Short Course/Workshop/Special Conferences Registration
Short Course/Workshop/Special Conferences Registration
CONFERENCE REGISTRATION
Poster Session 1 University Outreach Activities and K-12 Educational Initatives
| P1.1 | Plans of Action: Enhancing Public Awareness of Meteorology Though AMS Local Weather Resource Teachers Steve M. Carlson, AMS/Project Atmosphere and Datastreme, Hermiston School District, Hermiston, OR | |
| P1.2 | Earth Systems Science Celebrations at Sandstone Middle School Steve M. Carlson, AMS/Project Atmosphere and Datastreme, and Hermiston School District, Hermiston, OR | |
| P1.3 | Piloting WES in North Carolina  Frankie C. Vann, Lakewood High School, Salemburg, NC | |
| P1.4 | Oceanography in the Middle Craig L. Croone, AMS/Maury Project, Northfield, MN | |
| P1.5 | Simple Statistics For Science Fair Weather Projects William P. Roeder, 45th Weather Squadron, Patrick AFB, FL; and D. E. Harms | |
| P1.6 | Ocean Planet- We all Share the Same Water Beth A. Jewell, West Springfield High School, Burke, VA | |
| P1.7 | Networking in New York: The Growth of Weather Resource Teachers in the Capital District Carol A. Hildreth, AMS/AERA and Shenendehowa High School, Clifton Park, NY | |
| P1.8 | The National Climatic Data Center's History, Outreach Program and Activities for Educators Thomas F. Ross, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC | |
| P1.9 | New training activities within the NWS LeRoy Spayd, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD | |
| P1.10 | StormReady! Developing Educational Iniatiatives for NJ Hurricane Preparedness John D. Moore, AMS/AERA, Blackwood, NJ; and R. P. Wanton and K. Orr | |
| P1.11 | Learning Experiences at the Top (of Mt. Washington) John D. Moore, AMS/AERA, Blackwood, NJ; and R. P. Wanton | |
| P1.12 | The invasion of the comb jellies - a collaborative research project employing physical oceanography lessons learned from the Maury Project. Barbara K. Walton-Faria, Thompson Middle School, Newport, RI | |
| P1.13 | The Evolution of K-12 Atmospheric Education in America's Schools Faye McCollum, Project Atmosphere and AMS/AERA, Columbus, Georgia | |
| P1.14 | METNET: Using real-time local weather data in earth science classes in New York City Shermane Austin, City College of New York, New York, NY; and S. D. Gedzelman, S. Richards, and B. Friedman | |
| P1.15 | District Eleven Earth and Weather Study Program Steven J. Richards, Northeast Bronx Weather Station, Bronx, NY | |
| P1.16 | Activating Your School’s Tornado Emergency Plan: Are You Ready for the Unexpected? Andrea Dawn Melvin, Oklahoma Climatological Survey, Norman, OK; and K. A. Kloesel | |
| P1.17 | Florida Leadership Institute in Environmental Science (FLIES): Implementing GLOBE across Florida Paul H. Ruscher, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and W. R. Lusher | |
| P1.18 | 10 Years of Weather Satellite Imagery Support for K-12 Schools William R. Lusher, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and P. H. Ruscher | |
| P1.19 | Application of inquiry methods in student's original research projects Missy Holzer, Chatham High School and Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, NJ | |
| P1.20 | Educational opportunities in weather and climate for NJ classrooms Christopher Duvall, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ; and M. Holzer and D. A. Robinson | |
| P1.21 | Weather Edutainment on the Web: The Southeast Regional Climate Center's outreach program Sean Potter, Southeast Regional Climate Center, Columbia, SC | |
| P1.22 | Junior Engineering and Science Conference Sue Ellen Haupt, Utah State University, Logan, Utah; and R. L. Haupt | |
| P1.23 | Introducing WES to the Garden and Empire States Michael J. Passow, White Plains Middle School and Columbia Univ., White Plains, NY; and C. Murphy and W. D. Blanchard | |
| P1.24 | Earth2Class: bringing together teachers, scientists, and science Michael J. Passow, White Plains Middle School and Columbia Univ., White Plains, NY; and C. Assumpcao, F. Baggio, and K. Corder | |
| P1.25 | Paper Moved to Session 4, New Paper Number 4.11A | |
| P1.26 | The Weather Notebook in the Classroom Bryan Yeaton, Mount Washington Observatory, North Conway, NH | |
