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Program Chairpersons:
Genevieve E. Maricle, Arizona State Univ.
Mary H. Hayden, NCAR
Wendy Marie Thomas, AMS

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, B216 Joint Session 1 Mitigation and adaptation to climate change (Joint between the 12th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry, the 20th Conference on Probability and Statistics in the Atmospheric Sciences, the 24th Conference on Hydrology, the 22nd Conference on Climate Variability and Change, the First Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy, the Committee on Climate Services, the Fifth Symposium on Policy and Socio-economic Research, and the First Environment and Health Symposium)
Chair: David R. Easterling, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC
11:00 AM J1.1 Regional climate modeling and decision aids   Glenn Higgins, Northrop Grumann TASC, Chantilly, VA; and D. Apling, R. Alliss, and H. Kiley 11:15 AM J1.2 Bounded rationality in climate change policy development   Amanda H. Lynch, Brown University, Providence, RI; and R. D. Brunner 11:30 AM J1.5 Climate Change Adaptation in Southwest Ecosystems   Gregg M. Garfin, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 11:45 AM J1.3 Seeing the world through a political lens: the connection between weather and climate change perceptions and beliefs   Hank Jenkins-Smith, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and K. H. Goebbert, K. E. Klockow, M. Nowlin, and C. Silva 12:00 PM J1.4 Advancing Climate Adaptation in Wildlife Conservation   Amanda Staudt, National Wildlife Federation, Reston, VA; and D. Inkley, P. Glick, B. Stein, N. Edelson, and J. Kostyack
	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 AM J24.1 A science of service   Warren Washington, NCAR, Boulder, CO 11:15 AM Discussion
	12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Monday Lunch Break
	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 PM J16.1 Global change impacts on water resources and the role of International Hydrological Programme (IHP)   Anil Mishra, UNESCO, Paris, France 1:45 PM J16.2 The role of satellite-based precipitation observations for hydrometeorological applications   Soroosh Sorooshian, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 2:00 PM J16.3 HydroMet data for decision support in the American Red Cross   Greg Tune, American Red Cross, Washington, DC 2:15 PM J16.4 Quantifying 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
	2:30 PM-4:00 PM, Monday Joint Poster Session Environment and Health Posters (Joint between the Presidential Forum and the First Environment and Health Symposium)
Chair: Wendy Marie Thomas, AMS, Washington, DC
212 About the possible influence of the weather on asthma episodes: St. Thomas University and surrounding communities   David Quesada, Saint Thomas Univ., Miami Gardens, FL; and A. Audate and I. Perez   213 Meteorological observation including UV launched in Ladakh, the westernmost part of the Tibetan Plateau   Akiyo Yatagai, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, Kyoto, Japan; and K. Okumiya and R. Sakamoto   214 Climate change and health: A study of indoor heat exposure in vulnerable populations in Detroit, Michigan   Jalonne L. White-Newsome, Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; and M. S. O'Neill, O. Jolliet, B. Sanchez, J. T. Dvonch, E. P. Parker, Z. Zhang, J. Haynes, and M. Seaton   215 An investigation of surface temperatures and measures of heat stress at two synthetic turf fields in Environmental Justice Communities in New York City   Randi J. Walker, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, Albany, NY; and M. Redis, A. Masters, and L. Lim   216 Record heat waves in Moldova in 2007: identification, description, and health consequences   Michael Allen, Kent State University, Kent, OH   217 A comparison study of heat related emergency 911 Calls: Phoenix, Arizona and Chicago, Illinois from 2003 to 2006   Donna A. Hartz, Arizona State Univ., Scottsdale, AZ; and C. Sister and W. C. Chuang
	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
	5:30 PM-7:30 PM, Monday, Exhibit Hall B1 Opening of the Exhibit Hall with Reception
Tuesday, 19 January 2010
	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 AM J17.1 (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 AM J17.2 Markets, 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 AM J17.3 Using NASA data and models to improve Heat Watch Warning Systems for decision support   Daniel Patrick Johnson, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN 9:15 AM J17.4 Modeling atmospheric dust for respiratory health alerts   Stanley A. Morain, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM; and A. M. Budge and W. A. Sprigg 9:30 AM J17.5 Enhancing 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 AM Dr. Jane Lubchenco, NOAA Administrator, Session Introduction/Remarks   11:05 AM JPD1.2A Bridging the Gap: Connecting Climate, Ocean Science and Health   Juli Trtanj, NOAA, Silver Spring, MD 11:20 AM JPD1.1 The 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 JPD1.2 Understanding 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 AM JPD1.3 Forecasting 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 PM B1.1 Joach 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 PM JPD2.1 Environmental Security   Jay Gulledge, Pew Center on Global Climate Change, Washington, D.C. 1:45 PM JPD2.2 Panelist: Environmental Security   Richard Engel, National Intelligence Council, Washington, D.C. 2:00 PM JPD2.3 Environmental Security: Panelist Filadelfo   Ronald Filadelfo, n/a, n/a, n/a 2:15 PM JPD2.4 Task Force Climate Change   David W. Titley, Commander, Navy Meteorology and Oceanography Command, Stennis Space Center, MS 2:30 PM JPD2.5 Environmental Security: Panelist Goodwin   Steven Goodwin, National Defense Univ., Washington, D.C 2:45 PM Panel Discussion - Q & A
