NSSL SEMINAR and COLLOQUIUM ARCHIVE

Dusan Zrnic presents a seminar at NSSL

Below is a list of past NSSL seminars and colloquia. Current seminars and colloquia are now listed on the the NWC Seminar Series and Colloquium page.

DATE and TIME SPEAKER SUBJECT
04 May 2012
2:00 PM
Alexander Schenkman
School of Meteorology
University of Oklahoma
Examining tornadogenesis with high-resolution numerical simulations initialized with real data
04 May 2012
10:30 AM
Liqiang Sun
Ceara Research Institute for Meteorology and Water Resources (FUNCEME)
Class Lecture: Introduction to Seasonal Climate Prediction
03 May 2012
3:00 PM
Liqiang Sun
Ceara Research Institute for Meteorology and Water Resources (FUNCEME)
Climate Downscaling over Northeast Brazil: Simulation, Prediction and Application
03 May 2012
10:00 AM
Chris Wilson
School of Meteorology
University of Oklahoma
Thesis Defense: Direct evaluation of temperature and velocity structure functions in the atmospheric convective boundary layer from large eddy simulation output
01 May 2012
3:00 PM
Yanping Li
Colorado State University
NCAR
Some upscale effects of organized convection on regional climate - from the continental US to the tropical western Pacific
01 May 2012
11:00 AM
Zac Flamig
OU School of Meteorology
Thesis Defense: Probabilistic Flood Prediction Using Ground-Based and Space-Based Sensors
30 April 2012
1:00 PM
Yanping Li
Colorado State University
NCAR
SoM Class Lecture: Diurnal Valley Circulation
30 April 2012
4:00 PM
Jeffrey Albright
OU School of Meteorology
Application of Copulas to Tall Tower Wind Assessment
26 April 2012
1:15 PM
Mr. Fanxing Kong
Improving Weather Radar Moment Estimates in the Presence of Wind Turbine Clutter
25 April 2012
3:00 PM
Gary G. Yen
Oklahoma State University
School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
CULTURAL-BASED PARTICLE SWARM OPTIMIZATION
FOR MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION
25 April 2012
11:00 AM
Lu Liu
CEES
Thesis Defense: Assessments and Projections of Regional Hydro-climatic Variability over the Southern U.S.: Potential Teleconnections with El Niño/Southern Oscillation
24 April 2012
3:30 PM
Patrick Marsh
School of Meteorology
National Severe Storms Laboratory
Tornado Warnings: Past, Present, and Future
24 April 2012
1:00 PM
Rebecca Belobraydich
OU School of Meteorology
Thesis Defense: The Predictability of Supercells
23 April 2012
1:30 PM
Fuqiang Tian
Institue of Hydrology and Water Resources
Tsinghua University
Attributing streamflow decrease to variations in climate conditions and catchment properties across the Upper Han River basin, China
23 April 2012
1:30 PM
Guangheng Ni
Institue of Hydrology and Water Resources
Tsinghua University
Impacts of urbanization on local hydrometeorological variables —A case study in Beijing
23 April 2012
4:00 PM
Zbigniew Sorbjan
Department of Physics, Marquette University, Milwaukee
Gradient-based similarity theory of the stably stratified boundary layer
20 April 2012
1:00 PM
Dr. Hye-Mi Kim
School of Earth and Atmospheric Science
Georgia Institute of Technology
Student Lecture: TBA
20 April 2012
3:00 PM
Hye-Mi Kim
School of Earth and Atmospheric Science
Georgia Institute of Technology
Modulation of tropical cyclone activity by El Niño in a warming environment
19 April 2012
1:15 PM
Ms. Charlotte Wainwright
Atmospheric Radar Research Center
School of Meteorology
A Sodar Simulator Based Upon Large Eddy Simulation
18 April 2012
2:00 PM
Dr. Alan Thorpe
ECMWF
Student Lecture: The future of weather and climate science: a personal perspective
17 April 2012
3:30 PM
Alan J. Thorpe
Director-General
ECMWF
Reading, UK
********* Annual Tzvi Gal-Chen Lecture Series *********
Predicting the weather from days to a season ahead: developments at ECMWF
16 April 2012
3:00 PM
Matthew Kumjian
School of Meteorology
The Impact of Precipitation Processes on the Polarimetric Radar Variables
16 April 2012
4:00 PM
Chris Wilson
School of Meteorology
University of Oklahoma
Direct evaluation of temperature and velocity structure functions in the atmospheric convective boundary layer from large eddy simulation output
12 April 2012
1:15 PM
Lu Liu
Atmospheric Radar Research Center
School of Civil Engineering and Environmental Science
Assessments and Projections of Regional Hydro-climatic Variability over the Southern U.S.: Potential Teleconnections with El Niño/Southern Oscillation
10 April 2012
3:30 PM
Robert Hoffman
Institute for Human and Machine Cognition
Pensacola, FL
Meteorological Research and Development from the Perspective of Cognitive Systems Engineering
06 April 2012
2:00 PM
Patrick Skinner
Texas Tech University
VORTEX2 Observations and Data Assimilation Experiments of the 18 May 2010 Dumas, Texas Supercell
04 April 2012
9:00 AM
Michael French
School of Meteorology
Mobile, Phased-Array, Doppler Radar Observations of Tornadoes at X band
29 March 2012
1:15 PM
Zac Flamig
Atmospheric Radar Research Center
School of Meteorology
Probabilistic Flood Prediction Using Ground-Based and Space-Based Sensors
26 March 2012
3:30 PM
Jagadish Shukla
Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Earth Sciences (AOES)
George Mason University (GMU)
Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies (COLA)
Institute for Global Environment and Society (IGES)
It Is Necessary to Revolutionize Climate Prediction: Is It Possible?
13 March 2012
3:30 PM
Matthew Kumjian
School of Meteorology, University of Oklahoma
Fingerprinting precipitation processes with dual-polarization radar
06 March 2012
2:30 PM
Kazuo Saito
Meteorological Research Institute
Ibaraki, Japan
K-computer Project in Japan and Tokyo Metropolitan Area Convection Study
05 March 2012
2:00 PM
Eiichi Sato
Researcher, Meteorological Research Institute
Japan Meteorological Agency
KU-band Radar Observations of Cumulonimbi in Tokyo Metropolitan Area Convection Study (TOMACS)
05 March 2012
2:00 PM
Dr. Yoshinori Yamado
Meteorological Research Institute
Japan Meteorological Agency
Characteristics of MUSCAT-derived Wind Fields and Introduction of Structures of Severe Convective Events in Japan Derived from Doppler Radar Observations
28 February 2012
2:30 PM
Gregory J. Hakim
Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Washington
Intrinsic Variability and Predictability of Numerically Simulated Tropical Cyclones
24 February 2012
2:00 PM
Sean Waugh
School of Meteorology
THE “U-TUBE”: AN IMPROVED ASPIRATED TEMPERATURE SYSTEM FOR MOBILE METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS, ESPECIALLY IN SEVERE WEATHER
21 February 2012
3:30 PM
Michael French
School of Meteorology, University of Oklahoma
Mobile, Phased-Array, Doppler Radar Observations of Tornadoes at X band
06 February 2012
4:00 PM
Open Discussion
Possible Future Directions for Boundary Layer Research in Norman, OK
02 February 2012
1:15 PM
Petar Bukovcic
Atmospheric Radar Research Center
School of Meteorology
A Winter Storm Transition Revealed With Polarimetric Radar and 2DVD Observations
27 January 2012
9:30 AM
Brian Golding
Deputy Director of Weather Science
Met Office, Exeter, UK
Current and Planned Numerical Weather Prediction in the UK Met Office
07 December 2011
3:00 PM
Jonty Hall
Center for Analysis and Prediction of Storms
School of Meteorology
Analysis of the Mesoscale Structure and Vortex Rossby Waves in High-Resolution Numerical Simulations of Typhoon Morakot [Thesis Defense]
06 December 2011
3:30 PM
Daphne LaDue
Center for Analysis and Prediction of Storms
How Meteorologists Learn to Forecast the Weather: Social Dimensions of Complex Learning
06 December 2011
8:30 AM
Robert Gottlieb
School of Meteorology
Using GIS to assess vulnerability to weather and climate hazards in the contiguous United States [Thesis Defense]
06 December 2011
12:30 PM
Nathan Snook
School of Meteorology
Assimilation of CASA and WSR-88D Radar Data For Tornadic Convective Storms using an Ensemble Kalman Filter and Applications in Probabilistic Ensemble Forecasting [Dissertation Defense]
05 December 2011
3:00 PM
Jonty Hall
Center for Analysis and Prediction of Storms and School of Meteorology
Analysis of the Mesoscale Structure and Vortex Rossby Waves in High-Resolution Numerical Simulations of Typhoon Morakot
02 December 2011
2:00 PM
Dr. Corey Potvin
National Severe Storms Laboratory
Part II of "Comparisons of kinematical retrievals within a simulated supercell: Dual-Doppler analysis vs. EnKF radar data assimilation"
01 December 2011
3:30 PM
Yoshi K. Sasaki, Matthew R. Kumjian and Bradley M. Isom
*** Special Seminar to be followed by a Reception hosted by the School of Meteorology ***
Entropic Balance Theory and Radar Observations for Prospective Tornado Data Assimilation
01 December 2011
1:15 PM
David Bodine
Atmospheric Radar Research Center
School of Meteorology
School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Tornado Detection and Damage Severity Estimation Using S- and C-band Polarimetric Radar
30 November 2011
10:00 AM
Brian M. Argrow1
John Manobianco2

1Director Research and Engineering Center for Unmanned Vehicles, University of Colorado Boulder
2Founder and Chief Science Officer, Mano Nanotechnologies, Inc. Guilderland, NY
1The Tempest UAS: The VORTEX2 Supercell Thunderstorm Penetrator
2Micro and Nanotechnology-Enabled Environmental Sensing with Lagrangian Drifters
29 November 2011
3:30 PM
Paul Markowski
Department of Meteorology
Penn State University
The Goshen County, Wyoming, supercell (5 June 2009) intercepted by VORTEX2: Interesting evolution leading up to tornadogenesis
28 November 2011
3:30 PM
Mark A. Lander
Water and Environmental Research Institute of the western Pacific University of Guam
The startling collapse of global tropical cyclone activity (except in the Atlantic)
18 November 2011
2:00 PM
Dr. Corey Potvin
National Severe Storms Laboratory
Comparisons of kinematical retrievals within a simulated supercell: Dual-Doppler analysis vs. EnKF radar data assimilation
17 November 2011
10:00 AM
Pam Clarke and Dave Knapp
Battlefield Environment Division
U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL)
Adelphia, Maryland
Unmanned Aerial Systems and Environmental R&D for the U.S. Army
17 November 2011
1:15 PM
Mr. Humberto Vergara
Civil Engineering & Environmental Science
NOAA / NSSL
An Evaluation Study of Hydrological Data Assimilation with the Ensemble Kalman Filter for Improving Flood Prediction
15 November 2011
3:30 PM
William C. Skamarock
NCAR/NESL/MMM
Boulder, CO
Atmospheric Modeling using Global Variable-Resolution Voronoi Meshes
14 November 2011
10:00 AM
Robert Gottlieb
School of Meteorology
Using GIS to assess vulnerability to weather and climate hazards in the contiguous United States
04 November 2011
11:00 AM
David McLaughlin
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
********** SEMINAR CANCELLED **********
Beyond CASA research: challenges and technologies for practical realization of dense X-Band radar networks
04 November 2011
3:00 PM
Brian Bridges
School of Meteorology
Comparative Study of Mixed-Layer Depth Calculated from
Ceilometer, Sodar, and Radiosonde Data
03 November 2011
3:30 PM
Bjorn Stevens
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
University of California Los Angeles
currently at
Max Planck Institute for Meteorology (Hamburg Germany)
*** Annual Tzvi Gal-Chen Lecture ***
The Cloud Conundrum – Climate Science's Greatest Challenge
03 November 2011
1:15 PM
Yinguang Li
Atmospheric Radar Research Center
School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Scan-to-scan Correlation of Weather Radar Signals to Identify Ground Clutter
03 November 2011
12:00 PM
Brian Holland
School of Meteorology
Thesis Defense: Effects of sequential or simultaneous assimilation of observations and localization method on the performance of the ensemble Kalman filter
01 November 2011
3:30 PM
Michael Douglas
National Severe Storms Laboratory
Mapping global cloudiness from visible MODIS imagery: some new results
28 October 2011
3:00 PM
Brett Zielke
School of Meteorology
Obtaining High Density Ozone Measurements within the Planetary Boundary Layer using an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
27 October 2011
1:15 PM
Dr. Qing Cao
Atmospheric Radar Research Center
Spectrum-time Estimation and Processing (STEP) Algorithm for Improving Weather Radar Data Quality
25 October 2011
3:30 PM
Paul F. Schmit
Graduate Researcher
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
Princeton University
The breakdown of the fluid approximation in thermonuclear plasmas
21 October 2011
3:00 PM
Tim Bonin
School of Meteorology
Development and Use of the SMARTSonde as a Platform for Planetary Boundary Layer Research
20 October 2011
1:15 PM
Mr. Brad Isom
Atmospheric Radar Research Center
School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Exercises in Engineering: The Atmospheric Imaging Radar
14 October 2011
2:00 PM
Brian Holland
OU School of Meteorology
Effects of serial or simultaneous assimilation of observations and localization methods on the performance of the ensemble Kalman filter
11 October 2011
3:30 PM
Sharan Majumdar
Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science
University of Miami
Ensemble forecasting and initial condition sensitivity for hurricanes
04 October 2011
3:30 PM
Reza Jafari
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Oklahoma State University
Modeling of Complex Dynamical Systems with Neural Networks
22 September 2011
1:00 PM
Mr. Fanxing Kong
Atmospheric Radar Research Center
School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Wind Turbine Clutter Radar Signature Characterization by Means of Laboratory Scaled Measurements
22 September 2011
1:00 PM
Dr. Pierre-Emmanuel Kirstetter
Atmospheric Radar Research Center
NOAA/NSSL/CIMMS/CEES
Systematic Evaluation of NASA Precipitation Radar Estimates Using NOAA/NSSL National Mosaic QPE Products
20 September 2011
3:30 PM
Brian Fiedler
SOM
Annual Graduate Student Regulation Seminar
19 September 2011
3:00 PM
Charles Vörösmarty
Director Environmental Crossroads Initiative
The City University of New York
Global water crisis? Yes, and closer than you think
16 September 2011
3:00 PM
Xiaoming Hu
School of Meteorology
Center for Analysis and Prediction of Storms
University of Oklahoma
Uncertainties in planetary boundary layer schemes and current status of urban boundary layer simulations at OU
13 September 2011
3:30 PM
Suzanne Van Cooten and CI-FLOW Modeling Team
NOAA/National Severe Storms Laboratory
University of Oklahoma
The Coastal and Inland Flooding Observation and Warning (CI-FLOW) Project - Tracking the raindrop from the sky to the summit to the sea: Hurricane Irene 2011
09 September 2011
2:00 PM
Brian H Fiedler
OU School of Meteorology
The effect of a giant wind farm on precipitation in 62 years of WRF warm-season simulations
08 September 2011
2:00 PM
(Introduction by Alexander Ryzhkov)

