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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, B312
Joint Session 3 Weather & Transportation I (Joint between the Fifth Symposium on Policy and Socio-economic Research, the 26th Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology, and the Second AMS Conference on International Cooperation in the Earth System Sciences and Services)
Cochairs: Michael B. Chapman, NCAR, Boulder, CO; S. Edward Boselly, Weather Solutions Group, Olympia, WA
11:00 AMJ3.1The Clarus regional demonstration  extended abstract
Paul A. Pisano, Federal Highway Administration, Washington, DC; and B. McKeever and F. C. Klein
11:15 AMJ3.2Providing Road and Atmospheric Weather Hazard Products to Drivers – Current Progress And Future Challenges  
Sheldon D. Drobot, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and M. B. Chapman, G. Wiener, P. A. Pisano, and B. McKeever
11:30 AMJ3.3A decision-support system for winter weather maintenance of roads, bridges, and runways  
Michael B. Chapman, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and S. D. Drobot and W. P. Mahoney III
11:45 AMJ3.4Baselining Current Road Weather Information  
Leon F. Osborne, Meridian Environmental Technology, Inc., Grand Forks, ND; and R. D. Hart, S. Conger, and R. Alfelor
 
11:00 AM-12:00 PM, Monday, B301
Joint Session 24 A science of service: You and the Navier-Stokes equations protect the public (in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day/National Day of Service) (Joint between the First Environment and Health Symposium, the Second AMS Conference on International Cooperation in the Earth System Sciences and Services, and the Presidential Forum)
11:00 AMJ24.1A science of service  
Warren Washington, NCAR, Boulder, CO
11:15 AMDiscussion  
 
12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Monday
Lunch Break
 
1:30 PM-2:15 PM, Monday, B312
Joint Session 4 Weather & Transportation II (Joint between the Fifth Symposium on Policy and Socio-economic Research, the 26th Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology, and the Second AMS Conference on International Cooperation in the Earth System Sciences and Services)
Cochairs: Sheldon D. Drobot, NCAR, Boulder, CO; Paul Pisano, Federal Highway Administration, Washington, DC
1:30 PMJ4.1Using Oklahoma City Micronet Data to Address Surface Transportation Challenges  
Jeffrey B. Basara, Oklahoma Climatological Survey, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and R. A. McPherson, B. G. Illston, J. C. Reiss, and M. Degiacomo
1:45 PMJ4.2Different Decisions for Users of the Same Decision Support Tool  
Michael B. Chapman, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and E. Haave
2:00 PMJ4.3Assessment of Weather-Related Congestion On Utah's Highways:Investigation of Event Impacts From the Winter of 2008-09'  
Ralph Patterson, UDOT, Salt Lake City, UT; and K. Barjenbruch, G. Blackwelder, R. Graham, B. Hansen, G. Merrill, J. Miller, M. Seaman, and J. Williams
2:15 PMJ4.4Mobile Meteorological Observation (M2O) Network  
Brian Bell, Global Science & Technology, Fairmont, WV
 
1:30 PM-2:30 PM, Monday, B301
Joint Session 16 International Hydrometeorological Data Acquisition for Practical Applications (Joint between the Presidential Forum, the Second AMS Conference on International Cooperation in the Earth System Sciences and Services, and the First Environment and Health Symposium)
Chair: Wendy Marie Thomas, AMS, Washington, DC
1:30 PMJ16.1Global change impacts on water resources and the role of International Hydrological Programme (IHP)  
Anil Mishra, UNESCO, Paris, France
1:45 PMJ16.2The role of satellite-based precipitation observations for hydrometeorological applications  
Soroosh Sorooshian, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA
2:00 PMJ16.3HydroMet data for decision support in the American Red Cross  
Greg Tune, American Red Cross, Washington, DC
2:15 PMJ16.4Quantifying biophysical constraint of Nature: Measuring Renewable Freshwater Resources at Multiple Scales  
John Nieber, University of Minnesota, St Paul, MN; and R. Kanivetsky, H. Peterson, and B. Shmagin
 
2:30 PM-4:00 PM, Monday, Exhibit Hall B2
Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
 
