12th Conference on Aviation Range and Aerospace Meteorology

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Saturday, 28 January 2006

12:00 AM-12:00 AM: Saturday, 28 January 2006


Sat 28 Jan

7:30 AM-7:31 AM: Saturday, 28 January 2006


Short Course and Student Conference Registration

Sunday, 29 January 2006

12:00 AM-12:00 AM: Sunday, 29 January 2006


Sun 29 Jan

7:30 AM-9:00 AM: Sunday, 29 January 2006


Short Course Registration

9:00 AM-6:00 PM: Sunday, 29 January 2006


Conference Registration

Monday, 30 January 2006

12:00 AM-12:00 AM: Monday, 30 January 2006


Mon 30 Jan

7:30 AM-6:00 PM: Monday, 30 January 2006


Registration Continues through Thursday, 2 February

9:00 AM-10:00 AM: Monday, 30 January 2006


Session 1
Challenges and Opportunities in Aviation Weather
Location: A301 (Georgia World Congress Center)
Host: 12th Conference on Aviation Range and Aerospace Meteorology
Organizers: Wayne R. Sand, Big Sky Weather Consulting; Lynn A. Sherretz, NOAA/FSL
  9:15 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
  9:30 AM
1.3
  10:00 AM
1.5
Discussion

10:15 AM-10:45 AM: Monday, 30 January 2006


Coffee Break in Meeting Room Foyer (M1)

10:45 AM-12:15 PM: Monday, 30 January 2006


Session 2
Aviation Weather Problems- Unmet User Needs
Location: A301 (Georgia World Congress Center)
Host: 12th Conference on Aviation Range and Aerospace Meteorology
Organizers: Lynn A. Sherretz, NOAA/FSL; Wayne R. Sand, Big Sky Weather Consulting
  10:45 AM
2.1
  11:15 AM
2.3
Unmet User Needs—General Aviation
Bruce Landsberg, Air Safety Foundation, Frederick, MD
  11:30 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, T. B. Determined, M. W. Huberdeau, D. P. Morin, and D. L. Sims
  12:00 PM
2.6
Discussion

12:00 PM-1:10 PM: Monday, 30 January 2006


Plenary Session 1
AMS Forum Kick-Off Luncheon (Cash & Carry available in the Meeting Room Foyer)
Hosts: (Joint between the 14th Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the Air and Waste Management Assoc; the The James Holton Symposium; the Third Symposium on Space Weather; the Event Program; the AMS Forum: Environmental Risk and Impacts on Society: Successes and Challenges; the AMS Forum: Managing our Physical and Natural Resources: Successes and Challenges; the 22nd International Conference on Interactive Information Processing Systems for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology; the 15th Symposium on Education; the Sixth Symposium on the Urban Environment; the Fourth Presidental History Symposium; the First Symposium on Policy Research; the Eighth Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the Symposium on the Challenges of Severe Convective Storms; the The Doug Lilly Symposium; the Second Conference on Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data; the 14th Conference on Interaction of the Sea and Atmosphere; the 18th Conference on Probability and Statistics in the Atmospheric Sciences; the 18th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 20th Conference on Hydrology; the 10th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS); the Second Symposium: Toward a Global Earth Observation System of Systems—Future National Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the 14th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography; the 12th Conference on Aviation Range and Aerospace Meteorology; the Symposium on the Public/Private Sector Partnership; the Impacts of 2005's Weather: Major Stories of the Year; and the Second Special Session on Heat Health )
Chairs: Sue Grimmond, King's College; Steven Hanna, Harvard Univ.; Mark Andrews, NOAA/NWS
  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, Exeter, 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, 30 January 2006


