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Program Chairpersons:
Jon Davis, Chesapeake Energy Corporation

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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, B216 Joint Session 1 Mitigation and adaptation to climate change (Joint between the 12th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry, the 20th Conference on Probability and Statistics in the Atmospheric Sciences, the 24th Conference on Hydrology, the 22nd Conference on Climate Variability and Change, the First Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy, the Committee on Climate Services, the Fifth Symposium on Policy and Socio-economic Research, and the First Environment and Health Symposium)
Chair: David R. Easterling, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC
11:00 AM J1.1 Regional climate modeling and decision aids   Recorded presentation Glenn Higgins, Northrop Grumann TASC, Chantilly, VA; and D. Apling, R. Alliss, and H. Kiley 11:15 AM J1.2 Bounded rationality in climate change policy development   Amanda H. Lynch, Monash University, Clayton, Vic., Australia; and R. D. Brunner 11:30 AM J1.3 Seeing the world through a political lens: the connection between weather and climate change perceptions and beliefs   Recorded presentation Hank Jenkins-Smith, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and K. H. Goebbert, K. E. Klockow, M. Nowlin, and C. Silva 11:45 AM J1.4 Advancing Climate Adaptation in Wildlife Conservation   Recorded presentation Amanda Staudt, National Wildlife Federation, Reston, VA; and D. Inkley, P. Glick, B. Stein, N. Edelson, and J. Kostyack
	12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Monday Lunch Break
	2:30 PM-4:00 PM, Monday, Exhibit Hall B2 Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
	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 PM J2.1 Climate Adaptation Partnerships in Semiarid North America   Recorded presentation Gregg M. Garfin, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 4:15 PM J2.2 The FEMA Hurricane Liaison Team: Bridging the Communication Gap (because Great Minds Don't Always Think Alike)   Matthew Green, FEMA, TBA, GA 4:30 PM J2.3 Partnership between the Državni hidrometeorološki zavod (DHMZ) and the University of Oklahoma (OU)   Recorded presentation 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, and J. T. Snow 4:45 PM J2.4 The Norman, Oklahoma Chamber of Commerce Weather Committee: A Framework for New Partnerships Among Industry, Government and Academia   Recorded presentation Kelvin K. Droegemeier, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and W. L. Qualley, V. Rose, and A. M. Suggs 5:00 PM J2.5 The Weather And Society *Integrated Studies (WAS*IS) Program: yesterday, today, and tomorrow   Recorded presentation G. Thomas Behler Jr., NCAR, Boulder, CO; and E. Gruntfest, J. Demuth, J. K. Lazo, and E. Laidlaw 5:15 PM J2.6 User engagement activities at NOAA's national climatic data center   Recorded presentation Tamara G. Houston, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC
	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, B202 Joint Session 3 The New Energy Economy (Joint between the First Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy and the 8th Users Forum on Weather and Climate Impacts)
Chair: Jon Davis, Chesapeake Energy Corporation, Chicago, IL
8:30 AM J3.1 The New Energy Economy Invited Speaker   Recorded presentation Steve Messner, Environ Corp., Novato, CA 8:45 AM J3.2 The Role of Atmospheric Science in Renewable Energy Usage   Recorded presentation Betsy Weatherhead, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 9:00 AM J3.3 NOAA's potential to support carbon-free renewable energy: observations, forecasts and climate studies   Recorded presentation James M. Wilczak, NOAA, Boulder, CO; and M. Marquis 9:15 AM J3.4 Global Energy Use and Options for Renewable Economic Growth   Recorded presentation Hugo A. Loaiciga, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 9:30 AM J3.5 Space-based Earth observations: Informing energy management decision making   Recorded presentation Richard S. Eckman, NASA/LaRC, Hampton, VA; and P. W. Stackhouse
