6th Annual Technical Interchange Meeting (TIM)

Hosted by the MLB (NWS - Melbourne) - 14/15 November 2001

AGENDA
 

...Day 1... Held at the Florida Institute of Technology
 (click here for links to campus map, directions to Denius Student Center, and parking pass) 
 
TIME: ACTION:
0800 - 0820 Arrival & Introductions...{Coffee/Tea/Pastry}
 
0820 - 0830 Welcome and Purpose (Sharp/MLB & Maul/FIT)
0830 - 0850 High Resolution Atmospheric Diagnostics Over Florida - Local ADAS Overview (Case/AMU)
0850 - 0920 Local ADAS Experiences & Future Work 
  • 0850 - 0905  Experience & Future Work at SMG  (Oram/SMG)
  • 0905 - 0920  Experiences & Future Work at MLB  (Blottman/MLB)

 
0920 - 0940 Insights Gained from ADAS Applications Over the Western United States  (Lazarus/FIT)
0940 - 1010 Using Alternative Data to Complement Real-time Local Atmospheric Diagnostics
  • 0940 - 0955  FAWN Data Network  (Treadaway/UF)
  • 0955 - 1010  Other Florida Networks  (Welsh/JAX & Devanas/SoF)

 
1010 - 1030 ARPS - Preparation for High Resolution Prognostics (Manobianco & Case/AMU)
 
1030 - 1350 === GROUP DISCUSSION & BREAK ===
 
1050 - 1110 An Update on RSA to Include Local Modeling Efforts Such as LAPS/MM5 (Winters/45th WS)
1110 - 1130 Using Workstation ETA for Trans-Atlantic Abort Site Forecasting (Garner/SMG)
1130 - 1200 Using Workstation ETA for Forecasting Over the florida Peninsula
  • 1130 - 1145  North Florida Experiences (Welsh/JAX)
  • 1145 - 1200  South Florida Experiences (Rothfuss/MIA)

 
1200 - 1220 WRF - An Update on the Weather Research and Forecasting Model (Manobianco/AMU)
 
1220 - 1330 === EAT-IN LUNCH  === (catered)

Invited Speaker:  Ed Priselac
"Personal Experiences Providing Weather Support to the Nation's Space Program"
 
1330 - 1350 Florida Seasonal Outlooks  (Hagemeyer/MLB)
1350 - 1410 Local Adaptation of Tropical Cyclone Guidance and Applications (Spratt/MLB)
1410 - 1430 Tsunami Warnings for the Atlantic Basin Maul/FIT)
 
1430 - 1445 === GROUP INTERACTION & BREAK ===
 
1445 - 1505 Operational Weather Requirements for 2nd Generation Reusable Vehicles (Overbey/MSFC) 
1505 - 1525
 AMPS - An Update on the Automated Meteorological Profiling System (Hollis/45th WS)
 
1525 - 1540 === GROUP INTERACTION & BREAK ===
 
1540 - 1600 An Examination of Downburst Speed Decay with Distance  (Roeder/45th WS) 
1600 - 1620 An Operational Tool for Anvil Forecasting (Short/AMU) 
1620 - 1640 Use of Multifractals to Detect Anomalous Propagation (AP) in Weather Radar (Kasparis/UCF)
1640 - 1645 Day One Wrap Up
 
...Day 2... Held at the NWS Melbourne Office
 
0800 - 0830 Arrival...{Coffee/Tea/Pastry}
 
0830 - 10:00 AMU Tasking Meeting ***   (AMU Chair: Merceret/KSC)
 
1000 - 1030 === BREAK ===
 
1030 - 1100 Remote Presentation...An Update on the Latest NCEP Numerical Weather Model Activities (Meisner/SRH) 
1100 - 1130 Discussion on ADAS/ARPS & LAPS/MM5 Development Efforts (AMU/45th WS Lead...Case & Winters)
1130 - 1200 Discussion on Converting Model Output to NetCDF for AWIPS (SMG/MLB Lead...Oram & Blottman)
 
1200 - 1300 === EAT-IN LUNCH  === (order out)

1230  Telcon with OSF...Discussion on WSR-88D Open Architecture & Transfer of Base Radar Data (OSF/MLB Lead...Crum & Sharp)
 
1300 - 1330 Discussion & Demonstration on Lightning Forecasting & Training - BOLT (45th WS Lead...Roeder & Jacobs) 
1330 - 1400 Discussion & Demonstration on Weather Event Simulation (SMG/MLB Lead...Lafosse & Kelly) 
1400 - 1430 Discussion & Demonstration on Preparing Weather Forecasts Graphically (MLB Lead...Volkmer)
 
1430 - 1450 === BREAK ===
 
1450 - 1520 Discussion Topic - Open Slot 
 
1520 - 1530 Day Two Wrap Up {Plus/Delta Evaluation}
 
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 *** The AMU Tasking Meeting will be held in the NWS Melbourne Conference Room.  The meeting is specific to the NASA/Applied Meteorology Unit, to the respective DoD and DoC Voting Members (or delegates), and to the guiding community.