| P1.27 | Image processing in introductory survey courses in Astronomy and Meteorology Henry W. Robinson, Montgomery College, Germantown, MD | |
| P1.28 | Getting CERES About the Weather Ann Kelly, AMS/Maury Project and Our Lady of Sorrows School, St. Louis, MO | |
| P1.29 | Undergraduates as Researchers, the Classroom Experience Kenneth F. Dewey, Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE | |
| P1.30 | Using Immersive Virtual Reality to Study Hurricane Cases Duanjun Lu, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS; and P. J. Croft, R. S. Reddy, S. Ziegeler, and R. J. Moorhead | |
| P1.31 | Hpvci—Distance education initiative and efforts Paul J. Croft, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS; and R. S. Reddy, L. White, and R. Mahecha | |
| P1.32 | Educational Opportunities from the Community Collaborative Rain and Hail Study (CoCo RaHS) Nolan J. Doesken, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO | |
| P1.33 | The Columbia (MO) heat island experiment or "COHIX" Anthony R. Lupo, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO; and P. S. Market, F. A. Akyuz, P. Guinan, J. E. Lam, A. M. Oehl, and W. C. Maune | |
| P1.34 | Microburst Recognition for Meteorologists and Aviators Mary M. Snow, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, FL | |
| P1.35 | Education of Prospective Weather Entrepreneurs Matthew J. Parker, Westinghouse Savannah River Company, Aiken, SC | |
| P1.36 | Forecaster's training to improve synoptic meteorology practice in Météo-France Patrick Santurette, Météo-France, Toulouse, France; and J. Coiffier | |
| P1.37 | PAPER WITHDRAWN | |
| P1.38 | What About Water? The Maury Project and WES: Teacher Enhancement Programs for the K-12 Classroom Debra S. Brice, San Marcos Unified School District, San Marcos, CA | |
| P1.39 | LIGHTNING STATISTICS - Some New Perspectives concerning Florida H. Michael Mogil, How the Weatherworks, Rockville, MD; and E. Hay | |
| P1.40 | Rayito El Cazahuracán: "Little Lightning, The Hurricane Hunter" Ada Monzon, WeatherTech, Inc., San Juan, Puerto Rico | |
| P1.41 | Earth System Science Education Alliance (ESSEA) Theresa G. Schwerin, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies, Arlington, VA | |
| P1.42 | Educational use of the NCAR Integrated Sounding System Stephen A. Cohen, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and W. O. J. Brown | |
| P1.43 | The Mount Washington Observatory: Home Of The Worlds Worst Weather Charlie Lopresti, Mount Washington Observatory, North Conway, NH | |
| P1.44 | The CIRES Outreach Program: Involving Research Scientists in K–16 Education Susan M. Buhr, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO |
Joint Poster Session 1 Maximizing Use of Interactive Processing Systems through Education and Training (Joint between AWIPS, IIPS and Education)
| JP1.1 | Local AWIPS Software Development Activities at the Northeast River Forecast Center Robert C. Shedd, NOAA/NWS, Taunton, MA | |
| JP1.2 | Status of AWIPS Validation Effort at COMET Kevin K. Fuell, UCAR/COMET, Boulder, CO; and D. Kiessling, E. Page, and G. Byrd | |
| JP1.3 | VISIT Integrated Sensor Training: Using AWIPS Satellite Products and Capabilities Brian Motta, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and D. Bikos, B. Zajac, S. Bachmeier, T. Whittaker, B. Grant, J. LaDue, N. Junker, K. Schrab, D. Baumgardt, R. Grumm, P. Wolf, J. Weaver, R. Zehr, and A. Mostek | |
| JP1.4 | Work-station Eta model forecasts on AWIPS Alan M. Cope, NOAA/NWS, Mount Holly, NJ | |
| JP1.5 | A local application to produce radar rainfall accumulation estimates for multiple Z-R relationships Paul Jendrowski, NOAA/NWS, Honolulu, HI | |
| JP1.6 | Lightning Training from the Virtual Institute for Satellite Integration Training: 1999–2001 Bard Zajac, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and J. F. Weaver and D. E. Bikos | |
| JP1.7 | Application of the PSU-NCAR MM5 to Forecast Operations over the Texas Coastal Bend Waylon G. Collins, NOAA/NWS, Corpus Christi, TX | |
| JP1.8 | AWIPS Aviation Workstation Program Documentation (Version 3.2) Paul Kirkwood, NOAA/NWS, Fort Worth, TX; and D. Hotz | |
