The 89th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting (Phoenix, AZ)

Sunday Tuesday
Monday, 12 January 2009
7:30 AM-5:30 PM
Registration Open (EVENTS, 11ATCHEM, 18EDUCATION, 16AIRSEA, AEROSCLOUD, 7AI, 4POLICY, 25IIPS, 4LIDAR, 4ELECTRICATMOS, 23HYDRO, 7HISTORY, 13IOAS, 8COASTAL, 16SATMET, 6SPACEWX, HOLLINGSWRTH, URBMEASURE, 8URBAN, 5GOESRNPOESS, 21CLIMATE, URBIMPACTSYMP, OKE, ARAMSYMP, CCMFORUM, 5IMPACTS, PREFORUM09, 8COMWKSHP)
8:00 AM-5:30 PM -- Room 231C
Session Weather Preview Theater ( EVENTS, 8COMWKSHP

8:30 AM-10:15 AM
Presidential Forum (EVENTS, 11ATCHEM, 18EDUCATION, 16AIRSEA, AEROSCLOUD, 7AI, 4POLICY, 25IIPS, 4LIDAR, 4ELECTRICATMOS, 23HYDRO, 7HISTORY, 13IOAS, 8COASTAL, 16SATMET, 6SPACEWX, HOLLINGSWRTH, URBMEASURE, 8URBAN, 5GOESRNPOESS, 21CLIMATE, URBIMPACTSYMP, OKE, ARAMSYMP, CCMFORUM, 5IMPACTS)
8:30 AM-10:15 AM -- Ballroom ABC
Session 1 Urban Weather and Climate: Now and the Future ( PREFORUM09

10:15 AM-10:45 AM
Coffee Break in Meeting Room Foyer (EVENTS, 11ATCHEM, 18EDUCATION, 16AIRSEA, 7AI, 4POLICY, 25IIPS, 4ELECTRICATMOS, 23HYDRO, 13IOAS, 8COASTAL, 16SATMET, 6SPACEWX, 8URBAN, 21CLIMATE, URBIMPACTSYMP, OKE, ARAMSYMP, CCMFORUM, PREFORUM09)
10:15 AM-10:45 AM
Coffee Break Reception - Sponsored by Ball Aerospace (6SPACEWX)
10:45 AM-11:45 AM -- Room 125A
Joint Session 1 Joint Session between the 7th Conference on Artificial Intelligence and the Meteorological Aspects of Air Pollution Committee—I ( 7AI

10:45 AM-12:00 PM -- Room 224AB
Joint Session 2 Critical Aspects of Satellite Observations and Information in Emerging Systems of Systems ( 16SATMET, 25IIPS

10:45 AM-12:00 PM -- Room 131A
Joint Session 3 The Use of Lightning Data In Aviation Operations ( 4ELECTRICATMOS, ARAMSYMP

10:45 AM-12:00 PM -- Room 124A
Joint Session 8 T.R. Oke Symposium: Urban scales, urban systems and the urban heat island ( OKE, 8URBAN

10:45 AM-12:00 PM -- Room 121A
Panel Discussion 1 Sustainability and Growth: How can a city develop sustainably when its identity is based on growth? ( 4POLICY

10:45 AM-12:00 PM -- Room 127BC
Session 1 Hydrology and Water Resources ( 23HYDRO

10:45 AM-12:00 PM -- Room 125B
Session 1 Special Session on Educational Activities of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( 18EDUCATION

10:45 AM-11:45 AM -- Room 130
Session 1 Atmospheric Observations for Weather and Climate—I ( 13IOAS

10:45 AM-12:00 PM -- Room 127A
Session 1 Field, laboratory, and modeling studies of air quality—I ( 11ATCHEM

10:45 AM-12:00 PM -- Room 126A
Session 1 Coastal atmosphere, ocean, and marine biology-I ( 8COASTAL

10:45 AM-12:00 PM -- Room 126BC
Session 1 Space Weather Agency Updates ( 6SPACEWX

10:45 AM-12:00 PM -- Room 121BC
Session 1A IIPS Keynote Session ( 25IIPS

10:45 AM-12:00 PM -- Room 129A
Session 1A Year of Tropical Convection ( 21CLIMATE

10:45 AM-12:00 PM -- Room 122BC
Session 1B Special Session on Canadian Olympics Weather Planning for 2010 ( 25IIPS

10:45 AM-12:00 PM -- Room 129B
Session 1B Role of land cover in climate and climate change ( 21CLIMATE

10:55 AM-12:00 PM -- Room 128AB
Session 1 Variability of the American Monsoon (VAMOS) Ocean-Cloud-Atmosphere-Land Study (VOCALS): Part 1. Overview ( 16AIRSEA

