08:20  F1-1  MICROWAVE PWE PROPAGATION AND SCATTERING FROM ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE

Frank Ryan*

Applied Technology, Inc., San Diego, CA

08:40  F1-2  DIRECT RESOLUTION OF LOW-LEVEL RF REFRACTIVITY USING NWP

Nathaniel S. Winstead, Jonathan Z. Gehman*, Thomas R. Hanley

Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD

09:00  F1-3  COMPARISON OF RF PREDICTIONS BASED ON TWO NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION MODELS AND IN-SITU OBSERVATIONS IN THE NORTH SEA

Rick L. Navarro*¹, Amalia Barrios¹, Fok Bolderheij², Joris Derksen², Katherine Horgan³, Vincent van Leijen⁴, Robert Marshall⁵, Ted Rogers¹, Fred Schoonderwoerd⁴, Tjarda Wilbrink⁴, Earl Williams¹, Victor Wiss²

¹Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific, San Diego, CA
²Netherlands Defense Academy (NLDA), Den Helder, NETHERLANDS
³Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division, Dahlgren, VA
⁴Defense Materiel Organisation (DMO), Den Helder, NETHERLANDS
⁵Mount Pleasant Meteorology, Mount Pleasant, VA

09:20  F1-4  EVALUATION OF COAMPS USING MEASUREMENTS FROM THE CASPER PILOT EXPERIMENT

Marcela Ulate*¹, Qing Wang¹, Tracy Haack², Teddy Holt², John Kaligiros¹, Ryan Yamaguchi¹, Dick Lind¹

¹Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California
²Naval Research Laboratory, Monterey, California

09:40  F1-5  EVAPORATION AND MARINE LAYER DUCTING EFFECTS ON PROPAGATION DURING THE TAPS EXPERIMENT

Tracy Haack*¹, Andrew Kulessa², Hedley Hansen³, Sally Garrett⁴, Martin Veasey⁵, Katherine Horgan⁶, V. Russel Wiss⁶, Jacques Claverie⁷, Yvonick Hurtaud⁸, Jorg Hacker²

¹Marine Meteorology Division, NRL, Monterey, CA
²School of the Environment, Flinders University, ARA, Adelaide, SA, AUSTRALIA
³DSTO, Edinburgh, SA, AUSTRALIA
⁴DTA, Auckland, NEW ZEALAND
⁵UK Met Office, Exeter, UNITED KINGDOM
⁶Dahlgren Division, NSWC, Dahlgren
⁷CREC St-Cyr & IETR, Guer, FRANCE
⁸Ma?trise de l?information, DGA, Rennes, FRANCE

10:20  F1-6  EVALUATION OF VERTICAL REFRACTIVITY PROFILE BLENDING SCHEMES

Paul Frederickson*¹, Tracy Haack²

¹Department of Meteorology, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California
²Marine Meteorology Division, Naval Research Laboratory, Monterey, California

10:40  F1-7  A NEW BLENDING ALGORITHM FOR EVAPORATIVE DUCT AND MESOSCALE MODEL PROFILES

Robin C. Cherrett*¹, Qing Wang², Hway-Jen Chen², Paul Frederickson²

¹Navy Fleet Weather Center, San Diego, CA
²Meteorology Department, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey,CA

11:00  F1-8  THE IMPACT OF UAV DATA ASSIMILATION ON RADIO FREQUENCY PROPAGATION PREDICTIONS DURING THE 2009 NEW ZEALAND SEA BREEZE TRIAL

Katherine L. Horgan*¹, Tracy Haack², Sally A. Garrett³

¹Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division, Dahlgren, VA
²Naval Research Laboratory Monterey, Monterey, California
³Defence Technology Agency, Auckland, NEW ZEALAND

11:20  F1-9  RADIO REFRACTIVITY IN STRATIFORM AND CONVECTIVE RAIN REVEALED BY MESOSCALE NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION DATA

Robert E. Marshall*

Mount Pleasant Meteorology, Woodford