Second Annual User's Conference (Expanded View)

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Compact View of Conference

Saturday, 10 January 2004
7:30 AM-9:00 AM, Saturday
Short Course/Student Conference Registration
 
Sunday, 11 January 2004
7:30 AM-9:00 AM, Sunday
Short Course Registration
 
9:00 AM-6:00 PM, Sunday
Conference Registration
 
Monday, 12 January 2004
7:30 AM, Monday
Registration continues through Thursday, 15 January
 
5:30 PM-7:00 PM, Monday
Formal Opening of Exhibits with Reception (Cash Bar)
 
7:15 PM, Monday
Fred Sanders Banquet
 
Tuesday, 13 January 2004
8:30 AM-8:40 AM, Tuesday
Conference Introduction: Ronald McPherson, AMS, Boston, MA; and George Frederick, Program Chairperson and Vaisala, Inc., Louisville, CO)
 
8:40 AM-10:45 AM, Tuesday, Room 401
Session 1 Water Resource Management/Hydropower
8:40 AMSession Introduction: Jean Vieux, Vieux & Associates, Inc., Norman, OK  
8:45 AM1.1Forecasting for the Bonneville Power Administration  
Nancy Stephan, Bonneville Power Administration, Portland, OR
9:15 AM1.2The Need for Accurate Forecasting of Irrigation Water Supply  
Thomas Myrum, Washington State Water Resources Association, Olympia, WA
9:30 AM1.3National Hydrologic Warning Council-forming a national organization for the entire hydrologic warning community  
Kevin G. Stewart, National Hydrologic Warning Council, Denver, CO
9:45 AM1.4Operational Applications Based on the Landsat Thermal Band  
Anthony Morse, Idaho Department of Water Resource, Boise, ID; and W. Kramber, R. Allen, and M. Tasumi
10:15 AMCoffee Break  
 
10:30 AM-11:30 AM, Tuesday, Room 401
Session 2 Agriculture
10:30 AM2.1Inivited Paper  
Gerard Bentryn, Bainbridge Island Vineyards and Winery, Bainbridge Island, WA
10:45 AM2.2Invited Paper   wrf recording
Colin Morrell, Canadaigua Wines, Woodinville, WA
11:00 AM2.3Invited Paper   wrf recording
Kevin Corliss, Stimson Lane Vineyards, Prosser, WA
11:15 AM2.4Small agriculture needs and desires for weather and climate information in a case study in Colorado  extended abstract wrf recording
John D. Wiener, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
 
12:15 PM-1:30 PM, Tuesday
Users Conference Brown Bag Lunch (Speaker: Craig McDaniel, Chief Engineer, Tacoma Narrows Bridge Project, Tacoma, WA)
 
1:30 PM-4:00 PM, Tuesday, Room 401
Session 3 Surface Transportation
1:30 PM3.1Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Road Weather Management Program   wrf recording
Andrew Stern, Mitretek, Falls Church, VA; and P. A. Pisano
2:00 PM3.2Road Weather—an emerging area of research and operations  
John T. Snow, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and A. C. Staudt
2:30 PM3.3WEATHER IMPLICATIONS FOR URBAN AND RURAL PUBLIC TRANSIT  extended abstract
Arthur Handman, Greater Hartford Transit District, Hartford, CT
2:45 PM3.4Impacts of Weather on Highway Construction  
Jim Spaid, Washington State Department of Transportation, Olympia, WA
3:00 PMCoffee Break  
3:30 PM3.5SSI panel discussion   wrf recording
RJ Dreisewerd,
3:45 PM3.6Meteorlogix panel presentation   wrf recording
James Block, Meteorlogix, Inc., Minneapolis, MN
 
3:30 PM, Tuesday, Room 401
Panel Discussion 1 Weather Information Delivery (Surface Systems, Inc., Meteorologix, Meridian Environmental Technology, Inc., WxWorx)
 
