Publications
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2010 | 2009 | 2008
Publications / Articles / Reports:
Evan A. Howell, Steven J. Bograd, Carey Morishige, Michael P. Seki and Jeffrey J. Polovina. In press. North Pacific circulation and associated marine debris concentration. Marine Pollution Bulletin.
Carey Morishige and Kris McElwee. In press. At-sea detection of derelict fishing gear in the North Pacific: An overview. Marine Pollution Bulletin.
McElwee, K., M. Donohue, C. Courtney, C. Morishige, A. Rivera-Vicente. In press. A strategy for detecting derelict fishing gear at sea. Marine Pollution Bulletin.
Heskett, M., H. Takada, R. Yamashita, M. Yuyama, M. Ito, Y.B. Geok, Y. Ogata, C. Kwan, A. Heckhausen, H. Taylor, T. Powell, C. Morishige, D. Young, H. Patterson, B. Robertson, E. Bailey, J. Mermoz. In press. Measurement of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in plastic resin pellets from remote islands: Toward establishment of background concentrations for International Pellet Watch. Marine Pollution Bulletin.
Jun Du and Binbin Zhou. A Dynamical Performance-Ranking Method for Predicting Individual Ensemble Member Performance and Its Application to Ensemble Averaging. Monthly Weather Review, Oct. 2011, Volume 139, pp. 3284-3303, Oct. 2011.
Binbin Zhou, Jun Du, Ismail Gultepe and Geoff DiMego. Forecast of Low Visibility and Fog from NCEP: Current Status and Efforts. Pure and Applied Geophysics, May 2011, DOI: 10.1007/s00024-011-0327-x
Binbin Zhou. Introduction to a New Fog Diagnostic Scheme. NCEP Office Note 466, May 2011, U.S. Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, NWS, NCEP, pp 32.
Bin Guan and Weizhong Zheng. Diurnal Cycle of the North American Monsoon in a Mesoscale Model Simulation: Evolution of Key Parameters in Relation to Precipitation 2011; Atmosphere 2, no. 2: 57-66.
Xiaofeng Li, Weizhong Zheng, Xiaofeng Yang, Ziwei Li and William G. Pichel. Sea surface imprints of coastal mountain lee waves imaged by SAR 2011; Journal of Geophysical Research, 116, C02014, doi:10.1029/2010JC006643.
Pao K. Wang, Shih-Hao Su, Zden?k Charvát, Jind?ich Š?ástka, and Hsin-Mu Lin. Cross Tropopause Transport of Water by Mid-Latitude Deep Convective Storms: A Review. doi: 10.3319/TAO.2011.06.13.01(A) Terr. Atmos. Ocean. Sci. Journal - Paper Alert Vol. 22, No. 5 (October 2011).
Barahona, D., R. Sotiropoulou, and A. Nenes (2011), Global distribution of cloud droplet number concentration, autoconversion rate, and aerosol indirect effect under diabatic droplet activation, J. Geophys. Res., 116, D09203, doi:10.1029/2010JD015274.
Karydis, V. A., P. Kumar, D. Barahona, I. N. Sokolik, and A. Nenes (2011), On the effect of dust particles on global cloud condensation nuclei and cloud droplet number, J. Geophys. Res., 116, D23204, doi:10.1029/2011JD016283.
Bangert, M., Nenes, A., Vogel, B., Vogel, H., Barahona, D., Karydis, V. A., Kumar, P., Kottmeier, C., and Blahak, U.: Saharan dust event impacts on cloud formation and radiation over Western Europe, Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss., 11, 31937-31982, doi:10.5194/acpd-11-31937-2011.
Barahona, D.: On the ice nucleation spectrum, Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss., 11, 29601-29646, doi:10.5194/acpd-11-29601-2011.
Peter E. T. Edwards, George R. Parsons & Kelley H. Myers (2011): The Economic Value of Viewing Migratory Shorebirds on the Delaware Bay: An Application of the Single Site Travel Cost Model Using On-Site Data, Human Dimensions of Wildlife, 16:6, 435-444.
Griffin S.P. and T.D. Moore. 2011. Case Study 5: Acropora cervicornis Restoration at the M/V Margara grounding site in Puerto Rico. Caribbean Acropora Restoration Guide. The Nature Conservancy. Pages 40-41.
Mumby PJ, Elliott IA, Eakin CM, Skirving W. Paris CB, Edwards HJ, Enríquez S, Iglesias-Prieto R, Cherubin LM, Stevens JR. (2011) Reserve design for uncertain responses of coral reefs to climate change, Ecology Letters 14(2): 132-140.
Maynard, JA, KRN Anthony, CD Harvell, MA Burgman, R Beeden, H Sweatman, SF Heron, JB Lamb, BL Willis. Predicting outbreaks of a climate-driven coral disease in the Great Barrier Reef. Coral Reefs 30(2): 485-495, doi: 10.1007/s00338-010-0708-0.
Spillman CM, SF Heron, MR Jury, KRN Anthony. (2011) Climate change and carbon threats to coral reefs: national meteorological and ocean services as sentinels. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, doi: 10.1175/BAMS-D-11-00009.1.
Ziskin, D, C Aubrecht, C Elvidge, B Tuttle, CM Eakin, AE Strong, LS Guild. (2011) Describing coral reef bleaching using very high spatial resolution satellite imagery: experimental methodology. Journal of Applied Remote Sensing, 5, 053531, doi: 10.1117/1.3595300.
