Program: 16th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification (85th AMS Annual Meeting)

16th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification

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Sunday, 9 January 2005

6:00 AM-6:00 AM: Sunday, 9 January 2005

SUN 9 JAN

7:30 AM-7:30 AM: Sunday, 9 January 2005

Short Course Registration

9:00 AM-5:40 PM: Sunday, 9 January 2005

Conference Registration

Monday, 10 January 2005

6:00 AM-6:00 AM: Monday, 10 January 2005

MON 10 JAN

7:30 AM-7:30 AM: Monday, 10 January 2005

Registration continues through Thursday, 13 January

9:00 AM-10:00 AM: Monday, 10 January 2005

all aspects of planned and inadvertent weather modification

Sponsor: 16th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification

Organizers: Joseph H. Golden, Forecast Systems Lab, NOAA; Patrick Sweeney, Weather Modification, Inc.

Papers:

9:00 AM

1.1

A plan for the next phase in weather modification science and technology development

T. P. DeFelice, AIS, Sykesville, MD

Poster PDF (180.7 kB)

1.2

Learning the Chemistry of the Environment by the Study of Weather

9:30 AM

1.3

A PDA-based record keeping system for cloud seeding operations

Paul T. Moen, North Dakota State Water Commission, Bismarck, ND; and D. W. Langerud

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (496.7 kB)

9:45 AM

1.4

Satellite Retrieved Microphysical Properties of AgI Seeding Tracks in Supercooled Layer Clouds

Daniel Rosenfeld, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel; and X. Yu and J. Dai

Recorded presentation

10:00 AM

1.5

Hail Metrics Using Conventional Radar

G. Brant Foote, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and T. W. Krauss and V. Makitov

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.8 MB)

10:15 AM-10:15 AM: Monday, 10 January 2005

Coffee Break in Poster Session Room

10:45 AM-11:45 AM: Monday, 10 January 2005

inadvertent weather modification on urban effects on fog, clouds, precipitation, runoff, and lightning

Sponsor: 16th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification

Organizers: Robert D. Bornstein, San Jose State University; Don A. Griffith, North American Weather Consultants

Papers:

10:45 AM

2.1

Urban and Industrial Aerosols Impacts on Precipitation

Daniel Rosenfeld, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel

Recorded presentation

11:00 AM

2.2

Separation between cloud seeding and air pollution effects

Amir Givati, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel; and D. Rosenfeld

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (468.7 kB)

11:15 AM

2.3

Modeling the impacts of urban aerosol on convection and precipitation

Susan C. Van den Heever, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and W. R. Cotton

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (330.5 kB)

11:30 AM

2.4

Analysis of Upper Air, Ground and Remote Sensing Data for the ATLAS Field Campaign in San Juan, Puerto Rico

Jorge E. Gonzalez, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA; and J. Luvall, D. Rickman, D. E. Comarazamy, and A. J. Picon

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (451.5 kB)

11:45 AM

2.5

MM5 simulations of uhi-induced thunderstorms over Atlanta, GA

Bob Bornstein, San Jose State Univ., San Jose, CA; and K. J. Craig and Q. Lin

Recorded presentation

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Monday, 10 January 2005

Lunch Break

2:30 PM-4:00 PM: Monday, 10 January 2005

Poster Session 1

Poster Session

Sponsor: 16th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification

Papers:

P1.1

Modeling the complex interactions among urban climate, air quality, and adaptive/reactive human response

David J. Sailor, Portland State University, Portland, OR; and R. D. Bornstein, L. George, J. Semenza, and H. Taha

http://www.fuse.pdx.edu

Poster PDF (57.5 kB)

P1.2

Probe into the Hail Formation Mechanism on the Northeastern Border of Qinghai-Xizang Plateau and its Neighbourhood

Kang Fengqin, Lanzhou Institute of Arid Meteorology, Lanzhou, Gansu, China; and Z. Qiang and G. Xueliang

http://cxp.ys168.com

Poster PDF (113.0 kB)

P1.3

Fog Aerosol analysis and cloud seeding experiments at DaeGwalryoung, Korea.

