Session 2 | |||
Human biometeorology: The heat | |||
| Chairperson: Scott Sheridan, Kent State Univ., Kent, OH | |||
| 10:30 AM | 2.1 | Medium Range Heat Health Forecasting  Paul Becker, Deutscher Wetterdienst, Freiburg, Germany; and C. Koppe | |
| 10:45 AM | 2.2 | Heat warnings: do people listen? Scott Sheridan, Kent State Univ., Kent, OH | |
| 11:00 AM | 2.3 | The feasibility of an evaporative cooler warning system for the U.S. Southwest Laurence Kalkstein, Univ. of Delaware, Marco Island, FL; and A. J. Kalkstein | |
| 11:15 AM | 2.4 | A comparison of biometeorological comfort indices and human mortality during heat waves in the United States.  Robert E. Davis, Univ. of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA; and D. Knight, D. Hondula, and P. C. Knappenberger | |
Tuesday, 23 May 2006: 10:30 AM-11:30 AM, Boardroom