INDEX OF 1997 TECHNICAL ATTACHMENTS
97-01 Jan 07 The Benefits of Higher Resolution in Representing Topography (Mike
Staudenmaier, Jr. - WRH-SSD/NWSFO Salt Lake City, UT)
97-02 Jan 14 Chaff Mixed with Radar Weather Echoes (Steve Vasiloff, NSSL/NWS,
SSD and Mark Struthwolf, NWSFO Salt Lake City, UT)
97-03 Jan 21 Why is High Resolution Important in the West? An Early Look at the
Eta-10 Model Output (Mike Staudenmaier, Jr. - WRH-SSD/NWSFO
Salt Lake City, UT)
97-04 Jan 28 Use of an Acoustic Wind Profiler (SODAR) at the Fork Fire for
Continuous Upper Level Wind Profile and Stability Measurements
(Fred Svetz - Interagency Fire Weather Unit - Redding, CA and
Alexander N. Barnett, - AeroVironment Environmental Services Inc. -
Monrovia, CA)
97-05 Feb 11 An Examination of an Outflow Boundary and Thunderstorm Initiation
Along the Continental Divide of North-central Montana for 11 June
1995 (Donald J. Emanuel - NWSFO Great Falls, MT)
97-06 Feb 18 Current and Upcoming Changes to the Eta Models (Jon Mittelstadt -
WRH, SSD - Salt Lake City, UT)
97-07 Feb 25 The Soil Model in the Eta (Mike Staudenmaier, Jr. - WRH-SSD/NWSFO Salt Lake City, UT)
97-08 Feb 25 Creating a Presentation for the Telewriter Training System (Casidy
Hallsten - WRH, SSD - Salt Lake City, UT)
97-09 Mar 25 The Navy Operational Global Atmospheric Prediction System
(NOGAPS) (Mike Staudenmaier, Jr. - WR-SSD/NWSFO Salt Lake
City, UT)
97-10 Mar 25 High Reflectivity/non-severe Thunderstorm in Complex Terrain
(Steve Vasiloff - NSSL - NWS, WRH-SSD Salt Lake City and Stephen
Adams - NWSFO Reno, NV)
97-11 Mar 25 A December Severe Thunderstorm in Southwest Idaho (Chris Gibson
- NWSFO Boise, ID)
97-12 Apr 01 Conditional Symmetric Instability Contributing to Heavy Precipitation
in the Pacific Northwest (Russell Mann, NWSO Riverton, WY)
97-13 Apr 08 Quantitative Precipitation Forecast Activities of the NWSFO Reno
During the December 1996 - January 1997 Flooding (Steven
Goldstein - NWSFO Reno, NV)
97-14 Apr 22 Integrating the Spotter Program into the Modernized National
Weather Service (Mark H. Strobin, John Livingston, and Kenneth
Holmes - NWSO Spokane, WA)
97-15 May 20 Automated Packet Radio Bulletin Board System (Chris R. Hintz -
NWSFO Portland, OR)
97-16 May 27 GOES Sounder Data Displayed as SKEWTs (Kevin J. Schrab -
WRH/SSD Salt Lake City, UT)
97-17 Jun 03 Haines Index Climatology for the Western United States (John Werth
- NWSO(FW) Olympia, WA and Paul Werth - NWSFO Boise, ID)
97-18 Jun 03 Results of the Western Region Evaluation of the Eta-10 Model (Mike
Staudenmaier, Jr. - WRH SSD/NWSFO Salt Lake City, UT and Jon
Mittelstadt - WRH SSD, Salt Lake City, UT)
97-19 Jun 10 A Localized Downslope Windstorm in Northern Arizona (Brian E.
