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About the AMS 2026 Meeting 

The 2026 American Meteorological Society (AMS) Annual Meeting will take place from 25 to 29 January 2026 in Houston, Texas at the George R. Brown Convention Center and online. The theme for the meeting is: "Fast and Slow Thinking:  The Human Factor in a Rapidly Changing World."

Find the full meeting program here.

 

Connect with Us!

Connect with us at the the 2026 AMS Annual Meeting! Visit us at the NSF NCAR and UCAR booth (#119) to browse some of our organization's opportunities and resources. If you are a student, visit us at our table (#T-39) during the Career Resource and Graduate School Fair on Saturday, January 24th. 

Explore the schedule below to see NSF NCAR and UCAR conference presentations as well as opportunities to connect with various labs and programs at our booth during our Science Showcase sessions. All times are listed in local time (CST).

 

Staff Presentation Schedule

Sunday, Jan. 25, 2026
Time Session Number Title Location UCAR, UCP, NSF NCAR Staff
14:00 - 15:45 10F Breakout Session: Hands-on Experiences - Exploring Meteorological Datasets with NSF Unidata AWIPS and MetPy 320B
Drew Camron, Tiffany Meyer
19:00 - 21:00 S24 C++ Accelerating Unidata’s MetPy Thermodynamic Engine and its Adaptation to Jovian Storm Analysis Hall B3
Linfeng Li (2025 Summer Intern)
19:00 - 21:00 S23 Performance Benchmarking of NSF Unidata MetPy in a CI/CD Workflow Hall B3
Jaye Norman (2025 Summer Intern)
19:00 - 21:00 S75 GOTHAAM Campaign: Preparation, Testing, and Evaluation of NCAR's Atmospheric Odd Nitrogen 4 Channel Chemiluminescence Instrument for Measuring NOx Hall B3
Mia Robinson (NSF SOARS Intern)
19:00 - 21:00 S50 Investigation of Interstate 94 Lake Effect Snow Multi-Vehicle Crashes Hall B3
Kara Lynn Rydberg (NSF SOARS Intern)
19:00 - 21:00 S258 Observations and Simulation of a High-Precipitation Texas Supercell: ICECHIP Hall B3
Anastasia Joy Tomanek (NSF SOARS Intern)
19:00 - 21:00 S94 Evaluating Community Earth System Model (CESM) Tropospheric Ozone Output With Measurements from the Ozone Monitoring Instrument/Microwave Limb Sounder (OMI/MLS) Hall B3
Monika Von Cyga (NSF SOARS Intern)
Monday, Jan. 26, 2026
Time Session Number Title Location UCAR, UCP, NSF NCAR Staff
08:30 -10:00 PD1 John Zack: Remembering a Lifetime of Contributions to Energy Meteorology 361D Jared Lee
09:00 – 09:15 1.4 AI/ML regional downscaling models based on CONUS404 dataset 351 Lulin Xue
09:15 – 09:30 1.4 Progress with MPAS-JEDI 371A Chris Snyder
11:00 – 11:15 2C.2 Impact of Improved Land Surface Soil Organics Representation on Land-Atmosphere Interaction 320C Cenlin He
11:00 – 11:15 2A.2 The Relationship Between El Nino SSTs and Atmospheric Vertical Processes in the Community Earth System Model (CESM) 361A Richard Neale
13:45 – 15:00 J3 Joint Session J3 Urban Air Pollution and Interaction with Meteorology I 342D
Cenlin He (Chair)
14:15 – 14:30 3.3 The Importance of Forest Canopy Heating in Simulating the Evening Transition 340B
Patrick Hawbecker
14:30 – 14:45 3.4 Innovation and Advancements in a Diode-Laser-Based Lidar for High-Resolution Thermodynamic Profiling 351B
Matthew Hayman
14:30 – 14:45 3.4 Seasonal and Interannual Variation of the Interhemispheric Coupling during the Austral Winter in WACCM6 352F Dai Koshin
14:45 – 15:00 3A.5 Representing the Impact of Land Cover on the Atmosphere in the Community Earth System Model (CESM2) [Invited] GRB Meg Fowler
15:00 – 16:30 223 Sensitivity Tests of the P3 (Predicted Particle Properties) Microphysical Scheme: Modifying Fall Speeds in CM1 Hall B3
Jacob Michael Dengate (NSF SOARS Intern)
