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When we aren't making forecasts, issuing severe weather warnings, and going out into the community to increase weather awareness, our staff is perpetually working to improve the way we do things. This page offers a glance into some of the research that we are incorporating into daily operations and reviews of past weather events.

 

2025

 

2024

  • Magee, K. M., and J. Rogers. "Culture, Mentoring, IDSS, and Training: Panel Discussion 11 - The Changing Environment of National Weather Service Careers." Presented at the 104th Annual AMS Meeting, Baltimore, MD, January 2024. https://ams.confex.com/ams/104ANNUAL/meetingapp.cgi/Session/65394

  • Magee, Katie. "NWS Huntsville and NASA SPoRT Collaboration Benefits to IDSS Provision." Paper presented at the 104th Annual AMS Meeting, Baltimore, MD, January 2024. https://ams.confex.com/ams/104ANNUAL/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/433600

  • White, K. D., B. Carcione, and C. Darden. "The Applications Integration Meteorologist, the NEXUS between the Research and Operations Communities at NASA SPoRT." Paper presented at the 49th Annual National Weather Association Meeting, Irving, TX, September 2024.

  • White, Kristopher D., K. M. Murphy, C. J. Schultz, A. T. White, M. Antia, and R. Allen. "End-User Assessment of the NASA SPoRT Lightning A.I. Product." Paper presented at the 104th Annual AMS Meeting, Baltimore, MD, January 2024. https://ams.confex.com/ams/104ANNUAL/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/437893

  • Welch, David, A. Macneil, E. Jones, J. Atwell, K. Lander, K. K. Fuell, A. T. White, and K. D. White. "14R2O Operational use of the NASA SPoRT Machine Learning Hydrologic Forecasts at the National Weather Service River Forecast Centers." Paper presented at the 104th Annual AMS Meeting, Baltimore, MD, January 2024. https://ams.confex.com/ams/104ANNUAL/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/433783

  • Dong, Jun, H. Meng, Y. Fan, P. Xie, A. Jacobs, C. Dierking, E. B. Berndt, K. D. White, and R. Ferraro. "14R2O NOAA Operational Satellite Snowfall Rate Product to Support Nowcasting." Paper presented at the 104th Annual AMS Meeting, Baltimore, MD, January 2024. https://ams.confex.com/ams/104ANNUAL/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/435456

  • Volkmer, Matthew, J. Smith, A. T. White, K. D. White, and K. K. Fuell. "Utilizing NASA SPoRT’s Streamflow-AI River Stage Model During WFO Melbourne Operations including Emergency Management Support During Hurricane Ian." Paper presented at the 104th Annual AMS Meeting, Baltimore, MD, January 2024. https://ams.confex.com/ams/104ANNUAL/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/431721

  • LaRosa, James, K. K. Fuell, A. T. White, and K. D. White. "Incorporation of NASA/SPoRT, 7-day Streamflow-AI River Levels to Complement the Physical Hydrologic Model Forecasts in Operations." Paper presented at the 104th Annual AMS Meeting, Baltimore, MD, January 2024. https://ams.confex.com/ams/104ANNUAL/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/434109

 

2023

  • Saari, J., O. Bermudez, T. Boucher, G. Lojero, and C. Castro. "NWS Special L.A.N.T.E.R.N Assignment is Reaching New Altitudes to Improve Access for the Limited English Proficiency Community." Paper presented at the 103rd American Meteorological Society Annual Conference, Denver, CO, January 2023. https://ams.confex.com/ams/103ANNUAL/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/416841

  • Heidelberger, G., and K. D. White. "Summertime Dewpoints Make A Difference in the Southeast on Low Temperatures." Paper presented at the 103rd American Meteorological Society Annual Conference, Denver, CO, January 2023. https://ams.confex.com/ams/103ANNUAL/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/416629

  • Magee, K. M., D. Hotz, and M. Johnson. "Mesoanalysis in the Cloud: Research to Operations to Service (R2O2S)." Paper presented at the 103rd American Meteorological Society Annual Conference, Denver, CO, January 2023. https://ams.confex.com/ams/103ANNUAL/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/414110

  • Rogers, J., and K. Magee. "National Weather Service Science and Operations Officers: The Next Generation." Paper presented at the 103rd AMS Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, January 2023. https://ams.confex.com/ams/103ANNUAL/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/413063

  • White, K. D., K. Murphy, C. J. Schultz, and A. White. "End-User Assessment of the NASA SPoRT GLM Stoplight Product." Paper presented at the 48th Annual National Weather Association Meeting, Kansas City, MO, 2023.

  • White, Kristopher D., A. T. White, C. R. Hain, and J. L. Case. "Using Artificial Intelligence to Produce River Gauge Height Forecasts: Evaluation, Development, and Transition in the NWS Operational Environment." Paper presented at the 103rd AMS Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, January 2023. https://ams.confex.com/ams/103ANNUAL/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/420951

  • Esmaili, Rebekah, P. Casey, A. L. Reale, B. Sun, C. Calderella, E. Berndt, and K. D. White. "Quantifying the Skill and Uncertainty of Atmospheric Stability from Satellite Soundings for Operational Forecasting." Paper presented at the 103rd AMS Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, January 2023. https://ams.confex.com/ams/103ANNUAL/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/412545

 

2022

  • Magee, K. M., A. Ravenscraft, and J. Chace. "March 2021 High Risk Events in Huntsville, AL: Messaging to Communicate Transparency and Inspire Action." Poster presented at the 102nd AMS Annual Meeting, Houston, TX, 2022. https://ams.confex.com/ams/102ANNUAL/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/395619

  • Magee, K. M., and B. Carcione. "UAH-NWS Operational Courses." Paper presented at the 102nd AMS Annual Meeting, Houston, TX, 2022. https://ams.confex.com/ams/102ANNUAL/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/395610

  • White, K. D., A. T. White, C. R. Hain, and J. L. Case. "Collaborative Development of Real-Time Hydrologic Forecasts Using Artificial Intelligence." Paper presented at the 47th National Weather Association Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, August 2022.

