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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
	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-2:30 PM, Monday Session 1 Weather Service Updates
Organizers: Elbert W. (Joe) Friday, National Research Council, Washington, DC; Jimmie Smith, MeteoQuest, Inc., Bedford, NH
9:30 AM Conference Introductory Remarks. Terry C. Tarbell, RS Information System, Inc., McLean, VA   9:45 AM Session Introductory Remarks. Joe Friday, National Research Council, Washington, DC and Jimmie Smith, MeteoQuest, Inc., Bedford, NH   10:00 AM 1.1 NWS Update   Jack Kelly Jr., NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD 10:30 AM Coffee Break in Poster Session Room   11:00 AM 1.2 Air Force Weather Update   David Johnson, USAF, Washington, DC 11:30 AM 1.3 U.S. Navy Weather/Oceanographic Services Update   Thomas Quinton Donaldson V, Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command, Stennis Space Center, MS 12:00 PM Lunch Break   1:30 PM 1.4 European Center for Medium Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) Update   David Burridge, ECMWF, Reading, Berks., United Kingdom 2:00 PM 1.5 Commercial Weather Services Update   Maria Pirone, WSI Corp, Billerica, MA
	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
	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
	1:30 PM-5:15 PM, Monday Session 2 IIPS Applications in Satellites and Satellite Programs
Organizers: Gerald J. Dittberner, NOAA/NESDIS, Suitland, MD; David Santek, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
1:30 PM 2.1 An Overview of the Initial Joint Polar-orbiting System (IJPS) and its Impact on the NOAA/NESDIS POES Program   Diane Holmes, Mitretek Systems, Inc., Falls Church, VA; and S. L. Bunin and H. J. Silva 1:45 PM 2.2 An Overview of the NOAA/NESDIS Product Processing Plans for the Initial Joint Polar System Era   Stacy L. Bunin, Mitretek Systems, Inc., Falls Church, VA; and D. Holmes and P. M. Taylor 2:00 PM 2.3 NOAA's GOES Satellite Program - Status and Plans   Gerald J. Dittberner, NOAA/NESDIS, Suitland, MD 2:15 PM 2.4 NOAA Polar Instrument Data Generation for Level 1B Users   Arlington R. Morgan, Computer Sciences Corp., Suitland, MD; and E. D. Harrod 2:30 PM 2.5 Recent Developments in QuikSCAT Near-Real-Time Processing at NOAA/NESDIS   Jeffrey M. Augenbaum, Computer Sciences Corp., Suitland, MD; and R. W. Luczak and G. Legg 2:45 PM 2.6 Evolution of NANOOK, the NOAA/NESDIS Near-real-time MODIS processing system   Paul D. Haggerty, Science and Technology Corp., Suitland, MD; and K. Sprietzer, G. Legg, and R. Luczak 3:00 PM Coffee Break in Poster Session Room   3:30 PM 2.7 Validation of a neural network based MODIS global cloud mask using ground-based instruments   Todd Berendes, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and D. A. Berendes, R. M. Welch, E. E. Clothiaux, E. G. Dutton, P. Minnett, and T. Uttal 3:45 PM 2.8 Propagation and lifetime characteristics of thunderstorm anvil clouds over Florida   David A. Short, ENSCO, Inc., Cocoa Beach, FL; and J. E. Sardonia, W. C. Lambert, and M. M. Wheeler 4:00 PM 2.9 The GOES Active Archive—A new way to browse and access   Axel Graumann, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and B. Watkins and J. A. Jensen 2.10 The use of an HDF-EOS-based parallel data-computing environment for cross-sensor satellite data merger and technology transition   Andrew S. Jones, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and S. Q. Kidder, K. E. Eis, and T. H. Vonder Haar 4:15 PM 2.11 Extracting the Maximum from Geographic Metadata at the NASA Langley ASDC   John O. Olson, NASA/LRC, Hampton, VA; and K. D. Rowe and F. Y. Wang 4:29 PM 2.12 Paper has been moved to Poster Session P1, New Paper Number P1.25   4:30 PM 2.13 GES DAAC improved methods and tools for accessing MODIS data   Dimitar Ouzounov, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and S. Ahmad, P. Eaton, J. Koziana, G. Leptoukh, A. Savtchenko, G. Serafino, A. K. Sharma, M. Skider, J. Qu, and B. Zhou 4:45 PM 2.14 Development of scatterometer-derived research-quality surface pressure fields for the Southern Ocean   Kyle A. Hilburn, COAPS, Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL; and M. A. Bourassa and J. J. O'Brien
	3:30 PM-4:59 PM, Monday Joint Session 2 Climate Model Diagnostics: Tools (Joint with the 18th Conference IIPS and 13th Symposium on Global Change and Climate Variations)
Organizer: Dean Williams, LLNL, Livermore, CA
