| Saturday, 13 January 2001 |
| 7:30 AM-9:00 AM, Saturday
1 Workshop Registration |
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| Sunday, 14 January 2001 |
| 7:30 AM-9:00 AM, Sunday
Short Course Registration |
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| 9:00 AM-6:00 PM, Sunday
Conference Registration |
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| Monday, 15 January 2001 |
| 7:30 AM, Monday
Registration continues through Thursday, 18 January |
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| 8:15 AM-10:00 AM, Monday
Session 1 Calibration Methods, Quality Assurance and Quality Control Techniques |
Organizer: Robert A. Baxter, Parsons Engineering Science, Pasadena, CA
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| 8:15 AM | 1.1 | A Tribute to Thomas J. Lockhart
John T. Snow, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK |
| 8:30 AM | 1.2 | A Simple Step by Step Method for the Alignment of Wind Sensors to True North 
Robert A. Baxter, Parsons Engineering Science, Inc., Pasadena, CA |
| 8:45 AM | 1.3 | The Precision and Accuracy of the Temperature Measurements for the Climate Reference Network
C. Bruce Baker, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and T. P. Meyers, M. E. Hall, and R. R. Heim |
| 9:00 AM | 1.4 | Inexpensive temperature and relative humidity sensors, how good are they?
David L. Yoho, Parsons Engineering Science, Inc, Pasadena, CA; and D. H. Bush and R. A. Baxter |
| 9:15 AM | 1.5 | Rooftop Temperatures And How They Compare With Standard Surface Observations
Nolan J. Doesken, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and C. A. Davey, B. G. Griffith, and T. B. McKee |
| 9:30 AM | 1.6 | Improved humidity sensing with the chilled mirror: Really?
Francis J. Schmidlin, NASA/GSFC, Wallops Island, VA |
| 9:45 AM | 1.7 | Systematic gage network reporting errors: Missing and Unreported Observations
Edward I. Tollerud, NOAA/OAR/FSL, Boulder, CO |
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| 10:00 AM-10:30 AM, Monday
Coffee Break |
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| 10:00 AM-10:30 AM, Monday
Coffee Break |
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| 10:30 AM-12:00 PM, Monday
Session 2 Sonic Anemometers and Extreme Wind Measurements |
Organizer: Christopher A. Biltoft, U.S. Army Dugway Proving Ground, Dugway, UT
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| 10:30 AM | 2.1 | The Kolomogorov and Taylor hypotheses revisited
Christopher A. Biltoft, U.S. Army Dugway Proving Ground West Desert Test Center, Dugway, UT |
| 10:45 AM | 2.2 | Wind Sensor Comparison—Ultrasonic versus Wind Vane/Anemometer
Kenneth G. Wastrack, Tennessee Valley Authority, Muscle Shoals, AL; and D. E. Pittman, J. E. Hatmaker, and L. W. Hamberger |
| 11:00 AM | 2.3 | An evaluation of Gill sonic anemometers in the marine environment
David B. Gilhousen, NOAA/NDBC, Stennis Space Center, MS; and R. Hervey |
| 11:15 AM | 2.4 | Airborne true airspeed and fast temperature measurements with an ultra sonic anemometer thermometer
Philippe L. Nacass, Météo France, Brétigny-sur-Orge, France; and D. Cruette |
| 11:30 AM | 2.5 | Investigating the Impact of Changing The ASOS Wind Gust Averaging Period From Five to Three Seconds
Barbra B. Childs, Raytheon Information Technology and Scientific Services, Sterling, VA; and R. Lewis |
| 11:45 AM | 2.6 | The Extreme Turbulence (ET) probe for measuring boundary-layer turbulence during hurricane-force winds.
