100th American Meteorological Society (AMS) Annual Meeting
RAL AMS Schedule Lineup

Workshop
Jan. 11 to Jan. 16, 2020
7:00 am – 4:00 pm MST
Boston, MA
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100th AMS Annual Meeting
Boston Convention and Exhibition Center | 415 Summer St. | Boston, MA
The AMS Annual Meeting is the world’s largest yearly gathering for the weather, water, and climate community. It brings together great minds from a diverse set of scientific disciplines – helping attendees make career-long professional contact and life-long friends while learning from the very top people in the atmospheric sciences.
RAL AMS Schedule Lineup
Saturday, January 11, 2020
- Short Course: Introducing the Community WRF-Hydro Modeling System an Interactive Hands-on Tutorial
Gochis Dugger McAllister Short Course, 8:00 AM-5:00 PM, 153C
Sunday, January 12, 2020
- Short Course: Experimentation and Development of Physical Parameterizations for Numerical Weather Prediction Using a Single-Column Model and the Common Community Physics Package (CCPP)
Carson, Firl, Short Course, 8:00 AM - Short Course: Integrating NWP System Components Using Container Technology and Cloud Services
Fossell, Halley Gotway, Harrold, Kavulich, Wolff, Short Course 8:00 AM - 3:45 PM, 151A
Monday, January 13, 2020
- Using Cloud Computing and Software Container Technology for Interactive Classroom Learning in Numerical Weather Prediction
Michael Kavulich Non-traditional presentation/Panel discussion 8:30 AM, 258C - The Community Terrestrial Systems Model: Facilitating the Transition of Land Model Research to Operations for Applications Spanning Weather to Climate
Michael Barlage, Speaker, 8:30 AM, 252A - Development of Watershed-Based Large-Domain Modeling to Support Monitoring Prediction and Water-Management Applications
Andy Wood, Speaker, 8:45 AM, 1A.2 - Local land-atmosphere interactions: Exploring the terrestrial leg with “little omega”
Mike Ek, Speaker, 8:45 AM, Exhibition Center - 253A - A Multi-Stage Regime-Dependent Machine Learning Approach to Short-Term Wind Power Forecasting
Tyler McCandless, Speaker, 9:00 AM, 256 - Weather Challenges for Emerging Modes of Aerial Transportation
Matthias Steiner, Speaker, 9:00 AM, ARAM - 206A - Progress in Understanding Dispersion in the Atmospheric Boundary Layer
Jeff Weil, Speaker, 9:00 AM, 211 - Kuwait Renewable Energy Grid Operator's Display
Nhi Nguyen, Speaker, 9:15 AM, 256 - The Challenge of Modeling Winter Orographic Clouds
Roy Rasmussen, Speaker, 9:30 AM, 105 -
Over a Quarter Century of Aircraft Icing Diagnosis and Forecasts
Greg Thompson, Speaker (invited), 9:30 AM, ARAM - 206A
- The Use of the METplus Verification and Diagnostic Capability in Forecast Evaluation across Multiple Scales and Applications
Tara Jensen, Speaker, 9:45 AM, WAF/NWP 257A/B - Simulating the microphysical properties of orographic clouds in SNOWIE
Lulin Xue, Speaker, 9:45 AM, 105 - Recent In-situ and Radar Measurements of Microphysical Characteristics in Convective Clouds in Desert and Tropical regions
Roelof Bruintjes, Speaker, 10:30 AM, 105 - Spatial Forecast Verification: Putting location-based measures to the test with a new set of geometric cases
Eric Gilleland, Speaker, 10:30 AM, 260 - Special Symposium on the Future of Weather Forecasting and Practice Panel Discussion 1 Panel Discussion: Transitions from Research to Operations Operations to Research and Operations to Practice (Centennial)