16:30 – 18:00 J4 Joint Session J4 - Urban Air Pollution and Interaction with Meteorology II 342D
Cenlin He (Chair)
16:30 – 17:45 J4B Joint Session J4B Air Quality Insights from Satellite Retrievals II 332C
Ivan Ortega (Chair)
16:45 – 17:00 J4.2 Latest Developments in Uxarray: A Python Package Supporting Kilometer-Scale Model Outputs in Native Unstructured Grids 340A Orhan Eroglu
17:00 – 17:15 4.3 An Experimental Current Icing Product for Tactical Applications: Tactical CIP 340B
Daniel R. Adriaansen
17:00 – 17:15 4B.3 Past and Future Transferability of AI Weather Models for Regional Climate Applications in Hydrology 332A
Ethan D. Gutmann
17:15 – 17:30 4.4 The First Demonstration of Real-Time Global Storm-Scale Numerical Weather Prediction Model Forecasts 381A
Craig Schwartz
17:30-17:45 4.5 Expanding Verification Capabilities: New Advances in the METplus System, Forecast Verification, Evaluation, and Diagnostics II 342F Christina Kalb
17:30 - 17:45 J4.5 Unidata Science Gateway: Integrating Atmospheric Science Desktop Applications with Modern Code-Driven Workflows in the Cloud 372A
Julien Chastang, Ana Espinoza
17:45 – 18:00 4.6 Evaluation of an Offshore-Specific Machine Learning Surface Layer Model in WRF 361D
Patrick Hawbecker
Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2026
Time Session Number Title Location UCAR, UCP, NSF NCAR Staff
09:15 – 09:30 5.4 Comparing the Performance of MPAS and HRRR Forecasts of High-Impact Fog Events 340B Matthew Wilson
009:30 – 9:45 5.5 Lessons Learned from Balloon-Borne Observations of Infrared Radiative Fluxes and Fog Droplet Size Distributions during the FATIMA Sable Island Field Campaign 340B
Sebastian W. Hoch
09:30 – 09:45 5A.5 Forecast Evaluation and Simulations of Mesoscale Processes During the Historic Rio Grande Valley Extreme Precipitation Event of March 2025 332B
Anastasia Joy Tomanek (NSF SOARS Intern)
09:45 – 10:00 J5A.6 Aerosol-Cloud Interaction within Coastal Cumulus Congestus Clouds Observed during ESCAPE and TRACER 372C Azusa Takeishi
13:45-15:00 7 Session 7 Warm-Phase Cloud Processes Across Scales I 371E
Chritina McCluskey (Co-Chair), Sisi Chen (Co-Chair)
14:00 – 14:15 7.2 The Geoscience Community Analysis Toolkit (GeoCAT): Open and FAIR Python Packages, Galleries, and Training for Earth System Science Workflows 372A Orhan Eroglu
14:00-14:15 7.2 Investigating Renewable Energy Drought Potential over the U.S. 361D Jared Lee
14:15 – 14:30 7.3 Improved Representation of the Middle and Upper Atmosphere through Incorporating New Observations in a Whole Atmosphere Data Assimilation System 320C Nick Pedatella
14:30 – 14:45 7.4 Verification of S2S Hindcasts in Two NSF-NCAR Community Models 351B Abigail Jaye
14:30 - 14:45 7.4 Voices of the Earth Systems Science Community: Insights from the 2025 NSF Unidata Assessment Survey 372A Tanya Vance
15:00 - 16:30 280 Utilizing GIS in Aviation for Heavy Precipitation Events: A Hurricane Michael (2018) Case Study Hall B3
Lilly Cargile (NSF SOARS Intern)
15:00 - 16:30 387 Estimating Aerosol Size, Concentration from Multi-Wavelength Lidar Data: Using Machine Learning to Understand Uncertainties and Limitations Hall B3
Matthew Hayman
15:00 - 16:30 539 Using MPAS-A to Evaluate Sources of Forecast Errors for Tropical Waves and their Impacts Hall B3 Quinton Lawton
15:00 - 16:30 418 Monitoring Ground-level Ozone through Community Science: The National Ozone Garden Network Hall B3 Julie Malmberg
15:00 - 16:30 329 Evaluation of TEMPO Formaldehyde Retrievals Using Co-Located Ground-Based FTIR and Pandora Observations and Comparisons with NCAR MUSICA Simulations Hall B3 Ivan Ortega
15:00 – 16:30 498 The Influence of Extreme Weather on Hawaiian Communities: A Kona Low Case Study using a Regional Earth System Model Hall B3
