85th AMS Annual Meeting

Sun 9 Jan

TUES 11 JAN

Student Conference Registration

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

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

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

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

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

Coffee Break

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

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

Sessions End (AMS Student Assistants meet with AMS Staff)

Student Local Chapter Display

Networking Reception and Career Fair

SUN 9 JAN

Short Course Registration

Breakfast and Networking Opportunities

Short Course Registration

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

Conference Registration

Coffee Break

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

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

Questions and Answers

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

WeatherFest

Optional Student Tours, "Weatherfest", and poster setup

Poster Session 1

Education and Outreach Initiatives

Sponsor: 14th Symp on Education

Organizers: Marianne J. Hayes, Fairfax County (VA) Public Schools; Kathleen A. Murphy, Ladue School District

Papers:

P1.1

The COMET program and satellite meteorology training resources: Preparing for the next generation of polar-orbiting meteorological satellites

Patrick Dills, UCAR/COMET, Boulder, CO; and S. Wang and T. F. Lee

P1.2

Satellite meteorology for middle and high school students and teachers

Margaret Mooney, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and S. A. Ackerman, T. H. Achtor, and J. Brunner

P1.3

Making NASA Earth Observing System satellite data accessible to the K-12 and citizen scientist communities

Lin H. Chambers, NASA/LRC, Hampton, VA; and A. J. Dalton, C. S. Phelps, P. C. Oots, S. W. Moore, and F. M. Mims III

http://mynasadata.larc.nasa.gov

Poster PDF (892.0 kB)

P1.4

DLESE Dynamic Weather Teaching Box: One in a series of online teaching boxes (classroom-ready instructional units) being developed by the Digital Library for Earth System Education community

Marianne Weingroff, DLESE Program Center, UCAR (University Corporation for Atmospheric Research), Boulder, CO

P1.5

Using DLESE to Build the Earth Inforamtion System

John D. Moore, Burlington County Institute of Technology, Medford, NJ; and W. R. Huskin

P1.6

Using Climatological and geological history to develop a physical model that describes changes in stream morphology in the upper Dearborn river.

Sarah Tolan, State College Area High School/AERA, State College, PA; and W. Weiss, J. Greenberg, M. Bell, S. Podwika, and C. Stachowski

Poster PDF (390.0 kB)

P1.7

The greenhouse effect: web based instructional materials for non-science majors

Isidoros Doxas, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and K. Garvin-Doxas and F. Bagenal

P1.8

The implementation of online weather studies at Texas Southern University during spring 2005

William R. Brown, Texas Southern University, Houston, TX

P1.9

Teaching of Meteorology to Non- Science Majors using Real-Time Datastream, Integrated Data Viewer and Interactive Technologies.

Elen Cutrim, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI; and R. Nogueira and J. Mitchell

P1.10

The Significance of Online Weather Studies to Fire Science

William M. Welton, Haskell Indian Nations University, Lawrence, KS

P1.11

Weather Studies in Fort Valley State university - A realistic Approach

Osondu I,N Latimor M. III, PAGE, Fort Valley, GA

P1.12

Teaching Online Meteorology in the Lower Rio Grande Valley

Terrence G. Miller, South Texas College (formerly South Texas Community College), Weslaco, Texas

P1.13

Proposed Online Weather Studies at the College of Menominee Nation and its Potential for Native American Students

William M. Van Lopik, College of Menominee Nation, Keshena, WI

P1.14

Online Weather Studies at SUNY / Old Westbury

Judith Weinstein-Lloyd, SUNY, Old Westbury, NY

Poster PDF (13.6 kB)

P1.15

Online Weather Studies as an Ideal General Science Course

Serhii Kalynovs'kyi, Columbia Union College, Takoma Park, MD

P1.16

Incorporating Online Weather Studies into a Physical Geography Course Curriculum

David A. Padgett, Tennessee State University, Nashville, TN

P1.17

Implementation of AMS Online Weather Studies at Pasadena City College

David N. Douglass, Pasadena City College, Pasadena, CA; and Y. L. O'Connor

P1.18

Completely online weather courses

Gong-Yuh Lin, California State University , Northridge, Northridge, California

P1.19

Weather in the West: A new perspective on weather education in a science center

Jason C. Shafer, Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and J. D. Andrade

http://www.utahsciencecenter.org

Poster PDF (234.9 kB)

P1.20

Using WES Activities to reach At-Risk Students

Frankie C. Vann, Sampson County Schools Alternative Program/AERA, Clinton, NC

http://fc_vann

Poster PDF (22.2 kB)

P1.21

Use of AMS Education Program Products in a cross-country, primary-elementary vertical grade collaboration

Freida D. Blink, Clark County School District, Las Vegas, NV, Las Vegas, NV; and S. K. Henke

P1.22

The sea & sky connection

Ann T. Kelly, Our Lady of Sorrows School, St. Louis, MO

P1.23

Understanding Weather Helps in Storm Chasing�Storm Chasing Helps Understand Weather: A Win-Win Situation

Joshua J. Jans, Minnesota State University, Mankato, MN; and C. S. Keen

Poster PDF (2.1 MB)

P1.24

The educational activities of the Royal Meteorological Society

J. Malcolm Walker, Royal Meteorological Society, Reading, United Kingdom

Poster PDF (148.6 kB)

P1.25

Teaching High School Meteorology through Live Event Learning

Craig R. Wolter, AMS/AERA and Windom Area High School, Windom, MN

Poster PDF (114.7 kB)

P1.26

Program on Education, Research and International Training for Students and Junior Scientists in Atmospheric Sciences

Ying-Hwa Kuo, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and F. Chen

http://www.cosmic.ucar.edu/aware.htm

Poster PDF (481.9 kB)

P1.27

The date match problem - Some thoughts on matching the diverse schedules of colleges and universities with the Online Weather Studies dates.

James L Schmutz, Southern Wesleyan Univerity, Central, SC

P1.28

The Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network (CoCoRaHS): Citizen Science for Volunteers and Preciptiation Information for Decision Makers

Henry Reges, CoCoRaHS Network/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and R. Cifelli, N. Doesken, C. Gimmestad, and C. Spears

P1.29

Professional Development for Undergraduate Minority Meteorology Students Through NWS Summer Internship Programs and Individual NOAA Grants.

John L. Shoemake Sr., Jackson State University, Jackson, MS; and M. Watts, R. S. Reddy, G. Holmes, S. Ivey, B. DeShields, K. Hair, L. Kennard, M. Jones, and T. Hartwell

P1.31

NASA's systems solutions for earth science education

Diane Schweizer, NASA, Washington, DC; and P. Coble and F. Lindsay

P1.32

Multi-Temporal Change Detection Analysis of Beach Erosion using Satellite Remote Sensing

Valentina S. David, Bethune-Cookman College, Daytona Beach, FL

Poster PDF (593.4 kB)

P1.33

Meteorology for the Texas Teacher

Jimmy Rozell II, Tyler Junior College, Tyler, TX

P1.34

Lightning-caused recreation deaths and injuries

Ronald L. Holle, Holle Meteorology & Photography, Oro Valley, AZ

Poster PDF (117.6 kB)

P1.35

Lightning casualties and their proximity to surrounding cloud-to-ground lightning

Megan M. Lengyel, University of Oklahoma School of Meteorology, Norman, OK; and H. E. Brooks, R. E. Holle, and M. A. Cooper, MD

Poster PDF (1.3 MB)

P1.36

Investigating the chemical properties of Milky Stream in the Bob Marshall Wilderness Area in Montana

Timothy Howell, State College High School and AERA, State College, PA; and K. McPherson, M. Selzer, and R. Shaak

Poster PDF (401.4 kB)

P1.37

Hyperthermia Deaths of Children in Vehicles

Jan Null, San Francisco State University, Saratoga, CA, US Virgin Islands

P1.38

Forecast consulting as an educational tool

Louis A. Bowers, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ; and J. F. Brodie, R. Dunk, A. V. Durante, J. R. Klein, M. R. Lanza, and M. A. Sannutti

P1.39

Enlightening Lightning! Coupling Earth Systems Research to K-12 Education Using Planetarium Presentations

Richard E. Orville, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas; and D. House and M. Hibbs

P1.40

Elementary School Earth Systems Science Collaboration Project

Thomas P. Kelly, Grandville Public Schools, Grandville, MI; and D. Davis

P1.41

Educating Aviators in Visualizing Weather

Scott R. Winter, Minnesota State University, Mankato, MN; and C. S. Keen

Poster PDF (2.7 MB)

P1.42

Earth2Class�expanding opportunities to link classroom teachers and research scientists

Michael J. Passow, White Plains Middle School, White Plains, NY and Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Colubmia University, Palisades, NY; and G. J. Iturrino

http://www.earth2class.org

Poster PDF (29.7 kB)

P1.43

AMS @ LDEO: follow-up opportunities for AMS education program participants

Michael J. Passow, White Plains Middle School, White Plains, NY and Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia Univ., Palisades, NY

http://www.earth2class.org

Poster PDF (27.9 kB)

P1.44

Development Workshops for Middle School Teachers on Topics in Atmospheric Science

Natalie D Murray, University of Arizona Department of Atmospheric Science, Tucson, Arizona; and T. Canizo

P1.45

Developing Online Precipitation Visualization Systems for Education

Zhong Liu, George Mason University/CSISS, Fairfax, VA and NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and H. Rui, W. Teng, and L. Chiu

http://lake.nascom.nasa.gov/tovas/

Poster PDF (288.7 kB)

P1.46

DataStreme: Weather from the AMS to the Classroom

Hector Ibarra, AMS/AERA, Iowa City, IA; and R. Wolf

P1.47

DataStreme meeting extras: taking teachers a step further through delightful demos, fantastic fieldtrips, and terrific tours

James A. Brey, University of Wisconsin Fox Valley, Menasha, WI; and J. Clark, J. Moore, and B. Smith

P1.48

Clouds from top to bottom

Randy Furman, AMS Education Resource Agent, Milaca, MN

P1.49

Capitalizing on cloudscapes and other cloud opportunities as teaching resources

H. Michael Mogil, How the WeatherWorks, Rockville, MD

P1.50

Ballooning, the Hindenburg story and a Student Experiment

Jee-Yon Lee, Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science, Cheongju, Deajeon, South Korea; and H. S. Yoo and J. S. Kim

P1.51

Between the Chesapeake and the Atlantic: Teaching meteorology on the lower Delmarva Peninsula

Peter B. Mires, Eastern Shore Community College, Melfa, VA

P1.52

An examination of Jupiter's Great Red Spot and other vorticies using the EPIC Model

Christopher J. Melick, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO; and H. Md. Anip, A. Kunz, R. Morales-Juberias, A. R. Lupo, and P. S. Market

Poster PDF (730.7 kB)

P1.53

AMS Pre-College Student Chapters: Touching the Future

Kathleen A. Murphy, Ladue School District, St. Louis, MO

P1.54

Alvernia and Cabrini Colleges: Adaptations of Educational Initiatives

George W. Rumpp, Alvernia College, Reading and Cabrini College, Radnor, PA; and P. E. Rumpp

Poster PDF (269.2 kB)

P1.55

A new freshman-level course in Meteorology at the University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College

Ravi C. Nandigam, University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College, Brownsville, TX, Brownsville, TX

P1.56

A weather degree program for the new millennium: phase II

Kenneth E. Parsons, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott, AZ; and M. R. Sinclair, C. James, and R. Tomkins

http://www.erau.edu/omni/pr/academicorgs/prmd/index.html

Poster PDF (99.7 kB)

P1.57

"Hands-on" diversity: Training underrepresented students through atmospheric experimentation

Joseph Everette, Howard University, Washington, DC; and J. D. Fuentes, D. D. Venable, V. R. Morris, B. Demoz, P. Kucera, G. S. Jenkins, F. Nzeffe, M. L. Robjhon, S. Walford, and R. Connell

P1.58

Using near-real-time data in K-6 educational outreach

Walter C. Oechel, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA; and D. DeRoma, D. Ross, N. Taylor, C. Kelly, and J. Verfaillie

P1.59

The chemistry of the environment

Glendora Carter, Jarvis Christian College, Hawkins, TX

P1.60

CLOUDSAT EDUCATION NETWORK

Jennifer Lockett, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and D. K. Krumm

Poster PDF (623.8 kB)

Presenters gather with session chair prior to poster session

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 Z_dr 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

Mon 10 Jan

MON 10 JAN

Mon 10 Jan

Registration Continues through Thursday, 13 January

Registration continues through Thursday, 13 January

Joint Session 1

Polar Coastal Processes (Joint with Sixth Conference on Coastal Atmospheric and Oceanic Prediction and Processes and the 8th Conf on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography)

Sponsors: (Joint between the 8th Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography; and the Sixth Conference on Coastal Atmospheric and Oceanic Prediction and Processes )

Organizers: Ruth H. Preller, NRL; Taneil Uttal, NOAA/Earth Systems Research Laboratory; Eric DeWeaver, University of Wisconsin; Stephen D. Burk, NRL

Papers:

8:55 AM

J1.1

The role of boundary currents and eddies in Arctic shelf-basin exchange (Invited Presentation)

Robert S. Pickart, WHOI, Woods Hole, MA

Recorded presentation

9:25 AM

J1.2

Local, Regional and Hemispheric forcing of Polynyas: Experiences from the NOW and CASES research networks

David G. Barber, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada; and J. Lukovich and J. M. Hanesiak

Recorded presentation

9:40 AM

J1.3

Polynya meteorology: an evaluation of near-shore, downwind, and retrieved parameters

Erica L. Key, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and P. J. Minnett

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (47.2 kB)

9:55 AM

J1.4

Representation of the atmospheric hydrologic cycle over the Arctic in CCSM3

Joel Finnis, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (932.8 kB)

10:10 AM

J1.5

Mesoscale modeling of the Antarctic atmosphere

David H. Bromwich, Byrd Polar Research Center, Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH; and A. J. Monaghan

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (369.8 kB)

10:40 AM

J1.6

A development climatology of cyclones affecting the Alaskan coastal zone

Elizabeth N. Cassano, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and A. H. Lynch

Recorded presentation

10:55 AM

J1.7

Using a mesoscale model and UAVs to quantify the under-representation of climate variability in the NCEP reanalyses for coastal regions of the Arctic.

J. O. Pinto, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and H. C. Morrison and R. Reeder

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (239.4 kB)

11:10 AM

J1.8

Climatology of the air-sea interaction associated with high wind events near Cape Farewell Greenland

Wataru Yanase, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan; and G. W. K. Moore

11:25 AM

J1.9

Storminess and coastal change in the Mackenzie-Beaufort region of the Northwest Territories, Canada (Invited Presentation)

Steven M Solomon, Geological Survey of Canada, Dartmouth, NS, Canada; and G. Manson and D. E. Atkinson

Recorded presentation

11:55 AM

J1.10

Characteristics, trends, and atmospheric drivers of Canadian river discharge to high-latitude oceans

Stephen J. D�ry, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ; and E. F. Wood

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (105.3 kB)

12:10 PM

J1.11

Hydrologic Regime and Change in the Large Northern Watersheds

Daqing Yang, Univ. of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK; and D. L. Kane and B. Ye

Recorded presentation

12:25 PM

J1.12

Coastal and polar atmospheric regional modeling � how good are our models? (Invited Presentation)

Michael Tjernstr�m, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden

http://www.misu.su.se/~michaelt/home.html

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (574.9 kB)

12:55 PM

J1.13

Estimating Arctic snowfall with a land surface hydrology model

Jessie Ellen Cherry, Columbia University/Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY; and S. J. D�ry, L. -. B. Tremblay, and M. Stieglitz

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (21.8 kB)

1:10 PM

J1.14

Observations and simulations of an ice-breeze associated with a low level front over the Labrador Sea

Rebekah Martin, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; and G. W. K. Moore

Recorded presentation

1:25 PM

J1.15

Parameterizing the turbulent surface fluxes over summer sea ice

Edgar L. Andreas, U.S. Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, Hanover, NH; and P. O. G. Persson, R. E. Jordan, T. W. Horst, P. S. Guest, A. A. Grachev, and C. W. Fairall

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (380.7 kB)

1:40 PM

J1.16

Warm season processes at SHEBA

Kirstie L. Stramler, Columbia University, New York, NY; and A. D. Del Genio and W. B. Rossow

Recorded presentation

1:55 PM

J1.0a

Welcoming Remarks

Ruth H. Preller, NRL, Stennis Space Center, MS

Recorded presentation

2:00 PM

J1.4a

Coffee Break in Poster Session Room

2:30 PM

J1.8a

Lunch Break

4:00 PM

J1.11a

Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

5:30 PM

J1.15a

Discharge and water chemistry of streams in NW Greenland (76�N, 68�W) (Formerly Paper Number JP1.7)

Birgit Hagedorn, University of Washington, Department of Earth and Space sciences & Quaternary Research Center, Seattle, WA; and R. S. Sletten and B. Hallet

Recorded presentation

1

Kick-off Speaker (Joint between the Symposium on Living with a Limited Water Supply and the 19th Conference on Hydrology)

Sponsors: (Joint between the 19th Conf on Hydrology; and the AMS Forum: Living with a Limited Water Supply )

Organizer: Prof. Malin Falkenmark, SIWI

Papers:

9:00 AM

1.1

Keynote Speaker

Prof. Malin Falkenmark, SIWI, Stockholm, Sweden

Recorded presentation

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)

Sponsors: (Joint between the 21st International Conference on Interactive Information Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology; the 16th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; and the Ninth Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS) )

Cochairs: Terry Tarbell, RS Information Systems; Linda Miller, UCAR/Unidata

Papers:

9:00 AM

J1.1

From Information to Action: The Global Earth Observation System of Systems

James Mahoney, NOAA, Washington, DC

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (70.0 kB)

1

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)

1

Atmospheric Chemistry - General Topics

Sponsor: 7th Conf. on Atmospheric Chemistry

Organizers: Nancy A. Marley, ANL; Jeffrey S. Gaffney, ANL

Papers:

9:00 AM

1.1

Henry Cavendish (1730-1810): His Contributions and Links to Atmospheric Science

Jeffrey S. Gaffney, ANL, Argonne, IL; and N. A. Marley

Poster PDF (44.7 kB)

9:15 AM

1.2

Annual meteorological modeling in support of visibility improvement in the southeast US

Donald T. Olerud Jr., Baron Advanced Meteorological Systems, Raleigh, NC; and A. P. Sims and M. Abraczinskas

http://www.baronams.com/projects/VISTAS/#annual

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (2.9 MB)

9:30 AM

1.3

Modelling E10 gasoline toxic air contaminants with modified SMOKE/CMAQ

Xin Qiu, RWDI West Inc., Guelph, ON, Canada; and M. Lepage, W. Boulton, and M. Gauthier

9:45 AM

1.4

A study of the effect of vertical diffusion on an ozone and particulate matter (PM) model simulation

Jia-Yeong Ku, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, Albany, NY; and K. Civerolo, C. Hogrefe, W. Hao, and G. Sistla

10:00 AM

1.0a

Introductory Remarks:

Nancy A. Marley, ANL, Argonne, IL; and J. S. Gaffney

Recorded presentation

1

Lightning applications in warning and decision support 1: Operational applications

Sponsor: Conference on Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data

Chair: Steven J. Goodman, NASA/MSFC

Papers:

9:00 AM

1.1

Operational Applications of Lightning Data at WFO Melbourne, FL: A 15-Year Retrospective

David W. Sharp, NOAA/NWS, Melbourne, FL

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.5 MB)

9:30 AM

1.2

The Integration of Total Lightning Information into National Weather Service Operations

Christopher B. Darden, NOAA/NWS, Huntsville, AL; and P. V. Bridenstine, J. E. Burks, S. J. Goodman, D. E. Buechler, J. Hall, and J. T. Bradshaw

Recorded presentation

9:45 AM

1.3

The Incorporation of Lightning Climatologies into the Interactive Forecast Preparation System (IFPS)

Andrew I. Watson, NOAA/NWS, Tallahassee, FL; and T. J. Turnage, P. E. Shafer, J. R. Stroupe, T. P. Lericos, and H. E. Fuelberg

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (2.3 MB)

10:00 AM

1.4

Use of lightning data for Space Shuttle and Soyuz re-entry and landing forecasts at Johnson Space Center

Timothy D. Oram, NOAA/NWS, Fort Worth, TX; and T. Garner and B. Hoeth

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/smg

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (764.7 kB)

1

Operation and Development of the Heat/Health Systems Chair: Robert E. Livezey, NOAA/National Weather Service

Sponsor: Heat and Health: Reducing Impacts

Organizer: Robert E. Livezey, NOAA/NWS

Papers:

9:00 AM

1.1

The Foundation of Heat/Health Warning Systems: Developmental Considerations

Laurence Kalkstein, Univ. of Delaware, Newark, DE; and J. D. Watts

Recorded presentation

9:15 AM

1.2

The design and operation of heat watch-warning systems

Scott Sheridan, Department of Geography, Kent State University, Kent, OH

Recorded presentation

9:30 AM

1.3

Point Forecast Matrices in Heat/Health Warning Systems: Meeting the Challenges of Expansion

Douglas C. Young, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD

Recorded presentation

9:45 AM

1.4

How do communities respond? Intervention activities to lower heat-related mortality

Alan D. Perrin, EPA, Washington, DC

Recorded presentation

10:00 AM

1.5

Extreme Heat and Health Impacts in California

Katharine Hayhoe, ATMOS Research & Consulting, South Bend, IN; and L. Kalkstein, N. L. Miller, S. Moser, S. C. Sheridan, and M. Dettinger

Recorded presentation

1

The impact of weather and climate on the business enterprise

Sponsor: Third Annual Users Conference

Moderator: George L. Frederick Jr., Vaisala

Papers:

9:00 AM

1.1

Welcoming Remarks

George L. Frederick Jr., Vaisala, Louisville, CO

Recorded presentation

9:15 AM

1.2

Impact of weather and climate on the business enterprise

Jeremy Usher, WeatherNews Americas Inc., San Francisco, CA

Recorded presentation

9:40 AM

1.3

Economic development outside the stovepipe - the science connection

James Giraytys, Winchester, VA

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (123.1 kB)

9:55 AM

1.4

Lessons learned from major snow events in Upstate New York

David A. Call, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY

Recorded presentation

10:10 AM

1.5

Assessing Human Dimensions of Weather and Climate Salience

Alan E. Stewart, University of Georgia, Athens, GA

Recorded presentation

1

AI Techniques

Sponsor: Fourth Conference on Artificial Intelligence Applications to Environmental Science

Chair: Caren Marzban, CAPS/Univ. of Oklahoma, and Applied Physics Lab/University of Washington

Papers:

9:00 AM

1.1

On Genetic Algorithms and Discrete Performance Measures

Caren Marzban, CAPS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK and University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and S. E. Haupt

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (198.8 kB)

9:15 AM

1.2

Validation of Receptor/ Dispersion Model Coupled with a Genetic Algorithm

Sue Ellen Haupt, Penn State University, State College, PA; and G. Young

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (374.9 kB)

9:30 AM

1.3

Nonlinear principal predictor analysis using neural networks

Alex J. Cannon, MSC, Vancouver, BC, Canada; and W. W. Hsieh

Recorded presentation

9:45 AM

1.4

Nonlinear complex principal component analysis

Sanjay S.P. Rattan, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; and W. W. Hsieh

Recorded presentation

10:00 AM

1.5

Techniques for tuning fuzzy logic algorithms

John K. Williams, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and G. Meymaris

Recorded presentation

1.6

Quantitative Analysis of the Benefit of Ontologies and Rich Metadata for Earth Science Data Discovery

10:30 AM

1.7

Fingerprinting Significant Weather Events

Paul Knight, Penn State Univ., University Park, PA; and J. Ross, B. Root, G. Young, and R. Grumm

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (277.4 kB)

10:45 AM

1.0a

Welcoming Remarks

Caren Marzban, CAPS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK and University of Washington, Seattle, WA

Recorded presentation

11:00 AM

1.4a

Coffee Break in Poster Session Room

11:30 AM

1.6a

Predicting Good Probabilities with Supervised Learning

Rich Caruana, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY; and A. Niculescu-Mizil

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (115.0 kB)

1

emerging lidar methods in addressing atmospheric issues

Sponsor: 2nd Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications

Organizer: Edward V. Browell, NASA Langley Research Center

Papers:

9:00 AM

1.1

Recent observations of increased thinning of the Greenland ice sheet measured by aircraft laser altimetry and GPS

William B. Krabill, GSFC, Wallops Island, VA, VA

9:30 AM

1.2

Development of a ground-based 2-micron DIAL system for atmospheric boundary layer and climate studies

Syed Ismail, NASA/LRC, Hampton, VA; and G. J. Koch, U. N. Singh, and K. J. Davis

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (283.7 kB)

9:45 AM

1.3

Use of an eye-safe, portable lidar for remote wildland fire and smoke detection

Matthew J. Parker, Westinghouse Savannah River Company, Aiken, SC; and C. E. Holton

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (211.1 kB)

10:00 AM

1.4

Monitoring of air motion using lidar and video observations

Thomas D. Wilkerson, Space Dynamics Laboratory, North Logan, UT; and S. Cornelsen, G. K. Schwemmer, and M. Anderson

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (168.4 kB)

10:15 AM

1.5

The Potential of Wide Angle Imaging Lidar (WAIL)

Igor N. Polonsky, LANL, Los Alamos, NM; and A. B. Davis and S. P. Love

Recorded presentation

10:30 AM

1.6

Wind Profiles from an Ultra-Violet Lidar

Steven Businger, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI; and I. Dors, J. Foster, J. P. McHugh, T. Cherubini, J. Ryan, J. B. Moore, and P. Hays

Recorded presentation

10:45 AM

1.4a

Coffee Break

Joint Session 1

Education Out Reach Activities on Living in the Coastal Zone (Joint between the 14th Symp on Education and the Symp on living in the Coastal Zone)

Sponsors: (Joint between the 14th Symp on Education; and the AMS Forum: Living in the Coastal Zone )

Organizers: David R. Smith, U.S. Naval Academy; Leonard J. Pietrafesa, North Carolina State University

Papers:

9:00 AM

J1.0

Welcoming Remarks: David R. Smith

David R. Smith, U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD

Recorded presentation

9:15 AM

J1.2

How understanding the coastal zone is important to everyday life

Richard Spinrad, NOAA/Ocean Service, Silver Spring, MD

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (58.8 kB)

9:45 AM

J1.3

The centers for ocean sciences education excellence (COSEE): a growing national network

Cheryl L. Peach, SIO/Univ. Of California, La Jolla, CA; and S. R. Franks and S. B. Cook

Recorded presentation

10:00 AM

J1.4

Lessons Learned. . . Center for Ocean Sciences Education Excellence: Central Gulf of Mexico (COSEE:CGOM) Nonformal and formal education

Sharon H. Walker, University of Southern Mississippi and J. L. Scott Marine Education Center & Aquarium, Biloxi, MS; and S. A. Brown, S. Culipher-Ross, J. Kastler, J. Dindo, M. Spranger, R. Tinnin, R. D. Brook, P. Tuddenham, T. Bishop, and J. May-Brett

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (85.3 kB)

10:15 AM

J1.5

Rip current training for coastal forecasters

Kevin Fuell, UCAR/COMET, Boulder, CO; and K. Olson and T. Schott

http://meted.ucar.edu

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (276.2 kB)

10:30 AM

J1.6

Education and the Integrated Ocean Observing System

Blanche W. Meeson, Ocean.US, Arlington, VA

http://www.ocean.us

Recorded presentation

10:45 AM

J1.7

Education & public outreach for the NASA Aquarius Mission

Annette DeCharon, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, West Boothbay Harbor, ME

http://aquarius.gsfc.nasa.gov

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (830.3 kB)

11:00 AM

J1.8

The Maury Project and DataStreme Ocean: Teaching teachers about the coastal zone

David R. Smith, U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD; and I. W. Geer, J. M. Moran, and R. S. Weinbeck

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (18.1 kB)

11:15 AM

J1.9

The Integration of Maury Project Modules with a Middle School Science Kit - Catastrophic Events

Barbara K. Walton-Faria, Thompson Middle School, Newport, RI

Recorded presentation

11:30 AM

J1.4a

Coffee Break in Poster session room

1

Suki Manabe Symposium

Sponsor: The Suki Manabe Symposium

Papers:

9:00 AM

1.1

Dr. Suki Manabe and me over five decades

Jerry D. Mahlman, NCAR, Boulder, CO

9:15 AM

1.2

Is there a Bi-Polar Seesaw?

