AMS Annual Meeting 2017

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The agenda for the 2017 Annual Meeting of the American Meteorological Society has been released. The meeting will be held January 22-27, 2017 in Seattle, Washington. Check out all the great NSSL research to be presented:

 

 

Monday, 23 January 2017

Session 1
Lightning and Cloud Processes 1: Microphysics; electrification; numerical cloud models; thunderstorm kinematics, dynamics and lightning
Host: Eighth Conference on the Meteorological Application of Lightning Data

11:00 AM
1.1
From Extreme Flash Rates to Tropical Cyclones: Simulating Two Ends of the Spectrum
Edward R. Mansell, NSSL, Norman, OK; and A. Fierro

Session 1A
Flood prediction, analysis, decision support, & management I
Host: 31st Conference on Hydrology
Organizer: David Gochis, NCAR
Cochairs: Thomas Adams, NOAA/NWS; Jonathan J. Gourley, NOAA/NSSL

11:45 AM
1A.4
Machine Learning Predictions of Flash Floods
Race Clark III, CIMMS, Norman, OK; and Z. L. Flamig, J. J. Gourley, and Y. Hong

2:15 PM
2A.4
The Uncertainty of Precipitation-type Observations and its Effect on the Validation of Forecast Precipitation Type
Heather D. Reeves, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma and NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK

Poster Session 1
Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using Python Posters

Best Track: Object-Based Path Identification and Analysis
David Harrison, NSSL, Norman, OK; and A. McGovern, C. Karstens, and R. A. Lagerquist

Development of Real-Time Visualization and Verification Products for the NSSL Experimental Warn-on-Forecast System for Ensembles
Patrick S. Skinner, CIMMS/University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and K. H. Knopfmeier, D. M. Wheatley, and L. J. Wicker

Poster Session 1
EIPT Posters – Day 1

Signal Processing across the Atlantic: a Partnership between the UK Met Office and the US National Severe Storms Laboratory
Sebastian Torres, CIMMS, Norman, OK; and T. Darlington

The OCC NOAA Data Commons: First Year Experiences
Zachary L. Flamig, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL; and M. Patterson, W. Wells, and R. Grossman

Quality parameter for a weather radar antenna
Valery M. Melnikov, CIMMS, Norman, OK; and R. J. Doviak and D. Zrnic

Poster Session 1
Flood prediction, analysis, decision support, & management POSTERS

A Moisture Source Climatology for Flash Flood Events in the United States
Jessica M. Erlingis, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. J. Gourley and Y. Hong

Poster Session 1
Lightning and Meteorological Processes Posters

3-D Relationships of Lightning with the Kinematic and Microphysical Structure of the 29 May 2012 DC3 Storm
Elizabeth DiGangi, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and C. L. Ziegler, D. R. MacGorman, D. P. Betten, M. I. Biggerstaff, G. Zhang, and V. N. Mahale

Impact of Kinematics, Microphysics, and Electrification on the Formation of Bounded Weak Lightning Regions in a Simulated Supercell Storm
Conrad L. Ziegler, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and E. R. Mansell, A. Fierro, K. Calhoun, and D. R. MacGorman

Poster Session 1
WAF/NWP Posters: Weather Phenomena, Observations, and Forecasting

On the sensitivity of bow-echo ensemble forecasts to grid spacing
John R. Lawson, CIMMS/NSSL, Norman, OK; and W. A. Gallus Jr.

A Reflectivity Climatology Study of the Contiguous United States Using the Multi-Year Reanalysis of Remotely Sensed Storms (MYRORSS)
Brandon R. Smith, OU/CIMMS and NOAA/OAR/NSSL, Norman, OK; and K. L. Ortega, A. E. Reinhart, M. C. Mahalik, and T. M. Smith

Session 3A
Flood prediction, analysis, decision support, & management III
Host: 31st Conference on Hydrology
Organizer: David Gochis, NCAR
Cochairs: Thomas Adams, NOAA/NWS; Jonathan J. Gourley, NSSL

5:00 PM
3A.5
FLASH use cases for the flash floods of 2016
Steven M. Martinaitis, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma and NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and J. J. Gourley and M. Kelsch

Themed Joint Session 4
The Present and Future of Lightning Observations and Their Applications – Invited Only
Hosts: (Joint between the Eighth Conference on the Meteorological Application of Lightning Data; and the Observation Symposium: Progress, Problems, and Prospects)