R. J. Dobosy, Oak Ridge Associated Universities, Oak Ridge, Tennessee; and T. L. Crawford, D. L. Auble, G. H. Crescenti, and R. C. Johnson |
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| 12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Monday
Lunch Break |
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| 12:30 PM-2:00 PM, Monday
Lunch Break |
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| 1:30 PM-3:00 PM, Monday
Session 3 Surface Energy Fluxes |
Organizer: Scott J. Richardson, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
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| 1:30 PM | 3.1 | A Neural Network to Retrieve the Mesoscale Instantaneous Latent Heat Flux over Oceans from SSM/I Observations
Denis Bourras, NASA/JPL, Pasadena, CA; and L. Eymard and W. T. Liu |
| 1:45 PM | 3.2 | An Assessment of the Accuracy of Profile Sensible Heat Flux Measurements from the OASIS Project using the NCAR Flux-PAM Network
Christopher M. McAloon, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and S. J. Richardson, J. A. Brotzge, and T. W. Horst |
| 2:00 PM | 3.3 | Closure of the surface energy budget at 10 OASIS super sites
Jerald A. Brotzge, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and K. C. Crawford |
| 2:15 PM | 3.4 | The OASIS Project network for monitoring the surface energy budget
Jerald A. Brotzge, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and S. J. Richardson and C. M. McAloon |
| 2:30 PM | 3.5 | Initial comparison of fluxes from Bowen ratio and eddy correlation instrumentation over a sagebrush steppe ecosystem
Kirk L. Clawson, NOAA/ARL, Idaho Falls, ID; and D. A. Johnson and N. Z. Saliendra |
| 2:45 PM | 3.6 | Qualitative Observational Analysis of the Boundary Layer Structure Using Surface-based Tower and Remote Sodar Data
Robert C. Gilliam, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; and A. Huber and S. Raman |
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| 3:00 PM-3:30 PM, Monday
Coffee Break |
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| 3:30 PM-5:30 PM, Monday
Session 4 Radiosondes and Rawinsondes |
Organizer: Daniel E. Wolfe, NOAA/ETL, Boulder, CO
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| 3:30 PM | 4.1 | The next generation radiosounding ground equipment from Vaisala
Mika Salkola, Vaisala OYJ, Helsinki, Finland; and A. Koski, M. Svennas, and J. Valle |
| 3:45 PM | 4.2 | Statistical Results of Two Rawinsonde Processors Sampling a Single Sonde
Terry C. Jameson, U.S. Army Research Laboratory, White Sands Missile Range, NM; and G. T. Vaucher |
| 4:00 PM | 4.3 | The identification of observation errors in radiosonde mass data at the National Centers for Environmental Prediction
William G. Collins, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC, Washington, DC |
| 4:15 PM | 4.4 | Performance of Vaisala RS80 radiosonde on measuring upper-tropospheric humidity after corrections
Junhong Wang, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and H. L. Cole, D. J. Carlson, and A. Paukkunen |
| 4:30 PM | 4.5 | The accuracy and performance of the new Vaisala RS90 radiosonde in operational use
Ari Paukkunen, Vaisala OYJ, Helsinki, Finland; and V. Antikainen and H. Jauhiainen |
| 4:45 PM | 4.6 | Rawinsonde intercomparisons during INDOEX
Scot M. Loehrer, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and S. F. Williams, J. A. Moore, and D. R. Gallant |
| 5:00 PM | 4.7 | Models to correct radiosonde temperature errors
James Luers, University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio; and R. E. Eskridge |
| 5:15 PM | 4.8 | ECC ozonesonde calibration and observations: satellite validation
Francis J. Schmidlin, NASA/GSFC, Wallops Island, VA |
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| 5:00 PM, Monday
Oral Sessions end for the day |
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| 5:30 PM-7:30 PM, Monday
Formal Opening of Exhibits with Reception (Cash Bar) |
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| Tuesday, 16 January 2001 |
| 8:00 AM-12:00 PM, Tuesday
Session 5 Aircraft Platforms and Airborne Measurements |
Organizer: Timothy L. Crawford, NOAA/ARL, Idaho Falls, ID
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| 8:00 AM | 5.1 | The Aerosonde Global Reconnaissance Facility
Doug Gauntlett, Aerosonde Robotic Aircraft, Boulder, CO; and G. Holland, J. Curry, and P. Webster |
| 8:15 AM | 5.2 | The UA/NSSL Remotely Piloted Vehicle
Nilton O. Renno, Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and K. W. Howard, F. W. Gallagher III, and M. W. Douglas |