3:30 PM J2.1 Climate data analysis tool: an open software system approach   Dean N. Williams, LLNL, Livermore, CA; and R. S. Drach, P. F. Dubois, C. Doutriaux, C. J. O'Connor, K. M. AchutaRao, and M. Fiorino 4:00 PM J2.2 The Live Access Server: a tool for Web access to in-situ data collections, too   Steven Hankin, NOAA/PMEL, Seattle, WA; and J. Sirott, J. Callahan, K. O'Brien, and A. Manke 4:15 PM J2.3 The NOAA Operational Model Archive and Distribution System (NOMADS)   Glenn K. Rutledge, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and J. Alpert, R. Stouffer, B. Domenico, L. Buja, D. N. Williams, B. Doty, M. Kafatos, and S. Hankin 4:30 PM J2.4 ARCAS (ACACIA Regional Climate-data Access System)—a web access system for climate model data access, visualization and comparison   T. M. L. Wigley, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and D. Brown, J. Callahan, S. Hankin, C. Hakkarinen, M. de Koningh, D. Middleton-link, and J. Sirott J2.5 An Overview of the Live Access Server   Steve Hankin, NOAA/ERL/PMEL, Seattle, WA; and J. Callahan and J. Sirott 4:44 PM J2.6 A suite of web pages for analyzing climate signals in large datasets   Catherine A. Smith, NOAA/CIRES, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and J. A. Collins and R. H. Schweitzer
	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
	5:30 PM-7:30 PM, Monday Formal Opening of Exhibits with Reception (Cash Bar)
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-3:00 PM, Tuesday Session 4 Distributed Data and Metadat Access
Organizers: Nancy Soreide, NOAA/PMEL, Seattle, WA; Howard Diamond, NOAA/NESDIS, Silver Spring, MD
8:30 AM 4.1 The Importance of Metadata Within NOAA and its Vital Link in Providing Access to Environmental Information   Howard J. Diamond, NOAA/NESDIS, Silver Spring, MD; and T. Habermann 8:44 AM 4.2 Paper moved to Joint Session J7, new paper number J7.12   8:45 AM 4.2a Utilizing the Weather Forecast Office Hydrologic Forecast System for Coastal Flood Operations   David R. Vallee, NOAA/NWSFO, Taunton, MA; and J. Notchey 8:59 AM 4.3 Paper moved to Poster Session P1, New Paper Number P1.24   9:00 AM 4.4 A web based news distribution system using PHP and MySQL   Eugene F. Burger, JISAO/Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and N. N. Soreide 9:15 AM 4.5 THREDDS: a geophysical data/metadata framework   Ethan R. Davis, UCAR/Unidata, Boulder, CO; and J. Caron 9:30 AM 4.6 DODS Aggregation and THREDDS Catalog Services   John Caron, UCAR, Boulder, CO 9:45 AM 4.7 Creating Custom User Interfaces for the Live Access Server   Roland H. Schweitzer, NOAA/CDC and CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO 10:00 AM Coffee Break in Poster Session Room   10:30 AM 4.8 Customizing the Live Access Server   Joseph Sirott, Sirott and Associates, Seattle, WA; and J. Callahan and S. Hankin 10:45 AM 4.9 Using a LDAP Directory Server for Environmental Data Discovery   Donald W. Denbo, JISAO/Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA 11:00 AM 4.10 Automated scanning of observational datasets for the generation of formal metadata   Jason E. Fabritz, JISAO/Univ. of Washington and NOAA/PMEL, Seattle, WA; and D. W. Denbo 11:15 AM 4.11 The Unaami Data Collection: Web access to time series quantifying Arctic change   Nancy N. Soreide, NOAA/OAR/PMEL, Seattle, WA; and J. E. Overland, W. H. Zhu, and M. E. Sullivan 11:30 AM 4.12 Distributed Data Servers and Client Interfaces for the Climate Data Portal   Willa H. Zhu, JISAO/Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and D. W. Denbo 11:45 AM 4.13 A Climate Data Portal   Nancy N. Soreide, NOAA/OAR/PMEL, Seattle, WA; and C. L. Sun, B. J. Kilonsky, D. W. Denbo, W. H. Zhu, and J. R. Osborne 12:00 PM Grand Poster Luncheon   2:00 PM 4.14 NdEdit: Interactive Data Selection Tool   John R. Osborne, OceanAtlas Software and NOAA/PMEL/OAR, Vashon Island, WA; and D. W. Denbo 2:15 PM 4.15 A discussion on the use of streamline analysis to identify and forecast the location of, and the weather associated with, synoptic features   Phillip A. Zuzolo, Autometric Incorporated, A Boeing Company, Springfield, VA; and A. M. Powell, J. R. Schultz, P. Fetz, M. L. Pearce, R. D. Blyth, S. G. Hoffert, and B. J. Zuzolo 2:30 PM 4.16 The Plan to access Real-Time and NWP Operational Model Data Sets using NOMADS   Jordan C. Alpert, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Camp Springs,, MD; and G. Rutledge, J. Potter, R. Stouffer, L. Buja, B. Doty, S. Hankin, B. Domenico, and M. Kafatos 2:45 PM 4.17 Online Analysis and Visualization of TRMM and Other Precipitation Data Sets   Zhong Liu, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA; and L. Chiu, H. Rui, W. Teng, and G. Serafino
