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14th International Conference onInteractive Information and Processing Systems [UPS)for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology

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Front Cover: The cover connotes the rapidly emerging capability for the hydrometeorological sciencecommunity to access and to exploit the data produced by new sensor systems and data generators deployed aselements of the Modernization of the National Weather Service. As the Modernization Program moves towardcompletion in 1 999, members of the community will have ever increasing access to rich sets of imagery,observations, and high resolution numerical weather predication model output. The commercial satellite databroadcast system, NOAAPORT, is the principal resource that will distribute these data.

As discussed in papers 8.22 (page 392), entitled "Plans for the NOAAPORT Data Stream" (by Glenn K. Rutledgeof the NWS, Office of Meteorology, Silver Spring, MD, et al) and paper 8.1 (manuscript not available) entitled,"Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System (AWIPS) Communications Network (CAN) Improvements forDeployment" (by Ed Moore and L. Johnson, PRC, Inc. McLean, VA), the data accessible through NOAAPORT willbe a major contributor in driving applied hydrometeorological research in the next century .

This cover is sponsored by PRC Inc. of McLean, Virginia. PRC is the prime contractor for the Advanced WeatherInteractive Processing System (AWIPS) and, in association with GTE, for the related NOAAPORT satellitecommunications data broadcast system.

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SESSION 1 : INTERDISCIPLINARY UPS APPLICATIONS

1.1 WEATHERCASTING AND EDUCATION — OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES. Robert T. Ryan,WRC-TV, Washington, DC; and D. Jones

1 1.2 THE GLOBE PROGRAM: STUDENTS COLLECTING UNIQUE GLOBAL DATA SETS OFATMOSPHERIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL DATA. Robin Colliander, National Oceanic andAtmospheric Administration (NOAA)/Forecast Systems Lab. (FSL), Boulder CO; and D. Paschall andR. Brummer

3 1.3 A SMALL COLLEGE'S MOVE TO PCs AS UNIX WORKSTATIONS FOR WEATHER DATAPROCESSING. James P. Koermer, Plymouth State College, Plymouth, NH; and T. T. Wisniewski

5 1.4 OK-FIRST: A DECISION-SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR PUBLIC SAFETY AGENCIES. Kenneth C.Crawford, Oklahoma Climatological Survey, Norman, OK; and D. A. Morris, R. A. McPherson, H. L.Johnson, M. A. Shafer, J . M. Wolfinbarger, and T. W. Hughes

10 1.5 THE DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A WEB-BASED DECISION-SUPPORT SYSTEM FORPUBLIC SAFETY AGENCIES. Dale A. Morris, Oklahoma Climatological Survey, Norman OK

15 1.6 THE TECHNOLOGY BEHIND THE WEATHER WORLD 2010 PROJECT W W W CONTENTMANAGEMENT SYSTEM. David Wojtowicz, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and S. Hall, J. Plutchak,D. Bramer, R. Wilhelmson, and M. Ramamurthy

19 1.7 THE DISSEMINATION OF ALL-HAZARDS INFORMATION TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC:IDENTIFICATION OF USER CHARACTERISTICS AND REQUIREMENTS. David G. Morris, GTELabs., Waltham, MA; and J. N. Cooper

1.8 MAKING THE TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER BETWEEN RESEARCH AND PRIVATE SECTOR ASUCCESS. Maria A. Pirone, WSI Corp., Billerica, MA

24 1.9 MclDAS - ITS 25TH ANNIVERSARY. J . T. Young, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, W l ; and T. M.Whittaker, M. A. Lazzara, and R. J . Fox

1.10 THE SEASONAL TO INTERANNUAL EARTH SCIENCE INFORMATION PARTNERSHIP: SIESIP,A FEDERATED APPROACH TO DATA AND INFORMATION SERVICES. James L. Kinter III, Centerfor Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies (COLA), Calverton, MD; and B. Doty, M. Kafatos, and P. Chan

29 1.11 A APPLICATIONS OF JAVA TECHNOLOGY TO SUPPORT NATURAL LEARNING ACTIVITIES.Douglas N. Yarger, Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA; and J . P. Boysen, M. Van Gorp, Y.-S. Hsu, andR. Thomas

31 1.11 AN OVERVIEW OF THE NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER EARTH OBSERVING SYSTEM(EOS) DATA AND INFORMATION SYSTEM (EOSDIS) TROPICAL RAINFALL MEASUREMENTMISSION (TRMM) INFORMATION SYSTEM. John O. Olson, Computer Sciences Corp., Hampton,VA; and C. J . Harris, R. S. McGinnis, and R. C. Dunkum, Jr.

1.12 A SUCCESSFUL TRANSITION FROM A MAINFRAME TO A DISTRIBUTED SYSTEM IN ANOPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENT. Doris A. Rotzoll, NOAA/National Weather Service (NWS), JohnsonSpace Center, Houston, TX

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33 1.13 A SEMANTIC DATA MODEL FOR ATMOSPHERIC OBSERVATIONS, STORMTRACK DATA, ANDWIND ANALYSES. Nirva Morisseau-Leroy, NOAA/Atlantic Oceanographic and Marine Lab.(AOML)/Hurricane Research Division (HRD), Miami, FL; and M. D. Powell, S. Houston, and J. C.Hendee

38 1.14 AN AUTOMATED ASSISTANT FOR ENVIRONMENTAL DATA ANALYSIS. Steven S. Fine, NorthCarolina Supercomputing Ctr., Research Triangle Park, NC; and W. T. Smith, S. R. Thorpe, N. J. M.Wheeler, and A. M. Eyth

SESSION 2: SURFACE TRANSPORTATION AND THE ENVIRONMENT

41 2.0 PANEL: SURFACE TRANSPORTATION AND ENVIRONMENT SYSTEMS. G. Stanley Doore,Systems and Meteorology, Silver Spring, MD; and D. L. Winstead, C. Johnson, D. L. Foderberg, andA. E. McDonald

2.1 KEYNOTE: INTRODUCTION TO INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS. Christine Johnson,Dept. of Transportation, Joint Program Office for Surface Transportation, Washington, DC

43 2.2 U.S. DOT PROGRAMS FOR SURFACE WEATHER INFORMATION. Paul A. Pisano, FederalHighway Administration, McLean, VA