Strong AE, G Liu, W Skirving, CM Eakin. (2011) NOAA’s Coral Reef Watch Program from satellite observations. Annals of GIS 17(2): 83-92, doi: 10.1080/19475683.2011.576266.
Burgess, TFR, Heron SF. 2011. Computing Applications for Satellite Temperature Datasets: A Performance Evaluation of Graphics Processing Units. NOAA Technical Report NESDIS 139. NOAA/NESDIS. Silver Spring, MD. 14pp.
Thomas CR, Heron SF (2011) South-East Asia Coral Bleaching Rapid Response: Final Report. Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Wealth from Oceans Flagship, Australia. 24pp.
Jongseong Ryu, Hae-Cheol Kim, Jong Seong Khim, Yong Hoon Kim, Jinsoon Park, Daeseok Kang, Jin Hwan Hwang, Chang-Hee Lee, and Chul-Hwan Koh. Prediction of macrozoobenthic species distribution in the Korean Saemangeum tidal flat based on a logistic regression model of environmental parameters. Ecological Research 26: 659-668, Apr. 20, 2011.
Xia, Y., M. B. Ek, H. Wei, and J. Meng. Comparative analysis of relationships between NLDAS-2 forcings and model outputs, Hydrological Processes. 2011, DOI: 10.1002/hyp.8240.
Michael B. Ek, Youlong Xia, Eric Wood, Justin Sheffield, Lifeng Luo, Dennis Lettenmaier, Ben Livneh, David Mocko, Brian Cosgrove, Jesse Meng, Helin Wei, Victor Koren, John Schaake, Kingtse Mo, Yun Fan, Qingyun Duan, and Kenneth Mitchel. North American Land Data Assimilation System Phase 2 (NLDAS-2). 2011, Development and Applications, GEWEX NEWS, 21 7-10.
Mo, Kingtse C., Lindsey N. Long, Youlong Xia, S. K. Yang, Jae E. Schemm, Michael Ek. Drought Indices Based on the Climate Forecast System Reanalysis and Ensemble NLDAS. 2011 /J. Hydrometeor/, *12*, 181–205.
De Pondeca, M. S. F. V., G. Manikin, G. DiMego, S. G. Benjamin, D. F. Parrish, R. J. Purser, W.-S. Wu, J. D. Horel, D. T. Myrick, Y. Lin, R. M. Aune, D. Keyser, L. Anderson, B. Colman, G. Mann, and J. Vavra. "The Real-Time Mesoscale Analysis at NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Prediction: Current status and development." 2011, Weather and Forecasting, 26, 593--612.
Purser, R. J., and M. Rancic. "A standardized procedure for the derivation of smooth and partially overset grids on the sphere, associated with polyhedra that admit regular griddings of their surfaces. Part I: Mathematical principles of classification and construction." 2011, NOAA/NCEP Office Note 467.
Purser, R. J. "Mathematical principles of the construction and characterization of a parameterized family of Gaussian mixture distributions suitable to serve as models for the probability distributions of measurement errors in nonlinear quality control." 2001, NOAA/NCEP Office Note 468.
Purser, R. J. Adaptive anisotropic covariance operators; construction, normalization and implementation in a parallel computing environment. London Mathematical Society/Durham University summer symposium on the "Mathematics of Data Assimilation", Durham, England, August 2011.
Jianping Huang, Xuehui Lee, and Edward G. Patton. Entrainment and budgets of heat, water vapor, and carbon dioxide in a convective boundary layer driven by time?varying forcing. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH, VOL. 116, D06308, 12 PP., 2011, doi:10.1029/2010JD014938.
Xuhui Lee, Jianping Huang, Edward G. Patton. "A Large-Eddy Simulation Study of Water Vapour and Carbon Dioxide Isotopes in the Atmospheric Boundary Layer." Boundary-Layer Meteorol., DOI 10.1007/s10546-011-9631-3, 2011.
Rongqian Yang, Ken Mitchell, Jesse Meng, and Michael Ek. Summer-Season Forecast Experiments with the NCEP Climate Forecast System - Using Different Land Models and Different Initial Land States. Journal of Climate, *24*, 2319-2334, DOI: 10.1175/2010JCLI3797.1.
Song Yang, Wen Min, Rongqian Yang, Wayne Higgins, and Zhang Renhe. Impacts of Land Process on the Onset and Evolution of Asian Summer Monsoon in the NCEP Climate Forecast System. ADVANCES IN ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES, VOL. *28*, NO. 6, 2011, 1301–1317, doi: 10.1007 s00376-011-0167-8.
Rongqian Yang, Michael Ek, and Jesse Meng. Impact of Land Surface Parameterizations on Summer-season Predictions in the NCEP Climate Forecast System. Climate Change Beijing, 18-20 October , Beijing, China.
Young?Kwon Lim and Siegfried D. Schubert. “The impact of ENSO and the Arctic Oscillation on winter temperature extremes in the southeast United States.” Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 38, L15706, doi:10.1029/2011GL048283, August 2011.
Angelique C. Haza, Tamay M. Özgökmen, Annalisa Griffa, Zulema D. Garraffo, Leonid Piterbarg. Parameterization of particle transport at submesoscales in the Gulf Stream region using Lagrangian subgridscale models. Ocean Modelling, Volume 42, 2012, Pages 31-49.
Jiarui Dong. Analysis of diurnal boundary layer development in boreal forests: measurements and simulations. Journal Plant Ecology, doi:10.1093/jpe/rtr001 - April 4, 2011.
