Physical Sciences Laboratory researchers to present at the 2025 AMS Annual Meeting
The American Meteorological Society’s (AMS) premier conference is their annual meeting which brings together top meteorologists, atmospheric scientists, oceanographers, hydrologists, climatologists, and other professionals in the field of weather, water, and climate sciences.
The 105th AMS Annual Meeting is taking place January 12 to 16, 2025, at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, Louisiana, with the theme “Towards a Thriving Planet: Charting the Course Across Scales .” Several PSL researchers will be attending to present their science to this gathering of meteorology experts.
A rundown of PSL presenters is below (All times Central Standard Time, UTC-5). A full searchable schedule of all 2025 AMS presentations is available on the 2025 AMS Annual Meeting Online Program .
Monday, January 13
Air-Ice-Ocean Coupling During Cyclone Events in the Central Arctic
Presenter: Ola Persson (PSL/CIRES)
Presentation Type: Oral Session
08:30 AM – 8:45 PM, Room 211/212
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Multiyear to Decadal Climate Variability: Mechanisms, Predictability and Prediction
Co-chair: Antonietta Capotondi (PSL/CIRES)
Presentation Type: Session Co-chair
08:30 AM – 10:00 AM, Room 243
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An Evaluation of the Weather Prediction Center’s Quantitative Precipitation Forecasts for Extreme Precipitation Events between 2012-2023
Presenter: Diana Stovern (PSL/CIRES)
Presentation Type: Oral Session
09:00 AM – 09:15 AM, Room 210
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Advancements in Physics Parameterizations for Global Earth System Modeling: Unveiling GFSv17/GEFSv13/SFSv1 Physics under the Unified Forecast System (UFS) Research to Operations (R2O) project
Presenter: Lisa Bengtsson (PSL)
Presentation Type: Oral Session
9:45 AM – 10:00 AM, Room 341
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Session 2A - Land Data Assimilation for Improved Hydrological Simulations
Co-chair: Clara Draper (PSL)
Presentation Type: Session Co-chair
10:45 AM – 12:00 PM, Room 209
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Integrating “data driven” prediction models into DA for NWP
Presenter: Jeffrey Whitaker (PSL)
Presentation Type: Oral Session
11:15 AM – 11:30 AM, Room 222
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The Crucial Role of the Initial State in MJO prediction
Presenter: Lisa Bengtsson (PSL)
Presentation Type: Oral Session
11:30 AM – 11:45 AM, Room 203
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2.5 - Panel Discussion - All Panelists with Q & A (New Opportunities for Data Assimilation from Machine Learning and Artifical Intelligence in Earth System Prediction)
Panelist: Laura Slivinski (PSL)
Presentation Type: Panel Discussion
11:30 AM – 11:45 AM, Room 222
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Poster - Multiyear to Decadal Climate Variability: Mechanisms, Predictability and Prediction
Co-chair: Antonietta Capotondi (PSL/CIRES)
Presentation Type: Poster Session
3:00 PM – 4:40 PM, Hall C
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Tuesday, January 14
Multiyear to Decadal Climate Variability: Mechanisms, Predictability and Prediction
Co-chair: Antonietta Capotondi (PSL/CIRES)
Presentation Type: Poster Session
8:30 AM – 10:00 AM, Room 243
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Improving Stochastic Representations of Parameterized Physical Processes in Weather and Climate Models
Presenter: Gilbert Compo (PSL/CIRES)
Presentation Type: Oral Session
9:15 AM – 9:30 AM, Room 207
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Modernizing NOAA's Extreme Precipitation Guidance for High-Hazard Infrastructure in a Changing Climate: Updating Probable Maximum Precipitation Estimation Using State-of-the-Science Recommendations
Presenter: Kelly Mahoney (PSL)
Presentation Type: Oral Session
9:45 AM – 10:00 AM, Room 210
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Session 7A - Explaining Extreme Events from a Climate Perspective I
Co-chair: Andrew Hoell (PSL)
Presentation Type: Session Co-chair
1:45 PM – 3:00 PM, Room 243
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Gerald Meehl Symposium Session II
Co-chair: Antonietta Capotondi (PSL/CIRES)
Presentation Type: Session Co-chair
1:45 PM – 3:00 PM, Great Hall C
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A View of Jerry Meehl's Work on Multiscale Interactions in the Climate System
Presenter: George Kiladis (PSL)
Presentation Type: Oral Session
2:00 PM – 2:15 PM, Great Hall C
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Development of an operational regional Northeast Pacific ocean-biogeochemical modeling system: Skill assessment of retrospective seasonal forecasts
Presenter: Dmitry Dukhovskoy (PSL)
Presentation Type: Oral Session
2:15 PM – 2:30 PM, Room 213
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Trends in Daily Temperatures and the Diurnal Cycle
Presenter: George Kiladis (PSL)
Presentation Type: Poster Session
3:00 PM – 4:30 PM, Hall C
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Evaluation of a High-Resolution Replay Dataset for Applications to Extreme Precipitation