47 2.3 SURFACE TRANSPORTATION WEATHER INFORMATION DECISION SUPPORT ANDMETEOROLOGICAL ISSUES. Gary G. Nelson, Mitretek Systems, Inc., Washington, DC

52 2.4 APPLICATION OF INTELLIGENT WEATHER SYSTEM (IWS) TECHNOLOGY TO MEET THE NEEDSOF THE SURFACE TRANSPORTATION COMMUNITY. Richard A. Wagoner, National Center forAtmospheric Research (NCAR), Boulder, CO

57 2.5 A HYBRID, INTERACTIVE WEATHER PREDICTION SYSTEM IN SUPPORT OF ROAD WEATHERINFORMATION SYSTEMS. Elmar R. Reiter, WELS Research Corp., Boulder, CO; and L. Teixeiraand R. Shen

59 2.6 FREEZING RAIN AND THE ADVANCED TRANSPORTATION WEATHER SYSTEM (ATWIS).Cory B. Block, Univ. of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND; and B. P. McQuade

63 2.7 ATWIS OBSERVATION NETWORK: TOOLS USED FOR THE ANALYSIS AND ISSUANCE OFWEATHER AND ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE ADVANCE TRANSPORTATION WEATHERINFORMATION SYSTEM. Bryan P. McQuade, Univ. of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND

67 2.8 CORRELATION OF ROAD SURFACE CONDITIONS TO ADVANCED TRANSPORTATIONWEATHER INFORMATION SYSTEM USAGE. Morgan H. James, Univ. of North Dakota, GrandForks, ND; and C. B. Block

71 2.9 RAPID UPDATE CYCLE USE FOR THE ADVANCED TRANSPORTATION WEATHERINFORMATION SYSTEM. Morgan H. James, Univ. of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND

74 2.10 ADVANCED TRANSPORTATION WEATHER INFORMATION SYSTEM (ATWIS) ROAD CLOSURESUMMARY FOR THE 1996-1997 WINTER. Cory B. Block, Univ. of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND;and M. S. Owens

2.11 CREATING A PRIVATELY OWNED STATEWIDE ROAD AND WEATHER INFORMATION SYSTEM.Judith Rockvam, Minnesota Dept. of Transporation, St. Paul, MN; and M. Wikelius and E. Fleege

78 2.12 AURORA - A MULTI-NATIONAL PROGRAM CREATING SURFACE TRANSPORTATIONAPPLICATIONS OF WEATHER INFORMATION. Mark Wikelius, Minnesota Dept. of Transportation,St. Paul, MN; and J. Rockvam and C. E. Bland

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SESSION 3: SATELLITE APPLICATIONS OF UPS

3.1 CURRENT AND FUTURE PLANS FOR THE NOAA GOES SATELLITE SYSTEM. GERALD LDittberner, NOAA/National Environmental Satellite Data Information Service (NESDIS), Suitland, MD

82 3.2 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOES SATELLITE ASSESSMENT RESULTS, CY97. Ron S. Gird,NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and J. Heil, A. Noel, and C. Weiss

86 3.3 DISSEMINATION AND DISPLAY OF DIGITAL SATELLITE DATA IN THE NWS WESTERN REGION.Kevin J. Schrab, NOAA/NWS, Salt Lake City, UT

91 3.4 AN ANALYSIS OF PARALLAX ERRORS IN GOES-WEST AND GOES-EAST SATELLITE IMAGERY.Bradley M. Lufkin, PRC, Inc, McLean, VA

96 3.4A DEVELOPMENT OF A COLLECTION OF WEFAX IMAGES USING MULTI-SESSION COMPACTDISK TECHNOLOGY. Luis G. Hidalgo, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela; andD. Suarez, E. Tremamuno, and N. Hernandez

3.4B THE NOAA GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITE BROWSE SERVER. Stephen D. Ambrose,NOAA/NESDIS, Washington, DC; and R. Garey

98 3.5 THE GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITE ARCHIVE SYSTEM (GSAS) IMPLEMENTATION. Denise J.Laitsch, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, Wl; and J. O. Robaidek, M. W. Werner, and J. T. Young

103 3.6 PREVIEW OF R&D SATELLITE APPLICATIONS BY INTERNET. Thomas F. Lee, Naval ResearchLab. (NRL), Monterey, CA; and J. Hawkins, R. Nagle, K. Richardson, and J. Turk

108 3.7 STATUS OF THE NOAA POLAR PROGRAM AND PLANS FOR CONTINUOUS POLAR SATELLITECOVERAGE INTO THE NEW MILLENNIUM. Michael Mignogno, U.S. Dept. of Commerce,NOAA/NESDIS, Suitland, MD; and L A. Deem

113 3.8 AN OVERVIEW OF NOAA/NESDIS DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS AND DERIVED PRODUCTSFOR NOAA-KLM. Pamela M. Taylor, NOAA/NESDIS, Washington, DC; and B. A. Banks

119 3.9 AN OVERVIEW OF SELECTED NESDIS AVHRR-BASED PRODUCT PROCESSING SYSTEMS.John F. Sapper, NOAA/NESDIS, Washington, DC

123 3.10 CURRENT STATUS AND ENHANCEMENTS OF THE ADVANCED TOVS (ATOVS) SOFTWARESYSTEMS IN PREPARATION FOR LAUNCH OF NOAA-K. Leah Wilson Casey, Hughes STX Corp.,Lanham, MD; and H. J. Bloom and A. L. Reale

126 3.11 AN OVERVIEW OF NOAA/NESDIS'S INTERACTIVE MULTISENSOR SNOW AND ICE MAPPINGSYSTEM. Bruce H. Ramsay, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD

130 3.12 AN OVERVIEW OF THE NOAA/NESDIS GLOBAL VEGETATION PRODUCT PROCESSINGSYSTEM. Dan Tarpley, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and G. Gutman and S. Olson

132 3.13 MICROWAVE SURFACE AND PRECIPITATION PRODUCTS FROM THE AMSU. Ralph Ferraro,NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and N. Grody, F. Weng, and D. Moore.