Liu, G., D. Obura, M. Richmond, D. Souter, and M. Eakin. (2011) Global and Regional Phenomena. In: Field Guide to the Seashores of Eastern Africa and the Western Indian Ocean Islands, 3rd Edition, M. Richmond, ed., Sida/SAREC, University of Dar es Salaam, 464pp. (Jul 2011).
Brainard, R.E., S. Bainbridge, R. Brinkman, C.M. Eakin, M. Field, J.P. Gattuso, D. Gledhill, L. Gramer, J. Hendee, R. Hoeke, S. Holbrook, O. Hoegh-Guldberg, M. Lammers, D. Manzello, M. McManus, R. Moffitt, M. Monaco, J. Morgan, D. Obura, S. Planes, R. Schmitt, C. Steinberg, H. Sweatman, O. Vetter, & K. Wong. (2010). An International Network of Coral Reef Ecosystem Observing Systems (I-CREOS). In J. Hall, D. E. Harrison & D. Stammer [Eds.], Proceedings of OceanObs’09: Sustained Ocean Observations and Information for Society (Vol. 2). Venice, Italy, 21-25 September 2009, ESA Publication WPP-306.
Edwards, H.J., I.A. Elliott, C.M. Eakin, A. Irikawa, J.S. Madin, M. McField, J.A. Morgan, R. Van Woesik, and P.J. Mumby. (2011). How much time can herbivore protection buy for coral reefs under realistic regimes of hurricanes and coral bleaching? Global Change Biology doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2010.02366.x.
Eakin, C.M., J.A. Morgan, S.F. Heron, T.B. Smith, G. Liu, . T.R.L. Christensen, W.J. Skirving, et al. (2010). Caribbean Corals in Crisis: Record Thermal Stress, Bleaching, and Mortality in 2005. PLoS ONE 5(11):e13969.
Morgan, J.A. (2010). U.S. coral reef managers’ requests for remote sensing products. p. 56-59. In: Nim, C.J. & W. Skirving [Eds.], Satellite Monitoring of Reef Vulnerability in a Changing Climate. NOAA Technical Report CRCP 1, NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, Silver Spring, MD, 114 pp.
Morgan, J.A. & J.E. Waddell [Eds.]. (2009). NOAA Coral Reef Ecosystem Integrated Observing System (CREIOS) Workshops Report. NOAA Technical Memorandum CRCP 9, NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, Silver Spring, MD, 68 pp.
Parker, B.-A.A., T. Christensen, S. Heron, J. Morgan, and C. Eakin. (2009). A Classroom Activity Using Satellite Sea Surface Temperatures to Predict Coral Bleaching. Oceanography 22(2): 252-257.
Simpson, M.C., D. Scott, M. New, R. Sim, D. Smith, M. Harrison, C.M. Eakin, R. Warrick, A.E. Strong, P. Kouwenhoven, S. Harrison, M. Wilson, G.C. Nelson, S. Donner, R. Kay, D.K. Gledhill, G. Liu, J.A. Morgan, J.A. Kleypas, P.J. Mumby, T.R.L. Christensen, M.L. Baskett, W.J. Skirving, C. Elrick, M. Taylor, J. Bell, M. Rutty, J.B. Burnett, M. Overmas, R. Robertson, & H. Stager. (2009). An Overview of Modeling Climate Change Impacts in the Caribbean Region with contribution from the Pacific Islands. United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Barbados, West Indies, 266 pp.
Presentation / Conferences / Meetings / Workshops/ Seminars / Briefings
M. Vega-Rodriguez, F. Muller-Karger, J. Li, M.C. Eakin, L. Guild, C. Hu, G.Liu, S.Lynds, R. Nemani, S.Heron, G. Quiles-Pérez, D. Lirman, R. Ruzicka. Developing High-Resolution Thermal Stress Indices to Enhance Regional Coral Bleaching Forecasts Through NOAA's Coral Reef Decision-Support-System: Cold Stress Case Study. Presented at the NASA Carbon Cycle & Ecosystems Joint Science Workshop. Alexandria, VA. 3-7 Oct, 2011.
C.M. Eakin, J. Li, M. Vega- Rodriguez, F. Muller-Karger, G. Liu, S.F. Heron, L. Guild, L. Wood, S. Lynds, T.R.L. Christensen, R. Nemani, J.L Rauenzahn, W.J. Skirving, T. Burgess. High-Resolution Coral Reef Bleaching Tools: A Decision Support System to Help Managers Protect Reefs in a Changing Climate. Presented at the NASA Carbon Cycle & Ecosystems Joint Science Workshop. Alexandria, VA. 3-7 Oct, 2011.
Vega-Rodriguez, M., F. Muller-Karger, C.M. Eakin, L. Guild, C. Hu, J. Li, G. Liu, L. Wood, K. Teleki, and G. Quiles-Pérez. Developing High-Resolution SST Climatologies and Thermal Stress Indices to Enhance NOAA’s Coral Reef Decision Support System. ASLO 2011: Aquatic Sciences Meeting: Limnology and Oceanography in a Changing World. Presented at the ASLO 2011: Aquatic Sciences Meeting. San Juan Puerto Rico. 13-18 Feb., 2011.
C.M. Eakin, G. Liu, S.F. Heron, T.R.L. Christensen, J.L. Rauenzahn, J.A. Morgan, B.A.A.Parker, W.J. Skirving, T. Burgess, C. Nim, J. Li, and A.E. Strong. How Much is Too Much? Record Caribbean Coral Bleaching in 2005, Again in 2010? Presented at the ASLO 2011: Aquatic Sciences Meeting. San Juan Puerto Rico. 13-18 Feb., 2011.