Ronald J. Stouffer, NOAA/GFDL, Princeton, NJ; and D. Seidov

Recorded presentation

9:30 AM

1.3

Climate change associated with melting events in the northern and southern hemispheres

Andrew J Weaver, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada

9:45 AM

1.4

Very High Resolution Modeling Studies of the Last Glacial Maximum

Tom J Crowley, Duke University, Durham, NC; and S. J. Kim, W. T. H. Hyde, D. J. Erickson, and P. Duffy

10:00 AM

1.5

Atlantic and Pacific Links in Millinenial Climate Variations

Kirk Bryan Jr., Princeton, Princeton, NJ

10:15 AM

1.6

Coffee Break

10:45 AM

1.7

Paleoclimate modeling and climate sensitivity

Anthony J. Broccoli, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ

Recorded presentation

11:00 AM

1.8

Detection and attribution of anthropogenic climate change

John F. B. Mitchell, MetOffice, Exeter, United Kingdom

Recorded presentation

11:15 AM

1.9

Variability of heat content, freshwater content, and steric sea level for the world ocean- 1955-2002

Sydney Levitus, NODC/NOAA, Silver Spring, MD; and T. P. Boyer and J. Antonov

Recorded presentation

11:30 AM

1.10

How and why does the N. Atlantic overturning circulation weaken in GFDL's global warming simulations?

Keith W. Dixon, GFDL/ NOAA, Princeton, NJ

Recorded presentation

11:45 AM

1.11

Simulated tropical weather and climate: internal variability and the response to increased atmospheric CO₂

Thomas R. Knutson, NOAA/GFDL, Princeton, NJ

Recorded presentation

12:00 PM

1.12

Lunch Break

1:30 PM

1.13

Model simulations of the impact of SST conditions on atmospheric variability

Ngar-Cheung Lau, NOAA/Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, Princeton, NJ

Recorded presentation

1:45 PM

1.14

Faustian aerosol bargain: payment comes due

James E. Hansen, NASA/GISS, New York, NY

2:00 PM

1.15

Modeling of climate change due to anthropogenic trace gases

V. Ramaswamy, NOAA/GFDL, Princeton, NJ

2:15 PM

1.16

From General Circulation Modeling to Climate Modeling

Warren M. Washington, NCAR, Boulder, CO

2:30 PM

1.17

Coffee Break and Poster Viewing

4:00 PM

1.18

Global warming and the global hydrological cycle

Isaac M. Held, NOAA/GFDL, Princeton, NJ

Recorded presentation

4:15 PM

1.19

CO2-induced changes in extratropical continental hydrology in the new GFDL climate Model

Thomas L. Delworth, NOAA/GFDL, Princeton, NJ; and K. L. Findell

4:30 PM

1.20

Representing land in a global climate model: simplicity vs. fidelity

P. C. D. Milly, USGS, Princeton, NJ

Recorded presentation

4:45 PM

1.21

A local perspective on climate

Alex Hall, UCLA Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Los Angeles, CA; and S. Conil, M. Hughes, and G. Masi

Recorded presentation

5:00 PM

1.22

Probabilistic integrated assessment of "dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system"

Stephen H. Schneider, Stanford University, Stanford, CA

Recorded presentation

1

IIPS Keynote Session

Sponsor: 21st International Conference on Interactive Information Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology

Organizers: Terry C. Tarbell, RS Information Systems, Inc [RSIS]; Linda I. Miller, UCAR/Unidata

Papers:

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

Recorded presentation

1

The Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS)

Sponsor: Ninth Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)

Organizer: Ralph Petersen, NOAA/NWS

Papers:

9:30 AM

1.1

The Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) A Goldmine of Atmospheric Information

Moustafa Chahine, NASA/JPL, Pasadena, CA; and T. S. Pagano, H. H. Aumann, C. Barnet, B. H. Lambrigtsen, E. J. Fetzer, M. Goldberg, F. W. Irion, E. Olsen, S. Y. Lee, L. M. McMillin, W. McMillin, L. Strow, and J. Susskind

Recorded presentation

9:45 AM

1.2

Atmospheric InfraRed Sounder (AIRS) radiance validation with the Scanning High-resolution Interferometer Sounder (S-HIS) aircraft instrument

Henry E. Revercomb, Space Science and Engeering Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI; and D. C. Tobin, R. O. Knuteson, F. A. Best, D. D. LaPorte, S. D. Ellington, M. W. Werner, R. G. Dedecker, R. K. Garcia, N. N. Ciganovich, H. B. Howell, S. Dutcher, and J. K. Taylor

Recorded presentation

10:00 AM

1.3

Validation of AIRS Moisture Products using Three-way Intercomparisons with Radiosondes and GPS Sensors

Larry M. McMillin, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and J. Zhao, M. K. Rama Varma Raja, S. I. Gutman, and J. G. Yoe

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (375.9 kB)

10:15 AM

1.4

Near real-time operational products from AIRS

Mitchell D. Goldberg, NOAA/NESDIS/ORA, Camp Springs, MD; and C. D. Barnet, W. Wolf, L. Zhou, and M. Divakarla

Recorded presentation

10:30 AM

1.5

Global OSSE at NCEP, Results from High resolution experiments and AIRS

Michiko Masutani, RSIS and NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC, Camp Springs, MD; and J. S. Woollen, R. Treadon, S. J. Lord, H. Sun, T. J. Kleespies, P. VanDelst, and G. D. Emmitt

Recorded presentation

10:45 AM

1.6

Impact of AIRS data on numerical weather forecasts at NASA/GSFCThis paper will summarize the

Robert Atlas, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD

Recorded presentation

11:00 AM

1.7

Atmospheric soundings from AIRS/AMSU in partial cloud cover

Joel Susskind, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD

Recorded presentation

11:15 AM

1.8

Extraction of AIRS Sounding Information Under Cloudy Conditions

William Smith Sr., Hampton University, Hampton, VA; and H. L. Huang and D. K. Zhou

Recorded presentation

11:30 AM

1.3a

Coffee Break in Poster Session Room

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)

Sponsors: (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; Nancy N. Soreide, NOAA/PMEL; Stephen M. Holt, Mitretek Systems

Papers:

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

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (122.3 kB)

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 III

Recorded presentation

10:00 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

Recorded presentation

10:15 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

http://www.epic.noaa.gov/epic/software/nquery

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (386.9 kB)

10:30 AM

J2.6

Autonomous Rapid Response to Monitor Transient Science Events

Daniel J. Mandl, NASA, Greenbelt, MD; and S. W. Frye

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (681.2 kB)

10:45 AM

J2.7

Arctic Change Detection Website

Nancy N. Soreide, NOAA/PMEL, Seattle, WA; and J. Calder, J. E. Overland, and F. M. Fetterer

http://www.arctic.noaa.gov/detect

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.1 MB)

11:00 AM

J2.8

Couple Distributed Earth System Models

Shujia Zhou, Northrop Grumman IT /TASC, Greenbelt, MD; and B. Womack and G. Higgins

11:15 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

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (372.9 kB)

11:30 AM

J2.3b

Coffee Break in Poster Session Room

11:59 AM

J2.3c

J2.3 moved to JP1.6

Coffee Break in Poster Session Room

Joint Session 2

Joint Plenary Session with Hydrology Panel Discussion with Malin Falkenmark

Sponsors: (Joint between the AMS Forum: Living with a Limited Water Supply; and the 19th Conf on Hydrology )

Chair: Roy M Rasmussen, NCAR

Papers:

10:45 AM

J2.1

PANEL DISCUSSION Abstract

Kevin E. Trenberth, NCAR, Boulder, CO

Recorded presentation

2

Nationalization and Implementation of Heat/Health System

Sponsor: Heat and Health: Reducing Impacts

Organizer: Laurence S. Kalkstein, Univ. of Delaware

Papers:

10:45 AM

2.1

Plans for Nationalization of a Heat Health Warning System by the National Weather Service

Mark A. Tew, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD

Recorded presentation

11:00 AM

2.3

Using new Excessive Heat Concepts in a National Weather Service Forecast Office Operational Environment

Gary Szatkowski, NOAA/National Weather Service, Mount Holly, NJ

Recorded presentation

11:15 AM

2.4

The Challenge of Heat/Health Warning Systems in Southern Arizona

Anton F. Haffer, NOAA/NWSFO, Phoenix, AZ

Recorded presentation

11:30 AM

2.5

National Weather Service Regional Application and Perspective

Melinda Bailey, NOAA/NWS, Fort Worth, TX

Recorded presentation

2

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

2

the decision making process with respect to weather and climate information

Sponsor: Third Annual Users Conference

Moderator: S. Edward Boselly, Washington State Department of Transportation

Papers:

10:45 AM

2.1

Exploring Use of Climate Information in Wildland Fire Management: A Decision Calendar Study

Thomas W. Corringham, Univercity of California, San Diego/Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA; and A. L. Westerling and B. Morehouse

Recorded presentation

11:00 AM

2.2

Policy processes as users of science: The role and use of climate information in national and regional fire policy

Timothy J. Brown, Desert Research Institute, Reno, Nevada; and R. S. Pulwarty

Recorded presentation

11:15 AM

2.3

Climate Services Clearinghouse: A web-based intermediary between the users and producers of climate services

Genevieve E. Maricle, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and R. A. Pielke Jr.

Recorded presentation

11:30 AM

2.4

Discussion

2

Aerosol and Precipitation Interactions

Sponsor: 7th Conf. on Atmospheric Chemistry

Organizers: Rick Petty, USDOE; Vernon R. Morris, Howard University

Papers:

10:45 AM

2.1

Atmospheric oxidation of organic particulate matter

Mario J. Molina, MIT, Cambridge, MA; and L. Molina

11:00 AM

2.2

Rainwater Interactions with Natural Radionuclides on Carbonaceous Soot

Jeffrey S. Gaffney, ANL, Argonne, IL; and M. Krzeminska-Flowers, N. A. Marley, and K. A. Orlandini

Poster PDF (106.4 kB)

11:15 AM

2.3

Aerosol Removal by Scavenging in Rain and Fog

Lynn M Russell, SIO/Univ. Of California, La Jolla, CA; and S. F. Maria and Y. Ming

Recorded presentation

11:30 AM

2.4

Interaction of aerosol particles with low-level, warm, precipitating stratiform clouds

Leiming Zhang, York University and MSC, Toronto, ON, Canada; and D. V. Michelangeli and P. A. Taylor

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (250.2 kB)

11:45 AM

2.5

Aerosol-Cloud interactions during the Cloud Indirect Forcing Experiment (CIFEX)

guillaume sadler Mauger, SIO/Univ. Of California, La Jolla, CA; and V. Ramanathan, E. M. Wilcox, O. Lariviere, and G. C. Roberts

Recorded presentation

2

Global Meteorological and Hydrological Services Update

Sponsor: 21st International Conference on Interactive Information Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology

Cochairs: Fred R. Branski, NOAA/NWS; Jim Cooper, Earth Satellite Corporation

Papers:

10:45 AM

2.1

NWS Role in the Earth Observation System (Invited Presentation)

David L. Johnson, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD

Recorded presentation

11:15 AM

2.2

NWS Meteorological and Hydrological Services Update (Invited Presentation)

Greg Mandt, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and J. L. Hayes

Recorded presentation

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

Recorded presentation

2

Lightning applications in warning and decision support 2: Developing applications

Sponsor: Conference on Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data

Chair: Christopher Bryan Darden, NOAA/NWS

Papers:

10:45 AM

2.1

Applications of advanced lightning mapping technologies to storm research and weather operations

Donald R. MacGorman, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK

Recorded presentation

11:15 AM

2.2

One severe storm with two distinct electrical regimes during its lifetime: Implications for nowcasting severe weather with lightning data

Timothy J. Lang, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and S. A. Rutledge

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (693.1 kB)

11:30 AM

2.3

An analysis of lightning holes in a DFW supercell storm using total lightning and radar information

Martin J. Murphy, Vaisala, Tucson, AZ; and N. W. S. Demetriades

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (2.9 MB)

11:45 AM

2.4

On the representation of two- and three-dimensional total lightning information

Jean-Yves Lojou, Vaisala, Meyreuil, France; and K. L. Cummins

Recorded presentation

3

Satellite IIPS and Applications

Sponsor: 21st International Conference on Interactive Information Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology

Cochairs: Gerald Dittberner, NOAA/NESDIS; Thomas M. Whittaker, SSEC/CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin

Papers:

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

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (51.4 kB)

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

http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/abi/

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.2 MB)

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

Recorded presentation

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

Poster PDF (345.7 kB)

11:45 AM

3.5

Living the coastal zone: need for satellite observations

Edward G. Howard, NOAA, Silver Spring, MD

Recorded presentation

2

Urban Applications and Data Assimilation

Sponsor: 2nd Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications

Organizer: N. Andrew Crook, NCAR

Papers:

11:15 AM

2.1

Lidar as a Lifeline in Confronting Bioterriorism

Richard Danzig, DARPA, Washington, DC

11:45 AM

2.2

Autonomous Doppler lidar wind and aerosol measurements for Pentagon Shield

Stephen M. Hannon, CLR Photonics, Inc., a division of Coherent Technologies, Inc., Louisville, CO; and J. V. Pelk and P. Benda

12:00 PM

2.3

Evaluating various Lidar-based wind analysis schemes against independent observations.

N. Andrew Crook, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and A. Didlake, J. Sun, and Y. Zhang

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (429.0 kB)

12:15 PM

2.4

Doppler lidar data fusion with a 3-dimensional wind field model in an urban domain

Yansen Wang, U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD; and C. Klipp, C. Williamson, D. Ligon, M. Felton, and S. Chang

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (397.9 kB)

12:30 PM

2.5

First 4-d variational assimilation of water vapor DIAL data in a mesoscale model

V. Wulfmeyer, Hohenheim University, 70599 Stuttgart, Germany; and H. S. Bauer, M. Grzeschik, A. Behrendt, F. C. Vandenberghe, and E. V. Browell

12:45 PM

2.6

Assimilation of high-resolution DIAL water vapor data into the MM5 4DVAR system - Experiments and Validation

Hans-Stefan Bauer, Hohenheim University, 70599 Stuttgart, Germany; and V. Wulfmeyer, M. Grzeschik, F. Vandenberghe, and E. V. Browell

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (2.2 MB)

1:00 PM

2.7

Wind observations with the VALIDAR doppler lidar

Grady J. Koch, NASA/LRC, Hampton, VA; and J. Y. Beyon, B. W. Barnes, and M. J. Kavaya

Recorded presentation

2.8

Measurement of the spatial variations in the height of the atmospheric boundary layer over urban areas using Doppler lidar

1:30 PM

2.2a

Lunch Break

1

Land surface and hydrologic data assimilation (parallel with Joint Session 3 and Joint Session 4)

Sponsor: 19th Conf on Hydrology

Organizer: Christa D. Peters-Lidard, NASA/GSFC

Papers:

1:00 PM

1.1

Optimal land initialization for the NCEP Global Forecast System using the NASA Land Information System

Jesse Meng, University of Maryland Baltimore County and NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Baltimore and NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and K. Mitchell, C. Lu, H. Wei, J. Eastman, C. Peters-Lidard, P. Houser, and M. Rodell

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (190.0 kB)

1:15 PM

1.2

The NCEP Stage II/IV hourly precipitation analyses: development and applications

Ying Lin, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Camp Springs, MD; and K. E. Mitchell

http://www.emc.ncep.noaa.gov/mmb/ylin/pcpanl/

Poster PDF (197.5 kB)

1:30 PM

1.3

The National Mosaic and Multisensor QPE (NMQ) Project�Status and plans for a community testbed for high-resolution multisensor quantitative precipitation estimation (QPE) over the United States

Dong-Jun Seo, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and C. R. Kondragunta, K. Howard, S. V. Vasiloff, and J. Zhang

Poster PDF (265.4 kB)

1:45 PM

1.4

CMORPH: A new high-resolution global precipitation analysis system with potential use for hydrologic model data assimilation

John J. Janowiak, NOAA/CPC, Camp Springs, MD; and R. J. Joyce, P. A. Arkin, and P. Xie

Recorded presentation

2:00 PM

1.5

High-resolution land data assimilation in the NCAR/ATEC real-time FDDA and forecasting system

Andrea N. Hahmann, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and Y. Liu, F. Chen, K. W. Manning, T. T. Warner, and L. Carlson

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.1 MB)

2:15 PM

1.6

Forecasts of near-surface variables using a coupled atmosphere-land surface model

Andrew A. Taylor, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and L. M. Leslie and D. J. Stensrud

http://weather.ou.edu/~aataylor/research

Poster PDF (376.9 kB)

2:30 PM

1.7

Terrestrial hydroclimatology from GRACE

J. S. Famiglietti, University of California, Irvine, CA; and J. Chen, M. Rodell, K. W. Seo, T. H. Syed, and C. R. Wilson

Recorded presentation

2:45 PM

1.8

Comparison of GRACE derived terrestrial water storage changes with model, water budget, and observation based estimates

Matthew Rodell, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and N. Johnson, J. S. Famiglietti, J. Chen, S. Seneviratne, S. L. Holl, and P. A. Viterbo

Recorded presentation

3:00 PM

1.9

Bias reduction and assimilation of short records of satellite soil moisture

Rolf H. Reichle, NASA/GSFC and University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Greenbelt, MD; and R. D. Koster

Recorded presentation

3:15 PM

1.10

Estimation of soil moisture fields using multi-scale observations in an ensemble smoother-based four-dimensional land data assimilation system

Susan Dunne, MIT, Cambridge, MA; and D. Entekhabi

3:30 PM

1.11

Parameter sensitivity of soil moisture retrievals using C- and X-band radiometer observations in SMEX02

William L. Crosson, USRA, Huntsville, AL; and A. S. Limaye and C. A. Laymon

3:45 PM

1.12

On Particle Filtering Monte Carlo Approach to Sequential Hydrolometeorological Data Assimilation

Hamid Moradkhani, Center for Hydrometeorology and Remote Sensing / University of California at Irvine (UCI), Irvine, CA; and K. L. Hsu, N. K. Ajami, and S. Sorooshian

Recorded presentation

4:00 PM

1.6a

Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

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)

Sponsors: (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

Papers:

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

The Challenge of Living in the CZ

Sponsor: AMS Forum: Living in the Coastal Zone

Organizer: Leonard J. Pietrafesa, North Carolina State University

Papers:

1:30 PM

1.1

Challenges of a Changing Planet: Nexus in the Coastal Zone

Berrien Moore, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH; and C. V�r�smarty and J. Ericson

2:00 PM

1.2

Climate Factors Affecting Human Health in Coastal Regions

Dr. Rita R. Colwell, Center for Bioformatics and Computational Biology, College Park, MD

2

Programs for Assimilating Environmental Observations

Sponsor: Ninth Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)

Organizer: Mitch D. Goldberg, NOAA/NESDIS

Papers:

1:30 PM

2.1

Recent advances at the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation

John Le Marshall, NOAA Science Center, Camp Springs, MD; and F. Weng, S. Lord, L. P. Riishojgaard, P. Phoebus, and J. Yoe

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (276.7 kB)

1:45 PM

2.2

The Joint Hurricane Testbed (JHT): Progress and Future Plans

Richard D. Knabb, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/TPC/NHC, Miami, FL; and J. G. Jiing, C. W. Landsea, and W. R. Seguin

http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/Landsea/jht

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (31.3 kB)

2:00 PM

2.3

Constellation Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere and Climate (COSMIC): An Overview

Ying-Hwa Kuo, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and C. Rocken and R. A. Anthes

http://www.cosmic.ucar.edu/

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (285.5 kB)

2:15 PM

2.4

Mesoscale Objective Analysis: An Analysis of Record?

John Horel, NOAA/Cooperative Institute for Regional Prediction and University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and B. Colman

http://www.met.utah.edu/jhorel/homepages/jhorel/mac.htm

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (133.0 kB)

3

Lightning applications in warning and decision support 3: Warning systems and techniques

Sponsor: Conference on Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data

Chair: David W. Sharp, NOAA/NWS

Papers:

1:30 PM

3.1

Thunderstorm nowcasting and climatology using cylindrical coordinate Hovm�ller diagrams: An NLDN application

Thomas A. Seliga, Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, Cambridge, MA; and D. A. Hazen

Poster PDF (681.1 kB)

1:45 PM

3.2

Using WSR-88D reflectivity for the prediction of cloud-to-ground lightning: a central North Carolina study

Brandon R. Vincent, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC and NOAA/NWS, Newport, NC; and L. D. Carey, D. Schneider, K. Keeter, and R. Gonski

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (184.1 kB)

2:00 PM

3.3

Development of Optimal Lightning Warning Procedures Using Probabilistic Risk Assessment

Terry F. Bott, LANL, Los Alamos, NM; and S. W. Eisenhawer

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (196.3 kB)

2:15 PM

3.4

Automated two-hour thunderstorm guidance forecasts

Jerome P. Charba, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and F. Liang

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (557.8 kB)

Joint Session 3

Probabilistic hydrometeorological forecasting and acceptable uncertainty (Joint between the Limited Water Supply Symposium and the 19th Confernce on Hydrology) (parallel with Session 1 and Joint Session 4)

Sponsors: (Joint between the AMS Forum: Living with a Limited Water Supply; and the 19th Conf on Hydrology )

Organizer: Ana P. Barros, Duke University

Papers:

1:30 PM

J3.1

Hydrological ensemble prediction experiment (HEPEX)

John. C. Schaake, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD

Recorded presentation

1:45 PM

J3.2

Hydrologic sensitivity and consequences in an integrated global system model

C. Adam Schlosser, MIT, Cambridge, MA

Recorded presentation

2:00 PM

J3.3

Calibration of QPF/PQPF forecasts based on the NCEP global ensemble

Yuejian Zhu, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Camp Springs, MD; and T. Zoltan

Recorded presentation

2:15 PM

J3.4

Calibration of probabilistic quantitative precipitation forecasts from the RSM ensemble forecasts over hydrologic regions

Huiling Yuan, University of California, Irvine, CA; and S. L. Mullen, X. Gao, and S. Sorooshian

Poster PDF (129.0 kB)

3

Water Resouce Management

Sponsor: Third Annual Users Conference

Moderator: Mary G. Altalo, SAIC

Papers:

1:30 PM

3.1

Potential applications of climate forecasts by the Corps of Engineers

J. Rolf Olson, US Army Corps of Engineers, Alexandria, VA

Recorded presentation

1:45 PM

3.2

Defining Utilization

Mark A. Shafer, Oklahoma Climatological Survey, Norman, OK

Poster PDF (115.6 kB)

2:00 PM

3.3

2002 Drought in Colorado: Agriculture impacts and climate information needs

Robert S. Webb, NOAA-CIRES Climate Diagnostics Center, Boulder, CO; and R. S. Pulwarty and E. C. Schuck

Recorded presentation

2:15 PM

3.4

The general needs of some potential users for meteorological services

Chongjian Liu, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, Beijing, China; and Y. Liu

2

General Interest AI Applications

Sponsor: Fourth Conference on Artificial Intelligence Applications to Environmental Science

Chair: Vladimir Krasnopolsky, EMC/NCEP/NOAA/NWS (SAIC) and ESSIC, University of Maryland

Papers:

2.1

Environmental Applications of Machine Learning: Modelling Population Dynamics and Habitat Suitability

1:45 PM

2.2

Accurate and Fast Neural Network Emulations of the NCAR Community Atmospheric Model Radiation: Accuracy of Approximation and Computational Performance

Vladimir Krasnopolsky, EMC/NCEP/NOAA/NWS (SAIC) and ESSIC, University of Maryland, Camp Springs, MD; and M. S. Fox-Rabinovitz and D. Chalikov

Recorded presentation

2:00 PM

2.3

Using Artificial Neural Networks for Predicting Storm Surge Propagation in North Sea and the Thames Estuary.

