88th Annual Meeting (20-24 January 2008)

: Sixth Conference on Artificial Intelligence Applications to Environmental Science

Sixth Conference on Artificial Intelligence Applications to Environmental Science

Program Chairs: Lakshmanan Valliappa , CIMMS/NSSL ; S. Lakshmivarahan , University of Oklahoma ; John K. Williams , NCAR ; Philippe E. Tissot , Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi ; Michael B. Richman , Univ. of Oklahoma ; Sue Ellen Haupt , Penn State Univ.

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Sunday, 20 January 2008

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7:30 AM-9:30 AM: Sunday, 20 January 2008


Short Course Registration

9:00 AM-6:00 PM: Sunday, 20 January 2008


Conference Registration

12:00 PM-4:00 PM: Sunday, 20 January 2008


7th Annual WeatherFest
Location: Exhibit Hall B (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Monday, 21 January 2008

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7:30 AM-5:30 PM: Monday, 21 January 2008


Registration continues through Thursday, 24 January

10:15 AM-10:45 AM: Monday, 21 January 2008


Coffee Break (Mon a.m.)

11:45 AM-1:30 PM: Monday, 21 January 2008


Opening Plenary Session Featuring Mayor Nagin of New Orleans (Cash & Carry Lunch)

2:30 PM-4:00 PM: Monday, 21 January 2008


Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break (mon p.m.)
Location: Exhibit Hall B (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

4:00 PM-6:00 PM: Monday, 21 January 2008


1
Application of Artificial Intelligence to Storm Surge Forecasting
Location: 205 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Sponsor: Sixth Conference on Artificial Intelligence Applications to Environmental Science
Organizer: Philippe E. Tissot, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi

Papers:
  4:00 PM
1.1a
Opening Remarks

  Recorded presentation
 
1.1
Storm surge prediction in the UK and the role for artificial intelligence systems

  4:30 PM
1.1b
Filling up Gaps in Wave Data using Genetic Programming (GP): K Ustoorikar

  Recorded presentation
  4:45 PM
1.2
Storm surge prediction using NN and GP
S. B. Charhate, Mumbai, India; and M. C. Deo

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (468.2 kB)
  5:15 PM
1.3
Using ensembles of artificial neural networks for storm surge predictions in the North Sea
Daniel Bruce Prouty, Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi, TX; and P. E. Tissot and A. A. Anwar

  Recorded presentation
  5:30 PM
1.4
Implementation of a neural network based surge prediction system for the Texas coast
Philippe E. Tissot, Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi, TX; and J. Davis, N. Durham, and W. G. Collins

  Recorded presentation
  5:45 PM
1.5
Discussion regarding the application of AI to storm surge forecasting

5:30 PM-7:30 PM: Monday, 21 January 2008


Formal Opening of Exhibits with Reception (Cash Bar)
Location: Exhibit Hall A (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Tuesday, 22 January 2008

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8:15 AM-9:45 AM: Tuesday, 22 January 2008


Joint Session 2
Applications of artificial intelligence methods in the context of interactive information processing systems
Location: 206 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Sponsors: (Joint between the Sixth Conference on Artificial Intelligence Applications to Environmental Science; and the 24th Conference on IIPS )
Chair: S. Lakshmivarahan, University of Oklahoma
Cochairs: Christina Lief, NOAA/NCDC; Julian Wang, NOAA/ARL

Papers:
  8:15 AM
J2.1
Support vector regression in data assimilation
Hicham Mansouri, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and L. M. Leslie, M. B. Richman, and T. B. Trafalis

  Recorded presentation
  8:30 AM
J2.2
Use of the LEAD Portal for On-Demand Severe Weather Prediction
Keith A. Brewster, CAPS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and D. Weber, K. W. Thomas, K. K. Droegemeier, Y. Wang, M. Xue, S. Marru, D. Gannon, J. Alameda, B. F. Jewett, J. S. Kain, S. J. Weiss, and M. Christie

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (549.4 kB)
  8:45 AM
J2.3
Using Spatiotemporal Relational Data Mining to Identify the Key Parameters for Anticipating Rotation Initiation in Simulated Supercell Thunderstorms
Nathan C. Hiers, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and A. McGovern, D. H. Rosendahl, R. A. Brown, and K. K. Droegemeier

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.1 MB)
  9:00 AM
J2.4
An automated method for detecting precipitation and cell type from radar products
George L. Limpert, Univ. of Missouri, Columbia, MO; and S. A. Lack, N. I. Fox, and E. J. Sadler

