89th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting

: Fourth Symposium on Policy and Socio—Economic Research

Fourth Symposium on Policy and Socio—Economic Research

Program Chairs: Mark A. Shafer , Oklahoma Climatological Survey ; Genevieve E. Maricle , Arizona State Univ. ; Julie Demuth , NCAR ; Sheldon D. Drobot , NCAR

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Saturday, 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
Moderator: Genevieve E. Maricle, Arizona State Univ.
Panelists: Grady Gammage, Gammage and Burnham, Attorneys at Law; Robert Melnick, Arizona State Univ.; Josh Foster, Center for Clean Air Policy; Wendy Marie Thomas, AMS

Papers:

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
Cochairs: Juliane Fry, Reed College; Gregg M. Garfin, University of Arizona; Ryan M. Meyer, Consortium for Science, Policy, and Outcomes; Arizona State University

Papers:
  1:30 PM
1.1
Are We Adapting to Climate Change? Research and Methods for Evaluating Progress
Benjamin Lee Preston, ORNL, Oak Ridge, TN; and R. Westaway, S. Dessai, and T. F. Smith

  1:45 PM
1.2
How much regional and global climate change can be avoided: Mitigation and adaptation policies
Warren M. Washington, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. Knutti, G. Meehl, T. Wigley, H. Teng, L. Buja, and W. G. Strand

  2:15 PM
1.4

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

 
Probabilistic distributions of climate change impacts on the agricultural sector in Bangladesh
Alex C. Ruane, NASA/GISS and Oak Ridge Associated Universities, New York, NY; and D. C. Major, C. Rosenzweig, R. M. Horton, and R. Goldberg

 
Managing business risks arising from seasonal climate variability
Harvey Stern, Bureau of Meteorology, Melbourne, Vic., Australia

http://www.weather-climate.com

Poster PDF (800.1 kB)
 
The potential effects of climate change on wind energy
Jeffrey M. Freedman, AWS Truewind LLC, Albany, NY; and K. T. Waight and P. Duffy

 
P1.6
Perspectives on Atlantic hurricane risks

 
P1.7
Ethical Issues in Climate Policy

 
Experiencing the weather: Public perceptions of changes in local weather patterns
Hank Jenkins-Smith, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and C. Silva, K. H. Goebbert, K. E. Klockow, M. Yuan, M. Nowlin, and G. DeLozier

Poster PDF (1.5 MB)
 
P1.9
WaterNet: the NASA water cycle solutions network

 
Climate Change in Colorado: A Synthesis to Support Water Resources Management and Adaptation
Kristen B. Averyt, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and A. J. Ray and J. J. Barsugli

 
Severe thunderstorm and tornado warnings in Europe
Jenni Teittinen, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland; and D. M. Schultz

 
Improving Warning Systems: An assessment of public response to tornado warnings during the 2008 tornado season
Jenniffer M. Santos-Hernandez, Disaster Research Center, University of Delaware, Newark, DE; and H. Rodriguez and W. Diaz

 
Housing classification and Calculation of the Maximum Surface Wind speed to estimate wind damage potential by Typhoon
Jong-Kil Park, Inje University, Gimhae, South Korea; and W. S. Jung and H. J. Choi

 
Applying Mesonet Wind Climatology to Oklahoma Prescribed Burns
Jeffrey Scott Zuczek, National Weather Center Research Experience for Undergraduates, Norman, OK and Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, Kennett Square, PA; and M. A. Shafer

Poster PDF (1.0 MB)
 
NOAA's economics website initiative
Adam B. Smith, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and J. G. Enloe

Poster PDF (58.8 kB)
 
A sectoral approach to climate services at NOAA's National Climatic Data Center
Adam B. Smith, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and E. Shea, W. M. Faas, J. N. Lott, K. Shein, A. Arguez, and T. G. Houston

Poster PDF (136.7 kB)
 
A value proposition of seasonal hurricane forecasts for property insurance risk management
Kyle Beatty, Willis Re Inc., Minneapolis, MN; and R. Cloutier

 
Assessing the sensitivity of landfall risk to warm Atlantic conditions
Ioana Dima, AIR Worldwide, Boston, MA; and P. Dailey and G. Zuba