	1:30 PM-3:00 PM, Tuesday, B206 Joint Session 3 Weather and Health Impacts (Joint between the IMPACTS: Weather 2009 and the First Environment and Health Symposium)
Cochairs: Tanja Fransen, NOAA/NWS, Glasgow, MT; Renee Curry, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
1:30 PM J3.2 How hospitals cope when they are struck by weather disasters   Bryan McNally, Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, GA J3.1 NWS Support to US Hospitals   Margaret L. Fowke, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD 2:00 PM J3.2a Tornado Effects on a Rural Hospital: Impacts of an EF-3 Tornado   Susie Fussell, Sumter Regional Hospital, Americus, GA 2:30 PM J3.3 Katrina’s Aftermath: Hospitals, Doctors, and Patients   Mark Peters, East Jefferson Hospital, New Orleans, LA
	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 PM J19.2 Climate and vector-borne diseases: Visceral Leishmaniasis as an example   Dia Eldin-Elnaiem, National Institues of Health, Rockville, MD 1:45 PM J19.7 Bridging the Climate and Health Community through Working Groups: Examples from Ethiopia   Tufa Dinku, Columbia University, Palisades, NY 2:00 PM J19.4 Early detection and monitoring malaria from space   Felix Kogan, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and A. Powell and M. Goldberg 2:15 PM J19.3 Climate and spatial risk modeling of human plague in Uganda   Andrew J. Monaghan, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. J. Eisen 2:30 PM J19.5 Current 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 PM J19.6 Absolute 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 PM J19.1 Malaria 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, 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, 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 PM J20.3 WMO research: Global implications of dust on health   Len Barrie, World Meteorological Organization (WMO), Geneva, Switzerland 3:45 PM J20.4 African dust and emergency pediatric asthma admissions on Barbados   Edmund Blades, Ministry of Public Health, Barbados, Bridgetown, Barbados 4:00 PM J20.1 Meningitis Environmental Risk Information Technologies (MERIT) program   Madeleine Thomson, International Research Institute (IRI), Palisades, NY 4:15 PM J20.2 CDC program on Meningitis   Tom Clark, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, GA 4:30 PM J20.5 Predictability of the moisture regime associated with the preonset of Sahelian rainfall   Roberto J. Mera, Union of Concerned Scientists, Washington, DC; and F. H. M. Semazzi 4:45 PM J20.6 Examining 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 PM J20.7 A 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 PM J20.8 Examining 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 AM JPD3.1 IPCC: International perspectives   Kris Ebi, Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change, San Francisco, CA 8:45 AM JPD3.4 CDC: Public health perspectives   Howard Frumkin, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, GA 9:00 AM JPD3.2 WMO Public Weather Services perspectives   Haleh Kootval, World Meteorological Organization, Geneva, Switzerland 9:15 AM JPD3.3 USAID perspectives   Sezin Tokar, USAID, Washington, DC
	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 AM J22.1 CDC: Heat and Human Health   George Luber, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Chamblee, GA 10:45 AM J22.2 The 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 AM J22.3 EPA's Role in Providing Heat Health Guidance for U.S. Cities   Jason Samenow, EPA, Washington, DC 11:15 AM J22.4 Spatial 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 AM J22.5 Population 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 AM J22.6 Human 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 PM J23.1 Intelligent Phased Adaptation (IPA) adapting infra-structure design to climate change   John F. Henz, HDR Engineering, Inc., Denver, CO 1:45 PM J23.2 Integrating 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 PM J23.3 Heat 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 PM J23.4 The 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, 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
	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
	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
	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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