Sarah Opfer & Courtney Arthur. Learning Shoreline Assessment Protocols for Marine Debris presented at the 5th International Marine Debris Conference, Honolulu, 2011.
Courtney Arthur, Sherry Lippiatt, & Sarah Opfer. NOAA Protocols for Marine Debris Monitoring and Assessment Along Shorelines and in Coastal Surface Waters, presented at the 5th International Marine Debris Conference, Honolulu, 2011.
Courtney Arthur, Peter Murphy, Sarah Opfer, & Carey Morishige. Bringing Together the Marine Debris Community Using "Ships of Opportunity" and a Federal Marine Debris Information Clearinghouse, presented at the 5th International Marine Debris Conference, Honolulu, 2011.
Liu, Shun, D. Parrish, M. Pyle, J. Derber, W. S. Wu, B. S. Ferrier and G. DiMego. Assimilation of Doppler Radar Observation For High Resolution Forecast initialization at NCEP. 35th conference on Radar meteorology, Pittsburgh, PA, 26-30 September 2011.
Sarah Opfer. Marine Debris in the Great Lakes: Restoration, Removal, and Research, presented at NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Lab Brown Bag, Ann Arbor, 2011.
Sarah Opfer, Courtney Arthur, and Sherry Lippiatt. NOAA Protocols for Marine Debris Monitoring and Assessment Along Shorelines and in Coastal Surface Waters, presented at Coastal Zone Management Conference, Chicago, 2011.
Sarah Opfer & Neal Parry. Abandoned & Derelict Vessels: Common Eyesore or Coastal Menace? presented at Coastal Zone Management Conference, Chicago, 2011.
Sarah Opfer. Marine Debris in the Great Lakes: A Freshwater Issue, presented at Shedd Aquarium Marine Debris Workshop, Chicago, 2011.
Sarah Opfer. Derelict Fishing Gear in the Great Lakes - A Story of Knowns and Unknowns, presented at NOAA Great Lakes Marine Debris Workshop, Ann Arbor, 2011.
J. Hospital and C. Morishige. 2011. Measuring the Cost of Marine Debris to Hawaii’s Longline Fishery. 5th International Marine Debris Conference, March 2011, Honolulu, HI, USA.
C. Arthur, P. Murphy, S. Opfer, and C. Morishige. 2011. Bringing together the marine debris community using “ships of opportunity” and a Federal marine debris information clearinghouse. 5th International Marine Debris Conference, March 2011, Honolulu, HI, USA.
C. Morishige and B. Boone. 2011. Hawaii’s Successful Approach to Marine Debris Disposal. 5th International Marine Debris Conference, March 2011, Honolulu, HI, USA.
Carey Morishige. Plastics and the Patches: Information and Resources on Marine Debris, presented at the National Marine Educators Association Conference, June 2011.
Reef Resilience and Climate Change “Training of Trainers” Workshop, TRL Christensen, Instructor, Koror, Palau (Jun 2011).
Environmental Monitoring of Coral Disease and Bleaching in the Hawaiian Islands Workshop, SF Heron, Co-Lead, Honolulu, HI (Aug 2011).
Building Reef Resilience to Climate Change: A Training for Marine Tourism Professionals, AE Strong, EY Lucas, Instructors, Playa del Carmen, Mexico (Aug 2011).
“Coral Reef Watch in the NWHI”, G Liu, Coral Bleaching and Disease Response Workshop, Papah?naumoku?kea Marine National Monument office, Honolulu, HI (Mar 2011).
NASA Carbon Cycle & Ecosystems Workshop, J Li, CM Eakin, Alexandria, VA (Oct 2011).
Zulema Garraffo, Hae-Cheol Kim, Avichal Mehra, Dan Iredell, Carlos Lozano, and George Halliwell. HYCOM simulations with NRL source at EMC. 2011 Layered Ocean Model User's Workshop, Feb. 7, 2011.
Wang, Weiguo, B. S. Ferrier, and E. Colón; The impact of cloud hydrometeor advection on NWP model forecasts. 24th WAF/20th NWP Conf, AMS Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, 22-27 January 2011.
Colón, Edward, B. Zhou, B. S. Ferrier, S. Liu, M. Pyle, and G. DiMego. An objective technique for evaluating forecast radar reflectivity from an NWP model. 24th WAF/20th NWP Conf, AMS Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, 22-27 January 2011.
Ferrier, Brad S., W. Wang, and E. Colon. Evaluating cloud microphysics schemes in nested NMMB forecasts. 24th WAF/20th NWP Conf, AMS Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, 22-27 January 2011.
Rogers, Eric, G. DiMego, T. Black, M. Ek, Z. Janjic, Y. Lin, M. Pyle, W. S. Wu, B. S. Ferrier, G. Gayno, H. M. Lin, W. Wang, V. Wong, and Y. Wu. Upcoming changes to the NCEP North American Mesoscale Modeling system: Transition to NEMS-NMMB and high resolution nests. 24th WAF/20th NWP Conf, AMS Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, 22-27 January 2011.
Nakagawa, Masayuki, H. L. Pan, R. Sun, S. Moorthi, and B. Ferrier. Implementation of the Ferrier cloud microphysics scheme in the NCEP GFS. 24th WAF/20th NWP Conf, AMS Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, 22-27 January 2011.
