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Sunday, 9 January 2005
	7:30 AM, Sunday Short Course Registration
	9:00 AM-5:40 PM, Sunday Conference Registration
Monday, 10 January 2005
	6:00 AM, Monday MON 10 JAN
	7:30 AM, Monday Registration continues through Thursday, 13 January
	9:00 AM-9:30 AM, Monday Joint Session 1 Building the Earth Information System (Joint with the 16th Conference on Climate Variability and Change, the 21st International Conference on Interactive Information Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology, and Ninth Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface)
Cochairs: Terry Tarbell, RS Information Systems, McLean, VA; Linda Miller, UCAR/Unidata, Boulder, CO
9:00 AM J1.1 From Information to Action: The Global Earth Observation System of Systems   James Mahoney, NOAA, Washington, DC
	9:30 AM-10:15 AM, Monday Session 1 IIPS Keynote Session
Organizers: Terry C. Tarbell, RS Information Systems, Inc [RSIS], McLean, VA; Linda I. Miller, UCAR/Unidata, Boulder, CO
9:30 AM 1.1 Earth Information System of the Future   Ghassem R. Asrar, NASA, Washington, DC 10:00 AM 1.2 NOAA Working Together to Deliver Critical Information for Living with a Limited Water Supply   Gary Carter, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD
	9:30 AM-12:00 PM, Monday Joint Session 2 Distributed Earth Science Information Systems Joint with the 16th Conference on Climate Variability and Change and the 21st International Conference on Interactive Information Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology) (Joint between the 16th Conference on Climate Variability and Change and the 21st International Conference on Interactive Information Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology)
Organizers: Dean N. Williams, LLNL, Livermore, CA; Nancy N. Soreide, NOAA/PMEL, Seattle, WA; Stephen M. Holt, Mitretek Systems, Falls Church, VA
9:30 AM J2.1 A description of the Weather Source comprehensive global weather observation database   Mark J. Gibbas, Weather Source, LLC, Amesbury, MA; and C. Gilbert 9:45 AM J2.2 Practical techniques for distributed climate analysis using GrADS and the GDS   Jennifer M. Adams, COLA, Calverton, MD; and B. Doty and J. L. Kinter 10:00 AM J2.3a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's scientific data stewardship program   John J. Bates, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and R. G. Reynolds, C. Cremidis, and C. Martinez 10:15 AM Coffee Break in Poster Session Room   10:44 AM J2.3 moved to JP1.6   10:45 AM P1.1 Bringing together disparate data for climate impacts studies   M. Benno Blumenthal, Columbia University, Palisades, NY; and C. F. Ropelewski, E. Grover-Kopec, J. del Corral, and M. Dilley 11:00 AM J2.5 NQuery: a Network-enabled data-based query tool for multi-disciplinary earth-science datasets   John R. Osborne, NOAA/PMEL/OAR, Seattle and OceanAtlas Software, Vashon Island, WA; and K. T. McHugh and D. W. Denbo 11:15 AM J2.6 Autonomous Rapid Response to Monitor Transient Science Events   Daniel J. Mandl, NASA, Greenbelt, MD; and S. W. Frye 11:30 AM J2.7 Arctic Change Detection Website   Nancy N. Soreide, NOAA/PMEL, Seattle, WA; and J. Calder, J. E. Overland, and F. M. Fetterer 11:45 AM J2.8 Couple Distributed Earth System Models   Shujia Zhou, Northrop Grumman IT /TASC, Greenbelt, MD; and B. Womack and G. Higgins
	10:15 AM, Monday Coffee Break in Poster Session Room
	10:45 AM-12:00 PM, Monday Session 2 Global Meteorological and Hydrological Services Update
Cochairs: Fred R. Branski, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; Jim Cooper, Earth Satellite Corporation, Rockville, MD
10:45 AM 2.1 NWS Role in the Earth Observation System (Invited Presentation)   David L. Johnson, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD 11:15 AM 2.2 NWS Meteorological and Hydrological Services Update (Invited Presentation)   Greg Mandt, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and J. L. Hayes 11:45 AM 2.3 VTEC - no longer just a dream   Jason P. Tuell, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and H. L. White and A. C. Kraus
	10:45 AM-12:00 PM, Monday Session 3 Satellite IIPS and Applications
Cochairs: Gerald Dittberner, NOAA/NESDIS, Silver Spring, MD; Thomas M. Whittaker, SSEC/CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
10:45 AM 3.1 GOES-R user readiness issues: recommendations from the Third GOES-R Users' Conference   James J. Gurka, NOAA/NESDIS, Silver Spring, MD; and T. J. Schmit, R. R. Reynolds, and P. Viets 11:00 AM 3.2 The Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) on Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES)-R   Timothy J. Schmit, NOAA/NESDIS/ORA, Madison, WI; and J. Gurka, M. M. Gunshor, W. P. Menzel, and J. Li 11:15 AM 3.3 ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY FOR FUTURE NOAA SATELLITE SYSTEMS   Gerald Dittberner, NOAA/NESDIS, Silver Spring, MD; and M. Crison and E. Miller 11:30 AM 3.4 GeoSTAR–A Microwave Sounder for GOES-R   Bjorn H. Lambrigtsen, JPL, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA; and W. Wilson and A. Tanner 11:45 AM 3.5 Living the coastal zone: need for satellite observations   Edward G. Howard, NOAA, Silver Spring, MD
	12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Monday Lunch Break
	1:30 PM-2:00 PM, Monday Joint Session 4 The Earth Information System for Water Decision Making (JOINT BETWEEN THE LIMITED WATER SUPPLY SYMPOSIUM, THE 19TH CONFERNCE ON HYDROLOGYand IIPS) (parallel with Session 1 and Joint Session 3) (Joint between the AMS Forum: Living with a Limited Water Supply, the 21st International Conference on Interactive Information Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology, and the 19th Conf on Hydrology)
Chair: John Schaake, NOAA/NWS, Silver Springs, MD
1:30 PM J4.1 Warm season storms, floods, and sediment inputs into the Grand Canyon: Applications to decision making and adaptive management   Shaleen Jain, NOAA-CIRES Climate Diagnostics Center, Boulder, CO; and R. S. Pulwarty, T. Melis, and D. Topping 1:45 PM J4.2 Space-assisted irrigation management: An operational perspective   Anne M. Jochum, ALFAclima Asesoramiento Medioambiental and Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Albacete, Spain; and A. Calera and A. Cuesta
	1:30 PM-5:30 PM, Monday Session 4 Global Meteorological and Hydrological Services Update Part II
Cochairs: Fred R. Branski, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; Jim Cooper, Earth Satellite Corporation, Rockville, MD
1:30 PM 4.1 USAF Meteorological Services Update (Invited Presentation)   John M. Lanicci, U.S. Air Force, Omaha, NE 2:00 PM 4.2 USN Meteorological and Oceanographic Services Update (Invited Presentation)   Timothy McGee, Naval Meteorology and Oceanography, Stennis Space Center, MS 2:30 PM Coffee Break with Formal Poster Viewing   4:00 PM 4.3 Hydrometeorological Activities of the Private Sector (Invited Presentation)   Larry E. Brazil, Riverside Technology, Inc., Fort Collins, CO 4:30 PM 4.4 ECMWF Meteorological and Hydrological Services Update (Invited Presentation)   Dominique Marbouty, ECMWF, Reading, Berks., United Kingdom 5:00 PM WMO Role in the Earth Information System (Invited Presentation). TBD, Geneva, Switzerland
	1:30 PM-5:30 PM, Monday Session 5 Radar IIPS and Applications
Cochairs: Robert G. Borchers, SAIC, Melbourne, FL; Douglas Forsyth, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; Robert Saffle, Mitretek Systems, Inc., Falls Church, VA
