WESTERN REGION TECHNICAL ATTACHMENT
NO. 97-41
DECEMBER 30, 1997

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