88th Annual Meeting (20-24 January 2008)

: IMPACTS: Weather 2007

IMPACTS: Weather 2007

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Sunday, 20 January 2008

7:30 AM-9:30 AM: Sunday, 20 January 2008


Short Course Registration

9:00 AM-6:00 PM: Sunday, 20 January 2008


Conference Registration

12:00 PM-4:00 PM: Sunday, 20 January 2008


7th Annual WeatherFest
Location: Exhibit Hall B (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Monday, 21 January 2008

7:30 AM-5:30 PM: Monday, 21 January 2008


Registration continues through Thursday, 24 January

Tuesday, 22 January 2008

8:30 AM-9:45 AM: Tuesday, 22 January 2008


1
World Wide High Impact Weather - 2007
Location: R08-R09 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Sponsor: IMPACTS: Weather 2007
Chair: Joseph T. Schaefer, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/SPC

Papers:
  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

9:45 AM-11:00 AM: Tuesday, 22 January 2008


Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break (Tue a.m.)
Location: Exhibit Hall B (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

11:00 AM-12:00 PM: Tuesday, 22 January 2008


Joint Session 11
Record Floods of 2007 and their Impacts
Location: R08-R09 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Sponsors: (Joint between the IMPACTS: Weather 2007; and the Third Symposium on Policy and Socio-Economic Research )
Chair: Christopher W. Landsea, NOAA/NWS/TPC/NHC

Papers:
  11:00 AM
Record June and July Floods in the UK
Keith Groves, UK Met Office, Exeter, United Kingdom

  11:15 AM
August Flooding in the Upper Mississippi Valley
Lisa Schmit, NOAA/NWS, Chanhassen, MN

  11:30 AM
OK/TX Floods with TS Erin–Aug. 2007
Derek S. Arndt, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC

  11:45 AM

11:00 AM-6:00 PM: Tuesday, 22 January 2008


Exhibits Open (Tuesday)
Location: Exhibit Hall A (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Tuesday, 22 January 2008


Presidental Forum: Hurricane Katrina: Looking Back to Look Ahead (Cash & Carry) (Presidental Forum will run parallel to the other sessions throughout the afternoon)
Location: La Louisiane (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

1:30 PM-3:00 PM: Tuesday, 22 January 2008


Panel Discussion 1
Fires, Droughts, and Climate Change
Location: R08-R09 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Sponsor: IMPACTS: Weather 2007
Moderator: Eve Gruntfest, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma

Papers:
  1:30 PM
Evolving Drought Situation over the last Decade
Michael Hayes, National Drought Mitigation Center, Lincoln, NE

  1:45 PM
2007 Winter Southern Plains Prairie Fires
Kenneth C. Crawford, Oklahoma Climatological Survey, Norman, OK

  2:00 PM
2007 Florida/Georgia Fires
W. Craig Fugate, Florida Division of Emergency Management, Tallahassee, FL

  2:30 PM
Potential Impacts of Global Warming
Steven W. Running, The University of Montana, Missoula, MT

3:00 PM-3:30 PM: Tuesday, 22 January 2008


Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall (tues p.m.)
Location: Exhibit Hall A (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

3:30 PM-5:00 PM: Tuesday, 22 January 2008


2
High Impact 2007 US Weather
Location: R08-R09 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Sponsor: IMPACTS: Weather 2007
Chair: Tanja E. Fransen, NOAA/NWS

Papers:
  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

  4:15 PM
"Jokulhlaups" (Glacier-Dammed Lake Releases)
Christopher Strager, NOAA/NWS, Moon Township, PA

  4:30 PM
2.4
Atlantic Hurricanes
Richard D. Knabb, NOAA/TPC/NHC, Miami, FL

Wednesday, 23 January 2008

7:00 PM-9:00 PM: Wednesday, 23 January 2008


AMS Annual Awards Banquet at the Hilton Riverside Hotel