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Saturday, 28 January 2006
	7:30 AM-7:31 AM, Saturday Short Course and Student Conference Registration
Sunday, 29 January 2006
	7:30 AM-9:00 AM, Sunday Short Course Registration
	9:00 AM-6:00 PM, Sunday Conference Registration
Monday, 30 January 2006
	7:30 AM-6:00 PM, Monday Registration Continues through Thursday, 2 February
	9:00 AM-10:00 AM, Monday, A301 Session 1 Challenges and Opportunities in Aviation Weather
Organizers: Wayne R. Sand, Big Sky Weather Consulting, Bigfork, MT; Lynn A. Sherretz, NOAA/FSL, Boulder, CO
1.1 Transforming the US aviation weather enterprise to enable the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NGATS)   Jeffery N. Shane, US Department of Transportation, Washington, DC 9:00 AM 1.2 Weather support to aviation: thoughts for the future with emphasis on operational needs   John McCarthy, Aviation Weather Associates, Palm Desert, CA; and A. B. Carmichael 9:15 AM 1.3 Opportunities and challenges in servicing the increasingly congested NAS network   James E. Evans, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA 1.4 Weather forecasting services - and how to get from here to there   Dave Rodenhuis, FAA, Herndon, VA 9:30 AM Discussion
	10:15 AM-10:45 AM, Monday Coffee Break in Meeting Room Foyer (M1)
	10:45 AM-12:15 PM, Monday, A301 Session 2 Aviation Weather Problems- Unmet User Needs
Organizers: Lynn A. Sherretz, NOAA/FSL, Boulder, CO; Wayne R. Sand, Big Sky Weather Consulting, Bigfork, MT
10:45 AM 2.1 Unmet User Needs—ATCSCC   James Ries, FAA, Herndon, VA 2.2 Unmet User Needs—New York Airports   Leo Prusak, FAA, Flushing, NY 11:00 AM 2.3 Unmet User Needs—General Aviation   Bruce Landsberg, Air Safety Foundation, Frederick, MD 11:15 AM 2.4 Forecasts of Convection for Air Traffic Management Strategic Decision Making: Comparison of User Needs and Available Products   Thomas H. Fahey III, Northwest Airlines, Minneapolis, MN; and M. Phaneuf, W. S. Leber, M. W. Huberdeau, D. P. Morin, and D. L. Sims 11:30 AM 2.5 Revolutionary transformation to Next Generation Air Traffic System & impacts to Federal Aviation Administration's weather architecture   Cheryl G. Souders, FAA, Washington, DC; and R. C. Showalter 11:45 AM Discussion
	12:00 PM-1:10 PM, Monday Plenary Session 1 AMS Forum Kick-Off Luncheon (Cash & Carry available in the Meeting Room Foyer)
Chairs: Sue Grimmond, King's College, London United Kingdom; Steven Hanna, Harvard Univ., Boston, MA; Mark Andrews, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD
12:00 PM PL1.1 Forum opening   Gregory S. Forbes, The Weather Channel, Atlanta, GA; and M. Andrews, C. S. B. Grimmond, and S. R. Hanna 12:10 PM PL1.2 How should we compare and evaluate urban land surface models?   Martin Best, Met Office, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom 12:40 PM PL1.3 THUNDERSTORM IMPACTS: A MIX OF CURSES AND BLESSINGS   Stanley Changnon, Changnon Climatologist, Mahomet, IL
	1:30 PM-5:45 PM, Monday, A301 Session 3 FAA Aviation Weather Research Program
Organizer: Gloria J. Kulesa, FAA, Washington, DC
1:30 PM 3.1 Model development & enhancement PDT   Steven E. Koch, NOAA/FSL, Boulder, CO 1:45 PM 3.2 Recent success stories from the Inflight Icing PDT   Marcia K. Politovich, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and B. C. Bernstein 2:00 PM 3.3 The FAA AWRP Turbulence PDT   Robert D. Sharman, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and L. Cornman, J. K. Williams, S. E. Koch, and W. R. Moninger 2:15 PM 3.4 Aviation forecasts product development team   Lynn A. Sherretz, NOAA/FSL, Boulder, CO 2:30 PM Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break   4:00 PM 3.5 Advanced weather radar techniques: progress and future opportunities   Kimberly L. Elmore, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and G. Meymaris, T. L. Schneider, and D. J. Smalley 4:15 PM 3.6 Winter Weather PDT   Roy Rasmussen, NCAR, Boulder, CO 4:30 PM 3.7 FAA AWRP Convective Weather Product Development Team   Marilyn M. Wolfson, MIT, Lexington, MA; and C. K. Mueller 4:45 PM 3.8 Terminal and national ceiling and visibility PDTs   David A. Clark, MIT, Lexington, MA; and P. H. Herzegh 5:00 PM 3.8A National ceiling & visibility PDT   Paul H. Herzegh, NCAR, Boulder, CO 5:15 PM 3.9 Oceanic PDT   Cathy Kessinger, NCAR, Boulder, Colorado 5:30 PM 3.10 The FAA Aviation Weather Research Program Quality Assessment Product Development Team   Jennifer Mahoney, NOAA/ESRL/GSD, Boulder, CO; and B. G. Brown
	2:30 PM-4:00 PM, Monday, Exhibit Hall A2 Poster Session 1 FAA Aviation Weather Research Program Posters
P1.1 The WVSS-II: A commercial aircraft sensor for water vapor information   Rex J. Fleming, Global Aerospace,LLC, Boulder, CO; and R. D. May   P1.2 Activities of the AWRP Model Development & Enhancement PDT   Steven E. Koch, NOAA/FSL, Boulder, CO   P1.3 Inflight Icing PDT   Marcia K. Politovich, NCAR, Boulder, CO   P1.4 The Advanced Weather Radar and In-Flight Icing product development team winter weather polarimetric radar demonstration   Kimberly L. Elmore, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and M. K. Politovich   P1.5 Clear-air turbulence nowcasting and forecasting using in-situ turbulence measurements   Jennifer A. Abernethy, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. D. Sharman   P1.6 Evaluating effectiveness of the FAA's CIT avoidance guidelines   John K. Williams, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. K. Wolff, A. Cotter, and R. D. Sharman   P1.7 Aviation Forecasts PDT   Lynn Sherretz, NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and C. Wallace   P1.8 Single Radar Cartesian Grid and Adaptive Radar Mosaic System   Jian Zhang, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and