AMS Summer Community Meeting

Program Chair: Betsy Weatherhead , Univ. of Colorado

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Monday, 12 August 2013

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10:00 AM-12:00 PM: Monday, 12 August 2013


Workshop
Data Assimilation Development: MADIS
Location: Room 2126 (Center Green )
Host: AMS Summer Community Meeting
Chair: Greg Pratt, NOAA/ESRL/GSD

1:00 PM-2:50 PM: Monday, 12 August 2013


Workshop
Real-Time Research
Location: Room 2126 (Center Green )
Host: AMS Summer Community Meeting
Chair: A. E. MacDonald, NOAA/OAR

3:00 PM-5:00 PM: Monday, 12 August 2013


NNoN Committee Meeting
Location: Auditorium North/Center (Center Green )
Host: AMS Summer Community Meeting
Chair: James R. Stalker, Regional Earth System Predictability Research, Inc.

Tuesday, 13 August 2013

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7:00 AM-8:00 AM: Tuesday, 13 August 2013


Light Breakfast
Location: Lobby (Center Green )

8:00 AM-8:30 AM: Tuesday, 13 August 2013


Plenary Session
Opening Remarks
Location: Auditorium North/Center (Center Green )
Host: AMS Summer Community Meeting
Speakers: Betsy Weatherhead, Univ. of Colorado; Thomas J. Bogdan, UCAR; Bill Gail, Global Weather Corp.; Matthew J. Parker, Savannah River National Laboratory; Melinda Marquis, NOAA

8:30 AM-10:00 AM: Tuesday, 13 August 2013


Panel Discussion A1
Renewable Energy: Grid Integration
Location: Auditorium North/Center (Center Green )
Host: AMS Summer Community Meeting
Moderator: Christopher T. Clack, University of Colorado
Panelists: Obadiah Bartholomy, SMUD; Bri Mathias Hodge, National Renewable Energy Laboratory; Drake Bartlett, Xcel Energy; Jim Blatchford, California Independent System Operator

10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Tuesday, 13 August 2013


Coffee Break
Location: Lobby (Center Green )

10:30 AM-12:00 PM: Tuesday, 13 August 2013


Panel Discussion A2
Energy: Predictive Capabilities
Location: Auditorium North/Center (Center Green )
Host: AMS Summer Community Meeting
Moderator: Melinda Marquis, NOAA
Panelists: Hendrik Hamann, IBM; Michael Sale, Low Impact Hydropower Institute; Debra Lew, National Renewable Energy Laboratory; John W. Zack, MESO, Inc.
Cochairs: Christopher T. Clack, University of Colorado; Stephanie Herring, NOAA

12:00 PM-1:00 PM: Tuesday, 13 August 2013


Lunch Break
Location: Lobby (Center Green )

1:00 PM-2:30 PM: Tuesday, 13 August 2013


Panel Discussion A3
Energy-Water Nexus
Location: Auditorium North/Center (Center Green )
Host: AMS Summer Community Meeting
Moderator: Stephanie Herring, NOAA
Panelists: Kristen B. Averyt, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado; Ken Knox, Noble Energy; Levi Brekke, USBR

2:30 PM-3:00 PM: Tuesday, 13 August 2013


Coffee Break
Location: Lobby (Center Green )

3:00 PM-4:30 PM: Tuesday, 13 August 2013


Panel Discussion A4
Sea Level Rise
Location: Auditorium North/Center (Center Green )
Host: AMS Summer Community Meeting
Moderator: Betsy Weatherhead, Univ. of Colorado
Panelists: Larry P. Atkinson, Old Dominion University; Mark C. Serreze, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado; David W. Titley, Penn State University
Chair: Shawn Miller, Raytheon

4:30 PM-5:00 PM: Tuesday, 13 August 2013


Session
Daily Summary
Location: Auditorium North/Center (Center Green )
Host: AMS Summer Community Meeting
Moderator: Betsy Weatherhead, Univ. of Colorado
Panelists: Christopher T. Clack, University of Colorado; Stephanie Herring, NOAA; Mark C. Serreze, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado

5:15 PM-5:45 PM: Tuesday, 13 August 2013


Session
Reception Address
Location: Auditorium North/Center (Center Green )
Host: AMS Summer Community Meeting
Speakers: Louis W. Uccellini, NOAA/NWS; Scott Rayder, UCAR

5:45 PM-7:30 PM: Tuesday, 13 August 2013


Welcome Reception
Location: Cafe Patio (Center Green )

Wednesday, 14 August 2013

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7:30 AM-8:30 AM: Wednesday, 14 August 2013


Light Breakfast
Location: Lobby (Center Green )