| 8:30 AM | 5.3 | Recent developments in the design and testing of the glidersonde
Kenneth W. Howard, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and D. Egle, F. W. Gallagher III, N. Renno, and M. W. Douglas |
| 8:45 AM | 5.4 | Boundary Layer Targeted Observations using the Glidersonde Meteorological Package in a Radio Controlled Aircraft: Turbulence Signature and Structure
Dan Weber, CAPS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and F. W. Gallagher and K. W. Howard |
| 9:00 AM | 5.5 | Targeted observations of the boundary layer using the Glidersonde Meteorological Package in a radio controlled aircraft: Results and limitations
Daniel B. Weber, CAPS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and F. W. Gallagher and K. W. Howard |
| 9:15 AM | 5.6 | Small Environmental Research Aircraft: The Future of Airborne Geoscience
Timothy L. Crawford, NOAA/ARL, Idaho Falls, ID; and G. H. Crescenti and J. M. Hacker |
| 9:30 AM | 5.7 | A small aircraft for more than just ozone: MetAir's 'DIMONA' after ten years of evolving development
Bruno Neininger, MetAir AG, Menzingen, Switzerland; and W. Fuchs, M. Baeumle, A. Volz-Thomas, A. S. H. Prévôt, and J. Dommen |
| 9:45 AM | 5.8 | Development and testing of a Sky Arrow 650 ERA for Atmospheric research
Edward J. Dumas, NOAA/ARL, Oak Ridge, TN; and S. B. Brooks and J. Verfaillie |
| 10:00 AM | | Coffee Break
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| 10:29 AM | | Exhibit Hours 10:00AM–2:00PM
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| 10:30 AM | 5.9 | Comparison of Aircraft Attitude Determination by GPS, INS, and Airborne Laser: Preliminary Results
C. Wayne Wright, NASA/GSFC, Wallops Island, VA; and J. R. French |
| 10:45 AM | 5.10 | A high-resolution temperature probe for airborne measurements
Jeffrey R. French, NOAA/ERL/ARL, Idaho Falls, ID; and T. L. Crawford, R. C. Johnson, and O. R. Cote |
| 11:00 AM | 5.11 | Improved procedure to correct airborne Doppler radar data
Brian Bosart, University of California, Los Angeles, CA; and W. C. Lee and R. Wakimoto |
| 11:15 AM | 5.12 | Measuring trace gas fluxes on a regional scale using airborne relaxed eddy accumulation
C. R. Flechard, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada; and R. L. Desjardins, J. I. MacPherson, T. Zhu, D. Wang, and E. Pattey |
| 11:30 AM | 5.13 | The Cloud, Aerosol and Precipitation Spectrometer (CAPS)—A New Instrument for Cloud Investigations
Darrel Baumgardner, Droplet Measurement Technologies, Boulder, CO; and H. Jonsson, W. Dawson, D. O'Connor, and R. Newton |
| 11:45 AM | 5.14 | Calibration of NCAR ELDORA reflectivity factor using attenuation corrections
Wen-Chau Lee, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and S. Oury |
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| 10:00 AM-2:00 PM, Tuesday
Exhibit Hours |
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| 12:15 PM, Tuesday
Annual Meeting Luncheon |
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| 2:15 PM-2:45 PM, Tuesday
Vaisala Award Presentation |
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| 2:45 PM, Tuesday
Keynote Session 1 Remote Sensing Lecture, Title: "Satellite Measurements of the Earth's Radiation Budget; What Have We learned About the Climate System?" |
Organizer: Robert Cess, SUNY, Stony Brook, NY
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| 3:30 PM-4:00 PM, Tuesday
Coffee Break |
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| 4:00 PM-5:14 PM, Tuesday
Session 6 Meteorological Measurements in Harsh Environments |
Organizer: Stephen A. Cohn, NCAR, Boulder, CO
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| 4:00 PM | 6.1 | Relative humidity measurements near saturation at temperatures well below 0°C
Edgar L Andreas, U.S. Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, Hanover, NH; and P. S. Guest, P. O. G. Persson, C. W. Fairall, T. W. Horst, and R. E. Moritz |
| 4:15 PM | 6.2 | Observations of weather-related aviation hazards in Juneau, Alaska
Steven Mueller, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and S. A. Cohn, A. Praskovsky, R. Barron, and L. Cornman |
| 4:30 PM | 6.3 | Estimations of column water amounts over Arctic regions using ground-based thermal microwave and infrared measurements
Bing Lin, NASA/LRC, Hampton, VA; and P. Minnis, A. Fan, and D. Young |
| 4:45 PM | 6.4 | The use of rotating shadowband radiometers and microwave radiometers to obtain cloud properties in Arctic environments
Jim C. Barnard, PNNL, Richland, WA; and J. C. Liljegren, Q. L. Min, and J. C. Doran |
|  | 6.5 | A high spectral resolution lidar for untended operation in the Arctic.