Alexander Khain
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Microphysical mechanisms determining polarimetric radar signatures in hailstorms
08 September 2011
1:00 PM
Dr. Lesya Borowska
National Severe Storms Laboratory
Use of Ground Clutter to Monitor Polarimetric Radar Calibration
08 September 2011
1:00 PM
Mr. Wascal Bocangel
Atmospheric Radar Research Center
School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
A Test of Cylindrical Polarimetric Array Configuration Using the Digital Array Radar
23 August 2011
3:30 PM
Dave Parsons
OU School of Meteorology
Welcome Back Seminar
11 August 2011
2:00 PM
Ricardo Reinoso Rondinel
ECE/SoM
Using Phased-Array Radar (Thesis Defense)
27 July 2011
2:00 PM
Sean Crowell
CIMMS
Estimation of Near Surface Wind Speeds in Tornadic Vortices
25 July 2011
9:00 AM
Aaron Gleason
OU School of Meteorology
Evaluation of National Weather Service forecast products using in situ observations in Oklahoma (Thesis Defense)
25 July 2011
7:45 AM
Jelena Andric
OU School of Meteorology
Microphysical properties of ice crystals growth revealed in polarimetric radar data (Thesis Defense)
25 July 2011
9:00 AM
Bryan Putnam
OU School of Meteorology
Retrieving Precipitation Microphysical State of Convective Storms Using Radar Data and the Ensemble Kalman Filter (Thesis Defense)
25 July 2011
2:00 PM
Tim Bonin
OU School of Meteorology
Development and Initial Applications of the SMARTSonde for Meteorological Research (Thesis Defense)
22 July 2011
9:00 AM
Aaron Johnson
OU School of Meteorology
Clustering analysis, verification and calibration of a convection-allowing ensemble forecast system (Thesis Defense)
22 July 2011
2:00 PM
Alex Schenkman
OU School of Meteorology
Center for Analysis and Prediction of Storms
Tornadogenesis in a Simulated Mesovortex
22 July 2011
2:00 PM
Alex Schenkman
SOM/CAPS
Tornadogenesis in a Simulated Mesovortex
15 July 2011
2:00 PM
Bryan Putnam
OU School of Meteorology
Retrieving Precipitation Microphysical State of Convective Storms Using Radar Data and the Ensemble Kalman Filter
13 July 2011
1:00 PM
Tim Bonin
OU School of Meteorology
Development and Initial Applications of the SMARTSonde for Meteorological Research
17 June 2011
2:00 PM
Derek Stratman
OU School of Meteorology
Using Traditional and Spatial Verification Methods to Evaluate Real-Time Model Forecasts of Convection
16 June 2011
2:00 PM
Jose Galvez
OU School of Meteorology
Role of the Urban Canopy on Turbulent Exchange with the Roughness Sub-Layer: An Observational Point of View (Dissertation Defense)
15 June 2011
3:30 PM
John Cintineo
OU School of Meteorology
An Objective Radar-Derived Hail Climatology for the Contiguous United States
14 June 2011
3:30 PM
Steven C Reising
Microwave Systems Laboratory
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO
Measurement of Water Vapor Density Variations with Fine-Scale Spatial and Temporal Resolution using a Network of Ground-Based, Compact Microwave Radiometers
07 June 2011
3:30 PM
Humberto C. Godinez
Applied Mathematics & Plasma Physics
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Ensemble Data Assimilation: Theory and Applications
02 June 2011
2:00 PM
Michele Galletti
NRC Postdoctoral Researcher
National Severe Storms Laboratory
Aspects of Polarimetric Phased Array Antennas
27 May 2011
10:00 AM
Nicholas A. Gasperoni
OU School of Meteorology / CAPS
Sensitivity of Convective Initiation and Prediction to Near-surface Moisture as Captured by Assimilating Radar Refractivity Measurements using ARPS 3DVAR (Thesis Defense)
27 May 2011
10:00 AM
Pierre Tabary
Weather Radar R&D, Head
MeteoFrance
Toulouse, France
The French operational radar network: past, present and future
23 May 2011
1:00 PM
Jennifer Newman
OU School of Meteorology
Range-Correcting Azimuthal Shear to Detect Tornadic Circulations in Doppler Radar Data (Thesis Defense)
23 May 2011
1:00 PM
Virginia Silvis
OU School of Meteorology
Links Between U.S. Hurricane-Tornadoes from North Atlantic Tropical Cyclones and Periodic Climate Oscillations (Thesis Defense)
12 May 2011
1:00 PM
Jennifer F. Newman
OU School of Meteorology/NSSL
Range-Correcting Azimuthal Shear to Detect Tornadic Circulations in Doppler Radar Data
10 May 2011
3:30 PM
Dave Turner
NOAA/National Severe Storms Laboratory
Radiative Heating in Underexplored Bands Campaign (RHUBC)
10 May 2011
3:15 PM
Stefanie Henry
OU School of Meteorology
An investigation of storm cell interaction using high resolution three-dimensional numerical simulations
09 May 2011
1:30 PM
Christopher Schwarz
OU School of Meteorology
Supercell Observations Obtained During VORTEX2 from the NOAA (NSSL) X-Band Polarized Mobile Weather Radar
06 May 2011
2:00 PM
Nate Snook
OU School of Meteorology
EnKF Analyses and Probabilistic Ensemble Forecasts of the 8-9 May 2007 Tornadic MCS
06 May 2011
2:00 PM
Yahya Rahmat-Samil
Distinguished Professor
Department of Electrical Engineering
University of California, Los Angeles, USA
Let Darwin and the Bees Help Improve your Designs:
Nature Inspired Optimization Techniques in Engineering
06 May 2011
4:00 PM
Virginia Silvis
OU School of Meteorology
LINKS BETWEEN U.S. HURRICANE-TORNADOES FROM NORTH ATLANTIC TROPICAL CYCLONES AND PERIODIC CLIMATE OSCILLATIONS (Thesis Defense)
05 May 2011
2:30 PM
Nicholas A. Gasperoni
OU School of Meteorology / CAPS
Sensitivity of Convective Initiation and Prediction to Near-surface Moisture as Captured by Assimilating Radar Refractivity Measurements using ARPS 3DVAR: OSSE Experiments
04 May 2011
12:30 PM
Guoqing Ge
OU School of Meteorology
ON THE FURTHER STUDIES OF SUITABLE STORM-SCALE 3DVAR DATA ASSIMILATION FOR THE PREDICTION OF TORNADIC THUNDERSTORMS (Dissertation Defense)
02 May 2011
12:30 PM
James M. Kurdzo
OU School of Meteorology
Objective Optimization of Weather Radar Networks Using a Genetic Algorithm (Thesis Defense)
29 April 2011
1:30 PM
Dr. Jeffrey Buler
Dept. of Entomology & Wildlife Ecology
University of Delaware
Approaches and Applications of Weather Surveillance Radar for Understanding Migratory Bird Ecology
29 April 2011
3:00 PM
Aaron Gleason
School of Meteorology, University of Oklahoma
Evaluation of National Weather Service forecast products using in situ observations in Oklahoma
28 April 2011
1:00 PM
Daniel Betten
School of Meteorology/Atmospheric Radar Research Center
Observations of Low Level Mesocyclone Evolution using Trajectory Mapping Analyses
28 April 2011
2:30 PM
Matthew Van Den Broeke
OU School of Meteorology
Mesocyclone and Microphysical Evolution in Simulated Supercell Storms with Varying Wind and Moisture Profiles (Dissertation Defense)
27 April 2011
1:00 PM
Karen Braun
OU School of Meteorology
A Numerical Study of the Life Cycle of a Tornado Cyclone in a Simulated Supercell (Thesis Defense)
27 April 2011
1:30 PM
Anthony Brown
OU School of Meteorology
A Multi-sensor Analysis of Record of Gridded Precipitation Estimates for Oklahoma for the Month of May (Thesis Defense)
26 April 2011
1:00 PM
Rick Hluchan
OU School of Meteorology
10 February 2009 Tornadic Supercell Observed with Phased-Array Radar (Thesis Defense)
26 April 2011
3:30 PM
Aaron Johnson
OU School of Meteorology
Hierarchical cluster analysis of a convection-allowing ensemble during the Hazardous Weather Testbed 2009 Spring Experiment
25 April 2011
10:30 AM
Vivek Mahale
OU School of Meteorology
Analysis of Vortices in Severe Convective Storms Using CASA Polarimetric Doppler Radar Data
(Thesis Defense)
22 April 2011
2:00 PM
Guoqing Ge
OU School of Meteorology
A Study on Storm-scale 3DVAR with Diagnostic Pressure Equation as a Weak Constraint and the Applications to Tornadic Supercell Storms
21 April 2011
1:00 PM
Mr. Yinguang Li
Atmospheric Radar Research Center
School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
A New Approach to Detect the Ground Clutter Spectra Mixed with Weather Spectra
21 April 2011
1:00 PM
Mr. Wascar Bocangel
Atmospheric Radar Research Center
School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
A Study of Polarimetric Phased Arrays Using the Digital Array Radar
19 April 2011
3:30 PM
Greg Carbin
Storm Prediction Center
Norman, OK
Inside FEMA: My Four-month Assignment with the Masters of Disasters
15 April 2011
3:00 PM
Karen Braun
OU School of Meteorology
A Study of the Life Cycle of a Tornado Cyclone in a Simulated Supercell
15 April 2011
2:00 PM
Vivek Mahale
OU School of Meteorology
Analysis of Vortices in Severe Convective Storms Using CASA Polarimetric Doppler Radar Data
14 April 2011
1:00 PM
Adam J. Smith
Atmospheric Radar Research Center and School of Meteorology
Analyzing the Evolution of Heat Burst and Tornado Signatures Sampled by the National Weather Radar Testbed Phased-array Radar
14 April 2011
3:30 PM
Anthony Brown
OU School of Meteorology
A Multi-sensor Analysis of Record of Gridded Precipitation Estimates for Oklahoma for the Month of May
14 April 2011
1:30 PM
Heather M. Archambault
Department of Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences
University at Albany, SUNY
Recurving Western North Pacific Tropical Cyclones as Precursors to Flow Reconfigurations and Extreme Weather Events over North America
12 April 2011
3:30 PM
Nicholas A. Engerer
School of Meteorology
University of Oklahoma
Simulating Photovoltaic Array Performance with Solar Radiation Observations from the Oklahoma Mesonet
08 April 2011
2:00 PM
Christopher Schwarz
OU School of Meteorology
Supercell Observations Obtained During VORTEX2 from the NOAA (NSSL) X-band Polarized Mobile Weather Radar
07 April 2011
1:00 PM
Ricardo Reinoso Rondinel
Atmospheric Radar Research Center
School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Performance Evaluation of the Time Balance Scheduling Algorithm for Phased-Array Radar (PAR) Adaptive Weather Sensing
07 April 2011
1:00 PM
Dr. Lesya Borowska
National Severe Storms Laboratory
Monitoring Calibration of Polarimetric Weather Radar
29 March 2011
3:30 PM
Yadong Wang
CIMMS/NSSL
Norman, OK
Quantitative Precipitation Estimation Using C-band Dual-Polarization Radars in Typhoon System
25 March 2011
2:00 PM
Jose Galvez
OU School of Meteorology
Role of the urban canopy on turbulent exchange with the roughness sub-layer: an observational point of view
25 March 2011
3:00 PM
Steven M. Cavallo
NCAR, Boulder, CO
Tropopause-based cyclones over the Arctic
24 March 2011
1:00 PM
James Kurdzo
School of Meteorology
Objective Optimization of Weather Radar Networks using a Genetic Algorithm
15 March 2011
12:00 AM

