89th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting

Poster Session 1: Policy and Socio—Economic Research Poster Session

Monday, 12 January 2009: 2:30 PM-4:00 PM
Hall 5 (Phoenix Convention Center)
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)