K. Howard and S. Wang   P1.9 Gap-filling in 3D radar mosaic analysis using vertical profile of reflectivity   Jian Zhang, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and C. Langston and B. Clarke   P1.10 Synchronization of Multiple Radar Observations in 3D Radar Mosaic   Hongping Yang, Wuhan Institute of Heavy Rain, CMA, Wuhan, Hubei, China; and J. Zhang, C. Langston, and S. Wang   P1.11 Winter Weather Research Product Development Team Update   Roy M. Rasmussen, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and F. Hage   P1.11A FAA AWRP Convective Weather Product Development Team Poster   Marilyn Wolfson, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA; and C. K. Mueller   P1.13 Echo Top Forecast Generation and Evaluation of Air Traffic Flow Management Needs in the National Airspace System   William J. Dupree, MIT, Lexington, MA; and M. Robinson and R. DeLaura   P1.14 Determing key predictors for NCAR's Convective Auto-Nowcast system: Adjusting for different types of convective senarios   Thomas R. Saxen, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and C. Mueller and N. Rehak   P1.15 Terminal Ceiling & Visibility Product Development for Northeast Airports   David A. Clark, MIT, Lexington, MA   P1.16 Upgrade and Technology Transfer of the San Francisco Marine Stratus Forecast System to the National Weather Service   Chuck Ivaldi, MIT, Lexington, MA; and D. A. Clark and D. Reynolds   P1.17 Development of FAA National Ceiling and Visibility products: Challenges, strategies and progress   Paul Herzegh, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and G. Wiener, R. Bankert, S. Benjamin, R. Bateman, J. Cowie, M. Hadjimichael, M. Tryhane, and B. Weekley   P1.18 An overview of the design and implementation of the FAA national ceiling and visibility decision support system   G. Wiener, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and P. Herzegh, J. Cowie, and B. Weekley   P1.19 The FAA AWRP Oceanic Weather Program Development Team   Cathy Kessinger, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and P. Herzegh, G. Blackburn, R. Sharman, G. Wiener, B. Hendrickson, K. Levesque, J. Craig, T. Tsui, J. Hawkins, R. Bankert, E. Williams, M. Donovan, G. P. Ellrod, R. E. Kistler, and D. Fleming   P1.20 The Identification and Verification of Hazardous Convective Cells Over Oceans Using Visible and Infrared Satellite Observations   Michael Donovan, MIT, Lexington, MA; and E. Williams, C. Kessinger, G. Blackburn, P. H. Herzegh, R. L. Bankert, S. D. Miller, and F. R. Mosher   P1.21 A comparison of the Cloud Top Height Product (CTOP) and cloud-top heights derived from satellite, rawinsonde and radar   Lacey D. Holland, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and A. Takacs, B. Brown, E. Gilleland, R. Hueftle, and J. Wolff   P1.22 Comparing the FAA Cloud Top Height product and the NESDIS/CIMSS Cloud Top Pressure product in oceanic regions   Sean Madine, NOAA/FSL/CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Boulder, CO; and M. P. Kay and J. Mahoney   P1.23 A case study analysis of the Cloud-Top Height Product (CTOP) during the landfall of Hurricane Frances   Jamie K. Wolff, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and L. Holland, B. Brown, R. Hueftle, and A. Takacs   P1.24 The FAA Aviation Weather Research Program's Quality Assessment Product Development Team   Jennifer Mahoney, NOAA Forecast Systems Laboratory, Boulder, CO; and B. G. Brown
	5:30 PM, Monday Sessions end for the day (M)
	5:30 PM-7:30 PM, Monday Formal Opening of Exhibits with Reception (Cash Bar)
	7:30 PM, Monday Holton Symposium Banquet
Tuesday, 31 January 2006
	8:30 AM-9:45 AM, Tuesday, A301 Session 4 TAMDAR
8:30 AM 4.1 FAA–NASA collaboration on automated aircraft weather observations culminating in TAMDAR   Alfred Moosakhanian, FAA, Washington, DC; and S. Schmidt, E. R. Dash, T. S. Daniels, and P. Stough 8:45 AM 4.2 Automated Weather Reports from Aircraft: TAMDAR and the U.S. AMDAR Fleet   William R. Moninger, NOAA/ESRL/GSD, Boulder, CO; and T. S. Daniels and R. D. Mamrosh 9:00 AM 4.3 Aviation Applications of TAMDAR Aircraft Data Reports   Richard D. Mamrosh, NOAA/NWS, Green Bay, WI; and T. S. Daniels and W. R. Moninger 9:15 AM 4.4 Tropospheric Airborne Meteorological Data Reporting (TAMDAR) Sensor Eddy Dissipation Rate Performance in UND Citation II Flight Tests   Larry B. Cornman, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and M. Poellot, D. Mulally, and P. Schaffner 9:30 AM 4.5 Impact of TAMDAR humidity, temperature, and wind observations in RUC parallel experiments   Stan Benjamin, NOAA/FSL, Boulder, CO; and W. Moninger, T. L. Smith, B. Jamison, and B. Schwartz
	9:45 AM-11:00 AM, Tuesday Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break (T1)
	9:45 AM, Tuesday, Exhibit Hall A2 Poster Session 2 TAMDAR Posters
P2.1 moved to 2.4A in 10 IOAS-AOLS program     P2.2 Assessment of TAMDAR System Performance on Various Aircraft Types   Dan Mulally, AirDat, LLC., Evergreen, CO; and C. M. Druse and P. Marinello
	9:45 AM, Tuesday, A301 Poster Session 3 Ceiling and Visibility—Winter Weather Posters
