Program Agenda

National Weather Association
37th Annual Meeting
Monona Terrace Convention Center, Madison, Wisconsin
October 6-11, 2012

Full Meeting Sponsors:
Weather Central, LP and WSI Corporation

Theme: "Synthesizing Weather Information for Society: From Observations to Action across our Communities".

See the main meeting page http://www.nwas.org/meetings/nwa2012/ for information on the meeting hotels, exhibits, sponsorships, registration and more

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Saturday, 6 October 2012

9:00am	WINGS Fly-In Seminar: Aviation Weather in the Upper Midwest The NWA Aviation Meteorology Committee invites all to attend this valuable seminar which is specifically designed for pilots who fly in the upper Midwest. Rich Mamrosh, NWS Forecast Office, Green Bay, WI will talk about how the Great Lakes affect the local weather. Marcia Cronce, NWS Forecast Office, Milwaukee, WI will present valuable information on interpreting weather radar and satellite imagery. And, noted author and retired FSS Specialist Terry Lankford, will discuss how to improve understanding of aviation weather forecasts. Special thanks to Wisconsin Aviation for hosting this seminar at the General Aviation Terminal, Madison, WI. Full details and online registration at Web site: http://www.faasafety.gov/SPANS/event_details.aspx?eid=46141&caller=/SPANS/events/EventList.aspx
11:00am	NWA Tenth Annual Scholarship Golf Outing, Yahara Hills West Golf Course, Madison, WI. Tee times begin at 12:00noon. Presented by NWA Corporate Member Baron Services. Contact NWA Golf Pro Betsy Kling  betsykling@wkyc.com for more information and to sign-up. More details at http://nwa2012.com/2012/07/31/golfers-its-time-to-bring-out-the-clubs/ and http://www.cityofmadison.com/golf/yaharahills/scoreCard.cfm.
1:00pm	Registration and Information Desk Opens (Closes at 7pm) [NWA Desk (counters 3 and 4) is located inside the Main Entrance to the Monona Terrace Convention Center level 4]
1:00pm	Exhibit Room Setup: Hall of Ideas

Sunday, 7 October 2012

7:00am	Registration and Information Desk Opens (Closes at 6pm)
8:30am	Broadcast Meteorology Workshop: Ballroom A
9:00am	Exhibits Open: Hall of Ideas
12:00pm	Fifth Annual Student Session: Ballroom C

Broadcast Meteorology Workshop: Ballroom A

8:30am	R1.0 Welcoming Remarks Bruce Thomas, NWA President-Elect, Midland Radio Corporation, Kansas City, MO
8:35am	R1.1 Opening Remarks Nick Walker, The Weather Channel, Atlanta, GA and NWA Broadcast Meteorology Committee Chair and Mike Goldberg, WRIC-TV, Richmond, VA and NWA Broadcast Meteorology Workshop Chair
8:45am	R1.2 Welcome to Madison Brian Olson, WKOW-TV Madison, WI
9:00am	R1.3 Weathercaster Effectiveness: The Role of Gesturing in Forecast Attention and Retention Jay Trobec, Chief Meteorologist, KELO-TV Sioux Falls, SD
9:15am	R1.4 Choose Your Words Alan Sealls, Chief Meteorologist, WKRG-TV Mobile, AL
9:30am	R1.5 Connecting Warnings to Action: Preparing a More Informed Community Josh Johnson, WSFA-TV, Montgomery, AL
9:45am	R1.6 Framing the Picture: Historical Context of Weather Events Michael Timlin, Midwestern Regional Climate Center, Illinois State Water Survey, Champaign, IL
10:00am	Coffee Break. Exhibits Open in Hall of Ideas
10:30am	R2.0 Severe Weather Workshop Greg Carbin, NOAA/NWS/NCEP Storm Prediction Center, Norman, OK
11:30am	R2.1 A Review of Significant Weather Events Occurring in 2012 Greg Carbin, NOAA/NWS/NCEP Storm Prediction Center, Norman, OK
12:00pm	Lunch on your own
1:30pm	R3.0 Broadcaster Climate Change Education Project Update Edward W. Maibach, Director, Center for Climate Change Communication, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
1:45pm	R3.1 NOAA Weather Radio in the Digital Age Bruce T. Jones, Midland Radio Corporation, Kansas City, MO
2:00pm	R3.2 NEXRAD Data Dealiasing Problems Impacting Television Coverage of Severe Weather Kevin B. Laws, NOAA/National Weather Service, Birmingham, AL
2:15pm	R3.3 Operational Use of NEXRAD Dual-Polarimetric Radar Data Dan Gallagher, Baron Services, Huntsville, AL
2:30pm	R3.4 Enhancing Broadcaster's Severe Weather Presentations Using Dual-Polarization Radar Products, Part 1 Ray Hawthorne, Weather Central Inc., Madison, WI
2:45pm	R3.5 Enhancing Broadcaster’s Severe Weather Presentations Using Dual-Polarization Radar Products, Part 2 Mike Massaro, Weather Services International, Andover, MA
3:00pm	Coffee Break. Exhibits Open
3:30pm	R4.0 Interactive Social Media Boot Camp - Sponsored by The Weather Channel Renee Willet, Senior Manager of Social Media, The Weather Channel, Atlanta, GA Tim Brice, Senior Meteorologist, NOAA/National Weather Service, El Paso, TX Tiffany Sunday, NWA Social Media Committee, Emerging Tech Strategist, Dallas, TX
5:00pm	Announcements/Dinner on your own
7:00pm	DVD Swap Nick Walker, The Weather Channel, Atlanta, GA and NWA Broadcast Meteorology Committee Chair Miles Muzio, KBAK-TV, Bakersfield, CA and NWA Broadcast Seal of Approval Committee Chair
8:30pm	Student DVD Critique Mike Goldberg, WRIC-TV, Richmond, VA and NWA Broadcast Meteorology Workshop Chair

Student Session: Ballroom C

12:00pm	S1.0 Opening Remarks Bruce Thomas, NWA President-Elect, Midland Radio Corporation, Kansas City, MO Jordan Gerth, 2012 NWA Annual Meeting Program Committee Chair, NWA Student Ex-Officio, CIMSS/SSEC/University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
12:15pm	S2.0 Government Careers Timothy Schmit, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR/CORP/ASPB, Madison, WI
12:45pm	S3.0 Grad School/Academic Careers Paul J. Roebber, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, School of Freshwater Sciences, Director of Innovative Weather, UWM Distinguished Professor, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
1:15pm	S4.0 Private Sector Careers Kenneth F. Carey, Director of Strategic Solutions, Earth Resources Technology (ERT), Inc., Laurel, MD
1:45pm	S5.0 Weather Ready Nation Kenneth F. Carey, Director of Strategic Solutions, Earth Resources Technology (ERT), Inc., Laurel, MD
2:15pm	S6.0 Interactive Social Media Boot Camp - Sponsored by The Weather Channel Renee Willet, Senior Manager of Social Media, The Weather Channel, Atlanta, GA Tim Brice, Senior Meteorologist, NOAA/National Weather Service, El Paso, TX Tiffany Sunday, NWA Social Media Committee, Emerging Tech Strategist, Dallas, TX
3:15pm	Student Poster Introductions (for poster session at 6:00pm)
3:20pm	S7.0 Speed Mentoring Michael Page, Speed Mentoring Tiger Team, Broadcast Meteorology Student, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA Details and preregister via e-mail to ensure participation at: http://nwa2012.com/2012/09/05/the-2012-nwa-student-session-will-feature-speed-mentoring-event/
4:45pm	Dinner
6:00pm	Student Poster Session: Hall of Ideas Chair: Matthew Lazzara, Antarctic Meteorological Research Center/SSEC/University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Physical Science/Madison College, Madison, WI

