AMS Short Course on Millimeter Wavelength Radars Brochure

AMS SHORT COURSE ON MILLIMETER WAVELENGTH RADARS25 SEPTEMBER 2011 OMNI WILLIAM PENN HOTEL PITTSBURGH, PAORGANIZERPavlos KolliasCONTRIBUTIONS FROMNitin Bharadwaj , Karen Johnson, David Leon, Edward Luke, & Simone TanelliAND THE AMS BOARD OF RADAR METEOROLOGYPavlos Kollias, ChairOlivier Bousquet, Stephen J. Frasier, Pamela L. Heinselman, Stephen W. Nesbitt, Robert Dean Palmer, Angela K. Rowe, Paul L. Smith, Ali Tokay, Jothiram Vivekanandan & Stephen S. WeygandtPROGRAM (MONONGAHELA ROOM) INTRODUCTION SESSION8:30 A.M. ARRIVAL AND INTRODUCTIONS. Pavlos Kollias, McGill University, Montreal, PQ, Canada8:45 A.M. HISTORY, TECHNOLOGY, CALIBRATION, OPERATIONS. Nitin Bharadwaj, PNL, Richland, WARESEARCH APPLICATIONS SESSION9:30 A.M. MM-WAVELENGTH RADARS IN ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH. Pavlos Kollias10:00 A.M. COFFEE BREAK10:30 A.M. AIRBORNE MILLIMETER WAVELENGTH RADAR APPLICATIONS. David Leon, Univ. of Wyoming, Laramie, WY11:15 A.M. INTRODUCTION TO RADAR DOPPLER SPECTRA. Pavlos Kollias12:00 P.M. SHORT COURSE LUNCHEON (included).RADAR DOPPLER SPECTRA HANDS-ON LAB SESSION1:30 P.M. DOPPLER SPECTRA BROWSER, DOPPLER SPECTRA SIMULATOR, DOPPLER SPECTRA POST-PROCESSING AND DOPPLER SPECTRA BASED RETRIEVALS OF MICROPHYSICS AND DYNAMICS IN CLOUDS AND PRECIPITATION. Edward Luke and Karen Johnson, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY3:00 P.M. COFFEE BREAKNEW RESEARCH FRONTIERS SESSION3:30 P.M. SPACEBORNE MILLIMETER WAVELENGTH RADAR APPLICATIONS. Simone Tanelli, JPL, Pasadena, CA.4:15 P.M. OPERATIONAL SCANNING MM-WAVELENGTH RADARS: SCAN STRATEGIES - PRODUCTS. Pavlos Kollias4:45 P.M. PANEL DISCUSSION / BRAINSTORM SESSION WITH AUDIENCE—HOW CAN WE INCORPORATE INFORMATION FROM MM- AND CM-WAVELENGTH RADARS TO ENHANCE OUR UNDERSTANDING OF CLOUD AND PRECIPITATION PROCESSES? Led by the course instructors5:00 P.M. COURSE ADJOURNS