Monday, July 9th

1600-1800       Early Registration in Pre Convention

1700-1800       Poster Set Up - Arizona/Oregon/Texas Tech 

Tuesday, July 10th

0730-0830       Registration and Poster Set Up

0830-0835       Introduction – Dr. Alan Wetmore, ARL

0835-0840       Welcome – Dr. Thomas H. Vonder Haar, CIRA/CSU

0840-0920       Keynote Address – Capt. Frank W. Garcia Jr., DoD

Session 1:   Program Reviews

0920-0940       Katz, Lockheed Martin NE&SS-Surface Systems:  The National Weather Radar Testbed Program.

0940-1000       Carey, CIRA, Colorado State University:  An Overview of the Next Complex Layered Cloud Experiment (CLEX-8).

1000-1030       Break

1030-1050       Schrader, Office of the Air and Space Natural Environment:  The Department of Defense Air and Space Natural Environment Modeling and Simulation Executive Agent:  Supporting a Framework to Ensure Authoritative Representation of Environmental Data for Simulation Systems.

1050-1110       Wagoner, CIRA at NOAA/FSL:  Transitioning Research to DoD Operations:  Strategy and Process.

1110-1130       Purdom, CIRA, Colorado State University:  Future Generation Polar Satellite Sensors (NPOESS).

Posters:           Shand, Chairman, NATO TG23, UK:  Battlefield Environment Knowledge Based Rules for EO and MMW System Design and Assessment.

                        Szymber, US Army Research Laboratory:  Army Meteorological Impacts and Critical Values.

1130-1200       Poster Commercials for Sessions 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5

1200-1330       Lunch (on your own)  ** The hotel is offering a daily lunch buffet in “The Park” to assist our conference and also offer their regular menu.  See the dining guide for additional options. 

Session 2:   Battlespace Sensing Techniques & Applications

1330-1350       Andrews, Dept. of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Royal Military College of Canada:  Gaussian Parameterization of Aerosol Puff Concentration Distributions from Point Sources.

1350-1410       Law, NOAA Environmental Technology Laboratory:  A 915 MHZ Shipboard Wind Profiler Radar.

1410-1420       Purdom, CIRA, Colorado State University:  Tutorial on Hyper Spectral Sensing.

1430-1500       Break

Posters:           Jones, CIRA, Colorado State University:  A Parallel Data-Computing Environment for Multisensor Satellite Data merger and Scientific Analysis.

                        Mayor, Dept. of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison:  Volume Imaging Lidar Observations and Large-Eddy Simulations of Convective Internal Boundary Layers.

                        Newsom, CIRA at NOAA Environmental Technology Laboratory:  Turbulence Generation in the Stable Nocturnal Boundary Layer and its Relationship to Low-Level Jet Characteristics Observed During Cases-99.

                        Law, NOAA Environmental Technology Laboratory:  A UHF High-Resolution Clear-Air Tropospheric Imaging Radar.

                        Bedell, Naval Research Laboratory:  The Naval Research Laboratory’s Nowcast System. 

Session 3:   Tactical Decision Aids

1500-1520       Schrader, Office of the Air and Space Natural Environment:  The Incorporation of High Resolution Climatological Data to Support the Development of Environmental Tactical Decision Aids for the Warfighter. 

Posters:           Aqvist, Military Weather Center of the Swedish Armed Forces:  WIMO:  A New Tool for the Swedish Armed Forces When Including Weather in Decision Aid and General Education.

                        McWilliams,  Army Research Laboratory:  The Use of New M&S Capabilities in Quantifying the Benefits of Improved Soil Moisture Data.

Session 4:   Clouds

1520-1540       Larson, Atmospheric Science Group, Dept. of Mathematical Sciences University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee:  The Dynamics of Altocumulus Clouds.

1540-1600       Kankiewicz, CIRA, Colorado State University:  An ISCCP-Observed Diurnal Cycle in Mid-Level Cloud Cover Evaluation of Cirrus Clouds.

Posters:           Norquist, Air Force Research Laboratory:  Evaluation of Cirrus Clouds as Retrieved from Geostationary Satellite Imagery.

