83rd Annual

: 3rd Conference on Artificial Intelligence Applications to the Environmental Science

3rd Conference on Artificial Intelligence Applications to the Environmental Science

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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-12:00 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 FEB 10

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


Conference Registration (continues through Thursday, 13 February)

9:00 AM-2:30 PM: Monday, 10 February 2003


1
Generic AI Methods and Applications
Sponsor: 3rd Conference on Artificial Intelligence Applications to the Environmental Science
Organizer: Vladimir Krasnopolsky, EMC/NCEP/NOAA/NWS (SAIC)

Papers:
  9:00 AM
1.2
Neural networks for nonlinear post-processing of model output
Caren Marzban, CAPS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK and Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA

  9:45 AM
1.3
New formulations for estimating models from data
Vladimir Cherkassky, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

  10:30 AM
1.4
  11:15 AM
1.5
Support Vector Machines and their applications
Dennis DeCoste, JPL, Pasadena, CA

  12:00 PM
GENETIC ALGORITHMS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
Sue Ellen Haupt, Utah State University, Logan, UT; and R. L. Haupt

Poster PDF (62.0 kB)
  12:44 PM
Coffee Break in poster session room

  12:59 PM
Lunch Break

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


Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

2:30 PM-4:00 PM: Monday, 10 February 2003


Joint Poster Session 1
Operational Applications and Artificial Intelligence (Joint between 12th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography and Third Conference on Artificial Intelligence Applications to Environmental Science)
Sponsors: (Joint between the 3rd Conference on Artificial Intelligence Applications to the Environmental Science; and the 12th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography )
Organizer: John V. Zapotocny, Air Force Weather Agency

Papers:
 
Real-time multi-satellite precipitation estimation and assimilation
Mohan L. Nirala, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and P. Houser

Poster PDF (537.5 kB)
 
Validation of an Operational Global Precipitation Analysis at Short Time Scales
F. Joseph Turk, NRL, Monterey, CA; and E. E. Ebert, H. J. Oh, B. -. J. Sohn, V. Levizzani, E. A. Smith, and R. Ferraro

Poster PDF (497.0 kB)
 
Validation of a microwave-based tropical rainfall potential (TRaP) for landfalling tropical cyclones
Michael A. Turk, NOAA/NESDIS, Washington, DC; and S. J. Kusselson, R. R. Ferraro, P. Pellegrino, S. Kidder, and J. Yang

http://ftp://gdas1.wwb.noaa.gov/pub/volcano/Kusselson/AMSSatelliteFeb2003.ppt

Poster PDF (69.2 kB)
 
Improvements in Real-Time Statistical Tropical Cyclone Intensity Forecasts Using Satellite Data
Mark DeMaria, NOAA/NESDIS, Ft. Collins, CO; and M. Mainelli, L. K. Shay, J. A. Knaff, and J. P. Kossin

Poster PDF (164.1 kB)
 
A demonstration of real-time transmission and display of GOES imagery aboard the NOAA P-3 aircraft during the 2002 hurricane season
John A. Knaff, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and N. Wang, M. DeMaria, R. M. Zehr, J. S. Griffin, and F. D. Marks

Poster PDF (1.3 MB)
 
Status and development of GOES Wind Products at NOAA/NESDIS
Jaime M. Daniels, NOAA/NESDIS/ORA, Camp Springs, MD; and C. Velden, G. A. Dengel, D. R. Stettner, and W. Bresky

Poster PDF (628.7 kB)
 
Operational satellite-derived tropospheric winds for DoD models and applications
Charles E. Skupniewicz, FNMOC, Monterey, CA; and C. S. Velden, G. Dengel, C. D. Schuett, and R. Pauley

Poster PDF (436.6 kB)
 
Using GOES Satellite Products to Enhance National Weather Service Warning Operations
Samuel L. Lashley, NOAA/NWS, Syracuse, IN

http://www.crh.noaa.gov/iwx/sllsatposter/preprint.html

Poster PDF (1.3 MB)
 
Experimental satellite products usage on AWIPS
Kevin J. Schrab, NOAA/NWS, Salt Lake City, UT

http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/conf/ams-sat12

Poster PDF (2.7 MB)
 
JP1.11
Precision Aviation Forecasting in a Datasparse Coastal Regime

 
Aerosol monitoring over the U.S. from GOES-8
Kenneth R. Knapp, CIRA and NOAA/NESDIS/ORA, Camp Springs, MD

http://orbit-net.nesdis.noaa.gov/crad3/gasp/RealTime.html

Poster PDF (51.6 kB)
 
A Near-Real Time AIRS Processing, Distribution, and Visualization System
Walter Wolf, QSS Group Inc., Lanham, MD; and L. Zhou, M. Goldberg, Y. Qu, and M. Divakarla

Poster PDF (501.6 kB)
 
MODIS/AIRS instrument direct broadcast products and applications
Kathleen I. Strabala, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and L. E. Gumley, T. Rink, H. L. Huang, and R. Dengel

http://eosdb.ssec.wisc.edu/modisdirect/

Poster PDF (1.1 MB)
 
