85th AMS Annual Meeting

Poster Session 1: Student Conference Poster Session

Sunday, 9 January 2005: 5:30 PM
Chair:  Thomas Windham, NSF
Papers:
 
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

 
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

 
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

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

 
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

 
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

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

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

 
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

 
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

 
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

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

 
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

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

 
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

 
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

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

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

 
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

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

 
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

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

 
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

 
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

 
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

 
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

 
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

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

 
 
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

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

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

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

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