Panel Discussion 1 Historical Perspectives on Weather Analysis and Forecasting (Centennial)

Thursday, 16 January 2020: 8:30 AM-9:30 AM
258A (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)
Host: 30th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting (WAF)/26th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP)
Moderators:
Martin A. Baxter, Central Michigan University, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Mt. Pleasant, MI and Andrew C. Winters, Univ. at Albany, SUNY, Department of Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, Albany, NY
Panelists:
Harold E. Brooks, Univ. of Oklahoma, School of Meteorology, Norman, OK; Kristine C. Harper, Florida State Univ., History Department, Tallahassee, FL; Jonathan E. Martin, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Madison, WI; Stan Benjamin, NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory, Global Systems Division, Boulder, CO and Pamela Heinselman, NSSL, Norman, OK

This will be a joint panel session between the 30th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting (30WAF) and 26th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction (26NWP).  Each of 5 invited panelists will be given 18 minutes (14-15 minutes of presenting followed by 3-4 minutes of Q&A) to discuss their perspective on the history of the weather/water/climate enterprise.  We will invite both prominent late-career scientists and historians.

Papers:
8:30 AM
Speaker 5 Pamela Heinselman
8:45 AM
Speaker 4 Stan Benjamin
9:00 AM
Speaker 3 Jonathan Martin
9:15 AM
Speaker 2 Kristine Harper
9:30 AM
Speaker 1 Harold Brooks

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