, J. Ham, and D. S. Ojima
1:45 PM
7.3
2:00 PM
7.4
Measurement and Modeling of Local Circulation Patterns and Pollutant Dispersion from a Waste Incinerator in the Basin of Bolzano in the Italian Alps
Elena Tomasi, Univ. of Trento, Trento, Italy; and S. Alessandrini, G. Antonacci, L. Delle Monache, M. Falocchi, E. Ferrero, L. Giovannini, P. A. Jimenez, B. Kosovic, and D. Zardi
2:15 PM
7.5

1:30 PM-2:30 PM: Tuesday, 9 January 2018

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1
Development and Communication of Next-Generation Satellite Information for Forecasting Extreme Weather—Part I
Location: Room 5ABC (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Hosts: (Joint between the Sixth Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise; the 22nd Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography; and the 14th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems )
Moderators: Julie L. Demuth, NCAR; Daniel Nietfeld, NOAA/OAR/ESRL
Panelists: Steven D. Miller, CIRA; Geoffrey T. Stano, ENSCO, Inc.; Andrea B. Schumacher, CIRA/Colorado State Univ.; Chad M. Gravelle, NOAA/NWS Operations Proving Ground; William Line, NWS
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Session 3
Challenges (Barriers to Providing Effective Impact-Based Decision Support Services)
Location: Salon K (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Special Symposium on Impact-Based Decision Support Services
Chair: Michael Lowry, UCAR/NHC
1:30 PM
3.1
Deployment Ready: Evolving NWS Impact-Based Decision Support Services (Invited Presentation)
Charlie Woodrum, NWS, Honolulu, HI; and J. J. Zeltwanger and C. McKinney
1:45 PM
3.2
2:15 PM
3.4
A Glimpse into the Future of IDSS with Probabilistic Hazard Information (PHI) for Tornadoes
James Correia Jr., Univ. of Oklahoma/CIMMS and NOAA/NWS/SPC, Norman, OK; and D. LaDue and C. Karstens
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Session 4
Predictability and Prediction (Invited Presentations)
Location: Ballroom G (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Peter J. Webster Symposium
Chair: Carolyn Reynolds, NRL
1:30 PM
4.1
Unified Prediction of Weather and Climate
T. N. Palmer, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

2:00 PM
4.2
Prediction of the MJO
Hyemi Kim, SUNY, Stony Brook, NY

2:15 PM
4.3
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Session 5
Aerosol–Cloud Interactions in Observation and Models—Part I
Location: Room 12A (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 10th Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions
Cochairs: Xiaohong Liu, Univ. of Wyoming; Zhibo Zhang, Univ. of Maryland
1:45 PM
5.2
2:00 PM
5.3
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Session 6
Libraries’ and Librarians’ Innovative Responses to Changes
Location: Room 3 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 21st Atmospheric Science Librarians International Conference
Chair: Frederick Stoss, State Univ. of New York
1:30 PM
6.1
One Message, Many Platforms: Communicating NOAA Research through Library Outreach
Sarah Davis, NOAA Central Library, Silver Spring, MD; and J. Fagan-Fry and J. Rey
1:50 PM
6.2
Pushing the Limits: Promoting Informal STEM Learning in Public Libraries
Jennifer Wilhelm, Bryan and College Station Public Library System, College Station, TX
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Session 7
Flood Resilience: End-to-End Predictive Model Architectures, from Research to Operations to Applications and Services—Part I
Location: Room 12B (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 16th Symposium on the Coastal Environment
Cochairs: Nickitas Georgas, Stevens Institute of Technology; Chester Huang, Department of the Interior
1:30 PM
7.1
NOAA Storm Surge Strategy in Support of the Weather Act
Nicole P. Kurkowski, NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and J. Rhome
1:45 PM
7.2
Real-Time Storm Surge Forecasting Systems Research, Design, and Development
Sergey V. Vinogradov, NOAA, Silver Spring, MD; and E. Myers, Y. Funakoshi, S. Moghimi, and J. Calzada-Morrero
2:00 PM
7.3
An Integrated Scenario-Based Evacuation Framework: The Coupling of Meteorological–Hydrological–Hydrodynamic Models to an Evacuation Model
Kendra M. Dresback, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and R. L. Kolar, R. Davidson, B. Blanton, B. A. Colle, T. Wachtendorf, L. Nozick, H. Vergara, Y. Hong, K. Yang, S. DeYoung, and N. Leonardo

2:15 PM
7.4
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Session 7
Geospatial Tools
Location: Room 8 ABC (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Eighth Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using Python
Chair: Ryan M. May, UCAR/Unidata
1:30 PM
7.1
Mappy
Patrick T. Marsh, NOAA/NWS/Storm Prediction Center, Norman, OK
1:45 PM
7.2
Processing and Displaying GOES-16 Imagery with Python
Peter J Pokrandt, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
2:00 PM
7.3
Enabling Visualization and Geospatial Analysis of Atmospheric Science Data through Python
Amanda M. Weigel, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and M. Maskey, S. Nagaraj, K. Markert, and A. Kulkarni
2:15 PM
7.4
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Joint Session 31
NOAA Satellite Data Operations
Location: Salon H (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)
Hosts: (Joint between the 14th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the 22nd Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography; and the Sixth AMS Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation )
Cochairs: Natalia Donoho, NOAA/NESDIS; Kathryn W. Mozer, NOAA/NESDIS/OSPO
1:45 PM
J31.2
NOAA/NESDIS ESPDS—Enterprise Multi-Mission Operational Product Generation and Distribution for NESDIS
Rich Baker, Solers, Greenbelt, MD; and M. Brogan, G. Wilkinson, P. MacHarrie, S. Britton, E. Richards, S. Walsh, R. Niemann, and D. M. Beall
2:00 PM
J31.3A
GOES-16 Product Readiness: Post-Launch Product Testing Status of the L2+ Algorithms
Wayne M. MacKenzie Jr., NOAA/NESDIS, Greenbelt, MD; and J. M. Daniels, R. Kaiser, M. Seybold, E. M. Kline, and K. W. Mozer
2:15 PM
J31.4
GOES-S Post-Launch Testing and Data Release Strategy
Matthew Seybold, NESDIS, College Park, MD; and E. M. Kline, R. Race, J. Fulbright, D. Pogorzala, W. M. MacKenzie Jr., K. W. Mozer, J. McNitt, and J. Kline

1:30 PM-2:45 PM: Tuesday, 9 January 2018

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Session 5
Research Relevant to the Teaching and Learning of Atmospheric Science
Location: Ballroom C (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 27th Symposium on Education
Cochairs: Rebecca L. Batchelor, UCAR; Kathleen Quardokus Fisher, Florida International Univ.
1:45 PM
5.2
2:00 PM
5.3
Minding the Gap: A Theoretical Approach to Increase Accessibility of Seasonal Forecast Products
Michel D. S. Mesquita, Future Solutions, Uni Research Climate, Bergen, Norway; and M. B. Yarker, P. Walton, and A. W. Robertson
2:30 PM
5.5
The Fundamentals in Meteorology Inventory: Results from the Development of a New Meteorology Education Tool
Casey E. Davenport, Univ. of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC; and A. J. French

1:30 PM-3:00 PM: Tuesday, 9 January 2018

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Session 7A
Climate Sensitivity—Part II
Location: Salon F (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 31st Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Cochairs: Scott Weaver, Environmental Defense Fund; Kerry H. Cook, The Univ. of Texas at Austin
1:30 PM
7A.1
Estimating Radiative Feedbacks from Stochastic Fluctuations in Surface Temperature and Energy Imbalance (Invited Presentation)
Cristian Proistosescu, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and K. Armour, A. Donohoe, G. H. Roe, M. F. Stuecker, and C. M. Bitz
1:45 PM
7A.2
Analyzing Temperature Anomaly Projections for the Shared Socioeconomic Pathways Using an Empirical Model of Global Climate
Laura McBride, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD; and A. Hope, T. Canty, R. J. Salawitch, W. Tribett, and B. Bennett
2:15 PM
7A.4
2:45 PM
7A.6
The Neutral Radiative Effect of Anvil Clouds in the Tropical West Pacific
Sara E. Berry, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and D. L. Hartmann

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

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Session 4
Winter Orographic Modeling and Evaluation of Seeding Potential in Wyoming
Location: Room 16AB (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 21st Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification
Chair: Masataka Murakami, MRI
1:30 PM
4.1
Numerical Simulation of Seeding Effect Using a Bin Microphysics Scheme
István Geresdi, Univ. of Pecs, Pécs, Hungary; and L. Xue, R. M. Rasmussen, N. Sarkadi, W. Wu, S. Tessendorf, J. R. French, K. Friedrich, B. Geerts, D. Blestrud, R. M. Rauber, M. L. Kunkel, and S. Parkinson

1:45 PM
4.2
Simulation of an Airborne Cloud Seeding Event during the SNOWIE Field Campaign
Lulin Xue, NCAR, Boulder, ID; and W. Wu, R. M. Rasmussen, S. A. Tessendorf, J. French, K. Friedrich, B. Geerts, R. M. Rauber, D. Blestrud, M. L. Kunkel, and S. Parkinson
2:00 PM
4.3
Assessing the Cloud Seeding Potential over the Laramie Mountains in Wyoming
Frank McDonough, DRI, Reno, NV; and J. F. Mejia and K. N. Shourd
2:15 PM
4.4
Climatological Assessment of Winter Orographic Cloud Seeding Opportunities in Wyoming
Sarah A. Tessendorf, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and C. Weeks, K. Ikeda, R. M. Rasmussen, J. K. Wolff, and L. Xue
2:30 PM
4.5
Evaluation of the Wyoming Randomized Seeding Program Using Ensemble Modeling
Roy Rasmussen, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and L. Xue and S. Tessendorf
3:00 PM
4.7
3:15 PM
4.8
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Session 5
Observational Platforms for Space Weather—Part III
Location: Salon J (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 15th Conference on Space Weather
Chair: Robert M. Robinson, Inspace
1:30 PM
5.1
Planning for Future Space Weather Observational Platforms
Frank W. Gallagher III, NESDIS, Silver Spring, MD; and K. St. Germain, T. G. Onsager, D. Biesecker, M. W. Maier, and I. Azeem
1:45 PM
5.2
Space Weather Observational Priorities in the NSOSA Satellite Architecture Planning Study
Terrance G. Onsager, NOAA/NWS, Boulder, CO; and D. A. Biesecker, R. A. Anthes, M. W. Maier, F. W. Gallagher III, and K. St. Germain
2:00 PM
5.3
U.S. Air Force Space Weather Federal Agency Perspective
Ralph O. Stoffler, U.S. Air Force, Washington, DC
2:15 PM
5.4
2:30 PM
5.5
The USAF Space Weather Operations Center
John Ross, 557 Weather Wing, Space Weather Operations Center, Offutt AFB, NE
2:45 PM
5.6
NCEI Sun to Earth: Space Weather Observations, Activities, and Services
Rob Redmon, ; and J. V. Rodriguez, J. M. Darnel, J. L. Machol, B. Kress, P. T. M. Loto'aniu, D. Seaton, S. Califf, and W. F. Denig

3:00 PM
5.7
A Policy Framework to Enhance National Space Weather Resilience
Seth Jonas, Institute for Defense Analyses/Science and Technology Policy Institute, Washington, DC; and B. Caldwell

3:15 PM
5.8
Blending of Space-Based and Ground-Based Magnetograms: Application to Combining L5 and Ground-Based Observations for Solar Wind Forecasting
Thomas Berger, NOAA, Boulder, CO; and G. Petrie, L. Bertello, A. A. Pevtsov, V. Martinez-Pillet, N. arge, C. Henney, and K. Shurkin
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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

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
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
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
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
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
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
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Session 6
Verification and Validation — Part III: Decision Support/Process Oriented
Location: Room 19AB (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 25th Conference on Probability and Statistics
Cochairs: Alexandra Anderson-Frey, Pennsylvania State Univ.; Bob Glahn, NOAA/NWS/Meteorological Development Laboratory
1:30 PM
6.1
Statistical Design of Experiments in Numerical Weather Prediction: Emerging Results
Jeffrey A. Smith, U.S. Army Research Laboratory, White Sands Missile Range (WSMR), NM; and R. S. Penc and J. W. Raby
2:00 PM
6.3
Objective Evaluation of a WRF-RTFDDA High-Resolution Deterministic Wind Forecasting System over China
Linlin Pan, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and Y. Liu, G. Roux, W. Cheng, Y. Liu, J. Hu, S. Jin, and S. Feng
2:15 PM
6.4
Evaluation of Fire-Weather Predictions by the Colorado Fire Prediction System (CO-FPS): Results and Lessons Learned
Amanda R. Siems-Anderson, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and B. G. Brown, B. Kosovic, P. A. Jimenez, D. Muñoz-Esparza, and A. DeCastro
2:30 PM
Break

2:45 PM
6.5
3:00 PM
6.6
3:15 PM
6.7
Predictability of the Location and Amount of Winter Storm Precipitation
Fan Han, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; and I. Szunyogh
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Session 6A
Atmospheric Composition and Modeling—Part III
Location: Room 18CD (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 20th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry
Cochairs: Richard S. Eckman, NASA/LARC; Kenneth W. Jucks, NASA Headquarters
1:30 PM
6A.1
Global Aerosol Type Maps: The Next Generation
Ralph Kahn, NASA GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and J. A. Limbacher, V. J. B. Flower, M. D. Friberg, and S. H. chen

2:00 PM
6A.2
Transatlantic Dust Transport and Deposition: An Evaluation of the GEOS-5 Model with Satellite and Aircraft Observations
Hongbin Yu, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD; and M. Chin, Z. Zhang, D. Kim, Q. Tan, T. Yuan, X. Pan, A. da Silva, and C. A. Randles

2:30 PM
6A.4
Long-Term Trend of Particle Number Concentrations in the United States
Fangqun Yu, Univ. at Albany, SUNY, Albany, NY; and G. Luo

2:45 PM
6A.5
Natural and Anthropogenic Aerosols in the UTLS: Sources and the Role of Monsoon Transport
Mian Chin, NASA GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and H. Bian, V. Aquila, Q. Tan, T. Kucsera, P. Colarco, J. Burrows, A. E. Bourassa, D. A. Degenstein, J. P. Vernier, and B. G. Martinsson
3:00 PM
6A.6
Reevaluating CFC-11 Emissions: Insights from the 3D GEOS-5 Model Analysis and the Recent NASA Aircraft Missions
Qing Liang, NASA, Greenbelt, MD; and P. A. Newman, D. R. Blake, and I. J. Simpson

3:15 PM
6A.7
The Recent Slowdown in the Decline of CFC-11: New Emissions, Stratospheric Loss Variability, or Both?
Eric A. Ray, CIRES, Boulder, CO; and S. A. Montzka, J. S. Daniel, R. W. Portmann, and P. Yu
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Session 6B
The ATom Mission—Part III
Location: Room 9 C (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 20th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry
Cochairs: Michael J. Prather, NASA USRA; Steven Wofsy, Harvard Univ.
1:30 PM
6B.1
Global Distributions of Coarse-Mode Aerosol and Clouds during the Atmospheric Tomography Mission (ATom)
Bernadett Weinzierl, Univ. of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; and M. Dollner, H. Schuh, C. A. Brock, T. P. Bui, G. S. Diskin, K. D. Froyd, J. Gasteiger, J. Katich, A. Kupc, D. Murphy, J. P. Schwarz, A. Spanu, and C. J. Williamson

1:45 PM
6B.2
The Global Distribution of Sea Salt Aerosol
Daniel Murphy, NOAA, Boulder, CO; and K. D. Froyd, C. A. Brock, M. Dollner, A. Kupc, B. Weinzierl, C. J. Williamson, and P. Yu

2:00 PM
6B.3
Global-Scale Measurements of CCN-Sized Particles in the Remote Marine Boundary Layer: Results from the Atmospheric Tomography Mission
Charles A. Brock, NOAA, Boulder, CO; and A. Kupc, C. J. Williamson, K. D. Froyd, D. Murphy, J. L. Jimenez, P. Campuzano-Jost, B. Nault, B. Weinzierl, M. Dollner, F. Erdesz, M. Richardson, N. L. Wagner, and T. V. Bui
2:15 PM
6B.4
Geographical and Vertical Distribution of Organic Aerosol (OA) during ATom-1 and 2: Chemical Removal and Aging as a Function of Photochemical Age
Pedro Campuzano-Jost, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and B. A. Nault, J. C. Schroder, D. A. Day, J. L. Jimenez, J. Katich, J. P. Schwarz, R. Commane, B. Daube, S. Wofsy, N. J. Blake, D. R. Blake, C. L. Heald, A. Hodzic, H. Bian, P. R. Colarco, M. Chin, E. A. Ray, S. Pawson, and P. A. Newman

2:30 PM
6B.5
Temporal Variability of Inefficient Combustion Sources in Africa and the Impact on Pollution over the Atlantic Ocean
Eloise A. Marais, Univ. of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom; and H. Worden, R. Commane, B. Daube, and S. Wofsy
2:45 PM
6B.6
Black Carbon Vertical Distributions in Transported Biomass Burning Plumes
Joshua P. Schwarz, NOAA, Boulder, CO; and J. katich, B. Weinzierl, M. Dollner, C. A. Brock, C. J. Williamson, A. Kupc, B. C. Daube, P. O. Wennberg, and J. Crounse

3:00 PM
6B.7
Current State of the Arctic Atmosphere as Observed by the NASA Atmospheric Tomography (ATom) Mission
Jack E. Dibb, Univ. of New Hampshire, Durham, NH; and E. C. Apel, B. Barletta, D. R. Blake, N. J. Blake, R. Commane, E. J. Hintsa, R. Hornbrook, S. A. Montzka, S. C. Wofsy, and ATom Science Team
3:15 PM
6B.8
Constraining New Particle Formation in Global Models with Global-Scale Measurements of Aerosol Size Distributions
Christina J Williamson, CIRES, Boulder, CO; and A. Kupc, P. Yu, J. Kodros, A. Hodshire, J. R. Pierce, K. Froyd, E. A. Ray, F. Erdesz, M. Richardson, T. V. Bui, and C. A. Brock

1:30 PM-3:45 PM: Tuesday, 9 January 2018

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Joint Panel Discussion 3
Communicating Uncertainty: Progress and Outstanding Challenges in the NOAA Testbeds
Location: Ballroom F (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Hosts: (Joint between the 13th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; and the 25th Conference on Probability and Statistics )
Moderator: Kimberly E. Klockow-McClain, CIMMS
Panelists: Kodi Berry, CIMMS; Tiffany C. Meyer, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, and NOAA/NSSL; Sarah Perfater, Cherokee Nation Business; Adam Clark, NOAA/NSSL; Kevin L. Manross, CIRA/Colorado State Univ.; Shirley Murillo, NOAA/AOML
1:30 PM
JPD3.1
Communicating Uncertainty: Progress and Outstanding Challenges in the NOAA Testbeds
Kimberly E. Klockow-McClain, CIMMS, Norman, OK; and K. M. Calhoun, H. Obermeier, and T. C. Meyer
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Session 3
MCSs
Location: Room 6A (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: A Special Symposium on Plains Elevated Convection At Night (PECAN)
Cochairs: Brian Joseph Squitieri, Iowa State Univ.; Guo Lin, Univ. of Wyoming
1:30 PM
3.1
What We Have Learned about Nocturnal MCS Environments from High-Temporal-Resolution PECAN Sounding Observations
Russ S. Schumacher, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and S. M. Hitchcock, M. D. Parker, M. C. Coniglio, C. L. Ziegler, and J. M. Peters
1:45 PM
3.2
PECAN: Characteristics of Potentially Severe Wind Producing Nocturnal MCSs
Karen A. Kosiba, Center for Severe Weather Research, Boulder, CO; and J. Wurman and P. Robinson
2:00 PM
3.3
Evolution of Mesoscale Convective System Organization Structure and Convective Line Propagation
Kristen Lani Rasmussen, Colorado State Univ, Fort Collins, CO; and D. Bodine
2:30 PM
3.5
Drop-Size Distribution Observations from PECAN in Mesoscale Convective System Stratiform Regions
David J. Bodine, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and K. L. Rasmussen, K. Friedrich, K. A. Kosiba, J. M. Wurman, and P. A. Kucera
2:45 PM
3.6
Analysis of PECAN 2015 MCSs Utilizing Airborne- and Ground-Based Doppler Observations and Airborne In Situ Microphysical Data
Daniel M. Stechman, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and R. M. Rauber, G. M. McFarquhar, M. M. Bell, B. F. Jewett, R. A. Black, D. P. Jorgensen, and T. J. Schuur
3:00 PM
3.7
Structure and Dynamics of an Intense Rear-Inflow Jet Observed on 20 June 2015 during PECAN
Michael M. Bell, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and J. Martinez, D. M. Stechman, R. M. Rauber, G. M. McFarquhar, and A. Marchi
3:15 PM
3.8
Analyses of a Severe MCS and Tornadic Mesovortex Observed by PECAN on 5–6 July 2015
Matthew D. Flournoy, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and M. C. Coniglio and C. L. Ziegler
3:30 PM
3.9
Analysis of Backbuilding of a Simulated MCS in an Environment with a Low-Level Stable Layer
Stacey M. Hitchcock, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and R. S. Schumacher
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Session 3
Station Scientist Session
Location: Ballroom B (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 46th Conference on Broadcast Meteorology
Chair: Mike Nelson, KMGH-TV
2:00 PM
3.2
Build a Secure and Sustainable Energy System Now
Alexander E. MacDonald, Spire Global, Inc., Boulder, CO
2:30 PM
3.3
Can We Change People's Minds on Climate?
Katharine Hayhoe, Texas Tech Univ., Lubbock, TX
3:00 PM
3.4
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Themed Joint Session 5
Partnerships to Enhance Public Health Communications by Broadcast Meteorologists
Location: Room 17B (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Hosts: (Joint between the Ninth Conference on Environment and Health; and the 46th Conference on Broadcast Meteorology )
Cochairs: Wendy Marie Thomas, NOAA/NWS; Kristie L. Ebi, Univ. of Washington
2:00 PM
TJ5.2
2:15 PM
TJ5.3
The Role of GLISA in Communicating Climate Change and Health Impacts in the Great Lakes Region
Omar C. Gates, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; and J. L. Jorns, W. Baule, and L. Briley
2:30 PM
Break

2:45 PM
TJ5.4
3:00 PM
TJ5.5
The 2015−16 El Nino Event and Health Impacts in the Southwest Pacific: An Update
Glenn Russell McGregor, Univ. of Durham, Durham, UK; and C. Caiado, I. Bovolo, O. Jackson, and J. E. Bustamante-Fernandez
3:15 PM
TJ5.6
The Psychology of Meteorologists: Autistic Traits and Mental Health
Matthew J. Bolton, Saint Leo Univ., Saint Leo, FL; and D. M. Greenberg, L. K. Ault, and S. Baron-Cohen
3:30 PM
Discussion

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Session 5
Two Sessions in One: Uncertainty, Risk, and Decision-Making (Part I) and International Community Contributions on Weather-Ready Nation-Like Efforts Part II
Location: Ballroom E (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Sixth Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation
Cochairs: Douglas Hilderbrand, NOAA/NWS; Jennifer Sprague, NOAA/NWS; Dave Jones, StormCenter Communications, Inc.
1:30 PM
5.1
Major Risks, Uncertain Outcomes: Making Ensemble Forecasts Work for Multiple Audiences
Burrell E. Montz, East Carolina Univ., Greenville, NC; and R. H. Carr, K. Semmens, K. Maxfield, P. R. Ahnert, R. Shedd, and J. C. Elliott
1:45 PM
5.2
8-10-Day Probabilistic Forecasts: What Do Users Need to Understand and Use Longer-Range Uncertainty Information in Decision-Making?
Rachel Hogan Carr, Nurture Nature Center, Easton, PA; and B. E. Montz, K. Maxfield, K. Semmens, D. Halperin, M. J. Bodner, J. A. Nelson Jr., J. Kastman, S. Ganetis, K. K. Gilbert, W. S. Lamberson, and J. Sprague
2:30 PM
5.5
Winter Weather Science and Service Advances and Challenges
David Novak, NOAA/NCEP/Weather Prediction Center, College Park, MD
3:15 PM
5.8
Towards a Drought Information System for South America
Viviane Silva, NOAA/NWS, Silver Springs, MD; and G. Podesta, C. Saulo, J. Báez, R. Martinez, R. Pulwarty, M. Skansi, R. Stefanski, J. Camacho, and J. Peronto

3:30 PM
5.9
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Session 6
Addressing The Audience II: Communicating Effectively to Users of Weather and Climate Data and Information
Location: Room 6B (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 13th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice
Chair: Katy Vincent Matthews, NOAA/NESDIS/National Centers for Environmental Information
1:30 PM
6.1
1:45 PM
6.2
Communicating Science on Social Media: Strategic Keys to Success
Susan Osborne, TeleSolv Consulting, NOAA/National Centers for Environmental Information, Asheville, NC; and K. V. Matthews, G. Hammer, J. Fulford, H. McCullough, K. Boseo, A. Sallis, and T. Maycock
2:00 PM
6.3
Climate Science and Social Media: Success Reaching the Masses
Katy Vincent Matthews, NOAA/National Centers for Environmental Information, Asheville, NC; and G. Hammer, S. Osborne, J. Fulford, and T. Maycock
2:30 PM
Break

2:45 PM
6.5
Citizen Science and Cost-Effective Community-Based Rainfall Measurement in Nepal
Suresh Marahatta, Tribhuvan Univ., Nepal, Kathmandu, Nepal; and L. Adhikari, B. Pokharel, B. Giri, A. Dixit, and P. Stahl
3:15 PM
6.7
An Interagency Collaboration for Presenting Climate Indicators
Michael Kolian, EPA, Washington, DC; and M. Kolian and D. S. Arndt
3:30 PM
6.8
Managing a Multi-Agency Set of Climate Indicators
Derek S. Arndt, NOAA NCEI, Asheville, NC; and J. Blunden, L. E. Stevens, and S. M. Champion
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Session 6
Data Assimilation: Advances in Methodologies, Part I
Location: Room 14 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 22nd Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)
Cochairs: Daniel Hodyss, NRL; Jonathan Poterjoy, NOAA
1:45 PM
6.2
On the Likely Utility of Hybrid Weights Optimized for Variances in Hybrid Error Covariance Models
Elizabeth A. Satterfield, NRL, Monterey, CA; and D. Hodyss, D. D. Kuhl, and C. H. Bishop
2:00 PM
6.3
On the Selection of Localization Radius in Ensemble Filtering for Multiscale Quasigeostrophic Dynamics
Yue (Michael) Ying, Pennsylvania State Univ., State College, PA; and F. Zhang and J. Anderson
2:15 PM
6.4
Regionally Enhanced Global (REG) Data Assimilation (DA)
Istvan Szunyogh, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; and M. Herrera, A. Brainard, M. A. Gawryla, C. H. Bishop, and D. D. Kuhl
3:00 PM
6.7
3:30 PM
6.9
An Optimal 4D-Var Data Assimilation for Coupled Model–Air Quality and Weather Forecasting
Lidia Trailovic, CIRES, Boulder, CO; and J. Guerrette, N. Bousserez, B. J. Etherton, D. Henze, and M. W. Govett
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Session 6
Earth System and Beyond
Location: Room 4ABC (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Third Symposium on Multi-scale Predictability: Data-model Integration and Uncertainty Quantification for Climate and Earth System Monitoring and Prediction
Cochairs: Fuqing Zhang, Pennsylvania State Univ.; Kerry A. Emanuel, MIT
1:30 PM
6.1
2:00 PM
6.2
Earth System Prediction and Predictability: A Regional Example for the Gulf of Mexico (Invited Presentation)
Antonio Busalacchi, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR), Boulder, MA
3:00 PM
6.4
Skill of U.S. Coastal SST Forecasts from the North American Multimodel Ensemble
Michael A. Alexander, NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and G. Hervieux, M. Jacox, C. Stock, K. Pegion, and E. J. Becker
3:15 PM
6.5
The Practical Predictability of Storm Surge Inundation from Tropical Cyclones
Kathryn R. Fossell, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and D. Ahijevych, R. E. Morss, C. Snyder, and C. Davis
3:30 PM
6.6
Butterfly Effects of the First and Second Kinds in Lorenz Models
Bo-Wen Shen, San Diego State Univ., San Diego, CA; and R. A. Pielke Sr., X. Zeng, I. D. A. Santos, S. Faghih-Naini, J. Buchnann, and R. Atlas

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Session 6
Hurricanes of 2017Part III
Location: Ballroom D (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Major Weather Events and Impacts of 2017
Chair: William Read, Former Director, National Hurricane Center
1:30 PM
6.1
Effective Messaging of Hurricane Harvey’s Impacts across South Texas
Mike Buchanan, NOAA/NWSFO, Corpus Christi, TX; and K. M. Wagner, T. Johnstone, and J. Metz
1:45 PM
6.2
Grappling with Harvey’s Extreme Rainfall (Invited Presentation)
David Novak, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, College Park, MD; and G. W. Carbin
2:00 PM
6.3
Tornadoes in a Flash Flood Emergency, a Messaging Challenge (Invited Presentation)
Jeffry S. Evans, NOAA/NWS/Weather Forecast Office, Dickinson, TX; and L. Wood and T. Johnstone
2:15 PM
6.4A
NWS at Full Tilt: Supporting Operations for Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria
Jonathan Kurtz, NOAA/NWSFO, Norman, OK; and K. LaBelle, J. McNatt, C. McKinney, L. E. Pagano, A. Nieves, G. Heavener, C. Dalton, and C. Rothwell

3:00 PM
6.8
Effectively Issuing Warnings and Disseminating Information During Hurricane Maria when Observations, Radar and Communications Fails (Invited Presentation)
Travis Washington, NOAA/NWS Weather Forecast Office, Carolina, PR; and E. Rodriguez, R. Garcia-Hiraldo, I. Colon-Pagan, and G. Lojero
3:15 PM
6.7
High Impact Meteorology Supporting Response and Recovery During and After Two Devastating Hurricanes
Kevin Scharfenberg, NOAA, Miami, FL; and E. Rodriguez, E. Morales, A. Treadway, A. Devanas, J. Rizzo, M. J. Moreland, M. Davison, R. Cabrera, J. McNatt, and S. White
3:30 PM
6.9
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Session 6
Hydrometeorological ExtremesPart II
Location: Room 18B (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 32nd Conference on Hydrology
Cochairs: Eleonora Demaria, USDA–ARS; John N. McHenry, Baron Advanced Meteorological Systems, LLC; Daniel Rodriguez, Instituto Alberto Luiz Coimbra de Pós-Graduação e Pesquisa de Engenharia–Univ. Federal do Rio de Janeiro; Konstantinos Andreadis, JPL
1:45 PM
6.2
2:00 PM
6.3
Understanding Processes and Improving Predictions of Hydrometeorological Extremes in Subtropical South America: Proyecto RELAMPAGO-CACTI
Stephen W. Nesbitt, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and P. Salio, R. J. Trapp, R. D. Roberts, A. C. Varble, F. Dominguez, L. A. T. Machado, and C. Saulo
2:15 PM
6.4
The Meteorology of Extreme Precipitation and Implications for Future Planning (Invited Presentation)
Kenneth E. Kunkel, Cooperative Institute for Climate and Satellites, Asheville, NC; and S. M. Champion
2:45 PM
6.6
Examination of the Current and Next Version of the HRRR Model for Some Recent Heavy Precipitation Events
Ed Szoke, NOAA/ESRL/GSD and CIRA, Boulder, CO; and S. Benjamin, C. Alexander, J. Brown, T. Alcott, and E. P. James
3:00 PM
6.7
Dynamics of Tropical–Extratropical Interactions and Extreme Precipitation Events in Saudi Arabia in Autumn, Winter, and Spring
A. J. De Vries, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany; and S. B. Feldstein, M. Riemer, E. Tyrlis, M. Baumgart, M. Fnais, M. Sprenger, and J. Lelieveld
3:15 PM
6.8
Statistical Modeling of Extreme Precipitation with TRMM Data
Levon Demirdjian, Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA; and Y. Zhou and G. J. Huffman
3:30 PM
6.9
River Ice, Forecasting, and the Winter of 2016/17
Laura Diamond, NOAA/NWS, Chanhassen, MN; and M. Stoflet and S. Pettis
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Session 6A
Visualization Techniques for Climatology and Meteorology
Location: Room 17A (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 34th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies
Cochairs: Jared Rennie, North Carolina Institute for Climate Studies; J. T. Johnson, Weather Decision Technologies
1:30 PM
6A.1
SLIDER: A Satellite Imagery Looper Capable of Viewing Every Pixel of GOES-16 Imagery in Real Time over the Web
Kevin Micke, CIRA, Fort Collins, CO; and S. D. Miller, R. Brummer, S. Finley, N. Tourville, D. W. Hillger, D. A. Molenar, and D. T. Lindsey
1:45 PM
6A.2
3D Modeling for Visual Analyses of Recent and Historical Weather and Water Patterns
Reuben Reyes, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. R. Ziolkowska
2:00 PM
6A.3
Establishing a Visualization Framework for the NOAA Observing System Portfolio
Matthew L. Austin, NOAA/NESDIS, Silver Spring, MD; and L. O'Connor, S. J. Taijeron, and J. Goldstein

2:30 PM
6A.5
The New Trajectory Display in the UNIDATA's IDV
Yuan Ho, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and T. Rink

2:45 PM
Discussion

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Session 6B
Cloud Computing
Location: Room 10AB (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 34th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies
Cochairs: Tiffany C. Vance, NOAA; Eugene Burger, NOAA/ERL/PMEL
1:30 PM
6B.1
Scaling for Unknown Demand through the Use of Cloud Technology for the Eclipse of 2017
Jebb Stewart, NOAA/ESRL, Boulder and CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and S. McNeil, S. Johnston, and D. Hagerty
2:00 PM
6B.3
A Cloud-Based Modeling Testbed for Coastal and Ocean Models
Tiffany C. Vance, NOAA, Silver Spring, MD; and P. MacCready, B. McKenna, J. A. Newton, D. Snowden, and V. Trainer
2:30 PM
6B.5
Deploying to the Cloud: Lessons Learned from the National Cattle Comfort Advisor
Michael D. Klatt, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and R. Jabrzemski and A. Sutherland
2:45 PM
Discussion

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Session 7
Significant Role of Calibration/Validation for the Transition of Research to Operations
Location: 615 AB (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Eighth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations
Cochairs: Changyong Cao, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR/SMCD; James G. Yoe, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation
1:30 PM
7.1
Improving the Operational Calibration Stability of VIIRS SDR Using Advanced Kalman Filtering
Changyong Cao, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR/SMCD, College Park, DC; and X. Shao

2:00 PM
7.3
The O2R-R2O Effort to Improve Tornado Forecasting at NSSL and SPC Using Calibrated CAM Ensemble Guidance
Burkely T. Gallo, CIMMS/NSSL, Norman, OK; and A. J. Clark, B. T. Smith, R. L. Thompson, I. L. Jirak, and S. R. Dembek
2:15 PM
7.4
Using High-Resolution Ensemble Precipitation Data to Develop New Probabilistic Hazard Information at the Weather Prediction Center
Michael J. Erickson, Weather Prediction Center/CIRES, College Park, MD; and S. Ganetis, H. Vergara, and J. A. Nelson Jr.
2:30 PM
7.5
Verifying, Calibrating, and Redefining the Excessive Rainfall Outlook at the Weather Prediction Center
Michael J. Erickson, Weather Prediction Center/CIRES, College Park, MD; and J. A. Nelson Jr.
2:45 PM
7.6
Preliminary Results from the VISAGE Project—Visualization for Integrated Satellite, Airborne, and Ground-Based Data Exploration
Helen Conover, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and T. Berendes, P. N. Gatlin, M. Maskey, A. Naeger, and S. M. Wingo
3:00 PM
7.7
Calibration and Field Evaluation of the National Data Buoy Center's New Wave Measurement System
Richard H. Bouchard, NDBC, Stennis Space Center, MS; and R. E. Jensen, R. E. Riley, and L. A. LeBlanc
3:15 PM
7.8
Developing and Validating a New Fire-Weather Index Using R2O
Alan F. Srock, Saint Cloud State Univ., Saint Cloud, MN; and J. J. Charney, B. E. Potter, R. Heffernan, L. Van Bussum, and S. L. Goodrick
3:30 PM
7.9
Understanding the Performance of Radio Occultation Weather Observations
Anthony LaRosa, Riverside Technologies, Inc., Silver Spring, MD; and D. Hermreck, B. Schreiner, and S. Healy
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Session 7B
Climate Variations on Intraseasonal Time Scales
Location: 616 AB (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 31st Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Cochairs: Nathaniel C. Johnson, Princeton Univ.; Martin Puy, Institute for Geophysics, Univ. of Texas
1:30 PM
7B.1
Impacts of Madden–Julian Oscillation on Storm-Track Activity, Surface Air Temperature, and Precipitation over North America
Cheng Zheng, Stony Brook Univ., Stony Brook, NY; and E. K. M. Chang, H. M. Kim, M. Zhang, and W. Wang
1:45 PM
7B.2
Climate Indexes and Intraseasonal Influences on Brazilian Natural Hydropower Energy
Patricia Diehl Madeira Sr., Climatempo Meteorologia, São Paulo, Brazil; and C. G. M. Ramos, B. Lobo, and A. J. D. N. Silva
2:15 PM
7B.4
Relating the Morphology of Convection to ITCZ Extent
Kyle Robert Wodzicki, Texas A&M, College Station, TX; and A. D. Rapp
2:30 PM
7B.5
Decadal Seasonal Shifts of Precipitation and Temperature in TRMM and AIRS Data
Andrey Savtchenko, NASA GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and G. J. Huffman, D. Meyer, and B. Vollmer
2:45 PM
7B.6
Transition to the Summer Convective Season in the Southeastern United States
Thomas M. Rickenbach, East Carolina Univ., Greenville, NC; and R. Nieto-Ferreira and H. Wells
3:00 PM
7B.7
A Relationship between Lightning Flash Rate and Convective Variables on a Large-Scale Grid
Vinay Kumar, Texas A&M Univ., Corpus Christi, TX; and C. Liu

3:15 PM
7B.8
Development of a Cold-Air Damming Index for Northern New England
Nicholas Strickland, Plymouth State Univ., Plymouth, NH; and E. G. Hoffman, L. B. Avilés, and S. T. K. Miller

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3:30 PM
7B.9A
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Joint Session 30
Land Surface–Atmosphere InteractionsPart III
Location: Room 18A (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Hosts: (Joint between the 32nd Conference on Hydrology; the 31st Conference on Climate Variability and Change; and the 22nd Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS) )
Cochairs: Yongkang Xue, Univ. of California; Randal D. Koster, NASA GSFC; Michael B. Ek, NOAA/NWS; Joseph A. Santanello, NASA GSFC; Steven M. Quiring, Ohio State Univ.
1:30 PM
J30.1
The Impact of a Low Bias in SWE Initialization on CFS Seasonal Forecasts
Xubin Zeng, Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and P. D. Broxton and N. Dawson
1:45 PM
J30.2
High-Impact Weather Forecasts Using a Prototype Warn-on-Forecast System
Nathan T. Lis, Pennsylvania State Univ., Univ. Park, PA; and N. Yussouf and T. A. Jones
2:00 PM
J30.3
2:15 PM
J30.4
Brown Ocean Effect on the Louisiana August 2016 Extreme Flooding Event
Udaysankar Nair, Univ. of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL; and E. Rappin, E. Foshee, W. Smith, R. A. Pielke Sr., R. Mahmood, J. L. Case, C. B. Blankenship, J. M. Shepherd, J. A. Santanello, and D. Niyogi
2:45 PM
J30.6A
Observational Evidence for Desert Amplification Using Multiple Satellite Datasets
Nan Wei, Sun Yat-Sen Univ., Guangzhou, China; and L. Zhou, G. Xia, Y. Dai, and W. Hua
3:00 PM
J30.7
Modeling the Convective Response to Land-Use Change in the Northern Great Plains
Gabriel Bromley, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT; and T. Gerken, S. S. Williams, and P. Stoy
3:30 PM
J30.9
Evaluating and Benchmarking Land Surface Models
Heather S. Rumbold, Met Office, Exeter, United Kingdom; and G. Weedon, M. J. Best, and S. V. Kumar
Recording files available
Joint Session 32
Earth Observing SmallSats: The New Normal
Location: Room 9AB (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Hosts: (Joint between the First Conference on Earth Observing SmallSats; and the 22nd Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography )
Chair: Philip E. Ardanuy, INNOVIM
2:00 PM
J32.2
The NASA TROPICS CubeSat Constellation Observatory
William J. Blackwell, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA; and S. A. Braun, R. Bennartz, C. S. Velden, M. DeMaria, R. Atlas, J. P. Dunion, F. D. Marks Jr., R. Rogers, and B. Annane
2:30 PM
J32.3
HawkEye Ocean Color Instrument—Performance Summary (Invited Presentation)
Alan Holmes, Cloudland Instrument, LLC, Goleta, CA; and J. M. Morrison, G. Feldman, and F. Patt
3:30 PM
J32.5
Small Satellites: New Normal? (Invited Presentation)
Carl Schueler, Schueler Consulting, Santa Barbara, CA; and P. E. Ardanuy

2:00 PM-3:00 PM: Tuesday, 9 January 2018

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Panel Discussion 1
State of Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science Applications
Location: Room 7 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 17th Conf on Artificial and Computational Intelligence and its Applications to the Environmental Sciences
Moderator: Carlos F. Gaitan, Carlos Gaitan
Panelists: William W. Hsieh, Univ. of British Columbia; Vladimir Krasnopolsky, NOAA/NWS/NCEP; John K. Williams, The Weather Company, an IBM Business
2:00 PM
PD 1.1

2:00 PM-3:45 PM: Tuesday, 9 January 2018

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Session 5
Wind and Solar Forecasting
Location: Room 15 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Ninth Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy
Chair: Aditya Choukulkar, Univ. of Colorado Boulder and NOAA/ESRL/Chemical Sciences Division
2:00 PM
5.1
Research to Operations Needs in Renewable Energy Forecasting
Justin Sharp, Sharply Focused LLC, Portland, OR; and A. Tuohy
2:15 PM
5.2A
Coastal Stratocumulus Cloud Edge Forecast
Elynn Wu, Univ. of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA; and R. E. S. Clemesha and J. Kleissl
2:30 PM
5.3
Quantifying Wake Impacts on Downwind Wind Farms Using the WRF Wind Farm Parameterization
Jessica M. Tomaszewski, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and J. K. Lundquist, D. T. Kaffine, K. K. DuVivier, and C. Wilden
2:45 PM
5.4
Simulating Impacts of Real-World Wind Farms on Land Surface Temperature Using the WRF Model: Physical Mechanisms
Geng Xia, Univ. at Albany, SUNY, Albany, NY; and L. Zhou, J. R. Minder, P. A. Jimenez, and R. G. Fovell
3:00 PM
5.5
3:15 PM
5.6
Advancing Radiative Transfer Models for Solar Energy Applications
Yu Xie, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO

3:30 PM
5.7
Sky Imaging Network for Intra-Hour Spatial Solar Forecasts
Mengying Li, Univ. of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA; and Y. Chu, D. Larson, H. T. C. Pedro, and C. F. M. Coimbra

2:30 PM-3:30 PM: Tuesday, 9 January 2018

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Session 5
Monsoons (Invited Presentations)
Location: Ballroom G (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Peter J. Webster Symposium
Chair: Song Yang, Sun Yat-sen Univ.
2:30 PM
5.1
The Asian Aerosol–Monsoon Climate System: A New Paradigm
William K. M. Lau, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD
Recording files available
Joint Session 33
Joint Session with the Committee on Coastal Environment: Air Pollution and Meteorology in Coastal Environments
Location: Salon G (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)
Hosts: (Joint between the 20th Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA; and the 16th Symposium on the Coastal Environment )
Chair: Yaítza Luna-Cruz, Defense Threat Reduction Agency Reachback
2:45 PM
J33.2
3:00 PM
J33.3
Overview of the 2017 OWLETS: Summary of Observations and Initial Results
John T. Sullivan, NASA GSFC, Wallops Island, VA; and T. Berkoff, M. Pippin, T. Knepp, G. Gronoff, T. J. McGee, L. Twigg, J. Schroeder, W. Carrion, B. Farris, M. Kowalewski, L. Nino, E. Gargulinski, L. Rodio, P. Sanchez, A. Atwater, D. Davis, S. Janz, L. Judd, S. Pusede, G. M. Wolfe, R. M. Stauffer, J. H. Flynn III, J. Munyan, W. Moore, J. Dreessen, D. Salkovitz, T. Hanisco, D. Blake, N. Abuhassan, A. Cede, M. Tzortziou, B. Demoz, S. Tsay, B. Holben, R. Swap, J. Szykman, D. Allen, and J. Neilan
3:15 PM
J33.4
Photochemical Modeling for the Gulf of Mexico Air Quality Study
Till Stoeckenius, Ramboll Environ, Novato, CA; and B. Brashers, T. Shah, J. Jung, B. Koo, and R. E. Morris

2:30 PM-3:45 PM: Tuesday, 9 January 2018


Joint Session 34
Demystifying Public–Private Partnerships for Predictions in Public Health—Invited Papers Only
Location: Room 5ABC (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Hosts: (Joint between the Sixth Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise; and the Ninth Conference on Environment and Health )
Cochairs: Juli Trtanj, NOAA; Aisha Sekelaga Owusu, International Research Institute for Climate and Society/Columbia Univ.

