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Saturday, 12 January 2002
	7:30 AM-9:00 AM, Saturday Short Course/Workshop/Special Conferences Registration (Joint between the 11th Symposium on Education, the Interactive Symposium on AWIPS, the Sixth Symposium on Integrated Observing Systems, the 13th Symposium on Global Change and Climate Variations, the 16th Conference on Hydrology, the 16th Conference on Probability and Statistics in the Atmospheric Sciences, the 18th International Conference on IIPS, the Fourth Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry, the Symposium on Observations, Data Assimilation, and Probabilistic Prediction, the The Atlas Symposium, and the Third Symposium on Environmental Applications)
Sunday, 13 January 2002
	7:30 AM-9:00 AM, Sunday Short Course/Workshop/Special Conferences Registration (Joint between the 11th Symposium on Education, the Interactive Symposium on AWIPS, the Sixth Symposium on Integrated Observing Systems, the 13th Symposium on Global Change and Climate Variations, the 16th Conference on Hydrology, the 16th Conference on Probability and Statistics in the Atmospheric Sciences, the 18th International Conference on IIPS, the Fourth Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry, the Symposium on Observations, Data Assimilation, and Probabilistic Prediction, the The Atlas Symposium, and the Third Symposium on Environmental Applications)
	9:00 AM, Sunday CONFERENCE REGISTRATION
	2:00 PM-4:00 PM, Sunday AWIPS Seminar for the Non-User
	4:00 PM-6:00 PM, Sunday Joint Poster Session 1 Maximizing Use of Interactive Processing Systems through Education and Training (Joint between AWIPS, IIPS and Education)
Organizer: Randolph W. Ashby, Raytheon ITSS, Landham, MD
JP1.1 Local AWIPS Software Development Activities at the Northeast River Forecast Center   Robert C. Shedd, NOAA/NWS, Taunton, MA   JP1.2 Status of AWIPS Validation Effort at COMET   Kevin K. Fuell, University of Alabama - Huntsville, Huntsville, AL; and D. Kiessling, E. Page, and G. Byrd   JP1.3 VISIT Integrated Sensor Training: Using AWIPS Satellite Products and Capabilities   Brian Motta, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and D. Bikos, B. Zajac, S. Bachmeier, T. Whittaker, B. Grant, J. LaDue, N. Junker, K. Schrab, D. Baumgardt, R. Grumm, P. Wolf, J. Weaver, R. Zehr, and A. Mostek   JP1.4 Work-station Eta model forecasts on AWIPS   Alan M. Cope, NOAA/NWS, Mount Holly, NJ   JP1.5 A local application to produce radar rainfall accumulation estimates for multiple Z-R relationships   Paul Jendrowski, NOAA/NWS, Honolulu, HI   JP1.6 Lightning Training from the Virtual Institute for Satellite Integration Training: 1999–2001   Bard Zajac, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and J. F. Weaver and D. E. Bikos   JP1.7 Application of the PSU-NCAR MM5 to Forecast Operations over the Texas Coastal Bend   Waylon G. Collins, NOAA/NWS, Corpus Christi, TX   JP1.8 AWIPS Aviation Workstation Program Documentation (Version 3.2)   Paul Kirkwood, NOAA/NWS, Fort Worth, TX; and D. Hotz   JP1.9 Bringing Training to the Forecasters Using VISITview—Review of Program Since 1999   Anthony Mostek, NOAA/NWS, Boulder, CO; and S. Bachmeier, T. Whittaker, D. Bikos, B. Motta, B. Zajac, J. Weaver, K. Schrab, B. Grant, and J. LaDue   JP1.10 Crossing platforms: PCs and AWIPS using the Python programming language   C. Michael Callahan, NOAA/NWS, Louisville, KY   JP1.11 FOUS_Extractor: An AWIPS Application Producing Data Similar to the FRH Bulletins   John M. Margraf, NOAA/NWS, Sterling, VA
Monday, 14 January 2002
	12:00 AM, Monday Sessions end for the day (Joint between the 11th Symposium on Education, the Interactive Symposium on AWIPS, the Sixth Symposium on Integrated Observing Systems, the 13th Symposium on Global Change and Climate Variations, the 16th Conference on Hydrology, the 16th Conference on Probability and Statistics in the Atmospheric Sciences, the 18th International Conference on IIPS, the Symposium on Observations, Data Assimilation, and Probabilistic Prediction, and the Third Symposium on Environmental Applications)
	7:30 AM, Monday Registration continues through Thursday, 17 January (Joint between the 11th Symposium on Education, the Interactive Symposium on AWIPS, the Sixth Symposium on Integrated Observing Systems, the 13th Symposium on Global Change and Climate Variations, the 16th Conference on Hydrology, the 16th Conference on Probability and Statistics in the Atmospheric Sciences, the 18th International Conference on IIPS, the Fourth Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry, the Symposium on Observations, Data Assimilation, and Probabilistic Prediction, the The Atlas Symposium, and the Third Symposium on Environmental Applications)