Session 3
FAA Aviation Weather Research Program
Location: A301 (Georgia World Congress Center)
Host: 12th Conference on Aviation Range and Aerospace Meteorology
Organizer: Gloria J. Kulesa, FAA
  1:30 PM
3.1
  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
  2:30 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
  2:45 PM
3.6
Winter Weather PDT
Roy Rasmussen, NCAR, Boulder, CO
  3:00 PM
3.7
FAA AWRP Convective Weather Product Development Team
Marilyn M. Wolfson, MIT, Lexington, MA; and C. K. Mueller
  3:15 PM
3.8
Terminal and national ceiling and visibility PDTs
David A. Clark, MIT, Lexington, MA; and P. H. Herzegh
  3:30 PM
3.9
Oceanic PDT
Cathy Kessinger, NCAR, Boulder, Colorado
  3:45 PM
3.10
  4:00 PM
3.4A
Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

  5:30 PM
3.8A

2:30 PM-4:00 PM: Monday, 30 January 2006


Poster Session 1
FAA Aviation Weather Research Program Posters
Location: Exhibit Hall A2 (Georgia World Congress Center)
Host: 12th Conference on Aviation Range and Aerospace Meteorology
 
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

Poster PDF (322.7 kB)

 
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

Poster PDF (973.6 kB)

 
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

Poster PDF (2.9 MB)

 
P1.11
Winter Weather Research Product Development Team Update
Roy M. Rasmussen, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and F. Hage

 
P1.13
 
P1.15
 
P1.16
 
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

Poster PDF (344.1 kB)

 
P1.18
 
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. R. Williams, M. F. Donovan, G. P. Ellrod, R. E. Kistler, and D. Fleming

Poster PDF (332.0 kB)

 
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. R. Williams, C. Kessinger, G. Blackburn, P. H. Herzegh, R. L. Bankert, S. D. Miller, and F. R. Mosher

Poster PDF (1.7 MB)

 
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

Poster PDF (1.5 MB)

 
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

Poster PDF (433.8 kB)

 
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

Poster PDF (917.8 kB)

 
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

 
P1.11A
FAA AWRP Convective Weather Product Development Team Poster
Marilyn Wolfson, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA; and C. K. Mueller

5:30 PM-5:30 PM: Monday, 30 January 2006


Sessions end for the day (M)

5:30 PM-7:30 PM: Monday, 30 January 2006


Formal Opening of Exhibits with Reception (Cash Bar)

7:30 PM-7:30 PM: Monday, 30 January 2006


Holton Symposium Banquet

Tuesday, 31 January 2006

12:00 AM-12:00 AM: Tuesday, 31 January 2006


Tue 31 Jan

8:30 AM-9:45 AM: Tuesday, 31 January 2006


Session 4
TAMDAR
Location: A301 (Georgia World Congress Center)
Host: 12th Conference on Aviation Range and Aerospace Meteorology
  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
  9:30 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-9:45 AM: Tuesday, 31 January 2006


Poster Session 2
TAMDAR Posters
Location: Exhibit Hall A2 (Georgia World Congress Center)
Host: 12th Conference on Aviation Range and Aerospace Meteorology
 
P2.1
P2.1 moved to 2.4A in 10 IOAS-AOLS program

 
P2.2
Assessment of TAMDAR System Performance on Various Aircraft Types
Daniel J. Mulally, AirDat, LLC., Lakewood, CO; and C. M. Druse and P. Marinello

Poster PDF (604.9 kB)


Poster Session 3
Ceiling and Visibility—Winter Weather Posters
Location: A301 (Georgia World Congress Center)
Host: 12th Conference on Aviation Range and Aerospace Meteorology
 
P3.1
Marine Layer Stratus Study at Vandenberg AFB 16 August 2004 -17 September 2004
Leonard A. Wells, 30th Weather Squadron, Vandenberg AFB, CA

Poster PDF (1.2 MB)

 
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

Poster PDF (499.7 kB)

 
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

Poster PDF (1.3 MB)

 
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

Poster PDF (1.2 MB)

 
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

Poster PDF (385.5 kB)

 
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

Poster PDF (889.9 kB)

 
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


Poster Session 5
Low Altitude Wind Shear and Wake Vortices Posters
Location: Exhibit Hall A2 (Georgia World Congress Center)
Host: 12th Conference on Aviation Range and Aerospace Meteorology
 
P5.2
Low-altitude wind conditions on helios flight days at Kauai, HI
L. J. Ehernberger, NASA, Lancaster, CA

