18th History Symposium

Program Chair: Lourdes B. Avilés , Plymouth State University

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Sunday, 12 January 2020

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4:00 PM-6:30 PM: Sunday, 12 January 2020


Presidential Forum, Annual Meeting Welcome, Annual Review and Awards Ceremony
Location: Ballroom East (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)

Monday, 13 January 2020

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8:30 AM-10:00 AM: Monday, 13 January 2020

Recording files available
Session 1
AMS–NSF Interactions: Looking back, Looking Forward
Location: 104A (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)
Host: 18th History Symposium
Cochairs: Anjuli S. Bamzai, NSF; William Easterling, National Science Foundation
8:30 AM
1.1
Meteorology and the Federal Patron: Interactions before AMS and before NSF
James Rodger Fleming, Colby College, Waterville, ME
Recorded Presentation

8:45 AM
1.2
Strengthening Fundamental Science in Atmospheric Research: Shared Goals of the AMS and NSF during the 1950s and 1960s
Emily K. Gibson, NSF, Alexandria, VA
Recorded Presentation

9:00 AM
1.3
The AMS Summer Policy Colloquium: Accelerating and Magnifying the Broader Impacts of Science
William H. Hooke, American Meteorological Society, Washington, DC
Recorded Presentation

9:15 AM
1.4
The American Meteorological Society and the National Science Foundation—Common Goals in the Service and Support of Science for the Benefit of Society
Richard A. Anthes, UCAR, Boulder, CO
Recorded Presentation

9:30 AM
1.5
NSF and AMS: Their Contributions to Increasing Opportunities for Women and Minorities
Margaret LeMone, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and L. M. Hartten
Recorded Presentation

9:45 AM
1.6
Envisioning Future Interactions between the AMS and NSF
William Easterling, National Science Foundation, Alexandria, VA
Recorded Presentation

10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Monday, 13 January 2020


AM Coffee Break (Monday)
Location: Boston Convention and Exhibition Center

10:30 AM-12:00 PM: Monday, 13 January 2020

Recording files available
Session 2
History of Meteorological Practices, Observations, and Related. Part I
Location: 104A (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)
Host: 18th History Symposium
Cochairs: Terrence R. Nathan, Univ. of California, Davis; Warren Blier, NOAA/NWS
10:30 AM
2.1
NCAR's Earth Observing Laboratory Legacy Field Campaign Archives
Steve Williams, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. A. Rilling, G. Stossmeister, and C. Connell
Recorded Presentation

10:45 AM
2.2
McIDAS: Visualizing Weather Data for Nearly One-Half Century!
D. A. Santek, CIMSS, Madison, WI; and B. Schaffer, M. A. Lazzara, and S. S. Lindstrom
Recorded Presentation

11:00 AM
2.3
Unidata’s Launch and Early Development—A Technology-Rooted, Transformational Partnership between the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Meteorology Community
David Fulker, OPeNDAP, Inc., Narragansett, RI; and C. Jacobs
Recorded Presentation

11:15 AM
2.4
Early Roots of Quality Assurance for Meteorological Measurements for Environmental Applications
Kenneth Underwood, Technical and Business Systems, Valencia, CA; and P. Fransioli
Recorded Presentation

11:30 AM
2.5
Linking Historical Tornado Trends to Today's Society through Climate Decision Support Services
Kyle Brown, NWS, Syracuse, IN; and S. Lashley
Recorded Presentation

11:45 AM
2.6
The History of Extratropical Transition in Canada: Impacts, Research, and Prediction
James Abraham, MSC (retired), Halifax, NS, Canada; and C. Fogarty
Recorded Presentation

12:00 PM-2:00 PM: Monday, 13 January 2020


Lunch Break (Monday)

2:00 PM-4:00 PM: Monday, 13 January 2020

Recording files available
Session 3
History of Meteorological Practices, Observations, and Related. Part II
Location: 104A (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)
Host: 18th History Symposium
Cochairs: Warren Blier, NOAA/NWS; Terrence R. Nathan, Univ. of California, Davis
2:00 PM
3.1
Cloud and Weather Symbols in the Historic Language of Weather Map Plotters
Robert A. Houze Jr., Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and R. D. Houze
Recorded Presentation