Daniel B. Prouty, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom; and P. E. Tissot and A. A. Anwar

Recorded presentation

2:15 PM

2.4

Sea surface temperature patterns on the West Florida Shelf using Growing Hierarchical Self-Organizing Maps

Yonggang Liu, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, FL; and R. H. Weisberg and R. He

http://ocg7.marine.usf.edu/~liu

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (2.5 MB)

2:30 PM

2.1a

Generation of Real-time Narrative Summaries for Real-time Water Levels and Meteorological Observations in PORTS�

Thomas Bethem, NOAA, Silver Spring, MD; and J. Burton, T. Caldwell, M. Evans, R. Kittredge, B. Lavoie, and J. Werner

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (84.8 kB)

2:45 PM

2.4a

Discussion

Poster Session 1

Poster Session - Seventh Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry

Sponsor: 7th Conf. on Atmospheric Chemistry

Organizers: Jeffrey S. Gaffney, ANL; Nancy A. Marley, ANL

Papers:

P1.1

Verification of surface layer ozone forecasts in the NOAA/EPA Air Quality Forecast System in different regions under different synoptic scenarios

Marina Tsidulko, SAIC, Camp Springs, MD; and J. T. McQueen, G. DiMego, P. C. Lee, R. Mathur, K. L. Schere, J. E. Pleim, T. L. Otte, D. Kang, M. Schenk, J. L. Gorline, and P. M. Davidson

http://wwwt.emc.ncep.noaa.gov/mmb/aq/fvs/cmaqverif.html

Poster PDF (477.3 kB)

P1.2

Simultaneous prediction of weather and air quality during NEAQS2004 using the WRF-Chemistry model

Steven E. Peckham, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado and NOAA/FSL, Boulder, CO; and G. A. Grell, S. A. McKeen, G. J. Frost, and J. M. Wilczak

Poster PDF (106.8 kB)

P1.3

Simulating the effects of urban-scale land use change on surface meteorology and ozone concentrations in the New York City metropolitan region

Kevin L. Civerolo, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, Albany, NY; and C. Hogrefe, J. Y. Ku, W. Solecki, C. Small, C. Oliveri, J. Cox, and P. Kinney

Poster PDF (206.4 kB)

P1.4

Ozone profile observations and meteorological analysis

John Merrill, University of Rhode Island, Narragansett, RI; and J. Dubois, M. Stevens, and S. J. Oltmans

P1.5

Modeling photochemistry and aerosol formation in point source plumes with the CMAQ plume-in-grid system

James M. Godowitch, NOAA/ARL, Research Triangle Park, NC; and J. O. Young

P1.6

Insights into Free Tropospheric Ozone Sources and Transport in July-August 2004 from IONS Soundings

Anne M Thompson, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and T. Kucsera, J. Merrill, G. Morris, M. J. Newchurch, S. J. Oltmans, K. E. Pickering, F. J. Schmidlin, D. Tarasick, and J. C. Witte

P1.7

Aura Data Product Support and Services at the NASA GES DAAC

James E. Johnson, GES DAAC / SSAI, Greenbelt, MD; and S. P. Ahmad, A. Gopalan, and G. G. Leptoukh

P1.8

Secondary organic aerosol formation by reactive condensation of glyoxal, water vapor and other aldehydes

William P. Hastings, University of San Diego, San Diego, CA; and E. Bailey and D. O. De Haan

P1.9

Radiative Forcing of Dust Haze over the Northern Indian Ocean during Winter and Summer Monsoons

I.A. Podgorny, SIO/Univ. of California, La Jolla, CA; and V. Ramanathan and C. E. Chung

P1.10

Physicochemical transition of aerosols and its effect on cloud condensation nuclei over the Eastern Pacific Ocean: A case study

Greg C Roberts, SIO/Univ. Of California, La Jolla, CA; and O. Lariviere, G. S. Mauger, and V. Ramanathan

P1.11

Observing Aerosol Direct and Indirect Effects from In Situ Spectral Radiometric Measurements

Fonya Nzeffe, Howard University, Washington, DC; and E. Joseph and Q. Min

P1.12

Measurements of aerosol samples in Chebogue Point during the New England Air Quality Study 2004

Katheryn M. Holderness, SIO/Univ. Of California, La Jolla, CA; and L. M. Russell

P1.13

Measurements of marine stratocumulus cloud water composition over the Eastern Pacific Ocean

Derek J. Straub, Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, PA; and J. L. Collett Jr.

P1.14

Monitoring Interstate Pollutant Transport from the Western Maryland Piney Run Site: Objectives, Design, and Demonstration

Matthew G. Seybold, Maryland Department of the Environment, Baltimore, MD; and C. D. Smith, D. J. Krask, M. F. Woodman, G. A. Allen, M. S. Castro, and J. M. McKnight

Poster PDF (773.0 kB)

P1.15

Examining the aerosol indirect effect in the second aerosol characterization experiment (ACE-2) with a cloud resolving model

Huan Guo, University of Michigan, ann arbor, MI; and J. E. Penner and M. Herzog

Poster PDF (234.9 kB)

P1.16

Evaluation of the aerosol direct radiative forcing using ground-based, satellite data and global transport model

Soon-Chang Yoon, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Seoul National University, 151-747, Shilimdong, Gwanakgu, Seoul, South Korea; and J. G. Won

P1.17

Cloudwater measurements of sulfur, nitrogen, and organic species during ICARTT

Anne Marie Macdonald, Meteorological Service of Canada, Toronto, ON, Canada; and W. R. Leaitch, K. L. Hayden, K. G. Anlauf, D. Toom-Sauntry, A. Leithead, S. M. Li, J. W. Strapp, and K. J. Noone

http://www.msc-smc.ec.gc.ca/research/icartt/index_e.html

Poster PDF (245.2 kB)

P1.18

Effects of soot morphology and composition on particle hygroscopic properties

Jay G. Slowik, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA; and J. Kolucki, P. Davidovits, L. R. Williams, J. T. Jayne, C. E. Kolb, D. R. Worsnop, Y. Rudich, P. DeCarlo, and J. L. Jimenez

P1.19

FTIR analysis of organic functional groups during ICARTT 2004

P1.20

Monitoring air quality from space using OMI data products

Suraiya P. Ahmad, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and P. F. Levelt, P. K. Bhartia, E. Hilsenrath, G. W. Leppelmeier, and J. E. Johnson

http://daac.gsfc.nasa.gov/

Poster PDF (10.9 kB)

P1.21

No title

P1.22

Simulation of cloud processing of aerosol using a two-dimentional particle distribution function

Mikhail Ovtchinnikov, PNNL, Richland, WA; and R. C. Easter

P1.23

Surface and Aloft Measurements of Aerosol Concentrations in a Wintertime Boundary Layer at a Mid-Atlantic Site

Richard D. Clark, Millersville University, Millersville, PA; and D. Brewer, E. Lowery, D. Rabatin, J. Yorks, K. Howett, A. Rowe, C. Hanna, and M. Maiuri

Poster PDF (549.6 kB)

1

K-12 and Popular Initiatives

Sponsor: 14th Symp on Education

Organizers: Shirley T. Murillo, NOAA/AOML/HRD; Kathleen A. Murphy, Ladue School District

Papers:

1:30 PM

1.1

STORM-E: A Weather Simulation

Jane Neuenschwander, NASA-sponsored Classroom of the Future, Wheeling, WV; and C. Mitsch

Recorded presentation

1:45 PM

1.2

The Great UK Weather Watch

J. Malcolm Walker, Royal Meteorological Society, Reading, United Kingdom

Poster PDF (1.1 MB)

2:00 PM

1.3

Lightning safety for schools: An update

James B. Lushine, NOAA/NWS, Miami, FL; and W. P. Roeder and R. J. Vavrek

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (557.3 kB)

2:15 PM

1.4

How to Use Public Education to Change Lightning Safety Standards (and Save Lives and Injuries)

Mary Ann Cooper, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL; and R. L. Holle

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (45.6 kB)

2:30 PM

1.5

EdGCM: Enhancing Climate Education Through Climate Modeling Research Projects

Mark A. Chandler, NASA/GISS at Columbia University, New York, NY; and S. J. Richards and M. F. Shopsin

http://www.edgcm.org

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (306.1 kB)

2:45 PM

1.6

Hispanics in geo-sciences: An effort to motivate youngsters and parents

John Toohey-Morales, NBC Telemundo and Climadata, Miami, FL

Recorded presentation

3:00 PM

1.7

Educating an informed citizenry: What should every student know about the oceans?

Robert Stewart, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX

http://oceanworld.tamu.edu/home/news.htm

Poster PDF (86.8 kB)

3:15 PM

1.8

AMS DataStreme courses - preparing teachers to use Earth system information

Robert S. Weinbeck, SUNY, Brockport, NY; and I. W. Geer, J. M. Moran, E. W. Mills, E. J. Hopkins, D. R. Smith, and B. A. Blair

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (117.3 kB)

3:30 PM

1.9

The NOAA and NWS outreach program for educators

Ron Gird, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and J. simensky

Recorded presentation

3:45 PM

1.10

Developing a GIS Using Real Time Earth Data: A Study of the Earth System

John D. Moore, Burlington County Institute of Technology, Medford, NJ

Recorded presentation

4:00 PM

1.11

Pacific Northwest Tsunamis: Generation and Effects!

Steve Michael Carlson, AMS/NOAA Project Atmosphere AREA, White Salmon, Washington

Recorded presentation

4:15 PM

1.4a

Formal Poster viewing with Coffee Break

1

Observed Climate Change: 1(parallel with Session 2)

Sponsor: 16th Conference on Climate Variability and Change

Chair: David R. Easterling, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC

Papers:

1:30 PM

1.1

Are Simulated Microwave Sounding Unit temperatures sensitive to the method by which they are generated?

J. J. Hnilo, LLNL, Livermore, CA; and B. D. Santer

Recorded presentation

1:45 PM

1.2

Latitudinal distribution of temperature trends at the surface and in the troposphere

Konstantin Y. Vinnikov, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and N. Grody, M. D. Goldberg, A. Robock, R. J. Stouffer, and P. D. Jones

Recorded presentation

2:00 PM

1.3

Non-thermometric effects on MSU tropospheric temperatures

Leslie Litten, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and J. R. Christy and R. W. Spencer

Poster PDF (401.0 kB)

2:15 PM

1.4

Tropospheric temperature trends from satellite-MSU observations

Qiang Fu, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

Recorded presentation

2:30 PM

1.5

Uncertainties in ICOADS Sea Surface and Air Temperatures since the 1850s

Nick A. Rayner, Hadley Centre, Met Office, EXETER, United Kingdom; and P. Brohan, D. E. Parker, C. K. Folland, J. Hardwick, J. Kennedy, T. Ansell, S. Tett, and E. C. Kent

Recorded presentation

2:45 PM

1.6

Large scale warming confirmed by temperatures in windy weather

David E. Parker, Hadley Centre, Met Office, EXETER, United Kingdom

Recorded presentation

3:00 PM

1.7

Tree Ring Records Underestimate Volcanic Cooling

Alan Robock, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ

3:15 PM

1.8

Precipitation and temperature related climate indices for Canada

�va Mekis, MSC, Toronto, ON, Canada; and L. A. Vincent

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (528.8 kB)

3:30 PM

1.9

Large scale spatial structure of observed temperature trends

Pedro M. A. Miranda, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal; and A. R. Tom�

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (161.4 kB)

3:45 PM

1.10

Accounting for differences between radiosonde temperature datasets

Melissa Free, NOAA/ARL, Silver Spring, MD; and D. J. Seidel

4:00 PM

1.4a

Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

2

Climate Predictions on Seasonal and Interannual Time Scales: 1(parallel with Session 1)

Sponsor: 16th Conference on Climate Variability and Change

Chair: Aiguo Dai, NCAR

Papers:

1:30 PM

2.1

Sensitivity of North American Precipitation and Temperature to Tropical Indian, Pacific and Atlantic ocean SST anomalies throughout the year.

Prashant D. Sardeshmukh, NOAA-CIRES Climate Diagnostics Center, Boulder, CO; and J. J. Barsugli and S. I. Shin

1:45 PM

2.2

Predictability of Northern California precipitation during warm-phase El Nino events

Seran Gibbard, LLNL, Livermore, CA; and P. Duffy and K. E. Taylor

Recorded presentation

2:00 PM

2.3

Understanding the sensitivity of North American drought to Tropical Pacific SSTs in present and past climates

Sang-Ik Shin, NOAA-CIRES Climate Diagnostics Center, Boulder, CO; and R. S. Webb, P. D. Sardeshmukh, R. J. Oglesby, and J. J. Barsugli

2:15 PM

2.4

Precipitation variability in the core of the North American monsoon region

David S. Gutzler, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM

Recorded presentation

2:30 PM

2.5

Forecasting global temperatures one year ahead

Chris K. Folland, Hadley Centre, Met Office, Exeter, United Kingdom; and A. W. Colman

Recorded presentation

2:45 PM

2.6

Examination of the Hydrologic Feedback Pathway for Land-Climate Coupling

Paul A. Dirmeyer, Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies, Calverton, MD; and T. DelSole

Recorded presentation

3:00 PM

2.7

Evaluation of the Use of Forecast Interpretations information

Diego H. Pedreros, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA; and A. Bonilla, P. Ramirez, C. Funk, G. Husak, J. Michaelsen, and L. Aguilar

Recorded presentation

3:15 PM

2.8

Diagnosis of skill variability as a basis for discriminating use of CPC long-lead seasonal forecasts

Marina M. Timofeyeva, UCAR and NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and R. E. Livezey

Recorded presentation

3:30 PM

2.9

Long-range remote impacts of the North Pacific wintertime circulation regimes

Wilbur Y. Chen, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/CPC, Camp Springs, MD

Recorded presentation

3:45 PM

2.10

Seasonal predictability and the land/air interaction

M. Zhao, COLA, Calverton, MD; and P. A. Dirmeyer

Recorded presentation

4:00 PM

2.4a

Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

4

Global Meteorological and Hydrological Services Update Part II

Sponsor: 21st International Conference on Interactive Information Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology

Cochairs: Fred R. Branski, NOAA/NWS; Jim Cooper, Earth Satellite Corporation

Papers:

1:30 PM

4.1

USAF Meteorological Services Update (Invited Presentation)

John M. Lanicci, U.S. Air Force, Omaha, NE

Recorded presentation

2:00 PM

4.2

USN Meteorological and Oceanographic Services Update (Invited Presentation)

Timothy McGee, Naval Meteorology and Oceanography, Stennis Space Center, MS

Recorded presentation

2:30 PM

4.3

Hydrometeorological Activities of the Private Sector (Invited Presentation)

Larry E. Brazil, Riverside Technology, Inc., Fort Collins, CO

3:00 PM

4.4

ECMWF Meteorological and Hydrological Services Update (Invited Presentation)

Dominique Marbouty, ECMWF, Reading, Berks., United Kingdom

Recorded presentation

3:30 PM

4.5

WMO Role in the Earth Information System (Invited Presentation). TBD, Geneva, Switzerland

4:00 PM

4.2a

Coffee Break with Formal Poster Viewing

5

Radar IIPS and Applications

Sponsor: 21st International Conference on Interactive Information Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology

Cochairs: Robert G. Borchers, SAIC; Douglas Forsyth, NOAA/NSSL; Robert Saffle, Mitretek Systems, Inc.

Papers:

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

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (2.4 MB)

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

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (135.4 kB)

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

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (664.1 kB)

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

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (212.3 kB)

2:30 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

http://www.cimms.ou.edu/~kmanross/VCPRPE/

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (415.6 kB)

2:45 PM

5.6

A meteorological radar emulator for education and research

Michael I. Biggerstaff, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and R. M. May

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1010.0 kB)

3:00 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

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (237.1 kB)

3:15 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

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (440.3 kB)

3:30 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

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (357.8 kB)

3:45 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

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (608.1 kB)

4:00 PM

5.4a

Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

Poster Session 1

Probabilistic Hydrometeorological forecasting (poster session)

Sponsor: AMS Forum: Living with a Limited Water Supply

Papers:

P1.1

National long-range hydrologic prediction system (NLHPS)

John. C. Schaake, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and P. Restrepo

P1.2

Development of an automatic calibration scheme for multi-level watersheds in the Colorado River basin

Eileen Aghnami, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA; and T. S. Hogue

Poster PDF (45.0 kB)

P1.3

Climate index weighting schemes for NWS ESP Based seasonal volume forecasts

Kevin Werner, National Weather Service, Western Region Scientific Services Division, Salt Lake City, UT

Poster Session 2

The Use of Climate Forecasts for Water Resources Planning and Management (Poster)

Sponsor: AMS Forum: Living with a Limited Water Supply

Papers:

P2.1

Progress in Operational Integrated Forecast and Management of Northern California Water Resources: Hourly to Seasonal Time Scales

Konstantine P. Georgakakos, Hydrologic Research Center and SIO/Univ. Of California, San Diego, CA; and N. E. Graham, A. P. Georgakakos, H. Yao, E. Shamir, S. V. Taylor, and T. M. Carpenter

P2.2

Analysis of water recycling in CCSM

Zhao Li, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK; and N. M�lders

P2.3

Advanced hydrometeorological analysis and forecasting for water management decision-makers in Slovenia

Dave A. Matthews, Hydromet DSS, Silverthorne, CO; and M. Brilly, G. Gregoric, J. Polajnar, and P. Houser

http://home.comcast.net/~hydrometdss/HDSSIndex.html

Poster PDF (2.1 MB)

P2.4

A Pilot Program for a Low Flow Impacts Database at the National Weather Service

Cody L. Knutson, National Drought Mitigation Center, Lincoln, NE; and M. Svoboda and D. R. Kluck

Poster PDF (27.1 kB)

Joint Poster Session 1

Formal Poster Viewing - Polar Coastal Processes (Joint with Sixth Conference on Coastal Atmospheric and Oceanic Prediction and Processes and the 8th Conf on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography)

Sponsors: (Joint between the 8th Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography; and the Sixth Conference on Coastal Atmospheric and Oceanic Prediction and Processes )

Organizer: Peter S. Guest, NPS

Papers:

JP1.1

Freshwater distribution and its variability in the Arctic Ocean deduced from historical hydrochemistry

Michiyo Yamamoto-Kawai, International Arctic Research Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK; and N. Tanaka, S. Pivovarov, and L. Timokhov

Poster PDF (428.0 kB)

JP1.2

Meteorological conditions in Nares Strait and Smith Sound derived from a regional mesoscale model

Philip L. Barbour, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR; and R. M. Samelson

JP1.3

Turbulent mixing in the under-ice boundary layer in Van Mijenfjorden (Svalbard), melt season 2004.

Karolina Widell, Geophysical Institute, University of Bergen, 5007 Bergen, Norway; and I. Fer

JP1.4

The role of tides in Arctic ice/ocean climate

Greg Holloway, Institute of Ocean Science, Sidney, BC, Canada; and A. Proshutinsky

JP1.5

Modeling Bering Sea Tides

Congbiao Liu, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK; and J. Wang and Z. Kowalik

JP1.6

Surface water and energy fluxes of the pan-Arctic land region based on a land surface model and ERA-40 reanalysis

Fengge Su, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and J. C. Adam, K. E. Trenberth, and D. P. Lettenmaier

JP1.7

Paper JP1.7 has been moved to Joint Session J1, New Paper Number J1.15A

JP1.8

Moisture transport and polar ice sheets variability

Wenqing Tang, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and W. T. Liu

JP1.9

Numerical investigation of the relationship between the Ross Iceshelf Air Stream (RAS) and katabatic flows

Amanda S. Adams, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and G. J. Tripoli

JP1.10

An assessment of four model bulk aerodynamic algorithms used over sea ice

Michael A. Brunke, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and M. Zhou, X. Zeng, and E. L. Andreas

JP1.11

The Effect of the Sea Ice Zone on the Development of Boundary Layer Roll Clouds during Cold Air Outbreaks

Anthony Liu, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; and G. W. K. Moore, K. Tsuboki, and I. A. Renfrew

JP1.12

Mesoscale modeling during MPACE

Alexander Avramov, Penn State University, University Park, PA; and V. T. Yannuzzi, P. Q. Olsson, C. P. Bahrmann, J. Y. Harrington, and J. Verlinde

Poster PDF (1.0 MB)

JP1.13

Numerical simulations of cyclone interaction with the orography of Greenland

Rebekah Martin, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; and G. W. K. Moore

JP1.14

Barrier flow and tip jets: A QuikSCAT climatology of high wind speed events near Greenland

G. W. K. Moore, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; and I. A. Renfrew

Poster Session 1

IIPS Poster Session I

Sponsor: 21st International Conference on Interactive Information Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology

Cochairs: Stephen M. Holt, Mitretek Systems; Scott T. Shipley, Raytheon Information Solutions

Papers:

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

Poster PDF (195.3 kB)

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

Poster PDF (157.3 kB)

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

Poster PDF (512.0 kB)

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

http://www.roc.noaa.gov/eng/RVP8Evalreports.asp

Poster PDF (683.6 kB)

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

Poster PDF (851.0 kB)

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

Poster PDF (21.8 kB)

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

Poster PDF (168.4 kB)

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

Poster PDF (607.7 kB)

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. L�pez

Poster PDF (336.8 kB)

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

Poster PDF (632.2 kB)

P1.13

Identifying the cause of WSR-88D ghost echoes

Randy M. Steadham, NOAA/NEXRAD Radar Operations Center, Norman, OK; and C. A. Ray

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (80.7 kB)

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

Poster PDF (83.1 kB)

P1.17

Digital Services Training in the National Weather Service

Brian Motta, NOAA/NWS, Boulder, CO

http://www-md.fsl.noaa.gov/IFPS/AMS05.html

Poster PDF (459.9 kB)

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

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 Jr.

