* - Indicates paper has been withdrawn from meeting

Program Chairpersons:
David C. Bader, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Laura M. Edwards, DRI
Gregg M. Garfin, University of Arizona

Compact View of Conference

Sunday, 17 January 2010
	7:30 AM-9:00 AM, Sunday Short Course Registration
	9:00 AM-6:00 PM, Sunday Annual Meeting Registration Begins
	12:00 PM-4:00 PM, Sunday Weatherfest
	3:00 PM-4:00 PM, Sunday, B314 First-Time Attendee Briefing
	5:00 PM-6:00 PM, Sunday, B314 Annual Meeting Review and Fellows Awards
	6:00 PM-7:00 PM, Sunday, Exhibit Hall B2 Fellows Reception
Monday, 18 January 2010
	7:30 AM-5:30 PM, Monday Registration Open
	9:00 AM-10:30 AM, Monday, Thomas Murphy Ballroom 1 and 2 Presidential Forum
	10:30 AM-11:00 AM, Monday Coffee Break in Meeting Room Foyer
	11:00 AM-12:00 PM, Monday, B211 Session 1 Links Between Climate and Weather I
Chair: Mathew Barlow, Univ. of Massachusetts, Lowell, MA
11:00 AM 1.1 The climatology of inland winds from tropical cyclones in the United States   Michael C. Kruk, STG, Inc., Asheville, NC; and D. Levinson, M. F. Squires, and E. Gibney 11:15 AM 1.2 A radiosonde climatology for Charleston, SC   Alek J. Krautmann, NOAA/NWS, North Charleston, SC; and F. W. Alsheimer 11:30 AM 1.3 Using self-organizing maps (SOMs) to develop a climatology and characterization of the low-level wind field across the Ross Ice Shelf region, Antarctica   Mark W. Seefeldt, Providence College, Providence, RI 11:45 AM 1.4 An Investigation of Bomb Cyclone Climatology: Reanalysis vs. NCEP's CFS Model   Francisco M. Alvarez, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO; and T. P. Eichler and J. Gottschalck
	12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Monday Lunch Break
	1:30 PM-2:30 PM, Monday, B214 Joint Session 14 Educational Outreach in the Atmospheric, Oceanic and Hydrologic Sciences (Joint between the 19th Symposium on Education, the 12th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry, the 18th Conference on Applied Climatology, and the 24th Conference on Hydrology)
Cochairs: Kathleen A. Murphy, AMS Education Resource Educator, St. Louis, MO; Susan Q. Foster, UCAR, Boulder, CO
1:30 PM J14.1 Mapping the UK's urban heat islands   Sylvia .H.E. Knight, Royal Meteorological Society, Reading, United Kingdom; and R. Fordham 1:45 PM J14.2 Educating citizens about severe weather awareness following the 22 May 2008 Northern Colorado tornado   Paul Nutter, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO; and D. Gaardner 2:00 PM J14.3 Weather & Climate—Weatherwise Magazine's Newest Series   H. Michael Mogil, How the Weatherworks, Naples, FL; and M. Benner 2:15 PM J14.4 Climate adaptation in coastal communities: A Sea Grant Climate Network approach to outreach   Jessica C. Whitehead, South Carolina Sea Grant Consortium, Charleston, SC; and C. Conger, R. H. Bacon, and J. Brown
	1:30 PM-2:30 PM, Monday, B211 Session 2A Links Between Climate and Weather II
Chair: Mathew Barlow, Univ. of Massachusetts, Lowell, MA
1:30 PM 2A.2 A 30-year climatology of lake-effect snow events in Indiana, including an analysis of upstream sounding variables as Predictors   Craig A. Clark, Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN 2A.1 Severe thunderstorm and lightning climatology in Atlantic Canada   Rick James Fleetwood, EC, Fredericton, NB, Canada 1:45 PM 2A.3 Application of different weather pattern classifications to simulated future climate conditions for Central Europe   Rita Pongracz, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary; and J. Bartholy, A. Philipp, C. Beck, and A. Kern 2:00 PM 2A.4 The Impacts of Climate Change on Storm Tracks in the PCMDI Suite of Models   Natalie Gaggini, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO; and T. P. Eichler
	1:30 PM-2:30 PM, Monday, B212 Session 2B Topics in Applied Climatology I
Chair: Ryan Boyles, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
1:30 PM 2B.1 The interaction of Groundwater–surface water in Hadong area, Vietnam under scenario of climate change to 2030 using a high-resolution transient groundwater model   Nguyen Chi Nghia Sr., Hanoi University of Mining and Geology, Hanoi, Vietnam; and D. N. H. Tam Jr. 1:45 PM 2B.2 Quantifying Evapotranspiration Across Varying Seasonal and Within-Season Climatic Signals Across Oklahoma   Jeffrey B. Basara, Oklahoma Climatological Survey, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and B. G. Illston 2:00 PM 2B.3 The Spatial and Temporal Variability of the Evaporative Fraction and Soil Moisture During a Period of Historic Precipitation   Lindsay M. Tardif-Huber, NOAA/NWSFO Bismark, ND; and J. B. Basara, W. P. Kustas, and B. G. Illston 2B.4 Study of the effects of climatic parameters on changes in sugar content of sugar beets in 2006 and 2007 (A case study Chenaran district)   H.R. Ahmadzadeh Araji, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
	2:30 PM-4:00 PM, Monday, Exhibit Hall B2 Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