No Seminar - Spring Break
10 March 2011
1:00 PM
Xiao Xiao
ARRC/School of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Statistical Analysis and Application of Spectral Polarimetric Variables
10 March 2011
3:30 PM
Adam J. Clark
NOAA/OAR/National Severe Storms Laboratory
Evaluation of convection-allowing ensembles: Case study of a severe weather outbreak associated with a mesoscale convective vortex and finding the optimal ensemble size.
09 March 2011
1:00 PM
Dr. David Karoly
University of Melbourne
The recent extreme weather in eastern Australia: A sign of climate change or the response to La Nina?
04 March 2011
4:00 PM
Sean Arms
School of Meteorology
Interactions between coherent structures and the urban canopy layer
25 February 2011
2:00 PM
Professor Alan Robock
Department of Environmental Sciences
Rutgers University
New Brunswick, NJ 08901-8551 USA
Smoke and Mirrors: Is Geoengineering a Solution to Global Warming?
24 February 2011
10:00 AM
Melissa Widhalm
National Drought Mitigation Center
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Developments in Drought Planning and Policy
24 February 2011
1:00 PM
Shaya Karimkashi
Atmospheric Radar Research Center
Pattern Synthesis for Cylindrical Polarimetric Phased Array Radar
16 February 2011
1:00 PM
Robin L. Tanamachi
CIMMS / School of Meteorology
Multiple cyclic tornado production modes in the 5 May 2007 Greensburg, Kansas supercell storm
15 February 2011
4:00 PM
Danny Scipion
ECE / School of Meteorology
(Dissertation Defense)
Characterization of the convective boundary layer through a combination of large-eddy simulations and a radar simulator
08 February 2011
3:30 PM
Manos Anagnostou
University of Connecticut
Flash Floods: Understanding the Runoff Generation Processes and the Use of Satellite-Rainfall in Hydrologic Simulations
10 December 2010
2:00 PM
Chad Shafer
OU School of Meteorology
On the Limitations of Discriminating Outbreaks of Severe Convection Part II: Diagnosing Major Severe Weather Outbreak
09 December 2010
9:00 AM
Curtis Alexander
OU School of Meteorology
A MOBILE RADAR BASED CLIMATOLOGY OF SUPERCELL TORNADO
STRUCTURES AND DYNAMICS
07 December 2010
3:30 PM
Yang Hong
School of Civil Engineering and Environmental Sciences, University of Oklahoma
Atmospheric Radar Research Center, National Weather Center 4614, Norman, OK 73072
Radar and Satellite Remote Sensing for Global and Regional Hydrologic Prediction
06 December 2010
4:00 PM
Alan Shapiro, Bryan Burkholder and Evgeni Fedorovich
OU School of Meteorology
Katabatic flow over a differentially cooled slope
06 December 2010
11:30 AM
Robin L Tanamachi
CIMMS/School of Meteorology
Multiple cyclic tornado production modes in the 5 May 2007 Greensburg, Kansas supercell storm
03 December 2010
2:00 PM
Dr. Fanyou Kong
Senior Research Scientist, CAPS
Storm-Scale Ensemble Forecast Study
02 December 2010
1:00 PM
Jelena Andric
OU School of Meteorology
Microphysical properties of ice crystals growth revealed in polarimetric radar data
01 December 2010
3:00 PM
Chad Shafer
OU School of Meteorology
On the Limitations of Discriminating Outbreaks of Severe Convection
30 November 2010
3:30 PM
Kyle Pickens
OU School of Meteorology
Quantitative Precipitation Estimates in Complex Terrain
30 November 2010
10:00 AM
Amy Harless
OU School of Meteorology
A Report-Based Verification Study of the 2008 CAPS Storm-Scale Ensemble Forecasts for Severe Convective Weather

19 November 2010
10:00 AM
Jeffrey Makowski
OU School of Meteorology
Total Lightning Characteristics in Mesoscale Convective Systems
19 November 2010
2:00 PM
Chad Shafer
OU School of Meteorology
On the Limitations of Discriminating Outbreaks of Severe Convection Part I: Ranking and Classifying Severe Weather Outbreaks
18 November 2010
1:00 PM
Dr. Jerry Brotzge
Center for Analysis and Prediction of Storms
Designing the Next National Radar Observing System:
The Benefits & Costs of Low-Level Scanning
15 November 2010
3:30 PM
Molly E. Brown
Research Scientist
Biospheric Sciences Branch
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt, MD 20171
molly.brown@nasa.gov
Droughts and Decision Making in Famine Early Warning Systems:
The Role of Earth Science Data
15 November 2010
4:00 PM
prof.dr. A.M.J. van Eijk and dr. M. van Iersel
Atmospheric propagation measurements in False Bay, South Africa
12 November 2010
2:00 PM
Dr. Richard L. Carpenter, Jr.
Weather Decision Technologies, Inc.
Ten Years of NWP at WDT
09 November 2010
3:30 PM
Dr. Dave Parsons (Director for the OU School of Meteorology)
Mike Eilts (President and Chief Executive Officer, WDT)
Dr. Russ Schneider (Director of the Storm Prediction Center)
Dr. Kevin Kloesel (Associate Dean for Public Service & Outreach at OU)
Presented by Central OK Chapter of the AMS (COCAMS)
The Future of Weather Research and Operations: A Q&A Panel Discussion
08 November 2010
4:00 PM
David D. Turner
National Severe Storms Laboratory / NOAA
Raman lidar observations of water vapor mixing ratio turbulence profiles in the convective boundary layer
05 November 2010
2:30 PM
Amy R. Harless
NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center, Norman, OK
OU School of Meteorology
Report and Feature-based Verification Study of the CAPS 2008 Storm-Scale Ensemble Forecasts for Severe Convective Weather
04 November 2010
9:00 AM
Tom Hamill
NOAA/ESRL
Statistical Post-Processing of Ensemble Weather Predictions
02 November 2010
3:30 PM
Student Affairs Committee
School of Meteorology
University of Oklahoma
How to Experience a Successful Conference
01 November 2010
4:00 PM
Richard McKay
Meteorological Products Manager
Bristol Industrial Research & Associates Limited
Bristol, UK
An inside perspective on meteorological instrumentation; some advantages and disadvantages of various measurement concepts to consider for boundary layer and in-situ measurement work.
29 October 2010
2:00 PM
Bim Wood
National Severe Storms Laboratory
A New Parametric Model of Vortex Tangential-Wind Profiles:
Development, Testing and Verification
27 October 2010
3:30 PM
Karen Braun
School of Meteorology
University of Oklahoma
********POSTPONED TO A LATER DATE*********
26 October 2010
3:30 PM
Alexandre Fierro
Space and Remote Sensing Group and The Earth and Environmental Sciences Division
Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM
LASA observations and high-resolution simulation of total lightning during the rapid intensification of Hurricane Rita
25 October 2010
4:00 PM
Andrey A. Grachev
NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences
University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado
Turbulent Fluxes over Oceans, Land and Arctic Sea Ice: Measurements, Theory, and Interpretation
22 October 2010
2:00 PM
Jili Dong
Center for Analysis and Prediction of Storms
University of Oklahoma
Assimilation of Coastal WSR-88D Radar Observations with Ensemble Kalman Filter for Analysis and Forecast of Hurricane
19 October 2010
2:30 PM
Ayano Ueki
Univ. of Tsukuba, Japan
Numerical simulation of supercell tornadogenesis
18 October 2010
1:00 PM
Kenichi Simose
Meteorological Research Institute
Japan Meteorological Agency
Low-level Misocyclones Associated with Winter Convective Cells Observed by the Shonai Area Railroad Weather Project
18 October 2010
4:00 PM
Prof. Evyatar Erell
Desert Architecture and Urban Planning,
Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research,
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Weather data – are users getting what they really need?

Simulating urban microclimate for building design
14 October 2010
1:00 PM
Feng Nai
Atmospheric Radar Research Center
School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Oklahoma
Wind Turbine Clutter Mitigation Using Range-Doppler Domain Signal Processing Method
28 September 2010
3:30 PM
Lisa Vitols
Meteorological Service of Canada
Environment Canada
British Columbia, Canada
Learnings from Social Science in the Meteorological Service of Canada
21 September 2010
3:30 PM
Don Rodgers
Graduate College
University of Oklahoma
Annual Graduate Student Seminar
14 September 2010
3:30 PM
Alicia J. Knoedler
Director, Center for Research Program Development and Enrichment
University of Oklahoma
Understanding the Competitive Research Funding Landscape: New Resources at OU
07 September 2010
3:00 PM
Mike Smith
CEO/Founder
WeatherData Services, Inc.
Wichita, KS
*** Book signing from 3:00-3:30; seminar immediately follows***
Miracle at Greensburg: the story of How the Meteorological Profession Saved 200 Lives That Terrible Evening
27 August 2010
9:00 AM
David Schultz
The University of Manchester, UK
University of Helsinki and Finnish Meteorological Institute
Eloquent Science Workshop
26 August 2010
2:30 PM
David Schultz
The University of Manchester, UK
University of Helsinki and Finnish Meteorological Institute
Things your professor taught you that were wrong
24 August 2010
3:30 PM
Dave Parsons (and others)
Director, School of Meteorology
University of Oklahoma
Welcome Back Seminar
20 August 2010
12:00 PM
Petr Chylek
Space and Remote Sensing Group
Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM
Recent Arctic Warming: Carbon Dioxide or Multi-Decadal Climate Variability?
17 August 2010
3:30 PM
NO SEMINAR
Reception Welcoming Dr. David Parsons
03 August 2010
3:30 PM
Kevin Widener and Nitin Bharadwaj
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA
Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Cloud and Precipitation Radar Infrastructure
13 July 2010
3:30 PM
Eyal Amitai
Chapman University and NASA/GSFC
Verification of NASA's Precipitation Products Using NOAA NMQ
13 July 2010
9:00 AM
Elaine S. Godfrey
School of Meteorology, University of Oklahoma
A Synoptic and Dynamic Climatology of Heavy Midlatitude Rainfall:
Trends Across the United States from 1950–2009
01 July 2010
12:00 PM
Amanda J. Schroeder


School of Meteorology, University of Oklahoma
Oklahoma Climatological Survey
SoM THESIS DEFENSE
A Quantitative Description of the Oklahoma City Urban Heat Island
01 July 2010
2:30 PM
Todd Kluber
School of Meteorology, University of Oklahoma
An observational and numerical study of an intense warm front over Oklahoma
29 June 2010
3:30 PM
Patrick Hyland
School of Meteorology, University of Oklahoma
An Investigation of the Time Interval between First Radar Echoes and First VHF Radiation Source Locations as an Indicator of Future Storm Intensity
16 June 2010
10:00 AM
Thomas Jones
University of Alabama,
Huntsville, AL
Satellite derived aerosol radiative effects
16 June 2010
4:00 PM
Ryan Torn
Univ. at Albany-SUNY
Real-time mesoscale ensemble data assimilation for Atlantic TC
15 June 2010
9:45 AM
David A. Robinson
Candidate, Oklahoma Climatological Survey Directorship
Fulfilling Oklahoma’s Climate Services Needs:
A Vision for the Years Ahead
10 June 2010
10:30 AM
Joseph Picca
School of Meteorology
The University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
Polarimetric Radar Analysis of Hail and Convective Storms at S and C Bands
08 June 2010
4:00 PM
Russ Schumacher
Department of Atmospheric Sciences
Texas A&M University
Heavy rainfall associated with long-lived continental vortices
01 June 2010
3:30 PM

NO SEMINAR - Weathernews Chair reception
25 May 2010
3:30 PM
Mike Eilts
President/CEO
Weather Decision Technologies
Norman, OK
WDT - Looking Back on 10 Years
20 May 2010
3:30 PM
Tiffani Wilke
School of Meteorology
The University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
6th and 7th grade Oklahoman students’ perceptions and attitudes of meteorologists and the field of meteorology
18 May 2010
4:00 PM
Thomas M. Hamill
NOAA Earth System Research Lab, Physical Sciences Division
Boulder, CO
Global ensemble predictions of 2009's tropical cyclones initialized with an ensemble Kalman filter
06 May 2010
1:00 PM
Dan Michaud
Atmospheric Radar Research Center
School of Meteorology
The University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
Validation of Radar-derived Refractivity – Sources of Bias and Error
05 May 2010
1:00 PM
Nicholas Biermann
School of Meteorology
The University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
SoM THESIS DEFENSE
Lightning Characteristics and Convective Evolution of 19 June 2004 TELEX MCS

