85th AMS Annual Meeting

Poster Session 1: Fourth AMS Student Conference

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Saturday, 8 January 2005

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7:30 AM-9:00 AM: Saturday, 8 January 2005


Student Conference Registration

9:30 AM-10:20 AM: Saturday, 8 January 2005


1
Opening Session
Sponsor: Fourth AMS Student Conference

Papers:
  9:30 AM
1.1
Welcome Address
Kenneth Carey, Mitretek Systems, Falls Church, VA; and A. Bleistein

  9:45 AM
1.2
How to Make the Connection between your Career and the AMS
Keith Seitter, AMS Executive Director, Boston, MA

  10:00 AM
1.3
Challenging Careers with Opportunities Available: Top Students Like you Needed!
Susan K. Avery, AMS President and CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO

10:20 AM-12:00 PM: Saturday, 8 January 2005


2
Your Career Starts Now!
Sponsor: Fourth AMS Student Conference
Chair: Percy W. Thomas, NOAA/NWS

Papers:
  10:20 AM
2.1
Icebreaker Activity
Percy W. Thomas, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD

  11:00 AM
2.2
Getting the most out of the AMS Annual Meeting
Kenneth F. Heideman, AMS, Boston, MA

  11:20 AM
2.3
Careers in meteorology and beyond - A student's perspective
Joel Gratz, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO

  11:45 AM
2.3a
Questions & Answers

12:00 PM-1:00 PM: Saturday, 8 January 2005


Luncheon: Special Guest Speaker (My adventure into the eye of the storm - A hurricane research story, Christopher Landsea, NOAA/HRD, Miami, FL)

1:10 PM-1:50 PM: Saturday, 8 January 2005


3
Getting a great job 101
Sponsor: Fourth AMS Student Conference
Chair: Joel Gratz, University of Colorado

Papers:
  1:10 PM
3.1
Finding a great job starts with a Local Chapter connection
Zachary Glenn, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX

  1:30 PM
3.2
Transitioning from school to workforce: Options and tips
Rajul Pandya, DLESE Program Center, Boulder, CO; and N. Wade

1:50 PM-3:05 PM: Saturday, 8 January 2005


Panel Discussion 1
Panel of Professionals: What do Employers Want from Me?
Sponsor: Fourth AMS Student Conference
Panelists: Louis Uccellini, NOAA/NWS/NCEP; Don Winter, Harris Corporation; Michael R. Smith, WeatherData, Inc.; Wendy Abshire, UCAR/COMET; Marie C. Colton, NOAA/NESDIS

Papers:
  1:50 PM
PD1.1
Panelist #1: Louis Uccellini
Louis Uccellini, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Camp Springs, MD

  2:05 PM
PD1.2
Panelist #2: Don Winter
Don Winter, Harris Corporation, Washington, DC

  2:20 PM
PD1.3
Panelist #3: Michael R. Smith
Michael R. Smith, WeatherData, Inc., Wichita, KS

  2:35 PM
PD1.4
Panelist #4: Wendy Abshire
Wendy Abshire, UCAR/COMET

  2:50 PM
PD1.5
Panelist #5: Marie C. Colton
Marie C. Colton, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD

2:50 PM-3:10 PM: Saturday, 8 January 2005


Coffee Break

3:10 PM-4:10 PM: Saturday, 8 January 2005


4
Career opportunities that can make a difference
Sponsor: Fourth AMS Student Conference
Chair: Andrea Bleistein, NOAA/NESDIS

Papers:
  3:10 PM
4.1
The Peace Corps—A Career enhancing opportunity
Alan Robock, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ

  3:30 PM
4.2
Opening up a world of possibilities—A career in education
H. Mike Mogil, How The Weather Works, Rockville, MD

  3:50 PM
4.3
Teachers—Raising up the next generation of scientists
Marianne J. Hayes, Lindbrook Elementary School, Springfield, VA

4:10 PM-5:10 PM: Saturday, 8 January 2005


Panel Discussion 2
Small Group Discussion
Sponsor: Fourth AMS Student Conference
Panelists: David L. Johnson, NOAA/NWS; Robert Atlas, NASA/GSFC; Elbert (Joe) W. Friday, Sasaki Applied Meteorology Research Institute; Maria A. Pirone, AER, Inc.