Louisa Nance Panelist 10:30 AM, 258B - Machine Learning to Predict Vehicular Crash Severity from Weather Conditions
Curtis Walker, Speaker, 11:00 AM, Exhibition Center - 209 - Spatial Heterogeneity of Snow Affects Remote Sensing Modeling and Data Assimilation Interpretation
Ethan Gutmann, Speaker, 11:15 AM, 10B.4A - Exploring Non-Traditional Methods for Streamlining the Model Validation Process (for T. Hertneky)
Michelle Harrold, Speaker, 11:30 AM, 260 - Simulated seeding impacts in a seeded cloud observed during SNOWIE
Lulin Xue, Speaker, 11:30 AM, 105 - The Remote Oceanic Meteorology Information Operational (ROMIO) Demonstration
Cathy Kessinger, Speaker, 1:30 PM, ARAM room 206A - Streamlining Verification through the Enhanced Model Evaluaiton Tools (METplus)
Tara Jensen, Speaker, 2:00 PM, Prob and Stat - 260 - Development of the Kuwait Renewable Energy Prediction System (KREPS)
Jared Lee, Speaker, 2:00 PM, 256 (11ENERGY) - Simulation of Small Fixed_Wing and Multirotor UAS Using Realistic Small-Scale Wind Fields
Larry Cornman, Speaker, 2:30 PM, Exhibition Center - 206A - Probabilistic Predictions of Aggregated Wind and Solar Power at Shagaya Farm in Kuwait
Stefano Alessandrini, Speaker, 2:45 PM, 256 - Evaluation of Convective Storm Attributes using Advanced Verification Techniques during HWT 2019
Tina Kalb, Speaker, 2:45 PM, 260 -
Evaluation of Real-Time Finescale UAS Forecast Guidance on Winds and Turbulence Obtained Using WRF LES over a Sub-Alpine Desert Valley
James Pinto, Conference Chair/Speaker 3:15 PM, ARAM - 206A
- Verifying the Performance of the Colorado Fire Prediction System
Amanda Anderson, Speaker, 3:30 PM, 260 - Quantifying the impact of UAS-sensed data on high-resolution limited-area WRF forecasts using NCAR’s Data Assimilation Research Testbed (DART)
Anders Jensen, Speaker, 3:30 PM, ARAM - 206A - User-driven verification of tropical cyclone predictions
Barb Brown, Speaker, 3:45 PM, 260 - Flood Prediction Analysis Decision Support and Management
David Gochis, Poster, 4:00 PM, Poster, Hall B - Effect of Correcting Biases in HRRR Non-Precipitation Forcing Fields for the National Water Model configuration of WRF-Hydro
Joseph Grim, Poster, 4:00 PM, Poster, #79 Hall B - The Pond Hotplate Precipitation Measurement Sensor
Scott Landolt, Poster, 4:00 PM, ARAM, Poster, #300 Hall B - The Community WRF-Hydro Modeling System Updates to the New Version 5.1.1/National Water Model Version 2.0 and New Supporting Tools for Pre - & Post-Processing
Molly McAllister, Poster, 4:00 PM, Poster, #54 Hall B - Understanding the Role of Vegetation Dynamics and Anthropogenic Induced Changes on the Terrestrial Water Cycle
Prasanth Valayamkunnath, Poster, 4:00 PM, Poster, #73 Hall B - The Use of METplus Verification and Diagnostic Capabilities for Evaluating Sea-Ice Predictions
Lindsay Blank, Poster, 4:00 - 6:00 PM, Poster, 185 Hall B
Tuesday, January 14, 2020
- An Adjoint Probability Inverse Modelling Method for Air Pollutant Source Determination with Applications to a Complex Urban Environment
Yi Wang, Speaker, 8:30 AM, 104B - Assessing Indoor Health Risks and Vulnerability of Older Adults to Extreme Heat and Ozone
