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

Tuesday Thursday
Wednesday, 14 January 2009
8:00 AM-8:30 AM
Registration at the AMS Attendee Registration Desk (12ASLI)
8:00 AM-5:00 PM -- Room 231C
Session Weather Preview Theater ( EVENTS, 8COMWKSHP

8:30 AM-8:45 AM
Welcome and Introductions. Anita Colby, Chair, Atmospheric Science Librarians International and University of California, Los Angeles, CA (12ASLI)
8:30 AM-10:00 AM -- Room 125A
Joint Session 2 Applications of artificial learning techniques in climate variability, especially as it relates to the urban environment ( 21CLIMATE, 7AI

8:30 AM-10:00 AM -- Room 126A
Joint Session 6 Lightning and Atmospheric Chemistry—I ( 4ELECTRICATMOS, 11ATCHEM

8:30 AM-10:00 AM -- Room 126B
Joint Session 8 Forecasts, Nowcasts and Warning Systems in Urban Areas ( URBIMPACTSYMP, 23HYDRO

8:30 AM-10:00 AM -- Room 128B
Joint Session 8 Coastal Mesoscale Circulations-I ( 16AIRSEA, 8COASTAL

8:30 AM-10:00 AM -- Room 224AB
Joint Session 13 Climate Monitoring and Studies ( 16SATMET, 5GOESRNPOESS

8:30 AM-10:00 AM -- Room 124A
Joint Session 16 Boundary Layer and Turbulence Measurements in the Urban Environment ( 8URBAN, BLTSPECIAL, URBMEASURE

8:30 AM-10:00 AM -- Room 121A
Panel Discussion 3 Societal Benefits of Research ( 4POLICY

8:30 AM-10:00 AM -- Room 221C
Session 1 Eighth Communications Workshop ( 8COMWKSHP

8:30 AM-10:00 AM -- Room 124B
Session 3 Weather Forecasting for Urban Areas ( 8URBAN

8:30 AM-10:00 AM -- Room 131B
Session 5 Aerosol direct and indirect effects ( AEROSCLOUD

8:30 AM-10:00 AM -- Room 127B
Session 5A Advances in Data Assimilation Techniques and Their Applications to Land Surface State and Parameter Estimation in Hydrology—I ( 23HYDRO

8:30 AM-10:00 AM -- Room 127C
Session 5B Validation of Remotely-Sensed Hydrometeorological Observations—I ( 23HYDRO

8:30 AM-10:00 AM -- Room 122A
Session 6 Emerging lidar methods in addressing atmospheric issues ( 4LIDAR

8:30 AM-9:45 AM -- Room 128A
Session 8 Sea-Surface Physics, Including Waves, Whitecaps, and Aerosol Generation: Part 1 ( 16AIRSEA

8:30 AM-10:00 AM -- Room 130
Session 8 Atmospheric Observations for Weather and Climate: COSMIC—I ( 13IOAS

8:30 AM-9:45 AM -- Room 121BC
Session 8A Interactive Processing Systems ( 25IIPS

8:30 AM-10:00 AM -- Room 129A
Session 8A Prediction of climate on seasonal to decadal timescales ( 21CLIMATE

8:30 AM-10:00 AM -- Room 122BC
Session 8B Radar Applications - Session I ( 25IIPS

8:30 AM-10:00 AM -- Room 129B
Session 8B Observed changes in climate ( 21CLIMATE

8:45 AM-11:45 AM -- Room 132A
Session 1 Information Resources and Knowledge Collaboration ( 12ASLI

10:00 AM-10:30 AM
Coffee Break in Meeting Room Foyer (EVENTS, 11ATCHEM, 16AIRSEA, AEROSCLOUD, 7AI, 4POLICY, 25IIPS, 4LIDAR, 4ELECTRICATMOS, 23HYDRO, 7HISTORY, 13IOAS, 8COASTAL, 16SATMET, URBMEASURE, 8URBAN, 5GOESRNPOESS, 21CLIMATE, URBIMPACTSYMP, OKE, CCMFORUM, 8COMWKSHP)
10:30 AM-12:00 PM -- Room 124A
Joint Session 4 Modeling and Forecasting Urban Areas ( 8URBAN, OKE, 8COASTAL, 11ATCHEM, 4ELECTRICATMOS, 16SATMET

10:30 AM-12:00 PM -- Room 126A
Joint Session 8 Lightning and Atmospheric Chemistry—II ( 4ELECTRICATMOS, 11ATCHEM

10:30 AM-12:00 PM -- Room 128B
Joint Session 10 Coastal Mesoscale Circulations-II ( 16AIRSEA, 8COASTAL