29 April 2010
1:00 PM
Kristin M. Kuhlman
School of Meteorology
The University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
SoM DISSERTATION DEFENSE
Evolution of charge and lightning throughout an observed and simulated supercell storm
28 April 2010
1:00 PM
Andrew Taylor
School of Meteorology
The University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
SoM DISSERTATION DEFENSE
Ensemble Kalman Filter Data Assimilation in the Presence of Large Model Error
27 April 2010
3:30 PM
Adam Clark
NOAA/NSSL
Predictability Associated with Convection-allowing and Convection-parameterizing Forecasts
23 April 2010
1:30 PM
Andrew Taylor
School of Meteorology
The University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
Ensemble Kalman Filter Data Assimilation in the Presence of Large Model Error
21 April 2010
1:00 PM
Renee Curry
School of Meteorology
The University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
SoM THESIS DEFENSE
Dual-Doppler Analysis of Hurricane Isabel (2003) At Landfall
20 April 2010
3:30 PM
Greg Tripoli
University of Wisconsin, Madison
The genesis and maintenance of a tornadic vortex as revealed by a numerical cloud model built on principles of dynamical and thermodynamical integral constraints
20 April 2010
2:30 PM
Owen Shieh
School of Meteorology
The University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
The Structure and Evolution of a Supercell in a High-Resolution Hurricane Numerical Simulation
19 April 2010
11:00 AM
Greg Tripoli
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Numerical methods for highly non linear flows: Using integral constraints to make chaotic systems behave
15 April 2010
3:30 PM
Stephen Mullens
School of Meteorology
Quantifying Uncertainty of Rain Gauge Observations
15 April 2010
1:00 PM
James M. Kurdzo
Atmospheric Radar Research Center
School of Meteorology
University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
Optimization of a multi-band, multi-mission phased array radar network in the USA using a genetic algorithm
15 April 2010
1:30 PM
Timothy A. Bonin
Atmospheric Radar Research Center
School of Meteorology
The University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
The SMARTSonde Project
15 April 2010
9:00 AM
Angelyn Kolodziej
NOAA/National Severe Storms Laboratory
School of Meteorology
The University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
SoM THESIS DEFENSE
Development of an automated storm classification system for probabilistic hazard nowcasts
14 April 2010
3:30 PM
Morris L. Weisman
NCAR/MMM
Boulder, CO
The 8 May 2009 "Super Derecho": Analysis of the 3 km WRF-ARW realtime forecast
13 April 2010
3:30 PM
Mike Coniglioa and Steve Corfidib
aNOAA/National Severe Storms Laboratory
bStorm Prediction Center
Norman, OK
A Case Study of the 8 May 2009 Derecho
08 April 2010
1:00 PM
Xiaojian Xu
School of Electronics and Information Engineering
Beihang University, BeiJing, China
Radar Phenomenology in SAR Image Understanding
06 April 2010
3:30 PM
Prafulla Pokhrel
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ
Can watershed physical properties and spatial rainfall characteristics be inferred from a time series of basin-integrated runoff?
05 April 2010
3:30 PM
Christopher Weiss
Texas Tech University
The fine-scale resolution of pre-convective and storm-generated boundaries: Implications for forecasting of convection initiation and storm evolution
02 April 2010
10:30 AM
Stephan Smith
Meteorological Development Lab
Office of Science and Technology
National Weather Service
The Impact of NWS Weather Forecast Office Culture on Tornado Warning Performance
01 April 2010
1:00 PM
Renee Curry
School of Meteorology
The University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
Kinematic Analysis of Hurricane Isabel (2003) At Landfall
01 April 2010
4:30 PM
Richard Lam
School of Meteorology
The University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
Anomalous Weather Patterns Associated with Extreme Temperatures during summer and winter in Southeast Alaska
01 April 2010
3:30 PM
David Turner
University of Wisconsin-Madison
What can we learn from observations of downwelling infrared radiance spectra?
29 March 2010
4:00 PM
Anita Nallapareddy
OU School of Meteorology
A Climatology of Nocturnal Warming Episodes during Cold Front Passages through Oklahoma
25 March 2010
1:00 PM
Angelyn Kolodziej
NOAA/National Severe Storms Laboratory, Norman, OK
Development of an automated storm classification system for probabilistic hazard nowcasts
24 March 2010
3:30 PM
Warren M. Washington
National Center for Atmospheric Research
Boulder, CO
20th and 21st Century Climate Change: Computer Modeling, Societal Impacts, and Environmental Justice
23 March 2010
3:30 PM
Warren M. Washington
National Center for Atmospheric Research
Boulder, CO
*** 2010 Tzi Gal-Chen Memorial Lecture ***
Present and Future of Computer Modeling of Earth’s Climate System
16 March 2010
3:30 PM
John Hallett
Desert Research Institute
Reno, NV
Characterization of a Changing Moisture Climate
03 March 2010
10:00 AM
Sheldon Drobot
Scientific Program Manager for the Weather Systems and Assessment Program (WSAP)
NCAR Research Applications Lab
Boulder, Colorado
Aware Today, Alive Tomorrow: The promise of using passenger vehicles in the warning process
02 March 2010
3:30 PM
David Kitzmiller
NOAA/NWS/Office of Hydrologic Development
Silver Spring, MD
Merging Extrapolative and Physical Model Forecasts for Short-Range QPF
18 February 2010
1:00 PM
Beatriz Gallardo
Ph.D. candidate, Electrical Engineering
The Polytechnic University of Madrid
Detection and Mitigation of Wind Turbine Clutter for the Spanish Weather Radar Network
11 February 2010
1:00 PM
Thomas H. Kunz
Center for Ecology and Conservation Biology
Department of Biology
Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts
Aeroecology: Probing and Modeling the Aerosphere
12 January 2010
3:30 PM
Jonathan J. Gourley
NOAA/National Severe Storms Laboratory
The State of the NWC Seminar Series: A Forum Discussion
11 December 2009
2:00 PM
Lou Wicker
National Severe Storms Laboratory, Norman, OK
Single-Doppler EnKF retrieval of the 29 May 2004 OKC supercell: Comparisons with dual-Doppler analyses
10 December 2009
8:00 AM
Petar Bukovic
School of Meteorology
The University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
SoM THESIS DEFENSE
A study of precipitation microphysics using polarimetric radar and disdrometer measurements
10 December 2009
12:00 PM
Samuel Mbainayel
CIMMS
School of Meteorology, The University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
Characteristics and Mechanisms of Dust Production During Bodélé Dust Experiement (BodEx 2005)
04 December 2009
3:00 PM
Robert Fritchie
School of Meteorology
The University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
SoM THESIS DEFENSE
Detection of Hazardous Weather Phenomena Using Data Assimilation Techniques
04 December 2009
2:00 PM
Ryan Sobash
School of Meteorology
The University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
Extracting Probabilistic Severe Thunderstorm Guidance from Convection-allowing Model Forecasts
03 December 2009
3:30 PM
Marcia Politovich
Deputy Director for Science, Aviation Applications Program, NCAR Research Applications Lab
Boulder, CO
Inflight Icing as a Forecasting Problem
03 December 2009
1:00 PM
Joey Picca
School of Meteorology
The University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
Polarimetric signatures of developing and melting hail at S band: Detection and short-term
24 November 2009
3:30 PM
Petar Bukovcic
School of Meteorology
A study of precipitation microphysics using polarimetric radar and disdrometer measurements
19 November 2009
1:00 PM
William Chappell
Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN
Digital Array Radar for Low Cost Phased Arrays
17 November 2009
3:30 PM
NO SEMINAR - Conference room reserved for MPAR Symposium
09 November 2009
4:00 PM
Lindsay M. Tardif
Oklahoma Climatological Survey
University of Oklahoma
Quantifying the Spatial and Temporal Variability of the Evaporative Fraction, Evaporation, and Soil Moisture During a Period of Historic Precipitation
05 November 2009
11:30 AM
Gabe Garfield
School of Meteorology
The University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
THESIS DEFENSE
An Assessment of the Impact of Turbulence Parameterizations at
High Reynolds Numbers on an Axisymmetric Tornado Model
03 November 2009
3:30 PM
NO SEMINAR - Conference room reserved for MPAR Symposium
03 November 2009
9:00 AM
Kenta Hood
School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
School of Meteorology
The University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
THESIS DEFENSE
Automatic Detection of Wind Turbine Clutter for Weather Radar
30 October 2009
2:00 PM
Robin Tanamachi
School of Meteorology
The University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
Numerical simulation of a cyclic tornadic thunderstorm augmented by assimilation of mobile Doppler radar data
30 October 2009
10:00 AM
Charlotte Wainwright
School of Meteorology
The University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
Impact of a Diagnostic Droplet Size Distribution Parameter Relation on Convective Storm Forecasts
29 October 2009
8:00 AM
Yinguang Li
School of Meteorology
School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
The University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
SoM/ECE THESIS DEFENSE
Crossbeam Wind Measurements using the Sum and Difference Signals from the NWRT
27 October 2009
3:30 PM
Jonathan J. Gourley
NOAA/National Severe Storms Laboratory
Impacts of Polarimetric Radar Observations on Hydrologic Simulation
26 October 2009
1:00 PM
Teng Long
Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China
Introduction to Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT) and Research Activities in the School of Information and Electronics
23 October 2009
2:00 PM
Antonio Stanesic
Croatian Hydrological and Meteorological Service (DHMZ)
NWP in the Croatian Hydrological and Meteorological Service
21 October 2009
4:00 PM
Stephen Luby
University of Oklahoma International Water Prize Winner
International Centre for Diarrheal Disease Research, Bangladesh
Front Line of the Global Water Crisis: Efforts to Secure Safe Water in High Need Communities
20 October 2009
3:30 PM
Jian Zhang
NOAA/National Severe Storms Laboratory
The NOAA/NSSL Q2 (the Next-Generation Multi-sensor QPE) System and Products
19 October 2009
4:00 PM
Amanda J. Schroeder
Oklahoma Climatological Survey
The University of Oklahoma
Challenges Associated with Classifying Urban Meteorological Stations: The Oklahoma City Micronet Example
15 October 2009
1:00 PM
Qing Cao
School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
The University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
OBSERVATIONAL STUDY OF RAIN MICROPHYSICS AND RAIN RETRIEVAL USING POLARIMETRIC RADAR DATA
15 October 2009
10:00 AM
Charlotte Wainwright
School of Meteorology
The University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
Impact of a Diagnostic Droplet Size Distribution Parameter Relation on Convective Storm Forecasts
05 October 2009
3:30 PM
Yoshi Sasaki
George Lynn Cross Research Professor Emeritus
School of Meteorology
University of Oklahoma
Wrap-Around (Nonlinear) Mechanism for Tornadogenesis
02 October 2009
2:00 PM
Kenneth A. Blumenfeld
Research Associate, University of Minnesota
Lecturer, University of Wisconsin-Platteville
Using a High-Density Rain Gauge Network to Estimate Extreme
Rainfall Frequencies in Minnesota
02 October 2009
10:00 AM
AMS Radar Conference Practice Session
B. L. Cheong
OU ARRC
Single-scan Radar Refractivity Retrieval (SR3): Theory and Simulation
02 October 2009
10:15 AM
AMS Radar Conference Practice Session
David Bodine
OU ARRC
A New Frontier for Mobile Weather Radar—The Atmospheric Imaging Radar: meteorological implications and requirements
02 October 2009
10:30 AM
AMS Radar Conference Practice Session
Nicholas Gasperoni
OU CAPS
Low-level moisture analysis from refractivity data derived from a network of S-band and X-band Radars using ARPS 3DVAR
02 October 2009
10:45 AM
AMS Radar Conference Practice Session
B. M. Isom
OU ARRC
A new frontier for mobile radar—the Atmospheric Imaging Radar: design specifications and experimental functionality
02 October 2009
11:00 AM
AMS Radar Conference Practice Session
Danny E. Scipion
OU ARRC
Turbulence kinetic energy and dissipation rate estimated from a virtual wind profiler and verified through large-eddy simulations
02 October 2009
11:15 AM
AMS Radar Conference Practice Session
Jessica M. Erlingis
OU CIMMS and NOAA/NSSL
Evaluating the Tool used to Issue Flash Flood Warnings in the US
01 October 2009
1:00 PM
Ben Root
Atmospheric Radar Research Center, Norman, OK
Analysis and Improvements to the WSR-88D Storm Cell Tracking Algorithm
01 October 2009
1:00 PM
Ben Root
Atmospheric Research Center, Norman, OK
Utilizing Computer Technology to Augment Research - An Introduction to Zotero
28 September 2009
4:00 PM
Matthew J. Haugland
NanoWeather Inc.
The Uncoupled Surface Layer Model
22 September 2009
3:30 PM
David D. Turner
Assistant Professor, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences Department
University of Wisconsin - Madison
Profiling the Boundary Layer at the ARM Sites
17 September 2009
1:00 PM
Kenta Hood
School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
The University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
Automatic Detection of Wind Turbine Clutter for Weather Radar
15 September 2009
3:30 PM
Valliappa Lakshmanan
CIMMS/U. Oklahoma & NOAA/National Severe Storms Laboratory
A Gaussian Mixture Model Approach to Forecast Verification
08 September 2009
3:30 PM
Isidora Jankov
Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere, Colorado State University
Affiliated with NOAA/ESRL/Global Systems Division
Boulder, CO
An overview of mesoscale modeling research during NOAA's Hydrometeorological Testbed Experiment
03 September 2009
1:00 PM
Jerry Crain
School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
The University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
ECE Minor, A Depth of Study Opportunity
01 September 2009
3:30 PM
Don Rogers, Fred Carr, Celia Jones, Dan Kemp
SoM Graduate Student Orientation
25 August 2009
3:30 PM
Fred Carr (+ invited guests)
Director, School of Meteorology
University of Oklahoma, OK
School of Meteorology’s
WELCOME BACK SEMINAR
18 August 2009
3:30 PM
Mohammed Tahanout
Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering, UMMTO University (Algeria)
Research Scientist at the Image and Radiation Signal Processing Laboratory, USTHB University (Algeria)
PHD Student at Meteo-France and Grenoble I University (France)
Innovative techniques on the French weather radar network
13 August 2009
3:30 PM
Francisco J. Tapiador
Ramón y Cajal Senior Scientist
University of Castilla-La Mancha (UCLM)
Toledo, Spain
The Spanish contribution to the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Mission and related research
11 August 2009
3:30 PM
David Novak
Science and Operations Officer
NOAA/NWS Hydrometeorological Prediction Center, Camp Springs, Maryland
The Hydrometeorological Prediction Center: Activities, Plans, and Research Needs
04 August 2009
3:30 PM
Timothy A. Coleman
The University of Alabama in Huntsville
External Mesoscale Factors Affecting Mesocyclones and Tornadoes
30 July 2009
9:00 AM
NWC REU Students
REU Final Presentations
28 July 2009
12:30 PM
Lei Lei
ECE/SoM THESIS DEFENSE:
SIMULATIONS AND PROCESSING OF POLARIMETRIC RADAR SIGNALS BASED ON NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION MODEL OUTPUT
27 July 2009
9:30 AM
Kevin Goebbert
SoM DISSERTATION DEFENSE
Northwest Australian Tropical Cyclones: Variability and Seasonal Prediction
21 July 2009
1:30 PM
2009 NOAA Hollings Students
2009 Hollings Student Presentations

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20 July 2009
6:00 PM
Terra Thompson
SoM THESIS DEFENSE