4:00 PM-5:30 PM, Monday, B213
Joint Session 5 Communication and Use of Weather and Climate Information I (Joint between the Fifth Symposium on Policy and Socio-economic Research and the Second AMS Conference on International Cooperation in the Earth System Sciences and Services)
Cochairs: Julie L. Demuth, NCAR, Boulder, CO; Scott F. Blair, NOAA/NWS, Pleasant Hill, MO
4:00 PMJ5.1Forecasters' mental models of flash flood forecasts and warnings  
Jeffrey K. Lazo, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. E. Morss, J. L. Demuth, and A. Bostrom
4:15 PMJ5.2The role of broadcaster prior experience, new media, and viewer understanding in television severe weather coverage  extended abstract
Rachel E. Butterworth, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and K. A. Kloesel and S. Veil
4:30 PMJ5.3Meteorology, climatology, and the communication and interpretation of weather information during the 22 May 2008 Weld County, Colorado tornado  
Russ S. Schumacher, NCAR, Boulder, CO, and Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and D. T. Lindsey, A. B. Schumacher, J. Braun, S. D. Miller, and J. Demuth
4:45 PMJ5.4Pictures may tell it all: The use of draw-and-tell methodology to understand the role of uncertainty in individuals' hurricane information seeking processes  
Gina M. Eosco, University of Oklahoma/ AMS Policy Program, Norman, OK
5:00 PMJ5.5Hurricane Ike: User Response and Effectiveness of NWS forecast products  extended abstract
Brian Haines, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and L. Wood
5:15 PMJ5.6Examining the content, channels, and comprehension of hurricane forecast and warning information  
Julie L. Demuth, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. E. Morss, B. H. Morrow, and J. K. Lazo
 
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, B213
Joint Session 6 Communication and Use of Weather and Climate Information II (Joint between the Fifth Symposium on Policy and Socio-economic Research and the Second AMS Conference on International Cooperation in the Earth System Sciences and Services)
Cochairs: Julie L. Demuth, NCAR, Boulder, CO; Douglas Hilderbrand, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD
8:30 AMJ6.1Visualization design criteria for the communication of weather and weather impact forecast data with explicit uncertainty  extended abstract
Lloyd A. Treinish, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY; and E. Novakovskaia and H. Li
8:45 AMJ6.2Using social science to support decision making  
Lisa A. Vitols, EC, Kelowna, BC, Canada
9:00 AMJ6.3Web-based prototype decision support tool  
Paula T. McCaslin, NOAA, Boulder, CO; and K. Holub
9:15 AMJ6.4Developing climate communication tools for integrated decision support at the local and regional level  
J. Greg Dobson, UNC Asheville, Asheville, NC; and J. Fox, T. Pierce, M. Phillips, and K. Lichtenstein
9:30 AMJ6.5Evaluation of Fire Forecast Products to Enhance U.S. Drought Preparedness and Response using Social Network Analysis  
Timothy J. Brown, DRI, Reno, Nevada; and G. Owen, D. Ferguson, P. Duffy, and S. Trainor
 
8:30 AM-10:00 AM, Tuesday, B301
Joint Session 17 Enhancing Public Health Applications through NASA Earth Science Research (Joint between the First Environment and Health Symposium, the Second AMS Conference on International Cooperation in the Earth System Sciences and Services, and the Presidential Forum)
8:30 AMJ17.1(Introduction) Observations from space: A unique vantage point for the study of the weather conditions and its association with the disease occurrence  
Sue M. Estes, USRA, Huntsville, AL; and J. A. Haynes
8:45 AMJ17.2Markets, climate change and food security in West Africa  
Molly Brown, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD; and J. P. Verdin, C. C. Funk, B. Hintermann, and N. Higgins
9:00 AMJ17.3Using NASA data and models to improve Heat Watch Warning Systems for decision support  
Daniel Patrick Johnson, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN
9:15 AMJ17.4Modeling atmospheric dust for respiratory health alerts  extended abstract
Stanley A. Morain, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM; and A. M. Budge and W. A. Sprigg
9:30 AMJ17.5Enhancing environmental public health tracking with satellite-driven particle exposure modeling and epidemiology  
Shuyan Liu, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
 
