Program: 17th International Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology (The 81st AMS Annual Meeting)

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Saturday, 13 January 2001

7:30 AM-9:00 AM: Saturday, 13 January 2001

Workshop Registration

Sunday, 14 January 2001

9:00 AM-6:00 PM: Sunday, 14 January 2001

Conference Registration

Monday, 15 January 2001

8:30 AM-5:15 PM: Monday, 15 January 2001

Session 1

IIPS advancements/applications in Forecasting and Observation System Technologies, Climatology, Oceanography, and Hydrology (Parallel with Session 2, 3, J1, & J2)

Host: 17th International Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology

Organizers: Floyd F. Hauth, USAF (Retired); Terry Tarbell, Litton/PRC; Larry Denton

8:30 AM

1.2

SAWS (Stand Alone Weather Sensors), the FAA's Newest Weather Station

Timothy E. Parker, Coastal Environmental Systems, Seattle, WA; and G. L. Stringer, D. M. Ellefson, and P. A. Lau

8:45 AM

1.3

Design and Installation Of The Fog Prediction System In The Antarctic

Gary L. Stringer, Coastal Environmental Systems, Seattle, WA; and S. J. Newell

9:00 AM

1.4

D3D: A potential 3D visualization tool for the National Weather Service

Edward J. Szoke, NOAA/ERL/FSL, Boulder, CO; and U. H. Grote, P. C. Kucera, P. T. McCaslin, P. A. McDonald, and W. F. Roberts

9:15 AM

1.5

Coach: Initial results from an operational performance support system at the Tulsa WFO

Steven E. Nelson, NOAA/NWS, Tulsa, OK; and L. P. Rothfusz

9:30 AM

1.6

Effects of using different Stage III techniques on radar-derived rainfall accumulations

Keith Stellman, NOAA/NWS, Slidell, LA; and J. Graschel

9:45 AM

1.7

GIS ANALYSIS OF POSITION ERRORS IN CURRENT HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PRACTICE

Scott T. Shipley, Raytheon Technical Services Company, Lanham, MD; and H. Kilcoyne

10:00 AM

1.8

Application of the Product Availability Monitoring System (PAMS) to the Radar Product Central Collection/Distribution Service (RPCCDS) Demonstration

Mary D. Buckingham, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and K. B. Nguyen

10:15 AM

1.9

Using a GIS to Estimate the Spatial Variation of Precipitation Due to Topography

Tamara G. Creech, NOAA/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and A. L. McNab

10:30 AM

1.10

Developing local Quantitative Precipitation Forecast (QPF) using neural networks

Keith M. Stellman, NOAA/NWS, Slidell, LA; and J. Kuhn and J. Graschel

10:45 AM

1.11

Distributed Atmospheric Mesoscale Prediction System (DAMPS)

John P. Garthner, FNMOC, Monterey, CA

11:00 AM

1.12

Injecting Meteorology into the GFE Suite

Thomas J. LeFebvre, NOAA/ERL/FSL, Boulder, CO; and M. Mathewson, T. Hansen, and M. Romberg

11:15 AM

1.13

Forecast Methodology using the GFE Suite

Tracy Hansen, NOAA/ERL/FSL, Boulder, CO; and M. Mathewson, T. J. LeFebvre, and M. Romberg

11:30 AM

1.14

MM5 Performance on an IBM SP: SMP and MPP Comparisons

Keith H. North, IBM, Omaha, NE; and J. Tuccillo and J. D. Benson

11:45 AM

1.15

Integrating Multiple Transport and Diffusion Codes Into A Unified Software Architecture

Charles Drutman, Litton-TASC, Inc., Reading, MA; and P. S. Dailey and R. Fauth

12:00 PM

1.16

Weather Support to USAF Airborne Laser

Michael W. Johnson, USAF, Kirtland AFB, NM

12:15 PM

1.17

Integrating Weather Modeling Capabilities for the Air Force Weather Agency: Community Coordinated Modeling Center (CCMC)

Stephen L. Flagg, TRW, Inc., Bellevue, NE; and K. M. Starr and M. D. Kaufman

1.18

Weather Impact Decision Aids for Tactical Military Planning

12:31 PM

1.19

Customizing Global/Theater Weather Analysis and Prediction System Data Sets

Chris Franks, Harris Corp, Bellevue, NE

12:45 PM

1.20

Arctic Theme Page: Access to widely distributed Arctic data and information

Nancy N. Soreide, NOAA/OAR/PMEL, Seattle, WA; and J. E. Overland and J. Calder

1:00 PM

1.21

An Environmental Tailoring System for the Modeling and Simulation Community

Peter S. Dailey, Litton-TASC, Inc., Reading, MA; and R. A. Reynolds

1:15 PM

1.22

Site Planning, Monitoring, and Analysis of Hazardous Material Releases in the Atmosphere Using the OMEGA Modeling System and EDGE Visualization Environment

Steven G. Hoffert, Autometric, Inc., Springfield, VA; and T. J. Dunn

1.23

Integration of Real Time Mesoscale NWP with NWS Operational Forecasting

1:31 PM

1.24

Developing Case Studies for AWIPS

Dolores Kiessling, UCAR/COMET, Boulder, CO

1:45 PM

1.25

Case study playback functionality in AWIPS

Elizabeth M. Page, NOAA/NWS, Boulder, CO; and D. L. Davis and M. Magsig

2:00 PM

1.26

Porting AWIPS to Linux

Darien L. Davis, NOAA/ERL/FSL, Boulder, CO; and U. H. Grote

2:15 PM

1.1A

Introductory Remarks by IIPS Conference Cochairmen. Floyd Hauth & Terry Tarbell

2:30 PM

1.5A

Coffee Break

3:00 PM

1.11A

Lunch Break

4:30 PM

1.17A

Coffee Break

5:00 PM

1.1B

National Weather Service Cooperative Observer Program (CO-OP) Annual Report

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

9:00 AM-12:00 PM: Monday, 15 January 2001

Session 2

Weather Services of the Future (Parallel with Session 1 & 3)