P3.1 Marine Layer Stratus Study at Vandenberg AFB 16 August 2004 -17 September 2004   Leonard A. Wells, 30th Weather Squadron, Vandenberg AFB, CA   P3.2 A study of rapidly developing low cloud ceilings in a stable atmosphere at the Florida Spaceport   Mark M. Wheeler, ENSCO, Inc., Cocoa Beach, FL; and J. L. Case and G. W. Baggett   P3.3 Fog during the 2004–2005 winter season in the northern mid-atlantic states: spatial characteristics and behaviors as a function of synoptic weather types   Paul J. Croft, Kean Univ., Union, NJ; and A. N. Burton   P3.4 Some results from a sounding enhanced observing period focusing on low ceiling and visibility conditions in the northeastern United States   Robert Tardif, NCAR, Boulder, CO   P3.5 A comparison of atmospheric profiles using a twelve channel microwave profiling radiometer and radiosondes during low ceiling events   Scott D. Landolt, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. Tardif and P. H. Herzegh   P3.6 A Characterization of NWP Ceiling and Visibility Forecasts for the Terminal Airspace   Paul E. Bieringer, MIT, Lexington, MA; and M. Donovan, F. Robasky, D. Clark, and J. Hurst   P3.7 Visibility parameterization from microphysical observations for warm fog conditions and its application to the Canadian MC2 model   Ismail Gultepe, Environment Canada, Toronto, ON, Canada; and J. Milbrand and S. Bélair   P3.8 Demonstration of the use of Runway Visual Range (RVR) visibility sensors for estimating snowfall rates throughout the airport domain   Thomas A. Seliga, Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, Cambridge, MA; and D. A. Hazen and S. Burnley   P3.9 Impacts of the December 22, 2004 winter storm on FedEx's Memphis operation   Erik A. Proseus, FedEx Express, Memphis, TN; and T. K. Hansen   P3.10 Comparison of 2 hour forecasts based on persistence and a cross-correlation technique   Steven V. Vasiloff, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK   P3.11 The regime in which the daylight visual range exceeds Allard's RVR   J. P. Pichamuthu, Sir M. Visvesvaraya Institute of Technology, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
	9:45 AM-11:00 AM, Tuesday, Exhibit Hall A2 Poster Session 4 Future Aviation Weather Delivery Posters
P4.1 Paper Being Presented as J3.7   John A. May, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/Aviation Weather Center, Kansas City, Missouri; and S. Albersheim P4.3 Challenges for Teaching the General Aviation Pilot in Glass Cockpit Technologies   Scott R. Winter, Minnesota State Univ., Mankato, MN; and C. S. Keen   P4.4 Distance learning training for aviation forecasters: The impact of weather on air traffic management   Daniel K. Cobb Jr., NOAA/NWSFO, Caribou, ME; and T. W. Dulong, V. C. Johnson, and C. A. West   P4.5 DLAC2—Training Forecasters To Better Serve Our Aviation Customers   Gregory Byrd, UCAR/COMET, Boulder, CO; and C. Weiss
	9:45 AM, Tuesday, Exhibit Hall A2 Poster Session 5 Low Altitude Wind Shear and Wake Vortices Posters
P5.1 Preliminary synoptic climatology of cool season severe weather for the philadelphia national weather service county warning area and vicinity   Paul J. Croft, Kean Univ., Union, NJ; and M. G. Stroz   P5.2 Low-altitude wind conditions on helios flight days at Kauai, HI   L. J. Ehernberger, NASA, Lancaster, CA   P5.3 Evaluation of wind algorithms for reporting wind speed and gust for use in air traffic control towers   Thomas A. Seliga, Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, Cambridge, MA; and D. A. Hazen   P5.4 Evaluation of Pulsed Lidar Wind Hazard Detection at Las Vegas International Airport   Christopher Keohan, FAA, Oklahoma City, OK; and K. Barr and S. M. Hannon   P5.5 Wind measurements with high-energy Doppler lidar   Grady J. Koch, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA; and M. J. Kavaya, B. Barnes, J. Y. Beyon, M. Petros, J. Yu, F. Amzajerdian, and U. Singh   P5.6 Generation of eddy dissipation rate map at the Hong Kong International Airport based on Doppler LIDAR data   P. W. Chan, Hong Kong Observatory, Hong Kong, China   P5.7 A climatological study of low-level internal gravity waves in precipitating environments over the Kanto Plain, Japan   Kenichi Kusunoki, MRI, Tsukuba, Japan   P5.8 High resolution numerical modelling of windshear episodes at the Hong Kong International Airport   K.C. Szeto, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China; and P. W. Chan   P5.9 Acoustic technology for aircraft wake vortex detection   Rebecca J. Rodenhiser, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA; and W. W. Durgin and H. Johari   P5.10 Validation of SODAR real-time sensing and visualisation of wake vortices   Stuart Bradley, Univ. of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand   P5.11 Operational reliability and accuracy of SODARs in wing vortex characterization   Stuart Bradley, Univ. of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand; and S. Von Hünerbein and K. H. Underwood
	9:45 AM, Tuesday, Exhibit Hall A2 Poster Session 6 Polarimetric Radar Posters
P6.1 Winter precipitation type classification with a polarimetric WSR-88D radar   Terry J. Schuur, Univ. of Oklahoma/CIMMS and NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and A. V. Ryzhkov and S. Giangrande   P6.2 Development and testing of a dual-pol-based surface precipitation type algorithm   Kevin A. Scharfenberg, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma and NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK   P6.3 Optimization of hydrometeor classification using multivariate statistical techniques   Pamela L. Heinselman, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and K. Elmore   P6.4 Polarimetric Prototype of the WSR-88D Radar Observations of Birds and Insect   Pengfei Zhang, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and A. V. Ryzhkov and D. Zrnic
	9:45 AM, Tuesday, Exhibit Hall A2 Poster Session 7 Turbulence Posters