2:45 PM-3:45 PM: Tuesday, 9 January 2018

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Panel Discussion 1
Panel Session: Show Me Your Stack!
Location: Room 8 ABC (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Eighth Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using Python
Panelists: Ryan M. May, UCAR/Unidata; Patrick T. Marsh, NOAA/NWS/Storm Prediction Center; Daniel Rothenberg, MIT; Hannah Aizenman, City College of New York
2:45 PM
Patrick Marsh
2:45 PM
Daniel Rothenburg
2:45 PM
Hannah Aizenman
2:45 PM

Panel Discussion 1
Planning the Future of the Symposium on Education
Location: Ballroom C (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 27th Symposium on Education
Moderators: Jeffrey A. Yuhas, Morristown-Beard School; Diane M. Stanitski, NOAA ESRL Global Monitoring Division
Recording files available
Session 4
Collaborations (also across the Weather Enterprise)
Location: Salon K (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Special Symposium on Impact-Based Decision Support Services
Chair: Clark Evans, Univ. of Wisconsin
3:15 PM
4.3
A Local Perspective on National Weather Service Decision Support for the 2017 National Boy Scout Jamboree
Maura Casey, NWS RLX, Charleston, WV; and M. Zwier, D. T. Cooper, J. Wolfe, and J. Hovis
3:30 PM
4.4
Cloud-to-Ground Lightning Probabilities and Warnings within an Integrated Warning Team
Kristin M. Calhoun, Univ. of Oklahoma/CIMMS and NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and T. C. Meyer, K. Berry, H. Obermeier, S. J. Sanders, C. A. Shivers, C. D. Karstens, J. P. Wolfe, and K. E. Klockow
Recording files available
Session 6
Aerosol–Cloud Interactions in Observations and Models—Part II
Location: Room 12A (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 10th Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions
Cochairs: Xiaohong Liu, Univ. of Wyoming; Zhibo Zhang, Univ. of Maryland
2:45 PM
6.1
Type-Dependent Aerosol Impact on the Properties of Ice Clouds
Bin Zhao, Univ. of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA; and K. N. Liou, Y. Gu, J. Jiang, Y. Wang, X. Liu, L. Huang, and H. Su
3:00 PM
6.2
Effects of Heterogeneous Freezing on Winter Mixed-Phase Clouds and Associated Aerosol Effects
Pengfei Li, Zhejiang Univ., Hangzhou, China; and J. Fan, S. Yu, L. R. Leung, A. A. Matthews, L. Wang, K. Mehmood, and Z. Li
3:15 PM
6.3
Polarimetric Radar Convective Cell Tracking Reveals Large Sensitivity of Cloud Precipitation and Electrification Properties to CCN
Jiaxi Hu, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; and D. Rosenfeld, P. Zhang, J. C. Snyder, R. E. Orville, A. Ryzhkov, D. Zrnic, E. Williams, R. Zhang, R. Weitz, and E. Hashimshoni

3:30 PM
6.4
Recording files available
Themed Joint Session 6
Development and Communication of Next-Generation Satellite Information for Forecasting Extreme Weather—Part II
Location: Salon H (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)
Hosts: (Joint between the 14th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the 22nd Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography; the Sixth Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise; and the Sixth AMS Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation )
Cochairs: Satya Kalluri, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR; Chad M. Gravelle, NOAA/NWS Operations Proving Ground
2:45 PM
TJ6.1
All-Sky Layered Precipitable Water Products from ABI/AHI and Their Applications in Nowcasting and Forecasting the Severe Storms
Jun Li, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. Gerth, Y. K. Lee, Z. Li, T. J. Schmit, P. Wang, and S. Lindstrom
3:00 PM
TJ6.2
Highlights of the First Year of GOES-16 Imagery
Daniel T. Lindsey, NOAA/NESDIS, Fort Collins, CO; and S. D. Miller, C. J. Seaman, and S. J. Goodman
3:15 PM
TJ6.3A
3:30 PM
TJ6.4
Monitoring Oceanic Convection Using the Geostationary Lightning Mapper
Michael J. Folmer, CICS, College Park, MD; and C. Clark-Robertson, L. J. Phillips, J. M. Sienkiewicz, J. D. Clark, H. D. Cobb III, N. A. Ramos, S. D. Rudlosky, P. C. Meyers, and S. J. Goodman
Recording files available
Session 8
Flood Resilience: End-to-End Predictive Model Architectures, from Research to Operations to Applications and Services—Part II
Location: Room 12B (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 16th Symposium on the Coastal Environment
Cochairs: Chester Huang, Department of the Interior; Nickitas Georgas, Stevens Institute of Technology
3:00 PM
8.2
Next Generation of Coastal Ocean Operational Systems: Street-Scale Flood Forecasts for the Urban Ocean in the New York–New Jersey Metropolitan Region
Antoni Jordi, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ; and N. Georgas, L. Yin, K. Ying, Z. Chen, Y. Wang, V. Ramaswamy, J. Schulte, F. Saleh, and A. F. Blumberg
3:15 PM
8.3
Enhancing Coastal Water Level Forecasting to Support the Protection of Life and Property
Brian J. Miretzky, NOAA/NWS, Bohemia, NY; and L. Hogan, J. C. Elliott, J. Orrock, and R. Thompson
3:30 PM
8.4
Assessment of Information Products for a Coupled Watershed–Coastal Flood Forecast Modeling System
Juliette Finzi Hart, USGS, Santa Cruz, CA; and L. Johnson, L. Herdman, J. Kim, R. Martyr-Koller, R. Cifelli, P. Barnard, L. Erickson, and V. Chandrasekar

3:00 PM-3:30 PM: Tuesday, 9 January 2018


Session 6
Preview of the Artificial and Computational Intelligence and Its Applications to the Environmental Sciences Poster Session
Location: Room 7 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 17th Conf on Artificial and Computational Intelligence and its Applications to the Environmental Sciences

3:00 PM-3:45 PM: Tuesday, 9 January 2018


Session 7
ASLI Business Meeting
Location: Room 3 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 21st Atmospheric Science Librarians International Conference
Chair: Jinny Nathans, American Meteorological Society
Recording files available
Session 8
Structure and Evolution of Climate Teleconnections in Observations & Simulations 
Location: Salon F (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 31st Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Cochairs: Nat Johnson, NOAA/GFDL; Ramalingam Saravanan, Texas A&M Univ.
3:00 PM
8.1
The Role of Teleconnecions in Climate Change (Invited Presentation)
Steven B. Feldstein, Pennsylvania State Univ., Univ. Park, PA; and S. Lee, M. Goss, and T. Gong
3:15 PM
8.2
A Teleconnection between Atlantic Sea Surface Temperature and Eastern and Central North Pacific Tropical Cyclones
Christina Patricola, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA; and R. Saravanan and P. Chang
3:30 PM
8.3
How Important Is the Stratospheric Pathway of ENSO for Northern Hemisphere Wintertime Climate Variability? (Invited Presentation)
Amy Hawes Butler, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and L. M. Polvani, L. Sun, J. H. Richter, and C. Deser

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


Session 6
Concluding Remarks from Peter Webster
Location: Ballroom G (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Peter J. Webster Symposium
Chair: Chidong Zhang, PMEL

3:45 PM-5:00 PM: Tuesday, 9 January 2018


Poster Session 2
Poster Session - Tuesday
Location: Exhibit Hall 3 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Ninth Conference on Environment and Health
758
The Predictability of Heat-Related Mortality in Prague, Czech Republic, during Summer 2015: A Comparison of Various Thermal Measures
Aleš Urban, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Academy of Science of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic; and D. M. Hondula

759
Future Projections of Heat Waves and Cooling Degree Days in Large Cities Across the South-Central United States.
Melanie Schroers, Texas A&M Univ., Commerce, TX; and A. M. Wootten, D. H. Rosendahl, and R. A. McPherson

760
Suitability of Spatially Resolved Gridded Climate Datasets for Assessing Human Health Effects of Heat
Keith R. Spangler, Brown Univ., Providence, RI; and A. H. Lynch and G. A. Wellenius

762
Urban Environment Effects
Tomas Halenka, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic; and P. Huszar, M. Belda, and J. Karlicky

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
Air–Sea Interactions and Tropical Cyclones Posters
Location: Exhibit Hall 3 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Peter J. Webster Symposium
Cochairs: Violeta Toma, Climate Forecast Applications Network; Hyemi Kim, SUNY
400
Inter-Annual Variability of Air–Sea Fluxes over the Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal; Evolution during a Monsoon Cycle and Impacts of Cyclones
Kristina Katsaros, Northwest Research Associates, Inc., Redmond, WA; and A. Bentamy, R. T. Pinker, J. Carton, W. Chen, and W. T. Liu

402
404
Direct and Indirect Ocean Feedbacks to the MJO in Four GCM Experiments
Charlotte A. DeMott, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and N. P. Klingaman, W. L. Tseng, M. A. Burt, and D. A. Randall

405
406
Hurricane Boundary Layer Observations from Dropsondes and COSMIC GPS Radio Occultation
Kevin J. Nelson, Texas A&M Univ., Corpus Christi, TX; and F. Xie

407
The Ocean-Mediated Influence of Asian Orography on Tropical Precipitation and Cyclones
Jane Wilson Baldwin, Princeton Univ., Princeton, NJ; and G. A. Vecchi and S. Bordoni


Poster Session 1
Artificial and Computational Intelligence and its Applications to the Environmental Sciences Poster Session
Location: Exhibit Hall 3 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 17th Conf on Artificial and Computational Intelligence and its Applications to the Environmental Sciences
Chair: Philipe Tissot, Texas A&M Univ.
687
Current State of Artificial Intelligence Exploitation in the AMS Community
Eric B. Wendoloski, The Aerospace Corporation, Chantilly, VA; and T. J. Hall, K. L. Yeakel, and P. J. Isaacson

Handout (1.2 MB)

688
Autonomous Operations of Complex Enviromental Systems
Timothy J. Hall, The Aerospace Corporation, Columbia, MD; and S. Marley, I. Guch, T. Radcliffe, and R. Birk

689
The Application of Machine Learning in "Understanding Clouds"
Jing Zhuang, Moji Weather, Beijing, China; and L. Ding and K. Yue

Handout (3.9 MB) Handout (3.9 MB)

691
A Machine Learning Model to Estimate Oak Pollen Concentration in Korea
Yun Am Seo, National Institute of Meteorological Sciences/Korea Meteorological Administration, Seogwipo-si, Korea, Republic of (South); and T. H. Kim, C. Cho, B. J. Kim, and K. R. Kim

692
The Methodology for Generationg Agricultural Weather Information Using Deep Learning
Sanghoo Yoon, Daegu Univ., Gyeongsan, Korea, Republic of (South); and H. Oh

693
A Machine Learning Approach to Severe Weather Nowcasting using Weather Radar Data
Nicole Rozin, SIMEPAR - Parana Meteorological System, Curitiba, Brazil; and C. Beneti, J. Ruviaro, T. Silva, C. Oliveira, P. H. Siqueira, and L. Calvetti

694
Improved Downburst Detection Algorithm using Doppler Radars in South Korea
Soyeon Park, Pukyong National Univ., Busan, Korea, Republic of (South); and D. I. Lee and Y. Hwang

695
Dual Application of Convolutional Neural Networks: Forecasts of Radar Precipitation Intensity and Offshore Radar-Like Mosaics
Christopher J. Mattioli, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA; and M. S. Veillette and H. Iskenderian

696
High-Resolution Rapid Refresh Model Analytics in a High-Performance Computing Environment
Brian K. Blaylock, Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and J. D. Horel


Poster Session 1
Earth Observing SmallSats Posters
Location: Exhibit Hall 3 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: First Conference on Earth Observing SmallSats

Poster Session 1
Impact-Based Decision Support Services Posters
Location: Exhibit Hall 3 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Special Symposium on Impact-Based Decision Support Services
Cochairs: Clark Evans, Univ. of Wisconsin; Morgan Barry, NOAA/NWS; Michael Lowry, UCAR/NHC
803
Multimodel (Parametric) Tropical Cyclone Model Data: The First Line of Defense for Emergency Risk Management
Sean S. Miller, Kinetic Analysis Corporation, Silver Spring, MD; and J. P. Michael

804
The "Battle at Bristol": An IDSS Review of the Highest Attended College Football Game
Matthew E. Anderson, NOAA/NWS, Morristown, TN; and A. Pritchett

805
Improving Global Precipitation Product Access at NASA GES DISC
Zhong Liu, George Mason Univ., and Center for Spatial Information Science, and Systems and NASA/GSFC/GES DISC, Greenbelt, MD; and B. Vollmer, A. Savtchenko, D. Ostrenga, B. Deshong, F. Fang, R. Albayrak, E. Sherman, M. Greene, A. W. Li, C. L. Shie, W. Teng, and D. Meyer

806
DOD Climate Services—User Engagement Strategies to Optimize National Security
Robb M. Randall, U.S. Air Force, Asheville, NC; and R. B. Kiess, J. H. Zautner, G. T. Moody, and B. D. Mundhenk

808
Evolution of Aviation Decision Support Services for High-Impact Events
Roland Nunez, NWS/Center Weather Service Unit, Houston, TX

809
Utilizing Technology to Customize Impact Decision Support for NWS Portland Partners
Evan Bentley, NWSFO, Portland, OR; and J. F. Pyle and T. Wilde

Handout (1.8 MB)

810
Rewriting the Playbook: An Overview and Evaluation of Super Bowl LI Decision Support
Melissa Huffman, National Weather Service, Dickinson, TX; and M. E. Merrifield

811
Driving Decisions and Supporting Claims Operations in P&C Insurance by Utilizing Ground Hail Measurement Networks
Alex Kubicek, Understory Weather, Somerville, MA; and E. Hewitt, R. S. Bussman, and K. E. Willmot

817
Communicating Fire Weather Risks at Short Lead Times Using the High-Resolution Rapid Refresh Forecast Modeling System
Taylor A. McCorkle, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and J. D. Horel and B. K. Blaylock

820
Fatality and Damage Predictions from Potential Tornado Outbreaks as Simulated by the SPC IMPACTS Statistical Model
Kevin M. Simmons, Austin College, Sherman, TX; and P. T. Marsh, R. S. Schneider, A. B. Smith, R. Clark III, S. A. Erickson, and H. E. Brooks

Poster 822 has been moved. New paper number is 1.5A.

823
Earth Observations to Support the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals
Satya Kalluri, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR, College Park, MD; and A. Held and M. Paganini

824
Development of the Colorado Fire Prediction System (CO-FPS): Results and Lessons Learned
Barbara G. Brown, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and B. Kosovic, P. A. Jimenez, D. Munoz Esparza, B. Schmidt, A. R. S. Anderson, J. Cowie, K. Sampson, J. Boehnert, and A. DeCastro

825
The Storm Prediction Center’s Weather Generator
Race Clark III, CIMMS, Norman, OK; and P. T. Marsh, R. S. Schneider, H. E. Brooks, and S. A. Erickson

826
A Specialized Flood Potential Index for Impact-Based Decision Support for the Texas Medical Center
Nathan Stanford, StormGeo, Houston, TX; and F. Schmude and J. Basciani

828
Tactical Impact—Decision Support Using GOES-16 during the 6 March 2017 Southern Great Plains Firestorm
Luigi F. Meccariello, NWSFO, Amarillo, TX; and S. W. Bieda III, T. Lindley, M. Beat, B. J. Simpson, C. M. Gravelle, G. P. Murdoch, and B. R. Smith


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
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

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)

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 Hawaii 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)

678
679
The Impact of Damage Indicator Density on Southern Plains Tornado Intensity
Michael M. French, Stony Brook Univ., SUNY, Stony Brook, NY

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

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


Poster Session 1
SatMETOC Poster Session I
Location: Exhibit Hall 3 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 22nd Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography
621
Effects of Climate and Social Change on Pasture Productivity and Area in the Alay Valley, Kyrgyzstan
Lu Zhang, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD, MD; and E. A. H. Smithwick

516A
Analysis of the Life Cycle of Extratropical Cyclone Precipitation Based on the Global Precipitation Measurement Mission
James Booth, The City College of New York, New York, NY; and K. L. Towey and C. Naud

623
On-Orbit Implementation and Characterization of CYGNSS Level 4 Tropical Cyclone Science Data Products
David R. Mayers, Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; and M. Morris and C. S. Ruf

624
Comparison of Daytime Low-Level Cloud Properties Derived from GOES and ARM SGP
Theodore M. McHardy, The Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and X. Dong, B. Xi, M. M. Thieman, P. Minnis, and R. Palikonda

625
Evaluation of a Cloud Detection Technique Using Spatial and Radiometric Thresholds for Near-Infrared Satellite Imagery
William J. Graff, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH; and R. A. Stenger
Manuscript (109.5 kB)

627
Fast Radiative Transfer Solution Using the Discrete Ordinate Radiative Transfer Method and the Small-Angle Approximation
Bingqiang Sun, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; and P. Yang and G. W. Kattawar

628
GLM Observations through Optically Deep Clouds: A Case Study
Curtiss Burnett, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach, FL; and R. F. Garrett, W. M. MacKenzie Jr., M. Seybold, J. Fulbright, and J. D. Sims

629
Obtaining and Processing Metops B and NOAA-18/-19 Satellite Data Using a Flat Panel Polar Orbiting Satellite Tracking Antenna
Robert McaFee, Univ. of Texas, El Paso, TX; and R. M. Fitzgerald, S. Williams, and R. M. Rabin

630
Differences in Characteristics of Precipitating and Non-Precipitating Warm Clouds
Kevin M Smalley, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; and A. D. Rapp

Handout (7.7 MB)

631
Water and Carbon Cycles as Linked by Space-Based Observation of Salinity
W. Timothy Liu, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and X. Xie

633
A Revisit of the Thermodynamic Structure of Tropical Cylone with GPS Radio Occultation
Zhen Zeng, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and H. Zhang, S. P. Ho, and S. Sokolovskiy

635
Passive Microwave Satellite Observations of Cloud Liquid Water Path: Uncertainty Datasets and Validation
Tom Greenwald, Univ. of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI; and D. Painemal and R. Bennartz

636
Evaluation of a 3D Radio Occultation Observation Operator
Razvan Stefanescu, Spire Global, Inc., Boulder, CO; and V. Irisov

637
Passive Microwave Ocean Surface Vector Wind Measurement Uncertainty Assessment
Degui Gu, Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems, Azusa, CA

638
Long-Term Gain Stability Evaluation for Microwave Instruments Using Lunar Radiation
Hu Yang, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, College Park, MD; and F. Weng

639
GeoIPSTM: Next Generation Environmental Data Processing
Melinda L. Surratt, NRL, Monterey, CA; and K. A. Richardson, J. H. Cossuth, A. P. Kuciauskas, R. L. Bankert, A. LaFlash, and J. E. Solbrig

640
Lightning Correlation with Environmental Variables Using the TRMM LIS
Montana Etten-Bohm, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; and C. Schumacher

642
International MODIS/AIRS Processing Package (IMAPP): Supporting Direct Broadcast Environmental Decision Makers for 17+ Years
Kathleen I. Strabala, Univ. of Wisconsin/CIMSS, Madison, WI; and J. Davies, R. M. Cintineo, D. Hoese, B. Pierce, L. E. Gumley, and H. L. Huang

643
A Vision: Future Ground Enterprise Characteristics
Allan Weiner, Harris Corporation, Melbourne, FL; and R. Pineiro, R. Basta, and B. J. Haman

Poster 644 has been moved. New paper number is 1.3A.

646
In-Band Radio Frequency Interference (RFI) Mitigation Techniques for Satellite Downlink Receivers
Brian J. Haman, Harris Corporation, Melbourne, FL; and G. Matthews

651
A Next Generation Small Satellite Passive Microwave Radiometer for Future Constellation Architectures
Shannon Thomas Brown, JPL/California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA; and P. Focardi, A. Kitiyakara, F. Maiwald, L. Milligan, O. Montes, S. Padmanabhan, R. Redick, and D. Russell


Poster Session 1
Societal Application Poster Session
Location: Exhibit Hall 3 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 13th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice
Chair: Kathleen Sherman-Morris, Mississippi State University
726
Meeting the Needs of a Variety of GHRC Data Users by Asking "Who is the Audience?" First
Deborah K. Smith, Univ. of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL; and A. M. Weigel, K. Bugbee, L. Sinclair, and T. Smith

727
Exploring and Advancing Customer Engagement at NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information
Annette Hollingshead, Global Science and Technology, Inc., Asheville, NC; and M. J. Brewer, J. Dissen, N. Jones, and T. Owen

730
Visualizing Extreme Precipitation for Climate Storytelling
Rachel M. Phinney, Univ. of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE; and J. Rennie

731
Perceptions about Social Science Research and Key Issues: A Survey of Warning Coordination Meteorologists
Kathleen Sherman-Morris, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS; and H. B. Lussenden

733
A Conceptual Model of Tornado Risk Communication
Samuel J. Childs, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and R. S. Schumacher

Poster 734 has been moved. New paper number 7.4A

735
Weather's Impact on Psychological Behaviors and Community Economics
Christopher D'Ambrosio, Episcopal Academy, Wayne, PA

736
Fine-Scale Assessment of Mobile Home Tornado Exposure in the Southeast United States
Stephen M. Strader, Villanova University, Villanova, PA; and W. S. Ashley and K. E. Klockow-McClain

737
Assessing Flood Risk for the State of Florida
Steven Cocke, Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL; and D. W. Shin and B. Annane


Poster Session 1
Weather-Ready Nation Poster Session
Location: Exhibit Hall 3 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Sixth Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation
774
Examining the Utility of Twitter Hail Reports to Verify Spatiotemporally Dense Forecasts
Makenzie Krocak, Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies, Norman, OK; and J. T. Ripberger, H. Jenkins-Smith, and C. Silva

777
Integrated Weather Impact Team: A Multi-Sector Collaboration for Improved Preparedness and Response to Mitigate Tomorrow's Disasters
Dr. Sepideh Yalda, Millersville Univ., Millersville, PA; and M. Steinbugl, J. R. Scala, J. Jumper, P. A. Jung, B. Watson, C. Evanego, W. Gartner, C. Soelle, N. A. Wardle, J. Anshutz, and J. R. Banghoff

779
National Water Model: Providing the Nation with Actionable Water Intelligence
Bradford Bates, NOAA, Tuscaloosa, AL; and F. Salas, N. Swain, M. Stone, G. Aggett, E. Clark, and J. Nelson

Poster 780 is now 6.3A


Poster Session 2
8th Research to Operations (8R2O)—Poster Session II
Location: Exhibit Hall 3 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Eighth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations
763
Implementing Portfolio Managment across National Centers for Environmental Information's Center for Weather and Climate
Gary L. Ellingson, Global Science & Technology Inc., Asheville, NC; and D. Wunder, B. Cramer, C. Hutchins, T. McPherson, L. M. Ellingson, and J. L. Privette

764
GLM Evaluation Updates on Total Lightning Use in the Aviation Weather Testbed and Aviation Weather Center
Brian P. Pettegrew, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Kansas City, MO; and A. Terborg and C. B. Entwistle

765
Creation and Evaluation of Calibrated SSCRAM-HRRR Severe Hazard Guidance
Caleb Grunzke, CIMMS, Norman, OK; and I. L. Jirak and J. Hart

766
Validation and Diagnosis of NSSL WRF-Simulated Warm Season Convective Rain over SGP NGP
Jingyu Wang, Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and X. Dong, B. Xi, A. Kennedy, B. A. Hagenhoff, and W. Cui

767
Impacts of Radar Reflectivity and Surface Observation Data Assimilation on the Precipitation and Land Surface Temperature
Xinzhong Zhang, Beijing Presky Co., Ltd., Beijing, China; and X. Zhang, T. Liao, and P. Dong

769
Considerations for Phased-Array Radar Data Use within the National Weather Service
Katie A. Wilson, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and P. L. Heinselman and C. M. Kuster


Poster Session 2
Aerosol–Cloud–Climate Interactions Posters II
Location: Exhibit Hall 3 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 10th Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions
Cochairs: Adele L. Igel, Univ. of California; Ottmar Moehler, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
739
Statistical Analysis of Aerosol Optical Property and Cloud Microphysical Characteristics over China Region during Winters of 2006–2016
Zhixin Xue, Nanjing Univ. of Information Science & Technology, Nanjing, China; and D. Xu

741
Investigation of the Effects of Aerosol Regeneration on Marine Stratocumulus Cloud Development with WRF-LES
Kyoung Ock Choi, Yonsei Univ., Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South); and S. S. Yum

742
Evaluating and Improving Multi-Moment Cloud Microphysical Schemes. Part II: Sedimentation Section
Yunpeng Shan, DRI, Reno, NV; and E. M. Wilcox, L. Gao, Y. Yin, and T. Zhao

743
Investigating the Sensitivity of Nucleation Parameterization on Ice Growth
Lauriana C. Gaudet, Univ. at Albany, SUNY, Albany, NY; and K. Sulia

744
Evaluation of the UAH GOES Insolation Product through Comparison with Pyranometer Measurements and Analysis Datasets
Peiyang Cheng, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and A. P. Biazar, J. R. Mecikalski, and R. T. McNider
Manuscript (1.5 MB)

745
An Observation-Based Study of the Sensitivity of Dust Aerosol Net Direct Radiative Effects to the Physical and Optical Properties of Dust
Qianqian Song, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD; and Z. Zhang, H. Yu, and S. Kato

746
The Effective Radiative Forcing of Partial Internally and Externally Mixed Aerosols and Their Effects on Global Climate
Hua Zhang, National Climate Center/China Meteorological Administration, Beijing, China

747
Seasonally Transported Aerosol Layer over Southeast Atlantic Are Closer to Underlying Clouds Than Previously Reported
Chamara Rajapakshe, Univ. of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD; and Z. Zhang, J. E. Yorks, H. Yu, Q. Tan, K. Meyer, S. Platnick, and D. M. Winker


Joint Poster Session 2
Flood Prediction, Analysis, High Performance Computing, Decision Support, Management, and Tropical Cyclones
Location: Exhibit Hall 3 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Hosts: (Joint between the 32nd Conference on Hydrology; and the Fourth Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate )
Cochairs: Nick Z. Fang, Univ. of Texas; Hatim Sharif, Univ. of Texas; Konstantinos Andreadis, JPL; David J. Gochis, NCAR; John N. McHenry, Baron Advanced Meteorological Systems, LLC; Gerry Creager, Oklahoma Univ./CIMMS, and NOAA/NSSL; Philip B. Bedient, Rice Univ.; Benjamin Bass, Rice Univ.
450
Evaluation Studies of Real-Time Flood Forecasting: A Review of Issues
Felipe Quintero, Univ. of Iowa, Iowa City, IA; and W. F. Krajewski, G. R. Ghimire, and M. Rojas

451
Utilizing CIPS Analogs in Extended River Flood Forecasts
Emilee Lachenmeier, NWS/NCRFC, Chanhassen, MN

452
Advancements in Estimating and Validating Bankfull Flow and Inundation in the National Water Model
Laura K. Read, NCAR, Boulder, AL; and D. N. Yates, D. J. Gochis, F. Salas, Z. Li, and S. Khan

453
Identifying Runoff Parameters and Predicting Future Runoff with GCM Data in a Mountainous Basin in Japan
Kazumasa Fujimura, Meisei Univ., Hino City, Tokyo, Japan; and Y. Iseri, S. Kanae, S. Okada, and M. Murakami

Poster 454 will also present as paper J35.3A

456
Accounting for rainfall spatial variability in the prediction of flash floods
Manabendra Saharia, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and P. E. Kirstetter, J. J. Gourley, Y. Hong, and H. Vergara

457
Spatial Analysis of Rain Rates for Tropical Cyclones Affecting Madagascar or Mozambique
Corene J. Matyas, Univ. of Florida, Gainesville, FL; and S. M. VanSchoick
Manuscript (712.9 kB)

Handout (2.8 MB)

458
Forecasting and Simulation of Floods in Western Boundary Basin Ilam, Iran
Farahnaz Taghavi, Univ. of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

459
Integrated Flood Forecast Model (Hydro-CoSMoS) for San Francisco Bay
Jungho Kim, CIRA, Fort Collins, CO; and L. Herdman, L. E. Johnson, R. Martyr-Koller, R. Cifelli, P. Barnard, L. Erikson, J. Finzi Hart, and V. Chandrasekar

460
IFIS Model-Plus: A Web-Based GUI for Visualization, Comparison, and Evaluation of Distributed Flood Forecasts and Hindcasts
Andre Della Libera Zanchetta, Univ. of Iowa, Iowa Flood Center, Iowa City, IA; and R. Mantilla, I. Demir, and W. F. Krajewski

461
Enhancements to the WRF-Hydro Hydrologic Model Structure for Semiarid Environments
Timothy M. Lahmers, Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and H. V. Gupta, P. Hazenberg, C. L. Castro, D. J. Gochis, D. N. Yates, A. Dugger, and D. C. Goodrich

Handout (6.4 MB)

463
Assimilation of Real-Time Streamflow Observations for the National Water Model Using Ensemble Kalman Filter
Seongjin Noh, Univ. of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX; and D. J. Seo, A. RafieeiNasab, J. McCreight, D. Gochis, B. Cosgrove, and T. Vukicevic

465
Implementing the WRF-Hydro Modeling System in the Great Lakes Region
Chuliang Xiao, Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; and B. M. Lofgren, A. Gronewold, D. J. Gochis, L. Mason, L. Pei, and K. Sampson

466
Historical Rainfall Data Analysis of Storm Characteristics in Tropical Cyclones and Noncyclonic Storms
Baxter E. Vieux, Vieux & Associates, Inc., Norman, OK; and J. E. Vieux

469
An Assessment of National Water Model Streamflow Forecasts during Tropical Storm Cindy
Xia Feng, NOAA/OWP/NWC, Tuscaloosa, AL; and B. Cosgrove

470
Field Evaluation of NOAA's National Water Model
Scott D. Lindsey, NWS/Alaska Pacific River Forecast Center, Anchorage, AK; and A. Macneil, E. T. Jones, J. Lhotak, and T. Dixon


Poster Session 2
GOES-R/JPSS Poster Session II
Location: Exhibit Hall 3 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 14th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems
Cochairs: Michael Jamilkowski, Col USAF Ret and AMS Fellow; Elizabeth Nolan, JPSS
698
GOES-16 ABI Channel Differencing Used to Reveal Cloud-Free Zones of "Precursors of Convective Initiation"
Lewis D. Grasso, Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and J. F. Dostalek and D. T. Lindsey

699
GOES-16 ABI Observations of Lower Tropospheric Structures of Water Vapor at 1.38 μm
Lewis D. Grasso, Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and D. Bikos and S. D. Miller

700
An Enterprise Environmental Data Fusion and Assimilation System for Nowcasting and NWP Applications
Kevin Garrett, STAR, College Park, MD; and S. A. Boukabara, E. Maddy, E. Jones, N. Shahroudi, and K. Ide

701
Successful GOES-R Launch and Orbit Raising and Algorithm Post-Launch Test
Anthony Paullin, Harris Corporation, Melbourne, FL; and M. Wilson and A. Weiner

703
JPSS-1 Algorithm Product Verfication and Validation
Jeffrey Weinrich, JPSS, Washington, DC

704
Understanding the Implications of Merging Existing Lightning Datasets with GLM for Severe Thunderstorm Monitoring
Christopher J. Schultz, NASA MSFC, Huntsville, AL; and N. Curtis, L. D. Carey, P. M. Bitzer, and A. LeRoy

706
Using Analysis Increments to Estimate and Correct Systematic Model Errors in GFS
Kriti Bhargava, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD; and E. Kalnay and J. Carton

707
Value Variance Analysis in Constellation Architecture Studies
Eric B. Wendoloski, The Aerospace Corporation, Chantilly, VA; and M. W. Maier, M. Coakley, and T. J. Hall

Handout (1.5 MB)

705A
New GOES-R Risk Reduction Activities at CIRA
Matthew A. Rogers, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and S. Miller, L. Grasso, J. M. Haynes, Y. J. Noh, J. Forsythe, M. Zupanski, D. T. Lindsey, and J. E. Solbrig

708
GOES-16 ABI Successful Stray Light Blocker
Paul C. Griffith, Harris, Fort Wayne, IN; and J. Van Naarden and D. Gall

709
Cost Variance Analysis in Constellation Architecture Studies
Kiley L. Yeakel, The Aerospace Corporation, Chantilly, VA; and M. W. Maier

710
Validation of GOES-16 Atmospheric Precipitable Water and Instability Indices Products for Operational Applications
Yong-Keun Lee, CIMSS, Madison, WI; and Z. Li, J. Li, R. Dworak, and T. J. Schmit

711
CSPP Geo Support for Direct Broadcast
Jessica Braun, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and G. Martin, L. Gumley, N. Bearson, G. Cureton, A. De Smet, R. Garcia, T. Jasmin, S. Mindock, E. Schiffer, and K. Strabala

712
Polar2Grid—Reprojecting Satellite Data Made Easy
David Hoese, Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies, Madison, WI; and K. Strabala

713
715
S-NPP CrIS Noise Characterization and Relative Response after Five Years in Space
Kori Moore, Space Dynamics Laboratory, North Logan, UT; and D. K. Scott

716
Incorporation of Improved Active Fire Products into NOAA Production Environment
Marina Tsidulko, IMSG at NOAA/NESDIS/STAR, College Park, MD; and I. Csiszar, W. Schroeder, and L. Giglio

717
Future Architecture Decision Points
Frank W. Gallagher III, NESDIS, Silver Spring, MD; and K. St. Germain and M. W. Maier

718
Overview of the Satellite Product and Services Review Board (SPSRB) Process
Laura J. Dunlap, Science and Technology Corporation/JPSS, Lanham, MD

Poster 719 has been moved. New paper number J31.3A

720
Routine Validation of the STAR Multi-Satellite Processing System Framework
William Straka, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and W. W. Wolf, S. Sampson, G. Quinn, R. Garcia, G. Martin, A. Li, M. Fan, J. Daniels, E. Schiffer, and A. DesMet

721
Early Insights into GOES-16 ABI Image Quality Using GRATDAT
David Pogorzala, Integrity Applications Incorporated, Chantilly, VA; and Z. Li, J. Fulbright, and M. Seybold

722
Lessons Learned of an Algorithm Change Process to the GOES-R Ground Segment
Ryan Williams, Stellar Solutions, Inc., Chantilly, VA; and W. M. MacKenzie Jr., R. Race, T. Feroli, and S. Superczynski

723
GOES-16 Calibration and Validation for ABI Level 2 Algorithms
Paul A. Van Rompay, Atmospheric and Environmental Research, Inc., Greenbelt, MD; and E. J. Kennelly

724
Preliminary Assessment of Detection Efficiency for the Geostationary Lightning Mapper Using Intercomparisons with Ground-Based Systems
Monte Bateman, Universities Space Research Association, Huntsville, AL; and D. Mach, R. J. Blakeslee, and W. J. Koshak


Poster Session 2
Poster Session II
Location: Exhibit Hall 3 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 31st Conference on Climate Variability and Change
533
When Will We Be Committed to Crossing Critical Temperature Thresholds?
Cristian Proistosescu, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and K. Armour, G. H. Roe, and P. Huybers

535A
Statistical Thermodynamics and the Size Distributions of Tropical Convective Clouds
Timothy J. Garrett, Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and I. Glenn, S. K. Krueger, and N. Ferlay

536
New Pathway of Tropical Influences on Arctic Subseasonal Warming Events in the Troposphere
Yen-Heng Lin, Utah State Univ., Logan, UT; and S. Y. Wang

537
Wet and Dry Tropical/Subtropical Regions Show Opposite Sensitivities to Observed Greenhouse Gas Warming
Jaya khanna, Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX; and K. H. Cook and E. Vizy

538
Space-Based Drought Changes in 1980–2017 and Climate Warming
Felix Kogan, NOAA/NESDIS, College Park, MD

539
Sea Surface Temperature Biases in CMIP5 Coupled Models and Their Implications for Regional Climate Simulations and Projections
Bradfield Lyon, Univ. of Maine, Orono, Orono, ME; and A. Giannini, R. Seager, and N. Vigaud

540
Quantification of Global Warming: A Critical Evaluation of CMIP5 GCMs
Austin Hope, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD; and R. J. Salawitch, T. Canty, L. McBride, W. Tribett, and B. Bennett

541
542
Temperature Anomalies from the AIRS Product on Giovanni for the Climate Comminity
Feng Ding, NASA GSFC/GES DISC and ADNET Systems Inc., Greenbelt, MD; and T. Hearty, J. Wei, M. Theobald, B. Vollmer, E. Seiler, and D. Meyer

544
Using Multi-Physics and Multi-Model Regional Climate Model Ensembles to Assess Climate Resiliency in the Great Plains
William Capehart, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD; and A. Gettinger, B. Lingwall, P. A. Norton, C. Bruyère, M. Tye, and A. Jaye

545
Impact of Precipitation-Induced Sensible Heat on the Simulated Climatology of Land-Surface Air Temperature
Nan Wei, Sun Yat-Sen Univ., Guangzhou, China; and Y. Dai, M. Zhang, L. Zhou, and D. Ji

546
Discrete Ordinates Spectral Model for Clear-Sky Longwave Surface Irradiance
Mengying Li, Univ. of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA; and Z. Liao and C. F. M. Coimbra
Manuscript (693.9 kB)

547
Enabling Reanalysis Research Using the Collaborative Reanalysis Technical Environment (CREATE)
Gerald L. Potter, NASA GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and L. Carriere, J. Hertz, J. Peters, T. P. Maxwell, S. Strong, J. Shute, Y. shen, and T. Lee

548
Influence of AO/NAO/PNA Evolution on Eastern and Southeastern U.S. Storm Environment
Matthew Brown, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; and C. J. Nowotarski

549
Numerical Modeling of a Heavy Rainfall Event in a Future Climate
John M. Lanicci, Univ. of South Alabama, Mobile, AL; and T. D. Allison and H. E. Fuelberg

Handout (9.2 MB) Handout (9.2 MB)

551
Comparison of Convective Aggregation as Simulated by Two Different Cloud Resolving Models
Alison Banks, Salisbury Univ., Salisbury, MD; and A. Naegele, S. Herbener, D. Dazlich, and D. Randall

552
Convective Aggregation and the Size Distribution of Updrafts
Travis A. O'Brien, LBNL, Berkeley, CA; and K. Kashinath, H. Inda Diaz, and W. Collins

553
Regional Climate Model Validation for Central/Eastern Europe using Hydrostatic vs Non-Hydrostatic Approaches
Rita Pongracz, Eotvos Lorand Univ., Budapest, Hungary; and T. Kalmar, I. Pieczka, and J. Bartholy
Manuscript (1.1 MB)

554
Stochastic Multicloud Model (SMCM) Implemented NCEP Climate Forecast System Version 2 (CFSv2): Sensitivity to the Middle Tropospheric Moisture Parameter in the SMCM
Bidyut B. Goswami, New York Univ., Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates; and B. Khouider, R. Phani, P. Mukhopadhyay, and A. Majda

555
Antecedent Synoptic Environments Most Conducive to North American Polar/Subtropical Jet Superpositions
Andrew C. Winters, Univ. at Albany, SUNY, Albany, NY; and D. Keyser and L. F. Bosart

Handout (24.3 MB)

556
Improved Characterization of the Magnitude and Causes of Spatio-Temporal Variability in Wind Resources
S.C. Pryor, Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY; and R. J. Barthelmie, T. Biondi, and T. J. Shepherd

558
Caribbean Precipitation Trends during a Regional Sea Surface Temperature Warming Period, 1982–2014
Equisha Glenn, City College, New York, NY; and M. E. Angeles, N. Devineni, T. Smith, and J. E. Gonzalez

559
The Sinuosity of Midlatitude Atmospheric Flow and Its Potential Impacts on Extreme Weather Events in the Northern Hemisphere
Shauna K. Bokn, Metropolitan State Univ., Denver, CO; and J. Shepard and K. Schuenemann

560
Types of Synoptic Storms that Drive High Storm Surge in Boston Harbor
Mathew Barlow, Univ. of Massachusetts, Lowell, MA; and R. O'Donnell and L. Agel

562
An East Coast Winter Storm Climatology and Projected Future Trends
Lena M. Dziechowski, Univ. of Massachusetts, Lowell, MA; and E. DiGangi and E. R. Martin

563
Testing the Role of Westerly Jet in the Termination of Meiyu
Wenwen Kong, Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA; and J. C. H. Chiang

564
A Quantitative Approach to Associate Crop Production and Precipitation
M. Bannayan Sr., Ferdowsi Univ. of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran (Islamic Republic of); and S. Asadi and A. Monti Sr.

566
Recent and Future Trends of Cold Season Extratropical Cyclones over the Eastern United States
Nicholas H. Balderas, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and G. Jennrich, N. Myers, and J. C. Furtado

567
Process Evaluation of Northeast Winter Precipitation in CMIP5
Anji Seth, Univ. of Connecticut, Storrs, CT; and J. M. Thibeault and C. Lynch

568
Modulation of Precipitation under Future Warm Climate over the CONUS
Mukul Tewari, The Weather Company, IBM, New York, NY; and C. Watson, L. A. Treinish, L. A. Winslow, and K. Rose

569
571
Evaluation of a WRF Dynamical Downscaling Simulation Over the Ogallala Aquifer Region
Yongjun Zhang, Kansas State Univ., Manhattan, KS; and X. Lin

574
Climatological Characteristics of Frontogenesis and Related Circulations over East China in June and July
Jun Hou, Jiangsu Meteorological Observatory, Nanjing, China; and Z. Guan

575
American Warming Hole Is Not Unique; In Europe We Also Have Some
Lucie Pokorna, IAP, Prague, Czech Republic; and M. Kucerova and R. Huth

Handout (2.3 MB)

576
Quantifying the Spatial and Temporal Extent of the Eastern United States "Warming Hole"
Joseph Leonard, Southern Illinois Univ., Carbondale, IL; and J. Schoof and T. Ford

579
Understanding and Communicating Local Climate Change
Jacob C. Muller, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and D. W. Titley, S. K. Miller, and A. M. Walker

580
Korea Climate Change Trend with the Changing of Precipitation
Ihn-Cheol Seong, Inje Univ., Gimhae, Korea, Republic of (South); and E. B. Kim, B. J. Kim, W. S. Jung, and J. K. Park

Handout (1.0 MB)


Poster Session 2
Poster Session II—Outreach
Location: Exhibit Hall 3 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 27th Symposium on Education
Cochairs: Diane M. Stanitski, NOAA ESRL Global Monitoring Division; Ann Reiser, NOAA
583
Training the Next Generation of Climate Scientists to Support Climate Services
Claire Scannell, UKMO, Exeter, UK; and R. Osborne

585
HTML5 WebApps from the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies
Margaret Mooney, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin−Madison, Madison, WI; and T. M. Whittaker, S. Ackerman, and T. J. Schmit

588
Balloons and Buoys: Engaging the Community in Weather Science through a Pioneering Air to Ocean Weather Balloon Launch
Theresa Ruggiero, Concord-Carlisle Regional High School, Concord, MA; and C. J. Peachey and S. Lane

589
Scientific Discovery with Bats on Radar
Aaron A. Treadway, Meteorologist, New Braunfels, TX; and J. W. Zeitler

590
Utilizing Podcast and Vlog Formats to Enhance the Learning Experience
Mark T. Jelinek, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA

590A
Increasing Student Opportunity by Creating Innovative Minors with Minimal Cost
Thomas A. Guinn, Embry–Riddle Aeronatical Univ., Daytona Beach, FL


Poster Session 2
Posters
Location: Exhibit Hall 3 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 34th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies
Cochairs: Kevin R. Tyle, SUNY; Scott S. Lindstrom, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin
442
A Monthly Near-Real-Time Night Marine Air Temperature Dataset
Steve T. Stegall, Cooperative Institute for Climate and Satellites, Asheville, NC

443
ARM Data Quality Office: Fusion of Automated and Manual QA/QC Techniques
Adam Theisen, Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Data Quality Office/CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and R. A. Peppler, K. E. Kehoe, J. W. Monroe, and J. King

444
EarthServer—ECMWF's Experiences of Using OGC Standards
Stephan Siemen, ECMWF, Reading, U.K.; and J. Wagemann, S. Lamy-Thepaut, and B. Raoult

445
Geoscience Digital Data Resource and Repository Service
Douglas Schuster, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and M. S. Mayernik and C. Y. Hou

446
The CPEX Data Portal: Data and Visualizations to Enable Science Investigations
Brian W. Knosp, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and P. P. Li, Q. A. Vu, S. M. Hristova-Veleva, F. J. Turk, and B. Lambrigtsen

448
Weather Processing Workflow between Private/Public Cloud Environments
James Gundy, Harris Corporation, Melbourne, FL; and C. Smith

449
Weather Processing in Software Containers across Multiple HPC and Cloud Platforms
Brad Brown-Bergtold, Harris Corporation, Melbourne, FL; and J. Gundy, G. Kowalski, G. Peterson, and L. Crosby


Poster Session 2
Posters 2
Location: Exhibit Hall 3 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Eighth Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using Python
770
The MetPy Roadmap: Replacing Legacy Meteorological Tools
J. R. Leeman, UCAR/Unidata, Boulder, CO; and R. M. May

771
A Unidata JupyterHub Server: An Online PyAOS Resource for Students and Educators
Julien Chastang, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. Signell and J. L. Fischer

772
GMI-IPS: Python Processing Software for Aircraft Campaigns
Megan Rose Damon, SSAI, Lanham, MD; and S. A. Strode, S. D. Steenrod, and M. J. Prather

Handout (945.8 kB)

773A
Siphon—Simplifying Data Access and Expanding Data Sources
Sean C. Arms, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. M. May and J. R. Leeman

Handout (1.4 MB)


Poster Session 2
Tropical Convection and Waves Posters
Location: Exhibit Hall 3 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Peter J. Webster Symposium
Cochairs: Violeta Toma, Climate Forecast Applications Network; Hyemi Kim, SUNY
408
Intraseasonal Variability in a Cloud-Permitting Equatorial Aqua-Planet Model
Marat Khairoutdinov, SUNY, Stony Brook, NY; and K. A. Emanuel

409
Influence of the Madden–Julian Oscillation and Caribbean Low-Level Jet on East Pacific Easterly Wave Dynamics
Justin W. Whitaker, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and E. D. Maloney

410
Heating and Moistening of the MJO during DYNAMO in ECMWF Reforecasts
Chidong Zhang, PMEL, Seattle, WA; and J. E. Kim, G. N. Kiladis, and P. Bechtold

411
412
African Easterly Waves in Convection Permitting Simulations: The Role of Moist Convection
James O. H. Russell, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC; and A. R. Aiyyer

Handout (1.6 MB)

413
Sensitivity of Simulated African Easterly Wave Stormtrack to Orographic Effects
Joshua Dylan White, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC; and A. R. Aiyyer

414
A Detailed Analysis of Propagating Synoptic-Scale Systems during the 2016 DACCIWA Campaign in Southern West Africa
Andreas H. Fink, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany; and P. Knippertz

417
A Mechanically Induced Center of Heavy Rainfall Off the East Coast of Central America
David Zermeno, Univ. Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico; and V. O. Magaña and E. Herrera


Poster Session 2
Tuesday Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
Location: Exhibit Hall 3 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Ninth Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy
750
Irradiance Forecasting Using the Local Ensemble Transform Kalman Filter, Satellite Images, and Ground Sensors
Travis M. Harty, The Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and M. Morzfeld, A. T. Lorenzo, and W. F. Holmgren

Poster 751 has been moved. New paper number is 5.2A.

752
Data Assimilation of Rooftop Solar Power Data to Improve Satellite Derived Irradiance Nowcasts
Antonio T. Lorenzo, The Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and M. Morzfeld, T. M. Harty, and W. F. Holmgren

Poster 754 has been moved. New paper number is 9.3A.

755
Expressing Solar Power Forecast Uncertainty
Stephen D. Jascourt, MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) Information Systems LLC, Gaithersburg, MD; and C. Cassidy, E. E. Wertz, and T. Hartman

Handout (1.7 MB)

757
A Statistical Analysis of Suburban Surface Temperatures and Their Relationship to Electricity Use
Rebecca Huff, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD; and M. S. Jin


Joint Poster Session 3
Land Surface–Atmosphere Interactions
Location: Exhibit Hall 3 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Hosts: (Joint between the 32nd Conference on Hydrology; the 31st Conference on Climate Variability and Change; and the 22nd Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS) )
Cochairs: Yongkang Xue, Univ. of California; Randal D. Koster, NASA GSFC; Michael B. Ek, NOAA/NWS; Joseph A. Santanello, NASA GSFC; Steven M. Quiring, Ohio State Univ.
471
The Feedback of Carbon–Nitrogen–Water Cycle to Climate Change
Li Dan, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing

472
Examining the Effects of Mosaic Land Cover on Extreme Events in Historical Downscaled WRF Simulations
Megan S. Mallard, EPA, Research Triangle Park, NC; and T. L. Spero

473
The Impacts of Agricultural Land Use and Management on Regional Climate Systems: Interactions with the Asian Summer Monsoon
Sonali McDermid, New York Univ., New York, NY; and D. Singh, B. Cook, M. Puma, and C. Montes

474
The Impacts of Agricultural Land Cover and Management on Land–Atmosphere Coupling: A Midlatitude Sensitivity Assessment
Sonali McDermid, New York Univ., New York, NY; and B. Cook, C. Montes, and M. Puma

476
A Comparison of Air Temperatures at Irrigated and Nonirrigated Sites in Andalucia, Spain
Logan T. Mitchell, Western Kentucky Univ., Bowling Green, KY; and R. Mahmood, P. Ordóñez, A. I. Quintanar, and C. Ochoa-Moya

477
The Role of Soil Moisture over Irrigated Land on Precipitation in the Northern Great Plains at Convective Scales
Eric Rappin, Western Kentucky Univ., Bowling Green, KY; and R. Mahmood, U. Nair, and R. Pielke Sr.