10:30 AM-12:00 PM -- Room 224AB
Joint Session 14 Improvements to Numerical Weather Prediction and Short-Term Forecasting ( 16SATMET, 13IOAS, 5GOESRNPOESS

10:30 AM-12:00 PM -- Room 221C
Panel Discussion 1 Eighth Communications Workshop Panel Discussion ( 8COMWKSHP

10:30 AM-12:00 PM -- Room 231A
Panel Discussion 1 Severe Weather Impact Studies ( CCMFORUM

10:30 AM-12:00 PM -- Room 127A
Session 4 Biogeochemical Cycling of Trace Gases and Aerosols ( 11ATCHEM

10:30 AM-12:00 PM -- Room 124B
Session 4 Biometeorology and Public Health In Urban Areas ( 8URBAN

10:30 AM-12:00 PM -- Room 121A
Session 4 Evaluation and Use of Decision—Support Systems ( 4POLICY

10:30 AM-12:00 PM -- Room 127B
Session 6A Advances in Data Assimilation Techniques and Their Applications to Land Surface State and Parameter Estimation in Hydrology—II ( 23HYDRO

10:30 AM-11:45 AM -- Room 127C
Session 6B Validation of Remotely-Sensed Hydrometeorological Observations—II ( 23HYDRO

10:30 AM-12:00 PM -- Room 122A
Session 7 The Use of Lidar Measurements in Model Evaluation and Assimilation ( 4LIDAR

10:30 AM-12:00 PM -- Room 128A
Session 9 Sea-Surface Physics, Including Waves, Whitecaps, and Aerosol Generation: Part 2 ( 16AIRSEA

10:30 AM-11:30 AM -- Room 121BC
Session 9A Interactive Processing Systems II ( 25IIPS

10:30 AM-12:00 PM -- Room 129A
Session 9A Prediction of climate on seasonal to decadal timescales - II ( 21CLIMATE

10:30 AM-12:00 PM -- Room 130
Session 9A Advanced Methods for Data Assimilation—I ( 13IOAS

10:30 AM-12:00 PM -- Room 122BC
Session 9B Radar Applications - Session I Part II ( 25IIPS

10:30 AM-12:00 PM -- Room 129B
Session 9B Observed changes in climate - II ( 21CLIMATE

10:30 AM-12:00 PM -- Room 231BC
Workshops Session 1 Eloquent Professional Communication: Customer-Oriented Writing and High-Impact Presentations ( WKSHPCOMMPRO

11:00 AM-6:00 PM
Exhibits Open (EVENTS, 11ATCHEM, 18EDUCATION, 16AIRSEA, AEROSCLOUD, 7AI, 4POLICY, 25IIPS, 4LIDAR, 4ELECTRICATMOS, 23HYDRO, 7HISTORY, 13IOAS, 8COASTAL, 16SATMET, URBMEASURE, 5GOESRNPOESS, 21CLIMATE, URBIMPACTSYMP, OKE, CCMFORUM, 8COMWKSHP, 12ASLI)
11:00 AM-12:00 PM -- Room 131C
Session 9B Atmospheric Observations for Weather and Climate: COSMIC—II ( 13IOAS

12:00 PM-1:30 PM
Lunch Break (Cash and Carry in Exhibit Hall) (EVENTS, 11ATCHEM, 16AIRSEA, AEROSCLOUD, 7AI, 4POLICY, 25IIPS, 4LIDAR, 4ELECTRICATMOS, 23HYDRO, 7HISTORY, 13IOAS, 8COASTAL, 16SATMET, URBMEASURE, 8URBAN, 5GOESRNPOESS, 21CLIMATE, URBIMPACTSYMP, OKE, CCMFORUM, 8COMWKSHP, 12ASLI)
12:00 PM-1:30 PM -- Room 224AB
Joint Panel Discussion 1 Meeting Future Urban Weather and Climate Information Needs from Space - Panel Discussion ( 5GOESRNPOESS, 16SATMET

1:15 PM-2:30 PM -- Room 132A
Panel Discussion 1 Managing Digital Materials ( 12ASLI

1:30 PM-2:30 PM -- Room 121A
Joint Panel Discussion 3 Developing a National Climate Service ( 4POLICY, 21CLIMATE

1:30 PM-2:30 PM -- Room 129A
Joint Session 3 Distributed Earth Science Information Systems ( 21CLIMATE, 25IIPS

1:30 PM-2:30 PM -- Room 224AB
Joint Session 15 Advances in Natural Hazards Monitoring ( 16SATMET, 5GOESRNPOESS

