87th AMS Annual Meeting

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

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


1
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

  11:10 AM
Floods in New England
David R. Vallee, NOAA/NWS, Taunton, MA

  11:20 AM
Wildfires in the Plains
Timothy J. Brown, DRI, Reno, NV

  11:30 AM
The Heat Stress Index
Laurence S. Kalkstein, Univ. of Delaware, Newark, DE

  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

  2:15 PM
The Bush Stadium Microburst
Jim Kramper, NOAA/NWS, St. Charles, MO

  2:30 PM
Panel Discussion

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


2
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

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)