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Program Chairpersons:
Pam Emch, Northrop Grumman

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Sunday, 17 January 2010
9:00 AM-6:00 PM, Sunday
Annual Meeting Registration Begins
 
12:00 PM-4:00 PM, Sunday
Weatherfest
 
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
 
12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Monday
Lunch Break
 
2:30 PM-4:00 PM, Monday, Exhibit Hall B2
Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
 
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, B202
Joint Session 3 The New Energy Economy (Joint between the First Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy and the 8th Users Forum on Weather and Climate Impacts)
Chair: Jon Davis, Chesapeake Energy Corporation, Chicago, IL
8:30 AMJ3.1The New Energy Economy Invited Speaker  
Steve Messner, Environ Corp., Novato, CA
8:45 AMJ3.2The Role of Atmospheric Science in Renewable Energy Usage  
Betsy Weatherhead, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
9:00 AMJ3.3NOAA's potential to support carbon-free renewable energy: observations, forecasts and climate studies  
James M. Wilczak, NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and M. Marquis
9:15 AMJ3.4Global Energy Use and Options for Renewable Economic Growth  
Hugo A. Loaiciga, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA
9:30 AMJ3.5Space-based Earth observations: Informing energy management decision making  
Richard S. Eckman, NASA/LaRC, Hampton, VA; and P. W. Stackhouse Jr.
 
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, B202
Joint Session 5 Applied Studies (Joint between the First Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy and the 8th Users Forum on Weather and Climate Impacts)
Chair: Jon Davis, Chesapeake Energy Corporation, Chicago, IL
11:00 AMJ5.1Improvements in NOAA modeling and data assimilation to improve guidance for the renewable energy industry  
Stan Benjamin, NOAA/ESRL/GSD, Boulder, CO; and J. M. Brown, J. B. Olson, J. Wilczak, R. Banta, G. DiMego, and F. Weng
11:15 AMJ5.2Knowledge Discovery and Dissemination for Climate Extremes and Uncertainty  
Auroop R. Ganguly, ORNL, Oak Ridge, TN; and K. Steinhaeuser, A. Sorokine, E. Parish, S. C. Kao, N. Singh, and M. L. Branstetter
11:30 AMJ5.3Statistical downscaling of wind for California wind farms with an application to 21st Century climate scenarios  
David K. Mansbach, SIO/Univ. of California, La Jolla, CA; and D. R. Cayan
11:45 AMJ5.4Impacts of climate change on global wind energy resources  
Scott J. Eichelberger, 3TIER, Inc., Seattle, WA; and A. W. Wood, B. Nijssen, and K. J. Westrick
 
12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Tuesday, B208
Kuettner Symposium Luncheon
12:00 PMB1.1Joach Kuettner—A Man in Love with the Sky  
Einar Enevoldson, The Perlan Project, Emeryville, CA
 
12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Tuesday
Lunch Break (Cash and Carry in Exhibit Hall)
 
1:30 PM-3:00 PM, Tuesday, B202
Joint Session 6 Energy Supply and Demand (Joint between the First Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy and the 8th Users Forum on Weather and Climate Impacts)
Chair: Stephen Bennett, EarthRisk Technologies, San Diego, CA
1:30 PMJ6.1Energy Supply & Demand Invited Speaker  
Josh Logsdon, Round Rock Energy LLC, Cincinnati, OH
1:45 PMJ6.2Interacting with energy: a summary of user engagement activities of the energy industry at NOAA's national climatic data center  extended abstract
Anthony Arguez, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and T. G. Houston, J. N. Lott, and H. J. Ray
2:00 PMJ6.3The impact of dynamic climate normals to the natural gas industry  
Mark S. Russo, Chesapeake Energy Corp., Chicago, IL
2:15 PMJ6.4Forecasting extreme cold snaps in the Northeast: Weather and Climate  
Alexander Gershunov, SIO/Univ. of California, La Jolla, CA; and K. Guirguis and S. Bennett
2:30 PMJ6.5Influence of ENSO on renewable U.S. energy supply  
Klaus Wolter, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO
2:45 PMJ6.6Improving long-range hydropower forecasts in snowmelt dominated basins  
Mark T. Jelinek, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA; and R. D. Garreaud
 