14 July 2009
3:30 PM
Matthew Kumjian
School of Meteorology
The University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
Dual-Polarization Radar: Principles and Applications
09 July 2009
3:00 PM
David Buckey
SoM THESIS DEFENSE
A Climatology and Experimental Automated Probabilistic Lightning Forecasts for Alaska
07 July 2009
3:30 PM
Dan J. Rusk
Site Operations Manager, SGP
An Introduction to the Department of Energy’s Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) program - the Southern Great Plains (SGP) Site and its Instrumentation
30 June 2009
3:30 PM
Daniel Vila
Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, College Park, University of Maryland
Some Improvements of Microwave Satellite-based Rainfall Estimation Methods
30 June 2009
4:00 PM
Mark Shafer
Oklahoma Climatological Survey
Knowledge and Action: The Role of Social Sciences
16 June 2009
3:30 PM
Pamela Heinselman
NOAA/National Severe Storms Laboratory
2009 Phased Array Radar Innovative Sensing Experiment
16 June 2009
3:30 PM
Kevin Kloesel
School of Meteorology
The University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
The CASA Project
02 June 2009
3:30 PM
Harold Brooks
NOAA/National Severe Storms Laboratory, Norman, OK
Climate Change and Severe Thunderstorms
22 May 2009
10:30 AM
Thomas J. Galarneau, Jr.
Department of Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences
University at Albany/SUNY
Albany, NY
Life-Cycle of Tropical Storm Erin (2007): Genesis, Postlandfall Reintensification, and Widespread Heavy Rainfall
18 May 2009
4:00 PM
Bryan Burkholder
School of Meteorology
The University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
Evaluating Subgrid-Scale Closures for Large-Eddy Simulation of Turbulent Katabatic Flow
14 May 2009
1:00 PM
Daniel Michaud
School of Meteorology
The University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
Atmospheric Radar Research Center, Norman, OK
Error Analysis and a Future Phase Quality Control Algorithm for Radar-derived Refractivity Measurements
12 May 2009
3:30 PM
David Karoly
School of Earth Sciences
University of Melbourne, Australia
The recent bushfires and extreme heat wave in south-east Australia: Links to climate change?
08 May 2009
2:00 PM
David Buckley
School of Meteorology
The University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
A Climatology and Experimental Automated Probabilistic Lightning Forecasts for Alaska
08 May 2009
3:15 PM
David Parsons
Chief, World Weather Research Division World Meteorological Organization
Recent Results and Future Directions of the World Weather Research Program including THORPEX
07 May 2009
12:00 PM
Kevin Goebbert
School of Meteorology
The University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
Northwest Australian Tropical Cyclones: Variability and Seasonal Prediction
05 May 2009
3:30 PM
David Grimes
TAMSAT Project, Dept of Meteorology, University of Reading, UK
The rain in the main falls uncertainly on the grain
01 May 2009
2:00 PM
Terra Thompson
School of Meteorology
The University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
Assimilation of Phased Array Radar Data for the Analysis of the 29 May 2004 Oklahoma City Supercell
01 May 2009
3:30 PM
Michael Biggerstaff
School of Meteorology
The University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
Evolution of the 29 May 2004 tornadic supercell thunderstorm
29 April 2009
2:00 PM
David Dowell
National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO
Thunderstorm Simulations Verified with Dual-Polarization, Dual-Doppler Radar Data and Total-Lightning Observations
28 April 2009
3:30 PM
NO SEMINAR - Conference room reserved
28 April 2009
3:30 PM
Melissa Bukovsky
School of Meteorology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
A regional modeling study of climate change impacts on warm-season precipitation in the U.S.
24 April 2009
2:00 PM
Michael Douglas
NOAA/National Severe Storms Laboratory
Testing a new radiosonde system and implications for future field programs and operational activities
21 April 2009
3:30 PM
Sean Luchs
School of Meteorology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
A Study of Winter Precipitation Microphysics Based on Polarimetric Radar and Video Disdrometer Observations in Central Oklahoma
20 April 2009
4:00 PM
Alan Shapiro and Evgeni Fedorovich
School of Meteorology
The University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
Nocturnal low-level jet over a shallow slope
17 April 2009
2:00 PM
Kristin Kuhlman
School of Meteorology
The University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
NOAA/National Severe Storms Laboratory
The 29 May 2004 Supercell: Lightning Initiation and Evolution -- Observed and Simulated
14 April 2009
10:30 AM
Stan Benjamin
NOAA/Earth System Research Laboratory, Global Systems Division, Boulder, CO
The Latest in Rapid Updating NWP: Radar Reflectivity Assimilation in RUC/RR, Transition from RUC to Rapid Refresh, and the 3km HRRR nest inside the RUC/RR
10 April 2009
2:00 PM
Lou Wicker and Don Burgess
NOAA/National Severe Storms Laboratory
CIMMS, Norman, OK
April 10, 1979: A Look Back
09 April 2009
1:00 PM
John Meier
School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
The University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
Atmospheric Radar Research Center
Digital Radar Receiver Design Based on Highly Efficient Bandpass Sampling FPGA Architecture
07 April 2009
3:30 PM
Peter P. Sullivan
Mesoscale and Microscale Meteorology Division
National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO
HIGH RESOLUTION SIMULATIONS AND OBSERVATIONS OF ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYERS
06 April 2009
3:30 PM
Richard D. Clark
Department of Earth Sciences
Millersville University
Millersville, PA
The Effects of Local and Regional Scale Circulations on Air Quality and Particulates in the Mid-Atlantic Region
03 April 2009
2:00 PM
Daniel T. Dawson II
School of Meteorology
The University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
CAPS Graduate Research Assistant
The Impact of Single- and Multi-moment Microphysics on Numerical Simulations of Supercells and Tornadoes of the 3 May 1999 Oklahoma Tornado Outbreak
31 March 2009
3:00 PM
Annual Tzvi Gal-Chen Memorial Lecture Series Presents:
Eugenia Kalnay

Distinguished University Professor
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science
University of Maryland
Ensemble Kalman Filter: Status and New Ideas
30 March 2009
3:30 PM
Celine Lutoff
Université Joseph Fourier
Institut de Géographie Alpine, Grenoble, France
Spatio-temporal approach for understanding social adaptation during flash floods
27 March 2009
3:30 PM
Amanda Kis
School of Meteorology
The University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
Some Challenges in Tornadogenesis Research
26 March 2009
1:00 PM
Danny Scipion
School of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Atmospheric Radar Research Center
Effects of horizontal shear of vertical velocity in DBS and SA mean wind estimates revealed by a combination of LES and virtual radar
26 March 2009
1:00 PM
Ricardo Reinoso Rondinel and Tian-You Yu
School of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Atmospheric Radar Research Center
Scheduling on the Phased-Array Weather Radar for Adapting Sensing Using Time Balance
25 March 2009
2:00 PM
Rebekah LaBar
School of Meteorology
The University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
Electrical Properties of an Asymmetric Mesoscale Convective System on 4 June 2003
24 March 2009
3:30 PM
NO SEMINAR - OCS CLIMATE WORKSHOP
17 March 2009
3:30 PM
NO SEMINAR - OU SPRING BREAK
12 March 2009
1:00 PM
Zhengzheng Li
School of Electrical and Computer Engineering,
The University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
Knowledge-base Development, Application and Simulation for Airborne Hazard Monitoring Radar
12 March 2009
1:00 PM
Lei Lei
School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
The University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
Simulations and Processing of Polarimetric Radar Signals Based on Numerical Weather Prediction Model Output
12 March 2009
1:00 PM
Harold Brooks
NOAA/National Severe Storms Laboratory, Norman, OK
Climate Change and Severe Thunderstorms
09 March 2009
4:00 PM
Petra M. Klein
School of Meteorology
The University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
Variability of Surface Air Temperature at the Lake Thunderbird Micronet
06 March 2009
2:00 PM
Robert Fritchie
Weather Decision Technologies (WDT), Norman, OK
Detection of Hazardous Weather Phenomena Using Data Assimilation Techniques
03 March 2009
3:30 PM
Michael Douglas
NOAA/National Severe Storms Laboratory
Norman, OK
Developing visible-imagery cloudiness “climatologies” for diverse applications
26 February 2009
1:00 PM
Lynn Soreghan
The University of Oklahoma School of Geology & Geophysics
Ice in Equatorial Pangaea
26 February 2009
1:00 PM
Ryan May
The University of Oklahoma School of Meteorology
Atmospheric Radar Research Center, Norman, OK
A Dual-Polarimetric Doppler Radar Emulator for Education and Research
26 February 2009
1:00 PM
Matthew R. Kumjian
The University of Oklahoma School of Meteorology
Atmospheric Radar Research Center, Norman, OK
The Impact of Evaporation on Polarimetric Characteristics of Rain
24 February 2009
3:30 PM
Heather Lazrus
Social Science Woven into Meteorology (SSWIM),
Anthropology Post-Doc at National Weather Center
Social Science in the field: From climate adaptations in the Pacific to social science in meteorology at the National Weather Center
17 February 2009
3:30 PM
NO SEMINAR - NSSL REVIEW
12 February 2009
1:00 PM
David Bodine
The University of Oklahoma School of Meteorology
Applications of Radar Refractivity Retrievals
03 February 2009
3:30 PM
Fred Carr
School of Meteorology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
Future Mesoscale Observation Networks. A report on the recent NRC Study: "Observing Weather and Climate FROM THE GROUND UP: A Nationwide Network of Networks"
30 January 2009
2:00 PM
Melissa Bukovsky
The University of Oklahoma School of Meteorology
The Sensitivity of Precipitation in the WRF to Nearly Random Perturbations
29 January 2009
1:00 PM
Benjamin Root
The University of Oklahoma School of Meteorology
Consistent Clustering of Radar Reflectivities Using Strong-Point Analysis - A Prelude to Storm Tracking
20 January 2009
3:30 PM
Andreas H. Fink
Institute for Geophysics and Meteorology, University of Cologne, Germany
The Dynamics, Climatology and Predictability of Dry-Season Precipitation in Tropical West Africa
20 January 2009
1:00 PM
Olivier Bousquet
Centre National de Recherches Météorologiques, Météo-France,
Toulouse, France

Operational multiple-Doppler wind retrieval in the framework of the French operational radar network
12 December 2008
2:00 PM
Craig Schwartz
The University of Oklahoma School of Meteorology
An Assessment of Convection-Allowing WRF-ARW Configurations: Utility as next day guidance and sensitivity to resolution and physical parameterizations
04 December 2008
12:00 PM
Melissa Bukovsky
The University of Oklahoma School of Meteorology
The Sensitivity of Precipitation in the WRF to Nearly Random Perturbations
02 December 2008
3:30 PM
Youngsun Jung
School of Meteorology and Center for Analysis and Prediction of Storms, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
Polarimetric radar signature of a simulated supercell storm using a two-moment microphysic scheme and polarimetric radar emulator
01 December 2008
4:00 PM
Jeremy A. Gibbs
The University of Oklahoma School of Meteorology
Turbulent Transport and Surface Interactions within Inhomogeneous Atmospheric Environments: An Evaluation of Parameterization Schemes in the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) Model
24 November 2008
3:30 PM
Joël Van Baelen
Observatoire de Physique du Globe de Clermont-Ferrand, France
Rain heterogeneity and precipitation studies with an X band and a micro rain radar at Observatoire de Physique du Globe de Clermont-Ferrand
21 November 2008
4:00 PM
Youngsun Jung
Center for Analysis and Prediction of Storms (CAPS)
The University of Oklahoma School of Meteorology
State Estimation of Convective Storms with Two-Moment Microphysics Scheme and Ensemble Kalman Filter: Experiments with Simulated Radar Data
20 November 2008
2:00 PM
John Freddy Mejia
The University of Oklahoma School of Meteorology
Moisture Surges Over the Gulf of California and their Relationship to Convective Activity
13 November 2008
12:50 PM
Brad Isom
Atmospheric Radar Research Center

The Atmospheric Imaging Radar (AIR)
13 November 2008
12:50 PM
Yasuko Umemoto
Atmospheric Radar Research Center
Study on Orographic Rainband Based on Combined Wind Profiler Weather Radar Observations
10 November 2008
4:00 PM
Harm Jonker
Department of Multi-Scale Physics, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands
New views on vertical transport by cumulus convection
07 November 2008
2:00 PM
Nathan Dahl
Center for Analysis and Prediction of Storms (CAPS)
The University of Oklahoma
AIRS Data Assimilation into ARPS as a Tool for Improving Short-Range Convection-Resolving Numerical Weather Prediction

07 November 2008
1:30 PM
John W. Nielsen-Gammon
Acting Exec. Assoc. Dean, College of Geosciences
Professor and Texas State Climatologist
Dept. of Atmospheric Science, Texas A&M University
March 1843: The Most Anomalous Month Ever?
06 November 2008
12:50 PM
Khoi Le
Atmospheric Radar Research Center
On the Use of Auxiliary Receive Channels for Clutter Mitigation with Phased Array Weather Radars
06 November 2008
2:00 PM
Dustin Williams
The University of Oklahoma School of Meteorology
A Comparison Between Finite Difference and Discontinuous Spectral Element Methods for Transport in Meteorological Models
03 November 2008
4:00 PM
Sean Arms
The University of Oklahoma School of Meteorology
Coherent Structures in Turbulent Flows over Patchy Vegetation
03 November 2008
11:00 AM
Heather Moser
The University of Oklahoma School of Meteorology
Toward an Integrated Support System for Quantifying Water Resources: Atmosphere to Aquifer
30 October 2008
12:50 PM
Suarez Herman
The University of Oklahoma School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Recent Study on High Speed Serial Links for Multifunction Digital Array Receivers and Processors
30 October 2008
12:50 PM
Sean Luchs
The University of Oklahoma School of Meteorology
A Study of Winter Precipitation Microphysics Based on Polarimetric Radar and Video Disdrometer Observations in Central Oklahoma
23 October 2008
12:50 PM
Andrew L. Pazmany
ProSensing Inc.
RaXpol: Rapid Scanning X-band Polarimetric Weather Radar - Preliminary Design Review
21 October 2008
4:00 PM
Casey Crosbie
The University of Oklahoma School of Meteorology
Storm Prediction Center, Norman, OK
A Distributions-Oriented Approach to Forecast Verification of SPC Probabilistic Convective Outlooks from 2001-2006

