Program: 16th International Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology (80th AMS Annual Meeting)

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Session 1

Interdisciplinary Applications (Parallel with Sessions 2 & 3)

Host: 16th International Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology

Organizers: Larry Denton, Denton & Associates; Terry Tarbell, Litton/PRC

8:30 AM

1.1

Introduction and Overview

Floyd Hauth, IIPS Program Chairperson, USAF (retired), Osceola Mills, PA

8:45 AM

1.2

The Killer Tornado Outbreak of 3 May 1999: Applications of OK-FIRST in Rural Communities

Kenneth C. Crawford, Oklahoma Climatological Survey (OCS), Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and D. A. Morris

9:00 AM

1.3

Managing weather-related diversions through automated detection

Gary W. Lucas, Sonalysts, Inc., Waterford, CT; and K. A. Lucas

9:15 AM

1.4

The Stand Alone Weather Sensors (SAWS) system: An FAA program for replacement and backup of critical weather observations at Service Level "C" airports and Flight Service Stations

Matoka W. Forbes, FAA, Washington, DC; and D. Strawbridge, T. A. Seliga, M. Guidry, and D. Bryan

9:30 AM

1.5

TACMET - A Commercial, Versatile Automated Weather Observation System for Demanding Tactical Military Needs

Selwyn L. Alpert, Vaisala, Inc., Helsinki, Finland and, Woburn, MA; and H. Kokko

9:45 AM

1.6

Scalability and Modularity of Weather/Aviation IIPS

P. Joshua Rovero, Sonalysts, Inc., Waterford, CT

10:00 AM

1.7

Using filtering theory to predict lightning strikes

Scott J. Brunza, Sonalysts, Inc., Waterford, CT; and C. R. Coleman Jr. and J. M. Jakacky Jr.

10:15 AM

1.8

Forecast Utilization Of Video Camera Technology

Brian McInerney, NOAA/NWSFO, Salt Lake City, UT; and A. Horvitz

1.9

NOAA PORTS and Coastal Forecasting

1.10

Digital libraries in the atmospheric sciences: a practical academic perspective

10:30 AM

1.11

Enhancing the Grid Analysis & Display System (GrADS) to read HDF-EOS data

Don K. Hooper, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado and NOAA/CDC, Boulder, CO

10:45 AM

1.12

Exploiting technology for education and research

Thomas M. Whittaker, CIMSS, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and S. Ackerman

11:00 AM

1.13

Integrated sensor training professional development series: A New Teletraining Approach

Anthony J. Mostek, NOAA/NWS, Boulder, CO; and S. Bachmeier, T. Whittaker, D. Bikos, B. Motta, and B. Zajac

11:15 AM

1.6A

Coffee Break

11:45 AM

1.10A

Utilizing LDAD's Emergency Manager Decision Support System for Emergency Response Activities

Deborah A. Miller, NOAA/FSL, Boulder, CO; and M. Kelsch, G. M. Levy, and L. J. Angus

12:00 PM

1.13A

Lunch Break

Session 2

Post-analysis of Year 2000 issues and problems (Parallel with Sessions 1 & 3)

Host: 16th International Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology

Organizers: John Lincoln, Consultant; Howard Diamond, NOAA/NWS

10:30 AM

2.1

Overview

John Lincoln, Consultant, Berryville, VA

10:45 AM

2.2

Year 2000 (Y2K) Testing and Compliance in the National Weather Service - Lessons Learned

Howard J. Diamond, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD

11:00 AM

2.3

Year 2000 (Y2K) Data Analysis and Contingency Planning to Ensure Continued International Weather Data Receipt at the National Weather Service into the New Millennium

Howard J. Diamond, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD

11:15 AM

2.4

Y2K Testing and AWIPS: Lessons Learned

Michelle E. Drew, Litton/PRC, McLean, VA; and M. Tankersley

11:30 AM

2.4A

Session 11 ends

Session 3

Issues, technology, and applications of IIPS in Modeling and Simulation (Parallel with Sessions 1 & 2)

Host: 16th International Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology

Organizer: Commander Dale Liechty, U.S. Navy, Office Chief, Air and Space Natural Environment Modeling and Simulation Agent

10:30 AM

3.1

Invited Speaker: Air Force Directorate of Weather's Joint Role as the DoD Modeling and Simulation Executive Agent for Air and Space Natural Environment

F. P. Lewis

11:00 AM

3.2

Invited Speaker: Department of Defense Modeling and Simulation: An Introduction to Facets of Environmental Support

Ronald D. Haynes, Dynamics Research Corp., Scott AFB, IL; and D. Lucas

11:30 AM

3.3

Advanced Climate Modeling and Environmental Simulations (ACMES): Bringing DoD Climatological Support into the 21st Century

Matthew K. Doggett, Air Force Combat Climatology Center, Asheville, NC

11:45 AM

3.4

The Incorporation of High Resolution Climatological Data into Environmental Tactical Decision Aids

John R. Hummel, ANL, Argonne, IL; and A. P. Campbell, M. L. Kehrer, G. R. Lurie, and K. L. Simunich

12:00 PM

3.5

Cloud Impacts For Aggregate Military Simulations Using CSSM Statistics

Joel B. Mozer, U.S. Air Force Research Lab., Hanscomb AFB, MA; and G. P. Seeley, S. C. Gordon, and D. J. Smalley

12:15 PM

3.6

The Integrated Ocean Project

Richard A. Allard, NRL, Stennis Space Center, MS; and K. Miles and M. D. Earle

12:30 PM

3.7

Providing Physically Consistent Environmental Data In Support of DoD Modeling and Simulation

Gary B. McWilliams, DoD Modeling and Simulation Executive Agent for the Air and Space Natural Environment, Asheville, NC

