| Wednesday, 25 June 2008 |
| 7:30 AM-5:00 PM, Wednesday 2008, Torreys Peak
Registration for Short Course and Full Conference |
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| Thursday, 26 June 2008 |
| 7:30 AM-5:00 PM, Thursday 2008, Torreys Peak
Registration Continues through Sunday, 29 June |
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| 9:00 AM-10:30 AM, Thursday 2008, Imperial Ballroom
Exhibits Opening Breakfast Reception |
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| 10:30 AM-11:00 AM, Thursday 2008, Grand Ballroom
Session 1 Welcome to Denver! |
Chair: Mike Alger, KTVN-TV, Reno, NV
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| 10:30 AM | 1.1 | Colorado's Extreme Elevations 
Chris Dunn, KDVR-TV, Denver, CO; and C. Tomer and C. Egger |
| 10:36 AM | 1.2 | Colorado Storm Chasing ----- MP3 audio file
Mike Nelson, KMGH-TV, Denver, CO |
| 10:42 AM | 1.3 | Denver's Big Blizzards
Dave Aguilera, KCNC-TV, Denver, CO; and J. Zeppelin |
| 10:48 AM | 1.4 | A Mile High Microclimate
Ashton Altieri, KUSA-TV, Denver, CO |
| 10:54 AM | 1.5 | Ice Balls! ----- MP3 audio file
Dave Fraser, KWGN-TV, Denver, CO; and J. Boyer |
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| 11:00 AM-11:30 AM, Thursday 2008, Grand Ballroom
Session 2 Mountain and/or Winter Weather Forecasting |
Chair: Patrick T. Powell, WLUK-TV, Green Bay, WI
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| 11:30 AM-12:15 PM, Thursday 2008, Grand Ballroom
Session 3 Regional Forecasting Challenges |
Chair: Patrick T. Powell, WLUK-TV, Green Bay, WI
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| 11:30 AM | 3.1 | Localization of Television Weathercasts ----- MP3 audio file
Michael Smith, WeatherData Services, Inc., Wichita, KS |
| 11:45 AM | 3.2 | People's attitudes and behaviors for weather forecast information based on where they live
Julie Demuth, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. K. Lazo and R. E. Morss |
| 12:00 PM | 3.3 | The devil is in the details: When the forecast is very good, but the results are very bad!
Greg Fishel, WRAL-TV, Raleigh, NC; and N. S. Johnson |
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| 12:15 PM-1:30 PM, Thursday 2008
Lunch Break |
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| 1:30 PM-3:00 PM, Thursday 2008, Grand Ballroom
Session 4 Severe Weather |
Chair: Jay Prater, KAKE-TV, Wichita, KS
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| 1:30 PM | 4.1 | 50 Years of Progress in Tornado Warnings -- The Greensburg Success Story ----- MP3 audio file
Michael R. Smith, WeatherData Services, Inc., Wichita, KS |
| 1:45 PM | 4.2 | GOES R+ User Requirements and Training 
Brian C. Motta, NOAA/NWS, Boulder, CO; and A. Mostek and J. Gurka |
| 2:00 PM | 4.3 | The Baron Tornado Index, a breakthrough in tornado detection
Matthew Alan Havin, Baron Services Inc., Huntsville, AL |
| 2:15 PM | 4.4 | Super Tuesday tornado outbreak February 5-6, 2008
John T. Ferree, NOAA/NWS, Norman, OK; and G. W. Carbin |
| 2:30 PM | 4.5 | The “Super Tuesday Tornado Outbreak” of February 5-6, 2008, SPC Forecasts and Historical Perspective
Gregory W. Carbin, NOAA/NWS/SPC, Norman, OK; and J. T. Schaefer |
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| 3:00 PM-3:30 PM, Thursday 2008, Imperial Ballroom
Coffee Break in the Exhibit Hall |
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| 3:30 PM-4:15 PM, Thursday 2008, Grand Ballroom
Session 5 Tropical Meteorology |
Chair: Sean Sublette, WSET Television, Lynchburg, VA
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| 3:30 PM | 5.1 | Communicating Imperfect Hurricane Forecasts
Daniel P. Brown, NOAA/NWS/NHC/TPC, MIami, FL; and R. D. Knabb and D. Feltgen |
| 3:45 PM | 5.2 | Interpreting Wind Speed Probability Products
Richard D. Knabb, NOAA/NWS/NHC/TPC, Miami, FL; and D. P. Brown, D. Feltgen, and M. Mainelli |
| 4:00 PM | 5.3 | Cyclones, cones, and confusion: Forecasters' perspectives on hurricane graphics
Gina M. Eosco, Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY |
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| 4:15 PM-5:15 PM, Thursday 2008, Grand Ballroom
Session 6 Climate Issues (Including Global Climate Change topics) |
Chair: Keith Monahan, KHCW, Houston, TX
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| 4:15 PM | 6.1 | Uncertainty about uncertainties!