Edwin W. Eloranta, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and P. Ponsardin |
| 5:00 PM | 6.6 | Severe winter weather performance of Runway Visual Range (RVR) systems at five Alaskan airports
David A. Hazen, System Resources Corporation, Billerica, MA; and R. J. Pawlak, T. A. Seliga, and D. B. Lawrence |
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| 5:15 PM, Tuesday
Oral sessions end for the day |
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| 5:30 PM-7:00 PM, Tuesday
Poster Session 1 Grand Poster Night |
Organizer: Gennaro H. Crescenti, NOAA/ARL, Idaho Falls, ID
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| | P1.1 | Improved Smart Balloon To Better Characterize Hurricane Boundary-Layer Inflow
Randy Johnson, NOAA/ARL, Idaho Falls, ID; and R. Carter, S. Businger, G. Barnes, and J. Businger |
| | P1.2 | An electronic differential microbarograph system
Carmen J. Nappo, NOAA/ERL/ARL/ATDD, Oak Ridge, TN; and D. L. Auble |
| | P1.3 | Laboratory studies of a vibrating wire precipitation gage
Claude E. Duchon, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and C. G. Wade, J. Cole, and R. R. Heim |
| | P1.4 | The Effects of Dome Temperature Gradients on the Accuracy of the Eppley Precision Infrared Radiometer
Scott J. Richardson, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. A. Brotzge |
| | P1.5 | A new fiber optic-based approach to meteorological instrumentation
Wayne H. Erxleben, Yankee Environmental Systems, Inc., Turners Falls, MA; and W. M. Stein, C. E. Holton, and M. J. Parker |
| | P1.6 | Next generation spaced antenna wind profiler technology
Charles L. Martin, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and W. O. J. Brown, S. A. Cohn, and M. Susedik |
| | P1.7 | Collection of Environmental Radar Data Using a Tactical Shipborne Radar
Timothy Maese, Lockheed Martin, Moorestown, NJ; and J. Melody, T. Hodge, D. Thomson, G. Young, and T. Rogers |
| | P1.8 | Calibration of Zdr for an S-band polarimetric radar
Robert A. Rilling, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. Lutz, M. Randall, and S. Ellis |
| | P1.9 | The project ``Draft''—development of radar analysis software and data format
Yoshinobu Tanaka, MRI, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan |
| | P1.10 | Observed Association between measured Optical Turbulence and Suspected Meteorological Sources
Elizabeth A. Boll, United States Air Force/Air Force Research Laboratory, Kirtland AFB, NM; and R. Asbury |
| | P1.11 | Investigation of the correlation between mechanical turbulence and optical turbulence in the atmosphere
Stephen A. Early, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH; and M. K. Walters |
| | P1.12 | Measurements of Optical Turbulence in Complex Terrain
Frank D. Eaton, U.S. Air Force/Air Force Research Laboratory, Kirtland AFB, New Mexico; and S. D. Ford, J. E. Miller, S. D. Stokes, and V. Stone |
| | P1.13 | The non-linear quality control of all data types within the National Center for Environmental Prediction's Regional Data Assimilation
William G. Collins, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC, Washington, DC; and E. Rogers and D. F. Parrish |
| | P1.14 | Desert lapse rate changes observed during the night-day transition period
Doyle Elliott, U.S. Army Research Lab., White Sands Missle Range, NM; and G. Vaucher |
| | P1.15 | Flight test results of a low-cost balloon borne chilled mirror hygrometer
William M. Stein, Yankee Environmental Systems Inc., Turners Falls, MA; and A. Bisberg and D. Beaubien |
| | P1.16 | Shipborne wind measurements corrected for airflow distortion by computational fluid dynamics
Philippe L. Nacass, Météo France, Brétigny-sur-Orge, France |
| | P1.17 | A GPS-based system for 3-dimensional total lightning mapping observations
Timothy Hamlin, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM; and J. Harlin, W. Rison, P. Krehbiel, and R. Thomas |
| | P1.18 | Comparison of the effects of using the ECMWF ERA-15 and the NASA/DAO GEOS-1 re-analyses on the diurnal cycle of surface longwave fluxes
