| Sunday, 13 June 2004 |
| 5:00 PM-7:00 PM, Sunday
Workshop Registration |
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| Monday, 14 June 2004 |
| 7:30 AM-9:00 AM, Monday
Workshop Registration |
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| 8:30 AM-5:30 PM, Monday
AMS Workshop: What Kind of Storms Will We Have Today? Analyzing Thermodynamic Profiles, Model Output, and WSR-88D Data |
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| 9:00 AM-5:30 PM, Monday
Conference Registration |
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| Tuesday, 15 June 2004 |
| 7:30 AM, Tuesday
Conference Registration Continues through Friday, 18 June |
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| 9:00 AM-10:10 AM, Tuesday
Session 1 Broadcasters on Bourbon Street and Beyond |
Chair: Mike Davis, WBNS-TV, Columbus, OH
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| 9:00 AM | 1.1 | Meteorological Gumbo
David Bernard, WWL-TV, New Orleans, LA |
| 9:15 AM | 1.2 | Using the conference camera crew provided by the AMS
Lisa Spencer, WSMV-TV, Nashville, TN |
| 9:25 AM | 1.3 | Don't be whistlin' Dixie when you're trying to teach science
Claire Martin, Global TV, Edmonton, AB, Canada |
| 9:40 AM | 1.4 | BBC Weather is cooking up a Storm
Andrew Lane, BBC, London, United Kingdom |
| 9:55 AM | 1.5 | The 1st World Conference on Broadcast Meteorology
Veronica Johnson, NBC4, Washington, DC; and R. T. Ryan |
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| 10:10 AM-11:10 AM, Tuesday
Session 2 Fire, Ice and the Inevitable Melting |
Chair: Jay Trobec, KELO-TV, Sioux Falls, SD
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| 11:10 AM-11:40 AM, Tuesday
Session 3 Standing Tall, Making a Difference |
Chair: Claire Martin, Global TV, Edmonton, AB Canada
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| 11:40 AM-12:10 PM, Tuesday
Session 4 RTNDA FYI |
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| 12:10 PM-1:10 PM, Tuesday
Lunch Break |
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| 1:00 PM-2:00 PM, Tuesday
Exhibits Opening Reception |
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| 2:00 PM-2:45 PM, Tuesday
Session 5A Outreach and Service: NOAA/NWS |
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| 2:45 PM-4:15 PM, Tuesday
Session 5B Getting Political: AMS & Congress (Preparing for D.C. in 2005) |
Chair: Erik Salna, KBMT-TV, Beaumont, TX
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| 2:45 PM | 5B.1 | Broadcast Meteorologists and Capitol Hill
Susan Avery, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO |
| 3:00 PM | 5B.2 | How I Met My Congressman
Erik L. Salna, KBMT-TV, Beaumont, TX |
| 3:15 PM | 5B.3 | Working with Congress
Scott Carter, NOAA/Legislative Affairs, Washington, DC |
| 3:45 PM | 5B.4 | Interview Your Congressman
Erik Salna, KBMT-TV, Beaumont, TX |
| 4:00 PM | | Coffee Break
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| 4:15 PM, Tuesday
Panel Discussion 1 Earning Our Beads: Meet the AMS Board |
Panelists: Mike Davis, WBNS-TV, Columbus, OH; Greg Fishel, WRAL-TV, Raleigh, NC; Gary Ley, WJAR-TV, Providence, RI; Claire Martin, Global TV, Edmonton, AB Canada; Gene Norman, WGCL-TV, Atlanta, GA; Robin John Reed, WDBJ-TV, Roanoke, VA; Erik Salna, KBMT-TV, Beaumont, TX; Lisa Spencer, WSMV-TV, Nashville, TN; David Tillman, KTRK-TV, Houston, TX; Jay Trobec, KELO-TV, Sioux Falls, SD; Jillene Wahl, KAKE-TV, Wichita, KS
Moderator: John McLaughlin, KCCI-TV, Des Moines, IA
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| 5:30 PM-6:30 PM, Tuesday
Exhibits Ice Breaker Reception |
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| Wednesday, 16 June 2004 |
| 8:00 AM-9:00 AM, Wednesday
