Program: 12th Symposium on Meteorological Observations and Instrumentation (83rd Annual)

12th Symposium on Meteorological Observations and Instrumentation

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Saturday, 8 February 2003

12:00 AM-12:00 AM: Saturday, 8 February 2003

SAT 8 Feb

7:30 AM-9:00 AM: Saturday, 8 February 2003

Short Course Registration

9:00 AM-5:00 PM: Saturday, 8 February 2003

Conference Registration*

Sunday, 9 February 2003

12:00 AM-12:15 AM: Sunday, 9 February 2003

sun 9 feb

7:30 AM-9:00 AM: Sunday, 9 February 2003

Short Course Registration

9:00 AM-6:00 PM: Sunday, 9 February 2003

Conference Registration

Monday, 10 February 2003

12:00 AM-12:00 AM: Monday, 10 February 2003

mon 10 feb

7:30 AM-5:30 PM: Monday, 10 February 2003

Conference Registration (continues through Thursday, 13 February)

9:00 AM-9:15 AM: Monday, 10 February 2003

Keynote Speaker

In Memory of Dr Tim Crawford NOAA/ARL Idaho Falls

Sponsor: 12th Symposium on Meteorological Observations and Instrumentation

Organizer: Jerry H. Crescenti, NOAA/ERL/ARL

Papers:

9:00 AM

In Memory of Dr. Timothy L. Crawford, NOAA Air Resources Laboratory Field Research Division, Idaho Falls, Idaho

Jerry H Crescenti, NOAA/ERL/ARL, Idaho Falls, ID

9:15 AM-9:59 AM: Monday, 10 February 2003

Aircraft Measurements (This session is dedicated to Dr. Tim Crawford: NOAA/ARL Idaho Falls)

Sponsor: 12th Symposium on Meteorological Observations and Instrumentation

Organizer: Jerry H. Crescenti, NOAA/ERL/ARL

Papers:

9:15 AM

1.1

Aircraft Measurements of Turbulence: Length Scales, Spectra, Budgets, and the Prediction Problem

Owen R. Cote, Air Force Research Labortory, Hanscom AFB, MA; and J. R. Roadcap, D. E. Wroblewski, R. J. Dobosy, and T. L. Crawford

Poster PDF (431.4 kB)

1.2

Aircraft-Measured Fluxes of N₂O Using the Relaxed Eddy Accumulation Technique

9:30 AM

1.3

Refractive turbulence in the upper troposhere and lower stratosphere: analysis of aircraft measurements using structure functions

Donald Wroblewski, Boston University, Boston, MA; and O. R. Cote, J. M. Hacker, T. L. Crawford, and R. J. Dobosy

Poster PDF (276.7 kB)

9:45 AM

1.4

Airborne wind lidar to evaluate air/ocean exchanges at high wind speeds

G. David Emmitt, Simpson Weather Associates, Inc., Charlottesville, VA; and C. O'Handley

10:15 AM-10:45 AM: Monday, 10 February 2003

Coffee Break in Poster Session Room

10:45 AM-11:15 AM: Monday, 10 February 2003

Aircraft Measurements Past and Present (This session is dedicated to Dr. Tim Crawford: NOAA/ARL Idaho Falls)

Sponsor: 12th Symposium on Meteorological Observations and Instrumentation

Organizer: Jeff Stith, NCAR

Papers:

10:45 AM

2.1

Another look at the Sierra Wave Project: Fifty years later

Vanda Grubisic, DRI, Reno, NV; and J. Lewis

Poster PDF (968.0 kB)

11:00 AM

2.2

Future environmental measurement opportunities with HIAPER, the new NSF/NCAR research platform

Krista Laursen, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. Friesen and D. Carlson

Poster PDF (138.2 kB)

11:15 AM-11:15 AM: Monday, 10 February 2003

Panel Discussion 1

Open Discussion on Aircraft Measurements: How far have we come?

