| Sunday, 20 January 2008 |
| 7:30 AM-9:30 AM, Sunday 2008
Short Course Registration |
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| 9:00 AM-6:00 PM, Sunday 2008
Conference Registration |
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| 12:00 PM-4:00 PM, Sunday 2008, Exhibit Hall B
7th Annual WeatherFest |
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| Monday, 21 January 2008 |
| 7:30 AM-5:30 PM, Monday 2008
Registration continues through Thursday, 24 January |
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| Tuesday, 22 January 2008 |
| 8:30 AM-9:45 AM, Tuesday 2008, R08-R09
Session 1 World Wide High Impact Weather - 2007 |
Chair: Joseph T. Schaefer, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/SPC, Norman, OK
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| 8:30 AM | 1.1 | International Events 
Klaus E. Wolter, NOAA/ERL/CDC, Boulder, CO |
| 9:00 AM | 1.2 | Tempest, fire and flood—European Weather in 2007
Roger Brugge, University of Reading, Reading, Berks., United Kingdom |
| 9:30 AM | 1.3 | Arctic Sea Ice: 2007's Surprising Minimum
Florence Fetterer, NSIDC/CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and J. Stroeve and W. Meier |
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| 9:45 AM-11:00 AM, Tuesday 2008, Exhibit Hall B
Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break (Tue a.m.) |
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| 11:00 AM-6:00 PM, Tuesday 2008, Exhibit Hall A
Exhibits Open (Tuesday) |
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| 11:00 AM-12:00 PM, Tuesday 2008, R08-R09
Joint Session 11 Record Floods of 2007 and their Impacts (Joint between the IMPACTS: Weather 2007 and the Third Symposium on Policy and Socio-Economic Research) |
Chair: Christopher W. Landsea, NOAA/NWS/TPC/NHC, Miami, FL
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| 11:00 AM | J11.1 | Record June and July Floods in the UK
Keith Groves, UK Met Office, Exeter, United Kingdom |
| 11:15 AM | J11.2 | August Flooding in the Upper Mississippi Valley
Lisa Schmit, NOAA/NWS, Minneapolis, MN |
| 11:30 AM | J11.3 | OK/TX Floods with TS Erin–Aug. 2007
Derek S. Arndt, Oklahoma Climatological Survey, Norman, OK |
| 11:45 AM | J11.4 | The August 8, 2007 Floods in New York City
Michael E. Wyllie, MIC, WFO, Upton, NY |
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| 12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Tuesday 2008, La Louisiane
Presidental Forum: Hurricane Katrina: Looking Back to Look Ahead (Cash & Carry) (Presidental Forum will run parallel to the other sessions throughout the afternoon) |
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| 1:30 PM-3:00 PM, Tuesday 2008, R08-R09
Panel Discussion 1 Fires, Droughts, and Climate Change |
Moderator: Eve Gruntfest, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Colorado Springs, CO
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| 1:30 PM | PD1.1 | Evolving Drought Situation over the last Decade
Michael Hayes, National Drought Mitigation Center, Lincoln, NE |
| 1:45 PM | PD1.2 | 2007 Winter Southern Plains Prairie Fires
Kenneth C. Crawford, Oklahoma Climatological Survey and University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK |
| 2:00 PM | PD1.3 | 2007 Florida/Georgia Fires
W. Craig Fugate, Florida Division of Emergency Management, Tallahassee, FL |
| 2:15 PM | PD1.4 | 2007 Tinderbox in the Inter-mountain West
Timothy J. Brown, DRI, Reno, NV |
| 2:30 PM | PD1.5 | Potential Impacts of Global Warming
Steven W. Running, The University of Montana, Missoula, MT |
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| 3:00 PM-3:30 PM, Tuesday 2008, Exhibit Hall A
Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall (tues p.m.) |
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| 3:30 PM-5:00 PM, Tuesday 2008, R08-R09
Session 2 High Impact 2007 US Weather |
Chair: Tanja E. Fransen, NOAA/NWS, Glasgow, MT
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| 3:30 PM | 2.1 | The Summer of 2007: How Hot Was It and What Did We Do About It?
Laurence Kalkstein, Univ. of Miami, Marco Island, FL; and S. Sheridan, E. Jacks, and J. G. Ferrell |
| 3:45 PM | 2.2 | Year in Review: Major U.S. Flooding in 2007
Gary Carter, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and G. Austin, T. Graziano, and F. Richards |
| 4:00 PM | 2.3 | Major Recent Winter Weather Events in the US: Overview and Impacts
Douglas Wesley, UCAR, Boulder, CO |
| 4:15 PM | 2.3a | "Jokulhlaups" (Glacier-Dammed Lake Releases)
Christopher Strager, NOAA/NWS, Anchorage, AK |
| 4:30 PM | 2.4 | Atlantic Hurricanes
Richard D. Knabb, NOAA/TPC/NHC, Miami, FL |
| 4:45 PM | 2.5 | The 2007 U.S. Tornado Season: Large Outbreaks Scattered Throughout the Year, Most Fatalities in Eight Years
Joseph T. Schaefer, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/SPC, Norman, OK; and G. W. Carbin |
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| Wednesday, 23 January 2008 |
| 7:00 PM-9:00 PM, Wednesday 2008
AMS Annual Awards Banquet at the Hilton Riverside Hotel |
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