478
Regional Warming Amplification and Land Surface Feedbacks
Ethan David Coffel, Columbia Univ., New York, NY; and R. M. Horton

480
Current Trends in Land–Atmosphere Coupling Related to Drought
Joshua K. Roundy, Univ. of Kansas, Lawrence, KS; and C. R. Ferguson and J. A. Santanello

482
A 42-Yr Assessment of Cloud-Base-Height Trends in the Luquillo Mountains of Eastern Puerto Using Radiosonde Observations from San Juan
Paul W. Miller, Univ. of Georgia, Athens, GA; and T. L. Mote, C. A. Ramseyer, A. E. Van Beusekom, and G. González

484
485
Land Surface Skin Temperature Errors in the NCEP Models over CONUS
Weizhong Zheng, NOAA/NCEP/EMC, College Park, MD; and M. Ek, Y. Xia, H. Wei, J. Meng, Y. Wu, and Y. Yu

486
Assessing the Effects of LSS Choice on Simulated Geopotential Heights over China: A Case Study Using WRF
Xin-Min Zeng, College of Hydrology and Water Resources, Hohai Univ., Nanjing, China; and B. Wang and N. Wang

Handout (5.5 MB)

487
Flood Risk and Atmospheric Internal Variability: A Multiscale Study over Ireland
Arianna Valmassoi, Univ. College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland; and S. S. Gharbia, F. Matacchiera, F. Barbano, S. Di Sabatino, and F. Pilla

488
Evaluating Climate Model Simulations of Land–Atmosphere Coupling on the U.S. Southern Great Plains
Thomas J. Phillips, LLNL, Livermore, CA; and S. A. Klein, H. Y. Ma, Q. Tang, S. Xie, I. N. Williams, J. A. Santanello, D. R. Cook, and M. S. Torn

489
NCA-LDAS, a Terrestrial Hydrology Satellite Data Assimilation System for the National Climate Assessment: Overview and Ver. 1.0 Hydrologic Indicators
Michael F. Jasinski, NASA GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and S. V. Kumar, J. S. Borak, D. M. Mocko, C. D. Peters-Lidard, M. Rodell, H. Rui, H. Beaudoing, B. Li, K. R. Arsenault, B. Vollmer, and J. Bolten

490
Assimilation of Remotely Sensed Leaf Area Index into the Community Land Model with Explicit Carbon and Nitrogen Components using Data Assimilation Research Testbed
Xiaolu Ling, Insititute for Climate and Global Change Research, Nanjing Univ., Nanjing, China; and C. Fu, Z. L. Yang, and W. Guo

494
Melting and Freezing Lake Ice: Getting Phase Transitions Correct in Lake Models
Zack Taebel, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and D. E. Reed and A. R. Desai

495
Impact of Mesoscale Land–Atmosphere Interactions on Boundary Layer Processes in Arctic Region
Xiaodong Hong, NRL, Monterey, CA; and S. Wang and J. E. Nachamkin

496
Analyzing Surface Energy Balance and Hydrologic Changes in the Dry Andes Using CORDEX Data
Margaret M. Orr, Univ. of Delaware, Newark, DE; and B. Hanson, M. O'Neal, and S. A. Rauscher

499
The Importance of Soil Moisture to Influence and Predict Summer Extreme Heat Events in North America
Zhe Zhang, Univ. of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada; and Y. Li, F. Chen, and M. Barlage

500
Convective Cold Pool Responses to Soil Moisture
Aryeh J. Drager, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and L. D. Grant and S. C. van den Heever

501
Investigating Soil Moisture–Convective Precipitation Feedbacks Using In Situ Soil Moisture in the Central United States
Shanshui Yuan, The Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH; and Y. Wang, S. M. Quiring, T. Ford, A. L. Houston, and L. Goldstein


Poster Session 3
Predictability and Prediction Posters
Location: Exhibit Hall 3 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Peter J. Webster Symposium
Cochairs: Violeta Toma, Climate Forecast Applications Network; Hyemi Kim, SUNY
421
Convectively Coupled Equatorial Waves and the MJO in Subseasonal Forecasts from Global Coupled Atmosphere–Ocean Models: Activity and Predictive Skill
Matthew Adam Janiga, UCAR, Monterey, CA; and C. J. Schreck III, J. Ridout, M. Flatau, N. Barton, W. A. Komaromi, and C. Reynolds

422
Evaluation of Model Performance over the Maritime Continent
Carolyn A. Reynolds, NRL, Monterey, CA; and N. P. Barton, S. Chen, M. K. Flatau, J. Ridout, M. A. Janiga, T. Jensen, E. J. Metzger, J. G. Richman, and D. B. Baranowski

423
Transforming Atmospheric and Remotely Sensed Information to Hydrologic Predictability in South Asia
Thomas M. Hopson, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and S. Priya, E. Riddle, D. P. Broman, J. Boehnert, K. Sampson, R. Brakenridge, C. M. Birkett, A. J. Kettner, W. Y. Y. Cheng, B. Rajagopalan, W. Young, D. C. Collins, D. Rostkier-Edelstein, A. K. M. S. Islam, F. Pappenberger, E. Zsoter, R. Emerton, D. Singh, and P. J. Webster

424
425
Hindcast of Seasonal Tropical Cyclone Activity Using Sea Surface Temperature from CESM Decadal Predictions
Wei-Ching Hsu, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; and D. Fu, P. Chang, C. Patricola, R. Saravanan, S. Yeager, and G. Danabasoglu


Poster Session 4
Monsoons Posters
Location: Exhibit Hall 3 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Peter J. Webster Symposium
Cochairs: Violeta Toma, Climate Forecast Applications Network; Hyemi Kim, SUNY
427
Response of Monsoon Low Pressure Systems to a Warming Environment
Sandeep Sukumaran, New York Univ., Abu Dhabi, UAE; and A. Ravindran, W. Boos, V. Praveen, and T. P. Sabin

428
Attribution of Delayed Revival of the Indian Summer Monsoon Rainfall
Qinjian Jin, MIT, Cambridge, MA; and C. Wang

430
Inertial Instability as a Mechanism for Latitudinal Shifts in the West African Rain Belt
Sharon E. Nicholson, Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL

431
The Cooling of the Arabian Sea Induces a Major Change in Monsoon Dynamics
Robert L. Grossman, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO

432
Tropical Indian Ocean Warming Contributions to China Winter Climate Variations
Qigang Wu, FuDan Univ., Shanghai, China; and Y. Yao and S. Liu

433
Coupling Modes of Climatological Intraseasonal Oscillation in the East Asian Summer Monsoon
Congwen Zhu Sr., Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, Beijing, China

434
Possible Effect of the Tibetan Plateau on the "Upstream" Climate over West Asia, North Africa, South Europe, and the North Atlantic
Mengmeng Lu, Sun Yat-sen Univ., Guangzhou, China; and S. Yang, Z. Li, S. He, and Z. Wang

436
Preliminary Survey of Extreme Weather Events in Southern Brazil
Dirceu Luis Herdies, National Institute for Space Research, Cachoeira Paulista, Brazil; and T. Steffane, C. D. S. Cardoso, L. A. de Paula, M. F. L. Quadro, and L. G. G. D. Goncalves

437
The midsummer drought: A review of the its dynamic elements
Víctor O. Magaña, Univ. Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico; and E. Herrera

438
Evaluating Variable Resolution-CESM for the North American Monsoon System
Sarahi Arriaga-Ramirez, Univ. of California, Davis, CA; and T. A. O'Brien, A. M. Rhoades, and P. Ullrich

439
Updated Quantification of ENSO Influence on Statistical Distribution of Surface Variables
Fernando E. Hirata, Climate Forecast Applications Network, Reno, NV; and V. Toma and P. J. Webster

440
441
The Synchronized Climate System as Seen from the Instrumental Record
Peter Carl, ASWEX - Applied Water Research, Berlin, Germany


Poster Session 5
Advances in Evaporation and Evaporative Demand
Location: Exhibit Hall 3 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 32nd Conference on Hydrology
Cochairs: Michael Hobbins, CIRES; Martha C. Anderson, USDA-ARS; Ashley M. Matheny, Ohio State Univ.; Christopher Hain, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
502
Evaluating Difference between Measured and Modeled Potential Evapotranspiration in the State of Colorado
Peter Goble, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and N. J. Doesken

503
Assessment of Statewide Remote Sensing-Based Evapotranspiration Estimates
Hatim M. E. Geli, New Mexico State Univ., Las Cruces, NM; and C. R. Hain, M. C. Anderson, and G. B. Senay

504
Estimating ET Partitioning Using a Thermal-Based Two-Source Energy Balance Model in Vineyards
William P. Kustas, USDA-ARS, Beltsville, MD; and H. Nieto, J. G. Alfieri, K. Knipper, F. Gao, M. C. Anderson, A. F. Torres-Rua, J. Prueger, and L. E. Hipps

505
Monitoring Water Use and Stress with Evapotranspiration Estimates Derived Using Thermal-Based Satellite Remote Sensing in California Vineyards
Kyle Knipper, USDA-ARS, Beltsville, MD; and W. P. Kustas, M. C. Anderson, J. G. Alfieri, J. Prueger, F. Gao, L. G. McKee, L. E. Hipps, and M. Mar Alsina

506
Seasonal Variability of Evapotranspiration in the Huancayo Observatory (Central Peruvian Andes) Using Eddy Covariance Techniques
Stephany Callañaupa, Instituto Geofísico del Perú, Lima, Peru; and H. Segura and Y. Silva
Manuscript (178.6 kB)

508
Stationary and Moving Wireless Infrared Thermometers to Calculate Crop ET
Paul D. Colaizzi, USDA/ARS, Bushland, TX; and S. A. O'Shaughnessy, S. R. Evett, and A. Andrade

509
Advancing Remotely Sensed Evapotranspiration Estimates Using the MODIS Soil Moisture-Evapotranspiration (MOD-SMET) Model
William Kyle Blount, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO; and T. S. Hogue, K. J. Franz, and K. Knipper

510
The Role of Biomass Hydraulic Capacitance in Forest Transpiration
Ashley M. Matheny, Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX; and G. Bohrer

511
Demonstration of a Daily High-Resolution (375-m) ALEXI Evapotranspiration Product for the NENA Region
Christopher Hain, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL; and C. M. U. Neale, M. A. Schull, and M. C. Anderson

512
Regional and Field-Scale ET Estimates over the MENA Region Using an Open-Source Tool
Mitchell Andrew Schull, CICS, College Park, MD; and C. Hain, M. C. Anderson, F. Gao, X. Zhan, and C. M. U. Neale

513
Assessing the Relationship between the Satellite-Derived Evaporative Stress Index and Physical Drivers of Evapotranspiration during the Growing Season
Jason A. Otkin, Univ. of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI; and Y. Zhong, M. C. Anderson, and C. Hain


Poster Session 6
Hydrometeorological Extremes
Location: Exhibit Hall 3 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 32nd Conference on Hydrology
Cochairs: Eleonora Demaria, USDA–ARS; John N. McHenry, Baron Advanced Meteorological Systems, LLC; Konstantinos Andreadis, JPL; Daniel Rodriguez, Instituto Alberto Luiz Coimbra de Pós-Graduação e Pesquisa de Engenharia–Univ. Federal do Rio de Janeiro
514
Lightning and Cloud Electrification in the COSMO Numerical Weather Prediction Model
Zbyněk Sokol, Institute of Atmospheric Physics CAS, Prague, Prague, Czech Republic; and J. Minářová

516
Track and Circulation Analysis of Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones that Cause Extreme Precipitation and Streamflow Events in the New York City Watershed
Katherine L. Towey, City Univ. of New York Graduate Center, New York, NY; and J. F. Booth, A. Frei, and M. Sinclair

517
Extreme Precipitation in the West African Cities of Dakar and Ouagadougou—Atmospheric Dynamics and Implications for Flood Risk Assessments
Andreas H. Fink, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany; and P. Knippertz, G. Pante, T. Engel, and J. Bliefernicht

519
Peak over Threshold Analysis of Heavy Precipitation in Texas
Rebecca Paulsen Edwards, Southwestern Univ., Georgetown, TX; and M. Akers
Manuscript (1.2 MB)

520
Factors Controlling Convective Storm Mode and Heavy Rainfall Production Near the Sierras De Córdoba, Argentina
Jake Mulholland, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and S. W. Nesbitt, R. J. Trapp, and K. L. Rasmussen

522
Analysis of the Extreme Rainfall over the State of Texas in 2015
Zaid Subhi, Univ. of Texas, San Antonio, TX; and H. Sharif and E. Omranian

523
Climate Extremes of the United States Northern Great Plains
Skylar S. Williams, Montana State Univ., Bozeman, MT; and G. Bromley, T. Gerken, and P. Stoy

524
Variation Characteristics of Extreme Low Runoff in Midstream Of Ganjiang River and Its Influence Factors
Weilin Liu, Nanchang Institute of Technology, Nanchang, China; and L. Liu

526
Regimes of Widspread Heavy Precipitation in Diverse Geographic Regions
Nathan R. Kelly, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and R. S. Schumacher

527
Toward Improvement in Seasonal Forecasting in the Southwest United States Using Regional Climate Product at Convective-Permitting Scale
Sujan Pal, Univ. of Illinois at Urbana−Champaign, Urbana, IL; and H. I. Chang, C. L. Castro, and F. Dominguez

Handout (1.5 MB)

528
Understanding Himalayan Extreme Rainfall to Inform Disaster Governance
Anil Kumar, NOAA Center for Weather and Climate Prediction, College Park, MD; and M. Ek

531
The Role of Atmospheric Water Vapor in the Observed Upward Trend in Extreme Precipitation
Laura E. Stevens, Cooperative Institute for Climate and Satellites, Asheville, NC; and K. E. Kunkel and S. Stevens


Poster Session
Hurricanes of 2017 Poster Session
Location: Exhibit Hall 3 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Major Weather Events and Impacts of 2017
Cochairs: Tanja E. Fransen, NOAA/NWS; Klaus Wolter, CIRES, Univ. of Colorado Boulder
790
Large-scale Real-time Approximate Inundation Mapping during Harvey using the Height Above Nearest Drainage
Xing Zheng, University of Texas, Austin, TX; and D. Maidment, E. M. Boghici, D. Arctur, H. R. Evans, S. Liu, C. Proctor, and N. Gaffney

791
Hurricane Harvey's Impacts across South Texas
Michael E. Buchanan, NWS, Corpus Christi, TX

Handout (4.5 MB)

792
A Detailed Rainfall Analysis and Probabilistic Perspective of Hurricane Harvey’s Extraordinary Rainfall
Tye W. Parzybok, MetStat, Inc., Fort Collins, CO; and S. K. Bokn, K. Ward, R. Caldwell, and A. H. Dietrich

793
Hurricane Harvey the Name Says It All
Richard H. Grumm, NOAA/NWS, State College, PA; and B. J. Miretzky

794
Global Ensemble Forecasts of Hurricane Irma:Uncertainty Associated with United States Landfall
Richard H. Grumm, NOAA/NWS, State College, PA; and B. J. Miretzky and C. Guastini

796
Impact of Major Hurricanes to Hit Texas Coastal Bend Regions
Audrey Flores, Texas A&M, Corpus Christi, TX; and N. Liu

798
High Temporal Resolution Tropospheric Wind Profile Observations at NASA Kennedy Space Center during Hurricane Irma
Ryan K. Decker, NASA/MSFC, Huntsville, AL; and R. E. Barbre Jr., T. Wilfong, L. L. Huddleston, and T. Brauer
Manuscript (587.4 kB)

799
Mapping of Winds in Landfalling Irma from Two DOWs and Several Pods Deployed near Naples, Florida
Joshua Wurman, Center for Severe Weather Research, Boulder, CO; and K. Kosiba

800
Hurricane Intensity Forecasting Using ENGLN Lightning Data
Saiadithya Cumbulam Thangaraj, Earth Networks, Germantown, MD; and J. Lapierre and M. Stock

801
A Simple Statistical Model for the Lifetime Evolution of Outer Tropical Cyclone Size
Benjamin A. Schenkel, Univ. of Oklahoma/NOAA, Norman, OK; and N. Lin, D. R. Chavas, M. Oppenheimer, and A. Brammer


Poster Session
Poster Session—Tuesday
Location: Exhibit Hall 3 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Third Symposium on Multi-scale Predictability: Data-model Integration and Uncertainty Quantification for Climate and Earth System Monitoring and Prediction
781
Understanding Turbulence Kinetic Energy Transfer in and between Atmospheric Synoptic and Mesoscales
Masih Eghdami, Duke Univ., Durham, NC; and S. Bhushan and A. P. Barros

782
Improvement of Tropical Variability and Skill of Seasonal ENSO3.4 Prediction in the FGOALS-f Climate System Model
Qing Bao, IAP, Beijing, China; and Y. Liu, G. X. Wu, B. He, X. Wang, X. Wu, J. Li, and L. Wang

783
Spectral Signatures of Earth's Climate Variability over Five Years from CrIS, AIRS, and IASI
Ester Nikolla, CIMSS, Madison, WI; and R. O. Knuteson, H. Revercomb, M. Feltz, and D. Deslover

784
Probabilistic Forecasts of Atmospheric Rivers Using an Ensemble Superparameterization Approach
Aneesh Subramanian, SIO/Univ. Of California, La Jolla, CA; and D. A. Lavers, M. Matsueda, F. Vitart, T. N. Palmer, and F. M. Ralph

785

Poster Session
Posters
Location: Exhibit Hall 3 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: A Special Symposium on Plains Elevated Convection At Night (PECAN)
829
Boundary Layer Structure and Low-Level Jets during PECAN
Brian J. Carroll, Univ. of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD; and B. Demoz, Z. Yang, and R. Delgado

830
A Recent Climatological Look at Tornado Events Relative to Sunset
Erik R. Nielsen, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and G. R. Herman, J. M. Peters, and R. S. Schumacher

Handout (46.4 MB)

831
Microphysical and Near-Storm Environmental Control on the Maintenance of the 15 July 2015 MCS
Tam Iat Hin, National Taiwan Univ., Taipei, Taiwan; and M. J. Yang and W. C. Lee

Handout (1.6 MB)

832
PECAN Refractivity Retrievals from the S-Pol Radar
Rita D. Roberts, NCAR/RAL, Boulder, CO; and T. M. Weckwerth, D. Albo, and L. Hutchinson

833
Drop-Size Distribution Observations from PECAN in Mesoscale Convective System Convective Regions
David J. Bodine, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and K. L. Rasmussen, K. Friedrich, K. A. Kosiba, J. M. Wurman, and P. A. Kucera

834
PX-1000 Observations of Mesoscale Convective Systems during PECAN
David J. Bodine, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. M. Kurdzo, B. L. Cheong, and K. L. Rasmussen

837
Analysis of Convectively Generated Gravity Waves in the 14–15 July 2015 Mesoscale Convective System during PECAN
Faith P. Groff, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and R. S. Schumacher and R. Adams-Selin

838
Impacts of Low-Level Stability on MCS Propagation
Stacey M. Hitchcock, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and R. S. Schumacher, K. R. Haghi, and D. B. Parsons

840
An Object-Based Algorithm for the Identification and Tracking of Convective Outflow Boundaries
Hristo Georgiev Chipilski, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and X. Wang and D. B. Parsons

841
Impact of Assimilating PECAN IOP Observations on the Numerical Prediction of Bores and Bore-Initiated Convection
Hristo Georgiev Chipilski, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and X. Wang and D. B. Parsons

843
The Use of PECAN Observations to Verify MCS Cold Pools Simulated with Varying Horizontal Grid Spacing
Brian Joseph Squitieri, Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA; and W. A. Gallus Jr.

844
Comparison of Moisture and Temperature Profiles during PECAN
Segayle C. Thompson, Howard Univ., Washington, DC; and S. C. Thompson


Poster Session
Tuesday Poster Session
Location: Exhibit Hall 3 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 25th Conference on Probability and Statistics
591
Using of a University Consortium Ensemble to Assess Forecast Risk and Confidence
Mitchell Kern, South Dakota School of Mines, Rapid City, SD; and W. Capehart and K. R. Tyle

593
Improving Short Range Ensemble Precipitation Forecast using an Ensemble Analog Method
Xiang Su, Jiangsu Meteorological Bureau, Nanjing, China; and Z. Kang

597
A Demonstration of Data Encoding for Statistical Post-Processing of NWP Output
Matthew R. Peroutka, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and E. Engle, J. J. Levit, and R. Conroy

Handout (778.6 kB)


Poster Session P1
Tuesday Poster Session for the 21st Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification Conference
Location: Exhibit Hall 3 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 21st Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification
Chair: Roy Rasmussen, NCAR
652
Primary Results from the Measurement of Nature Ice Nuclear Particles during 2017 Spring in Beijing, China
Yunfei Che, Key Laboratory for Cloud Physics, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, Beijing, China; and J. Dang, W. Fang, and Y. Qian

653
Possible Inadvertent Weather Modification of Severe Haze Transported from China to Korea
Seung-Hee Eun, Gangeung-Wonju National Univ., Gangneung, Korea, Republic of (South); and B. G. Kim, W. Zhang, and K. H. Chang

654
Ag Deposition Comparison between WRF Simulation and Observations in the Downwind Area of the Payette Basin
Lulin Xue, NCAR, Boulder, ID; and J. Fisher, S. benner, M. L. Kunkel, D. Blestrud, B. Glenn, S. A. Tessendorf, R. M. Rasmussen, and S. Parkinson

655
The Impacts of AgI Emission, Activation and Scavenging Rates from Ground-Based Generators on Cloud and Precipitation in Payette
Lulin Xue, NCAR, Boulder, ID; and R. M. Rasmussen, S. A. Tessendorf, D. Blestrud, M. L. Kunkel, and S. Parkinson

656
Impact of Terrain Resolution on Precipitation Formation in a Simulated Orographic Cloud
Shaowen (Amy) Chen, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and L. Xue and S. Tessendorf


Poster Session P2
OSSEs, Observation Sensitivity and Impact Experiments
Location: Exhibit Hall 3 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 22nd Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)
600
Supercell Predictability: Exploring Ensemble Sensitivity to Initial Condition Spread
Montgomery L. Flora, University of Oklahoma, CIMMS, NSSL/NOAA, Norman, OK; and C. K. Potvin, L. J. Wicker, D. M. Wheatley, and P. S. Skinner

602
Impact of GPM GMI Rain-Rate Data Assimilation for Convective Storms
Xuanli Li, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and J. Srikishen, B. T. Zavodsky, and J. R. Mecikalski

604
Assessments of CIRAS Impacts on NWP through the Community Global Observing System Simulation Experiment (OSSE) Package
Yan Zhou, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD; and N. Shahroudi, S. A. Boukabara, K. Ide, T. Zhu, R. N. Hoffman, and R. Atlas

606
607
Global Observing System Simulation Experiments (OSSE) for CubeSat MicroMas-2
Narges Shahroudi, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR, College Park, MD; and Y. Zhou, T. Zhu, S. A. Boukabara, K. Ide, R. N. Hoffman, and R. Atlas

608
Assessment of the Assimilation of AMSU-A and IASI Radiance Data with GSI-Based 3D-var Data Assimilation System in WRF-ARW Model over UAE
Vineeth Krishnan Valappil, Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates; and M. Temimi, F. Karagulian, M. Weston, and N. Chouch
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609
Comparison of 4DVAR Assimilation of Altimeter and Underwater Glider Observations in the Ligurian Sea, May–June 2016
John J. Osborne, American Society for Engineering Education, Washington, DC; and M. J. Carrier, H. E. Ngodock, S. R. Smith, P. Oddo, S. Falchetti, and E. F. Coelho

610
Ensemble Sensitivity Analysis of Controls on Storm-Scale Vertical Vorticity for Two Southeastern U.S. Tornado Events
Christopher C. Weiss, Texas Tech Univ., Lubbock, TX; and D. C. Dowell, A. J. Hill, and N. Yussouf

611
OSSE Evaluation of the Impact of Global Hawk Dropsonde Spatial Distribution on Vortex-Scale Tropical Cyclone Analyses and Forecasts
Brittany A. Dahl, Univ. of Miami/Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies and NOAA/AOML/HRD, Miami, FL; and A. Aksoy, J. P. Dunion, and H. Christophersen

612
Sensitivity of G-IV Dropsonde Configuration on Tropical Cyclone Prediction Using a Regional OSSE Framework
Kelly Ryan, NOAA/AOML and Univ. of Miami, Miami, FL; and L. Bucci, R. Atlas, S. Murillo, and C. W. Landsea

Handout (3.1 MB)

615
Multivariate Ensemble Sensitivity for Typhoon Haiyan
Sijing Ren, Nanjing Univ., Nanjing, China; and L. Lei

Handout (707.4 kB)

616
Testing Sensitivity of Short-Term Model Forecasts to Aircraft Observations
Simona Seastrand, PEMDAS Technologies and Innovations, Inc., Fairfax Station, VA; and L. Byerle and D. Brees

618
The Impact of GPSRO Observations on HWRF Forecast Accuracy for Hurrican Gonzalo
Michael D. McAtee, The Aerospace Corporation, Offutt AFB, NE; and S. Diener

Handout (579.1 kB)

619
Improving Lightning and Precipitation Prediction of Severe Convection Using Lightning Data Assimilation with NCAR WRF-RTFDDA
Haoliang Wang, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and Y. Liu, W. Y. Y. Cheng, T. Zhao, Y. Liu, M. Xu, Y. Jiang, and S. Feng

620
Forecasting Severe Convective Storms with WRF-Based RTFDDA Radar Data Assimilation in Shenzhen, China
Yongjie Huang, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and Y. Liu, M. Xu, Y. Liu, L. Pan, H. Wang, W. Y. Y. Cheng, Y. Jiang, X. Mao, H. Yang, R. Zong, C. Cao, and X. Wei

4:00 PM-5:00 PM: Tuesday, 9 January 2018


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

5:30 PM-6:45 PM: Tuesday, 9 January 2018


The Weather Value Chain of the Future: From NewSpace to NOAA
Location: Room 16AB (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Town Hall Meetings
Organizer: Dan Stillman, Harris
Facilitator: Andrew Freedman, Mashable
Panelists: Tom Pirrone, World View; Conrad C. Lautenbacher, GeoOptics; Rei Goffer, ClimaCell Inc.; Antonio Busalacchi, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR); Karen St. Germain, NOAA/NESDIS/OSAAP

5:30 PM-7:00 PM: Tuesday, 9 January 2018


United States Air Force Weather Capabilities Roadmap
Location: Room 18B (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Town Hall Meetings
Organizer: John P. Dreher, AWS
Facilitator: John P. Dreher, AWS

5:30 PM-8:00 PM: Tuesday, 9 January 2018


Unprecedented Extreme Weather and Climate Events of 2017:  Their Financial Impact and Methodologies for Managing Financial Impacts of Future Events
Location: Room 14 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Town Hall Meetings
Organizer: Thomas Duncan, Saint Louis University
Facilitator: Thomas Duncan, Saint Louis University
Panelist: Thomas Duncan, Saint Louis University

5:30 PM-10:00 PM: Tuesday, 9 January 2018


University Night Receptions
Location: Austin, Texas

6:30 PM-8:30 PM: Tuesday, 9 January 2018


Peter J. Webster Symposium Banquet
Location: Ballroom A (ACC) (Austin, Texas)

Wednesday, 10 January 2018

7:00 AM-8:15 AM: Wednesday, 10 January 2018


Improving Weather Research and Services Through Sustained Ocean Observations
Location: Room 14 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Town Hall Meetings
Organizer: DaNa L. Carlis,  Office of Atmospheric Research
Facilitator: Craig McLean, NOAA/OAR
Panelists: Hendrik Tolman, NOAA/NWS/NCEP; Carl Gouldman, NOS/IOOS; Pamela Emch, Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems; David Legler, NOAA Research/CPO

7:30 AM-6:00 PM: Wednesday, 10 January 2018


AMS Information Desk
Location: Austin, Texas

Member Services Desk
Location: Atrium Lobby (Austin, Texas)

Registration
Location: Atrium Lobby (Austin, Texas)

Speaker Ready Room
Location: Room 11AB (ACC) (Austin, Texas)

8:00 AM-5:30 PM: Wednesday, 10 January 2018


Local Chapter Posters
Location: Exhibit Hall 3 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)

8:15 AM-10:00 AM: Wednesday, 10 January 2018

Recording files available
Session 6
Verification and Validation on the Subseasonal to Seasonal Time Scale to support the National Earth System Prediction Capability
Location: Room 15 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Ninth Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy
Cochairs: Jessie C. Carman, OAR; David McCarren, CNMOC
8:15 AM
ESPC Introduction Slide - Carl James
8:45 AM
6.2
Operational Environmental Modeling Across Scales
Hendrik Tolman, NOAA, Silver Spring, MD; and F. Toepfer
9:00 AM
6.3
NOAA’s Strategy to Improve Operational Subseasonal Prediction for Weather Outlooks
Timothy L. Schneider, NWS/Office of Science and Technology Integration, Boulder, CO; and F. Toepfer, D. DeWitt, V. Tallapragada, H. Tolman, A. Chawla, D. T. Kleist, T. M. Hamill, and J. S. Whitaker
9:15 AM
6.4
NCEP's Next Generation Coupled Forecast System for Subseasonal to Seasonal Scales
Arun Chawla, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC, College Park, MD; and D. T. Kleist, S. Saha, and V. Tallapragada
9:30 AM
6.5
Examining Subseasonal Prediction Skill using a Prototype Unified Global Coupled System at NCEP
Christopher Melhauser, NCEP, College Park, MD; and S. Saha, M. Peña, and H. van den Dool
9:45 AM
6.6
10:00 AM
6.7
Spatial Approaches to Evaluation of Climate Variability Projections and Predictions
Barbara G. Brown, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and C. P. Kalb, C. M. Ammann, and R. G. Bullock

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

Recording files available
Session 1
Assimilation of Satellite Data to Improve Forecasts of Land Surfaces, Oceans, and Air Quality
Location: Salon K (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Sixth AMS Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation
Cochairs: Jeffrey D. Cetola, U.S. Air Force Weather Requirements; James G. Yoe, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation
8:30 AM
1.1
Subdaily Variation in Aerosol Observations and Models, and Impacts of Geostationary Aerosol Data Assimilation
Edward J. Hyer, NRL, Monterey, CA; and D. A. Peterson, P. Xian, J. S. Reid, K. C. Kaku, J. Zhang, M. Choi, H. K. Lim, and J. Kim
8:45 AM
1.2
9:00 AM
1.3
Surface Emissivity as an Analysis Variable in GSI
Biljana Orescanin, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD; and B. Johnson, A. Collard, and T. Auligne

9:15 AM
1.4
On the Limitations of Variational Bias Correction
Isaac Moradi, NASA, Greenbelt, MD; and W. McCarty and R. Gelaro
9:30 AM
1.5A
Regional to Global Vegetation Products Derived From JPSS VIIRS Data For Environmental Modeling and Monitoring
Mingshi Chen, IMSG, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR, College Park, MD; and M. Li, Z. Jiang, and I. Csiszar
9:45 AM
1.6
Simulation of UV Radiance Using UNL-VRTM
Fuzhong Weng, NOAA/NESDIS, College Park, MD; and S. Ding and C. Pan
Recording files available
Session 1
Water Vapor, Clouds, and Precipitation from Satellite Observations—Part I
Location: Ballroom G (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 22nd Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography
Cochairs: John Forsythe, CIRA/Colorado State Univ.; Michael D. King, Univ. of Colorado
8:30 AM
1.1
Tracking Water Vapor with Multisensor Blended Products for Forecasters
John M. Forsythe, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and S. Q. Kidder, A. S. Jones, D. Bikos, and E. J. Szoke
8:45 AM
1.2
Multi-Layer Cloud Detection from the MODIS-OMI-PARASOL Fused Dataset
Souichiro Hioki, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; and M. D. King, P. Yang, and J. Riedi

9:15 AM
1.4
A Prototype Method for Diagnosing High Ice Water Content Probability Using Satellite Imager Data
Christopher R. Yost, SSAI, Hampton, VA; and K. M. Bedka, P. Minnis, L. Nguyen, J. W. Strapp, R. Palikonda, K. V. Khlopenkov, D. A. Spangenberg, and W. L. Smith Jr.
Recording files available
Session 4
Advances in Modeling and Observational Approaches for Heat Health
Location: Room 17B (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Ninth Conference on Environment and Health
Cochairs: Jennifer Vanos, Arizona State Univ.; Sarah Giltz, NOAA/OAR/Climate Program Office
8:30 AM
4.1
Using a Daily Homogenized Temperature Product to Assess Long-Term Trends in Extreme Heat Events and Associated Health Impacts in the United States
Jared Rennie, North Carolina Institute for Climate Studies, Asheville, NC; and J. E. Bell, K. E. Kunkel, S. Herring, and H. Cullen
8:45 AM
4.2
Modelling of Radiation-Based Thermal Stress Indicators for Urban Numerical Weather Prediction
Sylvie Leroyer, Environment and Climate Change, Dorval, QC, Canada; and S. Bélair, L. Spacek, and I. Gultepe
9:00 AM
4.3
Quantification of Heat Stress in Cities: Application of Micro-Scale Models (RayMan, SkyHelios)
Andreas Matzarakis, DWD, Freiburg, Germany; and D. Fröhlich

9:15 AM
4.4
Houston Heat-Related Illness and Apparent Temperature
Lance Wood, NOAA, Dickinson, TX; and M. Keehn, M. Huffman, and E. Santos
9:30 AM
4.5
9:45 AM
Discussion

Recording files available
Session 4
Communicating Meteorology and Climate Change
Location: Ballroom B (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 46th Conference on Broadcast Meteorology
Chair: Tim Heller, KTRK ABC 13
8:30 AM
4.1
Stargazing Highlights for 2018
J. Kelly Beatty, Sky & Telescope Magazine, Cambridge, MA
9:45 AM
Discussion

Recording files available
Session 6
Effective Tropical Communication Techniques for Improved Preparedness
Location: Ballroom E (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Sixth Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation
Chair: Charlie Woodrum, NOAA/NWS
8:30 AM
6.1
8:45 AM
6.2
9:00 AM
6.3A
Hurricane Havoc: Mapping the Mayhem with NOAA's National Water Model
Monica Stone, NOAA, Tuscaloosa, AL; and B. Bates, N. Swain, F. Salas, G. Aggett, and E. Clark

9:30 AM
6.5
A Fiscally Based Scale for Tropical Cyclone Storm Surge
Amanda M. Walker, Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA; and D. W. Titley, M. E. Mann, and R. G. Najjar
Recording files available
Session 6
Major Scientific Challenges in Space Weather—Part II
Location: Salon J (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 15th Conference on Space Weather
Chair: Michael Wiltberger, NCAR
8:30 AM
6.1
Geoelectric Field Maps: Progress on NOAA's Operational Near-Real-Time Geoelectric Field Estimation Capability
Christopher C. Balch, NOAA/NWS/Space Weather Prediction Center, Boulder, CO; and A. Kelbert, E. J. Rigler, and A. Pulkkinen
8:45 AM
6.2
Solar Atmosphere to Earth's Surface: Long Lead Time dB/dt Predictions with the Space Weather Modeling Framework
Daniel T. Welling, Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; and W. Manchester, N. P. Savani, M. Jin, I. Sokolov, B. Van der Holst, G. Toth, M. Liemohn, and T. Gombosi
9:00 AM
6.3
Calculating Realistic Voltages across the U.S. Power Grid Utilizing Measured Impedances and Magnetic Fields
Greg Lucas, USGS, Denver, CO; and J. J. Love, A. Kelbert, P. A. Bedrosian, and E. J. Rigler

9:30 AM
6.5
Overview of Science Challenges Hindering Our Understanding of Extreme GICs
Chigomezyo M. Ngwira, Catholic Univ. of America, Greenbelt, MD; and A. Pulkkinen
9:45 AM
6.6
Recording files available
Session 6
NOAA Satellite Observing System Architecture Study—Part I
Location: Salon H (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 14th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems
Cochairs: Frank W. Gallagher III, NESDIS; Karen St. Germain, NOAA/NESDIS/OSAAP
8:30 AM
6.1
The NOAA Satellite Observing System Architecture (NSOSA) Study
Karen St. Germain, NOAA/NESDIS/OSAAP, Silver Spring, MD; and F. W. Gallagher III and M. W. Maier
8:45 AM
6.2
The EDR Value Model for the NSOSA Decision Process
Mark W. Maier, Aerospace Corporation, Chantilly, VA; and R. A. Anthes
9:00 AM
6.3
Alternative Architectures in the NSOSA Study
Mark W. Maier, Aerospace Corporation, Chantilly, VA; and F. W. Gallagher III and K. St. Germain
9:30 AM
6.5
Migration to Commercial Communications for Geostationary Services
Julian Breidenthal, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and R. Cesarone, K. M. Cheung, F. W. Gallagher III, K. St. Germain, and M. W. Maier
9:45 AM
6.6
A Trade Study on Enterprise Algorithm Services
Kathryn Shontz, NOAA/NESDIS/OSAAP, Silver Spring, MD; and W. W. Wolf
Recording files available
Session 6
Outreach and Broader Impacts
Location: Ballroom C (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 27th Symposium on Education
Cochairs: Jeffrey A. Yuhas, Morristown-Beard School; Peter Dorofy, Rowan University
8:30 AM
6.1A
How NOAA Jump-Started the 2017 Satellite Conference to Engage the Audience
Jordan J. Gerth, CIMSS, Madison, WI; and M. S. Paese and M. J. Browne
8:45 AM
6.2
Changing the Face of Science: Lessons from the 2017 Science-a-Thon
Melissa A. Burt, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and R. Barnes, R. Licker, and T. Holloway
9:00 AM
6.3
Community Service Learning Projects: Education Process Yielding Benefits before Graduation
Gerald J. Mulvey, Univ. of the Incarnate Word, San Antonio, TX; and L. Tobias and G. Mulvey
9:15 AM
6.4
9:30 AM
6.5
Turning Misinformation into Climate Change Education
Nabanita Borah, Research Hall, Fairfax, VA; and J. Cook
9:45 AM
6.6
Recording files available
Session 7
AWIPS System Updates, Part I
Location: Room 17A (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 34th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies
Moderator: Wendy Sellers, NOAA/NWS
8:30 AM
7.1
AWIPS Program - Status Update, Vision and Strategy
Ronla K. Henry, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and S. S. Schotz and J. Tatum
7.2
AWIPS Program—Vision and Strategy
Ronla K. Henry, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and S. S. Schotz, E. Mandel, and S. Jacobs

9:00 AM
7.3
AWIPS Program—Collaborative Development Panel
Wendy Sellers, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD
Panel Discussion

Recording files available
Session 7
Advances in Evaporation and Evaporative Demand
Location: Room 18B (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 32nd Conference on Hydrology
Cochairs: Michael Hobbins, CIRES; Martha C. Anderson, USDA-ARS; Ashley M. Matheny, University of Texas; Christopher R. Hain, USRA
8:45 AM
7.2
Groundwater Dependent Ecosystem Connections to Hydrometeorology and Management in Arid Environments (Invited Presentation)
Justin Huntington, Desert Research Institute, Reno, NV; and C. Morton, K. McGwire, D. McEvoy, S. Peterson, and K. Snyder

9:00 AM
7.3
Using SMAP Satellite Observations to Estimate Terrestrial Evaporation Rates
Ben Livneh, CIRES, Boulder, CO; and E. E. Small, A. Badger, and R. Abolafia-Rosenzweig
9:15 AM
7.4
Hydrodynamic Model Illuminates the Role and Consequences of Tree Hydraulic Traits
Gil Bohrer, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH; and G. Mirfenderesgi and A. M. Matheny
9:30 AM
7.5
Attribution of Flux Partitioning Variations between Land Surface Models over the Continental United States
Thomas Holmes, NASA, Greenbelt, MD; and D. Mocko, C. D. Peters-Lidard, and S. V. Kumar
9:45 AM
7.6
Using Field-Scale Evapotranspiration to Study Impacts of Drought and Disturbance on a Forested Landscape in North Carolina, United States
Yun Yang, USDA-ARS, Beltsville, MD; and M. C. Anderson, F. Gao, C. Hain, W. P. Kustas, A. Noormets, G. Sun, R. Wynne, V. Thomas, L. Sun, and Y. Yang
Recording files available
Session 7
Aerosol–Cloud Interactions in Observations and Models—Part III
Location: Room 12A (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 10th Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions
Cochairs: Xiaohong Liu, Univ. of Wyoming; Zhibo Zhang, Univ. of Maryland
9:00 AM
7.3
Correlations between Aerosol and Cloud over Three Northern Industrial Regions and Their Adjacent Oceans
Xiaoyan Ma, Nanjing Univ. of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, China
9:30 AM
7.5
Effects of Aerosol Representation Complexity on Air Quality and Weather Forecasting Skill over South America
Megan Marie Bela, NOAA, Boulder, CO; and G. Pereira, R. Ahmadov, G. Grell, M. Pagowski, K. Y. Wong, L. Zhang, and S. R. Freitas

9:45 AM
7.6
The Relationship between Drought Severity, Precipitation, and Aerosol in California
Jessica Gartzke, Univ. of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI; and J. Griswold
Recording files available
Session 7
Communicating about High Impact Weather: Warnings and Understanding Your Audience
Location: Ballroom F (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 13th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice
Chair: Jennifer Sprague, NOAA/NWS
8:45 AM
7.2
Expanding the NWS Hazard Simplification Project: An Exploration of Non-Precipitation Products
Castle Adam Williams, Univ. of Georgia, Athens, GA; and J. Sprague, G. M. Eosco, E. Jacks, M. Hawkins, A. T. Pirring, and K. E. Klockow-McClain
9:15 AM
7.4A
Factors Influencing the Usefulness of the NWS Website Radar Display
Kevin D. Ash, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and M. E. Saunders, J. Collins, and C. H. Paxton
Recording files available
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
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
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
Recording files available
Session 7
Observing Systems, Part I
Location: Room 14 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 22nd Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)
Chair: John Manobianco, Mano NanoTechnologies, Inc.
8:30 AM
7.1
Real-Time High-Resolution Radiosonde Data in the U.S.: Current Status and Application to Navy NWP
Patricia M. Pauley, NRL, Monterey, CA; and D. P. Tyndall, J. M. Reeves, and R. L. Pauley
9:00 AM
7.3
Salinity Remote Sensing and Results from the Aquarius Satellite Mission
Gary Lagerloef, Earth Space Research, Seattle, WA; and H. Y. Kao
9:15 AM
7.4
Deep Argo: Toward a Truly Global Ocean Observing System
Gregory C. Johnson, PMEL, Seattle, WA; and J. M. Lyman and S. G. Purkey
9:45 AM
7.6
Development of a Statewide, Multiuse Surface and Vertical Profiling Network: An Overview of the New York State Mesonet
Jerald A. Brotzge, Univ. at Albany, SUNY, Albany, NY; and C. D. Thorncroft, E. Joseph, N. Bain, J. Wang, N. Bassill, N. Farruggio, J. M. Freedman, K. Hemker Jr., D. Johnston, E. Kane, S. McKim, S. D. Miller, P. Naple, S. Perez, J. Sicker, and S. Soroka
Recording files available
Session 7
Regional Air Quality Observations and Modeling—Part I
Location: Room 18CD (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 20th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry
Cochairs: Stuart McKeen, NOAA; Kenneth Pickering, Univ. of Maryland
8:30 AM
7.1
Modeling of Meteorology, Chemistry, and Aerosol for the 2017 Utah Winter Fine Particle Study
Stuart A. McKeen, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado Boulder and NOAA/Earth System Research Laboratory/Chemical Sciences Division, Boulder, CO; and W. M. Angevine, R. Ahmadov, A. Franchin, A. Middlebrook, D. L. Fibiger, E. McDuffie, C. Womack, S. S. Brown, A. Moravek, J. G. Murphy, and M. Trainer
8:45 AM
7.2
Real-Time Wildfire Smoke Prediction in the United States: The HRRR-Smoke Model
Eric P. James, CIRES, Univ. of Colorado Boulder, and NOAA/ESRL/GSD, Boulder, CO; and R. Ahmadov and G. A. Grell
9:00 AM
7.3A
Projecting Air Quality Impacts for the Next Eruption of Mauna Loa Volcano, Hawai‘i
Andre Pattantyus, Univ. of Hawai, Honolulu, HI; and L. Holland, S. Businger, and T. Elias
9:15 AM
7.4
The Relationship between Observed and Modeled AOD and Surface PM10 during an Eastern Mediterranean Dust Event
Burcu Kabatas, CIMSS, Madison, WI; and B. Pierce, A. Unal, M. Rogal, A. L. Lenzen, and T. Schaack

9:30 AM
7.5
9:45 AM
7.6
Evaluation of Chemical Lateral Boundary Conditions from the GEOS-5 Global Chemical Transport Model to the Performance of Operational NAQFC
Zhining Tao, USRA, Greenbelt, MD; and Y. Tang, H. Bian, D. Tong, L. Pan, P. Lee, B. Baker, L. D. Oman, and I. Stajner

Recording files available
Session 8
Considerations and Best Practices for the Transition of Research to Operations
Location: 615 AB (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Eighth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations
Cochairs: Chandra R. Kondragunta, NOAA/OAR/Office of Weather and Air Quality; Richard A. Fulton, NOAA
8:30 AM
8.1
Ready for the Future: How OSPO Prepared for NOAA's Most Advanced Satellites
Vanessa Griffin, NOAA/NESDIS, Silver Spring, MD; and S. Leonard, C. Sisko, C. Wheeler, M. Seybold, and K. Feiner
9:00 AM
8.3
Improving Forecast Guidance through the Joint Hurricane Testbed
Shirley T. Murillo, NOAA/AOML/HRD, Miami, FL; and C. W. Landsea
9:15 AM
8.4
Best Practices in Weather Research Transition to Operations in NOAA
Chandra R. Kondragunta, NOAA/OAR/Office of Weather and Air Quality, Silver Spring, MD; and J. Cortinas Jr., R. A. Fulton, and H. Tolman
9:30 AM
8.5
NOAA’s Virtual Laboratory: Strategic Progress in Improving R2O in NOAA
Stephan B. Smith, NOAA/NWS/Office of Science and Technology Integration, Silver Spring, MD
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Session 9
Operational Air Quality Predictions and Prediction Systems
Location: Salon G (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 20th Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA
Chair: Ivanka Stajner, NOAA
8:30 AM
9.1
Advances in National Air Quality Forecast Capability’s Fine Particulate Matter (PM2.5) Predictions
Ivanka Stajner, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and J. McQueen, P. Lee, A. F. Stein, J. Wilczak, S. Upadhayay, and P. Dickerson
8:45 AM
9.2
Evaluation of NAM Meteorological Predictions for Driving the North American Air Quality Forecasting Capability Predictions
Amanda Sleinkofer, Millersville Univ., Millersville, PA; and J. McQueen, H. C. Huang, J. Huang, R. K. Sakai, B. B. Demoz, J. E. Gonzalez, and Y. Wu
9:00 AM
9.3
A Novel Ensemble Design for Probabilistic Predictions of PM2.5 for the NAQFC
Jared A. Lee, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. Kumar, L. Delle Monache, S. Alessandrini, and P. Lee
9:15 AM
9.4
Assimilation of VIIRS AOD to Improve Smoke Forecasts over the Western United States
Mariusz Pagowski, NOAA/ESRL/GSD, Boulder, CO; and R. B. Pierce, G. A. Grell, R. Ahmadov, and S. A. McKeen
9:30 AM
9.5
Air Pollution Forecasts Using the NASA GEOS Model: A Unified Tool from Local to Global Scales
Christoph A. Keller, NASA GMAO/USRA, Greenbelt, MD; and K. E. Knowland, J. E. Nielsen, B. Duncan, M. B. Follette-Cook, J. Liu, J. M. Nicely, C. Orbe, L. Ott, and S. Pawson
9:45 AM
9.6
Impact of Cloud Parameters on NOAA’s NAQFC Surface Ozone Predictions: Evaluations and Sensitivity Studies
Jianping Huang, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC, and IMSG, College Park, MD; and J. McQueen, P. Lee, L. Pan, H. C. Huang, I. Stanjer, and S. Upadhayay

