Thunderstorm Operational Research (THOR)
Project Meeting

1 June 2000

Agenda, Presentations, and Meeting Notes

Location:
National Weather Service Headquarters
Rm 2358, Silver Spring Metro Center 2
1325 East-West Highway
Silver Spring, Maryland

List of Attendees:

• NOAA/NWS: Dr. Fred Mosher (AWC), Robert Johns (SPC), David Kitzmiller (TDL), Ken Sperow (TDL), Paul Dallavalle (TDL), Tom Filiaggi (TDL), Dr. Stephan Smith (TDL), Kathy Hughes (TDL), Dan Peterson (OM), Paul Polger (OM), Dr. Tom Graziano (OM), Mike Matthews (OM), Dr. Ralph Petersen (NCEP), Steve Zubrick (WBC), Dave Sharp (MLB)
• NOAA/NESDIS: John Weaver (RAMMt)
• NOAA/NSSL: Donald Burgess
• NOAA/FSL: Jennifer Mahoney, Woody Roberts
• OFCM: Cynthia Nelson
• NTSB: Don Eick
• DoD/USAF: Lt. Col. David Smarsh Ph.D
• NASA: Dr. Steven Goodman
• FEMA: John Murray, Ed Laatsch
• DoE: Rick Petty
• DoT/FAA: Dr. Alan Nierow, Ed Cabott
• CTR-FAA: Dave Pace
• NCAR: Jim Wilson, Dr. Cindy Mueller, Rita Roberts, Barb Brown
• MIT/LL: TBD

08:00-09:00 Introduction - THOR Proposal and Overview - S. Smith (TDL)

09:00-10:15 Agency requirements (DoD- David. Smarsh, FEMA- John Murray, Ed Laatsch, FAA -Ed Cabott, DoE, Rick Petty, NTSB - Don Eick)

10:15-10:30 Break

10:30-11:30 Thunderstorm forecast verification - J. Mahoney (FSL) and B. Brown (NCAR)
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11:30-12:30 Lunch - AWIPS/SCAN Demo (7^th Floor SSMC2)

12:30-13:45 Brief Overviews on Thunderstorm Forecast Techniques/Algorithms/Models

Each participant will very briefly summarize in 15 min or less their operational and/or research thunderstorm forecast products.

Rita Roberts/Cindy Mueller/Jim Wilson - NCAR
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Lincoln Lab representative

David Kitzmiller - NWS/ TDL
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Fred Mosher - NWS/AWC

Bob Johns - NWS/SPC

13:45-14:00 Break

14:00-15:15 Brief Overviews (cont)

Paul Dallavalle/Kathy Hughes - NWS/TDL

Al Nierow - FAA

Don Burgess - NSSL

Steve Goodman - NASA.
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John Weaver - NESDIS

15:15-15:30 Break

15:30-16:45 Discussion of Next Steps

-Multi-agency Steering Committee and white paper

-THOR Sites

-Leveraged Funding

-FY03 Budget Initiative

16:45-17:00 Wrap-up

End Meeting