First Symposium on Planetary Atmospheres

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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
Joint Session 3
Data Collection, Interpretation, Assimilation, and Stewardship
Location: B306 (GWCC)
Hosts: (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
  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

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


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

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


Session 1
Spacecraft and ground-based observations of planetary atmospheres
Location: B213 (GWCC)
Host: First Symposium on Planetary Atmospheres
Chair: Mark I. Richardson, CALTECH
  1:30 PM
1.1
Isotopic ratios in Titan's stratosphere from Cassini CIRS and implications for evolution of the atmosphere
Conor A. Nixon, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and D. E. Jennings, P. N. Romani, A. Jolly, B. Bézard, A. Coustenis, N. A. Teanby, P. G. J. Irwin, S. Vinatier, and F. M. Flasar

  1:45 PM
1.2
Satellite-derived cloud motion winds in the north polar region of Mars
David A. Santek, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and E. Sorensen, S. Limaye, and B. Cantor

  2:00 PM
1.3
Assimilating TES radiances with the DART/Planet-WRF ensemble data assimilation system
Greg Lawson, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA; and J. Anderson and N. Collins

  2:15 PM
1.4
Martian Atmospheric Data Assimilation Using an Ensemble Kalman Filter
Matthew J. Hoffman, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY; and S. J. Greybush, R. J. Wilson, G. Gyarmati, R. N. Hoffman, K. Ide, E. J. Kostelich, T. Miyoshi, I. Szunyogh, and E. Kalnay

  2:30 PM
1.5
Martian atmosphere breeding: elucidating atmospheric instabilities
Steven J. Greybush, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and E. Kalnay, M. J. Hoffman, T. Miyoshi, K. Ide, and R. J. Wilson

  2:45 PM
1.6
Assimilation of TES data into a Mars general circulation model using LETKF
Eugenia Kalnay, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD; and S. J. Greybush, M. J. Hoffman, R. J. Wilson, J. Eluszkiewicz, R. N. Hoffman, K. Ide, and T. Miyoshi

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
Joint Session 4
Research on extreme weather and climate events and inter-relationships
Location: B216 (GWCC)
Hosts: (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
  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
  4:15 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
  5:15 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

Wednesday, 20 January 2010

8:30 AM-10:00 AM: Wednesday, 20 January 2010

Recording files available
Joint Session 5
Advances in Modeling, From Local through Regional to Large Scale, and From Deterministic to Ensemble-Probabilistic Prediction Part I
Location: B215 (GWCC)
Hosts: (Joint between the 22nd Conference on Climate Variability and Change; 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; and the 24th Conference on Hydrology )
Chair: Ed Olenic, NOAA/NWS/CPC
  8:30 AM
J5.1
On the seamless prediction of weather and climate
Timothy N. Palmer, ECMWF, Reading, United Kingdom
  8:45 AM
J5.2
  9:00 AM
J5.3
  9:15 AM
J5.4
North Pacific decadal variability and climate change in the IPCC AR4 models
Jason C. Furtado, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA; and E. Di Lorenzo
  9:30 AM
J5.5
Aquaplanet GCM simulations of tropical intraseasonal variability
Eric D. Maloney, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and W. Hannah
  9:45 AM
J5.6
Factors affecting forecast skill of the MJO over the Maritime Continent
Augustin Vintzileos, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC - SAIC, Camp Springs, MD

10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Wednesday, 20 January 2010


