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6:00 AM-6:00 AM: Saturday, 10 January 2004
SAT 10 JAN
SAT 10 JAN
7:30 AM-7:30 AM: Saturday, 10 January 2004
Student Conference Registration
Location: Room 608/609
7:30 AM-9:00 AM: Saturday, 10 January 2004
Short Course/Student Conference Registration
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
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, 10 January 2004
1
This is Your Career—Get Plugged In!
Location: Room 608/609
Sponsor: Third Annual Student Conference and Career Fair
Papers:
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:
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:
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
6:00 AM-6:00 AM: Sunday, 11 January 2004
SUN 11 JAN
SUN 11 JAN
7:30 AM-7:30 AM: Sunday, 11 January 2004
Breakfast and Networking Time
7:30 AM-9:00 AM: Sunday, 11 January 2004
Short Course Registration
7:30 AM-7:30 AM: Sunday, 11 January 2004
Conference Registration
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:
9:00 AM-6:00 PM: Sunday, 11 January 2004
Conference Registration
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:
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:
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
5:00 PM-7:00 PM: Sunday, 11 January 2004
Poster Session
1
Poster Session Educational initiatives (Hall 4AB)
Location: Hall 4AB
Sponsor: 13th Symposium on Education
Cochairs:
Papers:
P1.51
New approaches to training NWS meteorologists in the Weather Forecast Offices of the 21st Century
5:30 PM-7:00 PM: Sunday, 11 January 2004
Poster Session
1
Papers:
P1.20
Mesonet Sensor Siting in Support of the 2004 Athens Olympic Games
7:00 PM-7:00 PM: Sunday, 11 January 2004
Conference Ends
Monday, 12 January 2004
12:00 AM-12:00 AM: Monday, 12 January 2004
MON 12 JAN
Mon 12 Jan
7:30 AM-7:30 AM: Monday, 12 January 2004
Registration continues through Thursday, 15 January
9:00 AM-9:00 AM: Monday, 12 January 2004
Conference Registration
9:00 AM-10:00 AM: Monday, 12 January 2004
1
Seasonal Prediction (Room 6C)
Location: Room 6C
Sponsor: 15th Symposium on Global Change and Climate Variations
Chair:
Papers:
1.1
A comparison of NCEP/NCAR Reanalysis and COADS El Nino and La Nina composite anomaly lifecycles.
9:00 AM-10:15 AM: Monday, 12 January 2004
1
Climate Products and Data Sets (Room 619/620)
Location: Room 619/620
Sponsor: 14th Conference on Applied Climatology
Chair:
Papers:
9:30 AM
1
Papers:
1
Keynote Session (ROOM 6B)
Location: Room 6B
Sponsor: 20th International Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology
Chair:
CoChair:
Papers:
1
Opening Session (ROOM 605/606)
Location: Room 605/606
Sponsor: 20th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting/16th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction
Cochairs:
;
Mary M. Cairns, Office of the Federal Coordinator for Meteorology
Papers:
9:45 AM
2
Climate Observations (Room 608)
Location: Room 608
Sponsor: 15th Symposium on Global Change and Climate Variations
Chair:
Papers:
9:00 AM-10:45 AM: Monday, 12 January 2004
1
Nowcasting and Forecasting in the Urban Zone (Room 611)
Location: Room 611
Sponsor: Symposium on Planning, Nowcasting, and Forecasting in the Urban Zone
Chair:
Papers:
9:00 AM-11:30 AM: Monday, 12 January 2004
1
Land-surface Observations (Room 618)
Location: Room 618
Sponsor: Eighth Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface
Papers:
9:00 AM-12:00 PM: Monday, 12 January 2004
1
The Second GEWEX Global Soil Wetness Project (Room 6E)
Location: Room 6E
Sponsor: 18th Conference on Hydrology
Organizer:
Papers:
9:00 AM-12:15 PM: Monday, 12 January 2004
Joint Session
1
Data Assimilation and Observational Network Design. Part I (Joint between the Symposium on Forecasting the Weather and Climate of the Atmosphere and Ocean and the 20th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting/16th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction) (ROOM 6A)
Location: Room 6A
Sponsors: (Joint
between the Symposium on Forecasting the Weather and Climate of the Atmosphere and Ocean;
and the 20th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting/16th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction
)
Organizers:
Papers:
9:00 AM-1:30 PM: Monday, 12 January 2004
1
K-12 and Popular initiatives (Room 615/616)
Location: Room 615/616
