Sixth Meeting of the NAME Science Working Group (SWG-6)
Tucson, AZ 23 April, 2004
Program     

Updated April 1 - (List of Participants)
Friday 23 April 2004
8:00 am      Welcome / Logistics, etc. (Bob Maddox)
8:10 am      Goals / Objectives (Wayne Higgins)
Session 1: NAME Overview
                 (Chair: Wayne Higgins)


8:15 am      NAME Status and Issues (Wayne Higgins)
8:30 am      Summary of NAME Operations Review (Gus Emmanuel)
8:55 am      Summary of Planned Forecast Support (Bob Maddox)
            - Forecaster Orientation meeting
            - Functions of FOC's

9:20 am      Break
                  Slide show:
Storms, Terrain, Vegetation and People of NAME Tier 1 (Dave Gochis)

Session 2: NAME 2004 Enhanced Observing Period
                           (Chair: Richard Johnson) - Master EOP Table (Excel)


9:35 am      Instrument Platform Status (Dave Gochis) (Travelogue) (Instrument Map)
10:00 am      Update on SMN participation in NAME (Miguel Cortéz, Art Douglas)
10:15 am      Update on Radar Activities (Steve Rutledge)
10:30 am      Update on Aircraft Operations (Mike Douglas)
10:45 am      IOP Coordination Plans (Richard Johnson)
            - Coordination Plans for Sounding, Aircraft and Ship Observations
            - Finalize Procedures for Calling IOPs - IOP Calls (Excel)
            - ISOT functions and rotation
??:?? am     GPS Precipitable Water Measurements in Sonora (Rob Kursinski)

12:00 pm      Working Lunch
            - Discussion of Outstanding Issues,
            - Compilation of Action Items
            - Short Executive Session (SWG 2004 rotation, New Business, SWG-7 meeting;
              Data Analysis Workshop)

Session 3: NAME Modeling and Diagnostic Studies
                           (Chair: Kingtse Mo)


2:00 pm      Preliminary Analysis of NERN Gauge Data (Dave Gochis)
2:15 pm      Diurnal Cycle of Cloud Systems Associated with the NAMS (Ping-ping Xie)
2:30 pm      Diurnal Cycle Experiments (Schubert)
2:45 pm      Summary of NAMAP / Proposal for NAMAP-2 (Gutzler)

3:00 pm      Break

3:15 pm      NAME Modeling and Data Assimilation  (Kingtse Mo)
3:30 pm      NAME Seasonal Forecasts (Jae Schemm)
3:45 pm      Monsoon Weather and Forecast Information for Wildfire (Tim Brown).
4:00 pm      Discussion (Kingtse Mo)
                                - Coordination with other modeling activities
            - Action items

4:30 pm      Meeting adjourns