Aligo, Eric A., W. A. Gallus Jr., G. Thompson, and B. S. Ferrier. Comparison of hydrometeor fall speed distributions in bin and bulk microphysical schemes 24th WAF/20th NWP Conf, AMS Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, 22-27 January 2011.
Zhou, Binbin, J. Du, S. Liu, and G. DiMego. Verification of simulated radar reflectivity and echo-top forecast at NCEP. 24th WAF/20th NWP Conf, AMS Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, 22-27 January 2011.
Du, Jun, and B. Zhou. A dynamical performance-ranking method for predicting individual ensemble member's performance and its application to a smarter ensemble averaging. 24th WAF/20th NWP Conf, AMS Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, 22-27 January 2011.
Du, Jun, B. Zhou, M. Pyle, D. Jovic, G. DiMego, and G. Manikin. NCEP activities in very-short range and high resolution ensemble prediction. 24th WAF/20th NWP Conf, AMS Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, 22-27 January 2011.
Huang, Jianping, J. McQueen, Y. Tang, M. Tsidulko, H. C. Huang, S. Lu, C. Tassone, B. Lapenta, G. DiMego, D. W. Byun, P. Lee, Y. Choi, D. Tong, and I. Stajner. Impact of marine boundary layer parameterization schemes on surface ozone prediction in coastal regions. 24th WAF/20th NWP Conf, AMS Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, 22-27 January 2011.
McQueen, Jeffery T., C. M. Tassone, M. Tsidulko, G. Manikin, G. DiMego, W. Lapenta, W. R. Pendergrass, C. A. Vogel, E. J. Welton, E. Joseph, M. Hicks, B. B. Demoz, R. M. Hoff, R. Delgado, J. Compton, and M. D. Simpson. An Ad-Hoc PBL variability experiment over the Washington, DC area. 24th WAF/20th NWP Conf, AMS Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, 22-27 January 2011.
Tassone, Caterina M., M. Tsidulko, Y. Zhu, J. T. Mcqueen, and G. DiMego. Evaluation of a real-time analysis of the boundary layer height. 24th WAF/20th NWP Conf, AMS Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, 22-27 January 2011.
Tsidulko, Marina, J. McQueen, C. Tassone, G. DiMego, J. Whiting, and I. Stajner. Evaluation of PBL depths for poor air quality episodes from the NOAA forecast systems. 24th WAF/20th NWP Conf, AMS Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, 22-27 January 2011.
Tallapragada, Vijay, Y. Kwon, Q. Liu, Z. Zhang, R. Tuleya, J. OConnor, S. Trahan, E. Aligo, N. Surgi, W. M. Lapenta, and S. J. Lord. Improvements to the operational HWRF modeling system. 24th WAF/20th NWP Conf, AMS Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, 22-27 January 2011.
Hae-Cheol Kim, Victoria Coles, and Zulema Garraffo. Middle Atlantic Bight Marine Ecosystem: A Regional Forecast Model Study. AGU Fall Meeting 2011, Dec. 9, 2011.
Dana Okano. Applicability of the N-SPECT watershed model for community planning: A case study of Hilo Bay watershed, Hawaii, presented at Coastal Zone Conference 2011, Chicago, July 2011.
Edward Colon, Binbin Zhou, Brad Ferrier, Shun Liu, Matthew Pyle, and Geoff DiMego. Title: "An Objective Technique for Evaluating Forecast Radar Reflectivity from an NWP Model." Conference: American Meteorological Society / 24th Weather Analysis and Forecasting / 20th Numerical Weather Prediction Meeting, Seattle, Washington, January 23-27th, 2011.
Johnson, L. NOAA's Habitat Equivalency Analysis (HEA) Spatial Data Tools, presented at Clean Gulf, San Antonio, 2011.
Robert E. Tuleya, Y. Kwon, V. Tallapragada, Z. Zhang, Y. Wu, and J. O’Connor. Issues in Transitioning HWRF Upgrades into Operations at EMC. 65th Interdepartmental Hurricane Conference, Miami FL, 28th Feb - 3rd Mar 2011.
Young Kwon, V. Tallaparagada, R. Tuleya, Q. Liu, K. Yeh, Z. Zhang, S. Trahan, and J. O’Connor. 2011 Operational HWRF Model Upgrades 65th Interdepartmental Hurricane Conference, Miami FL, 28th Feb - 3rd Mar 2011.
Zhan Zhang, V. Tallapragada, R. Tuleya, Q. Liu, Y. Kwon, S. Trahan, J. O’Connor, and W. M. Lapenta. Evaluation and Development of Ensemble Prediction System for the Operational HWRF Model. 65th Interdepartmental Hurricane Conference, Miami FL, 28th Feb - 3rd Mar 2011.
Hyun-Sook Kim, D. Iredell, Y. Kwon, L. Liu, Q. Liu, C. Lozano, J. O’Connor, J. Sims, V. Tallapragada, B. Tuleya, and Z. Zhan. Validation of Coupled Hurricane Atmosphere–Ocean Model (HyHWRF). 65th Interdepartmental Hurricane Conference, Miami FL, 28th Feb - 3rd Mar 2011.
Jun Wang. Parallel grib2 in NCEP POST. 24th WAF/20th NWP Conf, AMS Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, 22-27 January 2011.
Jean Mensa, Z. Garraffo, A. Griffa, T. Ozgokmen, A. Haza, M. Veneziani. What does HYCOM tell us about submesoscale processes? LOM meeting, Miami, Feb 7-9, 2011.