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, B301
Joint Panel Discussion 1 Climate-Sensitive Diseases in the Great Lakes and Oceans: NOAA's Oceans and Human Health Initiative (OHHI) (Joint between the Presidential Forum, the First Environment and Health Symposium, and the Second AMS Conference on International Cooperation in the Earth System Sciences and Services)
Moderator: Juli Trtanj, NOAA, Silver Spring, MD
11:00 AMDr. Jane Lubchenco, NOAA Administrator, Session Introduction/Remarks  
11:05 AMJPD1.2ABridging the Gap: Connecting Climate, Ocean Science and Health  
Juli Trtanj, NOAA, Silver Spring, MD
11:20 AMJPD1.1The role of climate forecasts in early warning systems for harmful algal blooms that impact human health  
Stephanie Moore, NOAA's West Coast Center for Oceans and Human Health, Seattle, WA
JPD1.2Understanding linkages between climate change, water quality and human health risks in the Great Lakes Region  
Mantha S. Phanikumar, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI; and R. L. Whitman, D. J. Schwab, and J. B. Rose
11:35 AMJPD1.3Forecasting distribution of waterborne pathogens in the Chesapeake Bay: Vibrio cholerae case study  
Guillaume Constantin de Magny, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
 
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, B312
Joint Panel Discussion 2 Environmental Security and Climate Change (Joint between the Fifth Symposium on Policy and Socio-economic Research, the Second AMS Conference on International Cooperation in the Earth System Sciences and Services, and the First Environment and Health Symposium)
Panelists: Richard Engel, National Intelligence Council, Washington, D.C.; David W. Titley, NOAA, Washington, DC; Jay Gulledge, Pew Center on Global Climate Change, Washington, D.C.; Sherri Goodman, Center for Naval Analysis, Washington, D.C.; Steven Goodwin, National Defense Univ., Washington, D.C
Moderator: Kenneth Carey, Noblis, Inc., Falls Church, VA
1:30 PMJPD2.1Environmental Security  
Jay Gulledge, Pew Center on Global Climate Change, Washington, D.C.
1:45 PMJPD2.2Panelist: Environmental Security  
Richard Engel, National Intelligence Council, Washington, D.C.
2:00 PMJPD2.3Environmental Security: Panelist Filadelfo  
Ronald Filadelfo, n/a, n/a, n/a
2:15 PMJPD2.4Task Force Climate Change  
David W. Titley, Commander, Navy Meteorology and Oceanography Command, Stennis Space Center, MS
2:30 PMJPD2.5Environmental Security: Panelist Goodwin  
Steven Goodwin, National Defense Univ., Washington, D.C
2:45 PMPanel Discussion - Q & A  
 
1:30 PM-3:00 PM, Tuesday, B301
Joint Session 19 Climate-Sensitive Diseases: Vector-Borne Diseases and Influenza (Joint between the Presidential Forum, the First Environment and Health Symposium, and the Second AMS Conference on International Cooperation in the Earth System Sciences and Services)
1:30 PMJ19.2Climate and vector-borne diseases: Visceral Leishmaniasis as an example  
Dia Eldin-Elnaiem, National Institues of Health, Rockville, MD
1:45 PMJ19.7Bridging the Climate and Health Community through Working Groups: Examples from Ethiopia  
Tufa Dinku, Columbia University, Palisades, NY
2:00 PMJ19.4Early detection and monitoring malaria from space  
Felix Kogan, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and A. Powell and M. Goldberg
2:15 PMJ19.3Climate and spatial risk modeling of human plague in Uganda  
Andrew J. Monaghan, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. J. Eisen
2:30 PMJ19.5Current and future needs of climate data, services, and expertise for the health sector  
Christopher M. Fuhrmann, Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC; and J. T. Lutz, M. Kovach, D. R. Easterling, and P. J. Robinson
2:45 PMJ19.6Absolute humidity and the seasonal onset of influenza in the continental US  
Jeffrey Shaman, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR; and V. E. Pitzer, C. Viboud, B. Grenfell, and M. Lipsitch
3:00 PMJ19.1Malaria Outlook Forums (MALOF) in Africa  
Phetolo Page, World Meteorological Organization, Africa, Botswana
 
3:00 PM-3:30 PM, Tuesday, Exhibit Hall B1
Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall
 
