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Presentations

Second NATIONAL SYMPOSIUM
ON
MULTIFUNCTION PHASED ARRAY RADAR

MOVING FORWARD WITH RISK REDUCTION FOR COST-EFFECTIVE SERVICE IMPROVEMENTS

November 17-19, 2009
National Weather Center
120 David L. Boren Blvd, Norman, Oklahoma

Summary Report (pdf - 117K)

Workshop: PAR 201
A short course in the basics of phased array radar concepts and technology.

     
November 17, 2009
Mr. Samuel P. Williamson, Federal Coordinator for Meteorological Services and Supporting Research, Opening Remarks
 (.pdf -236 KB)
 
Dr. Kelvin Droegemeier, Vice President for Research, University of Oklahoma, Welcome
 
Dr. Randolph M. Lyon, Chief, Commerce Branch—Housing, Treasury and Commerce Division; Office of Management and Budget, Keynote
 
Senior Leader Perspective: MPAR Potential and Interagency Collaboration
  Moderator: Dr. John Snow, Dean, College of Atmospheric and Geographic Sciences, University of Oklahoma
 

  • Dr. Richard Spinrad, Assistant Administrator of NOAA for Oceanic and Atmospheric Research
 (.pdf -596 KB)
 
 
  • Mr. James Williams, Director of Systems Engineering, Federal Aviation Administration
 (.pdf -394 KB)
 
 
  • Mr. Kevin “Spanky” Kirsch, Director, Science and Technology Special Programs, Department of Homeland Security
 (.pdf -273 KB)
 
  • Dr. John Stubstad, Office of the Director, Defense Research and Engineering, Office of the Secretary of Defense
 (.pdf -74 KB)
Mr. Jud Stailey, Senior Staff Meteorologist, OFCM, MPAR Risk-Reduction Implementation Strategy
 (.pdf -264 KB) 
Dr. Paul Smith, Chair—NRC Committee on the Evaluation of the MPAR Planning Process, Evaluation of the MPAR Planning Process
  (.pdf -77 KB)
Session 1: Multifunctionality—Agency Needs, Priorities, and Principles of Operation
  Moderator: Dr. Fred Lewis, Air Force Director of Weather  (.pdf -49 KB)
 
  • Mr. James Williams, Director of Systems Engineering, Federal Aviation Administration
 (.pdf -289 KB)
 
 
  • Mr. Kevin “Spanky” Kirsch, Director, Science and Technology Special Programs, Department of Homeland Security
 (.pdf -2.2MB)
 
 
  • Mr. Don Berchoff, Director, Office of Science and Technology, National Weather Service (NOAA)
 (.pdf -2.1MB)
 
  • Dr. John Stubstad, Office of the Director, Defense Research and Engineering, Office of the Secretary of Defense
 
November 18, 2009
Dr. Jeff Kimpel, Director, National Severe Storms Laboratory (NOAA), Opening Remarks
  
Session 2: Underpinning for Service Improvements: Technology Innovation and Development—Laboratory Update
  Moderator: Dr. Joe Friday, Oklahoma University School of Meteorology, Professor Emeritus  
 
  • Mr. Robert Sexton, Office of the Undersecretary of Defense (Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics), Navy Phased Array Radar Research and Development
 (.pdf -1.2MB)
 
 
  • Dr. David McLaughlin, Director, Engineering Research Center for CASA, Progress with the Collaborative Adaptive Sensing of the Atmosphere Initiative [presented by David Pepyne]
 (.pdf -1.3MB)
 
 
  • Mr. Larry Bovino, US Army CERDAC, US Army Phased Array Research and Development
 (.pdf -901 KB)
 
  • Mr. Doug Forsyth, NSSL Division Chief for Radar R&D, National Weather Radar Testbed Research and Development
  (.pdf -1.9 MB)
Session 3: Underpinning for Service Improvements: Technology Innovation and Development—Industry Update
  Moderator: Dr. Kelvin Droegemeier, Vice President for Research and Regents’ Professor of Meteorology, Oklahoma University  
 
  • Mr. Michael Sarcione, Senior Principal Engineering Fellow, Sensor H/W, Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems
 (.pdf -80 KB)
 
 
  • Dr. Douglas Reep, Director, Airborne Early Warning and Advanced Programs, Lockheed Martin
 (.pdf -1.0MB)
 
 
  • Mr. Jay Kralovec, Chief Antenna Technologist/Space Systems, Harris Corporation
 (.pdf -322 KB)
 