	9:00 AM, Monday Welcoming Remarks
	9:30 AM-10:30 AM, Monday Joint Session 1 AWIPS—A Historical Perspective (Joint Session with AWIPS and IIPS)
Organizers: Richard K. Thigpen, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; Ward R. Seguin, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD
9:30 AM J1.0A Welcome/Introductory Remarks   Ken Carey, U.S. Air Force, Fairfax, VA; and W. R. Seguin and R. K. Thigpen 9:45 AM J1.1 The Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System: A History   Mary Glackin, NOAA/NESDIS, Silver Spring, MD 10:00 AM J1.2 The early days of AWIPS: a personal reflection   Elbert W. (Joe) Friday, Jr., National Research Council, Washington, DC 10:15 AM J1.3 AWIPS—An End-to-End Look   Ward R. Seguin, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD
	9:30 AM-5:15 PM, Monday Joint Session 3 Advancements/applications in Meteorology, Hydrology, Oceanography and Climatology: Part 1 (Joint with AWIPS and IIPS)
Organizers: Robert G. Borchers, SAIC, Melbourne, FL; Fred P. Lewis, Meteostar, Denver, CO; Daniel McCarthy, SPC, Norman, OK; Dan Nietfeld, NOAA/NWSFO, Hastings, NE; Neil Stuart, NOAA/NWSFO, Wakefield, VA; Larry Brazil, Riverside Technologies, Ft. Collins, CO
9:30 AM J3.1 Early detection of tropical cyclones using SeaWinds-derived vorticity for the 2001 hurricane season   Ryan J. Sharp, COAPS, Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL; and M. A. Bourassa, J. J. O'Brien, K. B. Katsaros, and E. B. Forde 9:45 AM J3.2 GIS for expanding the application potential of TRMM data   Nathan Pollack, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and W. Teng, G. Serafino, and L. Chiu 10:00 AM J3.3 The Earth System Grid II: Turning Climate Datasets into Community Resources   Ian Foster, ANL, Argonne, IL; and E. Alpert, A. Chervenak, B. Drach, C. Kesselman, V. Nefedova, D. Middleton, A. Shoshani, A. Sims, and D. Williams 10:15 AM J3.4 The Oklahoma Mesonet: A mesoscale tool for drought recognition and monitoring   Howard L. Johnson, Oklahoma Climatological Survey, Norman, OK; and D. S. Arndt, G. D. McManus, and M. A. Shafer 10:30 AM Coffee Break in Poster Session Room   11:00 AM J3.5 A Report on Plans for a Teragrid   Robert Wilhelmson, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana and National Center for Supercomputing Applications, Champaign, IL; and D. Reed 11:15 AM J3.6 Implementation Status of the Nicaragua River Forecast System   James A. McNitt, Computer Sciences Corp., Lanham, MD 11:30 AM J3.7 SAFIR Total Lightning detection technology   Philippe Richard, Vaisala Inc., Woburn, MA; and W. Geitz, S. Chansky, and T. Laine J3.8 Modeling the snow distribution along a treeline shelterbelt in the Northern Plains using weather radar, Geographic Information Systems, and field measurements   Carrie M. Wood, Univ. of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND 11:44 AM J3.9 The AWIPS Build 5.2.2 MAPS Surface Assimilation System (MSAS)   Patricia A. Miller, NOAA/FSL, Boulder, CO; and M. F. Barth 11:59 AM Lunch Break   1:29 PM J3.10 AWIPS for Satellite-Derived Hydrometeorological Applications   Roderick A. Scofield, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and R. J. Kuligowski, S. Qiu, and C. Davenport 1:44 PM J3.11 Importation of Supplemental Satellite Data into AWIPS in the NWS Western Region   Kevin J. Schrab, NOAA/NWS, Salt Lake City, UT 1:59 PM J3.12 How Scientific Services Division of the NWS/Western Region (WR) has Adapted AWIPS for Operations in the West   Andy Edman, NOAA/NWS, Salt Lake City, UT; and K. J. Schrab 2:14 PM J3.13 Fire Weather Forecasting Applications on AWIPS   John Dragomir, NOAA/NWS, Anchorage, AK; and J. Kemper 2:29 PM J3.14 The Teller, Alaska Snow Event of October 31, 2000   Eric L. Stevens, NOAA/NWS, Fairbanks, AK 2:44 PM J3.15 NMAP development status and plans   Mary L. desJardins, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Camp Springs, MD; and S. Schotz, S. Jacobs, D. Plummer, D. Kidwell, and E. Safford 2:59 PM Coffee Break in Poster Session Room   3:29 PM J3.16 Prospects for Faster and Denser WSR-88D Scanning Strategies   Randy M. Steadham, NOAA/Radar Operations Center, Norman, OK; and R. A. Brown and V. T. Wood 3:44 PM J3.17 Using AWIPS and VORTEX findings to forecast qualitative probability of significant tornadoes   Wes Browning, NOAA/NWSFO, Springfield, MO 3:59 PM J3.18 Integration of new data sets into AWIPS for use in an operational forecast environment   