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Saturday, 10 January 2004
	7:30 AM, Saturday, Room 608/609 Student Conference Registration
	9:30 AM, Saturday Keynote Session 1 Welcoming Remarks: Rosemary Auld, NOAA/NWS, Bohemia, NY; and Ken Carey, Mitretek Systems, Inc., Falls Church, VA
	9:45 AM, Saturday Why Does the AMS Care About Students? Ronald D. McPherson, AMS, Boston, MA
	10:00 AM, Saturday 3 Careers in the Atmospheric Sciences: A Change in Climate. Susan K. Avery, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO
	10:20 AM-11:45 AM, Saturday, Room 608/609 Session 1 This is Your Career—Get Plugged In!
10:20 AM 1.1 Networking: A Student’s Perspective   Andrea Bleistein, Penn State Univ., University Park, PA 10:35 AM 1.2 A Year on the Raritan: How Rutgers Became Student Chapter of the Year   Brian Frugis, Rutgers-Cook College, New Brunswick, NJ 10:50 AM 1.3 I Am Proof: You CAN Make It in Meteorology with a Higher Verbal than Math GRE Score!   Kenneth F. Heideman, AMS, Boston, MA 11:05 AM 1.4 Power Steps for Career Success   Percy W. Thomas, NOAA/NWS, Washington, DC 11:30 AM Discussion
	11:45 AM, Saturday Luncheon and Guest Speaker: Do You have what it takes to be a Broadcast Meteorologist? Todd Johnson, KOMO 4 TV, Seattle, WA
	1:00 PM-2:40 PM, Saturday, Room 608/609 Session 2 WHAT’S THE FORECAST?
1:00 PM To be confirmed   1:20 PM 2.2 Atmospheric Policy: Making an Impact on Capitol Hill   Ana Unruh, U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, DC 1:40 PM 2.3 Meteorology and Oceanography Operational Effects in the Navy/DOD   Martha B. Yacoub, U.S. Navy, San Diego, CA 2:00 PM To be confirmed   2:20 PM 2.5 Sub-synoptic Structures in Late Stages of Baroclinic Wave Life-cycles (Presentation by recipient of the AMS Father James B. Macelwane Award)   Steven Cavallo, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
	2:40 PM, Saturday FEATURED SPEAKER: Weather and the Federal Government: The Extended Forecast. Brigadier General John (Jack) J. Kelly, Jr., USAF (Ret.), Deputy Undersecretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere, NOAA, Washington, DC
	3:00 PM, Saturday Coffee Break
	3:20 PM-5:20 PM, Saturday, Room 608/609 Session 3 A CLOSER LOOK AT THE PRIVATE SECTOR
3:20 PM 3.1 Commercial Weather Services—The Sky’s the Limit   J. Myers, Accu-Weather 3:40 PM 3.2 Show Me the Weather (but be brief)   Jon M. Nese, The Weather Channel, Atlanta, GA 4:00 PM 3.3 Diversifying the Skill Sets of Future Meteorologists   Jeremy Usher, WeatherNews Americas, Inc., Norman, OK 4:20 PM 3.4 X-treme Marine Meteorology–Racing Around the World Every Day   Christopher D. Bedford, Sailing Weather Services, Watertonw, MA 4:40 PM 3.5 Communicating Scientific Uncertainty to a Skeptical Public   Robert T. Ryan, NBC4 TV, Washington, DC 5:00 PM Sessions Ends (AMS Student Assistants Meet with AMS Staff)
	5:15 PM, Saturday Icebreaker
	6:00 PM, Saturday Buffet Dinner and Career Fair
Sunday, 11 January 2004
	7:30 AM, Sunday Breakfast and Networking Time
	8:00 AM-9:40 AM, Sunday, Room 608/609 Session 4 EMERGING TRENDS IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
8:00 AM 4.1 The Future of Meteorology: A Retrospective   Elbert W. (Joe) Friday, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 8:20 AM 4.2 Tomorrow's Forecast for Lakes, Estuaries, and the Coastal Ocean—NOAA's Short-Term Oceanographic Forecast Modeling Efforts   John G. W. Kelley, NOAA/NOS, Durham, NH 8:40 AM 4.3 Working Together—The National Weather Radar Testbed—A Federal, Private, State, and Academic Partnership   James F. Kimpel, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK 9:00 AM 4.4 Improving Short-Medium-and Long-Range Hydrologic Forecasts through Ensemble Prediction   Pedro J. Restrepo, NOAA/NWS/OHD, Silver Spring, MD 9:20 AM 4.5 Severe Storms and Tornadoes: Roles for Researchers and Teachers   Howard B. Bluestein, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
	10:00 AM, Sunday Coffee Break with Local Chapter Poster Viewing
	10:30 AM-11:10 AM, Sunday, Room 608/609 Session 5 UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH
10:30 AM 5.1 Contributing to the Prediction of Coastal Flooding: Simulating Wave Heights and Directions Along the Coast of Barrow, Alaska   Casey Thornbrugh, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 10:50 AM 5.2 Hydrometer Habits and Their Relation to the Electrification of Two Tornadic Storms as Revealed by a Polarimetric Doppler Radar   Maribel Martinez, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
	11:10 AM, Sunday, Room 608/609 Panel Discussion 1 What We Learned About the Process
Panelists: Gina Eosco, AMS, Washington, DC; John Hannan, Northrop Grumman Information Technology, Alexandria, VA; David R. Novak, NOAA/NWS, Bohemia, NY; Jason Samenow, US Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC; Ahsha N. Tribble, NOAA, Washington, DC
	11:45 AM, Sunday Wrap-up and time for audience participation
	12:00 PM, Sunday CONFERENCE LUNCHEON AND CLOSING SPEAKER: Ethics in Science, Vice Admiral Paul G. Gaffney II, USN (Ret.), President, Monmouth University, West Long Branch, NJ
	1:00 PM, Sunday, Room 608/609 Session WeatherFest and Poster Setup
	5:00 PM, Sunday PRESENTERS GATHER WITH SESSION CHAIR PRIOR TO POSTER SESSION
	5:30 PM-7:00 PM, Sunday, Room 608/609 Poster Session 1 Poster Session
P1.1 Winter weather precipitation type forecasting   Daniel J Pydynowski, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC   P1.2 A comparison of weather in U.S. cities during the winter of 2002–2003 to the El Nińo's of 1982–1983 and 1997–1998   Margaret E. Sweeny, U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD   P1.3 A comparison of early winter circulations for 2000 and 2001   Joseph M. Nield, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN; and P. J. Smith   P1.4 Using Radiosonde Data to Determine Statistical Properties of Convection   Rebecca Chan, Plymouth State University, Randolph, MA   P1.5 The Impact of High Winds on the Central Business District of Oklahoma City   Dustin L. Rapp, Oklahoma Weather Center Research Experience for Undergraduates Program, Jackson, TN; and J. B. Basara and P. Hall   P1.6 Relationship between aircraft-related turbulence and synoptic meteorological data   Douglas Brent McRoberts Sr., Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN   P1.7 Intercomparison of Cloud Base Height at the ARM Southern Great Plains Site   Christina P. Kalb, Oklahoma Weather Center Research Experience for Undergraduates, Columbus, OH; and A. Dean, R. Peppler, and K. Sonntag   P1.8 Flash flood forecasting: Numerical simulations of a local case study   Kelly Mahoney, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; and D. G. Lackmann   P1.9 An Analysis on Thermodynamic and Kinematic Parameters in the Midwest, Southern Plains, and Southern Florida during the Summer of 2002.   Kaycee L. Frederick, University of North Dakota Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Grand Forks, ND; and P. A. Kucera   P1.10 A Study of Proximity Sounding Derived Parameters Associated with Significant Severe Weather   Corey K. Potvin, Lyndon State College, Lyndonville, VT; and S. J. Weiss and S. J. Taylor   P1.11 The formation and life cycle of microburst phenomena using mathematical modeling   Andrew L. Straessle, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD   P1.12 Multiple Radar Comparison and Analysis of the 8 May 2003 Oklahoma City Tornadic Supercell.   Michael E. Charles, Oklahoma Weather Center REU Program, Stony Brook, NY   P1.13 Investigation of conceptual hail-formation models using airborne doppler radar   Deanna Alicia Hence, University of Michigan, UCAR/SOARS, Belleville, MI; and W. C. Lee and M. Bell   P1.14 Environments of bow echoes associated with localized vs. widespread straight-line wind damage   Amber E. Reynolds, NCAR, State College, PA   P1.15 Analysis of Mesocyclone Detection Algorithm attributes to increase tornado detection   Christina M. Nestlerode, CAPS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Williamsport, PA; and M. B. Richman   P1.16 Analyzing the Accuracy of