Presenter: Brett Basarab (CIRES/PSL)
Presentation Type: Poster Session
3:00 PM – 4:30 PM, Hall C
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A JEDI-based 2DVar Snow Depth Analysis for NOAA's Global NWP system
Presenter: Clara Draper (PSL)
Presentation Type: Poster Session
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM, Hall C
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Session 8A - Explaining Extreme Events from a Climate Perspective II
Co-chair: Andrew Hoell (PSL)
Presentation Type: Oral Session
4:30 PM – 6:00 PM, Room 243
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Session 8A - Advances in R2O & O2R with Analysis and Forecasting Systems, Technologies, and Methodologies, Linking between Solutions and Requirements to Address Field's Forecasting Needs III: Forecasting, Evaluation, and Verification
Co-chair: Dmitry Dukhovskoy (PSL)
Presentation Type: Session Co-chair
4:30 PM – 6:00 PM, Room 213
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Session 8 - Advances in Data Assimilation Methodology for Nonlinear Multiscale Problems
Presenter: Clara Draper (PSL)
Presentation Type: Oral Session
4:40 PM – 6:00 PM, Room 222
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Recent Developments in Land Data Assimilation for Global NWP at NOAA
Chair: Clara Draper (PSL)
Presentation Type: Session Chair
5:00 PM – 5:15 PM, Room 222
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Developing a Reliable Long-Term Record of Fire-Weather Monitoring Indices from a 200-yr Atmospheric Reanalysis Dataset
Presenter: Gilbert Compo (PSL/CIRES)
Presentation Type: Oral Session
5:30 PM – 5:45 PM, Room 202
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Wednesday, January 15
The NOAA Testbeds & Proving Grounds: Advancing probabilistic hazards forecasting for decision support
Presenter: Andrea Ray (PSL)
Presentation Type: Oral Session
8:30 AM – 8:45 PM, Room 343
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The Short Life of Upvalley Wind during the Warm Season in Colorado’s East River Valley
Presenter: Bianca Adler (PSL/CIRES)
Presentation Type: Oral Session
8:30 AM – 8:45 AM, Room 221
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Session 9B - El Niño Southern Oscillation: Dynamics, Prediction and Projection I
Co-chair: Antonietta Capotondi (PSL/CIRES)
Presentation Type: Session Co-chair
8:30 AM – 10:00 AM, Room 243
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Investigating the Representation of Extremes in High-Resolution, Long Period-of-Record Precipitation Products in the Continental US
Presenter: Janice Bytheway (PSL)
Presentation Type: Oral Session
8:30 AM – 10:00 AM, Room 243
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Session Chair: Session 10A - Advancing Hazards Forecasting and Decision Support through NOAA Testbeds and Proving Grounds II
Chair: Andrea Ray (PSL)
Presentation Type: Session Chair
10:45 AM – 12:00 PM, Room 343
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Session 11B Remote Sensing of Precipitation at Regional, Continental, and Global Scales: Estimation, Evaluation, and Applications I
Chair: Janice Bytheway (PSL)
Presentation Type: Session Chair
1:45 PM – 3:00 PM, Room 210
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Diagnosis of the role of the tropics in driving serial clustering of atmospheric rivers over the U.S. West Coast during January 2023
Presenter: Benjamin Moore (PSL)
Presentation Type: Poster Session
1:45 PM – 2:00 PM, Room 244
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NOAA's Physical Sciences Laboratory Drone-based Meteorological Data Obtained as part the WMO UAS Demonstration Campaign 2024
Presenter: Janet Intrieri (PSL)
Presentation Type: Poster Session
3:00 PM – 4:30 PM, Hall C
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Orography-Induced Gravity Wave Drag Parameterizations in the NCEP GFS
Presenter: Song You Hong (PSL/CIRES)
Presentation Type: Poster Session
3:00 PM – 4:30 PM, Hall C
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Skill assessments of seasonal sea level predictions using the operational North American Multi-Model Ensemble models
Presenter: Yan Wang (PSL/CIRES)
Presentation Type: Poster Session
3:00 PM – 4:30 PM, Hall C
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Improving Snow to Improve Streamflow: Using Data-derived Snow to Estimate Streamflow in the NextGen National Water Model
Presenter: Engela Sthapit (PSL/CIRES)
Presentation Type: Poster Session
3:00 PM – 4:30 PM, Hall C
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Orography-Induced Gravity Wave Drag Parameterizations in the NCEP GFS
Presenter: Songyou Hong (PSL/CIRES)
Presentation Type: Poster Session
3:00 PM – 4:30 PM, Hall C
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Session 12B Remote Sensing of Precipitation at Regional, Continental, and Global Scales: Estimation, Evaluation, and Applications II
Co-chair: Janice Bytheway (PSL)
Presentation Type: Session Co-chair
4:30 PM – 6:00 PM, Room 210
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Impacts of Weak Sea Surface Temperature Warm Anomalies on Trade Wind Cloudiness in Large Eddy Simulations
Presenter: Xuanyu Chen (PSL/CIRES)