Jeffrey S. Tongue, NOAA/NWS, Upton, NY; and J. S. Watson and M. E. Tauber 4:14 PM J3.19 Transfer of FSL's AWIPS technology to the Central Weather Bureau of Taiwan   Fanthune J. Moeng, NOAA/FSL, Boulder, CO; and M. Cheng 4:29 PM J3.20 Effective Use of AWIPS Warning Systems at NWS Tampa Bay, Florida   Barry S. Goldsmith, NOAA/NWS, Ruskin, FL; and R. F. Morales 4:44 PM J3.21 Enhancing the AWIPS baseline meteorological fields via the Volume Browser   Dan A. Baumgardt, NOAA/NWS, La Crosse, WI 4:59 PM J3.22 The PCMDI Climate Data Analysis Tools (CDAT)—an open system approach to the implementation of a model diagnosis infrastructure   Michael Fiorino, LLNL, Livermore, CA; and D. Williams
	11:00 AM-12:00 PM, Monday Joint Session 4 The Future of AWIPS (Joint Session with AWIPS and IIPS)
Organizer: Ward R. Seguin, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD
11:00 AM J4.1 AWIPS–A Look to the Future   John L. Hayes, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD 11:15 AM J4.2 AWIPS Requirements Definition: Beyond Build 5   Jamie V. Kousky, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and E. L. Atkins, D. R. Helms, and A. H. Kells 11:30 AM J4.3 Assessing AWIPS Performance   Timothy Hopkins, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and W. R. Seguin, E. Hiner, D. Rhine, and L. Dominy 11:45 AM J4.4 Migrating AWIPS to Linux   Charles Piercy, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and W. R. Seguin, E. Hiner, W. Carrigg, U. H. Grote, and C. Bullock
	12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Monday Lunch Break
	1:30 PM-3:45 PM, Monday Joint Session 5 Visualization: D3D Overview and Operational Use (Joint with AWIPS and IIPS)
Organizers: Edward J. Szoke, NOAA/ERL/FSL, Boulder, CO; James Johnson, NOAA/NWS, Dodge City, KS
1:30 PM J5.1 D3D: Overview, Update and Future Plans   Edward J. Szoke, NOAA/FSL, Boulder, CO; and U. H. Grote, P. T. McCaslin, and P. A. McDonald 1:45 PM J5.2 Applying D3D in an operational environment   John W. Cannon, NOAA/NWSFO, Gray, ME; and J. C. Hayes and J. S. Watson 2:00 PM J5.3 Numerical model visualization using the FSL D3D: A paradigm shift for operational forecasters   James R. Johnson, NOAA/NWS, Dodge City, KS 2:15 PM J5.4 The use of D3D when examining Tropical Cyclones   Andrew I. Watson, NOAA/NWS, Tallahassee, FL; and J. D. Fournier, T. P. Lericos, and E. J. Szoke 2:30 PM J5.5 Operational Applications of Three Dimensional Air Parcel Trajectories using AWIPS D3D   David B. Barjenbruch, NOAA/NWSFO and CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Boulder, CO; and E. Thaler and E. J. Szoke 2:45 PM J5.6 Technical Considerations For the Installation and Use of D3D in an AWIPS Environment   Philip A. McDonald, NOAA/FSL, Boulder, CO; and P. T. McCaslin, E. J. Szoke, and U. H. Grote 3:00 PM Coffee Break in Poster Session Room   3:30 PM J5.7 Integrating Science and Visualization with AWIPS for Effective Severe Weather Forecast and Warning Operations   Josh Korotky, NOAA/NWSFO, Pittsburgh, PA
	3:45 PM-5:30 PM, Monday Joint Session 6 Visualization: Interactive Software for Visualizing Web-Based Meteorological Data (Joint with AWIPS and IIPS)
Organizers: Randy Ashby, Raytheon ITSS, Lanham, MD; Robert Borchers, SAIC, Satellite Beach, FL
3:45 PM J6.1 Interactive, web-based three-dimensional visualizations of operational mesoscale weather models   Lloyd A. Treinish, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY 4:00 PM J6.2 VisAD for collaborative visualization of data distributed on clusters   William L. Hibbard, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 4:15 PM J6.3 Development of an SQL database with real-time Java maps for the NJ WxNet   David A. Robinson, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ; and C. Duvall, K. Sharma, and C. Shmukler 4:30 PM J6.4 NCEP meteorological model graphics on the internet   Brent A. Gordon, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Camp Springs, MD; and L. Sager, R. Romero, and Z. Szabo 4:45 PM J6.5 WeatherScope: Interactive software for visualizing web-based meteorological data sets   J. Michael Wolfinbarger, Oklahoma Climatological Survey, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. R. Greenfield, T. B. Stanley, and R. A. Young 5:00 PM Open Discussion
	4:00 PM-5:15 PM, Monday Session 2 Local Modeling
Organizers: Patrick T. Welsh, NOAA/NWS, Jacksonville, FL; John A. McGinley, NOAA/OAR/FSL, Silver Spring, MD
4:00 PM 2.1 Local Data Analysis on AWIPS at NWS Melbourne, FL   Peter F. Blottman, NOAA/NWS, Melbourne, FL; and S. M. Spratt, D. W. Sharp, K. R. Waters, and B. N. Meisner 4:15 PM 2.2 Running the MM5 in an AWIPS Environment   Eric Lenning, NOAA/NWS, St. Charles, MO; and R. Przybylinski and J. A. Nelson 4:30 PM 2.3 Verification of Local Modeling at the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Miami, FL and Ingest of Local Data into LAPS and MSAS in AWIPS   Pablo Santos, NOAA/NWS, Miami, FL; and R. Pfost 4:45 PM 2.4 A completely integrated, cost-effective, local data assimilation and forecasting system to support space launch range operations   Brent L. Shaw, NOAA/FSL, Boulder, CO; and S. C. Albers, J. A. McGinley, L. S. Wharton, T. L. Wilfong, C. L. Crosiar, and D. E. Harms 5:00 PM Open Discussion
	5:30 PM-7:30 PM, Monday Formal Opening of Exhibits with Reception (Cash Bar)
	5:30 PM, Monday Sessions end for the day (Joint between the Interactive Symposium on AWIPS and the Sixth Symposium on Integrated Observing Systems)
Tuesday, 15 January 2002
	8:30 AM-3:00 PM, Tuesday Joint Session 7 Advancements/applications in Meteorology, Hydrology, Oceanography, and Climatology: Part II (Joint with AWIPS and IIPS)
Organizers: George Smith, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; Larry Brazil, Riverside Technologies, Ft. Collins, CO
8:30 AM J7.1 Verification of NWS River Stage Forecasts   Edwin Welles, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and H. Herr 8:45 AM J7.2 Evaluation of Alternative Potential Evapotranspiration Schemes for Use in National Weather Service River Forecast System   Qingyun Duan, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and M. Smith, J. Schaake, and V. Koren 9:00 AM J7.3 Realtime integration of the SLOSH model and the NWS River Forecast System on the AWIPS platform   Eric Jones, NOAA/NWS, Slidell, LA 9:15 AM J7.4 Integration of bias corrected, satellite-based estimates of precipitation into AWIPS at River Forecast Centers   Michael A. Fortune, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and J. P. Breidenbach and D. J. Seo 9:30 AM J7.5 FLDVIEW: The NWS flood forecast mapping application   Neftali Cajina, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and J. Sylvestre, E. Henderson, M. Logan, and M. Richardson 9:45 AM Discussion   10:00 AM Coffee Break in Poster Session Room   10:30 AM J7.6 Overview and Status of the Hydrologic Forecast System in the National Weather Service Weather Forecast Offices   Mark J. Glaudemans, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and R. A. Erb, E. B. Wells, J. Zimmerman, J. J. Hill-Maxwell, and K. S. Mack 10:45 AM J7.7 Flash Flood Monitoring and Prediction Version 2.0: Continued AWIPS Modernization   M. Thomas Filiaggi, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and S. B. Smith, M. Churma, L. Xin, and M. Glaudemans 11:00 AM J7.8 An assessment of the use of AMBER in a semi-arid desert region   Melissa A. Goering, NOAA/NWS, Tucson, AZ; and P. Jendrowski 11:15 AM J7.9 Development of a Headwater Model Application for National Weather Service Weather Forecast Offices   Russell A. Erb, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD 11:29 AM J7.10 Paper moved to Session 4, new paper number 4.2a   11:30 AM Discussion   11:45 AM J7.10a Site Specific Hydrologic Modeling and Forecasting at National Weather Service Weather Forecast Offices   Larry E. Brazil, Riverside Technology, Inc., Fort Collins, CO; and M. Thiemann and G. F. Smith 12:00 PM Grand Poster Luncheon   1:59 PM J7.11 Moved to new paper number J7.13   2:00 PM J7.11a An Update on the Status of the U.S. Global Climate Observing System (US-GCOS)Program   Howard J. Diamond, NOAA/NESDIS, Silver Spring, MD 2:15 PM J7.12 International assessment of the adequacy of the global climate observing systems (Formerly Paper number 4.2)   Alan R. Thomas, Global Climate Observing System, Geneva, Switzerland 2:30 PM J7.13 The Impact of a Major Ice Storm on the Operations of the Oklahoma Mesonet   Christopher A. Fiebrich, Oklahoma Climatological Survey, Norman, OK; and D. L. Grimsley and S. J. Richardson 2:45 PM J7.14 Redirection of Computer Resources to Enhance Severe Weather Operations in the Central Region: The Utilization of the DRT Linux PC as a Fifth AWIPS Workstation (Formerly Paper number P1.8)   Daniel D. Nietfeld, NOAA/NWS, Valley, NE; and R. Ewald
	8:30 AM-9:45 AM, Tuesday Session 3 Interactive Forecast Preparation System—A Catalyst for Change
Organizer: Harry R. Glahn, NOAA/NWS/OST/MDL, Silver Spring, MD
8:30 AM 3.1 Interactive Forecast Preparation—the future has come   David P. Ruth, NOAA/NWS/Office of Science and Technology, Silver Spring, MD 8:45 AM 3.2 Digital Forecast Technology: NWS Vision for New Products and Customer Partnerships   Greg Mandt, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD 9:00 AM 3.3 Changing the operational paradigm with Interactive Forecasting Preparation System—IFPS   Alan Rezek, NOAA/NWS, Charleston, WV 9:15 AM 3.4 Rapid Prototyping Grid-Based Forecasting   John A. Jannuzzi, NOAA/NWS, Boise, Idaho 9:30 AM Open Discussion
	9:45 AM-12:00 PM, Tuesday Session 4 Interactive Forecast Preparation System—A Regional Perspective
Organizer: Dean P. Gulezian, NOAA/NWS, Bohemia, NY
9:45 AM 4.1 NWS Eastern Region Interactive Forecast Preparation System (IFPS) implementation   I. Ross Dickman, NOAA/NWS, Bohemia, NY 10:00 AM Coffee Break in Poster Session Room   10:30 AM 4.2 Implementing the Interactive Forecast Preperation System in the Central Region of the National Weather Service   Jeffery D. Manion, NOAA/NWS, Kansas City, MO; and R. L. Livingston 10:45 AM 4.3 IFPS Implementation in the Southern Region   Bill Proenza, NOAA/NWS, Fort Worth, TX; and S. Cooper and D. Smith 11:00 AM 4.4 Use of IFPS in Western Region, National Weather Service   Andy Edman, NOAA/NWS, Salt Lake City, UT; and K. J. Schrab 11:15 AM 4.5 Interactive Forecast Preparation System Implementation Plans in Alaska   James E. Kemper, NOAA/NWS, Anchorage, AK 11:30 AM 4.6 IFPS Development and Implementation in the Pacific Region   Paul Jendrowski, NOAA/NWS, Honolulu, HI 11:45 AM Open Discussion
	12:00 PM-2:00 PM, Tuesday Grand Poster Luncheon
	2:00 PM-5:15 PM, Tuesday Session 5 Interactive Forecast Preparation System—Operational Employment
Organizer: Carl S. Bullock, NOAA/FSL, Boulder, CO
2:00 PM 5.1 Initializing Gridded Forecasts from Numerical Models   Tom J. LeFebvre, NOAA/FSL, Boulder, CO; and M. Romberg and T. Hansen 2:15 PM 5.2 Tools for model interpretation in the Interactive Forecast Preparation System   Timothy R. Boyer, SAIC, Beltsville, MD; and D. P. Ruth 2:30 PM 5.3 GFE methodology and extended capabilities   Charles H. Paxton, NOAA/NWSFO, Tampa Bay Area, FL; and T. L. Hansen 2:45 PM 5.4 Generating digital forecast matrices from gridded forecasts in the Interactive Forecast Preparation System   Mark G. Oberfield, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and K. V. Pegion 3:00 PM 5.5 Identifying local effects in gridded forecasts for the Interactive Forecast Preparation System   Matthew R. Peroutka, NOAA/NWS/Office of Science and Technology, Silver Spring, MD; and M. G. Oberfield, J. T. Davis, and R. Yu 3:15 PM 5.6 Generating marine watches, warnings, and advisories using Interactive Forecast Preparation   Brian D. Papa, SAIC, Beltsville, MD; and M. A. McInerney, M. R. Peroutka, and J. L. Schattel 3:30 PM Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall   4:00 PM 5.7 Derivation of Multiple Forecast Formats from a Gridded Forecast Database   Todd C. Dankers, NOAA/NWS, Boulder, CO; and J. Manion 4:15 PM 5.8 Experiences with a Grid-based Forecasting Approach Using IFPS at the Tulsa WFO   Steven E. Nelson, NOAA/NWS, Peachtree City, GA; and E. Howieson and S. Amburn 4:30 PM 5.9 Implementation Challenges of IFPS at a Forecast Office with Complex Terrain   Jeffrey T. Davis, NOAA/NWSFO, Tucson, AZ; and P. Flatt and P. Wollack 4:45 PM 5.10 Performing service backup with the Interactive Forecast Preparation System   Ronla K. Meiggs, NOAA/NWS/Office of Science and Technology, Silver Spring, MD; and B. D. Papa 5:00 PM 5.11 Providing user support for the Interactive Forecast Preparation System   James E. Calkins, NOAA/NWS/Office of Science and Technology, Silver Spring, MD; and E. J. Mandel and R. K. Meiggs
	3:00 PM-7:30 PM, Tuesday Exhibit Hours (Joint between the 11th Symposium on Education, the Interactive Symposium on AWIPS, the Sixth Symposium on Integrated Observing Systems, the 13th Symposium on Global Change and Climate Variations, the 16th Conference on Hydrology, the 16th Conference on Probability and Statistics in the Atmospheric Sciences, the 18th International Conference on IIPS, the Fourth Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry, the Symposium on Observations, Data Assimilation, and Probabilistic Prediction, and the Third Symposium on Environmental Applications)
	3:30 PM, Tuesday Symposium ends (Joint between the 11th Symposium on Education, the Interactive Symposium on AWIPS, and the Sixth Symposium on Integrated Observing Systems)
Wednesday, 16 January 2002
	8:00 AM-9:30 AM, Wednesday President's Symposium
	9:30 AM-10:00 AM, Wednesday Coffee Break in Foyer of Auditorium
	10:00 AM-12:00 PM, Wednesday President's Symposium (Continued)
	12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Wednesday Lunch Break
