Agenda—Wednesday, 8 February

Session 1: Warn-on-Forecast Overview and Status
Session Chair: Kevin Kelleher

Session 2: GOES-R Status and Applications
Session Chair: Ralph Petersen

Session 3: The Future of Severe Weather Warnings
Session Chair: Dave Andra

Agenda—Thursday, 9 February

Session 4: Verification of High-Resolution Forecasts
Session Chair: Steven Weiss

Session 5: Ensemble Data Assimilation and Predictability
Session Chair: Jason Otkin

Poster Listing:

1. Assimilation of AIRS SFOV Retrieval Profiles in the Rapid Refresh Model System: Assimilation Modifications to Maximize Forecast Improvement
   Haidao Lin, Steve Weygandt, Stan Benjamin, Ming Hu, Patrick Hoffmenn, Jinlong Li, Jun Li, Tim Schmit
2. EnKF Assimilation of High-Resolution, Mobile Doppler Radar Data of the 4 May 2007 Greensburg, Kansas, Supercell Storm into a Numerical Cloud Model
   Robin Tanamachi, Louis Wicker, David Dowell, Daniel Dawson, Howard Bluestein, Ming Xue
3. The CASA DFW Demonstration Testbed: An Ideal Platform for Testing and Verifying Warn-on-Forecast
   Jerry Brotzge, Frederick Carr, Ming Xue and Keith Brewster
4. Kinematical retrievals within a simulated supercell: EnKF vs. dual-Doppler analysis
   Corey K. Potvin and Louis J. Wicker
5. Sensitivity of WRF-DART analyses and near-term forecasts of a localized heavy precipitation event to planetary boundary layer physics
   Michael Coniglio, Dusty Wheatley, Kevin Manross, Terra Thompson
6. Assimilation of Reflectivity Data in a Convective-Scale, Cycled 3DVAR Framework with Hydrometeor Classification
   Jidong Gao and David J. Stensrud
7. The Impact of Single and Double Moment Microphysics Schemes on Ensemble Kalman Filter Analyses and Forecasts of the 8 May 2003 Tornadic Supercell Storm
   Nusrat Yussouf, Edward R. Mansell, Louis J. Wicker, Dustan M. Wheatley1, David Dowell, Michael C. Coniglio and David J. Stensrud
8. Ensemble Kalman filter analyses and forecasts of a severe mesoscale convective system observed during BAMEX
   Dustan M. Wheatley, Nusrat Yussouf,ÊMichael C. Coniglio and David J. Stensrud
9. EnKF Assimilation of Cloud Properties Retrieved From GOES
   Thomas A. Jones and David J. Stensrud
10. Multi-Moment and Multi-Phase Ice Microphysics in Storm-scale EnKF
    Ted Mansell and Daniel Dawson
11. Impact of changes in vertical grid spacing to Advanced Research WRF model simulations of mesoscale convective systems
    Kent H. Knopfmeier and David J. Stensrud
12. Initial Results from a Convective-scale Analysis and Prediction of the 14 June 2011 Norman Oklahoma Macroburst using Conventional and Rapid-Scan Doppler Radar Data
    Louis Wicker, Corey Potvin and Therese Thompson
13. The 2011 OUN WRF Experiment: Results and Discussion
    Gabriel Garfield, Matthew Foster, and David Andra
14. Doppler Radar Data Assimilation using a Local Ensemble Transform Kalmas Filter
    Therese Thompson, Louis Wicker and Xuguang Wang
15. Ensemble prediction of the 4 May 2007 Greensburg, KS tornadic supercell: Impact of microphysics
    Daniel Dawson, Louis Wicker, Ted Mansell and Robin Tanamachi
16. Assessment of Selected Automated Radar Quality Control Efforts on WSR-88D Data
    Kevin L. Manross, Brandon Smith, Aaron Kaulfus and Anthony Bain
17. Results from the 2011 Hazardous Weather Testbed Spring Experiment
    James Correia, Steven Weiss, Russ Schneider, Jack Kain, Michael Coniglio
18. Observing System Simulation Experiments of a Derecho-Producing Convective System: Sensitivity to covariance localization
    Ryan Sobash and David Stensrud
19. Multi-scale EnKF data assimilation and forecasts of the 10 May 2010 tornado case in the central US domain
    Youngsun Jung, Ming Xue, Yunheng Wang, Kefeng Zhu, and Yujie Pan
20. A four-dimensional asynchronous ensemble square-root filter (4DEnSRF) algorithm and tests with the 10 May 2010 tornado case
    Shizhang Wang and Ming Xue
21. The analysis and prediction of microphysical states and polarimetric variables in a mesoscale convective system using double-moment microphysics, multi-network radar data, and the ensemble Kalman filter
    Bryan Putnam, Ming Xue, Youngsun Jung, Nathan Snook, and Guifu Zhang
22. Implementation of LETKF with ARPS model and some preliminary results of OSSE
    Gang Zhao, Ming Xue, Xuguang Wang, and Youngsun Jung
23. EnKF and EnKF-GSI hybrid development and testing for Rapid Refresh configurations
    Kefeng Zhu, Yujie Pan, and Ming Xue, Xuguang Wang, Jeffrey Whitaker, Stanley Benjamin and Stephen Weygandt
24. The impact of covariance inflation methods on the spread of ensemble simulations
    Tim Supinie, Youngsun Jung, and Ming
25. Assimilation of attenuated data from an X-band radar network for a quasi-linear storm using the ensemble Kalman filter
    Jing Cheng and Ming Xue
26. How university and school district officials anticipated and responded to NWS tornado warnings and their thoughts on extended lead time: Spring 2011 case studies
    Amy Nichols, Stephanie Hoekstra and Eve Gruntfest
27. Calibration of Probabilistic Forecasts of Rare Events
    Patrick T. Marsh, John S. Kain, Valliappa Lakshmanan, Adam J. Clark