Olga Wilhelmi, Speaker, 10:30 AM, 153B - Deriving Operationally Useful Turbulence Measurements from ADS-B Reports
Larry Cornman, Speaker, 10:45 AM, Exhibition Center - 206A - The Integral Dense-Gas Dispersion Model (IDDM) and Comparisons with the Jack Rabbitt II Experiments
Jeff Weil, Speaker, 10:45 AM, 211 - The role of generating cells in natural ice production and supercooled liquid water depletion
Sarah Tessendorf, Speaker, 11:00 AM, 22WXMOD Room 105 - Communicating risks and impacts of probabilistic precipitation forecasts and river stage
Jennifer Boehnert, Speaker, 11:15 AM, 209 - The Model Evaluation Tools (MET): Recent Additions and Enhancements
John Halley Gotway, Speaker, 11:30 AM, Prob and Stat - 260 - Wind Energy Forecasting Using a Three-Dimensional Planetary Boundary Layer Parameterization
Tim Juliano, Speaker, 11:30 AM, 256 -
100 years of Progress in Applied Meteorology
Sue Ellen Haupt, Speaker (invited), 12:00 PM, 104A
- Mesoscale to Microscale Coupling for Wind Energy Applications: What Features of the Offshore Environment are Needed for Multi-scale Modeling?
Sue Ellen Haupt, Speaker, 1:30 PM, 256 - Predictive Skill of African Easterly Waves in the ECMWF Subseasonal-to-Seasonal Reforecasts
Weiwei Li, Speaker, 1:30 PM, 212 - A New Dispersion Model for Highly-Buoyant Plumes in the Convective Boundary Layer
Jeff Weil, Speaker, 1:30 PM, 211 - Machine learning models for replacing Monin Obukhov similarity theory based surface layer parameterization
Branko Kosovic, Speaker, 1:45 PM, 211 - Simulating aerosol-cloud interactions during hygroscopic seeding
Sisi Chen, Speaker, 2:00 PM, 105 -
The History of AI in the Environmental Sciences (Core Science Keynote)
Sue Ellen Haupt, Speaker (invited), 3:00 PM, 156BC
- Combining the Common Community Physics Package with a Single Column Model to Drive NWP Physics Advancements
Grant Firl, Speaker, 3:15 PM, 257AB - Improving air quality predictions in New Delhi during the crop-residue burning season via chemical data assimilation
Rajesh Kumar, Speaker, 3:45 PM, 211 - Leveraging Cloud Computing and Software Container Technologies to Create a Portable End-to-end Numerical Weather Prediction System
Kate Fossell, Speaker, 3:45 PM, 155 - Effective Multi-Institutional Partnerships to Broadening Participation in Earth System Sciences: The Haskell-NCAR Environmental Assessment Training
Jerry Cyccone, Poster, 4:00 PM, Poster, #703 Hall B - Verification of the Physics Suite Testing for GFS v16 Using the Model Evaluation Tools
Michelle Harrold, Poster, 4:00 PM, Poster, #645 Hall B - Exploring the Predictability of Synoptically Induced Cold Air Damming in the Eastern US
Thomas Hopson, Poster, 4:00 PM, Exhibition Center - Hall B - An Evaluation of Common Community Physics Package (CCPP) Physics Suites Across Scales
Kathryn Newman, Poster, 4:00 PM, Poster, #646 Hall B
Wednesday, January 15, 2020
- Evaluation of Multiple Planetary Boundary Layer Parameterizations and Urban Canopy Models for Simulation of Near-Surface Meteorological Conditions in Miami during the Landfall of Hurricane Irma (2017)
Eric Hendricks, Speaker, 8:30 AM, 104C - Enhancing WRF-Solar to provide Solar Irradiance Probabilistic Forecasts under All-sky Conditions
Ju-Hye Kim, Speaker, 8:45 AM, 256 - Dual-polarization Radar Icing Algorithm (RadIA): Verification/Validation with Research Flights and Application at Military Test Ranges
