2002 Annual

Session 6: Advances in In-situ Sensing

Thursday, 17 January 2002: 8:30 AM-2:30 PM
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)
 
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
The Climate Reference Network
C. Bruce Baker, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC

Poster PDF (106.3 kB)
  11:00 AM
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
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
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
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
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
Errors in Operational Aircraft Data
Patricia M. Pauley, NRL, Monterey, CA

  12:30 PM
Coffee Break in Poster Session Room

  1:00 PM
Lunch Break