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Cathy Kessinger
Project Scientist

National Center for Atmospheric Research
Research Applications Laboratory and Earth Observing Laboratory
P.O. Box 3000, Boulder, Colorado, 80307-3000
3450 Mitchell Lane, Boulder, Colorado 80301
Foothills Laboratory, Building 2, Room 2038 (RAL) and Building 1, Room 2155 (EOL)
Voice: (303) 497-8481
Fax: (303) 497-8401
Email: kessinge at ucar dot edu

Cathy Kessinger presentation for the AMS Artificial Intelligence Methods Short Course on 11 January 2004.

List of Papers, sorted by topic:

Oceanic Weather

Kessinger, C., R. Roberts and R. Bankert*, 2003: Using the NCAR Autonowcast System to nowcast oceanic convection. Preprints-CD, 12th Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography Conference, American Meteorological Society, Long Beach, CA, 9-13 February 2003.

Mecikalski*, J.R., R.D. Roberts, C.J. Kessinger, K.M. Bedka*, S.M Thomas* and B.L. DeWolf*, 2003: Processing realtime satellite information to nowcast convective initiation and its characteristics. Preprints-CD, 12th Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography Conference, American Meteorological Society, Long Beach, CA, 9-13 February 2003.

Herzegh, P.H., E.R. Williams*, T.A. Lindholm, F.R. Mosher*, C. Kessinger, R. Sharman, J.D. Hawkins*, and D.B. Johnson, 2002: Development of automated aviation weather products for oceanic/remote regions: Scientific and practical challenges, research strategies, and first steps. Preprints, 10th Conference on Aviation, Range and Aerospace Meteorology, American Meteorological Society, Portland, 13-16 May 2002.

Kessinger, C., R. Roberts, M. Chapman, M. Meister, and T. Tsui*, 2001: Thunderstorm nowcasting in an oceanic environment: A feasibility study. Preprints, 30th International Conference on Radar Meteorology, AMS, Munich, Germany, 19-25 July 2001, p 258-260.

NEXRAD Data Quality Optimization

Kessinger, C., S. Ellis, and J. Van Andel, 2003: The radar echo classifier: A fuzzy logic algorithm for the WSR-88D. Preprints-CD, 3rd Conference on Artificial Applications to the Environmental Science, American Meteorological Society, Long Beach, CA, 9-13 February 2003.

Ellis, S., C. Kessinger, J. Van Andel, and J. Keeler, 2003: Mitigating ground clutter contamination in the WSR-88D. Preprints-CD, 19th International Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology, American Meteorological Society, Long Beach, CA, 9-13 February 2003.

Ellis, S., C. Kessinger, J. Van Andel, and R.J. Keeler, 2002: Mitigating ground clutter contamination in the WSR-88D. Proc. Open Symposium on Propagation and Remote Sensing, URSI Commission-F, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, 12 - 15 Feb, 2002.

Kessinger, C., S. Ellis, and J. Van Andel, 2002: NEXRAD Data Quality: An update on the AP clutter mitigation scheme. Preprints, 18th International Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology, American Meteorological Society, Orlando, 13-17 Jnauary 2002, p. 127-129.

Kessinger, C., S. Ellis, and J. Van Andel, 2001: NEXRAD Data Quality Enhancements: The AP Clutter Mitigation Scheme. Preprints, 30th International Conference on Radar Meteorology, AMS, Munich, Germany, 19-25 July 2001, p 707-709.

Kessinger, C., and J. Van Andel, 2001: The Radar Echo Classifier for the WSR-88D. Preprints, 17th International Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography and Hydrology, AMS, Albuquerque, NM, 14-18 January 2001, p 137-141.

Kessinger, C., S. Ellis, and J. Van Andel, 2001: NEXRAD Data Quality Enhancements: The AP Clutter Mitigation Scheme. 30th International Conference on Radar Meteorology, AMS, Munich, Germany, 19-25 July 2001.

M. Robinson*, M. Steiner*, D.B. Wolff*, C. Kessinger, and R.A. Fulton*, 2001: Radar Data Quality Control: Evaluation of several algorithms based on accumulating rainfall statistics. Preprints, 30th International Conference on Radar Meteorology, AMS, Munich, Germany, 19-25 July 2001, p 274-276.

Robinson, M., M. Steiner, D.B. Wolff, B.S. Ferrier, and C.Kessinger, 2000: Evaluation of various radar data quality control algorithms based on accumulated radar rainfall statistics. Poster presented at the Spring Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC, 30 May-3 June 2000.

Steiner, M., J.A. Smith, M. Robinson, D.B. Wolff, C. Kessinger, J. Van Andel, D.J. Seo and R.A. Fulton, 2000: Evaluation of various radar data quality control algorithms based on accumulated radar rainfall statistics. Poster presented at the TRMM U.S. Science Team Meeting, Greenbelt, MA, 30 October - 2 November 2000.

Keeler, R.J., C. Kessinger, S. Ellis, and J. VanAndel, 1999: Implementation of Nexrad AP clutter mitigation scheme, Preprints, 29th Conference on Radar Meteorology, Montreal, Canada, 12-16 July, American Meteorology Society.