David Serke, Speaker, 9:00 AM, ARAM - 206A - Designing an Integrated Sensor System for Deployment in the Polar Regions
Justin Lentz, Speaker, 9:15 AM, 203 - Initial Steps Toward a Next Generation Current Icing Product Algorithm
Daniel Adriaansen, Speaker, 9:30 AM, 206A - The Hurricane Risk Calculator: Working Toward Enhancing Our Nation's Readiness Responsiveness and Resilience to Hurricanes through Probabilistic Risk Frameworks for Evacuation Decision Support
Jonathan Vigh, Speaker, 9:30 AM, Exhibition Center - 153C -
Radar data assimilation for convective forecasting: Status and challenges
Jenny Sun, Speaker (invited), 10:30 AM, 259A
- Exposing Undergraduate Students to Numerical Weather Prediction Through the Use of Software Containers and Cloud Computing
Jamie Wolff, Speaker, 10:45 AM, 258C - Wind Variability Analysis for the Kuwait Region Using Self-Organizing Maps
Steven Naegele, Speaker, 11:00 AM, 156A - The Importance of Scale-dependent Groundwater Processes in Land-Atmosphere Interactions over the Central United States
Michael Barlage, Speaker, 11:30 AM, 253C - The Use of the METplus Verification and Diagnostic Capability in Short-Term Forecast Evaluation
Tara Jensen, Speaker, 11:30 AM, R2O -252A - MAD-WRF for Solar Irradiance Nowcasting
Pedro Jimenez, Speaker, 11:30 AM, 256 - Evaluating TIGGE rainfall forecasts for tropical eastern Africa
Emily / Tom Riddle / Hopson, Speaker, 11:30 AM, Boston Convention and Exhibition Center-153B -
Town Hall Meeting : Forecasts for the Future Visions and Dreams for the next 100 Years.
Speakers: Brian Gross (NOAA) Xubin Zeng (Univ. Arizona) Betsy Weatherhead (Jupiter/Intel) Mike Ek Moderator, 12:15 PM, - 01:15 PM, Exhibition Center - 152
- Forecasts for the Future Visions and Dreams for the next 100 Years
Tim Schneider, TOrganizer/Town Hall, 12:15 PM, 152 - Panel Discussion: Mitigating Aviation Weather Hazards and Managing Operational Impacts in 2050
Matthias Steiner, Panelist, 1:30 PM, ARAM - 206A - A Community Effort to Unify Verification and Validation Efforts
Tara Jensen, Speaker, 1:45 PM, R2O - 251 - Gridded Fuel Moisture Content Prediction System Utilizing Machine Learning Models Based on MODIS Satellite Observations
Tyler McCandless, Speaker, 1:45 PM, 151A - Using Stochastic Parameter Perturbation to Represent Process-Based Uncertainty in a Microphysics Parameterization
Maria Frediani, Speaker, I:45 PM, 9A.2 - Fostering National and International Collaboration through the Enhanced Model Evaluation Tools (METplus)
Tara Jensen, Speaker, 2:00 PM, R2O 251 - A Wildland Fire Spotting Parameterization for the Weather Research and Forecasting Model
Tim Juliano, Speaker, 2:00 PM, 151A - Aerosol Optical Depth Forecasts for Solar Irradiance Forecasting in the Middle East
Jared Lee, Speaker, 2:00 PM, 256 (11ENERGY) - Developmental Testbed Center: Current Status and Outlook for the Future
Louisa Nance, Speaker, 3:00 PM, 251 - Improving the Performance and Scalability of the Colorado Fire Prediction System (CO-FPS) Using Dynamic Cloud Resources
Jim Cowie, Speaker, 3:15 PM, 212 - The Common Community Physics Package CCPP: Unifying Physics across NOAA and NCAR Models using a Common Software Framework
Dom Heinzeller, Speaker, 3:15 PM, 251 - Current Improvements to the Graphical Turbulence Guidance Nowcast (GTGN) Algorithm
