84th AMS Annual Meeting

: Third Annual Student Conference and Career Fair

Third Annual Student Conference and Career Fair

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Saturday, 10 January 2004

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


SAT 10 JAN

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


Student Conference Registration
Location: Room 608/609

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


Keynote Speaker Session 1
Welcoming Remarks: Rosemary Auld, NOAA/NWS, Bohemia, NY; and Ken Carey, Mitretek Systems, Inc., Falls Church, VA
Sponsor: Third Annual Student Conference and Career Fair

9:45 AM-9:45 AM: Saturday, 10 January 2004


Why Does the AMS Care About Students? Ronald D. McPherson, AMS, Boston, MA

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


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Careers in the Atmospheric Sciences: A Change in Climate. Susan K. Avery, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO

10:20 AM-11:45 AM: Saturday, 10 January 2004


1
This is Your Career—Get Plugged In!
Location: Room 608/609
Sponsor: Third Annual Student Conference and Career Fair

Papers:
  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
1.900
Discussion

11:45 AM-11:45 AM: Saturday, 10 January 2004


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, 10 January 2004


2
WHAT’S THE FORECAST?
Location: Room 608/609
Sponsor: Third Annual Student Conference and Career Fair

Papers:
  1:00 PM
2.1
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
2.4
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-2:40 PM: Saturday, 10 January 2004


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-3:00 PM: Saturday, 10 January 2004


Coffee Break

3:20 PM-5:20 PM: Saturday, 10 January 2004


3
A CLOSER LOOK AT THE PRIVATE SECTOR
Location: Room 608/609
Sponsor: Third Annual Student Conference and Career Fair

Papers:
  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
3.5a
Sessions Ends (AMS Student Assistants Meet with AMS Staff)

5:15 PM-5:15 PM: Saturday, 10 January 2004


Icebreaker

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


Buffet Dinner and Career Fair

Sunday, 11 January 2004

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


SUN 11 JAN

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


Breakfast and Networking Time

8:00 AM-9:40 AM: Sunday, 11 January 2004


4
EMERGING TRENDS IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Location: Room 608/609
Sponsor: Third Annual Student Conference and Career Fair

Papers:
  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-10:00 AM: Sunday, 11 January 2004


Coffee Break with Local Chapter Poster Viewing

10:30 AM-11:10 AM: Sunday, 11 January 2004


5
UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH
Location: Room 608/609
Sponsor: Third Annual Student Conference and Career Fair

Papers:
  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-11:10 AM: Sunday, 11 January 2004


Panel Discussion 1
What We Learned About the Process
Location: Room 608/609
Sponsor: Third Annual Student Conference and Career Fair
Panelists: Gina Eosco, AMS; John Hannan, Northrop Grumman Information Technology; David R. Novak, NOAA/NWS; Jason Samenow, US Environmental Protection Agency; Ahsha N. Tribble, NOAA

11:45 AM-11:45 AM: Sunday, 11 January 2004


Wrap-up and time for audience participation

12:00 PM-12:00 PM: Sunday, 11 January 2004


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-1:00 PM: Sunday, 11 January 2004


WeatherFest and Poster Setup
Location: Room 608/609
Sponsor: Third Annual Student Conference and Career Fair

5:00 PM-5:00 PM: Sunday, 11 January 2004


PRESENTERS GATHER WITH SESSION CHAIR PRIOR TO POSTER SESSION

5:30 PM-7:00 PM: Sunday, 11 January 2004


Poster Session 1
Poster Session
Location: Room 608/609
Sponsor: Third Annual Student Conference and Career Fair

Papers:
 
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 Jr.

 
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

 
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-7:00 PM: Sunday, 11 January 2004


Conference Ends

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