P7.1 Turbulence in MCS anvils: observations and analyses from BAMEX   Randall S. Collander, NOAA/FSL, Boulder, CO; and E. Tollerud, B. Jamison, F. Caracena, C. Lu, and S. E. Koch   P7.2 Case Study of Turbulence within a Frontal Boundary—WSR-88D and PIREP Investigation   Lee E. Branscome, Climatological Consulting Corporation, Palm Beach Gardens, FL; and M. N. Campbell   P7.3 Observations and high-resolution simulations of a severe turbulence and downslope windstorm event   James D. Doyle, NRL, Monterey, CA; and N. A. Bond and Q. Jiang   P7.4 The development of a vertical wind shear model for the lower stratosphere in support of the High Altitude Airship   George D. Modica, AER, Lexington, MA; and T. Nehrkorn and T. T. Myers   P7.5 The use of high resolution simulations to reproduce turbulence encounters   Robert D. Sharman, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and W. D. Hall, H. -. M. Hsu, T. L. Keller, and T. P. Lane   P7.6 High-resolution numerical simulations of gravity wave-induced turbulence in association with an upper-level jet system   Chungu Lu, NOAA/ERL/FSL, Boulder, CO; and W. D. Hall and S. E. Koch   P7.7 Results of initial WRF-based turbulence and icing algorithm testing   Gordon R. Brooks, Air Force Weather Agency, Offutt AFB, NE; and A. M. McCawley   P7.8 Using in situ eddy dissipation rate (EDR) observations for turbulence forecast verification   Agnes Takacs, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and L. Holland, R. Hueftle, B. G. Brown, and A. Holmes   P7.10 Terrain-induced Rotor Experiment: Mountain waves, rotors, and clear-air turbulence   Vanda Grubisic, DRI, Reno, NV; and J. P. Kuettner
	9:45 AM, Tuesday, Exhibit Hall A2 Poster Session 8 Satellite Applications and Volcanic Ash Detection Posters
P8.1 Observing clear air turbulence indirectly in satellite imagery   Anthony Wimmers, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and W. F. Feltz   P8.2 Satellite-based aviation weather applications for convection, visibility, turbulence, and volcanic ash   Wayne F. Feltz, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and K. Bedka, A. Wimmers, M. Pavolonis, S. Bedka, S. A. Ackerman, J. R. Mecikalski, J. J. Murray, and D. B. Johnson   P8.3 Statistical relationships between satellite-derived mesoscale atmospheric motion vectors, rawinsondes, and NOAA wind profiler network observations   Kristopher M. Bedka, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and W. F. Feltz, J. R. Mecikalski, R. A. Petersen, and C. S. Velden   P8.4 The use of MODIS water vapro imagery, NWP model analysis, and pilot reports to diagnose turbulent mountain waves   Nathan Uhlenbrock, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and S. A. Ackerman, W. F. Feltz, R. D. Sharman, and J. R. Mecikalski   P8.5 Improved satellite-based volcanic ash detection and height estimates   Michael J. Pavolonis, NOAA/NESDIS, Madison, WI; and W. F. Feltz and A. Heidinger   P8.6 Volcanic ash cloud heights using the MODIS CO2-slicing algorithm   Michael Richards, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and S. A. Ackerman, M. J. Pavolonis, and W. F. Feltz   P8.7 Development and testing of the Volcanic Ash Coordination Tool (VACT)   Dennis M. Rodgers, NOAA/FSL, Boulder, CO; and G. Pratt and J. M. Osiensky   P8.8 A global contrail climatology   Martin Stuefer, Univ. of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK; and G. Wendler   P8.9 Operational Satellite Analysis Techniques of Volcanic Ash Detection and Height Determination at the Washington Volcanic Ash Advisory Center (VAAC): Methods, Problems, and New Techniques   Gregory M. Gallina, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Spring, MD
	11:00 AM-6:00 PM, Tuesday Exhbits Open (T)
	11:00 AM-12:15 PM, Tuesday, A307 Joint Session 2 Use of Lightning Data in Aviation Operations (Joint with Second Conference on Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data and 12th Conference on Avaition, Range and Aerospace Meteorology)
Chairs: Martin J. Murphy, Vaisala, Tucson, AZ; Mark E. Weber, MIT, Lexington, MA
11:00 AM J2.1 Total lightning activity as diagnostic for severe weather   Earle Williams, MIT, Lexington, MA 11:15 AM J2.2 Utility of Total Lightning Data in the NCAR Thunderstorm Nowcast System   Cynthia Mueller, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and D. Breed, T. Saxen, and N. L. Wilson 11:30 AM J2.3 Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM)   Hugh J. Christian Jr., NASA/MSFC, Huntsville, AL 11:45 AM J2.4 VHF lightning detection and storm tracking from GPS orbit   David Michael Suszcynsky, LANL, Los Alamos, NM; and K. C. Wiens and A. Jacobson 12:00 PM J2.5 Overview of capabilities and performance of the U.S. National Lightning Detection Network   Martin J. Murphy, Vaisala, Tucson, AZ; and N. W. S. Demetriades, R. L. Holle, and K. L. Cummins
	11:00 AM-12:15 PM, Tuesday, A301 Session 5 Ceiling and Visibility—Winter Weather
Organizers: David A. Clark, MIT, Lexington, MA; Roy Rasmussen, NCAR, Boulder, CO
11:00 AM 5.1 A climatological study of low ceiling and fog associated with the occurrence of precipitation in the northeastern United States   Robert Tardif, NCAR, Boulder, CO 11:15 AM 5.2 Statistical Forecasting of Ceiling for New York City Airspace Based on Routine Surface Observations   Frank M. Robasky, MIT, Lexington, MA; and F. W. Wilson 11:30 AM 5.3 Cloud and hydrometeor analysis using metar, radar, and satellite data within the RUC/Rapid-Refresh model   Stephen Weygandt, NOAA/FSL, Boulder, CO; and S. G. Benjamin, D. Dévényi, J. M. Brown, and P. Minnis 11:45 AM 5.4 An exploration of blending techniques for use in production of automated forecasts of ceiling height and visibility   Matthew L. Tryhane, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and P. H. Herzegh, G. Wiener, J. Cowie, and B. Weekley 12:00 PM 5.5 The impact of winter weather at the two major airports in Germany   Thomas Hauf, Univ. of Hannover, Hannover, Germany; and P. Röhner
	12:15 PM, Tuesday Plenary Session Presidential Forum with Boxed Lunch (Lunch will be available for purchase outside the meeting room.)