Rebecca Porter (NSF SOARS Intern)
15:00-16:30 480 Implementing Rooftop Snow Processes into an Urban Canopy Model for Heavy Snow Load Hazard Analysis Hall B3 Tzu-Shun Lin
16:30-18:00 8A Identifying, Understanding, and Resolving Model Biases 362C
Kathryn Newman (Organizer), Weiwei Li (Organizer), Michael Ek (Organizer)
16:30-16:45 8B.1 Comparing the Impact of Assimilating UAS Observations Collected Using Different Sampling Strategies on Fog Forecasts Using OSSEs 371A Matthew Wilson
16:30 - 18:00 8 Session 8 Modeling: Current State and Future of Space Weather 320A
Michael Wiltberger
16:45-17:00 J8B.2 Evaluating Wintertime Cloud Seeding Impacts in Colorado’s St. Vrain Watershed Using WRF-WxModⓇ Ensemble Simulations 372E Sisi Chen
17:00-17:15 J8B.3 Overview of SNOWSCAPE: The Seeded and Natural Orographic Winter Storms and Catchment Processes Evaluation Project 372E
Nicholas Dawson
17:00-17:15 J8A.3 Ice-Nucleating Particles Around Houston and the Western U.S. Gulf Coast: Interactions of Saharan Dust and Urban Air Pollution 372C
Ryan Patnaude
17:30-17:45 8A.5 METplus in Action: Bridging Research and Operations for Model Verification 362C
Michelle Harrold
17:30 - 17:45 8.5 Advancing Space Weather Research with kaipy and gcmprocpy: Analysis, Metrics, and Tutorials 320C
Michael Wiltberger
17:30 - 17:45 8.5 The Coastal Transition of a West African Mesoscale Convective System 352D
Rosimar Rios-Berrios
Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026
Time Session Number Title Location UCAR, UCP, NSF NCAR Staff
08:30 -08:45 J9.1 Project Pythia Cookbooks: From Software to Community and Back 372A Julia Kent
08:30-10:00 9 Solar, Storage, Energy System, and Seasonal Modeling 361D
Jared Lee (co-chair)
08:45 – 09:00 9A.2 Capturing the Atmosphere: NCAR's In-Situ Sensing Facility for Advanced Observations and Decision-making 351E
Jacquelyn Witte
09:00 – 09:15 9.3 On the Representation of Convectively Coupled Kelvin Waves in Operational Forecast Models: An Object-Tracking Perspective 352D Quiton Lawton
09:30 - 09:45 J9.5 Improving MetPy Performance with C++: 3D and Challenges 372A
Ryan May, Drew Camron
09:45 – 10:00 9.6 Data Assimilation of the Meteor Radar Wind Observations in the Mesosphere and Lower Thermosphere 352F Dai Koshin
09:45 – 10:00 9.5 Exploring Parametric Uncertainty Using Initialized Predictions with the Community Earth System Model 352A Brian Medeiros
10:45 – 11:00 10A.1 Investigating the Atmospheric Response to the Extreme Australian 2019/2020 Wildfire Season 342E
Rebecca Bucholz
10:45 – 11:00   Panel Discussion 10B User Over the Loop: The Role of the Human in an AI World GRB Julie Demuth
10:45-12:00 J10 Clean Energy and Equitable Transportation Solutions 361D
Jared Lee (co-chair)
11:00 -11:15 10.2 Building Better Pathways: Expanding Research Internship Opportunities for Students in a Shifting Scientific Landscape 342 Jerry Cyccone
11:15 - 11:30 10.3 NSF Unidata AWIPS Update 372A Tiffany Meyer
11:15 - 11:30 J10.3 Assessing Electric and Autonomous Vehicle Operability in Adverse Weather with Large Eddy Simulations 361D Brittany Welch
11:15 – 11:30 10.3 Reducing Uncertainty in Projections of US Hydroclimate 310C
Stephen Yaeger
11:30 – 11:45 10B.4 Influence of Wildfire Smoke on Ozone Production Chemistry in the Lake Michigan Region 332C Jerrold Acdan
11:30 – 11:45 10.4 Strengthening Research Capacity to Provide Risk-Relevant Hazard Information 360D James Done
12:15 – 01:15   Town Hall Meeting NSF NCAR’s Advanced Computing, Data Services, and New AI Ecosystem Road Map for Earth System Science 351A John Clyne
13:45 - 15:00 11.1 Beyond Boundaries: Mobilizing Convergence and Translational Science for Earth System Resilience 342F Julie Demuth