  • Friedman, Jack R., D. S. LaDue, B. C. Carcione, K. D. White, and J. Chace. "R2O Social Science and Research to Operations: The Collaborative Evolution of the Brief Vulnerability Overview Tool (BVOT)." Paper presented at the 102nd AMS Annual Meeting, Houston, TX, 2022. https://ams.confex.com/ams/102ANNUAL/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/396914

  • Murphy, Kelley M., R. Allen, C. J. Schultz, E. C. Bruning, K. D. White, M. E. Anderson, and A. Ravenscraft. "Applications and Performance of a Lightning Risk Assessment Using Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM) Data." Paper presented at the 102nd AMS Annual Meeting, Houston, TX, 2022. https://ams.confex.com/ams/102ANNUAL/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/393505

  • White, Kristopher D., A. LeRoy, K. K. Fuell, C. Hain, and J. L. Case. "NASA's Integrated Multi-Satellite Retrievals (IMERG) and NASA SPoRT Land Information System Products for Drought Analysis." Paper presented at the 102nd AMS Annual Meeting, Houston, TX, 2022. https://ams.confex.com/ams/102ANNUAL/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/395999

  • White, Kristopher D., A. T. White, K. K. Fuell, C. Hain, and J. L. Case. "Operational Evaluation and Collaborative Development of Hydrologic Forecasts Using a Long Short-Term Memory Neural Network." Paper presented at the 102nd AMS Annual Meeting, Houston, TX, 2022. https://ams.confex.com/ams/102ANNUAL/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/395982

  • LeRoy, Anita, K. D. White, and C. J. Schultz. "31WAF27NWP Assessment Overview: Regional Impacts of Using the Day Cloud Phase Distinction RGB for Lightning IDSS." Paper presented at the 102nd AMS Annual Meeting, Houston, TX, 2022. https://ams.confex.com/ams/102ANNUAL/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/398279

 

2021

  • Magee, K. M. "A Review of the Use of the 'Tornado Possible Tag' in Severe Warning Products." Poster presented at the 46th National Weather Association Annual Meeting, Tulsa, OK, 2021.

  • Magee, K. M., and B. Carcione. "Interpersonal Training in a Virtual World." Poster presented at the 46th National Weather Association Annual Meeting, Tulsa, OK, 2021.

  • Magee, K. M., J. Chace, and A. Ravenscraft. "R2O2S: Research to Operations to Service: Communicating Forecast Uncertainty and Complexity." Paper presented at the 46th National Weather Association Annual Meeting, Tulsa, OK, 2021. https://whova.com/embedded/session/NK03sgoy3zr9Af3zG%40ErjSUcafI3enoChdo7I-ju7po%3D/1800833/

  • Senkbeil, J. C., D. J. Griffin, K. Sherman-Morris, J. Saari, and K. Brothers. "Improving Tornado Warning Communication for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Audiences." Journal of Operational Meteorology 9, no. 2 (2021): 18–35. https://doi.org/10.15191/nwajom.2021.0902

  • White, Kristopher D., A. T. White, C. Hain, and J. Case. "Initial Operational Test and Evaluation of a River Stage Model Using a Long Short-Term Memory Recurrent Neural Network." Paper presented at the 101st AMS Annual Meeting, Virtual, January 2021. https://ams.confex.com/ams/101ANNUAL/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/381025

 

2020

  • Berndt, E., K. D. White, N. Smith, and R. Esmaili. "Operational Transition of Gridded NUCAPS to NOAA NWS and Emerging Applications." Paper presented at the 16th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems, Boston, MA, 2020. https://ams.confex.com/ams/2020Annual/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/367631

  • Berndt, E., N. Smith, J. Burks, K. White, R. Esmaili, A. Kuciauskas, E. Duran, R. Allen, F. LaFontaine, and J. Szkodzinski. "Gridded Satellite Sounding Retrievals in Operational Weather Forecasting: Product Description and Emerging Applications." Remote Sensing 12, no. 20 (2020): 2211. https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/12/20/3311

  • Esmaili, R., N. Smith, E. Berndt, B. Kahn, K. White, C. Barnet, W. Sjoberg, and M. Goldbert. "Adapting Satellite Soundings for Operational Forecasting within the Hazardous Weather Testbed." Remote Sensing 12, no. 5 (2020): 886–893. https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/12/5/886

  • Esmaili, R., N. Smith, C. D. Bardnet, E. Berndt, J. F. Dostalek, K. D. White, and M. Goldberg. "Interpreting Satellite Product Feedback from Forecasters within the Hazardous Weather Testbed." Paper presented at the 16th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems, Boston, MA, 2020. https://ams.confex.com/ams/2020Annual/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/368196

