HL Publications and Papers

20th Conference on Hydrology, January 2006

• Automated Real-Time Rain Gauge Quality Control Tools in NWS Hydrological Operations (20th Conference on Hydrology, 1/2006)
Paper (Adobe Acrobat format)
Poster (Powerpoint format)
• Use of 4 km, 1 Hr Precipitation Forecasts to Drive a Distributed Hydrologic Model for Flash Flood Prediction (20th Conference on Hydrology, 1/2006)
Paper (Adobe Acrobat format)
Presentation (Powerpoint format)

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32nd Radar Conference, October 2005

• Evaluation of the Range Correction Algorithm and Convective Stratiform Separation Algorithm for Improving Hydrological Modeling (Adobe Acrobat format)
• Preliminary Results for the 0-1 Hour Multisensor Precipitation Nowcaster (32nd Radar Conference, 10/2005)
  Paper (Adobe Acrobat format)
  Presentation (Powerpoint format)

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19th Conference on Hydrology, January 2005

• A Multi-Site Evaluation of the Range Correction and Convective-Stratiform Separation Algorithm for Improving WSR-88D Raining Estimates (Adobe Acrobat format)

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18th Conference on Hydrology, January 2004

• Validation of Range Correction Algorithm Using Real-Time Radar data from Sterling, VA (Adobe Acrobat format)

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AMS 82ND ANNUAL MEETING - JANUARY 2002

• Overview and Status of the Hydrologic Forecast System in the National Weather Service Weather Forecast Offices
• The Ingest, Quality Control, and Processing of Hydrometeorological Data at National Weather Service Field Offices

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AMS 80TH ANNUAL MEETING - JANUARY 2000

• A Prototype Operation 0-1 Hour Radar-Based Flash Flood Potential Algorithm (Adobe Acrobat format)
• Criteria to Select Basins for Hydrologic Model Development and Testing (Adobe Acrobat format)
• Development of Data Architecture for the NWS Hydrologic Services Program (Adobe Acrobat format)
• Evaluation Of The Advantages Of The Continuous SAC-SMA Model Over An Event API Model (Adobe Acrobat format)
• Flash Flood Monitoring and Prediction in AWIPS Build 5 and Beyond (Adobe Acrobat format)
• Hydrologic Application Of Global Ensemble Prediction Forecasts (Adobe Acrobat format)
• Retrospective Analysis of Water Budget for the Mississippi Basin (Adobe Acrobat format)
• Statistical Comparisons Of Mean Areal Precipitation Estimates From WSR-88D Operational And Historical Gage Networks (Adobe Acrobat format)
• Total Water Storage Range of the Mississippi River Basin (Adobe Acrobat format)
• Use Of Soil Property Data In The Derivation Of Conceptual Rainfall-Runoff Model Parameters (Adobe Acrobat format)
  

AREA STUDIES AND ANALYSIS

• Estimating 6-hour average temperatures from maximum and minimum values, western U.S. and Alaska
• Impact Assessment Study of Climate Change on Evapotranspiration and Irrigated Agriculture in the San Luis Valley, Colorado
• Lessons Taught by Floods in the United States of America
• The Great USA Flood of 1993

DATA ANALYSIS AND MANAGEMENT

• Recent Developments in Data Analysis, Quality Control and Data Browsing at the National Weather Service Office of Hydrology
• The NOAA Hydrologic Data System

DISTRIBUTED PARAMETER HYDROLOGIC MODELING

• A Local Headwater Model for Operational Use in the Modernized National Weather Service
• Comparison of National Weather Service Operational Mean Areal Precipitation Estimates Derived from NEXRAD Radar versus Rain Gage Networks
• Distributed Parameter Hydrologic Modeling and NEXRAD for River Forecasting: Scale Issues Facing the National Weather Service
• Enhancements of River Forecasts Using Dynamic Hydraulic Flow Routing
• One-Dimensional Routing of Mud/Debris Flows Using NWS FLDWAV Model
• Sensitivity of the Sacramento Soil Moisture Accounting Model to Space-Time Scale Precipitation Inputs from NEXRAD

ENSEMBLE STREAMFLOW PREDICTION

• Verification of Probabilistic Forecasts (OHD and UAZ)
• A Verification System For Probabilistic Hydrograph Forecasts
• Advanced Products and Services for Flood and Drought Mitigation Activities
• Integration of Meteorological Forecasts/Climate Outlooks Into Extended Streamflow Prediction (ESP) System
• National Weather Service River Forecast System (NWSRFS) Operational Procedures For Using Short And Long Range Precipitation Forecasts As Input To Ensemble Streamflow Prediction (ESP)
• NWS Products and Services: Moving from the Traditional to the Technically Advanced

FLASH FLOOD MONITORING AND PREDICTION

• A Prototype Operation 0-1 Hour Radar-Based Flash Flood Potential Algorithm (WordPerfect format)
• A Prototype Operation 0-1 Hour Radar-Based Flash Flood Potential Algorithm (Presentations format)
• A Prototype Operation 0-1 Hour Radar-Based Flash Flood Potential Algorithm (Adobe Acrobat format)
• Flash Flood Monitoring and Prediction in AWIPS Build 5 and Beyond (WordPerfect format)
• Flash Flood Monitoring and Prediction in AWIPS Build 5 and Beyond (Presentations format)
• Flash Flood Monitoring and Prediction in AWIPS Build 5 and Beyond (Adobe Acrobat format)

FOURTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON HYDROINFORMATICS - JULY 2000

• Prototyping the Data Access Layer of the Integrated Hydrologic Forecast System (Adobe Acrobat format)

