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NASA Applied Sciences Weather Program Review

 

November 18 – 19, 2008

 

Conference Room 1022, FL2

National Center for Atmospheric Research

Boulder, CO

 

 

Foothills Laboratory, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado

NASA Applied Sciences Weather Program Review

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SESSION 1:                           Overview of Workshop and Goals

Moderator:  John Haynes, NASA

 

8:30 a.m. – 8:45 a.m.              NASA Applied Sciences Weather Program: 
Program Issues and Opportunities.

John Haynes, Program Manager, Weather Applications, NASA Applied Sciences Program, NASA Headquarters

8:45 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.              Implementation and Oversight of Applied Sciences Weather Projects.

John Murray, Deputy Program Manager, Weather Applications, NASA Applied Sciences Program and NASA ASAP Manager, NASA LaRC

9:00 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.              NASA Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate. 

Guy Kemmerly, NASA LaRC

9:15 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.              NOAA Plans and Requirements for NextGen. 

Jason Tuell, NOAA NWS, Aviation Services Branch

9:30 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.              FAA Plans and Requirements for NextGen.    

Warren Fellner, FAA Weather Office

9:45 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.            NextGen JPDO WWG Environmental Information Team: NextGen 4-D Weather Cube Overview and IOC Requirements.

Cecilia Miner, NOAA NWS, Aviation Services Branch

 

 

 

SESSION 2A:                        Program Areas:  In-Flight Icing and Cloud Properties

Moderator:  Marcia Politovich, NCAR

 

10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.          ASAP In-flight Icing Research at LaRC.

Pat Minnis, NASA

11:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.          ASAP In-flight Icing Research at NCAR.

Julie Haggerty, NCAR

11:30 a.m. – 12:00 noon         Improvement in Operational Aircraft Icing Forecasts.

NASA ROSES Program:  Bill Smith & Pat Minnis, NASA, and Stan Benjamin, NOAA, ESRL GSD

 

 

SESSION 2B:                        Program Area:  Turbulence

Moderator:  David Johnson, NCAR

 

1:00 p.m. – 1:40 p.m.              ASAP Turbulence Research UW/CIMSS.

Wayne Feltz, Kristopher Bedka, and Tony Wimmers, UW/CIMSS 

1:40 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.              ASAP Turbulence Research at NCAR.

Bob Sharman & David Johnson, NCAR

2:00 p.m. – 2:40 p.m.              Convectively Induced Turbulence Due to Thunderstorms

NASA ROSES Program:  Bob Sharman, NCAR, with John Mecikalski, UAH, and Wayne Feltz, UW/CIMSS  (presented by Stan Trier &
John Williams, NCAR)

2:40 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.              Global Atmospheric Turbulence DSS for Aviation

NASA ROSES Program:  John Williams, NCAR, with
Tony Wimmers and Wayne Feltz, UW/CIMSS 

 

SESSION 2C:                        Program Area:  Volcanic Ash

Moderator:  Jeff Hawkins, NRL-Monterey

 

3:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.              ASAP Volcanic Ash Research at UW/CIMSS.

Mike Pavolonis, NOAA NESDIS, and Wayne Feltz, UW/CIMSS

 

4:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.              ASAP Volcanic Ash Research at MIT/LL.

Earle Williams, MIT/LL

 

4:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.              Volcanic Cloud Data for NOAA, FAA, and USGS.

NASA ROSES Program:  Arlin Krueger, UMBC

 

 

 

 

 

 

SESSION 3A:                        Program Area:  Convective Weather

Moderator:   Steve Weygandt, NOAA, ESRL GSD

 

8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.              CoSPA Integration. 

Haig Iskenderian, MIT/LL 

9:00 a.m. – 9:35 a.m.              SATCAST and Convective Nowcasting   

John Mecikalski, UAH, and Kristopher Bedka, UW/CIMSS 

9:35 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.            ASAP Convective Weather Research at NCAR. 

Matthias Steiner and Huaqing Cai, NCAR 

 

 

 

SESSION 3B:                        Program Area:  Convective Weather

Moderator:   Steve Weygandt, NOAA, ESRL GSD

 

10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.          Satellite Data to Enhance FAA forecasts of CI. 

NASA ROSES Program:  Mecikalski, UAH, and Haig Iskenderian, MIT/LL

11:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.          Oceanic Convective Weather Diagnosis and Nowcasting. 

NASA ROSES Program:  Cathy Kessinger, NCAR, with Jeff Hawkins, NRL-Monterey, and Earle Williams, MIT/LL

11:45 a.m. – 12:00 noon         Data Integration:  Assessing the Value and Significance of New Observations and Products. 

John Williams, NCAR, and Haig Iskenderian, MIT/LL 

 

 

SESSION 4:                           Program Area:  Space Weather

Moderator:  Joe Kunches, NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center

 

1:30 p.m. – 2:15 p.m.              Space Weather Nowcasting of AIR.

NASA ROSES Program:  Chris Mertens, NASA, LaRC, with Stan Solomon and Mike Wiltberger, NCAR

2:15 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.              Space Weather GAIM Displays for ADDS.  
NASA DEVELOP Program Contribution:  Arnaud Dumont & Greg Thompson, NCAR, with Nelson Hillyer, NASA. 

 

 

SESSION 4:                           Opportunities for FY09 and Beyond

Moderator:  John Murray, NASA LaRC

 

3:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.              NASA Applied Sciences Weather Program: 
Program Issues and Objectives for FY09-14.

John Haynes, Program Manager, Weather Applications, NASA Applied Sciences Program, NASA Headquarters

3:15 p.m. – 3:25 p.m.              Discussion Paper:  Opportunities for Satellite Observations in Validation and Assessment. 

Barb Brown, NCAR

3:25 p.m. – 3:35 p.m.              Discussion Paper:  New Options for GOES NearCasting:  Not Now, but Near.

Ralph Petersen and Robert Aune , UW-CIMSS  
(presented by Kris Bedka)

3:35 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.              Discussion Paper:  The Use of Ensemble Forecasts for Optimizing Aviation Fuel Usage and Other Applications. 

Mel Shapiro (UCAR), Jason Tuell (NOAA), &  John Murray (NASA)