J. Colleen Mikovitz, SSAI, Hampton, VA; and P. W. Stackhouse and S. K. Gupta |
| | P1.19 | Analysis of cloud ice crystal habits from the Mt. Washington Icing Sensors Project (MWISP)
William G. Schmitz, Plymouth State College, Plymouth, NH; and J. P. Koermer and C. C. Ryerson |
| | P1.20 | A Comparison of GPS-Measured Precipitable Water at Bartlett, NH with Radiosonde Measurements in the Northeast
Donald M. Dumont, Plymouth State College, Plymouth, NH; and J. Zabransky |
| | P1.21 | On-board measurement system for the automatic determination of small snow thicknesses on airport runways
J. L. Gaumet, Meteo-France, Trappes, France; and M. Zephoris and F. Zanghi |
| | P1.22 | Spectral Characteristics of Acoustic Noise Generated by Turbulent Flow in the Free Atmosphere
William L. Rubin, WLR Research, Inc., Whitestone, NY; and D. M. Shay |
| | P1.23 | Upgrading of the ATD lightning location system at The Met Office (UK)
John Nash, UK Met Office, Easthampstead, United Kingdom; and N. Daly, E. Hibbett, G. Callaghan, and P. Taylor |
| | P1.24 | Long-term Analysis of the Fair Weather Electric Field
Frank W. Gallagher III, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and W. H. Beasley and L. G. Byerley |
| | P1.25 | Lightning mapping observations in the western Great Plains
William Rison, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM; and P. R. Krehbiel, R. J. Thomas, T. Hamlin, J. Harlin, M. Stanley, K. Wiens, J. Lombardo, and D. Shown |
| | P1.26 | The Analysis of Thunderstorm Electricity in the Vicinity of an Electric Field-Mill Micronetwork
Frank W. Gallagher III, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and W. H. Beasley and L. G. Byerely |
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| Wednesday, 17 January 2001 |
| 8:00 AM-9:30 AM, Wednesday
President's Symposium |
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| 10:00 AM-12:00 PM, Wednesday
President's Symposium Continued |
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| 12:00 PM-7:30 PM, Wednesday
Exhibit Hours |
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| 1:30 PM-2:45 PM, Wednesday
Session 7 Quality Assurace and Quality Control for Meteorological Networks |
Organizer: Scott J. Richardson, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
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| 1:30 PM | 7.1 | Weather Support To Space Launch: A Quarter-Century Look At Weather Instrumentation Improvements
D. E. Harms, 45th Weather Squadron, Patrick AFB, FL; and B. F. Boyd, M. S. Gremillion, M. E. Fitzpatrick, and T. D. Hollis |
| 1:45 PM | 7.2 | Climate Impacts of Introducing Vaisala Radiosondes in the U.S. Observing Network
William P. Elliott, NOAA/OAR/ARL, Silver Spring, MD; and R. J. Ross and W. H. Blackmore |
| | 7.3 | Surface Automatic Meteorological Observations: Portuguese Experience and Future Perspectives
Luis F. Nunes, Meteorological Institute-Portugal, Lisbon, Portugal; and R. A. C. Carvalho and V. M. S. Prior |
| 2:00 PM | 7.4 | Ontario's Volunteer Climate Network: Online Data Entry and Quality Control
Bryan D. Smith, MSC, Toronto, ON, Canada; and T. Simmons |
| 2:15 PM | 7.5 | A Concept for Sensor based error detection and quality assurance for a network of micrometeorological stations
Ulrich Weisensee, German Weather Service, Lindenberg, Germany; and F. Beyrich, S. H. Richter, and K. Nemeth |
| 2:30 PM | 7.6 | The Development of a high-quality daily temperature data set for Australia
Blair C. Trewin, National Climate Center, Bureau of Meteorology, Melbourne, Vic., Australia |
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| 3:30 PM-5:00 PM, Wednesday
Session 8 Rainfall, Water Vapor and Precipitable Water |
Organizer: Donald E. Lehrman, Technology & Business Systems, Santa Rosa, CA
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| 3:30 PM | 8.1 | Tropical rainfall estimates from Doppler Radar at Newport/Morehead City NC
Carin G. Goodall-Gosnell, NOAA/NWS, Newport, NC |
| 3:45 PM | 8.2 | Validation and Intercomparison of Satellite Rainfall Estimation Algorithms over the Continental United States