 
Error Characteristics of Cumulative Temperature Ensemble Forecasts
Michael Sze, AER, Lexington, MA; and T. Connor and D. Hogan

 
Understanding people's attitudes and behaviors for weather forecast information
Julie Demuth, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. K. Lazo and R. E. Morss

Poster PDF (1.1 MB)
 
Development of a cold weather warning system for newborn calves
Tanja E. Fransen, NOAA/NWS, Glasgow, MT; and K. L. Frank, L. Kalkstein, W. J. Martin, and D. E. Simonsen

 
CASA's Impact on Radar-Based Wind Assessments
Don J. Rude, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA; and E. J. Bass and B. Philips

http://people.virginia.edu/~djr7m/ams2009/

Poster PDF (2.4 MB)
 
Radar Refractivity Retrievals from KTLX: Benefits and Limitations to Operational Forecasting
Pamela L. Heinselman, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and B. L. Cheong, R. D. Palmer, and D. Bodine

Poster PDF (1.4 MB)
 
Development of a turfgrass irrigation management system for North Carolina
Mark S. Brooks, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC; and R. Boyles, C. Peacock, D. Bowman, J. Reynolds, and D. Zahn

http://www.turffiles.ncsu.edu/tims/

Poster PDF (134.5 kB)
 
NPOESS economic benefit estimation in a dynamic policy environment
Irving Leveson, Leveson Consulting, Jackson, NJ

Poster PDF (66.6 kB)

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 )
Chair: Steven J. Goodman, NOAA/NESDIS/ORA

Papers:
  4:00 PM
Environmental Information for the Next Generation Air Transportation System
John J. Murray, NASA/LRC, Hampton, VA; and C. Miner and T. E. Ryan

  4:15 PM
An Open-Source SOA Solution Enabling Environmental System-of-Systems Integration and Decision Support
Philip E. Ardanuy, Raytheon Information Solutions, Reston, VA; and A. M. Tarro, A. Ritchie, and A. Nappi

  4:30 PM
The oceanic convection diagnosis and nowcasting system
Cathy Kessinger, NCAR, Boulder, Colorado; and H. Cai, N. Rehak, D. Megenhardt, M. Steiner, R. Bankert, J. Hawkins, M. Donovan, and E. R. Williams

  4:45 PM
Nowcasting oceanic convection using random forest classification
Huaqing Cai, NCAR, Boulder, CO ; and C. Kessinger, D. Ahijevich, J. Williams, N. Rehak, D. Megenhardt, R. Bankert, J. Hawkins, M. Donovan, and E. R. Williams

  5:00 PM
Using NASA Satellite and Model Analysis for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Applications
Paul W. Stackhouse Jr., NASA/LaRC, Hampton, VA; and W. S. Chandler, C. H. Whitlock, J. M. Hoell, D. Westberg, and T. Zhang


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: Juliane Fry, Reed College; Gregg M. Garfin, University of Arizona; Ryan M. Meyer, Consortium for Science, Policy, and Outcomes; Arizona State University

Papers:
  4:15 PM
CCAP Urban Leaders Adaptation Initiative: Climate Resilient Local Governments
Josh Foster, Center for Clean Air Policy, Washington, DC; and S. Winkelman

  4:30 PM
Applied science at the local government level—climate change science for planning professionals
Scott Shuford, UNCA, Asheville, NC; and G. Voos, J. Fox, M. McGuirk, S. K. LeDuc, and E. Shea

  4:45 PM
  5:00 PM
J9.5 has been moved. New paper number 5.2A (4Policy)

  5:00 PM
Politics, values, and decision making in US climate science
Ryan M. Meyer, Consortium for Science, Policy, and Outcomes; Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ

  5:15 PM
The Complexities of International Climate Policy
Marilyn Averill, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO

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: Adam Schlosser, MIT; Jessica C. Whitehead, South Carolina Sea Grant Consortium

Papers:
  8:30 AM
Water in the 21st century—a reality check
Pamela L. Stephens, NSF, Arlington, VA; and W. Hooke