	12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Wednesday Town Hall Meeting: "The Role of the Operational Meteorologist - Public and Private Sector Perspectives"
	1:30 PM-4:00 PM, Wednesday Session 6 Locally Written Applications
Organizers: Daniel Nietfeld, NOAA/NWSFO, Valley, NE; Brian Klimowski, NOAA/NWS, Rapid City, SD
1:30 PM 6.1 AWIPS Local Application—LSR4AWIPS   Mark T. Mutchler, NOAA/NWS, North Platte, NE 1:45 PM 6.2 AWIPS local application for visualizing WSR-88D PPS hybrid scan bin heights   Steven V. Vasiloff, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, Oklahoma 2:00 PM 6.3 AWIPS Verify—public forecast verification for the AWIPS era   Kenneth R. Cook, NOAA/NWS, La Crosse, WI 2:15 PM 6.4 The Areal Mean Basin Estimated Rainfall (AMBER) flash flood algorithm as an AWIPS local application.   Paul Jendrowski, NOAA/NWS, Honolulu, HI 2:30 PM 6.5 Using “Storm Info Master” (SIM), Soover, Taftrack and other AWIPS applications locally developed at WFO Tulsa   James M. Frederick, NOAA/NWS, Tulsa, OK; and S. A. Amburn 2:45 PM 6.6 WIGFAN—a system to ingest and display internet data on AWIPS   Dan A. Baumgardt, NOAA/NWS, La Crosse, WI 3:00 PM Exhibit Hours 3:00–7:30 P.M   3:01 PM Coffee Break in Poster Session Room   3:30 PM 6.7 Practical Applications of Extrapolated dProg/dt in AWIPS   Leslie R. Colin, NOAA/NWSFO, Boise, ID 3:45 PM Open Discussion
	3:00 PM-7:30 PM, Wednesday Exhibit Hours (Joint between the 11th Symposium on Education, the Sixth Symposium on Integrated Observing Systems, the 13th Symposium on Global Change and Climate Variations, the 16th Conference on Hydrology, the 16th Conference on Probability and Statistics in the Atmospheric Sciences, the 18th International Conference on IIPS, the Fourth Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry, the Interactive Symposium on AWIPS, the Symposium on Observations, Data Assimilation, and Probabilistic Prediction, and the Third Symposium on Environmental Applications)
	4:00 PM-5:30 PM, Wednesday Session 7 Specialized Uses
Organizers: Elizabeth M. Page, NOAA/NWS/OCWWS/Training Division, Boulder, CO; Larry Dunn, NOAA/NWS, Salt Lake City, UT
4:00 PM 7.1 FX-Net Use to Support the 2002 Olympic Winter Games and Fire Weather Incident Meterologists   Kevin J. Schrab, NOAA/NWS, Salt Lake City, UT; and A. Edman, J. Burks, R. Weatherly, and S. Madine 4:15 PM 7.2 AWIPS as a global meteorological analysis and display system   Mark J. Keehn, NWS/Spaceflight Meteorology Group and NASA/JSFC, Houston, Texas 4:30 PM 7.3 Extending AWIPS to support remote Collaboration   U. Herb Grote, NOAA/FSL, Boulder, CO; and C. Golden 4:45 PM 7.4 Tailoring the Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System (AWIPS) for Space Launch Range Support   Darien Davis, NOAA/FSL, Boulder, CO; and T. Wilfong, B. Shaw, K. Winters, and W. Schmeiser 5:00 PM 7.5 FAS: AN AWIPS-LIKE PROTOTYPE FORECASTER WORKSTATION AT KOREA METEOROLOGICAL ADMINISTRATION.   Young-Sun Jung, Korea Meteorological Administration, Seoul, Korea; and D. I. Lee, S. J. Kim, S. K. Park, B. H. Lim, J. S. Chung, R. J. Kahn, P. C. Kucera, W. F. Roberts, H. H. Lee, and S. K. Chung 5:15 PM Open Discussion
	5:30 PM, Wednesday Sessions end for the day (Joint between the Interactive Symposium on AWIPS and the Sixth Symposium on Integrated Observing Systems)
	6:00 PM, Wednesday Reception (Cash Bar)
Thursday, 17 January 2002
	8:30 AM-12:00 PM, Thursday Joint Session 8 Education and Training - An AWIPS Enhancer (Joint Session with AWIPS and IIPS)
Organizers: Timothy C. Spangler, UCAR, Boulder, CO; John Vogel, NWS Training Center, Kansas City, MO
8:30 AM J8.1 Using near storm environment data in the warning decision-making process   Brad N. Grant, NOAA/NWS, Norman, OK; and P. Wolf 8:45 AM J8.2 Using the Warning Event Simulator   John T. Ferree, NOAA/NWS, Norman, OK; and E. M. Quoetone and M. A. Magsig 9:00 AM J8.3 IFPS focal point training at the NWS Training Center   Samuel K Beckman Sr., NOAA/NWS, Kansas City, MO 9:15 AM J8.4 Archiving of AWIPS data in National Weather Service offices   Elizabeth M. Page, NOAA/NWS, Boulder, CO; and R. J. Miller, M. A. Magsig, and T. Alberta 9:30 AM J8.5 FX-Net as a tool for AWIPS education/training   James P. Koermer, Plymouth State College, Plymouth, NH; and J. Zabransky, S. Madine, and R. Brummer 9:45 AM J8.6 Lightning Meteorology I: An Introductory Course on Forecasting with Lightning Data   Bard Zajac, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and J. F. Weaver 10:00 AM Coffee Break in Poster Session Room   10:30 AM J8.7 Using AWIPS emulation software in an undergraduate forecasting class   Alan C. Czarnetzki, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA 10:45 AM J8.8 Better understanding of QG Theory through the use of D3D   Andrew I. Watson, NOAA/NWS, Tallahassee, FL; and T. P. Lericos, J. D. Fournier, and E. J. Szoke 11:00 AM J8.9 Retrospective and Prospective Views on How AWIPS Relates to Unidata   David Fulker, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. Merrill 11:15 AM J8.10 Development and implementation of the NWS warning environment simulator version 1.0   Michael A. Magsig, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and E. M. Page 11:30 AM Open Discussion