4:15 PM
TJ4.2
Lightning Detection and Mapping: Recent Research and Future Opportunities
Donald R. MacGorman, NOAA/OAR/NSSL, Norman, OK

4:30 PM
TJ4.3
Lightning Observations and Research: Integration with and Feedback from Operational Meteorology
Kristin Calhoun, OU/CIMMS, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK

Tuesday, 24 January 2017

Session 1
Testbeds, Models and Data Assimilation to Accelerate the Transition of Research-to-Operations for Weather, Water, and Climate

9:30 AM
1.5
The Experimental Warning Program at the Hazardous Weather Testbed
Tiffany C. Meyer, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma and NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and K. M. Calhoun, G. S. Garfield, A. Gerard, J. J. Gourley, C. Karstens, D. M. Kingfield, D. LaDue, W. Line, C. Ling, S. M. Martinaitis, L. Rothfusz, T. M. Smith, and G. J. Stumpf

Session 4A
Forecasting Techniques: Winter and Severe Precipitation Systems

8:30 AM
4A.1
Verification and Analysis of Impact-Based Warnings: Assessing the Performance of Quantitative Hazard Forecasts in the Transition toward the FACETs Paradigm
C. A. M. Gerlach, NSSL, Norman, OK

Session 1
Special Symposium on Severe Local Storms: Observation needs to advance research, prediction and communication, Part I

9:00 AM
1.1
Observing Challenges in Past and Current Severe Storm Field Campaigns (Invited Presentation)
Erik Rasmussen, CIMMS, Norman, OK

Session 4
Machine Learning Part III

11:00 AM
4.3
Using Machine Learning to Predict Straight-line Convective Wind Hazards Throughout the Continental United States
Ryan A. Lagerquist, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and A. McGovern and T. Smith

Joint Session 4
Select Student Research for New Generation Environmental Remote Sensing and for Transitions of Research to Operations

11:15 AM
J4.4
Forecasting Left-Moving Supercells Using an Ensemble Data Assimilation System
Cameron J. Nixon, NSSL, Norman, OK; and T. A. Jones

11:45 AM
J4.6
Towards Consistency in Forecasting Severe Weather Events across a Wide Range of Temporal and Spatial Scales in the FACETs Paradigm
Makenzie Krocak, NSSL, Norman, OK; and H. E. Brooks

Session 4
University Education Initiatives-Part l

11:15 AM
4.3
Adding Difficulty in Weather Forecasting Challenges to Enhance Learning
William Gregory Blumberg, Univ. of Oklahoma/NSSL, Norman, OK

5
Where we go from here: Observational needs to support a thriving weather and climate enterprise
Hosts: (Joint between the Special Symposium on Individual, Social, and Cultural Observations in Weather and Climate Contexts; the 12th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; and the Fifth Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation’s Readiness, Responsiveness, and Resilience to High Impact Weather Events )
Moderators: Kimberly E. Klockow, NOAA/OAR/OWAQ; Russ S. Schumacher, Colorado State Univ.
Panelists: Julie L. Demuth, NCAR; William Hooke, AMS Policy Program; Lans Rothfusz, NSSL; Ann Bostrom, University of Washington

Session 1
Core Weather-Ready Nation Activities

2:15 PM
1.4
Some Issues to Consider as Forecasts Evolve Over Time
Harold E. Brooks, NOAA, Norman, OK

Session 2
Considerations and Best Practices for the Transition of Research to Operations

2:15 PM
2.4
Designing Research to Co-Create a New Paradigm for a Continuous Flow of Information During Severe Weather
Daphne LaDue, CAPS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and C. D. Karstens, J. Correia Jr., C. Ling, R. Hoffman, and A. Gerard

Session 3
Special Symposium on Severe Local Storms: Observation needs to advance research, prediction and communication, Part III

2:00 PM
3.2
Verification of Convection-Permitting Models (Invited Presentation)
Adam Clark, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK

Session 4
Research with NOAA Forecasters and Partners: Current Activities and Future Directions

2:00 PM
4.3
Broadcast Meteorologist Decision Making in the 2016 Hazardous Weather Testbed Probabilistic Hazard Information Project
Holly Obermeier, OU/CIMMS and NOAA/OAR/NSSL, Norman, OK; and K. L. Nemunaitis-Berry, S. A. Jasko, D. LaDue, C. Karstens, G. M. Eosco, A. Gerard, and L. Rothfusz