                        Norquist, Air Force Research Laboratory:  Comparison of Monthly Statistics of Global Cloud Analyses.

                        Wylie, University of Wisconsin-Madison:  Improvements in Cirrus Cloud Detection with HIRS and MODIS Data.

                        Miller, Naval Research Laboratory:  Radiative Properties of the CLEX-7, March 10, Middle Level Cloud Case.

1600-1700       Poster Session for Conference Sessions 1-5 

1800-2000       Social Mixer w/Hors d’ Oeuvres in Atrium (cash bar)

Wednesday, July 11th

0730-0830       Registration and Poster Set Up

0830-0840       Announcements 

Session 5:  Measurement & Modeling of EO  Parameters

0840-0900       Ruggiero, Air Force Research Laboratory:  Forecasting Optical Turbulence Using A Mesoscale Forecaster Model.

0900-0920       Young, Dept. of Meteorology, Pennsylvania State University:  A Similarity Theory for Interpolating Refractivity Over Complex Terrain.

0920-0940       Mungiole, US Army Research Laboratory:  Combing Transmittance and Radiance Effects in Three-Dimensional Smoke Cloud Modeling.

Poster:            Pelman, Dept. of Meteorology, Pennsylvania State University:  Using MM5 to Forecast Nocturnal Radar Ducts Over Mountains.

Session 6:   Measurement of Clouds and Cloud Parameters

0940-1000       Wang, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Colorado State University:  A Pixel-Based Hierarchical Approach for Cloud Classification.

1000-1030       Break

1030-1050       Fleishauer, CIRA, Colorado State University:  Observed Microphysical Structure of Mid-Level, Mixed-Phase Clouds.

1050-1110       Maese, Lockheed Martin NE&SS-Surface Systems:  Cloud Detection and Profiling Using a  Shipborne Phased Array Radar.

1110-1130       Radke, National Center for Atmospheric Research:  Smoke and Cloud Interactions.

1130-1200       Poster Commercials for Sessions 6, 7, 8, and 9

1200-1330       Lunch (on your own)  ** The hotel is offering a daily lunch buffet in “The Park” to assist our conference and also offer their regular menu.  See the dining guide for additional options.

1330-1350       Reinke, CIRA, Colorado State University:  Multi-Scale Global Cloud and Water Vapor Database for Battlespace Applications.

1350-1410       Kidder, CIRA, Colorado State University:  A Measurement of the Albedo of Cirrus Clouds at 3.90 µm.

Posters:           Vonder Haar, CIRA, Colorado State University:  Comparison of Ground-Based and Satellite Measurements of Cloud Liquid Water in Several Climate Zones.

                        Zhao, Naval Research Laboratory:  Real-Time, Three-Dimensional Cloud Analysis for NOWCAST at the Naval Research Laboratory.

                        Kankiewicz, CIRA, Colorado State University:  A “BUGSRAD” View of Clex-5 Observed Mid-Level, Mixed Phase Clouds.

                        Saitwal, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Colorado State University:  Study of a Multi-Channel Temporally Adaptable System for Continuous Cloud Classification from GOES Imagery.

                        Campbell, CIRA, Colorado State University:  Automated Cloud Stereo Heights and Motions From Satellite Imagery.

Session 7:   Meteorological Modeling/Data Assimilation

1410-1430       Hord, UK Meteorological Office:  Horace – Forecast Visualization and Production Tool.

1430-1500       Break

1500-1520       Schmidt, Naval Research Laboratory:  Moist Physics Development for the Naval Research Laboratory’s Coupled Ocean/Atmosphere Mesoscale Prediction System (COAMP).

1520-1540       Liu, NCAR/RAP, Boulder, CO:  An Operational Mesoscale RT-FDDA Analysis and Forecasting System.

1540-1600       Geiszler, Science Applications International Corporation:  The Next Generation On-Scene Weather Prediction System, COAMPS-OS.