8:00 AM-8:30 AM: Wednesday, 14 August 2013


Session
Short Talks - Student Highlights
Location: Auditorium North/Center (Center Green )
Host: AMS Summer Community Meeting
Organizer: Thomas Fahy, Capitol Meteorologics
Speakers: Daniel L. Birkenheuer, NOAA/ESRL; Aaron J. Piña, Colorado State University; Rui Li, CIRES; Ghassan J. Alaka Jr., NOAA/AOML/HRD; Adriana Raudzens Bailey , CIRES/Univ. of Colorado; Lidia Cucurull, NOAA/OAR/ESRL
Hyperspectral Atmospheric Sounders – working to improve the accuracy and timeliness of severe weather forecasting. Daniel Birkenheuer, Meteorologist, NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory, Global Systems Division, Forecast Applications Branch

Convective transport of pollutants from eastern Colorado concentrated animal feeding operations into the Rocky Mountains. Aaron Pina, Colorado State University at Fort Collins; Masters of Science Candidate 2013

The analysis of atmospheric VOCs as the precursors of organic aerosols and their chemistry processes. Rui Li, University of Colorado at Boulder (CIRES); Doctoral Candidate 2014

Variability of the West African Monsoon: Implications for Sahelian Precipitation and Atlantic Tropical Cyclones. Ghassan J. Alaka, Jr., Colorado State University at Fort Collins; Doctoral Candidate 2014

Fingerprinting the subtropical water cycle to investigate key changes with weather and climate. Adriana Raudzens Bailey, University of Colorado at Boulder; Doctoral Candidate 2013

Global Navigation Satellite System Radio Occultation (GNSS RO): Impact Assessment on Global Weather Forecasting. Lidia Cucurull, NOAA GNSS RO Chief Scientist, NOAA ESRL, Global Systems Division, Office of the Director

8:30 AM-10:00 AM: Wednesday, 14 August 2013


Panel Discussion B1
Intermodal Surface Transportation
Location: Auditorium North/Center (Center Green )
Host: AMS Summer Community Meeting
Moderator: Brenda C. Boyce, Booz Allen Hamilton
Panelists: Dan Krechmer, Cambridge Systematics; Steve Shladover, University of California; Darren Wright, NOAA National Weather Service
Cochairs: Brenda C. Boyce, Booz Allen Hamilton; Stephanie Herring, NOAA

10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Wednesday, 14 August 2013


Coffee Break
Location: Lobby (Center Green )

10:30 AM-12:00 PM: Wednesday, 14 August 2013


Panel Discussion B2
Impacts of Extreme Weather on the Road
Location: Auditorium North/Center (Center Green )
Host: AMS Summer Community Meeting
Moderator: Paul Pisano, FHWA
Panelists: Kenneth Leonard, DOT; Steve Cook, Michigan DOT; Sheldon D. Drobot, NCAR; Ralph Patterson, Utah Dept of Transportation
Cochairs: Paul Pisano, Dept. of Transportation; Brenda C. Boyce, Booz Allen Hamilton

12:00 PM-1:00 PM: Wednesday, 14 August 2013


Lunch Break
Location: Lobby (Center Green )

1:00 PM-1:15 PM: Wednesday, 14 August 2013


Session
Short Talks
Location: Auditorium North/Center (Center Green )
Host: AMS Summer Community Meeting
Speakers: Sheldon D. Drobot, NCAR; Jeffrey K. Lazo, NCAR; Marjorie McGuirk, CASE Consultants International, LLC
Chair: Jeffrey K. Lazo, NCAR

1:15 PM-2:45 PM: Wednesday, 14 August 2013


Panel Discussion B3
Aviation Weather
Location: Auditorium North/Center (Center Green )
Host: AMS Summer Community Meeting
Moderator: Bruce Carmichael, NCAR
Panelists: Joe Burns, United Airlines; Geoff Crowley, Atmospheric & Space Technology Research Associates; Haig Iskenderian, MIT Lincoln Laboratory; Todd Jacobson, FAA; Sadegh Kavoussi, AvMet Applications International, LLC
Facilitator: Randall Bass, FAA
CoChair: Thomas Fahy, Capitol Meteorologics

2:45 PM-3:15 PM: Wednesday, 14 August 2013


Coffee Break
Location: Lobby (Center Green )

3:15 PM-4:45 PM: Wednesday, 14 August 2013


Panel Discussion B4
Sandy Supplemental Funding and Weather Forecast Improvement Act
Location: Auditorium North/Center (Center Green )
Host: AMS Summer Community Meeting
Moderator: Thomas Fahy, Capitol Meteorologics
Panelists: Russell Callender, NOAA/NOS; Alexander MacDonald, Chief Science Advisor, Office of Oceanic & Atmospheric Research, & Director, NOAA/ESRL; President-Elect, AMS; Vanessa Griffin, NOAA/NESDIS; John Murphy, NOAA/NWS
Chair: Thomas Fahy, Capitol Meteorologics