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.4 MB)
  9:15 AM
J2.5
Developing a Severe Weather Alert System
Ron Holmes, NOAA/NWSFO, State College, PA; and R. H. Grumm

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (149.4 kB)
  9:30 AM
J2.6
Imputation of missing data with nonlinear relationships
Michael B. Richman, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and I. Adrianto and T. B. Trafalis

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (226.3 kB)

9:45 AM-11:00 AM: Tuesday, 22 January 2008


Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break (Tue a.m.)
Location: Exhibit Hall B (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

11:00 AM-6:00 PM: Tuesday, 22 January 2008


Exhibits Open (Tuesday)
Location: Exhibit Hall A (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Tuesday, 22 January 2008


Presidental Forum: Hurricane Katrina: Looking Back to Look Ahead (Cash & Carry) (Presidental Forum will run parallel to the other sessions throughout the afternoon)
Location: La Louisiane (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

1:30 PM-3:15 PM: Tuesday, 22 January 2008


2
Forecasting contest submissions (Participants will present the results of their model forecasts of the posted dataset)
Location: 205 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Sponsor: Sixth Conference on Artificial Intelligence Applications to Environmental Science
Chair: Valliappa Lakshmanan, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, NOAA/NSSL
CoChair: Elizabeth E. Ebert, BMRC

Papers:
  1:30 PM
2.1
The 2008 Artificial Intelligence Competition
Valliappa Lakshmanan, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and E. E. Ebert and S. E. Haupt

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (365.8 kB)
  1:45 PM
2.2
Using random forests and fuzzy logic for automated storm type identification
John K. Williams, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. Abernethy

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (206.5 kB)
  2:00 PM
2.3
Using a Decision Tree and a Neural Network to Identify Severe Weather Radar Characteristics
Ron Holmes, NOAA/NWSFO, State College, PA

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (162.4 kB)
  2:15 PM
2.4
Using Multiple Machine Learning Techniques to Improve the Classification of a Storm Set
David John Gagne II, University of Oklahoma School of Meteorology, Norman, OK; and A. McGovern

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (38.1 kB)
  2:30 PM
2.5
A storm-type classifier using support vector machines and fuzzy logic
Jenny Abernethy, NCAR/RAL, Boulder, CO; and J. K. Williams

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (613.6 kB)
  2:45 PM
2.6
Genetic Algorithm optimization of principal component approach to clustering for storm type identification
Luna M. Rodriguez, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA

  Recorded presentation
  3:00 PM
2.7
Support Vector Machine Classification using the AI Competition Data Set
Kimberly L. Elmore, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma and NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and M. B. Richman

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (256.6 kB)

3:00 PM-3:30 PM: Tuesday, 22 January 2008


Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall (tues p.m.)
Location: Exhibit Hall A (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Wednesday, 23 January 2008

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8:30 AM-10:00 AM: Wednesday, 23 January 2008


Joint Session 3
Bridging the Gap between Artificial Intelligence and Statistics in Applications to Environmental Science-I
Location: 219 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Sponsors: (Joint between the 19th Conference on Probability and Statistics; and the Sixth Conference on Artificial Intelligence Applications to Environmental Science )
Chairs: Michael B. Richman, Univ. of Oklahoma; William M. Briggs, Weill Cornell Medical School

Papers:
  8:30 AM
J3.1
Quantile Regression
Caren Marzban, University of Washington/APL, Seattle, WA

  Recorded presentation
  9:00 AM
J3.2
Improving Bayesian neural network predictions of N. American seasonal climate by correcting for extrapolations
Aiming Wu, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; and W. W. Hsieh, A. J. Cannon, and A. Shabbar

  Recorded presentation
  9:15 AM
J3.3
Neural Network Compound Parameterization with a Quality Control of Larger Errors for Robust and Fast Calculation of Physical Processes in Numerical Environmental Models
Vladimir M. Krasnopolsky, NCEP/NWS/NOAA (SAIC), Camp Springs, MD; and M. S. Fox-Rabinovitz, H. L. Tolman, and A. A. Belochitski

  Recorded presentation
  9:30 AM
J3.4
An Artificial Neural Network to Forecast Thunderstorm Location: Performance Enhancement Attempts
Waylon G. Collins, NOAA/NWS, Corpus Christi, TX; and P. Tissot

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (522.1 kB)
  9:45 AM
J3.5
Statistical modeling of tornadic and non-tornadic severe weather outbreaks
Andrew E. Mercer, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and C. M. Shafer, L. M. Leslie, M. B. Richman, and C. A. Doswell III

  Recorded presentation

10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Wednesday, 23 January 2008


Coffee Break (Wed a.m.)