Poster PDF (78.9 kB)

 
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

Poster PDF (891.4 kB)

 
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
  9:45 AM
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. N. Singh

Poster PDF (529.4 kB)

 
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

Poster PDF (1.2 MB)

 
P5.9
Acoustic technology for aircraft wake vortex detection
Rebecca J. Rodenhiser, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA; and W. W. Durgin and H. Johari

Poster PDF (2.0 MB)

 
P5.10
Validation of SODAR real-time sensing and visualisation of wake vortices
Stuart Bradley, Univ. of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

Poster PDF (95.3 kB)

 
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

Poster PDF (424.4 kB)


Poster Session 6
Polarimetric Radar Posters
Location: Exhibit Hall A2 (Georgia World Congress Center)
Host: 12th Conference on Aviation Range and Aerospace Meteorology
 
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

Poster PDF (545.3 kB)

 
P6.2
Development and testing of a dual-pol-based surface precipitation type algorithm
Kevin A. Scharfenberg, NOAA/NWS Office of Climate, Water, and Weather Services, Norman, OK

Poster PDF (378.6 kB)

 
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

Poster PDF (1022.9 kB)


Poster Session 7
Turbulence Posters
Location: Exhibit Hall A2 (Georgia World Congress Center)
Host: 12th Conference on Aviation Range and Aerospace Meteorology
 
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

Poster PDF (1.8 MB)

 
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, Inc, 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

 
P7.7
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

Poster PDF (606.4 kB)

 
P7.10

Poster Session 8
Satellite Applications and Volcanic Ash Detection Posters
Location: Exhibit Hall A2 (Georgia World Congress Center)
Host: 12th Conference on Aviation Range and Aerospace Meteorology
 
P8.1
Observing clear air turbulence indirectly in satellite imagery
Anthony Wimmers, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and W. F. Feltz

Poster PDF (971.5 kB)

 
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

Poster PDF (391.1 kB)

 
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

Poster PDF (1.8 MB)

 
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

Poster PDF (695.2 kB)

 
P8.6
Volcanic ash cloud heights using the MODIS CO2-slicing algorithm
Michael Richards, Federal Aviation Administration; and S. A. Ackerman, M. J. Pavolonis, and W. F. Feltz

Poster PDF (708.0 kB)

 
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

9:45 AM-11:00 AM: Tuesday, 31 January 2006


Poster Session 4
Future Aviation Weather Delivery Posters
Location: Exhibit Hall A2 (Georgia World Congress Center)
Host: 12th Conference on Aviation Range and Aerospace Meteorology
 
P4.1
Paper Being Presented as J3.7
John A. May, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/Aviation Weather Center, Kansas City, Missouri; and S. Albersheim

 
P4.4
Distance learning training for aviation forecasters: The impact of weather on air traffic management
Daniel K. Cobb Jr., NOAA/NWSFO, Grand Rapids, MI; and T. W. Dulong, V. C. Johnson, and C. A. West

Poster PDF (446.1 kB)

 
P4.5
DLAC2—Training Forecasters To Better Serve Our Aviation Customers
Gregory Byrd, UCAR/COMET, Boulder, CO; and C. Weiss

Poster PDF (38.5 kB)


Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break (T1)

11:00 AM-12:15 PM: Tuesday, 31 January 2006


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)
Location: A307 (Georgia World Congress Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the 12th Conference on Aviation Range and Aerospace Meteorology; and the Second Conference on Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data )
Chairs: Martin J. Murphy, Vaisala; Mark E. Weber, MIT
  11:00 AM
J2.1
  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, Louisville, CO; and N. W. S. Demetriades, R. L. Holle, and K. L. Cummins

Presentation PDF (1016.1 kB)


Session 5
Ceiling and Visibility—Winter Weather
Location: A301 (Georgia World Congress Center)
Host: 12th Conference on Aviation Range and Aerospace Meteorology
Organizers: David A. Clark, MIT; Roy Rasmussen, NCAR
  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

11:00 AM-6:00 PM: Tuesday, 31 January 2006


Exhbits Open (T)