Poster Session 1
7th Research to Operations (7R2O) – Poster Session

An Instantaneous Self-Assessment of Forecaster Cognitive Workload
Katie A. Wilson, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and P. L. Heinselman

Establishing a Baseline: What We Know about Tornado Warning Reception, Comprehension and Response
Makenzie Krocak, NSSL, Norman, OK; and J. T. Ripberger

Evaluating the Warning Decision Making Process in the 2016 Hydrometeorology Testbed — Hydrology (HMT-Hydro) Experiment
Steven M. Martinaitis, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma and NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and J. J. Gourley and T. C. Meyer

Poster Session 1
Houze Symposium Posters

On Tornadogenesis in Supercells as Detected by Rapid-scan, Mobile, Doppler Radars
Howard B. Bluestein, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and Z. B. Wienhoff, D. W. Reif, K. J. Thiem, J. C. Snyder, J. B. Houser, and M. M. French

Poster Session 1
POSTER: Data Impact Experiments and OSSEs

Impacts of Storm Displacement Errors on Storm-Scale Analyses and Short-Term Forecasts
Derek R. Stratman, NRC/NSSL, Norman, OK; and C. K. Potvin and L. J. Wicker

Poster Session 1
Special Symposium on Severe Local Storms: Observation needs to advance research, prediction and communication, POSTERS

Assimilation of Ground-based Remote Sensing Observations into Storm-scale NWP for a Tornadic Event during PECAN Field Campaign
Nusrat Yussouf, CIMMS/NSSL, Norman, OK; and T. A. Jones and D. D. Turner

Impact of assimilating pre-convective upsonde observations on short-term forecasts of convection observed during MPEX
Michael C. Coniglio, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK ; and S. M. Hitchcock and K. H. Knopfmeier

Tornadic mesocyclone wind retrievals from radar observations
Qin Xu, NSSL, Norman, OK; and L. Wei and K. Nai

A Multi-Radar, Multi-Sensor-based Hail Climatology for the CONUS: 2000-2011
Derek Rosseau, OU/CIMMS and NOAA/OAR/NSSL, Norman, OK; and K. L. Ortega, A. E. Reinhart, and H. Obermeier

Analysis of a Severe MCS and Nocturnal Tornadogenesis sampled by PECAN on 5 July 2015
Matthew D. Flournoy, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and M. C. Coniglio, K. H. Knopfmeier, D. M. Wheatley, C. L. Ziegler, R. S. Schumacher, M. D. Parker, E. R. Mansell, M. I. Biggerstaff, and T. J. Schuur

Quantifying Reporting Biases in the SPC Tornado Database
Corey K. Potvin, CIMMS/NSSL, Norman, OK; and C. Broyles, P. S. Skinner, and H. E. Brooks

Progress of the ASCE Wind Speed Estimation Standards Committee
James G. LaDue, NOAA/NWS/Warning Decision Training Division, Norman, OK; and M. Levitan, J. Wurman, C. Karstens, F. T. Lombardo, B. W. MacAloney II, T. M. Brown-Giammanco, W. L. Coulbourne, J. A. Womble, and J. P. Camp

Observations of the Afternoon to Evening Transition Occurring Within the Southern Great Plains Severe Convective Environment
William Gregory Blumberg, Univ. of Oklahoma/NSSL, Norman, OK; and D. D. Turner

Initial Results from MYRORSS: A Multi-Radar/Multi-Sensor Climatology of the United States
Travis M. Smith, U. of Oklahoma / National Severe Storms Lab, Norman, OK; and K. L. Ortega, K. M. Calhoun, C. Karstens, D. M. Kingfield, R. A. Lagerquist, M. C. Mahalik, A. McGovern, T. C. Meyer, H. Obermeier, A. E. Reinhart, and B. R. Smith

Poster Session 1
Successes of Weather-Ready Nation

An Investigation of NWS Warning Outbreaks for Severe Convective Events
Zachary S. Bruick, Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN; and C. Karstens

Temporal and Spatial Aspects of Emergency Manager Use of Prototype Probabilistic Hazard Information
Daphne LaDue, CAPS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and C. D. Karstens, J. Correia Jr., J. E. Hocker, S. J. Sanders, M. A. Dovil, C. A. Shivers, A. Bean, T. Adams, and A. Gerard