  8:45 AM
The Impact of Daily Global Climate Datasets on the Modeling of Global and National Food and Water Systems
Kenneth Stzrepek, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and A. McCluskey, M. Rosegrant, and C. A. Schlosser

  9:00 AM
Exploration of Hydrologic Dynamics during the Colonial Era in the Northeastern United States
Mark B. Green, City College of New York, New York, NY; and C. J. Vorosmarty and A. Schlosser

  9:30 AM
Information flows and policy: climate, cyclones, and adaptive water-resources management at the U.S.-Mexico border
Gregg M. Garfin, Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and C. Scott, R. Varady, M. Wilder, A. Coles, A. J. Ray, N. Pineda-Pablos, and M. Montero

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 )
Cochairs: Pavlos Kollias, McGill University; Bart Nijssen, 3TIER, Inc.

Papers:
 
Observations of fronts from the Helsinki Testbed mesoscale observing network
David M. Schultz, Universities of Helsinki and Manchester/Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland; and M. Leskinen

 
Development and Implementation of Multi-Scale Urban Test Beds
Samuel P. Williamson, Office of the Federal Coordinator for Meteorology, Silver Spring, MD; and W. D. Bach Jr. and W. R. Pendergrass

 
Diagnostic studies of extreme temperature events using modern reanalysis datasets
Robert X. Black, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA; and B. Miller and J. C. Furtado

 
The importance of elevated mixed layers in urban heat eave events east of the Rockies
Thomas J. Galarneau Jr., NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. M. Cordeira and L. F. Bosart

 
Analysis of air transport patterns bringing dust storms to El Paso, Texas
Nancy Ivette Rivera Rivera, Univ. of Texas, El Paso, TX; and K. A. Gebhart, T. E. Gill, J. L. Hand, D. J. Novlan, and R. M. Fitzgerald

Poster PDF (601.0 kB)
 
Analysis of extreme rainfall events near Austin, TX and Coffeyville, KS, during summer 2007
Kevin H. Goebbert, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and N. Snook, C. M. Shafer, and A. D. Schenkman

 
Development of a detailed database of flash flood observations
Jessica Marie Erlingis, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. J. Gourley, T. Smith, and K. L. Ortega

Poster PDF (2.4 MB)
 
The Phoenix Rainfall Index (PRI)
Paul M. Iñiguez, NOAA/NWS, Tempe, AZ

Poster PDF (2.6 MB)
 
An evaluation of brightness temperatures simulated by various WRF-ARW microphysical algorithms for an atmospheric river event affecting the California coast
Isidora Jankov, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Boulder, CO; and M. Sengupta, L. Grasso, D. Coleman, D. Zupanski, M. Zupanski, L. Daniel, and R. Brummer

 
Southwest Florida warm season tornado development
Jennifer M. Collins, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL; and C. H. Paxton, D. G. Noah, and A. N. Williams

Poster PDF (737.9 kB)

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: Patricia Gober, Arizona State University
Panelists: Kathy Jacobs, U.S. Global Change Research Program; Jeanine Jones, California Department of Water Resources; Bradley H. Udall, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado

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: Eileen Shea, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC
Panelists: Elliot Abrams, AccuWeather Inc.; Eric Barron, NCAR; James Buizer, Arizona State University; Anton F. Haffer, NOAA/NWSFO

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: Pavlos Kollias, McGill University; Bart Nijssen, 3TIER, Inc.

Papers:
  2:00 PM
Evolution of severe convection in the New York City Metropolitan Region
Brian A. Colle, SUNY, Stony Brook, NY ; and K. Lombardo and J. Murray

  2:15 PM
An observational study of the movement of Lake Breeze Fronts in the vicinity of Chicago, IL
Jason M. Keeler, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and D. A. R. Kristovich

  2:30 PM
An observational and modeling study of a rare tornadic storm in a major central business district: Possible linkages to drought and urban land cover
Dev Niyogi, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN; and M. J. Shepherd, M. Lei, W. O. Shem, and J. Entin

  2:45 PM
Meteorological conditions associated with major storm surge events at New York City
Katherine Rojowsky, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY; and B. A. Colle and F. Bounaiuto


