NSSL Laboratory Review 2015

Science Presentations Agenda

Wednesday, 25 February

7:00

Breakfast at NCED hotel with OAR AA, DAA, and Reviewers (Garden Room 1)

7:40

Reviewers meet in NCED lobby for transportation to NSSL (carpool, please)

Morning Session — Room 3910

8:00

Welcome and Introductions (McLean)

8:15

Logistics (Rothfusz)

8:20

Overview of NOAA/OAR research (Fine) [pptx]  [pdf]

8:35

NSSL Director's Welcome and Overview (Koch) [pptx]  [pdf]

9:40

Break

10:00

Weather Radar Research Overview (Jain) [pptx]  [pdf]

Dual Polarization Weather Radar Research

10:10

New Concepts in Utilization of Polarimetric Radars (Rzyzhkov) [pptx]  [pdf]

10:25

Winter Microphysics (Reeves) [pptx]  [pdf]

10:40

Polarimetric Radar and NWP Synergies (Snyder) [pptx]  [pdf]

10:55

Intermediate Q&A/Discussion Session on Dual-Pol (Jain)

11:10

Mini-Break

11:15

Hydrometeor Classification Algorithm 2 (HCA2) (Schuur) [pptx]  [pdf]

11:30

mPING (Elmore) [pptx]  [pdf]

11:45

Innovative Techniques to Improve Weather Observations (Warde) [pptx]  [pdf]

12:00

Final Q&A/Discussion Session on Dual-Pol (Jain)

12:15

Working Lunch — Room 2410

(Reviewers with NSSL management and OAR HQ)

Early Afternoon Session — Room 3910

Weather Radar Research: MPAR

1:00

MPAR Overview (Hondl) [pptx]  [pdf]

1:25

MPAR Engineering Research (Torres) [pptx]  [pdf]

1:40

Q&A/Discussion Session on MPAR (Jain)

1:55

Mini-break and Transition to Concurrent Sessions

Concurrent Sessions: Various Rooms

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2:00

Reviewers-Only Session: Electronic Poster Session #1

Reviewers, please select four E-Posters to visit. E-Poster presentations are repeated every 15 minutes.

  • Dev Lab: SHAVE-Hydro (B. Smith) [pptx]  [pdf]
  • 2nd Floor East: Advantages of Rapid-scan Phased Array Radar Data (Kuster) [pptx]  [pdf]
  • 2nd Floor West: Lightning Data Assimilation (Mansell) [pptx]  [pdf]
  • HWT Southwest: Adaptive Scanning on the NWRT PAR (Priegnitz) [pptx]  [pdf]
  • HWT Northwest: Increasing the value of NEXRAD's dual-polarization upgrade by improving the quality of correlation coefficient (Ivić) [pptx]  [pdf]
  • HWT Northeast: Videosondes (Waugh) [pptx]  [pdf]
  • HWT Media: Coastal Flooding/CI-FLOW (Nemunaitis) [pptx]  [pdf]

2:00

(Non-Reviewer) Visitors' Session

Tour of "The Bay" (Kennedy)

2:00

NSSL/CIMMS/Ace All-Hands Meeting with Craig McLean (Room 1313)

3:00

Break

Late Afternoon Session — Room 3910

3:20

MRMS and Hydrometeorological Research Overview (Jorgensen) [pptx]  [pdf]

Multi-Radar/Multi-Sensor (MRMS) Research

3:30

MRMS and the R2O Process (Howard) [pptx]  [pdf]

3:45

MRMS-Hydro (Zhang) [pptx]  [pdf]

4:00

Intermediate Q&A/Discussion Session on MRMS and Hydro (Jorgensen)

4:10

FLASH (Gourley) [pptx]  [pdf]

4:25

MRMS-Severe (Smith) [pptx]  [pdf]

4:40

Final Q&A/Discussion Session on MRMS and Hydro (Jorgensen)

5:00

End of Day One Activities for Visitors

Reviewer Sessions

5:00

Reviewers' closed session

5:00

Bay Tour for McLean and Fine (Kennedy)

6:30

(Optional) BBQ in NWC Atrium for reviewers, visitors, and presenters from NSSL and CIMMS (Optional)

Thursday, 26 February

7:40

Reviewers meet in NCED lobby to carpool to NWC

Morning Session — Room 3910

8:00

Hazardous Weather Forecasts & Warnings Research: Forecasts Overview (Kain) [pptx]  [pdf]

Hazardous Weather Forecasts Research

8:10

Process Studies of Convective Storms and their Environments (Ziegler) [pptx]  [pdf]

8:25

Ground-Based Instrument Development and Observational Strategies (Turner) [pptx]  [pdf]

8:40

HWT Spring Forecast Experiment History and Success (Clark) [pptx]  [pdf]

8:55

Bridging Research and Operations: SPC Interaction and Field Experiments (Coniglio) [pptx]  [pdf]

9:10

Intermediate Q&A/Discussion Session on Forecasting Research (Kain)

9:20

Mini-Break

9:25

Warn on Forecast—Extended Presentation (Wicker) [pptx]  [pdf]

9:50

Severe Weather Climatology and Long-Term Forecasting (Brooks) [pptx]  [pdf]

10:05

Final Q&A/Discussion Session on Forecasting Research (Kain)

10:15

Break

10:30

Hazardous Weather Forecasts & Warnings Research: Warnings Overview (Jorgensen) [pptx]  [pdf]

Hazardous Weather Warnings Research

10:40

HWT Experimental Warning Program History & Successes (Kingfield) [pptx]  [pdf]

10:55

Meteorological & Warning Process Studies (Bowden/Heinselman) [pptx]  [pdf]  [wmv]

11:10

FACETs (Rothfusz) [pptx]  [pdf]

11:25

Intermediate Q&A/Discussion Session on Warnings Research (Jorgensen)

11:35

GOES-R R2O (Calhoun) [pptx]  [pdf]

11:50

Lightning Research & Forecasting (MacGorman) [pptx]  [pdf]

12:05

Final Q&A/Discussion Session on Warnings Research (Jorgensen)

12:15

Working Lunches

Room 2410: Reviewers only with invited NSSL/CIMMS early-career professionals

Room 3910: McLean, Fine and NSSL Senior Leadership.