Sponsor: 13th Symposium on Education
Cochairs:
Papers:
9:00 AM
11:15 AM
9:00 AM-4:30 PM: Monday, 12 January 2004
1
Forecast Systems (Room 602/603)
Location: Room 602/603
Sponsor: 17th Conference on Probablity and Statistics in the Atmospheric Sciences
Cochairs:
Papers:
9:45 AM
9:10 AM-2:30 PM: Monday, 12 January 2004
1
Atmospheric chemistry of gases, aerosols, and clouds in urban, regional, and global scale environments: AEROSOLS (Room 612)
Location: Room 612
Sponsor: Sixth Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry: Air Quality in Megacities
Chairs:
Papers:
10:10 AM
10:15 AM-10:45 AM: Monday, 12 January 2004
Coffee Break in the Poster Session Room
10:45 AM-11:45 AM: Monday, 12 January 2004
4
Convection (ROOM 607)
Location: Room 607
Sponsor: 20th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting/16th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction
Chair:
Papers:
4.2
Toward understanding and predicting rapid changes in convective inhibition
10:45 AM-12:00 PM: Monday, 12 January 2004
Joint Session
1
Climate Trends (Joint between the 15th Symposium on Global Change and Climate Variations and the 14th Conference on Applied Climatology; Room 6C)
Location: Room 6C
Sponsors: (Joint
between the 14th Conference on Applied Climatology;
and the 15th Symposium on Global Change and Climate Variations
)
Papers:
10:45 AM
11:00 AM
2
Analysis Techniques (ROOM 605/606)
Location: Room 605/606
Sponsor: 20th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting/16th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction
Chair:
Papers:
2
Papers:
3
Advances and Applications in Transportation Weather (ROOM 613/614)
Location: Room 613/614
Sponsor: 20th International Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology
Cochairs:
Papers:
3
Atmospheric Oscillations (Room 608)
Location: Room 608
Sponsor: 15th Symposium on Global Change and Climate Variations
Chair:
Papers:
3
Verification Studies (ROOM 619/620)
Location: Room 619/620
Sponsor: 20th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting/16th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction
Chair:
Papers:
11:00 AM
10:45 AM-1:30 PM: Monday, 12 January 2004
1
Session 1: Continued
Sponsor: Symposium on Planning, Nowcasting, and Forecasting in the Urban Zone
Cochairs:
Papers:
10:45 AM-5:30 PM: Monday, 12 January 2004
2
Global Meteorological and Hydrological Services Update (ROOM 6B)
Location: Room 6B
Sponsor: 20th International Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology
Cochairs:
Papers:
11:30 AM-2:30 PM: Monday, 12 January 2004
2
Ocean Observations (Room 618)
Location: Room 618
Sponsor: Eighth Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface
Papers:
12:15 PM
12:00 PM-1:15 PM: Monday, 12 January 2004
Lunch Break
12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Monday, 12 January 2004
Lunch Break
12:15 PM-1:30 PM: Monday, 12 January 2004
Lunch Break
1:30 PM-2:30 PM: Monday, 12 January 2004
1
Session 1: Continued
Sponsor: Symposium on Planning, Nowcasting, and Forecasting in the Urban Zone
Chair:
Papers:
Joint Session
2
Data Assimilation and observational network design: Part II (Joint between the Symposium on Forecasting the Weather and Climate of the Atmosphere and Ocean and the 20th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting/16th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction) (ROOM 6A)
Location: Room 6A
Sponsors: (Joint
between the 20th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting/16th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction;
and the Symposium on Forecasting the Weather and Climate of the Atmosphere and Ocean
)
Organizer:
Chair:
Papers:
2:00 PM
3
Papers:
5
Case Studies (ROOM 605/606)
Location: Room 605/606
Sponsor: 20th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting/16th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction
Papers:
6
Model Output Statistics (MOS) (ROOM 619/620)
Location: Room 619/620
Sponsor: 20th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting/16th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction
Chair:
Papers:
1:30 PM-4:45 PM: Monday, 12 January 2004
4
AWIPS (ROOM 613/614)
Location: Room 613/614
Sponsor: 20th International Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology
Cochairs:
Papers:
4.2
Critical Weather Monitoring at the NCF
4.4
AWIPS in the Department of Agriculture