	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, B202 Joint Session 5 Applied Studies (Joint between the First Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy and the 8th Users Forum on Weather and Climate Impacts)
Chair: Jon Davis, Chesapeake Energy Corporation, Chicago, IL
11:00 AM J5.1 Improvements in NOAA modeling and data assimilation to improve guidance for the renewable energy industry   Recorded presentation Stan Benjamin, NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and J. M. Brown, J. B. Olson, J. Wilczak, R. Banta, G. DiMego, and F. Weng 11:15 AM J5.2 Knowledge Discovery and Dissemination for Climate Extremes and Uncertainty   Auroop R. Ganguly, ORNL, Oak Ridge, TN; and K. Steinhaeuser, A. Sorokine, E. Parish, S. C. Kao, N. Singh, and M. L. Branstetter 11:30 AM J5.3 Statistical downscaling of wind for California wind farms with an application to 21st Century climate scenarios   Recorded presentation David K. Mansbach, SIO/Univ. of California, La Jolla, CA; and D. R. Cayan 11:45 AM J5.4 Impacts of climate change on global wind energy resources   Recorded presentation Scott J. Eichelberger, 3TIER, Inc., Seattle, WA; and A. W. Wood, B. Nijssen, and K. J. Westrick
	12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Tuesday, B208 Kuettner Symposium Luncheon
12:00 PM B1.1 Joach Kuettner—A Man in Love with the Sky   Einar Enevoldson, The Perlan Project, Emeryville, CA
	12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Tuesday Lunch Break (Cash and Carry in Exhibit Hall)
	1:30 PM-3:00 PM, Tuesday, B202 Joint Session 6 Energy Supply and Demand (Joint between the First Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy and the 8th Users Forum on Weather and Climate Impacts)
Chair: Stephen Bennett, SIO/Univ. of California, San Diego, CA
1:30 PM J6.1 Energy Supply & Demand Invited Speaker   Recorded presentation Josh Logsdon, Round Rock Energy LLC, Cincinnati, OH 1:45 PM J6.2 Interacting with energy: a summary of user engagement activities of the energy industry at NOAA's national climatic data center   Recorded presentation Anthony Arguez, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and T. G. Houston, J. N. Lott, and H. J. Ray 2:00 PM J6.3 The impact of dynamic climate normals to the natural gas industry   Recorded presentation Mark S. Russo, Chesapeake Energy Corp., Chicago, IL 2:15 PM J6.4 Forecasting extreme cold snaps in the Northeast: Weather and Climate   Recorded presentation Alexander Gershunov, SIO/Univ. of California, La Jolla, CA; and K. Guirguis and S. Bennett 2:30 PM J6.5 Influence of ENSO on renewable U.S. energy supply   Recorded presentation Klaus Wolter, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO 2:45 PM J6.6 Improving long-range hydropower forecasts in snowmelt dominated basins   Recorded presentation Mark T. Jelinek, Asana, Marietta, GA; and R. D. Garreaud
	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 PM J4.1 The relative increase of record high maximum temperatures compared to record low minimum temperatures in the U.S   Recorded presentation Gerald Meehl, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and C. Tebaldi, G. Walton, D. R. Easterling, and L. R. McDaniel 3:45 PM J4.2 A common Midwestern question: Where have all our 90°F days gone?   Recorded presentation David Changnon, Northern Illinois Univ., DeKalb, IL; and V. Gensini and J. Prell 4:00 PM J4.3 Using large scale circulation indices to predict the intensity of cold air outbreaks over extended time scales across the southeastern U.S   Recorded presentation Charles E. Konrad, NOAA Southeastern Regional Climate Center, Chapel Hill, NC 4:15 PM J4.4 Heat waves and cold spells in a warming climate   Recorded presentation Karsten Steinhaeuser, ORNL, Oak Ridge, TN; and A. R. Ganguly 4:30 PM J4.6 Extreme european weather regimes   Recorded presentation Ricardo Morais Fonseca, University of Reading, Reading, Berkshire, United Kingdom; and B. J. Hoskins and M. Blackburn 4:45 PM J4.7 Meteorological features of observed trends in U.S. heavy precipitation events   Recorded presentation 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 PM J4.8 Contemporary 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 PM J4.5 Climatological, meteorological, and societal implications for the large number of fatalities from central Florida Dry Season tornadoes during El Nińo   Bartlett C. Hagemeyer, NOAA/NWS, Melbourne, FL; and L. A. Jordan, A. L. Moses, S. M. Spratt, and D. F. Van Dyke