134 3.14 THE POLAR PRODUCT INFORMATION TOOL. Stacy L. Bunin, Mitretek Systems, Inc., McLean, VA;and T. B. Passin and P. M. Taylor

139 3.15 SAA LITE DATA SETS. Use D. Maring, NOAA/NESDIS, Suitland, MD; and P. J. Topoly

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142 3.16 TRANSITIONING THE POLAR-ORBITING OPERATIONAL SATELLITE PROGRAM TO THE NEWMILLENNIUM WITH PARTICIPATION IN THE INITIAL JOINT POLAR-ORBITING OPERATIONALSATELLITE SYSTEM. James Silva, U.S. Dept. of Commerce, NOAA/NESDIS, Suitland, MD; andL. A. Deem

146 3.17 AN OVERVIEW OF POLAR SATELLITE PROGRAMS NATIONAL POLAR-ORBITINGENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITE SYSTEM (NPOESS). Donald Blersch, NOAA/National Polar-OrbitingEnvironmental Satellite System/Integrated Program Office, Silver Spring, MD

SESSION 4: MILITARY APPLICATIONS OF UPS

149 4.1 INTEGRATING OFF-THE-SHELF METEOROLOGICAL ANALYSIS, PREDICTION ANDVISUALIZATION SYSTEMS INTO MILITARY OPERATIONS. Randy J. Lefevre, U.S. Air Force, OffuttAir Force Base (AFB), NE; and W. H. Bauman III

151 4.2 NEW CAPABILITIES AND PLANS AT THE FLEET NUMERICAL METEOROLOGY ANDOCEANOGRAPHY CENTER. D. A. Mautner, Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceaongraphy Centre(FNMOC), Monterey, CA; and P. F. Moersdorf

154 4.3 OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA EDITING AT THE FLEET NUMERICAL METEOROLOGY ANDOCEANOGRAPHY CENTER. Andy Hergert, FNMOC, Monterey, CA

158 4.4 THE OPTIMUM PATH AIRCRAFT ROUTING SYSTEM (OPARS) GRAPHIC USER INTERFACE.James Korcal, FNMOC, Monterey, CA; and J. Garthner and R. Loveless

161 4.5 THE ROYAL NAVY'S INTEGRATED METEOROLOGICAL AND OCEANOGRAPHIC FORECASTINGSYSTEM AT FLEET HQ, NORTHWOOD, ENGLAND. Mark Windsor, Royal Navy, Middlesex, UK;and M. Jackson and K. House

166 4.6 INNOVATIVE WAYS TO APPLY WAVELET TECHNOLOGY TO VISUALIZATION CHALLENGES INOPERATIONAL METEOROLOGY. Paul S. Fisher, Computer and Information Sciences, Inc., Denton,TX; and H. Chao and J. A. McNitt

171 4.7 A PROTOTYPE ARCHITECTURE FOR THE NETWORK-CENTRIC MANAGEMENT OFMETEOROLOGICAL PRODUCTS. E. Hole, Integrated Performance Decisions, Inc., Arlington, VA;and J. A. McNitt, R. Froncillo, J. Jensen, and M. Sacauskis

SESSION 5: MODERNIZATION OF WEATHER SERVICES

5.1 OVERVIEW OF NWS MODERNIZATION. Louis Boezi, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD

5.2 AWIPS UPDATE. Mary Glackin, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD

175 5.3 ASOS PROGRAM UPDATE. Vicki L. Nadolski, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD

5.4 NEXRAD UPDATE. Walter Telesetsky, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD

5.5 SATELLITE SYSTEMS UPDATE. Robert Winokur, NOAA/NESDIS, Silver Spring, MD

178 5.6 OVERVIEW OF USAF WEATHER MODERNIZATION. John L. Hayes, U.S. Air Force, Offutt AFB,NE; and R. J. Lefevre

5.7 OVERVIEW OF NAVY WEATHER AND OCEANOGRAPHIC MODERNIZATION. John O'Hara, NavalMeteorology and Oceanography Command, Stennis Space Center, MS

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6.1 AVIATION WEATHER APPLICATIONS VIA THE WEB FROM NCAR-RAP. Greg Thompson, NCAR,Boulder, CO

A WEB BROWSER TOOL FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF METEOROLOGICAL MODEL RUNS.Devin Dean, ENSCO, Inc., Melbourne, FL; and J. Etrick and N. Provoncha

UNIDATA'S PATH TO PLATFORM INDEPENDENCE. David Fulker, UCAR, Boulder, CO; andT. Yoksas, R. K. Rew, and G. P. Davis

ACCESSING MclDAS PROGRAMS THROUGH A JAVA™ BASED GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE.Don Murray, UCAR, Boulder, CO

NOAASERVER PROJECT: INTEGRATING NOAA DATA AND INFORMATION SERVICES ON THEWEB. Ernest Daddio, NOAA/Environmental Services Data and Information Management Office,Silver Spring, MD; and W. Brazille

191 6.5 GEOREFERENCING WITH JAVA: AN EXAMPLE OF EXECUTABLE METADATA. Russell K. Rew,UCAR, Boulder, CO

194 6.6 A NETWORKED GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE FOR N-AWIPS. Steven R. Chiswell, UCAR,Boulder, CO

195 6.7 A JAVA-TO-MSQL WEB INTERFACE TO CLIMATE DATA: THE STEP BEYOND GCI. Roland H.Schweitzer, NOAA/Climate Diagnostic Center (CDC) and Cooperative Institute for Research in theEnvironmental Sciences (CIRES)/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO

6.8 THE DEVELOPMENT OF A USER FRIENDLY GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE FOR THESPACEFLIGHT METEOROLOGY GROUP'S METEOROLOGICAL INTERACTIVE DATA DISPLAYSYSTEM. Mark Keehn, NOAA/NWS, Houston, TX

199 6.9 THEME PAGES DESCRIBE NOAA STRATEGIC GOALS ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB. Nancy N.Soreide, NOAA/Pacific Marine Environmental Lab. (PMEL), Seattle, WA; and B. Baker, R. S. Gird,M. Lockwood, and A. Ray

204 6.10 THE EARTH SCIENCE REMOTE ACCESS TOOL Robert G. Raskin, Jet Propulsion Lab. (JPL),Pasadena, CA; and E. R. Dobinson