4.8
NMAP Development Status And Plans
1:30 PM-5:30 PM: Monday, 12 January 2004
Joint Session
1
Education and Outreach Activities in Space Weather (Joint Between the 13th Symposium on Education and the Symposium on Space Weather) (Room 615/16)
Location: Room 615/616
Sponsors: (Joint
between the 13th Symposium on Education;
and the Symposium on Space Weather
)
Cochairs:
Papers:
Joint Session
1
Flash Flood Forecasting in the Urban Environment (Joint with the Symposium on Planning, Nowcasting and Forecasting in the Urban Zone and 18th Conf on Hydrology; Room 6E)
Location: Room 6E
Sponsors: (Joint
between the 18th Conference on Hydrology;
and the Symposium on Planning, Nowcasting, and Forecasting in the Urban Zone
)
Organizer:
Papers:
Joint Session
2
Drought: Variability Monitoring, Impacts, and Prediction (Joint between the 15th Symposium on Global Change and Climate Variations and the 14th Conference on Applied Climatology; Room 6C)
Location: Room 6C
Sponsors: (Joint
between the 14th Conference on Applied Climatology;
and the 15th Symposium on Global Change and Climate Variations
)
Cochairs:
Papers:
J2.7
Predicting drought vulnerability in the Mediterranean
2:30 PM-2:30 PM: Monday, 12 January 2004
Poster Session
3
Posters of the Forecasting Symposium (Hall 4AB)
Location: Hall 4AB
Sponsor: Symposium on Forecasting the Weather and Climate of the Atmosphere and Ocean
Papers:
2:30 PM-4:00 PM: Monday, 12 January 2004
Poster Session
1
20th IIPS Poster Session (HALL 4AB)
Location: Hall 4AB
Sponsor: 20th International Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology
Chair:
Papers:
P1.14
Take a walk on the application-side with Java Web Start and WebMapper
P1.22
Northrop Grumman’s Combat Weather Information System—A Concept for Meeting US Air Force Needs for Product Tailoring and Warfighter Applications
Joint Poster Session
1
Applications of Seasonal Predictions (Joint with 15th Symposium on Global Change and Climate Variations and 14th Conference on Applied Climatology; Hall 4AB)
Location: Hall 4AB
Sponsors: (Joint
between the 14th Conference on Applied Climatology;
and the 15th Symposium on Global Change and Climate Variations
)
Papers:
Poster Session
1
Assimilation and Field Experiments for Observing Systems
Location: Hall AB
Sponsor: Eighth Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface
Papers:
Poster Session
1
Climate Products and Data Sets
Location: Hall AB
Sponsor: 14th Conference on Applied Climatology
Chair:
Papers:
Joint Poster Session
1
FLASH FLOOD FORECASTING IN THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT POSTERS (JOINT WITH THE SYMP. ON PLANNING, NOWCASTING, AND FORECASTING IN THE URBAN ZONE and 18th Conf. on Hydrology; Hall 4AB)
Location: Hall 4AB
Sponsors: (Joint
between the 18th Conference on Hydrology;
and the Symposium on Planning, Nowcasting, and Forecasting in the Urban Zone
)
Organizer:
Papers:
Poster Session
1
Papers:
P1.2
Mesoscale features in short-wave moist baroclinic cyclones
Poster Session
1
Monday Posters
Location: Room 4AB
Sponsor: 20th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting/16th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction
Papers:
P1.18
Tools used in the analysis of tropical cyclone intensity and rainfall
Poster Session
1
Sixth Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry Poster Session (Hall 4AB)
Location: Hall 4AB
Sponsor: Sixth Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry: Air Quality in Megacities
Papers:
Poster Session
1
Urban Zone Posters (Hall 4AB)
Location: Hall 4AB
Sponsor: Symposium on Planning, Nowcasting, and Forecasting in the Urban Zone
Papers:
P1.1
The Role of Weather Information for Homeland Security
Joint Poster Session
2
Climate Trends (Joint with the 15th Symposium on Global Change and Climate Variations and the 14th Conference on Applied Climatology; Hall 4AB)
Location: Hall 4AB
Sponsors: (Joint
between the 15th Symposium on Global Change and Climate Variations;
and the 14th Conference on Applied Climatology
)
Chair:
Papers:
Joint Poster Session
3
DROUGHT: VARIABILITY MONITORING, IMPACTS, AND PREDICTION (JOINT withTHE 15TH SYMPOSIUM ON GLOBAL CHANGE AND CLIMATE VARIATIONS AND THE 14TH CONFERENCE ON APPLIED CLIMATOLOGY; Hall 4AB)
Location: Hall 4AB
Sponsors: (Joint
between the 14th Conference on Applied Climatology;
and the 15th Symposium on Global Change and Climate Variations