| JP1.9 | Bringing Training to the Forecasters Using VISITview—Review of Program Since 1999 Anthony Mostek, NOAA/NWS, Boulder, CO; and S. Bachmeier, T. Whittaker, D. Bikos, B. Motta, B. Zajac, J. Weaver, K. Schrab, B. Grant, and J. LaDue | |
| JP1.10 | Crossing platforms: PCs and AWIPS using the Python programming language C. Michael Callahan, NOAA/NWS, Louisville, KY | |
| JP1.11 | FOUS_Extractor: An AWIPS Application Producing Data Similar to the FRH Bulletins John M. Margraf, NOAA/NWS, Sterling, VA |
Registration continues through Thursday, 17 January
Welcoming Remarks
Session 1 K-12 Educational Initiatives
| 1.0 | PAPER WITHDRAWN | ||
| 9:30 AM | 1.1 | Overview of EPA's Sunwise School Program Jason P. Samenow, EPA, Washington, DC | |
| 9:45 AM | 1.2 | Water in the Earth System (WES): Moving toward national implementation Ira W. Geer, AMS, Washington, DC; and D. R. Smith, J. M. Moran, R. S. Weinbeck, and E. J. Hopkins | |
| 10:00 AM | 1.3 | Using Wild Weather to improve science literacy in students in grades 4-8. A model for educational outreach Gregory F. Aloia, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL; and A. Aloia | |
| 10:15 AM | 1.4 | Partnerships Help Save Lives Ron Gird, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and R. Lopes | |
| 10:30 AM | Coffee Break in Poster Session Room | ||
| 11:00 AM | 1.5 | Northern New England Science Teacher Mentoring Project—An ally for AMS Education Initiatives Lawrence E. Greenleaf, AMS/AERA, Belfast, ME | |
| 11:15 AM | 1.6 | Meteorology Education Through Nature Centers Sue Ellen Haupt, Utah State University, Logan, Utah; and J. J. Barta | |
| 11:30 AM | 1.7 | Global Change and Remote Sensing Summer Teacher Workshop and Observation Program Kevin P. Czajkowski, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH; and T. Benko and J. Struble | |
| 11:45 AM | 1.8 | DataStreme: a distance-learning teacher enhancement model that works! Robert S. Weinbeck, SUNY, Brockport, NY; and E. J. Hopkins, I. W. Geer, J. M. Moran, and B. A. Blair |
Lunch Break
Session 2 Outreach programs pertaining to physical oceanography and air-sea interaction
| 1:30 PM | 2.1 | Bringing the ocean to the K-12 Classroom using a Coastal Ocean Observation Laboratory and a National Estuarine Research Reserve Janice D. McDonnell, Institute of Marine & Coastal Sciences, New Brunswick, NJ; and M. P. De Luca | |
| 1:45 PM | 2.2 | Consortium of Oceanographic Activities for Students and Teachers (COAST) Sharon H. Walker, University of Southern Mississippi and J. L. Scott Marine Education Center & Aquarium, Biloxi, MS; and M. A. Lach and R. D. Brook | |
| 2:00 PM | 2.3 | Partnerships in marine science education Sarah Schoedinger, Consortium for Oceanographic Research & Education, Washington, DC; and A. Lorenzen | |
| 2:15 PM | 2.4 | The NOPP Year of the Ocean Drifter Program Doug Wilson, NOAA/AOML, Miami, FL | |
| 2.5 | PAPER WITHDRAWN | ||
| 2:30 PM | 2.6 | The NEPTUNE Project: An Interactive Earth-Ocean Observatory at the Scale of a Tectonic Plate John Delaney, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA | |
| 2:45 PM | Coffee Break in Poster Session Room | ||
| 3:15 PM | 2.7 | The Maury Project: A partnership to promote educational outreach on the physical foundations of oceanography David R. Smith, U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD; and I. W. Geer and D. E. McManus | |
| 3:30 PM | 2.8 | Project Oceanography: Enhancing Middle School Science Education Nationwide Via Instructional Television Paula G. Coble, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, FL; and T. Greely, M. Hewitt, and C. Leard | |
| 3:45 PM | 2.9 | Innovative partnering for ocean and atmospheric science outreach: Cruise ships, radio shows and more Ellen J. Prager, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL | |
| 4:00 PM | 2.10 | The Anegada Climate Tracers Study: A small climate change study in an unlikely place with potentially big payoffs Roy A. Watlington, University of the Virgin Islands, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands; and W. D. Wilson | |