6.11 DATA TRANSFER RATES OVER THE INTERNET: THEN AND NOW. Donald R. Mock, NOAA andCIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO

208 6.12 INTERACTIVE SOFTWARE FOR VIEWING NEXRAD LEVEL 3 DATA ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB.J. Michael Wolfinbarger, Oklahoma Climatological Survey, Norman, OK; and R. A. Young and T. B.Stanley

213 6.13 DELIVERING REAL-TIME, INTERACTIVE DATA FROM THE OKLAHOMA MESONET VIA THEWORLD WIDE WEB. J. Michael Wolfinbarger, Oklahoma Climatological Survey, Norman, OK; andR. A. Young and T. B. Stanley

218 6.14 JAVA™ ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB AND BEYOND. Joel Plutchak, Univ. of Ilinois, Urbana, IL; andS. Hall, D. Wojtowicz, R. B. Wilhelmson, and M. Ramamurthy

221 6.15 A DISTRIBUTED, FLEXIBLE CLIENT/SERVER ARCHITECTURE FOR USE WITH GEOSPATIALAND ATMOSPHERIC DATA. Myles A. Harthun, Physitron, Inc., Huntsville, AL; and S. L. Espy

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225 6.16 IMPORTING AND EXPORTING DATA IN (JAVA) VisAD. Steven R. Emmerson, UCAR, Boulder, CO;and W. L. Hibbard and T. Rink

6.17 A PROTOTYPE JAVA INTERFACE FOR THE GRID SYSTEM ANALYSIS AND DISPLAY SYSTEM(GrADS). Pedro Tsai, NRL, Monterey, CA; and B. Doty

227 6.18 AN EXPANDED SELF-DESCRIBING FILE INTERFACE OF THE GRID ANALYSIS & DISPLAYSYSTEM (GrADS). Don K. Hooper, NOAA/CDC and CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO

6.19 THE USE OF THE INTERNET TO COLLECT WEATHER INFORMATION (A CASE STUDY USINGTHE JARRELL, TEXAS TORNADO EVENT). Ronald S. Gird, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; andR. Racer

SESSION 7: NEXRAD: SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL EVOLUTION

230 7.1 NEXRAD PRODUCT IMPROVEMENT: AN OVERVIEW OF THE CONTINUING PROGRAM TOEVOLVE THE WSR-88D SYSTEM TO AN OPEN SYSTEMS ARCHITECTURE. Robert E. Saffle,NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and L. D. Johnson

235 7.2 AN UPDATE ON THE WSR-88D OPERATIONAL SUPPORT FACILITY IMPLEMENTATION OFOPEN SYSTEMS ARCHITECTURE INTO THE WSR-88D SYSTEM. Timothy D. Crum, NOAA/Operational Support Facility (OSF), Norman, OK; and J. R. Reed

563 7.3 SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEXRAD OPEN SYSTEMS RADAR PRODUCTGENERATOR (ORPG). Mike Jain, NOAA/National Severe Storms Lab. (NSSL), Norman, OK; andZ. Jing, H. Burcham, A. Dodson, E. Forren, J. Horn, D. L. Priegnitz, S. Smith, and J. Thompson

238 7.4 USER PROFILE BASED PRODUCT DISTRIBUTION IN THE WSR-88D OPEN SYSTEMS RADARPRODUCT GENERATOR (ORPG). Zhongqi Jing, Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale MeteorologicalStudies (CIMMS)AJniv. of Oklahoma and NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and M. Jain and H. Burcham

242 7.5 UPDATE ON THE HUMAN COMPUTER INTERFACE FOR THE WSR-88D (NEXRAD) OPENSYSTEMS RADAR PRODUCT GENERATOR (ORPG). David L. Priegnitz, NOAA/ERL/NSSL,Norman, OK; and E. Forren and M. Jain

247 7.6 DEVELOPMENT OF THE WSR-88D OPEN SYSTEM PRINCIPAL USER PROCESSOR (OPUP).Kurt D. Hondl, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and et al

251 7.7 EXAMINING ISSUES RELATING TO THE TRANSFER OF TECHNOLOGY TO NWS OPERATIONALSYSTEMS. Michael D. Eilts, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and R. E. Saffle

254 7.8 ACCELERATING THE INTEGRATION OF NEW METEOROLOGICAL ALGORITHMS INTO THEWSR-88D - THE COMMON OPERATIONS DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT. Robert E. Saffle,NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and J. Cappelletti, W. Carrigg, T. Ganger, M. Jain, D. Miller, andS. Smith

259 7.9 EVOLUTION OF THE NEXRAD PRECIPITATION PROCESSING SYSTEM (PPS) IN THE OPENSYSTEMS ERA. Dennis Miller, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and D. J. Seo, J. P. Breidenbach,and R. Fulton

263 7.10 STAGE II AND III POST PROCESSING OF NEXRAD PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES IN THEMODERNIZED WEATHER SERVICE. Jay P. Breidenbach, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and D. J.Seo and R. Fulton

267 7.11 THE ENHANCED WSR-88D PRECIPITATION PROCESSING SUBSYSTEM. Tim O'Bannon, WSR-88D OSF, Norman, OK

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271 7.12 THE NEW NSSL TORNADO DETECTION ALGORITHM FOR THE WSR-88D. E. DeWayne Mitchell,NOAA/ERL/NSSL and CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and M. A. Fresch, R. R. Lee, T. M.Smith, andW. D. Zittel

275 7.13 THE DESIGN OF A NEW SIGNAL PROCESSING SUBSYSTEM FOR THE WSR-88D (NEXRAD)RADAR. Allen Zahrai, NOAA/ERL/NSSL, Norman, OK; and J. K. Carter, V. Melnikov, and I. Ivic

279 7.14 POLARIMETRIC UPGRADE OF THE NOAA'S WSR-88D RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENTRADAR. D. S. Zrnic, NOAA/ERL/NSSL, Norman, OK; and A. Zahrai, R. J. Doviak, J. K. Carter, andS. Torres

283 7.15 COMPARISON OF RAINFALLS ESTIMATED WITH A WSR-88D AND A RESEARCHPOLARIMETRIC RADAR. Edward A. Brandes, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. Vivekanandan

287 7.16 AN EXPLORATORY STUDY IN HAIL DETECTION WITH POLARIMETRIC RADAR. Edward A.Brandes, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. Vivekanandan