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Session 9A
African Climate Variations and Change—Part I
Location: 616 AB (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 31st Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Cochairs: Sharon E. Nicholson, Florida State Univ.; Andreas H. Fink, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
8:30 AM
9A.1
Inter-Annual Variability and Large-Scale Controls of African Easterly Wave Activity
James O. H. Russell, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC; and A. R. Aiyyer
8:45 AM
9A.2
9:00 AM
9A.3
The Midday Atmospheric Controls on Mesoscale Convective System Intensity in Two Convection-Permitting Regional Atmosphere Models
Rory Gordon John Fitzpatrick, Univ. of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom; and K. H. Cook, D. J. Parker, C. M. Taylor, and E. K. Vizy
9:15 AM
9A.4
WRF-Simulated Winter Season Sahelian Dust Variabilty (1959–2014)
Gregory S. Jenkins, Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA; and M. Gueye
9:30 AM
9A.5
Sensitivity of Sahelian Precipitation to North African Dust Aerosol under ENSO Variability: Dynamics, Variability and Feedbacks in NASA Models and Observations
Asha Jordan, Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD; and B. F. Zaitchik, A. Gnanadesikan, D. Kim, M. Chin, and H. S. Badr
9:45 AM
9A.6
Impact of Remote Anthropogenic Aerosols on East African Rainfall
Claire Scannell, UKMO, Exeter, UK; and B. B. B. Booth
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Session 9B
Arctic Climate Variability and Change—Part I
Location: Salon F (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 31st Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Cochairs: Judith Perlwitz, NOAA/ESRL/Physical Sciences Division; Patrick Taylor, NASA LRC
8:45 AM
9B.3
9:00 AM
9B.4
9:15 AM
9B.5
9:30 AM
9B.6
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Joint Session 35
Flood Prediction, Analysis, High Performance Computing, Decision Support, Management, and Tropical Cyclones, Part I
Location: Room 18A (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Hosts: (Joint between the 32nd Conference on Hydrology; and the Fourth Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate )
Cochairs: Nick Z. Fang, Univ. of Texas; Hatim Sharif, Univ. of Texas; Konstantinos Andreadis, JPL; David J. Gochis, NCAR; John N. McHenry, Baron Advanced Meteorological Systems, LLC; Gerry Creager, Oklahoma Univ./CIMMS, and NOAA/NSSL; Benjamin Bass, Rice Univ.; Philip B. Bedient, Rice Univ.
8:30 AM
J35.1
Surfing the Chaos: The 100-Year Flood Myth
Jerry L Cotter, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth, TX
8:45 AM
J35.2
9:00 AM
J35.3A
Assessment of the Simulations of Global-scale River Flows from an Integrated Hydrological Modeling Framework
Wen-Ying Wu, Univ. of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX; and Z. L. Yang, P. Lin, and D. Maidment
9:30 AM
J35.5
A View of the City of Austin's Common Operating Picture
Baxter E. Vieux, Vieux & Associates, Inc., Norman, OK; and S. Janek, K. McArthur, J. Urquidi, M. Porcher, and J. E. Vieux
9:45 AM
J35.6
Hydrologic Routing Model of the Iowa Flood Center Real-Time Streamflow Forecasting System
Witold F. Krajewski, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA; and G. R. Ghimire and R. Mantilla
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Joint Session 36
Statistics and Artificial Intelligence
Location: Room 19AB (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Hosts: (Joint between the 25th Conference on Probability and Statistics; and the 17th Conf on Artificial and Computational Intelligence and its Applications to the Environmental Sciences )
Cochairs: Matthew Peroutka, NOAA/NWS; Amy McGovern, University of Oklahoma
8:30 AM
J36.1
The Weather Information Statistical Post-Processing System (WISPS): Project Update
Jason J. Levit, CIRA, Fort Collins, CO; and M. Peroutka, R. Conroy, E. Engle, and I. Stajner
8:45 AM
J36.2
9:00 AM
J36.3
Machine Learning Approaches to Reducing Tropical Cyclone Prediction Errors
Michael B. Richman, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and L. M. Leslie, H. A. Ramsay, and P. J. Klotzbach
9:15 AM
J36.4
Automated Products for Forecasting Arctic Blizzard Conditions
William R. Burrows, EC, Edmonton, AB, Canada; and C. J. Mooney
9:45 AM
J36.6
An Ordered Hurdle Model for Probabilistic Low-Visibility Nowcasting to Support Decisions at Airports
Philipp Kneringer, Univ. of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria; and S. J. Dietz, G. J. Mayr, and A. Zeileis
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Joint Session 37
Climate Engineering and Inadvertent Weather Modification
Location: Room 16AB (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Hosts: (Joint between the 21st Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification; and the 10th Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions )
Chairs: David L. Mitchell, DRI; Trude Storelvmo, Yale Univ.
8:30 AM
J37.1
Building Confidence and Reducing Risks with Strategic Geoengineering
Jadwiga H. Richter, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and S. Tilmes, B. Kravitz, D. MacMartin, M. Mills, and I. R. Simpson
8:45 AM
J37.2
Stratospheric Sulfur Geoengineering—Benefits and Risks
Alan Robock, Rutgers, The State Univ. of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ
9:00 AM
J37.3
Geoengineering beyond SO2
D. Weisenstein, Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA; and J. A. Dykema, Z. Dai, C. Golja, F. N. Keutsch, and D. W. Keith
9:15 AM
J37.4
9:30 AM
J37.5
Cirrus Susceptibility to Changes in Ice Nuclei: Physical Processes, Model Uncertainties, and Measurement Needs
Eric J Jensen, NASA, Moffett Field, CA; and B. Kärcher, R. Ueyama, L. Pfister, T. P. Bui, G. S. Diskin, J. Digangi, S. Woods, R. P. Lawson, K. D. Froyd, and D. Murphy
9:45 AM
J37.6
Solar Experiments with Tropical Cyclone-Permitting GCMs
Gabriel A. Vecchi, Princeton Univ., Princeton, NJ; and J. He, L. W. Horowitz, P. Irvine, and D. W. Keith

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Joint Session 38
Artificial Intelligence and High Performance Computing for Weather Predictions
Location: Room 12B (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Hosts: (Joint between the 17th Conf on Artificial and Computational Intelligence and its Applications to the Environmental Sciences; and the Fourth Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate )
Cochairs: David John Gagne II, NCAR; Timothy S. Sliwinski, Texas Tech University
8:30 AM
J38.1
The Factors Driving the Development of Machine Learning at the UK Met Office
Vicky Pope, UKMO, Exeter, UK; and C. Ewen, A. Arribas, R. Prudden, and N. Robinson
8:45 AM
J38.2
Opportunities for Machine Learning in Weather Forecasting
Rachel Prudden, Met Office, Exeter, UK; and N. Robinson, A. Arribas, and C. Ewen
9:00 AM
J38.3
Using Deep Learning for Targeted Data Selection: Improving Satellite Observation Utilization for Model Initialization
Yu-Ju Lee, NOAA/ESRL/GSD (CIRES), Boulder, CO; and C. Bonfanti, L. Trailovic, B. J. Etherton, M. W. Govett, and J. Q. Stewart
9:15 AM
J38.4
9:30 AM
J38.5
Soil Moisture Forecasting and Hindcasting Using Deep Learning and SMAP Satellite Data
Kuai Fang, Pennsylvania State Univ., Univ. Park, PA; and C. Shen, D. Kifer, and X. Yang
9:45 AM
J38.6
Precipitation Nowcasting Leveraging Deep Learning and HPC Systems to Optimize the Data Pipeline
Alexander Douglas Heye, Cray, Inc., Seattle, WA; and J. Cain, K. Venkatesan, A. Kommaraju, C. George, and P. Brown

9:00 AM-11:00 AM: Wednesday, 10 January 2018


Spouse's Coffee
Location: 602 (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)

9:00 AM-6:30 PM: Wednesday, 10 January 2018


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

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


Coffee Break

Meet President Roger M. Wakimoto
Location: Exhibit Hall 4 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)

10:30 AM-11:00 AM: Wednesday, 10 January 2018

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Session 10B
Arctic Climate Variability and Change—Part II
Location: Salon F (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 31st Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Cochairs: Judith Perlwitz, NOAA/ESRL/Physical Sciences Division; Patrick Taylor, NASA LRC
10:30 AM
10B.1
Variability in Planetary Wave Activity over the 20th Century
Amanda H. Lynch, Brown Univ., Providence, RI; and A. Zsom

10:45 AM
10B.2
How Robust Is the Atmospheric Circulation Response to Arctic Sea-Ice Loss in Isolation?
Paul J. Kushner, Univ. of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; and S. E. Hay, R. Blackport, K. E. McCusker, and T. Oudar

10:30 AM-11:15 AM: Wednesday, 10 January 2018

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Session 5
Communicating Effectively through Social Media and Blogs
Location: Ballroom B (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 46th Conference on Broadcast Meteorology
Chair: AJ Fox, KSEE-TV
10:30 AM
5.1
I Wish I Could Have a Job Where I Was Always Wrong
H. Michael Mogil, How The Weatherworks, Naples, FL; and M. J. Bolton
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Session 7
Impact of Space Weather on Communication
Location: Salon J (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 15th Conference on Space Weather
Chair: Larisa Goncharenko, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
10:30 AM
7.1
Space Weather Effects on Satellite Navigation
Y. Jade Morton, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and H. Bourne, B. Breitsch, I. Collet, Y. Jiao, G. Myer, C. Rino, S. Taylor, J. Wang, and D. Xu
10:45 AM
7.2
Space Weather Effects on Communication and Navigation
Keith M. Groves, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA; and P. Doherty and C. S. Carrano

10:30 AM-11:30 AM: Wednesday, 10 January 2018

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Session 7
Wind Resource Assessment
Location: Room 15 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Ninth Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy
Cochairs: Jennifer Newman, REsurety, Inc.; Jerry Crescenti
10:30 AM
7.1
Evaluating the Methodology of Assessing Interannual Variability of Wind Speed
Joseph C.-Y. Lee, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and M. J. Fields and J. K. Lundquist
11:00 AM
7.3
Evaluating Wind Power Prediction Uncertainty Using Scanning Doppler Wind Lidar
Alexandra St. Pé, Univ. of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD; and M. Sperling, A. Choukulkar, C. L. Archer, and R. Delgado
11:15 AM
7.4
Lessons Learned from Sodar Fleet Operation, 2008−2017
Andrew Hastings Black, Vaisala, Inc., Louisville, CO

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

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Session 2
Development of Innovative Methods for Assimilating Satellite Observations in Environmental Analysis and Prediction
Location: Salon K (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Sixth AMS Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation
Cochairs: Will McCarty, NASA GSFC; Krishna Kumar, Riverside Technologies Inc. and NOAA/NESDIS/STAR
10:30 AM
2.1
The Joint Effort for Data Assimilation Integration
Yannick Trémolet, Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation, Boulder, CO
11:30 AM
2.5
Community Radiative Transfer Model (CRTM) for Operational and CubeSat Satellite Applications
Quanhua (Mark) Liu, STAR, College Park, MD; and B. Johnson, T. Zhu, M. Chen, Y. Chen, L. Lin, and F. Weng
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Session 2
Water Vapor, Clouds, and Precipitation from Satellite Observations—Part II
Location: Ballroom G (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 22nd Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography
Cochairs: Patrick Minnis, NASA/LaRC; George J. Huffman, NASA GSFC
10:30 AM
2.1
Day-Night Multilayer Cloud Detection/Retrieval System Using an Artificial Neural Network Approach
Patrick Minnis, SSAI, Hampton, VA; and S. Sun-Mack, G. Hong, C. R. Yost, W. L. Smith Jr., Y. Chen, F. L. Chang, and R. Palikonda
10:45 AM
2.2
Automated Volcanic Cloud Identification, Tracking, and Characterization Using JPSS and GOES-R
Michael J. Pavolonis, NOAA/NESDIS, Madison, WI; and J. Sieglaff and J. L. Cintineo
11:00 AM
2.3
A Study on the Effects of Heavy Precipitation on Single and Dual Polarization Radio Occultation Observations Using Radio-Holographic Method
Kuo-Nung Wang, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and C. O. Ao, R. Padullés, F. J. Turk, M. de la Torre Juárez, and E. Cardellach
11:15 AM
2.4
Enhancing GPM Satellite Precipitation Retrievals with Dynamic Surface Information
Sarah E. Ringerud, Univ. of Maryland, Greenbelt, MD; and C. D. Peters-Lidard
11:30 AM
2.5
Connecting Satellite-Based Precipitation Retrievals to Users
George J. Huffman, NASA GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and D. T. Bolvin and E. J. Nelkin
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Session 5
Recent Developments in Understanding Natural Cloud Processes and Aerosol–Cloud Interactions Relevant to Weather Modification
Location: Room 16AB (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 21st Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification
Chair: Sarah Tessendorf, NCAR
10:30 AM
5.1
Aircraft Observations of Cumulus Microphysics Ranging from the Tropics to Midlatitudes: Implications for a “New” Secondary Ice Process
R. Paul Lawson, Stratton Park Engineering Company Inc., Boulder, CO; and C. gurganus, S. Woods, and R. Bruintjes
11:00 AM
5.3
A Study of Hygroscopic Seeding Agents: Characterization of Relevant CCN Ability and MRI Cloud Chamber Experiments
Takuya Tajiri, MRI, Tsukuba, Japan; and T. H. Kuo, N. Orikasa, Y. Zaizen, and M. Murakami
11:15 AM
5.4
Optimization of Aerosol Seeding in Rain Enhancement Strategies (OASIS)
Hannele Korhonen, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland; and H. Lihavainen, S. Romakkaniemi, S. Niemelä, H. Vehkamäki, and M. Dal Maso

11:30 AM
5.5
Using Model Analysis and Satellite Data to Assess Seedable Clouds and Precipitation over the UAE Region
Niranjan Kondapalli, Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, Univ. of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan; and K. Suzuki and J. Uchida
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Session 7
Ensemble and Statistical Post-Processing, Artificial Intelligence, and Machine-Learning for Decision Support
Location: Room 19AB (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 25th Conference on Probability and Statistics
Cochairs: Jason J. Levit, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC; Tara L. Jensen, NCAR/RAL
11:00 AM
7.2
Gridded Cloud Layer Guidance to Support the TAF
Bob Glahn, NOAA/NWS/Meteorological Development Laboratory, Silver Spring, MD; and A. D. Schnapp
11:15 AM
7.3
Overview of National Blend of Models Version 3.1. Part I: Capabilities and an Outlook for Future Upgrades
Jeffrey P. Craven, NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and D. E. Rudack, R. S. James, E. Engle, T. M. Hamill, S. Scallion, P. E. Shafer, J. Wagner Jr., M. N. Baker, J. R. Wiedenfeld, C. Buxton, D. P. Nielsen, and C. A. Stearns
11:45 AM
7.5
An Evaluation of Numerical Weather Prediction Model Forecasts of Sensible Weather Parameters
Joseph P. Koval, The Weather Company: An IBM Business, Atlanta, GA; and H. C. Hassenzahl, W. A. Cassanova, and J. I. Belanger
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Themed Joint Session 7
Machine Learning and Climate Studies
Location: Ballroom A (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Hosts: (Joint between the 17th Conf on Artificial and Computational Intelligence and its Applications to the Environmental Sciences; and the 31st Conference on Climate Variability and Change )
Cochairs: Auroop Ganguly, Northeastern University; Kerry H. Cook, The Univ. of Texas at Austin; Gudrun Magnusdottir, Univ. of California
10:30 AM
TJ7.1
Deep Learning for Detecting Extreme Weather and Climate Patterns (Core Science Keynote)
William Collins, Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA; and M. Prabhat, E. Racah, Y. Liu, K. Kashinath, C. Pal, J. C. Biard, K. E. Kunkel, M. Wehner, and T. O'Brien
11:00 AM
TJ7.2
Super-Resolution and Deep Learning for Climate Downscaling
Thomas Vandal, Northeastern Univ., Cambridge, MA; and A. R. Ganguly
11:30 AM
TJ7.4
Automated Detection of Fronts Using a Deep Learning Algorithm
Kenneth E. Kunkel, Cooperative Institute for Climate and Satellites, Asheville, NC; and J. C. Biard and E. Racah
11:45 AM
TJ7.5
Computational Models for Detection and Analysis of Synoptic-Scale Ice Storm Patterns
Ranjini Swaminathan, Central Climate Science Center at Texas Tech Univ., Lubbock, TX; and K. Hayhoe
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Session 7
NOAA Satellite Observing System Architecture Study—Part II
Location: Salon H (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 14th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems
Cochairs: Frank W. Gallagher III, NESDIS; Karen St. Germain, NOAA/NESDIS/OSAAP
10:45 AM
7.2
Instrument Catalog Development for the Proposed Future NESDIS Satellite Architecture
Robert T. Menzies, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and M. De Soria-Santacruz Pich, T. Pagano, C. Zuffada, J. R. Piepmeier, F. W. Gallagher III, K. St. Germain, and M. W. Maier
11:00 AM
7.3
Technology and Integrated Roadmaps for the Proposed Future NESDIS Satellite Architecture
Elena Adams, APL, Laurel, MD; and S. Thibault, D. Eng, P. Clark, R. T. Menzies, C. Zuffada, F. W. Gallagher III, K. St. Germain, and M. W. Maier
11:15 AM
7.4
Performance Evaluation for NOAA Satellite Observing System Architecture (NSOSA) Study
M. M. Coakley, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA; and D. P. Ryan-Howard, F. J. Rich, M. K. Griffin, G. P. Ginet, H. Iskenderian, W. E. Bicknell, W. J. Blackwell, F. W. Gallagher III, and M. W. Maier

11:30 AM
7.5
Customer Impacts of the Proposed Future NESDIS Satellite Architecture
Kevin Schrab, NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and T. Onsager, J. G. Yoe, F. W. Gallagher III, K. St. Germain, and M. W. Maier
11:45 AM
7.6
The NOAA Satellite Observing System Architecture (NSOSA) Study Results
Karen St. Germain, NOAA/NESDIS/OSAAP, Silver Spring, MD; and F. W. Gallagher III, M. W. Maier, M. M. Coakley, E. Adams, C. Zuffada, and J. R. Piepmeier
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Session 7
Promoting Consistency in Communications and Better Understanding User Needs
Location: Ballroom E (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Sixth Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation
Chair: Cammye Sims, NOAA/NWS
10:30 AM
7.1
10:45 AM
7.2
Revisiting the Color Conundrum: On the Use of Color in Weather Displays
Matthew J. Bolton, Saint Leo Univ., Saint Leo, FL; and H. M. Mogil
11:00 AM
7.3
Communications in the Eye of the Storm: Understanding NWS Decision Support Decisions
Sean Ernst, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. Sprague and K. E. Klockow-McClain
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Session 7
University Education Initiatives
Location: Ballroom C (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 27th Symposium on Education
Cochairs: Thomas A. Guinn, Embry–Riddle Aeronatical Univ.; Diane M. Stanitski, NOAA ESRL Global Monitoring Division
10:30 AM
7.1
Balcones Escarpment Environmental Monitoring Experiment
Rebecca Paulsen Edwards, Southwestern Univ., Georgetown, TX; and G. J. Mulvey
10:45 AM
7.2
Playing in the UGA Sandbox: Incorporating Augmented Reality into Weather and Climate Classes
Nicholas Morgan, Univ. of Georgia, Athens, GA; and J. A. Knox, S. Bernardes, K. Cameron, N. Neel, and A. Knight
11:00 AM
7.3
Using Python in Teaching Undergraduates NWP Concepts
Kevin H. Goebbert, Valparaiso Univ., Valparaiso, IN
11:15 AM
7.4
Research and Education Benefits of Institutional Operational Weather Modeling
Joseph F. Brodie, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ; and T. Miles, S. Glenn, R. Dunk, G. Seroka, L. A. Bowers, J. L. Coupe, S. Lichtenwalner, H. Roarty, O. Schofield, and J. Kohut
11:45 AM
7.6
Raising Scientific Literacy through the New and Improved AMS Ocean Studies
Wendy Abshire, American Meteorological Society, Washington, D.C.; and E. W. Mills, D. A. Segar, S. W. Kish, I. W. Geer, K. A. Nugnes, and K. L. O'Neill
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Session 8
AWIPS System Updates, Part II
Location: Room 17A (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 34th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies
Cochairs: William F. Roberts, OAR; Jason E. Burks, CIRA
10:30 AM
8.1
FDSE Progress Report
Thomas J. LeFebvre, NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and K. Manross and P. T. McCaslin
10:45 AM
8.2
Progress Report on the Ensemble Tool in AWIPS II
Paul Schultz, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and E. Polster and X. Jing
11:00 AM
8.3
AWIPS II Client-Side RGB Product Generation in the GOES-R Era
Kevin M. McGrath, NASA Short-Term Prediction Research and Transition Center, Huntsville, AL; and E. Berndt, C. M. Gravelle, L. A. Byerle, A. L. Molthan, and M. R. Smith
11:15 AM
8.4
Extreme Precipitation Forecasting Tools in AWIPS
Diana R. Stovern, CIRES, Boulder, CO; and J. A. Nelson Jr., M. Klein, S. Czyzyk, K. Landry, and J. W. Zeitler
11:30 AM
8.5
Development and Evaluation of Cloud-Based Weather Event Simulation Capabilities
Dale A. Morris, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma and NWS/Office of the Chief Learning Officer/Warning Decision Training Division, Norman, OK; and A. B. Zwink, T. Pham, and E. P. Jacobsen
11:45 AM
Discussion

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Session 8
Aerosol Impacts on Weather and Dynamics—Part I
Location: Room 12A (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 10th Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions
Cochairs: Terry Nathan, Univ. of California, Davis; Shuhua Chen, Univ. of California, Davis
10:30 AM
8.1
Estimation of the Direct Dust–Climate Feedback (Invited Presentation)
Jasper F. Kok, Univ. of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA; and D. Ward, N. Mahowald, and A. Evan
11:00 AM
8.3
The Effect of Saharan Mineral Dust Aerosols on the Inter-Annual Variability of the Strength of African Easterly Waves
Emily Bercos-Hickey, Univ. of California, Davis, Davis, CA; and T. R. Nathan and S. H. Chen
11:15 AM
8.4
11:30 AM
8.5
The potential Impact of African Dust on the Simulation of North Atlantic Hurricanes in High-Resolution CAM5
Kevin A. Reed, Stony Brook Univ., SUNY, Stony Brook, NY; and J. Huff, J. T. Bacmeister, S. Bates, and N. Rosenbloom
11:45 AM
8.6
Effects of Assimilating Aerosol Optical Depth (AOD) Observations on Dust Forecasts over North Africa and the East Atlantic
Yonghan Choi, Univ. of California, Davis, CA; and S. H. Chen, K. Earl, C. Schwartz, C. Y. Chen, and C. C. Huang

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Session 8
Communicating about High Impact Weather: Uncertainty and Decision-Making
Location: Ballroom F (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 13th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice
Chair: Jennifer Sprague, NOAA/NWS
10:30 AM
8.1
10:45 AM
8.2
Using the Case Walk Through Method to Elucidate the Interplay of Forecaster and Emergency Manager Decision-Making under an Experimental Warning Paradigm
Daphne LaDue, CAPS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. J. James, C. A. Shivers, A. Gerard, C. Ling, J. Correia Jr., K. Klockow, C. Karstens, and T. C. Meyer
11:00 AM
8.3
11:15 AM
8.4
Broadcast Meteorologist Decision-Making in the 2017 Hazardous Weather Testbed Probabilistic Hazard Information Project
Holly Obermeier, Univ. of Oklahoma/CIMMS and NOAA/OAR/NSSL, Norman, OK; and K. L. Nemunaitis-Berry, K. E. Klockow, C. D. Karstens, A. Gerard, and L. P. Rothfusz
11:30 AM
8.5
Investigating Crisis Decision-Making and Communication in Weather-Related Risks: A Role-Playing Game for Forecasters, Emergency Managers, and the General Public
Galateia Terti, Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France; and I. Ruin, M. Kalas, V. Lorini, T. Sabbatini, and A. C. i Alonso
Recording files available
Session 8
Observing Systems, Part II
Location: Room 14 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 22nd Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)
Chair: Shirley Murillo, NOAA/AOML
10:30 AM
8.1
Calibration and Validation of a New In Situ Atmospheric Observing System with Large Ensembles of Low-Cost Drifting Sensors
John Manobianco, Mano NanoTechnologies, Inc., Guilderland, NY; and M. Adams, J. C. Prather, M. Bolt, and T. Horton
10:45 AM
8.2
CPEX 2017: Utilizing the Airborne Doppler Aerosol WiNd Lidar and Dropsondes for Convective Process Studies
G. D. Emmitt, Simpson Weather Associates, Charlottesville, VA; and S. Greco, M. Garstang, and M. Beaubien

11:15 AM
8.4
Wind Calibration Procedures at the NOAA Aircraft Operations Center
Richard G. Henning, NOAA Aircraft Operations Center, Lakeland, FL; and M. Holmes, B. Belson, J. Williams, L. Miller, I. T. Sears, J. Parrish, and P. Flaherty
11:30 AM
8.5
Infrared Sea Surface Temperature Measurements from Hurricane Edouard (2014) using GPS Dropsondes
Joseph J. Cione, NOAA, Miami, FL; and J. Zhang, E. A. Kalina, E. W. Uhlhorn, T. Hock, and J. A. Smith
11:45 AM
8.6
Recording files available
Session 8
Regional Air Quality Observations and Modeling—Part II
Location: Room 18CD (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 20th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry
Cochairs: Stuart McKeen, NOAA; Kenneth Pickering, Univ. of Maryland
10:30 AM
8.1
Observations of Short-Lived Air Pollutants and Greenhouse Gases in the Mid-Atlantic States
R. R. Dickerson, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD; and X. Ren, S. Benish, P. Stratton, R. J. Salawitch, H. He, T. P. Canty, D. J. Allen, and P. Miller
10:45 AM
8.2
Impacts of Bay Breezes and Deep Convective Circulations on Surface Ozone at Two Coastal Sites along the Chesapeake Bay
Gina M. Mazzuca, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD; and K. E. Pickering, J. Dreessen, R. R. Dickerson, and D. A. New
11:00 AM
8.3
Trends in Hourly Ozone, Daily Ozone, and Ozone Health Metrics across the United States, the European Union, and China
Heather Simon, EPA, Research Triangle Park, NC; and A. Lefohn, C. Malley, B. Wells, A. Reff, X. Xu, L. Zhang, T. Wang, B. Hubbell, and K. Baker
11:15 AM
8.4
New Tools to Identify Wildfire Influence on O3 in Houston
Daniel Jaffe, Univ. of Washington Bothell, Bothell, WA; and A. Kaulfus and U. S. Nair
11:30 AM
8.5
Impacts of Biomass Burning on Free-Tropospheric Ozone Photochemistry over the Southern United States
Alexander Kotsakis, Univ. of Houston, Houston, TX; and Y. Choi, A. H. Souri, W. Jeon, and J. H. Flynn III
11:45 AM
8.6
Gaseous Methylamines over the Yangtze River Delta in China: Contributions from Different Source Types and Comparisons of WRF-Chem Simulations with Observations
Jingbo Mao, Fudan Univ., Shanghai, China; and F. Yu, Y. Zhang, J. An, L. Wang, L. Yao, G. Luo, W. Ma, Q. Yu, C. Huang, L. Li, and L. Chen
Recording files available
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
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
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
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
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
Recording files available
Session 9
Testbeds, Models, and Data Assimilation to Enable and Accelerate the Transition of Research to Operations to End Users and to the Public in Weather, Water, or Climate Applications—Part I
Location: 615 AB (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Eighth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations
Cochairs: Paula Davidson, NOAA/NWS/Office of Science and Technology Integration; Margaret Caulfield
11:15 AM
9.4
An Overview of the 2017 Experimental Warning Program at the Hazardous Weather Testbed
Tiffany C. Meyer, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, and NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and K. Berry, M. A. Bowlan, K. M. Calhoun, J. Correia Jr., G. S. Garfield, A. Gerard, T. Hansen, C. Karstens, K. Klockow, D. LaDue, J. G. LaDue, W. Line, C. Ling, D. M. Kingfield, K. L. Manross, H. Obermeier, L. Rothfusz, and G. J. Stumpf
11:30 AM
9.5
Developmental Testbed Center: Facilitating R2O for Numerical Weather Prediction
Louisa Nance, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and Y. H. Kuo, L. Bernardet, L. Carson, G. J. Firl, M. Hu, I. Jankov, T. Jensen, E. Kalina, K. M. Newman, H. Shao, B. Strong, and J. K. Wolff
11:45 AM
9.6
Research-to-Operations Efforts in Support of FACETs: Results from the Initial Phase and a Look Ahead
Alan Gerard, NOAA/OAR/NSSL, Norman, OK; and L. P. Rothfusz, K. Berry, and K. E. Klockow
Recording files available
Session 10
Observational Studies
Location: Salon G (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 20th Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA
Chair: Steven R. Hanna, Hanna Consultants
10:30 AM
10.1
Intercomparison of WRF Simulations, Radiosonde Meteorological Observations, and Satellite Data for the Paso del Norte Region
Suhail Mahmud, Univ. of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX; and N. Karle, R. M. Fitzgerald, S. Williams, A. Quevedo, D. DuBois, D. Lu, G. Morris, M. Deantonio, C. Valles, and M. Medina
11:00 AM
10.3
An Overview of the Texas Ozonesonde Network
Gary A. Morris, St. Edward's Univ., Austin, TX; and J. H. Flynn III, B. L. Lefer, B. Heinemann, D. W. DuBois, A. Kotsakis, P. J. Walter, and M. Spychala
11:15 AM
10.4
The 2017 El Paso Ozone Transport Field Study
David W. DuBois, New Mexico State Univ. (NMSU), Las Cruces, NM; and G. A. Morris, M. Spychala, P. J. Walter, A. D. Garcia, S. Mahmud, A. Quevedo, J. E. Ceniceros, J. G. Arias, D. R. M. Fitzgerald, T. E. Gill, R. Ochoa, O. Nayares, J. Treto, Z. Ghodsi Zadeh, S. Pourashraf, M. De Antonio, S. Engle, G. Lundeen, and C. Valles
11:30 AM
10.5
Spatial and Temporal Effects on Ozone Concentration in El Paso Texas
Michael De Antonio, New Mexico State Univ. (NMSU), Las Cruces, NM; and R. Ochoa, Z. Ghodsi Zadeh, O. Nayares, G. A. Morris, M. Spychala, D. DuBois, and C. Valles

11:45 AM
10.6
Airborne Measurements and Air Quality Impacts of the 2016 California Soberanes Wildfire
Laura T. Iraci, NASA, Moffett Field, CA; and J. E. Marrero, E. L. Yates, J. M. Ryoo, E. Asher, I. Faloona, J. St. Clair, and T. Hanisco
Recording files available
Session 10A
African Climate Variations and Change—Part II
Location: 616 AB (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 31st Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Cochairs: Wassila Thiaw, CPC; Rory Gordon John Fitzpatrick, Univ. of Leeds
10:30 AM
10A.1
An IR Sounding–Based Analysis of the Saharan Air Layer in North Africa
Stephen D. Nicholls, Joint Center for Earth Systems Technology, Univ. of Maryland, Baltimore, MD; and K. I. Mohr
11:00 AM
10A.3
On the Coherence of Sahel Region under Different Emissions Scenarios
Hamada S. Badr, Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD; and B. F. Zaitchik

11:15 AM
10A.4A
Why Do Global Climate Models Struggle to Represent Low-Level Clouds in the West African Summer Monsoon?
Andreas H. Fink, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany; and P. Knippertz, A. Kniffka, G. Pante, and L. Hannak
11:30 AM
10A.5
Observed Trends in Dry Season Convection over the Congo Basin Using Multiple Satellite Datasets
Ajay Raghavendra, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, NY; and L. Zhou and Y. Jiang
11:45 AM
10A.6
Re-Examining the ITCZ as a Control on Rainfall and Its Variability in Equatorial Africa
Sharon E. Nicholson, Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL; and A. H. Fink, C. C. Funk, and T. A. Vaughan

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Joint Session 39
Advances in the Application of Land Surface Observations and Land Data Assimilation Techniques
Location: Room 18A (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Hosts: (Joint between the 32nd Conference on Hydrology; and the 22nd Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS) )
Cochairs: Laura Clemente-Harding, Pennsylvania State Univ.; Clara Draper, CIRES; Rolf Reichle, NASA GSFC; Sujay V. Kumar, NASA GSFC; Andmorgan Fisher, Engineer Research and Development Center; Michael Lewis, Engineer Research and Development Center; John B. Eylander, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
10:30 AM
J39.1
LDAS-Monde Sequential Assimilation of Satellite-Derived Vegetation and Soil Moisture Products Impact over North America (Invited Presentation)
Clément Albergel, CNRM, Toulouse, France; and A. Bocher, S. Munier, D. J. Leroux, C. Draper, and J. C. Calvet
11:00 AM
J39.3
Infusion of SMAP Soil Moisture Data into Offline and Coupled Models (Invited Presentation)
Joseph A. Santanello, NASA GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and P. Lawston, E. J. Dennis, and S. Kumar
11:15 AM
J39.4
Global Assessment of the SMAP Level-4 Surface and Root-Zone Soil Moisture Product Using Assimilation Diagnostics
Rolf H. Reichle, NASA GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and Q. Liu, G. J. M. De Lannoy, W. T. Crow, J. S. Kimball, R. D. Koster, and J. V. Ardizzone
11:30 AM
J39.5
Toward the Development of Protocols for Soil Moisture Measurement and Monitoring (Invited Presentation)
Michael H. Cosh, USDA ARS Hydrology and Remote Sensing Laboratory, Beltsville, MD; and A. Berg, R. Bindlish, T. Caldwell, A. Colliander, T. Jackson, T. Ochsner, J. Qu, and S. M. Quiring

11:45 AM
J39.6
Evaluation of Soil Moisture Simulations of the NOAA National Water Model over 5 Years of Retrospective Analysis
Arezoo Rafieeinasab, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and Y. Zhang, A. Dugger, M. Barlage, and D. J. Gochis

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Joint Session 40
Flood Prediction, Analysis, High Performance Computing, Decision Support, Management, and Tropical Cyclones, Part II
Location: Room 18B (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Hosts: (Joint between the 32nd Conference on Hydrology; and the Fourth Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate )
Cochairs: Nick Z. Fang, Univ. of Texas; Hatim Sharif, Univ. of Texas; Konstantinos Andreadis, JPL; David J. Gochis, NCAR; John N. McHenry, Baron Advanced Meteorological Systems, LLC; Gerry Creager, Oklahoma Univ./CIMMS, and NOAA/NSSL; Benjamin Bass, Rice Univ.; Philip B. Bedient, Rice Univ.
10:30 AM
J40.1
National Water Model-Based Diagnoses of Recent High-Impact Floods
David Gochis, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and B. Cosgrove, A. Dugger, J. McCreight, F. Salas, D. Yates, L. K. Read, W. Yu, K. Sampson, A. RafieeiNasab, Y. Liu, L. Pan, M. Barlage, and L. Karsten
10:45 AM
J40.2
An Update on the NOAA National Water Model and Related Activities
Brian A. Cosgrove, NWS/Office of Water Prediction, Silver Spring, MD; and D. J. Gochis, T. Graziano, E. Clark, and T. Flowers
11:00 AM
J40.3
Development and Demonstration of Ensemble Hydrologic Data Assimilation Strategies for a Real-Time Distributed Regional Hydrologic Forecast System
Andrew W. Wood, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and M. Saharia, E. A. Clark, B. Nijssen, A. Bennett, and M. Clark

11:30 AM
J40.5
11:45 AM
J40.6
Estimating the Risk of Flood Severity over the United States
Pierre-Emmanuel Kirstetter, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. J. Gourley, H. Vergara, Z. L. Flamig, and J. M. Erlingis
Recording files available
Joint Session 41
High-Performance Computing Applications in the Coastal Zone
Location: Room 12B (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Hosts: (Joint between the 16th Symposium on the Coastal Environment; and the Fourth Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate )
Cochairs: Gerry Creager, Oklahoma Univ./CIMMS, and NOAA/NSSL; Art Miller, NOAA
10:45 AM
J41.2
Performance Comparison of HPX versus MPI+X Threading Models for Finite-Element Models of Environmental Flows
Max Bremer, Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX; and C. Dawson, Z. D. Byerly, H. Kaiser, and C. Michoski
11:00 AM
J41.3
11:15 AM
J41.4
Using a Sponge Layer as an Open-Ocean Boundary Treatment in Barotropic Tide and Storm-Surge Models
Damrongsak Wirasaet, Univ. of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN; and W. Pringle, J. Gonzalez, A. Suhardjo, and J. Westerink
11:30 AM
J41.5
Wind Wave Modeling of Storm-Induced Hurricanes Using an Implicit Scheme in the WAVEWATCH III Model over Large-Scale Resolved Bathymetries
Ali Abdolali, UCAR/NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC, College Park, MD; and A. Roland, A. Van der Westhuysen, Z. Ma, and A. Chawla
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Joint Session 42
Indoor Heat Exposure: Measurements, Impacts, and Solutions
Location: Room 17B (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Hosts: (Joint between the Ninth Conference on Environment and Health; and the 13th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice )
Cochairs: Mary K. Wright, Arizona State Univ.; Augusta Williams, Harvard Univ.
10:30 AM
J42.1
Heat Exposure and Associated Health Effects in an Outdoor Stadium Venue
Chris Fuhrmann, Mississippi State Univ., Mississippi State, MS; and A. Collins, M. E. Brown, B. Gutter, A. Raborn, M. Williams, and C. Worley
10:45 AM
J42.2
Indoor Temperature and Air Conditioning Use in Phoenix, AZ: A Household Study
Mary K. Wright, Arizona State Univ., Tempe, AZ; and D. M. Hondula, P. Chakalian, L. C. Kurtz, L. E. Watkins, and S. L. Harlan
11:00 AM
J42.3
Impact of Heat Waves on Cognitive Function among Young Adults
Jose Guillermo Cedeño Laurent, Harvard Univ., Boston, MA; and A. Williams, Y. Oulhote, A. Zanobetti, J. Allen, and J. Spengler
11:15 AM
J42.4
A Stakeholder-Guided Heat Vulnerability Analysis for Las Cruces, New Mexico
Rebia Khan, NASA, Hampton, VA; and J. O'Brien, C. Wilson, F. Jia, L. E. Watkins, and D. M. Hondula

11:30 AM
J42.5
A Framework for Forecasting Indoor Temperatures for Populations at Risk from Heat Waves
Brian Vant-Hull, City College, New York, NY; and P. Ramamurthy and J. K. Drapkin
11:45 AM
Discussion

11:00 AM-12:00 PM: Wednesday, 10 January 2018

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Session 11
Role of the Stratosphere in Climate Variability and Change
Location: Salon F (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 31st Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Cochairs: Walter Robinson, North Carolina State Univ.; Gudrun Magnusdottir, Univ. of California
11:15 AM
11.2
Snow-(N)AO Teleconnection and Its Modulation By the Quasi-Biennal Oscillation
Yannick Peings, Univ. of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA; and H. Douville, J. Colin, D. Saint-Martin, and G. Magnusdottir
11:30 AM
11.3
Examining the Impact of Climate Change on Stratosphere–Troposphere Exchange
Jordan Benjamin, MIT, Cambridge, MA; and M. Abalos and A. de la Camara

11:15 AM-12:00 PM: Wednesday, 10 January 2018

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Joint Panel Discussion 4
Shifting Paradigms: Communicating Space Weather through Social and Broadcast Media
Location: Salon J (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)
Hosts: (Joint between the 15th Conference on Space Weather; and the 46th Conference on Broadcast Meteorology )
Chair: Tamitha Skov, Aerospace Corporation
CoChair: Michael Cook, Space Weather Operations Center and Apogee Engineering
Panelists: Delores J. Knipp, Univ. of Colorado Boulder; Nathaniel A. Frissell, Ham Radio Science Citizen Investigation; Elizabeth MacDonald, NASA; Paul Gross, WDIV-TV Detroit
11:15 AM
Introduction - Tamitha Skov
11:30 AM
Resources - Delores Knipp
11:45 AM
Auroras - Liz MacDonald
12:00 PM
Ham Radio and Space Weather - Nathaniel Frissell
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Session 6
Recent Weather Events and Weather Phenomena
Location: Ballroom B (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 46th Conference on Broadcast Meteorology
Chair: AJ Fox, KSEE-TV
11:30 AM
6.2
A Rare Clockwise Tornado in Tennessee
Davis Nolan, WKRN-TV, Mount Juliet, TN
11:45 AM
6.3

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


Lunch Break

12:15 PM-1:15 PM: Wednesday, 10 January 2018


9ENERGY Town Hall: Communicating Energy Information in the State of Texas: Best Practices and Lessons Learned
Location: Room 15 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Ninth Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy
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AMS Publications Special Session: How to Maximize the Impact of Your Research and What AMS Can Do to Help
Location: Room 17B (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Side Panels
Organizer: Michael Friedman, AMS
Moderator: Michael Friedman, AMS
12:15 PM
Introduction - Michael Friedman
12:15 PM
The Role of Copyright Policies - Keith Seitter
12:15 PM
Cultivating Your Online Scholarly Presence - Lisa Hinchliffe
12:15 PM
Researcher Perspective - Adam Sobel

Analysis and Nowcast (0-18 Hour Forecast) Requirements of the National Weather Service: Discussion of the Field's Needs and Preliminary Results of the First Field Survey
Location: Room 18CD (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Hosts: (Joint between the Town Hall Meetings; and the Eighth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations )
Organizer: Young-Joon Kim, NWS
Panelists: Hendrik Tolman, NOAA; Bruce Smith, NWS; Curtis R. Alexander, NOAA/ESRL/GSD

Communicating Energy Information in the State of Texas: Best Practices and Lessons Learned
Location: Room 15 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Town Hall Meetings
Organizer: Lawrence C. Gloeckler III, SUNY Albany
Panelists: Alicia Dixon, CenterPoint Energy; Larry Jones, AEP Texas.; Buddy Eller, STP Nuclear Operating Company.; Chris Coleman, ERCOT; Leslie Sopko, ERCOT

NOAA Big Data Project- Updates
Location: Room 14 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Town Hall Meetings
Organizer: Nazila Merati, Merati and Associates
Facilitator: Mohan K. Ramamurthy, UCAR
Panelists: Shane Glass, NOAA; Zachary Flaming, University of Chicago Center for Data Intensive Science; Edward J. Kearns, NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI; Joe Flasher, Amazon

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Leadership
Location: Room 18A (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Side Panels
Organizer: Aubry Bhattarai, NWS
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The 2017-2027 National Academies' Decadal Survey for Earth Science and Applications from Space: An Overview of the Report
Location: Ballroom G (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Town Hall Meetings
Organizer: Arthur Charo, National Research Council
Panelists: Bill Gail, Global Weather Corporation; Waleed Abdalati, University of Colorado Boulder
12:15 PM
The 2017-2027 National Academies' Decadal Survey for Earth Science and Applications from Space: An Overview of the Report
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When Weather Changed History
Location: Room 19AB (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Town Hall Meetings
Organizer: Michael A. Steinberg, AccuWeather, Inc.
Panelist: Dr. Joel N. Myers, AccuWeather Inc
12:15 PM

12:50 PM-1:30 PM: Wednesday, 10 January 2018


Daily Weather Briefings
Location: Room 17A (ACC) (Austin, Texas)

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
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Session 3
Assessment of the Impact of Satellite Data on Numerical Weather Predictions Skill—Part I
Location: Salon K (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Sixth AMS Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation
Cochairs: Kathryn Shontz, NOAA/NESDIS/OSAAP; Thomas Auligné, Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation
1:30 PM
3.1A
Satellite Radiance Data Impact in RAP Version 4
Haidao Lin, CIRA/Colorado State Univ. and NOAA/ESRL/GSD, Boulder, CO; and S. S. Weygandt, Y. Xie, M. Hu, C. R. Alexander, and S. G. Benjamin
1:45 PM
3.2
Satellite Data Assimilation at ECMWF
Florence Rabier, Director General - European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF), Reading, Berkshire, U.K.; and S. J. English and R. Engelen
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Session 8
Education, Training, and User Readiness for GOES-R and JPSS—Part I
Location: Salon H (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 14th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems
Cochairs: Kim J. Runk, NOAA/NWS Operations Proving Ground; Amy Stevermer, UCAR/COMET
1:30 PM
8.1
1:45 PM
8.2
2:15 PM
8.4
COMET’s MetEd Education and Training Resources for GOES-R and JPSS User Readiness
Patrick Dills, UCAR/COMET, Boulder, CO; and A. Stevermer, T. Lee, M. Weingroff, and E. M. Page

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Session 9
Aerosol Impacts on Weather and Dynamics—Part II
Location: Room 12A (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 10th Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions
Cochairs: Terry Nathan, Univ. of California, Davis; Shuhua Chen, Univ. of California, Davis
1:30 PM
9.1
The Effects of Dust–Radiation–Cloud Interactions on Cloud Development over North Africa
Chu-Chun Huang, Univ. of California, Davis, Davis, CA; and S. H. Chen, Y. C. Lin, and K. Earl

1:45 PM
9.2
The Impact of Dust Radiative Forcing on the Ocean Surface Energy Budget
Shu-Hua Chen, Univ. of California, Davis, Davis, CA; and C. C. Huang, Y. C. Kuo, K. Earl, and Y. H. Tseng

2:00 PM
9.3
Nonisotropic Aerosol Scattering Effects on Longwave Irradiance
Z. Liao, Univ. of California, La Jolla, CA; and M. Li and C. F. M. Coimbra
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Joint Session 45
Health Early Warning Systems: Use of Novel Technologies and Associated Costs, Benefits, and Best Practices
Location: Room 18B (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Hosts: (Joint between the Ninth Conference on Environment and Health; and the 17th Conf on Artificial and Computational Intelligence and its Applications to the Environmental Sciences )
Cochairs: Gerald J. Creager, CIMMS/University of Oklahoma and NOAA/NSSL; Jeremy J. Hess, Emory Schools of Medicine and Public Health
1:30 PM
J45.2
The Heat Health Warning System in Germany: Application and Lessons Learned
Andreas Matzarakis, DWD, Freiburg, Germany; and S. Muthers

2:15 PM
J45.4

1:30 PM-3:00 PM: Wednesday, 10 January 2018

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Panel Discussion 1
Broadcast Meteorologists Leading as Climate Change Communicators
Location: Ballroom B (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 46th Conference on Broadcast Meteorology
Moderator: Bernadette Woods Placky, Climate Central
Panelists: Ed Maibach, George Mason Univ.; John Morales, George Mason Univ.; Jill Peeters, Climate without Borders
1:30 PM
PD1.1
Broadcast Meteorologists Leading as Climate Change Communicators
Bernadette Woods Placky, Climate Central, Princeton, NJ; and E. Maibach, J. Morales, and J. Peeters
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Joint Session 44
Applications of Artificial Intelligence in the Coastal Environment
Location: Room 12B (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Hosts: (Joint between the 17th Conf on Artificial and Computational Intelligence and its Applications to the Environmental Sciences; and the 16th Symposium on the Coastal Environment )
Cochairs: Gregory Dusek, NOAA; Philippe Tissot, Texas A&M University−Corpus Christi
1:30 PM
J44.1
Using Machine Learning to Predict Storm Longevity in Real Time
Amy McGovern, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and C. Karstens, D. Harrison, and T. Smith
1:45 PM
J44.2
Nearshore Wave Prediction System Model Output Statistics (NWPS MOS): Improvement of NOAA Probabilistic Rip Current Forecast Model
Jung-Sun Im, NOAA/NWS/Meteorological Development Laboratory, Silver Spring, MD; and G. Dusek, S. B. Smith, and M. E. Churma
2:00 PM
J44.3
Neural Network Surge Predictions: Design, Implementation, History, and Performance Comparison
Philipe Tissot, Texas A&M Univ., Corpus Christi, TX; and M. Buchanan and N. Durham
2:15 PM
J44.4
Space−Time Cube and Cluster Representation of Evolving Landforms at Local and Regional Scales Using Lidar Time Series Data
Michael J. Starek, Texas A&M University−Corpus Christi, Corpus Christi, TX; and P. Tissot and C. Nguyen
2:30 PM
J44.5
Unsupervised Clustering Method for Complexity Reduction of Airborne and Terrestrial 3D Point Cloud Data in Marshes
Chuyen Nguyen, Texas A&M Univ., Corpus Christi, TX; and M. J. Starek, P. Tissot, and J. Gibeaut
2:45 PM
J44.6
Self-Organizing Map Clustering of Terrestrial Lidar Data within Marshes
Xiaopeng Cai, Texas A&M Univ., Corpus Christi, TX; and C. Nguyen, P. Tissot, and M. J. Starek

1:30 PM-3:15 PM: Wednesday, 10 January 2018

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Joint Session 43
Joint Session with the Committee on Atmospheric Chemistry. Part I: Use of Satellite Observations for Air Quality Applications
Location: Salon G (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)
Hosts: (Joint between the 20th Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA; and the 20th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry )
Cochairs: Aaron Pina, Aeris LLC; Hesham EL-Askary, Center for Earth Observing and Space Research (CEOSR); Olga Kalashnikova, JPL
1:45 PM
J43.2
Satellite Observed Interannual Variations of Intercontinental Transport of Dust and Combustion Aerosol
Hongbin Yu, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD; and Q. Tan, M. Chin, H. Bian, L. Remer, and R. Levy

2:00 PM
J43.3
2:45 PM
J43.6
Constraining Chemical Transport Model Simulations of PM2.5 Using Surface Aerosol Airmass Type Maps
Mariel D. Friberg, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA; and R. Kahn, J. A. Limbacher, K. W. Appel, and J. A. Mulholland

3:00 PM
J43.7
Identifying Biomass Burning Impacts on Air Quality in Southeast Texas Using Satellites, Models, and Surface Data
David Westenbarger, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ), Austin, TX; and G. A. Morris

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

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Session 9
Atmospheric Composition and Modeling—Part IV
Location: Room 18CD (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 20th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry
Cochairs: Richard S. Eckman, NASA/LARC; Kenneth W. Jucks, NASA Headquarters
1:30 PM
9.1A
Toward Isoprene Measurements from CrIS: A First Look over Two Isoprene Hot Spots
Kelley C. Wells, Univ. of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN; and D. B. Millet, D. Fu, and V. Payne
1:45 PM
9.2
Comparing POSIDON and ATTREX Observations of Water Vapor to MLS Measurements
Mark R. Schoeberl, Science and Technology Corporation, Columbia, MD; and E. Jensen, T. Thornberry, and L. Pfister
2:00 PM
9.3
Observational Evidence of Horizontal Transport-Driven Dehydration in the TTL
Laura L. Pan, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and S. Honomichl, R. S. Gao, T. Thornberry, A. W. Rollins, E. J. Hintsa, G. Diskin, T. P. Bui, L. Pfister, and E. Jensen

2:15 PM
9.4
How Important Is Convection for Controlling Stratospheric Humidity and Upper-Tropospheric Clouds?
Rei Ueyama, NASA, Moffett Field, CA; and M. R. Schoeberl, E. Jensen, L. Pfister, and M. A. Avery
2:30 PM
9.5
2:45 PM
9.6
Effect of Lofted Ice Sublimation from Tropical Deep Convection on TTL Water Vapor
Andrew E. Dessler, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; and H. Ye