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

Poster PDF (25.7 kB)

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

Poster PDF (2.4 MB)

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

http://www.osdpd.noaa.gov/MODIS/AMS

Poster PDF (15.2 kB)

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

Poster PDF (874.9 kB)

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

Poster PDF (62.7 kB)

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

Poster PDF (560.7 kB)

P1.36

P1.36 moved to JP1.7 (Climate Variability and Change)

P1.37

P1.37 moved to JP1.8 (Climate Variability and Change)

P1.38

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

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

Poster PDF (392.7 kB)

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

Poster PDF (316.8 kB)

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

Poster PDF (473.6 kB)

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

Poster PDF (592.1 kB)

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

Poster PDF (336.1 kB)

Poster Session 1

LAND SURFACE AND HYDROLOGIC DATA ASSIMILATION POSTERS

Sponsor: 19th Conf on Hydrology

Organizer: Christa D. Peters-Lidard, NASA/GSFC

Papers:

P1.1

Variations of land surface microwave emissivity with vegetation developments

Bing Lin, LRC, Hampton, VA; and Q. Min

P1.2

Use of MODIS snow cover imagery for streamflow and reservoir storage forecasts in the Snake River basin

Marketa McGuire, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and A. W. Wood, Q. Zeng, and D. P. Lettenmaier

P1.3

The use of NASA land data assimilated products to improve flood and drought risk analysis and forecasting for water resources management in the Columbia River Basin

Kristi R. Arsenault, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Greenbelt, MD; and P. R. Houser, S. M. Hunter, D. Frevert, R. Stodt, and D. Matthews

P1.4

The Latency of Model Generated Precipitation in Winter Time Cyclones

Holly M. Allen, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and J. R. Mecikalski and C. B. Darden

Poster PDF (460.0 kB)

P1.5

Multi-year Simulation of Surface Hydrological Components by Coupling Remote Sensing Data with Surface Observation

Jie Song, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL

P1.6

Snow microwave products from the NOAA's Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit

Cezar Kongoli, QSS Group, Inc., Lanham and NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and R. R. Ferraro, P. Pellegrino, and H. Meng

Poster PDF (736.6 kB)

P1.7

Multiseasonal validation of GOES-based insolation estimates

Jason A. Otkin, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and M. C. Anderson and J. R. Mecikalski

Poster PDF (541.3 kB)

P1.8

Feasibility of snowpack characterization using multi-frequency remote sensing and advanced data assimilation techniques

Michael T Durand, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA; and S. A. Margulis

P1.9

Estimating stability indices from MODIS infrared measurements over the Korean Peninsula

Sung-Hee Park, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea; and B. J. Sohn, E. S. Chung, and M. Koenig

P1.10

Assimilating passive microwave brightness temperature for snow water equivalent estimation

Kostantinos M Andreadis, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and D. P. Lettenmaier

P1.11

A comparison of satellite derived global hydrological products

Arief Sudradjat, University of Maryland and CICS/ESSIC, College Park, MD; and R. R. Ferraro

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)

Poster Session 1

Sponsor: Conference on Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data

Chair: Stephen J. Hodanish, NOAA/NWSFO

Papers:

P1.1

Relationships between total lightning and storm strength using data from the north Alabama Lightning Mapping Array (LMA)

Jessica R. Stroupe, NOAA/NWSFO, Calera, AL; and M. W. Rose and K. J. Pence

P1.2

The Application of Total Lightning Data in the Warning Decision Making Process

Priscilla V. Bridenstine, NOAA/NWS, Huntsville, AL; and C. B. Darden, J. Burks, and S. J. Goodman

Poster PDF (211.7 kB)

P1.3

Assessments of total lightning data utility in weather forecasting

Dennis E. Buechler, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL; and S. Goodman, K. La Casse, R. Blakeslee, and C. Darden

P1.4

A comparison of lightning flash rate to rainfall over Florida

Julie A. States, NOAA/NWS, Ruskin, FL; and C. H. Paxton, F. W. Alsheimer, and J. L. Fieux

Poster PDF (443.0 kB)

P1.5

Developing methods to nowcast total lightning flash rates and convective initiation using satellite infrared convective cloud information

John R. Mecikalski, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and S. J. Paech and K. M. Bedka

Poster PDF (234.0 kB)

P1.6

Combining lightning with satellite data for analysis and prediction

Roderick A. Scofield, NOAA/NESDIS/ORA, Camp Springs, MD; and R. J. Kuligowski and S. Qiu

Poster PDF (340.0 kB)

P1.7

Total lightning and radar characteristics of supercells: Insights on electrification and severe weather forecasting

Scott M. Steiger, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and R. E. Orville, M. J. Murphy, and N. W. S. Demetriades

Poster PDF (315.4 kB)

P1.8

Preliminary Results from Phase-1 of the Statistical Forecasting of Lightning Cessation Project

William P. Roeder, 45th Weather Squadron, Patrick AFB, FL; and J. E. Glover

Poster PDF (337.4 kB)

P1.9

An operational system for real-time lightning display and resource protection

Erik G. Magnuson, ENSCO, Inc., Cocoa Beach, FL; and S. L. Arnold and A. V. Dianic

P1.10

Comparison of in-situ electric field and radar derived parameters for stratiform clouds in Central Florida

Monte Bateman, Universities Space Research Association and NASA/MSFC, Huntsville, AL; and D. Mach, S. Lewis, J. Dye, E. Defer, C. A. Grainger, P. Willis, F. Merceret, D. Boccippio, and H. Christian

Poster PDF (271.6 kB)

P1.11

NWS cloud-to-ground lightning threat analysis

Nicole M. Kempf, NOAA/NWS, Tulsa, OK; and G. E. Wiley

Poster PDF (497.1 kB)

P1.12

A warning method for the risk of cloud-to-ground lightning based on total lightning and radar information

Martin J. Murphy, Vaisala, Tucson, AZ; and R. L. Holle

P1.13

On The Need for Electric-Field Meters to Support Critical Lightning Hazard-Warning Decision Processes

William H. Beasley, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and L. G. Byerley III, E. R. Mansell, J. W. Conway, M. D. Eilts, R. Jabrzemski, and M. M. Lengyel

Poster PDF (267.8 kB)

P1.14

The Lightning Decision Support System:Predicting lightning threat utilizing integrated data sources

J. William Conway, Weather Decision Technologies, Inc., Norman, OK; and M. D. Eilts

P1.15

Developing a statistical scheme to predict the occurrence of lightning in south Florida

Justin M. Winarchick, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and H. E. Fuelberg

http://bertha.met.fsu.edu

Poster PDF (534.0 kB)

P1.16

A statistical procedure to forecast the daily amount of warm season lightning in south Florida

Phillip E. Shafer, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and H. E. Fuelberg

http://bertha.met.fsu.edu

Poster PDF (1.4 MB)

P1.17

Lightning Safety and Outdoor Stadiums

Joel Gratz, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and R. Church and E. Noble

Poster PDF (1.8 MB)

P1.18

Analysis of Operational Data from the Lightning Detection and Warning System at Los Alamos National Laboratory

S. W. Eisenhawer, LANL, Los Alamos, NM; and T. F. Bott, C. R. Odom, and W. H. Beasley

Poster PDF (2.9 MB)

Poster Session 1

Sponsor: Ninth Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)

Papers:

P1.1

Trace Gas Observations by AIRS and Preliminary Validation Results Against Airborne Measurements from INTEX

Juying X. Warner, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD; and W. W. McMillan, C. D. Barnet, M. L. McCourt, S. Vay, and O. Investigators

P1.2

The effect of using AWIPS LAPS and High Resolution SSTs to locally initialize the Workstation ETA

Brian Etherton, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, NC; and P. Santos, S. Lazarus, and C. Calvert

Poster PDF (1.3 MB)

P1.3

Sunphotometer Calibrations and Instrument Intercomparisons at the High Altitude Research Station Jungfraujoch

Alexander Los, Kipp & Zonen B.V., Delft, Netherlands; and W. H. Knap

P1.4

Structure of the lower troposphere over the Pacific Ocean: information gained from AIRS observations

Hengchun Ye, California State University, Los Angeles, CA; and E. J. Fetzer, E. T. Olsen, A. Eldering, S. Granger, L. Chen, B. H. Lambrigtsen, E. Fishein, S. Y. Lee, B. Kahn, and A. Braverman

Poster PDF (2.5 MB)

P1.5

Numerical Simulation of Convection during IHOP _2002 using the Flux-Adjusting Surface Data Assimilation System (FASDAS)

Peter P. Childs, State Climate Office of North Carolina and North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC; and A. L. Qureshi, S. Raman, K. Alapaty, R. Ellis, R. Boyles, and D. Niyogi

Poster PDF (526.8 kB)

P1.6

Short-term, seasonal and interannual variability of the vertical distribution of water vapor observed by AIRS

Edward T. Olsen, JPL and California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA; and S. L. Granger and E. J. Fetzer

http://airsteam.jpl.nasa.gov

Poster PDF (2.1 MB)

P1.7

Sensitivity characteristics of a variational assimilation of cloudy satellite radiances using the GOES sounder

Tomoko Koyama, Japan Meteorological Agency, Tokyo, Japan; and T. Vukicevic, A. S. Jones, M. Sengupta, and T. H. Vonder Haar

P1.8

Reasons for the failure of the Pan American Climate Studies Sounding Network (PACS-SONET) in Latin America.

Michael W. Douglas, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and J. Murillo

P1.9

Performance and application of a multi-wavelength, ground-based microwave radiometer in rain nowcasting

P. W Chan, Hong Kong Observatory, Hong Kong, China; and C. M. Tam

Poster PDF (1.2 MB)

P1.10

Ongoing Japanese long-term Reanalysis project (JRA-25); Assimilation of NOAA polar-orbiter satellite sounder data

Masami Sakamoto, Japan Meteorological Agency, Tokyo, Japan; and S. Kobayashi, K. Kato, T. Matsumoto, H. Koide, K. Onogi, T. Ose, and H. Hatsushika

http://www.jreap.org/index-e.html

Poster PDF (195.9 kB)

P1.11

Estimating clear-sky radiances from the AIRS/AMSU instrument suite

Evan Fishbein, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and L. Chen, E. J. Fetzer, and S. Y. Lee

P1.12

P1.12 Moved to Oral Session 10; new presentation number 10.3

P1.13

Two year trends in AIRS and AMSU observations

Hartmut H. Aumann, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and D. T. Gregorich, L. Strow, and S. Hannon

P1.14

AIRS associated accomplishments at the JCSDA

Poster Session 1

Poster Session: Climate Assessments, Drought, and Observed Climate Change

Sponsor: 16th Conference on Climate Variability and Change

Papers:

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

Recorded presentation

P1.2

Response of winter cereal productivity in Spain to climate variability

Concepcion Rodriguez-Puebla, University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain; and A. H. Encinas and M. D. Fr�as

Poster PDF (170.3 kB)

P1.3

Study on the Potential Impacts of Climate Change on Wheat Production in Contrast Environments of South Australia

P1.4

A climatology of weather influences on electric power outages in New Hampshire

Michael H. Nahmias, Plymouth State University, Plymouth, NH; and E. G. Hoffman

Poster PDF (58.5 kB)

P1.5

Afghanistan weather hazards

Bradford R. Pugh, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/CPC, Camp Springs, MD

http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/fews/AFGHANISTAN/index.html

Poster PDF (20.3 kB)

P1.6

Examination of Global Wind Trends Due to Global Climate Change to Improve Wind Resource Assessments

Glenn E. Van Knowe, AWS Truewind, LLC, Troy, NY; and J. W. Zack, K. T. Waight, and M. Brower

http://www.meso.com

Poster PDF (145.7 kB)

P1.7

Customer satisfaction with NOAA�s National Weather Service climate products and services

Barbara E. Mayes, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and R. E. Livezey

P1.8

Status report on NWS climate services implementation at the regional and local level

Judith A. Koepsell, Climate Services Division/OCWWS/NWS/NOAA, Silver Spring, MD; and R. E. Livezey

P1.9

Monitoring and forecasting drought in Southern Africa during the 2002-2003 season

James Verdin, USGS, Sioux Falls, SD; and C. C. Funk, T. Magadzire, J. Michaelsen, and G. Husak

P1.10

Attribution studies for understanding late 20th climate trends in the Sahel: Regional climate model simulations using NCEP Reanalysis (1982-2002)

Gregory S. Jenkins, Howard University, Washington, DC; and B. Sylla and A. T. Gaye

P1.11

Analysis of meteorological drought in Mexico

Juan Matias M�ndez-P�rez Sr., Center for Atmospheric Sciences / National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico city, Mexico, Mexico; and V. Maga�a and E. Caetano

P1.12

P1.12 moved to oral presentation 5.6a

P1.13

Recent Trends in Mid-Atlantic Regional Water Cycle

Donglian Sun, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA

P1.14

An analysis of century-long Southwest U. S. precipitation data using wavelet analysis

Eileen A. Hall-McKim, University of Colorado, CIRES/NOAA/AL, Boulder, CO; and G. N. Kiladis

P1.15

Toward developing unbiased upper-air temperature and moisture trends from global historical radiosonde data: Validating and completing Russian radiosonde history

Steven R. Schroeder, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX

Poster PDF (268.8 kB)

P1.16

Radiosonde Atmospheric Temperature Products for Assessing Climate (RATPAC): Extending a homogeneity-adjusted radiosonde temperature time series using first differences

Melissa Free, NOAA/ARL, Silver Spring, MD; and D. J. Seidel, J. K. Angell, J. Lanzante, I. Durre, T. C. Peterson, and J. Lawrimore

P1.17

Surface pressure trends in the canadian arctic during 1953�2003

William A. Van Wijngaarden, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada

Poster PDF (174.4 kB)

P1.18

A revised U.S. climate extremes index

Karin L. Gleason, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and J. H. Lawrimore, D. H. Levinson, and T. R. Karl

Poster PDF (396.1 kB)

P1.19

Multidecadal variability of spring season minimum temperature patterns in the Western United States

David P. Brown, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH

P1.20

Consistency of recent European summer climate trends and extremes with future regional climate projections

P1.21

Climate extreme indices via regional climate change workshops

Thomas C. Peterson, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC

Poster PDF (173.8 kB)

P1.22

Recent California climate variability: Spatial and temporal temperature trend patterns

Richard Medina, California State University, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA; and G. Gongora, S. LaDochy, and W. C. Patzert

P1.23

Central California: Opposing temperature trends valley vs. mountains

John R. Christy, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and W. B. Norris, K. T. Redmond, and K. P. Gallo

Poster PDF (1.7 MB)

P1.24

Examining local and regional temperature changes for the 1977-2003 period using a truly homogeneous station record

David R. Easterling, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and M. Menne, C. N. Williams Jr., D. Levinson, and G. M. Goodge

Poster PDF (28.6 kB)

P1.25

Detection of Inhomogeneity in Extreme Value Series

Xuebin Zhang, MSC, Downsview, ON, Canada; and J. Wang

P1.26

MONITORING OF BACKGROUND ATMOSPHERE ON CLIMATE CHANGE OVER KOREAN PENINSULA

Sung-Nam Oh, Meteorological Research Institute / Korea Meteorological Administration, Seoul, South Korea

Poster PDF (1.6 MB)

P1.27

From Dimming to Brightening: Trends in Solar Radiation inferred from Surface Observations

C. N. Long, PNNL, Richland, WA; and M. Wild and E. G. Dutton

P1.28

Asymmetric responses of the hydrological cycle in global warming and El Ni�o

P1.29

An updated analysis of observed cloudiness changes over China: Are changes related to increases in air pollution?

Dale Kaiser, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN; and Y. Qian

P1.30

An examination of the quality of the Atlantic tropical cyclone database

Bradford S. Barrett, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and L. M. Leslie

Poster PDF (154.9 kB)

P1.31

Variance of Interdecadal Component of Global Sea Surface Temperature Anomaly and the Correlations to the Climate of China

Xiouxia Zhou, NUIST, Nanjing, China; and P. Wang and C. Zhu

P1.32

P1.32 moved to JP2.28

P1.33

Distributed flash-flood hydrologic modeling for semi-arid regions using radar data

Soni Yatheendradas, HWR-SAHRA, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and T. Wagener, H. V. Gupta, C. Unkrich, M. Schaffner, and D. Goodrich

Poster Session 1

Suki Manabe Symposium Poster Session

Sponsor: The Suki Manabe Symposium

Papers:

P1.1

Tropical cyclones in a greenhouse-warmed climate: a projection from a 20-km mesh global climate model

Kazuyoshi Oouchi, AESTO/MRI, Kanagawa, Japan; and J. Yoshimura, H. Yoshimura, R. Mizuta, and A. Noda

P1.2

The predictability of inter-decadal changes in ENSO activity and ENSO teleconnections

Scott B Power, BMRC, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; and M. Haylock, R. Colman, and X. Wang

P1.3

The climate sensitivity and its components diagnosed from 1 Diagnosing the climate sensitivity from Earth radiation budget data

Piers M. de F. Forster, University of Reading UK, Reading, England; and J. M. Gregory

P1.4

Satellite-derived calculations of global lower tropospheric relative humidity, 1988 - 1999

Thomas H Vonder Haar, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and J. M. Forsythe, B. Ruston, and S. Woo

P1.5

Response of the wintertime sea level pressure with A0-like pattern to the global warming � Implication of stratospheric origin

Seiji Yukimoto, Meteorological Research Institute, Japan, Tsukuba, Japan; and K. Kodera

P1.6

Projected changes in heat waves in the 21st century from a global coupled climate model

Gerald A. Meehl, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and C. Tebaldi

P1.7

Global warming and simulated snowfall trends in eastern North America

John P. Krasting, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ; and A. J. Broccoli

P1.8

Energy Spectrum of Global Atmosphere Governed by Rossby Wave Breaking

H. L. Tanaka, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan

P1.9

Diurnal Cycle of Summertime Deep Convection over North America: A Satellite Perspective

Baijun Tian, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ; and I. Held, G. Lau, and B. Soden

P1.10

Diagnosis of radiative feedbacks in the latest version of the GFDL AM2 climate model

Stephanie A. Weber, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ

P1.11

Changes of the Asian-Australian monsoon by global warming simulated by the 20-km mesh MRI/JMA AGCM

Akio Kitoh, MRI, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

P1.12

Change of the East Asian summer rainy season (Bai-u) projected by a super high resolution global model

Shoji Kusunoki, Meteorological Research Institute, Climate Research Department, 4th Laboratory (Global warming projection), 305-0052, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

P1.13

A generalized energy balance climate model with parameterized dynamics and diabatic heating

Karen M. Shell, SIO/Univ. of California, La Jolla, CA; and R. C. J. Somerville

Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

4

Transportation

Sponsor: Third Annual Users Conference

Moderator: Leon F. Osborne Jr., Meridian Environmental Technology, Inc.

Papers:

4:00 PM

4.1

A Mobile Meteorological Center

J. Cogan, Army Research Laboratory, White Sands Missile Range, NM; and M. Torres, E. Vidal Jr., Y. Wang, C. Williamson, Y. Yee, and R. E. Dumais Jr.

Recorded presentation

4:30 PM

4.2

Matching User Needs to Provider Capabilities

John J. Mewes, Meridian Environmental Technology, Inc., Grand Forks, ND

Recorded presentation

4:45 PM

4.3

DEVELOPMENT OF A MAINTENANCE DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM (MDSS) FOR THE NORTH DAKOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Jerome L. Horner, North Dakota Department of Transportation, Bismarck, ND

Recorded presentation

4

Lightning prediction, safety, and protection

Sponsor: Conference on Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data

Chair: William P. Roeder, AWS

Papers:

4:00 PM

4.1

Objective Lightning Forecasting at Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station using Cloud-to-Ground Lightning Surveillance System Data

Winifred C. Lambert, ENSCO, Inc., Cocoa Beach, FL; and M. Wheeler and W. Roeder

http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/amu

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (487.8 kB)

4:15 PM

4.2

Development of an operational statistical scheme to predict the location and intensity of lightning

Phillip D. Bothwell, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/SPC, Norman, OK

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (478.0 kB)

4:30 PM

4.3

A physically-based parameter for lightning prediction and its calibration in ensemble forecasts

David R. Bright, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/Storm Prediction Center, Norman, OK; and R. E. Jewell, M. S. Wandishin, and S. J. Weiss

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (2.2 MB)

4:45 PM

4.4

Warm season lightning probability prediction for Canada and the northern United States

William R. Burrows, EC, Edmonton, AB, Canada; and C. Price and L. Wilson

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (67.7 kB)

4.5

Meteorological case studies of lightning strike victims in Colorado

5:15 PM

4.6

Florida lightning deaths and injuries 1998-2003 and mitigation strategies using lightning data.

Jessica L. Fieux, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and R. J. Sharp, C. H. Paxton, and J. A. States

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (166.2 kB)

1

Probabilistic Hydrometeorological forecasting part II

Sponsor: AMS Forum: Living with a Limited Water Supply

Chair: Ana P. Barros, Duke University

Papers:

4:00 PM

1.1

Uncertainties in estimating the impacts of complex climatic events: Revisiting the case(s) of drought

Russell Bigley, NOAA/ERL/CDC, Boulder, CO; and R. S. Pulwarty and M. J. Hayes

Recorded presentation

4:15 PM

1.2

Spatial Scaling of Simulated Streamflow Uncertainty

Theresa M. Carpenter, Hydrologic Research Center and SIO/Univ. of California, San Diego, CA; and K. P. Georgakakos

4:30 PM

1.3

Recursive Bayesian Model Combination for Streamflow Forecasting

Newsha K. Ajami, University of California at Irvine (UCI), Irvine, CA; and Q. Duan, H. Moradkhani, and S. Sorooshian

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (319.7 kB)

4:45 PM

1.4

On the scaling and limits of predictability, using a physics-based distributed hydrologic model and assimilated quantitative precipitation estimates from radar

Baxter E. Vieux, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and E. Mazroi and V. Chandrasekar

Recorded presentation

5:00 PM

1.5

Using NWSRFS ESP for Making Early Outlooks of Seasonal Runoff Volumes into Lake Powell

David G Brandon, Colorado Basin River Forecast Center, Salt Lake City, Utah

http://www.cbrfc.noaa.gov

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.3 MB)

5:15 PM

1.6

A preliminary method for cool season flash flood and heavy snow forecasting using a moisture depth/duration/flux flash flood potential index (FLINDEX)

Ivory J. Small, NOAA/NWS, San Diego, CA

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.8 MB)

Panel Discussion 1

THE U.S. INTEGRATED OCEAN OBSERVING SYSTEM: INDUSTRY PERSPECTIVE AND SPECIFIC EXAMPLES OF GLOBAL AND REGIONAL APPLICATIONS.

Sponsor: AMS Forum: Living in the Coastal Zone

Organizer: Margaret A. Davidson, NOAA Coastal Services Center

Papers:

4:00 PM

PD1.1

The U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System: Industry Perspective and Specific Examples of Global and Regional Applications

Thomas C. Malone, Ocean.US Office for Integrated and Sustained Ocean Observations, Arlington, VA; and S. Piotrowicz, M. E. Luther, and R. L. Cohen

Recorded presentation

3

Assimilation Techniques and Their Evaluation - Part 1

Sponsor: Ninth Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)

Organizer: Chris Snyder, NCAR

Papers:

4:00 PM

3.1

Balanced mass and moisture constraint in variational data assimilation

Luc Fillion, MSC, Dorval, PQ, Canada

4:15 PM

3.2

Experiments with the NCEP gridpoint statistical interpolation system

Daryl T. Kleist, EMC/SAIC, Camp Springs, MD; and J. C. Derber, D. Parrish, R. Treadon, and W. -. S. Wu

Recorded presentation

4:30 PM

3.3

Using hourly and daily precipitation analyses to improve model water budget

Ying Lin, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Camp Springs, MD; and K. E. Mitchell, E. Rogers, and G. J. DiMego

Poster PDF (154.3 kB)

4:45 PM

3.4

Application of GPS Slant Water Vapor Tomography to an IHOP Storm Case with Simple Constraints

Yuanfu Xie, NOAA/ERL/FSL, Boulder, CO; and J. Braun, A. E. MacDonald, and R. Ware

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (261.9 kB)

5:00 PM

3.5

Jungian data assimilation

Gregory S. Duane, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. J. Tribbia

Recorded presentation

5:15 PM

3.6

Inverse Estimation of Soil Moisture and Surface Energy Budget from in-Situ Soil Temperature Data

Kun Yang, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan; and T. Koike and B. Ye

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (931.5 kB)

3

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)

3

Clouds, Climate, Chemistry and air quality

Sponsor: 2nd Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications

Chair: Kenneth Sassen, University of Alaska Fairbanks

Papers:

4:00 PM

3.1

Lidar Applied to Cirrus Cloud Research

Kenneth Sassen, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK; and L. Wang and D. O. Starr

Poster PDF (46.4 kB)

4:30 PM

3.2

VERTICAL STRUCTURE OF THE DUST LAYER AND HIGH- AND MIDDLE- LEVEL CLOUDS OVER THE TAKLAMAKAN DESERT, CHINA BY LIDAR

Kenji Kai, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Nagoya, Japan; and N. Tsunematsu, M. Goto, T. Matsumoto, S. Hu, H. Zhou, M. Abo, T. Nagai, and T. Matsumura

http://kai@info.human.nagoya-u.ac.jp

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (235.3 kB)

4:45 PM

3.3

Ozone and aerosol measurements with airborne lidar during the 2004 Intercontinental Chemical Transport Experiment - North America (INTEX-NA) field experiment: Initial results

Edward V. Browell, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA; and J. W. Hair, C. F. Butler, S. A. Kooi, A. Notari, S. Ismail, and M. A. Fenn

5:00 PM

3.4

Lidar observation of jet engine exhaust for air quality

Wynn L. Eberhard, NOAA/ETL, Boulder, CO; and W. A. Brewer and R. L. Wayson

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (249.5 kB)

5:15 PM

3.5

Scanning backscatter lidar observations for characterizing 4-D cloud and aerosol fields to improve radiative transfer parameterizations

Geary Schwemmer, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and D. O. Miller

Recorded presentation

5:30 PM

3.6

Applications of data from the Cloud Physics Lidar

Matthew J. McGill, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and D. L. Hlavka and W. D. Hart

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (643.4 kB)

5

Energy

Sponsor: Third Annual Users Conference

Moderator: Mary G. Altalo, SAIC

Papers:

5:00 PM

5.1

Electric load forecast sensitivity to weather inputs

Daniel O'Connor, ISO New England, Holyoke, MA

Recorded presentation

5:15 PM

5.2

The Value of National Weather Service Forecasts in Scheduling Electricity Generation

Rodney F. Weiher, NOAA/U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, DC; and T. J. Teisberg and A. Khotanzad

Recorded presentation

Sessions End for the Day

Sessions End for the day

Formal Opening of Exhibits with Reception (Cash Bar)

FORMAL OPENING OF EXHIBITS WITH RECEPTION (CASH BAR)

Suki Manabe Symposium Banquet

Tues 11 Jan

The American Meteorological Society and the Impact Weather 2004 Program Committee wishes to express its appreciation to SAIC and Team NPOESS for its support of the Impact Weather 2004 Symposium. Their sponsorship made it possible for the AMS to record the on-line submission of speaker abstracts and the recording of their Power Point presentations during the Impact Weather 2004 Symposium.

TUE 11 JAN

Keynote Speaker

Towards a Global Earth Observation System of Systems

Sponsor: GOES-R/NPOESS Symposium

Speaker: Gregory Withee, NOAA/NESDIS

Papers:

8:00 AM

Towards a Global Earth Observation System of Systems

Gregory Withee, NOAA/NESDIS, Silver Spring, MD

Recorded presentation

Joint Session 1

Weather Headlines (Joint between the IMPACT: 2004 Weather Symposium and the Third AMS Users Conference: Uses of and Needs for Weather and Climate Services in Managing Water Resources, Energy, and Ocean Transportation)

Sponsors: (Joint between the Third Annual Users Conference; and the IMPACT: Weather 2004 )

Chair: William Hooke, AMS, Atmospheric Policy Program

Papers:

8:00 AM

J1.1

Introductory Remarks

Joseph Schaefer, NOAA/NSSL/SPC, Norman, OK

Recorded presentation

8:15 AM

J1.2

2004 Year in Review

Robert W. Corell, National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA

Recorded presentation

8:45 AM

J1.3

Impact of Weather on the Economy

Mary G. Altalo, SAIC, McLean, VA

Recorded presentation

9:15 AM

J1.4

Tsunami 2004 and US Preparedness

Eddie N. Bernard, NOAA/PMEL/TIME, Seattle, WA

Recorded presentation

1

Part I: GOES-R [Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites � R]

Sponsor: GOES-R/NPOESS Symposium

Papers:

8:20 AM

1.1

GOES-R Program Overview

Gary K. Davis, NOAA/NESDIS

8:40 AM

1.2

GOES-R Users� Conference GUC�3

James Gurka, NOAA/NESDIS, Silver Spring, MD

Recorded presentation

8:50 AM

1.3

ABI [Advanced Baseline Imager]

Timothy J. Schmit, ORA, Madison, WI

Recorded presentation

9:10 AM

1.4

Hyperspectral Environmental Suite Soundings

W. Paul Menzel, NOAA/NESDIS, Madison, WI

Recorded presentation

9:25 AM

1.5

Hyperspectral Environmental Suite Coastal Waters

W. Paul Menzel, NOAA/NESDIS, Madison, WI

Recorded presentation

9:35 AM

1.6

Other Planned Instruments � SIS & SEISS

Howard J. Singer, NOAA/NWS, Boulder, CO

Recorded presentation

9:45 AM

1.7

Other Planned Instruments � Lightning Mapper

Hugh J. Christian Jr., NASA/MSFC, Huntsville, AL

9:55 AM

1.8

GOES � Polar synergy

W. Paul Menzel, NOAA/NESDIS, Madison, WI

Recorded presentation

10:20 AM

1.9

GOES-R Schedule and Architecture

Steven P. Kirkner, NOAA/NESDIS

Recorded presentation

10:30 AM

1.5a

Preview of GOES-R posters � Mr. Timothy J. Schmit, NOAA/NESDIS

Timothy J. Schmit, NOAA/NESDIS/ORA, Madison, WI

Recorded presentation

10:40 AM

1.9a

Closing Remarks - Dr. Gerald J. Dittberner, NOAA/NESDIS

Gerald Dittberner, NOAA/NESDIS, Silver Spring, MD

10:45 AM

1.5b

Formal Poster Viewing and Coffee Break

Presentation of Interest - 'Global Precipitation Observation From Satellite Image Using Artificial Neural Networks' Soroosh Sorooshian, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA: Part of The Symposium on Living in the Coastal Zone

2

International Polar Year - Invited Presentations

Sponsor: 8th Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography

Organizer: David H. Bromwich, Byrd Polar Research Center, Ohio State Univ.