Papers:
  4:10 PM
PD2.1
Panelist #1: David L. Johnson
David L. Johnson, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD

  4:25 PM
PD2.2
Panelist #2: Robert Atlas
Robert Atlas, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD

  4:40 PM
PD2.3
Panelist #3: Elbert (Joe) W. Friday
Elbert Friday, Sasaki Applied Meteorology Research Institute, Norman, OK

  4:55 PM
PD2.4
Panelist #4: Maria A. Pirone
Maria A. Pirone, AER, Inc., Lexington, MA

5:15 PM-5:15 PM: Saturday, 8 January 2005


Sessions End (AMS Student Assistants meet with AMS Staff)

5:15 PM-6:00 PM: Saturday, 8 January 2005


Student Local Chapter Display

6:00 PM-8:00 PM: Saturday, 8 January 2005


Networking Reception and Career Fair

Sunday, 9 January 2005

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7:30 AM-8:15 AM: Sunday, 9 January 2005


Breakfast and Networking Opportunities

8:15 AM-9:55 AM: Sunday, 9 January 2005


5
Environmental challenges in a changing world
Sponsor: Fourth AMS Student Conference
Chair: Amanda H. Lynch, Monash University

Papers:
  8:15 AM
5.1
Climate Change—What does that mean for our future?
James Mahoney, NOAA, Washington, DC

  8:35 AM
5.2
The environmental impacts on policymakers
William Hooke, AMS, Atmospheric Policy Program, Washington, DC

  8:55 AM
5.3
Weather impacts on surface transportation
Leon F. Osborne Jr., Regional Weather Information Center and Institute for Surface Transportation Weather Research, Grand Forks, ND

  9:15 AM
5.4
The economicsof commercial weather forecasting
Robert Baron, Baron Services, Inc., Huntsville, AL

  9:35 AM
5.5
Where on earth is space weather headed?
John Foster, MIT, Cambridge, MA

10:10 AM-10:30 AM: Sunday, 9 January 2005


Coffee Break

10:30 AM-11:00 AM: Sunday, 9 January 2005


6
EXCELLENCE IN UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE RESEARCH
Sponsor: Fourth AMS Student Conference
Chair: Sarah A. Tessendorf, Colorado State University

Papers:
  10:30 AM
6.1
The economic impacts of tornadoes: A broad analysis of post-event consumption
Kim Klockow, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN

  10:45 AM
6.2
Reducing financial impacts on the reinsurance industry: Economic valuation of seasonal hurricane forecasts
D. Matthew Coleman, UCAR, University Park, PA

11:10 AM-12:40 PM: Sunday, 9 January 2005


Panel Discussion 3
Panel Discussion: Lesson learned from your peers
Sponsor: Fourth AMS Student Conference
Panelists: Silvia Armitano Mah, University of California, San Diego and SIO; Andrea Bleistein, NESDIS/NOAA; Gina Eosco, AMS; Jennifer C. Roman, AFWA/DNXT; Jim Rourke, Accuweather, Inc.; Ahsha N. Tribble, NOAA

Papers:
  11:10 AM
PD3.1
Panelist #1: Silvia Armitano Mah
Silvia Armitano Mah, University of California, San Diego and SIO, LaJolla, CA

  11:25 AM
PD3.2
Panelist #2: Andrea Bleistein
Andrea Bleistein, NESDIS/NOAA

  11:40 AM
PD3.3
Panelist #3: Gina Eosco
Gina Eosco, AMS, Washington, DC

  11:55 AM
PD3.4
Panelist #4: Jennifer C. Roman
Jennifer C. Roman, AFWA/DNXT, Offutt AFB, NE

  12:10 PM
PD3.5
Panelist #5: Jim Rourke
Jim Rourke, Accuweather, Inc., State College, PA

  12:25 PM
PD3.6
Panelist #6: Ahsha Tribble
Ahsha N. Tribble, NOAA NWS, Silver Spring, MD

11:45 AM-11:45 AM: Sunday, 9 January 2005


Questions and Answers

12:00 PM-1:00 PM: Sunday, 9 January 2005


Conference closing luncheon: Special guest speaker (New horizons for meteorologists in the 21st century, Bruce Thomas, Midland Radio Corp., North Kansas City, MO

