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Program Chairpersons:
David C. Bader, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Laura M. Edwards, DRI
Gregg M. Garfin, University of Arizona

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Sunday, 17 January 2010
7:30 AM-9:00 AM, Sunday
Short Course Registration
 
9:00 AM-6:00 PM, Sunday
Annual Meeting Registration Begins
 
12:00 PM-4:00 PM, Sunday
Weatherfest
 
3:00 PM-4:00 PM, Sunday, B314
First-Time Attendee Briefing
 
5:00 PM-6:00 PM, Sunday, B314
Annual Meeting Review and Fellows Awards
 
6:00 PM-7:00 PM, Sunday, Exhibit Hall B2
Fellows Reception
 
Monday, 18 January 2010
7:30 AM-5:30 PM, Monday
Registration Open
 
9:00 AM-10:30 AM, Monday, Thomas Murphy Ballroom 1 and 2
Presidential Forum
 
10:30 AM-11:00 AM, Monday
Coffee Break in Meeting Room Foyer
 
11:00 AM-12:00 PM, Monday, B211
Session 1 Links Between Climate and Weather I
Chair: Mathew Barlow, Univ. of Massachusetts, Lowell, MA
11:00 AM1.1The climatology of inland winds from tropical cyclones in the United States  extended abstract
Michael C. Kruk, STG, Inc., Asheville, NC; and D. Levinson, M. F. Squires, and E. Gibney
11:15 AM1.2A radiosonde climatology for Charleston, SC  
Alek J. Krautmann, NOAA/NWS, North Charleston, SC; and F. W. Alsheimer
11:30 AM1.3Using self-organizing maps (SOMs) to develop a climatology and characterization of the low-level wind field across the Ross Ice Shelf region, Antarctica  
Mark W. Seefeldt, Providence College, Providence, RI
11:45 AM1.4An Investigation of Bomb Cyclone Climatology: Reanalysis vs. NCEP's CFS Model  
Francisco M. Alvarez, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO; and T. P. Eichler and J. Gottschalck
 
12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Monday
Lunch Break
 
1:30 PM-2:30 PM, Monday, B214
Joint Session 14 Educational Outreach in the Atmospheric, Oceanic and Hydrologic Sciences (Joint between the 19th Symposium on Education, the 12th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry, the 18th Conference on Applied Climatology, and the 24th Conference on Hydrology)
Cochairs: Kathleen A. Murphy, AMS Education Resource Educator, St. Louis, MO; Susan Q. Foster, UCAR, Boulder, CO
1:30 PMJ14.1Mapping the UK's urban heat islands  
Sylvia .H.E. Knight, Royal Meteorological Society, Reading, United Kingdom; and R. Fordham
1:45 PMJ14.2Educating citizens about severe weather awareness following the 22 May 2008 Northern Colorado tornado  extended abstract
Paul Nutter, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO; and D. Gaardner
2:00 PMJ14.3Weather & Climate—Weatherwise Magazine's Newest Series  
H. Michael Mogil, How the Weatherworks, Naples, FL; and M. Benner
2:15 PMJ14.4Climate adaptation in coastal communities: A Sea Grant Climate Network approach to outreach  
Jessica C. Whitehead, South Carolina Sea Grant Consortium, Charleston, SC; and C. Conger, R. H. Bacon, and J. Brown
 
1:30 PM-2:30 PM, Monday, B211
Session 2A Links Between Climate and Weather II
Chair: Mathew Barlow, Univ. of Massachusetts, Lowell, MA
1:30 PM2A.2A 30-year climatology of lake-effect snow events in Indiana, including an analysis of upstream sounding variables as Predictors  
Craig A. Clark, Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN
2A.1Severe thunderstorm and lightning climatology in Atlantic Canada  
Rick James Fleetwood, EC, Fredericton, NB, Canada
1:45 PM2A.3Application of different weather pattern classifications to simulated future climate conditions for Central Europe  extended abstract
Rita Pongracz, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary; and J. Bartholy, A. Philipp, C. Beck, and A. Kern
2:00 PM2A.4The Impacts of Climate Change on Storm Tracks in the PCMDI Suite of Models  
Natalie Gaggini, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO; and T. P. Eichler
 
1:30 PM-2:30 PM, Monday, B212
Session 2B Topics in Applied Climatology I
Chair: Ryan Boyles, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
1:30 PM2B.1The interaction of Groundwater–surface water in Hadong area, Vietnam under scenario of climate change to 2030 using a high-resolution transient groundwater model  
Nguyen Chi Nghia Sr., Hanoi University of Mining and Geology, Hanoi, Vietnam; and D. N. H. Tam Jr.
1:45 PM2B.2Quantifying Evapotranspiration Across Varying Seasonal and Within-Season Climatic Signals Across Oklahoma  
Jeffrey B. Basara, Oklahoma Climatological Survey, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and B. G. Illston
2:00 PM2B.3The Spatial and Temporal Variability of the Evaporative Fraction and Soil Moisture During a Period of Historic Precipitation  extended abstract
Lindsay M. Tardif-Huber, NOAA/NWSFO Bismark, ND; and J. B. Basara, W. P. Kustas, and B. G. Illston
2B.4Study of the effects of climatic parameters on changes in sugar content of sugar beets in 2006 and 2007 (A case study Chenaran district)  
H.R. Ahmadzadeh Araji, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
 
