88th Annual Meeting (20-24 January 2008)

: Presidential History Symposium

Presidential History Symposium

Program Chair: Kristine C. Harper , Florida State University

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Sunday, 20 January 2008

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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

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


Registration continues through Thursday, 24 January

11:45 AM-1:30 PM: Monday, 21 January 2008


Opening Plenary Session Featuring Mayor Nagin of New Orleans (Cash & Carry Lunch)

Tuesday, 22 January 2008

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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


1
Weather and climate in early US history
Location: 211 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Sponsor: Presidential History Symposium
Speakers: John W. Nielsen-Gammon, Texas A&M Univ.; Paul Ruscher, The Florida State University
Chair: Kristine C. Harper, New Mexico Tech/University of Utah

Papers:
  11:00 AM
1.1
Revisiting Benjamin Franklin and his role as America's first geoscientist
Paul Ruscher, Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (91.0 kB)
  11:30 AM
1.2
March 1843: The most abnormal month ever?
John Nielsen-Gammon, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and B. McRoberts

  Recorded presentation

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


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Professional meteorology: airlines, the public, and minority science education
Location: 211 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Sponsor: Presidential History Symposium
Speakers: Roger D. Turner, University of Pennsylvania; Doria B. Grimes, NOAA Central Library (Retired); Loren D. White, Jackson State University
Chair: Diane Rabson, NCAR

Papers:
  1:30 PM
2.1
Finding the Friendly Skies: Meteorology within US Airlines, 1919-1941
Roger D. Turner, Univ. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

  Recorded presentation
  2:00 PM
2.2
Why the weather?
Doria B. Grimes, NOAA Central Library (Retired), Silver Spring, MD

  Recorded presentation
  2:30 PM
2.3
The Meteorology Program at Jackson State University: Three decades of leadership in developing minority scientists
Loren D. White, Jackson State Univ., Jackson, MS; and R. S. Reddy Jr., H. Liu, and Q. L. Williams

  Recorded presentation

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


3
Severe weather and historical impacts: tornadoes and hurricanes
Location: 211 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Sponsor: Presidential History Symposium
Speakers: Robert Henson, UCAR; Pat J. Fitzpatrick, Mississippi State Univ.; Timothy A. Coleman, Univ. of Alabama
Chair: Doria B. Grimes, NOAA Central Library (Retired)

Papers:
  3:30 PM
3.1
The 1883 Holden tornado warning system and its applications today
Timothy Coleman, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (365.7 kB)
  4:00 PM
3.2
From Galveston 1900 to New Orleans 2005: The process and people involved in disseminating U.S. hurricane warnings
Robert Henson, UCAR, Boulder, CO

  Recorded presentation
  4:30 PM
3.3
Some lesser-known hurricane events which impacted society
Pat J. Fitzpatrick, Mississippi State Univ., Stennis Space Center, MS; and A. Fernandez

  Recorded presentation

Wednesday, 23 January 2008

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


AMS Annual Awards Banquet at the Hilton Riverside Hotel

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