Papers:
  12:00 PM
New horizons for meteorologists in the 21st century
Bruce Thomas, Midland Radio Corp, North Kansas City, MO

1:00 PM-4:00 PM: Sunday, 9 January 2005


Optional Student Tours, "Weatherfest", and poster setup

5:00 PM-5:30 PM: Sunday, 9 January 2005


Presenters gather with session chair prior to poster session

5:30 PM-5:30 PM: Sunday, 9 January 2005


Poster Session 1
Student Conference Poster Session
Sponsor: Fourth AMS Student Conference
Chair: Thomas Windham, NSF

Papers:
 
P1.1
Warm Season Climatology of Convective Evolution Over the Coastal Northeast U.S
Michael Charles, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY; and B. A. Colle and J. S. Tongue

 
P1.2
Using the TIEGCM to estimate the equatorial vertical E x B drift velocity with ground magnetic perturbation
Bret Ross Harper, NCAR, Boulder, CO

 
P1.3
Tornado probabilities derived from Rapid Update Cycle forecast soundings
Zachary M. Byko, National Weather Center Research Experiences for Undergraduates, West Hartford, CT; and J. L. Guyer, J. J. Levit, and S. J. Taylor

 
P1.4
The Thundersnow Event of February 11, 2003

 
P1.5
The Thundersnow Event of February 11, 2003

 
P1.6
The Role of Undergraduates in LEAD Learning Communities:
Michael Williams, Millersville University, Millersville, PA; and E. M. Lowery, J. E. Yorks, and D. T. Brewer

 
P1.7
The Madden-Julian Oscillation and its effect on tropical precipitation
Donna K. Strahan, Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, PA; and K. H. Straub

 
P1.8
The effects of high resolution model output on severe weather forecasts as evaluated in the SPC/NSSL spring program 2004
Adam J French, National Weather Center Research Experience For Undergraduates, Valparaiso University, Manchester, CT; and J. S. Kain and S. J. Weiss

 
P1.9
The Bytheway Method for optimal radar beam scheduling in the CASA IP1a test bed
Janice L Bytheway, Collaborative Adaptive Sensing of the Atmosphere, California, PA

 
P1.10
Synoptic Analysis of 2001-2004 "Long Rains" on Mt. Kilimanjaro, Tanzania
Rebecca Chan, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA

 
P1.11
Remote sensing and in situ observations of tropical cyclone structure at landfall
Kevin M. Grise, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA

 
P1.12
Relationship of warm season cycles in on-shore pressure differences and temperatures in north-central California
Elizabeth Frieberg, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA; and J. P. Monteverdi

 
P1.13
Quantitative analysis of different methods for merging radar reflectivity data
Jennifer S. Green, National Weather Center Research Experience for Undergrads, Sterling Heights, MI; and V. Lakshmanan and T. M. Smith

 
P1.14
On the observation and development of the urban convective boundary layer during Joint Urban 2003
Michael P. Morris, Oklahoma Climatological Survey, Norman, OK; and J. B. Basara and D. Giuliano

 
P1.15
Observations of the Zdr column during two severe weather events
Cynthia A. Whittier, National Weather Center REU, Winthrop Harbor, IL

 
P1.16
Monitoring Temperature Trends in Antarctica Using GPS Radio Occultation
Erick J. Adame, SUNY, Oneonta, NY

 
P1.17
MODIS Observations of Desert Dust, Forest Fire Smoke and Anthropogenic Aerosols
Andro C Rios, NCAR, Elk Grove, CA

 
P1.18
Millersville University Local Student Chapter of the AMS
Kristin L. Howett, Millersville University, Millersville, PA; and A. K. Rowe, C. L. Hanna, and D. Brewer

 
P1.19
Mesoanalysis of Bow Echo Environments during BAMEX
Amber E. Reynolds, NCAR, State College, PA

 
P1.20
Measurements and dispersion modeling of sulfur dioxide concentrations in the vicinity of a coal-fired power plant
Katherine B. Beem, Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, PA; and D. J. Straub

 
P1.21
Lightning Safety in Outdoor Stadiums
Joel Gratz, Center for Science and Technology Policy Research, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and E. U. Noble and R. Church