1:30 PM 5.1 NEXRAD Product Improvement - expanding science horizons   Robert E. Saffle, Mitretek Systems, Silver Spring, MD; and M. Istok and R. Okulski 1:45 PM 5.2 NEXRAD Product Improvement—Current Status of WSR-88D Open Radar Data Acquisition (ORDA) Program and Plans for the Future   Gregory S. Cate, NOAA/NWS, Norman, OK; and R. W. Hall 2:00 PM 5.3 NWS use of FAA radar data – Progress and Plans   Michael J. Istok, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and P. Pickard, R. Okulski, R. E. Saffle, and B. Bumgarner 2:15 PM 5.4 Validation of FAA WARP system radar mosaic generation algorithms   Joseph C. Lang, Unisys Weather Information Services, Kennett Square, PA; and J. Stobie and K. Yarber 2:30 PM Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break   4:00 PM 5.5 The Volume Coverage Pattern Explorer: A New Tool for Visualizing Radar Beam Paths   Kevin L. Manross, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma and NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and J. LaDue and G. J. Stumpf 4:15 PM 5.6 A meteorological radar emulator for education and research   Michael I. Biggerstaff, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and R. M. May 4:30 PM 5.7 Evaluation of various algorithms and display concepts for weather forecasting   Indra Adrianto, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and T. M. Smith, K. A. Scharfenberg, and T. B. Trafalis 4:45 PM 5.8 Experiences Towards Advanced Weather Research and Training   Xuechao Yu, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma and NOAA/NWS, Norman, OK; and N. L. Levit, K. R. Hoggard, and N. A. M. Said 5:00 PM 5.9 Development of advanced techniques using the NOAA’s WSR-88D research radar   Dusan Zrnic, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and A. Zahrai, S. Torres, I. Ivic, C. D. Curtis, and V. Melnikov 5:15 PM 5.10 Development and testing of polarimetric radar applications in WDSS-II   Kevin A. Scharfenberg, NOAA/NWS Office of Climate, Water, and Weather Services, Norman, OK ; and V. Lakshmanan and S. E. Giangrande
	2:30 PM-4:00 PM, Monday Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
	2:30 PM-4:00 PM, Monday Poster Session 1 IIPS Poster Session I
Cochairs: Stephen M. Holt, Mitretek Systems, Falls Church, VA; Scott T. Shipley, Raytheon Information Solutions, Upper Marlboro, MD
P1.1 The current Linux-Intel Portable WSR-88D CODE distribution and a summary of how it is being used in research, development, and operations   Thomas J. Ganger, Mitretek Systems Inc., Falls Church, VA; and M. J. Istok and W. M. Blanchard   P1.2 NEXRAD Open Radar Data Acquisition (ORDA) receiver calibration   Alan D. Free, SI International, Norman, OK; and A. K. Heck and N. K. Patel   P1.3 Radar Operations Center (ROC) progress in RVP8 time series playback for signal processing evaluation   Rick D. Rhoton, RS Information Systems, Inc., Norman, OK; and D. S. Saxion, G. T. McGehee, R. L. Ice, D. A. Warde, D. Sirmans, and D. L. Rachel   P1.4 Radar Operations Center (ROC) Evaluation of New Signal Processing Techniques for the WSR-88D   Richard L. Ice, RS Information Systems, Inc., Norman, OK; and G. T. McGehee, R. D. Rhoton, D. S. Saxion, D. A. Warde, R. G. Guenther, D. Sirmans, and D. L. Rachel   P1.5 The AP ground clutter mitigation scheme for the WSR-88D   Cathy Kessinger, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and S. Ellis, J. Van Andel, J. Yee, and J. Hubbert   P1.6 Evaluation of the SZ(8/64) Phase Code Algorithm: Some Operational Considerations   Gregory Meymaris, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. Hubbert, S. Ellis, and M. Dixon   P1.7 Radar Operations Center (ROC) Production Software Status for RV Ambiguity Mitigation   Darcy S. Saxion, RS Information Systems, Inc., Norman, OK; and R. D. Rhoton, G. T. McGehee, R. L. Ice, D. A. Warde, and D. Sirmans   P1.8 Radar Operations Center (ROC) Evaluation of Proposed Super Resolution Techniques for the WSR-88D   David A. Warde, SI International, Inc., Norman, OK; and D. Sirmans, R. L. Ice, R. D. Rhoton, and D. S. Saxion   P1.9 Single- versus multiple-radar sampling efficiency of severe storms in the context of public and aviation impacts   Jian Zhang, CIMMS/University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and G. J. Stumpf   P1.10 Multi-sensor storm cell identification and analysis   Travis M. Smith, Univeristy of Oklahoma/CIMMS and NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and G. J. Stumpf   P1.11 A comparison of multi-sensor hail diagnosis techniques   Kiel L. Ortega, University of Oklahoma/CIMMS and NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and T. M. Smith, G. J. Stumpf, J. Hocker, and L. López   P1.12 A Multidisciplinary Approach to WSR-88D Data Quality Assurance   Charles A. Ray, RS Information Systems, Norman, OK; and J. W. Roper and B. Harp   P1.13 Identifying the cause of WSR-88D ghost echoes   Randy M. Steadham, NOAA/NEXRAD Radar Operations Center, Norman, OK; and C. A. Ray   P1.14 An update on WSR-88D Level II data collection and distribution   Phil Cragg, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and W. M. Blanchard and T. Sandman   P1.15 Radar Dissemination and Display Efforts by the Texas Mesonet   Gerald J. Creager, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and T. Yoksas   P1.16 The National Severe Storms Laboratory: 40 Years Young and Going Strong   Rodger A. Brown, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and K. Tarp   P1.17 Digital Services Training in the National Weather Service   Brian Motta, NOAA/NWS, Boulder, CO   P1.18 Operationally useful parameters viewed in three-dimensions during winter storms and severe thunderstorm outbreaks   Daniel D. Nietfeld, NOAA/NWSFO, Valley, NE; and K. Faltin and A. Prenzlow P1.19 DESIGN OF A SITUATION AWARENESS DISPLAY FOR OPERATIONAL FORECASTERS   Steven E. Nelson, NOAA/NWS, Norman, OK; and D. L. Andra and E. M. Quoetone   P1.20 Symposium on the 50th Anniversary of Operational Numerical Weather Prediction   Kenneth F. Carey, Center for Science and Technology, Falls Church, VA; and L. W. Uccellini and L. Morone   P1.21 Data Assimilation Systems Using the Earth System Modeling Framework   Carlos A Cruz, NASA, Greenbelt, MD; and A. M. DaSilva, W. Yang, and A. Trayanov   P1.22 The role of NWS (and the Private Sector) in the Dissemination of Non-Weather and Weather Warnings   Herbert L. White, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and A. C. Kraus   P1.23 Earth Science Data Grid System   Yuechen Chi, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA; and R. Yang and M. Kafatos   P1.24 The pavement precipitation accumulation estimation system (PPAES)   Mark Askelson, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND; and L. F. Osborne   P1.25 A preliminary validation of the MDSS version 3 blowing snow heuristic algorithm   Jeffrey S. Tilley, Surface Transportation Weather Research Center, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND; and B. Hershey, S. G. Gaddy, and J. J. Mewes   P1.26 A blowing and drifting snow algorithm supporting MDSS   Leon F. Osborne Jr., Surface Transportation Weather Research Center, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND   P1.27 Providing tailored meteorological services and information on the global level—The Joint Air Force Army Weather Information Network (JAAWIN)   Fritz VanWijngaarden, Northrop Grumman Mission Systems, Bellevue, NE; and R. S. Penc and D. Payne   P1.28 NOAA/NESDIS Near-real-time MODIS Data Distribution   Kristina Sprietzer, Science and Technology Corp., Suitland, MD; and P. Haggerty and G. Legg   P1.29 S4P-based data processing solutions at the Atmospheric Sciences Data Center   R. J. Walter, NASA, Hampton, VA; and F. Y. Wang   P1.30 Imager capability on cloud classification using MODIS   Zhenglong Li, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. Li, P. Menzel, and T. J. Schmit   P1.31 Design and functionality of the NOAA MODIS near-real-time scheduler   Paul D. Haggerty, Science and Technology Corp., Suitland, MD; and K. Sprietzer and G. Legg   P1.32 Retrieval of cloud microphysics from blended MODIS cloud products and AIRS radiance measurements   Chian-Yi Liu, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. Li and T. J. Schmit   P1.33 NOAA-15, 16, 17 (KLM) quality control and trending data for the user community on NOAA web site   Robert H. Levin, NOAA/NESDIS, Suitland, MD   P1.34 Near-Real-Time AMSR-E products at NOAA   Ivan Tcherednitchenko, Computer Sciences Corporation, Suitland, MD; and P. Haggerty, G. Legg, and R. Luczak   P1.35 Advances in Compression of Ultraspectral Sounder Data   Bormin Huang, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and A. Ahuja, H. L. Huang, T. J. Schmit, and R. W. Heymann   P1.36 moved to JP1.7 (Climate Variability and Change)     P1.37 moved to JP1.8 (Climate Variability and Change)     P1.38 moved to JP1.9 (Climate Variability and Change)     P1.39 The Advanced Satellite Aviation-weather Products (ASAP) initiative at the University of Wisconsin - CIMSS   Wayne F. Feltz, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. R. Mecikalski, J. J. Murray, D. B. Johnson, K. M. Bedka, S. M. Thomas, A. J. Wimmers, S. A. Ackerman, and C. C. Schmidt   P1.40 Assessing two different commercial aircraft-based moisture sensing systems   Ralph A. Petersen, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin; and W. Feltz   P1.41 Objective estimation of tropical cyclone wind structure from infrared satellite data.   