P0.1	A Study of Atmospheric Teleconnective Oscillation Interactivity and Coincidence with Air Mass Type for Pittsburgh, PA Ryan E. Adams, California University of Pennsylvania, California, PA Dr. Chad Kauffman
P0.2	A Warm Month: A Comparison of March 2012 to December 1889 Jordan R. Bell, University of Missouri at Columbia, Columbia, MO Anthony R. Lupo
P0.3	A Case Study of Rare Long Track Tornadoes in Eastern Kentucky Quentin Walker, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY Tyler Binkley, Ryan Difani, Andrew Dockery, Michael Flanigan, John Thomas, and Dr. Joshua Durkee
P0.4	Fog Archive Verification for Operational and Real-time Forecasting Jennifer Closson, Kean University, Union, NJ
P0.5	Forecast Assessment of Two Challenging Lake-Effect Snow Events in the Eastern Great Lakes Region Brian Crow, University of Missouri at Columbia, Columbia, MO Neil Laird and David Zaff
P0.6	The Effect of Topography on National Weather Service Cooperative Observer (COOP) Data David Fischer, California University of Pennsylvania, California, PA Dr. Mario Majcen, and Dr. Chad Kauffman
P0.7	Remote sensing for tornado impact assessment in a remote forest ecosystem Roberto Gomez, Kean University, Union, NJ Tom Giordano
P0.8	Withdrawn  Extreme Cold and Precipitation Impacts on Florida Citrus Crop from 1979-2009 Michael Joshua Hackenberg, California University of Pennsylvania, California, PA
P0.9	What is a Comforting Climate for persons diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis? An analysis of multiple atmospheric variables to identify an ideal setting. Donald Jellison Jr, California University of Pennsylvania, California, PA Dr. Chad Kauffman
P0.10	The Preparedness of University Students for a Potential Tornadic Event on Campus Donald Jellison Jr., California University of Pennsylvania, California, PA Dr. Mario Majcen, Dr. Chad Kauffman, and Dr. Susan Jasko
P0.12	The Expansion of Lightning Toolkits to Outdoor Recreation Michael Kyle, Kean University, Union, NJ Charles Woodrum, Karen K. Oudeman, and Ellen Bryan
P0.13	Safety Risks & Responses: Thunderstorm Hazards at the New Jersey Shore Michael Kyle, Kean University, Union, NJ
P0.14	Prediction of Tropical Cyclogenesis using Operational, Statistical, and Dynamical Models Jonathan Labriola, RSMAS University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL Sharanya J Majumdar
P0.15	Comparison of Two Forecasts for Tornadoes Associated with Cold Core 500-mb Lows: Surprise and Bust William A. LaForce, Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI Dr. Martin A. Baxter
P0.16	Cloud Observations and Morphology Physical & Operational Storm Environmental Chase Clues Michael Rizzo, Kean University, Union, NJ Nicole Peterson, Paul J. Croft, and Steven G. Decker
P0.17	Anticipating the Winter Season and Understanding Meteorological Behaviors: NAO/PNA Renato Rodrigues, Kean University, Union, NJ Anthony Ingato, Joseph Toth, and Paul J. Croft
P0.18	Analysis of Flash Flood Monitoring and Prediction-Advanced (FFMP-A) Performance in Diagnosing Flash Flood Events in the Baltimore/Washington Weather Forecast Office Area of Responsibility Anna Schneider, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA Stephen B. Konarik and Jason C. Elliott
P0.19	Flooding Risk, Impact, Streamflow, and Atmospheric Patterns: The Unusual Seasons of 2011-12 Devon Sepe, Kean University, Union, NJ Paul J. Croft
P0.20	The Effect of Topography on Precipitation Amounts in Missouri Christopher Soelle, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO Elizabeth Blizzard and Anthony Lupo
P0.21	Evaluation of the Mount Pleasant, Michigan Urban Heat Plume Peter Woolcox, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, MI Dr. Daria Kluver
P0.22	An Analysis of Numerical Weather Prediction Models used in Forecasting Hurricane Hugo Bradrick McClam, University of Nebraska - Lincoln, Lincoln, NE
P0.23	A 20 Year Assessment of the Frequency and Intensity of McMurdo Area High Wind Events Nicholas J. Weber, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI David M. Rasmussen Jr., Linda M. Keller, and Matthew A. Lazzara
P0.24	Antarctic Climatology using Automatic Weather Stations Carol Costanza, Antarctic Meteorological Research Center, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI Linda Keller, Matthew Lazzara, Jonathon Thom, and Lee Welhouse
P0.25	Cloud Mass Transport from the Southern Ocean into Antarctica Joey Snarski, Antarctic Meteorological Research Center, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI Linda Keller, Elena Willmot, Carol Costanza, and Matthew Lazzara
P0.26	Characteristics of Large, Long-Lived Convective Systems over Subtropical South America Derived from Geostationary Satellite Imagery Kyle Mattingly, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY

Session S8 Student Presentations: Ballroom C
Chair: Matthew Lazzara, Antarctic Meteorological Research Center/SSEC/University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Physical Science/Madison College, Madison, WI

7:00pm	S8.1 Cloud Observations and Morphology: Physical & Operational Storm Environment Chase Clues Michael Rizzo, Kean University, Union, NJ Nicole Peterson
7:15pm	S8.2 An Analysis of Numerical Weather Prediction Models used in Forecasting Hurricane Hugo Bradrick McClam, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE
7:30pm	S8.3 Antarctic Climatology using Automatic Weather Stations Carol Costanza, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
7:45pm	S8.4 Characteristics of Large, Long-Live Convective Systems over Subtropical South America Kyle Mattingly, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY
8:00pm	S8.5 Forecast Assessment of Two Challenging Lake-Effect Snow Events in the Eastern Great Lakes Region Brian Crow, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO Neil Laird and David Zaff
8:30pm	Student DVD Critique Mike Goldberg, WRIC-TV, Richmond, VA and NWA Broadcast Meteorology Workshop Chair

Monday, 8 October 2012

7:00am	Registration and Information Desk Opens (Closes at 4pm)
7:45am	General Session: Ballroom AB
9:00am	Exhibits Open: Hall of Ideas
6:00pm	Icebreaker: Grand Terrace

General Session: Ballroom AB

7:00am	Registration and Information Desk Opens (Closes at 4pm)
7:45am	Welcome Bruce Thomas, NWA President-Elect, Midland Radio Corporation, Kansas City, MO Jordan Gerth, 2012 NWA Annual Meeting Program Committee Chair, NWA Student Ex-Officio, CIMSS/SSEC/University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
8:00am	A1.0 Keynote Speaker: Reflections on one forecaster's journey through meteorology's most extraordinary 45 years--and some thoughts on where we go from here Tom Skilling, Chief Meteorologist, WGN Radio & TV and The Chicago Tribune, Chicago, IL

Session A1: Weather Analysis and Forecasting-NWP
Co-Chairs: Jacob Beitlich, NOAA/NWS, Chanhassen, MN
Robert Aune, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR/CORP/ASPB, Madison, WI

8:45am	A1.1 The Chicago Aviation Initiative: More Than Meets the Eye Mike Bardou, NOAA/NWS, Chicago/Romeoville, IL
9:00am	A1.2 Analysis of Satellite Signatures, Pattern Recognition, and Eddy Dissipation Rate In Determining Potential Areas of Convectively Induced Turbulence Rick Di Maio, Instructor Lewis University, Romeoville, IL
9:15am	A1.3 Using Historical Analogs as Medium-Range Guidance for Severe Weather Episodes Chad M. Gravelle, CIMSS/SSEC/University of Wisconsin-Madison, NWS Operations Proving Ground, Kansas City, MO Charles E. Graves, Jeffrey P. Craven, Alan E. Gerard, and John P. Gagan
9:30am	A1.4 Using Anomalies to Forecast High-Impact Events David L. Beachler, NOAA/NWS, Chicago/Romeoville, IL Richard H. Grumm
9:45am	Morning Break; exhibits open

Session A2: Remote Sensing-Satellite
Gary S. Wade, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR/CORP/ASPB, Madison, WI
Anthony Schreiner, CIMSS/SSEC/University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI

10:15am	Keynote Speaker A2.0 Vision and Strategies for a Weather-Ready Nation Kathryn Sullivan, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Environmental Observation & Prediction / Deputy Administrator of NOAA and Acting Chief Scientist
10:45am	A2.1 NOAA Operational Satellites, Products, & Services: Current Status & Updates from SPSD User Services Matthew Seybold, NOAA / NESDIS, College Park, MD Natalia Donoho and Thomas Renkevens
11:00am	A2.2 Operational uses of the ABI (Advanced Baseline Imager) on the GOES-R series Timothy J. Schmit, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR/CORP/ASPB, Madison, WI Mathew M. Gunshor, Kaba Bah, James J. Gurka, and Jason Otkin
11:15am	A2.3 The GOES-R Proving Ground: User Input from the 2012 Demonstrations and Future Plans James Gurka, NOAA/NESDIS/GOES-R, Greenbelt, MD Steve Goodman, Timothy Schmit, Mark De Maria and Anthony Mostek
11:30am	A2.5 VIIRS data in AWIPS: Supporting Operational Forecasters Kathleen Strabala, CIMSS/SSEC/University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI Ray Garcia, David Hoese, Eva Schiffer, Jordan Gerth, Scott Bachmeier, Liam Gumley and Dayne Broderson
11:45am	Lunch Break
1:30pm	Keynote Speaker A3.0 NCEP Overview: Recent Advances in the Numerical Models and Service Centers Louis Uccellini, Director of the National Weather Service's National Centers for Environmental Prediction and American Meteorological Society President, College Park, MD

