SSEC/CIMSS at the 91st Annual AMS Conference

SSEC and CIMSS scientists will be presenting a wide range of seminars, talks, and posters at the 91st Annual American Meteorological (AMS) Conference held 24 – 28 January 2011 in Seattle, Washington. CIMSS Director Steve Ackerman is the co-director of this year’s conference.

The theme of the Conference is “Communicating Weather and Climate,” emphasizing the idea that two-way communication is essential for scientific research, education and serving the public.

SSEC scientist will be presenting talks and posters on a wide variety of talks including but not limited to:

• how products from polar-orbiting satellites will facilitate global direct broadcast data,
• examining the capabilities of McIDAS-V software
• illustrating the growing use of mobile devices in delivering real-time weather products,
• GOES-R products

This year SSEC will again have a booth on the floor of the Exhibit Hall. Hours are:  Monday, 5:30-7:30 PM (Grand Opening/Reception/cash bar) ; Tuesday 9:30 AM - 6 PM ; Wednesday 10 AM - 6:30 PM (Pre-banquet Reception/cash bar from 5:30 to 6:30) ; Thursday from 9 AM 'til Noon. (These hours are a bit different from last year's).

The complete list of the sessions, talks, and posters presented by SSEC/CIMSS is shown below.

In addition, SSEC and CIMSS will engage K-12 students, teachers, and the general public at the 10th Annual WeatherFest on Sunday, 23 January 2011. The heavily-attended WeatherFest is an interactive science and weather fair designed to instill a love for math and science in children of all ages and to spark a young person’s interest in this area so they may consider a career in these and other science and engineering fields.

Don’t miss the Communicating Weather and Climate Art Show. Art and sciecne come together with microbursts, photography, supercooling, sculpture, Alberta Clippers, painting, sea level rise, and more. You can attend the Opening Reception on Monday, 24 January, 7:00-9:00 p.m., Second Level, North Lobby.

Lead Author / Presenter	Type	Title
Achtor, Thomas	Talk	McIDAS-V—Accessing, visualizing and analyzing multi and hyperspectral environmental satellite data
Bah, Kaba	Poster	Preparation for use of GOES-R Advance Baseline Image (ABI)
Dengel, Russell	Talk	Mobile Device Access to Real-time Weather Products using a Web Map Service
Desai, Ankur R.	Panel Disccussion	Communicating with Each Other: The Challenges and Rewards of Expanding Atmospheric Science’s Professional Partners
Eloranta, E. W.	Talk	Using Doppler spectra to improve radar-lidar snowfall measurements
Feltz, Wayne F.	Talk	GOES-R overview of aviation algorithms and applications
Feltz, Wayne F.	Poster	University of Wisconsin proving ground participation within the NOAA Hazardous Weather Testbed
Garms, Elise M.	Poster	Validation of a 3-D cloud product (UW-CAVP) derived from NASA Atmospheric InfraRed Sounder (AIRS) radiances with MODIS, CALIPSO, and COSMIC GPS satellite data using McIDAS-V version 1.0
Gerth, Jordan	Talk	An Outline in Transferring Satellite Research Products to National Weather Service Operations
Gunshor, Mathew M.	Poster	Intercalibration activities at CIMSS in preparation for the GOES-R era
Hartung, Daniel C.	Talk	Assimilation of surface-based profiler observations using an observation system simulation experiment: Part 2: forecast impact
Heidinger, Andrew K.	Talk	Applicability of GOES-R AWG Cloud Algorithms for JPSS/VIIRS
Hildner, Richard D.	Poster	Investigating the effects of air-mass history on cloud-aerosol interactions in different cloud regimes using AHSRL and trajectory cluster analysis
Holman, Kathleen D.	Poster	Understanding extreme precipitation events in climate simulations of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries in Madison, Wisconsin
Huang, Allen	Talk	Polar Orbiting Weather Satellite Proving Ground: Facilitating Broad and Optimal Use of Global Direct Broadcast Data
Jasmin, Tommy	Talk	Using the McIDAS-V scientific data software system to visualize and analyze NPP data
Jin, Xin	Poster	Speeding up the GOES-R Legacy Atmospheric Sounding Algorithm: a Blend of the CRTM Forward Model and the Fast Analytical Jacobian Scheme
Lang, Andrea A.	Poster	The structure and evolution of lower stratospheric frontal zones in northwesterly and southwesterly flow
Lee, Yong-Keun	Poster	A comparison of forward radiative transfer models used in the production of simulated proxy data for the GOES-R ABI
Lee, Yong-Keun	Poster	Validation of WRF simulated weather environment through hyperspectral Infrared brightness temperature comparison over thin cirrus cloud region
Li, Jun	Poster	High impact weather nowcasting and short range forecasting using advanced IR soundings
Li, Zhenglong	Poster	Land surface emissivity from high temporal resolution geostationary infrared imager radiances
Lindstrom, Scott S.	Talk	Challenges in verifying predictions of the pre-convective environment
Liu, Zhengyu	Talk	Transient simulation of the climate evolution of the last 21,000 years in CCSM3
Monette, Sarah A.	Poster	Applications of an Objective Overshooting Top Detection Algorithm
Mooney, Margaret	Poster	Infusing satellite data into earth science education with SAGE, ESIP and SNAPP
Notaro, Michael	Talk	Simulated impact of vegetation across the North American monsoon region in CCSM3.5
Otkin, Jason A.	Talk	Assimilation of surface-based profiler observations during an observation system simulation experiment: Part 1: Analysis Impact
Pavolonis, Michael J.	Poster	From GOES and POES to GOES-R and JPSS: Improvements in Operational Volcanic Cloud Monitoring
Petersen, Ralph A.	Poster	Validation studies of WVSS-II moisture observations
Petersen, Ralph A.	Talk	Displaying short-range forecasts of the convective environment based on Geostationary satellite data
Quinn, Greg	Poster	Developing a product validation and inter-calibration system for GOES-R using advanced collocation methods
Rasmussen Jr., David M.	Poster	An Analysis of Climate Change's Impacts on Future Wind Energy Production in California
Rasmussen, D. J.	Talk	Antarctic meteorological data: Access, distribution, and challenges
Rink, Thomas D.	Poster	McIDAS-V support for the Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) program
Roman, Jacola A.	Poster	Validation of Global Climate Model moisture trends for the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP) using GPS Precipitable Water Vapor (PWV) observations in the U.S. Great Plains from 2000 to 2010
Santek, David	Talk	Satellite Based Nowcasting and Aviation Applications for Mobile Devices
Schmidt, Christopher C.	Poster	Detection and characterization of biomass burning in the GOES-R era
Schmidt, Christopher C.	Poster	Ozone estimation with the ABI
Schmit, Timothy J.	Talk	The improved imagery of the ABI on GOES-R
Smith Sr., William L.	Poster	Mesoscale soundings using combined GOES-R and JPSS spectral radiances
Strabala, Kathleen I.	Talk	The Global Impact of Polar Orbiter Direct Broadcast Data
Straka III, William	Poster	McIDAS-V, Visualization and Data Analysis for GOES-R
Straka III, William C.	Talk	Research to Operations Activities using Products from Polar Orbiting Satellites
Tobin, David C.	Poster	The role of CLARREO as an IR intercalibration reference for JPSS and GOES-R
Wagner, Timothy J.	Talk	Watching for warnings: a real-time severe weather nowcasting simulation for the undergraduate classroom
Zhang, Hong	Poster	GRAFIIR – an efficient end-to-end semi automated GOES-R ABI algorithm performance analysis and implementation verification system