Sponsor: 12th Symposium on Meteorological Observations and Instrumentation

Organizer: Jerry H Crescenti, NOAA/ERL/ARL

12:00 PM-12:00 PM: Monday, 10 February 2003

Lunch Break

1:30 PM-2:30 PM: Monday, 10 February 2003

Improved Weather Measurement Systems

Sponsor: 12th Symposium on Meteorological Observations and Instrumentation

Organizer: Daniel E. Wolfe, NOAA/ETL

Papers:

1:30 PM

3.1

The 21st Century�s Airport Weather Reporting System

Patrick L. Kelly, Coastal Environmental Systems, Seattle, WA; and G. L. Stringer, E. Tseo, D. M. Ellefson, M. Lydon, and D. Buckshnis

Poster PDF (299.2 kB)

1:45 PM

3.2

The Development of the Canadian Aircraft Meteorological Data Relay (AMRAD) Program - An Update

Gilles Fournier, Environment Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada

Poster PDF (224.1 kB)

2:00 PM

3.3

Advances in tethered balloon sounding technology

Ronald A. Shellhorn, Vaisala, Boulder, CO

Poster PDF (182.8 kB)

2:15 PM

3.4

A New Tall-Tower Meteorological Monitoring System

Matthew J. Parker, Westinghouse Savannah River Company, Aiken, SC

Poster PDF (102.9 kB)

2:30 PM-2:30 PM: Monday, 10 February 2003

Poster Session 1

Posters

Sponsor: 12th Symposium on Meteorological Observations and Instrumentation

Papers:

P1.1

A new reference radiosonde for precise upper air measurements

William H. Bauman III, Yankee Environmental Systems, Inc, Turners Falls, MA; and W. M. Stein and M. C. Beaubien

P1.2

The Importance of Recording Pre-launch Radiosonde Data

Kathryn Beierle, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. Wang and E. Chamberlain

Poster PDF (102.1 kB)

P1.3

Developing a model for transitioning radiosondes in the NWS upper air network

Joseph Facundo, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD

Poster PDF (75.4 kB)

P1.4

Intercomparison of three sounding techniques employed during the EPIC2001 field program

Allen J. Schanot, NCAR, Boulder, CO

Poster PDF (278.6 kB)

P1.5

Flying into Typhoon Haiyan with UAV Aerosonde

Po-Hsiung Lin, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan; and C. S. Lee, T. C. Yen, and H. C. Lee

Poster PDF (354.4 kB)

P1.6

Completing instrument metadata and adjusting biases in the radiosonde record to allow determination of global precipitable water trends

Steven R. Schroeder, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX

Poster PDF (48.4 kB)

P1.7

The Impact of Nearby Structures and Trees on Sigma Theta Measurements

Thomas E. Bellinger, Illinois Department of Nuclear Safety, Springfield, IL

Poster PDF (2.3 MB)

P1.8

A comparison of winds measured by a 915 MHz wind profiling radar and a Doppler lidar

William J. Shaw, PNNL, Richland, WA; and L. S. Darby and R. M. Banta

Poster PDF (247.6 kB)

P1.9

Rainfall Estimates over South America

Galdino V. Mota, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and E. Zipser and B. Xi

P1.10

Observations of the meteorology of two Nevada basins

Stephen A. Cohn, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. Hallett, J. Lewis, and W. O. J. Brown

Poster PDF (454.3 kB)

P1.11

The Oklahoma Mesonet's Skin Temperature Network

Chris Fiebrich, Oklahoma Climatological Survey, Norman, OK; and J. E. Martinez, J. L. Brotzge, and J. M. Basara

Poster PDF (309.2 kB)

P1.12

A station density strategy for the United States Climate Reference Network (USCRN)

Michael J. Janis, Southeast Regional Climate Center, Columbia, SC; and K. G. Hubbard and K. T. Redmond

Poster PDF (2.0 MB)