12:45 PM

3.9

The Synthetic Environment Data Representation and Interchange and Specification (SEDRIS)

Robert M. Cox, SAIC, Orlando, FL; and J. R. Schaefer

1:00 PM

3.10

The Environmental Scenario Generator

Steve Lowe, SAIC, Virginia Beach, VA; and E. Kihn and R. Siquig

1:15 PM

3.11

Joint Weather Impact System (JWIS) Architecture

Bruce Thompson, Air Force Weather, Washington, DC

1:30 PM

3.12

Visualization Techniques for Applications of High-Resolution Numerical Weather Models

Lloyd A. Treinish, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY; and Z. D. Christidis

1:45 PM

3.13

Tools for tailoring the synthetic natural environment

Peter S. Dailey, Litton/TASC, Inc., Reading, MA; and T. A. Hutchinson and S. O. Ouzts

2:00 PM

3.14

Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Hazard Prediction Modeling: A New Approach

Richard B. Bensinger, Litton-TASC, Reading, MA; and J. A. Shorter

2:15 PM

3.15

The Environmental WorkBench - An Interactive 3D Analysis and Visualization Tool for Meteorology and Environmental Applications

Dennis A Moon, SSESCO, Inc., Shoreview, MN; and W. A. Lyons

2:30 PM

3.4A

Lunch Break

4:00 PM

3.10A

Coffee Break

Session 4

Application of IIPS in Forecasting (Parallel with Session 3)

Host: 16th International Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology

Organizers: David Pace, SAIC; Carl Thormeyer, FNMOC

1:00 PM

4.1

Overview

David Pace, SAIC, Washington, DC

1:15 PM

4.2

Applications of the Battlescale Forecast Model for the Army

Jeffrey E. Passner, U.S. Army Research Lab., White Sands Missile Range, NM; and R. E. Dumais Jr. and D. P. Sauter

1:30 PM

4.3

Models, forecasters, and Interactive Forecast Preparation in the new millennium

David P. Ruth, NOAA/NWS/TDL, Silver Spring, MD

1:45 PM

4.4

Generating watches, warnings, and advisories using Interactive Forecast Preparation

Kenneth S. Sperow, NOAA/NWS/TDL, Silver Spring, MD; and R. K. Meiggs, W. J. Goodman, and W. D. Jiang

2:00 PM

4.5

Generating watch, warning, and advisory broadcast scripts for the NOAA Weather Radio using Interactive Forecast Preparation

Patrick V. Laybe, NOAA/NWS/TDL, Silver Spring, MD; and K. S. Sperow and R. K. Meiggs

2:15 PM

4.6

Managing product improvement in the Interactive Forecast Preparation System

John L. Schattel Jr., NOAA/NWS/TDL, Silver Spring, MD; and R. K. Meiggs

2:30 PM

4.7

Generating marine forecasts using Interactive Forecast Preparation

Matthew R. Peroutka, NOAA/NWS/TDL, Silver Spring, MD; and J. E. Calkins

2:45 PM

4.8

The analysis and interpretation of three-dimensional lightning flash information

Martin J. Murphy, Global Atmospherics, Inc., Tucson, AZ; and K. L. Cummins and L. M. Maier

3:00 PM

4.9

Final performance evaluation of the Automated Lightning Detection and Reporting System (ALDARS)

Kenneth A. Kraus, FAA, Washington, DC; and T. A. Seliga and J. R. Kranz

3:15 PM

4.10

Development of Processing Software for the Global Theater Weather Analysis and Prediction System (GTWAPS)

Chris Franks, Harris Corp., Bellevue, NE; and C. F. Meier Jr. and R. T. Williams

3:30 PM

4.11

Using Symmetric MultiProcessing (SMP) on a Massively Parallel Processing (MPP) system to Support Meso-Scale Weather Modeling for the Global Theater Weather Analysis and Prediction System (GTWAPS)

Keith H. North, IBM, Omaha, NE; and J. D. Benson, J. Tuccillo, and R. T. Williams Jr.

3:45 PM

4.12

Status of the Global Theater Weather Analysis and Prediction System (GTWAPS)

Kevin M. Starr, TRW Inc., Bellevue, NE; and B. D. Morris and M. Adams

4:00 PM

4.13

An examination of Battlescale Forecast Model Initializations over complex terrain

Werner E. Cook, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. S. Greene, W. S. Lyons, K. D. Sterling, P. A. Haines, and D. I. Knapp

4:15 PM

4.14

Developing New Methods for Aviation Weather Forecast Production

Frederick J. Foss, NOAA/NWS/AWC, Kansas City, MO; and D. R. Frank, J. H. Henderson, and D. R. Rodenhuis

4:30 PM

4.15

National Weather Service SAFESEAS - Update on A New Marine/Coastal Monitoring and Forecasting Capability for AWIPS

Paul A. Hirschberg, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and S. B. Smith and M. M. Mercer

4:45 PM

4.16

The benefits of visual multi-source, multi-resolution data analysis and fusion

Alfred M. Powell Jr., Autometric, Inc., Springfield, VA; and P. A. Zuzolo

5:00 PM

4.17

High Volume METOC Chart Production Using Beowulf Technology

Earl V. Ravid, FNMOC, Monterey, CA; and S. Lowder

5:15 PM

4.8A

Coffee Break

5:30 PM

4.17A

Session 4 ends

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Formal Opening of Exhibits with Reception (Cash Bar)

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Fujita Banquet

Session 5

Unidata applications and extensions

Host: 16th International Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology

Organizers: Linda Miller, UCAR; John Merrill, Univ. of Rhode Island

8:00 AM

5.1

Overview

Linda Miller, UCAR, Boulder, CO

8:15 AM

5.2

Unidata: A Tale of Two Networks

David W. Fulker, UCAR, Boulder, CO

8:30 AM

5.3

Using Realtime Unidata Products in the Verner Suomi Virtual Museum

Thomas M. Whittaker, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and S. Ackerman

8:45 AM

5.4

Current Meteorological Data Acquisition Issues

Robert P. Kambic, Unidata/UCAR, Boulder, CO; and E. R. Davis, J. Weber, and T. Yoksas

9:00 AM

5.5

The importance of Unidata support to Plymouth State College

James P. Koermer, Plymouth State College, Plymouth, NH

9:15 AM

5.6

Satellite image analysis in support of atmospheric chemistry campaigns: Examples of Unidata's impact on interdisciplinary graduate research and education

Jennie L. Moody, Univ. of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA; and O. R. Cooper and A. J. Wimmers

9:30 AM

5.7

Unidata's path for NOAAport data distribution

Steven R. Chiswell, Unidata/UCAR, Boulder, CO; and M. Schmidt

9:45 AM

5.8

Penn State and weather analysis: The Unidata age

Arthur A. Person, Penn State Univ., University Park, PA; and G. S. Young

10:00 AM

5.9

Custom Meteorological Forecasts and Nowcasts in Support of Astronomical Operations at Mauna Kea in Support of Astronomical Operations at Mauna Kea

Steven Businger, Univ. of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI; and R. Knabb, D. Simons, and R. J. Wainscoat

10:15 AM

5.10

Future directions for meteorological data distribution

John Caron, Unidata/UCAR, Boulder, CO; and E. Davis, D. Murray, and R. K. Rew

10:30 AM

5.11

The NWS/COMET case study library in the new millennium

Elizabeth Mulvihill Page, NOAA/NWS, Boulder, CO; and D. Kiessling and J. Weber

10:45 AM

5.12

Toward a geosciences computer laboratory

Edward E. Hindman, City College of New York, New York, NY; and S. D. Gedzelman, J. C. Steiner, R. M. Kahn, and S. J. Richards

11:00 AM

5.13

An Example of Unidata's Future in New Sotfware: THE VisAD COMPENTENT ARCHITETURE FOR COLLABORATIVE DATA ANALYSIS AND VISUALIZATION

William Hibbard, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

11:15 AM

5.14

An Example of Unidat's Future in Collaborative Data Access: High-Resolution Doppler Radar Volumes in Real Time

Kelvin Droegemeier, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK

11:30 AM

5.15

Future Directions for Unidata Applications

Russell K. Rew, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. L. Caron, S. R. Emmerson, and D. R. Murray

11:45 AM

5.16

A GEMPAK script for estimating diabatic heating

Patrick S. Market, Univ. of Missouri, Columbia, MO; and J. T. Moore

12:00 PM

5.8A

Coffee Break (Exhibit Hours 10:00 am-2:15 pm)

12:15 PM

5.16A

Conference Luncheon

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Walter Orr Roberts Lecture in Interdisciplinary Science (Part of the President's Symposium on Environmental Applications). Title: Emerging Environmental Issues: A Global Perspective of Scope. Speaker: R. E. (Ted) Munn, Univ. of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

1

Meteorology and the Environment - the WMO Perspective. John W. Zillman, Bureau of Meteorology, Melbourne, Vic., Australia

1

Conference Luncheon - Speaker: D. James Baker, Underscretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere, NOAA Administrator, Washington, DC

Session 6

Technology and technique development at laboratories and in industries associated with meteorology, hydrology and oceanography (Parallel with Session 7)

Host: 16th International Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology

Organizers: Dan McMorrow, Johns Hopkins Univ.; Robert Introne, Consultant

2:15 PM

6.1

Overview

Dan McMorrow, Johns Hopkins Univ., Laurel, MD

2:30 PM

6.2

Using Numerical Weather Modeling to Customize Synthetic Natural Environments

Robert A. Reynolds, Litton/TASC, Reading, MA; and T. A. Hutchinson and P. S. Dailey

2:45 PM

6.3

A System For Development and Display of A Consensus of Model Data

Henry Margusity, AccuWeather, Inc, State College, PA; and M. A. Steinberg

6.4

Interactive Java Graphics of Network-Distributed in-situ Data Sets in a Collaborative Tool Environment

3:15 PM

6.5

Software Development for Surface Water Quality Modeling

M. Lahlou, Tetra Tech, Inc., Fairfax, VA; and J. Hamrick, Z. Ji, J. Ouyang, M. Morton, J. Shen, and W. D. Tate

3:30 PM

6.6

Target Acquisition Weather Software (TAWS)

Jeffrey S. Morrison, Litton/TASC, Reading, MA; and R. B. Bensinger, C. V. Gilbert, M. J. Gouveia, R. B. Turkington, J. L. Wylie, and P. Tattelman

6.7

Time motion of forecasters using interactive workstations

3:45 PM

6.8

An integrated meteorological monitoring and display system for emergency response

Matthew J. Parker, Westinghouse Savannah River Co., Aiken, SC; and C. H. Hunter, L. C. Heavner, G. L. Snyder, and R. A. Mueller

4:00 PM

6.9

Collaborative Virtual Environments As A Visual Analysis Tool

Cathy M. Lascara, Old Dominion Univ., Norfolk, VA; and G. Wheless

4:15 PM

6.10

GIS Applications in Climate and Meteorology

Scott T. Shipley, Raytheon Systems Company, Lanham, MD

4:30 PM

6.11

Getting critical weather and flood information to end-users: a comparison of the Integrated Weather Effects Decision Aid (IWEDA) and the Local Data Acquisition and Dissemination (LDAD) systems