  • Magee, K. M., and C. E. Davenport. "An Observational Analysis Quantifying the Distance of Supercell-boundary Interactions in the Great Plains." Journal of Operational Meteorology 8, no. 2 (2020): 15–38. https://doi.org/10.15191/nwajom.2020.0802

  • Magee, K. M., and A. Ravenscraft. "Encountering Sexism in the Field: How to Maintain Composure as an Expert, while Shutting Down Toxic Behavior." Paper presented at the 29th Conference on Education, Boston, MA, 2020. https://ams.confex.com/ams/2020Annual/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/369849

  • Magee, K. M., A. Pritchett, and M. Amin. "The Intersection of Historic Flooding, Winter and Severe Weather, and Decision Support during February 2019 in the Tennessee Valley." Paper presented at the Major Weather Events and Impacts of 2019, Boston, MA, 2020. https://ams.confex.com/ams/2020Annual/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/369866

  • Magee, K. M., and K. D. White. "A Climatology of High Non-Thunderstorm Winds in the Tennessee Valley." Paper presented at the 30th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting, Boston, MA, 2020. https://ams.confex.com/ams/2020Annual/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/369947

  • White, Andrew T., K. D. White, C. R. Hain, and J. L. Case. "River Flood Prediction Using a Long Short-Term Memory Recurrent Neural Network." Paper presented at the 19th Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science, Boston, MA, 2020. https://ams.confex.com/ams/2020Annual/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/369151

  • White, K. D., E. Berndt, and R. L. Fontenot. "Toward the Development of Real-Time Normalized Burn Ratio (NBR) and Delta NBR Imagery from GOES-16/17 and the Suomi National Polar-Orbiting Partnership (SNPP)." Paper presented at the 30th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting, Boston, MA, 2020. https://ams.confex.com/ams/2020Annual/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/369513

  • White, K. D., A. White, and J. Case. "Initial Operational Test and Evaluation of a River Stage Model Using a Long Short-Term Memory Recurrent Neural Network." Poster presented at the 45th National Weather Association Meeting, Virtual, September 2020.

 

2019

  • Barron, T. "Understanding Common Structure Damage Indicators in the Lower Tennessee Valley." Paper presented at the 44th National Weather Association Annual Meeting, Huntsville, AL, 2019.

  • Case, J. L., K. D. White, A. T. White, and C. R. Hain. "Recent Operational Applications of the SPoRT Land Information System." Paper presented at the 44th National Weather Association Meeting, Huntsville, AL, 2019.

  • Heidelberger, G. "Enhancing Exercises by Utilizing Automated NWSChat Injects to Simulate Real-time Weather Events." Paper presented at the 44th National Weather Association Annual Meeting, Huntsville, AL, 2019.

  • Pritchett, A. "Observations of the 19 March 2018 Historic North Alabama Hail Event." Paper presented at the 44th National Weather Association Annual Meeting, Huntsville, AL, 2019.

  • Saari, J. "Expanding the Weather Ready Nation Initiative Within Alabama Deaf and Hard of Hearing Communities." Paper presented at the 44th National Weather Association Annual Meeting, Huntsville, AL, 2019.

  • Saari, J., G. Satterwhite, and L. Myers. "Expanding the Weather-Ready Nation Initiative through Diverse Partnerships in the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Communities across Alabama." Paper presented at the 99th American Meteorological Society Annual Conference, Phoenix, AZ, January 2019. https://ams.confex.com/ams/2019Annual/webprogram/Paper352054.html

  • Stumpf, C. "Utility of Geostationary Lightning Mapper Data During Severe Weather in the Southeastern United States." Paper presented at the 44th National Weather Association Annual Meeting, Huntsville, AL, 2019.

  • Wade, R., and B. Carcione. "Trial By Fire: Use of an Immersive Simulation to Prepare the Next Generation of Meteorologists." Paper presented at the 44th National Weather Association Annual Meeting, Huntsville, AL, 2019.

  • Weaver, G., N. Smith, E. Berndt, K. White, J. Dostalek, and B. Zavodsky. "Addressing the Cold Air Aloft Aviation Challenge with Satellite Sounding Observations." Journal of Operational Meteorology 7, no. 10 (2019): 138–152. https://objects-us-east-1.dream.io/nwafiles/jom/articles/2019/2019-JOM10/2019-JOM10.pdf

  • White, K. D., and K. M. McGrath. "Real-Time 3D Image Generation from the GOES-16/17 Satellites." Paper presented at the 2019 Joint Satellite Conference, Boston, MA, 2019.

  • White, K. D., E. Berndt, and R. L. Fontenot. "Towards the Development of Real-Time Normalized Burn Ration (NBR) and delta NBR Imagery from GOES-16/17." Paper presented at the 2019 Joint Satellite Conference, Boston, MA, 2019.

  • Dong, J., C. Kongoli, R. R. Ferraro, B. Yan, L. Zhao, K. D. White, E. Berndt, W. Adkins, and A. Jacobs. Paper presented at the 2019 Joint Satellite Conference, Boston, MA, 2019.

  • Berndt, E., N. Smith, J. E. Burks, K. D. White, and R. E. Allen. "The Evolution of Gridded NUCAPS: Transition of Research to Operations." Paper presented at the 2019 Joint Satellite Conference, Boston, MA, 2019.