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

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Session 3
Atmospheric and Surface Winds from Satellite Observations
Location: Ballroom G (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 22nd Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography
Cochairs: Simon Yueh, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory; Song Yang, NRL
1:30 PM
3.1
A Portable Downlink for LRIT/HRIT Reception in the Field
Michael P. Guberek, Global LG, Encinitas, CA
1:45 PM
3.2
Methodology to Analyze Tropical Cyclone Intensity and Wind Distribution from Microwave Imagery
Matthew W. Perkins, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, OH; and R. A. Stenger, O. A. Nava, and M. E. Kucas
2:30 PM
3.5
Application of SMAP Data for Observations of Extreme Ocean Surface Winds
Simon Yueh, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA; and A. Fore, W. Tang, B. Stiles, and A. Hayashi
2:45 PM
3.6
Measuring Tropospheric Wind with Microwave Sounders
Bjorn Lambrigtsen, JPL/California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA; and H. Su, J. Turk, V. Dang, and S. M. Hristova-Veleva

3:00 PM
3.7
Ocean Winds and Waves Observations from Chinese Microwave Satellites
Jingsong Yang, Second Institute of Oceanography, Hangzhou, China

3:15 PM
3.8
Geographic Characteristics of Tropical Cyclone Diurnal Cycle
Song Yang, NRL, Monterey, CA; and J. Cossuth and K. Richardson
3:30 PM
3.9
Using Ocean Vector Wind Fields to Locate the ITCZ During SPURS-2
Aaron C. Paget, U.S. Coast Guard Academy, New London, CT; and J. B. Edson
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Session 6
Applications of Numerical Models to Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification Topics
Location: Room 16AB (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 21st Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification
Chair: Lulin Xue, NCAR
1:30 PM
6.1
Hygroscopic Seeding Scheme Incorporated in a Bulk Microphysics Model
Akihiro Hashimoto, MRI, Tsukuba, Japan; and K. Yamashita and M. Murakami

1:45 PM
6.2A
Precipitation Efficiency over the United Arab Emirates Obtained from Numerical Simulations with the CReSS Model
WoonSeon Jung, Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya Univ., Nagoya, Japan; and M. Murakami and T. Shinoda
2:15 PM
6.4
The Issue of Chaos Seeding within Experiments Designed to Study Inadvertent Weather Modification
Brian C. Ancell, Texas Tech Univ., Lubbock, TX; and A. Bogusz, M. J. Lauridsen, and J. C. Nauert
2:30 PM
6.5
2:45 PM
6.6
3:15 PM
6.8
WRF Modeling of Ice Fog Formation at Fairbanks and Fort Wainwright, Alaska
John Weatherly, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Hanover, NH; and M. J. Shaw, S. E. Peckham, T. Douglas, and M. Stuefer

3:45 PM
Cloud Seeding Experiments for Precipitation Augmentation with Aircraft In Situ Measurements - Narihiro Orikasa
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Themed Joint Session 8
From Vulnerable to Resilient: Leveraging the Role of Communication
Location: Ballroom F (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Hosts: (Joint between the 13th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; and the 46th Conference on Broadcast Meteorology )
Chair: Randy A. Peppler, CIMMS/University of Oklahoma
1:30 PM
TJ8.1
Climate Resilient Engagement: One Firm's Experience and a Vision for the Future
Scott Shuford, CASE Consultants International, Asheville, NC; and M. McGuirk, R. D. Copenhaver, A. Keller, and E. Shea
1:45 PM
TJ8.2
Communicating Projections of Weather and Climate Extremes for Urban Decision-Makers
Andrew P. Ballinger, North Carolina State Univ., Asheville, NC; and K. E. Kunkel

2:30 PM
Break

2:45 PM
TJ8.5
3:00 PM
TJ8.6
Dynamics of Vulnerability in Drought Contexts: A Case Study of Pueblo, Colorado, and the Arkansas River
Jennifer Henderson, CIRES, Boulder, CO; and L. Dilling, U. Rick, R. E. Morss, and O. Wilhelmi
3:15 PM
TJ8.7
Comparing Heat Vulnerability Indicators and Household Experiences in Phoenix, Arizona
Lance E. Watkins, Arizona State Univ., Tempe, AZ; and M. K. Wright, E. C. Kurtz, P. Chakalian, D. M. Hondula, and S. L. Harlan
3:30 PM
TJ8.8
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Session 8
Innovative Teaching Strategies in University Instruction on Atmospheric Dynamics
Location: Ballroom C (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 27th Symposium on Education
Cochairs: Thomas A. Guinn, Embry–Riddle Aeronatical Univ.; Jon Nese, Pennsylvania State University
2:00 PM
8.2
Synoptic–Dynamic Meteorology in 3D: Introducing an IDV-Based Lab Manual
Gary Lackmann, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC; and B. Mapes and K. Tyle
2:30 PM
8.4
3:00 PM
8.6
Communication and Atmospheric Dynamics—More than Just Derivations
Teresa M. Bals-Elsholz, Valparaiso Univ., Valparaiso, IN; and A. J. Stepanek and K. H. Goebbert
3:30 PM
8.8
Using Worked Examples to Teach Atmospheric Dynamics
Casey E. Davenport, Univ. of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC
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Session 8
Resilient Business Decisions in the Midst of Weather and Climate Uncertainty
Location: Room 15 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Ninth Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy
Cochairs: Heidi Centola, AMS BEED; Lawrence C. Gloeckler III, Riskpulse; Michael Dettinger, USGS
1:30 PM
8.1
Transforming Risk Communication with Probability Forecasts for Energy—Weeks to a Century or More
John A. Dutton, ClimBiz Ltd and Prescient Weather Ltd., State College, PA; and R. P. James and J. D. Ross
2:00 PM
8.2
The Climate Resilient Grid: A Report on the Forum on Energy, Climate, and the Grid
Marjorie McGuirk, CASE Consultants International, Asheville, NC; and J. Dissen and S. Herring
2:15 PM
8.3
Effects of Climate Change on Renewable Energy Distribution in New York State
Jason M. Covert, SUNY, Albany, NY; and J. M. Freedman, R. Perez, A. Dai, A. Stevens, J. Manobianco, D. B. Kirk-Davidoff, J. W. Zack, and K. Pennock
2:30 PM
8.4
Assessing Resilience of Electricity Generation System Under Changing Climate
Eugene Yan, ANL, Argonne, IL; and Z. Zhou, G. Betrie, and T. Veselka
2:45 PM
8.5
Austin Water: Climate Resilience and Adaptation Strategies
Greg Meszaros, Local Municipal Government, Austin, TX; and D. Slusher
3:15 PM
Panel Discussion
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Session 8
Two Sessions in One: Hazard Simplification (Part I) and Awesome Collaboration Efforts (Part II)
Location: Ballroom E (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Sixth Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation
Chair: Charlie Woodrum, NOAA/NWS
1:30 PM
8.1
1:45 PM
8.2
Small Craft What? Proposed NWS Hazard Simplification Marine Product Consolidation and Reformatting
Allison L. Allen, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and W. Presenll, D. Wright, E. Jacks, A. T. Pirring, and K. Klockow
2:00 PM
8.3
NWS Hazard Simplification: Effective Communication of Heat Hazards
Michelle Hawkins, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and E. Jacks, J. G. Ferrell, A. Horvitz, A. T. Pirring, C. Williams, and G. M. Eosco
2:45 PM
8.6
NWS Integrated Team Models of Community Engagement
Bethany Perry, NOAA Central Region Collaboration Team, Kansas City, MO
3:00 PM
8.7
3:30 PM
8.9
Providing Spanish Translations to Build a Weather-Ready Nation
Krizia Negron-Hernandez, NWS, Key West, FL; and L. Johnson

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Session 8
Verification and Validation — Part IV: S2S, Extreme Value, and Climate
Location: Room 19AB (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 25th Conference on Probability and Statistics
Cochairs: Zhuo Wang, Univ. of Illinois; Barbara Brown, NCAR
1:30 PM
8.1
A New Integrated Threshold Selection Methodology for Spatial Forecast Verification of Extreme Events
Vitaly Kholodovsky, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD; and X. Z. Liang

1:45 PM
8.2
A Novel Method to Define Hot and Cold Spells With Extreme Value Theory
Carlos M. Minjarez-Sosa, Univ. de Sonora, Hermosillo, Mexico; and A. Jimenez and J. Montoya-Laos

2:15 PM
8.4
Systematic Error Characteristics of Weeks 3 and 4 2-m Temperature Forecasts in the NCEP GEFS Reforecast for SubX
Hong Guan, Systems Research Group Inc./EMC/NCEP/NOAA, College Park, MD; and Y. Zhu, E. Sinsky, W. Li, and C. Melhauser
2:30 PM
Break

3:00 PM
8.6
Improving Impact-Based Seasonal Outlooks for South-Central Texas
Ty Dickinson, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and L. J. Hopper Jr. and M. Lenz
3:15 PM
8.7
A Methodology for Optimizing Free Global Climate Model Parameters Using NASA Observational Datasets
Gregory S. Elsaesser, Columbia Univ. and NASA/GISS, New York, NY; and M. van Lier-Walqui
3:45 PM
Evaluation of Extra Tropical Cyclones Using a Feature-Relative Method - Tara Jensen
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Session 9
Data Assimilation: Advances in Methodologies, Part II
Location: Room 14 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 22nd Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)
Chair: Jeffrey Anderson, NCAR
1:30 PM
9.1
Nonlinear Bias Correction for Satellite Data Assimilation Using Taylor Series Polynomials
Jason A. Otkin, Univ. of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI; and R. Potthast and A. Lawless
1:45 PM
9.2
Application of Empirical Localization Functions on All-Sky Satellite Radiance Assimilation
Masashi Minamide, The Pennsylvania State Univ., Univ. Park, PA; and J. Anderson and F. Zhang
2:00 PM
9.3
Adaptive Localization for Satellite Radiance Observations in an Ensemble Kalman Filter
Lili Lei, Nanjing Univ., Nanjing, China; and J. S. Whitaker and J. Anderson
2:15 PM
9.4
Development and Testing of Hybrid Ensemble-Variational Data Assimilation for Cloud Hydrometeors in GSI
Therese T. Ladwig, NOAA/ESRL/GSD and CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and M. Hu, C. R. Alexander, D. C. Dowell, S. S. Weygandt, S. G. Benjamin, and J. M. Brown
2:30 PM
9.5
Calculation of Radio Occultation Bending Angles from Models: Sensitivity to Vertical Interpolation Methods
Shay Gilpin, Constellation Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere, and Climate, Boulder, CO; and R. A. Anthes, S. Sokolovskiy, and T. Rieckh
2:45 PM
9.6
Quadratic Polynomial Regression using Serial Observation Processing: Implementation within DART
Daniel Hodyss, NRL, Monterey, CA; and J. Anderson, N. Collins, W. F. Campbell, and P. A. Reinecke
3:00 PM
9.7
Assimilation of Radar Data to Improve High-Resolution Numerical Simulations of Severe Hail Producing Thunderstorms
Jonathan Labriola, CAPS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and N. Snook, Y. Jung, B. J. Putnam, and M. Xue
3:15 PM
9.8
Correcting Storm Displacement Errors in Ensembles Using the Feature Alignment Technique (FAT)
Derek R. Stratman, OU/CIMMS and NOAA/OAR/NSSL, Norman, OK; and C. K. Potvin and L. J. Wicker
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Session 9
Mapping and GIS for Weather and Climate
Location: Room 17A (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 34th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies
Cochairs: Jason E. Burks, CIRA; Gerald J. Creager, CIMMS/University of Oklahoma and NOAA/NSSL
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
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
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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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
1:45 PM
9.2
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
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
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
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
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

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Session 10
Testbeds, Models, and Data Assimilation to Enable and Accelerate the Transition of Research to Operations to End Users and to the Public in Weather, Water, or Climate Applications—Part II
Location: 615 AB (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Eighth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations
Cochairs: Paula Davidson, NOAA/NWS/Office of Science and Technology Integration; Richard A. Fulton, NOAA
1:30 PM
10.1
1:45 PM
10.2
Enhancing Operational Nowcasting through an Enterprise Environmental Data Fusion and Assimilation System
Kevin Garrett, STAR, College Park, MD; and E. Maddy, E. Jones, S. A. Boukabara, S. D. Rudlosky, and A. Orrison

2:00 PM
10.3
Improvements to Operational Statistical Tropical Cyclone Intensity Forecast Models
Galina Chirokova, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and J. A. Knaff, M. DeMaria, and A. B. Schumacher

2:15 PM
10.4
2:30 PM
10.5
Enabling Operational Coupled Physical Modelling of the Lake George, New York, Watershed
Lloyd A. Treinish, IBM, Yorktown Heights, NY; and C. D. Watson, A. P. Praino, J. Cipriani, G. Auger, E. M. Dow, M. Henderson, M. Kelly, M. Passow, V. W. Moriarty, H. Kolar, F. O'Donncha, E. Arandia, F. Liu, A. C. Nogueira Jr., and A. B. Buoro
3:00 PM
10.7
NOAA Testbed Demonstration of a Time-Lagged National Water Model Ensemble Prototype for Flash Flood Forecasting
Kelly Mahoney, NOAA, Boulder, CO; and D. Gochis, F. Salas, B. Albright, R. Cifelli, B. Cosgrove, A. Dugger, J. McCreight, S. Perfater, and E. Towler
3:15 PM
10.8
The 5th Annual Flash Flood and Intense Rainfall Experiment: Evaluating Emerging Atmospheric and Hydrologic Guidance to Improve WPC's Excessive Rainfall Outlooks
Benjamin Albright, Systems Research Group, Inc., College Park, MD; and S. Perfater, J. Kastman, M. Klein, and J. A. Nelson Jr.
3:30 PM
10.9
Preparing for FACETs: Future Warning Decision-Making Training Impacts from the 2017 Hazard Services–Probabilistic Hazard Information Experiment at the NOAA Hazardous Weather Testbed
Alyssa V. Bates, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma and NWS Warning Decision Training Division, Norman, OK; and J. G. LaDue, G. J. Stumpf, T. L. Hansen, C. Ling, J. J. James, K. L. Manross, T. C. Meyer, and C. Golden

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Session 12A
African Climate Variations and Change—Part III
Location: 616 AB (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 31st Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Cochairs: Edward K. Vizy, Univ. of Texas; Michela Biasutti, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
1:30 PM
12A.1
Climatology and Seasonal Forecasting Analysis from a New Multi-Decade High-Resolution Rainfall and Temperature Dataset for Rwanda
Asher Siebert, IRI, Palisades, NY; and T. Dinku, F. Vuguziga, A. Twahirwa, D. Kagabo, S. J. Mason, A. W. Robertson, J. DelCorral, and R. Cousin
1:45 PM
12A.2
Modeling Hydrological Regimes of the Logone-Lake Chad River Basin, Africa under CMIP5 GCMs Projections
Asmita Murumkar, Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH; and M. T. Durand, B. Mark, A. Fernández, M. Moritz, I. Hamilton, S. Phang, S. Laborde, and A. Shastry
2:00 PM
12A.3
Seasonal and Long-term Variability in the Atmospheric Moisture Budget and Transport over East Africa
Ross Maidment, Univ. of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom; and M. E. Demory and E. Black
2:15 PM
12A.4
The Mechanisms Associated with Ethiopian Belg Subseasonal Rainfall Variability
Wassila M. Thiaw, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Climate Prediction Center, College Park, MD; and E. B. Biratu
2:30 PM
12A.5
Variability of Interannual-to-Decadal Teleconnections Observed over the Greater Horn of Africa in the 20th Century
Andreas H. Fink, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany; and T. K. Bahaga and P. Knippertz
2:45 PM
12A.6
Remote Drivers of Interannual Variability of the East African Long Rains
Michael Vellinga, Met Office, Exeter, UK; and S. F. Milton
3:00 PM
12A.7
Trend and Periodicity of Drought over Ethiopia
Tadesse Terefe Zeleke, Bahir Dar Univ., Bahir Dar, Ethiopia

3:15 PM
12A.8
Climate Change at the Margin in East Africa
Bradfield Lyon, Univ. of Maine, Orono, ME; and A. Giannini, R. Seager, and N. Vigaud

3:30 PM
12A.9
Causes of Uncertainty in Projections of East African Rainfall Change
Dave Rowell, Met Office, Exeter, United Kingdom; and R. Chadwick
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Session 12B
Atmospheric Rivers and Other Extreme Climate Events—Part I
Location: Salon F (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 31st Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Cochairs: Ruby Leung, PNNL; Jason M. Cordeira, Plymouth State Univ.
1:30 PM
12B.1
1:45 PM
12B.2
Historical Return Periods of the Strongest Atmospheric Rivers on the U.S. West Coast
Michael Dettinger, USGS, Carson City, NV; and F. M. Ralph and J. J. Rutz
2:00 PM
12B.3
2:15 PM
12B.4
Attributing Seasonal Montane Snowfall Patterns to Atmospheric Rivers Using Different Detection Methods
Laurie S. Huning, Univ. of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA; and S. A. Margulis, B. Guan, D. E. Waliser, and P. J. Neiman
2:30 PM
12B.5
Global Analysis of Climate Change Projection Effects on Atmospheric Rivers
Duane E. Waliser, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and V. Espinoza, B. Guan, F. M. Ralph, and D. A. Lavers
2:45 PM
12B.6
Multi-Model Assessment of Subseasonal-to-Seasonal Atmospheric River Prediction Skill
Michael J. DeFlorio, NASA, Pasadena, CA; and D. E. Waliser, B. Guan, F. Vitart, F. M. Ralph, and A. Goodman
3:00 PM
12B.7
Tropical Plumes in the UTLS and Their Connection to Atmospheric Rivers
Gregory J. Tripoli, Univ. of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI
3:15 PM
12B.8
Mesoscale Processes in Atmospheric Rivers Impacting Southern California
Forest Cannon, SIO/Univ. of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA; and F. M. Ralph, R. Weihs, and D. P. Lettenmaier
3:30 PM
12B.9
Statistical Relationship between the Atmospheric River and Extratropical Cyclone
Yanjuan Guo, Texas A&M Univ., Corpus Christi, TX; and T. Shinoda, B. Guan, and D. E. Waliser

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Session 12C
Jay Fein's Legacy—Part I
Location: Salon J (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 31st Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Cochairs: Anjuli S. Bamzai, NSF; Eric DeWeaver, NSF
1:30 PM
12C.1
2:15 PM
12C.3
The Monsoon Expeditions: The Legacy of Jay S. Fein (Invited Presentation)
Peter Webster, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
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Joint Session 46
Informing Heat-Health Practitioners to Reduce Risk through Impact-Based Decision Support
Location: Room 17B (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Hosts: (Joint between the Ninth Conference on Environment and Health; and the Sixth Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation )
Cochairs: Hunter Jones, NOAA; Shubhayu Saha, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
1:30 PM
J46.1
Record-Setting Heat and Heat-Related Deaths in Maricopa County, AZ, in 2016: Cause and Effect?
David M. Hondula, Arizona State Univ., Tempe, AZ; and H. Putnam, A. Urban, P. Iniguez, and V. Berisha
2:00 PM
J46.3
The Hidden Health Costs of Extreme Heat Exposures on Outdoor Workers in the California Central Valley
Jennifer Vanos, Arizona State Univ., Tempe, AZ; and M. F. Wehner and F. Castillo

2:30 PM
Break

3:15 PM
J46.8
Developing Resilience to Public Health Risks of Extreme Heat in the U.S.−Mexico Border Region
Gregg M. Garfin, The Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and H. Jones, J. Vanos, S. Leroy, P. Juarez-Carrillo, and A. Monteblanco

2:45 PM-3:45 PM: Wednesday, 10 January 2018

Recording files available
Session 4
Assessment of the Impact of Satellite Data on Numerical Weather Predictions Skill—Part II
Location: Salon K (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Sixth AMS Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation
Cochairs: Patricia Pauley, NRL; John F. LeMarshall, Melbourne
3:15 PM
4.3
3:30 PM
4.4
Improvements to the Specification of the Mass and Wind Field in the Southern Hemisphere from Use of Earth Observations from Space
John F. Le Marshall, Bureau of Meteorology, Docklands, Australia; and D. Howard, R. Norman, Y. Xiao, J. A. Jung, C. Tingwell, S. Soldatenko, P. Lehmann, T. Morrow, J. Daniels, S. Wanzong, X. Wang, J. Fernon, T. Le, K. Zhang, and A. Cate
Recording files available
Joint Panel Discussion 5
Decision-Making by Water Utilities: Using Climate/Weather Information in Short- and Long-Term Planning
Location: Room 18A (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Hosts: (Joint between the 32nd Conference on Hydrology; and the 13th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice )
Moderator: Nancy Kay Beller-Simms, NOAA
Panelists: W. Joshua Weiss, Hazen and Sawyer; Katherine Zitsch, Atlanta Regional Commission; Yanan Duan, Auburn Univ.; Marisa Gonzalez, Austin Water Utility
2:45 PM
Panel Discussion
3:45 PM
Utility Climate Resiliency Study - Danny Johnson
4:00 PM
Developing Climate-Based Reservoir Inflow Forecasts Using Machine Learning Methods - Yanan Duan
Recording files available
Session 9
Coupled Processes of Atmosphere, Land, and Hydrology Prediction Models
Location: Room 18B (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 32nd Conference on Hydrology
Cochairs: Sue Chen, NRL; Neil P. Barton, NRL
2:45 PM
9.1A
Ensemble Cumulus Parameterization Improving Extreme Precipitation Prediction
Xin-Zhong Liang, Nanjing Joint Center of Atmospheric Science, Nanjing, China
3:00 PM
9.2
3:15 PM
9.3A
Mine Dewatering with Environmental Constraints
Timothy Lynar, IBM Research, Carlton, VIC, Australia; and M. Roberts and O. Smith

3:30 PM
9.4
Enhancing Hydrologic Processes in the Noah-MP Land Surface Model to Improve Seasonal Forecast Skill
Michael Barlage, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and F. Chen, G. Miguez-Macho, C. Liu, X. Liu, and D. Niyogi
Recording files available
Session 9
Education, Training, and User Readiness for GOES-R and JPSS—Part II
Location: Salon H (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 14th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems
Cochairs: Kim J. Runk, NOAA/NWS Operations Proving Ground; Amy Stevermer, UCAR/COMET
2:45 PM
9.1
JPSS Products, Applications, and Training
Jorel Torres, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and B. H. Connell and S. D. Miller
3:00 PM
9.2
GOES-R Series International Training Working Group
Janel R. Thomas, Science and Technology Corporation, Greenbelt, MD; and S. J. Goodman, E. Madsen, J. Peronto, B. H. Connell, A. Stevermer, K. W. Mozer, and M. Seybold
3:15 PM
9.3
Evaluation of RGB Composite Imagery for the GOES-R Era by National Weather Service Forecasters with Color Vision Deficiency
Katie Crandall Vigil, CIMMS, Norman, OK; and M. Foster, C. M. Gravelle, K. J. Runk, and D. W. Snyder
3:30 PM
9.4
Galvanizing Educator Awareness around the GOES-R Satellite Series
Margaret Mooney, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin−Madison, Madison, WI

3:15 PM-3:45 PM: Wednesday, 10 January 2018


Joint Session 47
Joint Session with the Committee on Atmospheric Chemistry. Part II: Topics Involving Atmospheric Bioaerosols
Location: Salon G (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)
Hosts: (Joint between the 20th Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA; and the 20th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry )
Chair: Erik Kabela, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
3:15 PM
J47.1

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


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

Poster Session 1
Poster Session
Location: Exhibit Hall 3 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 20th Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA
1150
Arctic Catchment as a Sensitive Indicator of the Environmental Changes: As Example Revelva Catchment (Svalbard)
Marek Ruman, Univ. of Silesia, Sosnowiec, Poland; and Z. Polkowska, K. Kozak, and K. Kosek

1152
2nd Atmospheric Model Intercomparison Project for Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident on March 2011 (2nd FDNPP-MIP)
Yousuke Sato, Nagoya Univ., Nagoya, Japan; and M. Takigawa, T. T. Sekiyama, M. Kajino, H. Grahn, N. Brännström, P. V. Schoenberg, H. Kondo, H. Terada, H. Nagai, D. Quélo, A. Mathieu, J. Uchida, D. Goto, H. Tsuruta, H. Yamazawa, and T. Nakajima

1153
Ozone Water-Land Environmental Transition Study (OWLETS)
Lance Nino, Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY; and J. T. Sullivan, T. J. McGee, and L. Twigg

1154
Wildfire Smoke Forecasts Associated with the 2014−2015 Puʻu ʻōʻō Lava Flows
Andre Pattantyus, Univ. of Hawai, Honolulu, HI; and L. Holland, S. Businger, and T. Elias

1156
Impact of Aerosol Shortwave Radiative Heating on Entrainment in the Atmospheric Boundary Layer
Cheng Liu, Nanjing Univ. of Information Science & Technology, Nanjing, China; and J. Huang, E. Fedorovich, X. M. Hu, Y. Wang, and X. Lee

1157
Investigating the Impact of the North American Summer Monsoon on Surface Ozone in El Paso, Texas
Mark Garling Spychala, St. Edward's Univ., Austin, TX; and M. DeAntonio, D. DuBois, M. Medina, K. Minschwaner, G. A. Morris, P. J. Walter, and C. Valles

1158
Asian Long-Range Transport Linkage to Atmospheric River Events in California
Catherine N Liu, San Jose State Univ., San Jose, CA; and S. Chiao

1159
An Overview of Ozonesondes in Texas, 2017
Paul J. Walter, St. Edward's Univ., Austin, TX; and M. DeAntonio, D. W. DuBois, J. H. Flynn III, A. Kotsakis, M. Medina, G. A. Morris, M. Garling Spychala, and C. Valles

1160
Weather and Air Quality Forecasts and Observations during 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

1162
Primary and Secondary Formaldehyde (HCHO) in a Mid-Sized Valley Area in the Inland Northwest
Miao Wen, Washington State Univeristy, Pullman, WA; and Y. Huangfu, M. Fauci, J. Simpson, and T. Jobson

1163
Investigation of the Influence of Planetary Boundary Layer Evolution and Meteorology on Air Quality in Mexico City
Olabosipo O. Osibanjo, Univ. of Houston, Houston, TX; and B. Rappenglueck, A. Retama, and M. Jaimes-Palomera

1164
Insights into the Influence of ENSO on United States Gulf Coast Ozone Using a Surface Ozone Climatology
Rebecca Paulsen Edwards, Southwestern Univ., Georgetown, TX; and M. Engle and G. A. Morris

1165A
Urban and Industrial VOC Emissions in the Seoul Metropolitan Area and Surrounding Region during the KORUS-AQ Field Study
Isobel J Simpson, Univ. of California, Irvine, CA; and D. R. Blake, N. J. Blake, S. Meinardi, B. Barletta, S. Hughes, N. Vizenor, L. K. Emmons, J. Barre, A. Fried, S. Jeong, K. E. Min, C. Knote, J. R. Schroeder, A. Wisthaler, J. H. Woo, and J. Kim

1166
Measurement of Greenhouse Gases Emissions from a Suburban Dairy in Central California
Segun Ogunjemiyo, California State Univ., Fresno, CA; and S. Ashkan and A. S. Hasson

1168
Advances in Satellite Remote Sensing of Particulate Air Pollution: From MISR to MAIA
David J. Diner, JPL/California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA; and K. A. Burke, F. Xu, M. J. Garay, O. V. Kalashnikova, Y. Liu, X. Meng, J. Wang, R. Martin, and B. Ostro


Poster Session 1
Poster Session for the Sixth AMS Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation
Location: Exhibit Hall 3 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Sixth AMS Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation
1199
Impacts of Assimilating Vertical Velocity, Latent Heating, or Hydrometeor Water Contents Retrieved from a Single Reflectivity Dataset
Yoonjin Lee, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collin, CO; and C. D. Kummerow and M. Zupanski

1200
Assimilation of GOES-13 Imager Clear-Sky Water Vapor (6.5 mm) Radiances into a Warn-on-Forecast System
Thomas A. Jones, Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies/Univ. of Oklahoma, and NOAA/OAR/NSSL, Norman, OK; and X. Wang and P. S. Skinner

1201
Preparing for CrIS Full Spectral Resolution Radiances in the NCEP Global Forecast System
James A. Jung, Univ. of Wisconsin/CIMSS, College Park, MD; and A. Collard, K. Bathmann, A. Heidinger, D. Groff, and M. Goldberg

1202
Assimilation of KOMPSAT-5 GPSRO in the GSI 4D-EnVar Assimilation System
Suryakanti Dutta, Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation, College Park, MD; and T. Auligne and J. G. Yoe

1204
The Impact of Assimilation of GPM Microwave Imager Satellite Radiance on Hurricane Forecasts
Zhaoxia Pu, Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and V. Tallapragada, J. Jin, W. McCarty, and C. Yu

1205
Global Forecast Dropout Prediction Tool (GFDPT) Future Strategies at NCEP
V. Krishna Kumar, NOAA/NESDIS, College Park, MD; and A. Eichmann and J. C. Alpert

1206
Characterization of ATMS Bias in Cloudy Conditions Using GMI and Different Scattering Databases
Lin Lin, CICS–Univ. Maryland Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, College Park, MD; and F. Weng

1207
Optimizing the CRTM for Improved Performance of All-Sky Radiance Data Assimilation
Thomas Greenwald, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and R. Bennartz

1208
Generation of CRTM Coefficients for JPSS-1 and ORS-6 Mission Sensors
Tong Zhu, NESDIS, College Park, MD; and Q. Liu, B. Johnson, Y. Chen, and T. Auligne

1210
Ground Truth of a 1-km Downscaled NLDAS Air Temperature Product for Warm Weather Temperatures using the New York Community Air Survey
Heather Eliezer, New York, NY; and S. Johnson, M. Al-Hamdan, W. L. Crosson, and T. Insaf

Handout (721.3 kB)

1211
1212
NPP-CrIS Spectral Gap Channels Prediction and Validation
Hui Xu, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD; and Y. Chen, L. Wang, and C. Cao


Poster Session 2
20ATMChem Poster Session II
Location: Exhibit Hall 3 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 20th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry
Chair: Jonathan Jiang, JPL
Cochairs: Kenneth Pickering, Univ. of Maryland; Jeff Collett, Colorado State Univ.
1098
Evaluating Commercial Marine Emissions and their Role in Air Quality Policy using Observations and the CMAQ Model
Allison M. Ring, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD; and T. P. Canty, D. Anderson, T. Vinciguerra, H. He, D. L. Goldberg, S. Ehrman, R. R. Dickerson, and R. J. Salawitch

1099
Mechanism of SOA Formation Determines the Magnitude of Radiative Effects
Jialei Zhu, Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; and J. E. Penner, G. Lin, and C. Zhou

1100
Constraining Aging Processes of Black Carbon in a Climate Model
Yuan Wang, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA; and P. L. Ma, J. Peng, R. Zhang, J. Jiang, R. Easter, and Y. Yung

1102
Ensemble Simulation of Anthropogenic and Biomass Burning CO2 and CO in CAM-Chem
Wenfu Tang, Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and A. F. Arellano Jr., L. K. Emmons, and B. Gaubert

1103
Model Simulation of the Convectively Lofted Ice Contribution to Stratospheric Water Vapor
Wandi Yu, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; and A. E. Dessler

1104
Influence of Lightning NOx on Near-Surface Air Quality
Jianfeng Li, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA; and Y. Wang, C. Smeltzer, and W. J. Koshak

1108
The Potential Impact of Using OMI Data for Aerosol Analysis over the Arctic Region
Jianglong Zhang, Univ. of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND; and J. W. Marquis, J. R. Campbell, E. J. Hyer, M. I. Oyola, T. D. Toth, and P. Xian

Poster 1109 has moved. New Paper number is 9.1A

1110
Variability in Lightning NOx Production Rates due to Regional Differences in Lightning Type and Polarity
Jeff Lapierre, Earth Networks, Germantown, MD; and J. L. Laughner, S. Pusede, and W. J. Koshak

1111
Application of Aura OMI L2G Products Compared with NASA MERRA-2 Assimilation
Jian Zeng, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center/ADNET Systems, Greenbelt, MD; and S. Shen, J. E. Johnson, J. Wei, and D. Meyer

1112
Global Distributions of Tropopause-Layer Laminar Cirrus Clouds Revealed by CALIPSO
Victoria Tsai, Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA; and J. Gong, T. Wang, and D. L. Wu

1113
Increased Propane Emissions from the United States over the Last Decade
Lei Hu, CIRES, Boulder, CO; and S. A. Montzka, A. Andrews, D. Helmig, B. Miller, K. Thoning, T. Nehrkorn, M. Mountain, C. Sweeney, E. Dlugokencky, L. Bruhwiler, J. Miller, S. Lehman, J. W. Elkins, and P. Tans

1114
Ozone Variability and Anomalies Observed during the SENEX and SEAC4RS Campaigns
Shi Kuang, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and M. J. Newchurch, A. M. Thompson, R. M. Stauffer, B. Johnson, and L. Wang

1116
Balloonsonde SO2 and O3 Profiles from TICOSONDE in Costa Rica for the Validation of OMI and Sentinel-5 Precursor Retrievals
Gary A. Morris, St. Edward's Univ., Austin, TX; and H. B. Selkirk, H. Vömel, J. A. Diaz, N. A. Krotkov, C. Li, and J. Joiner

1117
1118
Investigation of Laminar Cirrus and Its Roles in the TTL Water Budget
Tao Wang, NASA GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and J. Gong, V. Tsai, and D. L. Wu

1119
Potential Constraints on “Background” Oxidation in Chemistry–Climate Models Using AToM-1 and -2 Observations of Formaldehyde Variability
Colleen Baublitz, LDEO, Palisades, NY; and A. M. Fiore, L. Valin, L. T. Murray, W. Brune, G. Diskin, T. Hanisco, R. Hornbrook, E. C. Apel, J. F. Lamarque, D. O. Miller, J. Peischl, T. B. Ryerson, A. Thames, C. Thompson, D. Westervelt, G. M. Wolfe, and M. J. Prather

1120
High-Latitude Observations of NMHCs, Halocarbons, and COs during ATom-1 and ATom-2
Nicola J. Blake, Univ. of California, Irvine, CA; and D. R. Blake, S. Meinardi, B. Barletta, I. J. Simpson, S. Hughes, N. Vizenor, C. Woods, L. K. Emmons, E. C. Apel, R. Hornbrook, A. Hills, S. A. Montzka, F. L. Moore, B. Miller, E. A. Ray, J. E. Campbell, R. Commane, and S. C. Wofsy

1121
Alkyl Nitrate Measurements Using Whole Air Sampling (WAS) during ATom-1 and ATom-2
Barbara Barletta, Univ. of California, Irvine, CA; and D. R. Blake, S. Meinardi, N. J. Blake, I. J. Simpson, S. Hughes, N. Vizenor, C. Woods, T. B. Ryerson, C. Thompson, J. Peischl, L. K. Emmons, E. C. Apel, and R. Hornbrook

1122
Improving Emission Inventories in CESM2.0 Using TOGA Observations from the ATom Campaign
Elizabeth Asher, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. Hornbrook, A. Hills, L. K. Emmons, S. Arnold, B. B. Stephens, D. Murphy, P. Campuzano-Jost, K. Froyd, and E. C. Apel

1123
Global Survey of Submicron Aerosol Acidity (pH)
Benjamin A. Nault, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and P. Campuzano-Jost, D. A. Day, W. Hu, B. B. Palm, J. C. Schroder, H. Bian, M. Chin, S. L. Clegg, P. R. Colarco, J. Crounse, J. E. Dibb, M. J. Kim, J. Kodros, E. A. Marais, J. R. Pierce, E. Scheuer, P. O. Wennberg, and J. L. Jimenez

1124
Investigate Atmospheric Aerosol over Oceans Using ATom Measurements and the GEOS-5 Model
Huisheng Bian, NASA GSFC/Univ. Maryland, Baltimore County/JCET, Greenbelt, MD; and M. Chin, P. Colarco, A. S. Darmenov, A. M. Dasilva, P. Campuzano-Jost, J. Elkins, K. D. Froyd, E. J. Hintsa, J. L. Jimenez, F. L. Moore, C. Sweeney, and S. Wofsy

1125
Measured OH Reactivity in ATom
Alexander Thames, Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA; and W. Brune and D. O. Miller

1126
ATom Observations of New Particle Formation in the Tropical Upper Troposphere: The Role of Convection and Nucleation Mechanisms
Agnieszka Kupc, CIRES/NOAA, Boulder, CO; and C. J. Williamson, A. Hodshire, J. R. Pierce, E. A. Ray, K. D. Froyd, M. Richardson, B. Weinzierl, M. Dollner, F. Erdesz, T. P. Bui, G. Diskin, and C. A. Brock

1127
Bridging the Gap between Large-Scale Drivers of CH4 Lifetime Model Differences and Instantaneous, Localized Measurements of OH and Related Species
Julie M. Nicely, NASA GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and E. C. Apel, W. Brune, R. Commane, B. Daube, M. Deushi, G. S. Diskin, B. Duncan, S. Hall, T. Hanisco, R. Hornbrook, P. Joeckel, B. Josse, D. E. Kinnison, M. Manyin, K. McKain, D. O. Miller, O. Morgenstern, L. T. Murray, L. Oman, J. Peischl, A. Pozzer, L. E. Revell, E. Rozanov, T. B. Ryerson, R. J. Salawitch, A. Stenke, A. Thames, C. Thompson, S. Tilmes, H. Tost, K. Ullman, D. Westervelt, and G. Zeng

1128
Constraining Ozone Deposition to the Sea Surface Using Airborne Data
Jeff Peischl, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and G. M. Wolfe, C. Thompson, T. V. Bui, G. S. Diskin, R. Commane, B. Daube, S. C. Wofsy, and T. B. Ryerson

1129
Measurements of Brown Carbon during ATom-2
Linghan Zeng, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA; and R. Weber, A. Zhang, Y. Wang, E. Scheuer, and J. E. Dibb

1130
A Comparison of the Seasonal and Long-Term Climatology of TICOSONDE Water Vapor and Ozone Profiles for the Period 2005–17 with MLS Version 4 at Costa Rica (10°N, 84°W)
Henry B Selkirk, GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and H. Vömel, M. R. Schoeberl, G. Taha, G. A. Morris, S. M. Davis, A. M. Thompson, and J. C. Witte

1131
Observations of N2O5 in the Remote Atmosphere during ATom-2
Marilyn B. Jones, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA; and L. G. Huey, D. Tanner, Y. Ji, G. Eris, M. Takeuchi, N. L. Ng, C. Thompson, J. Peischl, J. E. Dibb, J. Crounse, P. Wennberg, G. Diskin, and L. T. Murray

1132
Online Inclusion of Chemical Suites with Different Levels of Complexity in Two Global Modeling Systems and Comparison to Observations
Li Zhang, NOAA/ESRL/GSD and CIRES, Boulder, CO; and G. A. Grell, S. A. McKeen, and R. Ahmadov

1133
From Global to Cloud-Resolving Scale: Experiments with a Scale-Aware Physics Package and Impact on the Transport of Chemical Species
Georg A. Grell, NOAA, Boulder, CO; and S. R. Freitas, J. B. Olson, M. M. Bela, and T. G. Smirnova

1134
1135
Extratropical Stratospheric Tracer Transport: Effects of High-Impact Orographic Gravity Wave Events
Laura Holt, NorthWest Research Associates, Boulder, CO; and M. J. Alexander and D. A. Ortland

1136
In Situ Measurements of Sulfur Hexafluoride (SF6) and Age of Air from NH Sources during the Atmospheric Tomography (ATom) Global Airborne Survey
James W. Elkins, NOAA, Boulder, CO; and F. L. Moore, E. J. Hintsa, E. A. Ray, G. S. Dutton, J. D. Nance, B. D. Hall, C. Sweeney, S. A. Montzka, E. Dlugokencky, and P. A. Newman

1138
Laboratory Evaluation and Analysis of Low-Cost NDIR CO2 Measuring Platforms for Determining Ambient CO2 Concentrations
Shaun T. Howe, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD; and N. Zeng, C. R. Martin, A. Karion, J. R. Whetstone, and R. R. Dickerson

1139
Investigating Regional Carbon Flux Estimates from the GEOS-Carb system using GOSAT-ACOS and OCO-2 Total-Column CO2 Observations
Abhishek Chatterjee, USRA, Greenbelt, MD; and B. Weir, L. Ott, J. Kouatchou, S. R. Kawa, and S. Pawson

1140
Constructing a Spatially Resolved Methane Emission Inventory of Natural Gas Production and Distribution over the Contiguous United States
Xiang Li, Carnegie Mellon Univ., Pittsburgh, PA; and M. Omara, P. J. Adams, and A. Presto

1141
Separating Methane Emissions from Agricultural Sources and Natural Gas: Direct Measurements of Excess Columns of CH4, C2H6, and NH3 in the Colorado Front Range
N. Kille, Univ. of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO; and R. Chiu, M. Frey, F. Hase, M. K. Sha, T. Blumenstock, J. W. Hannigan, and R. Volkamer

1142
Comparison of CO2 Measurements with CO2 Distributions from New Forward Model Simulations
Yuping Liu, NASA, Greenbelt, MD; and S. R. Kawa and G. J. Collatz

1143
GES DISC Long-Term Data Analysis Services Using AIRS and CMS Methane Data as an Example
Jennifer Wei, GES DISC, Greenbelt, MD; and E. Sherman and D. Meyer

1144
The Impact of Coupling CO2 with a Convective Scheme on the Simulated CO2
Tyler Leicht, Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY; and S. Feng and T. Lauvaux

1145
20 Years of Tracer Transport Studies: Challenges and Implications for Flux Inversions
Brad Weir, NASA/GSFC/USRA, Greenbelt, MD; and S. Basu, A. Jacobson, A. Schuh, L. Ott, and S. Pawson

1146
Influence of Large-Scale Circulation on Carbon Dioxide
Jason La, Univ. of Houston, Houston, TX; and X. Jiang, L. Li, and Y. Yung

1147
Progress toward Estimating Surface Carbon Dioxide Fluxes at the Regional Scale Using an Augmented Ensemble Kalman Filter
Hans W. Chen, Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA; and F. Zhang, T. Lauvaux, and K. J. Davis

Poster 1148 has moved. New Paper number is 5A.1A


Poster Session 2
SatMETOC Poster Session II
Location: Exhibit Hall 3 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 22nd Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography
1062
Validation of SMOS Level 2 Soil Moisture Products over the West and Southwest Catchments of Iran
Mozhdeh Jamei, Ferdowsi Univ. of Mashhad, Ahvaz, Iran (Islamic Republic of); and M. Mousavi Baygi, A. Alizadeh, and P. Irannejad

1063
CYGNSS Gridded Global Wind Vectors: Variational Analysis with GFS Backgrounds
S. Mark Leidner, Atmospheric and Environmental Research, Norman, OK; and S. J. Majumdar, B. D. McNoldy, R. N. Hoffman, and R. Atlas

1064
Impact of CYGNSS Wind Speeds and Variational Analysis Wind Vectors on HWRF Analyses and Forecasts
Bachir Annane, Univ. of Miami and NOAA/AOML, Miami, FL; and S. M. Leidner, S. J. Majumdar, B. D. McNoldy, R. N. Hoffman, R. Atlas, J. A. Sippel, and Z. Zhang

1065
Improving over Land Precipitation Retrieval with Brightness Temperature Temporal Variation
Yalei You, CICS, College Park, MD; and C. D. Peters-Lidard, F. J. Turk, S. E. Ringerud, and S. Yang

1067
The Ice Cloud Radiative Effect Estimated with Retrieved Ice Particle Roughness Based on MISR and MODIS Measurements
Yi Wang, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; and S. Hioki, P. Yang, L. Di Girolamo, and D. Fu

Handout (12.4 MB)

1068
Precipitation Type Classification Method Using New Indicators for GPM Dual-Frequency Precipitation Radar: Numerical Simulation Experiments for Maritime Ice Clouds
Soichiro Sugimoto, Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry, Abiko, Japan; and T. Kobayashi and T. Takahashi

1069
Factors Influencing the Calculation of Infrared Clear-Sky Brightness Temperatures for Satellite Retrievals of Cloud Properties
Sarah T. Bedka, SSAI, Hampton, VA; and W. L. Smith Jr., P. W. Heck, G. Hong, Q. Z. Trepte, and R. Palikonda

1070
A 20-Year, Hourly GOES Satellite Derived Deep Convective Cloud Climatology over the Western Hemisphere
Kristopher M. Bedka, LRC, Hampton, VA; and K. V. Khlopenkov, C. Wang, B. Scarino, and M. L. Nordeen

1073
1074
Automatic Algorithm to Define Episodes of SACZ Based on Outgoing Longwave Radiation Data
M. F. L. Quadro, Federal Institute of Santa Catarina, Florianopolis, Brazil; and L. P. Pezzi and E. B. Rosa

1075
Progress in Aircraft Icing Diagnoses from Satellite Data and Transition to Weather Forecasting Operations
Douglas A. Spangenberg, SSAI, Hampton, VA; and W. L. Smith Jr., C. Fleeger, P. Minnis, S. T. Bedka, P. W. Heck, S. Sun-Mack, A. Terborg, and D. A. Wesley

1076
Statistical Methods to Identify and Nowcast Severe Storms Using High-Resolution Radar–GOES Satellite–Lightning–NWP-based Observations
John R. Mecikalski, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and T. Sandael, E. M. Murillo, C. R. Homeyer, K. M. Bedka, J. Apke, and C. P. Jewett

1078
Cross Assessment of Radiosonde, NWP, and Satellite Profiles Using NPROVS
Tony Reale, NOAA/NESDIS/Center for Satellite Applications and Research/I.M. Systems Group, College Park, MD; and B. Sun, M. Pettey, R. C. Smith, and J. Fitzgibbon

1079
Analysis of Downbursts Emphasizing the Use of 1-min Resolution GOES-16 ABI and GLM Data
Kelsey Thompson, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and M. Bateman, J. Mecikalski, and X. Li

1080
Operational Use of Satellite Imagery at the United States National Ice Center
David McCormick, NOAA/NESDIS, Suitland, MD; and K. Berberich and R. Lane

1081
Cloud Boundary Estimates from Operational Satellite Data: Recent Progress and Applications
William L. Smith Jr., NASA, Hampton, VA; and S. Sun-Mack, P. Minnis, G. Hong, D. Spangenburg, and Y. Chen

1082
Exploring the New GNSS Capability in Smartphones with Android N for Satellite Geolocation Validation, TPW, and Radio Occultation
Changyong Cao, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR/SMCD, College Park, DC; and X. Shao, A. McGovern, B. Zhang, and T. C. Liu

1083
Field Calibrations of On-Orbit Remote Sensors Based on CRCS Automatic Observing Systems for CAL/VAL
Yong Zhang, National Satellite Meteorological Center/China Meteorological Adiministration, Beijing, China; and Z. Rong, L. Zhang, X. Hu, X. Ba, and H. Yang

1084
Multi-Layer Effects Ice Cloud Polarimetric and Radiometric Properties in Sub-Millimeter and Thermal Infrared Wavelengths
Adam Bell, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; and G. Tang, J. J. Coy Jr., P. Yang, and D. L. Wu

1085
Sensitivity Analysis of Radiometric and Polarimetric Properties from Simulated Ice Clouds of IR and Sub-mm/mm Bands
James J. Coy Jr., Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; and A. Bell, G. Tang, P. Yang, and D. L. Wu

Handout (2.6 MB)

Paper 3.1 will also be presented as poster 1086A

1087
A First Look at the Potential Impacts of CYGNSS Ocean Surface Wind and Delay Doppler Map Assimilation
Justin Tsu, NRL, Monterey, CA; and N. L. Baker, S. D. Swadley, and C. R. Sampson

1088
Mesoscale Ocean Surface Height Retrieval with CYGNSS
Jake Mashburn, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and S. Lowe, C. Zuffada, Z. Li, and P. Axelrad

1089
Early Evaluation of On-Orbit CYGNSS Level 4 Tropical Cyclone Science Data Products
Mary Morris, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and C. S. Ruf and D. R. Mayers

1090
Analysis and Assimilation of CYGNSS Wind Data for Improved Tropical Convection Forecasts
Xuanli Li, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and T. J. Lang and J. R. Mecikalski


Poster Session 3
8th Research to Operations (8R2O)—Poster Session III
Location: Exhibit Hall 3 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Eighth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations
1190
Microburst Composite Parameter: A Forecasting and Analysis Approach to Determine Favorable Days for Microbursts across the Southern States
Chad Entremont, NOAA/NWS Forecast Office, Jackson, MS; and E. E. Carpenter, B. Bryant, D. Cox, A. Wolverton, and J. S. Allen

1191
1192
Testing the Utility of High-Resolution Convection-Allowing Models at Longer Time Scales to Improve Excessive Rainfall Outlooks at NOAA’s Weather Prediction Center
Sarah Perfater, Cherokee Nation Business, Silver Spring, MD; and B. Albright, J. Kastman, M. Klein, and M. J. Erickson