Jeffrey R. McCollum, NOAA/NESDIS/ORA, Camp Springs, MD; and W. F. Krajewski, R. R. Ferraro, and M. B. Ba |
| 4:00 PM | 8.3 | An intercomparison of precipitable water vapor data from satellite and groundbased remote sensing devices
T. P. DeFelice, Raytheon, Sioux Falls, SD |
| 4:15 PM | 8.4 | Atmospheric Profiles Derived From GPS Occulation
Yuei-An Liou, National Central University, Chung-Li, Taiwan; and C. Y. Huang |
| 4:30 PM | 8.5 | Improved Water Vapor Retrieval Algorithm for the SAGE III Experiment
Er-Woon Chiou, SAIC, Hampton, VA; and W. P. Chu and L. W. Thomason |
| 4:45 PM | 8.6 | Initial evaluation of profiles of temperature, water vapor and cloud liquid water from a new microwave radiometer
James C. Liljegren, ANL, Argonne, IL; and B. M. Lesht, S. Kato, and E. E. Clothiaux |
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| 5:00 PM, Wednesday
Sessions end for the day |
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| 6:00 PM, Wednesday
Reception (Cash Bar) |
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| 7:30 PM-9:00 PM, Wednesday
AMS Annual Awards Banquet |
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| Thursday, 18 January 2001 |
| 8:00 AM-10:00 AM, Thursday
Session 9 Radar Wind Profilers (Joint between the 11th Symposium on Meteorological Observations and Instrumentation and the The Wastebasket) |
Organizer: Allen B. White, Environmental Technology Laboratory, Boulder, CO
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| 8:00 AM | 9.1 | Tornadoes with Hurricane Floyd— A WSR-88D Algorithm Study
Nicholas M. Petro, NOAA/NWSFO, Newport, NC |
| 8:15 AM | 9.2 | The quality control of velocity azimuth display (VAD) winds at the National Centers for Environmental Prediction
William G. Collins, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC, Washington, DC |
| 8:30 AM | 9.3 | Design, alignment and characterization of the scanning aerosol backscatter lidar
Craig Walther, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and T. Rucker |
| 8:45 AM | 9.4 | Networking of European wind profilers (CWINDE)—Quality evaluation techniques
Tim Oakley, UK Met Office, Bracknell, Berks., United Kingdom; and J. Nash, N. Latham, D. Lyth, and M. Turp |
| 9:00 AM | 9.5 | Observations of the boundary layer with MAPR and supporting instruments during VTMX
Stephen A. Cohn, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and W. O. J. Brown and D. Parsons |
| 9:15 AM | 9.6 | Wind Profiling Radar Signal Processing Methodology Comparison
Edward D. Creegan, U.S. Army Research Laboratory, White Sands Missile Range, NM; and A. Gutierrez |
| 9:30 AM | 9.7 | NOAA advanced signal processing system for radar wind profilers
Daniel E. Wolfe, NOAA/ETL, Boulder, CO; and B. L. Weber, T. L. Wilfong, D. C. Welsh, D. B. Wuertz, and D. A. Merritt |
| 9:45 AM | 9.8 | Boundary-layer studies with an S-band radar
James R. Jordan, NOAA/ERL/ETL, Boulder, CO; and A. B. White |
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| 10:00 AM-10:30 AM, Thursday
Coffee Break |
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| 10:30 AM-12:00 PM, Thursday
Session 10 Satellite Measurements of Earth's Surface |
Organizer: Matthew J. Parker, Westinghouse Savannah River Company, Aiken, SC
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| 10:30 AM | 10.1 | Ground-Truth Surface Water and Paved Surface Temperature Measurements for DOE's MTI Satellite
Matthew J. Parker, Westinghouse Savannah River Company, Aiken, SC; and A. J. Garrett |
| 10:45 AM | 10.2 | Soil moisture measurements and their applications at the Savannah River Site
Robert L. Buckley, Savannah River Technology Center and U.S. Forest Service, Aiken, SC; and M. J. Parker and D. Shea |
| 11:00 AM | 10.3 | Vegetation and Drought Monitoring of Mongolia using Remote Sensing and Ground Data
Bayarjargal U. Yunden, Jacob Blaustein International Desert Research Institute, Sede Boqer Campus, Negev, Israel; and A. B. Tsohio |
| 11:15 AM | 10.4 | Development of an aerosol-robust algorithm for remotely sensed sea surface temperatures from the NOAA AVHRR
Nicholas R. Nalli, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Ft. Collins, CO; and L. L. Stowe |