Advanced-TOVS (ATOVS) sounding products from NOAA polar orbiting environmental satellites
Anthony L. Reale, NOAA/NESDIS, Washington, DC; and M. W. Chalfant, A. S. Allegrino, F. H. Tilley, M. P. Ferguson, and M. E. Pettey

http://poes.nesdis.noaa.gov

Poster PDF (1.8 MB)
 
Theater snow depth estimates for Department of Defense applications
Paul J. McCrone, Air Force Weather Agency, Offutt AFB, NE

Poster PDF (596.5 kB)
 
An intelligent NN system for quality controlled retrieving the wind speed from SSM/I measurements
Vladimir M. Krasnopolsky, SAIC and NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Camp Springs, MD

Poster PDF (208.4 kB)
 
Satellite estimates of ocean surface latent heat flux
Charles Jones, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA; and P. Peterson, C. Gautier, and W. T. Liu

 
Processing realtime satellite information to nowcast convective initiation and its characteristics
John R. Mecikalski, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and R. D. Roberts, C. J. Kessinger, K. M. Bedka, B. L. DeWolf, and S. M. Thomas

Poster PDF (2.1 MB)
 
Using the NCAR Auto-NowCast System to Nowcast Oceanic Convection
Cathy Kessinger, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. Roberts and R. Bankert

http://www.rap.ucar.edu/staff/kessinge/Sat03_Kessinger.pdf

Poster PDF (158.9 kB)
 
Using supervised learning for specific meteorological satellite applications
Richard L. Bankert, NRL, Monterey, CA; and J. D. Hawkins

Poster PDF (1.9 MB)
 
Cloud classification of satellite radiance data by Multicategory Support Vector Machines
Yoonkyung Lee, Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH; and G. Wahba and S. A. Ackerman

http://www.stat.wisc.edu/~wahba/trindex.html

Poster PDF (67.1 kB)
 
Future Architectures for Operational Forecasting: Two-way Interacting SensorWeb and Model/Assimilation System
Mark Steiner, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and M. Seablom, S. Neeck, G. McConaughy, M. Clausen, M. Kalb, and R. Muller

Poster PDF (673.9 kB)

4:00 PM-5:00 PM: Monday, 10 February 2003


Joint Session 1
Artificial Intelligence (Joint between 12th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography and Third Conference on Artificial Intelligence Applications to Environmental Science)
Sponsors: (Joint between the 12th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography; and the 3rd Conference on Artificial Intelligence Applications to the Environmental Science )
Organizer: William Meyers, UCAR

Papers:
  4:00 PM
Ozone Profile Retrieval from GOME Data using a Neural Network inverse Model
Martin D. Müller, Center for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research (ZSW), Stuttgart, Germany; and A. K. Kaifel

Poster PDF (911.2 kB)
  4:30 PM
Use of a neuro-variational method to improve atmosphere and ocean parameter retrieval from ocean color sensor
Cedric Jamet, Univ. of Paris, Paris, France; and S. Thiria, C. Moulin, and M. Crepon

Poster PDF (251.0 kB)

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-12:15 PM: Tuesday, 11 February 2003


3
Neural Networks
Sponsor: 3rd Conference on Artificial Intelligence Applications to the Environmental Science
Organizer: William Hsieh, University of British Columbia

Papers:
  8:30 AM
3.1
Probabilistic tropical cyclogenesis prediction
Christopher C. Hennon, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

  8:45 AM
3.2
Optimization and Performance of a Neural Network Model Forecasting Water Levels for the Corpus Christi, Texas, Estuary
Philippe E. Tissot, Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi, TX; and P. R. Michaud and D. T. Cox

http://dnr.cbi.tamucc.edu/projects/NN

Poster PDF (472.5 kB)
  9:00 AM
3.3
NN for local meteorological forecasting
Reinaldo Bomfim Silveira, Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia, Brasilia, Brazil; and S. Sugahara

  9:15 AM
3.4
Neural Networks Estimates Atmospheric Variables in the Caribbean Basin
Nazario Ramirez-Beltran, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico; and A. Winter, F. Chong Rengifo, A. Veneros, and N. R. Escalante

Poster PDF (221.9 kB)
  9:30 AM
3.5
 
3.6
Combined usage of Neural Net technology and minimization procedure allows us to improve the retrieval accuracy and to obtain error estimates of concentrations of water constituents from MERIS data

  10:00 AM
3.7
Classifying El Nino and La Nina events using the Kohonen maps
Zouhair Lachkar, Direction de la Meteorologie Nationale du Maroc, Casablanca, Morocco; and S. Thiria, F. Badran, J. P. Boulanger, and C. Menkes

  10:15 AM
3.8
An adaptive nonlinear MOS scheme for precipitation forecasts using neural networks
Yuval, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; and W. W. Hsieh