1600-1700       Poster Session for Conference Sessions  6-9

1800-1900       Social Mixer in Idaho/Michigan (cash bar)

1830-2030       Dinner Banquet “Italian Buffet” in Idaho/Michigan        (guest speaker to be announced)

 

Thursday, July 12th

0730-0830       Registration

0830-0840       Announcements

Session 8:   Meteorological Modeling/Data Assimilation, cont’d

0840-0900       Ruggiero, Air Force Research Laboratory:  Development of a MM5-Based Four-Dimensional Variational Analysis System Designed for Distributed-Memory Multiprocessor Computers.

0900-0920       Goedecke, Dept. of  Physics, New Mexico State University:  Quasi-Wavelet Model of Anisotropic Inhomogeneous Atmospheric Turbulence.

0920-0940       Luces, US Army Research Laboratory:  Coupling a Microscale Model to a Mesoscale Model.

0940-1000       Yee, US Army Research Laboratory:  The Army Meteorological Information Fusion Experiment.

1000-1030       Break

1030-1050       Hoock, US Army Research Laboratory:  Stimulating Meteorological Models on Tactical Army Battle Command System Through a Synthetic Data Interface.

1050-1110       Mercurio, US Army Research Laboratory:  3DSTAT –  A High Resolution 3-D Diagnostic Meteorological Model.

1110-1130       Gill, Atmospheric Science Group, Texas Tech. University:  Mesoscale Processes and Transport of Hazardous Substances in the Urban Atmospheric Boundary Layer.

1130-1150       Vukicevic, CIRA, Colorado State University:  New Parallel RAMS 4DVAR Data Assimilation Algorithm Applied to GOES Radiance Measurements.

Posters:           Arthur, UK Meteorological Office:  MONET – The Met Office Noise Evaluation Tool.

                        Dumais, US Army Research Laboratory:  Comparing Nowcasting Methods Using Oklahoma Mesonet Data.

                        Henmi, US Army Research Laboratory:  Statistical Evaluation of Battlespace Forecast Model (BFM) Over Three Different Areas and Comparisons with NOGAPS and NORAPS.

                        Schuster, Dept. of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University:  Prototype Real-Time Boundary Layer Prediction in Support of the CASES-99 Nocturnal Boundary Layer Experiment.

                        Greenwald, CIRA, Colorado State University:  Assessment of the Adjoint of a Radiative Transfer Model for Assimilation of Cloudy Visible Radiances.

1200-1330       Lunch (on your own)  ** The hotel is offering a daily lunch buffet in “The Park” to assist our conference and also offer their regular menu.  See the dining guide for additional options. 

Session 9:   Atmospheric Propagation

1330-1350       Arthur, UK Meteorological Office:  CMETS – Computerized Met System to Support Artillery Fire on Battlefield.

1350-1410       Doss-Hammel, Spawar Systems Center:  The Refractive Amplification Factor for Infrared Propagation in the Marine Atmospheric Surface Layer.

1410-1430       Ostashev, NOAA/ETL and Dept. of Physics, New Mexico State University:  Sound Propagation and Scattering Through Inhomogeneous Anisotropic Atmospheric Turbulence.

1430-1500       Break

1500-1520       Noble, US Army Research Laboratory:  Using Infrasonic Arrays in an Urban Environment.

1520-1540       Noble, US Army Research Laboratory:  Preliminary Result From the CASES-99 Field Studies.

1540-1600       Chilson, CIRES, University of Colorado:  Application of Frequency Diverse Radar Measurements to Studies of the Troposphere.

1600-1620       Burke, MIT Lincoln Laboratory:  Applications to Atmospheric Characterization Using Hyperspectral Data.

Posters:           Frederickson, Dept. of Meteorology, Naval Postgraduate School:  Validation of AREPS Propagation Assessments in a Coastal Environment.

                        Spisz, John Hopkins University Applied Physics:  Forecasting Radar Ducting Using RADMAPS and the MM5 Weather Model.

                        Kolb, Dept. Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University:  Modeled Laser Transmission Through Simulated Cirrus Clouds.

                        Paulus, Atmospheric Propagation Branch, SPAWARSYSCEN:  Acknowledgement of Evaporation Duct Height Correlation.

                        Gutman, NOAA Forecast System Laboratory:  Ground-Based GPS Meteorology in Military Operations.

1620-1700       Conference Wrap-Up