1193
Overview of the Aviation Weather Testbed 2017 Summer Experiment
Steven A. Lack, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/Aviation Weather Center, Kansas City, MO; and A. Cross, K. J. Runk, and S. Alvidrez

1194
First Demonstration of the NSSL Experimental Warn-on-Forecast System as Part of the 2017 Spring Experiment
Jessica J. Choate, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma and NOAA/OAR/NSSL, Norman, OK; and A. J. Clark, P. L. Heinselman, D. A. Imy, and P. S. Skinner

1195
An Adaptive Approach for the Calculation of Ensemble Grid-Point Probabilities
Benjamin T. Blake, IMSG and NOAA/NCEP/EMC, College Park, MD; and J. R. Carley, T. Alcott, I. Jankov, M. Pyle, S. Perfater, and B. Albright

1196
Background Error Model Improvements in NOAA's Real-Time Mesoscale Analysis
Manuel Pondeca, IMSG and NOAA/NCEP/EMC, College Park, MD; and J. Derber, J. Carley, J. Purser, S. Levine, R. Yang, and D. Parrish

1197
Exploration of Targeted Profiler and Radiosonde Observations for Improving Severe Storm Forecasting
Michael C. Coniglio, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and G. S. Romine, R. D. Torn, and D. D. Turner

Handout (7.2 MB)

Poster 1198 has moved. New paper number is 12B.3A


Poster Session 3
Aerosol–Cloud–Climate Interactions Posters III
Location: Exhibit Hall 3 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 10th Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions
Cochairs: Adele L. Igel, Univ. of California; Ottmar Moehler, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
1172
An Inversion Method of Aerosol Particle Size Distribution in Guangzhou
Fei Li, Institute of Tropical and Marine Meteorology, China Meteorological Administration, Guangzhou, China

1173
Evaluating Uncertainties in Marine Biogeochemical Models: The Case of Remote Aerosol
O. Ogunro, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM; and S. M. Elliott, N. O. Collier, C. Deal, O. W. Wingenter, W. Fu, and F. M. Hoffman

1174
The Effect of Humidity on Aerosol Particles
Miguel Cortez Jr., Univ. of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX

1175
MODIS-VIIRS Dark Target Aerosol Retrieval as a Climate Data Record
Virginia R. Sawyer, SSAI, Greenbelt, MD; and R. Levy, S. Mattoo, and G. Cureton

1176
Evolution of Aerosol Characteristics during a Marine Diatom (T. weissflogii) Bloom
Jessica A. Mirrielees, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; and K. McFadden, J. Niehaus, E. Wilbourn, D. C. O. Thornton, and S. D. Brooks

1177
Production of Aqueous Secondary Organic Aerosol during Cloud Processing Cycles
Cassandra Milan, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; and D. R. Collins

1178
Contrasting Trend of Summertime Local-Scale Precipitation (LSP) and Non-LSP in Eastern China and Potential Link to Aerosol Pollution
Jianping Guo, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, Beijing, China; and T. Su and Z. Li

1179
Drizzle Suppression in Stratus Clouds due to Cloud Processing of CCN
James G. Hudson, DRI, Reno, NV; and S. R. Noble

1180
Enhanced PM2.5 pollution in China due to Aerosol–Cloud Interactions
Bin Zhao, Univ. of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA; and K. N. Liou, Y. Gu, J. H. Jiang, Q. Li, H. Su, and C. He

Poster 1181 will also present as Paper 11.4A

1182
Integrative Investigation of Contrasting Aerosol–Cloud Interactions
Yangang Liu, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY; and C. Lu, J. Chen, and J. Quan

1183
Investigate Uncertainties in Quantifying the Aerosol–Cloud Interaction for Shallow Warm Clouds
Lan Gao, DRI, Reno, NV; and E. M. Wilcox, R. Levy, and Y. Shan

1184
Characterization of the Northeast Pacific Stratocumulus-to-Cumulus Transition Using Airborne Passive Remote Sensing Measurements
Paquita Zuidema, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and K. S. Schmidt, S. Hall, and E. W. Eloranta

1186
1187
Study Diurnal Variations of Aerosols with NASA MERRA-2 Reanalysis Data
Suhung Shen, George Mason Univ. and NASA GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and D. Ostrenga, J. Zeng, and B. Vollmer

1188
SAL Dust Characteristics during Tropical Cyclone Formation
Amy Ip, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA; and S. Chiao


Poster Session 3
Poster Session III
Location: Exhibit Hall 3 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 31st Conference on Climate Variability and Change
943
Changes in West African Monsoon Precipitation: The Competition between Large-scale Dynamics and Local Thermodynamics
Weipeng Zheng, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Beijing, China; and P. Braconnot, M. Gaetani, and K. Izumi

944
Improvements in the Precipitation Distribution of West Africa with a Convection-Permitting Simulation at Climate Scales
Ségolène Berthou, Met Office Hadley Centre, Exeter, United Kingdom; and E. J. Kendon, M. J. Roberts, D. Rowell, and R. Stratton

945
HyCRISTAL: Integrating Hydro-Climate Science into Policy Deciisons for Climate-Resilient Infrastructure and Livelihoods in East Africa
John H. Marsham, Univ. of Leeds, Leeds, U.K.; and D. Rowell, B. E. Evans, R. J. Cornforth, F. H. M. Semazzi, R. L. Wilby, and T. HyCRISTAL team

946
The CP4 Africa Control Simulation—An Initial Assessment of the Run
Rachel Stratton, Met Office, Exeter, United Kingdom; and C. Senior, S. Vosper, and M. Vellinga

947
Evaluating Climate Models with an African Lens
Michael Vellinga, Met Office, Exeter, UK; and R. James, R. Washington, B. Abiodun, G. Kay, J. Mutemi, W. Pokam, N. C. G. Hart, G. Artan, and C. Senior

948
Sahel Decadal Rainfall Variability and the Role of Model Horizontal Resolution
Michael Vellinga, Met Office, Exeter, UK; and M. J. Roberts, P. L. Vidale, M. Mizielinski, M. E. Demory, R. Schiemann, J. Strachan, and C. L. Bain

949
Rainy Season Failure in West Africa: Projected Changes and Sources of Uncertainty
Michela Biasutti, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY; and M. Bacci and A. Giannini

950
South Asian Summer Monsoon: SST-Based Predictability and Real-Time Forecast of the 2016 and 2017 Monsoon
Agniv Sengupta, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD; and S. Nigam and A. Ruiz-Barradas

951
Effects of Tropical Expansion on Regional Precipitation and Sea Level Pressure
Daniel F. Schmidt, Univ. of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA; and K. M. Grise

952
Regional and Seasonal Characteristics of the Recent Expansion of the Tropics in the Northern Hemisphere
Kevin M. Grise, Univ. of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA; and S. M. Davis and P. W. Staten

954
Increased in Dry Season Length Over the Congo
Yan Jiang, SUNY, Albany, NY; and L. Zhou, W. Hua, and A. Raghavendra

955
Long-Term Trends and Variability of Eddy Activities in the South China Sea
Hans Von Storch, Helmholtz Center, Geesthacht, Germany; and M. Zhang

Handout (516.4 kB)

956
Annual Cycle of the Main Northern Extratropical Modes of Circulation Variability in Different Reanalyses
Lucie Pokorna, Faculty of Science, Charles Univ., Prague, Czech Republic; and R. Beranova and R. Huth

Handout (1.8 MB)

957
Projected Changes in the Relationship between Precipitation, African Easterly Jet and African Easterly Waves under Global Warming
Ibourahima Kebe, West African Science Service Center on Climate Change, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

959
Assessment of NMME Skill over Southwest Asia and Horn of Africa
Ryan D Smith, U.S. Air Force, Asheville, NC; and R. M. Randall, R. B. Kiess, and J. P. Anthony

960
Impact of Climate Variability and Climate Change over Future Irrigation Requirment
Adrajow Admasu Ferede, National Meteorological Agency, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

962
Precipitation Forecasts and Their Relationship with Large-Scale Tropical Dynamics in the GFS and IFS
Maria Gehne, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado and NOAA, Boulder, CO; and J. Dias and G. N. Kiladis

963
The Modulation of the Diurnal Cycle of Rainfall by Convectively Coupled Equatorial Waves
Naoko Sakaeda, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and G. N. Kiladis and J. Dias

Poster 964 has been moved. New paper number 14A.3A

965
Temporal and Spatial Climate Variability and Trends over Abay (Upper Blue Nile) River Basin
Tadesse Terefe Zeleke, Bahir Dar Univ., Bahir Dar, Ethiopia

966
An Extreme Negative Indian Ocean Dipole Event in 2016: Dynamics and Predictability
Hong-Li Ren, Beijing Climate Center, China Meteorological Administration, Beijing, China; and B. Lu

967
Anticyclonic Rossby Wave Breaking over the North Atlantic during Boreal Summer: Climatology and Impacts
Breanna L. Zavadoff, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and B. P. Kirtman

968
Widening of the Regional Meridional Overturning Circulation
Paul W. Staten, Indiana Univ., Bloomington, IN; and K. M. Grise

971
A Sub-Seasonal Forecast Multi-System for Extreme Events Prediction
Stefano Materia, Centro Euro-Mediterraneo per I Cambiamenti Climatici, Bologna, Italy; and Á. Muñoz and S. Gualdi

972
Frequency and Predictability of North American and European Heat Waves
Szandra A. Peter, RSMAS, Miami, FL; and B. P. Kirtman

973
Performance Evaluation of a Regional Climate Model in Simulating Rainfall over Indonesia
Ganesha T Chandrasa, Badan Meteorologi Klimatologi dan Geofisika, Jakarta Pusat, Indonesia; and A. Montenegro

974
All India Monsoon Rainfall Variability:Large-Scale Circulations, QBO, and ENSO Impacts and Processes
Remata S. Reddy, Jackson State Univ., Jackson, MS; and F. Tuluri and M. Fadavi

975
Evaluation of Subseasonal Prediction Skill Using the Global FIM-HYCOM Coupled Model
Shan Sun, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado Boulder and NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and R. Bleck, S. Benjamin, B. W. Green, and G. Grell

977
Diurnal Cycle of West African Westerly Jet and Mesoscale Convective Systems over the Sahel
Weiran Liu, Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX; and K. H. Cook and E. Vizy

978
A Combined Hierarchical/Consensus Reagonalization Approach to Aid Interpretation of Circulation-Induced Climate Change in Bolivia
Azar Mohammad Abadi, Univ. of Nebraska−Lincoln, Lincoln, NE; and C. M. Rowe and R. Oglesby

979
How Well Does ERA-Interim Capture ITCZ Characteristics and Precipitation?
Corey Storm Howard, Texas A&M, College Station, TX; and A. D. Rapp and K. R. Wodzicki

980
Assessing the Sources of Subseasonal to Seasonal Predictability in the Climate Forecast System Version 2
Zhuo Wang, Univ. of Illinois at Urbana−Champaign, Urbana, IL; and D. E. Miller

981
Changes in Ocean Temperature in the Barents Sea in the 21st Century
Zhenxia Long, Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Dartmouth, Canada

982
Pushing LES and GCM Models to Higher Resolutions to Improve Climate Bias of Low Clouds when Compared with Tethered Balloons Measurements and Retrievals over the North Slope of Alaska
Erika L. Roesler, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM; and D. Dexheimer, B. R. Hillman, L. Dennis, and M. McChesney

983
The Role of Ocean and Atmosphere Heat Transport in the Arctic Amplification
Rosa M. Vargas, UCAR/NCAR, Boulder, CO; and Y. O. Kwon and H. Furey

984
Greenland Near-Surface Air Temperature Datasets: What Should We Use to Evaluate CMIP6?
J. E. Jack Reeves Eyre, The Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and X. Zeng

Handout (8.1 MB)

985
Interactions between Northern Hemisphere Snow Cover and the Troposphere Circumpolar Vortex
Gwangyong Choi, Jeju National Univ., Jeju-si, Korea, Republic of (South); and D. A. Robinson

986
Exploring Connections between Arctic Sea Ice and Tornado Activity in the United States
Robert J. Trapp, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and K. Hoogewind

987A
Developing Capabilities for Analysis in the Arctic within the NOAA NWS Local Climate Analysis Tool
Marina Timofeyeva, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and M. E. Churma, F. Horsfall, M. Coulman, and J. C. Meyers

988
Drivers of 2016 Record Arctic Warmth Assessed Using Climate Simulations Subjected to Factual and Counterfactual Forcing
Judith Perlwitz, NOAA/ESRL/Physical Sciences Division, Boulder, CO; and L. Sun, D. Allured, M. Hoerling, L. Smith, and D. Murray

989
Seasonal Arctic Sea Ice in the North American Multimodel Ensemble
Kirstin J. Harnos, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/CPC/Innovim, College Park, MD; and M. L'Heureux, Q. Zhang, and Q. Ding

990
Effects of Greenland Anticyclone Magnitude and Persistence on Spring Sea Ice Melt in the North Atlantic
Thomas J. Ballinger, Texas State Univ., San Marcos, TX; and E. Hanna, R. J. Hall, T. E. Cropper, J. A. Miller, M. H. Ribergaard, J. E. Overland, and J. L. Høyer

991
Understanding Internal Climate Variability and the Upper Limit of 2°C Increase of Global Mean Surface Temperature
Seunghwon Hyun, Hanyang Univ., Ansan, Korea, Republic of (South); and S. W. Yeh

993
Hemispheric Asymmetry of Global Warming Explained by a Conceptual Model
Christoph S Funke, IARC, Bethesda, MD; and V. A. Alexeev

994
Utility of the United States National Ice Center's Interactive Multi-Sensor Snow and Ice Mapping System Data to View Arctic Variability
Sofia M. Montalvo, NESDIS, Suitland, MD; and K. Neugent, K. Nohe, D. P. McCormick, S. R. Helfrich, K. Berberich, and R. Lane
Manuscript (43.4 kB)

995
Classifying the Tropospheric Precursor Patterns of Sudden Stratospheric Warmings
Ming Bao, Nanjing Univeristy, Nanjing, China; and X. Tan, D. L. Hartmann, and P. Ceppi

996
Impact of Different Processes on Tropical Lower-Stratospheric Water Vapor as Simulated by Chemistry–Climate Models
Kevin M Smalley, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; and A. E. Dessler, S. Bekki, M. Deushi, M. Marchand, O. Morgenstern, D. A. Plummer, K. Shibata, Y. Yamashita, and G. Zeng

Handout (11.4 MB)

997
Quantifying Stratospheric Polar Vortex Trends during the 20th and 21st Centuries
Carly Narotsky, Univ. of North Carolina, Asheville, NC; and J. C. Furtado

998
Decadal Data Sets and Decadal Trends: Considerations Based on Radio Occultation Observation
Anthony J. Mannucci, JPL/California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA; and C. O. Ao, P. Vergados, O. P. Verkhoglyadova, and B. A. Iijima

999
New Nuclear Winter Simulations with the Whole Atmosphere Community Climate Model 4 (WACCM4)
Joshua L. Coupe, Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, NJ; and C. G. Bardeen, A. Robock, and O. B. Toon

1000
Differential Temperature Trends across Elevation within the "Warming Hole" of the Southeast United States
Ryan P. Shadbolt, Northland College, Ashland, WI; and A. W. Ellis
Manuscript (230.4 kB)

Handout (506.2 kB)

1001
Discussion of Recent Cyclical Temperature Trends Detected in the United States
Adam Theisen, Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Data Quality Office/CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and D. Sisterson

1002
Regional Climate Impacts of Irrigation during the 2012 Central Plains Drought
Jun Wang, Univ. of Iowa, Iowa City, IA; and C. Aegerter and J. Zeng

1004
1005
High Risk of Unprecedented U.K. Rainfall
Vikki Thompson, Met Office, Exeter, United Kingdom; and R. Eade, N. Dunstone, A. A. Scaife, and D. M. Smith

1007
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

1009
Simulation of Atmospheric Rivers: Dynamical Modulation and Resolution Dependence
Erik T. Swenson, George Mason Univ., Fairfax, VA; and J. Lu and D. M. Straus

1010
Atmospheric River Importance to Extratropical Climate and Hydrology
Deanna L. Nash, ; and D. E. Waliser, B. Guan, H. Ye, and F. M. Ralph

1011
Water Vapor Budget in Atmospheric Rivers: A Multi-Model Evaluation
Bin Guan, Univ. of California, Pasadena, CA; and D. E. Waliser and F. M. Ralph

1012
1013
Typhoon Season Extreme Rain Characteristics of Taiwan
Alex Henny, SUNY, Albany, NY; and M. E. Howarth, C. D. Thorncroft, H. H. Hsu, and L. F. Bosart

1014
Understanding the Role of Air–Sea Interaction on Extreme Rainfall in Aquaplanet and Earth-like CESM
Amy Clement, Univ. of Miami, Miami, FL; and J. J. Benedict and B. Medeiros

1015
Changes in the Dynamics of a Blocking Event with Warming
Gary Lackmann, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC; and W. A. Robinson

1016
Floridian Heatwaves and Extreme Precipitation. Part II: Future Climate Projections
Ajay Raghavendra, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, NY; and S. R. Cloutier-Bisbee, S. M. Milrad, and A. Dai

Handout (9.7 MB)

1017
An Examination of an Inland-Penetrating Atmospheric River Flood Event under Potential Future Thermodynamic Conditions
Kelly Mahoney, NOAA, Boulder, CO; and D. Swales, M. Mueller, M. Alexander, K. M. Malloy, and M. Hughes

1019
Changes in Extreme Precipitation in the Northeast United States: 1979–2014
Macy E. Howarth, SUNY, Albany, NY; and A. Henny, C. D. Thorncroft, H. H. Hsu, and L. F. Bosart

1020
The Characteristics of Landfalling Atmospheric Rivers during Water Year 2017 and Northern California's Record-Breaking Precipitation
Chad W. Hecht, SIO, La Jolla, CA; and F. M. Ralph, J. F. Kalansky, and B. K. Kawzenuk

1021
The Relationship between Extratropical Cyclone and Atmospheric River over the Northeastern Pacific and U.S. West Coast
Zhenhai Zhang, SIO/Univ. of California, La Jolla, CA; and F. M. Ralph, D. Cayan, and M. Zheng
Manuscript (22.5 kB)

1022
Best Practices of Building and Being a Trusted Climate Communicator
Richard L. Thoman Jr., NOAA, Fairbanks, AK; and B. E. Mayes, K. V. Matthews, D. R. Kluck, J. Crouch, and D. S. Arndt


Poster Session 3
Poster Session III—Broader Impacts
Location: Exhibit Hall 3 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 27th Symposium on Education
Cochairs: Diane M. Stanitski, NOAA ESRL Global Monitoring Division; Ann Reiser, NOAA
1024
Aviation and Climate Change: Facilitating Challenging Conversations for Aviation Management and Professional Pilot Students
Victoria N Thorpe, Interamerican Univ. of Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR, Puerto Rico

1025
Promoting Weather and Climate Education through a New Online Video Series
Dakota C. Smith, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO

1027
The August 2017 Eclipse "Blackout" Event at the University of Georgia
John A. Knox, The Univ. of Georgia, Athens, GA; and J. A. Luft, J. M. Shepherd, P. N. Knox, and C. Wiegert

1029
The GWCC Web Site, Weather Broadcasters, Students, Education, and Much More . . .
Jordan Rabinowitz, Global Weather and Climate Center, Columbia, MO

Poster 1030 has been moved. New Paper number 6.1A

1031
Trends in Federally Employed Women and Minorities in STEM at the Leading U.S. Science Agencies
Daniel Melendez, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and A. H. Young and D. Carlis

1031A
Retaining LGBTQ+ Students and Early Career Professionals in STEM through Holistic Engagement
K. Ryder Fox, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM; and A. J. Pina


Poster Session 3
Posters
Location: Exhibit Hall 3 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 34th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies
Cochairs: Kevin R. Tyle, SUNY; Scott S. Lindstrom, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin
854
A Contemporary Approach to Streaming Weather Data to Better Support Nowcasting
James L. Carr, Carr Astronautics, Greenbelt, MD; and R. Horne and D. Dixon-Peugh

855
An Innovative System to Generate and Present GOES-16 Images over the Web
Lori K. Brown, IMSG, College Park, MD; and B. Keffer and M. Jochum

856
Comparisons of Solid-State C-Band vs. Klystron S-Band Weather Radar Observations over the Southeastern United States
Richard Stedronsky, Enterprise Electronics Corporation, Enterprise, AL; and Q. Cao

857
Development of Scanning Strategies to Meet Operational Needs of the Multimission Phased Array Radar
Andrew Mahre, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and T. Y. Yu and D. J. Bodine

858
Identifying User-Defined Weather Events of Significance through Data Mining
Paula McCaslin, NOAA, Boulder, CO; and T. J. LeFebvre

860
Modeling Radar QPE Performance based on SENSR Network Design Possibilities
James M. Kurdzo, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA; and J. Y. N. Cho and E. F. Clemons

861
Information Integration: A Tool for Visualizing and Integrating Cloud Properties, Satellite Imagery, Ground Site Observations, and Satellite Ground Tracks
Thad L. Chee, SSAI, Hampton, VA; and L. Nguyen, W. L. Smith Jr., D. A. Spangenberg, R. Palikonda, K. M. Bedka, P. Minnis, M. M. Thieman, and M. L. Nordeen

862
Towards a Cloud Computing Environment for Global Near Real-Time Satellite Cloud Processing for GMAO GEOS-5 Data Assimilation
Louis Nguyen, NASA, Hampton, VA; and T. L. Chee, R. Palikonda, W. L. Smith Jr., D. A. Spangenberg, K. M. Bedka, A. A. Vakhnin, and J. Walter


Joint Poster Session 4
Advances in the Application of Land Surface Observations and Land Data Assimilation Techniques
Location: Exhibit Hall 3 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Hosts: (Joint between the 32nd Conference on Hydrology; and the 22nd Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS) )
Cochairs: Laura Clemente-Harding, Pennsylvania State Univ.; Clara Draper, CIRES; Rolf Reichle, NASA GSFC; Sujay V. Kumar, NASA GSFC; Andmorgan Fisher, Engineer Research and Development Center; Michael Lewis, Engineer Research and Development Center; John B. Eylander, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
871
Thermal Methods to Monitor Soil Moisture in Different Study Areas
Chenyang Xu, George Mason Univ., Fairfax, VA

872
A Robust Method to Derive and Predict Soil-Specific Calibration Coefficients for Soil Water Content Sensors
Edward Ayres, National Ecological Observatory Network, Boulder, CO; and J. A. Roberti, H. W. Loescher, and J. Tang

874
Comparison of GeoWatch Soil Moisture and Cone Index Predictions with Field Measurements
Susan Frankenstein, CRREL, Hanover, NH; and S. A. Shoop and J. Stanley

875
Initializing Numerical Weather Prediction Models with Model-Derived and Satellite-Based Soil Moisture Data
Eli J. Dennis, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and J. A. Santanello and P. Lawston

876
Evaluating Full Physics Hydrological Model Soil Moisture Simulations with Observations
Robert J. Zamora, NOAA/OAR/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and F. Viterbo, D. Gochis, and R. Cifelli

878
Analysis of Land Surface States Obtained from High-Resolution LDAS Experiment Using URMA and GLDAS Products
Roshan Shrestha, IMSG and NOAA/NCEP/EMC, College Park, MD; and M. B. Ek, M. Pondeca, P. Shafran, G. DiMego, and A. M. Gibbs

880
Global Multi-Sensor Land Data Assimilation Using CLM and Dart
Zong-Liang Yang, Univ. of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX; and L. Zhao and P. Lin


Joint Poster Session 5
Decision-Making by Water Utilities: Using Climate/Weather Information in Short- and Long-Term Planning
Location: Exhibit Hall 3 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Hosts: (Joint between the 32nd Conference on Hydrology; and the 13th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice )
Chair: Nancy Kay Beller-Simms, NOAA
883
Using Data to Help Characterize and Plan for Future Climate Variability in the Metro Atlanta Region
Katherine Zitsch, Atlanta Regional Commission, Atlanta, GA; and D. E. Johnson and N. S. Ram

885
Optimization of Multi-Reservoir Water Supply Operation Utilizing Ensemble Inflow Forecasts
Reza Ahmad Limon, Univ. of Texas, Arlington, TX; and S. Kim and D. J. Seo


Joint Poster Session 6
Monsoons of the Americas: Advancing Understanding and Improving Prediction through Observations and Models
Location: Exhibit Hall 3 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Hosts: (Joint between the 32nd Conference on Hydrology; and the 31st Conference on Climate Variability and Change )
Cochairs: Francina Dominguez, Univ. of Illinois at Urbana−Champaign; Ben Lintner, Rutgers, The State Univ. of New Jersey; Yolande L. Serra, JISAO
887
Preliminary Foundings from an Experimental Hydrometeorological Network in the North American Monsoon Region
Carlos M. Minjarez-Sosa, Univ. de Sonora, Hermosillo, Mexico; and S. Villegas and G. Cuevas-Figueroa

888
Impact of Initial Estimates on Convective-Permitting Simulations during the North American Monsoon GPS Transect Experiment 2013
James M. Moker Jr., The Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and A. F. Arellano Jr., C. L. Castro, Y. L. Serra, and D. K. Adams

889
A Tale of Seven Hurricanes and Their Interaction with the Monsoon: A Modeling Study
Dorothea Ivanova, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Prescott, AZ

890
Contribution of Extreme Convective Storms to Rainfall in South America
Kristen Lani Rasmussen, Colorado State Univ, Fort Collins, CO; and M. D. Zuluaga and R. A. Houze Jr.

892
The North American Monsoon GPS Hydrometeorological Network 2017
David K. Adams, Univ. Nacional Autónoma de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico; and E. R. Vivoni, B. R. Lintner, C. Minjarez Sosa, Y. L. Serra, A. Granados, A. Vázquez Galvez, J. C. Rodriguez, V. Verduzco, E. R. Pérez Ruiz, F. Barffuson, M. Grutter, J. S. Haase, H. Liang, E. Cabral Cano, D. J. Gochis, E. Yépez, A. Robles Morua, A. Bezanilla, R. Del Rio Salas, A. I. Quintanar, C. Ochoa Moya, and L. Salazar-Tlaczani


Poster Session 7
Coupled Processes of Atmosphere, Land, and Hydrology Prediction Models
Location: Exhibit Hall 3 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 32nd Conference on Hydrology
Cochairs: Sue Chen, NRL; Neil P. Barton, NRL
913
Ocean Model Impact Tiger Team: Ocean Model Impact Study for Hurricane Forecasting
Hyun-Sook Kim, IMSG and NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC, College Park, MD; and N. Bond, S. Chen, P. G. Black, J. J. Cione, J. Dong, P. J. Fitzpatrick, I. Ginis, G. R. Halliwell Jr., S. R. Jayne, B. Liu, A. Mehra, E. R. Sanabia, L. K. Shay, V. Tallapragada, B. Thomas, J. Zhang, and L. Zhu

914
Spectral Characterization of River Networks under Climate Change
Armaghan Abed-Elmdoust, Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX; and D. Rempe and Z. L. Yang

915
High-Resolution Coupled Atmosphere–Land–Hydrology Prediction of Coastal Flood from Hurricane Irene
Sue Chen, NRL, Monterey, CA; and T. R. Holt, J. M. Schmidt, C. DeLuca, R. Dunlap, D. Rosen, C. D. Peters-Lidard, S. Kumar, D. J. Gochis, A. Dugger, M. Ek, J. Dong, and J. B. Eylander

916
Probabilistic Drought Forecasts and Uncertainty Analysis Using the Modified Surface Water Supply Index in the Korean Peninsula
Suk Hwan Jang Sr., Daejin Univ., Pocheon-si, Korea, Republic of (South); and J. K. Lee Sr., J. H. Oh Sr., and J. W. Jo Sr.


Joint Poster Session 7
Probabilistic Hydrometeorological Forecasting and Uncertainty Analysis
Location: Exhibit Hall 3 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Hosts: (Joint between the 32nd Conference on Hydrology; and the 25th Conference on Probability and Statistics )
Cochairs: Huiling Yuan, Nanjing Univ.; Qingyun Duan, Beijing Normal Univ.; Kristie J. Franz, Iowa State Univ.
894
Impact of Downscaling on Forcing Engine for Operational Water Prediction System of National Water Center
Linlin Pan, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and D. Gochis, W. Yu, A. Dugger, J. Grim, Y. Zhang, A. Rafieeinasab, L. Karsten, Y. Liu, and B. Cosgrove

895
Improving Hydrologic Forecasting Using Ensemble Conditional Bias-Penalized Kalman Filter
Haksu Lee, Len Technologies, Inc., Oak Hill, VA; and D. J. Seo, Y. Zhang, S. Kim, and S. Noh

896
High-Resolution, Multi-Model Hydrological Seasonal Forecasting for Water Resources Management over Europe
Ming Pan, Princeton Univ., Princeton, NJ; and N. Wanders, E. F. Wood, J. Sheffield, L. Samaniego, S. Thober, R. Kumar, C. Prudhomme, and H. Houghton-Carr

897
Simulation and Test of Flood Routing Based on GIS Rainstorm Flood Inundation Model
Limei Ye, Institute of Heavy Rain, China Meteorological Administration, Wuhan, China; and T. Peng and Y. Zhou

898
NWP Forecast Performance for Significant Precipitation Events over Southwest British Columbia
Anthony Di Stefano, Univ. of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; and D. M. Siuta, G. L. West, and R. B. Stull

899
Calibration of QPF Using the Optimal Percentile Method
Kan Dai, National Meteorological Center of China Meteorological Administration, Beijing, China; and Y. Zhu

900
Evaluation and Statistical Analysis of Short-Term WRF QPFs for Santa Clara Valley in Winter 2016/17
Arthur Eiserloh, San Jose State Univ., San Jose, CA; and C. Keene and S. Chiao

901
902
An Investigation of the Forecast Performance for Precipitation in the Extended Global Ensemble Forecast System (GEFS) Reforecast
Eric Sinsky, NOAA/NCEP/EMC and IMSG, College Park, MD; and Y. Zhu, H. Guan, C. Melhauser, Y. Luo, and W. Li

903
Evaluation of GRAPES Global Ensemble Prediction System (GRAPES-GEPS) of CMA
Yinglin LI, National Meteorological Center of the China Meteorological Administration, Beijing, China

905
Jiangsu Moisture Characteristics Analysis in Different Weather Background of Plum Flood Season
Mei Liu, Jiangsu Meteorology Observation, Nanjing, China; and J. Yu, L. Wang, and M. Yang

906
Sensitivity of Orographic Precipitation to Microphysics Parameter and Process Perturbations
Annareli Morales, Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; and D. J. Posselt and H. Morrison

907
Stochastic Parameter Perturbation in Grell-Freitas Convective Parameterization
Isidora Jankov, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Boulder, CO; and G. Grell and J. Berner

908
Analysis on the Key Factors in Causing Heavy Rain and Precipitation Forecast Deviation in a Regional Persistent Heavy Rainfall
Jianwei Yu, Jiangsu Meteorology Observation, Nanjing, China; and M. Liu, M. Yang, and S. Chen

909
Analysis for Cold Water Lenses off the Jiangsu Coast Based on Observation and Simulation
Wenjing Zhang, National Univ. of Defense Technology, Nanjing, China; and S. Zhu and X. Z. Wang

910
On the Detection of Statistical Heterogeneity in Rain Measurement
A. R. Jameson, RJH Scientific, Inc., Arlington, VA; and M. L. Larsen and A. B. Kostinski

Handout (85.0 kB) Handout (85.7 kB)


Poster Session 8
Snow Hydrology Applications Through Remote Sensing, Modeling, and Data Assimilation, Posters
Location: Exhibit Hall 3 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 32nd Conference on Hydrology
Cochairs: John B. Eylander, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; Elias J. Deeb, Cold Regions Research and Engineering Lab; Carrie Vuyovich, Cold Regions Research and Engineering Lab; Jennifer M. Jacobs, Univ. of New Hampshire
930
Evaluation of the NASA MEaSUREs Enhanced-Resolution Brightness Temperature Data in the Red River of the North Basin
Marina Reilly-Collette, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Hanover, NH; and C. Vuyovich, R. Schroeder, M. J. Brodzik, and J. M. Jacobs

931
Snow Contributions to Seasonal Streamflow Prediction Skill in the NOAA National Water Model and Pathways to Improvement
Aubrey Dugger, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and K. Rittger, K. A. Watson, L. Karsten, J. McCreight, D. J. Gochis, and B. Cosgrove

932
Impact of Snow Grain Shape and Internal Mixing with Black Carbon Aerosol on Snow Albedo and Radiative Effect Analysis
Cenlin He, Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA; and K. N. Liou, Y. Takano, P. Yang, and F. Chen

933
High-Resolution Flood Hazard Simulation of the Red River of the North Using a Single-Pass InSAR DEM
Guy J.-P. Schumann, Univ. of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom; and R. Schroeder, D. Faherty, D. Moller, and J. M. Jacobs

934
Evaluating the Effects of Inundated Land Area on Downstream Flow Using the LIS-VIC Model
Stuart D. Smith, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN; and S. Wang, A. W. Wood, M. M. DeWeese, K. A. Cherkauer, and L. C. Bowling


Joint Poster Session 8
Variability of Regional Hydroclimate, Posters
Location: Exhibit Hall 3 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Hosts: (Joint between the 32nd Conference on Hydrology; and the 31st Conference on Climate Variability and Change )
Cochairs: Paul X. Flanagan, Univ. of Oklahoma; Benjamin Cook, NASA GISS
919
Optimal Application of Basin Management Practices in Geumho River for Reducing Effect of Climate Change
Yoonkyung Park, Pukyong National Univ., Busan, Korea, Republic of (South); and J. Choi, W. Cha, O. Lee, and S. Kim
Manuscript (66.9 kB)

921
Future IDF Curves in Korea Using Scale-Invariance Technique under AR5 RCP Scenarios
Sangdan Kim, Pukyong National Univ., Busan, Korea, Republic of (South); and Y. Park and J. Choi
Manuscript (160.6 kB)

923
Study on the Improvement of Disaster Prevention Target Rainfall for Disaster Prevention in South Korea 
Youngseok Song, Hanseo Univ., Seosan-Si, Korea, Republic of (South); and H. Lee, Y. Song, J. Lee, and M. Park
Manuscript (144.5 kB)

924
Changes of Hydroclimatic Intensity over East Asia Projected by Multiregional Climate Model Ensemble under RCP Scenarios.
Ahn Joong-Bae, Pusan National Univ., Busan, Korea, Republic of (South); and C. Yeon-Woo and I. Eun-Soon

926
Impacts of the Surface Heterogeneities on Local Climate in the Amazonian Subbasin of Ji-Paraná Using the Eta/Noah-MP Model
Isabel L. Pilotto, National Institute for Space Research (INPE), São José dos Campos, Brazil; and D. A. Rodriguez and S. C. Chou


Poster Session 9
Local and Regional Response in the Water Cycle Due to Urbanization, Posters 
Location: Exhibit Hall 3 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 32nd Conference on Hydrology
Cochairs: Bradford Johnson, The Univ. of Georgia; Kristie J. Franz, Iowa State Univ.; Neil Debbage, The University of Texas at San Antonio
938
Characterizing London’s Urban Boundary Layer Based on Ceilometer Observations
Simone Kotthaus, Univ. of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom; and S. Grimmond and D. Hertwig

939
Impact of Urbanization on Predicting Extreme Rainfall Events over Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Thang M. Luong, King Abdullah Univ. of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia; and V. Q. Doan, O. Knio, T. M. Nguyen, C. L. Castro, and I. Hoteit

940

Poster Session 10
Multiprocesses Analysis and Modeling, and Product Application in Arid and Semiarid Regions, Posters
Location: Exhibit Hall 3 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 32nd Conference on Hydrology
Cochairs: Yaohui Li, China Meteorological Administration; Xing Yuan, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Youlong Xia, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC
863
Simulation of Water and Energy Cycles within the NLDAS System in the Great Plains: Challenges and Prospects
Youlong Xia, NCEP/EMC/IMSG, College Park, MD; and D. M. Mocko, C. D. Peters-Lidard, and M. Ek

864
Drought Monitoring over Semihumid Rain-Fed Winter Wheat Region of Longdong in Northwest China Using Remote Sensing Data from 1981 to 2010
Ni Guo, Institute of Arid Meteorology, China Meteorological Administration, Lanzhou, China; and Y. Lu and W. Wang

867
Mechanism of Nonappearance of Hiatus in the Tibetan Plateau
Jieru Ma, College of Atmospheric Sciences Lanzhou Univ., Lanzhou, China; and X. Guan, J. Huang, and R. Guo

868
The Latest Evidences of a Warm–Wet Climatic Shift in Hexi Corridor, Gansu
Shu Lin, Northwest Regional Climate Center, Lanzhou, China

870
Different Roles of Dynamic and Thermodynamic Effects in Enhanced Semiarid Warming
Ruixia Guo, Lanzhou Univ., Lanzhou, China; and X. Guan


Poster Session
Poster Session - Wed
Location: Exhibit Hall 3 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 25th Conference on Probability and Statistics
1032
Impact of ENSO on Spatial Patterns of CO2 Variability from GOSAT and AIRS
Na Ying, Beijing Normal Univ., Beijing, China; and Q. Ye

1033
Analysis of Relative Humidity on the Pacific Ocean
César Diez Chirinos Sr., Universidad Nacional de Ingenieria, Lima, Peru
Manuscript (7.8 MB)

Handout (358.1 kB)

1035
A Cross Validation of Interpolated Tropical Pacific Rainfall
Ethan Cook, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and S. Greene

1037
Spatiotemporal Trends in Daily Precipitation Extremes for the Southeastern United States
Nirajan Dhakal, Spelman College, Atlanta, GA; and B. Tharu


Poster Session P2
Wednesday Poster Session for 21st Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification Conference
Location: Exhibit Hall 3 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 21st Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification
Chair: Roy Rasmussen, NCAR
Poster 1091 has been moved. New paper number 6.2A

1092
The Development of Upper-Air Thailand Cumulus Modeling (TCM): Case Study—Upper Northern, Central, Eastern, and Northeastern Parts of Thailand
Chanti Detyothin, Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, Bangkok, Thailand; and P. Chantraket and A. Nakburee

Handout (2.0 MB)

Poster 1093 has been moved. New paper number 7.3A

1094
Water Quality Assessment of the Rain Enhancement Program in Thailand
Supinya Boonchouy, Department of Royal Rainmaking and Agricultural Aviation, Bangkok, Thailand; and J. Leenanon, S. Danpradit, N. Chuersuwan, A. Changsuphan, and T. Chanyatham

1095
The Karnataka Rainfall Enhancement Program 2017
Bruce A. Boe, Weather Modification International, Fargo, ND; and V. S. Makitov

1096
Cloud Seeding from Ground Particles Generator for Rain Reduction to 33%
Raden Gunawan Sr., Badan Pengkajian dan Penerapan Teknologi, Tangerang Selatan, Indonesia


Poster Session P3
Observing Systems and Numerical Simulations
Location: Exhibit Hall 3 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 22nd Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)
1040
A Remote Sensing and Atmospheric Compensation Tool for Assessing Multispectral Radiative Transfer Properties through Realistic Atmospheres and Clouds
Jarred Burley, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright Patterson AFB, OH; and S. T. Fiorino, B. Elmore, and J. Schmidt

1041
Environmental Characterization Evaluation of 557th Global Forecast System Analyses
Steven E. Peckham, U.S. Army, Hanover, NH; and J. M. Hidalgo and J. B. Eylander

1042
Characterizing Multispectral Vertical Profiles of Aerosol Extinction with Surface-Based Measurements
Steven T. Fiorino, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright Patterson AFB, OH; and K. J. Keefer, C. Rice, J. Burley, and J. Schmidt

1045
Comparison of Cloud-Top Heights Derived from FY-2 Radiometer with Heights Derived from Ground-Based Cloud Radar
Zhe Wang, Nanjing Univ. of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, China; and Z. Wang

Handout (823.9 kB)

1046
Analysis of Solar-Induced Fluorescence, Carbon Dioxide, and Precipitation from OCO-2 and TRMM
Abigail M Corbett, Univ. of Houston, Houston, TX; and X. Jiang and L. Li

1048
The Impact of Sensor Response on the Representation of Atmospheric Boundary Layer Phenomena by Airborne Instruments
Adam L. Houston, Univ. of Nebraska−Lincoln, Lincoln, NE; and J. M. Keeler

1049
Formation and Evolution of Elevated Mixed Layers in the Great Lakes Lake-Effect Environment
Steven J. Greybush, Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA; and G. S. Young, T. D. Sikora, S. Saslo, R. D. Clark, and M. L. Jurewicz Sr.

1050
Comparing Observations and Simulations of the Streamwise Vorticity Current in Tornadic and Nontornadic Supercell Storms
Alex Schueth, Texas Tech Univ., Lubbock, TX; and C. C. Weiss, E. Rasmussen, S. Waugh, A. E. Reinhart, K. L. Ortega, D. W. Burgess, and E. R. Mansell

1051
Public Private Partnership of Mesonet and Radar Observations Utilized to Improve Decision Support
K. Elena Willmot, Understory, Inc., Madison, WI; and A. Bajaj, E. J. Lyons, D. Westbrook, V. Chandrasekar, H. Chen, S. R. Gooch, S. Bussmann, and A. Kubicek

1052
A Wind and Thermodynamic Profiling System for Advancements in Forecasting and Assimilation of High-Impact Hydrologic Events
Scott A. McLaughlin, Radiometrics, Boulder, CO; and K. A. Reed, L. Blanchette, E. Lau, and T. Wilfong

1054
Analyzing the Diurnal Cycle of Precipitation in the NCEP Global Forecast System
Kevin Zolea, Kean Univ., Sayreville, NJ; and V. Tallapragada, G. H. White, M. P. Row, F. Yang, and T. A. Dorian

1055
A Sensitivity Analysis of WRF-Simulated Cold Air Damming Using Variable Parameterization Schema
Morgan M. Simms, Plymouth State Univ., Plymouth, NH; and J. M. Cordeira and E. P. Kelsey

1056
The Response of Tropical Cyclones to Diurnal Heating as Seen in a Linear Dynamical Model
Rebecca C. Evans, Univ. of Miami, Miami, FL; and D. S. Nolan

1057
Understanding Changes in Modeled Land Surface Characteristics Prior to Lightning-Initiated Holdover Fire Breakout
Christopher J. Schultz, NASA MSFC, Huntsville, AL; and C. Hain, J. L. Case, K. D. White, and I. Cruz

1058
Numerical Simulations of a Convective Outbreak with Lightning Data Siimilation Using GSI
Peter Saunders, Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and Z. Pu

1059
Central U.S. WRF Statistical Verification of Simulated Composite Radar
Jason Peter Flemke, Univ. of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada; and Y. Li and C. Liu

1061
On the Correlation between Total Condensate and Diabatic Heating in Tropical Cyclones and Applications for Diagnosing Intensity
David S. Nolan, Univ. of Miami, Miami, FL; and Y. Miyamoto, S. N. Wu, and B. J. Soden

5:30 PM-6:30 PM: Wednesday, 10 January 2018


Awards Banquet Reception
Location: Exhibit Hall 4 (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

7:30 AM-3:00 PM: Thursday, 11 January 2018


AMS Information Desk
Location: Austin, Texas

Member Services Desk
Location: Atrium Lobby (Austin, Texas)

Registration
Location: Atrium Lobby (Austin, Texas)

7:30 AM-5:00 PM: Thursday, 11 January 2018


Speaker Ready Room
Location: Room 11AB (ACC) (Austin, Texas)

8:30 AM-9:15 AM: Thursday, 11 January 2018


Session 7
Physical Evidence of Cloud Seeding Effects and General Weather Modification Aspects—Part I
Location: Room 16AB (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 21st Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification
Chair: Masataka Murakami, Nagoya Univ.
8:30 AM
7.1
Cloud Seeding Experiments for Precipitation Augmentation with Aircraft In Situ Measurements
Narihiro Orikasa, MRI, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan; and M. Murakami, A. Saito, T. Tajiri, Y. Zaizen, A. Ikeda, and K. Yoshida

9:00 AM
7.3A
Numerical Simulation of Hygroscopic Seeding Experiment over the Korean Peninsula Using WRF Model with Hygroscopic Seeding Parameterization
WonHeung Kim, Yonsei Univ., Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South); and S. S. Yum and K. H. Chang

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

Recording files available
Session 1
Dave Raymond Named Symposium—Session I
Location: Ballroom C (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: David J. Raymond Symposium
Chair: Zeljka Fuchs, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
8:30 AM
Introduction/Welcoming Word
Recording files available
Session 4A
Observations of Surface and Boundary Layer from Satellites
Location: Room 19AB (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 22nd Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography
Cochairs: Masahiro Hayashi, JMA Meteorological Satellite Center; Paul W. Stackhouse Jr., NASA Langley Research Center
8:30 AM
4A.1
Development of a Surface Radiation Product Using Himawari-8 at JMA
Masahiro Hayashi, JMA Meteorological Satellite Center, Kiyose, Japan; and H. Ishimoto and K. Masuda Sr.
8:45 AM
4A.2
Measuring Snow Depth on Antarctic Sea Ice using Satellite Radar Altimetry
Steven W. Fons, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD; and N. T. Kurtz and J. Carton
9:00 AM
4A.3
The NASA/GEWEX SRB Release 4: Long-Term Surface Radiation Budget Using Newly Reprocessed Data Inputs from NOAA and NASA
Paul W. Stackhouse Jr., NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA; and S. J. Cox, J. C. Mikovitz, and T. Zhang

9:15 AM
4A.4
Satelitte-Derived Ocean Heat Content Variability Estimates: Implications for Weather and Climate Studies
Lynn K. Shay, RSMAS, Miami, FL; and J. K. Brewster, E. Maturi, D. Donahue, and E. Leuliette
Recording files available
Session 4B
Radio Spectrum Management Role in Meteorology and Hydrology
Location: Ballroom G (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 22nd Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography
Cochairs: David B. Kunkee, The Aerospace Corporation; Changyong Cao, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR/SMCD
8:30 AM
4B.1
Recording files available
Themed Joint Session 9
Communication of Next-Generation Satellite Information
Location: Room 17A (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Hosts: (Joint between the 34th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; and the Sixth AMS Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation )
Chair: Randall Bass, FAA
8:30 AM
TJ9.1
NASA MSFC GOES-16 Receiving Station and Data Visualization
Kevin M. McGrath, NASA Short-Term Prediction Research and Transition Center, Huntsville, AL; and P. Meyer, G. Jedlovec, and E. Berndt
8:45 AM
TJ9.2
Using the Satellite Information Familiarization Tool (SIFT) to Train on New Multi-Spectral Geostationary Satellite Sensors
Scott S. Lindstrom, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. J. Gerth, R. K. Garcia, and D. Hoese
9:00 AM
TJ9.3
GOES-16 Image Service and Applications from NOAA
Daniel P. Pisut, IMSG, Silver Spring, MD; and T. Loomis and V. Goel
Recording files available
Session 9
Impact-Based Decision Support Services: Climate and Health
Location: Ballroom E (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Sixth Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation
Chair: Hunter Jones, NOAA
8:30 AM
9.1
Refocusing and Evolving Subseasonal-to-Seasonal Services in NOAA’s National Weather Service
Fiona Horsfall, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and M. Timofeyeva, V. Silva, M. R. Mangan, J. C. Meyers, and J. Zdrojewski
8:45 AM
9.2
Communicating Climate through the NOAA ENSO Blog
Emily J. Becker, NOAA, College Park, MD; and M. L'Heureux and T. DiLiberto
9:00 AM
9.3
The Integrated Information Systems (IIS) Approach to Climate Services: NIDIS and NIHHIS
Hunter M. Jones, NOAA, Silver Spring, TX; and J. Trtanj, R. Pulwarty, and S. Giltz

