Fourth Symposium on Policy and Socio—Economic Research
Program Chairs:
- Indicates paper has been withdrawn from meetingSaturday, 10 January 2009
7:30 AM-10:00 AM: Saturday, 10 January 2009
Student Conference Badge Pick-up Only
Sunday, 11 January 2009
7:30 AM-9:00 AM: Sunday, 11 January 2009
Short Course Registration
9:00 AM-6:00 PM: Sunday, 11 January 2009
Annual Meeting Registration Begins
12:00 PM-4:00 PM: Sunday, 11 January 2009
Weatherfest
Location: Northballroom A (Phoenix Convention Center)
3:00 PM-4:00 PM: Sunday, 11 January 2009
First-Time Attendee Briefing
Location: Room 130 (Phoenix Convention Center)
5:00 PM-6:00 PM: Sunday, 11 January 2009
Annual Meeting Review and Fellows Awards
Location: Room 130 (Phoenix Convention Center)
5:00 PM-7:00 PM: Sunday, 11 January 2009
Fellows Reception
Location: Hall 5 (Phoenix Convention Center)
Monday, 12 January 2009
7:30 AM-5:30 PM: Monday, 12 January 2009
Registration Open
8:30 AM-10:15 AM: Monday, 12 January 2009
Presidential Forum
Location: Ballroom ABC (Phoenix Convention Center)
10:15 AM-10:45 AM: Monday, 12 January 2009
Coffee Break in Meeting Room Foyer
Location: Phoenix Convention Center
10:45 AM-12:00 PM: Monday, 12 January 2009
Panel Discussion
1
Sustainability and Growth: How can a city develop sustainably when its identity is based on growth?
Location: Room 121A (Phoenix Convention Center)
Sponsor: Fourth Symposium on Policy and Socio—Economic Research
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12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Monday, 12 January 2009
Lunch Break
Tim Oke Symp Luncheon
Location: Room 132A (Phoenix Convention Center)
1:30 PM-2:30 PM: Monday, 12 January 2009
1
Adaptation and Vulnerability to Climate Change and Extremes
Location: Room 121A (Phoenix Convention Center)
Sponsor: Fourth Symposium on Policy and Socio—Economic Research
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2:30 PM-4:00 PM: Monday, 12 January 2009
Poster Session
1
Policy and Socio—Economic Research Poster Session
Location: Hall 5 (Phoenix Convention Center)
Sponsor: Fourth Symposium on Policy and Socio—Economic Research
Papers:
P1.1
Fire Weather Forecasting in the Land Down Under
P1.2
Weekly cycles in Spain and its connections with changes in Sea Level Pressure over the North-Atlantic sector
P1.6
Perspectives on Atlantic hurricane risks
P1.7
Ethical Issues in Climate Policy
P1.9
WaterNet: the NASA water cycle solutions network
Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
Location: Hall 5 (Phoenix Convention Center)
4:00 PM-5:30 PM: Monday, 12 January 2009
Joint Session
8
Environmental Applications and Decision Support Systems
Location: Room 224AB (Phoenix Convention Center)
Sponsors: (Joint
between the 16th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography;
the Fifth Annual Symposium on Future Operational Environmental Satellite Systems- NPOESS and GOES-R;
and the Fourth Symposium on Policy and Socio—Economic Research
)
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Joint Session
9
Climate and Policy: From Local to Global
Location: Room 121A (Phoenix Convention Center)
Sponsors: (Joint
between the Fourth Symposium on Policy and Socio—Economic Research;
and the 21st Conference on Climate Variability and Change
)
Cochairs:
Papers:
5:25 PM-5:30 PM: Monday, 12 January 2009
Sessions Adjourn for the Day
5:30 PM-7:30 PM: Monday, 12 January 2009
Opening of the Exhibit Hall with Reception
Location: Hall 4 (Phoenix Convention Center)
Tuesday, 13 January 2009
8:30 AM-9:45 AM: Tuesday, 13 January 2009
Joint Session
3
Policy, Social and Economic Dimensions of Water
Location: Room 121A (Phoenix Convention Center)
Sponsors: (Joint
between the Fourth Symposium on Policy and Socio—Economic Research;
and the 23rd Conference on Hydrology
)
Cochairs:
Papers:
9:45 AM-11:00 AM: Tuesday, 13 January 2009
Joint Poster Session
2
Observations/Studies of High—Impact Weather in Urban Regions
Location: Hall 5 (Phoenix Convention Center)
Sponsors: (Joint