Christopher R. Adams, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and K. E. Eis

4:45 PM

6.5A

Coffee Break (Exhibit Hours 3:30-7:00 pm)

5:15 PM

6.7A

Preliminary Evaluations of Using Lightning Data to Improve Oceanic Convective Forecasting for Aviation

Alan Nierow, FAA, Washington, DC; and R. C. Showalter, F. Mosher, J. Jalickee, and K. Cummins

5:30 PM

6.11A

Session 6 ends

Session 7

European Applications: Observing systems, communications systems, analysis and forecasting systems, dissemination systems to special services needed to serve the surface transportation industry (including transportation management centers and traffic flow control) (Parallel with Session 6)

Host: 16th International Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology

Organizers: Horst Boettger, ECMWF; John Lincoln, Consultant

2:15 PM

7.1

Overview

Horst Bottger, ECMWF, Reading, Berks., United Kingdom

2:30 PM

7.2

Horace - The expanding role of wake-up calls

Alan M. Radford, UK Met Office, Bracknell, Berks., United Kingdom

2:45 PM

7.3

Operational Forecasting Use of Objective Analysis Techniques

Philip H. Dominy, UK Met Office, Bracknell, Berks., United Kingdom

3:00 PM

7.4

Tasks supervision at ECMWF

Baudouin Raoult, ECMWF, Reading, Berks., United Kingdom

3:15 PM

7.5

Web based interface to the ECMWF archive

Baudouin Raoult, ECMWF, Reading, Berks., United Kingdom

3:30 PM

7.6

Meteosat image and Grid data analysis system

Janusz M. Jasinski, Military Univ. of Technology, Warsaw, Poland; and K. Kroszczynski and I. A. Winnicki

3:45 PM

7.7

Finite element method in Hermitian spaces in the analysis of irregular atmospheric processes

Ireneusz A. Winnicki, Military Univ. of Technology, Warsaw, Poland; and J. M. Jasinski

4:00 PM

7.8

Use of NT Based Systems By the UK Met Office and Its Customers

W. H. Moores, UK Met Office, Bracknell, Berks., United Kingdom; and P. Hayes

4:15 PM

7.9

Forecasts of strong wind and in-cloud icing for the Danish Great Belt bridge

Anna Hilden, Danish Meteorological Inst., Copenhagen, Denmark

4:30 PM

7.10

The EuroROSE Project

Heinz Gunther, GKSS Research Centre, Geesthacht, Germany; and K. Reichert, K. W. Gurgel, G. Evensen, L. Wyatt, J. Guddal, and J. C. Nieto-Borge

4:45 PM

7.5A

Coffee Break (Exhibit Hours 3:30-7:00 pm)

5:15 PM

7.10A

Session 7 ends

Session 8

Modernization activities of government and commercial weather services (Parallel with Sessions J1 &9)

Host: 16th International Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology

Organizer: Elbert W. (Joe) Friday Jr., National Research Council

8:00 AM

8.1

Overview

Elbert W. (Joe) Friday Jr., National Research Council, Washington, DC

8:15 AM

8.2

Invited Presentation

John J. (Jack) Kelly, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD

8:45 AM

8.3

Invited Presentation

Fred P. Lewis, USAF, Pentagon, Washington, DC

9:15 AM

8.4

Invited Presentation

Kenneth E. Barbor, Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command, Stennis Space Center, MS

9:45 AM

8.5

The World Area Forecast System: A Personal and Historic Prospective

Charles H. Sprinkle, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD

10:00 AM

8.6

Application Programs that Relate to WWW

Robert Landis, WMO, Geneva, Switzerland

10:15 AM

8.7

An interactive information and processing system to assist the military with command and control decision making

David P. Sauter, Army Research Lab., White Sands Missile Range, NM

10:30 AM

8.8

FAA aviation weather research program in support of National Aviation Weather Initiatives

Steven R. Albersheim, DOT, Washington, DC

10:45 AM

8.9

AWIPS Validation Efforts at COMET

Craig S. Hartsough, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and L. Neilley, S. Jesuroga, and G. Byrd

11:00 AM

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

11:15 AM

8.11

Development of a Data Architecture for the NWS Hydrologic Services Program

Geoffrey M. Bonnin, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and D. Urban

11:30 AM

8.12

National Weather Service Requirements Process

Richard A. Lane, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and L. D. Johnson

11:45 AM

8.5A

Coffee Break (Exhibit Hours 10:00 am-1:30 pm)

12:15 PM

8.12A

Session 8 ends

Joint Session 1

Joint IIPS/IOS Session on Technology for Buoy Observing Systems

Hosts: (Joint between the 16th International Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology; and the Fourth Symposium on Integrated Observing Systems )

Organizers: Nancy Soreide, OAR; Cathy Woody, NOAA/NDBC; Steve Holt, Mitretek

8:00 AM

J1.1

Overview of Ocean Based Buoys and Drifters: Present Applications and Future Needs

Nancy N. Soreide, NOAA/PMEL, Seattle, WA; and C. E. Woody and S. M. Holt

8:15 AM

J1.2

An Overview of National Data Buoy Center Products and Activities

Eric A. Meindl, NOAA/NDBC, Stennis Space Center, MS

8:30 AM

J1.3

TAO and PIRATA buoy networks in the tropical Pacific and Atlantic

H. Paul Freitag, NOAA/PMEL, Seattle, WA; and M. J. McPhaden

8:45 AM

J1.4

The Global Drifter Program

Mark S. Swenson, NOAA/AOML, Miami, FL

9:00 AM

J1.5

The Hawaii sea level observing system

Bernard J. Kilonsky, Univ. of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI; and M. Merrifield