)
Chair:
Papers:
JP3.5
Comparison of different evaporation/transpiration schemes using field observations
Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
4:00 PM-4:00 PM: Monday, 12 January 2004
Sessions end for the day
4:00 PM-5:00 PM: Monday, 12 January 2004
4
Large-Scale Weather Systems (Room 617)
Location: Room 617
Sponsor: The Fred Sanders Symposium
Chair:
Papers:
4:00 PM-5:30 PM: Monday, 12 January 2004
2
Air Quality Modeling and Forecasting: Part 1 (Room 611)
Location: Room 611
Sponsor: Symposium on Planning, Nowcasting, and Forecasting in the Urban Zone
Cochairs:
Papers:
3
Atmospheric Observations: Part One (Room 6A)
Location: Room 6A
Sponsor: Eighth Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface
Papers:
Joint Session
3
Data Assimilation and observational network design: Part III (Joint between the Symposium on Forecasting the Weather and Climate of the Atmosphere and Ocean and the 20th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting/16th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction) (ROOM 3AB)
Location: Room 3AB
Sponsors: (Joint
between the 20th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting/16th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction;
and the Symposium on Forecasting the Weather and Climate of the Atmosphere and Ocean
)
Chair:
Papers:
7
Verification Studies: Part II (ROOM 619/620)
Location: Room 619/620
Sponsor: 20th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting/16th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction
Chair:
Papers:
8
Case Studies: Part II (ROOM 605/606)
Location: Room 605/606
Sponsor: 20th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting/16th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction
Chair:
Papers:
5:15 PM
4:30 PM-4:30 PM: Monday, 12 January 2004
Sessions end for the day
5:30 PM-5:30 PM: Monday, 12 January 2004
Sessions end for the Day
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-8:30 AM: Tuesday, 13 January 2004
Keynote Speaker
Introductory Remarks (Room 602/603/604)
Sponsor: Presidential Symposium on the Advances of Environmental Remote Sensing—The National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite Systems
Moderator:
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)
8:30 AM-9:30 AM: Tuesday, 13 January 2004
5
Radar IIPS and Applications (ROOM 613/614)
Location: Room 613/614
Sponsor: 20th International Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology
Cochairs:
Papers:
5.2
NEXRAD Product Improvement—Update of WSR-88D Open Radar Data Acquisition (ORDA) Program
8:30 AM-9:45 AM: Tuesday, 13 January 2004
2
Climate Studies, and Applications in Agriculture and Air Quality (Room 619/620)
Location: Room 619/620
Sponsor: 14th Conference on Applied Climatology
Chair:
Papers:
3
Air Quality Modeling and Forecasting: Part 2 (Room 611)
Location: Room 611
Sponsor: Symposium on Planning, Nowcasting, and Forecasting in the Urban Zone
Cochairs:
Papers:
Joint Session
4
Model Parameterization: Part I (Joint between the Symposium on Forecasting the Weather and Climate of the Atmosphere and Ocean and the 20th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting/16th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction) (ROOM 6A)
Location: Room 6A
Sponsors: (Joint
between the 20th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting/16th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction;
and the Symposium on Forecasting the Weather and Climate of the Atmosphere and Ocean
)
Organizer:
Chair:
Papers:
Joint Session
5
Data Assimilation and observational network design: Part IV (Joint between the Symposium on Forecasting the Weather and Climate of the Atmosphere and Ocean and the 20th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting/16th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction) (ROOM 605/606)
Location: Room 605/606
Sponsors: (Joint
between the Symposium on Forecasting the Weather and Climate of the Atmosphere and Ocean;
and the 20th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting/16th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction
)
Organizer:
Chair:
Papers:
8:30 AM-12:00 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2004
1
Space Weather Agencies—Research to Operations (Room 617)
Location: Room 617
Sponsor: Symposium on Space Weather
Cochairs:
Papers:
8:30 AM-12:15 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2004
Joint Session
3
Land-Atmosphere Interactions (Joint with the 15th Symp. on Global Change and Climate Variations and 18th Conf on Hydrology; Room 609/610)
Location: Room 609/610
Sponsors: (Joint
between the 18th Conference on Hydrology;
and the 15th Symposium on Global Change and Climate Variations
)
Organizers:
Papers:
8:30 AM-12:30 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2004
3
Education and Training for Government and Military Meteorologists (Room 615/616)
Location: Room 615/616
Sponsor: 13th Symposium on Education
Cochairs:
Papers:
9:15 AM
3.7
Inverting the Forecast Funnel
8:30 AM-1:30 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2004
6
Internet Applications, Web Portals and Cyberinfrastructure (ROOM 6B)
Location: Room 6B
Sponsor: 20th International Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology
Cochairs:
Papers:
10:00 AM
10:45 AM
Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break (Please Refer to Poster Session P1 for Title and Author Information)
8:30 AM-2:30 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2004
2
Forecast Evaluation (Room 3A)
Location: Room 3A
Sponsor: 17th Conference on Probablity and Statistics in the Atmospheric Sciences
Cochairs:
Papers:
10:45 AM
11:30 AM
8:30 AM-2:45 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2004
4
Atmospheric Observations: Part Two (Room 618)
Location: Room 618
Sponsor: Eighth Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface
Papers:
8:30 AM
9:30 AM
10:15 AM
10:45 AM
4.14
Agent-based alerting for forecasters
8:30 AM-3:15 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2004
4
Climate Models: Evaluation and Projections, Part I (Room 608)
Location: Room 608
Sponsor: 15th Symposium on Global Change and Climate Variations
Chair:
Papers:
4.4
The contribution of anthropogenic and natural forcings to recent trends in the Southern Hemisphere
4.7
SST perturbation experiments in the CSU general circulation model: Impact on simulated cloud types
4.11
The Varying Importance of Air-Sea Interactions to MJO in the Indo-Pacific Ocean
4.15
Identifying significant changes in European temperature extremes using Regional Climate Models
8:30 AM-4:45 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2004
Joint Session
2
Air Quality in Megacities (Joint with the Symp on Planning, Nowcasting and Forecasting in the Urban Zone and Sixth Conf on Atmospheric Chemistry; Room 612)
Location: Room 612
Sponsors: (Joint
between the Sixth Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry: Air Quality in Megacities;
and the Symposium on Planning, Nowcasting, and Forecasting in the Urban Zone
)
Chairs:
Papers:
8:30 AM-5:30 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2004
Joint Session
12
Subseasonal forecasting (Joint with 15th Symp. on Global Change and Climate Variations and the Symp on Forecasting the Weathe and Climate of the Atmosphere and Ocean; Room 6C)
Location: Room 6C
Sponsors: (Joint
between the Symposium on Forecasting the Weather and Climate of the Atmosphere and Ocean;
and the 15th Symposium on Global Change and Climate Variations
)
Organizer:
Papers:
J12.8
Ensemble perturbations for coupled ocean-atmosphere seasonal forecasting
11:15 AM
8:40 AM-10:45 AM: Tuesday, 13 January 2004
1
Papers:
8:45 AM-8:45 AM: Tuesday, 13 January 2004
Keynote Speaker
Welcoming Remarks
Location: Room 602/603/604
Sponsor: Presidential Symposium on the Advances of Environmental Remote Sensing—The National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite Systems
Speaker:
9:00 AM-9:45 AM: Tuesday, 13 January 2004
1
NPOESS Program Overview and System Architecture (Room 602/603/604)
Location: Room 602/603/604
Sponsor: Presidential Symposium on the Advances of Environmental Remote Sensing—The National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite Systems
Lecturer:
Papers:
9:45 AM-9:45 AM: Tuesday, 13 January 2004
Poster Session
1
NPOESS USERPORT: A Path to Operational Use of NPOESS Data (Electronic Poster; Hall 4AB)
Location: Hall 4AB
Sponsor: Presidential Symposium on the Advances of Environmental Remote Sensing—The National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite Systems
Lecturers:
Papers:
Poster Session
1
Subseasonal forecasting (Hall 4AB)
Location: Hall 4AB
Sponsor: Symposium on Forecasting the Weather and Climate of the Atmosphere and Ocean