Presentation Type: Oral Session
4:30 PM – 4:45 PM, Room 212
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Assimilating Real Observations with ML Models
Presenter: Jeffrey Whitaker (PSL/CIRES)
Presentation Type: Oral Session
4:30 PM – 4:45 PM, Room 222
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12C.2 - Leveraging Research at the NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory: Accelerating R2X with NOAA operations and applications partners
Presenter: Andrea Ray (PSL)
Presentation Type: Panel Discussion
4:45 PM – 5:00 PM, Room 219
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Impact of HRRR model physics development on the forecast of hub-height winds and wind ramp events during WFIP3
Presenter: Laura Bianco (PSL/CIRES)
Presentation Type: Oral Session
4:45 PM – 5:00 PM, Room 217
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Impact of model physics development for WFIP3 on offshore wind forecasts during low-level jet events
Presenter: Bianca Adler (PSL/CIRES)
Presentation Type: Oral Session
5:00 PM – 5:15 PM, Room 217
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Disaster Forensics: Learning from the Past for a more Resilient Future
Presenter: Roger Pulwarty (PSL)
Presentation Type: Oral Session
5:45 PM – 6:00 PM, Room 347
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Thursday, January 16
Session 13B - El Niño Southern Oscillation: Dynamics, Prediction and Projection II
Co-chair: Antonietta Capotondi (PSL/CIRES)
Presentation Type: Oral Session
8:30 AM – 10:00 AM, Room 243
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Session 13C - Advancements in Analysis and Prediction of Drought
Co-chair: Maya Robinson (PSL/CIRES)
Presentation Type: Session Co-chair
8:30 AM – 10:00 AM, Room 221
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Marine Fog and its Role in the Atmospheric Boundary Layer over Southern New England during WFIP3: Observations and Model Simulations
Presenter: Timothy Myers (PSL/CIRES)
Presentation Type: Oral Session
8:45 AM – 9:00 AM, Room 217
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The influence of the tropical Atlantic on tropical Pacific climate variability
Presenter: Antonietta Capotondi (PSL/CIRES)
Presentation Type: Oral Session
9:45 AM – 10:00 AM, Room 243
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NOAA Booth talk: NOAA Testbeds & Proving Grounds: A Crucible for Transitions between Research & Operations
Presenter: Andrea Ray (PSL)
Presentation Type: Oral Session
10:20 AM – 10:45 AM, Room 343
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An Unexpected Outcome Followed an Apparent Forecast of Opportunity and Prolonged Drought in Southwest Asia (Invited Presentation)
Presenter: Andrew Hoell (PSL)
Presentation Type: Oral Session
10:45 AM – 11:00 AM, Room 243
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Session 14C - Flash Drought Monitoring, Predictability, and Impacts in a Changing Climate
Co-chairs: Andrew Hoell (PSL), Mike Hobbins (PSL/CIRES)
Presentation Type: Session Co-chair
10:45 AM – 12:00 PM, Room 221
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How Well are Atmospheric Rivers Captured in Medium-Range Machine Learning Weather Predictions?
Presenter: Leif Swanson (PSL/CIRES)
Presentation Type: Oral Session
11:30 AM – 11:45 PM, Room 207
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Influence of Atmospheric Errors on Weeks 2-4 California Current System Predictions
Presenter: Maria Gehne (PSL/CIRES)
Presentation Type: Oral Session
11:45 AM – 12:00 PM, Room 207
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Town Hall Meeting - FIG Town Hall #3: The Impact of AI Forecasting on the Weather Enterprise
Panelist: Lisa Bengtsson (PSL)
Presentation Type: Town Hall
12:15 PM – 1:15 PM, Room 339
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Remote Sensing of Precipitation at Regional, Continental, and Global Scales: Recent Advances in Weather Radar Applications including Machine Learning and AI
Chairs: Rob Cifelli (PSL), Sounak Biswas (PSL/CIRA)
Presentation Type: Session Chair
1:45 PM – 3:00 PM, Room 209
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Identifying optimal weather conditions for prescribed fires in California
Presenter: Rochelle Worsnop (PSL)
Presentation Type: Oral Session
2:15 PM – 2:30 PM, Room 202
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Diagnosing moisture anomalies at the drought-wildfire nexus: the Marshall (CO) and Caldor (CA) fires
Presenter: Mike Hobbins (PSL/CIRES)
Presentation Type: Poster Session
3:00 PM – 4:30 PM, Hall C
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Development of a Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Emulator
Presenter: Niraj Agarwal (PSL/CIRES)
Presentation Type: Poster Session
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM, Hall C
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Examine downstream impacts of mesoscale sea surface temperature anomalies on trade cumulus clouds using satellite observations
Presenter: Xuanyu Chen (PSL/CIRES)
Presentation Type: Poster Session
3:00 PM – 4:30 PM, Hall C
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Posted: January 3, 2025
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