Sixth Conference on Environment and Health

Program Chairs: George Luber , CDC ; Mary H. Hayden , NCAR ; Austin C. Stanforth , Indiana University ; Claudia Langford , Centers for Disease Control & Prevention

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Saturday, 3 January 2015

7:30 AM-10:00 AM: Saturday, 3 January 2015


Registration for Student Conference and Short Courses
Location: Lobby of Exhibit Hall 5 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

Sunday, 4 January 2015

7:30 AM-9:00 AM: Sunday, 4 January 2015


Registration for Short Courses and Conference for Early Career Professionals
Location: Lobby of Exhibit Hall 5 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

9:00 AM-6:00 PM: Sunday, 4 January 2015


Registration Open for Annual Meeting
Location: Lobby of Exhibit Hall 5 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

12:00 PM-4:00 PM: Sunday, 4 January 2015


WeatherFest
Location: Hall 1 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

3:00 PM-4:00 PM: Sunday, 4 January 2015


Newcomer’s Welcome and Informational Exchange
Location: 127ABC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

4:00 PM-5:30 PM: Sunday, 4 January 2015


95th Annual Review, New Fellows, and Featured Awards
Location: 122BC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

5:45 PM-8:00 PM: Sunday, 4 January 2015


Fellows Reception
Location: North Ballroom Foyer (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

Monday, 5 January 2015

7:30 AM-6:00 PM: Monday, 5 January 2015


Registration Continues through January 7
Location: Lobby of Exhibit Hall 5 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

9:00 AM-10:30 AM: Monday, 5 January 2015

Recording files available
Plenary Session 1
15th Presidential Forum: Will Weather Change Forever—Anticipating Meteorology in 2040
Location: North Ballroom CD (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint between the Major Weather Events and Societal Impacts of 2014; the Eugenia Kalnay Symposium; the Harry R. Glahn Symposium; the 31st Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 29th Conference on Hydrology; the 27th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 24th Symposium on Education; the 20th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography; the 20th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification; the 19th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS); the 19th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction; the 18th Conference on Middle Atmosphere; the 17th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the 17th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 13th Conference on Artificial Intelligence; the 13th Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 13th History Symposium; the 12th Conference on Space Weather; the 11th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the 10th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the Eighth Annual CCM Forum: Certified Consulting Meteorologists; the Seventh Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications; the Seventh Conference on the Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data; the Seventh Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions; the Sixth Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the Sixth Conference on Environment and Health; the Fifth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; the Fifth Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using Python; the Third Annual Conference for Early Career Professionals; the Third Symposium on the Weather and Climate Enterprise; the Third Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation’s Readiness, Responsiveness, and Resilience to High Impact Weather Events; the Third Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the Third Symposium on Prediction of the Madden-Julian Oscillation: Processes, Prediction and Impact; the First Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate; the Special Symposium on Model Postprocessing and Downscaling; the Special Symposium on the South Asia Monsoon; the Air Pollution Meteorology and Human Health Symposium; and the 15th Presidential Forum )
Program Chair: Kathryn Sullivan, NOAA
Moderator: Kimberly E. Klockow, NOAA
Keynote: Kathryn Sullivan, NOAA
Panelists: Bernadette Woods Placky, Climate Central; Mac Devine, IBM Cloud Services Division; Kathryn Sullivan, NOAA; Curtis L. Walker, University of Nebraska