Papers:

8:30 AM

2.1

Update on Plans for the International Polar Year (Invited Presentation)

Sheldon Drobot, The National Academies, Washington, DC; and D. H. Bromwich

Recorded presentation

8:45 AM

2.2

NOAA�s potential contributions to the International Polar Year (Invited Presentation)

Richard D. Rosen, NOAA, Silver Springs, Maryland; and J. Calder

Recorded presentation

9:00 AM

2.3

National Science Foundation Plans for the International Polar Year (Invited Presentation)

Karl A. Erb, NSF, Arlington, VA

Recorded presentation

9:15 AM

2.4

NASA Activities in support of International Polar Year (IPY) (Invited Presentation)

Jack A. Kaye, NASA, Science Mission Directorate, Washington, DC

Recorded presentation

9:30 AM

2.5

Canada and the International Polar Year (Invited Presentation)

Barry E. Goodison, MSC, Downsview, Ontario, Canada

2

Understanding and Communicating Change

Sponsor: AMS Forum: Living in the Coastal Zone

Organizer: Leonard J. Pietrafesa, North Carolina State University

Papers:

8:30 AM

2.1

Global Precipitation Observation from Satellite Image Using Artificial Neural Networks

Soroosh Sorooshian, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA

Recorded presentation

9:00 AM

2.2

Impacts of Global Modes of Climate Variability on Regional Coastal Systems

John M. Wallace, JISAO/Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA

Recorded presentation

9:30 AM

2.3

Climate Change and Short-Term Forecasting for Alaskan Northern Coasts

Gary L. Hufford, NOAA/NWS, Anchorage, AK; and J. L. Partain

Poster PDF (181.1 kB)

4

Assimilation Techniques and Their Evaluation - Part 2

Sponsor: Ninth Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)

Organizer: Yuanfu Xie, Forecast Research Division

Papers:

8:30 AM

4.1

Ensemble-derived background error covariances for operational NWP

Mark Buehner, MSC, Dorval, QC, Canada

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (63.2 kB)

8:45 AM

4.2

Critical issues of ensemble data assimilation in application to GOES-R risk reduction program

Dusanka Zupanski, CIRA/Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and M. Zupanski, M. DeMaria, and L. Grasso

http://ftp://ftp.cira.colostate.edu/Zupanski/presentations/D.Zupanski.talk.AMS.IOAS-AOLS.ppt

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (181.7 kB)

9:00 AM

4.3

An ensemble Kalman filter for WRF and a comparison with the WRF three-dimensional variational assimilation scheme

Chris Snyder, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and A. Caya, D. M. Barker, J. Anderson, and W. C. Skamarock

Recorded presentation

9:15 AM

4.4

Correcting CMAQ photolysis rates based on GOES observed clouds

Arastoo Pour Biazar, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and R. T. McNider, S. J. Roselle, and R. J. Suggs

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (357.2 kB)

9:30 AM

4.5

4DDATA assimilation of GOES imager IR radiances in cloudy conditions

T. Vukicevic, CIRA/Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO; and M. Sengupta, A. Jones, and T. Vonder Haar

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (120.6 kB)

5

Advances in lightning technology and transfer from research to operations

Sponsor: Conference on Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data

Chair: Richard J. Blakeslee, NASA/MSFC

Papers:

8:30 AM

5.1

Powerful VHF pulses from thunderstorms as a satellite-remote-sensing proxy for severe convection

Abram R. Jacobson, LANL, Los Alamos, NM

http://nis-www.lanl.gov/nis-projects/forte_science/

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (2.3 MB)

8:45 AM

5.2

Real-time observations with the Lightning Mapping Array

Paul R. Krehbiel, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM; and B. Rison, T. Hamlin, R. Thomas, D. R. MacGorman, and W. D. Rust

Recorded presentation

9:00 AM

5.3

A flash clustering algorithm for North Alabama Lightning Mapping Array data

Eugene W. McCaul Jr., USRA, Huntsville, AL; and J. C. Bailey, J. Hall, S. J. Goodman, R. J. Blakeslee, and D. E. Buechler

Recorded presentation

9:15 AM

5.4

Applications of lightning data: Past, present and future

Walter A. Lyons, FMA Research, Inc., Fort Collins, CO

Recorded presentation

Joint Session 5

The use of climate forecasts for water resources planning and management (Joint between the Limited Water Supply Symposium and the 19th Confernce on Hydrology) (parallel with Session 2)

Sponsors: (Joint between the AMS Forum: Living with a Limited Water Supply; and the 19th Conf on Hydrology )

Chair: David Reynolds, NOAA/NWSFO

Papers:

8:30 AM

J5.2

Experimental real-time seasonal hydrologic forecast system for the western U.S.

Andrew W. Wood, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and D. P. Lettenmaier

Recorded presentation

8:45 AM

J5.3

Effects of climate variability on hydropower production and covariability with energy demand in California and the Pacific Northwest

Alan F. Hamlet, JISAO Climate Impacts Group and the Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and N. Voisin, D. Lettenmaier, and D. W. Pierce

Recorded presentation

9:00 AM

J5.4

Creative Application of Hydro-Climate Predictions for a Drought Management Plan

John F. Henz, HDR Engineering, Inc; Denver, Colorado, Denver, CO; and W. J. Badini

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (546.6 kB)

9:15 AM

J5.5

Climate change and uncertainty of stream flow scenarios of the Upper Mississippi River Basin by use of a regional climate model

Eugene S. Takle, Iowa State University, Ames, IA; and M. Jha, Z. Pan, and R. Gu

Recorded presentation

Panel Discussion 1

EXPLORING ATTITUDES ON SCIENCE NEWS COVERAGE

Sponsor: 4th Communications Workshop - Science and the Media: Can We Improve the Communication of Science via the Mass Media

Panelists: Anthony Socci, EPA/Office of Atmospheric Programs; Tegan Blaine, SIO; Bud Ward, Environmental Journalist and Journalism Educator; Dale Willman, Field Notes Productions; Rick Anthes, NCAR; Steve Schneider, Stanford University; Andy Revkin, New York Times

Papers:

8:30 AM

PD1.1

Panelist #1

Tegan Blaine, SIO, La Jolla, CA

8:42 AM

PD1.2

Panelist #2

Bud Ward, Environmental Journalist and Journalism Educator, Washington, DC

Recorded presentation

8:54 AM

PD1.3

Panelist #3

Anthony Socci, EPA/Office of Atmospheric Programs, Washington, DC

Recorded presentation

9:06 AM

PD1.4

Panelist #4

Dale Willman, Field Notes Productions, Sarasota Springs, NY

Recorded presentation

9:18 AM

PD1.5

Panelist #5

Richard Anthes, UCAR, Boulder, CO

Recorded presentation

9:30 AM

PD1.6

Panelist #6

Steve Schneider, Stanford University, Stanford, CA

Recorded presentation

9:42 AM

PD1.7

Panelist #7

Andy Revkin, New York Times, New York, NY

4

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)

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)

Sponsor: 21st International Conference on Interactive Information Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology

Cochairs: John R. Lincoln, US Navy Retired; WMO Retired; Consultant; Howard J. Diamond, NOAA/NESDIS

Papers:

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

http://www.weather-climate.com/ams2005lr.html

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (578.1 kB)

8:45 AM

7.2

Operational Scribe Nowcasting sub-system: Objective Verification Results

Claude Landry, MSC, Dorval, QC, Canada; and R. Parent, J. -. F. Desch�nes, A. Gigu�re, G. Hardy, and R. Verret

Poster PDF (83.0 kB)

9:00 AM

7.3

Meeting strategies of National Meteorological Service by outsourcing services

Vesa Koivula, Vaisala Oyj, Helsinki, Finland

Recorded presentation

9:15 AM

7.4

Integrated hydrometeorological monitoring solutions and network management.

Hannu Kokko, Vaisala Oyj, Helsinki, Finland

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (2.7 MB)

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

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (62.2 kB)

9:45 AM

7.5a

Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

2

Coupled Modeling and Coastal Air-Sea Interaction

Sponsor: Sixth Conference on Coastal Atmospheric and Oceanic Prediction and Processes

Organizers: Alan Blumberg, Stevens Institute of Technology; John G.W. Kelley, NOAA

Papers:

8:30 AM

2.1

A unified dynamical model for atmospheric and oceanic flows

Claude Girard, Recherche en pr�vision num�rique, Meteorological Service of Canada, Dorval QC H9P 1J3, Dorval, QC, Canada; and R. Fran�ois, P. Pellerin, F. Saucier, and H. Ritchie

Recorded presentation

8:45 AM

2.2

Development of a regional coupled ocean-atmosphere model

Hyodae Seo, IPRC, Univ. Hawaii, Honolulu, HI; and A. J. Miller, J. O. Roads, and M. Kanamitsu

Poster PDF (2.5 MB)

9:00 AM

2.3

Southern California Bight current system forced by 1996-2003 MM5 wind

Changming Dong, IGPP/UCLA, Los Angeles, CA; and M. Blaas, A. Hall, M. Hughes, and J. McWilliams

Recorded presentation

9:15 AM

2.4

Seasonal comparisons of strong western North Pacific cyclones and the SST anomalies beneath them

Richard E. Danielson, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada; and J. R. Gyakum

Recorded presentation

9:30 AM

2.5

Adriatic air-sea coupling

Julie Pullen, NRL, Monterey, CA; and J. D. Doyle and R. Signell

Recorded presentation

9:45 AM

2.6

Application of Adaptive Triangular Grids to Simulation of Coastal Atmospheric & Oceanic Prediction

David Bacon, Science Applications International Corporation, McLean, VA; and N. Ahmad, T. J. Dunn, M. S. Hall, and A. Sarma

Recorded presentation

10:00 AM

2.7

Response of the East Florida Shelf and Florida Current to mesocale wind-forcing

Christopher N. K. Mooers, RSMAS, University of Miami, Miami, FL; and J. Fiechter and I. Bang

Recorded presentation

10:15 AM

2.8

Seasonal heat storage and advection in the California Current

Kathleen A. Edwards, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and K. A. Kelly

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (455.4 kB)

10:30 AM

2.9

Wind stress and wind stress curl during upwelling season along the California coast

Darko R. Koracin, DRI, Reno, NV; and A. Kochanski, C. E. Dorman, and E. Dever

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (241.0 kB)

10:45 AM

2.5a

Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break (Please Refer to Poster Session P1 for Title and Author Information)

3

Climate Modeling Studies 1(parallel with Sessions 4 and 5)

Sponsor: 16th Conference on Climate Variability and Change

Chair: Gerald L. Potter, LLNL

Papers:

8:30 AM

3.1

Are summer climate variations in north west Europe and West Africa linked?

Chris K. Folland, Hadley Centre, Met Office, Exeter, United Kingdom; and J. W. Hurrell, D. P. Rowell, and J. Knight

Recorded presentation

8:45 AM

3.2

Climate change commitment in the 21st and 22nd centuries in the CCSM3 global coupled climate model

Gerald A. Meehl, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and W. M. Washington, J. Arblaster, and A. Hu

Recorded presentation

9:00 AM

3.3

Simulating the recent Holocene

Simon Tett, Hadley Centre, Met Office, Reading, United Kingdom; and R. Betts, T. J. Crowley, A. Jones, J. Gregory, E. Ostrom, D. L. Roberts, and M. J. Woodage

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (456.4 kB)

9:15 AM

3.4

The impact of convective parameterization schemes on climate sensitivity

David J. Karoly, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and L. M. Leslie, D. Ren, and M. Leplastrier

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (467.8 kB)

9:30 AM

3.5

Summer heatwaves and interannual variability in a changing climate

Christoph Sch�r, Atmospheric and Climate Science ETH, Zurich, Switzerland, Zurich, Switzerland; and P. L. Vidale, C. Frei, M. Hirschi, D. L�thi, R. Wegmann, and M. Wild

Recorded presentation

9:45 AM

3.6

Pacific vs. Indian Ocean warming: How does it matter for global and regional climate change?

Joseph J. Barsugli, NOAA-CIRES Climate Diagnostics Center, Boulder, CO; and S. I. Shin and P. D. Sardeshmukh

Recorded presentation

10:00 AM

3.7

Effects of Aerosol on Atmospheric Dynamics and Hydrologic Processes during boreal spring and summer

William K. M. Lau, NASA/GSFC, MD, Maryland; and M. K. Kim, K. M. Kim, and M. Chin

Recorded presentation

10:15 AM

3.8

Climate response over North America to a simultaneous El Ni�o and volcanic eruption

Megan E. Linkin, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ; and A. Robock, G. L. Stenchikov, and W. Stern

Recorded presentation

10:30 AM

3.9

Climate change, tropical cyclones and ENSO

Kevin J.E. Walsh, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Vic., Australia; and K. C. Nguyen and J. L. McGregor

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (258.2 kB)

10:45 AM

3.5a

Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

2

Current and future precipitation measurements from space (parallel with Joint Session 5)

Sponsor: 19th Conf on Hydrology

Organizers: Robert J. Kuligowski, NOAA/NESDIS; A. P. Barros, Duke University

Papers:

8:30 AM

2.1

Spatial Scales of Tropical Precipitation Inferred from TRMM Microwave Imager Data

Dean F. Smith, Physics Department, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and A. J. Gasiewski, D. L. Jackson, and G. A. Wick

Recorded presentation

8:45 AM

2.2

TRMM evidence of a "weekend effect" for U.S. rainfall

Thomas L. Bell, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and M. Hahnenberger

Recorded presentation

9:00 AM

2.3

Using TRMM to develop a tropical cyclone rainfall climatology model

Frank D. Marks Jr., NOAA/AOML/HRD, Miami, FL; and M. Lonfat

9:15 AM

2.4

Diurnal Variations of Precipitation Using Opaque Microwave Frequency Bands

Frederick W. Chen, MIT/Lincoln Lab, Lexington, MA; and D. H. Staelin

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (630.5 kB)

9:30 AM

2.5

Leveraging TRMM Results for GPM Ground Validation Planning

David B. Wolff, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD; and D. A. Marks, E. A. Smith, S. W. Bidwell, and D. Silberstein

Poster PDF (1.4 MB)

9:45 AM

2.6

Toward Quantitative Estimation of Orographic Precipitation at High Spatial and Temporal Resolution from Space � A TRMM-based algorithm

A. P. Barros, Duke University, Durham, NC; and M. Woldemarian

Recorded presentation

10:00 AM

2.7

Is more data better? An assessment of incorporating additional passive microwave datasets in the MPA

George J. Huffman, NASA/GSFC and SSAI, Greenbelt, MD; and R. F. Adler, D. T. Bolvin, and E. J. Nelkin

Recorded presentation

10:15 AM

2.8

Objective Integration of Satellite, Rain Gauge, and Radar Precipitation Estimates in the Multisensor Precipitation Estimator Algorithm

Chandra Kondragunta, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and D. Kitzmiller, D. J. Seo, and K. Shrestha

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (63.4 kB)

10:30 AM

2.9

An analysis of the performance of hybrid infrared and microwave satellite precipitation algorithms over India and adjacent regions

John E. M. Brown, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL

10:45 AM

2.5a

Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

2

University Educational Initiatives

Sponsor: 14th Symp on Education

Organizers: Donna J. Charlevoix, University of Illinois; Paul J. Croft, Kean University

Papers:

8:30 AM

2.1

NOAA Education and Training Program Opportunities

Nina L. Jackson, NOAA/NESDIS, Brandywine, MD

Recorded presentation

8:45 AM

2.2

Strategies for Broadening Participation in Atmospheric Sciences: Lessons Learned from the UCAR SOARS Program

Rajul E. Pandya, UCAR, Boulder, CO

Recorded presentation

9:00 AM

2.3

Activities, findings, and recent developments of the National Weather Center Research Experiences for Undergraduates Program

Daphne S. Zaras, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK

http://cimms.ou.edu/~zaras/reu/

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (70.9 kB)

9:15 AM

2.4

A hands-on interdisciplinary laboratory program: an approach to strengthen the weather radar curriculum at the University of Oklahoma

M. Yeary, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and T. Yu, R. Palmer, M. Biggerstaff, and L. D. Fink

http://www.ou.edu/engineering/ece/faculty/myeary.html

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (107.7 kB)

9:30 AM

2.5

The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL): promoting classroom research as a scholarly activity

Donna J. Charlevoix, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL

Recorded presentation

9:45 AM

2.6

Attempts towards introducing an Online Weather Studies course in a rural college

Safianu Rabiu, Paul D. Camp Community College, Franklin, Virginia 23851, Franklin, VA

Recorded presentation

10:00 AM

2.7

Online Weather Studies in a 2-year program in Applied Meteorology at West Virginia State University

Tina J. Cartwright, West Virginia State University, Institute, WV; and S. Fleegel

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (2.1 MB)

10:15 AM

2.8

Climatology at a tribal college

Subodh K. Singh, Sinte Gleska University, Mission, SD

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (83.2 kB)

10:30 AM

2.9

Attempting to improve communications skills: A senior capstone seminar course in meteorology

David R. Smith, U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD; and T. D. Sikora, B. B. Yoakum, and R. M. Kyhos

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (27.5 kB)

10:45 AM

2.10

An assessment of the added value of a written course project in a general meteorology course

Kenneth E. Parsons, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott, AZ; and A. Beck and P. McElwain

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (80.4 kB)

11:00 AM

2.5a

Coffee Break

5

Hydrology of Semi-Arid Regions(parallel with Sessions 3 and 4)

Sponsor: 16th Conference on Climate Variability and Change

Chair: Mathew Barlow, AER

Papers:

8:30 AM

5.1

The use of large-scale climate information to predict Central Asia river flows at one and two season leads

Mathew Barlow, AER, Lexington, MA; and M. K. Tippett

Recorded presentation

8:45 AM

5.2

Regional drivers of aridity in Southwest Asia and sensitivity to surface change

Benjamin F. Zaitchik, Yale University, New Haven, CT; and J. P. Evans and R. B. Smith

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (457.6 kB)

9:00 AM

5.3

Evaluation of snow model complexity within the NWS streamflow forecasting system

Kristie J. Franz, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA; and T. S. Hogue and S. Sorooshian

Recorded presentation

9:15 AM

5.4

Atmospheric moisture cycling over the southwestern US

Bruce T. Anderson, Boston University, Boston, MA; and H. Kanamaru and J. O. Roads

Recorded presentation

9:30 AM

5.5

Role of the Monsoons Variability on the Summer Drought events in the Mediterranean Basin

Marina Baldi, IBIMET - CNR, Rome, Italy; and L. Genesio, F. Meneguzzo, F. Cesarone, and F. Piani

9:45 AM

5.7

The great 20th Century drying of Africa

James W. Hurrell, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and M. Hoerling

Recorded presentation

10:00 AM

5.8

Mean characteristics and interannual variations of kinematic and thermodynamic profiles in low-level jets over the eastern Pacific: Dropsonde data from CALJET-1998 and PACJET-2001

F. Martin Ralph, NOAA/ERL/ETL, Boulder, CO; and P. J. Neiman and R. Rotunno

10:15 AM

5.9

Water allocation during drought: using a DSS to examine gains from trade on the Rio Conchos, MX

Steven Stewart, Hydrology and Water Resources, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and J. Valdes, J. Gastelum, J. Aparicio, and J. Hidalgo

Recorded presentation

10:30 AM

5.10

Trial by fire - developing, delivering, and defending experimental climate forecasts during three drought years in Colorado

Klaus Wolter, NOAA/ERL/CDC, Boulder, CO

Recorded presentation

10:45 AM

5.5a

Formal Poster Viewing

12:00 PM

5.6a

An observed trend in central South American precipitation

Brant Liebmann, NOAA/CIRES/CDC, Boulder, CO; and C. S. Vera, L. M. V. Carvalho, I. Camilloni, V. Barros, M. Hoerling, and D. Allured

http://www.cdc.noaa.gov/people/brant.liebmann/publications.shtml

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (208.8 kB)

12:14 PM

5.6a

Paper 5.6 moved to P1.33

6

Advances and Applications in Transportation Weather Part 1: Surface Transportation

Sponsor: 21st International Conference on Interactive Information Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology

Cochairs: S. Edward Boselly, Washington State Department of Transportation; Roemer Alfelor, Federal Highway Administration

Papers:

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

Recorded presentation

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

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (472.8 kB)

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

Recorded presentation

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 III

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (844.5 kB)

9:45 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 Jr., and B. Podoll

Poster PDF (383.2 kB)

10:00 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

Recorded presentation

10:15 AM

6.8

Mesoscale forecast products for travel information

Ed Boselly, Washington State Department of Transportation, Olympia, WA

Recorded presentation

10:30 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

Recorded presentation

10:45 AM

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

Recorded presentation

11:00 AM

6.5A

Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

1

History Symposium

Sponsor: Third Presidential History Symposium

Papers:

8:30 AM

1.1

The weather observations of Surgeon Menzies

Malcolm Walker, Royal Meteorological Society, Reading, United Kingdom

Poster PDF (519.1 kB)

9:00 AM

1.2

Biology of the Sea: William E. Ritter and the Marine Biology at the Scripps Institution

Ki Won Han, University of California, Berkeley, CA

9:30 AM

1.3

Aviation, World War II, and the reformation of American meteorological culture

Roger D. Turner, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Recorded presentation

10:00 AM

1.4

New Online Resources for the Historian of Meteorology

Doria B. Grimes, NOAA Central Library, Silver Spring, MD

Recorded presentation

10:30 AM

1.5

From heat budget of the earth to interferometry: Suomi and Parent's legacy

Terri Gregory, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI; and T. Achtor, J. Phillips, and T. Haig

Recorded presentation

11:00 AM

1.6

The sky as water reservoir: weather control for the arid U.S. West

Kristine C. Harper, Dibner Institute -- MIT, Cambridge, MA

Recorded presentation

11:30 AM

1.7

Development and Application of Doppler Radar Profilers in Meteorology

Kenneth Gage, NOAA/AL, Boulder, CO

Recorded presentation

12:00 PM

1.8

Weather Support to the Space Shuttle - An Historical Perspective

Dan G. Bellue, NOAA/NWS, Houston, TX; and B. F. Boyd, W. W. Vaughan, T. Garner, J. W. Weems, J. T. Madura, and H. C. Herring

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.3 MB)

12:30 PM

1.9

Global Cooling, the Cold War - and A Chilly Beginning for the Climate Analysis Center?

Robert W Reeves, NOAA, Silver Spring, MD; and D. Gemmill, R. Livezey, and J. Laver

Recorded presentation

1:00 PM

1.2a

Formal Poster Session

2:30 PM

1.4a

Lunch Break

4:00 PM

1.7a

Coffee Break

1

Aspects of Space Weather that have an element of commonality with terrestrial weather applications.

