Session: TCs: Engaging and educating the public (91st American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting)

Wednesday, 26 January 2011: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM

604 (Washington State Convention Center)

Host: More Effectively Communicating the Science of Tropical Climate and Tropical Cyclones

Chair:

Elizabeth A. Ritchie, Univ. of Arizona, Atmospheric Science, Tucson, AZ

Papers:

8:30 AM

1.1

Communicating the excitement of the hurricane research field programs of 2010 to the public, Part 1: Perspective of the participating scientists

Edward J. Zipser, Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and R. F. Rogers and M. T. Montgomery

Recorded Presentation

8:45 AM

1.2

Communicating the excitement of the hurricane research field programs of 2010 to the public, Part 2: Perspective of the agency Public Information Officers

Rob Gutro, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and E. Rule, D. Hosansky, and E. J. Zipser

Recorded Presentation

9:00 AM

1.3

Role-playing scenario of a landfalling tropical system

Kodi L. Nemunaitis-Monroe, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and D. A. Morris, D. S. LaDue, C. Spannagle, V. Holtz, H. Moser, E. M. Quoetone, P. T. Schlatter, J. G. LaDue, B. Rooks, S. Van Cooten, J. Kelley, R. Fowler, M. Stallings, and J. A. Smith

Recorded Presentation

9:15 AM

1.4

The Global Tropical Hazards and Benefits Assessment at NOAA/CPC: Increasing communication between the science and user communities

Scott Weaver, NOAA Climate Prediction Center, Camp Springs, MD; and J. Gottschalck

Recorded Presentation

9:30 AM

1.5

Making sense of hurricanes

Catherine F. Smith, Greenville, NC; and D. J. Kain and K. Wilson

Recorded Presentation

9:45 AM