The 88th Annual Meeting (20-24 January 2008) (New Orleans, LA)

Monday Wednesday
Tuesday, 22 January 2008
8:00 AM-5:00 PM
Weather Video Preview Theater (6USERS)
8:15 AM-9:45 AM -- R04
Joint Panel Discussion 7 Future of International Cooperation in Observing Systems ( HALLGREN, 3POLICY

8:15 AM-9:45 AM -- 206
Joint Session 2 Applications of artificial intelligence methods in the context of interactive information processing systems ( 6AI, 24IIPS

8:30 AM-9:45 AM -- 207
Joint Panel Discussion 1 Enhancing the Connectivity between Research and Applications for the Benefit of Society Part I ( 24IIPS, THORPEXSYMP, 5GOESR, 12IOAS, 13ARAM, 3POLICY

8:30 AM-9:45 AM -- 224
Joint Session 1 Land-Atmosphere Interactions ( 22HYDRO, 20CLIMATE

8:30 AM-9:45 AM -- R02-R03
Joint Session 3 Tropical Cyclones and Probability/Statistics 1 ( TROPSYMP, 19PROBSTAT

8:30 AM-8:45 AM -- 214
Session 1 Forum Introductions ( 6USERS

8:30 AM-9:00 AM -- R01
Session 1 4th NPOESS Symposium - Keynote Address ( 4NPOESS

8:30 AM-9:45 AM -- 222
Session 1 Hurricane Studies and Forecasting using Lightning Data ( 3LIGHTNING

8:30 AM-9:45 AM -- R08-R09
Session 1 World Wide High Impact Weather - 2007 ( 4IMPACTS

8:30 AM-9:45 AM -- 209
Session 3 Technology and Teaching Tools in the University Classroom ( 17EDUCATION

8:30 AM-9:45 AM -- 220
Session 5 Pollutant Transport, Transformation, and Removal Processes ( 15AIRPOL

8:30 AM-9:45 AM -- 226-227
Session 5 Nowcasting and Modeling Part I ( 13ARAM

8:30 AM-9:45 AM -- 204
Session 5 Advanced Methods for Data Assimilation-I ( 12IOAS

8:30 AM-9:45 AM -- 230
Session 5 Air quality and climate change ( 10ATCHEM

8:30 AM-9:45 AM -- 221
Session 5 New Developments with Physics-Based Forecast Models Part I ( 5SPACEWX

8:30 AM-9:45 AM -- 215-216
Session 5A African Climate: V. Eastern and Southern Africa ( 20CLIMATE

8:30 AM-9:45 AM -- 217-218
Session 5B General Climate Studies: Observations I ( 20CLIMATE

8:45 AM-9:45 AM -- 214
Session 2 Emergency Management and Rescue Operations-I ( 6USERS

9:00 AM-9:45 AM -- 210
Session 1 RADAR/LIDAR Studies from Space ( LIDARSYMP

9:00 AM-9:45 AM -- R01
Session 2 NPOESS/METOP Overview and Status ( 4NPOESS

9:45 AM-11:00 AM
Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break (Tue a.m.) (15AIRPOL, 17EDUCATION, 3POLICY, 3LIGHTNING, 6HISTORY, 24IIPS, 22HYDRO, 20CLIMATE, TROPSYMP, 5SPACEWX, 19PROBSTAT, 12IOAS, 10ATCHEM, 6AI, LIDARSYMP, HALLGREN, PREFORUM08, 13ARAM, 4NPOESS, 4IMPACTS, 6USERS)
9:45 AM-11:00 AM -- Exhibit Hall B
Joint Poster Session 1 Land-Atmosphere Interactions ( 22HYDRO, 20CLIMATE

9:45 AM-11:00 AM -- Exhibit Hall B
Poster Session 1 4th NPOESS Symposium Poster Session ( 4NPOESS

9:45 AM-11:00 AM -- Exhibit Hall B
Poster Session 1 Lightning Applications, Studies and Technology in the Atmospheric Sciences ( 3LIGHTNING

9:45 AM-11:00 AM -- Exhibit Hall B
Poster Session 1 Recent Developments in Atmospheric Applications of Radar and lidar ( LIDARSYMP

9:45 AM-11:00 AM -- Exhibit Hall B
Poster Session 2 Modeling and Range Posters ( 13ARAM

11:00 AM-6:00 PM
Exhibits Open (Tuesday) (15AIRPOL, 17EDUCATION, 3POLICY, 3LIGHTNING, 6HISTORY, 24IIPS, 22HYDRO, 20CLIMATE, TROPSYMP, 5SPACEWX, 19PROBSTAT, 12IOAS, 10ATCHEM, 6AI, 5GOESR, LIDARSYMP, HALLGREN, 13ARAM, 4NPOESS, 4IMPACTS, 6USERS)
11:00 AM-12:00 PM -- R08-R09
Joint Session 11 Record Floods of 2007 and their Impacts ( 4IMPACTS, 3POLICY