Twenty five years hence, meteorology will be much different and expand far beyond the traditional weather forecast. Personal sensors will monitor weather nearly everywhere. Advanced computing will allow us to forecast at perhaps minute scales and kilometer resolutions, customized for each particular user. Post-mobile devices will enable instantaneous use of the information – even in remote areas of today’s developing nations. Transportation will be safer, businesses will operate more efficiently, events will automatically schedule around anticipated weather, and much more. Operational weather forecasts will be interlaced with new environmental elements that impact economic, health, energy, and security decisions. Many aspects of our daily lives will change forever. Climate change’s possibilities add a critical dimension to community resiliency. Should global weather patterns be altered, forecasting could become more challenging than today. The recent release of the fifth IPCC synthesis report has brought focus to this particular issue. Dr. Kathryn Sullivan, NOAA Administrator, will lead the session with a keynote on her vision for the meteorology enterprise in the year 2040. Following her keynote, the panelists - representing different demographics and perspectives - will then provide their vision, accompanied by a moderated discussion among the panelists.
  9:00 AM
William B (Bill) Gail: Introductory remarks
  9:08 AM
Kimberly E. Klockow: Moderator welcoming remarks
  9:16 AM
Dr. Kathryn Sullivan: AMS 2015 Annual Meeting Presidential Forum Keynote
  9:24 AM
Curtis Walker: Will Weather Change Forever – Anticipating Meteorology in 2040
  9:32 AM
Bernadette Woods Placky: Will Weather Change Forever? Anticipating Meteorology in 2040
  9:40 AM
Mac Devine: The Perfect Storm Intensifies - The Convergence of BigData, Cloud and the Internet of Things is Now at Full Strength

9:00 AM-11:00 AM: Monday, 5 January 2015


Spouses' Coffee

10:30 AM-11:00 AM: Monday, 5 January 2015


Coffee Break
Location: North Ballroom Foyer (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

11:00 AM-12:00 PM: Monday, 5 January 2015

Recording files available
Joint Session 1
Air pollution and air quality impacts on health-Part I
Location: 228AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint between the Sixth Conference on Environment and Health; and the Air Pollution Meteorology and Human Health Symposium )
Cochairs: Paul Bieringer, NCAR; Lauren Jean Thie, North Carolina Department of Health & Human Services

Development of modeling systems addressing emissions, meteorology, atmospheric dispersion, exposure, and corresponding health implications; including observational, applied, or validation study designs
  11:00 AM
Welcoming Remarks

  11:45 AM
J1.2
Dispersion Model or Statistical Model?
Steven R. Hanna, Hanna Consultants, Kennebunkport, ME; and A. Venkatram

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Monday, 5 January 2015


Lunch Break

12:45 PM-1:05 PM: Monday, 5 January 2015


Daily Weather Briefings
Location: 132AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

1:30 PM-2:30 PM: Monday, 5 January 2015

Recording files available
Joint Session 2
Air pollution and air quality impacts on health-Part II
Location: 228AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint between the Sixth Conference on Environment and Health; and the Air Pollution Meteorology and Human Health Symposium )
Cochairs: Rex Britter, MIT; Lauren Jean Thie, North Carolina Department of Health & Human Services

Development of modeling systems addressing emissions, meteorology, atmospheric dispersion, exposure, and corresponding health implications; including observational, applied, or validation study designs
  1:30 PM
J2.1
Controls of seasonal high-level ozone statistics in the Northeastern US, part I: An examination of 1993–2012
E. M. Oswald, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, Burlington, VT; and L. A. L. Dupigny-Giroux, E. M. Leibensperger, R. Poirot, and J. Merrell
  1:45 PM
J2.2
Data fusion of Satellite AOD and WRF meteorology for improved PM25 estimation for northeast USA
Nabin Malakar, City College of New York, New York, NY; and L. Cordero, B. Gross, D. Vidal, and F. Moshary
  2:15 PM
J2.4
Air Quality and Health Impacts: A novel approach to an international cooperative monitoring project in Uasin Gishu County, Kenya
Donna A. Hartz, Arizona State Univ., Tempe, AZ; and R. Pope, G. Simiyu, A. Middel, P. Cheboss, and P. Raburu

2:30 PM-4:00 PM: Monday, 5 January 2015


Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
Location: Hall 4 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

Joint Poster Session
Joint Poster Session on Air Pollution and Air Quality Impacts on Health
Location: Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings
Host: Sixth Conference on Environment and Health
 
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Dispersion of pollutants based on a reaction-diffusion model
David Quesada, Saint Thomas University, Miami Gardens, FL

Handout (19.3 MB)

 
381
Application of satellite-based estimate of UV data for skin cancer studies
Jun Wang, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE; and J. Zeng and Y. Liu