	2:30 PM-4:00 PM, Monday, Exhibit Hall B2 Poster Session Applied Climatology Posters
244 Evaluation of peanut disease development forecasting   John McGuire, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; and M. Brooks, A. Sims, B. Shew, and R. Boyles   245 Implementing a Range for NCDC Daily Normal Temperatures in North Carolina   Adrienne M. Wootten, NC State University, Raleigh, NC; and R. Boyles and M. S. Brooks   246 The study of impacts and adaptations to climate change in a aviation case study   Sahar Tajbakhsh, Tehran, Iran; and E. Moradi and F. Mohamadi   247 U.S. climate reference network: a national network monitoring climate change   Michael Palecki, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and B. B. Baker   248 A teleconnection-based forecasting model for natural streamflow in Idaho, USA   Melvin L. Kunkel, Boise State University, Boise, ID; and A. N. Flores   249 Extreme rainfall in Florida; local climatologies revisited   Preston W. Leftwich Jr., Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies -Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and J. J. O'Brien   250 The influence of sea surface temperatures on Ugandan rainfall   Saul Daniel Ddumba, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda   251 New and Enhanced Modern Era Retrospective-analysis for Research and Applications (MERRA) Data and Services at the GES DISC   Dana Ostrenga, ADNET Systems, Inc. and NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and P. Smith   252 Weather's impact on the golf industry   Dennis M. O'Donnell Jr., Weather Trends International, Bethlehem, PA   253 Climatic characteristics of summer season severe weather   Paul J. Croft, Kean University, Union, NJ; and M. Villafane and J. Parr   254 An investigation of severe convection in the Chesapeake Bay region   Nathaniel A. Wardle, Millersville University, Millersville, PA; and E. J. Bauers IV, T. D. Toth, R. D. Clark, and T. D. Sikora   255 Flash Flood Climatology of the Appalachian Mountains: Focus on Eastern Kentucky and West Virginia Summer Rainfall Events   Jane Marie Wix, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY; and W. N. Rodgers and R. Mahmood   256 Satellite evidence of yearly air-sea interaction off the coast of Colombia   Deborah K. Smith, Remote Sensing Systems, Santa Rosa, CA; and K. Hilburn, F. J. Wentz, and C. Gentemann
	4:00 PM-5:30 PM, Monday, B312 Joint Session 2 The emergence of new scientific partnerships (Joint between the Fifth Symposium on Policy and Socio-economic Research, the 14th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology, the 20th Conference on Probability and Statistics in the Atmospheric Sciences, the 24th Conference on Hydrology, the 18th Conference on Applied Climatology, the First Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy, and the First Environment and Health Symposium)
Chair: Genevieve E. Maricle, Arizona State Univ., Tempe, AZ
4:00 PM J2.1 Climate Adaptation Partnerships in Semiarid North America   Gregg M. Garfin, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 4:15 PM J2.2 The FEMA Hurricane Liaison Team: Bridging the Communication Gap (because Great Minds Don't Always Think Alike)   Matthew Green, FEMA, Miami, FL 4:30 PM J2.3 Partnership between the Državni hidrometeorološki zavod (DHMZ) and the University of Oklahoma (OU)   Ivan Cacic, Državni hidrometeorološki zavod, Zagreb, Croatia; and B. Ivančan-Picek, B. Lipovšćak, K. Pandzic, B. Terek, V. Tutiš, G. Zuccon, K. Crawford, R. A. McPherson, K. L. Nemunaitis-Monroe, and J. T. Snow 4:45 PM J2.4 The Norman, Oklahoma Chamber of Commerce Weather Committee: A Framework for New Partnerships Among Industry, Government and Academia   Kelvin K. Droegemeier, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and W. L. Qualley, V. Rose, and A. M. Suggs 5:00 PM J2.5 The Weather And Society *Integrated Studies (WAS*IS) Program: yesterday, today, and tomorrow   G. Thomas Behler Jr., NCAR, Boulder, CO; and E. Gruntfest, J. Demuth, J. K. Lazo, and E. Laidlaw 5:15 PM J2.6 User engagement activities at NOAA's national climatic data center   Tamara G. Houston, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC
	4:00 PM-5:30 PM, Monday, B216 Joint Session 9 Predictability, Prediction and Impact of Drought: I (Joint between the 22nd Conference on Climate Variability and Change and the 18th Conference on Applied Climatology)
Cochairs: Ning Zeng, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; Siegfried D. Schubert, Global Modeling and Assimilation Office, Greenbelt, MD