	8:30 AM-5:45 PM, Tuesday Session 5 IIPS Applications in Radar
Organizers: Robert Saffle, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; Douglas E. Forsyth, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK
8:30 AM 5.0a Introductory Remarks   Robert E. Saffle, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and D. E. Forsyth 8:45 AM 5.1 NEXRAD Open Systems—Progress and Plans   Robert E. Saffle, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and M. J. Istok and L. D. Johnson 9:00 AM 5.2 Aspects of The ORPG Software Development Process   Michael Jain, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and R. Adams, H. Burcham, E. Forren, G. Gookin, Z. Jing, A. Nawaz, D. Priegnitz, S. Smith, D. Suppes, and J. Thompson 9:15 AM 5.3 Experiences with the Early Deployment of the WSR-88D Open Radar Product Generator (ORPG)   J. Rex Reed, NOAA/NWS/OSF, Norman, OK; and G. Cate and R. Skov 9:30 AM 5.4 Near Term Planned Mission Enhancements for the WSR-88D Open Radar Product Generator   John G. Simensky, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and R. Elvander, R. Saffle, and M. Istok 9:45 AM 5.5 Use of NEXRAD ORPG Applications Developed for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)   Cheryl G. Souders, FAA, Washington, DC; and R. C. Showalter 10:00 AM Coffee Break in Poster Session Room   10:30 AM 5.6 Analysis and Plans for Using FAA Radar Weather Data in the WSR-88D   Andrew D. Stern, Mitretek Systems, Inc., Falls Church, VA; and P. K. Pickard, W. M. Blanchard, M. J. Istok, B. Bumgarner, D. L. Estes, and S. Shema 10:45 AM 5.7 The WSR-88D Common Operations and Development Environment—Status and Future Plans   Thomas J. Ganger, Mitretek Systems, Falls Church, VA; and M. J. Istok, S. Shema, and B. Bumgarner 11:00 AM 5.8 Developmental Utilities for the WSR-88D Common Operations and Development Environment   Andrew D. Stern, Mitretek Systems, Inc., Falls Church, VA; and T. J. Ganger, S. A. Dobbs, and M. J. Istok 11:15 AM 5.9 Experiences using WSR-88D CODE as a Developmental Tool for Radar Algorithm Development   Michael J. Istok, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and A. D. Stern, T. J. Ganger, D. J. Smalley, D. J. Seo, and C. J. McAdie 11:30 AM 5.10 The Open Radar Data Acquisition (ORDA) Design for the WSR-88D   Allen Zahrai, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and S. M. Torres, I. Ivic, and C. Curtis 11:45 AM 5.11 Migration of WSR-88D Signal Processing Functionality to Open Systems   Sebastian M. Torres, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and A. Zahrai 12:00 PM Grand Poster Luncheon   1:59 PM Session 5: Continued (Chairpersons: Michael J. Istok, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and R. Jeffrey Keeler, NCAR, Boulder, CO   2:00 PM 5.12 Near Term Planned Mission Enhancements for the WSR-88D Open Radar Data Acquisition System   Michael J. Istok, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and A. Zahrai, R. Saffle, R. Rivera, D. Martindale, and R. Khanna 2:15 PM 5.13 Evaluation of techniques to mitigate range and velocity ambiguities on the WSR-88D   D. S. Zrnic, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and R. D. Cook 2:30 PM 5.14 Evaluation of a digital receiver for the research and development of WSR-88D   D. S. Zrnic, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and A. Zahrai 2:45 PM 5.15 Joint Polarization Experiment (JPOLE) for the WSR-88D Radar: Progress and Plans   Terry J. Schuur, NOAA/NSSL and CIMMS, Norman, OK; and R. C. Elvander, J. G. Simensky, and R. A. Fulton 3:00 PM 5.16 Status of the dual polarization upgrade on the NOAA'S research and development WSR-88D   Valery Melnikov, University of Oklahoma/CIMMS, Norman, OK; and D. S. Zrnic, R. J. Doviak, and J. K. Carter 3:15 PM 5.17 NEXRAD Data Quality: An Update on the AP Clutter Mitigation Scheme   Cathy Kessinger, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and S. Ellis and J. VanAndel 3:30 PM Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall   3:58 PM Exhibit Hours 3:00–7:30 p.m.   5.18 Censoring for Overlaid Echo Leakages in Phase-Coded WSR-88D Data   Shel Gerding, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and G. Meymaris, S. Ellis, and C. Frush 3:59 PM 5.18a