4:00 PM-5:30 PM: Monday, 5 January 2015

Recording files available
Joint Session 3
Air pollution and air quality impacts on health-Part III
Location: 228AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint between the Sixth Conference on Environment and Health; and the Air Pollution Meteorology and Human Health Symposium )
Cochairs: Jonathan E. Pleim, EPA; Lauren Jean Thie, North Carolina Department of Health & Human Services

Development of modeling systems addressing emissions, meteorology, atmospheric dispersion, exposure, and corresponding health implications; including observational, applied, or validation study designs
  4:00 PM
J3.1
  4:45 PM
J3.4
Combined Impacts of Urban Pollution and Wildland Fire Emissions on Human Health
Aaron Kaulfus, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and U. Nair, S. Alexander, S. A. Christopher, and A. P. Biazar

  5:00 PM
J3.5

5:30 PM-7:30 PM: Monday, 5 January 2015


Reception and Exhibits Opening
Location: Hall 5 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

Tuesday, 6 January 2015

8:30 AM-9:45 AM: Tuesday, 6 January 2015

Recording files available
Session 1
NASA Earth Observation Systems and Applications for Health and Air Quality: Moving from Research to Operational End Users
Location: 228AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Sixth Conference on Environment and Health
Chair: Sue M. Estes, NASA/USRA

Domestic and International officials have increasingly recognized links between environment and health. The World Health Organization (WHO) states “environmental hazards are responsible for as much as a quarter of the total burden of disease worldwide.” NASA maintains a diverse constellation of Earth observing research satellites and sponsors research in developing satellite data applications across a wide spectrum of areas including environmental health; infectious disease; air quality standards, policies, and regulations; and the impact of climate change on health and air quality. Successfully providing predictions with the accuracy and specificity required by decision makers will require advancements over current capabilities in a number of interrelated areas. These areas include observations, modeling systems, forecast development, application integration, and the research to operations transition process. NASA has been a primary partner with local, state, Federal, and international operational agencies over the past twelve years in these areas.
  8:30 AM
1.1
  8:45 AM
1.2
Middle East Desert Dust Exposure: Health Risks from Metals and Microbial Pathogens
Mark Lyles, U.S. Navy, Newport, RI; and H. L. Fredrickson, A. J. Bednar, H. B. Fannin, D. W. Griffin, and T. M. Sobecki
  9:15 AM
1.4
Use of Satellite Observations for Improved Air Pollution Exposure Estimates
Arastoo Pour Biazar, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and R. T. McNider, D. S. Cohan, A. T. White, R. Zhang, B. Dornblaser, and M. Estes

9:00 AM-11:00 AM: Tuesday, 6 January 2015


Spouses' Coffee

9:45 AM-11:00 AM: Tuesday, 6 January 2015


Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
Location: Hall 4 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

11:00 AM-12:00 PM: Tuesday, 6 January 2015

Recording files available
Lecture 1
Bernhard Haurwitz Memorial Lecture
Location: 122BC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint between the 15th Presidential Forum; the Major Weather Events and Societal Impacts of 2014; the Eugenia Kalnay Symposium; the Harry R. Glahn Symposium; the 31st Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 29th Conference on Hydrology; the 24th Symposium on Education; the 20th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography; the 20th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification; the 19th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS); the 19th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction; the 27th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 18th Conference on Middle Atmosphere; the 17th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the 17th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 13th Conference on Artificial Intelligence; the 13th Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 13th History Symposium; the 12th Conference on Space Weather; the 11th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the 10th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the Seventh Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications; the Seventh Conference on the Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data; the Seventh Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions; the Sixth Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the Sixth Conference on Environment and Health; the Fifth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; the Third Symposium on the Weather and Climate Enterprise; the Third Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation’s Readiness, Responsiveness, and Resilience to High Impact Weather Events; the Third Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the Third Symposium on Prediction of the Madden-Julian Oscillation: Processes, Prediction and Impact; the First Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate; and the Special Symposium on Model Postprocessing and Downscaling )
  11:00 AM
L1.1
Model Diagnoses of El Nino Teleconnections to the Global Atmosphere-Ocean System
Ngar-Cheung Lau, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Recording files available
Session 2
Climate Change and Infectious Disease: From Models to Applications
Location: 228AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Sixth Conference on Environment and Health
Chair: Mary H. Hayden, NCAR
  11:00 AM
2.1
Climate change influences on the annual onset of Lyme disease in the United States
Andrew J. Monaghan, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and S. Moore, K. Sampson, C. B. Beard, and R. J. Eisen