Session A3: Remote Sensing-Radar
Co-Chairs: Dan Miller, NOAA/NWS, Duluth, MN
John Cintineo, CIMSS/SSEC/University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI

2:00pm	A3.1 NEXRAD Data Dealiasing Problems Impacting Television Coverage of Severe Weather Kevin B. Laws, NOAA/NWS, Alabama
2:15pm	A3.2 Radar Applications for Nowcasting Lightning Cessation Elise V. Schultz, Univ. of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL Geoffrey T. Stano, Lawrence D. Carey, and Walter A. Petersen
2:30pm	A3.3 Developing a Winter Surface Hydrometeor Classification Algorithm for the WSR-88D Polarimetric Upgrade Kimberly L. Elmore, OU-CIMMS/NSSL, Norman, OK Heather D. Reeves, Alexander Ryzhkov, Terry Schuur, Kiel Ortega, Matthew Kumjian and John Krause
2:45pm	Afternoon Break

Concurrent Session I: Ballroom A

Session B4: Tropical and Marine Weather
Co-Chairs: Diane Cooper, NOAA/NWS, Chanhassen, MN Tim Olander, CIMSS/SSEC/University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI

3:15pm	B4.1 CIMSS Tropical Cyclones Web Page Dave Stettner, CIMSS/SSEC/University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI Chris Velden and Tim Olander
3:30pm	B4.2 The June 30, 2011 Lake Michigan Supercell - An Overview and the Role of Terminal Doppler Radar Data in Identifying Storm Scale Features J. J. Wood, NOAA/NWS, Milwaukee/Sullivan, WI Ricky Castro, NOAA/National Wether Service, Chicago/Romeoville, Illinois
3:45pm	B4.3 Environmental Water Vapor and Tropical Cyclogenesis Forecasting Derek Ortt, ImpactWeather, Inc., Houston, TX
4:00pm	B4.4 Examining Trends in Satellite-Detected Overshooting Tops as a Potential Predictor of Tropical Cyclone Rapid Intensification Sarah Monette, CIMSS/SSEC/University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI Christopher Velden, Kyle Griffin, and Christopher Rozoff

Session B5: Hydrology-Heavy Rain-Flooding
Co-Chairs: Diane Cooper, NOAA/NWS, Chanhassen, MN
Tim Olander, CIMSS/SSEC/University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI

4:15pm	B5.0 The Need for Mesoscale Precipitation Discussions: The Start of MetWatch Desk Operations at the Hydrometeorological Prediction Center Andrew Orrison, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/HPC, College Park, MD Richard Otto, Faye Barthold, and Thomas Workoff
4:30pm	B5.1 Evaluation and Distribution of COAMPS-TC QPFs on the Basis of Flooding Potential Brian J. Billings, Saint Cloud State University, Saint Cloud, MN James D. Doyle
4:45pm	B5.2 The Historic Heavy Rainfall and Flooding Events of 7-8 September 2011 across the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern States Michael L. Jurewicz, Sr., NOAA/NWS, Binghamton, NY
5:00pm	B5.3 An Overview of the Historic 19-20 June 2012 Flash Flood Event in Duluth, MN and Adjacent Areas of Northern Minnesota and Northwest Wisconsin Brian Tentinger and Rosanne Sengenberger, NOAA/NWS, Duluth, MN Dan Miller, Steve Gohde, and Diane Cooper
5:15pm	B5.4 Verification and Diagnoses of Ensemble QPF Forecasts during Extreme Events in California during the HMT Winter Exercises Brian Etherton, NOAA/ESRL/GSD/FAB Ed Tollerud and Tara Jensen

Concurrent Session II: Ballroom B

Session C6: Winter Weather
Co-Chairs: Michael Fowle, NOAA/NWS, Aberdeen, SD
Jeffrey Craven, NOAA/NWS, Sullivan, WI

3:15pm	C6.1 Environments Favorable for Extreme Snow Ratios across the Upper Mississippi River Valley Region Andrew Just, NOAA/NWS, La Crosse, WI Dan Baumgardt and Dave Schmidt
3:30pm	C6.2 Boundary Layer Destabilization of Non-Typical Blizzard Events in the Central Plains Jacob Beitlich, NOAA/NWS, Chanhassen, MN Karl Jungbluth and Ken Podrazik
3:45pm	C6.3 Climatology and Conceptual Models of Snowfall Distribution in Cold-Season Central United States Cyclones Marty Baxter, Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI Phil Schumacher
4:00pm	C6.4 Environments Favorable for Heavy Snow Across the Upper Mississippi River Valley Region Dan A. Baumgardt, NOAA/NWS, La Crosse, WI Dan Jones, Dr. Charles Graves, Chad Gravelle, and Jayson Gosselin
4:15pm	C6.5 Development of a Winter Impact Index for the Twin Cities Shawn DeVinny, NOAA/NWS, Chanhassen, MN Tom Hultquist

Session C7: Fire Weather
Co-Chairs: Michael Fowle, NOAA/NWS, Aberdeen, SD
Jeffrey Craven, NOAA/NWS, Sullivan, WI

4:30pm	C7.1 The Buildup and Operational Response to the Extreme New Mexico Wildfire Season of 2011: From Climate Variability and Synoptic Regimes to Decision Support and Customer Interactions Deirdre Kann, NOAA/NWS, Albuquerque, NM J. Brent Wachter
4:45pm	C7.2 Large Fire Growth Influenced by Dry Slots: Case for More Consistent and Accurate Wildland Fire Nowcasting and Forecasting Utilizing Satellite Water Vapor Imagery Fred J. Schoeffler, U.S. Forest Service Coconino N.F., AZ
5:00pm	C7.3 Synthesizing Weather Information for Wildland Fire Decision Making in the Great Lakes Region John Horel, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT Judy Pechmann and Chris Galli
5:15pm	C7.4 Weather Conditions Associated with the Great Peshtigo Fire of 8 October 1871 Tom Hultquist, NOAA/NWS, Chanhassen, MN
6:00pm	Icebreaker sponsored by Baron Services: Grand Terrace
7:00pm	Broadcasters Dinner (This year it's a buffet with two main dishes, salad, sides and dessert, all from a celebrated chef. Buses will transport Broadcasters to the Institutes of Discovery on the U-W Madison campus. Those who like, may tour the facility before dinner. This is going to be a real treat, but seating is limited. So make sure you get your ticket(s) when you check in at the NWA Registration/Information desk. Check out the restaurant here: http://www.steenbocksonorchard.com )

Tuesday, 9 October 2012

7:00am	Registration and Information Desk Opens (Closes at 4pm)
7:45am	Weather Briefing
8:00am	General Session: Ballroom AB
9:00am	Exhibits Open: Hall of Ideas (final day of exhibits; closes at 4pm)
9:30am	Poster Session P1: Grand Terrace East
11:45am	1st NWA Women's Luncheon sponsored by ENSCO, Inc. and WISC-TV: Capital Club, Hilton-Madison Monona Terrace Hotel
4:00pm	Town Hall Meeting sponsored by Midland Radio: Decision Maker's Perspective – Assessing Weather Impacts. For full details see http://nwa2012.com/town-hall/.