Papers:
P1.2
An investigation of the improvement of MJO simulations in SNU GCM
Joint Poster Session
4
Land-Atmosphere Interactions Posters (Joint with the 15th Symp. on Global Change and Climate Variations and 18th Conf. on Hydrology; Hall 4AB)
Location: Hall 4AB
Sponsors: (Joint
between the 18th Conference on Hydrology;
and the 15th Symposium on Global Change and Climate Variations
)
Chairs:
Papers:
Formal Viewing with Coffee Break
9:45 AM-11:00 AM: Tuesday, 13 January 2004
Poster Session
1
Climate Modeling and Observed Climate Change (Hall 4AB)
Location: Hall 4AB
Sponsor: 15th Symposium on Global Change and Climate Variations
Papers:
P1.2
Diagnosis of Climate Model Physical Parameterizations using NWP protocols – Dependence on Initial Analyses
Poster Session
2
Tuesday Posters
Location: Room 4AB
Sponsor: 20th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting/16th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction
Papers:
Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break.
10:30 AM-11:30 AM: Tuesday, 13 January 2004
2
Papers:
11:00 AM-11:30 AM: Tuesday, 13 January 2004
2
NPOESS Performance (Room 602/603/604)
Location: Room 602/603/604
Sponsor: Presidential Symposium on the Advances of Environmental Remote Sensing—The National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite Systems
Lecturers:
Papers:
11:00 AM-12:00 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2004
1
Early Atmospheric Science to Numerical Weather Prediction
Location: Room 2A
Sponsor: Second Presidential Symposium on the History of the Atmospheric Sciences
Papers:
7
European and Other International Applications (RO0M 613/614)
Location: Room 613/614
Sponsor: 20th International Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology
Cochairs:
Papers:
11:15 AM
11:00 AM-12:15 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2004
4
Modeling Urban Land Surfaces and Buildings: Part 1 (Room 611)
Location: Room 611
Sponsor: Symposium on Planning, Nowcasting, and Forecasting in the Urban Zone
Organizer:
Papers:
11:15 AM
Joint Session
6
Probabilistic Forecasting/Ensembles. Part I (Joint between the Symposium on Forecasting the Weather and Climate of the Atmosphere and Ocean and the 20th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting/16th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction) (ROOM 6A)
Location: Room 6A
Sponsors: (Joint
between the 20th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting/16th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction;
and the Symposium on Forecasting the Weather and Climate of the Atmosphere and Ocean
)
Organizer:
Chair:
Papers:
11:45 AM
9
Maximizing the Value of Model Output (ROOM 605/606)
Location: Room 605/606
Sponsor: 20th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting/16th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction
Chair:
Papers:
11:00 AM-12:30 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2004
2
Papers:
11:00 AM-5:30 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2004
3
The Lifelong work of Stan Changnon (Invited Presentations) (Room 619/620)
Location: Room 619/620
Sponsor: 14th Conference on Applied Climatology
Chair:
Papers:
11:30 AM
1:30 PM
11:30 AM-11:30 AM: Tuesday, 13 January 2004
Exhibits Open
11:30 AM-12:15 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2004
3
Improved Imagery Capability (Room 602/603/604)
Location: Room 602/603/604
Sponsor: Presidential Symposium on the Advances of Environmental Remote Sensing—The National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite Systems
Organizer:
Lecturer:
Papers:
12:00 PM-12:15 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2004
Poster Preview
12:15 PM-1:30 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2004
Lunch Break
NOAA Satellite Systems Forum (Box Lunches Courtesy of ITT)
Users Conference Brown Bag Lunch (Speaker: Craig McDaniel, Chief Engineer, Tacoma Narrows Bridge Project, Tacoma, WA)
12:15 PM-1:45 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2004
NOAA Satellite Systems Forum (Box Lunches Courtesy of ITT)
12:30 PM-12:30 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2004
Lunch Break
12:30 PM-6:30 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2004
Exhibits Open
1:30 PM-2:00 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2004
4