	3:30 PM-5:30 PM, Tuesday, B202 Joint Session 7 Wind Energy (Joint between the First Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy and the 8th Users Forum on Weather and Climate Impacts)
Chair: Jerry H. Crescenti, Iberdrola Renewables, Portland, OR
3:30 PM J7.1 Reducing wind energy forecast uncertainty through improved measurements and modeling   Recorded presentation Robert M. Banta, NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and Y. L. Pichugina 3:45 PM J7.2 Modeling the Atmospheric Boundary Layer for Wind Power   Recorded presentation Sue Ellen Haupt, Penn State Univ., University Park, PA; and F. J. Zajaczkowski and K. J. Long 4:00 PM J7.3 Using AWS-WeatherBug observations and the WRF-ARW model for wind energy applications   Elena Novakovskaia, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY; and H. Centola and L. A. Treinish 4:15 PM J7.4 Gravity wave effects on wind farm efficiency   Recorded presentation Ronald B. Smith, Yale University, New Haven, CT 4:30 PM J7.5 Estimating threshold confidence for wind energy production   Recorded presentation Ethan Cook, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and M. Morrissey 4:45 PM J7.6 Lidar measurements as an alternative to traditional anemometry in Wind Energy research   Recorded presentation Yelena Pichugina, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and R. M. Banta and N. D. Kelley 5:00 PM J7.7 Applications of scanning Doppler Lidar for the wind energy industry   Recorded presentation Rod Frehlich, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and N. D. Kelley 5:15 PM J7.8 An examination of orthogonal expansions for estimating the wind power density function   Recorded presentation Mark Morrissey, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and E. Cook
Wednesday, 20 January 2010
	8:30 AM-10:00 AM, Wednesday, B202 Joint Session 9 Wind Energy: Applied Modeling and Forecasting I (Joint between the First Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy and the 8th Users Forum on Weather and Climate Impacts)
Chair: Kathleen E. Moore, Integrated Environmental Data, Albany, NY
8:30 AM J9.1 Speaker for Wind Engergy Invited Speaker   Recorded presentation Donald Furman , Iberdrola Renewables, Portland, OR 8:45 AM J9.2 A climate model investigation of lower-atmospheric wind speed biases over wind farm development regions of the continental United States   Jonathan Collier, Garrad Hassan America, Inc., San Diego, CA; and G. J. Zhang 9:00 AM J9.3 Examination of spatial wind features associated with ramping events using MODE   Recorded presentation Tressa L. Fowler, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. Bullock 9:15 AM J9.5 An investigation of simulated low-level jets produced by different PBL schemes in the WRF-ARW as verified against tower data   Recorded presentation Joseph B. Olson, NOAA/ESRL/GSD and National Research Council, Boulder, CO; and J. M. Brown J9.4 Wind energy site characterization with loosely coupled mesoscale-CFD modeling   Julia E. Flaherty, PNNL, Richland, WA; and M. C. Richmond, C. L. Rakowski, J. A. Serkowski, and L. K. Berg 9:30 AM J9.6 Using a large eddy simulation model to simulate wakes from large wind projects   Recorded presentation John Manobianco, AWS Truewind LLC, Albany, NY; and P. Beaucage, C. Alonge, and M. C. Brower
	10:00 AM-10:30 AM, Wednesday Coffee Break in Meeting Room Foyer
	10:30 AM-12:00 PM, Wednesday, B202 Joint Session 10 Wind Energy: Applied Modeling and Forecasting II (Joint between the First Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy and the 8th Users Forum on Weather and Climate Impacts)
Chair: Catherine A. Finley, WindLogics Inc., Grand Rapids, MN
