Session 8 40th Conference on Broadcast Meteorology

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Wednesday, 22 August 2012

10:00 AM-6:00 PM: Wednesday, 22 August 2012


Registration Desk Hours
Location: Mezzanine Foyer (Boston Park Plaza)

1:25 PM-3:30 PM: Wednesday, 22 August 2012

Recording files available
Session 1
New England/Northeast Weather
Location: Georgian (Boston Park Plaza)
Host: 40th Conference on Broadcast Meteorology
1:25 PM
Opening Remarks- Rob Eicher, Ross Janssen, Maureen McCann, Program Chairs

2:00 PM
1.3
Hurricane Irene Coverage
Stephen D. Shiveley, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach, FL; and S. C. Clarke, A. M. Macchia, and L. K. Mcnally III
2:30 PM
1.5
Tropical Rainstorms, not Remnants
Elliot Abrams, AccuWeather Inc., State College, PA
2:45 PM
1.6
Getting to know your State Climate Office
Daniel A. Zarrow, Office of the New Jersey State Climatologist, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ; and D. A. Robinson
3:00 PM
1.7
3:15 PM
Closing Remarks- Louis Uccellini, AMS President

3:30 PM-4:00 PM: Wednesday, 22 August 2012


Coffee Break
Location: Mezzanine Foyer (Boston Park Plaza)

4:00 PM-6:00 PM: Wednesday, 22 August 2012

Recording files available
Session 2
Research & Education
Location: Georgian (Boston Park Plaza)
Host: 40th Conference on Broadcast Meteorology
4:15 PM
2.2
How Broadcasters can help increase Science Literacy through the AMS Education Program
James A. Brey, American Meteorological Society, Washington, DC; and I. Geer, R. Weinbeck, J. Moran, E. W. Mills, and K. Nugnes
4:30 PM
2.3
The National Weather and Climate Education Program: A Proposal to NSF
Ed Maibach, George Mason Univ., Fairfax, VA; and J. Witte, S. Cobb, E. Peters-Burton, J. Robinson, A. Leiserowitz, K. Seitter, S. Harned, D. Todey, E. Bierly, V. Schweizer, W. Abshire, D. Herring, and M. Y. Wei
4:45 PM
2.4
After the Next Major Earthquake – Resources for Educating the Public
John Taber, Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology, Washington, DC; and P. Dorr and R. Woodward
5:00 PM
2.5
An Update to the nationwide CAREERS Weather Camp program
H. Michael Mogil, How The Weatherworks, Naples, Florida; and B. G. Levine, R. Foot, and V. R. Morris
5:15 PM
2.6
Mathworks helps to explain How The Weatherworks and vice versa
H. Michael Mogil, How The Weatherworks, Naples, FL; and B. G. Levine
5:30 PM
2.7
5:45 PM
2.8

6:00 PM-7:30 PM: Wednesday, 22 August 2012


Exhibits Opening Reception
Location: Imperial Ballroom (Boston Park Plaza)

Thursday, 23 August 2012

7:30 AM-5:30 PM: Thursday, 23 August 2012


Registration Desk Hours
Location: Mezzanine Foyer (Boston Park Plaza)

8:15 AM-9:30 AM: Thursday, 23 August 2012

Recording files available
Session 3
Operational Forecasting
Location: Georgian (Boston Park Plaza)
Host: 40th Conference on Broadcast Meteorology
8:15 AM
3.1
8:30 AM
3.2
NOAA News Imagery: In HD and On-Demand
Daniel P. Pisut, IMSG, Silver Spring, MD; and T. Loomis, V. Goel, R. Upton, and A. Powell
8:45 AM
3.3
Forecast with Convective-Resolving NWP Models
Todd A. Hutchinson, WSI Corporation, Andover, MA
9:00 AM
3.4

9:30 AM-10:30 AM: Thursday, 23 August 2012

Recording files available
Session 4
Major Weather Events of the Past Year
Location: Georgian (Boston Park Plaza)
Host: 40th Conference on Broadcast Meteorology
10:00 AM
4.3
2012 Tornadoes: Questions and Answers
Gregory W. Carbin, NOAA/NWS/WPC, College Park, MD; and R. Schneider and H. E. Brooks

10:30 AM-11:00 AM: Thursday, 23 August 2012


Coffee Break
Location: Imperial Ballroom (Boston Park Plaza)

11:00 AM-12:00 PM: Thursday, 23 August 2012

Recording files available
Session 5
Vendor Session
Location: Georgian (Boston Park Plaza)
Host: 40th Conference on Broadcast Meteorology
11:00 AM
5.1
Baron Services
Ardell Hill, Baron Services, Huntsville, AL
11:10 AM
5.2
Midland Radio
Bruce Jones, Midland Radio, Kansas City, MO