Improved Sounding Capability (Room 602/603/604)
Location: Room 602/603/604
Sponsor: Presidential Symposium on the Advances of Environmental Remote Sensing—The National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite Systems
Organizer:
Lecturer:
Papers:
1:30 PM-2:45 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2004
2
Historical Climate and Weather Issues
Location: Room 2A
Sponsor: Second Presidential Symposium on the History of the Atmospheric Sciences
Papers:
1:30 PM-3:00 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2004
3
Papers:
5
Urban Dispersion Modeling (Room 611)
Location: Room 611
Sponsor: Symposium on Planning, Nowcasting, and Forecasting in the Urban Zone
Chair:
Papers:
10
Public Forecast and Warning Issues (ROOM 607)
Location: Room 607
Sponsor: 20th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting/16th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction
Chair:
Papers:
1:30 PM
11
WRF Model Overview and Agency Programs (ROOM 605/606)
Location: Room 605/606
Sponsor: 20th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting/16th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction
Organizer:
Papers:
1:30 PM-4:00 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2004
3
Papers:
1:30 PM-4:30 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2004
Joint Session
7
Data assimilation and observational network design: Part V (Joint between the Symposium on Forecasting the Weather and Climate of the Atmosphere and Ocean and the 20th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting/16th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction) (ROOM 6A)
Location: Room 6A
Sponsors: (Joint
between the Symposium on Forecasting the Weather and Climate of the Atmosphere and Ocean;
and the 20th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting/16th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction
)
Organizers:
Papers:
1:30 PM-5:15 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2004
4
University Educational Initiatives (Room 615/616)
Location: Room 615/616
Sponsor: 13th Symposium on Education
Cochairs:
Papers:
1:30 PM-5:30 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2004
2
Modeling and Analysis of Large-Scale Hydrological Processes (Room 6E)
Location: Room 6E
Sponsor: 18th Conference on Hydrology
Organizers:
Papers:
8
IIPS and NWP Applications (ROOM 613/614)
Location: Room 613/614
Sponsor: 20th International Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology
Cochairs:
Papers:
1:30 PM
9
Internet Applications, Web Portals and Cyberinfrastructure Part II (ROOM 6B)
Location: Room 6B
Sponsor: 20th International Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology
Cochairs:
Papers:
2:30 PM
1:45 PM-5:30 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2004
2
Connections with Meteorology, Data Assimilation and User Needs (Room 617)
Location: Room 617
Sponsor: Symposium on Space Weather
Chair:
Papers:
4:00 PM
2:00 PM-3:00 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2004
5
Satellite Data Assimilation and Numerical Weather Prediction Benefits (Room 602/603/604)
Location: Room 602/603/604
Sponsor: Presidential Symposium on the Advances of Environmental Remote Sensing—The National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite Systems
Organizer:
Lecturers:
Papers:
3:00 PM-3:00 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2004
Conference Ends/Coffee Break
3:00 PM-3:30 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2004
Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall
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
3:30 PM-4:00 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2004
3
Innovations in the Commerical Sector
Location: Room 2A
Sponsor: Second Presidential Symposium on the History of the Atmospheric Sciences
Papers:
6
Severe Weather Prediction Benefits (Room 602/603/604)
Location: Room 602/603/604
Sponsor: Presidential Symposium on the Advances of Environmental Remote Sensing—The National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite Systems
Organizer:
Lecturer:
Papers:
3:30 PM-4:15 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2004
3
Extreme Weather and Climate (Room 3A)
Location: Room 3A
Sponsor: 17th Conference on Probablity and Statistics in the Atmospheric Sciences
Cochairs:
Papers:
3:30 PM
3:30 PM-5:15 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2004
