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Saturday, 12 January 2002

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SAT 12 JAN

7:30 AM-9:00 AM: Saturday, 12 January 2002


Short Course/Workshop/Special Conferences Registration

Sunday, 13 January 2002

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SUN 13 JAN

7:30 AM-9:00 AM: Sunday, 13 January 2002


Short Course/Workshop/Special Conferences Registration

9:00 AM-9:00 AM: Sunday, 13 January 2002


CONFERENCE REGISTRATION

Monday, 14 January 2002

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12:00 AM-12:00 AM: Monday, 14 January 2002


MON 14 JAN


Sessions end for the day

7:30 AM-7:30 AM: Monday, 14 January 2002


Registration continues through Thursday, 17 January

9:00 AM-9:00 AM: Monday, 14 January 2002


Welcoming Remarks

9:30 AM-10:30 AM: Monday, 14 January 2002


1
Advances in GPS Based Observing
Sponsor: Sixth Symposium on Integrated Observing Systems
Organizer: Randolph H. Ware, UCAR

Papers:
  9:30 AM
1.1
Evaluation of experimental data from the GAINS balloon GPS surface reflection instrument
George G. Ganoe, NASA/LRC, Hampton, VA; and T. A. Johnson

Poster PDF (193.6 kB)
  9:45 AM
1.2
On the operational use of slant-path GPS measurements
Seth I. Gutman, NOAA/FSL, Boulder, CO

  10:00 AM
1.3
Implementation of the National Weather Service's Radiosonde Replacement System
Joseph Facundo, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and W. Blackmore

  10:15 AM
1.4
Improving management of the NWS upper-air network
William Blackmore, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and J. Facundo

10:30 AM-11:00 AM: Monday, 14 January 2002


Coffee Break in Poster Session Room

11:00 AM-12:00 PM: Monday, 14 January 2002


2
Advances in Ocean Observing
Sponsor: Sixth Symposium on Integrated Observing Systems
Organizer: Michael J. McPhaden, NOAA/PMEL

Papers:
  11:00 AM
2.1
South China Sea Surface Elevation Variability Determined from TOPEX/POSEIDON Data
Peter C. Chu, NPS, Monterey, CA; and J. Wang and Y. Qi

  11:15 AM
2.2
Proposed Moored Array—Marine Application Project in the West Indian Ocean
Mark R. Jury, University of Zululand, KwaDlangezwa, KwaZulu/Natal, South Africa

  11:30 AM
2.3
Structure and Evolution of Frontal Rainfall in the South China Sea During the Onset of Asia Summer Monsoon
Jian-Jian Wang, JCET/Univ. of Maryland Baltimore County and NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD

  11:45 AM
2.4
Integrating multiple sensors to study algal blooms in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico
Karen S. Friedman, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and W. G. Pichel, P. Clemente-Colon, and X. Li

Poster PDF (353.9 kB)

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Monday, 14 January 2002


Lunch Break

1:30 PM-3:30 PM: Monday, 14 January 2002


Poster Session 1
Integrated Observing Systems Poster Session
Sponsor: Sixth Symposium on Integrated Observing Systems

Papers:
 
P1.1
Indications of Biases in Reporting Cloud Cover at Major Airports
Richard Perez, SUNY, Albany, NY; and J. A. Bonaventura-Sparagna, M. Kmiecik, R. George, and D. Renné

Poster PDF (293.9 kB)
 
P1.2
MODIS Level 1B data from GES DAAC - advantages and challenges
Andrey Savtchenko, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and D. Ouzounov, J. Koziana, A. K. Sharma, G. Leptoukh, and G. Serafino

 
P1.3
Monitoring the ocean acoustically: A review and strategy for the future
Bruce M. Howe, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and B. D. Dushaw, W. H. Munk, and P. F. Worcester

Poster PDF (1.3 MB)
 
P1.4
Mt. Washington Icing Sensors Project (MWISP) cloud particle habit analysis
Christopher W. Blackey, Plymouth State College, Plymouth, NH; and E. J. Rozak Jr., W. G. Schmitz, J. P. Koermer, and C. C. Ryerson

Poster PDF (131.1 kB)
 
P1.5
NOAA/ETL's Vertical-Profiling Cloud Radar and Radiometer Package
Brooks E. Martner, NOAA/ETL, Boulder, CO; and D. A. Hazen, K. P. Moran, T. Uttal, M. J. Post, and W. B. Madsen