Kimberly J. Mueller, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and M. DeMaria P1.42 Design studies for management of metadata, schemas and queries for hyperspectral atmospheric observations   Maciej J. Smuga-Otto, SSEC, Madison, WI; and S. A. Ackerman, P. Antonelli, R. Dedecker, S. T. Dutcher, R. K. Garcia, D. J. Hackel, H. -. L. Huang, R. O. Knuteson, E. R. Olson, H. E. Revercomb, D. Tobin, and K. H. Vinson   P1.43 A processing system to produce blended total precipitable water products   Stanley Q. Kidder, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and A. S. Jones   P1.44 Calibration Algorithm Accuracy Versus Efficiency Tradeoffs for a Geosynchronous Imaging Fourier Transform Spectrometer   Robert Knuteson, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and S. Ackerman, F. Best, R. Dedecker, R. Garcia, E. Olson, H. Revercomb, M. Smuga-Otto, and D. Tobin   P1.45 A prototype for the GIFTS information processing system   Raymond K. Garcia, SSEC/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and S. A. Ackerman, P. Antonelli, R. G. Dedecker, S. Dutcher, H. B. Howell, H. -. L. Huang, R. O. Knuteson, E. R. Olson, H. E. Revercomb, M. J. Smuga-Otto, and D. Tobin   P1.46 Trade-off study on vertical resolution for high spectral resolution sounder   Fang Wang, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. Li and T. J. Schmit   P1.47 Comparison of simulated top of atmosphere radiance datasets generated from MM5 and WRF numerical simulations   Jason A. Otkin, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and E. R. Olson
	5:30 PM, Monday Sessions End for the day
	5:30 PM-7:00 PM, Monday FORMAL OPENING OF EXHIBITS WITH RECEPTION (CASH BAR)
	7:30 PM, Monday Suki Manabe Symposium Banquet
Tuesday, 11 January 2005
	8:30 AM-12:15 PM, Tuesday Session 6 Advances and Applications in Transportation Weather Part 1: Surface Transportation
Cochairs: S. Edward Boselly, Washington State Department of Transportation, Olympia, WA; Roemer Alfelor, Federal Highway Administration, Washington, DC
8:30 AM 6.1 Surface Transportation and the Weather, A Highway Operations Perspective   Richard J. Nelson, Nevada Department of Transportation, Carson City, NV 8:45 AM 6.2 Partnering to achieve a safer and more efficient national surface transportation system: Commerce Department’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the Transportation Department’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)   Paul A. Pisano, Federal Highway Administration, Washington, DC; and A. Holman, R. Dombrowsky, S. Matula, J. O'Sullivan, P. Schultz, and F. Estis 9:00 AM 6.3 Clarus—The Nationwide Surface Transportation Weather Observing and Forecasting System   Paul A. Pisano, Federal Highway Administration, Washington, DC; and R. M. Alfelor, J. S. Pol, L. C. Goodwin, and A. D. Stern 9:15 AM 6.4 Development of the Clarus Concept of Operations: Status report   Leon F. Osborne Jr., Meridian Environmental Technology, Inc., Grand Forks, ND; and S. M. Conger, J. S. Pol, and P. Pisano 9:30 AM 6.5 The U.S. Federal Highway Administration Winter Road Maintenance Decision Support System (MDSS) Project: Overview and Results   Paul A. Pisano, Federal Highway Administration, Washington, DC; and A. D. Stern and W. P. Mahoney 9:45 AM Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break   11:00 AM 6.6 The Pooled Fund Study Maintenance Decision Support System: A Functional Overview   John J. Mewes, Meridian Environmental Technology, Inc., Grand Forks, ND; and R. Hart, L. F. Osborne, and B. Podoll 11:15 AM 6.7 On the use of an ensemble modeling system versus a very high resolution deterministic forecast as input to a road weather forecast system   Jeffrey S. Tilley, Surface Transportation Weather Research Center, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND; and J. Nordlie 11:30 AM 6.8 Mesoscale forecast products for travel information   Ed Boselly, Washington State Department of Transportation, Olympia, WA 11:45 AM 6.9 A field research test facility for long-term RWIS-ESS Validation   Leon F. Osborne Jr., Surface Transportation Weather Research Center, Grand Forks, ND; and J. Hanson, J. L. Horner, and R. Hart 12:00 PM 6.10 An Automated Algorithm to Predict Winter Storm Road Conditions and Recommend Treatment Actions   Robert G. Hallowell, MIT Lincoln Lab., Lexington, MA; and W. Myers and G. Phetteplace
	8:30 AM-11:00 AM, Tuesday Session 7 European and other International Applications (Please note that Papers 10.7 and 10.8 of this program are a continuation of this session. They are scheduled to be presented beginning at 5:00 on Tuesday)
Cochairs: John R. Lincoln, US Navy Retired; WMO Retired; Consultant, Berryville, VA; Howard J. Diamond, NOAA/NESDIS, Silver Spring, MD
8:30 AM 7.1 Using a knowledge based forecasting system to establish the limits of predictability   Harvey Stern, Bureau of Meteorology, Melbourne, Vic., Australia 8:45 AM 7.2 Operational Scribe Nowcasting sub-system: Objective Verification Results   Claude Landry, MSC, Dorval, QC, Canada; and R. Parent, J. -. F. Deschênes, A. Giguère, G. Hardy, and R. Verret 9:00 AM 7.3 Meeting strategies of National Meteorological Service by outsourcing services   Vesa Koivula, Vaisala Oyj, Helsinki, Finland 9:15 AM 7.4 Integrated hydrometeorological monitoring solutions and network management.   Hannu Kokko, Vaisala Oyj, Helsinki, Finland 9:30 AM 7.5 Perspectives on Internet Data Distribution Expansion and Use in Brazil   Waldenio Gambi de Almeida, CPTEC/INPE, Cachoeira Paulista, S.P., Brazil; and L. A. D. Carvalho, S. H. S. Ferreira, D. G. Coelho, M. G. A. Justi da Silva, and T. Yoksas 9:45 AM Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
	9:00 AM-11:30 AM, Tuesday Joint Session 5 AI Applications with a Nowcasting Flavor (Joint between the Fourth Conference on Artificial Intelligence and the 21st International Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology)
Chair: V. Lakshmanan, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma/NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK
9:00 AM J5.1 Feature selection of radar-derived tornado attributes with support vector machines   Michael B. Richman, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and B. Santosa and T. B. Trafalis 9:15 AM J5.2 A Neural Network for Detecting and Diagnosing Tornadic Circulations using the Mesocyclone Detection and Near Storm Environment Algorithms   V. Lakshmanan, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma/NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and G. J. Stumpf and A. Witt J5.3 Short-term wind forecasting using off-site observations and numerical weather prediction   Kristin Larson, 3 Tier Environmental Forecast Group, Inc., Seattle, WA 9:30 AM J5.4 A neural network to retrieve upper level winds from ground based profilers   Young Yee, U.S. Army Research Laboratory, White Sands Missile Range, NM; and E. Creegan 9:45 AM Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break   11:00 AM J5.5 Automated forecasting of ceiling and visibility for aviation: exploration of a data mining-based forecast method   Paul H. Herzegh, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and G. Wiener, R. Bateman, and B. Weekley 11:15 AM J5.6 A Real-Time Learning Technique to Predict Cloud-to-Ground Lightning   V. Lakshmanan, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma and NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and G. J. Stumpf