	1:45 PM-6:00 PM, Tuesday, A311 Joint Session 3 Future Delivery of Aviation Weather Services (Joint With 12th Conference on Aviation Range and Aerospace Meteorology, 22nd International Conference on Interactive Information Processing Systems for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology, and Forum: Environmental Risk and Impacts on Society: Successes and Challenges)
Organizers: Timothy L. Wilfong, Sr., ENSCO, Inc, Boulder, CO; David Pace, SAIC, Washington, DC
1:45 PM J3.1 Weather information in the next generation air transportation system   K. Johnston 2:00 PM J3.2 Network-centric dissemination of aviation weather information   Ken Leonard, FAA, Washington, DC 2:15 PM J3.3 Implications of a Successful Benefits Demonstration for ATM/Weather System Development and Testing   James Evans, MIT, Lexington, MA J3.4 Future delivery of weather products and services in the NAS   Don Zarefoss, Lockheed Martin Air Traffic Management, Rockville, MD 2:30 PM J3.4A Challenges and Opportunities in the Architecture of the Next-Generation Aviation Weather Dissemination System   Rich DeLaura, MIT, Lexington, MA 2:45 PM Discussion   3:00 PM Coffee Break in the Exhibit Hall   3:30 PM J3.5 FLYSAFE - meteorological hazard nowcasting, driven by the needs of the pilot   R. W. Lunnon, Met Office, Exeter, United Kingdom; and T. Hauf, T. Gerz, and P. Josse 3:45 PM J3.6 Delivery of Aviation Weather Services in Canada   Richard E. Jones, EC, Dorval, QC, Canada 4:00 PM J3.7 National Weather Service Graphical Hazards for Aviation   Jack May, NOAA/NWS, Kansas City, MO; and S. Albersheim 4:15 PM J3.8 Atlanta Holding Case Study: Identifying a need for the Advancement of En Route Meteorology Programs   Charles A. West, NOAA/NWS, Hampton, GA; and S. Sellars 4:30 PM J3.9 Hub Forecast Prototype Test   Dave Rodenhuis, Air Traffic Organization/FAA, Herndon, VA; and D. Torbert 4:45 PM J3.10 Real Time Aviation Forecasting at WSI   Peter J. Sousounis, WSI Corporation, Andover, MA; and J. Menard 5:00 PM J3.11 Prototyping Tactical Decision Aids for the Aviation Forecast Preparation System   Michael Graf, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and M. Peroutka, T. Boyer, G. Trojan, M. Oberfield, and T. Amis J3.12 Common Situational Awareness: the strategic and tactical value of aviation weather information   Michael A. Rossetti, Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, Cambridge, MA; and T. A. Seliga 5:15 PM P1.5 Effective Retrieval Performed by DIMES with the Application of Lucene   Ruixin Yang, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA; and Y. Zhao and M. Kafatos
	1:45 PM-5:30 PM, Tuesday, A301 Session 6 Current Issues and Topics in Aviation Weather
Organizers: Kimberly L. Elmore, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; Christopher Keohan, FAA, Oklahoma City, OK
1:45 PM 6.1 Aviation Weather Hazard Detection with Polarimetric Radar   Edward A. Brandes, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and K. Ikeda, K. Elmore, A. V. Ryzhkov, and T. J. Schuur 2:00 PM 6.2 Airport air quality: Impact of emissions from aircraft in ground run and flight   Angus Graham, Manchester Metropolitan Univ., Manchester, United Kingdom; and D. Raper 2:15 PM 6.3 Observations and simulations of gravity waves and turbulence during the Atlantic THORPEX Regional Campaign   Robert D. Sharman, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and H. M. Hsu, W. D. Hall, M. A. Shapiro, T. P. Lane, and J. J. Murray 2:30 PM 6.4 Improved clear air turbulence diagnostics based on adjustment dynamics   John A. Knox, Univ. of Georgia, Athens, GA; and G. P. Ellrod and P. D. Williams 2:45 PM 6.5 Progress in development of an Airborne Turbulence Detection System   David W. Hamilton, NASA/LARC, Hampton, VA; and F. H. Proctor 3:00 PM 6.6 Adding space weather to the mix of aviation weather services   Joseph Kunches, NOAA/Space Environment Center, Boulder, CO 3:15 PM Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall   3:45 PM 6.7 Review of real-time wake vortex prediction models   Fred H. Proctor, NASA/LARC, Hampton, VA; and D. W. Hamilton 4:00 PM 6.8 Skill of an aircraft wake vortex transport and decay model using weather prediction and observation   Michael Frech, DLR/German Aerospace Center, Wessling, Germany; and F. Holzäpfel 4:15 PM 6.9 LOW ALTITUDE WIND SHEAR HAZARDS: GROUND BASED DETECTION AND COMMERCIAL AVIATION USER NEEDS   Thomas H. Fahey III, Northwest Airlines, Minneapolis, MN; and C. M. Shun, A. VanGerpen, J. Asano, and T. Nguyen 4:30 PM P5.4 Evaluation of Pulsed Lidar Wind Hazard Detection at Las Vegas International Airport   Christopher Keohan, FAA, Oklahoma City, OK; and K. Barr and S. M. Hannon 4:45 PM 6.11 Operational LIDAR-based system for automatic windshear alerting at the Hong Kong International Airport   P. W. Chan, Hong Kong Observatory, Hong Kong, China; and C. M. Shun and K. C. Wu 5:00 PM 6.12 The Toronto Air France Flight 358 Incident   Paul Joe, MSC, Downsview, ON, Canada 5:15 PM 6.13 The Advanced Satellite Aviation Weather Products (ASAP) initiative: Research and transition activities in convective, turbulence and volcanic ash forecasting   John R. Mecikalski, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and T. A. Berendes, W. F. Feltz, K. M. Bedka, S. J. Paech, J. J. Murray, and D. B. Johnson
	5:30 PM, Tuesday Sessions end for the day (T)
Wednesday, 1 February 2006
	8:30 AM-10:00 AM, Wednesday, A301 Session 7A Aircraft Icing Workshop - Part 1. Aircraft Icing Issues: Freezing Drizzle & Icing Intensity
Chairs: Marcia K. Politovich, NCAR, Boulder, CO; Gene Addy, NASA Glenn Research Center at Lewis Field, Cleveland, OH
8:30 AM 7A.1 FAR Appendix X   Eugene Hill, FAA, Renton, WA 9:00 AM 7A.2 Freezing drizzle detection with WSR-88D radars   Kyoko Ikeda, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. M. Rasmussen and E. A. Brandes 9:15 AM 7A.3 Origins and evolution of the icing intensity definitions for aircraft   Richard Jeck, FAA Technical Center, Atlantic City International Airport, NJ 9:45 AM 7A.4 Icing effects on airfoils   Gene Addy, NASA Glenn Research Center at Lewis Field, Cleveland, OH
	10:00 AM-10:30 AM, Wednesday Coffee Break in Meeting Room Foyer (W1)