Jiayi Peng, Yuejian Zhu and Richard Wobus. Tropical cyclone prediction through multiple global model ensemble forecast system. American Meteorological Society, 91th Annual Meeting, 23-27 January, 2011, Seattle, Washington.
Jiayi Peng, Yuejian Zhu and Richard Wobus. EMC multi-model ensemble TC track forecast. 5th NCEP Ensemble User Workshop, 10-12 May 2011, Laurel, Maryland.
Dmitry Sheinin. An Atmosphere/Ocean/Wave Coupler. Apr. 28-29, 2011 (presentation at HWRF Tutorial/NCAR, Boulder, Co).
Faye E. Barthold, Michael J. Bodner, David R. Novak, Richard Bann, Robert Oravec, Bruce Sullivan, Andrew R. Dean, Israel L. Jirak, Christopher J. Melick, Ryan A. Sobash, Adam J. Clark, Fanyou Kong, Steven J. Weiss, and Ming Xue. The Quantitative Precipitation Forecasting Component of the 2010 Hazardous Weather Testbed Spring Experiment. AMS Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA - January 26, 2011.
Faye E. Barthold, Keith F. Brill, and David R. Novak. Exploring the Use of Object Oriented Verification at the Hydrometeorological Prediction Center. Great Lakes Operational Meteorology Workshop, Ithaca, NY - March 22, 2011.
Luo, Y., and Y. Zhu. Advances in Calibration of QPF/PQPF for the NCEP Global Ensemble Forecast System. 25th Conference on Hydrology, the AMS 91st Annual Meeting. Seattle, WA. January 26, 2011.
Hou, D., Y. Luo, Y. Zhu, P. Xie, and Y. Lin. CCPA Precipitation Analysis: Data Set, Cross Validation and Evaluation. 25th Conference on Hydrology, the AMS 91st Annual Meeting. Seattle, WA. January 24, 2011.
Janna O'Connor. HWRF Model Diagnostic Improvements. Interdepartmental Hurricane Conference held in Miami, FL - Feb. 28-Mar. 3 2011.
Wu,Y., Michael Ek, Geoff DiMego, George Gayno and Robert Grumbine. Lake Modeling in Numerical Weather and Climate Predictions. 14th World Lake Conference, 31 Oct - 4 Nov, 2011 Austin, Texas.
Wu,Y., Michael Ek, Geoff DiMego, George Gayno and Robert Grumbine. Simulating lake water surface temperature for USCONUS. The 12th WRF Users' Workshop, 20 - 24 June 2011, Boulder, Colorado.
Wu,Y. and Michael Ek. Improve the estimation of sublimation and evaporation from the ground snow surface and frozen soil in WRF. 25th Conference on Hydrology, 22-27, January, 2011, Seattle, Washington.
Weizhong Zheng, Michael Ek, John Derber, Paul van Delst, George Gayno and Fuzhong Weng. Improvement of microwave land emissivity calculation and its impact on satellite data assimilation. JCSDA 9th Workshop on Satellite Data Assimilation, UMCP, May 24-25, 2011.
Weizhong Zheng, Michael Ek and John Derber. Improvement of Microwave Land Emissivity Calculation in the CRTM. 91th AMS meeting, Seattle, WA, 23-27 January, 2011.
Menglin Jin, J. Marshall Shepherd, and Weizhong Zheng. Urban Aerosol Direct Effect on Surface Temperature. 91th AMS meeting, Seattle, WA, 23-27 January, 2011.
Xiaofeng Li, Weizhong Zheng, Xiaofeng Yang, William G. Pichel and Ziwei Li. SAR observation and WRF simulation of mesoscale marine atmospheric boundary layer phenomena. 2011 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, Vancouver, Canada, 2011.
Zhan Zhang. Ensemble Forecasting of Hurricane Intensity based on Biased and non-Gaussian Samples. December 12, 2011 at HFIP Regional Ensemble Meeting and AMS 92nd Annual Meeting, 22-26 January 2012.
Sajal K. Kar. An explicit time-difference scheme with an Adams–Bashforth predictor and a trapezoidal corrector. Preprints, 24th Conf. on Weather Analysis and Forecasting/20th Conf. on Numerical Weather Prediction, Seattle, WA, Amer. Meteor. Soc., P488. [Available online at http://ams.confex.com/ams/91Annual/webprogram/Handout/Paper179779/ AMS2011_P488_Kar_.pdf.
Jiarui Dong. Assimilation of MODIS Snow Cover Data into the LIS SAC-HT/SNOW17 Model over the western US Basins. 3rd Workshop on Remote Sensing and Modeling of Surface Properties, Beijing, China - October 19, 2011.
Jiarui Dong. High spatial resolution hydrological modeling on HRAP grid. 91st AMS Annual Meeting, in Seattle, WA - January 23-27, 2011.
Li, Xu, J. Derber. Near-Surface Sea Temperature (NSST) Analysis in NCEP GFS. Branch Meeting of Global Climate and Weather Modeling Branch of EMC/NCEP/NOAA, Camp Spring, Maryland, USA. February 10, 2011.
Li, Xu, J. Derber. NSST (Near Surface Sea Temperature) in NCEP GFS. Joint Center of Satellite Data Assimilation (JCSDA) scientific workshop. College Park, Maryland, USA. May 3-4, 2011.
M. Tsidulko, J. McQueen, C. Tassone, G. DiMego, M. Ek, J. Whiting, I. Stajner. Evaluation of PBL Depths for Air Quality Prediction from the NOAA Forecast Systems. 2011 National Air Quality Conferences, March 7-10, San Diego CA.