	9:45 AM-11:00 AM, Tuesday Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
	9:45 AM-11:00 AM, Tuesday Joint Poster Session 1 Poster Session: Distributed Earth Science Information Systems (Joint with the 16th Conference on Climate Variability and Change and the 21st International Conference on Interactive Information Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology)
JP1.1 NASA Cloud Object Data Website: An Interative Cloud Object Data Retrieval System for Climate Quality Satellite Cloud and Radiation Data   Takmeng Wong, NASA/LARC, Hampton, VA; and D. Mangosing, K. M. Xu, B. A. Wielicki, and L. Parker JP1.2 Climatological features of blocking anticyclones in present-day and increased CO2 environments: An updated model comparison   David Barriopedro-Cepero, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain; and V. Tikhonov, I. I. Mokhov, A. R. Lupo, E. Volodin, and R. Herrera   JP1.3 Building the GSFC Land Information System with distributed and parallel computing technologies   Yudong Tian, UMBC/GEST, Greenbelt, MD; and C. Peters-Lidard, S. V. Kumar, J. V. Geiger, S. Olden, L. Lighty, J. L. Eastman, P. R. Houser, J. Sheffield, E. F. Wood, K. E. Mitchell, J. Meng, H. Wei, P. Dirmeyer, B. Doty, and J. M. Adams   JP1.4 Enhancing the shareability of climate model data through the development of a framework for numerical climate model metadata   Katherine A. Bouton, CGAM, Dept Meteorology, U Reading, UK, Reading, United Kingdom; and L. Steenman-Clark   JP1.5 Climate Science Modelling Language: standards-based markup for metocean data   Andrew Woolf, CCLRC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton Didcot, United Kingdom; and B. Lawrence, R. Lowry, K. Kleese van Dam, R. Cramer, M. Gutierrez, S. Kondapalli, S. Latham, K. O'Neill, and A. Stephens   JP1.6 Using the Climate Data Analysis Tools (CDAT) to distribute Earth Science Data and Diagnosis via: Live Access Server, Zope or Mod_python   Charles Doutriaux, PCMDI, Livermore, CA; and D. N. Williams, A. Stephens, and B. Tang   JP1.7 GOES data in CLASS   John J. Bates, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and R. G. Reynolds, C. Cremidis, and C. Martinez   JP1.8 CLASS future plans   John J. Bates, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and R. G. Reynolds, C. Cremidis, and C. Martinez   JP1.9 CLASS capabilities overview   John J. Bates, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and R. G. Reynolds, C. Cremidis, and C. Martinez
	11:00 AM-1:45 PM, Tuesday Session 8 Interactive Processing Systems
Cochairs: Ward R. Seguin, NOAA/U.S. Weather Research Program Interagency Program Office, Silver Spring, MD; William F. Roberts, NOAA/ERL/FSL, Boulder, CO; Richard Thigpen, Consultant, Silver Spring, MD
11:00 AM 8.1 Overview of meteorological workstation development in Europe (Invited Presentation)   Jens Daabeck, ECMWF, Reading, Berks., United Kingdom 11:30 AM 8.2 The next generation of McIDAS   David A. Santek, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and T. M. Whittaker 11:44 AM Paper 8.3 has been moved to Poster Session P2, New Paper Number P2.14A   11:45 AM 8.3A An internet site for professional meteorologists (Formerly Paper Number P2.14)   Kenneth Reeves, AccuWeather, Inc., State College, PA; and M. Steinberg and J. Candor 12:00 PM 8.4 An Advanced Linux Prototype of AWIPS   Herb Grote, NOAA/OAR/FSL, Boulder, CO; and D. Davis, C. Bullock, and J. Tuell 12:15 PM Lunch Break
	11:30 AM-1:30 PM, Tuesday Exhibits Open
	12:15 PM, Tuesday Lunch Break
	1:30 PM-2:45 PM, Tuesday Joint Session 6 AI in Studies with a Climate Component (Joint between the Fourth Conference on Artificial Intelligence and the 21st International Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology)
Chair: Antonello Pasini, CNR, Rome Italy
1:30 PM J6.0 Concluding Remarks and Discussion   Antonello Pasini, CNR, Rome, Italy 1:45 PM J6.1 Distribution and variability of atmospheric temperature and water vapor derived from HIRS measurement   Lei Shi, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and J. J. Bates 2:00 PM J6.2 The Application of Support Vector Machines to the Analysis of Global Datasets from MISR   Michael J. Garay, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA; and D. M. Mazzoni, R. Davies, and D. Diner 2:15 PM J6.3 Neural network modeling as a tool for climatic analyses of forcings/temperatures relationships at global and regional scales   Antonello Pasini, CNR, Rome, Italy; and F. Ameli 2:30 PM J6.4 Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs) Application for the Occurrence Date Prediction of Each Phenological Stage in Wheat Using Climatic Data   Babak Safa, Sepahan Kara Co., Isfahan, Iran; and A. Liaghat
	1:30 PM-5:30 PM, Tuesday Joint Session 7 Cyberinfrastructure to support atmospheric and Oceanic Education: Examples and strategies (Joint with 21IIPS and Education)
Organizers: Thomas M. Whittaker, SSEC/CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; Rajul Pandya, UCAR, Boulder, CO
1:30 PM J7.1 Geosciences education and cyberinfrastructure: an issue of local importance, but global dimensions   Clifford A. Jacobs, NSF, Arlington, VA 1:45 PM J7.2 The National Forum for Geosciences Information Technology (“FIGIT”)   Kelvin K. Droegemeier, CAPS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and R. B. Wilhelmson 2:00 PM J7.3 Linked Environments for Atmospheric Discovery (LEAD): Architecture, Technology Road Map and Deployment Strategy   Kelvin K. Droegemeier, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and V. Chandrasekar, R. Clark, D. Gannon, S. Graves, E. Joseph, M. Ramamurthy, R. Wilhelmson, K. Brewster, B. Domenico, T. Leyton, V. R. Morris, D. Murray, B. Plale, R. Ramachandran, D. Reed, J. Rushing, D. Weber, A. Wilson, M. Xue, and S. Yalda 2:15 PM J7.4 LEAD LEARNING COMMUNITIES   Sepideh Yalda, Millersville University, Millersville, PA; and R. Clark, E. Joseph, J. Alameda, T. Baltzer, K. Droegemeier, D. Bender, and W. Yarnell 2:30 PM J7.5 Distance learning training for aviation forecasters: Improving fog and convection forecasting with advanced science and technologies   Elizabeth M. Page, UCAR/COMET, Boulder, CO; and T. Dulong and V. Johnson 2:45 PM J7.6a Satellite Observations for Science Education   Steve Ackerman, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI J7.6b Web-based distance learning at Penn State University: Beyond shovelware   Lee Grenci, Penn State Univ., University Park, PA 3:00 PM Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall   3:30 PM J7.7 Open Source technologies in science education: what's your geek IQ?   Stephen L. Arnold, Allan Hancock College, Santa Maria, CA 3:45 PM J7.8 Issues and trends in meteorology and hydrology and their implications for COMET scientific training   Gregory Byrd, UCAR/COMET, Boulder, CO; and D. Wesley, T. Spangler, W. Schreiber-Abshire, T. Dulong, and M. Kelsch 4:00 PM J7.9 Evaluation of NOAA's NWS Advanced Warning Operations Course (AWOC)   Bradford N. Grant, NOAA/NWS, Norman, OK 4:15 PM J7.10 Supporting Earth Science Education with Online Visualization and Analysis Information Systems   Zhong Liu, George Mason University/CEOSR, Fairfax, VA and NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and S. Berrick, G. Leptoukh, L. Pham, H. Rui, S. Shen, W. Teng, and T. Zhu 4:30 PM J7.11 Advanced Computing in Environmental Sciences (ACES): Cyberinfrastructure for Atmospheric Research in Nevada   Vanda Grubisic, DRI, Reno, NV 4:45 PM J7.12 An update on MADIS observation ingest, integration, quality control, and distribution capabilities   Patricia A. Miller, NOAA/ERL/FSL, Boulder, CO; and M. F. Barth and L. A. Benjamin* 5:00 PM J7.13 Managing the infrastructure of a 21st century meteorological service: Systems Engineering, Management and Sustainment (SEMS) and the Air Force Weather Agency (AFWA)- A government/private sector partnership   Richard S. Penc, Northrop Grumman Mission Systems, Bellevue, NE; and F. VanWijngaarden, A. E. Ronn, and M. Bannister
