MISSOURI ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
  Annual Meeting
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43rd Annual Meeting
Missouri Western State University
April 20 - 21, 2007
 

Senior Division Atmospheric Sciences Schedule


Saturday, April 21, 2007

Oral Presentations: Spratt Hall, Room 211

Section Chair: Marc Singer, Aviation Weather Center


Time Oral Presentation
   
8:00 AM
Welcome and Opening Remarks, Marc Singer
   
8:05 AM Special Presentations:
   
  2007 Missouri Academy of Science Most Distinquished Scientist Award
  Recipient: Dr. James T. Moore, St. Louis University
   
  Presented To: Dr. Charles E. Graves
  Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, St. Louis University
   
  Presented By: Dr. Mary Haskins
  President, Missouri Academy of Science
   
  Session 1: Operational Meteorology
Session Chair: Marc Singer, Aviation Weather Center
   
8:15 AM *Gagan, J.P. National Weather Service Forecast Office,
  Springfield, MO. THE MISSOURI OZARKS ICE STORM OF 12-14 JANUARY 2007
   
8:55 AM *Buonnano, B.C. National Weather Service Forecast Office, Little Rock,
  AR. ANALYSIS OF THE ARKANSAS TORNADO OUTBREAK WITH STORMS ASSOCIATED WITH HURRICANE RITA
   
9:15 AM *Roets, J.N. Aviation Weather Center, Kansas City, MO.
  THE ROLE OF MICROSOFT FLIGHT SIMULATOR FOR WEATHER AND AIRCRAFT FAMILIARIZATION
   
  Session 2: Winter Weather
Session Chair: John P. Gagan, NWSFO Springfield, Missouri
   
9:35 AM *Pettegrew, B.P.1, P.S. Market1, R.L. Holle2 and N.W.S. Demetriades2.
 
1Department of Soil, Environmental, and Atmospheric Science, University of Missouri-Columbia, and 2Vaisala, Inc., Tucson, AZ. ANALYSIS OF LIGHTNING IN WINTER PRECIPITATION
   
9:50 AM *Gravelle, C.M.1, C.E. Graves1 and S.M. Rochette2. 1Department of Earth
 
and Atmospheric Science, Saint Louis University and 2Department of the Earth Sciences, State University of New York College at Brockport. A PROCESS-ORIENTED OBSERVATIONAL STUDY OF SNOWFALL POTENTIAL IN THE CENTRAL UNITED STATES
   
10:05 AM Morning Break
   
10:30 AM *Market, P.S., P.E. Guinan, B.P. Pettegrew, C.J. Melick, A.E. Becker, C.C.
 
Crowe, T. Snyder, A.R. Lupo and N.I. Fox. Department of Soil, Environmental and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Missouri-Columbia. OVERVIEW OF THE 01 DECEMBER 2006 HEAVY SNOW EVENT ACROSS MISSOURI.
   
10:45 AM *Snavely, E.E. and C.E.Graves. Department of Earth and Atmospheric
 
Science, Saint Louis University. A DIAGNOSTIC ANALYSIS OF SIGNIFICANT COLD SEASON ELEVATED THUNERSTORMS.
   
11:00 AM *Bourn, K., N.I. Fox, G.L. Limpert and P.S. Market. Department of Soil,
 
Environmental and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Missouri-Columbia. A RADAR VIEW OF THE 01 DECEMBER 2006 HEAVY SNOW EVENT ACROSS MISSOURI.
   
11:15 AM
*Podzimek, J. Cloud and Aerosol Sciences Laboratory, University of Missouri–
 
Rolla. COMMENTS ON THE APPLICATION OF TWO REGRESSION FORMULAS FOR THE CHARACTERIZATION OF SNOWFLAKES.
   
11:30 AM *Podzimek, J. Cloud and Aerosol Sciences Laboratory, University of Missouri–
 
Rolla. COMPOSITION AND MICROSTRUCTURE OF SNOWFLAKES COLLECTED IN THE MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES.
   
12:00 AM MAS Luncheon and Business Meeting (Fulkerson Center)
   
  Session 3: Remote Sensing and Modeling
Session Chair: Chad Gravelle, Saint Louis University
   
1:00 PM *Wimberley, J.C. and R.W. Pasken. Department of Earth and Atmospheric
 
Sciences, Saint Louis University. IMPROVING THE ACCURACY OF A METEOROLOGICAL MODEL FOR SOYBEAN RUST DISPERSION FORECASTING APPLICATIONS.
   
1:15 PM *Fox, N.I. Department of Soil, Environmental and Atmospheric Sciences
 
University of Missouri–Columbia. A NETWORK OF TALL TOWERS FOR WIND OBSERVATIONS.
   
1:30 PM *Schnetzler, A.E.1, G. Amenta2, H. Athar1, J. Glisan1, P. Market1, B.
 
Pettegrew1, R. Redburn1, M. Reagan1 and M. Wood2. 1Department of Soil, Environmental and Atmospheric Sciences and 2Department of Physics, University of Missouri–Columbia. A COMPARATIVE STUDY TO QUANTIFY THE CHAOTIC BEHAVIOR IN NUMERICAL MODELS.
   
1:45 PM *Redburn, R.N. and N.I. Fox. Department of Soil, Environmental and
 
Atmospheric Sciences University of Missouri–Columbia. INTERCOMPARISONS OF TALL TOWER AND WIND PROFILER OBSERVATIONS IN NW MISSOURI.
   
  Session 4: Weather “Potpurri”
Session Chair: Brian Pettegrew, UMC
   
2:00 PM *H. Athar1, A.R. Lupo1 and S. Dostoglou2. 1Department of Soil,
 
Environmental and Atmospheric Sciences, and 2Department of Mathematics, University of Missouri-Columbia. A CALCULATION OF LYAPUNOV EXPONENTS FOR ATMOSPHERIC BLOCKING.
   
2:15 PM *Gravelle, C.M.1, S.M. Rochette2, T.A. Niziol3 and C.E. Graves1. 1Department
 
of Earth and Atmospheric Science, Saint Louis University, 2Department of the Earth Sciences, State University of New York College at Brockport, and 3NOAA/NWS Forecast Office, Buffalo, NY. COMPOSITE ANALYSES OF COUPLED UPPER-LEVEL JET STREAKS EAST OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS: WEAK DYNAMIC CASES.
   
2:30 PM Afternoon Break
   
2:45 PM *Melick, C.J., B.P. Pettegrew, L.L. Smith, A.E. Becker, P.S. Market, and A.R.
 
Lupo. Department of Soil, Environmental and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Missouri-Columbia. STABILITY CHARACTERISTICS OF SNOWSTORMS UTILIZING THE GROWTH RATE PARAMETER: A COMPARISON OF LIGHTNING VS. NON-LIGHTNING EVENTS.
   
3:00 PM *Schnetzler, A.E.1, C.F. Dierking2, A.R. Lupo1, 1Department of Soils,
 
Environmental and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Missouri-Columbia, 2National Weather Service Forecast Office-Juneau, AK. SEASONAL TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION DEPENDENCIES IN SOUTHEAST ALASKA.
   
3:15 PM *Rodriguez, Jr., S.A., C.E. Graves and R.W. Przybylinski. Department of
 
Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Saint Louis University. A COMPARISON OF THE CHARACTERISTICS ASSOCIATED WITH A SEVERE-PRODUCING AND HEAVY RAINFALL-PRODUCING MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEM.
   
3:30 PM

Atmospheric Sciences Business Meeting (same room as presentations: Spratt

  Hall, Room 211)

*Scheduled Presenter

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