9:15 AM

J1.6

The Scripps Institution of Oceanography Marine Observatory: A Platform for Real-Time Measurements of the Coastal Ocean and Atmosphere

Ian M. Brooks, SIO, La Jolla, CA; and D. P. Rogers and L. Regier

9:30 AM

J1.7

SEAKEYS 1999: Florida Keys Monitoring Initiative

J. C. Humphrey, Florida Inst. of Oceanography, Long Key, FL; and J. C. Ogden, S. L. Vargo, and J. Hendee

9:45 AM

J1.8

The Coastal Ocean Monitoring and Prediction System for West Florida

M. Luther, Univ. of South Florida, Saint Petersburg, FL

10:00 AM

J1.9

The Texas Automated Buoy System

Norman L. Guinasso, Jr., Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; and F. J. Kelly, L. L. Lee, III, and R. D. Martin, Jr.

10:15 AM

J1.10

The Environmental Sensors Presently Used by the National Data Buoy Center

Eduardo D. Michelena, NOAA/NDBC, Stennis Space Flight Center, MS

10:30 AM

J1.11

Long Term Water Level Measurements Using GPS on a Buoy

Gerald L. Mader, NOAA/NWSFO, Silver Spring, MD

10:45 AM

J1.12

History of GPS Buoy Development at the Universtiy of Colorado

George H. Born, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and D. G. Kubitschek, K. Key, and B. Haines

11:00 AM

J1.13

New Interdisciplinary Technologies and Their Potential Utilization in Ocean Observing Systems

Tommy D. Dickey, Univ. of California, Santa Barbara, CA

11:15 AM

J1.14

Advances in Buoy Technology for Wind/Wave Data Collection and Analysis

S. G. P. Skey, Axys Environmental Systems, Sidney, BC, Canada; and T. Vandall

11:30 AM

J1.15

Technology Development to Collect Ocean Optics Data At NDBC Weather Stations

Catherine E. Woody, NOAA/NBDC, Stennis space Center, MS

11:45 AM

J1.16

Measurement of Optical Variability of the Ocean from Autonomous Platforms

M. Lewis, Dalhousie Univ., Halifax, NS, Canada

12:00 PM

J1.17

PMEL Mooring Operations - Supporting Climate and Weather Forecasting

Hugh B. Milburn, NOAA/PMEL, Seattle, WA; and C. Meinig

12:15 PM

J1.18

Next Generation Ocean Observing Systems: Part 1 Platforms

James D. Irish, WHOI, Woods Hole, MA; and W. Paul and E. Mollo-Christensen

12:30 PM

J1.19

Next Generation Ocean Observing Systems: Part 2, Sensors/Data System/Sampling

James D. Irish, WHOI, Woods Hole, MA; and J. N. Shaumeyer and J. Borden

12:45 PM

J1.20

Next-Generation Ocean Observing Systems, Part 3: Two-way, high-speed, Low Earth Orbiting Satellite Communications

Jeffrey N. Shaumeyer, Wavix, Inc., Rockville, MD; and J. M. Borden and J. D. Irish

1:00 PM

J1.21

Internet Access to the GOES Data Collection System (DCS) with Buoy Applications

Craig A. Keeler, Mitretek Systems, McLean, VA; and A. McMath and K. Metcalf

1:15 PM

J1.22

A Cooperative Effort to Transmit Real-Time Marine Observations for Meteorologists

David B. Gilhousen, NOAA/NDBC, Stennis Space Center, MS; and H. E. Seim and P. Welsh

1:30 PM

J1.23

All New Interactive Web Access to TAO Data using JavaScript

W. H. Zhu, JISAO, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and E. F. Burger, D. C. McClurg, D. W. Denbo, and N. N. Soreide

1:45 PM

J1.24

Information Management Methodology for Profiling Float Observations

Robert L. Molinari, NOAA/AOML, Miami, FL

2:00 PM

J1.25

NOPP Drifter Project--Drifter Data in the K-12 Classroom

Sarah E. Schoedinger, Consortium for Oceanographic Research & Education, Washington, DC

2:15 PM

J1.26

Interactive access to distributed in-situ data in a collaborative tool environment

Donald W. Denbo, NOAA/PMEL and JISAO/Univ.of Washington, Seattle, WA; and C. R. Windsor

2:30 PM

J1.27

Moving data and information from here to the future

William T. Turnbull, NOAA/HPCC, Silver Spring, MD

2:45 PM

J1.28

Collaborative virtual environments as a visual analysis tool

Cathy Lascara, Old Dominion Univ., Norfolk, va

3:00 PM

J1.29

Technology trends in distributed data access and visualization

Nancy N. Soreide, NOAA/PMEL, Seattle, WA

3:15 PM

J1.8A

Coffee Break (Exhibit Hours 10:00 am-1:30 pm)

3:45 PM

J1.14A

Lunch Break

4:45 PM

J1.22A

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5:00 PM

J1.29A

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Session 9

AWIPS (Parallel with Sessions J1 & 8)

Host: 16th International Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology

Organizer: Mary Glackin, NOAA/NESDIS

10:30 AM

9.1

Update on Commissioning the Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System (AWIPS)

Joseph Facundo, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD

10:45 AM

9.2

AWIPS Operational Test and Evaluation (OT&E) for Commissioning

Mary D. Buckingham, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD

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

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

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

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

12:00 PM

8.9

AWIPS Validation Efforts at COMET

Craig S. Hartsough, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and L. Neilley, S. Jesuroga, and G. Byrd

12:15 PM

9.8

Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System (AWIPS) in a National Center

