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Meetings
2002
NASA - NWS Joint Symposium on Short-Term Forecasting and the
Convective Weather Warning Process
AGENDA
Tuesday
April 9
Plenary
Bill
Proenza (NWS SR HQS) "World's Most Active Weather"
Jim Dodge
(NASA HQS) "NASA's Weather Research Program"
Steve
Goodman (NASA/MSFC) "NASA's Short-term Prediction Research
and Transition (SPoRT) Center"
- abstract
Gary
Jedlovec (NASA/MSFC) "NASA/NOAA Satellite Products Applicable
to Short-term Forecasting Issues"
- abstract
Mesoscale
Modeling/Regional Data Assimilation
John
Manobianco (ENSCO/AMU) "A Real-time Configuration of the
ARPS Data Analysis System to Support Operational Forecasting
in East-central Florida"
Dave
Sharp (NWS/MLB WFO) "NWS Utilization of the ARPS/LDIS Analysis
System for Short-term Forecasting in East-central Florida"
John
McGinley (FSL) "Diabatic Initialization Technique for NWP
in the Local Weather Office"
Bill
Lapenta (NASA/NSSTC) "Land-Surface Temperature Data Assimilation
with MM5 for improved 6-h QPF"
Ralph
Peterson (NCEP/EMC) "Recent changes and future plans for
mesoscale modeling and data assimilation at NCEP, including WRF"
Jack
Kain (NSSL) "Simple but Effective Technology Transfer in
a Collaborative Research/Operational Environment"
- abstract
Discussion
Short-term
Forecasting of Convective Weather
Fred
Foss (NCEP/AWC) "Aviation Weather Center 0-6 hr Convective
Weather Forecast Products"
Bob Boldi
(MIT Lincoln Labs) "Short-term Forecasts of Aviation Weather
Hazards"
Cindy
Mueller (NCAR/RAP) "NCAR Autonowcaster"
Alan
Gerard (NWS/JAN WFO) "Use of WDSS-II radar decision support
system for improved severe weather warning operations in the
Southeast U.S."
Don Burgess
(NSSL) "NEXRAD Mosaics and Satellite-Radar QPE"
- Abstract
Larry
Carey (NC State) "The Relationship between Severe Storms
and Cloud-to-Ground Lightning Polarity in the Contiguous United
States"
Steve
Goodman (MSFC) "The North Alabama Severe Thunderstorm Observations,
Research, and Monitoring Network (STORMnet)"
Kevin
Knupp (UAH) "Observations of boundary interactions and convective
initiation using the UAH Mobile Integrated Profiling System (MIPS)"
Open
Floor/Discussion
Wednesday
APRIL 10
Science
and Technology Infusion/Experimental Products
Stan
Kidder (CIRA) "Lessons Learned in Supplying Real-Time POES
Data to Forecasters"
John
Gordon and Chris Darden (NWS/HSV WFO) "Vision for the Huntsville
WFO"
Tom Bradshaw
(NWS/BHM WFO) "Local initiatives for improving severe weather
operations at NWS Birmingham"
Don Burgess
(NSSL) "NWS warning skill scores and research to improve
them"
- Abstract
Rusty
Russell (Madison County, Alabama EMA) "Present and future
weather needs of local emergency management agencies
Dave
Sharp (NWS/MLB WFO) "Experimental methods for conveying
hazardous weather information to users"
James
Spann (ABC 33/40) "Role of media as a partner in the severe
warning process"
Open
Floor/Discussion
Symposium
Summary, Discussion, and Research Priorities
Modeling
and Data Assimilation (Bill Lapenta)
Short-term
forecasts of convective weather (Steve Goodman)
Infusion
of new products for EMA, TV, and other stakeholders (Tom Bradshaw)
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