First AMS Student Conference and Career Fair
    

Poster Session 1

 Poster Session
 P1.1Challenging and Modifying the Historical view of the West African Monsoon using TRMM Satellite Data  
Segayle C. Walford, Penn State Univ., University Park, PA; and G. Jenkins
 P1.2Interaction of high- and low-frequency oscillations from a tropical cyclogenesis perspective  
Colin K. Kennedy, U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD
 P1.3A comparison of 1998 and 1999 rainfall estimates using gauge and satellite data for West and Central Africa  
Andrea M. Sealy, Howard Univ., Washington, DC; and G. S. Jenkins
 P1.4Analysis of the 2001 North American Monsoon and Pacific Tropical Storm Season Impacts on Arizona and New Mexico  
Roxanne Linsley, NASA Space Grant Intern, Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
 P1.5The CCSM Simulation of West African Climate: Performance in Simulating Factors Affecting the Development of African Easterly Waves  
Evan M. Blaisdell, Penn State Univ., University Park, PA; and G. S. Jenkins
 P1.6Relationship of ice content to hurricane intensity examined using TRMM/TMI data sets  
Jefferson H. Wood, Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL
 P1.7DAILY CYCLES OF LOW LEVEL WINDS OVER THE ISLAND OF NAURU IN THE EQUATORIAL WESTERN PACIFIC  
Ernesto Munoz, UCAR/SOARS-NOAA/AL, Boulder, CO and Universidad Metropolitana, San Juan, Puerto Rico
 P1.8Stability of the Thermohaline Circulation—a Model Study  
Valerio Lucarini, MIT, Cambridge, MA
 P1.9Evaluating the potential impact of the assimilation of satellite-derived products on two mesoscale forecasts during PACJET  
Katherine M. La Casse, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and M. C. Morgan
 P1.10Using ensemble forecasting to estimate the background error covariance for data assimilation  
Kate Musgrave, UCAR/SOARS and Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
 P1.11Construction of an ensemble of forecasts using adjoint-derived sensitivities  
Daryl T. Kleist, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and M. C. Morgan and G. A. Postel
 P1.12Evaluations of turbulence algorithms from the forecasters' perspective: Winter 2001  
Jamie Thomas Braid, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. L. Mahoney, T. L. Fowler, and B. G. Brown
 P1.13A comparison of the Stedman's Heat Index and WBGT Index  
Steven D Hacker, U. S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD
P1.14Development of a risk assessment framework for climate scenario construction  
Suraje Dessai, Univ. of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom; and M. Hulme
 P1.15Synoptic Climatology for the Mt. Washington Region:1955-1999, and its relation  
John Hopkins Gillman, Plymouth State College, Plymouth, NH; and B. D'Agostino
 P1.16Do ENSO and PDO impact rainfall in Baja California, Mexico? A look at precipitation variability along this vast peninsular landscape  
Tamara S. Wilson, Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
 P1.17A Comparison of the Weather in U.S. Cities During the 1982–83 and 1997–98 El Niño's  
Heather L. Honnette, U. S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD
 P1.18The variability of cirrus clouds derived from 4 years of ARM data; relationships to the large-scale meteorology  
Erik N. Vernon, Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and G. G. Mace
 P1.19Remote Estimates of Surface Energy Fluxes on the 30-m Spatial Scale  
John R. Mecikalski, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and R. D. Torn, J. M. Norman, M. C. Anderson, S. J. Richardson, and J. A. Brotzge
 P1.20Estimating snowfall rates using polarimetric radar data  
Yarice Rodriguez, UCAR/SOARS and Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN
 P1.21Ozone and Water Vapor: Analyzing their Relationship within the Mesosphere  
Erik Ulysses Noble, UCAR/SOARS and Penn State Univ., University Park, PA
 P1.22The Atmospheric Phenomena of a mid-fall Blizzard  
Jennifer L. Hanson, Univ. of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND; and F. G. Martin, M. R. Estrem, D. L. Jacklitch, A. D. Kleinsasser, and J. E. Randall
 P1.23The impact of land-atmosphere interactions on the Benson, MN tornado of 11 June 2001  
Daniel Cheresnick, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. Basara
 P1.24The relationship between radar reflectivity and lightning activity at initial stages of convective storms  
Maribel Martinez, UCAR/SOARS, Boulder, CO and Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
 P1.25The Relationship Of Large-Scale Surface Boundaries To Convective Initiation And Strong And Violent Tornado Occurrence  
David M. Bolen, Univ. of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO
 P1.26Measurements of meteorological variables and trace gas concentrations during NE-OPS 2001 using a tethered atmospheric observing system.  
Richard Walker Jr., Millersville Univ., Millersville, PA; and A. J. Terry, S. L. Atkins, M. L. Theis, E. D. Carre, and J. M. Barbush
 P1.27Studies of Volatile Organic Compounds in Ambient Air in New York City  
Mohamed Bangura, Medgar Evers College, City University of New York, Brooklyn, NY; and J. Dick
 P1.28SuomiNet GPS Installation at Plymouth State College  
Sean J. Clarke, Plymouth State College, Plymouth, NH; and D. W. Brown
 P1.29Using GPS to verify Local Model water vapour field  
Guergana Petrova Guerova, Institute of Applied Physics, Univ. of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
 P1.30Nutrient cycling in mangrove ecosytems  
Meagan Eagle, Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA; and A. Paytan and M. Young
 P1.31Deforestation and its hydrological impact on the Rio Minho River watershed, (Jamaica, West Indies)  
Michael A. Edwards, Medgar Evers College, City University of New York, Brooklyn, NY
 P1.32MWISP Cloud Particle Habit Analysis  
Christopher W. Blackey, Plymouth State College, Plymouth, NH; and E. J. Rozak
 P1.33Aircraft icing forecasts over regions of complex terrain  
Rebecca Stanley, Plymouth State College, Plymouth, NH
 P1.34Strategies for Diversity: SOARS—A Case Study  
Sarah A. Tessendorf, UCAR/SOARS and Colorado State Univ., Ft. Collins, CO; and T. L. Windham
 P1.35SuomiNet and IronNet: GPS at Millersville University  
J. Cory Demko, Millersville Univ., Millersville, PA; and N. Aiello, J. Benvenuto, N. Slodysko, N. Kosar, and D. Cousins

Monday, 14 January 2002: 4:00 PM-6:00 PM

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