Session 12 |
| | Applications of Climate Data |
| | Organizer: Nolan Doesken, Colorado State Univ., Ft. Collins, CO
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| 8:00 AM | 12.1 | An Investigation of Changes in the Length of the Growing Season in Oregon 
George H. Taylor, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR; and N. Parazoo |
| 8:15 AM | 12.2 | Recent climatic trends and changes in potato late blight disease risk in the Upper Great Lakes region
Kathleen M. Baker, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI; and J. A. Andresen and W. W. Kirk |
| 8:30 AM | 12.3 | Testing Farmers' Perceptions of Climate Variability: A Case Study from the Sulphur Springs Valley, Arizona
Colin Thor West, Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and M. Vasquez-Leon and T. J. Finan |
| 8:45 AM | 12.4 | Monitoring climate for wildfire, prescribed fire, and fire use
Timothy J. Brown, DRI, Reno, NV; and B. L. Hall |
| 9:00 AM | 12.5 | Seasonality of temperature and ischaemic heart disease mortality in five English Counties
Glenn R. McGregor, Univ. of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom; and H. Watkin |
| 9:15 AM | 12.6 | Using a synoptic classification scheme to assess rural-urban differences in heat vulnerability
Scott C. Sheridan, Kent State University, Kent, OH |
| 9:30 AM | 12.7 | On seasonal differences in weather-related mortality trends in the United States
Robert E. Davis, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA; and P. C. Knappenberger, W. M. Novicoff, and P. J. Michaels |
| 9:45 AM | 12.8 | Integrating climate information into the natural gas purchasing decision: Complex issues facing school district administrators
David Changnon, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL |
| 10:00 AM | | Coffee Break
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| 10:30 AM | 12.9 | Reanalysis and the identification of wind energy climates
Marc Schwartz, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO |
| 10:45 AM | 12.10 | Estimation of U.S. design temperatures using daily maximum and minimum temperatures
Kenneth E. Kunkel, ISWS, Champaign, IL |
| 11:00 AM | 12.11 | Climatic probabilities of snow drift loading on gable roofs
Arthur T. DeGaetano, Northeast Regional Climate Center, Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY; and M. J. O'Rourke |
| 11:15 AM | 12.12 | Objective cyclone climatologies of the North Atlantic using NCEP/NCAR and ECMWF Reanalyses: Implications for the UK Insurance Industry.
Clair Hanson, Univ. of East Anglia, Norwich, Norfolk, United Kingdom; and J. Palutikof, A. Jones, and T. Holt |
| 11:30 AM | 12.13 | Climate Impact Indices for the Economy Utilized by NCDC's Climate Monitoring Branch
Richard R. Heim Jr., NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and J. H. Lawrimore, D. B. Wuertz, A. M. Waple, and T. W. R. Wallis |