Overview of Range and Velocity Ambiguity Mitigation using the SZ(8/64) Phase Code   Scott Ellis, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and G. Meymaris and C. Frush 4:14 PM 5.19 Compression of NEXRAD (WSR-88D) radar data using Burrows-Wheeler Algorithm   Steven D. Smith, NOAA/NWS, Norman, OK; and K. Kelleher and S. Lakshmivarahan 4:29 PM 5.20 Project CRAFT: A Test Bed for Demonstrating the Real Time Acquisition and Archival of WSR-88D Level II Data   Kelvin K. Droegemeier, CAPS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and K. Kelleher, T. D. Crum, J. J. Levit, S. A. DelGreco, L. Miller, C. Sinclair, M. Benner, D. W. Fulker, and H. Edmon 4:44 PM 5.21 The National Weather Radar Testbed (Phased-Array)   Douglas E. Forsyth, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and J. F. Kimpel, D. S. Zrnic, S. Sandgathe, R. Ferek, J. F. Heimmer, T. McNellis, J. E. Crain, A. M. Shapiro, J. D. Belville, and W. Benner 4:59 PM 5.22 Demonstration of optimum processing of oversampled signals in range to improve Doppler spectral moment estimates   Igor Ivic, CIMMS/University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and D. S. Zrnic and S. M. Torres 5.23 A Radar Processing Toolkit using Numeric Python   Joseph VanAndel, NCAR, Boulder, CO 5.24 Operational EXPERIENCES WITH THE EARLY DEPLOYMENT OF THE WSR-88D OPEN RADAR PRODUCT GENERATOR (ORPG), NOAA/ROC, NORMAN, OK   J. Rex Reed, NOAA/NWS/OSF, Norman, OK; and R. Skov and G. Cate
	8:44 AM-9:59 AM, Tuesday Session 3 Advances and Applications in Surface Transportation Weather
Organizer: Arthur Handman, Greater Hartford Transit District, Hartford, CT
3.1 Use of the Integrated Terminal Weather System for emergency management in New York City: a case study of leveraged technology   Michael A Rossetti, DOT/Volpe Center, Cambridge, MA; and M. Lee and S. M. Nolan 8:44 AM 3.2 Using ensembles of numerical weather forecasts for road weather prediction   Paul Schultz, NOAA/FSL, Boulder, CO 8:59 AM 3.3 A university curriculum in surface transportation meteorology   Leon F. Osborne Jr., University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND 9:14 AM 3.4 The use of artificial intelligence methods in improved visibility forecasting for surface transportation   Ryan Knutsvig, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND 9:29 AM 3.5 An Automated Road Weather Prediction System for Road Maintenance Decision Support   Bill Myers, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and M. Petty and J. Cowie 9:44 AM 3.6 Decision support systems as a bridge between meteorology and surface transportation maintenance operations   Leon F. Osborne Jr., University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND; and J. L. Horner and E. Ryen
	10:30 AM-12:00 PM, Tuesday Session 7 Toward a National Road-Weather Observation System
Organizer: Samuel Williamson, NOAA, Silver Spring, MD
10:30 AM 7.1 A National Infostructure for Road Weather Information   Gary G. Nelson, Mitretek Systems, Inc., Washington, DC; and P. Pisano 10:45 AM 7.2 Application of Environmental Sensor Stations in the western United States   Michael Splitt, NOAA/CIRP and Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and J. Horel 11:00 AM 7.3 An inter-comparison of RWIS data with AWOS and ASOS data in the state of Iowa   Dennis P. Todey, Iowa State University, Ames, IA; and D. E. Herzmann, W. A. Gallus, Jr., and B. R. Temeyer 11:15 AM 7.4 Contribution of nationwide differential GPS services to improved precipitation forecasts   Seth I. Gutman, NOAA/FSL, Boulder, CO 11:30 AM 7.5 Road-Weather: Improved Forecasts—NOAA's Environmental Technology Laboratory Looks Ahead   Daniel E. Wolfe, NOAA/ETL, Boulder, CO; and B. B. Stankov 11:45 AM 7.6 The State of DOT Perspective on the need for Integrated Surface Transportation Weather Observations   Mike Adams, Wisconsin Department of Transportation, Madison, WI
	12:00 PM, Tuesday Lunch Break
	1:55 PM-5:30 PM, Tuesday Session 9 Internet APPLICATIONS FOR EDUCATION AND RESEARCH
Organizers: Linda Miller, UCAR, Boulder, CO; Steve Ackerman, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