Richard N. Berler, KGNS TV, Laredo, TX |
| 4:30 PM | 6.2 | Climate Change. Educating yourself and your viewers
Dan Satterfield, WHNT-TV Huntsville, Huntsville, AL |
| 4:45 PM | 6.3 | Climate change: What we think we think
Sean Sublette, WSET Television, Lynchburg, VA |
| 5:00 PM | 6.4 | Communicating climate change: a new NEEF/COMET initiative
Victoria C. Johnson, UCAR/COMET, Boulder, CO; and D. Sliter and J. P. Lamos |
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| 5:15 PM, Thursday 2008
Sessions End for the Day |
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| 5:30 PM-7:30 PM, Thursday 2008, Grand Ballroom
Voluntary Focus Meeting by the NWS- Broadcasters Give and Take: Assessing Each Other’s Needs |
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| Friday, 27 June 2008 |
| 8:00 AM-5:30 PM, Friday 2008
Field Trip to NCAR/NOAA-See General Information for Details |
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| Saturday, 28 June 2008 |
| 8:00 AM-10:00 AM, Saturday 2008, Grand Ballroom
Session 7 Station Scientist Session |
Chair: Tammie Souza, WFLD, Chicago, IL
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| 8:00 AM | 7.1 | Discoveries and Breakthroughs Inside Science Evaluation: What We've Learned About Local TV Audiences and Science Reporting
Emilie Lorditch, American Institute of Physics, College Park, MD |
| 8:15 AM | | Panel Discussion: News Directors and Producers Discuss How to Get Station Scientist Material into Newscasts ----- MP3 audio file
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| 9:00 AM | 7.2 | Stargazing Highlights for 2008-9
J. Kelly Beatty, Sky & Telescope Magazine, Cambridge, MA |
| 9:15 AM | 7.3 | Creative and Effective Story-Telling Techniques ----- MP3 audio file
Paul H. Gross, WDIV-TV, Detroit, MI |
| 9:35 AM | | CSS Award Presentation
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| 9:45 AM | 7.4 | YouSpeak: Broadcast Meteorologists' Attitudes about Climate Change
Kris M. Wilson, Emory Univ., Austin, TX |
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| 10:00 AM-10:30 AM, Saturday 2008, Imperial Ballroom
Coffee Break |
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| 10:30 AM-12:00 PM, Saturday 2008, Grand Ballroom
Panel Discussion 1 Station Scientist Session Continued: The FACTS about our Changing Climate |
Panelists: Kevin E. Trenberth, NCAR, Boulder, CO; Alexander MacDonald, NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; James J. O'Brien, COAPS/Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL; Pieter Tans, ESRL/NOAA, Boulder, CO; Warren M. Washington, NCAR, Boulder, CO
Moderator: Paul H. Gross, WDIV-TV, Detroit, MI
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| 12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Saturday 2008, Mt Sopris
Banquet Lunch |
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| 1:30 PM-3:00 PM, Saturday 2008, Grand Ballroom
Session 8 Vendor Session |
Chair: Alan Sealls, WKRG-TV, Mobile, AL
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| 1:30 PM | 8.1 | Showing your Viewers the Weather Like Never Before
Eric Levy, Weather Metrics, Inc., Overland Park, KS |
| 1:45 PM | 8.2 | Vendor Abstract – WSI+ECC
Tad Maguire, WSI, Andover, MA |
| 2:00 PM | 8.3 | Vendor Abstract: Win-Weather
Patrick James, Win-Weather, Medford, MA |
| 2:15 PM | 8.4 | The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Ron Gird, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and E. Randee |
| 2:30 PM | 8.5 | Baron Services-The State of Science ----- MP3 audio file
Robert Baron, Baron Services, Inc., Huntsville, AL |
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| 3:00 PM-3:30 PM, Saturday 2008, Imperial Ballroom
Session Coffee Break |
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| 3:30 PM-5:00 PM, Saturday 2008, Grand Ballroom
Session 9 Station Scientist Part I |
Chair: George Lessens, WZZM, Grand Rapids, MI
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| 3:30 PM | 9.1 | Climate, weather & elections: Who should pray for rain?