Coffee Break in Meeting Room Foyer

10:30 AM-12:00 PM: Wednesday, 20 January 2010

Recording files available
Joint Session 6
Advances in Modeling, From Local through Regional to Large Scale, and From Deterministic to Ensemble-Probabilistic Prediction Part II
Location: B215 (GWCC)
Hosts: (Joint between the 22nd Conference on Climate Variability and Change; 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; and the 24th Conference on Hydrology )
Chair: Ed Olenic, NOAA/NWS/CPC
  10:30 AM
J6.1
  11:00 AM
J6.3
Evaluation of the new Australian climate model ACCESS
Ian G. Watterson, CAWCR, Aspendale, Victoria, Australia; and L. Rikus, B. Hu, and T. Elliott
  11:15 AM
J6.4
Mesoscale circulations in the urban-coastal environment: a modeling analysis and assessment of sensitivity to high-fidelity representation of the urban canopy
Michael Carter, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS; and J. M. Shepherd, S. Burian, and I. Jeyachandran
  11:30 AM
J6.5
Ensemble downscaling of seasonal forecasts
R. W. Arritt, Iowa State University, Ames, IA
  11:45 AM
J6.6
The misrepresentation of Tropical SSTs in climate models
Prashant D. Sardeshmukh, Univ. of Colorado/CIRES/CDC and NOAA/ESRL/PSD, Boulder, CO; and S. I. Shin

11:00 AM-6:30 PM: Wednesday, 20 January 2010


Exhibits Open

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Wednesday, 20 January 2010


Lunch Break (Cash and Carry in Exhibit Hall)

2:30 PM-4:00 PM: Wednesday, 20 January 2010


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

4:00 PM-5:30 PM: Wednesday, 20 January 2010

Recording files available
Session 2
Numerical modeling of planetary meteorology and climate dynamics
Location: B314 (GWCC)
Host: First Symposium on Planetary Atmospheres
Chair: Mark I. Richardson, CALTECH
  4:15 PM
2.2
Simulation of Venus' general circulation
Christopher Lee, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA

  4:30 PM
2.3
Atmospheric circulations of terrestrial planets orbiting low mass stars
Adam R. Edson, ITT Visual Information Solutions, Springfield, VA; and S. Lee, P. R. Bannon, D. Pollard, and J. Kasting
  4:45 PM
2.4
  5:00 PM
2.5
Methane in Titan's weather and climate
Jonathan L. Mitchell, Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA
  5:15 PM
2.6

5:30 PM-6:30 PM: Wednesday, 20 January 2010


Reception in Exhibit Hall (Cash Bar)
Location: Exhibit Hall B1 (GWCC)

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


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

Thursday, 21 January 2010

7:30 AM-8:30 AM: Thursday, 21 January 2010


Washington Symposium Breakfast
Location: B208 (GWCC)

9:45 AM-11:00 AM: Thursday, 21 January 2010


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

9:45 AM-1:30 PM: Thursday, 21 January 2010


Exhibits Open

11:00 AM-12:15 PM: Thursday, 21 January 2010

Recording files available
Session 3
Martian Atmosphere and Climate
Location: B211 (GWCC)
Host: First Symposium on Planetary Atmospheres
Chair: Mark I. Richardson, CALTECH
  11:00 AM
3.1
Modeling the global Martian atmosphere
R. John Wilson, NOAA/GFDL, Princeton, NJ; and M. I. Richardson
  11:15 AM
3.2
Application of mesoscale atmospheric models to Mars missions
Scot C. R. Rafkin, Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, CO
  11:30 AM
3.3
Dust lifting on Mars: towards better representations of reality
Claire E. Newman, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA; and M. I. Richardson and A. D. Toigo
  11:45 AM
3.4
Global constraints on precipitation in Mars' ancient past
Alejandro Soto, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA; and M. I. Richardson
  12:00 PM
3.5
Modeling Milankovitch cycles on Mars
Mark I. Richardson, CALTECH, Pasadena, CA; and M. Mischna

1:30 PM-3:00 PM: Thursday, 21 January 2010

Recording files available
Joint Session 8
New challenges for applied meteorology and climatology
Location: B211 (GWCC)
Hosts: (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.
  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
  2:45 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, 21 January 2010


Coffee Break in Meeting Room Foyer

5:00 PM-5:05 PM: Thursday, 21 January 2010


AMS 90th Annual Meeting Adjourns