	10:30 AM-1:15 PM, Wednesday, A301 Session 7B Aircraft Icing Workshop - Part 2. Perspectives on an Icing Case Study
Chairs: Marcia K. Politovich, NCAR, Boulder, CO; Gene Addy, NASA Glenn Research Center at Lewis Field, Cleveland, OH
10:30 AM 7B.0A Session Overview   Gene Addy, NASA Glenn Research Center at Lewis Field, Cleveland, OH 10:45 AM 7B.1 Airport Vicinity Icing and Snow Advisor: 11 November 2003 Case Study   George Isaac, Meteorological Service of Canada, Downsview, ON, Canada; and S. Cober, N. Donaldson, I. Gultepe, N. Driedger, D. Hudak, A. Glazer, J. Reid, P. Rodriguez, J. W. Strapp, and F. Fabry 11:00 AM 7B.2 Retrievals of liquid water path based on AMSR-E observations during AIRS II   Merritt N. Deeter, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. Vivekanandan 11:15 AM 7B.3 Verification of aviation icing algorithms from the Second Alliance Icing Research Study   Michael B. Chapman, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and A. Holmes and C. A. Wolff 11:30 AM 7B.4 A ground-based remote icing detection system (GRIDS) perspective on the November 11, 2003 SLD case during AIRS2   Timothy L. Schneider, NOAA/ETL, Boulder, CO; and W. C. Campbell 11:45 AM 7B.5 WRF Simulations of the November 11, 2003 AIRS II field experiment   William Hall, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and P. R. Field, R. Rasmussen, and G. Thompson 12:00 PM 7B.6 Performance of RUC13 and WRFRUC13 forecasts for the AIRS-2 11 November 2003 icing case   John M. Brown, NOAA/FSL, Boulder, CO; and T. G. Smirnova and S. G. Benjamin 12:15 PM 7B.7 Assessment of the 11 November 2003 AIRS-II icing event by CIP   Ben C. Bernstein, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and F. McDonough, C. A. Wolff, and M. K. Politovich 12:30 PM 7B.8 Comparison of Airborne W-band Radar and In-situ Cloud Data During AIRS II: Nov 11, 2003 Case   Mengistu Wolde, Institute for Aerospace Research/National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada 12:45 PM 7B.9 System of Icing Geographic identification in Meteorology for Aviation   Christine Le Bot, Météo-France, Toulouse, France 1:00 PM 7B.10 T-probe for measurements of Mixed Phase   John Hallet, Desert Research Institute, Reno, Nv., Reno, NV
	11:00 AM-7:30 PM, Wednesday Exhibits Open (W)
	12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Wednesday Lunch Break (Cash & Carry available in the Exhibit Hall) (W)
	1:30 PM-5:30 PM, Wednesday, A301 Session 8 Range and Aerospace
Chairs: Karen Shelton-Mur, DOT, Washington, DC; Todd M. McNamara, 45th Weather Squadron, USAF, Patrick AFB, FL
1:30 PM 8.1 Shuttle Weather Support From Design To Launch To Return To Flight   Dan G. Bellue, NOAA/NWS, Johnson Space Center, TX; and W. W. Vaughan, B. F. Boyd, J. T. Madura, T. Garner, K. A. Winters, J. Weems, and H. C. Herring 1:45 PM 8.2 Current Activities of the Range Commanders Council Meteorology Group   Richard G. Henning, 46th Weather Squadron, Eglin AFB, FL; and B. C. Roberts 2:00 PM 8.3 Natural and triggered lightning launch commit criteria   E. P. Krider, Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and H. J. Christian, J. E. Dye, H. C. Koons, J. T. Madura, F. J. Merceret, W. D. Rust, R. L. Walterscheid, and J. C. Willett 2:15 PM 8.4 The Scientific Basis for a Radar-Based Lightning Launch Commit Criterion for Anvil Clouds   J. E. Dye, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and M. Bateman, D. Mach, C. A. Grainger, H. J. Christian, H. C. Koons, E. P. Krider, F. J. Merceret, and J. C. Willett 2:30 PM Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break   4:00 PM 8.5 The Definition and Interpretation of Terrestrial Environment Design Inputs for Aerospace Vehicle Design Considerations   Dale L. Johnson, NASA/MSFC, Huntsville, AL; and V. W. Keller and W. W. Vaughan 4:15 PM 8.6 Ensuring Environmental Safety for Space Launch   B. F. Boyd, 45th Weather Squadron, Patrick AFB, FL; and M. E. Fitzpatrick, C. R. Parks, P. N. Rosati, and R. W. Lamoreaux 4:30 PM 8.7 Implementing the VAHIRR Launch Commit Criteria using existing radar products   Francis J. Merceret, NASA, Kennedy Space Center, FL; and M. McAleenan, T. M. McNamara, J. W. Weems, and W. P. Roeder 4:45 PM 8.8 Commercially licensed launch site and reentry site operations   Stewart Jackson, DOT, Washington, DC; and K. Shelton-Mur 5:00 PM 8.9 Triggered lightning risk assessment for reusable launch vehicles at the Southwest Regional and Oklahoma Spaceports   John C. Willett, Consultant, Garrett Park, MD; and E. P. Krider, G. S. Peng, F. S. Simmons, G. W. Law, K. Shelton-Mur, and R. W. Seibold 5:15 PM 8.10 An Analysis of Lightning Risk and Convective Cloud Cover for Two Proposed Commercial Spaceport Sites   Grace S. Peng, The Aerospace Corporation, Los Angeles, CA
	2:30 PM-4:00 PM, Wednesday, Exhibit Hall A2 Poster Session 9 Aircraft Icing Posters
P9.1 Progress in the development of practical remote detection of icing conditions   Andrew Reehorst, NASA Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, OH; and M. K. Politovich, S. Zednik, G. A. Isaac, and S. Cober   P9.2 Supercooled cloud scale length and correlative relationships   Charles C. Ryerson, EDRC/CRREL, Hanover, NH; and G. G. Koenig, C. L. Scott, and E. V. Phetteplace   P9.3 Satellite cloud products for air weather safety applications in remote areas   P. Minnis, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA; and L. Nguyen, W. L. Smith, Jr., J. J. Murray, D. A. Spangenberg, R. Palikonda, and Q. Trepte   P9.4 Comparison of NASA Icing Remote Sensing System and Balloonsonde Measurements at AIRS II   David J. Brinker, NASA Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, OH; and A. L. Reehorst   P9.5 The new CIP icing severity product   Ben C. Bernstein, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and F. McDonough, C. A. Wolff, M. K. Politovich, G. Cunning, S. Mueller, and S. Zednik P9.6 Characterization of satellite cloud products for application in an aircraft icing prediction system   Julie A. Haggerty, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and S. Landolt, J. Simard, C. Wolff, B. Bernstein, and P. Minnis   P9.7 Parameterizating Convective Vertical Motions for Aircraft Icing Forecasts   Donald W. McCann, McCann Aviation Weather Research, Inc., Overland Park, KS   P9.8 Point comparisons of research aircraft data to GOES-derived cloud products   Cory A. Wolff, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. A. Haggerty
