Session Session 6: Hindcasts, Nowcasts, and Forecasts: How Extreme Weather Has Shaped the Enterprise

Sunday, 12 January 2020: 9:00 AM-9:45 AM
Ballroom East (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)
Host: 19th Annual Student Conference
Chair:
Holly Mallinson, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL

In keeping with the theme for the centennial meeting, this session will discuss progress in the community’s understanding of extreme weather over the last hundred years, our current understanding of extreme events, and the impacts of climate change on extreme events in a look towards the future.

Papers:
9:00 AM
Welcome Banner by Holly Mallinson
Understanding Severe Convective Storms: What a Long, Strange Trip It's Been
Harold Brooks, Univ. of Oklahoma School of Meteorology, Norman, OK
The 22000 Mile View Every 60 Seconds: Advances in Geostationary Observations of Extreme Weather
Kimberly Wood, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS

The Future: NOAA's Role In Preparing Society
Andy Nash, NWS, Burlington, VT
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