2:30 PM-4:00 PM, Monday, Exhibit Hall B2
Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
 
2:30 PM-4:00 PM, Monday, Exhibit Hall B2
Poster Session Applied Climatology Posters
 244Evaluation of peanut disease development forecasting  extended abstract
John McGuire, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; and M. Brooks, A. Sims, B. Shew, and R. Boyles
 245Implementing a Range for NCDC Daily Normal Temperatures in North Carolina  extended abstract
Adrienne M. Wootten, NC State University, Raleigh, NC; and R. Boyles and M. S. Brooks
 246The study of impacts and adaptations to climate change in a aviation case study  
Sahar Tajbakhsh, Tehran, Iran; and E. Moradi and F. Mohamadi
 247U.S. climate reference network: a national network monitoring climate change  
Michael Palecki, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and B. B. Baker
 248A teleconnection-based forecasting model for natural streamflow in Idaho, USA  
Melvin L. Kunkel, Boise State University, Boise, ID; and A. N. Flores
 249Extreme rainfall in Florida; local climatologies revisited  extended abstract
Preston W. Leftwich Jr., Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies -Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and J. J. O'Brien
 250The influence of sea surface temperatures on Ugandan rainfall  
Saul Daniel Ddumba, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
 251New and Enhanced Modern Era Retrospective-analysis for Research and Applications (MERRA) Data and Services at the GES DISC  
Dana Ostrenga, ADNET Systems, Inc. and NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and P. Smith
 252Weather's impact on the golf industry  
Dennis M. O'Donnell Jr., Weather Trends International, Bethlehem, PA
 253Climatic characteristics of summer season severe weather  
Paul J. Croft, Kean University, Union, NJ; and M. Villafane and J. Parr
 254An investigation of severe convection in the Chesapeake Bay region  
Nathaniel A. Wardle, Millersville University, Millersville, PA; and E. J. Bauers IV, T. D. Toth, R. D. Clark, and T. D. Sikora
 255Flash Flood Climatology of the Appalachian Mountains: Focus on Eastern Kentucky and West Virginia Summer Rainfall Events  
Jane Marie Wix, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY; and W. N. Rodgers and R. Mahmood
 256Satellite evidence of yearly air-sea interaction off the coast of Colombia  
Deborah K. Smith, Remote Sensing Systems, Santa Rosa, CA; and K. Hilburn, F. J. Wentz, and C. Gentemann
 
4:00 PM-5:30 PM, Monday, B312
Joint Session 2 The emergence of new scientific partnerships (Joint between the Fifth Symposium on Policy and Socio-economic Research, the 14th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology, the 20th Conference on Probability and Statistics in the Atmospheric Sciences, the 24th Conference on Hydrology, the 18th Conference on Applied Climatology, the First Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy, and the First Environment and Health Symposium)
Chair: Genevieve E. Maricle, Arizona State Univ., Tempe, AZ
4:00 PMJ2.1Climate Adaptation Partnerships in Semiarid North America  
Gregg M. Garfin, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
4:15 PMJ2.2The FEMA Hurricane Liaison Team: Bridging the Communication Gap (because Great Minds Don't Always Think Alike)  
Matthew Green, FEMA, Miami, FL
4:30 PMJ2.3Partnership between the Državni hidrometeorološki zavod (DHMZ) and the University of Oklahoma (OU)  
Ivan Cacic, Državni hidrometeorološki zavod, Zagreb, Croatia; and B. Ivančan-Picek, B. Lipovšćak, K. Pandzic, B. Terek, V. Tutiš, G. Zuccon, K. Crawford, R. A. McPherson, K. L. Nemunaitis-Monroe, and J. T. Snow
4:45 PMJ2.4The Norman, Oklahoma Chamber of Commerce Weather Committee: A Framework for New Partnerships Among Industry, Government and Academia  
Kelvin K. Droegemeier, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and W. L. Qualley, V. Rose, and A. M. Suggs
5:00 PMJ2.5The Weather And Society *Integrated Studies (WAS*IS) Program: yesterday, today, and tomorrow  
G. Thomas Behler Jr., NCAR, Boulder, CO; and E. Gruntfest, J. Demuth, J. K. Lazo, and E. Laidlaw
5:15 PMJ2.6User engagement activities at NOAA's national climatic data center  extended abstract
Tamara G. Houston, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC
 