	1:30 PM-5:30 PM, Tuesday Joint Session 8 Global Climate Observing System (Joint with the 21st International Conference on Interactive Information Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology)
Organizers: Howard J. Diamond, NOAA/NESDIS, Silver Spring, MD; John Lincoln, Consultant, Berryville, VA; Thomas W. Schlatter, NOAA/ORL/FSL, Boulder, CO; A. E. MacDonald, NOAA/ERL/FSL
1:30 PM J8.1 Achieving global coverage for climate observations in support of the UNFCCC   Alan R. Thomas, GCOS at WMO, 1211 Geneva 2, Switzerland 1:45 PM J8.2 Implementation Plan for the Global Observing Systems for Climate in support of the UNFCCC   Paul Mason, University of Reading, Reading, Berks., United Kingdom J8.3 Establishing an EURO-GCOS-Network   Volker Vent-Schmidt, DWD, Deutscher Wetterdienst, OFFENBACH, Germany 2:00 PM J8.4 Enhancing global climate observing system (GCOS) activities in Switzerland   Thomas Frei, Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology (MeteoSwiss), Zurich, Switzerland 2:15 PM J8.5 Update on U.S. support for the Global Climate Observing System (GCOS) and associated support for international, regional, and bi-lateral GCOS activities   Howard J. Diamond, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Silver Spring, MD 2:30 PM J8.6 NOAA's role in building a global ocean observing system   Diane M. Stanitski, NOAA, Silver Spring, MD; and M. R. Johnson 2:45 PM Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall   3:15 PM J8.7 Shipboard Automated Meteorological and Oceanographic Systems: A Key Component of an Ocean Observing System   Shawn R. Smith, COAPS/Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 3:30 PM J8.8 Global Observing System Information (GOSIC) data set information available through NASA's Global Change Master Directory (GCMD)   Gene R. Major, SSAI, Lanham, MD; and C. Lief, L. Olsen, S. A. Ritz, G. Servin, and D. White 3:45 PM J8.9 On-line provision of data at ECMWF   Baudouin Raoult, ECMWF, Reading, Berks., United Kingdom; and M. Fuentes and M. Manoussakis 4:00 PM J8.10 Analysis of Data Exchange Problems in Global Atmospheric and Hydrological Networks   Stephan Bojinski, WMO, Geneva, Switzerland; and A. R. Thomas 4:15 PM J8.11 NCDC's GCOS lead center activities   Thomas C. Peterson, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and G. R. Hammer and M. J. Menne 4:30 PM J8.12 Adequacy of in situ observing system in the satellite era for climate SST analysis   Huai-Min Zhang, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and R. W. Reynolds and T. M. Smith 4:45 PM J8.13 The Meteorological Service of Canada’s Solar Radiation Data Processing System   Tara H. Sopoco, MSC, Downsview, ON, Canada; and L. D. Boudreau 5:00 PM J8.14 Upgrades to and expansion of the Comprehensive Pacific Rainfall Database (PACRAIN)   Michael D. Klatt, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. S. Greene and M. L. Morrissey
	1:30 PM-3:00 PM, Tuesday Session 9 Advances and Applications in Transportation Weather Part II: Aviation
CoChair: David J. Pace, SAIC, Washington, DC
1:30 PM 9.1 The Current State of Satellite Derived Wind Forecasts and Potential Improvements in the GOES-R Era. Emphasis: A Paradigm Shift in Temporal and Spatial Resolution for Earth Observations   Kevin M. Lausten, The Boeing Company, Springfield, VA 1:45 PM 9.2 Image Comparison from two cloud cover sensor in infrared and visible spectral regions   L. Berger, Institut Universitaire de Technologie, Le Mans, Pays de La Loire, France; and T. Besnard, I. Genkova, D. Gillotay, C. Long, F. Zanghi, J. P. Deslondes, and G. Perdereau 2:00 PM 9.3 Automated real-time analysis of ceiling and visibility on the national scale   Matthew L. Tryhane, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and P. Herzegh, G. Wiener, and B. Weekley 2:15 PM 9.4 The potential role for cloud-scale numerical weather prediction for terminal area planning and scheduling   Lloyd A. Treinish, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY; and A. P. Praino 2:30 PM 9.5 Volcanic ash coordination tool (VACT)   Dennis M. Rodgers, NOAA/FSL, Boulder, CO; and G. Pratt and J. M. Osiensky 2:45 PM 9.6 Describing and Demonstrating the Next-Generation Aviation Digital Data Service   Lynn Sherretz, NOAA - FSL, Boulder, CO; and G. Thompson
	3:00 PM, Tuesday Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall
	3:30 PM-5:30 PM, Tuesday Session 10 Satellite IIPS and Applications Part II (Please note that Papers 10.7 and 10.8 are a continuation of Session 7: European and other International Applications)
CoChair: Gerald J. Dittberner, NOAA/NESDIS, Silver Spring, MD
3:30 PM 10.1 The Future of NOAA's Office of Satellite Operations   Keith Amburgey, NOAAA/NESDIS, Suitland, MD 3:45 PM 10.2 CLAVR-x initial operational capability at NESDIS   David R. Donahue, Science and Technology Corporation, Suitland, MD; and J. Sapper, A. Heidinger, A. Jelenak, and V. Kapoor 4:00 PM 10.3 Design and Implementation of a Real-Time Regional Flash Flood Guidance System for Central America Driven by Adjusted GOES Satellite Rainfall   Jason A. Sperfslage, Hydrologic Research Center, San Diego, CA; and K. P. Georgakakos, T. M. Carpenter, E. Shamir, and N. E. Graham 4:15 PM 10.4 Recent Advances in QuikSCAT/Seawinds Near-Real-Time Processing at NOAA/NESDIS   Jeffrey M. Augenbaum, Computer Sciences Corp., Suitland, MD; and R. W. Luczak and G. Legg 4:30 PM 10.5 SBN Data Compression and Digital Video Broadcasting Test Results   Khien B. Nguyen, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and M. D. Buckingham 4:45 PM 10.6 Operational Polar Satellite Validation and Evaluation Systems   Anthony L. Reale, NOAA/NESDIS, Washington, DC; and M. Pettey and C. Brown 5:00 PM 10.7 Use of multiple IR sensors device for an improved ASOS cloud cover algorithm.   Thierry Besnard, ATMOS sarl, Saint Saturnin, Pays de la Loire, France; and L. Berger, I. Genkova, D. Gillotay, C. Long, F. Zanghi, J. P. Deslondes, and G. Perdereau 5:15 PM 10.8 River flow information system with RF current sensors   Yoshinori Kimura, Yokogawa Denshikiki Co., Ltd., Hadano-shi, Kanagawa, Japan; and S. Iida and H. Mori
	5:30 PM, Tuesday Sessions end for the day
Wednesday, 12 January 2005
	8:30 AM-9:30 AM, Wednesday Session 11 Internet Applications, Web Portals and Cyberinfrastructure
Organizers: Linda Miller, UCAR/Unidata, Boulder, CO; Nancy Soreide, NOAA/PMEL, Seattle, WA
8:30 AM 11.1 Toward a Global Interactive Earth Observing Cyberinfrastructure (Invited Presentation)   Larry Smarr, California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology, La Jolla, CA; and H. E. Gruber 9:00 AM 11.2 Cyberinfrastructure to support real-time, end-to-end regional forecasting   Tom Baltzer, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and D. Lindholm, M. Ramamurthy, and B. Domenico 9:15 AM 11.3 An Internet-Based Top-Tier Service for the Distribution of Streaming NEXRAD Level II Data: CRAFT Becomes an Operational System   Kelvin Droegemeier, CAPS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. D. Martin, C. Sinclair, and S. Hill
	8:30 AM-9:30 AM, Wednesday Session 12 GIS Applications Part I
Organizers: Nancy N. Soreide, NOAA/PMEL, Seattle, WA; Scott T. Shipley, Raytheon Information Solutions, Upper Marlboro, MD