Poster PDF (503.3 kB)
 
P1.6
Polarimetric Investigation of Aerosol and Cirrus Cloud over the Ocean
Masayuki Sasaki, National Space Development Agency of Japan, Tokyo, Japan; and K. Masuda

Poster PDF (90.2 kB)
 
P1.7
The NOAA Ron Brown's Shipboard Doppler Precipitation Radar
Michelle N. Ryan, NOAA/ETL, Boulder, CO; and M. J. Post, B. Martner, J. Novak, and L. Davis

Poster PDF (251.9 kB)
 
P1.8
GPS-derived integrated precipitable water compared with AFWA MM5 moisture fields
Patricia A. Vollmer, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH; and G. R. Huffines

Poster PDF (23.0 kB)
 
P1.9
A Multi-Frequency Ground-Based Radar Facility in South Florida for Small-Scale Precipitation Observations
Pavlos Kollias, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and B. A. Albrecht

Poster PDF (227.7 kB)
 
P1.10
An ASOS camera for cloud base winds
Charles L. Bristor, Certified Consulting Meteorologist, Falls Church, VA

 
P1.11
An Integrated Airborne Measurement System for the Determination of Atmospheric Turbulence and Ocean Surface Wave Field Properties
Gennaro H. Crescenti, NOAA/ERL/ARL, Idaho Falls, ID; and J. R. French, T. L. Crawford, and D. C. Vandemark

 
P1.12
Application of HARLIE measurements in mesoscale studies: Measurements of aerosol backscatter and winds
Belay B. Demoz, Univ. of Maryland Baltimore County and NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and D. Miller and G. Schwemmer

Poster PDF (129.7 kB)
 
P1.13
Calibration and error sensitivity tests for NPOESS/OSSE
Michiko Masutani, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC, Camp Springs, MD; and J. C. Woollen, S. J. Lord, J. Terry, T. J. Kleespies, J. C. Derber, and R. Atlas

http://www.emc.ncep.noaa.gov/research/osse/ams2002/prepmm.ios6.pdf

Poster PDF (201.2 kB)
 
P1.14
Comparison of MM5 convective precipitation forecasts with cloud-to-ground lightning information in the CONUS Intermountain West
Michael K. Walters, Air Force Insititute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH; and G. R. Huffines

 
P1.15
Current Solar Radiation Measurement and Modeling in the United States
David S. Renné, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO; and T. Stoffel, M. Anderberg, and P. Gray-Hann

Poster PDF (250.7 kB)
 
P1.16
Measurement issues concerning ZDR offset
James J. Stagliano Jr., Enterprise Electronics Corporation, Enterprise, AL; and J. Helvin, J. L. Alford, and D. Nelson

Poster PDF (43.0 kB)
 
P1.17
Commercial simultaneous dual polarization radar
James L. Alford, Enterprise Electronics Corporation, Enterprise, AL; and J. J. Stagliano Jr. and J. Helvin

Poster PDF (48.0 kB)
 
P1.18
Atmospheric attenuation, a review
James J. Stagliano Jr., Enterprise Electronics Corporation, Enterprise, AL; and J. Helvin, J. L. Alford, and D. Nelson

Poster PDF (70.9 kB)
 
P1.19
Issues surrounding linearity specification constriction
James L. Alford, Enterprise Electronics Corporation, Enterprise, AL; and J. J. Stagliano Jr. and J. Helvin

Poster PDF (55.8 kB)

3:00 PM-3:30 PM: Monday, 14 January 2002


Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall

5:30 PM-5:30 PM: Monday, 14 January 2002


Sessions end for the day

5:30 PM-7:30 PM: Monday, 14 January 2002


Formal Opening of Exhibits with Reception (Cash Bar)

Tuesday, 15 January 2002

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TUE 15 JAN

8:30 AM-12:00 PM: Tuesday, 15 January 2002


3
Advances in Satellite Observing
Sponsor: Sixth Symposium on Integrated Observing Systems
Organizer: Mary M. Glackin, NOAA/NESDIS

Papers:
  8:30 AM
3.1
The National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System—Future U.S. Environmental Observing System
Craig S. Nelson, NOAA/NPOESS/Integrated Program Office, Silver Spring, MD; and J. D. Cunningham