4:00 PM-5:30 PM, Monday, B216
Joint Session 9 Predictability, Prediction and Impact of Drought: I (Joint between the 22nd Conference on Climate Variability and Change and the 18th Conference on Applied Climatology)
Cochairs: Ning Zeng, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; Siegfried D. Schubert, Global Modeling and Assimilation Office, Greenbelt, MD
4:00 PMJ9.1An assessment of the potential predictability of drought over the United States based on climate model simulations with specified SST  
Siegfried Schubert, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and H. Wang, M. Suarez, and R. Koster
4:15 PMJ9.2Interdecadal Modulation of the Impact of ENSO on Drought over the United States  
Kingtse C. Mo, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/CPC, Camp Springs, MD; and J. K. E. Schemm
4:30 PMJ9.3Intensified drought over tropical South America, their causes and link to decadal climate variability and global climate change  
Rong Fu, Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX; and W. Li, K. D. Fernandes, and P. Arias
4:45 PMJ9.4Assessing sources of skill in forecasts of meteorological drought on seasonal to interannual time scales  
Bradfield Lyon, International Research Institute for Climate and Society, Palisades, NY; and M. A. Bell
5:00 PMJ9.5Recent Developments in Operational Long-Range Prediction at CPC  
E. A. O'Lenic, NOAA/NWS/CPC, Camp Springs, MD; and D. A. Unger
5:15 PMJ9.6Future Water Availability in a Warming World  
Jennifer Alltop Aminzade, Columbia University, New York, NY; and D. H. Rind
 
5:30 PM-7:30 PM, Monday, Exhibit Hall B1
Opening of the Exhibit Hall with Reception
 
Tuesday, 19 January 2010
8:30 AM-9:45 AM, Tuesday, B306
Joint Session 3 Data Collection, Interpretation, Assimilation, and Stewardship (Joint between the 14th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS), the First Symposium on Planetary Atmospheres, the 14th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology, the 12th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry, the 20th Conference on Probability and Statistics in the Atmospheric Sciences, the 24th Conference on Hydrology, and the 18th Conference on Applied Climatology)
Chair: Stan Benjamin, NOAA/ESRL/GSD, Boulder, CO
8:30 AMJ3.1The Impacts on Air Traffic of Volcanic Ash from the 2009 Mt. Redoubt Eruption  extended abstract
Alexander Matus, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI; and L. A. Hudnall, J. J. Murray, and A. Krueger
8:45 AMJ3.2UrbanNet: Urban Environment Monitoring and Modeling with a Wireless Sensor Network  extended abstract
Paul J. Croft, Kean University, Union, NJ; and P. Morreale, F. Qi, A. Tropek, and M. Andujar
9:00 AMJ3.3Network of Weather and Climate Observing Networks (NOWCON)  extended abstract
Samuel P. Williamson, Office of the Federal Coordinator for Meteorology, Silver Spring, MD; and J. E. Stailey and S. J. Taijeron
9:15 AMJ3.4Comparison of COOP and new HCN-M temperature products  
John R. Christy, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL
9:30 AMJ3.5The Impact of Temporally Varying Snowfall Rates on Holdover Time using the LWE and Check Time Systems  
Roy Rasmussen, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and S. Landolt, J. Black, and A. Gaydos
 
8:30 AM-9:45 AM, Tuesday, B211
Session 3 Applied Climate Sector Studies
Chair: Melissa Griffin, Florida Climate Center/Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL
8:30 AM3.1Evaluation of a technique to estimate solar radiation in the southeastern United States for use in agricultural models  
Heather A. Dinon, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; and R. Boyles, G. S. Buol, and G. G. Wilkerson
8:45 AM3.2Post-wildfire impacts on microclimate—a numerical investigation  
Elizabeth Mulvihill Page, UCAR/COMET, Boulder, CO; and W. R. Cotton
9:00 AM3.3Quantification of increased storm surge risk to property as sea level rises  extended abstract
Ross N. Hoffman, AER, Lexington, MA; and P. Dailey, S. Hopsch, J. Cox, R. M. Ponte, and K. J. Quinn
9:15 AM3.4Assessing crop yield simulations with various seasonal climate data  
Dong-Wook Shin, COAPS, Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL; and G. A. Baigorria, Y. K. Lim, S. Cocke, T. LaRow, J. J. O'Brien, and J. W. Jones
9:30 AM3.5Canadian agroclimatic scenarios projected by a global climate model  extended abstract
Budong Qian, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada; and S. Gameda
 
9:45 AM-11:00 AM, Tuesday, Exhibit Hall B2
Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
 
11:00 AM-6:00 PM, Tuesday, Exhibit Hall B1
Exhibits Open
 
11:00 AM-12:00 PM, Tuesday, B211
Joint Session 11 Early warning systems (Joint between the 18th Conference on Applied Climatology and the Fifth Symposium on Policy and Socio-economic Research)
Chair: Gregg M. Garfin, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
11:00 AMJ11.1Early warning systems in support of adaptation across climate timescales  
Roger S. Pulwarty, NOAA, Boulder, CO
11:15 AMJ11.2How famine early warning can highlight priorities for climate change adaptation  
James Verdin, USGS, Boulder, CO; and C. C. Funk
11:30 AMJ11.3Health early warning systems  
Kristie L. Ebi, Technical Support Unit for Working Group 2, IPCC, Stanford, CA
11:45 AMQustions and Answers  
 
12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Tuesday
Lunch Break (Cash and Carry in Exhibit Hall)
 