4:30 PM-5:00 PM, Tuesday
Session 3 Discussion
 
5:00 PM, Tuesday
Sessions end for the day (Joint between the Eighth Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface and the Second Annual User's Conference)
 
Wednesday, 14 January 2004
8:30 AM-5:15 PM, Wednesday, Room 401
Session 4 Applications Workshop
8:30 AM4.1Short-term streamflow forecasts: A modeling study  
Baxter Vieux, Vieux and Associates, Inc., Norman, OK; and J. E. Vieux
8:45 AM4.2The Role of Site-Specific Sensor Networks for Agriculture   wrf recording
F. J. Pierce, Washington State Univ., Prosser, WA; and G. G. Grove
9:00 AM4.3Toward Decision Support Tools in the Shenandoah Valley  extended abstract wrf recording
Jim Giraytys, Consultant-CCM, Winchester, Va; and J. S. Bauserman
9:15 AM4.4The use of weather information for decision-making in a performance-based asset management contract  extended abstract wrf recording
Eloisa Raynault, SAIC, McLean, VA; and M. Robinson, S. Rennie, and E. Sheldahl
9:30 AMCoffee Break  
10:00 AMFourth Presidential Policy Forum: Weather and National Security  
12:00 PMLunch Break  
1:30 PM4.5Moving from Research to Applications: NASA's EOS Data for Decision Makers  extended abstract wrf recording
Satya Kalluri, Raytheon Company, Upper Marlboro, MD; and P. Gilruth
1:45 PM4.6Developing pilot climate services for the Pacific Northwest: the University of Washington Climate Impacts Group   wrf recording
Edward L. Miles, JISAO/Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and P. W. Mote, A. F. Hamlet, N. Mantua, D. P. Lettenmaier, R. N. Palmer, and A. K. Snover
2:00 PM4.6aRemote Sensing for Improved Water Management—the PNWRC Water Resources Project   wrf recording
Dennis P. Lettenmaier, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and M. McGuire, K. Humes, V. P. Walden, B. Harshburger, R. Qualls, W. Zhao, M. Wigmosta, R. Leung, R. Hruska, D. Garen, T. Perkins, and R. Abromavich
2:15 PM4.7Remote Sensing for Improved Environmental Decision Making—PNWRC Land Resources Project  
Nancy Glenn, Idaho State University, Boise, ID; and T. Windholtz, G. Petrie, K. Steinmaus, R. Lee, and R. Hruska
2:30 PMCoffee Break  
3:00 PM4.8Reducing Uncertainties in the Science Underlying Weather Modification   wrf recording
Michael Garstang, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
3:15 PM4.9High resolution regional weather modeling: facts and fantasies  extended abstract wrf recording
James R. Stalker, Regional Earth System Predictability Research, Inc., Santa Fe, NM; and K. Caldwell
3:30 PM4.10National Weather Service Climate Record Activities  extended abstract wrf recording
Robert J. Leffler, NOAA/NWS Climate Services Division, Silver Spring, MD; and M. Berger, M. J. Brewer, J. Koepsell, and R. E. Livezey
3:45 PM4.11Meeting your weather needs without looking foolish   wrf recording
Phillip D. Breuser, Weather Consultants, North Bend, WA
4:00 PM4.12A newsletter on climate science and products for users  extended abstract wrf recording
Michael A Fortune, Climate Science Forum, Silver Spring, MD
4:15 PM4.13Object-Oriented Enterprise Architectures Using Industry-Standard Methodology  extended abstract
Bruce R. Carter, CCM, SI International Engineering Inc., Colorado Springs, CO; and R. Byrd
4:30 PMSession Discussion  
 
5:15 PM, Wednesday
Conference Ends
 
6:00 PM-7:30 PM, Wednesday
Reception in Exhibit Hall (Cash Bar)
 
7:30 PM, Wednesday
AMS Annual Awards Banquet
 

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