Program: Second Annual User's Conference (84th AMS Annual Meeting)

Second Annual User's Conference

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Saturday, 10 January 2004

6:00 AM-6:00 AM: Saturday, 10 January 2004

SAT 10 JAN

7:30 AM-9:00 AM: Saturday, 10 January 2004

Short Course/Student Conference Registration

Sunday, 11 January 2004

6:00 AM-6:00 AM: Sunday, 11 January 2004

SUN 11 JAN

7:30 AM-9:00 AM: Sunday, 11 January 2004

Short Course Registration

9:00 AM-6:00 PM: Sunday, 11 January 2004

Conference Registration

Monday, 12 January 2004

12:00 AM-12:00 AM: Monday, 12 January 2004

Mon 12 Jan

7:30 AM-7:30 AM: Monday, 12 January 2004

Registration continues through Thursday, 15 January

5:30 PM-7:00 PM: Monday, 12 January 2004

Formal Opening of Exhibits with Reception (Cash Bar)

7:15 PM-7:15 PM: Monday, 12 January 2004

Fred Sanders Banquet

Tuesday, 13 January 2004

6:00 AM-6:00 AM: Tuesday, 13 January 2004

TUE 13 JAN

8:30 AM-8:40 AM: Tuesday, 13 January 2004

Conference Introduction: Ronald McPherson, AMS, Boston, MA; and George Frederick, Program Chairperson and Vaisala, Inc., Louisville, CO)

8:40 AM-10:45 AM: Tuesday, 13 January 2004

Water Resource Management/Hydropower

Location: Room 401

Sponsor: Second Annual User's Conference

Papers:

8:40 AM

1.1

Forecasting for the Bonneville Power Administration

Nancy Stephan, Bonneville Power Administration, Portland, OR

9:10 AM

1.2

The Need for Accurate Forecasting of Irrigation Water Supply

Thomas Myrum, Washington State Water Resources Association, Olympia, WA

9:25 AM

1.3

National Hydrologic Warning Council-forming a national organization for the entire hydrologic warning community

Kevin G. Stewart, National Hydrologic Warning Council, Denver, CO

9:40 AM

1.4

Operational Applications Based on the Landsat Thermal Band

Anthony Morse, Idaho Department of Water Resource, Boise, ID; and W. Kramber, R. Allen, and M. Tasumi

http://

10:10 AM

1.0a

Session Introduction: Jean Vieux, Vieux & Associates, Inc., Norman, OK

10:15 AM

1.4a

Coffee Break

10:30 AM-11:30 AM: Tuesday, 13 January 2004

Agriculture

Location: Room 401

Sponsor: Second Annual User's Conference

Papers:

10:30 AM

2.1

Inivited Paper

Gerard Bentryn, Bainbridge Island Vineyards and Winery, Bainbridge Island, WA

10:45 AM

2.2

Invited Paper

Colin Morrell, Canadaigua Wines, Woodinville, WA

Recorded presentation

11:00 AM

2.3

Invited Paper

Kevin Corliss, Stimson Lane Vineyards, Prosser, WA

Recorded presentation

11:15 AM

2.4

Small agriculture needs and desires for weather and climate information in a case study in Colorado

John D. Wiener, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (448.0 kB)

12:15 PM-1:30 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2004

Users Conference Brown Bag Lunch (Speaker: Craig McDaniel, Chief Engineer, Tacoma Narrows Bridge Project, Tacoma, WA)

1:30 PM-4:00 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2004

Surface Transportation

Location: Room 401

Sponsor: Second Annual User's Conference

Papers:

1:30 PM

3.1

Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Road Weather Management Program

Andrew Stern, Mitretek, Falls Church, VA; and P. A. Pisano

Recorded presentation

2:00 PM

3.2

Road Weather�an emerging area of research and operations

John T. Snow, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and A. C. Staudt

2:30 PM

3.3

WEATHER IMPLICATIONS FOR URBAN AND RURAL PUBLIC TRANSIT

Arthur Handman, Greater Hartford Transit District, Hartford, CT

Poster PDF (74.8 kB)