4:30 PM-5:00 PM: Wednesday, 14 August 2013


Session
Daily Summary
Location: Auditorium North/Center (Center Green )
Host: AMS Summer Community Meeting
Moderator: Betsy Weatherhead, Univ. of Colorado
Panelists: Brenda C. Boyce, Booz Allen Hamilton; Paul Pisano, FHWA; Thomas Fahy, Capitol Meteorologics

5:15 PM-6:00 PM: Wednesday, 14 August 2013


Reception
Location: Cafe Patio (Center Green )

6:00 PM-8:00 PM: Wednesday, 14 August 2013


Conference Dinner
Location: Lobby (Center Green )
Speaker: Robyn Heffernan, NOAA Fire and Public Weather Services Branch
NOAA Fire Weather Services -- Providing critical decision support to our partners and the public

Thursday, 15 August 2013

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7:30 AM-8:30 AM: Thursday, 15 August 2013


Light Breakfast
Location: Lobby (Center Green )

8:00 AM-8:30 AM: Thursday, 15 August 2013


Session
AMS Policy Program
Location: Auditorium North/Center (Center Green )
Host: AMS Summer Community Meeting
Speaker: Paul A. T. Higgins, AMS

8:30 AM-10:00 AM: Thursday, 15 August 2013


Panel Discussion C1
End User
Location: Auditorium North/Center (Center Green )
Host: AMS Summer Community Meeting
Moderator: Scott M. Mackaro, Vaisala Inc
Panelists: Valerie Ritterbusch, WeatherCall Services; Neil A. Jacobs, Panasonic Avionics Corporation; Bill Gail, Global Weather Corp; Mike Chard, Boulder Office of Emergency Management
Cochairs: Scott M. Mackaro, Vaisala Inc; Barry Lee Myers, AccuWeather, Inc

10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Thursday, 15 August 2013


Coffee Break
Location: Lobby (Center Green )

10:30 AM-12:00 PM: Thursday, 15 August 2013


Panel Discussion C2
Weather and Climate Forecast Modeling
Location: Auditorium North/Center (Center Green )
Host: AMS Summer Community Meeting
Moderator: Tom Hamill, NOAA/ESRL
Panelists: Anthony (Tony) Eckel, NWS; William C. Skamarock, NCAR; Stan Benjamin, NOAA/ESRL; Peter H. Lauritzen, NCAR
Cochairs: David G. Dewitt, Columbia University; Thomas M. Hamill, NOAA

12:00 PM-1:00 PM: Thursday, 15 August 2013


Lunch Break
Location: Lobby (Center Green )

1:00 PM-1:15 PM: Thursday, 15 August 2013


Session
Short Talks II
Location: Auditorium North/Center (Center Green )
Host: AMS Summer Community Meeting
Speakers: Eric Holthaus, Weathermob, Inc.; Eric P. Grimit, Vaisala
Chair: Jeffrey K. Lazo, NCAR

1:15 PM-2:45 PM: Thursday, 15 August 2013


Panel Discussion C3
Big Data
Location: Auditorium North/Center (Center Green )
Host: AMS Summer Community Meeting
Moderator: Nancy Grady, SAIC
Panelists: Matthew F. Garvert, The Climate Corporation; Bryan Hannegan, National Renewable Energy Laboratory; Scott Rayder, UCAR; Kate Lawson, U. Albany; Don Berchoff, Unisys Corporation
Cochairs: Nancy Grady, SAIC; David S. Green, NASA Headquarters

2:45 PM-3:15 PM: Thursday, 15 August 2013


Coffee Break
Location: Lobby (Center Green )

3:15 PM-3:45 PM: Thursday, 15 August 2013


Session
Daily Summary
Location: Auditorium North/Center (Center Green )
Host: AMS Summer Community Meeting
Moderator: Betsy Weatherhead, Univ. of Colorado
Panelists: Scott M. Mackaro, Vaisala Inc; David G. Dewitt, Columbia University; Tom Hamill, NOAA/ESRL; Nancy Grady, SAIC

3:45 PM-4:50 PM: Thursday, 15 August 2013


Session
Meeting Summary
Location: Auditorium North/Center (Center Green )
Host: AMS Summer Community Meeting

4:50 PM-5:00 PM: Thursday, 15 August 2013


Meeting Adjourns
Location: Auditorium North/Center (Center Green )

Friday, 16 August 2013

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9:00 AM-10:00 AM: Friday, 16 August 2013


Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) Tour
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