Host: 17th International Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology

Organizer: Elbert (Joe) W. Friday, National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council

9:00 AM

2.1

Invited Presentation: Vision of Future Weather Services

Richard Anthes, UCAR, Boulder, CO

9:30 AM

2.2

Invited Presentation: NWS Future Services

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

10:00 AM

2.3

Invited Presentation: USAF Future Weather Services

Brig. General David Johnson, USAF/XOW, Washington, DC

10:30 AM

2.4

Invited Presentation: U.S. Navy Future Weather/Oceanographic Services

Rear Admiral Thomas Quinton Donaldson V, Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command, Bay St. Louis, MS

11:00 AM

2.5

Activities of the Federal Aviation Administration's Aviation Weather Research Program

Gloria J. Kulesa, FAA, Washington, DC; and P. J. Kirchoffer, D. J. Pace, W. L. Fellner, J. E. Sheets, and V. S. Travers

11:15 AM

2.6

The New England Weather Observation Network: A 21st Century Vision for Environmental Monitoring and Science Education in the New England States

James E. Lee, NOAA/NWSFO, Taunton, MA; and J. W. Cannon, J. A. Ronco, F. Colby, J. Schoof, P. Sisson, C. Mcgill, J. Edson, L. Dupigny-Giroux, N. T. Atkins, D. Taylor, B. Keim, H. Yang, C. Sawyer, M. Michaels, and J. S. Tongue

11:30 AM

2.2A

Coffee Break

10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Monday, 15 January 2001

Coffee Break

10:30 AM-4:15 PM: Monday, 15 January 2001

Session 3

IIPS Applications in Radar (Parallel with Sessions 1, J1, and J2)

Host: 17th International Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology

Organizers: Robert Saffle, Paul Nipko, and Michael Istok, NOAA/NWS; Donald Burgess, NOAA/NSSL

10:30 AM

3.2

Status of WSR-88D Open Radar Product Generator Development and Deployment

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

10:45 AM

3.3

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 W. M. Blanchard, M. J. Istok, P. K. Pickard, S. Shema, S. M. Holt, and L. D. Johnson

11:00 AM

3.4

Weather Surveillance Radar—1988 Doppler (WSR-88D) Open Radar Data Acquisition (ORDA) Enhancements

Robert C. Elvander, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and S. M. Holt, B. Bumgarner, and R. Ice

11:15 AM

3.5

Integrating New Algorithms into the WSR-88D: Algorithm Development in the pre-CODE Environment

Thomas J. Ganger, Mitretek Systems, Inc., McLean, VA; and A. D. Stern, R. E. Saffle, and M. J. Istok

11:30 AM

3.6

CODE Design and Services for the WSR-88D ORPG: The Future of Radar Algorithm Development

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

11:45 AM

3.7

WSR-88D Algorithm Development Techniques using Visual Programming

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

12:00 PM

3.8

Performance Assessment of the SZ(8/64) Phase Code to Separate Weather Signals in a Research WSR-88D

Charles L. Frush, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. J. Doviak

12:15 PM

3.9

The Radar Echo Classifier for the WSR-88D

Cathy Kessinger, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. VanAndel

12:30 PM

3.10

Compensating reflectivity for clutter filter bias in the WSR-88D

Scott Ellis, NCAR, Boulder, CO

12:45 PM

3.11

New Data Compression Techniques for Radar and Satellite Data

Wei Yan, University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, Jiansu, China; and N. Ma and Q. Wang

1:00 PM

3.12

Development of a WSR-88D based precipitation accumulation algorithm for quantitative precipitation estimates over northwest Oregon

Curtis L. Hartzell, U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Denver, CO; and S. M. Hunter and E. W. Holroyd III

3.13

Evaluation of Digital Receiver Technology for the WSR-88D Receiver, Progress and Promise

1:16 PM

3.1A

Introductory Remarks. Robert Saffle, NOAA/NWS

1:31 PM

3.3A

(Formerly paper 3.14) Proof of concept development process for the NEXRAD Open RDA

Bill Bumgarner, BAE SYSTEMS, Washington, DC; and S. Shema

1:46 PM

3.4A

Lunch Break

3:16 PM

3.10A

Coffee Break

3:46 PM

3.13A

Project CRAFT: A Test Bed for Demonstrating the Real Time Acquisition and Archival of WSR-88D Base (Level II) Data

Kelvin Droegemeier, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK

4:00 PM

3.1B

NEXRAD Open Systems–Progress and Plans

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

1:15 PM-3:00 PM: Monday, 15 January 2001

Joint Session 1

Delivery of Scientific and Technical Information on the World Wide Web Pertaining to the Atmosphere, the Oceans and the Coastal Zone:Part I (Joint between 10 Symp on Education and 17 Conf on IIPS; Cosponsered by the Committee on Meteorology and Oceanography of the Coastal Zone)

Hosts: (Joint between the 10th Symposium on Education; and the 17th International Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology )

Organizers: Carl D. Thormeyer, FNMOC; Paul H. Ruscher, Florida State University; Henry Robinson, NOAA/NWS