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Tuesday, 6 January 2015


Lunch Break

12:45 PM-1:05 PM: Tuesday, 6 January 2015


Daily Weather Briefings
Location: 132AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

1:30 PM-3:00 PM: Tuesday, 6 January 2015

Recording files available
Joint Session 9
Weather and Climate Information for Emergency Response Planning - I
Location: 226AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint between the 10th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the Sixth Conference on Environment and Health; and the Third Symposium on the Weather and Climate Enterprise )
Cochairs: Susan A. Jasko, California Univ. of Pennsylvania; John A. Haynes, NASA

Session explores the roles weather and forecasting play in human health and happiness, community viability, public health practice, and increases in demand for weather DSS in health.
  1:30 PM
J9.1
Investigating Co-Variability Between Mortality and Slow Atmospheric Oscillations
Augustin Vintzileos, University of Maryland/Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, Camp Springs, MD; and S. C. Sheridan, C. C. Lee, J. Gottschalck, and M. Halpert
  1:45 PM
J9.2
  2:00 PM
J9.3
Comparing the Impact of Spatial Resolution on Modeling Extreme Heat Vulnerability
Austin C. Stanforth, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN; and D. P. Johnson
  2:15 PM
J9.4
Integrated Models and Tools for Heat-health Decision Making
Olga Wilhelmi, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. Boehnert and M. H. Hayden
  2:45 PM
Discussion

3:00 PM-3:30 PM: Tuesday, 6 January 2015


Coffee Break
Location: Hall 5 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

Meet the President
Location: 126A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

3:30 PM-5:30 PM: Tuesday, 6 January 2015

Recording files available
Joint Session 11
Weather and Climate Information for Emergency Response Planning - II
Location: 226AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint between the 10th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the Sixth Conference on Environment and Health; and the Third Symposium on the Weather and Climate Enterprise )
Cochairs: Kristie L. Ebi, ClimAdapt, LLC; George Luber, CDC

Session explores tools and programs community clinicians and health officials use to prepare for and respond to weather emergencies. Presentations for work that transitions research to applications.
  3:30 PM
J11.1
Sneaky Weather and Scene Safety: How do first responders know?
Margaret L. Fowke, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD

  3:45 PM
J11.2
Weather Training For Emergency Managers: A Perspective From The EM Community
Kenneth Galluppi, Arizona State University, Mesa, AZ; and E. C. Kurtz and B. E. Montz
  4:00 PM
J11.3
An Outcomes-Based Heat Information System Prototype for Phoenix, Arizona
Benjamin L. Ruddell, Arizona State University, Mesa, AZ; and S. L. Harlan, D. M. Hondula, A. Jamison, D. Pettiti, D. M. Ruddell, and S. Yang

  4:15 PM
J11.4
New Evidence from a Hot Climate: Considering Multiple Health Events, Exposure Variables, and Trigger Points for Interventions Related to Health Impacts of High Temperatures
Sharon, L. Harlan, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ; and D. M. Hondula, D. B. Petitti, S. Yang, G. Chowell, and B. L. Ruddell
  4:45 PM
J11.6
  5:00 PM
J11.7
MEDMI: experience in building a structure for environment & health research in the UK
Brian William Golding, Met Office, Exeter, United Kingdom; and L. Fleming, A. Haines, A. Kessel, C. Whitmore, C. Sarran, and S. Hajat
  5:15 PM
Discussion