Concurrent Sessions: Various Rooms

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Reviewers-Only: Stakeholder discussions (closed session)

1:15

Prep (Room 2410 - All reviewers)

1:30

Room 2410 (Hydro): Brian Cosgrove (NWS/OHD) — phone

 

Room 2440 (Radar): Mike Istok (NWS/OCWWS) — in person

1:50

Room 2410 (Hydro): Dave Novak (NWS/NCEP/WPC) — phone

 

Room 2440 (Radar): Mike Emmanuel (FAA) — phone

2:10

Room 2410 (Modeling): Bill Lapenta (NWS/NCEP) — in person

 

Room 2440 (Radar): Terry Clark (NWS/ROC) — in person

2:30

Room 2410 (F&W): Russ Schneider (NWS/NCEP/SPC) — in person

 

Room 2440 (R2O): John Murphy (NWS/OS&T) — in person

2:50

Room 2410 (F&W): Andy Edman (NWS/WRH/SSD) — in person

 

Room 2440 (R2O): John Cortinas (OAR/OWAQ) — in person

Non-Reviewer Visitors' Session: Electronic Posters

Open visition: mingle and interact, as desired.

VIEW NWC MAP: 2ND FLOOR | 3RD FLOOR

1:15

  • Dev Lab: SHAVE-Hydro (B. Smith) [pptx]  [pdf]
  • 2nd Floor East: Advantages of Rapid-scan Phased Array Radar Data (Kuster) [pptx]  [pdf]
  • 2nd Floor West: Lightning Data Assimilation (Mansell) [pptx]  [pdf]
  • HWT Southwest: Adaptive Scanning on the NWRT PAR (Priegnitz) [pptx]  [pdf]
  • HWT Northwest: Increasing the value of NEXRAD's dual-polarization upgrade by improving the quality of correlation coefficient (Ivić) [pptx]  [pdf]
  • HWT Northeast: Videosondes (Waugh) [pptx]  [pdf]
  • HWT Media: Coastal Flooding/CI-FLOW (Nemunaitis) [pptx]  [pdf]

2:15

  • Dev Lab: Radar Reanalysis/MYRORSS (T. Smith) [pptx]  [pdf]
  • 2nd Floor East: The FACETs PHI Tool (Karstens) [pptx]  [pdf]  [mp4]
  • 2nd Floor West: Severe Weather and Social Science Research (Brooks) [pptx]  [pdf]
  • HWT Southwest: PARISE (Bowden) [pptx]  [pdf]
  • HWT Northwest: PAR to the rescue - Improving Clutter Mitigation with Adaptive Beamforming(Curtis) [pptx]  [pdf]
  • HWT Northeast: Using Bragg Scattering for ZDR Calibration (Melnikov) [pptx]  [pdf]
  • HWT Media: Latest Results of Warn-on-Forecast Research (Potvin) [pptx]  [pdf]

3:10

Break

Concurrent Sessions: Various Rooms

VIEW NWC MAP: 2ND FLOOR | 3RD FLOOR

Reviewers-Only Electronic Poster Session #2

Reviewers, please select four E-Posters to visit. E-Poster presentations are repeated every 15 minutes.

3:30

  • Dev Lab: Radar Reanalysis/MYRORSS (T. Smith) [pptx]  [pdf]
  • 2nd Floor East: The FACETs PHI Tool (Karstens) [pptx]  [pdf]  [mp4]
  • 2nd Floor West: Severe Weather and Social Science Research (Brooks) [pptx]  [pdf]
  • HWT Southwest: PARISE (Bowden) [pptx]  [pdf]
  • HWT Northwest: PAR to the rescue - Improving Clutter Mitigation with Adaptive Beamforming(Curtis) [pptx]  [pdf]
  • HWT Northeast: Using Bragg Scattering for ZDR Calibration (Melnikov) [pptx]  [pdf]
  • HWT Media: Latest Results of Warn-on-Forecast Research (Potvin) [pptx]  [pdf]

Non-Reviewer Visitor's Session: Tour of PAR (meet at front door security desk)

3:30

Leave for North Base

3:50

PAR Tour (Zahrai)

4:20

Return to NWC

4:30

Transition Break

Final Afternoon Session — Room 3910

4:40

Line Office Reps Report-out to NSSL/OAR Management

5:10

End of review for visitors

6:30

Reviewers’ Dinner Alone (Garden Room 1 reserved at NCED)

Friday, 27 February

7:30

Reviewers meet in NCED lobby to carpool to North Base

(Map/directions provided in binder and on 2015 Lab Review website.)

Reviewers-Only PAR Tour

8:00

Reviewers depart hotel for North Base

8:20

PAR Tour (Hondl)

8:50

Depart from North Base for NWC

Reviewers-Only Bay Tour

9:15

Reviewers-Only Bay Tour; meet at front door security desk (Kennedy)

Late Morning Session — Room 3910

9:50

CIMMS Q&A (Peppler)

10:10

Final Q&A (Koch, Rothfusz, Division Chiefs)

10:40

Reviewer Closed Session (begin to write)

11:30

Lunch

(Reviewers only)

12:15

Reviewers Report-Out to OAR & NSSL Management

12:45

Final Comments (Fine, Koch and Chang)

1:00

Adjourn