9:15 AM
9.4
NOAA/NWS Western Region Experimental HeatRisk Project: Providing A New Heat Service for a WRN
Michael J. Staudenmaier Jr., NOAA/NWS, Salt Lake City, UT; and A. Bair, P. Iniguez, M. Mead, B. Rasch, and D. T. Van Cleave
Recording files available
Session 9
Observations, Decision-Making and Modeling Capabilities at the Weather, Climate, and Society Interface
Location: Ballroom F (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 13th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice
Chair: Kristie L. Ebi, Univ. of Washington
8:30 AM
9.1
The Evolution of NOAA's Value Model
Louis Cantrell Jr., Profitable Weather, LLC, Fairfax, VA; and D. Helms, R. C. Reining, A. Pratt, B. Priest, and V. Ries
8:45 AM
9.2
When Good Weather Isn’t Good Enough: The O2D (Operations to Decisions) Divide
Peter P. Neilley, The Weather Company, Andover, MA; and J. K. Williams
9:00 AM
9.3
The Changing Landscape of Weather R&D: Where do we go from here?
DaNa L. Carlis,  Office of Atmospheric Research, Washington, DC; and J. Cortinas Jr., K. Robinson, and K. Fornace
9:15 AM
9.4
Recent Applications of NOAA’s Observing System Architecture Analysis Capabilities
David Helms, NOAA/NESDIS/Office of Projects, Planning, and Analysis, Silver Spring, MD; and M. Yapur, L. Cantrell Jr., J. Goldstein, B. Priest, A. Pratt, and V. Ries
Recording files available
Session 9
Operational and Financial Considerations in the Energy Sector
Location: Room 15 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Ninth Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy
Cochairs: Shunondo Basu, National Renewable Energy Laboratory; Andrew Clifton, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
8:45 AM
9.2
What is Normal?
Eric E. Wertz, MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) Information Systems, LLC, Gaithersburg, MD; and T. Hartman and R. Haas
9:00 AM
9.3A
Regional and National Utility-Scale Solar Generation Forecasts
Stephen D. Jascourt, MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) Information Systems LLC, Gaithersburg, MD; and C. Cassidy, E. E. Wertz, and T. Hartman
Recording files available
Session 10
Aerosol–Cloud Interactions in Shallow Clouds—Part I
Location: Room 12A (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 10th Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions
Cochairs: Alison Nugent, Univ. of Hawaii at Manoa; Virendra Ghate, Argonne National Laboratory
8:30 AM
10.1
Aerosol–Cloud Interactions Observed during the Holistic Interactions of Shallow Clouds, Aerosols, and Land Ecosystems (HI-SCALE) Campaign (Invited Presentation)
Jerome D. Fast, PNNL, Richland, WA; and L. K. Berg, D. Bell, B. H. Lee, J. Liu, F. Mei, J. Shilling, J. A. Thornton, J. Tomlinson, J. Wang, and A. Zelenyuk

9:00 AM
10.2
Observations of Aerosol–Cloud Interactions with Varying Vertical Separation between Biomass-Burning Aerosols and Stratocumulus Clouds over the South East Atlantic
Siddhant Gupta, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and G. M. McFarquhar, M. Poellot, J. R. O'Brien, D. Delene, and K. L. Thornhill
9:15 AM
10.3
Recording files available
Session 10
Data Assimilation: Advances in Methodologies, Part III
Location: Room 14 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 22nd Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)
Chair: Derek J. Posselt, JPL
8:45 AM
10.2
Impact of Assimilating the CrIS Thermodynamic Information in Cloudy Skies on Hurricane Forecasts
Pei Wang, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. Li, Z. Li, J. Li, A. Lim, J. R. Lee, T. J. Schmit, and M. D. Goldberg
9:00 AM
10.3
Assimilation of All-Weather GMI and ATMS Observations into HWRF
Isaac Moradi, NASA, Greenbelt, MD; and F. Evans, W. McCarty, F. D. Marks Jr., and P. Eriksson
Recording files available
Session 10
Local and Regional Response in the Water Cycle Due to Urbanization
Location: Room 18B (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 32nd Conference on Hydrology
Cochairs: Bradford Johnson, The Univ. of Georgia; Kristie J. Franz, Iowa State Univ.; Neil Debbage, The University of Texas at San Antonio
8:30 AM
10.1A
Quantifying the Relative Contributions of the Physical Mechanisms Responsible for the Atlanta 2009 Flood
Neil Debbage, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX; and J. M. Shepherd
8:45 AM
10.2
Spatiotemporal Rainfall Patterns Around Atlanta, Georgia, and Possible Relationships to Urban Land Cover
Jordan T. McLeod, Southeast Regional Climate Center, Chapel Hill, NC; and J. M. Shepherd and C. E. Konrad
9:00 AM
10.3
Hydrological Determinants of Temperature Extremes in Cities
Elie Bou-Zeid, Princeton Univ., Princeton, NJ; and J. Yang
9:15 AM
10.4
A WRF Model-Based Sensitivity Analysis of Urbanization on Winter Precipitation Type
Bradford Johnson, The Univ. of Georgia, Athens, GA; and J. M. Shepherd
Recording files available
Session 10
Radar Technologies and Applications, Part I
Location: Room 17B (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 34th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies
Cochairs: Mark B. Yeary, Univ. of Oklahoma; Kurt D. Hondl, NOAA/NSSL; Michael J. Istok, NOAA/NWS
8:30 AM
10.1
NOAA's Spectrum Efficient National Surveillance Radar (SENSR) Research Program
Mark E. Weber, Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies, Norman, OK; and K. D. Hondl, M. J. Istok, and R. E. Saffle
9:00 AM
10.3
9:15 AM
10.4
Raytheon X-Band Polarimetric Phased-Array Radar: Progress Update
David L. Pepyne, Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA; and E. J. Knapp, N. P. Miller, and M. D. Dubois

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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
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

Recording files available
Session 10
The ATom Mission—Part IV
Location: Room 18CD (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 20th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry
Cochairs: Michael J. Prather, NASA USRA; Steven Wofsy, Harvard Univ.
8:30 AM
10.1
The Behavior of Global Atmospheric Hydroxyl (OH) and Hydroperoxyl (HO2)
William Brune, Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA; and D. O. Miller and A. Thames
8:45 AM
10.2
Observational Constraints on a Potential Source of Secondary Methanol
Michelle Kim, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA; and J. Crounse, A. P. Teng, E. Asher, A. Hills, R. Hornbrook, E. C. Apel, A. L. Brosius, D. O. Miller, A. Thames, W. Brune, K. Ullman, S. Hall, J. St. Clair, G. M. Wolfe, T. Hanisco, C. Sweeney, K. McKain, J. Peischl, C. Thompson, T. B. Ryerson, R. Commane, B. C. Daube, S. Wofsy, and P. Wennberg

9:00 AM
10.3
Formaldehyde Variability in the Remote Troposphere
G. M. Wolfe, NASA GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and J. Liao, J. St. Clair, T. Hanisco, W. Brune, D. O. Miller, A. Thames, C. Thompson, T. B. Ryerson, and J. Peischl
9:15 AM
10.4
Tracking Oxidation during Transport of Trace Gases in Air from the Northern to the Southern Hemisphere
Stephen A Montzka, NOAA/ESRL/Global Monitoring Division, Boulder, CO; and F. Moore, E. Atlas, D. D. Parrish, B. Miller, C. Sweeney, K. McKain, B. D. Hall, C. Siso, M. Crotwell, E. J. Hintsa, J. W. Elkins, D. R. Blake, B. Barletta, S. Meinardi, T. Claxton, and R. Hossaini

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Session 10A
Algorithm Development and New Science Innovation—Part I
Location: 410 (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 14th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems
Cochairs: Jaime Daniels, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR; Ivan A. Csiszar, NOAA/NESDIS
8:30 AM
10A.1
GOES-R Series Products, Product Enhancements and New Applications
Jamese D. Sims, NOAA, Greenbelt, MD; and W. M. MacKenzie Jr., M. Seybold, and S. J. Goodman
8:45 AM
10A.2
Updates on JPSS-1 and Suomi NPP Operational Algorithms Cal Val and Science Improvements
Lihang Zhou, NOAA STAR, College Park, MD; and M. G. Divakarla, X. Liu, F. Weng, I. Csiszar, A. Layns, and M. Goldberg

9:00 AM
10A.3
Improving Cloud Layer Boundaries from GOES-16
John M. Haynes, CIRA, Fort Collins, CO; and Y. J. Noh, S. D. Miller, D. T. Lindsey, A. Heidinger, and J. M. Forsythe
9:15 AM
10A.4
Progress toward NASA MODIS and Suomi NPP Cloud Property Data Record Continuity
Steven Platnick, GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and K. Meyer, R. Holz, S. A. Ackerman, A. Heidinger, G. Wind, N. Amarasinghe, C. Wang, B. Marchant, and R. Frey
Recording files available
Session 10B
Enterprise Ground Architectures and the Research to Operations Process: Tools, Technologies, and Experience
Location: Room 12B (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 14th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems
Cochairs: Michael L. Jamilkowski, Col USAF Ret and AMS Fellow; Jonathan Terrell, NOAA/NESDIS
8:45 AM
10B.2
9:00 AM
10B.3
Ground System Extensibility Considerations
Shawn W. Miller, Raytheon Intelligence, Information and Services, Aurora, CO; and E. Greene
9:15 AM
10B.4
Rethinking Satellite Algorithm Deployments: How to Reduce Time to Operations
Wayne M. MacKenzie Jr., NOAA/NESDIS, Greenbelt, MD; and M. Seybold, R. Williams, T. Feroli, and S. Superczynski
Recording files available
Session 11A
Commercial and Institute Activities Enabling the Transition of Research into Operations
Location: 406 (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Eighth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations
Cochairs: Jessie C. Carman, OAR; Aaron Pratt, Riverside Technology, Inc.
8:30 AM
11A.1
Public/Private Research Opportunities, They Can Work
Derek Blestrud, Idaho Power, Boise, ID; and S. Parkinson, M. L. Kunkel, R. M. Rauber, B. Geerts, J. R. French, K. Friedrich, R. M. Rasmussen, L. Xue, and S. A. Tessendorf
8:45 AM
11A.2
Development and Evolution of NOAA Observation Portfolio Management Capabilities
Thanh Vo Dinh, NOAA/NESDIS/Office of Projects, Planning and Analysis, Silver Spring, MD; and M. LaJoie and M. Yapur
9:00 AM
11A.3
Shark Tank! Filling a Communications Gap between Research and Operations
Lisa S. Darby, NOAA, Boulder, CO; and L. P. Rothfusz and B. Perry

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Session 11B
Improving R2O & O2R in Analysis and Nowcast  (0–18-Hour Forecast): Potential of New or Enhanced Capabilities for Meeting U.S. Service Needs—Part I: Introduction & Overviews
Location: 404 (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Eighth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations
Cochairs: Young-Joon Kim, NWS; Alan Gerard, NOAA/OAR/NSSL
8:45 AM
11B.2
9:00 AM
11B.3
NCEP Modeling Efforts to Assist with Nowcasting Challenges
Geoffrey S. Manikin, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC, College Park, MD; and J. R. Carley, J. Du, B. S. Ferrier, M. E. Pyle, E. Rogers, and V. Tallapragada
9:15 AM
11B.4
Overview of National Blend of Models Version 3.1. Part 3: Supporting Nowcasting with Hourly Cycles
Jeffrey P. Craven, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and D. E. Rudack, R. S. James, J. R. Wiedenfeld, D. T. Myrick, C. Sims, S. Scallion, P. E. Shafer, and M. N. Baker
Recording files available
Session 13A
Variability and Change in the Tropical Circulation—Part I: The Hadley Circulation
Location: 616 AB (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 31st Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Chair: Kevin M. Grise, Univ. of Virginia
8:30 AM
13A.1
8:45 AM
13A.2
Energetic Perspectives on the Changing Tropical Circulation (Invited Presentation)
Nicole Feldl, Univ. of California, Santa Cruz, CA; and Y. T. Hwang and S. Bordoni
9:15 AM
13A.4
Tropical and Subtropical Cloud Regimes in MERRA Reanalyses Using an ISCCP Simulator
Justin P. Stachnik, Univ. of Kansas, Lawrence, KS; and C. Schumacher
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Session 13B
Atmospheric Rivers and Other Extreme Climate Events—Part II
Location: Salon F (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 31st Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Cochairs: Ruby Leung, PNNL; Laurie S. Huning, Univ. of California, Irvine
8:30 AM
13B.1
Advancing Atmospheric River Forecasts into Subseasonal-to-Seasonal Time Scales
Cory F. Baggett, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and E. A. Barnes, E. D. Maloney, and B. D. Mundhenk
8:45 AM
13B.2
The Development of Persistent Atmospheric Rivers
Ashley E. Payne, Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; and G. Magnusdottir
9:00 AM
13B.3
Mesoscale Observation and Modeling of the Atmospheric River during CalWater2
Sue Chen, NRL, Monterey, CA; and J. Doyle, J. Cummings, P. G. Black, C. W. Fairall, R. Branch, and A. T. Jessup
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Session 13C
Jay Fein's Legacy—Part II
Location: Salon J (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 31st Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Cochairs: Anjuli S. Bamzai, NSF; Eric DeWeaver, NSF
8:30 AM
13C.1
Carbon Climate Interactions (Invited Presentation)
Inez Fung, Univ. of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
9:00 AM
13C.2
Recording files available
Joint Session 48
Monsoons of the Americas: Advancing Understanding and Improving Prediction through Observations and Models
Location: Room 18A (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Hosts: (Joint between the 32nd Conference on Hydrology; and the 31st Conference on Climate Variability and Change )
Cochairs: Francina Dominguez, Univ. of Illinois at Urbana−Champaign; Ben Lintner, Rutgers, State Univ. of New Jersey; Yolande L. Serra, JISAO
8:30 AM
J48.1
An Interhemispheric View of the American Monsoons: Vegetation and Moisture Transport Processes (Invited Talk)
Paola A. Arias, Univ. de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia; and J. A. Martinez, S. C. Vieira, and J. C. Villegas
8:45 AM
J48.2
Seasonal Predictability of Summer Rainfall over South America (Invited Talk)
Rodrigo Bombardi, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; and L. Trenary, K. Pegion, B. Cash, T. DelSole, and J. L. Kinter III
9:00 AM
J48.3
The More Extreme Nature of North American Monsoon Precipitation in the Southwestern United States (Invited Presentation)
Christopher L. Castro, Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and H. I. Chang, D. K. Adams, T. Luong, T. M. Lahmers, and C. Ochoa-Moya
9:15 AM
J48.4
"The Paroxysmal Precipitation of the Desert": Flash Floods in the Southwestern United States
James A. Smith, Princeton Univ., Princeton, NJ; and M. L. Baeck, J. Signell, L. Yang, E. Morin, and D. C. Goodrich
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Joint Session 49
Joint Session with the Committee on Atmospheric Chemistry. Part III: Quantification of Long-Range Transport of Air Pollutants
Location: 412 (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)
Hosts: (Joint between the 20th Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA; and the 20th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry )
Cochairs: Stefano Alessandrini, NCAR; Terry Keating, Office or Air and Radiation, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
8:30 AM
J49.1
HTAP2/AeroCom III Modeling and Analysis on Hemispheric Transport of Aerosol
Mian Chin, NASA GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and H. Bian, L. Emmons, J. Flemming, D. Henze, J. E. Jonson, T. Kucsera, M. Lund, B. H. Samset, M. Schulz, K. Sudo, T. Takemura, and S. Tilmes
8:45 AM
J49.2
9:15 AM
J49.4
Regional Variation in the Time of Emergence of Air Quality Climate Penalties Under Climate Change Mitigation Scenarios
Daniel Rothenberg, MIT, Cambridge, MA; and F. Garcia-Menendez, E. Monier, S. Solomon, and N. Selin

9:00 AM-12:00 PM: Thursday, 11 January 2018


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

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


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

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


Meet President Roger M. Wakimoto
Location: Exhibit Hall 4 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)

10:30 AM-11:15 AM: Thursday, 11 January 2018

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Session 8
Physical Evidence of Cloud Seeding Effects and General Weather Modification Aspects—Part II
Location: Room 16AB (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 21st Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification
Chair: Masataka Murakami, Nagoya Univ.
10:30 AM
8.1
Artificial Ocean Upwelling on the Israel Shore of the Mediterranean Sea
Alexander V. Soloviev, Nova Southeastern Univ., Dania Beach, FL; and C. W. Dean, E. Golbraikh, and I. Gertman

10:30 AM-11:45 AM: Thursday, 11 January 2018

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Joint Session 52
Machine Learning Applications in the Energy Sector
Location: Room 15 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Hosts: (Joint between the Ninth Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; and the 17th Conf on Artificial and Computational Intelligence and its Applications to the Environmental Sciences )
Cochairs: David John Gagne II, NCAR; Sue Haupt, NCAR
10:45 AM
J52.2
Development of a Thunderstorm Power Outage Prediction Model
Stephen Shield, The Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH; and D. B. McRoberts and S. M. Quiring
11:00 AM
J52.3
Smart Grid: A Bottom-Up Approach for Consumer Demand Forecasts
Kiley L. Yeakel, The Aerospace Corporation, Chantilly, VA; and E. B. Wendoloski, C. M. Lawson, S. M. Vogel, and K. A. Roettiger
11:15 AM
J52.4
Improving the Accuracy of Cloud Detection Using Machine Learning
Mary Ellen Craddock, Northrop Grumman Corporation, McLean, VA; and R. Alliss and M. Mason
11:30 AM
J52.6
Improvements to Sodar Turbulence Intensity Measurements
Andrew Hastings Black, Vaisala, Inc., Louisville, CO

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

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Session 1
Successes, Opportunities, and Challenges in Weather, Water, and Climate-Related Communication across National Borders—Communications in Multilateral Cooperation with Special Focus on Weather Ready Nations Implementation
Location: Ballroom B (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Third Symposium on Special Sessions on US-International Partnerships
Chair: Renee A. Leduc Clarke, Narayan Strategy
10:30 AM
1.1
Weather Ready Nations: International Implementation
Sezin Tokar, USAID, Washington, DC; and D. P. Beardsley
11:00 AM
1.3
Climate Services Information System Activities in Support of the Global Framework for Climate Services Implementation
Marina Timofeyeva, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and R. Pulwarty, A. Klein-Tank, R. K. Kolli, P. Hechler, M. Dilley, J. P. Ceron, and C. Goodess
11:15 AM
1.4
17 Years of Interactions between NOAA and the WMO VLab Members in Regions III and IV to Ensure Satellite Usage through Training
Kathy-Ann Caesar, Caribbean Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology (CIMH), Bridgetown, Barbados; and B. H. Connell, M. Garbanzo, D. Souza, N. Rudorff, and M. Campos
11:30 AM
1.5
Iberoamerican Cooperation on Weather, Water, and Climate
Jorge Tamayo, State Meteorological Agency of Spain (AEMET), Valencia, Spain
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Session 2
Dave Raymond Named Symposium—Session II
Location: Ballroom C (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: David J. Raymond Symposium
Chair: George Kiladis, OAR
10:45 AM
2.2
The Generation of Global Kinetic Energy in Tropical Cyclones Revisited (Invited Presentation)
Roger K. Smith, Ludwig Maximilian Univ., Munich, Germany; and M. T. Montgomery and G. Kilroy
11:15 AM
2.4
Ship-Based Polarimetric Radar Observations of Convection on the Eastern Pacific ITCZ (Invited Presentation)
Steven Rutledge, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and B. Fuchs, F. Junyent, J. George, and V. Chandrasekar
11:30 AM
2.5
Assessing the Vertical Latent Heating Structure of the East Pacific ITCZ Using CloudSat CPR and TRMM PR
Lidia Huaman, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; and C. Schumacher

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Session 5
Satellite Studies of Severe Weather Events
Location: Room 19AB (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 22nd Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography
Cochairs: Kristopher M. Bedka, NASA; Zhuo Wang, Univ. of Illinois at Urbana−Champaign
10:30 AM
5.1
10:45 AM
5.2
11:00 AM
5.3
Using Satellite Observations to Assess Environmental Variability in Proximity to Supercells and Their Likelihood for Tornadogenesis
Brian H. Kahn, JPL, La Cañada Flintridge, CA; and P. M. Kalmus, S. W. Freeman, and S. van den Heever
11:15 AM
5.4
Thermodynamic Environmental Conditions Leading to Tornadogenesis
Sean W. Freeman, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and S. C. van den Heever, B. H. Kahn, and P. M. Kalmus
11:30 AM
5.5
Exploring the Key Features of Tropical Cyclogenesis Using Satellite Data
Zhuo Wang, Univ. of Illinois at Urbana−Champaign, Urbana, IL

11:45 AM
5.6
Using GOES-16 to Improve Short-Term Forecasts
Kyle Hilburn, CIRA, Fort Collins, CO; and M. Marchand, Y. Lee, C. Kummerow, and C. Alexander
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Session 10
Creating a Weather-Ready Nation "For All"
Location: Ballroom E (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Sixth Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation
Chair: Wendy Marie Thomas, NOAA/NWS
10:45 AM
10.2
The Multimedia Assistance in Spanish (MAS) Program
Orlando Bermudez, NOAA/NWS, New Braunfels, TX; and J. W. Zeitler
11:15 AM
10.4
A Culture of Clouds: Translating Meteorology into the Navajo Language
Natalie Elizabeth Panasiak, Univ. of North Carolina, Wilmington, NC; and V. Allen and A. L. Merriman
11:30 AM
10.5
Exploring Differences in Weather Knowledge and Perceptions in Autistic and Non-Autistic Individuals
Matthew J. Bolton, Saint Leo Univ., Saint Leo, FL; and W. G. Blumberg, H. M. Mogil, and L. K. Ault
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Session 10
Policy and Decision-Making at the Weather, Climate, and Society Interface
Location: Ballroom F (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 13th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice
Chair: Jessica C. Whitehead, North Carolina State University
10:30 AM
10.1
Urgency in the Anthropocene
Amanda H. Lynch, Brown Univ., Providence, RI; and S. Veland
10:45 AM
10.2
Paris Climate Agreement: Impact of the United States Withdrawal
Walter Tribett, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD; and R. J. Salawitch, A. Hope, L. McBride, B. Bennett, and T. Canty
11:00 AM
10.3
11:15 AM
10.4
Using Public and Stakeholder Perceptions of Drone Technology to Influence Design and Implementation of Drones for Atmospheric Data Collection
Janell Walther, Univ. of Nebraska Public Policy Center, Lincoln, NE; and L. PytlikZillig, A. Houston, C. Detweiler, and J. Kawamoto
11:30 AM
10.5
Understanding the Role of Trust in Public Support for Weather (and Other) Drones: Results of a Nationally Representative U.S. Survey
Lisa PytlikZillig, Univ. of Nebraska Public Policy Center, Lincoln, NE; and A. Houston, J. Walther, J. Kawamoto, and C. Detweiler
11:45 AM
10.6
Adaptation Planning in the Town of Nags Head, NC: From Communication, to Co-Production, to Funded Actions
Jessica C. Whitehead, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; and H. White, C. R. Kamrath, and L. Schiavinato
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Session 11
Aerosol–Cloud Interactions in Shallow Clouds—Part II
Location: Room 12A (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 10th Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions
Cochairs: Alison Nugent, ANL; Virendra Ghate, Argonne National Laboratory
11:00 AM
11.2
Volcanic Aerosol Effects from Hawaii's Kilauea Volcano
Kayla K. Yamamoto, Univ. of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI; and J. D. S. Griswold, A. Pattantyus, and A. Gettelman
11:30 AM
11.5
The Dependence of Aerosol–Cloud Indirect Effects on the Representation of the Autoconversion Process in CESM: Formulation and Sensitivity Experiments
Cecile Hannay, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and A. Gettelman, J. T. Bacmeister, J. F. Lamarque, R. B. Neale, S. Ghan, L. Donner, R. Wood, V. E. Larson, and P. Caldwell
11:45 AM
11.4A
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Session 11
Data Assimilation: Advances in Methodologies, Part IV
Location: Room 14 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 22nd Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)
Chair: Isaac Moradi, NASA
10:30 AM
11.1
10:45 AM
11.2
Recent Development and Research of GSI-Based Hybrid Ensemble-Variational Data Assimilation for Convective-Scale Predictions
Xuguang Wang, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and Y. Wang, J. D. Duda, J. Carley, and D. C. Dowell
11:00 AM
11.3
Development of the High-Resolution Rapid Refresh Ensemble (HRRRE)
Curtis R. Alexander, NOAA/ESRL/GSD, Boulder, CO; and D. C. Dowell, T. Ladwig, M. Hu, J. Beck, I. Jankov, T. Alcott, B. D. Jamison, J. Brown, S. Weygandt, and S. Benjamin
11:15 AM
11.4
Implementation of a Data Assimilation System in Conjunction with the New York State Mesonet
Nick Bassill, New York State Mesonet, Albany, NY; and J. A. Brotzge and R. Torn
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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
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
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
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
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Session 11
Greenhouse Gases—Part I
Location: Room 18CD (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 20th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry
Cochairs: Abhishek Chatterjee, USRA; Sean Crowell, Univ. of Oklahoma; Scott Denning, Colorado State Univ.
10:30 AM
11.1
10:45 AM
11.2
An Overview of the Arctic Boreal Vulnerability Experiment (ABoVE) and Its Relevance to Characterizing Land–Atmosphere Exchanges and Climate Feedbacks
Scott J Goetz, Northern Arizona Univ., Flagstaff, AZ; and E. Kasischke, C. E. Miller, P. Griffith, and H. A. Margolis

11:15 AM
11.3
Pulsed Lidar Measurements of CO2 Column Concentrations in the 2017 ASCENDS Airborne Campaign and Comparison with In Situ Measurements
James B. Abshire, GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and H. Riris, G. R. Allan, J. Mao, W. E. Hasselbrack, K. Numata, J. R. Chen, S. R. Kawa, J. Digangi, and Y. Choi
11:30 AM
11.4
Constraints on Southern Ocean CO2 Fluxes and Seasonality from Atmospheric Vertical Gradients Observed on Multiple Airborne Campaigns
Kathryn McKain, NOAA, Boulder, CO; and C. Sweeney, B. B. Stephens, M. C. Long, A. Jacobson, S. Basu, A. Chatterjee, B. Weir, S. Wofsy, E. Atlas, D. R. Blake, S. A. Montzka, and R. Stern

11:45 AM
11.5A
Benchmarking Chemistry–Climate Model Top-of-Atmosphere Flux in the 9.6-µm Infrared Ozone Absorption Band with Comparisons to Satellite Observations
Helen Worden, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and L. Kuai, K. Bowman, A. Conley, J. F. Lamarque, D. T. Shindell, G. Faluvegi, C. Clerbaux, P. F. Coheur, S. Doniki, S. Kulawik, F. Paulot, D. Paynter, L. Oman, S. A. Strode, E. Rozanov, A. Stenke, and L. E. Revell
Recording files available
Session 11A
Adding Value to Weather and Water Forecasts through Communication via APIs and Web Services
Location: Room 17A (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 34th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies
Cochairs: Larry E. Brazil, Riverside Technology, Inc.; George Smith, Riverside Technology, Inc.
10:30 AM
11A.1
VISITView: 20 Years of Forecaster Training and Counting
Tommy Jasmin, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and S. S. Lindstrom, S. Bachmeier, and T. Whittaker
10:45 AM
11A.2
Reclamation Information Sharing Environment (RISE): Expanding Public and Private Sector Access to Reclamation's Water and Water-Related Data
Levi D. Brekke, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Denver, CO; and A. Danner, J. Nagode, J. Rocha, S. Poulton, and A. Anderson
11:15 AM
Discussion

Recording files available
Session 11A
Algorithm Development and New Science Innovation—Part II
Location: 410 (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 14th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems
Cochairs: Lihang Zhou, NOAA; James G. Yoe, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation
10:30 AM
11A.1
Current Status of the GOES-R Rainfall Rate Product
Yaping Li, I. M. Systems Group, College Park, MD; and R. J. Kuligowski and Y. Hao
11:00 AM
11A.3
Introducing Atmospheric Motion Vectors Derived from the GOES-16 Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI)
Jaime M. Daniels, NOAA/NESDIS, College Park, MD; and W. Bresky, A. Bailey, A. Allegrino, S. Wanzong, and C. S. Velden
11:15 AM
11A.4
An Update on NOAA's JPSS Land Products and Their Incorporation into Operational Applications
Ivan A. Csiszar, NOAA/NESDIS, College Park, MD; and Y. Yu, X. Zhan, M. Vargas, M. Ek, W. Zheng, and Y. Wu
11:30 AM
11A.5
Fire Detection with GOES-16: Year One
Christopher C. Schmidt, Univ. of Wisconsin/CIMSS, Madison, WI
11:45 AM
11A.6
Automated Modifications to SNPP NUCAPS Soundings Using Surface Data for Severe Weather Analysis
John F. Dostalek, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Ft. Collins, CO; and D. T. Lindsey, A. Gambacorta, N. Smith, and C. D. Barnet
Recording files available
Session 11A
Multiprocesses Analysis, Modeling, and Product Application in Arid and Semiarid Regions
Location: Room 18A (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 32nd Conference on Hydrology
Cochairs: Yaohui Li, China Meteorological Administration; Xing Yuan, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Youlong Xia, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC
10:30 AM
11A.1
MetOp ASCAT Observations of the Soil–Vegetation Continuum in the North American Prairies (Invited Presentation)
Susan C. Steele-Dunne, Delft Univ. of Technology, Delft, Netherlands; and S. Hahn and W. Wagner

10:45 AM
11A.2
Contributions of Radiative Factors to Enhanced Dryland Warming (Invited Presentation)
Xiaodan Guan, College of Atmospheric Sciences, Lanzhou Univ., Lanzhou, China; and Y. Zhang and Z. Gan

11:00 AM
11A.3
11:30 AM
11A.5
11:45 AM
11A.6
Merging of Microwave Remote Sensing and Land Surface Modeling of Soil Moisture for Regional and Global Drought Analysis
Xing Yuan, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Recording files available
Session 11B
Radar Technologies and Applications, Part II
Location: Room 17B (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 34th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies
Cochairs: Mark B. Yeary, Univ. of Oklahoma; Kurt D. Hondl, NOAA/NSSL; Michael J. Istok, NOAA/NWS
10:30 AM
11B.1
Using Polarimetric Radar Data to Identify Potentially Hazardous Hail Accumulations
Aaron Ward, NWSFO, Amarillo, TX; and M. Kumjian, M. J. Bunkers, S. W. Bieda III, and R. J. Simpson
10:45 AM
11B.2
A New Inanimate Class for the WSR-88D Hydrometeor Classification Algorithm
James M. Kurdzo, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA; and B. J. Bennett, D. J. Smalley, E. R. Williams, and M. F. Donovan
11:00 AM
11B.3
Toward a Radar-Based Surface Probabilistic Rain and Snow Segregation
Pauline Marcelline Jaunet, Meteo-France, Toulouse, France; and P. E. Kirstetter and J. J. Gourley
11:15 AM
11B.4
Improving the Detection Probability of Low Clutter-to-Signal Ratio Ground Clutter Contamination in the WSR-88D
Scott Ellis, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and G. Meymaris, J. C. Hubbert, M. J. Dixon, G. T. McGehee, J. C. Krause, and R. L. Ice
11:30 AM
11B.5
Monitoring Radar Calibration Using Ground Clutter
Valery Melnikov, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and D. Zrnic, A. D. Free, R. Ice, and R. W. Macemon
11:45 AM
11B.6
Differential Reflectivity Bias and Antenna Temperature
J. C. Hubbert, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and S. Ellis and M. Dixon
Recording files available
Session 11B
Snow Hydrology Applications Through Remote Sensing, Modeling, and Data Assimilation
Location: Room 18B (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 32nd Conference on Hydrology
Cochairs: John B. Eylander, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; Elias J. Deeb, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; Carrie Vuyovich, Cold Regions Research and Engineering Lab; Jennifer M. Jacobs, Univ. of New Hampshire
10:30 AM
11B.1
Operational Applications of Suomi-NPP VIIRS Satellite-Based Flood Mapping (Invited Presentation)
Michael M. DeWeese, NOAA/NWS, Chanhassen, MN; and S. Li and J. P. Hoffman

10:45 AM
11B.2
Assessment of Passive Microwave Satellite and Modeled Snow Water Equivalent Estimates in the Red River Basin of the North
Ronny Schroeder, Univ. of New Hampshire, Durham, NH; and J. M. Jacobs, C. M. Vuyovich, E. Cho, and S. Tuttle
11:00 AM
11B.3A
A New Estimate of North American Mountain Snow Accumulation from Regional Climate Model Simulations
Melissa L. Wrzesien, Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH; and M. T. Durand, T. M. Pavelsky, and S. Kapnick
11:30 AM
11B.5
Evaluation of Snow Modeling with Noah and Noah-MP Land Surface Models and Assimilation of the AFWA Snow Depth Products into NCEP Operational CFS/GFS System
Jiarui Dong, NCEP, College Park, MD; and M. B. Ek, H. Wei, J. Meng, W. Zheng, S. V. Kumar, R. Reichle, D. Mocko, and C. D. Peters-Lidard
11:45 AM
11B.6
Operational Snow Data Assimilation at the U.S. Air Force 557th Weather Wing Using the NASA Land Information System
Yeosang Yoon, NASA GSFC/SAIC, Greenbelt, MD; and S. V. Kumar, J. Wegiel, K. R. Arsenault, M. Navari, E. M. Kemp, J. Geiger, and C. D. Peters-Lidard
Recording files available
Session 11B
Tailoring the Presentation of Environmental Intelligence to Address the Needs of Scientists, Decision Makers, Students, and the General Public
Location: Room 12B (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 14th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems
Cochairs: Martin Yapur, NOAA/NESDIS/Office of Projects, Planning and Analysis; Donald W. Hillger, NOAA/NESDIS
10:45 AM
11B.2
Building Satellite Data Awareness One Meteorological Dataset at a Time
Amanda M. Weigel, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and D. K. Smith, K. Bugbee, L. Sinclair, and T. Smith
11:00 AM
11B.3
Societal Benefits and Applications of SWOT Mission Data
Margaret M. Srinivasan, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and C. A. Peterson

11:15 AM
11B.4
Assessment of Societal Benefits from Spectrum Utilization Using NOAA Value Tree Relationships
Aaron Pratt, Riverside Technology, Inc., Silver Spring, MD; and L. Cantrell Jr., A. Mitchell, and A. Wissman
11:45 AM
11B.6
Linking Data Access and Display, Hands on Exploratory Training, and Adaptations for Learners of Various Skill
Bernadette H. Connell, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and E. L. Dagg, K. A. Caesar, M. Garbanzo, and D. Souza
Recording files available
Session 12A
Earth Science Product, Model and Algorithm Improvements for Transitions of R2O/O2R in Weather, Water, and Climate Applications
Location: 406 (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Eighth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations
Cochairs: Stephen A. Mango, NOAA/NESDIS/Office of Projects, Planning, and Analysis Affiliate; Anthony LaRosa, NOAA/NESDIS/Office of Projects, Planning, and Analysis Affiliate
10:45 AM
12A.2
11:00 AM
12A.3
Atmospheric Infrared Sounder on NASA’s Aqua Satellite: Applications for Volcano Rapid Response, Influenza Outbreak Prediction, and Drought Onset Prediction
Sharon Ray, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and E. J. Fetzer, B. Lambrigtsen, E. T. Olsen, S. Licata, J. Hall, P. Penteado, V. Realmuto, L. Chen, J. Teixeira, H. Thrastarson, S. Granger, A. Behrangi, A. Farahmand, and T. S. Pagano

11:15 AM
12A.4
An Overview of Recent COAMPS-TC Performance and Advancements
James D. Doyle, NRL, Monterey, CA; and R. M. Hodur, J. R. Moskaitis, S. Chen, H. Jin, Y. Jin, W. A. Komaromi, P. A. Reinecke, and S. Wang
11:30 AM
12A.5
Hurricane Forecast Improvement Program (HFIP) Plan to Enact the Weather Act
Fred Toepfer, NOAA/Office of Science and Technology Integration, Silver Spring, MD; and E. Rappaport, F. Marks, V. Tallapragada, S. G. Gopalakrishnan, N. P. Kurkowski, and N. Lett
11:45 AM
12A.6
Recent Upgrades in Tropical Cyclone Forecast Modeling at NWS/NCEP Using the R2O Process
Avichal Mehra, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC, College Park, MD; and V. Tallapragada, Z. Zhang, B. Liu, L. Zhu, W. Wang, H. S. Kim, D. Iredell, S. Abarca, J. A. Sippel, Q. Liu, M. Tong, and B. Zhang
Recording files available
Session 12B
Improving R2O & O2R in Analysis and Nowcast  (0–18-Hour Forecast): Potential of new or enhanced capabilities for meeting U.S. service needs—Part II: Data Processing & Assimilation
Location: 404 (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Eighth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations
Cochairs: David Randall, Colorado State Univ.; Tara Jensen, NCAR and Developmental Testbed Center
10:30 AM
12B.1
Multiple Radar/Multiple Sensor (MRMS) System: Current and Future Role in the Community Analysis and Nowcast Framework
Alan Gerard, NOAA/OAR/NSSL, Norman, OK; and K. W. Howard, J. J. Gourley, T. Smith, and J. Zhang
11:00 AM
12B.3A
Warn-on-Forecast (WoF) for Flash Flood Producing Extreme Convective Rainfall
Nusrat Yussouf, CIMMS/OU/NSSL, Norman, OK; and T. A. Jones, J. Hu, and D. D. Turner
11:30 AM
12B.5
A Method for Indentifying Convective Initiation in Forecasts and Observations
Matthew S. Wandishin, NOAA/ESRL/GSD and CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and M. A. Petty and S. Yorgun
11:45 AM
12B.6
Recording files available
Session 14A
Variability and Change in the Tropical Circulation Part II: Precipitation/ITCZ
Location: 616 AB (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 31st Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Chair: Paul W. Staten, Indiana Univ.
10:30 AM
14A.1
Impacts of Deep and Shallow Convection on the Gross Moist Stability
Hien Xuan Bui, National Central Univ., Taiwan, Taoyuan City, Taiwan; and J. Y. Yu

10:45 AM
14A.2
Paper 14A.3 has been moved. Now 7B.9A

11:00 AM
14A.3A
Toward Improving Tropical Rainfall Forecast Skill: Do Equatorial Waves Matter?
Juliana Dias, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado and NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and S. N. Tulich, G. N. Kiladis, and M. Gehne
11:15 AM
14A.4
The Annual Cycle of the Tropical Rain Belts and Its Changes under CO2 Quadrupling in the TRACMIP Ensemble
Michela Biasutti, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY; and A. Voigt and J. Scheff
11:30 AM
14A.5
Understanding Precipitation Sensitivity to Sea Surface Temperature Forcing in the Tropics (Invited Presentation)
Jie He, Princeton Univ., Princeton, NJ; and N. C. Johnson, G. A. Vecchi, A. T. Wittenberg, and B. P. Kirtman
11:45 AM
14A.6
Observed Changes in ITCZ Extent and the Relationship to Midtropospheric Dry Layers
Anita D. Rapp, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; and K. R. Wodzicki and E. A. Smith
Recording files available
Session 14B
Atmospheric Rivers and Other Extreme Climate Events—Part III
Location: Salon F (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 31st Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Cochairs: Ruby Leung, PNNL; Ashley E. Payne, Univ. of Michigan
10:45 AM
14B.2
Identification of Tropical–Extratropical Interactions and Extreme Precipitation Events in the Middle East Based on Stratospheric Potential Vorticity Intrusions and Poleward Moisture Transport
A. J. De Vries, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany; and H. G. Ouwersloot, S. B. Feldstein, M. Riemer, A. M. El Kenawy, M. F. McCabe, and J. Lelieveld
11:00 AM
14B.3
3-D Moisture Budget of Changes to Precipitation Extremes in a Warming Climate
Jesse Norris, Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA; and G. Chen and J. D. Neelin
11:15 AM
14B.4
Characteristics of Extreme Extratropical Cyclones in a Long Climate Model Simulation
Arielle J. Catalano, Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, NJ; and A. J. Broccoli, S. Kapnick, and T. Janoski
11:30 AM
14B.5
A Global Climatology of the Extratropical Transition of Tropical Cyclones
Melanie Bieli, Columbia Univ., New York, NY; and S. J. Camargo, A. H. Sobel, J. L. Evans, and T. M. Hall
11:45 AM
14B.6
Recording files available
Session 14C
Piers Sellers' Legacy—Part I
Location: Salon J (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 31st Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Cochairs: Inez Fung, Univ. of California, Berkeley; David A. Randall, Colorado State Univ.
10:30 AM
14C.1
Piers Does Global Photosynthesis
Joe Berry, Carnegie Institution for Science, Stanford, CA
10:45 AM
14C.2
Year-to-Year Changes in the Earth System: A Study of the Carbon Cycle using NASA Observations and the GEOS Model
Steven Pawson, GMAO, Greenbelt, MD; and R. Gelaro, L. Ott, W. M. Putman, A. Chatterjee, R. Koster, E. Lee, T. Oda, B. Weir, and F. zeng

11:00 AM
14C.3
Physiological Responses of Tropical Forests to Rising Atmospheric CO2 as a Driver of Continental Asymmetries in Precipitation Change and Runoff Extremes
James Randerson, Univ. of California, Irvine, CA; and G. J. Kooperman, B. Langenbrunner, M. S. Pritchard, A. L. S. Swann, F. M. Hoffman, K. Lindsay, and C. D. Koven
11:15 AM
14C.4
NASA Observations and Research to Inform Studies of Partitioning of Carbon Between Atmosphere and Biosphere
Jack A. Kaye, NASA, Science Mission Directorate, Washington, DC; and K. W. Jucks, H. A. Margolis, K. A. Hibbard, and D. Considine
11:30 AM
14C.5
A New NASA Capability to Quantify Regional CO2 and CH4 Surface Exchange and Improve Flux Model Performance
G. M. Wolfe, NASA GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and R. A. Hannun, S. R. Kawa, P. A. Newman, T. Hanisco, G. S. Diskin, J. Digangi, J. Nowak, J. D. Barrick, K. L. Thornhill, A. Noormets, R. Vargas, K. L. Clark, and W. P. Kustas
11:45 AM
14C.6
Observing System Simulations for Carbon–Climate Feedbacks
David Schimel, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and P. J. Sellers, L. Ott, and A. Eldering
Recording files available
Joint Session 50
Early On-Orbit Results of the Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System (CYGNSS)
Location: Ballroom G (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Hosts: (Joint between the 22nd Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography; and the 22nd Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS) )
Cochairs: Christopher Ruf, Univ. of Michigan; Zhaoxia Pu, Univ. of Utah
10:30 AM
J50.1
NASA CYGNSS Mission Overview
Christopher S. Ruf, Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; and R. Balasubramaniam, S. Gleason, Z. Jelenak, D. McKague, A. O'Brien, F. Said, and S. Soisuvarn
10:45 AM
J50.2
11:00 AM
J50.3
CYGNSS Science Highlights from the First Year on Orbit
Derek J. Posselt, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and C. S. Ruf, R. Atlas, N. L. Baker, D. Burrage, J. A. Crespo, J. T. Johnson, T. J. Lang, X. Li, E. D. Maloney, D. McKague, M. Morris, Z. Pu, E. Riley Dellaripa, and D. E. Waliser

11:30 AM
J50.5
A 2DVAR Mapping Method of CYGNSS Wind Speed Observations
Xiaochun Wang, Univ. of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA; and Z. Li, Y. Yi, C. K. Shum, and J. Johnson
11:45 AM
J50.6
Assimilation of CYGNSS Ocean Surface Wind Speeds with NCEP GSI-Based Ensemble-Variational Data Assimilation Systems
Zhaoxia Pu, Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and Z. Cui, V. Tallapragada, C. S. Ruf, and R. Atlas
Recording files available
Joint Session 51
Joint Session with the Committee on Atmospheric Chemistry. Part IV: Topics of Atmospheric Chemistry and Air Pollution Meteorology
Location: 412 (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)
Hosts: (Joint between the 20th Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA; and the 20th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry )
Chair: Jon Pleim, NOAA
10:30 AM
J51.1
10:45 AM
J51.2
Photochemical Modeling of Industrial Flare Plumes Using SCICHEM
Ron Thomas, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Austin, TX; and P. Karamchandani, L. Parker, G. Yarwood, and M. Jones
11:00 AM
J51.3
Pollution Characteristics and Control Strategies of Atmospheric Photochemistry at a Comprehensive Site in Guangzhou, China
Yu Zou, Guangzhou Institute of Tropical and Marine Meteorology, China Meteorological Administration (CMA), Guangzhou, China
11:30 AM
J51.5
Reduction in Potency of Floral Scents as a Result of Increasing Pollutant Concentrations
J. D. Fuentes, Pennsylvania State Univ., Univ. Park, PA; and J. J. Orlando, G. Tyndall, G. G. Katul, E. Bou-Zeid, and T. Roulston
11:45 AM
J51.6
SCICHEM, CMAQ, and CAMx Single-Source Secondary Pollutants: A Model Intercomparison
Bart Brashers, Ramboll Environ, Lynnwood, WA; and P. Karamchandani, E. Knipping, J. Jung, T. Shah, B. Chowdhury, A. Alvarez-Gomez, G. Yarwood, R. Morris, and N. Kumar

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


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

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


David J. Raymond Symposium Luncheon
Location: Ballroom A (ACC) (Austin, Texas)

Lunch Break

12:15 PM-1:15 PM: Thursday, 11 January 2018


Water Modeling and the Implementation of the NOAA Water Initiative
Location: Room 18A (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Town Hall Meetings
Organizers: Melissa Mathes, NWS; Gregory Romano, NWS
Panelist: Mary Erickson, NWS

12:50 PM-1:30 PM: Thursday, 11 January 2018


Daily Weather Briefings
Location: Room 17A (ACC) (Austin, Texas)

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

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

Recording files available
Session 2
Successes, Opportunities, and Challenges in Weather, Water, and Climate-Related Communication across National Borders in Bilateral Cooperation
Location: Ballroom B (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Third Symposium on Special Sessions on US-International Partnerships
Chair: Martin Yapur, NOAA/NESDIS/Office of Projects, Planning and Analysis
1:30 PM
2.1
A NESDIS Overview of Successful International Partnerships and Realized Benefits
Harry Cikanek, NESDIS, College Park, MD; and M. Kalb, M. A. Kutny, and C. Wooldridge
1:45 PM
2.2
US–Taiwan Partnership for International Research and Education on Extreme Weather and Decision-Making
Everette Joseph, SUNY, Albany, NY; and P. L. Lin, C. D. Thorncroft, K. Sulia, H. H. Hsu, R. Torn, S. C. Yang, M. J. Yang, Q. Min, T. Adams, J. P. Chen, and Y. P. Lyu
2:15 PM
2.4
Recording files available
Session 3
Dave Raymond Named Symposium—Session III
Location: Ballroom C (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: David J. Raymond Symposium
Chair: Rich Rotunno, NCAR
2:15 PM
3.4
Mesoscale Convective Vortices from BAMEX: An Overlooked Aspect (Invited Presentation)
Christopher A. Davis, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and S. B. Trier and D. A. Ahijevych
2:30 PM
3.5
2:45 PM
3.6
Recording files available
Session 6A
Atmospheric Soundings from Satellites
Location: Room 19AB (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 22nd Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography
Cochairs: Mitchell Goldberg, NOAA/NESDIS/JPSSO; Flavio Iturbide-Sanchez, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR
1:30 PM
6A.1
Atmospheric Radio Occultation Observation from Spire CubeSat Nanosatellites
Vladimir Irisov, Spire Global Inc., Boulder, CO; and D. Ector, T. Duly, V. Nguyen, O. Nogues-Correig, L. Tan, and T. Yuasa
1:45 PM
6A.2
Comparisons of Temperature and Water Vapor Records from Modern Satellite Sounders
Eric J. Fetzer, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and B. Lambrigtsen, S. Wong, J. Teixeira, and T. Pagano

2:00 PM
6A.3
Evaluation of Atmospheric Stability Indices Derived from NUCAPS S-NPP Soundings under Different Cloudy Conditions
Flavio Iturbide-Sanchez, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR, College Park, MD; and S. R. Santos da Silva, A. Gambacorta, C. Tan, and N. R. Nalli
2:15 PM
6A.4
Results from an Operational Demonstration of a Gridded CrIS/ATMS Product for Cold Air Aloft
Gail M. Weaver, NWS Center Weather Service Unit, Anchorage, AK; and B. T. Zavodsky, N. Smith, J. F. Dostalek, K. D. White, E. B. Berndt, E. Stevens, D. Hoese, L. A. Schultz, C. M. Waterhouse, and C. M. Haisley
2:45 PM
6A.6
Nucaps in AWIPS: Rethinking Information Compression and Distribution for Fast Decision Making
Nadia Smith, Science and Technology Corporation, Columbia, MD; and K. D. White, E. Berndt, B. T. Zavodsky, A. Wheeler, M. A. Bowlan, and C. D. Barnet
Recording files available
Session 6B
Satellite Climatology and Data Reprocessing
Location: Ballroom G (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 22nd Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography
Cochairs: Lihang Zhou, NOAA; Kenneth R. Knapp, NOAA
1:30 PM
6B.1A
NASA Global Satellite Observations for Smart Cities
Zhong Liu, George Mason Univ., and Center for Spatial Information Science, and Systems and NASA/GSFC/GES DISC, Greenbelt, MD; and M. S. Jin, A. W. Li, W. Teng, B. Vollmer, and D. Meyer
1:45 PM
6B.2
Reprocessing 30 Years of ISCCP: Introducing New ISCCP H Data
Kenneth R. Knapp, NOAA, Asheville, NC; and A. H. Young, A. K. Inamdar, W. Hankins, and W. B. Rossow
2:00 PM
6B.3A
Shortwave Spectral Climate Change Signals of Earth Systems with Low, Medium, and High Climate Sensitivity 
William D. Collins, LBNL, Berkeley, CA; and D. Feldman, B. A. Wielicki, Y. L. Shea, M. G. Mlynczak, C. Kuo, N. Nguyen, and X. Liu
2:15 PM
6B.4A
2:30 PM
6B.5
Reprocessing of S-NPP Environmental Data Records Using Enterprise Algorithms: Plans and Preparations
Murty Divakarla, IMSG, College Park, MD; and L. Zhou, X. Liu, W. Wolf, I. Csiszar, and F. Weng
2:45 PM
6B.6
Advances in Suomi NPP ATMS SDR Life-Cycle Reprocessing
Ninghai Sun, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR/Satellite Meteorology and Climatology Division, College Park, MD; and F. Weng
Recording files available
Session 11
Hazardous Weather Risk Assessment and Impacts
Location: Ballroom F (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 13th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice
Chair: Stephen M. Strader, Villanova University
1:30 PM
11.1
Identifying Patterns in Extreme Precipitation Risk and the Related Impacts
Katharina Schroeer, Univ. of Graz, Graz, Austria; and M. Tye