| 11:30 AM | 10.5 | Intercomparison of GOES-8 Imager and Sounder Land Surface Temperature Retrievals
Ronnie J. Suggs, Global Hydrology and Climate Center and NASA/MFSC, Huntsville, AL; and W. M. Lapenta, G. J. Jedlovec, and S. L. Haines |
| 11:45 AM | 10.6 | The Effect of Climate Regime on Satellite Estimates of Precipitation
Wesley K Berg, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO |
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| 12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Thursday
Lunch Break |
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| 1:30 PM-2:59 PM, Thursday
Session 11 Clouds and Visibility |
Organizer: Matthew J. Parker, Westinghouse Savannah River Company, Aiken, SC
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| 1:30 PM | 11.1 | Cloud Mapping Using Ground-based Imagers
Gabriela Seiz, ETH, Zuerich, Switzerland; and M. Baltsavias |
| 1:45 PM | 11.2 | Tilting Ceilometers To Improve Cloud Base Height Detection in Precipitation
David M. Giles, Raytheon Information Technology and Scientific Services, Sterling, VA |
| | 11.3 | Optimizing the Ceilometer Tilt Angle: A Case Study Analysis
David M. Giles, Raytheon Information Technology and Scientific Services, Sterling, VA |
| 2:00 PM | 11.3A | Improvements to the ASOS Sky Condition Algorithm
Joseph V. Fiore Jr., Raytheon Information Technology and Scientific Services, Sterling, VA |
| 2:14 PM | 11.4 | Independent Assessment of the Accuracy of ASOS Visibility and Sky Cover Observations
Jeffrey S. Schleher, SAIC, Albuquerque, NM; and R. Calderwood, D. L. Craft, and J. R. Elrick |
| 2:29 PM | 11.5 | The effect of high cloud variability on ice water path characterization
Erik R. Olson, Space Science and Engineering Center/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and S. A. Ackerman and H. I. Berger |
| 2:44 PM | 11.6 | Comparison of two imager-based methods for determination of winds aloft
Mark C. Beaubien, Yankee Environmental Systems, Inc., Turners Falls, MA; and J. Freedman |
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| 3:00 PM-6:00 PM, Thursday
0b Exhibit Hours |
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| 3:00 PM-3:30 PM, Thursday
Coffee Break |
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| 3:30 PM-4:45 PM, Thursday
Session 12 Solar Radiation |
Organizer: John J. DeLuisi, Air Resources Laboratory, Boulder, CO
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| 3:30 PM | 12.1 | The Effect of Snow Cover and Cloud type on the Surface Radiation Budget at SURFRAD Network Stations
John A. Augustine, NOAA/ARL, Boulder, CO; and J. J. DeLuisi and C. N. Long |
| 3:45 PM | 12.2 | How accurate are long-term surface flux measurements for trend detection and variability analysis?
Marc Chiacchio, AS&M, Hampton, VA; and P. W. Stackhouse |
| | 12.3 | Utilization of Surface Radiation Network Data to Validate Numerical Weather Prediction Variables at NCEP
Craig S. Long, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Camp Springs, MD |
| 4:00 PM | 12.4 | Estimating Downwelling Longwave Radiation for Input to a Land Surface Model
V. Sridhar, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK; and R. L. Elliott, D. Itenfisu, and J. A. Brotzge |
| 4:15 PM | 12.5 | An isothermal pyranometer incorporating detection and elimination of offset error due to dome radiation
William Q. Jeffries, Yankee Environmental Systems, Inc., Turners Falls, MA; and A. Bisberg |
| 4:30 PM | 12.6 | A pyroelectric detector based nulling infrared radiometer
William Q. Jeffries, Yankee Environmental Systems, Inc., Turners Falls, MA |
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| 5:00 PM-6:00 PM, Thursday
Closing Reception in Exhibit Hall (Cash Bar) |
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| 5:00 PM, Thursday
Conference ends |
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| 6:30 PM, Thursday
Closing Keynote Address |
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| 7:30 PM-9:30 PM, Thursday
Fiesta |
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