291 7.17 NEXRAD RANGE-VELOCITY AMBIGUITY MITIGATIION. Charles Frusch, NCAR, Boulder, CO; andD. S. Zrnic, M. Sachidananda, J. VanAndel, D. Ferraro, and R. J. Keeler

296 7.18 NEXRAD ANOMALOUSLY PROPAGATED GROUND CLUTTER MITIGATION. R. Jeffrey Keeler,NCAR, Boulder, CO; and F. Pratte, D. Ecoff, J. VanAndel, and D. Ferraro

301 7.19 THE ROLE OF NEXRAD EVOLUTION IN THE ONGOING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICEDEVELOPMENT OF AWIPS. Richard Lane, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and R. Radlein

7.20 CURRENT OPERATIONAL USES AND PROJECTED NEEDS FOR THE NEXT GENERATION OFTHE WSR-88D DOPPLER RADAR. John A. Okon, U.S. Navy, Norfolk, VA

306 7.21 FUTURE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION OPERATIONAL NEEDS FOR THE WSR-88DARCHITECTURE. Arthur Levy, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Washington, DC; and M. E.Wolfgang and C. Tidwell

7.22 THE ROLE OF DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR IN COS-21. Fred Toepfer, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring,MD; and R. E. Saffle

310 7.23 THE CANADIAN NATIONAL WEATHER RADAR PROJECT. Barry Greer, Atmospheric EnvironmentService (AES), Downsview, ON, Canada; and E. Aldcroft, G. M. Pearson, and R. P. Ford

7.24 PAPER WITHDRAWN

312 7.24A A TECHNIQUE FOR IDENTIFYING REGIONS OF HIGH SHEAR ASSOCIATED WITHMESOCYCLONES AND TORNADIC VORTEX SIGNATURES. E. DeWayne Mitchell,NOAA/ERL/NSSL, Norman, OK; and K. L. Elmore

316 7.25 COLLECTION AND PROCESSING OF ENVIRONMENTAL DATA USING A TACTICAL SHIPBORNERADAR. H. Owen, Lockheed Martin Government Electronic Systems, Moorestown, NJ; andH. Urkowitz, J. Melody, J. Stephans, J. Kanefield, and S. Katz

SESSION 8: AWIPS

8.1 PAPER WITHDRAWN

8.2 AWIPS PRODUCTION—IT'S HERE, AND HERE'S HOW IT WORKS! Brad Macaleer, PRC Inc.,McLean, VA; and T. Murray and L. R. Johnson

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321 8.3 THE WFO-ADVANCED SYSTEM SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE. U. Herb Grote, NOAA/FSL,Boulder, CO; and M. R. Biere

325 8.4 WARM SEASON OPERATIONAL USE OF THE WFO-ADVANCED WORKSTATION AT THEDENVER WSFO. Patrice C. Kucera, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado and NOAA/FSL, Boulder, CO; andC. M. Lusk, W. F. Roberts, and L. E. Johnson

330 8.5 AWIPS BUILD 3.0 OPERATIONAL TEST AND EVALUATION. Mary D. Buckingham, NOAA/NWS,Silver Spring, MD

334 8.5A COMMISSIONING THE ADVANCED WEATHER INTERACTIVE PROCESSING SYSTEM (AWIPS).Joseph Facundo, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD

337 8.6 RISK REDUCTION/EVALUATION OF INTERACTIVE FORECAST PREPARATION TOOLS IN THENATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE — PREPARING FOR NATIONWIDE IMPLEMENTATION.Wendy L. Wolf, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and D. Helms

342 8.7 PREPARATIONS FOR THE INTEGRATION OF THE AWIPS INTERACTIVE FORECASTPREPARATION SYSTEM AT WFO KANSAS CITY. L. P. Maximuk, NOAA/NWS, Pleasant Hill, MO

345 8.8 INTERPRETATION AND EDITING TECHNIQUES FOR INTERACTIVE FORECAST PREPARATION.David P. Ruth, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and M. A. Mathewson, T. J. LeFebvre, and P. K. Wu

350 8.9 THE GENERATION OF PRODUCTS IN INTERACTIVE FORECAST PREPARATION. Matthew R.Peroutka, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and R. K. Meiggs and M. B. Romberg

355 8.10 CREATING NOAA WEATHER RADIO BROADCAST SCRIPTS USING INTERACTIVE FORECASTPREPARATION. James E. Calkins, General Sciences Corp. (GSC), Laurel, MD; and M. R. Peroutka,R. K. Meiggs, and J. P. Lang

359 8.11 IMPLEMENTING INTERACTIVE FORECAST PREPARATION NATIONWIDE. Ronla K. Meiggs,NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and M. R. Peroutka and D. P. Ruth

364 8.12 DEVELOPING SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS AT LOCAL SITES THAT SURVIVE THE AWIPSUPGRADE CYCLE. Mark Mihelic, Litton/PRC Inc., McLean, VA; and R. Morris, H. Glahn, B. Vercillo,and D. Rhine

8.13 ADVANCED WEATHER INTERACTIVE PROCESSING SYSTEM (AWIPS) COMMUNICATIONSNETWORK (ACN) IMPROVEMENTS FOR DEPLOYMENT. Ed Moore, PRC Inc., McLean, VA; andL. R. Johnson

8.14 SO YOU'RE GOING TO GET AN AWIPS—WHAT CAN YOU EXPECT ON INSTALLATION DAY?Anthony Baltz, PRC Inc., McLean, VA; and T. Murray, F. Bourque, and L. R. Johnson

8.15 ADVANCED WEATHER INTERACTIVE PROCESSING SYSTEM: OPERATIONS SUPPORT IN THEAWIPS ERA. Ed Moore, PRC Inc., McLean, VA; and M. Hicklin, C. Williamson, and L. R. Johnson

368 8.16 THE AWIPS LOCAL DATA ACQUISITION AND DISSEMINATION SYSTEM. Richard T. Jesuroga,NOAA/FSL, Boulder, CO; and C. Subramaniam and P. A. Miller

371 8.17 THE MODERNIZED AWIPS LOCAL DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEM. Chandran Subramaniam,NOAA/FSL, Boulder, CO; and L. Angus, T. Kent, D. Rubio, and S. O'Donnell