20 October 2008
4:30 PM
Kodi L. Nemunaitis
Oklahoma Climatological Survey
The University of Oklahoma School of Meteorology
A Review of Urban Canopy Parameterizations in Mesoscale Models
16 October 2008
12:50 PM
Keith Brewster
Center for Analysis and Prediction of Storms (CAPS)
The University of Oklahoma
A Radar Emulator Integrating Assimilated and Simulated 3-D Weather Data Sets for Radar Simulation and Planning
15 October 2008
3:00 PM
Andrew Mercer
The University of Oklahoma School of Meteorology
Objective Classification of Tornadic and Non-Tornadic Severe Weather Outbreaks
14 October 2008
3:30 PM
Sebastian Torres
Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies, University of Oklahoma
NOAA/National Severe Storms Laboratory
Norman, Oklahoma
New Operational Capabilities of the National Weather Radar Testbed (NWRT) Phased Array Radar (PAR)
09 October 2008
12:50 PM
Igor Ivic
Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies, The University of Oklahoma
NOAA/National Severe Storms Laboratory, Norman, Oklahoma
DETECTION THRESHOLDS FOR SPECTRAL MOMENTS
AND POLARIMETRIC VARIABLES
09 October 2008
12:00 PM
Sean Crowell
The University of Oklahoma School of Meteorology
Mathematics and Climate Change
03 October 2008
4:00 PM
Derek Rosendahl
Identifying precursors to strong low-altitude rotation within numerically simulated supercell thunderstorms: A data mining approach
02 October 2008
12:50 PM
Robb Diehl
Department of Biological Sciences
The University of Southern Mississippi
Weather radar--a misnomer? Perspectives from a radar biologist
30 September 2008
3:30 PM
Celia Jones, Donald R. Rodgers, and Evgeni Fedorovich
University of Oklahoma
Norman, OK
SOM Graduate School Seminar
29 September 2008
4:00 PM
Alan Shapiro and Evgeni Fedorovich
OU School of Meteorology
Coriolis effects in heterogeneous katabatic flows
26 September 2008
2:00 PM
Greg Wilson
High Performance Computing Considered Harmful, or, What Will Really Improve Scientific Computing
23 September 2008
3:30 PM
William H. Beasley
School of Meteorology
University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
Spectacular High-Speed Video Images of Lightning, Coincident VHF Pictures of Lightning from the OKLMA and What We Are Learning from These Data
19 September 2008
2:00 PM
Matt Wandishin
CIMMS, University of Oklahoma, NOAA/National Severe Storms Laboratory
Predictability of Mesoscale Convective Systems in Two- and Three-Dimensional Models
18 September 2008
3:30 PM
Hirohiko Ishikawa
Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University
Severe weather research with meso-scale numerical model at the Disaster Prevention Research Institute
18 September 2008
4:30 PM
Eiichi Nakakita
Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University
Recent hydro-meteorological activities using weather radar in DPRI, Kyoto University
18 September 2008
11:30 AM
Isabelle Ruin
Postdoctoral Fellow Advanced Study Program, NCAR, Boulder, CO
Appreciating geographic and temporal scales in flash flood research
17 September 2008
3:30 PM
Toshitaka Tsuda
Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere (RISH), Kyoto University, Japan
An overview of the collaborative research programs at RISH with Atmospheric Radars
16 September 2008
3:30 PM
Jeffrey B. Basara
Oklahoma Climatological Survey
University of Oklahoma
Norman, OK
An Overview of the Oklahoma City Micronet
09 September 2008
3:30 PM
Alexander Khain
Department of Atmospheric Science
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Effects of aerosols on hail formation and size
04 September 2008
12:50 PM
Yang Hong
Department of Civil Engineering and Environmental Science
University of Oklahoma
Norman, OK
Satellite-based Precipitation Estimation and Applications in Hydrology and Disaster Study
26 August 2008
3:30 PM
OU School of Meteorology
Welcome Back Seminar
18 August 2008
3:30 PM
Shoichiro Fukao
Professor Emeritus, Kyoto University
Professor, Research Institute of Science and Technology
Coupling Processes in the Equatorial Atmosphere (CPEA)
A New Radar Facility and Campaigns at the Indonesian Equator
12 August 2008
3:30 PM
Victor Homar
University of the Balearic Islands
Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Targeting for the long run. Can we deploy in-situ routine observations more efficiently?
22 July 2008
3:30 PM
Seann Reed
NOAA/NWS/Office of Hydrologic Development, Silver Spring, MD
NOAA NWS Office of Hydrologic Development (OHD) Flash Flood Modeling Research and Development
04 June 2008
4:00 PM
Christopher W. Landsea
NOAA/NWS/NHC, Miami, FL
Hurricanes and Global Warming: Expectations versus Observations
03 June 2008
4:00 PM
John Brown
NOAA/ESRL/Global Systems Division, Boulder, CO
Radar Reflectivity Assimilation in RUC and Rapid Refresh

27 May 2008
3:30 PM
Milovan Radmanovac
Hydrometeorological Service of Serbia, Belgrade
Radar network and hail suppression system in Serbia
21 May 2008
4:00 PM
Daniel Rosenfeld, Guy Kelman, William L. Woodley and Joseph H. Golden
Initial Evaluation of Experimental, Satellite, Microphysically-Based, Early Alerts of Severe Convective Storms

20 May 2008
3:30 PM
Jon Reisner
Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM
Towards Predictive Cloud Modeling?
14 May 2008
3:00 PM
Steve Goodman
NOAA/NESDIS Center for Satellite Applications and Research, Camp Springs, MD
NOTE: Seminar will be in Rm. 1350

The Geostationary Lightning Mapper for GOES-R and Beyond
13 May 2008
3:30 PM
David Karoly
School of Earth Sciences, University of Melbourne, Australia
Climate change science beyond the IPCC
07 May 2008
3:30 PM
Theodore B. Trafalis
School of Industrial Engineering, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
Kernel Methods and Applications to Rainfall Estimation

06 May 2008
3:30 PM
1Chris St. Cyr and 2Bill Murtagh
1NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD
2NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center, Boulder, CO
Space Weather: What Is It, and Why Should a Meteorologist Care?
29 April 2008
3:30 PM
Curtis Alexander
School of Meteorology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
Mobile Radar Based Climatology of Supercell Tornado Structures and Dynamics
24 April 2008
3:30 PM
Valliappa Lakshmanan
CIMMS/NSSL, Norman, OK
Data mining storm attributes in real-time: How it's done and research questions that it can address
22 April 2008
3:30 PM
Tzvi Gal-Chen Memorial Lecture:
Rick Anthes
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO
COSMIC-Accurate and precise profiling of the atmosphere from space using radio occultation
15 April 2008
3:30 PM
Brian Fiedler
School of Meteorology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
The Energy Crisis: A Summary for Meteorologists
08 April 2008
3:30 PM
Alan Robock
Department of Environmental Sciences
Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
Climatic Consequences of Nuclear Conflict - Nuclear Winter is Still a Threat
01 April 2008
3:30 PM
David Dowell and David Stensrud
National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO
NOAA/National Severe Storms Laboratory, Norman, OK
WRF Mesoscale and Storm-Scale Ensemble Analyses and Forecasts for Severe Weather Cases in 2007
25 March 2008
3:30 PM
Yvette Richardson and Paul Markowski
Department of Meteorology, Penn State University, University Park, PA
Convective-storm research at Penn State: "What Yvette and Paul have done since leaving OU"
18 March 2008
3:30 PM
NO SEMINAR
OU's Spring Break
11 March 2008
3:30 PM
Diandong Ren
University of Oklahoma, School of Meteorology, Norman, OK
Rainfall-triggered landslides in southern California-climatology and perspective under a future warming climate
04 March 2008
3:30 PM
Steven Koch
NOAA / ESRL/ Global Systems Division, Boulder, CO
Convective Storm Nowcasting using the Space-Time MesoAnalysis System (STMAS)
26 February 2008
3:30 PM
NO SEMINAR
First US-China Symposium on Meteorology: Mesoscale Meteorology and Data Assimilation
22 February 2008
9:30 AM
Mike Coniglio
NOAA/National Severe Storms Laboratory and Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies, Norman, OK
Journey to the SPC: The Development and Transfer of a Technique to Forecast MCS Longevity
21 February 2008
9:30 AM
Chris Anderson
NOAA/ESRL/Global Systems Division, Boulder, CO
RM. 1350

How might mesoscale ensemble data be used to generate cloud-permitting ensembles?
12 February 2008
3:30 PM
Michael W. Douglas
NOAA/National Severe Storms Laboratory, Norman, OK
Two courses missing from meteorology programs at US universities
05 February 2008
3:30 PM
H. Dawn Reeves
NOAA/National Severe Storms Laboratory
National Research Council, Norman, OK
**********NOTE: ROOM CHANGED TO NWC 1350**********

Orographic flow response to variations in upstream humidity
29 January 2008
3:30 PM
David M. Schultz
Division of Atmospheric Sciences, Department of Physical Sciences, University of Helsinki, and Finnish Meteorological Institute
Does it rain more on the weekends?
15 January 2008
3:30 PM
Kiel Ortega
University of Oklahoma/School of Meteorology/CIMMS, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK
Severe weather warnings and warning verification based on threat areas
13 December 2007
3:30 PM
William Hooke
Senior Policy Fellow and Director, AMS Policy Program
Making Weather Science and Services Useful
13 November 2007
3:30 PM
Catherine Mavriplis
Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies
National Severe Storms Laboratory, Norman, OK
High Order Adaptive Numerical Methods for Fluid Flow
06 November 2007
3:30 PM
Jack Kain
NOAA/National Severe Storms Laboratory
The Value of Collaboration between Meteorological Researchers and Forecasters
16 October 2007
3:30 PM
Yoshi Sasaki
Emeritus Professor in the School of Meteorology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
Is tornado an attractor of entropic balance at and around entropic sink ?
09 October 2007
3:30 PM
Kevin Scharfenberg1
Melissa Bukovsky2
1CIMMS, University of Oklahoma and NOAA/NSSL
2School of Meteorology, University of Oklahoma
An Overview of the State of Weather and Climate Policy
03 October 2007
3:30 PM
Daniel Rosenfeld1, William L. Woodley2, Guy Kelman1, Joseph H. Golden3
1Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
2Woodley Weather Consultants2, Littleton, Colorado
3CIRES, Boulder, Colorado
Inference of the Imminence of Tornadic and Hail-Producing Storms Using Multi-Spectral Satellite imagery
03 October 2007
9:00 AM

Kenneth James
National Severe Storms Laboratory/National Weather Service, Norman, OK
********NOTE: RM. 5720************

Value of Real-time Vegetation Fraction in High-resolution Models to Forecasts of Severe Convection
02 October 2007
3:30 PM
Pamela L. Heinselman
CIMMS, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
Rapid Sampling of Severe Storms by the National Weather Radar Testbed Phased Array Radar
27 September 2007
3:30 PM
Steven Vasiloff
NOAA/National Severe Storms Laboratory, Norman, OK
NSSL's NMQ system: Recent performance and near-term plans
25 September 2007
3:30 PM
Richard M. Hodur
Naval Research Laboratory, Monterey, CA
NWP Research at the Naval Research Laboratory
18 September 2007
3:30 PM
David Lewellen
Dept. of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, West Virgina University
Large-Eddy Simulation of Tornadoes with Debris
13 September 2007
9:30 AM
Edward "Ted" Mansell
Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies, Norman, OK
What's in YOUR Microphysics? Implications for data assimilation and electrification
11 September 2007
3:30 PM
Mohan Ramamurthy
UNIDATA
An Overview of and Vision for UNIDATA
04 September 2007
3:30 PM
Howie “Cb” Bluestein
Professor of Meteorology and George Lynn Cross Research Professor
School of Meteorology
University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
Recent observations of severe convective storms made with the UMass X-Pol and the CIRPAS/Naval Postgraduate School MWR-05XP mobile Doppler radars (or, how to be “phased” by severe storms)
29 August 2007
3:30 PM
John Esterheld and Donald Giuliano
Cameron International Corporation
Center for Analysis and Prediction of Storms
Norman, OK
Revisiting the Hodograph:
A New Examination of Low-Level Shear Variation Between Storm Classes
26 July 2007
1:00 PM
Bill Ladwig
School of Meteorology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
NOTE: ROOM 5930
Relationship Between Tropical Easterly Waves and Precipitation During the North American Monsoon
24 July 2007
3:30 PM
Patrick Marsh
School of Meteorology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
ASSESSMENT OF THE SEVERE WEATHER ENVIRONMENT IN NORTH AMERICA SIMULATED BY A GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL: CURRENT AND FUTURE
17 July 2007
3:30 PM
Heather Reeves
National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO
Dynamic forcing and mesoscale variability of heavy precipitation events over the Sierra Nevada mountains
26 June 2007
3:30 PM
David J. Gochis
Research Applications Laboratory, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO
Development of a prototype flash-flood prediction system for the Colorado Front Range using the coupled WRF/Noah-distributed hydrometeorological prediction system
07 June 2007
4:00 PM
Russ S. Schumacher
Department of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
Processes Contributing to Extreme Rainfall in Simulated Mesoscale Convective Systems
06 June 2007
4:00 PM
Brian J. Etherton
University of North Carolina, Charlotte, NC
**************
************** NOTE: ROOM 5600 **************
**************

Pre-emptive forecasts from an ensemble Kalman filter
05 June 2007
4:00 PM
Juanzhen Sun
MMM/RAL, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO
Short Term Explicit Prediction of High Impact Weather: Recent Activities at NCAR
31 May 2007
4:00 PM
Paul Janish
Merrill Lynch Commodities, Houston, TX
Meteorology and Impacts in the Energy Trading and Commodities Sector
30 May 2007
4:00 PM
Eugene W. McCaul, Jr.
USRA, Huntsville, AL
Forecasting Lightning Threat Using Cloud-resolving Model Simulations
29 May 2007
4:00 PM
Gary Lackman and Kelly Mahoney
Dept of Marine, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
Quasi-Idealized WRF Model Experiments, MCS Motion, and Convective Momentum Transport
24 May 2007
4:00 PM
Tom Hamill
NOAA Earth System Research Lab, Physical Sciences Division, Boulder, CO
Reforecasting and probabilistic weather-climate prediction
23 May 2007
4:00 PM
Lance F. Bosart
(with contributions from Anantha Aiyyer, Eyad Atallah, Matthew Cote, David DeLuca, Jared Klein and Alan Srock)
Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, The University at Albany/SUNY, Albany, NY
Heavy Rainfalls in the Northeast: Mesoscale Structures in Tropical Cyclones
22 May 2007
3:30 PM
Scott T. Shipley
Department of Geography, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA

Chief Scientist and Program Manager, Earth Resources Technology, Annapolis Junction, MD
GIS Methods to Characterize and Monitor Weather Radar Propagation
21 May 2007
4:00 PM
Jeff Trapp
Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences and Purdue Climate Change Research Center, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
Severe Thunderstorm Environments in the 21st Century
18 May 2007
4:00 PM
Ken Mylne
Met Office, Exeter, UK
Ensemble and High-Resolution Modelling Developments at the UK Met Office
17 May 2007
4:00 PM
Steven L. Mullen
Dept. of Atmospheric Sciences, Head, Dept. of Hydrology and Water Resources, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Opportunities in Probabilistic Quantitative Precipitation Forecasting (PQPF) Research: A Hydrometeorological Slant
16 May 2007
4:00 PM
George Bryan
National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO
A comparison of convection-resolving simulations with convection-permitting simulations
15 May 2007
4:00 PM
Bill Gallus
Dept. of Geological and Atmospheric Sciences, Iowa State University, Ames, IA
Forecasting issues related to convective system morphology
10 May 2007
4:00 PM
Jason Milbrandt
Numerical Weather Prediction Research Section (Recherche en Prévision Numérique), Environment Canada
A Multi-Moment Bulk Microphysics Scheme – Implications for the Simulation of Deep Convection