M. Tsidulko, J. McQueen, G. DiMego, M. Ek, B. Ferrier, Y. Tang, J. Huang, P. Lee, I. Stajner. Impact of Meteorology on Air Quality predictions in the NOAA forecast system. 10th Annual CMAS Conference, October 24-26, 2011 Chapel Hill, NC.
Vince Wong & Michael Ek. Impacts of the new satellite derived land products on mesoscale precipitation processes. 91st American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, Seattle, January 23-27, 2011.
Vince Wong & Michael Ek. On the impact of Land Data on Mesoscale Numerical Weather Prediction. JCSDA 9th Workshop on Satellite Data Assimilation, U. of Maryland, May 24-25, 2011.
Vince Wong & Michael Ek. Impact of land processes on WRF precipitation processes. 12th WRF User's Workshop, Boulder, June 20-24, 2011.
Youhua Tang, Jeffery T. McQueen, Sarah Lu, Ho-Chun Huang, Marina Tsidulko, Jianping Huang, Pius Lee, Ivanka Stajner. Long-range Transport of Dust in NAM/CMAQ Predictions using GFS-GOCART Lateral Boundary Condition. Oct 24, Chapel Hill, NC, the 10th annual CMAS meeting.
Youhua Tang, Jeffery T. McQueen, Sarah Lu, Ho-Chun Huang, Marina Tsidulko, Jianping Huang, Pius Lee, Ivanka Stajner. Evaluation of Real-time Air Quality Forecasts from NAM/CMAQ and NMMB/CMAQ Compared to Discover-AQ P-3B Airborne Measurements. Nov 30, Potomac, MD, the 3rd International Workshop on Air Quality Forecasting Research.
Meng J., R. Yang, H. Wei, M. Ek, and P. Xie. Implementation of Land Information System in the NCEP Operational Climate Forecast System. CFSv2, NOAA Climate Prediction S&T Digest, December 2011.
Meng J., R. Yang, H. Wei, M. Ek, Y. Xia and K. Mitchell. The land data assimilation system in the NOAA Climate Forecast System Reanalysis. AMS Annual Meeting, 22-27 Janauary 2011, Seattle, WA.
Meng J., M. Ek, R. Yang, and H. Wei. Land surface energy and water budgets in the NOAA Climate Forecast System Reanalysis. The XXV IUGG General Assembly, 28 June - 7 July 2011, Melbourne, Australia.
Z. Garraffo, HC Kim, A.Mehra, T.Spindler, and H.Tolman. A brief description of Ocean plume modeling for Fukushima Dai'ichi (Japan) disaster. IAEA, October 2011.
Binbin Zhou, Geoff DiMigo and Robert Sallee. Evaluation of ensemble icing probability forecasts in the NCEP SREF and VSREF Systems. AMS 15th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology, 1-4th August, 2011, Los Angeles, CA.
Binbin Zhou, J. Du, G. Manikin, and G. DiMego. Introduction to NCEP's time lagged North American rapid refresh ensemble forecast system (NARRE-TL). AMS 15th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology, 1-4th August, 2011, Los Angeles, CA.
Binbin Zhou, Yuejian Zhu and Geoff DiMego. Verification of Cloud Forecast from Global and Regional Models at NCEP. WMO 5th International Verification Methods Workshop, Dec. 1-7, 2011, Melbourne, Australia.
Ek, M., Y. Xia, E. F. Wood, J. Sheffield, B. Cosgrove, and K. Mo. The North American Land Data Assimilation System: Application to Drought over CONUS. GC31A-1015, AGU Fall meeting 2011, San Francisco, CA, 4-10 December 2011.
Wood, E. F., X. Yuan, J. K. Roundy, D. P. Lettenmaier, K. Mo, Y. Xia, and M. Ek. Drought monitoring and forecasting using the Princeton/U Washington national hydrologic forecasting system. AGU Fall meeting 2011, San Francisco, CA, 4-10 December 2011.
Wood, E. F., D. P. Lettenmaier, X. Yuan, L. Luo, Y. Xia, M. Ek, and K. Mo Progress on the CTB project “Enhancing operational drought monitoring and prediction products through synthesis of NLDAS and CPPA research results. 36th Climate Prediction and Diagnostics Workshop. Fort Worth, TX, 03–06 October 2011.
Xia, Y., M. Ek, and Coauthors. NLDAS Contributions to U.S. Operational Drought Monitoring and Prediction. 36th Climate Prediction and Diagnostics Workshop. Fort Worth, TX, 03–06 October 2011.
Luo, L., Y. Xia, and E. Wood. Simulations of U.S. Droughts by Global Reanalysis Products and the Implication in Global Drought Monitoring. WCRP Open Science Conference, 24-28 October 2011, Denver, Colorado, USA.
Xia, Y., and Coauthors. Development and Application of Land Data Assimilation Systems (LDAS) in NCEP Operations. WCRP Open Science Conference, 24-28 October 2011, Denver, Colorado, USA.
Ek, M., Y. Xia, and Coauthors. NLDAS and Drought Monitor over the United States. WCRP Drought Workshop, Barcelona, Spain, 2-4 March 2011.
Mocko, D., and coauthors (including Y. Xia). The Use of Earth Observations in the North American Land Data Assimilation System (NLDAS) for Drought Monitoring and Prediction. NASA Global Drought Monitoring Workshop, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA, 11-12 April 2011.