3:00 PM-3:30 PM, Tuesday, Exhibit Hall B1
Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall
 
3:30 PM-5:30 PM, Tuesday, B202
Joint Session 7 Wind Energy (Joint between the First Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy and the 8th Users Forum on Weather and Climate Impacts)
Chair: Jerry H. Crescenti, Iberdrola Renewables, Portland, OR
3:30 PMJ7.1Reducing wind energy forecast uncertainty through improved measurements and modeling  
Robert M. Banta, NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and Y. L. Pichugina
3:45 PMJ7.2Modeling the Atmospheric Boundary Layer for Wind Power  extended abstract
Sue Ellen Haupt, Penn State Univ., University Park, PA; and F. J. Zajaczkowski and K. J. Schmehl
4:00 PMJ7.3Using AWS-WeatherBug observations and the WRF-ARW model for wind energy applications  
Elena Novakovskaia, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY; and H. Centola and L. A. Treinish
4:15 PMJ7.4Gravity wave effects on wind farm efficiency  
Ronald B. Smith, Yale University, New Haven, CT
4:30 PMJ7.5Estimating threshold confidence for wind energy production  
Ethan Cook, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and M. Morrissey
4:45 PMJ7.6Lidar measurements as an alternative to traditional anemometry in Wind Energy research  extended abstract
Yelena Pichugina, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and R. M. Banta and N. D. Kelley
5:00 PMJ7.7Applications of scanning Doppler Lidar for the wind energy industry  
Rod Frehlich, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and N. D. Kelley
5:15 PMJ7.8An examination of orthogonal expansions for estimating the wind power density function  
Mark Morrissey, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and E. Cook
 
Wednesday, 20 January 2010
8:30 AM-10:00 AM, Wednesday, B202
Joint Session 9 Wind Energy: Applied Modeling and Forecasting I (Joint between the First Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy and the 8th Users Forum on Weather and Climate Impacts)
Chair: Kathleen E. Moore, Integrated Environmental Data, LLC, Berne, NY
8:30 AMJ9.1Speaker for Wind Engergy Invited Speaker  
Donald Furman, Iberdrola Renewables, Portland, OR
8:45 AMJ9.2A climate model investigation of lower-atmospheric wind speed biases over wind farm development regions of the continental United States  extended abstract
Jonathan Collier, Garrad Hassan America, Inc., San Diego, CA; and G. Zhang
9:00 AMJ9.3Examination of spatial wind features associated with ramping events using MODE  
Tressa L. Fowler, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. Bullock
9:15 AMJ9.5An investigation of simulated low-level jets produced by different PBL schemes in the WRF-ARW as verified against tower data  
Joseph B. Olson, NOAA/ESRL/GSD and National Research Council, Boulder, CO; and J. M. Brown
J9.4Wind energy site characterization with loosely coupled mesoscale-CFD modeling  
Julia E. Flaherty, PNNL, Richland, WA; and M. C. Richmond, C. L. Rakowski, J. A. Serkowski, and L. K. Berg
9:30 AMJ9.6Using a large eddy simulation model to simulate wakes from large wind projects  
John Manobianco, AWS Truewind LLC, Albany, NY; and P. Beaucage, C. Alonge, and M. C. Brower
 
10:00 AM-10:30 AM, Wednesday
Coffee Break in Meeting Room Foyer
 
10:30 AM-12:00 PM, Wednesday, B202
Joint Session 10 Wind Energy: Applied Modeling and Forecasting II (Joint between the First Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy and the 8th Users Forum on Weather and Climate Impacts)
Chair: Catherine A. Finley, WindLogics Inc., Grand Rapids, MN
10:30 AMJ10.1A Community Wind Energy Project in Rural Albany County, New York State  extended abstract
Kathleen E. Moore, Integrated Environmental Data, Berne, NY; and L. W. Pruskowski
J10.2Application of an operational meso-scale modelling system for industrial plant energy operations  
Lloyd A. Treinish, IBM Systems and Technology Group, Yorktown Heights, NY; and A. Praino and J. H. Chapman
10:45 AMJ10.3What really happened in Altona?  
Elena Novakovskaia, Earth Networks, Germantown, MD; and L. A. Treinish and A. Praino
11:00 AMJ10.4Peak load matching and the offshore wind resource  
Jeffrey M. Freedman, AWS Truewind LLC, Albany, NY; and B. H. Bailey, J. Manobianco, K. T. Waight, J. W. Zack, and M. Brower
11:15 AMJ10.5Multiple satellite blended sea surface winds and their applications to offshore renewable energy  extended abstract
Huai-Min Zhang, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and R. W. Reynolds and J. J. Sturman
11:30 AMJ10.6A green roof demonstration project  
Richard D. Clark, Millersville University, Millersville, PA; and J. Price and J. Dougherty
 