Allan C. Eustis, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD |
| 3:45 PM | 9.2 | Win ratings with "Glocal Science" ----- MP3 audio file
Joe Witte, WJLA TV 7, Arlington, VA |
|  | 9.3 | KML ... Three letters that are changing the future of Broadcast Meteorology
David Hennen, CNN, Atlanta, GA |
| 4:00 PM | 9.4 | “Healthcasting”: Behind the scenes progress and developments
Wendy Marie Thomas, AMS, Washington, DC |
| 4:15 PM | 9.5 | Do broadcast meteorologists have a role during a radiological or nuclear public health emergency?
Charles W. Miller, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA; and M. C. McCurley and J. Kanne |
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| 5:00 PM-5:30 PM, Saturday 2008, Grand Ballroom
Session 10 Station Scientist Part II |
Chair: Jeff B. Renner, KING Television, Seattle, Seattle, WA
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| 5:30 PM, Saturday 2008
Sessions End for the Day |
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| Sunday, 29 June 2008 |
| 8:15 AM-9:00 AM, Sunday 2008, Grand Ballroom
Session 11 Station Scientist, Part III |
Chair: Yolanda Amadeo, WALB-TV, Albany, GA
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| 8:15 AM | 11.1 | Connecting weather to the environment: online education for the station scientist ----- MP3 audio file
Joseph P. Lamos, UCAR/COMET, Boulder, CO; and V. C. Johnson, D. Sliter, and S. Espinoza |
| 8:30 AM | 11.2 | Environmental stories: using Earth Gauge and COMET program resources for creating video podcasts and presentations ----- MP3 audio file
Joseph P. Lamos, UCAR/COMET, Boulder, CO; and S. Espinoza, V. C. Johnson, J. Witte, and J. Frazer |
| 8:45 AM | 11.3 | Educating Viewers: Practical ways to enhance weather education in your viewing area
Matt Miller, KTKA-TV, Topeka, KS |
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| 9:00 AM-10:00 AM, Sunday 2008, Grand Ballroom
Session 12 Miscellaneous Topics in Broadcast Meteorology Part I |
Chair: Dan Bickford, WSPA, Spartanburg, SC
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| 9:00 AM | 12.1 | The AMS Ad-Hoc Committee on Uncertainty in Forecasts (ACUF): Broadcasters, we need you
Tom Hamill, NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and P. A. Hirschberg, E. Abrams, and A. Bleistein |
| 9:15 AM | 12.2 | Communicating uncertainty in weather forecasts: Results from a survey of the U.S. public
Rebecca E. Morss, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. Demuth and J. K. Lazo |
| 9:30 AM | 12.3 | CoCoRaHS -- A Rich Resource of Precipitation Measurements in your Viewing Area
Henry Reges, CoCoRaHS/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and N. J. Doesken, R. C. Cifelli, and J. Turner |
| 9:45 AM | 12.4 | Weather Briefings for Hospitals
Margaret Lynn Fowke, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD |
| 10:00 AM | 12.5 | Improving the health and safety of our communities
Jim Augustine, Atlanta Fire Rescue and H-J Atlanta Intl Airport, Atlanta, GA |
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| 10:00 AM-10:30 AM, Sunday 2008, Imperial Ballroom
Coffee Break |
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| 10:30 AM-11:00 AM, Sunday 2008, Grand Ballroom
Session 13 Miscellaneous Topics in Broadcast Meteorology Part II |
Chair: Dan Bickford, WSPA, Spartanburg, SC
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| 11:00 AM-11:45 AM, Sunday 2008, Grand Ballroom
Panel Discussion 2 Professional Development-Meet the Board |
Chair: Jay Prater, KAKE-TV, Wichita, KS
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| 11:45 AM-12:30 PM, Sunday 2008, Grand Ballroom
Panel Discussion 3 Professional Development-Panel Discussion |
Chair: Jay Prater, KAKE-TV, Wichita, KS
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| 12:30 PM, Sunday 2008
Conference Ends |
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