| Session 9 | 
|  | AWIPS (Parallel with Sessions J1 & 8) | 
|  | Organizer: Mary Glackin, NOAA/NESDIS, Silver Spring, MD 
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|  | 10:30 AM | 9.1 | Update on Commissioning the Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System (AWIPS) Joseph Facundo, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD
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|  | 10:45 AM | 9.2 | AWIPS Operational Test and Evaluation (OT&E) for Commissioning Mary D. Buckingham, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD
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|  | 11:00 AM | 9.3 | The AFOS PIL Header to AWIPS WMO Header Translation Tool (PIL-to-WMO Translator) Joseph Facundo, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and H. J. Diamond and D. Fineran
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|  | 11:15 AM | 9.4 | Product Usage Patterns at the AWIPS Build 4.2 OT&E Sites Patrice C. Kucera, NOAA/FSL, Boulder, CO; and S. P. Longmore and W. F. Roberts
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|  | 11:30 AM | 9.5 | Products Availability Monitoring System (PAMS) An Indispensable Test and Evaluation Tool for AWIPS Khien Ba Nguyen, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and J. Facundo
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|  | 11:45 AM | 9.6 | Application of Products Availability Monitoring System (PAMS) to AWIPS OT&E Testing Khien Ba Nguyen, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and J. Facundo
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|  | 12:00 PM | 8.9 | AWIPS Validation Efforts at COMET Craig S. Hartsough, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and L. Neilley, S. Jesuroga, and G. Byrd
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|  | 12:15 PM | 9.8 | Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System (AWIPS) in a National Center JoAnna L. Green, NOAA/NCEP/AWC, Kansas City, MO
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|  | 12:30 PM |  | Lunch Break 
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|  | 1:30 PM | 9.9 | The Construction of an AWIPS Software Demonstration System for the NWS Spaceflight Meteorology Group Mark John Keehn, NOAA/NWS, Houston, TX; and M. Magsig, J. Cowie, and D. Hines
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|  | 1:45 PM | 9.10 | AWIPS and International Use Terry C. Tarbell, Litton/PRC, McLean, VA; and K. Ward, H. Pomeranz, and J. Shea
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|  | 2:00 PM | 8.10 | Generating automated monthly, seasonal and annual climatological summaries in the AWIPS era Jason P. Tuell, Litton/PRC, McLean, VA; and D. T. Miller, D. E. Murphy, B. E. Reed, and D. J. Zipper
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|  | 2:15 PM | 9.12 | AWIPS Accelerated Deployment: A Success Story with Lessons Learned Jack Hayes, Litton/PRC, McLean, VA; and S. Zareski, E. Moore, and D. Holloran
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|  | 2:30 PM | 9.13 | AWIPS and the Network Control Facility: Status and a Guide to Troubleshooting Denis Meanor, Litton/PRC, McLean, VA; and D. Deitz and E. Moore
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|  | 2:45 PM | 9.14 | Evolving AWIPS to Meet NWS Requirements and to take Advantage of Advancing Science and Technology Ward R. Seguin, NOAA/NWS, AWIPS Program Office, Silver Spring, MD
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|  | 3:00 PM | 9.15 | AWIPS Moving Into Operations Phase Richard K. Thigpen, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD
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|  | 3:15 PM |  | Coffee Break 
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