3:30 PM-5:30 PM, Tuesday, B213
Joint Session 10 Ways of Knowing: Traditional Knowledge as a Key Insight for Dealing with a Changing Climate I (Joint between the Fifth Symposium on Policy and Socio-economic Research and the Second AMS Conference on International Cooperation in the Earth System Sciences and Services)
Cochairs: Randy A. Peppler, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; Heather Lazarus, SSWIM/University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
3:30 PMJ10.1Terms of change: How farmers in Uganda talk about climate change  extended abstract
Carla Roncoli, University of Georgia, Griffin, GA; and B. S. Orlove and M. Kabugo
3:45 PMJ10.2“Now it does not rain:” Perceptions, experiences and local models of climate change in Southern Mozambique  extended abstract
L. Jen Shaffer, Athens, GA; and L. Naiene
4:00 PMJ10.3Seasons as Temporal Units for Natural Resources Management: Perspective from Fishery Management in the Central Brazilian Amazon  
Patricia F. Pinho, INPE (National Institute for Space Research), Sao Jose dos Campos, Sao Paulo, Brazil; and B. S. Orlove
4:15 PMJ10.4Coping in Kodi: Local Knowledge about and Responses to Climate Change and Variable Weather on Sumba (Eastern Indonesia)  
Cynthia Fowler, Wofford College, Spartanburg, SC
4:30 PMJ10.5Ua afa le aso; stormy weather today; traditional ecological knowledge of weather and climate forecasting, the samoa experience  
Penehuro Fatu Lefale, MetService New Zealand, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
4:45 PMJ10.6Assessing Knowledge, Resilience & Adaptation and Policy Needs in Northern Russian Villages Experiencing Unprecedented Climate Change  
Susan A. Crate, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
5:00 PMJ10.7Practical Skills and Tacit Knowledge of Sámi Reindeer Herders in the Context of Climatic Change  extended abstract
Terhi Vuojala-Magga, Arctic Centre, Rovaniemi, Finland; and M. Tennberg
5:15 PMJ10.8Climate change, maple syrup and Indigenous Knowledge  
Brenda L. Murphy, Wilfrid Laurier University, Brantford, Ontario, Canada; and A. Chretien
 
3:30 PM-5:30 PM, Tuesday, B301
Joint Session 20 Climate-Sensitive Diseases: Dust, Meningitis, and Respiratory Health (Joint between the Presidential Forum, the First Environment and Health Symposium, and the Second AMS Conference on International Cooperation in the Earth System Sciences and Services)
Chair: Wendy Marie Thomas, AMS, Washington, DC
3:30 PMJ20.3WMO research: Global implications of dust on health  
Len Barrie, World Meteorological Organization (WMO), Geneva, Switzerland
3:45 PMJ20.4African dust and emergency pediatric asthma admissions on Barbados  
Edmund Blades, Ministry of Public Health, Barbados, Bridgetown, Barbados
4:00 PMJ20.1Meningitis Environmental Risk Information Technologies (MERIT) program  
Madeleine Thomson, International Research Institute (IRI), Palisades, NY
4:15 PMJ20.2CDC program on Meningitis  
Tom Clark, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, GA
4:30 PMJ20.5Predictability of the moisture regime associated with the preonset of Sahelian rainfall  extended abstract
Roberto J. Mera, Union of Concerned Scientists, Washington, DC; and F. H. M. Semazzi
4:45 PMJ20.6Examining vulnerabilities to thunderstorm-associated asthma in Atlanta, Georgia  
Stefanie Ebelt Sarnat, Emory University, Atlanta, GA; and A. Grundstein, M. Klein, J. M. Shepherd, L. Naeher, T. L. Mote, and P. E. Tolbert
5:00 PMJ20.7A retrospective analysis of the association of dust storms and respiratory hospitalizations in El Paso, Texas, using a case-crossover study design  
Yanlei Peng, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX; and J. G. Staniswalis, S. E. Grineski, and T. E. Gill
5:15 PMJ20.8Examining the relationship among meteorology patterns, air pollution and health outcomes for use in assessing climate impacts  
Valerie Garcia, US EPA, Research Triangle Park, NC; and E. Gego, A. M. Wootten, and S. Rao
 
Wednesday, 20 January 2010
8:30 AM-10:00 AM, Wednesday, B301
Joint Panel Discussion 3 The evolution of HydroMet and Climate Services (Joint between the Presidential Forum, the Second AMS Conference on International Cooperation in the Earth System Sciences and Services, and the First Environment and Health Symposium)
Moderator: William Hooke, AMS, Washington, DC
8:30 AMJPD3.1IPCC: International perspectives  
Kris Ebi, Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change, San Francisco, CA
8:45 AMJPD3.4CDC: Public health perspectives  
Howard Frumkin, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, GA
9:00 AMJPD3.2WMO Public Weather Services perspectives  
Haleh Kootval, World Meteorological Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
9:15 AMJPD3.3USAID perspectives  
Sezin Tokar, USAID, Washington, DC
 