Sung-Nam Oh, Meteorological Research Institute / Korea Meteorological Administration, Seoul, South Korea; and Y. H. Kim, J. Y. Kim, G. M. Park, J. Y. Jeong, and H. Y. Yang

Poster PDF (103.3 kB)

P1.4

Impacts of Cloud Seeding on COOP Precipitation Measurements in the Southern Plains

Bradley G. Illston, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK OK

Poster PDF (320.8 kB)

P1.5

Evaluation of Hail Suppression Operations on the North Dakota Cloud Modification Project 1985-2003

P1.6

Effect of air pollution on precipitation along the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains

Israel L. Jirak, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and W. R. Cotton and W. L. Woodley

Poster PDF (541.7 kB)

P1.7

Application of a hydrologic model to assess the effects of cloud seeding in the Walker river basin of Nevada

Douglas P. Boyle, DRI, Reno, NV; and G. Lamorey and A. Huggins

P1.8

A Model Based Feasibility Study of Glacionic Seeding during a Winter Orographic Precipitation Event in Wyoming

Tara Jensen, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. Bruintjes, D. Breed, W. D. Hall, B. Boe, and K. Ross

Poster PDF (180.0 kB)

P1.9

A look at thunderstorm indices and their ability to discriminate between seedable and non-seedable days in the Southern Ogallala Aquifer Rainfall (SOAR) program target area

P1.10

Three-dimensional modeling of North Dakota clouds using a new microphysical scheme with explicit treatment of atmospheric aerosols and hygroscopic seeding effects

Richard D. Farley, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD; and M. R. Hjelmfelt and S. L. Hansen

Poster PDF (174.3 kB)

P1.11

THE UNFORTUNATE ACADEMY REPORT ON WEATHER MODIFICATION

Roland List, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Poster PDF (43.9 kB)

P1.12

Summary of trace chemical and physical measurements of snowfall in two Nevada cloud seeding target areas

Arlen W. Huggins, DRI, Reno, NV; and P. R. Edwards and J. R. McConnell

Poster PDF (983.1 kB)

P1.13

The Magnifying Glass Versus The Rubber Stamp�The Role of Statistics in Weather Modification

Tressa L. Fowler, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and B. G. Brown and E. Gilleland

Poster PDF (148.3 kB)

Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

4:00 PM-5:30 PM: Monday, 10 January 2005

development and refinement of conceptual models; application of numerical models to planned and inadvertent weather modification topics

Sponsor: 16th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification

Organizer: Tara Jensen, NCAR

Papers:

4:00 PM

3.1

Purposeful tornado amelioration: Is the science ready?

Joseph H. Golden, Forecast Systems Lab, NOAA, Boulder, CO

4:15 PM

3.2

Modeled sensitivity of wintertime precipitation to CCN and GCCN concentrations

Stephen M. Saleeby, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and W. R. Cotton

Poster PDF (1.7 MB)

4:30 PM

3.3

Impacts of urban and rural land-use and land-cover changes on MM5 simulated meteorological conditions in the Houston-Galveston region

Haider Taha, Altostratus, Inc., Martinez, CA; and R. D. Bornstein, R. Balmori, and J. Noble

Recorded presentation

4:45 PM

3.4

Dynamic climatology�a tool for assessing cloud seeding operations in water resource management

William J. Badini, HDR Engineering Inc., Denver, CO; and J. F. Henz

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (457.6 kB)

5:00 PM

3.5

A case study of mesoscale and plume dispersion modeling for a February 2004 cloud seeding event in the Walker River Basin of California/Nevada

Arlen W. Huggins, DRI, Reno, NV; and D. Koracin, D. Podnar, and M. Xiao

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (2.2 MB)

5:15 PM

3.6

Controlling the evolution of a simulated hurricane through optimal perturbations: Initial experiments using a 4-D variational analysis system

R. N. Hoffman, AER, Lexington, MA; and C. Grassotti, J. M. Henderson, S. M. Leidner, G. Modica, and T. Nehrkorn

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (2.8 MB)

5:30 PM-5:30 PM: Monday, 10 January 2005

Sessions End for the day

5:30 PM-7:00 PM: Monday, 10 January 2005

FORMAL OPENING OF EXHIBITS WITH RECEPTION (CASH BAR)