between the Fourth Symposium on Policy and Socio—Economic Research;
the Symposium on Urban High Impact Weather;
the Special Symposium on Measurements in the Urban Environment and Observations;
the Eighth Conference on Coastal Atmospheric and Oceanic Prediction and Processes;
the Eighth Symposium on the Urban Environment;
the 23rd Conference on Hydrology;
and the Fourth Conference on the Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data
)
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Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break (See poster listing in Monday's program)
Location: Hall 5 (Phoenix Convention Center)
11:00 AM-12:00 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2009
Joint Panel Discussion
1
Water in the West
Location: Room 121A (Phoenix Convention Center)
Sponsors: (Joint
between the Fourth Symposium on Policy and Socio—Economic Research;
and the 23rd Conference on Hydrology
)
Moderator:
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11:00 AM-6:00 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2009
Exhibits Open
12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2009
Lunch Break (Cash and Carry in Exhibit Hall)
1:30 PM-3:00 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2009
Joint Panel Discussion
2
Climate services
Location: Room 129B (Phoenix Convention Center)
Sponsors: (Joint
between the 21st Conference on Climate Variability and Change;
and the Fourth Symposium on Policy and Socio—Economic Research
)
Moderator:
Panelists:
Papers:
1:30 PM
Topic: Special Challenges for Climate Services to Cities in a Changing Climate.
Joint Session
2
Observations/Studies of High—Impact Weather in Urban Regions
Location: Room 124A (Phoenix Convention Center)
Sponsors: (Joint
between the Symposium on Urban High Impact Weather;
the Special Symposium on Measurements in the Urban Environment and Observations;
the Eighth Conference on Coastal Atmospheric and Oceanic Prediction and Processes;
the Eighth Symposium on the Urban Environment;
the 23rd Conference on Hydrology;
the Fourth Conference on the Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data;
the Fourth Symposium on Policy and Socio—Economic Research;
the Timothy R. Oke Symposium;
and the Impacts of 2008
)
Cochairs:
Papers:
2
Societal Dimensions of Weather and Climate Hazards
Location: Room 121A (Phoenix Convention Center)
Sponsor: Fourth Symposium on Policy and Socio—Economic Research
Cochairs:
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3:00 PM-3:30 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2009
Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall
Location: Hall 4 (Phoenix Convention Center)
3:30 PM-5:00 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2009
Panel Discussion
2
Into the Policy Fray: Bringing Science to the U.S. Congress
Location: Room 126C (Phoenix Convention Center)
Sponsor: Fourth Symposium on Policy and Socio—Economic Research
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3:30 PM-5:30 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2009
3
Use of Forecasts and Communicating Uncertainty
Location: Room 121A (Phoenix Convention Center)
Sponsor: Fourth Symposium on Policy and Socio—Economic Research
Cochairs:
Papers:
3.1
Ad Hoc Committee on uncertainty in forecasts (ACUF)
5:25 PM-5:30 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2009
Sessions Adjourn for the Day
Wednesday, 14 January 2009
8:30 AM-10:00 AM: Wednesday, 14 January 2009
Panel Discussion
3
Societal Benefits of Research
Location: Room 121A (Phoenix Convention Center)
Sponsor: Fourth Symposium on Policy and Socio—Economic Research
Moderator:
Panelists:
10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Wednesday, 14 January 2009
Coffee Break in Meeting Room Foyer
Location: Phoenix Convention Center
10:30 AM-12:00 PM: Wednesday, 14 January 2009
4
Evaluation and Use of Decision—Support Systems
Location: Room 121A (Phoenix Convention Center)
Sponsor: Fourth Symposium on Policy and Socio—Economic Research