13:45-15:00 11 Weather and the Roads I 372A
Brittany Welch (Chair)
14:00 – 14:15 11.2 Modeling the Impact of Shade Pavilions on Wet Bulb Globe Temperature Across the United States 362A
Lilly Cargile (NSF SOARS Intern)
14:00 – 14:15 11A.2 Leveraging a Variable-Resolution Earth System Model to Depict the November 2006 Rain-on-Snow Flooding Event in Glacier National Park 332B Kyle Nardi
14:00 – 14:15 11.2 From Forecast to Aftermath: Longitudinal Insights into Information Use and Behaviors Before and After Hurricane Impacts 351A
Robert Prestley
14:45 – 15:00 J11A.5 Dampening of the Precipitation Response to Aerosol Pollution from Turbulence in Cumulus Clouds 372C
Kamal Chandrakar
14:45 – 15:00 11.5 Investigation of Lake Effect Snow Impacts on Interstate 94 Multi-Vehicle Crashes 372A
Kara Lynn Rydberg (NSF SOARS Intern)
14:45 – 15:00 11.5 Partnering with Communities and the Private Sector to Bring a Traveling Weather Exhibit to Alaska 350D Daniel Zietlow
15:00 - 16:30 563 C++ Accelerating Unidata’s MetPy Thermodynamic Engine and its Adaptation to Jovian Storm Analysis Hall B3
Linfeng Li (2025 Summer Intern)
15:00-17:00 754 Advancing Community Adoption of MPAS through Testing and Evaluation Hall B3  Will Mayfield
15:00 - 16:30 587 Adapting a Global Atmospheric River Detection Algorithm for Effective Use in Polar Regions Hall B3 Kyle Nardi
15:00 - 16:30 562 Performance Benchmarking of NSF Unidata MetPy in a CI/CD Workflow Hall B3
Jaye Norman (2025 Summer Intern)
15:00 - 16:30 785 The Effect of Upper Ocean Freshwater on the Rapid Intensification of Hurricane Lee Hall B3
Keloni Rio Laws (NSF SOARS Intern)
16:30 - 16:45 12A.1 Extending CREDIT to Areas of Rising Interest 330A
David John Gagne
16:30-18:00 12 Weather and the Roads II 372A
Brittany Welch (Chair)
16:30-16:45 J12.1 High-Resolution Urban Meteorology for Impacts Dataset Hourly for the Atlanta Metropolitan Region (HUMID-Atlanta) 362A Tzu-Shun Lin
17:00 – 7:15 12.3 Tornado Watch Probabilities in Practice: Performance, Trust, and Use Among Emergency Managers 351A
Vanessa Dunham (NSF SOARS Intern)
17:45-18:00 12B.6 Stochastic Physics Implementation and Testing in MPAS in Preparation for Transition to the UFS 371A Will Mayfield
Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026
Time Title Session  Type UCAR, UCP, NSF NCAR Staff
09:45 – 10:00 J13.6 Awareness and Action: An Analysis of Public Evacuation Response During Hurricane Ian (2022) in Florida 352A
Marinna Stopa (NSF SOARS Intern)
11:00 -11:15 14B.2 Evaluation of a Low-Cost, 3D-Printed Air Quality Sensor as an Addition to the 3D-PAWS Suite of Instruments 351B Kathryn Payne
11:15 - 11:30 14B.3 Real-Time, Medium-Range, MPAS-Based Severe Weather Hazards Guidance for NOAA’s 2025 Hazardous Weather Testbed Spring Forecasting Experiment 371A
Craig Schwartz
13:45-15:00 J15B Artificial Intelligence for Urban Climate Research 322A
Jared Lee (Co-Chair)
13:45-14:00 15B.1 Developmental Testbed Center: Informing Earth System Model Development Through Model Testing and Evaluation Solutions 371A Louisa Nance
13:45-15:00 15B Advancing Hazards Forecasting and Decision Support through NOAA Testbeds and Proving Grounds III 371A
Louisa Nance (Co-Chari)
14:30-14:45 15A.4 Evaluating Deterministic and Ensemble HAFS Forecasts using METplus 362C
Kathryn Newman
15:00 - 16:30 803 The NSF Unidata Summer Internship: 14 Years of Adding Open Source to Open Science By Investing in the Software and Education Skills of Students and Their Communities Hall B3
Drew Camron, Ryan May
15:00 - 16:30 802 From Field to Archive and Beyond: NCAR's Data Lifecycle Management for Field Campaigns Hall B3 Jacquie Witte 