10:30 AM-12:00 PM: Wednesday, 23 January 2008


Joint Session 4
Bridging the Gap between Artificial Intelligence and Statistics in Applications to Environmental Science-II
Location: 219 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Sponsors: (Joint between the 19th Conference on Probability and Statistics; and the Sixth Conference on Artificial Intelligence Applications to Environmental Science )
Chairs: Michael B. Richman, Univ. of Oklahoma; William M. Briggs, Weill Cornell Medical School

Papers:
  10:30 AM
J4.1
Data Requirements for Assimilating Concentration Data with a Genetic Algorithm
Sue Ellen Haupt, Penn State Univ., University Park, PA; and K. J. Long, G. Young, and A. Beyer-Lout

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (873.2 kB)
  10:45 AM
J4.2
A Cloud Detection Algorithm Applied to a Whole Sky Imager Instrument using Neural Networks
Andy Linfoot, Northrop Grumman IT/TASC, Chantilly, VA; and R. Alliss

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (565.0 kB)
  11:00 AM
J4.3
Development of an automated approach for identifying convective storm types using reflectivity and near-storm environment data
Steven A. Lack, NOAA/ESRL/GSD/CIRES Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and N. I. Fox

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (261.0 kB)
  11:15 AM
J4.4
A Bayesian framework for storm tracking using a hidden-state representation
Lucas Scharenbroich, University of California, Irvine, CA; and C. C. Wang, H. Stern, P. Smyth, and G. Magnusdottir

  11:30 AM
J4.5
Multivariate cluster analysis for automated identification of precipitating weather systems
Michael E. Baldwin, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN

  Recorded presentation
  11:45 AM
J4.6
Automated Classification of Convective Areas from Radar Reflectivity Using Decision Trees
David John Gagne II, University of Oklahoma School of Meteorology, Norman, OK; and A. McGovern and J. Brotzge

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (551.8 kB)

11:00 AM-6:30 PM: Wednesday, 23 January 2008


Exhibits Open (wednesday)
Location: Exhibit Hall A (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Wednesday, 23 January 2008


Lunch Break (Cash & Carry in Exhibit Hall) (Wednesday)

1:15 PM-2:30 PM: Wednesday, 23 January 2008


Joint Session 1
The use of Artificial Intelligence in the field of Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology
Location: 205 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Sponsors: (Joint between the Sixth Conference on Artificial Intelligence Applications to Environmental Science; and the 13th Conference on Aviation, Range and Aerospace Meteorology )
Chair: John K. Williams, NCAR
CoChair: Joanne Volk, Meteorological Service of Canada

Papers:
  1:15 PM
J1.1
Update on WIND-3: an analog forecasting system for ceiling and visibility
Bjarne Hansen, Environment Canada, Dorval, QC, Canada; and I. Gultepe and A. Ling

  Recorded presentation
  1:45 PM
J1.2
Short-term wind forecasting at the Hong Kong International Airport by applying chaotic oscillatory-based neural network to LIDAR data
K.M. Kwong, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China; and P. W. Chan

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (711.7 kB)
  2:00 PM
J1.3
A regional classifier approach to aviation turbulence prediction
Jennifer Abernethy, NCAR/RAL, Boulder, CO; and R. Sharman and G. Wiener

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (507.0 kB)
  2:15 PM
J1.4
A machine learning approach to finding weather regimes and skillful predictor combinations for short-term storm forecasting
John K. Williams, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and D. A. Ahijevych, C. J. Kessinger, T. R. Saxen, M. Steiner, and S. Dettling

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.1 MB)

2:30 PM-4:00 PM: Wednesday, 23 January 2008


Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break (wednesday p.m.)
Location: Exhibit Hall B (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

5:30 PM-6:30 PM: Wednesday, 23 January 2008


Reception in Exhibit Hall (Cash Bar) (Wednesday)
Location: Exhibit Hall A (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

7:00 PM-9:00 PM: Wednesday, 23 January 2008


AMS Annual Awards Banquet at the Hilton Riverside Hotel

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