376 8.17A THE WFO-ADVANCED TWO-DIMENSIONAL DISPLAY SOFTWARE DESIGN. Michael R. Biere,NOAA/FSL and Cooperative Inst. for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA)/Colorado State Univ., Ft.Collins, CO

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380 8.18 DISSEMINATION OF CRITICAL WEATHER INFORMATION FROM THE AWIPS LOCAL DATAAQUISITION AND DISSEMINATION SYSTEM. Matthew Kelsch, NOAA/FSL, Boulder, CO; andC. Subramaniam

383 8.19 THE AWIPS LOCAL DATA ACQUISITION AND DISSEMINATION SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE.Chandran Subramaniam, NOAA/FSL, Boulder, CO; and L. Angus, R. Prentice, J. Adams, and Y. Chun

389 8.20 OPERATIONAL RISK REDUCTION: EASING AWIPS INTO THE FIELD. Joseph S. Wakefield,NOAA/FSL, Boulder, CO

8.21 N-AWIPS: AWIPS AT THE NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTION. Mary LdesJardins, NOAA/NWS/National Center for Environmental Prediction (NCEP), Washington, DC; andS. Jacobs, D. Plummer, and S: Schotz

392 8.22 A USER-DRIVEN DATA REQUIREMENTS AND ASESSMENT APPROACH FOR AWIPS/NOAAPORT. Glenn K. Rutledge, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and V. Baer, G. DiMego, andJ. Hayes

396 8.23 REMOVING LEGACY SYSTEMS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. Howard J. Diamond,NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and J. Facundo and D. W. Patrick

8.24 THE NOAA "GINI" SATELLITE PRODUCT SYSTEM. Stephen D. Ambrose, NOAA/NESDIS,Washington, DC; and R. Garey

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THE PSC WEATHER CENTER. James P. Koermer, Plymouth State College, Plymouth, NH

WEATHER WORLD 2010: A CUSTOMIZABLE, USER-ORIENTED WWW SITE. Joel Plutchak, Univ.of Ilinois, Urbana, IL; and S. E. Hall, D. Wojtowicz, M. Sridhar, M. Ramamurthy, and R. B. Wilhelmson

UKMO HORACE SYSTEM DEMONSTRATION. Tony Gowland, UK Met Office, Bracknell, Berks., UK

SYNERGIE AS AN OPERATIONAL INTEGRATED TOOL FOR DUTY FORECASTERS. ClaudeBerthou, Meteo-France, Toulouse, France; and P. Benichou

411 P1.5 RECENT HAZARDOUS WEATHER ALGORITHM DEVELOPMENT AT AIR FORCE GLOBALWEATHER CENTER. Gordon R. Brooks, Air Force Global Weather Center, Offutt AFB, NE

P1.6 METEOROLOGICAL CRAFTSMAN VS. METEOROLOGICAL ENGINEERS. Frederick R. Mosher,NOAA/Aviation Weather Center, Kansas City, MO

P1.7 NCEP N-AWIPS DEMONSTRATION. Scott T. Jacobs, NOAA/NCEP/NWS, Washington, DC; andS. S. Schotz, D. Plummer, and M. desJardins

413 P1.8 USE OF RELATIONAL DATABASES TO IMPROVE WEB ACCESS TO CLIMATE INFORMATION.Julia A. Collins, NOAA/CDC and CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and A. Ray

P1.9 RAMSDIS ONLINE USE IN REAL TIME SATELLITE DATA DISPLAY. Dave Watson, NOAA/NESDIS,Ft. Collins, CO; and H. Gosden and D. Molenar

P1.10 JOHNSON SPACE CENTER METEOROLOGICAL INTERACTIVE DATA DISPLAY SYSTEM IN AUNIX ENVIRONMENT. Bryan Batson, United Space Alliance, Houston, TX; and T. Oram andD. Rotzoll

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A CONFIGURABLE WEB SERVER FOR GRIDDED DATA: A FRAMEWORK FORCOLLABORATION. Steve Hankin, NOAA/PMEL, Seattle, WA; and J. Davison, J. Callahan, D. E.Harrison, and K. O'Brien

MONITORING THE FSL COMPUTER NETWORK. Brain L. Moore, NOAA/FSL, Boulder, CO

BUILDING A MODEL INTRANETWORK USING THE LATEST PROTOCOLS AND TECHNOLOGY.Jerry B. Janssen, NOAA/FSL, Boulder, CO

426 P1.14 LIGHTNING DETECTION AT THE KSC-ER, FLORIDA. E. P. Krider, Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ;and M. J Murphy, D. W. Schiber, and L. M. Maier

P1.15 SCIGRAPH: OBJECT-ORIENTED 2D SCIENTIFIC GRAPHICS LIBRARY. Donald Denbo,NOAA/PMEL, Seattle, WA

P1.16 WAVELETS AS ADAPTIVE FILTERS FOR RADAR DATA. Paul R. Desrochers, Air Force ResearchLab., Hanscom AFB, MA

P1.17 THE DEVELOPMENT AND DEPLOYMENT OF THE NEXRAD SYSTEM. Thomas Laufer, NOAA,Silver Spring, MD; and A. Thomas and R. Elvander

P1.18 THE ROLE OF HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL TECHNOLOGY BEFORE AND DURING THE MARCH1997 FLOOD EVENT IN THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY. John T. DiStefano, NOAA/NWS, Wilmington,OH; and F. J. Dian, K. J. Farina, T. E. Adams, and J. J. Noel

427 P1.19 FX-NET: A JAVA BASED INTERNET CLIENT-INTERFACE TO THE WFO-ADVANCEDWORKSTATION. Ning Wang, NOAA/FSL, Boulder, CO; and S. Madine

P1.20 THE USE OF TOTAL LIGHTNING INFORMATION TO IMPROVE FORECASTS AND WARNINGS ATMELBOURNE, FLORIDA. Bart Hagemeyer, NOAA/NWS, Melbourne, FL; and D. Sharp, S. Spratt,and S. Hodanish