  8:45 AM
3.2
The Conical Microwave Imager/Sounder (CMIS): Next-Generation Conical-Scanning Microwave Radiometer for NPOESS
James J. Jewell, U.S. Air Force and NOAA/NPOESS/Integrated Program Office, Silver Spring, MD; and N. Chauhan and D. B. Kunkee

Poster PDF (137.3 kB)
  9:00 AM
3.3
Impact Assesment of a Doppler Wind Lidar for NPOESS/OSSE
Stephen J. Lord, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC, Camp Springs, MD; and M. Masutani, J. C. Woollen, J. C. Derber, G. D. Emmitt, S. A. Wood, S. Greco, R. Atlas, J. Terry, and T. J. Kleespies

http://www.emc.ncep.noaa.gov/research/osse/ams2002/prepsl.3.3.ios6.pdf

Poster PDF (112.4 kB)
  9:15 AM
3.4
Studies on snowfall retrievals from satellite high frequency microwave observations
Guosheng Liu, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and M. Katsumata

Poster PDF (251.0 kB)
  9:30 AM
3.5
An Improved adjacency effect Calculation in Radiation Transfer Models
Haiyan Liu, SUNY, Albany, NY; and V. Mohnen

Poster PDF (23.2 kB)
  9:45 AM
3.6
Progress in Spaceborne Scatterometer and Science Application
W. Timothy Liu, NASA/JPL, Pasaden, CA

  10:00 AM
3.7
Catalina Eddy captured by NASA QuikSCAT satellite
Hua Hu, NASA/JPL and California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA; and W. T. Liu and B. W. Styles

Poster PDF (2.5 MB)
  10:15 AM
3.8
Imaging the sea surface imprints of atmospheric vortex streets by space-borne synthetic aperture radar
Xiaofeng Li, NOAA, Camp Springs, MD; and P. Clemente-Colon, W. Pichel, P. Vachon, and K. Freidman

Poster PDF (830.9 kB)
  10:30 AM
3.9
Deriving Winds from MODIS Data in the Polar Regions
David A. Santek, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. R. Key, W. P. Menzel, C. S. Velden, and J. Heinzelman

  10:45 AM
3.10
First Forecast Products from the GOES-12 Solar X-ray Imager
Christopher C. Balch, NOAA Space Environment Center, Boulder, CO; and S. M. Hill, V. J. Pizzo, and D. C. Wilkinson

Poster PDF (623.9 kB)
  11:00 AM
3.11
GOES Users' Conference Recommendations for the Advanced Baseline Imager and Sounder
James J. Gurka, NOAA/NESDIS, Suitland, MD; and G. J. Dittberner and T. J. Schmit

Poster PDF (39.6 kB)
  11:15 AM
3.12
An Analysis of Pre-tornadic Low-level Moisture-Flux Convergence and the Utility of GOES and GIFTS Sounder Data
Ralph A. Petersen, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Camp Springs, MD; and W. F. Feltz and H. L. Huang

  11:30 AM
3.6A
Coffee Break in Poster Session Room

12:00 PM-2:00 PM: Tuesday, 15 January 2002


Grand Poster Luncheon

2:00 PM-5:15 PM: Tuesday, 15 January 2002


4
Assimilation and Analysis
Sponsor: Sixth Symposium on Integrated Observing Systems
Organizer: Thomas W. Schlatter, NOAA/FSL

Papers:
 
4.1
Integration of passive microwave rainfall products and infrared radiances for improved rainfall retrievals.

  2:15 PM
4.2
Quasi-global, near-real-time precipitation estimates based on the combination of IR and microwave data with TRMM calibration
George J Huffman, SSAI, Greenbelt, MD; and R. F. Adler, D. T. Bolvin, and E. J. Nelkin

  2:30 PM
4.3
A Comparison of GOES and AMSU Based Total Precipitable Water Retrievals
Jaime M. Daniels, NOAA/NESDIS/OAR, Camp Springs, MD; and R. Ferraro

  2:45 PM
4.4
Comparisons of cloud-to-ground lightning flash data with NEXRAD inferences on rainfall as functions of longitude and latitude
Thomas A. Seliga, Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, Cambridge, MA; and D. A. Hazen and C. Schauland