8:30 AM 12.1 The Roles of GIS in Building the Earth Information System   May Yuan, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 8:45 AM 12.2 Implementing Marine XML for NOAA Observing Data and GIS integration   Nazila Merati, PMEL and JISAO, Seattle, WA; and E. F. Burger and C. Sun 9:00 AM 12.3 Using Open GIS web services to serve environmental data   Daryl Herzmann, Iowa State University, Ames, IA; and R. Arritt 9:15 AM 12.4 NOS’ nowCOAST: A Web mapping portal to real-time coastal observations and NOAA forecasts   Micah Wengren, NOAA/National Ocean Service, Silver Spring, MD; and J. G. W. Kelley and M. Westington
	9:30 AM, Wednesday Coffee Break
	10:00 AM-12:00 PM, Wednesday Presidential Forum
	11:30 AM-1:30 PM, Wednesday Exhibits Open
	12:00 PM, Wednesday Lunch Break
	1:30 PM-5:15 PM, Wednesday Session 13 Satellite IIPS and Applications Part III
CoChair: Gerald Dittberner, NOAA/NESDIS, Silver Spring, MD
1:30 PM 13.1 NOAA’s observing requirements collection process—making a global difference   Lauraleen O'Connor, Noblis Inc., Falls Church, VA; and P. Taylor, K. F. Carey, and L. E. Key 1:45 PM 13.2 Strategic Direction for NOAA's Integrated Global Environmental Observation and Data Management System   Eric Miller, NOAA/NESDIS, Silver Spring, MD; and T. Adang and C. Killion 2:00 PM 13.3 The Initial Joint Polar-orbiting Operational Satellite System Approaches First Launch   Christy Crosiar, NOAA/NESDIS, Suitland, MD 2:15 PM 13.4 The Initial Joint Polar-orbiting Operational Satellite System Verification and Validation Program   Christy L. Crosiar, NOAA/NESDIS, Suitland, MD; and D. N. Srinivas and S. M. Holt 2:30 PM Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break   4:00 PM 13.5 NOAA's NPOESS Data Exploitation Project   Stacy L. Bunin, Mitretek Systems, Inc., Falls Church, VA; and T. Schott and H. J. Silva 4:15 PM 13.6 Flexibility and Adaptability of the Low Rate Infornation Transmission System   Jeffrey A. Manning, Science and Technology Corp., Suitland, MD; and R. Luczak and M. O. Perkins 4:30 PM 13.7 The Next Generation GOES Satellite Designed with Advanced Technology to Improve the Quality of NOAA’s Weather Data   Loren Slafer, Boeing Satellite Systems, Los Angeles, CA 4:45 PM 13.8 Intelligent Data Thinning Algorithm for Earth System Numerical Model Research and Application   Rahul Ramachandran, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and X. Li, S. Movva, S. Graves, S. Greco, D. Emmitt, J. Terry, and R. Atlas 5:00 PM Paper 13.9 has been moved to Poster Session P2, New Paper Number P2.43
	1:30 PM-2:30 PM, Wednesday Session 14 GIS Applications Part II
Cochairs: Nancy Soreide, NOAA/PMEL, Seattle, WA; Scott T. Shipley, Raytheon Information Solutions, Upper Marlboro, MD
1:30 PM 14.1 Polygon weather warnings—a new approach for the National Weather Service   Ken R. Waters, NOAA/NWS, Phoenix, AZ; and J. M. Coyne, P. L. Wolf, J. T. Schaefer, J. M. Looney, S. Naglic, B. W. MacAloney, M. A. Tew, J. Lorens, R. J. Okulski, and N. O. Schwein 1:45 PM 14.2 A GIS based architecture for integrating, disseminating, and displaying weather data   Ira Graffman, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and J. Kozimor 2:00 PM 14.3 Refocusing the Texas Mesonet: a window on Texas weather   Gerald J. Creager, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 2:15 PM 14.4 Integration of Java/Java3D-based oceanographic analysis tools with GIS   Tiffany C. Vance, NOAA/National Marine Fisheries Service, Seattle, WA; and C. W. Moore and N. Merati
	2:30 PM-4:00 PM, Wednesday Poster Session 2 IIPS Poster Session II
Cochairs: Stephen M. Holt, Mitretek Systems, Falls Church, VA; Scott T. Shipley, Raytheon Information Solutions, Upper Marlboro, MD
P2.1 Applying OpenGIS Consortium standards to environmental observations and display   Gerald J Creager, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX   P2.2 The Meteorological And Range Safety Support (MARSS) system: a GIS-based tool for launch area hazard prediction and visualization   Stephen L. Arnold, ENSCO, Inc., Santa Maria, CA; and A. V. Dianic and E. G. Magnuson   P2.3 A Prototype Interactive GIS Delivery System for Disseminating Statistically Downscaled Climate Change Scenarios, Variability and Extremes in Atlantic Canada.   Gary S. Lines, MSC, Dartmouth, NS, Canada; and M. Pancura   P2.4 National Weather Service Management Information Retrieval System Online Map Gallery and Interactive Map Viewer   John P Kozimor, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD   P2.5 Using IDL as an unique approach for an automated weather forecast website   Ann L. Mazuk, The Aerospace Corporation, Los Angeles, CA; and L. O. Belsma, A. T. Stier, and A. A. Fote   P2.6 Using a web browser for environmental and climate change studies   T. Dale Bess, NASA/LRC, Hampton, VA; and P. Stackhouse, D. Mangosing, and G. L. Smith   P2.7 Supplying distributions of historic climate data via the WWW   Catherine A. Smith, NOAA/CIRES, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO   P2.8 Quantitative Precipitation Forecast (QPF) as a Foundation for a Systematic Methodology in GFE   Carven A. Scott, NOAA/NWSFO, Anchorage, AK; and V. J. Proton, J. Nelson, S. Baines, and C. Eldred   P2.9 A Metadata Integrated Data Analysis Server (MIDAS): Enhancements and Updates   Yujie Zhao, George Mason Univ., Fairfax, VA; and R. Yang and M. Kafatos   P2.10 Internet Meteorology: Increasing efficiency with cost-effective approaches   Eric D. Luebehusen, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/CPC, Washington, DC   P2.11 Implementation of the Operational Automated Coral Bleaching E-mail Alert System   Jillian E. Wemmer, Science and Technology Corporation, Suitland, MD; and K. Sprietzer, L. Zhao, and J. Sapper   P2.12 Examples of GFESuite and D2D Use in Operations During 2004   William F. Roberts, NOAA/ERL/FSL, Boulder, CO; and L. K. Cheatwood   P2.13 Collaborative activities of the NWS MDL and NSSL to improve and develop new severe weather warning guidance applications   Gregory J. Stumpf, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma/NOAA/NWS, Norman, OK; and S. B. Smith and K. E. Kelleher   Paper 2.14 has been moved to Session 8, new paper number 8.3A     P2.14a The Galileo weather processing and display system (Formerly Paper number 8.3)   Kenneth Reeves, AccuWeather, Inc., State College, PA; and M. Steinberg and A. Shaw   P2.15 A Component Interface to netCDF   J. Walter Larson, ANL, Argonne, IL; and E. T. Ong and B. Norris   Paper P2.16 has been moved to Session 16, New Paper Number 16.1a     P2.17 Technology Changes in AWIPS   Timothy Hopkins, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and D. Rhine and C. S. Bullock   P2.18 AWIPS interdependencies   Franz Zichy, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and J. Barna and T. Hopkins   P2.19 Atovs awips bufr encoder and decoder   Awdhesh K. Sharma, NOAA/NESDIS, Suitland, MD; and T. Yu P2.20 Nowcasting at KMA with non-NEXRAD Radars   Scott D O'Donnell, NOAA/NWS/MDL, CIRA, Boulder, CO; and S. H. Cheong, D. S. N. Oh, F. Moeng, S. B. Smith, and M. T. Filiaggi   P2.22 Reconstruction of gridded model data received via NOAAport   Lloyd A. Treinish, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY; and A. P. Praino and C. Tashman   P2.23 SBN/NOAAPort Expansion   Philip G. Cragg, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and L. Klet   P2.24 Recent and near-future enhancements to the NOAAPort product suite   Brian Gockel, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD   P2.25 Recent advances in the FSL Central Facility Data Systems   Robert C. Lipschutz, NOAA/ERL/FSL, Boulder, CO; and C. H. MacDermaid   P2.26 The DEOS Interactive Visualization and Analysis System (DIVAS) prototype   Tracy L. DeLiberty, University of Delaware, Newark, DE; and D. R. Legates, L. L. Parrish, D. J. Leathers, and G. E. Quelch   P2.27 The graphical severe weather warning initiative at the Fort Worth National Weather Service   William