Session 5 |
| | Interactive Forecast Preparation System—Operational Employment |
| | Organizer: Carl S. Bullock, NOAA/FSL, Boulder, CO
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| 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
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| 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 |