Poster PDF (449.9 kB)
  3:00 PM
4.5
Computer Simulations of Global Networks of Stratospheric Satellites
Matthew K. Heun, Global Aerospace Corporation, Altadena, CA; and R. S. Schlaifer, K. Aaron, K. T. Nock, A. A. Pankine, N. E. Leonard, E. A. Belbruno, and P. Bhatta

http://www.gaerospace.com/publicPages/projectPages/StratCon

Poster PDF (991.3 kB)
  3:15 PM
4.6
Simulation of the observational network using an ensemble Kalman filter
P. L. Houtekamer, MSC, Dorval, PQ, Canada; and H. L. Mitchell and G. Pellerin

Poster PDF (81.0 kB)
  3:30 PM
4.7
On the Adjustment Terms for Soil Moisture Assimilation in Land Surface Schemes: Evaluation of an Inverse Technique using the MM5
Kiran Alapaty, MCNC-Environmental Programs, Research Triangle Park, NC; and D. D. S. Niyogi

  3:45 PM
4.8
Effect of Mesoscale Processes on Boundary Layer Structure and Precipitation Patterns: A Diagnostic Evaluation and Validation of MM5 with NC Econet Observations
Aaron P. Sims, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; and D. D. S. Niyogi and S. Raman

Poster PDF (256.6 kB)
  4:00 PM
4.9
Assimilation of Scatterometer and In Situ Winds for Regularly Gridded Products
Mark A. Bourassa, COAPS/Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL; and S. R. Smith and J. J. O'Brien

Poster PDF (294.5 kB)
  4:15 PM
4.10
A Combined ScaRaB-ERBS Data Product
Kathryn A. Bush, SAIC, Hampton, VA; and G. L. Smith and T. Wong

Poster PDF (3.7 MB)
  4:30 PM
4.11
A comprehensive database and analysis system for the North Carolina Environmental and Climate Observing Network (NC ECO Net)
Dev dutta S. Niyogi, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; and R. Boyles, R. Ellis, S. Raman, A. Syed, and S. Sivagnyanam

http://www.nc-climate.ncsu.edu

Poster PDF (302.2 kB)
  4:45 PM
4.12
Determining the distance lightning travels from a thunderstorm using ground based radar, the National Lightning Detection Network, and a 3-D lightning mapping system
Lee A. Nelson, Air Force Insititute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH; and T. M. McNamara, D. R. Vollmer, and G. R. Huffines

  5:00 PM
4.6A
Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall

3:00 PM-7:30 PM: Tuesday, 15 January 2002


Exhibit Hours

3:30 PM-3:30 PM: Tuesday, 15 January 2002


Symposium ends

Wednesday, 16 January 2002

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WED 16 JAN

8:00 AM-9:30 AM: Wednesday, 16 January 2002


President's Symposium

9:30 AM-10:00 AM: Wednesday, 16 January 2002


Coffee Break in Foyer of Auditorium

10:00 AM-12:00 PM: Wednesday, 16 January 2002


President's Symposium (Continued)

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Wednesday, 16 January 2002


Lunch Break

1:30 PM-4:59 PM: Wednesday, 16 January 2002


5
Advances in Ground Based Remote Sensing
Sponsor: Sixth Symposium on Integrated Observing Systems
Organizer: Albin J. Gasiewski, NOAA/ETL

Papers:
  1:30 PM
5.1
Innovative Procedures for the Performance Auditing of Radar Wind and RASS Profilers
Robert A. Baxter, Parsons Engineering Science, Pasadena, CA

Poster PDF (485.8 kB)
  1:45 PM
5.2
NCAR Integrated Sounding System Observations for VTMX
William O. J. Brown, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and S. A. Cohn, D. B. Parsons, and J. O. Pinto

http://www.atd.ucar.edu/sssf/projects/vtmx/

Poster PDF (265.2 kB)
  2:00 PM
5.3
Wind Shear and Turbulence Profiling with Meteorological Radar
William J. Martin, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and A. Shapiro

Poster PDF (64.8 kB)
  2:15 PM
5.4
A portable system for boundary layer measurement, analysis, and forecasting
James Cogan, U.S. Army Research Lab., White Sands Missle Range, NM; and E. Vidal, E. Measure, Y. Yee, and S. A. Luces

  2:30 PM
5.5
Diurnal variation in water vapor and liquid water profiles from a new microwave radiometer profiler
Junhong Wang, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and A. Dai, D. J. Carlson, R. H. Ware, and J. C. Liljegren