Kessinger, C., S. Ellis and J. VanAndel, 1999: A fuzzy logic AP clutter detection algorithm for the WSR-88D, Preprints, 29th Conference on Radar Meteorology, Montreal, Canada, 12-16 July, American Meteorology Society.

Kessinger, C., C. Frush, and S. Ellis, 1999: Preliminary experiments with AP clutter recognition using WSR-88D data collected with the A1DA time-series recorder. Preprints, 15th Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography and Hydrology, Dallas, Texas, 11-15 January, American Meteorological Society.

Kessinger, C., S. Ellis, and J. VanAndel, 1999: An algorithm to detect anomalously- propagated ground clutter for the WSR-88D. Preprints, 15th Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography and Hydrology, Dallas, Texas, 11-15 January, American Meteorological Society.

Kessinger, C., S. Ellis, and J. VanAndel, 1999: Detection of anomalously-propagated ground clutter using fuzzy logic. URSI Conference, Boulder, CO, 4-8 January.

Steiner, M., ..., C. Kessinger, 1999: Comparison and assessment of radar data quality control algorithms, Preprints, 29th Conference on Radar Meteorology, Montreal, Canada, 12-16 July, American Meteorology Society.

VanAndel, J., C. Kessinger, and D. Ecoff, 1999: Implementation of an AP clutter analysis tool, Preprints, 29th Conference on Radar Meteorology, Montreal, Canada, 12-16 July, American Meteorology Society.

Mountain-Induced Aviation Hazards

A pilot experiment to define mountain-induced aeronautical hazards in the Colorado Springs area: Project MCAT97. Final Report for FY98, submitted to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Mountain-Induced Aeronatical Hazards Program Project Report.

FAA Terminal Area Surveillance System (TASS)

Use of rapid update, E-scan radar data to study thunderstorm evolution. Preprints - 1997, 28th Conference on Radar Meteorology, Austin, Texas, 7-12 September, American Meteorological Society.

Evaluation of e-scan radar data used for short term nowcasting of storms. Preprints - 1997, 7th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology, 2-7 February, Long Beach, California, American Meteorological Society.

Aircraft and hazardous weather detection algorithms in the Multi-Purpose Airport Radar (MPAR). Preprints - 1997, 28th Conference on Radar Meteorology, Austin, Texas, 7-12 September, American Meteorological Society.

Meteorological Discussion of data taken by the Multiple Object Tracking Radar (MOTR) at the U. S. Army White Sands Missile Range. Project Report, Federal Aviation Administration, Terminal Area Surveillance System (TASS) Program.

A Radar-based, Auto-Nowcast System. Final Report, Federal Aviation Administration, Terminal Area Surveillance System (TASS) Program.

TASS Deliverable - Preliminary Report, A radar-based, auto-nowcaster system. Federal Aviation Administration, Terminal Area Surveillance System (TASS) Program.

A Radar-based, Auto-Nowcaster System. Project Report, Federal Aviation Administration, Terminal Area Surveillance System (TASS) Program.

Methodology of producing "ground truth" for verification of the Microburst Automatic Detection algorithm. Project Report, Federal Aviation Administration, Terminal Area Surveillance System (TASS) Program.

Hong Kong TDWR studies

Optimization and testing of a Terminal Doppler Weather Radar for the new Hong Kong International Airport at Chek Lap Kok. Preprints - 1997, 28th Conference on Radar Meteorology, Austin, Texas, 7-12 September, American Meteorological Society.

A new windshear detection algorithm for Doppler radars. Preprints - 1996, Workshop on Wind Shear and Wind Shear Alert Systems, 13-15 November, Oklahoma City, OK, American Meteorological Society.

Hail and Multiparameter Radar Studies

A comparison of the NEXRAD and NSSL hail detection algorithms. 27th Conference on Radar Meteorology - 1995, Vail, CO, American Meteorological Society, Boston, Mass.

A study of thunderstorm microphysics with multiparameter radar and aircraft observations. Monthly Weather Review - 1995, Volume 123 (11), pages 3129-3143.

Hail production in a northeastern Colorado thunderstorm, Preprints - 1995, 27th Conf. Radar Meteorology, Vail, CO, Amer. Meteor. Soc., Boston, 527-529.

An evaluation of multiparameter radar measurements for detecting hail. Preprints - 1993, 26th Conference on Radar Meteorology, Norman, OK, 24-28 May 1993, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 522-524.

Sensing thunderstorm microphysics with multiparameter radar: Application for aviation. Preprints - 1993, 5th Conference on Aviation Weather Systems, Vienna, VA, 2-6 August 1993, American Meteorological Society, 98-102.

Miscellaneous Topics

Dynamics of boundary layer rolls, sea breezes, and their interactions. Preprints - 1993, 26th Conference on Radar Meteorology, Norman, OK, 24-28 May 1993, American Meteorological Society, 504-506.

Dual-Doppler Lidar measurement of winds in the JAWS Experiment Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology - 1985, Volume 2 (2), pages 138-147.

A real time dual Doppler three dimensional wind analysis system. Preprints - 1993, 26th Conference on Radar Meteorology, Norman, OK, 24-28 May 1993, American Meteorological Society, 457-459.

Cathy KessingerProject Scientist