Poster Session 2
EIPT Posters – Day 2

Update the Blockage Data for WSR-88D Radars Used in the MRMS System
Lin Tang, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. Zhang, A. Arthur, and C. Langston

A Hybrid Single-/Dual-Polarization Hail Detection and Sizing Algorithm for the WSR-88D
Austin E. Romer, OU/CIMMS and NOAA/OAR/NSSL, Norman, OK; and H. Obermeier and K. L. Ortega

Poster Session 2
Lightning Technology and Societal Applications of Lightning Data Posters

Lightning Data Integration and Comparison with Multi-Radar-Based Severe Weather Products and Climatologies
Kristin M. Calhoun, OU/CIMMS, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and D. M. Kingfield, T. C. Meyer, and K. L. Ortega

Poster Session 2
WAF/NWP Posters: Forecasting Tools, Numerical Weather Prediction, and Tropical Cyclones

Adaptation of an object-based verification method for moist convection
John R. Lawson, CIMMS/NSSL, Norman, OK; and W. A. Gallus Jr.

Applications of Radar-Derived Shear Products Using an Updated Linear Least-Squares Derivative Technique
Matthew C. Mahalik, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma NOAA/OAR/NSSL, Norman, OK; and B. R. Smith and H. Obermeier

Correspondence of Storm Attributes in NWP and Observations: a Look at Rotation Strength and Environmental Characteristics
Burkely T. Gallo, University of Oklahoma/NSSL, Norman, OK; and A. J. Clark, B. T. Smith, R. L. Thompson, I. L. Jirak, and S. R. Dembek

Assessing MCS Predictability with the NSSL Experimental Warn-on-Forecast System for ensembles
Kent H. Knopfmeier, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, NOAA/OAR/NSSL, Norman, OK; and D. M. Wheatley, P. S. Skinner, D. C. Dowell, T. Ladwig, C. R. Alexander, and G. J. Creager

Session 5
New Initiatives at NOAA in Support of Societal Resilience and Risk Communication

4:45 PM
5.4
What If? A Look into Potential Future Products and Services at SPC
Patrick T. Marsh, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/SPC, Norman, OK; and R. S. Schneider, W. F. Bunting, S. J. Weiss, K. Pirtle, J. Correia Jr., and S. A. Erickson

Session 7A
Testbed, Proving Ground, and Research-to-Operations Activities
Host: 28th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting / 24th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction
Chair: Philip N. Schumacher, NWS
CoChair: Adam J. Clark, NSSL

4:00 PM
7A.1
Application and Evaluation of the Community Leveraged Unified Ensemble (CLUE) during the 2016 NOAA/HWT Spring Forecasting Experiment
Israel L. Jirak, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/Storm Prediction Center, Norman, OK; and C. J. Melick, J. Correia Jr., S. J. Weiss, J. S. Kain, L. J. Wicker, A. R. Dean, B. T. Gallo, C. D. Karstens, K. W. Thomas, M. Xue, F. Kong, A. Kennedy, J. Markel, G. S. Romine, K. H. Knopfmeier, C. Alexander, K. R. Fossell, and J. Carley

Themed Joint Session 9
Innovative water cycle observations

4:45 PM
TJ9.4
Innovative Remote Sensors for Streamflow Measurement
Daniel J. Wasielewski, CIMMS, Norman, OK; and J. J. Gourley and J. W. Fulton

Themed Joint Session 11
Data Assimilation, Research, Theory and Practice

4:00 PM
TJ11.1
A Weather-Adaptive Hybrid Gain WRF-DART and 3DVAR Analysis and Forecast System with Automatic Storm Positioning and On-demand Capability
Jidong Gao, NSSL/NOAA, Norman, OK; and Y. Wang, D. M. Wheatley, K. H. Knopfmeier, T. A. Jones, G. J. Creager, L. J. Wicker, and J. S. Kain

Joint Session 11
Societal and Structural Hazards of Lightning Part 2 (Safety for events, outdoor activities, and other population groups; Protection of the built environment; Preparedness and education)

4:15 PM
J11.2
Anthropogenic Structures and Cloud-to-Ground Lightning Location: 1992-2015
Darrel M. Kingfield, OU/CIMMS & NOAA/OAR/NSSL, Norman, OK; and K. Calhoun