| 4:15 PM | 2.11 | Oceanworld: Bringing the Ocean to the Classroom Robert Stewart, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; and M. A. Hammer and R. James |
Sessions end for the day
Formal Opening of Exhibits with Reception (Cash Bar)
Session 3 Educational Activities at UCAR
| 8:30 AM | 3.1 | An overview of the education and outreach program at UCAR Roberta M. Johnson, UCAR, Boulder, CO | |
| 9:00 AM | 3.2 | Web Weather for Kids: Online inquiry and learning about dramatic weather phenomena for middle school students Susan Q. Foster, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and K. Petty, T. Chace, L. Barker, and C. Calvin | |
| 9:15 AM | 3.3 | The Roberts Forum: Capturing WEB-Based Hill Briefings for the Public Cynthia E. Schmidt, UCAR, Boulder, CO | |
| 9:30 AM | 3.4 | Significant Opportunities in Atmospheric Research and Science: A model diversity program Thomas L. Windham, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and S. Henderson | |
| 9:45 AM | 3.5 | Digital Libraries in the Classroom: Using the Digital Library for Earth System Education (DLESE) to Support Learning Kathryn M. Ginger, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and M. R. Marlino |
Coffee Break in Poster Session Room
Session 4 University Outreach Activities
| 10:30 AM | 4.1 | Classroom Visualizations of Weather Cecil S. Keen, Minnesota State Univ., Mankato, MN; and D. Christensen | |
| 10:45 AM | 4.2 | An Inquiry-based Learning Strategy from the Visual Geophysical Exploration Environment (VGEE) Rajul Pandya, West Chester University, West Chester, PA; and D. Bramer, D. Elliott, K. E. Hay, M. Marlino, D. Middleton, M. Ramamurthy, T. Scheitlin, M. Weingroff, and R. Wilhelmson | |
| 11:00 AM | 4.3 | Weather from W.A.L.T.E.R.— An Interactive CD for Weather Educators Patrick Heinis, Minnesota State University, Mankato, Mankato, MN; and J. Kerber and C. Keen | |
| 11:15 AM | 4.4 | A Miami/Dade County Mesonet? Paul H. Ruscher, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and A. J. Gallard, M. Z. Hernandez, and W. R. Lusher | |
| 11:30 AM | 4.5 | An Assessment of Interactive Video teleconference Sessions between the United States Air Force Academy and the United States Naval Academy David T. Lawyer, U. S. Air Force Academy, USAF Academy, CO; and D. J. Whitford, D. R. Smith, and B. E. Heckman | |
| 11:45 AM | 4.6 | COMET—We're Not Just for Forecasters Anymore Victoria C. Johnson, UCAR/COMET, Boulder, CO; and T. C. Spangler | |
| 12:00 PM | Grand Poster Luncheon | ||
| 2:00 PM | 4.7 | Systems analysis of the earth: outline of a new program Stanley David Gedzelman, The City College of New York, New York, NY; and E. E. Hindman | |
| 2:15 PM | 4.8 | A new M.S. in Professional Meteorology degree program at the University of Oklahoma Frederick H. Carr, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and K. K. Droegemeier and J. F. Kimpel | |
| 2:30 PM | 4.9 | Research Experiences in Meteorology—Integration of Science, Mathematics, and Technology Len G. Keshishian, SUNY, Oswego, NY; and A. Stamm, R. Ballentine, and S. Preston | |
| 2:45 PM | 4.10 | Initiating a New Partnership for the 21st Century: NOAA/NWS and JSU Promoting Diversity in Atmospheric Science through Research, Application, and in Partnership with the NWS (PDAS-RAP) Paul J. Croft, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS; and A. E. Gerard, M. Watts, K. Coleman, A. Robinson-Cook, and R. Smart | |
| 4.11 | PAPER WITHDRAWN | ||
| 3:00 PM | 4.11A | Incorporating elements of Project DataStreme into a university-level in-service course on natural disasters (Formerly Paper Number P1.25) Steven B. Newman, Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, CT; and C. W. Dimmick and K. M. Larsen | |
| 3:14 PM | 4.12 | Weather boot camp and other outrageous activities Richard C. Bagby, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, FL; and D. M. Schaum, C. G. Herbster, and J. A. Ernst |
Exhibit Hours
Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall
President's Symposium
Coffee Break in Foyer of Auditorium
President's Symposium (Continued)
Lunch Break
Exhibit Hours
Reception (Cash Bar)
Symposium ends
Exhibit Hours
Closing Event Begins
Reception in Exhibit Hall (Cash Bar)
Event Presentation
Tropical Party