Sponsor: 2nd Symposium on Space Weather

Organizers: Robert McCoy, Office of Naval Research; Genene Fisher, AMS; Joseph Kunches, NOAA/Space Environment Center; Richard Behnke, NSF

Papers:

8:30 AM

1.1

Session Overview: ASPECTS OF SPACE WEATHER THAT HAVE AN ELEMENT OF COMMONALITY WITH TERRESTRIAL WEATHER APPLICATIONS

Recorded presentation

8:45 AM

1.2

Space Weather Services at NOAA/SEC: Update

Ernest Hildner, NOAA/OAR, Boulder, CO

Recorded presentation

9:00 AM

1.3

Air Force Space Command: Space weather for the Warfighter

Maj David T. Lawyer, HQ AFSPC/DRCC, Peterson AFB, CO; and C. H. D. Baird, M. K. J. Hand, and M. E. C. Sorbo

9:15 AM

1.4

Space Weather Training In the National Weather Service

Barbara Poppe, NOAA/Space Environment Center, Boulder, CO

9:30 AM

1.5

Space Weather Training at COMET

Dolores Kiessling, UCAR/COMET, Boulder, CO

http://meted.ucar.edu

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (88.6 kB)

9:45 AM

1.6

Science Communication Efforts in Space Weather: Benefits and Challenges of the "Weather" Analogy

Cherilynn Ann Morrow, Space Science Institute, Boulder, CO; and J. Harold and P. Dusenbery

Recorded presentation

10:00 AM

1.7

Impacts to Electric Power Grid Infrastructures From the Violent Sun-Earth Connection Events of October-November 2003

John G. Kappenman, Metatech Corp., Duluth, MN

Recorded presentation

10:15 AM

1.8

Integrating Space Weather information into global aviation operations

J Bryn L Jones, SolarMetrics Limited, Guildford, Surrey, United Kingdom; and R. H. A. Iles and M. J. Smith

Recorded presentation

10:30 AM

1.9

Space situation awareness environmental effects fusion system (SEEFS)

Maj David T. Lawyer, HQ AFSPC/DRCC, Peterson AFB, CO; and M. K. J. Hand and L. C. S. J. Higley

10:45 AM

1.10

The STEREO Mission: a new approach to space weather

Michael L. Kaiser, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (39.1 kB)

11:00 AM

1.11

COSMIC�A Satellite Constellation for Atmospheric Soundings from 800 km to Earth�s Surface

Christian Rocken, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and W. S. Schreiner, S. Syndergaard, and D. C. Hunt

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (744.8 kB)

11:15 AM

1.12

DASI: Distributed arrays of small instruments for space weather research

John C. Foster, MIT Haystack Observatory, Westford, MA

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (51.5 kB)

11:30 AM

1.13

Space environment data from NOAA satellites and its importance to decision makers

Howard J Singer, NOAA, Boulder, CO

Recorded presentation

11:45 AM

1.14

Towards a Distributed Network of Automated Low-Light Atmospheric Imagers

Mark C. Beaubien, Yankee Environmental Systems, Inc., Turners Falls, MA; and T. Pederson, W. Q. Jeffries, and E. T. Griffin

Recorded presentation

12:00 PM

1.15

Evidence for space weather affecting tropospheric weather and climate

Brian A. Tinsley, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson,, Texas

http://www.utdallas.edu/dept/physics/Faculty/tinsley/tinsley.htm

Recorded presentation

12:15 PM

1.16

Greenhouse cooling: A manifestation of global change in the upper atmosphere

Rashid A. Akmaev, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO

Recorded presentation

12:30 PM

1.17

Diagnostic Analysis of Solar Variation Impact on the Lower Atmosphere

Alfred M. Powell Jr., NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and M. Chen

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (540.7 kB)

12:45 PM

1.18

NOGAPS-ALPHA: A prototype high-altitude version of the Navy�s global numerical weather prediction model

Stephen Eckermann, NRL, Washington, DC; and J. P. McCormack, L. Coy, D. Allen, T. F. Hogan, Y. J. Kim, and D. E. Siskind

Recorded presentation

1:00 PM

1.19

Global forecasts of thermospheric gravity wave activity as generated from tropospheric sources: an overview of the FOREGRATS model with application to the prediction of equatorial spread-F

Timothy J. Kane, Penn State University, University Park, PA; and A. J. Gerrard and A. Hassiotis

Poster PDF (306.2 kB)

1:15 PM

1.20

Methods and Experiences in Data Assimilation for Global Ionosphere Monitoring and Forecast

Chunming Wang, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA; and G. A. Hajj, X. Pi, I. G. Rosen, and B. Wilson

Recorded presentation

1:30 PM

1.21

Recursive estimation and variational strategies in space data assimilation

Farzad Kamalabadi, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL

1:45 PM

1.22

Global assimilation of ionospheric measurements (GAIM): An operational space weather model

Robert W. Schunk, Utah State University, Logan, UT; and L. Scherliess, J. J. Sojka, and D. C. Thompson

Recorded presentation

2:00 PM

1.23

Spatially constrained Kalman filtering for data assimilation

Oscar Barrero Mendoza, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; and J. Chandrasekhar, D. S. Bernstein, B. De Moor, and A. Ridley

Recorded presentation

2:15 PM

1.1a

Integrating Space Weather Services into NWS Operations

Louis W. Uccellini, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Camp Springs, MD

2:45 PM

1.4a

Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

4:00 PM

1.9a

Lunch Break

5:15 PM

1.15a

Coffee Break

4

Observed Seasonal to Interannual Climate Variability (parallel with Sessions 3 and 5)

Sponsor: 16th Conference on Climate Variability and Change

Cochairs: Bradfield L Lyon, IRI; Sumant Nigam, University of Maryland

Papers:

8:30 AM

4.1

Effects of atmospheric composition on radiation balance, cloud microphysics and Indian summer monsoon rainfall

Prabir K. Patra, Frontier Research Center for Global Change, Yokohama, Japan; and S. K. Behera, J. R. Herman, H. Akimoto, and T. Yamagata

http://www.jamstec.go.jp/frsgc/research/p3/prabir/anim_ai.htm

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (606.4 kB)

8:45 AM

4.2

The direct effect of summertime ENSO conditions on the South Asian monsoons: barotropic and baroclinic teleconnection mechanisms

Jeffrey Shaman, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA; and E. Tziperman

Recorded presentation

9:00 AM

4.3

ENSO influence on Atlantic hurricanes via tropospheric warming

Brian H Tang, University of California - Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA; and J. D. Neelin

Recorded presentation

9:15 AM

4.4

ENSO and the spatial extent of interannual precipitation extremes in tropical land areas

Bradfield Lyon, International Research Institute for Climate Prediction, Columbia Univ., Palisades, NY

Recorded presentation

9:30 AM

4.5

Stationary wave configuration associated with principal modes of variability of the tropical upper tropospheric flow

Ioana M. Dima, JISAO/Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and J. M. Wallace

Recorded presentation

9:45 AM

4.6

QE or not QE: vertical profiles of temperature perturbations in the tropical atmosphere

Christopher E. Holloway, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA; and J. D. Neelin

Recorded presentation

10:00 AM

4.7

Interannual variations in tropical upper-tropospheric humidity: Understanding tropical convective and dynamical processes

Franklin R. Robertson, NASA/MSFC, Huntsville, AL; and D. E. Fitzjarrald and T. L. Miller

10:15 AM

4.8

Intraseasonal variability of cloudiness and rainfall in the Madden-Julian Oscillation

Katherine H. Straub, Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, PA; and D. K. Strahan and G. N. Kiladis

Recorded presentation

10:30 AM

4.9

Scale interactions within the Madden-Julian Oscillation

George N. Kiladis, NOAA/AL, Boulder, CO; and K. H. Straub and P. T. Haertel

Recorded presentation

10:45 AM

4.10

Easterly waves in the tropical Atlantic: Climatology and variability

Christina M. Patricola, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY; and K. H. Cook

11:00 AM

4.11

An evaluation of January temperature anomalies in the United States utilizing a synoptic climatological approach

Melissa Lynn Malin, Center for Climatic Research, Newark, DE; and K. L. Frank, S. Quiring, and L. S. Kalkstein

Recorded presentation

11:15 AM

4.12

Stratosphere-Troposphere coupling during spring onset

Robert X. Black, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA; and B. A. McDaniel and W. A. Robinson

Recorded presentation

11:30 AM

4.13

The nonlinear association between the Arctic Oscillation and North American winter temperature and precipitation

Aiming Wu, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; and W. W. Hsieh and A. Shabbar

Recorded presentation

11:45 AM

4.14

Low frequency variability of the Southern Hemisphere winter split jet

Xiaosong Yang, SUNY at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY; and E. K. M. Chang

Recorded presentation

12:00 PM

4.15

Quasi-stationary anticyclones in the Northern Hemisphere: An analysis of interannual and interdecadal variability and long-term trends at 1000 hPa and 500 hPa using a geometric definition

Mikhail Bardin, Russian Academy of Science, Moscow, Russia; and G. V. Gruza, A. R. Lupo, I. I. Mokhov, and V. A. Tikhonov

Poster PDF (289.7 kB)

12:15 PM

4.16

Annual cycle of equivalent ocean heat content and ocean heat transport divergence inferred from atmospheric heat budgets.

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

Recorded presentation

12:30 PM

4.17

Mulit-year variability of salinity in the northern hemisphere oceans

Tim P Boyer, NOAA, Silver Spring, MD; and S. Levitus and J. Antonov

Recorded presentation

12:45 PM

4.18

Hydrological budget in the tropical Pacific

Xiaosu Xie, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and W. T. Liu

Poster PDF (1.3 MB)

1:00 PM

4.19

The Interdecadal Pacific Oscillation and its climatic impacts

Chris K. Folland, Hadley Centre, Met Office, Exeter, United Kingdom; and B. Dong, R. J. Allan, H. Meinke, and B. Bhaskaran

Recorded presentation

1:15 PM

4.20

Does ENSO lead the Pacific interdecadal change?

SOON-IL An, International Pacific Research Center, Univ. of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI; and J. S. Kug and I. S. Kang

Recorded presentation

1:30 PM

4.21

ENSO-forced Decadal Variability in the North Pacific

Matt Newman, NOAA-CIRES Climate Diagnostics Center, Boulder, CO

Recorded presentation

1:45 PM

4.22

Diurnal cycle of cloud and precipitation associated with the North American Monsoon System: Preliminary results for 2003 and 2004

Pingping Xie, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/CPC, Camp Springs, MD; and Y. Yarosh, M. Chen, R. Joyce, J. E. Janowiak, and P. A. Arkin

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (148.2 kB)

2:00 PM

4.23

Interannual Variability of Surface Radiation Budget

Shashi K. Gupta, AS&M, Hampton, VA; and P. W. Stackhouse Jr., S. J. Cox, J. C. Mikovitz, M. Chiacchio, and T. Zhang

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (278.9 kB)

2:15 PM

4.24

Statistical Analyses of Satellite Cloud Object Data to Study Climate Sensitivities

Kuan-Man Xu, NASA/LRC, Hampton, VA; and B. A. Wielicki and T. Wong

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (131.7 kB)

2:30 PM

4.5a

Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

3:45 PM

4.10a

Lunch Break

5:00 PM

4.16a

Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall

3

Aerosol Measurements and Radiative Forcing Effects

Sponsor: 7th Conf. on Atmospheric Chemistry

Organizers: Judith Weinstein-Lloyd, SUNY; Rohit Mathur, NOAA/ARL

Papers:

8:45 AM

3.1

The Indirect Effect of Aerosols on Cold Clouds in the East Asian APEX region

Rodrigo Munoz-Alpizar, University of Quebec at Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada; and J. P. Blanchet and E. Girard

9:00 AM

3.2

Radiative Forcing of North Pacific Cloud Systems Under the Influence of Asian Aerosols

Eric M Wilcox, NOAA/GFDL, Princeton, NJ; and G. S. Mauger, O. Lariviere, G. Roberts, V. Ramanathan, and S. Haimov

Recorded presentation

9:15 AM

3.3

Trans-Pacific Transport of Black Carbon and Dust during the Cloud Indirect Forcing Experiment (CIFEX)

Odelle Lariviere, SIO/Univ. Of California, La Jolla, CA; and V. Ramanathan, G. R. Carmichael, G. Roberts, Y. Tang, and G. S. Mauger

Recorded presentation

9:30 AM

3.4

Size-Resolved Aerosol Mass and Aerosol Number Distributions During the NOAA Center for Atmospheric Sciences (NCAS) Trans-Atlantic Saharan Dust Aerosol and Oceanographic Science Expedition (AEROSE)

Vernon Morris, Howard University, Washington, DC; and L. Roldan, R. Armstrong, and Y. Detres

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (245.9 kB)

9:45 AM

3.5

Possible effects on air pollution of historic and future ocean acidification caused by atmospheric carbon dioxide buildup

Mark Z. Jacobson, Stanford University, Stanford, CA

Recorded presentation

10:00 AM

3.6

Black carbon in urban areas: Measurements on holidays demonstrate the impact of diesel soot

Nancy A. Marley, ANL, Argonne, IL; and J. S. Gaffney, B. R. Grams, U. Hernandez, J. E. Frederick, and T. Baryzk

Poster PDF (195.3 kB)

10:15 AM

3.7

A coupled dynamics-chemistry-aerosol column model for the lower troposphere

V. Rao Kotamarthi, ANL, Argonne, IL

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (202.8 kB)

10:30 AM

3.8

Radiation Measuring Radiosonde

Dr. Richard Scarlet, Sippican, Inc., Marion, MA

Recorded presentation

10:45 AM

3.4a

Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break (Please Refer to Poster Session P1 for title and author information)

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)

Sponsors: (Joint between the Fourth Conference on Artificial Intelligence Applications to Environmental Science; and the 21st International Conference on Interactive Information Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology )

Chair: V. Lakshmanan, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma/NOAA/NSSL

Papers:

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

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (112.0 kB)

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

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (205.8 kB)

J5.3

Short-term wind forecasting using off-site observations and numerical weather prediction

9:45 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

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (382.9 kB)

10:00 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

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (90.1 kB)

10:15 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

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (768.5 kB)

10:30 AM

J5.4a

Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

Poster Session 1

Poster

Sponsor: Fourth Conference on Artificial Intelligence Applications to Environmental Science

Papers:

P1.1

Teaching Artificial Intelligence to Meteorology Undergraduates

George S. Young, Penn State University, University Park, PA; and S. E. Haupt

Poster PDF (173.6 kB)

P1.2

Self-Organizing Nonlinear Output Map (SONO): An Artificial Neural Network Suitable for Cloud-Patch based Rainfall Estimation

Kuo-lin Hsu, University of California, Irvine, CA; and Y. Hong and S. Sorooshian

Poster PDF (247.6 kB)

P1.4

Artificial Neural Network in Hydrologic Forecasting (Model Generalization Using Cross Validation)

Hamid Moradkhani, Portland State University, Portland, OR; and K. L. Hsu and S. Sorooshian

Poster Session 2

CURRENT AND FUTURE PRECIPITATION MEASUREMENTS POSTERS

Sponsor: 19th Conf on Hydrology

Organizers: A. P. Barros, Duke University; Robert J. Kuligowski, NOAA/NESDIS

Papers:

P2.1

Uncertainties in the retrieval of oceanic precipitation from passive microwave observations.

T. T. Wilheit, Texas A&M University, College Station,, TX; and S. Hong, K. Jin, and R. Weitz

P2.2

The NASA GES-DISC-DAAC Precipitation Data and Information Services Center (PDISC)

Gilberto Vicente, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and H. Rui, B. Teng, Z. Liu, L. Lu, P. Hrubiak, J. Bonk, J. McManus, L. Chiu, and G. Leptoukh

http://daac.gsfc.nasa.gov/hydrology/pdisc

Poster PDF (291.0 kB)

P2.3

Studying the topography impact on rain retrieval from TRMM TMI measurements over the Korean Peninsula

Eun-Han Kwon, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea; and B. J. Sohn, D. E. Chang, M. H. Ahn, and S. Yang

P2.4

Retrieval of Drop Size Distribution from Simulated Dual-Frequency Radar Measurements

Stephen Joseph Munchak, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA; and A. Tokay

P2.5

Principal components analysis of month-to-month precipitation variability for Downtown Los Angeles (1877-8 through 2003-4 seasons)

Charles J. Fisk, U.S. Navy, Point Mugu, CA

Poster PDF (84.0 kB)

P2.6

New piezoelectric Vaisala RAINCAP� precipitation sensor

Atte Salmi, Vaisala Corporation, Helsinki, Finland; and J. Ikonen

P2.7

The effects of cold microphysical processes on surface precipitation variability. Part II: Tropical Precipitation

Jianzhong Wang, Hydrologic Research Center, San Diego, CA; and K. P. Georgakakos

P2.8

The Effects of Cold Microphysical Processes on Surface Precipitation Variability. Part I: Mid-latitude Precipitation

Jianzhong Wang, Hydrologic Research Center, San Diego, CA; and K. P. Georgakakos

P2.9

Evaluation of WRF with NASA/TRMM-3B42 and Polarimetric Radar Products

Sen Chiao, Howard University, Washington, DC; and E. Joseph, P. Kucera, and H. Laryea

P2.10

Comparison of TRMM rain rates using nonparametric statistical methods

Chunguang Yu, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA; and L. S. Chiu

Poster PDF (28.4 kB)

P2.11

A multi-site evaluation of the range correction and convective-stratiform separation algorithms for improving WSR-88D rainfall estimates

Feng Ding, RS Information System and NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and D. Kitzmiller, D. J. Seo, D. Riley, C. Dietz, C. Pham, and D. Miller

Poster PDF (609.2 kB)

P2.12

Potential Improvement Areas for Hydrometeorological Observing and Forecasting in the GOES-R Era. Emphasis: Improving Precipitation Potential Estimates Using the HES Sensor

Steven Hoffert, The Boeing Company, Springfield, VA; and P. Zuzolo, K. Lausten, R. Domikis, B. Zuzolo, and G. Alexander

Poster PDF (300.8 kB)

Poster Session 2

Poster Session: Development of in Situ, Satellite, and Model Data Focused on Hydrometeorological Processes in the Atmosphere and Land Surfaces

Sponsor: 16th Conference on Climate Variability and Change

Papers:

P2.1

Weigh gauge algorithms

Harry H. Lamb, MSC, Downsview, ON, Canada; and Y. Durocher

Poster PDF (118.4 kB)

P2.2

The CEOP model data archive as part of the World Data Centre for Climate

Frank Toussaint, World Data Center for Climate, Hamburg, Germany; and M. Lautenschlager and H. Luthardt

http://wdcc.dkrz.de

Poster PDF (135.7 kB)

P2.3

RSM transferability studies during CEOP

Insa Meinke, SIO/Univ. Of California, La Jolla, CA; and J. Roads and M. Kanamitsu

http://w3.gkss.de/ICTS

Poster PDF (235.1 kB)

P2.4

Remote sensing of microphysical particles in hurricanes from aircraft observations

Cerese M. Albers, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and G. Skofronick-Jackson

Poster PDF (1.7 MB)

P2.5

Measurement errors using a Geonor weighing gauge with a Campbell Scientific datalogger

Harry H. Lamb, MSC, Downsview, ON, Canada; and J. Swenson

Poster PDF (118.8 kB)

P2.6

Investigation of shortwave radiative transfer at the ARM CART Sites using a multiple layer stochastic model

Dana E. Veron, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ; and J. Secora and M. Foster

Poster PDF (249.7 kB)

P2.7

Impacts of the climate change on the simulation of the Asian summer monsoon

Annalisa Cherchi, National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology, Bologna, Italy; and S. Gualdi, S. Behera, J. J. Luo, S. Masson, T. Yamagata, and A. Navarra

P2.8

Evaluation of the land surface model of JMA�s operational global NWP model - with the CEOP EOP-3 Reference Site Dataset

Masayuki Hirai, Japan Meteorological Agency, Tokyo, Japan; and T. Sakashita and S. Murai

Poster PDF (898.1 kB)

P2.9

Evaluation and further-development of the HTSVS soil frost/permafrost module using data measured at Barrow, Ak

Nicole M�lders, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK; and V. Romanovsky

P2.10

Areas Favorable for Land Surface Feedback as Revealed by the NCEP Global Coupled Atmosphere Land Ocean Forecast System (CFS)

Huug M. Van den Dool, Climate Prediction Center, Camp Springs, MD; and S. Saha

P2.11

The Effects of Cold Land Processes on Regional Climate and Hydrological Cycle

Ki-Hong Min, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN; and W. Y. Sun

Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break (Please Refer to Poster Session P1for Title and Author Information)

Poster Session 1

International Polar Year - Poster Presentations (Observational Techniques, Programs, Products and Databases

Sponsor: 8th Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography

Organizer: Janet M. Intrieri, NOAA/ETL

Papers:

P1.1

Salinity of Sea Ice: In situ Measurements and Modelling

Dirk Notz, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom; and M. G. Worster

P1.2

The High Efficiency Hyperspectral Imager � a new instrument for measurements of the Arctic surface

Peter J. Minnett, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and R. G. Sellar

Poster PDF (538.7 kB)

P1.3

Surface-based Infrared Interferometers � versatile sensors for the IPY

Peter J. Minnett, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and M. Szczodrak and E. L. Key

Poster PDF (389.1 kB)

P1.4

Measurement capabilities of the Polar Atmospheric Emitted Radiance Interferometer (PAERI)

Von P Walden, Dept. of Geography, Univ. of Idaho - Moscow, Moscow, ID; and M. S. Town and B. Halter

P1.5

Surface radiation measurements in Arctic polynyas

Erica L. Key, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and P. J. Minnett

Poster PDF (25.7 kB)

P1.6

Seaglider exploration of subpolar Atlantic climate

Charlie Eriksen, Univsersity of Washington, Seattle, WA; and P. B. Rhines

P1.7

Observations of ice crystals at the South Pole using a CPI and polar nephelometer

R. Paul Lawson, SPEC Inc., Boulder, CO; and Q. Mo

Poster PDF (1.8 MB)

P1.8

Microphysical properties of Arctic mixed-phase clouds using ground-based remote sensors

Jennifer M. Comstock, PNNL, Richland, WA; and C. J. Flynn, C. N. Long, R. T. Marchand, J. H. Mather, S. A. McFarlane, A. Mendoza, D. D. Turner, and K. Widener

Poster PDF (252.1 kB)

P1.9

Observation of polar sudden stratospheric warming events using GPS radio occultation technique

Grace S. Peng, The Aerospace Corporation, Los Angeles, CA; and J. H. Hecht and R. L. Walterscheid

P1.10

Mooring-based Arctic Ocean Observational System

Igor Polyakov, International Arctic Research Center, Fairbanks, AK; and E. Carmack, B. Dickson, L. Fortier Sr., E. Hansen, M. Johnson, E. Fahrbach, C. Mauritzen, V. Ivanov, I. Dmitrenko, J. Walsh, M. Steele, L. Timokhov, and D. Walsh

Poster PDF (196.4 kB)

P1.11

Detection of arctic cloud ice properties using submillimeter-wave radiometers

Sally G. Dowlatshahi, Science and Technology Corporation, Boulder, Colorado; and A. J. Gasiewski, T. Uttal, M. Klein, E. R. Westwater, and D. Cimini

http://www.etl.noaa.gov/technology/gsr/

Poster PDF (316.2 kB)

P1.12

Aerosols collected during the 19th Chinese Antarctic Research Expedition (CHINARE 19) and the Second Chinese National Arctic Research Expedition (CHINARE II)

Catherine F. Cahill, Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK; and L. Chen and Z. Gao

P1.13

The Canadian Arctic Shelf Exchange Study (CASES):An International research network to examine physical-biological coupling in the Southern Beaufort Sea

David G. Barber, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada; and L. Fortier Sr.

P1.14

Overview of the Mixed-Phase Arctic Cloud Experiment (M-PACE)

Johannes Verlinde, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA; and J. Y. Harrington, G. M. McFarquhar, J. H. Mather, D. Turner, B. Zak, M. R. Poellot, T. Tooman, A. J. Prenni, G. Kok, E. Eloranta, A. Fridlind, C. Bahrmann, K. Sassen, P. J. DeMott, and A. J. Heymsfield

http://nsa.met.psu.edu/

Poster PDF (594.6 kB)

P1.15

International Heliophysical Year

Joseph M. Davila, NASA, Greenbelt, MD; and N. Gopalswamy and B. J. Thompson

P1.16

Drifting station �North Pole-23�: scientific program, organization and invitation to collaboration

Ivan E. Frolov, Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia; and A. P. Makshtas, S. M. Priamikov, and V. T. Sokolov

P1.17

Designing an Arctic Observing Network

Sheldon Drobot, The National Academies, Washington, DC; and C. Elfring

P1.18

Atmospheric modeling over the Mackenzie, Kuparuk and Lena watersheds: A contribution to the NSF ARCSS Freshwater Initiative

John J. Cassano, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and W. Gutowski, M. J. Shaw, and C. S. Takeuchi

P1.19

Antarctic Regional Interactions Meteorology Experiment (RIME)

David H. Bromwich, Byrd Polar Research Center, Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH

Poster PDF (56.7 kB)

P1.20

Interannual variability in summer Beaufort Sea ice conditions

Sheldon Drobot, The National Academies, Washington, DC; and J. A. Maslanik

P1.21

McMurdo Station, Antarctica fog climatology: 1973-1998

Matthew A. Lazzara, Antarctic Meteorological Research Center/ Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

http://amrc.ssec.wisc.edu/fog.html

Poster PDF (38.0 kB)

P1.22

Assimilation of RGPS data with the Trajectory Assimilation Model

R. W. Lindsay, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and H. L. Stern

P1.23

Potential of AMSR-E derived sea ice motions for assimilation into sea ice models

Walter N. Meier, NSIDC/CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO

Poster PDF (226.2 kB)

P1.24

Development of the CWRF for Arctic Climate Applications

Julian X.L. Wang, NOAA/ERL/ARL, Silver Spring, MD; and X. Z. Liang, J. Pan, K. Kunkel, E. C. Hunke, and B. Lipscomb

P1.25

Database for Ecological Studies of the Arctic Seas: Barents, Kara, Laptev, and White Seas (1810-2001)

Igor Smolynar, Ocean Climate Laboratory, NOAA/NESDIS/NODC, Silver Spring, MD; and R. Locarnini, R. Tatusko, T. Boyer, S. Levitus, G. Matishov, A. Zuyev, and V. Golubev

Poster PDF (2.1 MB)

P1.26

Cloud cover climatology for the South Pole from surface-based infrared radiation measurements.