09 May 2007
4:00 PM
Neil Taylor
Hydrometeorology and Arctic Lab, Environment Canada, Edmonton, Alberta
The Understanding Severe Thunderstorms and Alberta Boundary Layers Experiment (UNSTABLE): A Project Overview
08 May 2007
4:00 PM
Jimy Dudhia
National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO
Overview of the Advanced Research WRF Model and Applications in Weather Forecasting and Regional Climate
01 May 2007
3:30 PM
David Hudak
Environment Canada, Toronto, Canada
The CloudSat satellite mission: Results from the first winter of operation
30 April 2007
4:00 PM
Stanley B. Trier
National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO
Mesoscale Convective Vortices (MCVs) Observed During BAMEX
24 April 2007
3:30 PM
Katharine M. Kanak
Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
Vertical Vortices in the Convective Boundary Layer
10 April 2007
3:30 PM
Jian Zhang
Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
NMQ – the National Mosaic and QPE Project at NSSL
03 April 2007
3:30 PM
Alexandre Fierro
School of Meteorology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
High-resolution simulations of the microphysics and electrification in hurricane-like vortices and in a TOGA COARE tropical squall line
27 March 2007
3:30 PM
Yongpei Guan
School of Industrial Engineering, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
Weather Forecasting and Decision Making under Uncertainty
20 March 2007
3:30 PM

************SPRING BREAK - NO NWC SEMINAR***************
13 March 2007
3:30 PM
Yoshi Sasaki
Emeritus Professor in the School of Meteorology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
Is Tornadogenesis Deterministic or Probabilistic? Origin of Supercell Rotation? : Entropic Balance Theory
27 February 2007
3:30 PM
Camille Parmesan
University of Texas, Austin, TX
Ecological and evolutionary responses to recent climate change
20 February 2007
3:30 PM
Ming Xue
Center for Analysis and Prediction of Storms, School of Meteorology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
Recent Progresses in Storm-scale Simulation, NWP and Data Assimilation at CAPS
13 February 2007
3:30 PM
Jim Roby
Lockheed Martin Coherent Technologies, Lafayette, CO
WindTracer Infrared Doppler LIDAR for Remote Wind and Aerosol Sensing
06 February 2007
3:30 PM
Yoshi Sasaki
Emeritus Professor in the School of Meteorology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
High Resolution Simulation of the 21st Century Climate of 100 yr-period with the Japanese Earth Simulator
02 February 2007
1:30 PM
Robert Corell, David Karoly, Ken Crawford, Mark Shafer
**********NOTE: ROOM 1350**********
PANEL DISCUSSION
Understanding the Causes and Impacts of Climate Change
01 February 2007
7:00 PM
Dr. Robert W. Corell
Director, Global Change Program, H. John Heinz III Center for Science, Economics and the Environment, Washington, DC
PUBLIC LECTURE
The Implications of Global Climate Change
10 January 2007
3:30 PM
David M. Schultz
Division of Atmospheric Sciences, Department of Physical Sciences, University of Helsinki, and Finnish Meteorological Institute
The Increasing Costs of AMS Conferences
19 December 2006
1:30 PM
Sergey Matrosov
NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory
Boulder, CO
NOTE TIME CHANGE TO 1:30 pm!!!

Polarimetric radar studies at NOAA ETL/ESRL
12 December 2006
3:30 PM
Christopher A. Fiebrich
Oklahoma Climatological Survey
Norman, OK
Transitioning the Historical Climate Archives to Data from Newly Automated Sites-- Maintaining Continuity in the Climate Record
05 December 2006
3:30 PM
J. Vivekanandan
National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO
NOTE ROOM CHANGE TO 1350!!!

Development of a Community Airborne Platform Remote-Sensing Interdisciplinary Suite (CAPRIS)
28 November 2006
3:30 PM
David Mechem
CIMMS, University of Oklahloma, Norman, Oklahoma
Why Drizzle Matters
14 November 2006
3:30 PM
Douglas Lilly
Kearney, Nebraska
Who was Tzvi Gal-Chen and what did he do?
07 November 2006
2:30 PM
Kelvin K. Droegemeier
School of Meteorology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma
NOTE TIME CHANGE!!!

Transforming the Sensing and Numerical Prediction of High Impact Local Weather Through Dynamic Adaptation: People and Technologies Interacting with the Atmosphere
02 November 2006
2:30 PM
Harald Richter
Bureau of Meteorology Training Centre, Melbourne, Australia
NOTE TIME CHANGE!!!

The Australian Severe Thunderstorm Forecast and Warning Methodology
24 October 2006
3:30 PM
NO SEMINAR
College Retreat
18 October 2006
3:30 PM
Faculty
School of Meteorology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma
Top 5 Qualifying Exam Questions for 2006 with Answers!