1:55 PM 9.0a Presentation of the Russell DeSouza Award   Linda Miller, UCAR, Boulder, CO 2:00 PM 9.1 How the National SMETE Digital Library (NSDL) Will Influence Internet Applications for Education and Research (Invited Presentation)   David W. Fulker, UCAR, Boulder, CO 2:15 PM 9.2 MeteoForum: A Pilot Project for Advanced International Meteorological Training Centers (Invited Presentation)   Arlene G. Laing, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL; and L. I. Miller, T. C. Spangler, and D. Fulker 2:30 PM 9.3 THematic Real-time Environmental Distributed Data Services (THREDDS)   Ben Domenico, UCAR, Boulder, CO 2:45 PM 9.4 Educational and research applications of the NSDL/AVC   Christopher M. Klaus, ANL, Argonne, IL; and T. McCollum, E. Vernon, K. Andrew, G. G. Mace, and C. P. Bahrmann 3:00 PM 9.5 Future Directions for Unidata: Encouraging Broader Community and Collaboration   Joanne K. Graham, UCAR/Unidata, Boulder, CO; and J. Hansen and S. M. Kehoe 3:15 PM 9.6 Toward Real-Time Collection of Internet Data Distribution Statistics for Automated Topology and Performance Monitoring   Steven R. Chiswell, UCAR, Boulder, CO 3:30 PM Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall   3:59 PM Exhibit Hours 3:00–7:30 p.m.   4:00 PM 9.7 Exploring an alternative architecture for Unidata's Internet Data Distribution   Anne Wilson, UCAR, Boulder, Colorado; and R. K. Rew 4:15 PM 9.8 The NWS/COMET Case Study Library as a resource for education, research and training   Jeff Weber, UCAR/Unidata, Boulder, CO; and E. M. Page 4:30 PM 9.9 Reviving the Synoptic Lab with Unique Digital Display Systems   David Wojtowicz, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and M. K. Ramamurthy, K. Mueller, and A. Tubbs 4:45 PM 9.10 Leveraging the internet to enhance the skills of entry-level Meteorology majors   Kevin A. Kloesel, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and M. J. Laufersweiler and B. Illston 5:00 PM 9.11 Hurricane hunting: Using the Internet to integrate field experience and distance learning at USF   Arlene G. Laing, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL; and J. B. Halverson and R. E. Hood 5:15 PM 9.12 What's new with Applets for Learning...and why?   Steve Ackerman, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and T. Whittaker
	2:00 PM-3:14 PM, Tuesday Session 8 Further Advances in Transportation Weather
Organizer: Gary Nelson, Mitretek Systems, Washington, DC
2:00 PM 8.1 Challenges associated with making quality, automated, highway-scale, winter weather predictions   Ben C. Bernstein, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. Wolff, M. Petty, W. Myers, and W. Mahoney 2:15 PM 8.2 Weather Information for Surface Transportation (WIST): The National Needs and Requirements   Samuel P. Williamson, NOAA/OFCM, Silver Spring, MD; and F. Hauth and B. K. Tsugawa 2:30 PM 8.3 Developing an Interactive Mesonet for PennDOT   Paul G. Knight, Penn State University, University Park, PA; and B. B. Ayers 2:45 PM 8.4 The integration of real-time and forecast weather data into the control decision system of a geothermally-heated bridge deck   Derek S. Arndt, Oklahoma Climatological Survey, Norman, OK; and S. C. Jenks, K. N. Pandit, J. R. Whiteley, and R. L. Elliott 8.5 Visibility prediction in blowing snow for surface transportation   Robert R. Handel, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND 2:59 PM 8.6 Parameterization of frozen soil physics and frost heave for a numerical weather prediction model   Leon F. Osborne Jr., Univ. of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND; and F. Martin
	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)
Wednesday, 16 January 2002
	8:00 AM-9:30 AM, Wednesday President's Symposium
	9:30 AM-10:00 AM, Wednesday Coffee Break in Poster Session Room
	10:00 AM-12:00 PM, Wednesday President's Symposium (Continued)
	12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Wednesday Lunch Break
	1:30 PM, Wednesday Poster Session 1 Poster Session
Organizer: Stephen M. Holt, Mitretek Systems, McLean, VA
P1.1 Visualizing NASA ASDCs Data using view_hdf & misr_view   Nichole Silvers, NASA/LRC, Hampton, VA   P1.2 Oceanographic research at PMEL using PC and UNIX based 3-D stereo visualization   Christopher W. Moore, JISAO/Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and N. Soreide   P1.3 NESDIS IPD model for developing production monitoring software   Richard Kelley, Computer Sciences Corporation, Suitland, MD P1.4 NCDC's new climatological station history system   Jeffrey D. Arnfield, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC   P1.5 NASA's Global Change Master Directory's New Distributed Metadata Database Attracts Large Influx of Data Descriptions   Scott A. Ritz, SSAI, Lanham, MD   P1.6 MODIS Radiances and Reflectances for Earth System Science Studies & Environmental Applications   Suraiya Ahmad, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and V. V. Salomonson, W. L. Barnes, X. Xiong, G. G. Leptoukh, and G. N. Serafino   P1.7 One year of daily averaged longwave radiation measurements for environmental and climate change studies   T. Dale Bess, NASA/LRC, Hampton, VA; and T. Wong and G. L. Smith   P1.8 Paper moved to Joint Session J7, new paper number J7.14     P1.9 Review of the Federal interagency process used to select the new Wind Chill Temperature (WCT) Index   Cynthia Ann Nelson, Office of the Federal Coordinator for Meteorological Services and Supporting Research, Silver Spring, MD; and M. Tew, G. Phetteplace, R. Schwerdt, A. Maarouf, R. Osczevski, M. Bluestein, J. Shaykewich, L. D. Smarsh, J. C. Derby, R. C. Petty, M. Berger, R. G. Quayle, W. R. Santee, E. Olenic, A. R. Lupo, and K. Browne   P1.10 The properties of a strange attractor reconstructed from the time series of tropospheric mean temperature   Krzysztof Kroszczynski, Military University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland; and I. A. Winnicki   P1.11 Using AWIPS and ANBURS to Maintain Uninterrupted Alphanumeric Dataflow Between the NWS and the FAA   JoAnna L. Green, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Kansas City, MO   P1.12 Integrating external surface observations into AWIPS using LDAD   Ron Holmes, NOAA/NWS, Binghamton, NY   P1.13 Implementation of a new Wind Chill Temperature Index by the National Weather Service   Mark A. Tew, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and G. Battel and C. A. Nelson   P1.14 A minimum variance approach to estimating wind direction statistics   Stephen L. Arnold, ENSCO, Inc., Vanderberg, CA   P1.15 A New Convective Sounding Analysis Program for AWIPS   Matthew J. Bunkers, NOAA/NWSFO, Rapid City, SD   P1.16 Applications of NOAA MODIS Near-Real-Time Data   Kristina C. Sprietzer, Science and Technology Corp., Suitland, MD; and P. Haggerty, G. Legg, and R. Luczak   P1.17 Are improvements to upper air observing systems needed?   F. J. Schmidlin, NASA/GSFC, Wallops Island, VA   P1.18 Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Program Data Quality Inspection and Assessment Activities: A Streamlined Approach   Chad P. Bahrmann, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and R. A. Peppler, K. L. Sonntag, A. R. Dean, and S. T. Moore   P1.19 Characteristics and Trade-Offs of Doppler Lidar Global Wind Profiling   Michael J. Kavaya, NASA/LRC, Hampton, VA; and G. D. Emmitt   P1.20 Development for scientific analysis and visualization with the object-oriented language Ruby   Naoki Kawanabe, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan; and T. Horinouchi, M. Shiotani, and T. Sakakima   P1.21 Development of Gtooln4 netCDF Conventions and Processor—Self Descriptive File Format for Multi-dimensional Data   Eizi Toyoda, Japan Meteorological Agency, Tokyo, Japan; and M. Ishiwatari, S. I. Takehiro, K. Nakajima, and Y. Y. Hayashi   P1.22 Examples of Climate Applications of TRMM Data   Zhong Liu, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and L. Chiu, W. Teng, G. Serafino, and R. Yang P1.23 GIS Calibration and Validation of Satellite Systems   Scott T. Shipley, Raytheon ITSS, Lanham, MD; and H. S. Kilcoyne   P1.24 Statistics of TRMM Data Archive and Distribution at the GES DAAC   Hualan Rui, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and B. Teng, L. Chiu, G. Serafino, P. Hrubiak, and J. Bonk   P1.25 Anatomy of TRMM science data support at the GES DAAC   William Teng, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and G. Serafino, L. Chiu, H. Rui, J. Bonk, P. Hrubiak, R. Yang, S. Ahmad, Z. Liu, B. Zhang, N. Pollack, G. Vicente, A. K. Sharma, and L. Lu   P1.26 A neural network approach to warm season rainfall forecasting in the Upper Midwest   Bradley R. Temeyer, Iowa State University, Ames, IA; and W. A. Gallus and C. G. Carmichael P1.27 Mapping environmental indices for the Orlando, Florida metropolitan area (Formerly Environmental paper 5.8)   Donald M. Yow, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC P1.28 Making an impact—the future of NWS forecasts   Joseph B. Sullivan, NOAA/NWS, Kansas City, MO; and W. T. Parker, K. R. Rizzo, and J. Manion   P1.29 Performance Support Delivery System for Use in Civil, Commercial, and Military Weather Training and Performance Improvement (Formerly Paper number 12.20)   Roger C. Whiton, SAIC, O'Fallon, IL; and L. K. Starlin, R. G. Borchers, and A. A. Guiffrida   P1.30 A Java Meteorological Data and Transport Model Visualization Tool (Formerly Paper Number 12.21)   Stephen Masters, ENSCO, Inc., Melbourne, FL; and M. Moore