Exhibits Open (Breakfast) |
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| 9:00 AM-12:00 PM, Wednesday
Special NOAA/National Ocean Service Workshop: "Change Along the Coast: The Water Cycle Revisited" |
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| 12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Wednesday
Conference Luncheon (Speaker: Mike Leavitt, US EPA, Washington, DC) and "AMS 2004 Award for Outstanding Service by a Broadcast Meteorologist" presentation |
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| 1:30 PM-2:30 PM, Wednesday
Session 6 How GOES It? Satellite Session |
Chair: Robin Reed, WDBJ-TV, Roanoke, VA
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| 2:30 PM-4:00 PM, Wednesday
Session 7 Super Models in Training |
Chair: Greg Fishel, WRAL-TV, Raleigh, NC
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| 2:30 PM | 7.1 | The future of Models
Stephen Lord, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC, Camp Springs, VA |
| 3:00 PM | 7.2 | Continuing education resources in support of certification
Timothy Spangler, UCAR/COMET, Boulder, CO; and W. Schreiber-Abshire and G. Byrd |
| 3:30 PM | 7.3 | The A.D.O.N.I.S. MicroCast® Forecast Model: Be the Forecast Leader in your Market
Michael K. Thomas, Weather Central, Inc., Madison, WI |
| 3:45 PM | | Coffee Break
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| 4:00 PM-5:45 PM, Wednesday
Session 8 Hurricanes: Hunting, Hedging, & Hyping |
Chair: Gene Norman, WGCL-TV, Atlanta, GA
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| 4:00 PM | 8.1 | Overview of Hurricane Hunter Operations
Chad Gibson, U.S. Air Force Reconnaissance/53rd Weather Squadron, Keesler AFB, MS |
| 4:15 PM | 8.2 | Hurricane Isabel: When a great forecast becomes a bad forecast
Bryan Norcross, WFOR/CBS-TV, Miami, FL |
| 4:30 PM | 8.3 | Hurricane Hype
Alan Sealls, WKRG-TV, Mobile, AL |
| 4:45 PM | 8.4 | Hurricanes—Assessing & Utilizing Resources to Maximize Viewer Benefit
Mark D. McGinnis, Broadcast Media- WWAY NewsChannel 3, Wilmington, NC |
| 5:00 PM | 8.5 | Alternative Ways to Present NHC'S Five Day Forecast: Minimizing Negative Economic Impact on Coastal Communities
Bill Hardman, Southeast Tourism Society, Atlanta, GA; and J. McMillan, E. Piotrowski, G. Fishel, E. Thomas, B. Norcross, R. J. Pasch, and S. Thomas |
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| 7:00 PM, Wednesday
Test the Test: CBM practice test |
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| Thursday, 17 June 2004 |
| 8:00 AM-9:00 AM, Thursday
Exhibits Open (breakfast) |
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| 8:45 AM-9:30 AM, Thursday
Session 9 Distant Echoes: Radar Session |
Chair: Gary Ley, WJAR-TV, Providence, RI
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| 8:45 AM | 9.1 | VIPIR 24/7, Bringing home the heightened importance of timeliness and accuracy when the whole viewing area is a 1 meter image
Robert Baron, Baron Services, Inc., Huntsville, AL |
| 9:00 AM | 9.2 | Status and plans for collecting and distributing WSR-88D Data
Timothy Crum, NOAA/NWS, Norman, OK; and R. E. Saffle |
| 9:15 AM | 9.3 | NEXRAD Level II and Beyond - What’s in it for Broadcasters?
William J. Callahan, WSI Corporation, Andover, MA |
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| 9:30 AM-10:45 AM, Thursday
Session 10 Dangerous Weather: Severe Storms, Severe Heat |
Chair: Lisa Spencer, WSMV-TV, Nashville, TN
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| 9:30 AM | 10.1 | Hyperthermia Deaths of Children in Hot Vehicles
Jan Null, San Francisco State University, Saratoga, CA, US Virgin Islands |
| 9:45 AM | 10.2 | An Update on Tornado Trends Across the U.S.