11:00 AM-6:30 PM, Wednesday
Exhibits Open
 
12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Wednesday
Lunch Break (Cash and Carry in Exhibit Hall)
 
12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Wednesday, B313
Joint Panel Discussion 1 Panel Discussion - NPOESS and GOES-R User Community (DoD, NOAA, NASA) Applications (Joint between the 6th Annual Symposium on Future National Operational Environmental Satellite Systems-NPOESS and GOES-R and the 8th Users Forum on Weather and Climate Impacts)
Panelists: Mary E. Kicza, NOAA/NESDIS, Silver Spring, MD; Robert Winokur, Oceanographer of the Navy, Washington, D.C., DC; Fred Lewis, Director of Weather, Air Force Pentagon, Washington, DC; Dr. Jack Hayes, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; Lars Peter Riishojgaard, JCSDA, Greenbelt, MD; Lars Prahm, EUMETSAT, D-64205 Darmstadt Germany
Cochairs: Michael L. Jamilkowski, Raytheon Intelligence and Information Systems, Greenbelt, MD; Hal Bloom, NOAA/NESDIS/GOES-R Program Office, Greenbelt, MD
Moderator: William Hooke, AMS, Washington, DC
12:00 PMJPD1.1Satellite User Community  
Mary E. Kicza, NOAA/NESDIS, Silver Spring, MD
12:15 PMJPD1.2NPOESS  
Robert Winokur, Oceanographer of the Navy, Washington, D.C., DC
12:30 PMJPD1.3NPOESS & GOES-R User Community Applications Panel  
John Hayes, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD
12:45 PMJPD1.4NPOESS: Panel Discussion  
Lars Peter Riishojgaard, Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation, College Park, MD
1:00 PMJPD1.5EUMETSAT  
Lars Prahm, EUMETSAT, D-64205 Darmstadt, Germany
 
1:30 PM-2:30 PM, Wednesday, B202
Joint Session 11 Issues on the Grid (Joint between the First Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy and the 8th Users Forum on Weather and Climate Impacts)
Chair: Russell L. Bigley, Xcel Energy, Littleton, CO
1:30 PMJ11.1Climate Change Impacts on Residential and Commercial Loads in the Western U.S. Grid  
L. Ruby Leung, PNNL, Richland, WA; and N. Lu, T. Z. Taylor, W. Jiang, J. Correia, and P. Wong
1:45 PMJ11.2Using multiple linear regression to develop a plant damage model for a major utility company  extended abstract
Brian J. Cerruti, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ; and S. G. Decker
2:00 PMJ11.3Statistical Solution to Forecasting Electric Power Outages Caused by Severe Storms  
Hongfei Li, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY; and L. A. Treinish
2:15 PMJ11.4Integrating renewable energy into the North American power grid: realities, challenges and opportunities  
Mark L. Ahlstrom, WindLogics Inc., St. Paul, MN
 
