38th Conference on Broadcast Meteorology

Program Chairs: Tammie Souza , WTSP-CBS ; Joe Murgo , WTAJ-TV

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Wednesday, 23 June 2010

7:30 AM-5:30 PM: Wednesday, 23 June 2010


Short Course and Conference Registration Open
Location: Peacock Alley (Deauville Beach Resort)

5:00 PM-7:00 PM: Wednesday, 23 June 2010


Welcome Reception Sponsored by the Exhibitors
Location: Napoleon I&II (Deauville Beach Resort)

Thursday, 24 June 2010

7:00 AM-5:30 PM: Thursday, 24 June 2010


Registration open through the Conference
Location: Peacock Alley (Deauville Beach Resort)

8:00 AM-9:00 AM: Thursday, 24 June 2010


Breakfast in the Exhibit Hall
Location: Napoleon I&II (Deauville Beach Resort)

8:00 AM-12:30 PM: Thursday, 24 June 2010


Exhibits Open
Location: Napoleon I&II (Deauville Beach Resort)

9:00 AM-9:30 AM: Thursday, 24 June 2010


Session 1
Welcome to the Conference
Location: Napoleon III (Deauville Beach Resort)
Host: 38th Conference on Broadcast Meteorology
Cochairs: Joe Murgo, WTAJ-TV; Tammie Souza, WTSP-CBS
9:00 AM
1.1
Welcome to Miami

9:15 AM
1.2
Introduction to the AMS Broadcast Board

9:30 AM-10:30 AM: Thursday, 24 June 2010

Recording files available
Session 2
Ocean-Atmosphere Interactions
Location: Napoleon III (Deauville Beach Resort)
Host: 38th Conference on Broadcast Meteorology
Cochairs: Joe Murgo, WTAJ-TV; Tammie Souza, WFLD
9:30 AM
Introductory Remarks

10:15 AM
2.3
The merits and limitations of using ENSO phase as a winter forecasting tool in the northeastern United States
Richard Grimaldi Jr., State University of New York at Oneonta, Oneonta, NY; and R. Jaworski

10:30 AM-11:15 AM: Thursday, 24 June 2010

Recording files available
Session 3
Out of this World
Location: Napoleon III (Deauville Beach Resort)
Host: 38th Conference on Broadcast Meteorology
10:30 AM
Introductory Remarks

10:35 AM
3.1
Water on Mars and Future after Shuttle
George Haddad, NASA, Kennedy Space Center, FL
10:55 AM
3.2
NASA Astronaut Talk
Speaker ToBeAnnounced, TBA, Unknown, MA

11:15 AM-11:35 AM: Thursday, 24 June 2010


Coffee Break in the Exhibit Hall
Location: Napoleon I&II (Deauville Beach Resort)

11:35 AM-12:40 PM: Thursday, 24 June 2010

Recording files available
Session 4
Career Development
Location: Napoleon III (Deauville Beach Resort)
Host: 38th Conference on Broadcast Meteorology
Cochairs: Joe Murgo, WTAJ-TV; Tammie Souza, WFLD
11:35 AM
4.1
Nielsen Ratings in 2010 and Beyond
Frank L. Palumbo, The Neilsen Company, Oldsmar, FL
11:55 AM
4.2
12:25 PM
4.4
AMS and peer review
Margaret A. LeMone, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and D. P. Jorgensen

12:40 PM-1:30 PM: Thursday, 24 June 2010

Recording files available
Session 5
Vendor Session
Location: Napoleon III (Deauville Beach Resort)
Host: 38th Conference on Broadcast Meteorology
12:40 PM
Baron Services
Robert Baron, Baron Services, Inc., Huntsville, AL

12:50 PM
WSI -
Tad Maguire, WSI, Andover, MA
1:00 PM
AccuWeather: New Advances in Weather Display Systems
Loren Tobia, AccuWeather, Inc., State College, PA
1:10 PM
Weather Central
Joe DiGiovanni, WSI, Madison, WI

1:20 PM
Energizer
Wendy Bain, Energizer, Clayton, MO

1:15 PM-5:30 PM: Thursday, 24 June 2010


Exhibits Open
Location: Napoleon I&II (Deauville Beach Resort)

1:30 PM-3:00 PM: Thursday, 24 June 2010


Buffet Lunch in the Exhibit Hall Sponsored by Energizer
Location: Napoleon I&II (Deauville Beach Resort)

Friday, 25 June 2010

8:00 AM-9:30 AM: Friday, 25 June 2010


Light Breakfast in the Exhibit Hall
Location: Napoleon I&II (Deauville Beach Resort)

8:00 AM-1:30 PM: Friday, 25 June 2010


Exhibits Open
Location: Napoleon I&II (Deauville Beach Resort)

8:15 AM-10:00 AM: Friday, 25 June 2010

Recording files available
Session 6
Station Scientist
Location: Napoleon III (Deauville Beach Resort)
Host: 38th Conference on Broadcast Meteorology
Cochairs: Joe Murgo, WTAJ-TV; Tammie Souza, WFLD
8:15 AM
6.1a
8:43 AM
6.2
Coastal Issues and Sea Level Rise
Matthew Schrader, US Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville, FL; and C. Bronson
9:03 AM
6.3
9:48 AM
6.4
Preparing for Climate Change: One County's Plan
Harvey Ruvin, Miami-Dade Clerk of the Courts, Miami, FL

10:00 AM-10:20 AM: Friday, 25 June 2010


Coffee Break in the Exhibit Hall
Location: Napoleon I&II (Deauville Beach Resort)

