89th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting

: Impacts of 2008

Impacts of 2008

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Sunday, 11 January 2009

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)

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


1
World Wide High Impact Weather—2008
Location: Room 230 (Phoenix Convention Center)
Sponsor: Impacts of 2008
Chair: Joseph Schaefer, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/NSSL/SPC

Papers:
  8:30 AM
1.1
International Events
Klaus E. Wolter, NOAA/ERL/CDC, Boulder, CO

  9:15 AM
1.3
Chinese Weather 2008
Bi Baogui, National Meteorological Center, China Meteorological Administration, Beijing, , China

  9:30 AM
1.4
Tropical cyclone prediction in the North Indian Ocean: Nargis and Myanmar
Peter J. Webster, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA; and P. Berlinger and J. Masters

9:45 AM-11:00 AM: Tuesday, 13 January 2009


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


2
High Impact Marine Events
Location: Room 230 (Phoenix Convention Center)
Sponsor: Impacts of 2008
Chair: Christopher W. Landsea, NOAA/NWS/TPC/NHC

Papers:
  11:00 AM
2.1
Rip Currents: An Underrated Hazard
Steven R. Pfaff, NOAA/NWS, Wilmington, NC

  11:15 AM
2.2
Weather Impacts: The Aleutian Low
Aimee Devaris, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD

  11:30 AM
2.3
  11:45 AM
2.4
Dead Zones Grow With More Precipitation, Animals and Fuel Demand
Robert E. Magnien, NOAA/Center for Sponsored Coastal Ocean Research, Silver Spring, MD

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 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

3:00 PM-3:30 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2009


Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall
Location: Hall 4 (Phoenix Convention Center)

3:30 PM-4:45 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2009


3
High Impact US Weather Events
Location: Room 230 (Phoenix Convention Center)
Sponsor: Impacts of 2008
Chair: Tanja E. Fransen, NOAA/NWS

Papers:
  4:00 PM
3.3
  4:15 PM
3.4
Atlantic Hurricanes
William L. Read, NOAA/NHC, Miami, FL

  4:30 PM
3.5
The 2008 U.S. Tornado Year: An Early and Angry Start
Joseph Schaefer, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/NSSL/SPC, Norman, OK; and G. W. Carbin

5:25 PM-5:30 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2009


Sessions Adjourn for the Day

Wednesday, 14 January 2009

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)