7:30 PM-7:30 PM: Monday, 10 January 2005

Suki Manabe Symposium Banquet

Tuesday, 11 January 2005

6:00 AM-6:00 AM: Tuesday, 11 January 2005

TUE 11 JAN

8:30 AM-10:00 AM: Tuesday, 11 January 2005

Planned weather modification including promising new technologies such as the recent hygroscopic and winter orographic seeding experiments and evaluation methods for seeding experiments

Sponsor: 16th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification

Organizers: William L. Woodley, Woodley Weather Consultants; Darin W. Langerud, North Dakota Atmospheric Resource Board

Papers:

8:30 AM

4.1

The Santa Barbara Cloud Seeding Project in Coastal Southern California, Operations and Research Spanning More Than 50 Years

Don A. Griffith, North America Weather Consultants, Sandy, UT; and M. E. Solak, R. B. Almy, and D. Gibbs

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (428.5 kB)

8:45 AM

4.2

Observations of rime icing in the Wasatch Mountains of Utah: implications regarding winter season cloud seeding

Mark E. Solak, North American Weather Consultants, Sandy, UT; and D. P. Yorty and D. A. Griffith

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (498.8 kB)

9:00 AM

4.3

The search for the optimal size of hygroscopic seeding particles

Ronen Lahav, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel; and D. Rosenfeld

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (394.2 kB)

9:15 AM

4.4

Precipitation Evaluation of the North Dakota Cloud Modification Project (NDCMP) using the ND ARBCON Precipitation Data

Paul A. Kucera, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND; and E. Wise

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (84.7 kB)

9:30 AM

4.5

The Snowy Precipitation Enhancement Research Program

Mark F. Heggli, Innovative Hydrology, Auburn, CA; and B. Dunn, A. W. Huggins, J. Denholm, L. Angri, and T. Luker

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (574.5 kB)

9:45 AM

4.6

Artificial Atmospheric Ionization: A Potential Window for Weather Modification

Phillip Kauffman, Ionogenics Corp., Bedford, MA; and A. Ruiz-Columbi�

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (332.7 kB)

11:00 AM-12:00 PM: Tuesday, 11 January 2005

recent developments in understanding natural cloud processes and aerosol cloud interactions and how they might be modified - Part 1

Sponsor: 16th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification

Organizer: Roelof T. Bruintjes, NCAR

Papers:

11:00 AM

5.1

The impacts of Saharan dust on Florida storm characteristics

Susan C. van den Heever, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and G. G. Carri�, W. R. Cotton, and W. C. Straka

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.4 MB)

11:15 AM

5.2

Modifying particle size distributions in hygroscopic cloud Seeding flares and the effects on the warm rain process in convective clouds

Vidal Salazar, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. T. Bruintjes and J. Gunkelman

Recorded presentation

11:30 AM

5.3

On the stochastic nature of droplet growth by coalescence

A. B. Kostinski, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI

11:45 AM

5.4

The Relationship between Cloud Droplet Distributions and Ambient Aerosol Populations in a Subtropical Desert Region

Tara Jensen, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and V. Salazar, D. Breed, R. Bruintjes, S. Piketh, A. Al Mangoosh, and A. Al Mandoos

Recorded presentation

11:30 AM-1:30 PM: Tuesday, 11 January 2005

Exhibits Open

12:15 PM-12:15 PM: Tuesday, 11 January 2005

Lunch Break

1:30 PM-3:00 PM: Tuesday, 11 January 2005

RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN UNDERSTANDING NATURAL CLOUD PROCESSES AND AEROSOL CLOUD INTERACTIONS AND HOW THEY MIGHT BE MODIFIED - Part 2

Sponsor: 16th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification

Organizers: Daniel Rosenfeld, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Daniel Breed, NCAR

Papers:

1:30 PM

6.1

Aerosol Intercations on Clouds with emphasis on the Arabian peninsula

Roelof T. Bruintjes, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and V. Salazar, D. Breed, J. Li, P. R. Buseck, T. Jensen, S. Piketh, and J. Reid

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (424.7 kB)