1:30 PM-2:30 PM -- Room 124A
Joint Session 17 Building—Resolving Modeling and Forecasting in Urban Areas ( 8COASTAL, 8URBAN

1:30 PM-2:30 PM -- Room 124B
Joint Session 18 Urban Transport and Dispersion Modeling—Part I (Joint with the Meteorological Aspects of Air Pollution Committee) ( 8URBAN

1:30 PM-2:30 PM -- Room 127A
Session 5 Air quality and climate change—I ( 11ATCHEM

1:30 PM-2:30 PM -- Room 127B
Session 7A Hydrological Impacts of Land Use Change ( 23HYDRO

1:30 PM-2:30 PM -- Room 127C
Session 7B Remote Sensing of High-Impact Hydrometeorological Events—I ( 23HYDRO

1:30 PM-2:30 PM -- Room 129B
Session 10 Prediction of climate on seasonal to decadal timescales - III ( 21CLIMATE

1:30 PM-2:30 PM -- Room 128AB
Session 10 Turbulent Air-Sea Flux Measurements from Aircraft ( 16AIRSEA

1:30 PM-2:30 PM -- Room 121BC
Session 10A Challenges in Data Access, Distribution, and Use ( 25IIPS

1:30 PM-2:30 PM -- Room 130
Session 10A Advanced Methods for Data Assimilation—II ( 13IOAS

1:30 PM-2:30 PM -- Room 122BC
Session 10B Radar Applications - Session II ( 25IIPS

1:30 PM-2:30 PM -- Room 131C
Session 10B Atmospheric Observations for Weather and Climate: COSMIC—III ( 13IOAS

2:30 PM-4:00 PM
Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break (EVENTS, 11ATCHEM, 16AIRSEA, AEROSCLOUD, 7AI, 4POLICY, 25IIPS, 4LIDAR, 4ELECTRICATMOS, 23HYDRO, 7HISTORY, 13IOAS, 8COASTAL, 16SATMET, URBMEASURE, 8URBAN, 5GOESRNPOESS, 21CLIMATE, URBIMPACTSYMP, OKE, CCMFORUM, 8COMWKSHP)
2:30 PM-3:00 PM
Break (12ASLI)
2:30 PM-4:00 PM -- Hall 5
Joint Poster Session 2 Aerosol, climate, and biogeochemical cycles ( 11ATCHEM, AEROSCLOUD

2:30 PM-4:00 PM -- Hall 5
Joint Poster Session 5 Modeling Tools for Urban and Complex Terrain Environments Including Energy Applications—Posters ( 8URBAN, ENERGYCOM

2:30 PM-4:00 PM -- Hall 5
Joint Poster Session 5 Climate ( 16SATMET, 5GOESRNPOESS

2:30 PM-4:00 PM -- Hall 5
Joint Poster Session 6 Improvements to NWP and Short-term Forecasting ( 16SATMET, 5GOESRNPOESS

2:30 PM-4:00 PM -- Hall 5
Joint Poster Session 7 Natural Hazards ( 16SATMET, 5GOESRNPOESS

2:30 PM-4:00 PM -- Hall 5
Joint Poster Session 8 Operational Products and Transition from Research to Operations ( 16SATMET, 5GOESRNPOESS

2:30 PM-4:00 PM -- Hall 5
Poster Session 1 Modeling and Forecasting in Urban Area—Poster Session ( 8URBAN

2:30 PM-4:00 PM -- Hall 5
Poster Session 1 Poster: Advances in Lidar Applications ( 4LIDAR

2:30 PM-4:00 PM -- Room 126B
Poster Session 1 Modeling, Forecasting, and Impacts of Urban High Impact Weather ( URBIMPACTSYMP

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

2:30 PM-4:00 PM -- Hall 5
Poster Session 2 Observing Systems ( 13IOAS

2:30 PM-4:00 PM -- Hall 5
Poster Session 3 Advances in Data Assimilation Techniques and Their Applications to Land Surface State and Parameter Estimation in Hydrology ( 23HYDRO

2:30 PM-4:00 PM -- Hall 5
Poster Session 4 Remote Sensing of High-Impact Hydrometeorological Events ( 23HYDRO

2:30 PM-4:00 PM -- Hall 5
Poster Session 4 POSTERS: Small-Scale Studies ( 16AIRSEA

2:30 PM-4:00 PM -- Hall 5
Poster Session 5 Validation of Remotely-Sensed Hydrometeorological Observations ( 23HYDRO