Daniel McCarthy, NOAA/NSSL/SPC, Norman, OK; and J. T. Schaefer |
| 10:00 AM | 10.3 | Trends in Large Hail and Damaging Winds: A New Perspective
Joseph Schaefer, NOAA/NSSL/SPC, Norman, OK; and D. McCarthy and J. Levit |
| 10:15 AM | 10.4 | Bringing the weather home...24X7
Peter Levy, Weather Metrics, Inc., Lenexa, KS |
| 10:30 AM | | Coffee Break
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| 10:45 AM-12:00 PM, Thursday
Severe Weather Workshop: Test Your Skill |
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| 12:00 PM-2:00 PM, Thursday
Exhibits Open (cash & carry lunch) |
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| 12:00 PM-1:00 PM, Thursday
Lunch Break |
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| 2:00 PM-3:00 PM, Thursday
Session 11 Stars & Planets |
Chair: David Tillman, KTRK-TV, Houston, TX
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| 2:00 PM | 11.1 | Major skywatching events in 2004-2005
J. Kelly Beatty, Night Sky Magazine, Cambridge, MA |
| 2:15 PM | 11.2 | UV Index reporting trends and changes to the UV Index
Jason Samenow, US Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC |
| 2:30 PM | 11.3 | Changes in stratospheric ozone depletion: Communicating the science
David W. Fahey, NOAA Aeronomy Laboratory, Boulder, CO |
| 2:45 PM | 11.4 | Reach your audience across the planet while showcasing your stars
Kenneth Reeves, AccuWeather, Inc., State College, PA; and J. T. Candor, D. Yule, and M. A. Steinberg |
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| 3:00 PM-3:15 PM, Thursday
Coffee Break |
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| 3:15 PM-5:00 PM, Thursday
Session 12 Your Tax Dollars at Work: NOAA & NWS |
Chair: Kathy Orr, KYW-TV, Berwyn, PA
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| 3:15 PM | 12.1 | Address by James Mahoney, NOAA's Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere
James Mahoney, NOAA, Washington, DC |
| 3:45 PM | 12.3 | NOAA Snowfall Network Observations Workshop (SNOW) summary
Barbara E. Mayes, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and R. J. Leffler, R. Heim, and S. McCown |
| 4:00 PM | 12.4 | Effective Hazardous Weather Communication between National Weather Service Offices and Broadcast Media
Alan Gerard, NOAA/NWS, Jackson, MS; and D. Butts, F. Borden, and B. S. Goldsmith |
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Panel Discussion 2 Proposed National Weather Service Partnership Policy |
Panelists: Ray Ban, The Weather Channel, Atlanta, GA; Steve Root, President, CSWA, Edmond, OK; John E. Jones, Jr., NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD
Moderator: John Toohey-Morales, NBC Telemundo and Climadata, Miami, FL
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| 6:30 PM, Thursday
Caught on Camera: Tape Swap Marti Gras |
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| Friday, 18 June 2004 |
| 8:00 AM-9:00 AM, Friday
Exhibits Open (Breakfast) |
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| 9:00 AM-10:15 AM, Friday
Session 13 Career Session: The Ins and Outs of TV Weathercasting |
Chair: Erik Salna, KBMT-TV, Beaumont, TX
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| 9:00 AM | 13.1 | Studio One: Educating the broadcast meteorologist of tomorrow
Fred M. Remer, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND |
| 9:15 AM | 13.2 | Weather and Voting: from Meteorology to Metrology
Allan C. Eustis, National Institute for Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD |
| 9:30 AM | 13.3 | Broadcast meteorology—Where do we stand in 2004?
Mark A. Reynolds, WJHL-TV, Johnson City, TN |
| 9:45 AM | 13.4 | The Forecast for a Job Change
Lisa Mozer, Fernback Science Center, Marietta, GA |
| 10:00 AM | 13.5 | Salary Survey Results
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| 10:05 AM | | Coffee Break
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| 10:15 AM, Friday
Panel Discussion 3 Panel Discussion with News Directors, Consultants & Agents |
Panelists: Steve Swienckowski, The David Crane Agency, Inc., Raleigh, NC; Sandra Connell, Talent Dynamics, Dallas, TX; Joe Rovitto, Clemensen & Rovitto, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA; Fred Young, Hearst-Argyle Television, Inc., New York, OH
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| 11:45 AM, Friday
AMS Closing Remarks & Announcements |
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| 12:00 PM, Friday
Conference ends |
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