1:45 PM

6.2

On the Documentation of Microphysical Signatures Following the Base-Seeding of Texas Convective Clouds Using Salt Micro-Powder

William L. Woodley, Woodley Weather Consultants, Littleton, CO; and D. Rosenfeld, D. Axisa, R. Lahav, and G. Bomar

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (584.2 kB)

2:00 PM

6.3

Studies of Background Cloud Condensation Nucleus Population Characteristics in the Northern High Plains

A. Detwiler, South Dakota School of Mines & Technology, Rapid City, South Dakota

Recorded presentation

2:15 PM

6.4

The mechanism of increase of precipitation efficiency by large aerosols and the optimum size of seed particles

Khain Alexander, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel; and D. Rosenfeld, A. Pokrovsky, and Y. Segal

Recorded presentation

2:30 PM

6.5

Saharan dust and optical properties of anvil-cirrus clouds

Gustavo Carri�, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and S. C. Van den Heever and W. R. Cotton

Poster PDF (235.0 kB)

2:45 PM

6.6

The Southern Plains Experiment in Cloud Seeding of Thunderstorms for Rainfall Augmentation (SPECTRA) project: Operational tools used towards verifying glaciogenic and hygroscopic seeding conceptual models, case studies and preliminary results.

Duncan Axisa, SOAR program, Plains, TX; and D. Rosenfeld, J. L. Santarpia, W. L. Woodley, and D. R. Collins

http://www.sandylandwater.com/spectra.htm

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (338.5 kB)

3:00 PM-3:00 PM: Tuesday, 11 January 2005

Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall

3:30 PM-5:30 PM: Tuesday, 11 January 2005

Joint Session 6

the water cycle in arid lands (Joint with 16th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification and AMS Forum on Living with a Limited Water Supply)

Sponsors: (Joint between the AMS Forum: Living with a Limited Water Supply; and the 16th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification )

Chair: John L. Wilson, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology

Papers:

3:30 PM

J6.1

Topographic and Ecosystem Controls on Soil Moisture Distribution in the SMEX04-NAME Transect Study, Northern Sonora, Mexico

Enrique R. Vivoni, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM; and H. A. Gutierrez, B. Brooks, C. A. Aragon, A. Rinehart, R. Wyckoff, C. J. Watts, J. C. Rodriguez, and T. J. Jackson

3:45 PM

J6.2

Seasonal strategies to enhance groundwater recharge in hyper-arid zones

David N. Yates, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and A. Mangoosh, M. AlMalki, and R. T. Bruintjes

Recorded presentation

4:00 PM

J6.3

Refinement of Numerical Modeling and technology of Global and Regional Water Cycle

Hiromasa Ueda, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University, Uji City, Kyoto, Japan; and T. Yamagata, R. Ohba, H. Sakuma, S. Behera, M. Mujumdar, and A. Chakraborty

http://

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (395.2 kB)

4:15 PM

J6.4

MM5 Simulations of Precipitation in the El Paso Del Norte

Karina Apodaca, Howard University, Washington, DC; and D. V. R. Morris

4:30 PM

J6.5

Mitigating climate risks through hydro-climate information and adaptive water management institutions

Andrea J Ray, NOAA/CDC, Boulder, CO

Recorded presentation

4:45 PM

J6.6

Influence of soil and vegetation on rainfall in coastal desert and mountainous area

Ryohji Ohba, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Fukahorimachi, Nagasaki, Japan; and H. Ueda, T. Adachi, T. Hara, R. W. A. Hutjes, H. W. Ter Maat, and B. Bisselink

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (428.9 kB)

5:00 PM

J6.7

Hydroclimatology of the North American Monsoon Region in Northwest Mexico

David J. Gochis, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and L. Brito-Castillo and W. J. Shuttleworth

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (254.3 kB)

5:15 PM

J6.8

Geostatistical Mapping of Mountain Precipitation Incorporating Auto-searched Effects of Terrain and Climatic Characteristics

Huade Guan, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM; and J. L. Wilson and O. Makhnin

