IMPACTS: Weather 2009

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Sunday, 17 January 2010

9:00 AM-6:00 PM: Sunday, 17 January 2010


Annual Meeting Registration Begins

Monday, 18 January 2010

7:30 AM-5:30 PM: Monday, 18 January 2010


Registration Open

Tuesday, 19 January 2010

8:30 AM-9:45 AM: Tuesday, 19 January 2010

Recording files available
Session 1
World Weather Impacts in 2009
Location: B206 (GWCC)
Host: IMPACTS: Weather 2009
Chair: Christopher W. Landsea, NOAA/NWS/TPC/NHC
  8:30 AM
1.1
International Weather and Climate Events of 2009
Klaus E. Wolter, ESRL/Univ of Colorado-CIRES, Boulder, CO
  9:00 AM
1.2
2009’s Notable Global Catastrophes—A Look From An Insurance Point Of View
Steven Drews, Impact Forecasting LLC/Aon Benfield Analytics, Chicago, IL
  9:15 AM
1.3
2009 Australian Wildfires
Heath Hockenberry, NOAA/NWS, Boise, ID; and A. J. Bannister, C. Yeo, and K. Parkyn

  9:30 AM
1.4
Global Agricultural Weather Impacts of 2009
Michael Ferrari, Coca Cola, Bethlehem, PA

9:45 AM-11:00 AM: Tuesday, 19 January 2010


Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
Location: Exhibit Hall B2 (GWCC)

11:00 AM-12:00 PM: Tuesday, 19 January 2010

Recording files available
Session 2
2009 High Impact Transportation Impacts
Location: B206 (GWCC)
Host: IMPACTS: Weather 2009
Cochairs: Tanja Fransen, NOAA/NWS; Renee Curry, Univ. of Oklahoma
  11:00 AM
2.1
High Impact Transportation Events
Gregory S. Forbes, The Weather Channel, Atlanta, GA
  11:15 AM
2.2
Transportation Impacts from the Mt. Redoubt Eruptions 2009
Jeffrey M. Osiensky, NOAA/NWS, Anchorage, AK; and C. Neal, G. Ferguson, T. Hall, and B. Nelson
  11:45 AM
2.4
Aviation Weather Impacts
Bob Maxson, NOAA/NWS/Aviation Weather Center, Kansas City, MO

11:00 AM-6:00 PM: Tuesday, 19 January 2010


Exhibits Open
Location: Exhibit Hall B1 (GWCC)

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Tuesday, 19 January 2010


Kuettner Symposium Luncheon
Location: B208 (GWCC)
  12:00 PM
B1.1
Joach Kuettner—A Man in Love with the Sky
Einar Enevoldson, The Perlan Project, Emeryville, CA


Lunch Break (Cash and Carry in Exhibit Hall)

1:30 PM-3:00 PM: Tuesday, 19 January 2010

Recording files available
Joint Session 3
Weather and Health Impacts
Location: B206 (GWCC)
Hosts: (Joint between the IMPACTS: Weather 2009; and the First Environment and Health Symposium )
Cochairs: Tanja Fransen, NOAA/NWS; Renee Curry, Univ. of Oklahoma
  1:30 PM
J3.2
How hospitals cope when they are struck by weather disasters
Bryan McNally, Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, GA
  2:30 PM
J3.2a
Tornado Effects on a Rural Hospital: Impacts of an EF-3 Tornado
Susie Fussell, Sumter Regional Hospital, Americus, GA
  3:00 PM
J3.3
Katrina’s Aftermath: Hospitals, Doctors, and Patients
Mark Peters, East Jefferson Hospital, New Orleans, LA

3:00 PM-3:30 PM: Tuesday, 19 January 2010


Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall
Location: Exhibit Hall B1 (GWCC)

3:30 PM-5:30 PM: Tuesday, 19 January 2010

Recording files available
Session 3
2009 US Weather Impacts
Location: B206 (GWCC)
Host: IMPACTS: Weather 2009
Chair: Christopher W. Landsea, NOAA/NWS/TPC/NHC
  3:30 PM
3.1
Avalanche Impacts in 2008–2009
Ethan Greene, Colorado Avalanche Center, Boulder, CO
  4:00 PM
3.2
Significant Storms in the United States during the Winter of 2008–2009
James E. Hoke, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Camp Springs, MD; and C. Hedge
  4:15 PM
3.3
North Dakota/Minnesota Red River Floods
Michael J. Hudson, NOAA National Weather Service, Kansas City, MO
  4:30 PM
3.4
Atlanta Flooding September 2009
Melissa Tuttle-Carr, CNN, Atlanta, GA
  4:45 PM
3.5
U.S. Tornadoes of 2009
Russell S. Schneider, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/SPC, Norman, OK ; and G. W. Carbin
  5:00 PM
3.6
U.S. Tropical Cyclones of 2009
William L. Read, NOAA/NHC, Miami, FL

Wednesday, 20 January 2010

7:00 PM-9:00 PM: Wednesday, 20 January 2010


AMS Annual Awards Banquet
Location: Thomas Murphy Ballroom 1-4 (GWCC)