 
P1.22
Involving high school students in meteorological research: the SF-ROCKS experience
Elizabeth Frieberg, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA

 
P1.23
Investigation of the Effect of Eddy Dissipation Rate in One Level 2.5 Boundary Layer Scheme Using 1D MM5 Model
Xia Feng, Penn State University, State College, PA

 
P1.24
Investigating the thermodynamic environment of a mesoscale convective system
Melissa Burt, Significant Opportunities in Atmospheric Research and Science, Millersville, PA

 
P1.25
Improving Marine and Coastal Forecasts Using high Resolution Meteorological Data from the Port Jefferson Ferry
Melissa H. Ou, SUNY, Stony Brook, NY; and D. Waliser and J. S. Tongue

 
P1.26
GatorWeather: Student Production of Television/Online Video Forecasts
Eric Gose, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA; and E. Frieberg, C. Meherin, and J. P. Monteverdi

 
P1.27
Evaluating various wind measurement and retrieval schemes used for the Pentagon Shield Project
Anthony C. Didlake Jr., UCAR/SOARS, Boulder, CO

 
P1.28
Evaluating the Convective Atmospheric Boundary Layer by using Surface Station Data
Braxton Lee Edwards, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma

 
P1.29
Estimating divergence from irregularly spaced observations: A comparison of three techniques
Jacqueline Ann Dubois, National Weather Center Research Experiences for Undergraduates: University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and P. L. Spencer

 
P1.30
Ensemble forecast bias correction
Angeline Greene Pendergrass, National Weather Center REU, University of Oklahoma, Coral Gables, FL; and K. L. Elmore

 
P1.31
Diagnosis and Prediction of the Refractive Index Structure Parameter on the Mesoscale
Benjamin W. Hershey, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND; and K. A. Naber, M. Askelson, C. M. Paulsen, J. S. Tilley, and S. S. Kumar

 
P1.32
Design, testing, and initial deployment of a prototype portable automated research micrometeorological station (PARMS)
Jim Southard, Oklahoma Climatological Survey, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. B. Basara, D. L. Grimsley, and B. G. Illston

 
P1.33
Correlating Measured Pollutants in Northeast Philadelphia to its Source using ArcGIS
Evan M Lowery, Millersville University, Millersville, PA; and D. T. Brewer, D. Rabatin, D. O'Donnell, and R. D. Clark

 
P1.34
Cloud-to-ground lightning production in strongly forced, low-instability convective lines associated with damaging wind
Matthew S. Van Den Broeke, National Weather Center REU, University of Oklahoma, Valparaiso, IN; and D. M. Schultz, R. H. Johns, J. S. Evans, and J. E. Hales

 
P1.35
Climatology of Superrefraction Observed by GPS Radio Occultation
Dione Lee Rossiter, UCAR, Berkeley, CA

 
P1.36
Changes in thunderstorm and forest fire frequency in response to climate warming in Alaska
Eric Freeman, Univ. of North Carolina, Asheville, NC

 
P1.37
An examination of the 22 May 2004 Hallam, Nebraska tornado
Rebecca Adams, Creighton University, Omaha, NE

 
P1.38
An Analysis of the Economic Impact of Tornadoes

 
P1.39
An Analysis of MM5 and WRF Mesoscale Forecasts Based on MADIS Observation Datasets
Crystal M. Paulsen, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND

 
P1.40
A statistical investigation of severe weather indices and associated severe weather in the north-central U.S.
John R. Wetenkamp Jr., Northland College, Ashland, WI; and A. J. Hamm

 
P1.41
A field study of particulate matter concentrations in the wintertime boundary layer
John E. Yorks, Millersville University, Millersville, PA; and M. T. Maiuri, K. L. Howett, and A. K. Rowe

 
P1.42
SODAR-based Analysis of Boundary Layer Structure in Complex Terrain
Roberto Cancel, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS

 
P1.43
Developing a procedure for software testing using synthtic data
Shanna-Shaye Sashai Forbes, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Austin, TX

 
P1.44
Quantification of Cloud and Inversion Properties Utilizing
Allen Clark Evans, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL

 
P1.45
Estimating hail size using polarimetric radar
Angela K Rowe, Millersville University of Pennsylvania, Millersville, PA; and P. L. Heinselman and T. J. Schuur

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