Session: Poster Session (2002 Annual)

P1.1

Challenging 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

P1.2

Interaction of high- and low-frequency oscillations from a tropical cyclogenesis perspective

Colin K. Kennedy, U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD

P1.3

A 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

P1.4

Analysis 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

P1.5

The 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

P1.6

Relationship of ice content to hurricane intensity examined using TRMM/TMI data sets

Jefferson H. Wood, Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL

P1.7

DAILY 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

P1.8

Stability of the Thermohaline Circulation—a Model Study

Valerio Lucarini, MIT, Cambridge, MA

P1.9

Evaluating 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

P1.10

Using ensemble forecasting to estimate the background error covariance for data assimilation

Kate Musgrave, UCAR/SOARS and Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO

P1.11

Construction 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

P1.12

Evaluations 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

P1.13

A comparison of the Stedman's Heat Index and WBGT Index

Steven D Hacker, U. S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD

P1.14

Development of a risk assessment framework for climate scenario construction

P1.15

Synoptic Climatology for the Mt. Washington Region:1955-1999, and its relation

John Hopkins Gillman, Plymouth State College, Plymouth, NH; and B. D'Agostino

P1.16

Do 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

P1.17

A 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

P1.18

The 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

P1.19

Remote 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

P1.20

Estimating snowfall rates using polarimetric radar data

Yarice Rodriguez, UCAR/SOARS and Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN

P1.21

Ozone and Water Vapor: Analyzing their Relationship within the Mesosphere

Erik Ulysses Noble, UCAR/SOARS and Penn State Univ., University Park, PA

P1.22

The 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

P1.23

The 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

P1.24

The 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

P1.25

The Relationship Of Large-Scale Surface Boundaries To Convective Initiation And Strong And Violent Tornado Occurrence

David M. Bolen, Univ. of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO

P1.26

Measurements 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

P1.27

Studies 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

P1.28

SuomiNet GPS Installation at Plymouth State College

Sean J. Clarke, Plymouth State College, Plymouth, NH; and D. W. Brown

P1.29

Using GPS to verify Local Model water vapour field

Guergana Petrova Guerova, Institute of Applied Physics, Univ. of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

P1.30

Nutrient cycling in mangrove ecosytems

Meagan Eagle, Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA; and A. Paytan and M. Young

P1.31

Deforestation 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

P1.32

MWISP Cloud Particle Habit Analysis

Christopher W. Blackey, Plymouth State College, Plymouth, NH; and E. J. Rozak Jr.

P1.33

Aircraft icing forecasts over regions of complex terrain

Rebecca Stanley, Plymouth State College, Plymouth, NH

P1.34

Strategies for Diversity: SOARS—A Case Study

Sarah A. Tessendorf, UCAR/SOARS and Colorado State Univ., Ft. Collins, CO; and T. L. Windham

P1.35

SuomiNet 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

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