P1.13

Development of a climatological database for dryland agricultural research

H. Scott Oviatt, USDA/ARS, Pendleton, OR

Poster PDF (2.1 MB)

P1.14

A comparison of fractional cloud cover determinations by a sky imager with visual estimations by trained National Weather Service observers

Gary B. Hodges, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and J. A. Augustine

P1.15

Adopting a statewide surface meteorological network for developing a hands-On instrumentation course at North Carolina State University

Dev dutta S. Niyogi, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; and V. K. Saxena

Poster PDF (201.9 kB)

P1.16

Calibration issues using impact disdrometers for calibration of Doppler radar profilers

Wallace L. Clark, NOAA/AL, Boulder, CO; and K. S. Gage, D. A. Carter, C. R. Williams, P. E. Johnston, and A. Tokay

Poster PDF (306.8 kB)

P1.17

Comprehensive Relationship between Atmospheric-Land Surface Interaction for Energy, Water Vapor fluxes over Tropical Asian Monsoon Environment

Toda Motomu, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Inashiki-gun, Ibaraki, Japan; and N. Ohte, Y. Kosugi, and T. Watanabe

http://

Poster PDF (558.5 kB)

P1.18

Operation of a Mobile Wind Profiler in Severe Clutter Environments

J. R. Jordan, ETL/NOAA, Boulder, CO; and J. L. Leach and D. E. Wolfe

Poster PDF (678.1 kB)

P1.19

Multi-instrument wind comparisons from the EPIC 2001 field experiment

Michelle N. Ryan, Science & Technology Corporation, Boulder, CO; and D. E. Wolfe and J. Intrieri

P1.20

A new data acquisition system for the U.S. Army FM-CW radar: still a great way to see half-meter resolution

Scott A. McLaughlin, DeTect, Inc., Longmont, CO

Poster PDF (1.4 MB)

P1.21

Development and evaluation of an extensive calibration procedure for UV filter radiometers

Alexander Los, Kipp & Zonen BV, Delft, Netherlands

Poster PDF (43.0 kB)

P1.22

A new automated method of MFRSR-based optical depth analysis

John A. Augustine, NOAA/ARL, Boulder, CO; and C. I. Medina

Poster PDF (212.9 kB)

P1.23

Total wind�a new approach for airport wind field analysis

Juhani A Polvinen, Vaisala OYJ, Helsinki, Finland

Poster PDF (28.1 kB)

P1.24

A Quick Deployment Airfield Automated Weather Display System

Timothy Edward Parker, Coastal Environmental Systems, Seattle, WA

P1.25

A rapid meteorological response capability for emergency management

Mark C. Beaubien, Yankee Environmental Systems, Inc, Turners Falls, MA; and W. H. Bauman and D. C. Sautter

P1.26

Comparison of Wind Speed Data at Two Nearby Sites Using Different Measurement Systems

P1.27

RETRIVAL AND VALIDATION OF THE REFRACTIVE INDEX STRUCTURE FUNCTION FROM 50MHz RADAR DATA

Elizabeth A. Boll, AFRL, Kirtland AFB, NM; and R. J. Lefevre and S. A. Early

Poster PDF (116.6 kB)

Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

4:00 PM-4:45 PM: Monday, 10 February 2003

Improved Weather Measurement Techniques

Sponsor: 12th Symposium on Meteorological Observations and Instrumentation

Organizer: Chuck Wade, NCAR/RAP

Papers:

4:00 PM

4.1

A low-power electric-field meter with reciprocating shutter

Jody A. Swenson, Campbell Scientific, Inc., Logan, UT; and L. G. Byerley, W. H. Beasley, and I. G. Bogoev

Poster PDF (520.2 kB)

4:15 PM

4.2

Fischer-Porter rain gauge upgrade

Eric Tseo, Coastal Environmental Systems, Seattle, WA

4:30 PM

4.3

New Vaisala RS92 GPS Radiosonde offers high level of performance and GPS wind data availability