430 P1.21 A DEMONSTRATION OF NOAA/NESDIS DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS AND DERIVED

PRODUCTS FOR NOAA-K. Pamela M. Taylor, NOAA/NESDIS, Washington, DC

SESSION 9: HUMAN INTERACTION WITH GRIDDED DATA

9.1 HUMAN INTERACTION WITH GRIDDED DATA: OVERVIEW. Lynn A. Sherretz, NOAA/FSL, Boulder,CO

431 9.2 IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES FOR TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPED BY THE FEDERAL AVIATIONADMINISTRATION'S AVIATION WEATHER RESEARCH PROGRAM. Kenneth M. Leonard, FAA,Washington, DC; and K. L. Van Sickle, D. J. Pace, W. Fellner, and W. Eggleston

434 9.3 OVERVIEW OF THE METEO-FRANCE EXPERIENCE IN GRAPHICAL INTERACTION ON THESYNERGIE WORKSTATIONS. Patrick Benichou, Meteo-France, Toulouse, France

438 9.4 INTERACTIVE FIELD MODIFICATION AND METEOROLOGICAL OBJECTS EDITION ON METEO-FRANCE WORKSTATIONS. Stephanie Desbios, Meteo-France, Toulouse, France

442 9.5 FOUR DIMENSIONALLY CONSISTENT MODIFICATION OF GRIDDED NWP OUTPUT. Edward B.Carroll, UK Met Office, Bracknell, Berks., UK

9.6 THE SEMI-AUTOMATION OF WEATHER ANALYSIS AND FORECAST TASKS WITHIN THENATIONAL METEOROLOGICAL CENTRE OF THE UNITED KINGDOM METEOROLOGICALOFFICE. D. N. Reed, UK Met Office, Bracknell, Berks., UK

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445 9.7 THE NEW WORKSTATION SOFTWARE FOR AVIATION FORECASTER. Juha Kilpinen, FinnishMeteorological Inst., Helsinki, Finland; and M. Pietarinen

9.8 THE AVIATION METEOROLOGICAL DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM (METPS) AT THE NEW HONGKONG AIRPORT. D. T. Chang, AER, Inc., Cambridge, MA; and J.-F. Louis, J. Bennett, S. Dolat,K. Lucas, S. Rieth, and H. Lam

447 9.9 THE AUTOMATIC GENERATION OF GLOBAL SIGNIFICANT WEATHER FORECASTS CHARTSAT THE AVIATION WEATHER CENTER. Ronald J. Olson, NOAA/NWS, Kansas City, MO; and S. D.Henderson

450 9.10 PILOT EVALUATION OF FLIGHT INFORMATION SERVICE PRODUCTS. Dana Dombusch, TheMITRE Corp., McLean, VA; and O. Olmos

9.11 PAPER WITHDRAWN

455 9.11 A USE OF GRAPHICAL INTERACTION WITHIN THE RIPP-PROJECT. Stefan Nilsson, SMHI,Norrkoping, Sweden

9.12 ADDING VALUE TO (EDITING) AVIATION IMPACT VARIABLES: PROGRESS AND PLANS. DennisRodgers, NOAA/FSL, Boulder, CO; and A. Wilson, G. Pratt, J. Frimel, and L. A. Sherretz

460 9.13 AVIATION FORECASTING USING THE GRAPHICAL EDITOR OF THE FORECAST PRODUCTIONASSISTANT (FPA). Brian Greaves, AES, King City, ON, Canada; and R. Paterson, R. Trafford,N. Driedger, and P. Joe

464 9.14 MODEL INTERPRETATION USING SLIDER BARS IN INTERACTIVE FORECAST PREPARATION.David P. Ruth, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD

469 9.15 GRID EDITING FOR THE INTERACTIVE FORECAST PREPARATION SYSTEM. Stuart Wier,NOAA/FSL, Boulder, CO; and M. A. Mathewson and T. J. LeFebvre

SESSION 10: AUTOMATED SURFACE OBSERVING TECHNOLOGY

10.0 ASOS PROGRAM UPDATE. Vickie L. Nadolski, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD

474 10.1 COMPARABILITY OF ASOS AND HUMAN OBSERVATIONS. James T. Bradley, NOAA/NWS,Sterling, VA; and R. Lewis

479 10.2 COMPARISON OF ASOS AND OBSERVER CEILING-HEIGHT AND VISIBILITY VALUES. Allan C.Ramsay, Hughes STX Corp., Sterling, VA

484 10.3 THE RHYME AND REASON OF ASOS. James T. Bradley, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; andR. Lewis

10.4 A THIRTY DAY QUANTITATIVE COMPARISON OF AUTOMATED SURFACE OBSERVING SYSTEM(ASOS) AND MANUAL OBSERVER CLOUD VISIBILITY ELEMENTS. Paul F. Armbruster, Jr., FAA,Montoursville, PA; and A. C. Ramsay and L. Leonard

10.5 AUTOMATED SURFACE OBSERVING SYSTEM 120-DAY RE-ASSESSMENT RESULTS. RagenaAamio, FAA, Washington, DC; and D. Mann and W. Minter

487 10.6 QUALITY CONTROL OF ASOS OBSERVATIONS. David Mannarano, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring,MD; and R. Beasley

492 10.7 NON-FEDERAL AUTOMATED WEATHER OBSERVATION. Robert Milton, Minnesota DOT, St. Paul,MN; and K. Kraus

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10.8 SERVICE STANDARDS FOR AVIATION WEATHER OBSERVATION: IMPLEMENTATIONCHALLENGES. Paul Nipko, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and D. Bacon

484 10.9 ASOS PLANNED PRODUCT IMPROVEMENTS. Malcolm D. Gifford, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD;and M. E. Laster and J. L. Ball, Jr.