12:15 PM-12:15 PM: Tuesday, 31 January 2006


Plenary Session
Presidential Forum with Boxed Lunch (Lunch will be available for purchase outside the meeting room.)
Hosts: (Joint between the Event Program; the 18th Conference on Probability and Statistics in the Atmospheric Sciences; the 14th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography; the 15th Symposium on Education; the AMS Forum: Environmental Risk and Impacts on Society: Successes and Challenges; the AMS Forum: Managing our Physical and Natural Resources: Successes and Challenges; the Eighth Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the Symposium on the Challenges of Severe Convective Storms; the The Doug Lilly Symposium; the First Symposium on Policy Research; the 14th Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the Air and Waste Management Assoc; the Second Conference on Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data; the Sixth Symposium on the Urban Environment; the 14th Conference on Interaction of the Sea and Atmosphere; the 10th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS); the Second Symposium: Toward a Global Earth Observation System of Systems—Future National Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the 20th Conference on Hydrology; the 12th Conference on Aviation Range and Aerospace Meteorology; the 18th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 22nd International Conference on Interactive Information Processing Systems for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology; the Fourth Presidental History Symposium; the Symposium on the Public/Private Sector Partnership; the The James Holton Symposium; the Third Symposium on Space Weather; and the Impacts of 2005's Weather: Major Stories of the Year )

1:45 PM-5:30 PM: Tuesday, 31 January 2006


Session 6
Current Issues and Topics in Aviation Weather
Location: A301 (Georgia World Congress Center)
Host: 12th Conference on Aviation Range and Aerospace Meteorology
Organizers: Kimberly L. Elmore, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma; Christopher Keohan, FAA
  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
  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
6.7
Review of real-time wake vortex prediction models
Fred H. Proctor, NASA/LARC, Hampton, VA; and D. W. Hamilton

  3:30 PM
6.8
  3:45 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
  4:00 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
  4:15 PM
6.11
  4:30 PM
6.12
The Toronto Air France Flight 358 Incident
Paul Joe, MSC, Downsview, ON, Canada

  4:45 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
  5:00 PM
6.6A
Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall

1:45 PM-6:00 PM: Tuesday, 31 January 2006


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)
Location: A311 (Georgia World Congress Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the 12th Conference on Aviation Range and Aerospace Meteorology; the 22nd International Conference on Interactive Information Processing Systems for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology; and the AMS Forum: Environmental Risk and Impacts on Society: Successes and Challenges )
Organizers: Timothy L. Wilfong Sr., ENSCO, Inc; David Pace, SAIC
  2:45 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
  3:00 PM
J3.6
  3:15 PM
J3.7
National Weather Service Graphical Hazards for Aviation
Jack May, NOAA/NWS, Kansas City, MO; and S. Albersheim
  3:45 PM
J3.9
Hub Forecast Prototype Test
Dave Rodenhuis, Air Traffic Organization/FAA, Herndon, VA; and D. Torbert
  4:00 PM
J3.10
Real Time Aviation Forecasting at WSI
Peter J. Sousounis, WSI Corporation, Andover, MA; and J. Menard
  4:15 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
  5:00 PM
J3.4A
Discussion

  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
  5:30 PM
J3.4B
Coffee Break in the Exhibit Hall

5:30 PM-5:30 PM: Tuesday, 31 January 2006


Sessions end for the day (T)

Wednesday, 1 February 2006

12:00 AM-12:00 AM: Wednesday, 1 February 2006


Wed 1 Feb

8:30 AM-10:00 AM: Wednesday, 1 February 2006


Session 7A
Aircraft Icing Workshop - Part 1. Aircraft Icing Issues: Freezing Drizzle & Icing Intensity
Location: A301 (Georgia World Congress Center)
Host: 12th Conference on Aviation Range and Aerospace Meteorology
Chairs: Marcia K. Politovich, NCAR; Gene Addy, NASA Glenn Research Center at Lewis Field
  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, 1 February 2006


Coffee Break in Meeting Room Foyer (W1)