Wednesday, 25 January 2017

Joint Session 1
Polar Clouds and Climate Part I

9:15 AM
J1.4
Influence of Orographic Lift on the Occurrence of Liquid Bearing Clouds over the Greenland Ice Sheet
Jonathan Edwards-Opperman, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and D. D. Turner and S. M. Cavallo

Session 8A
New Ensemble Techniques, Part I

9:00 AM
8A.3
Warn-on-Detection to Warn-on-Forecast by 2020?
Pamela L. Heinselman, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and L. J. Wicker and J. S. Kain

Session 8B
Precipitation processes and observations for atmospheric, land surface, and hydrological modeling I

9:30 AM
8B.5
Probabilistic Quantitative Precipitation Estimates with Ground and Space-based Radars
Pierre-Emmanuel Kirstetter, NOAA/NSSL / Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. J. Gourley and J. Zhang

Session 8B
Ronald W. Przybylinski Memorial Session on Elevated Convection

9:15 AM
8B.4
Simulated nocturnal convective systems from the PECAN field experiment
Matthew D. Parker, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; and R. S. Schumacher, C. L. Ziegler, M. I. Biggerstaff, M. C. Coniglio, E. R. Mansell, and T. J. Schuur

Joint Session 9
Research to Operations: Transitioning from Science to Service, Part I

8:45 AM
J9.2
FACETs and the Probability of What Project: Research to Operations Progress and Challenges in Understanding and Conveying Uncertainty
Alan Gerard, NSSL, Norman, OK; and L. Rothfusz

9:30 AM
J9.5
Pro-FLASH: A Probabilistic Framework for Flash Flood Warning in the United States
Humberto Vergara, CIMMS, Norman, OK; and J. J. Gourley and P. E. Kirstetter

Session 9A
New Ensemble Techniques, Part II
Host: 28th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting / 24th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction
Chair: Josh Hacker, NCAR
CoChair: Burkely Gallo, Univ. of Oklahoma/NSSL

Themed Joint Session 13
Subsurface, Surface, and Lower Tropospheric Measurements

10:45 AM
TJ13.2
Ground-based Remotely Sensed Water Vapor and Temperature Profiles in the Lower Troposphere: Progress and Prospects (Invited Presentation)
David D. Turner, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and T. M. Weckwerth and S. M. Spuler

Session 1
High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate: Great Opportunities, Grand Challenges

2:15 PM
1.4
Poster Session Introduction
Gerald J. Creager, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma/NSSL, Norman, OK; and T. Oizumi, J. Gundy, J. Beck, and Y. Wang

Session 10B
Mesoscale Meteorology and Severe Local Storms, Part II

1:30 PM
10B.1
A Systematic Methodology for Assessing the Ability of Atmospheric Bores and Solitons to Initiate Elevated Deep Convection
Steven E Koch, NOAA/National Severe Storms Laboratory, Norman, OK

Poster Session 1
Multi-scale Atmospheric Predictability Poster Session

Sensitivity of Supercell Simulations to Initial Condition Resolution
Corey K. Potvin, CIMMS/NSSL, Norman, OK; and E. M. Murillo, M. L. Flora, and D. M. Wheatley

Poster Session 3
WAF/NWP Posters: Numerical Weather Prediction

Ensemble Forecasts and Verification of the May 2015 Multi-Hazard Severe Weather Event in Oklahoma
Austin A Coleman, NWC REU Program, Norman, OK; and N. Yussouf

Using a Frequently Updated, Storm-Scale Ensemble Prediction System for Short-Term Prediction of Heavy Rainfall
Nusrat Yussouf, CIMMS/NSSL, Norman, OK; and J. S. Kain and A. J. Clark

Poster Session 9
Precipitation processes and observations for atmospheric, land surface, and hydrological modeling – Poster Session

Applying an Evaporation Correction Scheme for Real-Time Radar-Based Instantaneous Rain Rates
Steven M. Martinaitis, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma and NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and H. M. Grams, J. Zhang, K. W. Howard, and Y. Qi

The Need for Robust and Accurate Precipitation Gauge Metadata for Radar-Based QPE
Steven M. Martinaitis, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma and NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and H. M. Grams, B. T. Kaney, S. S. Harkema, and K. W. Howard

The delineation of the rain/snow line on the side of a mountain and its effects on runoff
Heather D. Reeves, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma and NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and W. M. Bartolini

Session 9B
Societal Responses, Risk, and Resilience to Extreme Weather Events

4:30 PM
9B.3
Are Central Oklahomans Fixing their Tornado Sheltering Problem?
Christopher Karstens, OU/CIMMS NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK

Session 10
Precipitation processes and observations for atmospheric, land surface, and hydrological modeling III

4:30 PM
10.3
Impact of Rain Gauge Location Errors on Verification of Radar-Based Precipitation Estimates
Sebastian S. Harkema, NWC REU Program, Norman, OK; and H. M. Grams, S. M. Martinaitis, and B. T. Kaney

Thursday, 26 January 2017

Session 2
Advances in Software Environments and Tools for Exploiting HPC

8:30 AM
2.1
A Python-Driven Workflow to Automate and Process Many Numerical Simulations
John R. Lawson, CIMMS/NSSL, Norman, OK

Session 6
RADAR – MPAR Research and Development
Host: 33rd Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies
Chair: Michael J. Istok, NOAA/NWS
Cochairs: Mark Yeary, ARRC – Advanced Radar Research Center; Kurt D. Hondl, NOAA/NSSL

8:45 AM
6.2
Multifunction Phased Array Radar Research and Development Efforts
Kurt D. Hondl, NOAA, Norman, OK

9:00 AM
6.3
Plans for Weather Observation and Calibration with the Advanced Technology Demonstrator
Dusan S. Zrnic, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and I. R. Ivic, C. Fulton, D. Mirkovic, G. Zhang, and Y. Zhang

9:15 AM
6.4
The Effects of Antenna Tilt in PPAR
Igor R. Ivic, Univ. of Oklahoma / CIMMS, Norman, OK

Session 7
Advances in Decision-Making Practices

8:30 AM
7.1
An Examination of the Impact of Probabilistic vs. Deterministic Information on the Decision-Making Practices of Emergency Managers: 2016 HWT Case Study
Cassandra A Shivers, Howard University, Washington, DC; and S. J. Sanders, T. Adams, D. LaDue, A. Gerard, and L. P. Rothfusz

8:45 AM
7.2
Verification and Analysis of Probabilistic Hazards Information Guidance
David Harrison, NSSL, Norman, OK; and C. Karstens and A. McGovern
Igor R. Ivic, Univ. of Oklahoma / CIMMS, Norman, OK
John R. Lawson, CIMMS/NSSL, Norman, OK

Session 7A
RADAR – Signal Processing for Next Generation Radars
Host: 33rd Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies
Chair: Michael J. Istok, NOAA/NWS
Cochairs: Mark Yeary, ARRC – Advanced Radar Research Center; Kurt D. Hondl, NOAA

10:30 AM
7A.1
Demonstration of Weather Observations With a Cylindrical Polarimetric Phased Array Radar
Andrew D. Byrd, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and C. Fulton, R. D. Palmer, S. Islam, D. Zrnic, R. J. Doviak, Y. Zhang, and G. Zhang

11:00 AM
7A.3
Weather Radar Time-Series Simulators: Improving Accuracy and Performance
Christopher Curtis, CIMMS/University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK

11:15 AM
7A.4
The Bootstrap Dual Polarimetric Spectral Density Estimator
Arturo Umeyama, The University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and S. Torres and B. L. Cheong

11:30 AM
7A.5
Adapting CLEAN-AP for C-Band Polarimetric Doppler Weather Radars
David A. Warde, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma and NOAA/OAR/NSSL, Norman, OK; and S. M. Torres

11:45 AM
7A.6
Characterizing Radio Frequency Interference Mitigation Strategies and Impacts
John Lake, Univ. of Oklahoma, ARRC, Norman, OK; and C. D. Curtis and M. Yeary

Session 3A
New observations from field programs

1:45 PM
3A.2
The Land-Atmosphere Feedback Experiment: Theory and Design
David D. Turner, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and V. Wulfmeyer

Session 3B
Special Session: Unmanned aerial vehicles for atmospheric research and field programs

2:00 PM
3B.3
Severe Local Storm Environmental Observations from UAS
Steven E Koch, NOAA/National Severe Storms Laboratory, Norman, OK; and B. Argrow, P. B. Chilson, M. Fengler, E. N. Rasmussen, D. D. Turner, R. Huck, A. L’Afflitto, and J. Salazar

Joint Session 7
Advances in Data Assimilation and Observational Sensitivity with High Performance Computing