Wednesday, 7 January 2015

8:30 AM-10:00 AM: Wednesday, 7 January 2015

Recording files available
Themed Joint Session 3
Communication Challenges: Communicating the Costs, Impacts, and Needs of the Weather, Water and Climate Enterprise - Part 1
Location: 221A-C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint between the Third Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation’s Readiness, Responsiveness, and Resilience to High Impact Weather Events; the 10th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; and the Sixth Conference on Environment and Health )
Cochairs: Eileen Shea, NOAA/Pacific Fisheries Science Center; Douglas Hilderbrand, NOAA/NWS
  8:30 AM
TJ3.1
Extreme Weather Resulting in Health Outcomes: Touchstone Events Communication
Justin S. Dumas, Florida Department of Health and Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and M. A. Jagger, A. M. Wootten, and M. L. Griffin

  9:00 AM
TJ3.3
  9:15 AM
TJ3.4
The HHS Sustainable and Climate Resilient Health Care Facilities Initiative
John Balbus, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD
  9:30 AM
TJ3.5
Assessment of Efforts to Communicate and Warn for Extreme Heat Events
Michelle D. Hawkins, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and V. Brown, J. G. Ferrell, P. Stokols, and J. Trtanj

9:00 AM-11:00 AM: Wednesday, 7 January 2015


Spouses' Coffee

10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Wednesday, 7 January 2015


Coffee Break
Location: Hall 5 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

Meet the President
Location: 126A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

10:30 AM-12:00 PM: Wednesday, 7 January 2015

Recording files available
Panel Discussion 1
Views and Perspectives on Earth's Unique Climate in Our Solar System
Location: 228AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Sixth Conference on Environment and Health
Moderator: J. Marshall Shepherd, Univ. of Georgia
Panelists: John Balbus, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences; Rear Admiral David W. Titley, Center for Solutions to Weather and Climate Risk/Penn State Univ.; Ghassem R. Asrar, Joint Global Change Research Institute/PNNL; Phil Christensen, Arizona State University; Giulio Boccaletti, The Nature Conservancy
Cochairs: Stephen Ambrose, NASA/GSFC; Karen Andersen, NCAR
  10:30 AM
Ghassem Asrar, PhD
  10:45 AM
John M. Balbus, M.D.
  11:00 AM
Giulio Boccaletti, Ph.D
  11:15 AM
Phil Christensen, Ph.D
  11:30 AM
David Titley, Ph.D, Rear Admiral (ret.) USN
Recording files available
Themed Joint Session 4
Communication Challenges: Communicating the Costs, Impacts, and Needs of the Weather, Water and Climate Enterprise - Part 2
Location: 221A-C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint between the Third Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation’s Readiness, Responsiveness, and Resilience to High Impact Weather Events; the 10th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; and the Sixth Conference on Environment and Health )
Cochairs: Douglas Hilderbrand, NOAA/NWS; David Richard Perkins IV, Univ. of North Carolina
  10:30 AM
TJ4.1
Science that drives service: the NWS Impact-Based Warning Demonstration
Michael Hudson, NOAA/NWS, Kansas City, MO; and R. Wagenmaker, G. Mann, B. T. Smith, R. L. Thompson, and J. T. Ferree
  11:00 AM
TJ4.3
Social and Behavioral Influences on Decision-making by Emergency Managers
Burrell E. Montz, East Carolina Univ., Greenville, NC; and K. Galluppi, J. L. Losego, J. Correia Jr., and R. E. Riley
  11:15 AM
TJ4.4
The Role of Cooling Centers in Climate Adaptation: Observations from the Phoenix Heat Relief Network Evaluation Project
David M. Hondula, Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ; and A. Asburry, D. Bentz, V. Berisha, N. Boryczka, J. Eneboe, K. Goodin, E. W. Johnston, E. Kuras, S. Lewis, M. Luc, M. McCullough, A. Mohamed, M. C. Roach, B. Salas, K. Starr, and J. Uebelherr
  11:30 AM
Discussion

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Wednesday, 7 January 2015


Lunch Break

Women in the Atmospheric Sciences Luncheon
Location: 213AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