1:30 PM-3:00 PM, Tuesday, B216
Joint Session 10 Predictability, Prediction and Impact of Drought: II (Joint between the 22nd Conference on Climate Variability and Change and the 18th Conference on Applied Climatology)
Cochairs: Ning Zeng, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; Siegfried D. Schubert, Global Modeling and Assimilation Office, Greenbelt, MD
1:30 PMJ10.1Toward the next generation of seasonal drought outlooks  
Douglas M. Le Comte, NOAA/NWS, Camp Springs, MD; and E. O'Lenic and W. Higgins
1:45 PMJ10.2The physical mechanisms by which the leading patterns of SST variability impact U.S. precipitation  
Hailan Wang, NASA, Hampton, VA; and S. D. Schubert, M. J. Suarez, and R. D. Koster
2:00 PMJ10.3Optimal Tropical Sea Surface Temperature Forcing of North American Drought  
Sang-Ik Shin, Univ. of Colorado and NOAA ESRL, Boulder, CO; and P. D. Sardeshmukh
2:15 PMJ10.4ANCEP/NLDAS Seasonal Drought Prediction over the Continental US Using the Seasonal Forecast System Developed by Princeton University and University of Washington  
Youlong Xia, NOAA/NCEP/EMC, Camp Springs, MD; and M. Ek, E. Wood, L. Luo, J. Sheffield, D. P. Lettenmaier, B. Livneh, and K. Mitchell
J10.4PAPER WITHDRAWN  
2:30 PMJ10.5Estimating oceanic precipitation during the 1930s “Dustbowl” and 1950s US droughts  
Mathew Barlow, Univ. of Massachusetts, Lowell, MA
2:45 PMJ10.6The Pacific Ocean's influence on drought and wetness in the continental United States and the nation's breadbasket  extended abstract
Brad Rippey, USDA, Washington, DC
 
1:30 PM-3:00 PM, Tuesday, B211
Session 5A Data quality
Chair: David C. Bader, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Livermore, CA
1:30 PM5A.1New Techniques for Detection and Adjustment of Shifts in Daily Precipitation Data Series  
Xiaolan L. Wang, EC, Toronto, ON, Canada; and H. Chen, Y. Wu, and Q. Pu
1:45 PM5A.2Comprehensive automated quality assurance of daily surface observations: the GHCN-daily example  extended abstract
Imke Durre, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and M. J. Menne, B. Gleason, T. G. Houston, and R. S. Vose
2:00 PM5A.3Quality control of SSM/I data using climatological statistics  
Hilawe Semunegus, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and W. Berg, J. J. Bates, K. R. Knapp, and C. Kummerow
2:15 PM5A.4Detection and characterization of systematic errors in atmospheric models  extended abstract
Daniel L. Birkenheuer, NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and S. I. Gutman
2:30 PM5A.5Second generation of adjusted precipitation and homogenized temperature datasets for Canada: impact of adjustments and new challenges  extended abstract
Eva Mekis, Environment Canada, Toronto, ON, Canada
 
1:30 PM-3:00 PM, Tuesday, B212
Session 5B Topics in Applied Climatology II
Chair: Fiona Horsfall, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD
1:30 PM5B.1Developing a reference crop evapotranspiration climatology for the southeastern United States using the FAO Penman-Monteith estimation technique  extended abstract
Heather A. Dinon, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; and R. Boyles and G. G. Wilkerson
1:45 PM5B.2Intraseasonal predictions of tropical cyclone activity in the North Atlantic Ocean  
James I. Belanger, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA; and P. J. Webster and J. A. Curry
2:00 PM5B.3Impacts of the 1954 Heat Wave  extended abstract
Nancy E. Westcott, Midwestern Regional Climate Center, Illinois State Water Survey, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL; and K. Grady
2:15 PM5B.4A Demonstration of the Value of Nudging in Downscaled Regional Climate Simulations from a Global Climate Model  
Tanya L. Otte, EPA, Research Triangle Park, NC; and J. H. Bowden, J. A. Herwehe, C. G. Nolte, and G. Faluvegi
2:30 PM5B.5The misuse and misinterpretation of the ACE and PDI indices for hurricane energetics  
Angela M. Fritz, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA; and J. I. Belanger, J. A. Curry, and G. J. Holland
5B.6Time varying nature of oceanic forcing of drought in the United States  
Jose Maliekal, The College at Brockport, Brockport, NY
 
3:00 PM-3:30 PM, Tuesday, Exhibit Hall B1
Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall
 