Cochairs:
Papers:
4.5
What climate policymakers should know about climate services: lessons from NOAA's RISA program
11:00 AM-6:00 PM: Wednesday, 14 January 2009
Exhibits Open
12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Wednesday, 14 January 2009
Lunch Break (Cash and Carry in Exhibit Hall)
1:30 PM-2:30 PM: Wednesday, 14 January 2009
Joint Panel Discussion
3
Developing a National Climate Service
Location: Room 121A (Phoenix Convention Center)
Sponsors: (Joint
between the Fourth Symposium on Policy and Socio—Economic Research;
and the 21st Conference on Climate Variability and Change
)
Moderator:
Panelists:
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2:30 PM-4:00 PM: Wednesday, 14 January 2009
Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
Location: Hall 5 (Phoenix Convention Center)
4:00 PM-5:30 PM: Wednesday, 14 January 2009
Joint Session
5
Geographic Effects on Urban Weather and Climate
Location: Room 126A (Phoenix Convention Center)
Sponsors: (Joint
between the Eighth Conference on Coastal Atmospheric and Oceanic Prediction and Processes;
the Timothy R. Oke Symposium;
the 21st Conference on Climate Variability and Change;
the Fourth Symposium on Policy and Socio—Economic Research;
the Eighth Symposium on the Urban Environment;
the 23rd Conference on Hydrology;
and the Fourth Conference on the Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data
)
Chair:
Papers:
5:15 PM
5
Socio—Economic Research Methods and Their Applications
Location: Room 121A (Phoenix Convention Center)
Sponsor: Fourth Symposium on Policy and Socio—Economic Research
Cochairs:
Papers:
5:25 PM-5:30 PM: Wednesday, 14 January 2009
Sessions Adjourn for the Day
5:30 PM-6:30 PM: Wednesday, 14 January 2009
Reception in Exhibit Hall (Cash Bar)
Location: Hall 4 (Phoenix Convention Center)
7:00 PM-9:00 PM: Wednesday, 14 January 2009
AMS Annual Awards Banquet
Location: Northballroom (Phoenix Convention Center)
Thursday, 15 January 2009
8:30 AM-9:45 AM: Thursday, 15 January 2009
Panel Discussion
4
State of the Field
Location: Room 121A (Phoenix Convention Center)
Sponsor: Fourth Symposium on Policy and Socio—Economic Research
Moderator:
Panelists:
9:45 AM-11:00 AM: Thursday, 15 January 2009
Poster Session
2
Human and Environmental Impacts of Urbanization - Poster Session
Location: Hall 5 (Phoenix Convention Center)
Sponsor: Fourth Symposium on Policy and Socio—Economic Research
Papers:
P2.1
Climate variability and change in central Arizona
Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break (See poster listing in Wednesday's program)
Location: Hall 5 (Phoenix Convention Center)
11:00 AM-12:15 PM: Thursday, 15 January 2009
Joint Session
6
Urban Implications of Climate Change and Population Growth
Location: Room 121A (Phoenix Convention Center)
Sponsors: (Joint
between the Fourth Symposium on Policy and Socio—Economic Research;
the 21st Conference on Climate Variability and Change;
and the Eighth Symposium on the Urban Environment
)
Chair:
Papers:
11:00 AM-4:00 PM: Thursday, 15 January 2009
Exhibits Open
12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Thursday, 15 January 2009
Hollingsworth Symp Luncheon
Location: Room 131AB (Phoenix Convention Center)
Lunch Break (Cash and Carry in Exhibit Hall)
1:30 PM-3:00 PM: Thursday, 15 January 2009
Joint Session
7
Sustainable Urban Design
Location: Room 131A (Phoenix Convention Center)
Sponsors: (Joint
between the Special Symposium on Aerosol–Cloud–Climate Interactions;
the 11th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry;
the Fourth Symposium on Policy and Socio—Economic Research;
the Eighth Symposium on the Urban Environment;
and the Fourth Conference on the Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data
)
Chair:
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3:00 PM-3:30 PM: Thursday, 15 January 2009
Coffee Break and Exhibit Hall Raffle
Location: Hall 4 (Phoenix Convention Center)
5:15 PM-5:20 PM: Thursday, 15 January 2009
AMS 89th Annual Meeting Adjourns