Bunting, NOAA/NWS, Fort Worth, TX; and L. Bucklew, P. Kirkwood, and S. Rae   P2.28 Dissemination of critical weather warnings using reverse 911 technology   Richard T Jesuroga, NOAA/ERL/FSL, Boulder, CO; and D. R. B. Chadwick, D. A. E. MacDonald, U. H. Grote, and C. Golden   P2.29 Video Hurricane Local Statement   Dennis Feltgen, NOAA/NWSFO, Key West, FL; and A. Devanas   P2.30 Weather forecast uncertainty management and display   Randy J. Lefevre, ApMet, Albuquerque, NM; and J. Pfautz and K. Jones   P2.31 Value of one-minute data in an operational mesonet   James Finney, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS; and L. D. White   P2.32 The Development of Real-time Airborne and Dropwindsonde Data Acquisition System on Laptops   Po-Hsiung Lin, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan; and Y. H. Chen and C. C. Wu   Paper P2.33 has been moved to Session 18, new paper number 18.15A     P2.34 ECMWF 45-Year Reanalysis Data from NCAR   Joseph L. Comeaux II, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and S. J. Worley   P2.35 Assessing the Human Experience of Climate: Development of the Climate Adjective Rating Scale (CARS)   Alan E. Stewart, University of Georgia, Athens, GA   P2.36 Assessing Human Dimensions of Weather and Climate Salience   Alan E. Stewart, University of Georgia, Athens, GA P2.37 Assessing the Human Experience of Climate: Development of the Climate Adjective Rating Scale (CARS)   Alan E. Stewart, University of Georgia, Athens, GA   P2.38 Build Four of NOAA's NWS Weather Event Simulator   Michael A. Magsig, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma and NOAA/NWS, Norman, OK; and N. M. Said, N. Levit, and X. Yu   P2.39 Architecture of MADIS data processing and distribution at FSL   Christopher H. MacDermaid, NOAA/ERL/FSL, Boulder, CO; and R. C. Lipschutz, P. Hildreth, R. A. Ryan, A. B. Stanley, M. F. Barth, and P. A. Miller   P2.40 The Use of Satellite Water Vapor Imagery and Model Data to Diagnose and Forecast Turbulent Mountain Waves   Nathan Uhlenbrock, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and S. Ackerman, W. Feltz, T. Whittaker, B. Sharman, K. M. Bedka, and L. Gumley   P2.41 Atmospheric Sciences and Climate Applications Using HDF and HDF5   MuQun Yang, National Center for Supercomputing Applications and Univ. of Illinois, Champaign, IL; and R. McGrath E. and M. Folk   P2.42 HDF5—A High Performance data Format for Earth Science   MuQun Yang, National Center for Supercomputing Applications and Univ. of Illinois, Champaign, IL; and R. E. McGrath and M. Folk   P2.43 Thermal Effluent Pattern Analysis Discharged from Nuclear Power Plant Using Airborne and Satellite Remote Sensing Image Data (Formerly paper number 13.9)   JongGyu Han, KIGAM-Korea Institute of Geoscience & Mineral Resources, Daejeon, South Korea; and K. Chi and Y. Yeon   P2.44 Discovering Webservices through the NOAA Webservice Registry (Formerly Paper Number 16.1)   Eugene F. Burger, NOAA/PMEL and Univ. of Washington/JISAO, Seattle, WA; and A. N. Keane, E. A. Kihn, and M. W. Govett
	3:30 PM-5:00 PM, Wednesday Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
	3:30 PM-6:30 PM, Wednesday Exhibits Open
	4:00 PM-5:30 PM, Wednesday Joint Session 9 GIS Applications Part III (Joint Session with Hydrology and IIPS)
Organizers: Nancy N. Soreide, NOAA/PMEL, Seattle, WA; Scott T. Shipley, Raytheon Information Solutions, Upper Marlboro, MD
4:00 PM J9.1 An Overview of GIS Projects and Applications at Southern Region River Forecast Centers   Keith Stellman, NOAA/NWS, Fort Worth, TX; and D. Welch, M. Love, P. Mckee, and J. Atwell 4:15 PM J9.2 Developing a high resolution precipitation dataset for Florida hydrologic studies   Joseph Marzen, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and H. E. Fuelberg 4:30 PM J9.3 Use of a GIS-based Flash Flood Potential in the flash flood warning decision making process   Mark Jackson, NOAA/NWS, Salt Lake City, UT; and B. McInerney and G. Smith 4:45 PM J9.4 An Integrated Hydrological and Atmospheric Model to predict Malaria Epidemics   Salvi Asefi, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and J. Li, U. S. Nair, D. K. Ray, R. M. Welch, N. Padilla, E. Barrios, and M. E. Benedict 5:00 PM J9.5 Weather radar terrain occultation modeling using GIS   Scott Shipley, Raytheon ITSS, Upper Marlboro, MD; and I. A. Graffman and R. E. Saffle 5:15 PM J9.6 GIS tools for visualization and analysis of NEXRAD radar (WSR-88D) archived data at the National Climatic Data Center   Steve Ansari, STG Inc., Asheville, NC; and S. Del Greco
	5:30 PM, Wednesday Sessions End for the day
	5:30 PM-6:30 PM, Wednesday Exhibits Open
	7:30 PM, Wednesday AMS Annual Awards Banquet
Thursday, 13 January 2005
	8:30 AM-12:30 PM, Thursday Session 15 Interactive Processing Systems Part II
Cochairs: Ward R. Seguin, NOAA/OAR, Silver Spring, MD; Richard Thigpen, Consultant, Silver Spring, MD; William F. Roberts, NOAA/ERL/FSL, Boulder, CO
8:30 AM 15.1 The InteractiveGrid Analysis and Display System (IGrADS) for the U.S. Armed Forces   R. Bruce Telfeyan, Air Force Weather Agency, Offutt AFB, NE; and D. M. Rozema and J. J. Wesely 8:45 AM 15.2 Future forecast workstations/systems   Carl S. Bullock, NOAA/FSL, Boulder, CO 9:00 AM 15.3 Building Operational Weather Systems using an Enterprise Architecture Framework   Edward L. Bensman, Raytheon Intelligence and Information Systems, Bellevue, NE 9:15 AM 15.3a Investigations Using NOMADS in an AWIPS Environment   Darien L. Davis, NOAA/OAR/FSL, Boulder, CO; and U. H. Grote, C. S. Bullock, T. B. Kent, G. J. Edwards, J. E. Ramer, E. J. Mandel, J. P. Tuell, and T. Hopkins 9:30 AM 15.4 FX-Net- Integrating Air Chemistry and Weather Data for Research and Operations   Sher Schranz, NOAA/FSL, Boulder and CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and J. Stewart, E. Polster, and N. Wang 9:45 AM 15.5 Capital project test warning system: collaboration between NOAA and the Department of Homeland Security   Rich Jesuroga, FSL, Boulder, CO; and U. H. Grote, D. A. E. MacDonald, B. B. Hicks, D. R. B. Chadwick, D. J. A. McGinley, P. M. Kenul, M. Paese, and C. Golden 10:00 AM Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break   11:15 AM 15.6 National Weather Service Digital Services Operations Concept   LeRoy Spayd, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and G. Austin and D. C. Young 11:30 AM 15.7 Evolution of digital forecasts at NWS Forecast Offices   Lynn P. Maximuk, NOAA/NWS, Pleasant Hill, MO 11:45 AM 15.8 GFE - The Next Generation   Carven A. Scott, NOAA/NWSFO, Anchorage, AK; and V. J. Proton, J. A. Nelson, R. Wise, S. T. Miller, and C. Eldred 12:00 PM 15.9 Multipass Processing for Automatic Text Forecast Generation   Tracy L. Hansen, NOAA/ERL/FSL, Boulder, CO; and T. J. Lefebvre 12:15 PM 15.10 The Aviation Forecast Preparation System (AvnFPS) of the National Weather Service   Matthew R. Peroutka, NOAA/NWS/Office of Science and Technology, Silver Spring, MD; and R. Rood, M. Graf, M. G. Oberfield, G. Trojan, and B. Li
	8:30 AM-9:45 AM, Thursday Session 16 Internet Applications, Web Portals and Cyberinfrastructure Part II
Cochairs: Linda Miller, UCAR/Unidata, Boulder, CO; Nancy N. Soreide, NOAA/PMEL, Seattle, WA
8:30 AM Paper 16.1 has been moved to poster session P2, new paper number P2.44   8:31 AM 16.1a A RELAX NG Way to Live: The Story of Updating The Live Access Server Configuration XML (Formerly Paper Number P2.16)   Roland H. Schweitzer, Weathertop Consulting, LLC, College Station, TX; and A. Manke, K. O'Brien, J. McLean, J. Callahan, and S. Hankin 8:45 AM 16.2 A comparison of common geospatial data model between AS and GIS communities   Yuan Ho, Unidata/UCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. Weber and J. Caron 9:00 AM 16.3 Networked synchronization of netCDF datasets   Joe Sirott, Sirott and Associates, Seattle, WA; and L. C. Sun and D. W. Denbo 9:15 AM 16.4 A sample data publication: Interactive access, analysis and display of remotely stored datasets from a convective rain event over Colorado   Ben Domenico, UCAR/Unidata, Boulder, CO; and J. Weber 9:30 AM 16.5 A secure, low-cost, networked Continuation of Operations standby system for an enterprise application   Eugene F. Burger, NOAA/OAR/PMEL, Seattle, WA; and J. Warren