10.10 FIELD EVALUATION OF A SINGLE SITE LIGHTNING SENSOR ON THE AUTOMATED SURFACEOBSERVING SYSTEM. Nancy E. Harris, Hughes STX Corp., Sterling, VA; and W. Whisel

499 10.11 A COMPARISON BETWEEN A PROPOSED ASOS SUNSHINE SENSOR AND A PYRHELIOMETER.Joseph V. Fiore, Jr., Hughes STX Corp., Sterling, VA; and R. Wnek, L. Wynans, and M. E. Laster

502 10.12 QUANITATIVE ICE ACCRETION INFORMATION FROM THE AUTOMATED SURFACE OBSERVINGSYSTEM (ASOS). Allan C. Ramsay, Hughes STX Corp., Sterling, VA; and C. C. Ryerson

507 10.13 AUTOMATED SNOW ACCUMULATION MEASUREMENTS FOR ASOS. Richard Lewis, NOAA/NWS,Silver Spring, MD; and J. T. Bradley

512 10.14 PERFORMANCE OF PRODUCTION AND ENHANCED ASOS PRECIPITATION IDENTIFICATIONSENSORS DURING THE WINTER 1996-1997 TESTING. Barbra Burgas, Hughes STX, Sterling, VA

10.14A THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLIMATE DATA CONTINUITY PROJECT. Andrew Horvitz,NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD

517 10.15 CLIMATE DATA CONTINUITY OF RAIN OBSERVATIONS WITH ASOS. Thomas B. McKee,Colorado State Univ., Ft. Collins, CO; and N. J. Doesken, J. Kleist, R. Butler, and N. L. Canfield

567 10.16 WIND CLIMATE DATA CONTINUITY STUDY - IV. Thomas J. Lockhart, Meteorological StandardsInst., Fox Island, WA

CLIMATIC NORMALS IN AN ERA OF DATA DISCONTINUITY. Nathaniel B. Gutman, NOAA/NationalClimatic Data Ctr., Asheville, NC

AWOS PERFORMANCE EVALUATION DATA ANALYSIS RESULTS. Michael Crowe, AES,Downsview, ON, Canada; and A. Giguere and S. McNair

AWOS PERFORMANCE EVALUATION: DATA ANALYSIS METHODS. Michael Crowe, AES,Downsview, ON, Canada; and A. Giguere, S. McNair, B. Sheppard, R. Wilson, and T. Yip

THE REGIONAL OBSERVATION COOPERATIVE: A STATUS REPORT. Peter A. Stamus,NOAA/FSL, Boulder, CO; and T. W. Schlatter

THE REAL-TIME ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION NETWORK AND ANALYSIS SYSTEM(REINAS): A SCALABLE, MESOSCALE OBSERVING AND DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.Wendell A. Nuss, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA

10.22 ONLINE TOUCH-TONE TELEPHONE ACQUISITION PACKAGE (ONTAP): REAL-TIMEAUTOMATED COLLECTION OF CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL DATA. Tim Bullock,Environment Canada, Downsview, ON, Canada

539 10.23 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COOPERATIVE OBSERVER PROGRAM INITIATIVES. Robert J.Leffler, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and A. Horvitz, P. Clark, and B. A. Weiger

542 10.24 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VIDEO CAMERA DEMONSTRATION PROJECT.Brian Mclnerney, NOAA/NWS Forecast Offfice, Salt Lake City, UT; and A. Horvitz and B. Moore

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546 10.25 A BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE REPORT ON MONTAGUE, NEW YORK'S, 77-INCH, 24-HOURJANUARY 11-12, 1997, LAKE-EFFECT SNOWFALL. Robert J. Leffler, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring,MD; and G. Goodge

SESSION 11: FUTURE APPLICATIONS

551 11.1 FAA'S FUTURE WEATHER SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE — AN UPDATE. Michael T. Porter, FAA,Washington, DC; and R. C. Showalter, C. G. Souders, and S. C. Walden

11.2 GOES FOLLOW-ON SYSTEM: REQUIREMENTS STUDIES AND TECHNOLOGY CONCEPTS.Jamison Hawkins, NOAA/NESDIS, Suitland, MD; and R. Heymann

11.3 DEVELOPMENT OF AN OCEAN COLOR DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM-SeaWiFS. Gene Feldman,NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD

556 11.4 HIGH TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL RESOLUTION ANIMATIONS OF WINDS OBSERVED WITH THENSCAT SCATTEROMETER. Mark A. Bourassa, Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL; and D. M.Legler, J. J. O'Brien, J. N. Stricherz, and J. Whalley

560 11.5 THE ATMOSPHERIC TIDE AND AIR DENSITY. Lee R. Pearcy, Meteorologist and Commercial AirlinePilot, San Antonio, TX

JOINT SESSION J5: APPLICATIONS IN WEATHER ANALYSIS AND FORECASTING(Joint with 16th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting)

J3 J5.1 IMPLEMENTATION OF A HIGH RESOLUTION MESOSCALE MODEL WITHIN AN OPERATIONALNWS REGIONAL NETWORK. Jeffrey S. Tilley, Univ. of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK; and K. Gilkey,C. Scott, and D.-L. Wilkinson (colorpages)

J8 J5.2 PROBABILISTIC QUANTITATIVE PRECIPITATION FORECASTS BASED ON THE NCEP GLOBALENSEMBLE. Yuejian Zhu, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Washington, DC; and Z. Toth, E. Kalnay, and M. S.Tracton

J12 J5.3 INTERACTIVE SOFTWARE FOR PROBABILISTIC QUANTITATIVE PRECIPITATIONFORECASTING. H. Wray Mills II, Univ. of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA; and R. Krzysztofowicz

J17 J5.4 IMPACT OF THE NWS MODERNIZATION EFFORT ON THE PUBLIC PERCEPTION OF NWSPRODUCTS AND SERVICES RELATED TO LAKE-EFFECT SNOW FORECAST AND WARNINGPROGRAMS: USER SURVEY RESULTS. Mark A. Wool, NOAA/NWS, Bohemia, NY

J22 J5.5 THE SYSTEM FOR CONVECTION ANALYSIS AND NOWCASTING (SCAN). Stephan B. Smith,NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and et al

J25 J5.6 WARNING DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM: THE NEXT GENERATION. J. T. Johnson, NOAA/NSSL,Norman, OK; and et al

J5.7 SURVEILLING A TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM USING GOES IMAGERY, WSR-88D RADAR DATA,AND IN-SITU VIDEO. Brian C. Motta, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Ft., Collins, CO

J29 J5.8 WANDA: HRD'S REAL-TIME TROPICAL CYCLONE 'WIND ANALYSIS DISTRIBUTEDAPPLICATION.' Luis R. Amat, Jr., NOAA/AOML/HRD, Miami, FL; and M. D. Powell and S. H.Houston

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