8:30 AM-10:00 AM, Wednesday, B213
Joint Session 12 Ways of Knowing: Traditional Knowledge as a Key Insight for Dealing with a Changing Climate II (Joint between the Fifth Symposium on Policy and Socio-economic Research and the Second AMS Conference on International Cooperation in the Earth System Sciences and Services)
Cochairs: Randy A. Peppler, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; Heather Lazrus, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
8:30 AMJ12.1The Value of Indigenous and Scientific Collaboration in Climate Research  
Betsy Weatherhead, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and S. Gearheard and R. Barry
8:45 AMJ12.2Seasons out of balance: climate change impacts, vulnerabilty and sustainable adaptation in interior Alaska  
Shannon McNeeley, NCAR, Boulder, CO
9:00 AMJ12.3Traditional knowledge and adaptation to climate change in the Canadian Arctic  
Barry Smit, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada; and M. Andrachuk, L. Fleming, and T. Pearce
9:15 AMJ12.4“It's Cold But Not Cold Enough”: Arctic Residents' Observations of Ice and Climate Change in IPY 2007–2008 and Beyond  
Igor Krupnik, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
9:30 AMOpen Discussion  
 
10:00 AM-10:30 AM, Wednesday
Coffee Break in Meeting Room Foyer
 
10:30 AM-12:00 PM, Wednesday, B301
Joint Session 22 Climate-Sensitive Impacts: Heat Waves and Human Health (Joint between the Presidential Forum, the First Environment and Health Symposium, and the Second AMS Conference on International Cooperation in the Earth System Sciences and Services)
Chair: Wendy Marie Thomas, AMS, Washington, DC
10:30 AMJ22.1CDC: Heat and Human Health  
George Luber, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Chamblee, GA
10:45 AMJ22.2The incorporation of seasonal and temporal variability in mortality response to hot weather into operational heat watch warning systems (HWWS)  
Scott C. Sheridan, Department of Geography, Kent State University, Kent, OH
11:00 AMJ22.3EPA's Role in Providing Heat Health Guidance for U.S. Cities  
Jason Samenow, EPA, Washington, DC
11:15 AMJ22.4Spatial assessment of local level vulnerability and adaptive capacity to extreme heat: Integrating Phoenix household surveys into a GIS-based assessment  
Olga Wilhelmi, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and M. H. Hayden, K. Komatsu, and S. Santana
11:30 AMJ22.5Population Health Risk and the Urban Heat Island: The Oklahoma City 2008 Case  
Heather G. Basara, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. K. Hall, J. B. Basara, and B. G. Illston
11:45 AMJ22.6Human health and heat stress: an analysis of neighborhoods in metropolitan Phoenix, AZ  
Darren M. Ruddell, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ; and S. L. Harlan, J. Declet, and P. Gober
 
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, B301
Joint Session 23 Health and the Built Environment: Building to Adapt (Joint between the First Environment and Health Symposium, the Second AMS Conference on International Cooperation in the Earth System Sciences and Services, and the Presidential Forum)
1:30 PMJ23.1Intelligent Phased Adaptation (IPA) adapting infra-structure design to climate change  
John F. Henz, HDR Engineering, Inc., Denver, CO
1:45 PMJ23.2Integrating Heat Health into Local Government Adaptation Tools: The ICLEI Climate Resilient Communities Program  
Rebecca H. Carter, ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability USA, Oakland, CA
2:00 PMJ23.3Heat and human health: an integrated approach  
Richard B. Rood, Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; and M. O'Neill, S. Brines, D. Brown, C. J. Gronlund, E. Oswald, E. Parker, J. White-Newsome, and K. Zhang
2:15 PMJ23.4The structure of the urban heat island of Detroit, Michigan  
E. Oswald, Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; and K. Zhang, S. Brines, D. Brown, C. Gronlund, M. O'Neill, R. Rood, and J. White-Newsome
 
2:30 PM-4:00 PM, Wednesday, Exhibit Hall B2
Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
 