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
Joint Poster Session New Energy Economy Poster Session (Joint between the First Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy and the 8th Users Forum on Weather and Climate Impacts)
 497Risk analysis for a mixed wind farm and solar power plant portfolio  
Heinz-Theo Mengelkamp, GKSS Research Center, Geesthacht, Germany; and D. Bendel, D. Obst, and R. Meyerhof
 498Development of a wind resource map based on mesoscale model WRF over the Korean Peninsula  
Young-Jean Choi, National Institute of Meteorological Research, Seoul, South Korea; and J. Y. Byon and B. K. Seo
 499Incorporating weather into the Smart Grid  
James H. Block, Telvent DTN, Minneapolis, MN
 500Avoiding "subprime" carbon—applying lessons learnt from the current financial crisis to the carbon derivatives market  extended abstract
Harvey Stern, Bureau of Meteorology, Melbourne, Vic., Australia; and J. Cornall-Reilly and P. McBride
 501Numerical simulation of wind power potential in Upstate New York  extended abstract
Robert J. Ballentine, SUNY, Oswego, NY; and S. Steiger and D. B. Phoenix
 502Seasonal predictability of energy-relevant weather/climate variables  
Hye-Mi Kim, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA; and P. J. Webster and J. A. Curry
 503Improved capabilities for siting wind farms and mitigating impacts on RADAR observations  extended abstract
Steven R. Chiswell, Savannah River National Laboratory, Aiken, SC
 504Extreme winds and trends in the U.S  
Jeffrey M. Freedman, AWS Truewind LLC, Albany, NY; and N. D. Babij, D. Bernadette, and M. C. Brower
 505Meteorological factors affecting solar radiation efficiency - applications to the tropics  
Paul Ruscher, Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL
 506Operational evaluation of a meso-scale weather and outage prediction service for electric utility operations  extended abstract
Lloyd A. Treinish, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY; and A. P. Praino, H. Li, E. Novakovskaia, J. M. Drexel, R. Derech, and B. Hertell
 507Weather-driven characteristics of a reliable national renewable energy system  
Alexander E. MacDonald, OAR, Boulder, CO; and A. Alexander
 508A Plan of Satellite Data Assimilation in Supports of Renewable Energy Forecasts  
Fuzhong Weng, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and M. D. Goldberg
 509The impact of Anthropogenic Climate Change on the U.S. Wind Resource  
Daniel B. Kirk-Davidoff, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD; and D. Barrie
510Application and validation of a new multi scale wind flow modeling system  
Michael C. Brower, AWS Truewind LLC, Albany, NY; and P. Beaucage, J. Manobianco, and C. Alonge
 511Collective effects of large scale wind energy  
Amanda S. Adams, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, NC; and D. W. Keith
 512California's wind energy resource: seasonal cycle, synoptic and diurnal characteristics, and variability  
David K. Mansbach, SIO/Univ. Of California, La Jolla, CA; and D. R. Cayan
 513Tornadoes, Thomson, and turbulence: an analogous perspective on tornadogenesis and coherent structure in the atmosphere  extended abstract
Marcus L. Büker, Western Illinois University, Macomb, IL; and G. J. Tripoli
 
4:00 PM-5:30 PM, Wednesday, B202
Joint Session 12 Solar Energy (Joint between the First Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy and the 8th Users Forum on Weather and Climate Impacts)
Chair: Heidi Centola, CME Group, Chicago, IL
4:00 PMJ12.1Speaker for Solar Invited Speaker  
Richard Perez, SUNY/Atmospheric Sciences Research Center, Albany, NY
4:15 PMJ12.2Proposal for a solar and aerosol optical depth network for the United States  
Joseph J. Michalsky, NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and E. G. Dutton and T. Stoffel
4:30 PMJ12.3Short-Term Solar Radiation Forecasts in Support of Smart Grid Technology  extended abstract
George D. Modica, AER, Inc, Lexington, MA; and R. d'Entremont, E. Mlawer, and G. Gustafson
4:45 PMJ12.4Global Wind and Solar Energy Estimate and Forecasting  
Quanhua Liu, Dell Inc., Camp Springs, MD; and F. Weng and M. Goldberg
5:00 PMJ12.5GOES-based solar energy prediction products for decision makers  
Steven D. Miller, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and C. Combs, S. Kidder, A. K. Heidinger, M. Sengupta, J. Knaff, D. W. Hillger, R. Brummer, and I. Laszlo
5:15 PMJ12.6Improved forecasts of cloud fraction due to shallow cumuli  
Larry K. Berg, PNNL, Richland, WA; and W. I. Gustafson Jr. and E. I. Kassianov
 
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
 
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
 
3:00 PM-3:30 PM, Thursday
Coffee Break in Meeting Room Foyer
 
5:00 PM-5:05 PM, Thursday
AMS 90th Annual Meeting Adjourns
 

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