	8:30 AM-3:30 PM, Thursday Joint Session 9 Data and Information Handling (Joint with AWIPS and IIPS)
Organizers: Linda Miller, UCAR, Boulder, CO; Dan McMorrow, Johns Hopkins Univ., Laurel, MD; Fred Branski, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD
8:30 AM J9.1 The Ingest, Quality Control, and Processing of Hydrometeorological Data at National Weather Service Field Offices   Mark J. Glaudemans, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and J. M. Roe and P. S. Tilles 8:45 AM J9.2 The Hardware and Software Installation Process for the AWIPS Linux Workstation Demonstration   Charles Piercy, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and M. D. Buckingham, E. Hiner, W. F. Roberts, and P. C. Kucera 9:00 AM J9.3 The AWIPS Linux Workstation Demonstration and Evaluation   Mary D. Buckingham, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and C. Piercy, J. J. Dinges, W. F. Roberts, and P. C. Kucera 9:15 AM J9.4 The AWIPS Linux Communications Processor Replacement Evaluation   Khien Ba Nguyen, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and M. D. Buckingham J9.5 Multicast data distribution on the AWIPS local area network   Michael Biere, NOAA/ERL/FSL and CIRA, Boulder, CO 9:29 AM J9.6 Utilization of LDM at the Storm Prediction Center   Gregory H. Grosshans, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/SPC, Norman, OK 9:44 AM J9.7 Investigation of Data Compression Techniques Applied to AWIPS Datasets   Ning Wang, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Ft. Collins and NOAA/FSL, Boluder, CO; and S. Madine and R. Brummer 9:59 AM Coffee Break in Poster Session Room   10:29 AM J9.8 Acessing Marine Data for AWIPS Applications at NWS Corpus Christi   Andrew R. Patrick, NOAA/NWS, Corpus Christi, TX 10:44 AM J9.9 GRIB2, The WMO standard for transmission of gridded data—Current status and NWS plans   Harry R. Glahn, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and B. Lawrence 10:59 AM J9.10 Station history database architectural techniques   Jeffrey Arnfield, NOAA/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and G. Shears 11:14 AM J9.11 ArcView applications in USDA crop weather analysis   Harlan D. Shannon, USDA, Washington, DC 11:29 AM J9.12 Meteorological Database Management System at the USDA   Brian P. Morris, USDA, Washington, DC 11:44 AM J9.13 Updating and enhancing the quality control system for solar radiation data processed by the MSC   L. Dale Boudreau, MSC, Downsview, ON, Canada; and T. H. Sopoco, H. Lau, and T. -. C. Yip 11:59 AM Lunch Break   1:29 PM J9.14 The quality assurance and dissemination of soil moisture data from the Oklahoma Mesonet   Gary D. McManus, Oklahoma Climatological Survey, Norman, OK; and J. M. Thomale and K. C. Crawford 1:44 PM J9.15 Breaking the Billion Zone Barrier—Simulation, Data Handling and Visualization: An Example   Robert Wilhelmson, Univ. of Illinois and National Center for Supercomputing Applications, Champaign, IL; and P. Woodward, S. Anderson, D. Porter, S. Peckham, and C. Shaw 1:59 PM J9.16 Technological Advances at the Lower Mississippi River Forecast Center Using GIS Technology   Keith Stellman, NOAA/NWS, Slidell, LA; and D. Welch 2:14 PM J9.17 Implementation of an online database at the Surface Reference Data Center   Michael D. Klatt, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and M. L. Morrissey and J. S. Greene 2:29 PM J9.18 Object-oriented handling of numerical data for scientific analysis and visualization -- basic idea and implementation for Ruby   Takeshi Horinouchi, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan; and N. Kawanabe 2:44 PM J9.19 Framework for a Java meteorological class hierarchy   Young Yee, Army Research Laboratory, White Sands Missile Range, NM 2:59 PM Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall   3:28 PM Exhibit Hours 3:00–6:15 P.M
	8:30 AM-10:30 AM, Thursday Joint Session 10 Application of Internet Technology to Managing Geosciences (Joint with AWIPS and IIPS)
