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)
9:40
Break
Dual Polarization Weather Radar Research
10:55
Intermediate Q&A/Discussion Session on Dual-Pol (Jain)
11:10
Mini-Break
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
1:40
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
Multi-Radar/Multi-Sensor (MRMS) Research
4:00
Intermediate Q&A/Discussion Session on MRMS and Hydro (Jorgensen)
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
Hazardous Weather Forecasts Research
8:55
9:10
Intermediate Q&A/Discussion Session on Forecasting Research (Kain)
9:20
Mini-Break
10:05
Final Q&A/Discussion Session on Forecasting Research (Kain)
10:15
Break
Hazardous Weather Warnings Research
11:25
Intermediate Q&A/Discussion Session on Warnings Research (Jorgensen)
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