1:15 PM

J1.1

Application of the NWS/COMET® Case Study Library to Development of Web-based Training

Elizabeth M. Page, NOAA/NWS, Boulder, CO; and P. O'Reilly, J. Weber, and D. Kiessling

1:30 PM

J1.2

Weather for the common man (or woman): a web course for the masses

Debbie M. Schaum, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, FL; and R. C. Bagby

1:45 PM

J1.3

Webcasts: A Method for Rapidly Delivering Expertise and Training

Wendy Schreiber-Abshire, UCAR/COMET, Boulder, CO; and P. Parrish, J. Lamos, and G. Byrd

2:00 PM

J1.4

Using the Web to support teaching introductory classes in meteorology

Steve A Ackerman, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and T. Whittaker

2:15 PM

J1.5

How the Maury Project Supports Teaching and Learning about Marine and Coastal Environments

David R. Smith, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD; and I. W. Geer and D. E. McManus

2:30 PM

J1.6

Using VISITview for real-time collaborations

Thomas M. Whittaker, SSEC/CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and B. Grant, S. Bachmeier, T. Mostek, B. Motta, K. Schrab, and G. Wade

2:45 PM

J1.7

Navy Weather and Ocean charts available to Educators via the open Internet for use in classroom training

Carl D. Thormeyer, FNMOC, Monterey, CA

3:00 PM-3:30 PM: Monday, 15 January 2001

Coffee Break

3:30 PM-4:45 PM: Monday, 15 January 2001

Joint Session 2

Delivery of Scientific and Technical Information on the World Wide Web Pertaining to the Atmosphere, the Oceans and the Coastal Zone: Part II (Joint between 10 Education and 17 IIPS; Cosponsered by the Committee on Meteorology and Oceanography of the Coastal Zone)

Organizers: Paul H. Ruscher, Florida State University; Carl D. Thormeyer, FNMOC; Henry Robinson, NOAA/NWS

J2.1

AMS Educational Intitiatives Foster Internet Resource on the World Wide Web

3:45 PM

J2.2

Water in the Earth System (WES): A Report on First Year Activities

Ira W. Geer, AMS, Washington, DC; and D. R. Smith, J. M. Moran, and R. S. Weinbeck

4:00 PM

J2.3

Improving hydrologic literacy and the web

Jim Washburne, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and G. Woodard, J. Luft, and K. Carpenter

4:15 PM

J2.4

Integrating GLOBE Student Data Observations at NCDC in Climate Monitoring Activities

Thomas F. Ross, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and K. C. Chhak and W. M. Faas

4:30 PM

J2.5

A Digital Library for Earth System Education

Mary R. Marlino, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and C. Manduca, D. Mogk, K. Ginger, D. Fulker, and T. Sumner

4:45 PM

J2.6

The Technology Behind a Virtual Exploratorium: A Resource for Discovery-Based Learning in the Geosciences

Daniel J. Bramer, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL; and K. Hay, M. R. Marlino, D. Middleton, R. Pandya, M. Ramamurthy, T. Scheitlin, and B. Wilhelmson

5:00 PM-5:00 PM: Monday, 15 January 2001

Oral Sessions end for the day

5:30 PM-7:30 PM: Monday, 15 January 2001

Formal Opening of Exhibits with Reception (Cash Bar)

Tuesday, 16 January 2001

8:00 AM-11:45 AM: Tuesday, 16 January 2001

Session 5

Special session on applications of IIPS in surface transportation (Parallel with Session 4)

Host: 17th International Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology

Organizer: Paul Pisano, Dept. of Transportation

8:00 AM

5.2

The FHWA Road Weather Management Program for Decision Support

Gary G. Nelson, Mitretek Systems, Inc., Washington, DC; and P. Pisano

8:15 AM

5.3

National Surface Transportation Weather Program: Partnering Initiative

David Mannarano, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and P. Pisano

8:30 AM

5.4

Winter Road Maintenance Decision Support System (MDSS): Part I

George Blaisdale, CCREL, Hanover, NH

8:45 AM

5.5

Winter Road Maintenance Decision Support System (MDSS): Part II

Richard A. Wagoner, NCAR, Boulder, CO

9:00 AM

5.6

Application of Road Weather Information Systems in the western United States

John Horel, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and M. Splitt and S. Conger

5.7

A GIS-Based Automated Weather Event Notification System for the Railroad Industry

9:30 AM

5.8

Invited Panel Discussion: Issues/Technologies in Weather Support for Surface Transportation. Moderator: Samuel Williamson

Greg Mandt, NOAA/NWS; and L. Yoshida, W. Mahoney, D. Grimes, W. Brown, and D. Jonas

11:00 AM

5.1A

Introductory Remarks. Paul Pisano, Dept. of Transportation

11:15 AM

5.7A

Coffee Break

11:45 AM

5.1B

Weather Information for Surface Transportation (WIST): Establishing the National Needs and Requirements

Samuel P. Williamson, NOAA, Silver Spring, MD; and B. K. Tsugawa and C. A. Moren

8:00 AM-5:28 PM: Tuesday, 16 January 2001

Session 4

Distributed Data Access (Parallel with Sessions 5 & 6)

Host: 17th International Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology

Organizers: Nancy Soreide, NOAA/PMEL; Howard Diamond, NOAA/NESDIS; Linda Miller, UCAR

8:00 AM

4.2

Issues in International Information Policy

Martin Yerg, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and P. Weiss and G. Tallia