General Session: Ballroom AB

8:00am

Keynote Speaker D8.0 Taking Predictions to the Next Level: Expanding Beyond Today’s Weather, Water, and Climate Forecasting and Projections Louis Uccellini, Director of the National Weather Service's National Centers for Environmental Prediction and American Meteorological Society President, College Park, MD

Session D8: Severe Storms-Tornadoes-Lightning
Co-Chairs: Morgan Brooks, NOAA/NWS, Sullivan, WI
Greg Carbin, NOAA/NWS/SPC, Norman, OK

8:30am	D8.1 Severe Wind-Driven Hail Events: An Update on Preferred Convective Morphologies and Operational Predictability Michael A. Fowle, NOAA/NWS/Aberdeen, SD William A. Gallus Jr., Nicholas D. Carletta, and Daniel J. Miller
8:45am	D8.2 A Multivariable Aggregate Severe Parameter for Severe/Tornado Prediction: CWASP Jeffrey P. Craven, NOAA/NWS Sullivan WI Jerry Wiedenfeld
9:00am	D8.3 An Examination of Tornado Outbreak Environments and Their Societal Impacts with an Emphasis on Major 2011 & 2012 Events Russell Schneider, NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center Director, Norman, OK Andy R. Dean
9:15am	D8.4 An Evaluation Of Convective Warning Utilization By The General Public Dawn P. Wedig, University of North Carolina Asheville, Asheville, NC Christopher M. Godfrey, P. Wolf, M. K. Goldsbury, and J. A. Caudill

Session P1: Poster Session
Chair: Timothy Schmit, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR/CORP/ASPB, Madison, WI

9:30am	Poster Introductions
9:45am	Poster Session P1: Grand Terrace East

P1.1	The GOES-R Tropopause Folding Turbulence Product: Finding Clear-air Turbulence in GOES Water Vapor Imagery Anthony Wimmers, CIMSS/SSEC/University of Wisconsin-Madison, Calgary, AB Wayne Feltz and Sarah Monette
P1.2	Morphing Polar-Orbiter Imagery of Cloud Products for Improved Visualization and Forecasting Anthony Wimmers, CIMSS/SSEC/University of Wisconsin-Madison, Calgary, AB Andrew Heidinger
P1.3	MIMIC-TPW: Seamless Advective Blending of Total Precipitable Water Retrievals from Polar Orbiting Satellites Anthony Wimmers, CIMSS/SSEC/University of Wisconsin-Madison, Calgary, AB Chris Velden
P1.4	Data Fusion with the GOES-R Proving Ground Convective Initiation Products in the Plains Daniel Nietfeld, NOAA/NWS Valley/Omaha, NE Mark R. Anderson, Jason Apke, Casey Griffin, and Adam Taylor
P1.5	Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) Data Product Requirement Prioritization: Defining the JPSS Program's Roadmap for Future Collaboration Kathryn Shontz, NOAA/JPSS Lanham, MD Bill Sjoberg NOAA/JPSS, Lanham, MD Kathryn Shontz
P1.6	The Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) Proving Ground Program: Maximizing the Impacts of Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (NPP) and JPSS Satellite Products in Operational Environments. Bill Sjoberg, NOAA JPSS Program kathryn.shontz@noaa.gov
P1.7	Evaluation of the GOES-R Proving Ground Convective Initiation Nowcasting Products in the Plains Jason Apke, University of Nebraska - Lincoln, Lincoln, NE Mark R. Anderson, Dan Nietfeld, Casey Griffin, and Adam Taylor
P1.8	UW-CIMSS Satellite Products to the NWS Forecast Offices via AWIPS Kaba Bah, CIMSS/SSEC/University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI Jordan Gerth, Wayne Feltz, and Tim Schmit
P1.9	Recent VISIT and SHyMet Training: Applications of Satellite Imagery and Products to Operational Forecasting Dan Bikos, Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere / Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO Jeff Braun, Bernie Connell, Scott Lindstrom, and Scott Bachmeier
P1.10	GOES Objective Overshooting Top and Enhanced-V Signature Detection Products: Algorithm Description, Validation, and Applications Jason Brunner, CIMSS/SSEC/University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI Kristopher Bedka, Richard Dworak, Wayne Feltz, and Cecilia Fleeger
P1.11	GOES-R AWG Visibility Retrieval Jason Brunner, CIMSS/SSEC/University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI R. Bradley Pierce and Allen Lenzen
P1.12	GOES R Proving Ground: CIMSS/NWS Sullivan 2012 Jeffrey P. Craven, NOAA/NWS Sullivan WI Marcia R. Cronce, Steve Davis, Wayne F. Feltz, and Jordan J. Gerth
P1.13	Moved to F17.4 The 2012 GOES-R Product Demonstrations for Marine and Precipitation Applications Michael J. Folmer, UMCP/ESSIC/CICS Steve Goodman, Andrew Orrison, Joseph Sienkiewicz, and David Novak
P1.14	Synthetic GOES-R ABI Imagery of Hazardous Aerosols Lewis Grasso, CIRA/Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO Don Hillger, Renate Brummer, and Robert DeMaria
P1.15	GOES-R Fog and Low Cloud Product Demonstration Within the National Weather Service Central Region Chad M Gravelle, CIMSS/SSEC/University of Wisconsin-Madison, NWS Operations Proving Ground, Kansas City, MO Michael J Pavolonis and Corey G Calvert
P1.16	Assimilation of AIRS Radiances using GSI/WRF for Short Term Regional Forecasts Agnes Lim, CIMSS/SSEC/University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI Jim Jung, Allen Huang, and Steve Ackerman
P1.17	Future Improvements to Very-short-range Forecasts of the Pre-convective Environment Using Operational Geostationary Satellite Observations William Line, CIMSS/SSEC/University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI Ralph Petersen, Robert Aune, and Richard Dworak
P1.18	Current Usage and Future Prospects of Multispectral (RGB) Satellite Imagery in Support of NWS Forecast Offices and National Centers Andrew L. Molthan, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL Kevin K. Fuell, John Knaff, and Thomas Lee
P1.19	SPoRT Products in AWIPS II Matt Smith, University of Alabama at Huntsville, Huntsville, AL Jason Burks and Kevin McGrath
P1.20	SPoRT Data in the JPSS Proving Ground Matt Smith, University of Alabama at Huntsville, Huntsville, AL Gary Jedlovec
P1.21	Preparing for GOES-R: The Pseudo Geostationary Lightning Mapper Geoffrey T. Stano, NASA SPoRT / ENSCO, Inc., Huntsville, AL
P1.22	Are Sounding Profiles from Geostationary Satellites Helping Us Yet? Gary S. Wade, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR/CORP/Advanced Satellite Products Branch (ASPB), Madison WI James P. Nelson III, Timothy J. Schmit, Americo S. Allegrino, and Seth I. Gutman
P1.23	Improve Tropical Cyclone Forecasts with Hyperspectral Infrared Sounder Data Pei Wang, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI Jun Li, Tim Schmit and Jinlong Li
P1.24	Demonstration of RGB Composite Imagery at NWS Forecast Offices in Preparation for GOES-R Kristopher White, NOAA/NWS NASA/SPoRT, Huntsville, AL Kevin Fuell
P1.25	The use of the North Alabama Lightning Mapping Array in the real-time operational warning environment during the March 2nd, 2012 severe weather outbreak in northern Alabama Kristopher White, NOAA/NWS NASA/SPoRT, Huntsville, AL Geoffrey T. Stano and Brian Carcione
P1.26	A Holistic Overview of NWS Severe Weather Warnings Patrick T. Marsh, University of Oklahoma/NSSL, Norman, OK
P1.27	Impacts of Cyclone Aila on Heavy Rain and Flooding in Bangladesh, Bhutan, NE-India and Nepal Mohan Kumar Das, SAARC Meteorological Research Centre, Dhaka, Bangladesh Sujit K. Debsarma
P1.28	A Preliminary Examination of The Elevation Dependence of Snowfall in Northeast Pennsylvania Michael Evans, NOAA/NWS, Binghamton, NY Michael L. Jurewicz Jr., and Robert Ballentine
P1.29	Lake Effect Snowfalls and Evaluation of the Cobb Method Seth Kutikoff, University of Nebraska - Lincoln, Lincoln, NE Mark Anderson
P1.30	An Anomalous Anchorage Snowstorm James Nelson, NOAA/NWS, Anchorage AK
P1.31	A Review of Traffic Accidents Compared with Observed Snowfall Todd J. Shea, NOAA/NWS, La Crosse, WI
P1.32	Climatology of Tornado Outbreaks in the Eastern United States Chris Fuhrmann, Southeast Regional Climate Center (SERCC), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC Chip Konrad, Jordan McLeod, Maggie Kovach, and Hillary Fox
P1.33	Withdrawn   Mapping Tornado Risk: The Scientization of Tornado Alley and Dixie Alley Jennifer Henderson, Virginia Tech
P1.34	Unwarned Tornadoes within the National Weather Service St. Louis County Warning Area: 1995-2011 Kristopher Sanders, NOAA/National Weather Service Topeka, KS Fred H. Glass
P1.35	The Influence of Climate on the Location and Feasibility of Solar and Wind Production Richard Snow, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, FL Mary Snow
P1.36	A User-Friendly Method for Accessing Climate Data the Central US Michael S. Timlin, Midwestern Regional Climate Center, Champaign, IL
P1.37	The Effects of Gap and Along-Valley Flow on Surface Winds during the Terrain-induced Rotor Experiment Brian J. Billings, Saint Cloud State University, Saint Cloud, MN James D. Doyle and Qingfang Jiang
P1.38	Significant Ice Storms Affecting Corpus Christi, Texas Michael Buchanan, NOAA/NWS Corpus Christi, TX
P1.39	New COMET NWP Training: Videos, NWP Matrix, Additions, and New NWP Course Gregory P. Byrd, UCAR/COMET, Boulder, CO William R. Bua
P1.40	Recent Upgrades to NASA SPoRT Initialization Datasets for the Environmental Modeling System Jonathan L. Case, ENSCO, Inc./NASA SPoRT Center, Huntsville, AL Frank J. LaFontaine, Andrew L. Molthan, Bradley T. Zavodsky, and Robert A. Rozumalski
P1.41	Mid-Latitude Cyclone Regime Identification for Severe Winter Storms in Missouri from 1960-2010 Katie Crandall, University of Missouri at Columbia, Columbia, MO Patrick Market
P1.42	Dynamic Lightning Forecasts Derived from High Resolution, Rapid Refresh Numerical Model Data Gary P. Ellrod, Ellrod Weather Consulting, Granby, CT Dr. Barry H. Lynn
P1.43	The Pacific Coast Fog Project: A Multi-disciplinary Effort to Provide Web-based Climate Products for Ecologists Gary P. Ellrod, Ellrod Weather Consulting, Granby, CT Alicia Torregrosa, Cynthia Combs, and Ismail Gultepe
P1.44	Performance of Gridded Maximum and Minimum Temperature Guidance and Forecasts at the National Weather Service’s Miami Forecast Office Jeral Estupinan, NOAA/NWS, Miami, FL Eric Jenks and Andrew Kennedy
P1.45	The National Weather Service Operations Center: Monitoring the Pulse of the Nation's Weather Katie Garrett, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD
P1.46	Exploring the Utility of Downscaled SREF Grids for Generating Probabilistic Snowfall Forecasts Randy Graham, NOAA/NWS Salt Lake City, UT Glen Merrill
P1.47	1 December 2011 Damaging Windstorm in Utah Randy Graham, NOAA/NWS, Salt Lake City, UT Steve Rogowski
P1.48	An Analysis of BUFKIT Methodologies to Forecast Wind and Wind Gust Speed for the Upper Ohio River Valley Thomas A. Green, Jr., NOAA/NWS Pittsburgh, PA Richard J. Poremba
P1.49	Synoptic Probabilistic Forecasting Richard Grumm, NOAA/NWS, State College, PA
P1.50	The Epic Eastern North American Heat-Wave of March 2012 Richard Grumm, NOAA/NWS, State College, PA Justin Arnott
P1.51	The Structure and Life Cycle of Dry Airstreams in Mature Extratropical Cyclones Patrick Market, University of Missouri at Columbia, Columbia, MO Ray Wolf, John Hasse, Anthony Lupo, and John Gagan
P1.52	Real Time Objective Verification of Convective Forecasts: 2012 HWT Spring Forecast Experiment Christopher J. Melick, NOAA/NWS/SPC; University of Oklahoma/CIMMS, Norman, OK Israel L. Jirak, Steven J. Weiss, Andrew R. Dean, and James Correia
P1.53	A Rotor Event in Anchorage, AK Emily Niebuhr, NOAA/NWS Anchorage, AK Gene Petrescu
P1.54	Evaluation of Assimilating Simulated Radar and Satellite Observations During a Cool Season OSSE Jason Otkin, CIMSS/SSEC/University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI Thomas Jones, Kent Knopfmeier, and David Stensrud
P1.55	Determining Skill in Maximum and Minimum Temperature Forecasts Philip Schumacher, NOAA/NWS Sioux Falls, SD Kyle Weisser and Jeffrey Chapman
P1.56	Challenging Forecasters Through Experiential Learning Christopher Spannagle, Warning Decision Training Branch/National Weather Service (NWS)/Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies (CIMMS) University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, Veronica Holtz and James LaDue
P1.57	NASA DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM: An Investigation of High-Impact Non-Convective Wind Events Associated with Intense Extratropical Cyclones Using NASA Data Products Sarah Trojniak, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO Mallory Cato, Nick Elmer, Michelle Hogenmiller, and Emily Berndt
P1.58	Preliminary Results of a U.S. Deep South Modeling Experiment using NASA SPoRT Initialization Datasets for Operational National Weather Service Local Model Runs Lance Wood, NOAA/NWS, Houston, TX Jeffrey M. Medlin, Bradley T. Zavodsky, Jonathan Case, and Andrew Molthan
P1.59	Radar And Lightning Analyses Of Gigantic Jet-Producing Storms Tiffany Meyer, NOAA/NWS/WDTB, Norman, OK Timothy Lang, Steven Rutledge, Walt Lyons, Gaopeng Lu
P1.60	Hurricane Ernesto (2006): Frontal Influence on Precipitation Distribution Barrett Smith, NOAA/NWS, Raleigh, NC Jordan Dale and Gary Lackmann
P1.61	NASA/SPoRT Products for the GOES-R Proving Grounds Kevin Fuell, University of Alabama-Huntsville, Huntsville, AL Gary Jedlovec, Andrew Molthan, and Matt Smith
P1.62	Recent NWS Satellite Training Activities Brian Motta, NOAA/NWS, Boulder, CO
P1.63	Boundary Layer Destabilization of Non-Typical Blizzard Events in the Central Plains Jacob Beitlich, NOAA/NWS, Minneapolis, MN Karl Jungbluth and Ken Podrazik
P1.64	Operational Fog Forecasting: GOES-R and Archive Multimodal Approach Paul J. Croft, Kean University, Union, NJ Alan M. Cope
P1.65	Weather Readiness across International Borders Richard Okulski, NOAA/NWS, Caribou, ME Noelle Runyan
P1.66	An Update on CIRA's GOES-R Proving Ground Activities Ed Szoke, CIRA/NOAA/ESRL/GSD, Boulder, CO Renate Brummer, Hiro Gosden, Steve Miller, and Mark DeMaria