3:30 PM-5:30 PM, Tuesday, B216
Joint Session 4 Research on extreme weather and climate events and inter-relationships (Joint between the 22nd Conference on Climate Variability and Change, the First Symposium on Planetary Atmospheres, the First Environment and Health Symposium, the 20th Conference on Probability and Statistics in the Atmospheric Sciences, the 24th Conference on Hydrology, the 18th Conference on Applied Climatology, the First Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy, and the Committee on Climate Services)
Chair: David R. Easterling, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC
3:30 PMJ4.1The relative increase of record high maximum temperatures compared to record low minimum temperatures in the U.S  
Gerald Meehl, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and C. Tebaldi, G. Walton, D. R. Easterling, and L. R. McDaniel
3:45 PMJ4.2A common Midwestern question: Where have all our 90°F days gone?  
David Changnon, Northern Illinois Univ., DeKalb, IL; and V. A. Gensini and J. Prell
4:00 PMJ4.3Using large scale circulation indices to predict the intensity of cold air outbreaks over extended time scales across the southeastern U.S  
Charles E. Konrad, NOAA Southeastern Regional Climate Center, Chapel Hill, NC
4:15 PMJ4.4Heat waves and cold spells in a warming climate  
Karsten Steinhaeuser, ORNL, Oak Ridge, TN; and A. R. Ganguly
4:30 PMJ4.6Extreme european weather regimes  
Ricardo Morais Fonseca, Portugal; and B. J. Hoskins and M. Blackburn
4:45 PMJ4.7Meteorological features of observed trends in U.S. heavy precipitation events  
Kenneth E. Kunkel, DRI, Reno, NV; and D. R. Easterling, B. E. Gleason, D. A. R. Kristovich, R. A. Smith, and L. Ensor
5:00 PMJ4.8Contemporary climatic changes in North America and Northern Eurasia with foci on extreme events and transitions through environmentally and socio-economically significant thresholds  
Pavel Ya. Groisman, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and R. W. Knight and T. R. Karl
5:15 PMJ4.5Climatological, meteorological, and societal implications for the large number of fatalities from central Florida Dry Season tornadoes during El Nińo  extended abstract
Bartlett C. Hagemeyer, NOAA/NWS, Melbourne, FL; and L. A. Jordan, A. L. Moses, S. M. Spratt, and D. F. Van Dyke III
 
3:30 PM-5:30 PM, Tuesday, B212
Joint Session 15 Hydrology Applications in a Non-Stationary Climate (Joint between the 18th Conference on Applied Climatology, the 22nd Conference on Climate Variability and Change, and the 24th Conference on Hydrology)
Cochairs: David C. Bader, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Livermore, CA; James Noel, NOAA/NWS/Ohio River Forecast Center, Wilmington, OH
3:30 PMJ15.1Water in a changing climate: implications for water resources design (Invited)  
Eric F. Wood, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
4:00 PMJ15.2Climate and Extreme Events: A Hydrologic perspective (Invited)  
Soroosh Sorooshian, University of California, Irvine, CA; and X. Gao, K. L. Hsu, B. Imam, and J. Li
4:30 PMJ15.3Seasonal numerical forecasts of the Ganges and Brahmaputra river flow  
Peter J. Webster, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA; and J. Jian, H. R. Chang, and T. M. Hopson
4:45 PMJ15.4Projecting Climate Change Impacts on Seasonal Water Supply Forecasting Error  
Levi D. Brekke, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Denver, CO; and D. Garen, K. Werner, and D. Laurine
5:00 PMJ15.5A comparative study of model initialization for the Noah land surface model using LIS  
Roshan K. Shrestha, EMC, College Park, MD; and P. R. Houser
5:15 PMJ15.6Structure and Detectability of Trends in Hydrological Measures over the western United States  
Tapash Das, SIO/Univ. of California, La Jolla, CA; and H. G. Hidalgo, M. D. Dettinger, D. R. Cayan, D. W. Pierce, C. Bonfils, T. P. Barnett, G. Bala, and A. Mirin
 
3:30 PM-5:30 PM, Tuesday, B211
Session 6 Climate data sets
Chair: Henry Reges, CoCoRaHS/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO
6.1An improved climate division database for the Conterminous United States  
Russell S. Vose, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC
3:30 PM6.2Comparison of co-located DCNet and AWS/Weatherbug urban temperature observations  extended abstract
William Pendergrass, NOAA/OAR/ARL/ATDD, Oak Ridge, TN; and C. A. Vogel, W. Callahan, and B. B. Hicks
3:45 PM6.3Frequency distributions of daily precipitation from a high density volunteer network  
Zach Schwalbe, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and N. J. Doesken, J. Turner, R. Cifelli, and H. Reges
4:00 PM6.4A New Algorithm for Blending Multiple Satellite Precipitation Estimates With In-situ Precipitation Measurements Over Canada  
Achan Lin, EC, Toronto, ON, Canada; and X. L. Wang
4:15 PM6.5Evaluation of NWS Multi-sensor Precipitation Estimates for the Southeast United States  extended abstract
Adrienne M. Wootten, NC State University, Raleigh, NC; and R. Boyles, A. P. Sims, and M. S. Brooks
4:30 PM6.6Daily mean temperature formulas  extended abstract
Glen Conner, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY; and S. A. Foster
4:45 PM6.7Evaluation and verification of statewide climate extremes records  extended abstract
Karsten Shein, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC
5:00 PM6.8Using 19th century daily records to examine temperature and precipitation extremes  
James R. Angel, ISWS, Champaign, IL; and M. L. Spinar
 