Poster PDF (131.1 kB)
  2:45 PM
5.6
Early results from the Global Atmospherics, Inc. Dallas-Fort Worth Lightning Detection and Ranging (LDAR-II) research network
Nicholas W. S. Demetriades, Global Atmospherics, Inc., Tucson, AZ; and M. J. Murphy and K. L. Cummins

  3:00 PM
5.7
Raman Lidar Techniques Applied to Meteorological Sensing
C. Russell Philbrick, Penn State University, University Park, PA

 
5.8
Raman Lidar Measurements of Airborne Particular Matter in NARSTO-NE-OPS

  3:15 PM
5.9
Raman lidar measurement of water vapor mixing ratio and aerosols during a bore-front case
Belay Demoz, NASA/GSFC and Univ. of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD; and K. Evans, P. DiGirolamo, D. Whiteman, and E. Aligo

Poster PDF (245.5 kB)
  3:30 PM
5.10
High-resolution observations of the boundary layer using multiple-frequency range imaging
Tian-You Yu, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and W. O. J. Brown, S. A. Cohn, D. B. Parsons, M. B. Parlange, and M. Pahlow

Poster PDF (266.9 kB)
  3:45 PM
5.11
High resolution oxygen A-band and water vapor band spectrometer: photon pathlength distributions
Qilong Min, SUNY, Albany, NY; and L. Harrison, P. Kiedron, J. Berndt, E. Yager, and E. Joseph

  4:00 PM
5.12
Cloud liquid water path variation with temperature during SHEBA/FIRE-ACE
Alice Fan, SAIC, Hampton, VA; and B. Lin, P. Minnis, and D. Spangenberg

http://

Poster PDF (43.8 kB)
  4:15 PM
5.13
Cloud Observing System derived characteristics of convection in the convective boundary layer
Richard S. Penc, Creighton University, Omaha, NE

  4:30 PM
5.6A
Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall

3:00 PM-7:30 PM: Wednesday, 16 January 2002


Exhibit Hours

5:30 PM-5:30 PM: Wednesday, 16 January 2002


Sessions end for the day

6:00 PM-6:00 PM: Wednesday, 16 January 2002


Reception (Cash Bar)

Thursday, 17 January 2002

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12:00 AM-12:00 AM: Thursday, 17 January 2002


THUR 17 JAN

8:30 AM-2:30 PM: Thursday, 17 January 2002


6
Advances in In-situ Sensing
Sponsor: Sixth Symposium on Integrated Observing Systems
Organizer: Cecilia M. I. R. Girz, NOAA/FSL

Papers:
  8:30 AM
6.1
Automating the observation of drizzle
Richard Lewis, NOAA/NWS, Sterling, VA; and B. Childs and A. C. Ramsay

Poster PDF (100.6 kB)
  8:45 AM
6.2
Differences between rooftop and standard ground-based temperatures
Christopher A. Davey, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and N. J. Doesken, R. J. Leffler, and R. A. Pielke Sr.

  9:00 AM
6.3
Sunshine sensor testing for ASOS Product Improvement
Lynn J. Winans, SAIC, Sterling, VA

Poster PDF (2.1 MB)
  9:15 AM
6.4
Evaluation of windshields for use in the Automated Surface Observing System (ASOS)
Jennifer Dover, SAIC, Sterling, VA; and L. J. Winans

Poster PDF (514.1 kB)
  9:30 AM
6.5
Freezing Drizzle (FZDZ) Identification from the Automated Surface Observing System (ASOS):  Status of the ASOS Multi-sensor FZDZ Algorithm
Allan C. Ramsay, SAIC, Sterling, VA

Poster PDF (255.7 kB)
 
6.6
Field Comparison of New Self-Powered Solar Radiation Shield and Naturally Ventilated Multi-Plate Radiation Shield

  10:00 AM
6.7
Results of the demonstration flight of the GAINS Prototype III balloon
Cecilia M. I. R. Girz, NOAA/FSL, Boulder, CO; and A. E. MacDonald, R. L. Anderson, T. Lachenmeier, B. D. Jamison, R. S. Collander, D. Latsch, R. A. Moody, J. Cooper, G. Ganoe, S. Katzberg, T. Johnson, B. Russ, and V. Zavorotny

Poster PDF (3.3 MB)
  10:15 AM
6.8
Evaluation of balloon trajectory forecast routines for GAINS
Randall S. Collander, NOAA/FSL, Boulder, CO; and C. M. I. R. Girz

