Several researchers with The University of Oklahoma Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies are scheduled to present at American Meteorological Society’s 38th Conference on Radar Meteorology.
The conference is in Chicago, Illinois, from Aug. 28 to Sept. 1.
CIMMS presenters are scheduled Monday through Thursday, presenting posters, papers and more.
For the full AMS scheduled, visit the program. Abstract and papers name may differ from what is published below. A CIMMS specific schedule is as follows:
Monday, Aug. 28
- 11:45 a.m. to Noon – Session 5B: Use of Radar Data for Nowcasting and Numerical Models 1: Radar-Based Nowcasting
- Tiffany Meyer is presenting, “5B.6: Using Random Forest to Generate Probability of Cloud-to-Ground.”
- 2:30 to 4 p.m. – Poster Session 1
- Erica Griffin is presenting the poster, “8: A Polarimetric Analysis of Ice Microphysical Processes in Snow, using Quasi-Vertial Profiles.”
- Petar Bukovcic is presenting the poster, “13: Polarimetric Radar Relations for Snow Estimation Based on Disdrometer Data.”
- 2:30 to 4 p.m. – Poster Session 3
- Terry Schuur is presenting, “55: Combining Polarimetric Radar Data and HRRR Model Output to Determine Melting Layer Coverage and Surface-Based Precipitation Types in Winter Storms: New Algorithms for the WSR-88D.”
- Heather Reeves is presenting, “61: Quantifying the Latency within Mosaicked Radar Products and Assessing Impacts on Operations.”
- Dustan Wheatley is presenting, “73: Use of Radar Data in the NSSL Experimental Warn-on-Forecast System for Ensembles.”
- Patrick Skinner is presenting, “76: An Object-based Assessment of the Impacts of Radar Data Assimilation in the Community Leveraged Unified Ensemble.”
- 4 to 5:30 p.m. – Session 7A: Microphysical Studies with Radars 2:Severe Weather
- At 5:15 p.m., Alexander Ryzhkov is presenting, “7A.6: Novel Approaches for Studying Ice Microphysics in Stratiform Clouds with Dual-Polarization Radars.”
Tuesday, Aug. 29
- 8 to 8:30 a.m. – 8: New and Emerging Radar Technology: Keynote
- 10:30 to Noon – Session 12A: New and Emerging Radar Technology 1: Phased Array Weather Radar
- At 11:30 a.m., Djordje Mirkovic is presenting, “12A.5: Full Wave Electromagnetic approach to the Calibration of Polarimetric Phased Array Radars.”
- 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. – Session 13A: Use of Radar Data for Nowcasting and Numerical Models 3: Assimilation Methods for New Radar Observations
- At 1:45 p.m., Jacob Carlin is presenting, “13A.2: Assimilation of ZDR Columns for Improving the Spin-Up and Forecast of Convective Storms in Storm-Scale Models.”
- 2:30 to 4 p.m. – Poster Session 4
- Amanda Murphy is presenting, “88: A Polarimetric and Microphysical Analysis of the Stratiform Rain Region of MCSs.”
- Jacob Carlin is presenting, “99: Polarimetric Thermodynamic Retrievals in the Melting Layer: One-Dimensional Spectral Bin Model Simulations.”
- 2:30 to 4 p.m. – Poster Session 6
- Sebastian Torres is presenting, “122: The Future is Here: Capabilities and Plans for the Advanced Technology Demonstrator at the National Severe Storms Laboratory.”
- Igor Ivic is presenting, “127: An Experimental Evaluation of Phase Coding to Mitigate the Cross-Coupling Biases in PPAR” and “130: An Approach to Align Subarray Channels in PPAR Using Weather Returns.”
- 2:30 to 4 p.m. – Poster Session 8
- Brandon Smith is presenting, “178: An Updated Radar-Based Storm Rotation Climatology for the CONUS.”
Wednesday, Aug. 30
- 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. – Session 19A: Organized Convection and Severe Phenomena 2: General Topics
- At 11:30 a.m., Charles Kuster is presenting, “19A.5: Rapid-Scan Dual-Polarization Radar Observations of Zdr Column Depth in the Context of Forecaster Conceptual Models.”
- At 11:45 a.m., Patrick Skinner is presenting, “19A.6: EnKF and Polarimetric Analyses of the 31 May 2013 El Reno, Oklahoma Supercell during Tornadogenesis.”
Thursday, Sept. 1
- 8 to 9:30 a.m. – Session 20A: New and Emerging Radar Technology 3: Innovations in Signal Processing
- At 9:15 a.m., Valery Melnikov is presenting, “20A.6: Radar Detection of Electrified Cloud Areas.”
- 9:30 to 11 a.m. – Poster Session 10
- David Schvartzman is presenting, “196: A Realistic Dual-Polarization Radar Time-Series Simulator Based on Archived Data.”
- David Warde is presenting, “198: SZ-2 Algorithm Updates for the NEXRAD Network.”
- Feng Nai is presenting, “209: Using Simulations to Refine Weather Surveillance Radar Requirements for SENSR.”
- Chris Curtis is presenting, “211: Using Multitaper to Improve Meteorological Estimates When Filtering Ground Clutter.”
- 9:30 to 11 a.m. – Poster Session 11
- Andrew Rosenow is presenting, “220: Gap-Filling Mobile Radar Observations of a Snow Squall in the San Luis Valley.”
- Kiel Ortega is presenting, “221: An Overview of Hail Detection Techniques Using SHAVE Hail Reports” and “222: Creating a Climatological Database of Three-Dimensional Radar Mosaics with Derived Severe Weather Products: Progress, Challenges, and Moving Forward.”
- Jeffrey Snyder is presenting, “237: Identifying Polarimetric Radar Signatures Aloft Associated with Large and Giant Hail.”
- 9:30 to 11 a.m. – Poster Session 12
- Pengfei Zhang is presenting, “246: Technical Challenges in Transferring of the R(A) Methodology for Rainfall Estimation to Operational Systems.”
- Lin Tang is presenting, “258: Melting Layer Impact on the Radar Rainfall Estimation Using the Specific Attenuation.”
- 11 a.m. to Noon – Session 21B: Organized Convection and Severe Phenomena 3: PECAN
- Rachel Miller is presenting, “21B.3: Kinematics, Thermodynamics, and Microphysics of the 25-26 June 2015 Kansas MCS during PECAN.”
- 4 to 5:30 p.m. – Session 23B: Radar Networks, Quality Control, Processing and Software 2
- At 4 p.m., Anthony Reinhart is presenting, “23B.1: The Effect of Intra-Volume Scans on MRMS Derived Products Using Numerically Simulated Radar Data.”
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