8:15 AM

4.3

Canadian Geospatial Data Infrastructure (CGDI) Access Services

T. Fisher, Canada Centre for Remote Sensing, Ottawa, ON, Canada

8:30 AM

4.4

The Federal Geographic Data Committee Metadata Clearinghouse

John Moeller, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA; and D. Niebert

8:45 AM

4.5

GeoData Alliance

John Moeller, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA

4.6

Digital Earth Initiative

9:01 AM

4.7

National Atlas: Distributed National Assets

Jay Donnelly, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA

9:15 AM

4.8

The National Environmental Data Index (NEDI): A Web Portal on Federal Environmental Information Resources

Howard J. Diamond, NOAA/NESDIS, Silver Spring, MD; and C. Miller

9:30 AM

4.9

The Infrastructure Applications Supporting the Integrated Natural Environment Authoritative Respresentation Program Process (INE ARP)

Steven J. Lowe, SAIC, Hampton, VA; and R. A. Siquig and E. A. Kihn

9:45 AM

4.10

Generating Physically Consistent, Integrated Environmental Databases from Distributed Data and Modeling Resources

Steven J. Lowe, SAIC, Hampton, VA; and N. Alper, A. Nakajima, and K. Orcutt

10:00 AM

4.11

The US GODAE Monterey Data Server

David Dimitriou, FNMOC, Monterey, CA

10:15 AM

4.12

Supporting Interagency Collaboration through the Global Change Data and Information System (GCDIS): Distributed Systems

Lola Olsen, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and H. J. Diamond and W. Ferrell

10:30 AM

4.13

Gateway to the Earth: Opening Natural Science to the World

Kenneth J. Lanfear, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA

10:45 AM

4.14

Portals of Discovery: Customized Gateways to Discovering Earth Science Data

Scott A Ritz, NASA Global Change Master Directory, Lanham, MD

11:00 AM

4.15

The Information Management System of NASA's EOS Data and Information System

Robin Pfister, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD

11:15 AM

4.16

NASA's EOS Data Gateway

Robin Pfister, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and K. McDonald

11:30 AM

4.17

The Data and Information Access Link (DIAL)

Kenneth R. McDonald, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and R. Suresh and L. Di

11:45 AM

4.18

The NASA GSFC Distributed Active Archive Center (DAAC): serving user needs for free access to EOS data, products and information

Gilberto A. Vicente, Raytheon ITSS and NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and G. Serafino, W. Teng, H. Rui, L. Chiu, J. Bonk, P. Hrubiak, N. Pollack, R. Yang, and Z. Liu

12:00 PM

4.19

The Unidata LDM System: Recent Improvements for Scalability

Russell K. Rew, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and A. Wilson

12:15 PM

4.20

DODS, The Distributed Ocean Data System

Steve Hankin, NOAA/PMEL, Seattle, WA

12:30 PM

4.21

Accessing Remote Data Servers through Java

Don Murray, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and T. Whittaker and J. Kelly

12:45 PM

4.22

The Environmental Scenario Generator

Eric A. Kihn, NOAA/NGDC, Boulder, CO; and M. Zhizhin, S. J. Lowe, and R. A. Siquig

1:00 PM

4.23

The Development and Demonstration of an Advanced Fisheries Management Information System

Allan R. Robinson, Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA; and et al

1:15 PM

4.24

A Climate Data Portal

Nancy N. Soreide, NOAA/OAR/PMEL, Seattle, WA; and C. L. Sun, B. J. Kilonsky, D. W. Denbo, and W. H. Zhu

1:30 PM

4.25

Managing and Distributing Geospatial Dat at NOAA's National Data Centers (NNDC)

Ted Habermann, NOAA/NESDIS, Boulder, CO

4.26

CONDUIT, the Second Generation

1:46 PM

4.27

UCAR's Real-Time and Restrospective Data Access Project

Tom Yoksas, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and S. Worley

2:00 PM

4.1A

Introductory Remarks. Nancy Soreide, NOAA/PMEL

2:15 PM

4.8A

Coffee Break

2:45 PM

4.15A

Conference Luncheon

4:45 PM

4.20A

Coffee Break

5:15 PM

4.1B

The Global Observing System Information Center (GOSIC)

J. R. Wilson, Univ. of Delaware, Lewes, DE

10:00 AM-2:00 PM: Tuesday, 16 January 2001

Exhibit Hours

12:15 PM-12:15 PM: Tuesday, 16 January 2001

Annual Meeting Luncheon

12:15 PM

Details on Luncheon Speakers

Jim Hartz and Rick Chappell

2:15 PM-5:43 PM: Tuesday, 16 January 2001

Session 6

European and other international applications (Parallel with Session 4)

Host: 17th International Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology

Organizers: Horst Boettger, ECMWF; John Lincoln, Consultant

2:15 PM

6.2

Access to ECMWF archive and information

Horst Böttger, ECMWF, Reading, Berks., United Kingdom; and D. Marbouty, K. Fielding, and B. Raoult

2:30 PM

6.3

METVIEW meteorological data visualisation and processing software at ECMWF

Jens Daabeck, ECMWF, Reading, Berks., United Kingdom; and G. Austad, R. Bonifacio, F. Ii, A. Jørgensen, V. Karhila, P. O'Sullivan, and B. Raoult

2:45 PM

6.4

Semi-automation facilities on Horace

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

3:00 PM

6.5

Porting Horace to Linux

Mike Hobson, UK Met Office, Bracknell, Berks., United Kingdom

6.6

Synergie Météo-France meteorological workstation improvements

6.7

Operational use of Synergie for aeronautical forecasts

3:15 PM

6.8

Graphical Interaction on Gridded Fields: Integration in an operational forecaster's workstation