	9:45 AM-11:00 AM, Thursday Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
	11:00 AM-12:15 PM, Thursday Session 17 Internet Applications, Web Portals and Cyberinfrastructure Part II
Organizers: Linda I. Miller, UCAR/Unidata, Boulder, CO; Nancy Soreide, NOAA/PMEL, Seattle, WA
11:00 AM 17.1 ACRF data collection and processing infrastructure   Matt C. Macduff, PNNL, RIchland, WA; and R. C. Eagan 11:15 AM 17.2 Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center Web-Enabled Products Via the Navy Enterprise Portal   David Dimitriou, FNMOC, Monterey, CA 11:30 AM 17.3 MeteoForum—Extending Real-time Throughout Central and South America   Tom Yoksas, UCAR/Unidata, Boulder, CO; and W. G. D. Almeida, D. G. Coelho, V. C. Leon, and T. Spangler 11:45 AM 17.4 Cyberinfrastructure advances at NOAA's National Climatic Data Center and Regional Climate Centers: quality feedback, assurance, and dissemination   Timothy W. Owen, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC 12:00 PM 17.5 A Client Application for Real Time NOMADS at NCEP To Disseminate NOAA’s Information Data Base   Jordan Alpert, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Camp Springs, MD; and J. Wang
	12:00 PM-3:45 PM, Thursday Exhibits Open
	12:15 PM, Thursday Lunch Break
	1:30 PM-5:30 PM, Thursday Session 18 Applications in Meteorology, Oceanography, Hydrology and Climatology
Organizer: Carl D. Thormeyer, FNMOC, Monterey, CA CoChair: Jim Cooper, Earth Satellite Corporation, Rockville, MD
1:30 PM 18.2 Tracking NWS Area Forecast Discussions to Study the Subjective use of Wind and Temperature Profiler Data   Douglas W. van de Kamp, NOAA/FSL, Boulder, CO; and D. M. Grant 1:45 PM 18.3 National Weather Service River Forecast Center Forecast Simulations Using the WES Simulating Hydrologic Activities During Real-Time Events (SHARE)   Eric Jones, NOAA/NWS, Slidell, LA; and A. Roberts and D. Reed 2:00 PM 18.4 A Severe Weather Proxy Developed From the NOMADS Real Time Data Base of Operational Models   Jordan Alpert, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Camp Springs, MD; and J. Wang 2:15 PM 18.5 Modeling turbulence and seeing over Mauna Kea   Tiziana Cherubini, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI; and S. Businger, R. Okasawara, and R. Lyman 2:30 PM 18.6 Convective forecast performance of an operational mesoscale modelling system   Anthony P. Praino, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY; and L. A. Treinish 2:45 PM 18.6a Collaborative efforts in the application of Grid Computing to operational Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP)   R. Michael Clancy, FNMOC, Monterey, CA; and C. Kleinschmidt and C. Thormeyer 3:15 PM Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall   3:30 PM 18.8 Weather information to your cell phone   Kenneth Reeves, AccuWeather, Inc., State College, PA; and Y. Douglas, C. James, and S. Michael 3:45 PM 18.9 The USGODAE Monterey Data Server   Phil Sharfstein, FNMOC, Monterey, CA; and D. Dimitriou and S. Hankin 4:00 PM 18.10 DEOS: The Delaware Environmental Observing System   David R Legates, University of Delaware, Newark, DE; and D. J. Leathers, T. L. DeLiberty, G. E. Quelch, K. Brinson, J. Butke, R. Mahmood, and S. A. Foster 4:15 PM 18.11 FSL central facility data system concepts   Paul Hamer, NOAA/ERL/FSL, Boulder and CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO 4:30 PM 18.12 NuSDaS - meteorological database for operational weather service   Eizi Toyoda, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 4:45 PM 18.13 Automated validation for summary of the day precipitation data   Michael L. Urzen, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and S. A. DelGreco and S. Ansari 5:00 PM 18.14 Monitoring the health of weather and climate observing networks   Matthew J. Menne, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and H. V. Frederick and S. A. Del Greco 5:14 PM 18.15 now J2.3 (Climate Variability and Change)   5:15 PM 18.15a Modernizing workstation technology for the International Satellite Communication System (ISCS) (Formerly Paper Number P2.33)   Paul Heppner, Spatial Software Solutions Inc., Marlton, NJ; and G. Shaffer
	1:30 PM-5:30 PM, Thursday Session 19 Radar IIPS and Applications Part II
Cochairs: Robert G. Borchers, SAIC, Melbourne, FL; Robert Saffle, Mitretek Systems, Inc., Falls Church, VA; Douglas E. Forsyth, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK
1:30 PM 19.2 Range and velocity ambiguity mitigation on the WSR-88D: Performance of the SZ-2 phase coding algorithm   Sebastian M. Torres, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 1:45 PM 19.3 Radar range and velocity ambiguity mitigation: Censoring methods for the SZ-1 and SZ-2 phase coding algorithms   Scott M. Ellis, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and M. Dixon, G. Meymaris, S. Torre, and J. C. Hubbert 2:00 PM 19.4 Integration of Radar, Rainfall Intensity and Hydrometric Data using DRIP   Reg R. Dunkley, MSC, Vancouver, BC, Canada 2:15 PM 19.5 Progress report on the National Weather Radar Testbed (Phased-Array)   Douglas E. Forsyth, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and J. F. Kimpel, D. S. Zrnic, R. Ferek, J. F. Heimmer, T. J. McNellis, J. E. Crain, A. M. Shapiro, R. J. Vogt, and W. Benner 2:30 PM 19.6 Recent Advances in Phased Array Radar for Meteorological Applications   Tom McNellis, Lockheed Martin Corporation, Moorestown, New Jersey; and S. Katz, M. Campbell, and J. Melody 2:45 PM 19.6a NEXRAD Open Radar Data Acquisition (ORDA) receiver characteristics   Nita K. Patel, RS Information Systems Inc., Norman, Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and G. W. Jim and A. D. Free 3:15 PM Coffee Break   3:30 PM 19.8 Phase noise, coherency, and clutter suppression   James J. Stagliano Jr., DRS Weather Systems, Inc., Enterprise, AL; and J. Helvin, J. L. Alford, and D. Nelson 3:45 PM 19.9 An Update on the NWS Implementation of the WSR-88D Level II Data Collection and Distribution Network   Tim Crum, NOAA/NWS/Radar Operations Center, Norman, OK; and C. Gilbert, S. Smith, J. Heimer, J. Casamento, P. Cragg, T. Sandman, and W. Blanchard 4:00 PM 19.10 Ultra High Compression for Weather Radar Reflectivity Data Storage and Transmission   Pravas R. Mahapatra, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, Karnataka, India; and V. V. Makkapati 4:15 PM 19.11 Radar Networking: Considerations for Data transfer Protocols and Network Characteristics   Tarun Banka, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and A. Maroo, A. P. Jayasumana, V. Chandrasekar, N. Bharadwaj, and S. Chittibabu 4:30 PM 19.12 MCNA—A reliable multicast protocol for radar product distribution   Zack Jing, NOAA/NWS, Norman, OK; and S. Ahlert and G. Gookin 4:45 PM 19.13 Development of the Terminal Doppler Weather Radar Supplemental Products Generator for NWS Operations   Andrew D. Stern, Mitretek Systems, Inc., Falls Church, VA; and M. J. Istok, W. M. Blanchard, and N. Shen 5:00 PM 19.14 Principles of Radar Operation over the Internet: The VCHILL   V. Chandrasekar, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO; and Y. G. Cho, D. A. Brunkow, and A. Jayasumana 5:15 PM 19.15 The Meteorological Command and Control Structure of a Dynamic, Collaborative, Automated Radar Network   Jerald Brotzge, CAPS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and D. Westbrook, K. Brewster, K. Hondl, and M. Zink
	3:00 PM, Thursday Registration Desk Closes
	3:45 PM, Thursday Exhibits Close
	5:30 PM, Thursday Conference Ends
	6:00 PM, Thursday Ed Lorenz Symposium Banquet

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