Wednesday, 20 January 2010
8:30 AM-10:00 AM, Wednesday, B211
Session 7 Drought I
Chair: Andrea Bair, NOAA/NWS, Salt Lake City, UT
8:30 AM7.1Droughts in Canada: An overview  
Barrie R. Bonsal, EC, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
8:45 AM7.2Drought Impacts Reporting through Collaboration: CoCoRaHS and the National Drought Mitigation Center  
Henry Reges, CoCoRaHS/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and N. J. Doesken, R. Cifelli, Z. Schwalbe, M. D. Svoboda, and J. Turner
9:00 AM7.3Drought-Ready Communities: Decatur, IL pilot project  
James R. Angel, ISWS, Champaign, IL; and M. L. Spinar
7.4The 2007–09 drought in Athens, GA: a climatological analysis and an assessment of future water availability  
Peter A. Campana, University of Georgia, Athens, GA; and J. A. Knox, A. Grundstein, and J. Dowd
9:15 AM7.5Georgia's response to the 2006–2009 Drought; Lessons Learned  
David Emory Stooksbury, Office of the State Climatologist, Athens, GA; and P. N. Knox
9:30 AM7.6How reliable is ENSO's role as a U.S. 'drought-buster'?  
Klaus Wolter, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO
 
10:00 AM-10:30 AM, Wednesday
Coffee Break in Meeting Room Foyer
 
10:30 AM-12:00 PM, Wednesday, B211
Session 8 Drought II
Chair: Henry Reges, CoCoRaHS/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO
10:30 AM8.1Monitoring drought with the U.S. climate reference network  
Michael Palecki, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and B. B. Baker
10:45 AM8.2The floating month drought index—a new drought monitoring tool  extended abstract
Richard R. Heim Jr., NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC
11:00 AM8.3A New National Drought Atlas from the National Drought Mitigation Center  
Brian Fuchs, National Drought Mitigation Center, Lincoln, NE; and M. Svoboda, S. Scott, and J. Nothwehr
11:15 AM8.4Drought services: activities and tools at the National Drought Mitigation Center  
Michael Hayes, National Drought Mitigation Center, Lincoln, NE; and M. Svoboda, B. Fuchs, S. Scott, K. Smith, C. Knutson, and B. Wardlow
11:30 AM8.5WestWide Drought Tracker: Drought monitoring and climate indices in the western United States  
Laura M. Edwards, DRI, Reno, NV; and K. T. Redmond and J. T. Abatzoglou
11:45 AM8.6A new tool for high-resolution drought assessment and monitoring  
Brent McRoberts, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and J. Nielsen-Gammon and G. Story
 
11:00 AM-6:30 PM, Wednesday
Exhibits Open
 
12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Wednesday
Lunch Break (Cash and Carry in Exhibit Hall)
 
1:30 PM-2:30 PM, Wednesday, B211
Session 9 Topics in Applied Climatology III
Chair: Andrea Bair, NOAA/NWS, Salt Lake City, UT
1:30 PM9.1 has moved to J10.4A  
1:45 PM9.2A vehicle heating index for use in preventing vehicle-related hyperthermia in children  
Andrew Grundstein, University of Georgia, Athens, GA; and J. Dowd, V. Meentemeyer, and J. Null
2:00 PM9.3Development of regional snowfall indices  extended abstract
Michael F. Squires, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and J. H. Lawrimore, R. R. Heim, D. A. Robinson, M. R. Gerbush, and T. Estilow
2:15 PM9.4Blame it on climate change!  
Robert E. Livezey, NWS Retired, Self-Employed Consultant, Bethesda, MD
 
2:30 PM-4:00 PM, Wednesday, Exhibit Hall B2
Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
 
2:30 PM-4:00 PM, Wednesday, Exhibit Hall B2
Poster Session Applied Climatology Posters
 548Zoning of Tourism Climate of Iran  
AliAkbar Shamsipour, Institute of Geography, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
 549New Hampshire Precipitation Patterns 2005–2009: A Climatological Perspective  extended abstract
Mary D. Stampone, New Hampshire State Climate Office, Durham, NH
 550Year-over-year weather can be used to forecast consumer behavior  
Dennis M. O'Donnell Jr., Weather Trends International, Bethlehem, PA; and C. Russell, M. Ferrari, and B. Kirk
 551Identifying climate information needs of water managers in the southeastern United States  extended abstract
Pamela N. Knox, Univ. of Georgia, Athens, GA
 552The climatological character of air pollution events in the central Plains states  extended abstract
Eric E. Weber, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO; and A. R. Lupo
 553Scenario-based vegetation outlook (S-VegOut): Predicting general vegetation condition using different scenarios over the central U.S  
Tsegaye Tadesse, National Drought Mitigation Center, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE; and B. D. Wardlow, M. J. Hayes, M. D. Svoboda, J. Li, C. Poulsen, and K. Callahan
 554Identifying and Explaining subtle AMRE-E vapor and wind speed differences  
Deborah K. Smith, Remote Sensing Systems, Santa Rosa, CA; and K. Hilburn, C. Mears, and F. J. Wentz
 555The Need for New and Improved Satellite Data for Regional Climate Models (RCM)  
Joshua S. Sisskind, Space Systems Division, Vienna, VA; and R. G. Bass, M. B. Crile, and J. Lewis
 556A comparative study of drought management in Oklahoma and Missouri  
Heather R. Campbell, Oklahoma Climatological Survey and University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and M. A. Shafer and K. C. Crawford
 557Customer satisfaction with NOAA's National Weather Service climate products and services  
Jenna C. Meyers, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and M. D. Hawkins and M. M. Timofeyeva
 558Geospatial Analyses of Drought Impact and Severity in North Dakota, USA Using Remote Sensing and GIS  extended abstract
Navaratnam Leelaruban, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND; and F. A. Akyuz, P. Oduor, and G. Padmanabhan
 559Climatological-based tropical cyclone landfall probabilities and average time to landfall  
Robert Hart, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and R. J. Murnane
 560Climate prediction downscaling of temperature and precipitation in the Great Basin region  
Ramesh K. Vellore, DRI, Reno, NV; and B. J. Hatchett and D. Koracin
 561An analysis of Atlantic hurricane seasons in the Pre-HURDAT era (1775-1850)  
Steven A. LaVoie, Ball State University, Muncie, IN; and J. S. M. Coleman
 