Room NWC 1350
17 October 2006
3:30 PM
Jeffrey K. Lazo
Director of the Weather Information Societal Impacts Program, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado
Sensitivity of the United States Economy to Weather Variability
16 October 2006
3:00 PM
Jeffrey K. Lazo
Director of the Weather Information Societal Impacts Program, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado
Estimating the Value of Current and Improved Weather Forecasts
10 October 2006
3:30 PM
Alan Betts
Atmospheric Research, Pittsford, Vermont
Understanding Hydrometeorology using Global Models and Surface Observations
09 October 2006
4:00 PM
Alan K. Betts
Atmospheric Research, Pittsford, Vermont
Radiative Control on the Diurnal Temperature Range and the Strength of the Nocturnal Boundary Layer
05 October 2006
3:30 PM
George H. Bryan
National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado
Preliminary Conclusions about the Relative Importance of Lower-Level and Upper-Level Shear on the Intensity of Convective Systems
03 October 2006
3:30 PM
George H. Bryan
National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado
The Dynamics of the Trailing Stratiform Region of Squall Lines
29 September 2006
10:30 AM
National Weather Center Dedication
26 September 2006
3:30 PM
NO SEMINAR
19 September 2006
3:30 PM
James L. Bills
Filmmaker, Corpus Christi, Texas
World Premiere Screening of the Film: Refuge of Last Resort
19 September 2006
7:30 PM
James L. Bills
Filmmaker, Corpus Christi, Texas
Free Public Screening of the Film: Refuge of Last Resort at the Sooner Theatre
12 September 2006
3:30 PM
Svetlana Bachmann
CIMMS and NOAA/National Severe Storms Laboratory
How RADAR Confuses MAN: Spectral Processing for the Polarimetric Weather Radar Data with Multiple Processes in a Resolution Volume
07 September 2006
3:30 PM
Judy Gray
Deputy Director, NOAA/OAR/Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory, Miami, Florida
Pandemic Influenza: What to Expect and How to Plan
05 September 2006
3:30 PM
David Schultz*, Katharine Kanak&, and Jerry Straka#
*CIMMS and NOAA/National Severe Storms Laboratory
&CIMMS
#School of Meteorology, University of Oklahoma
What Causes Mammatus?
29 August 2006
3:30 PM
David Karoly
School of Meteorology, University of Oklahoma
A Brief History of Detection and
Attribution of Climate Change
22 August 2006
3:30 PM
Fred Carr et al.
School of Meteorology, University of Oklahoma
School of Meteorology Welcome Back Seminar
02 June 2006
10:30 AM
Bim Wood, Rodger Brown, and David Dowell
NOAA/NSSL
Simulated WSR-88D Measurements of Tornadoes. Part I: Improved Reflectivity Detection with Fine Resolution Data
24 May 2006
3:00 PM
Tom Galarneau
Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, State University of New York at Albany, Albany, New York
Coherent Tropopause Disturbances on the Periphery of Continental Anticyclones as Triggers for Mesoscale Convective Systems
19 May 2006
10:30 AM
Louis Wicker and David Dowell
NOAA/NSSL
The Severe Weather Analysis and Prediction (SWAP) Group at NSSL: An Overview and Some Critical Issues
12 May 2006
10:30 AM
Catherine Mavriplis
CIMMS and NSSL
Increasing the Participation and Advancement of Women in (Geo-)Science, Engineering and Mathematics
05 May 2006
10:30 AM
Louis Wicker
NOAA/NSSL
Symposium on the Challenges of Severe Convective Storms
Severe local storms and computational science: What's next?
28 April 2006
10:30 AM
Thomas Wysmuller
Ogunquit, Maine
The Colder Side of Global Warming
21 April 2006
10:30 AM
Christopher Curtis
CIMMS and NSSL
Beam Multiplexing: Looking Ahead
18 April 2006
10:30 AM
Prof. Eve Gruntfest and Dr. Julie Demuth
National Center for Atmospheric Research
Weather and Society -- Integrated Studies Workshop
14 April 2006
10:30 AM
Robert Johns
Norman, Oklahoma
The Tri-State Tornado of 18 March 1925: A re-examination of the damage path with preliminary results
07 April 2006
10:30 AM
Brian Fiedler
School of Meteorology, Univ. of Oklahoma
My 25 Years in Tornado Dynamics
31 March 2006
10:30 AM
Catherine Mavriplis
CIMMS and NSSL
Higher Order Methods for Mesoscale Meteorology
27 March 2006
3:00 PM
Brian Argrow
University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado
Cooperative Mobile Sensing Systems for In Situ Measurements in Hazardous Environments
17 March 2006
10:30 AM
V. Lakshmanan
CIMMS/NSSL
A method of creating short term probabilistic forecasts using statistical extrapolation of existing echoes
10 March 2006
10:30 AM
Kim Elmore, David Schultz, and Michael Baldwin
CIMMS and NSSL
The Behavior of Synoptic-Scale Errors in the Eta Model
03 March 2006
10:30 AM
Eve Gruntfest
NCAR Visiting Scientist, and Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Univ. Colorado at Colorado Springs
Some Findings from our Denver, Colorado, and Austin, Texas, NSF Study of the Perceptions of Tornadoes and Flash Floods
27 February 2006
3:30 PM
Camille Parmesan
University of Texas, Austin, TX
TBA
24 February 2006
10:30 AM
Dusan Zrnic
NOAA/NSSL
Symposium on the Challenges of Severe Convective Storms Hail detection and nowcasting
17 February 2006
10:30 AM
Prof. Julie Ann Winkler
Department of Geography Michigan State University
A Climatology of Northerly Low-Level Wind Maxima in Central North America
16 February 2006
3:30 PM
Prof. Julie Ann Winkler
Department of Geography Michigan State University
The Pileus Project: Climate Science in Support of Decision Making for an Intensively-Managed Agricultural Crop
10 February 2006
10:30 AM
Douglas Forsyth
NOAA/NSSL
Update on the National Weather Center
27 January 2006
10:30 AM
Edward Mansell, Pamela Heinselman, Scott Greene, Matthew Wandishin, and David Bright
AMS Conference Warm-Up
20 January 2006
10:30 AM
Michael Baldwin
CIMMS and NOAA/NSSL
Object-oriented verification of WRF forecasts from the 2005 NSSL/SPC Spring Program
09 December 2005
10:30 AM
Mark Leidner
Atmospheric and Environmental Research, Inc., Lexington, Massachusetts
A View From Above: Satellite Remote Sensing of Earth's Atmosphere
02 December 2005
10:30 AM
David Schultz
CIMMS and NOAA/NSSL
Great Papers in Synoptic Meteorology I: The 50th Anniversary of Sanders (1955): A Mesoscale-Model Simulation of the Cold Front of 17-18 April 1953
22 November 2005
10:30 AM
Charles Doswell
CIMMS
An Objective Method for Ranking Severe Weather Outbreak Days
18 November 2005
10:30 AM
Harold Brooks1, Somer Erickson2
1NOAA/NSSL, 2School of Meteorology, Univ. of Oklahoma
National Weather Service Tornado Warning Lead Times, 1986-2004
11 November 2005
10:30 AM
Prof. Sonia Lasher-Trapp
Purdue University
When Do the Microphysics Matter?
04 November 2005
10:30 AM
Various Speakers
Radar/Mesoscale Processes Conference Cool-Down
03 November 2005
3:30 PM
Brigadier General Tom Stickford
U.S. Air Force
Weather and the Warfighter: Helping Win the Nation's Wars
31 October 2005
9:30 AM
Jacques Parent du Chatelet
Meteo France
An Overview of Upgrades to the French Radar Network
21 October 2005
10:30 AM
Various Speakers
Radar/Mesoscale Processes Conference Warm-Up
18 October 2005
10:30 AM
Prof. Emeritus Edward Lorenz
M.I.T.
Regimes in Simple Models
17 October 2005
3:30 PM
Prof. Emeritus Edward Lorenz
M.I.T.
Simple Chaos
14 October 2005
10:30 AM
Peter Lamb
CIMMS and School of Meteorology, Univ. of Oklahoma
Niger, The West African Monsoon, and AMMA
07 October 2005
10:30 AM
Ted Mansell and Don MacGorman
NSSL
Improved Numerical Mesoscale Forecasts by Assimilation of Ground-Strike and Total Lightning Data
30 September 2005
10:30 AM
Mike Bergey
Bergey Windpower Co.
Oklahoma Wind Power 2005: Installing the Big Ones, Building the Small Ones
23 September 2005
10:30 AM
Robert Davies-Jones and Bim Wood
NSSL
Simulated Doppler velocity signatures of evolving tornado-like vortices
22 September 2005
3:00 PM
Bob Rabin
NSSL/CIMSS University of Wisconsin
A Web-based Tool for Storm Analysis Using Multiple Data Sets
16 September 2005
10:30 AM
David Schultz
CIMMS and NSSL
Contraction Rate and its Relationship to Frontogenesis, the Lyapunov Exponent, Fluid Trapping, and Airstream Boundaries
09 September 2005
10:30 AM
David Mechem
CIMMS, University of Oklahoma
Organized layer overturning in mesoscale convective systems over the western Pacific warm pool
04 August 2005
8:20 AM
REU/ORISE Students
Final Presentations
02 August 2005
9:00 AM
Carlos Rodriguez-Rivera
Is Spectral Processing Important for Future WSR-88D Radar?
29 July 2005
10:30 AM
Randy Peppler
CIMMS, University of Oklahoma, and NSSL
The ARM Mobile Facility - Overview, and How the ARM Data Quality Office Fits in
19 July 2005
3:30 PM
Mark Leidner
Atmospheric & Environmental Research, Inc., Cambridge, MA
Mesoscale Modeling and Plate Tectonics: The atmosphere's role in solid earth science
15 July 2005
10:30 AM
Tracey Holloway
University of Wisconsin--Madison, Madison, WI
Impact of Global Emissions on Regional Air Quality in Asia
14 July 2005
3:30 PM
Tracey Holloway
University of Wisconsin--Madison, Madison, WI
Does Interdisciplinary Research Require More Self-Discipline?
08 July 2005
10:30 AM
Pete Lamb
CIMMS, and School of Meteorology, University of Oklahoma
How Much Do the Midwestern Corn and Soybean Crops Make It Rain?
22 June 2005
3:30 PM
Wilson J. Gonzalez-Espada
Department of Physical Science, Arkansas Tech University
Role of Professional Scientists in School Science Education
01 June 2005
4:00 PM
Andrew Crook
MMM/RAP (NCAR)
Numerical Prediction of Thunderstorms Where Are We Now?
26 May 2005
4:00 PM
Robert J. Trapp
Purdue
Radar-damage analyses and real-case simulations of damaging bow echo events during BAMEX
25 May 2005
10:30 AM
Sim Aberson
NOAA/AOML/HRD
The Fastest Wind Measured in a Tropical Cyclone: Evidence of an Eyewall Misocyclone?
25 May 2005
4:00 PM
Lance Bosart
University at Albany/SUNY
Warm Season Mesoscale Convective Systems over the Great Lakes: Science and Forecast Issues
24 May 2005
4:00 PM
Tom Galarneau
University at Albany/SUNY
An Examination of the Long-lived MCV of 10-13 June 2003
23 May 2005
4:00 PM
Morris Weisman
NCAR/MMM
Experiences with 0-36 hour Explicit Convective Forecasting with the WRF-ARW
17 May 2005
4:00 PM
Nolan Atkins
Lyndon State
The Genesis of Mesovortices within the 10 June St. Louis Bow Echo Event during BAMEX: Preliminary WRF Simulation Results
11 May 2005
4:00 PM
George Bryan
NCAR/MMM
Bow echo cold pools: Observations from BAMEX and results of idealized numerical simulations
09 May 2005
4:00 PM
Stan Benjamin
NOAA/FSL
The 13km RUC . Nearing Implementation at NCEP (or, The RUC13 Goes to Washington)
04 May 2005
4:00 PM
Jon Davies
Wichita, Kansas
Low-level Thermodynamic Environments Associated with Non-Mesocyclone Tornado Processes
03 May 2005
4:00 PM
Ken Pryor
NOAA/NESDIS
Forecasting Convective Downburst Potential Using GOES Sounder Derived Products
29 April 2005
10:30 AM
Dan Sutter1, Kevin Simmons2
1OU Economics, 2Austin Coll. Econ. and Bus. Admin.
WSR-88D Radar, Tornado Warnings, and Tornado Casualties
22 April 2005
10:30 AM
Douglas Forsyth
NSSL
Update on National Weather Center Building
15 April 2005
10:30 AM
Jeff Kimpel
NSSL
Outcomes and Follow Up since the February 2005 Advance
25 March 2005
10:30 AM
Harold Brooks
NSSL
Climatological Aspects of Convective Parameters from the NCAR/NCEP Reanalysis
25 March 2005
10:30 AM
Larry Regens
OU Health Sciences Center
Estimating Contaminant Concentration Levels Associated with 137Cs and 90Sr Radiological Dispersion Devices
11 March 2005
10:30 AM
Suzanne Van Cooten
NOAA/NWS/Nat'l Data Buoy Center
A Statistical Methodology To Discover Precipitation Micro-Climates On Annual and Seasonal Time Scales Within South Louisiana
04 March 2005
10:30 AM
Tim Samaras
State Sensors for Tornado Core Measurements
04 March 2005
2:00 PM
Ellen Prager
Earth2Ocean, Inc
Earthquakes & Tsunamis: Answers to the most frequently asked questions and more
28 February 2005
11:00 AM
Bill Skamarock
NCAR/MMM
High-Resolution NWP: Where Are We Going?
11 February 2005
10:30 AM
Kenneth Howard
NSSL
A National Testbed for Hydrometeorological and Severe Storm Research and Development
04 January 2005
9:30 AM
Aurora Stan-Sion
National Administration of Meteorology, Romania
Severe aspects of convection revealed with Doppler radar in Romania
19 November 2004
10:30 AM
Robin Tanamachi
OUSOM
Horizontal Wind Field of the 15 May 1999 Stockton, Kansas Tornado as Revealed by Ground-based Velocity Track Display (GBVTD) Analysis of W-Band Radar Data
29 October 2004
10:30 AM
Lou Wicker, David Dowell, and Don Burgess
NSSL and CIMMS
Three Presentations on 8 May 2003
22 October 2004
10:30 AM
David Schultz
CIMMS and NSSL
The Unknown Knowns: Six and a Half Myths About Cold Fronts
01 October 2004
10:00 AM
Various
Severe Storms Conference Preview
24 September 2004
10:30 AM
S. Lakshmivarahan
Univ. of Oklahoma
A Classification of Tornadoes using Empirical Orthogonal Functions
10 September 2004
10:30 AM
Daphne Zaras
CIMMS
Andragogy and other cool ideas: how you learn, why you learn, and what it means
03 September 2004
10:30 AM
Liesl L. Dyson
Univ. of Pretoria South Africa
Forecasting challenges in South Africa
29 July 2004
8:45 AM
Summer Undergraduate Research Programs
Final Presentations
23 July 2004
10:30 AM
Regina McNabb
Technology Transfer Specialist OU Office of Technology Development
Intellectual Property and You
16 July 2004
10:30 AM
Michael Coniglio
OUSOM & NSSL
Role of Upper-Level Wind Shear on the Structure and Maintenance of Derecho-Producing Convective Systems
18 June 2004
10:30 AM
Pei Chong
Chinese Met. Admin.
New-Generation Weather Radar Monitoring Network in China
03 June 2004
4:00 PM
Brian Mapes
CDC
02 June 2004
4:00 PM
Brad Ferrier
NCEP/EMC
01 June 2004
4:00 PM
Melissa Bukovsky
OUSOM/NSSL
28 May 2004
10:30 AM
Diandong Ren
CAPS
4DVAR initialization of land surface components of ARPS
26 May 2004
4:00 PM
William Gallus
Iowa State Univ.
24 May 2004
4:00 PM
Zoltan Toth
NCEP/EMC
20 May 2004
4:00 PM
Pat Market
Univ. of Missouri
Comparing Methods for the Operational Estimation of Precipitation Efficiency
18 May 2004
4:00 PM
Greg Tripoli
Wisconsin-Madison
Numerical simulation of waterspouts in the Tyrrhenian Sea
17 May 2004
4:00 PM
Morris Weisman
NCAR
The Promise and Challenge of Explicit Convective Forecasting with the WRF Model
12 May 2004
4:00 PM
Geoff Manikin
NOAA/NCEP/EMC
Changes to the NCEP SREF system
11 May 2004
4:00 PM
Jim Steenburgh, John Horel, and Mike Splitt
NOAA/CIRP and Univ. of Utah
Application of the MesoWest cooperative networks for environmental analysis and prediction
05 May 2004
4:00 PM
Amin Erfani
Canadian Meteorological Centre
High resolution modeling and high impact weather in Canada
03 May 2004
4:00 PM
Paul Roebber
Wisconsin-Milwaukee
A decade of exploration of the use of mesoscale models in making convective forecasts
30 April 2004
10:30 AM
Victor Homar
NRC & NSSL
Adjoint Models: Use and Abuse
30 April 2004
10:30 AM
Craig Lengyel
Univ. of Oklahoma
An Objective Assessment of Skill in Lightning Prediction for the Contiguous United States
29 April 2004
4:00 PM
Jun Du
NCEP/EMC
Probability Forecasts, Initial Value vs. Physics Diversity and a Dynamical Post-Processing Method
20 April 2004
4:00 PM
Bill Woodley1, Daniel Rosenfeld and Amit Lerner
1Woodley Weather Consultants
Satellite-Retrieved Microstructure of Clouds as an Indicator for the Development of Severe Convective Storms
16 April 2004
10:30 AM
Robert M. Rabin
NSSL and CIMSS
Nowcasting Thunderstorm Intensity from Satellite: a Review
09 April 2004
10:30 AM
David Dowell
CIMMS
Reflectivity Patterns and Wind-Measurement Errors in High-Resolution Radar Observations of Tornadoes
05 April 2004
3:30 PM
Nelson Seaman
Penn State
The WRF Model: Status, Implementation and Growing Pains
02 April 2004
10:30 AM
Ken Crawford
Okla. Climate Survey
Coop Modernization: Building The National Cooperative Mesonet
03 March 2004
3:00 PM
Don MacGorman
NSSL
An Introduction to Relationships Between Lightning and Storms
27 February 2004
10:30 AM
Lou Wicker
NSSL
Preliminary Analysis of Simulated Supercell Tornadogenesis: Comparison with Current Ideas
20 February 2004
10:30 AM
Megan Lengyel
OU/NSSL
An Update on Lightning Fatality Trends and Characterizing the CG Flashes Surrounding Lightning Casualties
13 February 2004
10:30 AM
Jenni Teittinen
Finnish Met Institute
Tornadoes in Finland
06 February 2004
10:30 AM
Harold Brooks
NSSL
A Distant Mirror Crack'd: Putting Tornadoes in Historical Context
09 January 2004
10:30 AM
Various
AMS Annual Meeting Preview
05 December 2003
9:30 AM
Alexandre Fierro
OU CEES/CIMMS
The Influence of Local Environmental Conditions Upon Supercell Kinematics, Microphysics, Electrification and Lightning: Comparisons Between Simulated and Observed Storms of 2 June 1995 During VORTEX
21 November 2003
10:30 AM
J J Gourley
OU CEES/CIMMS
Characterizing Components of Uncertainty in Hydrologic Modeling Using an Ensemble Approach
07 November 2003
10:30 AM
Pamela Heinselman
CIMMS/OUSOM
Intraseasonal Variability of the North American Monsoon in Arizona (Will it boomer sooner or later?)
31 October 2003
10:30 AM
Bim Wood Bob Davies-Jones Rodger Brown
NOAA/NSSL
Time-dependent Burgers-Rott Vortex As Seen by a Simulated Doppler Radar
10 October 2003
10:30 AM
Kim Elmore
CIMMS
Statistically Significant Spatial Bias Errors in the NCEP Eta Model
19 September 2003
10:30 AM
Renee A. McPherson
OCS & CIMMS
The Oklahoma Mesonet: 10 Years Young and Only Getting Better
12 September 2003
10:30 AM
Lance F. Bosart
The University at Albany/SUNY
Tropical and Extratropical Transitions: A Forecast Challenge
05 September 2003
10:30 AM
Various
AMS Radar Conference Redux-Part 2
29 August 2003
10:30 AM
Various
AMS Radar Conference Redux-Part 1
01 August 2003
9:15 AM
REU/ORISE Students
Final Presentations
30 July 2003
10:30 AM
Maribel Martinez1, Alexander Ryzhkov2, Thomas Windham3
1Texas Tech/SOARS, 2NSSL, 3UCAR
Hydrometeor Habits and Their Relation to the Electrification of Two Tornadic Storms as Revealed by a Polarimetric Doppler Radar
18 July 2003
10:30 AM
V. Lakshmanan
CIMMS
Quality Control of WSR-88D Reflectivity Data
20 June 2003
10:30 AM
Mike Baldwin
CIMMS & NSSL
Automated classification of rainfall systems using statistical characterization
03 June 2003
4:00 PM
Nelson Seaman
Penn State
WRF Ensemble Modeling: A Redirection Strategy for IOC and Beyond
29 May 2003
4:00 PM
Eric P. Grimit
Univ. of Washington
Toward Short-Range Ensemble Prediction of Mesoscale Forecast Skill
23 May 2003
12:00 AM
Jim Hansen
MIT
Model bending: towards dealing with model inadequacies in data assimilation and forecasting using a single model structure
22 May 2003
4:00 PM
Ken Mylne
The Met Office United Kingdom
Ensemble Prediction at the Met Office
21 May 2003
4:00 PM
Jun Du
NCEP/EMC
The NCEP Short-Range Ensemble Forecasting (SREF) System
20 May 2003
4:00 PM
David Sills
Meteorological Service of Canada
Severe Thunderstorms and the Role of Boundaries: Results from the Sydney 2000 and ELBOW 2001 Projects
16 May 2003
10:30 AM
Daniel Sutter
Univ. of Oklahoma Dept. of Economics
The Determinants of Tornado Casualties: An Application to Tornado Shelters and Directions for Future Research
11 May 2003
4:00 PM
Stan Benjamin
NOAA/Forecast Systems Laboratory
Upcoming RUC analysis and model changes - The spring 2003 update
07 May 2003
4:00 PM
Paul Nutter
Univ. of Oklahoma CIMMS
Effects of Nesting Frequency and Lateral Boundary Perturbations on the Dispersion of Limited-Area Ensemble Forecasts
02 May 2003
2:00 PM
Bill Gallus
Iowa State
Warm season rainfall predictability issues
29 April 2003
4:00 PM
Brad Ferrier
NCEP/EMC
Preliminary results comparing different convective schemes in 10-km Eta runs
18 April 2003
10:30 AM
Dusan Zrnic
NSSL
Evolution of weather surveillance radars over the next five years - NSSL perspective
11 April 2003
10:30 AM
V. Lakshmanan
CIMMS
Multiscale Storm Identification and Image Forecast
04 April 2003
10:30 AM
Charles A. Doswell III
CIMMS
Is Buoyancy a Relative Quantity?
21 March 2003
10:30 AM
Larry D. Carey
North Carolina State University
Characteristics of Lightning in Thunderstorms over the Central United States
14 March 2003
10:30 AM
Michael Douglas
NSSL
An overview of the recent South American Low-Level Jet Experiment (SALLJEX)
28 February 2003
10:30 AM
Mary Ann Cooper
University of Illinois-Chicago
Lightning Injury Research - An Update
18 February 2003
10:30 AM
Harald Richter and Carl Hane
BMRC and NSSL
Initiation of severe convection along the dryline of the Great Southern Plains - what determines the along-line location of convection?
07 February 2003
10:30 AM
A Cast of N
NSSL, CIMMS, and SPC
Presentations for 2003 AMS Annual Meeting
10 January 2003
10:30 AM
Harold Brooks
NSSL
How Far Away is the Moon?

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