Several researchers with The University of Oklahoma Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies are scheduled to present at the National Weather Association 42nd Annual Meeting.
The conference is in Garden Grove, California, from Sept. 16-21.
CIMMS presenters are scheduled Sunday through Thursday, presenting posters, papers and more.
For the full NWA scheduled, visit the program. Abstract and papers name may differ from what is published below. A CIMMS specific schedule is as follows:
Sunday, Sept. 17
- At 3:45 p.m. Broadcast Meteorologist Decision Making in the 2016-2017 Hazardous Weather
Testbed Probabilistic Hazard Information Project by Kodi Berry
Monday, Sept. 18
- At 9:15 a.m. for Session A – State of the Science – an oral presentation by Derrick Snyder, Katie Vigil and others: Evaluating Near-Storm Environment Application Tools in the NWS Operations Proving Ground
- At 1:45 p.m. for Concurrent Session C-1 – New Technology – an oral presentation by Chris Karstens, Alan Gerard with NSSL and Lans Rothfusz with NSSL: Defining Characteristics of a Future Severe Weather Warning Paradigm for FACETs in the HWT
- At 2:45 p.m. Concurrent Session C-2 – Warning the Client – an oral presentation by Kristin Calhoun, Tiffany Meyer, Darrel Kingfield, Holly Obermeier and Chris Karstens: Creation and use of storm-based probabilistic lightning hazard information and warnings
- At 3 p.m. Poster Session 1 – Progress in Weather Services – Alyssa Bates and Gregory Stumpf: Preparing for FACETs: Future Warning Decision-Making Training Impacts from the 2017 Hazard Services–Probabilistic Hazard Information Experiment at the NOAA Hazardous Weather Testbed
- At 3 p.m. Poster Session 1 – Progress in Weather Services – Chris Karstens, James Correia Jr., and Kristin Calhoun: Overview of the 2017 PHI Prototype Experiment with NWS Forecasters
- At 3 p.m. Poster Session 1 – Progress in Weather Services – Chrisopher Spannagle: Using Seasonal Readiness Training to Improve NWS Warning Performance
- At 3 p.m. Poster Session 1 – Progress in Weather Services – Greg Stumpf and Alyssa Bates: The 2017 Hazard Services – Probabilistic Hazard Information (HS-PHI) Experiment at the NOAA Hazardous Weather Testbed
- At 3 p.m. Poster Session 1 – Progress in Weather Services – Katie Vigil and Derrick Snyder: Evaluation of Multiple Spectral Bands and RGB Imagery for the GOES-R Era by NWS Forecasters with Color Vision Deficiencies
- At 3 p.m. Poster Session 1 – Progress in Weather Services – Kodi Berry and Holly Obermeier: Broadcast Meteorologist Decision Making in the 2016-2017 Hazardous Weather Testbed Probabilistic Hazard Information Project
- At 3 p.m. Poster Session 1 – Progress in Weather Services – Steven Martinaitis: Upcoming Improvements to the Multi-Radar Multi-Sensor (MRMS) Quantitative Precipitation Estimation (QPE) Product Suite
- At 3 p.m. Poster Session 1 – Progress in Weather Services – Steven Martinaitis, Youcun Qi and Carrie Langston: Improving QPE Coverage and Estimation: The MRMS Multi-Sensor Merged QPE – Phase I
Tuesday, Sept. 19
- At 10:30 a.m. Concurrent Session D-2 – Social Media – Alyssa Bates: It’s All About Perspective: My Life as a Visually-Impaired Meteorologist
- At 2 p.m. Poster Session 2 – Vulnerable Populations – Nicholas Nauslar: A Re-evaluation Of Fire Weather in the Southeastern U.S.
- At 2 p.m. Poster Session 2 – Vulnerable Populations – William Blumberg: An Analysis of Potential Problems and Solutions in Weather Communication with Autistic Individuals
Thursday, Sept. 21
- At 10 a.m. Poster Session 3 – Innovations in Observation Methods – Kristin Calhoun, Tiffany Meyer and Darrel Kingfield: Satellite Proving Ground Activities in the HWT
- At 10 a.m. Poster Session 3 – Innovations in Observation Methods – Matthew Mahalik and Brandon Smith: A Preliminary Study of Observed Azimuthal Shear Values for Severe Weather Reports
To learn more about the conference, exhibitors and the programs, visit the website.