4:00 PM-5:30 PM, Wednesday, B211
Joint Session 13 Societal Dimensions of Weather and Climate Hazards I (Joint between the Fifth Symposium on Policy and Socio-economic Research and the Second AMS Conference on International Cooperation in the Earth System Sciences and Services)
Cochairs: Sheldon D. Drobot, NCAR, Boulder, CO; Jennifer A. Spinney, University of Western Ontario, London, ON Canada
4:00 PMJ13.1NOAA economics v2.0 – mapping & visualization of cost / benefit economics across the United States  extended abstract
Adam B. Smith, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC
4:15 PMJ13.2Results from an assessment of the National Weather Service's Storm Data loss estimation methodology  
Emily K. Laidlaw, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. K. Lazo and N. F. Bushek
4:30 PMJ13.3A preliminary review of tornadoes impacting interstates: Service and societal considerations  extended abstract
Scott F. Blair, NOAA/NWS, Pleasant Hill, MO; and E. P. K. Lunde
4:45 PMJ13.5Tornado false alarms on days with no reported tornadoes: a climatological and radar survey  
Hannah C. Barnes, National Weather Center REU, New Berlin, WI; and J. A. Brotzge and S. A. Erickson
J13.4What would it take to reduce deaths from tornadoes in the US?  
Harold E. Brooks, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK
5:00 PMJ13.6Tornadoes without NWS warning  
J. A. Brotzge, CAPS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and S. A. Erickson
 
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, B213
Joint Session 14 Societal Dimensions of Weather and Climate Hazards II (Joint between the Fifth Symposium on Policy and Socio-economic Research and the Second AMS Conference on International Cooperation in the Earth System Sciences and Services)
Cochairs: Walker S. Ashley, Northern Illinois Univ., DeKalb, IL; Elizabeth P. K. Lunde, NOAA/NWS, Topeka, KS
8:30 AMJ14.2Production & practice of weather knowledge in Pangnirtung, Nunavut  
Jennifer A. Spinney, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada; and K. Pennesi
J14.1PAPER WITHDRAWN  
J14.1Opportunities and Challenges related to Personal Lines Private Market Flood Insurance  
Kyle Beatty, Willis Re Inc., Minneapolis, MN; and P. Gunturi and C. Nicolai
8:45 AMJ14.3US Gulf Coast residents underestimate hurricane destructive potential  
Alan E. Stewart, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
9:00 AMJ14.4Shooting at hurricanes: disaster (mis)perceptions and (un)preparedness of Florida undergraduates  extended abstract
Alyssa Collins, University of South Florida; and S. Cramer, J. Norlund, J. Simms, M.A., M. Kusenbach, Ph.D., and G. Tobin, Ph.D.
 
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, B213
Joint Session 15 Societal Dimensions of Weather and Climate Hazards III (Joint between the Fifth Symposium on Policy and Socio-economic Research and the Second AMS Conference on International Cooperation in the Earth System Sciences and Services)
Cochairs: J. Greg Dobson, UNC-Asheville, Asheville, NC; James E. Hocker, SCIPP/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
11:00 AMJ15.1The “vigilance map” as a pilot project of the Meteorological Service of Canada: A decision making tool for emergency measures organizations and the public  
Michelle Hardy, Environment Canada, Montreal, QC, Canada; and O. Gagnon and J. Descurieux
11:15 AMJ15.2Lone Grove, Oklahoma February tornado: response, impacts and lessons learned  
Somer A. Erickson, Oklahoma Climatological Survey, Norman, OK; and M. A. Shafer and D. R. Grizzle
11:30 AMJ15.3The severe weather data inventory: a geospatial database of severe weather data at NOAA's National Climatic Data Center (NCDC)  extended abstract
Steve Ansari, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and M. Phillips and S. A. Del Greco
11:45 AMJ15.4Analysis of the increase in non-routine text product issuance by WFO Milwaukee/Sullivan  extended abstract
Christopher J. Kuhlman, NOAA/NWSFO, Dousman, WI; and A. F. Kapela
12:00 PMJ15.5Some economic and societal implications of a biofuel based economy: Results from CIM-EARTH a new integrated assessment model  
V. Rao Kotamarthi, ANL, Argonne, IL; and J. Elliott, B. Drewniak, M. Franklin, I. Foster, T. Munson, R. Doctor, and M. Q. Wang
 
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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