 

NSF NCAR Science Showcase Schedule

Monday, Jan. 26, 2026
Time Title Lab/Center/Program/Office NSF NCAR Staff
17:00 - 19:30 Model for Prediction Across Scales (MPAS) Mesoscale & Microscale Meteorology Lab Gretchen Mullendore
Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2026
Time Title Lab/Center/Program/Office NSF NCAR Staff
10:00 - 12:00 Graduate Student Visit Opportunities with the Mesoscale & Microscale Meteorology Lab
Mesoscale & Microscale Meteorology Lab
 Dereka Carroll-Smith
12:00 - 14:00 NSF NCAR Convergence Science Program Research Applications Lab Kim Fewless
14:00 - 16:00 The Community Earth System Model and the Work of CGD CGD Jon Petch
16:00 - 18:00 NSF NCAR's AI Ecosystem Computational Information Systems Lab John Clyne
Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026
Time Title Lab/Center/Program/Office NSF NCAR Staff
10:00 - 12:00 NSF NCAR’s Observational Ecosystem
Earth Observing Laboratory
 Allison McComiskey
12:00 - 14:00 NSF NCAR's New Transportation Meteorology Applications Program Research Applications Lab Scott Landolt
14:00 - 16:00 The Atmospheric Chemistry Observations and Modeling (ACOM) Laboratory The Atmospheric Chemistry Observations and Modeling Laboratory Rebecca Buchholz
16:00 - 18:00 Space Weather Capabilities of the NSF NCAR High Altitude Observatory High Altitude Observatory Michael Wiltberger
Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026
Time Title Lab/Center/Program/Office NSF NCAR Staff
10:00 - 12:00 APAR: The Future of Airborne Phased Array Radar Earth Observing Laboratory
Brad Klotz

 

UCP Science Showcase Schedule

Monday, Jan. 26, 2026
Time Title Lab/Center/Program/Office UCP Staff
17:00 - 19:30 COMET 3D Paws Demonstration COMET Kathryn Payne, Elizabeth Mulvihill
Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2026
Time Title Lab/Center/Program/Office UCP Staff
09:45 – 11:00 NSF Unidata: Data, Tools, and Services for Earth System Science NSF Unidata Julien Chastang
11:00 - 12:00  NSF Unidata: Data, Tools, and Services for Earth System Science NSF Unidata
Drew Camron
12:00 - 14:00 5COMET 3D Paws and Met Ed Demonstration COMET
Andrea Smith, Kathryne Payne
14:00 - 16:00 NSF SOARS and SciEd STEM Educational Resources UCAR Center for Science Education Julie Malmberg, Marissa Vara
15:00 - 18:00 NSF Unidata: Data, Tools, and Services for Earth System Science NSF Unidata Tanya Vance, Ryan May
Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026
Time Title Lab/Center/Program/Office UCP Staff
09:45 - 13:00 CPAESS Job Opportunities Cooperative Programs for the Advancement of Earth System Science Dawn Mullally
13:00 - 15:00

NSF Unidata: Data, Tools, and Services for Earth System Science

 NSF Unidata
Drew Camron, Ryan May
15:00 - 18:00

NSF Unidata: Data, Tools, and Services for Earth System Science

 NSF Unidata
Tanya Vance, Ryan May
Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026
Time Title Lab/Center/Program/Office UCP Staff
9:45 – 12:00 CPAESS: U.S. Carbon Cycle Science Program Cooperative Programs for the Advancement of Earth System Science
Dawn Mullally, Brooklyn Poutra