10:30 AM-1:15 PM: Wednesday, 1 February 2006


Session 7B
Aircraft Icing Workshop - Part 2. Perspectives on an Icing Case Study
Location: A301 (Georgia World Congress Center)
Host: 12th Conference on Aviation Range and Aerospace Meteorology
Chairs: Marcia K. Politovich, NCAR; Gene Addy, NASA Glenn Research Center at Lewis Field
  10:30 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
  10:45 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

  11:00 AM
7B.3
  11:30 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
  11:45 AM
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
  12:00 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
  12:15 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
  12:30 PM
7B.9
  12:45 PM
7B.10
T-probe for measurements of Mixed Phase
John Hallet, Desert Research Institute, Reno, Nv., Reno, NV
  1:00 PM
7B.0A
Session Overview
Gene Addy, NASA Glenn Research Center at Lewis Field, Cleveland, OH

11:00 AM-7:30 PM: Wednesday, 1 February 2006


Exhibits Open (W)

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Wednesday, 1 February 2006


Lunch Break (Cash & Carry available in the Exhibit Hall) (W)

1:30 PM-5:30 PM: Wednesday, 1 February 2006


Session 8
Range and Aerospace
Location: A301 (Georgia World Congress Center)
Host: 12th Conference on Aviation Range and Aerospace Meteorology
Chairs: Karen Shelton-Mur, DOT; Todd M. McNamara, 45th Weather Squadron, USAF
  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
  2:45 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
  3:00 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
  3:15 PM
8.8
Commercially licensed launch site and reentry site operations
Stewart Jackson, DOT, Washington, DC; and K. Shelton-Mur
  3:30 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
  4:00 PM
8.4A
Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

2:30 PM-4:00 PM: Wednesday, 1 February 2006


Poster Session 9
Aircraft Icing Posters
Location: Exhibit Hall A2 (Georgia World Congress Center)
Host: 12th Conference on Aviation Range and Aerospace Meteorology
 
P9.1
Progress in the development of practical remote detection of icing conditions
Andrew L. Reehorst, NASA Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, OH; and M. K. Politovich, S. Zednik, G. A. Isaac, and S. Cober

Poster PDF (1.9 MB)

 
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

Poster PDF (306.1 kB)

 
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

Poster PDF (2.3 MB)

 
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

Poster PDF (2.0 MB)

 
P9.7
Parameterizating Convective Vertical Motions for Aircraft Icing Forecasts
Donald W. McCann, McCann Aviation Weather Research, Inc., Overland Park, KS

Poster PDF (205.1 kB)

 
P9.8
Point comparisons of research aircraft data to GOES-derived cloud products
Cory A. Wolff, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. A. Haggerty

Poster PDF (249.0 kB)


Poster Session 10
Range and Aerospace Posters
Location: Exhibit Hall A2 (Georgia World Congress Center)
Host: 12th Conference on Aviation Range and Aerospace Meteorology
 
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 III

Poster PDF (937.9 kB)

 
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

Poster PDF (164.3 kB)

 
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

Poster PDF (1.4 MB)

 
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

Poster PDF (358.3 kB)

 
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

Poster PDF (550.2 kB)

3:45 PM-3:45 PM: Wednesday, 1 February 2006


Sessions end for the day (W)

4:00 PM-5:30 PM: Wednesday, 1 February 2006


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)
Location: A304 (Georgia World Congress Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the 12th Conference on Aviation Range and Aerospace Meteorology; and the 18th Conference on Probability and Statistics in the Atmospheric Sciences )
Cochairs: Joseph T. Schaefer, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/SPC; Jennifer Mahoney, NOAA/FSL
  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
  5:15 PM
J1.6

5:30 PM-7:30 PM: Wednesday, 1 February 2006


Reception in the Exhibit Hall (Cash Bar)

7:30 PM-7:30 PM: Wednesday, 1 February 2006


AMS Annual Awards Banquet

Thursday, 2 February 2006

12:00 AM-12:00 AM: Thursday, 2 February 2006


THUR 2 FEB

8:30 AM-11:30 AM: Thursday, 2 February 2006


Session 9
Advances in 0–6 Hour Forecasting for Aviation
Location: A301 (Georgia World Congress Center)
Host: 12th Conference on Aviation Range and Aerospace Meteorology
Cochairs: James W. Wilson, NCAR; Cindy K. Mueller, NCAR
  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
  9:00 AM
9.3
  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
9.6
  10:15 AM
9.5A
Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

