• Introduction of Mayor

• Welcome/Opening Remarks

• Opening Remarks/Introduction

• Keynote Address
  

• Dr. Alexander “Sandy” MacDonald, Deputy Assistant Administrator for NOAA
  Research Laboratories and Cooperative Institutes

• Mr. Robert Winokur, Technical Director, Office of the Oceanographer and Navigator of the Navy

• Dr. Jack Kaye, Associate Director for Research, Earth Science Division, NASA

• Colonel Ralph Stoffler, Air Force Deputy Director of Weather

• RDML (sel) David Titley, Commander, Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command

• Dr. John “Jack” Hayes, Assistant Administrator for Weather Services, NOAA
  
  
  

• Overview of the 2007 Atlantic Hurricane Season

• 2007 Eastern North Pacific Hurricane Season Summary

• 2007 Atlantic and Eastern North Pacific Forecast Verification

• Overview of the 2007 Central North Pacific Tropical Cyclone Season

• A Review of the Joint Typhoon Warning Center 2007 Tropical Cyclone Season

• 53 WRS 2007 Hurricane Season Reconnaissance Summary

• NOAA Aircraft Operations Center (AOC) 2007 Season Summary and Future Plans
  
  

• Invited Presentation
  
  Mr. X. William (Bill) Proenza
  Director, National Weather Service Southern Region
  
  

• Dr. Alexander “Sandy” MacDonald, Deputy Assistant Administrator for NOAAResearch Laboratories and Cooperative Institutes

• Dr. Frank Marks, NOAA AOML/HRD

• Dr. Scott Braun, NASA/GSFC

• Dr. Simon Chang, Naval Research Laboratory

• Ms. Pamela Stephens, NSF
  
  
  

• Use of the Operational Air Force Reserve Stepped Frequency Microwave Radiometer during the 2007 Hurricane Season

• Evaluation of the 2007 Hurricane Season Deployment of Operational SFMR Instruments on the Hurricane Hunter Fleet

• The First Year of SFMR Surface Wind Observations from AFRC WC-130J Aircraft: Impact on Operational Hurricane Forecasts and Warnings, and Outlook for Use in WPAC TCS-08 Experiment

• Radar Sea Level Pressure Remote Sensing for Improvements in Hurricane Predictions

• Storm Surge Measurement with an Airborne Scanning Radar Altimeter
  

• The Hurricane and Severe Storm Sentinel (HS3)

• CIMSS Satellite Consensus (SATCON) Tropical Cyclone Intensity Estimation Algorithm

• Baseline Instruments for the GOES-R Series: Providing Major Improvements to Hurricane Observations

• Will we soon have a Geostationary Microwave Sounder, and what can we do with it?

• Initial User Impact Studies of the Next Generation Ocean Surface Vector Wind Scatterometer Mission (XOVWM) in Operational Weather Forecasting and Warning at NOAA
  
  

• Impact Assessment of Potential Hurricane Imaging Radiometer (HIRAD) Tropical Cyclone Observations from Aircraft and Satellite Platforms

• GPS-Based Tropical Storm Sensing Results for 2003-2007 Storm Seasons

• Coastal Ocean Observing Systems: Oceanic Current and Wave Response to Hurricane Jeanne Detected by Wellen Radars

• Phased Array Radar: Applications to Landfalling Tropical Cyclones

• Hurricane Mesonet Initiative

• Advancement of the HWRF for Next Generation Hurricane Prediction at NCEP’s Environmental Modeling Center

• Improvements to GFDN Planned for Operational Implementation in 2008

• Hurricane Model Transitions to Operations at NCEP/EMC

• Modeling of Coupled Wind-Wave-Current Processes in Hurricanes

• Evaluation and Improvement of Ocean Model Parameterizations for NCEP Operations

• Impact of Satellite Observations on Tropical Cyclone Track Forecasts
  
  

• The Impact of Horizontal Resolution on the Structure and Intensity of Hurricane Dennis in HWRF Simulations

• Evaluation and Improvement of Spray-Modified Air-Sea Enthalpy and Momentum Flux Parameterizations for Operational Hurricane Prediction

• Prediction of Consensus TC Track Forecast Error and Correctors to Improve Consensus TC Track Forecasts

• An Objective Tool for Identifying Hurricane Secondary Eyewall Formationina

• The Quality of Pre-Advisory Model Guidance

• Tropical Cyclone Dressing: Next-Generation Goerss Predicted Consensus Error (GPCE)
  
  

• An Overview of the THORPEX-Pacific Asian Regional Campaign (T-PARC) during August-September 2008

• Tropical Cyclone Structure (TCS08) Field Experiment in the Western North Pacific During 2008

• A review of the NOAA IFEX hurricane field experiments conducted in 2007

• Research on Landfalling Hurricanes Utilizing Mobile Research Platforms

• A Roadmap for a Seamless Topobathy Surface

• Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service (AHPS) Flood Inundation Maps
  
  

• The Joint Hurricane Testbed (JHT): 2008 Update

• An Improved Wind Probability Program: A Joint Hurricane Testbed Project Update

• Operational Use of Near-Real-Time Sea Surface Directional Wave Spectra Generated from NOAA Scanning Radar Altimeter Range Measurements

• Validation and Processing Tools for the Air Force Reserve Command 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron WC-130J Multi-Aircraft SFMR Systems

• Web-ATCF, User Requirements, and Intensity Consensus

• High Wind Drag Coefficient and Sea Surface Roughness in Shallow Water
  
  

Mr. Robert Dumont--2008

Mr. Charles J. “Charlie” Neumann--2007
Dr. Joanne Simpson--2006
Dr. Frank D. Marks, Jr.--2005
53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron--2005 Special
NOAA's Aircraft Operations Center--2005 Special
Mr. Max Mayfield--2004
Mr. Chris Velden--2003
Prof. Russell Elsberry--2002

• FEMA’s Utilization of Tropical Forecasts and Other Products

• A Preliminary Verification of the National Hurricane Center’s Tropical Cyclone Wind Speed Probability Forecast Product

• Verification of NHC Forecasts of Extratropical Transition

• The NESDIS Tropical Cyclone Formation Probability Product: An Overview of Past Performance and Future Plans

• New and Updated Operational Tropical Cyclone Wind Products

• The Experimental Graphical Tropical Weather Outlook (GTWO): 2007 Results and Future Plans
  

• Dr. Denise Stephenson Hawk, NCAR Associate Director and Director of the SERE Laboratory

• Ms. Cathy Haynes, Director, Charleston County Emergency Preparedness Division

• Mr. Walt Dickerson, Director, Mobile County Emergency Management Agency

• Mr. Michael Emlaw, Meteorologist-in-Charge, NWS Weather Forecast Office, Charleston, SC

• Dr. Betty Hearn Morrow, Professor Emeritus Florida International University, Consulting Sociologist
  

• Ms. Naomi Moye, Hazards Communications Consultant

• Mr. Ronald Glaser, Sandia National Laboratories, Program Manager, Integrated Public Alert and Warning System
  

• WG/HWSOR: Action Item Review

• Workshop: Interagency Priorities for Tropical Cyclone Research

• Workshop: Strong Local Partnerships: The Keys to Success

• Final Wrap-up