	1:30 PM-2:45 PM, Wednesday Session 10 Oceanographic Applications and Coastal Data Management
Organizers: Nancy Soreide, NOAA/PMEL, Seattle, WA; Stephen Holt, Mitretek Systems, McLean, VA
1:30 PM 10.1 COADS Data and Information Handling   Scott D. Woodruff, NOAA/CDC/OAR, Boulder, CO; and S. J. Worley and R. W. Reynolds 1:45 PM 10.2 NVODS: data networking for an integrated ocean observing and prediction system   Steve Hankin, NOAA/PMEL, Seattle, WA; and P. Cornillon, J. Sirott, and J. Callahan 2:00 PM 10.3 Fisheries Oceanography Collaboration Software   Donald W. Denbo, JISAO/Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA 2:15 PM 10.4 The UHSLC In-situ Sea Level Network   Bernard Kilonsky, Univ. of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI; and M. Merrifield 2:30 PM 10.5 The New National Coastal Data Development Center: A Status Report   Joseph W. Stinus, NOAA/NESDIS, Stennis Space Center, MS; and F. Klein and A. Sheridan
	1:30 PM-4:59 PM, Wednesday Session 11 European and other International Applications
Organizers: Horst Boettger, ECMWF, Reading, Berks. United Kingdom; John Lincoln, Consultant, Berryville, VA
1:30 PM 11.1 A knowledge-based system to generate internet weather forecasts   Harvey Stern, Bureau of Meteorology, Melbourne, Vic., Australia 1:45 PM 11.2 Interactive workstation tools for applying synoptic- and small-scale graphical modifications to numerical model data   Dick Blaauboer, Royal Dutch Meteorological Institute/KNMI, De Bilt, Netherlands; and P. Heppner and C. Nygard 2:00 PM 11.3 MARS on the Web   Baudouin Raoult, ECMWF, Reading, Berks., United Kingdom 2:15 PM 11.4 ECMWF virtual MetOps room   Baudouin Raoult, ECMWF, Reading, Berks., United Kingdom; and C. Gibert 2:30 PM 11.5 New forward scatter visibility sensor with unique window contamination compensation method   Tero Kähkönen, Vaisala Oyj, Helsinki, Finland; and J. Ojanperä 2:45 PM 11.6 The new meteorological observation network in the Netherlands   Foeke Kuik, KNMI, De Bilt, Netherlands; and T. Haig 3:00 PM Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall   3:29 PM Exhibit Hours 3:00–7:30 p.m.   3:30 PM 11.7 Multiple Instrument Sky Condition Algorithm   Pekka Ravila, Vaisala Oyj, Helsinki, Finland; and J. Heinonen and J. Räsänen 3:45 PM 11.8 Porting the High Resolution Limited Area Forecast System (HLAFS) on shared and distributed memory hardware platforms for real-time operational weather forecasting in China   Zaphiris Christidis, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY; and Z. Zhu 4:00 PM 11.9 Future of the data holdings of the Meteorological Service of Canada   Tsoi-Ching Yip, MSC, Downsview, ON, Canada; and M. Minuk 4:15 PM 11.10 Stratospheric Mountain Waves: Observations and Modeling for a Proposed Sailplane that Will Use These Waves to Reach 100,000 Feet   Elizabeth J. Carter, Firnspiegel, LLC, Kings Beach, CA; and E. H. Teets 11.11 Software application to frontogenetic function fields and Q-vectors estimations   Ireneusz Andrew Winnicki, Military University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland; and D. Chaladyniak and K. Kroszczyñski 4:29 PM 11.12 Software application to frontogenetic function fields and Q-vectors estimations   Ireneusz Winnicki, Military University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland; and D. Chaladyniak and K. Kroszczynski 4:44 PM 11.13 Combined analysis of satellite images and GRID data to forecasting the frontogenesis and frontolysis areas   Dariusz Chaladyniak, Military University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland
	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)
	5:30 PM, Wednesday Sessions end for the day
	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 Session 12 Forecasting system technologies
Organizers: Carl Thormeyer, FNMOC, Monterey, CA; David Pace, FAA, Washington, DC
