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17 Nov 2009, 3:30 PM,
NWC Rm. 1313

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Below is a list of past NWC seminars and colloquia. Listings of future NWC seminars and colloquia are posted on the NWC Seminar Series and Colloquium Page.

DATE and TIME SPEAKER SUBJECT
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
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
03 November 2009
3:30 PM
NO SEMINAR - Conference room reserved for MPAR Symposium
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
10:15 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
10:00 AM
AMS Radar Conference Practice Session
B. L. Cheong
OU ARRC
Single-scan Radar Refractivity Retrieval (SR3): Theory and Simulation
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
01 October 2009
1:00 PM
Ben Root
Atmospheric Research Center, Norman, OK
Utilizing Computer Technology to Augment Research - An Introduction to Zotero
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
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

Please click here for details.
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
4:00 PM
Mark Shafer
Oklahoma Climatological Survey
Knowledge and Action: The Role of Social Sciences
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
16 June 2009
3:30 PM
Kevin Kloesel
School of Meteorology
The University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
The CASA Project
16 June 2009
3:30 PM
Pamela Heinselman
NOAA/National Severe Storms Laboratory
2009 Phased Array Radar Innovative Sensing Experiment
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
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
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
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
3:30 PM
Michael Biggerstaff
School of Meteorology
The University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
Evolution of the 29 May 2004 tornadic supercell thunderstorm
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
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
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.
28 April 2009
3:30 PM
NO SEMINAR - Conference room reserved
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
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
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
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
Harold Brooks
NOAA/National Severe Storms Laboratory, Norman, OK
Climate Change and Severe Thunderstorms
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
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
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
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
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
Lynn Soreghan
The University of Oklahoma School of Geology & Geophysics
Ice in Equatorial Pangaea
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
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
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
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
Yasuko Umemoto
Atmospheric Radar Research Center
Study on Orographic Rainband Based on Combined Wind Profiler Weather Radar Observations
13 November 2008
12:50 PM
Brad Isom
Atmospheric Radar Research Center

The Atmospheric Imaging Radar (AIR)
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
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?
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

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
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
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
03 November 2008
4:00 PM
Sean Arms
The University of Oklahoma School of Meteorology
Coherent Structures in Turbulent Flows over Patchy Vegetation
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
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
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
12:00 PM
Sean Crowell
The University of Oklahoma School of Meteorology
Mathematics and Climate Change
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
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
11:30 AM
Isabelle Ruin
Postdoctoral Fellow Advanced Study Program, NCAR, Boulder, CO
Appreciating geographic and temporal scales in flash flood research
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
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
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
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
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
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 **************
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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
7:30 PM
James L. Bills
Filmmaker, Corpus Christi, Texas
Free Public Screening of the Film: Refuge of Last Resort at the Sooner Theatre
19 September 2006
3:30 PM
James L. Bills
Filmmaker, Corpus Christi, Texas
World Premiere Screening of the Film: Refuge of Last Resort
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

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