10:30 AM J10.1 A Community Wind Energy Project in Rural Albany County, New York State   Recorded presentation Kathleen E. Moore, Integrated Environmental Data, Berne, NY; and L. W. Pruskowski J10.2 Application of an operational meso-scale modelling system for industrial plant energy operations   Lloyd A. Treinish, IBM Systems and Technology Group, Yorktown Heights, NY; and A. Praino and J. H. Chapman 10:45 AM J10.3 What really happened in Altona?   Elena Novakovskaia, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY; and L. A. Treinish and A. Praino 11:00 AM J10.4 Peak load matching and the offshore wind resource   Recorded presentation Jeffrey M. Freedman, AWS Truewind LLC, Albany, NY; and B. H. Bailey, J. Manobianco, K. T. Waight, J. W. Zack, and M. Brower 11:15 AM J10.5 Multiple satellite blended sea surface winds and their applications to offshore renewable energy   Huai-Min Zhang, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and R. W. Reynolds and J. J. Sturman 11:30 AM J10.6 A green roof demonstration project   Recorded presentation Richard D. Clark, Millersville University, Millersville, PA; and J. Price and J. Dougherty
	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, B202 Joint Session 11 Issues on the Grid (Joint between the First Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy and the 8th Users Forum on Weather and Climate Impacts)
Chair: Russell L. Bigley, Xcel Energy, Littleton, CO
1:30 PM J11.1 Climate Change Impacts on Residential and Commercial Loads in the Western U.S. Grid   Recorded presentation L. Ruby Leung, PNNL, Richland, WA; and N. Lu, T. Z. Taylor, W. Jiang, J. Correia, and P. Wong 1:45 PM J11.2 Using multiple linear regression to develop a plant damage model for a major utility company   Recorded presentation Brian J. Cerruti, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ; and S. G. Decker 2:00 PM J11.3 Statistical Solution to Forecasting Electric Power Outages Caused by Severe Storms   Recorded presentation Hongfei Li, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY; and L. A. Treinish 2:15 PM J11.4 Integrating renewable energy into the North American power grid: realities, challenges and opportunities   Recorded presentation Mark L. Ahlstrom, WindLogics Inc., St. Paul, MN
	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 Joint Poster Session New Energy Economy Poster Session (Joint between the First Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy and the 8th Users Forum on Weather and Climate Impacts)
497 Risk analysis for a mixed wind farm and solar power plant portfolio   Heinz-Theo Mengelkamp, GKSS Research Center, Geesthacht, Germany; and D. Bendel, D. Obst, and R. Meyerhof   498 Development of a wind resource map based on mesoscale model WRF over the Korean Peninsula   Young-Jean Choi, National Institute of Meteorological Research, Seoul, South Korea; and J. Y. Byon and B. K. Seo   499 Incorporating weather into the Smart Grid   James H. Block, Telvent DTN, Minneapolis, MN   500 Avoiding "subprime" carbon—applying lessons learnt from the current financial crisis to the carbon derivatives market   Harvey Stern, Bureau of Meteorology, Melbourne, Vic., Australia; and J. Cornall-Reilly and P. McBride   501 Numerical simulation of wind power potential in Upstate New York   Robert J. Ballentine, SUNY, Oswego, NY; and S. Steiger and D. B. Phoenix   502 Seasonal predictability of energy-relevant weather/climate variables   Hye-Mi Kim, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA; and P. J. Webster and J. A. Curry   503 Improved capabilities for siting wind farms and mitigating impacts on RADAR observations   Steven R. Chiswell, Savannah River National Laboratory, Aiken, SC   504 Extreme winds and trends in the U.S   Jeffrey M. Freedman, AWS Truewind LLC, Albany, NY; and N. D. Babij, D. Bernadette, and M. C. Brower   505 Meteorological factors affecting solar radiation efficiency - applications to the tropics   Paul Ruscher, Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL   506 Operational evaluation of a meso-scale weather and outage prediction service for electric utility operations   Lloyd A. Treinish, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY; and A. P. Praino, H. Li, E. Novakovskaia, J. M. Drexel, R. Derech, and B. Hertell   507 Weather-driven characteristics of a reliable national renewable energy system   Alexander E. MacDonald, NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and A. Alexander   508 