  • Esmaili, R., N. Smith, C. D. Barnet, E. Berndt, J. F. Dostalek, B. H. Kahn, K. D. White, B. Sjoberg, and M. Goldberg. "Life Cycle of Satellite Sounding Product Development: Refining Requirements and Product Design within the Hazardous Weather Testbed." Paper presented at the 2019 Joint Satellite Conference, Boston, MA, 2019.

  • Meng, Huan, J. Dong, C. Kongoli, R. R. Ferraro, B. Yan, L. Zhao, K. D. White, E. Berndt, W. Adkins, and A. Jacobs. "Near Real-Time Snowfall Rate Applications from S-NPP and NOAA-20." Paper presented at the 2019 Joint Satellite Conference, Boston, MA, 2019.

 

2018

 

2017

  • Carcione, B., and L. Nash. "VORTEX-SE: Successes and Challenges from the Local NWS Perspective." Paper presented at the 42nd National Weather Association Annual Meeting, Garden Grove, CA, 2017.

  • Carcione, B., G. Stano, K. White, and D. Orville. "Operational Observations from the Geostationary Lightning Mapper and Lightning Mapping Arrays." Paper presented at the 42nd National Weather Association Annual Meeting, Garden Grove, CA, 2017.

  • Schultz, C., J. Case, C. Hain, and K. White. "Real-time Identification of Lightning Initiated Wildfires." Paper presented at the 42nd National Weather Association Annual Meeting, Garden Grove, CA, 2017.

  • Nash, L. "Use of the GOES-16 Geostationary Lightning Mapper for National Weather Service Aviation Operations." Paper presented at the Mid-South Wings and Weather Conference, Memphis, TN, 2017.

  • White, K., C. Gravelle, and E. Berndt. "From Polar Orbiters to GOES-16: The Evolution of Satellite Red-Green-Blue (RGB) Imagery and Their Applications at National Weather Service Forecast Offices." Paper presented at the 42nd National Weather Association Annual Meeting, Garden Grove, CA, 2017.

  • Saari, J., T. Boucher, S. R. Pfaff, and C. Woodrum. "When Thunder Roars…but You Can't Hear it: New National Lightning Safety Campaign for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing." Paper presented at the 97th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, 2017. https://ams.confex.com/ams/97Annual/webprogram/Paper313100.html

  • Schultz, Christopher, Geoffrey Stano, Paul Myer, Brian Carcione, and Todd Barron. "Lightning Decision Support Using VHF Total Lightning Mapping and NLDN Cloud-to-Ground Data in North Alabama." Journal of Operational Meteorology 5 (2017): 134–145. https://doi.org/10.15191/nwajom.2017.0511

 

2016

 

2015

  • Boucher, T. M., J. Schuller-Saari, and S. Fortin. "Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Promoting Weather Education and Awareness for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing within the National Weather Service." Paper presented at the 39th National Weather Association Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, 2015.

 

2014

  • Biernat, K., and B. Carcione. "A Tornado Climatology by Synoptic and Mesoscale Parameter and Storm Type for the Northern Alabama/South Central Tennessee Region." Paper presented at the 38th National Weather Association Annual Meeting, North Charleston, SC, 2014.

  • Darden, C. B., B. C. Carcione, D. J. Nadler, K. D. White, and B. R. Williams. "An Overview of the 28 April 2014 Tornado Outbreak in the Tennessee Valley." Paper presented at the Major Weather Events and Societal Impacts of 2014, Phoenix, AZ, 2014. https://ams.confex.com/ams/95Annual/webprogram/Paper265633.html

  • Schuller-Saari, J. M., T. M. Boucher, and S. Fortin. "Building Relationships to Provide Weather Education for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing." Paper presented at the 39th National Weather Association Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, 2014.

  • White, K. D., and J. L. Case. "Assessing the Utility of 3-km Land Information System Soil Moisture Data for Drought Monitoring and Hydrologic Applications." Paper presented at the 39th National Weather Association Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, 2014.

 

2013

  • White, K. D., and J. L. Case. "The Utility of the Real-Time NASA Land Information System Data for Drought Monitoring Applications." Paper presented at the 27th Conference on Hydrology, AMS Annual Meeting, Austin, TX, January 2013.

  • Zavodsky, B. T., J. L. Case, C. B. Blankenship, W. L. Crosson, and K. D. White. "Application of Next-Generation Satellite Data to a High-Resolution, Real-Time Land Surface Model." EarthZine, 2013.

  • Stano, G. T., B. Carcione, K. D. White, and C. J. Schultz. "Low Topped Convection and Total Lightning Observations from North Alabama." Paper presented at the Sixth Conference on the Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data, AMS Annual Meeting, Austin, TX, January 2013.

  • White, K. D., G. T. Stano, and B. Carcione. "An Investigation of North Alabama Lightning Mapping Array Data and Usage in the Real-Time Operational Warning Environment During the March 2, 2012 Severe Weather Outbreak in northern Alabama." Paper presented at the Sixth Conference on the Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data, AMS Annual Meeting, Austin, TX, January 2013.

 

2012

  • Carcione, B., J. Burks, K. D. White, M. Smith, K. McGrath, and G. T. Stano. "Incorporating NASA SPoRT and Other Alternative Data Sets into an Operational AWIPS II Environment." Paper presented at the 37th National Weather Association Annual Meeting, Madison, WI, October 2012.