  10:30 AM
3.9
A Nonlinear Statistical Model of Turbulent air-sea Fluxes
Denis Bourras, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and G. Caniaux and G. Mungov

  10:45 AM
A Combination of Empirical Orthogonal Function and Neural Network Approaches for Parameterizing Nonlinear Interactions in Wind Wave Models
Vladimir M. Krasnopolsky, NOAA/NCEP/EMC, Camp Springs, MD; and H. L. Tolman and D. V. Chalikov

Poster PDF (400.0 kB)
  11:00 AM
Formal poster viewing with coffee break

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


Poster Session 1
All AI applications
Sponsor: 3rd Conference on Artificial Intelligence Applications to the Environmental Science
Organizer: Cathy Kessinger, UCAR

Papers:
 
A Hidden Markov Model Approach for Lithology Identification from Logs
Maria Padron, Institut National des Télécommunications, Evry, France; and S. Garcia-Salicetti, D. Barraez, B. Dorizzi, and S. Thyria

http://

Poster PDF (404.6 kB)
 
Classifying TOA Ocean Color signals by using a Kohonen map methodology
Sylvie Thiria, University of Paris, Paris, France; and A. Niang, F. Badran, C. Moulin, and M. Crepon

 
Determination of error in ARPS model surface temperature forecasts using statistical methods
Andrew A. Taylor, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and L. M. Leslie and K. K. Droegemeier

 
Nonlinear Approach to Winter North Atlantic SLP Variability with the Help of Autoassociative Neural Network
Ladislav Metelka, Czech Hydrometeorological Institute, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic

Poster PDF (808.2 kB)
 
Statistical Downscaling Technique using Artificial Neural Networks for localized precipitation forecasts over São Paulo region
María Cleofé Valverde Ramírez, INPE, São José dos Campos - São Paulo, Brazil; and H. de Campos Velho and N. J. Ferreira

 
The Radar Echo Classifier: A Fuzzy Logic Algorithm for the WSR-88D
Cathy Kessinger, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and S. Ellis and J. Van Andel

Poster PDF (539.2 kB)
 
Genetic Algorithms in Geophysical Fluid Dynamics (Formerly Paper number 1.1)
Sue Ellen Haupt, Utah State University, Logan, UT

Poster PDF (107.2 kB)
 
Neural Networks for spatial interpolation of meteorological data
Juan P. Rigol, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

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


Lunch Break

2:15 PM-5:15 PM: Tuesday, 11 February 2003


4
All aspects of artificial intelligence applications to environmental sciences
Sponsor: 3rd Conference on Artificial Intelligence Applications to the Environmental Science
Organizer: Caren Marzban, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK and Univ. of Washington

Papers:
  2:15 PM
4.1
Pricing a financial instrument to guarantee the accuracy of a weather forecast
Harvey Stern, Bureau of Meteorology, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; and S. Dawkins

http://www.weather-climate.com/guarantee.html

Poster PDF (143.7 kB)
 
4.2
Nonlinear Diagnostics of Weather Regimes in the ECMWF Seasonal Forecasting Model

  2:30 PM
4.3
Fuzzy image processing applied to time series analysis
R. Andrew Weekley, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. K. Goodrich and L. B. Cornman

Poster PDF (1.2 MB)
  2:45 PM
4.4
Fuzzy Case-Based Prediction of Cloud Ceiling and Visibility
Bjarne K. Hansen, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada; and D. Riordan

http://chebucto.ca/~bjarne/wind

Poster PDF (92.7 kB)
  3:00 PM
4.5
Simplified nonlinear principal component analysis
Beiwei Lu, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; and W. W. Hsieh

Poster PDF (1.9 MB)
  3:15 PM
4.6
Development of an Events-Oriented Verification System Using data mining and Image Processing Algorithms
Michael E. Baldwin, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and S. Lakshmivarahan

Poster PDF (181.3 kB)
  3:30 PM
4.7
Application of knowledge discovery from databases to remote weather assessment
Michael Hadjimichael, NRL, Monterey, CA; and R. L. Bankert, A. P. Kuciauskas, K. L. Richardson, and G. N. Vogel

Poster PDF (149.4 kB)
  3:45 PM
4.8
Adaptive Data Fusion of Meteorological Forecast Modules
Shel Gerding, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and B. Myers

Poster PDF (313.7 kB)
  4:00 PM
4.9
A Fuzzy Logic System for Automated Short Term Aviation Weather Forecasts
Tom Hicks, Harris Corporation, Melbourne, FL; and T. Crawford and M. Wilson

Poster PDF (159.7 kB)
  4:15 PM
Multiagent Systems for Environmental Perception
Francesco Amigoni, Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy; and M. Somalvico

Poster PDF (54.6 kB)
  4:45 PM
Coffee Break in exhibit hall (exhibits open 1:30–6:30 p.m.

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


Conference Ends

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

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

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

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

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


Closing Reception in Exhibit Hall (Cash Bar)


Conference Ends

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