Julia Pearson, Speaker, 3:30 PM, ARAM - 206A - Updates on the Graphical Turbulence Guidance (GTG) Product – including Convectively Induced Turbulence Detection
Wiebke Deierling, Speaker, 3:45 PM, 206A - Investigation of the Forecast Icing Product Supercooled Large Droplet Potential Algorithm During Select Cases from the In Cloud Icing and Large Drop Experiment
Daniel Adriaansen, Poster, 4:00 PM, Hall B - Using in situ microphysical observations in Direct Numerical Simulations to study the impact of hygroscopic seeding
Sisi Chen, Poster, 4:00 PM, Poster, #1309 Hall B - Forced shallow-water model for the maximum potential intensification rate of tropical cyclones
Eric Hendricks, Poster, 4:00 PM, Poster, #1026 Hall B - An Examination on the Worldwide Relationship between Ambient PM2.5 Concentration and Air Pollution-Attributable Deaths
Hannah Kang, Poster, 16:00, Poster, #1467 Hall B - Using Advanced Experimental - Numerical Approaches To Untangle Rain Enhancement (UAE-NATURE): an overview
Lulin Xue, Poster, 4:00 - 6:00 PM,, Poster, #1310 Hall B - "Track Centered Moving Grids for Tropical Cyclone Forecast Assessment in the Model Evaluation Tools (MET) Verification Package"
David Fillmore, Poster, 4:00 - 6:00 PM, Boston Convention Center
Thursday, January 16, 2020
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A Century of Symbiosis between Applied Meteorology and National Security (Keynote)
Jason Knievel, Speaker (invited), 8:30 AM, ARAM -206A
- Early Career Faculty Innovator Program: Coordination Management and Evaluation of an Interdisciplinary Science Program at the National Center for Atmospheric Science
Cassandra O'Lenick, Speaker, 9:15 AM, Exhibition Center Room 152 -
Source Inversion and Atmospheric Dispersion Model Validation Topics
Stefano Alessandrini Conference Chair 10:30 AM, 211
- Global Probabilistic Forecasts of Convective Weather Aviation Hazards
Ken Stone, Speaker, 11:00 AM, ARAM - 206A - Comparing Implicit vs Explicit Regime Identification in Machine Learning Approaches to Short-Range Solar Power Forecasting
Tyler McCandless, Speaker, 11:15 AM, 156A - Process-oriented Diagnostics to Inform the Physics Suite of Future GFS Implementations using NOAA's Unified Forecast System
Weiwei Li, Speaker, 11:30 AM, 257AB - Modeling Hydrologic Influence of Agricultural Management Using the National Water Model
Prasanth Valayamkunnath, Speaker, 11:30 AM, 253C - Assessing Space Weather Predictions using METplus - A Community Verification and Diagnostics Package
Tara Jensen, Speaker, 11:45 AM, Space Weather - 205A - Merging HRRR Output into a Real-Time Gauge-Based Ensemble CONUS-Wide Dataset of Gridded Meteorological Fields
Andy Wood, Speaker, 4:00 PM, 15B.3 - An In-Cloud ICing and Large-drop Experiment (ICICLE) Case Study
Darcy Jacobson, Speaker, 4:15 PM, ARAM - Improving Terminal Area Supercooled Large Drop Detection with One-Minute Ceilometer Profiles Obtained During the In-Cloud Icing and Large Drop Experiment (ICICLE)
Joshua Lave, Speaker, 4:30 PM, ARAM - 203 - Improving access to multi-model rainfall and river stage forecasts in eastern Africa and northern India
Emily / Tom Riddle / Hopson, Speaker, 4:30 PM, Exhibition Center-258C - Ultra-High Resolution Aircraft Icing Forecasting During the ICICLE Field Project
Greg Thompson, Speaker, 4:45 PM, ARAM - 206A