Dick Blaauboer, KNMI, De Bilt, Netherlands; and P. Heppner

3:30 PM

6.9

The AURORA Nowcasting Platform-Extending the concept of a modifiable database for short range forecasting

Brian Greaves, MSC, King City, ON, Canada; and R. Trafford, N. Driedger, R. Paterson, D. M. L. Sills, D. Hudak, and N. Donaldson

3:45 PM

6.10

AutoTAF—The design, development and implementation of an automated tool for the production of Terminal Aerodrome Forecasts

J. Godau, BOM, Melbourne, Vic., Australia; and C. Shepherdley, E. Tan, and G. J. Whiteley

4:00 PM

6.11

Implementation of the National Weather Service River Forecast System in Nicaragua

James A. McNitt, NOAA/NWS and Computer Sciences Corp., Rockville, MD; and D. G. Lillie

4:15 PM

6.12

Rainfall Quality Control–A purpose-built semi-automated, interactive graphical application

Gary T. Weymouth, BOM, Melbourne, Vic., Australia; and E. Ebert, A. E. Guymer, and D. Lang

4:30 PM

6.13

Impact of Lost Russian RAOBs on Numerical Weather Prediction Skill

M. Steven Tracton, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Camp Springs, MD; and R. Kistler and J. Giraytys

4:45 PM

6.1A

Introductory Remarks. John Lincoln, Consultant

5:00 PM

6.4A

Coffee Break

5:30 PM

6.1B

Goals and Activities of the European Meteorological Society (EMS)

Rene Morin, EMS, Paris, France

3:30 PM-7:00 PM: Tuesday, 16 January 2001

Exhibit Hours

5:30 PM-7:00 PM: Tuesday, 16 January 2001

Grand Poster Night

5:30 PM-7:30 PM: Tuesday, 16 January 2001

Poster Session 1

IIPS Poster Session: Formal Viewing

Host: 17th International Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology

Organizer: Steve Holt, Mitretek, Inc.

P1.1

Spectrum width Patterns

Valery M. Melnikov, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and R. J. Doviak

P1.2

The development and utilization of graphical forecasts at NWS Corpus Christi

Andrew R. Patrick, NOAA/NWS, Corpus Christi, TX; and J. M. Coyne

P1.3

Teletraining Using VISITview

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

P1.4

The online FX-Net user manual

Donald M. Dumont, Plymouth State College, Plymouth, NH; and C. S. Lopresti Jr. and J. P. Koermer

P1.5

The use of acoustic wind profilers for Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle flight test activities

Casey J. Donohue, AS&M, Inc., Edwards, CA; and K. H. Underwood and D. G. Bellue

P1.6

Use of Oklahoma Mesonet and National Weather Service Data in the Development of Control Strategies for Winter-time Bridge Heating

Kala N. Pandit, Oklahoma State Univ., Stillwater, OK; and B. K. Callihan, D. S. Arndt, S. C. Jenks, J. R. Whiteley, and R. L. Elliott

P1.7

Weather Effects Predictions for Military Mission Planning

P1.8

New software to monitor satellite soundings at NOAA/NESDIS

Richard Kelley Jr., Computer Sciences Corporation, Suitland, MD

P1.9

A Fifteen Year Time Series of Longwave and Shortwave Radiation Measurements for Environmental and Climate Change Studies

T. Dale Bess, LRC, Hampton, VA; and T. Wong, G. L. Smith, and K. A. Bush

P1.10

A model for forecasting frost accumulation on bridge decks based on RWIS data

David S. Knollhoff, NOAA/NWS, Johnston, IA; and E. S. Takle, W. A. Gallus Jr., D. Burkheimer, and D. McCauley

P1.11

A winter weather index to estimate maintenance costs in the Midwest

Bradley Temeyer, Iowa State University, Ames, IA; and W. A. Gallus Jr., E. S. Takle, D. Burkheimer, and D. McCauley

P1.12

Analysis software for the Aerosonde robotic aircraft

Kendal McGuffie, University of Technology, Broadway, NSW, Australia; and J. R. Soddell and J. Becker

P1.13

HPVCI-Webpage Delivery of Operational Modeling

Paul J. Croft, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS; and R. Mahecha, J. Hafner, K. Greene, R. S. Reddy, and P. J. Fitzpatrick

P1.14

Immersadesk demonstrations: oceanographic and atmospheric models and in-situ data

Christopher W. Moore, JISAO/Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and N. N. Soreide

P1.15

Neural network based retrieval of wind and temperature Profiles from combined surface and satellite observations

Edward M. Measure, U.S. Army Research Lab., White Sands Missile Range, NM; and Y. Yee, M. Bleiweiss, and J. Cogan

P1.16

Earth Science Markup Language

Rahul Ramachandran, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and M. Alshayeb, B. Beaumont, H. Conover, S. Graves, N. Hanish, X. Li, S. Movva, A. McDowell, and M. Smith

P1.17

NEXRAD Product Improvement: Overview of NEXRAD Open System Plans

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

P1.18

Integrated Meteorological Information for Aviation Users

Dimitar Ivanov, Air Traffic Services Authority, Sofia, Bulgaria; and A. Kolarov and A. Weipert

P1.19

Coastal Data Processing

Richard Barazotto, NOAA/National Ocean Service, Silver Spring, MD

Wednesday, 17 January 2001

8:00 AM-9:30 AM: Wednesday, 17 January 2001

President's Symposium

9:30 AM-10:00 AM: Wednesday, 17 January 2001

Coffee Break

10:00 AM-10:00 AM: Wednesday, 17 January 2001

President's Symposium Continued

1:30 PM-4:15 PM: Wednesday, 17 January 2001

Session 8

IIPS Applications in Satellites (Parallel with Sessions 7 & 9)

Host: 17th International Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology

Organizers: Ron Gird, NOAA/NWS; Gerald Dittberner, NOAA/NESDIS

1:30 PM

8.2

GOES Image Enhancement Study–A Feasibility Test

Edward G. Howard, NOAA/DOC, Washington, DC; and G. Ellrod, D. G. Gray, and J. J. Gurka

1:45 PM

8.3

GOES M Solar X-ray Image Availiability

Steven M. Hill, Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Boulder, CO; and S. Barsness, L. D. Lewis, J. Vickroy, C. C. Balch, A. Muckle, V. J. Pizzo, D. C. Wilkinson, and A. T. McClinton Jr.

2:00 PM

8.4

GOES N, The First of the Next Series–User Community Upgrades

Arthur T. McClinton Jr., Mitretek Systems, Inc., McLean, VA; and G. J. Dittberner

2:15 PM

8.5

Hierarchical motion decomposition for Cloud-tracking

C. Kambhamettu, University of Delaware, Newark, DE; and K. Palaniappan and A. F. Hasler

2:30 PM

8.6

QuikSCAT near-real-time data processing and product generation at NOAA/NESDIS

Jeffrey M. Augenbaum, Computer Sciences Corp., Suitland, MD; and R. W. Luczak and G. Legg

2:45 PM

8.7

Overview of an HDF-EOS-based parallel data-computing environment for multisensor satellite data merger and scientific analysis

Andrew S. Jones, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and T. H. Vonder Haar

3:00 PM

8.8

Neural Networks for Retrieval of Atmospheric Temperature Profiles from GOES VAS Data

Samir Chettri, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and G. Shaffer, A. Lunsford, R. Shiri, C. Cheng, and I. Han

3:15 PM

8.1A

Introductory Remarks. Ron Gird, NOAA/NWS

3:30 PM

8.5A

Coffee Break

4:00 PM

8.1B

NOAA's Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) Program–A Status Report

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

Session 9

Visualization (Parallel with Session 7 & 8)

Host: 17th International Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology

Organizer: Jimmie Smith, MeteoQuest Inc.

1:30 PM

9.2

Using immersive virtual reality to study oceanographic and atmospheric models and in-situ data

Christopher W. Moore, JISAO/Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and N. N. Soreide

1:45 PM

9.3

Visual Data Fusion for Decision Support Applications of Numerical Weather Prediction

Lloyd A. Treinish, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY

2:00 PM

9.4

An Interactive Visual Computing Tool for Multi-Dimensional Scientific Analysis

Phillip A. Zuzolo, Autometric Inc., Springfield, VA; and S. G. Hoffert and A. M. Powell Jr.

2:15 PM

9.5

HPVCI-The Big Picture

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

2:30 PM

9.6

Interactive Development of an Ice Cloud Properties Retrieval Algorithm for CIRRUS

David A. Santek, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and K. F. Evans and S. A. Ackerman

2:45 PM

9.7

FX-NET as an weather visualization tool in undergraduate meteorological education

James P. Koermer, Plymouth State College, Plymouth, NH; and J. Zabransky Jr., S. Madine, E. Polster, and N. Wang

3:00 PM

9.8

Development of a GIS-Based Browser for High Spatio-Temporal Resolution Precipitation Data in the GCIP Domain

Brian R. Nelson, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA; and W. F. Krajewski, A. Kruger, J. A. Smith, and M. L. Baeck

3:15 PM

9.1A

Introductory Remarks. Jimmie Smith, Meteoquest, Inc.

3:30 PM

9.5A

Coffee Break

4:00 PM

9.1B

Multiresolution Tiling for Interactive Viewing of Large Datasets

K. Palaniappan, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO; and J. B. Fraser

1:30 PM-5:15 PM: Wednesday, 17 January 2001

Session 7

Distributed Data Access: Part II (Parallel with Sessions 8 & 9)

Host: 17th International Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology

Organizer: Richard K. Thigpen, NOAA/NWS

1:30 PM

7.2

Data and the NWS, an overview of NWS Telecommunication Gateway data management

Fredrick R. Branski, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD

1:45 PM

7.3

NOAAPort Present and Future

Chuck Piercy, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD

2:00 PM

7.4

NOAAPort Broadcast Technical Update

Leroy Klet, Litton/PRC, McLean, VA

2:15 PM

7.5

Radar Products Central Collection/Distribution Service

Michael G. Carelli, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD

2:30 PM

7.6

Acquisition, Archive and Dissemination Services for WSR-88D Level II Base Data at the National Climatic Data Center

Stephen A. Del Greco, NOAA/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and A. Hall and C. Towles

2:45 PM

7.7

EMWIN system description and future plans

Santos Rodriguez Jr., NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD

3:00 PM

7.8

NOAA Weather Wire System

Doug Walls, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD

3:15 PM

7.9

NWS communications identifiers, heading for the future!

Fredrick R. Branski, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD

3:30 PM

7.10

The Overview of the NOAA Weather Radio System

Ken Putkovich, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD

3:45 PM

7.11

Technology to Serve the Deaf via NOAA Weather Radio

Mike Campbell, NOAA/NWS, Flagstaff, AZ

4:00 PM

7.12

Upcoming changes to NCEP numerical forecast products

John H. Ward, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Camp Springs, MD

4:15 PM

7.1A

Introductory Remarks. Richard Thigpen, NOAA/NWS

4:30 PM

7.5A

Coffee Break

5:00 PM

7.1B

An Overview of the NWS Telecommunication Gateway

James Fenix, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD

4:15 PM-4:15 PM: Wednesday, 17 January 2001

Sessions end for the day

5:00 PM-5:00 PM: Wednesday, 17 January 2001

Sessions end for the day

6:00 PM-6:00 PM: Wednesday, 17 January 2001

Reception (Cash Bar)

7:30 PM-9:00 PM: Wednesday, 17 January 2001

AMS Annual Awards Banquet

Thursday, 18 January 2001

8:00 AM-3:00 PM: Thursday, 18 January 2001

Session 10

Internet/Web Applications (Parallel with Sessions 11 & 12)

Host: 17th International Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology

Organizer: Donald Mock, NOAA/CDC

8:00 AM

10.2

Using Java Servlets and Java Server Pages to Distribute Climate Data

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

8:15 AM

10.3

Interactive Graphics Toolkit for Java Applications and Web Applets

Donald W. Denbo, JISAO/University of Washington and NOAA/PMEL, Seattle, WA

8:30 AM

10.4

EPIC Web Browser: On-line Access to Large Oceanographic and Meteorological In-situ Data Sets

Willa H. Zhu, JISAO/Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and D. W. Denbo and N. N. Soreide

8:45 AM

10.5

The Live Access Server and DODS: Web visualization and data fusion for distributed holdings

Steven C. Hankin, NOAA/PMEL, Seattle, WA; and J. Callahan and J. Sirott

9:00 AM

10.6

Inside the Live Access Server

Joseph Sirott, NOAA/PMEL and JISAO/Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and J. Callahan and S. Hankin

9:15 AM

10.7

GrADS and DODS

Joseph Wielgosz, COLA, Calverton, MD; and B. E. Doty, J. Gallagher, and D. Holloway

9:30 AM

10.8

A Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) approach to climate data delivery

Julia A. Collins, NOAA/OAR/CDC, Boulder, CO

9:45 AM

10.9

Design of Modular XML documents

Thomas B. Passin, Mitretek Systems, Inc., McLean, VA

10:00 AM

10.10

Utilizing XML to Facilitate Dynamic Content Generation: A Case Study

Stephen A. Drake, UCAR, Boulder, CO

10:15 AM

10.11

Visualization of Meteorological and Related Data Using Plug-ins Based on TeX Technology

Michael Vulis, City College of New York, New York, NY; and S. A. Austin

10:30 AM

10.12

CWxMAP—Customer-Driven Interactive METOC Charts via The WWW

Earl V. Ravid, FNMOC, Monterey, CA; and K. Saylor and K. W. Stroh

10:45 AM

10.13

Network-based Visualization Using the Distributed Image SpreadSheet (DISS)

K. Palaniappan, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO; and A. F. Hasler, J. Fraser, and M. Manyin

11:00 AM

10.14

Introduction to topic maps

Thomas B. Passin, Mitretek Systems, Inc., McLean, VA

11:15 AM

10.15

Custom analysis of web server logs

Thomas B. Passin, Mitretek Systems, Inc., McLean, VA

11:30 AM

10.16

Exploiting the Internet to Automate the Execution of Mesoscale Models

Stephen F. Kirby, U.S. Army Research Lab, White Sands Missile Range, NM; and Y. Yee, P. Haines, T. Henmi, and B. A. Malloy

11:45 AM

10.17

Recent Training and Results from the Virtual Institute for Satellite Integration Training

Brian C. Motta, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and D. Bikos, B. Zajac, S. Bachmeier, T. Whittaker, B. Grant, J. LaDue, A. Mostek, P. Wolf, J. Weaver, and R. Zehr

12:00 PM

10.18

User Support and Operations Support Move to the Web

Ellen B. Brown, NOAA/NESDIS, Suitland, MD; and E. V. Tabor and R. Kelley

12:15 PM

10.19

The Transition from an Information-Support System to a Decision-Support System for Public-Safety Agencies

Dale A. Morris, Oklahoma Climatological Survey/University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and K. A. Kloesel

12:30 PM

10.20

TRMM Homepage for real-time data

Tetsuo Nakazawa, MRI, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan; and M. Kachi

12:45 PM

10.1A

Introductory Remarks. Donald Mock, NOAA/ERL/CDC

1:00 PM

10.7A

Coffee Break

1:30 PM

10.13A

Lunch Break

2:45 PM

10.1B

Community Software Design: The Unidata Java-Based MetApps Project

Don Murray, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and C. Murphy

9:00 AM-10:00 AM: Thursday, 18 January 2001

Session 11

Coastal Data Management (Parallel with Session 10)

Host: 17th International Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology

Organizers: Fred Klein, Mitretek Systems; John Ellis, NRL

9:00 AM

11.1

The New National Coastal Data Development Center

Richard Barazotto, NOAA/NOS, Silver Spring, MD; and F. Klein

9:15 AM

11.2

Supporting the Data Needs of the Coastal Community I—Harmful Algal Blooms

Cynthia L. Cooksey, NOAA/NOS, Charleston, SC

9:30 AM

11.3

Supporting the Data Needs of the Coastal Community II—Hurricane Floyd Post-Event

Sharon LeDuc, U.S. EPA and NOAA/ARL, Research Triangle Park, NC

9:45 AM

11.4

NCDDC Prototype Interoperability Architecture

John W. Ellis, NRL, Stennis Space Center, MS

10:00 AM-10:00 AM: Thursday, 18 January 2001

Coffee Break

10:30 AM-4:30 PM: Thursday, 18 January 2001

Session 12

Data and Information Handling (Paralell with Sessions 10 & 13)