  • Smith, M., K. McGrath, J. Burks, and B. Carcione. "Application Programming in AWIPS II." Paper presented at the 18th Conference on Satellite Meteorology, Oceanology, and Climatology, AMS Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, January 2012.

  • Troutman, T. W., C. Pieper, T. Brice, T. Johnstone, K. Jones, J. Beaman, J. Runyen, and M. Duplantis. "Leveraging New Video Conferencing Technologies for National Weather Service Decision Support." Paper presented at the 37th National Weather Association Annual Meeting, Madison, WI, October 2012.

  • Troutman, T. W., C. Woodrum, S. Wilkinson, and D. Franklin. "National Lightning Safety Toolkit Updates." Paper presented at the 37th National Weather Association Annual Meeting, Madison, WI, October 2012.

  • White, K., and K. Fuell. "Demonstration of RGB Composite Imagery at NWS Forecast Offices in Preparation for GOES-R." Paper presented at the 37th National Weather Association Annual Meeting, Madison, WI, October 2012.

  • Latimer, S., and A. Kula. "Radar Analysis and Warning Decisions During Quasi-Linear Convective System Tornadoes on 27 April 2011 in the Central Tennessee Valley." Paper presented at the Special Symposium on the Tornado Disasters of 2011, AMS Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, January 2012.

  • Lopez Belen, S. J., D. J. Nadler, and C. B. Darden. "'A Wild Weather Day' Historic April 27th 2011 Super Tornado Outbreak: Impact, Damages, and Tornado Tracks Over Northern Alabama and Southern Middle Tennessee." Paper presented at the Special Symposium on the Tornado Disasters of 2011, AMS Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, January 2012.

  • Carcione, B. C., and C. J. Schultz. "Unique Remote Sensing Perspectives of the 27 April 2011 Tornado Outbreak." Paper presented at the Tenth Southeast Severe Storms Symposium, Starkville, MS, March 2012.

  • Carcione, B., K. D. White, and G. T. Stano. "An Analysis of Total Lightning Over North Alabama During the 2 March 2012 Tornado Event." Paper presented at the 26th Conference on Severe Local Storms, Nashville, TN, November 2012.

  • Carey, L. D., C. J. Schultz, A. L. Bain, A. Sherrer, K. R. Knupp, B. Carcione, C. C. Crowe, C. B. Darden, and M. E. Anderson. "An Inter-comparison of S-band and C-band Polarimetric Radar Signatures of Large Hail and Tornado Debris on 2 March 2012." Paper presented at the 26th Conference on Severe Local Storms, Nashville, TN, November 2012.

  • Crowe, C. C., C. J. Schultz, M. Kumijian, L. D. Carey, and W. A. Petersen. "Use of Dual-polarization Signatures in Diagnosing Tornadic Potential." Electronic Journal of Operational Meteorology 13, no. 5 (2012): 57–78.

  • Johnstone, T., S. E. Nelson, L. Belanger, M. E. Anderson, K. B. Laws, B. Carcione, C. J. Schultz, and L. D. Carey. "Operational Use of Polarimetric Tornadic Debris Signatures." Paper presented at the 26th Conference on Severe Local Storms, Nashville, TN, November 2012.

  • Schultz, C. J., L. D. Carey, E. V. Schultz, W. A. Petersen, K. R. Knupp, A. L. Molthan, G. J. Jedlovec, B. Carcione, C. B. Darden, and C. C. Crowe. "Dual-Polarimetric Radar-Based Tornado Debris Signatures and Paths Associated with Tornadoes Over Northern Alabama During the Historic Outbreak of April 2011." Paper presented at the Special Symposium on the Tornado Disasters of 2011, AMS Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, January 2012.

  • Schultz, C. J., L. D. Carey, E. V. Schultz, B. C. Carcione, C. B. Darden, C. C. Crowe, P. N. Gatlin, D. J. Nadler, W. A. Petersen, and K. R. Knupp. "Dual-Polarization Tornadic Debris Signatures Part I: Examples and Utility in an Operational Setting." Electronic Journal of Operational Meteorology 13, no. 9 (2012): 120–137.

  • Schultz, C. J., S. E. Nelson, L. D. Carey, L. Belanger, B. C. Carcione, C. B. Darden, T. Johnstone, A. L. Molthan, G. J. Jedlovec, E. V. Schultz, C. C. Crowe, and K. R. Knupp. "Dual-polarization Tornadic Debris Signatures Part II: Comparisons and Caveats." Electronic Journal of Operational Meteorology 13, no. 10 (2012): 138–150.

  • Stano, G. T., B. Carcione, C. W. Siewert, and K. M. Kuhlman. "Evaluation of NASA SPoRT’s Pseudo-Geostationary Lightning Mapper Products in the 2011 Spring Program." Paper presented at the Eighth Annual Symposium on Future Operational Environmental Satellite Systems, AMS Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, January 2012.

  • White, K. D., G. T. Stano, and B. Carcione. "The Use of the North Alabama Lightning Mapping Array in the Real-time Operational Warning Environment During the March 2nd, 2012 Severe Weather Outbreak in northern Alabama." Paper presented at the 37th National Weather Association Annual Meeting, Madison, WI, October 2012.

 

2011

  • Carcione, B., K. White, and J. L. Case. "New Operational Applications for the NASA Land Information System." Paper presented at the 36th National Weather Association Annual Meeting, Birmingham, AL, October 2011.

  • Betancourt-Negron, A. M., K. N. Scotten, J. M. Coyne, and J. L. Lee. "A Comparison of the Societal Impacts and Warning Operations for the 1989 and 2010 Huntsville, Alabama Tornadoes." Paper presented at the Tenth Annual Student Conference, AMS Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, January 2011.

  • Carcione, B., J. Burks, M. Smith, K. McGrath, and G. T. Stano. "Preparing NASA SPoRT Data Sets for the Next Generation of AWIPS." Paper presented at the 36th National Weather Association Annual Meeting, Birmingham, AL, October 2011.

  • Scotten, K. N., and J. L. Lee. "The Huntsville, Alabama Tornado Revisited: An In-Depth Look at Communications, Technology, and Societal Impacts." Paper presented at the Sixth Symposium on Policy and Socio-economic Research, AMS Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, January 2011.

  • Carcione, B., K. Laws, G. Jedlovec, A. Molthan, M. Smith, and F. LaFontaine. "Use of NASA Satellite Data in Tornado Damage Path Assessment." Paper presented at the 36th National Weather Association Annual Meeting, Birmingham, AL, October 2011.

  • Darden, C. B., and T. W. Troutman et al. "A Comparison of the 27 April 2011 north Alabama Tornado Outbreak to the 3 April 1974 Super Tornado Outbreak and a Previously Developed 'What If' Scenario for a North Alabama Tornado Outbreak." Paper presented at the 36th National Weather Association Annual Meeting, Birmingham, AL, October 2011.

  • Kula, A., S. Latimer, K. Knupp, and T. Coleman. "Evolution and Impacts of the 27 April 2011 Early Morning Quasi-Linear Convective System." Paper presented at the 36th National Weather Association Annual Meeting, Birmingham, AL, October 2011.

  • Laws, K. B., and C. C. Crowe. "An Examination of the Tornado Warnings across Alabama from 27 April 2011." Paper presented at the 36th National Weather Association Annual Meeting, Birmingham, AL, October 2011.

  • Molthan, A., G. Jedlovec, and B. Carcione. "NASA Satellite Data Assist in Tornado Damage Assessments." Eos Transactions American Geophysical Union 92, no. 40 (2011): 337. https://doi.org/10.1029/2011EO400002

  • Carey, L. D., C. J. Schultz, E. V. Schultz, W. A. Petersen, P. N. Gatlin, K. R. Knupp, A. L. Molthan, G. J. Jedlovec, and C. B. Darden. "Dual-Polarimetric Radar-based Tornado Debris Paths Associated with EF-4 and EF-5 Tornadoes over Northern Alabama during the historic outbreak of 27 April 2011." Paper presented at the 36th National Weather Association Annual Meeting, Birmingham, AL, October 2011.

  • Crowe, C. C., C. J. Schultz, M. Kumijian, L. D. Carey, and W. A. Petersen. "Use of Dual-Polarization Radar to Assess Low-Level Wind Shear in Severe Thunderstorm Near-Storm Environments in the Tennessee Valley." Paper presented at the 36th National Weather Association Annual Meeting, Birmingham, AL, October 2011.

  • Darden, C. B., B. Carcione, A. M. Woodward, and G. T. Stano. "The Utility of Total Lightning for Diagnosing the Severity of Summer Pulse Convection." Paper presented at the Fifth Conference on the Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data, AMS Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, January 2011.

  • Schultz, C. J., E. V. Schultz, C. B. Darden, B. C. Carcione, C. C. Crowe, D. J. Nadler, L. D. Carey, W. A. Petersen, P. N. Gatlin, and K. R. Knupp. "The Use of Dual Polarmetric Tornadic Debris Signatures in an Operational Setting." Paper presented at the 36th National Weather Association Annual Meeting, Birmingham, AL, October 2011.

  • Stano, G. T., and B. Carcione. "Total Lightning Visualizations to Enhance Forecast Operations." Paper presented at the 36th National Weather Association Annual Meeting, Birmingham, AL, October 2011.

  • Stano, G. T., B. Carcione, and C. B. Darden. "Improved Real-time Lightning Trend Products." Paper presented at the Fifth Conference on the Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data, AMS Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, January 2011.

  • Weber, K. T., A. Kula, and S. Latimer. "The Utility of the Normalized Rotation Parameter (NROT) with QLCS Tornadoes of EF2 or Higher Strength." Paper presented at the 2nd Midwest Bow Echo Workshop, St. Louis University, March 2011.

 

2010

  • Coyne, M., and I. Ramos. "Diagnosis of Synoptic Patterns for Snow Events in Northern Alabama." Paper presented at the 35th National Weather Association Annual Meeting, Tucson, AZ, October 2010.

  • Lee, J. L., K. Scotten, and A. Betancourt-Negron. "The 1989 and 2010 Huntsville, Alabama Tornadoes: Societal Impacts and Warning Operations." Paper presented at the 35th National Weather Association Annual Meeting, Tucson, AZ, October 2010.

  • Amin, M., and B. Carcione. "A Mesoscale Analysis of the April 24, 2010 Tornado Outbreak in North Alabama." Paper presented at the Ninth Southeast Severe Storms Symposium, Starkville, MS, September 2010.

  • Carcione, B., C. Darden, and J. L. Lee. "A Comparison of Significant Tornadoes in North Alabama since 2008." Paper presented at the 35th National Weather Association Annual Meeting, Tucson, AZ, October 2010.