Poster PDF (188.9 kB)
  10:30 AM
6.9
In-situ science from global networks of stratospheric satellites
Alexey A. Pankine, Global Aerospace Corporation, Altadena, CA; and E. Weinstock, M. K. Heun, and K. T. Nock

http://www.gaerospace.com/publicPages/projectPages/StratCon/index.html

Poster PDF (138.7 kB)
  10:45 AM
6.10
The Climate Reference Network
C. Bruce Baker, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC

Poster PDF (106.3 kB)
  11:00 AM
6.11
The Iowa Environmental Mesonet—combining observing systems into a single network
Dennis P. Todey, Iowa State University, Ames, IA; and D. E. Herzmann and E. S. Takle

http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu

Poster PDF (827.9 kB)
  11:15 AM
6.12
Installation and operation of a customized wind reporting network at Reno/Tahoe International Airport, NV (RNO)
D. Strawbridge, FAA, Washington, DC; and J. Salidino, D. Bryan, C. Schauland, J. Jones, and D. Hedenberg

  11:30 AM
6.13
Multi-sensor system for the automatic determination of winds aloft at remote MET stations
Jeffrey M. Freedman, Atmospheric Information Services, Albany, NY; and M. Beaubien, D. Sautter, B. Bauman, and C. Holton

  11:45 AM
6.14
A comparison of ACARS WVSS and NWS radiosonde temperature and moisture data
Richard Mamrosh, NOAA/NWS, Green Bay, WI; and R. Baker and T. Jirikowic

Poster PDF (968.6 kB)
  12:00 PM
6.15
Adopting an In-Situ Surface Meteorological Network for Developing a Meteorological Instrumentation Course at North Carolina State University
Dev dutta S. Niyogi, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; and V. K. Saxena

http://www.nc-climate.ncsu.edu/agnet

Poster PDF (21.9 kB)
  12:15 PM
6.16
Errors in Operational Aircraft Data
Patricia M. Pauley, NRL, Monterey, CA

  12:30 PM
6.6A
Coffee Break in Poster Session Room

  1:00 PM
6.12A
Lunch Break

1:30 PM-2:45 PM: Thursday, 17 January 2002


Joint Session 3
Joint session with the Sixth Symposium on Integrated Observing Systems and the Symposium on Observations, Data Assimilation, and Probabilistic Prediction
Sponsors: (Joint between the Symposium on Observations, Data Assimilation, and Probabilistic Prediction; and the Sixth Symposium on Integrated Observing Systems )
Organizer: Kenneth Mylne, Met Office

Papers:
  1:30 PM
J3.1
Automation of visual observations at KNMI; (i) Comparison of present weather
Wiel M. F. Wauben, KNMI, De Bilt, Netherlands

Poster PDF (990.4 kB)
  1:45 PM
J3.2
Automation of visual observations at KNMI; (ii) Comparison of automated cloud reports with routine visual observations
Wiel M. F. Wauben, KNMI, De Bilt, Netherlands

Poster PDF (727.6 kB)
  2:00 PM
J3.3
Determination of surface and atmospheric parameters under cloudy conditions from AIRS/AMSU/HSB data
Joel Susskind, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and C. Barnet and J. Blaisdell

  2:15 PM
J3.4
Determining the “Optimum” Distribution of Cooperative Observer Network Stations to Support the National Weather Service Cooperative Observer Modernization Initiative
Stephen A. Del Greco, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and D. Smith

Poster PDF (644.0 kB)
  2:30 PM
J3.5
The Effect of Averaging Surface Roughness Values on Coastal Winds for Different Mesocale Model Resolutions
Gueorgui V. Mostovoi, Mississippi State University, Stennis Space Center, MS; and P. J. Fitzpatrick, Y. Li, D. Herndon, N. Tran, and E. Valenti

Poster PDF (5.5 MB)

3:00 PM-3:30 PM: Thursday, 17 January 2002


Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall

3:00 PM-6:30 PM: Thursday, 17 January 2002


Exhibit Hours

5:00 PM-5:00 PM: Thursday, 17 January 2002


Closing Event Begins

5:00 PM-6:15 PM: Thursday, 17 January 2002


Reception in Exhibit Hall (Cash Bar)

6:30 PM-7:30 PM: Thursday, 17 January 2002


Event Presentation

7:30 PM-7:30 PM: Thursday, 17 January 2002


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Tropical Party

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