Program: Impacts of 2006's Weather: Major Stories of the Year (87th AMS Annual Meeting)

Impacts of 2006's Weather: Major Stories of the Year

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Saturday, 13 January 2007

7:30 AM-10:00 AM: Saturday, 13 January 2007

Student Conference Registration

Location: Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center

Sunday, 14 January 2007

12:00 AM-12:00 AM: Sunday, 14 January 2007

Sun 14 Jan

7:30 AM-9:00 AM: Sunday, 14 January 2007

Short Course Registration

Location: East Registration (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)

9:00 AM-6:00 PM: Sunday, 14 January 2007

Conference Registration

Location: East Registration (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)

Monday, 15 January 2007

12:00 AM-12:00 AM: Monday, 15 January 2007

Mon 15 Jan

7:30 AM-6:00 PM: Monday, 15 January 2007

Registration continues through Thursday, 18 January

Location: East Registration (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)

9:00 AM-10:15 AM: Monday, 15 January 2007

Plenary Session for the Presidential Forum (Presidential Forum will then run parallel to other sessions throughout the day)

Location: Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center

5:30 PM-7:30 PM: Monday, 15 January 2007

Formal Opening of Exhibits with Reception (Cash Bar)

Location: Exhibit Hall D (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)

Tuesday, 16 January 2007

12:00 AM-12:00 AM: Tuesday, 16 January 2007

Tue 16 Jan

8:25 AM-9:45 AM: Tuesday, 16 January 2007

Major International Events

Location: Ballroom C2 (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)

Sponsor: Impacts of 2006's Weather: Major Stories of the Year

Chair: Joseph Schaefer, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/NSSL/SPC

Papers:

8:25 AM

Welcoming Remarks

8:30 AM

1.1

International Events

Klaus E. Wolter, NOAA/ERL/CDC, Boulder, CO

9:00 AM

1.2

Tropical Cyclones in the Western North Pacific

Shoji Kusunoki, MRI, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan; and N. Mannoji

9:30 AM

1.3

Unusual European Weather

Roger Brugge, University of Reading, Reading, Berks., United Kingdom

9:45 AM-11:00 AM: Tuesday, 16 January 2007

Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

Location: Exhibit Hall C (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)

11:00 AM-12:15 PM: Tuesday, 16 January 2007

Joint Panel Discussion 1

Summer 2006 Extreme Drought, Floods, Heat

Location: Ballroom C2 (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)

Sponsors: (Joint between the Impacts of 2006's Weather: Major Stories of the Year; and the AMS Forum: Climate Change Manifested by Changes in Weather )

Moderator: Randall M. Dole, NOAA-CIRES/CDC

Panelists: Roger S. Pulwarty, (Drought in the Southwest) NOAA-CIRES Climate Diagnostics Center; David R. Vallee, (Floods in New England) NOAA/NWS; Timothy J. Brown, (Wildfires in the Plains) DRI; Laurence S. Kalkstein, (The Heat Stress Index) Univ. of Delaware; David Runyan, (Summer Heat Wave) NOAA/NWS

Papers:

11:00 AM

Drought in the Southwest

Roger Pulwarty, NOAA/CIRES/CDC, Boulder, CO

Recorded presentation

11:10 AM

Floods in New England

David R. Vallee, NOAA/NWS, Taunton, MA

Recorded presentation

11:20 AM

Wildfires in the Plains

Timothy J. Brown, DRI, Reno, NV

Recorded presentation

11:30 AM

The Heat Stress Index

Laurence S. Kalkstein, Univ. of Delaware, Newark, DE

Recorded presentation

11:40 AM

Summer Heat Wave

David Runyan, NOAA/NWS, Phoenix, AZ

11:50 AM

Panel Discussion

11:00 AM-6:00 PM: Tuesday, 16 January 2007

Exhibits Open

Location: Exhibit Hall D (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Tuesday, 16 January 2007

Lunch Break

1:30 PM-3:00 PM: Tuesday, 16 January 2007

Panel Discussion 1

Weather Impacts on Sports and Entertainment Venues

Location: Ballroom C2 (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)

Sponsor: Impacts of 2006's Weather: Major Stories of the Year

Moderator: Christopher W. Landsea, NOAA/NWS/TPC/NHC

Panelists: Ronald L. Holle, (Lightning) Vaisala; Scott Rae, (Dallas Metro Tornado Risk Study) North Central Texas Council of Governments; Leslie R. Lemon, (The Severe Storm Threat to Large Event Venues) Univ. of Oklahoma and NOAA/NWS; Jim Kramper, (The Bush Stadium Microburst) NOAA/NWS

Papers:

1:30 PM

Lightning

Ronald L. Holle, Vaisala, Tucson, AZ

1:45 PM

Dallas Metro Tornado Risk Study

Scott Rae, North Central Texas Council of Governments, Arlington, TX

2:00 PM

The Severe Storm Threat to Large Event Venues

Leslie R. Lemon, Univ. of Oklahoma and NOAA/NWS, Norman, OK

Recorded presentation

2:15 PM

The Bush Stadium Microburst

Jim Kramper, NOAA/NWS, St. Charles, MO

Recorded presentation

2:30 PM

Panel Discussion

2:45 PM

SkyGuard Warning for St. Louis Cardinals

Recorded presentation

3:00 PM

RMeTS Journals now Published by Wiley

Recorded presentation

3:00 PM-3:30 PM: Tuesday, 16 January 2007

Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall

Location: Exhibit Hall D (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)

3:30 PM-5:00 PM: Tuesday, 16 January 2007

Notable U.S. Weather during 2006

Location: Ballroom C2 (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)

Sponsor: Impacts of 2006's Weather: Major Stories of the Year

Chair: Eileen Shea, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC

Papers:

3:30 PM

2.1

U.S. Hurricane Season

James L. Franklin, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/TPC, Miami, FL

3:45 PM

2.2

U.S. Tornado Season

Joseph T. Schaefer, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/SPC, Norman, OK; and D. W. McCarthy and G. W. Carbin

4:00 PM

2.3

U.S. Winter Weather

Paul J. Kocin, Atlanta, GA

4:15 PM

2.4

Forty Days of Rain: March Madness in Paradise

Nezette Rydell, NOAA/NWSFO, Honolulu, HI; and M. Marshall

4:45 PM

2.5

The State of Tsunami Science and Warnings Two Years After the Sumatra Tsunami

Eddie N. Bernard, NOAA/PMEL/TIME, Seattle, WA

5:30 PM-5:00 PM: Tuesday, 16 January 2007

Sessions end for the day

Wednesday, 17 January 2007

12:00 AM-12:00 AM: Wednesday, 17 January 2007

Wed 17 Jan

5:30 PM-6:45 PM: Wednesday, 17 January 2007

Reception in Exhibit Hall (Cash Bar)

Location: Exhibit Hall D (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)

7:00 PM-9:30 PM: Wednesday, 17 January 2007

AMS Annual Awards Banquet

Location: Ballroom C123 (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)

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