  • Coyne, M., and S. J. Lopez. "Reanalysis of the 1989 Huntsville Alabama Tornado." Paper presented at the 35th National Weather Association Annual Meeting, Tucson, AZ, October 2010.

  • Kula, A., and D. Griffin. "A Case Review of the January 21, 2010 Huntsville, Alabama Tornado." Paper presented at the Ninth Southeast Severe Storms Symposium, Starkville, MS, September 2010.

  • Latimer, S., and A. Kula. "A Comparison of Warm and Cool Season Tornadic Quasi-Linear Convective Systems in North Alabama." Paper presented at the 26th Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology, AMS Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, January 2010.

  • Carcione, B., and M. Amin. "An Analysis of Total Lightning Information within the April 24, 2010 Tornadic Supercells." Paper presented at the Ninth Southeast Severe Storms Symposium, Starkville, MS, September 2010.

  • Schultz, C. J., E. V. Schultz, L. D. Carey, W. A. Peterson, B. Carcione, C. Darden, and D. Satterfield. "The Use of a Dual Polarimetric Debris Signature in the Real-time Operational Warning Environment During the April 24, 2010, Tornado Event in Northern Alabama." National Weather Association Newsletter, May 2010.

 

2009

  • Kula, A. "A Comparison of Warm and Cool Season Tornadic QLCS cases in North Alabama." Paper presented at the Eighth Southeast Severe Storms Symposium, Starkville, MS, September 2009.

  • Darden, C. B., M. Coyne, C. Palmgren, S. McCloud, and C. Schultz. "Utility of Local Radar Data in the Warning Decision Making Process." Paper presented at the 34th National Weather Association Annual Meeting, Norfolk, VA, October 2009.

 

2008

  • Coyne, J. M., and C. B. Darden. "Societal Impacts of the February 6th, 2008 Tornadoes in Northern Alabama." Paper presented at the 24th Conference on Severe Local Storms, Savannah, GA, October 2008.

  • Coyne, M., and B. Carcione. "The Evolution of NWS Operations Over the Last 20 Years." Paper presented at the 33rd National Weather Association Annual Meeting, Louisville, KY, October 2008.

  • Griffin, D. "A First Hand Account of the Devastating Impacts Along Portions of the Mississippi Gulf Coast in the Days Immediately Following Hurricane Katrina's Landfall." Paper presented at the Seventh Southeast Severe Storms Symposium, Starkville, MS, April 2008.

  • Carcione, B., D. Nadler, A. Kula, and J. Elliott. "A Review of the North Alabama Violent Tornado Outbreak on 6 February 2008." Paper presented at the Seventh Southeast Severe Storms Symposium, Starkville, MS, April 2008.

  • Coyne, M., and W. Mackenzie. "Mesoscale Analysis of the Lawrence County Storm: February 6, 2008." Paper presented at the 33rd National Weather Association Annual Meeting, Louisville, KY, October 2008.

  • Crowe, C., and M. Coyne. "Mesoscale Analysis of the Jackson County Storm: February 6, 2008." Paper presented at the 33rd National Weather Association Annual Meeting, Louisville, KY, October 2008.

  • Crowe, C., and J. R. Mecikalski. "Analysis of the Elevated Mixed Layer During the Super Tuesday Outbreak." Paper presented at the 24th Conference on Severe Local Storms, Savannah, GA, October 2008.

  • Troutman, T. et al. "What if the 3 April 1974 Tornado Super Outbreak in North Alabama Occurred Now?" Paper presented at the 33rd National Weather Association Annual Meeting, Louisville, KY, October 2008.

  • Troutman, T. et al. "A Tornado Track Climatology for the Huntsville Forecast Area 1874 to 2007." Paper presented at the 33rd National Weather Association Annual Meeting, Louisville, KY, October 2008.

  • Darden, C. B., J. Burks, D. E. Buechler, J. M. Hall, and S. J. Goodman. "The Utility of Total Lightning Tools and Technologies - Four Years of Operational Case Studies." Paper presented at the Third Conference on the Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data, AMS Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, January 2008.

  • White, K. D. "An Investigation of Atlantic Hurricane Tracks Since 1900 Given Discrete Sequential Sea Surface Temperature Anomalies within the Niño 1+2 Region." Paper presented at the 5th Annual Southeastern Coastal & Atmospheric Processes Symposium, Mobile, AL, March 2008.

 

2007

  • Nadler, D., B. Carcione, and A. Kula. "The Use of Several Unique Remote Sensing Tools and Techniques in Forecasts Made For the Central Tennessee Valley." Paper presented at the 32nd National Weather Association Annual Meeting, Reno, NV, October 2007.

  • Coyne, M., J. Burks, B. Carcione, and G. Machala. "SevereClear: A New Situational Awareness Display for NOAA/NWS Offices." Paper presented at the 32nd National Weather Association Annual Meeting, Reno, NV, October 2007.

  • Troutman, T., H. Allen, J. M. Coyne, and D. Nadler. "Updated Tornado Safety Preparedness for Schools." Paper presented at the 32nd National Weather Association Annual Meeting, Reno, NV, October 2007.

  • Carcione, B. C., D. J. Nadler, and A. Kula. "A Rare Early Fall Case of Non-Tropical Tornadic Supercells in North Alabama." Paper presented at the 6th Annual Southeast Severe Storms Symposium, Starkville, MS, March 2007.