2
Societal Dimensions of Weather and Climate Hazards
Location: Room 121A (Phoenix Convention Center)
Sponsor: Fourth Symposium on Policy and Socio—Economic Research
Cochairs: Sheldon D. Drobot, NCAR; Sam Ng, Metropolitan State College of Denver

Papers:
  1:30 PM
2.1
Mapping social vulnerability to heat wave in Chicago
Chona E. Sister, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ; and C. G. Boone, J. Golden, D. Hartz, and W. C. Chuang

  1:45 PM
2.2
Heat-attributable mortality in a changing world: accounting for climate change and adaptation
J. Scott Greene, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and L. Kalkstein, D. M. Mills, and J. Samenow

  2:00 PM
2.3
Societal Impacts of Weather Hazards: Understanding Public Response to Tornado Events
Havidan Rodriguez, Univ. of Delaware, Newark, DE; and J. Santos and W. Diaz

  2:30 PM
2.5
Lessons Learned: Evacuations Management of Hurricane Gustav
Mark A. Shafer, Oklahoma Climatological Survey, Norman, OK; and B. Keim, S. Van Cooten, and G. M. Eosco

  2:45 PM
2.6
Political Cultural and Economic Vulnerabilities in One Nicaraguan Community
Monica K. Zappa, OU-University of Oklahoma, SSWIM-Social Science Woven into Meteorology, Norman, OK

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
Moderator: Paul A. T. Higgins, AMS
Panelists: Jack Fellows, UCAR; Eric Webster, ITT Corp; Michael C. Morgan, University of Wisconsin; Kevin Rennert, AMS Policy Program

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: Julie Demuth, NCAR; Daniel Nietfeld, NOAA

Papers:
 
3.1
Ad Hoc Committee on uncertainty in forecasts (ACUF)

  4:00 PM
3.2
  4:45 PM
3.5
Beyond Storm-Based Warnings: An Advanced WAS*IS Workshop to study communication of probabilistic hazardous weather information
Kristin M. Kuhlman, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma and NOAA/National Severe Storms Laboratory, Norman, OK; and E. Gruntfest, K. A. Scharfenberg, and G. J. Stumpf

  5:00 PM
3.6
Next generation warning products and services workshop
John T. Ferree, NOAA/NWS Office of Climate, Water, and Weather Services, Norman, OK; and E. Jacks, K. Scharfenberg, and K. A. Kloesel

  5:15 PM
3.7

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: Genevieve E. Maricle, Arizona State Univ.
Panelists: William Hooke, AMS; Ira Bennett, Arizona State Univ.; Nancy Beller-Simms, NOAA

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: Eileen Shea, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC; Elizabeth McNie, Purdue University

Papers:
  10:30 AM
4.2
Results of a developmental test of the Heat Stress Index: Does it have operational potential?
Jannie G. Ferrell, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and E. Jacks and L. Kalkstein

  10:45 AM
4.1
  11:00 AM
4.3
Economic Benefits of the Oklahoma Mesonet to Crop Producers in Oklahoma
Kimberly E. Klockow, Oklahoma Climatological Survey, Norman, OK; and R. A. McPherson

  11:15 AM
4.4
User-Motivated Policies for NWS Climate Services
Ahsha N. Tribble, NOAA NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and M. M. Timofeyeva, M. Berger, and R. Reeves

 
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: Phillip A. Pasteris, Global Water Resources
Panelists: Chet Koblinsky, NOAA CPO; Jonathan Overpeck, University of Arizona; Philip W. Mote, Univ. of Washington; Kelly Redmond, Western Regional Climate Center

Papers:
  1:30 PM
Moderator Overview
Phillip A. Pasteris, Global Water Resources, Portland, OR

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: William T. Thompson, NRL

Papers:
  4:30 PM
Urban effects on Sea Breeze Circulation over Huston, TX
Kazuyuki Ota, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and U. S. Nair, W. A. Petersen, L. D. Carey, and T. E. Nobis