12:45 PM-1:05 PM: Wednesday, 7 January 2015


Daily Weather Briefings
Location: 132AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

1:30 PM-2:30 PM: Wednesday, 7 January 2015


Lecture 2
Horton Lecture
Location: 127ABC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint between the Eugenia Kalnay Symposium; the 31st Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 27th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 24th Symposium on Education; the 20th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography; the 20th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification; the 19th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS); the 19th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction; the 29th Conference on Hydrology; the 18th Conference on Middle Atmosphere; the 17th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the 17th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 13th Conference on Artificial Intelligence; the 13th Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 13th History Symposium; the 12th Conference on Space Weather; the 11th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the 10th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the Eighth Annual CCM Forum: Certified Consulting Meteorologists; the Seventh Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications; the Seventh Conference on the Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data; the Seventh Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions; the Sixth Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the Sixth Conference on Environment and Health; the Fifth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; the Third Symposium on the Weather and Climate Enterprise; the Third Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation’s Readiness, Responsiveness, and Resilience to High Impact Weather Events; the Third Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the Third Symposium on Prediction of the Madden-Julian Oscillation: Processes, Prediction and Impact; the First Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate; and the Special Symposium on Model Postprocessing and Downscaling )
Chair: Michael B. Ek, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC
Recording files available
Session 3
CDC Building Resilience Against Climate Effects: Strategies and programs to confront the health implications of climate change - Part I
Location: 228AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Sixth Conference on Environment and Health
Chair: George Luber, CDC
  1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
  2:00 PM
3.2
Vulnerability of healthcare infrastructure to flooding in Georgia
Shubhayu Saha, CDC, Atlanta, GA; and A. Manangan and C. Marsteller

  2:15 PM
3.3
Internet search queries as a proxy for pollen counts
Matthew K. Parker, Mercer University, Macon, GA; and P. Schramm, S. Saha, A. Manangan, and G. Luber

2:30 PM-4:00 PM: Wednesday, 7 January 2015


Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
Location: Hall 4 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

Poster Session
Wednesday and Thursday Poster Session
Host: Sixth Conference on Environment and Health
 
813
Outdoor Thermal Comfort under Photovoltaic Canopy Structures–A Field Study at Arizona State University
Ariane Middel, arizona state university; and N. Selover, N. Chhetri, and B. Hagen

4:00 PM-4:30 PM: Wednesday, 7 January 2015

Recording files available
Session 4
Core Science Lecture
Location: 228AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Sixth Conference on Environment and Health
Chair: George Luber, CDC

4:30 PM-5:30 PM: Wednesday, 7 January 2015

Recording files available
Session 5
CDC Building Resilience Against Climate Effects: Strategies and programs to confront the health implications of climate change - Part 2
Location: 228AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Sixth Conference on Environment and Health
Chair: George Luber, CDC
  4:30 PM
5.1
Pollen Trends and Respiratory-Related Emergency Department Visits, Sarasota, Florida
Meredith A. Jagger, Florida Department of Health, Tallahassee, FL; and K. W. Kintziger and S. Watkins

  4:45 PM
5.2
Modeling future population exposure to intra-urban extreme heat with fine-scale land use data
Kathryn C. Conlon, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and A. J. Monaghan, M. H. Hayden, and O. Wilhelmi
  5:00 PM
5.3
Assessing the Health Impacts of Hurricanes and Tropical Storms in Florida: Methodological Challenges and Solutions
Kristina W. Kintziger, Florida Department of Health, Tallahassee, FL; and M. A. Jagger, J. Maynard, S. Watkins, M. L. Griffin, and C. E. Konrad II

  5:15 PM
5.4
Building Resilience Against Climate Effects in Arizona: Lessons Learned Implementing CDC's BRACE Framework
Matthew C. Roach, Arizona Department of Health Services, Phoenix, AZ; and N. Chhetri, W. C. Chuang, N. Selover, D. M. Hondula, A. Middel, and A. Karner

5:30 PM-6:30 PM: Wednesday, 7 January 2015


Awards Banquet Reception in the Exhibit Hall
Location: Hall 5 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