9:45 AM-11:00 AM: Thursday, 2 February 2006


Poster Session 11
Advances in 0–6 Hour Forecasting for Aviation Posters
Location: Exhibit Hall A2 (Georgia World Congress Center)
Host: 12th Conference on Aviation Range and Aerospace Meteorology
 
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

Poster PDF (1011.3 kB)

 
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

Poster PDF (549.1 kB)

 
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

Poster PDF (1.1 MB)

 
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

Poster PDF (203.3 kB)

 
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

Poster PDF (215.5 kB)

 
P11.9
Aviation Advisory Climatologies
Jonathan W. Slemmer, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/Aviation Weather Center, Kansas City, MO

Poster PDF (2.1 MB)

 
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

 
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


Poster Session 12
Use of Weather Information in Decision Support Tools Posters
Location: Exhibit Hall A2 (Georgia World Congress Center)
Host: 12th Conference on Aviation Range and Aerospace Meteorology
 
P12.1
Real-time simulation demo of facet integrated with weather
Kapil Sheth, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA CA

 
P12.2
RAPT/CIWS/ITWS demonstration
Rich DeLaura, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA

 
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

Poster PDF (210.3 kB)

 
P12.6
An Exploratory Study of Modeling Enroute Pilot Convective Storm Flight Deviation Behavior
Rich DeLaura, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA; and J. Evans

Poster PDF (967.7 kB)

 
P12.7
 
P12.8
 
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

Poster PDF (479.7 kB)

11:00 AM-4:00 PM: Thursday, 2 February 2006


Exhibits Open (Th)

11:30 AM-11:30 AM: Thursday, 2 February 2006


Panel Discussion 1
Panel Discussion on Advances in 0–6 Hour Forecasting for Aviation
Location: A301 (Georgia World Congress Center)
Host: 12th Conference on Aviation Range and Aerospace Meteorology
Moderator: Marilyn M. Wolfson, MIT
Panelists: Warren L. Qualley, Weathernews Americas, Inc.; Barbara Brown, NCAR; Jim Wilson, NCAR; James E. Evans, MIT; Stanley G. Benjamin, NOAA/ERL/FSL; Peter J. Sousounis, WSI Corporation; Jenny Sun, NCAR

12:15 PM-1:30 PM: Thursday, 2 February 2006


Lunch Break (Cash & Carry available in the Exhibit Hall) (Th)

1:30 PM-4:45 PM: Thursday, 2 February 2006


Session 10
Use of Weather Information in Decision Support Tools
Location: A301 (Georgia World Congress Center)
Host: 12th Conference on Aviation Range and Aerospace Meteorology
Organizer: Steven M. Green, NASA
  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
  2:30 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
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
  3:15 PM
10.8
A Concept of Operations for an Interactive Weather Briefing
Dave Rodenhuis, Air Traffic Organization, FAA, Herndon, VA
  3:30 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 --Pending
  3:45 PM
10.10
Probabilistic Airspace Congestion Management
Stephen M. Zobell, The MITRE Corporation, McLean, VA; and C. Wanke and L. Song
  4:15 PM
10.12
  4:30 PM
10.6A
Coffee Break in the Exhibit Hall and AMS iPod Raffle

3:00 PM-3:00 PM: Thursday, 2 February 2006


Registration Desk Closes

4:00 PM-4:00 PM: Thursday, 2 February 2006


Exhibit Close

4:45 PM-5:00 PM: Thursday, 2 February 2006


Panel Discussion 2
Decision Support Systems Panel Discussion
Location: A301 (Georgia World Congress Center)
Host: 12th Conference on Aviation Range and Aerospace Meteorology
  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-5:30 PM: Thursday, 2 February 2006


Conference Ends

6:00 PM-6:00 PM: Thursday, 2 February 2006


Lilly Symposium Banquet