The 26th Conference on Satellite Meteorology, Oceanography, and Climatology (SatMOC), 20th Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems (20OESS) and 14thConference on Transition of Research to Operations (14R2O) are pleased to announce the following winners of their combined student competition for the best oral and poster presentations.
1st Place ($200): Robert Frost, NOAA Global Systems Laboratory, Boulder, CO
The Impacts of the Grell-Freitas Scheme on Short-Range Forecasts of the April 19, 2023 Convective Event
1st Place ($200): Andrew Justin, NSF AI Institute for Research on Trustworthy AI in Weather, Climate, and Coastal Oceanography (AI2ES)
An Improved Deep Learning Algorithm for Operational Detection of Frontal Boundaries
2nd Place ($100): Kyle Obremski, CIMSS, Madison, WI
Analyzing and Predicting Sea Ice Conditions in the Northwest Passage
2nd Place ($100): Alexandra Mazurek, Colorado State Univ. Depart. of Atmospheric Science, Fort Collins, CO
When Do Machine Learning Forecasts Succeed and Fail? Evaluating Synoptic Regimes Associated With a Random Forest's Good and Bad Severe Weather Predictions
3rd Place ($50): Matthew van den Heever, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
Analysis of Operational-mode Impacts on Future Earth Radiation Budget Satellite Observations
3rd Place ($50): Ethan Schaefer, NWS/AFS Analysis and Mission Support Division, Silver Spring, MD
Analysis of Persistent Bias and Suggested Improvements in Forecasting Temperatures Patterns over Canaan Valley in West Virginia with the National Blend of Models (NBM)
Honorable Mention ($25): Timothy Corrie, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY
Representation of Blowing Snow and Associate Visibility Reduction in an Operational High-Resolution Weather Model
Honorable Mention ($25): Charles Powell, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Establishing a Baseline: Quantifying Observation Representativity Requirements for Proliferated Satellite Architectures
1st Place ($100): Mohamed Abdelkader, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ
Advancing River Ice Climatology through Multivariate Satellite and In-situ Observations: A Nexus for Enhanced Streamflow Prediction in the Northeastern United States
1st Place ($100): Gabbie Christo, Univ. of Illinois Urbana Champaign, Dept. of Atmospheric Sciences, Urbana, IL
The Spatial Area and other Attributes of Overshooting Tops as Indicators of Hail Size as Viewed by GOES16
2nd Place ($50): Grant Talkington, University of Oklahoma School of Meteorology, Norman, OK
Verification of NOAA/NWS/SPC 4-Hourly Probabilistic Severe Timing Guidance
2nd Place ($50): Tyler Danzig, Stafford, VA
Urban Heat Experiment Around Lubbock, Texas (U-HEAT): An Exploration of Urban Heat Islands and Associated Advection
3rd Place ($25): Jonathan Starfeldt, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
Exploration of a Statistical Approach for the Calibration of the NOAA CrIS Sensors Using Machine Learning
3rd Place ($25): Brian Bennett, University of Maryland, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, College Park, MD
Evaluating satellite-based FluxSat Gross Primary Production Trends with Eddy Covariance Data and extending the FluxSat climate data record
Honorable Mention ($25): Kyndra Buglione, NOAA/NESDIS GOES-R - Lapenta Internship Program, Silver Spring, MD
Automated Tasking Tool for Optimal Placement of GOES-R ABI Mesoscale Sectors
Honorable Mention ($25): David Singewald, Texas Tech Univ. Atmospheric Science Group, Lubbock, TX
Analysis of Satellite and Ground Based Lightning Detection Network Performance in Photographed Supercell and Multicell Events