Michael S. Town, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and V. P. Walden and S. G. Warren

Poster PDF (973.7 kB)

P1.27

Comparison of monthly mean cloud fraction and cloud optical depth determined from surface cloud radar, TOVS, AVHRR, and MODIS over Barrow, Alaska

Taneil Uttal, NOAA/Earth Systems Research Laboratory, Boulder, CO; and S. Frisch, X. Wang Sr., J. Key, A. Schweiger, S. Sun-Mack, and P. Minnis

Poster PDF (67.2 kB)

P1.28

A climatology of the McMurdo, Antarctica region based on the AMPS archive

Andrew J. Monaghan, Byrd Polar Research Center, Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH; and D. H. Bromwich, J. G. Powers, and K. W. Manning

Poster PDF (534.5 kB)

P1.29

The AMPS Archive: an atmospheric resource for the Antarctic research community

Andrew J. Monaghan, Byrd Polar Research Center, Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH; and J. G. Powers, D. H. Bromwich, and K. W. Manning

Poster PDF (407.2 kB)

P1.30

Climate lessons from the first International Polar Year 1881-83

Kevin R. Wood, NOAA/PMEL and JISAO/U of Washington, Seattle, WA; and J. E. Overland

P1.31

SEARCH Climate Indicators: Melt Onset and Other Cryospheric Data Products

Bruce Raup, University of Colorado/CIRES, Boulder, CO; and F. M. Fetterer, M. Parsons, M. Savoie, and K. Knowles

Poster Session 1

GOES-R Posters

Sponsor: GOES-R/NPOESS Symposium

Papers:

P1.1

Baseline Instruments Planned for the GOES-R Series

James Gurka, NOAA/NESDIS, Silver Spring, MD; and T. J. Schmit

P1.2

Introducing the Next Generation Geostationary Imager-- GOES-R's Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI)

Timothy J. Schmit, NOAA/NESDIS, Madison, WI; and J. Gurka, W. P. Menzel, M. M. Gunshor, and K. B. Karnouskas

P1.3

Space Environment Monitoring in the GOES Era

Howard J. Singer, NOAA/NWS, Boulder, CO; and S. M. Hill

P1.4

"Using ABI for HES cloud-clearing"

Jun Li, SSEC, WI

P1.5

Applications of the GOES-R HES Coastal Waters Capability

Christopher W. Brown, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and M. Ondrusek and R. Stumpf

P1.6

The GOES Lightning Mapper - Design Characteristics and Performance

Hugh J. Christian Jr., NASA/MSFC, Huntsville, AL

P1.7

CLASS Overview (Also in IIPS)

Richard G. Reynolds, NOAA/NESDIS; and J. Bates, C. Cremidis, and C. Martinez

P1.8

CLASS Future (Also in IIPS)

Richard G. Reynolds, NOAA/NESDIS; and J. Bates, C. Cremidis, and C. Martinez

P1.9

CLASS GOES (Also in IIPS)

Richard G. Reynolds, NOAA/NESDIS; and J. Bates, C. Cremidis, and C. Martinez

Poster Session 1

Poster Session P1: Formal Viewing

Sponsor: Sixth Conference on Coastal Atmospheric and Oceanic Prediction and Processes

Papers:

P1.1

Modeling upwelling with a coupled Atmosphere-Ocean mesoscale model

Jo�o P. Ferreira, Instituto de Meteorologia, Lisbon, Portugal; and P. M. A. Miranda

Poster PDF (687.0 kB)

P1.2

Turbulence surface fluxes in the cloudy marine atmospheric boundary layer near the coast

John Kalogiros, National Observatory of Athens, Athens, Greece; and Q. Wang, S. R. Ramp, G. Buzorius, and H. Jonsson

P1.3

Analysis of wind stress algorithms and computation of the the wind stress curl in Bodega Bay, California

Adam Kochanski, DRI, Reno, NV; and D. Koracin and C. E. Dorman

Poster PDF (391.3 kB)

P1.4

Utilizing the New Jersey sea breeze as an alternative energy source

Louis A. Bowers, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ; and R. Dunk, J. F. Brodie, M. E. Linkin, C. A. Rhodes, and M. E. Papier

P1.5

A Multiseason Comparison Study of the Forecast Skill among Three Numerical Models over the South-central United States

Duanjun Lu, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS; and L. D. White and R. S. Reddy

P1.6

Large-scale atmospheric circulation associated with northwesterly surface wind along the Central and Southern California coasts

Stephen V. Taylor, SIO/Univ. of California and Hydrologic Research Center, La Jolla, CA; and N. E. Graham, D. R. Cayan, and K. P. Georgakakos

P1.7

Planning forecasts for the coastal and offshore air quality measurement activities for the ICARTT summer 2004 campaign

James P. Koermer, Plymouth State University, Plymouth, NH; and J. Zabransky, E. Hoffman, T. Bray, R. Cloutier, J. Cordeira, M. DiProfio, A. Loconto, and M. Wellman

Poster PDF (249.8 kB)

P1.8

The NOAA Coastal Storms Initiative WRF Modeling Project: Year 2: improving the local model

Patrick T. Welsh, NOAA/NWSFO, Jacksonville, FL

P1.9

An Extreme Event Analysis for the Portuguese Coast - Coupling of Atmospheric and Oceanographic Features

Alvaro Semedo, NPS, Monterey, CA; and W. A. Nuss and T. H. C. Herbers

P1.10

Observations of coastal upwelling off the coast of the South Atlantic Bight in summer of 2003: An application of NASA�s remote sensing data to coastal studies

Dongliang Yuan, GES DISC DAAC, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, Greenbelt, Maryland; and A. Savtchenko and C. Li

P1.11

Verification study: Modeling the evolution and structure of nocturnal stratocumulus during DYCOMS-II

Ramesh K. Vellore, DRI, Reno, NV; and D. Koracin, M. Wetzel, and J. G. Powers

Poster PDF (259.4 kB)

P1.12

High resolution marine wind retrieval using synthetic aperture radar

Richard E. Danielson, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada; and H. Ritchie, M. Dowd, and L. Fillion

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)

Sponsors: (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 )

Papers:

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

Poster PDF (438.1 kB)

JP1.2

Climatological features of blocking anticyclones in present-day and increased CO2 environments: An updated model comparison

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

Poster PDF (282.0 kB)

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

Poster PDF (31.2 kB)

JP1.8

CLASS future plans

John J. Bates, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and R. G. Reynolds, C. Cremidis, and C. Martinez

Poster PDF (60.8 kB)

JP1.9

CLASS capabilities overview

John J. Bates, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and R. G. Reynolds, C. Cremidis, and C. Martinez

Poster PDF (153.2 kB)

Poster Session 2

Sponsor: Conference on Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data

Chair: Martin J. Murphy, Vaisala

Papers:

P2.1

The North Alabama Lightning Mapping Array (LMA): A network overview

Richard J. Blakeslee, NASA/MSFC, Huntsville, AL; and J. C. Bailey, D. E. Buechler, S. J. Goodman, E. W. McCaul Jr., and J. M. Hall

P2.2

LIGHTNING MEASUREMENTS OVER BRAZIL: ASSEMENT OF DIFFERENT LIGHTNING DETECTION SYSTEMS

Carlos Morales, University of Sao Paolo, Sao Paulo, 05508-900, Sao Paulo, Brazil; and O. Pinto Jr. and E. N. Anagnostou

P2.3

Mapping lightning at White Sands - a first look.

Daniel Breed, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and C. Mueller, T. Saxen, and N. Oien

P2.4

Installation, Upgrade, and Evaluation of a Short Baseline Cloud-to-Ground Lightning Surveillance System used to Support Space Launch Operations

Billie F. Boyd, 45th Weather Squadron, Patrick AFB, FL; and W. P. Roeder, D. L. Hajek, and M. B. Wilson

Poster PDF (415.4 kB)

P2.5

VHF lightning detection and storm tracking from GPS orbit

David M. Suszcynsky, LANL, Los Alamos, NM; and A. R. Jacobson, J. Linford, T. E. Light, and A. Musfeldt

Poster PDF (1.3 MB)

P2.6

The United States Precision Lightning Network:A new era in lightning detection technologies

Rodney B. Bent, TOA Systems, Inc., Melbourne, FL; and M. D. Eilts

P2.7

Idealized Numerical Simulation of the Evolution of Tropical Cyclone Electrification, Lightning, Microphysics, and Kinematics at Landfall

Alexandre O. Fierro, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and L. M. Leslie, E. R. Mansell, and J. Straka

Poster PDF (645.6 kB)

P2.8

Long-Range lightning applications for hurricane intensity

Nicholas W. S. Demetriades, Vaisala, Inc., Tucson, AZ; and R. L. Holle

Poster PDF (265.7 kB)

P2.9

Re-construction of historical extreme precipitation events using radar, cloud-to-ground lightning and conventional observations

John F. Henz, HDR Engineering, Inc; Denver, Colorado, Denver, CO

P2.10

Incorporating lightning data into a real-time infrared/microwave satellite precipitation algorithm

Robert J. Kuligowski, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and J. S. Im

Poster PDF (39.9 kB)

P2.11

Convective Precipitation and Cloud-to-Ground Lightning Relationships in Canada

B. Kochtubajda, MSC, Edmonton, AB, Canada; and W. R. Burrows and M. Lapalme

P2.12

The Influence of the El Ni�o -Southern Oscillation on Cloud-to-Ground Lightning Activity along the Gulf Coast of the United States

Mark LaJoie, NPS, Monterey, CA; and A. Laing, S. Reader, and K. Pfeiffer

P2.13

Examination of thundersnow cases in the United States utilizing NLDN data

Larry Smith, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO; and C. J. Melick and P. S. Market

Poster PDF (191.9 kB)

P2.14

Alaska lightning climatology and application to wildfire science

Elaine McGuiney, Penn State University, State College, PA; and M. Shulski and G. Wendler

Poster PDF (1.1 MB)

P2.15

The impact of lightning NO_x production on atmospheric chemistry in a CRYSTAL-FACE thunderstorm simulated using a 3-D cloud-scale chemical transport model

L. Ott, Department of Meteorology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and K. Pickering, G. Stenchikov, R. -. F. Lin, B. Ridley, M. Loewenstein, J. Lopez, and E. Richard

P2.16

Lightning characteristics of the Aurora, NE record hail stone producing supercell of 22-23 June 2003 during BAMEX

Walter A. Lyons, FMA Research, Inc., Fort Collins, CO; and S. A. Cummer

Poster PDF (1.0 MB)

P2.17

Cloud-to-ground lightning behavior of convective cells observed during STEPS

Sarah A. Tessendorf, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and S. A. Rutledge

http://radarmet.atmos.colostate.edu/~saraht/STEPS/Thetae.html

Poster PDF (143.1 kB)

Poster Session 2

Sponsor: Ninth Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)

Papers:

P2.1

Ensemble data assimilation: experiments using NASA�s GEOS column precipitation model

Dusanka Zupanski, CIRA/Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and A. Y. Hou, S. Zhang, M. Zupanski, and C. D. Kummerow

P2.2

Ensemble Based Data Assimilation of observations of Hurricane Humberto

Brian J. Etherton, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, NC; and S. D. Aberson

Poster PDF (82.2 kB)

P2.3

Developing the ADAS/ARPS as a satellite data assimilation testbed at the University of Alabama in Huntsville

John R. Mecikalski, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and W. M. Lapenta, K. M. LaCasse, K. Doty, and G. J. Jedlovec

Poster PDF (352.9 kB)

P2.4

Data Assimilation with the Noah Land Surface model in NLDAS

Dag Lohmann, NOAA/NCEP/EMC, Suitland, MD; and P. Grunmann, H. Wei, and K. Mitchell

http://nomad4.ncep.noaa.gov

Poster PDF (948.7 kB)

P2.5

Data assimilation scheme of satellite derived heating rates for soil state initialization in a regional atmospheric mesoscale model: methodology.

Massimiliano Pasqui, Institute of Biometeorology/National Research Council, Florence, Italy; and R. L. Walko, S. Migliorini, A. Antonini, S. Melani, and G. Messeri

http://www.ibimet.cnr.it

Poster PDF (69.3 kB)

P2.6

Climate Data Records from US environmental satellites

Sheldon Drobot, The National Academies, Washington, DC; and D. A. Robinson

P2.7

Characterization of AIRS temperature and water vapor measurement capability using correlative observations

Eric J. Fetzer, JPL and California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA; and A. Eldering and S. Y. Lee

Poster PDF (135.1 kB)

P2.8

Assimilation of surface observations in complex terrain

Xingxiu Deng, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; and R. B. Stull

Poster PDF (302.2 kB)

P2.9

Aqua MODIS and AIRS Data Product Synergies available from GES DISC DAAC

Arun Gopalan, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and J. Qin, A. Savtchenko, G. Leptoukh, and G. A. Vicente

P2.10

Application of Variational Data Assimilation Techniques to Numerical Forecasts of Tropical Cyclones in the East Asia

P2.11

Adjoint of a Non-Hydrostatic Limited-Area Model: Identical Twin experiments

Poster Session 3

Poster Session: Climate Modeling Studies

Sponsor: 16th Conference on Climate Variability and Change

Papers:

P3.1

Impact of absorbing aerosol on precipitation: Dynamic aspects in association with CAPE and convective parameterization closure, and dependence on aerosol heating profile

Chul Eddy Chung, SIO/Univ. of California, La Jolla, CA; and G. Zhang

P3.2

Longwave cloud radiative forcing depending on the different definition of clear sky: Upper tropospheric water vapor climatology

B. J. Sohn, Seoul National Univ., Seoul, South Korea; and J. Y. Lee, J. Schmetz, and R. Stuhlmann

Poster PDF (429.4 kB)

P3.3

Toward Improving and Understanding the Simulation of Madden-Julian Oscillation in NCAR CCM3

Mingquan Mu, SIO/Univ. Of California, La Jolla, CA; and G. J. Zhang

P3.4

A Local-Coupled CGCM Study of MJO in the Indo-Pacific Ocean

Jin-Yi Yu, University of California, Irvine, CA; and S. P. Weng

P3.5

The impact of Ekman transport on ENSO-induced SST anomalies

Michael A. Alexander, NOAA/ERL/CDC, Boulder, CO; and J. Scott

P3.6

The Role of ENSO in Regulating the Stability of the Tropical Pacific Climatology

De-Zheng Sun, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO

P3.7

Modeled moisture fluxes in the North American Monsoon Experiment region warm season

David A. Salstein, AER, Lexington, MA

Poster PDF (1.1 MB)

P3.8

Dynamical mechanisms for monsoon changes during the mid-holocene

Hui Su, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA; and J. D. Neelin and J. E. Meyerson

P3.9

Internal Atmospheric Dynamics and Tropical Indo-Pacific Climate Variability

Ben P. Kirtman, COLA, Calverton, MD

P3.10

Interannual tropical Pacific sea-surface temperatures and preceding subtropical sea level pressure anomalies in the NCAR CCSM2.0

Bruce Anderson, Boston University, Boston, MA; and E. D. Maloney

P3.11

Interannual variability of Great Plains summer rainfall in Reanalyses and NCAR and NSIPP AMIP-like simulations

Alfredo Ruiz-Barradas, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and S. Nigam

P3.12

The impact of fluctuating winds on the persistence of anomalous midlatitude sea surface temperatures

Philip Sura, NOAA-CIRES Climate Diagnostics Center, Boulder, CO; and M. Newman and M. Alexander

P3.13

Impacts of Anomalous Western North Atlantic Sea-Surface Temperature on Ice Storms in the Southeast US

Renato Ramos da Silva, Duke University, Durham, NC; and D. Werth, R. Avissar, and G. Bohrer

P3.14

Decadal Climate Simulations Using Accurate and Fast Neural Network Emulations for the NCAR Community Atmospheric Model Radiation

Vladimir M. Krasnopolsky, SAIC at NOAA/NCEP/EMC and ESSIC, Univ. of Maryland, Camp Springs, MD; and M. S. Fox-Rabinovitz and D. Chalikov

P3.15

Evaluating a high resolution global coupled ice-ocean model

Meibing Jin, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK; and J. Wang, T. Suzuki, J. Takahashi, and J. E. Walsh

P3.16

Comparison of the variance seasonal cycle and covariance of surface air temperature anomalies in 13 coupled climate models

Qigang Wu, COLA, Calverton, MD; and G. R. North and D. J. Karoly

P3.17

Assessment of PCM Results for Predictions of Climate Changes in the Caribbean

Moises Angeles, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez, PR; and J. E. Gonzalez, P. Mulero, D. J. Erickson III, and J. Hernandez-Figueroa

Poster PDF (479.4 kB)

P3.18

An Evaluation of RCM Climatology in a Multi-decadal Hindcast for East Asia

Jinwon Kim, University of California, Los Angeles; and H. S. Jung and C. R. Mechoso

P3.19

The role of land models in the FSU regional climate model and its implication to crop model forecasting

Dong-Wook Shin, COAPS, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and T. E. LaRow, S. Cocke, and J. J. O'Brien

P3.20

Response of the NCEP Global Coupled Atmosphere Land Ocean Model (CFS) to Idealized Isolated Soil Moisture Anomalies

Suranjana Saha, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC, Camp Springs, MD; and H. L. Pan and H. M. Van den Dool

P3.21

Empirical correction to the COLA coupled Ocean-Atmosphere prediction system

Xiaohua Pan, COLA, Calverton, MD; and B. P. Kirtman

P3.22

A novel partnership for addressing the impacts of climate change in western North Carolina

Douglas K. Miller, Univ. of North Carolina, Asheville, NC; and P. J. McCown

Poster PDF (422.3 kB)

P3.23

Influences on predictability in multi-year regional climate simulations for the continental United States

Raymond W. Arritt, Iowa State University, Ames, IA; and C. J. Anderson, W. J. Gutowski, E. S. Takle, D. Caya, C. G. Jones, J. J. Katzfey, J. W. Larson, R. Laprise, J. L. McGregor, J. Roads, and J. Taylor

P3.24

A revised approach to subgrid-scale cloud processes in a cumulus parameterization scheme and its effects on seasonal prediction

Young-Hwa Byun, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea; and S. Y. Hong

Poster PDF (959.9 kB)

P3.25

Climate response to the vertically stratified forcing.

Andrei P. Sokolov, MIT, Cambridge, MA

P3.26

Impact of orographically induced gravity wave drag parameterization on seasonal and weather prediction

Eun-Chul Chang, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea; and S. Y. Hong and Y. J. Kim

Poster PDF (835.7 kB)

P3.27

The offline comparison of an alternative infrared radiation scheme for use in NCEP's global spectral model and regional spectral model

Johnny Seymore, Howard University, Washington, DC; and E. Joseph

P3.28

International stretched-grid model intercomparison project (SGMIP)

Michael S. Fox-Rabinovitz, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and J. Cote, B. Dugas, M. Deque, J. McGregor, and P. Gleckler

P3.29

Stratospheric forcing, lower stratospheric temperatures and volcanic water vapour

Simon Tett, Hadley Centre (Reading Unit), Met Office, Reading, United Kingdom; and P. M. Forster, S. Hare, M. Joshi, and J. Knight

P3.30

Improvements on CO2 flux estimation over the central U.S. using explicit crop phenology in a regional climate model

Zaitao Pan, St. Louis University, St. Louise, MO; and E. S. Takle, L. Xue, and M. Segal

Poster PDF (219.5 kB)

P3.31

Estimating the representation of extreme precipitation events in atmospheric general circulation models using L-moments

Lawrence Marx, COLA, Calverton, MD

http://grads.igre.org/pub/marx/ams85.htm

Poster PDF (1.8 MB)

P3.32

Developing daily climate scenarios for agricultural impact studies

Budong Qian, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada; and H. Hayhoe and S. Gameda

Poster PDF (596.5 kB)

P3.33

How often does it rain?

Ying Sun, NOAA/AL, Boulder, CO; and S. Solomon, A. Dai, and R. W. Portmann

Poster PDF (2.3 MB)

P3.34

Coupling sub-grid scale moist convection with global dynamics

Amik St-Cyr, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and S. J. Thomas, A. Wyszogrodzki, and W. W. Grabowski

P3.35

The leading mode of air-sea interaction in the North Atlantic region

Lin-lin Pan, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI; and F. F. Jin and M. Watanabe

Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

Poster Session 2

Lidar Atmospheric Applications - Poster Session II

Sponsor: 2nd Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications

Chairs: Belay B. Demoz, NASA/GSFC; Shane D. Mayor, NCAR

Papers:

P2.1

Lidar validation of numerical simulations of a Lake Michigan land breeze

Gijs De Boer, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and E. W. Eloranta and G. J. Tripoli

P2.2

Wind and Water Vapor Comparisons from IHOP 2002

Joseph P. Comer, SSAI, Lanham, MD; and B. Gentry, D. Whiteman, and B. Demoz

Poster PDF (1.1 MB)

P2.3

TODWL: An Airborne Doppler Wind Lidar for Atmospheric Research

George D. Emmitt, Simpson Weather Associates, Charlottesville, VA; and C. O'Handley, S. Wood, S. Greco, R. Bluth, and H. Jonsson

Poster PDF (335.2 kB)

P2.4

Characterization and Visualization of Water Vapor and Atmospheric Stability During the IHOP Field Experiment

Victoria Sankovich, NASA/LRC, Hampton, VA; and G. Shaw, J. Gleason, S. Newsome, E. Nguyen, R. A. Ferrare, E. V. Browell, S. Ismail, S. Kooi, V. G. Brackett, H. Revercomb, B. Knuteson, and P. Antonelli

Poster PDF (339.1 kB)

P2.5

Scanning-Lidar Measurements of Atmospheric Boundary-Layer Height and Variability

David O. Miller, Science Systems and Applications, Inc., Greenbelt, MD; and G. Schwemmer and B. B. Demoz

P2.6

On the evolution of a cirrus anvil observed by NASA Scanning Raman Lidar on 19�20 June 2002 during IHOP

Ruei-Fong Lin, Univ. of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore and NASA/GEST, Greenbelt, MD; and D. Starr, B. Demoz, Z. Wang, and D. Whiteman

Poster PDF (110.9 kB)

Poster Session 1

Lidar Atmospheric Applications - Poster Session I

Sponsor: 2nd Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications

Cochairs: Shane D. Mayor, NCAR; Belay B. Demoz, NASA/GSFC

Papers:

P1.1

The development of the Howard University Raman lidar

Demetrius Venable, Howard University, Washington, DC; and E. Joseph, D. Whiteman, B. Demoz, R. Connell, and S. Walford

Poster PDF (1.4 MB)

P1.2

Prospects for DIAL measurement of ammonia profiles and emission rates

Wynn L. Eberhard, NOAA/ETL, Boulder, CO; and Y. Zhao and W. A. Brewer

P1.3

Observation of clouds and aerosol with elastic depolarization lidar during the Mixed-Phase Arctic Cloud Experiment

Connor Flynn, PNNL, Richland, WA; and A. Mendoza, D. D. Turner, J. Comstock, S. A. McFarlane, and J. Mather

P1.4

Lidar depolarization ratios from CRYSTAL-FACE thunderstorm anvils

James R. Campbell, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK; and K. Sassen, M. J. McGill, and W. D. Hart

Poster PDF (125.6 kB)

P1.5

Evolution of stratospheric temperature structure in a marine environment: Comparison of lidar and GPS occultation retrievals near Hawaii

Robert Farley, The Aerospace Corp., Los Angeles, CA; and G. S. Peng and J. E. Wessel

P1.6

DIAL Measurements of SO2, NO2, And O3 in Beijing

Yinchao Zhang, AER, Hefei, Anhui, China

P1.7

Development of a Meteorological Lidar for the Phoenix Scout Mission

John F. Hahn, Optech Inc., Toronto, ON, Canada; and D. V. Michelangeli, A. I. Carswell, V. Ussyshkin, V. Podoba, T. J. Duck, A. Ulitsky, P. A. Taylor, V. Hipkin, M. Daly, and E. Choi

P1.8

A lidar-radar observing system for monitoring optical and microphysical properties of cirrus

Cristian Mitrescu, NRL, Monterey, CA; and J. Haynes and S. Miller

Poster PDF (954.2 kB)

Poster Session 1

Space Weather Poster Session

Sponsor: 2nd Symposium on Space Weather

Papers:

P1.1

Redefining the solar cycle: an operational perspective

William J. Murtagh, NOAA/NWS/Space Weather Prediction, Boulder, CO

P1.2

Vertically Propagating Waves in the Lower Atmosphere Influenced by Solar Forcing?

