Joint Session 2 Climatology of Precipitation Extremes: Observed Characteristics, Trends and Impacts (Joint with the 12th Symposium on Global Change and Climate Variations and the Symposium on Precipitation Extremes: Prediction, Impacts, and Responses)

Tuesday, 16 January 2001: 8:30 AM-4:43 PM
Hosts: (Joint between the 12th Symposium on Global Change Studies and Climate Variations; and the Precipitation Extremes: Prediction, Impacts, and Responses )
Organizer:
Greg Johnson, USDA-NRCS, National Water and Climate Center, Portland, OR

Papers:
8:30 AM
J2.1
Orographic Thunderstorms and extreme floods along the western margin of the central appalachians
James A. Smith, Princeton Univ., Princeton, NJ; and M. L. Baeck, N. S. Hicks, and Y. Zhang

9:00 AM
J2.2
Storm Precipitation Structure in the Eastern United States: Part I, Spatial Changes
Michael A. Palecki, ISWS, Champaign, IL; and J. R. Angel and S. E. Hollinger

9:15 AM
J2.3
Storm Precipitation Structure in the Eastern United States: Part II, Temporal Changes
James R. Angel, ISWS, Champaign, IL; and M. A. Palecki and S. E. Hollinger

9:30 AM
J2.4
Analysis of Seasonal, Climate, and Elevation Effects on Times Between Storms
James V. Bonta, USDA/ARS, Coshocton, OH; and C. T. Hanson and T. Keefer

9:45 AM
J2.5
Using PRISM to Map Extreme Precipitation Events
Christopher Daly, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR; and G. H. Taylor

10:00 AM
J2.6
Very heavy precipitation over the contiguous United States: Climatology, trends, and relationship with high streamflow and cloudiness
Pavel Ya. Groisman, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and R. W. Knight, T. R. Karl, and B. Sun

10:30 AM
J2.7
Midwest U.S. Trends in Precipitation Extremes and Event Return Periods
Kenneth E. Kunkel, ISWS, Champaign, IL

10:45 AM
J2.8
Trend and Shift Statistics on Annual Maximum Precipitation in Ohio River Basin over the Last Century
Bingzhang Lin, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and L. T. Julian

11:00 AM
J2.9
SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACTS OF HEAVY PRECIPITATION IN THE UNITED STATES
Stanley A. Changnon, ISWS, Champaign, IL

11:30 AM
J2.10
NOAA Atlas 14—New Precipitation Frequencies for the United States
Lesley T. Julian, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD

12:00 PM
J2.11
It Is Time To Update The NOAA Precipitation Frequency Information
Nolan J. Doesken, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO

12:15 PM
J2.12
Development of a New Storm Generator Model and Associated Precipitation Studies
James V. Bonta, USDA/ARS, Coshocton, OH

12:30 PM
J2.13
Characteristics of Extreme Precipitation and Associated Streamflow in the Reynold's creek Experimental watershed, Idaho
Clayton L. Hanson, USDA/ARS, Boise, ID; and F. B. Pierson

12:45 PM
J2.14
Paleohydrologic estimates of convective rainfall in the Rocky Mountains
Robert D. Jarrett, U.S. Geological Survey, Lakewood, CO

J2.15
Extreme Precipitation and Hydrometeorology Investigations and Needs

1:00 PM
J2.16
Creative Re-Construction of Historical Extreme Convective Precipitation Events using Radar, Cloud-to-Ground Lightning and Conventional Observations
John F. Henz, Henz Meteorological Services, Littleton, CO

1:15 PM
J2.17
Generalized and Site-Specific Probable Maximum Precipitation (PMP) Studies for Dam safety evaluations
Edward M. Tomlinson, Applied Weather Associates, Monument, CO

J2.18
Application of a stochastic precipitation model to estimate the inflow frequency of extreme floods to Folsom Dam on the American River Basin, near Sacramento, California

1:30 PM
J2.5a
Coffee Break

2:00 PM
J2.9a
Session Adjourns for Lunch

2:15 PM
J2.13a
Coffee Break

2:45 PM
J2.9b
Conference Luncheon

- Indicates paper has been withdrawn from meeting
- Indicates an Award Winner
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