2:15 PM
3.2
The NCAR GPS Dropwindsonde and Its Impact on Tropical Cyclone Operations and Research
Sim D. Aberson, NOAA/AOML/Hurricane Research Division, Miami, FL; and H. Vömel
Recorded Presentation

2:30 PM
3.3
A Brief History of Lightning Detection and Location Systems
Walter A. Lyons, WeatherVideoHD.TV, Fort Collins, CO
Recorded Presentation

2:45 PM
3.4
"Choose the Weather for Battle": The Origins, Evolution, and Achievements of Air Force Weather
Kent G. Sieg, 557 Weather Wing, Offutt AFB, NE
Recorded Presentation

3:00 PM
3.5
Do You Believe in Miracles? Preserving and Highlighting the Work of the NWS Olympic Support Unit at the 1980 Winter Olympics
John G. W. Kelley, NOAA, Durham, NH; and A. Haas, P. Sisson, K. Rigsbee, and J. Herman
Recorded Presentation

3:15 PM
3.6
The Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) Model: A Force In Meteorological Practice
Jordan G. Powers, NCAR, Boulder, CO
Recorded Presentation

3:30 PM
3.7
A 10-Year History of Improving Gridded Forecasting in the National Weather Service (NWS) Central Region
Andrew Just, NWS, Kansas City, MO; and J. R. Wiedenfeld and C. Greif
Recorded Presentation

3:45 PM
3.8
Celebrating NOAA Heritage in 2020: A Milestone Year in So Many Ways
Gregory Romano, NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and C. Oliver
Recorded Presentation

4:00 PM-6:00 PM: Monday, 13 January 2020


Formal Poster Viewing Reception (Mon)
Location: Hall B (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)

6:00 PM-8:00 PM: Monday, 13 January 2020


Exhibits Opening and Reception
Location: Hall A (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)

Tuesday, 14 January 2020

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8:30 AM-10:15 AM: Tuesday, 14 January 2020

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Session 4
AMS Centennial Monograph—100 Years of Progress. Part I (Centennial)
Location: 104A (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)
Host: 18th History Symposium
Cochairs: Lourdes Avilés, Plymouth State University; Greg McFarquhar, Univ. of Oklahoma
8:30 AM
4.1
AMS: 100 Years of Supporting the Scientific Community
Keith Seitter, American Meteorological Society, Boston, MA; and J. Nathans and S. Mankins
Recorded Presentation

8:45 AM
4.2
100 Years of Progress in Atmospheric Observing Systems
Jeffrey L. Stith, NCAR, Broomfield, CO; and D. Baumgardner, J. Haggerty, R. M. Hardesty, W. C. Lee, D. Lenschow, P. Pilewskie, M. Steiner, and H. Vömel

9:00 AM
4.3
Satellites View the World
Steven Ackerman, CIMSS/AOS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
Recorded Presentation

9:15 AM
4.4
50 Years of Satellite Remote Sensing of the Ocean
Lee-Lueng Fu, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA; and T. Lee, W. T. Liu, and R. Kwok
Recorded Presentation

9:30 AM
4.5
100 Years of Progress in Understanding the General Circulation of the Atmosphere
Isaac M. Held, Princton Univ., Princeton, NJ
Recorded Presentation

9:45 AM
4.6
100+ Years toward Understanding the Ocean Circulation
Carl Wunsch, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA; and R. Ferrari
Recorded Presentation

10:00 AM
4.7
Progress in Understanding the Dynamics of Coupled Atmosphere–Ocean Variability
David S. Battisti, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and D. J. Vimont and B. Kirtman
Recorded Presentation

9:00 AM-6:00 PM: Tuesday, 14 January 2020


Exhibit Hall (Tuesday)
Location: Hall A (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)

10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Tuesday, 14 January 2020


AM Coffee Break (Tuesday)
Location: Boston Convention and Exhibition Center

10:30 AM-12:15 PM: Tuesday, 14 January 2020

Recording files available
Session 5
AMS Centennial Monograph—100 Years of Progress. Part II (Centennial)
Location: 104A (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)
Host: 18th History Symposium
Cochairs: Greg McFarquhar, Univ. of Oklahoma; Lourdes Avilés, Plymouth State University
10:30 AM
5.1
100 Years of Progress in Boundary Layer Meteorology: A Condensed Version
Margaret LeMone, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and W. M. Angevine, C. S. Bretherton, F. Chen, J. Dudhia, E. Fedorovich, K. Katsaros, D. Lenschow, L. Mahrt, E. G. Patton, J. Sun, M. Tjernstrom, and J. Weil
Recorded Presentation

10:45 AM
5.2
100 Years of Progress in Gas-Phase Atmospheric Chemistry Research
Timothy J. Wallington, Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI; and J. H. Seinfeld and J. R. Barker

11:00 AM
5.3
100 Years of Progress in Cloud Physics, Aerosols, and Aerosol Chemistry
Sonia M. Kreidenweis, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and M. D. Petters and U. Lohmann
Recorded Presentation

11:15 AM
5.4
100 Years of Earth System Model Development
D. A. Randall, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and C. Bitz, G. Danabasoglu, A. S. Denning, P. Gent, A. Gettelman, S. Griffies, P. Lynch, H. Morrison, R. Pincus, and J. Thuburn
Recorded Presentation

11:30 AM
5.5
100 Years of Progress in Forecasting and NWP Applications
Stan Benjamin, NOAA/Earth System Research Laboratory, Boulder, CO; and J. M. Brown, G. Brunet, P. Lynch, K. Saito, and T. W. Schlatter
Recorded Presentation

11:45 AM
5.6
Radiative Forcing of Climate: The Historical Evolution of the Radiative Forcing Concept, the Forcing Agents and Their Quantification, and Applications
Venkatachalam Ramaswamy, NOAA, Princeton, NJ
Recorded Presentation

12:00 PM
5.7
100 Years of Progress in Applied Meteorology
Sue Ellen Haupt, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. M. Rauber, B. Carmichael, J. C. Knievel, J. Cogan, S. Hanna, M. Askelson, J. M. Shepherd, M. Alfonso Fragomeni, N. Debbage, B. Johnson, B. Kosovic, S. McIntosh, F. Chen, K. Miller, M. Williams, and S. Drobot
Recorded Presentation

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Tuesday, 14 January 2020


Lunch Break (Tuesday)

1:30 PM-2:30 PM: Tuesday, 14 January 2020

Recording files available
Session 6
AMS Centennial Monograph—100 Years of Progress. Part III (Centennial)
Location: 104A (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)
Host: 18th History Symposium
Cochairs: Lourdes Avilés, Plymouth State University; Greg McFarquhar, Univ. of Oklahoma
1:30 PM
6.1
Extratropical Cyclones: A Century of Research on Meteorology’s Centerpiece
David M. Schultz, Univ. of Manchester, Manchester, U.K.; and L. F. Bosart, B. A. Colle, H. C. Davies, C. Dearden, D. Keyser, O. Martius, P. Roebber, W. J. Steenburgh, H. Volkert, and A. C. Winters
Recorded Presentation

1:45 PM
6.2
100 Years of Progress in Tropical Cyclone Research
Kerry Emanuel, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
Recorded Presentation

2:00 PM
6.3
100 Years of Research on Mesoscale Convective Systems
Robert A. Houze Jr., Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA
Recorded Presentation

2:15 PM
6.4
A Century of Progress in Severe Convective Storm Research and Forecasting
Harold E. Brooks, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK
Recorded Presentation