	2:30 PM-4:00 PM, Wednesday, Exhibit Hall A2 Poster Session 10 Range and Aerospace Posters
P10.1 Environmental impacts to responsive space launch at the Eastern and Western Ranges   Sheryl F. Thorp, Boston College/AFRL, Hanscom AFB, MA   P10.2 Recent Weather Support Improvement Initiatives by the 45th Weather Squadron   William P. Roeder, 45th Weather Squadron, Patrick AFB, FL; and J. Weems and W. H. Bauman   P10.3 Implementing the VAHIRR algorithm on the NEXRAD ORPG and AWIPS   Robert Gillen, ENSCO Inc., Cocoa Beach, FL; and F. J. Merceret and J. Miller   P10.4 An overview of Kodiak Launch Complex operational weather support for the Missile Defense Agency's Integrated Flight Test 13 and 14 launches   Gregory D. Wilke, SAIC, Cape Canaveral, FL   P10.5 A weather decision aid for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle missions   David I. Knapp, U.S. Army Research Laboratory, White Sands Missile Range, NM; and J. Raby, E. Measure, R. C. Brown, and V. Gupta   P10.6 A Worldwide Three-Dimensional Cloud Analysis System   Michael A. Kelly, Johns Hopkins Univ., Laurel, MD; and D. B. Holland, P. J. McEvaddy, and M. G. Taylor   P10.7 The atmospheric turbulence at the Alcantara Space Center, Brazil   Gilberto F. Fisch, Centro Tecnico Aeroespacial, Sao Jose dos Campos, SP, Brazil   P10.8 Spatial properties of wind differences in the lowest three kilometers of the atmosphere   Francis J. Merceret, NASA, Kennedy Space Center, FL; and J. G. Ward   P10.9 An updated warm-season convective wind climatology for Cape Canaveral Air Force Station/Kennedy Space Center   Andrew N. Loconto, Plymouth State Univ., Plymouth, NH; and J. P. Koermer and W. P. Roeder
	3:45 PM, Wednesday Sessions end for the day (W)
	4:00 PM-5:30 PM, Wednesday, A304 Joint Session 1 Calibration and Verification of Probabilistic Forecast Products (Joint between 12th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology and the 18th Conference on Probability and Statistics)
Cochairs: Joseph T. Schaefer, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/SPC, Norman, OK; Jennifer Mahoney, NOAA/FSL, Boulder, CO
4:00 PM J1.1 An evaluation of impacts of grid resolution on the verification of aviation weather forecasts   Michael B. Chapman, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and B. G. Brown and A. Takacs 4:15 PM J1.2 An approach for calibration of probabilistic forecasts with limited observational data   Barbara G. Brown, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and B. C. Bernstein 4:30 PM J1.3 Collaborative Convective Forecast Product (CCFP) Issuance Analysis   Stacey Seseske, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and J. E. Hart 4:45 PM J1.4 Quality Assessment of the National Ceiling and Visibility Analysis Product   Tressa L. Fowler, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and M. Pocernich, J. T. Braid, A. Holmes, and R. E. Bateman 5:00 PM J1.5 Measuring the decision support value of probabilistic forecasts   F. Wesley Wilson, NCAR, Boulder, CO 5:15 PM J1.6 An overview of the National Weather Service (NWS) verification for Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF) using Stats on Demand   Michael Graf, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and C. K. Kluepfel and A. Rorke
	5:30 PM-7:30 PM, Wednesday Reception in the Exhibit Hall (Cash Bar)
	7:30 PM, Wednesday AMS Annual Awards Banquet
Thursday, 2 February 2006
	8:30 AM-11:30 AM, Thursday, A301 Session 9 Advances in 0–6 Hour Forecasting for Aviation
Cochairs: James W. Wilson, NCAR, Boulder, CO; Cindy K. Mueller, NCAR, Boulder, CO
8:30 AM 9.1 From the 13km RUC to the Rapid Refresh   Stan Benjamin, NOAA/FSL, Boulder, CO; and D. Devenyi, T. Smirnova, S. Weygandt, J. M. Brown, S. Peckham, K. Brundage, T. L. Smith, G. Grell, and T. Schlatter 8:45 AM 9.2 Assimilation of Radar Data and Short-Range Prediction of Thunderstorms using 3DVAR, Cloud Analysis and Ensemble Kalman Filter Methods   Ming Xue, SOM/CAPS/Univ.of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and M. Tong and M. Hu 9:00 AM 9.3 Winter Weather Nowcasting at Airports   Roy M. Rasmussen, NCAR, Boulder, CO 9:15 AM 9.4 Experiments in very short period forecasting of convective storms using radar extrapolation and numerical weather prediction methods   James W. Wilson, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and C. Mueller, M. Xu, J. O. Pinto, and J. Sun 9:30 AM 9.5 An analysis of Collaborative Convective Forecast Product performance for the 2005 convective season   Michael P. Kay, NOAA/FSL/CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and J. L. Mahoney and J. E. Hart 9:45 AM Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break   11:00 AM 9.6 Very short range forecasting of precipitation: Comparing NWP and extrapolation techniques   N. Andrew Crook, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. Sun and Y. Zhang 11:15 AM 9.7 A "Demand Pull" Approach to Short Term Forecast Development and Testing   James E. Evans, MIT, Lexington, MA
	9:45 AM-11:00 AM, Thursday, Exhibit Hall A2 Poster Session 11 Advances in 0–6 Hour Forecasting for Aviation Posters
P11.1 Enhancements of NCAR Auto-Nowcast System Using NRL, ASAP, MM5 and TAMDAR Data   Huaqing Cai, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. Roberts, C. Mueller, T. Saxen, D. Megenhardt, M. Xu, S. Trier, E. Nelson, D. Albo, N. rehak, S. Dettling, and N. Oien   P11.2 The Man-In-The-Loop (MITL) Nowcasting Demonstration: Forecaster input into gridded nowcast products   Rita Roberts, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and S. J. Fano, T. R. Saxen, C. K. Mueller, W. F. Bunting, K. Johnston, E. J. Nelson, D. Albo, H. Cai, S. B. Smith, M. Ba, and T. Amis   P11.3 An Assessment of Automated Boundary and Front Detection to Support Convective Initiation Forecasts   Paul E. Bieringer, MIT, Lexington, MA; and B. Martin, J. Morgan, S. Winkler, J. Hurst, J. McGinley, Y. Xie, and S. Albers   P11.4 Comparisons and verification of an automated thunderstorm potential index output to manual products   David