10:20 AM-11:50 AM: Friday, 25 June 2010

Recording files available
Session 7
Disaster Mitigation
Location: Napoleon III (Deauville Beach Resort)
Host: 38th Conference on Broadcast Meteorology
Cochairs: Joe Murgo, WTAJ-TV; Tammie Souza, WFLD
11:20 AM
7.4
Broadcast Meteorologists and Pre-event Messaging for a Nuclear Public Health Emergency
Charles W. Miller, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA; and M. C. McCurley
11:35 AM
7.5
Sun Safety and Preventing Skin Cancer: Educating the Public through Social Media
Robert Burchard, Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC

11:50 AM-1:30 PM: Friday, 25 June 2010

Recording files available
Session 8
More From the Tropics
Location: Napoleon III (Deauville Beach Resort)
Host: 38th Conference on Broadcast Meteorology
Cochairs: Joe Murgo, WTAJ-TV; Tammie Souza, WFLD
11:50 AM
Introduction to Oceans

12:30 PM
8.3
1:05 PM
8.5
Global Warming and Hurricanes: Theories vs. Observations
Christopher W. Landsea, NOAA/NWS/TPC/NHC, Miami, FL

1:30 PM-3:00 PM: Friday, 25 June 2010

Recording files available
Keynote Speaker
Luncheon and Keynote Speaker
Location: Le Jardin (Deauville Beach Resort)
Host: 38th Conference on Broadcast Meteorology
Cochairs: Tammie Souza, WFLD; Joe Murgo, WTAJ-TV
1:30 PM
Featured Speaker Bill Read, NHC
1:40 PM
Keynote Luncheon Speaker Craig Fugate, FEMA

3:00 PM-4:30 PM: Friday, 25 June 2010


Dessert and Coffee in the Exhibit Hall
Location: Napoleon I&II (Deauville Beach Resort)

4:30 PM-4:35 PM: Friday, 25 June 2010


Exhibits Close
Location: Napoleon I&II (Deauville Beach Resort)

Saturday, 26 June 2010

8:30 AM-2:00 PM: Saturday, 26 June 2010


Field Trip to NHC and AOML: Ticket ($30) Required. See General Information for Details
Location: Deauville Beach Resort

Sunday, 27 June 2010

7:30 AM-8:30 AM: Sunday, 27 June 2010


Light Breakfast in the Session Room Foyer
Location: Peacock Alley (Deauville Beach Resort)

8:30 AM-8:40 AM: Sunday, 27 June 2010


Final Remarks from Alan and Where Are We Going.
Location: Napoleon III (Deauville Beach Resort)

8:40 AM-10:50 AM: Sunday, 27 June 2010

Recording files available
Session 9
Severe Weather
Location: Napoleon III (Deauville Beach Resort)
Host: 38th Conference on Broadcast Meteorology
Cochairs: Joe Murgo, WTAJ-TV; Tammie Souza, WFLD
8:40 AM
Welcoming Remarks

8:45 AM
9.1
Using Twitter to receive storm reports
Tim Brice, NOAA/NWS, Santa Teresa, NM; and C. Pieper
9:00 AM
9.2
Using Building Science to Battle Weather-Related Disasters
Julie Rochman, Institute for Business & Home Safety, Tampa, FL
9:20 AM
9.3
Historic Houston snow: Out on a limb
Gene Norman Jr., KHOU-TV, Houston, TX

9:35 AM
9.4
NOAA and the Media—Working Together to Reduce Storm Surge Deaths and Destruction
Jamie Rhome, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/National Hurricane Center, Miami, FL; and E. Rappaport, W. L. Read, and D. Feltgen
9:50 AM
9.5
SPC Forecast Workshop - Assessment and Watch Issuance
Gregory Carbin, SPC, Norman, OK; and S. J. Weiss

10:50 AM-11:05 AM: Sunday, 27 June 2010


Coffee Break in the Meeting Room Foyer
Location: Peacock Alley (Deauville Beach Resort)

11:05 AM-12:00 PM: Sunday, 27 June 2010

Recording files available
Session 10
Climate and Climate Change
Location: Napoleon III (Deauville Beach Resort)
Host: 38th Conference on Broadcast Meteorology
Cochairs: Joe Murgo, WTAJ-TV; Tammie Souza, WFLD
11:05 AM
Welcoming Remarks

11:10 AM
10.1
11:30 AM
10.2
Challenges to Accurate Measurement of Greenhouse Gases
Allan C. Eustis, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD

12:00 PM-1:40 PM: Sunday, 27 June 2010

Recording files available
Session 11
Molding a Career
Location: Napoleon III (Deauville Beach Resort)
Host: 38th Conference on Broadcast Meteorology
Cochairs: Joe Murgo, WTAJ-TV; Tammie Souza, WFLD
12:00 PM
Concluding Remarks

12:10 PM
11.2
The AMS Education Program: National-local partnerships to increase science literacy
James A. Brey, American Meteorological Society, Washington, DC; and I. W. Geer, J. M. Moran, R. S. Weinbeck, E. W. Mills, B. A. Blair, E. J. Hopkins, T. P. Kiley Jr., and E. E. Ruwe
12:25 PM
11.3
Preparing the next generation of broadcast meteorologists through an inaugural radio and TV weather course
Nicholas Juliano, State University of New York at Oneonta, Oneonta, NY; and R. Jaworski, J. Constantino, L. Raychel, and R. Grimaldi Jr.
12:40 PM
11.4
ABC 7 Denver Internship
Marcus D. Walter, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
1:10 PM
11.6
Public weather services in Tripoli
Younis Al-Fenadi, Libyan National Meteorological Centre (LNMC), Tripoli, Libya
1:25 PM
Oil and Weather do Mix
Alan Sealls, WKRG-TV, Mobile, AL

1:40 PM-1:45 PM: Sunday, 27 June 2010


Conference Ends