A Plan of Satellite Data Assimilation in Supports of Renewable Energy Forecasts   Fuzhong Weng, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and M. D. Goldberg   509 The impact of Anthropogenic Climate Change on the U.S. Wind Resource   Daniel B. Kirk-Davidoff, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD; and D. Barrie 510 Application and validation of a new multi scale wind flow modeling system   Michael C. Brower, AWS Truewind LLC, Albany, NY; and P. Beaucage, J. Manobianco, and C. Alonge   511 Collective effects of large scale wind energy   Amanda S. Adams, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, NC; and D. W. Keith   512 California's wind energy resource: seasonal cycle, synoptic and diurnal characteristics, and variability   David K. Mansbach, SIO/Univ. Of California, La Jolla, CA; and D. R. Cayan   513 Tornadoes, Thomson, and turbulence: an analogous perspective on tornadogenesis and coherent structure in the atmosphere   Marcus L. Büker, Western Illinois University, Macomb, IL; and G. J. Tripoli
	4:00 PM-5:30 PM, Wednesday, B202 Joint Session 12 Solar Energy (Joint between the First Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy and the 8th Users Forum on Weather and Climate Impacts)
Chair: Heidi Centola, AWS Convergence Technologies –WeatherBug, Germantown, MD
4:00 PM J12.1 Speaker for Solar Invited Speaker   Richard Perez , SUNY/Atmospheric Sciences Research Center, Albany, NY 4:15 PM J12.2 Proposal for a solar and aerosol optical depth network for the United States   Recorded presentation Joseph J. Michalsky, NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and E. G. Dutton and T. Stoffel 4:30 PM J12.3 Short-Term Solar Radiation Forecasts in Support of Smart Grid Technology   Recorded presentation George D. Modica, AER, Lexington, MA; and R. d'Entremont, E. Mlawer, and G. Gustafson 4:45 PM J12.4 Global Wind and Solar Energy Estimate and Forecasting   Recorded presentation Quanhua Liu, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and F. Weng and M. Goldberg 5:00 PM J12.5 GOES-based solar energy prediction products for decision makers   Recorded presentation Steven D. Miller, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and C. Combs, S. Kidder, A. K. Heidinger, M. Sengupta, J. A. Knaff, D. W. Hillger, R. Brummer, and I. Laszlo 5:15 PM J12.6 Improved forecasts of cloud fraction due to shallow cumuli   Recorded presentation Larry K. Berg, PNNL, Richland, WA; and W. I. Gustafson and E. I. Kassianov
	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
	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
	12:15 PM-1:30 PM, Thursday, B206 Presidential Town Hall Meeting: Dr. Jane Lubchenco’s Plenary Luncheon (Cash and Carry lunch available outside of the meeting room)
12:15 PM Panelist: Jane Lubchenco   Jane Lubchenco, NOAA Administrater, Washington, DC
	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 PM J8.1 Developing useful science: methods for engaging stakeholders and evaluating integrated climate tools   Recorded presentation Gigi Owen, CLIMAS/University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and K. Averyt, K. Werner, and D. Ferguson 1:45 PM J8.2 10 years of the U.S. Drought Monitor: a look back and a look forward   Recorded presentation Mark D. Svoboda, National Drought Mitigation Center, Lincoln, NE; and B. Fuchs, S. Scott, and J. Nothwehr 2:00 PM J8.3 User-driven downscaling: advances in data apportioning and analysis to augment adaptation planning   Recorded presentation 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 PM J8.4 Trends of U.S. snowfall and snow cover in a warming world, 1948-2008   Recorded presentation Richard R. Heim Jr., NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC J8.5 Use of the Brazilian Model of Climate and Health (BHMC) in order to estimate admissions for respiratory diseases in Brazil   Micheline S. Z. S. Coelho, Weather Brasilian Service, Săo Paulo, Săo Paulo, Brazil 2:30 PM J8.6 Martian 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
	3:00 PM-3:30 PM, Thursday Coffee Break in Meeting Room Foyer
	5:00 PM-5:05 PM, Thursday AMS 90th Annual Meeting Adjourns

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