Tesar and Steve Keighton - NWSO Flagstaff, AZ)
97-20 Jun 17 National Lightning Data on the Western Region Wide Area Network
(Andy Edman - WRH SSD, Salt Lake City, UT)
97-21 Jun 24 Microburst Prediction and Detection (Steve Vasiloff - NSSL -
NWS/WRH/SSD Salt Lake City, UT)
97-22 Jul 01 Frontal Retardation Leading to the Development of the 9 July 1995
Oregon Supercell (Joe K. Solomon - NWSO Pendleton, OR)
97-23 Jul 08 Procedures for Ensuring Reliable Data Flow (Keith W. Meier and
Jonathan Van Ausdall - NWSO Billings. MT)
97-24 Jul 15 Uncertainties in WSR-88D Measurements and their Impacts on
Diagnosing Storm Structure (Mike Staudenmaier, Jr. - WR
SSD/NWSFO Salt Lake City, UT and Steve Vasiloff - NSSL/WR SSD,
Salt Lake City, UT)
97-25 Jul 22 On the Nature of the WSR-88D Build 9 Hail Detection Algorithm -
Part I: Review of the Algorithm and Operational Considerations (Brian
A. Klimowski - NWS Rapid City, SD; Steve Vasiloff - NSSL/NWS
WRH-SSD, Salt Lake City, UT; and Arthur Witt - NSSL Norman, OK)
97-26 Jul 22 On the Nature of the WSR-88D Build 9 Hail Detection Algorithm -
Part II: Performance of the Algorithm Over Utah (Steve Vasiloff -
NSSL/NWS WRH-SSD, Salt Lake City, UT; Randy Graham and
James Nelson NWSFO - Salt Lake City; Brian A. Klimowski - NWS
Rapid City, SD; and Arthur Witt - NSSL Norman, OK)
97-27 Jul 29 Cool Season Mesoscale Convective Trains (David W. Reynolds -
NWSFO San Francisco Bay Area)
97-28 Aug 05 Another Example of a Dry Microburst (Steve Vasiloff - NSSL-NWS
WRH/SSD, Salt Lake City and David Hogan - NWSFO Salt Lake City)
97-29 Aug 12 A Record Heat Wave Along the Central California Coast October 7-8,
1996 (Richard Canepa and Miguel Miller - NWSO San Joaquin
Valley)
97-30 Aug 19 Freezing Rain Event Across Eastern Washington and Northern Idaho
on December 9-11, 1995 (Paul Frisbie, Ronald J. Miller, and Todd
Carter NWSO Spokane)
97-31 Sept 09 Recent Trends Associated with Spot Forecast Requests in Nevada
(Michael W. Huston - NWSFO Reno)
97-32 Sept 17 A Brief Climatology Of The Relationship Between Afternoon Dew
Points And Monsoonal Rainfall At Phoenix Sky Harbor International
Airport (Jesus A. Haro and Michael A. Bruce - NWSFO Phoenix)
97-33 Sept 23 ASOS Lightning Sensor Assessment (Glen Sampson - WRH Salt
Lake City)
97-34 Sept 30 A Comparison of AVN and NGM Temperature and Precipitation
Forecasts for Three Sites in Montana (John Blank - NWSFO Great
Falls)
97-35 Oct 07 Interpretation of Radar Data During Snow Events in Mountainous
Terrain (Steve Vasiloff - NSSL/NWS WRH-SSD)
97-36 Oct 21 El Ni¤o: Is It Just A Bunch Of Hot Water? (Mike Staudenmaier, Jr. -
WRH/SSD Salt Lake City, UT)
97-37 Nov 21 El Nino and California Precipitation (John Monteverdi, San Francisco
State University, and Jan Null, NWSFO Monterey, CA)
97-38 Dec 02 The "Everify" Temperature and Precipitation Forecast Verification
Program (David R. Eversole - NWSO Mobile, Alabama -- reprinted
from Southern Region Technical Attachment)
97-39 Dec 23 The Severe Weather Event of 18 June 1997: An Example of Splitting
Supercells (Randall Graham, NWSFO Salt Lake City, UT, and Mike
Staudenmaier, NWSO Flagstaff, (formerly from NWSFO Salt Lake
City/WRH-SSD)
97-40 Dec 30 Using Varied Enhancement Curves to Better Evaluate Fog and
Stratus with RAMSDIS (Dan St. Jean - NWSFO Boise)
97-41 Dec 30 Index of 1997 Technical Attachments