JoAnna L. Green, NOAA/NCEP/AWC, Kansas City, MO

12:30 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

12:45 PM

9.10

AWIPS and International Use

Terry C. Tarbell, Litton/PRC, McLean, VA; and K. Ward, H. Pomeranz, and J. Shea

1:00 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

1:15 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

1:30 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

1:45 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

2:00 PM

9.15

AWIPS Moving Into Operations Phase

Richard K. Thigpen, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD

2:15 PM

9.8A

Lunch Break

3:15 PM

9.15A

Coffee Break

Session 10

Modernization: Observing Systems (Parallel with Session J1)

Host: 16th International Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology

Organizers: Howard Diamond, NOAA/NWS; M. Douglass Gifford, NOAA/NWS

3:30 PM

10.1

Climate data continuity with ASOS rain observations

Thomas B. McKee, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and N. J. Doesken, J. Kleist, and N. L. Canfield

3:45 PM

10.2

Quality control algorithms used in the Automated Surface Observing System

M. Douglas Gifford, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and R. N. Parry

4:00 PM

10.3

A Status Report on ASOS Ceilometer Algorithm Development

Joseph V. Fiore Jr., Raytheon ITSS, Sterling, VA

4:15 PM

10.4

Ceilometer Comparisons March 1998 - April 1999

David M. Giles, Raytheon ITSS, Sterling, VA

4:30 PM

10.5

All-Weather Precipitation Accumulation Gauge Comparisons with Standard NWS 8-inch Manual Gauge

Lynn J. Winans, Raytheon ITSS, Sterling, VA; and B. Taubvurtzel

4:45 PM

10.6

Paper transferred to Session 6, paper 6.7a

5:00 PM

10.7

The Value of Wind Standards to Society

Thomas J. Lockhart, Meteorological Standards Institute, Fox Island, WA

5:15 PM

10.7A

Session 10 ends

Poster Session 1

Poster Session

Host: 16th International Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology

Organizer: Steve Holt, Mitretek Systems

P1.1

An Interactive Web-based Data Analysis tool in support of the land data assimilation scheme (LDAS) Project

Brian A. Cosgrove, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and P. R. Houser and J. K. Entin

P1.2

view_hdf: Visualization and Analysis Software for HDF Files

Kam-Pui Lee, SAIC, Hampton, VA; and L. A. Hunt

P1.3

Integrating the Areal Mean Basin Estimated Rainfall (AMBER) and the Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System (AWIPS) into warning operations at NWSFO Pittsburgh during widespread flooding in southeast Ohio on 26-28 June 1998

Josh Korotky, NOAA/NWSFO, Coraopolis, PA; and R. S. Davis and C. Strager

P1.4

Windows NT Monitoring Software with e-mail notification and web reporting

Dale Reinke, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and M. Hiatt and K. Eis

P1.5

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's AWIPS Link to NOAAPORT

Bradley R. Rippey, USDA, Washington, DC; and A. Peterlin and D. A. Deprey

P1.6

The Operational Production Process of the Horace System

David C. Marsh, UK Met Office, Bracknell, Berks., United Kingdom

P1.7

Creating first guess forecast products NASA Johnson Space Center: Applying LAPS and AWIPS Forecast Preparation System algorithms in McIDAS

Timothy D. Oram, NASA, Spaceflight Meteorology Group, Johnson Space Center, TX

P1.9

IMPACT OF THE PHENOMENON EL-NINO ON THE REGIME OF PRECIPITATION IN THE AREA OF THE MEDIUM AMAZON

David Mendes, CPTEC/INPE, Cachoeira Paulista, Sao Paulo, Brazil; and J. Cohen

P1.10

The Common Operations and Development Environment, Structure and System Services

Thomas J. Ganger, Mitretek Systems, McLean, VA; and R. E. Saffle

P1.11

NEXRAD Product Improvement:Overview of NEXRAD Open Systems Plans

Robert E. Saffle, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD

P1.12

Visual Programming for the WSR-88D Common Operations & Development Environment

Andrew D. Stern, Mitretek Systems, McLean, VA; and T. J. Ganger and R. E. Saffle

P1.13

Mesoscale Modeling Investigation of Convective Initiation on the Gulf Coast

Paul J. Croft, Jackson State Univ., Jackson, MS; and R. S. Reddy and P. J. Fitzpatrick

P1.14

Applications of Environment Canada's Text-to-Voice System

Brian Bukoski, Environment Canada, Winnipeg, MB, Canada

P1.15

The Polar Orbiting Satellite Sounding Evaluator

Michael E. Pettey, Raytheon Information Technology and Scientific Services, Lanham, MD; and C. E. Brown and M. C. Chalfant

P1.16

Upper Wind Forecasts for NASA's X-38 Flight Test Operations

Dan G. Bellue, NOAA/NWS, Johnson Space Center, TX; and C. Donohue

P1.17

Forecasting Timing of Sea Breeze-Induced Thunderstorms at Cape Canaveral Air Station

Thomas G. Renwick, Air Force Inst. of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH; and C. A. Miner and W. P. Roeder

P1.18

GOES Sounder Products - New Observations for Weather Forecasting

Donald G. Gray, NOAA/NESDIS, Suitland, MD

P1.19

Modeling of Atmospheric and Space Effects on Air Force C2 Operations

Robert J Raistrick, Air Force Research Lab., Hanscom AFB, MA

P1.20

Heading for the Future - National Weather Service Communications Identifiers

Fred Branski, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD

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Session 11

Applications of IIPS Using Radar and Other Observation Platforms and Their Associated Data Processing Systems (Parallel with Sessions 12, 13, & 14)

Host: 16th International Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology

Organizers: Robert Saffle, NOAA/NWS; Steve Shema, FAA

8:00 AM

11.1

Development of a WSR-88D based Snow Accumulation Algorithm for quantitative precipitation estimates over southwestern Oregon