5
Observed Climate Change: Part I (Room 608)
Location: Room 608
Sponsor: 15th Symposium on Global Change and Climate Variations
Chair:
Papers:
3:30 PM-5:30 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2004
5
Surface Meteorological Networks to Monitor Climate Variability and Change (Room 618)
Location: Room 618
Sponsor: Eighth Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface
Papers:
3:45 PM
6
Emergency Response (Room 611)
Location: Room 611
Sponsor: Symposium on Planning, Nowcasting, and Forecasting in the Urban Zone
Chair:
Papers:
6
Radiative Forcing of the Climate: Modeling (Room 609/610)
Location: Room 609/610
Sponsor: 15th Symposium on Global Change and Climate Variations
Chair:
Papers:
13
Tropical and Extratropical Transition Studies (ROOM 607)
Location: Room 607
Sponsor: 20th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting/16th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction
Chair:
Papers:
3:30 PM-5:45 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2004
12
WRF Model Development and Applications (ROOM 605/606)
Location: Room 605/606
Sponsor: 20th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting/16th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction
Chair:
Papers:
4:45 PM
4:00 PM-4:00 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2004
Symposium Ends
4:00 PM-4:30 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2004
7
Climate Change and Prediction Benefits (Room 602/603/604)
Location: Room 602/603/604
Sponsor: Presidential Symposium on the Advances of Environmental Remote Sensing—The National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite Systems
Organizer:
Lecturer:
Papers:
4:15 PM-4:15 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2004
Sessions end for the day
4:30 PM-5:00 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2004
Session 3 Discussion
4:30 PM-5:30 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2004
Panel Discussion
1
NPOESS Users Panel (Room 602/603/604)
Location: Room 602/603/604
Sponsor: Presidential Symposium on the Advances of Environmental Remote Sensing—The National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite Systems
Organizer:
Moderator:
Panelists:
Papers:
1
New Forecast Systems
Location: Room 2A
Sponsor: Symposium on Forecasting the Weather and Climate of the Atmosphere and Ocean
Organizer:
Papers:
4:45 PM-4:45 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2004
Sessions end for the day
5:00 PM-5:00 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2004
Sessions end for the day
5:15 PM-5:15 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2004
Sessions end for the day
5:30 PM-5:30 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2004
1
Confernce Ends
Sessions end for the day
7:00 PM-7:00 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2004
Panel Discussion
1
The Future Role of the Human in the Forecast Process—An Interactive Forum
Location: Room 607
Sponsor: 20th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting/16th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction
7:30 PM-7:30 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2004
IMAX Movie "Solar Max" at the Pacific Science Center’s Boeing IMAX Theater
Wednesday, 14 January 2004
12:00 AM-12:00 AM: Wednesday, 14 January 2004
WED 14 JAN
WED 14 JAN
Wed 14 Jan
6:00 AM-6:00 AM: Wednesday, 14 January 2004
WED 14 JAN
8:30 AM-8:30 AM: Wednesday, 14 January 2004
15
Forecasters Forum (ROOM 607)
Location: Room 607
Sponsor: 20th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting/16th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction
Organizer:
Chair:
8:30 AM-9:30 AM: Wednesday, 14 January 2004
1
Session 1 (Room 604)
Location: Room 604
Sponsor: Interactive Symposium on the Nexus of Coastal Urban Environments
Chair:
Papers:
Joint Session
3
Heat/Health Warning Systems: Part I (Joint between the 14th Conference on Applied Climatology and the Symposium on Planning, Nowcasting, and Forecasting in the Urban Zone; Room 619/620)
Location: Room 619/620
Sponsors: (Joint
between the 14th Conference on Applied Climatology;
and the Symposium on Planning, Nowcasting, and Forecasting in the Urban Zone
)
Chair:
Papers:
3
The Robert E. Horton Lecture in Hydrology (Room 6E)
Location: Room 6E
Sponsor: 18th Conference on Hydrology
Lecturer:
Papers: