Joint Session 2 | |||
Weather Derivatives and the Value of Forecasts(Joint with the Symposium on Impacts of Water Variability: Benefits and Challenges and 14th Symposium on Global Change and Climate Variations) | |||
| Chairperson: Jeff Shorter, Weather Services International, Billerica, MA | |||
| 8:30 AM | J2.1 | Assessing and quantifying the economic benefits of improved weather and climate forecasts Rodney F. Weiher, NOAA/U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, DC | |
| 8:45 AM | J2.2 | Blending Climatology and Forecasts to Compete in the Weather Market Jeff Shorter, WSI, Billerica, MA; and R. J. Boucher | |
| 9:00 AM | J2.3 | National Climatic Data Center Quality Assurance Procedures for Temperature Data Stephen A. Del Greco, NOAA/NCDC, Asheville, NC | |
| 9:15 AM | J2.4 | The weather risk market: a growing consumer of climatology and seasonal forecasts Robert S. Dischel, Weather Market Observer, New York, NY | |
| 9:30 AM | J2.5 | What Are Weather Forecasts Worth? Jeffrey K. Lazo, Stratus Consulting Inc., Boulder, CO | |
Thursday, 13 February 2003: 8:30 AM-9:45 AM