  • Mr. Frank Walker, Director, Surveillance and Fire Control Systems, Advanced Concepts and Technology, Northrop Grumman
  (.pdf -1.4MB)
 
  • Dr. Jeff Barner, Program Manager, Foundry Services, Cree Inc
 (.pdf -3.3MB)
 
  • Mr. Steve Nelson, VP MMIC Operations, Cobham
  (.pdf -650 KB)
Luncheon Speaker: Dr. Karlin Toner, Director, NextGen Coordination Staff to the Secretary and Senior Policy Committee, U.S. Department of Transportation
  
Session 4: Potential Service Improvements for Air Surveillance and Weather—Part 1
  Moderator: Mr. Kevin “Spanky” Kirsch, Director, Science and Technology Special Programs, Department of Homeland Security  
 
  • Dr. John Cho, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, MPAR Characteristics and Potential Service Improvements
 (.pdf -711 KB)
 
 
  • Lt Col Bryan Miller, USAF, NORAD J3, Aircraft Surveillance Applications
 (.pdf -209 KB)
 
 
  • Mr. Gary Andrews, DeTect Inc, Bird Hazard Mitigation
 (.pdf -273 KB)
 
  • Dr. David Schneider, USGS Alaska Volcano Observatory, Volcanic Ash
  (.pdf -1.8MB)
 
  • Mr. Andy James, Oklahoma Department of Forestry, Wildland Fire/Smoke
 (.pdf -804 KB)
Session 5: Potential Service Improvements for Air Surveillance and Weather—Part 2
  Moderator: Dr. John Cho, MIT Lincoln Lab  
 
  • Mr. Tim Maese, Basic Commerce and Industries, Extracting Weather Data from a Hybrid PAR
 (.pdf -799 KB)
 
 
  • Dr. Pam Heinselman, National Severe Storms Laboratory, Early Detection of Severe Storms
 (.pdf -8.2MB)
 
 
  • Dr. David Stensrud, NSSL Division Chief for Forecasting R&D, Storm-scale NWP Models and Initialization using PAR Data
 (.pdf -4.7MB)
 
  • Dr. Robert Palmer, University of Oklahoma, Other Weather Applications
  (.pdf -1.6MB)
 
  • Dr. Walter Bach, US Army, Biological/Chemical Threat Applications
 (.pdf -48 KB)
November 19, 2009
Mr. James Williams, Director of Systems Engineering, Federal Aviation Administration, Opening Remarks
  
Session 6: Addressing the Risk Reduction Challenges
  Moderator: Dr. Robert Serafin, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Director Emeritus  
 
  • Mr. Tracy Wallace, Georgia Tech Research Institute, Defining the Technical Issues
 (.pdf -239 KB)
 
 
  • Dr. Dusan Zrnic, National Severe Storms Laboratory, Dual Polarization—the Challenge
 (.pdf -469 KB)
 
 
  • Dr. Jeff Herd, MIT Lincoln Lab, Dual Polarization—Progress
 (.pdf -772 KB)
 
  • Mr. Garth Torok, William J. Hughes Technical Center (FAA), Technical Assessment Program
  (.pdf -532 KB)
 
  • Dr. Yasser Al-Rashid, Lockheed Martin, Leveraging DoD Capabilities to Demonstrate Dual Pol and Multi-mission Performance
 (.pdf -364 KB)
 
  • Dr. Bill Chappell, Purdue University, Digital Array Radar
 (.pdf -2.2MB)
Session 7: Moving Forward with Risk Reduction
  Moderator: Dr. Paul Try, Senior Vice President, Science & Technology Corporation (.pdf -258 KB)
 
  • Dr. Jeff Kimpel, Director, National Severe Storms Laboratory (NOAA)
 (.pdf -301 KB)
 
 
  • Mr. James Williams, Director of Systems Engineering, Federal Aviation Administration
 
 
 
  • Mr. Ted Hom, US Army Product Manager for Radars, Program Executive Office Intelligence, Electronics Warfare, and Sensors
 (.pdf -229 KB)
 
  • Lt Col Bryan Miller, USAF, NORAD J3
  (.pdf -203 KB)
 
  • CAPT Michael Angove, Naval Deputy to NOAA, US Navy
 (.pdf -531 KB)
Review of Action Items and Closing Remarks
  • Mr. Samuel P. Williamson, Federal Coordinator for Meteorological Services and Supporting Research
  (.pdf -327 KB)
   

Videos of the presentations can be made available on request:

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