12:00 PM-1:30 PM -- Room 132A
1 Oke Symposium Luncheon ( 8URBAN, OKE

12:00 PM-1:30 PM
Lunch Break (EVENTS, 11ATCHEM, 7AI, 4POLICY, 16AIRSEA, 25IIPS, 4ELECTRICATMOS, 23HYDRO, 13IOAS, 8COASTAL, 16SATMET, 6SPACEWX, 8URBAN, 21CLIMATE, URBIMPACTSYMP, OKE, ARAMSYMP, CCMFORUM, PREFORUM09)
12:00 PM-1:30 PM
Tim Oke Symp Luncheon (EVENTS, 18EDUCATION, 16AIRSEA, 4POLICY, 25IIPS, 4LIDAR, 4ELECTRICATMOS, 7HISTORY, 5GOESRNPOESS, 21CLIMATE, URBIMPACTSYMP, OKE, ARAMSYMP, CCMFORUM, PREFORUM09, 8COMWKSHP)
1:30 PM-2:30 PM -- Room 224AB
Joint Session 3 Retrievals and Clouds ( 16SATMET, 5GOESRNPOESS

1:30 PM-2:30 PM -- Room 125A
Joint Session 3 Joint Session between the 7th Conference on Artificial Intelligence and the Meteorological Aspects of Air Pollution Committee—II ( 7AI

1:30 PM-2:30 PM -- Room 124A
Joint Session 9 Urban Energy Balance ( 8URBAN, OKE

1:30 PM-2:30 PM -- Room 124B
Joint Session 10 Urban Precipitation Patterns ( 8URBAN, OKE

1:30 PM-2:30 PM -- Room 131A
Session 1 Tropical Cyclone Studies and Forecasting using Lightning Data ( 4ELECTRICATMOS

1:30 PM-2:30 PM -- Room 121A
Session 1 Adaptation and Vulnerability to Climate Change and Extremes ( 4POLICY

1:30 PM-2:30 PM -- Room 127BC
Session 2 Drought Prediction, Monitoring and Mitigation—I ( 23HYDRO

1:30 PM-2:30 PM -- Room 129A
Session 2 Year of Tropical Convection - II ( 21CLIMATE

1:30 PM-2:30 PM -- Room 125B
Session 2 K-12 and Informal Educational Outreach in the Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Hydrologic Sciences ( 18EDUCATION

1:30 PM-2:30 PM -- Room 128AB
Session 2 Variability of the American Monsoon (VAMOS) Ocean-Cloud-Atmosphere-Land Study (VOCALS): Part 2. In Situ, Surface-Level Observations ( 16AIRSEA

1:30 PM-2:30 PM -- Room 130
Session 2 Atmospheric Observations for Weather and Climate—II ( 13IOAS

1:30 PM-2:30 PM -- Room 127A
Session 2 Field, laboratory, and modeling studies of air quality—II ( 11ATCHEM

1:30 PM-2:00 PM -- Room 126A
Session 2 Coastal atmosphere, ocean, and marine biology-II ( 8COASTAL

1:30 PM-2:30 PM -- Room 126BC
Session 2 Economic and social impacts of space weather ( 6SPACEWX

1:30 PM-2:30 PM -- Room 121BC
Session 2A Global Meteorological and Hydrological Service Updates ( 25IIPS

1:30 PM-2:30 PM -- Room 122BC
Session 2B International Applications ( 25IIPS

2:00 PM-2:30 PM -- Room 126A
Session 3 Advances in Modeling and Forecasting-I ( 8COASTAL

2:30 PM-4:00 PM
Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break (EVENTS, 11ATCHEM, 18EDUCATION, 16AIRSEA, 7AI, 4POLICY, 25IIPS, 4ELECTRICATMOS, 23HYDRO, 13IOAS, 8COASTAL, 16SATMET, 6SPACEWX, 8URBAN, 21CLIMATE, URBIMPACTSYMP, OKE, ARAMSYMP, AEROSCLOUD, CCMFORUM, PREFORUM09)
2:30 PM-4:00 PM -- Hall 5
Joint Poster Session 1 Satellite Retrievals and Clouds ( 16SATMET, 5GOESRNPOESS

2:30 PM-4:00 PM -- Hall 5
Joint Poster Session 1 Air quality modeling and evaluation ( 11ATCHEM, AEROSCLOUD

2:30 PM-4:00 PM -- Hall 5
Joint Poster Session 1 Lightning Safety and Protection, Including Applications in the Urban Zone (Co-sponosored by the AMS Commission on Education and Human Resources) ( 4ELECTRICATMOS

2:30 PM-4:00 PM -- Hall 5
Joint Poster Session 3 Urban Climate Studies—Poster Session ( 8URBAN, OKE

2:30 PM-4:00 PM -- Hall 5
Joint Poster Session 4 Urban Heat Islands—Poster Session ( 8URBAN, OKE

2:30 PM-4:00 PM -- Hall 5
Poster Session 1 IIPS Poster Session I ( 25IIPS

2:30 PM-4:00 PM -- Hall 5
Poster Session 1 Hydrology and Water Resources ( 23HYDRO

2:30 PM-4:00 PM -- Hall 5
Poster Session 1 Year of Tropical Convection - posters ( 21CLIMATE