Curtis L. Hartzell, U.S. Dept. of Interior, Denver, CO; and A. B. Super

8:15 AM

11.2

Construction of hail swaths using NIDS data

Bradford R. Pugh, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and K. C. Crawford

8:30 AM

11.3

Progress in the Use of Weather Data from Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Radars in Combination With the WSR-88D

Robert E. Saffle, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and S. Shema, S. M. Holt, and L. D. Johnson

8:45 AM

11.4

Development and Integration of new Hydrometeorological Algorithms into the WSR-88D using the Common Operations and Development Environment (CODE)

Thomas J. Ganger, Mitretek Systems, McLean, VA; and R. E. Saffle, A. D. Stern, B. T. Ulery, and A. White

9:00 AM

11.5

The Use of CODE at the Operational Support Facility

Anderson White, NOAA/NWS, OSF, Norman, OK

9:15 AM

11.6

Reusable Applications Software Components for the WSR-88D

Michael J. Istok, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD

9:30 AM

11.7

NEXRAD Open Systems - Progress and Plans

Robert E. Saffle, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and L. D. Johnson

9:45 AM

11.8

Overview of the Final ORPG Software Architecture

Michael Jain, NOAA/ERL/NSSL, Norman, OK; and Z. Jing

10:00 AM

11.9

The Linear Buffer and its role in the WSR-88D Open System RPG

Zhongqi Jing, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma and NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and M. Jain

10:15 AM

11.10

An Update and Lessons Learned Thus Far on the WSR-88D Operational Support Facility Implementation of Open Systems Architecture into the WSR-88D System

J. Rex Reed, NOAA/NWS/OSF, Norman, OK; and G. Cate

10:30 AM

11.11

Mitigation of range/velocity ambiguities in the WSR-88D.

D. S. Zrnic, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and M. Sachidananda, R. J. Doviak, J. Keeler, and C. Frush

10:45 AM

11.12

On the Windfinding Accuracy of Loran-C, GPS and Radar

Juhana Jaatinen, Vaisala Oyj, Helsinki, Finland; and J. B. Elms

11:00 AM

11.13

Comparisons of observer reports of thunderstorms with similar reports derived from the National Lightning Detection Network Data

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

11:15 AM

11.14

A New Radar Display System

Michael A. Steinberg, AccuWeather, Inc., State College, PA; and H. Margusity and C. Canning

11:30 AM

11.8A

Coffee Break

12:00 PM

11.14A

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Session 12

Applications of decision support tools in the use and leverage of the Internet (Parallel with Sessions 11 and 13)

Host: 16th International Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology

Organizer: Don Mock, NOAA/CDC

8:30 AM

12.1

Overview

Donald Mock, NOAA/CDC, Boulder, CO

8:45 AM

12.2

The Internet As A Source of Weather Information

Daniel Kottlowski, AccuWeather, Inc., State College, PA; and J. Candor and J. Ferrell

9:00 AM

12.3

Leveraging the Internet to Aid Decision Making During Hazardous Weather Events

Kevin A. Kloesel, Oklahoma Climatological Survey, Norman, OK; and K. C. Crawford, R. McPherson, D. Morris, R. Jesuroga, and C. Subramaniam

9:15 AM

12.4

Use of a "Composer" form to speed the creation of online Satellite Meteorology Tutorials

Thomas F. Lee, NRL, Monterey, CA; and J. Kent

12.5

Wind Energy Forecasts from MAPS through an Internet Decision Support Tool

9:45 AM

12.6

Java Servlet Technology to Enhance Web Access to Real-time and Retrospective Environmental Data

Willa H. Zhu, JISAO/Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and E. F. Burger

10:00 AM

12.7

Distributed Object Technology to Support Web Access of Heterogeneous Data and Information Sources

Willa H. Zhu, JISAO/Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and L. C. Sun

10:15 AM

12.8

Working With Extensible Markup Language

Thomas B. Passin, Mitretek Systems, McLean, VA

10:30 AM

12.9

Using a Relational Database and the Extensible Markup Language to Store and Distribute Climate Metadata

Roland H. Schweitzer, NOAA/CDC and CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO

10:45 AM

12.10

Transforming Extensible Markup Language Documents With XSLT

Thomas B. Passin, Mitretek Systems, McLean, VA

11:00 AM

12.11

VRML techniques and tours: 3D experiences of oceans and atmospheres

Christopher W. Moore, JISAO/Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and N. N. Soreide, A. Hermann, C. Lascara, and G. Wheless

11:15 AM

12.12

Developing Collaborative Software to support the Aviation Weather Center’s Collaborative Convective Forecast Project

Donald R. Frank, Research and Data Systems Corp., Kansas City, MO; and F. J. Foss, W. E. Carle, and H. R. Hudson

11:30 AM

12.13

The Virtual Forecast System: A Prototype Large-Scale Interactive/Collaborative Environment

Andrew D. Stern, Mitretek Systems, McLean, VA; and T. R. Neff, S. L. Bunin, S. M. Holt, and R. J. Ramsey

11:45 AM

12.6A

Coffee Break

12:00 PM

12.13A

Lunch Break

Session 13

Applications of IIPS Using Satellites, Other Observation Platforms, and Their Associated Data Processing Systems (Parallel with Sessions 11 & 12)

Host: 16th International Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology

Organizers: Ron Gird, NOAA/NWS; Ed Boselly, Solutions, Inc.