4:00 PM J9.1 An assessment of the potential predictability of drought over the United States based on climate model simulations with specified SST   Siegfried Schubert, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and H. Wang, M. Suarez, and R. Koster 4:15 PM J9.2 Interdecadal Modulation of the Impact of ENSO on Drought over the United States   Kingtse C. Mo, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/CPC, Camp Springs, MD; and J. K. E. Schemm 4:30 PM J9.3 Intensified drought over tropical South America, their causes and link to decadal climate variability and global climate change   Rong Fu, Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX; and W. Li, K. D. Fernandes, and P. Arias 4:45 PM J9.4 Assessing sources of skill in forecasts of meteorological drought on seasonal to interannual time scales   Bradfield Lyon, International Research Institute for Climate and Society, Palisades, NY; and M. A. Bell 5:00 PM J9.5 Recent Developments in Operational Long-Range Prediction at CPC   E. A. O'Lenic, NOAA/NWS/CPC, Camp Springs, MD; and D. A. Unger 5:15 PM J9.6 Future Water Availability in a Warming World   Jennifer Alltop Aminzade, Columbia University, New York, NY; and D. H. Rind
	5:30 PM-7:30 PM, Monday, Exhibit Hall B1 Opening of the Exhibit Hall with Reception
Tuesday, 19 January 2010
	8:30 AM-9:45 AM, Tuesday, B306 Joint Session 3 Data Collection, Interpretation, Assimilation, and Stewardship (Joint between the 14th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS), the First Symposium on Planetary Atmospheres, the 14th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology, the 12th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry, the 20th Conference on Probability and Statistics in the Atmospheric Sciences, the 24th Conference on Hydrology, and the 18th Conference on Applied Climatology)
Chair: Stan Benjamin, NOAA/ESRL/GSD, Boulder, CO
8:30 AM J3.1 The Impacts on Air Traffic of Volcanic Ash from the 2009 Mt. Redoubt Eruption   Alexander Matus, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI; and L. A. Hudnall, J. J. Murray, and A. Krueger 8:45 AM J3.2 UrbanNet: Urban Environment Monitoring and Modeling with a Wireless Sensor Network   Paul J. Croft, Kean University, Union, NJ; and P. Morreale, F. Qi, A. Tropek, and M. Andujar 9:00 AM J3.3 Network of Weather and Climate Observing Networks (NOWCON)   Samuel P. Williamson, Office of the Federal Coordinator for Meteorology, Silver Spring, MD; and J. E. Stailey and S. J. Taijeron 9:15 AM J3.4 Comparison of COOP and new HCN-M temperature products   John R. Christy, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL 9:30 AM J3.5 The Impact of Temporally Varying Snowfall Rates on Holdover Time using the LWE and Check Time Systems   Roy Rasmussen, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and S. Landolt, J. Black, and A. Gaydos
	8:30 AM-9:45 AM, Tuesday, B211 Session 3 Applied Climate Sector Studies
Chair: Melissa Griffin, Florida Climate Center/Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL
8:30 AM 3.1 Evaluation of a technique to estimate solar radiation in the southeastern United States for use in agricultural models   Heather A. Dinon, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; and R. Boyles, G. S. Buol, and G. G. Wilkerson 8:45 AM 3.2 Post-wildfire impacts on microclimate—a numerical investigation   Elizabeth Mulvihill Page, UCAR/COMET, Boulder, CO; and W. R. Cotton 9:00 AM 3.3 Quantification of increased storm surge risk to property as sea level rises   Ross N. Hoffman, AER, Lexington, MA; and P. Dailey, S. Hopsch, J. Cox, R. M. Ponte, and K. J. Quinn 9:15 AM 3.4 Assessing crop yield simulations with various seasonal climate data   Dong-Wook Shin, COAPS, Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL; and G. A. Baigorria, Y. K. Lim, S. Cocke, T. LaRow, J. J. O'Brien, and J. W. Jones 9:30 AM 3.5 Canadian agroclimatic scenarios projected by a global climate model   Budong Qian, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada; and S. Gameda
	9:45 AM-11:00 AM, Tuesday, Exhibit Hall B2 Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
	11:00 AM-6:00 PM, Tuesday, Exhibit Hall B1 Exhibits Open
	11:00 AM-12:00 PM, Tuesday, B211 Joint Session 11 Early warning systems (Joint between the 18th Conference on Applied Climatology and the Fifth Symposium on Policy and Socio-economic Research)
Chair: Gregg M. Garfin, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
11:00 AM J11.1 Early warning systems in support of adaptation across climate timescales   Roger S. Pulwarty, NOAA, Boulder, CO 11:15 AM J11.2 How famine early warning can highlight priorities for climate change adaptation   James Verdin, USGS, Boulder, CO; and C. C. Funk 11:30 AM J11.3 Health early warning systems   Kristie L. Ebi, Technical Support Unit for Working Group 2, IPCC, Stanford, CA 11:45 AM Qustions and Answers
	12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Tuesday Lunch Break (Cash and Carry in Exhibit Hall)
	1:30 PM-3:00 PM, Tuesday, B216 Joint Session 10 Predictability, Prediction and Impact of Drought: II (Joint between the 22nd Conference on Climate Variability and Change and the 18th Conference on Applied Climatology)
Cochairs: Ning Zeng, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; Siegfried D. Schubert, Global Modeling and Assimilation Office, Greenbelt, MD
1:30 PM J10.1 Toward the next generation of seasonal drought outlooks   Douglas M. Le Comte, NOAA/NWS, Camp Springs, MD; and E. O'Lenic and W. Higgins 1:45 PM J10.2 The physical mechanisms by which the leading patterns of SST variability impact U.S. precipitation   Hailan Wang, NASA, Hampton, VA; and S. D. Schubert, M. J. Suarez, and R. D. Koster 2:00 PM J10.3 Optimal Tropical Sea Surface Temperature Forcing of North American Drought   Sang-Ik Shin, Univ. of Colorado and NOAA ESRL, Boulder, CO; and P. D. Sardeshmukh 2:15 PM J10.4A NCEP/NLDAS Seasonal Drought Prediction over the Continental US Using the Seasonal Forecast System Developed by Princeton University and University of Washington   Youlong Xia, NOAA/NCEP/EMC, Camp Springs, MD; and M. Ek, E. Wood, L. Luo, J. Sheffield, D. P. Lettenmaier, B. Livneh, and K. Mitchell J10.4 PAPER WITHDRAWN   2:30 PM J10.5 Estimating oceanic precipitation during the 1930s “Dustbowl” and 1950s US droughts   Mathew Barlow, Univ. of Massachusetts, Lowell, MA 2:45 PM J10.6 The Pacific Ocean's influence on drought and wetness in the continental United States and the nation's breadbasket   Brad Rippey, USDA, Washington, DC
	1:30 PM-3:00 PM, Tuesday, B211 Session 5A Data quality
Chair: David C. Bader, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Livermore, CA
1:30 PM 5A.1 New Techniques for Detection and Adjustment of Shifts in Daily Precipitation Data Series   Xiaolan L. Wang, EC, Toronto, ON, Canada; and H. Chen, Y. Wu, and Q. Pu 1:45 PM 5A.2 Comprehensive automated quality assurance of daily surface observations: the GHCN-daily example   Imke Durre, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and M. J. Menne, B. Gleason, T. G. Houston, and R. S. Vose 2:00 PM 5A.3 Quality control of SSM/I data using climatological statistics   Hilawe Semunegus, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and W. Berg, J. J. Bates, K. R. Knapp, and C. Kummerow 2:15 PM 5A.4 Detection and characterization of systematic errors in atmospheric models   Daniel L. Birkenheuer, NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and S. I. Gutman 2:30 PM 5A.5 Second generation of adjusted precipitation and homogenized temperature datasets for Canada: impact of adjustments and new challenges   Eva Mekis, Environment Canada, Toronto, ON, Canada
	1:30 PM-3:00 PM, Tuesday, B212 Session 5B Topics in Applied Climatology II
Chair: Fiona Horsfall, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD
1:30 PM 5B.1 Developing a reference crop evapotranspiration climatology for the southeastern United States using the FAO Penman-Monteith estimation technique   Heather A. Dinon, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; and R. Boyles and G. G. Wilkerson 1:45 PM 5B.2 Intraseasonal predictions of tropical cyclone activity in the North Atlantic Ocean   James I. Belanger, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA; and P. J. Webster and J. A. Curry 2:00 PM 5B.3 Impacts of the 1954 Heat Wave   Nancy E. Westcott, Midwestern Regional Climate Center, Illinois State Water Survey, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL; and K. Grady 2:15 PM 5B.4 A Demonstration of the Value of Nudging in Downscaled Regional Climate Simulations from a Global Climate Model   Tanya L. Otte, EPA, Research Triangle Park, NC; and J. H. Bowden, J. A. Herwehe, C. G. Nolte, and G. Faluvegi 2:30 PM 5B.5 The misuse and misinterpretation of the ACE and PDI indices for hurricane energetics   Angela M. Fritz, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA; and J. I. Belanger, J. A. Curry, and G. J. Holland 5B.6 Time varying nature of oceanic forcing of drought in the United States   Jose Maliekal, The College at Brockport, Brockport, NY
	3:00 PM-3:30 PM, Tuesday, Exhibit Hall B1 Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall
	3:30 PM-5:30 PM, Tuesday, B216 Joint Session 4 Research on extreme weather and climate events and inter-relationships (Joint between the 22nd Conference on Climate Variability and Change, the First Symposium on Planetary Atmospheres, the First Environment and Health Symposium, the 20th Conference on Probability and Statistics in the Atmospheric Sciences, the 24th Conference on Hydrology, the 18th Conference on Applied Climatology, the First Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy, and the Committee on Climate Services)
Chair: David R. Easterling, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC
3:30 PM J4.1 The relative increase of record high maximum temperatures compared to record low minimum temperatures in the U.S   Gerald Meehl, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and C. Tebaldi, G. Walton, D. R. Easterling, and L. R. McDaniel 3:45 PM J4.2 A common Midwestern question: Where have all our 90°F days gone?   David Changnon, Northern Illinois Univ., DeKalb, IL; and V. A. Gensini and J. Prell 4:00 PM J4.3 Using large scale circulation indices to predict the intensity of cold air outbreaks over extended time scales across the southeastern U.S   Charles E. Konrad, NOAA Southeastern Regional Climate Center, Chapel Hill, NC 4:15 PM J4.4 Heat waves and cold spells in a warming climate   Karsten Steinhaeuser, ORNL, Oak Ridge, TN; and A. R. Ganguly 4:30 PM J4.6 Extreme european weather regimes   Ricardo Morais Fonseca, Portugal; and B. J. Hoskins and M. Blackburn 4:45 PM J4.7 Meteorological features of observed trends in U.S. heavy precipitation events   Kenneth E. Kunkel, DRI, Reno, NV; and D. R. Easterling, B. E. Gleason, D. A. R. Kristovich, R. A. Smith, and L. Ensor 5:00 PM J4.8 Contemporary climatic changes in North America and Northern Eurasia with foci on extreme events and transitions through environmentally and socio-economically significant thresholds   Pavel Ya. Groisman, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and R. W. Knight and T. R. Karl 5:15 PM J4.5 Climatological, meteorological, and societal implications for the large number of fatalities from central Florida Dry Season tornadoes during El Nińo   Bartlett C. Hagemeyer, NOAA/NWS, Melbourne, FL; and L. A. Jordan, A. L. Moses, S. M. Spratt, and D. F. Van Dyke III
	3:30 PM-5:30 PM, Tuesday, B212 Joint Session 15 Hydrology Applications in a Non-Stationary Climate (Joint between the 18th Conference on Applied Climatology, the 22nd Conference on Climate Variability and Change, and the 24th Conference on Hydrology)
Cochairs: David C. Bader, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Livermore, CA; James Noel, NOAA/NWS/Ohio River Forecast Center, Wilmington, OH
3:30 PM J15.1 Water in a changing climate: implications for water resources design (Invited)   Eric F. Wood, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 4:00 PM J15.2 Climate and Extreme Events: A Hydrologic perspective (Invited)   Soroosh Sorooshian, University of California, Irvine, CA; and X. Gao, K. L. Hsu, B. Imam, and J. Li 4:30 PM J15.3 Seasonal numerical forecasts of the Ganges and Brahmaputra river flow   Peter J. Webster, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA; and J. Jian, H. R. Chang, and T. M. Hopson 4:45 PM J15.4 Projecting Climate Change Impacts on Seasonal Water Supply Forecasting Error   Levi D. Brekke, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Denver, CO; and D. Garen, K. Werner, and D. Laurine 5:00 PM J15.5 A comparative study of model initialization for the Noah land surface model using LIS   Roshan K. Shrestha, EMC, College Park, MD; and P. R. Houser 5:15 PM J15.6 Structure and Detectability of Trends in Hydrological Measures over the western United States   Tapash Das, SIO/Univ. of California, La Jolla, CA; and H. G. Hidalgo, M. D. Dettinger, D. R. Cayan, D. W. Pierce, C. Bonfils, T. P. Barnett, G. Bala, and A. Mirin
	3:30 PM-5:30 PM, Tuesday, B211 Session 6 Climate data sets
Chair: Henry Reges, CoCoRaHS/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO
6.1 An improved climate division database for the Conterminous United States   Russell S. Vose, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC 3:30 PM 6.2 Comparison of co-located DCNet and AWS/Weatherbug urban temperature observations   William Pendergrass, NOAA/OAR/ARL/ATDD, Oak Ridge, TN; and C. A. Vogel, W. Callahan, and B. B. Hicks 3:45 PM 6.3 Frequency distributions of daily precipitation from a high density volunteer network   Zach Schwalbe, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and N. J. Doesken, J. Turner, R. Cifelli, and H. Reges 4:00 PM 6.4 A New Algorithm for Blending Multiple Satellite Precipitation Estimates With In-situ Precipitation Measurements Over Canada   Achan Lin, EC, Toronto, ON, Canada; and X. L. Wang 4:15 PM 6.5 Evaluation of NWS Multi-sensor Precipitation Estimates for the Southeast United States   Adrienne M. Wootten, NC State University, Raleigh, NC; and R. Boyles, A. P. Sims, and M. S. Brooks 4:30 PM 6.6 Daily mean temperature formulas   Glen Conner, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY; and S. A. Foster 4:45 PM 6.7 Evaluation and verification of statewide climate extremes records   Karsten Shein, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC 5:00 PM 6.8 Using 19th century daily records to examine temperature and precipitation extremes   James R. Angel, ISWS, Champaign, IL; and M. L. Spinar
Wednesday, 20 January 2010
	8:30 AM-10:00 AM, Wednesday, B211 Session 7 Drought I
Chair: Andrea Bair, NOAA/NWS, Salt Lake City, UT
8:30 AM 7.1 Droughts in Canada: An overview   Barrie R. Bonsal, EC, Saskatoon, SK, Canada 8:45 AM 7.2 Drought Impacts Reporting through Collaboration: CoCoRaHS and the National Drought Mitigation Center   Henry Reges, CoCoRaHS/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and N. J. Doesken, R. Cifelli, Z. Schwalbe, M. D. Svoboda, and J. Turner 9:00 AM 7.3 Drought-Ready Communities: Decatur, IL pilot project   James R. Angel, ISWS, Champaign, IL; and M. L. Spinar 7.4 The 2007–09 drought in Athens, GA: a climatological analysis and an assessment of future water availability   Peter A. Campana, University of Georgia, Athens, GA; and J. A. Knox, A. Grundstein, and J. Dowd 9:15 AM 7.5 Georgia's response to the 2006–2009 Drought; Lessons Learned   David Emory Stooksbury, Office of the State Climatologist, Athens, GA; and P. N. Knox 9:30 AM 7.6 How reliable is ENSO's role as a U.S. 'drought-buster'?   Klaus Wolter, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO
	10:00 AM-10:30 AM, Wednesday Coffee Break in Meeting Room Foyer
	10:30 AM-12:00 PM, Wednesday, B211 Session 8 Drought II
Chair: Henry Reges, CoCoRaHS/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO
10:30 AM 8.1 Monitoring drought with the U.S. climate reference network   Michael Palecki, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and B. B. Baker 10:45 AM 8.2 The floating month drought index—a new drought monitoring tool   Richard R. Heim Jr., NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC 11:00 AM 8.3 A New National Drought Atlas from the National Drought Mitigation Center   Brian Fuchs, National Drought Mitigation Center, Lincoln, NE; and M. Svoboda, S. Scott, and J. Nothwehr 11:15 AM 8.4 Drought services: activities and tools at the National Drought Mitigation Center   Michael Hayes, National Drought Mitigation Center, Lincoln, NE; and M. Svoboda, B. Fuchs, S. Scott, K. Smith, C. Knutson, and B. Wardlow 11:30 AM 8.5 WestWide Drought Tracker: Drought monitoring and climate indices in the western United States   Laura M. Edwards, DRI, Reno, NV; and K. T. Redmond and J. T. Abatzoglou 11:45 AM 8.6 A new tool for high-resolution drought assessment and monitoring   Brent McRoberts, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and J. Nielsen-Gammon and G. Story
	11:00 AM-6:30 PM, Wednesday Exhibits Open
	12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Wednesday Lunch Break (Cash and Carry in Exhibit Hall)
	1:30 PM-2:30 PM, Wednesday, B211 Session 9 Topics in Applied Climatology III
Chair: Andrea Bair, NOAA/NWS, Salt Lake City, UT
1:30 PM 9.1 has moved to J10.4A   1:45 PM 9.2 A vehicle heating index for use in preventing vehicle-related hyperthermia in children   Andrew Grundstein, University of Georgia, Athens, GA; and J. Dowd, V. Meentemeyer, and J. Null 2:00 PM 9.3 Development of regional snowfall indices   Michael F. Squires, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and J. H. Lawrimore, R. R. Heim, D. A. Robinson, M. R. Gerbush, and T. Estilow 2:15 PM 9.4 Blame it on climate change!   Robert E. Livezey, NWS Retired, Self-Employed Consultant, Bethesda, MD
	2:30 PM-4:00 PM, Wednesday, Exhibit Hall B2 Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
	2:30 PM-4:00 PM, Wednesday, Exhibit Hall B2 Poster Session Applied Climatology Posters
548 Zoning of Tourism Climate of Iran   AliAkbar Shamsipour, Institute of Geography, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran   549 New Hampshire Precipitation Patterns 2005–2009: A Climatological Perspective   Mary D. Stampone, New Hampshire State Climate Office, Durham, NH   550 Year-over-year weather can be used to forecast consumer behavior   Dennis M. O'Donnell Jr., Weather Trends International, Bethlehem, PA; and C. Russell, M. Ferrari, and B. Kirk   551 Identifying climate information needs of water managers in the southeastern United States   Pamela N. Knox, Univ. of Georgia, Athens, GA   552 The climatological character of air pollution events in the central Plains states   Eric E. Weber, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO; and A. R. Lupo   553 Scenario-based vegetation outlook (S-VegOut): Predicting general vegetation condition using different scenarios over the central U.S   Tsegaye Tadesse, National Drought Mitigation Center, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE; and B. D. Wardlow, M. J. Hayes, M. D. Svoboda, J. Li, C. Poulsen, and K. Callahan   554 Identifying and Explaining subtle AMRE-E vapor and wind speed differences   Deborah K. Smith, Remote Sensing Systems, Santa Rosa, CA; and K. Hilburn, C. Mears, and F. J. Wentz   555 The Need for New and Improved Satellite Data for Regional Climate Models (RCM)   Joshua S. Sisskind, Space Systems Division, Vienna, VA; and R. G. Bass, M. B. Crile, and J. Lewis   556 A comparative study of drought management in Oklahoma and Missouri   Heather R. Campbell, Oklahoma Climatological Survey and University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and M. A. Shafer and K. C. Crawford   557 Customer satisfaction with NOAA's National Weather Service climate products and services   Jenna C. Meyers, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and M. D. Hawkins and M. M. Timofeyeva   558 Geospatial Analyses of Drought Impact and Severity in North Dakota, USA Using Remote Sensing and GIS   Navaratnam Leelaruban, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND; and F. A. Akyuz, P. Oduor, and G. Padmanabhan   559 Climatological-based tropical cyclone landfall probabilities and average time to landfall   Robert Hart, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and R. J. Murnane   560 Climate prediction downscaling of temperature and precipitation in the Great Basin region   Ramesh K. Vellore, DRI, Reno, NV; and B. J. Hatchett and D. Koracin   561 An analysis of Atlantic hurricane seasons in the Pre-HURDAT era (1775-1850)   Steven A. LaVoie, Ball State University, Muncie, IN; and J. S. M. Coleman
	4:00 PM-5:30 PM, Wednesday, B212 Joint Session 7 Communication Among Stakeholders That Addresses Issues of Policy, Operations, and New Opportunities (Joint between the 18th Conference on Applied Climatology, the 14th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology, the First Environment and Health Symposium, the 12th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry, the 24th Conference on Hydrology, the Presidential Forum, the Third Annual CCM Forum, and the Fifth Symposium on Policy and Socio-economic Research)
Chair: Gregg M. Garfin, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
4:00 PM J7.1 Great expectations: Improving climate data services   Trisha U. Ralph, EC, Toronto, ON, Canada; and H. Lau and T. H. Sopoco 4:15 PM J7.2 Customer satisfaction at NOAA's NESDIS data centers   Tamara G. Houston, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC 4:30 PM J7.3 Applied climatology guidance for development of Army materiel for world wide use   Charles C. Ryerson, Cold Regions Research & Engineering Laboratory, Hanover, NH; and L. Spears, G. Stullenbarger, and L. Page 4:45 PM J7.4 NOAA Climate Users Engagement Using Training and Education Activities   Marina Timofeyeva, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and J. Verdin, J. Jones, and R. S. Pulwarty 5:00 PM J7.5 Developing indicators to support climate change policy and programs   Jason Samenow, EPA, Washington, DC 5:15 PM J7.6 Beyond the boundary: it takes a village to provide climate services   Daniel Ferguson, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and G. Owen
	5:30 PM-6:30 PM, Wednesday, Exhibit Hall B1 Reception in Exhibit Hall (Cash Bar)
	7:00 PM-9:00 PM, Wednesday, Thomas Murphy Ballroom 1-4 AMS Annual Awards Banquet
Thursday, 21 January 2010
	7:30 AM-8:30 AM, Thursday, B208 Washington Symposium Breakfast
	8:30 AM-9:45 AM, Thursday, B212 Joint Session 1 Climate Services at the Regional Climate Centers, State Climate Offices and Regional Integrated Science Assessments I (Joint between the 18th Conference on Applied Climatology and the Presidential Forum)
Chair: Hope Mizzell, South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, Columbia, SC
8:30 AM J1.1 Emerging niche clienteles for climate-based decision dupport: organic farmers in Georgia (U.S.)   Carrie A. Furman, University of Georgia / Southeast Climate Consortium, Griffin, GA; and C. Roncoli, T. A. Crane, J. Paz, and G. Hoogenboom 8:45 AM J1.2 Developing a baseline for a RISA program: SCIPP's natural hazards and climate change planning survey   James E. Hocker, Oklahoma Climatological Survey, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and L. M. Carter, M. A. Shafer, and H. D. O'Hair 9:00 AM J1.3 Meeting demand for the undervalued climate service: having ability to engage in medium-term projects   Zack S. Guido, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and D. Ferguson and G. Owen 9:15 AM J1.4 The rising demand for climate information in California and Nevada   Daniel R. Cayan, SIO, La Jolla, CA; and M. D. Dettinger, K. T. Redmond, A. Westerling, T. J. Brown, and G. Franco 9:30 AM J1.5 Climate Service Frameworks for Different Users with Distinct Informational Needs   Kristen Averyt, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO
	8:30 AM-9:45 AM, Thursday, B211 Session 10 The use of climate model projections and downscaling to inform public policy
Chair: Ryan Boyles, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
8:30 AM 10.1 Validation of Narccap climate products for forest resource applications in the southeast United States   Willis Otieno Shem, Univ. of Georgia, Athens, GA; and T. L. Mote and J. M. Shepherd 8:45 AM 10.2 Estimating fresh water availability at regional and decadal scales based on projected changes in climate and population   Esther S. Parish, ORNL, Oak Ridge, TN; and A. R. Ganguly 9:00 AM 10.3 Integrating climate impacts on agriculture to prioritize policy – local effects, external floods, and isolated uncertainty in Bangladesh   Alex C. Ruane, NASA/GISS, New York, NY; and C. Rosenzweig, D. C. Major, and R. Goldberg 9:15 AM 10.4 Climate downscaling for regional ecosystem modeling   Xingang Fan, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY; and Z. Fan and V. G. Anantharaj 9:30 AM 10.5 Climate Change Impact Assessment for Central and Eastern Europe in High Resolution – EC FP6 Project CECILIA   Tomas Halenka, Charles Univ., Prague, Czech Republic; and M. Belda, J. Miksovsky, P. Huszar, and E. Cernochova
	9:45 AM-1:30 PM, Thursday Exhibits Open
	9:45 AM-11:00 AM, Thursday, Exhibit Hall B2 Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
	11:00 AM-12:15 PM, Thursday, B212 Joint Session 5 Climate Services at the Regional Climate Centers, State Climate Offices and Regional Integrated Science Assessments II (Joint between the 18th Conference on Applied Climatology and the Presidential Forum)
Chair: Martha D. Shulski, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
11:00 AM J5.1 State climate offices providing stakeholder-driven climate services at the local level   David A. Robinson, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ; and M. R. Gerbush 11:15 AM J5.2 Using climatology to predict seasonal growing degree days   D. P. Todey, South Dakota State Univ., Brookings, SD; and C. Shukla 11:30 AM J5.3 Addressing monitoring needs for drought management   Hope Mizzell, South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, Columbia, SC; and G. Carbone, K. Dow, and J. Rhee 11:45 AM J5.4 Climate Services and the role of State Climate Offices   Nolan J. Doesken, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 12:00 PM J5.5 Climate Services at the Local Scale   Nancy Selover, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
	1:30 PM-3:00 PM, Thursday, B211 Joint Session 8 New challenges for applied meteorology and climatology (Joint between the 18th Conference on Applied Climatology, the First Symposium on Planetary Atmospheres, the 14th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology, the First Environment and Health Symposium, the 12th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry, the 20th Conference on Probability and Statistics in the Atmospheric Sciences, the First Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy, and the Fifth Symposium on Policy and Socio-economic Research)
Chair: Melissa Griffin, Florida Climate Center/Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL
1:30 PM J8.1 Developing useful science: methods for engaging stakeholders and evaluating integrated climate tools   Gigi Owen, CLIMAS/University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and K. Averyt, K. Werner, and D. Ferguson 1:45 PM J8.2 10 years of the U.S. Drought Monitor: a look back and a look forward   Mark D. Svoboda, National Drought Mitigation Center, Lincoln, NE; and B. Fuchs, S. Scott, and J. Nothwehr 2:00 PM J8.3 User-driven downscaling: advances in data apportioning and analysis to augment adaptation planning   Edwin P. Maurer, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA; and L. D. Brekke, T. Pruitt, K. D. White, E. Ochs, P. Duffy, and E. H. Girvetz 2:15 PM J8.4 Trends of U.S. snowfall and snow cover in a warming world, 1948-2008   Richard R. Heim Jr., NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC J8.5 Use of the Brazilian Model of Climate and Health (BHMC) in order to estimate admissions for respiratory diseases in Brazil   Micheline S. Z. S. Coelho, Weather Brasilian Service, Săo Paulo, Săo Paulo, Brazil 2:30 PM J8.6 Martian dust storm hazards: improving characterization and forecasting   Nicholas Heavens, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA; and M. I. Richardson, I. J. McEwan, and M. W. Busch
	1:30 PM-3:00 PM, Thursday, B212 Joint Session 13 Climate Services at the Regional Climate Centers, State Climate Offices and Regional Integrated Science Assessments III (Joint between the 18th Conference on Applied Climatology and the Presidential Forum)
Chair: David A. Robinson, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ
1:30 PM J13.1 Climate decision support tools at the Northeast Regional Climate Center   Arthur T. DeGaetano, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 1:45 PM J13.2 Daily weather conditions associated with the summertime onset of West Nile Virus in central Illinois   Nancy E. Westcott, Prairie Research Institute, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL; and S. Hilberg, A. Bedel, and R. Lampkin 2:00 PM J13.3 Activities of the High Plains Regional Climate Center   Martha D. Shulski, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE; and K. G. Hubbard, N. Umphlett, and W. Sorensen 2:15 PM J13.4 WRCC Climate Service Linkages to AASC and RISA Partners   Kelly T. Redmond, DRI, Reno, NV 2:30 PM J13.5 Establishing contact with new users: SERCC and the health community   Peter J. Robinson, Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 2:45 PM J13.6 RCC and RISA Partnerships for Research to Operations Development   Kevin Robbins, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
	3:00 PM-3:30 PM, Thursday Coffee Break in Meeting Room Foyer
	3:30 PM-5:00 PM, Thursday, B212 Joint Session 25 Climate Services Wrap-up (Joint between the 18th Conference on Applied Climatology and the Presidential Forum)
Chair: Timothy J. Brown, DRI, Reno, NV
3:30 PM Discussion
	5:00 PM-5:05 PM, Thursday AMS 90th Annual Meeting Adjourns

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