7:00 PM-10:00 PM: Wednesday, 7 January 2015


95th AMS Awards Banquet
Location: North Ballroom (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

Thursday, 8 January 2015

8:30 AM-9:45 AM: Thursday, 8 January 2015

Recording files available
Session 6
Extreme Heat and Public Health I – Environmental factors
Location: 228AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Sixth Conference on Environment and Health
Chair: Juli Trtanj, NOAA Oceans and Human Health Initiative

Extreme heat's impact on physical, mental, or emotional health of communities and tools which can improve future resilience or policy
  8:30 AM
6.1
  8:45 AM
6.2
Connecting Transportation Scenarios and Extreme Heat Exposure in Urban Areas
Alex Karner, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ; and D. M. Hondula and J. K. Vanos
  9:00 AM
6.3
Preliminary Observations of Extreme Temperatures and Heat-Related Illnesses in a High Plains Canyon Environment
T. Todd Lindley, NOAA/NWS, Amarillo, TX; and N. Fenner, T. Seymore, K. Buffalo, A. Moulton, S. Kersh, M. Hassell, and K. Scotten

9:45 AM-11:00 AM: Thursday, 8 January 2015


Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
Location: Hall 4 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

11:00 AM-12:00 PM: Thursday, 8 January 2015


Lecture 3
Walter Orr Roberts Lecture
Location: 124A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint between the Major Weather Events and Societal Impacts of 2014; the 15th Presidential Forum; the Eugenia Kalnay Symposium; the Harry R. Glahn Symposium; the 31st Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 29th Conference on Hydrology; the 27th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 24th Symposium on Education; the 20th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography; the 20th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification; the 19th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS); the 19th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction; the 17th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the 18th Conference on Middle Atmosphere; the 17th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 13th Conference on Artificial Intelligence; the 13th Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 13th History Symposium; the 12th Conference on Space Weather; the 11th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the 10th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the Seventh Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications; the Seventh Conference on the Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data; the Seventh Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions; the Sixth Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the Sixth Conference on Environment and Health; the Fifth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; the Fifth Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using Python; the Third Symposium on the Weather and Climate Enterprise; the Third Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation’s Readiness, Responsiveness, and Resilience to High Impact Weather Events; the Third Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the Third Symposium on Prediction of the Madden-Julian Oscillation: Processes, Prediction and Impact; the First Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate; the Special Symposium on Model Postprocessing and Downscaling; and the Air Pollution Meteorology and Human Health Symposium )
  11:00 AM
L3.1
Recording files available
Session 7
Extreme Heat and Public Health II – Exposure, sensitivity and communication
Location: 228AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Sixth Conference on Environment and Health
Chair: Sue M. Estes, NASA/USRA
  11:00 AM
7.1
Relationships between Excessive Heat and Daily Mortality over the Coterminous U.S
William L. Crosson, USRA, Huntsville, AL; and M. Z. Al-Hamdan, M. G. Estes Jr., S. M. Estes, and D. A. Quattrochi
  11:30 AM
7.3
A Multiscalar Thermal Analysis of Urban Playgrounds
Jennifer K. Vanos, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX; and B. Ruddell, E. Kuras, and A. Middel
  11:45 AM
7.4
Heterogeneity in Individually Experienced Temperatures (IETs): New insights into heat exposure from Boston and Phoenix
Evan Kuras, Boston University, Boston, MA; and D. M. Hondula, S. L. Harlan, B. L. Ruddell, and J. Brown-Saracino

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Thursday, 8 January 2015


Lunch Break

12:45 PM-1:05 PM: Thursday, 8 January 2015


Daily Weather Briefings
Location: 132AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

3:00 PM-3:05 PM: Thursday, 8 January 2015


Registration Closes

3:00 PM-3:30 PM: Thursday, 8 January 2015


Coffee Break
Location: Meeting room foyers (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

Meet the President
Location: 126A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

5:00 PM-5:05 PM: Thursday, 8 January 2015


AMS 95th Annual Meeting Adjourns