2:15 PM
J7.4
Short-term (0-6 h) Probabilistic Extreme Rainfall Forecasts Using a Prototype Warn-on-Forecast System
Nusrat Yussouf, CIMMS/NSSL, Norman, OK; and J. S. Kain, K. H. Knopfmeier, J. Zhang, and Y. Wang

Session 8
Capabilities Enabling the Transition of Research to Operations: Part III

1:30 PM
8.1
Prototyping a Next-Generation Severe Weather Warning System for FACETs
Christopher Karstens, OU/CIMMS NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and D. LaDue, J. Correia Jr., K. M. Calhoun, T. Smith, C. Ling, T. C. Meyer, A. McGovern, R. A. Lagerquist, D. M. Kingfield, B. T. Smith, E. M. Leitman, J. L. Cintineo, J. P. Wolfe, A. Gerard, and L. P. Rothfusz

1:45 PM
8.2
Preparing for FACETs: Future Warning Decision-Making Training Impacts from the 2016 Hazard Services–Probabilistic Hazard Information Experiment at the NOAA Hazardous Weather Testbed
Alyssa V. Bates, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma and NOAA/NWS/WDTD, Norman, OK; and J. G. LaDue, G. J. Stumpf, T. L. Hansen, C. Ling, K. L. Manross, D. M. Kingfield, T. C. Meyer, and C. Golden

Session 8A
RADAR – Radar Meteorology Science & Applications

1:45 PM
8A.2
Hybrid-Scan Estimator: Using split cut data to improve the quality of polarimetric variables
David Schvartzman, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma and NOAA/OAR/NSSL, Norman, OK; and D. A. Warde and S. M. Torres

2:00 PM
8A.3
High Temporal-Resolution Monitoring of Ice Crystal Alignment
Mark E. Weber, NOAA/OAR/NSSL/CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and D. S. Zrnic and P. Zhang

2:30 PM
8A.5
Severe Weather Research at NSSL Using the MYRORSS Database
Kiel L. Ortega, OU/CIMMS and NOAA/OAR/NSSL, Norman, OK; and T. M. Smith

Session 9A
RADAR – WSR-88D Program and Operational Radar Experiences
Host: 33rd Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies
Chair: Michael J. Istok, NOAA/NWS
Cochairs: Mark Yeary, ARRC – Advanced Radar Research Center; Kurt D. Hondl, NOAA

4:15 PM
9A.4
Detecting and Tracking Airborne Volcanic Ash with WSR-88D Radars
Donald W. Burgess, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and V. M. Melnikov and R. L. Murnan

Session 14
Lightning and Radar-Based Observing Capabilities in Support of Aviation Operations

4:00 PM
14.3
Latency within mosaicked radar products and its effect on aviation operations
Heather D. Reeves, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma and NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and L. Tang, J. Zhang, J. brogden, and K. W. Howard

4:15 PM
14.4
A Terrestrial Multi-Radar Echo Top Climatology of the Continental United States Derived from MYRORSS: 2000 – 2012
Darrel M. Kingfield, OU/CIMMS & NOAA/OAR/NSSL, Norman, OK; and K. L. Ortega and T. C. Meyer

4:30 PM
14.5
Utilizing a Polarimetric Size Sorting Signature to Develop a Convective Nowcasting Algorithm
Joseph Picca, SPC, Norman, OK; and D. M. Kingfield and A. V. Ryzhkov

4:45 PM
14.6
Multi-Radar/Multi-Sensor tools for aviation
Heather D. Reeves, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma and NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and K. W. Howard

Session 15B
Predictability and Data Assimilation

4:15 PM
15B.4
Real-time storm-scale data assimilation and forecasting experiments for NOAA’s Warn-on-Forecast Project
Dustan M. Wheatley, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and K. H. Knopfmeier, P. S. Skinner, D. C. Dowell, T. E. Thompson, C. Alexander, and G. J. Creager

4:30 PM
15B.5
Assessment of assimilating Cloud Water Path into the NSSL Experimental Warn-on-Forecast System for Ensemble (NEWS-e) during the 2016 Hazardous Weather Testbed
Thomas A. Jones, CIMMS, Norman, OK; and D. M. Wheatley, K. H. Knopfmeier, P. S. Skinner, D. C. Dowell, T. T. Ladwig, C. R. Alexander, P. Minnis, and R. Palikonda

The entire AMS 2017 Agenda can be found here: https://ams.confex.com/ams/97Annual/webprogram/meeting.html

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