2:45 PM

3.4

Impacts of Weather on Highway Construction

Jim Spaid, Washington State Department of Transportation, Olympia, WA

3:00 PM

3.5

SSI panel discussion

RJ Dreisewerd,

Recorded presentation

3:15 PM

3.6

Meteorlogix panel presentation

James Block, Meteorlogix, Inc., Minneapolis, MN

Recorded presentation

3:30 PM

3.4a

Coffee Break

3:30 PM-3:30 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2004

Panel Discussion 1

Weather Information Delivery (Surface Systems, Inc., Meteorologix, Meridian Environmental Technology, Inc., WxWorx)

Location: Room 401

Sponsor: Second Annual User's Conference

4:30 PM-5:00 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2004

Session 3 Discussion

5:00 PM-5:00 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2004

Sessions end for the day

Wednesday, 14 January 2004

12:00 AM-12:00 AM: Wednesday, 14 January 2004

Wed 14 Jan

8:30 AM-5:15 PM: Wednesday, 14 January 2004

Applications Workshop

Location: Room 401

Sponsor: Second Annual User's Conference

Papers:

8:30 AM

4.1

Short-term streamflow forecasts: A modeling study

Baxter Vieux, Vieux and Associates, Inc., Norman, OK; and J. E. Vieux

8:45 AM

4.2

The Role of Site-Specific Sensor Networks for Agriculture

F. J. Pierce, Washington State Univ., Prosser, WA; and G. G. Grove

Recorded presentation

9:00 AM

4.3

Toward Decision Support Tools in the Shenandoah Valley

Jim Giraytys, Consultant-CCM, Winchester, Va; and J. S. Bauserman

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (225.4 kB)

9:15 AM

4.4

The use of weather information for decision-making in a performance-based asset management contract

Eloisa Raynault, SAIC, McLean, VA; and M. Robinson, S. Rennie, and E. Sheldahl

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (73.6 kB)

9:30 AM

4.5

Moving from Research to Applications: NASA's EOS Data for Decision Makers

Satya Kalluri, Raytheon Company, Upper Marlboro, MD; and P. Gilruth

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (334.1 kB)

9:45 AM

4.6

Developing pilot climate services for the Pacific Northwest: the University of Washington Climate Impacts Group

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

Recorded presentation

10:00 AM

4.7

Remote 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

10:15 AM

4.8

Reducing Uncertainties in the Science Underlying Weather Modification

Michael Garstang, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA

Recorded presentation

10:30 AM

4.9

High resolution regional weather modeling: facts and fantasies

James R. Stalker, Regional Earth System Predictability Research, Inc., Santa Fe, NM; and K. Caldwell

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (166.0 kB)

10:45 AM

4.10

National Weather Service Climate Record Activities

Robert J. Leffler, NOAA/NWS Climate Services Division, Silver Spring, MD; and M. Berger, M. J. Brewer, J. Koepsell, and R. E. Livezey

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (45.6 kB)

11:00 AM

4.11

Meeting your weather needs without looking foolish

Phillip D. Breuser, Weather Consultants, North Bend, WA

Recorded presentation

11:15 AM

4.12

A newsletter on climate science and products for users

Michael A Fortune, Climate Science Forum, Silver Spring, MD

http://climate-science.org

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (2.9 MB)

11:30 AM

4.13

Object-Oriented Enterprise Architectures Using Industry-Standard Methodology

Bruce R. Carter, CCM, SI International Engineering Inc., Colorado Springs, CO; and R. Byrd

Poster PDF (1.4 MB)

11:45 AM

4.4a

Coffee Break

12:15 PM

4.6a

Remote Sensing for Improved Water Management�the PNWRC Water Resources Project

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

Recorded presentation

12:30 PM

4.7a

Coffee Break

1:00 PM

4.13a

Session Discussion

1:45 PM

4.4b

Fourth Presidential Policy Forum: Weather and National Security

3:45 PM

4.4c

Lunch Break

5:15 PM-5:15 PM: Wednesday, 14 January 2004

Conference Ends

6:00 PM-7:30 PM: Wednesday, 14 January 2004

Reception in Exhibit Hall (Cash Bar)

7:30 PM-7:30 PM: Wednesday, 14 January 2004

AMS Annual Awards Banquet

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