Jaakko Hirvensalo, Vaisala, Helsinki, Finland; and J. W�hrn and H. Jauhianen

4:45 PM-4:45 PM: Monday, 10 February 2003

Panel Discussion 2

Open Discussion on New/Improved Measurement Systems and Techniques

Sponsor: 12th Symposium on Meteorological Observations and Instrumentation

Organizer: Chuck Wade, NCAR

5:30 PM-5:30 PM: Monday, 10 February 2003

Sessions End for the Day

5:30 PM-7:30 PM: Monday, 10 February 2003

Formal Opening of Exhibits with Reception (Cash Bar)

Tuesday, 11 February 2003

12:00 AM-12:00 AM: Tuesday, 11 February 2003

tue 11 feb

8:30 AM-9:30 AM: Tuesday, 11 February 2003

Meteorological Measurement Networks I

Sponsor: 12th Symposium on Meteorological Observations and Instrumentation

Organizer: Kevin R. Durkee, South Coast Air Quality Management District

Papers:

8:30 AM

5.1

Measurement and modeling soil moisture in a statewide meteorological network in North Carolina

Dev dutta S. Niyogi, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; and S. Raman, A. Syed, R. C. Gilliam, and R. P. Boyles

Poster PDF (113.2 kB)

8:45 AM

5.2

A New Composite Observing System Strategy for Ground based GPS Meteorology

Seth I. Gutman, NOAA/FSL, Boulder, CO; and S. Sahm, J. Stewart, S. Benjamin, T. Smith, and B. Schwartz

Poster PDF (786.6 kB)

9:00 AM

5.3

Simulations of Spatial and Temporal Variations of Electric Field at the Surface Beneath Thunderstorms (as would be measured by a network of electric-field meters)

Frank W. Gallagher III, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and W. H. Beasley, A. R. Bansemer, L. G. Byerley, J. A. Swenson, and I. G. Bogoev

Poster PDF (362.0 kB)

9:15 AM

5.4

United States Climate Reference Network (USCRN) precipitation intercomparison study

C. Bruce Baker, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and M. Gifford

Poster PDF (93.9 kB)

9:45 AM-11:00 AM: Tuesday, 11 February 2003

Formal Poster Viewing With Coffee Break

11:00 AM-12:15 PM: Tuesday, 11 February 2003

Meteorological Networks Quality Control and Assurance

Sponsor: 12th Symposium on Meteorological Observations and Instrumentation

Organizer: Robert A. Baxter, T&B Systems, Inc.

Papers:

11:00 AM

6.1

Monitoring the Health of Observing Networks

Thomas C. Peterson, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and H. Frederick and J. H. Lawrimore

11:15 AM

6.2

Automated Quality Control of Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Program (ARM) Data from the Southern Great Plains (SGP), North Slope Alaska (NSA), and Tropical Western Pacific (TWP) Cloud and Radiation Testbed (CART) Sites

Karen L. Sonntag, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and A. R. Dean, C. M. Shafer, R. A. Peppler, and C. P. Bahrmann

http://dq.arm.gov/

Poster PDF (675.8 kB)

11:30 AM

6.3

The feasability of field transformation functions for air humidity measurements

X. Lin, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE; and K. G. Hubbard and C. B. Baker

Poster PDF (388.8 kB)

11:45 AM

6.4

Climate Reference Network Site Reconnaissance: Lessons Learned and Relearned

Kelly T. Redmond, DRI, Reno, NV; and M. J. Janis and K. G. Hubbard

Poster PDF (1.5 MB)

12:00 PM

6.5

Quality assurance audit program for surface and upper air meteorological measurements in the South Coast Air Basin of California

Robert A. Baxter, T&B Systems, Inc., Valencia, CA; and D. L. Yoho and K. R. Durkee

Poster PDF (1.0 MB)