8:30 AM 12.1 How we get AWIPS to your door   Erin Lucks, Northrop Grumman Information Technology, McLean, VA; and M. Drew 8:45 AM 12.2 Challenges and Sucesses While Implementing the AWIPS Interactive Forecast Preparation System at WFO Kansas City, MO   Lynn P. Maximuk, NOAA/NWS, Pleasant Hill, MO 9:00 AM 12.3 NCF—An Inside Look   Richard D. Smedley, Jr., Northrop Grumman Information Technology, McLean, VA 9:15 AM 12.4 AWIPS WAN Update   Hoi Y. Chong, Northrop Grumman Information Technology, McLean, VA 12.5 AWIPS Satellite Broadcast Network Update   LeRoy Klet, Litton/PRC, A Northrop Gumman Company, McLean, VA; and T. Baltz 9:29 AM 12.6 Porting the AWIPS Communications Processor to Linux   LeRoy Klet, Northrop Grumman Information Technology, McLean, VA 9:44 AM 12.7 NWS Technology Infusion Plan: A roadmap to 2025   John L. Hayes, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD 9:59 AM Coffee Break in the Poster Session Room   10:29 AM 12.8 Large Tiled Display Walls and Applications in Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology   Robert Wilhelmson, National Center for Supercomputing Applications, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and P. Baker, R. Stein, and R. Heiland 10:44 AM 12.9 The Next Thing In Television Weather Systems   Ken Reeves, AccuWeather, Inc., State College, PA; and M. Steinberg 10:59 AM 12.10 The Distributed Marine Environment Forecast System (DMEFS)   Pat J. Fitzpatrick, Mississippi State University, Stennis Space Center, MS; and A. Mehra, J. Corbin, J. McCaffrey, T. Haupt, P. Bangalore, G. Henley, R. Moorhead, J. van der Zwaag, and M. Bettencourt 11:14 AM 12.11 A Java-based Meteorological Workstation   Hans-Joachim Koppert, Deutscher Wetterdienst, Offenbach, Germany 11:29 AM 12.12 The Oklahoma Mesonetwork: Ten Years Later   Kenneth C. Crawford, Oklahoma Climatological Survey, Norman, OK; and R. A. McPherson and R. L. Elliott 11:44 AM 12.13 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 11:59 AM Lunch Break   1:29 PM 12.14 Future plans for the FAA's Weather and Radar Processor (WARP)   Jay Johnson, FAA, AUA-460, Washington, DC; and S. Walden, J. Stobie, and R. Graff 1:44 PM 12.15 Visibility variability at the Chicago O’Hare Airport: Insights into the impacts of Runway Visual Range (RVR) measurements on aviation operations   David A. Hazen, Titan/System Resources Corp., Billerica, MA; and T. A. Seliga, L. G. Jacobs, and P. Narvett 1:59 PM 12.16 EMERGENCY MANGERS WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK (EMWIN) TRANSITION TO GOES N SERIES - A STATUS REPORT   William E. Brockman, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and H. L. White 2:14 PM 12.17 National Oceanic and Atmosperic Adminstration (NOAA) Implementation of Low-Rate Information Transmission (LRIT) Services   Frank Eng, Computer Sciences Corporation, Suitland, VA; and C. A. Vance 2:29 PM 12.18 New Paradigm for Environmental Data Assimilation and Fusion   Reginald B. Lawrence, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and L. O'Connor 2:59 PM Coffee Break in the Exhibit Hall   3:24 PM Exhibit Hours 3:00–6:15 p.m.   3:25 PM 12.19 Paper moved to Joint Session J7, new paper number J7.11A   3:26 PM 12.20 Paper Moved to Poster Session P1, Paper number P1.29   3:27 PM 12.21 Paper moved to Poster Session P1, new paper number P1.30   3:28 PM 12.22 Paper moved to Poster Session P1, new paper number P1.26
	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
	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
	1:30 PM-4:30 PM, Thursday Session 13 Information Technology—Futures for Atmospheric and Oceanographic Sciences
Organizers: David Blaskovich, IBM, Pacific Grove, CA; Terry Tarbell, RS Information Systems, McLean, VA
1:30 PM 13.1 FUTURE REQUIREMENTS OF ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY BY ATMOSPHERIC AND OCEANOGRAPHIC SCIENCES   Anthony Hollingsworth, ECMWF, Reading, Berks., United Kingdom 1:45 PM 13.2 HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING TECHNOLOGY AND ARCHITECTURES   Al Kellie, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and D. Huff 2:15 PM 13.2a Web services for weather models   David Huff, FNMOC, Monterey, CA; and O. Kiselyov 2:30 PM 13.3 HIGH VOLUME DATA SERVERS   Dominique Marbouty, ECMWF, Reading, Berks., United Kingdom; and W. Zwieflhofer 3:00 PM Coffee Break in the Exhibit Hall   3:29 PM Exhibit Hours 3:00–6:15   13.4 Software Tools   Carl Staton, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD 3:30 PM 13.5 Visualization   Lloyd A. Treinish, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY 4:00 PM 13.6 Communications   Phil Luzbetak, SpaceCom Systems' Chicago International Teleport, Monee, IL
	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)
	4:30 PM, Thursday Conference Ends
	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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