Session D9: Emerging Technologies
Co-Chairs: Tim Brice, NOAA/NWS, El Paso, TX
Scott Lindstrom, CIMSS/SSEC/University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI

11:00am	D9.1 Rapid Access to Real-Time and Forecast Products through a Web Map Service Russell Dengel, SSEC/University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI Sam Batzli, Dave Parker, Nick Bearson, and Dave Santek
11:15am	D9.2 The Storm Damage Assessment Toolkit - Storm Damage Survey Data Collection using Smartphones and Tablets Keith Stellman, NOAA/NWS, Peachtree City/Atlanta, GA Parks Camp
11:30am	D9.3 Leveraging New Video Conferencing Technologies for National Weather Service Decision Support Timothy W. Troutman, NOAA/NWS Huntsville, Alabama Corey Pieper, Tim Brice, Tom Johnstone, and Kerry Jones
11:45am	D9.4 The DOE perspective on supporting Wind Energy with NOAA partnerships a Continuation from 2011’s agreement Joel Cline, NOAA/NWS Liaison to DOE, Washington, D.C.
11:45am	1st NWA Women's Luncheon: Capital Club, Hilton-Madison Monona Terrace Hotel
12:00pm	Lunch Break

Session D10: Weather-Ready Nation
Co-Chairs: Kenneth F. Carey, Director of Strategic Solutions, Earth Resources Technology (ERT), Inc., Laurel, MD
Paul Schlatter, NOAA/NWS, Washington, DC

1:30pm	Keynote Speaker D10.0 Building a Weather-Ready Nation: One Year In Laura Furgione, NOAA Acting Assistant Administrator for Weather Services, Acting Director of the National Weather Service, Silver Spring, MD
2:00pm	D10.1 National Weather Service Weather-Ready Nation Roadmap and Pilot Projects Chris Strager, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD
2:15pm	D10.2 Early findings and results from the Central Region Impact Based Warnings Demonstration Michael J Hudson, NOAA/NWS Kansas City, MO Peter A. Browning, Kenneth Harding, Kenneth J. Galluppi, and Jessica L. Losego
2:30pm	D10.3 NWS Operations Proving Ground Evaluating and Validating Science and Services Kim Runk, NOAA/NWS Central Region / NWS Operations Proving Ground, Kansas City, MO Chad M. Gravelle and Somer Erickson
2:45pm	D10.4 Weather Ready Nation: WFO Sterling Pilot Project: Impact-Based Decision Support Services (IDSS) Kyle Struckmann, NOAA/NWS, Sterling, VA Steven Zubrick, Steve Goldstein, and Kenneth Widelski
3:00pm	D10.5 Building a Weather Ready Nation with Regional Partners: The NWS Southern Region Headquarters Regional Operations Center Pilot Project Timothy Oram, Emergency Response Meteorologist, NOAA/NWS Southern Region Headquarters, Fort Worth, TX Jennifer McNatt, Mark Wiley, Brian Hoeth, and Kurt Van Speybroeck
3:15pm	D10.6 Distributed and Collaborative Simulations as a Foundation for Weather-Ready Nation Success Dale Morris, Univ of Oklahoma/CIMMS/WDTB, Norman, OK
3:30pm	Afternoon Break; exhibits close at 4:00pm
4:00pm	Town Hall Meeting sponsored by Midland Radio: Decision Maker’s Perspective – Assessing Weather Impacts. See full details at: http://nwa2012.com/town-hall.