2:30 PM-4:00 PM -- Hall 5
Poster Session 1 Educational Initiatives Poster Session ( 18EDUCATION

2:30 PM-4:00 PM -- Hall 5
Poster Session 1 POSTERS: Mesoscale and Regional-Scale Studies ( 16AIRSEA

2:30 PM-4:00 PM -- Hall 5
Poster Session 1 Data Assimilation and Impact Studies ( 13IOAS

2:30 PM-4:00 PM -- Hall 5
Poster Session 1 Coastal atmospheric and oceanic processes ( 8COASTAL

2:30 PM-4:00 PM -- Hall 5
Poster Session 1 Applications of Artificial Intelligence Poster Session ( 7AI

2:30 PM-4:00 PM -- Hall 5
Poster Session 1 Lightning Prediction and Operational Applications ( 4ELECTRICATMOS

2:30 PM-4:00 PM -- Hall 5
Poster Session 1 Policy and Socio—Economic Research Poster Session ( 4POLICY

2:30 PM-4:00 PM -- Hall 5
Poster Session 2 Drought Prediction, Monitoring and Mitigation ( 23HYDRO

2:30 PM-4:00 PM -- Hall 5
Poster Session 2 Role of land cover - posters ( 21CLIMATE

2:30 PM-4:00 PM -- Hall 5
Poster Session 2 POSTERS: Satellite Observations of Air-Sea Interaction ( 16AIRSEA

4:00 PM-5:30 PM -- Room 224AB
Joint Session 8 Environmental Applications and Decision Support Systems ( 16SATMET, 5GOESRNPOESS, 4POLICY

4:00 PM-5:30 PM -- Room 121A
Joint Session 9 Climate and Policy: From Local to Global ( 4POLICY, 21CLIMATE

4:00 PM-5:30 PM -- Room 124B
Joint Session 11 Urban Canopy and Roughness Sublayers ( 8URBAN, BLTSPECIAL

4:00 PM-5:30 PM -- Room 124A
Joint Session 12 Urban Heat Islands ( 8URBAN, OKE

4:00 PM-5:30 PM -- Room 125A
Session 1 Applications of Artificial Intelligence—I ( 7AI

4:00 PM-5:30 PM -- Room 131A
Session 2 The Utility of Lightning Data In Operational Warning and Decision Making Processes ( 4ELECTRICATMOS

4:00 PM-5:30 PM -- Room 127BC
Session 3 Drought Prediction, Monitoring and Mitigation—II ( 23HYDRO

4:00 PM-5:30 PM -- Room 129A
Session 3 Global climate modeling: new frontiers ( 21CLIMATE

4:00 PM-5:30 PM -- Room 125B
Session 3 K-12 and Informal Educational Outreach in the Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Hydrologic Sciences: Part 2 ( 18EDUCATION

4:00 PM-5:30 PM -- Room 128AB
Session 3 Variability of the American Monsoon (VAMOS) Ocean-Cloud-Atmosphere-Land Study (VOCALS): Part 3. Mesoscale Meteorology and Oceanography ( 16AIRSEA

4:00 PM-5:30 PM -- Room 130
Session 3 Results from Field Experiments (TAMDAR) ( 13IOAS

4:00 PM-5:30 PM -- Room 127A
Session 3 The use of surface and remote sensing measurements for air quality model evaluation ( 11ATCHEM

4:00 PM-5:30 PM -- Room 126BC
Session 3 Coupling between the lower and upper atmosphere ( 6SPACEWX

4:00 PM-5:30 PM -- Room 121BC
Session 3A Global Meteorological and Hydrological Service Updates II ( 25IIPS

4:00 PM-5:30 PM -- Room 122BC
Session 3B International Applications II ( 25IIPS

4:00 PM-5:30 PM -- Room 126A
Session 4 Advances in Modeling and Forecasting-II ( 8COASTAL

5:25 PM-5:30 PM
Sessions Adjourn for the Day (EVENTS, 11ATCHEM, 7AI, 4POLICY, 16AIRSEA, 18EDUCATION, 25IIPS, 4ELECTRICATMOS, 23HYDRO, 13IOAS, 8COASTAL, 16SATMET, 6SPACEWX, OKE)
5:30 PM-7:30 PM
Opening of the Exhibit Hall with Reception (EVENTS, 11ATCHEM, 18EDUCATION, 16AIRSEA, AEROSCLOUD, 7AI, 4POLICY, 25IIPS, 4LIDAR, 4ELECTRICATMOS, 23HYDRO, 7HISTORY, 13IOAS, 8COASTAL, 16SATMET, 6SPACEWX, HOLLINGSWRTH, URBMEASURE, 8URBAN, 5GOESRNPOESS, 21CLIMATE, URBIMPACTSYMP, OKE, ARAMSYMP, CCMFORUM, 5IMPACTS, PREFORUM09, 8COMWKSHP)
Sunday Tuesday