12:15 PM-12:15 PM: Tuesday, 11 February 2003

Lunch Break

1:30 PM-2:15 PM: Tuesday, 11 February 2003

Meteorological Measurement Networks II

Sponsor: 12th Symposium on Meteorological Observations and Instrumentation

Organizers: John A. Augustine, NOAA/ARL; C. Bruce Baker, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC

Papers:

1:30 PM

7.1

Weather System Upgrades to Support Space Launch at the Eastern Range and Kennedy Space Center

D. E. Harms, 45th Weather Squadron, Patrick AFB, FL; and B. F. Boyd, F. C. Flinn, T. M. McNamara, J. T. Madura, T. L. Wilfong, and P. R. Conant

Poster PDF (610.6 kB)

1:45 PM

7.2

The Representativeness of Skin Temperature Measurements at Oklahoma Mesonet Sites

Jeffrey B. Basara, Oklahoma Climatological Survey and Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and D. R. Cheresnick and P. K. Hall Jr.

Poster PDF (1.3 MB)

2:00 PM

7.3

Operations of the joint USDA/OCE/WAOB and MSU/DREC Agricultural Weather and Data Center

Thomas Puterbaugh, USDA/NRCS/WAOB, Washington, DC; and R. P. Motha, G. L. Schaefer, T. B. Freeland Jr., H. C. Pringle III, and H. L. Crowley

Poster PDF (226.6 kB)

2:15 PM-2:15 PM: Tuesday, 11 February 2003

Panel Discussion 3

Open Discussion on Meteorological Measurement Networks: Climate monitoring implications?

Sponsor: 12th Symposium on Meteorological Observations and Instrumentation

Organizer: C. Bruce Baker, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC

3:30 PM-4:00 PM: Tuesday, 11 February 2003

Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall (Exhibits open 1:30�6:30)

3:30 PM-4:45 PM: Tuesday, 11 February 2003

Radiosonde Upper-Air Measurements

Sponsor: 12th Symposium on Meteorological Observations and Instrumentation

Organizer: Donald E. Lehrman, Technology & Business Systems

Papers:

3:30 PM

8.1

Corrected TOGA-COARE sounding humidity data: impact on climate and convection over the warm pool

Richard H. Johnson, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and P. E. Ciesielski

Poster PDF (1.2 MB)

3:45 PM

8.2

Technique for verifying radiosonde solar radiation correction algorithm

James Fitzgibbons, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and J. Facundo

Poster PDF (240.8 kB)

4:00 PM

8.3

FLIGHT TEMPERATURE COMPARISONS BETWEEN THE NASA THREE THERMISTOR REFERENCE RADIOSONDE AND THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUALIFIED GPS RADIOSONDES

Carl A. Bower Jr., NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and J. J. Fitzgibbon

Poster PDF (411.9 kB)

8.4

The radiation error of radiosonde thermistors determined from the ATM radiosonde

4:30 PM

8.5

Progress in improving upper air moisture measurements over the UK

John Nash, Met Ofiice, Wokingham, Berks, United Kingdom; and T. Oakley and C. Gaffard

Poster PDF (1.6 MB)

4:45 PM

8.6

Update on the implementation of the National Weather Service's Radiosonde Replacement System

Joseph Facundo, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD

Poster PDF (238.1 kB)

5:00 PM-5:00 PM: Tuesday, 11 February 2003

Sessions End for the Day

5:00 PM-5:30 PM: Tuesday, 11 February 2003

Special Address. Conrad C. Lautenbacher, NOAA, Washington, DC

Wednesday, 12 February 2003

12:00 AM-12:00 AM: Wednesday, 12 February 2003

wed 12 feb

8:30 AM-9:30 AM: Wednesday, 12 February 2003

Remote Sensing Measurement Intercomparisons

Sponsor: 12th Symposium on Meteorological Observations and Instrumentation

Organizer: Allen B. White, NOAA/ETL

Papers:

8:30 AM

9.1

Turbulence dissipation rate measured by 915 MHz wind profiling radars compared with in-situ tower and aircraft data

William J. Shaw, PNNL, Richland, WA; and M. A. LeMone

Poster PDF (225.9 kB)

8:45 AM

9.2

Moisture comparisons using AIRS, GPS, and radiosondes

Larry M. McMillin, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD

9:00 AM

9.3

Comparisons of LDAR network height and density data with WSR-88D echo top and SCIT reflectivity data

Nicholas W. S. Demetriades, Vaisala-GAI Inc., Tucson, AZ; and R. L. Holle and M. J. Murphy

Poster PDF (519.4 kB)

9:15 AM

9.4

Shipboard Wind Profiler Observations NOAA R/V Ronald H. Brown

Daniel E. Wolfe, NOAA/ERL/ETL, Boulder, CO; and M. Falls and M. Ryan

Poster PDF (240.9 kB)

9:30 AM-10:00 AM: Wednesday, 12 February 2003

Coffee Break in the Ballroom Foyer, 2nd Level, Promenade

10:00 AM-12:00 PM: Wednesday, 12 February 2003

Presidential Forum: Administration Priorities in Climate Change Research and Technology

12:00 PM-12:00 PM: Wednesday, 12 February 2003

Lunch Break

1:30 PM-1:30 PM: Wednesday, 12 February 2003

Simpsons Symposium�A Tribute to Robert and Joanne Simpson

1:30 PM-3:00 PM: Wednesday, 12 February 2003

Remote Sensing Measurements: Observations and Applications I

Sponsor: 12th Symposium on Meteorological Observations and Instrumentation

Organizer: Stephen A. Cohn, NCAR

Papers:

1:30 PM

10.1

Ground based sky dome pictures generated by infrared spectrometric data

Thierry Besnard, LPEC/CNRS, Le Havre, Normandy, France; and D. Gillotay, F. Zanghi, L. Berger, and I. Labaye

Poster PDF (414.5 kB)

1:45 PM

10.2

Application of wind profiles from UV Lidar in nowcasting for Mauna Kea Observatories

Steven Businger, University of Hawaii; and I. Dors, S. Turco, J. McHugh, J. Ryan, T. Cherubini, J. B. Moore, C. Nardell, and P. Hays

http://imina.soest.hawaii.edu/MET/Faculty/businger/poster/SPIE/

Poster PDF (559.9 kB)

2:00 PM

10.3

Mobile Integrated Profiling System (MIPS) observations of boundary layer and water vapor variations around boundaries and storms

Kevin Knupp, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL

2:15 PM

10.4

NCAR Integrated Sounding System Observations at IHOP

William O. J. Brown, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. O. Pinto, T. Y. Yu, D. B. Parsons, and T. Weckwerth

Poster PDF (649.0 kB)

2:30 PM

10.5

Preliminary performance characteristics of a 28 m² aperture�449 MHz wind profiling radar

Herb Winston, Vaisala Incorporated, Boulder, CO; and D. E. Wolfe

Poster PDF (1.1 MB)

2:45 PM

10.6

A Low-powered S-band Precipitation Profiler for Hydrological Applications

Kenneth S. Gage, NOAA/AL, Boulder, CO; and W. L. Ecklund, W. L. Clark Jr., D. A. Carter, C. R. Williams, and P. E. Johnston

Poster PDF (152.1 kB)

3:00 PM-3:30 PM: Wednesday, 12 February 2003

Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall (Exhibits open 1:30�7:30P.M.)

3:30 PM-4:30 PM: Wednesday, 12 February 2003

Remote Sensing Measurements: Observations and Applications II

Sponsor: 12th Symposium on Meteorological Observations and Instrumentation

Organizer: Kenneth S. Gage, NOAA/AL

Papers:

3:30 PM

11.1

Observations of temporal and spatial variability of ozone during the Texas Air Quality Study 2000

William J. Shaw, PNNL, Richland, WA; and E. G. Chapman

Poster PDF (239.6 kB)

3:45 PM

11.2

Experimental extension of the measurement range of a boundary layer wind profiler to about 9 km

P. W. Chan, Hong Kong Observatory, Hong Kong, China; and K. K. Yeung

Poster PDF (1.0 MB)

4:00 PM

11.3

Calibration of Scanning Radars Using Vertically Pointing Profilers and Surface Disdrometers

Christopher R. Williams, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and P. E. Johnston, W. L. Clark, K. S. Gage, D. A. Carter, and P. A. Kucera

Poster PDF (143.2 kB)

4:15 PM

11.4

Remote Sensing of the Planetary Boundary Layer by GPS Occultations

George A. Hajj, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and C. O. Ao, E. R. Kursinski, B. A. Iijima, T. K. Meehan, and M. de la Torre Juarez

4:30 PM-4:30 PM: Wednesday, 12 February 2003

Panel Discussion 4

Open Discussion Remote Sensing: New retrieval methods? Are we headed in the right direction?

Sponsor: 12th Symposium on Meteorological Observations and Instrumentation

Organizers: Stephen A. Cohn, NCAR; Daniel E. Wolfe, NOAA/ETL; Allen B. White, Environmental Technology Laboratory

5:30 PM-5:30 PM: Wednesday, 12 February 2003

Sessions End for the Day

6:00 PM-7:30 PM: Wednesday, 12 February 2003

Reception (Cash Bar)

7:30 PM-9:30 PM: Wednesday, 12 February 2003

AMS Annual Awards Banquet

Thursday, 13 February 2003

12:00 AM-12:00 AM: Thursday, 13 February 2003

thur 13 feb

8:30 AM-12:15 PM: Thursday, 13 February 2003

Joint Session 9

Satellite Measurements: Hydrological Impact and Land Surface Data Assimilation (Joint with the 17th Conference on Hydrology and the 12th Symposium on Meteorological Observations and Instrumentation

Sponsors: (Joint between the 17TH Conference on Hydrology; and the 12th Symposium on Meteorological Observations and Instrumentation )

Organizer: Ana P. Barros, Harvard University

Papers:

8:30 AM

J9.1

Use of Satellite Data Assimilation to Infer Land Surface Thermal Inertia

William M. Lapenta, NASA/MSFC, Huntsville, AL; and R. McNider, A. Pour Biazar, R. Suggs, G. Jedlovec, and S. Dembek

8:45 AM

J9.2

Toward the real-time observation of hydrologic land surface fluxes from space: Data assimilation using the ensemble Kalman filter

Steven A. Margulis, MIT, Cambridge, MA; and D. Entekhabi, D. McLaughlin, and S. Dunne

9:00 AM

J9.3

Integration of spaceborne precipitation and surface brightness temperature measurements using an Ensemble Kalman filter

Wade T. Crow, USDA/ARS, Beltsville, MD

Poster PDF (170.6 kB)

9:15 AM

J9.4

Assessing the impact of horizontal error correlations in forcing data

Rolf H. Reichle, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and R. D. Koster

9:30 AM

J9.5

Modeling Multiyear Surface Evapotranspiration with Remote Sensing Data

Marvin L. Wesely, ANL, Argonne, IL; and J. Song

Poster PDF (272.3 kB)

9:45 AM

J9.6

Enhancing the validation of remote sensing data

Michael P. Crane, USGS, Sioux Falls, SD; and T. DeFelice

10:00 AM

J9.7

Detection of water vapor profiles and thin moisture layers from atmospheric radio occultations

Manuel de la Torre Ju�rez, JPL/Caltech, Pasadena, CA; and P. M. Nilsson

10:15 AM

J9.8

Comparison of SeaWinds scatterometer data with a hydrologic process model for the assessment of snow melt dynamics

Venkataramana Rao Sridhar, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and K. C. McDonald and D. P. Lettenmaier

10:30 AM

J9.9

Assimilation of Near-surface Soil Moisture Into the Three Layer Variable Infiltration Capacity Land-surface Model