Wednesday, 10 October 2012

7:00am	Registration and Information Desk Opens (Closes at 4pm)
8:00am	Weather Briefing: Ballroom AB
8:15am	General Session: Ballroom AB
12:00pm	NWA Annual Awards Luncheon: Ballroom CD
3:15pm	Poster Session P2: Grand Terrace East
4:30pm	Social Media Boot Camp: Ballroom AB

General Session: Ballroom AB

8:15am

Keynote Speaker E11.0 Meteorology in the Private Sector: Energy, Agriculture and Water Resources Jon Davis, Chief Meteorologist, Chesapeake Energy, Chicago, IL

Session E11: Remote Sensing-Radar
Co-Chairs: Marcia Cronce, NOAA/NWS, Sullivan, WI
Chris Franks, NOAA/NWS, Chanhassen, MN

8:45am	E11.1 Enhancing Weather Training Through Continual Learning Solutions Chris Spannagle, CIMMS/WDTB Norman, OK Clark Payne
9:00am	E11.2 Dual Polarization Radar Tornadic Vortex Signature Best Practices Paul Schlatter, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD
9:15am	E11.3 Dual-Polarization Radar and Impact-Based Warnings: An Operational Perspective Examining the 14 April and 19 May 2012 Tornado Outbreaks Kenneth R. Cook, NOAA/NWS, Wichita, KS
9:30am	Morning Break

Session E12: Weather Review of 2012
Chair: Lee Cronce, CIMSS/SSEC/University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI

10:00am

E12.1 A Review of Significant Weather Events Occurring in 2012 Greg Carbin, NOAA/NWS/SPC, Norman, OK

Session E13: Severe Storms-Tornadoes-Lightning
Co-Chairs: Rusty Kapela, NOAA/NWS, Sullivan, WI
Lee Cronce, CIMSS/SSEC/University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI

10:30am	E13.1 NWS Charleston, WV Pilot Project: Combining New Science and Forecasting Techniques in an Operational Environment Chris Leonardi, NOAA/NWS, Charleston WV Julia Ruthford, Jonathan Wolfe, and Jeffrey Hovis
10:45am	E13.2 Using UW-Cloud Top Cooling Rates in Convective Storm Warning Experiments Justin Sieglaff, CIMSS/SSEC/University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI Lee Cronce and Wayne Feltz
11:00am	E13.3 Evaluation of the GOES-R Proving Ground Convective Initiation Products in the Plains: Evaluation through Case Studies Daniel Nietfeld, NOAA/NWS, Omaha, NE Mark Anderson, Jason Apke, Casey Griffin, and Adam Taylor
11:15am	E13.4 Analysis of Lightning Mapping Array Data during Severe Weather in the Mid-Atlantic Dan Proch, NOAA/NWS, Wakefield Virginia
11:30am	E13.5 Lightning Jump Algorithm and Relation to Thunderstorm Cell Tracking, GLM Proxy and other Meteorological Measurements Christopher J. Schultz, Dept. of Atmospheric Science, University of Alabama at Huntsville, Huntsville, AL Lawrence D. Carey, Daniel J. Cecil, and Monte Bateman
11:45am	E13.6 National Lightning Safety Toolkit Updates Timothy W. Troutman, NOAA/NWS Huntsville, Alabama Charles Woodrum, Stephen Wilkinson, and Donna Franklin
12:00pm	Awards Luncheon: Ballroom CD

Session E14: Weather Analysis and Forecasting-NWP
Co-Chairs: Trisha Palmer, NOAA/NWS, Peachtree City, GA
Alan Gerard, NOAA/NWS, Jackson, MS

2:00pm	E14.1 Near-Storm Scale Numerical Models for local WFO Operations A Unique Strategy for Frequent Assessments of the Evolving Convective Threat Peter F. Blottman, NOAA/NWS, Melbourne FL Matthew R. Volkmer, David W. Sharp, Amanda R. Bowen and Jonathan C. Guseman
2:15pm	E14.2 Linear Optimization as a Solution to Improve the Sky Cover Guess, Forecast Jordan Gerth, CIMSS/SSEC/University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
2:30pm	E14.3 Sensitivity of Model Physics and Grid Resolution on Forecasts of Severe Convection in Convection Allowing Models Chris Franks, NOAA/National Weather Service, Chanhassen, MN Tom Hultquist
2:45pm	Withdrawn  E14.4 Examining Verification of Precipitation Forecasts Philip Schumacher, NOAA/NWS, Sioux Falls, SD

Session P2: Poster Session
Chair: Justin Sieglaff, CIMSS/SSEC/University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI

3:00pm	Poster Introductions: Ballroom AB
3:15pm	Poster Session: Grand Terrace East

P2.1	Effects of Wildfire Smoke on Air Quality in the Great Lakes Region Frank Dempsey, Ontario Ministry of Environment, Etobicoke, ON
P2.2	CIMSS SATellite CONsensus Algorithm for Estimating the Intensity of Tropical Cyclones Derrick Herndon, CIMSS/SSEC/University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI Chris Velden and Jeff Hawkins
P2.3	Using Historical Events to Evaluate a Flash Flood Potential Index and to Define Flood Threat Areas Amanda Martin, NOAA/NWS, Albuquerque, NM Deirdre Kann
P2.4	Examining Trends in Satellite-Detected Overshooting Tops as a Potential Predictor of Tropical Cyclone Genesis Sarah A. Monette, CIMSS/SSEC/University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI Christopher S. Velden
P2.5	The UW-CIMSS Advanced Dvorak Technique (ADT) Timothy Olander, CIMSS/SSEC/University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI Christopher Velden
P2.7	Providing Satellite Product Support for the Hurricane and Severe Storm Sentinel (HS3) Field Program John Sears, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI Chris Velden
P2.8	Use of the SWAN model for wave height forecasting at the NWS Baltimore/Washington Weather Forecast Office Caroline Suffern, NOAA/NWS, Sterling, VA Brandon P. Peloquin, Steven A. Listemaa, and Steven M. Zubrick
P2.9	Iowa Flood Center Tools for Forecasting and Communicating Flood Risk Nathan Young, Iowa Flood Center/IIHR-Hdyroscience & Engineering/University of Iowa/Iowa City, Iowa Witold Krajewski, and Larry Weber
P2.10	Meteorological and Other Factors in Turbulence Injuries on Commercial Airlines Flights Brian J. Billings, Saint Cloud State University, Saint Cloud, MN
P2.11	Analysis of Two Turbulence Forecast Indices Using Pattern Recognition and Eddy Dissipation Rate Rick Di Maio, Instructor Lewis University, Romeoville, IL
P2.12	Moved to F18.5 Meteorological Decision Support Services at the FAA - Air Traffic Control System Command Center (ATCSCC) Michael Eckert, NOAA/NWS/Aviation Weather Center
P2.13	The 4-Element Low Level Turbulence Algorithm at the Air Force Weather Agency James McCormick, UCAR, Offutt AFB, NE
P2.14	Aviation Meteorology Professional Development Activities at COMET® Elizabeth Mulvihill Page, UCAR/COMET Boulder, CO Gregory Byrd and Patrick Parrish
P2.15	WSR-88D Dual Polarimetric Tornadic Debris Signatures Associated with Four Weak Tornadoes in Georgia Laura E. Belanger, NOAA/NWS, Peachtree City, GA Steven E. Nelson
P2.16	Enhancing Broadcaster's Severe Weather Presentations Using Dual-Polarization Radar Products Ray Hawthorne, Weather Central, LP, Madison, WI
P2.17	Radar Observations of the 9 March 2011 U.S. Central Gulf Coast Distinctive Bow Echo and Attendant Tornado-Producing Mesovortices Jeffrey Medlin, NOAA/NWS Mobile, AL
P2.18	Leap Day 2012 Tornadoes Across Southwestern Missouri Andy Boxell, NOAA/NWS Springfield, MO John P. Gagan
P2.19	A Cloud-to-Ground (CG) Lightning Climatology for the Lake Superior Region Michael Dutter, NOAA/NWS Marquette, MI Steven Fleegel
P2.20	The Gales of September? Analysis and Customer Impacts of the 03-04 September 2010 High-Wind Event across Lake Superior Michael Dutter, NOAA/NWS Marquette, MI
P2.21	The Catastrophic St. Louis Metropolitan Hail Storms of April 28, 2012 Fred H. Glass, NOAA/National Weather Service St. Louis, MO
P2.22	Pedagogical Challenges of Organizing a Storm Chasing Field-Trip Course Mario Majcen, California University of Pennsylvania, California, PA
P2.23	Withdrawn    The Indianapolis Severe Wind Event of 13 August 2011 Daniel McCarthy, NWS Indianapolis, IN Sonia Mark-Flechtner
P2.24	Verification of a Small, Large and Giant Hail Discrimination Algorithm for Dual-Polarized WSR-88D Radars Using High Resolution Reports Kiel Ortega, OU/CIMMS NOAA/OAR/NSSL Norman, OK Matthew Kumjian, Alexander Ryzhkov, and John Krause
P2.25	An Update from the Severe Hazards Analysis and Verification Experiment (SHAVE) Kiel Ortega, OU/CIMMS NOAA/OAR/NSSL, Norman, OK
P2.26	The Multi-Year Reanalysis of Remotely Sensed Storms (MYRORSS) Project Kiel Ortega, OU/CIMMS NOAA/OAR/NSSL Norman, OK Travis Smith, Jian Zhang, Carrie Langston, and Youcun Qi
P2.27	The 2 March 2012 Tornado Outbreak: Where Tornadoes Did Not Form Across the Ohio Valley Michael Paddock, NOAA/NWS Louisville, KY Angela Lese
P2.28	The 22 June 2011 Churchill Downs Tornado: A Science and Impact-Based Study Michael Paddock, NOAA/NWS Louisville, KY Angela Lese
P2.29	Lightning has Fallen to Third Leading Source of Storm Deaths in the U.S. Behind Tornadoes William P. Roeder, Private Meteorologist, Rockledge, FL
P2.30	Lightning Safety Applications Of NOAA's New Lightning Fatality Database William P. Roeder, Private Meteorologist, Rockledge, FL John Jensenius
P2.31	NWS Spaceflight Meteorology Group Weather Support in the Post Space Shuttle Era Frank C. Brody, NOAA/NWS Spaceflight Meteorology Group, Houston, TX
P2.32	Climate Research Supporting Local Decision Support Services Christopher C. Buonanno, NOAA/NWS WFO Little Rock, AR John A. Lewis III, Brian D. Smith
P2.33	An Examination of Decision Support Services Provided by the NWS during Major Winter Storms Dennis VanCleve, NOAA/NWS, Milwaukee/Sullivan, WI Marcia Cronce and Jamie Enderlen
P2.34	The Collaborative Transition of Unique Satellite Observations into the Operational Forecasting Environment and the Impact on Planning and Decision Support Deirdre Kann, NOAA/NWS, Albuquerque, NM Brian Guyer
P2.35	The Growing Role of NOAA within DHS Operations and Planning Peter B. Roohr, NOAA/NWS/OST/PPD/SPB (Silver Spring MD) and DHS National Operations Center NOAA Desk (Washington DC) Regis Walter, LT Matthew Glazewski, and LT Stephen Barry
P2.36	NWS Evaluation of Earth Networks Incorporated Total Lightning Detection Network Peter B. Roohr, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring MD Jonathan Blaes and Alan Cope
P2.37	Withdrawn  Mobile Weather Technology for Decision Support David Sauter, Army Research Laboratory, White Sands Missile Range, NM Yasmina Raby
P2.38	MetEd Resources for Weather and Natural Hazard Decision Support Amy Stevermer, UCAR/The COMET Program, Boulder, CO Victoria Johnson, Elizabeth Page, and Wendy Schreiber-Abshire
P2.39	An Operational Strategy for Addressing the Dangers Posed by Peninsular Florida Landspouts Matthew Volkmer, NOAA/NWS, Melbourne, FL Peter Blottman and Jonathan Guseman
P2.40	Central Region Impact Based Warnings Demonstration: a Weather-Ready Nation Initiative Michael J. Hudson, NOAA/National Weather Service Kansas City, MO Peter A. Browning, Kenneth Harding, Kenneth J. Galluppi, and Jessica L. Losego
P2.41	A Local Initiative to Improve Warning Content Patrick J. Spoden, NOAA/NWS Paducah, KY Zachery A. Heern
P2.43	Improving NWA Communications Janice Bunting, NWA Membership & Marketing Committee, Norman, OK Frank Brody, Diane Cooper, Brad Herold, and Winnie Crawford
P2.44	Putting the Science to Work: A Collaborative Course for Taking Meteorology Beyond the Classroom and Into the World Christina C. Crowe, National Weather Service, Huntsville, AL Ryan Wade and Sundar Christopher
P2.45	Above The Storm: A Broader Perspective in the Aftermath of Hurricane Irene Susan Jasko, California University of Pennsylvania, California, PA Vankita Brown, John Kelley, and Wes Browning
P2.46	Analysis of Tornado Debris During the April 27, 2011 Super Outbreak as Determined Using Social Media Data John A. Knox, University of Georgia, Athens, GA J.A. Rackley, A.W. Black, V.A. Gensini, M. Butler, M. Phan, C. Dunn, T. Gallo, M.R. Hunter, L. Lindsey, R. Scroggs, and S. Brustad
P2.47	Engaging Storm Spotters and College Students in Regional Responses to Climate Change Margaret Mooney, CIMSS/SSEC/University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI Steve Ackerman, Rusty Kapela, and Dave Parker
P2.48	Severe Weather and Ham Radio Skywarn Activation and NWS Chat Room Vincent Papol, NOAA/NWS, Pendleton, Oregon
P2.50	Withdrawn    Communities Need Severe Weather Event Risk Data Stephen Szoke, Portland Cement Association, Skokie, IL Stephen S. Szoke
P2.51	Adjusting a Spotter Program to the Modern Times Christine Wielgos, NOAA/NWS, Paduch, KY Rick Shanklin and Patrick Spoden
P2.52	Foundation Principles for Tornado Safety Jon W. Zeitler, NOAA/NWS, Austin/San Antonio, TX
P2.53	Using NOAA Google Applications in High-Impact Event Support Jennifer Zeltwanger, NOAA/NWS Central Region Headquarters, Kansas City, MO
P2.54	Incorporating NASA SPoRT and Other Alternative Data Sets into an Operational AWIPS II Environment Brian C. Carcione, NOAA/NWS, Huntsville, AL Jason Burks, Kristopher D. White, Matthew Smith, and Kevin McGrath
P2.55	Persistent Daytime Superadiabatic Surface Layers Observed by a Microwave Temperature Profiler Alan C. Czarnetzki, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa
P2.56	AWIPS II Deployment: The AWIPS of the Future Shevy Greene, Raytheon, Silver Spring, MD Kevin Johnson and Brad Scalio
P2.58	The Development of a Next Generation Graphical Forecast at NWS Key West Christopher Rothwell, NOAA/NWS, Key West, FL William Ulrich, Fred Johnson, and Andrew Devanas
P2.59	Weather Central, LP Wind Power Yield Forecast System Justin Traiteur, Weather Central LP - Madison, WI Rodney Runnheim, Sarah Reinke, Brett Wilt, and Andy Rice
P2.60	Overview of the Antarctic Automatic Weather Station Network Lee Welhouse, Antarctic Meteorological Research Center, Space Science Engineering Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI Matthew Lazzara, Jonathan Thom, George Weidner, and Linda Keller
P2.61	Withdrawn  Evolution of Data-Driven Weather Intelligence Ben Zimmerman, Weather Central, LP, Madison, WI Andy Rice and Steve Smedberg
P2.62	Moved to P1.66 An Update on CIRA's GOES-R Proving Ground Activities Ed Szoke, CIRA/NOAA/ESRL/GSD, Boulder, CO Renate Brummer, Hiro Gosden, Steve Miller, and Mark DeMaria
P2.63	MOS Probabilistic Winter Weather Guidance: Prototype Products for Weather-Ready Nation" Pilot Initiative" Phillip E. Shafer, NOAA/NWS/MDL, Silver Spring, MD Geoffrey Wagner and Kenneth Widelski
P2.64	MOS Precipitation Forecasts Formatted for the National Digital Forecast Database (NDFD) Tabitha L. Huntemann, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD Phillip E. Shafer, Kathryn K. Gilbert, and Matthew R. Peroutka
P2.65	Preliminary Results of AutoNowCaster over a Large Domain Mamoudou Ba, NOAA/NWS/MDL, Silver Spring, MD Lingayan Xin, John Crockett, Kenneth Sperow, and Rita Roberts
P2.66	Weather-Ready Nation: A Vital Conversation - Themes and Actions from the December 2011 Meeting in Norman, Oklahoma John Ferree, NOAA/NWS Office of Climate, Water, and Weather Services, Norman, OK
P2.67	Building and Enhancing Decision Support Services across the National Weather Service Western Region Jeffery R. Zimmerman, NOAA/NWS Western Region Headquarters, Salt Lake City, UT Todd Morris, Roger Lamoni. Leslie Wanek, and Matt Solum
P2.68	CoCoRaHS - Volunteer Precipitation Observations: Providing Valuable Information in Heavy Rainfall Events Henry Reges, CoCoRaHS/Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO Nolan Doesken, Zach Swalbe, Julian Turner, and Noah Newman
P2.69	Withdrawn   4D Weather Visualization Workbench (WxWb) Amanda O'Connor, Exelis Visual Information Solutions, Boulder, CO Kellie McNaron-Brown, Adam Edson, and Stephanie Dockstader
P2.70	Meet EDD (Enhanced Data Display) Jonathan Wolfe, NOAA/NWS, Charleston, WV Julia Ruthford and Chris Leonardi

Session E15: Social Media Boot Camp

4:30pm

E15.1 Interactive Social Media Boot Camp presented by the NWA Social Media Committee Tiffany Sunday, NWA Social Media Committee, Emerging Tech Strategist, Dallas, TX Tim Brice, Senior Meteorologist, NOAA/National Weather Service, El Paso, TX

Thursday, 11 October 2012

7:00am	Registration and Information Desk Opens (Closes at 3pm)
8:00am	Weather Briefing: Ballroom A
8:15am	General Session: Ballroom A

General Session: Ballroom A

Session F16: AWIPS Migration
Chair: Jordan Gerth, CIMSS/SSEC/University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI

8:15am	Keynote Speaker F16.0 AWIPS II – The AWIPS of the Future Shevy Greene, AWIPS II Deployment Manager, Raytheon Misson Operation Solutions, Silver Spring, MD
8:45am	Withdrawn   F16.1 Building the Framework for Severe Weather Warning Hazard Services in AWIPS2 Greg Stumpf, CIMMS and NOAA/NWS/MDL, Norman, OK Bryon Lawrence and Tracy Hansen
9:00am	F16.2 WES-2 and WES-2 Bridge: Training Capabilities in AWIPS-2 Dale Morris, University of Oklahoma/CIMMS/WDTB, Norman, OK Iqbal Virani, Michael Magsig, and Nazir A. Mohamed Said
9:15am	AWIPS2 Panel Discussion
10:00am	Morning Break

Session F17: Remote Sensing-Satellite
Co-Chairs: Wendy Schreiber-Abshire, UCAR/COMET, Boulder, CO
Timothy Schmit, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR/CORP/ASPB, Madison, WI

10:30am	F17.1 Improving Forecasts of Clouds and Convection using Simulated Satellite Imagery Daniel T. Lindsey, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR/RAMMB, Fort Collins, CO Jason Otkin, Justin Sieglaff, Dan Bikos, and Louie Grasso
10:45am	F17.2 Improving Very-Short-Range Forecasts of the Pre-Convective Environment Using Operational Geostationary Satellite Observations Ralph A. Petersen, CIMSS/SSEC/University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI Robert Aune, William Line, and Richard Dworak
11:00am	F17.3 A Quantitative Fog/Low Stratus Detection Algorithm for GOES-R Corey Calvert, CIMSS/SSEC/University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI Michael Pavolonis
11:15am	F17.4 The 2012 GOES-R Product Demonstrations for Marine and Precipitation Applications Michael J. Folmer, University of Maryland-College Park/ESSIC/CICS, College Park, MD Steve Goodman, Andrew Orrison, Joseph Sienkiewicz, and David Novak
11:30am	F17.5 Methods for Detecting Turbulence within Satellite Mountain Wave Signatures Anthony Wimmers, CIMSS/SSEC/University of Wisconsin-Madison, Calgary, AB Wayne Feltz
11:45am	F17.6 Leveraging the GOES-R Proving Ground Process and Forecaster Feedback to Improve GOES-R products and Training Material Scott Lindstrom, CIMSS/SSEC/University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI A. Scott Bachmeier, Wayne F. Feltz, Justin M. Sieglaff, and Mike Pavolonis
12:00pm	Lunch Break

Session 18.1 Decision Support Services
Co-Chairs: Mark Fox, NOAA/NWS, Fort Worth, TX
Kaba Bah, CIMSS/SSEC/University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI

1:30pm	F18.1 Probabilistic Forecasting of Severe Convection John L. Cintineo, CIMSS/SSEC/University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI Michael J. Pavolonis and Justin M. Sieglaff
1:45pm	F18.2 An Examination of Decision Support Services Provided by the NWS during Major Winter Storms Marcia Cronce, NOAA/NWS, Milwaukee/Sullivan, WI Dennis VanCleve and Jamie Enderlen
2:00pm	F18.3 A Quantitative and Qualitative Examination of Tornado Related Statistics Across the United States Alan Gerard, NOAA/NWS Jackson, MS
2:15pm	F18.4 Communication Revolution: Using Twitter to Exchange Situational Awareness Information during Two Significant Weather Events Randy Graham, NOAA/NWS, Salt Lake City, UT Monica Traphagan
2:30pm	F18.5 Meteorological Decision Support Services at the FAA - Air Traffic Control System Command Center (ATCSCC) Michael Eckert, NOAA/NWS/AWC, Kansas City, MO
2:45pm	Afternoon Break

Session F19: Warning Operations
Co-Chairs: Stephen Brueske, NOAA/NWS, Sullivan, WI
Randy Graham, NOAA/NWS, Salt Lake City, UT

3:15pm	F19.1 Polygonology: A Realistic Look at the National Weather Service Polygon Warning System Kevin B. Laws, NOAA/NWS, Birmingham, AL
3:30pm	F19.2 Evolving to Impact Decision Support Services - An Overview of Deployment Boot Camp for Emergency Response Jennifer Zeltwanger, NOAA/NWS Central Region Headquarters - Kansas City, MO Kelsey Angle
3:45pm	Withdrawn  F19.3 Warning Frequency Variations among National Weather Service Weather Forecast Offices Kevin Barrett, Texas State University, Department of Geography, San Marcos, Texas Richard Dixon
4:00pm	F19.4 A Prototype Emergency Response Meteorologist Taskbook Jon W. Zeitler, NOAA/NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX Rick Davis
4:15pm	F19.5 The 2012 Experimental Warning Progarm Spring Experiment at NOAA’s Hazardous Weather Testbed Darrel Kingfield, OU/CIMMS & NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK Aaron Anderson, David Andra, Kristin Calhoun, and Gabriel Garfield
4:30pm	F19.6 Severe Weather Simulations: Immersion Training with Partners Mark A. Fox, NOAA/NWS, Dallas/Fort Worth. TX Melissa S. Huffman
4:45pm	F19.7 Implementation of Enhanced Short Term and Aviation Grids at the NWS Atlanta Weather Forecast Office Trisha D. Palmer, NOAA/NWS, Atlanta/Peachtree City, GA Patricia A. Atwell, Steven E. Nelson, Jason T. Deese, Brian D. Lynn, Matthew Sena, Lans P. Rothfusz, Charles A. West, and Randy Skov
5:00pm	Closing Remarks; 37th NWA Annual Meeting adjourns

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