4:00 PM-5:30 PM, Wednesday, B212
Joint Session 7 Communication Among Stakeholders That Addresses Issues of Policy, Operations, and New Opportunities (Joint between the 18th Conference on Applied Climatology, the 14th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology, the First Environment and Health Symposium, the 12th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry, the 24th Conference on Hydrology, the Presidential Forum, the Third Annual CCM Forum, and the Fifth Symposium on Policy and Socio-economic Research)
Chair: Gregg M. Garfin, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
4:00 PMJ7.1Great expectations: Improving climate data services  extended abstract
Trisha U. Ralph, EC, Toronto, ON, Canada; and H. Lau and T. H. Sopoco
4:15 PMJ7.2Customer satisfaction at NOAA's NESDIS data centers  extended abstract
Tamara G. Houston, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC
4:30 PMJ7.3Applied climatology guidance for development of Army materiel for world wide use  extended abstract
Charles C. Ryerson, Cold Regions Research & Engineering Laboratory, Hanover, NH; and L. Spears, G. Stullenbarger, and L. Page
4:45 PMJ7.4NOAA Climate Users Engagement Using Training and Education Activities  
Marina Timofeyeva, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and J. Verdin, J. Jones, and R. S. Pulwarty
5:00 PMJ7.5Developing indicators to support climate change policy and programs  
Jason Samenow, EPA, Washington, DC
5:15 PMJ7.6Beyond the boundary: it takes a village to provide climate services  
Daniel Ferguson, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and G. Owen
 
5:30 PM-6:30 PM, Wednesday, Exhibit Hall B1
Reception in Exhibit Hall (Cash Bar)
 
7:00 PM-9:00 PM, Wednesday, Thomas Murphy Ballroom 1-4
AMS Annual Awards Banquet
 
Thursday, 21 January 2010
7:30 AM-8:30 AM, Thursday, B208
Washington Symposium Breakfast
 
8:30 AM-9:45 AM, Thursday, B212
Joint Session 1 Climate Services at the Regional Climate Centers, State Climate Offices and Regional Integrated Science Assessments I (Joint between the 18th Conference on Applied Climatology and the Presidential Forum)
Chair: Hope Mizzell, South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, Columbia, SC
8:30 AMJ1.1Emerging niche clienteles for climate-based decision dupport: organic farmers in Georgia (U.S.)  extended abstract
Carrie A. Furman, University of Georgia / Southeast Climate Consortium, Griffin, GA; and C. Roncoli, T. A. Crane, J. Paz, and G. Hoogenboom
8:45 AMJ1.2Developing a baseline for a RISA program: SCIPP's natural hazards and climate change planning survey  extended abstract
James E. Hocker, Oklahoma Climatological Survey, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and L. M. Carter, M. A. Shafer, and H. D. O'Hair
9:00 AMJ1.3Meeting demand for the undervalued climate service: having ability to engage in medium-term projects  
Zack S. Guido, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and D. Ferguson and G. Owen
9:15 AMJ1.4The rising demand for climate information in California and Nevada  
Daniel R. Cayan, SIO, La Jolla, CA; and M. D. Dettinger, K. T. Redmond, A. Westerling, T. J. Brown, and G. Franco
9:30 AMJ1.5Climate Service Frameworks for Different Users with Distinct Informational Needs  
Kristen Averyt, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO
 
8:30 AM-9:45 AM, Thursday, B211
Session 10 The use of climate model projections and downscaling to inform public policy
Chair: Ryan Boyles, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
8:30 AM10.1Validation of Narccap climate products for forest resource applications in the southeast United States  extended abstract
Willis Otieno Shem, Univ. of Georgia, Athens, GA; and T. L. Mote and J. M. Shepherd
8:45 AM10.2Estimating fresh water availability at regional and decadal scales based on projected changes in climate and population  
Esther S. Parish, ORNL, Oak Ridge, TN; and A. R. Ganguly
9:00 AM10.3Integrating climate impacts on agriculture to prioritize policy – local effects, external floods, and isolated uncertainty in Bangladesh  
Alex C. Ruane, NASA/GISS, New York, NY; and C. Rosenzweig, D. C. Major, and R. Goldberg
9:15 AM10.4Climate downscaling for regional ecosystem modeling  
Xingang Fan, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY; and Z. Fan and V. G. Anantharaj
9:30 AM10.5Climate Change Impact Assessment for Central and Eastern Europe in High Resolution – EC FP6 Project CECILIA  
Tomas Halenka, Charles Univ., Prague, Czech Republic; and M. Belda, J. Miksovsky, P. Huszar, and E. Cernochova
 