Organizer: Robert C. Landis, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD
8:30 AM J10.1 Wide Area Networks and the Geosciences in the 2000s   James A. Schiavone, AT&T, Middletown, NJ 8:45 AM J10.2 NOAA Research scientific project and budget reporting over the Internet   Eugene F. Burger, JISAO/Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and J. F. Fabritz and N. N. Soreide 9:00 AM J10.3 OK-FIRST: A 6-Year Retrospective   Dale A. Morris, Oklahoma Climatolgical Survey, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and K. A. Kloesel and K. C. Crawford 9:15 AM J10.4 OK-SAFE: Using wireless tools to disseminate critical weather information to emergency managers   Kevin A. Kloesel, Oklahoma Climatological Survey, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and K. C. Crawford, D. A. Morris, J. M. Wolfinbarger, and S. Kulasekharan 9:30 AM J10.5 Using Java, XML and XSLT to create secure internal access to local NOAA Research science project and budget information   Jason E. Fabritz, Univ. of Washington/JISAO, NOAA/PMEL, Seattle, WA; and N. N. Soreide 9:45 AM J10.6 Operational implementation of the NRL tropical cyclone web page at FNMOC   Yiping Wang, FNMOC, Monterey, CA; and J. Tesmer, C. Skupniewicz, J. Vermeulen, J. Cornelius, and J. Haferman 10:00 AM Coffee Break in Poster Session Room
	10:30 AM-1:30 PM, Thursday Joint Session 11 Internet Opportunities for Environmental Information (Joint with AWIPS and IIPS)
Organizer: Donald R. Mock, NOAA/OAR/CDC, Boulder, CO
10:30 AM J11.1 Technologies used for customized dynamic web access to a unique collection of Arctic change time series   Willa H. Zhu, JISAO/Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and J. E. Overland 10:45 AM J11.2 Using an interactive Java-based environment to facilitate visualization comprehension   Daniel J. Bramer, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and T. Scheitlin, R. Deardorff, D. Elliott, K. Hay, M. Marlino, D. Middleton, R. Pandya, M. Ramamurthy, M. Weingroff, and R. Wilhelmson 11:00 AM J11.3 Techniques for self-maintaining Web sites   Julia A. Collins, NOAA/CIRES/CDC, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO 11:15 AM J11.4 The NOAA Research Hot Items web site: up-to-date communications within the NOAA Research facilities   Nancy N. Soreide, NOAA/ERL/PMEL, Seattle, WA; and E. F. Burger 11:30 AM Open Discussion   12:00 PM Lunch Break
	12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Thursday Lunch Break
	1:30 PM-4:15 PM, Thursday Joint Session 12 Using the Internet to Enhance Product Delivery and Decision Making (Joint with AWIPS and IIPS)
Organizer: Alan E. Gerard, NOAA/NWS, Jackson, MS
1:30 PM J12.1 AWIPS Applications Used in a Web Based River and Flood Information Dissemination System   William Schneider, NOAA/NWS, Portland, OR; and A. Bryant 1:45 PM J12.2 Disseminating forecasts in areas of complex terrain through a WEB based interface   Paul Flatt, NOAA/NWS, Tucson, AZ; and G. Sampson 2:00 PM J12.3 Applying AWIPS technology to the Prototyping and Aviation Collaboration Effort (PACE)   Dennis M. Rodgers, NOAA/ERL/FSL, Boulder, CO J12.4 Dissemination of Weather Graphics at NWS Corpus Christi   Andrew R. Patrick, NOAA/NWS, Corpus Christi, TX; and K. Graham and J. M. Coyne 2:15 PM J12.5 FX-Net National: A non-localized Internet-based meteorological workstation   Sean Madine, NOAA/FSL, and CIRA/Colorado State University, Boulder, CO; and N. Wang, E. Polster, J. Pyle, and R. Brummer 2:30 PM J12.6 Graphical weather products at the Newport/Morehead City NC National Weather Service (NWS) Forecast Office   Carin G. Goodall-Gosnell, NOAA/NWS, Moorehead, NC 2:45 PM Exhibit Hours 3:00–6:15 P.M   2:46 PM Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall   3:15 PM Open Discussion   3:45 PM Concluding Remarks
	3:00 PM-6:30 PM, Thursday Exhibit Hours (Joint between the 11th Symposium on Education, the Interactive Symposium on AWIPS, the Sixth Symposium on Integrated Observing Systems, the 13th Symposium on Global Change and Climate Variations, the 16th Conference on Hydrology, the 16th Conference on Probability and Statistics in the Atmospheric Sciences, the 18th International Conference on IIPS, the Symposium on Observations, Data Assimilation, and Probabilistic Prediction, and the Third Symposium on Environmental Applications)
	5:00 PM, Thursday Closing Event Begins
	5:00 PM-6:15 PM, Thursday Reception in Exhibit Hall (Cash Bar)
	6:30 PM-7:30 PM, Thursday Event Presentation
	7:30 PM, Thursday 9 Tropical Party

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