8:00
Coffee/breakfast
8:30
Opening Remarks (Planning committee)
8:40
Session 1: Operations and Applications
Convener: Josh Cossuth
8:40
(Invited Talk) Modeling updates at the US Air Force’s 16th Weather Squadron
Evan Kuchera, 16th Weather Squadron
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9:30
Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center Verification Status Overview Raymond Lee, Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center (FNMOC)
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9:50
Deployment of Ground Station Observation Network (GSON) to deliver low latency Satellite Cloud Products Louis Nguyen, NASA Langley Research Center
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10:10
(Virtual Talk) The Use of the METplus Verification and Diagnostic Capability for Verification of Cloud Fields
Tara Jensen, NCAR/RAL and DTC
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10:30
Coffee Break
10:50
Session 2: Statistical post-processing of cloud forecasts, including machine learning techniques
Convener: Jason Nachamkin
10:50
Machine Learning for Coastal Fog Predictions and the AI2ES National AI Institute Phillipe Tissot, a Department of Computing Sciences, Texas A&M University
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11:10
(Virtual Talk) An overview of the Cube of Calibrated Clouds post-processing project
Justin McLay, Naval Research Laboratory Marine Meteorology Division
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11:30
Optical Flow Applications for Meteorological Satellite Imagery and Cloud Nowcasting Techniques Matthew King, Colorado State University
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11:50
(Virtual Talk) Hierarchical Deep Learning for Efficient Onboard Satellite Cloud Detection and Alerting
Sarvesh Garimella, MyRadar
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12:10
- 13:10
Lunch
13:10
(Invited Talk) Combining Uncertainty Quantification and XAI to Understand the Sensitivities of Deep Learning Winter Precipitation Type Predictions
David John Gagne, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado
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14:00
The Influence of Feature Aggregation for Explainable AI for High Dimensional Geoscience Applications Evan Krell, Conrad Blucher Institute for Surveying and Science, Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi; NSF AI Institute for Research on Trustworthy AI in Weather, Climate and Coastal Oceanography
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14:20
Comparative assessment of machine learning based forecast correction models for different tropospheric cloud regimes Chuyen Nguyen, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory
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14:40
Session 3: Probabilistic cloud forecasting
Convener: Erica Dolinar
14:40
Extended-Range Prediction of Clouds in Coupled Global Ensembles Matthew Janiga, Naval Research Laboratory Marine Meteorology Division
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15:00
Coffee Break
15:20
Session 4: Diagnosis and verification of clouds (Part 1)
Convener: Erica Dolinar
15:20
Global Cloud Free Line of Sight (CFLOS) Characterizations Using Numerical Weather Prediction Data Dr. Steven Fiorino, Air Force Institute of Technology, Center for Directed Energy
15:40
Cloud verification plans for turbulence and icing assessments Matthew Wandishin, NOAA/GSL
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16:00
Using multiple observations and retrievals to evaluate WRF-simulated MCS precipitation under different synoptic patterns and MCS stages over the CONUS Xiguan Dong, Department of Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson,
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16:20
- 17:30
Panel Discussion
18:00
- 20:00
Social event at West End Tavern, Top Deck Patio, 9th and Pearl Street, Boulder.
Incredible heavy appetizers for all, desserts and non-alcoholic beverages hosted. Cash bar for alcohol.