  5:00 PM
Modeling and forecasting lee side spillover precipitation resulting in major flooding in an urban valley location
Michael L. Kaplan, DRI, Reno, NV; and P. J. Marzette, C. S. Adaniya, K. C. King, and S. J. Underwood

  5:15 PM
The evolution of lake-effect clouds and snow across Lake Michigan
Faye E. Barthold, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and D. A. R. Kristovich

Poster PDF (172.9 kB)

5
Socio—Economic Research Methods and Their Applications
Location: Room 121A (Phoenix Convention Center)
Sponsor: Fourth Symposium on Policy and Socio—Economic Research
Cochairs: Amanda Lynch, Monash University; Lee M. Tryhorn, Cornell University

Papers:
  4:00 PM
5.1
Bounded rationality in responding to climate change: Avoiding the unmanageable and managing the unavoidable
Amanda H. Lynch, Monash University, Clayton, Vic., Australia; and R. D. Brunner

  4:15 PM
5.2 has been moved. New paper number J9.5A (4Policy/21Climate)

  4:15 PM
U.S. science policy for climate change adaptation: A preliminary evaluation
Lisa Dilling, Center for Science and Technology Policy Research/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO

  4:30 PM
5.3
  4:45 PM
5.4
The Strategic Plan for Integrating Social Science into NOAA's Weather and Water Mission
Irving Leveson, Leveson Consulting, Jackson, NJ; and J. E. Gaynor and R. Weiher

  5:00 PM
5.5

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: Genevieve E. Maricle, Arizona State Univ.
Panelists: Arnim Wiek, Arizona State Univ; Genevieve E. Maricle, Arizona State Univ.

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

 
Heating and cooling degree days as an indicator of climate change in Freiburg
Andreas Matzarakis, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, , Germany; and F. Thomsen

Poster PDF (378.2 kB)
 
Current situation of the patients from heat disorders in the major cities in Japan
Masaji Ono, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Tukuba, Japan

 
The Impact of Urbanization on Hydrological Variables
Heather Yael Glickman, NOAA-CREST/ City University of New York/ CUNY Graduate Center, New York, NY; and D. S. Mahani and D. R. Khanbilvardi

 
The relationship between urban morphology and heat vulnerability in the City of Chicago
Wen-Ching Chuang, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ; and C. Sister, D. A. Hartz, and J. Golden

 
Climate linkages to heat related emergency (911) calls in Chicago, Illinois 2003–2006
Donna A. Hartz, Arizona State Univ., Tempe, AZ; and W. C. Chuang, C. Sister, and J. S. Golden


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: Genevieve E. Maricle, Arizona State Univ.

Papers:
  11:00 AM
Impact of global climate change on central European cities
Wilhelm Kuttler, Univ. of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany; and S. Weber

  11:15 AM
Impacts of Rapid Development of Urban Environment on City Weather Services in the Shanghai Region
Xu Tang Sr., Shanghai Meteorological Regional Center, CMA, China, Shanghai, China

  11:30 AM
Modeling global climate change in urban areas
Keith Oleson, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. Feddema, T. Jackson, G. Bonan, O. Wilhelmi, and J. Boehnert

  11:45 AM
Climate Change Scenarios for the New York Metropolitan Region
Cynthia Rosenzweig, NASA/GISS and the Columbia Earth Institute, New York, NY; and R. M. Horton

  12:00 PM
Scales of perception: public awareness of neighborhood and regional temperature differences
Darren M. Ruddell, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ; and S. L. Harlan, S. Grossman-Clarke, and G. Chowell

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: Eric Pardyjak, University of Utah

Papers:
  2:15 PM
Mitigating urban heat island effects with water and energy sensitive urban designs
Anthony J. Brazel, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ; and P. Gober, S. Grossman-Clarke, S. Myint, S. Grimmond, A. Q. Miller, R. Quay, and S. Rossi

  2:30 PM
Simulations of the London urban climate: the LUCID project
Sylvia I. Bohnenstengel, University of Reading, Reading, Berks., United Kingdom; and A. Porson, M. Davies, and S. Belcher

  2:45 PM
Optimization of urban designs for air quality and energy efficiency
Eric Pardyjak, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and P. Willemsen and D. E. Johnson

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