Alfred M. Powell Jr., NOAA, Camp Springs, MD; and M. Chen

P1.3

Nonlinear system identification for modeling ionospheric dynamics using magnetometer data

Harish Palanthandalum-Madapusi, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; and A. Ridley and D. S. Bernstein

P1.4

US-TEC:A new data assimilation product from the Space Environment Center characterizing the ionospheric total electron content

Timothy J. Fuller-Rowell, NOAA/Space Environment Center, Boulder, CO; and M. Codrescu, E. Araujo-Pradere, C. Minter, D. Robertson, S. Gutman, and G. Adams

P1.5

Ground Level Assimilative Model (GLAM) for Geomagnetic Storm Conditions � A System for Nowcasting and Forensic Analysis of Geomagnetic Storms

John G. Kappenman, Metatech Corp., Duluth, MN

P1.6

Halloween 2003 storms: providing Space Weather services for aviation operations

R. H. A. Iles, SolarMetrics Limited, Guildford, Surrey, United Kingdom; and J. B. L. Jones and M. J. Smith

P1.7

Space weather policy issues

Genene Fisher, American Meteorological Society, Washington, DC

P1.8

Space Environmental Impacts Tool (SEIT�)

Michael R. Heer, ARINC Engineering Services, LLC, Colorado Springs, CO; and A. J. Heineman IV, J. K. Hay, and J. W. Dettler

P1.9

Space and Terrestrial Weather Systems - Life-Extension, Modernization, and Component-Obsolescence Programs

Michael R. Heer, ARINC Engineering Services, LLC, Colorado Springs, CO; and J. L. Justice and A. F. Heineman IV

Coffee Break

Panel Discussion 2

PANEL DISCUSSION AND A SAMPLING OF SCIENTISTS� ATTITUDES ON MEDIA COVERAGE

Sponsor: 4th Communications Workshop - Science and the Media: Can We Improve the Communication of Science via the Mass Media

1

Actions/Next Steps

Sponsor: 4th Communications Workshop - Science and the Media: Can We Improve the Communication of Science via the Mass Media

Joint Session 2

Living with a Limited Water Supply (Joint between the IMPACT: 2004 Weather Symposium and the Third AMS Users Conference: Uses of and Needs for Weather and Climate Services in Managing Water Resources, Energy, and Ocean Transportation)

Sponsors: (Joint between the IMPACT: Weather 2004; and the Third Annual Users Conference )

Chair: Kelly T. Redmond, DRI

Papers:

11:00 AM

J2.1

Fire Weather 2004

Richard Ochoa, Bureau of Land Management, Boise, ID

Recorded presentation

11:30 AM

J2.2

Drought 2004

Donald A. Wilhite, National Drought Mitigation Center, Lincoln, NE

Recorded presentation

2

global socio-political-economical dimensions of water, including the linkages between human development, food production and water resources

Sponsor: AMS Forum: Living with a Limited Water Supply

Chair: David N. Yates, NCAR

Papers:

11:00 AM

2.1

Improving the conveyance of risk to people living and working in areas subject to flooding: Building partnerships to address the national inland flood threat

Douglas C. Marcy, NOAA/NWS at the Coastal Services Center, Charleston, SC; and G. Austin, T. M. Graziano, and M. Kolowith

Recorded presentation

11:15 AM

2.2

Impact of climate change on California water users

W. Michael Hanemann, University of California - Berkeley, Berkeley, CA; and L. Dale, E. P. Maurer, and N. L. Miller

11:30 AM

2.3

Environmental Accounting Housekeeping (EAH) Books of Domestic Wastewater: a Case Study of Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture, Japan

Yoshiaki Tsuzuki, (Formerly) Utsunomiya University, Japan, Chiba, Japan

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (152.4 kB)

11:45 AM

2.4

Bringing agriculture back to water - a solution for the 21st century

Richard T. McNider, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL; and J. R. Christy and J. E. Hairston

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (414.5 kB)

5

Observational Field Experiments

Sponsor: Ninth Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)

Organizer: Taumi S. Daniels, NASA

Papers:

11:00 AM

5.1

The TAMDAR Great Lakes Fleet Experiment

Richard D. Mamrosh, NOAA/NWS, Green Bay, WI; and E. S. Brusky, J. K. Last, W. R. Moninger, and T. S. Daniels

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (241.0 kB)

11:15 AM

5.2

Rainfall variations along the coast of Peru and Ecuador during the 1997�8 El Ni�o and implications for a real-time forecasting system over the region

Michael W. Douglas, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and J. F. Mejia and N. Ordinola

Recorded presentation

11:30 AM

5.3

Multiple Remote Sensor Observations of Gust Front to Bore Transition

Kevin Knupp, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL

Recorded presentation

11:45 AM

5.4

Measurement Sampling Rates for Daily Maximum and Minimum Temperatures

X. Lin, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE; and K. G. Hubbard and C. B. Baker

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (744.4 kB)

5

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

3

Polar Forecasting (Ice, Winds and Weather)

Sponsor: 8th Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography

Organizer: James E. Overland, NOAA/PMEL

Papers:

11:00 AM

3.1

Progress in Operational Data Assimilation at the Canadian Ice Service

Tom Carrieres, EC, Ottawa, ON, Canada; and M. Buehner

Recorded presentation

11:15 AM

3.2

Forecasting sea ice concentration using a free-drift model and Kalman Filter

Michael Van Woert, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD

Recorded presentation

11:30 AM

3.3

Polar winds from satellite imagers for numerical weather prediction and climate applications

Jeffrey R. Key, Office of Research and Applications, NOAA/NESDIS, Madison, WI; and D. A. Santek, C. S. Velden, J. M. Daniels, W. Bresky, and W. P. Menzel

Recorded presentation

11:45 AM

3.4

An Improved Algorithm for Atmospheric Wind Retrievals from Satellite Soundings over the Polar Region

Cheng-Zhi Zou, NOAA/NESDIS/ORA and Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation, Camp Springs, MD; and W. Zheng

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (193.0 kB)

12:00 PM

3.5

Application of the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) Model in Antarctica

Jordan G. Powers, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and K. W. Manning and M. M. Lambertson

Poster PDF (433.4 kB)

6

Application of lightning data in atmospheric process studies 1: Assimilation and forecasting

Sponsor: Conference on Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data

Chair: Don MacGorman, NOAA/NSSL

Papers:

11:00 AM

6.1

Lightning and its application to improving short-range forecasting

Steven J. Goodman, NASA/MSFC, Huntsville, AL

Recorded presentation

11:30 AM

6.2

Lightning produced by cold season oceanic extratropical cyclones: Observations related to nowcasting storm development, intensity and precipitation amounts

Nicholas W. S. Demetriades, Vaisala, Inc., Tucson, AZ; and R. L. Holle

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (407.8 kB)

11:45 AM

6.3

Toward the Assimilation of Lightning Data over the Pacific Ocean into a Mesoscale NWP Model

Antti T. Pessi, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI; and S. Businger, T. Cherubini, K. L. Cummins, and T. Turner

Recorded presentation

12:00 PM

6.4

Lightning contribution to improvement of passive microwave vertical structure and rainfall estimation

Dennis J. Boccippio, NASA/MSFC, Huntsville, AL

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (944.3 kB)

Panel Discussion 2

COMMUNICATING RISK AND ENCOURAGING SELF-PROTECTIVE ACTION

Sponsor: AMS Forum: Living in the Coastal Zone

Organizer: Margaret A. Davidson, NOAA Coastal Services Center

Papers:

11:00 AM

PD2.0

Communicating Risk and Encouraging Self-Protective Action

Kathleen Tierney, Natural Hazards Center, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO

Recorded presentation

8

Interactive Processing Systems

Sponsor: 21st International Conference on Interactive Information Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology

Cochairs: Ward R. Seguin, NOAA/U.S. Weather Research Program Interagency Program Office; William F. Roberts, NOAA; Richard Thigpen, Consultant

Papers:

11:00 AM

8.1

Overview of meteorological workstation development in Europe (Invited Presentation)

Jens Daabeck, ECMWF, Reading, Berks., United Kingdom

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (118.4 kB)

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

8.3

Paper 8.3 has been moved to Poster Session P2, New Paper Number P2.14A

11:45 AM

8.4

An Advanced Linux Prototype of AWIPS

Herb Grote, NOAA/OAR/FSL, Boulder, CO; and D. Davis, C. Bullock, and J. Tuell

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (155.8 kB)

12:00 PM

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

Recorded presentation

12:15 PM

8.4a

Lunch Break

Exhibits Open

Lunch Break

Panel Discussion 1

Part II: Panel Session [with GOES-R Industry Partners Sponsored Box Lunch]

Sponsor: GOES-R/NPOESS Symposium

Papers:

12:15 PM

PD1.1

Potential U.S. Contributions to the GEOSS: Panel Members - Representatives of Selected Agencies of IWGEO U. S. Interagency Working Group on Earth Observations ]

William H. Hooke, NOAA/OAR, Silver Spring, MD; and D. Halpern, J. E. Jones Jr., R. Birk, G. B. Bailey, and J. Lyon

Recorded presentation

Lunch Break

6

The Second GEWEX Global Soil Wetness Project (GSWP-2)

Sponsor: 19th Conf on Hydrology

Organizer: Paul A. Dirmeyer, Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies

Papers:

1:00 PM

6.1

Transition of the Second Global Soil Wetness Project (GSWP-2) from Modeling Phase to Analysis Phase

Paul A. Dirmeyer, Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies, Calverton, MD; and X. Gao

Recorded presentation

1:15 PM

6.2

Validation of the GSWP2 baseline simulation

Kenji Tanaka, Kyoto University, Uji, Japan; and K. Yorozu, R. Hamabe, and S. Ikebuchi

http://?username=87730&password=981084

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (750.1 kB)

1:30 PM

6.3

The GSWP2 baseline simulations: summary evaluation

C. Adam Schlosser, MIT, Cambridge, MA; and P. A. Dirmeyer

Recorded presentation

1:45 PM

6.4

Multi-model analysis and validation in GSWP-2 (INVITED)

Xiang Gao, Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies, calverton, MD; and P. A. Dirmeyer

Recorded presentation

2:15 PM

6.5

Global water balance estimated by land surface models participated in the GSWP2 (INVITED PRESENTATION)

Taikan Oki, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan; and N. Hanasaki, Y. Shen, S. Kanae, K. Masuda, and P. A. Dirmeyer

http://hydro.iis.u-tokyo.ac.jp/~taikan

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (276.4 kB)

2:45 PM

6.6

Climatology of soil wetness and terrestrial water storage: comparison between model results and observational data

Kooiti Masuda, Frontier Research Center for Global Change / JAMSTEC, Yokohama, Japan; and J. Xu and K. Motoya

Poster PDF (155.2 kB)

3:00 PM

6.7

The Impact of Reservoir Operation on the Global River Discharge

Naota Hanasaki, The university of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan; and S. Kanae and T. Oki

Recorded presentation

3:15 PM

6.8

Creating a global 1-degree dataset of crop type and cropping calendar through the time series analysis of NDVI for GSWP2 simulation considering irrigation effect

Kazuaki Yorozu, Kyoto University, Uji, Japan; and K. Tanaka and S. Ikebuchi

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.7 MB)

3:30 PM

6.9

Sensitivity of simulated surface fluxes to vegetation greenness and leaf area index (LAI)

Helin Wei, NOAA/NCEP/EMC, Camp Springs, MD; and K. Mitchell, D. Lohmann, and M. Ek

3:45 PM

6.10

The sensitivity of soil moisture to external forcing in SSiB land surface scheme

Zhichang Guo, COLA, Calverton, MD; and P. Dirmeyer, X. Gao, and M. Zhao

Recorded presentation

4:00 PM

6.11

Global soil wetness using JMA new land surface scheme

Masahiro Hosaka, MRI, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

Recorded presentation

4:15 PM

6.12

Global Runoff Dataset Produced by GSWP2

Naota Hanasaki, The university of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan; and S. Kanae and T. Oki

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (791.0 kB)

4:30 PM

6.6a

Coffee Break

4

The Polar Oceans (Circulations)

Sponsor: 8th Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography

Organizer: Steve Vavrus, University of Wisconsin

Papers:

4.1

Arctic Straits: a high resolution model study

1:45 PM

4.2

Deep Water Mixing in the Arctic Ocean induced by Geothermal Heat Flow

Peter Winsor, WHOI, Woods Hole, MA; and G. Bjork

2:00 PM

4.3

P-Vector Method for Determining Arctic Ocean Circulation from the Joint US-Russian Hydrographic Data

Peter C. Chu, NPS, Monterey, CA; and C. W. Fan

Recorded presentation

2:15 PM

4.1a

Towards eddy permitting estimates of the global-ocean and sea-ice circulations (Formerly Paper Number P3.32)

Dimitris Menemenlis, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and C. Hill, A. Adcroft, J. M. Campin, B. Cheng, I. Fukumori, T. Lee, M. Steele, O. Wang, and J. Zhang

http://ecco.jpl.nasa.gov/cube_sphere/

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (307.9 kB)

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)

Sponsors: (Joint between the Fourth Conference on Artificial Intelligence Applications to Environmental Science; and the 21st International Conference on Interactive Information Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology )

Chair: Antonello Pasini, CNR

Papers:

1:30 PM

J6.0

Concluding Remarks and Discussion

Antonello Pasini, CNR, Rome, Italy

Recorded presentation

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

Poster PDF (202.1 kB)

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

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.2 MB)

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

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (159.5 kB)

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

http://babaksafa

Poster PDF (233.0 kB)

Joint Session 3

Living in the Coastal Zone (Joint between the IMPACT: 2004 Weather Symposium and the Third AMS Users Conference: Uses of and Needs for Weather and Climate Services in Managing Water Resources, Energy, and Ocean Transportation)

Sponsors: (Joint between the IMPACT: Weather 2004; and the Third Annual Users Conference )

Chair: Richard D. Knabb, NOAA/TPC/NHC

Papers:

1:30 PM

J3.1

2004 Atlantic Hurricane Season

Max Mayfield, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Miami, FL

Recorded presentation

2:00 PM

J3.2

Inland Flooding Associated With The 2004 Tropical Season

John Feldt, NWS/SERFC, Peachtree City, GA

Recorded presentation

2:30 PM

J3.3

Hurricane Tornadoes 2004

Eugene W. McCaul Jr., USRA, Huntsville, AL

Recorded presentation

3

Understanding Change in the Coastal Environment

Sponsor: AMS Forum: Living in the Coastal Zone

Organizer: Leonard J. Pietrafesa, North Carolina State University

Papers:

1:30 PM

3.1

paper 3.1 Moved, new paper number 2.1

1:31 PM

3.2

Trends and variations of Hurricane related precipitation

Thomas R. Karl, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and B. Gleason, D. Levinson, T. Wallis, L. J. Pietrafesa, L. Xie, and D. Dickey

Recorded presentation

1:45 PM

3.3

Climate Connections of Land-Falling Tropical Cyclones: A Case Study for North Carolina

Leonard J. Pietrafesa, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; and L. Xie, D. Dickey, T. R. Karl, and M. A. Davidson

Recorded presentation

2:00 PM

3.4

The San Diego hurricane of October 2, 1858

Michael Chenoweth, Independent Scholar, Elkridge, MD; and C. W. Landsea

Recorded presentation

2:15 PM

3.5

Effects of Climate Change on Resources and Society � National, Regional and Local Implications of the Recommendations of the US Commission on Ocean Policy

Paul Sandifer, NOAA, Charleston, SC

Recorded presentation

2:45 PM

3.1a

The coastal zone: impacts of change on ecosystems and human settlements, well-being and livelihoods

Gordon Young, UNESCO, Miollis, Paris, France

Recorded presentation

6

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)

7

Application of lightning data in atmospheric process studies 2: Climatological Studies

Sponsor: Conference on Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data

Chair: Larry Carey, Texas A&M University

Papers:

1:30 PM

7.1

GLOBAL LIGHTNING ACTIVITY

Hugh J. Christian Jr., NASA/MSFC, Huntsville, AL; and W. Petersen

2:00 PM

7.2

On the Use of Satellite Observations For Research in Meteorology and Climate Dynamics

William H. Beasley, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and D. J. Karoly and C. M. M. Noble

Recorded presentation

2:15 PM

7.3

TRMM observations of the basic relationship between ice water content and lightning

Walter A. Petersen, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and D. J. Boccippio and H. J. Christian

Poster PDF (354.7 kB)

2:30 PM

7.4

Thunderstorm Characteristics during the 2002 RACCI/LBA Field Campaign

Carlos Augusto Morales, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil; and M. E. Frediani and L. A. T. Machado

http://www.zeus.iag.usp.br

Poster PDF (253.6 kB)

2:45 PM

7.5

Application of ground-based lightning flash network data in flight planning for the NASA Intercontinental Chemical Transport Experiment � North America (INTEX-NA)

K. Pickering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and A. M. Thompson, T. Kucsera, L. Pfister, H. B. Selkirk, M. A. Avery, E. V. Browell, and R. Cohen

Recorded presentation

9

Advances and Applications in Transportation Weather Part II: Aviation

Sponsor: 21st International Conference on Interactive Information Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology

CoChair: David J. Pace, SAIC

Papers:

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

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (754.2 kB)

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

Poster PDF (249.0 kB)

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

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (167.6 kB)

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

http://www.research.ibm.com/weather/DT.html

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (2.9 MB)

2:30 PM

9.5

Volcanic ash coordination tool (VACT)

Dennis M. Rodgers, NOAA/FSL, Boulder, CO; and G. Pratt and J. M. Osiensky

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (147.2 kB)

2:45 PM

9.6

Describing and Demonstrating the Next-Generation Aviation Digital Data Service

Lynn Sherretz, NOAA - FSL, Boulder, CO; and G. Thompson

Recorded presentation

4

Results from IHOP_2002 and Mesoscale Studies using Lidar

Sponsor: 2nd Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications

Cochairs: Cyrille N. Flamant, Service d'A�ronomie, IPSL/CNRS; Tammy M. Weckwerth, NCAR

Papers:

1:30 PM

4.1

Along-frontal kinematic and moisture variability and the impact on convection initiation

Tammy M. Weckwerth, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and H. V. Murphey, C. Flamant, C. R. Pettet, and R. M. Wakimoto

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (2.0 MB)

1:45 PM

4.2

Moisture variability in the atmospheric boundary layer: a comparison of in situ and remote sensing measurements acquired during IHOP_2002 with Large-Eddy Simulations

Cyrille N. Flamant, Service d'A�ronomie, IPSL/CNRS, Paris, France; and F. W. Couvreux, T. M. Weckwerth, and F. F. Guichard

2:00 PM

4.3

LIDAR APPLICATIONS IN ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS: MEASUREMETNS OF WIND, MOISTURE AND BOUNDARY LAYER EVOLOUTION.

Belay B. Demoz, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and D. Whiteman, B. Gentry, G. Schwemmer, K. Evans, P. Di Girolamo, and J. Comer

Poster PDF (256.6 kB)

2:15 PM

4.4

Direct detection Doppler lidar wind measurements obtained during the 2002 International H2O Project (IHOP)

Bruce Gentry, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and S. Li, H. Chen, J. Comer, S. Mathur, and J. Dobler

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (130.1 kB)

2:30 PM

4.5

Aerosol Variability within the Marine Boundary Layer off the California Coast:

S. A. Wood, Simpson Weather Associates, Charlottesville, VA; and G. D. Emmitt and D. A. Bowdle

Recorded presentation

2:45 PM

4.6

Application of High Resolution Doppler Lidar data for wind energy assessment

Yelena L. Pichugina, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado and NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and R. M. Banta and N. D. Kelly

Poster PDF (221.7 kB)

3:00 PM

4.7

Comparison of lidar data with tower, profiler, radiosonde, and tethersonde data

Ron Calhoun, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ; and A. Wieser, M. Princevac, and C. Kottmeier

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (867.3 kB)

6

Climate Change Assessment Activities of the IPCC and the CCSP(parallel with Session 7)

Sponsor: 16th Conference on Climate Variability and Change

Cochairs: Piers M. de F. Forster, University of Reading UK; Dian J. Seidel, NOAA/ARL

Papers:

1:30 PM

6.1

Assessing climate change: A current perspective on progress and directions In IPCC working group 1

Susan Solomon, NOAA/AL, Boulder, CO; and D. Qin

2:00 PM

6.2

The CLIVAR/PAGES/IPCC workshop on a multi-millennia perspective on drought and implications for the future

Kevin E. Trenberth, NCAR, Boulder, CO

Recorded presentation

2:15 PM

6.3

Global climate sensitivity

Gerald A. Meehl, NCAR, Boulder, CO

Recorded presentation

2:30 PM

6.4

Radiative Forcing by Well-Mixed Greenhouse Gases: Estimates from GCMs in the IPCC AR4

William D. Collins, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and D. Fillmore, V. Ramaswamy, M. D. Schwarzkopf, and Q. Fu

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (101.4 kB)

2:45 PM

6.5

Radiative forcing of climate: expanding the concept

Daniel J. Jacob, Division of Engineering an Applied Sciences and Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA; and A. C. Staudt

Recorded presentation

3:00 PM

6.6

CCSP Decision Support Resources Development

James Mahoney, NOAA, Washington, DC; and R. Moss

Recorded presentation

3:30 PM

6.7

Temperature trends in the lower atmosphere: understanding and reconciling differences

Thomas R. Karl, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC

Recorded presentation

3:45 PM

6.8

Status Report on the CCSP Synthesis Product: Aerosols Properties and Their Impacts on Climate

Phil DeCola, NASA, Washington, DC; and D. Albritton

Recorded presentation

4:00 PM

6.9

Reducing the uncertainty in the North American carbon budget with atmospheric measurements and inverse transport models

David J. Hofmann, NOAA/CMDL, Boulder, CO; and L. Bruhwiler, W. Peters, and P. Tans

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (208.8 kB)

4:15 PM

6.10

NARCCAP, North American Regional Climate Change Assessment Program

Linda O. Mearns, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. Arritt, G. Boer, D. Caya, P. Duffy, F. Giorgi, W. J. Gutowski, I. M. Held, R. Jones, R. Laprise, L. R. Leung, J. Pal, J. Roads, L. Sloan, R. Stouffer, G. Takle, and W. Washington

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (137.5 kB)

4:30 PM

6.5a

Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall

2

Part III: NPOESS � [National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System]

Sponsor: GOES-R/NPOESS Symposium

Papers:

1:30 PM

2.1

Introductory Remarks: Future National Operational Environmental Satellites

Stephen A. Mango, NPOESS Integrated Program Office, Silver Spring, MD

Recorded presentation

1:35 PM

2.2

Meteorological Mission

Elbert (Joe) W. Friday, National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC

1:55 PM

2.3

Climate Mission

Berrien Moore III, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH

Recorded presentation

2:15 PM

2.4

Ocean Mission

Robert Winokur, Technical Director for the Oceanographer of the Navy, Washington, DC

Recorded presentation

2:35 PM

2.6

NPOESS Preparatory Project [NPP]

Jeffrey Privette, NASA/GSFC

Recorded presentation

2:50 PM

2.7

WindSat/Coriolis

Peter W. Gaiser, NRL, Washington, DC 20375, DC

Recorded presentation

3:05 PM

2.1a

Preparing the Way for NPOESS

John D. Cunningham, NOAA/NPOESS Integrated Program Office, Silver Spring, MD

Recorded presentation

3:30 PM

2.4a

Coffee Break

4:00 PM

2.7a

System of Systems Planning & Closing Remarks for Joint Symposium - Dr. Colleen N. Hartman, Deputy Assistant Administrator NOAA/NESDIS

Colleen N. Hartman, NOAA/NESDIS, Madison, WI

Recorded presentation

4:15 PM

2.4b

NPOESS Mission Capabilities

3

Ocean-atmosphere-land Observations, Models and Data Analysis

Sponsor: Sixth Conference on Coastal Atmospheric and Oceanic Prediction and Processes

Organizers: Frank Aikman, NOAA, NOS, MMAP; Jay Titlow III, WeatherFlow, Inc.

Papers:

1:30 PM

3.1

Progress with the POL Coastal Observatory

Roger Proctor, Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory, Liverpool, United Kingdom; and J. Howarth and P. Knight

Recorded presentation

1:45 PM

3.2

A 20+ year climatology of northwesterly surface wind along the California coast

Stephen V. Taylor, SIO/Univ. of California and Hydrologic Research Center, La Jolla, CA; and N. E. Graham, D. R. Cayan, and K. P. Georgakakos

2:00 PM

3.3

Investigation of flows within complex terrain and along coastlines using an airborne Doppler wind lidar: Observations and model comparisons

S. Greco, Simpson Weather Associates, Charlottesville, VA; and G. D. Emmitt

Poster PDF (647.7 kB)

2:15 PM

3.4

Observations and modeling of the coastal meteorology of the United Arab Emirates during the Unified Aerosol Experiment (2004)

Rebecca E. Eager, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC; and S. Raman, P. Childs, R. P. Boyles, J. S. Reid, and D. Westphal

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (469.2 kB)

2:30 PM

3.5

The Influence of the Great Lakes on warm season weather systems during BAMEX

Lance Bosart, SUNY, Albany, NY; and T. J. Galarneau, Jr.

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (2.4 MB)

3.6

Influence of MODIS vegetation data on sea breeze forecasts along the Mississippi Gulf coast using a mesoscale weather prediction model

3:00 PM

3.7

Seasonal evolution of the sea-land breeze circulation and its role in the precipitation climatology of northwestern Mexico

Michael Douglas, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and J. M. Galvez, J. F. Mejia, C. Brown, R. Orozco, and C. Watts

http://www.nssl.noaa.gov/projects/pacs/web/html/NAME/ENGLISH/index.html

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.1 MB)

3:15 PM

3.8

Observations and simulations of intense spring sea breezes along the New York � New Jersey coast

Stanley David Gedzelman, The City College of New York, New York, NY; and K. Y. Kong and S. A. Austin

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (130.2 kB)

3:30 PM

3.9

Do we understand the subtropical sea breeze?

John W. Nielsen-Gammon, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and K. R. Walter, C. C. Epifanio, and V. Chadwick

Recorded presentation

3:45 PM

3.10

Coastal zone boundary layer transitions in off-shore and on-shore flows observed by Doppler profiler and radar during the landfall of Tropical Storm Gabrielle

Kevin Knupp, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL; and J. Walters

Recorded presentation

4:00 PM

3.11

Prediction of Synoptic Current Reversals on the Louisiana-Texas Continental Shelf

Peter C. Chu, NPS, Monterey, CA; and L. M. Ivanov and O. Melnichenko

4:15 PM

3.12

Decadal variations of Mixed Layer Depth and biological response in the southern California current

Hey-Jin Kim, SIO/Univ. Of California, La Jolla, CA; and A. Miller, D. Neilson, and J. McGowan

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (483.9 kB)

4:30 PM

3.13

Airborne Doppler Wind Lidar Investigations of OLEs over the Eastern Pacific and the Implications for Flux Parameterizations

George D. Emmitt, Simpson Weather Associates, Charlottesville, VA; and C. O'Handley, S. Greco, R. Foster, and R. A. Brown

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (296.6 kB)

4:45 PM

3.14

Design and performance of smart balloons during the 2004 AIRMAP campaign

Steven Businger, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI; and R. Johnson and R. W. Talbot

Recorded presentation

5:00 PM

3.6a

Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall

Joint Session 7

Cyberinfrastructure to support atmospheric and Oceanic Education: Examples and strategies (Joint with 21IIPS and Education)

Sponsors: (Joint between the 14th Symp on Education; and the 21st International Conference on Interactive Information Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology )

Organizers: Thomas M. Whittaker, SSEC/CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin; Rajul Pandya, UCAR

Papers:

1:30 PM

J7.1

Geosciences education and cyberinfrastructure: an issue of local importance, but global dimensions

Clifford A. Jacobs, NSF, Arlington, VA

Recorded presentation

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

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