Session 3 Heavy Precipitation and Flash Flooding (Parallel with Joint Session J1)

Wednesday, 12 January 2000: 8:30 AM-2:30 PM
Host: 15th Conference on Hydrology
Organizers:
Richard A. Fulton, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD and Roderick Scofield, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD

Papers:
8:30 AM
3.1
Satellite based estimates of rain in hurricane Mitch
Arnold Gruber, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and R. Ferraro, G. Vicente, M. Ba, R. A. Scofield, Q. Li, and R. Weldon

8:45 AM
3.2
Using a high-resolution mesoscale coupled model to simulate the 1996 Buffalo Creek flash-flood event
Fei Chen, NCAR, Boudler, CO; and T. T. Warner, K. Manning, and D. Yates

9:00 AM
3.3
Potential vorticity patterns and their relationship to heavy precipitation in Mesoscale Convective Systems (MCSs)
Fernando Caracena, NOAA/FSL, Boulder, CO; and A. Marroquin and E. I. Tollerud

9:15 AM
3.4
Heavy precipitation associated with landfalling tropical storms
Lance F. Bosart, University at Albany/SUNY, Albany, NY; and E. H. Atallah

9:30 AM
3.5
9:45 AM
3.6
A prototype operational 0-1 hour radar-based flash flood potential algorithm
Richard A. Fulton, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and D. J. Seo

10:00 AM
3.7
Flash flood monitoring and prediction in AWIPS Build 5 and beyond
Stephan B. Smith, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and M. T. Filiaggi, M. Churma, J. Roe, M. Glaudemans, R. Erb, and L. Xin

10:15 AM
3.8
Detecting flash floods in small urban watersheds.
Robert S. Davis, NOAA/NWS, Pittsburgh, PA

10:30 AM
3.9
Hydrologic application of global emsemble precipitation forecasts
Sanja Perica, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and J. C. Schaake and D. J. Seo

10:45 AM
3.10
Mapping the course of satellite precipitation estimates for flash floods into the 21st century
Roderick A. Scofield, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and G. Vicente, C. Davenport, and S. Qiu

11:00 AM
3.11
The Hydrometeorological Prediction Center -- Its future role in Quantitative Precipitation Forecasting
James E. Hoke, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Camp Springs, MD; and D. W. Reynolds, E. J. Danaher, and K. C. McCarthy

11:15 AM
3.12
The NWS National QPF Verification Program
Brett E. McDonald, NOAA/NWS and UCAR/COMET, Camp Springs, MD; and T. M. Graziano and C. K. Kluepfel

11:30 AM
3.13
Numerical simulations and forecasting potential for extreme rainfall events in the southern United States
John W. Nielsen-Gammon, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and J. Strack

11:45 AM
3.14
Satellite-based Estimates of Precipitation in Hydrological Forecasts
Michael A. Fortune, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and S. Tokar

12:30 PM
3.10A
Lunch Break

12:00 PM
3.6a
Coffee Break

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