9:45 AM-1:30 PM, Thursday
Exhibits Open
 
9:45 AM-11:00 AM, Thursday, Exhibit Hall B2
Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
 
11:00 AM-12:15 PM, Thursday, B212
Joint Session 5 Climate Services at the Regional Climate Centers, State Climate Offices and Regional Integrated Science Assessments II (Joint between the 18th Conference on Applied Climatology and the Presidential Forum)
Chair: Martha D. Shulski, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
11:00 AMJ5.1State climate offices providing stakeholder-driven climate services at the local level  
David A. Robinson, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ; and M. R. Gerbush
11:15 AMJ5.2Using climatology to predict seasonal growing degree days  
D. P. Todey, South Dakota State Univ., Brookings, SD; and C. Shukla
11:30 AMJ5.3Addressing monitoring needs for drought management  
Hope Mizzell, South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, Columbia, SC; and G. Carbone, K. Dow, and J. Rhee
11:45 AMJ5.4Climate Services and the role of State Climate Offices  
Nolan J. Doesken, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
12:00 PMJ5.5Climate Services at the Local Scale  
Nancy Selover, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
 
1:30 PM-3:00 PM, Thursday, B211
Joint Session 8 New challenges for applied meteorology and climatology (Joint between the 18th Conference on Applied Climatology, the First Symposium on Planetary Atmospheres, the 14th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology, the First Environment and Health Symposium, the 12th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry, the 20th Conference on Probability and Statistics in the Atmospheric Sciences, the First Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy, and the Fifth Symposium on Policy and Socio-economic Research)
Chair: Melissa Griffin, Florida Climate Center/Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL
1:30 PMJ8.1Developing useful science: methods for engaging stakeholders and evaluating integrated climate tools  
Gigi Owen, CLIMAS/University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and K. Averyt, K. Werner, and D. Ferguson
1:45 PMJ8.210 years of the U.S. Drought Monitor: a look back and a look forward  
Mark D. Svoboda, National Drought Mitigation Center, Lincoln, NE; and B. Fuchs, S. Scott, and J. Nothwehr
2:00 PMJ8.3User-driven downscaling: advances in data apportioning and analysis to augment adaptation planning  
Edwin P. Maurer, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA; and L. D. Brekke, T. Pruitt, K. D. White, E. Ochs, P. Duffy, and E. H. Girvetz
2:15 PMJ8.4Trends of U.S. snowfall and snow cover in a warming world, 1948-2008  extended abstract
Richard R. Heim Jr., NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC
J8.5Use of the Brazilian Model of Climate and Health (BHMC) in order to estimate admissions for respiratory diseases in Brazil  extended abstract
Micheline S. Z. S. Coelho, Weather Brasilian Service, Săo Paulo, Săo Paulo, Brazil
2:30 PMJ8.6Martian dust storm hazards: improving characterization and forecasting  
Nicholas Heavens, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA; and M. I. Richardson, I. J. McEwan, and M. W. Busch
 
1:30 PM-3:00 PM, Thursday, B212
Joint Session 13 Climate Services at the Regional Climate Centers, State Climate Offices and Regional Integrated Science Assessments III (Joint between the 18th Conference on Applied Climatology and the Presidential Forum)
Chair: David A. Robinson, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ
1:30 PMJ13.1Climate decision support tools at the Northeast Regional Climate Center  
Arthur T. DeGaetano, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
1:45 PMJ13.2Daily weather conditions associated with the summertime onset of West Nile Virus in central Illinois  
Nancy E. Westcott, Prairie Research Institute, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL; and S. Hilberg, A. Bedel, and R. Lampkin
2:00 PMJ13.3Activities of the High Plains Regional Climate Center  
Martha D. Shulski, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE; and K. G. Hubbard, N. Umphlett, and W. Sorensen
2:15 PMJ13.4WRCC Climate Service Linkages to AASC and RISA Partners  
Kelly T. Redmond, DRI, Reno, NV
2:30 PMJ13.5Establishing contact with new users: SERCC and the health community  
Peter J. Robinson, Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
2:45 PMJ13.6RCC and RISA Partnerships for Research to Operations Development  
Kevin Robbins, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
 
3:00 PM-3:30 PM, Thursday
Coffee Break in Meeting Room Foyer
 
3:30 PM-5:00 PM, Thursday, B212
Joint Session 25 Climate Services Wrap-up (Joint between the 18th Conference on Applied Climatology and the Presidential Forum)
Chair: Timothy J. Brown, DRI, Reno, NV
3:30 PMDiscussion  
 
5:00 PM-5:05 PM, Thursday
AMS 90th Annual Meeting Adjourns
 

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