Ek, M, Y. Xia, and coauthors. NLDAS and Drought Monitoring over the Continental United States. NASA Global Drought Monitoring Workshop, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA, 11-12 April 2011.
Xia,Y., and Coauthors. Evaluation of long-term, high-resolution NLDAS products using in-situ observations, and application of these products to the U.S. Drought Monitor. NASA Global Drought Monitoring Workshop, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA, 11-12 April 2011.
Xia, Y., M. Ek, J. Meng, R. Yang, J. Dong, and H. Wei. Development and Application of Land Data Assimilation Systems (LDAS) in NCEP Operations. Vol. 13, EGU2011-9200-1, EGU General Assembly 2011.
Meng, J., R. Yang, H. Wei, M. Ek, Y. Xia, and K. E. Mitchell. The land surface assimilation system in the NOAA climate Forecast System Reanalysis. 91st American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, Seattle, Washington, January 23-27, 2011.
Mo, K., Y. Xia and M. Ek. Monitoring many faces of drought over the United States based on the NLDAS systems. 91st American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, Seattle, Washington, January 23-27, 2011.
Wei, H.,Y. Xia, J. Sheffield, M. Ek, E. F. Wood, L. Luo, J. Dong, and J. Meng. Validation and assessment of model-simulated soil moisture in North American Land Data Assimilation System phase 2. 91st American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, Seattle, Washington, January 23-27, 2011.
Ek, K, Y. Xia, E. F. Wood, J. Sheffield, B. Cosgrove, and K. Mo. Overview of the North American Land Data Assimilation System. 91st American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, Seattle, Washington, January 23-27, 2011.
Xia,Y., J. Sheffield, M. Ek, H. Wei, E. F. Wood, S. Feng, L. Luo, J. Meng, and K. Mitchell. Evaluation and analysis of soil temperature in North American Land Data assimilation System phase 2. 91st American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, Seattle, Washington, January 23-27, 2011.
Xia, Y., K. Mitchell, M. Ek, J. Sheffield, B. Cosgrove, L. Luo, C. Alonge, H. Wei, J. Meng, B. Livneh, Q. Duan, and D. Lohmann. Evaluation and validation of model-simulated streamflow for North American Land Data Assimilation System Phase 2. 91st American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, Seattle, Washington, January 23-27, 2011.
Xia,Y., K. E. Mitchell, M. Ek, J. Sheffield, E. F. Wood, B. Cosgrove, L. Luo, C. Alonge, H. Wei, J. Meng, B. Livneh, D. P. Lettenmaier, V. Koren, Q. Duan, K. C. Mo, and Y. Fan. Comparison analysis of water and energy fluxes and applications of model products for North American Land Data assimilation System phase 2. 91st American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, Seattle, Washington, January 23-27, 2011.
“NOAA Coral Reef Watch: Decision Support Tools for Coral Reef Managers”, Poster, JL Rauenzahn.
“A High-Resolution SST Climatology Set for Next Generation NOAA Coral Reef Watch Decision Support System”, Poster, J Li.
University of British Columbia (UBC)–NOAA CRW Collaboration Meetings, SF Heron, Vancouver, British Columbia (Jan 2011).
“Monitoring Marine Ecosystems from Space: Coral Reef Watch” – Seminar for UBC Geography and Earth and Ocean Sciences Departments.
“Briefing about NOAA Coral Reef Watch products”, Florida Keys Coral Reef Ecosystem Temperature Data Sharing Meeting, JL Rauenzahn, G Liu, J Li, Silver Spring, MD (Feb 2011).
“NOAA Coral Reef Watch: Decision Support Tools for Coral Reef Ecosystem Managers”, Poster, JL Rauenzahn, ASLO 2011 Aquatic Sciences Meeting, San Juan, Puerto Rico (Feb 2011).
“Briefing about NOAA CRW efforts in Australia”, U.S. Consul General of Sydney consular district meeting, WJ Skirving, Townsville, Australia (Apr 2011).
“High-Resolution Coral Reef Bleaching Tools: A Decision Support System to Help Managers Protect Reefs in a Changing Climate”, Poster and Oral Presentation
“Developing High-Resolution Thermal Stress Indices To Enhance Regional Coral Bleaching Forecasts Through NOAA's Coral Reef Watch Decision-Support-System: Cold Stress Case Study“, Poster and Oral Presentation.
Australian Partners Strategic Planning/Coordination Meetings and Australian Research Council Linkage Grant PIs Meeting, JL Rauenzahn, WJ Skirving, CM Eakin, Townsville and Brisbane, Australia (Nov 2011).
“New Satellite Products and Projects for Monitoring Coral Stress”, WJ Skirving, CM Eakin.
Tutorial
Young Kwon. HWRF dynamics. 2nd WRF for hurricanes tutorial, Boulder CO, 26 Apr - 28 Apr 2011.
Other
Christensen, TRL. 2011. Tools to Predict Mass Bleaching. Reef Resilience Training Program. https://www.conservationtraining.org/course/category.php?id=3 (Mar 2011).
Certification
Megan Hilgart: Earned the River Restoration Professional Certificate from Portland State
Articles, Publications or Certifications for NCEP/EMC Scientific Support Contract DG133W10CN011.
Proposal Award
Jiarui Dong. Enhancement of high resolution hydrological modeling on the CONUS HRAP grid using operational NOAA NCEP and NOAA OHD models. Proposal Awarded through NOAA/CPO MAPP program - July 13, 2011.