Laura M. Parada, University of California, Berkeley, CA; and X. Liang

Poster PDF (7.5 kB)

10:45 AM

J9.10

The Validation of a Land Data Assimilation System (LDAS) Using Oklahoma Mesonet Data

Kodi Lynn Nemunaitis, Oklahoma Climate Survey and University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. B. Basara

Poster PDF (337.4 kB)

11:00 AM

J9.5a

Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

9:00 AM-9:00 AM: Thursday, 13 February 2003

Simpsons Symposium�A Tribute to Robert and Joanne Simpson

9:45 AM-9:45 AM: Thursday, 13 February 2003

Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

12:15 PM-1:30 PM: Thursday, 13 February 2003

Lunch Break

1:30 PM-2:45 PM: Thursday, 13 February 2003

Surface Hydrological Measurements

Sponsor: 12th Symposium on Meteorological Observations and Instrumentation

Organizer: Kenneth G. Wastrack, Tennessee Valley Authority

Papers:

1:30 PM

14.1

Integration of humidity fluctuation sensors into the Lindenberg boundary layer measurement facilities: Experiences, problems, and future requirements

Ulrich Weisensee, German Weather Service, Tauche, Germany; and F. Beyrich and J. P. Leps

Poster PDF (71.9 kB)

1:45 PM

14.2

Preliminary results from a field comparison of relative humidity sensors

K. G. Hubbard, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE; and X. Lin, K. Robbins, C. B. Baker, and R. Fontenot

Poster PDF (377.1 kB)

2:00 PM

14.3

A new low maintenance dew point sensor for the National Weather Service Automated Surface Observing System

Jennifer M. Dover, NOAA/NWS, Sterling, VA; and B. Childs

Poster PDF (280.7 kB)

2:15 PM

14.4

Detecting Ice Pellets, Snow Pellets and Hail on ASOS using an Acoustic Sensor

Charles G. Wade, NCAR, Boulder, CO

2:30 PM

14.5

Field Studies of a Vibrating-Wire Precipitation Gauge

Claude E. Duchon, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and C. G. Wade and J. A. Cole

Poster PDF (611.7 kB)

3:00 PM-3:00 PM: Thursday, 13 February 2003

Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall (Exhibit Hall open 1:30-6:30 p.m.)

3:30 PM-4:30 PM: Thursday, 13 February 2003

Surface Measurements

Sponsor: 12th Symposium on Meteorological Observations and Instrumentation

Organizer: Paul M. Fransioli, J3AQM, LLC

Papers:

15.1

Comparison of Wind Speed Data at Two Nearby Sites Using Identical Measurement Systems

3:31 PM

15.2

A National Temperature Record at Loma, Montana

Andrew H. Horvitz, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and S. Stephens, M. Helfert, G. Goodge, K. T. Redmond, K. Pomeroy, and E. Kurdy

Poster PDF (117.8 kB)

3:45 PM

15.3

Observations and conclusions from the surface layer stability transition experiments

Gail-Tirrell Vaucher, Army Research Laboratory, WSMR, NM

Poster PDF (213.4 kB)

4:00 PM

15.4

How Meteorological Standards Can Help You

Paul M. Fransioli, J3AQM, LLC, Las Vegas, NV

Poster PDF (15.8 kB)

4:15 PM

15.5

Visibility Sensor Accuracy: What's Realistic?

John D. Crosby, Enviro Tech Sensors Inc., Clarksville, MD

Poster PDF (457.9 kB)

4:45 PM-4:45 PM: Thursday, 13 February 2003

Conference Ends

5:30 PM-5:30 PM: Thursday, 13 February 2003

Closing Reception in Exhibit Hall (Cash Bar)

6:00 PM-6:00 PM: Thursday, 13 February 2003

Simpsons Banquet

8:00 PM-10:00 PM: Thursday, 13 February 2003

Closing Event at the Long Beach Aquarium on the Pacific

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