1:45 PM
11.2
Assessing Lightning Risk in Vulnerable Outdoor Environments
Kelley Murphy, Texas Tech Univ., Lubbock, TX; and D. E. Bruning and J. Vanos
2:00 PM
11.3
Projected Twenty-First-Century Changes in Tornado Exposure, Risk, and Disaster Potential
Stephen M. Strader, Villanova University, Villanova, PA; and W. S. Ashley, T. J. Pingel, and A. Krmenec
2:15 PM
11.4
Tornadoes in Winter? Assessing the Climatological Trends and Meteorological Environments of Cold-Season Tornadoes
Samuel J. Childs, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and R. S. Schumacher and J. T. Allen
2:30 PM
11.5
2:45 PM
11.6
Using Machine Learning Techniques to Predict Near-Term Severe Weather Trends
David Harrison, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma/NOAA/SPC, Norman, OK; and C. Karstens and A. McGovern
Recording files available
Session 11
Impact-Based Decision Support Services: Earth, Wind, Fire, Water
Location: Ballroom E (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Sixth Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation
CoChair: Cammye Sims, NWS
1:30 PM
11.1
An Impact-Based Decision Support Paradigm for National Weather Service Wildfire Forecast and Warning Services
T. Todd Lindley, NOAA/NWSFO, Norman, OK; and G. P. Murdoch, R. Heffernan, N. J. Nauslar, and A. Gerard
2:00 PM
11.3
Advancing Modeling Capabilities and Impact Analysis Tools to Improve Preparedness for Major Hurricane Hazard Events
Isaac Ginis, Univ. of Rhode Island, Narragansett, RI; and D. Ullman, T. Hara, C. Kincaid, K. Rosa, X. Chen, B. Thomas, A. Becker, P. Stempel, R. Witkop, P. Rubinoff, W. Huang, M. Orr, R. Thomas, R. Thompson, M. Belk, P. Morey, and S. Conard
2:15 PM
11.4
The ADCIRC Surge Guidance System for Coastal Zone Decision Support
Jason G. Fleming, Seahorse Coastal Consulting, Morehead City, NC; and R. Luettich, M. E. Agnew, C. Kaiser, N. Dill, and Z. Cobell
2:45 PM
11.6
Impact-Based Predictions of Human Risk to Flash Flood across the United States
Galateia Terti, Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France; and I. Ruin, J. J. Gourley, P. E. Kirstetter, Z. L. Flamig, J. Blanchet, A. Arthur, and S. Anquetin
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
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
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
2:15 PM
12.4
Land–Atmosphere Feedback Experiment (LAFE): First Results
David D. Turner, NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and V. Wulfmeyer
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
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

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Session 12
Greenhouse Gases—Part II
Location: Room 18CD (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 20th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry
Cochairs: Abhishek Chatterjee, USRA; Sean Crowell, Univ. of Oklahoma; Scott Denning, Colorado State Univ.
1:30 PM
12.1
Progress toward Improving Regional Atmospheric Inversions Using Airborne Measurements: Results from ACT-America
Kenneth J. Davis, Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA; and D. Baker, Z. Barkley, E. Bell, K. Bowman, E. Browell, J. Campbell, H. Chen, Y. Choi, J. Digangi, J. Dobler, W. Erxleben, T. F. Fan, S. Feng, A. Fried, B. Gaudet, A. Jacobson, K. Keller, S. Kooi, T. Lavaux, B. Lin, M. McGill, D. McGregor, A. Michalak, C. O'Dell, S. Pal, N. Parazoo, R. Pauly, N. Randazzo, A. Samaddar, A. Schuh, C. Williams, F. Zhang, and Y. Zhou
2:00 PM
12.2
Evaluation of WRF-VPRM CO2 Dynamical Downscaling over the Contiguous United States Using the ACT-America Data
Xiao-Ming Hu, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and Y. Zhang, S. Crowell, M. Xue, B. Moore III, X. Xiao, J. Digangi, and K. J. Davis
2:15 PM
12.3
Evaluation of WRF-Chem-Simulated Carbon Dioxide Concentrations in the Baltimore–Washington Metropolitan Area
Cory R. Martin, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD; and N. Zeng, A. Karion, I. Lopez-Coto, Y. Liu, K. Gurney, T. Oda, R. R. Dickerson, and J. R. Whetstone
2:30 PM
12.4
City-Scale Traffic Emissions from Long-Path Measurements
Eleanor Waxman, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, CO; and K. Cossel, G. W. Truong, F. Giorgetta, W. Swann, I. Coddington, and N. Newbury
2:45 PM
12.5
Measurement and Modeling of CH4 and CO2 Fluxes from Local Sources Using Portable Total-Column Spectrometers
Taylor Jones, Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA; and J. E. Franklin, N. Jacobs, W. R. Simpson, M. Dubey, and S. C. Wofsy
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Session 12
Observation Sensitivity and Impact Experiments, Part I
Location: Room 14 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 22nd Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)
Chair: S. Mark Leidner, AER
1:30 PM
12.1
Evaluating the Potential of CIRAS and MicroMAS-2 in Mitigating the Data Gap of CrIS and ATMS
Zhenglong Li, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. Li, P. Wang, A. Lim, T. J. Schmit, J. Li, F. W. Nagle, R. Atlas, S. A. Boukabara, T. Pagano, W. J. Blackwell, J. Pereira, and K. Tewey
1:45 PM
12.2
Impacts of High-Resolution Atmospheric Motion Vectors on Forecasts of Typhoon Meranty (2016) in HWRF
Masahiro Sawada, MRI, Tsukuba, Japan; and Z. Ma, B. Zhang, A. Mehra, V. Tallapragada, R. Oyama, and K. Shimoji
2:00 PM
12.3
Every-10-Minute Refresh of Precipitation and Flood Risk Predictions by Assimilating Himawari-8 All-Sky Satellite Radiances
Takumi Honda, RIKEN Center for Computational Science, Kobe, Japan; and S. Kotsuki, G. Y. Lien, Y. Maejima, K. Okamoto, and T. Miyoshi
2:15 PM
12.4
Assimilating Radar Radial Winds into the High-Resolution Rapid Refresh (HRRR) Model and Its Impact on Storm Forecasts
Guoqing Ge, CIRES and NOAA/ESRL/GSD, Boulder, CO; and M. Hu, J. Beck, C. Zhou, H. Shao, S. Weygandt, S. Benjamin, and C. Alexander
2:30 PM
12.5
Impact of Physically Based QC and Dynamic Observational Errors on the Assimilation of GPS RO Data in the Tropical Lower Troposphere
Hui Liu, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and Y. H. Kuo, S. Sokolovskiy, Z. Zeng, L. F. Hsiao, B. Ruston, and B. Kuo

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Session 12
Radar Technologies and Applications, Part III
Location: Room 17B (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 34th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies
Cochairs: Mark B. Yeary, Univ. of Oklahoma; Kurt D. Hondl, NOAA/NSSL; Michael J. Istok, NOAA/NWS
1:30 PM
12.1
Evaluation of NOAA/NSSL Multi-Radar Multi-Sensor Radar Echo Top Heights with the GPM Dual-Frequency Radar
Marc Mandement, CNRM, Toulouse Cedex 1, France; and P. E. Kirstetter, H. D. Reeves, J. J. Gourley, and D. M. Kingfield
1:45 PM
12.2
Using Simulated Radar Data to Determine the Effects of Volume Coverage Patterns on MRMS Products
Anthony E. Reinhart, Univ. of Oklahoma/CIMMS & NOAA/OAR/NSSL, Norman, OK; and D. M. Kingfield, K. L. Ortega, and T. Smith
2:00 PM
12.3
Simulated Radar Observations from WRF Simulations of Tornadic Supercells on 20 May 2013 and 31 May 2013
David J. Bodine, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and C. B. Griffin and K. L. Rasmussen
2:15 PM
12.4
Analysis of the 16 May 2015 Tipton, Oklahoma, EF-3 Tornado at High Spatiotemporal Resolution Using the Atmospheric Imaging Radar
Andrew Mahre, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. M. Kurdzo, D. J. Bodine, C. B. Griffin, R. D. Palmer, and T. Y. Yu
2:30 PM
12.5
High-Temporal Resolution Observations of the 27 May 2015 Canadian, Texas, Tornado Using the Atmospheric Imaging Radar
Casey B. Griffin, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and D. J. Bodine, J. M. Kurdzo, A. Mahre, and R. D. Palmer
2:45 PM
12.6
Utilizing the Divergent Component of Doppler Velocity Shear to Examine Tornadic Supercells
Matthew C. Mahalik, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma and NOAA/OAR/NSSL, Norman, OK; and K. L. Elmore
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Session 12A
Calibration and Validation—Part I
Location: 410 (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 14th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems
Cochairs: Bill Sjoberg, GST/JPSS Program Office; Mitchell Goldberg, NOAA/NESDIS/JPSSO
1:30 PM
12A.1
Improving Suomi NPP CrIS SDR Data Quality to Support Satellite Data Assimilation
Yong Chen, Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center/Univ. of Maryland, College Park, College Park, MD; and L. Wang, F. Weng, and C. Cao
1:45 PM
12A.2
Monitoring and Validating VIIRS Level 1b Senor Data Record with Collocated CrIS Measurements
Xinya Gong, Univ. of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China; and J. Li, Z. Li, C. Cao, W. Wang, and C. Moeller
2:00 PM
12A.3
Validation of the SNPP CrIS Full-Resolution NOAA Unique Combined Atmospheric Processing System (NUCAPS)
Nicholas R. Nalli, IMSG, College Park, MD; and A. Gambacorta, C. Tan, F. Iturbide-Sanchez, T. Reale, B. Sun, M. Wilson, C. D. Barnet, L. Borg, and Q. Liu
2:15 PM
12A.4
Collocated Satellite Products and Graphical Analysis From the NOAA Products Validation System (NPROVS)
Michael Pettey, IMSG & NOAA/NESDIS/STAR, College Park, MD; and B. Sun and A. L. Reale
2:30 PM
12A.5
Performance of JPSS-1 and Suomi NPP ATMS Instruments
Quanhua (Mark) Liu, STAR, College Park, MD; and H. Yang, N. Sun, L. Lin, and F. Weng
2:45 PM
12A.6
S-NPP VIIRS On-Orbit Performance and Calibration Improvements
Jack Xiong, NASA GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and C. Cao, N. Lei, Z. Wang, V. Chiang, S. Blonski, T. Choi, W. Wang, and J. Butler

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Session 12B
Special Topics
Location: Room 12B (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 14th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems
Cochairs: David G. Lubar, Aerospace Corporation; Matthew Seybold, NOAA/NESDIS/Office of Satellite and Product Operations
1:30 PM
12B.1
Early Assessment of Geostationary Lightning Mapper Observations
Geoffrey T. Stano, ENSCO, Inc., Huntsville, AL; and P. Meyer, K. M. McGrath, and C. J. Schultz
1:45 PM
12B.2
GOES-16 L1b Product Status and Maturation
Jon Fulbright, Arctic Slope Technical Services, Greenbelt, MD; and D. Pogorzala, R. Race, R. Williams, and E. M. Kline
2:00 PM
12B.3
GOES-16 ABI On-Orbit INR Performance
Paul C. Griffith, Harris, Fort Wayne, IN; and J. Van Naarden and D. Gall
2:15 PM
12B.4
Hail Detection and Prediction Using 1-minute Super-Rapid Scan GOES-14 Satellite Imagery and Ground-Based Dual Polarization Radar
Elisa M. Murillo, National Weather Center Real-World Research Experiences for Undergraduates Program, Norman, OK; and C. R. Homeyer, T. Sandmael, and K. M. Bedka
2:30 PM
12B.5
Utilization of AGI STK and S-NPP Operational Data to Generate JPSS-1 Proxy Test Data
Wael Ibrahim, Raytheon Intelligence, Information, and Services, Aurora, CO; and E. Greene, C. van Poollen, E. Meletyan, and S. Leszczynski
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Session 13A
Testbeds, Models, and Data Assimilation to Enable and Accelerate the Transition of Research to Operations to End Users and to the Public in Weather, Water, or Climate Applications—Part III
Location: Room 17A (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Eighth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations
Cochairs: David Hermreck, NOAA/NESDIS/Office of Project Planning and Analysis; Kristin M. Calhoun, Univ. of Oklahoma/CIMMS and NOAA/NSSL; Amanda Mitchell, Integrity Applications Inc.
1:30 PM
13A.1
Automated Severe Thunderstorm Guidance from the NOAA/CIMSS ProbSevere Model within the Hazardous Weather Testbed
John L. Cintineo, CIMSS, Madison, WI; and M. J. Pavolonis, J. Sieglaff, C. D. Karstens, and K. M. Calhoun
1:45 PM
13A.2
Integration of Automated Severe Weather Probabilistic Guidance within NWS Warnings in the Hazardous Weather Testbed
Kristin M. Calhoun, Univ. of Oklahoma/CIMMS and NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and C. D. Karstens, J. L. Cintineo, J. Sieglaff, G. J. Stumpf, J. J. James, and C. Ling
2:00 PM
13A.3
Objective Verification of Experimental Guidance in FFaIR and the WPC Watch Collaborator Forecast for the 2016–2017 Season
Joshua Kastman, CIRES, Boulder, CO; and B. Veenhuis Jr., B. Albright, S. Perfater, M. Klein, and J. A. Nelson Jr.
2:15 PM
13A.4
The Community Leveraged Unified Ensemble in the 2017 NOAA Hazardous Weather Testbed Spring Forecasting Experiment
Adam J. Clark, NSSL, Norman, OK; and I. L. Jirak, S. R. Dembek, S. J. Lin, L. M. Harris, M. J. Morin, R. M. Hepper, G. J. Creager, M. Xue, F. Kong, K. W. Thomas, K. Brewster, T. A. Supinie, Y. Jung, K. R. Fossell, J. Carley, G. Romine, B. T. Gallo, B. Roberts, A. R. Dean, D. A. Imy, C. R. Alexander, G. Manikin, J. S. Kain, S. J. Weiss, and R. A. Sobash
2:30 PM
13A.5
2017 CAPS Storm-Scale Ensemble Forecasts for the Hydrometeorology Testbed FFaIR Experiment
Keith A. Brewster, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and F. Kong, N. Snook, T. A. Supinie, K. W. Thomas, and M. Xue
2:45 PM
13A.6
Transitioning Research Innovations into the Operational Hurricane WRF Model
Kathryn M. Newman, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and M. K. Biswas, E. A. Kalina, E. Grell, J. Frimel, L. Carson, and L. R. Bernardet
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Session 13B
Improving R2O & O2R in Analysis and Nowcast (0–18-Hour Forecast) Range: Potential of New or Enhanced capabilities for meeting U.S. Service Needs—Part III: Modelling Tools & HPC
Location: 404 (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Eighth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations
Cochairs: Hendrik L. Tolman, NOAA/NWS/Office of Science and Technology Integration; Geoffrey S. Manikin, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC
1:30 PM
13B.1
Quantifying Stochastic Forcing at Convective Scales
David Randall, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO

2:00 PM
13B.3
The Latest Nowcast: Improved Visibility
Steve Albers, CIRA, Boulder, CO; and D. Nietfeld and Z. Toth
2:15 PM
13B.4
The Continued Development of the NOAA RTMA/URMA Systems
Jacob R. Carley, NOAA/NCEP/EMC, College Park, MD; and M. Pondeca, S. Levine, R. Yang, Y. Lin, S. Flampouris, J. H. Alves, J. Whiting, S. Melchior, A. M. Gibbs, G. Gayno, R. J. Purser, T. Lei, W. S. Wu, D. F. Parrish, B. T. Blake, C. Guastini, G. Manikin, B. Yang, E. Colón, X. Zhang, E. Rogers, M. Pyle, and J. C. Derber
2:30 PM
13B.5
Research to Operations Update: The Rapid-Refresh (RAP) Version 4, High-Resolution Rapid Refresh (HRRR) Version 3, and Convection-Allowing Ensemble Prediction
Curtis R. Alexander, NOAA/ESRL/GSD, Boulder, CO; and S. Weygandt, S. Benjamin, D. C. Dowell, M. Hu, T. G. Smirnova, J. B. Olson, J. Kenyon, G. Grell, E. P. James, H. Lin, T. Alcott, T. Ladwig, I. Jankov, J. Beck, and J. Brown
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Session 15A
Predictability and Evaluation of Subseasonal-to-Seasonal Modes of Climate Variability—Part I
Location: 406 (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 31st Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Cochairs: Emily J. Becker, NOAA; Maria K. Flatau, NRL
1:30 PM
15A.1
2:00 PM
15A.3
A Simple Definition of Flow Regimes and Its Relationship to High-Impact Weather Events
Eyad H. Atallah, McGill Univ., Montreal, QC, Canada; and J. R. Gyakum, J. Hart, and Y. Low
2:15 PM
15A.4
Hybrid Dynamical–Statistical S2S Forecasts with Weather Types over North America
Nat Johnson, NOAA/GFDL, Princeton, NJ; and Á. Muñoz, G. A. Vecchi, and R. G. Gudgel
2:30 PM
15A.5
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Session 15B
Atmospheric Rivers and Other Extreme Climate Events—Part IV
Location: 408 (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 31st Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Cochairs: Ruby Leung, PNNL; Ashley E. Payne, Univ. of Michigan
1:30 PM
15B.1
Floridian Heatwaves and Extreme Precipitation. Part I: Observations and Trends
Shealynn Rhoades Cloutier-Bisbee, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach, FL; and A. Raghavendra and S. M. Milrad
1:45 PM
15B.2
2:00 PM
15B.3
An Assessment of Drought Trends in the Contiguous United States Using the Drought Risk Atlas
Curtis J. Riganti, National Drought Mitigation Center, Lincoln, NE; and M. D. Svoboda and B. Fuchs
2:30 PM
15B.5
2:45 PM
15B.6
How Do Microphysical Processes Influence Precipitation Variability and Extremes?
Samson Hagos, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA; and L. R. Leung, Z. Feng, and K. Sakaguchi
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Joint Session 53
Probabilistic Hydrometeorological Forecasting and Uncertainty Analysis, Part I
Location: Room 18A (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Hosts: (Joint between the 32nd Conference on Hydrology; and the 25th Conference on Probability and Statistics )
Cochairs: Huiling Yuan, Nanjing Univ.; Qingyun Duan, Beijing Normal Univ.; Kristie J. Franz, Iowa State Univ.
1:30 PM
J53.1
Stochastic Approaches within a High-Resolution Rapid Refresh Ensemble (Invited Presentation)
Isidora Jankov, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Boulder, CO; and J. Beck, J. K. Wolff, M. Harold, G. Grell, J. B. Olson, T. G. Smirnova, J. Berner, C. R. Alexander, and S. Benjamin
1:45 PM
J53.2
Relative Skills of Two PQPF Mechanisms for Postprocessing Medium-Term Precipitation Forecast
Yu Zhang, Univ. of Texas at Austin, Arlington, TX; and M. Scheuerer, J. C. Schaake, L. Wu, and C. Kongoli

2:15 PM
J53.4
Probability Forecast Model of Tropical Cyclone Heavy Rainfall Area Based on Multielement Diagnosis
Hong Huang, National Univ. of Defense Technology, Nanjing, China; and J. Wang and X. Z. Wang

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2:30 PM
J53.5
Implementation and Preliminary Assessment of PQPF Guidance at NWS Miami–South Florida and Detroit/Pontiac, Michigan
Ian R. Lee, NOAA, White Lake, MI; and P. Santos, K. Scharfenberg, B. Veenhuis Jr., J. A. Nelson Jr., J. R. Wiedenfeld, J. A. Thomas, and J. Maloney
2:45 PM
J53.6
On the Use of High-Resolution Ensembles for Operational Heavy Rainfall Forecasting in the Denver Metro Area
Dmitry Smirnov, Dewberry, Denver, CO; and D. McGlone, A. J. Clark, C. Schwartz, and K. Stewart

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Joint Session 54
Variability of Regional Hydroclimate, Part I
Location: Room 18B (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Hosts: (Joint between the 32nd Conference on Hydrology; and the 31st Conference on Climate Variability and Change )
Cochairs: Paul X. Flanagan, Univ. of Oklahoma; Jeffrey Basara, Univ. of Oklahoma
1:30 PM
J54.1
1:45 PM
J54.2
The Role of Synoptic-Scale Circulation in Great Lakes Basin Snow Cover Ablation
Zachary Suriano, Univ. of Delaware, Newark, DE; and D. J. Leathers

2:00 PM
J54.3
2:15 PM
J54.4A
Storm-Scale Variations of Water Isotopes in the Tropical High Andes
Anton Seimon, Appalachian State Univ., Boone, NC; and H. Guy, L. B. Perry, E. Burton, S. Arias, N. Quispe, N. Montoya, M. Rado, M. Andrade, R. Winkelman, M. Peñaloza, C. Cooper, and E. Montpellier
2:30 PM
J54.5
The United States Seasonal Drought Atlas: Gridded Cool and Warm Season Moisture Balance Reconstructions from 1400 to 2016
David Stahle, Univ. of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR; and E. Cook, D. Burnette, M. Torbenson, D. Griffin, I. Howard, A. P. Williams, and B. Cook
2:45 PM
J54.6
Detectability of Decadal Anthropogenic Hydroclimate Changes over North America
Honghai Zhang, Princeton Univ., Princeton, NJ; and T. L. Delworth
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Joint Session 55
Joint Session with Committee on Atmospheric Chemistry. Part V: Air Quality Impacts on Society and the Environment Involving Ozone
Location: 412 (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)
Hosts: (Joint between the 20th Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA; and the 20th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry )
Chair: Erik Kabela, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
1:30 PM
J55.1
Progress on Understanding U.S. Background Ozone
Daniel Jaffe, Univ. of Washington Bothell, Bothell, WA; and O. R. Cooper, A. M. Fiore, B. H. Henderson, D. Henze, A. O. Langford, M. Lin, T. Moore, G. Tonnesen, and A. G. Russell
1:45 PM
J55.2
An Overview of the Fires, Asian, and Stratospheric Transport-Las Vegas Ozone Study (FAST-LVOS)
Andrew O. Langford, NOAA/Earth System Research Laboratory/Chemical Sciences Division, Boulder, CO; and R. J. Alvarez II, T. A. Bonin, W. A. Brewer, G. Kirgis, S. P. Sandberg, C. J. Senff, A. M. Weickmann, S. S. Brown, Z. Decker, W. P. Dubé, D. L. Fibiger, J. Peischl, T. B. Ryerson, D. J. Caputi, S. A. Conley, P. Cullis, I. Petropavlovskikh, and C. W. Sterling
2:00 PM
J55.3
2:15 PM
J55.4
Impacts of Emission Variability on CTM Pollutant Representation
Gaige Hunter Kerr, Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD; and D. W. Waugh
2:30 PM
J55.5
A Case Study of Ozone Diurnal Variation in the Planetary Boundary Layer in Southeast United States using Multiple Observations and Large-Eddy Simulation
Guanyu Huang, Spelman College, Atlanta, GA; and M. J. Newchurch, S. Kuang, K. R. Knupp, H. G. Ouwersloot, and L. Wang
2:45 PM
J55.6
Analog–Kalman Filter−Based Post-Processing of Surface Ozone from the CMAQ Model
Irina V. Djalalova, CIRES, Boulder, CO; and J. Wilczak, D. Allured, L. Delle Monache, S. Alessandrini, J. Huang, J. McQueen, and I. Stajner
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Joint Session 56
Natural Aerosols in the Atmosphere: Emissions through Impacts -Part I
Location: Room 12A (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Hosts: (Joint between the 10th Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions; and the 20th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry )
Cochairs: Thomas E. Gill, Univ. of Texas at El Paso; Vernon Morris, Howard University; Heather Holmes, Univ. of Texas
1:45 PM
J56.2
An Improved Methodology to Calculate the Aerosol Extinction Coefficients for the El Paso-Juarez Airshed
Rosa M. Fitzgerald, Univ. of Texas, El Paso, TX; and J. Polanco, R. McaFee, and W. R. Stockwell

2:00 PM
J56.3
Characterizing Aerosol Optical Properties Using the Aerosol Robotic Network (AERONET) Version 3 Aerosol Optical Depth and Inversion Products
David M. Giles, SSAI, Lanham-Seabrook, MD; and B. Holben, T. Eck, A. Smirnov, A. Sinyuk, J. Schafer, M. Sorokin, and I. Slutsker

2:15 PM
J56.4
An Observational Study on the Impact of Saharan Aerosol Layer on Thermodynamical Parameters in the Mid-Atlantic during the AEROSE 2007 Campaign
Ricardo K. Sakai, Howard Univ., Beltsville, MD; and A. Flores, E. Joseph, N. Nalli, B. B. Demoz, and V. Morris
2:30 PM
J56.5
Identification of dust source regions and dust emission trends across North Africa and the Middle East using MISR satellite observations
Yan Yu, NASA/California Institute of Technology Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA; and O. V. Kalashnikova, M. Garay, and M. Notaro
2:45 PM
J56.6
Hyperspectral and Polarimetric Fire Emission Characterization from the NASA ER-2 Aircraft
Olga Kalashnikova, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and M. Garay, F. Xu, D. J. Diner, K. Le, G. Hully, R. Duren, S. Hook, J. H. Seinfeld, K. Bates, C. Kenseth, S. Kong, and C. Cappa

2:30 PM-3:00 PM: Thursday, 11 January 2018

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Session 16
Piers Sellers' Legacy—Part II
Location: Room 16AB (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 31st Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Chairs: Inez Fung, Univ. of California, Berkeley; David A. Randall, Colorado State Univ.
2:30 PM
16.1
2:45 PM
16.2

2:30 PM-4:30 PM: Thursday, 11 January 2018


Solar Farm Outing

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


Coffee Break

3:30 PM-4:45 PM: Thursday, 11 January 2018

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Session 13
Greenhouse Gases—Part III
Location: Room 18CD (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 20th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry
Cochairs: Abhishek Chatterjee, USRA; Sean Crowell, Univ. of Oklahoma; Scott Denning, Colorado State Univ.
3:45 PM
13.2
Direct Space-Based Observations of Anthropogenic CO2 Emission Areas from OCO-2 and Comparison with Emission Inventories' Spatial Distribution
Iolanda Ialongo, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland; and J. Hakkarainen and J. Tamminen

4:00 PM
13.3
Quantifying the Impact of Mesoscale and Synoptic-Scale Transport on XCO2 for Robust Flux Inference
Gretchen Keppel-Aleks, Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; and S. Doney, A. D. Torres, and M. Fendrock
4:30 PM
13.4
The GeoCarb Mission
Berrien Moore III, National Weather Center/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and S. Crowell
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Session 17C
Piers Sellers' Legacy—Part III
Location: Room 16AB (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 31st Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Cochairs: Inez Fung, Univ. of California, Berkeley; David A. Randall, Colorado State Univ.
3:45 PM
17C.2
4:00 PM
17C.3
The Effect of Global Climate Change on the Seasonal Cycle of the Global Energy Balance
Andrew A. Lacis, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York, NY
4:15 PM
17C.4
Effect of Climate Change on the Ecohydrology of the Mt. Marsabit Cloud Forest (Northern Kenya)
Sietse O Los, Swansea Univ., Swansea, United Kingdom; and F. A. Street-Perrot, N. J. Loader, and C. Froyd
Recording files available
Joint Session 59
Joint Session with the Committee on Atmospheric Chemistry. Part VI: Air Quality Impacts on Society and the Environment Particulate Matter Studies
Location: 412 (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)
Hosts: (Joint between the 20th Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA; and the 20th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry )
Chair: Jared Lee, NCAR
3:30 PM
J59.1
Assessing the Impact of Power Plants on PM10 in South Korea using a Modeling Approach
Il Soo Park Sr., Hankuk Univ. of Foreign Studies, Korea-Latin America Green Convergence Center, Yongin-si, Korea, Republic of (South); and S. S. Ha Jr., Y. W. Jang Jr., S. H. Jang Jr., K. W. Chung Sr., M. S. Park Jr., C. K. Song, B. G. Kim, C. H. Kim Sr., and W. J. Lee
3:45 PM
J59.2
Mapping the PM Emissions Exposure Risk due to Hydraulic Fracturing in Pennsylvania
Z. Banan, Penn State Univ., Univ. Park, PA; and J. M. Gernand

4:00 PM
J59.3
An Approach for Straw Burning in China to Minimize Air Pollution
Yongqiang Liu, USDA Forest Service, Athens, GA; and L. Zhang
4:15 PM
J59.4
High Resolution Air Quality Modeling of Emissions, Transformation, and Fate of Canadian Oil Sands Pollutants
Paul A. Makar, EC, Toronto, ON, Canada; and A. Akingunola, C. Stroud, C. Whaley, A. Dastoor, J. Chen, M. D. Moran, J. Zhang, J. Soares, Y. A. Aklilu, B. Pabla, M. Sheppard, K. Hayden, A. Robichaud, S. M. Li, A. Cole, L. Zhang, R. M. Staebler, J. Liggio, M. Gordon, J. Aherne, I. Wong, J. Kirk, K. Scott, P. Cheung, Q. Zheng, and W. Gong

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

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Session 4
Dave Raymond Named Symposium—Session IV
Location: Ballroom C (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: David J. Raymond Symposium
Chair: Kerry Emanuel, MIT
3:30 PM
4.1
4:00 PM
4.3
The Origins of Easterly Waves in the East Pacific (Invited Presentation)
Eric D. Maloney, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and A. V. Rydbeck and J. W. Whitaker
4:30 PM
4.5
A Simple Theoretical Model for the MJO (Invited Presentation)
Zeljka Fuchs, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM
4:45 PM
Concluding Remarks

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Session 7
Advanced Satellite Data Applications
Location: Ballroom G (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 22nd Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography
Cochairs: Paul Menzel, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin; Galina Chirokova, CIRA/Colorado State Univ.
3:30 PM
7.1
Utilization of Atmospheric Motion Vectors for Deep Convection Cloud-Top Flow Analysis Using GOES-16 Imagery
Jason Apke, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and J. R. Mecikalski and C. P. Jewett
4:15 PM
7.4
The Naval Research Laboratory Tropical Cyclone Webpage (NRL TC Web): Providing Real-Time Storm Monitoring for 20 Years
Joshua H. Cossuth, NRL, Monterey, CA; and R. L. Bankert, J. D. Hawkins, J. E. Kent, A. P. Kuciauskas, T. F. Lee, C. Mitrescu, K. A. Richardson, C. R. Sampson, A. J. Schrader, J. E. Solbrig, M. L. Surratt, J. Tesmer, J. F. Turk, Y. Wang, and S. Yang

4:30 PM
7.5
Generating Sounder Products at Imager Resolution
Elisabeth Weisz, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and E. Borbas, B. A. Baum, and P. Menzel
4:45 PM
7.6
Proxy Visible Satellite Imagery
Galina Chirokova, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and J. A. Knaff and J. L. Beven

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Session 11
Big Data Analytics Providing Decision Support
Location: Room 15 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Ninth Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy
CoChair: Lawrence C. Gloeckler III, Riskpulse
3:45 PM
11.2
4:00 PM
11.3
An Objective Thunderstorm Potential and Severity Index for Utilities
Nathan Stanford, StormGeo, Houston, TX; and F. Schmude and J. Basciani
4:15 PM
11.4
The Use of HRRR Forecasts in True Dynamic Line Rating
Kenneth R. Fenton Jr., NOAA/ESRL/GSD and CIRA, Boulder, CO; and M. S. Wandishin, M. A. Petty, M. Marquis, T. McJunkin, A. Abboud, and J. Gentle
4:30 PM
11.5
Assessing the Accuracy of NREL's National Solar Radiation Data Base (NSRDB)
Aron Habte, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO; and M. Sengupta, A. Lopez, Y. Xie, M. J. Foster, and A. Heidinger

4:45 PM
11.6
Enabling the Increase of Energy Efficiency in Buildings by Provision of Long-Term Surface Meteorological and Solar Energy Parameters Using NASA Data Products Via GIS-Enabled Web Services
Paul W. Stackhouse Jr., NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA; and D. J. Westberg, J. M. Hoell, A. J. Barnett, T. Bristow, and D. Crawley
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Session 12
Impact-Based Decision Support Services (IDSS) Innovation and Best Practices
Location: Ballroom E (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Sixth Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation
Chair: Christopher Hedge, NOAA/NWS
4:00 PM
12.3A
NOAA/NWS External Grant Programs: Collaborating with the Univ. Research Community
Christopher Hedge, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and F. Toepfer and J. Cortinas Jr.
4:45 PM
12.5
Multi-Year Strongest California Drought from 500-m SNPP/VIIRS
Felix Kogan, NOAA/NESDIS, College Park, MD

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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
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
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
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
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
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Session 13
Calibration and Validation—Part II
Location: 410 (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 14th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems
Cochairs: Shawn Miller, Raytheon Corp.; T. Scott Zaccheo, AER
3:30 PM
13.1
Cross-Referencing GLM and ISS-LIS with Ground-Based Lightning Networks
Katrina S. Virts, NASA, Huntsville, AL; and R. Blakeslee, S. J. Goodman, and W. J. Koshak
3:45 PM
13.2
GLM Post-Launch Testing and Airborne Science Field Campaign
Steven J. Goodman, NOAA/NESDIS, Greenbelt, DC; and F. P. Padula, W. J. Koshak, and R. J. Blakeslee

4:00 PM
13.3
GOES-R Post-Launch Airborne Science Field Campaign: An Independent Validation of NOAA's Next Generation Geostationary Imager
Francis P. Padula, GeoThinkTank LLC, Washington, DC; and A. J. Pearlman, S. J. Goodman, B. Efremova, J. McCorkel, D. Pogorzala, X. Shao, J. Casey, B. Bartlett, S. Uprety, and C. Cao

4:15 PM
13.4
4:30 PM
13.5
4:45 PM
13.6
The Land Product Characterization System: A Tool for Comparative Analysis of Satellite Data and Products
Kevin Gallo, NOAA/NESDIS, Sioux Falls, SD; and G. Stensaas, J. Dwyer, and R. Longhenry
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Session 13
Observation Sensitivity and Impact Experiments, Part II
Location: Room 14 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 22nd Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)
Chair: Istvan Szunyogh, Texas A&M Univ.
3:45 PM
13.2
Assimilating Infrared and Microwave Sounder Observations with Correlated Errors
Kristen Bathmann, I.M. Systems Group at NOAA/NCEP/EMC, College Park, MD; and A. Collard, R. Todling, J. C. Derber, and W. Gu

4:00 PM
13.4
Impacts of Assimilating SMAP Soil Moisture Retrievals in the SPoRT Land Information System
Clay B. Blankenship, USRA, Huntsville, AL; and J. L. Case, W. L. Crosson, C. R. Hain, and B. T. Zavodsky
4:15 PM
13.3
Impact of Soil Moisture Active Passive Data Assimilation on Short-Term Numerical Weather Prediction during Warm Seasons
Jonathan L. Case, ENSCO, Inc., Huntsville, AL; and C. B. Blankenship, W. L. Crosson, C. R. Hain, and B. T. Zavodsky
4:30 PM
13.5
4:45 PM
13.6
High-Resolution Forecasting and Observation System Experiments in the CASA Dallas–Fort Worth Urban Testbed
Keith A. Brewster, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and F. H. Carr, A. P. Osborne, M. T. Morris, N. A. Gasperoni, and K. W. Thomas
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Session 14A
Testbeds, Models, and Data Assimilation to Enable and Accelerate the Transition of Research to Operations to End Users and to the Public in Weather, Water, or Climate Applications—Part IV
Location: Room 17A (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Eighth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations
Cochairs: David Helms, NOAA/NESDIS/Office of Projects, Planning, and Analysis; Justin Goldstein, NOAA/NESDIS/Office of Projects, Planning and Analysis
3:30 PM
14A.1
Sensitivity Experiments Assessing Ensemble Forecast Reliability for the 16 May 2017 Western Oklahoma Severe Weather Outbreak: Current Status of NSSL's "Warn on Forecast" Storm-Scale Prediction System.
Louis J. Wicker, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and D. M. Wheatley, K. H. Knopfmeier, P. L. Heinselman, P. Skinner, J. J. Choate, T. A. Jones, and J. Poterjoy
3:45 PM
14A.2
Interpretations of Ensemble-Based Forecast Guidance from the 2017 Spring Experiment Survey
Pamela L. Heinselman, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and J. J. Choate, K. E. Klockow, P. S. Skinner, and K. A. Wilson
4:00 PM
14A.3
4:15 PM
14A.4
The NCAR Ensemble Project: Lessons Learned and Future Plans
Ryan A. Sobash, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and G. S. Romine, C. Schwartz, K. R. Fossell, and D. Ahijevych
4:30 PM
14A.5
Development of the Road-Based Land Surface Model and Its Application in Road Weather Forecasting
Xiangxiang Zhang, Beijing Presky Co., Ltd., Beijing, China; and X. Zhang and T. Liao

4:45 PM
14A.6
Using Research-to-Operations Evaluation Results to Create an Innovative National Weather Service Training Experience
Chad M. Gravelle, NOAA/NWS Operations Proving Ground, Kansas City, MO; and M. Foster, K. L. Crandall, and K. J. Runk
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Session 14B
Improving R2O & O2R in Analysis and Nowcast (0–18-Hour Forecast) Range: Potential of New or Enhanced Capabilities for Meeting U.S. Service Needs—Part IV: Post-Processing & OPG
Location: 404 (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)
Host: Eighth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations
Cochairs: Jeffrey P. Craven, NOAA/NWS; Young-Joon Kim, NWS
3:30 PM
14B.1
Improving Localized Aviation MOS Program (LAMP) Aviation Forecasts in the Very Short Range through Rapid Infusion of Surface Observations
Judy E. Ghirardelli, NOAA/NWS/Meteorological Development Laboratory, Silver Spring, MD; and B. Glahn, A. D. Schnapp, C. Huang, and F. Guarriello
3:45 PM
14B.2
MET+ Unified Verification Update
Tara Jensen, NCAR and Developmental Testbed Center, Boulder, CO; and B. Strong, I. Stajner, G. Manikin, F. Yang, M. Row, and J. H. Gotway
4:00 PM
14B.3
Agile Postprocessing: Towards User-Centered Ensemble Information Extraction and Visualization
James Correia Jr., Univ. of Oklahoma/CIMMS and NOAA/NWS/SPC, Norman, OK; and D. LaDue, C. Karstens, K. H. Knopfmeier, and D. M. Wheatley
4:15 PM
14B.4
Impact of Hybrid Vertical Coordinate to the WRF RAP-Based Upper-Level Turbulence Forecast
Jung-Hoon Kim, Colorado State Univ./CIRA, Fort Collins, CO; and R. D. Sharman, J. Brown, S. Benjamin, S. H. Park, and J. Klemp
4:30 PM
14B.5A
Evaluating the Near Storm Environment Awareness (NSEA) Applications at the Operations Proving Ground (OPG)
David G. Hotz, NOAA/NWS, Morristown, TN; and A. R. Anderson, J. W. Dellicarpini, C. Entremont, S. J. Keighton, P. T. Marsh, J. S. Schaumann, M. sutton, T. J. Turnage, and J. R. Wiedenfeld
4:45 PM
14B.6A
Evaluating the Integration of High-Resolution Datasets for Convective Warning Decision Making at the National Weather Service Operations Proving Ground
Chad M. Gravelle, NOAA/NWS Operations Proving Ground, Kansas City, MO; and M. Foster, K. L. Crandall, and K. J. Runk
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Session 17A
Predictability and Evaluation of Subseasonal-to-Seasonal Modes of Climate Variability—Part II
Location: 406 (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 31st Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Cochairs: Kathy Pegion, George Mason Univ.; Dan Collins, NOAA/CPC
3:30 PM
17A.1
Advancing Convective Severe Weather Outlooks into Subseasonal-to-Seasonal Timescales
Cory F. Baggett, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and S. N. Zito, K. M. Nardi, S. J. Childs, and E. A. Barnes
3:45 PM
17A.2
Strong Relations between ENSO and the Arctic Oscillation in the North American Multi-Model Ensemble
Michelle L'Heureux, NOAA, College Park, MD; and M. K. Tippett, A. Kumar, A. H. Butler, L. M. Ciasto, Q. Ding, K. J. Harnos, and N. Johnson

4:00 PM
17A.3
Modulation of the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation (AMO) on the Winter Blocking Activity over the Ural Mountains
Shuanglin Li, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Beijing, China; and X. Zhou and W. A. Robinson
4:15 PM
17A.4
Effects of the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation on Panama Canal Watershed Precipitation
Steven R. Paton, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Washington, DC; and R. Stallard
4:30 PM
17A.5
Joint Influences of the MJO and the Stratospheric Polar Vortex on the Northern Hemisphere Extratropical Circulation
Matthew R. Green, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. C. Furtado, E. A. Barnes, M. L'Heureux, L. M. Ciasto, and K. Harnos
4:45 PM
17A.6
Predictability and Mechanisms of North Atlantic Oscillation Variability—A Signal-to-Noise Paradox
Adam A. Scaife, Met Office Hadley Centre, Exeter, United Kingdom; and D. M. Smith, R. Eade, N. Dunstone, C. MacLachlan, L. Hermanson, and R. Comer
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Session 17B
Emerging Surprises in Climate Change
Location: 408 (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)
Host: 31st Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Cochairs: Walter Robinson, North Carolina State Univ.; Gudrun Magnusdottir, Univ. of California
3:30 PM
17B.1
One Drier, One Wetter: A Tale of Two Rainforests
Kerry H. Cook, The Univ. of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX; and E. K. Vizy and J. khanna

3:45 PM
17B.2
Unexpected Impacts of Global Warming on Extreme Warm Spells
Prashant D. Sardeshmukh, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado and NOAA/ESRL/PSD, Boulder, CO; and G. P. Compo, C. McColl, and C. Penland

4:00 PM
17B.3
4:15 PM
17B.4
Striking Seasonality in the Secular Warming over North America: Structure and Mechanisms
Vishal Ravi, Univ. of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom; and N. Thomas and S. Nigam

4:30 PM
17B.5
Evaluating Changes to Natural Variability in the Ocean on a Warming Globe in CMIP5 Models
Heather Vazquez, Florida International Univ., Miami, FL; and R. Burgman
4:45 PM
17B.6
The United States “Warming Hole”: An Update to 2016 and Application to Equivalent Temperature
Justin Schoof, Southern Illinois Univ., Carbondale, IL; and J. Leonard and T. Ford
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Joint Session 57
Probabilistic Hydrometeorological Forecasting and Uncertainty Analysis, Part II
Location: Room 18A (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Hosts: (Joint between the 32nd Conference on Hydrology; and the 25th Conference on Probability and Statistics )
Cochairs: Huiling Yuan, Nanjing Univ.; Qingyun Duan, Beijing Normal Univ.; Kristie J. Franz, Iowa State Univ.
3:30 PM
J57.1
Developing Climate Services for Europe: The End-to-End Demonstrator for Improved Decision-Making in the Water Sector in Europe (EDgE)
Eric F. Wood, Princeton Univ., Princeton, NJ; and N. Wanders, M. Pan, J. Sheffield, L. Samaniego, S. Thober, R. Kumar, O. Rakovec, C. Prudhomme, M. Fry, and H. Houghton-Carr
4:00 PM
J57.3
Ensemble Flood Forecasting Based on Ensemble Precipitation Forecasts and Distributed Hydrological Model
Hongjun Bao, National Meteorological Center, China Meteorological Administration, Beijing, China

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4:15 PM
J57.4
Probabilistic Verification of the National Water Model
Erin Towler, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. McCreight, A. Dugger, D. Gochis, K. M. Mahoney, and T. J. Mills
4:30 PM
J57.5
A Multiscale Postprocessor for Ensemble Streamflow Prediction
Babak Alizadeh, Univ. of Texas, Arlington, TX; and D. J. Seo and H. Lee
4:45 PM
J57.6
Assessing the Utility of Multiple Land Surface Models for Drought Simulation
Shugong Wang, NASA GSFC/SAIC, Greenbelt, MD; and S. V. Kumar, D. M. Mocko, C. D. Peters-Lidard, and Y. Xia
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Joint Session 58
Variability of Regional Hydroclimate, Part II
Location: Room 18B (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Hosts: (Joint between the 32nd Conference on Hydrology; and the 31st Conference on Climate Variability and Change )
Cochairs: Paul X. Flanagan, Univ. of Oklahoma; Benjamin Cook, NASA GISS
3:30 PM
J58.1
Development and Use of Ensemble Hydroclimate Projections in the Columbia Basin: A Practitioner’s Perspective
Erik S. Pytlak, Bonneville Power Administration, Portland, OR; and O. S. Chegwidden and B. Nijssen
4:00 PM
J58.3
Assessing Future Climate Extremes over the United States Using the rCEI Index
Emily Aiken, Univ. of Delaware, Newark, DE; and S. A. Rauscher

4:15 PM
J58.4
Detection and Attribution of the Terrestrial Runoff in the Conterminous United States
Jiafu Mao, ORNL, Oak Ridge, TN; and W. Forbes, W. Fu, X. Shi, D. Ricciuto, M. Jin, and S. C. Kao

4:30 PM
J58.5
4:45 PM
J58.6
The Effect of Global Warming on Water Availability
Craig R. Ferguson, Atmospheric Sciences Research Center, State Univ. of New York, Albany, NY; and M. Pan
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Joint Session 60
Natural Aerosols in the Atmosphere: Emissions through Impacts—Part II
Location: Room 12A (ACC) (Austin, Texas)
Hosts: (Joint between the 10th Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions; and the 20th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry )
Cochairs: Thomas E. Gill, Univ. of Texas at El Paso; Vernon Morris, Howard University; Heather Holmes, Univ. of Texas
3:30 PM
J60.1
Wildfire Smoke Exposure Modeling: Investigating CMAQ-Modeled Aerosol Concentrations Using a Satellite-Based Wildfire Emissions Inventory
Cesunica Ivey, Univ. of Nevada, Reno, NV; and C. Liu, Y. Liu, H. Chang, M. Strickland, and H. A. Holmes

3:45 PM
J60.2
On the Relationship between Biogenic Aerosol Concentrations and Anthropogenic Emissions of Nitrogen Oxides and Organic Compounds
William R. Stockwell, Univ. of Texas, El Paso, TX; and D. R. M. Fitzgerald, D. Campbell, R. Perea, D. R. Stewart, and E. Saunders
4:00 PM
J60.3
Aerosol Transport and Photochemical Evolution over Baltimore–Washington Region Using Modeling and Observations
Mengsteab H. Weldegaber, Howard Univ., Washington, DC; and S. T. Gebremariam, S. Li, B. B. Demoz, and V. R. Morris

4:30 PM
J60.5
Potential Sources, Characteristics, and Controls over Emissions of Marine Ice Nucleating Particles
Thomas C. J. Hill, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and F. Malfatti, G. P. Schill, C. S. McCluskey, M. V. Santander, A. M. Rauker, L. Johnson, E. J. T. Levin, K. A. Moore, K. J. Suski, H. A. Al-Mashat, G. C. Cornwell, C. Lee, R. E. Cochran, J. V. Trueblood, V. H. Grassian, M. Harvey, K. A. Prather, S. M. Kreidenweis, and P. J. DeMott

4:45 PM
J60.6
New Particle Formation in the Mid-Latitude Upper Troposphere
Duncan Axisa, Droplet Measurement Technologies, Longmont, CO; and J. C. Wilson, J. Kazil, and M. Reeves

5:00 PM-5:05 PM: Thursday, 11 January 2018


Meeting Adjourns