2:30 PM-3:00 PM: Tuesday, 14 January 2020


PM Coffee Break (Tuesday)
Location: Boston Convention and Exhibition Center

3:00 PM-4:15 PM: Tuesday, 14 January 2020

Recording files available
Session 7
AMS Centennial Monograph—100 Years of Progress. Part IV (Centennial)
Location: 104A (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)
Host: 18th History Symposium
Cochairs: Greg McFarquhar, Univ. of Oklahoma; Lourdes Avilés, Plymouth State University
3:00 PM
7.1
100 Years of Progress in Understanding the Stratosphere and Mesosphere
P. Baldwin, Univ. of Exeter, NORTHCOTE HOUSE, THE QUEENS DRIVE, United Kingdom
Recorded Presentation

3:15 PM
7.2
100 Years of Progress in Mesoscale Planetary Boundary Layer Meteorological Research
David A. R. Kristovich, ISWS/Prairie Research Institute/Univ. of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL; and E. S. Takle, G. S. Young, and A. Sharma
Recorded Presentation

3:30 PM
7.3
100 Years of Progress on Mountain Meteorology Research
Ronald B. Smith, Yale Univ., New Haven, CT
Recorded Presentation

3:45 PM
7.4
100 Years of Progress in Polar Meteorology
John E. Walsh, Univ. of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK; and D. H. Bromwich, J. E. Overland, M. C. Serreze, and K. R. Wood
Recorded Presentation

4:00 PM
7.5
100 Years of Progress in Hydrology
Christa Peters-Lidard, NASA, Greenbelt, MD; and F. Hossain, L. R. Leung, N. McDowell, M. Rodell, F. J. Tapiador, F. J. Turk, and A. W. Wood
Recorded Presentation

4:00 PM-6:00 PM: Tuesday, 14 January 2020


Formal Poster Viewing Reception (Tues)
Location: Hall B (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)

Wednesday, 15 January 2020

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8:45 AM-10:00 AM: Wednesday, 15 January 2020

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Session 8
Remarkable Meteorologists and Their Contributions. Part I
Location: 104A (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)
Host: 18th History Symposium
Cochairs: William Henneberg, Commodity Weather Group, LLC; Lourdes Avilés, Plymouth State University
8:45 AM
8.1
Dr. Tetsuya Fujita: Perspectives from Japan
Jennifer Henderson, CIRES, Boulder, CO
Recorded Presentation

9:00 AM
8.2
“The Educated Woman Can Successfully Lead a Double Life”: Pauline Morrow Austin’s Life in Science at the Dawn of Radar Meteorology
Roger D. Turner, Science History Institute, Carlisle, PA
Recorded Presentation

9:15 AM
8.3
Anne Louise Beck and the "Cutting Edge of Forecasting" in 1921
Jamison Hawkins, Lockheed Martin, Arlington, VA

9:30 AM
8.4
Too Near for Dreams: Exploring the Life of Cleveland Abbe
Sean Potter, Washington, DC
Recorded Presentation

9:45 AM
8.5
Albert Defant (Trento 1884–Innsbuck 1974)—An Eclectic and Borderless Figure of Meteorologist, Oceanographer, and Climatologist
Dino Zardi, Univ. of Trento, Trento, Italy
Recorded Presentation

9:00 AM-6:30 PM: Wednesday, 15 January 2020


Exhibit Hall (Wed)
Location: Hall A (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)

10:30 AM-11:15 AM: Wednesday, 15 January 2020

Recording files available
Session 9
Remarkable Meteorologists and Their Contributions. Part II
Location: 104A (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)
Host: 18th History Symposium
Cochairs: William Henneberg, Commodity Weather Group, LLC; Lourdes Avilés, Plymouth State University
10:30 AM
9.1
Bringing Collections Together for Online Discovery and a Cooperative Digital Exhibit: Walter Orr Roberts, NCAR, the University of Colorado, and a Spirit of Collaboration
Laura Hoff, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO
Recorded Presentation

10:45 AM
9.2
Numerical Weather Prediction from the Mind of von Neumann to Reality and Beyond
William J. Martin, NOAA/NWS, Greer, SC
Recorded Presentation Manuscript (4.9 MB)