2:30 PM-4:00 PM -- Hall 5
Poster Session 5 Climate trends and extremes ( 21CLIMATE

2:30 PM-4:00 PM -- Hall 5
Poster Session 6 Seasonal-interannual variability ( 21CLIMATE

2:35 PM-4:00 PM -- Hall 5
Joint Poster Session 6 Dispersion and Air Quality in Cities—Poster Session (Joint with the Meteorological Aspects of Air Pollution Committee) ( 8URBAN

3:00 PM-3:30 PM
Discussion and Questions Period for the Panel on Managing Digital Materials (12ASLI)
3:00 PM-3:30 PM -- Room 132A
Panel Discussion 2 Tech Tools and Tips ( 12ASLI

4:00 PM-4:05 PM
ASLI Sessions end for the day (12ASLI)
4:00 PM-5:30 PM -- Room 126A
Joint Session 5 Geographic Effects on Urban Weather and Climate ( 8COASTAL, OKE, 21CLIMATE, 4POLICY, 8URBAN, 23HYDRO, 4ELECTRICATMOS

4:00 PM-5:30 PM -- Room 224AB
Joint Session 16 Operational Products and the Transition from Research to Operations ( 16SATMET, 5GOESRNPOESS

4:00 PM-5:30 PM -- Room 124A
Joint Session 19 Urban Transport and Dispersion Modeling—Part II (Joint with the Meteorological Aspects of Air Pollution Committee) ( 8URBAN

4:00 PM-5:30 PM -- Room 121A
Session 5 Socio—Economic Research Methods and Their Applications ( 4POLICY

4:00 PM-5:30 PM -- Room 127A
Session 6 Air quality and climate change—II ( 11ATCHEM

4:00 PM-5:30 PM -- Room 127B
Session 8 Remote Sensing of High-Impact Hydrometeorological Events—II ( 23HYDRO

4:00 PM-5:30 PM -- Room 121BC
Session 11A Challenges in Data Access, Distribution, and Use - Part II ( 25IIPS

4:00 PM-5:30 PM -- Room 129A
Session 11A Climate Change Science Program Report 3.3 ( 21CLIMATE

4:00 PM-5:30 PM -- Room 128A
Session 11A Air-Sea Interaction Over Eddies and Fronts (contributions from the Western Boundary Current Working Group) ( 16AIRSEA

4:00 PM-5:30 PM -- Room 130
Session 11A Advanced Methods for Data Assimilation—III ( 13IOAS

4:00 PM-5:30 PM -- Room 122BC
Session 11B Radar Applications - Session II - Part II ( 25IIPS

4:00 PM-5:30 PM -- Room 128B
Session 11B In situ turbulent air-sea flux measurements, including gas exchange ( 16AIRSEA

4:00 PM-4:45 PM -- Room 131C
Session 11B Atmospheric Observations for Weather and Climate: COSMIC—IV ( 13IOAS

4:15 PM-5:30 PM -- Room 129B
Session 11B Seasonal-interannual variability - I ( 21CLIMATE

4:30 PM-4:45 PM
ASLI’s Choice Book Award presentation at ASLI booth in Exhibit Hall (12ASLI)
5:00 PM-6:00 PM -- Room 125B
Session 6 Haurwitz Lecture ( 8COASTAL

5:25 PM-5:30 PM
Sessions Adjourn for the Day (EVENTS, 11ATCHEM, AEROSCLOUD, 7AI, 4POLICY, 16AIRSEA, 25IIPS, 4ELECTRICATMOS, 23HYDRO, 13IOAS, 8COASTAL, 16SATMET, URBMEASURE, 5GOESRNPOESS, OKE)
5:30 PM-6:30 PM
Reception in Exhibit Hall (Cash Bar) (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)
6:00 PM-8:00 PM
Annual ASLI Dinner Sam’s Café (at the Arizona Center) $38 Contact Linda Musser (Lrm4@psu.edu) for reservations and details. (12ASLI)
7:00 PM-9:00 PM
AMS Annual Awards Banquet (EVENTS, URBMEASURE, 11ATCHEM, 18EDUCATION, 16AIRSEA, AEROSCLOUD, 7AI, 4POLICY, 25IIPS, 4LIDAR, 23HYDRO, 21CLIMATE, 4ELECTRICATMOS, 7HISTORY, 13IOAS, 8COASTAL, 16SATMET, 6SPACEWX, HOLLINGSWRTH, 8URBAN, 5GOESRNPOESS, URBIMPACTSYMP, OKE, ARAMSYMP, CCMFORUM, 5IMPACTS)
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