Host: 17th International Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology

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

10:30 AM

12.2

Product Availability Monitoring System (PAMS) Use During the AWIPS Commissioning Process

Khien Ba Nguyen, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and J. Facundo

10:45 AM

12.3

The NOAA MODIS/Near-Real-Time System

Paul D. Haggerty, Science and Technology Corp., Suitland, MD; and K. Sprietzer, G. Legg, and R. W. Luczak

11:00 AM

12.4

Use of the AWIPS Commissioning Homepage as a Productivity Tool

Joseph Facundo, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD

11:15 AM

12.5

Final Update on AWIPS Commissioning/Legacy System Decommissioning

Joseph Facundo, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD

11:30 AM

12.6

GeoWeather™ Solutions Comes of Age: A GIS/Weather Decision Support System and its Value to Decision Makers

Hank Pomeranz, Litton PRC, McLean, VA

11:45 AM

12.7

EPIC Database Management Using MySQL

Willa H. Zhu, JISAO/Univ. of Washington and NOAA/PMEL, Seattle, WA; and D. W. Denbo

12:00 PM

12.8

An Interactive Hazard Mapping System

Zhong Liu, George Mason Univ., Fairfax, VA and NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and L. Chiu, W. Teng, G. Serafino, R. Yang, and R. Hui

12:15 PM

12.9

A flexible system to manage and query NOAA station history information

Jeffrey D. Arnfield, NOAA/NCDC, Asheville, NC

12:30 PM

12.10

ncBrowse: A Graphical netCDF File Browser

Donald W. Denbo, JISAO/Univ. of Washington and NOAA/PMEL, Seattle, WA

12:45 PM

12.11

Recent Advances in Product Availability Monitoring System (PAMS)

Khien B. Nguyen, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and M. D. Buckingham

1:00 PM

12.12

Integration of NOS and TCOON data into AWIPS Observations

Andrew R. Patrick, NOAA/NWS, Corpus Christi, TX

1:15 PM

12.13

Implementing the NOAA "Center of Data" concept at the Climate Diagnostics Center

Donald R. Mock, NOAA/CDC, Boulder, CO

1:30 PM

12.14

Recent Updates and OT&E Results for the Alphanumeric Backup Replacement System (ANBURS)

Khien B. Nguyen, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and G. E. Griffin, D. M. Glotfelty, and T. L. Ellis

1:45 PM

12.15

Evolving data requirements for research and education

Steven R. Chiswell, UCAR, Boulder, CO

2:00 PM

12.1A

Introductory Remarks. Dan McMorrow, Johns Hopkins Univ.

2:15 PM

12.5A

Lunch Break

3:45 PM

12.11A

Coffee Break

4:15 PM

12.1B

Managing national datasets for AWIPS

Frances B. Curnow, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and J. S. Wakefield

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Thursday, 18 January 2001

Lunch Break

3:00 PM-6:00 PM: Thursday, 18 January 2001

Exhibit Hours

3:30 PM-5:15 PM: Thursday, 18 January 2001

Session 13

Updates in modernized weather/climate services (Parallel with Session 12)

Host: 17th International Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology

Organizers: Mary Glackin, NOAA/NESDIS; Robert Landis, NOAA/NWS

3:30 PM

13.2

Radar environmental observations and Internet data handling for naval operations using the Lockheed Martin Tactical Environmental Processor

Timothy Maese, Lockheed Martin, Moorestown, NJ; and J. Melody, T. W. Hodge, G. Young, D. Thomson, and L. T. Rogers

13.3

Generating Local Storm Reports and Storm Data Summaries in the AWIPS era

3:46 PM

13.4

Status of the U.S. National Global Climate Observing System (GCOS) Program

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

4:00 PM

13.5

Temperature Data Continuity In The ASOS (Automated Surface Observing System) Era–Determining Station Averages

Nolan J. Doesken, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and C. A. Davey and T. B. McKee

4:15 PM

13.6

HAILTRAK: Radar-based real-time assessment of hail damage for the insurance industry

John F. Henz, Henz Meteorological Services, Littleton, CO

4:30 PM

13.1A

Introductory Remarks. Mary Glackin, NOAA/NESDIS

4:45 PM

13.3A

Performance Support Delivery System for Use in Military, Civil, and Commercial Forecaster/User Weather Training and Performance Improvement

Anthony A. Guiffrida, SAIC, Satellite Beach, FL

5:00 PM

13.1B

Visibility variability at Seattle, WA and Portland, OR: Insights into the impacts of Runway Visual Range (RVR) measurements on aviation operations

Thomas A. Seliga, Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, Cambridge, MA; and D. A. Hazen, L. Jacobs, and D. B. Lawrence

5:00 PM-5:00 PM: Thursday, 18 January 2001

Conference ends

5:00 PM-6:00 PM: Thursday, 18 January 2001

Closing Reception in Exhibit Hall (Cash Bar)

6:30 PM-6:30 PM: Thursday, 18 January 2001

Closing Keynote Address

6:30 PM

Details on Closing Keynote Address

J. M. Cousteau

7:30 PM-9:30 PM: Thursday, 18 January 2001

Fiesta

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