I. Knapp, U.S. Army Research Laboratory, White Sands Missile Range, NM; and E. Barker, G. R. Brooks, and S. Rentschler   P11.5 A Closer Look at the Performance of Automated vs. Traditional Terminal Aerodrome Forecasts   Tom Hicks, Harris Corporation, Melbourne, FL   P11.6 Short-term forecasting of summer and winter storms using a mesoscale model and radar data assimilation   Mei Xu, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and N. A. Crook, Y. Liu, and R. M. Rasmussen   P11.7 Fusing observation- and model-based probability forecasts for the short-term predictions of convection   James Pinto, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and C. Mueller, S. Weygandt, and D. Ahijevych P11.8 Formatting options for aviation uses of the NEXRAD Echo Tops product   Thomas A. Seliga, Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, Cambridge, MA; and A. D. Mackey, D. L. Sims, V. Sud, M. D. West, and J. Hill   P11.8A A diagnostic approach for verification of nowcasts   Barbara Brown, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. Bullock, J. Halley Goway, J. Wolff, and C. Davis   P11.9 Aviation Advisory Climatologies   Jonathan W. Slemmer, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/Aviation Weather Center, Kansas City, MO   P11.10 Short Term Deterministic and Probabilistic Forecasts: How are they Different? Which is Better?   Robert A. Boldi, MIT Lincoln Lab., Lexington, MA; and M. M. Wolfson and C. K. Mueller
	9:45 AM-11:00 AM, Thursday, Exhibit Hall A2 Poster Session 12 Use of Weather Information in Decision Support Tools Posters
P12.1 Real-time simulation demo of facet integrated with weather   Kapil Sheth, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA   P12.2 RAPT/CIWS/ITWS demonstration   Rich DeLaura, MIT, Lexington, MA P12.3 Simulation demonstration of weather integrated with cockpit flight planning/management   Mark G. Ballin, NASA, Hampton, VA   P12.4 Strategic Probabilistic Weather scenario demonstration   Goli Davidson, Metron Aviation, Inc., Herndon, VA   P12.5 Description of URET Enhancements to Support Severe Weather Avoidance   Winfield S. Heagy, MITRE/CAASD, McLean, VA; and D. B. Kirk   P12.6 An Exploratory Study of Modeling Enroute Pilot Convective Storm Flight Deviation Behavior   Rich DeLaura, MIT, Lexington, MA; and J. Evans   P12.7 Exploration of a Model Relating Route Availability in En Route Airspace to Actual Weather Coverage Parameters   Brian Martin, MIT, Lexington, MA; and J. Evans and R. DeLaura   P12.8 Preliminary Results from Application of TFMP Optimization Model to NAS Weather Impact Cases   William Moser, MIT, Lexington, MA; and D. Bertsimas   P12.9 Convective Weather Implications for NASA Advanced Airspace Concept (AAC)   John Andrews, MIT, Lexington, MA; and J. Welch and E. Shank   P12.11 Quantifying Air Traffic Control Productivity Enhancement for Aviation Convective Weather Decision Support Systems   Michael Robinson, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA; and J. E. Evans
	11:00 AM-4:00 PM, Thursday Exhibits Open (Th)
	11:30 AM, Thursday, A301 Panel Discussion 1 Panel Discussion on Advances in 0–6 Hour Forecasting for Aviation
Panelists: Warren L. Qualley, Weathernews Americas, Inc., Norman, OK; Barbara Brown, NCAR, Boulder, CO; Jim Wilson, NCAR, Boulder, CO; James E. Evans, MIT, Lexington, MA; Stanley G. Benjamin, NOAA/ERL/FSL, Boulder, CO; Peter J. Sousounis, WSI Corporation, Andover, MA; Jenny Sun, NCAR, Boulder, CO Moderator: Marilyn M. Wolfson, MIT, Lexington, MA
	12:15 PM-1:30 PM, Thursday Lunch Break (Cash & Carry available in the Exhibit Hall) (Th)
	1:30 PM-4:45 PM, Thursday, A301 Session 10 Use of Weather Information in Decision Support Tools
Organizer: Steven M. Green, NASA, Moffett Field, CA
1:30 PM 10.1 Importanace of ATM integration of weather as a frontispice of the Next Generation Air Trdansportation System (NGATS)   Mark Andrews, Weather IPT, Washington, DC; and L. Bee and J. McCarthy 1:45 PM 10.2 Weather Integration Concept of Operations for Transforming the National Airspace System   Cheryl G. Souders, FAA, Washington, DC; and S. McGettingan, E. R. Dash, and J. May 2:00 PM 10.3 Improving Air Traffic Management During Thunderstorms   Mark E. Weber, MIT, Lexington, MA; and J. Evans, M. Wolfson, R. DeLaura, B. Moser, B. Martin, J. Welch, J. Andrews, and D. Bertsimas 2:15 PM 10.4 Route Blockage and En Route Airspace Capacity Reduction Modeling   Brian Martin, MIT, Lexington, MA 2:30 PM 10.5 Route Availability Planning Tool (RAPT): Operational Experience and Lessons Learned   Rich DeLaura, MIT, Lexington, MA; and R. Todd, R. Ferris, C. Gross, and N. Yaros 2:45 PM 10.6 Integrating Improved Weather Forecast Data with TFM Decision Support Systems   Joe Hollenberg, The MITRE Corporation, McLean, VA; and M. W. Huberdeau and M. Kinker 3:00 PM Coffee Break in the Exhibit Hall and AMS iPod Raffle   3:30 PM 10.7 Weather Forecast Requirements to Facilitate Fix-based Airport Ground Delay Programs   Robert Hoffman, Metron Aviation, Inc., Herndon, VA; and J. A. Krozel and R. Jakobovits 3:45 PM 10.8 A Concept of Operations for an Interactive Weather Briefing   Dave Rodenhuis, Air Traffic Organization, FAA, Herndon, VA 4:00 PM 10.9 Using probabilistic scenarios-based weather event forecasts for decision-based TFM   Goli Davidson, Metron Aviation, Inc., Herndon, VA; and D. J. Krozel, C. Mueller, and W. Chan 4:15 PM 10.10 Probabilistic Airspace Congestion Management   Stephen M. Zobell, The MITRE Corporation, McLean, VA; and C. Wanke and L. Song 10.11 Weather prediction for airborne separation assistance systems   Mark G. Ballin, NASA, Hampton, VA; and R. A. Vivona, M. T. Palmer, and B. E. Barmore 4:30 PM 10.12 Using improved awareness of turbulence to increase airspace utilization   Paul A. Robinson, AeroTech Research, Newport News, VA
	3:00 PM, Thursday Registration Desk Closes
	4:00 PM, Thursday Exhibit Close
	4:45 PM-5:00 PM, Thursday, A301 Panel Discussion 2 Decision Support Systems Panel Discussion
4:45 PM PD2.1 ATM-Weather integration for the JPDO NGATS   Steven M. Green, NASA, Moffett Field, CA; and E. B. Wilhelm
	5:30 PM, Thursday Conference Ends
	6:00 PM, Thursday Lilly Symposium Banquet

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