11:20 AM
5.3
WSI
Mark Gildersleeve, WSI, Andover, MA
11:30 AM
5.4
Weather Central
Bill Baker, Weather Central, Madison, WI

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Thursday, 23 August 2012


Lunch Break

1:30 PM-3:00 PM: Thursday, 23 August 2012

Recording files available
Session 6A
New Technology
Location: Georgian (Boston Park Plaza)
Host: 40th Conference on Broadcast Meteorology
1:45 PM
6A.2
Access High Quality Data Imagery from the NOAA View Data Portal
Daniel P. Pisut, IMSG, Silver Spring, MD; and D. Cowan, V. Goel, T. Loomis, and A. Powell
2:00 PM
6A.3
HELIOS: A Real-time Adaptive Weather Surveillance System
Eric M. Dixon, ITT Exelis, Herndon, VA

2:15 PM
6A.4
2:30 PM
6A.5
Expanding the GOES-R Proving Ground to Include Broadcasters
James J. Gurka, NOAA, Greenbelt, MD; and S. J. Goodman, T. J. Schmit, M. DeMaria, A. Mostek, B. C. Motta, C. W. Siewert, and D. Satterfield

2:45 PM
6A.6
Year One of the Dual-Polarization WSR-88D Deployment: Lessons Learned and Learning Lessons
Andrew C. Wood, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma and NOAA/NWS/WDTD, Norman, OK; and C. D. Payne, J. B. Boettcher, and E. Mahoney
Recording files available
Session 6B
Science and Communication
Location: Statler (Boston Park Plaza)
Host: 40th Conference on Broadcast Meteorology
1:30 PM
6B.1
An Overview of the AMS Commission on the Weather and Climate Enterprise (CWCE)
Matthew J. Parker, Savannah River National Laboratory, Aiken, SC
2:30 PM
6B.5
2:45 PM
6B.6
TV Station and Museum Partnerships: What works?
Joe Witte, George Mason University / Adnet-NASA, Arlington, VA

3:00 PM-3:30 PM: Thursday, 23 August 2012


Coffee Break
Location: Imperial Ballroom (Boston Park Plaza)

3:30 PM-4:00 PM: Thursday, 23 August 2012

Recording files available
Session 7
Science and Communication Part 2
Location: Georgian (Boston Park Plaza)
Host: 40th Conference on Broadcast Meteorology
3:45 PM
7.2
Choose Your Words
Alan Sealls, WKRG-TV, Mobile, AL

4:00 PM-5:30 PM: Thursday, 23 August 2012

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Panel Discussion 1
Emergent Use of Social Media - Opportunities and Challenges
Location: Georgian (Boston Park Plaza)
Host: 40th Conference on Broadcast Meteorology
Moderator: David S. Green, NASA Headquarters
Panelists: Mark Taylor, Weather Decision Technologies; Terry Casey, WCVB-TV5; Sarah Dillingham, CNN; Frank McCathran, Earth Networks; Veronica Johnson, NBC4
4:00 PM
Social Media: Sarah Dillingham
4:15 PM
Baron Social Media: Lance Cooper
4:30 PM
Social Media: Mark Taylor
4:45 PM
Social Media: Terry Casey
5:00 PM
Social Media: Frank McCathran

5:30 PM-6:30 PM: Thursday, 23 August 2012


Reception sponsored by WSI
Location: Imperial Ballroom (Boston Park Plaza)

7:10 PM-10:00 PM: Thursday, 23 August 2012


Red Sox Game
7:10 PM
Red Sox tickets needed to be purchased in advance. You will receive any tickets purchased at the registration desk when you check in. Transportation to the event is on your own

Friday, 24 August 2012

9:00 AM-12:00 PM: Friday, 24 August 2012


Registration Desk Hours
Location: Mezzanine Foyer (Boston Park Plaza)

9:45 AM-12:00 PM: Friday, 24 August 2012

Recording files available
Session 8
Station Scientist
Location: Georgian (Boston Park Plaza)
Host: 40th Conference on Broadcast Meteorology
9:45 AM
8.1
RADM Titley Climate Change Talk: David Titley
10:15 AM
8.2
The Arctic's Shrinking Sea Ice Cover: Why Should We Care?
Mark C. Serreze, Univ. of Colorado/NSIDC, Boulder, CO
10:45 AM
8.3
Climate Matters
Jim Gandy, WLTX-TV, Columbia, SC; and J. Witte, H. Cullen, X. Zhao, B. Klinger, K. Rowan, and E. Maibach
11:05 AM
8.4
Applying Climate Change to Google Earth
Jim Gandy, WLTX-TV, Columbia, SC; and B. Helmuth and N. Heller

11:25 AM
8.5
Heavenly Highlights: Upcoming Celestial Events To Dazzle Your Viewers
J. Kelly Beatty, Sky & Telescope Magazine, Cambridge, MA