Recorded presentation

5:30 PM-5:30 PM: Tuesday, 11 January 2005

Sessions end for the day

Wednesday, 12 January 2005

6:00 AM-6:00 AM: Wednesday, 12 January 2005

WED 12 JAN

8:30 AM-9:30 AM: Wednesday, 12 January 2005

Joint Session 7

extreme water cycle events: floods and droughts (JOINT BETWEEN THE LIMITED WATER SUPPLY SYMPOSIUM, THE 19TH CONFERNCE ON HYDROLOGY, and the 16th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modificaiton) (parallel with Session 3)

Sponsors: (Joint between the AMS Forum: Living with a Limited Water Supply; the 19th Conf on Hydrology; and the 16th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification )

Chair: Kevin Trenberth, NCAR

Papers:

8:30 AM

J7.1

Pro-active drought mitigation in the United States: practical and theoretical Insights from a national survey of state drought planning impact and vulnerability assessments

Joseph S Abraham, Department of Geography and Regional Development, the University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona

Recorded presentation

8:45 AM

J7.2

Long-Lead Drought Forecasting � Lessons Learned in the Murray-Darling Basin, Australia

A. P. Barros, Duke University, Durham, NC; and G. Bowden

Recorded presentation

9:00 AM

J7.3

Analysis of Precipitation Variability and Meteorological Drought in the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin

Gloria Arrocha, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and P. Ruscher

9:15 AM

J7.4

Agricultural drought: an index based on transpiration deficit

Vittorio Marletto, ARPA Emilia-Romagna, Bologna, Italy; and F. Zinoni and T. Tonelli

9:30 AM-9:30 AM: Wednesday, 12 January 2005

Coffee Break

10:00 AM-12:00 PM: Wednesday, 12 January 2005

Presidential Forum

11:30 AM-1:30 PM: Wednesday, 12 January 2005

Exhibits Open

12:00 PM-12:00 PM: Wednesday, 12 January 2005

Lunch Break

1:30 PM-5:00 PM: Wednesday, 12 January 2005

The Weather Damage Modification Program

Sponsor: 16th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification

Organizer: Andrew Detwiler, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

Papers:

1:30 PM

7.1

The Weather Damage Modification Program

Steven M. Hunter, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Denver, CO; and J. Medina and D. A. Matthews

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (207.0 kB)

1:45 PM

7.2

Preliminary Results from a Randomized Winter Propane Seeding Experiment in Utah

James A. Heimbach Jr., UNCA, Springvale, ME; and A. B. Super

Recorded presentation

2:00 PM

7.3

An Overview of Results from the Nevada Weather Damage Modification Program

Arlen W. Huggins, DRI, Reno, NV; and D. Koracin, D. P. Boyle, and M. Xiao

Recorded presentation

2:15 PM

7.4

North Dakota Research Foci under the Weather Damage Modification Program

Darin W. Langerud, North Dakota Atmospheric Resource Board, Bismarck, ND; and C. A. Grainger, P. Kucera, E. Wise, A. Detwiler, R. D. Farley, F. J. Kopp, M. R. Hjelmfelt, P. L. Smith, and P. W. Mielke

Recorded presentation

2:30 PM

7.5

Numerical Simulations of Snowpack Augmentation for Drought Mitigation Studies in the Colorado Rocky Mountains

Curtis L. Hartzell, Project Consultant for the Colorado Water Conservation Board, Denver, CO; and J. Busto, W. R. Cotton, R. McAnelly, G. Carri�, and L. Hjermstad

Recorded presentation

2:45 PM

7.6

Overview of Research and Field Observation Activities in Texas and Oklahoma

Kenneth Howard, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and N. Kuhnert

Recorded presentation

3:00 PM

7.7

The Southern Plains Experiment in Cloud seeding of Thunderstorms for Rain Augmentation (SPECTRA) Project: The Study and Validation of Rain-Enhancement Strategies for the Mitigation of Drought in the Southern U. S. Great Plains Region

Duncan Axisa, SOAR program, Plains, TX; and G. Bomar and W. L. Woodley

3:15 PM

7.8

Weather Modification operations with NEXRAD level-II data and products

J. T. Johnson, Weather Decision Technologies, Norman, OK; and C. Barrere, M. D. Eilts, N. Kuhnert, M. Mathis, and D. Axisa

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (333.6 kB)