Using Surface Data to Estimate the Water Vapor Content Throughout the Boundary Layer   Braxton Lee Edwards, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma; and M. LeMone and J. Knievel   P1.17 Development of an Automated Quality-Assurance System for Oklahoma Atmospheric Surface-layer Instrumentation System (OASIS) Super Site Data   Justin W. Monroe, Oklahoma Climatological Survery, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. B. Basara   P1.18 Analyzing Statistical Models of Hourly Precipitation Events   Jennifer Esker, Oklahoma Weather Center REU Program, Glen Carbon, IL; and H. Brooks and M. Baldwin   P1.19 What causes locations of deserts: case study on the effects of upwelling on the lack of precipitation on the Horn of Africa during the summer season   Melissa H. Ou, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory REU, Palisades, NY; and R. Seager P1.20 Mesonet Sensor Siting in Support of the 2004 Athens Olympic Games   Robin L. De La Vega, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH   P1.21 Summertime precipitation variability and atmospheric circulation over the South American Altiplano: Effects of Lake Titicaca and Salar de Uyuni   Maura Hahnenberger, Oklahoma Weather Center REU 2003, Salt Lake City, UT; and M. Douglas and J. Galvez   P1.22 On The Motion Of Solitary Synoptic Eddies   Bharat Khushalani, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA   P1.23 Numerical Approach To Modelling Large Scale Vortical Structures On The Surface Of Earth   Bharat Khushalani, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA   P1.24 Verification of NOAH LSM Simulations Forced by LAPS Analysis Fields   Rhesa L. Freeman, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND   P1.25 Investigation of atmospheric emissions from co-combustion of tire and coal   Loran E. Carleton, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN; and R. Giere, S. T. Lafree, J. K. Tishmack, and J. K. Tishmack   P1.26 Mathematical modeling of double diffusion convection   Allison May Berg, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD   P1.27 Advective Sea Fog Analysis for Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea   Danielle Marie Lewis, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright Patterson AFB, OH   P1.28 Verification of meteorological data reports from unmanned aerial vehicles   Steven M. Callis, Air Force Institute of Technology, WPAFB, OH   P1.29 Sensitivity of Modeled Battlespace Atmospheric Conditions to Grid Spacing, Boundary, and Initial Conditions   Crystal M. Paulsen, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND   P1.30 Use of objective indicators to validate a conceptual model of the extratropical transition of tropical cyclones in the western North Pacific   Gregory D. Fox, Air Force Institute of Technology, WPAFB, OH   P1.31 Microwave remote sensing of Hurricane Erin (2001) from an airborne platform (CAMEX-4)   Eric M Holthaus, Saint Louis University, Osage City, KS; and G. S. Jackson   P1.32 Feasibility of using classification analyses to determine tropical cyclone rapid intensification   Jonathan William Leffler, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH   P1.33 A comprehensive climatology of Southwest Oregon windstorms 1948-2002   Wolf Read, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR; and G. Taylor   P1.34 An Antarctic Cloud Mass Transport Climatology Overview   Jessica A. Staude, Antarctic Meteorological Research Center/ Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and C. R. Stearns, M. A. Lazzara, L. M. Keller, and S. A. Ackerman   P1.35 The Remote Influence Of Tropical Atlantic Sea Surface Temperatures On The Tropical Pacific   Erik Ulysses Noble, University of Colorado, Fort Collins, CO   P1.36 Weather’s effect on trace gases in the mid-Atlantic and northeastern states   Dennis O’Donnel, Millersville University, Millersville, PA; and E. Lowery, D. Brewer, D. Rabatin, and R. D. Clark
	7:00 PM, Sunday Conference Ends

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