  • Darden, C. B. "Near Storm Environment Parameters: A Review and Recent Case Study, February 2007." 2007.

  • Kula, A., and A. Duncan. "Documentation of a Rare Low Precipitation Supercell in the Tennessee Valley." Paper presented at the Sixth Annual Southeast Severe Storms Symposium, Starkville, MS, March 2007.

  • Nadler, D., B. Carcione, and A. Kula. "A Rare Early Fall Case of Non-Tropical Tornadic Supercells in North Alabama." Paper presented at the 32nd National Weather Association Annual Meeting, Reno, NV, October 2007.

  • Buechler, D. E., R. Blakeslee, S. Goodman, C. Darden, and P. Gatlin. "The Use of Total Lightning Data in Forecasting in Northern Alabama." Paper presented at the 32nd National Weather Association Annual Meeting, Reno, NV, October 2007.

 

2006

  • Carcione, B. C., T. Troutman, J. M. Coyne, and J. E. Burks. "The WEBCEM- An Automated Dissemination Method for Issuing Non-Weather Related Hazardous Warnings via the Web." Paper presented at the 31st National Weather Association Annual Meeting, Cleveland, OH, October 2006.

 

2005

  • Allen, H., C. B. Darden, and J. Mecikalski. "The Latency of Model Generated Precipitation in Winter Time Cyclones." Paper presented at the 19th Conference on Hydrology, AMS Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, January 2005.

  • Allen, H. "Utilizing Mobile Integrated Profiling System Data for Operational Forecasting." Paper presented at the 19th Conference on Hydrology, AMS Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, January 2005.

  • Darden, C. B. "Note on Fall Frontal Passages." Forecasting Note, October 2005.

  • Schaub, Jr., W. R. "Gravity Waves: Those Important to Operational Weather Forecasting." Forecasting Note, February 28, 2005.

  • Bridenstine, P., C. B. Darden, J. E. Burks, and S. J. Goodman. "The Application of Total Lightning Data in the Warning Decision Making Process." Paper presented at the Conference on the Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data, AMS Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, January 2005.

  • Darden, C. B., P. Bridenstine, J. E. Burks, S. J. Goodman, D. Buechler, J. Hall, and J. T. Bradshaw. "The Integration of Total Lightning Information into National Weather Service Operations." Paper presented at the Conference on the Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data, San Diego, CA, January 2005.

 

2004

  • Jedlovec, G. J., S. L. Haines, R. J. Suggs, J. T. Bradshaw, C. B. Darden, and J. E. Burks. "Use of EOS Data in AWIPS for Weather Forecasting." Paper presented at the 20th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting, AMS Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, January 2004.

  • Lapenta, W., R. Wohlman, J. T. Bradshaw, G. Jedlovec, S. Goodman, C. B. Darden, J. E. Burks, and P. Meyer. "Transition From Research To Operations: Assessing Value of Experimental Forecast Products Within the NWSFO Environment." 2004.

 

2003

  • Richter, M., and W. R. Schaub, Jr. "Minimum Temperature Study for Northeast Alabama: Preliminary Results for the Winter and Spring Seasons." Forecasting Note, November 6, 2003.

  • Schaub, Jr., W. R. "Valley to Ridge Temperature Differences in Northeast Alabama." Forecasting Note, April 4, 2003.

  • Weber, K. T. "Severe Weather Climatology of Huntsville Weather Forecast Office County Warning Area." Technical Memorandum, 2003.

  • Zika, M., C. B. Darden, and M. Richter. "The Hail Outbreak of 02 May 2003: An Overview of One of Alabama's Costliest Hailstorms." Paper presented at the National Weather Association Annual Meeting, Jacksonville, FL, October 2003.

  • Darden, C. B., J. E. Burks, J. T. Bradshaw, D. Boccippio, S. J. Goodman, R. Blakeslee, E. McCaul, D. Buechler, J. Hall, and J. Bailey. "The Integration of Total Lightning Information into National Weather Service Operations." Paper presented at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 2003.

  • Goodman, S. J., R. Blakeslee, H. Christian, W. Koshak, J. Bailey, J. Hall, E. McCaul, D. Buechler, C. B. Darden, J. E. Burks, and J. T. Bradshaw. "The North Alabama Lightning Mapping Array: Recent Results and Future Prospects." Paper presented at the 12th International Conference on Atmosphere Electricity, Versailles, France, June 2003.

 

2002

  • Darden, C. B., B. Carroll, S. Goodman, G. Jedlovec, and B. Lapenta. "Bridging the Gap Between Research and Operations in the National Weather Service: Collaborative Activities Among the Huntsville Meteorological Community." NOAA, Technical Memorandum NWS SR-222, 2002.

  • Buechler, D. E., S. J. Goodman, and C. B. Darden. "Total Lightning Data in Weather Forecasting: The SPoRT Perspective." Paper presented at the National Weather Association Annual Meeting, Fort Worth, TX, October 2002.

  • Goodman, S. J., R. Blakeslee, H. Christian, D. Boccippio, W. Koshak, J. Bailey, J. Hall, M. Bateman, E. McCaul, D. Buechler, C. B. Darden, J. T. Bradshaw, and R. Boldi. "The North Alabama Severe Thunderstorm Observations, Research, and Monitoring Network (STORMnet)." Paper presented at the 17th International Lightning Detection Conference, Tucson, AZ, October 2002.

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