3:30 PM

7.4a

Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

3:30 PM-6:30 PM: Wednesday, 12 January 2005

Exhibits Open

5:30 PM-6:30 PM: Wednesday, 12 January 2005

Exhibits Open

7:30 PM-7:30 PM: Wednesday, 12 January 2005

AMS Annual Awards Banquet

Thursday, 13 January 2005

8:30 AM-9:45 AM: Thursday, 13 January 2005

Joint Session 8

Understanding and predicting the water cycle across scales (Joint between the Limited Water Supply Symposium, the 19th Confernce on Hydrology, and the 16th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification) (parallel with Session 5)

Sponsors: (Joint between the AMS Forum: Living with a Limited Water Supply; the 16th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification; and the 19th Conf on Hydrology )

Chair: Roy Rasmussen, NCAR

Papers:

8:30 AM

J8.1

What is causing the decline in coastal rainfall in eastern Australia?

Jozef Syktus, Queensland Centre for Climate Applications, Indooroopilly, Queensland, Australia

8:45 AM

J8.2

Using Model-Assimilated Meteorological Data in Forecasting of Seasonal Runoff Based on Statistical Models for some Aral Sea Sub-catchments

Mariya G. Glazirina, Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, ETH Zurich, Switzerland; and R. Schiemann, J. Gurtz, L. Vasilina, F. Pertziger, S. Dirren, and C. Sch�r

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (521.3 kB)

9:00 AM

J8.3

Trends and variability in precipitable water, and surface freshwater flux (precipitation minus evaporation).

Kevin E. Trenberth, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. Fasullo and L. Smith

Recorded presentation

9:15 AM

J8.4

Toward an improved understanding of the global fresh water budget

Peter H. Hildebrand, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (134.6 kB)

9:30 AM

J8.5

Representing the Mesoscale Organization of Convection in Prediction Models

Mitchell W. Moncrieff, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and C. Liu

Recorded presentation

11:00 AM-12:00 PM: Thursday, 13 January 2005

Joint Session 9

Understanding and predicting the water cycle across scale part II (Joint between the Limited Water Supply Symposium the 16th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification)

Sponsors: (Joint between the AMS Forum: Living with a Limited Water Supply; and the 16th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification )

Chair: Enrique R. Vivoni, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology

Papers:

11:00 AM

J9.1

The role of fine-scale landscape and soil-moisture variability in convection initiation

Fei Chen, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and S. B. Trier and K. W. Manning

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.5 MB)

11:15 AM

J9.2

The representation of hydrological processes across spatial scales using the NASA-GSFC Land Information System (LIS)

Matthew Garcia, UMBC/GEST and NASA/GSFC Hydrological Sciences Branch, Greenbelt, MD; and C. D. Peters-Lidard

Recorded presentation

11:30 AM

J9.3

Establishing the global fresh water sensor web

Peter H Hildebrand, NASA, Greenbelt, MD

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (116.9 kB)

11:45 AM

J9.4

An End-to-End Hydrometeorological Forecasting System

John N. McHenry, Baron Advanced Meteorological Systems, Raleigh, NC; and G. S. Wilson, K. P. Georgakakos, C. D. Peters-Lidard, and M. Matreata

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (380.7 kB)

12:00 PM-3:45 PM: Thursday, 13 January 2005

Exhibits Open

1:30 PM-4:00 PM: Thursday, 13 January 2005

Joint Session 10

Understanding and predicting the water cycle across scales part III (Joint between the Limited Water Supply Symposium and the 16th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification)

Sponsors: (Joint between the AMS Forum: Living with a Limited Water Supply; and the 16th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification )

Chair: Fei Chen, NCAR

Papers:

1:30 PM

J10.1

The Time-Integrated Random Access NEXRAD Database (TIRAND): description and opportunity

John N. McHenry, Baron Advanced Meteorological Systems, Raleigh, NC; and W. T. Smith

Recorded presentation

1:45 PM

J10.2

Role of TRMM daily rain forcing of the Indian Ocean onto simulated intraseasonal-to-interannual climate changes in the tropics.

C. Perigaud, California Institute of Technology/JPL, Pasadena, CA

2:00 PM