11:00 AM
9.3
Photography, Sir Walter Hartley, and the Discovery of Atmospheric Ozone
Terrence R. Nathan, Univ. of California, Davis, Davis, CA
Recorded Presentation

11:15 AM-12:00 PM: Wednesday, 15 January 2020

Recording files available
Session 10
Charles Brooks and the History before the AMS
Location: 104A (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)
Host: 18th History Symposium
Cochairs: Lourdes Avilés, Plymouth State University; William Henneberg, Commodity Weather Group, LLC
11:15 AM
10.1
Dr. Charles Franklin Brooks, Blue Hill Observatory and the AMS
William Minsinger, Blue Hill Observatory Science Center, READVILLE, MA
Recorded Presentation

11:30 AM
10.2
While the American Meteorological Society Was Founded in 1919, There Was a Very Active Meteorological Community before the National Organization Came Together
Jinny Nathans, American Meteorological Society, Boston, MA

11:45 AM
10.3
The Blue Hill Adventures of the Brooks Family
Jinny Nathans, American Meteorological Society, Boston, MA
Recorded Presentation

12:00 PM
Harrison Gray Otis and the Restoration of his Portrait by Lynda Schubert Bodman

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Wednesday, 15 January 2020


Lunch Break (Wednesday)

1:30 PM-2:30 PM: Wednesday, 15 January 2020

Recording files available
Session 11
Other Topics in the History of Meteorology and Related Sciences
Location: 104A (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)
Host: 18th History Symposium
Chair: Lourdes Avilés, Plymouth State University
1:30 PM
11.1
Buried: How Extreme Snow Crippled the Ohio Valley in 1950
David A. Call, Ball State Univ., Muncie, IN
Recorded Presentation

1:45 PM
11.2
Times Change but the Challenges Remain: Successes, Failures, and Impacts from the Portland Gale of 1898
Robert Megnia, NWS, Lake Charles, LA; and T. Humphrey
Recorded Presentation

2:00 PM
11.3
"Get Help to the States!"—A Legislative History of Climate Services in the United States, 1975–78
Gabriel D Henderson, American Institute of Physics, College Park, MD

11.4
Weather as Muse to the Arts: A Survey of Society's Changing Perceptions over Time

2:15 PM
11.5
Crossroads in Weather History: The Intersection of Public and Private Interests at the Formation of the What is Now the National Weather Service ...150-plus Years Ago!
Louis W. Uccellini, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and G. Romano

2:30 PM
Crossroads in Weather History: The Intersection of Public and Private Interests at the Formation of What is Now the National Weather Service...150-plus Years Ago! by Louis Uccellini
Recorded Presentation

Recording files available
Joint Session 46
On the Shoulders of Giants: Formative Moments for Environment and Health Research (Core Science Keynote) (Centennial)
Location: 153B (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the 11th Conference on Environment and Health; and the 18th History Symposium )
Chair: Jane Wilson Baldwin, Princeton Univ.
1:30 PM
J46.1
Benefits to Children's Health of Climate Change Mitigation Policies
Frederica Perera, Columbia Univ., New York City, NY; and A. Berberian, D. Mills, P. L. Kinney, and D. Cooley

1:45 PM
J46.2
The Past and Future in Understanding the Health Risks of and Responses to Climate Variability and Change
Kristie L. Ebi, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA
Recorded Presentation

2:00 PM
J46.3
Climate-Driven Modeling of Malaria and Other Infectious Diseases (Core Science Keynote)
Andy Morse, Univ. of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
Recorded Presentation

2:30 PM-3:00 PM: Wednesday, 15 January 2020


PM Coffee Break (Wednesday)
Location: Boston Convention and Exhibition Center

4:00 PM-6:00 PM: Wednesday, 15 January 2020


Formal Poster Viewing Reception (Wed)
Location: Hall B (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)

5:30 PM-6:30 PM: Wednesday, 15 January 2020


Exhibit Hall Networking Reception
Location: Hall A (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)

6:30 PM-9:00 PM: Wednesday, 15 January 2020


Centennial Celebration (Centennial)
Location: Ballroom East (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)
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