11:00 AM-12:00 PM -- R02-R03
Joint Session 4 Tropical Cyclones and Probability/Statistics 2 ( TROPSYMP, 19PROBSTAT

11:00 AM-12:00 PM -- 228-229
Panel Discussion 2 Developing Science Policy Curricula ( 3POLICY

11:00 AM-12:00 PM -- 211
Session 1 Weather and climate in early US history ( 6HISTORY

11:00 AM-12:00 PM -- 222
Session 2 Applications of Lightning Data in Tropical Meteorology ( 3LIGHTNING

11:00 AM-12:00 PM -- 214
Session 3 Emergency Management and Rescue Operations-II ( 6USERS

11:00 AM-12:00 PM -- R01
Session 3 Data Products ( 4NPOESS

11:00 AM-12:00 PM -- 209
Session 4 Extending our Reach in Atmospheric Science ( 17EDUCATION

11:00 AM-12:00 PM -- 206
Session 4A Applications in Meteorology, Oceanography, Hydrology and Climatology - Part I ( 24IIPS

11:00 AM-12:00 PM -- 207
Session 4B Challenges in Data Access, Distribution, and Use - Part I ( 24IIPS

11:00 AM-12:00 PM -- 220
Session 6 Laboratory Experiments and Field Observations ( 15AIRPOL

11:00 AM-12:00 PM -- 226-227
Session 6 Nowcasting and Modeling Part II ( 13ARAM

11:00 AM-12:00 PM -- 204
Session 6 ADVANCED METHODS FOR DATA ASSIMILATION-II ( 12IOAS

11:00 AM-12:00 PM -- 230
Session 6 Application of remote sensing measurements for air quality modeling ( 10ATCHEM

11:00 AM-12:00 PM -- 221
Session 6 New Developments with Physics-Based Forecast Models Part II ( 5SPACEWX

11:00 AM-12:00 PM -- 215-216
Session 6A African Climate: VI. Modeling Studies ( 20CLIMATE

11:00 AM-12:00 PM -- 217-218
Session 6B General Climate Studies: Observations II ( 20CLIMATE

11:00 AM-12:00 PM -- 224
Session L1 Robert E. Horton Lecture ( 22HYDRO

12:00 PM-1:30 PM
Presidental Forum: Hurricane Katrina: Looking Back to Look Ahead (Cash & Carry) (Presidental Forum will run parallel to the other sessions throughout the afternoon) (15AIRPOL, 17EDUCATION, 3POLICY, 3LIGHTNING, 6HISTORY, 24IIPS, 22HYDRO, 20CLIMATE, TROPSYMP, 5SPACEWX, 19PROBSTAT, 12IOAS, 10ATCHEM, 5GOESR, THORPEXSYMP, 6AI, LIDARSYMP, HALLGREN, PREFORUM08, 13ARAM, 7COMWKSHP, 4NPOESS, 4IMPACTS, 6USERS)
1:30 PM-3:00 PM -- 220
Joint Session 1 Measurements and Modeling of Aerosols and Clouds-I ( 15AIRPOL, 10ATCHEM

1:30 PM-3:00 PM -- R02-R03
Joint Session 1 Forecasting/products enabled by next generation instrumentation on GOES-R and other satellites-I ( 5SPACEWX, 5GOESR

1:30 PM-3:00 PM -- 209
Joint Session 3 Using technology to enhance learning: innovations and evidence (Part 1) ( 17EDUCATION, 24IIPS

1:30 PM-3:00 PM -- La Louisiane
Joint Session 5 Hurricane Katrina-Looking Back to Look Ahead: Part I ( PREFORUM08, 3POLICY, TROPSYMP

1:30 PM-3:00 PM -- R08-R09
Panel Discussion 1 Fires, Droughts, and Climate Change ( 4IMPACTS

1:30 PM-3:15 PM -- 205
Session 2 Forecasting contest submissions (Participants will present the results of their model forecasts of the posted dataset) ( 6AI

1:30 PM-3:00 PM -- 211
Session 2 Professional meteorology: airlines, the public, and minority science education ( 6HISTORY

1:30 PM-3:00 PM -- 210
Session 2 Radar/lidar Studies from Space ( LIDARSYMP

1:30 PM-3:00 PM -- 222
Session 3 Recent Advances in Lightning Technology and Transfer to Operations ( 3LIGHTNING

1:30 PM-3:00 PM -- 214
Session 4 Extreme Weather, Climate Change, and the Energy Industry - I ( 6USERS