10:30 AM

13.1

The NESDIS Satellite Product Overview Display

Stacy L. Bunin, Mitretek Systems, McLean, VA; and T. B. Passin, P. M. Taylor, and D. G. Gray

10:45 AM

13.2

Plans for NOAA's Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) System

Gerald J. Dittberner, NOAA/NESDIS, Suitland, MD

11:00 AM

13.3

A Windows NT-Based GOES I-M Data Collection System

Duane Whitcomb, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Ft. Collins, CO; and D. Reinke, M. Hiatt, and K. Eis

11:15 AM

13.4

Updated NWS AWIPS Requirements for GOES/POES Satellite Products

Donald G. Gray, NOAA/NESDIS, Suitland, MD; and J. J. Gurka and P. M. Taylor

11:29 AM

13.5

Paper transferred to Session 4, paper 4.17

11:30 AM

13.6

NOAA Polar Program Plans for Continuous Satellite Coverage

Michael Mignogno, NOAA/NESDIS, Suitland, MD; and C. Nelson

11:45 AM

13.7

An Overview of NESDIS Polar-Orbiting Satellite Data Processing and NWS POES AWIPS Requirements

Pamela M. Taylor, NOAA/NESDIS, Suitland, MD

12:00 PM

13.8

Interactive validation and tuning of satellite cloud property retrieval algorithms

Gary Gustafson, AER, Cambridge, MA; and D. Peduzzi, M. Plonski, and B. Shaw

12:15 PM

13.9

Detection and Tracking of Vortices and Saddle Points from SST Data

Qing Yang, LBNL, Berkeley, CA; and B. Parvin

12:30 PM

13.10

Real-Time Cloud Depiction Integration Into The Army's Battlefield Maneuver Control System

Ronald F. Fournier, TASC, Inc., Reading, MA; and R. B. Bensinger and J. J. Fox III

13.11

Interactive tools to support a prototype high-resolution cloud analysis and forecast system

12:45 PM

13.12

MSIV: A tool for interactive visualization and analysis of multispectral satellite images

Robert P. d'Entremont, AER, Cambridge, MA; and J. B. Collins and J. T. Bunting

1:00 PM

13.13

Worldwide Navy satellite meteorology applications via the Internet

Jeffrey D. Hawkins, NRL, Monterey, CA; and T. F. Lee, J. F. Turk, K. L. Richardson, C. Sampson, P. M. Tag, R. L. Bankert, and J. E. Kent

1:15 PM

13.14

The National Weather Service operational requirements for the evolution of future NOAA operational geostationary satellites

James J. Gurka, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and J. N. Heil

1:30 PM

13.15

Development of Interactive Cloud Height and Skew-T Diagram Algorithms for AWIPS

Larry J. Hinson, NOAA/NCEP/AWC, Kansas City, MO; and F. R. Mosher

1:45 PM

13.16

Information System on Real-time Quickscat and TRMM Observations

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

2:00 PM

13.17

Weather interactive graphics in support of space launch

Michael S. Gremillion, 45th Weather Squadron, Patrick Air Force Base, FL; and J. W. Weems, B. F. Boyd, D. E. Harms, and E. D. Priselac

2:15 PM

13.18

The NOAA/NESDIS Hazard Mapping System

Stephen D. Ambrose, NOAA/NESDIS, Washington, DC; and G. Stephens

2:30 PM

13.6A

National Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) Interface Data Processing Segment (IDPS)

Reginald B. Lawrence, NOAA/NESDIS, Silver Spring, MD; and L. O'Connor

2:45 PM

13.12A

Coffee Break

3:30 PM

13.18A

Session 13 ends

3:45 PM

13.6B

Lunch Break

Session 14

Applications of IIPS in Climatology

Host: 16th International Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology

Organizer: Jimmie Smith, MeteoQuest, Inc.

8:00 AM

14.1

Rapidly Expanding Uses of Climate Data and Information in Agriculture and Water Resources: Causes and Characteristics of New Applications

Stanley A. Changnon, ISWS, Champaign, IL; and K. E. Kunkel

8:15 AM

14.2

Implementation of the NOAAPort Data Archive and Retrieval System (NDARS) at the National Climatic Data Center

Glenn K. Rutledge, NOAA/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and A. Stanley, E. Page, L. Spayd, and J. Brundage

8:30 AM

14.3

The Climate Zone - an Australian interactive web-based system

Anne K. Brewster, Bureau of Meteorology, Melbourne, Vic., Australia; and A. Mavromatis and L. M. Hollis

8:45 AM

14.4

The Midwestern Climate Center Climate Profiler: An Internet-Based System for Interpreting Climate Outlooks

Michael A. Palecki, ISWS, Champaign, IL; and J. R. Angel

9:00 AM

14.5

Approaches to user authentication at a climate research Web site

Julia A. Collins, NOAA/CDC and CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO

9:15 AM

14.6

National Climate Extremes Committee's Evaluation of the Reported 1,140 Inch National Seasonal Snowfall Record at the Mount Baker, Washington Ski Area

Robert J. Leffler, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and A. H. Horvitz, M. Changery, R. Downs, K. T. Redmond, and G. Taylor

9:30 AM

14.7

National Weather Service Cooperative Observer Program Initiatives

Robert J. Leffler, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and A. H. Horvitz

9:45 AM

14.8

A Spatial Approach to Determining the Optimum Density of the National Weather Service Cooperative Observers Network

Stephen A. Del Greco, NOAA/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and D. Mannarano, R. Leffler, C. Nelson, and B. Rippey

10:00 AM

14.9

An Evaluation of the Sensitivity of Local Climate Statistics Generated from the Output of a 3-D Mesoscale Atmospheric Model to Observed Data Availability

Glenn E. Van Knowe, MESO, Inc., Troy, NY; and J. W. Zack, S. Young, M. D. Bousquet, P. E. Price, and C. E. Graves

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