Poster Session 1 Winter Storms (Poster Session)

Monday, 15 January 2001: 1:00 PM-3:30 PM
Host: Precipitation Extremes: Prediction, Impacts, and Responses

Papers:
P1.2
A Climatology of Heavy Snowfall Events in Northwest Missouri: The Synoptic and Dynamic Characteristics of Heavy Snowfall
Michael J. Bodner, NOAA/NWSFO, Pleasant Hill, MO; and P. A. Browning, A. R. Lupo, and C. L. Berger

P1.6
Process partitioning of rainfall enhanced by coastal orography
Allen B. White, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and F. M. Ralph, P. J. Neiman, D. A. Kingsmill, and P. O. G. Persson

P1.7
Spatial and temporal characteristics of heavy precipitation events over Canada
Xuebin Zhang, MSC, Downsview, ON, Canada; and W. D. Hogg and É. Mekis

P1.8
Modeling and Visualization of a Record Meso-Snowfall Event in Jackson, Mississippi
Paul J. Croft Jr., Jackson State University, Jackson, MS; and J. Hafner, R. S. Reddy, and P. J. Fitzpatrick

P1.10
The Genesee Valley Blizzard of 4 March 1999: An Analysis Of Forcing Mechanisms
Jose A. Maliekal, SUNY, Brockport, NY; and S. Rochette, J. Caughel, R. Ballentine, and A. Stamm

P1.12
Forecast Skill of the Penn State/NCAR MM5 Mesoscale Model during the heavy precipitation event of 23–24 February 1998 in Southern California
Charles Jones, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA; and L. M. V. de Carvalho, B. Bower, and D. Danielson

P1.13
Improving the Understanding and Prediction of Heavy Rain in Land-falling Pacific Winter Storms: The CALJET and PACJET Experiments
F. Martin Ralph, NOAA/ERL/ETL, Boulder, CO; and D. W. Reynolds, P. O. G. Persson, W. A. Nuss, D. A. Kingsmill, Z. Toth, and W. Blier

P1.14
Orographic precipitation enhancement in the coastal mountains of California during the CALJET field experiment
Paul J. Neiman, NOAA/ERL/ETL, Boulder, CO; and F. M. Ralph, A. B. White, D. A. Kingsmill, P. O. G. Persson, and D. Gottas

P1.16
The microphysical structure of extreme precipitation
Remko Uijlenhoet, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ; and J. A. Smith and M. Steiner

P1.17
Predictability of mesoscale quantitative precipitation
Wendell A. Nuss, NPS, Monterey, CA; and D. K. Miller

P1.23
A Real-Time Precipitation Monitoring Algorithm—Quantitative Precipitation Estimation and Segregation Using Multiple Sensors (QPE SUMS)
Jonathan J. Gourley, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. Zhang, R. A. Maddox, C. M. Calvert, and K. W. Howard

P1.26
Choosing the Optimal Configuration of a Mixed-Physics Ensemble for Quantitative Precipitation Forecasts
Matthew S. Wandishin, Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and S. L. Mullen and D. J. Stensrud

P1.27
Statistical Analysis of Global Ensemble Precipitation Forecasts
Sanja Perica, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and J. Schaake, M. Mullusky, and D. J. Seo

P1.29
Rainfall Assimilation and Numerical Forecast of the 25 January 2000 Snow Storm
Xiaolei Zou, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and Q. Zhao, Q. Xiao, and S. Peng

P1.30
Anticipating Heavy Rainfall: Forecast Aspects
Richard H. Grumm, NOAA/NWS, State College, PA; and R. Hart

P1.32
The National Precipitation Verification Unit (NPVU): Operational implementation
Brett E. McDonald, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Camp Springs, MD; and T. M. Graziano

P1.33
Extending the Precipitation Map Offshore Using Daily and 3-Hourly Combined Precipitation Estimates
George J. Huffman, NASA/GSFC and SSAI, Greenbelt, MD; and R. F. Adler, D. T. Bolvin, and W. R. S. Curtis

P1.34
Accounting for Uncertainty in Short Term Deterministic Precipitation Forecasts
Mary Mullusky, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and J. Schaake, S. Perica, and D. J. Seo

P1.36
A Verification Approach Suitable for Assessing the Quality of Model-Based Precipitation Forecasts during Extreme Precipitation Events
Andrew F. Loughe, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado and NOAA/FSL, Boulder, CO; and J. K. Henderson, J. L. Mahoney, and E. I. Tollerud

P1.38
P1.39
Restructuring the National Weather Service Quantitative Precipitation Forecast process
Gary M. Carter, NOAA/NWS, Bohemia, NY; and T. M. Graziano

P1.41
P1.42
The Canadian Hydrometeorological Information and Prediction System (CHIPS)
R. Paul Ford, MSC, Guelph, ON, Canada; and P. Pilon, H. Goertz, B. Murphy, P. Campbell, and Z. Cao

P1.43
Evaluating forecasts of rain events
Elizabeth E. Ebert, BMRC, Melbourne, Vic., Australia; and J. L. McBride

P1.44
The impact of resolution and ensemble size on precipitation forecasts by the ECMWF EPS
Steven L. Mullen, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and R. Buizza

P1.15a
A Planetary-Scale to Mesoscale Perspective of the Predictability of the 24-26 January 2000 U.S. East-Coast Snowstorm
Melvyn Shapiro, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. H. Langland, R. Gelaro, and F. Zhang

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