1:30 PM-3:00 PM -- R01
Session 4 Data Assimilation ( 4NPOESS

1:30 PM-3:00 PM -- 223
Session 5 Drought Assessment And Prediction ( 22HYDRO

1:30 PM-3:00 PM -- 206
Session 5A GIS Applications ( 24IIPS

1:30 PM-3:00 PM -- 207
Session 5B Linked Environments for Atmospheric Discovery (LEAD) ( 24IIPS

1:30 PM-3:00 PM -- 226-227
Session 7 Nowcasting and Modeling Part III ( 13ARAM

1:30 PM-3:00 PM -- 204
Session 7 ADVANCED METHODS FOR DATA ASSIMILATION-III ( 12IOAS

1:30 PM-3:00 PM -- 215-216
Session 7A General Climate Studies: Observations III ( 20CLIMATE

1:30 PM-3:00 PM -- 217-218
Session 7B Climate of 20th Century (C20C) Part I ( 20CLIMATE

1:45 PM-2:45 PM -- 224
Joint Session 2 Land-Atmosphere Interactions, Part II ( 20CLIMATE, 22HYDRO

1:45 PM-3:00 PM -- 219
Session 6 Statistical Climatology ( 19PROBSTAT

3:00 PM-3:30 PM
Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall (tues p.m.) (15AIRPOL, 17EDUCATION, 3POLICY, 3LIGHTNING, 6HISTORY, 22HYDRO, 20CLIMATE, TROPSYMP, 5SPACEWX, 19PROBSTAT, 12IOAS, 10ATCHEM, 5GOESR, 6AI, LIDARSYMP, PREFORUM08, 13ARAM, 4NPOESS, 4IMPACTS, 6USERS)
3:30 PM-5:30 PM -- 220
Joint Session 2 Measurements and Modeling of Aerosols and Clouds-II ( 15AIRPOL, 10ATCHEM

3:30 PM-5:00 PM -- R02-R03
Joint Session 2 Forecasting/products Enabled by Next Generation Instrumentation on GOES-R and Other Satellites-II ( 5SPACEWX, 5GOESR

3:30 PM-5:15 PM -- 224
Joint Session 3 Land-Atmosphere Interactions, Part III ( 22HYDRO, 20CLIMATE

3:30 PM-5:30 PM -- 209
Joint Session 4 Using technology to enhance learning: innovations and evidence (Part 2) ( 17EDUCATION, 24IIPS

3:30 PM-5:00 PM -- La Louisiane
Joint Session 6 Hurricane Katrina-Looking Back to Look Ahead: Part II ( PREFORUM08, 3POLICY, TROPSYMP

3:30 PM-5:00 PM -- R08-R09
Session 2 High Impact 2007 US Weather ( 4IMPACTS

3:30 PM-5:00 PM -- 211
Session 3 Severe weather and historical impacts: tornadoes and hurricanes ( 6HISTORY

3:30 PM-5:00 PM -- 210
Session 3 Combined radar/lidar instrumentation and new Technologies ( LIDARSYMP

3:30 PM-5:45 PM -- 222
Session 4 Lightning and Electrical Processes in Convective to Mesoscale Storms ( 3LIGHTNING

3:30 PM-5:30 PM -- 214
Session 5 Extreme Weather, Climate Change, and the Energy Industry - II ( 6USERS

3:30 PM-5:30 PM -- R01
Session 5 Societal Benefits: Improving Models and Tools ( 4NPOESS

3:30 PM-5:30 PM -- 206
Session 5A GIS Applications (Continued) ( 24IIPS

3:30 PM-3:45 PM -- 207
Session 5B Linked Environments for Atmospheric Discovery (LEAD) (Continued) ( 24IIPS

3:30 PM-5:30 PM -- 223
Session 6 Drought Assessment And Prediction, Part II ( 22HYDRO

3:30 PM-5:15 PM -- 219
Session 7 Probability Forecasting ( 19PROBSTAT

3:30 PM-5:30 PM -- 226-227
Session 8 Range ( 13ARAM

3:30 PM-5:30 PM -- 204
Session 8 Mesoscale Data Assimilation ( 12IOAS

3:30 PM-5:30 PM -- 215-216
Session 8A General Climate Studies: Variability (ENSO, MJO, NAO, etc.) ( 20CLIMATE

3:30 PM-5:30 PM -- 217-218
Session 8B Climate Prediction ( 20CLIMATE

3:45 PM-5:15 PM -- 208
Session 5C Internet Applications & Cyberinfrastucture ( 24IIPS

5:00 PM
Symposium Ends (TROPSYMP)
5:00 PM-5:15 PM
1 Q&A with Concluding Remarks (PREFORUM08)
5:15 PM-6:00 PM -- 221
Session 7 Vision for Human Evolution into Space ( 5SPACEWX

5:30 PM
Sixth Users Forum Adjourns (6USERS)
6:00 PM
Symposium Ends (5SPACEWX)
Monday Wednesday