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MODERNIZATION

• A Pathway Toward Improving Hydrologic Predictions
• Implementation of Modernized Hydrologic Operations and Services in the National Weather Service: Overview and Status
• Modernized Hydrologic Forecast Operations at National Weather Service Weather Forecast Offices
• NWS Advanced Capabilities in Flash Flood Forecasting
• Recent Database Developments at the National Weather Service Office of Hydrology
• The Implementation of an Interactive River Forecast System For The National Weather Service

WSR-88D RAINFALL ESTIMATION

• FY 2008 final OHD report to Radar Operations Center (PDF)
• FY 2007 final OHD report to Radar Operations Center (PDF)
• FY 2006 final OHD report to Radar Operations Center (PDF)
• The Enhanced Multisensor Precipitation Estimator and Nowcaster - Improving WFO Flash Flood Services (4/2006) (Adobe Acrobat format)
• Automated Real-Time Rain Gauge Quality Control Tools in NWS Hydrological Operations (20th Conference on Hydrology, 1/2006)
Paper (Adobe Acrobat format)
Poster (Powerpoint format)
• Use of 4 km, 1 Hr Precipitation Forecasts to Drive a Distributed Hydrologic Model for Flash Flood Prediction (20th Conference on Hydrology, 1/2006)
Paper (Adobe Acrobat format)
Presentation (Powerpoint format)
• Multisensor Precipitation Estimator (MPE) Training Workshop (12/2005):
  Lecture 1 (full)
  Lecture 2 (full)
• Evaluation of the Range Correction Algorithm and Convective Stratiform Separation Algorithm for Improving Hydrological Modeling (32nd Radar Conference, 10/2005)
• Preliminary Results for the 0-1 Hour Multisensor Precipitation Nowcaster (32nd Radar Conference, 10/2005)
  Paper (Adobe Acrobat format)
  Presentation (Powerpoint format)
• Towards Probabilistic Quantitative Precipitation WSR-88D Algorithms: Phase 4 Final Report - Univ. of Iowa Report to NWS/OHD (10/2005)
• An Assessment of TDWR Rainfall Estimates for Flash Flood Forecasting - Princeton University Report to NWS/OHD (6/2005)
  Report (Adobe Acrobat format)
  Figures (Adobe Acrobat format)
• A Multi-Site Evaluation of the Range Correction and Convective-Stratiform Separation Algorithm for Improving WSR-88D Raining Estimates (19th Conference on Hydtrology, 1/2005)
• MOU report to ROC, 2004-2005
• 2004 ROC-OHD MOU Final Report (12/2004)
• Validation of Range Correction Algorithm Using Real-Time Radar, data from Sterling, VA (18th Conference on Hydrology, 1/2004)
• 2003 ROC-OHD MOU Final Report (12/2003)
• Dual Polarization Radar from the NWS Hydrology Perspective (12/2003)
• Rainfall Measurements with the Polarimetric WSR-88D Radar - NSSL Report to NWS/OHD (10/2003)*
• Truncation Errors in Historical WSR-88D Rainfall Products (Radar Met. Conf. 8/2003)
  Paper (Adobe Acrobat format)
  Poster
• Towards Probabilistic Quantitative Precipitation WSR-88D Algorithms - University of Iowa Report to NWS/OHD (5/2003)
• Next-generation Probabilistic WSR-88D Rainfall Algorithms in the NWS (PQPE Workshop) (4/2003)
• Real-time Operational Rain Gauge Quality Controlling (3/2003)
• Multisensor Precipitation Estimator - The Future of WFO Rainfall Estimation Has Arrived (poster, NWS Hydrologic Program Managers Conference) (12/2002)
• Improving NWS WSR-88D Rainfall Algorithms and Products at the Hydrology Laboratory (TAC meeting) (11/2002)
• Multisensor Precipitation Estimator (Flash Flood Workshop) (8/2002)
• Projects and Plans for Improving WSR-88D Rainfall Algorithms and Products in the NWS (HAS Conference) (8/2002)
• 2002 ROC-OHD MOU Final Report (8/2002)
• 5-Year Science Infusion Plan for WSR-88D Quantitative Precipitation Estimation (7/2002)
• Activities to Improve WSR-88D Radar Rainfall Estimation in the National Weather Service (conference paper) (7/2002)
• Activities to Improve WSR-88D Radar Rainfall Estimation in the National Weather Service (oral conference presentation) (7/2002)
• Activities and Plans to Improve WSR-88D Rainfall Estimation and Forecasting in the NWS (DOH Science Conference) (6/2002)
• AMS Short Course on Quantitative Precipitation Estimation and Forecasting, (1/2002)
• NWS Objectives for JPOLE (10/2001)
• NWS Hydrology Program Objectives for JPOLE (10/2001)
• 2001 ROC-OHD MOU Final Report (7/2001)
• RFC-wide Multisensor Precipitation Estimator Training Course, (6/2001)
• Projects and Plans for Improving WSR-88D Rainfall Algorithms and Products (5/2001)(Adobe Acrobat Format)
• Projects and Plans for Improving WSR-88D Rainfall Algorithms and Products (5/2001)(HTML Format)
• Radar-based Rainfall Estimation in the NWS Hydrology Program: Upcoming Improvements and Outstanding Issues (8/2000)  (PPT Format)
• 2000 OSF-OH MOU Final Report (7/2000)
• 2000 OSF-OH MOU Final Report (7/2000) (HTML format)
• Areal Rainfall Estimation Using Conventional and Polarimetric Radar Methods (7/1999) (Presentations format)
• WSR-88D Polar to HRAP Mapping (8/1998) (WordPerfect format)
• WSR-88D Polar to HRAP Mapping (8/1998) (Adobe Acrobat format)
• WSR-88D Rainfall Algorithm (6/1998)
• Stage II and III Post Processing of NEXRAD Precipitation Estimates in the Modernized Weather Service (1/1998)

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